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By Louis Weisberg The new majority unilater- Staff writer ally enacted laws and policies The year 2011 marked a more reflective of Mississippi turning point in Wisconsin’s and Texas than of a state history, but the ultimate with Wisconsin’s progressive direction of that turn has yet tradition. to be determined. The most Rather than working important stories of the year to sell their ideas, Walker for the state’s LGBT resi- and the state’s GOP lead- dents and their progressive ers launched a campaign ICONIC KISS allies include: to destroy or disenfran- The full repeal of “don’t ask, chise their foes. Organized don’t tell” in September 1. Political labor, the most influential paved the way for this upheaval Democratic Party constitu- historic kiss in December. Wisconsin’s top news ent, took the first hit when See story page 10. story of 2011 unfolded in Walker proposed a budget numerous headlines that plan that included stripping Photo: AP Photo/ together represent a seminal public unions of collective T h e V i r g i n i a n-Pilot/Bri a n J . C l a r K moment in state history. bargaining rights. Notably It all started in January, exempt from the measure when Gov. Scott Walker and were the police and firefight- the Wisconsin GOP took ers unions, which endorsed control of state government Walker in his gubernatorial ‘Don’t ask’ repeal and wrenched it in a whol- bid. Republicans also passed ly new direction – without a new voter photo ID law warning, discussion or public – one of the strictest in the approval, according to critics. nation – designed to make tops year’s events it more difficult for tradi- tionally Democratic voters, By Lisa Neff DADT was enacted 18 years ago. full repeal on Sept. 20, about nine including minorities, college Staff writer Bill Clinton, who courted the gay vote, hours after gay bars in major cities This students, the handicapped The year ending Dec. 31 proved had campaigned on a promise to lift the hosted gay sailors, marines, soldiers and the elderly, to vote. that LGBT Americans are on an inevi- long-standing ban against gays in the and pilots at coming-out parties. issue Walker’s budget rewarded table path to equality. WiG’s picks for military. But facing staunch opposition “As of today, patriotic Americans inside and online at his corporate backers with top national stories of the year, in from a conservative Congress, Clinton in uniform will no longer have to lie wisconsingazette.com huge tax cuts that were order of importance, are: agreed to a “compromise” that did about who they are in order to serve positioned as “job-creation” not end but rather codified the ban. the country they love,” the president News measures. So were new laws 1. DADT’S DONE: DADT barred military officers from said. “As of today, our Armed Forces WiGWAG ����������������������2 that erased environmental THE LIFTING OF THE asking recruits and servicemembers will no longer lose the extraordinary Regional Gaze ���������������3 regulations and limited cor- MILITARY BAN about their sexual orientation, but it skills and combat experience of so National Gaze ���������������6 porate liability. At the same “Don’t ask, don’t tell” officially also barred gay servicemembers from many gay and lesbian servicemembers. Editorial ����������������������� 12 time, Walker hired unquali- ended at 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 20, a date disclosing their sexual orientation. And today, as commander in chief, Faith Gaze ������������������� 14 fied political cronies to head greeted like a holiday by the politicians From 1993 through 2011, at least I want those who were discharged major departments and divi- and activists who fought for repeal, by 14,346 men and women were dis- under this law to know that your Features sions of government and gay servicemembers were previously charged under DADT. country deeply values your service.” WiGOUT! ������������������ 18 awarded them shocking rais- forced to live in the closet, and by mili- President Barack Obama issued a At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Theater ������������������������ 19 es over their predecessors. tary veterans who felt disrespected. mid-morning statement confirming NATIONAL page 10 Film ������������������������������� 20 LOCAL page 8 Music ���������������������������� 25 On the Town �������������� 26 streep’s ‘iron lady,’ craig’s iron pecs grace films pages 20, 22 2 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 3

By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg LGBT news with a twist WiGWAG Got news? Tell us REGIONAL GAzE [email protected]. Party implosion reported that three of the women Minnesota Republican state Sen. Amy are pregnant. One of the preg- Koch abruptly resigned her position as nant women, who is in a same- Best of 2011 Foley & Lardner docked for anti-gay activities majority leader on Dec. 15 amid allegations sex relationship, described Johnson as a she had an improper relationship with a “really nice … really supportive guy.” But By Louis Weisberg only company to receive an male employee. Koch, who is married, was Johnson’s wife Kathy, who had a hysterec- Staff writer overall negative score. The a champion of a proposed constitutional tomy 10 years ago, said she was unaware The Milwaukee-based law Irving, Texas-based oil giant, For the record amendment to “preserve the sanctity of of her husband’s sperm donations. She told firm Foley & Lardner was which ranks No. 2 on the Other Wisconsin companies that received ratings – marriage” by denying same-sex couples the Alabama Press-Register, “This is a really, one of three companies to Fortune 500, failed to meet on a scale of zero to 100 – included: the right to marry in the state. Within really difficult time for our family. I’m still in be penalized on the Human any of the criteria for the • Rockwell Automation Inc., Milwaukee, 90 days of the Koch scandal, the leading con- disbelief and very hurt, and our family has a Rights Campaign’s annual 2012 index. In addition, HRC • Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, 85 tender to take control of the financially lot of healing to do.” Corporate Equality Index deducted 25 points from the • Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Milwaukee, 79 troubled Minnesota GOP dropped out of for engaging in activities that company’s score, giving it a • American Family Insurance, Madison, 55 the race after revelations of an arrest for an Gross receipts undermine LGBT equality. score of minus-25. • Aliant Energy, Madison, 50 expired car registration and an earlier sex- Greg Davis, the mayor of Southaven, Foley & Lardner was Before Exxon and Mobil • Manpower Group, Milwaukee, 50 ual harassment lawsuit. And a Republican Miss., inadvertently outed himself when Lady in ’11 Hernandez as hero docked 25 points for repre- merged in 1999, Mobil • Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, 50 candidate challenging popular Democratic he used the city’s charge card to make a Lady Gaga arrived at the Grammy Daniel Hernandez had been working senting the anti-gay National offered domestic partner- • CUNA Insurance Group, Madison, 30 Sen. Amy Klobuchar next year admitted a $67 purchase at a gay sex shop in Toronto. Awards in February in an egg, which as a congressional intern for just five Organization for Marriage ship benefits and had an • Johnson Controls, Milwaukee 30 2005 arrest for carrying a loaded gun at the In 2008, Davis mounted an unsuccessful hatched onstage. “Born This Way” was days when his boss, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle in its campaigns against mar- employment nondiscrimi- • Fiserv Inc., Brookfield, 15 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. campaign for Congress, describing himself born and a movement began. AP’s Giffords, D-Arizona, was shot and criti- riage equality in the District nation policy that includ- • Harley Davidson Corp., Milwaukee 15 as a “conservative pro-life Republican” and Entertainer of the Year traveled the cally injured outside a Tucson grocery of Columbia and Minnesota. ed sexual orientation. • Kohl’s Corp., Menomonee Falls, 15 a “happily married man.” The Mississippi world promoting tolerance and battling store. The young gay man worked to The firm received an overall ExxonMobil did away with • Oshkosh Group, Oshkosh, 15 auditor has demanded that Davis pay back bigotry and bullies. Discussing her own stop the flow of blood from Giffords’ rating of 60 out of 100 pos- both the benefits and the – L.W. a total of more than $170,000 for personal troubles in the classroom and school- head while awaiting the arrival of para- sible points on the index. policy after the merger, expenses that he billed to taxpayers, much yard, she became an It Gets Better icon. medics. He was hailed as a hero – from The recently released 2012 and has repeatedly resist- of it for expensive meals and liquor. Tucson to D.C. to Milwaukee PrideFest. edition of the Corporate ed shareholder efforts to ees,” HRC spokesman Paul deduction for taking action Equality Index rated 636 amend the policy to protect Guequierre said. “They con- against LGBT equality after Downsizing major companies based on gay employees. tinue to give us, and the it nixed a shareholder reso- Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia De their LGBT-related employ- “For over a decade, HRC entire LGBT community, the lution to add gender identity Rossi recently purchased Brad Pitt’s Malibu ment practices. This year was has urged ExxonMobil to cold shoulder.” to the company’s employ- manse for $12 million, according to People the first in which HRC hand- re-evaluate its employ- New York-based Verizon ment non-discrimination magazine. The couple put their current ed out negative scores. ment practices and policies Communications Inc. also policy. Verizon received an home, which was featured in Architectural ExxonMobil was the regarding LGBT employ- received the 25-point overall score of 20. Digest, on the market for $49 million. The couple will be downsizing from a 15,000-square-foot home to a mere 4,000 Wardrobe square feet of space. malfunction Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., was widely Reality TV check Making amends Global DeGeneres ridiculed following the broadcast of a Has Sarah Palin’s 15 minutes of fame run Actor-comic Tracy Morgan apolo- Ellen DeGeneres took home a speech from the floor of the U.S. House out? The former Republican vice presiden- gized repeatedly for saying he’d stab his Daytime Emmy Award in 2011 for in which the outlines of his pendulous tial candidate has failed to generate interest son if he were gay. Morgan wasn’t the “Outstanding Talk Show.” She also pecs and perky nipples were on full dis- in a new reality TV show focusing on her only celeb to apologize to LGBT people earned another honor in late 2011 – play. Frank was wearing a tight, sky-blue husband Todd’s career as a championship in 2011. Lessers than the A-list said not a golden statue but an appointment crew-neck shirt. A jacket, which might snowmobile racer. Despite teaming up with “sorry.” Remember the words of Patti by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham have saved him the embarrassment, was reality TV guru Mark Burnett on the proj- Stanger, Adam Carolla, Roger McDowell, Clinton to serve as a special envoy for draped over his shoulders. The jacket’s ect, Palin has gotten a thumbs-down from Kelly Osbourne, Wayne Simmonds, AIDS awareness. “The fight against AIDS sleeve apparently wouldn’t fit over a large both TLC and A&E – the same two net- Joakim Noah and Kobe Bryant? Or, per- is something that has always been close cast on Frank’s left hand. The congressman works that battled over Palin’s reality show haps, the names already are forgotten? to my heart,” DeGeneres said. recently had surgery on ligaments in his “Alaska.” Network insiders reportedly said thumb. Palin’s asking price of $1 million per epi- sode was too high for a celebrity whose Platform heel fame could be on the wane. Taking a swipe at current first lady Michelle Obama, Marcus Bachmann said Image upgrade he would not focus on children’s health if The number of gays depicted in adver- he replaced her in the White House. “I’ve tising has soared over the past decade, decided my cause is not going to be happy according to a new study by the University meals,” he said during an Iowa campaign of Miami School of Communication. stop. Instead, Bachmann said his platform The image of gays in advertising has as first lady would be to denounce same- improved along with the rising numbers, sex relationships. found the study, which was published in the Journal of Advertising. Today’s media Transitions JokinGlee spreading his seed often portrays gays as stylish consum- Transgender civil rights advocate Jane Lynch began 2011 with a Golden Bill Johnson, a 2009 conservative ers with high-end taste. But the research Chaz Salvatore Bono transitioned in Globe for best supporting actress in a Christian candidate for governor of found more work needs to be done. Ads front of the world in “Becoming Chaz” series – Fox’s “Glee.” Then the openly Alabama, has acknowledged making sperm that depict support for gay families are on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Then lesbian actress became the first woman donations to at least nine women, includ- often limited to gay media. And there is he showed off his footwork on “Dancing to ever solo host the Emmys. She’s clos- ing lesbian couples. According to the New not enough racial diversity and too few with the Stars” on ABC. He undertook ing the year with an agreement to host Zealand Herald, the 52-year-old met the bisexual and transgender subjects in the the television tour with determination the telecast again in 2012. “I’m looking women on the Internet. The newspaper ads, researchers said. and courage. The beat goes on. forward to singing, dancing and sporting my finest tracksuit,” Lynch said. 4 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 5 cardinal Before the appointment, a Mich. deputies immoral act.” lose their health protections. compares REGIONAL Briefs background check was per- baiting gay men “If you look at the exact Snyder said the legislation gay pride formed on Chasensky, but Gay rights activists in language of the statute, you