Tuesday, July 30, 2013

This Day in Gay Utah History July 30th

July 30th

1892 Park Record Territorial News page 1  Park City, Summit Co., Utah Saturday James Warren, a 16 year old boy of Ogden, his been held to await the selection of the grand jury in the sum of $3500 on the charge of sodomy committed on the person of little Howard Stone. Warren is said to be an imbecile.

1909 Report Unfavorable- H H Thomas, Present Superintendent Is Declared Incompetent- But Committee Says He has been honest and conscientious in the discharge of his duties. Indiscriminate use of corporal punishment condemned as criminal. HH Thomas of the State Industrial School at Ogden must go if the report of the commission is correct…As adduced by the testimony and other information in the specific charges of excessive cruelty in the episode of July 1908, the punishment of the boys for the unmentionable “Crime Against Nature” was sanction by the superintendent and governor of the state. Full article

1915 The Sun Eastern Utah Advocate Price and Nearby Price Utah Peter Jeulakis of Helper is to have a hearing before Justice Hammond at price on the 4th of august. The charge against him is a “Crime Against Nature”. The arrest was made Wednesday last.

1953 Anthony Adams was born  in Baltimore, Maryland to Fred Miles Adams and Mary Webster. An African American Gay Socialist activist, he was murdered, stabbed to death in his Avenues home with many in the Gay community believing with official city sanction or duplicity. Adams’ death sends a pall over the burgeoning Gay community and many people drop any Gay Liberation activism. His murder remains unsolved.

1967  Locally, exhibitionist is the most frequently committed sex crime, said  Detective Cameron Hansen of Salt Lake City.  Violators average about age 30. Major “danger areas” of Salt Lake City are Memory Grove and the Avenues apartment district. The area generally covers 200 South to 4th Avenue and State Street to 13th East. (SLTribune 07/30/67 Page 12B)

Sonia Johnson
1981 - Excommunicated Mormon Sonia Johnson, national chairwoman of Mormons for ERA spoke at a Provo Rally, sponsored by ERA coalition of Utah. She urged women to reject the Mormon stance on the amendment saying: “I think we ought to picket the Mormons. I think we ought to picket our political enemies everywhere.” (07/30/1981 SLTribune C1)

1984- Rumors began appearing in newspapers that
Greg Louganis
several of the top US Olympic athletes, including Greg Louganis, were gay.

1986 AIDS IS NOW MAJOR EPIDEMIC IN UTAH DR. KRISTEN RIES INFORMS 52ROTARY CLUB AIDS is indeed a major epidemic in Utah said a physician who had a patient die Saturday(Sheldon Spears), only to diagnose a new case Monday.  Dr. Kristen Ries an infectious disease specialist told members of the Rotary Club of Salt Lake that 40 cases reported in Utah represent only  a fraction of potential cases.  About 400 Utahns have been
Dr. Kristin Ries
found to have AIDS anti-bodies but they are only carriers and display no symptoms. State Epidemiologist Craig Nichols estimated there are at least 2,000 more who have no reason to suspect they have AIDS but who are also infected. Dr. Ries estimated 30 per cent of those who have been infected will never become ill but can still spread the disease to others.  Beyond the 40 identified patients are the many more AIDS patients who have come home for care after being diagnosed elsewhere she explained that care in these cases is treatment for illness which healthy people could fight but AIDS patients cannot survive.  Kaposa Sarcoma is a cancerous condition of the blood vessels which causes purple spots on the skin.  This is an epidemic which is not going away she added urging that members of the community learn to avoid the kinds of contact which can lead to transmission. “All the patients I have seen are people who never thought they were going to get it,” she said. Among them are two Utah women who are carrying the anti-bodies but who don’t have AIDS.  Both are married to bisexual men but did not know the men were bisexual. (SLTribune B3)

