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Feb. 21, 2013 | Vol. 4, No. 7 UWM adds to equality cred The petition craze with its new LGBT-sensitive housing policy By Louis Weisberg ment conducive to cultural, Staff writer intellectual and experiential The University of Wiscon- learning.” sin-Milwaukee has created a The inclusive housing pol- new housing policy to meet icy is the latest milestone the unique needs of lesbian, in UWM’s ongoing efforts gay, bisexual, transgender to create a campus that’s and gender non-conforming welcoming of LGBT stu- students – as well as their dents. UWM’s busy LGBT allies and other students who Resource Center occupies have specific needs based on a high-profile space on the their cultural background or ground floor of the student identity. union building – a placement UWM is the first institu- that officials say symbolizes tion in the University of Wis- the university’s commitment. consin system to approve As a result of its efforts, such a policy. It goes into “UWM was ranked No. 12 effect for the fall 2013 semes- in Newsweek’s Daily Beast ter, according to a press as a ‘Gay Friendly Campus’ statement issued on Feb. 15. in 2011,” said Jennifer Mur- Incoming students will be ray, director of the resource able to select an inclusive center. “The new inclusive housing assignment as part of housing policy will continue the enrollment process. to increase UWM’s ranking Progressive ‘click-tivism’ “We strive to provide an in both the Campus Pride inclusive environment for all Climate Index as well as the students, and with this policy TONI Project – two promi- campus leaders at UWM rec- nent national standards of spreads virally on Web ognize that traditional room LGBT+ inclusion in higher PHOTO ILLUSTRATION PHOTO assignments do not meet the education. The new … policy needs of all students,” said also supports the university’s By Lisa Neff year targeting both the youth group and its corporate Kelly Haag, the university’s ‘Best Place to Work’ and Staff writer supporters, propelled the BSA to reconsider a policy housing director. “Inclusive ‘Best Place to Learn’ initia- We, the people, are petitioning for greater gun control, it had taken all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to housing extends UWM’s mis- tives.” marriage equality, term limits for Congress, bans against defend. Only a year ago, the Scouts reaffirmed the anti- sion to develop an environ- animal research, permits to hunt wolves, Texas’ secession gay policy. But petition drives against the policy that were from the union and Atlanta’s secession from Georgia. launched on Change.org and promoted by the Gay and We, the people, are petitioning to close Wal-Mart Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation have yielded 1.4 mil- kicking stores, build more Wal-Marts, free chimpanzees, pardon lion signatures. OUT the pot smokers, teach Creationism, mandate school prayer, In another campaign, Katy Butler, a teenager from Ann closet repeal Obamacare and institute universal health care. Arbor, Mich., launched a Change.org petition last spring door With ever-improving, ever-expanding digital tools, we, that ended with a motion picture rating change for “Bully.” Soccer player the people, have e-exercised our digits and made the peti- Without the change, a key audience – kids – could not see tion all the rage. The fever has even seized anti-petitioners the documentary. Butler’s petition went viral and found Robbie Rogers – who are signing a petition to stop petitions. support with more than 500,000 people, including pro comes out as In May, the Boy Scouts of America will decide whether athletes, movie stars and members of Congress. gay. Page 6 to repeal a ban against gay Scouts and troop leaders. Butler has started other petitions on Change.org, Public pressure, largely from petition drives over the past PETITIONS page 14 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 News with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg

what about the quality of activist who tion after telling gay Officer ing, he said, that he’d be the group’s social media TV news? A recent Public blogs about Kyle Calendine, “I don’t like involved in the child’s life. campaign spreading hatred Policy Polling survey of vot- the evils of a queer working for the Several months into the of homosexual relation- ers found there’s only one homosexuality for village.” pregnancy, he claimed the ships. But on Feb. 6, Megan source with a trust rate the Christian Post couple tried to exclude Phelps-Roper posted a above 50 percent – PBS. recently put his profile on The Predicktor him from the family. That message online announcing And Fox News? Its trust the popular gay app Grindr, A new “medical pre- prompted a legal battle her and her sister’s aposta- rate is at an all-time low, where men troll for quick diction” app called “The of multiple years, which sy and apologized for their according to the survey. sex hook-ups with others Predicktor” attempts to recently ended in an under- past behavior. Nonetheless, it’s the chan- in their immediate vicin- predict a man’s penis size standing and agreement nel a majority of Republi- ity. Matt Moore, a post- by using stats such as his between the lesbian couple Church talk cans prefer. er child for the “ex-gay” height, sexual orientation and the gay man for some A Catholic school assis- Divine weather movement, acknowledged and finger length while parental rights. Working on tant principal was fired Lightning struck St. Speaking of that his recent move to cross-referencing trends a treatment for a sitcom or over comments he made Peter’s Basilica, one of the faux news New Orleans proved to be from scientific studies. a family drama? on his blog in support of holiest Catholic sites, on A man who accused a too much temptation and Though the site stresses marriage equality. The Arch- the same day that Pope North Carolina church of he’d succumbed to his reli- that the app is strictly for Good-bye to diocese of Cincinnati fired Benedict XVI announced he holding him hostage and giously repressed urges to humorous purposes, Dr. all that Mike Moroski from Purcell was stepping down. Cath- abusing him as part of his have sexual relations with Chris Culligan said he hopes Two granddaughters Marian High School, telling olics rushed to the Web “ex-gay” treatment has other men. the Predicktor will help dis- of Fred Phelps, the gay- him in a termination letter en masse to share their recanted his story and apol- pel myths and relieve the obsessed leader of West- that he had shown “poor interpretations of what they ogized to the Word of Faith Queer behavior “penis-related insecurity, boro Baptist Church, have judgment” and violated the called a divine message. A Fellowship. He says the The mayor of a south- anxiety or dissatisfaction” left both their church and teachings of the Catholic few years ago the Vatican abuse didn’t happen. And eastern Ohio town resigned men have about themselves. their family behind. West- Church. Moroski, who is installed a lightning rod on he also lied about being gay. after repeatedly calling a “It’s not how long your pen- boro is best known for its married and lives in down- the basilica because it gets The man, Michael Lowry, gay police officer “queer” cil is, but how you write “God Hates Fags” campaign, town Cincinnati, signed a struck so often. is now under investigation in front of his colleagues. your name,” he said. which includes intrusive contract every year that and could be charged with Jackie Welker, council protests of military funer- required him to “comply Faux news filing a false report. president in the village of Modern family als. As children, Megan and with and act consistently in There’s no shortage of Pomeroy, told The Associ- A gay man agreed to Grace Phelps-Roper were accordance with the stat- erroneous news circulating Victim of ated Press that 78-year-old help out a lesbian couple frequent participants in ed philosophy and teach- on the Web, even on the temptation Mayor Mary McAngus sub- by becoming their sperm Westboro’s anti-gay pro- ings of the Roman Catholic mainstream press sites. But A prominent “ex-gay” mitted a letter of resigna- donor, with the understand- tests. They were also behind Church.”

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By Lisa Neff A conclave of cardinals will “At this time of significant sex couples, going so far as Staff writer meet in March in secret at transition, we hope that the to say such unions threaten Pope Benedict XVI’s the Sistine Chapel to elect cardinals who will elect the world peace and humanity. church-shaking announce- a successor before Easter. new pope take time to listen He sought to crack down ment of his retirement pro- There are 118 cardinals eli- to the people of the church, on American nuns who pur- duced a series of aftershocks, gible to vote – more than and that they hear the voice sued social justice issues. rumblings in the Roman half of them appointed by of the Holy Spirit calling for He opposed family planning Catholic community of the Benedict. In 2007, he decreed a pope who will be a shep- for sexually active women potential for liberal reform. that a two-thirds majority is herd to all of God’s people,” and men, even claiming that But, more than a week needed to name a new pope. said Dignity USA, the nation’s condoms contribute to the after the pope announced his Possible successors, largest LGBT Catholic group. spread of HIV in Africa. plan to again become Joseph according to The Associat- “We hope for a leader who Benedict also led at a Ratzinger, the search was still ed Press, include Cardinals will work to heal the divi- time of scandal – corruption on for a moderate to pos- Gianfranco Ravasi, the Italian sions of recent decades, and within the Vatican and also sibly succeed the exceedingly head of the Vatican’s culture who values dialogue above worldwide outrage over cler- conservative Benedict as the office; Angelo Scola, arch- conformity.” gy sexual abuse and institu- most visible religious leader bishop of Milan; Marc Ouel- Benedict was not that kind tional cover-up. He has never in the world. let, the Canadian head of of leader. acknowledged any personal Benedict, who had been a the Vatican’s office for bish- He became pope in 2005. or Vatican failure for the top aide to Pope John Paul II, ops; Timothy Dolan of New His election – there had been thousands of crimes. announced his retirement on York, the former archbishop no clear successor to John And the pope, who was Feb. 11, becoming the first of Milwaukee; and Wisconsin Paul II – was opposed by enlisted in the Nazi youth pope to abdicate since Pope native Raymond Burke, an liberals, who were worried movement against his will Gregory XII stepped down arch-conservative and for- about his dislike and disdain when he was 14, also has in 1415. mer bishop of La Crosse. for the modernizing reforms offended many Jews with his “After having repeatedly He’s the Vatican’s top judge. of the Second Vatican Coun- quest for sainthood for Pius examined my conscience Long-shots include Cardi- cil in the early 1960s. XII, the World War II-era before God, I have come nal Antonio Tagle, the arch- Benedict proved to be pope accused of having failed to the certainty that my bishop of Manila; and Car- an ultra-conservative who to sufficiently denounce the strengths due to an advanced dinal Peter Kodwo Appiah led the church in attempt- Holocaust. Benedict also age are no longer suited” to Turkson of Ghana, one of the ing to hold back a tide of removed the excommunica- PHOTO: Provided/Vatican Pope Benedict XVI will abdicate at the end of the demands of being the highest-ranking African cardi- social change. He opposed tion of a bishop who denied February. A conclave of cardinals will choose his pope, Benedict said. nals at the Vatican. legal recognition for same- the Holocaust. successor in March. With optimism, Equally Blessed, an organization seeking Catholic reforms, Anyone can sell said now “the church has standing of the ways in which lesbian, gay, bisexual and an opportunity to turn away God is at work in the lives transgender, as well as family you insurance. from his oppressive policies of faithful and loving people, members and allies, we call toward lesbian, gay, bisexual regardless of their sexual ori- on the cardinals and the new The difference is and transgender Catholics entation or gender identity.” pope to enter into a true and their families and friends, Dignity stated, “As mem- dialogue with our community. 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WISCONSIN’S LGBT COMMUNITY @wigazette WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 5 Progressives see opportunity in pope’s parting New MPD policy recognizes the risk LGBT people face due to officer bias By Louis Weisberg and I think this is part of a “This is a great der and gender non-con- into an alleged pattern of illegal body cavity Staff writer more advanced level of cul- forming residents and the searches at the MPD’s District Five. The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commis- tural competency that’s based first step in Milwaukee Police Depart- The FBI also is conducting a civil rights sion recently added sexual orientation and on identifying biases.” ment,” said Loree Cook- investigation into the death of Derek Wil- gender expression to its list of characteristics Inclusion of sexual orienta- addressing the Daniels, of the Milwaukee- liams, who died while in Milwaukee police that make citizens especially vulnerable to tion and gender identity n gulf that exists based transgender advo- custody in July 2011. police bias. the very first SOP could have cacy group FORGE. “We MPD officials, the district attorney’s office The two characteristics were included in symbolic impact, Ahmuty said, between many thank the ACLU for help- and the Fire and Police Commission all the Milwaukee Police Department’s Stan- by communicating to officers ing make this happen, and concluded the officers involved did nothing dard Operating Procedures, under SOP 001, in the field that sensitivity transgender look forward to working wrong after viewing a video of Williams beg- in response to a sugggestion from Chris toward LGBT people is a top and gender with them and the MPD ging for help as he sat handcuffed and choking Ahmuty, executive director of the ACLU of priority. on next steps in its imple- to death in the back seat of a squad car. But Wisconsin. After noticing that the categories Ahmuty described the non-conforming mentation.” all three reopened their inquiries after the were missing from the original text, Ahmuty department’s SOPs as direc- The new directives Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted the squad brought the oversight to the commission’s tives or rules that function residents and come at a time when the video online, creating a massive public uproar. attention. Commissioner Richard Cox made as a code of conduct. “This the MPD...” MPD is under increased An inquest into Williams’ death was ongo- the motion for inclusion, using language sug- directive is partly reiterat- scrutiny from the ACLU. ing as WiG went to press. Two officers gested by out FPC chair Sarah Morgan. ing the chief’s worldview and Four Milwaukee police have been offered immunity in the case in “The fire and police commission is always partly instruction to officers, particularly to officers face multiple felony counts in con- exchange for their testimony. working to move forward to make good those conducting training,” he said. nection with unauthorized rectal searches, changes,” Morgan said. “There’s a new train- “This is a great first step in addressing including some without protective gloves. ing program called Fair and Impartial Policing, the gulf that exists between many transgen- As a result, federal investigators are looking Wisconsin one of nation’s least gay states