does not apply to public uni- with kkk not on Miller or those who western Michigan say sher- could apply it to what hap- versities or union-represent- In an interview with a Parade organizers agreed ment. Headquartered in ever, differed from an ear- when he passed her up for a were appointed as registers iff’s deputies have been pens in bars and restau- ed state employees. Under Chicago Fox affiliate, Cardinal to a later starting time in Iowa, The Family Leader lier statement by the former more politically connected of deeds in two other coun- unfairly targeting gay men rants in Kent County on any Michigan’s Constitution, pub- Francis George, the Archbishop order to accommodate the holds sway among the state’s Pennsylvania senator. At a candidate, the Milwaukee ties around the same time. in Kent County parks by Friday or Saturday night,” lic universities have consti- of Chicago, compared Chicago’s church. anti-gay voters, who domi- campaign event in Indianola, Journal Sentinel reported. Walker said his office had striking up conversations Aukerman said. “We have tutional authority to make annual Pride parade to a Ku The Pride parade, which is nate the Republican caucuses. Iowa, Santorum said the issue The lawsuit was filed in acted correctly in the appoint- with them while working concerns about laws that many of their own policies. Klux Klan rally. held the last Sunday in June, Sources familiar with the of money never came up in federal court in Milwaukee. ment and that the court would undercover. limit the behavior of con- But the law’s anti-gay sup- “You don’t want the gay attracted 800,000 people last talks between Vander Plaats his conversations with the The newspaper reported affirm his decision. Nearly three dozen men senting adults.” porters insist that it does liberation movement to year. The new route was pro- and several Republican presi- anti-gay leader. last April that Walker ini- were arrested in the parks She said there’s nothing apply to the state’s universi- morph into something like posed following longstand- dential campaigns described Though Santorum did not tially planned to appoint Straight in 2010 under Michigan’s illegal about flirting. ties. And everyone agrees the Ku Klux Klan, demon- ing concerns about crowds, the group’s tactics as corrupt. specify the dollar amount he Chasensky as register of couples choose soliciting law, but many sim- Kent County attorney that the measure applies strating in the streets against drinking and transportation “Clearly the endorsement and Vander Plaats discussed, deeds but later changed civil unions ply were talking or holding Dan Ophoff said changes in to municipal and school Catholicism,” George said. access. Our Lady officials cir- was for sale – without a doubt,” multiple sources said Vander course. He instead appoint- A number of heterosexual hands, critics told county how deputies deal with such employees, both those in He went on to cite simi- culated petitions calling to a source told ABC News. Plaats was soliciting as much ed Renee Miller, a friend of couples in Cook County, Ill., commissioners. situations are already in the same-sex and opposite-sex larities between the rhetoric change the route again. Vander Plaats denied the as $1million from candidates. Republican state Rep. John chose to formalize their rela- “In these cases, it’s the works, although authorities domestic partnerships. from the KKK and LGBT civil charges through a press Nygren of Marinette who has tionships with civil unions officers who are making the believe past arrests com- Lead sponsor Rep. David rights advocates. Anti-gay leader statement. But Santorum, Walker worked on his campaigns for instead of marriage in order approaches. It’s the officers plied with the law. He said Agema, R-Grandville, praised “The rhetoric of the Ku allegedly who has made the demoni- sued for five years and is married to to show solidarity with same- who are doing the accosting some cases were dropped the new law. “Time and again, Klux Klan, the rhetoric of shook down zation of gays the corner- discrimination Nygren’s campaign treasurer, sex couples, who are not and soliciting,” said Miriam before getting to court. Michigan residents have said some of the gay liberation candidates stone of his political career, A woman passed over for Paul Miller. allowed to marry under state Aukerman of the American ‘no’ to paying for the health people. Who is the enemy? for Iowa acknowledged in an inter- Marinette County register of Renee Miller had no pre- law. Civil Liberties Union. ACLU vows benefits of the roommates Who is the enemy? The endorsement view with CNN that money deeds earlier this year sued vious experience with land A total of 87 heterosexual Photo: Courtesy The Grand Rapids Press suit over and unmarried partners of Catholic Church,” George GOP presidential hope- was among the topics he Gov. Scott Walker, alleging he records and vital records, couples obtained civil union The Chicago Pride Parade in the heart of Boystown. reported that Sheriff Larry Mich. law public employees, and the said. ful Rick Santorum might and Vander Plaats discussed violated her rights by hiring a but two other applicants had licenses between June 1 and Stelma defended his depu- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, governor’s signature today George’s remarks were have paid $1 million for the ahead of the endorsement less qualified but more politi- detailed knowledge of how Sept. 19, according to the Continued a statement when they are office conducted the tele- ties and said they’re simply R, has signed controversial gives the people’s voice the in reaction to a new route endorsement of an influential press conference. cally connected candidate. the office of the register of Cook County Clerk’s office. One partner from 46 of civilly united rather than phone survey in September. trying to keep parks safe. legislation that prohibits rule of law,” he said. and later starting time for Iowa hate group leader ahead “What he talked about was Deputy Register of Deeds deeds works. During the same period, the 87 couples who chose married,” Orr said. “One Respondents ranged in “This is sensationalizing public workers in Michigan But Kary Moss, execu- the Pride parade. of the state’s Jan. 3 caucuses. he needed money to pro- Becky Chasensky contends Records show Walker 1,383 same-sex couples civil unions was reached – a respondent put it best when age from 19 to 74. Twenty and a distortion of what’s from sharing health benefits tive director of the ACLU of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Less than 48 hours after mote the endorsement and that the governor violated was first advised to appoint obtained civil union licenses response rate of 53 percent. she said this decision was in respondents were women happening,” Stelma said. “We with their domestic part- Michigan, called the statute Church leaders said the new receiving the thumbs-up from that that would be important a federal law that prohibits Chasensky to the job. But in the county. Of those who were reached, solidarity with the gay com- and 26 were men. do not arrest anybody, male ners. “mean-spirited and cruel.” route, which would go by Bob Vander Plaats, head of to do that,” Santorum told denying people jobs because that plan changed after aides Cook County Clerk 26 percent cited political or munity until they also have When asked if they were or female, for holding hands.” The American Civil She promised a lawsuit the church for the first time, The Family Leader, Santorum CNN. “There was never a they have filed for bankrupt- to Walker learned Chasensky David Orr conducted a sur- ideological reasons such as the option of getting mar- still planning on getting mar- Michigan law makes it ille- Liberties Union of Michigan on behalf of “families who would draw massive crowds admitted that the group direct ask for me to go out cy. Chasensky also alleges the filed for bankruptcy in 2009, vey to find out what moti- equality and inclusiveness. ried.” ried at some point, 38 per- gal for someone to use a has vowed to challenge the will lose their health protec- and block access to the wanted money to make the and raise money for it.” Republican governor violated Walker spokesman Cullen vated straights to choose “Some heterosexual An unpaid student intern cent of men and 65 percent public place to invite anoth- constitutionality of the law tions.” church’s Sunday Masses. most out of the endorse- That admission, how- her rights to equal protection Werwie said at the time. civil unions over marriage. couples are clearly making working for the clerk’s of women said yes.. er to commit a “lewd or on behalf of families who – WiG and AP reports

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Nationa5 l GAzE By Lisa Neff labeled an anti-war hero by and Army informant Adrian Staff writer some and an anti-American Lamo, who said Manning, More than 20 prosecution traitor by others. under the tag Bradass87, witnesses and two defense The U.S. government boasted to him about leak- Immigration service splits up married lesbians witnesses testified in late accuses the 24-year-old ing military documents to a By Dave Gram sion of the Department of the DOMA, your petition to that of Herbert and Ueda, lenged. But until the issue and ask for prosecutorial dis- December at a hearing to Manning, an intelligence ana- “crazy white-haired Aussie.” AP writer Homeland Security, telling must be denied.” but it’s believed the num- is resolved, executive branch cretion.” Government law- determine whether Army lyst in 2009 and 2010, of The defense wanted to Frances Herbert and her them that Ueda had to leave Federal immigration ber is small. Many binational, agencies, including those yers often respond by “either Pfc. Bradley Manning will face stealing about 750,000 docu- call 48 witnesses, including wife Takako Ueda were look- the country within 30 days. authorities demand exten- same-sex couples don’t seek within the Department of dismissing cases or they’re a court martial. Manning is ments from the State and President Barack Obama and ing forward to the New Ueda’s student visa expired sive documentation showing spousal status for fear of Homeland Security, deem not enforcing the notice of accused of giving secret doc- Defense departments and Secretary of State Hillary Year’s Eve family concert in July. a binational couple claiming being rejected because of themselves bound by the law.. deportation.” uments to WikiLeaks. providing them to WikiLeaks Rodham Clinton, but was at the Baptist Church in They had applied for “rela- to be married really is: wit- DOMA. But Leslie Holmans, sec- Holmans said the situa- The pre-trial hearing took for distribution. The release allowed, in addition to 10 their adopted hometown of tive alien” status on the basis ness statements, property Steve Ralls, spokesman for ond vice president of the tion is far from ideal because place at Fort Meade, Md., included war logs, diplomatic already on the prosecution’s Dummerston, Vermont, the that she was the spouse of a records, utility and other Immigration Equality, a non- American Immigration affected immigrants are left over six days, beginning Dec. cables and a classified military list, only two – Sgt. Daniel town fireworks on the pond U.S. citizen, but the federal household bills showing both profit legal aid group that Lawyers’ Association, said in “legal limbo,” still without 16. video of a 2007 American Padgett and Capt. Barclay and going home to celebrate agency denied that petition. names and the like often are works on immigration and that even after getting the recognized immigration sta- The prosecution team helicopter attack in Iraq that Keay, who served with the arrival of 2012. The letter to Herbert, required. Herbert said she sexual orientation issues, said types of letters Herbert and tus and unable to get a job called 21 witnesses to sub- killed 11 men. Manning in Iraq. But federal immigration who had applied to be Ueda’s and Ueda submitted 600 one San Francisco couple Ueda got, some same-sex, or seek other government stantiate its case for a court One witness for the prose- Padgett recalled an emo- authorities have told Ueda sponsor, said that under the pages of such evidence with remained together despite binational couples benefit benefits. martial of the gay soldier cution was computer hacker tional outburst from Manning she needs to leave the United federal Defense of Marriage their application. getting government notic- from “prosecutorial discre- Scott Titshaw, a profes- States for her native Japan by Act, the 1996 law saying the “It’s despicable,” Herbert es that one of the men, an tion” by immigration authori- sor at Mercer University Dec. 31, a move that would government would not rec- said in an interview. “We had Australian, needed to leave ties. Law School in Georgia who split up a couple who have ognize same-sex marriages, 600 pages of proof and 599 the country, while a New She said many federal has practiced immigration been together more than a they couldn’t be considered of them were completely Jersey man’s partner had prosecutors believe “our sys- law and written articles Photo: Courtesy s AV e B r a d l e y decade and married under spouses. DOMA defines mar- ignored. One line on one been deported to Peru. tems are so overcrowded on DOMA, said Ueda and Gay soldier Bradley Manning faced a preliminary hearing in late Decem- Vermont law in April. riage as “only a legal union page” – the one that said President Barack Obama that what we really need Herbert most likely shouldn’t ber. He now awaits word on whether he will face court martial. Herbert, a 51-year-old between one man and one they were both women – “is and Attorney General Eric to be doing is concentrating fear Ueda’s imminent arrest home care provider, and woman as husband and wife.” what they paid attention to.” Holder Jr. announced in on people who are a risk but “still have plenty to worry one night in Iraq. The defense He also has said that, with a “Free Bradley” campaign. Ueda, a 56-year-old graphic “Your spouse is not a per- Experts say there are not February that the administra- to our country. What’s hap- about.” He said if Ueda trav- has argued that Manning was the release of those docu- Their signs stated, “Blowing designer, got letters Dec. 1 