The Voice of Ohio's GLBT and Ally Comratfni'
(
( qmunity Facebook Adds 56 New | CPH to Unveil LGBT Initiative
Gender-Identity Options Columbus Public Health will host a the direction of the new LGBT Health Cleveland Remembers community discussion in March and Initiative. Twist's John Katsaros Facebook didn't release a list of the new gender- unveil a new effort to reduce health identity options it added to male and female starting disparities in the LGBT community. Improving LGBTQ Healthcare: A Com Feb 13, but ABC News identified 56: munity Conversation will take place Agender Pangender Dwayne Steward, the city's LGBTQ on March 26 at 6:30p at Columbus Androgyne Trans health advocate, said his agency Public Health, 240 Parsons Ave. Androgynous Trans* wants input from LGBT people about Bigender Trans Female Cis Trans* Female Columbus School Board Cisgender Trans Male Chooses Mary Jo Hudson Cis Female Trans* Male Mary Jo Hudson, who made history in Cis Male Trans Man 2004 as the first openly gay member Cis Man Trans* Man of the Columbus City Council, was John Katsaros, the owner of Cleveland's Twist Social Cis Woman Trans Person chosen in February to fill a vacancy on Club, died on Feb 16 of cancer. Cisgender Female Trans* Person the Columbus school board. Cisgender Male Trans Woman "John embodied and exemplified a consistent message Cisgender Man Trans* Woman She's the first openly gay member of of togetherness," said Todd Saporito, president of Cleve Cisgender Woman Transfeminine Female to Male that body as well. land Pride. "He frequently was one of our leaders who Transgender FTM often asked, 'How can I help?' before asked." Transgender Female Hudson, 51, most recently served on a Gender Fluid Transgender Male community panel appointed by Mayor Hudson is an attorney with the He was voted Cleveland's favorite gay-bar owner in 2007 Gender Nonconform Transgender Man Michael B. Coleman to examine Columbus law firm Bailey Cavalieri. ing Transgender Person by readers of Scene, and he received city government's Columbus City Schools' operations in She left the City Council in 2007 to LGBT Heritage Award in 2009. Katsaros also was cred Gender Questioning Transgender Woman the wake of a data-rigging scandal. lead the Ohio Department of Insur ited with saving the Dancin' in the Streets fundraiser of Gender Variant Transmasculine She replaces Carol Perkins, who re ance under Gov. Ted Strickland. She the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland when it was los Genderqueer Transsexual signed in January. left that job after the Democrat was Intersex ing money in 2004. Transsexual Female defeated by John Kasich. Male to Female Transsexual Male The task force, which honored Katsaros in 2012, called MTF Transsexual Man School Rejects Anti-Gay Coach him "an incredible friend and community advocate." Neither Transsexual Person Neutrois Transsexual Woman An online preacher who says public Non-binary Two-Spirit Wall Street Nightclub, Other schools are full of "homosexuals, for Building Up for Sale nicators and defiant haters of God" was rejected by a public school in Wall Street Nightclub, the oldest operating LGBT bar in of adults aged Licking County where he wanted to be Columbus, is for sale. 18-64 identify head football coach. as transgender (Conron2011) Owners have listed both the business and the building at In standing up to Dave Daubenmire, 144 N. Wall St. The asking price is $699,900 for the whose targets include LGBT people, three-story Downtown building and $329,900 for the 26- Florida Court Nominee women and African-Americans, the year-old nightclub. school board for Lakewood High mended by district administrators. Would Be Historic First School in Hebron rejected a coach who Wall Street owner Scot Hafler said the club is not closing. President Obama's has taken two schools to the state Among the women's concerns: an Oc Shows are booked throughout 2014, and he has a long- choice for a va playoffs but has courted controversy tober commentary in which Dauben term lease that runs for the next five years. He said he's cancy at the U.S. along the way. mire called bullying "the way of the in no rush to sell, but after 20 years in the business — District Court in world" and dismissed anti-bullying ef he started as a bar-back and has owned Wall Street for South Florida will Daubenmire was sued by the ACLU forts as part of the "homosexual seven years, he's ready for whatever comes next. be the first openly when he led locker-room prayers as gay black man to coach at London High School south agenda, to try to get people to not crit icize or make fun of or poke fun at ho "It's time for someone else to con serve on the federal bench if he's confirmed by west of Columbus. He was fired from mosexuals." tinue the legacy," he said. the U.S. Senate. his last coaching job at a Christian school. Carpino said the coach wasn't a good Hafler and real-estate agents Troy Judge Darrin P. Gayles, nominated by the presi role model for children. Fabish and Kelly Coate, who are dent on Feb. 5, has served as a judge in Hebron resident Elaina Carpino and representing building owner and Wall Street creator Jill Florida courts since 2004. He received his law her wife attended a Feb 12 school "It's not about winning games," she McDonald, said they're seeking buyers who will keep the degree from George Washington University and board meeting to speak out against said. "It's about teaching life." club in the LGBT community. his bachelor's from Howard University. Daubenmire, who had been recom
10 march 2014 Richard Haberstroh's favorite LGBT movies: North Seo Texos, Get Real outlookohio.com We are Pleased to Annouce... "/gSOHtAs-bW^/ HA*£aZ£5HfofuAb Wt& Joe retired from the State of Ohio travel to-do list, checking off state as a vocational rehabilitation highpoints, landmarks and parks counselor in November 2003, and on the way. Leo retired a month earlier from the U.S. Postal Service. They live in Hilliard, Ohio, and enjoy life with Leo's adult children and their two grandchildren. 9^ ffe £t
He came out to his teammates before the 2013 season, "I am tired of hiding," she said. "I'm tired of lying by and he came out publicly in a Feb 9 ESPN interview: omission." "I'm an openly, proud gay man." "I'm here today because I am gay. And because maybe President Obama tweeted: Congratulations on leading I can make a difference. To help others have an easier the way, [Michael Sam]. That's real sportsmanship." and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me, I feel a per sonal obligation and a social responsibility." ouTlookohio.com Cherno Biko's favorite LGBT movies: Still Block: A Portroit of Block Tronsmen, TronsVisibie march 2014 11 qmunity THCRC 3HC ld>. Miss Ohio Contestant Would Be First Lesbian Title-Holder
by Erin McCalla wants to share her testimony as an openly gay woman. She said her platform is the Kara Mitchell was met with these words in the in most controversial that Miss Ohio as ever terview room at the 2011 Miss Indiana pageant: 'There will never be a gay Miss Indiana or a gay Miss America." "Pageants are Americana. It [Miss America] h. transformed so much since the beginning/' On June 21, she'll compete for the crown of Miss Mitchell said. 'The girl next door looks different Ohio. She's the state's first lesbian contestant. now than she did then. The program needs to evolve as we evolve." Mitchell still isn't sure if that Indiana interviewer said what he said to throw her off-guard or if he She said her fellow contestants have been ac really meant it. But it did throw her off, even cepting. "If they don't agree with me, they «r though she has been out since age 14 and has don't show it," she said. always been out in pageantry. Miss Ohio officials have been particularly sup "I told him, 'Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina portive, Mitchell said. Contestants are placed Supreme Court justice; we have a black presi with host families during the week of the pag dent. It's the era where anything is possible,'" eant, and Mitchell was worried her hosts Mitchell said. might not welcome a lesbian into their home. She said they assured her that wouldn't hap But it was too late. She was already shaken and pen. didn't even place in the Top 10. As she explains, the interview is "everything." Miss Ohio will win $10,000 in scholarship money and the opportunity to compete for Miss America Now she says she's more prepared if the same in Atlantic City in September. Miss America wins question comes up at Miss Ohio. She'll compete $50,000 for continuing education. at the state pageant in Mansfield as Miss North western Ohio. If Mitchell wins Miss Ohio, she plans to travel around the state and country to promote pos- "Anything that could be said to me has been said itivity in the LGBT community, go to all the to me. So it rolls off my back." Pride festivals, be a guest on Anderson Cooper and Ellen and be accessible to Originally from the Washington, D.C., area, her fans and people in LGBT com Mitchell graduated from Ball State University in munity. 2011 with a degree in advertising. She moved to Columbus two years ago. She also wants to put that $10,000 in scholarship money Last year, she made it to the Top 10 at the state toward a master's degree in pageant as Miss Cuyahoga County. This year, her communication. eye is on the prize. It has to be; at 24, this is the last year she's eligible to compete for the What is the scholarship pageant's scholarship money. amount for the runner-up? ay? ft*/
Her platform, "Just Ask Me," is geared toward "I don't know," she said. LGBT acceptance, particularly young adults. "That's not my goal." Mitchell believes there still are not enough role models for LGBT youth to look up to, and she photo: Demetrius LamonT
12 march 2014 Jon Theiss's favorite LGBT movie: Girls Will Be Girls outlookohio.com CAMERON MACKINTOSH'S SPECTACULAR NEW PRODUCTION OF «ccy ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S THE PHANTOM 00 HE OPERA'
*fr
3#\ * f
Nv y
' MARCH 5 - IO THEATRE 800.745;3i ticketmaster CAPA TICKET CENTER AT 39 EAST STATE STREET
BROADWAy^COLUMBUS llAlfT ^jgfelblNW • 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Ml BY ARRANGEMENT WITH il Al LV UHI Ul GROUP outlookohio.com Lori Gum's favorite LGBT movie: Blue Is the Wormest Color march 2014 13 CLEVELAND. Proud Host City for Gay Games 9 in 2014.
^•.-v
in i. ir i •• iimtar i HI IllllhU'i**
•)Kiiiiu:i*tt
? GJJP
.r.v^-r--,-w ••""
Plan your visit at LGBTCIeveldnd.co
PhnlosiOInriy F HiQhrwwQh. ft nn"10 Hrynnn Rsft
GAY UNEXPECTEDLY GAMES 2011 C30 CLEVELAND gay games
J^
photo: Amy Moseley MORE THAN SPORTS Gay Games Seeks Singers, Musicians, DJs, Comedians by Andrew Hypes Cleveland's unique spin on the music and chandise for sale. GAY entertainment scene, there will be plenty of GAMES The Gay Games might be a sporting com room to showcase those from the rest of the • The opening ceremony on Aug 9 in 2014C20 petition, but the week won't be without its world as well," he said. Quicken Loans Arena will feature what or "«'""«"•»" CLEVECLEVELANL D more classically entertaining events. ganizers promise to be "spectacular pro c//oundatiooul n Among the highlights: duction numbers" with guest artists, Visit www.gg9cle.com for a full list of events, as Alongside an estimated 10,000 athletes dancers and cheerleaders. well as registration and hotel info. coming to Cleveland and Akron for the • More than 150 singers will come together weeklong international event this August, for three days of rehearsal before perform • In addition to the Aug 8 pre-opening Latest News: organizers have lined up an impressive list ing as the Gay Games Chorus on Aug 13 at party (the location has yet to be an • Registration fees go up after May 31. of musicians and other performers to be the State Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse nounced), there will be an opening-cere showcased throughout the week. Square. You can register to be part of the mony after-party on Aug 9, a White Party on • Deadlines have been extended indefinitely for group (it's $285) through May 31 at Aug 11 with DJs and performers from musical groups, solo singers, DJs, comedians and And they're still looking for more. www.gg9cle.com. around the world, a Women's Party on Aug other performers who would like to entertain at Gay 13, and a Black Party on Aug 14. Games events. An opening-eve party on Aug 8, the opening • More than 150 musicians will join to ceremony on Aug 9 and other festivities gether as the Gay Games Team Band, The Gay Games launched what it calls its • The Gay Games ran TV ads in Columbus, Cleve scheduled through the games' Aug 16 which will march at the opening ceremony Raise Your Hand campaign a few months land, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton and Akron during close will showcase LGBT musicians and and perform a concert on Aug 12 at the ago to find performers for the week's February's Winter Olympics in Russia. "We want events. Organizers seek dancers, singers, entertainers, as well as local talent from State Theatre. Registration for the band Ohioans and others in the U.S. to be proud that the bands, DJs and, for the first time, comedi northeastern Ohio. (also $285) is open on the Gay Games web worlds most inclusive sporting event will be here ans to perform at venues in Cleveland and site through May 31. this August," spokeswoman Ann Gynn said. Tom Pike, culture manager for Gay Games Akron. 9, said a full range of talent will be on the • A 4.5-acre Festival Village in a Downtown • The Human Rights Campaign has signed on as a bill. In addition to the 11,000 people com Cleveland park known as Mall C will be the Application forms are available at the platinum sponsor of the games. If you register with peting in 36 sports, another 20,000 specta hub of the games throughout the week, games' website. Spokeswoman Ann Gynn the code HRCSOCHI, you'll get a $10 discount, and tors are expected. with two entertainment stages (and a said a Jan 31 deadline has been extended $20 of your fee will go to help Russian participants nightly headliner), roving performers and indefinitely. make the trip to Ohio for the games. "While we fully expect to show the world visual arts. There also will be food and mer ouTlookohio.com Tim O'Neill's favorite LGBT movies: Victor Victorio, Priest, Brokeback Mountain march 2014 15 polisigh
HRC, Equality Ohio Stand Against Marriage Amendment by Bob Vitale Ohioans about the need for marriage equality. The dispute among LGBT advocates is over in all 16 marriage-equality and civil-union the words religious institution and recognize. states at the time exempted clergy from per There's always some family drama on the way Premo said a phrase in the 46-word amend forming marriage ceremonies for couples they to the altar. ment proposed for the Ohio Constitution Premo said FreedomOhio's proposed amend don't like. opens the door for religiously affiliated hospi ment would lead to "a whole bunch of law Ohio's simmering feud among LGBT civil- tals to deny visitation and other rights to suits." Nine states also exempted religious organiza rights organizations has boiled over into pub same-sex couples. tions from offering public facilities, goods and lic view once again. "We don't want to pass something and then services for everyone's weddings. FreedomOhio Executive Director Ian James spend the next two years fighting it out in the State groups and national allies that have said the religious exemption applies solely to courts," he said. "This trend suggests a general consensus... tunneled money and expertise into marriage- churches, synagogues, mosques and other that while we don't want to force gay wed equality campaigns across the country say houses of worship, and it only reiterates their James, however, said the "religious institu dings into churches, we also don't want they'll not only sit out a potential fall cam exisiting rights. He called Why Marriage Mat tion" phrase is common in legislation and churches to discriminate against homosexu paign in Ohio but will oppose a measure mak ters partners negative, obstructionist and out- refers specifically to houses of worship and als when operating as a public entity rather ing its way to the ballot. of-touch with Ohio voters. their affiliates whose primary purpose is to than a private religion," the report said. spread their faith. Hospitals, whether reli Equality Ohio, the Human Rights Campaign, FreedomOhio claims it already has more than giously affiliated or not, are regulated as "Even without such explicit statutory lan the ACLU and Freedom to Marry, now joined the 385,000 signatures needed to put mar businesses, he said. guage, the current principles of American together as Why Marriage Matters Ohio, have riage equality on the statewide ballot but constitutional jurisprudence would probably been critical of the tactics, timing and trans wants to collect 1 million names before a July A similar exemption - for religious "associa result in similar distinctions made on a case- parency of FreedomOhio for almost two years. 2 deadline. tions" - is included in a non-discrimination by-case basis." bill that Equality Ohio has lobbied state legis But they said in February that the wording of The exemption - "no religious institution shall lators to support. While Why Marriage Matters will oppose the FreedomOhio's proposed Freedom to Marry be required to perform or recognize a mar Ohio marriage-equality amendment, its state and Religious Freedom Amendment is so riage" - is a cornerstone of FreedomOhio's "Placing a crucifix, Star of David or crescent and national partners have ruled out their problematic that they will "educate our mem pitch to voters. A December poll by the group ... over a door doesn't make a building a reli own ballot initiative this year, Premo said. bers" by speaking out against the effort. found Ohioans split on the basic issue of mar gious institution," James said. "It's about the riage equality, but support rose to 56 percent work, not the affiliation." He said the groups will propose an amend "We would have to say we can't support it be and opposition dropped to 34 percent when ment in 2015 or 2016 if the FreedomOhio ini cause of the problems it would pose," said people were told about its protection of reli According to an April 2013 report by LegiNa- tiative fails. Michael Premo, manager of Why Marriage gious liberties. tion, a newsletter that tracks issues moving Matters Ohio, formed last fall to educate through legislatures around the country, laws
16 march 2014 Marshall McPeek's favorite LGBT Movie: Big Eden outlookohio.com ' 't against HIV/AI Join Team Outlook! LOVEvv Saturday, April 19th Arch Park Downtown Arena District YOUR WORKOUT;W 46 CLASSES Dr. Robert J. Foss Memorial PER WEEK! AID5 WALK CENTRAL OHIO FIRST CLASS FREE ^ TKWalk/5KRun & 50% OFF THE JOINING FEE v
Register now and join us for the Bar Crawl on March 8th German Village and Short North Routes available with Outlook outlookohio.com sponsored parties at the end of ecch route! the new website
Need Health Insurance? Happy Hour I Can Help! Daily 4-7pm $3 craftoint Call Robert for a Karaoke Thursday 9-close FREE Quote Today! (614) 354-3398 'Bessy tjM's; Pin UP jam health COffff mi SPIBIIS Robert A. Crouch Licensed Insurance Agent markets 2598 n man OLD IOTH COLTO e Agency - Life I Health I Medicare I Long-Term Care WWW.KDSYGB&lOTPJOinKOn
SMGARENA
GRAND THEATER
ENJOY MORE WITH YOUR MOVIE. First-run Movies and Modern Classics In-theater Dining and Service $1 Movie Parking Validation Freshly Prepared American Grill Full Service Bar and Lounge Private and Group Events
ARENA DISTRICT 175 W NATIONWIDE BLVD • STUDI0M0VIEGRILL.COM FOR SHDWTIMES ouTlookohio.com Jacob Manser's favorite LGBT movie: Les Chansons d'Amour march 2014 17 THE BEST NETWORKING EVENTS IN TOWN! netwo columbus presented by ouloo< media
QjRManra® mn mum NETWORK SPONSORS:
YOUR FACILITIES GUY
TELECOM/NET/CABLE ELECTRIC/GAS CABUMG PHONESYSTEMS IVR SERVICES CONSULTING IT SERVICES SECURITY & FIRE ALARM
& Anniversary k 333 West Bnad St, Columbus, OH 43215 •,J ARTS p@C0SI
CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 943 W. 3rd Avenue - 614.291.0253 STUDIO ReedArts.com [Kigljfi
When you have a FIRE, THEFT, or HARD DRIVE CRASH can you RECOVER EVERYTHING?