1988  I was sore and stiff, still living on PMS midol the whole weekend.  After breakfast of French Toast, our first set of workshops began. Richard Rodriguez spoke on Gay Identity, John Gatzmeyer on New Age Realities For Gay Men, and
John Gatzmeyer
Ben Barr did a workshop on Safer Sex and AIDS.  Lunch was served at noon and we had stuffed pita bread. Bruce Barton and Bruce Harmon arrived in camp just in time for their Gay Couples workshop at 1:15.  They were the only workshop scheduled at that time so those not attending including myself played volleyball. At 3:30 I taught a workshop on Gay History
Ben Barr
and Political Activism and Mark Winter taught  a workshop on Morals, Mores, and Ethics in the Gay Community. Shish Kabobs were served at dinner at 6:30 and at 8:30 p.m. Richard Morris was all set up for the dance under the stars. The YMCA staff even joined us with some of the boys and girls dancing together and some of the YMCA boys dancing with our group. This one young boy about 16 years got permission from his mother and danced with Jeff McGrath. It was beautiful to see. All prejudice was set aside.  The YMCA kids confided in me that at first they were nervous about us being up there but now said that we were the best group they had. The mothers there brought out ice cream for the dance which I think they did on their own initiative just because they were enjoying the dance. Steve Oldroyd summed it all up in one word, “Enchantment” and that was truly the
Steve Oldroyd
case. At first John didn’t  want the dance outside but I prevailed and I am glad I went with my instincts. Unbeknownst to John Reeves and I Affirmation gave us plaques  honoring us for holding
James Connally & Ben Williams
the first Beyond Stonewall Retreat.  That actually touched my heart.  Jeff McGrath and I had an heated discussion earlier in the day when he said that Stonewall meant nothing to him because he had not been personally affected by the rebellion in 1969. I came unglued at his ignorance and told him that everything we have today is directly related to The Stonewall Rebellion which spawned The Gay Liberation Movement.  I told him that it was this “Radical Faggot” who is the one who brought Beyond Stonewall into being so Jeff McGrath could have same sex dancing under
Dr. John Reeves
the stars.  It’s not the socially conservatives homosexuals who ever accomplish anything first. Anyway I was completely exhausted and didn’t dance much, I just sat wrapped in a blanket saying “No, Thank You”- back to all who were coming up and thanking me and John for making this retreat possible. John Reeves and I made a decision tonight to keep Beyond Stonewall under the direction of Unconditional Support alone and the steering committee agreed. [Journal of Ben Williams]

1988 S.L. MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO APRIL SLAYING  Feke Latu, 18, has pleaded not guilty to charges he killed Norbert Begay, who died April 7 in Jordan Park. The Salt Lake man appeared Friday before 3rd District Judge Richard Moffat, who scheduled a trial for Nov. 14. A bond hearing is scheduled for Aug. 5. Latu, who remains incarcerated in the juvenile detention center, is accused of beating Begay, stealing his radio and leaving him injured and unconscious in the park. Begay, 22, died of exposure, according to a criminal complaint.

