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I saw this and more in candidate Rob friends and me. facing home foreclosures in record numbers. Portman. Rob Portman has my support, I trust him. Mr. Fisher and I say Mr. Fisher because The Human Right Committee, one of the nation's Obama has hopelessly mismanaged the bad situa of his lack of performance and his failure to largest gay political action groups, always wants tion of "Big Government a la George W. Bush," only to stand strong for Ohioans, the trust he has bro more money from Gay activists to repeal, "Don't Ask; worsen it with even more "Goliath Size Government". ken, I do not feel that he desires to be call Lt. Don't Tell", the military policy that does not allow He borrowed $800 billion from the Chinese. $700 bil tea/ jDnrtAers Governor. He constantly repeated himself it is open homosexuality. And, of course, they urge all Gays lion from the Japanese, and $400 billion from the clear that he does not have what it takes to lead to vote Democratic. Saudis; and yet unemployment has doubled since the and represent Ohioans. Mr. Fisher refuses to Democrats have run the Congress. $r take reasonability for the thousand and thou Frankly, "Don't Ask; Don't Tell" actually works. The Now Obama admits, tothe New York Times, that he sand of lost jobs, failing and to stand up for military leaves your private bedroom behavior alone blew it and is guilty of "perverse pride" in his eco ! Ohioans under the Strickland administration. Mr. and discreet patriotic Gays can focus on serving their nomic and health care policy decisions (his words). Fisher wants to pass the buck and takes no country. If some Gays wantto get thrown out of the The only thing Obama has done right is to keep the yt blame himself. He insults me and my fellow military by forcing their Gayness in their com Bush timetable to pull back in Iraq and to bring at Ohioans if he thinks that we are buying his ex mander's face, then obviously they don't have the least half of the combat troops home. cuses and explanations for this mess that he bearing to be in the military. v_ helped create. Bottom line: While most Gays will continue, reflexivery, 'csaHutst! During this ca mpaign season, I have attended nu to vote Democratic in this election, we will learn that I will vote for Rob Portman and I will encourage merous GOP and "Gay" GOP events. None of the Re an increasing, elucidated block of Gays will vote Re others to do so as well. I believe Rob Portman publican candidates or GOP activists treated me like publican; even if some, in the Gay press and in the | will stand strong and refuse to fold and give up an alien. All of them welcomed my patriotism and my Gay political establishment will disparage it and will 5 under pressure. I believe Rob Portman will fight gayness. Now I realize how much "so-called progres not acknowledge it i tirelessly for Ohioans and remain honest and sive gay activists" lie and exaggerate about right- true. I believe Rob Portman will get Ohioans wing homophobia. Matthew Tsien, 1 back to work. I believe Rob Portman will return Washington, D.C. us back to a strong Ohio and make us proud I am fed-up with being told that because I am Gay. I former Log Cabin Republicans MD State Chair ' that we have placed him in the Senate. Rob must vote Democratic! Otherwise, I will hate myself. I am tired of Gay left-wing dcmagoguery in the Gay Portman is one of us, he has not forgotten where Slavery on American Soil . m he comes from, he will stand up for Ohioans and blogs and publications. fight big government. Rob Portman will not In 2008, over one out of three Gay voters voted for The fastest growing criminal industry in the world come back to us with excuse and failures. Ohio's today is slavery. Human beings are being bought and future, my future and my children's future will John McCain in an otherwise dismal yearfor the GOP sold in an industry that generates $36 billion every be in his hands and I trust Rob Portman. They must have been on to something. I can only year. Both sex and labor trafficking are a national and hope, for mycountryand for myunem ployed friends global concern, but it is ultimately at the local level Brenda L. Mack and family that even more Gays will vote Republican that the problem can be identified and remedied. in November. Within the United States modern slavery occurs in Canfield, Ohio every state, including Ohio, but Ohio has no legisla / A faithful reader, tion making human trafficking a stand-alone felony.
,' A Former Gay Democrat; Now A Peter Ryskewecz Retired Public School Teacher In Ohio, the Trafficking in Persons Commission esti Gay Tea Party Republican mates that there are almost 3.500 foreign bom and Fort Lauderdale, Florida almost 3.000 American born youths at risk. According To the Editor: to a 2007 Rand study that examined several sex traf *r _ Most Gays Will Vote Democrat, But ficking cases, juvenile victims of sex trafficking were I am Gay, and I have spent nearly half a century as a More Gays Will Vote Republican almost exclusively female, ranging in age from 10 to thoughtless "liberal" gay-clone, believing everything 17, and were equally likely to be black as white. In a the gay ghetto and my labor union has told me. I have typical example, a trafficker will befriend a young blamed the decimation of gay men dying of AIDS on To the Editor: runaway girl byfirst providing food and shelter, to \ Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Rove and Gingrich. I have du later exploit her through forced prostitution orlabor. In tifully voted Democratic in almost every election since Not all Gays believe that they cannot support and in another example, victims of human trafficking can be m John F Kennedy. I have called for a "French Revolu tegrate today's GOP. There are Gay GOP Clubs every forced into prostitution after being kidnapped and re tion" in America and preached the socialist gospel of where in metropolitan America, and they arc often peatedly raped and beaten. -41 " European superiorityto anybody who would listen. But attended by many high-profile, even religious, conser I have changed! vative Republican candidates and Party officials. Hopefully, change is on the way. A number of legisla tive actions have been initiated to strengthen Ohio's f - What brought about this change? In one word-. The GOP is definitely changing regarding Gays. laws against human trafficking. State SenatorTeresa Obama!!! In California, the victorious lead lawyer, Ted Olsen Fedor (D-ll) has introduced Senate Bill 235, which (Google him), in charge of overturning Proposition 8, aims to make human trafficking in Ohio a felony. The His taxpayer bailouts of the incompetent rich contra which denies same-sex marriage, is a conservative bill was co-sponsored by Tim Grendell (R-18) of dicted his beautiful rhetoric of condemning the rich Republican. He represented George Bush in Bush v. Chester! and. If passed, this legislation will make Ohio when he campaigned for President His health-care Gore before the Supreme Court in a 2000 decision law consistent with the federal definition of human reform is a farce and does not control costs for any that decided that election. A few months ago this trafficking, which has proven an effective tool for fed age group. His star has faded. His luster is dimin "right-winger" won a monumental victoryfor Gays eral law enforcement netting convictions of over 500 ished, just as millions of people have lost their homes and for "marriage equality"! Not surprising then, that traffickers and rescuing over 900 child victims of i and their employment He blames Bush, but unem manyGays will quietiy vote Republican this Novem- human trafficking. Companion legislation has also ployment used to be almost half of what it is in been introduced in the House, as HB 493. today's Oba ma-world. Frankly, Gay Republicans have it right: The gay press These bills are awaiting legislative action and each He has left us so deeply in debt that China, our pri and political class are not very honest with the GLBT faces some opposition, but public awareness of this mary creditor, is almost certain to become the world's com munity and want us to remain forever paranoid of crucial issue may turn the tide. All Ohioans should most powerful economy. Even crumbling socialist Eu exaggerated GOP homophobia. Yet roughly half or rope is telling Obama he is going in the wrong direc more of Republicans now support "civil unions", and contact their legislators and he) p put an end to slav tion. support GLBT non-discrimination in the work place. ery on American soil. Today's GOP routinely welcomes Gays into their Big Tent in every urban center in this country. Jon Powell He im plores us to vote for Democrats; and if we don't Administrative Aide. Office of State Senator Fedor there will be no funding forAIDS. Yet Bush spent of outloo keo hi mbus.co m Oh Child, that tea party drag crueen stole your dress! qmunity
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THE SAMUEL PEPYS OE HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOlt By Mackenzie Worrall relationships. With each man he touched, Sam lost a bit of him The talk is the brainchild of Debra Moddelmog, Professor of Eng self in their sensuality. Unlike his previous troubles with alco lish at OSU and co-coordinator of the Sexuality Studies Program. Picture a hunky college professor, done up in professor ga rb (elbow holism, this sexual obsession fed the fires of his documentation She had been looking through various funds the English depart patches and all). The envy of every girl on campus back in his and art. Each n ight drove him to write more, and work harder. Be ment had acquired and came across the Steward-Walborn fund. OSU days (and he didn't even play football!) - a real intellectual fore now, Sam was best known for his erotic gay stories, written EricWalborn had been a grad student in 1986 and died of AIDS man's man. So much so, that he had men swooning at his feet. under the name of Phil Andros. The pen name existed to keep his related complications shortly thereafter, but no one knew whothe teaching career out of jeopardy, but it only delayed disciplinary Steward half of thefund was named after. It had been gifted much Oh, the gay Twenties. They were everything but. action. He was dismissed from the State College of Washington earlierforthe purpose of funding LGBT resources, but noone had for a sympathetic portrayal of prostitutes in Angels on the Bough touched it in years. The result? Debra discovered a cache of fifty 3rld can thank Ohio for Sam Steward, that hunky pro- (a novel of sexual desire set in what is probably Columbus). His thousand dollars for LGBT activities - and all thanks to an un known donor. and tattoo artist, who kept meticulous notes on the thou career jumped around for a while before he gave up of professor sand-plus men he rendezvoused with over the course of half a ship and pursued tattooing. Like his love life, Sam's work never century. His "stud file" included pictures, body dimensions, penis settled on one thing. He was a tattoo artist, professor, pornogra- "But then, serendipitously, my colleague forwarded mean email," measurements, what they did together, dates and times of meet pher, erotica author a nd collaborator. "I think that like many writ she said. The message was about a new biography of an OSU ings - Sam Steward was the Samuel Pepys of gay sex. But he ers and poets, he was essentially a solitary person who shared English grad. When she saw Sam Steward's name, Debra realized didn't collect these studs for nothing. Steward proved a priceless the best of himself through his writing," Justin Spring, author of that the man documented in this new book gifted the fund. Sub resource for Alfred Kinsey, becoming his unofficial collaborator on the new biography Secret Historian, comments. sequently, Spring's talk is the first use of the Steward-Walborn his study of the sexual behaviors of men. He was particularly fund. Debra plans to use a large portion of the mountainous fund handy in filming BDSM activities for Kinsey's studies. The recent attention given to Sam, is thanks to Spring and his bi on an academic queer conference sometime next year. While Sam ography. After spending a year searching for Sam's journals and is seeing a renewed queer interest, so are two other places close This whip-toting gay-ographer was born in 1909 in Woodsfield, OH papers, he discovered them stored safely away in an attic. This to home in his world: OSU and Columbus. (I'll save you unearthing the map- it's in Monroe county). Later, trove of data led to seven years of writing on Spring's part. Natu when the economy crashed, he made the same choice as many rally, the manuscript had to be pared down significantly. Spring Even though living in the academic spotlight is refreshing, both students now and just stayed in school, finally graduating from indulges his fascination for 1950's America with biographies, Debra and Spring agree that Sam's greatest legacy is his horde OSU in the 1930's with a BA, MA, and Ph.D. in English. Per memoirs and oral histories. Sam's name continued to appear in of notes and journals. What he has given us is a window into the haps his drive and work ethic came from his unsuccessful at these histories, which got Spring thinking. "I already knew the life of men with homosexual tendencies (as he would put it), in a tempts to 'fit' in Woodsfield. Maybe it was that which drove him name Phil Andros, his pen name, through my reading of gay pulp time of otherwise undocumented encounters that challenged the to Columbus to pursue a degree, and alcoholism. After his mother fiction and gay pornography of the 1960's and 70's." And thus, the social norm. He tried to be honest about his life in his time, and died when he was little, and his father became only a recurring creative spark connected. "So when I suddenly realized that Stew only now has Sam achieved the openness he wanted. character in his life, Sam led a solitary and lonely life. ard and Andros were one and the same I got very excited." Justin Spring will speak at the Wexner Center on November 2 at 4p. Debra Moddelmog is Professor of English and co-coordinator of the Sexuality Stud While he had encounters with countless men, none of them stuck. ies Program at The Ohio State University. Justin Spring's book, Secret Histori an, is out now in hardcover and available for $32.50. Learn more at his website, He never took up with anyone nor did he lead wwwsecrethistorian. com.
