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Business Directory Community Maps Events Calendar Tourist Information STARTING ON PAGE 17 Calgary • Edmonton • Alberta www.gaycalgary.com 2 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Table of Contents JUNE 2011 5 Getting Physical Publisher: Steve Polyak Publisher’s Column Editor: Rob Diaz-Marino Sales: Steve Polyak Design & Layout: 8 Make it so, Number One Rob Diaz-Marino, Steve Polyak Chatting with Jonathan Frakes Writers and Contributors Chris Azzopardi, Dave Brousseau, Jason Clevett, Andrew Collins, Amy Darling, Rob Diaz-Marino, 9 Pure Pride, Pure Party Janine Eva Trotta, Jack Fertig, Glen Hanson, Joan Hilty, Evan Kayne, Stephen Lock, Chantal Macleod, Allan Neuwirth, Steve Polyak, Carey Rutherford, 10 Ewan McGregor: ‘I Learned a Lot’ Romeo San Vicente, Ed Sikov, Nick Vivian and 8 PAGE the LGBT Community of Calgary, Edmonton, and Beginners actor on new film, the gay history lesson he got and getting Alberta. naked again Photography Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino, Dave Jackson 11 Mike Mills: My Gay Dad Videography Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino The personal story behind Beginners
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By Rob Diaz-Marino, MSc. the same time. I took this advice and again, the first day I felt completely For the longest time I thought I was cursed; resigned to being winded but after that I was completely fine. After a few days, I even noticed a stuck with the build of a twink for the rest of my life. That may difference in my lungs when it came to talking and singing. not seem like a curse to some, but for me it has always felt like It feels very exciting to be experiencing all of these changes, and I can’t wait to see where it will take me. It seems to me like, whether you want to gain a complete mismatch for who I am on the inside. As far back as weight or lose it, a little bit of challenging exercise every day will always take I can remember, even prior to hitting puberty, I’ve been allured you in the right direction. by the ideal of the stockier male physique – whether that size Last Month be due to fat or muscle. This has played into what I look for in Despite our hopes that May would be a quieter month so that we could a partner, and also what I hope to be myself. catch up on work, it turned out to be pretty busy, with plenty of smaller community events still going on in both Calgary and Edmonton. In my case, I was getting pretty discouraged knowing that I weighed 10 lbs more in High School than I have in recent times. Steve and I will often Pure Pride held a special dance at Club Sapien last month, where they eat the same portion sizes at meals, yet his metabolism will handle that food flew out DJ Nick Bertossi, Steven Daigle (from our June 2010 cover)and very differently from mine. During holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving adult film superstar Austin Wilde. But first, the boys went for a romp at the I’ve done my best to stuff myself at meals but, I would max out my appetite pre-party at Priape, where they tried out the port-a-sling in front of drooling and in the end nothing would stick. I’m not looking to become obese; I’m just onlookers - ourselves included! Over the course of the night, Wilde ended up trying NOT to look as if I’ve been starving myself – to look healthy, and feel taking my shirt off two times…he was just helping, since I asked for pictures happier with myself. with him. Woof! Back in October of 2010 I started a full time day job. From the way I feel, The Calgary Men’s Chorus put on a very unique show this past month. and the feedback I have been getting, I’ve been really excelling at what I do Just from the concept, Blue seemed to catch people’s curiosity. When they there. But much like what I do with the magazine, it is a job that is primarily sold out of tickets for the two shows that they had originally planned, they mental labour. I was finding that, at the end of the day, my mind would be decided to offer a third show, which was close to selling out when we attended exhausted and somehow my muscles would be aching too. It wasn’t the kind on their opening night. Though the hot humid air and bleacher seating were of ache that would go away with relaxing; in fact it was exactly the opposite. not ideal for comfort, the combination of singing and synchronized swimming My body was trying to tell me that it was feeling left out. was truly breathtaking. As part of their philosophy to keep employees happy and healthy, my work Flash celebrated their first anniversary on the 27th and 28th. I showed up offers access to a private fitness facility in the basement for a mere $4 per to take pictures, however my cold was just starting to hit me at that time. It’s month. So I signed up, and during the day when I was feeling restless I would difficult enough to approach people in a loud and busy club, but doing this take my half hour break to go and lift weights. while I felt like I wanted to crawl into a hole and die was too much for me. So I started this back in December, and at first it was a little difficult to get in the habit of doing it regularly. Yes, the first few times I worked out, I felt so over-exerted that I wanted to pass out. But what amazed me was that, the exercises that nearly made me lose my lunch the one day would barely make me break a sweat the day after. I started challenging myself to do a little more when I felt like I had the strength and energy left – either increasing the weight or doing a few more repetitions. Usually I would do two passes at my volley of exercises, but recently I even managed to do three. When I would return to work, for the first hour I would feel a little tired, but for the rest of the day I would feel more alert and energized. When it came to sleeping at night, my body and mind both concurred that they wanted to rest. It was a good feeling to find this sort of balance. Just at the start of this month I suddenly noticed that some other results were becoming apparent, that I didn’t expect from a mere 30 minute daily workout. I coughed one day with my hand across my chest and realized that my palm didn’t touch in the centre any more. When I clenched my fists, I could see muscles rippling in my forearm that never used to do that. My appetite was increasing at meals, and when I weighed myself I discovered that I was back up to what I weighed in high school, and still gaining. It’s ironic to think I was wary of exercise for fear that I might lose weight instead! A friend of mine suggested doing some activities between lifting weights to keep my heart rate up, so that I would get a cardiovascular workout at
www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 5 Editorial Contd. sadly I wasn’t able to get enough for a full page of photos as we like to do for bar anniversaries, but we congratulate Flash nonetheless! Online Last Month (1/2) The ISCCA held their annual Investitures ceremony, for the first time at Club Sapien. It was certainly the busiest Investitures that Steve and I have A Mutual Love of McLachlan Ballet seen in recent memory. There was a staggering lineup of numbers that went Sarah McLachlan & Jean Grand-Maitre well past the anticipated ending time, but all in all it was a really entertaining discuss Alberta Ballet’s newest spectacular show. I had two big things in common with If you were wondering, yes I did make some visible progress on our front Sarah Mclachlan going into the world yard fence for Snoopy. The long spell of rain did put a damper on this, and premiere of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy – I think I might have made myself sick from working in the wet conditions. the Alberta Ballet production based... There is still a good deal of work to be done, but with such beautiful weather, it should not be a problem once I’m better. Once again I’m proving to be a www.gaycalgary.com/a2219 quick study when it comes to being handy around the house, but part of that learning comes from making mistakes. For one, I will be buying shorter 3 Expert Tips for LGBT screws. Buyers of Beach Property June 2010 Although the national economy is gaining momentum and the stock market hit new As major community events go, we are back to the grindstone for June. Coming up first is Edmonton Pride, followed immediately by Lethbridge 3-year highs in April, mortgage interest rates Pride. Then at the end of the month is the ARGRA Rodeo. That’s a whole lot remain at historically... of fun cut out for all of us! As a sponsor of all of these events, GayCalgary & www.gaycalgary.com/a2220 Edmonton Magazine brings together information about them (and more) in this very packed June edition. Mump & Smoot You may be wondering why this month’s cover looks like something that Dark Clowns With Heart we should be saving for an October edition. As fabulous as that would be, Mump & Smoot: Cracked, playing until it would not be very timely. That’s because Elvira is coming to Calgary as May 15th at Alberta Theatre Projects, is a part of the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (June 17th to 19th), lot of things: funny, dark, violent, and most along with other major interviewees from this month: Johnathan Frakes, Tia surprisingly very... Carrere, and Maile Flanagan. www.gaycalgary.com/a2221 Changing Printers After having a rough several months with the quality of service from Wingshooters, A Pornography of Grief our long-time printers, we’ve made the tough decision to see if the grass is Book Marks greener somewhere else. Last month was the final straw, after a delay due to Wingshooters, by Nina Revoyr. Akashic Books, some late ad submissions caused major repercussions for us. We received 250 pages, $15.95 paper. Xenophobia is the print copies nearly a week late, and nowhere near the quality we have rampant in rural Vietnam War-era Wisconsin, come to expect for our product. We couldn’t argue at that point; our former printers had already moved mountains to get us that much, and we couldn’t and for... wait any longer to get magazines out on the shelves. It was a pretty miserable www.gaycalgary.com/a2222 feeling for all of this to be completely out of our control, but with similar things having happened regularly to us since the start of the year, it was ‘I AM EQUAL’ Makes clearly time for us to move on. I can at least say this is not a burned bridge; History In Calgary if we need to return to them someday once things are sorted out, we may. It’s not every day someone sets out to break a The new printers that we are trying out are actually not new to us at all. world record, let alone make a run for it with They turn out to be the same company that printed issues #1 and #2 for us. 125,000 of his closest friends and family, but Since that time, technology has changed and their equipment has improved, that’s... and they are able to offer us full colour glossy throughout the whole magazine for a price on par with what we were paying previously for only the outer 32 www.gaycalgary.com/a2238 pages in colour glossy and the rest black and white. We’ve made a slight trade off on the paper stock for now; we will see how this turns out and adjust Rammstein Explodes in Edmonton accordingly in coming months. How a metal band whose lyrics are all in Being colour throughout certainly offers us more freedom in the way we German, who aren’t played on the radio and position content in the magazine. 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He was discovered to have a brain tumour last year in September, and despite efforts Creep of the Week: Joe Wilson to remove it, the tumour continued to grow. His partner Ron, and other Oh, Joe Wilson, shut up. I’m sorry. That was close friends and family were understandably devastated, and needed time childish. Then again, that’s apparently the level to mourn. of discourse Wilson operates on. He is, after... Club Sapien, the Backlot, FAB, and Texas Lounge all contributed their www.gaycalgary.com/a2224 support in various ways to help the Calgary Eagle stay operating during this tough time, for which the Calgary Eagle has asked us to pass along their Political Cartoons deepest gratitude. A memorial service was held for Barry a few days later that friends, family, community members and former students attended, or sent May 2011 along their condolences. www.gaycalgary.com/a2237 The Calgary Eagle will be hosting a celebration of Barry’s Queeries life for the whole community on June 25th. 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www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 7 Interview
When Star Trek: The Next Generation started in 1987, nobody realized it would go on to be one of the most successful of the various franchises. It was a slow start, Frakes said. “We had no idea it would be so huge. When we made the pilot the audiences and the studio and networks were so skeptical that we did three separate contracts, one for the pilot, one for 13 episodes, and one that if it went well we could stay on for additional seasons of the show. The audience was slow to come to our show because they were so protective of the classic ‘Trek. It took some persuasion on the part of Next Gen to get the really hardcore trekkers to come around.” Becoming so associated with one character can be a blessing and a curse. “Leonard Nimoy said it is better to be typecast than not cast at all. I am blessed with learning another craft with directing. I certainly wouldn’t want to be trying to raise my kids on acting jobs after doing Star Trek because it is very much a double-edged sword. With the exception of Patrick (Stewart) and Shatner, having been on Star Trek isn’t always a blessing if you want to continue to have an acting career.” Frakes now focuses more on directing. He has directed two Star Trek films (First Contact and Insurrection) and episodes of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. He has broken out of the Star Trek mould to also direct episodes of Roswell, V, Castle, Dollhouse, and Burn Notice, to name a few. “I like telling a story and being involved in all aspects of the process. The reason I started doing it during Next Generation was we had so much waiting around I started to think what the hell is going on? I realized the director is involved in every shot that is done, coming up, and the decisions on everything from wardrobe to make-up. If you are going to do this for 12 or 15 hours a day, I prefer to be fully immersed. I really liked Dollhouse and thought that particular episode was spectacular. It is interesting that shows get taken off the air that we all have such passion about. I am in the middle of doing (TNT show) Leverage and it Jonathan Frakes, Photo by Paramount has a style that has been established by Dean Devlin. So when you come to work you need to maintain that style, so when people click by it they can tell it is Leverage. I directed an episode of Burn Notice which has Make it so, Number One the same sort of thing, that it has established a style for itself. So your responsibility as a director going in is to put your stamp on it in terms of pace and storytelling but, stylistically you can’t reinvent the wheel.” Chatting with Jonathan Frakes While Star Trek: The Next Generation never had a gay character, the episode Outcast in Season 5 saw Riker fall for Soren, a member of an By Jason Clevett androgynous race of species that does not endorse gender specificity. The themes of being outcast resonated with the LGBT viewers. In 2010, Calgarians jammed the BMO centre in part to meet “I am sure it was an intentional parallel. I always thought that episode Star Trek’s Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Star Trek: The Next missed the boat in not casting a man instead of a woman in the part of Generation’s Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner). So leave it the androgynous character of Soren. It seems like they got right to the to the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo’s organizers to ledge and then lost their nerve.” take it to the next level in 2011. Captain Kirk himself (William Frakes celebrated his 23 year anniversary the day after this interview. Shatner), and Lt. Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan His marriage to soap star Genie Francis has survived in an industry Frakes) will be there. where most relationships do not. In an age where it seems every day a “Our show is 25 years old, Shatner’s show is 40 years old. It never Hollywood star is getting divorced or involved in a scandal, Frakes and ceases to amaze me that our audience is so loyal. God bless ‘em, they Francis are an example of a Hollywood couple that can survive in the still come out, which I think is a credit to Gene Roddenberry. It is a spotlight. wonderful situation to walk into, people have chosen to come to the “Part of the success has been that Genie and I both do the same thing convention because a show I was lucky enough to be part of has had for a living so we understand what our professional lives are like. We a positive influence on their lives. It is a win-win, you have a captive are both just small-town kids who just happened to be on TV so our audience of people who already like what you’ve done. Your material role-models were not the type of Hollywood that you just referred to. A works pretty well.” huge part of it is luck and falling in love with the right Frakes took a few minutes out of his busy directing schedule to talk people. I was no kid when we got married, I had certainly to GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine about Star Trek, directing, and sowed my oats. I am certainly blessed to have a partner more. You could tell over the phone that he was excited to be coming for that long who puts up with me and still laughs at to Calgary. my jokes.” “I learned from my beautiful wife Genie Francis that we wouldn’t be at any of these things if it weren’t for our fans. It is quite an obvious but profound way of looking at it. I don’t think actors and celebrities Johnathan Frakes should go out and appear at these conventions if they are not going to Appearing at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo interact and enjoy the experience. I still look forward to it because it is June 17th to 19th a room full of people that put their money down to come out and have a www.calgaryexpo.com little contact. I try to have fun every day anyway, but there is a certain responsibility to the fans that have kept us in their minds for all these years. So I look forward to Calgary, I have heard it is a blast. Brent said he had a blast last year.” http://www.gaycalgary.com/a2245 View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments
8 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Pure Pride, Pure Party
