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From the Go-Go's to Pridefest MCGivern’s SUMMER John McGivern’s latest stage outing finds hilarity in the Wisconsin summers of his youth� WiGOUT! Pa g e 20 THE VOICE OF PROGRESS FOR WISCOnsin’s LGBT COMMUNITY May 17, 2012 | Vol. 3, No. 14 FROM THE GO-Go’s TO PRIDEFEST Rocker and equality advocate Belinda Carlisle opens PrideFest Milwaukee’s 25th anniversary weekend with an 8 p.m. performance on Friday, June 8. Other event headliners include Taylor Dane, Berlin and GOD-DES & She. For more information about the nation’s largest LGBT music festival, go to www.pridefest.com. Also, look for Wisconsin Gazette’s special PrideFest edition on May 31. In advance of Carlisle’s Milwaukee appearance, she spoke with WiG’s Gregg Shapiro about her reunion tour with the Go-Go’s and becoming a gay rights supporter following the coming-out of her son James Duke Mason. INTERVIEW, PAGE 19 This Leader of Wisconsin anti-gay group issue inside and online at acknowledges same-sex attraction wisconsingazette.com By Louis Weisberg “It’s a natural part of the maturation process,” Appling led the effort to take the issue of News Staff writer Appling went on to say� same-sex marriage to Wisconsin voters, who WiGWAG ����������������������2 In a recent interview with The Cap Times, the But Appling also insisted that people can leave outlawed it in 2006� She is currently pursuing a Regional Gaze ���������������4 director of Wisconsin’s leading anti-gay organiza- “gay lifestyles�” lawsuit that seeks to overturn the state’s domes- Editorial ����������������������� 10 tion acknowledged feeling same-sex attraction, “It’s not a life sentence,” she told Craver� tic partner registry law� Community Briefs ����� 12 calling it universal� Appling’s answer offered rare insight into the Appling says all of her actions are meant to National Gaze ������������ 13 “There’s not a person alive who hasn’t said, paradox between her personal and public lives� “protect” marriage� ‘Well, I wonder’ (about my sexual orientation),” As head of WFA, Appling considers herself the But Appling, 60, has never married and, in fact, Features said Appling, head of Wisconsin Family Action, state’s leading “defender” of marriage, by which lives with Diane Westphall, another never-mar- WiGOUT! ������������������ 19 in response to reporter Jack Craver’s question, she means the leading opponent of legal recogni- ried woman, in a home the couple owns jointly Theater ������������������������ 20 “Have you ever felt … same-sex attraction�” tion for same-sex relationships� APPLING page 12 Movies �������������������������� 23 On the Town �������������� 26 OBAMA BACKS SAME-SEX CIVIL MARRIAGE PAGE 13 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 17, 2012 LGBT news with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg Congressional Dis- marketing campaign for U�S� preference or their gender, but America, claiming his 1993 BMW trict� Polls showed tourism debuted in early May upon their capability�” motorcycle seat caused him to Babeu badly trailing in the United Kingdom, Japan and have an erection that’s lasted other candidates Canada� The campaign, launched ROMNEY APOLOGY since May 1, 2010� Experts argue for the Republican with a Brand USA commercial Mitt Romney also went on Fox that vibrations caused by the bike nomination� He came to featuring Rosanne Cash singing News to apologize over reports coupled with configurations of national attention when he was “Land of Dreams,” is gay-friendly� that he’d bullied gay students dur- the seat combined to cause the COURTESY TOM BATIUK/KING forced out of the closet after his Watch the commercial closely ing high school� The Washington painful condition� FEATURES SYNDICATE ex-partner, a Mexican immigrant, and you’ll see a gay couple – Post uncovered Romney’s youth- The first panels in the said Babeu had threatened him one man resting his head on ful shenanigans in interviews with A STIMULATING “Funky Winkerbean” with deportation if their past another man’s shoulder – on his former classmates at the PERIOD series about two gay stu- relationship was made public� a bus bound for some great exclusive Cranbrook School in A Salt Lake City mom found dents planning to go to American adventure� Michigan� “Back in high school, I something unexpected mixed in their high school prom. 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REGIONA5 L GAZE Leading opponent withdraws from Pocan’s congressional race By Louis Weisberg a great deal of money for individual fundraiser in the influence of outside money Staff writer the race, was considered by race, will continue running and negative campaigning in Dane County Treasurer many to be Pocan’s stron- the strongest campaign� … American politics�” David Worzala has dropped gest contender� According He’s clearly the frontrunner “I urge the remaining can- out of the race to succeed to the most recent numbers and the strongest candidate�” didates in this race to run U�S� Rep� Tammy Baldwin in obtained by WiG, Worzala “Mark is incredibly strate- a clean, positive campaign,” Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressio- had raised $413,189 com- gic and is the best represen- Worzala concluded� “While nal District� pared with Pocan’s $474,495. tative for the 2nd Congres- this seat is likely to remain Worzala’s departure is a State Rep� Kelda Helen Roys, sional District and the LGBT in Democratic hands, it is boon for out state Rep� Mark another candidate in the community,” Belanger added� important to stay unified Pocan, who hopes to main- race, had raised $261,560.
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