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530 • June 11, 2015 • Outwordmagazine.Com No. 530 • June 11, 2015 • outwordmagazine.com ROCKED! Pride Pics Start on Page 16! COLOR COLOR Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced he winners of the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”) were announced at a gala ceremony hosted Tby comedienne Kate Clinton, with performances by Lauren Patten of the hit Broadway show Fun Home and Toshi Reagon. Feminist legend Gloria Steinem introduced Rita Mae Brown, author of the classic, Rubyfruit Jungle, who received the Pioneer Award. Describing laughter as “an orgasm of the mind,” she praised Brown for always understanding joy and laughter. It wasn’t a love fest, but a joke fest when gossip columnist Liz Smith introduced filmmaker and author John Waters, who received Lambda’s Trustee Award for Excellence in Literature. In a sign of the transgender coming of age John Waters at the Lambda Literary Awards times in which we’re living, Casey Plett The ceremony was held June 1 at The winner in the Transgender Fiction category Great Hall at Cooper Union in NYC, and for A Safe Girl to Love ended her rousing opened with an animated video by Melanie acceptance speech with, “The transgender La Rosa and Johanna Campos that cleverly community is taking over!” The Betty Berzon symbolized the fundamental elements of the Emerging Writer Awards were presented to Lambda Literary Awards, as it depicted writers Anne Balay and Daisy Hernandez. superheroes saving a town called “Gaytham” For a full list of the winners, visit with literature. www.lambdaliterary.org. Fundraiser Set for Surviving the Silence olonel Pat Thompson, now living in the Sacramento area, was a decorated military nurse, only two years away from Cretirement after an illustrious career when an assignment came the to preside over a hearing regarding a fellow Army nurse’s federal recognition. This usually meant an hour meeting Until now. On Sunday June 14 at 6 p.m. a before increasing a military member’s fundraiser for the film will be held in the security clearance. This time, it would be a Fellowship Hall at Pioneer Congregational two day-long hearing that eventually United Church of Christ, 2700 L St. The resulted in the dismissal of Colonel author of the film and its producers will be Margarethe Cammermeyer for having on hand to discuss the film, as will Colonel admitted she was a lesbian. Thompson. Though she didn’t conceal her sadness at For more info, visit www.facebook.com/ fulfilling her duty in this role, Colonel events/1072721546075426/ Thompson did hide her own secret, as she had for nearly 30 years: she too was a lesbian. “Pat faced an impossible choice,” said Colonel Cammermeyer. “She could have come out and then there would have been two of us dismissed without recourse, or, she could fulfill her duty in a way that allowed me the best possible defense. By presiding over the board, Pat had a profound impact on my ability to get into Federal Court and make my reinstatement possible. And in doing so, she played an important role in enabling us to move forward to finally get the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” While the story of Colonel Cammermeyer was highly publicized and her book Serving in Silence became a television movie executive-produced by Barbra Streisand and starring Glenn Close, Colonel Thompson’s has remained untold. Colonel Pat Thompson and Barbara Brass outwordmagazine.com June 11, 2015 - June 25, 2015 • No. 530 Outword Magazine 3 COLOR Outword Three-part Documentary Investigates Truvada esearch indicates that if an HIV-negative person takes only affluent, white men. Truvada every day, they are nearly 99 percent protected from In Part Three, VICE meets Michael and Staff Leo, an HIV carrier and his partner, who Rcontracting the virus. However, controversy continues to have been together for over a year. The surround the broad uptake of Truvada, and that is the subject of a couple discusses their relationship with PUBLISHER new three-part documentary Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution. Truvada, the stigma against the drug, and Fred Palmer how their thoughts on the treatment have ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION Truvada has the potential to fundamentally Ron Tackitt change the landscape of safer sex and HIV-prevention from this point forward, GRAPHIC DESIGN particularly within the gay male community Ron Tackitt in the U.S., but many questions still linger EDITOR surrounding the first FDA-approved means Charles Peer of preventing HIV infection. [email protected] Presented by VICE Media, in Part One, VICE meets with Gladstone Institute’s Dr. ARTS EDITOR Chris Narloch Robert Grant, who is leading research to understand the biological and social SALES implications of Truvada as well as Damon L. Fred Palmer Jacobs, who is seeking to educate other gay men around the world about the CONTRIBUTING WRITERS revolutionary drug. Watch it Diana Kienle In Part Two, VICE heads to the Kink.com Frances Marlatt headquarters in San Francisco to talk with Colt McGraw its Director of Sexual Health and Advocacy Chris Narloch Eric Paul Leue about what works when it Truvada does not work as a public health