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NEWS 6 DISCRIMINATION STOPS HERE
by Justin Snow
10 MARYLAND ELIMINATES
TRANS HEALTHCARE EXCLUSIONS
by John Riley
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BUSINESS 15 SPOUSAL PLANNING
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46 LAST WORD
Discrimination Stops Here
Obama takes executive action to outlaw LGBT workplace discrimination for
a fth of the nations workforce
Obama signs executive order, July 21, 2014
by Justin Snow
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take such executive actions.
During a June 21 signing ceremony
in the East Room of the White House,
Obama remarked on the years of lobbying
efforts advocates have taken to convince
the Obama administration to not only
support federal legislation that would
prohibit LGBT workplace discrimina-
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you sent letters I know because I got
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that included many leaders of the LGBT-
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same standard as others companies who
do work with the federal government un-
der the expected executive order. You
can use religion to only hire people who
share your religion, but you cant discrim-
inate against someone who is of your faith
who happens to be LGBT, unless they fall
within the ministerial exception, the ad-
ministration ofcial said.
In light of the debate over religious lib-
erty sparked by the U.S. Supreme Courts
Hobby Lobby decision, the White House
had been under increased pressure over
the scope of any religious exemption
present in Obamas executive order. In a
series of letters sent by members of Con-
gress, civil rights leaders, LGBT-rights
advocates and legal scholars, Obama was
urged to resist calls from faith leaders to
include a religious exemption similar to
that in the Employment Non-Discrim-
ination Act (ENDA) in his forthcoming
LGBT nondiscrimination order.
According to the senior administration
ofcial, they deeply value the feedback
and input they have received from both
sides on this issue, but were comfortable
moving forward with the executive order
even in light of the Hobby Lobby decision.
We believe that this order both protects
the LGBT workers and respects the in-
terests of religious entities that serve as
federal contractors, the administration
ofcial said.
For more than two centuries, we
have strived, often at great cost, to form
a more perfect union to make sure
that we, the people applies to all the
people, Obama said Monday. Many of
us are only here because others fought
to secure rights and opportunities for us.
And weve got a responsibility to do the
same for future generations. Weve got an
obligation to make sure that the country
we love remains a place where no mat-
ter who you are, or what you look like, or
where you come from, or how you started
out, or what your last name is, or who you
love no matter what, you can make it in
this country.
Obama was joined on stage by Virginia
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), who as his rst
act as governor prohibited discrimina-
tion against LGBT employees of the state,
Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu,
Ofce of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs Director Pat Shiu, Rev. Del-
man Coates, Rabbi David Saperstein and
LGBT workplace equality advocates Ky-
lar Broadus, Michael Carney, Anne Von-
hof and Faith Cheltenham.
The White House announced on June
rightness of your cause, our government
government of the people, by the peo-
ple, and for the people will become just
a little bit fairer.
Obamas executive order amends Ex-
ecutive Order 11246, which prohibits
federal contractors from discrimination
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex
and national origin and was rst issued
by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965,
to include sexual orientation and gender
identity. It also amends Executive Order
11478, which prohibits discrimination
against federal employees on the basis of
race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
disability and age and was originally is-
sued by President Richard Nixon in 1969,
to also include gender identity. That ex-
ecutive order was previously amended by
President Bill Clinton in 1998 to include
sexual orientation. Although the Obama
administration previously interpreted
existing law to cover transgender federal
employees, the order ensures federal em-
ployees will now be formally and explic-
itly protected from discrimination on the
basis of gender identity.
Obamas executive actions will impact
24,000 companies that employ 28 million
workers a fth of the nations work-
force, according to a senior administra-
tion ofcial.
The executive order protecting
transgender federal employees from
discrimination will take effect immedi-
ately, whereas the executive order pro-
hibiting federal contractors from LGBT
workplace discrimination will apply
only to federal contractors who enter a
contract with the federal government
after a date designated by the Depart-
ment of Labor. According to the senior
administration official, the executive
order requires the Labor Department
to prepare regulations within 90 days
and the order will likely be fully imple-
mented by early 2015.
Moreover, Obamas executive or-
der does not modify an executive order
signed by President George W. Bush in
2002 that allows religiously afliated
federal contractors to favor individuals of
the same faith in their hiring practices
something LGBT-rights advocates have
called on Obama to change since taking
ofce.
President Obamas executive order
does not modify that Bush exemption,
the administration ofcial said during
a Friday call with reporters. It stands.
However, the administration ofcial add-
ed such contractors will be held to the
16 that Obama would sign the executive
order prohibiting federal contractors
from LGBT workplace discrimination
a move long sought by LGBT-rights
advocates that has garnered increased
attention as federal legislation remains
stalled in Congress. On June 30, at the
White Houses annual LGBT Pride
Month reception, Obama also announced
his plans to sign an executive order pro-
tecting transgender federal employees
from discrimination. Obamas actions
Monday were greeted with applause by
LGBT-rights advocates who have been
pressuring for such action since Obama
was a candidate for president in 2008 and
indicated he would sign such an execu-
tive order.
With this action, President Obama
has cemented his legacy as a transforma-
tive leader, said Chad Grifn, president
of the Human Rights Campaign, in a
statement. Consistently, this administra-
tion has taken unprecedented and his-
toric executive actions to advance LGBT
equality in this country and around the
world.
Indeed, Obamas executive order ap-
pears to have solidied his legacy on LGBT
rights. According to Grifn, focus now
returns to the House of Representatives,
where ENDA has been blocked by Repub-
lican leaders since it was approved with
a 64-32 vote by the Senate in November.
Since then, a ght over the scope of EN-
DAs religious exemption has broken out
among several LGBT-rights groups.
A bipartisan coalition of Americans
is standing behind LGBT equality, a bi-
partisan coalition of our elected leaders
should be doing the same, Grifn said.
During his remarks Monday, Obama
urged advocates to maintain pressure on
Congress.
Congress has spent 40 years four
decades considering legislation that
would help solve the problem. Thats a
long time. And yet they still havent got-
ten it done, Obama said. But Im go-
ing to do what I can, with the authority
I have, to act. The rest of you, of course,
need to keep putting pressure on Con-
gress to pass federal legislation that re-
solves this problem once and for all.
Tico Almeida, founder and president
of Freedom to Work, said a clock has now
started ticking for corporations, such
as ExxonMobil, that do work with the
federal government but do not prohibit
LGBT workplace discrimination.
President Obamas signature sends a
strong message: update your workplace
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mone replacement therapy and certain
surgical procedures. The standard es-
tablished for what constitutes medically
necessary care closely tracks the Stan-
dards of Care issued by the World Pro-
fessional Association for Transgender
Health (WPATH), the leading interna-
tional authority on health care for trans-
gender people.
The benet is effective immediately,
and applies to all participants in the State
Employee & Retiree Health & Welfare
Benets Programs, including the spouses
and dependents of current employees or
retirees.
Maryland has moved one step closer
to achieving full equality and justice for
transgender Marylanders, Aaron Merki,
the executive director of FreeState Le-
gal said in a statement. We applaud this
development, and look forward to a time
when these discriminatory exclusions
are removed from all public and private
health insurance policies.
My experience as a social worker
and a Scout has made me appreciate the
importance of persevering for change
and equality, Holobaugh said in a state-
ment. I am thrilled that people who
serve Maryland as state employees now
have increased access to health services,
and that they can extend these benets to
their dependents.
The policy change makes Maryland
the fourth state in the nation to provide
nondiscriminatory health coverage to
transgender state employees, according
to the National Center for Transgender
Equality (NCTE).
We applaud Maryland and the ad-
ministration of Governor OMalley for
becoming the fourth state to ensure
coverage of transition-related care for
by John Riley
F
REESTATE LEGAL, THE LEGAL
advocacy organization working
on behalf of low-income LGBTQ
Marylanders, announced Tues-
day that the state of Maryland, in response
to the threat of a lawsuit, has changed its
employee health care policy to provide in-
surance coverage for medically necessary
care for transgender state employees.
FreeState Legal led its rst claim
against the state in November 2013 on
behalf of Sailor Holobaugh, a transgender
man employed by the University of Mary-
land at Baltimore, who was denied cov-
erage for a medically necessary bilateral
mastectomy, on the basis of a provision
that, heretofore, had excluded coverage
for any procedure or treatment designed
to alter an individuals physical charac-
teristics to those of the opposite sex.
FreeState Legal argued that the states
denial of coverage to Holobaugh violated
Gov. Martin OMalleys 2007 executive or-
der prohibiting discrimination on the ba-
sis of gender identity in state employment.
In January, the organization led an addi-
tional discrimination complaint with the
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.
As part of the settlement for both
claims, reached outside of court, the state
has removed all language that denies cov-
erage to transgender people for medically
necessary transition-related health care
expenses, and has instituted a new com-
prehensive gender dysphoria benet.
The state has also reimbursed Holobaugh
for his out-of-pocket costs for his surgery.
The gender dysphoria benet pro-
vides coverage for medically necessary
transition-related care, including hor-
state employees, joining Massachusetts,
Oregon and California, along with the
District of Columbia, Mara Keisling,
the executive director of NCTE, said in a
statement.
In an additional statement, FreeState
Legal also vowed to continue to ght any
remaining exclusions within Marylands
laws, specically focusing on private
insurance regulated by the Maryland
Insurance Administration, self-funded
employee health benet plans, and the
states Medicaid program.
With the passage this year of the
Fairness for All Marylanders Act and
the establishment of the state employee
Gender Dysphoria Benet, Maryland is
making great strides toward transgender
equality, Jer Welter, the managing attor-
ney of FreeState Legal who represented
Holobaugh, said.
However, Welter continued, there
is still work to be done, including the
elimination of similar transition-related
care exclusions in the Maryland Medi-
cal Assistance (Medicaid) program and
in polices issued by private insurers regu-
lated by the Maryland Insurance Admin-
istration. FreeState Legal will continue to
work diligently on these issues to further
ensure that equal and fair health coverage
is a staple for all LGBTQ Marylanders.
A spokesman for NCTE told Metro
Weekly that six states California, Colo-
rado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Or-
egon and Washington State and the
District of Columbia mandate coverage
of transition-related care in private in-
surance. In addition, California, Mas-
sachusetts and the District of Columbia
also have provisions in place that explic-
itly cover transition-related care in their
Medicaid programs. l
Maryland Eliminates Trans
Healthcare Exclusions
Policy now allows transgender state employees in Maryland to have
transition-related care covered by insurance
policies to protect LGBT employees or
forfeit your highly lucrative taxpayer-
funded contracts. This is a watershed
moment in our countrys march toward
equality, Almeida said in a statement.
Before sitting down to sign the long-
sought executive order, Obama took
note of the many steps toward full LGBT
equality that have been taken since he as-
sumed ofce.
Weve got a long way to go, but I
hope as everybody looks around this
room, you are reminded of the extraor-
dinary progress that we have made not
just in our lifetimes, but in the last ve
years. In the last two years. In the last
one year, Obama said. Were on the
right side of history. l
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SATURDAY, JULY 26
ADVENTURING outdoors group hikes 8 easy
& scenic miles along the C&O Canal through
the mountains of Western Md. Bring plenty of
beverages, lunch, sunscreen, bug spray, about
$25 for transportation and trip fees, and funds for
dinner on the way home. Carpool at 8:30 a.m. from
the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Station, return by
dark. Craig, 202-462-0535. adventuring.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by members of the
LGBT community, holds Saturday morning Shabbat
services, 10 a.m., followed by kiddush luncheon.
Services in DCJCC Community Room, 1529 16th St.
NW. betmish.org.
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including others
interested in Brazilian culture, meets. For location/
time, email braziliangaygroup@yahoo.com.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at
Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social
club welcomes all levels for exercise in a fun and
supportive environment, socializing afterward.
Meet 9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a walk; or
10 a.m. for fun run. dcfrontrunners.org.
DC SENTINELS basketball team meets at Turkey
Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE,
2-4 p.m. For players of all levels, gay or straight.
teamdcbasketball.org.
DIGNITY NORTHERN VIRGINIA sponsors
Mass for LGBT community, family and friends.
6:30 p.m., Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606
Seminary Road, Alexandria. All welcome. dignity/
Washington.org.
GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses critical
languages and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies,
900 U St. NW. RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@
gmail.com.
SUNDAY, JULY 27
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today for Food & Friends.
To participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
The DC Centers CENTER BI GROUP holds its
monthly brunch at Sala Thai Restaurant. 12-2 p.m.
1301 U St. NW, Suite 111. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group holds bi-monthly
potluck social in co-op party room near Arlington
Courthouse Metro to plan late summer activities.
