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Official Pride Guide Begins on Page 29!
Volume 25 • Issue 10 • No. 457 • May 24, 2012
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Plenty of
Entertainment
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Pride
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NorCal AIDS
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The Last Dance
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Letters
Thank You Drag Queen Bingo
Dear Outword,
The Sacramento Valley Gay & Lesbian
Softball (SVGLS) would like to thank
Outword’s Drag Queen Bingo for helping us
raise $2,320, the record for most money
raised in a single night of Drag Queen
Bingo, and pushing the total raised to over
$50,000.
Funds will go to support league play and
activities in the community and our goal to
provide the opportunity for LGBT individuals
to play, and support the play of, organized
softball.
We strive to create a safe, healthy and
supportive environment to develop skills,
promote competition and build fellowship
within our community.
The funds raised from one of the most fun
night’s of the year will go a long way to
support those ideals.
Patrick Marsengill
SVGLS Commissioner
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Dream Big READ! Is Summer
Reading & Fun at SPL
The Sacramento Public Library invites
everyone to Dream Big READ!, by
participating in the library’s 2012 Summer
Reading program.
The Dream Big READ! theme will be
incorporated into more than 500 entertaining
and educational programs for pre-readers,
school-age kids, teens, adults, and families.
The free programs will range from story
times to crafts, music, dance, book clubs and
other activities at all 28 Sacramento Public
Library locations.
Visit saclibrary.org and click on Events for
a complete listing.
Take Me to the Polls
Dear Outword,
The Sacramento Stonewall Democrats has
made the following endorsements. All
candidates are pro-equality and we invite
you to take this list with you when you head
to the polls.
CA Senate Races: District 5 - Cathleen
Galgiani
Assembly Races: District 4 Assemblymember Mariko Yamada; District 6
- Regy Bronner; District 7 Assemblymember Roger Dickinson; District
8 - Ken Cooley; District 9 - Assemblymember
Richard Pan; District 13 - Susan Eggman
County Supervisor Races: District 3 - Jeff
Kravitz; District 4 - Gary Blenner
Sacramento City Council Races: District
Dear Outword,
I am so happy that the President’s evolved 2 - Rob Kerth; District 4 - Steve Hansen;
understanding of same-sex marriage resulted District 6 - Kevin McCarty
Sac County Board of Ed: Area 4 - Estelle
in a public and unequivocal
acknowledgement that there is no difference Lemieux; Area 5 - Heather McGowan Area 7
in the love or commitment found in same- Harold Fong.
sex relationships.
Roseville City School Board: Gary Miller
This has been a long and hard fought
Twin Rivers School Board: Area 2 - John
battle but each mind that is changed brings Dexter; Area 5 - Cortez Quinn; Area 7 all of us closer to a world where our
Francisco Garcia
differences do not separate us, but rather,
Yes on Measures G and Prop 29.
they allow us to relish in the uniqueness of
For more information on these candidates
each life.
and Stonewall, visit www.sacstonewall.org
Rachel Pearman, Secretary
Sam Catalano, President
Equality Action Now
Sacramento Stonewall Democrats
EAN Applauds Obama
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Oscar Night Sacramento Distributes $32,000
to Local HIV/AIDS Agencies
T
he Capital City AIDS Fund has distributed $32,000 in net
proceeds from its 2012 annual Oscar Night fundraising event
to eight local organizations providing HIV/AIDS services.
Held Feb. 26 at the Hyatt Regency, the event marked one of the
most successful fundraisers in Sacramento’s Oscar Night history.
Since its founding in 1995, CCAF has
raised over $2 million for Sacramento area
HIV/AIDS service providers with numerous
community events, including the annual
Sacramento Valley AIDS Run Walk. The
2012 Walk will be held Saturday, Oct. 13,
beginning at the State Capitol West Steps.
Funds raised by Oscar Night and other
CCAF fundraising events empower local
organizations to help prevent new infections
save lives and in some cases, keep
organizations’ doors open. The proceeds were
presented at a reception held May 16 at
Head Hunters.
Beneficiary organizations include Breaking
Barriers, CARES, Golden Rule Services,
Harm Reduction Services, Sunburst Projects,
Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center, UC Davis
Children’s Hospital HIV Clinic, and Oak Park
Outreach Services. A portion of the proceeds
also will support Capital City AIDS Fund’s
HIV Prevention/Education Program and
Helen Veress-Mitchell Scholarship Fund.
“As HIV/AIDS organizations continue to
Passing out the money is often the best part of any fundraiser, and here the CCAF is having a lot
face steep cuts in government funding, the
of fun! Pictured (l-r) are: Michael Sestak, chair of the Oscar Night committee; Enrique Manjarrez,
pressure is on for CCAF to redouble its
Breaking Barriers; Shara Murphy, Gay & Lesbian Center Executive Director; Joseph Wilson, CCAF
fundraising efforts,” said Michael Sestak,
Board; Jennifer Novak, Sunburst Projects; Tyler Edwards, CCAF Board; Clarmundo Sullivan, Golden
Rule Services; Dawn Bakanec, CCAF Board; Lisa Ashley, UC Davis Children’s and Young Adult
chair of the 2011 and 2012 Oscar Night
Clinic; Stuart Eldridge, CCAF Board; and Miguel Diaz, CCAF Board.
committees. “We are so grateful for the
underway for the 2013 Oscar Night, which
For more information about CCAF or
ongoing community and corporate support
will be held Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Hyatt
Oscar Night and Sacramento Valley AIDS
for our annual Oscar Night event.”
Regency Sacramento.
Run Walk, visit www.capcityaidsfund.org.
Sestak said that plans are already well
LGBTQ Art, Parties & Pride Mix Together at the Crocker
I
n 2008, the Crocker acquired Sandow Birk’s Stonewall, a
powerful painting that commemorates the Stonewall Riots in
New York City, riots that in many ways launched the gay and
lesbian civil rights movement.
unforgettable bash. Live performances from
the Badlands Drag Review are sure to
please – especially with hostess Miss Taryn
on the mic, and DJ Miz-B-Haven behind the
beats.
Also putting on a show is the marvelous
This painting epitomizes the power of art
artists, but also through one-of-a-kind parties
Sacramento
Gay Men’s Chorus, a group that
to raise awareness of an important event that and programming like June’s Pride Mix. On
is always in tune. Between sets, partygoers
many people may not know existed, and it’s Thursday, June 14, from 5 to 9 p.m., everyone
can strike a pose in a photo booth, try their
a poignant reminder for viewers who will
is invited to the Crocker to celebrate Gay
luck at Drag Queen Bingo – a clever spin
hopefully gain a greater understanding of
Pride Month with music, art, creativity and
on the classic game that’s hosted by
the LGBTQ community and its struggles. It
cocktails. Pride Mix is part of Art Mix, the
Outword magazine – and indulge in bites
also emphasizes the Crocker’s commitment
Crocker’s art party every second Thursday
and cocktails at the Crocker Cafe by Supper
to diversity.
evening which blends a hot theme with
Club. Since the Crocker is throwing the
The Crocker connects with the LGBTQ
artful entertainment.
party, art will surely enter the mix; all are
community through artwork like Stonewall
Pride Mix is a one-of-a-kind evening of
welcome to make a colorful mosaic they
and numerous other works by LGBTQ
mixing and mingling that promises to be an can save as a reminder of a fabulous
evening.
Since the Crocker strives to be a key
resource for all to nurture their creative
spirits, learn together, and make
connections to the world around them,
Pride Mix also will offer an LGBTQ
Community Resource Fair and docent-led
tours of works by LGBTQ artists on view at
the Crocker galleries all year long.
Parents with children five and under are
invited to attend a Families Like Ours
social and visit the Crocker’s Tot Land for
little ones.
“The Crocker welcomes families of all
kinds to the museum to be inspired, to have
fun, and to connect with one another,” says
Randy Roberts, the Crocker’s Deputy
Director. “We hope that families feel a sense
of belonging and connection when they
come through our doors.”
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NC Passes Anti-Marriage
Equality Amendment
V
oters in North Carolina have adopted Amendment One,
a state constitutional amendment that prohibits marriage
equality and any form of legal relationship recognition for
gay and lesbian North Carolinians.
While North Carolina already denies gay
and lesbian couples the fundamental
freedom to marry, Amendment One writes a
ban into the state’s constitution.
The amendment, which was passed on
May 8, 2012 with more than 60 percent of
the vote, goes beyond restricting marriage
equality and poses a serious threat to the
well-being of families, children, women and
seniors in North Carolina according to many
civil liberty groups that have opposed it.
“The passage of Amendment One is a
profound injustice. Singling out a class of
citizens for discriminatory treatment is
unfair, unlawful and violates basic American
values,” said American Foundation for Equal
Rights Executive Director Adam Umhoefer.
“Gay and lesbian Americans, like their
fellow citizens, want nothing more than to
marry the person they love. Committed,
loving couples and their families should
not be denied this most fundamental
freedom.”
Nationally, a bipartisan analysis of
polling data spanning more than a decade
showed steady growth in support for the
freedom to marry over a 13-year period,
with a striking acceleration over the past
two years.
In 2011 Gallup found 53 percent
supported the freedom to marry
nationwide, with more than half a dozen
other polls showing majority support. This
surge is the result of evolving positions
among every group analyzed, including
older Americans and Republicans, groups
that have been the least supportive of the
freedom to marry.
SF GLBT History Museum
Offers Free Audio Guide
T
he SF GLBT History Museum has created a dynamic new
tool to help visitors discover the history of LGBT life in San
Francisco: anyone with a cell phone or smartphone can listen
to a digital audio tour.
Museum-goers can hear exhibition curators
provide new insights and tell deeper stories;
also included are historic audio clips and
recollections from community members.
“The audio tour takes you beyond what you
learn from the texts and labels in the display
cases,” notes Don Romesburg, one of the
curators of “Our Vast Queer Past,” the
museum’s main gallery show. “The tour
explores why we chose certain themes and
what we find most compelling. Sometimes it’s
a closer look at one object, telling its backstory
or highlighting details you might otherwise
miss. Other times, we point out bigger issues a
case raises.“
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Funding for the digital phone service that
supports the tour for 2012 was provided by
museum volunteer Daniel Morvant through a
grant from his employer, Wells Fargo.
Multimedia producer John Raines donated his
recording and editing skills to give the tour a
fully professional polish.
The audio tour is divided into two dozen
separate one-minute sections, and visitors can
listen to any or all of them by entering the
appropriate section number into their cell
phones or smartphones. The tour is free with
the price of admission to the museum.
For more information, visit
www.glbthistory.org.
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Gay Men Have Higher Rates Of
Hate-Motivated Physical Violence
A
ccording to a new study from the Williams Institute, gay
men face higher rates of hate-motivated physical violence
than lesbians, bisexuals or other federally protected groups
with high rates of hate crimes.
This revelation is especially troubling
given prior research has shown that sexual
orientation-motivated hate crimes tend to be
more violent.
“These findings suggest that additional
research is needed to explore why gay men
are more likely to experience and/or report
physical victimization and crimes against
their property,” said the study’s author,
Rebecca L. Stotzer, Associate Professor and
the Director of Distance Education at the
University of Hawai‘i, Mnoa and Visiting
Scholar at the Williams Institute.
Among the research findings, 26 in
100,000 gay men reported being victims of
hate-motivated crimes against persons,
compared to ten in 100,000 lesbians, five in
100,000 African-Americans, and five in
100,000 Jewish Americans. Gay men also
face the second highest risk of being victims
of hate-motivated property crime (nine in
100,000 gay men).
Further, reporting of such hate crimes is
likely underrepresented since data reflect
only those who report such crimes to local
law enforcement, who then choose whether
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to report the data to the FBI.
Although prior research has suggested that
lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, Jews and
African-Americans experience similar levels
of overall victimization, this study is the first
to demonstrate that these groups do not
experience the same types of hate crimes
and that when lesbians, gay men, and
bisexuals are considered separately, gay men
experience more hate crimes.
The full hate crimes study can be accessed
at: http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/
research/violence-crime/comparison-hatecrime-rates-update/.
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Mercy Medical Group Settles Over
Complaints Of HIV Discrimination
T
he Justice Department has announced that it has reached
two settlements resolving claims that health care providers
refused to serve people with HIV in violation of the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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The settlements were announced May 11
in Washington.