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The staff and (R), John Carey (R), Kevin Coughlin (R), Keith persuasion regarding EHEA, we do have the dations based on sexual orientation and gender board of Equality Ohio are fully committed to Fabor (R), John Husted (R), Ray Miller (D), Shirley votes to get the bill through the Senate - as identity/expression. Previous versions of similar working to get EHEA assigned to committee, A. Smith (D) and Jason Wilson (D). Six members long asthe bill gets out of committee and tothe bills have been introduced five times to the Ohio passed by the Ohio Senate and signed into law of the Rules Committee would need to vote Senate floor. Governor Strickland has indicated legislature with no success. In 2009, EHEA was by Governor Strickland. "yes" to ensure its passage to the full senate. that he will sign the bill into law when it reaches introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives, The Democratic Caucus of the Senate have his desk. was assigned to committee, testimony was Although Senator Harris has not yet indicated committed a uniform "yes" vote on EHEA and heard and the Ohio House of Representatives which committee he will assign EHEA to, it is sent a letter to President Harris, earlier this year, The progress of EHEA has been slow but passed the bill with a bipartisan vote. most likely that the bill will be given to either the urging him to assign the bill to committee. progress is being made. Equality Ohio will do Rules or Civil Justice committees. 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Of the In their first year of business, Be^nd Limits with ballroom floor and mirrored walls, flanked Spartan existence, James added that it was Training encountered a challenge that rarely by two shower rooms and a tanning room. 1 *o think of ourselves as a 're: "easier to stay here and work on the gym, just to faces a new business; they had to move. They (James is a certified tanning operator.)The next i," James says, "Everyone coming in get it ready. We've had clients, family, friends... were comfortably ensconced in the Seneca room features the stationary machines and con here has a goal and we want them to see re everybody's been helping us out." He estimates Buildingand had begun assembling a roster of tinues the brick and mirrors theme. The large sults." In fact, a blackboard on the playground's that he spent nearly 20 hours per day working clients to train. The location seemed perfect the room in back is what they call "The Playground." wall displays a list of client's goals and accom on the gym during the renovation period. "I had center of town, residents who were eager to be The playground features the free weights and plishments. Rich explains that "A lot of gyms practica lly no time for anything else..." come clients and 10 flights of stairs to run up some unconventional training devices, such as have generic training programs, but we don't do and down in the modest Columbus high rise. chains, a large tractor tire and 40 feet of thick it that way. If you come in here and say to us 'My He did, however, find time to keep training in However, jump cut to September and the train rope. Each of these items is a tool to provide a goal is to learn to surf,' I'm gonna write on the tensely for his competition atthe INBFNatural- ing facility now suddenly finds itself out on East different kind of workout, and serve as way to blackboard Jon wants tosurf, and we will make mania Nationals in NYC back in September. The Long Street in a new space. Wait a minute, how gauge a clients level of fitness. "You get winded surethatyou achieve that goal." hard work paid off: James was the WBNF Pro did that happen? pretty quickly doing these exercises," co-owner Card Winner, taking first place. Make sure to Rich Lauro notes with a smile. "They also break Because of the smaller size, the gym fosters a visit the Beyond Limits Training website and "We were basically asked to leave our last loca up the routine of the workouts, too." feeling of a community, like it's a team effort. "If Facebook to see pictures of James during the tion because some residents in the building I'm training you and another client walks in, I'll competition, he looks positively huge! With only were complaining about the sound of barbells The idea of starting a gym together happened be sure to introduce you to them," James says, a little prodding, James peels off his shirt to being dropped on the floor," co-owner James over three years ago, and they shared the phi adding "This way, if you wind up working out pose that winning physique for some photos in McGuire explains, shaking his head in disbelief. losophy that the gym should set itself apart next to each other, it won't feel strange; you'll thegp. "But, both parties came to an agreement and from the usual training facilities. Beyond Limits know each other." This attitude stretches across we went our separate ways. Then we had 60 is a natural gym: no steroids for clients, trainers all the trainers and is the principal philosophy When he describes his past as an HVAC and days to find a space and then finish the gym be or anyone. "We sponsor the Natural Buckeye that James and Rich are trying to get across, construction worker, it's easy to believe that the fore we had to be out of the previous location." Classic, a competition thatfeatures athletes that all are welcome and can train together robust, muscular man speaking to you would Now the challenge of growing a new business who are drug free," says Rich. "We like to prac without exclusion. hold these kind of jobs, but Ja mes is just as was complicated exponentially. Clients were still tice what we preach and set an examplefor ou r quick to explain that five years ago, he was not training atthe original facility while Jamesand clients." The hard line against steroids could "Everyone should be comfortable here, not just the man he is now. his partners rushed to locate, secure and build put off some potential clients, but these are not jocks." says Rich. "Anyone who wants to get a outa new location. Once they had located the E the clients that Beyond Limits wants to train. good workout and feel like they can belong is "I weighed about 135 pounds, smoked too much Long Street facility, they began building their welcome." This welcome extends to all age and drank too much, was going through a di dream-all over again. So has that hard line hurt their business? "No, it groups, ability levels and members of the LGBT vorce a nd just did not feel good." He made a hasn't," explains Rich, "Some clients have been community. "In a city with such a largecon- turnaround when he saw Rich compete early in The facility doesn't resemble one of the large, to gyms like that, and we're a breath of fresh air. stituency of GLBT residents, it would be foolish 2005. "Rich started training me in the fall of big-box gym 'fitness factories" that have It's a friendlier environment less competitive. In not to welcome members of the community. that year and a year later I won the ONBF Natu sprouted up in Columbus. You walk into a dojo- fact it's been an opportunity for us." All of the Both Rich, James and their business partner, ral Ohio competition. It's amazing whatyou can like sanctum that immediately relaxes and fo trainers were "hand picked for their abilities, Greg Woods, have family and friends who are do when you set a goal and then find the way to cuses you forthe task ahead. The former art commitment and for training steroid free. They gay, as well as a number of gay clients. And sur reach it. 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Its the outlook Meat of the Month Special! outloo keo hi nibus.com \lv meat of the month is free. open kimono Knouf Your Serostatus, Then Get To Knoro Julie SBrouich (fill Professor Engages in Pioneering Research on HTO Disclosure by Michael Daniels derstand them within the greater community." rity when engaging in risk-related behaviors." convincing them to do so. It's about under And thus her passion, and her research, was That made sense. But then I read her next sen standing why some do and some don't, finding It's not possible to talk about HIV and AIDS with launched. tence. "Willingness by a potential partner to en out what the fears and obstacles to disclosure out talking about knowledge and disclosure - do gage in unprotected sex without disclosure of a are, and then coming up with tools and strate vou know your HIV status, and do you communi Research into the topic of HIV status disclosure negative status may be interpreted by some HIV- gies that we can give MSM so that they can cate that to your partner(s)? Understanding the between MSM has been fraught with debate. // positive persons as a sign that the partner is make more informed, rational decisions. In that factors that lead men who have sex with men everyone were to ha ve safe sex every time, dis positive." way, it's about keeping a communityhealthy (MSM) to disclose or not disclose their HIV sta closure would be unnecessary is one line of with everyone taking an active part." tus, and giving them strategies to mitigate thinking. Some states, including Ohio, have It was one of those eureka moments for me. We those factors is critical to fighting the spread of criminalized failure to disclose by HIV positive a II view the world from our own point of view. Truly, every one of us, gay and straight HIV-posi HIVandAIDS. people, thus 'forcing' them to reveal their status Most straight folks assume everyone is straight tive and negative, male and female, top and orface severe criminal charges. Shouldn't these until they're told different. Many of us assume bottom, has an active role to play in keeping our Enter Julie Serovich, Professor and Chair of messages and penalties be enough? anyone in the gayborhood or in our bars is gay, community healthy. Thanks to the willingness of Human Development and Family Sciences at bi, or lesbian, until they introduce us to their op the HIV-positive and MSM communities in cen The Ohio State University. Serovich has long had Research data, including some of Serovich's posite-sex date. Those of us who a re HIV-nega tral Ohio, Serovich and her team are pioneering an interest in couples and families, beginning own findings, indicate not A Centers for Disease tive often assume everyone is negative until we work that could result in a prevention and dis her ca reer as a couples and fa mily therapist. Controlreport i n 2007 found that despite wide are told otherwise. Why wouldn't HIV-positive closure program for HIV/AIDS organizations "My interest hasalways been in families, how spread educational campaigns and interven people assume that everyone is positive unless across the nation. Columbus is once again on ever you define 'family,"' Serovich says. "It has, tions, only minimal progress has been made in they disclose themselves as HIV-negative? the cutting edge, and our community is lucky, for me, always been about communication and curbing HIV transmission rates between MSM. proud, and honored to have Julie Serovich fight relating to one another." "And why must it be the responsibility of the HIV Serovich is currently undertaking the only fully- ing a longside us, with us, and for us, in the bat positive person to disclose status?" Serovich randomized clinical trial for intervention and un tle against HIV and AIDS. It would be easy to assume that Serovich, an asks. "Why can't HIV-negative people be ex derstanding HIV status disclosure among MSM openly lesbian counselor, researcher, and pro pected to d isclose? The question really is do you in the nation, funded by a grant from the Na Contact Professor Serovich [email protected]. Learn fessor, got her interest in HIV/AIDS disclosure re really wantto communicate openly and honestly tional Institutes of Health. "Disclosure is a more about her research study and get involved at www. re- searchprojectoffice.com or 614.688.4168. HIV-positive MSM search by being a member of the GLBT with each other or not, and if you do, doyou process, not an event," she says. "Some men ages 18 and older, can earn up to $235 for their participa community. But the roots of her interest in this have the tools and strategies you need? Frankly, may give hints, seeking feed back from potential tion. Read herpaperin AIDS Education and Prevention, topic lie not within her GLBT family, but within it would be a large moral injustice to /^under partners. Some are fearful of rejection based on 21(3), pp207-219. ©2009. The Guilford Press. Knowyour her blood family. "In 1989, my grandmother be take this work." their HIV status. 