performance. This year’s Pure Pride should blow your mind, according By Evan Kayne to Dale. “The production is going to be amazing...it’s going to be a full As a young man in Edmonton during the early 1990s, I heard concert production with lots of special effects.” of circuit parties like the White Parties in the States, along with They’ve also grown and improved it over the years. Dale says they Black and Blue in Montreal. I knew there was pretty much zero have learned a few things about appealing to the attendees: “Things we’ve changed...we’re just more aware that variety is important.” They’re chance of a similar event occurring in Alberta. trying to have a wider range of entertainment options. The organizers behind the Pure Pride party, occurring in Edmonton Along with a wider variety of guys to look at. “The same thing (applies) Saturday June 11th, had the same experience. Starting in 2005, they for models in the Priape fashion show...it’s not going to be one flavor. decided to do something about it. Pure Pride was inspired by a series of They’ll be jocks and twinks and some bigger muscle guys. There’s going nightclub events that year, which seized those emotions of community, to be some variety because everyone loves something different.” love, excitement and celebration. For something like this to happen in Alberta is amazing. Last year’s It’s grown considerably in the last six years to the point Pure Pride attendance topped out at 1800; this year it’s almost double, with room is now one of the premier Pride dance parties in Canada. Each year for 3000 attendees. Having someone big like Hector is going to be “pretty they strive to present the world’s top Pride circuit DJs and entertainers. powerful” at the party. Additionally, they haven’t forgotten their roots – they still want to bring Dale has received praise for the lineup of entertainers – the kind of the world to Edmonton’s Pride Festival each year. praise that tells you we’ve finally gotten our own home-grown version According to Pure Pride producer Dale Plourde, “it’s going to be a full of a circuit party. “I’ve got a couple of friends coming night...things get underway right at 9 o’clock...it’s going to be jammed from Vancouver, and (they said) you guys are kicking our packed until three.” asses...we never have parties like this.” That’s because This year’s lineup of DJs include DJ/producer Hector Fonseca,one of people have finally figured out Edmontonians and the most sought-after producers; he has topped the charts with official Calgarians will support, and deserve, such an event. remixes for Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Kelis, among others. Backing him up will be Alyson Calagna, who is fast becoming known as the world’s most entertaining female DJ. Additionally, there will be a concert performance by New York City’s Gay hip-hop sensation Cazwell and his Pure Pride hot dancers. Edmonton - Sat, Jun 11th As eye candy goes, adult film stars Brent Everett and Tristan Jaxx will www.purepride.ca also be in attendance to help raise your...spirits. Unlike other parties with a sectioned-off VIP lounge, Dale tells us, “everybody will have access http://www.gaycalgary.com/ to those guys” for autographs. a2246 If that wasn’t enough, Mark Sheppard’s Freakshow is also part of View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments the mix. It’s an elaborate fashion show/dance performance/musical
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photos by Focus Features Ewan McGregor: ‘I Learned a Lot’ Beginners actor on new film, the gay history lesson he got and getting naked again
By Chris Azzopardi “What’s maybe interesting for gay people about it is that it’s an older gay man coming out and really embracing his sexuality Ewan McGregor didn’t mean to offend you. As the and indulging in the gay world,” McGregor says. “He really goes debonair actor sits down in Los Angeles to talk up his for it with this great gusto that he uses to approach his new gay latest film Beginners, he’s genuinely upset if his last life, which is really inspiring and lovely.” “gay” movie, I Love You Phillip Morris, was insultingly In the film, Mills links Hal’s life to pivotal moments in stereotypical to the queer kind. American gay history, like Harvey Milk’s assassination, to “Yeah,” he says, pondering with a curious puppy-dog look better explain why coming out then was so taboo. (similar to the one that his adorable pet terrier, Arthur, offers in “I think it must be very difficult for young gay men to imagine Beginners), “that’s disappointing. I never felt they were making what life was like for a young gay man in the ’50s,” McGregor cheap stabs. That was his life.” says. “I learned a lot about it. I don’t think I was as aware of And when you say that with as much innocent charm as how difficult it was to be gay in that time, and how dangerous McGregor, his dreamy blue eyes leave you no choice but to let it was. that one slide (the Scottish accent helps, too). The 40-year- “That image of the older man being thrown in the back of old’s latest feature, the offbeat comedy-drama Beginners, is a that van because he’s in a gay bar – it’s difficult maybe for a sophisticated look at gay life, as the film’s father figure, Hal young gay man to comprehend that, so it gives you a deeper (Christopher Plummer), lives openly after almost a half-century understanding of what it might have been like to be gay in those in the closet. Now 75, and widowed after losing his wife, he’s days.” free as can be, and his son, Oliver (McGregor) has to make That even McGregor got a gay history lesson might surprise sense of it all – who’s his dad now? Who was he then? And he some – he’s been playing gay (or some variation of it) for much only has so much time. Hal is dying. of his life, since 1996’s The Pillow Book, in which his character “I thought the two opposing things were really interesting – was bisexual – and very naked. Two years later, McGregor was where somebody is really living for the first time, and dying,” made up as an Iggy Pop-ish glam rocker in Todd Haynes’ Velvet says McGregor, whose grief-stricken character also falls for an Goldmine, making out with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in what’s equally-as-love-challenged woman, played by Mélanie Laurent. become a beloved moment in queer cinema. And just last year “There’s of course a lot about love and acceptance,” he says. there was I Love You Phillip Morris, about two cellmates – one “It’s a very moving film. It was a blessing for me to do as an played by McGregor, the other Jim Carrey – who fall madly in actor, and I could only imagine that it has a very deep affect on love. you; it seems so real.” When Beginners reached the actor, it didn’t take him long to Because it actually did happen. Director/writer Mike Mills sign on for the role as the son of a late-blooming homosexual. based Beginners, the follow-up to his 2005 debut Thumbsucker, McGregor met Mills at a Santa Monica cafe, where they didn’t on his real-life father, who died shortly after coming out. even discuss the film. Only his life. “I just wanted to know more about his story,” McGregor says. “That really shows that it’s landed in you if you’re hungry for all those details. Then, that was it. I was onboard.” McGregor noticed something almost immediately – how Mills refers to his father as if there were two of them. “When he talks about his father, he talks about his straight father and gay father and how wonderful his gay father was and how much more accessible
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That gay pride flag scene, that happened to my sister and him. He had a bumper sticker on his car and he goes, “You know, that means gay Mike Mills: My Gay Dad pride.” My sister’s like, “Yes, Dad.” He was pretty surprised, because he’s so used to living in such a codified gay world. It was totally underground, and I remember he had this leather bracelet ring, like an S&M thing, and The personal story behind Beginners I was like, “Pop, you do know what that’s for, right?” I’m still not sure if he knew. (Laughs) By Chris Azzopardi GC&E: What did you learn from him about the gay scene? MM: I think I knew this but it wasn’t a part of my life: him being 75 Mike Mills didn’t really know his father until he came out. and having crushes on all these younger guys and they were almost When the director’s dad came swooshing out of the closet at the never reciprocated. It was really heartbreaking to watch. ripe age of 75, after decades of being married to a woman, not GC&E: He was trying to relive a part of life he was never able to live. a moment was wasted. He lived freely, wildly and, most of all, MM: Or, like so many gay and straight men, we like the younger ones gayly. And then he died. – especially in the gay scene, which is pretty ageist. Mills’ father lives on, though, through the director’s very personal, GC&E: Elderly gay people are rarely portrayed in film. By having one deeply emotional Beginners, which casts Christopher Plummer as out- in your movie, are you making some kind of statement? and-proud Hal and Ewan McGregor as his son, Oliver. MM: I wasn’t. I was just talking about my dad. I’m really happy to When we met up with Mills in Los Angeles, sitting in a Four Seasons have the gay history in the movie and to have a gay-positive film, but as suite, the filmmaker spoke candidly about his dad-inspired dramedy – a straight guy, I wouldn’t feel like I’d have the right to make a gay movie from dressing him in gay apparel to the gay porn they watched together. unless I had some access or something to report that was specific. So I GC&E: How did you manage to portray the gay character, Hal, in such love that it’s really cool that I have an older gay guy in my movie – it just a non-stereotypical way? Did it have something to do with the fact that happens to be my dad, and that’s how I got there. That it’s even more the character was very real to you? unseen makes me all the more proud. MM: Yeah – and Christopher didn’t think of him as a gay character; he GC&E: But you’re gay adjacent. just thought of him as a man in love with another man. MM: I feel very gay adjacent. I moved to New York when I was 18. I Ewan said the other night, because people were asking him about that had so many friends who were gay. So many teachers I admired were since he plays so many gay people, “I don’t think of it as a gay character, gay. All my classes were about heterosexism, so I felt very gay adjacent because how do you play that? What would that be?” for a long time. GC&E: How much of your father is actually in the movie? GC&E: You mention how the movie makes historical references to gay MM: A lot, and then also not very much. Christopher and my dad are culture. And to complement the film, there’s your book, Drawings from pretty different. Hal is my semi-autobiographical father who’s really a the Film Beginners, that documents many queer moments in history – part of my personal life and connection to larger American history like including a favorite: the Anita Bryant pieing. Why did you include all Ginsberg and Milk. The film came to me because my gay dad and I would these historically gay moments? have these wonderful arguments, just more intense conversations about MM: I wanted to have some queer history in there. To me, the history love. We were talking a lot about why I wasn’t married, and I would ask, of love has to include the history of the gay struggle to be part of our “You want me to get married and you were just married for 44 years to understanding of love. And I love everything about the Anita Bryant the wrong person?” pieing. It’s such an amazing American moment. GC&E: Do you always refer to your dad as two people – the gay one GC&E: What do you remember most about your dad being gay? Is and the straight one? that in the movie? MM: Yeah, I have a gay dad and a straight dad, and they were pretty MM: My parents were very frugal, Depression-era kids, so I would different people. upgrade him to, like, the Gap. Then when he came out he’s all Club GC&E: When your dad finally came out, how much did you have to Monaco and French Connection. I remember all his school him in gay culture? friends a lot. All of a sudden the house was full of all MM: (Laughs) He jumped in real fast. And I think he wanted to have these guys and there was a party every night – movie sex with a lot more guys than he had sex with, but he had a wonderful night, dinner club night, book night. community of friends who really took care of him. I’m a straight guy, but GC&E: Did you hang around for those? I have a lot of gay friends and I lived in New York for 15 years during the ’80s, so there were some things I knew. Continued on Page 35 www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 11 Event
Hashmagandy Lauren Mayell 2010 Rodeo
On Saturday, if you’re not taking in the rodeo events, the theme at the Showboat Stage seems to be “Beautiful Singers”. CRIR Rodeo Preview At 1pm, returning to the rodeo is Lauren Mayell: Pure Country - a three-piece country band based out of Calgary. Later at 4pm there’s eye-candy for the women and the men when the local Part 2: Yes, We Know it’s a Rodeo, But... duo, Boy&Gurl play a two hour set. If you want to get warmed up before the big dance, early By Evan Kayne Saturday evening the CRIR is having a Tea Dance featuring DJs Goldstar, Jay Fraid, Rollin Dolan and JDub. Then, at the main While the competition is at the core of ARGRA’s annual event in the Dance Hall, DJ Rob plays for the biggest dance of Rodeo, one of the things that makes it the largest LGBT the Rodeo weekend - over a thousand cowboys and cowgirls Community spectacle of the year is that it envelops so grooving to the beat. much more than that: For those able to pull themselves out of bed for the breakfast Dance Your Boots Off Sunday morning, you will be serenaded by Connor James from After looking at the schedule for the weekend, the only way 8 until 9am (then again from 1 to 3pm). Breakfast entertainment they could fit in more dances and entertainers would be if they makes a welcome return to the rodeo, Judy tells us: the plan added a day to the rodeo. One of the big opportunities has been is to have performances Saturday and Sunday during the the Showboat Stage – an outdoor stage set up at the heart of breakfasts. This was something they used to do years ago, and the midway. Judy Munson, ARGRA Communications Director they found it really added to the morning atmosphere. told us the plan for this area: “...we’re trying to make it more Finally, as you wander the midway grounds, don’t be afraid of a festival atmosphere... So for the people who don’t want to if you run into a mad doctor or a very unhelpful information go to the rodeo (events) there’s something for them to watch.” lady. Heather D Swain is an artist who has performed on both Thursday, June 30th on the Showboat Stage, keep an eye sides of the pond but who hails from Edmonton. She’ll be doing out for the big Alberta Drag Show. At this point, it’s still coming her street theatre characters around the grounds for your together, but the rodeo is hoping to have representatives from entertainment. both Edmonton and Calgary onstage, along with a local helping Rodeo Refueling of Drag Kings. Between all this partying, you will need to eat, and this That evening, Dynamic DJ Rob will get the energy of the year there will be a wide assortment of options. There are old weekend started with the CRIR Rodeo Weekend Kick-Off Dance. favourites you would expect at any rodeo/carnival: popcorn, On Friday, it’s a full day for the Showboat Stage. Starting cotton candy, mini-doughnuts, hot dogs, slushies, fried at 1pm, musician Connor James returns to the CRIR after chicken, and ice cream. being warmly welcomed last year. He’s followed at 3pm by a very interesting performer. “We are very lucky to have...Rae Spoon, the first Transgender Country Singer in the World,” Judy mentions. Rae will performing some old and new tunes from his current album. Later that afternoon, if you’ve heard local singer Toni Vere, you’ll be pleased to know she will be performing with two other talented singers – Ann Bishop and Carla Olive – as their band, Hashmagandy. They’ll be doing what they do best: performing a very enjoyable brand of country-ish, bluesy, folky music. That evening, you have a choice of TWO parties. The Dance Hall will feature the Country Cabaret from 7pm to 2am. You’ll be able to dance to the music of Gypsy & the Rose plus special guests Lisa Dodd and Mark Lorenz. Attendees who aren’t huge country fans can head over to the Strobelite Barn. From 9pm to 2am you can dance to the Dirty Electric Hoedown, featuring FOUR local DJ’s: Gold Star, Jay Fraid, Rollin Dolan, and JDub.
12 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Yet, as Judy adds, “I think there is a lot of new stuff this year”. Look for items like Asian stir fry, Greek wraps, pizza cones, and poutine, along with premium food items such as chili cheeseburgers, salmon burgers, veggie burgers, bratwursts on a bun, “tattie scones” (i.e. potato onion pancakes) and salt potatoes. Around the Midway In years past - says Judy - they’ve had to find a balance between what some retailers wanted to display, and what was appropriate for families to see. This year, “...we have a ‘red-light’ district... it’s for some of the retailers who have a little more adult product.” With this new area, retailers showcase merchandise for a mature audience without the concern of potentially offending anyone. ARGRA is expecting traffic to be higher in this area both day and night due to its very theme. Of course, with all these vendors, you’d like to know where to go. “We’re working to have a really cool map to show where everything is.” This map is included in ARGRA’s June insert in this magazine, however it may not be on ARGRA’s website until later this month. This new map will show how they’ve designed this year’s rodeo grounds so everything is close to all the other areas on the midway. Additionally, you’ll see fire pits in the midway area where you can relax, hang with friends and even cook marshmallows. The midway will have a theme and a ghost town area along with all the retail and food vendors, the GayCalgary & Edmonton Community Carnival and the Town Hall. As well, returning for the fifth year in a row is the largest Gay Art Display in Western Canada. The Rodeo Part ARGRA wasn’t going to change any rodeo events unless they could make them better, and so far the only minor alteration for this year is to the Team Challenge. They are allowing the teams to be smaller (a minimum of 4 participants), and team selection is open to anyone: bars, or businesses, or even just a group of friends. ARGRA is strongly encouraging people to sign up, and wants people to know the event is not just to build sportsmanship and spirit, but also to give new competitors a support network. Newbies may be teamed up with rodeo veterans. Judy hopes for new competitors to have numerous other people they can turn to for advice. People interested in competing are encouraged to contact Lori at [email protected]. She will meet with the teams and help them set up for the event. Also, sponsoring a team is a great opportunity for a business to receive recognition throughout the weekend. “A business can be as involved as they want. They can buy their shirts, they can add a little money or they can just say let’s get together and do a team - it doesn’t have to cost them anything.” If some of the team contestants want extra help, returning for a second year on Friday July 1st will be the rodeo school. The school will instruct people on Calf Roping on Foot, Steer Decorating, Chute Dogging and Jr. Bull Riding. “We’ve got great instructors that will help them and it’s really cheap (the cost is $25/person per event). They get all kinds of help and they get to practise on the live animals.” Once again, registration for the rodeo school can be done through the ARGRA website. Furthermore, Judy mentions there will be some community recognition. Purple ribbons will be on sale as a fundraiser for the Trevor Project. “Our first day...all the IGRA rodeos...are dedicated to the Trevor Project and It Gets Better. So we’re encouraging teams to wear a purple shirt on the first day or to buy purple ribbons.” Finally, a great way to save money and not be fumbling for your wallet as frequently is to purchase advance ticket packages. Even though the advance discount ended May 31st, you can still purchase tickets online from ARGRA’s website up until Monday June 27th. After that point you will have to buy them at the rodeo gate. “The packages we talked about in the last article (in May), people are really grabbing hold of the Full Bull package,” remarks Judy, about the all Ticket Info inclusive package. Perhaps http://www.argra.org/tickets_and_packages.php the reason sales are going so well is because there’s a lot Rodeo School more people who realize for all the entertainment options http://www.argra.org/rodeo_school.php available, it’s an incredible deal, and a great way to Team Challenge celebrate the Canada Day http://www.argra.org/team_challenge.php weekend.