The first complaint was filed by a man
with HIV who went to the Mercy Medical
Group Midtown Clinic in Sacramento, Calif.
After meeting with the patient and
examining him, a podiatrist at the clinic
informed the patient of his treatment
options. Although surgery was one of the
treatment options, the podiatrist incorrectly
told the patient that he could not perform
the surgery because of a risk that he would
contract HIV from the patient during
surgery.
The United States determined that the
podiatrist’s actions violated the ADA by
denying the patient the full and equal
enjoyment of the services offered at the
clinic on the basis of his disability.
The second complaint was filed by a man
with HIV who went to the Knoxville
Chiropractic Clinic North in Knoxville, Tenn.,
for chiropractic treatment following an
automobile accident.
After examining him, the doctor
determined that the patient required 24
subsequent appointments to treat his
injuries. On his third visit to the clinic,
however, the receptionist informed him that
the doctor would not see him because they
could not treat people “like him.”
The settlement agreements require the
entities to develop and implement a nondiscrimination policy and to train staff on
the requirements of the ADA. In addition,
Mercy Medical Group and CHW Medical
Foundation are required to pay $60,000 to
the complainant and $25,000 as a civil
penalty, and Knoxville Chiropractic Centers
is required to pay $10,000 as a civil penalty.
The ADA requires public
accommodations, like doctors’ offices,
medical clinics, hospitals and other health
care providers, to provide individuals with
disabilities, including people with HIV, equal
access to goods, services, privileges,
accommodations, facilities, advantages and
accommodations.
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Community Profile
words by Bonnie Osborn
Hard Work and Commitment Are
Equalizers in Sacramento Fire Department
E
ven in her early years as a firefighter, Kim Iannucci says she
never experienced discrimination from fellow firefighters
because she was a lesbian, although she never hid the fact.
Now, having risen through the ranks to Assistant Chief, Iannucci
is a tangible example of the Sacramento City Fire Department’s
culture of diversity.
Iannucci has been a firefighter since age
19, when she went to work as a wildland
firefighter for the then California
Department of Forestry (now known as
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection,
or CalFire).
She joined the Sacramento Fire
Department in 1981, working her way
through academy training to join the line at
just age 21. At that time, there were only two
has been wracked by city budget cuts over
the past few years, it continues to strive for
a diverse workforce that reflects the
demographic makeup of the city. To that
end, the department is using its Fire
Reserve Program to recruit and train
young people as volunteers. The program
participates in community job fairs and
local schools to encourage young people to
get involved in Fire Reserve.
Sacramento Fire Department Assistant Chief Kim Iannucci flanked by fellow Assistant Chiefs
Michael Bartley and Niko King.
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other women with the Sacramento
department.
In 1981, “there were a few individuals that
let you know women shouldn’t be there,” she
recalls. “I didn’t really care what they
thought.”
Hiring and promotions in the city agency
were, and are, based on civil service exam
scores, which are blind to race, gender and
sexual orientation.
“I got lucky, and I landed in the right
place,” she says today. “If you are lesbian, or
gay, white or black or Hispanic, in this
department, all we care about is, do you
come in here to do your job, or just to get a
paycheck? If you are willing to get involved,
get engaged and be a part of the department;
if you are willing to do what it takes to get
the training you need; if you have the strong
values and a clean background so we can get
you hired, I don’t see any hindrance.”
In her current position, Iannucci oversees
the C shift: Sacramento firefighters work in
three shifts, each shift consisting of 48
consecutive hours on duty, followed by 96
hours off. She also oversees recruit and
in-service training for the department.
Although the Sacramento Fire Department
“Philosophically, if we are hiring within
our city, if we grab individuals who live
and work here, who exhibit the kind of
character that they are motivated to be a
firefighter with us, typically the make-up of
the department is going to represent the
people who live here,” Iannucci says.
“When young people join the Fire Reserve
at age 18, it gives us three years to get
them ready, get them connected to the
organizational culture. As an organization,
we get attached to the people that we see
coming up and who want to be
firefighters, and we want them as
firefighters.”
Iannucci resides in Sacramento with her
partner, Lee, one dog and four cats. The
couple enjoys surfing, cycling, hiking and
gym workouts and caring for their home.
For information about the Sacramento
Fire Department’s Fire Reserve program,
call 916-808-1300, and for more
information on the Sacramento Fire
Department, visit SacFire.org.
Bonnie Osborn is a writer and the owner
of Writeaway Communications Services.
She can be reached at 916-212-9110 or
Bonnie@WriteAwayCommunications.biz
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Community Profile
Barefoot Wine’s Founders Do
Well By Doing Good
T
he story of how Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey in
1986 launched a scrappy new brand that would transform
the U.S. wine industry is one of accidental opportunity
and the vision and courage to seize it. “We fell into the business
backwards,” Harvey says today.
And seize it they did. Houlihan, a wine
industry business management consultant,
and Harvey, an office manager, got their
accidental opportunity when one of Harvey’s
clients, a grape grower, was left on the hook
for three years’ worth of grape crop by a
winery that turned out to be in the throes of
bankruptcy.
In the course of negotiating payment for
his grower client, Houlihan persuaded the
winery, to bottle up and repay the grower in
Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc
bulk wine — wine made from the very
Alexander Valley grapes, it turned out, that
had come from Harvey’s grower client to
begin with.
That was a start, but once they had the
bottled wine, they still needed a label,
licenses, a distribution system and
marketing, Houlihan says. “We didn’t know
what we were doing. That started a period of
research.”
They began to research the wine business,
talking to government officials, suppliers and
retail stores. One of the first companies they
approached about carrying their as yet
unbranded wine was Northern Californiabased Lucky Stores. A Lucky executive
advised them on what type of wine would
sell. The ideal label, he told them, should be
visible from a 4-foot distance, should stand
out from other labels, be an easily
pronounceable name, and the label image
should match the name.
The plan hit another snag, though, when
Harvey’s grower client decided he did not
want to be in the business of marketing and
distribution. The solution: Harvey and
Houlihan hired him to be their winemaker.
Now that they knew a little more about
what they were doing, it was time to create
their label. The label image — a bare foot —
came to Harvey in a vision. They sent the
concept to an artist for development, but the
perfect shape and angle of the foot eluded
her. The perfect foot, it turns out, was at the
end of Harvey’s leg. Using the biggest inkpad
they could find, Harvey stamped her foot on
a piece of artists’ paper, and the famous
Barefoot label was born.
Meanwhile, they converted the laundry
room of the Sonoma County farmhouse they
rented into their winery HQ, removing the
door and placing it across two sawhorses for
a desk.
Now that they had their bottled wine, their
licenses and their label, they went back to
their Lucky Stores contact — only to come up
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against yet another roadblock. The Lucky
exec said he couldn’t buy their unknown
brand of wine until the two had spent a
couple million dollars in TV advertising.
Without $2 million to spend on branding, he
said, “You can go out and sell to every little
grocery store there is.”
So they did, starting in the Bay Area, then
expanding to independent grocers in Santa
Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey toasting to
your good health with one of their favorite
Barefoot Wines.
Barbara, Mendocino, Lake Tahoe and
Sacramento. In 1999, Lucky Stores became
the first chain to carry the Barefoot brand.
Harvey and Houlihan hired Randy Arnold
as Barefoot’s National Sales Manager after
noticing Arnold was outselling other
distributors. Shortly after joining the
company, Arnold decided to come out
publicly as a gay man. It was 1990, a time
when AIDS was devastating the gay
community, and ignorance and fear of
contagion were widespread. Arnold was
concerned the resulting prejudice,
particularly in the conservative wine
industry, might damage the Barefoot brand.
“For us to hire a gay national sales manager
for a food product was very gutsy at the
time,” Harvey recalls.
With no marketing budget, but with a
large stock of wine, Arnold expanded
Barefoot’s “worthy cause marketing” plan by
donating Barefoot wine to LGBT
organizations and causes. Other staff
members questioned the strategy. “Aren’t you
worried that your wine will be known as the
‘gay wine?’” they asked. “We said, we’re
worried that it won’t be, we are putting so
much energy into that community,”
Houlihan recalls.
Barefoot has also donated wine and
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Goal for Single Gay Games Abandoned
R
epresentatives of the boards of the international Federation
of Gay Games (FGG) and the Gay and Lesbian International
Sports Association (GLISA) meeting in Montreal in early
May were unable to approve a memorandum of understanding for
a joint event in 2018 that would have brought together the Gay
Games and the World Outgames.
This was to be the final step in a process
that began over two years ago to respond to
the desire of stakeholders to provide a single
quadrennial LGBT sports and cultural event.
“This was a noble effort by both the FGG
and GLISA to identify the best way to hold
our sports and cultural festivals along with a
human rights component in a single
combined event for all our constituents,” said
FGG Co-President Kurt Dahl.
Differences between the two groups
included the financial burden placed on the
host. The current Gay Games model has
financial risk being shared between the FGG
and the host organization, and the FGG
board believes it is important to maintain
this principle.
Another was the FGG’s belief that the best
way for individuals to make an informed
choice when voting for site selection is to be
physically present at the selection meeting.
A final offer for the proposed combined
2018 event was made in Montreal by the
FGG the afternoon of May 6, but was not
accepted by GLISA at the end of the
extension they proposed.
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The process of choosing the host of Gay
Games X in 2018, previously delayed so as
to offer every chance for reaching agreement
on a single event, will begin immediately
with the publication of a Request For
Information (RFI) to be followed by the
beginning of July 2012 with a Request For
Proposals (RFP).
The ninth edition of the quadrennial Gay
Games will be held in Cleveland and Akron,
OH from August 9-16, 2014. For information
about Gay Games IX visit
www.2014gaygamescleveland.com.
Cleveland will be the host city for Gay
Games IX in August of 2014.
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When Adopting, Support and Resources
Make All the Difference
D
enise and Stephanie met at work in 2000 and began dating
in 2002. Six years later, they were married in Yosemite.
Today, Denise and Stephanie are also the proud parents of
two children through adoption, Savvy (4 ½) and Miles (1 ½).
Both children were adopted individually
from the foster care system with the
assistance and support of Sierra Forever
Families (Sierra), a nonprofit whose mission
is to transform the lives of children living in
foster care. Sierra works side-by-side with
the LGBT community to create forever
families for children in our region; more
than 20 percent of the agency’s families are
LGBT parents.
The two discussed family a few years into
their relationship. “Stephanie always knew
she wanted kids. We knew adoption was
how we wanted to start our family; it just
felt like the right path,” recalls Denise.
For many families, the decision to raise a
child from foster care can take a lot of
consideration. With training and support,
most families feel prepared and ready to
care for a child not born to them. Denise
continues, “Stephanie and I chose adoption
through foster care for many reasons: many
other adoption paths aren’t open to LGBT
parents; we wanted to make an impact in
the community we lived in; we also
appreciated the ample support and resources
available before and after adoption.”
Denise and Stephanie attended multiple
orientations at other foster/adoption agencies
before deciding Sierra was the right fit for
them. Sierra, like most agencies, suggests
individuals and couples attend multiple
orientations to find the agency that best fits
your needs. Aspects of each agency may have
a certain appeal. Denise confirms, “We
ultimately chose Sierra because they had an
established LGBT support group.”
Sierra has hosted its LGBT support group
for ten years. Denise and Stephanie have
been attending the support group for more
than five years; they started attending as
soon as their initial adoption process began.
Denise relays, “We have made great
friends with several families in the support
group and have gained a lot of helpful
knowledge from the other members. It has
been a great sounding board for us. Support
group members include parents with
valuable tips in surviving the adoption
process and child rearing, as well as
professionals such as school principals,
psychologists, teachers, former Court
Today, the children are doing great in their
forever family. “Savvy and Miles both love
reading books and being read to. Savvy is
really into bugs and gardening right now
and spends hours in the backyard helping
her Mama plant vegetables while hunting
for snails and ladybugs. Miles is captivated
with all things transportation related: cars,
trucks, trains, and motorcycles. He also loves
music and can sing his ABC’s and a few
other songs,” Denise proudly shares.
Denise concludes, “We knew parenting
would be the toughest job ever, but we never
Stephanie and Denise with their kids Savvy and Miles.
Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
members, nurses, health care administrators,
ministers, and attorneys. Each memberwhether parent or professional-brings a
unique perspective to the group.”
Denise shares, “Becoming a parent is the
best thing we’ve ever done. Our kids are
both like us in ways and different than us in
other ways. It’s amazing to watch them grow.
Sometimes one of the kids will do
something and we will look at each other
because we know that they acted exactly like
how one of us would act. It’s like seeing
what you were like as a child. I couldn’t
imagine parenting with anyone else; starting
a family with Stephanie is the best choice
I’ve ever made.”
knew our hearts would grow so big or feel
so happy. There are so many resources
available for you and your child- both
financial and emotional. And there are so
many great kids out there, in our local
community, who are waiting to find their
forever families.”
Sierra Forever Families hosts a monthly
orientation for prospective parents. On June
6, Sierra is partnering with IKEA of West
Sacramento to host a special LGBT
orientation from 6-8 p.m. You can also visit
the Sierra Forever Families booth at PRIDE
Festival. Sierra is a proud sponsor of the Kids
Zone at PRIDE – a THANK YOU to all of the
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Outword Magazine 23
The Irony of Marriage
A
commentary by Boyce Hinman
ll across the country, as most recently shown in North
Carolina, it seems the LGBT community and the forces of
conservative Christianity are locked in a titanic battle over
just who can and cannot marry.
Every time a state law is passed allowing
same sex-marriage, or a court order allows it,
the conservative Christians put an initiative
on the state ballot to again ban same-sex
marriage.
Proposition 8 was one such initiative and
it is now working its way up the U.S. appeals
court ladder. Both sides say they will fight
the issue all the way to the U.S. Supreme
Court, if necessary.
And yet, to growing numbers of
Americans, marriage is yesterday’s news. So,
does it really matter?
According to a new Pew Research Institute
report, barely half of Americans over the age
18 are married. The number of couples
married in 2010 dropped a startling five
percent from just the previous year, and the
overall number of married couples has
declined by more than 20 percentage points
since 1960.
The marriage rate in 2010 was 51 percent,
compared with 72 percent in 1960. The
marriage rate among the youngest adult
demographic — 18 to 29-year-olds — has
declined to 20 percent, a third of what it was
in 1960.
Unmarried couples (those who choose to
live together without marrying) made up 12
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percent of U.S. couples in 2010, a 25 percent
increase in ten years, according to recent
Census data.
So, is the right to marry really worth
fighting for?
My answer has to be yes. From a purely
practical perspective, domestic partnership
would probably do, especially if domestic
partners were given all the federal rights
now offered to married couples, along with
all the rights offered by the states in which
they reside.
However, as long as people are allowed to
discriminate in this one way, it establishes
the concept that sometimes it is acceptable to
discriminate against same-sex couples. If
denying the right to marry is legally
acceptable, then maybe it is legal to deny
LGBT people the right to have children, or to
teach in public schools.
Allowing discrimination in marriage,
opens a whole can of worms. It is absolutely
essential that we fight any, and all attempts
to deny our right to marry. We must not give
up until we have won that battle once and
for all.
Boyce Hinman is the founder of the
California Communities United Institute. He
can be reached at b.hinman@calcomui.org
or calcomui.org
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Mike’s Men: Sex, Guys and
Videotape! in New Exhibition
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limited edition prints, and posters spanning the late 1970s to mid2000s. The exhibition runs from June 1 - 30, at Magnet, 4122 18th
St., SF, with an opening reception on Friday, June 1, 8 - 10 p.m.
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Pride
Art Mix
THuRSDAy
The Crocker’s monthly
June 14
themed party, Art Mix,
5– 9 PM
celebrates gay pride.
Badlands Drag Review with hostess Miss Taryn and DJ
Miz-B-Haven • Drag Queen Bingo hosted by Outword
Live performance by the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus
LGBTQ Community Resource Fair • Parents with kids five
and under are invited to visit Tot Land and mingle at the
Families Like Ours Social
Art Mix is every second Thursday and part of the program
series Thursdays ‘til 9.
Visit crockerartmuseum.org
for tickets and information.
216 O Street • Downtown Sacramento • 916.808.7000
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Sacramento Pride 2012
Plenty of Entertainment and
Things to Do at this Year’s Pride
O
ne of the best parts about Sacramento pride is the live on
stage entertainment. This year is no exception, and Pride
will feature two stages full of top-notch entertainment, from
national acts to homegrown talent.
This year’s headliner is Jeff Timmons, the
singer, actress, dancer, costume designer and
founding member of the internationally
makeup artist.
acclaimed, multi-platinum, Grammy
Tyler Rich, an amazing singer/songwriter
nominated boy band 98 Degrees.
from Northern California, has performed
98 Degrees broke onto the scene with the
alongside artists such as Taking Back
hit single and Stevie Wonder duet, “True to
Sunday, Say Anything, Boys Like Girls,
Your Heart.” In addition to selling
Cobra Starship, Jason Reeves, Eric
more than 15 million
Hutchinson and many others.
albums worldwide, 98
He is currently in the studio
Degrees produced
recording his debut LP and has
such mega-hits as
recently completed a 3D fan
“The Hardest
video featuring his single
Thing,” “I Do
Jeff Timmons
“Crushed on You.”
(Cherish You),”
Hailing from Puerto Rico,
“Give Me Just
21-year-old Kenya Michaels
One Night
became a global sensation on
(Una Noche),”
RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 4.
“Because of
At just 5-feet-tall, Michaels packs
You” and the
a tremendous amount of talent
number one hit
into her tiny body, wowing
single featuring
audiences around the world with her
Mariah Carey, “Thank
high-energy performances and sweet,
God I Found You.”
lovable personality.
Jeff also served a stint as a Chippendale,
Pollo Del Mar &
but has since hung up their trademark
The GlamZone,
Phi Phi O’hara
white collar and bow tie and is
dubbed “The
currently hard at work writing his
(Drag) Queen
first book, recording a new record,
of All Media”
and building out his new Las
by The
Vegas show, which will open in
Huffington
the summer of 2012.
Post, is an
“Hold on there Bitch, I’m the
awardheadliner at this shindig,” says Phi
winning Bay
Phi O’hara the Drag Queen that
Area
everyone loved to hate, and then
entertainer,
love again on this season’s RuPaul’s
celebrity
Drag Race where she placed in the top
journalist, activist,
three.
magazine cover girl and
Originally from San Antonio, Miss Phi Phi
is a nationally recognized female
SAC PRIDE
impersonator, who is also an exceptional
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Official Pride Guide
The Parade
Saturday, June 2 - Parade Starts at 11am
2012 Parade Route
The Parade
Help Us Spread The Word
The 2012 Sacramento Pride Parade
will start at the corner of 4th and N
Streets and end on 10th and N Streets.
Following the parade, spectators can
use festival entrances on 5th or 7th
Streets.
The Pride Parade is a big tradition in the Pride movement,
dating back to the original concept 40 years ago.
Participants in the 2012 Pride Parade include the Wells
Fargo Bank Stagecoach, PG&E, Regional Transit, SMUD,
Sacramento Police and Fire reprentatives, the San
Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, CARES Clinic,
Sacramento Valley Veterans, and many others entries.
Bring your friends and family. Cheer
for your favorite organizations and
businesses, then follow the parade right
to the Festival gate, just in time for the
Festival Opening Ceremonies! Opening
Ceremonies start at noon.
10th Street
9th Street
8th Street
Capitol Mall / Festival Area
7th Street
6th Street
5th Street
4th Street
3rd Street
L Street
Grandstand
N Street
Parade Start
Parade End
The Festival Entertainment All Day Long
Capitol Mall, Between 4th & 7th Streets
Children Under 5 - Free
Ride your bike to Pride and park it at the Bicycle Corral located at
the 7th Street Entrance.
Entrance
Official Pride Parking: Only $10 for All-Day Parking
A portion of your parking fee will go to support
Sacramento Pride and the programs and services
of the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center.
Official Pride Parking Locations:
• 400 Capitol Mall (Wells Fargo Tower) – enter from N Street,
turning left on 4th.
• 555 Capitol Mall (U.S. Bank Tower) – enter on 6th Street just
south of L and make your first right hand turn.
• Check www.sacramentopride.org before you leave home for
traffic alerts or changes.
Parking Hints and Tips:
• Please note: Meters and limited-time parking is enforced on
Saturday and will be strictly enforced by the City of Sacramento.
• Parking near the Pride Parade start area (4th & N streets) is
often metered or time-limited . . . Be careful.
• If you drive, plan to arrive early. Parking fills early. And remember
to watch out for the parade route down N Street, stepping off at
11am, sharp.
• Let others do the driving. Support our generous Sacramento
Pride sponsors, Regional Transit and Amtrak. RT Light Rail will
take you right to the Pride
Festival grounds. And the
Amtrak station is just a
few blocks away.
4th Street
Parking
3rd Street
L Street
N Street
Entrance
7th Street
Pre-purchase your tickets online and receive a one of a kind
Official Pride Backpack! Use the code OW1 and get $1 off your
Pride ticket today.
East Entrance: 7th St. & Capitol Mall
North Entrance: 5th & L Streets
South Entrance: 5th & N Streets
6th Street
Sacramento Pride is produced by the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian
Center.
5th Street
Saturday, June 2, 11am - 5pm
Adults - $10 each
Entrance
Festival Highlights
5th Street
4th Street
3rd Street
The 2012 Sacramento Pride will have two stages, the Capitol City Stage and the
River City Stage. The full schedule for the Capitol City Stage is on the following
page. The River City Stage will feature a wide variety of talented local artists.
The Emcees will include Empress 34 Deneka St. James and Empress 39 Jowana
Piece St. James from CGNIE, Inc. Check sacramentopride.org for a full list of
River City Stage performers.
C
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Kids Zone
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Sponsored by Sierra Forever Families & Stanford Youth Solutions
Sponsored by Stanford Youth Solutions and Sierra Forever Families, the Kids
Zone will be full of fun activities for the kiddos and their families. Located in
front of the Wells Fargo building, the Kids Zone will have a jump house, face
painting, art projects, summer games, prize wheel and much more! Kids Five
and under are free to get into the Festival so bring the family down for some fun
in the sun (kids must be accompanied by adult while in the Kids Zone).
Kennedy Gallery Art Zone
For the first time at Pride there will be an Art Zone provided by the Kennedy
Gallery. Come check out local art and support local artists!
Dance Pavilions
This year Sacramento Pride will have two Dance Pavilions. Local DJ’s will be
spinning a mix of today’s hot music, country, latin, club hits and more! Put on
your dancing shoes and join the fun!
Pavilion 1
11am - Noon
Noon - 1pm
1pm - 2pm
2pm - 3pm
3pm - 4pm
4pm - 5pm
5pm - Close
D
F
7th Street
Entrance
L Street
6th Street
Entertainment Stages
D-Menace (Infinite Entertainment/I-D-N)
DJ Sue (Badlands)
DJ Robert Long
DJ Freezto (Infinite Entertainment/I-D-N)
DJ Swex (Badlands)
DJ Kevz (Faces)
D-Menace & DJ Freezto
(Infinite Entertainment/I-D-N)
The Dance Pavilion brought to you by
Pavilion 2
Noon - 2pm Latin DJ Alex
(Badlands)
2pm - 4pm
4pm - 5pm
Country Guest DJ
DJ Rick Flare
(Badlands)
N Street
Entrance
A River City Stage
D Dance Pavillion
B Kids Zone
E Capitol City Stage
C Food Court
F Art Zone
Entrance
Entertainment Capitol City Stage
Emcee
Taryn Thru u
Kaylah Marin
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Sacramento Women’s Chorus
Noon
Welcome & National Anthem
12:15pm
Sacramento Drag Queens
12:30pm
Cheer SF along with Cheer
Folsom Elite & Sacramento
Sirens
1:00pm
Tasha Kame
2:15pm
Jovi Radtke
2:45pm
Cheer San Francisco
along with Cheer Folsom Elite
& Sacramento Sirens
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Singer/Songwriter of Tasha Kame
11:45am
Jeff TiMMOnS
International Recording Artist from 98°
3:15pm
Jeff Timmons
3:50pm
Tyler Rich
4:30pm
Phi Phi O’Hara along with
Kenya Michaels, Pollo Del Mar
& Guests
Tyler rich
Singer Songwriter
Phi Phi O’hara
RuPaul’s Drag Race Superstar Season 4
Kenya MichaelS
RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 4
POllO Del Mar
The GlamaZONE, Bay Area entertainer
5:30pm
Roni & the Flight
2 EACH STARTING AT 11am
$
Thank You!