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Judge Virginia Phillips of Federal District Court Now we actually have public opinion on our side - according to a joicing, and almost immediately the Pentagon issues struck down the military's ban on openly gay soldiers after the recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, over 75 percent of Ameri pla intiffs challenged the law under the First and Fifth Amend cans think gays should be allowed to serve openly in the military. Oct 14 The Obama administration, insisting that it supports re ments to the Constitution. It was the Log Cabin Republicans that Such approval feels weird, but I could force myself to get used to peal of the ban but favors a political solution over a court-im brought the suit it posed one, asks the judge to lift her injunction while the case remains under appeal. On September 10, every gay organization kicked itself for allowing Again on September 21, the GLBT siteJoeMyGod.com reported on the gay GOP'ersto ge t there first. the Senate vote, and someone left this comment: "All Faggots Oct 18, Phillips tentatively rejects a request by the U.S. Depart must die." The message was traced to the office of Georgia Re ment of Justice to lift her injunction. On September 12, two gay and two lesbian soldiers, all DADT vic publican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. tims, escorted Lady Gaga to the MTV Video Music Awards. The five Oct 20, After the Justice Department files for a stay, the 9th fed people involved wore dress uniforms - for Lady Gaga, an Alexan On September 22, Chambliss' office issued a statement saying eral appeals court in California grants a temporary stay, reversing der McQueen ensemble including tall gold feathers on her head is that so far it was unknown which person there left the comment. the worldwide injunction of DADT issued by Philips. The action a dress uniform. Theformer military members looked dignified Then I issued a statement saying apparently the senator hires means the Pentagon's ban on service members who are openly and handsome. staffers with the soul of a plum pit. homosexual is, once again, in full force. The Obama administra tion makes it clear that the Justice Department is required to up On September 13,1 wondered if I could get a military escort for On September 23, U.S. government lawyers filed to stop Judge hold standing law, and that while the President once favors the goingto Safeway . Phillips (see September 9) from issuing an injunction that would repeal of DADT, the administration wishes to make certain that immediately halt DADT. They argued she should confine any in the matter is handled in a way that makes the reversal of repeal On September 20, Lady Gaga turned up in Portland, Maine, to junctionto th e 19,000 members of the Log Cabin Republicans. nearly impossible. speak at a rally aimed at pressuring the state's two senators to vote for DADT repeal. She suggested a new policy for straight sol Now there's a bizarre idea. Only Republican gays can be soldiers. Oct 21, Under orders from Defense Secreta ry Robert Gates, only a diers who are "uncomfortable" being around gay soldiers. small handful of officials, including the secretaries of the Army, In further bizarreness, the White House triedto explai n why gov Navy, and Air Force, can decide whether or not to discharge serv She said, "Our new law is called If you don't like it, go home!"' ernment lawyers were defending a policy President Obama wants ice members under the law that prohibits openly gay service to eradicate. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs must go through Ex- members from being in the military. Any such moves now require On September 21, every American soldier in Afghanistan and Iraq cedrin like candy. their "personal approval." They must further do this "in coordina claimed to be uncomfortable around gay soldiers and asked to go tion" with the Pentagon's top lawyer, Jeh Johnson, a nd Clifford home. On September 24, a federal judge in Tacoma, Wash., ruled that Stanley, undersecretary of defense for personnel. Maj. Margaret Witt, a lesbian and decorated flight nurse booted Also on September 21, political D-Day arrived. The "D" wound up from the Air Force, should get her job back. U.S. District Judge Almost two months on the DADT roller coaster. Forget cautiously standing for "Doofuses." In the Senate, each Republican and two Ronald Leighton, an active Republican, became emotional as he optimistic—rm nauseously optimistic. Democrats voted against repealing DADT. 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There is a difference in claim to be a fashionista, but I do dress body type appropriate & I being honest and tactful with feedback, instead obviously recog If you believe that only straight folks bully gays, then ysu are ex like to invest in nice clothing when possible. I am a pretty tough nizing a difference as a negative thing, meaning me, being big tremely delusional & are still trippin' on Ecstasy. While my heart cookie, but the overt giggling and staring made me feel like a big ger, should not publicly wear a cheerleading costume. I know you oes out to the families that are in so much pain because their gay faux pas at that moment. Now, if I was a straight man (I laugh or scoff, but it is this type of subtle negativity that makes a loved one has taken their own life, there is still a lot of harm done know, that's hard to imagine) and if I decided to giggle and stare person feel devalued and feel not included. This subtle negativity within our own imperfect land of rainbows. So, listen up, fuck-o at those two gays who were making fun of me that would be con is still a form of bullying. The message is that "you are not as and get your head out of your so-called "I am so victimized by the strued as bullying or hostile and I might be removed from the aesthetically attractive as I, therefore you are a lesser person." straights" ass. Look around you, and acknowledge the bullying restaurant. We, the gays, call it catty when we do it to our own Mo'Nique said in her book that skinny bitches are evil, well, unfor and harassment that goes on in the gay community everyday. and we a Iso find this acceptable. Catty is still bullying in another tunately, most of them are and most of them are bullies with a What? Gays can't bully other gays? Buliying has no sexual orien form because being catty creates an atmosphere of intimidation more subtle style. tation or identity, dickhead. I know this months rant will piss peo and arrogance. Now, we are all guilty of being catty with our ple off, well, so what lam angry because there a re kids taking "homo homies" towards each other because weare familiar with This rant is for all of the hypocrites and for all of my bullied, but their lives because they have been bullied and not accepted be each other, but being catty to the point of malice is not acceptable beautiful gay & transgender brothers and sisters. For the hyp cause of who they are, and I am angry because there are gays and is plain hateful. I have found that I have been a receiver of ocrites, understand that while it is acceptable to feel pain & sor who feel constantly excluded because of our actions, our behav more bullying in the gay community than in high school and in row for those who took their lives & to broadcast your feelings on iors, and our over-inflated egos. growing up in Steel City, and this is not the kind of receiver I want Facebook or Twitter, however, it is not acceptable to be malicious to be. & exclusive to your own community. Bullying is not initiated by Before I go any further I would like to define the term, "bullying." hullvtoad-eelnoun: /.a Mustering.nuarrelsnme.overbearing straights only. 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My anger is up - people didn't talk about these things with the LGBT community forthe suicides. onlytomeetabear, at times barely contained. I must consciously their children. Why was he there? Because his as though he entered his house and rested his? check myself from going off on people forthe parents (who love him very much) were told by a I promise you, parents, some of your children hand on the wall least little provocation, and I don't always suc trusted doctor that same-sex desire would drive have rendered themselves so invisible that you only to ha ve a snake bite him. ceed. Recently, I took out my rage against a guy Kevin to kill himself, not realizing that, had they do not have a clue as to what they are going Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not for no good reason -1 realize I was projecting my not committed him, the thought would not have through. At this very moment, daughters and light frustration on him (an openly Gay man, no entered his mind. sons of yours are struggling with their orienta pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness less!), simply because! cannot directly confront tion. Act on their behalf before you find them I hate, I despise your religious feasts,- the murderers who have inspired suicides, who Our oldest LGBT people grew up with scenarios dangling with a belt around their neck, or a bul I cannot stand your assemblies. have beaten, raped, and belittled my queer chil even more devastating than what Kevin suf let in their cranium in the ultimate act of lonely dren. And, yes, these kids are mine. Too many of fered. Things have changed for the better for defeat. The damnation I call upon you is the only prtheir parents, educators, and religious leader openly Gay adults. We've got it much better for your salvation, should yon finally con abandoned them, turning them into an in- since Stonewall. But this does not stop the per r kids who killed them- terms with your folly before you kill: le population of orphans. vasive American folk custom of festive mistreat vn upon their oppressors Amos is not enough, let's b ment of young people who a re different, a form 17:2): of domestic terrorism that reaches a frightening re better for him crescendo in high school. ause my father (with whom I fou lata millstone werehai .ly before going to college) was vocal and he cast into the sea, ed upside t '$M$m&$& the mistreatment of homosexuals in the than that he should offend one of t you can repent from your wrong1 ..