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PHOTO: PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP President Barack Obama, left, and Vice President Joe Biden listen as poet Richard Blanco delivers the inaugural poem on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21. Blanco, a gay Cuban-American, is the first out poet ever to deliver the On the poem in a tradition that was begun by President John F. Kennedy, who tapped poet Robert Frost for the job. front By Lisa Neff the realities of our time.” And the journey, the president ebration on the National Mall. Staff writer The quest for equality, the presi- continued, is not complete “until Another gay American on the Voces de la Barack Obama, grayer and wiser dent continued, “guided ... all those no citizen is forced to wait for Mall, 67-year-old Veronica Toress, than on his Inauguration Day four men and women, sung and unsung, hours to exercise the right to vote. cried as the president spoke. “I years ago, began his second term who left footprints along this great Our journey is not complete until never thought I’d hear those words Frontera calling for “we, the people” to be Mall, to hear a preacher say that we we find a better way to welcome in an inaugural speech. Never. I guided by the star that led Ameri- cannot walk alone; to hear a King the striving, hopeful immigrants didn’t think the day would come,” marches on cans from Senaca Falls to Selma to proclaim that our individual free- who still see America as a land of she said. Stonewall. dom is inextricably bound to the opportunity – until bright young Toress cried again when inau- By Lisa Neff In the inaugural address he deliv- freedom of every soul on Earth.” students and engineers are enlist- gural poet Richard Blanco, the gay Staff writer ered on Jan. 21 on the west steps Now, Obama said, comes the ed in our workforce rather than son of Cuban exiles who eventu- The marches take activists across of the U.S. Capitol, the president “task to carry on what those pio- expelled from our country. Our ally settled in Miami, recited “One bridges, down streets, through began with a quote from the Dec- neers began. For our journey is journey is not complete until all Today.” parks, along the lakefront, around laration of Independence: “We hold not complete until our wives, our our children, from the streets of Blanco, the first openly gay and the Capitol, into the halls of gov- these truths to be self-evident, that mothers and daughters can earn Detroit to the hills of Appalachia, first Latino inaugural poet, as well ernment. all men are created equal; that they a living equal to their efforts. Our to the quiet lanes of Newtown, as the youngest to hold the honor, Always the goal for the activists are endowed by their Creator journey is not complete until our know that they are cared for and began his poem, “One sun rose on with Wisconsin-based Voces de la with certain unalienable rights; that gay brothers and sisters are treat- cherished and always safe from us today, kindled over our shores,/ Frontera is to pave a path to citi- among these are life, liberty, and ed like anyone else under the law harm.” peeking over the Smokies, greet- zenship – for young dreamers and the pursuit of happiness.” – for if we are truly created equal, Responding to the president’s ing the faces of the Great Lakes, also for the adults in their families. We, the people, he said, are on then surely the love we commit words on Twitter, gay American spreading a simple truth/across the “Our huge priority this year “a never-ending journey to bridge to one another must be equal as Nate Green, 21, tweeted, “Way to Great Plains, then charging across is to fight for federal immigra- the meaning of those words with well.” go, bro,” from the inaugural cel- BLANCO page 6 tion reform, VOCES page 10 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | January 24, 2013 News with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg

misrepresenting gay and him praying while lying atop emissions. The reprimand equality in the state in transgender people with Rising cost new bishops who are on letter, which runs four November, leading to the sensational and dehuman- of hate the floor, clothed and cov- pages and is dated Dec. 10, first same-sex weddings in izing coverage.” BRO was House Repub- ered in white clothes. charges the Social Security Maryland on Jan. 1. instrumental in encourag- licans secretly Administration employee ing the insurance division renegotiated their STRIPPING IN with “conduct unbecoming THE FLYING of the Oregon Department contract with attorney THE SQUARE a federal employee” and PRIEST of Consumer and Business Paul Clement to defend The same day that hun- “creating a hostile work A former Catholic priest Services to announce that the anti-gay Defense of dreds of thousands of environment” because of busted for selling crystal insurance companies doing Marriage Act at the U.S. anti-gay marriage demon- repeated gas passing. The meth sometimes appeared business in Oregon must Supreme Court. This is strators marched in Paris, letter contains a chart doc- at his Connecticut church end discriminatory exclu- the third-time that bud- four women staged a small umenting 60 instances of in drag and was fond of sions of medically neces- get hawk Republicans have but highly visible protest flatulence, nine on one day sex in the rectory, accord- sary healthcare for trans- upped the legal contract – for marriage equality in St. in September. The employee ing to a published report. PHOTO: COURTESY gender Oregonians. the cap was originally set at Peter’s Square. The women blamed lactose intolerance. Kevin Wallin, 61, nick- Robin Williams as $500,000. went topless to protest named “monsignor meth,” Mrs. Doubtfire. POPULAR VOTE the Vatican’s opposition to THE VOTE MADE resigned as spiritual leader DOUBTS A Public Policy Polling TOP PASTOR gay marriage as the pope HIM DO IT of St. Augustine’s Parish in ABOUT TRANS survey found that Congress A Detroit pastor wants delivered a prayer from his A Maryland lawmaker Bridgeport in 2011, but DEPICTION has a 9 percent favorability YouTube to remove a video studio window overlooking charged with operating a continued to receive a sti- rating and, on a popularity of him lying on top of new the square. News reports boat under the influence pend from the diocese until Fox News became the scale, Congress rates below bishops as part of their said he “appeared not to of alcohol says he began his Jan. 3 arrest on drug focus of another protest cockroaches, carnies, Geng- consecration ceremony. have been disturbed.” drinking heavily after long- charges. Speculation is that petition after Fox Nation his Khan, Donald Trump, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson time colleagues betrayed he might have been laun- illustrated a news story traffic jams, political pun- told The Detroit News that YOU COULD RUN him by voting for same- dering his drug profits at about health care cover- dits, France and Nickelback insults left on his Facebook YOUR CAR ON IT sex marriage. Delegate a Westbury porn store he age for transgender citizens but above Lindsey Lohan, page in response to the A federal government Don Dwyer, a Republican owned called the Land of with a photograph of Robin playground bullies, the Kar- video have “been a main agency did more than wrin- from Anne Arundel, said he Oz. His arrest reportedly Williams as Mrs. Doubt- dashians, Fidel Castro and attack on homosexuals.” kle its nose at an employee’s spent years working against shocked his former flock, fire in the movie of that John Edwards. Lots of room The video, taken in August flatulence problem, issuing the issue. He also said it who remembered him as name. Basic Rights Oregon for improvement over the at Jackson’s Impact Minis- an official reprimand after contributed to his divorce. an affable man who loved circulated the petition, call- next two years. tries International, shows months of malodorous Voters affirmed marriage Broadway musicals. ing on Fox News to “stop

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OQ8488_WisconsinGazette_Oct_18_2012.indd 1 10/5/2012 1:23:31 PM 4 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | January 24, 2013 Fetal attraction Forty years after Roe, abortion is still nation’s hottest social issue By Louis Weisberg women for whom PPWI is their Staff writer primary care provider. By today’s politically polarized Those same leaders in Madison standards, the Supreme Court’s also repealed the Healthy Youth history-changing Roe v. Wade ruling Act, which assured access to factual was a landslide. Voting 7-2 on Jan. reproductive information in public 22, 1973, the justices established a schools. And they tried to enact woman’s right to control her own a so-called “personhood amend- reproductive system. ment,” which, in addition to giving Forty years and roughly 55 mil- a fertilized egg the same rights as lion abortions later, however, the a person, would have made some ruling’s legacy is the opposite of forms of birth control punishable consensus. While there’s been a by law. strong trend of increasing support A version of the personhood in recent years for same-sex mar- amendment proved too radical riage – support that encompass- even for the Bible Belt, where vot- es nearly all major demographic ers in Mississippi rejected such a groups – choice remains the most law. But even that response failed intractably divisive social issue in to deter the concept. U.S. Rep. Paul America. Ryan, R-Wis., is currently promot- A new Pew Research Center poll ing a personhood law at the federal found that 63 percent of U.S. adults level. oppose overturning Roe, compared to 60 percent in 1992. In the lat- NORMALIZED est Gallup poll on the issue, 52 EXTREMISM percent of Americans said abortion Extremism is the new normal on should be legal under certain cir- reproductive issues in GOP politics, cumstances, 25 percent want it legal according to pro-choice advocates. in all cases and 20 percent want to Mainstream Republicans would like outlaw it period. That’s