7 p.m. All welcome. Bring appetizer, salad, entre,
vegetable dish or dessert; Chrysalis provides
beverages and paper goods. Craig, 202-462-0535.
craighowell1@verizon.net.
WEEKLY EVENTS
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS MEMORIAL
EPISCOPAL CHURCH celebrates Low Mass at 8:30
FRIDAY, JULY 25
The DC Center hosts a meeting of WOMEN IN
THEIR 20S, a social discussion and activity group
for LBT women. 8-9:30 p.m. The DC Center. 2000
14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV
services (by appointment). 202-291-4707,
andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session
at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated discussion for
GBTQ men, 18-35, rst and third Fridays. 8:30 p.m.
The DC Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. 202-
682-2245, gaydistrict.org.
GAY MARRIED MENS ASSOCIATION (GAMMA)
is a peer-support group that meets in Dupont Circle
every second and fourth Friday at 7:30 p.m. gay-
married.com or GAMMAinDC1@yahoo.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health,
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. 202-745-7000, whitman-walker.org.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, rapid HIV
testing. Appointment needed. 1012 14th St. NW,
Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-afrming social
group for ages 11-24. 4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road
NW. Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, layc-dc.org.
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides a social
atmosphere for GLBT and questioning youth,
featuring dance parties, vogue nights, movies and
games. More info, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-6 p.m., by
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger.
Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155,
testing@smyal.org.
THURSDAY, JULY 24
The DC Center hosts a monthly meeting for
the antiviolence group GAYS AND LESBIANS
OPPOSING VIOLENCE. 7-8:30 p.m. at The DC
Center. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more info,
visit thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW.
7:30-9 p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and lesbian square-
dancing group features mainstream through
advanced square dancing at the National City
Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30 p.m.
Casual dress. 301-257-0517, dclambdasquares.org.
The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern Virginia social
group meets for happy hour at Sheraton in Reston,
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, second-oor bar, 7-9
p.m. All welcome. dullestriangles.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health. The
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, 2301
MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call 202-745-
7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
IDENTITY offers free and condential HIV testing
in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave., and in
Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.
Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments other hours,
call Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or Takoma Park,
301-422-2398.
testing. Appointment needed. 1012 14th St. NW,
Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
202-567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics Anonymous
Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW.
The group is independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE for young
LBTQ women, 13-21, interested in leadership
development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth Center, 410
7th St. SE. 202-567-3163, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in
the D.C.-area LGBT community, from alternative social events to
volunteer opportunities. Event information should be sent by email to
calendar@MetroWeekly.com. Deadline for inclusion is noon
of the Friday before Thursdays publication. Questions about
the calendar may be directed to the Metro Weekly ofce at
202-638-6830 or the calendar email address.
LGBTCommunityCalendar
a.m., High Mass at 11 a.m. 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW.
202-232-4244, allsoulsdc.org.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST welcomes all to 10:30 a.m. service, 945 G
St. NW. rstuccdc.org or 202-628-4317.
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes
GLBT community for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130 Old
Telegraph Road, Alexandria. hopeucc.org.
Join LINCOLN CONGREGATIONAL TEMPLE
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST for an inclusive,
loving and progressive faith community every
Sunday. 11 a.m. 1701 11th Street NW, near R in
Shaw/Logan neighborhood. lincolntemple.org.
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA services at 11 a.m., led by
Rev. Onetta Brooks. Childrens Sunday School, 11
a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax. 703-691-0930,
mccnova.com.
NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, inclusive
church with GLBT fellowship, offers gospel worship,
8:30 a.m., and traditional worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas
Circle NW. 202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.
ST. STEPHEN AND THE INCARNATION, an
interracial, multi-ethnic Christian Community
offers services in English, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and
in Spanish at 5:15 p.m. 1525 Newton St. NW. 202-
232-0900, saintstephensdc.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF
SILVER SPRING invites LGBTQ families and
individuals of all creeds and cultures to join the
church. Services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. 10309 New
Hampshire Ave. uucss.org.
MONDAY, JULY 28
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today for Lost Dog &
Cat Rescue Foundation in Potomac Yards. To
participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
Michael Brazell teaches BEARS DO YOGA, a
program of The DC Center. 6:30 p.m., Green
Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW. No cost, newcomers
welcome. 202-682-2245, thedccenter.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session
at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds practice, 6:30-
8:30 p.m. Garrison Elementary, 1200 S St. NW.
dcscandals.wordpress.com.
GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Quaker House,
2111 Florida Ave. NW. getequal.wdc@gmail.com.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY (K.I.) SERVICES,
3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV
testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 703-823-4401.
testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012
14th St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing. 5-7 p.m. 2049
N. 15th St., Suite 200, Arlington. Appointments:
703-789-4467.
The DC Center hosts COFFEE DROP-IN FOR THE
SENIOR LGBT COMMUNITY. 10 a.m.-noon. 2000
14th St. NW. 202-682-2245, thedccenter.org.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS Water Polo Team
practices 7-9 p.m. Takoma Aquatic Center, 300
Van Buren St. NW. Newcomers with at least basic
swimming ability always welcome. Tom, 703-299-
0504, secretary@wetskins.org, wetskins.org.
TUESDAY, JULY 29
WEEKLY EVENTS
A COMPANY OF STRANGERS, a theater chorus,
meets 7:30-9:30 p.m. A GLBTA and SATB looking
for actors, singers, crew. Open Hearth Foundation,
1502 Massachusetts Ave. SE. Charles, 240-764-
5748. ecumenicon.org.
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly dinner in Dupont/
Logan Circle area, 6:30 p.m. afwash@aol.com,
afwashington.net.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club
serving greater D.C.s LGBT community and allies
hosts an evening run/walk. dcfrontrunners.org.
THE GAY MENS HEALTH COLLABORATIVE
offers free HIV/STI screening every 2nd and 4th
Tuesday. 5-6:30 p.m. Rainbow Tuesday LGBT
Clinic, Alexandria Health Department, 4480 King
St. 703-321-2511, james.leslie@inova.org.
THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE DC CENTER
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Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155,
testing@smyal.org.
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Spousal Planning
One year after DOMA, LGBT couples still dont know their nancial liabilities
Quattlebaum
by Jessica Vaughan
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LITTLE OVER ONE YEAR
ago, the Supreme Court ruled
on the Clinton-era Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA), nd-
ing it unconstitutional. As a result, same-
sex marriages are now recognized on a
federal level. However, after the party
and the cake, the nancial reality of mar-
riage leaves some couples stymied.
Wells Fargo bank commissioned a
survey to study how the courts decision
has impacted the LGBT community, and
whether it has changed how LGBT in-
vestors approach their nances. Overall,
the survey found that respondents have
similar nancial goals and similar dif-
culties communicating about money as
most Americans, but the vast majority
of same-sex couples do not have a good
handle on what this unique legal situa-
tion means for them.
Wells Fargo wealth planning strate-
gist and Capital Area Gay and Lesbian
Chamber of Commerce board member
John Quattlebaum says, There is a layer
of federal law that is separate from state
laws and a patchwork of states that do
or do not recognize marriages. Based on
where a couple married and where they
live now, the complexity is compounded.
Same-sex couples can now marry in
19 states, while many other states ban
it, and court rulings and legislation shift
that number almost daily. If a couple gets
married in D.C. or Maryland, but moves
to Virginia where same-sex marriage is
banned, the taxes they le, the insurance
they buy, and whether their wealth will
automatically be passed to the benecia-
ry they choose may all shift.
Quattlebaum says of the survey re-
sults, The good news is that most of the
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and state laws apply to them.
Unfortunately, many couples are not
working to nd out which laws affect
them. More than one-third of respon-
dents (38 percent) said that discussions
about money have caused tension in
their relationships, while more than one
in ve (21 percent) said they rarely or
never talk about money at all. Another
key nding is that fewer than half of
those surveyed (47 percent) seek profes-
sional advice on the matter.
Financial planners, accountants, and
lawyers can all be instrumental in pro-
tecting future wealth. Financial planners
can help with short- and long-term goals.
They can address specic issues like cash
ow, retirement, insurance, income and
estate taxes, and how individual state and
federal marriage laws impact all of these.
Quattlebaum says, Some couples believe
that because their marriage is recognized
at the federal level, it has solved all of their
problems, but that is not necessarily true.
It pays to seek help from a nancial
planner trained in these issues. Quattle-
baum strongly recommends seeking
someone with a certication like the Cer-
tied Financial Planner
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designation.
Wells Fargo also helped the College for
Financial Planning create a new designa-
tion, available to any nancial planner at
any bank, called the Accredited Domestic
Partner Advisor
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fessionals have to have specic training
in these issues. Beyond ofcial accredita-
tions, its best to look for planners and oth-
er professionals with a large LGBT client
base and who work with an organization
or bank with a good record on gay rights.
Beyond formal help from a Certied
Financial Planner
TM
, people can nd
many resources online from organiza-
tions like the Human Rights Campaign or
Lambda Legal on topics like social secu-
rity, Medicare and taxes, as well as infor-
mation directly from the government and
states on current laws. The Capital Area
Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
is currently designing a workshop to ad-
dress the specic nancial concerns of
metro area investors.
One day, same-sex marriage may sim-
ply be marriage, and it wont require such
careful research and vigilance, but mar-
riage and money will always be a poten-
tially explosive combination. Seeking
help can make it possible for a couple to
build the life they want and protect the
wealth they make.
The Chamber Means Business. For more
information visit caglcc.org or facebook.
com/CAGLCC. On Twitter, follow
@DCLGBTBIZ.
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Baptist
the Twinbrooks Reverend
Jill McCrory serves as a
face of theprogressive,
and LGBT-inclusive,
tradition within the
Baptist faith
Interview by John Riley
Photography by Todd Franson
J
ILL MCCRORY WELCOMES QUESTIONS. TOUGH
questions, uncomfortable questions, questions with
complex answers. The kind of questions that prompted
her to leave the church for more than 20 years before
returning in her 40s to enter the seminary in hopes of becom-
ing a Baptist minister.
You can question here, you can be cynical here, you can
say, I want to read more and It doesnt make sense to me,
McCrory, the pastor of Rockvilles Twinbrook Baptist Church,
says of her churchs attitude toward discovering ones faith.
And thats okay.
McCrory eschews the re and brimstone archetype that
has become stereotypically associated with the Baptist tradition
in popular culture, opting instead to promote a nurturing, wel-
coming and safe environment for the members of her congrega-
tion. Nowhere has this been more evident than her stance on
marriage equality and LGBT rights, where she has thrown open
the doors and deliberately advertised her church as out when
it comes to accepting LGBT congregants.
I truly believe churches have to be out, McCrory says.
They cant just say, Oh, we welcome everyone, and theyll nd
us, because no other group of people have been told theyre
not welcome in church.... No other group has been told, Youre
not good enough to come in here unless you change yourself.
Thats why we have a banner that says All Are Welcome. Really
and march in the Pride Parade. Our logo has the rainbow on it.
My business card has the rainbow on it. Our website is very out
about who we are.
Because she embraces LGBT rights, often to the surprise of
those who wrongly believe Baptists have a monolithic approach
to the issue, McCrory has found herself at the forefront of the
equality ght. Testifying before the D.C. Council and the Mary-
land General Assembly on marriage equality bills, pushing for
visibility for herself and other pro-LGBT pastors by marching in
the Capital Pride Parade, becoming the rst pastor to wed a same-
sex couple on stage at the Capital Pride Festival in 2010. She even
led a crowd in prayer on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court as
they awaited last years decision on the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA), part of which was found to be unconstitutional.
McCrorys biggest ght, however, is one of perception.
Specically, her effort to counter conservative members of her
faith by presenting her own church as a safe haven for people to
worship as their authentic selves, without fear of retribution or
expulsion. Its that effort which leaves her continually outreach-
ing to those who have been marginalized, to welcome them back
to the church.
Every time, with regards my involvement in this movement,
that I think the coolest thing has happened that will ever happen,
something else occurs, McCrory says. So marching in this Pride
contingent that continues to grow, and being a Capital Pride
Hero. That was mind-boggling. Testifying in Annapolis, and then
being there on the steps when Governor OMalley signed the dec-
laration, and going over to his house for a reception. Being invited
to the White House for an LGBT leaders reception.
Listen, I was born, grew up, raised and stayed in D.C., and
consider myself the most jaded resident, she continues. Like,
Oh, yeah, thats the motorcade, uh-huh, sure. Been there, seen it,
done that, got the T-shirt. I was the biggest tourist in the world
when I walked into the White House. And on the Supreme Court
steps, being on the dais with Eugene Robinson and Dean [Gary]
Hall from the National Cathedral. I think Thats got to be as
good as it gets, and then something else hits me.