„, that I never had to go through my own ones. ivent more murders, suicide or ( It is for this reason that I issue my appeal to suicide watch. And I don't think there is any Heaven. We are no longer pre-Stonewall, nor are force in the universe that my mother would not And translated from the Quran (17 we in the 1990s. By 2010, everybody knows bet have confronted, should I have been threatened Every man's work ter - ignorance is no longer an excuse. when I was a h "fe have fastened on his own neck, id on the Day of Judgment God Damn You, school administrators, if you sit The Day of the Lord fe shall bring out for him a. idly by while bullies terrorize young people under % spread open, vourcare. God Damn You, Fundamentalist I do not lightly call damnation upon an}.... lying: "Readyourov~ com. Talk wject.org Christian parents, if you send your kids to be so as a last resort. is day psychologically, physically, and spiritualty warped by sadistic adults in reparative therapy. lb the bullies, be you parents, politician, God Damn You, Spirit-Filled Christians, if you pundits or popes: doyou honestly believe OwnPriva submit your children to the humiliation of an ex God is pleased byyourantics, or that you1, orcism. God Damn You, Mormon parents, if you welcomed into Heaven with open arms for; islam, there are two jihads, the Lesser sell out your own flesh and blood so you can iniquity? ich is the struggle against Allah's er have preferred seating in the Celestial Kingdom. and the Greater Jihad, which is the stru God Damn You, Muslim parents, if yourdaugh- My curse against you is simply this: may the full against one's own evil inclinations. ter fears for her safety because male kinfolk horror of your actions be revealed to you. Then may do her physical harm if they find out about we will see who contemplates suicide. her girlfriend, and you do not assure her other wise. God Damn You, Catholic and Orthodox Let me quote the Hebrew prophet Amos (5:18- (both Christian and Jewish) parents, if you do 23): not confront the blatant hypocrisy of your lead Why doyou long for the .____. ers who cover the asses of those who abuse day of the Lord? Voung people, all the while screamingabout That day will be how same-sex love destroys civilizations. Con darkness, not demn these perversions, all of you, and do it loudly enough so that your queer childi outloo keo hi inbus.eo m (ai n was a little saltv. but fanev. Refined, like a Goldman Sachs executive. And a murderer. DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION CONSIDER FOSTER CARE ADOPTION FOR ADOPTION ! ndfaj IOTOCI Kiinilirt tor (. hildrrn in fa The children waiting for a family may be right next door. 1 -800-ASK-DTFA 1-800-275-3832 ©2007 Dave Thomas Foundation lor Adoption www.DaveThomasFoundationforAdoption.org outloo keo lu inbus.eo in If there's a room in your home Janet Garrison would like to rent it. Or at the vcrvleast, squat there. Goocyz d idnt work out, gurrrl. ^^^^^^^m tttire by J Eric Peters Zach Harrington, 19, committed suicide in Nor ment overwhelming in both its frequency and themselves. Carol Goodenowand colleagues man, OK one week after listening to hours of intensity. Adults who fail or refuse to act to con produced a study published in the book Psychol Suicide has claimed 14 young members of our brutally anti-gay testimony during a city council trol and quash such bullying leave kids at risk ogy in the Schools showing both that "sexual community in just the past few months. All were meeting's open comment period focused on a for a wide range of pathology including suicidal- minority adolescents report higher rates of vic under 21. Two were only 13. These were pre GBLT issue, which passed. PFLAG had awarded ity. The suicide rate among GBLTQ youth has timization and suicidality than their heterosex cious, unique individuals, not mere statistics or him a college scholarship. risen to what may be epidemic levels. ual peers" and that "sexual minority political abstractions. adolescents in schools with LGB support groups Seth Walsh, 13, hung himself on September 19 GBLTQ youth - our community's future - face reported lower rates of victimization and suici On July 9, Justin Aaberg, a 15-year-old cellist from a tree in his Tehachapi, CA backyard and tragic and outrageous conditions. Campus Pride dality." who had broken up with his boyfriend that week, died September 28. Police said some students and the Q Research Institute reported a survey hung himself in Anoka, MN. who had bullied him for being gay broke down in of a nationwide sample of over 1000 folks (stu BUT THERE'S HOPE tears and said they had never anticipated his dents, faculty and staff) on college campuses. Billy Lucas, 15, took a leather lead he had used death. GBLQ respondents "were significantly more Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) make a difference with his horses and hung himself on September likely" to experience harassment when com in schools. Helpful information for starting and 9 in a rural area near Greensburg, IN. Afriend Raymond Chase, 19 and openly gay since his pared with their heterosexual counterparts and developing GSAs has been made available by said he had heard people bullying Lucas, telling sophomore year in high school, hung himself in twice as likely to be targeted with derogatory re Kaleidoscope (www.KYCohio.org). him to kill himself since he was gay. his Providence, RI dorm room on September 29 marks or stared at. at Johnson & Wales, a prestigious school where This writer's personal experience as a suicide Cody Barker, 17, hung himself on September 13. he was studying culinary arts. It's even worse for transgender students. Harsh survivor and years of reflecting back on that very He had attended a weekly GBLT support group Realities: The Experience of Transgender Youth difficult time have yielded the following and had made plans to start a gay-straight al Alec Henrikson, an 18-year-old computer pro in our Nation's Schools, the first comprehensive thoughts. If you attempt suicide, either you kill liance at his school. grammer and student at Earlham College in study of transgender students, released recently yourself or you don't. If you do, then you might Richmond, IN was found dead on September 30. by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Net just be ending your life at the worst time your lyler Clementi, 18 and a freshman at New Jer Pride in Utah noted that he was gay. work indicate that transgender youth face "ex life will ever know and depriving yourself of sey's Rutgers University, on September 22 tremely high levels" of violence in schools, even much, much better years. What a fucking rip jumped off a bridge after his roommate surrep Caleb Nolt, 14, killed himself in Ft Wayne, IN on more so than their non-transgender GBL peers. off! If you don't die, then whatever method you titiously filmed dementi's intimacy with another September 30. His survivors include his twin Nearly nine out of ten transgender students ex use might leave you with blindness, paraplegia guy. brother and friends who reported he had en perienced verbal harassment at school in the or brain damage. It's happened to other people; dured a long history of anti-gay bullying. past year and more than half experienced physi every method has failed (or, perhaps better, Asher Brown, a 13-year-old Houston youth, used cal assault. Some of that abuse came from saved) somebody. a 9 mm Beretta that his stepfather had stored Aiyisha Hassan, a 20-year-old student at school staff. on a closet shelf to shoot himself on September Howard University, a historically black university Ending suicide among LGBTQ youth is the top 23. His parents reported he had endured years where she participated in the LGBT student Some queer kids got bullied in Columbus Public priority for The Trevor Project, which "provides] of vicious bullying that targeted his sexual ori group, committed suicide in Marin County, CA Schools today (if not, then last week). The odds life-saving and life-affirming resources includ entation, religion (Buddhism), physical condi on October 5. A friend said Hassa n had been don't lie. ing [a] 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital tion (short stature) and clothing (i.e. poverty). "having a lot of trouble with a lot of different community and advocacy/educational pro things, but mainly her sexual identity." Bullying can be deadly when it leads to suicide. grams" according to their mission statement Chloe Lacey, in Eureka, CA shot herself on Sep The Journal of Adolescent Health published a (www.TheTrevorProject.org). They maintain the tember 24 just days before her nineteenth birth Terrel Williams, 17, hung himself "just hours study that analyzed data from the 1995 Youth 24/7 Trevor Lifeline at 1-866-4-U-TREVOR. day. She complained of feeling terrified of being after being attacked by five other high school Risk Behavior Survey including 9,188 high bullied for her gender expression. students, and pushed and thrown intoa brick school students including 315 identified as gay, Dan Savage the sex advice columnist started a wall at Clover Park High School in Lakewood, lesbian or bi. GBL students who were most vic community response to the recent epidemic of Harrison Chase Brown, 15, "died suddenly," his WA" on October 13" according to LGBTQ Nation. timized (compared with all other students and teen queer suicides. Savage's efforts opened the obituary reports, in Rand, CO on September 25. Spirit Day with its candlelight vigils was one with heterosexual students experiencing very door for a community response that has pro He had been Senior Patrol Leader for Boy Scout week later. high levels of bullying) exhibited 'the highest duced hundreds of videos on YouTube Troop 191 while working toward his Eagle levels of health risk behaviors" including suici (http://www.youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterpro- award. Friends told Perez Hilton that Brown THE BIG PICTURE dally, substance use and sexual risk behaviors. ject) all making a single point: it gets better. killed himself because of anti-gay bullying. 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Yet, all overthe Internet, men, women, activists, with HIV in the United States. celebrities and anyone with a voice are sharing their stories and Sadly, gay teen suicides are nothing new, says Charles Robbins, • Half of all sexually active young people contract a sexually asking the viewers on the other side to make changes and to hold director of the Trevor Project, a suicide-prevention organization for transmitted infection by age 25. on, it does get better. gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgenderyouth that operates a 24/7 • Over 750,000 teenagers in the United States will become preg crisis hotline. But a nationwide string of them in September nant this year - thaf s one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in Dan Savage had an epiphany one day while sitting in the airport. brought the issue more attention. Teens "often feel like they're the the developed world. The Seattle-based writer and columnist (for outlook: columbus. only person who's going through what they're going through, and among other publications) waswaitingfor a plane when he read these videos will, we hope, let them know that there are others But when it comes to persuading policy makers to reach the right about the suicide of 15-year-old Billy Lucas in Indiana, who com who have gone through the same thing and there is hope and decisions - like requesting comprehensive sexuality education mitted suicide after being bullied in high school because his there is help," says Robbins. funding under the new Personal Responsibility Education Pro classmates thought he was gay. Savage realized he was waiting gram (PREP) and rejecting the failed Title V abstinence-only pro for someone's permission to talkto these kids - but he didn't need While the It Gets Better and Trevor projects use the power of video gram - statistics aren't nearly as meaningful as personal stories. to. to change young minds, the Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) is using So Cavnor decided to share his own: I was diagnosed HIV positive the voices of the young to change the minds of lawmakers. They 19 years ago. Being diagnosed with HIV in 1991 was much differ "I thought, If I could only have talked to him for five minutes, to are using video testimonials from students, teens and others to ent than it is today in 2010. For one thing, we have so many more tell him it gets better, maybe he wouldn't be dead,"' said Savage. help illustrate the need for better sexual education and healthy treatment options available today than we did then. And we also After retuning to Seattle, Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, sexual awareness. The use of video and the Internet have made have better support services. When I tested positive I was the decided to shoot a video of them discussing their 16-year rela sharing your own story in a relevant context into a new form of ac youngest person in my support group by 20 years!" tionship and life with their 12-year-old adopted son, DJ. In it they tivism. tell gay and lesbian teens that life does get wonderful after high Today there are peer-based medically accurate sexual health edu school. CAP played a strong role in gaining the passage of HB 2509, a cation programs, like CAP'S Teen2Teen. Peer groups like new Oregon state law requiring all public elementary and second Teen2Teen and others provide counseling that is more approach "If you can live through high school, which you can... you're going ary schoolsto provide age-appropriate human sexuality educa able than regular counseling situations can offer. Teens can learn to have a great life. It's going to be the envy of all those people tion. CAP worked as part of TPP/SHP (Teen Pregnancy from each other in a safe and supportive environment. There are that picked on you," Miller says in the video, which has been Prevention/Sexual Health Promotion Partnership), a coalition of also the AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, ADAPs, in each state to viewed 1.6 million times. The project has grown rapidly, with over state and local community based organizations focused on youth provide help for people who cannot afford their HIV medications. 