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our community. We want to recognize those landing new jobs, new clients for their
Witnesses said suspect and two men in love triangle
business, joining boards of organizations and other achievements. Please share your
successes with us at comingsandgoings@washblade.com. We also invite LGBTQ+ By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
college students to share their successes with us. lchibbaro@washblade.com
and then around the globe. As a survivor June of 2014 inside a house at 1846 8th St.,
of conversion therapy, Brinton has N.E. that was owned by Neals grandmother
spearheaded eorts to submit legislation and in which Neal, Young, Wingeld and other roommates resided at various times.
and promote public education in the Youngs nude body was discovered June 12, 2014 by one of Neals relatives in the attic
hopes of ending the practice on minors. of the house under an air mattress with a plastic bag placed over his head. The relative
The campaign has been featured in had entered the house to conduct routine maintenance work after Neal ed to Florida,
numerous mainstream media outlets. police and prosecutors said. The relative, an uncle, immediately called police.
Brintons professional training is in Four days later police returned to the house and found Wingelds body in a shallow
the eld of nuclear engineering and JOE SANGIRARDI grave in the backyard. Police searched for the body after one of Wingelds family
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public policy. He received two graduate members reported him missing and said he had been living with Neal. Authorities said
degrees from the Massachusetts Institute the badly decomposed body was naked except for a pair of socks.
of Technology in Nuclear Engineering and the Technology Policy Program. He Police charging documents say Neal used Youngs car to drive to Florida sometime
served as a policy analyst, fellow and director of government aairs focused after the murders and used Youngs credit card to pay for gas and lodging before
on nuclear energy at a number of think tanks and energy organizations. He has returning to D.C. after running out of money. Charging documents say his grandmother
authored legislation and briefed members of Congress and presidents including sent him money to pay for his trip home.
Obama and Trump on nuclear physics. During the trial, Neals lawyers argued that Neal killed Young in self-defense after
Brinton makes his home in Washington, is an avid singer with the Gay Mens Young lunged at him with a knife in a jealous rage after Young confessed to having
Chorus of Washington and is engaged to Kevin Rieck. killed Wingeld. The lawyers argued that the murders were the result of a love triangle
Congratulations also to Joe Sangirardi who has started his new position as gone bad among the three men. They said Young, who had been romantically involved
associate director for leadership giving with the Human Rights Campaign. He will with Neal, became outranged after discovering that Neal was switching his romantic
advance HRCs Leadership Giving program consisting of top donors investing interests toward Wingeld.
in all areas of HRCs work, including HRCs new initiative, HRC Rising. Working Prosecutors, however, presented evidence from the citys medical examiner that
with senior leadership, Sangirardi will manage the discovery, cultivation, and autopsies showed that Young had been struck at least 26 times in the head with an object
stewardship of individuals investing in the nations largest LGBT rights advocacy that appeared to be a hammer, crushing his skull in multiple places. Prosecutors said the
organization at a pivotal time for the LGBT community. Upon accepting the autopsy appeared to show that Young had been struck while in a prone position, most likely
position Joe said, Financial resources are an instrumental catalyst for advancing in bed, which they said disproved Neals claim that Young was attacking him with a knife.
pro-LGBTQ policies. I cannot overstate the impact HRC will have on all LGBTQ Upon his return to D.C. from Florida, Neal told police he used a hammer to defend
Americans in the coming elections. The more support HRC receives, the greater himself against Young, saying he thought he hit Young three or four times.
advancement well see. With the help of equality-voters, HRC can swing elections The medical examiner testied that Wingelds head also had been struck multiple
across the country and make sure Americas increasingly pro-equality sentiments times with an object that prosecutors said was a hammer.
are reected in our federal government. Thats why Im so excited to join HRCs Prosecutors disputed the defense claim that Neal killed Young in self-defense, arguing
eorts. that the motive was unclear but most likely due to disputes over money needed to pay
Prior to joining HRC, he was director of development for the Gay & Lesbian the expenses for the house. They speculated that Neal killed one of the two roommates
Victory Fund and Institute. He worked there for a number of years in dierent over an argument and killed the other because he witnessed the rst murder.
roles, including Director of Major Gifts and Regional Development Director. He In a sentencing memorandum prosecutors asked Judge Morin to sentence Neal to
has also worked for the Presidents Associates, University of Oklahoma. He is a 90 years in prison, saying the jury found the governments evidence proved beyond
former board member of Aspiring Americans Initiative. a reasonable doubt that Neal acted with the specic intent to kill Mr. Young and Mr.