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Sometimes it doesn’t quite match, so actors will have to improvise dialogue or stretch the moment. “I’ve done so much Naruto...I’ve done over 300 episodes, several movies and video games. There are constraints, but it’s a skill set you work and get better at.” When asked about a career as a voice actor for animation, Maile has in the past advised people to consider not just acting classes, but improvisation classes. Although Naruto is in its tenth year, Maile may not see her fellow cast members in the recording studio, or only see them in passing as each person comes in and records their part separately. Consequently, Maile enjoys working on animated films or shows where the voice is recorded first because you get to see and work with your co-stars. “Normally, in original animation you’re doing it in a group and that’s really fun.” Sometimes doing original animation projects, she’ll be working alongside well known actors. Maile had a part in Ice Age 3 and was impressed with the work done by John Leguizamo. She watches some of the big budget animation films and sometimes she’s surprised how well these people work in a medium that is not their normal area of expertise. “Then there are people who I think aren’t very good at it, and they cast them because they are ‘names’...and it just kind of drives some of the people in the animation community crazy...” Especially if the person’s voice isn’t very unique. As for providing the voice for a teenaged ninja and being an adult woman, Maile does get the occasional disbelieving response. “Especially younger fans...it’s kind of funny...the younger kids will say YOU’RE the VOICE?!” Which, of course leads to requests to speak as Naruto. On the phone, Maile is very friendly and open about her career. This also includes her sexuality. Writing for this magazine for years, I’ve spoken to other actors about this issue. It seems while the big celebrities are still in the closet, if you’re either a stock character, a secondary character in a big cast, or specialized in one area (i.e. voice) no one cares about your sexuality. Maile agrees, and adds that direct bigotry is something she’s never experienced. She does concede women may have an easier time than men, and if you’re a character actor, people don’t care so much. There still are some pockets of resistance in the industry, yet usually most people are ambivalent about who you sleep with when you walk on set. “I play a lot of straight characters on camera...I don’t think people are thinking about Maile Flanagan my sexuality that much.” The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo has scheduled Maile for an autograph session and probably an anime panel. Anime Ninja & Adorable Lesbian Going forward, Maile is working on the tenth season of Naruto, and this summer you may see her in a small role onscreen in By Evan Kayne the third Transformers film: “I’m an office worker but I have a couple of good moments...if they stay in the film.” Additionally, Appearing at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo she’ll be a guest star on the season premier of Weeds and she’s June 17th to 19th, actress Maile Flanagan is known as working on appearing in a theatre show this fall. the voice of the protagonist ninja Naruto Uzumaki in the Furthermore, she’ll be doing some political work. “I used to English dubbed version of the Japanese anime Naruto. live in Minnesota for years and years...they recently passed the Yet, like many of the performers at the expo who are bill to ban gay marriage...in the (state) house. I’m going to be renowned for a particular role, that’s only one facet of producing a benefit where all the money will be going back to her professional career; as is the fact that she is married fight that.” She hasn’t named to benefit yet, but she will let us know when the time comes. to another woman, only one facet of her personality. If you get a chance to see Maile Flanagan, I’d Maile (pronounced “miley”) has had parts in television and recommend it as she came across as a pleasant movies, from The Office, ER to Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and extremely fun person. and Yes Man. For Maile, it’s more about the individual project, whether that be animation, live movies or television, or theatre. Though she doesn’t mind being known for Naruto, she stresses it is not ALL she does: “I do at least 50% of on-camera work... Maile Flanagan maybe more,” she explains. Appearing at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo Not that the work on Naruto is easy. This type of animation June 17th to 19th • www.calgaryexpo.com voice work is a different beast than regular animation or even acting on stage or screen. The writers adapt the script from the Japanese original, and the actors must then synch the http://www.gaycalgary.com/a2250 length of time a character speaks and the emotion he or she is portraying. View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments
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Safety Under the Rainbow West Hillhurst Community Center Deer Park United Church/Wholeness Centre • Coffee Night http://www.safetyrainbow.ca 1940 6th Avenue NW 77 Deerpoint Road SE 403-278-8263 Second Cup (2312 - 4th Street SW) Mission: To raise awareness and understanding of [email protected] http://www.dpuc.ca NETWORKS same-sex domestic violence and homophobic youth • Volleyball (Recreational) Different Strokes [email protected] bullying. 235 - 18 Ave SW http://www.differentstrokescalgary.org A social, cultural, and service organization for the [email protected] mature minded and “Plus 40” LGBT individuals Scarboro United Church Don’t Buy In Project 134 Scarboro Avenue SW • Volleyball (Women’s) seeking to meet others at age-appropriate activities http://www.dontbuyin.ca within a positive, safe environment. 403-244-1161 www.scarborounited.ab.ca YWCA Calgary (320 - 5th Avenue SE) This Calgary Police Service Initiative aims to An affirming congregation—the full inclusion of [email protected] encourage youth to working towards an inclusive Parents for Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) LGBT people is essential to our mission and purpose. • Yoga environment in which diversity is embraced in their Sean: 403-695-5791 Sharp Foundation World Tree Studio (812 Edmonton Trail NE) schools and community. http://www.pflagcanada.ca 403-272-2912 Robin: 403-618-9642 A registered charitable organization that provides FairyTales Presentation Society [email protected] [email protected] support, education and resources to parents, 403-244-1956 families and individuals who have questions or http://www.thesharpfoundation.com $120 (10 sessions); $14 Drop-ins open to all http://www.fairytalesfilmfest.com concerns about sexual orientation or gender identity. Unity Bowling levels. Apollo membership is required. Alberta Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Let’s Bowl (2916 - 5th Ave NE) Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo Association (ARGRA) Positive Space Committee • DVD Resource Library 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW [email protected] www.argra.org Over a hundred titles to choose from. Annual 403-440-6383 Urban Sex Radio Show • Monthly Dances------membership is $10. http://www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace CJSW 90.9 FM Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association Gay Friends in Calgary Works to raise awareness and challenge the http://www.cjsw.com 1320 - 5th Avenue NW http://www.gayfriendsincalgary.ca patterns of silence that continue to marginalize Focus on sexuality; gay bisexual lesbian trans Artists for the Quality of Life Organizes and hosts social activities catered to the LGBTTQ individuals. gendered and straight issues here in Calgary and 403-890-1261 www.afqol.com LGBT people and friends. Pride Calgary Planning Committee around the web. Calgary Gay Fathers Girl Friends 403-797-6564 www.pridecalgary.ca Western Canada Bigmen and Admirers [email protected] [email protected] Pride Rainbow Project groups.yahoo.com/group/ http://www.calgarygayfathers.ca members.shaw.ca/girlfriends [email protected] WesternCanadaBigmenGroup/ Peer support group for gay, bisexual and Girlsgroove http://www.priderainbowproject.com [email protected] questioning fathers. Meeting twice a month. http://www.girlsgroove.ca Youth run project designed to show support for Vigor Calgary Calgary Men’s Chorus Hillhurst United Church same-sex marriage in Canada and elsewhere. A 403-255-7004 www.vigorcalgary.ca http://www.calgarymenschorus.org 1227 Kensington Close NW fabric rainbow banner approximately 5 feet wide - Violence in Gay Male Relationships (VIGOR) is a goal is to make it 3.2km (2 miles) long, in order to • Rehearsals (403) 283-1539 committee of professionals dedicated to increasing break the world record. Temple B’Nai Tikvah, 900 - 47 Avenue SW [email protected] the awareness of gay men’s domestic violence and www.hillhurstunited.com Primetimers Calgary the services available to them. Calgary Sexual Health Centre------✰ [email protected] 304, 301 14th Street NW HIV Peer Support Group Wild Rose United Church http://www.primetimerscalgary.com 403-283-5580 403-230-5832 1317-1st Street NW Designed to foster social interaction for its members http://www.calgarysexualhealth.ca [email protected] “Yeah...What She Said!” Radio Show through a variety of social, educational and A pro-choice organization that believes all people CJSW 90.9 FM ISCCA Social Association recreational activities. Open to all gay and bisexual have the right and ability to make their own choices [email protected] http://www.iscca.ca men of any age, respects whatever degree of regarding their sexual and reproductive health. Imperial Sovereign Court of the Chinook Arch. anonymity that each member desires. 1 Calgary Outlink------✰ Charity fundraising group.. Restaurants • Free Pool B1, 1528 16th Avenue SW 4 Calgary Eagle Inc.------✰ Knox United Church 4 Calgary Eagle 403-234-8973 506 - 4th Street SW 403-269-8382 See Calgary - Bars and Clubs. • Saturday Coffee [email protected] http://www.knoxunited.ab.ca 60 Club Sapien------✰ Midtown Co-op, 1130 - 11th Ave SW http://www.calgaryoutlink.com Knox United Church is an all-inclusive church 1140 10th Ave SW 403-457-4464 • Peer Support and Crisis Line located in downtown Calgary. A variety of facility Queers on Campus------✰ http://www.clubsapien.ca 1-877-OUT-IS-OK (1-877-688-4765) rentals are also available for meetings, events and 279R Student Union Club Spaces, U of C 9 FAB (formerly Money Pennies)------✰ concerts. 403-220-6394 Front-line help service for GLBT individuals and See Calgary - Bars and Clubs. their family and friends, or anyone questioning • Worship Services http://www.ucalgary.ca/~glass Halo Steak, Seafood & Wine Bar their sexuality. 10:30am in July and August. Formerly GLASS - Gay/Lesbian Association of Students and Staff. Canyon Meadows Plaza Miscellaneous Youth Network 13226 Macleod Trail SE • Coffee Night http://www.miscyouth.com 403-271-4111 2nd Cup, Kensington • Fake Mustache www.halorestaurant.com Quincy’s (609 7th Ave SW) Club Sapien (609 7th Ave SW) www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 19 Directory & Events
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59 Village Bistro & Lounge------Services & Products MFM Communications AXIS Contemporary Art------ 2F, 610 8th Ave SE 403-543-6970 107, 100 - 7 Ave SW 403-262-3356 403-262-6342 ext 236 Calgary Civil Marriage Centre 1-877-543-6970 [email protected] www.axisart.ca M-R: 9am-4pm, F: 9am-5pm, S: 11am-5pm 403-246-4134 [email protected] http://www.mfmcommunications.com Marriage Commissioner for Alberta (aka Justice of Fairytales www.villagebistrocalgary.com Web site hosting and development. Computer See Calgary - Community Groups. the Peace - JP), Marriage Officiant, Commissioner hardware and software. Retail Stores for Oaths. Jubilations Dinner Theatre MPs Catering Bow Trail and 37th St. SW Adult Depot------✰ 24 Courtney Aarbo (Barristers & Solicitors) 403-607-8215 403-249-7799 140, 58th Ave SW 403-258-2777 1138 Kensington Road NW SafeWorks www.jubilations.ca Gay, bi, straight video rentals and sex toys. 403-571-5120 http://www.courtneyaarbo.ca Free and confidential HIV/AIDS and STI testing. 43 Lisa Heinricks (Artist)------61 Holidays on the Hill------GLBT legal services. • Calgary Drop-in Centre Art Central, 100 7th Ave SW, lower level 210 - 7th Ave SW 403-263-3030 Room 117, 423 - 4th Ave SE http://www.creamydreamy.com Christmas, Halloween, and much more. Cruiseline 403-699-8216 403-777-9494 trial code 3500 35 One Yellow Rabbit------41 La Fleur------ http://www.cruiseline.ca Mon-Fri: 9am-12pm, Sat: 12:15pm-3:15pm Big Secret Theatre - EPCOR CENTRE 103 - 100 7th Avenue SW Telephone classifieds and chat - 18+ ONLY. • Centre of Hope 403-299-8888 www.oyr.org 403-266-1707 Room 201, 420 - 9th Ave SE Florist and Flower Shop. DevaDave Salon & Boutique 37 Pumphouse Theatre------✰ 810 Edmonton Trail NE 403-410-1180 Mon-Fri: 1pm-5pm 2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW The Naked Leaf------ 403-290-1973 • Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre 403-263-0079 305 10th Street NW 403-283-3555 Cuts, Colour, Hilights. 1213 - 4th Str SW 403-955-6014 http://www.pumphousetheatres.ca http://www.thenakedleaf.ca Sat-Thu: 4:15pm-7:45pm, Fri: Closed Organic teas and tea ware. Duncan’s Residential Cleaning Stagewest------✰ Jim Duncan: 403-978-6600 • Safeworks Van 727 - 42 Avenue SE 403-243-6642 16 Priape Calgary------✰ Residential cleaning. Free estimates. 403-850-3755 http://www.stagewestcalgary.com 1322 - 17 Ave SW 403-215-1800 Sat-Thu: 8pm-12am, Fri: 4pm-12am http://www.priape.com Lorne Doucette (CIR Realtors) 58 Theatre Junction------✰ Clothing and accessories. Adult toys, leather wear, 403-461-9195 Theatre & Fine Arts Theatre Junction GRAND, 608 1st St. SW movies and magazines. Gifts. http://www.lornedoucette.com 403-205-2922 36 ATP, Alberta Theatre Projects [email protected] Wares & Wear Ventures Inc. Marnie Campbell (Maxwell Realtors) 403-294-7402 http://www.ATPlive.com http://www.theatrejunction.com See Canada - Retail Stores. 403-479-8619 http://www.marniecampbell.ca