By Louis Weisberg setts, South Dakota, Nevada more Iowans said “no” than did Wis- viduals could affect how many adults disclose Staff writer and California round out the consinites. an LGBT identity. LGBT people who live in Wisconsin is one of the nation’s least gay top 10, with California report- The authors of the survey con- places where they feel accepted may be more states, ranking 41st among the 50 states and ing an LGBT population of cluded: “While the variation likely than those who live in places where the District of Columbia in terms of the 0.4 percent. in LGBT identifi- they feel stigmatized to reveal their sexual percentage of citizens who identify as LGBT, The least gay state is cation across orientation or gender identity to a survey according to a Gallup poll. North Dakota, where 1.7 states is rel- interviewer. Gallup questioned 4,633 Wisconsinites percent of the popula- atively small, “In general, states where residents express between June 1 and Dec. 30, 2012, asking tion answered “yes.” The findings do more liberal views are more accepting of them, “Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, nine states above North suggest some LGBT individuals, while socially conservative gay, bisexual, or transgender?” Dakota, beginning with evidence that the areas are less accepting. Of the 10 states and Wisconsinites who responded “yes” num- the least gay, are: Mon- variation is not D.C. where at least 4 percent of respondents bered 2.8 percent of the sample group, while tana, Mississippi, Tennessee, entirely random. identified as LGBT, seven are among the 92.9 percent said “no.” The survey’s authors Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, Pennsyl- Social climates that most liberal in the country. Conversely, six did not explain the more than 4 percent who vania, Alabama and Iowa. Although promote accep- of 10 states with the lowest percentage of said neither “yes” nor “no.” Iowa and Wisconsin both reported tance of or stigma LGBT-identified adults are among the top 10 Nationwide, 3.5 percent of respondents rates of 2.8 percent, .4 percent toward LGBT indi- conservative states in the country.” said they identified as LGBT. The poll did not ask them whether they had same-sex encounters, only whether they identified by the labels LGBT. Gallup conducted 206,186 interviews, making the poll the largest ever on the subject. The gayest place, accord- ing to the poll, is Washing- Wealth transfer, tax-advantaged investing, retirement planning and estate issues can be vastly ton, D.C., where 10 percent different for LGBT couples, which is why it’s critical to work with an advisor who can help address of respondents identified the unique needs of a domestic partnership. As an ADPASM designee, I can help ensure your as LGBT. 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Member SIPC. 6 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 Soccer player Robbie Rogers receives outpouring of support after coming out as gay By Rick Freeman Rogers’ agent, Shaun Nash, Minnesota Vikings ‘It’s one a.m. AP Sports Writer Higgins, confirmed to The punter Chris Kluwe and for- Robbie Rogers, a former Associated Press that the mer England star and broad- in London as I player for the U.S. national post was from his client. caster Gary Lineker. team and Major League Soc- Rogers, who linked his post While several major indi- write this, and cer, says he is gay and “could from his Twitter account, vidual-sport athletes have not be happier” about his said he was retiring. been openly gay, no profes- I could not be decision to go public with “It’s time discover myself sional male athlete in any of his disclosure. away from football,” he said. the four major North Amer- happier with In a post on his personal “It’s one a.m. in London as ican team sports has come website, Rogers writes: “Life I write this and I could not out until well after he was my decision.’ is only complete when your be happier with my decision. done playing. U.S. women’s loved ones know you. ... Life is so full of amazing soccer star Megan Rapinoe Try explaining to your loved things. I realized I could only came out last year before ones after 25 years you are truly enjoy my life once I was the Olympics and plays for against Mexico. gay.” honest.” Lyon in France. After five seasons in MLS, The midfielder has been Rogers played for the Rogers went to play in Eng- receiving an outpouring of Columbus Crew of MLS land last January. He joined Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP support from U.S. team- from 2007 to 2011, win- Leeds United, which plays Robbie Rogers cel- mates, players in England’s ning the MLS Cup in 2008. one step below the Premier ebrates after scor- professional leagues, soccer For the United States, Rog- League. He never really got ing for the Columbus officials and others around ers made 18 appearances, going with Leeds because of Crew against the San the world.Among those seven in games that were injuries and went on loan Jose Earthquakes dur- tweeting support to Rogers not exhibitions. He scored to third-division Stevenage ing the second half of were many U.S. teammates two goals, one in a CON- for this season. After more an MLS soccer match in and U.S. women’s players, CACAF Gold Cup match, injury trouble, he returned San Francisco on Aug. MLS Commissioner Don and another to give the U.S. to Leeds in January and was 8, 2009. Garber, NBA star Steve a draw in an exhibition game released.

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REGIONAL Briefs

Illinois Senate passes Appleton womAn In other news… Ladies’ Night marriage equality bill arrested for partner’s Roses, chocolate, diamonds, a candlelit din- 2007 slaying University of Wisconsin-Madison ner – all are favorite Valentine’s Day gifts. But Three women have been arrested in professor Michael Kissick, represented OU T! can any top the Illinois Senate’s passage of a connection with the 2007 shooting death by the ACLU of Wisconsin, filed a federal suit marriage equality bill on love’s big holiday? of a Wisconsin woman, including the against the state alleging its policy against The Senate on Feb. 14 voted 34-21, with victim’s domestic partner, who was previ- demonstrating at the Capitol violates the two voting present, for a bill to legalize same- ously charged with paying someone to First Amendment. The suit seeks to block …for gay & gay-friendly sex civil marriage in the state. The measure beat her up, Outagamie County sheriff’s the state from requiring permits for Capitol women of a certain age. still needs the support of the House before officials said Feb. 14. demonstrations and from punishing protesters it reaches the desk of Gov. Pat Quinn, who is Lara Plamann, 30, died from a gunshot who engage in expressive activity in the Capitol eager to sign. wound to the head while seated in a chair Rotunda without a permit. JOIN US MARCH 1! The legislation – the Religious Freedom in a shed on the Greenville property she Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, in his and Marriage Fairness Act – was sponsored shared with Dianna Siveny, one three State of the State address Feb. 6, called for by Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, who people taken into custody. The other two marriage equality. He said, “Let me mention Piano bar starting at 6. opened the debate saying it is time to elimi- arrested were a 34-year-old woman and one other cause, which is controversial, but nate second-class status for gays and lesbians a 38-year-old woman who both live in St. consistent with my faith and my principles. Dance music at 7:30. in the state and stressing the measure’s pro- Paul, Minn., officials said. And, more importantly, consistent with tections for religious freedom. Sheriff’s Capt. Michael Jobe said he this country’s founding principles and its Opponents, meanwhile, argued that same- expected charges to be filed soon. Jobe Constitution. I believe that every Minnesotan Welcoming hosts sex marriage threatens traditional families, declined to comment on a motive for the should have the freedom to marry legally the and warm vibes wondered why civil unions weren’t enough to shooting. person she or he loves, whether of the same pacify LGBT people and complained that the Siveny, 53, who now lives in Appleton, or other sex.” all night long. focus on the legislation was diverting atten- had been charged in 2010 with paying tion from the economy. someone to beat Plamann a year before A former teacher is suing a central Openly gay Chicago Democrat Greg Har- Plamann died. The attack wasn’t carried Michigan school district that did not Every first Friday at ris is the bill’s sponsor in the House. “The out, and charges were dropped. Court renew her contract following a dispute over momentum is building,” he said after the vote. documents alleged Siveny was upset that a poster for LGBT history month. Brook “More and more House members are telling Plamann was seeing another woman. Johnson claims the district has violated her HOTWATER me they want to be on the right side of his- First Amendment rights and that she received tory and that they intend to support the bill.” negative evaluations because she was involved 818 S. Water St. with a high school diversity group. – from AP and WiG reports facebook.com/LadiesOutMilwaukee