son of the opposite sex,” reliable numbers on how tion would no longer defend pened is that we have seen eled abroad, she might be troubled, in part because of ments, he sought to lift the the whistle on war crimes from U.S. Citizenship and wrote Robert Cowan, a U.S. many couples find them- DOMA in court in the cases some same-sex couples go barred from re-entering the the oppressive “don’t ask, “fog of war.” is not a crime” and “Bradley Immigration Services, a divi- CIS official. “Therefore, under selves in a similar situation in which it is being chal- before the immigration court U.S. don’t tell” policy, and that In closing arguments, the Manning: American hero.” the Army did not provide army prosecutor alleged that With the hearing conclud- the counseling he needed or Manning had “abused our ed, Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, the make any effort to lift his trust” and aided enemies. presiding officer, will review Drive begins to put Prop 8 repeal on 2012 ballot security clearance. But defense counsel David the testimony and make a Keay testified that Manning Coombs called for reduced recommendation on wheth- By Lisa Neff OK to pursue the ballot Constitution to define mar- dents have realized that it In November, voters would orientation, or religion.” seemed like he wanted to be charges, saying the document er to convene a court mar- Staff writer campaign in mid-December. riage as the union of a man is a mistake to deny loving be asked to strike from the Love, Honor, Cherish filed a good soldier but recalled a release posed no real threat tial. Almanza’s recommenda- A Los Angeles gay rights A federal lawsuit to over- and a woman and block same-sex couples the right constitution the sentence, the ballot language with too-casual atmosphere in the to U.S. national security of tion is due by Jan. 16, but he group is knocking on turn Proposition 8 is at the same-sex marriages. The to marry,” said Love, Honor, “Only marriage between a the California Secretary of intelligence office. foreign relations. could seek an extension. doors to collect signatures appeals court level, with a measure did not invalidate Cherish chair Tom Watson. man and a woman is valid or State’s office in October. Manning, according to Outside the Maryland If Manning is convicted in its campaign to knock U.S. Supreme Court review same-sex marriages per- May 14 is the deadline for recognized in California” and press reports, has said that he Army base, more than a hun- of the most serious of the Proposition 8 out of the possible in 2012 but more formed before November LHC to submit petitions to add, “Marriage is between FIND US ON Photo: Courtesy s AV e B r a d l e y downloaded classified mate- dred demonstrators rallied in 22 charges leveled by the California Constitution. likely in 2013. 2008. qualify a question for the only two persons and shall Demonstrators rally in support of Bradley Manning outside Fort Meade, rial to a CD while pretending support of Manning, whose Army, he could face life in The California Secretary Prop 8, passed by a major- “It’s been more than three 2012 general election ballot, not be restricted on the TWITTER! Md., where Manning appeared for a preliminary hearing in December. to listen to Lady Gaga music. arrest in May 2010 spawned prison. of State gave the LA-based ity at the polls in November years since Prop 8, and a which will include the presi- basis of race, color, national @wigazette Love, Honor, Cherish the 2008, amended the California majority of California resi- dential vote. origin, sex, gender, sexual Senate fails Aloha Bed & Breakfast to confirm NATIONAL Briefs discriminated against Diane aponte as Cervelli and Taeko Bufford, ambassador claims the lawsuit filed on Don’t just smile – Happy Holidays! 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Like WiG on Facebook. 8 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 9 Continued (those with 50 employees or challenge to Walker’s union found guilty of the latter Baldwin would be the first out gay person ever elected to theU .S. Senate approved it on July 28 with fewer). law. Prosser countered that charge, she was given the LOCAL from 1 even the voters of Mississippi edented elections. Most of Wisconsin story of 2012. tially bruising campaign to the Senate and Barney Frank a supermajority vote of Bradley had charged him relatively mild sentence of Walker’s budget paid for rejected it. that money came from third- win their party’s nomination retiring next year, only two 13-5. The board had previ- 4. Flamboyant and he was just trying to a 20-day suspension. She all his giveaways to financial Walker claimed his aggres- party interests, and some of 2. Tammy & Mark for the seat. Baldwin’s GOP out gay representatives will ously passed a resolution to justice defend himself. Sauk County was found not guilty on the supporters by shredding the sive agenda would bring it was funneled through the U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin opponents include Wisconsin be left – Jared Polis, D-Colo., study the costs of the ben- David Prosser, the anger- District Attorney Patricia former charge, even though social safety net for the mid- new businesses and jobs to anti-gay group Wisconsin is accustomed to making his- House Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, and David Cicilline, D-R.I. But efits in 2009, but then-Coun- challenged Wisconsin Barrett, a Republican serving she acknowledged being in a dle-class and economically the state, although statistics Family Action. tory. In 1998, she became the who is considered Walker’s out state Rep. Mark Pocan, ty Executive Scott Walker Supreme Court justice who’s as a special prosecutor in same-sex relationship. disadvantaged. He essentially proved otherwise. In addi- Now petitioners are col- first woman elected to repre- primary legislative hench- D-Madison, hopes to pre- vetoed it. rumored to be gay, had a the case, decided in August Equality supporters in the gutted the state’s health care tion to creating a divisive lecting signatures to recall sent Wisconsin in Congress – man. Also on the short list serve at least one gay seat By a vote of 10 to 6, the year that’s best described not to charge anybody. Still, Methodist Church hailed the and education budgets under and uncertain political atmo- Walker along with another and the first non-incumbent is far-right former congress- in Washington by winning Appleton Common Council as flamboyant. The former WiG and other publications trial as further evidence that the guise of concern about sphere that made Wisconsin four GOP state senators in out gay person in the nation man Mark Neumann, who Baldwin’s 2nd Congressional approved a measure extend- Republican lawmaker first called on him to resign. the denomination is moving spending taxpayer dollars. less attractive to employ- 2012 (a gain of one Senate to be elected to Congress. famously said that he’d never District seat. ing healthcare and related made headlines by promising toward acceptance of LGBT Walker then went on ers, Walker actually turned seat would give Democrats When longtime U.S. Sen. hire a gay person. Pocan won the Assembly employment benefits to the voters he would judicially 5. Religious clergy and relationships. to reward his right-wing away job-creating industries the majority in that cham- Herb Kohl, D, announced this Former GOP Gov. Tommy seat of his friend Baldwin registered domestic partners support Walker’s right-wing awakenings In October, Wisconsin religious supporters. He that his corporate backers ber). The future of a host year that he would not seek Thompson also has launched when she moved to Congress. of its city workers on Sept. 7. agenda if they retained him During 2011, mainstream became the site of the abruptly withdrew funding oppose, such as green ener- of progressive issues, includ- re-election in 2012, Baldwin a bid. A moderate who’s Since then, he’s distinguished In April, Marquette – blind justice be damned. Protestant Christianity nation’s first ordination of from Planned Parenthood gy and high-speed rail. As a ing LGBT equality, women’s quickly threw her hat into trying to reposition himself himself as co-chair of the University decided to begin But in the backlash over that continued on its long, slow an openly gay Presbyterian of Wisconsin, which pro- result, Wisconsin now ranks reproductive rights and envi- the ring for his position. Now as a right-wing ideologue, state’s budget committee and offering healthcare benefits same agenda, Prosser nearly march toward accept- minister. Scott Anderson, vides family planning, cancer 43rd in the nation for job ronmental protections, hangs she hopes to add another Thompson is the biggest as a tireless advocate for his to the registered same-sex lost his seat on the bench ing LGBT people, and two who left the Presbyterian screening and primary health growth over the past year. in the balance. first to her list – to become name in the race. But he constituents. partners of its employees to JoAnne Kloppenburg, a major events in Wisconsin ministry in California 20 care services to thousands The backlash against On Dec. 15, with a month the first out person ever faces great hurdles, includ- Pocan faces a primary beginning in 2012. The move little-known state attorney served as milestones on this years ago after coming out of uninsured women in the Walker became an even big- still left to go, anti-Walker elected to the U.S. Senate. ing his record of doubling battle with State Rep. Kelda came nearly a year after the who ran an anemic cam- path toward enlightenment. to his congregation, was state. He dropped the state’s ger story than his destructive forces announced they’d Baldwin is off to a strong state spending during his Helen Roys. Although Pocan Jesuit university provoked paign. Kloppenburg initially The Rev. Amy DeLong re-ordained at Covenant legal defense of a domestic policies. Walker’s busting of already obtained 507,000 start. She has staved off all years as governor and ram- has racked up major endorse- a national controversy by claimed victory, but then of Osceola feared that she Presbyterian Church in partner registry that affords public unions brought out of the 540,000 signatures prospective Democratic pant rumors of extra-marital ments in the race and has the breaking a signed contract to oddball Waukesha County would lose her clerical Madison before a crowd of same-sex couples a small some of the largest dem- needed to force the gov- challengers so far, allowing affairs. backing of the Human Rights hire an out lesbian scholar as Clerk Kathy Nickolaus came credential during a United hundreds of cheering sup- handful of legal rights, such onstrations ever seen in ernor into a recall race. progressives to unite behind State Sen. Frank Lasee is Campaign and the Gay and dean of its college of arts and forward and said she had Methodist Church trial held porters. His ordination was as the right to visit a critically Madison from February to But Walker has access to her candidacy. The historical also seeking the Republican Lesbian Victory Fund, he’s not sciences. failed to report all the votes over the summer – the made possible when the ill partner in the hospital. June 2011. Over the sum- unlimited campaign cash and dimension of her campaign nomination. Lasee is famous taking the race for granted. And, in response to a lob- in her county, giving Prosser first trial of its kind in the church’s national assembly Walker’s Republican col- mer two GOP state senators the support of a sophis- will attract millions in out- for suggesting that teachers Considering how few openly bying campaign spearheaded the win. A statewide recount state. DeLong was charged voted last year to remove a leagues took up an amend- lost their seats in a series ticated right-wing media of-state funding, giving her a and school administrators gay people there are serv- by Equality Wisconsin, sev- in May confirmed his vic- with being a “self-avowed ban on gay clergy. ment to the state constitu- of eight recall races inspired infrastructure. Whether he financial edge. carry guns to school in order ing in Washington, neither eral major health insurance tory. But in June, Prosser practicing homosexual” and tion that seeks to declare a by the Walker-induced tur- succeeds in utilizing these Meanwhile, several to protect students. should the LGBT people of companies operating in was back in the headlines with breaking church law FIND US ON fertilized human egg a person moil. More than $35 million tools to remain in power Republicans are expected With Baldwin giving up Wisconsin. 