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November 17, 2011 | Vol. 3, No. 1 Cage steps aside RECALL at center By Louis Weisberg tion. Cage and board mem- is ON Staff writer bers are apparently inacces- After five years as execu- sible to the press on such tive director of the Milwaukee issues. LGBT Community Center, As the straight leader of Maggi Cage has stepped what is likely the state’s larg- aside, according to a press est LGBT-specific organiza- release. tion, Cage was a controver- The Nov. 7 statement said sial director from the start. Cage, who has a Ph.D. in The center lost donors as psychology, remains at the well as members over her center “to lead the new appointment. LGBT Mental Health Clinic.” But even people who At the same time, Sheldon embraced Cage at the begin- Walker has resigned from ning of her tenure lost confi- his position as co-chair of dence in her leadership and the center’s board to serve commitment to the commu- as interim executive director, nity over the years. People according to the statement. complained about her infre- The statement also said quent appearances at LGBT Cage will “focus on the needs events and said she was PHOTO: AP/J o u r n a l T i m e s , m A r k H e rt z b e r g of her family.” Her father, largely unresponsive to the Supporters of the effort to recall Scott Walker John B. Cage of Waukesha, public. protest a recent appearance by the governor in died on Oct. 21 at age 90. Philanthropist Joe Pabst Sturtevant. On Nov. 15, Walker’s foes launched an It is unclear how the per- was among those who ini- unprecedented effort to gather 540,000 signatures sonnel change will affect the tially endorsed the concept and force a recall election. center’s operation or what of having an LGBT ally lead role Cage will continue to the organization. But his play in its policies and direc- enthusiasm and support waned as the center increas- ingly focused on social ser- vice grants rather than the National results This community-building role that he and others had envisioned issue for the organization. inside and online at “I believe in the center boost local hopes wisconsingazette.com as its name implies – as an integral centerpiece to the By Lisa Neff and The recall effort originally Wisconsin chair Mike Tate Nov. 8 election returns News community,” Pabst said. “But Louis Weisberg was slated to begin on Nov. denounced the ploy, calling bolstered Tate’s optimism. WiGWAG ����������������������2 the center no longer engages Staff reporters 15, but a Walker supporter it “criminal.” In Ohio, voters defeat- Regional Gaze ���������������4 people who were once so As critics of Gov. Scott jump-started it on the gov- “No matter how dirty ed Issue 2 and repealed National Gaze ���������������8 passionate about it. And I Walker officially launched ernor’s behalf to take advan- the Republicans play or how Republican Gov. John Editorial ����������������������� 14 think that’s a shame.” their recall campaign, they tage of a loophole in state much outside cash the Koch Kasich’s law stripping public Faith Gaze ������������������� 16 Rather than working to were buoyed by Nov. 8 campaign finance law. The brothers spend on false and employees of basic work- win over critics or incorpo- election returns from other loophole allows Walker to misleading ads, the people of place rights, including the Features rate their input, Cage tended states signaling political raise unlimited funds in his Wisconsin … will have their right to collective bargain- WiGOUT �������������������� 21 to take actions that further momentum against extrem- effort to hold onto office. day, and they will recall Scott ing. Kasich’s law went fur- Stage Gaze ������������������ 23 alienated them. For example, ist Republican policies. Democratic Party of Walker,” Tate said. RECALL page 13 Theater ������������������������ 24 CAGE page 12 Music ���������������������������� 29 On the Town �������������� 30 L A D Y G aga T A K E S O N t h an K sg i v i ng page 21 2 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 3 LGBT news with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg

A Gaga nation that indicts the R-Ill., has become the first calls about the pair, including a call lot better,” said Frank, the senior Thanksgiving devil,” the column congressman from his state from someone claiming to repre- member of the LGBT congres- Lady Gaga is set to star in a said. It was pulled, to receive the Family Research sent a group called the Canadian sional caucus. To watch, go to 90-minute Thanksgiving TV spe- and Avila apologized Council’s “True Blue” award. Society for Gay Animals. http://youtu.be/zupd0d7cmyu. cial in prime time. Airing on ABC for “hurt and confu- The award recognizes leaders for the evening of Nov. 24, “A Very sion.” Catholic officials promoting a “pro-family” agen- Welfare model 11-11-11 Gaga Thanksgiving,” directed by said publication was a simple da. But the fiery Chicago-area At a recent GOP presiden- Crowne Plaza Hotels 7 Resorts Our Lady of Gaga herself, fea- mistake – the devil had nothing to Republican is in legal trouble for tial debate, presidential candidate celebrated the arrival of 11-11-11 tures the LGBT ally perform- do with it. neglecting to pay court-ordered Michele Bachmann said China on the calendar by offering 11 ing eight musical numbers sur- child support to his ex-wife and should be a U.S. model for social couples a dream wedding and rounded by her family and closest The (ex)-producer three children. He owes at least programs. “If you look at China, honeymoon in New York City. friends. Songs include “You and I,” Director Brett Ratner resigned $117,437 in back payments to his they don’t have food stamps,” she More than 600 couples entered “The Edge of Glory,” “The Lady is from producing the 84th Academy ex-wife. Although Walsh told the said. “They save for their own the 11-11-11 contest, includ- a Tramp” and “White Christmas.” Awards after telling a New York court he was broke, last year he retirement security, they don’t ing many same-sex couples. The Gaga will even whip up a few Magazine blog that “rehearsing made a $35,000 contribution to have AFDC (Aid to Families With winners included two same-sex You Thanksgiving treats, including is for fags.” He later apologized his congressional campaign and Dependent Children), they don’t couples. The event featured VH1 deep-fried turkey and waffles. in a letter to the entertainment took lavish vacations to Mexico have the modern welfare state.” star and “Master Matchmaker” belong here industry, writing, “I’ve gotten a and Italy with his girlfriend. Critics said Bachmann must be Steve Ward, although the couples Devil made well-deserved earful from many unaware that China is a socialist were already matched. him do it of the people I admire most Gay penguins split dictatorship. U.S. Catholic officials were in this industry expressing their Toronto’s zoo split up a pair On the register At Elmhurst, you’ll find an exceptionally welcoming campus community. We embrace quick to remove from the Web a outrage and disappointment over of male penguins whose affection C-TV The National Parks Service individual expression. We see our differences as sources of strength. And we clearly, column suggesting that the devil the hurtful and stupid things I has drawn headlines and jokes U.S. Reps. Barney Frank, Tammy recently placed the home of the openly, emphatically want you here. is behind same-sex attraction. said in a number of recent media about “Brokeback Iceberg.” The Baldwin, Jared Polis and David late Frank Kameny, a pioneering The column by Daniel Avila of appearances. To them, and to African penguins have shared the Cicilline deliver an “It Gets gay civil rights activist who died Scholarships for LGBT students the U.S. Conference of Catholic everyone I’ve hurt and offended, nest they built since coming to Better” – a whole lot better – in this fall, on its National Register Our Enrichment Scholarship specifically benefits academically qualified students from Bishops ran in The Pilot, a publi- I’d like to apologize publicly and the zoo about a year ago. But a video for the campaign aimed at of Historic Places. The landmark minority groups—including LGBT students. The scholarship covers one-third of cation of Archdiocese of Boston. unreservedly.” since the penguins are an endan- troubled LGBT youth. “I think it’s designation in Washington, D.C., tuition. More than that, it underscores our commitment to affirming the identities and “The scientific evidence of how gered species, zoo officials plan especially important for those of is because Kameny was a land- advancing the dreams of each individual student. same-sex attraction most likely Deadbeat dad to separate Pedro and Buddy so us in a position to give personal mark in modern U.S. history, said may be created provides a cred- honored they can mate with females. The testimony to make it clear that National Park Service director A wealth of programs and resources ible basis for a spiritual expla- Republican Rep. Joe Walsh, zoo has received hundreds of for us it got better – a whole Jonathan B. Jarvis. We support our LGBT students through a variety of campus organizations and “People at Elmhurst are events. The student group EQUAL (Elmhurst Queers and Allies) promotes aware- accepting and supportive, ness through events and advocacy. SAFE (Staff, Administrators and Faculty for from the faculty and staff to Equality) offers a support network for the LGBT community. An annual guestship my friends and fraternity and other special events focus on issues of concern to the LGBT community. Our brothers. My experience faculty is adding courses in LGBT studies. here has helped me embrace For the sights, sounds my sexuality and become the A step ahead of the rest person I am today.” “In a small but meaningful step, Elmhurst College is now officially telling appli- cants that gay students are welcome on campus. The private liberal arts college is & scents of the holidays Joey Carrillo the first college in the U.S. to ask potential students about their sexual orientation or gender identity on its application....The question is meant to increase diversity at the school, which is affiliated with the United Church of Christ, and to direct visit incoming students toward services that might ease their transition into college life. It’s also a strong signal that the school will embrace LGBT students and will “Elmhurst College does a do its best to support them.” great job of nurturing and —Chicago Sun-Times, August 26, 2011 supporting LGBT students. Coming out was hard for me, but I’ve been blessed to have an accepting community to come out to.” Felicia Diaz

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Wisconsin Republicans seek to criminalize ed domestic partner benefit tem should be the priority, Ahbel-Rappe predicted an “To give people a pass resolution. not trying to exclude people exodus of professors if the because their verbal or phys- County supervisors voted based on religious dogma,” bill becomes law. ical assault is ‘sanctioned’ by contraception as well as all abortion down an amendment that said Anthony Martinez of “It’s a total slap in the religion is mind boggling and would have cut the funding The Civil Rights Agenda, face. It tells me that I don’t I am at a loss,” Epling said. By Louis Weisberg Wisconsin’s support, the gal,” Safar said. “This is about ardent abortion opponents, stitutions. by 75 percent in the county’s an Illinois gay rights group. deserve the same consid- “This passage negates the Staff writer A fertilized state’s other leading anti- as far-reaching on the right including Republican Gov. The state’s largest 2012 budget. “Dropping this suit is a step eration” as married het- rest of the bill.” A fertilized human egg choice group, Wisconsin as we’ve seen. It’s indica- Haley Barbour, to waver with Christian denomination, Equality Wisconsin, which in the right direction for erosexual couples, Ahbel- Under pressure about his would gain legal recognition human egg Right to Life, opposes it. The tive of this new Republican their support. the Mississippi Baptist led the grassroots cam- what is best for all the citi- Rappe said. provision for weeks, state as a “person” in Wisconsin disagreement over the ini- Legislature this year. The Opponents in Mississippi Convention, backed the pro- paign to enact the benefits, zens of this great state.” Critics of the legisla- Sen. Rick Jones finally said he under a measure proposed would be tiative stems from differing governor defunded Planned said supporters were try- posal through its lobbying urged equality supporters to tion believe the University would drop it. The provision by state Rep. André Jacque, legal interpretations rather Parenthood. It’s the first ing to impose their religious arm, the Christian Action thank the following supervi- Michigan of Michigan, Michigan State is not included