Support Those Who Support Our Community
The 2012 Sacramento Pride Sponsors
Sacramento Pride would not be possible without the
support of our generous sponsors! Please stop by their
Festival exhibits and patronize their businesses and
organizations throughout the year.
CARES
City of Sacramento Animal Care Services
Power of Two Promotions
CGNIE Vision Service Plan Western Health Advantage Schools Financial Credit Union
KStreetVenues.com The Effort Lyon Real Estate Downtown Emphathy Therapy
Thank You, Sacramento Pride Volunteers
Sacramento Pride depends upon the commitment and hard work of
hundreds of volunteers. When you see someone wearing a Pride
Volunteer shirt, it means that person has donated their personal
time to helping make Sacramento Pride a success. Take a minute
to say hello and thanks for their contributions to our Sacramento
community.
Board of Directors, Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center
David Heitstuman, President
Rosanna Herber, Vice President
Rob Wilcox, Secretary
Gail Mancarti
Kim Tucker
Benjamin Phillips-Lesenana
Arvin Magusara
Babak Hosseini
Shara Murphy, Executive Director
Details Details, Meeting & Event Planning, Pride Director
Pride Committee Members
Eric Barber
Johnathan Cameron
Rob Clemons
Allison Cole
Kaye Crawford
Michael Crawford
Jeremy Fristoe
Jay Hyde
Bryce McAnally
Handyman Brandon McElhaney
Fred Palmer
Jim Petrick
Ken Pierce
Rick Russell
Scott Selzam
Tony Southworth
Tyler Riedel
Brian Vaccarezza
About the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center
The Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center is dedicated to serving the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community of the greater
Sacramento area and surrounding counties and its allies by providing
space, diverse programming, advocacy, and cultural activities in an
affirming, compassionate, and safe environment.
It is an explicit goal of all Center programs to be inclusive and
representative of the diversity found in the Sacramento community.
Honoring, promoting and celebrating our community’s diversity is
a central organizing principle for the Center. Every staff member,
board member and volunteer is committed to helping to create an
environment where each individual can feel respected, welcomed
and understood. The Center provides services without regard to race,
ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability,
religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry,
genetic characteristics, political belief or activity, status as a veteran,
or any other characteristic protected by federal, state and local laws.
The doors are open 50 hours a week to help anyone struggling with
their sexual identity. The Center holds 12 weekly programs as well as
seven others it hosts from local groups such as 12-Step programs.
The Center provides legal services, classes in sign language, Second
Saturday events, the volunteer Lavender Angels who patrol Midtown
in the evening, and more.
Please support the Center with your financial contributions.
Visit www.saccenter.org for more information.
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Rodeo School & Dance Replace
Cancelled Sierra Stampede Rodeo
W
ith a simple announcement on their web site, and a bit of
a cowboy’s lament, Sacramento’s Capital Crossroads Gay
Rodeo Association (SCCGRA) has announced that they’ve
had to cancel the Sierra Stampede for 2012.
While there are several reasons for the
cancellation, the good news is that SCCGRA
will be holding a fun day of alternative
events that include a hands on rodeo school,
The Rodeo School will be from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the Central Park Horse Arena located
at 848 Elkhorn Blvd., in Rio Linda.
Registration will open at the rodeo grounds
at 8:15 a.m.
“Calf Roping on Foot, Chute Dogging and
Steer Decorating instruction will be given by
a group of SCCGRA rodeo competition team
members that have many years of
experience in each of these events,” said Wes
Wilkinson, SCCGRA President. “Some of the
instructors have been competing in Gay
Rodeo for over 15 years and have earned
buckles in these events.”
Junior Bull Riding lessons will be given by
Bill Lyle, a former Bull Riding Champion
and rodeo livestock contractor from Morgan
Hill. He will be supplying the rodeo
livestock for this year’s Rodeo School and
has been providing livestock to the
International Gay Rodeo Association for over
eight years.
Wes Wilkinson, back to camera, talks to
The Rodeo School will consist of
students about safety and safety equipment at
SCCGRA’s Rodeo School held in April, 2009.
instruction and demonstration in each of the
four events, followed by a “hands on”
a “cool-down” pool party and a country
dance later in the evening – all scheduled for experience to practice your skills and
techniques learned during the instruction.
June 9.
No experience is necessary to participate
in any of the four rodeo events and all skill
levels are welcome. The only requirement is
you must be at least 18 years old to
participate in the Rodeo School and rodeos
on the IGRA circuit.
“The cost of the Rodeo School is $30 for
the whole day of events, and includes lunch
and a one year membership to our Rodeo
Association,” said Wilkinson. “If you want to
come and watch the events and not
participate in the School, the lunch will be
$10. Volunteers are needed in and out of the
arena, and everyone is welcome to come
watch.”
The afternoon social and “cool-down” pool
party will be held at the W-Bar Ranch. Final
planning details for the pool party and
Country Dance are still in the works, so
please log onto capitalcrossroads.org for the
final details.
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Community Profile
Camille Wojtasiak: Doing Well to Do Good
F
inancial advisor Camille Wojtasiak has achieved a great deal
of professional and career success, but next to her family, it is
her service to the arts community of which she is most proud.
Association and to other community-based
organizations.
Although she still dances for exercise,
Wojtasiak says her priorities have changed in
After nearly 14 years as a Certified
While at Merrill Lynch, Wojtasiak was
recent years. “I’ve been thinking of starting
Financial Planner Professional with Merrill
named one of Sacramento’s top financial
again, but I probably will never dance with
Lynch, Wojtasiak left her Assistant Vice
advisors in the Sacramento Business Journal the intensity I once did,” she says. “I have a
President position there late last year to join as determined by The National Association
family, a wonderful girlfriend, and an
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, as an Associate
of Board Certified Advisory Practices
amazing daughter, so my priorities are a
Vice President of Investments — a change of (NABCAP) in 2011.
little different.”
environment she says has been exhilarating.
Within the LGBT and arts communities,
She has not lost her enthusiasm for the
arts and for supporting arts organizations,
though. She is a long-time supporter of the
Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian
Film Festival and was recognized by SIGLFF
for Extraordinary Philanthropy during the
organization’s 20th anniversary celebration
in 2011.
In addition to her ongoing commitment to
raise funds for SIGLFF, she would like to
help produce or raise funds to bring in
outside groups. “With so many needs in the
community, the arts have a hard time raising
money,” Wojtasiak says. “That’s why I focus
most of my fundraising there. The San
Francisco-based Sarah Bush Dance Project’s
2011 ‘Rocked by Women’ production, a
historical review of women’s contributions to
the art of dance, would be a wonderful show
to bring to Sacramento,” she says.
“I love my job, and it has provided me
with wonderful life,” she says. “But I am
Camille Wojtasiak with her partner Natalie, Camille’s daughter Jordan and Natalie’s son Amir.
most proud of the things I do to serve the
Wojtasiak is perhaps best known as a former community…. I would like to make more
“This was the first job I ever interviewed
competitive ballroom dancer and as founder money, so I could give more money.”
for that I interviewed as myself, as an out
of Sacramento Dancesport Project.
lesbian,” she says. “Wells Fargo is very into
Wojtasiak can be reached through Wells
Launched in 2001, Dancesport originally
diversity, and they actively recruit diverse
Fargo Advisors, LLC, located at 400 Capitol
was envisioned as an organization where
candidates, LGBTI in particular. The energy
Mall, Suite 1700, or at 916-443-4493
here is amazing; it’s a really wonderful place same-sex couples and gay and lesbian people
About NABCAP’s Methodology: “The primary focus
could learn to dance. It quickly evolved into of our Board of Directors is to serve the needs of the
to work.”
investing public. Our multi-step verification process
a competitive ballroom dance company,
Wojtasiak says her financial advising
utilizes independent resources to objectively account
practice is somewhat unique in that she has winning several championships in national
for the accuracy and consistency of advisory practices.
and international competition.
a relatively small list of high net worth
Comprehensively evaluating and validating twenty
It also produced annual shows featuring
clients for whom she provides
categories within a financial advisory practice
comprehensive services. Most of her business both local dance students and internationally distinguishes our process. NABCAP’s methodology is
comes from word-of-mouth referrals, and she known professionals and, with grant funding, unique in deciphering advisors because it is primarily
not subjective. The Board’s attention is
provided dance lessons to low-income youth objective
has some clients from the earliest days of
centered on investor’s financial needs and an advisory
through the Sacramento Mutual Housing
her career.
practice’s probability to service those needs...”
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NorCal AIDS Cyclists Return
The NorCal AIDS Cyclists finished their grueling four day ride across the Sacramento Valley
with a triumphant return to the State Capitol on Sunday, May 20. The cyclists and
crewmembers raised an amazing, and best ever, $304,000 for northern California AIDS
Service providers and charities — and a well earned heroes welcome at the Capitol!
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Diana Ross & Liza Minnelli
Release Live Concerts
T
wo certified divas, long cherished by the gay community,
both have live product just out. Diana Ross has finally
released a DVD of her memorable free concert in Central
Park, while Liza Minnelli makes her entire 1974 Winter Garden
concert available on CD for the first time.
Diana Ross Live in Central Park
If you missed it recently on PBS, you can
now see the complete, uncut DVD version of
the legendary free concert that Diana Ross
gave for the people of New York City nearly
30 years ago, on July 21, 1983.
Ross braved high winds and an electrical
storm during the rain-shortened show on
day one then came back the next night to
give the full-length make-up concert she had
promised the enormous crowd from the day
before. This DVD contains both historic
shows and all her biggest hits.
usually associated with her, including “I Can
See Clearly Now,” “If You Could Read My
Mind,” and Stevie Wonder’s “You and I.”
The CD is worth getting if only for
Minnelli’s hilarious rendition of “Exactly
Like Me.”
Liza Minnelli Live at The Winter
Garden
Minnelli has had innumerable live DVDs
and CDs out before this one, but the eclectic
set list and the timing – the singer was
hotter than hot in the mid-‘70s – make Liza
Minnelli Live at The Winter Garden a
must-have for her fans.
In addition to Minnelli staples such as
“Cabaret” and “Maybe This Time,” the singer
includes fine interpretations of titles not
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The Last Dance for Donna Summer
An Appreciation of the Disco Queen
by Chris Narloch
N
obody faked an orgasm quite like Donna Summer. Known as
the Queen of Disco, Summer, who died on May 17 at the age
of 63 after a battle with cancer, began her recording career by
charting one of the sexiest singles in the history of pop music.
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“Love to Love You Baby” was the song in
question, and it featured the singer moaning
and groaning over a disco beat, as if in the
throes of ecstasy. That infamous single,
which was banned by many radio stations in
1976, helped launch both the disco era and
Summer’s international career.
Summer often said that she had recorded
“Love to Love You Baby” the way she
imagined Marilyn Monroe would have sung
it, cooing the lyrics in a softer, higher voice
than her normal register.
As a result, critics and many music fans
wrote her off as a one-hit
wonder. It wouldn’t be the
only time that Summer
had the last laugh; even
after the disco era officially
ended, she continued to
have hits on the dance
charts and tour frequently
well into the 21st century.
At the height of her
career, in the late ‘70s,
Summer ruled both the
airwaves and the dance
floor. She was a five-time
Grammy Award winner,
charted four number-one
singles in the U.S. within a
13-month period, and was
the first artist to have three
consecutive double albums
reach number one on the
Billboard charts.
The singer’s
unforgettable mezzosoprano voice transcended
the often-anonymous
confines of disco, and she
applied it to a wide variety
of singles, including the
power pop perfection of
“Heaven Knows,” the
timeless R&B ballad “Last Dance,” and the
rock-fueled hit “Hot Stuff.”
Summer co-wrote many of her biggest
hits, and she was an accomplished pianist,
but it was her gospel-based singing style,
honed early on in her family’s Boston church
that gave her a career and allowed her to
survive the demise of disco.