200 videos uploaded in the first week from adults of all sexual ori sexual health, which includes two Planned Parenthood affiliates entations, including many celebrities. The project's YouTube and the Oregon Department of Education. CAPs peer education "We have come a great distance, but we still have farto go. And channel reached the 650 video limit in the next week, and is now program "feen2Teen sent members to Salem, the state capitol, to you can help: Please take a moment to share your story about your organized on its own website, the It Gets Better Project. testify about the critical importance of this program. work and why comprehensive sex education matters to you," says Cavnor. They sit down in front of the camera, and they start to talk Some The National Coalition for Sexual Health is a coalition of HIV/AIDS speak in English, in Spanish, in American Sign Language. They organizations, service providers and allied agencies united by a Take a moment to compose your thoughts, wait for the red light to proudly wear their U.S. Marine uniforms or wedding rings or hold shared commitment to promoting healthy sexuality by advocating come on and just tell us your story. And make a difference. squiggly, giggling children. Most of them gay, each has a mes for public policies that help to prevent HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, STIs, sage for gay teenagers who may be contemplating suicide. "It unintended pregnancy, and sexual coercion and violence. 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I:a~ Oat I)i«.-un[ r M ieliacl can't go srr the Nutcracker because of his fear of mouse fumes... seriously. outlookeolunibus.eom Bullied Comedian by Jason Stuart in the presence of these students who are not afraid of being out and accepting who they are. wasthatkid. I could have been Asher Brown, It impressed me immensely. >eth WalshWalsh,, TyleTylerr ClementClementii oorr ananyy ooff ththee otheotherr *.cU* sthat ended their young, precious lives. I When I was 21,1 made a call to a suicide pre f up in the 1970s when being gay was still vention lifeline because I realized I needed help. I nsidered to be a mental illness by some. I was starting to have thoughts of suicide and I 'Id go to sleep hoping not to wake up, simply needed someone to stop me, to save my life. I ause I liked men. While much has changed began seeing a counselor after that, who I knew rthe last 30 years, feelings of isolation re- kept everything confidential, but even with my '" brought on by peers. back to her chair, I sat there and lied that I was bi-sexual, uncomfortable to even speakthe Like those boys and so many others, I was bul truth. It was too hard and I was afraid for my lied in school. I guess my locker had some life. pheromone that attracted people that hated people that were somewhat different because in Career-wise, I wanted to be an actor while some thefirstweek of 7th grade a kid scraped the in the industry would say I was "too light in the word "fag" on my locker with something sharp loafers." Memories of all these kids who beat me like a pocketknife or a nail. Even though I could up and humiliated me all through school came only see that word when I fumbled with the com back to me repeatedly in my early years of pursu bination, the sadness and loneliness that the ing my career. Being afraid of people and re- word made me feel lingered in the back of my learning how to trust them isa daily reminder of mind every day of those horrific three years, a where and how far I have come. feeling that continued until I finally came out publicly on television in 1993. This one act and Now I am an actor, a comedian and an advocate other daily forms of abuse by my classmates for equality. I have been able to get past my changed my life and my abilityto learn and par childhood and work in my chosen profession. I ticipate in friendships and relationships. The also have been able to give back to my commu fear that I had because I was different was so nity by being chair of the Screen Actors Guild Na strong it convinced me not to attend college; I tional LGBT Actors Committee and a mentor for was not prepared for what the repercussions LifeWorks, which supports LGBTQ youth between might be if people knew I was gay. the ages of 12-24.1 have also produced and per formed in a comedy benefit for the past five When I finally was in my 30s and starting to act, years to raise money for these kids and to show I was completely guarded with my secret, con them there is hope out there. vinced I had to suppress it and pretend it was non-existent. It was so detrimental to me that I Doing service for others and by accepting the only wanted to be with other "professional" ac support of others has been MY way of healing. I tors, where I felt safe. Where I knew that as long have been able to overcome my feelings of not as I was in this box of mine, life was going to be being "enough." I came to realize that the safer. "Just DONT be yourself." That's what I be thoughts in my head are just that and can go lieved and in doing so, I missed so many poten out as easily asthey entered those many years tial experiences and relationships that I will ago. I ca n create a new life story by which to live never know what "could have been." my life. It's 2010 and I don't have to be that kid in the 1970s who was abused and suicidal any I regret not having the experience of going more. I often wish I could take that kid by the though the same things at the same time as my hand and show him the life I have now and tell peers. Folks often say, "You can go to college him, "It will get better. I'm someone. Someone now." Of course, it wouldn't be the same. I often with a life and someone that matters. Just like travel to universities to do stand-up or lecture, you do." and I learn so much just being around students, faculty and members of gay-straight alliances. Jason Stuart is an out comedian and acta who has ap Recently, after a performance, I had a good cry peared in numerous movies, TV shows and live perform- when I was back in my hotel because I had been outloo keo hi nibus.eom Fag is derived from old french meaning"bundle of sticks" featu One More Ruined Life Is Not Goin? To Be Tolerated Wednesday Oct 20 was Spirit Day, the day that the Gay and Les- Our Schools are NOT safe - Our kids are NOT safe. To Interrupt - homophobic jokes and comments when we hear bia n Alliance Against Defamation asked peopleto "Go Purple" to them. call attention to the deaths of six teenagers who committed sui Bullying is destroying kids lives cide after reportedly being taunted because they were gay. The Suicide is the ultimate consequence... We MUST hold Schools accountable -teachers, administrators story of Tyler Clementi grabbed national headlines last month. But youth who do survive - still struggle, and staff must protect all kids. lyler was a freshman at Rutgers University whose roommate, They don't do well academically, Dharun Ravi, allegedly live-streamed Tyler having sex with an- They drop out, They need tools and training to do that effectively. other man online. They turnto substance abuse to numb their pain, and depression and mental health issues ruin their lives. We must insist that they get those tools and that trainin Tyler's belongings were found on the George Washington Bridge in New York the day after he reportedly posted a goodbye note on his I dont like numbers that much, but I'm goingto rea d you some We must hold our elected officials feet to the fire. Facebook page. Less than a week later Tylers body was found startling statistics: floating in a nearby river. School boards must be made to have inclusive policies and • 9 out of 10 q ueer kids experience harassment at school; provide adequate trainini GLAAD wanted the "Go Purple" event will show other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth who face the same pressures • Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in youth, it is the Our legislators must pass laws that are inclusive-whether and bullying that there is a vast community of people who sup 2nd on college campuses; anti-bullying bills or hate crimes laws. port them, as well as give a chanceto rememberthose who, like Tyler, have fallen victim to bullying and felt that suicide was their 1 More than 1/3 of LGBT kids have reported suicide attempts; We must - as a community - step up and DO SOMETHING! only way out. • Queer kids are 4 times more likely to attempt suicide than Organizations that serve LGBTjouth - need our dollars and Here in Columbus, the day was honored with a poignant but non-queer kids; our support. hopeful gathering in Goodale Park Wednesday evening with hun dreds of supporters holding candles aloft in the gathering dusk. • Over 50% of homeless youth are homeless because of family Organizations that serve youth in general must be made Many voices resonated throughout the evening and we found responses to their sexual orientation or gender identity; safe and accessible to queer kids. strength in the words of BRAVO's Gloria McCauley: • In 2009 BRAVO took reports from over 100 victims underthe LGBT Kids need our help - as role models, as mentors, as "Good evening everybody. As I look out at (this crowd) sea of pur age of 24; friends. ple I as struck by 2 things: • The last several years BRAVO has taken 20 - 25 reports per Gay Kids have been dying for years - and nobody seemed to care. First, I'm struck by who is here. We are the lucky ones... year of incidents occurring in our schools and on college cam Lucky to be alive - to have survived... puses; Well the world needs to get the message. Lucky to be connected enough to our community to know about this vigil... And these represent the tip of the iceberg! ThatWehavehadit- ENOUGH is ENOUGH! Lucky enough to be able to care a bout our youth. Bullying is Violence! We must look at violence as a continuum One more teen suicide is unacceptable. Second, I'm struck by who is NOT here: that begins with anti-gay jokes a nd comments and escalates Rural folks - especiallyyouth - living in isolation and fear - through bullying - harassment assault all the way to suicide and One more ruined life is not going to be tolerated. with no access to resources... murder. People -young and old - living in suivival mode - homeless, Queer kids deserve a chance at success - at happiness - at poor, under employed - too busy just trying to make it day to day to It is up to those of us with ability - the privilege - the luxury of worry a bout vigils. being "OUT" either as LGBT people or as allies of and advocates And those we have lost... for LGBT people to speak up - about our experiences - our lives, Thank you. 