in the House R-Bellevue. treated as a than the measure’s goal. Both time that’s ever happened. beliefs on others by forcing Commission. sors who voted against the academics University and Wayne State version of the bill. The measure – LRB person under groups want to make abor- We’ve always gotten money women to carry unwanted “We mourn with heav- amendment: L. Holloway, E. threaten to University still might be able “We are grateful that 2859/1 – seeks to amend the tion a crime in any situation, from both Democratic and pregnancies, including those en tonight over the loss Biddle, Sr., G. Broderick, L. De leave over to offer benefits because the this legislation moves for- Wisconsin Constitution “to the law. even when the mother’s life Republican administrations caused by rape or incest. of Initiative 26, which Bruin, M. Dimitrijevic, J. Haas, benefits schools are run by elected, ward without the license apply personhood rights to is at stake. in the past. What we’ve seen Mississippian Amy Brunson would have provided the N. Harris, W. Johnson, Jr.,T. Professors at the independent boards. to bully based on an out- preborn children at all stages Also supporting the per- this year is more outrageous told The Associated Press she hope of life for thousands Lipscomb, Sr., M. Mayo, Sr., University of Michigan pre- rageous religious excep- of development,” according sonhood initiative is Julaine than anything we’ve ever voted against the measure, in of God’s unborn babies in J. Rice, J. Schmitt, J. Thomas, dict there will be resignations Critics say tion, but that said, it won’t to a press release from Pro- Appling, executive direc- seen.” part because she has been Mississippi,” said the com- J. Weishan Jr., and P. Romo if state lawmakers ban health Mich. law be effective,” said Michael Life Wisconsin. Supporters availability of such a test, the tor of the group Wisconsin Planned Parenthood’s poll- raped. She also has friends mission’s director, the Rev. West. insurance for the domestic would have Gregor, a spokesman for of the proposal believe it law could be interpreted to Family Action. Although ing in the state shows sup- and family members who had Jimmy Porter. “Instead the partners of public employees. encouraged Equality Michigan, a gay would prompt a legal chal- apply to those forms of birth Appling is best known for port for a woman’s right to children through in vitro fer- unborn in Mississippi will Catholic At least seven professors bullying rights group in Detroit. lenge that could overturn control, she explained. her anti-gay activism, she also choose in some circumstanc- tilization, and she said the law continue to be led down Charities drops have signed a letter asking Gay and Muslim groups His group and others Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. According to Safar, con- lobbies against reproductive es from every demographic as written would make that on a path of destruction to case against Gov. Rick Snyder not to sign expressed relief after a said they want vulnerable Supreme Court decision that doms would remain legal and contraceptive choice. group. “This is a big-time los- process illegal, because it can horrible deaths both inside Ill. civil unions House Bill 4770 into law if it Michigan GOP lawmaker groups, including LGBT established a legal right to under the law. Safar said Appling along ing issue for (Republicans),” result in the death of an egg. their mothers and in labo- law is passed by the Senate. agreed to drop a provision people, enumerated in the abortion. Voters in Mississippi with staffers from Pro-Life Safar said. “The lines are so unclear ratories.” Catholic Charities A university official, mean- P H OTO : C O u rT e s Y in an anti-bullying bill that anti-bullying bill. But the broadly worded rejected a similar proposal Wisconsin have been calling Even in Mississippi, per- on what may or may not The bishops of the announced that it was drop- while, said the benefits are Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic, Milwaukee seemed to carve out an Dawud Walid, executive measure would also make on Nov. 8, and Coloradans on Republican lawmakers for haps the most far-right state happen. I think there are Episcopal Diocese of ping its legal battle over important for recruiting and County Executive Chris Abele and Supervi- exemption for religious- director of the Michigan the use of many forms of voted one down in 2008 several weeks asking them in the nation, 55 percent of circumstances beyond every- Mississippi and the General Illinois’ civil unions law and keeping top faculty. sor Jason Haas at Equality Wisconsin’s annual based harassment. chapter of the Council on contraception a crime, and 2010. But Personhood to sign on as co-sponsors voters rejected the initiative body’s control that can’t Conference of the United ending four decades of pro- Andries Coetzee, who meeting in September. The three were among Even the father of a boy American-Islamic Relations, including birth-control pills USA, the Colorado-based of the personhood initia- on Nov. 8. be regulated through an Methodist Church opposed viding foster care and adop- moved to Ann Arbor from those who took leadership roles in coordinat- who committed suicide agreed that enumerations and IUDs, according to wom- group behind the so-called tive. Although the current Keith Mason, the founder amendment,” said Brunson, the initiative. tion services in the state. South Africa 10 years ago, ing passage of the county’s domestic partner due to bullying said he was would strengthen the bill en’s health advocates. “personhood” initiative, is number of co-sponsors is of Personhood USA, blamed a 36-year-old dog trainer and Bishop Joseph Latino of The group wanted to con- told AnnArbor.com that benefits resolution. Dimitrijevic was recently “ashamed” of the law named but said Muslims were still “Because there is no test determined to put it on bal- unknown, Safar predicted his failure in Mississippi theater production assistant the Catholic Diocese of tinue its state contracts, but Michigan is “moving in the named best county supervisor by readers of in his son’s memory. “relieved” that the Senate for a fertilized egg, you can’t lots in Bible Belt states, as the measure would move on “misconceptions and from Jackson. Jackson, a church tradition- not if it had to comply with opposite direction” of other the Shepherd Express. It’s the third time she’s “Matt’s Safe School Law,” bill is likely dead. say definitively that the pill well as in Florida, Montana, forward under the current lies” generated by Planned Mississippi already has ally against abortion, issued a the new law, which requires states. The linguistics profes- received the award. which was passed recent- “It would have been a and the IUD do not pre- Ohio, Oregon, Nevada and Republican leadership. Parenthood that “created a tough abortion regulations, statement neither supporting same-sex unions to be treat- sor said he’s looking for a ly by Michigan’s GOP-led disaster,” he said. vent the implantation of a California in 2012. “We have seen other lot of confusion.” and only one clinic where the nor opposing the initiative. ed as the legal equivalent of new job. ple like my partner to not female. Senate, stated that it “does Michigan is one of fertilized egg,” said Nicole So far, the measure has kinds of attacks on birth The measure divided the procedures are performed, The Mississippi State Medical marriage. “I question my decision get treated.” “Providing benefits in this not prohibit a statement of a three states that do not Safar, legal and policy ana- gained little traction in control before, but nothing medical and religious com- making it a fitting venue for Association took a similar Catholic Charities wanted to come to Michigan,” Coetzee said health insur- way is not the role of the sincerely held religious belief have an anti-bullying law. lyst for Planned Parenthood Madison since Jacque intro- this broad that would actu- munities in Mississippi and a national movement to get step, while other medical to refer unmarried couples said Coetzee, who turned ance has helped his seven- state, especially when tax or moral conviction” of a The Republican-controlled of Wisconsin. Without the duced it. Despite Pro-Life ally make birth control ille- caused some of the most abortion bans into state con- groups opposed it. interested in becoming down an offer from New year partner, Gary Woodall, dollars are in short supply student or school employee. Senate passed the bill with adoptive or foster parents York University. “I chose whose cancer is in remission. and there are critical pro- Kevin Epling of East the amendment on Nov. to other agencies, citing prin- Michigan because it just Rep. Dave Agema, grams being affected by the Lansing, whose 14-year-old 2. Following a national ciples of religious liberty and seemed better. But now R-Grandville, said taxpayers decrease in revenue,” Agema son Matt killed himself after firestorm of criticism, the freedom of conscience. New York just made same- shouldn’t pay for the benefits, said. a hazing incident in 2002, House passed its version on Don’t just smile – In a joint statement, sex marriage legal and now whether domestic partners He did not, however, call was upset about that clause Nov. 10. diocesan officials in Joliet, in Michigan they want peo- are same sex or male and for the repeal of benefits as well as provisions that he – from staff and wire reports Springfield and Belleville said sparkle! the decision was reached “with great reluctance.” The Catholic Diocese of Peoria withdrew from the litigation Cosmetic & last month. ARRESTED? It became financially impossible for the remaining C A L L General Dentistry Roman Catholic agencies to continue and the courts had refused to grant a stay in the David A. Paris, DDS, SC case, the officials said. “Since we now need to 414-272-7747 close offices and terminate employees, further appeals Local. Recognized. Respected. Downtown Milwaukee would be moot,” said the 601 N. Broadway statement from the three Sexual Conduct • DWI • Assault • Indecent Exposure (corner of Broadway & Michigan) dioceses. 414.276.8662 Equality advocates called Drugs • Theft • Internet Solicitation • Pornography MilwaukeeCriminalLawyers.com the decision a step forward. 6 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 7 Second Harvest braces for holiday season Pro-gay Catholics By Michael Muckian Second “Young and old, employed in the network fed 25 million of volunteer time and in-kind house. Finally, the food bank Contributing writer and unemployed, homeless Americans, including 9 mil- contributions, such as media worked with Del Monte and vastly outnumber Business in Dan Stein’s Harvest is and not homeless, single lion children, each year. support. Second Harvest the can supplier to drastically world has never been better. people and whole families Among those served, 36 continually looks for new and reduce processing costs and His market has diversified one of 200 – there is no typical profile percent of households have innovative partnerships to the cost of the cans. homophobic bishops to include people of all ages when it comes to people at least one person work- leverage the country’s food Those efforts resulted in and socioeconomic groups. food banks struggling with hunger,” Stein ing, and more than one-third supply on behalf of those a large amount of nutritious Demand for his services has says. report having to choose who need it. canned carrots with a long Promotion and Defense of Catholics give their own Be increased about 83 percent affiliated with Second Harvest, one of between food and other An innovative partner- shelf life available to people Marriage in order to orga- church top marks … on over the past several years. 