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Mike striped trousers, gowns and inside the Capitol in Albany, notably the Occupy Wall was the killing of Osama Bin Laden during a May raid by in and be accepted by our riage as the union of a man ment will not defend the Mullen, then chair of the Joint T-shirts recited vows in emo- demonstrations for and Street movement, which Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan. peers.” and a woman. constitutionality of Section Chiefs of Staff, held a news tion-choked voices and tri- against passage of the bill began in late July as an insur- Next was the March disaster in Japan – the earth- “It’s particularly challeng- Holder said, “In the two 3 of DOMA as applied to briefing. Panetta hailed Sept. umphantly hoisted their long- took place outside, with rection against corporate quake, followed by the tsunami, followed by the worst ing for LGBT teens who face years since this adminis- same-sex married couples in 20 as a historic day, when awaited certificates on July 24, equality activists chanting greed in New York’s financial crisis at a nuclear power plant since Chernobyl. adversity and intolerance in tration took office, the the two cases filed in the “we move closer to achiev- when New York became the and lobbyists touting polls district. The demonstrations No. 3 was the Arab Spring, the revolutionary uprisings their daily lives,” said Cain. Department of Justice has Second Circuit.” ing the goal at the foundation sixth and largest state to rec- showing 58 percent of New spread – Occupy as octopus that began in Tunisia and spread to Egypt, Libya, Syria, In the end, the play- defended Section 3 of the The attorney general of the values that America’s ognize same-sex marriages. York voters supporting the – across the country. Bahrain and Yemen. ers promised – in English, Defense of Marriage Act on informed Congress of the all about – equality, equal Couples began saying “I legislation. A similar bill had President Barack Obama, No. 4 was the European financial crisis, followed by Japanese and Spanish – that several occasions in federal decision so that “members opportunity and dignity for do” at midnight that day from stalled at the conclusion of responding to the Occupy the struggling U.S. economy at No. 5, the Penn State child “it gets better.” court. Each of those cases who wish to defend the stat- all Americans.” Niagara Falls to Long Island. the session two years ago. protests, observed, “I think it sex abuse scandal at No. 6, the toppling of the Gadhafi The Giants was the first evaluating Section 3 was ute may pursue that option.” Obama signed the repeal At the same time, protest- The breakthrough came expresses the frustrations that regime in Libya at No. 7, the partisan showdowns in pro sports team to post a considered in jurisdictions in Republicans in the House bill in December 2010, begin- ers, vowing to sue to stop June 24, when the bill reached the American people feel.” Congress at No. 8, the Occupy Wall Street protests at video, but not the last – which binding circuit court eventually decided they ning months of reviewing the marriages, chanted, “You the Senate floor. It passed Protesters, in large num- No. 9 and the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords the Chicago Cubs, Boston precedents hold that laws wanted to take up a defense policy and regulations at the do. But not for long.” 33-29, with four Republicans bers, also rallied against at No. 10. Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, singling out people based on of DOMA, which Bill Clinton Pentagon and in each of the The weddings took place and 29 Democrats voting “yes.” increases in California col- Near misses in the Top 10 include the death of Apple Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa sexual orientation, as DOMA reluctantly signed into law military branches. Training a month after state lawmak- Cuomo signed the mea- lege tuitions, passage of icon Steve Jobs, the wrath of both Hurricane Irene and Bay Rays and others followed. does, are constitutional if in 1996. programs, intended to con- ers, under the tireless leader- sure at about 11:55 p.m. Alabama’s anti-immigrant law, a series of deadly tornadoes and the full repeal of the But not the Milwaukee there is a rational basis for Holder observed, “Much dition servicemembers for ship of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, “Love conquers all,” Susan renewed government inter- “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Brewers, which ignored a their enactment. While the of the legal landscape has DADT’s repeal, then began. passed the marriage equality Sommer of New York-based est in nuclear power, a pro- – L.N. Change.org campaign asking president opposes DOMA changed in the 15 years since With the demise of DADT bill. Lambda Legal said. “Our state posed transnational pipeline, the team to join in the effort. and believes it should be Congress passed DOMA. came pledges to continue The New York Senate sent government rose above the expanded gas and oil drilling, Many ordinary folks – stu- repealed, the department has The Supreme Court has to pursue equal rights in the bill to Cuomo on June 24, political fray and did the right restrictions on voter rights became the defining trope of gay members of Congress. dents, teachers, nurses, coun- defended it in court because ruled that laws criminaliz- the Armed Forces. The legal and the Democratic gover- thing for New York families. in Wisconsin, Florida and our times. And the protester Hollywood stars shared selors, reporters, musicians, we were able to advance ing homosexual conduct are marriages of gay and lesbian nor wasted no time in signing Photo: Courtesy Equality prevailed.” other states, wars in Iraq once again became a maker videos. activists and even reformed reasonable arguments under unconstitutional. Congress servicemembers will not be the measure into law. A couple celebrates outside the Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building in and Afghanistan, government- of history.” And athletes and profes- bullies – also shared mes- that rational basis standard.” has repealed the military’s recognized because of the Thus, around the world, as lower Manhattan on July 24, the first day same-sex marriages were legally 3. AMERICA’S sanctioned wolf killings in sional sports team, includ- sages, many of them plain- The administration, how- ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy. Defense of Marriage Act, so many communities in major performed in New York state. PASTIME: THE Idaho and Montana and an 4. BATTLING ing the San Francisco Giants, spoken into a web cam, but ever, came to view DOMA, Several lower courts have their benefits will still not cities celebrated Pride over PROTEST REGAINS anti-gay marriage initiative in BULLYING: IT winners of the 2010 World some scripted, sung, painted, as applied to legally mar- ruled DOMA itself to be be the same as those avail- the following weekend, passage rights of life, liberty and the on June 15. But, with the might refuse wedding and POPULARITY North Carolina. GETS BETTER Series, also produced power- sculpted or shouted. ried same-sex couples, as unconstitutional.” able to heterosexual couples. of the bill was heralded as pursuit of happiness,” said legislative session already in marital services to same-sex The protest came back While U.S. progressives BANDWAGON ful messages. Plus, by the end of the unconstitutional. “Given that Although the Justice Female servicemembers con- a momentous development in New York Attorney General overtime, there was uncer- couples. into style in 2011, begin- returned to their rallying The It Gets Better multi- Giants Barry Zito, Matt year, thousands had taken conclusion, the president has Department dropped its tinue to be denied some of the state where the modern Eric T. Schneiderman. “Our tainty about whether the bill Cuomo, who made mar- ning with the Wisconsin roots, the protest as a revo- media project originated Cain, Andres Torres, Sergio the It Gets Better pledge: instructed the department defense of a section of the opportunities available to LGBT civil rights movement history as a nation has been could reach the Senate floor, riage equality a cornerstone winter uprising in Madison lutionary tool was applied with writer Dan Savage, who Romo and Hensley Meulens “Everyone deserves to be not to defend the statute DOMA, the legislation men. Transgenders still face began. one of striving to make those where it had the support of of his legislative 2011 agenda, over Republican Gov. Scott in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. wanted to send a message to shared the encouragement respected for who they are. in such cases. I fully con- remains in effect. barriers in open service. “At our founding, what words ever more true. Today, 29 Democratic senators and pressed hard, behind the Walker’s campaign to termi- In Mexico, demonstrators youths after a series of gay- that gets tossed around on I pledge to spread this mes- made America different from our state rose to the chal- still needed three GOP votes scenes and publicly. He said, nate collective bargaining for marched against the lawless- related suicides at the start the field in a video intended sage to my friends, family and 2. NYME: THE every other country that lenge, and New York, once to pass. “This state has a proud tradi- public employees in the state. ness of the drug cartels. In of the 2010-11 school year. to convince LGBT youth neighbors. I’ll speak up against LOOKING AHEAD: 2012 PASSAGE OF existed before was a com- again, has carried on this great On June 23, closed-door tion and a proud legacy as The protests – with ral- Greece and Italy, demonstra- Some 10,000 people and that life “gets better.” For hate and intolerance when- Here’s the long-range forecast for 2012: a blizzard of MARRIAGE mitment to an ideal that had American tradition.” negotiations began in earnest the progressive capital of the liers chanting, “We are one. tors protested failed leader- organizations – from promi- the 58-second video, pitchers ever I see it, at school and political ads, thundery debates, heated attacks, lightning EQUALITY IN NEW never been advanced – that all The New York General to craft an amendment pro- nation. We led the way, and We are one.” – went on for ship and policy. nent politicians to average Cain, Zito and Romo, cen- at work. I’ll provide hope for strikes and a Category 5 election. YORK are created equal, endowed Assembly had passed the viding additional protections it’s time for New York to lead months and set the tone for Looking back this month, citizens – posted video mes- terfielder Torres and batting lesbian, gay, bi, trans and other The “Farmer’s Almanac” and the National Weather Hundreds of gay couples by their Creator with the marriage equality bill 80-63 for religious institutions that the way again.” other U.S. progressive upris- Time Magazine named “The sages to the It Gets Better coach Meulens stood in their bullied teens by letting them Service are now releasing forecasts for 2012 winter, Protester” as the Person of website in 2011. uniforms in AT&T Park to know that ‘It Gets Better.’” spring, summer and fall. But the battle for the White the Year, stating, “‘Massive President Barack Obama make their pitch directly to House and majorities in Congress and state houses likely and effective street pro- taped a video, as did the camera. 5. DEEMED will produce one season in the next calendar year – the Women share 1st kiss at Navy ship’s return test’ was a global oxymoron Secretary of State Hillary Zito said, “We all know INDEFENSIBLE: election season. until – suddenly, shockingly – Rodham Clinton, other cabi- how difficult life can be as a ADMINISTRATION The first balloting in the presidential contest takes By Brock Vergakis flags around them. tems on ships. They met at some other sailors and their starting exactly a year ago, it net members and the openly teenager.” DECLINES TO place Jan. 3, with the Iowa Caucuses. AP writer “It’s something new, that’s ON THE COVER training school where they loved ones had bought. The DEFEND DOMA With just days before the vote, longtime political A Navy tradition caught for sure,” Gaeta told report- Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses were roommates and have money was used to host The Obama administration observers are focused on the level of hesitation among up with the repeal of the U.S. ers after the kiss. “It’s nice to her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class been dating for two years, a Christmas party for the announced Feb. 23 that it was voters. As this issue of WiG heads to press, Ron Paul military’s “don’t ask, don’t be able to be myself. It’s been Citlalic Snell, at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in which they said was difficult children of sailors. dropping its legal defense is the apparent frontrunner in the polls. But most polls tell” rule on Dec. 21, when a long time coming.” Virginia Beach, Va., Dec. 21 after Gaeta’s ship returned under “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Snell said she believes of the federal Defense of reveal that voters are uncertain about their choices. A two women sailors became For the historical signifi- from 80 days at sea. It is a time-honored tradition at “We did have to hide it their experience won’t be Marriage Act, which has been recent Iowa State University poll found just 28 percent the first to share the cov- cance of the kiss, there was Navy homecomings – one lucky sailor is chosen to be a lot in the beginning,” Snell the last one for gays and deemed unconstitutional. of those surveyed had “definitely” decided on their eted “first kiss” on the pier little to differentiate it from first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved said. “A lot of people were lesbians in the military. “This is a monumen- candidate. after one of them returned countless others when a one. On Dec. 21, for the first time, the happily reunited not always supportive of it “I think that it’s something tal decision for the thou- By April 3, when Wisconsin voters cast their bal- from 80 days at sea. Navy ship pulls into its home couple was gay. in the beginning, but we can that is going to open a lot sands of same-sex couples lots in the presidential primary, the GOP field – which Petty Officer 2nd Class port following a deployment. finally be honest about who of doors, for not just our and their families who want now includes Gingrich, Paul, Michele Bachmann, Jon Marissa Gaeta of Placerville, Neither the Navy nor the we are in our relationship, so relationship, but all the other nothing more than the same Huntsman, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum Calif., descended from the couple tried to draw atten- was selected to have the an 80-day deployment to I’m happy.” gay and lesbian relationships rights and dignity afforded – likely will be diminished. USS Oak Hill amphibious tion to what was happening first kiss was positive. Central America. The crew Navy officials said it was that are in the military now,” to other married couples,” And well before Aug. 27, when Republicans gather for landing ship and shared a and many onlookers waiting “It’s going to happen and of more than 300 partici- the first time on record that she said. said Joe Solmonese of the their convention in Tampa, Fla., Obama’s challenger likely quick kiss in the rain with for their loved ones to come the crew’s going to enjoy pated in exercises involving a same-sex couple was cho- Snell is based on the USS Human Rights Campaign, the will be known. Obama’s contest with John McCain began her partner, Petty Officer off the ship were busy talk- it. We’re going to move on the militaries of Honduras, sen to kiss first upon a ship’s Bainbridge, the guided mis- nation’s largest LGBT advo- in June 2008 – two months before the conventions. 3rd Class Citlalic Snell of Los ing among themselves. and it won’t overshadow the Guatemala, Colombia return. Sailors and their sile destroyer that helped cacy group. The Democratic convention will take place Sept. Angeles. David Bauer, the com- great things that this crew has and Panama as part of loved ones bought $1 raffle rescue cargo captain Richard U.S. Attorney General Eric 3-6 in Charlotte, N.C., where political observers say Gaeta, 23, wore her Navy manding officer of the USS accomplished over the past A m p h i b i o u s - S o u t h e r n tickets for the opportunity. Phillips from Somali pirates Holder Jr., in statements to the crucial task will be uniting the ever-faithful and the dress uniform while Snell, 22, Oak Hill, said that Gaeta and three months,” Bauer said. Partnership Station 2012. Gaeta said she bought in 2009. the press and to Congress, disenchanted. wore a black leather jacket, Snell’s kiss would largely be The ship returned to Joint Both women are Navy fire $50 worth of tickets, a fig- said the Justice Department Election Day arrives Nov. 6. scarf and blue jeans. The a non-event and the crew’s Expeditionary Base Little controlmen, who maintain ure that she said pales in Join the community. Photo: Courtesy would no longer defend And then? Maybe a calm before the inaugural storm. crowd screamed and waved reaction upon learning who Creek-Fort Story following and operate weapons sys- comparison to amounts that Like WiG on Facebook. Phillies infielder Chase Utley appears in a team video for the It Gets Bet- DOMA in Pedersen v. OPM – Lisa Neff ter campaign. and Windsor v. United States. 12 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 13