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Portrait Of A Page-Turner: An Interview With Author Bill Clegg by Gregg Shapiro GS: Once it began to take shape as a book, why did you decide some hole that needsto be filled and how that manifests in life to keep it in the memoir format as opposed to the liberties you has a lotto do with where you are and where you grew up and what Bill Clegg, a young, gay and attractive New York literary agent with might have been afforded in a fictional format? you had access to. If I grew up in Antarctica (laughs), I probably a boyfriend in the movie industry, details his struggle with the wouldn't have had access tothe same drugs. God knows what I crack cocaine addiction that nearly killed him in the memoir Por- BC: Because when other addicts and alcoholics have been candid would have been addicted to there. Penguin feathers or something taitofanAddttasa Young Man (Little, Brown, 2010). Told in un about their experiences with me it gives me courage to be more (laughs). flinching detail, Clegg moves back and forth in the book from his candid and more honest. Being honest about where my addiction childhood and complicated relationship with his family to his ex took me, I feel less shame around it and I feel relief. If my being GS: There is a sense that the book is more than just a memoir, citing life in New York with partner "Noah" to his ultimate drug-fu candid about my experience inspires anyone else to be honest and that it is intended to be a tool to aid others. eled downfall with the momentum of a runaway train. I spoke with open about what's going on with them and in that way lifts the Clegg, the author of this recommended summer read, shortly be shame and torment of that in anyway, then it's worth it. Also, BC: That's the hope. That's the reason that it exists as a published fore the publication of the book. when I went back through what I had written, the hardest thing to document. Otherwise it would have never been published. It was reoccupy was how desperately lonely the experience was. Even in published to be useful. And I hope that it is. Gregg Shapiro: Living as we do in a post-James Frey memoir the period that preceded those two months, when I was, on the surface, successful and living a crowded life, I was desperately writing Portrait of an Addict as a YoungMan? lonely because I had this secret. Through the years preceding my crack up, I tried to manage my use. I tried to have only two drinks version, who do you think would be right to play you in film? at night, to come home at two in the morning as opposed to 10 in Bill Clegg: Not at all. I didn't think about James Frey's book once the morning, and I failed every time. That struggle was a very BC: Oh, God, I would never answerthat question. I don't know. Be- wfs u rt^ • -Tdin reh?,aft^ A ,, _ - _- __ _ i u ILL i IL i _. udui\duuiui. iidii leuieiiiuiybiiiKuidi. ui UUUI5C IIUW, in leuuveiy, i Stf-SSiIffi£__£l!-_S^pK ^^^^3^^^^!!^^ GS:BeingintheHteraryworld,doyouthinKitwasinevitab.elhat where it went with me. that period. The writing of it, initially, was as far away from imag with for over a decade, but I don't think I'm going to torture the ining it as a book as it could possibly be. That experience of tran world by having it rear its head (laughs). What I would say about scribing memories went on for a couple of years. At the point of GS: As you mentioned, your drug of choice was crack cocaine. writing, and it's what I dosay to the writers that I work with, unless which it occurred to me, several years later, that there might be It's interesting that the gay community is in the midst of a crys you have to do it, don't do it. I think that should be the measure for something book-shape, book-length there, the issue of James Frey tal meth epidemic, while you became addicted to crack, not all artistic endeavors. If you have to do it, do it. Otherwise, it's not or other addiction memoirs didn't come up mainly because I crystal. worth it And I had to do this. It began in the earliest hours of my hadn't read those memoirs. It started as an incredibly personal struggle to get sober and it never went away a nd it kept on return and private thing. I never thought outside of the demands of the BC: There are straight people addicted to crystal meth, there are ing as this urgent thing. At a certain point I stepped out of the way project itself. gay people addicted to crack. There a re people addicted to choco of it and let it happen. It was less of a choice to write it and ab late cake and to sex. I think people struggle with addictions and it solutely a choice to make it public. takes manyforms. 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Case in point: We love Lili Taylor. Always have. From interest in magic tricks), including directing television and stage play someone who loses and painfully, slowly regains movement, her "Joe Lies" songs in Say Anything^ playing extreme lesbian productions. So the next step on the ladder is feature films. His first speech and memory. And Dakota Fanning is still too young, so would-be assassin Valerie Solanas in IShot Andy Warhol^ her project for Fox 2000 is Aaron and Sarah, an indie comedy about a someone get Jodie to say yes, OK? heartbreaking role on Six Feet Under, there's nowhere Lili Taylor can geeky guy and a popular girl who meet as freshmen in high school go that Romeo won't follow. So when she shows up soon on The and become best friends. (Look, rt could toohappen. ) Together they HIDDEN HUGO OUWfTGETS HIGHLY VISIBLE CAST Good Wifeas someone being described as a "romantic foil" for weather four proms and a funeral before- can you guess? -finally Highly dedicated readers with long memories will recall that back Archie Panjabi's character Kalinda, theTiVo will be fired up and realizing what was standing right in front of them the whole time. in 2007 Romeo reported on the new project from Martin Scorsese ready. No one likes spoilers, but it seems that Taylor's investigator Emma Roberts and Josh Hutcherson will star in what could very and Academy Award-nominated gay screenwriter John Logan {The character may have been involved with Kalinda at some point and well turn out to be the (500) Days of Summer that's allowed a hap Aviator) called The Invention of Hugo Cabret In the three years might be back in her life to cause some trouble. Not that it matters pier ending. And starring people who aren't so old. since it was announced, the name has been shortened to just Hugo too much. Taylor could play Charles Manson and it'd be easy to Cabretand the fantasy tale about a 12-year-old orphan living in enjoy watching her do it. The episodes are coming up in November. HOB-IT ON the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris who solves a mystery in All that angst. All that negotiation. All that director drama. But now volving a robot finally has a big A-list castJude Law, Ben Kingsley, GLEE'S JANE LYNCH AND LEAMICHELEWORKTHE MICROPHONE it's official: The Hobbit is happening and Peter Jackson (Lord of the Christopher Lee, Sacha Baron Cohen, Emily Mortimer, Ray Wmstone They re going to hide their laces but not their voices. Ihe two Glee Rings trilogy) will, indeed, direct The bad news is that it's going to and Hollywood's current child-actor It Girl, Chloe Moretz {LetMe In, stars are each working on animated projects even as they con be in that annoying 3D, but the good news is the potential for a Kick-Ass). The film is currently shooting and its mysteries will be re tinue to shoot the second demanding season of the elaborate mu powerhouse cast. Now here's where it all turns into speculation, but vealed sometime in 2011. In tiie meantime, you can always go back sical IV show. Lynch is playing against type lor hers, voicing the and watch Scorsese's Shutter Islandagain and try tofigur e out the word is that Dr. Who star David Tennant is up for a role, as is role of sweet, kind Aunt May Parker on the upcoming animated what fMone was about. Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds), and that Martin Free series Ultimate Spider-Man. Lea Michele, on the other ha nd, is man (The Office, Hot Fuzz and the current BBC series Sherlock) is stepping right into diva-red slippers as Dorothy Gale in the fea being eyed as Bilbo Baggins. Obviously some, but not necessarily AND NOW FOR SOME LEO/TOBEY/BAZ LUHRMANN RUMORS ture film Dorothy of Oz. The musical film features a mostly male all, characters from the earlier films will appear, but there will be Romeo already reported that Baz Luhrmann wants to make his next voice cast, including Patrick Stewart, Dan Aykroyd, JamesBelushi, Gandalf. At the moment, Sir Ian McKellen is listed as merely "ru film an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. That Hugh Dancy, Oliver Piatt Kelsey Grammer and Martin Short. And mored" to play that part on his IMDB page, but who else could step news has been around for about a year now. Well, the flamboyantly into those robes? Nameone person. See? It's impossible. And mak while some of those gentlemen can sing, none of them are most straight/free-spirited/somewhat heterosexual-ish director does well known lor that talent, so this is definitely going to be a show ing this happen fast is definitely on the agenda since there's the wantto make Gatsby, and if s firing up the blogs lately that case for the young lady when it finally hits theaters sometime in possibility of a February 2011 start date. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Amanda Seyfried are in talks 2012. with Luhrmann to star. Now if s true that there've been some talks, but Gatsby might not even be Luhrmann's next film at all. He's set RON HOWARD WANTS JODIE FOR STAW OF INSIGHT Romeo San Vicente thinks you should renttheUli Taylor-starring early '90s movie Harvard neuro-anatomist Jill Bolte Taylors' 1996 stroke at the age uptodirecta musical soon, as well, which is good news for all Dogfight. He can be reached care of this publication oratDeeplnsideHolly- of 37 turned her life upside down. Eventually, though, after eight Moulin Rouge!'fans. But ultimately what all this means is that any [email protected]. years, she madea full recovery and her subsequent memoirtitled thing you hear about this or any Luhrmann project right now is sub MyStroke of Insightbecame a bestseller. Now Oscar-winning direc ject to total change. In other words, don't go fantasy cast:ng before tor Ron Howard plans to make the film version and he wants fellow the names are signed on the dotted line. It can only lead to heart Oscar-winner Jodie Foster to star as Bolte. Sounds like perfect cast break. Pelotonia is a grass roots bike tourwith one goal: lo end eaneer. outlookeolumbus.eom stud hair design In Clintonville 21 Brighton Rd Columbus, OH 263-8661 rG0% OFF ENTIRE INVENTORY Now & Save - Our Biggest. 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BalletMet undoubt ment stores burst with over-the-top decora So why is it that even during a shaky econ feeling holiday stress, looking forward to a edly contributes to Columbus's hip cultural tions and Starbucks brings back their omy, the production still fills more seats performance or exhibition can keep us mov scene in a significant way. peppermint mochas and gingerbread than all other season productions? The an ing and give us something to be excited lattes, we're reminded that the holiday sea swers seem to point to The Nutcracker's about and share with others despite our Featuring sumptuous sets and costumes, son is here. With the season comes long ability to provide familiarity and reliability, winter woes or inner Scrooge. Perhaps it's an endearing story, Tchaikovsky's beloved drives home to the family's house, dreaded creating broad audience appeal. Whether a this sense of reliability and guaranteed score performed live by the Columbus Sym visits with in-laws, added inches to waist family outing or a romantic date, The Nut- cheeriness that keeps people coming back phony and Gerard Charles' exciting chore lines, last minute shopping trips, and per crackeraWom audiences to create new to The Nutcracker. ography performed by a talented cast of haps added financial stress. Just as we memories and recall moments from their more than 100 dancers, The Nutcrackers a may feel economic strains this season, arts pasts, as can be seen in countless audi The Nutcrackera\so gives audiences the perfect way to escape this holiday season. organizations stress about getting people ence testimonials. opportunity to support "home-grown tal It is an unrivaled spectacle for all ages and in the door. However, many find hope ent." Internationally recognized, BalletMet an opportunity to make fantastic memories. through annual holiday traditions. One "This is my 40th year of either see is among the largest ballet companies in such tradition is BalletMet's production of ing/performing/rehearsing Nut the country. Though BalletMet's 25 profes Abby Hollingshead is Marketing Intern tor BalletMet The Nutcracker, which continues to bring cracker. I won't tell you how many sional dancers come from all over the Columbus, a member organization of the Columbus Arts Marketing Association. CAMA's mission is to pro sugarplums, Tchaikovsky, and those gor this makes for my mom!" world, they have made Columbus their mote awareness of and participation in the arts and geous dancers to audiences every Decem home. In addition to the company dancers, cultural opportunities in Greater Columbus through ber. "Thank you for such a wonderful more than 100 student dancers from the collaborative marketing and public relations projects, night. I was ready to turn around and Columbus area join the cast of The