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Advice Column 351 Pleasant St., #322 By: Tetty Gorfine*/TRT Columnist al, she is hoping that Dear Editor, Northampton, MA 01060 I thought that Jason Lydon’s story was re- Hello Tetty: you can fill the gaps www.therainbowtimesnews.com or comfort old hurts. ally good, and liked his emphasis on protec- I have been in relationship with my tion and consenting sex. [email protected] girlfriend for two years. I do love her It does not surprise —Ramon S., Boston, MA [email protected] but I can’t stand it any longer. She me that you are strug- [email protected] wants to have sex at least every day gling with this. For you though, the question is Dear Editor, Phone: 413.282.8881, 617.444.9618 or and I have no space for myself. When 617.438.4364 Fax: 206.203.0436 I’m reading, she wants to know what it why you haven’t been Katherine Patrick’s story by Susan Ryan is and then begins a conversation with able to tell her how you Vollmar was extremely exciting! The young Publisher Columnists me. She has to go out with my friends feel. Patrick sounds like her father and seems pre- Gricel M. Ocasio Suzan Ambrose all the time. I don’t want to leave her If you’ve been reading pared for the task at hand. If there’s some- Editor-In-Chief Lorelei Erisis Yourself but I don’t know what to do. this column you have one that can get the LGBT crowd aroused, Nicole Lashomb Tetty Gorfine heard me talk about that someone is Katherine. I’ll support her Helpless, Eve Assistant Editor Deja N. Greenlaw how communication is and she’s very nice looking too! Tetty Gorfine Natalia Muñoz Paul P. Jesep Hi Eve: a vital cornerstone of a —Jan S., Cambridge, MA Sales Manager healthy relationship. I realize that speaking your Jason Lydon You are not alone in your desire to Bill Berggren J.M. Sorrell balance your relationship with your mind may bring tension to your relationship. But Dear Editor, Distribution Manager own individual needs. It is common for you are already experiencing a lot of tension and I liked Susan Ryan-Vollmar’s story on SJ Seymour Reporters people to have not actively working on it Gov. Deval Patrick’s daughter Katherine. Sales Associates Joe Siegel difficulty with will cause it to build. The I like the impartial focus of it and enjoyed Chris Gilmore Tynan Power personal bound- .... speaking your mind longer tensions build, the reading about the young woman’s strong Liz Johnson Susan Ryan-Vollmar aries in relation- stormier the result when it desire to help her father’s campaign. Her Webmaster Lead Designer ships. This area may bring tension to your finally comes out. involvement at such a young age makes her Jarred Johnson Jim Curran Express Express is extremely relationship. But you are My suggestion to you, a pivotal presence on Gov. Patrick’s cam- important. 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Likely unintention- See Express Yourself on page 3 See Letters on page 14 cannot be reproduced at all without TRT’s consent. www.therainbowtimesnews.com • The Rainbow Times • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 •  Cambridge welcomes 3rd openly gay mayor By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter BOSTON, MA—Cambridge Mayor David Maher caused a stir when he announced he is gay during the city’s annual Pride brunch earlier this month. “In the early 1990s my city council colleague Ken Reeves came out as the News

first openly gay mayor of Cambridge – since that time Denise Simmons and I have both had the privilege and honor of serving as mayor,” he told the crowd assembled on June 12 in- side the Council Chambers. The 51-year-old mayor acknowl- edged that he fits a recent trend: the past two mayors of the city have also been openly gay. He has been mayor since last February, when his fellow councilors selected him to fill that position. “I have never made a secret about who I am or what I am,” he told the Photo: Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office Cambridge Chronicle. “I’ve tried very hard to separate my public life Cambridge Mayor, David Maher from my private life.” Maher graduated from Suffolk University Eastern MA Eastern The paper reported that the mayor School of Management and began his career in has been in a committed relationship for more local government in 1991 when he was elected than 30 years. to the Cambridge School Committee, accord- Last year, Simmons made headlines when ing to his website. After serving four terms on she married her longtime partner Mattie B. the School Committee, Maher was elected to Hayes in a predominantly African-American the Cambridge City Council in 1999. church, a historic first. Maher has chaired several of the council’s In his speech, Maher also recognized many most important committees: serving as Chair history-making moments in the LGBT com- of the Finance Committee, Chairman of the munity – the first same-sex marriage that took Government Operations and Rules Commit- place in Cambridge in 2004, the 40th anniver- tee, Co-Chair of the Ordinance Committee for sary of Boston’s Gay Pride, the 41st anniver- six years and founder and first Chairman of the sary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City University Relations Committee. that paved the way for the gay rights move- Maher had been the director of development ment, and the 20th anniversary of the Pride for Cambridge Family and Children’s Service, Brunch in Cambridge. a multi-service, non-profit agency.

Express Yourself from page 2 and what you appreciate in your relationship. She might feel some hurt or rejection so speaking with kindness is important. We all grow and listen much more out or love and kindness than judgment. Eve, you raise a very good issue here, one that will indeed resonant with many other readers. Being able to speak needs and wishes is important to all of us and I thank you for raising this. Good luck to you, Tetty

C’mon Out! - Submit your questions to Tetty Gorfine, Director of LifeCourse Coun- seling Center. Simply go to www.lifecourse. net and click on “Ask Us A Question.” All questions will be answered on the bulletin board. One or two will be printed next month here in The Rainbow Times.

Tetty has also been a psychotherapist since 1980. She has worked extensively with LGBTQ individuals, couples and groups and has supervised both clinicians and thera- that track from pists in training. Her vision and leadership spirited nearly all of LifeCourse Counsel- last night? ing Center’s programs. Tetty has also been on numerous radio talk shows and televi- look for it on TRT’s sion programs. She has presented at pro- fessional conferences on topics pertinent to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender DJ Top 10 individuals. therainbowtimesnews.com  • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 • The Rainbow Times • www.therainbowtimesnews.com Faith, Family, and God: Physics-inspired contemporary On being remembered ballet work comes to the Pillow Becket, MA—Jacob’s Pillow Dance pres- mechanics and Einstein’s general theory of By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist ceived back what she had raised for being deceit- ful, manipulative, and disingenuous. She had no ents Armitage Gone! Dance in Three Theo- relativity. It ventures into the ideas emerging arlier this month an aunt tran- ries, a new contemporary ballet work choreo- from attempts to resolve the conflict, particu- sitioned from this life after a qualms using people and often did. She seemed to enjoy playing people off of one another. The graphed by Artistic Director Karole Armitage larly string theory. Using concepts specific to Eprolonged, very difficult illness and inspired by physi- each theory as a spring- that no one deserves. I sincerely pray woman may have even taken some satisfaction in seeing the children of other parents fail. cist Brian Greene’s board to generate in- my aunt is in a better place, has re- best-selling book The ventive movement, joined friends and family that have As I reflect on her life she had a peasant- minded survival mentality. One memory I Elegant Universe July Armitage has created gone before, and has been forgiven 14-18. a contemporary ballet for wrongs she may have commit- have is when she called the city’s animal con- trol officer to take away her A former member work in three distinct ted. How she’ll be of the Ballet du Grand sections. Each section, remembered and family’s arthritic stricken Someone’s death dog who at 16 sometimes lost Théâtre de Genève, Ar- Relativity, Quantum, who will miss her is mitage has worked with and String, is defined by tough to say. control of its bowels. Lau- should give everyone rie was the basset hound’s Mikhail Baryshnikov, its own dance structure My aunt prob- Merce Cunningham and musical language. ably wrestled with name. Sweet. Gentle. Lov- pause to think about ing. Protective. My aunt had and Madonna, and her For Armitage, contem- demons buried deep dance repertoire ranges porary physics is re- in her subconscious. how he or she is Laurie carted off in a truck to be euthanized, refusing to from ballet to a Tony plete with visual meta- Her childhood dur- Award nomination for phor and she uses such ing the Great De- living their life. Is it claim ownership. Name of God of Name She grew up at time when the Broadway show, principles as a means pression in a strug- Hair. for exploring new pos- gling mill town was with purpose? What unwanted kittens or puppies were sometimes put in a bag In June, Armitage sibilities in movement not charmed. She kind of purpose? will create a world pre- and spatial patterning. grew up in an era with a stone and thrown into Photo: Courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow a river. This was part of life miere on the dancers of A work for 11 danc- when national unemployment ex- Ballet Program of The School at Jacob’s Pil- ers, Three Theories is set to a commissioned ceeded 33 percent and lines for soup during the Great Depression in some parts of the country. low in just four days, which will premiere at score by composer Rhys Chatham, Sangeeta and blankets wrapped around city the Season Opening Gala on June 19. Shankar’s South Indian Classical Carnatic vio- hall. In those days people even took In later years, she took for granted the gra- cious and generous help of the few individu- This new work, titled Red, features a music lin music, and John Luther Adams’s evocative tissue wrapped around fruit at the score by Boston-based composer Christine “Dark Waves.” The dance features stark light-