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I am con- etched in lowercase Courier JAMAKAYA the manufacturing crisis, sive victims of the screwy fident that, very soon, the laws of font with three periods there’s a lot we can do to economy, we can do more to this nation will reflect the basic for emphasis: “read. write. portions. support local businesses. support neighborhood busi- Political etiquette truth that gay and lesbian people – revolt.” I’ve tuned out the 24/7 The 3/50 Project, the nesses, and we need to stop like all human beings – are born equal in dignity How bold and succinct! It info glut the past few years brainchild of a business con- demonizing the Chinese. The holiday season is traditionally a time when families, friends, co- and rights.” made me think about how and retreated to the haven of sultant in Chicago, urges us to Finally, the New Year workers and communities come together in a spirit of love and good cheer. – Actor George Clooney, who’s set to star to convey my goals for the reading to escape the noise choose three independently presents many options for Unfortunately, the unprecedented level of political polarization in Wisconsin in the West Coast premiere of “8,” a play by out New Year. I came up with this and nonsense. Taking time to owned local businesses we’d renewed activism. Foremost made for some tense moments around holiday tables in 2011. Academy Award-winning writer Dustin Lance Black variation, less succinct but read the great novels, his- really miss if they closed and in Wisconsin is the campaign It shouldn’t be this way. As President Barack Obama has said, “We can that chronicles the legal challenge to California’s fueled by a similar determina- tory, biography, public policy commit to spending $50 each to recall Walker, Lt. Gov. disagree without being disagreeable.” Ultimately, people on both sides of the Proposition 8. Rob Reiner is directing the one-night- tion to create change: “Read – stuff that educates and month at those businesses. Rebecca Kleefisch and sev- political aisle need to check their tone. Becoming personal and angry fails to only performance on March 3. more. Buy locally. Reactivate.” enlightens – is giving me a Statistics show that if half eral state senators for their enhance any point of view. First, I don’t know if any- broader knowledge base and of the employed population roles in ending collective The rhetoric will tend to grow even more heated as we head into a “This is our moment in history. We must decide one’s done research on the making me a more thoughtful made that simple monthly bargaining rights for public presidential election year that’s likely to include a wave of hugely combative what kind of people we are and what kind of nation plummeting literacy rate in person with opinions based commitment, it would gen- employees. recall races in Wisconsin. It’s up to each one of us to help keep the discourse we are going to build.” the United States and the on evidence and reason. erate more than $42 billion Tammy Baldwin’s campaign respectful, honest and productive. – Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat who’s chal- demise of intelligent political I’m also more aware of in revenue. The 3/50 Project for the U.S. Senate should One of the reasons debates have become so testy is that the public today lenging U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass, voicing her discourse, but I bet there’s a how the right wing thrives website says that for every galvanize progressive com- has access to so many questionable sources of conflicting and largely inaccu- unmitigated approval for LGBT equality. Brown correlation (which is likely to on ignorance and am better $100 spent in locally owned munities. The presidential rate information. People on differing sides of the ideological divide hurl “facts” opposes same-sex marriage, gay adoption and become more pronounced prepared to counter its lies. stores, $68 returns to the election is apt to be a long at each other that are barely grounded in truth and often irrelevant to the workplace protections for LGBT people. He was in the years following the I can respond to misinfor- community (in taxes, payroll, haul, with many surprises issue under debate. The best thing that any of us can contribute to a political the only member of Massachusetts’ congressional gutting of our K-12 and UW mation, cite references, chal- etc.), whereas for $100 spent along the way. Occupy Wall discussion is focus and truth. That means being armed with actual facts and delegation who refused to participate in the It Gets systems by Gov. Scott Walker lenge dubious claims. at a national chain, only $43 Street is a dynamic young able to cite credible sources. If you’re going to be engaged politically, do your { Feedback } Better video series. and the GOP). The amount Arm yourself in 2012: read stays in the locality. When social movement that could homework and make sure you know what you’re talking about. of misinformation, outright more. you spend $100 online, your develop in all sorts of differ- Most of the problems we face as a society today are complex and nuanced. “He is super gay, this guy! ... Someone who lies and bizarre theories pro- Next, what is it about buy- community gets no benefits. ent directions. Each of us can The kind of information needed to make useful decisions about these prob- Walker deserves special session on jobs weeks the DWD secretary took spends the vast majority of their life trying to con- moted not just on talk radio ing goods and services locally So identify local businesses, have an impact on these and lems cannot be expressed in pithy sound bites. When someone is spouting blame for job ago without passing the the unusual step of issuing vert other people from being gay, I believe, has a but through media outlets that people don’t get? Over artists and entrepreneurs you so many other issues. simple, rhetorically neat solutions to problems like the national debt, afford- losses major jobs bills that were on a strongly worded release serious issue with their own sexual impulses.” and presidential candidates the holidays, I got fed up with want to support. Be curious! So: Read more. Buy locally. able healthcare, global warming and education, beware. If simple solutions to Gov. Scott Walker is the agenda. that provided insults but – Rosie O’Donnell sharing her feelings about has reached epidemic pro- friends constantly knocking Ask about whether places Reactivate. these problems existed, there would be no problem in the first place. Don’t sending out his political Democrats offered 10 jobs not answers. While the fed- Marcus Bachmann, the husband of anti-gay GOP try to score points by minimizing the complexity of an issue. You’ll just lose appointees to take the heat bills on Jan. 3, the first legisla- eral government did adjust presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. Marcus credibility for yourself and the viewpoint you represent. on Wisconsin’s dramatic job tive day of this year. Some October job losses so they Bachmann has become an object of ridicule for his No matter what your political persuasion, remember that no one likes loss – but the buck stops were put on the agenda, yet were fewer, perhaps the gov- effeminate mannerisms. being criticized, let alone screamed at or called a liar. If that’s the best you with him. He needs to stop the major jobs initiatives ernor should explain why Sorry, Amy, that my gay marriage have to offer in a debate or a discussion, then just walk away. You’re not going blaming others and refus- from both parties that were Illinois – the state he rou- “I miss the closet. Homosexuals, not to speak of to change anyone’s mind with that sort of behavior, so why waste the energy? ing to discuss the terrible supposed to be implemented tinely criticizes – is on pace the rest of society, were far better off when social caused you to commit adultery If you’re really interested in having a meaningful political discussion, be job loss trend Wisconsin is this fall were not accom- to create more than 250,000 pressure forced them to hide their activities.” prepared to listen and find common ground with the other side. Meaningful experiencing. plished. Republicans have jobs, the amount he prom- – GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul Editor’s note: The following more cheap and tawdry. And such as yours. We applaud discourse can only occur in an atmosphere of good will and open-mindedness. Walker has a record of fail- not yet shown any support ised. Meanwhile, the gover- writing in the June 1990 issue of his newsletter Ron is an open letter to former we are doubly remorseful you for keeping that tradi- Most people’s political viewpoints are based on their personal experiences ure on job creation. The facts or interest in a series of nor has no new ideas despite Paul Political Report. Paul’s newsletters were full Minnesota Senate Majority in knowing that many will tion going. and the influence exerted by their family, social circle and the surrounding are clear – as the nation adds job training bills offered by consistently losing jobs for of anti-gay and racist rants. Another entry noted: Leader Amy Koch, who resigned Opinion see this as a form of sexual And finally, shame on us for media. By asking them about their beliefs in a genuinely interested way, you jobs every month, Wisconsin Democrats that would bridge five straight months. “The ACT-UP slogan on stickers plastered all over recently after it was discov- JOHN MEDEIROS harassment of a subordinate. thinking that marriage is a pri- can get them to think and question. By providing them respectfully with infor- has been losing them ever the gap between available We need to work on job Manhattan is ‘Silence=Death.’ But shouldn’t it be ered she had an extra-marital It is now clear to us that if vate affair, and that our mar- mation they might not have otherwise been exposed to, you might open their since the budget – the gover- jobs and job seekers. Worst creation – not voter suppres- ‘Sodomy = Death?’” affair with a subordinate. Under marriage. We are ashamed of we were not so self-focused riage would have little impact eyes to new ways of looking at things. But you should be prepared to offer nor’s economic plan – passed. of all, despite Wisconsin los- sion or trampling the First her leadership, the Minnesota ourselves for causing you to and myopic, we would have on anyone’s family. We now them the same courtesy in return. It is a curious thing for a state ing jobs while the nation adds Amendment or taking away “When you ask somebody a question and you Senate voted to amend the have what the media refers to been able to see that the see that marriage is more Democracy can only survive as long as people are engaged enough to seek agency to be splitting hairs jobs, they have absolutely no women’s health care – so expect them to support all Americans and have state constitution to ensure as an “illicit affair” with your time you wasted diligently than that. It is an agreement out the truth needed to make informed decisions at the polls. We urge our over just how badly Wisconsin urgency whatsoever on the Wisconsin can top our rival everyone’s general interest, it’s a little bit frustrat- that “a marriage between staffer, and we also extend writing legislation that would with society. We should lis- readers to be part of that process and pledge to do the same. is doing at creating jobs. leading issue to nearly every to the south in more than ing and disheartening when you’re told to support a man and a woman is the our deepest apologies to him forever seal the definition of ten to the Minnesota Family Unfortunately, the Wisconsinite. just football. the other side. That he doesn’t need your support.” only domestic legal union that and to his wife. These recent marriage as being between Council when it tells us that Republican leaders in the Unable to explain five Rep. Peter Barca, – Scott Arnold, a gay man who confronted shall be valid or recognized in events have made it quite one man and one woman, marriage is about being public, Legislature adjourned their straight months of job loss, D-Kenosha GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich about his Minnesota.” Koch and the oth- clear that our gay and les- could have been more use- which explains why marriages opposition to equality. Gingrich told Arnold to go vote ers who voted for the bill claim bian tactics have gone too fully spent reshaping the legal are public ceremonies. Never for Obama. the amendment is necessary to far, affecting even the most definition of “adultery.” did we realize that it is exactly protect the dignity and sanctity respectful of our society. Forgive us. As you know, because of this societal agree- CEO/Principal Account Executives OPERATIONS MANAGER “This is fun. It smells good. It feels good. It’s of the institution of marriage. We apologize that our self- we are not church-going ment that the entire world Dave Pionke Leonard Sobczak Carrie Delgado, Jim Lautenbach, great.” On behalf of all gays and ish requests to marry those people, so we are unable to is looking at you in shame Marypat Wulff – Marcus Bachmann, the husband of GOP lesbians living in Minnesota, we love has cheapened and fully appreciate that “gay mar- and disappointment instead Publisher/ office assistant Anita Gielow presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, commenting I would like to wholeheart- degraded traditional mar- riage” is incompatible with of minding its own business. 