roughly the to ditch the issues altogether fol- same breakdown as in the 1970s. lowing the roles they played in PHOTO: WIG “Unlike a lot of other issues in defeating Republican presidential Anti-choice protesters on Jan. 18 at Planned Parenthood’s Milwaukee-Jackson Health the culture wars, this is the one candidate Mitt Romney and in con- Center, 302 N. Jackson St. The images used are purposely misleading, say choice advo- in which both sides really regard tributing to Democratic gains in cates. More than 62 percent of abortions in the United States are performed when themselves as civil rights activists, the U.S. Senate, political observers embryos are fewer than eight weeks’ old and slightly over half an inch in size. trying to expand the frontiers of say. But the obsession of a small human freedom,” said Jon Shields, but shrill minority of anti-abortion a professor of government at Cali- activists makes the issue impossible Roe v. Wade in the state’s current future looks bleak for pro-choice vaginal ultrasound. fornia’s Claremont McKenna Col- for them to ignore. Assembly session. activists in states such as Wiscon- “All these things got Americans lege. “That’s a recipe for permanent Political observers said state With the GOP firmly in control sin, the prospects at the federal angry and got them to realize just conflict.” Sen. Alberta Darling is a prime of all facets of state government, level received a big boost with how extreme the other side is,” Planned Parenthood of Wiscon- example of the forced migration including the Supreme Court, it’s the re-election of Barack Obama said Jennifer Dalven, director of the sin conducted polling in September toward extremism among Wiscon- likely that some restrictive mea- over anti-abortion Republican Mitt American Civil Liberties Union’s 2012 that found 30 percent of sin Republicans. A resident of River sures will become law this ses- Romney. Reproductive Freedom Project. voters in the state want abor- Hills, an upscale enclave of north sion. Although they will fall short The Supreme Court’s justices are “This issue will remain very divi- tion banned, said PPWI public pol- of Milwaukee, Darling served on of banning abortion outright, they believed to divide 5-4 in favor of a sive,” she said. “But I do see this as a icy director Nicole Safar. But, she PPWI’s board of directors for 11 will continue the anti-choice move- broad right to abortion. Romney, sea-change moment. The American added, representatives of that 30 years. But as her party’s leader- ment’s efforts to make abortion if elected, might have been able to public wants abortion to remain percent “just happen to be in lead- ship veered sharply right, she was “humiliating and onerous,” Safar appoint conservative justices who safe, legal and accessible.” ership” in Madison right now. dragged along. said. “They’re just designed to make could help overturn Roe v. Wade, The Associated Press As a result, Wisconsin – along Times have changed dramatically women feel bad.” but Obama’s victory makes that contributed to this story. with a number of other states for Republicans like Darling. She can Dr. Douglas Laube of Madison, unlikely at least for the next four where tea party radicals took con- no longer remain in office simply by who began performing abortions years. trol of government in 2010 – has schmoozing about facelifts with her as part of his practice a year after Pro-choice groups also were seen an onslaught of legislation rich backers’ wives at the country the Roe decision, is worried by heartened by the backlash to designed to make abortion, as well club. To avoid being forced to run the spread of anti-abortion state extremist anti-abortion initiatives CELEBRATE CHOICE as all women’s reproductive health against a well-financed born-again laws, but encouraged by the surge and rhetoric that was suffered by “Our Lives. Our Stories. Our services, much more difficult to challenger, Darling had to be born- of women becoming obstetrician- Republicans last November. Celebration,” an event orga- access. Just months after taking again herself – as a virulent anti- gynecologists in the state – a trend In Missouri and Indiana, Republi- nized by Planned Parenthood the reins of state government in choice activist. She’s had to rewrite he hopes will ease the shortage of can candidates for the U.S. Senate of Wisconsin to mark the 40th 2011, the GOP eliminated all state her history Soviet-style. abortion providers. lost races that their party initially anniversary of Roe v. Wade, funding for PPWI, which primarily Safar said a few Republicans “I see the movement toward expected to win after making wide- takes place at 6 p.m. on Jan. 27 provides such women’s health ser- have simply resigned their seats in the religious right being countered ly criticized comments regarding at Madison’s Majestic Theater, vices as cancer and STD screenings. recent years rather than suffer the by a growing movement among abortion rights for impregnated 115 King St. Journalist Ruth Abortions account for less than humiliation of publicly drinking the practitioners and advocates for rape victims. In Virginia, protests Conniff, political editor of the 2 percent of the group’s health far-right’s Kool-Aid the way that maintaining this as legal,” he said. combined with mockery on late- Progressive magazine, is emcee care services, but even that was Darling has. Safar said that’s why, “That means the controversy will night TV shows prompted GOP of the event. Tickets are $15. enough to prompt Republican tea despite polling that shows broad continue. But it also means we will politicians to scale back a bill that Round-trip bus rides are avail- party leaders to imperil the general support for choice, she expects to hold our ground.” would have required women seek- able from Milwaukee for $35. health of tens of thousands of poor see more efforts to whittle away at Even though the immediate ing abortions to undergo a trans- WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | January 24, 2013 5 Abortion – the untold stories By Louis Weisberg shield them from demonstra- little affection for people. A she’d had one of those rare Staff writer tors. I watched as one of the small percentage of extrem- pregnancies in which the During morning rush hour, shivering women walked a ists occasionally bomb abor- fetus was badly deformed the scene near Affiliated patient from the clinic to her tion clinics and gun down and destined to die prior to Medical Services, a Milwau- car, the protester following a their doctors and support birth or shortly thereafter. kee abortion clinic at 1428 few feet behind them. staff. From 1998 to 2009, the The pregnancy also endan- N. Farwell Ave., would stop “What’s your name?” I National Abortion Federa- gered her health. traffic – if it weren’t so com- asked him. “Why do you do tion recorded more than 50 Normally outgoing, my monplace. In the shadow this?” arsons, bombings, shootings, friend said she became patho- of a Clear Channel-owned “Would you like to share stabbings and other attacks logically depressed and with- billboard featuring a pro-life your point of view?” I prod- on abortion providers. drawn. She, her husband and message, raging anti-abortion ded. Perhaps the best-known her physician finally decided activists spill into the street, My questions were met incident occurred in May to end the pregnancy before thrusting signs with pictures with stony silence and with- 2009, when Dr. George Tiller it went any further. of mangled fetuses in the ering stares. The protester was shot to death by a pro- But because the pregnancy windshields of passersby. produced a camera and life activist while attending was advanced, no one in her “Abortion is murder,” they asked my name in a rumbling a service at his church in area would help her. Then she scream. sotto voce. I gave it to him Wichita, Kan. Tiller was one found Tiller. After rush hour, the crowd and smiled. He snapped my of the only physicians in the “He saved my life,” she generally disperses, leaving picture. One of the escorts country willing to provide tearfully told me. “And they only a massive and grim- shook her head, signaling that late-term abortions. killed him.” faced fellow with linebacker I’d just made a grave mistake. While pro-life activists My friend and her husband PHOTO: WIG shoulders. On a recent visit About halfway through the focus on these procedures went on to become support- An unidentified woman, left, and a volunteer to the site, his stature was encounter, a homeless man as if they’re undertaken fre- ers of Tiller’s work and per- escort, center, are trailed by a pro-life protester accentuated by two tiny, appeared and asked every- quently and willy-nilly, they sonal friends. They also went on the street near Affiliated Medical Services. older women – Planned Par- one for change. I declined are extremely rare (slightly on to have healthy children. enthood volunteers – who politely. The protester gave over 1 percent of all abor- Stories like my friend’s compelling stories of women not allowed to access repro- stood sheltered from the a brusque dismissal that elic- tions) and medically neces- will be featured at the event who have gratitude for the ductive healthcare. cold in a nearby doorway. ited an angry response. sary. They all involve tragic, “Our Lives. Our Stories. availability of safe abortions. “If you don’t walk out of Just a few feet away the I wanted to ask the man heart-breaking stories. Our Celebration,” organized “Six people will share their there feeling that we need hulking protester’s car was why he was so committed A few years ago, I caught by Planned Parenthood of stories, and the stories are to continue to be vigilant at parked on the street – a to helping embryos but so up with a childhood friend Wisconsin to mark the 40th just humbling and powerful the most basic level for the junker littered with trash. A dismissive toward a person on Facebook, and we met anniversary of Roe v. Wade and so incredibly brave,” Neff access to this most essential dirty pink baby blanket cov- in peril. But I said nothing. By for lunch in a Southern city on Jan. 27 at Madison’s Majes- said. “It is an event where healthcare, there’s something ered part of the back seat. now, I was intimidated, too. where she’s made her home tic Theater. everyday people are going to wrong with you. I think all of The two women are since graduating from college. “The centerpiece of the be sharing their stories about us, at the end of the event, “escorts,” they explained. SHARING STORIES As we filled each other in on event is storytelling,” said how they needed to access are going to say, “I wish I had They accompany patients For all the love they have the events of the past three Linda Neff, vice president this essential health service invited so-and-so – they real- into the clinic and back to for zygotes, embryos and decades, she began to cry. of development for PPWI. … and what it means when ly needed to have heard this.” their cars in an attempt to fetuses, radical pro-lifers have Some years ago, she said, The goal is to present the women are demonized and Wisconsin must unite around reproductive health care By Tanya Atkinson Despite these efforts, Averting these unintended without access to early can- who have sex with men ages sion will follow this pattern. Special to WiG nearly 60 percent of Wiscon- pregnancies in Wisconsin cer detection screenings. 