Wingeld, and that he acted with premeditation and deliberation.
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death penalty in general, not its application to same-sex relations. Clinton said the
State Department was forced to clarify that vote after outcry from the Human Rights
Campaign and many others.
But the fact remains the United States should not be shirking our responsibility to
defend the human rights of LGBT people around the globe, Clinton said.
Clinton also lodged complaints with the Trump administration and the Republican-
controlled Congress for non-LGBT issues, criticizing their tax reform package for seeking
to nance tax cuts with cuts to entitlement programs.
Embedded in this horrible, irresponsible, cruel and mean-spirited giveaway to the
richest of Americans called tax reform is a $500 billion cut in Medicare and a $1 trillion
cut in Medicaid, Clinton said.
When the audience booed in response, Clinton replied, That is exactly the appropriate
response. And dont boo, tell the Congress and tell them you will not stand for that.
Introduced at the dinner as a she-ro by lesbian tennis legend Billie Jean King, Clinton
was well-received by audience members, who stood for a standing ovation as she
took the stage. At one point someone at the rear of the room shouted, We love you!
HILLARY CLINTON speaks at the HRC National Dinner on Oct. 28.
prompting Clinton to respond, Its mutual.
BLADE PHOTO BY TOM HAUSMAN Arriving on stage, Clinton said the dinner feels a bit like a family reunion, telling
attendees at the Human Rights Campaign event, There is no one Id rather share my
initials with than you.
HRC supporters to
I live in the White House because they spend a disproportionate amount of their time
impeaching me.
If theyd be willing to make a trade, Id be willing, Clinton concluded.
It wasnt the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner that attendees anticipated a Protesters block entrance
year ago.
Hopes were high that Hillary Clinton would be elected president and lead the way on Outside the convention center,
advancing LGBT rights in the United States and around the world. Instead, Donald Trump around 100 demonstrators
is president and LGBT rights supporters are seeking to oppose his administrations aliated with No Justice No Pride
eorts to compromise rights for the LGBT community. circled the convention center in
But the atmosphere Saturday night at the 21st annual Human Rights Campaign protest over the Human Rights
National Dinner was far from depressed. In fact, the dinners theme of rise, projected Campaign taking contributions
on screen during the dinner and blasted in neon colors in the lobby, captured a sense from Wells Fargo bank, which the
of purpose and urgency given the new challenges facing LGBT people. protesters criticized for helping
Fiery in her remarks before the estimated 3,600 people at the Washington Convention nance private prisons.
Center in attendance was Clinton, who lambasted Trump for his anti-LGBT policies and Shortly before the dinner began,
urged push back. the protesters blocked the doors
Whether or not we are willing to accept this bigotry and hatred speaks volume about of the convention center, forcing
who we are as a country, Clinton said. attendees to enter at a side entrance.
Expressing concern that LGBT rights are nowhere near as secure as we hoped, Many of the protesters were wearing Activists aliated with No Justice No Pride
Clinton ran through a litany of Trump administration actions harming LGBT people, makeup making them resemble march around the Walter E. Washington
Convention Center on Oct. 28, just before
including Trumps announcement via Twitter that transgender people would no longer zombies, which the organization says the HRC National Dinner.
be able to serve in the U.S. armed forces. was intended to represent the horrors
I was outraged when I read on Twitter of all places that the president wanted to ban of the Wells Fargo contributions. BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
transgender people serving in the the military, Clinton said. You know and he knows Under a blatant white-
transgender people have fought and died for this country. They are serving in uniform supremacist administration, those
with distinction right now. The suggestion that transgender Americans are unt to serve of us who claim to want justice for the LGBT community at large have to be
is insulting and wrong. as clear as those who oppose us, Aaryn Lang, movement building & campaign
Making a reference to the Masterpiece Cakeshop case before the U.S. Supreme Court, manager of GetEqual, said in a statement. HRC choosing to celebrate Wells
Clinton said its just wrong in 2017 LGBT people can lose their homes, be evicted from Fargo, who nances private prisons and immigration detention centers alike,
their homes or if this administration get its way, be denied a wedding cake simply sends a scary message: that the struggles of immigrants, people of color and
because of who you are or who you love. low-income communities are not the struggles of LGBT people.