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Rescued cat rescues shelter MEET RAMPONE From AP shelter in need of a new home. near-record 26 toes, a phe- to relocate to a new building. Rampone is an 8-month- In a reversal of fortunes, a However, this orange-and- nomenon that is helping the Most cats have 18 toes, but old labrador retriever mix once-unwanted cat has come white tabby named Daniel nonprofit Milwaukee Animal Daniel has two extra on each with a passion for playtime. to the rescue of an animal is no typical cat. He has a Rescue Center raise money foot due to a genetic muta- Everyone adores his intel- tion called polydactylism. ligence, energy and love of Officials at the center found life. Rampone loves to play out their rent at a Milwaukee- outdoors and would like to area mall was being doubled find a new home that can on Jan. 1. So, the shelter sought help him through the tran- small donations of $26 – or $1 sition from playful puppy per toe. to awesome adult. Like They’ve collected enough all of our dogs, Rampone so far – about $80,000 has Daniel. has been neutered, micro- been raised since Oct. 24 – Photo: Courtesy chipped, and vaccinated. All to secure the financing. But he needs now is a loving they hoped to raise enough at animal control when she Daniel was originally home! money to become even more went to pick up another cat. going to be adopted out, but financially stable. As she bent down to that cat’s Rowell has decided to keep Tip of About $50,000 of the cage, Daniel stuck his paw out him as a shelter mascot. the Week: money raised has come from and poked her head. Daniel’s 26 toes – two Start your puppy off on $26 donations. “He was very clearly saying, shy of the Guinness World the right paw by enrolling “I’ve always been a firm ‘I need to be rescued, I’d like Records number – don’t seem him in “Puppy ABCs” class Rampone is an 8-month-old labrador believer that everything hap- to be your friend, please pay to affect his cat activities. at the Wisconsin Humane retriever mix with a passion for play. Diverse Music pens for a reason and this is attention to me,’” she said. ‘He runs and he plays and Society! Your new compan- definitely the case,” said Amy “And when a sign is that obvi- he climbs, he uses a scratching ion will learn valuable lessons about socialization, manners, and obedience for a Diverse city Rowell, executive director ous, we tend to not ignore it.” post. He seems to be not both- while you both enjoy the fun together. Learn more at wihumane.org. of Milwaukee Animal Rescue The shelter takes in ani- ered by it at all,” Rowell said. Center in Greendale. mals that might otherwise be To donate, go to www. www.radiomilwaukee.org She found Daniel in October euthanized. milwaukeearc.org

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Call 414-291- for a generation of musical Jones,” which made a stop 7800. theatergoers. Wholesomely at Wisconsin Lutheran beautiful, they projected the College in February 2010. sort of innocence that could Clarke says one of the high- voice to botched throat sur- win a man’s heart – and lights of her career came gery in 1997. She turned to the wit to make for an when Jones remarked about a successful career in writ- entertaining courtship. Most the similarities in their vocal ing children’s books, as well importantly, their glorious quality. as a second career in acting. sopranos gave voice to the “She’s a dream,” Clarke “It fascinates me that golden music of such mas- says of Jones. “She’s phe- despite everything they’ve ters of the musical stage as nomenal. Radiant and fun all been through, they’re all Richard Rogers and Oscar and just so generous with still creating,” Clarke says. Hammerstein. her time.” Clarke can relate. After Growing up in Canton, What inspires Clarke setting out for a career on Ohio, Niffer Clarke looked the most about Jones and the Broadway stage, her life up to these performers as her other musical idols is also took a detour. As John role models. Blessed with the way they’ve kept going Lennon put it, “Life is what natural beauty and a flawless despite setbacks, reinvent- happens while you’re busy soprano of her own, Clarke ing themselves to overcome making other plans.” sought to emulate her idols, career challenges while find- Clarke got married, had a moving to New York after ing new ways of creative child and moved to Daytona college to pursue a career expression. Beach, Fla., where she start- on the musical stage. As an Oscar-winning ed a school of the arts, “These three women actress, Jones defied con- teaching music to children. were a huge influence on ventional wisdom by tran- “There was a creative outlet my life and what I wanted to sitioning to a successful in the teaching,” Clarke says. be,” she says. television career and then “I was feeding my creative Photo: Courtesy Clarke pays tribute to the to concert performances. side that way. But there was Richard Carsey and Niffer Clarke are teaming up to present “Beyond the ingénues who inspired her in She also overcame great always that part that was Ingénue” at Skylight Opera’s Studio Theatre from Dec. 30 to Jan. 8. the most fitting way possible personal tragedy, including definitely missing.” when she takes the stage on the tragic death of husband That something was per- Dec. 30 with her pal Richard Jack Cassidy, who burned to forming. Eventually, Clarke ative home in Milwaukee, as ago “for what I thought was “Oklahoma,” “Carousel,” Carsey to present “Beyond death after falling asleep on made her way back to New well as a friendship and pro- going to be a two-year stay,” “Follies,” “Victor/Victoria,” the Ingénue – Julie Andrews, a couch with a lit cigarette. York, where she continued fessional relationship with he says. He now lives in “The Music Man” and other Shirley Jones, Barbara Cook After combating alcohol- teaching but also began Carsey, a former Skylight Bay View with his longtime stage classics. and Me.” She and Carsey ism, obesity and depression, singing again. A turning point artistic director and much- partner while performing Carsey will step out from have created an evening of Cook managed to establish came when Skylight Opera in-demand musical director. regionally and in New York. behind the piano for a dance Playing the Blues song, dance, anecdotes and a new career in later life as Theatre artistic director Bill The two worked together The affection and mutual number from “L’il Abner.” By Michael Muckian been a Blue Man since 2005. dance party antics into one lack of voice can make it repartee that celebrates not a solo performer. At 84, she Thiesen called and invited most recently on Skylight’s admiration between Clarke “Beyond the Ingénue” Contributing writer “And most of the classic performance – along with a challenging to be a Blue Man, On stage only the music that these continues to sing profes- her to Milwaukee in 2005 to spectacular production of and Carsey, abundantly will have a life beyond Kirk Massey plans to Blue Man pieces in the show healthy dose of blue grease Massey explains. Blue Man Group appears Jan. 3-8 at Milwaukee’s legendary performers made sionally. appear in “Honk!” – a musi- “The Music Man.” apparent in a recent inter- Milwaukee. The show has enter the New Year being have a new twist to them. paint. It’s the face paint that “The only real means we Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (www.mar- famous but the resilience Andrews suffered per- cal based on Hans Christian While Clarke’s perma- view, should make for ter- already been booked in very blue, but that’s some- If you have only seen our gives the group its name and have to tell a story and cuscenter.org) and Jan. 24-29 at Madison’s Overture that kept their careers going haps the greatest setback Andersen’s classic children’s nent address remains New rific stage chemistry. Carsey Iowa City, Canton, Ohio, and thing for which he also is ‘Megastar’ rock tour, then creates both a similarity and convey emotion is with our Center for the Arts (www.overturecenter.com). long after the sun set on of the three ingénues, los- story “The Ugly Duckling.” York, Carsey moved to will accompany Clarke on Lewisburg, Pa., in January very thankful. this will be a very different anonymity for each of the eyes,” he says. “We can use their ingénue days. Skylight ing her famous four-octave Clarke found a new cre- Milwaukee about 21 years the piano for numbers from and February. Massey is one of the experience.” three actors on stage. our bodies and other physi- cerulean-faced performers But then Blue Man Group “The makeup is simply a cal storytelling techniques, who occupy stages around itself is a very different bald cap and blue theatrical but we can only ‘act’ with Finally, each actor brings his that performs around the • Virus Removal the world as part of Blue experience. grease paint that takes about our eyes.” own personality to the per- world. For news ASK ABOUT OUR LAPTOP Man Group, the multimedia The group was started in 30 minutes to apply,” says Massey underwent exten- formance.” “I always knew my dream updated daily • Speed Up Your System three-man theatrical troupe 1987 by three performance Massey, a Macon, Ga., native sive training to learn how Although there are three was to be a performer TRADE-IN/TRADE-UP SPECIAL! known for its percussive artists – Chris Wink, Phil who plays a variety of musi- to be a Blue Man. He was Blue Men on stage dur- in some way, but I could • Power Supply Problems antics and dazzling special Stanton and Matt Goldman – cal instruments. “We do have taught that there are things ing each performance, the never decide between act- effects. The latest iteration who felt they weren’t being our own color – Blue Man Blue Men do and don’t do, traveling troupe consists of ing and music,” Massey says. • Data Backup of Blue Man, as insiders sufficiently challenged by the Blue – which is trademarked he says. four actors and two swing “I went to an open cast- call it, appears Jan. 3-8 at New York performing arts and only available to us.” “You have to learn the performers who come in ing call in New York seven wisconsin • Laptop Damage Repair Milwaukee’s Marcus Center scene. 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The end result was stay in character at all times, have to break down char- ed out thinking he would that I am enjoying the ride.” • New & Used Laptops/Desktops “There has been brand a mime show that infused offering autographs after the acter differences among the spend his career covered 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Mon. thru Fri. • Noon – 6 p.m. Sat. & Sun. new content written for the art, science, music, theater, show that are simply blue three that are based loosely in blue makeup, Massey is Join the community. tour,” says Massey, who has comedy, vaudeville, rock and smudges. The face paint and on the three original guys. happy to be part of a troupe Like WiG on Facebook. 24 HOUR TURNAROUND AVAILABLE – (414) 431-0025 20 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 21 Streep’s ‘Iron Lady’ reignites Thatcher debate The artist, the detective and the girl with the tattoo the film by Olivia Colman 30 and in Britain on Jan. 6. bombing of the Conservative hubris, inflexibility.” able,” Moore said. loss, Mikael is summoned by – wrote about her mother’s “The left wing are ner- Party conference hotel in The filmmakers’ approach “It is an extraordinary story wealthy industrialist Henrik Film dementia in a 2008 book. vous about being asked to which five people died, and may be a canny box office of somebody who comes Film (Christopher Plummer) to Conservative grandee feel compassion for someone her eventual ousting after move, allowing viewers to from outside the establish- help solve the 40-year-old JILL LAWLESS for ap Norman Tebbit, a government they think they are supposed a rebellion by browbeaten embrace the movie wheth- ment by sex and by class. It’s Gregg Shapiro mystery of the disappear- minister under Thatcher, also to hate,” Lloyd said. “But all Cabinet colleagues. er or not they support a great tale of achievement, of ance of Henrik’s favorite With hairdo, handbag and criticized the film, saying the we are doing is making her But this is not a film that Thatcher’s politics. sacrifices made and difficul- ‘The Artist’ niece. Accepting the project, hubris, she dominated – and former prime minister was human. And the right are makes viewers feel they Initial reactions have been ties overcome.” Everything you’ve heard Mikael finds himself in the divided – Britain for a decade. nothing like the “half-hysteri- questioning whether there are learning something good. Several critics with no He also thinks it marks a about Michel Hazanavicius’ midst of one of the most Now a film about Margaret cal, overemotional, overacting is something shameful about new about recent and well- love for the Iron Lady say turning point, an end to the “The Artist” is true and dysfunctional families ever Thatcher is doing it all over woman portrayed by Meryl putting her on the screen remembered events, in the they were moved to tears. days when Britons had to then some. As innovative imagined. Nazis and religious again. Streep” – though he admitted with this frailty. But that’s if way “The Queen” did with There have not even been choose sides on Thatcher – as a (mostly) silent, black- fanatics and psychos, oh my! “The Iron Lady” stars he was basing that judgment you feel frailty is shameful – the aftermath of Princess the expected howls of out- love her or hate her. and-white film