15-59 are estimated to be Despite an election where As we enter 2013, we sin women in need of pub- helped save the federal and Consequently, cervical can- HIV-positive – a rate 500 voters spoke loud and clear continue to face the stark licly supported reproductive state governments $94.3 mil- cer impacts women of color times higher than the general that they don’t want politi- reality that too many people and sexual health services lion in Medicaid costs for at a rate two times high- public in Wisconsin. cians meddling in personal are dying or facing a life- – more than 165,000 people pregnancy-related and new- er than white women, and The U.S. Centers for Dis- medical decisions, our legisla- threatening disease due to – go without this care. born care in 2008. African-American women ease Control and estimates tive leaders have not indicat- lack of access to health care. Planned Parenthood of Improving access to die from breast cancer at a that 21 percent of people liv- ed any intention of changing The new year provides a new Wisconsin is the largest non- reproductive health care also much higher rate than white ing with HIV are unaware of their ways. Special interest opportunity for all of us to profit reproductive and sexu- means enhanced access to women. their HIV status. We must get groups focused on ending work together, despite par- al health care provider in the the early detection and treat- If we are committed to serious about addressing this women’s access to all repro- tisanship, to address essential state. We work every day to ment of breast and cervical addressing this significant gap and saving lives by enhanc- ductive care have already health care needs. reduce the number of unin- cancer. Breast and cervical in care, investments in early ing access to HIV prevention previewed their wish list – Planned Parenthood of tended pregnancies and to cancer are two of the most cancer detection and treat- information, testing and care. policies restricting women’s Wisconsin’s number one pri- keep women and men safe, common forms of cancer ment programs will be key to Providing essential health access to everything from ority is to continue to meet healthy and strong through among women in the United saving the lives of all Wiscon- care services to people birth control to fertility ser- our communities’ needs for early cancer detection and States. sin women. should not be a partisan vices to abortion. essential and life-saving health testing and treatment of Early detection is key to In 2011, Planned Par- issue. Whether you are a There is still time to care. Each year, Planned Par- STDs. successful treatment. In 2011, enthood provided more Democrat or a Republican, choose a new direction. We enthood of Wisconsin serves According to the Guttm- Planned Parenthood played than 73,515 STD and HIV we can all agree that ensur- must work together. We call nearly 80,000 patients with acher Institute, Planned Par- a critical role in the early tests. While HIV rates ing women and men have on our elected leaders to set a wide range of preventa- enthood and the other com- detection and screening of have remained stable over access to health care is an aside politics and join with tive health services, including munity-based health provid- breast and cervical cancer the past decade, African- important priority. Yet, each us in addressing the health of life-saving breast and cervical ers in Wisconsin helped avert by conducting 9,040 cancer American and Hispanic men legislative session we are the state of Wisconsin. cancer screenings, birth con- 24,300 unintended pregnan- screenings. and women are infected at faced with dozens of politi- Tanya Atkinson is vice presi- trol, testing and treatment cies in 2008, which would The socioeconomic bar- a rate 5-25 times greater cally motivated policies that dent for public affairs and edu- for STDs and sexual health likely have resulted in 10,800 riers faced by many women than whites. Today, one in impose barriers to access. cation for Planned Parenthood education. births and 10,100 abortions. of color, however, leave them three African-American men It appears the 2013 ses- of Wisconsin. 6 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | January 24, 2013 Opposition to Obama Cabinet nominee softens By Lisa Neff nated Hagel to succeed choice among his colleagues Kerry has consistently Staff writer Leon Panetta at the Pen- to replace the widely popular scored 100 percent with Barack Obama’s selection tagon, U.S. Sen. John Kerry Clinton. HRC, the nation’s largest of Chuck Hagel for defense to succeed Hillary Rodham He also has a lot of sup- LGBT civil rights group. He secretary prompted some Clinton as secretary of state port outside the Capitol. also ran for president in 2004 foot stomping in Republi- and Jack Lew to succeed At the Human Rights Cam- with substantial support can and Democratic circles, Treasury Secretary Timothy paign, president Chad Griffin from the LGBT community. but opposition has softened, F. Geithner. Obama has yet to said, “Sen. Kerry has been The National Gay and Lesbi- at least among Democrats, announce nominees to suc- a trailblazer in the fight for an Task Force called the John with a series of promises and ceed Interior Secretary Ken LGBT equality, both domesti- Kerry-John Edwards ticket apologies from the nominee. Salazar and Labor Secretary cally and internationally. His the “most gay-supportive in Meanwhile, the president Hilda L. Solis, a strong voice leadership in repealing the American history.” has had to deflect concern for LGBT workers. HIV travel ban, as well as his As for Hagel, opposition that the cabinet for his sec- Announcing the Kerry steadfast support for employ- remains among conservative ond term may be less diverse nomination, the president ment non-discrimination senators concerned about than his first-term cabinet. said, “Over these many years, protections and addressing his views on Israel and Iran. Responding to critics and John has earned the respect the needs of LGBT home- But the nomination has questions, Obama said at a and confidence of leaders less youth demonstrate his gained support among Dem- news conference in January, around the world. He is not dedication to equality and to ocrats, including Charles “I would just suggest that going to need a lot of on-the- the rights of LGBT people Schumer of New York and everybody kind of wait until job training. He has earned worldwide. Barbara Boxer of California, they’ve seen all my appoint- the respect and trust of his “The State Department’s the Senate’s most prominent AP PHOTO/CAROLYN KASTER ments, who’s in the White Senate colleagues, Demo- unwavering commitment to Jewish members. President Barack Obama, left, and former House staff and who’s in my crats and Republicans. I think LGBT people around the Hagel once referred to Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel walk past each other Cabinet before they rush to it’s fair to say that few individ- world under the leadership Israel supporters in the during a news conference in the East Room of judgment.” uals know as many presidents of Secretary Clinton has United States as the “Jewish the White House on Jan. 7, 2013. The president He pointed to his past and prime ministers, or grasp been exemplary. We look for- lobby.” nominated Hagel as the new defense secretary appointments and said, “I our foreign policies as firmly ward to even more progress, Schumer said he met with that day. He also announced that he was nomi- think people should expect as John Kerry. And this makes including growth of the Glob- the nominee for 90 minutes nating Deputy National Security Adviser for that that record will be built him a perfect choice to guide al Equality Fund and contin- and believes Hagel under- Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John upon during the next four American diplomacy in the ued support for the human stands the sensitivity of “such Brennan as the new director of the CIA. years.” years ahead.” rights of LGBT people, as The president has nomi- Kerry seems a popular Sen. Kerry takes the helm.” NOMINEE page 7