Its not as if McCrory has remained immune to criticism,
particularly from her conservative brethren in the Baptist faith.
But McCrory has been lucky that shes been able to openly share
her more progressive views publicly without consequences for
her church.
I do not have anything threatening to yank my credentials,
or ostracize our church out of the convention, or picket us,
she says, noting that other churches have been thrown out of
their state or local Baptist conventions for adopting an LGBT-
afrming stance or marrying same-sex couples. And so I know
Im blessed.
METRO WEEKLY: Where did you grow up? Were you raised Baptist?
REV. JILL MCCRORY: I was born and raised in Washington, D.C. I
was raised in the Baptist tradition at Chevy Chase Baptist Church
and was baptized there, all the good usual little Baptist things. I
had what I would call a Sunday school Biblical education
MW: What does that mean?
because I asked hard questions.
One of the things were trying to do
at Twinbrook Baptist is be a church for
questioners. We never tell people, Its a
mystery. We say, Go look and see. Its
been a mystery for other people, too, so
see how they dealt with it. We dont shy
away from hard questions, we dont shy
away from reading all the controversial
theological authors and scholars, and we
dont shy away from scholarship.
MW: You spent 20-plus years away from the
church. Did you go to church at any point
during that time?
MCCRORY: Yeah, sometimes, I would go
to church.
MW: Baptist?
MCCRORY: No, I went to some different
ones. I dont want to diss other denomi-
nations, so lets just say I went to anoth-
er mainline denomination, and I asked,
Well, what is it you believe here? And
they actually couldnt tell me. I still
believed in God, the Church just didnt
make sense to me. Then, of course, I
went to a moderate seminary the John
Leland Center, a Baptist seminary in Clar-
endon. There, they were very open to
studying and going deeper and looking at
the scholarly approach whats the con-
text and who wrote it, and all that stuff.
MW: How long were you in seminary?
MCCRORY: For life. [Laughs.] Ten years. I
mean, usually, it doesnt take that long,
but it was part-time.
MW: So how did you get placed in a church
after seminary?
MCCRORY: I was at Chevy Chase, and
then I was an intern at another church.
While I was an intern at that church it
was actually a Southern Baptist church,
because God has a sense of humor I felt
called to preach. However, that church
didnt allow women in the pulpit. The
senior pastor was willing, but the deacons
were not going to do it.
In the meantime, were doing train-
ing for MCC leaders, and I meet all these
fabulous gay and lesbian and transgen-
der pastors. Im bemoaning that I cant
preach in my own church and one of the
pastors said, Well, come to my church
and preach. Youll know when you come
preach and see if this is what youre sup-
posed to do. So I did, and I preached as a
Baptist. Afterwards, this young man came
up to me and said, Ive never been to this
church before, but I needed to hear what
you said, as a Baptist. Thank you. And
I said to myself, Okay, thats it. Thats
what Im supposed to do. Thats why
I have two two-by-fours in my ofce,
because I say God hit me with some two-
by-fours. So that was the rst two-by-
four, that Im calling you to preach as an
ally to the LGBT community.
At the time, I thought I was the only
Baptist that was like that, so I felt very
ostracized. I started preaching up at
Open Door MCC, in Boyds (Md.) as what
we call a provisional pastor. I would go
up there and preach, and I couldnt tell
this Southern Baptist church what I was
doing. I sort of had to stay in my own little
closet for a while. Then, I met this woman
at a D.C. Baptist Convention meeting and
became friendly with her and told her,
Well, you know, Im a Baptist that thinks
gays should be welcomed into church.
And she says, Oh, Im the pastor of a
welcoming and afrming Baptist church.
I said, A what? She said, Oh, theres
a whole association. I had no idea. So,
she hired me for the Washington Plaza
Baptist Church in Reston. She introduced
me to the Association of Welcoming and
Afrming Baptists (AWAB), which I later
became chair of.
So, I was at Washington Plaza Baptist
for a while. And then, that pastor left,
and we got an interim so I left there and
went to Luther Rice Memorial Baptist
Church in Silver Spring. I was an associ-
ate pastor there. That was another great
church, but not out.
MW: What do you mean by out?
MCCRORY: Theres this issue of out and not
out. Washington Plaza was out, a member
of the association [AWAB] and that was
where we started the Pride contingent.
Sandi [John] and I and the pastor from
Riverside Baptist downtown, we wanted
to march in the pride parade. We didnt
have enough people, so PFLAG invited us
to march with them. And we had signs that
said we were Baptists, and wore our clergy
stoles, and it was I mean, I had no idea.
Marching with PFLAG was an incred-
ible experience. Of course, everybodys
excited and they love PFLAG. It took us
three years to get a contingent big enough
to go by ourselves. So in 10 years, we grew
that to this year 67 Baptists, eight
Baptist churches, and three vehicles. To
be a huge witness. After 10 years of show-
ing up in the Pride Parade, people still run
out of that crowd in tears, and just grab
you and sob. I have had so many people
just sob, saying, Thank you, thank you,
thank you. And lots of people who say,
Could I have my picture taken with you?
I want to send it to my parents, to show
there is a Baptist pastor, because my sign
always says Baptist Minister for Equal-
ity. Thats being out.
MW: Where did you go after Washington
MCCRORY: Its basically the non-scholarly
approach. I would say the conservative
approach. And its simplied. Theres
Adam and Eve, and theres Noahs Ark,
but no one gets deeper into by the way,
theres two stories about Adam and Eve
and why. And I tell you this because its
part of why I do what I do now.
When I was about 16 or 17, I asked a
hard theological question, and I didnt
get an answer. My father was Catholic,
my mother was Baptist, and I asked my
pastor about heaven and hell, because my
fathers priest was saying that only the
Catholics went to heaven and my Baptist
pastor was saying that the Baptists go to
heaven. I was trying to gure out: how
could it be heaven if both my parents
werent there? And I didnt get a very
good answer. I got a sort of kids answer,
you know, Oh, its okay, its a mystery. I
said, Well, then, Im not getting my ques-
tions answered here. So I left the church
and didnt come back until I was in my
40s, over 20 years later.
MW: What made you go back?
MCCRORY: I had an experience through
my mothers major stroke, nursing home,
and death, and went back to church. I was
fortunate enough to be in a Sunday school
class that was being taught by Carol Wil-
son. Carol was, at the time, in the leader-
ship of the D.C. Baptist Convention, and
she teaches like a seminary professor. She
was teaching me things I had never heard
to look at things in context, and why
was it written that way, and who wrote
it, and what was the audience, and when
was it written, and what were they trying
to say. This world was opened up to me
and I said, I need to go to seminary.
I had just started a company with a
business partner, doing leadership train-
ing, and he and I both decided to go to
seminary. He is a gay man, who, around
the same time, had come out to his Baptist
church, and they had rejected him. So,
he found MCCDC Metropolitan Com-
munity Church. We started doing leader-
ship training for them, and through that
and going to seminary and understanding
more contextually, it all sort of gelled
together. All my gay friends who loved
God, there was nothing in Scripture that
said that they were wrong. I became pas-
sionate about standing up for this com-
munity, which I consider myself a part of,
even though Im straight. I feel, as an ally,
I am a part of the community, because I
myself was disenfranchised from church.
Thats why I tell that sort of long story
I wasnt rejected from the church for
my sexuality. I was pretty much rejected
Plaza and Luther Rice?
MCCRORY: Open Door MCC lost their pas-
tor, and they needed an interim, someone
to get them to pastor search. And so,
Luther Rice ordained me. I went up for
two-and-a-half years and was the interim
pastor of an MCC church. They found
their pastor, I took a year off. Then, I
found out that Twinbrook had lost their
pastor and they were in an interim period,
trying to decide what to do. This church
had decreased, they had lost some folks
through attrition, through death. I mean,
its just a typical suburban church. So I
started talking to them, and I said, We
need to be welcoming and afrming.
The founding pastor, John Laney
whos still alive his vision for this
church was, as he called it, a fellowship
of the concerned. And when he rst
started this church in 1956, the focus of
that was opening the doors wide
for the African-American com-
munity. Because at the time,
white churches didnt invite
that community in. He invit-
ed that community. Then, as
years went by, it became what
other cultures can we invite in?
He left here before it was time
to bring up LGBT. But when
I came in and did my proposal, it went
right along. In fact, I talked to him this
morning, because I told him you guys
were coming, and I said, Can I use your
name? And he said, Yes, and tell them it
is still my vision, and this goes right into
the vision he had as an open and welcom-
ing community.
MW: Who was the rst gay person you
knew, and how did they come out to you?
MCCRORY: I love this question. So, the
rst person is going to be hard, because
I was very young. My mother had a gay
business partner. She ran a mens store
downtown at what was then the Statler
Hilton, which is now the Washington
Hilton. Her best friend was a lesbian, and
two other friends were lesbians, who I
always thought were married. I mean, I
was brought up that these two women
were a married couple. I mean, nobody
ever used the word married, but they
came to our house as a couple. I knew
they lived together, I knew they loved
each other, I knew they were a couple.
They lived in another state. And so, I
actually knew gay adults rst. The rst
gay person in my peer group would have
been friends in high school. My rst gay
friend was actually killed in the World
Trade Center attack.
The rst person who came out would
have been Eugene, in high school. He was
very comfortable with his sexuality, and he
came out to everybody. He wasnt closeted.
Im sure there were other gay people in
that crowd, but hes the one I remember,
because he was the most out. And he was
such a delightful person. He had an incred-
ible singing voice, and he would stop in the
middle of Woodrow Wilson High School
and start belting out If I Were a Rich
Man. We all remember it today. When he
was killed at the World Trade Center, there
were about ve of us who got online and
said, Oh my God, do you remember when
he used to sing in the halls?
MW: Did you ever, at any point, hold or con-
sider holding homophobic views? Or doubt
your stance?
MCCRORY: No. Because gay people were just
people. I was raised with both gays and
lesbians. They were just people to me. So
it would have been a new discovery to nd
out that in some way they were less than.
I mean, I wasnt a stupid kid. Looking
back on it, my mothers business partner
was probably way closeted as a young
man in D.C. I never saw him with a part-
ner. His birthday was a day after mine, so
every birthday party I had, there was an
adults party for Frank afterwards. Look-
ing back, I think he was probably very
closeted. But at the time were talking 56
to 65 he was probably 29 it would
have been difcult to be out.
MW: They still would have been arresting
people, even in D.C.
MCCRORY: Yes. And doing the bar raids,
and sitting outside and watching.
MW: What has been your experience with
your views on LGBT equality meshing with
other more conservative churches? Did you
nd those views clashed? Or were they just
not talked about?
MCCRORY: In the Southern Baptist church,
I didnt talk about it I was afraid to talk
about it. I was afraid that if I told them
I was preaching at MCC, theyd hit the
oor on their knees. Theyd be praying
for my soul. I had a conservative pas-
tor tell me, You have to make a choice
between ministry and those people. And I
said, You dont understand. My ministry
is those people. I dont want that mis-
construed. While a conservative would
say, My ministry is changing them, my
ministry is not to change the LGBT com-
munity, my ministry is to minister and
welcome the LGBT community and assure
them that they are children of God. But I
was told, You have to make a choice.
Here is the most important thing Ive
learned, and I learned it from Rebecca
Vogel, who used to be with the Gay and
Lesbian Task Force: the church folks who
speak against homosexuality have learned
this from their parents, their grandpar-
ents, their pastors, their youth leaders,
people they trust. And when you start
trying to talk to people that have been told
what they feel are truths by people they
trust, it is like me telling you I am wearing
the color orange right now. And youre
like, Thats green. No. When youve
been told things by people you trust, trying
to have those conversations about Youve
been taught wrong has to be done very
delicately, with a lot of respect.
MW: Did you lose any churchgoers because
of your approach to LGBT inclusion?
MCCRORY: As any congregation in a tran-
sition, we lost some. The folks that left
with the most ethics were my most con-
servative people. I had a couple that were
Southern Baptist, and they said, We
want a Southern Baptist church, and we
know this isnt going to be Southern Bap-
tist. But we talked, and we agreed that
we all really liked each other, and I tried
to convince them to stay and disagree, but
they wanted a Southern Baptist church.
So thats ne.
But the folks that stayed have wel-
comed our LGBT members, and weve
had straight members join, too. Were
probably the only Baptist church thats
referenced on a cross-dressing website as
a safe place to be, and Im proud of that. I
want to be the safe place where you can
nd Jesus, no matter who you are. And if
youre not ready to nd Jesus, thats ne,
too. Youre on the journey.