In the the In als who gave of their time. On the other hand, grocery store for toilet paper. Southworth and will be performed by 22 dancers ing design by longtime collaborator Clifton The loss of her first child to polio no doubt years before, she had taken in an older sister who had a life-changing emotional break- of the Ballet Program hailing from Argentina, Taylor and costumes by Deanna Berg. played a role in how she saw and engaged the Canada, Finland, France and across the U.S. Karole Armitage began her career in 1973 as a world. Her second son became an abusive al- down. The sister lived with my aunt and her husband for more than 30 years. Greene’s book The Elegant Universedetails member of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, coholic who tormented her for decades before the inherent conflict between the two great pil- his death from cirrhosis. Some said my aunt re- See Remembered on page 7 lars of modern theoretical physics, quantum See Jacob’s Pillow on page 11 www.therainbowtimesnews.com • The Rainbow Times • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 •  Deep Inside Hollywood: Will Heather Matarazzo go Helter Skelter? By: Romeo San Vicente* in July—time for the the last laugh: He scored John Waters’ Role Models one for actor to grow out his a Tony nod for the friends and “family” hair and/or be fit with show, reviews for his It’s been more than 40 years since appropriately groovy gig as host of the Tony members of the Charles Manson extensions—and the Awards were glow- “family” committed the horrifying film is set to open in ing, and his production Tate/LaBianca murders, but it’s a 2011. company scored a hit story that continues to captivate the with the sitcom Hot in News public imagination. Mapa and Plotnick Cleveland, which pre- John Waters’ latest book, Role make HSM sequel miered to high ratings Models, describes his decades-old more Fabulous on TV Land. Hayes will friendship with penitent and rehabili- For all their be keeping his TV mo- tated Manson-ite Leslie Van Houten Romeo San Vicente squeaky clean Dis- gul hat firmly in place, – and now casting buzz suggests that ney Channel-ness, with NBC Universal lesbian actress Heather Matarazzo the High School Musical franchise has al- signing a two-year deal (Saved!, Welcome to the Dollhouse) ways been fervently gay-adjacent. (They tried with Hazy Mills (his will join the cast of Manson Girls, a hooking up Lucas Grabeel’s Ryan with that company with Todd new drama about the troubled young songwriter girl, but you know that character is Milliner) to develop female hippies who were entranced going to start dating boys the second he gets new shows for network by this psychopath, from writer-di- to college.) For Sharpay’s Fabulous Adven- and cable. (You’ll recall rector Susana Lo, a TV vet making ture, they’ve gone full-tilt homo, hiring very Hayes showing off his her feature debut. There’s also talk funny and very gay actors Alec Mapa and Jack sitcom-creating acumen that Q’orianka Kilcher, who memo- Plotnick for the supporting cast. This time, on Bravo’s Situation: rably played Pocahontas in Terence Sharpay (Asley Tisdale) dreams of making it Comedy.) So yes, nay- Malick’s underappreciated The New big on Broadway, only to find that her little sayers, this guy’s offi- World, will join the cast as well. dog is more cast-able than she is. As an added cially a little more than Manson Girls could creepy-crawl bonus for queer viewers, there’s also the pres- “Just Jack.” its way into theaters in 2011 if these ence of Degrassi: The Next Generation’s Lau- young actresses decide to put X’s on ren Collins; if her character here is anything *The last time Romeo their foreheads sooner rather than like that show’s Paige, expect Collins and Tis- San Vicente found him- Entertainment later. And it’s always a pleasure to dale to enact a big-time Battle of the Blondes. self in a hazy mill was see Matarazzo working, so here’s hoping it This Disney Channel original is set to air next the morning after he happens. year; start stocking up on pink fuzzy pillows stumbled into that gay for your sofa. lumberjack bar. He can Crawford gets caught in Misunderstanding be reached care of this Chace Crawford – that rare celebrity who Business is booming for Sean Hayes publication or at Dee- Things were looking tough for Sean Hayes pInsideHollywood@ can make even a mug shot look flattering, Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures even when Gawker and other sites endlessly for a minute there – his coming-out interview qsyndicate.com. speculate about his sexuality – is keeping his in The Advocate came off as cranky and too- Sean Hayes burgeoning big-screen career going during his late, and then that Newsweek piece suggested hiatus from TV hit Gossip Girl. In addition he was too gay to be convincing as the hetero to appearing in this summer’s Twelve, from leading man of the Broadway revival Prom- gay director Joel Schumacher, Crawford has ises, Promises. It looked for a second like he signed onto Peace, Love and Misunderstand- was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t. ing, a ’60s-set dramedy from director Bruce But the one-time Will & Grace star is having Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Breaker Morant). Catherine Keener stars as a conservative lawyer who, after her divorce, takes her teenage children to visit her hippie grandmother (Jane Fonda) at Woodstock; what’s supposed to be a peace- ful retreat just winds up remind- ing Keener’s character why she left home in the first place. TV hunk Crawford will play an anti-war townie who hooks up with Keener’s politically ac- tive daughter. Shooting starts 2b in the know 24/7 ... twitter.com/ therainbowtimes facebook.com/ therainbowtimesnews www.therainbowtimesnews.com  • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 • The Rainbow Times • www.therainbowtimesnews.com Close Encounters with my own kind: Why I might just be a Gaysogynist By: Mikey Rox*/TRT Special segregate myself. I want to enjoy a weekend the gays. manager. I explained the situation – how the As summertime prepares to unleash its per- away with my fiancé without having to flip-flop I don’t have an issue with all gays, mind you waiter hit on my fiancé, was turned down, got spiratory fury, I’m asked the same question stomp a triflin’ hoe for not keeping his hands to – I have very good gay friends – but for the his 2(x)ist all twisted, asked me if I wanted an- over and over regarding my warm-weather himself. All valid reasons to avoid Fire Island, most part I don’t want to have anything to do other drink, then handed me an empty beer. plans – “Going to Fire Island?” in my opinion. with all the drama that follows young (and eter- Five minutes later, the waiter was leaving the The answer is always no. I’ve never been I can’t say that I was surprised when the mid- nally, if not tragically