COMMUNITY Briefs

Chicago Pride extended Milwaukee’s LGBT running/walking to 2 weekends group, FrontRunners, celebrated its Chicago’s Pride celebration will be extend- 17th anniversary on February 16. The group ed to two weekends to accommodate the meets Saturdays at 9 a.m. near the North ever-increasing numbers who want to cel- Avenue water tower for a 6k run and 40 ebrate the LGBT holiday. minute walk. For 17 years the group has Traditionally Chicago’s Pride festivities have enjoyed breakfast immediately after at Ma been crowded into one weekend close to the Fischer’s. For more, go to frontrunnersmke. anniversary of the Stonewall riots. com. But this year, the Pride parade and the Integrity The ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation Pride festival, which are organized by different invites artists to submit 3-10 art items for groups, will take place on different weekends. Gallery Night & Day, which will take place The festival is June 22-23. The parade is Experience April 19-20 at the nonprofit’s Third Ward June 30. For more, go to www.chicagopride- offices. Submissions are due Feb. 22. For calendar.org. more, call 414-272-4032. Results In other news … The Gay Straight Alliance for Safe n Schools conference is set for March Automobile Accidents Civil Rights The Milwaukee LGBT Community 15 in Madison. The theme is “Gender,” n Center, 1110 N. Market St., holds an Fires & Explosions Medical Malpractice and organizers are considering workshop Academy Awards viewing party at 6 p.m. proposals on the topic. For more, call 608- Nursing Home/Elder Abuse Mark L. Thomsen on Feb. 24. The party includes appetizers 661-4141 or email [email protected]. n and door prizes in addition to the Oscar Truck Accidents Wrongful Death Attorney at Law telecast. Also, the center’s annual meeting Three Indiana high school students is at 6 p.m. Feb. 28. For more, call 414-271- created One Million Teens for 2656. LGBT Rights, with the goal of mobilizing teenagers for equality. “The “The Queer Program” celebrates its advent of social media advocacy has 20th anniversary 7:30-10 p.m. on March 15 Wisconsin Personal Injury Attorneys had a huge impact on this country’s at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, 703 S. TM social politics,” said Emma Troughton, a with a Reputation for Winning Second St. founder. For more, go to facebook.com/ The broadcast is Milwaukee’s longest- OneMillionTeensForGayRights. running weekly community interest public 595 N. Barker Rd. n Brookfield, WI 53008 access cable program. – Lisa Neff (262) 782-2700 Office (262) 796-3703 Direct 8 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 Plans for prom banning gays rock Indiana community By Pamela Engel Change.org calling for her of the “traditional” prom how do you think that makes AP writer dismissal has generated more began in January, after a a parent feel?” asked Annette A small Indiana community than 17,500 signatures from student began circulating a Gross, Indiana state coordi- best known for its parks and as far away as the United petition demanding that gays nator for Parents, Families corn festival has become the Kingdom as of Feb. 14, and be allowed to participate in and Friends of Lesbians and center of a national discus- a Facebook page supporting the grand march at Sullivan’s Gays, whose son came out sion about intolerance over a prom that includes all stu- April 27 prom. The “tradi- at age 19. a group’s plans to host a dents had more than 27,000 tional” prom would not be Aaron Gettinger, a “traditional” prom that bans likes. sanctioned by the district 20-year-old Stanford Univer- gay students. The fallout has surprised and wouldn’t be held at the sity student who graduated Residents and officials in many residents, who say the school. from Sullivan High in 2011, Sullivan, a city of about 4,200 issue roiling the community Springer said the school, said he isn’t surprised by near the Illinois border, are in an area known for coal which has 545 students the push for a “traditional” scrambling to escape the mining and attractive parks in grades 9-12, has never prom that would ban gay uncomfortable spotlight cast is being blown out of pro- banned same-sex pairs from students. He said he was bul- when a teacher supporting portion. the event. lied daily because he is gay a “traditional” prom for Sul- “We are conservative “I’ve been to eight grand and encountered viewpoints livan High School said she around here. That’s just the marches and ... we always similar to those espoused by believes people choose to way of this town,” said Nancy had girls go out together, and Medley. PHOTO: AP Photo/Pam Engel be gay and that gays have no Woodard, 60, who owns the a lot of times they just didn’t “It’s just the way that it is,” Sullivan High School principal David Springer, purpose in life. Hidden Treasure Exchange have a date,” Springer said. he said. “It’s part of a way of left, and assistant principal Sarah Hannon pose “I just ... I don’t understand store. “In any town in this “Our prom is open to all of thinking that the rest of the in the school in Sullivan, Ind. Students and staff it,” Diana Medley, referring to county, you’ll find four or our students.” country needs to know still are trying to distance themselves from the gays, told Terre Haute televi- five churches no matter how But others say calls for a exists and goes on.” media frenzy over one local group’s plea for a sion station WTWO. small the town. ... The Bible is “traditional” prom, fueled by Organizers of the “tra- “traditional” prom that would ban gay teens. The comments by Medley, a big belief system here.” Medley’s comments, speak to ditional” prom declined to a special education teacher in “Everybody has jumped on a larger climate in which gay comment, and it’s unclear a neighboring school district, this little town. To me, there students fear being bullied whether the event will still emails about Medley, whom together. have gone viral and sparked isn’t any need for it,” she said. and aren’t welcome. happen. he noted doesn’t work for The Southern Poverty Law online campaigns to have her Sullivan High School prin- “When someone says School officials and the his school. She teaches in the Center accused the Scott fired. Already, a petition on cipal David Springer said talk your kid has no purpose, minister of a church where Northeast School Corp., a County Central School Dis- planners met have worked neighboring district. trict in Sikeston of discrimi- to distance themselves from Neither Medley nor nation and gave the district the flap. Northeast officials returned until Feb. 25 to revise the Dale Wise, the senior min- calls seeking comment. The school dance policy or face a ister at Sullivan First Chris- district issued a statement potential lawsuit. tian Church, said his church this week saying Medley was Sullivan High School fresh- turned off its fax machine “expressing her First Amend- man Te’Airra Walters, 15, said and took its website offline ment rights” and that “the it shouldn’t be a big deal for because both were the target views expressed are not a same-sex couple to attend of hate mail and pornograph- the views of the Northeast prom together. She said she ic messages. School Corporation and/or doesn’t like the negative Wise said the planning the Board of Education.” attention the controversy group met at the church Sullivan isn’t alone in its has attracted. because it allows community struggles over how to handle “People from other meetings to take place there same-sex couples at proms. schools around here are say- but the church “had no affili- A small southeast Missouri ing Sullivan is trashy,” she ation whatsoever” with the school district is facing a said. “I think it’s pretty much “traditional” prom effort. threat of legal action over ridiculous.” Springer said his staff has a policy barring same-sex been inundated with calls and couples from attending prom WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 9 Lawsuit pending on Michigan domestic The Inaugural partner benefits ban Reviving The Associated Press Supporters say the law People who lost domes- saves tax dollars and follows ‘This act was tic partner benefits under the spirit of a statewide vote intended to a 2011 Michigan law say in 2004 in which 58 percent the Dream they’re feeling the pinch as of voters defined marriage as harm gay they wait months for a judge a union between a man and a to decide whether the ban woman. The law applies to all and lesbian affecting public school and domestic partners – same- local government employees sex or not – but critics say people.’ Celebration is unconstitutional. it’s aimed at gays and lesbians. A law passed by the It’s not known how many Republican-controlled Legis- people are affected. Before “There clearly is no dis- nd lature and signed by Gov. the law, a handful of school criminatory purpose with Friday, March 22 2013 Rick Snyder ended health districts offered domestic respect to the elimination Harley-Davidson Museum, 401 W. Canal Street, Milwaukee insurance for people whose partner benefits, along with of the benefits,” Nelson said. domestic partners work for Ingham County, Washtenaw ACLU attorney Amanda TickeTs certain public employers. County and the cities of Goad said heterosexual “I feel like a second- Ann Arbor, East Lansing and domestic partners affected AvAilAble class citizen,” said Gerardo Kalamazoo, according to by the law can get married NOW! Ascheri, 55, of Lansing, who the American Civil Liberties and qualify for benefits. But lost insurance available Union. gays and lesbians in Michigan, through his partner’s employ- The law exempts colleg- she noted, cannot. er. “At my age, I’m beginning es and universities, as well “Make no mistake, this act including the presentation of the first to think about retirement, as most state government was intended to harm people trying to save as much as I workers whose benefits are and particularly to harm les- can. This complicates it.” set by the Michigan Civil Ser- bian and gay people,” Goad Bayard Rustin Ascheri said he now pays vice Commission. said in court. $460 a month for insurance The ACLU filed a lawsuit In a recent court filing, that doesn’t include dental last year, claiming the law Kalamazoo city employee or vision coverage, more targets certain people and JoLinda Jach said her partner, Leadership Award than double what he paid violates constitutional rights Barbara Ramber, lost insur- through Ingham County, of equal protection. ance Jan. 1 because of the law. where partner Doak Bloss, U.S. District Judge David She had paid $60 a month 59, has worked for the health Lawson heard arguments in for Ramber’s benefits and department for 20 years. August but hasn’t made a also paid taxes on the city’s Ascheri drives 75 miles to decision on a request for an contribution. a Detroit-area college three injunction. The state, mean- Jach said Ramber still lacks times a week to certify piano while, wants the lawsuit insurance because they can’t teachers, partly because the thrown out, saying there is afford the high deductibles job helps cover his insur- no right to health insurance. and monthly premiums. 2013 marks Bayard Rustin’s ance bill. Assistant Attorney Gener- 101st birthday and the 50th “I have two degrees, one al Margaret Nelson told the 5:30 – 6:30 pm anniversary of the historic March of Visit WiG: of them a doctorate. I pay judge that economic harm Reception Washington, of which he was the taxes, and this is how I’m in the form of higher insur- wisconsingazette.com major organizer. Bayard Rustin was treated? It’s a feeling of impo- ance costs doesn’t add up to Updated all day. tence,” he said. “irreparable harm.” 6:30 – 8:00 pm an openly gay man in a fiercely Dinner and program homophobic era. 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U.S. Rep. Mark Abele donates $75,000 to Pocan and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin share a cross-table Fair Wisconsin during gala conversation. Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is donating $75,000 to support Fair Wiscon- Keynote speaker sin’s marriage equality advocacy efforts. Zach Wahls. Abele’s contribution to FW comes just months after he announced a $50,000 match- U.S. Sen. Tammy ing grant for Equality Wisconsin. Baldwin, with Fair Abele is a strong LGBT ally. He was instru- Wisconsin execu- mental in enacting domestic partnership tive director Katie benefits for county employees and frequently Belanger. talks about his support for equality during public appearances. U.S. Sen. Tammy Abele announced his donation to a stand- Baldwin presents ing ovation during a Feb. 9 gala fundraising the statewide dinner at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, impact award to where FW presented its 2013 Milwaukee Dick Wagner. leadership awards. The dinner featured spe- cial guest U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and key- in saving the Milwaukee LGBT Commu- U.S. Rep. Mark note speaker Zach Wahls, whose Iowa House nity Center from financial failure. The LGBT Pocan presents Judiciary Committee testimony about his two Center of SE Wisconsin won organization the award for moms was viewed by 20 million people, mak- of the year, and Chris Forsman was named best organization ing it YouTube’s No. 1 political video of 2011. community advocate of the year. Dick Wag- to Jolie McKenna, Wahls, who also spoke at the Democratic ner received the Tammy Baldwin Statewide director of the National Convention and wrote the bestsell- Impact Award. LGBT Center of ing book “My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, The awards dinner occured in the middle SE Wisconsin. Strength and What Makes a Family,” present- of a leadership conference held Feb. 8-10 at ed listeners with a sometimes-funny personal the Hyatt Regency. The conference was a U.S. Rep. Mark history that ultimately left most in tears. joint project of the Fair Wisconsin Education Pocan is greet- Also featured at the event were this year’s Fund and Diverse & Resilient. ed by Milwaukee leadership award winners: Karen Gotzler was – Louis Weisberg County Executive named activist of the year for her leadership Chris Abele.

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By Louis Weisberg But when Young handed off the event Staff writer to John Cassanos – she now organizes a Looking for something different to do on monthly dining-out social event for the a Friday evening after work? A way to meet center – the men started showing up, she new LGBT friends away from the bars and said. Cassanos, who moved to Milwaukee the fundraisers? about a year ago when his husband took a The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center job at Kohl’s, has “taken this about five levels has the solution. The first Friday of each higher,” Young enthused. month, the group hosts an after-work mixer TGIF is a win-win event for both the in a different Milwaukee-area restaurant or LGBT community and the host, Cassanos bar. Appropriately titled TGIF, the roaming said. event offers free hors d’oeuvres donated by “It’s good exposure for the restaurant, the host venue. and it gives the restaurant an early dinner Frequent attendees say TGIF also offers a boost,” he said. At the same time, it gives Photo: David Lauersdorf laid-back and upbeat experience. LGBT folks and allies a break from all the Above, Susan Messmer, Yoli Realtor Wendy Young started the event serious issues and the bars, he added. Franciskas, Wendy Young, “two or three years ago” as a way of getting “It’s not about causes or raising money,” Dana Clark and Michelle supporters of the center out into the larger he said. “It’s just a social event.” Clark. community together to socialize, she said. About 40 people braved slushy weather “We have to start mainstreaming,” Young to attend the February TGIF at Riviera said at the Feb. 8 event, which began at 5:30 Maya. Depending on the weather and the p.m. at the Mexican restaurant Riviera Maya, venue, as many as 70 people have attended 2258 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay View. – and the number continues to grow, said When the event started, TGIF was mostly center board co-president Paul Williams. FIND US ON TWITTER! a women’s affair, Young said. Quest Mort- “I’ve made more friends with more @wigazette gage served as the event’s sponsor, picking women through this event than anything gay up the food tab for more than a year. I’ve attended,” Williams said. Photo: David Lauersdorf John Cassanos and BJ Gruling.

