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b ISSUE #41 MAY 1992 DEAR DICKHEADS, the same damh d~slllusioned This letter is directed to world as the rest of your queer the overly intelligent lesbian friends, you don't understand J.R. Ruppel I that wrote the article in the what all the hubbub IS about??!! "Positively Queer" column in Well open your eyes! I'm EDITORISALES your April issue. I had to laugh sorry that the world dldn't start when I read your article. It functioning as a place where Natalie Kaminski never ceases to amaze me that homosexuality ran rampant, but when someone feels the need that's the way the cook~e CONTRIBUTING WRITERS to do something "different," crumbles as they say. So why Wc z#kayl, Rlck Ruppd, Matt Taylor, Dads CMlM Lm Ckml they automatically assume that don't ugetused to that! Your Chllk IkbYn, Scott vlee, Zba Marashl, Lets Nettman, Ryn Worm they deserve to be recognized pathetic pleas for equal rights as "special." You state that make me want to puke! You COPY~ - EDITOR--- - ~ --- you were bored and offended have equal rrghts as a human Jo Yalfe ;&&:&? by all the safe sex posters at being, but when ~t comes to OTOGRAPHS the U. Then you go on to rip your sexual preferences, you - Mck Egan, Robert DeBerry into the "self-righteous pricks" are outnumbered. Maybe you who were offended by are queer, and ~tsvery obvious F-DUDE S ILLUSTRATIONS posters. Well, what the hell that you are here, but you sure Ryan Wayment makes you think that just be- as hell are not fabulous, and SLUG 1s: A ROIIUIIY New8 81111 EI1erlabmn1 Gldk Wt I# plnlad by 1b MI af rrch cause you have a different I am not about to get d?wn and math rdcar br M(It awr 100 bcrtbw. AU rlhk contllmod by local wrltm. AU sexual preference, it gives you bow to you because you l~keto RlwW ~rinlodIn 8WC k the aphi~aa1 lhr wlrsand not #cemrly theta rltbr the right to try and shove it on get it on with other women. You everyone else?? go get it on and I'll just Ignore dldnrlal ttalf. All IYItubcbn8, Idvlrtirinu, Ilttrrr, pictrac, porn: ml rt work mutt be ' ncdW by IL8 2Mb of thr month to be printed fa tbr nbxt inrr I am not at all prejudice you. Unfortunately, there are Please Send to: SLUG MAGAZINE against lesbians, homosexu- people (like the self righteous als, or whatever the hell you pricks at the U) who aren't ao- 1 P.O. BOX 1061 want to label people with dif- ina to ianore vou. They are ferent sexual preferences; going to get offended and take however, I do not agree U down your posters. They aren't with what you do. I am 100% going to put'up wlth you (as heterosexual and I have never you put it) gettlng too upp~ty. understood how homosexuals What I'm getting at IS that the develop the sort of drives and world is not gonna change to desires that they have, but I pamper your queer ass. So feel that it is not my place to do whatever the hell it IS you try and tell other people what ' want to do, but don't expect the they should do or what they world to accept you And just should like. If you want to have because the "Mo Mo" Church sex with someone else of the maintains high moral stan- same sex, good for you . . . dards, you don't have the r~ght But don't try to tell me that to assume that all of ~tsmem- what's good for the goose is bers are homophoblc I'm not good for the gander. But in homophoblc, but I am not overly your article it would appear that excite$ by the thought of the people who were offended from H.I.V,, and I know the SUBSE: ..,Ienough to remove your posters L.D.S. Church agrees. So back are "Self Righteous Pricks." off, be yourself, and auit trv- GEC THIS TRASH SENT Well go to &U !! If you would jna to a~oloaizefor what vou RIGHT TO YOUR HOUSE just be satisfied with being a =!I! lesbian and keep it to yourself Sincerely, and your lovers, instead of .;-?;?.:.?' ,.!. .'.. Orem, Utah ONE YEAR $12 p, ;j.. ;* NOW1 trying to tell everyone else that or Order $1 2.00 To: you are right, then you wouldn't Ed. Note: Letters submitted to Send Check Money for have to bitch and moan about the-Dear Dickhead column are NU6 P.O. Box 1061 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110-1 061 Bullshit like lack of respect, the opinion. of those people F1U lhis Out and Send with Check (Please PriIIt) lack of rights, etc. If the safe submitting such. ..especially sex posters that were put up by geeks like this. the heterosexuals were so of- NAME fensive to you, then why didn't ADDRESS you do the same thing and DICKHEADS @ SWG jake them down? P.O. BOX 1061, SLC UTAH CITY STATZIP You are obviously stuck in Page 4 May 1992 SLUG