young) gay guys around bar – likely heading home to search for a new to Fire Island – and it’s not on the itinerary dle-aged douche bag nearly lost his mind (and like a swarm of venomous bees. job. this year. Understand that I’m not opposed to remaining strands of silver hair) and verbally Take a night out with my fiancé this past win- That situation is reason number two why I spending time on that isle of misfit homos and assaulted me by suggesting that I’m discrimi- ter, for instance. don’t like gay people. Most of us don’t know three-day hangovers, but it’s not on the top of nating against my “own kind” by choosing not After dinner we when enough is my list. Never has been, never will be. And to participate in gay activities. stopped by Barra- enough. We think we there are two reasons why. As the meeting continued to take a dusty- cuda, a divey water- can have whatever The first reason is that last year I was hired white nosedive, he essentially fired me from ing hole in NYC’s we want when we to write a press release about a well-known gay the project because, as someone who’s never Chelsea neighbor- want it – and if we area on Fire Island in advance of the summer been to Fire Island, I wasn’t “capable of writ- hood, for a couple of don’t get it, we throw season. I accepted ing a good press drinks. We scored a tantrums wherever the assignment release” about it. few chairs around a the hell the most peo- and set up an in- I disagreed (I’m table near the back ple are congregating. terview with the But I don’t give a damn. an award-win- where we sat with It’s not becoming, purveyor of said ning writer, and some friends. While I and it’s not something area to obtain It’s about time someone I know it doesn’t was chatting with our of which I want to be more information take a Pulitzer pals, a waiter took a part. Which brings and a couple of told all the uppity, entitled Prize to churn it upon himself to me back to taking a quotes. For what- out one sheet of make a move on my gay vacay. Why in ever reason, this marketing copy fiancé. Immediately, the name of Lady dude had an atti- gays out there to grow up. about a vaca- my guy explained to Gaga would I drop all tude as soon as I tion destination), him that he wasn’t kinds of cash to spend walked in the door (which seems to be common but I respected his opinion. I was offended, interested and that a weekend covering among affluent members of our community, though, when he suggested that I didn’t like he was with me. As my crotch, defend- and someone should tell them that a mega ego gay people. they say, that’s all ing my relationship, doesn’t make up for shortcomings elsewhere). That day and his words have stayed with me she wrote. and otherwise telling Anyway, he sat down in front of me with all since then. In fact, I’ve thought about it a lot. Like the Fire Is- Mikey Rox b$%&*#@ to back his pomp and jerkumstance and asked if I had And as much as I wanted to knock him off his land man who fired the f$#@ off. ever been to the island. I was honest. He tried gold-plated throne then, now I think he was me, this control freak waiter doesn’t like when It’s absurd. And it’s a primary reason why to intimidate me by probing for an explanation right. Not so much about my capability as a people tell him things he doesn’t want to hear. the majority of the world doesn’t like us. as to why I hadn’t been – and still I gave him writer (I still think I could vomit a press release So he flipped his s&#%. We segregate ourselves, but demand inclu- the truth: I don’t need “gay” resorts or cruises in my sleep that’ll have the boys lining up at the A few minutes later (I’m still chatting with sion. We cry discrimination, yet we discrimi- or bars to validate my sexuality. I prefer not to dock), but rather that I have something against my friends, unaware of what had happened nate. We claim gay isn’t all about sex, but between my fiancé and the waiter), the waiter many of us are so hypersexualized that we need comes up to me to ask if I’d like another beer. an intervention. He leaves for a minute and returns to hand me Yeah, I’m probably going to get a lot of flack an empty bottle. Naturally I was confused. for this article. But I don’t give a damn. It’s “What am I supposed to do with this?” I about time someone told all the uppity, entitled asked him. gays out there to grow up. “You figure it out,” he snapped back. As someone dear to me once said after an Pause. Count to 10. Recoil. encounter with a particularly nasty person: As I reached down to place the bottle on the “She thinks she’s hot snot on a silver platter, floor, the waiter barked, with an effeminate but she’s just a cold booger on a paper plate.” growl and what can only be described as signa- The moral of that anecdote? The world doesn’t ture snark, “If you put that bottle on the floor, revolve around you, honey. I’ll have you kicked out of here.” Regardless of what they told you at Aber- Savor this, because I did: If I could have crombie training camp. dropped that bottle on the floor any faster, I’d have set a world record. *Mikey Rox is an award-winning writer/ True to his threat, the waiter had security es- journalist and the principal of Paper Rox Scis- cort me out. But what he didn’t know is that sors, a marketing and advertising company in I’m not a pushover. New York City. He can be reached at mikey@ I exited the bar peacefully and asked for a paperroxscissors.com. online calendar of events @ therainbowtimesnews.com www.therainbowtimesnews.com • The Rainbow Times • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 •  Remembered from page 4 State Rep. candidate Payne points to her My aunt also let me play as a child at the boat yard she and her husband operated. I was always well fed and she had a birthday comprehensive community service record cake for me every year. At Christmas there By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter activist and working with state leaders on ma- of the Ward 19 were gifts. BOSTON, MA—Karen Payne is run- jor issues will be a huge benefit to serving in Democratic Com- My aunt was a child of the Creator. She ning as a Democrat for state representa- government. mittee. She’s the shouldn’t be judged. Things are rarely black tive for the 6th Suffolk District in Mas- “I’m committed, I have knowledge of what’s recipient of the and white. God will have to sort things out. sachusetts. Payne is an activist in the going on in the community,” Payne said. “I re- 2007 E-5 Com- Her passing is an opportunity for reflection lesbian community who has lived in ally sincerely care about what goes on not only munity Service for me and anyone reading this column. in the (6th Suffolk District) but in the Common- Award from the Dorchester, Mattapan and Roslindale. How someone is remembered says a lot about If successful in November’s elec- wealth of Massachusetts.” Boston Police De-