Along with her most frequent producers,
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, Summer
helped perfect a disco sound that featured
pulsating synthesizers. Their collaboration
produced the innovative and still-influential
smash, “I Feel Love.”
That huge single was followed up by,
among others, Summer’s hit duet with
Barbra Streisand (“No More Tears”), a
dynamite version of Jimmy Webb’s
“MacArthur Park,” and her soulful tribute to
working women, “She Works Hard For The
Money.”
Summer’s early popularity as “the first
lady of love” coincided with, and some
would say helped fuel, both the sexual
revolution and gay liberation during the ‘70s.
So it was a shock when, in 1979, she became
a born-again Christian and for a time
stopped singing some of her hottest hits.
Many of the singer’s followers, and
especially her large gay fan-base, felt
betrayed by her religious conversion, and
rumors began to circulate that Summer was
a homophobe who had made anti-gay
comments. (She repeatedly denied the
T he late Donna Summer
accusations and also apologized for any hurt
that they may have caused.)
In later years, Summer seemed more
comfortable with the Disco Queen tag and
the music industry’s attempts to keep her in
that box. (She joked that she was too old to
be a Queen and would like to be considered
an Empress.)
I was lucky enough to see Summer
perform live on a number of occasions, and
she was one of the few disco era artists who
sounded even better outside the studio. In
concert, she was free to sing whatever she
wanted, and I was floored by her power and
versatility on material that ranged from
Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile” and Ray Charles’
“Georgia” to the Gershwin’s “Someone To
Watch Over Me.”
From bad girl to born-again Christian,
Donna Summer had a remarkable life and
career, and her best music will never go out
of style.
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From Baby Steps to Riots, We
Have Earned Our Pride
W
by Matthew Burlingame
hile LGBT history extends far beyond just the past 43
years, marked by the Stonewall Riots of 1969, those riots
are to this day regarded as the official outing of American
gays into the modern LGBT rights movement.
“There were gay riots before Stonewall,
though” says LGBT educator Craig Cannon.
“In 1959 in Los Angeles, police started
arresting gays at Cooper’s Donuts and people
began throwing food at them. Then in 1966
police tried to remove a transwoman from
The decade after Stonewall saw many
advances for the LGBT community. Not only
did the sexual revolution for gay men begin,
but activists brought gay politics to the
forefront of social change.
In 1973 the American Psychiatric
Davis in 2004 celebrated Pride in the park, much as Sacramento celebrated the first few
years of Sacramento Pride, known at the time as The Lambda Freedom Fair, in McKinley Park.
Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco and it
resulted in two nights of rioting.
Groups like the Mattachine Society and
Daughters of Bilitis did their best to advance
gay rights in those decades, but coming out
in the 50s and 60s was practically impossible
for most.”
“It was difficult,” says Jerry Sloan, best
known to Sacramento as the founding father
of the Lambda Center (now the Sacramento
Gay & Lesbian Center). “There were no
community centers and most reference
books stated homosexuals were sick. In
larger cities the only sources for meeting
other gays were cruising spots or gay bars
– and not nice gay bars like FACES or
Badlands. People living in rural areas were
really isolated and often felt they were the
only queer in the world.”
So what was so pivotal about the events at
Stonewall that it changed the course of our
community’s history?
“I think it was a multitude of reasons,”
answers Cannon. “The women’s and black
rights movements were making huge strides
towards equal rights. The story made the
national press and sounded a wake-up call
to gays all over the country. But the true
reason may lie in that the gloves had finally
come off; before Stonewall, protests were
small groups of gay men in suits and ties
and lesbians in skirts and neatly pressed
dresses trying to emulate their hetero
counterparts. The war cry at Stonewall was
given by the drag queens – and it was heard
around the entire country.”
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Association removed homosexuality from its
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, and in 1974 Kathy Kozachenko of
Ann Arbor, Michigan won a seat on the city
council, becoming the first openly gay
American elected to public office. That
victory was followed in 1977 by San
Francisco’s Harvey Milk, who was elected to
the County Board of Supervisors and who
was assassinated only a year later.
The 1980s saw a detour for the LGBT
rights movement as our community dealt
with the devastation caused by the HIV/
AIDS epidemic.
“AIDS – a disease that almost seemed
aimed at us – devastated an entire
generation of gay men, including the queens
that rioted at Stonewall and the artists and
politicians who where shaping our culture.
They were the foundation of our Pride
movement,” says Craig Spatola, Executive
Director at Breaking Barriers, which
provides services for people who are at risk
for or living with HIV/AIDS and breast
cancer. “Their voices and stories are now
missing.”
The AIDS crisis was so monumental for
our community that it permeated and was
reflected in every bit of our culture. “After
about 1984 you couldn’t pick up a gaythemed book or movie without seeing the
influence of AIDS,” says Cannon. “It sent
many of us back into the closet and kept
others from ever walking out. And worse,
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heterosexual society now stigmatized gay
men as disease carriers.”
“It also made our celebrations more
poignant,” Spatola explains. “We were losing
friends, mentors, relatives and lovers every
single day. AIDS activist groups like ACT UP
formed and demanded attention – they
helped us learn how to protest, how to resist,
how to fight and how to win.
“The Pride movement itself, which has led
to the marriage equality movement and a
demand for equality in all aspects of life,
learned a lot from the early days of activism
for HIV/AIDS.” The LGBT movement plugged along both
socially and politically during most of the
1990s, seeing huge social awareness of gay
issues with events such as Ellen DeGeneres’
coming out on a top ten nationally
syndicated television show, to the beginning
of Gay Days at Disneyland, as well as more
and more openly LGBT people being elected
to public office.
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having leading and long-term recurring
characters being LGBT.
Will & Grace, Battlestar Galactica and Dr.
Who were but a few mainstream shows
whose LGBT characters became fan
favorites. Shows such as Queer As Folk and
The L Word, which were marketed
specifically to gay audiences, also became
wildly successful.
“There is no way to dismiss the
tremendous impact LGBT characters in
mainstream media have made in advancing
gay rights,” says Cannon. “Throughout
television and movie history we were either
the butt of the joke or the tragic figure who
needed to be pitied. Today there are
hundreds of gay characters on TV and their
sexuality is not the dominating factor. That
visibility in the social realm translates
directly into our political movement.”
On the political front, our goals have
changed over the decades. Pre-Stonewall we
fought merely to exist free of continual
institutionalized harassment. In the 70s we
fought for decriminalization and recognition;
the 80s we were fighting for our lives; the
90s we struggled for job protection and hate
crime prevention; the 2000s we aimed to
protect our families, the right to adopt, serve
openly in the military and have true
marriage equality.
With our battles for equality, the LGBT
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movement has forever made its mark on the
world of politics.
“The movement for equal rights has
profoundly changed the dynamics of modern
politics, and more so, electing openly LGBT
people to office has accelerated the ability to
ensure our laws reflect the real lives of our
people,” says Steve Hansen, an openly LGBT
candidate running for Sacramento City
Council. “From the difficult early activism of
the 1950s to the dramatic advances of the
past five years, we’ve come a long way in a
short time to where we now have proudly
open LGBT leaders in Congress, in our state
legislatures and in every part of our political
life. The freedom from fear of living and
loving openly has changed generations for
the better.”
As we move forward, one of the most
important issues we face is that of not letting
our future generations forget the momentous
struggle it has taken to get to where we are.
“We must educate LGBT youth, not only so
they understand the history and the
immense obstacles we have overcome,”
Cannon says adamantly. “But so they won’t
be doomed to be complacent and let history
repeat itself.”
Matthew Burlingame is an award-winning
journalist and playwright in Northern
California. You may contact him at
matthew.burlingame@gmail.com
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Wicked, Ruined & Legends!
T
he heat is on this summer as the months of May and June
bring a dynamite, and diverse, slate of theater to local stages,
including the Sacramento premieres of Wicked and Ruined,
as well as a revival of the classic comedy catfight, Legends!
Wicked
So much happened before Dorothy
battlegrounds for the rebel soldiers and
government workers, alike.
Mamie Parris and Alli Mauzey as Elphaba and Glinda in Broadway Sacramento’s Wicked. The
national touring company production plays through June 17 at the Community Center Theatre.
Photo by Joan Marcus.
dropped in, and if you follow the yellow
brick road to the Community Center,
between May 23 and June 17, you’ll find out
the backstories on all of your favorite Oz
characters.
Whether you’re seeing it for the first or the
umpteenth time, you’ll want to get your
tickets ASAP, before the entire near-monthlong run of Wicked is sold out.
Visit www.calmt.com.
Through June 3 at The Guild Theater in
Oak Park. Visit www.imagestheater.org.
Legends!
All hell breaks loose when theatrical
producer Martin, who needs a couple of
famous stars in order to obtain backing for
his new show, tries to get arch-rivals, and
faded movie stars, Leatrice Monsée and
Sylvia Glenn to work together in James
Kirkwood’s (A Chorus Line) smash Broadway
comedy.
Ruined
Faster than you can say All About Eve
If musicals are not your thing, then check meets Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
out this powerful, Pulitzer Prize-winning play the cops are called, ‘special’ brownies are
from 2009 by the great Lynn Nottage.
consumed and the gloves (and wigs) come
A gripping and gut-wrenching drama,
off.
Ruined is set in a combination bar and
Through June 16 at the Arden Playhouse
brothel located in a mining town in the
in Sacramento. Visit www.ardenplayhouse.
Democratic Republic of the Congo. There,
com.
Mama Nadi, a sort of African Mother
For more theatre reviews including several
Courage, both profits from and protects
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Audio Recording of All-star
“8” Set to Air on Public Radio
L.A. Theatre Works has recorded “8,” the dramatization of the
legal fight against California’s Proposition 8 written by Academy
Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, for release on
audiobook and for broadcast on LAT W’s nationally syndicated radio
theater series. It is also available for streaming on demand at
www.latw.org. Pictured are George Clooney, Jesse Tyler Ferguson,
Martin Sheen, Yeardley Smith, Brad Pitt and Kevin Bacon. Photo
courtesy AFER.
Top Hats and Glitter at SGMC
Spring Concert
The Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus put on their top hats and
fancy vests for their 27th annual spring concert, Glitter, held
the weekend of May 4th at the California Auto Museum. Thanks
to photographer Larry Lauszus for this great shot, see more at
outwordoutabout.shutterfly.com/5130. Learn more about the
Chorus at www.sacgaymenschorus.org
Harvey Milk Day Celebrated
at Caliornia Museum
The Harvey Milk Foundation and The California Museum hosted a
celebration of Harvey Milk Day on May 15 that included a panel
conversation on the implementation and benefits of Senate Bill (SB)
48 The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education
Act. Pictured are Clarissa Filgioun, EQCA President; McGeorge
Professor Lawrence C. Levine; Anne Kronenberg, Harvey’s
campaign manager; Office of State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Tom Torlakson; Stampp Corbin, publisher of LGBT
Weekly (moderator); Stuart Milk, nephew of Harvey Milk; and
Senator Mark Leno, author of SB 48.
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Entertainment
French Films, Frameline and Fathom Events
by Chris Narloch
Plus Dark Shadows and The Three Stooges
T
his is stacking up to be one of the best summer
movie seasons in years, with a dozen or more
titles that look promising set for release over
the next few months. Check out the following films,
now playing or coming soon to a theater near you.
11th Sacramento French
Film Festival
Fathom Events presents
Frankenstein
been completely wiped off of
movie screens. At the Tower, two
movies with mature casts are
showing the youngsters how it’s
done.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
boasts one of the best casts to
grace the silver screen in many a
moon, with Bill Nighy, Judi Dench,
Maggie Smith, and Tom Wilkinson
giving the sort of performances
that clean up come awards time.
The characters in that movie are
searching for themselves in India.
In Darling Companion, also
scheduled to open at the Tower in
May, Kevin Kline and Diane
Keaton are searching for their lost
dog (and for the love they lost
along the way).
Don’t miss your chance to see
this live production from London’s
National Theatre of Nick Dear’s
thrilling new play based on the
gothic novel by Mary Shelley.
Danny Boyle (Slumdog
Millionaire) returns to the stage to
direct this stunning reboot of the
Frankenstein story. On June 6,
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the
Creature, and Jonny Lee Miller is
Victor Frankenstein. The next night,
the two performers, who shared the
The Multiplex
2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor,
In “Dark Shadows,” Johnny
Depp proves once again that he is
a movie star who really just wants
to be a character actor. Depp loves
to disappear into costumes, hair
and makeup, and he has found
another perfect fit for his
chameleon-like talents.