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CCI-YII.-". 533.0340 00KING SOURCE L- 967-4742 SLUG May 1992 Page7 where the juty can disregard the lawy "No," said I, "It's whersthe jury can quitadefen- dant if they find the law unjust accod~ngthe individual's c~rcumstances." "I don1know enough about it to answer -9 "I 99-9- - - your question," she said, while scribbling a note to herself, 'but I will find out moren I "m'y mhw " passedonsomeFlJAliterature, as Ihappened '-' to have some handy, and went on to explain "l'm a lawyer- not a p~liiician." After her speech, I introduced myself as a that, in -dance with the constitutional .(and received a somewhat horrific guaranteeof atrial by ajury of one's peers, the . Jan Graham, Solicitor General e~ressio~in return). "Justaminute,"said Jan,who j,ro,;u,supposedtobeimpaflial(theydon't .proceeded to dis me for the next half hour. Since have, stake in the case, as the 'wmof us will be free uMthe last ~~~fda~ there were refreshments. I made the best of it, and and defense anorneysdo, and, the strangled with the innards of the last lawyer." decided that, even though she had timefortheTrib, I. judge, in her ivorytower, they have a more - -Robert Anton Wilson, H/sbtki3/ a prime intefVii would probably be be% in my reaJisticGewof the defendant's moQvesand . , llluminatus Chronicles -, of the justness otthe law) and must, neces- I came back for the interview, and sat in one of sarily vote as their conscbncadictates in Like many of you who the plushchairs in the AG'soffii, reading the latest a verdid. 1;read your political junk mail issue of Govemng magazine, until Jan was ready Jan apparently didn't seem to agree, fmm the Republicrak, to find for me. however, saying, "I don't think it'll ever pass." My first question to the Solicitor General was out what the opposition is up B~Never,M I think J~~means in her lletime. to, as well as for a few laughs about sex. Iasked her 1she felt that a woman has ~h~~l~d~~-lam youngerthanslici- (Wayne Owens is my favor- the @M to have sex without pr"dtdng offspring- tor General Jan Graham. And I belleve that ite- what a goof), I recently She replied,'ltwouklbeunethicalofrnetorevealmy the power of justice is already the hands of reoeived an invitation to the opinionon abortion, as it's boundtocome up before the people.~,,d more of us realize MecapitalforJan Graham's me in court." everyday. announcement that she will Its funny how she refused to answer my first MichaelCoombs is the Libertarian party seek the office of State Attor- (extremely controversial) question, on ethical ddateforA~~~~ ~~~~~~l. ney General (as Paul Van grounds, while she had no problem with my next Dam is not re-running). Gra- (politicallycorrea)question,about the environment. EaMZwy/ ham,currenE%~rGmeral, Jan strongly feels that we need "more and tougher is adedicated servant of the people -when asked by Van hm''t0 penalize thosewho pollute and destroy the NEXT MOPIT,+ The Root of All Evil and the Dam to leave her high-paying position with the law firm of environment. Five Branches of Government hnesa.Waldo, Hobrdok and McDonough, and pin the I nextaskedifshefeltthattheWaron Drugswill Attornky General's office, Jan selflessly twkthejob (wlh it's be won with "more and tougher laws," also, or if she "11~gnatic"dropin pay), and has (in her words), "fought had considersdecriminalizationapossibilitocut dawn to rebuild the Attorney Generals office." ondrug-relatedviolence, and the needlessl'itigatior Jan is the top female offii-holder in Utah, and has of victimless crimes. She said, "I wouldn't br commented on the lackof women holding publicoffmin the surprised if certain substances [namely marijuana] state,sayim, "Utah'spre@b& inthatarea. It's abysmal." To areevent~allydecriminal~ed,butldon't seeMartinez Whid does she attribute her s~wwithin the Mormon [theBushAdministrati9n'scvnent6drug~1headed Patnarchy3"Tlyy [me4have t&en me in," she has stated. in that direction, at all." I asked her if she would In fa in;jaddiClap to Van Dmb~endorsement, former consider decriminalizationof "dtain substances," governor G&pi Rampton is her campaign chairperson, in Utah. "I'm not a lawmaker," she replied, "I simply and her husband, Buzz Hunt, is Salt Lake City Treaurer. enforce the law." As Soliir General, however, I decided to take Jan up on her invitation, and headed part of Jan's job is to direct legal policy on major tothe steps of the Utah Supreme Court, to ''take part in the issues in Utah. She sounds like a politician to me. excitement." Her speech, though she said very little of I continued by asking Jan if she was familiar substance, was a well-written crowd-pleaser (conservative with the Hemp Movement, and the myriad uses, wowd here, folks -except, of course, yours truly), which including medicine, paper, textiles, renewable en- went over well with supporters and the (mainstream) media, ergy and food, that can be derived from nature's alike. most versatile plant, and which demonstrate that In addressing the abortion and schoolprayer issues, hemp shouki, in fact, be legalized to help save the Jan said