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No. 521 • January 22, 2015 • outwordmagazine.com Scorching Hot Nick Jonas CD Review page 16 COLOR COLOR outwordmagazine.com January 22, 2015 - February 12, 2015 • Volume 28 • Issue 2 • No. 521 Outword Magazine 3 COLOR constitution, that law is unconstitutional, and Take a Survey to Help must be overturned. Outword Sacramento Plan for Growth The men and women who serve in the The City of Sacramento invites residents United States Military do not take an oath to and those who work in Sacramento to uphold “the will of the people.” They take an Staff complete a web-based survey to provide oath to defend the constitution. feedback about living and working in If you don’t understand that, you don’t Sacramento. PUBLISHER understand America, and you cannot Fred Palmer The survey results will be used as part of possibly value your own freedom. the City’s 2030 General Plan annual report Danny Ingram, President Emeritus ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION and will help capture the community’s American Veterans for Equal Rights Ron Tackitt perspective on livability and quality of life in Sacramento. GRAPHIC DESIGN Ron Tackitt To complete the survey, about five minutes, visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/ RCC Launches Membership Drive EDITOR communitysurvey2015. The survey will be The LGBT Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Charles Peer open through Friday, February 6. Commerce is hosting an Auld Lang Syne [email protected] Homecoming at the Top of the Hyatt, to honor former and long-time members and to launch ARTS EDITOR their 2015 membership drive. Chris Narloch The Will of the People “New members help energize the Chamber Dear Outword Readers, with fresh ideas and new opportunities for your SALES businesses to grow,” said RCC Board President Fred Palmer Over and over again you hear defeated opponents of same-sex marriage claim “the Paul Weubbe. “Our board’s No. 1 resolution for 2015 is to add value to Chamber membership CONTRIBUTING will of the people” is being overruled by the WRITERS and to share that value with many more new courts. They decry that “democracy has been members.” Frances Marlatt defeated.” Colt McGraw The Auld Lang Syne Homecoming and Chris Narloch America is not ruled by the “will of the Membership Drive is January 20, from 6 to 8 Bonnie Osborn people,” but by the Constitution of the p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. Charles Peer United States of America. For more information, visit If “the people” pass a law that defies the RainbowChamber.com PHOTOGRAPHY Charles Peer ON THE COVER Nick Jonas U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to DISTRIBUTION Kaye Crawford Hear Marriage Equality Case Michael Crawford he U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Jan. 16 to review a federal appeals court decision upholding Michigan’s ban on marriage ADVERTISING SALES for same-sex couples. By granting the petition the Court will Northern California T (916) 329-9280 be considering Michigan’s ban on marriage as well as those in the Fred Palmer other states still denying marriage licenses to gay couples. National Advertising Representative Rivendell Media The move means the high Court will rule Court now has the opportunity to end the (212) 242-6863 on the issue of marriage equality by the end injustices facing gay families in Michigan of June 2015. The court has also agreed to and so many other states, and to ensure that hear cases from Ohio, Kentucky, and same-sex couples nationwide are free to Tennessee. move for work, school, or to care for elderly Friends who supported each other through parents without jeopardizing their family’s nursing school and now a committed couple security,” said Dana Nessel who represented for more than 10 years, Michigan plaintiffs the family. April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse are both Multiple other court rulings since the U.S. hospital nurses and the parents of four Supreme Court’s decision in Windsor v. special-needs children whom they fostered United States in June 2013. have established Outword Magazine Inc. and then adopted. marriage equality as the governing law. In They originally challenged Michigan’s October 2014, the Supreme Court declined to Office adoption code so that they could adopt their review rulings by the Fourth, Seventh and 372 Florin Road, #133 children jointly rather than as “single” Tenth Circuits that all found state marriage Sacramento, CA 95831 individuals, and provide them the security of bans unconstitutional. having two legal parents. They later On November 6, 2014, two judges of the challenged the state’s marriage ban since it three-member panel in the Sixth Circuit PHONE: (916) 329-9280 keeps April and Jayne, as well as the Court of Appeals overturned Friedman’s FAX: (916) 498-8445 children, from being legally recognized as a decision and those of courts in Ohio, www.outwordmagazine.com family and from the protections other Tennessee and Kentucky. Within weeks, [email protected] families enjoy. They argue that state laws attorneys for DeBoer and Rowse filed a banning marriage equality violate the U.S. petition for certiorari with the Supreme ISSN # 1084-7618 United States Library of Congress Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection Court. and due process. “Families like April and Jayne’s have Nat. Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce “We are now that much closer to being been deprived of the status, dignity, Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Nat. Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association fully recognized as a family, and we are security, and stability that marriage brings Midtown Business Association thrilled,” said DeBoer. “This opportunity for for far too long,” said Stanyar. “This Court our case to be heard by the Supreme Court should hold that prohibiting same-sex gives us and families like ours so much couples from joining in marriage violates reason to be hopeful.” our nation’s most cherished and essential “By choosing to hear the DeBoer case, the guarantees. 4 Outword Magazine January 22, 2015 - February 12, 2015 • Volume 28 • Issue 2 • No. 521 outwordmagazine.com Sock Drop Drive Rocks - Despite Burglary acramento branding and marketing firm Uptown Studios surpassed all of its goals in its 4th annual Sock Drop drive Sfor Sacramento homeless, collecting and donating over 25,000 pairs of socks to Sacramento Loaves & Fishes with loads of help from the community. The Uptown Studios’ team and Sister Libby Fernandez, Executive Director of Loaves & Fishes, handing out socks at Sacramento Loaves & Fishes. Pictured are (Left to Right) Sarah Barkawi, Brent Stromberg, Anton Weaver, Sister Libby Fernandez, Tina Reynolds, Kristen Stauss, Tania Torres, Leidhra Johnson, Luke Miller, Cris Webber. The success of this sock drive came on with a constant stream of phone calls the heels of a Thanksgiving Day robbery of asking how people could help and knocks Uptown Studios’ office, which saw all of at the door from neighbors dropping off the collected socks up to that point stolen bags of socks. along with equipment and other items. “Sacramento is an amazing community,” “We saw that computers and other Reynolds said in a released statement. “So equipment were gone, and then realized many people have wanted to help make that they had even taken our socks! We this drive to help our local homeless couldn’t believe it,” remarked Uptown community a success.” Studios’ Project Manager Tania Torres. Local businesses Trumpette, SAFE Credit Rather than let this be a roadblock, Union, and Famous Footwear were business owner Tina Reynolds immediately instrumental partners in the effort to meet created a video in response, telling the and exceed the initial goal of 5,000 pairs of community what happened and putting socks, serving as collection sites and places out a renewed call for support. The where community members could easily response from the community was huge, purchase and donate more socks. Assemblymember Eggman to Chair Legislative LGBT Caucus he California Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Caucus has elected Assemblymember TSusan Talamantes Eggman as its new chair. “I am honored that my colleagues elected youth and transgender individuals, are not left me to serve as the next LGBT Caucus Chair,” behind,” said Eggman. “We have laid a strong Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman foundation and I am excited to continue (Stockton) said. “We have done a lot of great working on behalf of all Californians.” work recently, and there is more still to do.” The Caucus’ formation made California the Originally formed in 2002, the LGBT Caucus first state in the country to recognize an official serves as a forum for the California Legislature caucus of openly-LGBT state legislators. to discuss issues that affect LGBT Californians and to further the goal of equality and justice for all residents in the State. Comprising both Senate and Assembly members, the LGBT Caucus members include: Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins, Assemblymembers Susan Talamantes Eggman (Chair), Richard S. Gordon, Evan Low; and Senators Cathleen Galgiani, Ricardo Lara, and Mark Leno. “We will continue working with our colleagues and community partners to ensure that members of the LGBT community have the freedom to marry whom they choose, are safe at work and in our schools and that our Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman most vulnerable members, including homeless (D-Stockton) outwordmagazine.com January 22, 2015 - February 12, 2015 • Volume 28 • Issue 2 • No. 521 Outword Magazine 5 Alan LoFaso Named Deputy Controller for Health Policy tate Controller Betty T. Yee announced on January 8 the appointment of Sacramentan Alan LoFaso as Deputy SController for Health Policy. LoFaso, 49, will advise the State Controller always cherished those experiences and the on health care policy matters and serve as a opportunities they have given me.” designee to the California Public Employees’ Lofaso is a longtime member of the Retirement System health benefits Sacramento Stonewall Democrats.