As Barnabas Collins, Depp
creates another indelible weirdo in
the rogue’s gallery of misfits that
includes his Edward Scissorhands,
and Jack Sparrow from the Pirates
of the Caribbean franchise.
The great Michelle Pfeiffer and
Helena
Bonham Carter provide
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller (who share the 2012 UK Olivier
able support, while director Tim
Award for Best Actor) reverse roles each night from the creator to the
created in Frankenstein.
Burton outdoes himself with this
incredibly stylish spoof of the old
switch roles.
see the brand new print of
television show.
Visit www.fathomevents.com to
Children of Paradise, one of the
I can hardly believe I am
greatest films ever made anywhere, find a movie theater near you.
writing
these words, but I won’t be
playing at this year’s Festival.
surprised if The Three Stooges
For dates and details, visit www. The Crest
ends up being one of the best
sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org.
Two highly acclaimed
comedies of the year. Who would
documentaries are scheduled to
Frameline
open at Sacramento’s Crest on the have thought that the Farrelly
Mark your calendars for June
same day, May 25th. First Position Brothers, famous for raunchy titles
14-24. Those are this year’s dates
like There’s Something About
chronicles an intense ballet
for Frameline 36, aka the San
Mary, could make a PG-rated
Francisco International LGBT Film competition involving boys and
family film this good?
girls whose passionate sacrifice
Festival, which takes over the
I’m not saying it’s Shakespeare,
fuels
their
dream
of
dancing
Castro Theatre and other venues
but
The Three Stooges has been
professionally.
Marley
is
a
around the Bay Area to screen
very
skillfully directed and cast,
cinematic
biography
of
the
late,
hundreds of queer films.
great
reggae
artist,
Bob
Marley,
with
comic greats such as Larry
More details will be available
who
died
far
too
young
at
the
age
David
and Jane Lynch supporting
after May 22 at www.frameline.org,
of
36.
Visit
www.thecrest.com.
the
terrific
trio of Sean Hayes
but I do know this much, that the
(Larry), Will Sasso (Curly), and
Opening Night film is VITO, Jeffrey
Chris Diamantopoulos (Moe). The
Schwarz’s documentary about one The Tower
big-screen version of The Three
of the most influential people in
In this youth-obsessed, Justin
the history of LGBT cinema, Vito
Bieber world in which we live, it’s a Stooges is inspired slapstick
lunacy.
Russo.
relief to see older actors haven’t
I always look forward to
Sacramento’s French Film Festival,
which features classic titles
alongside the latest and greatest
movies that France has to offer,
June 15-24, at the Crest.
While there are no overtly
gay-themed titles in this year’s
lineup, there is a lesbian character
in Polisse, one of the best French
films of recent years. A lesbian
couple also makes an appearance
in Declaration of War.
Also, I highly recommend you
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Calendar
May
compiled by Charles Peer
the rhythms of jazz, swing, blues, zydeco,
rockabilly, bluegrass, Latin music and
more. Through Monday. For a full
schedule and venues, visit sacjazz.com
Thursday, 24
BIG NAMES, SMALL ART
Enjoy music, artist demos and a silent
auction featuring the work of more than
100 “Big Name” regional artists, each
work measures in at 12-by-12 inches or
less starting at $25. 6 - 9 p.m. Crocker Art
Museum, 216 O St. Info:
CrockerArtMuseum.org
Friday, 25
MEMORIAL BEACH PARTY
The men are hot, the weather is hot, but
the pool is cool and inviting, so come
enjoy three days poolside, with giveaways, cage dancing, GoGo Dancers and
more. FACES, 2000 K St. Info:
916-448-7798 FACES.net
SACRAMENTO MUSIC FESTIVAL
One giant party in Old Sac and
surrounding hotel ballrooms pulsing with
Triple Espresso
What did three guys do in four
minutes that got them barred from
showbiz for
show-biz
forlife?
life?Find
Findout
outatatthis
thishighly
highly
caffeinated comedy that is part improv,
part musical and being called “an
evening with the Marx Brothers.” June 1
- July 22. The Cosmopolitan Cabaret ,
1000 K St. Visit www.
CosmopolitanCabaret.com.
CONCERTS IN THE PARK
Featured bands include Zuhg, Element of
Soul, Playboy School and X’GVNR, plus
fresh air, good food and the famous beer
garden. Free. 5 p.m. Cesar Chavez Plaza,
10th & J Sts. Info: DownTownsac.org
Friday, 1
COURAGE TO STAND
A storytelling event, with members of the
armed services sharing their stories of
living under the DADT policy, plus live
entertainment including opera singer
Zachary Gordin and pianist Jim Jordan
performing a special musical dedication. 7
- 9:30 p.m. The Citizen Hotel, Plaza Park
Ballroom, 926 J St.
Saturday, 26
VETS GO TO THE MOVIES
Sacramento’s LGBT Valley Veterans are
heading to the movies to see Battleship.
Everyone is welcome to join them. Meet
up at noon in the food court, Downtown
Plaza Theatres.
The poolmania continues, with special
guest DJs, live performances, cage
dancing, GoGo Dancers and more. FACES,
2000 K St. Info: 916-448-7798 FACES.net
COLLAGE
A group for folks aged eight and older
with one or more parents that are LGBTQ.
Come and play games, make friends and
plan fun activities. 2-4 p.m. Sac G&L
Center, 1927 L St. Info: 916-514-2251
colage.org facebook.com/colage.sacramento
Sunday, 27
It’s the official Summer Pool Party Kickoff, with free BBQ, drink specials special
guest performances and an iPad giveaway.
FACES, 2000 K St. Info: 916-448-7798
FACES.net
June
Tuesday, 29
QSPOT YOUTH SPACE
With a lot of help from IKEA, the Center’s
youth space in the basement has been
remodeled and is now a safe, inviting and
comfortable space. Come check it out. 6
p.m. Sac G&L Center, 1927 L St. Info:
916-442-0185 SacCenter.org
GAMES @ LAVENDER LIBRARY
It’s Gaymer Geek Board Game Night, with
games from modern strategy to old
favorites. 7 - 9 p.m. The Lavender Library,
1414 21st St. Info: 916-492-0558
LavenderLibrary.org
Wednesday, 30
THE GLAMA ZONE
It’s Badlands’ Pride Kick Off Party, with
your host Pollo Del Mar from SF, and live
performance by Pride headliner Kenya
Michaels, plus guest DJ Shawn P, and
underwear fasion show and a Triple Play
CD Release Party. 8 p.m. Badlands,
2003 K St. Info: 916-448-8790
HUSH LADIES NIGHT
It’s all about the women - fun lesbian
bartenders, hot female gogo dancers,
make-a-date and a guest DJ with plenty of
games, prizes and more. 9 p.m. The Depot,
2001 K St.
SVL PLEDGE DRIVE
A chance to learn more about the
Sacramento Valley Leathermen at this
pledge drive and meet & greet. Free BBQ
and beer/soda bust. 4 - 8 p.m. The Bolt
Bar, 2560 Boxwood St. Info: 916-649-8420
SacBolt.com SVLClub.org
STONEWALL FOUR FREEDOMS
Sacramento’s Stonewall Democrats
celebrate Sacramento’s best at this dinner
and awards ceremony. 5:30 reception, 6:30
dinner. Woodlake Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane. HEAT
Info: 916-446-7600 SacStonewall.org
A party for all women loving women,
queers, trans folk and allies, with Bay Area
LGBT
BASKETBALL
OPEN
GYM
DJs Olga T & Rapture. 9 p.m. $10 cover.
LGBT SOFTBALL
Join
Sacramento’s
LGBT
Basketball
Blush Ultra Lounge, 1200 K St. Info:
Come out and root for your favorite teams.
League,
The
916’ers
for
a
night
of
hoops.
916-698- 4137
Six games to choose from, starting at 6:30,
$5.
Jackson
Sports
Academy,
5237
Walnut
7:30 & 8:30 p.m. Sacramento Softball
Ave. Info:
Complex, 3450 Longview Dr. Info:
sac916ersbasketball@gmail.com
www.SVGLS.org
Featured bands include Oleander,
Allinaday, Trackfighter and Verdugo
Monday, 28
STC Throws a Party for the Tony’s
H
ot on the heels of this year’s Tony Award nominations,
STC (Sacramento Theatre Company) announced plans to
host Celebrate The Season, a Tony Awards Viewing Party
celebrating both the Broadway and Sacramento theatre seasons.
Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance
(SARTA).
Celebrate The Season will take place at
Lounge ON20 beginning at 5:30 p.m. on
Sunday, June 10. Tickets are $75 per person
and are available from the STC Business
The red carpet evening will include a VIP professional theaters.
Office at 916.446.7501.
Dinner followed by a Tony Awards Broadcast
Awards recognizing outstanding support
For more theater coverage, including Chris
Reception and will feature guest appearances for local theatre will also be presented, and a Narloch’s reviews of several Tony-nominated
from local educational, community and
portion of the proceeds will benefit the
musicals, go to www.outwordmagazine.com.
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Brothers, plus fresh air, good food and the
famous beer garden. Free. 5 p.m. Cesar
Chavez Plaza, 10th & J Sts. Info:
DownTownsac.org
Saturday, 2
SACRAMENTO PRIDE PARADE
This year’s parade starts at a civilized 11
a.m. at 4th and N Sts., and ends on 10th
and N St. at the Festival Grounds. Free.
Info: SacramentoPride.org
Toke
Deedee Kirkwood’s madcap comedy
about an irrepressible, marijuana-fueled
heroine who overcomes exotic
encounters and serial entanglements in
her search for what makes life
meaningful — with the Pot Fairy as her
chronic sidekick. Through June 30.
Ooley Theatre, 2700 28th St. Tickets are
$15, available through www.
BrownPaperTickets.com.
SACRAMENTO PRIDE
Sunny skies will greet revelers to this
year’s Pride, with non-stop entertainment,
community booths, great food, dancing
and more. $10. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Capitol
Mall near the TowerBridge, between 4th
and 7th Streets.
FACES AFTER PRIDE
You know you still have lots of Pride to
celebrate, and FACES has some very
special performances to top your day off.
FACES, 2000 K St. Info: 916-448-7798
FACES.net
MIDTOWN PLANT SALE
End of spring specials, with sales
benefitting the Kids Camp Program of
Sunburst Projects. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Garage
at The Gifted Gardener, 18th & J Sts. Info:
gardennotes@sbcglobal.net
Sunday, 3
ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS
DJ Wayne G kicks off this after pride party,
plus fashion show, live performances, a
sexy Go Go Show and more. 6 p.m. midnight. District 30, 1022 K St. Info:
916-737-5770 District30Sacramento.com
Monday, 4
LGBT SOFTBALL
Come out and root for your favorite teams.
Six games to chose from, starting at 6:30,
7:30 & 8:30 p.m. Sacramento Softball
Complex, 3450 Longview Dr. Info: SVGLS.
org
Following the Festival at 8 p.m. there will
be a live concert. $15. Miller Park, 2700
Front St. Info: larazagaleriaposada.org
Sunday, 10
LAKE NATOMA BIKE RIDE
Ride the paved bike trail 12 miles at an
easy-pace, looping completely around
scenic Lake Natoma between Hazel
Avenue and Old Folsom. 10 a.m. Ride
starts at the Light Rail parking area near
Hazel and Hwy 50. Helmet required. G&L
Sierrans. Info: 916-379-0724 .
Monday, 11
game at 7 p.m. Hamburger Patties,
1630 J Sts. Info: 916-441-4340
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Friday, 8
STONEWALL DEMOCRATS
Join the LGBT Democrats for their
monthly meeting, with guest speakers and
discussions of current political events.
Social, 6 p.m., meeting, 6:30 p.m. Radisson
Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane. Info: 916-4411787 SacStonewall.org
Wednesday, 13
OUTWORD’S SUPPER CLUB
Grab some friends and join us for dinner
OUTWORD’S HAPPY HOUR
at Lucca Restaurant & Bar. We’ll start with
It’s been a long week, Sacramento Pride
no-host cocktails on the patio from 6 - 7
was a blast, but it’s history, so come
p.m., then enjoy a three course meal
wearing Black & White for a chance to win especially prepared for us by Lucca’s
some great prizes, - cuz we’re rainbowed
world class chefs featuring Lucky Dog
out! 5:30 - 7 p.m. The Depot, 2001 K St.