  • Charges have been filed against a second man in connection with the robbery and beating death of a Salt Lake man. Salesi Fatafehi Tonga, 20, is charged with second-degree murder and aggravated robbery, both first-degree felonies in the death of Norbert Begay, 22.The same charges were filed against Feke Latu, 18, last April. Begay was robbed of his radio, beaten unconscious and left in Jordan Park the night of April 7. Two 10-year-old boys playing in the park, 1060 S. Ninth West, discovered Begay's body the afternoon of April 8. Tonga remained in the Salt Lake County Jail Wednesday. Bail has been set at $25,000.
1989-  Steven Lloyd chaired Pride Day held at Sunnyside Park in SLC. The Dr. Kristen
Ben Williams 
Ries Award was given to KUTV Channel 2 for their service in helping bring the Names Project Quilt to Utah. SLC. (I think Donny Eastepp was really upset that it wasn’t given to his lover Bobbie Dubray). SLCity councilman and Hillcrest French and English teacher  Tom Godfrey spoke at Pride Day. Ben Williams founder of Unconditional Support was Keynote Speaker. Approximately 1,300 people attended. Salt Lake Gay and Lesbian community celebrated “A Generation of Pride”. Sunday on the 20th anniversary of a show down that symbolically began the civil rights movement for homosexuals. Several hundred people attended the festivities at Sunnyside Park soaking up the sun while entertainers performed musical numbers, speakers recounted the growth of Gay and Lesbian pride, and a Salt Lake City Council candidate stumped for votes. Ben Williams, a member of the Gay and Lesbian Community Council told the crowd that Salt Lake Gays and Lesbians are “true modern pioneers…worthy of the legacy left by Stonewall.”  He was referring to the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village Gay bar that became a rallying symbol for Gay and Lesbian rights after it was raided by New York City police on 27 June 1969.  Gays fought back forcing police to blockade themselves inside. “Twenty Years ago we dared to be queer among even queerer people,” Mr. Williams said.  After Stonewall, “even Salt Lake began to feel the rippling pride’, even if it was later than progress was made on the coast, he said. Utah’s Gay and Lesbian organizations have experienced high and low points in the last two decades.  But in the last 3 years these groups have exhibited “a new energy and purpose.”  This determination was necessary, Mr. Williams said because “freedom and justice must be struggled for…they’re never a finality. Gay and Lesbians understand this. We are extenders of freedom. We are the bravest, strongest, most courageous people I know.” “With compassion and wisdom,” he added Salt Lake’s Gay and Lesbian community “can be “healers and nurturers, dancing in an endless circle of love and liberation.”  Salt Lake City councilman Tom Godfrey welcomed the participants saying “city officials are acutely aware “ of the issues facing local Gays and Lesbians including the need for housing for people with AIDS. He cited the opening of the Shalom House, a residency for AIDS victims, as an example of the city’s concern for people afflicted with the fatal virus that attacks the body’s immune system. Mr. Godfrey added that “the fact that you are here enjoying yourselves without being harasssed proves progress
Connell Rocky O'Donavan
has been made towards acceptance of individual choice has been made.”  Rocky O’Donavan, editor of the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Utah, paraphrased by legendary description of the Salt Lake valley saying, “this is the place for all of us.” “We are the new pilgrims.  We are the new pioneers, pioneering a lifestyle in an arid, inhospitable and even deadlier place,” he said. “we have always been here, and we are here now, and we will be here in the future,” Mr. O’Donavan said. Gays and Lesbians have displayed a “heritage worth recovery and safe guarding, through the tribulation of being persecuted, often unmercifully by friends, church, and state.” (SLTribune 4B 31 July 1989)
  • Pride Day ’89 celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion and was held the latest it ever had been on July 30, 1989.  Steven Lloyd of the Lesbian and Gay Student Union chaired the event sponsored by GLCCU.  Pride Day ’89 again was held at Sunnyside Park in SLC but this year without the Saliva Sisters. The Dr. Kristen Ries Award was given to KUTV Channel 2 for their service in helping bring the Names Project Quilt to Utah. SLC. For the first time, a Utah politician, Salt Lake City councilman Tom Godfrey  spoke at a Pride Day rally. Gay activists and historians, Rocky O’Donavan and Ben Williams gave Keynote addresses to mark the 20th anniversary of Stonewall. Approximately 1,300 people attend.
  • “Freedom and justice must be struggled for…they’re never a finality. Gay and Lesbians understand this. We are extenders of freedom. We are the bravest, strongest, most courageous people I know. With compassion and wisdom Salt Lake’s Gay and Lesbian community can be “healers and nurturers, dancing in an endless circle of love and liberation.”- Ben Williams
1997 Officers arrest 20 more in lewdness near Saltair Published: Wednesday, July 30, Sheriff's deputies arrested about 20 more people at what is popularly known as Bare Bum Beach Tuesday, citing men and women for lewdness. A Salt Lake County sheriff's major incident log indicates arrests were made at the beach near Saltair throughout the day, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It was the second such raid at the gay sunbathing spot in less than 10 days. Over the July 19 weekend, 31 men and four women were also cited with the Class B misdemeanor. Officers say they'll keep hitting the beach as long as people keep breaking the law. "We're fighting two crimes here, public nudity and public lewdness," said Sgt. Jim Potter. "We'll continue to do this. We've gotten complaints, you can see the blatant activity from the freeway and it's near the state park parking lot, where families go to picnic." Potter said the "extremely active" activities range from open sex acts and nudity to naked joggers along the beach. The majority of those arrested were men, ranging from 18 to 60 years old, Potter said. A few women were also cited.


1997- Ben Williams resigned from the Utah Stonewall Center’s Board of Trustee’s over disagreement with Board Director Brooke Heart-song’s leadership and the placing Louis Bohannan and Alan Ahtow, a gay couple, on the board calling it nepotism.  He was the last publicly elected board member ever. Stayed on as the Utah Stonewall Archivist until USC closed in September.