200 food banks affiliated basic necessities, such as rent, ship still in its infancy is the in need. nize and galvanize opposition its handling of the issue of Unfortunately, growth is the Feeding with the Chicago-based utilities and medical care. Field to Food Bank program. Having access to enough Opinion to same-sex marriage nation- homosexuality.” not a good thing in Stein’s America Feeding America network, “The 16 counties we serve Working through a contact of the right kinds of food JOHN M. BECKER wide. (Dan Avila, the bishops’ Social justice has long been business. He’s the president isn’t the state’s only outlet. represent a variety of large, from UW-Madison, the food is essential to proper child policy advisor for marriage, an important component of and CEO of Madison-based network. Other affiliates include the medium and small communi- bank made arrangements development, not only from Earlier this month I vis- was forced to resign this the Catholic faith tradition. ABLE Second Harvest Foodbank of Milwaukee-based Feeding ties, each with its own set of with a Wisconsin grower, a a physical perspective, but ited Milwaukee to attend month after publishing a col- The Church is outspoken in Southern Wisconsin. Stein is America Eastern Wisconsin challenges,” Stein says. “The canning and processing com- also a mental and learning the Call to Action National umn in which he stated that its support of labor unions African Americans particularly concerned about and Feed My People Food Hunger Study showed that pany, and a trucking com- perspective. It’s been proven Conference, a gathering of homosexuality was caused by immigrants and financial the coming holiday season, Bank, based in Eau Claire. The over 141,000 unique indi- pany to make available nearly that children who get enough progressive Catholics from the devil.) reform, as well as its opposi- Building Lives which constitutes both the goal of each organization is viduals are served by Second 200,000 cans of carrots to nutritious food to eat are around the country, and And the Catholic Church tion to capital punishment. of best and worst of times for money for food.” to work with different agen- Harvest Foodbank and its those who need them, Stein more successful in school, introduce pro-LGBT attend- even has its own “aposto- American Catholics appear Empowerment those who are hungry. But children aren’t the cies, providers and partners partner agencies each year. says. Stein says. ees to the organization I late” for gay people, called to view the issue of LGBT “The holiday season repre- only ones who suffer from to get food to those who In many cases the services The grower set aside five “Every dollar counts and work for, Truth Wins Out. Courage, which counsels equality as one of social sents both sides of the coin “food insecurity,” a phrase need it, Stein says. we support are not just one- out of his 1,400 acres of every pound of food counts,” Many readers will under- members to abandon their justice as well, consciously when it comes to hunger,” that refers to a reduced According to Feeding time instances – they are carrots slated for Del Monte he says. “Until we have com- standably balk at the words natural sexuality for a life- rejecting the bigotry of their Stein says. “On one side, the availability of nutrition, either America’s 2010 Hunger needed frequently through- and donated their output pletely ended hunger in “progressive,” “pro-LGBT” time of celibacy and endors- religious leaders in much season is positive for fund- through lack of supply or the Study, the network is annu- out the year.” to Second Harvest. A local southwestern Wisconsin we and “Catholic” appearing in es the National Association the same way they reject We Are All Affected raising because people are in inability to pay for it. These ally providing food to 37 Fortunately, the Madison trucking company donated will not have achieved our the same sentence. However, for Research & Therapy of the official prohibition on a giving spirit. On the other days people of all ages and million Americans, including community has a strong a significant portion of the goal.” these words and concepts Homosexuality, a leading pro- contraception (98 percent side, children who rely on multiple social strata are find- 14 million children, a figure commitment to ending hun- costs to transport the veg- To learn more about are far more compatible than ponent of “ex-gay” conver- of Catholics use forms of free or reduced-cost meals ing themselves in that group, that has increased 50 per- ger and supports Second etables from the field to the Second Harvest Foodbank many people realize. sion therapy. contraception banned by the – We Are All Able at school have less access and many turn to Second cent over the past five years. Harvest’s goals year around, processing plant and from of Southern Wisconsin and Not that equality-minded But the bigotry of the Church). because schools close for the Harvest as social and eco- The demand for food has Stein says. Donations come the plant either directly to to donate food, money and people could be blamed for Catholic hierarchy is only So let’s resist the impulse holidays. Heating bills also nomic challenges continue to increased 46 percent overall as financial contributions and Second Harvest’s partner resources, go to www.sec- thinking otherwise. After all, part of the story. In fact, the to stereotype all Catholics are higher, which leaves less tax their resources. since 2006, when food banks foodstuffs, as well donations agencies or its Madison ware- ondharvestmadison.org. the Catholic Church and its beliefs of the rank-and-file as anti-gay extremists. After affiliates vociferously push Catholic faithful couldn’t be all, our community knows an insidious anti-gay agen- more different. Recent polls the sting of prejudice all too da. Former Milwaukee and have repeatedly shown that well. Instead, work together now New York Archbishop a majority support granting with pro-equality Catholics, Timothy Dolan was the most same-gender couples the as Truth Wins Out and many outspoken opponent of the freedom to marry. other organizations are doing state’s marriage equality law. A survey released in already. Minnesota’s Catholic bish- March by the Public Religion Let’s speak out together respect ops are leading the charge Research Institute, billed as against the Catholic Church’s to add an anti-gay amend- “the most comprehensive institutionalized bigotry and ment to that state’s consti- portrait of Catholic atti- work towards a society that’s Get involved. Join Be ABLE. tution, calling the denial of tudes on gay and lesbian truly just for all people. marriage rights to same-sex issues assembled to date,” couples a “top priority” in found that a large majority John M. Becker is director Facts Act 2012 and using tax-exempt of American Catholics – a of communications and devel- church resources for politi- whopping 71 percent – sup- opment for Truth Wins Out, a • Did you know, the HIV • Join a Be ABLE group session or cal purposes. port civil marriage equal- national nonprofit organiza- infection rate is highest retreat. The Knights of Columbus, ity for same-sex couples. It tion that fights anti-LGBT reli- among young gay and a lay Catholic group, bankrolls further states, “Catholics gious extremism. Becker has • Always use condoms for anal sex. the National Organization for are more supportive of legal played a part in a number bisexual men of color Marriage, which fights against recognitions of same-sex of TWO’s high-profile actions. age 13 – 29? Join the civil rights of LGBT peo- relationships than members One was a successful inter- • Gay and bisexual men ple across the country. In fact, of any other Christian tradi- national media campaign that Be ABLE holds weekend retreats in 2009 the Knights spent tion and Americans overall” resulted in Apple dropping a are the only group in and weekly group sessions where more money fighting mar- and that “Catholic support “gay cure” iPhone app. Another the US in which new riage equality than they did for rights for gays and les- was a sting operation in which African American gay and bisexual HIV infections are on all other social programs, bian people is strong and Becker went undercover with men can discuss the different such as food banks and food slightly higher than the gen- hidden cameras at the clinic co- increasing. drives, combined. eral public.” owned by Marcus and Michele factors that may place them at risk The U.S. Conference of Perhaps most revealing, Bachmann and exposed them • In Milwaukee, 1 in for HIV and STDs. Catholic Bishops formed though, is the PRRI’s find- for offering fraudulent “ex-gay” 3 gay and bisexual the Subcommittee for the ing that “less than 4 in 10 therapy. African American men Contact will be diagnosed with Chris Allen, Diverse and Resilient 414.390.0444 BREAKING NEWS UPDATED DAILY HIV infection. wisconsingazette.com www.diverseandresilient.org/BeABLE 8 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 9

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Staff writer The brief House Minority Leader Virginia elected its first lesbian who was endorsed Congressional Democrats Nancy Pelosi, Calif., led 130 openly gay senator, Democrat by the Victory Fund, won her and gay servicemembers by House other Democrats in filing a Adam Ebbin, in a district that race for the Missoula, Mont., focused on disarming the friend-of-the-court brief in a encompasses a swath of city council, defeating an 15-year-old law that bans fed- Democratcs case in Massachusetts, where suburban Washington, D.C., incumbent who voted against eral recognition of same-sex same-sex couples can legally making him one of more an LGBT non-discrimination marriages and allows states argues that marry but are ineligible for than 50 LGBT candidates ordinance. to refuse to recognize mar- DOMA overtly federal marriage benefits. elected to office in the Nov. • Mayor Tim Eustace of riages performed in other When the Obama admin- 8 election. Maywood, N.J., was elected states. discriminates. istration decided not to “We’re thrilled for Adam to the New Jersey Assembly, In the federal court sys- champion DOMA in court, and for LGBT Virginians, who becoming the first openly gay tem, the Servicemembers House Republicans stepped will finally have an authen- non-incumbent to win a seat Legal Defense Unit filed a in, hiring an attorney and tic LGBT voice in the state in that state’s legislature. lawsuit seeking equal recog- preparing a legal defense. senate,” Victory Fund presi- Adam Ebbin Alex Morse LaWana Mayfield Chris Seelbach • In Cincinnati, Chris nition of gay and lesbian ser- In early November, House dent and CEO Chuck Wolfe PHOTO S : C O u rT e s Y Seelbach won his race for vicemembers and veterans in Defense Department from Democrats countered their said in a press release. “The city council, becoming the benefits, compensation and extending marriage benefits GOP colleagues with a brief Victory Fund has been proud U.S. city. the youngest mayor in the “I think of my age as an Other LGBT winners on first openly LGBT council family support services. to gay and lesbian veterans that argues DOMA overtly to support Adam throughout “I had five opponents. nation at age 22. The city incredible asset, in that I Nov. 8 included: member in the city’s history. At the heart of the suit is and servicemembers, who discriminates against a class his career. He’s been a per- Plus, I had the economy, and of 40,000 is located in the haven’t been around for 20, • LaWana Mayfield became • Daniel Hernandez Jr., a challenge to the Defense of can serve openly with the of citizens and violates the sistent champion for fairness that was a tough opponent,” western part of the state, 30 years. I’m not beholden the first openly LGBT person the intern who helped save Marriage Act, the 1996 law repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t Constitution’s guarantee of and equality, and we con- Parker said in her victory about eight miles north of to special interests. I haven’t elected to Charlotte, N.C., the life of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle passed by a GOP-controlled tell” policy. equal protection for all under gratulate him.” speech. Springfield. been around long enough City Council. She was heav- Giffords, was elected to the congress and signed by “We are not advocating the law. In the highest profile of Houston also elected its Morse has had the political to owe anybody a political ily favored after ousting the Pima County, Ariz., school Democratic President Bill any special treatment,” said In the legislative realm, a the races, Houston’s out les- first openly gay man to city bug since grammar school, favor,” Morse said in an inter- incumbent Democrat in a board. Clinton. The legislation no Aubrey Sarvis, SLDN’s execu- U.S. Senate committee voted bian mayor Annise Parker council – Mike Laster. joining his city’s youth com- view reported by CBS News. primary race earlier this year. • Robin Kniech became longer has the support of the tive director. Nov. 10 to move forward a narrowly won re-election to Openly gay Alex Morse mission at age 11. He was Morse beat the 67-year- • Openly gay attorney first openly LGBT member author of the bill, former U.S. Meanwhile, another chal- bill to repeal DOMA. The a second term. Parker was was elected mayor of elected freshman class presi- old incumbent, Elaine Pluta, Daryl Justin Finizio was elect- of the Denver City Council. Rep. Bob Barr, and was never lenge to DOMA recently companion bill, however, is the first out candidate to Holyoke, Mass., making the dent at Holyoke High School by capturing 53 percent of ed mayor of London, Conn. pushed by Clinton. earned the legal endorsement not expected to move in the be elected mayor of a major Brown University graduate when he was 15. the vote. • Caitlin Copple, an out – from WiG and wire reports DOMA prohibits the of the Democrats in the U.S. House this session. You Know You Wanna Know. Get Tested. It’s Free!