Again, one of our big things is ques-
tioning. Thats the other thing I was told
by a pastor. So I go to seminary and I
started nding out all this scholarly stuff,
and Im like, Nobody ever taught me
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I want to be the safe place where you can fnd Jesus here,
no matter who you are.
this. I went to my pastor at the time and
asked, Why didnt yall tell me this? And
he said, You cant preach this from the
pulpit. And I said, Watch me.
And that was the other two-by-four
being told you cant bring the scholarly to
the pulpit. And I said, Yes I can. I will.
So the two two-by-fours were when I felt
called as an ally to welcome the LGBT
community, and when I felt called to
bring the scholarly conversation into the
church without fear.
MW: How did you become involved in the
marriage equality ght in Maryland. Who
reached out to you?
MCCRORY: I was pulled into the ght
through pastors I knew in D.C., when they
did D.C. Clergy for Marriage, because I
knew those folks. So I went down and
I testied. I was primed for it. I was
involved in Equality Maryland I think
they called it Pride in Faith, but it was
their faith group. So, Equality Maryland
pulled me in.
I was initially introduced to Equality
Maryland because I read an article in The
Gazette that Love Won Out, the ex-gay
group where they turn you back to being
straight, were going to be at some church,
and this thing called Equality Maryland
was going to have a picket line. And my
husband read it, and I read it, and he said,
I want to go. Those people are making
me crazy. So I called Dan Furmansky and
said, Im a Baptist minister in Maryland,
and my husband and I want to know if
we can come picket with you. And Dan
says, Oh my God, come talk to me. And
so we picketed and I got involved. And
then [former Equality Maryland Execu-
tive Director] Morgan [Meneses-Sheets]
asked me, Would you come to Annapolis
and testify? I dont know if it was [Attor-
ney General Doug] Gansler who was
about to interpret the law that Maryland
should recognize same-sex marriages
from other states, even though we didnt
have same-sex marriage. He was about to
rule on that. And this delegate
MW: Emmett Burns?
MCCRORY: Yes. He was offering legislation
to block it in some way, and I dont remem-
ber the details, but, anyway, because he
was a Baptist pastor, they called me and
asked me to testify as a Baptist minister.
And I came, and my whole testimony
was, With all due respect to my Baptist
colleague here, Im a Baptist minister who
does not agree with him. And heres why.
And so I was that straight Baptist girl
theyd bring in. I would try to share that
its really about love, not being Baptist.
MW: You also married a gay couple on stage
at Capital Pride.
MCCRORY: Yes, I did. It was the year we
won marriage in D.C., June of 2010.
Theyd been together 30 years, and I get
this call. They lived next door to someone
who went to Open Door MCC and they
wanted to get married on the anniversary
of their meeting, which happened to be
the Sunday of the Pride festival. Evi-
dently, they had set something up with an
Episcopal priest, and then that person was
told by their church they couldnt marry
them. So they call me and said, Hey, our
next door neighbor says youre a cool
pastor, and that youd be willing to marry
us. And I said, Absolutely. When? And
I thought, Oh, crud. Thats the festival
date. I said, I have got to be down at
the festival. Where is this planned for?
And they said, Actually, we have nobody
but us. I said, Theres no guests? They
said, No, its just us. And I said, Where
do you want to get married? I can meet
you somewhere downtown, and they
didnt know. And then, just something, I
said, Would you want to get married at
the festival? Yeah, that would be cool.
I used to go down to Omega and min-
ister to the girls at Omega, because I knew
some drag performers, and I used to min-
ister to them in the alley back there, on
occasion, until I got too old to stay up that
late. So, I called Big Daddy [J.P. Gulla]. I
knew he ran the Rainbow Stage. I said,
Listen. Do you think you could give me
like 20 minutes on the stage? And he
said absolutely. And actually one of the
performers who was going to our church
gave up her slot for me. So we arranged
it. And then I get a call from the festival:
I understand youre doing this wedding
on the Rainbow Stage. I said, Yeah.
Could you come over to the festival stage
after? Well send golf carts for you. We
want to introduce them.
So I had never met them. They had
been together 30 years, so I wasnt doing
marriage counseling or anything like that.
I knew they werent 20 years old, but
I had no idea. First of all, we had The
Washingtonian, all this press was there,
AARP and PBS were doing some special,
and they said, Can we mike you? Were
going to have cameras.... And so here
they come, and one is on a walker. Hes
83 years old. And the other ones 65. They
start announcing this thing like every
15 minutes leading up to it, and by the
time we did it, there were so many peo-
ple. And as soon as I said, Dearly
beloved... the place went nuts.
At the end, I lifted up the mar-
riage license and said, By the
power invested in me by the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and everyone is
screaming. When I said You may
kiss, everybody kissed. So then
they whisk us over to the main
stage. And I was a real goofball,
because they said, Pastor Jill, do
you want to say something? And I said,
I want to marry you all! I sounded like
an idiot. I often do that.
A few years later, the older gentleman
was declining and on his deathbed. He
said, That was the most incredible day
of my life. And I did his funeral, and we
talked about how that was so special to
him, that after 30 years, he was able to
marry his partner. I was excited to do it.
It meant a lot to me. Obviously, it meant
a lot to him.
MW: Within Baptist conventions, do you
feel there are coming schisms over the issue
of LGBT rights?
MCCRORY: The issue when you start talk-
ing about Baptists is that, unlike Catho-
lics, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Meth-
odists where basically its a Methodist
is a Methodist is a Methodist Baptists
have a spectrum. Everything from the
ultra-conservative Southern Baptists to
the ultra-progressive Alliance of Baptists,
and everything in-between. So, unlike the
other denominations, were already split.
Thats why we have different avors.
I think what were seeing is more of
the moderate Baptists in the middle of
that spectrum becoming more informed,
enlightened and moved to see the inclusion
of the LGBT community. I think the South-
ern Baptists, although the theology may not
be there yet, I think theyre understanding
some of the justice issues now.
I had a conservative pastor tell me, You have to
make a choice between ministry and those people.
I saId, You dont understand.
MY MINISTRY IS THOSE PEOPLE.
AWAB had a meeting with the
Southern Baptists. Our executive direc-
tor, Robin Lunn, met with several other
groups and them to talk about the issue of
the Southern Baptist Convention pretty
much condoning parents throwing their
children out of the house because they
said they were gay. Robin and these other
leaders spoke to them, saying, It doesnt
matter what your theology is. It is wrong
to throw children out of the house. They
become prostitutes, they get killed, they
are starving in the streets, theyre home-
less, they become drug addicts. I mean
theres all that children at-risk conver-
sation, right? Why would you put your
children at risk? And so there was agree-
ment that, although their theology had
not changed, it was not right to condone
throwing children out of the house to
fend for themselves on the streets just
because they came out as gay, or they told
you they were gay, or you found out they
were gay. So I have some hope in that.
MW: Do you minister to other groups out-
side of Twinbrook Baptist now?
MCCRORY: Well, Im pretty busy here. And,
of course, with Maryland, I dont have to
go to Annapolis these days. But I mean,
anything that has to do with justice. The
church is part of what is called Commu-
nity Ministries of Rockville, part of over
20 churches that help with the economic
needs of housing, food, medical clinics.
We feed people. We work with Nourish
Now, a food rescue organization. We try
to help the community. Im trying to work
with the Straight-Gay Alliance at Rockville
High School. Were hoping to have them at
a couple of events, and make a home away
from home here for them. I offered our
facility to them for the summer, when they
dont have the school to meet in.
And the other thing weve done was
the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Traditionally, its been held in Baltimore,
and there was a group of us who felt we
needed a Montgomery County site. Its an
opportunity for us to not only to bring in
the transgender community, but the rest
of the community to say there is no jus-
tice in killing people because their gender
doesnt match the idea of what you think
their gender should be. Theres no justice
in hurting and killing people because of
their gender expression.
MW: To conclude things, talk about the
brand of the Baptist tradition.
MCCRORY: The Baptist brand? As soon as
you say Baptist, people think of the most
conservative group in America, so people
say, Lets take Baptist out of the name
of the church. Lets just be Twinbrook
Community Church or Rivers of Hope, or
Christs Blessing, or whatever they come
up with. And I say, No. I am not going to
be held hostage by the conservative Bap-
tists that would make me not be Baptist.
I believe in that book with the freedoms.
We are Baptists and Im not going to give
up that name, because theres so many
people in my travels, that I met before
coming here, at MCC, and Believe Out
Loud, who said, I was raised Baptist,
and if I could be a Baptist, Id be a Baptist
again. Theres something about being a
Baptist.
MW: But how do you change the brand?
MCCRORY: You have to reinvent your
brand, and say, This is who we are. And
so, were trying to visually, through what
we do in our witness, and through being
out there, and saying, Were Baptists, but
were the other kind of Baptists, the cool
Baptists. And thats why we advertise as
Always Provocative! We are the pro-
vocative Baptists, and its okay.
Twinbrook Baptist Church is located at
1001 Twinbrook Parkway in Rockville,
Maryland. For their worship schedule,
call 301-424-6524 or visit
twinbrookbaptist.org. l
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JULY 24 - 31, 2014
SPOTLIGHT
APPETITE: A GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCE
Next weekend Strathmore hosts a local offshoot
of this New Jersey-based food festival featuring
headliners Giada De Laurentiis of the Food Network,
appearing Friday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m., and Bizarre
Food adventurer Andrew Zimmern of the Travel
Channel, appearing Saturday, Aug. 2, at 7:30 p.m.
But the D.C. festival also features local celebrity
chefs talking and offering tastings throughout the
day Saturday of the foods that made them famous,
including Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff, Jeff Black,
Jose Andres, Jane Morris of J. Chocolatier, and
Richard Hetzler of the National Museum of the
American Indians Mitsitam Caf. Popular food and
drink merchants will also be on tap, including Shake
Shack, BLT Steak, Swings Coffee, Red Hook Lobster
Pound, Port City Brewing Company, Milagro Tequila
and Dolci Gelati plus a whole slew of food trucks
to make sure you get your ll. But wait, theres more!
The festival also features live music by local bands,
including 19th Street Band, Chopteeth Afrofunk Big
Band, Howlin at the Moon with Jay Summerour and
Israel and Morris. The festival kicks off with a happy
hour Friday, Aug. 1, at 5 p.m., and continues with a
full day of events Saturday, Aug. 2, starting at 11 a.m.
Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda.
A Weekend All-Access Pass is $150 and VIP Pass is
$225, but cheaper passes as well as individual tickets
for the headliners are also available. Call 301-581-
5100 or visit strathmore.org/appetite/
CHUS & CEBALLOS
A rare D.C. stop from one of the best progressive
house DJ acts, straight Spaniards who headline
major gay dance parties elsewhere. For example,
the D.C. engagement comes a month after spinning
for an ofcial party during New York Pride and a
day before the duo headlines Fire Islands famous
all-night Pines Party right on the beach. Friday, July
25. Doors at 10 p.m. Flash Nightclub, 645 Florida
Ave. NW. Tickets are $20. Call 202-827-8791 or visit
ashdc.com.
MARCH ON WASHINGTON FILM FESTIVAL
Birthed last year to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the original March on Washington,
this festival returns for a second year with an
expansion to New York and Atlanta. This years
lms focus on the events of 1964 and are screened
with panel discussions afterwards. The chief LGBT
highlight comes Saturday, July 27, at 6:30 p.m., at
the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, where the
Gay Mens Chorus of Washington and the mens and
womens gospel choirs of the Washington Performing
Arts perform as part of the screening of Brother
Outsider, a documentary about Bayard Rustin. Other
remaining events in the lineup includes: In the
Spirit of Maya & Ruby: Black Women Artists & Social
Justice, Thursday, July 24, at 6:30 p.m.; Trials of
Muhammad Ali, on Friday, July 25, at 6:30 p.m., at
National Public Radio; Harlem Globetrotters: The
Team That Changed the World, on Saturday, July 27,
at 3 p.m., at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation;
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EMEMBER THE TALL HEDGE MAZE IN THE SHINING?
The National Building Museum recently co-presented a screening of that
Stanley Kubrick 1980 horror classic, set on the grounds of a haunted hotel
with a menacing maze of entrapment that eventually did in its lead character.
Next weekend the museum offers another movie remembered for its challenging,
entrapping maze, Jim Hensons 1986 Labyrinth. Screened at the AFI Silver Theatre
in Silver Spring, both lms tie in to the museums temporary summer exhibit The
BIG Maze, a large-scale structure made of maple plywood with only one way in and
one way out and multiple dead-ends.
Theres nothing scary about this maze, says Cathy Frankel, vice president of
exhibitions and collections at the museum. In fact, the playful maze, built by the
Denmark-based architecture rm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, is this years replacement
of the summer attraction over the past two years, a mini-golf course in a gallery space.