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ON THE RECORD Honoring gay and lesbian black Americans and nurtured leaders of the Jordan retired from poli- woman whisked from her life “They won’t let their members Congress on Racial Equal- tics in 1979 but remained a in 1970s Los Angeles back to be gay, or openly gay anyway, but ity and Student Non-Violent beloved professor of ethics slavery times in Maryland. In they’re letting them wear necker- Opinion Coordinating Committee. He and political science at the 2000, Butler won sci-fi’s high- chiefs and green short shorts!” JAMAKAYA was the first director of the University of Texas in Aus- est honor, the Nebula Award, – ELLEN DEGENERES weighing AFL-CIO’s A. Philip Randolph tin until her death. She lived for her novel “Parable of the February is Black History Institute, which addressed with multiple sclerosis for Talents,” which attacked reli- in on the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay ban dur- Month and a good time to ing her daytime talk show. issues of race and economic many years and, toward the gious fundamentalism. Most learn about the contributions justice. end, developed leukemia. It of her books are still in print. of African-American gays and Rustin lived to see the was only publicly revealed RuPaul Andre “When I got to college, I realized I was gay. I just lesbians. growth of the LGBT rights upon Jordan’s death that she Charles, born in 1960, is didn’t know how to go about it. My college didn’t have Here are some path break- movement and was cheered had been in a decades-long also a major historical player. a LGBT group to give me the language to come out. It ers everyone should know by the progress being made. relationship with Nancy Earl, No other entertainer has was my quarterback who asked me first.” about. He was an honored guest an educational psychologist been “out” from the get-go – Pennsylvania State Rep. BRIAN SIMS, D-Philadel- Bayard Rustin (1912- at many gay Pride celebra- she met in the 1960s. The and for as long as RuPaul. phia, talking about his coming-out process. Sims was 87) was one of the most tions. “Brother Outsider” is University of Texas erected No other entertainer has the first openly gay delegate elected to serve in the influential figures in the civil a documentary about his life. a statue in Jordan’s memory spoken out so loudly, clearly rights movement. Because of Pennsylvania Legislature and also the only college Barbara Jordan (1936- and several Texas schools are and consistently about LGBT football captain ever to come out, according to ESPN. his homosexuality as well as 96) was a Texas congress- named in her honor. Pride. No one has been as his socialism and pacifism, woman and educator best Octavia Butler (1947- flamboyantly gay, and no one many movement colleagues “I would like to play a lesbian. I don’t know why. known for her role in the 2006) was one of the most has done more to bring drag shunned him, and his efforts And do a whole make-out scene and the whole thing House Judiciary Committee accomplished science fic- style and performance into were not fully recognized hearings that adopted arti- tion/fantasy writers of her the mainstream. – just something completely different than people until later in his life. would expect from me. Not a lipstick lesbian, either.” cles of impeachment against time. She described herself “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and In 1947, Rustin organized Richard Nixon in 1974. No as “comfortably asocial … “Drag U” are highly rated – Singer, songwriter, reality star and actress TONI the first Freedom Ride BRAXTON sharing with thegrio.com what might be one who watched the cover- a hermit,” but poured her cable shows that attract challenging segregation on age on TV will ever forget heart and soul into her writ- broad audiences. They are her next career move. She also shared, “My chore- interstate buses. He was ographer and my video director are gay, and they’ve her eloquent admonition: ing. funny, catty, outrageous, the chief organizer of the schmaltzy and utterly enter- been my best friends since I started in the industry.” “My faith in the Constitution Butler told imaginative historic March on Wash- is whole; it is complete; it is tales of time travel, immor- taining. By bringing drag ington for Jobs and Free- total. And I am not going to tal beings and alternate gen- culture to the masses and “When the Republicans made contraception an dom in 1963. He was a key sit here and be an idle spec- ders that explored impor- sharing the love with every- issue, (we found out) that 98 percent of Catholics use behind-the-scenes adviser tator to the diminution, the tant themes of social and one – “Everybody say ‘love!’” birth control. Apparently, the only ones who don’t to Justice Thurgood Marshall subversion, the destruction racial justice. Among her best – RuPaul is a transformative are the priests. Oh, they would if altar boys could get and Martin Luther King Jr. of the Constitution.” books is “Kindred,” about a figure. pregnant.” – BILL MAHER speaking on the “Conan O’Brien Show.” MPS continues to stall on partner benefits “Yesterday I thought he was a very good player and has left the school system’s to confront the situation has been dismal. During the I still think that today. Should Robbie want to return LGBT employees feeling vio- at the August school board meeting, we agreed upon the to the game, we would still be open to him being part lated and disproportionately hearing – to let the board formation of a work group of the Fire.” Opinion burdened. know that the change was and a target date of July 1, – Chicago Fire head coach FRANK KLOPAS JASON BURNS Nine months ago, MPS inadequate. 2013, to implement the responding to the news that professional soccer employee Jennifer Morales The coalition of people changes above. Yet, to date player Robbie Rogers had come out as gay. In 2008, the Milwaukee and representatives of Fair and groups who are trying there has been no follow-up, Public School Board voted Wisconsin and Equality Wis- to change the policy came no communication and no “Amazingly, some gay activists don’t even try to to provide domestic part- consin attended a committee up with three easy steps the work group. ner benefits for its workers. hide the link between homosexuality and pedophilia. hearing to discuss the laby- school district could take While I know the school But the benefits were not district is facing difficult times, There are some who right now are actively involved rinthine process used by the to make the benefits more declared ready for imple- Milwaukee Public Schools to equal: where is there a leader will- in trying to legalize sex between adults and children mentation until two years implement domestic partner 1. Accept registration ing to champion the cause of by lowering the age of consent or removing it alto- later. benefits. To say the recep- with the statewide domestic equality and fairness? Where gether.” During the interim, MPS tion was lukewarm would partner registry as proof of is the board member will- – ROBERT JEFFRESS, pastor of Dallas’ First Baptist spent $65,000 of taxpayer be an understatement. But financial interdependence. ing to stand up and send Church, delivering one of his many sermons demon- money to conduct a “best the committee promised to 2. Revise the MPD affi- the message that MPS values izing LGBT people. NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is practices study” on how to study the issue. davit to be similar to those equality for all its employees? scheduled as a guest speaker at Jeffress’ church on qualify same-sex couples for Then, in July, the committee used by the city and county Members of the school April 28. benefits that are routinely reported back to the school when administering benefits. board are up for election. As extended by most of the board to present the changes 3. Adjust the imputed you cast your ballots, I hope “We’ve got fine dining and this is a private club and state’s largest institutions as they planned to implement in income value of the benefits. you will do your homework we have the right to refuse service to anyone. I’m not well most Fortune 500 com- order to make the process The MPS “family plan” is and make sure the person gonna have a fundraiser here for that or, like I said, for panies. And since Wisconsin “easier.” Shockingly, noth- currently valued at almost you vote for shares your the KKK or the Nazis or, you know, any group that is fortunate enough to have ing within the process was $7,000 above market value. values. The reality is this: If we would be a controversial group.” a domestic partner registry, changed. The only alteration This increases the tax bur- wait for the superintendent’s – RICHARD HODO, owner of Sisters Gourmet the mechanism for qualifying proposed was to make staff den on both the employee administration to suggest Bistro in Van Buren, Ark., telling local reporters why employees for such benefits more readily available to help and the school district. these minor benefit changes, he canceled a reservation made by the already exists. explain the elaborate process In November, I represent- we will be left waiting. River Valley Equality Center to hold a Unfortunately all the to applicants. ed the coalition at a meet- money and time wasted on fundraiser at his restaurant. With the help of Morales ing with MPS Superintendent reinventing the wheel yield- and other community mem- Gregory Thornton. While he ed a disgraceful, elaborately bers, Fair Wisconsin and said all the right things dur- Jason Burns is executive cumbersome process that Equality Wisconsin were able ing the meeting, his follow-up director of Equality Wisconsin. 14 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 It’s now easier to get people involved PETITIONS from page one at any hour from my iPhone. including one to promote Pretty cool.” LGBT Spirit Day and another The petition is a tool as to curb bullying in Michi- old as the written word. In gan schools. On Change.org, the United States, the First she says people keep telling Amendment contains a LGBT youth that it gets bet- clause guaranteeing the right ter, but “it can’t get better if of the people to “petition the you don’t make it better. I’m Government for a redress of doing my part to help, please grievances.” do yours.” We, the people, sign offi- Butler’s “Bully” petition cial petitions for candidates was among the first that Deb to qualify for office, petitions Pace of Eau Claire signed. “It for redress in courts and, was so easy to make a stand,” in some states, petitions for she says. referendums and ballot ini- Since then, Pace has delved tiatives. deeper into the Web and Historically, Americans connected with progressive also have taken up petitions PHOTO: GLAAD petition campaigns at Cre- to free the colonies from Petitions calling for an end to the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gays are delivered to the organi- doAction, ThePetitionSite British tyranny, to end slav- zation’s national headquarters in Texas. and SignOn.org, an affiliate of ery, to secure the vote for MoveOn.org, which gets its women and to advance the name from an early Internet tem in the United Kingdom. terrorist organization, ratify requiring lots of time, money, eliminated an Amateur Inter- civil rights movement. The most recent We The a treaty on women’s rights and a complex infrastructure. national Boxing Association petition calling on Congress The Obama administra- to move on from its obses- People petitions ask the and stop a proposed mine in But technology has made us rule requiring women box- tion recognized this tradition administration to commit northern Wisconsin. That last more connected than ever. ers to wear skirts in the sion with Bill Clinton and his when it created We The Peo- definition of sexual relations. resources to ensure an AIDS- petition, as of Feb. 15, needed “It’s now possible for Olympics. ple, the online forum where free generation, stop the more than 97,000 signatures anyone to start a campaign “If you want to get an “I work the third shift,” citizens can start a petition Pace says. “That makes it court-ordered euthanasia of by March 8 to draw a White and immediately mobilize idea of what’s brewing in or sign a petition – or 175 of a service dog named Dutch, House response. hundreds of others locally America’s melting pot, get on hard to get involved. But I can them. The site is modeled on do my part to fight the right classify the Los Angeles Police “It would be nice for the or hundreds of thousands Change.org,” says petition- the popular e-petition sys- Department as a domestic president to weigh in on the around the world, making enthusiast Peter Warren of issue,” says petition signer governments and compa- Green Bay, who says he signs Jimmy Benn of La Crosse. nies more responsive and a petition a day, sometimes “But even without (that), accountable. more. people all over the country “We want to acceler- Warren says he reads are getting information about ate this dramatic shift – by some of the petitions to the this serious environmental making it easier to make a end. And many, he adds, he issue.” difference and by inspiring seriously hopes bring about In the first month of We everyone to discover what’s change. The People, 755,000 people possible when they stand up “I just signed a petition used the platform to create and speak out.” to deport the Texans who or sign more than 12,400 Critics complain that signed a petition to secede petitions that gathered more Change.org sells ads and because of Barack Obama’s than 1.2 million signatures. accepts money from large re-election,” he says. “I’d real- There was a new user about corporations to promote ly like to see that happen, every 15 minutes and a signa- their petitions. But the site man.” ture added every 23 minutes. has strict rules about who Warren also signed that While the White House can engage: Change.org pro- “Bully” petition and has petition site is popular – so hibits bullying, harassment, or joined many other campaigns. much so that the administra- intimidation; is against the Most recently he added his Leather Furniture, tion recently increased from promotion of hate groups, name to the Change.org Jacket and Purse Repair 25,000 to 100,000 the num- or persons/entities directly petition that overloaded the ber of signatures required to associated with them; and city of Madison’s email sys- generate a response from the against advocating discrimi- tem. The petition called for Upholstery administration – it doesn’t nation. As a result, there’s the Madison Police Depart- rival Change.org. A year ago, more progressive click-tivism ment to remove Officer Ste- Home and Commercial Change.org had about 7 mil- than conservative action on phen Heimsness from patrol lion users. Today the world’s the site. while the Justice Department Industrial Sewing largest petition platform has And there’s no denying the investigates the fatal shooting more than 25 million mem- influence of the free, peo- of 30-year-old Paul Heenan. bers and petitioners from ple-powered, digital Change. “Only some of my friends 262.349.9661 every country. About 140 org petitions. They’ve helped will demonstrate at the Capi- million signatures have been to bring about an ongo- tol,” Warren says, “but just 401 Madison Street attached to Change.org peti- ing prosecution in the fatal about all of them are using Waukesha, WI 53188 LeatherRestorationCo.com tions since 2010, when the shooting of Trayvon Martin Facebook and have signed site had a million users. in Florida, raised awareness a petition for this or that. Corner of Madison & North 401 Madison Street, Waukesha, WI 53188 On an “about” page, of “pink slime” burgers in It’s a good way to express 3 Miles South I-94 at Exit Hwy F Change.org explains its role: public schools, shut down yourself.” Corner of Madison & North (3 Miles South I-94 at Exit Hwy F) “Gathering people behind a government-supported “ex- cause used to be difficult, gay” clinics in Ecuador and WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 15

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PHOTO: Department of Defense/Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, President Barack Obama and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey stand for the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps during a farewell tribute to Panetta.