‘The love must be equal’ BLANCO from one the Rockies./One light, wak- the military. and a native of Cuba, gave ing up rooftops, under each Absent from the celebra- the benediction. He prayed, one, a story/told by our silent tion was the Atlanta pastor “With the blessing of your gestures moving behind win- who the inaugural commit- blessing we will see that we dows.” tee had invited to deliver the are created in your image, After the Capitol ceremo- benediction at the swear- whether brown, black or ny and a luncheon, dozens of ing-in. The Rev. Louie Giglio white, male or female, first groups, including the national withdrew from the program generation or immigrant Integrity Lesbian and Gay Band Asso- as controversy brewed over American, or daughter of the ciation, joined in the inaugu- his selection. Giglio, in the American Revolution, gay or ral parade, a tradition that 1990s, delivered at least one straight, rich or poor.” Experience began with the local militias sermon in which he said, the The swearing-in ceremo- that accompanied George “only way out of a homo- nies began at about 11:30 Washington from his Virginia sexual lifestyle ... is through a.m. with the U.S. Marine Results home to New York, where the healing power of Jesus,” Band, performances by the his inauguration was held in and, “We’ve got to say to the chorus at PS 22 from Staten Automobile Accidents n Civil Rights 1789. homosexuals, the same thing Island, N.Y., and the Lee Uni- n Later, there was the inau- that I say to you and that you versity Festival Choir from Fires & Explosions Medical Malpractice gural ball, which former Air would say to me … it’s not Cleveland, Tenn.; welcoming Nursing Home/Elder Abuse Mark L. Thomsen Force Sgt. David Hall, dis- easy to change, but it is pos- remarks by U.S. Sen. Charles charged under “don’t ask, sible to change.” Schumer, D-N.Y.; the invoca- n Attorney at Law Truck Accidents Wrongful Death don’t tell,” attended. Hall Protests prompted his tion by civil rights leader served as one of eight citizen pullout. The inaugural com- Myrlie Evers-Williams; music co-chairs of the inauguration. mittee announced that orga- by the Brooklyn Tabernacle He also attended the swear- nizers were unaware of “Pas- Choir; Vice President Joe ing-in ceremony, rode in the tor Giglio’s past comments at Biden taking his oath; music Wisconsin Personal Injury Attorneys parade and helped with the the time of his selection and by James Taylor; Obama Day of Service events on they don’t reflect our desire taking his oath; the inaugu- with a Reputation for WinningTM Jan. 19. to celebrate the strength and ral address; music by Kelly “This is certainly the diversity of our country at Clarkson, the poem by Blan- n honor of a lifetime,” said Hall, this inaugural.” co; the benediction by Leon 595 N. Barker Rd. Brookfield, WI 53008 who works for Outserve- Instead, the Rev. Luis Leon, and the national anthem sung (262) 782-2700 Office (262) 796-3703 Direct SLDN, an LGBT civil rights an Episcopal priest at the by Beyoncé. group focused on equality in “church of the presidents” WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | January 24, 2013 7

NOMINEE from 6 advocates welcomed the rifice our service members apology and indicated they and their families make, and a loaded term and regrets wouldn’t oppose the nomi- if confirmed as Secretary of saying it,” according to The nation. Defense, I will do everything A P. But with questions possible to the extent per- “I know some will ques- remaining and a public hear- missible under current law tion whether Sen. Hagel’s ing before the Senate Armed to provide equal benefits to assurances are merely Services Committee coming the families of all our service attempts to quiet critics as soon, Hagel issued another members.” he seeks confirmation to this statement in mid-January, say- LCR, however, continues critical post. But I don’t think ing he also supported the to oppose Hagel. so,” Schumer said. “Sen. Hagel repeal of “don’t ask, don’t In a full-page ad in The realizes the situation in the tell,” as well as the exten- New York Times paid for by Middle East has changed, with sion of equal benefits to gay unnamed donors, LCR said, Israel in a dramatically more servicemembers and their “Chuck Hagel: Bad on Gay endangered position than it families. Rights. Bad on Iran. Bad on was even five years ago. His The Vietnam veteran, in a Israel. Tell President Obama views are genuine, and reflect letter to Boxer, said, “I know that Chuck Hagel is wrong this new reality.” firsthand the profound -sac for Defense Secretary.” And concerns about Hagel’s anti-gay record as a OBAMA COUNTERS RYAN IN SPEECH senator seem to have been President Barack Obama, in his inaugural address, chal- alleviated, except among lenged the rhetoric of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan the leadership at Log Cabin and other conservatives, saying America is “not a nation Republicans, a GOP gay of takers.” group. “The commitments we make to each other through Hagel, as a senator from Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, these things Nebraska in the 1990s, do not sap our initiative, they strengthen us,” Obama said. earned a zero rating from “They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to HRC. And when Bill Clin- take the risks that make this country great.” ton nominated philanthropist Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012, has said such James Hormel as the nation’s programs lull citizens into “dependency and complacency” first openly gay ambassador, and encourage a nation of “takers.” Hagel opposed the candi- In a news release on Inauguration Day, the congressman date because he was “openly, congratulated Obama: “The president and I were political aggressively gay.” Eventually opponents. We had strong disagreements over the direc- Hormel served as ambas- tion of the country – we still do now. But today, we put sador to Luxembourg, tak- those disagreements aside. ing the oath in June 1999 “We serve the same country, one that is still in need of after Clinton made a recess repair – and is still the freest on Earth. We serve alongside appointment. men and women from both parties, who govern in good Hagel recently apologized faith and good will. Finally, we serve the same people, who for his remark: “My com- have honored us with their charge. We may disagree on ments 14 years ago in 1998 matters of policy. But today we remember why we take were insensitive. They do those matters so seriously – because we seek the public not reflect my views or the good. It’s our highest duty – one that we share – and one totality of my public record, for which we’re grateful.” and I apologize to Ambas- Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore, D, also sador Hormel and any LGBT marked the occasion: “As we look ahead to four more Americans who may ques- years of progress, we must also commemorate a peaceful tion my commitment to their man whose life ended early from gun violence. On this civil rights. I am fully sup- Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let us remember the legacy of portive of ‘open service’ and the man who spread a message of peace and justice and committed to LGBT military challenged America to fulfill the true promise of Democ- families.” racy. – L.N. Some LGBT civil rights

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WiG’s WEB PICKS { Editorial } Some of our favorite recent pictorials from cyberspace Deficit gone, state’s economy unchanged Gov. Scott Walker and his tea party acolytes are breathlessly touting the possibility of a $342-million budget surplus, but what does it mean? When Walker took office two years ago, the state faced a severe projected budget deficit. Republicans had voters quaking in their UGGs with warnings that Wisconsin was bankrupt and financially imploding. But as everyone with a credit card knows, having a deficit is not the same thing as being bankrupt and indigent. The state had not defaulted on its bills. It had – and has – strong revenue sources and enormous assets. For example, the Wisconsin Retirement System pension fund made a $10.5-billion profit in 2009. Still, the tea party proceeded to destroy unions, slash health and education funding, kill promising infrastructure projects and eliminate thousands of good government jobs – all in the name of defeating the budget deficit. Well, now the mission has been accomplished. The bogeyman is dead. So we should be sitting on top of the world – right? Not hardly. Wisconsin ranks 42nd in the nation in terms of job creation. In December, Forbes branded the state one of the nation’s worst places to do business and projected that job growth here would be the second worst in the country through 2016. Wisconsin ranks 39th in terms of labor supply – a hindrance to growth that will only worsen due to budget hits taken by public education and backward social engineering that drives young people to move elsewhere. The state ranks 35th in business costs, a problem that Republicans haven’t even tried to address. The lion’s share of new jobs are created by small businesses. Their major costs are health care and worker productivity. But Republicans have done nothing to assist small businesses in either area. In fact, the GOP actively opposes the Affordable Health Act and has trimmed Badger- Care, both of which can help small start-ups that can’t afford to pay for employee health care. Wisconsin Workforce Development invariably sides with employees, which makes hiring for small ventures almost impossibly risky. There’s been no effort to address that problem. Meanwhile, in an attempt to recoup some of the state funding they’ve lost under Walker, local governments sock it to small businesses using any bizarre revenue schemes they can devise. Reforming the climate for small businesses in the state isn’t even on the table. The GOP has focused solely on policies to bolster the bottom lines of mega-corporations, which don’t even pay taxes, while small business are taxed through the roof and stran- gled with red tape. Walker says he plans to use the budget surplus to give tax breaks – undoubtedly to the rich – in order to stimulate job growth. Unfortunately, that’s never worked. Under the higher tax rates the wealthy paid during the Clinton presidency, jobs were created at a rate of 230,000 per month. After the Bush-era tax cuts, job growth fell to a meager 10,000 a month until the employment rate sputtered in 2006 and then nose- dived. The GOP’s touted budget surplus is just an empty figure for a misleading campaign billboard. It does nothing to make Wisconsin “open for business,” and Walker’s disas- trous jobs record proves it.

