THE BRADY BOYS Oscar Wilde said you can find it all on Brady Street, and the annual festival there proves it. Page 26 The vOicE Of progress for WiScOnSin’S LgBT cOmmunity July 14, 2011 | Vol. 2, No. 18 county SPECIAL REPORT: pursues DAHmER, benefits DEATH & By Louis Weisberg ented employees in the mar- THE mPD: Staff writer ketplace.” Milwaukee County Aurora Health Care, the supervisors have launched state’s largest employer a renewed push to extend with 31,000 workers in the health insurance benefits to Milwaukee area, has offered 20 YEARS the same-sex partners of domestic partner benefits county workers. since 2005. Six of the 10 Seven supervisors, joined Fortune 500 employers in by representatives from Milwaukee also offer such LATER public, private and religious benefits. groups, formally announced Dwight Morgan, senior the effort at Aurora St. Luke’s vice president of human Medical Center on July 7. resources, told report- PaGE 6 They described the issue as ers that Aurora’s domestic one of smart business and partner plan “has worked basic fairness. remarkably well” and had no “This is a pro-business “appreciable impact” on the move, and we’re taking a page company’s bottom line. He out of the book of some said the cost represents less of the largest private-sector than 1 percent of Aurora’s employers in Milwaukee,” employee benefit expendi- said Supervisor Marina tures. Dimitrijevic. “They use this Morgan said the benefits tool to recruit the most tal- help Aurora attract employ- ees from a larger pool of talent, which makes the com- pany stronger. “It’s a good This business decision, but greater than that, it’s the right thing issue to do,” he said. inside and online at Dimitrijevic said the issue wisconsingazette.com of fairness sometimes gets lost in discussions about News partner benefits. She said it’s WiGWAG ����������������������2 unfair to expect gay and les- Regional Gaze ���������������4 bian employees to do the National Gaze ������������ 10 same work as their hetero- Editorial ����������������������� 14 sexual counterparts without Faith Gaze ������������������� 16 receiving the same work- place benefits. Features “I want to stop people WiGOUT �������������������� 21 from this obsession about Art Gaze ��������������������� 22 the numbers,” Dimitrijevic PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS Theater ������������������������ 24 BEnEFITS page 7 Music ���������������������������� 28 On the Town �������������� 32 feds admiT AnTi-gay Bias in marriAgE law PaGE 10 2 W i S c O n S i n g AZETTE. c O m | July 14, 2011 W i S c O n S i n g AZETTE. c O m | July 14, 2011 3 LGBT news with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg vintagE gOP up on everyone else’s the funeral Mass to be held reotypes at a school named for U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, gaydar, we figure he at the church and even left “equality.” who’s come under fire for might want to be it a large sum of money in his his efforts to end the current on the real Gaydar!” will. But Sanfilippo’s partner of 28 KiSSED A mAn Medicare system and turn it a rep at Gaydar head- years and his family were notified Joan Parker is facing a mis- over to for-profit insurance com- quarters blogged. at the last minute that the church demeanor assault charge and a panies, was caught sipping two canceled the funeral due to the court date for kissing a Bible- $350 bottles of Pinot Noir at cuOmO’S clouT deceased’s sexual orientation. waving preacher at Raleigh’s a swank Capitol Hill eatery. It Take note, candidates and poli- LGBT Pride celebration in June. was an embarrassing moment for ticians: New York Gov. Andrew fingER LeNGTH Parker, 74, said she heard Edward Ryan, who’s leading the charge in Cuomo’s poll numbers soared Penis length cannot be deter- Belcher yelling and thought he Congress against White House after he signed marriage equal- mined by the size of hands or needed some comfort, so she efforts to reduce tax cuts for peo- ity legislation in late June. The feet – those and other supposed kissed him on the cheek. He ple earning over $1 million a year. Democrat had made legalizing indicators have been discredited didn’t turn the other cheek; he same-sex marriage a cornerstone for years. But now a team of notified police. gAYdar woes of his first-year agenda in the Korean researchers has produced Gaydar, an international gay governor’s office. Cuomo’s over- what seems to be a more reliable Bigots dating website that offers mem- all approval rating is 64 percent. guide: the ratio of the length of a in TRAining bers “what you want, when Among Republicans, it