Defense can be made will happen as same protections that secretary expeditiously as possible,” he married couples receive,” extends same- added. Hinojosa said. sex partner benefits In other news… The U.S. Senate in mid-February passed an Outgoing Defense Secre- President Barak LGBT-inclusive Violence tary Leon Panetta on Feb. Obama, in the first State Against Women Act, which 11 announced the extension of the Union address of his still needs to get through of some benefits to same- second term, called for a the U.S. House to reach sex partners of gay and les- renewed commitment to an eager-to-sign president. bian servicemembers. He equality and opportunity in After the Senate vote, he observed that an obstacle to the United States – including said, “The bill passed by full equal benefits for same- comprehensive immigration the Senate will help reduce sex partners is the Defense reform and equal treatment homicides that occur from of Marriage Act, which bars for LGBT families. He also domestic violence, improve the federal recognition of said the promise of an the criminal justice response same-sex marriage. AIDS-free generation could to rape and sexual assault, “There are certain ben- become a reality. address the high rates of efits that can only be pro- dating violence experienced vided to spouses as defined A man who admitted by young women, and by that law, which is now to assaulting another provide justice to the most being reviewed by the U.S. man at a Detroit gas vulnerable among us.” Supreme Court,” Panetta station because he said. “While it will not change believed the victim gay was Representatives with during my tenure as secre- sentenced to 18 months in the Boy Scouts of tary of defense, I foresee a prison early in February for America say a leak led to time when the law will allow committing a hate crime. the frenzied lobbying over the department to grant full The case was prosecuted by the fate of the nonprofit’s benefits to servicemembers the U.S. Justice Department. ban against gay scouts and and their dependents, irre- Texas Sen. Juan troop leaders. Meanwhile, spective of sexual orienta- Hinojosa, a Democrat, representatives with the tion. Until then, the depart- has introduced a bill to Girl Scouts of America are ment will continue to comply legalize civil unions for emphasizing that the two with current law while doing same-sex couples. “Texans organizations are not related all we can to take care of are now realizing the and that the girls’ group has all soldiers, sailors, airmen, importance of providing no such ban. marines and their families.” same-gender couples the The benefits changes that – Lisa Neff WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 17 ! WiGOUTWisconsin Gazette entertainment Pentatonix’s star just keeps on rising

By Michael Muckian Contributing writer Even in the entertainment indus- try, prejudice – or fear – about sexual orientation sometimes rears its ugly head. Apparently, even the winning act on one of the most popular network talent shows is not immune to censure. It didn’t take a lengthy career of performing together for Pentatonix, the youthful a cappella quintet cur- rently taking the country by storm, to nab top honors from NBC TV’s “The Sing-Off.” The five-member vocal group, only three of whom knew each other 24 hours before Photo: Courtesy The Pentatonix, with Mitch Grassi far left. their initial audition, took home $200,000 and a Sony recording On stage contract in November 2011 at the speaks well for Grassi, 20, and version of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” from the five-note pentatonic musi- Pentatonix performs at Mil- end of the show’s third season. bandmates tenor Scott Hoying, 21, and submitted it. They didn’t win, cal scale, has distinct preferences waukee’s Pabst Theatre March Prior to the concluding episode, soprano Kirstie Maldonado, 20, but word spread throughout the for material, which crosses a vari- 3. For information, visit www. the group visited the Los Ange- bass-baritone Avi Kaplan, 23, and school and a YouTube version of ety of genres. Producers of “The pabsttheatre.org les offices of The Trevor Project, bass-beatbox Kevin “K.O.” Olusola, their performance attracted atten- Sing-Off” picked most of the songs the not-for-profit organization 24. The group’s social consciousness tion. the group did on the show, Grassi Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” Janis Jop- aimed at preventing bullying and is outweighed only by its talent, Hoying and Maldonado went off says, including Survivor’s “Eye of the lin’s “Piece of My Heart” and Step- suicides among LGBTQ youth. The something it will bring to Milwau- to college at the University of Tiger,” which helped the group win penwolf’s “Born to Be Wild.” group also filmed a pubic service kee’s Pabst Theater on March 3 for Southern California and the Uni- the competition. “My favorite song to perform is announcement for the organization, a show that was all but sold out at versity of Oklahoma, respectively. But their approach to singing one I actually can’t mention yet,” which aired during the live finale of press time. While in Los Angeles, Hoying heard remains the same regardless of enthuses Grassi. “As of right now, “The Sing-Off.” “We’ve added a set, choreogra- about auditions for “The Sing-Off” whose song they choose. it is a tour-exclusive song, so you The show’s producers, however, phy and a few new songs to our and encouraged Grassi and Maldo- “Typically, we start with the bass will have to come see the show to edited all LGBTQ references out act,” says Grassi, who began singing nado to join him. line to create a sort of foundation,” find out! But I would love to see of the PSA, creating a considerable with Maldonado and Hoying as a However, the trio decided to Grassi says. “Next, we add the beat us do a version of “Suit & Tie” by controversy. trio while the three still attended become a quintet, so Hoying to give it drive. We will then listen Justin Timberlake. I’m completely “I was a bit disheartened to James Martin High School in Arling- recruited Kaplan, who he met to the melody and movement of obsessed.” know that the final cut didn’t men- ton, Texas. “The Milwaukee audi- through a mutual friend, and found the solo line to see how we could Obsession may also be the word tion LGBTQ youth, but that doesn’t ence can expect more of a show Yale University graduate Olusola add background parts that would that best describes the growing fan mean I don’t support the project,” and a few surprises.” in a YouTube video in which he complement the melody, but not base for Pentatonix, a wide cross says out performer Mitch Grassi, No one is more surprised about performed a vocal beatbox rhythm distract from the soloist. We add section that includes both gay and who sings countertenor and tenor the meteoric rise of their careers while playing cello. Grassi skipped any embellishments and tricks last.” straight audiences. for the group. “Gay culture gets than the singers. After hearing his high school graduation to make Some of their more popular “The best part about being an stronger day by day, and I think it’s about an Arlington radio talent the audition. material has included Florence and openly gay musician is that our fans extremely important to empower contest whose prize was meeting The newly minted quintet passed the Machines’ “Dog Days are Over,” are 100 percent supportive of us, struggling gay youth.” the cast members of Fox TV’s hit and eventually went on to win the Katy Perry’s “E.T.” and Kanye West’s no matter what,” Grassi says. “I’ve Despite the controversy, Pen- show “Glee,” the three high school 2011 season. “Love Lockdown.” The group also never once feared judgment from tatonix’s philanthropic overture students worked up an a cappella Pentatonix, which takes its name has reached back to cover Marvin any of them.” 18 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013

Observe Lent with sinfully rich designer mac ’n’ cheese

By Michael Muckian 1. Preheat oven to 425 Contributing writer degrees. On cold winter nights, 2. Cook pasta according to nothing kindles the soul like package directions. Rinse a belly full of warm com- in cool water and set fort food. At our house, aside. that means macaroni 3. Put skim milk in a sauce- and cheese. With the pan. Whisk in the corn- onset of Lent, the starch until smooth. Add Christian season of the bay leaves and nutmeg. meat deprivation, Heat over medium heat the quintessential while stirring constantly American favor- (to avoid burning the ite takes on an milk) until mixture thick- added dimension ens (about 5 minutes). Set for folks who like aside. to connect with 4. Grate the cheddar cheese religious traditions, (you should have about 4 even in a small way. cups). As food writ- 5. Spray a 3-quart casserole ers, my wife Jean and dish with pan spray. Place I have “eaten profes- 1/3 of the pasta in the sionally” for 25 years, but bottom of the dish. Pour we’ve never kicked the Kraft 1/3 of the white sauce habit learned in our moth- over the pasta, then sprin- ers’ Milwaukee kitchens. Our and kle 1 cup cheddar cheese challenge: Make America’s master and white truffle oil. over the sauce. If using favorite comfort food a little cheesemak- But that’s a story for fresh tomatoes, slice them more interesting. er of Carr Valley another Lenten season. and place 1/3 of the slices Over the years our tastes Cheese, Cook recommend- as if the over the cheddar cheese. have changed, even if our ed mixing his 10-year-old added fresh or pasta itself didn’t Jean’s Designer If using canned tomatoes, addiction to the comfort dish cheddar, handcrafted in small canned tomatoes to the dish. provide enough starch, we Mac and Cheese pour 2/3 of one can over hasn’t. Our original mac and vats, with his Ba-Ba Blue, an Skeptical, we nevertheless started sprinkling the dish 4 cups skim milk the sauce. 6. Repeat layers cheese made from bleached- award-winning sheep’s milk tried the addition. We were with our favorite panko fla- 2 bay leaves until pasta, sauce, cheese flour pasta was replaced blue cheese. The cheddar’s delighted to find that toma- vor (there are several to ½ tsp. nutmeg and tomatoes are used. by whole-wheat pasta that sharp report balanced with toes’ acidity complemented choose from) before baking. 4 T. cornstarch Top with 1 cup of the eventually took the penne blue cheese’s piquancy, mak- the sweetness of the cheese. The result was a delightful, 1 lb. Carr Valley 10-year old bleu cheese and bread form. The little grooved ing each bite a varied delight. The fruit’s pulp also varied slightly rugged crust riding cheddar crumbs to suit your taste. tubes added texture, while Every addiction is charac- the texture, while its bright atop the softly bubbling mass 1 cup grated Carr Valley the larger cut made for a terized by increasing levels red color added visual appeal of molten cheese. 7. Bake in 425-degree oven Ba-Ba Bleu cheese more filling “mouth-feel,” as of abuse, and our jonesing to the dish. It’s become our mission for 30-40 minutes. The 2 fresh whole tomatoes or winemakers like to say. for designer mac and cheese We were hooked all over to keep refining America’s dish is done when the 2 15-oz cans diced tomatoes American cheese became is no different. In an attempt again. favorite comfort food, and cheese is hot and bub- 1 lb. penne pasta or large cheddar, but after meeting Sid to moderate our growing Then we heard about we’re keen to try a recipe we bling. pasta shells Cook, we knew it couldn’t be addiction, Jean uncovered a the wonderful properties ran across that mixes in cri- Get WiG updates at www. Panko bread crumbs to taste just any cheddar. The owner Weight Watcher recipe that of panko bread crumbs and, mini and shitake mushrooms wisconsingazette.com. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 19 Chefs pick best screen scenes with cuisine The Associated Press family and sharing food. Add What happens when you some vino and BOOM!, that ask a group of cuisine lumi- is what’s most important in naries to name their picks for life.” Best Food Scene in a movie? No one suggested scenes You get some unexpected from classic “food movies” responses. Who knew “Pulp like “Big Night” or “Tampo- Fiction” was such a foodie po,” perhaps not surprising Photo: Courtesy flick? You pick up a few tips, considering that those kind The characters Ringo and Jules in one of the memorable diner scenes from “Pulp Fiction.” like the “Goodfellas” guide to of films don’t exactly qualify truly razor-thin garlic. as escapism to a cook. the 1930s, and Ray Winstone executive chef of Farmstead fan, went for something a to have,” he says. Just not Fabio Viviani, “Top Chef” As Colman Andrews, edi- intoning “I’m gonna ’ave the at Long Meadow Ranch in the little different with his favor- too much. Mina jokes that Season 5 “Fan Favorite” and torial director of TheDaily- calamari,” in “Sexy Beast.” Napa Valley is OK with that. ite food scene – the dialogue he does a “bacon check” of host of Yahoo’s Chow Ciao, Meal.com put it, “maybe it’s But the food film moment He likes the scene from “The between Jules and Vincent as restaurant menus in his Mina took a practical approach just that I devote so much he thinks about most “prob- Jerk,” in which a gauche Steve they have breakfast at a diner Group to make sure that the for his choice, opting for of my time to food – writing ably perversely, is the scene Martin, after first ordering in “Pulp Fiction.” dishes aren’t going overboard the “Goodfellas” scene that about it, editing a food web- in ‘Hook’ wherein the grown- some “fresh” wine, “no more “The whole scene is so with the tasty breakfast shows Paulie slicing garlic site, cooking and eating it – up Peter Pan figure (Robin of this old stuff,” is horrified perfect,” he says. Vincent meat. with a razor. “What a way that when I relax away from Williams) joins the Lost Boys to find that his date’s plate is offers Jules a piece of bacon Mina’s a big breakfast fan to get the perfect thin garlic! the table, food is the last in a banquet of nonexistent covered with snails. and prompts a diatribe in general. In fact, when he You can almost smell the thing I want to think about.” ‘Neverfood.’ It just seems to Barber doesn’t have escar- against pork that segues into was asked to cook for a garlic and tomatoes and meat Memorable food scenes say so much about appetite got on his menu, though he why Jules is planning on retir- fancy post-Oscars party in cooking in the scene.” are the ones that “sneak up and the joy that the mere does make sure staff looks ing as an assassin. “It’s pure Los Angeles a few years back His takeaway? “Doesn’t on me, in non-food mov- thought of food can sum- out for customers who may brilliance and classic Taran- he agreed on one condition: matter if you’re a criminal ies,” he says, like the old- mon up.” be baffled by what to do with tino.” “I’m only coming if I’m cook- or just a normal guy, there fashioned bread-baking pro- Sometimes movies poke a particular dish. 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BRADY ST. • 414.291.5233 20 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 ‘Lintel’ is a journey of self-discovery By Michael Muckian search of the borrower – not identifies himself to the audi- in 2012-13 series included cance and free will.” Contributing writer so much to collect the over- ence not by name but by ‘This play Herb Gardner’s “A Thousand Eventually the librarian Life is – or should be – due fines as to discover the profession – ‘I am … a librar- is skillfully Clowns” and Donald Margu- comes to realize and accept a journey of self-discovery. story behind the book’s sud- ian,’” says Ridge, the actor lies’ “Collected Stories.” that life is messy and con- Those of us who fail to initi- den appearance. The librarian who plays him. “But in the layered and The three groups have founding, while still offer- ate that quest are often prod- actually is searching for his next lines he reveals that partnered to provide addi- ing great beauty and worth, ded by life’s circumstances own purpose, says director he has been fired, so who is very human, tional education and out- Ridge says. Whether the down roads they wouldn’t C. Michael Wright. he really? He is in limbo. He reach opportunities includ- realization solves his mys- otherwise have chosen. “I love this character on a is searching for identity, for funny and ing pre-show “ViewPoints” tery is less important than Such is the case of the pro- very deep level,” says Wright, meaning, for significance, for lectures and “Jewish Com- the insight it offers audiences, tagonist in “Underneath the who’s also MCT’s artistic forgiveness.” deeply munity Ticket” performances. Ridge says. Lintel,” the latest production director. “He’s so honest, Ridge is no stranger to touching.’ During the project, MCT “I think that this is a won- by the Milwaukee Chamber vulnerable and quirky. And one-man shows, having per- highlighted Jewish authors derfully crafted play, skillfully Theatre. he’s dealing with such huge, formed previously in MCT’s from different generations. layered and very human, The one-character play by important issues that we all 2006 world-premier pro- “Working on a character, I “I’m always looking for funny and deeply touching,” author Glen Berger, perhaps need to be grappling with: duction of James DeVita’s get to know his limitations new and interesting ways to the actor says. “If I do my best known for the Broad- Why am I here on earth? Do “Dickens in America.” Being and foibles, his baggage and celebrate the arts,” Wright job right, I think people will way musical “Spiderman: Turn I have a purpose? Am I mak- on stage alone for an entire dark places, but I empathize says. “Although none of these identify with and come to Off the Dark,” chronicles the ing a difference?” production can be daunting, with him. This empathy often plays would necessarily qual- care about this man.” travels of a character simply The librarian’s journey Ridge says, leaving an actor awakens a greater awareness ify as ‘Jewish plays,’ it’s still referred to as the librarian, takes him to a London dry as weary and exposed as of the lives around me, mak- fascinating to see how each played by American Players cleaners, an attic in Australia, the psyche of the character ing me more present to my of these playwrights uses and On stage Theatre veteran James Ridge. a government records office he plays. Ridge often learns own life.” explores his background and Milwaukee Chamber Opening his library in the in Bonn and even a post as much – or more – about “Under the Lintel,” which his roots.” Theatre’s production of small Dutch town of Hoofd- office box in Dingtao, China. himself as his characters runs through March 17 in “The librarian gets hooked Glen Berger’s “Under- dorp one morning, he finds In the process, he uncovers a learn about themselves. the Broadway Theatre Cen- into a mystery that leads him neath the Lintel” runs a tattered Baedeker travel thread that might well tie the “Every show, every col- ter’s Studio Theatre, is the all over the world, meeting Feb. 20 through March guide in the night drop and narrative back to the time of laboration with an audience final production in MCT’s all kinds of people from all 17 in the Broadway discovers that it’s 113 years Christ’s crucifixion. teaches me something about “Exploring Jewish Voices” kinds of cultures,” Ridge says. Theatre Center’s Stu- overdue. But at no point during the my limitations as a person series, produced in collabora- “He grapples with the conse- dio Theatre. For more The improbability of the play do we ever discover the or artist, about patience tion with Jewish Museum Mil- quences of a single decision information, visit www. book’s appearance sets the librarian’s name. and grace, about love of waukee and the Jewish Com- made years ago, with ques- chamber-theatre.com. librarian on a global quest in “The character in this play words and ideas,” Ridge says. munity Center. Other plays tions of mortality and signifi-

