PRIDE REDUX Pictures from PrideFest and the Milwaukee Pride Parade. page 19 THE VOICE OF PROGRESS FOR WISCOnsin’s LGBT COMMUNITY June 13, 2013 | Vol. 4, No. 16 Marriage rulings imminent By Lisa Neff fornia’s Proposition 8, the state’s woman, and to the U.S. Defense of Staff writer voter-approved constitutional Marriage Act, which defines mar- The U.S. Supreme Court is amendment defining marriage as riage as the union of a man and a expected to issue opinions in two the union of a woman for federal purposes. cases this month that – in the best man WiG looks at the cases, the possible outcome – could clear the and a issues, the court, the potential way for same-sex couples to marry outcomes and the history of the throughout the United States, thus pursuit of marriage equality. allowing those couples to access more than 1,100 federal benefits associated with marriage. The justices in March heard arguments in challenges to Cali- page 14 Pride and prejudice PHOTO: AP/CHINaTOPIX Globally, LGBT celebrants face assault and worse By Lisa Neff Chinese activists kiss as they take Staff writer part in a gay Pride parade in Chang- In cities, provinces and entire countries sha in south China’s Hunan prov- around the world, LGBT Pride event orga- ince on May 17. nizers risk becoming political prisoners and Pride celebrants risk becoming trauma patients. “In some places, especially the United States where it all started, Pride is a celebra- tion of how much progress has been made,” said Zurich-based human rights activist Anna Gomes. “I have been to Pride in San Fran- cisco. It is glorious. It is not like that every- where. In some countries, where to be gay is a crime or taboo, going to Pride is an act of civil disobedience.” PROTESTS page 30 FIRE ISLAND SECOND ARREST The second REBOUNDS IN GAY BASHING Memorial Day visitors to Fire A second suspect has of three Island saw how the legendary been charged in con- gay resort has rebounded in the nection with the March special issues wake of a 2011 fire and Super- bashing of Applebee’s Rice storm Sandy. Two new books, one Lake server Tim Phares, celebrating chronicling the area’s architectural pictured right after the heritage, the other a collection of assault. The restaurant LGBT Pride polaroids taken by Tom Bianchi chain’s response to the during the resort’s heyday in the attack by the husband Month 1970s (right) tell the resort’s his- of a co-worker caused a tory from different pespectives. page 24 national outcry. page 4 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | June 13, 2013 News with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg CARMEL HIGH’S filed a lawsuit charging planet to have like a boa. repeat after the first airing. CutEST COUPLE the hotel with negligence, totally aban- Two boys, Dylan Mee- saying it offered a “pros- doned every TROublE NO CURE han, 18, and Brad Taylor, titute-friendly environ- God-given ves- IN EDEN Apple has banned an app 17, were named “cutest ment.” tige to protect A controversial creation- created by anti-gay, right- couple” in the class of 2013 your child from the filth ist museum in Kentucky is wing Christians to help in Carmel High School’s YOU ARE NOT of homosexuality – to adding new, non-religious users “cure” themselves yearbook. According to WEARING THAT blatantly go along with it attractions in order to of homosexuality. “Set- students, there was no Russian officials have is disgusting.” Journalists boost lagging ticket sales. ting Captives Free,” previ- controversy at the school ordered Elton John to call this a “dog bites man” The museum opened with ously available in Apple’s in suburban Carmel, N.Y., change his flamboyant story because, well, what a big bang in 2007 – draw- HOW YOU App Store, claimed to and they carried on with concert outfits during a else would you expect ing 400,000 visitors that SAy ‘FRENCH be a 60-day course that the end-of-year business concert in the city of from a hardcore, right- year. But fewer and fewer KISSING’ destroys users’ same-sex wing militia promoter. of signing yearbooks. Still, Krasnodar on July 14. people are making the Kissing with tongues? desires. “Despite what you the couple gained Internet The Communists of Rus- trek to Petersburg, Ky., We know it as the “French may have heard elsewhere, fame. “The whole thing has sia party demands that GAGGED TO to sit on dinosaur models kiss.” But there’s been no you do not have a ‘homo- been a bit surreal,” they he ditch his usual attire PROTECT GAGA and watch Adam and Eve word for it in the French sexual gene,’ nor were said, issuing a joint state- because it comprises AND GROUPIES cuddle. So operators are dictionary until now. you born this way with no ment to the press. “homosexual propaganda.” A British judge has lim- adding new attractions, “Galocher” – to kiss with hope of freedom,” state ited anti-fur protests out- including a dragon exhibit tongues – was added to the app’s makers. The app OH, HIM AGAIN… side Harrods in London and “Dr. Crawley’s Insec- louis, take GET OFF MY the “Petit Robert” 2014 is still available for down- CORNER! Matthew Trewhella, after animal rights activ- torium.” French dictionary released load by Google Android a look for A New Jersey woman a minister at West Allis’ ists interfered with Lady in late May. Laurence users. says she was mistaken for Missionaries to the Pre- Gaga’s arrival at the store CHIME IN Laporte of the Robert stray text a prostitute at a Miami Born, called gays “filthy” in to promote her perfume. Beyonce and some publishing house told the BAD NIGHT hotel, but that wasn’t the a right-wing Web-TV pro- The judge said the pro- famous friends – includ- AP, “We always had many FOR WIllY boxes at the worst of it. Anna Burgese gram. He also expressed testers caused a “nuisance, ing John Legend, Jenni- expressions to describe A martial arts star is says in a lawsuit filed in fed- disgust for straight people annoyance and harass- fer Lopez, Madonna and ‘French-kissing,’ like ‘kiss- suing a Philadelphia sex end. i found eral court that a group of with children who “have ment.” Meanwhile, in a Gloria Steinem – recently ing at length in the mouth,’ shop for selling him a per- a lot under women she believes were no problem with homo- poster for the new film turned the home of Eng- but it’s true, we’ve never sonal lubricant that he prostitutes attacked her in sexuality or homosexual “Machete Kills,” the singer lish rugby into a fortress had one single word.” claims permanently disfig- and on ads. the lobby of South Beach’s marriage. They are the is holding a smoking gun for women’s rights. The ured his penis and left it W Hotel in January. She most base people on the and wearing a dead wolf- concert at Twickenham HOW YOU SAY dysfunctional. think i got raised money for Chime ‘NO KISSING’ In papers filed in court, for Change, a campaign set A gay Chicago couple Michael Waylon Lowe them but up to empower girls and says they were ejected says the Kama Sutra Plea- women around the world. from a cab for sharing a sure Balm Prolonging Gel wouldn’t Beyonce co-founded the brief peck on the lips. Ste- burned and scarred his want them group with actress Salma ven White told a CBS-2 genitals. 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