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34 Vertigo Mystery Theatre------Group of older gay men and their admirers who come • PFLAG • Bowling (Northern Titans) 161, 115 - 9 Ave SE 403-221-3708 from diverse backgrounds but have common social Red room - Downstairs 780-436-1998 Ed’s Rec Room (West Edmonton Mall) http://www.vertigomysterytheatre.com interests. Affiliated with Prime Timers World Wide. [email protected] [email protected] Edmonton Rainbow Business Association Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays: A support $15.00 per person. 3379, 11215 Jasper Ave 780-429-5014 group for family members and friends of GLBT • Cross Country Skiing http://www.edmontonrba.org people. An excellent resource for people whose [email protected] EDMONTON family members and friends have just come out. Primary focus is the provision of networking • Curling with Pride Bars & Clubs opportunities for LGBT owned or operated and LGBT- • Prime Timers Granite Curling Club, 8620 107 Street NW friendly businesses in the Edmonton region. See Edmonton Primetimers. 6 Buddy’s Nite Club------✰ [email protected] 11725 Jasper Ave 780-488-6636 Edmonton Illusions Social Club • Suit Up and Show Up: AA Big Book Study • Cycling (Edmonton Prideriders) 5 Boots Bar & Grill Downstairs Couch Area 14 FLASH------✰ Various locations in Edmonton 10018 105 Street 780-938-2941 780-387-3343 Discussion and support group for those struggling [email protected] groups.yahoo.com/group/edmonton_illusions with an alcohol addiction or seeking support in [email protected] • Dragon Boat (Flaming Dragons) 4 Edmonton STD staying sober. 5 The Junction------✰ [email protected] 10242 106th St 780-756-5667 11111 Jasper Ave • TTIQ • Golf http://www.junctionedmonton.com Edmonton Vocal Minority Green Room – Upstairs [email protected] 780-479-2038 [email protected] [email protected] PLAY Nightclub (closed)------✰ TTIQ is mixed gender open support group addressing • Gymnastics, Drop-in www.evmchoir.com 10220 103 Street 780-497-7529 the needs of transsexual and transgendered Ortona Gymnastics Club, 8755 - 50 Avenue 3 ✰ [email protected] HIV Network Of Edmonton Society---- individuals. [email protected] http://www.playnightclub.ca 9702 111 Ave NW www.hivedmonton.com • Womonspace Board Meeting Have the whole gym to yourselves and an instructor Prism Bar & Grill (closed)------✰ Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose Main Space – Upstairs to help you achieve your individual goals. Cost is 10524 101st St 780-990-0038 http://www.iscwr.ca [email protected] $5.00 per session. http://www.prismbar.ca OUTreach Womonspace is a Social and Recreational Society • Hockey 12 Woody’s------✰ University of Alberta, basement of SUB in Edmonton run by volunteers. They provide [email protected] opportunities for lesbians to interact and support 11725 Jasper Ave 780-488-6557 [email protected] • Martial Arts each other in a safe environment, and to contribute http://www.ualberta.ca/~outreach 15450 - 105 Ave (daycare entrance) Bathhouses/Saunas to the broader community. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender/transsexual, 780-328-6414 7 Down Under Baths------✰ Queer, Questioning and Straight-but-not-Narrow • Youth Movie [email protected] 12224 Jasper Ave 780-482-7960 student group. Main Space – Upstairs [email protected] http://www.gayedmonton.com 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton------✰ [email protected] Drop-ins welcome. Movie chosen by youth (aged 14 – 25), usually 11 Steamworks------✰ 95A Street, 111 Ave 780-488-3234 • Outdoor Pursuits with LGBT themes. Popcorn is served. 11745 Jasper Ave 780-451-5554 [email protected] [email protected] http://www.steamworksedmonton.com • YouthSpace • Community Potluck • Running (Arctic Frontrunners) [email protected] Main Space – Upstairs Emily Murphy Park, west end Community Groups A safe and supportive space for GLBTQ youth aged [email protected] [email protected] 13–25. Video games, computers with internet, Alberta Bears A potluck open to all members of the LGBTQ All genders and levels of runners and walkers are clothing bank, and more. www.beefbearbash.com community. A time to get together, share a meal invited to join this free activity. and meet people from the community. Team Edmonton AltView Foundation • Slo Pitch [email protected] #44, 48 Brentwood Blvd, Sherwood Park, AB • Free School Parkallen Field, 111 st and 68 ave http://www.teamedmonton.ca 403-398-9968 Main Space – Upstairs [email protected] Members are invited to attend and help determine [email protected] [email protected] Season fee is $30.00 per person. $10 discount for the board for the next term. If you are interested in www.altview.ca Free School provides workshops on a variety of players from the 2008 season. For gender variant and sexual minorities. topics related to local activism. running for the board or getting involved in some of the committees, please contact us. • Snowballs V Book Worm’s Book Club • Get Tested for STIs January 27-29, 2012 • Badminton (Mixed) Howard McBride Chapel of Chimes Free STD testing for anyone interested. For more [email protected] St. Thomas Moore School, 9610 165 Street 10179 - 108 Street information please contact the Pride Centre. Skiing and Snowboarding Weekend. [email protected] [email protected] • GLBT Seniors Drop-In New group seeking male & female players. • Soccer Buck Naked Boys Club SAGE building, Classroom B [email protected] 780-471-6993 15 Sir Winstone Churchill Square • Badminton (Women’s) http://www.bucknakedboys.ca [email protected] Oliver School, 10227 - 118 Street • Spin Naturism club for men—being social while everyone A social and support group for seniors of all genders 780-465-3620 MacEwan Centre for Sport and Wellness is naked, and it does not include sexual activity. and sexualities to talk, have tea and offer each [email protected] 109 St. and 104 Ave Participants do not need to be gay, only male. other support. Women’s Drop-In Recreational Badminton. $40.00 Wednesdays, 5:45-6:45pm season or $5.00 per drop in. Season has ended. Camp fYrefly • Men Talking with Pride [email protected] •Ballroom Dancing 7-104 Dept. of Educational Policy Studies Main Space – Upstairs 7 classes, $28.00 per registrant. Faculty of Education, University of Alberta [email protected] Foot Notes Dance Studio, 9708-45 Avenue NW Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G5 A social discussion group for gay, bisexual and Cynthia: 780-469-3281 • Swimming (Making Waves) NAIT Pool (11762 - 106 Street) http://www.fyrefly.ualberta.ca transgendered men to discuss current issues and to • Blazin’ Bootcamp [email protected] offer support to each other. Garneau Elementary School Edmonton Pride Festival Society (EPFS) www.makingwavesswimclub.ca http://www.edmontonpride.ca • Men’s HIV Support Group 10925 - 87 Ave Green Room – Upstairs [email protected] Edmonton Prime Timers [email protected] [email protected] Support group for people living with HIV/AIDS. www.primetimersww.org/edmonton www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 21 Directory & Events
Edmonton Events Youth Understanding Youth------ 7-9pm Youth Movie Night------ 6:30-8:30 Friday, June 3rd At 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton Black Ball------ 9pm Mondays Mixed Badminton------ 8-10pm Youth Understanding Youth------ 7-9pm By WCLS/LB at 5 The Junction Boot Camp------ 7-8pm See Team Edmonton Jan13End of May At 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton Thursday, June 16th See Team Edmonton Thursdays Saturdays Annual BBQ------ 6-9pm Men’s HIV Support Group------ 7-9pm GLBT Seniors Drop-in------ 1-4pm Naturalist Gettogether------ ??? By AltView Foundation See Pride Centre of Edmonton 2nd See Pride Centre of Edmonton See Buck Naked Boys Club 2nd Sherwood Park United Church Curling------ 7:15pm Get Tested for STIs------ 3-6pm AA Big Book Study------ 12-1pm Saturday, June 18th See Team Edmonton Oct4Mar21 See Pride Centre of Edmonton Last See Pride Centre of Edmonton Gay Edmonton Pageant------ 6-10pm Tuesdays Youthspace------ 3-7pm Monthly Meeting------ 2:30pm By ISCWR GLBT Seniors Drop-in------ 1-4pm See Pride Centre of Edmonton By Edmonton Primetimers 2nd Hellenic Hall (10450 - 116 St.) See Pride Centre of Edmonton Youth Sports/Recreation------ 4pm Unitarian Church, 10804 - 119th Street Stand Up and Dance------ 10pm-3am TTIQ------ 2-4pm See Youth Understanding Youth Youthspace------ 3-6:30pm By Edmonton Pride Week Society See Pride Centre of Edmonton 2nd Hellenic Hall (10450 - 116 St.) GLBT African Group------ 6pm See Pride Centre of Edmonton Wednesday, June 22nd Youthspace------ 3-7pm At 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton 2nd Bowling------ 5pm See Pride Centre of Edmonton Our Proud Voices------ 7:30pm Swimming------ 7-8pm See Team Edmonton By EVM Bowling------ 6:45-9pm See Team Edmonton May19 Sundays See Team Edmonton Sept7Mar15 Catalyst Theatre (8529 Gateway Boulevard) Running------ 10-11am Youth Understanding Youth------ 7-9pm Thursday, June 23rd Community Potluck------ 7-9pm At 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See Team Edmonton See Pride Centre of Edmonton Last Our Proud Voices------ 7:30pm Free School------ 11-5pm Book Club------ 7:30pm By EVM Recreational Volleyball------ 8:30-10:30pm See Pride Centre of Edmonton 2nd, 4th See BookWorm’s Book Club 3rd Catalyst Theatre (8529 Gateway Boulevard) See Team Edmonton Oct5 Martial Arts------ 7:30-8:30pm Womonspace Meeting------ 12:30-1:30pm Saturday, June 25th Swimming------ 7:30-8:30pm See Team Edmonton See Pride Centre of Edmonton 1st See Team Edmonton May19 Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy----- 8-11:30pm Intermediate Volleyball------ 7:30-9:30pm Yoga------ 2-3:30pm By ISCWR at 5 The Junction Martial Arts------ 7:30-8:30pm See Team Edmonton See Team Edmonton June 2011 See Team Edmonton Men Talking with Pride------ 7-9pm Fridays Edmonton Pride------ 12pm Wednesdays See Pride Centre of Edmonton Edmonton Illusions------ 8:30pm By Pride Edmonton Jun10Jun18 PFLAG------ 12:10pm At 5 The Junction 2nd Ballroom Dancing------ 7:30-8:30pm See Pride Centre of Edmonton 1st Youthspace------ 3-6:30pm See Team Edmonton Youthspace------ 3-7pm See Pride Centre of Edmonton Monthly Meetings------2:30pm See Pride Centre of Edmonton Youth Sports/Recreation------ 4pm Unitarian Church (10804 119th Street) Youth Sports/Recreation------ 4pm See Youth Understanding Youth See Edmonton Primetimers 2nd See Youth Understanding Youth
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• Tennis Womonspace Products & Services The Roxy Theatre Kinsmen Sports Centre 780-482-1794 10708 124th Street, Edmonton AB Sundays, 12pm-3pm [email protected] Cruiseline 780-453-2440 [email protected] www.womonspace.ca 780-413-7122 trial code 3500 www.theatrenetwork.ca Women’s social group, but all welcome at events. http://www.cruiseline.ca • Ultimate Frisbee Telephone classifieds and chat - 18+ ONLY. Sundays Youth Understanding Youth BANFF/CANMORE Summer Season starts July 12th 780-248-1971 www.yuyedm.ca Robertson-Wesley United Church [email protected] A support and social group for queer youth 12-25. 10209 - 123 St. NW 780-482-1587 E-mail if interested. [email protected] www.rwuc.org Community Groups • Sports and Recreation Worship: Sunday mornings at 10:30am Mountain Pride • Volleyball, Intermediate Brendan: 780-488-3234 People of all sexual orientations welcome. Other BOX 4892, BANFF, AB, T1L 1G1 Amiskiwacy Academy (101 Airport Road) [email protected] LGBT events include a monthly book club and Brian, 403-431-2569 [email protected] a bi-monthly film night. As a caring spiritual 1-800-958-9632 • Volleyball, Recreational Restaurants community, we’d love to have you join us! [email protected] 5 Mother Teresa School (9008 - 105 Ave) The Junction------• Soul OUTing www.gaybanff.com [email protected] 10242 106th St 780-756-5667 Second Sunday every month, 7pm Serving the GLBTQS community in Banff, Canmore, • Women’s Lacrosse 12 Woody’s------✰ An LGBT-focused alternative worship. Lake Louise and Area. Sharon: 780-461-0017 11725 Jasper Ave 780-488-6557 • Film Night Pam: 780-436-7374 Bi-monthly, contact us for exact dates. Open to women 21+, experienced or not, all are Retail Stores • Book Club GRANDE PRAIRIE welcome. Call for info. Rodéo Drive Monthly, contact us for exact dates. • Yoga 11528 - 89th Street Community Groups Lion's Breath Yoga Studio (10350-124 Street) 780-474-0413 Theatre & Fine Arts GALAP [email protected] [email protected] 10113 - 103 Ave, T8V 1C2 Exposure Festival http://www.rodeodrive.ca 780-512-1990 http://www.exposurefestival.ca His and hers fetish wear, toys, jewelry, etc. Gay and Lesbian Association of the Peace. Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Culture Festival.