1998 Thursday Wasatch Mountain Bears Kirk Jorgensen:  Hey, Gang! This event is sure to provide excellent food and fun. RSVP is NECESSARY!!  Don't miss it. ...Calling All Bears...  Do you like Happy Hours?*  Do you like Bar-B-Q?**  Do you like spending time with bear friends?***  Do you like having fun?****  If you said YES (or even a half-hearted "yeah") to ANY ONE  of the above questions then, you will want to come to  KIRK & LARRY's WMBears FUND RAISING BAR-B-Q ! ! !  The BBQ is the evening of Sunday, August 16th  at Kirk & Larry's house and it  costs $15.00 (Because the whole point is to suck money out of your wallet!)  If you can read e-mail but can't view the page listed above then you really need to get over to a bear friend's house and  get some help with this. Or, call a bear friend for some help.  If you know a bear friend that can't get to this page or that doesn't have e-mail - get them over to your house and get them  some help with this! Or call that bear friend. What are bear friends for anyway?  If you have to work somewhere far away on Monday the 17th then  you may want to consider taking that day off!!!! I'm sure WMBears can find places for you to sleep Sunday night.  Okay, if you haven't gone to the page: you must go there now!  HUGS – Kirk  *    traditionally a Happy Hour is 60 minutes in length - but since  our happy hour is so good it lasts longer  **   Plenty of meat - and all the trimmings!  ***  Plenty of meat - and all the trimmings!  **** fun - unless you're intimately involved with Linda Tripp even the most sullen of bears should be able to experience some of this "no" answers are ignored suck - if you are having trouble with this get over to a bear friends' house and get some help with this!