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ON THE RECORD We were wild once for our relationships, we’ve en’s abortions. We knew the on the police building, they all become so darn well- vote was lost but we held a shouted that the MPD had behaved. The focus-grouped weeklong vigil and big rally “blood on its hands.” Arrests “If you had to fight for a life that Opinion and leadership-approved plea at the Capitol anyway. The ensued. felt real and honest and normal JAMAKAYA seems to be: “Please accept night before the vote, we Some will probably say that us. We’re just like you.” purchased every pipe clean- the issues are not as critical against all odds, then maybe you, Cardinal Francis George I understand why this is er and red magic marker in now, that we have reached too, would value privacy above told the Chicago Tribune that seen as the most pragmatic Madison. We pulled an all- a level of acceptance that all else.” “two men or two women approach, but I’m uncom- nighter shaping thousands makes militancy unnecessary. – JODIE FOSTER sort of coming out again at the cannot consummate a mar- fortable with the fact that of tiny, blood-marked coat They will cite the biggest Golden Globes. riage. It’s a physical impos- pleas have replaced demands. hangers, which we showered bugaboo – that such tactics sibility.” After that statement, I understand that we want on the legislators when they are counterproductive. “I believe that Gun Appreciation Day honors I was hoping for an appropri- to be effective, but can’t we took their infamous vote. We In fact, in-your-face tac- the legacy of Dr. King. The truth is, I think Martin ate response from the queer also be a little outrageous hung a huge banner with tics were sometimes very Luther King would agree with me if he were alive community. and have fun along the way? the word “SHAME” from the productive. Militant protest- today that if African-Americans had been given the I’d love to have seen a Can’t we be “gay” for heav- gallery and were ejected by ers and mainstream groups right to keep and bear arms from day one of the gay or lesbian couple get- en’s sake? Capitol cops. formed a kind of “good cop/ country’s founding, perhaps slavery might not have ting down and dirty before In my activist youth in the As a reporter covering bad cop” dynamic in which been a chapter in our history. And I believe whole- the altar of whatever cathe- 1970s and ’80s, I was a “bad” the heyday of ACT UP and the militants dramatically heartedly that’s essential to liberty.” dral the cardinal calls home. lesbian feminist, doing things Queer Nation in Milwau- raised awareness and made – LARRY WARD, chairman of Gun Appreciation I prefer the idea of collec- that organizational leaders kee from 1989 to 1995, I demands; then the main- Day, attempting to redefine the message of one tive action, so how about a often disapproved. Once, have great memories of their stream leaders moved in to of the 20th century’s most admired anti-violence mass demonstration of same the anti-feminist group Eagle bold actions. They raised the obtain concessions and com- activists. sex copulation to bring on Forum held an event to warn hackles of some schools and promises with authorities. the headlines and howls of the public that the Equal parents by promoting safer Active, creative protests “Homosexuality is not a super sin. It’s one of outrage? Rights Amendment would sex through condom distri- build solidarity among partic- many, including adultery — other things – lying, Vanessa Redgrave, playing bring on co-ed restrooms butions at high school proms. ipants and demonstrate there cheating, gossiping; it’s right there in the list. So free-spirited dance pioneer and rampant lesbianism. A They disrupted the mayor’s will be organized resistance often I think in the Christian community, because Isadora Duncan in the 1968 few of us freaked out the State of the City speech. They to unfair policies and igno- of the political nature of it today, that we tend to biopic “Isadora,” shouts at a right-wing ladies by present- physically assaulted the Mil- rant pronouncements like raise it up as something worse than all the others.” disapproving audience: “We ing them with copies of Jill waukee Police Department those of Cardinal George. – JIM DALEY, president of the anti-gay group were wild once! Don’t let Johnston’s “Lesbian Nation.” to protest police incompe- They can also be lots of fun. Focus on the Family, urging his fellow fundamental- them tame you!” In 1978, the Wisconsin tence in the Jeffrey Dahmer ists to keep the “sin” of homosexuality in perspec- On the way to achiev- Legislature was voting to ban case. Dipping their hands in tive. ing legal equality and respect state funds for poor wom- red paint and slapping them Follow us on Facebook. “I am not engaged. I don’t want to get married until all gay people can get married.” – Golden Globe winner LENA DUNHAM of TV’s “Girls” answering questions from reporters backstage after the awards ceremony. Following up a history-making year U.S. Senate: mission accom- age to include the children of ing stronghold at the center “Whenever I say a kind word about gays, I hear plished. domestic partners, retirees of Milwaukee’s LGBT com- from people, and some of them are damn mad. Also on the agenda was to and their children. munity. People throw Leviticus, Deuteronomy and other Opinion make sure our community By passing this policy as Coming from an LGBT parts of the Bible to me. It doesn’t bother me. I’ve JASON BURNS had people not just advo- an ordinance, the city made center in South Florida, I’ve always been compassionate toward gay people.” cating for policies but for history. It was the first time witnessed the important role – PAULINE PHILLIPS, better known as the advice A year ago, my husband individuals. Working with Milwaukee passed a benefits these centers play in our columnist “Dear Abby,” expressing her support for and I packed up our lives in the Wisconsin Gazette, we policy as an ordinance. The community. I encourage you the LGBT community in a 1998 interview. She died Florida and began a 1,200- were able to advocate for city now has the most pro- to support the center’s cur- on Jan. 16 at age 94 after suffering from Alzheimer’s mile drive north. In truth, two new Wisconsinites when gressive benefits policy of any rent fundraising campaign disease for many years. it was a move home. I was one of them was originally municipality in the state. and to take the time to visit, born and raised in northwest denied in-state tuition at We also talked about mov- support, and believe in the “The papers used to say I had a gay face, whatev- Michigan, and my husband UWM. The only thing more ing past the negative com- center. er that is, or a gay voice but it simply wasn’t true… is from northwest Ohio. So satisfying than the outcome munity in-fighting of the past Last year was a great one (But) when you know a gay guy has a crush on you, it was really a move home was seeing how firm UWM’s toward a brighter future of for our community, but we it’s the most flattering thing.” to the Midwest. To a people commitment is to the LGBT unity. A community that is can’t slow down. We have the – Actor DANIEL RADCLIFFE telling the U.K.’s whose values we share. community. That’s why the united is always stronger chance to continue moving Daily Express that he was amused by all the public It’s good to be home. We university is ranked as one of than a community divided. Wisconsin forward toward speculation that he’s gay, which he dismisses. never could have anticipated the top 10 most-welcoming A key component to bring- a more fair and equal future. how warm the people here campuses in the country. ing the community together We can’t forget how lucky “It’s a good time to lay low.” have been. You have wel- We also saw the cities of has been the resurgence of we are to be in a position to – JOHN FEEHERY, a former top congressional comed us into your homes Racine, Janesville, Eau Claire, the Milwaukee LGBT Com- be the agents of change. The aide, telling the Associated Press that many Repub- and into your community. Manitowoc and Kenosha add munity Center. time to step up is now. licans were leaving Washington, D.C., or going into Thank you. domestic partnership ben- Karen Gotzler, the com- In 2013, vow to make a dif- hibernation during Barack Obama’s A year ago we started a efits, with our friends at Fair mitted volunteer interim ference, to be OUTspoken. inauguration weekend. series of conversations about Wisconsin taking a leading executive director, and a what we, the LGBT commu- role and continuing to make board led by co-presidents nity, wanted to accomplish in a difference in our state. Paul Williams and Jenni- 2012 and beyond. First and In addition, the city of Mil- fer Morales, have taken the foremost on the list was to waukee passed an ordinance center from an organization Jason Burns is executive elect Tammy Baldwin to the expanding its benefits pack- on life-support to a thriv- director of Equality Wisconsin. 10 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | January 24, 2013 Grassroots work has won honors