Ranch Beef. 7 - 10 p.m. Lucca, 1614 J St.
Info: 916-659-5300 LuccaRestaurant.com
Featured bands include Mumbo Gumbo,
Todd Morgan & the Emblems and DJ
Mikey Likes It, plus fresh air, good food
and the famous beer garden. Free. 5 p.m.
Cesar Chavez Plaza, 10th & J Sts. Info:
DownTownsac.org
Saturday, 9
MILLER PARK ART FESTIVAL
La Raza Galería Posada is hosting a
Summer Art and Food Festival with live
entertainment and family activities. Free.
Thursday, 14
CROCKER PRIDE ART MIX
Celebrate Gay Pride Month with a
fabulous mix of live entertainment
including the Badlands Drag Review with
Miss Taryn, the SGMC and a special Drag
Queen Bingo. Activities for the whole
community. 5 - 9 p.m. Free with museum
admission. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.
Info: 916-808-7000
CrockerArtMuseum.org
Wednesday, 6
20 MINUTES
Blood pressure drops to normal
Pulse rate drops to normal
Body temperature of hands and
feet increases to normal
8 HOURS
Carbon monoxide level in
blood drops to normal
Oxygen level in blood increases
to normal
24 HOURS
Chance of heart attack
decreases
48 HOURS
Nerve endings start regrowing
Ability to smell and taste is
enhanced
2 WEEKS TO 3 MONTHS
Circulation improves
Walking becomes easier
Lung function increases up to
30 percent
1 TO 9 MONTHS
Coughing, sinus congestion,
fatigue and shortness of breath
decrease
Cilia regrow in lungs,
increasing their ability to handle
mucus, clean the lungs and
reduce infection
Body’s overall energy increases
1 YEAR
Excess risk of coronary heart
disease is half that of a smoker
5 YEARS
Lung cancer death rate for an
average former smoker (one pack
a day) decreases by almost half
Stroke risk is reduced to that of
a non-smoker five to 15 years
after quitting
Risk of cancer of the mouth,
throat and esophagus is half that
of a smoker’s
10 YEARS
FOREVER FAMILIES
An orientation session hosted by Sierra
Forever Families for prospective parents.
Partnered with IKEA. 6 - 8 p.m. IKEA, 700
IKEA Court, West Sacramento. Info:
sierraff.org
Lung cancer death rate is
similar to that of a non-smoker
Precancerous cells are replaced
Risk of cancer of the mouth,
throat, esophagus, bladder,
kidney, cervix and pancreas
decreases
Thursday, 7
15 YEARS
DRAG QUEEN BINGO
Join Hamburger Patties and Outword for a
night of very fun Bingo to support the City
of Sacramento’s Animal Care Services.
Eight games, $15. Come early for cocktails
and dinner and to get a great seat, first
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What Happens After
You Quit Smoking?
Risk of coronary heart disease
is that of a non-smoker
Courtesy of www.stqp.org, visit
their web site for tips to help you
quit.
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Entertainment
Madonna & Robyn - 21st Century Disco Divas on CD
by Chris Narloch
T
Robyn
he death of Donna Summer got me thinking about the
Talk - Konichiwa, Cherrytree &
current state of dance music and the women who continue to Body
Interscope
follow in her footsteps.
Listening to the disappointing new disc
So is the new CD from Madonna cause for
celebration or cause for concern? Read on
for my thoughts on the matter, and then
check out a review of Robyn’s dance floor
masterpiece, Body Talk.
Madonna
MDNA - Live Nation / Interscope
Making hit records must truly be alchemy,
in which the singer shoots her lover “in the
head.”
Unfortunately, there are far too many
songs on MDNA like “Turn Up The Radio,”
“Superstar” and “I’m A Sinner” that require
Madonna to repeat their incredibly banal
choruses over and over until you can’t wait
for the track to end.
Robyn
from Madonna reminded me that I had
neglected to review the most recent CD by
this 32-year-old singer/songwriter from
Sweden, who has her own record label, as
well as her own unmistakable style and
sound.
In the way that Madonna’s dance music set
the bar for disco in the ‘80s, Robyn is now on
the cutting edge of current electronic music.
As Lady Gaga becomes more mainstream,
with the radio-friendly pop and rock of her
Born This Way CD, Robyn is poised to
assume the mantle of Disco Queen for the
21st Century.
Body Talk is anchored by the hypnotic,
synth-driven single “Dancing On My Own,”
an operatic dance floor drama that casts
Robyn as both victim and survivor. It’s like a
soap opera set to a disco beat and is easily
one of the best dance songs by anyone
anywhere, in years.
Other examples of disco divinity include
“Indestructible,” “Love Kills,” “Hang With
Me,” “Call Your Girlfriend” and “Get Myself
and all the stars have to be aligned. How
else to explain why a once-great artist, who
used to rule the radio and set music (and
fashion) trends is now making such dull,
disposable music.
If I had never heard of Madonna and was
reviewing MDNA as a debut by a new artist,
I would write her off as a lightweight. There
is not one song here that even remotely
recalls the glory days of “Like A Prayer,”
“Open Your Heart,” “Cherish” or “Borderline.”
Obviously, the Material Girl has no desire
to repeat those accessible pop songs of yore,
but the boring beats and lackluster lyrics on
MDNA are a sad substitute. “Masterpiece” is
passably pretty, if not particularly
memorable, and I had fun with “Gang Bang,”
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Together.” Elsewhere, Robyn teams with
Royksopp for the percolating slow-burn
“None Of Dem,” and with Snoop Dogg for a
hilariously risqué slice of aural attitude
entitled “U Should Know Better.”
Be sure and purchase the full-length
version of Body Talk, which has 15 tracks,
and then after you are hooked, you can go
back and get Body Talk Pt. 1 and Body Talk
Pt. 2. Those CD’s are much shorter than
Body Talk, but they contain essential,
alternate versions of some of Robyn’s best
songs.
I had the good fortune to catch Robyn at
the Hollywood Bowl last year, on the last
night of her U.S. tour, and unlike many disco
artists, she is even more amazing live. If you
call yourself a fan of dance music and you
don’t own Body Talk, shame on you.
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Sac
Pride
recording artist.
The GlamaZONE, her weekly Sunday
night show at The Cafe, is “The Castro’s Most
Popular Drag Show.”
Making her Sacramento
premiere is Kaylah Marin of
Tasha Kame fame.
Although born in San
Francisco, her music is
deeply rooted in the
Guatemalan heritage
of her musical father
and she is breathing
life back into soulmusic with her debut
album Loving Life.
Kaylah’s hit single “On
the Floor” held the number
three spot on the dance
Billboard chart and she is known for
a groovin’ blend of R & B and neo-soul,
passionate vocals and poetical groove
alongside funky bass riffs, uptempo jazz
percussion and syncopated brass
instruments.
A returning favorite, Jovi Radtke is a
Sacramento native breaking onto the world
stage as a spoken word artist. She is also
very much an activist and her poetry and
spoken word are going to move you and
she’s sure to tell you a story that will make
you cry, laugh and look at the world from a
new perspective.
Also a returning favorite is Roni & the
Flight, who are returning to Sacramento
after captivating audiences around
the world and back.
Beginning at an early age,
Roni’s professional journey
took off in musical theater
and flourished
Kaylah throughout her career,
Marin
performing with such
greats as the Velvet Fog
Mel Torme´ and jazz
violinist Stephane
Grappelli.
An accomplished
songwriter, 2005 marked the
release of Roni’s debut CD
entitled Better Part of Me, and her
resonating and sultry vocal styling’s will
mesmerize you and is the perfect closing act
for this year’s Main Stage.
Keeping everything moving like a New
York Madam — and waiting for her own well
deserved call from RuPaul — will be Emcee
Taryn Thru U.
But wait, there’s more! In between all
those great acts you can catch the spirit of
San Francisco Cheer and Cheer Folsom Elite
& Sacramento Sirens and The Sacramento
Women’s Chorus, who knowhow to put the
spirit into the national Anthem.
Sacramento’s River City Stage will feature
a wide variety of local talent – and weren’t
all the great stars “local talent” at some point
in their careers?
Emcees Empress 34 Deneka St. James and
Empress 39 Jowana Piece St. James (Related?
It’s complicated.) from CGNIE will be
keeping things fun and lively in what many
may consider a version of Sacramento’s Got
Talent.
There will also be plenty of time for
getting down to your favorite DJ in two
Dance Pavillions. Guest DJs from out of
town as well as your favorite DJs from both
Badlands and FACES will be spinning the
top dance tracks as well as Latin and country
hits.
That’s a lot of entertainment, and while
you are walking around and taking in all the
sites, one that you won’t want to miss is the
addition of fine art to this year’s Pride.
Michael Kennedy, one of Sacramento’s very
talented artists, has garnered the works of
many of Sacramento’s top artists for an
exhibit at the Kennedy Gallery Art Zone.
Add in all those community booths,
vendors, carni-food and hot men and women
enjoying their day of Pride in the SUN, and
this is going to be a great festival!
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(condom friendly), hand
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Business Directory
ACCOUNTING
FRITZ RUSSELL, CPAS
Jason Russell, CPA Lic. 99177
Jason@fritzco.net 916-966-9366
ADOPTIONS
ADULT STORES
ATTORNEYS
ERNESTO’S
1901 16th St., 916-441-5850
ErnestosMexicanFood.com
HAMBURGER PATTIES
1630 J St., 916-441-4340
L’AMOUR SHOPPE
2531 Broadway, 916-736-3467
SUZIES
5134 Auburn Blvd., Sac., 916-332-1051
4177 Florin Rd., Sac., 916-429-8440
DINING/BEVERAGES
CLANCEY, DOYLE & O’DONNELL
901 F ST., 800-632-5529 CDOLaw.com
M. JANE PEARCE
1430 Alhambra Blvd., 916-452-3883
LUCCA RESTAURANT & BAR
1615 J St., 916-669-5300
LuccaRestaurant.com
AUTO DEALERS
ELK GROVE SUBARU
8585 Laguna Dr., Elk Grove, 877-360-0259
ElkGroveSubaru.com
AUTO REPAIR
STEPHAN’S AUTO HAUS
3950 Attawaw Ave., 916-456-3040
StephansAutoHaus.com
AUTO WASH
GEM AUTO WASH & DETAIL CENTER
5150 Freeport Blvd., 916-451-6524
GemAutoWash.com
BANKING
WELLS FARGO BANK
www.WellsFargo.com
BARBERS
ANTHONY’S BARBER SHOP
2408 21st St.
916-457-1120 sacramentobarbershop.com
BARS / CLUBS
BADLANDS
2003 K St., 916-441-6823 SacBadlands.com
THE BOLT
2560 Boxwood St., 916-649-8420 SacBolt.com
THE DEPOT
2001 K St., Sac, 916-441-6823 TheDepot.net
DISTRICT 30
1020 K St., Sac, 916-737-5770
District30Sacramento.com
FACES
2000 K St., Sac, 916-448-7798 Faces.net
HEAD HUNTERS
1930 K St. Info: 916-492-2922
HeadHuntersOnK.Com
CARDS & GIFTS
PERADICE - A GIFT STORE
918 24th St., 916-930-0600 PeraDice.com
CHIROPRACTORS
CHANEY CHIROPRACTIC & REHAB
1614 X St., Ste. B, 916-326-4466 www.
ChaneySportsChiro.com
HEALING TOUCH CHIROPRACTIC
Dr. Darrick Lawson, www.FixMyBack.com
Midtown, 2020 Capitol Ave., 916-447-3344
CHURCHES
DAVIS COMMUNITY CHURCH
412 C St., 530-753-2894 dccpres.org
SPIRITUAL LIFE CENTER
916-448-6508 www.SLCWorld.org
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH
1701 L St., www.stjohnslc.org/welcome
CIVIL RIGHTS
CA COMMUNITIES UNITED INSTITUTE
www.calcomui.org b.hinman@calcomui.org
CLEANING
SAC. GREEN CLEANING COOPERATIVE
916-572-8742
COSMETIC SURGERY
ADVANCED MEDSPA
Dr. Efrain Gonzalez, MD, FACS
2160 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 502, Rocklin
301 University Ave. Ste. 130
916-773-LIPO RocklinCosmeticSurgery.com
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BRUCE GUNN, M.F.C.C.