We were trying to think of something thats sort of fun for all ages and is a built
piece that people could experience, says Frankel. She worked with BIG to design
and build the maze right inside the museums Great Hall. Its an unprecedented
move in the grand space popularly rented out for events, but one that enhances visi-
tors architectural appreciation.
With outdoor mazes, you look up and see sky, you cant really orient yourself,
Frankel explains. But here you look up and see this amazing building in this historic
Great Hall with the worlds largest interior columns as far as we know.... I think
people are looking at the building in a new and different way. Also, unlike most
outdoor mazes, you can view the BIG Maze from above, via the buildings second
and third oors.
Its more fun to go through it blindly rst and get lost, she advises. Then go up
to see what the route is and try it again. Visitors can wind through the maze, which
takes anywhere from 2-to-15 minutes to complete, as many times in one day as they
like in pursuit of mastering it. It took me a while, Frankel concedes. But now I can
actually do it without a wrong turn anymore. Doug Rule
The BIG Maze is up through Sept. 1 at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW.
Tickets are $16 for non-members. Call 202-272-2448 or visit nbm.org. Watch a
rst-person video as Aram Vartian navigates the maze at MetroWeekly.com.
and Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, on
Tuesday, July 29, at 7 p.m., at the National Archives.
Visit marchonwashingtonlmfestival.org for more
information.
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER WITH THE NSO
Vince Mendoza leads the National Symphony
Orchestra in a performance of Songs from the Movie,
the 14th album from local country-rock star and
Wolf Trap staple Mary Chapin Carpenter. Mendoza
also arranged the set, which is Carpenters rst
orchestral record and was inspired by her love of
classic lm and symphonic music. Songs from the
Movie features new interpretations of 10 Carpenter
standards, including Come On Come On, I Am
A Town and Goodnight America. Friday, Aug. 1,
at 8:15 p.m. The Filene Center at Wolf Trap, 1551
Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $25 to $60. Call
877-WOLFTRAP or visit wolftrap.org.
NELLIE MCKAY
A longtime straight LGBT ally and activist, the quirky
folk artist and musical theater/cabaret performer
Nellie McKay has developed a new musical revue
A Girl Named Bill: The Life and Times of Billy
Tipton. Billy Tipton, you see, was a mid-level jazz
musician and nationally touring bandleader who
lived his entire adult life as a man despite the fact
that he was assigned female at birth in Oklahoma
with the given name Dorothy. Amazingly, only a
few relatives and lovers are said to have know this
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Bullied Musical
Studios Carrie: The Musical is frightfully bland
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OU WERE RIGHT, MAMA. THEY ALL LAUGHED AT ME!
If only Carrie White were talking about the audience at Carrie: The
Musical ( ), now at the Studio Theatre. Because ultimately
laughing would have been a saving grace to what is a tedious and lackluster
production of Michael Gores rock musical based on the Stephen King novel.
Its not so much that a patron wants to laugh at White, and certainly not at
Emily Zickler, the competent actress playing the telekinetic girl, mercilessly
bullied by her peers until shes so bloody dripping in pigs blood at the
prom, of course she exacts murderous revenge, burning down her school
in the process. You also dont expect to laugh with the actors in this, a deadly
serious show. Yet on a few occasions at a recent performance you could hear
stied chortles from the audience in reaction to over-the-top dialogue in
Lawrence D. Cohens script.
But the almost-laughter is also provoked by a sense that the actors are
stiing winks to the audience little acknowledgements about how absurdly
oppressive this story can be at turns. Whites mother Margaret (Barbara
Walsh), for example, is a Westboro Baptist Church-style religious zealot.
Shes the type who loves God but hates humanity, with a self-fullling dystopian worldview so strong, theres hardly ever a
moment of pure happiness or tranquility and really no hope for her daughters future. If only co-directors Keith Alan Baker
and Jacob Janssen would have allowed Walsh and other strong actors in the cast (chief among them Maria Rizzo as the popular
Sue Snell and Eben K. Logan as ultimate mean girl Chris Hargensen) to break character for a second or two here and there to
give a sigh or gasp or in some other way convey the inherent camp, even humor, in this woebegone tale.
If only Baker and Janssen could do such a thing but for the most part, their hands are tied by the musicals creators. Gore
and Pitchford didnt allow anyone to produce the show after the 1988 original opped hard, and took 22 years to offer a toned-
down Off-Broadway revival, which was intentionally humor-deprived and camp-free. As a result, and coupled with a rather
standard-issue rock musical score, Carrie: The Musical is nearly as frightfully bland as the novel and 1976 Brian DePalma movie
are frightfully fun. Doug Rule
Carrie: The Musical runs to Aug. 3 at Studio Theatre, 14th and P Streets NW. Tickets are $20 to $40. Call 202-332-3300 or visit
studiotheatre.org.
fact, which only came to light after his death in 1989.
Though trans performance artist Kate Bornstein
and singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, among others,
have already written about Tipton, no doubt McKay,
who has won Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk awards
for other Off-Broadway shows and revues, will add
her own brand of indelible patter and pizzazz to
the story. She performs the show accompanied by
a three-piece band. Thursday, July 31, at 7:30 p.m.
Jammin Java, 227 Maple Ave. E. Vienna. Tickets are
$20. Call 703-255-3747 or visit jamminjava.com. Also
Friday, Aug. 1, at 8 p.m. Rams Head On Stage, 33 West
St., Annapolis. Tickets are $29.50. Call 410-268-4545
or visit ramsheadonstage.com or nelliemckay.com.
OUTWRITE: LGBT BOOK FAIR
The DC Center presents its fourth annual OutWrite:
LGBT Book Fair next weekend, offering three days of
readings and workshops plus exhibitors throughout.
The festival kicks off with a keynote event featuring
Martin Duberman reading and discussing his new
book, Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex
Hemphill and the Battleeld of AIDS, on Friday, Aug.
1, at 7 p.m. Other reading highlights include: Alex
Myers reading from his groundbreaking debut novel
Revolutionary, about a soldier in the Revolutionary
War who was secretly a woman, on Saturday, Aug.
2, at 2 p.m.; Christina B. Hanhardt reading from her
new book Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History &
The Politics of Violence, on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 3 p.m.,;
a launch event for the new essay and poetry anthology
The Queer South, on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 5 p.m.; and
a brunch with Regie Cabico and Brittany Fonte
celebrating their Lambda Literary Award-nominated
LGBT poetry anthology Flicker & Spark, on Sunday,
Aug. 3, at 11 a.m. Workshops at OutWrite include
a panel of published authors discussing Writing
Trans Characters, on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 12 p.m.;
the 2014 Center Black LGBT Writers Forum, on
Saturday, Aug. 2, at 1 p.m.; and Grant Opportunities
for Individuals on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. The
DC Center for the LGBT Community, 2000 14th St.
NW. Call 202-682-2245 or visit thedccenter.org or
outwritedc.org.
SUMMER SPIRIT FESTIVAL:
JANELLE MONAE, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO
Billed as a one-stop shop for a soulful good time,
this years Summer Spirit Festival at Merriweather
Post Pavilion is especially good, featuring the
stunning talents of relative newcomer Janelle Monae,
relative veteran Meshell Ndegeocello and, if youre
being harsh, relative has-been Ms. Lauryn Hill
though of course the former Fugee is billed rst,
which is not a has-been kind of positioning at all.
Raheem DeVaughn, Talib Kweli, Junkyard Band,
Backyard Band, RDGLDGRN, George Tandy Jr.,
Roman GlanArthur and DJ Quicksilva are also all on
the bill. Saturday, Aug. 2, at 3 p.m. Merriweather Post
Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia,
Md. Tickets are $46 to $125. Call 800-551-SEAT or
visit merriweathermusic.com.
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SIZZLIN SUMMER CABARET SERIES
Signature Theatres popular annual cabaret series
has proven to be gayer this year than probably ever
before, with a lineup that has already included
singer-songwriter Tom Goss, Signature star Bobby
Smith, Colleen McHugh singing Early Barbra:
Streisand in the 60s, the Gay Mens Chorus and
Jeffrey Johnsons Special Agent Galactica. But
theres still plenty of gay on tap for its closing
weekend, which kicks off Friday, July 25, at 7 p.m.,
with celebrated musical actor Will Gartshores Cole
& Noel & Steve, a tribute to three masters of the
musical, and all of them gay. The same evening offers
a jazzy/soul cabaret from Florrie Bagel. The series
ends with two shows Saturday, July 26: at 7 p.m.
Good Times: A TV Theme Song Cabaret featuring
Maria Egler and Stephen Gregory Smith, and then at
9 p.m. the return of Revenge of the Understudies,
with songs performed by some of the past seasons
talented understudies. Signature Theatres ARK
Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets
are $25 for each show. Call 703-820-9771 or visit
signature-theatre.org for a complete schedule.
WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL
PIANO FESTIVAL
Now in its sixth year, this weeklong festival attracts
young aspiring concert pianists from all over the
world for its intensive educational programs guided
by its lead host organization Catholic University
but even more for the lure of signicant public
performance opportunities, including the rare
chance to play the Kennedy Center. And of course,
thats the appeal to the general public, too: the
recitals and concerts of both budding and established
pianists. The rst performance at this years festival
is the Young Pianist Showcase Concert featuring
the winners of the 2014 Lancaster International
Piano Festival, on Sunday, July 27, at 6:45 p.m.,
at CUAs Ward Recital Hall. Thats just one in a
series of showcases featuring students whove won
several prestigious piano competitions, this year
including winners of the new Catholic University
of America Piano Competition. Ward Hall plays
host to recitals by internationally heralded pianists
throughout the week, while next weekend the
Kennedy Center shines a light on selected festival
participants in two free concerts. Tickets are $20
for each performance in Ward Hall. For a detailed
schedule and more information call 202-290-5267 or
visit washingtonpianofest.com.
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PURPLE RAIN
In honor of its 30th anniversary, both Landmarks
E Street Cinema and the American Film Institutes
Silver Theatre screen Albert Magnolis 1984
lm starring Prince as The Kid in a semi-
autobiographical lm about a tortured musician.
Apollonia and Morris Day also star in this lm,
which is most notable for its superb, Grammy- and
Oscar-winning hit soundtrack (Lets Go Crazy,
When Doves Cry, Purple Rain). Especially given
that both booze-serving theaters screen the ick late
evenings next weekend E Streets comes as part
of its weekly midnight screening series of cult and
camp classics these will likely turn into de-facto
sing-alongs. Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26,
at midnight. Landmarks E Street Cinema, 555 11th
St. NW. Call 202-452-7672 or visit landmarktheatres.
com. Also Friday, July 25, at 10 p.m., and Saturday,
July 26, at 9:45 p.m. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633
Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Call 301-495-6720 or
visit a.com/Silver.
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CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
As ever, among the 145 productions at this years
ninth annual festival, there are a couple handfuls
of shows with obvious appeal to LGBT denizens of
D.C. Among the LGBT highlights including Alvaro
Maldonados all-male musical Martin, Love, Sex &
Rhythm, set to recent Top 40 hits and exploring
the theme of internalized homophobia and John
Bavosos drama Olizzia, about the unexpected love
that blooms between two seemingly straight female
best friends while on vacation in Brazil. Runs to July
27. Various venues but based at Fort Fringe, 607
New York Ave. NW. Tickets are $17 a show, plus a
one-time purchase of a $5 Fringe button; multi-show
passes range from $30 to $350. Call 866-811-4111 or
visit capitalfringe.org.
DISNEYS THE LION KING
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Based on the hit animated lm, The Lion King is
one of the most beloved and successful musicals
of all time, and is still going strong 17 years into its
Tony-winning debut. Julie Taymors revolutionary
work in overall direction and costuming deserves
every accolade and every childs audible delight
its gotten over the years. If Roger Allers and Irene
Mecchis story, based on the original animated lm
and following the adventures of lion cub Simba on
his way to becoming head of the jungle, doesnt
quite reach the same awe-inspiring feats, it at least
doesnt detract from your enjoyment of the whole
spectacle. The Lion King may not have reinvented
the theatrical wheel, so to speak, but it did make it
bigger and brighter. And it still lives on. To Aug. 17.
Kennedy Center Opera House. Tickets are $40 to
$195. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.
org. (Doug Rule)
GILBERT & SULLIVANS
PATIENCE, BUNTHORNES BRIDE
Every summer the Capital Hill Arts Workshop and
its director Jill Strachan presents a different Gilbert
and Sullivan production. This year brings Patience,
Bunthornes Bride, which Lise Brunea directs with
music director Barbara Schelstrate. As always, the
production features a cast primarily from the CHAW
and LGBT communities. Opens Thursday, July 31,
at 7:30 p.m. Weekends to Aug. 9. Capitol Hill Arts
Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. Tickets are $20, or $10
for Saturday, Aug. 2, matinee. Call 202-547-6839 or
visit chaw.org.