VOCES page 1 forefront of the campaign turn a redistricting plan that forge a path to citizenship to protect voting rights in discriminated against Lati- for the 11 million people in Wisconsin, including chal- nos. But the primary focus this country who are still lenges to the GOP-driven of Voces is on the toughest living in the shadows so they voter ID law. At the national fights: organizing and defend- can come into the full light level, the Obama administra- ing immigrant workers. Its of day,” said Voces executive tion responded to calls from campaign on behalf of Pal- director Christine Neumann- grassroots groups such as ermo Pizza workers forged Ortiz. “That’s long overdue Voces to defer deportations a strategic alliance with the for immigrants.” of immigrant youths. Voces United Steelworkers and President Barack Obama also supported and pro- won the endorsement of the has indicated the dream may moted workers at Palermo’s AFL-CIO for a boycott of the not be deferred much lon- Pizza, who went on strike company’s products.” ger. Immigration reform is a in June for union recogni- Voces also has come to priority in his second term, tion and continue to picket. the attention of right-wing which he symbolically began The company, one of the media, specifically shock jock on Jan. 21, taking his public largest producers of frozen Mark Belling, who in recent oath of office on the west pizza in the U.S., retaliated months has attacked Racine’s PHOTO: SUE RUGGLES steps of the Capitol. In his against unionizing efforts by annual Martin Luther King Thousands turned out to march for immigrant rights in Voces de la Fron- inaugural, he said, “Our jour- intimidating and then firing Day celebration specifcally tera’s 2012 May Day march. The puppet is an effigy of Gov. Scott Walker. ney is not complete until we immigrant workers. because of Voces’ role in find a better way to welcome Those efforts helped Neu- organizing it. Unified School District chose Equality Wisconsin, an LGBT keep families together. the striving, hopeful immi- mann-Ortiz earn a place on Student Alexia Gates, not to collaborate or sup- civil rights group. “We have common ground grants who still see America Huffington Post’s list of “50 a senior at Horlick High port the King Day events, “It’s a symbiotic relation- and common goals,” Burns as a land of opportunity.” young progressive activists School in Racine, said Belling some school officials and ship,” said EW executive said. who are changing America.” cost organizers thousands of teachers attended the pro- director Jason Burns, a con- WISCONSIN VOICE Voces, meanwhile, secured dollars in donations and for- grams. The theme was “the tributing columnist to WiG. SOLIDARITY FOR Voces, founded in 2001, a position as “Most Valuable mal support from the school students united will never Voces turns out activ- CITIZENSHIP “fights for the rights of low- Grassroots Group” in The district, the United Way and be divided,” Gates said. “And ists for Equality Wisconsin With the oaths taken and income and immigrant work- Nation’s 2012 honor roll, the Racine Community Foun- we know that is what King efforts and EW does likewise. the new Congress seated, ers and students through which also included U.S. Sen. dation. But Belling couldn’t would have wanted.” EW, for example, has Obama has indicated he education, advocacy and Tammy Baldwin. The Nation stop the celebration, which “In spite of Belling’s hate- marched for immigrant rights wants quick action on immi- organizing.” In addition to said Voces “has allied with included community service ful rhetoric and bullying, our in Voces’ annual May 1 event gration reform. the 501(c)(3) group, there is antiwar and gay rights groups efforts, workshops and a young leaders and adults are and will do so again this May How quick? A bipartisan Voces de la Frontera Action, and placed itself at the center march for peace and justice. showing more courage and Day. And Voces campaigned group of senators is already a 501(c)(4) group, and YES!, of the struggle to defend “We talked to churches, conviction in honoring Dr. for domestic partnership writing a bill that could be the Youth Empowered in the public workers and teachers. talked to local businesses, King’s legacy. In fact, Belling rights and against anti-gay introduced by March and Struggle social justice group, With the NAACP, it suc- talked to individuals and our might be offering them the marriage drives in the state. likely will include a path with chapters in Wisconsin cessfully sued to overturn schools and community as a best example of why getting “There are so many par- to citizenship, as well as an high schools and universities. Wisconsin’s voter ID law and whole,” Gates said. “Although involved is so important in allels,” Neumann-Ortiz said increase in the number of In 2012, Voces was at the got another judge to over- we’ve been through so much, the first place,” Neumann- of the LGBT and immigrant visas and probably a guest- we were still able to make Ortiz said of the King Day rights movements. And, of worker program. this event as successful as it event, which was supported course, there is a blending of Lawmakers in both parties VOCES AND VOLUNTEERS has been for the past three by the local teachers’ union constituencies. cannot avoid the issue with- For more about Voces de la Frontera, go to vdlf.org. years.” and the local NAACP. “The communities inter- out peril – Latinos represent Adult membership costs $20; youth membership, $5. On King Day, about 500 In its work, Voces has built sect. There is a need to have the youngest and fastest- “Voces volunteers are the engine that drives our work, postcards were distributed a broad, progressive agenda strong protection against growing voting bloc in the and we’re always looking for people to help – anything calling on WISN station man- – peace, justice, education hate crimes. There are issues nation. The president won re- from membership outreach, working with our youth ager Jerry Bott to take Bell- rights, LGBT rights, worker around workplace rights,” election with 65 percent of program, database work, to writing, photography, archiving ing off the air “for the harm rights and immigrant rights. she said, adding that in the the Latino vote in Wisconsin materials,” said Voces spokesman Joe Shanksy. he’s caused our community And it has stood in solidar- fight for immigration reform and 71 percent nationwide. For more information about the Palermo Pizza work- and democracy.” ity with other progressive is a fight for how families “The president’s move to ers’ strike, go to sliceofjustice.com. And although the Racine groups in the state, including are defined and a struggle to VOCES page 11 WE MAKE YOU “The Cycles of Silence” Breaking the cycle of male sexual abuse WANT TO SMILE! Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday • 7-8:30 PM 2923A South Delaware, Bay View Call Us Today! 