Clinton also decried a U.S. delegation vote at the United Nations against a resolution Protesters shouted as they marched around the convention center, You cant
condemning the death penalty, which included a provision against its use as a corporatize our Pride! Another chant consisted of Transphobia! Shut it down!
punishment for homosexual acts. Corporate greed! Shut it down!
When I saw that, I thought maybe I had read it wrong, that maybe Id somehow At one point, the protester leading the chant asked, Who thinks were having
got a double-negative mixed up, but, no, thats exactly what our country voted against: more fun than the suited-up cis gay men attending this gala? His fellows
A resolution to condemn the use of the death penalty for consensual same-sex protesters cheered in response.
relationships, Clinton said.
The Trump administration insisted the vote was about the U.S. position on the
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Apathy helps the know-nothing party His main goal was erasing everything Barack far left, but they are largely impotent. Bar- oers the best chance for entrenching
Lets get real: only one Obama touched, regardless of merit. Trump ring or shouting down disagreeable speak- Trumpist autocracy.
party imperils the country is disinclined to study issues or heed experts. ers on college campuses and demanding The LGBT movement has made great
He has a baseless condence in his own bril- the exclusion of police and businesses strides. The polls are on our side. But that
liance. His proposals are all over the map, and from Pride celebrations are obnoxious, is true of many things the Republicans are
he has revealed his promises to be worthless. but amount to a renunciation of eective attacking. Protections for women, racial mi-
Sanders made an impressive run, but lost public engagement. Those zealots are like norities, and LGBT people, won mostly by
the nomination. He tapped working class retiring conservative Senators Corker and Democrats, are under renewed attack.
frustration, but did not build a campaign on Flake, delivering rebukes as they conrm I understand frustration with politics.
racism. He pushed a socialist program, which their marginalization. My own activism has largely involved
is a coherent economic vision whether or not If leftist radicals controlled the Democrat- nonpartisan advocacy. But swallowing
RICHARD J. ROSENDALL is a writer and activist.
Reach him at rrosendall@starpower.net. one thinks it workable or suciently popular. ic Party, Tom Perez could not have purged the lie of not a dimes worth of dier-
Single Payer is based not on resentment but progressive dissenters from the DNC. De- ence, while fanatics on one side blow
Political parties change over time. Repub- a desire for universal healthcare. Sanders ecting attention from the mounting evi- everything up, is as likely to end well as
licans, for instance, have become the Know- did rage against big bankers and corporate dence of the Trump campaigns collusion knocking down your house and expecting
Nothing Party, in which traditional conserva- greed, but his complaints were better found- with Russia, congressional Republicans the Taj Mahal to spring up in its place.
tives who display insucient nativist rage or ed even if his remedies were unconvincing have launched another raft of investiga- The House and Senate leadership in
fail to chase after 45s every juvenile whim and their path to enactment not evident. tions into debunked Hillary Clinton conspir- 2019 will not be Greens or Independents.
are treated as weaklings unt to govern. The Trumpists support voter suppres- acies. Sean Hannitys and Sebastian Gorkas If you vote that way or sit it out in 2018,
Democrats, on the other hand, have grown sion, environmental degradation, crippling hysterical braying is not evidence, and will you are eectively voting Republican.
in 60 years from the home of the segrega- public education, selling o national monu- not sway special counsel Robert Mueller. Please think better of it.
tionist South into a party of inclusion. ments, ramping up military spending while Opinion polls can reveal public disaf- Postscript on Oct. 30 following Muellers
To minimize the parties dierences is knee-capping diplomacy, ending womens fection, but cannot oer solutions. Of the charges against Paul Manafort and Rick
to miss by a mile what is happening. The reproductive choice, taking healthcare two major parties, one is not treasonous. Gates: We have a long ght ahead. Even if
comparison between last years political in- from millions out of spite, attacking immi- It is not trying to rule by stoking intoler- Trump is forced from oce, his successor
surgents Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders grant families, and giving a tax windfall to ance and division. Its recent presidents could be worse. Democrats must start win-
does not withstand scrutiny. More impor- corporations at everyone elses expense have presided over decit reductions. ning elections. The right-wing lies and de-
tant, progressive proposals, whatever one while lying about it. There is no similar vi- Its legislators are far more supportive of ections will only escalate. Leftist purity will
thinks of them, are mild compared to the cious catalog to lay at progressives feet. reproductive choice, diplomacy, environ- not defeat them. Diversity and inclusion are
broad array of aggressive harms already Only a prior determination to see no dif- mental protection, and a social safety net. empty slogans without room for diversity
begun by the Trumpists. Finally, the far left ference between left and right could lead It is the Democratic Party, which oers the of opinion. Progressive concerns will gain
wields much less inuence than the far right. to that conclusion. The far rights inuence only hope of thwarting the Republicans, more traction in Democratic legislatures.