22 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Lethbridge Events June 2011 Lethbride Pride Fest------ All Day Jun18Jun26
Edmonton Contd. • Wednesday Coffee Nights ALBERTA LETHBRIDGE Community Groups Central Alberta AIDS Network Society Community Groups 4611-50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB GALA/LA http://www.caans.org 403-308-2893 The Central Alberta AIDS Network Society is the http://www.galalethbridge.ca local charity responsible for HIV prevention and Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Lethbridge and Area. support in Central Alberta. • Monthly Dances Western Canadian Pride Campout Henotic (402 - 2 Ave S) www.eventmasterinc.net Bring your membership card and photo ID. YouthSafe • Monthly Potluck Dinners http://www.youthsafe.net McKillop United Church, 2329 - 15 Ave S Alberta’s website for youth with sex-and-gender GALA/LA will provide the turkey...you bring the rest. differences. Youthsafe.net lists the resources, Please bring a dish to share that will serve 4-6 information and services to help youth find safe and people, and your own beverage. caring spaces in Alberta. • Support Line Theatre & Fine Arts 403-308-2893 Monday OR Wednesday, 7pm-11pm Alberta Ballet Leave a message any other time. http://www.albertaballet.com Frequent productions in Calgary and Edmonton. • Friday Mixer The Mix (green water tower) 103 Mayor Magrath Dr S Every Friday at 10pm CANADA Gay & Lesbian Integrity Assoc. (GALIA) Community Groups University of Lethbridge [email protected] GBLTTQQ club on campus. Alberta Trans Support/Activities Group http://www.albertatrans.org • Movie Night A nexus for transgendered persons, regardless of Room C610, University of Lethbridge where they may be on the continuum. Gay Youth Alliance Group Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition Betty, 403-381-5260 [email protected] P..O. Box 3043, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 3S9 Every second Wednesday, 3:30pm-5pm (306) 955-5135 Lethbridge HIV Connection 1-800-955-5129 1206 - 6 Ave S http://www.rainbowhealth.ca PFLAG Canada Egale Canada 1-888-530-6777 8 Wellington St E, Third Floor [email protected] Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1C5 www.pflagcanada.ca 1-888-204-7777 www.egale.ca Egale Canada is the national advocacy and lobby Pride Lethbridge organization for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, trans- [email protected] identified people and our families. Products & Services RED DEER Squirt Community Groups http://www.squirt.org Website for dating and hook-ups. 18+ ONLY! Affirm Sunnybrook United Church Theatre & Fine Arts 403-347-6073 Broadway Across Canada 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7pm http://www.broadwayacrosscanada.ca Composed of LGBTQ people, their friends, family and allies. No religious affiliation necessary. OUTtv Activities include support, faith and social justice http://www.outtv.ca discussions, film nights, and potlucks! GLBT Television Station. www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 23 Politics A Silencing That Echoes Jan Buterman Refuses to Be Quiet and Just Go Away
By Stephen Lock discriminating against someone because they are female or, less The Catholic Church prides itself on being compassionate and commonly, because they are male. It is only in recent years this doing God’s will on Earth, or some such thing. But when it avenue has been used to explore discrimination based on gender comes to the day-to-day realities, we too often see “The Church” identity. Bill Siskay, the then NDP Member of Parliament for clutching desperately to its medieval principles and being Burnaby-Douglas, introduced a private member’s bill in 2005 somewhat less than “compassionate.” to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to specifically include gender identity and expression as protected characteristics. It That the Church is no bastion of liberal, progressive thought is a failed. He re-introduced it during every sitting of Parliament since, given - nor would I expect it to be, to be honest. But I do expect it and in June 2010, Bill C-389 proceeded to the Standing Committee and its leaders to employ logic and understanding when dealing with on Justice and Human Rights with little overt opposition from the sensitive issues. Adherence to dogma is one thing; being dogmatic is Conservative government. It passed at report stage by a vote of 143- quite another. Too often Church leaders opt for being dogmatic and 131 and passed its third reading by a vote of 143-135 with members rigid in reaching their decision, rather than anything approaching of all parties voting in favour of the Bill. compassionate. So, some progress has been made on the legal and legislative level For instance, take the case of Jan Buterman, an Edmonton but there is still work to be done as evidenced by the firing of Jan substitute teacher who was fired by the Greater St. Albert Catholic Buterman. As with GLB rights, it is a long and arduous process; School District because he is a female-to-male transsexual. Being society is not always in step with the legislative changes and often trans, apparently, is contrary to Church teachings that state God offers considerable resistance to those changes. We saw it with created each of us in the gender we are. equal marriage and other gay and lesbian rights issues over the last Mr. Buterman was offered a cash settlement of $78,000 and the thirty years. Trans rights issues lag far behind those gains. guarantee of a one year teaching contract on the condition he not Dan Irving and Jennifer Evans, two faculty members in the Sexual discuss the case he brought against the school district. He refused Studies Minor Program at Carleton University, wrote an excellent the offer, stating that as a prominent activist and academic he article for the Globe and Mail in 2010 entitled “Why Canada Should could not afford to be muzzled and silenced. He recently began a Protect Gender Identity”. In it, they wrote, master’s degree in education policies at the University of Alberta. The confidentiality clause would hamper his future work, including ”Transsexual and transgendered individuals expose the an upcoming presentation in May at an academic conference in shortcomings of our narrow categories. Because they trouble Fredericton. [our] vision of male and female, they have been ’socially Setting aside the whole discussion of creation versus evolution, erased,’ to borrow a term from Concordia Professor Viviane I think it is pretty safe to say that in the eras since Adam and Eve, Namaste. The result is a serious dearth in understanding humans are not so much “created” as “born”. Each new life emerges concerning trans identities and everyday experience. through a complex series of biological sequences and comes out the This lack of understanding can take on many forms, from other end of the process as a human being, or becomes one at some workplace discrimination to physical, emotional and sexual point during the process, depending on your beliefs. Sometimes the violence. The lack of education concerning the existence of process goes awry and an individual is born intersexed (possessing trans people and their various societal contributions has a the characteristics of both sexes to varying degrees, including significantly negative impact on this demographic. Many chromosomal...what used to be referred to as hermaphroditism) or trans people, especially transsexual women from visible transsexual (the physicality of one gender with the essence or inner minorities, struggle to gain access to education, employment, self of the other). health care and essential social services. As a result, many Intersexed infants and young children often are subjected to trans persons are placed at high risk of impoverishment, medical intervention to “correct” the anomaly, and then raised in illness, homelessness and violence.” the newly-assigned gender; a highly controversial procedure in A we saw with gay and lesbian cases being brought before Human itself as it too often does not take into account the ‘true’ gender of Rights Commissions, there has been criticism around Buterman’s the child or, in some instances, the true genders. Current medical taking this to the “kangaroo court” of the Alberta Human Rights thought and practice tends to reinforce the binary view of gender, Commission tribunal. However, this was not his first option. He that humans come as either male or female, period, and dismisses did attempt to go through the courts but, having turned down the evidence which suggests gender is not quite as set, or as binary, as financial offer, his lawyers have advised him this will result in the most of us believe. school board moving to dismiss the complaint because a “fair and In the case of transsexual individuals it is a bit more subtle, for reasonable” settlement has been put on the table. lack of a better way of putting it. There is a disparity between the The decision likely means the end of the legal process. Buterman physical gender (genitalia etc) and the “inner gender”. It often takes was a substitute teacher and therefore couldn’t afford to fight this years for the individual to come to a realization they are, in fact, through the courts unless his lawyers agree to do it pro bono, which transsexual and then move to a medical resolution of their condition: does not appear likely. The Alberta Teachers’ Association confirmed gender reassignment surgery. The whole process of ‘coming out’ it had been paying Buterman’s legal fees. However, a union as trans is fraught with complexities of its own: trauma, upsets, spokesman says it is no longer doing so based on an evaluation of destroyed relationships or certainly altered ones, financial concerns, the “likely outcome” of the case and recommendations from their and possible job loss. No transperson approaches the decision to own lawyers. This heralds the end of the civil process and so the transition lightly and none see it as a “choice” in the usual sense only avenue left to Buterman is a human rights complaint. of the word. The “choice” is to remain trapped in a body that is not one’s own, and often repulsive to oneself, or to become the person Tied up with all this, of course, is the role the Catholic Church one is by medical intervention. The surgery (actually surgeries) may plays in its education institutions. It can be argued, and fairly I be a choice but the condition of transsexuality is not, any more than would say, that Church teachings are part and parcel of Catholic one’s gender is a choice. We all are what we are, it’s just that some schooling. I have no issue with that when it comes to matters of of us don’t appear to be what we are. religion and religious belief, but Buterman taught Social Studies, German and French to students in Grades 7 to 12. Gone are the In Canada, various laws and human rights legislation protect days that educators within the Catholic school system were drawn on the basis of gender. Historically, this always referred to not
24 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com exclusively from the ranks of nuns and priests. Teachers in the modern separate school system are secular and not all of them are Catholic, either. Buterman, for instance, is Lutheran - not that it matters. However, the Greater St. Alberta Catholic School System is arguing his “personal choice” to pursue gender reassignment surgery is contrary to Church teachings and therefore the Board had no choice but to fire him. The deputy superintendent, Steve Bayus, wrote, “[y]our gender change is not aligned with the teachings of the church and would create confusion and complexity with students and parents as a model and witness to Catholic faith values,” yet apparently there was no issue whatsoever with the quality of Buterman’s teaching as it was also noted Buterman “had served the schools well” as a substitute teacher. Buterman has been quoted as saying he has no desire to have his personal life used as a ‘teaching moment’, and I understand that, but the reality is it is an excellent ‘teaching moment’ and an opportunity to have a discussion with young teens who are, after all, able to grasp the subtleties of life and existence once they are pointed out to them (sometimes better than their parents), about definitions of gender, about diversity, and about the wonders of biological diversity too. I also understand Buterman does not want to become the poster boy for trans rights; the Delwin Vriend case, which dragged on for seven years following his firing from King’s University College for being gay, nearly destroyed Delwin’s personal life. After his Supreme Court win, he disappeared off the public radar. Last I heard he was living in Paris after a stint in San Francisco. But there is a principle at stake here, something larger than Jan Buterman.
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www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 25 Children’s Wish recognizes ISCCA’s Long-Standing Support
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By Chantal Macleod Alberta, was happy to receive the funds to help grant It was over twenty five years ago that an unlikely wishes to children with life threatening illnesses and partnership was formed between two organizations that, their families. Fast forward a quarter of a century and at first glance, seemed to share no common ground. A the ISCCA is now part of an elite group of donors whose newly established Children’s Wish Foundation, Alberta support of Children’s Wish is exceptional. & NWT Chapter was approached by the Imperial Throughout the years, the ISCCA has proven tireless in their Sovereign Court of the Chinook Arch (ISCCA) in the efforts to not only provide financial support for Children’s Wish hopes that the children’s charity would accept their and the families they serve but has strived to build awareness for the cause within the gay and lesbian community and modest donations. The ISCCA had been raising money beyond. Don’t be surprised to attend a drag performance and through drag performances and other initiatives, yet was buy a shot in support of Children’s Wish or see brochures on unable to find a charity willing to accept their donations. every table! The ISCCA’s commitment to Children’s Wish was Ask anyone familiar with ISCCA’s history and they will further solidified in 1997 when long standing ISCCA member tell you of the countless ”rejection” letters they received, Fred Udey had the opportunity to personally experience the declining the organization’s donations. Children’s Wish, magic of a wish. a national non-profit just establishing themselves in
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Mars in Taurus aspecting Eris in Aries cranks up competitive urges. Be open and flexible. Goals may need adjusting as conditions change.
It was that year that Fred’s twelve year old niece Whitney ARIES (March 20–April 19): You could make a lot or spend was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Being familiar with the a lot. The competitive urge could drag you either way and even Foundation’s eligibility criteria, Fred referred his niece for a making money could be more strain than it’s worth. What do wish. Once approved, Whitney decided that the one thing she you have to prove? To whom? Work as hard as you reasonably wanted more than anything else in the world was a trip to can. Disneyland with her family. Fred, Whitney and family enjoyed Sometimes it’s not easy being a week long magical adventure, creating memories fondly TAURUS (April 20–May 20): the strong, reliable one. People are counting on you, so all the remembered to this day. When asked of his favourite moment of more reason why you need to take care of yourself. Take a the trip Fred shares how while attending a King Arthur themed break. Relax. You’ll hold up better and accomplish more in the horse and jousting show, Whitney was picked as the princess to long run. oversee the performance. Whitney was a huge horse lover and dreamed of being a veterinarian so this was an unforgettable GEMINI (May 21–June 20): As much as you love your moment where Fred had the chance to see his niece living her friends, they can wear you down. Maybe you’re trying too hard dream. Sadly, Whitney passed away the year following their trip to be the star of the party? Enjoy being on the sidelines now and Fred and family are now left with the precious memories and then, or just take some time out. Your real friends will of that time together. More than three albums worth of photos understand. were captured from the trip. CANCER (June 21–July 22): Friends and colleagues are as Fred experienced first hand the magic a wish fulfilled brings eager as you are to see you succeed, but they may be pushing to these special children and their families, which in turn fuels you a little too hard. Keep an eye open to your larger goal, but his commitment to inspiring others to support Children’s Wish the trick is still to stay focused on the job at hand. with as much passion and enthusiasm as himself and the ISCCA have shown over the years. This past April, Emperor 34, LEO (July 23–August 22): Remember when to use your Fred Wolf-Would and Empress 34, Malibu Stacey, representing indoor voice, darling! The smart actor knows that whispers can the ISCCA, were welcomed by Children’s Wish into Roary’s get attention where screaming gets ignored. You will be noticed Pride; an honour reserved for donors whose cumulative no matter what, but what do they see? donations have exceeded $100,000. This past year alone the VIRGO (August 23–September 22): Long, hard and deep is ISCCA presented Children’s Wish with a $7,000 donation; one also how you should think about sex. How does it serve in your of their more significant annual donations to date. life? Are you out to prove something? To pursue satisfaction? To Accepting the award at the annual Children’s Wish Lighting forge a deeper bond? The real question: How does it bring you up Lives Gala was the perfect way to celebrate the long standing home? relationship between these two organizations and the countless lives that have been touched thanks to the ISCCA. “I have LIBRA (September 23–October 22): You don’t win or keep volunteered in one way or another with the ISCCA for 28 a lover by being the best in bed. Open communication keeps years now and I am most proud of the work the love alive. Focus on the small details; be attentive, sexually and organization does and the money we are able to otherwise. Being the best mate you can be is not a competitive raise for much needed charities,” says Fred. The sport. Children’s wish Foundation echoes the sentiment. SCORPIO (October 23–November 21): At work, remember that you’re part of a team. That means pacing yourself with your colleagues, not dragging so far ahead that you pull the efforts out of whack. Pushing too hard can also be bad for your health. Children’s Wish Foundation SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 20): Pushing too 1-800-267-9474 • www.childrenswish.ca hard at sports or exercise is asking to get hurt. The trick in pushing for a personal best is to expand your limits, not to ignore them. Yes, http://www.gaycalgary.com/a2253 Saj, even you have limits! CAPRICORN (December 21–January 19): Getting View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments involved with a community arts or sports program can help you clarify where you really belong in the world, what you’ve learned from elders to pass on to future generations, and what you could be doing for the kids. AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18): Arguments with your family can actually help you to plan better for your future. Don’t be shy about speaking up. The trick is in keeping perspective. Sibling rivalry can spur you to better work, but don’t let it affect you too deeply. PISCES (February 19–March 19): It’s too easy for spending and arguments to get out of control. Old habits and family traditions can mire you down, interfering with your success. Keep a clear focus on your goals and act as if your next boss is watching you. Jack Fertig, a professional astrologer since 1977 teaches at the Online College of Astrology : http://www.astrocollege.com. He can be reached for personal or business consultations at 415-864-8302 or through his website at http://www.starjack.com