about silent Lisbeth, meanwhile, has Meryl Streep as Britain’s on the movie’s trailer. and we don’t.” Diana’s death. rage at the casting of an “You have to be over 40 to movies can be in 2011, “The her own hardships. She is first female prime minister, The film’s director rejects Lloyd said she initially hesi- It is, instead, a portrait American in the role of a hate Mrs. Thatcher,” Moore Artist” not only restores a in demand with various whose neo-Victorian values the criticisms, but says she’s tated to take on such a polar- of aging and regret whose British icon. said. “Young people just want lost art form to its former legal professionals and high- and free-market ideology not surprised by them. izing figure. Then she read depiction of personal tri- “I think Meryl has special to know about her.” glory but also polishes it up ranking business officials for helped transform a battered “Those two words – the script by Abi Morgan umph and tragedy against a rights in the U.K.,” Lloyd said. Still, some of the for a contemporary audi- her incredible computer and post-imperial country into Margaret Thatcher – are pro- (“Brick Lane,” “Shame”), and backdrop of state power has “And there is almost a sub- Thatcherite faithful say they ence. One of the benefits of research skills, as well as her an economically dynamic vocative in this country,” said “realized it was not a political Shakespearean overtones. conscious acknowledgment will be staying away from such a movie – at least at the photographic memory. But but industrially depleted and Phyllida Lloyd, a Briton who also film at all.” Streep has called the film that to play someone of the the film. screening this critic attended as a ward of the state, she is increasingly unequal society. directed Streep in the frothy She says it is something “Lear for girls” – founder- magnitude of Thatcher you “There must be something – is that the audience sat also captive to the perverse But it’s the film’s focus Abba musical “Mamma Mia!” much more subversive – a ing ruler, faithful daughter, false need a megastar.” wrong with it if it’s convert- in silent, rapt attention. No whims of Bjurman (Yorick on the personal, rather than “She still has the ability to film about an elderly woman. friends _ and there’s also a Journalist Charles Moore, ing all these lefty women conversations (whispered or van Wageningen), the gov- the political, that has made set people on one another. “If the film is political it’s in touch of “Julius Caesar’” in who is writing Thatcher’s to the view that she was otherwise) or ringing mobile ernment bureaucrat who Thatcher’s enemies appre- People think of her either as wanting to put an old lady at the story of a leader brought authorized biography, pre- something rather good,” said phones interrupted the signs her allowance checks. hensive and her allies unhappy. St. Margaret who saved the the center of a film,” she said. down by conspiring colleagues. dicted the movie would upset Bernard Ingham, Thatcher’s experience. Bjurman’s abuse of Lisbeth “The Iron Lady” depicts nation, or the she-devil who That approach makes “The “It’s a film about power Thatcher’s friends and family, long-serving press secretary. The tale begins in 1927, makes for some of the film’s P h oto : C o u rt e s y Thatcher, now 86, as a frail, ruined the lives of millions Iron Lady” more a character and the loss of power,” Lloyd but said they could take com- He says that if people when silent film favorite From “The Artist.” most disturbing and graphic elderly figure with demen- and bred a culture of greed.” study than a political or his- said. “The cost of a huge fort in the fact that it shows “want to know what Margaret George (Jean Dujardin) is at sequences. But she gets the tia, holding imaginary con- Both sides may find their torical drama. It touches on a life to oneself, one’s family, her in a positive light. Thatcher was like they the top of his game and on chance to serve up a chilled versations with her dead conceptions challenged by handful of episodes from her one’s colleagues” – and about “The effect of the film is to shouldn’t go anywhere near it.” top of the box office for the the action in the fourth, their seats on more than the homoerotically charged much gets lost in transla- dish of revenge. husband Denis (a genial Jim the film, which opens in 1979-1990 tenure – the 1982 how “our great strengths – dramatize very successfully “Meryl Streep may be a Kinograph movie studio and “Mission: Impossible - Ghost one occasion. relationship between tion in this faithful remake Once Mikael becomes Broadbent) as she looks back Australia and New Zealand Falklands War, the 1984-85 conviction, certainty – can many of the things that made good actress,” he said, “but director Al (John Goodman). Protocol,” takes place in a Holmes and Watson. Makes by director David Fincher, aware of Lisbeth, he real- on her life as a double out- on Monday, in the U.S. Dec. miners’ strike, the 1984 IRA become our greatest flaws: Lady Thatcher so remark- she ain’t Thatcher.” George and aspiring actress variety of exotic and dan- ‘Sherlock you wish they’d just have sex except perhaps there’s less izes that he won’t be able sider – both a woman and and fan Peppy (Bérénice gerous locations. This time, Holmes: A Game and get it over with already. focus on Lisbeth Salander’s to complete his investiga- a lowly grocer’s daughter in Bejo) “meet cute” outside it’s Budapest, Moscow, Dubai of Shadows’ bisexuality. Rooney Mara tion without her help. An a male-dominated, patrician Meryl Streep portrays former British Prime Minister of a mobbed movie theater. and Mumbai, as well as the As sequels starring ‘The Girl with does magnetic justice to the unlikely team if there ever Conservative Party. Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” George is in a loveless mar- relatively tame Seattle. Robert Downey Jr. go, the the Dragon role of the volatile, socially was one, the combined fire- Streep’s eerily evocative, P h oto : C o u rt e s y riage to Doris (Penelope Ann Busted out of a Moscow Sherlock Holmes franchise Tattoo’ outcast computer hacker, power of Mikael and Lisbeth pitch-perfect performance Miller) and is more affection- prison where he was doing is faring slightly better than Following the unprec- portrayed in the Swedish makes for explosive results. looks likely to earn her a ate with his dog Uggie. time for killing the men the “Iron Man” series. edented success of the late films by Noomi Rapace. Thrilling, terrifying and high- 17th Academy Award nomi- Sadly, things are doomed responsible for the murder This time out, on the eve Stieg Larsson’s series of nov- There’s a lot to set up ly entertaining, “The Girl nation and possibly a third from the start. There’s the of his wife, super spy and of the wedding of Holmes’ els and the well-received and establish before Lisbeth with the Dragon Tattoo” acting Oscar. But the inti- 1929 stock market crash. Then master of disguise Ethan BFF Watson (Jude Law) to trio of Swedish film versions and disgraced journalist and definitely hits its mark. macy of the movie’s portrait there’s the birth of the talkies, (Tom Cruise) is united with Mary (Kelly Reilly), a series of those novels, Hollywood publisher Mikael (Daniel has led some Conservatives of which he wants no part. new team members Benji of suspicious bombings rat- has stepped in to get a Craig) become a team. Still For breaking news visit to accuse it of being dis- Combine that with the dissolu- (Simon Pegg, who adds a tles 1890s Europe. Through slice of the popular pie. Not reeling from his libel case www.wisconsingazette.com. respectful, distasteful, even tion of his marriage, the ascent much-needed dose of brilliant deduction, Holmes faintly idolatrous. One law- of Peppy as a movie star and his humor to the series) and comes face to face with maker has demanded a par- increased dependence on alco- Jane (Paula Patton). Their the brilliant but unapologeti- liamentary debate, telling the hol, and you have a first-rate impossible mission is to cally evil Professor Moriarty House of Commons he was tragedy. But what would the track down nuclear extrem- (Jared Harris), who has come disturbed by the film. movies (silent or otherwise) ist Hendricks (Michael up with a plan to profit in a “I just wonder why the be without redemption and Nyqvist) aka Cobalt. big way from the impending filmmakers had to go so second chances? Not to men- Among the things mak- world war. Before you can heavily on the mental illness, tion tap dances. ing their mission impossible say the honeymoon is over, the dementia side, when The marvelous thing about are the threat of a full-scale Holmes pulls Watson away Baroness Thatcher has had a “The Artist” is the way the nuclear war between the from his new bride. With very important life in the pol- actors effortlessly commu- United States and Russia, the the assistance of fortune itics of this country and the nicate through facial expres- deaths of Impossible Mission teller Madam Simza (Noomi world,” said Conservative sions and body language. It’s Force agents and secretar- Rapace), a plan is set in legislator Rob Wilson. a reminder about how much ies, soulless enemy assas- motion to thwart Moriarty. “It left me wondering more there is to acting than a sin Moreau (Léa Seydoux) With his affinity for slow- about the humanity of the raised voice, an inflated stare and mysterious IMF analyst mo violence, Guy Ritchie filmmakers who are very sub- or explosions. “The Artist” is Brandt (Jeremy Renner). continues on the course tly denigrating someone who a truly artistic achievement. Director Brad Bird (“The to becoming the Sam was a great prime minister.” Incredibles”) does a bang-up Peckinpah of his generation. Thatcher rarely appears in ‘Mission: job of keeping the action One of the most bombas- public these days, and her Impossible - explosive and the special tic movies of the season, inner circle releases little Ghost Protocol’ effects and stunts special. “Sherlock Holmes: A Game P h oto : C o u rt e s y information about her health. As is usually the Especially when viewed in of Shadows” is neverthe- From “The Girl with But her daughter Carol – case with the “Mission: IMAX, audiences will find less entertaining, and the the Dragon Tattoo.” sympathetically portrayed in Impossible” movie franchise, themselves on the edges of credit for that belongs to 22 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 W ISCONSINGAZETTE . c o m | December 29, 2011 23 Between Bond films, DanielC raig has banner year Postcard from the Philippines ‘It’s a very Film fortunate time Author blurs line between real, fictive JAKE COYLE for AP for me at the Many Filipinos are “folk these are the “tools” of the trav- The time off from James moment, Catholics” (if there is such a eler. The postcards also allow Bond has been very good to term). That is, they believe in us to see Manila from Vince’s Daniel Craig. (so) I’m just Interview superstitions and anting-antings perspective. In the three years since Gregg Shapiro (or amulets) as much as they do the release of “Quantum of trying to grab in God and miracles. “Blurring” I really loved the wisdom Solace,” Craig has made his Gay writer R. Zamora Linmark is the operative word. It is what of beloved movie direc- Broadway debut (“A Steady it with both – aka Zack – is the author of two I attempt to do in “Leche” – tor Bino Boca and house- Rain”); starred in the World hands.’ poetry collections, two novels to blur the lines between two keeper Burrnadette, two War II-era tale of Jewish and the play “Rolling The R’s,” opposing elements or forces, characters on the oppo- rebellion “Defiance”; joined based on his first novel of the between the real and hyper-fic- site ends of the social up with Steven Spielberg same name. His second novel, the tive world, between the personal spectrum. again (“The Adventures of marvelous “Leche,” is the kind of and public, between the truth Both Bino Boca and Tintin,” following their earlier read that makes the cold winter and exaggeration. The aim of fic- Burrnadette served as Vince’s collaboration in “Munich”); 007 mantle, Craig made his hours pass quickly. tion is not just to tell a story but guides. In fact, many of the char- and starred in the summer peace with the possibility of to convince the reader that the acters that Vince meets during blockbuster “Cowboys & being pigeonholed. Gregg Shapiro: How much P h oto : C o u rt e s y events in it took place. his stay in Manila serve like a Aliens.” Now, he’s adding yet “In my head, I very clearly of you is Vince, the novel’s R. Zamora Linmark. guide to him. Burrnadette was another major franchise to said to myself, ‘If it does, it main character? You utilize some fasci- the closest to being Vince’s spiri- his plate, with David Fincher’s does,’” says Craig. “There’s R. Zamora Linmark: I’m glad or will go through. For writers, nating devices, including tual guidance, explaining to him, remake of “The Girl with the nothing you can do about it. you asked me that, because one exploring the dreams of their the “postcards” and the for example, the possible causes Dragon Tattoo.” And there’s no shame in that, of the things I had to keep in characters is one route to better “tourist tips.” of his nightmares and the migra- At this point, early mis- for Christ’s sake.” mind while writing the novel was understanding them. Another is “Leche” is also a travelogue, a tory ways of Filipinos. Bino Boca, givings about the “Blond 2008’s “Quantum of that I was not Vince. … We may through their desires. guidebook to Manila as well as on the other hand, was Vince’s Bond” seem laughable. Craig Solace,” directed by Marc share the parallel experience of a young man’s journey into the guide to Manila’s High Society has emerged as one of the Forster, was marred by the having gone back to our child- The book does an heart of (his) darkness. Think of 101. biggest British movie stars. writers’ strike. The film hood home, the Philippines, after effective job of depicting Lemuel Gulliver, except that he is More than that, he’s already went into production with being away from it for so long, the blurring of the lines going to a foreign place that used Keeping with the movie managed to prove that – what Craig calls “a third of a (but) Vince was not me and I was between superstition and