News a person’s character, reputation, and how tions, Payne will be the second openly Payne worked for nearly 25 years at New partment’s Neigh- they treated people. Someone’s death should lesbian African American elected offi- England Medical Center as a staff technologist, borhood Crime a computer tomography technologist, computer Watch Unit; the give everyone pause to think about how he cial in Massachusetts. or she is living their life. Is it with purpose? Denise Simmons became the first operator, program analyst and data center man- 2009 Women of ager. She made a career change to IBM/Lotus to Color: Chang- What kind of purpose? In the end, my aunt openly lesbian African American elect- didn’t know any better. Her limitations were ed official in2 001 when she was voted become the Data Center manager and advanced ing Our World City Councilor of Cambridge. Sim- to Northeast Region IT Disaster Recovery Award, given by apparent. mons went on to become the nation’s Manager. the Prince Hall Photo: payne for state rep. Individuals who are sensitive to their first openly lesbian African American Payne has been a member of the Boston Grand Chapter Karen Payne surroundings, have a consciousness that mayor in 2008. branch of the NAACP since 2002, serving as Order of the East- transcends status, consumerism, and mate- Payne noted that her status as an president from 2007 through 2010. As presi- ern Star; and received the 2009 Unsung Hero- rialism are challenged to reflect on a daily dent of the NAACP, she led the organization’s ines Award. basis. Boston openly gay politician is not the most important thing about her candidacy: involvement in the Multicultural Dropout She is a member and past co-chair of the Life isn’t about being on, staying on, or “I am running because I have worked in the Outreach Collaborative, led the organization Healthy Roslindale Coalition, past volunteer trying to get on “the A-List.” In the end community. I am running for the 6th Suffolk through its 100th anniversary of the Niagara and board member of the Hyde Park YMCA, it won’t matter. After you’re gone no one and to serve all the people in the district which Movement, the organization’s 100th year cel- an elected Democratic State Committeewoman will remember and no one will care. What includes the GLBT community.” ebration and membership drive to boost local since 2004, co-chair of the Ward 19 Democratic people will remember is whether you were Payne wants to focus on health care, jobs, and membership, collaborated with the “Test 1 Mil- Committee and former Campaign Treasurer for fair, decent, honest, likeable, and compas- education. lion Campaign” to lead six HIV/AIDS aware- State Representative Liz Malia, who has en- sionate, among other things. Do you live “I really want to serve the district on job cre- ness and testing events, worked with the Ameri- dorsed Payne’s campaign. with purpose? ation, sustainable jobs, implementing education can Heart Association on their stroke awareness Payne has won the endorsement of several reform and some of the other recommendations campaign and worked closely with the Boston other politicians including state Rep. Willie *Paul is an author, attorney, and a semi- that came out of the education dropout preven- Police Department, Boston Public Schools and Mae Allen, Gloria Fox and Alice Wolf and nary trained, ordained priest in greater tion commission,” Payne said. “There’s a huge other organizations to curb youth violence and Cambridge City Councilors Rob Consalvo, Albany, NY. His new book, “Credit Card public safety issue that we have in the 6th Suf- to persuade youth from dropping out of school. John Tobin and Maureen Feeney. Usury and the Christian Failure to Stop It,” folk District that needs to be addressed.” Payne has led six HIV/AIDS awareness “I have not only support from elected offi- was released in June. He may be reached at Payne feels her experience as a community events, has served as the Democratic State cials but from the grassroots in the community,” Committeewoman since 2004, and is Co-chair Payne added. [email protected].  • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 • The Rainbow Times • www.therainbowtimesnews.com GLAD to honor Bishop Robinson with Spirit of Justice Award Creep of the Week: Family Research Council, yet again BOSTON, MA—GLAD is proud to announce About 1,000 people are expected to attend the By: D’Anne Witkowski* agenda covers? the Right Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the first dinner, GLAD’s signature fundraising event, h, yes. The fabled “Gay Agenda.” Hav- “Local groups will try to elect more homo- openly gay person to be elected bishop in the co-chaired this year by Marianne Monte and ing invested so much in the fight against sexuals to places of power, push in-school gay- Episcopal Church, will receive the 2010 Spirit Pete Dziedzic. Ait, anti-gay groups will leap at anything straight alliances, support D.C. sex-oriented of Justice Award. Since becoming a focal point of both cel- that they can hold up as proof that a sinister gay businesses, defend adult entertainment, grant Bishop Robinson is the leader of the Episco- ebration and condemnation within the Episco- agenda exists. special perks to cross-dressing prisoners, force pal Diocese of New Hampshire. Since his con- pal Church USA and the worldwide Anglican So when the Gay and Lesbian Activists Al- same-sex adoption and legalize sex trafficking,” secration in 2003, he has become one of the Communion, Bishop Robinson has actively liance of Washington, D.C., released “Agenda: claims FRC. most visible, eloquent and respected advocates participated in the LGBT movement, including 2010,” the Family Research Council pounced, Woah. Sounds ambitious. But let’s address for LGBT equality nationally and internation- testifying in favor of marriage equality at the claws out. some of these claims. ally, despite intense opposition from the right New Hampshire State House last year. He has GLAA calls “Agenda: 2010” an “election- First of all, what FRC calls “cross-dressing wing of his denomination, which continues to also been vocal about the need for full accep- year briefing paper on local LGBT issues.” FRC prisoners” are often actually transgender people, oppose his ordination because he is a proud tance of LGBT people in faith communities; calls it a veritable blueprint for a hostile LGBT some who have broken the law, others who have gay man. last month he sent a letter to Pope Benedict takeover. been victims of crimes. The “special perks” in- “Bishop Robinson’s fearless advocacy for urging the Catholic Church to stop scapegoat- In a June 16 Washington Update post, FRC clude not throwing them into jail cells based LGBT civil rights is an inspiration to all of ing gay men in the clergy sexual abuse crisis. posits, “What’s left for homosexual activists to solely on what’s between their legs. GLAA also us working toward the day when each and He was featured in the 2007 documentary “For do after they’ve trampled voters on their way to doesn’t want to see them “denied appropriate every member of our commu- the Bible Tells Me So,” and the altar? In Washington, D.C., where same-sex health care, sexually assaulted, abusively strip- nity is recognized as a full and chronicled his story in the 2008 ‘marriage’ is legal (for now), the gay and lesbian searched, (or) placed in protective custody that equal member of society,” said memoir In the Eye of the Storm: crowd is just getting warmed up.” amounts to punishing the victim,” which are GLAD Executive Director Lee Swept to the Center by God. In The post is accompanied by a graphic read- some of the current “perks” of being a tranny. Swislow. “We are so pleased to 2009, Bishop Robinson gave the ing of the “Homosexual Agenda” alongside a As for legalizing “sex trafficking,” that’s not honor him this year.” invocation at the opening inau- list of things like innocence, family and public quite it. GLAA does advocate legalizing pros- “Though I once resisted be- gural ceremonies for President health. Through each item is a blurry red line titution. While a controversial position, they’re ing known as ‘the gay bishop,’ I realize that Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial. with a few drops of red here and there. Presum- hardly calling for a sex-for-money-free-for-all. it’s given me an opportunity to speak out for He has also worked to end HIV/AIDS in ably it’s supposed to be spray paint (What, is the GLAA raises a lot of important issues, includ- LGBT people around the world and I embrace both the U.S. and Africa and has advocated gay agenda written on the wall of an abandoned ing “survival sex,” where people – frequently that opportunity,” said Robinson. “I’m proud within his denomination for anti-racism train- warehouse?) but it could also be blood. AIDS gay runaways and transgender people – turn that GLAD, an organization that has success- ing and clergy wellness programs. blood, of course. to prostitution out of desperation, when it’s the fully taken on some of the toughest battles Bishop Robinson is married to Mark An- “Apparently, their updated political agenda only option they have left. Throwing them in jail in the LGBT movement, will recognize my drew, who works for New Hampshire’s De- spans everything from classroom infiltration doesn’t address the core problems. work.” partment of Safety. He has two grown daugh- to legalizing prostitution,” FRC’s message “If (policymakers) want to provide safer, GLAD created the Spirit of Justice Award ters and two granddaughters. continues. healthier and more sustainable alternatives to to recognize one individual whose work and Major sponsors for the 11th Annual Spirit I have to ask – what does “classroom infiltra- survival sex, you can support the creation of achievements reflect a profound dedication to of Justice Award Dinner include Bingham tion” even mean? Sending in undercover homos drop-in centers, transitional housing, job train- our ideal of a just society. Bishop Robinson McCutchen LLP, DLA Piper, The Hanover to high schools like a gay “21 Jump Street?” ing, counseling, addiction recovery programs will accept the award at the 11th Annual Spirit Insurance Group, Inc. and Reproductive Sci- And I have a follow-up: Will there be a reality and other services for at-risk populations,” of Justice Award Dinner on Friday, October 29 ence Center. To become a sponsor or purchase show? GLAA’s agenda reads. at the Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston. tickets, please visit www.glad.org. So just what is the “everything” this new See Creep on page 14 follow us ...