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SAME SEX stopped just short of allow- Options for personnel discharged under ‘don’t ask’ COUPLE SAYS NATIONAL Briefs ing same-sex nuptials. COUNTY STALLED Superior Court Judge By Peter Renn bers who were discharged under less-than-honorable circumstanc- This is especially important for HOMEBUILDING Linda Feinberg ruled that gay Lambda Legal attorney DADT nor the tens of thousands es, prospective employers may female and minority servicemem- A same-sex couple is suing made a mess they couldn’t ments earlier this month on Carolina residents’ opinions voted in September to hold rights group Garden State Dear Ask Lambda Legal, more who were discharged under Ask conclude the job applicant engaged bers, who were disproportionately Summit County, Colo., claim- afford to clean up. the 75-page student con- seven months ahead of an a referendum on the con- Equality, seven couples and I’m a former servicemember the discriminatory policies that in misconduct. If you did not discharged under DADT. ing they lost a home they duct and disciplinary policy election that would amend stitutional amendment next several of their children have discharged under “don’t ask, don’t preceded DADT. receive an honorable discharge but The repeal of DADT falls short were building because of dis- W.VA. AIMING TO that the West Virginia Board the constitution to ban May. a legitimate claim that the tell.” Now that the law has been The majority of those dis- Lambda should have, you may now be of protecting everyone in the crimination. PROTECT LGBT of Education will consider same-sex unions. state’s civil union law does repealed, can I re-enlist? What can charged under DADT received eligible to upgrade your discharge, LGBT community and those living Jason Rodgers and James STUDENTS Dec. 14. If approved, the An Elon University poll JUDGE: N.J. not give them equal protec- I do about my discharge status? honorable discharges. But hun- Legal depending on your individual cir- with HIV. The medical regulatory Hazel say they were told A proposed anti-bullying changes that acknowledge indicates that 57 percent MARRIAGE SUIT tion under the law. But she Gay patriot dreds of others did not. Less-than- cumstances. ban is still in place. The Defense of building permits are only policy for West Virginia the targeting of LGBT stu- oppose changing the state CAN CONTINUE dismissed part of the suit honorable discharges can have last- If you are interested in re- Marriage Act, or DOMA, prevents issued to families and they schools acknowledges for dents would go into effect constitution to permanently A New Jersey judge ruled that argues that gay couples Dear Patriot, ing impact, such as limiting access side the military, and the problem enlistment, prior service members the military from providing spou- eventually lost their home to the first time that sexual July 1, 2012. bar same-sex couples from recently that a lawsuit seek- have a fundamental right to On Sept. 20, the discriminatory to GI Bill protections and benefits of “bad paper” can harm employ- discharged under DADT are evalu- sal benefits to same-sex partners, foreclosure. orientation and gender iden- marriage rights, a figure ing to force the state to marriage in the state. ban against out LGB servicemem- or Veterans Administration health- ment prospects. ated according to the same criteria even if you were married in a state According to the Summit tity are common reasons for POLL: NC OPPOses almost identical to Elon poll recognize gay marriage can The administration of Gov. bers was repealed. But the repeal care. In addition, veterans often Discharge documents can out as other service members seeking that has marriage equality. Daily News, county officials harassment. marriage BAN results in September and go forward, setting up a trial Chris Christie wanted the will not automatically reinstate the must submit their discharge paper- someone to potential employers, reentry, without regard to their For more info, go to www.lamb- say the two men were inex- The state Department of A statewide poll finds vir- February. on the issue five years after entire lawsuit dismissed. estimated 14,500 servicemem- work when applying for jobs out- and if the paperwork indicates sexual orientation. dalegal.org/help. perienced homebuilders and Education took public com- tually no change in North The General Assembly the state Supreme Court – from WiG and AP reports Gruber Law Offices, LLC

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www.gruber-law.com 12 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 13 From 2009 to 2011, the center experienced a 56 percent staff turnover rate Right-leaning media have tried to position the recall as a single-issue effort CAGE from 1 they were crying after Maria be effective.” as well as members of groups center’s senior leadership to viable organization. It’s simply RECALL from 1 ists to take over control of behind his promises, and the Tammy Baldwin as she runs Education Association, which ate Republican. Jack H. Smith of Shorewest walked out the door,” said Former employees also that lease space from the reach out to the commu- not the centerpiece that it ther than Walker’s so-called government in several states, state’s unemployment rate for the U.S. Senate, said the said his defeat vindicated The Arizona Republican Realtors was a significant a former employee at the described Cage as dictato- center. In early October, WiG nity if nothing more than could be.” “budget repair bill” by includ- including Wisconsin. has actually risen. Meanwhile, vote in Ohio was “just a their complaints that Snyder Party had stood with Pearce donor to the center before center, who asked not to be rial and vindictive toward e-mailed a list of questions for funding,” Pabst said. The The national 2011 Annual ing police and firefighters Larson said Walker’s Republicans in Madison have sign of what is about to hap- and Republican majorities in through the controversial Cage was named director. In identified by name. (Editor’s her staff. Between 2009 about the center’s financial new space, he added, could LGBT Community Survey unions. Even though those “unflinching” posture on the focused legislative energy on pen all over the country to the Legislature ignored the race, claiming he was the tar- recognition of his support, note: several former employ- and 2011, nine out of 16 health and Cage’s manage- accommodate the addition included questions about functions represent the Ohio vote would help pro- unrelated issues, such as con- Republicans who follow the will of the people by enact- get of a “coordinated attack the center placed a plaque ees spoke to WiG on condi- employees left the center – a ment style to her and to of cultural and entertainment respondents’ level of engage- greatest cost to municipali- gressives further. cealed carry and defunding (corporate right) playbook. ing cuts to public education, on legitimate Arizona voters bearing his name in the room tion of anonymity, saying they turnover rate of 56 percent. board co-presidents Walker programming as well as large- ment with their local com- ties, Walker exempted their “If you listen to his tone Planned Parenthood. There is no place in America extending the state income by the Democrat Party in that served as the center’s feared workplace repercus- While some turnover was and Susan Haertel. The ques- scale community events that munity centers. Among WiG unions after getting their and how he’s talking, he still United Wisconsin, the for right-wing extremist ide- tax to some pension income collusion with their Acorn library in its previous loca- sions if they were perceived the consequence of expir- tions went unanswered. would bring people together readers, 78 percent said support in his gubernatorial has the same attitude, the group organizing the Walker als that place politics before and repealing the state’s pri- and LaRaza-like community tion at 315 W. Court St. as being publicly critical of a ing grant cycles, several key All of the people inter- in large numbers. they lived in an area that campaign. same drive and the same push recall effort, says its backers people.” mary business tax. organizers.” But when Smith stopped former boss.) dismissals were abrupt and viewed by WiG for this But Pabst and others had such a center. But of Following the vote, Kasich that he did when he took the are grassroots Wisconsinites Nov. 8 also saw the elec- “That voters in Michigan Republicans in Wisconsin writing checks to the center, Cardenas has since left unexplained. According to story said Milwaukee needs said they were disappointed those, 75 percent said they appeared conciliatory. “I’ve Koch brother’s (fake phone) who are motivated by the tion of over 50 LGBT candi- threw out one of Snyder’s have introduced a measure Cage abruptly removed the CCF and is philanthropy employees, even politely dis- a viable and engaged LGBT that the anticipated burst had not participated in any heard (voters’) voices,” he call,” Larson said. “I think that totality of Walker’s extremist dates nationwide (see page biggest lap dogs was a huge similar to Pearce’s, but it plaque from the library with- manager for Driscoll’s, a agreeing with Cage could get community center. While of energy and activities that activities at their local cen- said. “I understand their deci- attitude is the biggest motiva- overreach, not just his assault 8). Some of the right-wing win for public education,” hasn’t garnered enough sup- out comment. global corporation based in them axed. some gave Cage positive they expected to come ter in the past 30 days. That sion, and, frankly, I respect tor for people. The guy just on union workers. Walker defeats were stunning. said Scot Ross, director of port to move forward. Although Smith declined northern California. She con- “People walk on eggshells reviews for her manage- with the center’s relocation number seemed particularly what people have to say in continues along like opposi- and others have tried to In Mississippi, voters One Wisconsin Now. In Michigan, Traverse City to be interviewed, oth- firmed the incident for WiG around her,” said a former ment of programs such as never materialized. If any- high considering that respon- an effort like this. And as a tion doesn’t even exit. He’s depict United Wisconsin as a rejected the Personhood In Maine, voters supported voters approved Prop. 1, ers told WiG that Cage’s but declined to talk about worker. “There was a kind the center’s Project Q, which thing, Pabst said, the center dents were consumers of result of that, it requires me become the biggest organiz- front group for unions. Amendment, which would a push to reinstate same-day deciding to retain an ordi- action raised eyebrows in the her relationship with Cage of ineffectiveness around the serves LGBTQ youth, they seems to have faded further local LGBT media, people to take a deep breath, you ing tool for the Democratic “We know who we have established in the state voter registration, a nearly nance protecting LGBT peo- donor community and hurt or her feelings about the center, and it was because lamented that she’s failed to into the background since who are normally among the know, and to spend some Party in a generation.” are,” Kevin Straka, a United Constitution that “person- 40-year-old policy repealed ple from discrimination. the center’s reputation. incident, saying it would be people were so terrified of develop the center into an November 2010, when Cage most connected to commu- time reflecting on what hap- Wisconsin founder, coun- hood” begins at the moment by the GOP-dominated But Democrats also lost Perhaps the most dam- inappropriate. losing their jobs that they put asset that contributes to the changed the bylaws to turn nity organizations. pened here.” Overreach tered, in a statement to the of fertilization. Republicans Legislature in June. some issues on Nov. 8: aging incident occurred Several former employees all of their energy into just quality of life for the larger the board into a self-perpet- Of those who responded But Walker just “doubled- Right-leaning media, includ- La Crosse Tribune. “We have are promoting the same mea- Just before the election, • In Ohio, voters favored a when Cage angrily ordered said Cage’s poor relations trying to keep their jobs.” LGBT community. uating entity, meaning that that they had participated in down as he always does,” ing the Milwaukee Journal no identity crisis.” sure in Madison (see page 4). opponents of same-day regis- symbolic referendum against employees to escort Maria with the leaders of other Two employees said work- Pabst said he felt Cage center members can no lon- an event at their local center, said Democratic Wisconsin Sentinel, have attempted to While Straka acknowl- Opponents of the tration ran ads in more than the individual mandate that’s Cardenas, the former execu- LGBT groups made their ers often tried to sched- squandered a valuable ger elect the board. 15 percent said they had state Sen. Chris Larson, who position the recall campaign edged his group is working Mississippi measure again two dozen newspapers sug- central to President Obama’s tive director of Cream City jobs difficult. ule their time at the center opportunity to enhance the At the time, the board attended an arts or cultural attended an event at which as a single-issue effort moti- with labor groups and the included a coalition of gesting that a state LGBT civil healthcare overhaul. The Foundation, out of the com- “We lost our ability to around Cage’s absences. One center’s profile when she had nine members, the mini- event – the largest percent- the governor spoke on Nov. vated by Walker’s elimination Democratic Party to recall Democratic groups, unions rights group, Equality Maine, vote for Issue 3 was 2-1, a munity center. Cardenas had network in the community said leaving Cage’s employ- coordinated its move in mum number required by age of any category. The sec- 9. He said Walker dismissed of collective bargaining rights Walker, he said UW does and civil liberties organiza- was driving the ballot mea- wider margin than on Issue 2. gone there to inquire about based on the fact that we ment was like leaving a November 2010 into its cur- its bylaws. It currently has ond largest area of involve- the Ohio results, saying that for public employees. But the not answer to them in the tions, especially those com- sure and had a secret, sub- Yes on Issue 3 was driven a grant her foundation had were affiliated with the com- domestic-violence situation. rent spacious, loft-style digs only five. ment – 7 percent – was for his policies have been suc- governor’s opponents cite his same way that Wisconsin mitted to choice. versive agenda. The ad asked, by Tea Party leaders and a given the organization, she munity center,” one employ- Over the past two years, at 252 E. Highland Ave. in “I don’t hear people talking educational or informational cessful and Wisconsinites overreach in many areas, all Republicans obey marching National Gay and Lesbian “Why is this special interest group called FreedomWorks. said. ee said. “People didn’t trust WiG has received numerous downtown Milwaukee. about the center any more,” events, and the third largest have embraced them. of them aimed at furthering orders from Karl Rove and Task Force activists cam- group so interested in repeal- But Larson said progressives “Staff were so humiliat- us because we were working complaints about Cage from “That would have been a Pabst said. “It is becoming – 6 percent – was for older Larson and other a religious/corporate right- the Koch brothers. Rove paigned along with the Planned ing Maine election laws?” in Ohio focused little atten- ed by Maggi’s behavior that there. We lost our ability to current and former staffers perfect opportunity for the increasingly a less and less adult programming. Democrats scoffed at the wing agenda at the expense and David Koch are able to Parenthood Federation of Betsy Smith of Equality tion on Issue 3. “They direct- governor’s bluster. of working- and middle-class disseminate instructions to America and Mississippians for Maine told the press, “You ed their attention to Issue Outpost’s Annual Celebrating the Ohio Wisconsinites. GOP leaders at the state Healthy Families. could tell it was a desperate 2,” he said. “They didn’t want returns, United Steel Workers Walker’s opponents level through their American “In what Gallup ranks as the move on their part to try to to waste it on the healthcare president Leo Gerard said were incensed in mid- Legislative Exchange Council, most conservative state in the confuse the issue or to get thing, because they knew that the 99 percent stood up and November when the GOP which provides them with nation, voters of all political people who’re against same- measure was not binding.” fought back with votes. put Wisconsin’s successful cookie-cutter laws to intro- persuasions rejected the mea- sex marriage to oppose • Republicans held their “We stood together, public Badgercare program on the duce in their legislatures in sure,” Planned Parenthood voter registration.” majority in Virginia, a vital Thanksgiving Sampler and private sector – union chopping block. Begun by for- exchange for providing them said in a statement. In Arizona, voters recalled state in 2012, and won all and non-union – to start a mer Republican Gov. Thommy with massive campaign cash. In Michigan, voters state Sen. Russell Pearce, the but one statewide race in From holiday side dishes and wine to appetizers and pies made from new direction and declara- Thompson, the program pro- recalled state Rep. Paul Scott, author of the nation’s tough- Mississippi. tion to the extremist politi- vides healthcare security for Chins up R-Grand Blanc, a close legis- est anti-immigration bill. • In Mississippi, voters scratch, try before you buy at our BIGGEST sampling event of the year! cians that Ohio voters reject more than three-quarters of Out state Rep. Mark Pocan, lative ally of right-wing Gov. Democrats led the drive to passed a measure amend- their agenda,” Gerard said. a million citizens. Walker and a candidate for the congres- Rick Snyder. Scott’s recall put the recall on the ballot, ing the state constitution The campaign against Issue his Republican allies floated sional seat being vacated by was led by the Michigan and Pearce lost to a moder- to require voters to show 2 – a “yes” was a vote for a plan to drop 53,000 people government-issued photo IDs saturday the anti-union law – involved from the program. when they enter polling places. a coalition of Democratic “Slashing BadgerCare Supporters – the state November groups, unions and progres- actually increases the cost of GOP, the secretary of state sive allies, including LGBT private insurance, which will and Voter ID PAC – argued organizations such as the end up footing much of the that the measure was needed 11am National Gay and Lesbian bill for emergency room vis- to halt fraud. Opponents, led Task Force and Pride at Work. its and other uncompensated by the NAACP, argued that Issue 2 “was an important care for the newly uninsured the measure was intended to A l l S19 t o r e s ! 2pm victory,” said Brad Woodhouse and underinsured,” warned suppress Democratic votes.