THE TEMPEST
Jason King Jones directs a National Players
production of Shakespeares The Tempest, performed
Under the Stars at Olney Theatres outdoor Root
Family Stage. Craig Wallace plays the mysterious
Prospero in Shakespeares magical tale, and the full
cast includes both veteran and new members of the
National Players, now in its 65th season, among
them Julie-Ann Elliott, Alexander Korman, Paul
Morella and Dan Van Why. Now to Aug. 3. Olney-
Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md. Tickets are $20. Call
301-924-3400 or visit olneytheatre.org.
MUSIC
AKUA ALLRICH
A D.C. native and Howard University alum, young
jazz vocalist and composer Akua Allrich blends
traditional, modern and African jazz styles while
often singing in the showy, rangy manner of many
of todays leading soul/pop divas when not
channeling her idol Nina Simone. She returns to
Blues Alley to offer a preview of a new recording due
next month. Sunday, Aug. 3, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Tickets are
$22, plus $10 minimum purchase. Call 202-337-4141
or visit bluesalley.com or akuaallrich.com.
BILLY JOEL
Five years after hitting it out of Nationals Park with
Elton John, the straight rock piano man returns
for another nostalgia-laced concert, complete with
Cracker Jacks (if you wish). Saturday, July 26, at 8
p.m. Nationals Park, 1500 S. Capitol St. NE. Tickets
are $54.50 to $129.50. Call 800-745-3000 or visit
livenation.com.
CHUCK BROWN ALL STAR BAND
The late Godfather of Go-Gos band performs as
part of Strathmores free summer outdoor concert
series. The JoGo Project with Strathmore artist-in-
residence Elijah Jamal Balbed opens. Wednesday,
July 30, at 6:30 p.m. Outdoor at Strathmore, 5301
Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Tickets are free.
Call 301-581-5100 or visit strathmore.org.
ED KOWALCZYK
Full-throttle former lead singer of Live (Lightning
Crashes, I Alone), Ed Kowalczyk toasts the
20th anniversary of that 90s-era melodic metal/
pop bands breakthrough album Throwing Copper by
performing it with a backing band from start to nish
just as on record. Friday, Aug. 1, at 8 p.m. The State
Theatre, 220 North Washington St., Falls Church.
Tickets are $30 in advance, or $33 at the door. Call
703-237-0300 or visit thestatetheatre.com.
HEART
The hard-charging but melodic Wilson sisters, the
rst women to front a hard rock band, formed in 1973,
years ago proved theyve still got the performance
chops, and, in 2013, their inuence and endurance
was recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Next week Ann and Nancy and company are sure to
heat things up at Wolf Trap, playing through their
many power-hitting hits from its rst two decades,
from Magic to Barracuda to Alone. Tuesday,
July 29, at 8 p.m. The Filene Center at Wolf Trap,
1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $35 to $60. Call
877-WOLFTRAP or visit wolftrap.org.
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL
Jeff Mangum started this inuential, experimental
indie-rock band 25 years ago, and now, 15 years
after disbanding, reteams with other members
for a reunion tour. Friday, July 25, at 6:30 p.m.
Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent
Parkway, Columbia, Md. Tickets are $36 to $46. Call
800-551-SEAT or visit merriweathermusic.com.
SARAH MCLACHLAN
The pet-rescuing soft-pop Canadian crooner returns
to the area in support of her newest album Shine
On, which was inspired by the death of her father.
Saturday, July 26, at 8 p.m. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $30 to $70.
Call 877-WOLFTRAP or visit wolftrap.org.
THE ANTLERS
Started as a solo project of New Yorker Peter
Silberman, this Radiohead-inuenced, Arcade Fire-
esque experimental, orchestral rock band is popular
in D.C., where, in recent years, it has performed
several times. The group returns in support of
Familiars. Friday, July 25. Doors at 6 p.m. Nightclub
9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets are $20. Call 202-265-
0930 or visit 930.com.
DANCE
DANCETHOS
Local contemporary dance company DancEthos
celebrates the end of its fourth season by presenting a
mix of new works, including a new duet from artistic
director Tiffany Haughn celebrating the connections
formed by the company, and past highlights, including
a re-setting of Haughns exploration of living with a
life-threatening illness. Saturday, July 26, at 8 p.m.,
and Sunday, July 27, at 7 p.m. Dance Place, 3225 8th
St. NE. Tickets are $25. Call 202-269-1600 or visit
danceplace.org or dancethos.org.
NATIONAL DANCE DAY
The Kennedy Center plays host to the East Coast
installment of National Dance Day, which was
launched in 2010 by Nigel Lythgoe, best known from
TVs So You Think You Can Dance and as head of
the Dizzy Feet Foundation, and established as the
last Saturday in July by Congressional decree of U.S.
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton. This years free two-
hour celebration features the AXIS Dance Company
offering a program of physically integrated dance
borne from collaboration between dancers with
and without disabilities. Actress Jenna Elfman and
hip-hop dancer Fik-Shun will lead patrons in dance
routines and demonstrations. Saturday, July 26, from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Kennedy Center. Call 202-467-4600 or
visit kennedy-center.org or dizzyfeetfoundation.org.
GALLERIES
ACADEMY 2014:
ANNUAL MFA/BFA INVITATIONAL
The Connnersmith art gallery offers its 14th annual
survey of outstanding work by MFA/BFA students
in the Washington/Baltimore area as selected by
the exhibition founder and curator Jamie Smith.
This years works come from 17 artists, including
Lorenzo Cardim, Lauren Shea Little, Maggie
Schneider, Cameron Stalheim and Levester Williams,
representing American University, Corcoran College
of Art and Design, and George Mason University,
Through Aug. 9. Connersmith, 1358 Florida Ave. NE.
Call 202-588-8750 or visit connersmith.us.com.
ASCAP: ONE HUNDRED YEARS AND BEYOND
The Library of Congress offers an exhibition featuring
45 objects celebrating the work of the leading
organization advocating on behalf of musical artists.
Included in this centennial toast to the American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is
the original manuscript of Henry Mancinis The
Pink Panther theme, Paul Williamss lyrics for
The Rainbow Connection, and the original lyrics,
including the many drafts and revisions, to the Barbra
Streisand staple The Way We Were, written by Alan
and Marilyn Bergman. There are also interactive,
audio and video stations, and the screening of a lm
featuring artists explaining ASCAPs work. Closes
this Saturday, July 26. Performing Arts Reading
Room Gallery, the Library of Congresss James
Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave.
SE. Call 202-707-8000 or visit loc.gov/exhibits.
FACE VALUE:
PORTRAITURE IN THE AGE OF ABSTRACTION
The National Portrait Gallery presents an exhibition
featuring the works of a group of young artists in the
mid-20th century who deed the prevailing style of
the day to focus on the face and gure. Chuck Close,
Alice Neel, Elaine de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg
and Andy Warhol are just some of the well-known
artists included in this survey that suggests they
pushed the boundaries of portrait traditions and
reinvented portraiture for the next generation.
Through Jan. 11. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F
Streets. NW. Call 202-633-8300 or visit npg.si.edu. l
Shoe Horned
What your gym shoes
say about you
W
HEN I PACK MY GYM BAG EVERY MORN-
ing, I carefully consider what Im putting into
it. If Im planning on jogging outside that day,
in go shorts and low cut socks. If Im deadlift-
ing, calf-high socks and pants are a must. The only two things
that never change are my tank top suns out, guns out and my
shoes. Its that last addition thats arguably the most important:
with so many options from which to choose, whatever style of
shoe Ive settled on easily speaks volumes about me. How so?
Lets consider the various options.
NIKE FREE RUNS: Youre t, most likely. Or, at least, your wallet
is. Style is important, too these are the best-looking trainers
out there. Even if youre just doing Zumba in them, it doesnt
matter theyre cool. The monochromatic look shows an under-
stated conservatism, while the bright color patterns strategically
matched to your favorite work out clothes scream Im here!
NEW BALANCE WALKING SHOES: Youre practical. Lets face it, you
dont like spending a bunch of money on a pair of shoes you
only wear an hour a day. Good for you, frankly. I wish I were as
pragmatic. You also dont like spending a lot of time picking out
your daily wear. The shoes come in two colors black and white
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and go with just about everything. You probably wear a pair of
Champion sweat pants that youve had since the mid-80s, or go
for the calf-high white socks, pushed down, and a pair of shorts
that are a tad shy of acceptable length. Either way, youre there
to work, who cares what it looks like?
VIBRAM FIVE FINGERS: Oh, you! The fad hit hard, clearly. (Full dis-
closure: Ive got a pair, too.) You almost appreciate the interest-
ing aesthetic, simply because people used to ask you about them.
A conversation piece and footwear in one? Who could resist?
Too bad science turned around and threw all the bogus tness
claims out the window. Hey, theres always an upside the class
action lawsuit coming up should net you a couple bucks to go
buy the brightest Nike Frees you can nd. Youve got to keep the
footwear conversation going, after all.
OTHER BAREFOOT SHOES: You bought into the gimmick, but dont
quite appreciate the conversation aspect as much as your bare-
foot brethren in the toe-shoes do. Plus, these come in different
colors, and sport cool names like Minimus. Its a lifestyle
choice, after all. You wont be seeing any of that class action
money, though. Sorry.
WRESTLING SHOES: Youre serious business. The high-top, at-
soled, bright-colored choice of many professional body build-
ers give your feet the ultimate foundation to lift from. Now, if
only you could get past third place in the local body building
competition and really let people see what youre made of.
One day, one day Dont forget: get that protein shake in 10
minutes after your last lift. You wouldnt want to lose those
precious gains, would you?
REEBOK/ADIDAS TRAINERS: You like Nike, you really do. Too bad
they tack those ridiculous price tags on. Dont worry, further
down the aisle, in the back, theres a small selection of shoes that
pretty much look the same. A different logo maybe, and the gim-
micks might be a bit wackier (looking at you, blades), but thats
okay. Theyre still supportive, and you can still match it to your
favorite pair of shorts and shirt.
When it comes down to it, what youve got on your feet
doesnt matter so long as youre in there doing your thing.
Whether its the comfort of the shoes, the color, or the lifestyle
that accompanies them, as long as youre putting them on, youre
doing it right. In case youre curious, yes, Im in a pair of Nike
Free Runs. The Be-True editions. And yes, I do my best to match
them to all my tanks. Sue me: suns out, guns out! l
Power Boost
Forty-five years ago, we traveled
to the moon and back with far
less power than an iPhone
C
ONSIDER, IF YOU WILL, THE DEVICE THATS
more than likely sitting in your pocket or bag.
Whether a smartphone or tablet, its a wondrous
testament to the progress of humanitys technologi-
cal advances. That thin, metal, glass and plastic slab regardless
of who made it and what it runs contains everything we hold
essential to daily lives within its slender frame. It connects us to
any part of the world, enables instant communication, delivers
photos and videos, and lets us while away free time on dubiously
addictive games.
Theres an image that regularly makes the rounds on social
media, one from the 80s, which features a man surrounded by
technology of the day a video camera, a boombox, a Walkman,
a Betamax player, a calculator and so forth. A common caption
attached to the photo is that now, all of the devices the man
has can t into our pockets. Thats a pretty mind-blowing fact
when you really think about it. However, its not even close to
an awe-inspiring comparison with a much older, much grander
technological achievement.
This past week, America and, indeed, the world cel-
ebrated 45 years since NASA successfully put the rst men on
the moon. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
with Michael Collins monitoring from above, took human-
itys rst steps on another world. It was, as Armstrong told
the world watching at home, one giant leap for mankind. It
was also, reecting on the events from a modern perspective,
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something of a miracle.
The 60s were marked by a leap in technological capabilities.
Previous computers and electronic circuits relied on vacuum
tubes to process their information, but the 60s brought the mass
production of the staple of all modern electronics: the transis-
tor. The transistor enabled smaller, more efcient computers
and processing devices, which in turn led to the creation of the
integrated circuit more commonly known as the microchip.
Of course, the development of the microchip and fast adoption
of the transistor would likely have been much slower had it not
been for one organization: NASA.
NASAs space race with the Soviet Union was, by this point,
culminating towards one objective: getting a man on the moon.
The Soviets had succeeded in putting the rst human in space,
with Yuri Gagarin, and America wasnt going to let them grab
the next major milestone. The Apollo program would be NASAs
magnum opus, an achievement unrivalled to that point. Howev-
er, it also demanded a serious amount of computational power.
From NASAs mission control, to the rockets power systems,
to the command modules guidance computer and the lunar
landers control scheme, everything demanded new, original
software and technology to help NASA achieve their goal.