twitter.com/ therainbowtimes www.therainbowtimesnews.com • The Rainbow Times • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 •  10 • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 • The Rainbow Times • www.therainbowtimesnews.com Wright-ing History: Open lesbian Country singer, Chely Wright, on “coming out” By: Chris Azzopardi you in this difficult time.” And I’m like, What are go!” or something on Twitter – “Sending out some think it’ll be pretty emotional for me. And hope- Chely Wright is sitting in the sun on the back- you talking about? This is not the difficult time. support to Chely!” – to at least send a signal to fully pretty fun, too! yard patio of her New York home while her two The past 16 years of my life in hiding my career their gay fans that they do indeed support them, CA: Will it be different for you now to sing songs Chihuahuas run wild. Since making national head- – that was the difficult time. to galvanize their gay fans, not just me – see, we about male lovers, like “Back of the Bottom lines for being the first major country artist to come CA: Who’s been reaching out? Country stars? meant it when we said it. Drawer?” out, the Kansas native hasn’t had many days like CW: Some. Mostly industry people, but some CA: There’s been talk about the timing of your CW: Not at all. I’ll sing those songs just like this in the past few weeks. Her recently released country artists. coming out and the release of your book and CD. that. If I were a concert violinist and an orches- memoir, Like Me, chronicles her journey to live CA: Did it help you come out knowing that sev- People are calling it a publicity stunt. How do you tra leader put a piece of music perfectly written in openly, after spending much of her career – which eral country artists – Rascal Flatts, Martina Mc- respond to that? front of me, I would play really hit its stride in the late ’90s with two country Bride, Reba McEntire and the Dixie Chicks – have CW: Oh, I hadn’t really it as written. I wouldn’t chart-toppers, “Shut Up and Drive” and “Single addressed gay issues and their gay fans, affirming heard that. Well, the book interpret it my way. I White Female” – hiding her sexuality under faux that they accept them? is my coming out story, wouldn’t put an inflection relationships CW: I haven’t so I have to put that out in it. And there are some with men and And if the history books say, “Chely Wright, first heard from any at the same time (laughs). country music songs that songs about of those artists. I can tell you that the were written correctly, them. Lifted Off openly gay commercial country artist” – if that’s CA: No? But publicity stunt is my pre- and I feel like “Back of the Ground, her what it has to be, I’d rather it say that than knowing that tending to be straight my the Bottom Drawer” was. seventh CD, is they were OK entire career. That’s the “Single White Female” also her first al- “Chely Wright, committed suicide at age 36.” with gay people, publicity stunt. was just as it should have bum since com- That’s where I was. It was going to be either or. did it make it CA: Being on The El- been, too. ing out, and a easier for you to len DeGeneres’ Show I never felt I was being documentary due in the fall, Wish Me Away, will open up about this? recently was very emo- tricky in any song I ever capture her life over the last couple of years. CW: Again, there’s a difference in talking the tional for you, and you recorded, although I Wright, 39, spoke to us as a new person, gearing talk and walking the walk. When you say that and explained to Ellen that didn’t do a lot of videos up to celebrate her newfound freedom at Pride fes- then when a gay artist that you know – that you’ve her mom’s book, Love, with male leads in them. tivals across the country. She revealed what it was known for a long, long time – comes out and you Ellen: A Mother/Daugh- If you go over the body like attending her first festival while she was still don’t reach out, I don’t know what that means. I ter Journey, helped you of my video work, I think publicly closeted, defended her decision to come don’t understand that. to come out. I only had two men in my out as something more than a publicity stunt, and CA: Do you expect them to? CW: It did. As I told El- videos. criticized country music “friends” for not reach- CW: I expected to hear from them, and I didn’t. len, it was bittersweet to CA: On purpose? ing out. CA: Maybe they thought doing those interviews read that book, because I Photo: Michael Granberry & Laura Crosta CW: Actually, no. I think with gay publications were enough. But is it? read it well before I came Chely Wright it was a subtle choice on Chris Azzopardi: What have these last few weeks CW: Yeah, is it? I’ve been friends with Rascal out to my father, and it my part. I never overtly been like since coming out? Flatts. Martina and I have been friends for a long was torture for me because when I read it I just said, “I don’t want a male lead.” I naturally gravi- Chely Wright: Pretty amazing. Chaotic and hec- time. Reba and I were on the same label. One knew that I would never get to have a parent like tated toward scripts where I was alone in the vid- tic as far as scheduling, but really great. I’ve had would think that in declaring we’re good with that. I would never have the love and support of a eo and we had a vignette with another man and a few people call me in the past few weeks from gays, that when the very first commercial country parent like Ellen did. And lo and behold, I did. woman. But it was never discussed. I never said, Nashville and say, “I just wanted to reach out to music artist comes out those people who’ve made CA: Didn’t Ellen’s coming out in the ’90s push “I don’t want that because I am gay.” But I’ll sing those declarations would send up a, “Hey, way to you farther into the closet? songs exactly as recorded; it’s not to say I won’t CW: It did, because I happened to be watching her do “Single White Female” at a Pride festival and coming out with my dad and my sister – as I talked sing “Looking for a Girl Like You.” I might do about on The Ellen DeGeneres Show – and my that. I do have a sense of humor. dad flicked off the TV and said, “That’s disgust- CA: You said Emily Saliers from the Indigo Girls ing,” and I just had to reaffirm my commitment – and now a friend of yours – said you were a bad to myself that, holy crap, I’m never coming out. lesbian because you didn’t know their hit “Closer Fortunately, the minute I did come out to him in to Fine.” Do you feel like a bad lesbian? 2005, the minute that tiny word gay was attached CW: (Laughs) I’m getting up to speed. I’m catch- to his daughter, it changed everything. I really ing up. I went to Melissa Etheridge’s birthday believe that if we can attach hearts and faces and party this weekend, so I’m doing my homework. real people with that little word, the scariness of Before, I wouldn’t even buy a k.d. lang record that little word – to people who don’t understand in Nashville because the kids at the record store, it – can be minimized. That word is made to be they knew me, and I’d go in there and they’d go, something big and ominous and scary and it re- “Chely, sign this!” I was afraid for anyone to see ally changes when it’s someone’s cousin or son or me buy anything gay, that’s how afraid I was of aunt. It changes everything. anyone thinking anything. And I should’ve been My dad said it so well on Oprah. Oprah asked my buying k.d. lang records! Not just because I’m dad, “Stan, what changed for you? How did you gay, but because she’s frickin’ amazing! come so far when you went from thinking gay was CA: Do you think that your sexuality will define sick and perverted and sinful, to accepting your you as an artist now – that you’ll be known as daughter when she came out to you?” And my “Country music lesbian Chely Wright?” dad looked at Oprah and said, “Oprah, I know her. CW: Probably for a long time. And if the history That’s the difference.” books say, “Chely Wright, first openly gay com- CA: You’re scheduled to appear at Pride festivals mercial country artist” – if that’s what it has to be, throughout the summer. Have you ever been to I’d rather it say that than “Chely Wright, commit- one? ted suicide at age 36.” That’s where I was. It was CW: I was at New York’s Pride two years ago. going to be either or. CA: How does it feel to actually play a big part CA: What do you hope other people can learn in Pride now? from your situation? CW: I can’t wait. It will be, I’m sure, very emo- CW: That you might think you don’t know a gay tional for me. You know, it’s so funny – every person, but you probably have someone in your gay person at some point has hidden. I do know family – one of your really good friends perhaps, that for sure. No one realizes on the first day that or a neighbor that you really adore – who is so they’re gay, and no one comes out on that day. afraid to lose your love and affection and friend- Everyone hides at some point, but to have hidden ship that they are hiding this very important part the way that I’ve hidden for the different reasons of themselves from you. That if you really knew that I’ve hidden, to come full circle and celebrate the truth about that person and the steps they were it and stand up in hopes to facilitate ease and un- going through to hold on to you, it would probably derstanding and education, has been really magi- melt your heart. cal for me. You hear a lot: We’re everywhere. Well, we really I’m getting letters from young people that are liter- are. And for some reason there’s been a bubble ally saying, “I was going to kill myself last week over country music and people have believed that’s and your book saved my life.” I can’t tell you how where you can go to escape anything gay, and it’s many of those letters I’ve gotten already. So I just not true. We’re there. We’ve been there. www.therainbowtimesnews.com • The Rainbow Times • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 • 11 Jacob’s Pillow from page 4 Cineasta de Puerto Rico es nuestro orgullo latino LGBT Switzerland—a company devoted at the time Por: Wilfred Labiosa* Este año estará en Puerto Rico finalizando La cinta refleja las dificultades que enfrenta José, exclusively to the repertory of George spero que aguja, documental galardonado en 2009 con se- incluyendo su sufrimiento por la distancia entre Balanchine —and she later danced with todo/as hayan gundo lugar en la competencia de Documentales él y su familia y su soledad. the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Epasado un fe- de HBO para obras en progreso. La vida de Oquendo-Villar se asimila a to- Throughout the ‘80s, she led her own New liz junio de Orgullo El documental trata sobre industrias de belleza dos los proyectos que produce. En su espacio, York-based company and in 1987, Rudolf LGBT, ¡pero la en Puerto Rico, específicamente la práctica y los escribe y piensa en proyectos; en el ámbito pú- Nureyev asked Armitage to create a work for celebración sigue! ideales de belleza entre la comunidad transgé- blico, es una artista que educa, una persona con Paris Opera Ballet. Its success led to many atina

