tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post6182125869740175606..comments2024-02-24T20:34:44.520-05:00Comments on Queer New York: Under Mormon Pressure, Utah Pride Disinvites JoeMyGod As Grand Marshal Tony Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-73691785800051828872013-05-24T14:08:08.615-04:002013-05-24T14:08:08.615-04:00You gotta know this guy...he did not do what Larab...You gotta know this guy...he did not do what Larabee said. She got erratic, as she usually does, invited too many people, too many people accepted and she could not afford it...so she unprofessionally disinvited. That is the truth.<br /><br />She's got an axe to grind with this guy on the board. Don't worry. The board member is cool and never said anything of the sort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-52963463112167045422013-05-24T13:44:22.872-04:002013-05-24T13:44:22.872-04:00I am telling you right here and right now, the pro...I am telling you right here and right now, the problem on this one is not Mormons and its not the "young" board member. Its the executive director. Valerie Larabee needs her head examined or just needs to count fries at McDonalds for a living instead of being a voice for the community here. She is a paranoid narcissist who hires people and fires people (or people quit very quickly after experiencing this organization) more often than she changes her boxers.<br /><br />She had almost next to no professional executive experience and had very little non-profit experience when she entered this position. In fact, she was the second desperate pick at the time she was hired.<br /><br />She takes people in who have more experience than her and when she gets frustrated at them or herself for not knowing how to guide or feels threatened, she creates this covert lesbian novella along with her ex-side kick (proxy-gay) Jen Parsons-Soran, consultant wannabe..."I'm a consultant", and together they make themselves feel better by ousting people left and right, and trying to smear their image.<br /><br />Both of these women should not be representing the LGBT community of Salt Lake or Utah at all, in any way, shape, or form, period. They give us such a bad name...and honestly make it just sucky to be gay here at times.<br /><br />They are not socially evolved people who know themselves. They are living in a passé "low ego, hurt woman empowerment & protection program" that fosters bad behavior, snarkiness, and exclusion in what could be an otherwise amazing community charged with the huge task of trudging through the sometimes hotbed of social controversy here.<br /><br />I have lived here for a quite a while now and know what I just said above first hand. Power is in the wrong hands with this woman. At least 3/4 of the people in this community do not like her, her actions, and her paranoid motivation, so please do not think Utah has all that shitty of a community. <br /><br />She has already excluded most of the community here from wanting to participate in it...now she is going nationally.<br /><br />For some reason, though, it is hard to get this woman just simply ousted from her position, because she has insulated herself with people who are just as hurt as her. Its really sick and way more dramatic than it needs to be.<br /><br />I feel sorry for this woman because she sees in no way that she is the liability. If she could not fix things in almost 9 years with this organization, she needs to be a big girl and just leave.<br /><br />That would be the right thing to do. It would be "good on her" if she realized this and packed her bags and just left to try and find another direction in life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-74202545814637771172013-05-22T19:00:29.209-04:002013-05-22T19:00:29.209-04:00"Joe Jervis deserves better." Agreed!"Joe Jervis deserves better." Agreed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-28182569790872943602013-05-21T20:07:11.454-04:002013-05-21T20:07:11.454-04:00Do you think they might reverse their decision or ...Do you think they might reverse their decision or just affect future actions? Either way they will have to take note of the backlash. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852713057094279347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-81790827909019409992013-05-21T17:11:14.989-04:002013-05-21T17:11:14.989-04:00Ugh, what is with Pride organizations lately? Betw...Ugh, what is with Pride organizations lately? Between SFPride and the Bradley Manning walk back, NYPride's expensive price tag, and now Utah Pride disinviting a prominent gay activist because of a power play? Who are these people who run these groups? Hopefully word of this will get out and they will reinvite Joe to their event (though if I were him I would say "Thanks, but no thanks". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-21220506974659250342013-05-21T16:27:36.043-04:002013-05-21T16:27:36.043-04:00Dear QNetter,
Valerie did not give me his name, an...Dear QNetter,<br />Valerie did not give me his name, and I didn't ask for it because I felt that my message to them would allow the board to see that its decision was wrong. They can handle it internally however they wish. Both Valerie and Joe are taking high road, but I think that my calling that 'pride" organization out on this is a different high road.Tony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-59057633893908096282013-05-21T16:23:48.219-04:002013-05-21T16:23:48.219-04:00Who is the board member? Actions such as this shou...Who is the board member? Actions such as this should not be taken opaquely.QNetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082206276462842440noreply@blogger.com