was 53 man’s index finger to that of his The FBI confirmed in late June THE DOctor you want it,” is offering Marcus percent and among Catholics, 62 ring finger. The lower that ratio, that members of the anti-gay WiLL SEE you now Bachmann a complimentary life- percent. the longer the penis may be, the Westboro Baptist Church led by A Los Angeles man claiming time membership. Bachmann, a researchers wrote in the Asian the Rev. Fred Phelps participated to be “the world’s first gay male “Christian counselor” who tries nO gay cORPSES Journal of Andrology. in law enforcement training pro- naked therapist-in-training” is to turn gay people straight, has A church in the Roman grams at Quantico and Manassas. accepting clients – both in person come under increasing ridicule Catholic Diocese of San Diego EgALiA = EquALiTY A bureau spokesman said the and via webcam. Randy Hastings on the Web for his overtly effemi- denied funeral services to a gay The Egalia preschool in church members, who set up (pictured) says in a world where nate mannerisms. His wife, U.S. man. Local businessman John Stockholm is avoiding “him” or demonstrations at venues across Internet porn is ubiquitous, he Rep. Michele Bachmann, has made Sanfilippo had attended Our Lady “her” and referring to students the country under “God hates hopes to help clients learn self- opposition to LGBT equality a of the Rosary Catholic Church as “friends” rather than “boys fags” banners, were invited to control in order to avoid “arousal cornerstone of her GOP presi- in Little Italy for years before he and girls,” the AP reports. The the sessions so law enforcement frenzy” by arousing them with his dential campaign. died recently from emphysema. effort is to promote gender officers could learn how to better buff body during therapy sessions. “Marcus Bachmann is popping Friends said Sanfilippo planned for equality and avoid sexual ste- deal with protesters. Elected officials take note. 4 W i S c O n S i n g AZETTE. c O m | July 14, 2011 W i S c O n S i n g AZETTE. c O m | July 14, 2011 5 Got news? Tell us REGIONAL GAzE [email protected]. Outwords Books celebrates 18 years By Peggy Schulz staff and respect their rec- Similar to Outwords, Boswell Szatmary says another key PAcKERS’ Clay Sporting News Player of the Contributing writer ommendations. Books, 2559 N. Downer Ave., factor in his store’s survival Matthew to Year. “There are too many REgiOnAL BRiEfS While other gay book- Besides Szatmary, Milwaukee, is an independent, has been the growth of LGBT cHAiR AiDS WALK lives at stake for any of us stores around the country Outwords has only three single location bookstore. authors and titles. A variety Green Bay Packers line- to ignore the damage and have gone the way of the dino- employees. That means “I think we’ve kept very of publishers who started backer Clay Matthews was the heartache that HIV has Wisconsin. The state’s larg- has ever seen,” said ARCW saur, Outwords Books, Gifts & everyone on staff is well lean,” Goldin says. “We work online have expanded into named honorary chair brought to millions of people est AIDS fundraiser, the president and CEO Doug Coffee, 2710 N. Murray Ave., versed in all the genres of as much as we can with print books, and they’re now of the 2011 AIDS Walk from all walks of life, includ- event has raised more than Nelson. “We are grateful he Milwaukee, has managed to books carried by the store. the community. We’re very focused on gay and lesbian Wisconsin. ing myself.” $10 million over 21 years. is on our team. He will bring survive. That gives Wisconsin And the staff is well known relationship-oriented.” titles. “There’s a lot more “I’m proud to take a AIDS Walk, which this “On Sundays, Clay great energy and get great a distinction that not even San – and liked – by customers. Goldin, who has worked variety in the titles available stand and fight back against year is scheduled for Matthews takes on the tough- results as we raise funds for Francisco’s Castro district can In Outwords’ case, small in retail bookselling for 25 in 2011 even than five years the AIDS epidemic,” said Oct. 1 at the Summerfest est players in the NFL. Now the fight against AIDS at the boast. The Castro’s last gay has proven to be a virtue. years, says it’s important to ago,” Szatmary says. Matthews, a Super Bowl grounds, raises money for he’s taking on one of the AIDS Walk.” bookstore, A Different Light, Still, the growth of online acknowledge that people Ironically, as more and champion who was named AIDS Resource Center of toughest epidemics the world There are 6,364 people closed its doors in April.