of the Democratic National Robert Kraig, director of But Wisconsin progres- Committee. “Especially because Citizen Action of Wisconsin, sives said overall that the of the millions in Tea Party in an op-ed piece. results of Nov. 8 showed and special interest money that Kraig and others have political traction is on their poured into the state.” pointed out that Walker’s side. In Madison, the protest Larson and others said the massive cuts to public edu- singers who’ve shown up at Ohio results were a shot in the cation and health care have the Capitol Rotunda for the arm to the Walker recall effort. allowed the governor to slash past 200-plus days showed 2826 S. KinnicKinnic Ave. BAy view Voter turnout in Ohio was the corporate taxes in the state renewed vigor on Nov. 9. highest for an odd-year elec- by $1.6 billion. Walker claims “There were a lot more 7000 w. StAte Street wAuwAtoSA tion since 1991, showing that the cuts are part of a strategy PHOTO: AP/Wis co n s i n s TAT e J o u r n a l , s T e v e A pp s of them, and they were a lot 100 e. cApitol Drive MilwAuKee progressive voters have re- to bring new jobs to the state. Julie Wells, a volunteer county coordinator in Jefferson County for United louder today,” said a legislative w w w . o u t p o s t . c o o p engaged after sitting out the But 10 months into Wisconsin, submits a ceremonial filing of the recall petitions against Gov. aide at the Capitol. “Democrats open daily • i n f o 4 1 4 . 9 6 1 . 2 5 9 7 November 2010 election and Walker’s tenure, his record Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch at the Government Account- were walking today with their allowing right-wing extrem- of job creation has lagged far ability Board in Madison on Tuesday, Nov. 15. chins a little higher.” 14 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 15

ON THE RECORD Walker’s recall starts now { Editorial } After 11 months of market without adequate session on jobs, they failed one extreme policy after educational preparation? to pass a single jobs-related “Let’s spend a little more time the other, Wisconsinites The Walker administra- bill. Instead they wasted time leaving everybody alone. These peo- finally get their oppor- Opinion tion also detailed a plan to on requiring abstinence edu- ple who are making a big deal out tunity to start the recall CORY LIEBMANN cut Medicaid by over $500 cation in schools, attacking Two years down of gay marriage? I don’t give a fuck process against Gov. Scott million, which could throw women’s right to choose and about who wants to get married to Walker. The Democratic collective bargaining rights 65,000 Wisconsinites off passing the legislative wish and moving forward anybody else! Why not?! We’re making Party of Wisconsin, United garnered much of the atten- safety-net health care pro- list of radical groups like the a big deal out of things we shouldn’t be making Wisconsin and other grass- tion earlier this year, but the grams. Over half of the losers National Rifle Association. When WiG began publishing two years ago, Wisconsin was a very different state. a deal out of. … They go on and on with all this roots groups launched the list of destructive policies will likely be children. Walker, The special session focused Progressive, pro-equality Democrats had control of both legislative chambers in bullshit about ‘sanctity’ – don’t give me that sanctity recall process on Nov. 15 goes much further. of course, has enjoyed tax- on a right-wing social agenda Madison. Gov. Jim Doyle, an LGBT ally, held the keys to the Governor’s Mansion. crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life and fanned out across the Wisconsin has always payer-financed health cover- rather than job creation. But an ongoing economic crisis and a backlash against President Barack they want.” entire state with recall sta- taken pride in its education age for most of his adult life. Even though Walker has Obama – from both the left and the right – brought sweeping political change in – Clint Eastwood expressing support for same- tions in every county. system. Walker cut what Walker vowed during the only been in office for 11 November 2010. The change was abrupt and radical – its leaders uncompromis- sex marriage in a recent interview with GQ magazine. For the effort to move for- amounts to $1.6 billion from 2010 campaign to create months, the list of damaging ing. It left Wisconsin Republicans and Democrats more divided than perhaps at ward, they need to obtain at public education over the 250,000 new jobs. But now actions by his administration any time in state history. “Dan Savage is a transphobe! … He’s a racist and least 540,000 valid signatures. current biennium. He cut his administration has admit- is far too long for one col- In light of this change, WiG too is changing. misogynist and a rape-apologist, too!” But organizers have set their more from education than ted that he will fail to deliver umn. That’s why the unprec- The movement for LGBT equality stands squarely on the left side of the politi- – Overheard statement from activists who goal at 650,000-700,000, any other governor in the on that promise. While doling edented action of recalling cal divide. Once upon a time there were Republican leaders who saw themselves glitterbombed columnist Dan Savage during an appear- which would provide some country. out tax cuts to the wealthy him is not only justified but as part of a GOP tradition that included Abraham Lincoln, Barry Goldwater and ance at the University of Oregon on Nov. 1. padding if some signatures The Department of Public and special interest support- absolutely necessary. Everett Dirksen. Those Republicans embraced an agenda that was libertarian and are invalid. Instruction recently pub- ers, Wisconsin has lost jobs. To successfully accomplish inclusive, and many of them recognized the connection between their philoso- “The scientific evidence of how same-sex attrac- This effort is every bit as lished a survey showing that In fact, the state is in a contin- this critical goal, everyone’s phy and fairness for LGBT citizens. tion most likely may be created provides a credible necessary as it is unprec- Walker’s drastic cuts forced ued downward cycle of job participation is needed. You But today’s Republican agenda calls for the marginalization of LGBT people. basis for a spiritual explanation that indicts the devil.” edented. Walker and his schools to lay off teachers loss even while the nation, can find out where to sign a Prominent leaders within the GOP are moving in the direction of creating a – Daniel Avila, an associate director for policy and administration have shep- and increase class size. The albeit modestly, has added recall petition by visiting wis- right-wing religious government. The vast majority of Wisconsin’s GOP leaders “Well, it’s common for folks to feel a sense of doom in the fall. The shorter research for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, herded just about every radi- UW system has been cut by jobs. dems.org/recallhq or united- either support this goal or fail to condemn it. days, falling leaves, dark weather can all trigger a case of the blues.” writing in an opinion column for the Pilot, the nation’s cal right wing idea through $250 million and technical The reason is Walker and wisconsin.com. After you’ve Wisconsin’s LGBT community cannot fight this militant agenda alone. Some oldest Roman Catholic newspaper. The paper later the Legislature since taking colleges have lost $70 million. his rubber-stamp Legislature signed the recall petition, of the nation’s most powerful corporate chiefs are behind the radical-right retracted the column, removing it from its website. office. The assault on the How will Wisconsinites com- have focused on just about please consider volunteering movement. rights of working people pete for jobs in a sophisticat- everything but jobs. During your time to collect more Fortunately, Wisconsin’s LGBT community enjoys strong support from pro- “Don’t nitpick. Don’t try to Jew them down.” through the elimination of ed international employment their latest so-called special signatures. gressive allies who understand the connection between our cause and their – State Rep. Larry Taylor, chairman of the own battles to create a more just society. Private and public unions, Planned { Feedback } Texas House’s Republican caucus, in a speech lambast- Parenthood, immigration and environmental groups, Citizen Action, ACLU of ing the state’s insurance companies for nickel and dim- Wisconsin and One Wisconsin Now are among the many organizations in the ing hurricane victims. Building strong LGBT groups state that lobby and advocate on our behalf. In today’s extreme political environ- Appleton’s expressed about domestic ship of Mayor Tim Hanna, ment, when so much is at stake for all of us, we need their support and they leadership partner benefits, I was struck Human Resources Director “Being asked to help put on the Oscar show was Three major LGBT orga- around, organizations need and rubber stamps for the need ours more than ever. chose fairness by the difficult decisions this Kathy Neisen, Diversity the proudest moment of my career. But as painful nizations in Milwaukee are to hire professional fundrais- executive director, although Reflecting today’s social and political realities, WIG has broadened its cover- Last night, I was proud to local community is facing Coordinator Kathy Flores and as this may be for me, it would be worse if my undergoing leadership chang- ers with the expertise to that is often the case. age in recent months to reflect the critical interdependency of our struggle with stand with the fair-minded – decisions I know every Alderpersons Teege Mettille, association with the show were to be a distraction es right now. Circumstances Opinion implement both tried-and- Organizations that lose those of other progressive causes. Our goal is to keep LGBT readers and their people of Appleton as we community is grappling with Kole Oswald, Christoph Wahl, from the academy and the high ideals it represents.” leading to the need for new JAMAKAYA true and innovative methods touch with their membership allies informed about other progressive news in the state while also attracting defended domestic partner across our state. Cathy Spears, Curt Konetzke, – Producer Brett Ratner, who resigned as directors vary in each case. of raising money from more base or reduce their input larger numbers of progressive allies to read WiG and learn about LGBT issues. benefits. The large and pas- That’s why I’m so excited John Robin Hill, Jeff Lutz and producer of the Academy Award broadcast after say- Instead of speculating on lar missions. The Task Force diverse funding sources. This into decision-making can drift We have stepped up efforts to make our entertainment and cultural coverage sionate crowd spilled out to report that the Appleton Kathy Plank. ing “rehearsing is for fags” to an audience following a what’s gone right or wrong on Family Violence merged is easier said than done, as away from their goals, leav- more comprehensive and insightful – coverage that doesn’t merely document into the hallways as com- Common Council voted And many thanks to all screening of his new film “Tower Heist.” – all organizations face transi- with the Sojourner Truth professional fundraisers ing them with a weakened Wisconsin’s thriving arts scene but enriches readers’ appreciation of it. munity members spoke for against reconsidering the of you who have contacted tions from time to time – I’d House shelter to become cost money, which creates foundation in times of crisis. Meanwhile, we’ve expanded our circulation by 20 percent and have plans to almost two and a half hours. inclusion of domestic partner- your alderperson, shown up “It’s hard, like living the life of a professional ath- rather address more broadly the Sojourner Family Peace a catch-22 for organizations The failure to engage vol- significantly increase our distribution in the coming months. This was the public hear- ship benefits for city employ- to Common Council meet- lete and being gay is incredibly hard. It’s like carrying strategies for strengthening Center. Two prominent with few resources. unteers in tasks that match As we celebrate our second birthday, we formally commit ourselves to this ing on the full city budget, so ees. Their steadfast leadership ings and spoken out for fair- around a secret, you know, and carrying around lug- these important institutions groups that serve people with But the development their skills and to reward new direction. At the same time, we’d like to thank the advertisers, distributors domestic partner benefits for is a signal that even in tough ness and equality. It is our gage and just never being allowed to be yourself.” so they are here to serve us blindness merged into a new arena has become specialized them for their valuable labor and loyal readers who have helped us pay our bills and provided us with so much city of Appleton employees economic times, it is always work in local communities – David Testo, former professional Montreal soc- for decades to come. entity called Vision Forward. and is moving rapidly into is another opportunity lost. valuable feedback and encouragement. Your support has humbled, inspired and was not the only topic of the the right decision to build a like Appleton that is truly cer star, coming out as gay in a radio interview. Many nonprofit organiza- Through consolidation, digital and social network- Continual cultivation of ideas emboldened us. evening, but it was by far the more inclusive workplace and building a fair Wisconsin. tions, not just LGBT groups, such mergers can reduce ing media. Nonprofit lead- and energy from these bases We hope to continue to earn your attention. most discussed. invest in your employees. Katie Belanger “She sat down and looked at me, and her first are going through big tran- duplication of services and ers must recognize it as an of support is necessary to Regardless of the topic I would also like to executive director question was, ‘Are you a lesbian?’ Her second ques- sitions, primarily because of expenses. Funding sources essential investment. Effective build strength and renewal. discussed, or the view thank the visionary leader- Fair Wisconsin tion to me was, ‘Have you asked God into your the contraction of funding strongly encourage such fundraising is every nonprof- Finally, I think LGBT orga- heart? Have you been saved by Jesus Christ?’ This is sources. Nonprofits depend mergers, although they it’s engine for growth. nizations lose steam when when I realized that I was no longer a United States on government and founda- can be difficult to achieve. A fully engaged board of they forget the element of veteran in her eyes.” tion grants and corporate Longstanding organiza- directors, membership base advocacy. Funders prefer to CEO/Principal Account Executives Web consultant – Former Marine Lance Corporal Esther contributions and sponsor- tions have their own mis- and volunteer corps are also underwrite direct services, Kevin Rux Leonard Sobczak Carrie Delgado, Jim Lautenbach, Garatie describing her experience with a nurse ships to finance their services. sions, boards, constituents critical to the success of any and confusion about the legal Marypat Wulff at the Dallas VA Medical Center on Oct. 12. Garatie The economic collapse has and turfs. But the times are organization’s mission. Boards restrictions on nonprofits Publisher/ office assistant Anita Gielow had gone to the center seeking treatment for severe dramatically reduced chari- challenging, and unless some need to have a balance of skill in terms of advocacy makes Editor in Chief NATIONAL ADVERTISING depression and possible post-traumatic stress disorder. table giving by foundations groups show more willing- sets – in law, finance, human them shy away from it. In fact, The Wisconsin Gazette is published every other week Louis Weisberg Rivendell Media, (212) 242-6863 CONTRIBUTORS More than 10,000 people have signed a Change.org and businesses and led to ness to adapt they may find resources – to ensure proper the law limits political involve- and distributed throughout the Milwaukee area, Madison, Debra Brehmer, Jody Hirsh, petition demanding that the nurse be huge government budget cuts. themselves out of business governance. 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faith 5 gaze Giving thanks, honoring a pioneer’s memory UniTed Way WorkS One day in his office it Martha Stewart for decorat- pers. A tux and red slippers came up that I was the son THANKSGIVING POTLUCK ing advice and example, I – I can only dream of pulling eligion of a plumber. At first he The 10th annual community Thanksgiving Potluck looked to Peter. that off. to Improve the health R thought I meant one of the Dinner – hosted by Equality Wisconsin, Lesbian Alliance, Once Jay and I visited and Peter certainly was an ANDREW WARNER Plummers who endowed his Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Church, Galano waited in the living room of original. On Thanksgiving we professorship. Club, SAGE/Milwaukee and Plymouth United Church of his Plymouth cottage while can follow his advice: Invent Thanksgiving celebrates “Not those plumbers,” I Christ – will be held Nov. 26 at Plymouth Church, 2717 he got ready for a tour of your own reality and con- the Pilgrims’ first mythi- said. E. Hampshire. the old town. Every wall, form to it. cal feast. As a pastor of a Peter went on to share Doors open at 4:30 p.m.; dinner is served at 5:30 p.m. every surface held some pic- Some will gather for of everyone church named after the the story of his Plummers. People whose last names begin with A through J should ture, painting or plate. An Thanksgiving dinner with Pilgrims’ colony – Plymouth They were wealthy Boston bring a side dish; K-M should bring an appetizer; N-T enormous cathedral-styled family who do not know – Thanksgiving conjures Brahmans who made their should bring a salad and U-Z should bring a dessert. bird cage overwhelmed the their sexual orientation. Is In our communIty. many images. But the most money in the slave trade. room. this the year to come out? vivid this year is of a visit Their morality was not his Now every time I hang Others put up with fam- my partner Jay and I made Christian morality, and he He once said: “(My moth- be known as gay or conser- something new on the walls ily who do not fully accept to see Peter Gomes at his clearly enjoyed the irony er) always told me that I vative. They are all bits and of our home, Jay gets wor- them. Is this the year to cre- Join us in supporting programs that understand cottage in Plymouth, Mass. of serving as an African- must invent my own reality. pieces of a work in progress. ried that we’re slipping clos- ate change? the health disparities in the lGBt community Peter died this past American gay man in a Reality will not conform to I am a child of God.” er and closer toward Peter’s And still others have year, after a long and dis- professorship given by you. You must invent your He was a child of God over-the-top decor. invented their own reality of and work on eliminating barriers to services. tinguished career serving folks who’d have disap- own and then conform to with all his contradictions, Peter took a similar an inclusive family of friends as preacher at Harvard proved of him on both it. So I did. I am an authentic and his life helped me imag- approach to his clothing: one and relations. Is this the University’s Memorial counts. and an original. ine how I could be my own night he held a dinner party year to widen your table to Chapel. Or, as he would What always drew me “I will not allow myself original. and greeted us wearing a include someone who feels prefer to express it, serving to Peter was that wonder- to be known simply as an The inspiration he gave formal black tux with a loud left out? as the Plummer Professor ful grace he brought to liv- African American, no more was more than spiritual. Harvard crimson cummer- This Thanksgiving, be an of Christian Morals. ing with contradictions. than I would allow myself to While some people look to bund and matching silk slip- original.

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The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin invites you to experience the wonders of the Season Wisconsin Gazette entertainment all in one wonderful place. WiGOUT! for candy, toys, apparel and accessories, holiday collect- Wonderful Cuisine Get ready ables and a media library. The “boudoir” area, featur- Wonderful Theater ing candles and cosmetics, Wonderful Friends for a Lady will mimic a giant wig, and the jewelry shop will be Gaga holiday carved from a spider. Wonderful The opening is planned Purpose for just before midnight on season Nov. 21. Lady Gaga is set to star in costumes and staged musi- In other Gaga news, the a 90-minute Thanksgiving TV cal numbers. … Lady Gaga star announced last month Sunday, December 4, 2011 special in prime time. as a high school student still that she’s launching the Born Airing on ABC on Nov. 24, bruised by being excluded This Way Foundation, a non- InterContinental Milwaukee “A Very Gaga Thanksgiving,” from the party, Lady Gaga profit focusing on “issues like (NEW LOCATION for 2011) directed by Our Lady of as a devoted daughter and self-confidence, well-being, 139 East Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee Gaga herself, features the caring sister, Lady Gaga as a anti-bullying, mentoring, and beloved LGBT ally perform- 25-year-old woman embrac- career development.” The For tickets and more information call: 414.225.1570 ing eight musical numbers ing fame and fortune that MacArthur Foundation and surrounded by her fam- seemed to come overnight. Harvard University will par- ily members and closest She will impress you, delight ticipate in the project. friends. Songs include such you and surprise you.” The way in which the Presenting Gaga hits as “You and I” Perhaps one of the big- foundation will work is Sponsor and “The Edge of Glory,” as gest surprises the TV special A unclear, but it is currently well the seasonal standard has in store for viewers is signing up members on the “White Christmas.” Tony the sight of Gaga, whose real Web at www.bornthisway- Bennett will be on hand to name is Stefania Gabriella foundation.org. Visitors who duet with La Gaga on “The Germanotta, in the kitchen. provide their e-mail address- Lady is a Tramp.” Her best-known previous es are taken to a screen The 25-year-old pop icon outing with groceries was that shares the following also will offer viewers a wearing a dress made of raw message: “You have just glimpse into her private life. meat to the VMA awards last taken the first step towards She’ll visit her alma mater, year. But on Thanksgiving, building a brave new world. Convent of the Sacred Heart she’ll whip up an actual meal, GAGA As one of the early adapt- Catholic School, with Katie including deep-fried turkey ers of our movement, you Couric to talk about her and waffles. Chef Art Smith are a leader in creating a childhood, her family and how will help prepare her unique Thanksgiving world where humanity is her background has inspired Thanksgiving menu. embraced, individuals are her music and politics. This isn’t the first time empowered, and intolerance Other notable alum- Lady Gaga has been the And television isn’t the in the spirit of Lady Gaga, as Barneys recently released is eliminated. This is just the We Were Here: nae of Sacred Heart are subject of a TV special. only medium where Lady the retailer transforms one the details about its previ- first step in our efforts, and Paris Hilton and Caroline Earlier this year, the CW Gaga will have a major of its entrances leading to ously announced partner- we cannot do this alone. Kennedy. aired “Gaga by Gaultier,” in presence this holiday sea- Gaga’s Workshop. ship with the superstar. She We are nothing without our The AIDS Years in San Francisco “We all know Lady Gaga is which she was interviewed son. Shoppers entering the The store’s famous and her team will deco- supporters, like you.” The new documentary about the a phenomenon,” Couric said by fashion designer Jean Paul flagship Barneys New York Madison Avenue windows, rate and fill the entire fifth Visitors are also asked in a press statement. “This Gaultier. The network used store during the holidays meanwhile, will be a collage floor with products, totaling to share the sign-up site via impact of AIDS on the LGBT is a chance to see more of the interview to launch its will go through the mouth of of music, fashion, astrology 5,550 square feet. There will Facebook and Twitter. community of San Francisco who she is beneath the wild fall season. a giant monsterlike creature and the elements. be eight mini-stores inside - from staff and wire reports FREE! NNOOVV 1818 Thursday, December 1 at 6:15pm THTHRRUU

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Got news? Tell us SPOTLIGHTING THE BEST ON AREA STAGES Art Gaze [email protected]. “The Nerd,” a farce 3. Mark Bucher directs by Larry Shue, is at WiGOUT this modern-dress Soulstice Theatre, 3770 interpretation of Oscar S. Pennsylvania, Ste. 2, Wilde’s classic. Call 414- SIMON SAYS in St. Francis, through STAGE 744-5747 or visit www. Nov. 19. boulevardtheatre.com.