MyDiskBackup' Off-She Stor JQ« »rtd RKOVHY SAVING Your Livtlihood" FIND US AND RSVP ON FACEBOOK Secure, Risk-free, Affordable Backups. s FACEB00K.COM/NETW0RKC0LUMBUS Call 866-534-H OST (4678) for your 30 Day Trial. small pond Everyone's Crazy 'Bout a "you can't make your clients Well-Groomed Man feel calm and relaxed if you're by Kailen Nourse is $45. A full back wax is $40, and a chest not calm and relaxed." trim is $10. When Jim Price was in salon school, he real ized many of the sen/ices he was learning "I think men in particular have to justify about weren't geared toward men. spending money on themselves, especially now that gas is nearly $4 a gallon," Price you a question.. "I was born and raised in Columbus," he said. said. "I felt this was a need in our commu (but I'll shave feftMllaterfl nity, and I had to fill it." He does his best to make the decision easier on them and their wallets. Haircuts start at Well Groomed Male Spa, in Suite 101B at $10. 415 E Broad St, offers haircuts and coloring, facial treatments, massages, waxing, mani Well Groomed Male also offers services like a cures and manscaping. It calls itself "a one- traditional wet shave for men, which you stop-shop for all your grooming needs." can't find everywhere.
It's a change-of-lifestyle career for Price, Price said he always educates his clients who had formerly managed a Pier 1 Imports about care aftertheir appointments, too. and worked in Mount Caramel West's emer After all, not everyone knows what moisturiz gency room. Opening a spa has been relax ers to use after a facial or what shampoos to ing both for him and his clients. use after a coloring.
"I like being my own boss, not having some According to Price, the majority of Well one breathing down my neck," he said. "You Groomed Male's clientele are gay men. Al can't make your clients feel calm and re though the spa caters to men, it has female laxed if you're not calm and relaxed." clients as well and offers services for women that include cuts and coloring. Price said he Walking into the spa on E Broad Street (it's also cuts hair and performs other spa serv just east of Cleveland Avenue) has an im ices for transgender men and transgender mediate calming effect. Quiet music plays women. in the background, aromatherapy fills the air, and you feel safe and welcome. Being involved in the LGBT community is very important to Price. He has hosted Whimsical moustaches decorate the walls of fundraisers where all the proceeds go to a the front room, where a single chair sits in local charity or team. He has supported the front of a mirror for hairstyling. In the back AIDS Walk Central Ohio, the Columbus Coy room, the massage table (with a foot otes Rugby Football Club and several drag warmer) looks soft and inviting, and muted pageants. string lights provide a warm glow. "I enjoy helping the community, and my There isn't a waiting room, since Price takes clients feel good about it, too," he said. his clients one at a time to ensure they get the focus and attention they deserve. He So relax and enjoy yourself - you deserve it! said he wants to make clients happy and Who's up for a day at the spa? comfortable by keeping things casual.
As soon as you walk in that door, it's all Well Groomed Male Spa about you. 415 E Broad St, Suite IOIB 614.598-2935 Facebook: Well Groomed Male offers a variety of serv Well Groomed Male Spa ices from haircuts to waxing, manicures to To make an appointment massages - at affordable prices. A 30- call or visit minute facial is $25. A 60-minute massage mymalespa.com
photo: Andrew William ouTlookohio.com Brady Konya's favorite LGBT movie: A Single Man march 2014 19 •4&
yw andaeuw aueM are eotr/f'af/ft utvitedte o
LGBT Wedding & Ceremony Expo £mtented6y
K>JU'fwo/t* • ))/ rtjir/. _/r/'(< (•jafet'eri Sunday, March 30, 2014 10am - 4pm • Free Admission High Line Car House 550 South High Street MH® Columbus, OH 43215 est. 1873 special dcuj cutct enfoij tk& wi**M>scf bcw/! To be a Vendor contact Alexis Perrone [email protected] • 614.268.8525 x 4 Uiojtilal/ -f^uau*^ -Hw>f&5s!oitaU Oftucle/ Edwardjones SkyA MAKING SENSE OF INVESTI light Financial Group QurGoaLPIanning Done Right David Cunningham CFP ® Frank Lazar Financial Advisor, Edward Jones Ryan Puckett, CLTC Wells Fargo Advisors Skylight Financial I am a financial advisor With more than a decade who serves the serious long- We provide a comprehen of experience, Frank A. term investor. After devel sive and integrated plan Lazar serves as Vice-Presi oping an investment ning process for the LGBT dent - Investment Officer strategy tailored to the spe community that firmly fo for Wells Fargo Advisors. He cific goals of my clients, I cuses on what matters to consults regularly with indi carefully craft a properly you, your family or your viduals while leveraging the balanced and diversified business. Contact Ryan strengths and resources of portfolio to help achieve today! the firm to help his clients those goals. achieve their investment Ryan Puckett, MBA, CLTC goal. David C. Cunningham, CFP ® 5455 Rings Road, Suite 125 1 79 E Beck St Dublin, OH 43017 Frank Lazar Columbus, OH 43206-1207 (614) 790-9812 Vice President, Investment Officer (614)461-5803 [email protected] 41 S High St, www.edwardjones.com The Huntington Center, Suite 2300, [email protected] Columbus, OH 43215-6195 Olga Starr, MBA (614)358-4394 Skylight Financial (800) 322-8371 (614) 221-5809 fax We provide a comprehen [email protected] sive and integrated plan ning process for the LGBT community that firmly fo cuses on what matters to Morgan Stanley Chris Cooper, CFP you, your family or your Chris Cooper & Company business. Contact Olga Magaly Masci today! Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Chris Cooper is the owner and founder of Chris Olga Starr, MBA Magaly's international Cooper 8c Company, a fi 5455 Rings Road, Suite 125 experience is combined nancial planning firm work Dublin, OH 4301 7 with a diverse financial ing with people who own (614) 790-9814 knowledge, consummate small businesses, with per [email protected] professionalism and a tire sons preparing to retire, the less dedication to help en LGBT community, and very sure that her clients' elderly persons. well-being and financial goals will be achieved. Chris Cooper, CFP Miss your chance to be listed? 5810 Southwyck Blvd. Ste. 100, Want to be listed in our online Magaly Masci Toledo, OH 43614 Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor (800) 352-7674 directory? Contact Alexis at 6710 North Scottsdale Rd., Suite 250 chriscooper.com 614,268.8525x4 or Scottsdale, AZ 85253 [email protected] (480) 368-6630 (888)477-2876 [email protected] 20 march 2014 Tom Nobbe's favorite LGBT movie: Maurice outlookohio.com The Chaddock Group KYLESHILL A pi ivatc wi.ilii aih ism v practice <>i An criprisc Financial Services, Inc. I FINANCIAL PLANNING tM POLARIS Sara Colton CFP®, CRPC® FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC Chaddock Group John Davidson, CFP KylesHill Group Robert Deitrick, ChFC Sara is passionate about helping people achieve and Steven Morgan John Davidson is a Certified Financial Plan their long-term goals, es Polaris Financial Partners ner with over 20 years of financial experi pecially members of the ence in banking, strategic planning, LGBT community who face The advisors of Polaris business financial management and per complex financial situa Financial Partners have sonal financial planning. He proudly wel tions. been providing client- comes LGBT clients. focused financial advice After frustrations with a lack of financial plan and counsel for LGBT indi John Davidson, CFP ning resources for her and her partner, Sara viduals and small busi KylesHill Group LLC. spent the last several years cultivating her ness owners throughout 330 W Spring St knowledge on LGBT-specific issues. She at Ohio and around the Columbus, OH 43215 tained the title of Accredited Domestic Part country for over four (614)395-1295 decades. nership Advisor so that she could fulfill her passion of helping others in the same situa tion. Robert Deitrick, ChFC Next Month Our Guide Steven Morgan 470 Olde Worthington Rd, Suite 450 Sara Colton CFP®, CRPC® Highlights Realtors & Westerville, OH 43082 Financial Advisor The Real Estate Industry Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM (614)901-3400 Want to be listed ? (800)244-6517 81 Mill Street, Suite 100 614-901-4030 fax Gahanna, OH 43230-3011 Contact Alexis at 614.268.8525x4 [email protected] (614)269-0195 or [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.ameripriseadvisors.com/sara.colton Polarisfinancialpartners.net AFTER DOMA: WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU National LGBT organizations have compiled • Civil unions or registered domestic part be considered married for the entire year. health insurance benefits for same-sex the following tips for gay and lesbian couples nerships are not considered marriages by the spouses was considered taxable income. in the wake of the June 2013 U.S. Supreme federal government. • Married same-sex couples should no Court decision that struck down key provi longer have to pay federal income taxes on • You may file amended federal returns for sions of the Defense of Marriage Act. • Because Ohio refuses to recognize your the value of employer-provided insurance to 2010,2011 and 2012 if you were married marriage, you must still file your state taxes one's spouse. Under DOMA, the value of during any of those years. They strongly recommend, however, that you as single individuals. There's a new state consult legal and financial professionals. form to undo the calculations from your fed 1020 DENN|S0N flVE eral returns. JERRY RHODES » • The Supreme Court's ruling in Windsor vs. United States applies only to the federal gov • Joint filing tends to favor married spouses 614*486*5480 COLUMBUS, OH 43201 ernment. It does not change discriminatory with very different incomes. Joint filers will state laws that exclude same-sex couples generally owe less income tax than they from state-conferred marriage rights. would as single taxpayers because the IRS CALL US FOR effectively treats the combined income of A FREE CONSULTATION • As a result of Windsor, the federal govern married couples as if each spouse earned ment now considers you married if you were half. DN HOW RECENT DOMA RULINGS joined legally in another state. You must file AFFECT YOUR BOTTOM LINE! your federal taxes as "married filing jointly" • In general, yourtax-filing status is deter or "married filing separately." mined on the last day of the year. If you are married on the last day of the year, you will ouTlookohio.com Eddie Fleiss's favorite LGBT movies: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Butch Camp, Kiss Me Guido march 2014 21 by Erin McCalla Showtimes: Friday, March 28 @ and Bob Vitale FEATURE 6:20p; Saturday, March 29 @2:30p It's shaping up to be the Year A documentary that looks at the of Queer in Cleveland. FILMS aging challenges unique to the LGBT community through the stories of three gay men: Dennis, Ty and In addition to the Gay Games Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth Continental Robert. this summer, the Cleveland Director: Pratibha Parmar Director: Malcolm Ingram International Film Festival UK, 84 minutes USA/Canada/Australia, 94 minutes will show 35 LGBT features Showtimes: Wednesday, March 26 @ Showtimes: Thursday, March 20 @ and shorts during its 12-day 4:15p; Thursday, March 27 @ 9:30a; 9:35p; Friday, March 21 @l:50p run in March at the Tower Friday, March 28 @7p City Cinemas in Downtown 52 Tuesdays From 1968 to 1974, the Continental Cleveland. The event also of Director: Sophie Hyde A portrait of the passionate Pulitzer Bathhouse was combination sexual fers a special focus this year Australia, 114 minutes Prize-winning author (The Color Pur playground and entertainment incu The Case Against 8 on LGBT filmmakers. Showtimes: Thursday, March 20 @ ple), a revered and criticized figure. bator. Out of the baths emerged Directors: Ben Cotnerand Ryan l:50p; Friday, March 21 @7:35p The film incorporates interviews, Bette Midler, Labelle and Barry USA, 112 minutes The festival begins on March footage and readings by the author. Manilow, and Sarah Vaugh also per 19 and ends March 30. And Sixteen-year-old Billie is trying to Showtimes: Friday, March 21 @ formed there. Owner Steve Ostrow it's not all gay: 480 short come to terms with her mother's 6:10p; Saturday, March 22 @4:20p and his former staff reminisce about and feature-length films are transition from female to male. As the "erotic paradise." on the bill. Jane transitions to James, Billie is A documentary that focuses on the sent to live with her father, but the plaintiffs and lawyers in the land The Dog But here's all the LGBT fare. distance makes her feel left out. She mark case that finally allowed same- Directors: Allison Berg, Check out finds herself exploring her own sexu sex couples to marry in California. Frank Keraudren www.clevelandfilm.org for ality while her mom experiences de Before You Know It USA, 100 minutes (See our interview with the filmmak everything else, including pression from her body's rejection of Director: PJ Raval Showtimes: Thursday, March 27 @ ers on Page 44.) Q&As with filmmakers. testosterone. USA, 112 minutes 11:30a; Saturday, March 29 @9:35p 22 march 2014 Bob Price's favorite LGBT movies: Female Trouble, Making Love outlookohio.com mother wants him to return to Kansas, his roommate has kicked him out, and a man in the troupe is making sexual advances that he both fears and discovers he wants. Al Pacino played John "The Dog" Woj- With a 4.3 GPA and potential college Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine Reaching for the Moon towicz in Dog Day Afternoon, and scholarship, David is eager to start Director: Michele Josue Director: Bruno Barreto soon after, the real bank robber be his senior year of high school. But USA, 89 minutes Brazil, 118 minutes came a media celebrity. In this docu early one morning, three men break Showtimes: Saturday, March 29 @ Showtimes: Saturday, March 22 @ mentary, Wojtowicz details his life down his door and take him to the 5p; Sunday, March 20 @2:15p 8:401p; Sunday, March 23 @ 11:15a and involvement in the early days of Dominican Republic, where his par New York's gay-liberation movement. Gore Vidah The United States of ents have enrolled him in Escuela A film directed by Matthew Shepard's This feature film is the story of the Amnesia Caribe, a rehabilitation school for childhood friend about his charis passionate relationship during the Director: Nicholas Wrathall "troubled teens." This documentary matic personality. It's documented 1950s and '60s between American USA, 89 minutes follows David and his classmates as through family photos, vacation poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian Showtimes: Friday, March 21 @ they navigate brutal behavior modifi videos and personal diary entries. architect Lota de Macedo Soares. 9:30a; Saturday, March 22 @6:40p cation, ex-gay reparative therapy, Special screening at the Apollo The hard manual labor and degrading atre: Thursday, March 20 @ 7p humiliation. Dual Director: Nejc Gazvoda Venerated by many as the last great •'^""085 Slovenia/Denmark/Croatia, American intellectual, this documen 102 minutes tary weaves in and out of Vidal's nu Showtimes: Thursday, March 27 @ merous public and private personas. The New Black The Rugby Player 11:20a; Saturday, March 29 @8:45p Combining archival footage from his Director: Yoruba Richen Director: Scott Gracheff TV appearances with interviews from USA, 80 minutes USA, 80 minutes The Last One When Iben's flight is canceled, Tina the last few years of his life, this film Showtimes: Wednesday, March 26 @ Showtimes: Sunday, March 23 @ Director: NadineC. Licostie drives her and other stranded pas is a portrait of the rabble-rouser as a 2:20p Thursday, March 27 @ 5:50 7:15p Monday, March 24 @3:20p USA, 74 minutes ; ; sengers to a hotel. With a glance, a writer, politician and caustic social Special screening at Shaker Square Showtimes: Wednesday, March 26 @ connection is made. But Iben has a critic. Cinemas: Friday, March 28 @ 9p This isn't a film about 9/11 but 6:15p Thursday, March 27 @12:15p dark secret, and Tina is on the eve of ; rather the story of one of the people a life-changing interview. They com Centered around Maryland's 2012 lost that day: Mark Bingham, an During the height of the AIDS crisis, municate in English, a language battle for marriage equality, this doc openly gay man who helped fight the Cleve Jones founded the Names Proj unique for words having dual mean umentary highlights the challenges hijackers of United Flight 93. It's also ect Foundation. Since then, the AIDS ings, because Iben speaks Danish for Black LGBT people and attempts the story of his remarkable mother, Memorial Quilt has added more than and Tina speaks Slovenian. Are they by opponents to say LGBT issues are Alice, who honors his memory as a 48,000 panels and is known speaking the truth to each other or fi not about civil rights. campaigner for marriage equality. nally speaking it to themselves? (In Heterosexual Jill throughout the world. This documen English, Slovenian and Danish with Director: Michelle Ehlen tary is the story of the quilt as told by subtitles.) USA. 80 minutes the people who helped create it and Showtimes: Wednesday, March 26 @ those working with it today to serve 8:45p; Thursday, March 27 @2p the ignored communities still living with AIDS. Jill thought Jamie was a man, and even though Jamie is a woman, she One: A Story of Love and Equality See You Next Tuesday sleeps with her anyway. Jill stops the Director: Becca Roth Director: Drew Tobia affair and joins a lesbian conversion- USA, 102 minutes USA, 82 minutes Five Dances therapy group. To prove how hetero Showtimes: Saturday, March 22 @ Showtimes: Thursday, March 20 @ sexual she is, Julie asks Jamie to Director: Alan Brown 12:30p; Sunday, March 23 @9:20p; 9:30p; Friday, March 21 @4p "date" her again, and Jamie agrees USA, 83 minutes Lesbiana - A Parallel Revolution Monday, March 24 @ 11:30a because she loves Julie. This comedy Showtimes: Thursday, March 20 @ Director: Myriam Fougere When Mona gets kicked out of her skewers everything from dating and 7:40p; Saturday, March 22 @4:30p Canada, 63 minutes After North Carolina placed Amend apartment, she overstays her wel sexto support groups and lesbian Showtimes: Tuesday, March 25 @ ment One on its ballot in 2012, a les come with Jordan and her fed-up folk songs. Chip is a gifted young dancer from 8p; Wednesday, March 26 @12:15p bian couple from New York visits the partner, Sylvie. It's a train wreck in the Midwest pursuing a career in state