by Glen Berger Directed by C. Michael Wright Featuring James Ridge A librarian pursues the mystery of a travel guidebook that is 113 years overdue!

Feb 20 - March 17

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Screen Savor gregg shapiro ‘Sunset Boulevard’ a camp classic More than 60 years after Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning “Sunset Boulevard” pre- Photo: courtesy miered, forgotten silent film star Norma Gloria Swanson is ready for her Desmond (Gloria Swanson) remains one close up. of cinemas most enduring characters. She’s been parodied by Carol Burnett and was the subject of an Andrew Lloyd Weber musical. is desperate to make a return (don’t call it Some of her most famous lines – “All right, a “comeback”!). She puts Joe to work revis- Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up” ­– ing her dismal screenplay “Salome,” while have become part of the gay lexicon. keeping him wrapped in vicuna and doused The black-and-white movie, now on Blu- in Champagne. ray, begins with the discovery of the body Alternating between film noir moodiness of a young man, struggling movie writer Joe and a May/December mash note, “Sunset (William Holden), floating in the pool of a Boulevard” is one of the ultimate camp clas- former Hollywood star’s mansion. Dead Joe, sics. Swanson, who was herself a silent movie who narrates the story, takes us back six queen in need of a return (she hadn’t been months to when it all began. Behind on his seen onscreen for almost 10 years before rent and car payments, Joe fears he’s lost his “Sunset Boulevard”), gave the performance writer’s touch. His fears are confirmed dur- of a lifetime in the film. Holden, sort of sexy ing a pitch meeting at Paramount. in a shirtless poolside scene, holds his own. With no prospects, a flat tire and the The movie is relevant today. Aging actress- repo-men in pursuit, Joe turns into the es still struggle to find meaty roles. Both driveway of what he thinks is an abandoned, Swanson and the character she portrayed “grim Sunset castle.” There he finds himself were in their early 50s and considered politely trapped in the web of Desmond and washed up in Hollywood. her manservant and ex-husband Max (Erich Blu-ray special features include featurettes, von Stroheim). A silent film goddess who such as one paying tribute to Swanson by her could communicate with her eyes, Norma granddaughter, a deleted scene and more.

‘Cabaret’ still powerful, relevant The Oscar-winning film “Cabaret” is finally out on Blu-ray. A multitude of memorable lines and songs from “Caba- ret” have left their mark on gay culture. The film is based on the book “Goodbye to Berlin” by gay writer Christopher Isher- wood (“A Single Man”). The book served as the basis for the play “I Am a Camera” and the subsequent Kander and Ebb stage musical “Cabaret.” The 1972 film was the darling of the Academy Awards 40 years ago, taking home eight trophies, including statuettes Photo: COURTESY for lead actress Liza Minnelli in the most Liza Minnelli in her iconic role as momentous role of her career, supporting Sally Bowles. actor Joel Grey and director Bob Fosse. Coming out at a time when the movie musical had been all but written off, the ings, but they eventually become lov- success of “Cabaret” was a special triumph. ers. Soon, their circle of friends grows It tackled such serious subjects as bisexu- to include Fritz (Fritz Wepper), Jewish ality, abortion, parental abandonment and department store heiress Natalia (Marisa OPENS TOMORROW anti-Semitism. Berenson) and flirtatious, well-to-do baron Explore nearly 200 images and the developments that led Set in early 1930s Berlin, the musical Maximilian (Helmut Griem). The club per- numbers take place in the Kit-Kat Club, formances and the budding relationships to color photography becoming a cultural phenomenon. where divinely decadent “international are set against – and reflect – the rise of sensation” Fraulein Sally Bowles (Minnelli), Nazism. an American singer/actress, is on the bill. Still as powerful and relevant as when it Residing in a boarding house, Sally meets was first released, “Cabaret” startles with newcomer Brian (Michael York), a Brit its visionary direction, trendsetting chore- looking to rent a room and give English ography and staggering performances. lessons to pay the rent. In spite of her In addition to a 40-page book, Blu-ray Presenting Sponsor: “ancient instincts,” Sally falls for him and bonus features include featurettes, such they become fast friends. as “Cabaret: The Musical That Changed top: Anton Bruehl, Harlem Number, 1943 (detail). Anton Bruehl, Jr. Anton Bruehl Trust. Photo by John R. Glembin. Initially, Brian doesn’t share Sally’s feel- bottom: Russell Lee, Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940 (detail). Library Musicals,” narrated by Neil Patrick Harris. of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF35-317. 22 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 Boulevard Studio’s artistic director Mark Bucher is ready for his third act By Louis Weisberg the stamina to work seven- the theater, the neighbor- Staff writer day weeks, 16-hour days and hood was a very different After 27 years as the Bou- shovel snow off the theater’s place than it is today. levard Ensemble Studio’s flat roof. He cringes at all the “It was sort of an urban founder, artistic director, box new-fangled hoops a theater wilderness,” he remembers. office manager, janitor and manager has to jump through “There was the Big Beer Bar, just about everything else, these days in order to draw a Salvation Army re-sale shop, Mark Bucher says he’s ready an audience. and a decrepit George Webb for his life’s third act. “To run an arts institution that was on its way out.” The voluble Bucher is bow- today, you have to have a full- The Boulevard is widely ing out and moving on. That’s time person just to do social credited with helping to sure to shock the many Bay media!” he exclaims. transform the run-down View fans who consider the Bucher, an out gay man neighborhood into the hip, Boulevard as permanent a with an outsized personality, thriving entertainment dis- neighborhood fixture as the says parting is sweet sorrow. trict that it’s become. tattoo parlors. But while letting go isn’t easy, “A theater company Bucher says he’s selling the he envisions a simpler future can serve as a magnet for building at 2250 S. Kinnick- that’s more accommodating other businesses, because it innic Ave., and he plans to to a man his age. increases pedestrian traffic become an “itinerant direc- “I would like to guest and activity, which improves tor,” producing small-scale direct (for other compa- general safety in the neigh- works and readings at vary- nies),” Bucher says. “I would borhood,” Bucher explains. ing locations. Mounting full- like to continue teaching act- That’s exactly what hap- Photo: Facebook scale productions for several ing. I’ve been doing more pened after the Boulevard Boulevard Ensemble Studio founder and artistic director Mark Bucher. weeks is no longer a finan- acting, and I’d like to do more raised its metaphorical cially feasible business model guest appearances. And I’d curtain. Café LuLu opened not take the form that Buch- Bucher has provided training “It deals very effectively for a black-box theater, he like to travel.” across the street, followed by er had envisioned. Schwartz and mentoring to talented with end-of-life and aging says. Bucher says the Boulevard other restaurants and bars. Bookshop closed, as did a young men and women who issues,” Bucher says. “It’s Moreover, Bucher, who’s in has been a victim of its own Property values rose. nearby art gallery. Those have gone on to become key a well-constructed, sol- his 50s, says he no longer has success. When he founded But the revitalization did storefronts and others were players in the city’s burgeon- idly crafted play about the replaced by “bars, bars, bars – ing arts scene. romance of an elderly wid- and guess what? More bars!” Unlike the artistic direc- ower who meets a mysteri- Bucher says, laughing. tors of most small theater ous female stranger and falls “We’ve experienced a companies, Bucher has taken in love with her over the de-evolution,” he says. “The on some of the classical the- objections of his sister.” Sam Cooke had 29 Top 40 street has morphed into a ater canon, including works Another character in the hits including “Cupid”, very youth-oriented party by Shakespeare, Samuel Beck- play is the widower’s younger “You Send Me”, culture. It no longer wants ett, Harold Pinter, Moliere self, who presents a counter- me. Our audience is aging and George Bernard Shaw. point to the older man that “Twistin’ the Night Away”, and I’m aging.” He’s provided exposure to the widower has become. “Wonderful World” Bucher says the young these classics for about $20 a “The play examines the wid- people who’ve made Bay ticket while giving new actors ower’s challenge of letting go and “A Change is View so hip are not the- a chance to participate in the of his youthful self,” Bucher Gonna Come”. atergoers. As an example, he timeless works. says. “It’s about reconciling recalls a conversation with “We do select challenging where you are with where a young woman who lived and thoughtful material,” he you’ve been.” Come relive the across the street from the says. “But we’re living in the And that, he says, is exactly magic in this theater. She told Bucher how dim ages. When was the last what he’s in the process of much she loved the Boule- time someone told you what doing. dynamite tribute vard, and he asked her which book they were reading?” to the definitive productions she’d seen. Then he smiles. “As I like soul singer. “She’d never actually seen to say about myself, some- a performance, because she body’s got to be the vinegar didn’t like live theater,” he in the salad dressing,” he says. On stage says. But she expressed her True to form, Bucher is The Boulevard appreciation that the theater not leaving without a swan Ensemble Studio, 2250 had made the neighborhood song – or, in this case, a play. S. Kinnickinnic Ave. safer. He’s directing Joe DiPietro’s in Bay View, presents Bucher has earned praise comedy “The Last Romance,” “The Last Romance” for his role as an urban pio- which runs through March 3. Feb. 22 – March 3. neer as well as his theatrical The playwright is best known For tickets, go to www. achievements. He’s received for penning the book of the brownpapertickets.com numerous honors from hit musical “Memphis.” or call 414-744-5757. the mayor’s office and was Although he says it’s For more information, MARCH 22 - 24 • VOGEL HALL named “Outstanding Artist of strictly coincidental, “The go to www.boulevard- the Year” by the Milwaukee Last Romance” reflects many theatre.com/current- Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Arts Board. of the issues that Bucher is show. Through the Boulevard, facing. 414.273.7206 • MarcusCenter.org • Ticketmaster.com WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 23 Boulevard Studio’s artistic director ‘Albert Herring’ reflects composer’s life as outsider By Michael Muckian types here to a large degree, mainstream. The tale reflects societal norms,” says Flores- Contributing writer whereas, in his other operas, “There are parallels cu. “From my reading, I think Art reflects life and, quite the characters are much because Britten, like the Britten’s that he longed to maintain, Mark Bucher is ready for his third act often, art’s content reflects more iconoclastic.” characters of Albert, Peter or perhaps regain, lost inno- the life and nature of its In “Albert Herring,” the Grimes and Aschenbach in experience as a cence, and the character of creator. That’s certainly the protagonist is chosen to be ‘Death in Venice,’ his final Albert is a good synthesis case with “Albert Herring,” the May King in his home vil- work, exist in some ways gay man living of this.” the comic chamber opera by lage of Loxford, Suffolk, after outside of society,” Florescu in the mid-20th “Albert Herring” may be English composer Benjamin it’s discovered that none of says. “However, I think more a comedy, but the narra- Britten. the girls in town are pure accurately, Britten, like his century. tive runs as deep as that “Herring,” composed on enough to be May Queen. characters, lived within the of any tragedy in the oper- the heels of Britten’s more Teased for his timidity, Albert norms of society, while sup- atic canon, reaching the