Photographer’s work merges art, documentary Forward Theater presents GAZE “Bat Boy: The Musical” “The Farnsworth E dited and compiled b y G regg S hapiro is at Hemsley Theatre, By Debra Brehmer not real), can be a potent HIV, she presents it as both Invention” at Overture 821 University in Madison, Contributing writer tool when put in the service fact and mystery. Here is this The photography world of examining topics with sim- deadly potent human plague Center for the Arts, 201 through Dec. 10. Molly is generally divided between ilarly elusive moral grounds. held in what looks like a State in Madison, through Richards directs this 2001 artist photographers and the It’s like a great liar sparring tacky plastic bottle. Simon Nov. 20. By playwright musical, with story and lower class of documentar- with another great liar. What suspends this paradox in and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, the play is about the book by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming and music and ians. Seldom do their paths we get in the end is theater, front of us. The ironic looms invention of television. Call 608-258-4141. lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe. Call 608-265- ARTS (2787). cross. a kind of framing and staging large in all of her work. But Taryn Simon (who of the struggle toward truth Her third project, “The holds a degree in environ- and knowing. Innocents,” from 2002, holds Carte Blanche Studios Theatre, 1024 S. Fifth, presents mental science) has not only Simon allows both the the greatest emotional pull the Milwaukee premiere of the “hit” musical “Reefer managed to merge the fields subjective (personal view) and the images are the most Madness! The Musical” through Nov. 20. Call 262- but also has achieved interna- and the seeming blunt reality captivating. Large-scale prints 716-4689. tional acclaim, even while her or data to co-mingle actively. (48 inch by 62 inch) are fused work remains essentially that But no matter how big and behind glass. Each one tells of a journalist. pretty, no matter how well-lit the story of a person who “Million Dollar Quartet” continues at Marcus Center For Simon lives in New York and color-saturated, Simon’s was wrongly committed of the Performing Arts in Milwaukee through Nov. 20. The Tony City and is married to a film- work tilts to the conven- a violent crime and served Award-winning jukebox musical is about the historic night 2634 N. Downer Ave. maker (Gwyneth Patrow’s tional. It is straightforward, a lengthy prison sentence that Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee brother). She is represented illustrational, indexical and before being exonerated. by Gagosian Gallery in NYC project driven. The images Simon photographs these Lewis gathered together at Sun Studios in Memphis. Call 414- (414) 964-3125 and currently has a show require expositional text to maligned individuals at the 273-2787. optixondowner.com of new work at the Tate keep them afloat. This is not a scenes of their arrest or the Modern in London. bad thing. It is just the nature site of the crime. Cameron Mackintosh’s 25th anniversary production of Three of her major projects of the work. P H OTO : M i lwau k e e A rt M u s e u m The portraits are fully “Les Miserables” is at Fox Cities Performing Arts are on view at the Milwaukee Each of the projects on Taryn Simon’s photograph shows live HIV growing in a laboratory at Har- staged and lit to enhance Art Museum, through Jan. 1. view started out as a book. vard Medical School. the disjuncture between the Center, 400 W. College Ave. in Appleton, through Nov. 20. “The Farnsworth Invention” The show was organized by Even while occupying an individual and the place that The beloved musical by Boublil and Schönberg is based curator Lisa Hostetler, with enormous space in MAM’s This project is interesting ment of hidden things, pass- places. The camera peers in has now become so wrongly on the novel by Victor Hugo. Call 920-730-3760. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents Tom Stoppard’s the Helsinki Art Museum and east galleries, the serial histo- for the diversity of things ing across borders, time and and consciously composes an central in their lives. There “Heroes” at Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, the Moscow Multimedia Art ry of the page and packaging seized. We sense the vast space. image that serves as a medi- is both a slick commercial Nov. 23-Dec. 18. The production features Milwaukee Museum. stays paramount. While the play of once-distant cultures The second body of work, tation on the oddness of the beauty and sadness in the Perhaps what allows three projects fully represent and belief systems meeting in “An American Index of the enterprise. pictures as each testifies to theatre veterans Richard Halverson, Daniel Mooney and Simon’s projects to drift into their own troubling worlds, an airplane in the sky: wants, Hidden and Unfamiliar,” is a A cryopreservation unit, a malfunctioning legal system Robert Spencer, in the Studio Theatre. Call 414-291-7800. the art world is her height- they share the sense of an needs, dreams all laid out in series of 37-inch by 44-inch for example, becomes an and the subsequent human ened awareness of how the insistent looking, prodding, Simon’s rows of small square, chromogenic prints from almost abstract composi- toll. We see that these people Skylight Opera Theatre presents “The Music Man” in photograph is the perfect wanting to see and know. elegant specimen pictures. 2007 showing places and tion of grays. We would not will never fully recover from the Cabot Theatre at Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. vehicle for examining sub- “Contraband” features Even in the 21st century, things to which we do not know a body was being fro- the mistake of their prison jects that share a compli- more than 1,000 six-inch by there’s traffic in rituals and normally have visual access: zen in this device without sentence. Broadway, Nov. 18-Dec. 18. Call 414-291-7800. 2307 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI 53704 cated relationship with the six-inch images of forbid- magic (deer penis) as well as the CIA’s art collection, an the text. The picture elevates Again, Simon uses the pho- 608.244.8761 real or the true. Distortions den things taken from airline commercial objects of status exploding warhead test area, the poetry and hope of the tograph to reveal something Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State in Madison, of desire and meaning, mis- passengers over a four-day and power, such as fake Louis a great white shark in captiv- endeavor by pairing big con- normally not accessible. Like presents “Guys On Ice” Nov. 29 -Dec. 18. Produced and www.homeandofficeupholstery.com read information, the struggle stretch at JFK airport. They Vuitton handbags and Viagra. ity, a marijuana crop research cepts of human myth and her other bodies of work, presented by Door County’s famed American Folklore to interpret “evidence” arise range from the predictable Encasing the images in grow room, etc. desire within the equally these images are both true Theatre, the Wisconsin-originated-and-set musical runs in from living in a complex and – weapons, drugs and veg- rows of narrow rectangular The photographs are ele- strange, cold clinical language and false. They hold incom- Ready for a desensitized world. etables – to odd materials plexiglass boxes forces us to gant. Similarly to the contra- of technology. prehensible yet stubborn the Playhouse. Call 608-258-4141. Photography, with its split such as cow dung toothpaste read them as abstracted sen- band images, Simon heightens Likewise, when Simon facts created by a world of New Direction? personality (both real and and deer blood. tences, a continuous move- the sealed off nature of these photographs a vial of active contradictions. “Les Miserables” For the dog lover in all of us, Next Act Theatre, 255 S. Water, presents “Sylvia” through Dec.18. A. R. Gurney’s John Meier, M.Ed. LPC Buffalo Streets will host an tunity for CoPA members opportunity is presented by in March and April 2012. They are film and videog- “The Gift of the Magi” returns to American Players play is about the titular Central Park stray and the impact Guidance & Support for: open house in conjunction as well as photographers in Portrait Society Gallery, 207 For additional information rapher Brent Coughenour; Theatre, 5950 Golf Course Road in Spring Green, Nov. she has on her adopters’ marriage. Call 414-278-0765 or with Christmas in the Ward. Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, E. Buffalo St., in the Third see the project web site at community art programmer 20-Dec. 18. The original musical based on O. Henry’s visit www.nextact.org. • Self-Esteem Artwatch The Coalition of Photo- Minnesota and Iowa to Ward. Current and former bsatps.wordpress.com. Paul Druecke; mixed-media classic tale of love and generosity plays in APT’s intimate, • Relationships DEBRA BREHMER graphic Arts, CoPA, will exhibit their work. It is also Wisconsin residents are Meanwhile, it’s your last painter, printmaker and indoor Touchstone Theatre. Call 608-588-2361. “A Kodachrome Christmas” is at Marcus Center for • Growth & Healing launch its 5th Annual an opportunity for viewers invited to submit photo- chance to see the current sculptor Waldek Dynerman; the Performing Arts Nov. 18-Dec. 31. This treat from Pat for LGBT individuals Dec. 2 brings the city a Midwest Juried to see a huge cross-section based books to BS @ PS: Nohl award winners at inova/ filmmaker Sarah Buccheri; & couples new round of art openings, Exhibition from 5 to 9 p.m. of photo-based projects. This Book Show at Portrait Kenilworth, 2155 N. Prospect sound and experimental Boulevard Theatre, 2252 S. Kinnickinnic, presents Hazell stars John McGivern as Earlene Hoople. Call 414- even if it is not gallery night. The show runs through Jan. year’s juror was Catherine Society, a competition and Ave. The show closes Dec. 4. music artist Neil Gravander; “The Importance Of Being Earnest” through Dec. 273-2787. (414) 305-3049 The Marshall (arts) 21, 2012, at Walker’s Point Edelman, of Catherine exhibition. The deadline for Featured are the seven Mary sculptor Ashley Morgan; and [email protected] Building in the Third Ward Center for the Arts. Edelman Gallery in Chicago. entries is Jan. 31. L. Nohl Fellowship winners documentary filmmaker www.JohnMeierTherapy.com on the corner of Water and This is an annual oppor- Another photo-related The exhibition takes place chosen from 136 applicants. Chris James Thompson. 24 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 25 Boulevard’s stripped-down Wilde is earnest fun Wisconsin’s top fruit referred to it, premiered Feb. logue delivery and a little yielded the treatise “De 14, 1895, at London’s St. James more affect in the blocking Profundis” and the poem Theatre. The gay author was and movement would have “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” Theater then at the height of his fame. given the play’s silly story broke the Irish author physi- comes out for the holidays MICHAEL MUCKIAN The high farce focuses on two more wit and a sharper point, cally and spiritually. In 1900, protagonists who take on both of which Wilde would five years after the premier of By Michael Muckian When a play is dependent false identities to escape their have appreciated. his greatest work, Wilde died Contributing writer on the cleverness of its lan- social obligations. They both But that’s not to say the destitute in Paris. As America’s foremost gusta- guage, does it help or hinder assume the name “Earnest” Nov. 12 audience and actors Still, Wilde lives on through tory holiday, Thanksgiving brings the audience’s understanding at different times, which leads didn’t have fun. The cast deliv- his often revived works, which with it expectations of special to clothe the production in to mistaken identities, one of ered with the right level of include social satires like celebratory foods. Topping the its original visual context? the elements of humor driv- energy, including Clarence “Lady Wendemere’s Fan,” “A list is – or should be – the lowly Boulevard Theatre’s Mark ing the narrative. Aumend as the butler Lane, Woman of No Importance” cranberry. Even if we grew up Bucher is betting that the Wilde at the time was criti- Mary Buchel as prim Miss and “An Ideal Husband.” If staring with morbid curiosity as crackling dialogue and ironic cized for writing a play with Prism and a hilarious David nothing else, count Boulevard our parents plopped those quiv- language inversions of Oscar no redeeming social message, Ferrie as the salacious Canon Theatre’s production as ering, blood red, gelatinous cylin- Wilde’s “The Importance of contrary to the style popular in P H OTO : B O u l e vA R D T H E AT r e Chasuble. Boulevard’s up- another homage – and a good ders from cans onto plates, we’ve Being Earnest” will excel on his day. However, the apparent From “The Importance of Being Earnest.” close-and-personal setting one, too – to one of litera- gradually learned to appreciate their own merits. To that end, lack of message is in itself com- brought actors and audience ture’s great social satirists. this strange fruit. the tiny Bay View troupe has mentary on Victorian mores. to avoid their social duties. Bucher’s theatrical democ- members together for maxi- Unfortunately, there aren’t In Wisconsin, the cranberry stripped down the two-and- Wilde’s subtle skewering of They alternately assume racy, all dialogue is delivered mum effect. that many of them around holds special stature. In fact, it’s one-half-hour comedy of ill society’s elite through absurd the name “Earnest” in part equally, which unfortunately “Earnest,” which made anymore. the state’s top fruit crop. We manners to its essence, pre- humor may have had audiences to woo socially demanding dulls some of the author’s Wilde even more popular Badgers produce nearly 60 per- senting