changed. Bonnie Osborn intervention for HIV, citing adherence issues. Charles Peer comes to HIV prevention. Back in New York, Watch all three at www.vice.com/video/ Michael Weinstein, the president of AIDS Finally, Harlem United’s Kimberleigh J. stopping-hiv-with-the-truvada-revolution- PHOTOGRAPHY Healthcare Foundation, tells VICE that Smith discusses Truvada’s accessibility to part-1-111 Charles Peer ON THE COVER Belinda Carlisle Wows the Croud LGBTQ Youth Are America’s Most Unwanted at Sac Pride adly, LGBTQ foster youth are less likely to grow up with in Midtown . DISTRIBUTION For more information, visit www.sierraff.org. Kaye Crawford an unconditionally committed family. Many of them are Michael Crawford Sin group homes because there is a lack of accepting foster homes and many of them are abused because of their identity. ADVERTISING SALES It doesn’t have to be that way, though, and two wine and a cocktail dinner. The event will benefit Northern California upcoming events can show a path to reducing the Sierra Forever Families efforts to support LGBTQ (916) 329-9280 numbers of LGBTQI youth who are homeless or foster youth and the Sacramento International Fred Palmer not in stable homes. Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. To purchase tickets The first is on Saturday June 20th when please visit gatheringforlgbtyouth.eventbrite.com National Advertising Representative Rivendell Media Camille Wojtasiak in conjunction with the Then, on June 17th there will be an (212) 242-6863 Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film information session to learn more about how you Festival invites you to a private showing of the can assist LGBTQ youth who are living in foster documentary America’s Most Unwanted. care. These youth are experiencing difficulty in The feature length professional video reveals finding accepting homes that can meet either the stories of former foster youth, including those their temporary or permanency needs. who identify as LGBTQ. Guest speakers at the This event is being presented by Sacramento showing will include the filmmaker, Shani County Child Protective Services, The Children’s Heckman, as well as an adopted Family from the Law Center, Sierra Forever Families and the LGBTQ Community. Gender Health Center and is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Outword Magazine Inc. This is a casual event and will include cosmos, at 3 Fold Communications, located at 2031 K St. Office 372 Florin Road, #133 Sacramento, CA 95831 PHONE: (916) 329-9280 FAX: (916) 498-8445 www.outwordmagazine.com [email protected] ISSN # 1084-7618 United States Library of Congress Nat. Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Nat. Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association Midtown Business Association 4 Outword Magazine June 11, 2015 - June 25, 2015 • No. 530 outwordmagazine.com Pentagon Said to Be Adding Non- Discrimination Protections For G&L Troops he Washington Blade reported on May 29 that “the Pentagon is preparing to update its Military Equal Opportunity policy Tto include sexual orientation as a protected class and the change could be made final as soon as the end of next month (June).” A senior Defense Department official, to address harassment or discrimination. speaking on condition of anonymity, told the The repeal failed to include binding LGBT Blade that the Department will non-discrimination protections for gay, submit a revision that would add the words lesbian, and bisexual service members in the “sexual orientation” to the military’s military equal opportunity programs. The nondiscrimination policy, ensuring that repeal of DADT also did not change the members of the military cannot be regulations that continue to prevent discriminated against for their sexual transgender service members from serving orientation. openly and honestly. The anonymous official told theBlade the The American Military Partner Association change will be submitted to Secretary of (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of Defense Ashton Carter this week for his LGBT military families, praised the move review and final approval. and urged Secretary Carter to take It is oftened assumed that with the repeal immediate action. of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) in September “This is incredibly important and welcome 2011, the LGBT community achieved full news for our service members and their equality in the military. However, the repeal families,” said AMPA President Ashley only applied to LGB service members, and Broadway-Mack. “This long overdue and while it meant that they could serve openly critical change to the military equality without fear of being discharged, it did not opportunity program will help ensure that mean they were provided access to the LGB service members are treated fairly with military equal opportunity program in order the dignity and respect they deserve.” Conversion Therapy Gets Skewered in Saugatuck Cures The family-friendly LGBT comedy Saugatuck Cures, with Max Adler (Glee, Switched at Birth), Judith Chapman (The Young and the Restless) and Danny Mooney takes on the conversion therapy industry with hilarious results.
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