Trump won the nomination and the gen- is all too apparent. I myself have criticized whose fervor boosts their electoral pros- Copyright 2017 by
eral election. He tapped white nationalist rage. the totalitarian tendencies of some on the pects. Alternatively, Democratic inghting Richard J. Rosendall. All rights reserved.
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TEGAN AND SARA say injustices theyve seen among their fans inspires their philanthropic work.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
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Tegan and Sara bring their acoustic tour, beautiful sunny day and its a little cooler over the years, the record has been one programming and grants we want to do
a 10th-anniversary commemoration of than it was in California. I had a nice of those signature pieces where even next year, to have those two elements
their breakthrough 2007 album The Con, breakfast and walked around and its just fans who discovered us on later albums stitched together, that feels really special.
to new Washington venue the Anthem a great town, I love it. generally nd themselves back at The
next weekend. Sara, prepping for the sixth Con and love the songs. I think its a really BLADE: Aside from being acoustic,
concert of the tour, spoke with the Blade BLADE: Is this concept something cherished album within our community of how is this tour dierent from the
by phone from Portland on Oct. 26. you might also do for other albums fans so it felt really appropriate to go out original Con tour?
when they turn 10 or is revisiting The and perform these songs again because SARA: We didnt want to just go out
WASHINGTON BLADE: Im told Con dierent? If so, why? for so many people, a lot of our fans tell us, and do the album versions. We wanted to
Portland has a large lesbian population. SARA: You know, I think, rst o, this We were too young to see the show the strip things back and make it more of an
Are you aware of this? record is incredibly special and just purely rst time around, they were underage or intimate show and allow for storytelling
SARA: I dont know exactly but, um, from a business perspective, you know, they had yet to discover us, so it felt like and really improvised moments even
weve spent a lot of time in Portland. We it was a big step for us. We moved over the rst album in our discography that within the music itself. The songs are very
actually made The Con, the record that to Warner Brothers and there was a big felt like it had enough of an impact and short. Even though there are 14 songs on
were touring on this anniversary, we push behind the album. It was really well that people liked enough that we could go the The Con, the whole album is only like
actually made it in Portland but besides received by the press and we saw our out and do something like this. And then 34 minutes or something. So we actually
the lesbians who are in the band, we audience grow quite a bit and we started to be able to tie it to the launch of our wanted to not feel completely beholden
didnt do a lot of socializing outside of the traveling more internationally. The reach foundation and be able to use it also as a
studio (laughs). But I love Portland. Its a of the album was pretty substantial and fundraiser to try to raise money for some
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Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer, songwriter, actor and director known for How long have you been out and who If your life were a book,
his smart, witty and at times scathing songs through which he generated a was the hardest person to tell? what would the title be?
strong following in Europe in the 50s and 60s. My guidance counselor at Chaminade My life among the ats and platforms.
The In Series opens its show Jacques Brel: Songs From His World Saturday, High School. So about two weeks.
Nov. 4 (at 8 p.m. and runs through Nov. 19 at SOURCE Theatre (1835 14th St., N.W.). If science discovered a way to change
The production oers an opportunity for audiences to journey through the Whos your LGBT hero? sexual orientation, what would you do?
Blegian masters inner world with interpretations of his various works. Michael Kahn Request science to focus its eorts on
Songs such as Ne me quitte pas, Amsterdam, Marike and others will more worthwhile activities.
be performed in French with English supertitles. Byron Jones will portray Brel, Whats Washingtons best nightspot,
who died in 1978, and front a cast of four singers. Details, prices and show past or present? What do you believe in beyond the
times are online at inseries.org. The Green Lantern physical world?
Director Steven Scott Mazzola was approached by In Series founders to The after-Christmas sale at Barneys.
create a show based on Brel. Describe your dream wedding.