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Monteith, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Mark Salling, Dianna Agron, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Harry Shum Jr., Chord Overstreet, Ashley Fink and Darren Criss, which we assume means a squadron of Warblers along for the ride, as well. And sorry, Sue Sylvester fans, Jane Lynch is busy. Will Star Trek launch a gay into space? You’d think that after more than a dozen movies and over 700 episodes of six different TV shows, there would have been at least one gay character float across the Star Trek universe by now. But no. Not one. And sorry, that actor in the last movie that everyone says is gay doesn’t count. Neither does George Takei, as awesome as he is. But all of that might change – and here’s where the word “if” comes into play in a major way – if a recent pitch for a new series from a company called 1947 Entertainment can gain traction. Their proposed Trek series would include a gay male character and a lesbian character, which would be a welcome addition to the family of space people audiences have grown attached to over the past 40-plus years. Mind you, the stage this thing is in is as changeable as the atmosphere on an alien planet, subject to destruction in the blink of an eye; there’s no producer, no cast, no deal, no nothing just yet. But go on, get your hopes up. Why shouldn’t it be time for Star Trek to boldly go where no Star Trek has gone before? The answer is: it should be. Nathan Lane serves an Evil Queen The race to be the first, biggest and best of the three (yes, three) Snow White-themed films coming to theaters just got gayer, with the addition of Nathan Lane to the cast of the as- yet-untitled Tarsem Singh-directed adaptation. Julia Roberts and Armie Hammer (The Social Network) are already on board to star in this live-action version and Lane – in between guest spots as his recurring character “Pepper” on Modern Family – will enter the cast as a servant to the Evil Queen who’s got it in for Snow, a man who serves the bad lady out of fear. In other words, this is the kind of wisecracking sidekick role that Lane George Takei , Photo by Paramont Pictures can do in his sleep. But, then again, no one can do it quite like him, you have to admit. Expect to be as sick of poison apples in 2012 as you are of vampires in 2011, production schedules permitting. Deep Inside Hollywood Romeo San Vicente would prefer a version of Snow White where Chris Hemsworth kisses Armie Hammer. Check the Johnny Depp is going to get Thin, man GayCalgary.com website every week for more Deep Inside Hollywood! By Romeo San Vicente You can’t tell anyone in Hollywood anything. It seems like, more often than not, that people in positions of power believe http://www.gaycalgary.com/a2255 they have the secret formula for remaking beloved, classic films View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments in a new, fresh way that won’t alienate audiences. They, alone, are going to be the ones to crack the code and avoid cranking out 100 minutes of pale imitation. Add Johnny Depp and director Rob Marshall to that list, then, of those determined not to leave well enough alone, because both of them have signed on for a remake of the 1934 Oscar-nominated comedy, The Thin Man. The original starred William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, socialites whose hobbies are being witty, drinking cocktails and solving murders. This one will attempt to recapture that magic. All that’s left to do now is to sit back and wait for it to surprise everyone like Ocean’s Eleven or put them to sleep like Gus Van Sant’s Psycho. And though the odds are against it, if anybody can make this work, it’s Depp. Glee in 3D Landlocked Gleeks, this one’s for you. GLEE LIVE! 3D! is coming soon to a theater near you. 20th Century Fox TV is rushing a feature film into theaters this August to capitalize on the mania surrounding the show and to immortalize the second summer of concert touring by the cast. Yes, this is a concert film, not an extended, theatrically-installed episode of the show, and will follow in the footsteps of Michael Jackson’s This Is It and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never as a limited-run release (that will, no doubt, extend itself unlimitedly as long as tickets are still selling). It will star usual suspects Lea Michele, Cory
28 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Lifestyle Cocktail Chatter The Saketumi
by Ed Sikov laugh, I involuntarily snorted. Dan glared at me but with an unmistakable ““Don’t tell me you’ve never heard of Judy Carne!” Craig roared at Kyle, smirk. Paolo and Chipper practically ran toward the deck. who shook visibly from the shock. “I can’t believe how, how, how deficient “What?” Phil Levine barked when he turned and caught me gaping at his you are in culture – in theater and television and motion picture history,” astounding leather-covered bulge, which was as bull-like as his ego. “Your Craig berated his boyfriend and my not-so-secret heartthrob. Kyle crept cell phone,” I lied. “Never without it,” Phil declared. “Might be business on the away from him. “Don’t you walk out on me when I’m shrieking at you!” Craig other end funny business know what I mean?” shouted. Kyle defiantly ran upstairs; the poor hunklet was sniffling loudly. Damn! Phil Levine has “it” – that indescribable erotic allure that The bedroom door slammed, and we shivered, each for his own reasons. transcends body type, body hair, facial features, everything. “It men” like “You. Pig.” I said in the Bette voice. “You. Insufferable. Pig.” Phil are pheromone-reeking catnip to other guys. Especially when wearing “I know, I know. I’ve been really awful to him lately. The sex turned sour nothing but a leather jock. about a month ago. I got a bit Greedy-Little-Piggy and demanded stuff he “The Preakness is this afternoon I’m making Pimm’s Cups if the liquor just wasn’t ready for, and when the sex got dull I suddenly recognized his store carries it they’d better it’s standard stuff and I assume you can get utter ignorance of everything I cared about.” It took a moment before Craig decent cucumbers at the Pantry….” “Of course you can,” I broke in. “But hurriedly added “except for him” as a pathetic footnote. aren’t Pimm’s Cups a summer drink?” I was elated. My brain and balls sang together in joyful a capella, but “Eat me,” replied Phil Levine with a grin as he grabbed his enormous oh-so-silently. I kept my face less emotive than George Washington’s on Mt. package. Then his cell phone rang – the ringtone was “Theme from The Good, Rushmore, but inside I felt like dancing, singing, writhing – performing some the Bad, and the Ugly.” He yammered away about the $250 he had riding on demented cross between a Dionysian ritual and a bar mitzvah, all to the Billy Joe and told whoever it was to come over in 20 minutes; he had to take a triumphant tune of “We’re in the Money.” That and “Hosanna, hey zanna, shower. Then again maybe he wouldn’t…. He snickered lewdly and hung up, zanna zanna ho, zanna hey zanna hosanna….” seized his coffee and sped upstairs, presumably to generate more body odor. But as I said, that was inside. Outside I was merely inane: “Craig, really – Dan’s mouth was slightly open as he stared in the direction Phil’s hairy he’s far too young for Love on a Rooftop,” I offered. rear had just taken. He had a distinctly guilty look about him. “Well, it is “Love on a Rooftop my titanic ass!” Craig boomed. “Judy Carne was the nicely proportioned,” he tried, but I cut him off. “He runs around the house in ‘Sock it to Me’ girl on Laugh-In! Don’t you even know that? Am I surrounded licensed Verizon-accessory fetishwear. That damn horse should jump off the by cretins?” Tallahatchie Bridge.” “What?” Dan asked in confusion. “I don’t know what “What’s Japanese for eureka?” I replied just as Dan walked in, fresh from you’re talking about half the time.” “‘Papa said to Mama as he passed around a solo beach walk. the black-eyed pea-ee-ee-eas….’” I explained. “I give up,” Dan muttered sadly “What? “ Craig cried out in desperation. “You do this all the time. It’s so and headed for the deck. annoying! You say something completely out of left field that makes no sense The liquor store came through with the Pimm’s, of course, and the Pines in the context of the present discussion.” Pantry had cukes galore – waxed ones, the wrapped European kind, Kirbies…. “All the time,” Dan agreed. “It’s like being dropped into the middle of Molly Phil’s Pimm’s Cups were perfect. I couldn’t stand it. So as we crowded around Bloom’s stream of consciousness, but without the literary pedigree.” the television to watch the Preakness – “we” included the stunningly beautiful Malaysian boy who’d spent the day and who now sat on Phil’s lap – I had to I ignored them, of course. “The Saketumi. It’s this weekend’s cocktail.” be just a little snide. “The Pimm’s Cups are terrific, Phil,” I said. “Too bad it’s “Ohhhh-kay, I’ll bite. What’s in it?” Dan asked with icy skepticism. such a chilly afternoon.” There was cosmic justice to back me up: Billy Joe “Gin and sake in the proportions of a martini. I refuse to call it a Saketini, came in fifth. because those ’tini rip-offs should be labeled toxic waste and disposed of by the Federal Bureau of Drinks Management. So in honor of Judy Carne – Dan, The Pimm’s Cup don’t ask – I’m making Saketumis for them what wants ’em.” 2 ounce Pimm’s #1 How appropriate the old toast “bottoms up” becomes when the subject Ginger Ale to taste (Canada Dry is fine, but be a snob and is you. use one with a stronger ginger flavor) The Saketumi Thin slices of cucumber 4 parts Beefeater gin or Absolut vodka 1 part dry sake Pour the Pimm’s into a tall glass filled with ice; top off with ginger ale. Garnish with a cucumber slice. Fill shaker with ice. Pour liquors in. It just needs to chill – no shaking necessary. Stir, put the lid on, and strain your Ed Sikov is the author of Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis and other books about Saketumi into the proper glass. For a garnish, try a sliver of films and filmmakers. pickled ginger threaded onto a toothpick.
http://www.gaycalgary.com/a2256 The Pimm’s Cup View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments “I put down $250 on Billy Joe oh everybody’s up I’ll call you back is there coffee I smell it yeah! Bye! Great!” Phil Levine bounded down the stairs dressed only in a black leather jockstrap to which he had affixed a matching cellphone holster. Dan, Paolo, Chipper and I stared in shocked silence as the hypermasculine spitfire strode toward us. Seconds later, we were all introduced to his phenomenally hairy ass when he turned around to pour a mug of coffee. What with the phone strapped to the strap and all that fur, the vision was too much to bear (so to speak), and in a failed effort to stifle a
www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 29 Book Review
GC&E: What was it like putting this book together? How long did it take? SP: You should ask my partner. Actually not! From soup to nuts this was nearly a three-year process and it took center stage in my life. It was hard – and yet the second most rewarding professional project I’ve ever done; top on that list is Dancing Against the Darkness, my first publication, one of the earliest books about the impact of the AIDS epidemic. GC&E: How much of your advice comes from personal experience? SP: That’s a curious question. I did tons of interviews with various experts. I also relied heavily on my Facebook fans and friends so that I had a lot of input into my thinking. But sure, some of the advice came from my personal experiences – but often it wasn’t what I did, it was more along the lines of what I wish I had done. In case others haven’t told you, I’m far from perfect. GC&E: What are the hardest questions to answer? SP: I’d say these fall into two categories. The most challenging – and wrenching – to me are those from young gay people who feel alone, are being ostracized, even bullied. From my own life experience, I have such empathy for them and do my best to connect and suggest local resources that might be helpful right now. The other “hard” questions are those from people who don’t want to take responsibility for their actions and write hoping I’ll lay all the blame on their boyfriend or girlfriend, even their parents. For these people, it’s always someone else’s fault. Guess what, it’s not. GC&E: What are some of the craziest “queeries” you’ve received? SP: I’m not sure if you mean the question this way, but I get a lot of queeries from straight people and I’m sometimes just amazed about the things they ask. Questions like: “Who’s the man in the relationship?” Mister Manners Please, that’s no one’s business – and, by the way, not everyone is a pitcher or a catcher. I get a lot of sex queeries, too, like an early one about “the etiquette of Steven Petrow talks new book, crazy ques- fellatio.” I’ll spare you the answer here, but believe me, I’ve learned a lot about the human experience. And I wasn’t especially naïve! tions and the importance of LGBT etiquette GC&E: How is this book different than The Essential Book of Gay Manners and Etiquette? SP: That little book, Gay Manners, came out in 1995. Sixteen years for straight people ago, it reads like it’s a century old. This was before online dating and personals, chat rooms, instant messaging and even widespread cell By Chris Azzopardi phone use. I wrote it before Ellen, Will & Grace, Queer Eye, and Boy Meets Boy; before The New York Times and the 200 major dailies For years, Steven Petrow’s been answering your questions about began publishing gay and lesbian wedding announcements; before gay and lesbian life – everything from social-media etiquette Massachusetts and California voted thumbs up on same-sex marriage. to surviving the holidays. Now, he’s answering ours. The In other words, a lot has changed! nationally syndicated writer, known for his “Queeries” column, GC&E: What are you most commonly asked about? recently released his latest book, Steven Petrow’s Complete Gay SP: The big three: Coming out. Relationship issues. And weddings. & Lesbian Manners, an ultimate go-to guide for LGBT living. In Hands-down. it, you’ll find real-world advice on coming out, dating, starting a GC&E: Why are gay manners important for people who aren’t gay? family and entertaining with flair. SP: It’s not as though they inhabit different universes and it’s not as We caught up with Petrow, who talked about the most popular though we set the table differently or treat our houseguests better, or questions (sex ones, of course) and the best advice he’s ever received. worse. But when you read the traditional etiquette books, LGBT people GC&E: Why did you start giving advice? are practically invisible. That’s why we need a book like this to help with SP: In the past five years, there’s been this explosion of change both our modern-day dilemmas. And the same is true for straight people. I’ve in our community and in the world. And because of my first manners gotten questions like, “What do I say when someone comes out to me?” book, folks tracked me down and started emailing me all kinds of “Thank you for telling me. That’s wonderful to know.” “Is going to a same- questions – like, how do two grooms dress for their wedding? how does sex commitment ceremony different that a straight one?” “Not so much the child of two moms refer to his sperm donor? and lots of questions overall, but definitely in the details – and in most states gay can’t legally about coming out, dating and, yes, sex. I was answering them personally marry.” Straight folks want a guiding hand because they don’t want to when I decided to start my monthly column. That was three years and say or do the wrong thing. thousands of questions ago. GC&E: What’s the best advice you’ve been given? I have to say I really enjoy trying to help LGBT people navigate SP: You may find this incongruous for someone who’s just written a through these new and uncharted waters – and especially young ones. book about manners, but a beloved professor of mine in Two-thirds of the people who visit my site – gaymanners.com – are 13 graduate school always reminded us: “Break a rule every to 19 and just coming to terms with their sexual orientation or gender day!” At least I know now what rules I’m breaking. identity. I take this advice-giving business pretty seriously. GC&E: Have people always come to you for advice? SP: (Laughs) Yes, friends have long said that I was wise beyond my years – but I also thought they were just trying to kid me that I was old. More seriously, I’d say yes, but with close friends I try to ask them http://www.gaycalgary.com/a2257 questions that will help them figure out stuff for themselves. 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he was,” McGregor says. “It’s very interesting to hear him talk about that.” During filming, McGregor didn’t try to mimic Mills, and he never felt any pressure to do so. But to get a feel for him, he had Mills record all the dialogue so he could play it back and really get into character. “It was funny,” he says, “because he was quite nervous about doing it. It was rather lovely to hear. He’s a very, very open man and a very sensitive man. He’s a fucking brilliant director, and I was just able to watch him and soak him up a bit.” He began to understand Mills’ complicated situation, and how a once-married parent coming out could cause so much second-guessing. “It isn’t a straight-forward scenario,” McGregor says, “and it was nice that we showed that, and that coming to terms of not his father’s sexuality, but with what your childhood meant when you find out that your parents have been hiding this from you.” And if McGregor’s been hiding anything, it’s his notorious frontal bits, which haven’t, uh, come out either in quite some time. Will we ever get another Pillow Book? “I certainly haven’t made any conscious decision not to (do nude scenes), but it’s only ever if it’s relevant to the film,” he says. “I made a film called Perfect Sense with David Mackenzie, who directed Young Adam, and it’s possible it might be in there.” What a relief.
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MM: To be honest, I loved all my dad’s gay friends and they were inclusive, but as the straight son I was a little out of the loop. My dad had such a hunger to talk to and be mirrored by other gay men, and it was amazing to see – and it was slightly non-inclusive, so it didn’t always feel like it totally made sense for me to just be hanging out during movie night. (Laughs) But I saw some movies – I wish I knew what this movie was. It had this crazy sex scene with this guy in a full latex S&M suit with a plug and all that. It was a pretty intense sex scene with this guy in a suit, you know, getting sodomized. And me and my dad and all his friends were watching it and having, like, lemonade. (Laughs) GC&E: When Hal came out, Oliver seemed genuinely happy for his dad, and he processed it so well. Was that how you dealt with it, too? MM: Yeah. It’s not easy to have the person who was married to your mom for 44 years change his identity – and not because he’s gay, but just because you’re like, “Whoa, what happened? Who were you?” My dad got so much more interesting and engaging and involved. GC&E: What were the most important real-life characteristics or moments for Christopher and Ewan to get into the film? MM: It’s the energy, and Christopher had it from the get-go. I never had to tell Christopher anything about being gay. I would tell him lots of stories because he liked them. Everybody likes stories about my dad. But it was never with a goal of imitating or being like him. Christopher had said, “Tell me one of your stories. Let me steep myself in your father.” And that was a really good word, because that’s what it’s like – you get infused with the energy, but he was still his own entity. The thing that I most wanted them to get was just how much this guy went for it and how brave he was in lots of ways – not just with coming out, but being 75 and having a huge crush on this guy. So just being a 75-year-old guy in love, that’s a lot right there. Then overcoming all the fear and self-loathing that he internalized from our culture about his gayness, those are things that were super key.