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VOCES from 10 provide relief to hundreds of thousands NATIONAL BRIEFS of undocumented youth through deferred action was instrumental in the remarkable SAN FRANCISCO Committee approved the measure. The vote children has returned to a Utah school dis- voter turnout that we saw,” said Neumann- OFFICIALS MULL MILK was 11-0. trict’s library shelves amid a lawsuit from the Ortiz. FOR AIRPORT NAME The next step is a vote in the full House, American Civil Liberties Union. Support for comprehensive reform comes A San Francisco supervisor on Jan. 15 possibly as early as Jan. 24, after WiG press The Davis School District had put the from a coalition of labor, faith, law enforce- introduced legislation asking voters to time. book “In Our Mothers’ House” behind the ment, civil rights and business groups, includ- rename the city’s airport after slain gay rights Rhode Islanders United for Marriage said, library counter and required schoolchildren ing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In a leader Harvey Milk. “Moments ago, the House Judiciary Commit- to have a parent’s permission to check it recent speech on the state of business, the A charter amendment sponsored by tee voted unanimously to advance the mar- out. District officials cited state law, which chamber’s president called for an overhaul Supervisor David Campos would put the riage bill to the House floor. Today marks the prohibits advocacy of homosexuality in its of immigration law, saying the “door to the question of creating Harvey Milk-San Fran- first time a marriage bill has advanced past curriculum. American dream must always remain open.” cisco International Airport on San Francisco’s committee in Rhode Island history.” The ACLU argued the library book wasn’t Broad support among voters also exists. November ballot. “Momentum is with us, but we can’t let instructional material and didn’t constitute A bipartisan poll released in mid-January If five of Campos’ colleagues agree to up for even a second,” said RIUM campaign advocacy of homosexuality. said four out of five voters support reform submit the proposed name change to voters director Ray Sullivan. ensuring that undocumented immigrants have and the amendment passes in the fall, the House Speaker Gordon Fox has said he TINY APPALACHIAN a chance to work toward citizenship. The sur- city would become home to the world’s first wants the House to vote on the legislation CITY ENACTS GAY vey commissioned by the Service Employees airport honoring an openly gay person, said by month’s end. RIGHTS ORDINANCE International Union, Americans Voice Educa- Milk’s nephew, Stuart Milk. Advocates for gay marriage like their A tiny city in southeastern Kentucky enact- tion Fund and National Immigration Forum “For young gay people in an illegal place chances in the House, but concede that the ed a gay-rights ordinance that prohibits dis- showed support at 83 percent among Repub- looking up at a monitor and being able to Senate is a tougher challenge. crimination based on sexual orientation or licans, 91 percent among Democrats and 82 point to this international airport named Nine states and the District of Columbia gender identity. percent among Independents. after an LGBT advocate, it gives them the now allow gay marriage. Rhode Island is the The city commission of Vicco in southern “The results of this poll confirm that green light to authenticity,” Milk said. “It’s a only state in New England without it. Perry County passed the new law on Jan. 14. Americans of all political stripes agree that major representation that (they) are being Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, an A statement from the Fairness Coalition, the current patchwork of immigration poli- celebrated somewhere in the world in a independent, has said all couples should be an affiliation of Kentucky groups that focuses cies is not working for our nation’s best inter- high-level way.” afforded the same rights to wed. He urged on gay rights, says the Appalachian town is the ests,” NIF board member Jeb Bush Jr. said. lawmakers to “call the roll” and vote this year fourth city in the state to pass a law aimed at Such broad support may help to explain RHODE ISLAND HOUSE to join the rest of New England. protecting gays from discrimination. why Wisconsin’s GOP, looking ahead to the COMMITTEE VOTES FOR Three of four commissioners voted in 2014 and 2016 elections, apparently has MARRIAGE BILL LESBIAN-THEMED favor of the ordinance, which bans discrimi- backed off anti-immigrant legislation modeled Legislation to allow gay and lesbian couples BOOK BACK ON UTAH nation in employment, housing and public on Arizona’s controversial law. to marry in Rhode Island got its first 2013 SCHOOL’S SHELVES accommodations in the city of about 330 political test on Jan. 22. 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By Michael Muckian Contributing writer ‘The longer process Winemaker Philippe Coquard knows that nothing goes better with winter’s biting winds helps the wine lose its than a warm fire and a glass of port, the for- youth and boldness tified dessert wine favored by sophisticated palates. For Coquard, co-owner of Woller- and become classy sheim Winery north of Madison, winter is a time for reflection and relaxation – and and smooth.’ a bracing glass of the winery’s red or white port. “In my younger days, I used to drink a lot of port as an aperitif wine while my friends were drinking mixed drinks,” says Coquard, who a rich, smooth mouth-feel. grew up in a winemaking family in France’s The Offley 2005 Late Bottled Vin- Beaujolais region. “Like anything made from tage Porto ($19) ratchets things up a the grapes, port was just a natural fit for my notch. The Portuguese wine opens with a taste buds.” distinctly different aroma of cedar and pine Coquard began making his red port in needles, offering a well-balanced palate of red 2001, starting with just five barrels. The wine- fruit with a hint of chocolate. maker now has 80 barrels aging in his cellars. Churchill’s 10-Year-Old Tawny White port was introduced in 2009 after Port ($32) remains among the best. The Coquard and his wife Julie sampled some palate offers touches of bitter orange, lemon Muscat-based dessert wines while traveling peel and a hint of ginger, with a medium-long finish that is both soft and sweet. Persnickety in southern France. The first batch, offered PHOTO: COURTESY in January 2010, sold out in a little over a wine critic Robert Parker Jr. declared it “the month, he says. best tawny port I’ve tasted in years.” “Our red port has a rich, smooth sweet- One of the best values is De Krans “Port is a special wine because it’s a gentle Coquard also has several port barrels aging ness with notes of dried cherry and raisin, Cape Ruby Port ($13) from South Africa’s wine that satisfies many senses.” Coquard an additional three to five years at Woller- and our white port is sweet and aromatic and Klein Karoo. The blend of Tinta Barraca, adds. “It has some sweetness, yet it has depth sheim. He expects them to turn into a fine full of fruit with floral hints of peach,” he says. Touriga Nacional and Souzão grapes offers because of the aging, and it has class and tawny port. Port originated in Portugal, specifically in a palate of sweet red fruits, chocolate and personality.” “The longer process helps the wine lose its the Douro Valley in the country’s northern spices in a youthful, softly textured wine. Wollersheim’s red port is made from fully youth and boldness and become classy and provinces. The wine’s name derives from the Hardy’s Whiskers Blake Classic ripened blackish-red Foch grapes, while the smooth,” he says. city of Porto at the mouth of the Douro Tawny Port ($14) is a non-vintage wine white port is made from fragrant, white Mus- And that will be the port to sip some win- River. Port produced in Portugal utilizes any from Australia. It pours a brownish brick-red, cat grapes. Both ports are produced through ter’s day in years to come. of five wine grapes, although Touriga Nacional, with complex notes of toffee and caramel on a short fermentation time of just a few days, considered the country’s national grape, is the palate, balanced with apple, pear and even after which brandy is added at 187 proof to preferred. a little blood orange. It’s an excellent value ON TAP stop the fermentation process, leaving some Port can be served relatively young, or for the price. Wollersheim will release its latest vin- of the wine’s natural sweetness and fruitiness. it can be aged through the introduction of Another Australian tawny port, The tages of red and white port on Jan. 26 Coquard ages his red port for 13 months in distilled spirits. The wine is now made in Portly Gentleman ($15) from Buller with a celebration at the winery that older American oak barrels, and white port countries around the world. Wines, is produced from a blend of Caber- includes food, music and, of course, wine. for six months in older French oak barrels, Here is a brief guide to some ports worth net Sauvignon, Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz For more information, visit www.wol- each of which imparts different nuances to sampling: grapes. The result is a bouquet of berries with lersheim.com. the finished wine. 16 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | January 24, 2013 Fitzwater reprises role as the tragic and triumphant Edith Piaf