What weve come up with is something like a recital with movement, The Inn at Little Washington with Michael Whats your advice for LGBT
Mazzola, a 46-year-old Massapequa, N.Y., native, says. We have some stories, Cunningham ociating and Trey Graham movement leaders?
some moments, some characters but a plot is a bit murkier to lay out. With and Rick Hammerly as ower children. Be patient. Be forthright and inclusive.
this music and these performances, you dont mind.
Mazzola, who works by day as a senior grant ocer at AmeriCorps, came What non-LGBT issue are you most What would you walk
to Washington 21 years ago for a Kennedy Center internship. He and partner passionate about? across hot coals for?
Jerey Akman live in Logan Circle. He enjoys classical guitar and playing Funding for the arts and humanities. A frose from Commissary.
bridge in his free time.
What historical outcome What LGBT stereotype
would you change? annoys you most?
Let me begin by recalling That all gay men know how to accessorize.
where I was Nov. 7, 2016.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
Whats been the most memorable pop Paris is Burning
culture moment of your lifetime?
Reaching for the same meatball Whats the most overrated
appetizer as Oprah Winfrey. social custom?
I wont say whowon. Suering fools.
On what do you insist? What trophy or prize
Im not that type A but kindness do you most covet?
toward the less fortunate is A ring from Harry Winston.
usuallyrequested.
What do you wish youd known at 18?
What was your last Facebook That usually when it gets better,
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we love you so much for that. And Im and his extended family has not been
looking at them like, God, I wanna tell supportive, Sleiman says. Its too early to
I like staying in shape, listening to
Adele, and shopping in Friendship them, but Im afraid. gauge how being out might aect his career.
Heights with my mom and sisters. After he was told that Mo-Mo would no Now, he is funneling that frustration
longer be on the series, Sleiman worked into Mosaic Theaters Vicua & the
up the courage to speak his truth to his American Epilogue, written by Tony-
family and the shows creators. nominated playwright Jon Robin Baitz
It was a really tough thing because and directed by Robert Egan.
I thought I would get a lot of backlash Described as a Trump-inspired satire,
Im a from the Muslim community. I was also Vicua & The American Epilogue, tells
GLBT
AFFAIRS
26 N OV E M B E R 03, 201 7 MU SI C
TODAY
The QREW brings its monthly gay
dance party to Songbyrd Music House and
Record Caf (2475 18th St., N.W.) tonight
from 10 p.m.-2:30 a.m. DJ Farrah Flosscent
will spin tracks. Cover is $5. For more
information, visit facebook.com/qrewdc.
D.C. Gurly Show hosts a fundraiser
for the Humane Rescue Alliance at the
Bier Baron Tavern (1523 22nd St., N.W.)
tonight from 8:30-11:30 p.m. All the
shows proceeds will benet the Humane
Rescue Alliance. Tickets are $15. For more
details, visit facebook.com/dcgurlyshow.
D.C. Frontrunners hosts a happy hour
at Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) this evening
from 6-9 p.m. All are welcome. For more
information, search D.C. Frontrunners
on Facebook.
The D.C. Eagle (3701 Benning Rd., N.E.)
and Imperial Court of Washington host Pup
Night tonight from 8 p.m.-3 a.m. Admission
is 18 to enter and 21 to drink. There will be PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSAL MUSIC
SATURDAY, NOV. 4 Virginia. The Victory Fund bus will depart hosts coee drop-in hours this morning Center (2700 F St., N.W.) tonight at 8 p.m.
at 10:30 a.m. for Manassas, Va. The bus from 10 a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT This will be Artistic Director Christopher
Washington Performing Arts presents will return to D.C. at 7:30 p.m. Exact community. Older LGBT adults can come Bells debut concert. Tickets range from
the world premiere of The Blue Hour, meeting locations For more information, and enjoy complimentary coee and $18-72. For more information, visit
a performance featuring vocalist Luciana visit facebook.com/victoryfund. conversation with other community kennedy-center.org.