2002 Billy Lewis to Pride Committee To the Board of Trustees, Committee Members and Executive Committee of Utah Pride Inc. I have been doing some soul searching over the last little while.  With the passing of my nephew it really kicked it in gear.  And the decision that I have come to is this....As of July 30, 2002 I am officially resigning my position as Executive Co-Chair and trustee of Utah Pride Inc.  This has come with a lot of thought and contemplation.  My time on the Pride Committee is over.  My heart is in it, but my energy is no longer in it.  And when one's heart is no longer in it they become useless and an obstacle rather than a benefit.  Pride means a lot to me and I don't want to be that obstacle. As most of you know I had really never aspired to be the Co-Chair of Utah Pride Inc.  I was very happy with my position in the beer garden.  But as circumstances presented it self I stepped in (reluctantly) to make sure that Pride was held to the highest of standards.  I felt that I did what I set out to do and I am proud of that.  I made a commitment and stuck to it.  But now it's time to move on. I have missed out on so much with my family because of all the organizations I have been involved with over the last 5 years.  I have put my life on hold for the organizations I have been volunteering for. I have passed up applying for promotions within my company that would have required me to leave the state.  I have put off finishing my degree.  I have bent over backwards for many of the people that I worked with in those organizations.  I have made some good lifelong friends and probably enemies.  And I don't regret a minute of any of it, but I must now look forward. For the record, I have no hard feelings towards Pride or the organization.  I am willing to continue to help support the organization, but not in an official capacity I do ask that as soon as possible (within the week) that I am removed from lists and registrations.  Including: Utah Non-Profits as the contact person. Elite Storage as an access person Utah Business Licenses American Voice Mailwww.utahpride.org and as a signer for the checking account. I will get with Stacy [Robinson] or Darin [Hobbs] and give them my key to the storage shed and any their Pride property I have. Good Luck and with Pride, Billy Lewis Executive Co-Chair Utah Pride Inc. 
  • Sherry Booth to Billy Lewis: Billy, While I prefer to find the time to express all of my feelings in person, I want you to know today that I understand fully the feeling that
    Sherry Booth
    what you and I have been through over the last year, does not in any way compensate for the reality that our personal lives have suffered for it. Each of us had to come to the realization of what is important in life on our own, but I think as an EC we all know this was a difficult and at times painful year. Yet, with all that...and even with the financial situation as it is...we succeeded in putting on the best Pride Day event this state has seen. This statement has been made by many, many people from as many areas within this community as one could imagine. As a committee we could not have done this without your persistent, energetic, and honest guidance. As an EC, we needed your enthusiasm and perspective to drive us through some of the tough times. Personally, I found that I trusted you and admired you. What else needs to be present in a co-chair relationship that by it's very nature is too complex? You were often a wonderful compliment to my stubborn and (at times) jaded perspectives. I will miss your presence, your support and your laughter. I will miss you. I accept your resignation ( a formal letter will follow) with sadness. I wish you all the best and hope you are always able to know when volunteering your time means giving up too much of yourself. Sherry.
  • Sherry Booth to Pride Committee This will serve as an official call for a general meeting to be held on Thursday, August 1st at 7:30pm.  This meeting is for all committee members, including chairs, as well as all board members in order to review things to date. Please bring your reports, binders and any other information you think we should have. Please also notify your committee members and any committee member that might not be listed on this group e-mail. Once that meeting is completed and information is gathered, a closed board meeting will be called to handle all of the matters needing to be voted upon. I would appreciate voting Board members letting the EC know whether they prefer Friday Evening or Saturday morning. This meeting is essential and needs to include every voting member, so please do your best to choose a time you are sure to be available for.   Respectfully,  Sherry. 
  • Craig Miller to Pride Committee: As usual, I have difficulty with weekend meetings.  I am waiting to hear if I will be out of town Friday through Sunday, and Monday is
    Craig Miller
    definitely impossible for me because I host the Mondays in the Park Concert Series in Liberty Park.  I much prefer meetings during the week. Except for a Monday meeting, I will change my plans to attend this meeting whenever it is scheduled-- but would it be possible to just have a longer meeting on Thursday night? No offense, but in the past many of our meetings have been too full of unrelated banter. We could probably get just as much accomplished in a shorter time if we each focused our contributions narrowly to agenda items.  If there are REALLY important matters that need a board vote, I'd also recommend we wait and have a follow up meeting later the next week.  If that's the case, it would be nice to have some preparation before the meeting- such as an outline of issues that will be discussed and voted upon. Having just read Adam's note, I agree it would be much easier to prepare for a meeting next week, perhaps Tuesday through Thursday.  Is this our wrap up meeting and are the books ready? One more note to say how much I enjoyed working with all of you, and it will be very nice to get together again.  I just wish it weren't always tinged with a feeling of crisis management. Craig. 
  • Chad Keller Pride Day Committee I am booked up this week Thursday through with work and have two Consultations to prepare for and one to present Friday Afternoon
    Chad Keller
    into evening.  Like Adam [Frost] 48 hours is rather short notice for us all Perhaps under Craig’s suggestion we as a board could meet next week, and then suggest a date for the EC to have a meeting if any with the committee chairs and any other people who should be included. However, remember as a board we agreed to some major changes relating to structure, bylaws, accountability, and other important items that under the circumstances will need to be addressed when we next meet as it relates directly to the financial situation we are in. Under the circumstances financially we have a lot to look at and go over.  We were to have met on the Weekend of July 27th. I can stop by on Thursday for a few minutes to address any parade comments or concerns to those committee members that would like to speak with me. And I am positive where I and the EC stand with each other.  I cannot stay for a long, and will have to leave if we proceed with August 1, 2002. 
  • Sherry Booth to Pride Members Adam, Chad and Craig, While I appreciate your concerns with the quickness of this meeting as well as the month and a half span in between, there have been many things going on that has necessitated both. I agree that you may not be aware of all that has been happening, but I assure you we have been trying to get everyone back in town and in place for as complete accounting as possible.  In addition to committee reports, however, it is also necessary to have a full board meeting.  For that, all board members needed to be present and until a few weeks ago one or the other of us has been unavailable, on vacation or wrapped up in other festivals. Unfortunately, by the time it looked like we could call a meeting and expect a full board and committee, Billy's family suffered their tragic loss and again it was decided that we'd wait.   As for only giving 48 Hours, it is the time frame the By Laws say is needed as a minimum. My understanding all along has been that everyone is prepared for a meeting and anxious to share their reports.  If not, then I am sorry for the apparent quickness, however, in light of Billy's resignation today,  I feel this is the best we can do - call the meetings and get down to the business before us.  To address the meeting times, definitions, etc.  - It is my personal opinion that the Pride Board needs to hear from everyone before going  in to a closed board meeting and casting votes on any changes, additions, etc. that might affect us as an organization. Perhaps we have been too cautious in waiting for everyone to be accounted for. I apologize if that is what you believe. But at this point we have business to discuss and I think the board needs to hear from everyone who worked so diligently to accomplish this year's event before planning for next year. So, the meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 stands. This is an open committee meeting. Everyone, all chairs and committee members should plan to attend. Give us the best accounting of your area, the pros and cons, and any suggestions you might have regarding your area for next year. Adam, I'm sorry that you are not available for Thursday. So, since I think we all really need to hear from you about the exhibitors, etc, is it possible for you to meet with the EC Wednesday evening and give us an oral reporting on your experiences and suggestions?  You can then prepare a report that can be passed out to the other Committee Chairs on Thursday or later. Craig, I am absolutely inclined to agree with you and to continue on to a closed board meeting after Thursday evening's committee meeting.  But Chad has already stated that he is unavailable at that time. The options then are to proceed to hold the board meeting minus one member, or to try and schedule one next week in hopes of everyone being available. There is nothing so pressing, at least as far as I am concerned, that can't wait for the board to meet next week. Would that work for all of the Board members? Or again will there be someone unable to attend? Donna, Darin and I need a response ASAP from each of the 8 other board members. Then we will set the day & time according to which date  carries the most available members. The choices are: *  Thursday evening, August 1st, 9:00pm (after the committee meeting) *  Thursday evening, August 8th, 7:30pm We need a preference from each of the members listed here: Donna JW Hazel JW Darin Hobbs Craig Miller Chad Keller Geoff Partain Ryan Schipper Kathryn Warner ...am I missing anyone who is a voting board member? 
  • Sherry Booth Pride Meeting Chad, You have said that you are unavailable this Thursday as well, right? Is it possible for you to re-arrange whatever you have scheduled for this Thursday evening since it is going to be later? (about 9:00pm) Unfortunately, others have said they are not available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. For some the weekends are not good. Tomorrow night when we meet Donna, Darin and I will look at how many of us are available this Thursday and how many are available next Thursday. We will call the first Board meeting according to which day has the most available people. We have waited this long because we have been trying to consider everyone's scheduling conflicts. Clearly, there is not  going to be a day that doesn't conflict with someone or something. Geoff made a good point though, clearly we will need more than one board meeting. This is just the first.  Sherry. 
  • Chad Keller to Sherry Booth August the 8th is the Pillar Community Leadership Forum and Roundtable, Of which I am the facilitator. Darrin, Billy and you were copied on that and in fact invited to represent Pride.  If we are going to adjust the meeting Please let set it at a point we all can attend.  The Leadership forum and Roundtable were announced in the Pillar this month. CK
 