recently in 2007. On Jan. 25, to her on the Paris streets, music, some of which she Show.” Piaf’s signature song, Fitzwater becomes Piaf once although documentation wrote herself. A recording “La vie en rose,” written in again in Skylight Music The- shows she was born in the of a live Carnegie Hall per- 1945, was voted a Grammy atre’s “Edith Piaf Onstage.” Hôpital Tenon in Belleville, formance from 1957 allowed Hall of Fame Award winner Interspersing Piaf songs with in the city’s 20th arrondisse- the actress to master Piaf’s in 1998. monologues that chronicle ment. Her father was a street stage patter and storytelling, Piaf married three times, episodes in the singer’s life, acrobat, her mother a café as well as better understand with Marlene Dietrich, who Fitzwater shares the singer’s singer who had no capability how she presented a song. famously called the singer’s artistry while building the or interest in caring for her “She insisted on choos- voice “the soul of Paris,” audience’s understanding of daughter. Shuttled between ing great material and sur- serving as the maid of honor the first French superstar. grandparents, she eventu- rounded herself with people at her second nuptials. Her “Piaf approached songs ally landed with her pater- who could help her mold her third marriage was to a for- the way I do, choosing those nal grandmother, who ran career,” Fitzwater explains. mer hairdresser-turned-sing- that affected her deeply,” says a brothel in Normandy. The Piaf’s music evolved with er 20 years her junior. Fitzwater, who also serves brothel’s prostitutes helped the times, moving from a Piaf went into rehab three PHOTO: MUSICADALPIANETATERRA.NE as a private vocal and acting to raise the young girl. jazzy sound in the 1930s to times for addiction, but none The legendary singer Edith Piaf, whose voice was coach. “What I love about As a child, Piaf contracted more of a Big Band delivery of the treatments curbed her called the “soul of Paris.” her is her absolute dedica- keratitis, which rendered her during the ’40s. By the 1960s, dependency. tion to telling the stories blind. The prostitutes made when Piaf recorded “Non, je Piaf died of liver cancer in form one of the French chan- contained in the songs.” a pilgrimage to honor St. ne regrette rien,” her music October 1963 at age 47 while teuse’s songs during the Bas- Piaf’s devotion to songs of Thérèse of Lisieux, and Piaf was arranged using a rock ‘n’ planning her next series of tille Days celebration in 1987. love, loss, despair and hope regained her sight. While a roll triplet in the background, concerts in Berlin. Her final Theater Twenty-five years later, no were considered some of miracle may be questionable signaling that both she and recording, also in 1963, was area performer has a stron- the best of their day. The – she was under a doctor’s her arrangers understood “L’Homme de Berlin.” MICHAEL MUCKIAN ger connection to “The Waif emotion she projected drew care – its possibility made the market in which she was Despite her personal chal- Sparrow” than Fitzwater. heavily on the singer’s color- Piaf a lifelong devotee of the performing. lenges, Piaf was a tower of Milwaukee actor and sing- She has played Piaf, who ful and tragic past. saint. But the lyrics about love strength and a pillar of hope, er Leslie Fitzwater did not died in 1963, numerous times, Born Edith Giovanna Gas- Piaf first sang on the and loss remained the same, Fitzwater says. That’s what know who Edith Piaf was including four productions at sion in 1915, Piaf’s mother streets of Paris at 14, sharing themes that Fitzwater says kept her going to create her when she was asked to per- Skylight Music Theatre – most was said to have given birth an act with her father. She most resemble current coun- a global musical legacy. soon went her own way, gave try music. “I want to introduce, or birth to her only child at 17 “Piaf’s parents and grand- maybe re-introduce my audi- and saw her daughter die parents were deeply alco- ences to Piaf and her spirit,” two years later from men- holic, so she started drinking the actress adds. “Bad things ingitis. She was discovered early,” Fitzwater says. “She happened to her, but with singing in Pigalle by night- was involved in several seri- Piaf, there was always hope.” club owner Louis Leplée, ous car crashes, one with who persuaded her to sing protégé Charles Aznavour, ON STAGE in his club and helped refine which also led to a morphine Skylight Music The- her as both a performer and addiction that plagued her in atre’s production of human being. 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Boldt Arts Alive! series presents the BBC Concert Orchestra at Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St. in Madison, presents “Cinderella” “A Prairie Home Companion” 7:30 p.m. at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, 400 W. College Ave. a live broadcast of with Garrison in Appleton. Call 920-730-3760. Keillor at 4:45 p.m. Call 608-258-4141. Chris Pickering, an award-winning Aussie singer-songwriter, JAN. 24, THURSDAY performs at 8:30 p.m. at Redamte, 449 State (above Asian Kitchen) in Madison. Call 608-819-8650 FEB. 6, WEDNESDAY James Murphy, formerly of LCD Soundsystem, performs a DJ The Riverside, 116 W. Wisconsin, presents “The Legend of set at 10 p.m. at the Majestic, 115 King in Madison. Call 608-251- Zelda: Symphony of The Goddesses,” at 7 p.m. Call 414-286- Rita Coolidge lifts you higher and higher at 8 p.m. at The 2582. 3663. Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Bingo Casino, 1721 W. State Ballet Theater of Russia presents “Cinderella,” tonight Canal. Call 414-847-7922. and tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. at The Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells. Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, 400 W. College Ave. in Call 414-286-3663. Appleton, presents “Lord of the Dance,” created by Michael The Domes at Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, 524 S. JAN. 27, SUNDAY Flatley, at 7:30 p.m. Call 920-730-3760. Layton, presents The Jerry Grillo Orchestra performing during Health Fair Night, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Call 414-649-9830. Cajun Strangers, Last Gaspé Band, Madison Maennerchor, Sergei Belkin, The Dang-Its Trio and the Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble are among the many acts performing from noon to 6 p.m. at the 32nd FEB. 7, THURSDAY installment of Overture’s International Festival, at Overture JAN. 25, FRIDAY Center for the Arts, 201 State in Madison. Call 608-258-4141. In support of her new disc “Manifestra,” queer singer/songwriter Milwaukee’s Festival City Symphony presents “Roman Erin McKeown performs at 7:30 p.m. at High Noon Saloon, 701A Milwaukee’s own Golda Meir is a character in the world Holiday,” featuring Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival Overture,” Ottorino E. Washington in Madison. Call 608-268-1122. premiere of Jonathan Gillard Daly’s play “To the Promised Land,” Respighi’s “Pines of Rome” and Georges Bizet’s “Symphony No. 2,” Milwaukee Ballet presents “Genesis: International running through Feb. 10 in the Todd Wehr Theater at Marcus Center at 3 p.m. at The Pabst, 144 E. Wells. Visit festivalcitysymphony.org Choreographic Competition,” through Feb. 10 at The Pabst, 144 for the Performing Arts. Call 414-273-2787. or call 414-963-9067. E. Wells. Call 414-286-3663. Skylight Music Theatre presents “Edith Piaf Onstage” through Pro Arte Quartet, the faculty string quartet in residence at the Feb. 10 in the Cabot Theatre at Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. University of Wisconsin-Madison, performs at 2 p.m. at Sharon Broadway. Call 414-291-7800. Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Dr. in Brookfield. Majestic Theatre, 115 King in Madison, presents “Fire Ball V: Call 262-781-9520. Night One,” subtitled “a masquerade of fire and ice,” hosted by Miss Tamale and featuring burlesque and more, at 8 p.m. “Fire Ball V: Night Two” is presented tomorrow night. Call 608-251-2582. Milwaukee band I’m Not a Pilot plays Sharon Lynne Wilson JAN. 30, WEDNESDAY Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Drive in Brookfield, at 8 p.m. High Noon Saloon, 701A E. Washington in Madison, welcomes Call 262-781-9520. Beefus, Fambly Fun! Problem Child Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performs Bruckner’s and , at 9 p.m. Call 608-268- “Romantic” tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Uihlien Hall at 1122. Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, at the corner of Water and State. Call 414-273-2787. Erin McKeown 20 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | January 24, 2013