IBM was drafted to provide NASAs vast mainframes, with
over 3,500 IBM employees working with the agency to install
IBMs established System/360 mainframe computers at the
Goddard Space Flight Center and NASAs Manned Spacecraft
Center in Houston. The computers handled every part of the
Apollo 11 mission, letting NASA communicate across their vari-
ous bases and with the spacecraft itself. Aldrin and Armstrong
used the computers at Houston to determine their lift-off from
the surface of the moon and approximate their rendezvous with
Collins in the command module. At the time, the program writ-
ten by IBM for NASAs systems was the most complex computer
software in existence.
The command module, which housed the astronauts as they
rocketed to the moon and would return them safely again, was
also lled with new technology. The Apollo Guidance Computer
directing the rocket was an incredible achievement for NASA
it was the rst computer system to provide real-time informa-
tion about the spacecraft as it navigated, detailing important
stats and allowing for automatic navigation. It was also the rst
example of an integrated circuit NASA is credited with help-
ing the microchip come into existence. It was sophisticated,
operated by inputting words and numbers on a calculator-style
keyboard, and featured multitasking and an error-reporting
system. It was also a necessity, as only a computer was able to
provide the accurate control the spacecraft required in order to
successfully navigate to and from the Earth. Manual control was
certainly possible, but only a computer could guarantee a success
and even then it wasnt a safe bet.
Whats most impressive, though, is that NASA launched a
rocket into space, guided three astronauts to the moon, landed
two of them on its surface, returned them to their original craft
and brought them home again with less computational power
than youve got in your iPhone. A lot less. IBMs mainframes, at
their fastest, couldnt rival a store-bought USB stick today for
computational prowess. The command module in the space-
craft? Your car is innitely more complex. Lets take the iPhone
as an example. For its latest model, the 5S, Apple introduced the
A7 chip. Built by Samsung, it has a dual-core, 64-bit processor
with maximum speeds of around 1.3GHz, paired with 1GB of
RAM and featuring a minimum of 16GB of storage. The Apollo
guidance computer? It operated at just over 1Mhz, which means
each of the two processing cores of the iPhone runs 1,270 times
faster than the guidance computers single processor. Own
Samsungs Galaxy S5? The four cores of its CPU run a combined
10,000 times faster than the Apollo computer. What about
RAM? That was a miniscule 4 kilobytes, 250,000 times less than
the iPhone. Storage was in incredible 500,000 times less than
the smallest capacity iPhone 5S, with just 32kb to play with. The
iPhones M7 processor, which runs alongside the A7, is exclu-
sively dedicated to monitoring data from the phones acceler-
ometer, gyroscope, compass and other sensors and is clocked at
150MHz. The Apollo computer took a spacecraft to the moon and
back and its 150 times less powerful than a processor that knows
whether youre walking or driving.
Of course, all of this is possible thanks to Moores Law, a 1965
principle established by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore which
mandated that every two years the number of transistors in an
integrated circuit would double. It was later adapted by an exec-
utive at Intel, who predicted that the performance of microchips
would double every 18 months. Put in simpler terms, it meant
that, by the 1980s, the pocket calculators all of the cool kids had
featured more power than the Apollo mission. Thats why, 45
years later, youre able to unlock a tablet or tap a smartphone
that ts in the palm of your hand.
So, next time youre angrily shouting at your phone because
it wont load Facebook, take a moment and remember just how
far weve come. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins ew to the moon
and back with a system less complex than a modern, program-
mable toaster thats an achievement of which, today, we can
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Light Touch
Ford is delivering the biggest
shake-up to the F-150s
formula in decades
A
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for greater fuel efciency in their vehicles, there
are a few very easy methods they can employ
to ensure you spend less time dumping gas into
your vehicle. The most obvious one is to put their cars on a
strict diet. Its simple physics: heavier cars require more effort
to move around. Drop a few hundred pounds and the engine
can relax a little, spending less time reaching for the power-rich,
gas-hungry higher revs. What if weight loss isnt an option, or
you want to improve a cars efciency without completely rede-
signing it? Simple, drop a new engine into it. A smaller, lighter
engine will use less gas than a larger one, but it will also mean
less power available to haul around whatever vehicle its in. The
solution there is to bolt a turbocharger to it. Turbos are a very
efcient way of boosting an engines performance without hav-
ing to upgrade its size a turbod V6 can produce similar levels
of power to a V8, but with much better gas mileage.
Another way to boost mileage in a car is arguably the most
controversial rip out the gas engine and put a diesel power-
plant in its place. America has a rocky, almost vitriolic rela-
tionship with diesels, as many still believe them to be like the
soot-belching, noisy, diesel-powered cars of the 70s and 80s.
Americans quickly eschewed the diesel engine, leaving them to
truckers, instead choosing to embrace gas in all its glory.
Of course, elsewhere around the world, consumers and
manufacturers werent so quick to judge the oil-burners, instead
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rening and improving them until todays modern diesel engines
can stand on their own next to their petrol powerplants. Consid-
er Europe, where diesel-powered cars sell in far greater quanti-
ties than gas-powered versions. The reason? Diesels superior
mileage. Comparing a similar capacity diesel and gas engine, the
diesel will offer an average of 30 percent better mileage. On a
continent where its not uncommon to pay $10 a gallon for fuel,
every extra mile gained from a tank of gas is worth its weight in
gold. The greater efciency, ease-of-use offered by their low-
down torque and the fact that modern diesels are as rened
as gas engines has helped them become the de facto engine for
almost every type of auto cross the Atlantic. Where we prefer to
stick a hefty V8 into our largest cars, Europeans will drop a fuel-
sipping diesel under the hood without hesitation.
The innovation and economy offered by diesels isnt some-
thing American manufacturers or consumers have ignored.
Slowly, European automakers have been introducing diesel-
powered cars into the US market, with the Germans leading the
charge. Whether Mercedes BlueEFFICIENCY or Audis Clean
Diesel, diesels started inltrating the market a few years ago,
and American automakers quickly took notice. Now, its possible
to nd diesel trucks and SUVs from homegrown automakers
Chryslers torque-rich 3.0 CRD powerplant features in the Jeep
Grand Cherokee, for example, and the Dodge Ram. It would
seem that consumers have also fallen into line, with demand for
diesel autos continuing to rise.
Diesel Technology Forum reports that sales of clean diesel
engines in the US rose twenty-ve percent year-over-year for
the month of June, which greatly outstrips the modest four-
percent overall growth for vehicle sales as a whole. Indeed,
research from HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates indicate
that, while diesels currently account for a mere 3 percent of cur-
rent vehicle sales, that market share will double over the next
three years. In total, American consumers can choose from 46
diesel models in showrooms, encompassing both SUVs and nor-
mal cars, and that number is only expected to rise as customers
become more accustomed to embracing diesel.
However, when it comes to a national institution, theres
only so much change that customers are willing to accept. Fords
F-150 is an icon, outselling every major rival and every other
car or truck in the road. America loves the F-150, the epitome
of a truck-based lifestyle that has come to dene the South and
Midwest. If you need a gure to quantify that love, the F-150 has
topped sales charts for vehicle sales for the past 32 years. Noth-
ing can touch it.
That means, when it comes time for a new model, Ford has to
be extra careful with what it changes. For the past few genera-
tions, the F-150s basic underpinnings havent changed a hefty
V8 at the front, power sent to either the rear or all four wheels
and a heavy, steel body-on-frame construction. Not any more.
Ford is delivering, with the thirteenth generation, the biggest
shake-up to the F-150s formula in decades.
As consumers demand increased fuel consumption and great-
er power from their cars, theres only so much Ford could do
with the F-150. Diesel is clearly still something that Ford is
reluctant to introduce, so they chose the other two options
mentioned above: they put the F-150 on an extreme diet. For the
rst time, Ford is making extensive use of aluminum in the con-
struction of the F-150. The light, strong metal has appeared on
numerous vehicles over the years Jaguar, Land Rover and Audi
are all fans but its appearance in such great quantities on the
F-150 is a rst for the truck segment. Ford promised dramatic
weight loss over the outgoing model, and theyve nally revealed
just how signicant a drop it is. Compared with the 2014 F-150,
the 2015 version will weigh some 732 pounds lighter. Thats the
equivalent of opening the door and throwing out three or four
adult-sized occupants. Theres no specic gure given, but the
new F-150 should be around the 4,400-pound mark.
Where things really get interesting is the newest engine in
Fords lineup the EcoBoost 2.7-liter V6. Yup, a tiny 2.7-liter
V6 in the F-150. What is Ford thinking? This isnt quite what it
seems, though. The small V6 has a big turbo mixed into its work-
ings, which boosts power to 325 hp and a meaty 375 pounds-
per-foot of torque. The old F-150s 3.7-litre, naturally aspirated
V6 only managed 302 horses and 278 pounds per foot of torque.
Combined with the F-150s dramatic weight loss and Ford claims
the new EcoBoost engine will offer V8 performance with V6
running costs a statement theyve backed up with the Eco-
Boosts maximum towing rating of 8,500 pounds in two-wheel
drive guise. Thats a lot of power from such a small plant and its
a tempting option for those who bought the base V6 of the last
F-150 and even some who purchased the 5.0-litre V8.
Of course, the only logical next step is for Ford to stick a
torque-rich diesel under the hood. An aluminum body and
powerful diesel is a combo waiting to happen in the truck
segment. Ram has proven with the 1500 EcoDiesel that con-
sumers are ready to embrace diesels in their trucks, earning
rave reviews and hot sales at dealers. Given that Ford offers
some excellent diesel engines in Europe, how long will it be
before they ignore the brand faithful who only want a gas-
powered F-150 and give in to the oil-burners? Time will tell,
but Id wager sooner than later. l
Jet Pet
Traveling with pets is a minefield
of problems, but it can be
made manageable
I
TS SUMMER, WHICH CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING:
vacations. Be it a road trip, a foreign excursion or a cross-
country trip to visit relatives, thousands of Americans are
packing their luggage, shouting at their other half, and
trying to remember whether or not theyve turned the oven off.
For many pet owners, however, vacations arent as simple as
bundling clothes into a bag and heading for the airport. If you
have a cat, dog, or any other variety of creature living with you, a
dilemma presents itself. Do you take your pet with you, or leave
them in either a kennel or at home to be looked after by a friend?
If you choose the former option, and decide to travel with
your pet, be prepared to face some big hurdles. Traveling with
pets is a potential mineeld of problems, but, if youre dedicated
to bringing them, with careful research and attention paid to the
welfare of your pet, it can be somewhat manageable. Were here
to streamline the travel process, offering some essential tips that
every would-be traveler needs to know.
For starters, if youre traveling by car, make sure your pet
is secure. If you have a dog or cat, dont be tempted to let them
roam around the car. Dogs may look adorable as they stare out
of the window, and the thought of spending a long road trip
with your cat curled up on your lap may ll you with fuzzy
warmth, but the reality is that youre putting both yours and
your pets life at risk. The safest way for any pet to travel is in
a crate or carrier. Line the carrier to make sure theyre com-
fortable, and include any snacks if you want to make sure they
have something to nibble on, but above all secure the carrier to
something to stop it from sliding around. There are seatbelts
marketed as working for pets, but they arent guaranteed and,
in the event of a crash, a loose pet can become a heavy missile
which can injure or kill you and your passengers, as well as the
pet itself. The same applies for airbags theyre designed for
humans, so keep all pets in the back of the car to prevent an
activating airbag from injuring them.
If you choose to ignore these warnings, at the very least
dont let your dog hang its head out of the window. It may look
cute, but youre leaving it susceptible to having pieces of debris
forced into its lungs due to the rush of the air as you drive. Your
dog could easily get sick from this, and thats going to ruin any
vacation. Instead, make sure they get some fresh air and exer-
cise with regular pit stops. You may not need to pee or get a
fresh drink, but your pet will need to stretch its legs and use an
outdoor bathroom. Just be aware to keep any pet on a leash or
collar youll be somewhere unfamiliar and theyll be curious to
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roam and explore.
The last advice for traveling by car is simple: never leave
your pet unattended in the car. The Humane Society warns that,
while you may not think youre gone for long, the effect on your
pet could be devastating. On a 72-degree day, your car can rise to
116 degrees in an hour. Bump the exterior temp up to 85 and your
car interior will break 100 degrees within ten minutes. Stop off
for a coffee and a snack? In half an hour, your pet will be facing
120 degrees and potential organ damage or death. Dont risk it,
take them with you whenever possible.