to see the real faces staring slow motion, an offbeat black com Kidnapped for Christ New York when he lands a job with a This documentary is a journey across across the cultural divide. As they dig edy with a mostly female cast. Director: Kate S.Logan small troupe to perform at a festival. North America, revisiting many of the deeper, talking to both same-sex USA. 85 minutes While things are going well profes women - mothers of the lesbian couples and religious opponents, Showtimes: Thursday, March 20 @ sionally, Chip's personal life gets community - that Fougere encoun what emerges is not necessarily he 4:05p Friday, March 21 @12:30p more complicated: His alcoholic ; tered during her travels in the 1980s. roes and villains. ouTlookohio.com Wendy Miller-Pugh's favorite LGBT movies: Paris Is Burning, But I'm a Cheerleader march 2014 23 by fear, Todd seems strangely unaf Showtimes: Thursday, March 27 @ fected by the imminent storm of 9:40p: Friday, March 28 @3:55p; AIDS. This striking snapshot of col Saturday, March 29 @ 9:15a FOCUS ON lective paranoia includes an array of eye-popping dance numbers. Michelle is an artist and a lover - a LGBT FILMMAKERS lover of women. This film is a compi A grant from the Academy of 27 @5:30p; Friday, March 28 @ Stranger by the Lake lation of short films by 20 queer film Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 12:15p Director: Alain Guiraudie makers, each a chapter from -the Oscar people-helps the France, 97 minutes Michelle Tea's autobiographical novel Cleveland International Film Doris Payne is a sweet and Festival showcase traditionally charming 81-year-old who's also Showtimes: Friday, March 21 @ about her numerous loves and hookups in the lesbian punk scene of less visible filmmakers each an unapologetic international 8:50p; Sunday, March 23 @L35p year. This year, the festival is fo- jewel thief. This documentary of- 1990s San Francisco. Its described cusing on LGBT directors. fers insight into her 60-year ca- Trinidad as "riotous, political, even touching." roar At a secluded lakeside cruising spot, ICCI. Those whose films are about Franck watches Michel and his lover Directors: PJ Raval, Jay Hodges LGBT subjects already have The New Black go out for a swim, but only Michel USA, 80 minutes Showtimes: Friday, March 28 @ been listed. The following films Director: Yoruba Richen comes back. It's a thriller composed and documentaries tell other of suspicious eyes, unspoken tension 9:45p; Saturday, March 29 @12:30p stories: One: A Story of Love and Equal and a surplus of very graphic sex. (In ity Before You Know It French with subtitles.) Since 1969, when Dr. Stanley Biber Director: Becca Roth performed one of the first successful Director: PJ Raval Pelada gender-reassignment surgeries, tiny Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? The Case Against 8 Director: Ryan White and others Trinidad, Colo., has been known as Director: Anna Margarita Albelo Directors: Ben Cotner, Ryan USA, 92 minutes the "Sex-Change Capital of the USA/France, 83 minutes White Showtimes: Friday, March 21 @ World." This documentary follows Showtimes: Friday, March 28 @ 4:15p; Saturday, March 22 @ Continental 2:50p three women as they embark on new 8:10p; Saturday, March 29 @l:35p Director: Malcolm Ingram beginnings. Test Luke and Gwendolyn are former Director: Chris Mason Johnson Newly minted 40-year-old Anna, a Five Dances college athletes who travel the USA, 90 minutes down-on-her-luck, garage-dwelling Director: Alan Brown world experiencing pick-up soc cer. And they learn a lot about Showtimes: Thursday, March 27 @ filmmaker, has some birthday resolu ^H^^^^^^^^V tions: finally make a movie, lose 20 KsJ| EM the cultures of nations by experi 3:50p; Friday, March 28 @l:55p; encing how they play the game. Saturday, March 29 @7:30p pounds (OK, maybe 10), and find a ^Ef ' ' .wSJ J j^^R ^El(G girlfriend. She's well on her way with As a mysterious fatal epidemic be a post-feminist retelling of Who's gins ripping through mid-'80s San Valencia Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and a Directors: Hilary Goldberg, scheme to attract gorgeous Katia by The Ghosts in Our Machine K^^B i ^J)|rl^j| Francisco, dancers Frankie and Todd Director: Liz Marshall various artists casting her as the lead in her movie. have opposite reactions. While Canada, 92 minutes \JK - *^\ ^^k Frankie's life is increasingly marred USA, 106 minutes Showtimes: Thursday. March 20 ^^^™^^^^i^i^™ @ 5:10p; Friday, March 21 @ 3p Sex(ed) the Movie Director: Brenda Goodman This documentary follows phot )- USA, 76 minutes SHORTS journalist Jo-Anne McArthur, who Showtimes: Friday, March 28 @ promotes animal rights by doc J- 8p; Saturday, March 29 @ Sunday March 23 @ 4:1 Op menting their mistreatment at 4:50p; Sunday, March 30 @ Dream Girl mink and fox farms, dairy farms, 7:25p ranches, and research labs. Director: Tulica Singh They say sex sells, but our nation USA, 6 minutes Heterosexual Jill has never been sold on the idea Director: Michelle Ehlen of sex education. This documen Electric Indigo tary looks at the history and evo- Director: Jean-Julien Colette Lesbiana: A Parallel Revolution lution of sex ed. as well as the Director: Myriam Fougere cultural obstacles that prevent a Belgium/France, 24 minutes Natives A Last Farewell nnmnv H^nii^iiim reasonable discussion of the Director: Jeremy Hersh Director: Casper Andreas issue. A Family Like Mine USA, 20 minutes Sweden, 13 minutes l *M Director: Katherine Kearns Test Thursday, March 27 @ 7:45p USA, 23 minutes w-^'im Director: Chris Mason Johnson Rosita Lopez for President Thursday, March 27 @ 7:45p Director: Rachel Goldberg i ^9 Trinidad Good Morning Alfredo's Fire USA, 9 minutes The Life and Crimes of Doris Director: PJ Raval Directors: Peter Knegt, Stephen Dunn Director: Andy Abrahams Wilson Payne Canada, 10 minutes Director: Kirk Marcolina, Valencia Italy/USA, 40 minutes Standup Matthew Pond Director: Hilary Goldberg Director: Louis McCullagh Killing Vivian USA, 74 minutes In Sickness and in Health UK, 16 minutes Showtimes: Wednesday, March Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? Director: Mandy Fabian Director: Aaron Denius Garcia 26 @6:20p; Thursday, March Director: Anna Margarita Albelo USA, 12 minutes USA, 12 minutes 24 march 2014 Aaron Keegstra's favorite LGBT movies: Sordid Lives, Broken Hearts Club outlookohio.com ENJERTA IATE BENEFITS! SC/ r0D0 5C/0T0 001VWS ° ^P4CW0 SCIOTO DOWN'. SC/OTOOOIVWJ IMgQJjr H* IN® iNwm 'L 6000 South High Street • Columbus, OH 43207 SCIOTO 614-295-4700 • sciotodowns.com DOWNS rlHl.l LOTTERY or visit the Ohio for Responsible Gambling website at www.org.i m.i' LGBT Characters Vanishing From the Big Sere* Bob Vital...e. means more mainstream fare at the multiplex, Kane "We were disheartened at just how minor we seem to said. GLAAD's report found just 14 of 101 major-studio re- factor into mainstream Hollywood cinema," Kane said. No, dear gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender reader, leases in 2012 included characters who were lesbian, you are not required to watch every LGBT movie ever gay or bisexual. None were transgender. While GLAAD has catalogued - and praised - gay and les made. bian characters whose portrayals go beyond their sexual orientation, the organization still sees too many exam But Matt Kane, who keeps his eye on Hollywood for 2014 GLAAD Award Nominees ples of gay being played for laughs or worse. GLAAD, says it is important to support those films that portray LGBT characters and stories in exciting and inno Kane cites Basic Instinct (1992) and Braveheart (1995) Outstanding Film, Wide Release: vative ways. as two of the most egregious movies in recent decades. Blue Is the Warmest Color, Dallas Buyers Club, Kill In the former, Sharon Stone's bi character and her les Your Darlings, The Mortal Instruments: City of We've come a long way - or at least some of the way - Bones, Philomena. bian girlfriend are twisted psychopaths; in the latter, from the typical big-screen portrayals of mincing gay some audiences cheered when a gay character r men, man-hating lesbians, voracious bisexuals and un thrown out of a window to his death. Outstanding Film, Limited Release: stable trans people. And LGBT people aren't often por Concussion, Geography Club, Out in the Dark, trayed anymore as deserving victims of a violent More recently, Javier Bardem's bisexual character in the Reaching for the Moon, Yossi. come-uppance. James Bond film, Skyfall. drew praise as the highest-pro file LGBT role of 2012, but GLAAD said the part fell into an Outstanding TV Movie or Miniseries: The problem now is that LGBT characters aren't por old cliche that shows bi characters as duplicitous. Behind the Candelabra, In the Flesh. trayed much at all. "With no well-known bisexual heroes to speak of in the Outstanding Documentary: If we really were obligated to see every LGBT movie, it'd Hollywood canon, characters like this remain the only Bridegroom, Call Me Kuchu, God Loves Uganda, The be a lot easier to power through the list than it used to impression many audience members have," GLAAD said. New Black, Valentine Road. Hollywood's portrayal of transgender people, meanwhile, For years, GLAAD pushed IV networks to be more like the Only four of the 101 movies had LGBT - make that LGB -is "at least 20 years behind the curve," Kane said. Even movies. LGBT characters and stories were few and far characters who were onscreen for more than a few seeindependen- t cinema, which usually is more willing to tell between on television, but they were a little easier to find onds. Among 2012 movies that counted as LGBT-inclu- LGBT stories, rarely includes trans characters. at the theater and in the video store. sive: The Avengers, in which openly gay MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts makes a cameo as himself, reporting an GLAAD started in 1985 to combat homophobia-laced cov "A significant shift has happened in the last decade," alien invasion. erage of the AIDS crisis. One of its early victories was GLAAD said in a 2013 report on the U.S. film industry. "As convincing The New York Times to begin using the word television has become increasingly inclusive... the film Worse yet The few LGBT characters who do show up in gay in 1987. industry is lagging behind." the movies rarely represent any diversity in race, age or economic status. It has branched out since to promote inclusion and fight Dwindling box-office receipts for Hollywood studios anti-LGBT messages in music, TV and movies. 26 march 2014 Chris Hayes's favorite LGBT movie: Jeffrey outlookohio.com AKRON to: CAK through CLE FUGHT2589 PLA89-8d4-S p^5i Airron THE HOME FOR STORIES #5^ I • I r r. S rS MARCH19 -30'2014 ^^^M \f I ^*mJ V^r TOWER CITY CINEMAS clevelandfilm.org CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY DOLLAR BANK o X QQQQI1QQQQ I 5m 2 o *s i4-ii3 aj-a II !3-5ICA-CL CLEVELAND £^± iRL yi feature by Pete Lovering well as a few dunkers, that have helped Runner Up: Milk shape LGBT cinema as we know it today. Gus Van Sant's 2008 biopic about Harvey Awards season always brings out the Milk caused quite the stir (Sean Penn BuzzFeed in people. Lists, lists everywhere! Independent Spirit! - kissing James Franco!?), and it came out Best Indie Rim at exactly the right time, more or less co Everyone seems to have an opinion on who Weekend inciding with California's contentious should win Best Director, Best Picture, Best This 2011 film from the U.K. doesn't sound Proposition 8. Actor, etc. And while the Oscars may be fabu too interesting on paper. It's the story of Rus lous, they're not nearly as gay as they seem. sell and Glen, two 20-somethings who meet Honorable Mention: Capote (2005), Kin- at a gay club and spend the weekend together So Mainstream - sey (2004), Mulholland Drive (2001) The Academy is notorious for snubbing films before Glen's departure for the United States. Best Blockbuster with queer themes. They might throw us a Weekend's power lies in its subtle script and Brokeback Mountain bone or two with the acting or directing in the performances from actors Tom Cullen Too obvious? So what, who cares? Broke- awards (cough! Jared Leto for best supporting and Chris New, who practically Break Bad back (2005) broke all the rules - gay actor), but the coveted Best Picture is usually with their amount of on-screen chemistry. It's western, two huge (and straight) stars safe with a stirring period drama or a sweep a quiet film that was met with unanimous, yet with an intense sex scene, a contemptible ing demonstration of the crappiness of war. equally quiet praise for its maturity and un Anne Hathaway - and still became her derstated depiction of gay romance. alded as one of the best romance films of Gay-related big-budget movies are few and all time. If for some reason you haven't far between in Hollywood, often plagued with Runner Up: Beginners seen it, it's about two men who meet and distribution problems, uptight parental This one earns a ton of points simply for cast work as sheepherders and fall into a Let's Get Serious - Best Drama protests and the stubbornness of studios. Un ing Ewan McGregor, but it's actually Christo complicated companionship that contin Bad Education less you're intimately familiar with the "Be pher Plummer who steals the show (and an ues throughout the course of their lives. Spanish director and frequent Penelope cause you watched Another Gay Movie!" Oscar in 2011) for his portrayal of an excep Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal deliver Cruz collaborator Pedro Almodovar, known section of Netflix or have taken a 200-level tionally late bloomer who comes out to his son the best performances of their careers in for films such as Volver and All About My Film Studies class in New Queer Cinema, you after the death of his wife. this film, and yes, I HAVE seen The Dark Mother, turned it up to 11, or should I say might have suffered much of your life without Knight, and I stand by my statement. To jonce!, for this complex 2004 story about experiencing what the genre has to offer. Honorable Mention: I Want Your Love (2012), this day, the fact that this movie lost the a deceptive bunch of artists/transsexual Shortbus (2006), Heavenly Creatures (1994) Oscar to Crash remains a sore subject. drag queens/blackmailers/murderers. It's The following is a list of must-see films, as the kind of movie that requires you to look 28 march 2014 Mary B Relotto's favorite LGBT movie: Boys Don't Cry outlookohio.com the plot up on Wikipedia after you've retreat where they learn stereotypical gen watched it, but that shouldn't deter you der roles and simulate heterosexual inter from giving it a try. It's a visceral and course might seem like a horror story, but nasty ride, full of deception, triple-timing in the hands of director Jamie Babbit this schemers and plenty of shots of Gael Gar underappreciated 1999 gem offers an en cia Bernal's lips. dearing and quirky lesbian romance with TOPICS a sinister pink satin backdrop. The film Logo Readers Poll Logo's Greatest Gay Runner Up: A Single Man features a young Natasha Lyonne (Orange 1. Shelter (2007) Colin Firth brings it in this 2009 Tom Ford-di is the New Black), an out-of-drag RuPaul Documentaries 2. Brokeback Mountain (2005) rected period drama about a man who has and the guy who played Rufio in Hook. It's 1. The Celluloid Closet (1995) 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) just lost his longtime lover. not often you find a heartwarming story 2. The Times of Harvey Milk (1985) 4. Beautiful Thing (1996) about the insidious business of conver 3. Paris Is Burning (1990) 5. Latter Days (2003) Honorable Mention: Yossi & Jagger (2002), sion therapy. 4. For the Bible Tells Me So (2007) 6. Weekend (2011) Mysterious Skin (2004), The Boys in the Band 5. Before Stonewall (2013) 7. Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the (1970), Far From Heaven (2002) Runner Up: Room in Rome 6. Paragraph 175 (2000) Desert (1994) The word controversial is frequently asso 7. We Were Here (2011) 8. A Single Man (2009) ciated with queer cinema, and like others 8. Common Threads: Stories From the 9. Milk (2008) on this list, Room in Rome (2010) wasn't Quilt (1989) 10. Maurice (1987) spared the description. It's sexy, ambigu 9. Outrage (2009) ous and unflinchingly sensual. 10. Vito (2011) Sundance Honorable Mentions: Blue is the Warmest 1. Poison (1991) Rotten Tomatoes Color (2013), KyssMig (Kiss Me) (2011) 2. Edward II (1991) 1. Milk (2008) 3. Swoon (1992) 2. Keep the Lights On (2011) 4. Mysterious Skin (2004) 3. Get Real (1998) What a Gas! - Best Comedy 5. Paris Is Burning (1990) 4. The Birdcage (1996) / Love You Phillip Morris 6. The Hours and Times (1991) 5. Outrage (2009) This 2009 film was, unquestionably, an 7. The Times of Harvey Milk (1985) 6. Shortbus (2006) awkward movie to go to on a first date. 8. A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003) 7. Big Eden (2000) Jim Carrey plays Steven Jay Russell, a 9. The Sticky Fingers of Time (1997) 8. The Flutter (2001) conman who can't seem to stay put in 10. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros 9. All Overthe Guy (2001) prison, especially once he's met Ewan Mc (2005) 10. Latter Days (2003) Gregor as the titular love of his life. It's BOX Office Mojo: Top hilarious, highly sexual and, surprisingly, Gender Benders - Best Films TotalFilm.com Earning LGBT Movies a perfect showcase for Carrey, who fully featuring Trans Characters 1. Brokeback Mountain (2005) Ma Vie En Rose 1. The Birdcage (1996) commits to his lovable scumbag role. 2. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) 2. Interview With the Vampire (1994) Ma Vie En Rose, which translates to My 3. Heavenly Creatures (1994) 3. Brokeback Mountain (2005) Runner Up: The Birdcage Life in Pink, is about a young girl in 4. Weekend (2011) France named Ludovic, who was born 4. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Believe it or not, a film exists where Robin 5. A Single Man (2009) male and raised as a boy by her mostly 5. Philadelphia (1993) Williams has the more understated per 6. Bound (1996) loving, yet stubbornly unappreciative 6. In & Out (1997) formance. While his and Nathan Lane's 7. Milk (2008) family. Ludo's precocious understanding 7. The Crying Game (1992) antics in this 1996 classic are a scream, 8. Boys Don't Cry (1999) of who she is clashes with her parents' 8. Bruno (2009) they're nothing compared to Gene Hack- 9. Monster (2003) reluctance to acknowledge her identity, 9. The Hours (2002) man in drag. 10. Philadelphia (1993) out of fear of social retribution from their 10. Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Honorable Mentions: Trick (1999), In & nasty neighbors. The 1997 film indulges Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) in flights of fancy and magical realism - BuzzFeed's Lesbian Movies Out (1997), Best in Show (2000) this is, after all, a story about a young BuzzFeed's Bad Movies to You Love to Hate-Watch child - yet at no point does the poignancy 1. Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) of Ludo's situation dwindle. Watch With Your Gay Friends 2. Lost and Delirious (2001) 3. Room in Rome (2010) 1. Valley of the Dolls (1967) 4. Therese and Isabelle (1968) Runner Up: Boys Don't Cry 2. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 5. You Will Be Mine (2009) This may be the most Justin Bieber-like (1970) 6. Bloomington (2010) Hilary Swank has ever looked, but she 3. Can't Stop the Music (1980) earned every bit of her 1999 Oscar por 7. Chasing Amy (1997) 4. The Apple (1980) traying Brandon Teena in this unrelenting, 8. Summer Lover (2008) 5.Xanadu (1980) violent true story. 9. Water Lilies (2007) 6. Mommie Dearest (1981) 10. Heavenly Creatures (1994) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - 7. Grease 2 (1982) Best Lesbian Films Honorable Mentions: Flawless (1999), 8. Masters of the Universe (1987) But I'm a Cheerleader Transamerica (2005), Hedwig and the 9. Street Fighter (1994) Offhand, sending teenagers to an ex-gay Angry Inch (2001) 10. Showgirls (1995) continued on Page 30 ouTlookohio.com Karac Ruleau's favorite LGBT movies: Milk, Dallas Buyers Club, Bridegroom march 2014 29 1 he Monde Keys With everything from authentic coastal sailing ships to gay tours, water sports, drag shows and even clothing-optional resorts, no other gay destination measures up to fabulous Key West. ,* /' Key¥est fla-keys.com/gaykeywest 305.294.4603 J*^^ Uo*e lo Wrrf-ct - farhor n Normal Kft **<** Wfsr 3 s 'GPME KEY A THE LOWER *£* Island House Historic Hideaways Award-wtnning clothing-optional resort for men. An exceptional collection of Ke^ West Vacation Rentals luxurious rooms. Pookide cafe and har. Gyrr, sauna, with private or shared pools. Private homos, cozy cottages steamroom, Jacuzzis, Poolside massage pavilion. & condominiums. Weekly-Monthly-Seasonally. 800-890-6284 or 305-294-6284 800-654-5131 or 305-294-3064 Islandhousekeywest.ccm historlchldeaways.com Community in Crisis - What a Drag - Best Drag Film Over It - Most Overrated Rims Good at Being Bad - Best Films About HIV/AIDS Paris is Burning Chasing Amy Guilty Pleasures Angels in America Thank this groundbreaking 1990 documen Yes, it features a number of relatable and three- Pink Flamingos Starring big names like Al Pacino, Meryl tary for exposing the world to words like vogu- dimensional gay characters. Yes, it has witty di John Waters's 1972 shocker cult classic fea Streep, Emma Thompson, and Jeffrey Wright, ing, shade, realness and countless other alogue about relationships and sexuality. Sure, turing drag legend Divine is not for the faint this 2003 HBO mini-series uses fantasy and phrases that are now thrown about willy-nilly. there are some rare instances where a person of heart. theatricality to deftly illuminate the cata The film, shot in the late '80s at the height of who identifies as gay can become romantically strophic fear that came about at the begin the AIDS crisis, follows several groups of New involved with someone of the opposite sex. And Bear City ning of the AIDS crisis, as well as the social York drag performers. It features a number of while there's nothing too outrageous about This fuzzy, funny and sometimes terribly writ hypocrisies that accompanied it. The actors highly personal and poignant interviews from Kevin Smith's 1997 romantic comedy about a ten 2010 movie begs you to sit through the tackle multiple roles, which you'd think would several key figures in the scene at the time, man who falls for his best friend who's a les whole thing. be distracting but actually works very well to as well as footage of the legendary competi bian, the overly self-indulgent characters are just plain annoying to watch. show how ubiquitous and far-reaching tions that took place. Girls Will Be Girls HIV/AIDS became during the '80s and '90s. This drag-tastic 2003 feature about a despi Runner Up: The Adventures of Priscilla, Runner Up: The Kids Are All Right cable bunch of actresses living in Hollywood Runner Up: Jeffrey Queen of the Desert I guess the point of this 2010 story is that all features over-the-top story arcs, strange sex Looking for a comedy about HIV and celibacy This 1994 Aussie drag-tastic classic still you need to do to get a lesbian to sleep with a and a pre-Modern Family Eric Stonestreet. that still has relevance in today's dating holds up today, including a certain infamous man is to have that man be Mark Ruffalo? world? I recommend Jeffrey (1995). If you're scene involving ping-pong balls. This is just one uncomfortable family drama feeling nostalgic, there's probably a VHS copy without much of a payoff. But at least it has in a thrift store somewhere. Honorable Mentions: Victor Victoria (1982), (a lot of) Mark Ruffalo. Honorable Mentions: Philadelphia (1993), To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything! Julie Longtime Companion {!%% Love! Valour! Newmar(19%) (Dis)honorable Mentions: Velvet Goldmine Compassion! [1W) (1998), Bruno ( American Splendor: Paul Gi- Edge of Seventeen: Chris Stafford amatti stars in this biopic of stars as a high schooler coming to comic-book Harvey Pekar. terms with his sexuality. Also starring: Non-Gay Gay Favorites Also starring: Hope Davis, Tina Holmes, Anderson Gabrych, Lea Mean Girls Judah Friedlander. Filmed in DeLaria. Filmed in Sandusky, Cedar This 2004 movie is incredibly fetch, despite Cleveland, Lakewood. Point, Oberlin College (standing in for the fact that fetch is never going to happen. OSU). This is the best way to gorge on Tina Fey's Captain America: The Winter acerbic wit outside of 30 Rock. Soldier: Chris Evans stars as a Harper Valley PTA: Barbara Eden stars superhero forced back into ac as a single mom intent on being Auntie Mame tion when a colleague is hurt. Also elected PTA president and getting back This is a role drag queens were born to play, starring: Scarlett Johansson, Sebas at her rivals. Also starring: Ronny Cox, though no one will ever outdo Rosalind Rus tian Stan, Emily VanCamp. Filmed in Cleve Audrey Christie. Filmed in Lebanon. sell in this 1958 classic. land as a stand-in for Washington D.C. Howard the Duck: Multiple actors star Mommie Dearest A Christmas Story: Peter Billingsley stars as a duck who must help Earth protect This 1981 film is a no-brainer. It's a Joan as a boy hoping to receive a BB gun in this itself from an alien invasion. Also star Crawford biopic for God's sakes. Milwaukee starred as Christmas classic. Also starring: Jean Shep ring: Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins. Clueless Cleveland in much of the herd, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin. Filmed in Cleveland. The 1995 Jane Austin novel adaptaion has more 1989 movie. Major League, Filmed in Cleveland. one-liners than Leno. As if! Alicia Silverstone, but Cleveland has starred The Shawshank Redemption: Tim Rob- Justin Blare and Brittany Murphy. as New York, Washington The Deer Hunter: Robert De Niro stars as a bins stars as a banker who serves time and, yes, even Kazakhstan steelworker who serves in the Vietnam War. in prison for a crime he denies commit Also starring: Christopher Walken, John Sav My Best Friend's Wedding in other films. Here are some ting. Also starring: Morgan Freeman, age, Meryl Streep. Filmed in Cleveland, It might be a Julia Roberts film, but Rupert of the movies that have been Bob Gunton. Filmed at the Ohio State Steubenville and Struthers, including Everett stole the show. Love this 1997 flick. filmed across Ohio: Reformatory in Mansfield. scenes in a real U.S. Steel mill. Love the bag, love the shoes, love everything. 30 march 2014 Pete Olsen's favorite LGBT movies: Prayers for Bobby, Milk, Latter Days outlookohio.com EXPLORE ADULT & GRADUATE OPTIONS AT CAPITAL UNIVERSITY pital.edu/adult 614-236-6996 nothing moves like opera MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION • MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING JURIS DOCTOR • MASTER OF MUSIC IN MUSIC EDUCATION POST-DEGREE EDUCATION LICENSURE POST-DEGREE LEGAL CERTIFICATES. INCLUDING PARALEGAL BACHELOR'S DEGREE COMPLETION • BSN COMPLETION _ _ Irma M. Cooper • Vocal CapitalUniversity Competition Oh shoot! My taxes March 22,2 pm Southern Theatre are due! Tickets just $10 KJ I t KA Ticket + post-competition OC champagne reception $25. nate to Ohio Histo operacolumbus.org your state tax return. 614-469-0939 | CAPA Ticket Center ohiohistory.org/makchistory • to* ac 39 E. State Street, Columbus OH 43215 ouTlookohio.com Christopher Cook's favorite LGBT movies: Bad Education, Brokeback Mountain, Bridegroom march 2014 31 the other side by Debra Shade LGBT filmmakers; but again, as a person who falls in this cat It would seem, of course, that the movie-making mecca would egory, I would say it isn't our biggest fight. come with a much shorter climb. I am more concerned, I thought the hardest thing about seeking investors and actors though, that there might be a downward spiral faster than the for a movie with 17 sex scenes - hetero, lesbian and gay, a If only. infamous Drop Tower at Kings Island. foursome, fisting and fruit play - would be convincing them that it's not porn. From casting to forming a pro Jr \s, There might be more opportunities, duction crew, the ride for me but the surroundings themselves I didn't think the hardest battle would be living in the Midwest, has been bumpy and littered Are we saying that might be harmful to one's value considering that Columbus can attract such sexual expres with opinionated "freedom" systems. I don't doubt it would be sions of freedom as a show entitled, The Filthiest Fucking supporters who use that fine lesbian, gay, bisexual Thing Ever. The very same people who ridicule or judge are part line of creative "input" to judge easier for most people in California, of the demographic that attracts a Canadian production com and categorize a movie of this and transgender mi but would it be for an African- pany to the middle of the Middle West - Columbus - for an content. American lesbian female? event called Sexaplooza. norities don't want to Sure, the world has a few awe So I stay. And the more I push the If not for being in the midst of one of the most exhilarating some LGBT films. Of course write films and share movie via a monthly event called roller coaster rides of my career, I'd probably have very little to there are out and active film their stories? Adult Recess and various branding say about African-Americans and LGBT film. However, because makers. But the question to techniques and book-signings I'm on the up-climb of this ancient, stringent and monopolized pose in the African-American around the region, I am more often industry roller coaster, I can personally speak on the issue. LGBT community is not, "Do we ^ e met with judgment and opposition of need another gay movie?" It's "Do we need more gay African- the movie content and my sexuality. It leaves me to wonder why the Midwest wouldn't be open to a American filmmakers?" movie called Deviant Desires, based on my book about a fe Despite the knowledge that California may be more accepting male sex addict. Are we saying that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender mi and my belief that this region is the biggest part of the fight, I norities don't want to write films and share their stories? As a also think the fight lies in the content and where you are trying to market the content. No matter how much we're gaining to The market for such films exists. LGBT-themed movies, regard person who falls in this category, believe me: That is not the less of their level of sexual content, have been released. Pariah ward equality, we're losing a battle of acceptance of LGBT con case. Actors and filmmakers alike in the LGBT community (2011), written and directed by Dee Rees, is a story about tent in film. African-American lesbians in a light that has rarely been seem to face hurdles that don't exist outside the minority film shown. making industry. Whether or not they're as borderline pornographic as Deviant Desires, more victories are needed. More minority filmmakers Author Love Dixon states in her book, Same Gender Loving and Are we saying that the Midwest cannot produce such films? As are needed. More acceptance is needed. Loving It!, that minorities have been raised with the belief that a resident of the Midwest, I know that is not the case. being gay and being black are not synonymous. This belief Debra Shade is an author and owner of Shade Publishing in Columbus. You The most common thing I'm told when seeking advice on how can find her on Facebook at Shadyontop or follow her on Twitter system could be why there are very few out and open minority ©shadeyontop. to survive this particular rollercoaster is, "Move to California." 32 march 2014 Dwayne Steward's favorite LGBT movie: The Laramie Project outlookohio.com columbus Wednesdays* 12p-1:15pm etropo !tan ©Athletic Club Columbus c ub 136 East Broad Street N' TH outlook SpMIUffd Series Sponsor: DIVERSITY. DISCUSSION. DEBATE THE CJO rjT^bank MARCH 5,2014* 12:00 PM WHAT'S OH YOUR MIND? THE STORY OF US GUY WORLEY. PRESIDENT AND CEO. COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; ALEX FISCHER. PRESIDENT AND CEO, COLUMBUS BRAVO, BENNYI PARTNERSHIP; COLUMBUS MAYOR MICHAEL COLEMAN AND KRISTYN HARTMAN, WBNS10TV. featuring Ken Peplowski & Bria Skonberg MARCH 12.2014 • 12:00 PM TBD MARCH 13-16, 2014 MARCH 19.2014 • 12:00 PM SOUTHERN THEATRE WOMENOMICS: BUSINESS AND SOCIAL COST OF WORKPLACE POLICY FEATURING ORIE KRISTEL CEO. ILLUMINOLOGY. The CJO pays tribute to the NICHOLE DUNN, PRESIDENT AND CEO. THE WOMEN'S FUND OF CENTRAL OHIO; KELLIGARGASZ, SENIOR V.P.. "King of Swing" and his famous DIRECTOR, PRIVATE BANKING, FIFTH THIRD BANK AND 1938 concert on its 75th anniversary! JERRY REVISH WENS 10TY. MARCH 26.2014 •12;0OPM FUELING OHIO'S FUTURE: LET'S GO NUCLEAR. jazzartsgroup.org ARTS GROUP . HE COLUMBUS fe&& 939 REGISTER AT C0LUMBUSMETR0CLUB.ORG OR CALL 614.454.322H ballet- SH&7^ CI NC "!^5&zti/et tit USltC DIRfCWR • iOKAARD HANG PRESENT THREE STUNNING WORKS GEORGE BALANCHINE'S EDWAARD LIANG'S WONDERLAND VICTORIA MORGAN'S BOLERO THE OHIO THEATRE MARCH 21-23,2014 Direct from the Kennedy Center to Columbus, Ohio! This spectacular event features a cast of over 45 dancers from BalletMet and the Cincinnati Ballet. ONLY 3 PERFORMANCES | TICKETS START AT $25 | WWW.BALLETMET.ORG | 800.982.2787 | CAPA TICKET OFFICE | WWW.TICKETMASTER.COM Support ol EoWaard Uarg's work Design: Peebles Creative Groip Presenting gcac ClassicitlOl© Sponsors: IP. Morgan provided by Aine and N)el Meivm. wosu MIc **?*» #•**• arsiratfii Phctography: Will Shivet) ouTlookohio.com Kelly Coate's favorite LGBT movie: And the Band Played On march 2014 33 ^ Movi^Help Us Cope, Stir Us to Action ck Mountain (2005) by Regina Sewell Some of us learned to avoid expressing anger chance to cry and release some of that pent- Mia!, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the at all costs. It might have given us a short up sadness. In doing so, we might be able to Desert and The Birdcage not only make us The therapeutic roots of theater run deep. feeling of power, but bigger, angrier people process some of our own pain and release it laugh, but they also help us get some dis did their best to shut us down. The lesson: into the past. tance from emotional pain. They help us regu Before Hollywood became synonymous with Anger equals pain. late our emotional responses by distracting the motion-picture industry, before Broadway Revenge movies likeThelma and Louise, Kill ourselves when the feelings get too intense. became synonymous with the theater, and So we learned to go numb, to avoid intense, Bill, 9 to 5 and the Harry Potter series provide even before Shakespeare penned Hamlet, the unacceptable feelings at all cost. But that a vicarious release of anger. Watching Louise Beyond the power to help us heal emotionally, ancient Greeks hosted theatrical competitions doesn't make the feel- > shoot Harlan when he at movies give voice to marginalized groups and during festivals dedicated to Dionysus, the ings go away; it just tempted to rape bring awareness to social injustice. Movies god of fertility and revelry. smashes them Books and movies, Thelma, or watching like Making Love, Longtime Companion, Per down. And it takes they are not mere Doralee fantasize sonal Best, The Crying Game and Milk hu Like their modern counterparts, these early an incredible about hogtying and manized LGBT people and brought our lives tragedies, comedies and satyrs weren't just amount of energy to entertainment. They sustormenting Mr. Hart for into mainstream America's consciousness. entertaining, they were therapeutic. Aristotle keep them down. tain me and help me all the sleazy, selfish argued that the function of tragedies was to and sexist things he'd Movies like Brokeback Mountain, Torch Song help spectators release deep feelings as they We mayfall intoa cope with my real life. done to her, is a Trilogy, Boys Don't Cry and Philadelphia empathized with the actors on stage. This, he deep depression or - Arlaina Tibensky healthy way to let go of helped mainstream America see inherent said, leads to healing in the community. slip into some sort the anger we have wrongness of anti-GLBT violence, harassment of addictive romance about how we've been and discrimination and made it easier for Fast-forward a few thousand years, and this with food, alcohol, drugs, shopping, gam mistreated in our own lives. them to join our demands for change. therapeutic nature of plays and their more bling, video games or other addictive behav modern counterparts, movies, has stood the ior. And being numb makes it hard to connect Movies about complicated relationships, like So the next time you feel guilty about watch test of time. with others on more than a surface level. Blue Is the Warmest Color, The Kids Are All ing all those movies, give yourself a break. Right or Happy Together, mirror back to us Theater is awesome therapy. How? In order to love, we have to be able to cry and some of the complexities and dysfunctional find safe outlets for anger. And we need to be behavior in our own troubled relationships. You're giving yourself the gift of self-care. Many of us grew up believing that tears were able to find a way to distance ourselves when They encourage us to be more compassionate scary. Bad things happened to those who the feeling gets too intense. toward ourselves and our partners and moti To ask Regina a question, propose a column topic, read cried. We may have heard threats like, "Stop vate us to make different choices. about her approach to counseling, or check out her books and other writing, visit www.ReginaSewell.com. crying or I'll give you something to cry about!" Watching tearjerkers like Longtime Compan Or, we may have felt humiliated by taunting ion, Beaches, Titanic, Marley & Me, Steel Even comedies have a therapeutic role. while we cried. Magnolias and The Notebook gives us a Laughter is healing, and movies like Mamma 34 march 2014 Elvis Jimenez's favorite LGBT movie: Brokeback Mountain outlookohio.com £\OOSp Spring 2014 •J? A* GSA Summit Saturday, April 26,2014 9:00am 4:00pm DRRC at the OSU Irtiilticultural Center 614-294-5437 & FREE & DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS Have a GSA? Want one* Supporting one? ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBUS IDICAIE * EMPOWER & REVOLUfltHIZE , MEET US THE 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH Register at KYCOhio.org WWW.DRAC0LUMBUS.COM [email protected] enn IW-W DRAC0LUMBUSl9iGrvlAIL.COM 3 YOUR NEW HAIRSTYLIST BRA^O TODD CLEVELAND BUCKEYE REGION ANTI-VKDLENCE • ORGANIZATION "PJL NEW'CLIENTS RECEIVE DON'T TAKE IT! PHOTOGRAF C— -PJL 2S% Off FIRST SERVICE AND 15% OFF RETAIL PRODUCTS REPORT IT! www.emmaparkersphotography.com ponratis • weddings (614)315-8614 E Parker. Photol @gma I .com lood • travel 1517 HESS ST SUITE 100, GRAHDVIEW 866 86 BRAVO TOLL-FREE 6U.397.5664 urban WWW.BRAV0-0HI0.ORG WEB WWFACEBO0K.COMA0DD.CLEVELAHD.357 Quality. Personalized Care. Integrity. 20-40% of homeless What you've come to expect from us. a social/support group forfesbians 40 and over kids across the country. Monthy Meetings: First Wednesdays James B. Ford, D.D.S.. F.A.G.D. Location: 100 East Wilson Brdge Poad Fellow Academy of General Dentistry S:30pn Meet & Greet 5RUCE WEEDEN Current / Introductory Pricing: Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) fid Minute Session Sfifl 90 Minute Session S75 bracewc njTias5agetnerap1j.com ' 1?5 E Whitfeier St, —Columbus. OH 4*>20o Tree Mammograms Walgrcens Health Check Clinic ^ ^^^H I CRT Veterans Health Day Alternative and Holistic Medicine Day Healthcare.gov Enrollment Assistance and HIV/STD Testing 1160 ^ n H 43201 LGBT Sports Day s 0 & Tailgate ColUttVbU: nation Sponsored by Wa&jteetu. AI IH cotKtor urntHiiiir ouTlookohio.com Andrea Kaminski's favorite LGBT movies: Imagine Me & You, But I'm a Cheerleader march 2014 35 the mario and debbie show O o • »* I have so many favorites for so many reasons. Just like my former tricks, each brought something different and exciting. Anything with Jeff Stryker in it. Just kidding! Can I rank my What's your top five instead? They are oldies, but I still love them: My first is Beautiful Thing, a coming-of-age British flick that always favorite gay 1. Longtime Companion gets to me, and emotion rarely happens to me because my heart is movie? slutty and barren. I can watch this one over and over and still blub 2. Victor Victoria ber over it. 3. Imagine Me & You 4. Torch Song Trilogy If I need some comedy and some Australian wit, I pop in The Adven-1 tures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. This I have been craving 5. Top Gun because of the ass hats I have been attracting lately. ABBA turd, °S\ HP anyone? My choice would be Kevin Smith, director of Clerks and Chas Who would play It would have to be someone who is hilarious, aloof, ing Amy. I have been approached by his fans for photos and you in your seductive, intelligent, sarcastic, annoying, intense, autographs; I respectfully decline, of course. dramatic, honest and gorgeous beyond belief. So, biopic? the only person qualified would have to be... Johnny Kevin is a fat and snarky bearded guy, as am I. But, I lick Depp. Oh, and on the set I will babysit his new fi peen, and, as far as I know, Kevin does not. But he would ancee, former lesbian Amber Heard! have to act out some of the kinky adventures I got myself What into. This would make me giggle profusely. would If I be catch-in' me a leprechaun, I would be givin' him a you good Irish Spring scrubbin' because you ain't a-knowin' how do if you caught a many toads and witches the wee bugger was a muddlin' with. Then, I would be demandin' the grantin' of me 500 Well, most folks are leprechauns to me because leprechaun? gold a day for the rest of me life. Finally, I would be enterin' of my height. But if I caught a real one, I would him in one of those fancy drag pageants with the name of steal two leprechaun outfits: one for each of Lucie 0' Charm. Given all of the rainbows, magic and my Chihuahuas. (Yes, I am that queer). glitter, he would be sure to win! What's in the pot at Clam chowder. Sex, money and a relocation plan. the end of your rainbow? I am a bad lesbian, because I do not follow a lot of sports outside of Buckeyes football. But, I Basketball? Well, this is hard, and not in a good way. I actu do watch the men's B-ball finals. I am not sure of all the ally do not have a clue, because it is not the kind of ball [March Madness: schools in the conference brackets, but I would have to say: play that intrigues me. Who's your Duke, Ohio State and some other teams. Final Four? And the winner is... Duke! AM Haiku! Need more light to see PM Daylight Vampires must loathe it Spring is fine to free your peen Night creatures take advantage Look at that hot ass Savings Time Little time to play 36 march 2014 Brian Cook's favorite LGBT movies: Broken Hearts Club, Trick outlookohio.com EHBGtPGQJflM] SUPPORT LOCAL, DINE LOCAL Every Wednesday at Hubbard Grille LOVE FOR THE LOCALS Enjoy 1/2 Priced locaily-sourced products Wednesday nights until 6:30pm Watershed & OYO Cocktails • Chipotle Rubbed Ohio Pork Chop All Ohio-Made Beers • Ohio All-Natural Fried Chicken Sacchetti • Sweet Heat Chicken Sandwich Weekly Specials SUNDAY: All Night Happy Hour MONDAY: 1/2 Price Beer &$1 Brussel Sprouts TUESDAY: $10 Fried Chicken WEDNESDAY: Love for the Locals THURSDAY: Text Club Thursdays HUBBARD GRILLE £14.2915000 • HubbardGrille.com • 793 N. High Street • Private Events: 614.477.9393 outlookohio.com Shaun Whybark's favorite LGBT movie: The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green. march 2014 37 creative cl« •in * ome Fan Favorite 'Steel Magnolias' Hits CATCO Stage HV H»l« THE Airr"* »E by Erin McCalla Sam Schisler. "She [his drag persona] re author; Shelby is based on Harling's sis That is one of the reasons the CATCO cast lated really well to Truvy because of her ter, who died of complications from dia is age-appropriate. "All gay men have track lightin'. And all big hair!" betes. It's a play about the love for the gay men are named Mark, Rick or Steve." women he grew up with. (Sorry about the "Any actress who is anyone wanted to be CATCO Producing Director Steven C. An spoiler, but come on: The play is over 25 in this show," he said. "It was a hard Clairee is quoting her nephew, Marshall, derson was surprised at first to learn of years old!) show to cast - there were 50 women for who recently came out of the closet. A the gay fan base, but after some thought callback." beat later, Ouiser enters and remarks he said it probably has a lot to do with a While the characters spend plenty of time that she loves her track lighting, which similar sense of humor that's shared be talking about the men in their lives, there Anderson decided upon Josie Merkle to her grandson, Steve, helped install. The tween the characters and the men who are no on-stage roles for men. But don't play Clairee, Jackie Bates to fill feisty ladies in Truvy's beauty shop all laugh. cite Steel Magnolias as a favorite. worry, because all the favorite one-liners Ouiser's shoes, Gail Griffith to play Truvy, and sassy barbs are there, including An Sarah Behrens as M'Lynn, Kelly Strand as Although that's the one queer reference in "There is a shared sensibility and chem derson's favorite: "There's no such thing Annelle and Andrea Schmitt as Shelby. the entire script, Steel Magnolias is often istry in the beauty shop," Anderson said. as natural beauty." regarded a gay play/film, and CATCO will "They know each other's business, give The play is sure to make you laugh and present the stage play at Studio One in each other 'advice,' they know what's "The play is tighter than the movie," he cry at all the familiar spots, but remem the Riffe Center from March 26 through best. They have these coming-of-ages said. "I think it will be more popular." ber what Truvy said: "I have a strict pol April 13. that they help each other with." icy that nobody cries alone in my But gay men aren't the only demographic presence." But, wait. You don't think Steel Magnolias For the uninitiated, the play about three to love this story. The show has had many is gay? generations of Louisiana women - written different lives, from the off-Broadway Mark, Rick and Steve better remember to by gay playwright Robert Harling - start, to the blockbuster film, to a 2005 bring tissues. We did an informal survey asking mem opened off-Broadway in 1987. Shelby and run on Broadway, to the 2012 TV remake 'Steel Magnolias' bers of the community to name their fa Annelle are in their 20s; Truvy and MIynn with an all-black cast that included vorite LGBT film, and we received a are middle-aged; and Ouiser and Clairee Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad and Alfre CATCO's production of Steel Magnolias surprising number of Steel Magnolia re are the widowed matriarchs of the group. Woodard. The story has longevity. will run from March 26 through April 13, sponses: The story is centered on the mother- Wednesdays through Sundays, at Studio daughter relationship of MIynn and "It hits a lot of people with its genera One in the Riffe Center. "Steel Magnolias... I know, is it a gay Shelby, and much of the play takes place tions of women," Anderson said. "Fans movie? You bet," said Jose Rodriguez. in Truvy's beauty parlor. are rabid about the show." "It's got Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Showtimes are 11a Wednesdays ($11), Julia Roberts, Olympia Dukakis, Sally The movie, with a screenplay adapted by There was even a drag queen cast in the 8p Thursdays ($41), 8p Fridays and Sat Field. It does not get any gayer than Harling, was released in 1989 with an works, but Harling put a stop to it. urdays ($45) and 2p Sundays ($41). The that!" all-star cast of Julia Roberts, Sally Field, performance on Thursday, March 27 is Darryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley "He felt, as do I, that while these women only $25 and starts at 7:30p. "As a former Miss Bat-N-Rouge as McClain and Dolly Parton. are funny, they are real. They aren't cari Suzanne Sugarbaker, Miss Georgia World, catures," Anderson said. Tickets are available through Ticket- Steel Magnolias is still my favorite," said The story is semi-autobiographical for its master at www.catco.com. 38 march 2014 Amber Myers's favorite LGBT movie: If These Walls Could Talk outlookohio.com usly funny •up Therapy, a collaboration with BalletMet, with Alexander's House, a poignant one-act choral musical, this concert shares heartfelt, funny and powerful stories LimiTeo seannc avaiLaBLe about the family we are born into, the family we chose, PLease PuncHase ricueTs onune OR BY PHone: and the ties that bind them. www.ccmc.com | 6l4.228.CGMC Communily Sponsors Corporate/ Media Sporsors l=*w£EJ DtN.NG LOUNGE EHEHHSSSBH (c * W A STATE AGENCY THE COLUMBUS THAI SUPPORTS PUBLIC Greater Columbus N Arts Council FOUNDATION PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS iL (om> \£ &> ° A outlookohio.com Leslie Edwards's favorite LGBT movies: Bound, Gia, High Art march 2014 39 WIN YOUR OWN MEDAL in 2014 & SUPPORT RUSSIAN ATHLETES! Use code "Sochi" to save $10 on registration AND $20 will be donated to Russian LGBT Sports Federation (general registration discount code:SOCHI. Must be used at checkout. Expires March 31,2014) THE WORLD WILL COME TOGETHER IN OHIO GETHER, WE WILL MAKE HISTORY. 9-16 AUGUST 2014 35+ sports & cultural events GAY Plus festivals, ceremonies GAMES performances, parties and more _ ^— - , • 2 01 4 C2D PRESENTEOBY C,LE\/ELAND C LE VE L A N D + A K R O N USA www.GG9CLE.com , foundation 4 march 2014 Don Zender's favorite LGBT movie: In & Out outlookohio.com fashion Mu of mtim by Mitch McGuire It's March, which means it's time to thaw out and limber up. We've paired softer styles from local designers and boutiques with models (and a few trained dancers) to enact a Rite of Spring. Pinks and pastels provide a family of options and in spirations, all i the way from the strictness of ballet to J> the sweet ness of rib bon bows. 4k As in Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, new growth de mands a sacrifice. It's necessary each year to shed winter's cocoon and start fresh, to push outside a comfort zone. What will you do this year? Photography: Clare Gatto Styling/Production: Mitch McGuire Hair: Josh Park for Phia Salon Nails: Mishelle Lynch Makeup: Leela Singh Models: Aaron Fleming, Sabrina Lumley, Ella a Matweyou, Michael Morris, Michaela Neu, and Alexander Singer Ella wears sweater Smartypants Vintage. Top: Sabrina wears jacket Torn Angel by Esther Myong Hall, tiara GODDESS Clothing. Alexander wears jacket Jacquar Jean-Jacques, sweater Smartypants Vintage, shorts Torn Angel by Esther Myong Hall. 40 march 2014 Josh Keslar's favorite LGBT movies: Bear City, Bear City 2 outlookohio.com outlookohio.com Sarah Buffie's favorite LGBT movies: If These Walls Could Talk 2, But I'm a Cheerleader march 2014 41 gateway film center Independent Cinema in the Heart of Columbus Why is Nina a myGFC member? "I can see a Hollywood blockbuster, the toast of Cannes or an entire series of classic horror films. Shop local? Watch movies local!" A myGFC membership is a gift that gives all year. gateway film center Unlimited Movies • Unlimited Popcorn • Special Member-only Events and Advanced Screenings • Restaurant Discounts oo °°e0 V-?8** •• • 06° o° 9 See details, pricing and purchase memberships at the box office or online at www.gatewayfilmcenter.wildapricot.org Wi Enter Partner Code NINA and 10% of your dues will go to Project Zero and another 10% to ARC. 1550 North High Street I 614.247.4433 I www.gatewayfilmcenter.com Also introducing: L Nina picks the films, Gateway Film Center plays the films, you see the films and then party with Nina afterward! 42 march 2014 Megan Masek's favorite LGBT movies: But I'm a Cheerleader, D.E.B.S. outlookohio.com McConaughey, Van Sant Cynthia Nixon Populates Team for 'Sea of Trees' 'Stockholm, Pennsylvania' We no longer remember Failure to Launch or Lest we forget that indie cinema is still the main Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. destination for gut-wrenching, heartbreaking sto ries, here comes Stockholm, Pennsylvania. We happily put them out of our head when Matthew McConaughey took the wheel of his ter The debut directorial feature from Nikole Beck- rible career and pulled an awesome u-turn into with was adapted from the stage play and devel seriously excellent work, the kind he promised oped through the Sundance Screenwriting Lab. It everyone back in Dazed and Confused. sounds like it's going to require a box of Kleenex to deal with. Whether it's on TV in HBO's wickedly great True Detective or in good movie after good movie like This kidnapping drama tells the story of a devel Mud, Killer Joe or his now-Oscar-nominated turn opmental^ stunted young woman (Saoirse in Dallas Buyers Club, the man is on fire in the Ronan) who's held for 20 years by her captor best possible way. (Jason Isaacs) and then reunited with her birth mother (Cynthia Nixon). Her mother must strug So it's almost run-of-the-mill good news to learn gle to nurture the daughter she's never known, that he's taken a role in the latest Gus Van Sant earn her trust and affection, and fight to restore drama, Sea of Trees, opposite Ken Watanabe. her to the world of functioning human beings. From a Chris Sparling (Buried) script that made the 2013 Black List, Van Sant will tell the story of In other words, here comes Nixon swinging for the an American man who goes to the notorious Sui bleachers, and if anyone can get us to enter this cide Forest located in the foothills of Japan's sorrowful world, it's her. She always was the Mount Fuji. coolest member of the Sex and the City gang. Shooting this year, expect accolades for Nixon There he meets Watanabe, who's having second come 2015. thoughts about his own planned demise, and the two begin a journey out of the forest and back to Gay Director Tackles the land of the living. 