that the Attorney General's office "handled them planet (in addition to its statusas a relatively bengn both as lawyers, not political panderers," and that they would recreationallcreative aid). "No, I wasn't," was her not 'bow to political correctness." She continued tiy saying, reply. "In the eye of the poliaical storm that has raged, that steadfast Iwasn't surprisedthshewasn't hipon hemp, adherence to legal principles has not ahvays been easy - so 1 passed on some literature from the Business but it has aiways been right." (Remindsoneof George Bush's Alliance for Commerce in Hemp (BACH). Wlred Brimley impersonation, "it's the &j~thing to do.") My find question was concerning Jan's feel- Considering that, as any lawyer knows, there are legal ings on the Fully Informed Jury W (FUA). Bear in P.O. BOX 526037 mind: Jan has, in her career, sewed as Professor of pn'ncples to justify virtually any wurseof litigation (especially SALT LAKE CITY, in as potentially-explosive a case as ChurchIState separa- Trial Ad- (atthe U of U Law School), Com- tion), what exactly does Jan mean? missioner of the Utah State Bar, President of the U I ' " 841 52-6037 It was for this reason, Jan's lack of clanty in discussing of U Law School Board of Trustees, and .as a \dl)359-5145 issuesof vlal importance to herconstituency,that prompted mernber of the Utah Commission on Justice in the me to ask her for an interview. 21st Century. Her pswer was "Isn't that [FIJA] I Page 8 May 1992 SLUG

phanf at the end of all his work, There is a truly meaningful I showing his own progress as qua@ to be discovered in - - - LJIL- i 1 he strives through this oral and Rollin's non-musical ventures, written purging process to come whether it's a glimpse of I 1 to grips with his own humanity. yourself or an opportunity for 1 HENRY ROLLINSI Abng the way he takes his personal growth, or just a I audience through the same chance to enjoy the perspec- process, purifying them wlh tive of another human being showers of anger and laughter; commenting on the pleasure, confronting our own fears and indignity and frustration of livi desires as Rollins faces his from day to day. own. In the words of Rollins, All this from a man Love and hate existon both synonymous with the word sides of @One sided win. This "angry?" Participate in the coin could be the talisman that experience for yourself as Rollins carries in his provedial Rollins performs in Salt Lake pocket; love and hate being the this month on his spoken word forces underlying Rollins' tour, just a single man and hii ' writing, solo performances and microphone, laying himself his work within the parameters bare for your scrutiny and of Rollins Band. benefit. You may find his Wrie . Write Strip away the tattoos. the "anger" to be profitable for your p black clothing and the fierce own soul; a way of exorcising E expressions that indelibly cloud demons and making room for ' t Rollin's face, and you're left with the person meant to inhabit Henry Rollins has long , one of the loudest, most unique your brain and body. been recognized as a major In' roll, a post-script to his title as ' and conscientious force in the American musical "the angriest man." voices of the 1990's. subculture, but of late he has While anger is an undetiy- Iipunk's poet laureaten been gaining notoriety as a ' ing theme in his spoken word may seem a lofty title proliic author and a powerful performances and his writings, for a man on a quest purveyor of the spoken word. it is only one of many driving in search of himself, With Wehie books under his ' forces for the persona. His but there is a side of belt so far, his own publishing works are laden with humor, his work that has company 2.13.61 and four sorrow, joy, rage, terror and a universal appeal. In spdten word recordings to sense of confronting and addition, Rollins date,'i%llins should be re- conquering the despair of being exercises a responsi- named the busiest man in rock alive. Rollins emerges trium- bilito, his audience and to himself, carefully choosing words and scenarios ~LLA&S, to get his message across; to the listener1 \ WELCOME A reader, or to himself. According to Dean Kuipers, in the introduction to the spoken word tape; t Our Fathers Who Aren't In I found a new home. I moved into a room much better! than in England. 1 moved into a better neighborhood. I moved into my head. That's my planet. I su NDAY, MAY 1 7TH ofien hilarious momelof that's my neighborhood, I'm at apm enlightenment..." These are the the point where I can sit in a 1 . WI guests GRAVEL WEED formerly the Stench subtle truths which Rollins room alone and be perfectly r and MAKESHIFT cover just $5 chooses to share wlh all of wntent in my own company. those who would pay attention BAR & GRILL t?o MST800 588-0840 . and learn from them or rejoice a prlwate club lor members . inthem.