Nut and to provide professional development opportunities for members. For information visit BalletMet has presented The Nutcracker ai see it again right then but I guess it cracker. By attending The Nutcracker, pa www.camaonline.org. the Ohio Theatre since 1978 and has con will have to wait. So all I can do is trons support something with Columbus at tinued to delight audiences with its winter hope next year we will see you again its core. A recent study conducted by the spectacular. Anyone who has experienced and we will bring more ballet Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium BalletMet's production can attest to the friends." reported that in Columbus, each non-resi world-class talent of the company, who dent arts patron spends an average of For some reason that image of the nuteraeker makes me hungry fo r nringlrs.. outlookeolumbus.eom ILUMBUS DECEMBER 3,4, & 11, 2010 rfes This year, as part of our mission and outreach, we will partner with the Salvation Army Foundation and accept toy donations to help underprivileged children during the holidays. Come to our 2pm matinee performance on December 4 at King Avenue United Methodist Church with a brand new toy for a child and receive free* admission to the concert. We are pleased to give back to the community in this special way, and we invite your participation. _VfflRS Of December 3t 8pm King Avenue United Methodist Church December 4, 2pm King Avenue United Methodist Church DOING Toy donations THE MOST TICKETS GOOD accepted. si5 In Advance December 4, 8pm •20 Rtthe Door King Avenue United Methodist Church December 11, 2pm Lord of Life Lutheran Church .columbus, in Linworth (Worthington area) A STATE AGENCY CO underground outlook THAT SUPPORTS PUBLIC THE COLUMBUS -rcom December 11, 8pm PROGRAMS \H THE ARTS Greater Columbus FOUNDATION ml •••—•*> M'ti.r Arts Council Powell United Methodist Church "Free admission with toy donation valid for the 12/4/10 N° ? ____§? U 2:00pm performance only. 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At physical and emotional safety, of course, but your behavior toward in print isn't your peak sexual experience. But odds are... that point however, I was sexually assaulted by a former part your husband is both cruel and selfish. ner. Since that incident, I cannot stand sex with my husband. I I am a 47-year-old gay man who has a desire to be humiliated completely flip out when he tries to initiate sexual contact My If you truly loved your husband and valued your marriage, PTSD, and degraded - by a straight guy! How do I make this happen? skin crawls. I become panicked and feel repulsed. I just cannot you would've put the boyfriend on hold and gotten your ass into Do I just walk up to a straight guy and tell him I wantto get on handle it Those times when I go along with it anyway leave me therapy without having to be told. So from where I sit - on the my knees and clean his shoes with my tongue while he spits on feeling enraged and disgusted. Bloomington Shuttle, headed tothe Indianapolis airport -it looks me and calls me names? Orthat I wantto eat out of a dog dish tome like you want out of this marriage. But instead of taking re on the floor while he laughs at me? How the hell do I make this I don't think this is completely unheard of for someone who sponsibility for wanting out - not in love with the husband any happen? How do I approach some straight guy with my request was relatively recently assaulted, and I am conside ring the rapy more - you're playing the victim card while slamming both hands without getting beaten up? Please don't say, "Settle for a very to help me work through it. The immediate "problem" is that I down on your marriage's self-destruct button. straight-acting and straight-lookinggay guy." I have tried that, have no difficulty having sex with my boyfriend. In fact, the sex and it doesn't work! The guy must be totally and completely with him is amazing and leaves me feeling loved and whole and To sum up, PTSD: You're being a total shit Do you love your hus straight! Otherwise, it's just not a turn-on forme. I'm so des wonderful. band? Is your marriage a priority? Then start acting like it Cut the perate that I'm almost willing to pay for it! boyfriend off - forthe indefinite future - and get your ass onto a This is breaking my husband's heart. He has become incredibly counselor's couch. If you're not willing to do those things, PTSD, Worthless Piece Of Shit jealous of my relationship with my boyfriend. He's depressed. then stop emotionally assaulting your husband and put both your He's angry. He accuses me of no longer loving him, and he marriage and him out of their misery. Long odds: If you have a wide circle of sexually adventurous wants meto stop sleepingwith my boyfriend until our marriage straight friends, WPOS, and you were open with all of yourfriends is back to normal. I feel like a horrible person, but I just can't I have two clits. How common is this? I have never been able to about your kinks in a friendly, nonthreatening manner, maybe one do that. I need that outlet. I need that support. And I admit I ride a bike because I have an earthshaking orgasm as soon as or two of your straight male friends might be indulgent/perverse have a hard time believing that my husband and I will ever be I get on the seat. I come on the bus - the soft vibrations are too enough to want to engage in a little role-play with you. (And, yes, able to go back to the way things were before. much! Walking anywhere in tight pants gets me moaning. Is it's possible to make someonefeel threatened by offeringto lic k there anything I can do, or rub on myself, to avoid having mul their boots and take their abuse.) I feel like I've already lost my former partner (fucked-up tiple orgasms in public? though that mayseem) and my husband. It kills me to think Somewhat shorter odds: Don't have friends like that? Well, there about cutting out the one positive relationship remaining. On Two Much Fun are a lot of BDSM groups and orgs out there that are mixed, i.e., the other hand, I do love my husband - very much - and watch they have gay, lesbian, straight, bi, and trans members, and most ing him suffer like this is unbearable. I've never heard of someone with two clits - but I haven't host mixed play parties. Get involved with one, be open about your searched the medical literature or sought the opinion of an expert. kinks, and you'll meet a few kinky straight male tops who would Potentially Traumatized Sexual Deviant And I'm not inclined to search or seek when a letter is so trans get a kick out of slapping you around. parently tike. (Opaque fakes are fine; every letter that ma kes it I'm sorry that you were sexually assaulted -that's awful, PTSD, into the column isa good hypothetical question -for every reader Bestodds: Payfor it, already. and I hope you went tothe police and I hope you're pressing save one.) People whose genitals are different or ambiguous or charges. But I also hope you know that being the victim of sexual terrifying - maybe that's not an extra clit but the tip of your para CONFIDENTIAL^ LGBT YOUTH: Please check out the new, im assault is not a Get Out of Being a Human Being Free card. sitic twin's nose - frequently have questions and concerns, TMF; proved, expanded, and totally awesome It Gets Better Project site: but multiple earthshaking orgasms aren't high on the list www.itgetsbetterproject.com. And please don't kill yourself. Just because you've been victimized doesn't meanyou operate in an alternate moral universe where you're not obligated to take You don't have a single clit, TMF, much less two. You're a homy Find theSavage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. [email protected] Some varieties of dogfood are labeled as "human grade food" outlo okco In nibus.eom T Now IN THE SHORT NORTH! 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You could start misunder- ' But both are'in water signs, so standings with your friends, those new "ideas" will be . buttrust your -instinctinstincts tocleartocle . more artistic, intuitive and; . up any trouble.. "'"•' • emotional than logical ~ and then Mercury trines Uranus, .. TAURUS (April 2Gt-Ma2O-May20)y 20):i - by Chris Hayes Shaun spends his time with his sending those novel notions . Your,, partnepartner wantwantss ththe.ese test-t . boyfriend of over a year Mark into wild new directions. Avoid- foryou,.buttakinghisorher If you're a man who has sex with Bryan (the Westfamily -tugs and booze/They're just prods to your ambition too se- men in this town, you've probably dancing phenomenon), crutches for people with no. in- 4 riously can create more trou- 'hooked up' with this month's loca I building sets for drag sight or originality. ble than it will solve. Talk • celeb... hopefully before you've queens (we like a together about long-range. hooked up. 30-year-old Shaun man that knows whatl SCORPIO (October23-Ho-;... goals beyond youryour. workwork.. A • Whybark is the MSM HIV Prevention to do with his hands), vember21):Assertirig'your : friend'friend'ss advicadvicee can~bcairbe ververy Coordinator forthe Columbus AIDS playing softball (fill in] own integrity and truly speak- helpful. ..; ..."..• Task Force (CATF) and has the best your own quip here), ing your mind is sure to shake .•"">:• being thetreasurer 'up your family tir.tribe. As . '. GEMINI (May 21- June 20): lav? smile this side of the Dixie Line. ofStompers(Yee- haw!), watching Ra- Mark Twain said, you have to pulsive actions on your own Originally hailing from Hector, zorback football make people laugh when you • will likely cause arguments or Arkansas, a small rural town of (woooo-pig-sooie!),and tell them the truth....'"'. .-. ;. accideots.Baccidents. Be ververy cleaclearr abouaboutt 449 people (that's less people than occasionally throws your your goals, and enlist help I graduated with), Shaun found his ass out of Wall Street SAGinARfUS:(November22- •from your boss or the-expertS; way to Columbus with his ex when you become unruly December 20): To unlock fam- They'll be glad to help you get boyfriend who helped him escape (never happened to me, I * ilylsecrets; ignore your sib- ...ahead.'; to our brighter pastures. swear). lings. They're probably •'..--. .*:-/•/ confusecfdr lying. Parents are . CANCER (June 21 - JtUV 22): Before leaving AR, this man of more likely to reveal the truth,; Small adventures, especially in many trades honed is professional If all that wasn't enough to especially when they* wbiM . •;' ,sexuaLexperimeritatiqri, are •": portfolio as a mobile home set-er- keep him busy. Shaun is prefer not fo:Th£trath.cQultf ' likelfto getyou iritOrai terrible uper, a restaurant cook, and a also finishing his degree be shocking; the fallrout'even . *mfiss; (gander; more daring'. store manager for Kirkland's (I love from University of moreso.lsit;woiihittokhqw?- experiitierttsarealdtsafer. that store!) and a community ac Arkansas Little Rock with a ' . •'; . TheVe.fi trick is to think •' - tivist. All which help with his cur Bachelor of Liberal Arts fo CAPRICORN-(Becembe.r21-; '-^head,be clear on safety is-, . rent position and passions. cusing on political science, January 19): Asthe world \. sues, and trusfyour instincts." history and criminal jus .-. moves on, revising your ideas•:. .''"..' , £ Nowadays, Whybark focuses his tice. He hopes one day to is sometimes necessary. Do .;•-' LEU (July 23 — August 22): Qld energy on keeping our community bea middle school History 4 old ideas still serve your core .."tapes" froni your upbringing t sexually safe. How awesome is teacher. Those kids will for "..- ideals?"Philosophical and po- \* can gefin the wayxrf a healthy sure be hot for teacher. litical arguments with your partnership. OK, let go of >'• that?! As head of CATFs MSM HIV : Prevention, Shaun's main jobs in t friends can prove veryeduca* "healthy" and get sick and: clude outreach and education, Per If you see our papa of preven tionaI if you can approach ; • twisted!-A good erotic cathar sons of Leadership (POL), and tion out and about you don't them with an open mind. sis can bethebestwayto ::-.*/ testing. Shaun works on getting have to worry aboutyourpri- \ j clear .out the psychic junk.- .-;. condoms out to the bars that re vacy- he will never acknowl- \ AQUARIUS (January 20-Feb •->•' •*..••.• quest them (they need volunteers edge knowing you from getting ruary 18): Losing yourself in. VIRGO.