ss Nos veremos en nero en la isla. mucho amor, alegría y cariño que lo comparte European commissions and in 1990 Armit- He septiembre cuando La alarmante ola de crímenes de odio en Puer- con su familia de sangre y con la familia que ha age chose to maintain her company to pursue Eric

: : to Rico en contra de los miembros de la comu- creado. L la 7ma Celebración work with major European ballet and opera de Orgullo Latino nidad transgénero y LGBT le han conferido aún Verla en acción es increíble: se sumerge y no companies. She has created dances for nu- photo LGBT se lleve a más urgencia al proyecto de hay nada que la separe de su merous companies including the White Oak Wilfred Labiosa cabo en Boston. ella, el cual ya es discutido en proyecto hasta que lo haya Dance Project, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Les Durante las cele- foros académicos en la isla e terminado. Ballets de Monte Carlo, Lyon Opera Ballet, braciones de Orgullo en Northampton, internacionalmente. Soy afortunado en con- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Boston y Providence, conocí a mucho/ Ella siempre dice que se ocerla y espero que ustedes most recently, Bern Ballet and Kansas City as de ustedes que leen esta columna y enamoró del medio por que le conozcan un poco de ella Ballet. She has worked on several feature isión alguno/as sugirieron temas que quisi- encanta ver rostros y siempre cuando vean una de sus pie- films, including The Golden Bowl and The eran ver en este espacio. quiso divulgar el más allá de zas artísticas, artículos, o li- V White Countessand has choreographed for Decidí tomar una de las muchas re- los rostros. bros. ¡Ella es Orgullo Latino pop icons Madonna and Michael Jackson. comendaciones que recibí. Entre estos es resaltar Su primer trabajo fue ba- LGBT! ¡Felicidades en tus The performance will take place at the a personas en nuestra comunidad LGBT, así que sado en la vida de la domini- trabajos y logros y sé que te Ted Shawn Theatre, July 14-17 at 8p.m., lo voy hacer comenzando con esta columna. cana Boquita y su segunda veré con una nominación a un and July 17-18 at 2 p.m. Les presento a mi amiga, la cineasta Carmen obra se basó en la vida de la Oscar y estatuilla pronto! Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pil- Oquendo-Villar. panameña Mizery, dos per- Para ver un corto sobre La low Scholars-in-Residence are offered in La conocí en 1990 cuando éramos estudiantes sonalidades en la comunidad Aguja, visita www.somoslati- Blake’s Barn 30 minutes before every per- en la Universidad de Boston y desde entonces LGBT. noslgbt.org o para ver Boquita formance. A Post-Show talk will take place somos amigos. Estos dos documentales o Mizery visita www.oquen- after the performance on July 15. Acaba de recibir la Beca Guggenheim. Las son extraordinarios, perfiles dovillar.com Su correo elec- Tickets are $58-63 and can be purchased becas Guggenheim son otorgadas a hombres y hechos con sutileza y pasión. trónico es coquendovillar@ online at jacobspillow.org, via phone at mujeres que han demostrado una capacidad ex- Como parte de su beca, post.harvard.edu. (413) 243.0745 or in person at the Jacob’s cepcional para un fructífero trabajo académico Oquendo-Villar completará Pillow Box Office. o para una excepcional habilidad creativa en las un libro sobre el golpe de es- *Escrito en ambos idiomas artes. tado chileno de 1973. por Wilfred Labiosa con in- Jacob’s Pillow is located at 358 George Desde el año 2001, sólo tres solicitantes puer- El libro examinará el golpe Photo: Tomás Sorondo formación brindada por Car- Carter Road in Becket, MA, 01223 (10 min- torriqueños—incluyendo a la escritora Mayra como un evento mediático, Carmen Oquendo-Villar men Oquendo-Villar. Editado utes east on Route 20 from Mass Pike Exit 2). Santos Febres—han recibido la beca en la com- con la figura del Gen. Augus- por Natalia Muñoz. To read The Jacob’s Pillow campus and theaters are petencia de América Latina y el Caribe. to Pinochet como su principal icono político. El this story in English, please visit: www.therain- handicapped-accessible. Oquendo-Villar reside en Nueva York y Puer- tomo se publicará en formato híbrido, con texto bowtimesmass.com/latinvisionjuly12010. to Rico. Recibió su doctorado de Harvard en el impreso y un componente multimedios de mate- año 2008 y es profesora auxiliar de Estudios rial de archivo y contenido generado por el usu- Cinematográficos, Teoría de Medios y Produc- ario/lector. El componente multimedios se de- ción de Cine en el State University of New York sarrollará en colaboración con el “Hemispheric (SUNY). Institute of Performance and Politics” de Nueva hello fellow Pero a pesar de todos estos logros, es más York, donde Oquendo-Villar es becaria. conocida como educadora y líder comunitaria A la vez, continúa su compromiso de educar al friends and followers ... en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica. Utiliza público general a través de Latinoamérica edu- su agilidad como cineasta en la producción de cando sobre la comunidad transgenerísta. facebook.com/ twitter.com/ documentales sobre diferentes personalidades Nunca pretende—y siempre lo enfatiza—que y temas de la comunidad LGBT. Nos presenta no es transgénero o que lo sabe todo. Pero sí therainbowtimesnew.com therainbowtimes temas que nos pone a reflexionar y que otros/as sirve de puente entre la comunidad transgénero no se atreven a cubrir. y el/la estudiante. Ha presentado sus documentales en festivales Siempre viene al salón con otros/as para que y organizaciones en España, Puerto Rico, Chile, entre todo/as puedan educar a la comunidad en Colombia, Cuba y en muchos Estados, entre general de este importante segmento de nues- otros lugares. tra comunidad. Su nuevo proyecto, La aguja, Oquendo-Villar trabaja el tema de género presenta la vida de José Quiñones, un hombre y sexualidad en sus películas Boquita(2005) y gay en Puerto Rico que fundó una clínica por Mizery(2007), y las que están por completar, La debajo del radar para la cosmetología y le rinde aguja(2011) y Diana de Santa Fe(2012). servicios a la comunidad transgenerísta local. La

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pridefest 2010 providence, ri photos: bill berggren www.therainbowtimesnews.com • The Rainbow Times • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 • 13 Rulebook for closeted crossdressers tailored to each individual By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw/ TRT Columnist time but will gladly ing for her. Some of the rules might be “You can shave here are many transgender peo- go back to their male It’s a lot to throw at someone especially your legs only in the winter time. When sum- ple who are living openly out persona when their when it just suddenly appears without warn- mer comes you must let your leg hair grow so Tas trans, many who are living femme time is up. ing. The husband kept it so far deep down in when you wear shorts no one will suspect any- in stealth and many who are simply After a few hours of his soul and suddenly it has to come out. It’s thing” or “The children are coming this week- living in the closet. dressing they change confusing for him, too. end so no trace of cross-dressing, please” or

More I want to devote this column to those and don their male It’s very helpful to meet other couples who “Last weekend you dressed up so this weekend who are living in the closet, in particu- clothes and cheer- are in similar situations. They meet, dis- you have to take me somewhere nice.” It’s a lar about those who are male but have fully go back to their cuss questions trade thoughts and then they give and take type of arrangement. I’ve seen a need to express their feminine side male lives. Dressing are on their way to deal with the issues with this work for many couples when the husband & & now and then. Many of these people as a woman for brief a new light. It usually does get easier after is transgender. do not wish to change their bodies or periods is enough for meeting and talking with other couples like After agreements and boundaries are ex- to live full time as women. Deja Nicole Greenlaw them. Then they are themselves. plored and settled the couple begins their “new As a matter of fact, they have no refreshed, recharged It can be a true test of the couple’s love for life” together and it often intensifies with trust, such thoughts and would never even and ready to go back to being and expressing each other. When I first came out in the early respect and love. One wife of a cross dresser consider changing genders. They are male! 2000s almost all of these couples ended up in will tell you that cross-dressing men actually OK with being male for the greater Most of these cross dressers are married and divorce. It was just too much for their love make very good husbands -- they are attentive part of their lives and they like to may have wives who may have accepted their to handle. Nowadays there are many couples and loving and faithful and because of the very express their female side once in a husband’s desire to cross dress. who remain together and even grow closer deep levels of communication that had to oc- while. These people are known in the Usually there is not much understanding to each other rather than further apart as they cur to get the couple this far, there is a very real community as cross dressers. You from her at first. There are fights and tears and grow into this new part of their relationship. deep bond between them.

Opinions won’t see most of them very much in some pretty intense times. Let’s face it, it’s Once they get past the shock, the questions I admire these couples and their work with public. hard for a wife to accept that her man likes to and finally the acceptance they really open up the obstacles that they overcame to get where People cross dress for many reasons dress up as a woman now and then. Thoughts to each other and the relationship is taken to a they are today. This is true love working at its but the biggest one is that they feel re- may run through her head such as “Is he gay? new, more intense level. This is happening in best with give and take and understanding and laxed and refreshed when they dress Does he want to become a woman? Am I not the lives of unmarried couples as well. loving and tears and joy and disagreements and express female. There’s some- woman enough for him? Does this make me a There might be requests, rules and lines and sharing and going forward and deeper with thing in them that makes them feel a lesbian? And so forth.” To a straight woman drawn that keep these relationships together. their love and their lives. Bless these couples need to express in this way now and with no knowledge of transgender people this These folks are both in the closet and they that make it work!