Souza, at Sixth and I Synagogue (600 I St., SMYAL hosts its annual fall brunch at members. For more information, visit Big Gay Book Group meets at Trio
N.W.) tonight at 8 p.m. Souza will perform Marriott Marquis (901 Massachusetts thedccenter.org. Restaurant (1537 17th St., N.W.) tonight
alongside 17 virtuoso strings of A Far Cry. Ave., N.W.) today from 10:30 a.m.- Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave., at 7 p.m. to discuss Lay Your Sleeping
Tickets are $35. Doors open at 7 p.m. For 2 p.m. Gavin Grimm will receive the N.W.) holds a support group for gay black Head by Michael Nava. The novel tells the
more information, visit sixandi.org. Communicate Advocate Award. Dupont men to discuss topics that aect them, story of a gay, Latino lawyer who begins
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts Rumba Social Club and Stonewall Sports will be share perspectives and have meaningful a steamy aair with a charming junkie.
Latina: White Party tonight from 10 receive the Todd Peterson Award. Fall conversations. For details, visit uhupil.org. When his lovers body is found, the lawyer
p.m.-2 a.m. Dress code is all white. brunch chairs Gary Duke and Rebecca tries to prove that the death was a murder
Sylvanna Duvel, Mayline Guerrero, Miller will make an appearance. The TUESDAY, NOV. 7 and not an accidental overdose. For more
Ivanna Quinteros, April Milorf and Druex event will be emceed by NBC4s Wendy details, visit biggaybookgroup.com or
Sidora will perform at 12:30 and 1:15 a.m. Reiger. The open bar cocktail reception SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts a email biggaybookgroup@hotmail.com.
For more details, visit facebook.com/ and silent auction starts at 10:30 a.m. transgender and non-binary group today The Lambda Bridge Club meets at 7:30
rumbalatinad.clgbtq. The three-course brunch begins at noon. from 5-7 p.m. The group oers resources p.m. at the Dignity Center (721 8th St.,
TMF Productions hosts the Tickets range from $150-250. For more in the D.C. area for transgender and non- S.E.) for duplicate bridge. No reservations
Underground Anniversary Party next to details, visit smyal.org/brunch. binary youth. The group also will have required and new comers welcome. If
the Meeting Place Restaurant and Bar La Boum Brunch presents RuPauls opportunities to go to museums, shows and you need a partner, call 703-407-6540.
(1707 L St., N.W.) tonight from 9 p.m.-2 Drag Race All Stars winner Chad movies. For more details, visit smyal.org.
a.m. DJ TMF will play music. Sol Negro will Michaels at Saint Yves (1220 Connecticut Republic (6939 Laurel Ave., Takoma THURSDAY, NOV. 9
be the special guest DJ. Cover is $5 until 10 Ave., N.W.) today from noon-4 p.m. Park, Md.) hosts Alegre Happy Hour, an
p.m. and $10 after. For more information, The Daylight Saving Time-themed party LGBT happy hour, from 5-7 p.m. For Guy Social D.C. hosts Gayzer tag at
visit facebook.com/tmf1productions. will feature music by DJ Matt Bailer. details, visit republictakoma.com. Ultrazone Laser Tag (3447 Carlin Springs
Gigi Holliday will join Michaels, who will Rd., Falls Church, Va.) tonight from 7-10
SUNDAY, NOV. 5 impersonate Cher, as co-host for the WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8 p.m. There will be unlimited laser tag
event. Tickets are $45. Reservations are games all night, free pizza and free soft
Imagine Dragons brings their Evolve required. For more information, visit EMA and the Blow perform at DC9 drinks. Tickets are $26 in advance and
tour to Capital One Arena (601 F St., N.W.) laboumbrunch.com. (1940 9th St., N.W.) tonight at 8:30 p.m. $36 at the door. For more information,
tonight at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 D.C. Leather Pride hosts Bluf, a leather Doors open at 8 p.m. This is an all-ages visit squadup.com/events/gayzer-tag-dc.
p.m. Tickets range from $77-418. For party, at the D.C. Eagle (3701 Benning Rd., show. Tickets are $15. For more details, D.C. Leather Pride holds its 2018
more details, visit ticketmaster.com. N.E.) today from 4-9 p.m. Leather men visit dcnine.com. planning committee meeting at the D.C.