'College Republicans' Maybe when he finds his way out hell give Kate Hudson some career rehab pointers. Hot new gay director John Krokidas, fresh off his 2013 indie hit about the Beat Generation, Kill Your 'Regression' Moves Ahead Darlings, has plans to reunite his stars for the next project on his plate. With Co-Star Emma Watson Krokidas is looking for Kill cast members Daniel Alejandro Amenabar, the gay Academy Award- Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan to reteam for College winning Chilean-Spanish filmmaker, isn't afraid to Republicans. go there. From a Black List script by Wes Jones, the film is He put Nicole Kidman through supernatural hell a period piece, set in 1973. It's about much with The Others and directed Javier Bardem in the younger versions of right-wing political operatives euthanasia-themed drama The Sea Inside. Now Lee Atwater and Karl Rove on a very strange po it's Emma Watson's turn as she takes a role in the litical road trip. director's new film, Regression. It's a thriller with a disturbing (and, until now, under-wraps) plot. The light-hearted satire of the birth of contempo rary dirty-tricks campaigning will tell the story of So far what we know is that the script is from Rove cutting his teeth on a hardball campaign for Amenabar himself and co-stars Ethan Hawke as a the National College Republicans chairmanship convicted sex offender with no memory of crimes under the guidance of campaign manager Atwa that include raping his own daughter. No news on ter. whether Watson plays the daughter or the profes sional who engineers the title's therapeutic In other words, it doesn't sound like a warm, fuzzy process that helps Hawke retrieve evidence of his Tea Party-approved biopic. Good. horrible actions. Romeo San Vicente knows all about dirty campaigns. Ask that Look for it to make your local multiplex the feel-bad still-angry homecoming king he used to know. He can be place of 2015. reached at [email protected]. outlookohio.com Jeremy Blake's favorite LGBT movies: Brother Outsider, Philadelphia, My Own Private Idaho, Milk march 2014 43 interview ument the Dea f Prop 8 V \ by Erin McCalla V We're pretty pleased with the final film now that it's down to 110 minutes. On June 26,2013, Proposition 8 - the voter-approved measun t undid marriage equality EM: When will HBO subscribers be able to see A Case Against 8? in California - was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. RW: The broadcast is set for June 23. We played Sundance and we will be playing [South by Southwest], and then well have a lot of screenings around the country on the festival cir But the story started five years earlier for gay filmmakers Ben Cotner and Ryan White, who cuit also some one-off screenings that HBO will be doing. followed the lawyers and plaintiffs involved with the case pretty much from its beginning. BC: Cleveland is one of our early festivals.... And our first in the Midwest which I'm excited A Case Against 8, an HBO documentary film, premiered in late January at the Sundance Film about because I'm from Indiana. Festival, where it won a directing award for best U.S. documentary. Outlook is sponsoring its screening at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 21 and March 22. EM: Ben, I understand this is your first film, and Ryan you have made three. Have you been to the Cleveland International Film Festival be Erin McCalla: You have five years of footage. How many hours of film? fore? Ryan White: 600. RW: I was there last year, actually, with a film [Good 01' Freda], so it was awesome. We had, I think like, six sold-out screenings of my film last year, and it won an audience award, In 600 hours, the moments that we thought were really important many times... were very which is always exciting. unimportant Or sometimes there were years that were unimportant So it was pretty easy [for the editor] to sift through in that way, but it came down to just picking the best mo The audiences in Cleveland were crazy engaged. No one left when the credits rolled. They ments of the twists and turns of the trial.... all stuck around for the Q&A. They [the CIFF] do a really good job of programming films where they get the audiences really excited. 44 march 2014 Siobhan Boyd-Nelson's favorite LGBT movie: Pariah outlookohio.com EM: Congratulations on your award at But... there are still 33 states where gay mar Sundance! What was that whole ex riage is illegal and that's sort of the end of our perience like? film, and it leaves you with that. So there's ob BC: Well, Ryan and I actually met at Sundance viously more work to be done. As filmmakers, it five years ago, so it was exciting for both of us felt like being a part of history... but we know to premiere the film there. And then to win an there is so much more history that has to be award was something that I don't think we made that we won't be filming. For, me it's bit have fully absorbed yet. It's pretty exciting. tersweet. EM: Is there anything you want our EM: What's next for both of you? readers to know about the film before BC: First and foremost, for Ryan and I, a big they see it? chunk of this year is going to be spent getting RW: What is the climate on marriage in Ohio? this film out there. I think one of the things that was most exciting for us, showing the film [I describe FreedomOhio and its effort to get at Sundance and other festivals like Cleveland, marriage equality on the November ballot and it's not just a film about gay marriage. It's the debate on whether 2014 is the right time to about standing up for your rights. move forward.] A Case Against 8 will screen at Tower City Cinemas RW: It sounds a lot like Prop 8 in 2008. It as a part of the Cleveland International Film Festival sounds like it would be a really interesting film on March 21 at 6:10p and on March 22 at 4:20p. for both camps to come to. There will be a panel discussion afteward with Ben Cotner and Ryan White. EM: How did it feel after your film was wrapped? Was there a great sense of weight lifted from you, or was it more bittersweet mo ment because "AS FILMMAKERS, IT FELT after five years, it's come to an end? LIKE BEING A PART OF RW: It was bittersweet. HISTORY ... BUT WE I mean, the ending of our film is very happy KNOW THERE IS SO obviously because Prop 8 was struck MUCH MORE HISTORY down. The four main plaintiffs we had been THAT HAS TO BE MADE." following for five years -we were following their families-we be - Ryan White came very invested in their lives. We got to watch them get married, which was thrilling outlookohio.com Joe Howard's favorite LGBT movie: For the Bible Telts Me So march 2014 45 bookmark am& The Man Behind Marie Antoinette's Hair Is Hidden No More by Tom Muzyka rate court at Versailles. But it would be the last thing to go, and here was a lock of it. I was spellbound. Franklin University professor Will Bashor loves all things French Revolution: the blood, the chaos, the... hair? TM: All of the political machinations involved merely in the appointment of a hairdresser to court were His book, Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser, the immense. How do you think Autie learned to maneu Queen, and the Revolution, discusses the lives and times of ver this political climate? Marie Antoinette and a lesser known historical figure, her hair WB: I truly believe Leonard slept his way to the top. He dresser. While the history books don't talk much about Leonard was charming, seductive and he not only opened up the Autie, Bashor has detailed the stylist's rise in the French court ladies' purses but the doors to their boudoirs as well. and his attempt to smuggle the royal family out of France be fore their journey to the guillotine. He was also a genius. His fame from dressing hair in the the atre helped propel him to the top, but he also knew that gain Autie's story is like a Hollywood script. He starts ing the patronage of a countess and then a king's life in a poor southern French town but SCOthinO favorite, Madame du Barry, would be necessary to sets out for bigger and better things in enter the circle of the soon-to-arrive Princess Leonard r Paris. He sleeps and plots his way pamphlets WITH Marie Antoinette from Austria. He was natu- sought ^^^ ^^ only fame and for up the social ladder, all the way rallytalente d at intri8ue from the get 80 tune in the be- ginning, but his close into Marie Antoinette's service. DornooraDhic ~ ' relationship with the queen became more important as time His influence turns the future images depicting the TM:Oneofthecnticismsofthequeen, passed, using his personal fortune to help support the impris queen into France's trendsetter. *~i ae±r\ '+K k\/-\+h o<^ ^c as her popularity waned, was of her oned royals. queen WITn DOm Sexes promiscuity with courtiers of both gen- The glamour, the decadence, the ^Q|-Q ramDOnt ^ers* *"* ** ^ou *'n^ was more Because of the "Gay Best Friend" theme, many of my readers hairstyles. All of it coifs a web of scandalous in her time: her sexual ap- have asked if Leonard was gay and, although I doubt it, he did political unrest and fashion faux pas. I hfOUghOUt petite, or that her supposed lovers in- have a personal assistant called "le beau Julien" or "the Autie's increasingly grandiose stylings Pnri ^ cMed women as well as men? handsome Julien." Leonard had several children and was are a symbol of the increasingly decadent WB: This is a touchy question, Tom, because we known to have mistresses, including his maid, but at that time court during a period of hardship for the French have no real proof that Marie Antoinette was ever intimate many men did not marry for love, often tying the knot to avoid people. with any of her courtiers, male or female. However, scathing the stigma of being gay or, more damaging to one's reputation, pamphlets with pornographic images depicting the queen of being impotent. Bashor researched the lives and deaths of the French royal with both sexes were rampant throughout Paris before the family while attending the American Graduate School in Paris. Revolution.... flead a longer version of Tom He's happy to share his passion for bloody revolution and tow jlftzyka's interview with V ering hairstyles: The attitude toward homosexuality in France at this time, flashor at outlookohio.com. You from my studies, seemed to be more relaxed than that in can find out more about Leonard Artie, the French Revolution and Tom Muzyka: How did you learn about Autie and his work? Protestant countries like England and Germany. I'm not /w at www.willbashor.com. Will Bashor: I was spending an afternoon after school at the saying that it wasn't condemned by the Catholic Church Carnavalet Museum, a collection strong on the history of Paris in France, but we know that Louis XIV's brother, the Mon and the French Revolution, when I came across a lock of Marie sieur, was openly gay. Antoinette's hair. TM: Autie's role to Marie Antoinette makes me think of I remembered that she almost fainted at the sight of the red- the "Gay Best Friend." Yes I'm stereotyping and not all hooded executioner in her prison cell that cold morning, and hairdressers are gay, and you mention that Autie had ON THE ROYAL she recoiled with horror when he asked her to turn around so many liaisons with aristocratic ladies in his rise to HAIRDRESS THE QVEt: he could cut her hair, necessary to ensure that the guillotine's power. But do you think there is a possibility that he ANO THE blade would work properly. might have entertained some of the dashing counts or REVOLT,'TIO foreign officers who attended the queen? Her hair. It was the talk of all Europe when she held her elabo- 46 march 2014 Ruben Costilla Herrera's favorite LGBT movie: Mosquito y Mari outlookohio.com 23 frames per second Whose Line I s 11 Anyway? Can you guess which movies these lines are from? 1. Oh God, I pierced the toast! 2. Sir, wouldn't you be more comfortable in a study room? No. Would it make you more comfortable? 3. She's just upset because the fish on her plate Ohio has churned out the land, she's best Burgess Meredith: He was is the only kind she can eat. most U.S. presidents. (Never her roles in A Raisin in the fampusforhisroleas mind that the last one was Sun and American Gangster. Hal Holbrook: The Cleve Mickey in Rocky and later as 4. I've said it before, and Til say it again: No back in 1923.) But we are land-born actor was nomi Jack Lemon's father in more fucking ABBA! also fertile ground for stars Clark Gable: Best known for nated for an Oscar for Grumpy Old Men. He was of the silver screen, and Gone With the Wind and his 2007's Into the Wild. bom in Cleveland and was 5. Those aren't the right kind! I told you cha cha many have even won Acad Academy Award-winning nominated for two Oscars. heels, black ones! emy Awards and Golden role in It Happened One Terrence Howard: Raised in Globes for their efforts. Here Night, Gable was born in Cleveland, he was nomi Paul Newman: The Shaker 6. My body may be a work in progress, but is a portion of the list we've Cadiz. nated for an Academy Award Heights native and Kenyon there is nothing wrong with my soul. assembled. See the whole for his lead role in Hustle & College grad was nominated Walk of Fame at outlooko- Flow. He has also appeared for nine Oscars and won for Teri Gam The Lakewood na 7. Well, I'm already going to hell for kissing you hio.com. tive received a Best Support in Ray, Crash, and Get Rich The Color of Money in 1987. so I may as well take the scenic route. ing Actress nomination for or Die Tryin'. Halle Berry: The Cleveland Tootsie. Sarah Jessica Parker: Car native won the 2002 Oscar Allison Janney: In addition to rie Bradshaw was bom in 8.1 wish I knew how to quit you. for Best Actress for her role Lillian Gish: The First Lady of supporting roles in Juno and Nelsonville and grew up in in Monster's Ball. American Cinema was born Drop Dead Gorgeous, the Cincinnati. She took her Sex 9. Shoot her in the head, Wardell! in Springfield. Dayton native rose to fame and the City role from TV to William Boyd: Famous for on TV's The West Wing. the big screen. 10. The earring: fun... last year. portraying cowboy hero Joel Gray: Born in Cleveland, Hopalong Cassidy, he was he won an Academy Award, Carol Kane: She became Roy Rogers: The King of 11. A homosexual with power. That's scary. born near Cambridge. a Golden Globe and a Tony, known for her role in Annie Cowboys was born in Cincin all for his role as the Master Hall and was nominated for nati. 12. American Bitch: the dog magazine for of Ceremonies in Cabaret. an Academy award for Hes George Chakiris: The West women and their dogs. It's a focus on the Side Story star who won the ter Street. Bom in Cleveland, Martin Sheen: Best known issues of the lesbian pure-bred dog owner. Oscar in 1962 for Best Sup Margaret Hamilton: The she also was a scene-stealer for his roles in Badlands and porting Actor was bom in Cleveland native is ranked as the Ghost of Christmas Apocalypse Now, the Dayton Norwood. as the No. 4 movie villain of Present in Scrooged with Bill native later starred in TV's 13. It's my first day as a woman, already it's that all time by the American Murray. The West Wing. time of the month. George Clooney: The two- Film Institute. She was the time Academy Award Winner Wicked Witch of the West in John Lfthgow: He received Steven Spielberg: The Best 14.1 hate my life. I hate your life, too. spent part of his childhood The Wizard of Oz. an Academy Award nomina Director Oscar Winner for in Columbus and Mason. tion for The World According Schindlers List and Saving 15. You ever get cum in your eye, Gabriel? Woody Harrelson: Raised in to Garp, in which he played Private Ryan was born in Hmm? It burns! Beverly D'Angelo: Ellen Lebanon, he has starred in a trans woman. He spent his Cincinnati. Griswold from the National White Men Can't Jump, The teen years in Akron and >P!J1 91 Lampoon Vacation films People vs. Larry Flint and the Lakewood. Fred Willard: The mainstay Ao i.uoa sAog p[ grew up in Upper Arlington. recent Hunger Games series. of Christopher Guest movies LjOU| AJ6UV 3MI puo 6(Mp8H "£ L Katie Holmes: The Toledo Rob Lowe: The Brat Pack Waiting for Guffman, Best in MOLisuuseg zi Doris Day: The Cincinnati native starred in TV's Daw member is from Dayton. Show, A Mighty Wind and For MW ' LI native first sang her signa son's Creek and Batman Be Your Consideration is also Aejyep'Ol ture "Que Sera Sera" in Al gins. Paul Lynde: Best known known as Ron Burgundy's SGAH PIPJOS '6 fred Hitchcock's The Man boss. He's from Shaker from TV, the Mount Vernon ujD|unoi/M >)ODq8>|Ojg -g Who Knew Too Much. Bob Hope: The star of 54 native was a scene-stealer Heights. sADCJjeuDT v films used to joke about in the 1963 film version of Dorothy Dandridge: The never being nominated for Bye Bye Birdie. Debra Winger: Best known D0U8LUDSUDJ1 "9 Cleveland native was nomi an Oscar, but he hosted the for her roles in Urban Cow eiqnoji 8|DLU8j *g nated for a Best Actress show 14 times and won four Dean Martin: Part of the Rat boy, An Officer and a Gentle JJ8S8Q 814 JO U88n© 'DHJOSUd JO S8JnjU8APV 8l|l 'p Oscar in 1955 for her role in honorary awards. He grew Pack, the Steubenville native man and Terms of J8pD8|J88io D iu,| jng £ Carmen Jones. up in Cleveland. appeared as the straight Endearment, Winger was D!ijd|8pD|!Md 'Z man to Jerry Lewis's goof. bom and raised in Cleveland 86Dopjjg 8i|i' L Ruby Dee: A native of Cleve Heights. :SJ8MSUV ouTlookohio.com Letha Pugh's favorite LGBT movies: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Boys Don't Cry, Set it Off march 2014 47 I * the nightlife Tuesdays are Movie Night at Club Diversity by Bryan Cole tured dogs: Old Yeller; Hachi: A Dog's Tale; a close with holiday fare. friend's house party. Turner & Hooch; Good- There's a silver lining to everything, including Bye, My Lady; and Marley Wheeler has even dedicated The unpretentious environment is more than hard economic times. the months of April and No accommodating for side conversations. Subti vember to themes suggested tles are always on, and movie night-goers often In 2010, the Columbus bar scene was still re Inside the weekly eight- via Club D's Facebook page. recite of popular lines of old favorites. That's the covering from the Great Recession, and that hour block from roughly Ample popcorn and the club's environment Wheeler wants. often meant a hard look at expenses. For Club 4p to midnight, Wheeler signature martinis are year- Diversity bartender Craig Wheeler, this pre favors some kind of round fixtures, and regulars "It's one thing to tell someone something [about sented an opportunity: Instead of hiring enter theme. There has to be often bring in snacks to share, a film], and another to experience it with them." tainers to perform every Tuesday, why not host a structure, he jokes, or film screening? else "the guys would Even if you're not a film buff, So whether you know all of Fellini's filmography have us watch What Ever Club Diversity is an inviting or none at all, Club D Movie Night is a great Wheeler slapped together a Gene Tierney film Happened to Baby Jane ace to settle in for an intro chance to sit back, grab a drink and become retrospective, and that evening, the Club D every other week." duction. Located in a repur- acquainted with the greats of the art. Or offer Movie Night tradition was born. posed 1880 home on S High up a program of your own. As the seasons change, Street in the Brewery District, As the weekly event has grown in popularity, the patrons can expect a ro the prominent stairway and Just make sure you're not stingy on the Bette screenings have given Wheeler an outlet to tating selection of films. March usually boasts a unique floor plan give the bar the feel of a Davis. show off his film-programming skills. A roundup of the previ cineaste at heart, his selections are reverent ous year's Oscar BARS + CLUBS and cheeky in equal measure. One week, bar- heavyweights, while GAYLUMBUS NIGHTLIFE goers might be treated to a Peter OToole tribute, Wheeler likes to screen 1. AWOL/The Barracks 8. Level the next to a raucous night of camp classics ti more traditional block 49 Parsons Ave, 614.621.8779, 700 N High St 614.754.1342, tled, "So Bad It's Good." busters on the club's awolbar.com www.levelcolumbus.com back patio during 1 b. Manhole-Columbus 9. The Garage - CLOSED Recent nights were dedicated to stars as di summer months. Hor 684 Oak St, 773.555.5555 FB: Manhole-Columbus garagooolumbus.com verse as Joan Fontaine and John Cleese. Movies ror fans can count on a 2. Axis 10. Stammers from 1984 were shown for one regular's 30th few gory weeks leadin 775 N High St, 614.291.4008, 202 E Long St 614.221.8880, birthday in January. Before Valentine's Day, the up to Halloween, and columbusnighrJife.com FB: Slammers theme was "Puppy Love," and the movies fea the year often draws to 3. Cavan insh i 1409 S High St, 614.725.5502, 126 EMoler St 614.444.3386, cavanirishpub.com FB: Southbend Tavern 4. Club 20 Toolbox Saloon 20 E Duncan St 614.261.9111, 744 Frebis Ave, 614.670.8113, FB: Club 20 FB: The Toolbox Saloon 5. Club Diversify 13. Tremont 863 S High St, 614.224.4050, 708 S High St 614.444.2041, clubdiversity.com tremontlounge.com 6. Exile 14. Union 893 N Fourth St 614.294.0069, 782 N High St 614.421.2233, exilebar.com columbusnightlife.com 7. Fuel-CLOSED 15. Wall Street 1312 S High St, 611.725.0130. 