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www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 35 Out of Town with the city is the Louisville Slugger Museum, where the famous wooden bats used by Major League Baseball are manufactured (actually in the adjacent Hillerich & Bradsby factory) - it’s part of the riverfront Louisville and Lexington Cultural District that includes the excellent Frazier International History Museum, Louisville Science Center, and Muhammad Ali Center. Louisville excels when it comes to the arts, with respected opera and ballet companies, the highly regarded Louisville Orchestra, and the Actors Theatre of Louisville, which hosts the acclaimed Humana Festival of New American Plays every spring. Many major musical and dramatic events are staged at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. You’ll find a number of gracious residential districts both downtown and south of it, and a particular lively and gay-popular stretch of businesses and restaurants along Bardstown Road in southeastern Louisville’s Highlands and Cherokee Triangle neighborhoods. Anchoring this part of town are leafy and beautifully kept Cherokee Park and historic Cave Hill National Cemetery. Due south of downtown, Old Louisville is an impressive neighborhood of Victorian mansions bordered by the sprawling campus of the University of Louisville, which enrolls around 20,000 students. The school’s Speed Art Museum has fine collections of American antiques and art by both European and American masters. Not far from here you’ll also find the world-famous Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby - a museum here traces the history of this renowned event. Many of the city’s most gay-popular eateries are on Bardstown Road, including the community’s favorite java joint, Days Espresso (dayscoffee. com), a two-room space with local art and great coffee. Also along this stretch is Lilly’s (www.lillyslapeche.com), where you can sample such contemporary regional American specialties as catfish spring rolls with Asian dipping sauce, and locally farmed pork confit and braised shoulder. One of Louisville’s most distinctive emerging neighborhoods for shopping and eating is the East Market District, a relatively compact stretch of cafes, galleries, and funky shops that’s just a short drive east of downtown. Here be sure to check out Bodega at Felice (www. thebodegaatfelice.com) - a trendy market, deli, and coffee bar all in one - and Toast on Market (www.toastonmarket.com), which serves Louisville’s hip and contemporary 21c Museum ranks among the tantalizingly tasty breakfast and lunch fare, including a memorable region’s most stylish accommodations - it’s also a museum and a Monte Cristo. first-rate restaurant. Photo by Andrew Collins. Other dining standouts include downtown’s modern take on down- home cooking, Hillbilly Tea (www.hillbillytea.com) - try the “road kill By Andrew Collins stew” of venison, chicken, and mountain vegetables with braised greens and corn pone), and a handful of spots along lively Frankfort Avenue, Every year in May, all eyes fall upon Kentucky’s pastoral including including Heine Brothers Coffee (heinebroscoffee.com) and Bluegrass region. During the first week of the month, the city Blue Dog Bakery (www.bluedogbakeryandcafe.com), which serves tapas of Louisville holds the Kentucky Derby, the most celebrated on weekend evenings. Thoroughbred racing event in the country. But from spring Louisville’s gay bars are spread around the city, with a few standouts clear through late autumn, it’s a fine time for touring the hilly, downtown, including the legendary Connection Louisville (www. theconnection.net), an immense nightclub with several distinct spaces, verdant swatch of northern Kentucky that includes the state’s from a drag show bar to leather lounge (Boots, with its own entrance) two largest cities, Louisville and Lexington. Despite the region’s to an area with male erotic dancers - there’s something for all tastes generally conservative demeanor, Louisville has a growing here. Around the corner, Tryangles is locals-oriented cruise bar with core of hip neighborhoods, an increasingly locavore-driven male strippers on weekends. restaurant scene, first-rate arts and culture, and one of the At the other end of downtown, in the Cultural District, Starbase world’s largest gay nightclubs. And collegiate Lexington - just Q (www.starbaseq.com) is a popular, handsomely decorated bar with 75 miles away - makes a charming base for exploring nearby a welcoming staff, fun theme nights (country-western line dancing, horse farms and acclaimed small-batch bourbon distilleries. cabaret, karaoke), and a great mix of guys - all ages and styles. Gay Louisville neighborhood spots south of downtown include Teddy Bears, Marty’s Tavern, and the mostly lesbian bar Tink’s Pub. Also of note is the famed A large, modern metropolis (city-county population 721,000) on Magnolia Bar & Grill (aka Mag Bar), an Old Louisville institution with a Kentucky’s Ohio River border with Indiana, Louisville (pronounced loo- mixed gay-straight crowd and a fantastic juke box. uh-vull) grew from its 1778 founding into a prominent transportation hub, first for riverboats, then for the railroad, and more recently as the Downtown’s Cultural District is home to one of the most fascinating worldwide air cargo hub for UPS. As with other cities along Midwestern accommodations in the country, the 21c Museum Hotel (www.21chotel. waterways, the population boomed throughout the 19th century with com). This luxe property with 90 sleekly designed rooms has been Germans, Irish, and other European immigrants as well as a sizable crafted out of a row of warehouses that once held bourbon and African-American community. Today the city is a center of education tobacco producers. The multilevel public areas comprise a dramatic, and medical research at the University of Louisville, and a production 9000-square-foot contemporary art museum, and the hotel also contains center of everything from trucks to Kentucky bourbon. a chic spa, a full fitness center, and one of the hottest restaurants in the region, Proof on Main, which fuses mod Italian and Southern culinary Downtown near the Ohio River, along West Main Street and nearby traditions. streets, you’ll find an impressive stock of grand, Victorian cast-iron buildings that date to the city’s shipping days - this is also where a few Stylistically, Louisville’s grand Brown Hotel (www.brownhotel.com) is of the city’s gay nightspots are. A paved RiverWalk affords great views of the polar opposite of 21c, but this regal 1923 property is every bit as the city skyline and many bridges connecting with Indiana. Synonymous cushy, its nearly 300 rooms outfitted with classic Old-English-inspired dark-wood furnishings and baths with Spanish marble. Make every effort
36 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com to dine in the hotel’s formal English Grill, and plan a breakfast or lunch in the more casual but renowned J. Graham’s Cafe, which is famous as the home of the “Hot Brown” sandwich, a local take on a Welsh rarebit. Other nice downtown options include the Hyatt Regency Louisville (www.louisville.hyatt.com), which is steps from nightlife and dining, the Residence Inn Louisville (www.marriott.com), and the bargain-priced but extremely basic Econo Lodge Downtown (www.econolodge.com) - the latter two are very close to The Connection. The city’s historic Old Louisville neighborhood has several gay-friendly B&Bs, all of them set in stately old homes with ornately appointed rooms - they include the Austin’s Inn Place (www.austinsinnplace.com), the Culbertson Mansion (www.culbertsonmansion.us), and Columbine B&B (www.thecolumbine. com). Lexington A gentile, attractive city that’s the state’s center of higher education, Lexington (population 296,000) is surrounded by picturesque countryside graced with lovely old horse farms. Although the city has just one gay bar, the presence of the University of Kentucky has given the city a more progressive bent than much of the region, and in 2010 the city elected openly gay man Jim Gray as mayor. For an appealing sidewalk stroll, walk south along Limestone Street where is passes through the campus of the University of Kentucky - you’ll find a small strip of engaging shops and eateries here. The residential neighborhoods around the university comprise one road after another of gracious brick and limestone homes with neatly tended gardens and broad green lawns. A highlight is Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, whose shaded grounds and ornate mansion is definitely worth touring. Another fine museum is the Hunt-Morgan House, a Federal 1814 mansion. You can learn about the region’s esteemed equine heritage at the Kentucky Horse Park, an actual thoroughbred-training facility where you can have a behind-the-scenes look at training and caring for these magnificent animals. If you’re headed to Lexington from Louisville, go by way of U.S. 60, stopping for a look at the historic downtown of the state capital, Frankfort, the state capital, and passing through the quaint town of Versailles, which is home to one the respected single-batch bourbon makers, Woodford Reserve., which offers excellent tours. Excellent dining options in Lexington include Metropole (www. metropolfinedining.com), which serves imaginative, regionally inspired cuisine, and the cozy French bistro Le Deauville (www.ledeauvilleresto. com). Also consider Alfalfa (www.alfalfarestaurant.com), which specializes in healthful veggie-oriented fare, and the legendary breakfast joint, Doodles (www.doodlesrestaurant.com) - just beware there’s always a long wait for brunch on weekends. Live performers and open-mic nights account for the success of Common Grounds Coffee House (www.commongroundsoflexington. com). You can also get full lunch here, a wide range of baked goods. The Bar Complex (www.thebarcomplex.com) is the city’s most popular gay nightspot, right in the heart of downtown - it’s always packed at happy hour and well into the evening. Also worth a look is the loveably gruff neighborhood joint Al’s Bar (www.alsbarlexington.co), an eclectic but gay-friendly spot great burgers, live bluegrass, and stiff drinks - note the extensive list of small-batch Kentucky bourbons. The upscale dance club Soundbar (www.soundbarlex.com) also has something of a gay following, especially with students from University of Kentucky. Lexington has a nice mix of hotels and inns, with the upscale Gratz Park Inn (www.gratzparkinn.com) a particularly charming, centrally located option. The three-story 1906 hotel contains 41 pleasantly furnished rooms and a fine restaurant, Jonathan’s, specializing in modern Kentucky cuisine. The seven-room, gay-friendly Lyndon House B&B (lyndonhouse.com) is perhaps the most romantic and luxurious inn in Lexington. Recommended chain hotels include downtown’s Hyatt Regency Lexington (lexington.hyatt.com) and the more affordable Holiday Inn Express Downtown Lexington (www.hiexpress.com).
Andrew Collins covers gay travel for the New York Times-owned website GayTravel.About.com and is the author of Fodor’s Gay Guide to the USA. He can be reached care of this publication.
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Phto by Kristin Burns
By Chris Azzopardi
Ten years have passed since Stevie Nicks released her last solo album, but she’s still the same gay-loved goddess of earthy rock she built her legend on. The new release, In Your Dreams, is exactly how the gypsy queen left us – with that uniform sense of mystical otherworldliness that’s made Nicks a go-her-own-way virtuoso since her days with Fleetwood Mac. White horses, vampire tales and ethereal love parables all seep into this set, Nick’s first all-new studio project after reuniting with Fleetwood Mac for 2003’s Say You Will. Nicks recently spoke with us about taking a trip to “the magical world of fairies and angels,” the dress drag queens love, and how her own music motivated her to lose a dozen pounds. GC&E: Why did it take so long to release another solo album? SN: Even though I haven’t made another solo record in 10 years ago, I’ve been making music solid since Trouble in Shangri-La. I came off the road from 135 shows in 2005 with Fleetwood Mac and was going to make a record, and the business people around me said, “We don’t think you should do it because the music business is in chaos” – you know, with Internet piracy, which was really hitting us in the face in 2005 – “and it’s just going to be a really emotional pull on you. We don’t think you should do it. Tour while you can, do big shows and sell lots of tickets, that’s what you can do.” And I just was stupid enough to kind of go, “OK.” GC&E: When did you wise up? SN: At the end of the Fleetwood Mac tour in 2009. We were in Australia, and I wrote the “Moonlight” song (from In Your Dreams) there, and when I got done with that song – I started it in Melbourne and I finished it in Brisbane – there was a piano. I stood up and I said to my assistant, “I’m ready to make a record now.” GC&E: What was it like recording In Your Dreams? SN: The whole year of recording this record was like this magical mystery tour that we did at my house. We recorded the whole thing at my house and (the Eurythmics’) Dave Stewart, and his entourage were there every day, and my girls and everybody were there every day. It was just a fantastic experience. We started in February and ended in December, and when it was over I was heartbroken. I didn’t want it to ever end. GC&E: The concept of the video for the first single, “Secret Love,” is intriguing – it merges your older self with your younger self. How do you feel now versus then?
Continued on Page 42 www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 41 her; she’s very chameleon-esque. That little outfit that Kelly is wearing is exactly the same as the black outfit I have on in the video. The eye makeup she has on is the makeup that I’ve been wearing since high school. I don’t change much. GC&E: Right. You stay very true to yourself, and I think a lot of gay people can admire that because we strive for that, too. SN: I do, and I think that brings a little bit of comfort to my audience. I still have the two girls singing with me, because I love them and they’re my dear friends. But I could’ve been changing background singers every year, and I chose to stay with Sharon (Celani) and Lori (Nicks) because the sound of the three of us is comforting to my audience. And those clothes are comforting to my audience. GC&E: Any impersonators stand out to you? SN: Well, I just think it’s very fun to see. When I was wearing my beautiful white Morgane Le Fay dress and my black velvet jacket, that dress just took off. I noticed how popular that dress was from the impersonators. (Laughs) I was laughing, and Morgane Le Fay was just tickled pink. So every time I’d do a little change, like in the “Secret Love” video with the long floor-length, we’re laughing – Lori and Sharon and I are laughing going, “We’re single-handedly going to bring back the Victorian ball gown.” There’s a whole new fashion statement coming out photo by Kristin Burns of the three or four or more videos that will come from this record, where we really stayed very Victorian. SN: That’s why the little girl that’s in the video, Kelly, is wearing the GC&E: Drag queens will be all about that, you know. green outfit that was my first colored outfit made in 1976, 1977 – that’s SN: Yeah – I love it! when my designer, Margi Kent, started making my clothes. But my GC&E: Glee recently dedicated an entire episode to Fleetwood Mac’s outfits were black, and that’s one of the only colored ones shemade; Rumours album. How do you feel about having your work on a show it’s a kind of tie-dyed green outfit. The little girl that’s playing me, she’s that’s been so controversial regarding using other artists’ songs? 15 and she’s one of my goddaughters, she, like, fits into this and we’re looking at her going, “Oh my god, we were that tiny!” SN: You know, I went down there when they were doing “Landslide” and I stayed there for six hours and watched them film the whole thing. But anyway, that’s what I wanted. I wanted Kelly to be the 25-year-old I watched Gwyneth (Paltrow) and Brittany (Heather Morris) and Santana Stevie, and then there’s the older Stevie. That song was written in 1975, (Naya Rivera) sing the song 50 times, and I had such a good time. What I so I wanted the spirits to blend. That’s why you see her leaving the white was very touched by was that Lea Michele, who plays Rachel, said to me, horse and then you see me leaving the white horse and then we’re both “You know, in all the big songs that we’ve done, which is many, nobody’s together, because in my dreams as a little girl that white horse was very ever called us or come down or even written a note thanking us for doing important. ‘Jessie’s Girl’ or a Journey song.” They do such great versions of all these That horse was so beautiful. (While shooting the video) we looked down songs; the original writers cannot fault them. They’re magnificent – every out of my bedroom window and saw this horse – and there was a fog one of them. And she goes, “Nobody except you has ever come down and machine on and the actual sun was coming through all the evergreens in told us that they thought we were doing a good job.” And I thought that my backyard – and I was like, “That can’t possibly be real.” If that horse was so sad. Very, very disrespectful. had a horn you would’ve thought, “OK, I’ve died and gone to fairyland,” GC&E: As someone whose music has spanned many generations, how because it was so, so mystical and so real in its magicness. This horse does it feel working with a new generation of performers – like the Glee was like Guinevere. cast or, for instance, Taylor Swift at the Grammys? GC&E: Let’s talk about those fairies, because you know a lot of gays SN: I love that. A lot of the songs they love are songs that I wrote when adore you. I was really young. “Landslide” was written in 1973; I was 27. I may sing SN: I know. I’m glad. All these visions that I see, I love when people get it now at 62, but I was 27 when I wrote that song. It’s not like they love them. Sometimes people don’t get it, you know, and I love when people a song that was written by a 62-year-old woman. They love a song that do, because I think that everybody needs to move into that magical world was written by a 27-year-old girl. sometimes. A lot of people do not ever move into the magical land of So I’m thrilled, and I don’t write any differently now than I did when fairies and angels and they just live in the hardcore miserable world that I was 27. I just go to the piano – inspired by something that happens this world is right now. It’s chaotic, horrible, there’s nothing we can do to me – with a cup of tea, incense burning and the fire in the fireplace. – it’s such a bummer. GC&E: Was your muse for “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream),” which I can do benefits and go to Africa, but the reason I make music – was Twilight-inspired, Taylor Lautner’s abs? the reason I’ve always made music – was to try to just make a record of songs that makes everybody, for an hour a day, feel better. We can SN: No. It’s nothing about him at all. The first and third verse were all stay friends and we can all be in this world and we can rise above written about me and Lindsey (Buckingham, of Fleetwood Mac) in 1976; everything else for a minute. And that’s really the only reason I wanted the second verse and the chorus were written about Bella and Edward. to make music. It really is an amazing blend – an ancient story blending Lindsey, Stevie, Bella and Edward, and everything in between. It’s my favorite. And by GC&E: When did you know you were a gay icon? the way, I have listened to “Secret Love” and “A Vampire’s Dream” for the SN: When “Night of a Thousand Stevies” (a New York City-based last two-and-a-half months and I’ve lost 12-and-a-half pounds just from salute to Stevie Nicks featuring impersonators) started happening 20 treadmilling to “Secret Love” and “A Vampire’s Dream.” years ago, it was a clue. And you know, I always felt it was because I GC&E: No way. You treadmill to your own music? was not a fashion statement like Madonna was. I’m very different than SN: Way! And I have never gotten tired of either of those songs. I’ve just been listening to those two songs for two- and-a-half solid months, and I am thinner than I’ve been since 1989. I really attribute it all to those two songs.