Victory Fund will bus to D.C. to get and women are welcome. The Washington Chorus performs Eagle (3701 Benning Rd., N.E.) tonight
out the vote for Danica Roem, who works from Leonard Bernsteins from 7-9 p.m. Ideas and critiques for the
is running for the Virginia House of MONDAY, NOV. 6 Chichester Psalms, Morten Lauridsens 2018 event are welcome. For more details,
Delegates. If elected, she would become Mid-Winter Songs and William Waltons visit facebook.com/dcleatherpride.
the rst transgender elected ocial in The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W..) Belshazzars Feast at the Kennedy
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Tired of being
passed over
Average-looking young gay All of this can feel like a sort of tyranny.
frustrated, depressed If you dont meet strict and at times
unreal standards, you get turned down
for dates, are ignored when you try to
start a conversation and receive the
message, loud and clear, that you really
arent worthwhile.
But thats just the message from
some people.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
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NOV 3 & 4
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MON, NOV 6
LIVE NATION PRESENTS
SUSANNE SUNDFR Cemetery ceremony to honor gay vets
W/ SHEY BABA
Center Military honors LGBT veterans at the annual wreath-laying at the
WED, NOV 8 grave of Technical Sgt. Leonard Matlovich in the LGBT section of Congressional
ALL GOOD PRESENTS Cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) on Saturday, Nov. 11 at noon.
ELEPHANT REVIVAL W/ JOE PUG Sgt. Matlovich was a Vietnam veteran and the rst openly gay service
member. Late veteran and activist Frank Kameny will be also be remembered.
FRI, NOV 10 The ceremony will also honor the LGBT men and women who have served the
FRANK SOLIVAN U.S. as soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen and coast guardsmen.
& DIRTY KITCHEN For more information, visit facebook.com/centermilitary.
W/ TWO TON TWIG
SAT, NOV 11
NEWMYER FLYER PRESENTS
THE LAST WALTZ TRIBUTE
PHOTO COURTESY INFAMOUS PR
SUN, NOV 12
DOYLE BRAMHALL II
W/ ALTHEA GRACE GRiZ plans Anthem
show next weekend
TUES, NOV 14
HABIB KOIT & BAMADA GRiZ performs at the Anthem (901 Wharf
W/ SAHEL St., S.W.) on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m.
The DJ/saxophone player came out
FRI, NOV 17 as gay in an essay earlier this year. He
THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL detailed his struggles with being gay while
W/ SAMMY MILLER & THE CONGREGATION facing homophobia in pop culture. Big
Wild and Opiuo open the show. Tickets
SAT, NOV 18 range from $35-55.
BIG SAMS FUNKY NATION For more details and to purchase
tickets, visit theanthemdc.com.
SUN, NOV 19
BETTYE LAVETTE
W/ JODY NARDONE Gay Mens Chorus
PHOTO BY SUSAN SHEK; COURTESY AIDEN JAMES
oers duets cabaret
TUES, NOV 21
KRANIUM Gay Mens Chorus of Washington
performs It Takes Two, a cabaret of
FRI, NOV 24
Aiden James performs Nov. 10 duets, at Atlas Performing Arts Center
AN EVENING WITH (1333 H St., N.E.) on Saturday, Nov. 11 at
SUPERFLYDISCO: Singer/songwriter Aiden James performs at D.C. Bear Crues Bear Happy Hour 4 and 8 p.m.
THE INAUGURAL BLACK FRIDAY at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) on Friday, Nov. 10 from 6-11 p.m. The group will perform Let Me Be Your
DISCO-FUNK THROWDOWN James music has reached the iTunes Top 20 charts. He is currently touring to Star from Smash, Id Give It All For You
promote his latest single Colorblind. Seating is at 8 p.m. Show starts at 8:30 from The Last Five Years, I Will Cover
p.m. Drink specials run until 11 p.m. There will be free pizza at 7 p.m. Doors open You from Rent Only Us from Dear
at 6 p.m. No cover. Evan Hansen and It Takes Two from Into
For more details, visit aidenjamesmusic.com/events. the Woods. The 4 p.m. performance will
include an ASL interpreter. Tickets are $39.
THEHAMILTONDC.COM For more information, visit gmcw.org.
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company, is appropriate for all ages.
Alcina STARRING
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Flying high
Dazzling Peter Pan are the paired, highly acrobatic movement
production is Synetic sequences between Mills Peter Pan and
Zana Gankhuyag, an elegant, athletic
departure dancer who plays Peters shadow.
Charismatic out actor Alex Mills anchors
By PATRICK FOLLIARD the production. Mills has the skills of a
gymnast and the acting chops to create
The Human Rights Campaign held its annual National Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Oct. 28. Hillary Clinton served as the keynote speaker.
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