144 N High St 614.464.2800, FB,FuolBar wallstreetnightclub.com 1. Bounce 4. Leather Stallion Saloon Club D Movie Night 2205 St Clair Ave NE 2814 Detroit Ave, 216.357.2997, Every Tuesday, 4p-midnight bouncecleveland.com 216.589.8588 FB: Leather Stallion Saloon @ Club Diversity 2. Cocktails 863 S High St 9208 Detroit Ave, 216.961.3115, FB: 5. The Hawk 614.224.4050 Cocktails Cleveland 11217 Detroit Ave, 216.521.5443, thehawkbar.com 3. Flex You can find upcoming 2600 Hamilton Ave, 216.812.3304, Movie Night lineups at flexspas.com 6. Twist 3D. Mean Bull 11633 Clifton Blvd. 216.862.3987 www.clubdiversity.biz 1313 E 26th St 216.812.3330, meanbull.com 48 march 2014 Erin McCalla's favorite LGBT movies: Broken Hearts Club, The Birdcage, Sordid Lives, Victor Victoria outlookohio.com NSRI! VSHM'f POT OF SOLD CABARET SHAMROCKS AND O'SHEA-NAMIGANS • MONDAY MARCH 17TH £a • 10 PM- HELENA TROY MARY NOLAN /^ PHONDA COX STELLA BOHEME DININC=, WWW.LEVELCOLUMBUS.COM 70O N HiGH ST - COLUMBUS. OH - 614-754-71 1 1 BUS, OHIO | 94 Bair5y2@ "T 4 ouTlookohio.com Russ Goodwin's favorite LGBT movies: My Beautiful Laundrette, Longtime Companion march 2014 49 O „«.*..0,. WA ..•7-V ' m A »• «•'• lIlMHI |iMllltlllM n M • 11 t • 16 3 MationwiNationwided ' s^dybfe^^^ $ G\LE*D Product ^ £^«"' MrfioSfionioffi •^tory^ jO\N THE n—^"gj 0 Frienaipo?«o«^( e^i^^-Stone ^! outlookohio.com Terry Penrod's favorite LGBT movies: Broken Hearts Club, Torch Song Trilogy march 2014 Out & About SATURDAY, MARCH 1 SATURDAY MARCH 8 FRIDAY MARCH 14 HALLOWEEN IN MARCH IS THE NEW XMAS IN JULY DRINK FOR A GOOD CAUSE I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING Gary Lucas @ Wexner Center for the Arts, AIDS Walk Central Ohio Bar Crawl @ Columbus Gay Men's Chorus presents 1871N High St, 614.292.3535, Level Dining Lounge (700 N High St.) and Family Ties @ Lincoln Theatre, 769 E Long www.wexarts.org: Alongside the 1969 Southbend Tavern (126 E Moler St), St. www.cgmc.com: BalletMet's Group Brazilian cult horror classic Esta Norte aidswalkcentralohio.com: Pick a route, Therapy and one-act choral musical Encamarei no teu Cadaver (This Night I Will either in the Short North or German Alexander's House intertwine in a show Possess Your Corpse), guitar virtuoso Gary Village, go around to five bars, and end about the families we're born with and the Lucas live scores his original film where you started for an Outlook after- ones we choose. It's sappy; you'll love it. 8p party! Noon-5p $25. composition with horrific and bewitching ; (through March 16); $35. gusto. 8p; $13 members and students, $15 general public. OFF THE WALL HUMOR WISH You WERE HERE. .. DREAMS DO COME TRUE! Suzanne Westenhoffer @ Wall Street Brit Floyd® The LC, 405 Neil Ave, SUNDAY, MARCH 2 Nightclub, 144 N Wall St, 614.464.2800, 614.461.5483.www.promowestlive.com: WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF? www.wallstreetnightclub.com: Wall Street The British Pink Floyd tribute band will Into the Woods @ Shadowbox Live, 503 S keeps its comedy game tight by hosting perform the group's hits note-for-note in a Front St. 614.416.7625, shadowboxlive.org: another lesbian stand-up comedian. We three-hour show, featuring hits from Wish In this hit Broadway musical fairytale, things think lesbians are way funnier than You Were Here, Animals. The Wall, The aren't exactly happily ever after. (Sounds like straight women. Ages 18 and up. 7p; $20- Division Bell and Dark Side of the Moon. 7p; my love life.) 2p and 7p; $20-25. 25. $37.50. MONDAY MARCH 3 SUNDAY MARCH 9 UNDER THE INFLUENCE THE CURE FOR MONDAYS? BEER POST-HEROIC WORLD South Side Soiree: Under the Influence @ Six-Pack Monday @ Whole Foods, 1555 W The Mercy Seat @ CATCO, 77 N High St, The Toolbox Saloon, 744 Frebis Ave. Lane Aver 614.481.3400. 614.461.0010, www.catco.org: CATCO's 614.670.8113. Facebook: The Toolbox wtiolefoodsmarket.com: Every Monday. monthly play reading starts takes on a bit Saloon: Sexy strip show with special guest Whole Foods shows off a different kind of of an edge with The Mercy Seat, a tale of Miss Gay Ohio USofA at Large Beth six-pack - the one you don't need to do sit- flawed love and moral ambiguity set on Amphetamine. Hosted byJill-ette Knicks. ups to enjoy. Sample the six beer picks with the day after the 9/11 attacks. 9:30p: free. six food pairings of the week. 6p-8p; $5. 6p; free. SATURDAY MARCH 15 TUESDAY MARCH 4 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CANOY CRUSHED NEED SOME CHAPSTICK, YOUR HIGHNESS? You Betta WERQ! @ Wall Street A la Carte Food Tours: Cookies, Cake and Royal Teeth & CHAPPO @ The Basement, Nightclub, 144 N Wall St, 614.464.2800, Pie, Oh My! @ Kroger (starting point). 1365 391 Neil Ave. 614.461.5483, wallstreetnightclub.com: Join Drew Paul Stoneridge Dr, Gahanna, www.promowestlive.com: Six-person outfit Terrace and his cast, including Cassandra www.alacartecolumbus.com: Just accept Royal Teeth's folk fused with electronic Terrace, Stella Boheme and Nikki Stone, as that you had no intention of keeping those music contrasts with CHAPPO's psychedelic they bring your day job to the nightlife. 7p; wine-fueled New Year's resolutions you kaleidoscope of sounds. Sounds like boldly declared at your party and go gorge something the free radicals would be into. on baked goods and sweets from around 7p; $10 in advance. S12 day of show. MONDAY MARCH 10 The area. lp-4p;$45. MONDAY FUNOAY WEDNESDAY MARCH 5 Nicos Gun ©Woodlands Tavern, 1200 W FOSTERING A CRUSH JUST GET A NDSEIOB LIKE A NORMAL PERSON 3rd Ave, 614.299.4987. woodlands- Chrissy Foster @ Wall Street Nightclub, The Phantom of the Opera @ The Ohio tavem.com: All-day happy hour paired 144 NWall St, 614.464.2800, Theatre, 39 E. State St.. 614.469.0939, with a free concert. Just think of it as wallstreetnightclub.com: Get the best of www.broadwayincolumbus.com: Like preparation for St Paddy's Day. 7p; free. both worlds by starting your night with a squatting in opera houses? Dressing up little acoustic chick rock before Wall Street's mannequins in your free time? Andrew Lloyd TUESDAY MARCH 11 monthly Traffic Jam dance party. 8p-10p; Webbers stalk-y musical is probably for you. I GOT MY B.S. IN BEER SNOBBERY $3-$5. Please refrain from killing the Italian. 7:30p; Beer School @ Whole Foods, 1555 W Lane Ave, 614.481.3400, PINCHES FOR EVERYONE! wholefoodsmarket.com: Beer experts at St Patrick's Day Party @ Bounce, 2814 THURSDAY MARCH 6 Whole Foods will teach you all about their Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216.357.2997. I CAN'T GET No SATISFACTION brews of the week. Now that's education bouncecleveland.com: Bounce on into I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change @ we can get behind. 6p; $10. bounce for a pre St Paddy's Day blowout Riffe Center Studio 3 Theatre, 77 S High St. featuring the Dream Green Drag show. Be 614.469.1045.www.capa.com: Every WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 sure to sport your green as well. 8p; cover. imaginable question and taboo in a WHO DUNWT? relationship is fair game in this play about Network Columbus @ COSI's International the lives of all the lovers and fighters out Exhibit of Sherlock Holmes. 333 W Broad SUNDAY MARCH 16 there. 8p (through March30); $35. St, 614.228.2674, cosi.org: Come join us Do You SWING? for another great night of speakers, Bravo Benny! with CSO @ Southern FRIDAY MARCH 7 including Columbus Police Chief Kim Theatre, 21E Main St. 614.469.0939, Jacobs and Miss Northwestern Ohio Kara GOT A Y( SHAKE WITH THAT SIZZLE? capa.com: The Columbus Symphony South Side Soiree: SIZZLE @ The Toolbox Mitchell. Free admission to the Sherlock Orchestra pays tribute to King of Swing Holmes exhibit. Cash bar and light Saloon, 744 Frebis Ave, 614.670.8113, Benny Goodman and his famous 1938 appetizers. 6p-9p; free. Facebook: The Toolbox Saloon: Cherry Carnegie Hall concert on its 75th Poppins, Stella Boheme and Amaya Sexton anniversary. 3p; $30-S52. THURSDAY MARCH 13 do their thing, hosted by Jill-ette Knicks. I LIKE BIG TRUCKS AND I CANNOT LIE 9:30p:free. Columbus International Auto Show @ MONDAY MARCH 17 Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 GOING POSTAL PUT THAT IN YOUR POT OF GOLD N High St, 614.827.2500, Robert Post @ Lincoln Theatre, 769 E Ashley O'Shea's St Patrick's Day Pot 0' www.columbusconventions.com: Ogle the Long St, 614.469.0939, www.capa.com: Gold Cabaret @ Level Dining Lounge, 700 industry's new, shapely bodies for a few Mime, ventriloquist, puppeteer, juggler, N High St. 614.754.1342, hours and. if you play your cards right, ride stand-up comedian and improv-er www.levelcolumbus.com: Miss O'Shea them. You were going to do something Robert Post - wait, does he juggle the celebrates her Irish heritage with Helena puppets? - comes to Columbus to similar over the weekend anyway, right? Troy. Mary Nolan, Stella Boheme and entertain audiences with a one-man Noon-9p (through March 16) $8-$10. Phonda Cox. lOp; free. variety show March 7-8,8p; $25-30. 50 march 2014 Jeff Houlton/Candi Panties's favorite LGBT movies: Far From Heaven, The Hours, Ifs My Party, Dallas Buyers Club outlookohio.com Something to Do Everydoy this Month! THE IRISH LOVE THEIR BREAKFAST POTATOES SUNDAY MARCH 23 Free Breakfast Buffet @ Cavan, 1409 DON'T TELL THE COCA COLA HATERS THURSDAY, MARCH 27 S High St, 614.725.5502, African American Heritage Festival @ THERE Is No SUCH THING AS NATURAL BEAUTY cavanirishpub.com; Come join Cavan OSU, www.heritagefestival.osu.edu: The Steel Magnolias @ Riffe Center Studio Irish Pub for a free buffet starting at 36th year of the festival is all about One Theatre, 77 S High St. 614.460.7214, 6a. In the spirit of St Patrick's Day. "Imara," the Swahili word for resilience. www.catco.org: "If you can't say anything stick around for a variety of draft Through March 29. Check website for nice about anybody, come sit by be!" specials available all day. You're sure various event times; free. Grab Mark, Rick and Steve and see the to spot Paddy O'Furniture (the "gay classic Southern belle play. 7:30p; $34. leprechaun") at some point. 6a; free. MONDAY MARCH 24 FRIDAY MARCH 28 TUESDAY MARCH 18 I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SPRAINED SOMETHING... TICKLE THOSE IVORIES THEY ARE STARDUST, THEY ARE GOLDEN Community Yoga class with Balanced (THOSE ARE LYRICS, NOT OLD JOKES) Yoga @ Whole Foods, 1555 W Lane Ave, Fred Hersch Trio @ Wexner Center for Crosby, Stills and Nash @ Palace 614.481.3400, wholefoodsmarket.com: the Arts, 1871N High St, 614.292.3535, Theatre, 34 W Broad St, 614.469.9850. Make sure to stretch and grab your mat wexarts.org: Cincinnati pianist, composer www.ticketmaster.com; This folk rock before meeting in the front cafe for a yoga Fred Hersch and his accompanists supergroup made up of David Crosby, class with instructors from Balanced Yoga, perform classic jazz songs by artists from (yes, he's still alive) Stephen Stills and because there's nothing like bare feet in a Miles Davis to Cole Porter (Trivia: Cole Graham Nash, known for its intricate grocery store. 9a-I0a; free. Poter was bisexual.) 8p; $13-22. vocal harmonies and political activism, returns to perform classic TUESDAY MARCH 25 SATURDAY MARCH 29 hits. 7;30p; $59-$96. No, NOT THOSE OLD GUYS WITH THE BEARDS So YOU'RE TELLING ME n's NOT A COMEDY . II Ward with Grizfolk & The O'Mys @ A&R Twelve Hours @ Garden Theater, 1187 N WEDNESDAY MARCH 19 Music Bar, 391 Neil Ave, 614.461.5483, High St, 614.725.4042, SGT PEPPER TAUGHT THE BAND TO PLAY promowestlive.com: Sit back and relax to shortnorthstage.org: Jimmy is on death Bigger Than Jesus: The Beatles @ the bluesy sound of ZZ Ward. 6:30p; $15. row awaiting execution, and this is the Shadowbox Live, 503 S Front St. 614.416.7625. shadowboxlive.org: This story of his last hours. I'm not entirely live rockumentary celebrates the band WEDNESDAY MARCH 26 sure, but I don't think there's a song-and- WHY THE PLUCK NOT? dance number. 7:30p; $20. that changed the world. 7:30p; $20-$25. Happy Hour With CSO @ Ohio Theatre, 39 E THURSDAY MARCH 20 State St. 614.469.0939, SUNDAY MARCH 30 HAWKING JENNIE 0 TURKEY? • columbussymphony.com: Enjoy a free LET THE GAY MARRIAGES BEGIN Jillian Michaels: Maximize Your Life @ concert featuring Ades. Haydn and Love Big LGBT Wedding and Ceremony Palace Theatre, 34 W Broad St, Tchaikovsky, with complimentary appetizers Vendor Expo @ High Line Car House, 614.469.9850, www.capa.com: and special drink prices. 5:30p; free. 550 S High St, Facebook: Love Big: A two-hour motivational speech will Outlook and Two Caterers present this have you wanting to hit the 24-hour STAND TOGETHER GLBT Wedding Expo with tons of vendors gym afterward. So you better grab a Allies for Equality @ Equality Ohio, 118 E to help plan your big day and a mimosa big, greasy dinner before the show. Will Main St. Ste 100, www.equalityohio.org: Join bar to keep your nerves in check. 10a-4p; she address the recent Biggest Loser EO for a fundraiser (they call it a "party") free. scandal? 8p $25-$150. ; honoring Ally of the Year Nancy Kramer. 5:30p-7:30p;$100. LET IT GLOW FRIDAY MARCH 21 Glow Party With Nina West @ Axis, 775 WHAT'S YOUR POINTE? Outlook Nights Out Symphony in C @ THAT TAKES OVARIES N High St, 614.291.4008, Ohio Theatre, 39 E State St, 614.469.0939, The Four Bitchin' Babes in Mid-Life Vices: axisonhigh.com: Wear white and cover balletmet.org: BalletMet and Cincinnati A Guilt-Free Musical Revue @ Southern yourself with glow paint, featuring music Ballet team up for the weekend to present Theatre. 21E Main St, 614.340.1896, by DJ Rob Engel and hosted by Nina and Balachine's Symphony in C. What could be www.capa.com: Musician-comedienne- Virginia West. Free glow toys for all, plus better than girls doing high kicks and men writer quartet entertain audiences with their a meet-and-greetwith Nina and Virginia in tights, amiright? Buyone-get-one-half- stand-up and tight vocal harmonies as they after. Ages 18+. 10p;$7-$60. off tickets tonight when you use online journal the lives of the Baby Boomer code: 0N013 or "Outlook" at the box office. generation. 8p; $2740. MONDAY MARCH 31 Show through 23rd), 8p; $25.50. SPEAK UP FOR YOUR HEALTH CLASS ACT 9th Annual OSU Divalicious Drag Show SATURDAY, MARCH 22 Improving LGBTQ Healthcare: A @ Ohio Union at Ohio State University, TITUS: A GRAND AND GORY ROCK MUSICAL Community Conversation @ Columbus 1739 N High St, FB: 9th Annual OSU Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Public Hearth Auditorium. 240 Parsons Ave. Divalicious Drag Show: The show will pair Ave, Cleveland, 216.631.2727, amateur acts with kings and queens of cptonline.org: Shakespeare rolls over in 614.645.7417, publichealth.columbus.gov: his grave as his bloodiest, most City officials introduce their new LGBTQ the West family. We hope the newbies horrifying script (Titus Andronicus) Health Initiative to the community at large. boned up with our January drag issue. gets a total makeover as a glam rock You can share your thoughts and help 7p; free. musical. 7:30p;$12-$28 shape its direction. 6:30p; free. OUTLOOK NIGHTS OUT .. » Friday, March 21 • 8pm Symphony in C ^ performed by BalletMet in collaboration with the Cincinnati Ba at The Ohio Theatre Buy-One-Get-One-Half-Off Tickets Use online code: ONOl 3 or "Outlook" at the box After show cocktails U food special at Jury ouTlookohio.com Olga Starr's favorite LGBT movie: High Art march 2014 51 L Always Open Full Gym nest Memberships I'm a 25-year-old guy with a gender-neutral partner. I am a straight 19-year-old girl in college. I broke up q We've been monogamous for about three years, and q with my boyfriend of several months a week before our GGG sex life is fantastic. Valentine's Day (a WHOLE 'nother situation), and during that relationship, I met this other guy, one of his One of our favorite things to do is for me to deep- friends. throat their cock. It's long and thick - definitely bigger than average - and I take pride in being able to fit it all This friend has been in a relationship for 2.5 years. But the way down my throat. his girlfriend cheated on him, and now he has a free card to go fuck someone else. He wants that person to They sometimes fuck my throat, quite roughly at times. be me! Is there a medical danger to deep-throating? Some times it makes my throat a little sore for a few days We have fooled around some, but even though I am after. not looking for a relationship right now, I have reserva tions about fucking someone who is in a relationship, We've tried to stop deep-throating while we figure out even if it's on a Go Fuck Someone Else card. Advice? if it's dangerous or not. But when we get caught up in the moment it's just so hot that we can't stop our -UneasyAnd Unsure selves. What should we do? Could we be harming my throat? Q Unless there are just two guys at your college - your ex and this dude with the Go Fuck Someone Else card -1 - Two Wondering If Naughty Kink's Safe would urge you to fuck someone else. Q I could go find an expert for you, TWINKS, or I could This scenario has drama written all over it. Your ex will be search the medical literature. But if deep-throating were pissed at you for fucking his friend, he'll be pissed at his dangerous - if cocks were doing permanent damage to friend for fucking you, the friend's girlfriend will be pissed throats -1 would've heard about it by now. at you for fucking her boyfriend GFSE card or no GFSE card. An intense deep-throating session is physically taxing, and you feel it for a few days after. Snowboarding, which Who needs that kind of grief? Find a hot student, RA, TA, I'm off doing with husband and son this week, has the or prof who isn't in your circle and fuck him instead. same effect on my legs. Savage Love appears every month in Outlook and every week at My advice: Take it easy for a while after trashing your outlookohio.com. You can email Dan Savage at [email protected], follow him on Twitter ©fakedansavage or throat, just as I take it easy after trashing my legs. listen to his weekly podcast "Savage Lovecast," every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. 