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artists. These include Ani DiFranco, David Usher, Lights, Suzie McNeil, Boy&Gurl, Justin Blais and Janet Panic. Edmonton Pride Pride is also taking pronounced measure to host events that reach out to LGBTQ youth in the area. Nine Days of Celebration to Suit Every Flavour “This year we adopted a new three-year Pride Festival theme: Stand UP! Stand OUT! Stand PROUD!” Harris says. “The theme was born out of a desire to encourage our community to Stand By Janine Eva Trotta UP and celebrate the richness and diversity of our lives.” This month Edmonton’s LGBTQ community and a “At a time when LGBTQ youth seem to be increasingly at risk host of allies will take to various events and festivals to due to bullying and other forms of intolerance, we also felt it celebrate Pride in Alberta’s capital: June 10th to 19th. was important to let them know that it gets better and we, as a community, stand with them and support them.” “This year’s events represent what we believe celebrating Specific events focused on youth will include the sixth annual our diversity is all about,” says Terry Harris, Director, Mayor’s Brunch in support of Camp fYrefly and a discussion Communications and Public Relations for the Edmonton Pride forum called Gay-Straight Alliance – Making it Better in Schools. Festival Society. “Whether people want to celebrate in a party atmosphere or celebrate spirituality, family, youth, the arts or “This is a community forum with students from local sport in other ways, there is an event for them.” gay-straight student alliances discussing their efforts and challenges to make schools safer for LGBTQ, questioning, and The fun lineup of activities includes the Pure Pride Dance allied youth,” Harris explains. Party, Team Edmonton Come Out and Play Day, a SoulOUTing spiritual service, the Pride Parade, the Celebration on the Edmonton Pride has attracted an estimated 20,000 attendees Square presented by TD Bank Financial Group, a Pride Family over years past, and this year is expected to be no different. Picnic, and a Queer History Bus Tour. Edmonton’s festivities draw in LGBTQ and allied community members from all over Alberta, and even Canada. The nine days Both the Pride favourites and new events will be taking place. really offer something for absolutely anyone. “This year sees the return of the Diversity Conference, which “Pride means different things to different people,” Harris explores various aspects of spirituality,” Harris says, while, says. “For some, it’s a chance to simply celebrate and have fun. “new this year is a two-day festival called the Utopia Music For others, it’s an opportunity to reflect and explore different Festival.” aspects of who they are as individuals and as part of the LGBTQ Utopia will hit the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park community. That’s why the Festival events cover such a broad the second weekend of the festival – Saturday and Sunday, spectrum. “ June 17th and 18th – and feature a host of Canada’s favourite
46 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Harris predicts that this year’s festival highlight will be the Celebration on the Square, presented by TD Bank. The celebration is held in downtown Edmonton’s core, at Churchill Square, immediately following the annual Pride Parade on Saturday, June 11. The celebration will include several hours of entertainment on the TD main stage, a beer garden and a variety of merchandise and food vendors. Edmonton Pride has enjoyed many years of relatively little controversy, strong turnout and positive outcome. Though in the beginning, this was definitely not the case. The first Edmonton Pride was held in Old Strathcona in 1990, met with a rather cold reception. “About 75 people marched along two blocks of Whyte Avenue, some with paper bags over their heads for fear of repercussions should they be identified publically,” Harris says. “A few years later, the parade moved downtown and in 1993 and 1994 Mayor Jan Reimer, amid much criticism, angry letters and phone calls, declared Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day for the next eight years. In 2004, however, then Mayor Bill Smith refused to declare Gay and Lesbian Pride.” The Edmonton Police Service and the City of Edmonton are both actively involved in planning the details of the Pride Parade and the Celebration on the Square to ensure the safety of its participants. In 1992 the Edmonton Police Service developed the Sexual Minorities Liaison Committee to promote understanding, trust, cooperation, and mutual respect between the Service and the LGBTQ community through effective communication, education, and outreach, promoting fair and effective policing. This year, Police Chief Rod Knecht is holding a Pride Week Reception on June 14th, Harris says. Though Pride events take place all over Edmonton, the majority of events will be concentrated in the city’s central neighbourhoods. A detailed list can be found under the events calendar on the Edmonton Pride Festival website, or in the Pride Edmonton spread in this edition of GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine. “We’re very excited about the diversity of events being staged this year,” Harris extols. “Thanks for GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine’s continuing support of the Edmonton Pride Festival! Your support is very much appreciated and helps make the Festival a success.”
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By Jason Clevett Bringing beauty, humor, and putting the “boob” in “The gay influence on me is all over, it’s me. I grew up and “boob tube”, Cassandra Peterson’s Elvira: Mistress of the became a gay man, it’s really bizarre. From the time I was 14, gay men were telling me how to dress, walk, dance, how to do Dark has been a part of pop culture for three decades. my makeup and hair. I worshipped them and looked up to them. While she has become one of the most recognizable First I was dancing with them, then for four and a half years I personalities in horror, her early career started as a go- toured with a group of myself and seven guys called Mammas go dancer in gay bars. Boys that toured all over the United States during the big 70’s “How did you find out that?” she asked when it was brought disco era. Those guys were like my brothers, we lived together, up. “I forgot it is on Wikipedia. I started as a go-go dancer and ate together, slept together sometimes. It was pre-AIDS thank was hired at an army base. Right off the base, it was so bizarre, god and really wild but man they taught me everything I know, there was a gay bar. I started dancing there, I was actually I am not kidding, about everything. So I have a very different like a drag queen. There were two guys and me, and we did outlook on life,” she recalled. She is amazed at how far things the Supremes. It was kind of embracing because I was a girl have come for the community since then. dressed as a drag queen, with white lips and white eye shadow, “I was from a small town in Colorado. You practically had to and we performed under a black light so we looked like the hide the bar there, there was a gay bar that was hidden in this Supremes. Isn’t that scary? People would always say, Oh my weird area. If you didn’t have an inside address you were never God you are the most incredible drag queen I have ever seen.” going to find this place. It was called the Purple Cow. There was GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine spoke with Peterson another one in Colorado Springs called Exit 21. These places between appearances at the Phoenix Comic-con. She appears were hidden and you had to knock on the door, and they would at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo June 17th - 19th at peek out the door and let you in. It was so hidden, so closeted, the BMO Centre. Anyone who has seen Elvira can pick up on so scary. Everybody was sneaking around. Can you imagine, her queer roots. that was the 60’s, everybody was in the closet. In High School
www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 51 all my best friends were in drama and kind of touchy, and later They were always messed up, bizarre outcast misfit kind of loser I went back and they were all gay but I didn’t even know. They kids that turned out to be really creative, cool, together kind of were misfits and that is who I gravitated to. I grew up and went people as adults I am always impressed. They tell me they work for my High School reunion and every one of my friends was a for Sony doing graphic arts or are a comic book artist now. I gay guy. But I didn’t get it then.” love seeing them through these decades,” she said. “For the gay Peterson has long supported AIDS charities and gay rights. community there was something about Elvira: Mistress of the As she has embraced the community, they have embraced her Dark that, if they were gay, made them feel some camaraderie back. with Elvira. She is this horrible misfit person and it actually turned out good. She made it to Vegas, maybe I can too. “I know I have had a big influence on drag queens, because Back in now they come to me for advice! I was getting advice from them, that day when you were gay and did feel like everyone was on now I am giving it. There are a lot of Elvira drag queens out there, the religious right and you felt like you didn’t fit in, I think that some fantastic some not so fantastic but I love them all. I have movie connected with a lot of young men and women who felt definitely seen an influence on that area. The gay community that they weren’t accepted and wanted to be run out of town seems to really love Elvira and support me. The community on a rail. They saw they could actually make it work out and it loves Madonna and Cher and Lady Gaga and Elvira. I think it wasn’t the end of their life.” is about being a sexy but strong woman, not sexy but weak and While she has appeared on the Johnny Carson show, at the whim of men telling you what to do. Both women and Wrestlemania 2, had her own reality TV show, and had multiple men like a strong female figure who’s also sexy. If you have ever video games based on her, Elvira’s biggest claim to fame is as been to a Cher concert, I don’t think there are any straight men a host: first of Movie Macabre in 1981 and now re-launched as in the audience that’s for damn sure. Gay men are attracted Elvira’s Movie Macabre. to things that go right down the middle, not too butch, not too “I was a horror freak since I was a child. When other kids feminine, right in the middle and that would be me.” were playing with Barbies I was playing with Frankenstein and A big part of that connection lies in the 1988 film Elvira: Dracula model kits. My favorite shows were horror related: Mistress of the Dark. Elvira quits her job at a TV station and Twilight Zone and Addams Family. Even as a child, horror was discovers she has inherited a house from a great-aunt and my favorite; Vincent Price and House On Haunted Hill and the moves to a small Massachusetts town only to be treated as Roger Corman movies that were loosely based on Edgar Allan an outcast and almost burned at the stake. The feeling of not Poe. Those were my favorite movies growing up as a kid so I had belonging and being unwanted, resonated. that influence as well. Gays and horror, hmm, I don’t think they “It is fantastic for me to meet people who say, I saw your should go together that well but it works for me. I tend to really movie when I was 10 or 12 years old and it made such a huge like the older campy movies. I do go to horror movies when impact on me. Generally that was the moment they knew they they come out and, I hear they are really good, I make a point were straight or gay, it is really weird. I don’t know if I turned of seeing them. In general my favorite horror movies are from The Hunger Francis them gay or straight. They watched the movie and related to the 50’s and 60’s. Recent movies like and Ford Coppola’s Dracula Elvira in some way. I meet people that I met as kids, and now – things that are more fantasy based. meet them again in their 30’s and they all turned out good.
52 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com I am really not into Saw or Halloween films that are more like torture than horror.“ Peterson isn’t the only horror icon at the expo. She will be joined by director George A. Romero, Doug Bradley (Pinhead from Hellraiser), Julian Sands (Warlock), and Gaylen Ross (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow). “Today in Phoenix I am sitting next to Stan Lee and Leonard Nimoy. These are all guys I have been friends with for 20 years, I have seen and met them a million times, Juilan Sands is the only one I met recently. George Romero, we go back 100 years. So every few months we see each other, it is always fun to see them, and a thrill, but we are kind of like co-workers gathering around the water cooler and trading stories. Every time I see them I am impressed.” So what can you expect when Elvira haunts the Calgary Entertainment Expo? “I haven’t been up to Calgary for this event but I have heard it is first class and amazing. I was talking to someone here at the Phoenix Comic-Con who said they had been there and you won’t believe it. So I don’t know what to expect, I was going to ask you,” she said. “I just had a storm trooper jump out of the elevator and point a gun at me. It is bizarre but I am used to it. I have heard the costumes are first class so I am looking forward to seeing it. I am not sure what I am doing or what to expect but I will be there hanging out.”
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By Jason Clevett Tia Carrere seemed to curse our interview from the start. “Hopefully my iPhone doesn’t drop because I am right by the Apple campus,” she said on the phone from San Jose, where she was performing a benefit concert. Two minutes later I was left talking to air. Fortunately the issue was soon resolved and the interview continued. Fans won’t have to worry about getting disconnected from the star when she appears at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo June 17th - 19th. “I am excited to come up there, I haven’t been to Calgary in a long time. It is so nice getting the love, and they get to come up and take a picture [with] their children because they know me from Wayne’s World and their kids know me from Lilo & Stitch. It is multi-generational now and I keep sticking around,” she said, adding that she really enjoys interacting with fans. “I have always said that this may be the one and only time this person meets you in their lives. Do you want it to be a good experience or a negative one? We are so fortunate and blessed in that I get to do what I love, travel the world and meet so many people. It is my responsibility to be enthusiastic Continued on Page 57 www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 55 56 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Interview - From Page 55 and charming when I meet people that are there to give you only place we could meet where we weren’t sinning. We started their love.” in jazz orchestra and entered talent contests together.” While some first saw Carrere on the seriesAirwolf in 1985 or In short, Tia Carrere is an actress, singer, model, and Mom. as Jade Soong Chung in General Hospital, many first remember It can be a challenge balancing all aspects of her life, but one her as the schwing-worthy Cassandra Wong, love interest of she takes on with joy. Wayne in 1992’s Wayne’s World. “I was up in Toronto working on a new show on ABC called “It is crazy just thinking about how long ago it was, because The Hot Zone about a combat hospital in Kandahar starting it has gone by in a blink of an eye. I think it was like the Rocky June 15th. I was up there doing that show, came home to Los Horror Picture Show of our time. It spawned a lot of phrases Angeles for less than 24 hours, then to Hawaii for some shows that people still use today like Way! No Way! and Shyeah, as if. and Q&A’s. So it was going from acting to home for less than a I think I hurt my neck the last time I headbanged to Bohemian minute to singing.” Rhapsody so I’m not going to do it anymore. Mike Myers is She is looking forward to meeting some of her gay and lesbian wonderful and a sweetheart, a really great guy. When I was fans at the expo. auditioning the last one, he came up to me and said “I love the gay fan base. I went to go visit with my old dresser
Richard Ryder on Relic Hunter and he is now is a big gay DJ at . It just made a world of difference when I walked Proud FM in Toronto. He and I went shopping on Church Street in the room, confidence wise. It was really, really great.” and went to Northbound Leather and bought me It was then on to 1994’s action-comedy True Lies. Carrere a fetish dress. He said let me take you to tranny has fond memories of working for the James Cameron directed closet, I need to hem up that dress for you. I met his film, which also featured Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee friend Miss Conception who was doing a show that Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, and Charlton Heston. afternoon and it was all feather boas and sparkles. “I just saw Jamie Lee Curtis in Beverly Hills. That is a classic It was awesome.” movie it was dynamite. It was such a huge movie and it went on for such a long time, about a year to shoot. My little part as fifth banana was nine months of shooting from LA to Miami to Newport, Rhode Island, DC. I was all over the place. Arnold was terrific to work with and very fun loving. He had a crew of Tia Carrere guys he has worked with for many years. My brother-in-law has Appearing at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo actually been friends with him since 1972, his friends he keeps a long, long time.” Jun 17th - 19th • www.calgaryexpo.com • www.tiacarrere.com From 1999 – 2002 Carrere played archeology professor Sydney Fox on the syndicated series Relic Hunter. The show http://www.gaycalgary.com/a2268 took some creative license but blended history with action- adventure. It was mostly filmed in Toronto, and Carrere is now View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments a permanent resident of Canada. “The most fun was traveling the world on somebody else’s dime! I got to go to England and Paris and Spain and lived in Toronto 10 months out of the year. We shot 66 episodes of that show and it was so much fun. It was really a page from the Indiana Jones book, a little bit of education in the framework of an action-adventure show. I thought it was more of a kids show but I realized a lot of grown women really liked the show. Maybe it was the way I kicked around my sidekick – a strong dominant female with a sweet, adorable foppish sidekick along with the fantasy of traveling the world. So the fact that women loved the show more than children really surprised me. It was about being a maverick and not conforming to other people’s definition of what you should be.” Now it is not just people who loved Wayne’s World who are excited to meet her, but also their children. As Carrere already mentioned, she played the voice of Lilo’s sister Nani in Lilo and Stitch. The show spring-boarded her back to her musical origins. Many may not realize that Carrere is a multiple Grammy award winner. “It was a return to my roots because I was born and raised in Hawaii and is why I got back into recording of Hawaiian music. I sang a song in the film and went back and revisited with a childhood friend of mine, Daniel Ho. We did some famous Hawaiin songs on our first record Hawaiiana( ) and were nominated for a Grammy. Our second album (Ikena) won, and then this year (Huana Ke Aloha) won me my second Grammy. I am over the moon, I have two of them! I just received mine about two weeks ago. It is everything I dreamed of, I always dreamed of being a Grammy winner, not being an Oscar winner. Music was always my love growing up. It all kind of started from singing for that film. It took me back to where I came from and the innocence of my childhood.” She tours with longtime friend Daniel Ho, and will have her CDs available at the Expo. “Daniel Ho and I have known each other since we were 14 years old. I went to an all-girl Catholic School and he went to an all-boys Catholic school down the street and music was the www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 57 Photography
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