(August 23 T September to distribute - hint, hint) aware tested; confidentiality is his ut your work is a good way to • 22): Advice.from your partner ness days, online outreach (he's on most priority-but if YOU feel spew up the job. Review your will likely shock you, but all th& almost every site), and keeping the like saying hi, he'll gladly talk to priorities and aiifis with your more.reasons at least con;. conversations about sex going in you. We suggest showing him ap boss .or a trusted expert. Get-, siderit very carefuHy. Follow- * the world. He tells me that Ohio preciation with either a shot of Pa ting clear on this issue is key ing that line of conversation has a consistent 7% increase each tron or a Georgia Tea (if the to your advancement. with your sweetie will also help year in infection rates and that bartender knows how to make it). you avoid troublesome fflis- Franklin County alone see 300 new PrSCES (February 19-March statements. •"•'. cases each year. That's one person And whether you buy him a cocktail 19): What comes out of your infected every 32 hours. (Wrap it or not, he'll always give you this bit mouth may surprise you more LIBRA (September 23 - Octo- up already!) His main focus is get of advice: "Don't ever take his word than your friends, but pick ber 22): Money problems can ting ya'll to first to know your sta for it- get proof. It'syourlife so be your company carefully. be dealt with, but not at the tus so you can make informed selfish with everything, especially Guarding secrets may be ljke"'^Wtery or casino - and "retail decisions, and second, dealing when it comes to sex. Wear a con "trying not to think abou_the__ therapy" is just a euphemism with the stigma that follows one dom EVERYtime!" elephant." Just keep your mrhTnm a for "shopaholic." Analyze the finding out they are infected. "We and the conversation else situation and work it out. A se have to talk about what it means Good words, my man, good words. f where. rious approach will find in to be HIV positive in the Central I spired solutions. Ohio community and how that Shaun conducts free anonymous HIV test leads to more infections," he says. ing Mon lp-6p at Stonewall (1160 NHigh Jack Fertig, a professional astrologer since 1977 teaches at the Interna St) and Tue 330p-7p & Hfetf lla-2p at tional Academy of Astrology www.astrocollege.com. He can be reached fo. CATFs new location (4400 N High St; 3rd personal or business consultations at www.starjack.com, When not peddling protection, Fl). Formoreinfo: www.catf.net/299.2437. 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You profited eminently from "Gay baiting" is the nefarious tool used to in lost 14 trillion in household wealth in real es produced about 600,000 state-wide votes, your gay-bashing work in Ohio and around the sinuate that a political opponent is gay, without tate and in the stock market, which evaporated enough for Bush to win Ohio and the Electoral country and last year you were able to purchase saying the actual word gay or homosexual in into thin air in Bush's second term. College. Bush won Ohio and the White House by a $3.77 million condo in the gay neighborhood the broadcast of the message. Ken Mehlman, fewerihau 119,000 votes! of Chelsea in New York. Surely you can afford at the campaign chairman for President George W. How did Rove and Mehlman manage to accom least a $1 million donation to IJie Human Bush and former chair of the Republican Na - plish re-electing a man who was unworthy of After this misery wrought upon all of us, his de Rights Campaign. tional Committee, orchestrated this strategy to the job, and quite frankly, in over his head? sire to become an accepted member of our • Third, Polaris Financial Partners LLC, invites intimidate unsuspecting voters that gay Ameri Well, it took tremendous cunning. They dusted community begs the question: Why should we you to attend the Columbus PRIDE Brunch in cans were somehow a danger to our society, off the old GOP playbook and used fearto attain forgive this man? 2011, as our guest. Our firm will pay for your culminating in the re-election of Bush in 2004. their objective. As a smart, closeted gay man, lodging, meals and airfare. Here, we request After the guile Mehlman has perpetrated upon Melman likely knew that his own party would Not long ago, Ken Mehlman remarked: "It's you make a formal apology and convey you are our community, he now admits he is gay and reject him if he wereto come out. So did he use taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this truly sorry for your role in developing the most asks that we accept him with open arms. his own self-loathing to create his strategy? We part of my life." Well, that statement is disin homophobic presidential campaign in our na may never know, but we do know the message genuous. According to reliable sources, tion's history. We insist that you explain why you Before we extend the olive branch of forgive he conveyed was a bout nothing more than Mehlman patronized gay bars in the D.C. area developed the strategy resulting in your boss ness to Mehlma n, a man who suppressed the hate. Mehlman ensured the Gay Marriage when he worked on Pennsylvania Avenue. So, threateningto veto every major bill containing gay community and pushed our cause and the Amendment was placed on the ballot in Ohio in like his tea party cronies, the facts contradict hate crimes legislation originating from Con entire country epically backward, we implore 2004 in tandem with other similar ordinances his version of the truth. Some have argued we gress. you to consider a few facts. Mehlman was the around our state. He used Ohio's gay commu should feel empathy forthe stunted growth of • We request that any time you are interviewed architect of a gay bashing party started in nity as red herringto bait church-going folk to this man's self-awareness. Others in our com by anyone-especially Sean Hannity, Glenn 2004- one which exploited the gay communiiy the polls - and it worked. During his tenure as munity have argued that we should pardon his Beck and Bill O'Reilly of FOX Noise - you openly and made us a red herring designed to distract RNC chair, Mehlman had bills banning same- past offenses because Mehlman can put acknowledge what you did was wrong, and that the American people from the concerns of the sex marriage placed on state ballots across the cheeks in the seats at fundraisers he supports. your pa ity needs to get right on the issues of day: the war in Iraq, global warming, the imple country. Here are the states where he and the However, before letting this man "off the hook" social justice for Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and mentation of sound tax policy and equality for Republicans were successful: Arkansas, Geor as he would like, here are the pertinent ques Transgendered Americans. ALL of our citizens. He disparaged our commu gia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michi tions we needto ask ourselves: nity wherever he could to attain votes. What he gan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North • How do we have any sense of integrity, dignity Unless you are willing to show genuine contri did was not only unethical - it was overtly im Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Car or PRIDE as people if we accept this man's re tion, Mr. Mehlman, you are not forgiven. You moral and wicked as well. After all of the dam olina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, quest for acceptance and let him "walk" with amassed a mountain of wealth bashing your age he has done, he would now like a pardon as Virginia and Wisconsin. Mehlman and Rove out showing any remorse for what he has done? fellow Gay Americans by spearheading hate though nothing has happened. knew Ohio held the golden key tothe White • Without measurable contrition on his part campaigns for one party, and now you want to House in 2004 and the election would be won or first, given the atrocities perpetrated on our make more money"beinggay"? At the intersec iLGBTcom- lost in the Buckeye State - it was. Without Ohio, community, how do we know he is not a ruse or tion of Broad and High in Columbus - this ap ancy." John Kerry would have been elected President in Trojan horse? pears as nothing more than superficial m^MMliiixwim 2004. Plenty of gay folks have not ta ken 44 years to chicanery. Many of us have experienced the an nity is known for being empathetic- especially get 'comfortable with' themselves, and while guish of hiding our sexual preference for fear of in cases where someone is struggling to come Mehlman realized gay-baiting white "church- Ken Mehlman was growing up he created an persecution or losing careers. Everyone has a out. However, Mehlman'scase is no ordinary going folk" was not enough. So, he crafted a atmosphere of contempt and loathing toward right to privacy, Mr. Mehlman, but not the right one of struggle. By exploring what he did, in our second strategy ta rgeting socia lly conservative the gay community which will take years to to hypocrisy. You sir, have been a hypocrite. own backyard of Ohio, we can appreciate why African-American and Latino communities. When you were in a position of power where you this man is unworthy of forgiveness without Leading up to Election Day, Mehlman sent could have spoken out on the salient issues of first demonstrating measurable contrition. thousands of Republican operatives into work Now that the damage is done, he wants our col equality and freedom for all of us, you became ing class neighborhoods throughout our state lective forgiveness. Well, we intend to look a traitor who designed a ca mpa ign to send us It is important to understand that Mehlman like Madisonville, Willoughby and Greater Hill closely at what he does, not at what he says. back into the closet - one that you exited after was the protege tothe most deplorable political top - passing out flyers insinuating that casting We need to see genuine contrition on his part procuring millions for yourself. strategists of our day-Karl Rove. Hewasalsoa a vote for John Kerry put their heterosexuality at first and foremost. These are our requests be member of the Republican team that brought risk. His tea m designed a nd ma iled ads to fore we will consider listening to a single word Gay Americans get the fact that life is not fair. us George W. Bush in 2000. As financial advi these communities reading: "One Man One from him: However, what you did was not only unfair- it sors, it is our job - regardless of our political Woman- One Vote Could Make a Difference in • Mr Mellman, it is estimated in 2009 that was unconscionable. You exploited millions of views - to consider historical facts when ren Making Sure It Stays That Way"- among many 12,000 young adults committed suicide*. More Gay Americans in the pursuit of greed, power dering our opinion on the economic climate to other despicable examples of right-wing propa than 35% of these adolescents were gay. For and money- nothing more. The recent coming our clientele. These memorialized economic ganda. every completed suicide, a nother 100 to 200 at out party you orchestrated for yourself is just facts concluding the Bush years follow: tempts take place. Suicide is the third leading another red herring. Your only task, Mr. Over his eight years in office, George W. Bush Under Mehlman's instruction, the Republican cause of death in this age group, and the sec Mehlman, is practicing repentance. We hope to brought us Aw major stock market crashes* - Party successfully intimidated tens of thou- ond leading cause of death on our college cam- see a genuine effort from you atoning for your dential cycle in our nations history. economic self-interest. Gay-baiting prevailed - energized only stoked the flames to this fire of women whom you denigrated for years, who • The last of these crashes was a 58 percent Bush won an undeserved second term that has self-hatred. We suggest that you meet as many persevereto create, work and live fearlessly decline in the equity markets (which took place had horrific and deadly consequences for this of these families as possible who have lost a each and every day, we doubt that you have it in in the 17 months from October 2007 through country and the world. Mehlman's attacks on gay son or daughter in order to understand their you. early us were a direct assault on our rights as citi anguish for which you bear great responsibility. • Bush created a negative average annual re zensto b e free, get married, andto hav e the Wealso recommend you make generous dona Robert T. Deitrick and Justin M. Drake turn in the S&P 500 during his tenure, an event same tax benefits as our straight siblings, fam tions to The Trevor Project GLSEN and to loveis- Polaris Financial Partners, Columbus not seen in 75 years! The cost during those ily and friends. As a result, Bush won almost louder.com. 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