Dr. Patty Reagan
2003 Subject: CD Patty Reagan to Ben Williams Dear Ben, I thought I hadn't saved your e-mail, so I could thank you for the CD, and then lo and behold, I found it. Hallelujia.  I want to thank you so much for the CD.  I listened to it and absolutely loved recalling that day.  I thought your introduction was wonderful; generous and so well stated.  You have a radio voice!  You should be doing live radio.  It was such fun to listen to my speech and remember some events which I had forgotten.  You were so kind to put this historical event in a permanent form.  I appreciate all you do to save our history. What a valuable service you give to all of us in SLC. I regret not being around in person to receive my gift.  I owe you big time. love and smiles, pr

2003 Subject: Nudist Campout Michael Aaron (Jeepkid) The overnighter at Burmester Beach was great fun! The beach was a bit muddy - okay - very muddy, So we had to move our location a bit. Steve found us a great location in a non-muddy area before we all got there, so all was good. The first fun activity was for several nude guys to fix John's flat tire. Thanks for setting that up John - it was a hoot. Then we got the tents set up and Dwight and Boyd showed up with half of Kirkham's inventory. Too bad they didn't convince the salesperson to go. KFC made a fortune on us, as we were all too lazy to cook our own food. I can't believe how many fireworks Steve and Larry brought. I still have more left over! The special ones that blew up under the vehicles were my favorites. Naked Twister was fun. Next time we need to remember the baby oil. But then, baby oil and sand..... I won't go into some of the rest of the activities... unless I am paid to do so. Offers? Yours truly made pancakes in the morning. Luckily John brought a spatula and Scott and Chris brought plates. Oops. What kind of Boy Scout am I? Tosh joined us Sunday afternoon and a group of us took a long walk around the beach and Jack took after a rabbit. Oh, Jack is a dog. Many left early in the morning to go to church (yeah right) and the rest of us left at around noon. A great event that drew about 16-17 people. Hope we and do it  again... when it is a bit cooler. September? See you in the nudes! -JeepNekkid

Donna Hawxhurst
2005 BEYOND THE U-HAUL: SURVIVING & THRIVING IN
Sue Morrow
LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS A Workshop Presented by Donna Hawxhurst & Sue Morrow 
Saturday, July 30, 9:00 - 4:30 (A benefit for the GLBT Community Center of Utah) Location: GLBT Community Center, 355 North 300 West, First Floor, SLC, UT 84103 Space is limited - Register by July 25!! For lesbians in and out of relationships. Burning Issues Will Include: * Orange halves & other relationship myths * Friends or lovers? Must we choose? * Intimacy vs. autonomy: How can I be with you & still be me? * Heart's desires: Creating the relationship of your/our dreams * Co-creating: Realizing our dreams individually & together * Allowing: Supporting growth & self-esteem in one another * Cycles of relating: Conflict & sex * Intentional commitment: Questioning conventional relationship models Donna & Sue are celebrating over 30 years of passion, politics, and love. They have provided therapy and facilitated workshops for lesbians in and out of relationships for over 27 years. Join them for their 4th Salt Lake City gig! Proceeds to benefit the GLBT Community Center of Utah.  ~Pre-registration is Required - $25 per Person~