52 march 2014 Man Chung's favorite LGBT movie: Touch of Pink outlookohio.com the divine life by Debe Pisces (February 19 - March 20) Finally, the spotlight turns to the big fish! The world is your oyster this month. You might want to ask for that favor, promotion or vacation you've been want ing. No time like the present for a present. Of course, if you don't get what you want, try not to take it per sonally. Oh wait, that's like asking you not to breathe! Aries (March 21 -April 19) Scorpio In true leader-of-the-Zodiac fashion, you are (October 23 - November 21) jonesing to get some spring cleaning started. You You are in a very playful mood, in a slightly adven are sorting through your closets, drawers and lovers. turous way. Hopefully, you have a mate or a play (Enchanted (Elements Out with the old and in with the new, right? Just re mate who's up for some fun. If not, you may throw a member: Sometimes old is fabulous vintage. temper-tantrum. Play nice, or at least keep your in tarot I palmistry I counseling I gifts surance current. Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Sagittarius The decisions you made last month are having an (November 22 - December 21) impact on your life. You made your bed, and now it's You need to get some rest before you continue to time to lay in it. I hope it's a bed with 1,000 thread- conquer the world. Take a break, get your breath and count sheets and not a bed of nails. Either way, get review your options. Spend a little quality time with comfy. You're going to be there a while. your S.O. A little tension relief is just what the doctor ordered. Gemini (May 21 -June 20) Capricorn You should check in to Club Practical this month. A (December 22 - January 19) great opportunity may be coming your way, espe You are in a whirlwind of activity, and your witty cially at work, but you'll miss out if you're partying repartee is in demand. That may be too much pres too hard. It's tough to impress when you're hung sure, so bow out if you need a little space. Explain over and tired, so get your rest. that it's not them, it's you. It's an overused excuse, but in this case it's true. Cancer (June 21 -July 22) Aquarius It feels as if you're being held back, and you're im (January 20 - February 18) patient to get moving. Check your impatience and You may be a little bored after all the birthday cele work with others instead of trying to go it alone. brations are over, but remember you're also free of Sure, self-gratification is easier, but it gets lonely the obligations. You love that! Time to get in touch and will probably exacerbate your carpal tunnel. with your crazy, free-wheeling, creative side. Just try not to break the law. .-= z-- P-y:iIO3-. 0 llChTLOSS Leo LOSE To 20 lbs Con tors (July 23 - August 22) Pisces Birthdays: Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, IN 4 WEEKS CALL NOW! 457-5651 or 866-1500 Personal relationships are center stage this month. Liza MinnellL Chaz Bono 2714 Bethel Rd If you don't know whether to trust your heart or your 4442 Crossroads Center 11rtdroOMl route Te< vary An inttependcnf phyj-M.-iis m he Qirto a mnm.m© cr>: .>,e-.mo t v«< head, go with the heart. It's time to trust your gut Av»U*!«»sr{i»rii-i(i3,inGmratevn \xw\*r**rpn»r«rt cwiHKTj"erair«uin-i(iMHi;«ic»»*itixsi>fA-n»n(ii tnr" Two Columbus Locations A»e<»,C(t*4K3Alk«tf M«*M9eren!C If you want to share your rants, raves or observations, join the Squad! Contact Erin McCalla at 614.268.8525 x2 or [email protected]. Tasha Alvaro Top 5 Proposals of 2013 5. While getting arrested (male/female couple, but let's hope this doesn't start in the same-sex world). 4. On stage at Garbage concert. 3. West Hollywood, dancing down the street. 2. The Washington Bust Seattle. 1. Home Depot Dance of Love. Leslie Albanese March 3 Topic: The Beautiful, Chaotic Walk Through Top 5 Celebrity Scientists Who Take on the Our Lesbian Wedding. Right-Wing Misinformation Machine 5. Gregory M. Herek, PhD: Leading social psychologist has testified on the harmful psychological affects of anti-gay laws. 4. James Hansen: The climatologist was "taking heat" before it It's Pronounced Gay Lick was popular. Across Down 3. Michio Katu: This theoretical physicist is an outspoken 1 You can get a bang out of its head 1 Story of Greeks that busted some anti-nuclear activist. 5 "Stupid me!" Trojans 2. Ne deGrasse Tyson: Bringing back Cosmos with a punch. 9 Tending to stick in one's proboscis 2 Give up 1. Bill Nye: Has been on a roll since his Open Letter to Presi13 Fruit (gay district) 3 Present adornment 14 He took on a pair of bears 4 Dashboard inits. dent Obama in defense of NASA funding. 15 Golden Rule word 5 Upon a Mattress 16 Start of a question from Leno's "Jay 6 Package appreciation cries Kara Mitchell March 10 Topic: Ham-Strung walk no" 7 How quickly one comes Science 19 Comics outburst 8 Restaurateur Toots Miss Northwestern Ohio 20 Where Priscilla is queen 9 Woman who doesn't date men 21 Vintage vehicle 10 Facing peers 22 Hard to penetrate 11 Like some dirty windshields Top 5 Reasons I Should be Miss Ohio, 24 Disney's middle name 12 Toys that do tricks 26 More of the question 17 Fateful day 5.1 look better in a swimsuit than Elton 31 JFK info 18 Lone Star coll. John... but really. 32 Sissy 23 In bad shape 25 Rover's restraint 4. The bill in Kansas. 33 Son of Aga Khan 34 McKellen movie Gods and _ 27/4 League of Their 3. LGBT youth need a role model. 37 Hannah of Steel Magnolias 28 Monnier's pair, on Lesbos 2.1 see diversity from two perspectives. 40 Wishful words 29 Hrs. in P-town and Key West 1.1 need the scholarship money. /""|_Ori Gun~f 44 Didn't fast 30 NNW's opposite 45 End of the question 35 Bard Broumas March 17 Topic: What the 50 Way out 36 Hsa's love Top 5 Highest-Grossing Lesbian/Bi 51 Anais the diarist 37 TV role for Gillian World Needs Now: A Movies and Where They Rank Among 52 Amy chaser Ben 38 Up for debate Gay Miss Ohio Lesbians in a Logo Poll 53 Ziegfeld, familiarly 39 Video store transactions 54 Hollywood canine 41 Workplaces 56 You might see a polar bear there 42 Umpire Dave 5. Kissing Jessica Stein (33rd). 57 Feels poorly 43 Boy who shoots off arrows 4. Mulholland Drive (28th). 58 Answer to the question 46 Big fight 3. The Kids Are All Right (23rd). 61 Too-too 47 Scat queen 2. Monster (not ranked). 62 Navratilova's winter home 48 Province of Spain 1. The Hours (32nd). 63 Op-ed offering 49 Top of the world 64 Our 55 Hill builders 57 Snakes in the grass March 24 Topic: Taxi Driver's Ef 59 Title for a brother fect on a Young Lesbian. 60 Life-beach connection 54 march 2014 Edward Modecki- Mel left's favorite LGBT movie: Imagine Me 8c You outlookohio.com A MILLION REASONS TO PLAY One event. One champion. One million dollars. QUALIFY EVERY THURSDAY FROM 3PM-8:30PM The top 20 winners each week move to the final round for $25-$1,000 in Free SlotPlay® Credit. First place wins a seat in the grand finale £> at the M Resort in Vegas and a shot at $1,000,000! •a**"*** An exclusive qualifying tournament for Marquee Rewards members only COLUMBUS, OH 200 Georgesville Road • Columbus, OH 614-308-3333 • 1-855-617-4206 I Is hollywoodcolumbus.com Must be 21 years or older. Visit Player Services/Cashier for details. GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-589-9966 FOR HELP. > V A Prescription For Change. Every time you sw'tch a prescription or fill one at the AIDS Resource Center Ohio Pharmacy, 100% of the proceeds are reinvested in ARC Ohio's statewide prevention, testing and cere programs. That means you can help support the fight against HIV/AIDS simply by doing something you already do. ARC Ohio has been committed to building lives full of hope, health and happiness for thirty years. And we're building on that commitment with the expert, compassionate care that cur new pharmacy provides. Visit us at 1033 N. High Street with your prescription or call 614.340.6776 for more information. We're full service and open to the public Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. AIDS RESOURCE CENTER OHIO Vis'on. Voice. Victory. AKRON ATHENS CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLUMBUS DAYTON JACKSON LIMA MANSFIELD NEWARK TOLEDO arcohb.org vol 18 • #10 you are here PUBLISHER onward and statewide Christopher Hayes the film HEADQUARTERS Outlook Media, Inc. Having worked at Outlook for the past 10 years, Ohio's GLBT population is large and diverse, of 815 N High St, Bsmt Ste G, Columbus, OH 43215 614.268.8525 phone / 614.261.8200 fax issue I've lead the publication through some amazing fering unique things to do in each city. One of the changes. great things about Ohio is the amount and prox SALES Chad Frye/[email protected] imity of large urban areas, which makes it easy Alexis Perrone / [email protected] £ you are here When I started in 2004, we were known as Out to take a road trip and explore queer life outside NATIONAL ADVERTISING look Weekly, a tabloid newspaper with limited our hometowns. Rivendell Media-212.242.6863 8 snapshot distribution across the state, mostly focused on ADVERTISING DEADLINES Cleveland and Columbus. With the rise of Internet Outlook is going to help you do that each month. Reservations by the 15th of each month. 1 0 qmunity Art in by the 2Wh. news sources and the instant dissemination of Whether it's a new nightspot, charity event, sport information via the web or smart device, the rele ing tournament, local LGBT business or Pride cel EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 1 2 qmunity: kara mitchell Bob Vitale / [email protected] vancy of a weekly niche news publication was ebration, we're excited to share what "Ohimo" is MANAGING EDITOR antiquated at best. up to. 1 4 gay games: performers Erin McCalla / [email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITERS ]/. polisigh: I was brought on by then-Publisher Malcolm Rig- This month's edition is a testament to that This Debe, Bryan Cole, Andrew Hypes, Pete Lovering, Erin McCalla, Mitch McGuire, Kailen Nourse, Tom marriage fight gleto emulate work I had done at my old maga film issue highlights the LGBT track of the Cleve Muzyka, Mario Pinardi, Romeo San Vicente. Dan zine in LA, Blur, and broaden Outlook from a land International Film Festival, which starts Savage, Regina Sewell, Debra Shade, Debbie Van -. Q small pond: Bommel, Bob Vitale I ' well groomed male news-only focus to a lifestyle publication. March 19. There are a ton of features, shorts and maybe-not-gay-but-directed-by-an-LGBT-person ART DIRECTOR r)r\ Igbt financial Christopher Hayes /chayes@outlookmediaxom Since then, the magazine has transitioned in films. ^^ planning guide CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS / DESIGNERS r^r. feature: Cleveland scope or style several times. In May 2009, we Chris Hayes, Clare Gatto, Demetrius Lamont, Mitch ZZ film festival went monthly and changed our name to Outlook; It's definitely worth the trip. Outlook is sponsoring McGuire, Andrew Williams Columbus Magazine. We upped the paper quality, the screening of a documentary on California's COVER DESIGN: 26 feature: glaad added a glossy cover and introduced the tagline, Prop 8, The Case Against 8, on the afternoon of Christopher Hayes Everything is Political. Saturday, March 22, so we hope to see you there! CYBERSPACE httpY/www.outlookohio.com 28 feature: best Igbt films http://www.outlookmedia.com In 2012, we took the magazine full gloss. In 2013, Sometimes change is good; othertimes it's just http://www.networkcolumbus.com http://twitter.com/outlookcolumbus 32 the other side we did a redesign and under our new Editor-in- sad. I'd be remiss if I didn't take a moment to http://facebook.com/outlookcolumbus Chief Bob Vitale's leadership increased the qual recognize the passing of a great community outlook is published and distributed by Outlook 34 insight out ity and depth of our content. And now this year, leader and business owner, John Katsaros. John Media, Inc. the first day of each month throughout we are at it once more. We redesigned the layout was the owner of Cleveland's Twist Social Club. Ohio. outlook is a free publication provided solely for the 36 the mario & debbie show again, changed the size (slightly), improved the He was one of the nicest people I have ever met, use of our readers. Any person who willfully or know paper quality, and changed ourtagline to The his smile contagious and his commitment to our ingly obtains or exerts unauthorized control over more than 5 copies of any issue of outlook columbus with oo creative class: Voice of Ohio's GLBT and Allied Community. community inspirational. He will be greatly the intent to prevent other individuals from reading 00 steel magnolias it shall be considered guilty of the crime of theft. Vi missed, and our hearts go out to his family, olators will be prosecuted. 40 fashion: rite of spring And to that last point, we are very excited to say friends and his partner, Rob Torma, and their The views expressed in outlook are those of the indi that by Pride, Outlook will once again be a daughter. vidual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views, policies, or personal, business, or professional 43 deep inside hollywood statewide publication. Yeah! practices of Outlook Media, Inc. or its staff, owner ship, or management, outlook does not guarantee the And last but not least: my annual call for Irish Pi accuracy, completeness or reliability ot any interpre A A interview: ben cotner and Its a change that makes sense for us as a com rates. Every year, my roaming group of St Paddy's tation, advice, opinion, or view presented. ryan white pany, but more importantly, for us as the Ohio Day mates sets sail on a grand Irish drinking ex Outlook Media, Inc. does not investigate or accept re sponsibility for claims made in any advertisement. 46 bookmark LGBT community. Taking a look at the political cursion. All are welcome, as long as you like to Outlook Media, Inc. assumes no responsibility for claims arising in connection with products and serv and social landscape of Ohio, we realized there dress up like a pirate, eat kegs and eggs before ices advertised herein, nor for the content of, or reply wasn't any publication that brings us all to there's red sky in the morning, and you can "Ar- to, any advertisement. All material is copyrighted 4 7 feature: Ohio film stars ©2014 by Outlook Media, Inc. All rights reserved. gether. We are at the height of our struggle for rrrrrggg" with the best of 'em. AQ i v the nightlife: club d equality in this state, and it's important to have a HO movie night unifying sounding board where we can all come This year I grew out my beard to really do it right! puzzling solution - puzzle on pg 54 together and talk about the issues at hand, as Check out my Facebook page for more info. I hope * s s V - A V s s ^ 50 out & about well as expose the rest of the world to our point of to see you out swashbuckling with us at some N 3 d s v v y l 1 " 0 3 1 0 •N V 3 N V a view. point. o s 1b- 1 1 tji 3 u 1 3 • V 1 V 52 savage love s o "1 3 MlO 3 1 d V N 1 N We seek to be that voice, that bridge and that Have a safe and Happy St Patrick's Day. a V 3 0 1 1 3 V 9 3 1 V 53 the divine life 3 d OH 1 -1 AM a umbrella. And not just in the political arena, but 1 I tf 1 s a \ d 1 s N|O L'j| 54 outlook blog squad the recreation and entertainment avenues as Christopher Hayes A 1 s 5 n AAH v 1 3 well. Publisher M V 3^• d s 3 N OS 3 o 3 s V 1 ~\ 3 • • 3 s N 3 a 54 puzzling o a a • i | a a s a | a •» 3 v A a X sj|n |o 0 H o i |H M ^ I o 1 N i H V 0 N d o 0 1 NEXT MONTH: the straight issue A s o N S d o o W a D l march 2014 Pete Lovering's favorite LGBT movie: Best in Show outlookohio.com wexner center for the arts GENWEX PRESENTS SOUNDS R fBROOt' _ contemporary WY (C0LUMB! party of the year returns for its fifth (and best) incarnation, this year inspired by the tropici" sights, sounds, smells, IN THE GALLERIES > CRUZAMENTOS and rhythms of our current rnMTPMP exhibition: Cruzamentr ContemDorarv Art in .iple a spicy mix < RESTAURANT & BAR / BLACK CREEK B elicious food, drir eaiAURANT & BAR / G MICHAEL'S BISTRO / live music, and deep TOOM / MEZZO AND HUBBARD GRILLE I ORIA ROMA t MORE FROM DIME ORIGIN- ice grooves all evening. [ .. passes get you early ON SALE NOW: access (and more!). WEXARTS.ORG/OFFTHEGRID Get your tickets now. >j* $50 until February 15 S60 February 16-March 7 $70 day-of-event '1P)|9PM-1: SAT.M $100 VIP Preparty- Early access lo food and dnnk. AUUITIONAl FOP OFF THE GRID FOR OFF THE GRID S(]|>l>OPT ^DINE BIOLOTSf alive! . HIGH ST. I COLUMBUS. OHIO WEXARTS.ORG i (614)292-3535 nD@ttOTC'4 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CF SHERLGVKH0LMES ?«™ TALK TO us , ARTS fe**ft* ABOUT YOUR CUSTOM | PICTURF FRAMING STUDIO HANG-UPS. No matter what kind of special keepsake you cherish, you should see us. Chances are it can be framed. That's a great way to preserve and • y enjoy it. So stop by and we'll . • help you get it together. You don't even need an appointment. OPENS FEBRUARY 8,2014 ATCOSI Elementary? Maybe for the brilliant master of deduction, but how will you SJaT oa fare solving a captivating mystery in true 19tn century London fashion.' 943 W. 3rd Avenue • •...' Partner* on the edge of Grandview Yard 614-291-0253 reedarts.com Anniversary Exhibition ilifrhtfu'tl b\ i.!H'. ami C.M(A in ii>llnbt»alini\ 614.228.2674 cosi.org with the tiinm. Doxk Etiato Ltd. QMS, anil MOI. ouTlookohio.com David Perruzza's favorite LGBT movie: Torch Song Trilogy march 2014 7 imp I ywi«go •N I _ i W**-^ J 1 * ^^ H -1 i \\\\\W in ^B > ^H j *{> n ILv3 Local Social 1 w IT ^ PtX i 1/29/14 |^-y @ Wild Goose • Creative ^^ ^^ ^p^columbus flyftmetropo|iti PechaKucha 28 2/13/14 @ Strongwater ©raylavoie.com march 2014 Got event photos you would like to see in print? Send them to [email protected] outlookohio.com by Robert Harli Project Glamazon 2/9/14 @ Wall Street Photos: Andrew Williams March 26-April 13 | Studio One, Riffe Center ^resenting sponsor Season soonsor Season partner AVEDA INSTITUTE LbrandS I FOUNDATION METROPOLTAN © COLUMBUS ft LIBRARY N™™* »SHUII:KT trt/j alive •c • JSSSm muM.vrinN. w CAPA Ticket Center, 614-469-0939 ticketmaster 1-800-745-3000 & outlets ticketmastGr.com CATCOisTheatre.org FAMILY A PARTY BURSTING WITH POSSIBILITIES SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014 • 7- 11PM Eat. drink and dance to the sights and sounds of COSI's first three decades to celebrate COSI's 50th anniversary. Swiny into the 60s with u perfunnunce by Hul Trick. Shake yoi.r groove thing Into the 70s with Shucking Suhho Oe/iarp. Motor iito 'he 80s with DJ hosted karaoke. Tickets include local restaurant food stotions, beer, *ine and featured cocktail and silent auction. Guests must be 21 +. Anniversary Support COSI and purchase tickets at cosi.org/50 Nationwide V £'j ohi0Hca:th Lbrards Dispah-ji sodexo ouTlookohio.com Congrats to Mr. Pottymouth for winning Project Glamazon, All hail the new (drag) queen! march 2014 9