to be his home. I thought of post- theme, there is a cine- maybe more than any previ- P h oto : C o u rt e s y script,” which he and Forster not him. I was creating a story religion. cards and tourist tips because matic quality to the book. ous guardian of the tuxedoed Daniel Craig in “Casino Royale.” had to attempt to fill in. On that is dependent on imagina- Is that a reflection of spy – he won’t be pigeon- “Skyfall,” more focus was put tion, a story that, at times, blurs the influence of film on holed by the role. Craig has released earlier this year) audience. said he hopes to sign Craig tion after his performance on the screenplay to avoid the fictive from the real, the Filipino culture? not just grown into Bond, wed privately in June. He has “It’s what he can do in for another five films and as Francis Bacon’s lover in such a situation. He says he’s factual from what could be con- I write in terms of scenes, but, perhaps, beyond it. a teenage daughter from an here,” Fincher says, gesturing make him the longest run- 1998’s “Love Is the Devil: currently “incredibly happy” strued as factual. Once I liberated which may explain for the book’s “It’s a very fortunate time early marriage. a close-up frame. ning 007. Study for a Portrait of about where he is with Bond, Vince from myself, and vice-versa, cinematic quality. The chapters, for me at the moment,” Craig Though Craig’s personal In “The Girl with the Asked about the prospect Francis Bacon” an early hint and eager for a new install- another world, as intense and composed of moments and said in a recent interview. “So life has become an increas- Dragon Tattoo,” Craig plays of carrying two franchises, of Craig’s daring. ment that returns some magnificent as mine, opened up. memories, are broken down I’m just trying to grab it with ing interest to tabloids, he’s intrepid journalist Mikael Craig says jokingly, “I’m going Hollywood first took familiar elements. according to scenes. Also, the both hands.” maintained a degree of elu- Blomkvist, who teams up to be very old. Botox is going notice after a respectable But finding his equilibrium One of the most prev- protagonist Vince majored in film Though the 43-year-old siveness. Even in risible con- with Salander to investigate a to be in there. supporting performance away from Bond took some alent components of (and literature), which explains actor is known for being cepts such as “Cowboys and long-dormant missing woman “We’ll see how ‘Dragon alongside Angelina Jolie in adjustment. Craig acknowl- “Leche” is the humor. the number of film references. If careful of his privacy, Craig, Aliens,” he seems somehow case that unravels the sordid Tattoo’ does, but, yes, of “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.” edges that he initially looked Humor is a necessary element anything, “Leche” is an homage to dressed casually in a jean jack- above the fray, consistently history of a wealthy Swedish course, I’d love to come in He memorably starred in a for “roles that were diametri- in “Leche” because it is partly the wonderful world of cinema et and jeans, comes across projecting an air of profes- family. It is, of course, based and do (more),” he says. “This couple of Roger Mitchell dra- cally opposed” before learn- a satire and more importantly, – to Fellini, Chaplin and Filipino Ready for a as relaxed. Self-deprecation sionalism and intellect. on the best-selling novels of is something I really believe mas seen more in the U.K., ing he ultimately had to rely humor – twisted, corny, play- melodrama movies. It was the is his fallback, and he often Fincher calls him the “giant Stieg Larsson, whose books in and I want to put all of “Enduring Love” and “The on his gut. “The Girl with the ful – is an integral part of the movies that initiated Vince into New Direction? laughs sheepishly at his own planetary body,” of “The Girl were previously adapted into my effort in to. I’ve just got Mother,” but he also began Dragon Tattoo” – European, Philippine culture. It is their way the world of the imagination, and wit. Though his screen pres- with the Dragon Tattoo,” a trio of Swedish-language to find time to live and that’s a continuing run in thrill- stylish and lethal – might of dealing with this maddening it was also the movies that trig- John Meier, M.Ed. LPC ence is bleak and still, his around which the other movies. kind of the only thing that ers – a favorite genre – that not have qualified under the world – with grief, love and other gered unwanted memories. manner is more loose and characters (such as Rooney If the film succeeds how really matters now. included “Road to Perdition” older rubric. But Craig can’t disappointments. Guidance & Support for: jocular. He meets a reporter Mara’s Lisbeth Salander) orbit. Sony hopes it will, it will “It’s not a problem. It’s and “Layer Cake.” say no to a good, spine-chill- “Leche” also deals with • Self-Esteem in the lobby of a New York The director is clearly taken generate at least two more good stuff, I think,” he pauses It was surely his smooth ing potboiler. It’s clear that Vince and the intersection of gay and hotel for a recent interview, by Craig, whom he compares films – meaning Craig could for a beat, then slyly reveals fit – a steely, purposeful pres- “I just wanted to be as others in the book have Filipino culture. • Relationships but Craig isn’t visiting – this to Robert Mitchum and Kirk be simultaneously attached more doubt and a slight con- ence with a sinewy (and more natural as possible,” he says a love/hate relationship I’m not an advocate of catego- • Growth & Healing is his hometown now. Douglas – agile leading men to two big movie series. He’s fession. “Talk to me in a year. than occasionally shirtless) of Blomkvist. “I wanted the with the Philippines. Is ries, but if “Leche” has a sexual- for LGBT individuals “It was one of those deci- with calm exteriors and currently a third of the way ... I’m talking a good game. I’m frame – in such films that audience to just go, ‘OK,’ so that a commonly shared ity, it would be “queer.” It’s nei- & couples sions in my life where it smoldering eyes. through shooting his third trying my best.” won him the role of Bond, the thriller thing could hap- feeling? ther gay nor straight. It subverts (414) 305-3049 was like going, ‘I want to be “He’s obviously got a phys- Bond film, “Skyfall,” directed Craig, the son of an art which he began in 2006’s pen. Without that, no one I don’t know if it’s a shared feel- rather than subscribes to our here.’ Thankfully, I’ve got very ical presence and a sense of by Sam Mendes (who previ- teacher and a pub landlord, “Casino Royale.” The film, is in danger. You need to be ing by all Filipinos. Ambivalence, binary ways of thinking and look- [email protected] good reasons,” he says, pre- menace,” says Fincher. “But ously directed Craig in “Road knew he wanted to be an one of the most acclaimed doing the real thing every according to John Updike, is “the ing at gender. In “Leche,” I tried www.JohnMeierTherapy.com sumably alluding to his wife he has this ability to be avail- to Perdition”). His contract actor by age 6. At 16, he in the series, restarted Bond, time, and then hopefully the only kind of love worth writing to show that desire cannot be Rachel Weisz and her 4-year- able for the other actor. It’s has an option for a fourth joined England’s National turning him into a more real- audience is taken in by it. about.” boxed in, that it is as uncategoriz- old son. Craig and Weisz a selflessness. It’s a movie Bond film, but more than that Youth Theatre and later con- istic, brooding and postmod- We’re trying to con them, able as it is temporary. That it’s BREAKING NEWS (his co-star in Jim Sheridan’s star thing. It’s knowing how seems likely. Bond producer tinued into drama school. ern figure. obviously, but con them in Dreams also play a role open season for everyone who horror flick “Dream House,” to create a conduit for the Michael G. Wilson recently He started attracting atten- Before undertaking the the nicest way possible.” in the book. dares to catch it. UPDATED DAILY Dreams, or my understand- h a PP Y n e W y e a r f r o m t h e W i s c o n s i n g a z e t t e ! ing of them, are metaphors for For breaking news visit wisconsingazette.com what we have gone or are going www.wisconsingazette.com.

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Andrews, Lauren Bacall, Natalie Wood, Anthony VDiva Perkins, Judy Garland, Rock D Hudson and others. We fol- Gregg Shapiro low Crowley from his job as the late Natalie Wood’s ‘Beginners’ assistant to his first attempt The best movie of 2011 at screenwriting – the script (and possibly the best “gay” for “The Bette Davis Show” movie ever by a straight sitcom pilot. filmmaker), “Beginners” The doc focuses on has a way of staying with the rise of gay culture you long after it has faded and awareness during the from the screen. Written pre-Stonewall 1960s, par- and directed by Mike Mills alleled with the story of (“Thumbsucker”), it’s based the original stage produc- In Kate Bush’s footsteps on his personal experi- tion of “The Boys in the ence with his late father Band” (including the cast- Tahoe,” although it’s not quite to find a classically trained gating classical pastures, French coming out as gay follow- ing process). Interviewees, a blizzard. Of course, once musician such as Amos, mov- pop chanteuse Emilie Simon ing the death of his wife. including Robert Wagner, the snow has fallen, what’s left ing, if only momentarily, in goes for a distinctly vintage “Beginners” takes a non- Michael Musto, Andy Cohen, Music to do but build a snowman this direction. After all, Rufus Kate Bush vibe on “The Big traditional approach to tell- Dan Savage, Ed Koch, Marc Gregg Shapiro – as Bush does on “Misty”? Wainwright, the closest thing Machine.” The Bush business is ing a non-traditional story Shaiman, Paul Rudnick, Already a favorite among gays, that Amos has to a contem- especially strong on cuts such and succeeds on every Edward Albee, Michael Kate Bush Bush cements her status with porary, has written an opera. as “Rainbow,” “Nothing to Do level. It’s the kind of movie Cunningham, Cheyenne It’s easy to follow in Kate cameos by her royal high- Joined by daughter Natashya With You,” “Chinatown” and that has the power to have Jackson, Larry Kramer, Bush’s footsteps, or rather ness Elton John on “Snowed Hawley on several tracks and “The Devil at My Door.” You you laughing out loud one P h oto : C o u rt e s y “Boys in the Band” direc- footprints, when she’s walk- in at Wheeler Street” and accompanied by the Apollon might think this Kate copycat moment and wiping tears From “Beginners.” tor William Friedkin, and ing in the snow, as she does out actor/writer Stephen Fry, Musagète Quartet and would get tiresome, but there’s of sadness from your eyes cast members Laurence on her frosty new disc “50 who supplies the voice of the Andreas Ottensamer, prin- actually something charming at the next. takes. He has just come his 70s when he learns could either be the best ‘Making Luckinbill and Peter White, Words For Snow.” Closest in character Prof. Joseph Yupik cipal clarinetist of the Berlin work. Simon emerges as her Oliver (Ewan McGregor) to terms with his father that Hal is dying of cancer. possible thing for him or The Boys’ trace the play’s trajectory mood to her 2005 “Aerial” on the dazzling title cut. Philharmonic, Amos pays own performer, particularly on is an artist with serious Hal (Christopher Plummer Shortly after Hal’s passing, the worst. This documentary by from stage to screen. What set, right down to the mini- homage to Chopin, Satie, “Ballad of the Big Machine,” relationship issues, afraid of in an Oscar-worthy per- Oliver meets actress Anna Sensitive, artistic and Crayton Robey fills in the comes through is a respect- epic length of the seven songs Tori Amos Bach, Schumann, Debussy “Dreamland,” “Rocket to repeating his parents’ mis- formance) coming out in (Mélanie Laurent), who poetic, Mills handles the sub- blanks about the classic gay ful homage to one of the (the shortest track clocks Tori Amos is probably the and others through a series the Moon” and “This Is Your ject matter with grace and a film “The Boys in the Band” most important and contro- in at just under seven min- artist most frequently com- of variations based on the World.” unique sense of humor. It’s and its creator Mart Crowley. versial pieces of contempo- utes), the disc feels like the pared to Kate Bush. Early composers’ themes. In spite well worth watching Oliver, Crowley takes viewers rary gay theater and cinema, musical equivalent of a snow- in Amos’ career, when the of the distinctly non-com- Lia Ices Hal and Anna (and Hal’s dog back to his childhood and and its impact on society storm. That’s especially true focus was on the piano and mercial nature of the record- You can hear traces of Arthur) navigate their way later to Roddy McDowell’s at large, as well as the cast. of “Snowflake,” which trig- her voice, the Bush com- ing, Amos fans are certain Kate and Tori, as well as through the challenging land- beach house during the DVD bonus features include gers the hypnotic sensation parisons came fast and furi- to find tracks to their liking, Chan Marshall (aka Cat LOWEST PRICES! scape. DVD bonus features summer of 1965, where he the “missing scene,” addi- that occurs while sitting in ous. With her ambitious new such as “Job’s Coffin” and Power) on “Love Is Won,” include commentary by Mills mingled with McDowell, tional “Malibu ’65” footage a window and watching the album, the 21st century song “Your Ghost.” the timeless opener on and a “making of” short. Sal Mineo, Jane Fonda, Julie and more. snow blanket streets, side- cycle “Night of Hunters,” she “Grown Unknown” by Lia LARGEST walks, houses and trees. The bravely explores another ave- Emilie Simon Ices. The same can be said weather intensifies on “Lake nue. It’s not all that surprising While Miss Tori is off investi- of dazzling tracks such as “Little Marriage” and “New Myth.” Ices even skirts Enya’s SELECTION! environs on the airy “Bag of Wind,” then explores uncharted regions on the aptly named title cut. By the Kate Bush. way, that’s Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on “Daphne.” P h oto : C o u rt e s y

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