Air travel is an entirely different ballgame. For starters, youll
need to check the rules of your chosen airline to see if theyll
even allow pets to travel with you. Many will require health
certicates conrming your pets ability to make the journey,
and there could be other rules and regulations limiting travel
that you dont want to face at the airport. United Airlines, for
instance, will allow small animals to travel in the cabin with
owners, but they must remain in their carrier and be placed
under the seat in front for the duration of the ight. However, if
youre ying First or Business class, only one pet is allowed per
plane, so youll need to make sure youre not bringing more than
one pet if youre upgrading to a nicer cabin. (Economy cabins
are allowed to accommodate a maximum of four pets.) For pets
too large to travel in the cabin, United offers PetSafe, which will
deliver your pet to your destination with specic drop-off and
pick-up locations. Of course, it comes with even more restric-
tions, as only certain types of animals and breeds are allowed,
and regardless of whether your pet ies in the cabin with you or
in the hold, there are countries such as Australia which wont
let you bring an animal, regardless of what type. This is just one
airline these rules wont apply elsewhere, and many airlines
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Both are the loves of my life. I met Lola at a restaurant where the former owner and I
had a conversation about my maltipoo that I lost some years ago. He told me he could
not care for her and greatly blessed me with her. Mimi and I met at a pet rescue fair.
She has a disability with her back leg, which is inoperative, but I love her anyway. They
are a delight to see every day I wake, to give me love, compassion and support.
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wont allow animals but instead will ask you to ship your pet via
another service, such as IAG Cargo.
Traveling by plane adds more stress for your pet, including
the fact that theyll need to fast before traveling to ensure they
dont need the bathroom in ight. A dog defecating in First Class
is guaranteed to get you more than a few dirty looks from your
fellow passengers. If youre determined to y with your pet,
make sure to remain as calm as possible your stress will affect
your pet and, once you reach your destination, make sure to let
your pet get some exercise as soon as possible.
Of course, check any destination you are traveling to, such as
a hotel or cruise ship, as these will also prevent their own prob-
lems with regards pet accessibility. Many hotels dont allow pets,
and its a similar story for cruise ships unless theyre conned to
a cabin or kennel. If your pet can come, be aware that the new
sights, sounds and smells of your vacation can be disorienting
to them, so make sure to pay extra attention to their condition.
Of course, theres one easy tip for would-be pet travelers: dont
bring them. Seriously, just leave them behind. Think how stress-
ful traveling can be for humans, and then imagine an animal that
has no idea why its been removed from its home and taken to an
unknown and unfamiliar setting. It may feel difcult to leave your
pet behind, but theyre likely to be better for it. Find an excellent
kennel nearby, where your pet will be cared for by experienced
helpers, or get a friend or neighbor to look after them in your
house which will help them feel more at ease with your absence.
Every time you hear a crying baby on a plane and wish the
parent had left them at home? Every rowdy teen causing noise
in the hotel room next to you? Thats going to be your pet. Take
one for the team and leave them at home. Youll enjoy your vaca-
tion even more. l
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THURS., 07.24.14
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour,
4pm-7pm $4 Small
Plates, $4 Stella Artois,
$4 House Wines, $4
Stolichnaya Cocktails, $4
Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite,
$4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
$3 rail drinks, 9-11pm
Ripped Hot Body Contest
at midnight, hosted by
Sasha J. Adams and
BaNaka $200 Cash
Prize DJs Sean Morris
and Mike Babbitt Free
entry
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
$3 Rail Vodka Highballs,
$2 JR.s drafts, 8pm to
close Top Pop Night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat The Clock Happy
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
9855 Washington Blvd. N
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Karaoke in the lounge
Half-price breakfast
sandwiches, 4-8pm
LISTINGS
$10 cover 10pm-1am, $5
after 1am
DC BEAR CRUE
@Town Bear Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm Hosted
by Charger Stone No
cover before 9:30pm 21+
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1,
11pm-midnight Happy
Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm $5
Coronas, $8 Vodka Red
Bulls, 9pm-close
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
DJ Matt Bailer Videos,
Dancing Beat The Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRI., 07.25.14
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink,
5-9pm Friday Night
Videos with resident
DJ Shea Van Horn VJ
Expanded craft beer
selection No cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis Upstairs open
5-11pm
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail &
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm Free Rail
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight
PHASE 1
DJ Styalo Dancing
$5 cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Drag Show in lounge
Half-price burgers and
fries, 4-8pm
TOWN
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by
Lena Lett and featuring
Tatianna, Shi-Queeta-
Lee, Jessica Spaulding
Deverreoux and BaNaka
DJ Wess upstairs,
BacK2bACk downstairs
Doors open at 10pm For
those 21 and over, $5 from
10-11pm and $10 after
11pm For those 18-20,
$10 all night 18+
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Ladies of Illusion with
host Kristina Kelly, 9pm
DJ Tim-e in Secrets
DJ Don T. in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SAT., 07.26.14
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
5-9pm $5 Absolut &
Titos, $3 Miller Lite after
9pm Expanded craft
beer selection No Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $3 Miller Lite,
CTRL Underground Dance
Party, 10pm-close
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Diner Brunch, 10am-3pm
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Freddies Follies Drag
Show 8 pm-10pm,
10pm-1am Karaoke
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka
highballs, $7 Vodka Red
Bulls
NELLIES
Guest DJs Zing Zang
Bloody Marys, Nellie Beer,
House Rail Drinks and
Mimosas, $4, 11am-5pm
Buckets of Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Doors 5pm Happy Hour:
No Cover
PHASE 1
Dancing, 9pm-close
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Charity Bingo with
Cash Prizes 3rd Sat. of
Every Month Half-price
cheesesteaks and fries,
4-8pm
TOWN
DC Rawhides Country
& Western Dancing
Event, 6:45-10:30pm
Lessons 7-8pm, Open
Dance 8-10:30pm DJ
GRIND 10pm-close Drag
Show starts at 10:30pm
Hosted by Lena Lett
and featuring Tatianna,
Shi-Queeta-Lee, Jessica
Spaulding Deverreoux
and BaNaka DJ Wess
downstairs Cover $8
from 10-11pm, $12 after
11pm 21+
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Ladies of Illusion with
host Ella Fitzgerald, 9pm
DJ Tim-e in Secrets
DJ Joey O in Ziegfelds
Doors 8pm Cover 21+
SUN., 07.27.14
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli and Miller
Lite all day Karaoke,
10pm-close
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch
Buffet, 10am-3pm Crazy
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Hour, 4-7pm Karaoke
8pm-1am
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights &
$3 Skyy (all favors), all
day and night
NELLIES
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am-3pm
$20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30
pm Happy Hour: 2 for
1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Sunday Brunch, 11am-3pm
Bottomless Mimosas
$15 per person Ladies
Night Happy Hour all
night
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets Doors
8pm Cover 21+
MON., 07.28.14
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
5-9pm Multiple TVs
showing movies, shows,
sports Expanded craft
ANNIES
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Monday Nights A Drag,
10pm-close $6 You Call
It on All Call Liquor
FREDDIES
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm
Showtunes Songs &
Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ Jamez $3 Drafts
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Poker Texas Holdem, 8pm
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Buzztime Trivia
competition $1 off all
beer Half-price chicken
tenders, 4-8pm
TUES., 07.29.14
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
5-9pm Multiple TVs
ANNIES
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $4
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail,
$3 Miller Lite, $5 Call,
4-9pm Service Industry
Night, 10pm-close Half
Price Cocktails all night
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
Underground (Indie Pop/
Alt/Brit Rock), 9pm-close
DJ Wes Della Volla
2-for-1, all day and night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Karaoke
NUMBER NINE
2 for 1 on any drink,
5-9pm No Cover Safe
Word: A Gay Spelling
Bee, 8-11pm Prizes to
top three spellers After
9pm, $3 Absolut, Bulleit
& Stella
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Martini Night, $5 Martinis,
$2 off top shelf Half-
price quesadillas, 4-8pm

WED., 07.30.14
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
5-9pm Multiple TVs
ANNIES
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $4
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Karaoke, 10pm-close
$6 Stoli & Flavors
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm Drag
Bingo, 8pm Karaoke,
10pm
JR.S
Trivia with MC Jay
Ray, 8pm The Queen,
10-11pm $2 JRs Drafts
& $4 Vodka ($2 with
College I.D./JRs Team
Shirt)
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Half-Price Burger Night
Buckets of Beer $15
SmartAss Trivia, 8pm
NUMBER NINE
No Cover Habibi: A
Gay Middle Eastern Party,
9pm-close Featuring
DJ IZ
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Free Pool Rum Night, $5
Rum Doubles, $2 off top
shelf Half-price wings,
4-8pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
New Meat Wednesday DJ
Don T. Shirtless Night,
10-11pm, 12-12:30am
Military Night, no cover
with military ID 9pm
Cover 21+
THURS., 07.31.14
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour,
4pm-7pm $4 Small
Plates, $4 Stella Artois,
$4 House Wines, $4
Stolichnaya Cocktails, $4
Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite,
$3 rail drinks, 9-11pm
Ripped Hot Body Contest
at midnight, hosted by
Sasha J. Adams and
BaNaka $200 Cash
Prize DJs Sean Morris
and Mike Babbitt Free
entry
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
$3 Rail Vodka Highballs,
$2 JR.s drafts, 8pm to
close Top Pop Night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Half-price breakfast
sandwiches, 4-8pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRI., 08.01.14
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
5-9pm Friday Night
Videos with resident
DJ Shea Van Horn VJ
Expanded craft beer
selection No cover
ANNIES
Martinis Upstairs open
5-11pm
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail &
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm Free Rail
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight
$10 cover 10pm-1am, $5
after 1am
DC BEAR CRUE
@Town Bear Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm Hosted
by Charger Stone No
cover before 9:30pm 21+
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1,
11pm-midnight Happy
Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm $5
Coronas, $8 Vodka Red
Bulls, 9pm-close
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
DJ Matt Bailer Videos,
Dancing Beat The Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PHASE 1
DJ Styalo Dancing
$5 cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Drag Show in lounge
Half-price burgers and
fries
TOWN
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by
Lena Lett and featuring
Tatianna, Shi-Queeta-
Lee, Jessica Spaulding
Deverreoux and BaNaka
DJ Wess upstairs,
BacK2bACk downstairs
Doors open at 10pm For
those 21 and over, $5 from
10-11pm and $10 after
11pm For those 18-20,
$10 all night 18+
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Ladies of Illusion with host
Kristina Kelly, 9pm DJ
Tim-e in Secrets DJ Don
T. in Ziegfelds Cover
21+ l
W
E GET MORE INQUI-
ries about when the
next Habibi is than
most other events, Number
Nines Aaron Riggins says.
Habibi, named after the com-
mon Arabic term of endear-
ment for both lovers and
friends, is a Middle Eastern-
focused party held at the P
Street lounge in Logan Circle
on the third Wednesday of
the month though Julys
was pushed back a week so
as not to fall during Ramadan.
Its a little bit more of an
energetic Wednesday than
the average, Riggins notes.
An exciting Wednesday
night with great music and a
really friendly social crowd.
Riggins helped launch the
D.C. party in April of 2013 a
few years after he attended
the original Habibi party
in New York and met its
founder DJ IZ, who serves
at the events resident
DJ. Were lucky enough
that he can come down
every month, says Rig-
gins, who notes DJ IZ has
a huge arsenal of Middle
Eastern videos and visu-
als that he syncs with his
music [which] is generally
Middle Eastern, or a Middle
Eastern-sounding remix of
another song that people
might recognize.
The party is open to all,
though the focus is on gays
of Middle Eastern descent,
broadly dened to include
those whose lineage is
Arabic, Jewish, Turkish
or Persian. Even those of
Pakistani or Indian heritage
wont feel out of place,
given the South Asian inu-
ence or pedigree of some
of the music DJ IZ plays.
And, of course, American
dance-pop and pop culture
comes into play too.
Id say it skews more
Middle Eastern, but there
are certainly non-Middle
Eastern attendees as well,
Riggins says. And also
guys that are just into Mid-
dle Eastern guys. Among
that group is Riggins, who
isnt Middle Eastern him-
self but has traveled pretty
extensively throughout the
Near East. Its denitely a
culture that I am fascinated
by. I very much enjoy the
music, the people, every-
thing.
The New York Habibi
sometimes features belly
dancers as well as other stage
performers. In D.C., theres
been talk about supplement-
ing the experience with some
additional programming,
Riggins says, but its still in
the works. For the moment,
Number Nines Habibi has
a healthy regular following,
which grows a little bit each
month. If you havent been,
its a fun new experience,
he says. I know friends who
just wandered in once and
now have become regulars.
The next Habibi is Wednes-
day, July 30, starting at 9
p.m., at Number Nine,
1435 P St. NW. No cover.
Call 202-986-0999 or visit
NumberNineDC.com or
izmix.com. l

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