serious works “The Rape pines for Nancy, who already pressing aspects of himself.” States during the early years core of the human condi- Photo: wikipedia of Lucretia” and “Peter is dating Sid. The pair spike The son of a Suffolk den- of World War II, returning tion, according to Florescu. Benjamin Britten. Grimes,” is no mere musical Albert’s lemonade with rum, tist and a talented amateur to Suffolk in 1942. Britten The Florentine’s production, piffle. The tale of the young and he returns home from musician, Britten blossomed wrote “Albert Herring” in with new sets by Noele innocent set apart from the the May Day festivities alone early and proved to be a 1947, and the work pre- Stollmack and costumes by community in which he lives and quite drunk. Frustrated prolific composer not only miered at the Aldebaugh Fes- the Milwaukee Rep’s Holly mainstream, the opera may reflects Britten’s experi- by his lack of companionship, of opera, but also choral, tival, which Britten and Pears Payne, will feature the Lyric share some of life’s lesson ence as a gay man living and Albert sets out for a night of orchestral, solo vocal and helped establish, in 1948. Opera of Chicago’s Rodell while enabling them to laugh working in mid-20th century debauchery, paid for with the even film music. He studied New works by Britten were Rosel in the title role.“This at themselves. England, according to Wil- May King prize money. He piano under Arthur Benja- featured at the festival every will be Rodell’s third time liam Florescu, artistic direc- returns home the next day a min, collaborated with W.H. year until his death from con- with us, having appeared in tor of Milwaukee’s Florentine more worldly young man. Auden and was friends with gestive heart failure in 1976. ‘The Magic Flute’ in 2009 On stage Opera and director of his The opera’s charac- Aaron Copland. His opera Although Britten never and ‘Susannah’ in 2011,” Flo- The Florentine Opera’s company’s upcoming produc- ters, especially Albert, are “Peter Grimes” propelled hid his relationship with rescu says. “He has played production of Benjamin tion of the work. emblematic of the compos- him to international fame at Pears – and in fact wrote important comedic parts in Britten’s “Albert Herring” “Although it’s a comedy, it er’s own self-image, Florescu age 32. “The Young Person’s many works precisely with his previous performances, runs March 8, 10, 12, 13, still addresses Britten’s life- says. While Britten wasn’t Guide to Orchestra” remains the tenor in mind – he had but this will put him front 15, and 17 at Vogel Hall long operatic habit of exam- exactly closeted – he lived one of his most popular trouble accepting his sexual and center. I would also say in Milwaukee’s Marcus ining the outsider’s place in and worked with his life part- works. orientation. that every role is a lead, Center for the Perform- society,” Florescu says. “For ner, tenor Sir Peter Pears, In 1937, Britten met Pears, “Britten experienced a and I think we’ve assembled ing Arts. For more infor- me, what sets it apart from for most of his career – the who became his collabo- lifelong struggle between his an extraordinary cast.” For mation, please visit www. his other work is that he composer had a strong wish rator and life partner. The homosexuality and his inter- those in the audience who florentineopera.org. really makes use of arche- to be a part of the English pair traveled to the United est in being solidly within might also live outside the 24 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 Tegan and Sara evolve with ‘Heartthrob’ Tegan and Sara, the band couples involved, it was the fronted by out Canadian twin most important thing for us sisters Tegan and Sara Quin, (to have) same-sex couples has evolved from simple Music represented. I think we walk acoustics to fuller arrange- a fine line in our band where ments drawing on a vari- GREGG SHAPIRO we are completely proud and ety of influences, particularly end of the band. Even though comfortable and open about electronic. Their latest disc we’ve changed as people, and our sexuality. But we’re also “Heartthrob” is the culmi- our sound has changed and very cognizant about the nation of that evolution. It our look has changed. I’m just fact that we still live in a pulses with irresistible songs, grateful that all of that hasn’t world where if things are incorporating the duo’s meant that the band had to not portrayed properly or trademark infectious melo- be finished. In a way, I’m also in a respectful way they can dies, vocal interplay and har- glad that the band didn’t get suddenly take a crazy left monies, and a distinctive use caught in a state of arrested turn. I would never want of lyric repetition. The songs development. people to think that we’re “Closer” and “Drove Me exploiting anyone, straight or Wild” are full-fledged club How important was gay. I want to honor what I anthems, placing the twins it for you to feature think is a really diverse fan firmly in dance diva territory. same-sex pairs in the base. Tegan and I have seen I spoke with Sara Quin “Heartthrob” video? our band develop over some shortly after the disc’s This is the first time that really important years in our release. we purposely included a nar- society where being gay and rative involving other people being in a band doesn’t nec- What are the most and characters. Most of our essarily mean you are a gay significant elements in videos are sort of abstract band. It also doesn’t neces- the evolution of Tegan and we just focus on me and sarily mean that you’re only Photo: Lindsey Byrnes and Sara as individuals Tegan. There’s generally not going to have a gay audience. Tegan and Sara or is it Sara and Tegan? and as a duo? much of a story involved. We’ve changed so dramat- The most heart- But with this video we knew sick inside wondering someone cheating or leav- voters? ically as people. What’s sort that we were going to rely a wrenching song is of remarkable about that “Now I’m All Messed where/Where you’re ing me. My girlfriend wears (Laughs.) I was delighted little bit more on a narrative, leaving your make-up.” mascara. I would wake up and to see both fun. and The transformation and change and when it became clear Up,” which has the line, is that it hasn’t meant the “Now I’m all messed up It’s interesting, that was there would be mascara on Black Keys getting so much that there was going to be the first line that I wrote for my pillowcases. I thought this love at the Grammys. We the song. It was something would be the worst thing in shouldn’t judge our lives or I had scribbled down. It is a the world, the idea that she our careers by the accolades really intense and emotional would be with someone else, or awards that we win. Saying song and it started from one leaving her makeup in their that, I think getting nominat- lyric. I wasn’t going through a bedroom. ed for a Grammy is a remark- breakup or a trauma or any- able thing. Recognition from thing like that. I had started Jack Antonoff, who your peers and your indus- to date someone really signif- co-wrote the song try feels good when you’ve icant in my life, it was starting “How Come You Don’t worked really hard. to get serious. I was thinking Want Me?” with you about the breakups that I had and Tegan, had a good in the past and how trauma- night at the Grammy tized I was by them. When Awards with his band On stage you start to fall in love with fun., as did your fall Tegan and Sara per- someone, even when you’re 2012 tour-mates The form on Feb. 24 at The happy, that can be the scari- Black Keys. What Orpheum in Madison est time. I was utterly para- would it mean for you and on March 7 at The lyzed by the idea that I could and Tegan to get some Pabst in Milwaukee. go through a breakup or of love from Grammy