2005 Volunteers Needed at the GLBTQ Youth Activity Center - Volunteer Training Rescheduled to July 30 Make a difference in the lives of GLBTQ young people by volunteering at the Youth Activity Center , a program of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center of Utah. Volunteers are needed to support ongoing programs, to help develop new programming, to staff the youth drop-in center, and to help with administrative tasks.  Many positions require a weekly commitment of 3-4 hours.  Some positions require a monthly commitment of 4-6 hours.  Other volunteer possibilities could include a onetime activity or event. Responsibilities may include the following: Welcome, support, listen to, and refer young people. Foster a warm, welcoming, and pleasant atmosphere.  Accurately report and document data, events, and happenings. Build relationships with and between youth. Participate in volunteer meetings and development trainings as requested by the Director of Youth Programs. Abide by the protocols and standards of the GLBT Community Center .  Report any incidents involving abuse of, by, or against youth clients. Contribute creativity, skills, perspective, influence, resources, and  associations to youth programs. Consider voices not present or not represented. Participate in discussions, fulfill assignments, and contribute to orderly problem-solving and decision-making processes. Interested volunteers must: Pay for and successfully pass a background check. Attend initial and ongoing volunteer training. Demonstrate expertise or competence that will help the Youth Activity Center meet its goals and objectives. Prove to be reliable, consistent, and committed to the mission and philosophy of the Youth Activity Center .  The Youth Activity Center (355 N. 300 W) will host a volunteer training on Saturday, July 30 from 9pm to 1pm.  If you are interested in committing to the future of GLBTQ youth, email Stan Burnett (stan@glbtccu.org) or call 801.539.8800 ext. 14 to register for the
training.

Dr. Lisa Diamond
2006  The quarterly Family Fellowship Forum will be held on Sunday, July 30th in the Northwest Plaza Auditorium, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo  at 5:00 p.m. The Northwest Plaza Auditorium is located on the corner of 1230  North (Bulldog Boulevard) and 500 West.  We have invited Lisa Diamond, Associate Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at the University of Utah to speak. Her topic, “What You Thought You  Knew About Affectional Bonds and Sexual Desire – Dispelling the Myths,”  will be of interest to everyone.  Ms. Diamond has a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Human Development and a  B.A. from the University of Chicago in Psychology. She is a leading researcher  on affectional bonding and the psychology and biobehavioral processes underlying intimate relationships. She also conducts longitudinal research of female sexual identity development.  The forum is open to the public. You are encouraged to bring your friends,  neighbors and extended families. As is our custom, the program will be followed at 6:30 p.m. with a light buffet. Family Fellowship is a volunteer service organization, a diverse collection of primarily Mormon families engaged in the cause of strengthening families with homosexual members. We strive to become more understanding and appreciative of each other. We seek to put behind us all attitudes which are anti-family or which threaten loving relationships. All who can support these goals are welcome to contribute. Sincerely, Family Fellowship

John Griffin
2006 Nova Starr [John Griffin] and Vanessa Michaels hosted Mr and Miss Gay Youth Pageant  at Club Gossip