Trans Trans then. They truly enjoy their feminine can be very confusing and downright frighten- wish to keep this part of their lives private.

Couch from page 2 Ask a Transwoman: I dreamed the dream of being me three, virtue is the highest goal, a secure life By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist us keep our true gender identities hidden not just look very much like the second and pleasure the least important. In childhood, a person should learn how to Dear Lorelei, from the world, but also and often, from those the little girl I actu- close to us and even ourselves. (Also because ally was! My mom make a living; youth is the time for pleasure, Here’s a question, and I hope it’s not dumb: and as years pass one should concentrate on How old were you when you really knew you I am incredibly lucky to have such a support- was a 1970s feminist ive family and it’ll probably give my Mom an with strong opinions living virtuously.” were in the wrong body? And, how did you go Isn’t this part of the problem as we search through the process, and live with that knowl- absolute thrill to see herself mentioned in my and owned the clas- column!) sic, “Our Bodies, for signs of a happy sex drive as we age? edge before transitioning? We are concentrating on the wrong things. —Linda Carragher Bourne So, to the question, or rather the answer. Ourselves” themed I have known, since as far back as I actually bookcase to match. Instead of putting our energy into virtue or virtuous endeavors, we are way too focused OK, so I doubt it’s going to come as any sur- have memories, not necessarily that I was in the And my dad, while prise to you, Dear Readers, that I usually try to wrong body, but that there was some major dis- so absurdly masculine on pleasure. preserve the anonymity of the folks who write crepancy between the gender I was being labeled that he actually would With the assistance of Viagra, men don’t to me for this column. Even when they are per- as and the gender I actually was. I can remember pick his teeth with a Lorelei Erisis take time to experience sex in a different fectly willing to have their names associated sneaking into my parent’s room when I was 4 gigantic Buck Knife way, which may include (wait for it)... with- with their questions, I often give them an alias years old to try on my mom’s pantyhose. I knew after finishing a meal that he had hunted, cleaned out penetration. Go figure. For all of time because I want everyone to feel safe to ask the somehow that was not something boys did and and cooked himself, was for all that one of the beforehand, men have had to talk or caress questions, especially questions that may not nor- learned quickly to be fairly secretive about it. It most soft-spoken and gentle people I have ever or spend more time with their wives, almost mally be OK to ask of a transperson. took me years to find the language and the ideas known. He loved to hunt and fish with his dog and like a lesbian relationship, with penetration If I can answer those questions, then hopefully to express my true identity. But I knew even his kid, but he rarely watched sports and he never not being the complete and total focus. That another, shyer transperson won’t have to. Plus then that something was definitely off. imposed any kind of traditional roles on me. has all changed with Viagra ... but not nec- the question can be answered with some degree A brief caveat. This I’ve-known-since-birth But even for all that, society was enough. I essarily for the best. of authenticity by a bona-fide transgender per- thing is a common idea you will hear expressed was surrounded at school and in the media by And now, pharmaceutical companies son, rather than by your friends at the bar. by both trans and gay people and it often seems to what a boy was and what a girl was. And I had would like to sell women something to in- This question, however, I decided to treat dif- hold true. It is certainly true for me. But, I would been labeled and branded “boy”, so that’s what crease a drive that perhaps, is meant to go ferently. First of all, it was posted quite publicly be remiss if I didn’t at least mention that I have I was expected to be. a bit slower in our declining years. Like a on my Facebook page. Secondly, it came from encountered any number of people who did not I knew that I was not at all comfortable with beautiful well-maintained older car: warm it my mom. And I think that simple fact adds a realize they were transgender until much later in that role, but it was the one I was expected to up, don’t rush it into gear and it purrs for whole new depth to what is possibly the second- life and I do not believe for even a second that play. It took me years to figure out that I could years to come. This may very well be the most asked question that I get, not just as a col- this difference makes them any less authentic. re-audition for a role I was better suited for. way our bodies are meant to be in these pe- umnist, but as a transgender female. For me the processing and the “living with” So I played the boy. I did not object outwardly riods, in order for us to focus on something I’m betting many of you can guess what the of this self-knowledge were by far the most dif- when people called me by a boy name. I put else. Like virtues. Or purring. first most asked question is … ficult part. I had perhaps some of the least gender on the pants I was given and dutifully checked No cream, lotion or pill can compensate I’m telling you this is from my mom because oppressive parents you could ask for. They were “male” on the forms I had to fill out endlessly in for a mind that is sharp, excited and en- it’s wonderfully illustrative of how well many of pot-smoking hippies (sorry to out you Mom and school. I used the boy’s restroom and the men’s gaged. Take the wisdom of the Kama Su- Dad!), who taught me peace and love and all that section in the department store to shop. tra and apply it to your life. And make your stuff. But on the school bus and in the classroom own “Girls Gone Wild” fantasy into a real- I have no doubt I could have and walking through my neighborhood to get ity. Purr, purr baby; purr, purr. had a Barbie if I’d been brave home, I daydreamed endlessly of being a girl, of enough to ask. As it was, the first magically trading places with some pretty girl. *Suzan Ambrose has enjoyed taking the GI Joe action figure I asked my Of somehow, someway, being the girl I so des- car in for a tune-up and practicing the po- dad to buy for me was Scarlett, perately wanted to be. sitions of the ancient texts when she’s not the bad-ass and beautiful, cross- And that was how I dealt with it. I dreamed writing diligently for The Rainbow Times. bow wielding woman on the Joe about being me. Team!! I sooo wanted to be her! Slainte! Questions or opinions on my columns? Let I had wonderful, long, curly me know at: [email protected]. blonde hair as a little kid. The *Lorelei Erisis is Miss Trans New England Catch Suzan live on her radio show “Queer pictures of me from that time, 2009. She can be reached at loreleierisis@ther- Energy” Tuesdays from 5:30-8 p.m. on even in a cute little red bowtie, ainbowtimesmass.com. WMUA 91.1 FM, streaming live at www. wmua.org. 14 • July 1, 2010 - July 14, 2010 • The Rainbow Times • www.therainbowtimesnews.com Letters from page 2 Robitaille sets sight on R.I. governorship Dear Editor, By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter been so uncompetitive for so many years that Chafee have all pledged to sign a same-sex mar- I was really interested in your columns and John Robitaille is not a political nov- any attempts at economic development have riage bill into law if elected. coverage of the Latin LGBT community. ice. He ran for state representative in fallen short. We compete against lower-tax Robitaille does not support same-sex mar- I liked Wilfred Labiosa’s column and love 2006 and came within four votes of states. The best economic development program riage, but does favor alternatives. that it is in Spanish. I was also taken by Mr. winning. Robitaille, who lives in Ports- we can have now is to make our taxes more “I certainly would consider civil unions, do- Lapon’s story on the protests of Arizona’s SB mouth, is fighting to rescue a state that competitive.” mestic partnership arrangements, reciprocity of 1070. It was really nice to hear that Western has fallen on hard times. High unem- Robitaille holds the Democrat-dominated benefits, anything that would protect an individ- Mass. is working towards immigrant rights General Assembly responsi- ual’s civil rights,” he said. and to keep us, members of the Hispanic com- News ployment, high taxes and a major bud- munity and full American citizens, from being get deficit are among the problems the ble for the state’s poor finan- Robitaille had mixed feelings new governor will have to tackle. cial condition. about the possible expansion of ethnically/racially profiled. I wish that every- He is one of seven candidates hoping “It’s the General Assem- Twin River and Newport Grand one in America would see this for what it is, to become the next governor of Rhode bly that taxes and spends and into full-blown casinos. The Gen- an anti-Hispanic law that is reprehensible! Island. The former communications that’s why we are where we eral Assembly approved a refer- —Jason Martinez, Jamaica Plain director for Gov. Don Carcieri is run- are,” he said. “There’s a lot of endum allowing voters to decide ning in the Republican primary against wasted spending. We need to the issue on the November bal- former state Rep. Victor Moffitt. reprioritize where we are. We lot. The two slot parlors generate Creep from page 8 Running for the highest office can’t raise taxes, we’ll drive nearly $300 million for the state. Oooh, counseling and transitional housing. seemed like the right thing to do for more people away.” Legislators feared Massachusetts Really racy stuff. Robitaille. Robitaille was drawn to the would build a casino of its own, “Lots of people in this country mistakenly “I was born here,” said Robitaille. “I GOP during the early 1980s, which would drain money from believe that this community will be satisfied love this state.” when Ronald Reagan was the two businesses. when it redefines marriage,” FRC claims. He was born in Central Falls and president. He supported the “I think it’s a real shame that “That’s not the case. Homosexuals and trans- later lived in North Attleboro, Mass. party’s ideas of smaller gov- we’ve already become addicted genders (sic) won’t be happy until they sever He served as an officer in the United ernment and more freedom to gambling in the state for rev- every moral underpinning in America.” States Army and later worked in em- for citizens. enues,” Robitaille said, adding That’s right. Because LGBT people have no ployee and labor relations for two large He would like Rhode Island if the voters support the expan- morals and fantasize every night about living companies. He believes his ability to to institute an immigration sion of Twin River and Newport in some kind of lawless neo-sexual apocalyp- policy similar to Arizona’s, Photo: the John Robitaille Campaign Grand, he would respect their tic hellscape. You hear that, FRC? It’s right