characters in contem- laughing at themselves, as well Gwendolyne (Tess Cinpinski), sharper points amid the sheer than he already had been, cent of all the cranberries grown porary dress and dropped as taking an inventory of their daughter of the formidable volume of words. also marked the end of his On stage in the United States, surpass- Photo: International Wisconsin into a minimalist setting. own social behaviors. Lady Bracknell (Margaret There also are a variety of career. An ongoing feud with Boulevard Theatre’s ing the output from runners- Workers harvest cranber- Bucher calls it “naked Bucher’s version follows Casey), and naïve, empty-head- affected moments that, in this the Marquess of Queensbury production of up Massachusetts, New Jersey, ries in a bog in northern wit – full-frontal cleverness that same thread, present- ed Cecily (Meagan Kaminsky), case, actually prove perhaps (the father of Lord Alfred Oscar Wilde’s “The Oregon and Washington com- Wisconsin. unadorned by sets and cos- ing the characters of Jack Jack Worthing’s young ward. to be too few. The aforemen- Douglas, with whom Wilde Importance of Being bined. tumes.” It’s an economical Worthing (David Matthew The cast largely hits its tioned lack of visual context was alleged to be having an Earnest” runs through In 2004, the cranberry was approach for the company Bohn) and Algernon (Kyle marks, with Bohn and requires greater care with affair) came to a climax in Dec. 3. For details and named the state fruit, and the A component in cranberry juice that, for the most part, works Queenan) as self-involved, Queenan blathering through dialogue, narrative and the court. Wilde was sentenced tickets, call 414-744- 2011 yield is expected to sur- can inhibit production of certain for the audience. socially irresponsible young Wilde’s lengthy dialogue few physical movements at to two years hard labor for 5757 or go to www. pass 430 million pounds, or oral bacteria that can lead to Wilde’s “trivial comedy for knaves who create false like sharp knives through a the troupe’s disposal. More “gross indecency.” boulevdartheatre.com. 26 cranberries for every man, dental plaque and periodontal serious people,” as the author friends and fake obligations stale cucumber sandwich. In strategic articulation in dia- The experience, which woman and child on the planet, disease. according to the Wisconsin State In addition, cranberries are Cranberry Growers Association, good for your heart, producing A Must-See This Holiday Season! based in Wisconsin Rapids. flavonoids and polyphenolic com- EMMY™AWARD WINNING ACTOR “Wisconsin has an abundance pounds that are a potent anti- of the right combination of oxidant and aid in the prevention conditions you need to grow of atherosclerosis. A compound cranberries,” says Tom Lochner, found in cranberry juice combats WSCGA’s executive director. the bacteria responsible for the “We have plentiful water, the formation of peptic ulcers. 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Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. 28 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 W I SCONS I NGAZETTE.CO M | November 17, 2011 29 Eleanor Friedberger explains ‘Last Summer’ Stage is the rage on new musical releases to that? Are there plans for where you are and where Eleanor Friedberger: Well, a dance remix for your you’re going. nterview I say we are not breaking up gay fans? I (laughs). I think due to the Not yet. Nobody has I was fortunate usic Gregg Shapiro fact that the band is com- approached me to do anything enough to attend your M posed of me and my brother, yet, but I hope somebody Chicago show at the Gregg Shapiro Fiery Furnaces fans can we’re never going to not be does. That would be great. Hideout in July and breathe a sigh of relief. “Last brother and sister playing your mother was at the ‘Godspell’ Summer,” the solo debut by music together. I can imagine Geography figures show. Do you find that In the same way Stephen Eleanor Friedberger, does making a record with him prominently in a num- you perform different- Schwartz’s musical “Wicked” not mark the end of the duo, when I’m in my 60s. ber of songs, includ- ly when you know she’s had an impact on tween girls, which includes Friedberger’s ing “Owl’s Head Park,” in the audience? his rock musical “Godspell” brother Matthew. Instead, I really love the “Roosevelt Island” and That’s a good question. struck a chord with impres- “Last Summer” is a chance funky, vintage 1976 “Inn of the Seventh Because I think I’ve only per- sionable ’70s adolescents for her to flex other musi- disco of “Roosevelt Ray.” Can you say formed one time in Chicago searching for meaning amid cal muscles and venture out Island.” Why did you something about the when she wasn’t in the audi- a tumultuous time. An momentarily on her own, choose to take it in role place plays in your ence. It actually was at the P H OTO : C O u rT e s Y American counterpart to she says. that musical direction? work? Hideout the one other time Eleanor Friedberger. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Beginning with the irresist- That really came out of I like putting details into the Fiery Furnaces played Tim Rice’s “Jesus Christ ible and bouncy “My Mistakes” my demo. I use GarageBand. songs. I feel like it’s just part there. She wasn’t at the show about how I want it to these shows, playing the gui- Superstar,” “Godspell” has and continuing through the I don’t have the fancy ver- of the story. When you’re for some reason. I feel her sound, but I have written tar alone singing, I kind of been reissued in a double- hip-shaker “Roosevelt Island” sion, I just have the basic stuff telling a story, of course presence, I’m aware of it, but a lot of new songs that I like it. There’s a lot of free- disc set that also includes and the Latin-tinged “Early that it came with. There are you’re going to say where I try not to let it affect me. want to include on the next dom in it. I’ve watched (the the soundtrack to the 1973 PHOTO S : C O u rT e s Y Earthquake,” Friedberger has very few drum loops. There you were and where you’re I’m sure it does. She’s a huge album. When I made “Last Bob Dylan doc) “Don’t Look movie version, starring “The Book of Mormon,” left, and “How to Suc- crafted a warm and radiant are only a couple that sound going – that’s just part of sto- fan and supportive mother Summer,” I really didn’t Back” enough times, there’s out Canadian-Jewish actor ceed in Business Without Really Trying,” above. solo debut. remotely OK. One of them rytelling. I like it in songs. The and she loves it, but I can’t want to sound like a girl something very satisfying Victor Garber as your lord is like this Motown drummer way I started writing songs help but feel a tiny bit inhib- with a guitar trying to do about just standing with a and savior. Denver in August 2012 and delights such as “I Believe in by U2’s Bono and The Edge, is cal oral history of nine New of the literary world and Gregg Shapiro: There beat that I used for that song was by telling my brother ited while she’s there. some kind of fake, folksy guitar and singing. So actu- a new company launches in You,” “Brotherhood of Man,” not only associated with the Orleans residents between the stage. “Peter and the must be people who and that was kind of like the stories and then turning that thing. I didn’t feel comfort- ally, just recently, I’ve been ‘The Book of Chicago in December 2012. “Been a Long Day” and “The “Spider-Man” movie series the twin catastrophes of Wolf”-like, “The Trumpet of are thinking, “Is she basis of it. Then we decided into lyrics, so it comes very Have you already able in that role. I’m not thinking about maybe I do Mormon’ Here’s your chance to get Company Way.” but also the Marvel comic hurricanes Betsy (1965) and the Swan,” subtitled “a novel taking a break or are to keep that beat. That came naturally to me to set the begun to think in terms a great guitar player, I feel want to make a record like Forty years after the original Broadway cast book series. Still running on Katrina (2005). symphony for actors and they breaking up?” out of limitations and neces- scene. I don’t know how else of the next solo disc? like that’s just been done a that, where it’s very much “Godspell” and “Jesus Christ recording. ‘Women on Broadway as of this writing, orchestra,” is based on the How do you respond sity, but I grew to like it. to do that without describing Yeah. I haven’t thought million times. Now doing just a guitar and voice. Superstar” stirred up reli- the Verge of it’s the kind of rock musical ‘Sister Act’ book by E. B. White (“Stuart gious fervor on Broadway, ‘How to Succeed a Nervous that is not only the antithesis Based on the hit Whoopi Little” and “Charlotte’s religion made a comeback of in Business Breakdown’ of original and unforgettable Goldberg movie of the same Web”). Adapted by Marsha sorts on the Broadway stage Without Really & ‘Spider-Man: shows such as “Godspell,” name, “Sister Act” isn’t exact- Norman (“’night Mother”), A hilarious ‘Trip,’ a pretentious ‘Tree’ among new DVDs last year. Far more irreverent Trying’ Turn Off the but also one that could have ly “The Sound of Music” for with music by Jason Robert and inspired, the Tony and Fifty years since its Dark’ benefited from the kind the 21st century, but it has Brown (“The Last Five Years” Winterbottom’s “The Trip,” embark on a tour of inns and celebrity impressions, come more than a few branches (see his “Days of Heaven”). Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway debut, “How to “Priscilla, Queen of the of humor in “The Book of charms. Pushing the time and “Parade”), the record- starring Steve Coogan and dining establishments in the fast and furious. Michael trimmed. The minimal dialogue in “The Book of Mormon” is Succeed in Business Without Desert,” “Catch Me If You Mormon.” period back to the disco era ing features performanc- VDiva Rob Brydon as essentially north of England in order to Caine is a particular favorite, Where else will you find this cinematic tone poem unlike anything you’ve ever Really Trying” is a cute musi- Can” and “Sister Act” aren’t affords Alan Menken (“Little es by Kathy Bates, Mandy D themselves, is a hilarious, bit- do research for a magazine and the two of them duke it Brad Pitt as a mid-century increases its reliance on the heard. Co-written by “South cal comedy about climbing the only recent Broadway ‘Nine Lives: Shop of Horrors,” “Little Moore, Martin Short, John Gregg Shapiro ing, semi-improvised road article. out as dueling Caines. They modern father and dinosaurs visual. His depiction of cre- Park” masterminds Trey the corporate ladder, with musicals based on movies. A Musical Mermaid”) a chance to have Lithgow and others. “Sweet movie. An early touch of also duet on Abba and Kate from some 200 million years ation, from prismatic light to Parker and Matt Stone with music and lyrics by Frank “Women on the Verge of a Adaptation, some fun with the disco Bye and Bye,” with lyrics by ‘The Trip’ It’s “My Dinner With homophobia dissipates, and Bush tunes. ago in the same movie? No cloud formations and vol- music by Robert Lopez (of Loesser. It’s been revived a Nervous Breakdown,” with Volume 1’ songbook. But there aren’t poet Ogden Nash, book by Not to be confused Andre” in a Range Rover the laughs, most of which Mumblecore filmmakers kidding! canic eruptions, borders on “Avenue Q” fame), “The couple of times – in 1995 music and lyrics by David Colman DeKay and Paul any of the kind of memorable humorist S.J. Perelman and with the 2002 gay movie with English accents, as the revolve around the duo try- and actors could learn a thing Three stories are the Discovery Channel stuff. He Book of Mormon” is as hys- (starring Matthew Broderick Yazbek, comes from the Sanchez’s “Nine Lives: A numbers for which Menken illustrator Al Hirschfeld, and of the same name, Michael fiercely competitive friends ing to outdo each other with or two from the way Coogan interwoven branches in this also captures the innocence terically funny as it is shock- and featuring Megan Mullally Pedro Almodovar film of the Musical Adaptation, Volume has come to be known. music by Vernon Duke, was and Brydon play off each overly long fiasco. A mid- of the times. His attention ing. It combines Mormon and Victoria Clark) and most same name and stars Patti 1” is based on the book by a legendary failure in musi- other. We don’t so much feel 20th-century Texas family to detail is nearly impecca- teachings, current events and recently in 2011 (starring a LuPone, Laura Benanti, Sherie Dan Baum. Featuring a stel- ‘The Trumpet cal theater history. A new like we’re eavesdropping as that puts the wacko in Waco ble, from the style of speech some of the foulest language singing and dancing Daniel Rene Scott and Brian Stokes lar line-up of performers, of the Swan’ & world premiere recording of that we’re invited to observe consists of a strict and strict- and the rambunctiousness of ever uttered onstage not in a “Harry Potter” Radcliffe). It Mitchell. including Michael Cerveris, ‘Sweet Bye and the futuristic musical features Seasons change… and be entertained. These ly unbalanced husband and youth to the fashions and Mamet play. Still going strong also was turned into a 1967 The fiasco-plagued Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, Bye’ Georgia Engel, John Cullum, two like to ham it up for father, Mr. O’Brien (Pitt); his home décor of the era. on Broadway, the musical movie. The 2011 Broadway “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Michelle Shocked and Harry This pair of recordings Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie So should your look! each other and for anyone gentle and loving wife, Mrs. But if you want something launches a national tour in cast recording features Dark,” with music and lyrics Shearer, “Nine Lives” is a musi- focuses on the intersection and Philip Chaffin. within earshot. 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