2006 Political pioneers, then and now, deserve thank By Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb This is Pioneer Month in Utah and LaVarr notes "political pioneers" he admires. Pignanelli (who has offended enough people already) limits his selections to deceased or retired Utahns.  Webb: Politicians always seem to get better after they've been dead for a while. It's interesting how some pundits gush over past politicians and how terrific things were in the good ol' days. The reality is that we've never had better political times in Utah, or more wealth and opportunity than we have right now. That is a tribute to a lot of past and current political leaders who have kept the ship of state on course with fiscal prudence and necessary investment in the societal underpinnings of education and basic infrastructure. I respect as "political pioneers" leaders who take on big projects and tough issues, who tackle the most challenging problems, who aren't simply status quo caretakers. I like politicians who stick their necks out, risk political capital, and go against the grain. Even when they fail, the attempt is almost always worthwhile. Here are some political pioneers:
  • Rocky Anderson. He's a pioneer even though I disagree with him on an array of policy
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    issues and on his style of leadership. He's an unrepentant liberal among conservatives, a politician with tenacity who follows his passions and doesn't read polls.
  • Jon Huntsman Jr. While it's too early to judge, he shows promise with his advocacy of tax reform, a tough issue that will require exposing some political capital and taking some criticism. With the cool breeze of a red-hot economy at his back, he could easily take the easy way and coast. We'll see.
  • Mike Leavitt (my old boss). Clearly Utah's "big idea" governor, a veritable fount of bold and ambitious new initiatives, many with national implications. He was criticized, incorrectly, for being too careful and not spending political capital. In reality, he worked so hard and was such a consensus-builder that he made tough initiatives look easy. He was smart enough to avoid political brick walls, but he took on some incredibly tough issues: a major national federalism initiative, his environmental doctrine called Enlibra, total revamp of welfare and the Department of Workforce Services, his HealthPrint health care reform, Centennial Schools education reform, the online, competency-based Western Governors University, and others.
  • Norm Bangerter. A political pioneer for courageously raising taxes to avert an education funding crisis; for placing expensive pumps on the Great Salt Lake to avoid a flood crisis (and then the rains stopped).
  • Scott Matheson. He took on the federal government with more gusto than any Republican. A Sagebrush Rebel and a states rights advocate.
 Pignanelli:
  • Republican U.S. Sen. Arthur V. Watkins agreed, in 1953, to chair the committee to investigate the improper conduct (unsubstantiated accusations of communist sympathies by government officials) of his colleague, Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy. This was a brave move, because McCarthy was popular in Utah. McCarthy ridiculed the Watkins committee, which recommended censure of the famous witch hunter, as the "handmaid of communism." Conservative Republicans never forgave Watkins and supported Gov. J. Bracken Lee (a Republican, running as an Independent) in a three-way 1958 Senate election-guaranteeing victory for the Democratic nominee Ted Moss.
  • In 1974, freshman Democrat Congressman Wayne Owens was one of Utah's most popular elected officials. A member of the House Judiciary Committee, he was privy to the tape recordings of President Richard Nixon when discussing Watergate activities. Owens, deeply disturbed by the president's statements, voted in the committee for three articles of impeachment against Nixon. For acting upon his conscience, Owens was roundly criticized.
  • Governors Calvin Rampton and Scott Matheson effectively eliminated potential appointments to presidential Cabinets and other posts through their active criticism of Republican and Democratic activities in federal government.
  • In the late 1980s, few recognized (including this obnoxious lawmaker) the leadership qualities of Gov. Norman Bangerter. Ignoring favorability ratings, Bangerter made tough and unpopular decisions. He worked tirelessly to persuade GOP legislators to set aside their normal inclinations and help him expand the tax base to maintain education and government services.
  • Democratic Rep. Kurt Oscarson was a charter member of the Sports Authority Board. Long before the "IOC bribery" controversy, Oscarson was relentless in his questioning of public funding for Olympic sites. Utah's taxpayers still enjoy the protective measures that Oscarson pushed in the Legislature.
  • During the 1970s, John Florez and Alex Hurtado were political activists of Mexican-American descent who openly proclaimed the Republican Party was more in line with Latino ideals than the Democrats. Their "betrayal" generated outrage, especially when they hitched their wagon to Orrin Hatch and Ronald Reagan. However, their actions now provide bipartisan political opportunities to today's Latinos.
  • Twenty years ago, David Nelson was one of the few Utah voices demanding basic
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    rights for gay and lesbian citizens. Aggressive in promoting antidiscrimination measures, he assisted in passage of the first hate-crimes legislation. Although Nelson frequently generated disagreement among supporters (including me), no one can dispute the courage he exhibited in the early years of this movement.
  • Republican LaVarr Webb was policy deputy to Gov. Mike Leavitt and Deseret News managing editor. He now is a political consultant and lobbyist. E-mail: lwebb@exoro.com. Democrat Frank Pignanelli is a Salt Lake attorney, lobbyist and political adviser. A former candidate for Salt Lake mayor, he served 10 years in the Utah House of Representatives, six years as House minority leader. Pignanelli's spouse, D'Arcy Dixon Pignanelli, is a Utah state tax commissioner. E-mail: frankp@xmission.com


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