Rhode Island Rhode negotiate with different groups is a valuable asset. but said there needs to be ac- John Robitaille decision. here, in writing. It must be true. And it must be Robitaille also founded and managed his own tion taken at the federal level Robitaille is willing to work true for all LGBT people without exception. video production company for many years. The first. with Democrats in the General Assembly, and Feel free to use it in your next fundraising let- company produced “how-to” videos, product “The federal government has failed us by remains optimistic more Republicans will be ter. Tell your members we said, “Boo!” videos, and training videos, as well as corporate not securing the borders,” said Robitaille, ex- elected to serve in that body come November. meetings and events for companies all over the plaining it was an issue of security more than “If (the Democrats) still maintain the majority, *D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay world. economics. which I’m pretty certain they will, there may be since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet “I truly understand the economics of run- Five of the gubernatorial candidates, including an opportunity to have enough balance to sus- (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the ning a business and how to cut spending when Attorney General Patrick Lynch, State Treasur- tain a veto,” Robitaille said, adding, however, “I creeps of the world she reviews rock and roll we need to,” Robitaille said. “Rhode Island has er Frank Caprio and former U.S. Sen. Lincoln won’t compromise my values or my standards.” shows in Detroit with her twin sister.

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Owners Bill Mignone and David Le- lege wrestlers in the “At the end of the day, it’s about our team,” menager opened the restaurant six years ago and country – chastises his he says. “The crap I got took away from the have watched it become a huge success with the University of Mary- message I wanted to send.” city’s GLBT community. land teammates when- He found a much broader pulpit on Face- It was originally located at 86 Winter Street but ever they use anti-gay book. There, he says, “I can express exactly later moved a block away, to 65 Water Street. language. how I feel. I put up links and post videos. “It was a better location for us,” Lemenager He wrestled with a That’s reached a lot of people.” said. Human Rights Cam- Inevitably, people call Taylor a closet case. Patrons can enjoy a range of delectable appe- paign sticker on his He doesn’t care. tizers such as fried calamari, stuffed mushrooms, headgear, and donates “To be vocal, I had to break away from what or scallops and bacon. The entrees include mac- PhotoS: courtesy of 86 Winter American Bistro Dan Woog each month to the people think about me,” he says. “If that’s aroni and cheese, homemade meatloaf, filet mi- David Lemenager and Bill Mignone, organization. where they want to take me, that’s their issue. gnon, chicken cordon bleu, and chicken Marsa- 86 Winter American Bistro’s owners How gay is he? Not at all. He and his girl- This is about so much more than sexuality. It’s la. There are also soups and salads on the menu. about people. I’m completely confident with hosts functions for up to 50 people for business friend will be married next year, when she fin- All the sauces and salad dressings are made on lunches and parties. ishes law school. who I am. That’s all that matters.” the premises. That confidence has taken Taylor far. This When the Demo- Taylor is rarer in college sports than even At the bar, pa- cratic National Con- openly gay athletes. He’s a strong male sup- winter he won the ACC tournament, and trons can enjoy na- placed fourth at the national championships. vention was held in porter of LGBT civil rights, someone who chos, sandwiches and Boston, 86 Winter talks the talk, walks the walk, and does it in “I wanted to win, of course, but it’s a ques- quesadillas. tion of perspective,” he says. “Coming so close hosted a function for a sport so misunderstood that wrestlers often “We have a great Mass Equality. Sev- feel compelled to flaunt their own masculinity and not reaching my goal, it’s tough. But when relationship with the I take a step back, I’m tremendously proud of eral prominent politi- – by putting down others. gay community,” Le- cal leaders attended “Wrestlers always get questions about grab- what I accomplished.” menager said. “We Taylor is taking next year off. He hopes to that event, which Le- bing each other,” Taylor says. “It’s not a sexual have a great gay clien- menager said was an sport, but it looks like it. Some wrestlers think coach at the college level, before heading to tele as well as a great law school. honor. they need to show they’re ‘men.’ ” straight clientele.” Mignone and Le- So they use words that Taylor won’t utter. Politics could be in his future. Taylor says, Mignone serves on “I’m not overly confrontational. But I am very menager have been “I hate that language,” he says. After being the Worcester Pride together for 13 years elected captain sophomore year – a rare honor firm in my beliefs. I think I can bridge a lot of Committee, while gaps.” and have been mar- – he realized he no longer worried what oth- Lemenager is presi- ried for the past six. ers thought of him. “Being captain freed me to Oh, yeah. There’s that little thing called a dent of the board of wedding coming up, too. “We take pride in speak and act as I thought fit,” Taylor says. directors of the AIDS Project Worcester. everything that we do,” Lemenager said. “We’re He called out his teammates when they used So how does a gay rights activist propose to 86 Winter also offers full-service catering and his girlfriend? always here, we’re hands-on.” anti-gay terms. There was – and still is – some Both had experience in the restaurant business resentment. But, he says, “to be a successful Taylor did it after he and Lia Alexandra Mandaglio watched the movie “Milk.” He before they opened 86 Winter. Lemenager loves team, everyone has to think of themselves as to cook and enjoyed the challenge. leaders. To be a leader, you have to be aware of gave her a copy of Martin Luther King’s book “Why We Can’t Wait” – signed by the author. “We took some of my recipes and have ex- differences – and respect those differences.” panded it from there,” Lemenager added. He traces his open-mindedness to his non- We could call that “really gay.” But in Tay- lor Hudson’s case, it’s just really, really cool. Both men are Worcester natives and have a lot judgmental parents. That, says Taylor, allowed of affection for the city. him to see others in “inclusive ways.” *Dan Woog is a journalist, educator, soccer “There are some great people and great agen- Religion is important, too. A relative was cies (here),” Lemenager added. one of the first Christian missionaries in China. coach, gay activist, and author of the “Jocks” series of books on gay male athletes. Visit his His mother went to a Bible college, and his sis- 86 Winter American Bistro is located at ter attends one now. website at www.danwoog.com. He can be reached care of this publication or at Out- 65 Water St., Worcester, MA. The telephone “That helps me bridge the gap,” Taylor says. number is (508) 459-5400. “I talk with my parents about Bible verses, and [email protected]. about gay issues.” In high school Taylor recognized that people made “unnecessary divides” based on crite- ria like sexual orientation. But he also credits The Rainbow Times presents the Queer Carnevale Guide 2010 - Mardi Gras in New England! Blair Academy – a prestigious boarding insti- Ad deadline: August 11, 2010 • Reserve your space Today! tution – with exposing him to “lots of people with lots of different ideas.” FMI: www.TheRainbowTimesNews.com or 413-282-8881/617-444-9618 On the Maryland wrestling team, Taylor says his greatest contribution was to promote “word consciousness. That’s the root of so many problems. People don’t realize how hurt- ful language can be. I speak out.” His message: “How we speak dictates how we act. 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