Lic. MM19480, 418 Alhambra Blvd.,
916-443-7171 www.safediscovery.com
KATE MACKENZIE, C.S.W.
Lic. LCS13330, 1731 I St., 916-447-0350
NICOLA SIMMERSBACH, PsyD, M.F.T.
Lic. MFT33458, 708 Alhambra Blvd. Ste. 1.
916-952-8594www.drnicola.net
SIERRA FOREVER FAMILIES
SierraFF.org
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COUNSELING
TAYLOR’S KITCHEN
2924 Freeport Blvd., 916-443-6881
TaylorsKitchen.com
TEN22
1022 Second St., Old Sac, 916-441-2211
ten22oldsac.com
ZOCALO
1801 Capitol Ave., 916-441-0303
ZocaloSacramento.com
ELECTRICAL
H & H ELECTRIC, INC
916-342-1395 HandHElectric.com
EYEGLASSES
STYLEYES
23rd & J, 916-448-2220 Styleyes.biz
FINANCIAL PLANNING
MIDTOWN FINANCIAL
Al Roche, 1330 21st St., Ste. 201,
916-447-9220 MidtownFinancial.net
FITNESS
URBAN FITNESS & WELLNESS
2525 J St., 916-492-2525
UrbanFitSac.com
FLORISTS
RELLES FLORIST
2400 J St., 916-441-1478
801 Howe Ave., 916-920-4911
RellesFlorist.com
GENDER HEALTH
GENDER HEALTH CENTER
2020 29th St., TheGenderHealthCenter.org
HAIR
TRENDSETTERS
1221 21st St., 916-455-0514
www.Trendsetters.net
HEARING
UNIVERSITY AUDIOLOGIC ASSOCIATES
Deborah Powell, M.S., 1325 Howe Ave., Ste.
101, 916-927-3137
HEATING & AIR
PERFECTION HOME SYSTEMS
916-481-0658 HotCold.com
WESTERN HEALTH ADVANTAGE
888-227--5942 WesternHealth.com
INSURANCE SOLUTIONS
INSPHERE INSURANCE SOLUTIONS
Jeffrey Tompkins, 1637 10th St.,
916-716-4869 jtompkins@insphereis.com
INVESTMENTS
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
Camille Wojtasiak, MBA, CFP, 916-491-6303
home.wellsfargoadvisors.com/camille.
wojtasiak
LANDSCAPING
DEMETRE LANDSCAPES
916-648-8455
LIBRARIES
LAVENDER LIBRARY
1414 21st St., 916-492-0558
LavenderLibrary.com
JEWELERS
ADAM’S JEWELERS
Town & Country Village, Fulton & Marconi
916-486-9090 AdamJewelers.com
MASSAGE
BODYWORK BALANCE
Robert Head, 916-764-6014
BodyworkBalance.net
MEN’S CLUBS
STEVE’S
1030 W. 2nd St., Reno 775-323-8770
www.StevesReno.com
MORTGAGE
IMORTGAGE
Brad Bauer, 916-746-8410
WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE
1130 Iron Point, #238, Folsom
Danni McConnell, 916-276-5171
DanniLee.com
Jonathan Brozek, 916-601-8782
JonBrozek.com
OPTOMETRY
CAMERON YEE, O.D.
6407 Riverside Blvd., 916-395-0673
DrCameronYee@aol.com
PAVERS
PAVERS MADE POSSIBLE
Ken Kaeser, 916-709-2424,
PaversMadePossible.com
PET SITTING
LUCKY BUDDY PET CARE
916-505-4375 LuckyBuddyPetCare.com
GRATEFUL DOG
430 17th St., 916-446-2501
GratefulDogDayCare.com
PR & MARKETING
OUTWORD MEDIA•MARKETING•EVENTS
Fred Palmer, 916-329-9280
OutwordMedia.com
WRITEAWAY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Bonnie Osborn, 916-212-9110
bonnie@writeawaycommunications.biz
HIV/AIDS SERVICES
PSYCHIATRY
HOT ELS & RESORTS
REAL ESTAT E
CARES
1500 21st St., 916-914-6305 CaresClinic.org
AQUA
Waikiki, Maui, Kauai, Molokai & Lanai
AquaGayTravel.com
HOUSEBOATS.COM
877-696-2682 HouseBoats.com
RENOIR HOTEL
45 McAlister St., SF, 800-576-3388
RenoirHotel.com
HOUSING - SENIORS
PIONEER HOUSE
415 P St., 916-442-4906
www.pioneerhouseretirement.org
INSURANCE
STATE FARM INSURANCE
Stephanie Slagel, 916-485-4444
StephanieSlagel.com
UC DAVIS HEALTH SYSTEM
800-2-UCDAVIS
YouSeeTheFuture.UCDavis.edu
EMPATHY THERAPY
Dr. Mark Chofla, 1909 Capitol Ave., Suite 100
916-760-8197 EmpathyTherapy.com
COLDWELL BANKER
Mark T. Peters, 916-341-7794
www.MarkPeters.biz
Steph Baker, 916-775-3447
CentralCityDigs.com
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS
www.bhghome.com
Brian McMartin, 916-402-4160
Brian@BrianMcMartin.com
Joan Dunn, 916-716-5584
joan@joandunn.net
Rich Wilks, 916-826-8449
Rich.Wilks@bhghome.com
KELLER WILLIAMS
Ed Corominas, 916-960-4466
www.EdCorominas.com
BUS DIRECT
outwordmagazine.com
Fifteen Words of Pride Wins $1,000!
P
ride is definitely in the air and Outword wanted to know what makes you
Proud, or what you are Proud of, so we asked ya. We weren’t above a little
bribery to get you to respond either, and respond you did,
The rules were pretty simple and straightforward; just tell us in 15 words or less what makes you proud. We
received more responses to this contest than any we have ever done. So along with the winner, we wanted to
share some of the other entries that packed a lot of Pride into 15 words.
So let’s cut to the chase, Chuck Stuthard is our winner, and he will receive $1,000 in Gift cards and prizes.
Special thanks to Blue Sky Day Spa, The Crest Theatre, Ernesto’s Mexican Food, Gem Auto Wash. Haus, Hot
Italian, Taylor’s Market and Kitchen and Ten22 for providing the prizes. And it just so happens that these are
some of our favorite places, so if you haven’t visited them recently, please do!
Chuck Stuthard - $1,000 Winner
The love that flows through you and I is
proudly displayed, hidden away never more
Julie Kennedy - 2nd Place, $50 Winner
Kids, pets, lover,
Worries don’t hover,
Healthy, happy, free,
Finally, I’m me,
Loving, loving thee
Barbara Brass - 3rd Place, $25 Winner
Religion caused the blight,
PFLAG knew what’s right,
Now a family can unite!
I’m Proud!
Runner Ups
Steve Frei
PROUD: Love my Partner, be
Resilient, Outrageous, Unique,
Definitely happy to be gay in
Sacramento
Valentino Lovato
Cindy Baudoin
I’m VERY thankful, ecstatic and
proud to finally celebrate Pride
with my military boyfriend!
Proud of all Sacramento’s LGBT
community groups that keep
giving even in tough times.
HOT ITALIAN
MIDTOWN
outwordmagazine.com
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contest sponsors:
PUBLIC MARKET
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Bare Chest Calendar Men at the Bolt
T
he 2013 Bare Chest Calendar Men came to the Bolt on Saturday, May 19, giving
a sneak peak at the men as they begin their year long series of appearances to
help raise money for Bay Area Charities (They’ve already raised $62,547). Pictured
here with the BCC Men are Bolt Owner Kenny Yerkes and Mr. Bolt Leather 2012
Miguel Rubio. The night was also the send off for Miguel who will be representing
Sacramento at the International Mr. leather contest in Chicago, May 25 - 28. For more
information on the BCC Men, visit www.barechest.org. Photo by Charles Peer.
Barefoot
sponsored fundraisers for environmental
organizations such as the Surfrider
Foundation. The strategy has paid off. Before
long, the Barefoot brand was a top seller in
LGBT communities and in beach
communities.
Their marketing success, and the causes
they support, Harvey believes, are connected
to that vision she had of the Barefoot label.
“When you see a bare footprint in the sand,
you don’t know if it’s gay or straight, black or
white, or what religion the person is,” she
says. “That’s the print humans make on the
earth when they put their foot down. The
footprint is symbolic. We are all out here on
the same beach together.”
By the time Harvey and Houlihan sold
Barefoot Cellars to E&J Gallo in 2005, its
sales had reached almost 600,000 cases
annually in North America, Asia and Europe.
The two served as consultants to E&J Gallo
for the next year, and Gallo has continued
Barefoot’s tradition of worthy cause
marketing as its primary means of
advertising.
Today, Houlihan and Harvey are putting
their branding and marketing expertise to
use as consultants to start-ups and
entrepreneurs and are volunteering their
services to non-profit groups seeking to keep
California parks open in the face of budget
cuts. In their spare time, they’ve written a
book, The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship,
Hustle and Heart Built A Best-Seller, which
is due out later this year. Visit
BarefootWineFounders.com to pre-order.
Bus
Direct
SHOWER DOORS
SUPERIOR SHOWER DOOR
10471 Grant Line Rd. #110, 916-684-6525 SuperiorShower.net
SMOKING CESSATION
PREVIOUSLY GO FETCH PET SITTING
www.LastDrag.org
SPAS
BLUE SKY DAY SPA
4250 H St., Ste 1, 916-455-6200
BlueSkyDaySpa.com
SPECIALTY MARKETS
TAYLORS MARKET
2900 Freeprt Blvd., 916-443-6881
TAX SERVICES
KILLICK FINANCIAL SERVICES
2321 Lloyd Ln., 916-486-8985, fax: 481-3224
luckybuddypetcare.com
916.505.4375
PROUDLY SERVING SACRAMENTO’S
PETS AND THEIR PEOPLE SINCE 2004
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THEAT ERS
B STREET THEATRE
2711 B St. 916-443-5391 BStreetTheatre.org
CALIF. MUSICAL THEATRE
www.californiamusicaltheatre.com
WINDOWS & DOORS
HALLS’S WINDOWS & DOORS
11297 White Rock Rd., Rancho Cordova, 888.760.9057
HallsWindowCenter.com
outwordmagazine.com
Poster Art For Folsom Street Events Revealed
T
his year, the official Folsom Street Fair poster creates a unique
installation, portraying the nude human form as a leather and
fetish collective, showing once again that the Bay Area-based
nonprofit group that creates notorious leather and fetish events,
including the Bay of Pigs, Up Your Alley, Magnitude and of course
the Folsom Street Fair, knows how to push the envelope.
Pony Gold, an in-house photographer at Kink.com, shot the Folsom Street Fair poster.
Kink.com also generously volunteered their space in The Armory for the shoots, and all of
the 23 models donated their time.
outwordmagazine.com
Outword Magazine 57
Celebrating 25 years of commitment
to the LGBT community
Helping to create safe schools, inclusive workplaces, and financial success
The LGBT community has come a long way in the last 25 years, and Wells Fargo has been right there. Our
commitment goes back to 1987, when we added sexual orientation to our non-discrimination policy. Since then,
we’ve contributed to LGBT organizations, lent our support to anti-bullying efforts, and continued to foster a culture
of equality in the workplace. Then, in 2011, Wells Fargo Advisors was the first in the industry to have Financial
Advisors earn the Accredited Domestic Partnership Advisor℠ designation. We are only as successful as the
communities we serve. Here’s to the next quarter-century.
400 Capitol Mall • 916-440-4331
1831 S Street • 916-448-1525
3001 Capitol Avenue • 916-440-4904
wellsfargo.com/lgbt
Wells Fargo Advisors is the trade name used by two separate registered broker-dealers:
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC, Members SIPC, non-bank affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company.
Accredited Domestic Partnership Advisor℠ is a service mark of the College for Financial Planning®
© 2012 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. (719528_05095)

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