Diverse Music for a Diverse city www.radiomilwaukee.org WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 25 ‘Dracula’ brings new blood to Madison Ballet By Michael Muckian as “for mature audiences that reflects an apocolyptic Smith’s The 2008 recession affect- Contributing writer only.” Ironically, it was Smith’s future powered by steam ed arts organizations nation- Leave it to the undead to “little brother,” a boy he men- engines but inspired by Vic- neo- wide, including the Madison help bring a struggling Madi- tors through Big Brothers Big torian style. In addition to Ballet, forcing the company son arts company back to life. Sisters of Dane County, who matching the time and place classical to cut back on expenses and Next month, the Madison spurred the project. in which Stoker’s novel was eventually productions, says Ballet will stage the world “I started working on written, the subgenre features approach Smith, who also has a back- premiere of “Dracula: A Rock ‘Dracula’ about five years fantastic machinations and a ground in accounting and Ballet” at the Capitol The- ago,” Smith says. “My little lot of black and metal-stud- to dance is financial management. The ater in Madison’s Overture brother was into the whole ded clothes, both of which a natural overall economy is now on Center for the Arts. The two- vampire scene, due largely to suited the ballet’s esthetic. the mend, and so is the finan- hour original ballet, danced the ‘Twilight’ books. He got Juilliard School-educated match to cial outlook for the Madison to a score by Madison com- me to read the books, go to Matthew Linzer will dance Ballet, Smith says. poser Michael Massey, is the the movies and re-interested the role of Dracula, aided the subject “For the 2011-12 sea- third of four works in the me in working on the proj- by Jennifer Tierney (Mina son we reduced our per- ballet’s 2012-13 season – a ect.” Murray), Molly Luksik (Lucy matter. formances so we could pay season marked by expansion, Smith’s neo-classical Westenra) and Verona, Wis., down more than $150,000 of new ballets and a return from approach to dance is a natural native Brian Roethlisberger operational debt accumulated the financial precipice, says W. match to the subject matter. (Jonathan Harker). The cast over three years,” Smith says. Earle Smith, Madison Ballet’s It fits beautifully with Massey’s is a mix of dancers trained right partner to create a new “Madison Ballet is definite- artistic director. rock music score and gives by Smith, as well as some work. ly in a much better position, Smith is betting that the familiar tale a contempo- chosen from other parts of “Music comes first,” Smith but we have to be very care- “Dracula” will help build the rary feel, according to Smith. the country. The show’s 19 says. “It is the driver of the ful with our finances since the company’s profile, as well as “When I started working dancers include 10 males, far movement. In a full-length bal- overall economic recovery of attract new fans. Described with the look of the ballet, more than is normal for a bal- let, the story dictates where the country is still rather as a “steampunk” version, the even before meeting with my let, Smith says. the music and movement slow.” ballet is original and shares creative team, I gathered a Smith has worked with should go, but music is its nothing with the recent ver- bunch of images,” Smith says. Massey before, including on heart and soul.” sion created by the Milwau- “My costume designer Karen a 20-minute repertoire ballet Of course, Dracula techni- On stage kee Ballet’s Michael Pink, Brown-Larimore saw them a number of years ago, but he cally has no soul. But short of Madison Ballet’s production of “Dracula: A Rock except that the source mate- and said, ‘Clearly, steampunk did not realize Massey had a stake through the lead char- Ballet” runs March 8–10 at the Capitol Theater rial for both is Bram Stoker’s designs’ and it was clearly a a rock ‘n’ roll background. acter’s heart, Smith expects in Madison’s Overture Center for the Arts. For 1897 Gothic horror novel. perfect fit.” The composer shared some his ballet to continue helping information and tickets, visit http://overturecenter.com/ Due to its sexual themes, Steampunk, for those who samples and the choreogra- to breathe new life into Madi- production/dracula. the work is being marketed don’t know, refers to a style pher knew he had found the son Ballet’s future.

414.291.7800 |www.skylightmusictheatre.org 26 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013 Oscar-themed crossword puzzle ACROSS 53. *Vanity Fair holds a big one 20. Flooded 1. The knight on the Oscar on Oscar night 22. Any doctrine statuette holds one 55. ___ sheet 24. Ascetic Muslim monk 6. Possible best director 57. Western director nominee 25. *Love 9. Sound of passing bullet? 61.“Cloud _____,” snubbed by 26. Going to 13. Taekwondo country the Academy 27. *Cooper and Lawrence 14. ___ of Good Feelings 63. Justin Timberlake’s “______“Silver Linings 15. Twofold the End of Time” Playbook” 16. Relating to Quechuan 64. Under the weather 29. Wedding cover people 66. 1.75 pints 31. Daytime TV offering 17. Energy unit 69. “Time is money,” e.g. 32. Relating to tone 18. To set someone free 70. Adam and Eve used its 33. Bert’s roommate 19. Bruce Wayne’s Batman, e.g. leaves for covering 34. High-pitched 21. Historical drama and Oscar 71. Silly and insignificant 36. Japanese string instrument nominee 72. Comedy Central’s 38. Three of these in a yard 23. Feline cry “____.O” 42. Horse or pig sound 24. Secretary, e.g. 73. Drug approver 45. Difficult to detect by the 25. a.k.a. 74. Throat infection mind American Gas Association 49. ___ chi 28. Cleanse 51. Youngest ever nominee 30. Gather, as in courage, e.g. DOWN 54. Sense an odor 35. Make fun of 1. Often used with “bum” 56. Colorful spread 37. Lord’s worker 2. Got an Oscar 57. African tea 39. Controversial speech- 3. Shamu, e.g. 58. Backward arrow command making director (2003) 4. King’s domain 59. Greek H’s 40. Aware of 5. President portrayer 60. Not far distant in time, 41. They itch 6. Ang and Spike, e.g. space or degree 43. Singing nominee 7. Get it wrong 61. Aquatic plant 44. Apartments, e.g. 8. Bald symbol 62. Like most in attendance at 46. Bank claim 9. Dietary mineral the Oscars 47. “____ in full” 10. Division word 65. Manhole cover 48. Petered out 11. Nervous biter’s victim 67. WSW opposite 50. Put in the hold 12. Hidden valley 68. One in a set 52. Grazing land 15. Hogwash

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~ Ongoing ~ March 1, Friday Recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, “Clybourne Park” WiGOUT runs through Feb. 24 in the Quadracci Powerhouse at Milwaukee Catering to the after-work lesbian crowd who “still love to party Repertory Theater, 108 E. Wells. Call 414-224-9490. but don’t want to wait until 10 to get started,” Hot Water Night “How the World Began” by Catherine Trieschmann runs Club, 818 S. Water, hosts Ladies Night Out, with a piano bar through Feb. 24 in the Stiemke Studio at Milwaukee Repertory ON THE at 6 p.m., followed by dance music from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Call Theater, 108 E. Wells. Call 414-224-9490. 414-383-7593. Broadway Across America presents “Sister Act,” based on the In Tandem Theatre presents the Milwaukee-set “Beast on the Whoopi Goldberg movie, through Feb. 24 at Milwaukee’s Marcus Moon” by Wisconsin playwright Richard Kalinoski, through March TOWN 24 at Tenth Street Theatre, 628 N. 10th. Call 414-271-1371 or visit Center for the Performing Arts. Call 414-273-2787. Cardinal Stritch University, 6801 N. Yates, presents “An Evening Edited and compiled by Gregg Shapiro intandemtheatre.org. With Noel Coward” through Feb. 23. Call 414-410-4171. Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company dances into the The Boulevard Theatre, 2252 S. Kinnickinnic, presents the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State in Madison, at 8 p.m. Call Milwaukee premiere of the comedy “The Last Romance” by Joe 608-258-4141. DiPietro (“Memphis”) through March 3. Call 414-744-5747 or visit Richard Maltby, William Meade, Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby’s “Ring of Fire: The Songs of Johnny Cash” runs www.boulevardtheatre.com. Windfall Theatre presents the world premiere of Milwaukee Win Wells’ “Gertrude Stein and a Companion” and Brian through May 5 in the Stackner Cabaret at Milwaukee Repertory playwright Howard Goldstein’s “A Time to Live” through March 9 Theater, 108 E. Wells. Call 414-224-9490. Hill’s musical “The Story of My Life” run in repertory on the Evjue at Village Church Arts, 130 E. Juneau. Call 414-332-3963. Stage at the Bartell Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin in Madison, through Ken Ludwig’s comedy “Be My Baby,” runs through March 17 March 9. Visit stageq.com or call 608-661-9696, ext 3. at The Racine Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern (Highway 38) in Racine. Call 262-633-4218. Feb. 21, Thursday Wu Tsang’s “Wildness” is a documentary about a group of young artists who stage a weekly performance/dance party at the Silver Platter, “a historic Los Angeles bar/haven for Latin/LGBT immigrant communities.” The doc screens at 7 p.m. in the UWM Soul Asylum Union Theatre, UWM Student Union, 2nd level, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Call 414-229-4070. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents “Underneath the Lintel” Feb. 23, Saturday by Glen Berger through March 17 at Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway. Call 414-291-7800. The Madison Symphony Orchestra presents a recital by KODO Drummers German organist Felix Hell and Wisconsin native and trumpeter of Japan hit the skins at 7 p.m. at the Pabst, Andrew Balio 144 E. Wells. Call 414-286-3663. performing a program including works by Johann MKE Unplugged, in the Helene Zelazo Center of the Performing Sebastian Bach at 7:30 p.m. in Overture Hall at Overture Center Cesar Milan Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., presents the Sugar Stems with for the Arts, 201 State in Madison. Call 608-258-4141 or visit opening act Grasping at Straws (featuring UWM alum Christine madisonsymphony.org. Contemporary music ensemble Present Music presents “In the Barclay) at 8 p.m. Call 414-229-4308. Nico Muhly March 2, Saturday John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave. in Chamber,” including “Motion” by out composer , Sheboygan, presents Philadanco, dance by African-American at 7:30 p.m. at The Hamilton, 823 E. Hamilton. For tickets, call Sit and stay when Cesar Millan, aka The Dog Whisperer, stops 414-271-0711, ext. 5. by The Riverside, 116 W. Wisconsin, at 6 p.m. Call 414-286-3663. choreographers, at 7:30 p.m. Call 920-458-6144. Soul Asylum Marquette University Department of Performing Arts presents Legendary Minneapolis indie-rockers play the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State in Madison, presents Maureen Kilmurry’s new adaptation of “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Majestic, 115 King in Madison, at 9 p.m. Call 608-251-2582. “Live & Let Die: A Tribute to Paul McCartney” with Wisconsin Ibsen through March 3 in the Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Theatre on Pops at 7 p.m. Call 608-258-4141. the Marquette campus, 525 N. 13th. Call 414-288-7504. Comedian John Mulaney brings the funny to Turner Hall Feb. 24, Sunday Ballroom, 103 N. Fourth, at 7 p.m. Call 414-286-3663. Queer twin sister singer/songwriters Tegan and Sara come to Madison in support of their “Heartthrob” disc at 7 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State. Call 608-255-6005. March 3, Sunday Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State in Madison, The a cappella group Pentatonix, featuring out member welcomes Golden Dragon Acrobats: Cirque Ziva at 3 p.m. Mitch Grassi, performs at 7 p.m. at the Pabst, 144 E. Wells. Call 608-258-4141. Call 414-286-3663. Feb. 26, Tuesday March 6, Wednesday The musical “The Addams Family,” based on the characters The Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Bingo Casino, 1721 created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, runs through W. Canal, presents One Night of Queen performed by Gary Mullen Craig Ferguson March 3 at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, 400 W. College in and the Works at 8 p.m. Call 414-847-7922. Appleton. Call 920-730-3760. Movie Time at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect, presents a screening of the classic 1938 film “Alexander’s Feb. 22, Friday Ragtime Band,” starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, The Pabst, 144 E. Wells, welcomes comedian and late-night Feb. 27, Wednesday Ethel Merman and Jack Haley, at 7:30 p.m. Call 414-278-8295. Craig Ferguson TV host , at 6 p.m. Call 414-286-3663. Bosnian Rainbow Milwaukee-based singer/songwriter Pat McCurdy performs at , featuring Teri Gender Bender, performs at 8:30 p.m. at the Majestic, 115 King in Madison. Call 608-251-2582. 7:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night at the Cedarburg “ViewPoints Lecture” March 7, Thursday Cultural Center, W62 N546 Washington Ave. in Cedarburg. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents a Call 262-375-3676. by Joel Berkowitz, director of the Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Queer twin sister singer/songwriters Tegan and Sara come to “Pinkalicious The Musical,” based on Victoria and Elizabeth Judaic Studies at UWM, discussing Yiddish theatre and myths Milwaukee at 7 p.m. at the Pabst, 144 E. Wells. Call 414-286-3663. Kann’s book of the same name, runs through March 24 in the in relation to the current production, Glen Barger’s “Underneath Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood in Madison, welcomes Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, the Lintel,” at 6:30 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. comedian and actor Bill Burr at 8 p.m. Call 608-241-2345. 929 N. Water. Call 414-273-2787. Broadway. Call 414-291-7800. 28 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | February 21, 2013

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