PHI LADELPHIA GAY NEWS
est. 1976
December 20-26, 2019
O U R H I S T O R Y, O U R F U T U R E P o l i c e e n t r a p m e n t i n t h e e a r l y d a y s , P G N ’s r e s p o n s e
Colours holds winter necessities Local lesbian
drive at William Way murder-suicide
VICTORIA A. BROWNWORTH
PGN Contributor
Abraham Tomo, Jr. wants everyone to think about
how it would feel during the winter to be a homeless
LGBTQ youth or elder in Center City, North Philly,
Kensington, West Philly or South Philly. He wants
folks to give what they can to that person.
Tomo, 29, is an HIV prevention specialist at Co-
lours — an organization that provides health and
human services to LGBTQ people of color — and
he has been thinking about homeless LGBTQ people
for months after meeting homeless youth in the sum-
mer and engaging in homeless outreach. But when a
woman came to Colours looking for housing, then
returned a couple of weeks later asking for a blan-
ket for the shelter where she had found a bed, Tomo
knew he could do something immediate and for oth-
ers in similar situations.
New Jersey Senate passes
ban on LGBT-panic defense
TIMOTHY CWIEK
timothy@epgn.com
On Dec. 16, the New Jersey
State Senate unanimously passed
legislation to ban the use of an
LGBT-panic defense to get a re-
duced penalty for committing a
homicide in the state. The vote
was with 39-0 with one absten-
tion. The Garden State is now
poised to become the ninth state in
the nation to pass such legislation.
Jon Oliveira, a spokesperson
for Garden State Equality, said
been murdered this year alone [in
he was “ecstatic” with the vote.
America]. The LGBT-panic de-
“Year after year, trans people are
fense ban is a monumental step
being murdered in the street,”
forward in demon-
Oliveira told PGN. “At least 30
trans people that we know of have strating that New page 17
PA G E 8
TRANS LITIGANT ALLOWED TO
PROCEED ANONYMOUSLY
U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg this week grant-
ed a trans litigant’s request to proceed anonymously in her
antibias lawsuit against the University of Pennsylvania.
HONESTY . INTEGRITY . PROFESSIONALISM
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shakes community
“I was able to get a blanket for her,” Tomo said.
“But then I was thinking about what else is needed
and for whom.”
page 18
The result is a Winter Necessities
VICTORIA A. gence, investigations and special
BROWNWORTH patrol and described the circum-
PGN Contributor stances as “a horrific scene.”
Coulter said the department’s
On the afternoon of Dec. 16, top priority is the well-being of
two women, married to one an- the children, who were inter-
other, were found dead by two viewed by homicide detectives.
of their three children — ages 12 The children, including a third,
and 6 — in the kitchen of their 17-year-old teenage girl, are be-
residence on the 8400 block of ing cared for by relatives.
Philadelphia Police Chief In-
Cedarbrook Avenue.
spector Scott Small, who was
Witnesses at the scene said the
also at the scene, said there did
children ran from the home and
not appear to be any sign of a
returned to their nearby school,
struggle. Staff Inspector Sekou
where police were called to the
Kinebrew, commanding officer
scene.
for the Philadelphia Police De-
Police arrived almost immedi-
partment Public Affairs and Me-
ately at 3:43 p.m.
dia Relations Office, told PGN
On Dec. 17, the Philadelphia
that the names of the two women
Police Department ruled the case
are not being released by the Po-
a murder-suicide, according to
lice Department at this time, as
Jersey unequivocally respects the Acting Police Commissioner
the investigation is ongoing. But
LGBTQ community.” Christine Coulter.
some details were provided.
Christian Fuscarino, executive Coulter was on the scene of
Kinebrew said
director for Gar- the shootings. She has nearly 30
page 18 the two women, page 17
den State Equality, years in patrol, narcotics intelli-
PA G E 1 5 PA G E 9
NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE NEW ACT REQUIRES ASSESSMENT
PASSES IN HUNTINGDON OF SESTA-FOSTA
On Dec. 17, the Huntingdon Borough Council voted to adopt On Dec. 19 U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), along with
an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, making the Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Senator Warren (D-MA)
borough the first rural community in Pennsylvania to do so. introduced the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act.
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LEGAL RESOURCES
PHILADELPHIA COMMISSION ON
HUMAN RELATIONS —
Rue Landau
215-686-4670
PHILADELPHIA POLICE
LIAISON COMMITTEE
215-760-3686
ppd.lgbt@gmail.com
SPARC — STATEWIDE
PENNSYLVANIA RIGHTS COALITION
717-920-9537
ACLU OF PENNSYLVANIA
215-592-1513; aclupa.org
AIDS LAW PROJECT OF PA
215-587-9377; aidslawpa.org
AIDS LAW PROJECT OF
SOUTH JERSEY
856-784-8532; aidslawsnj.org
EQUALITY PA
equalitypa.org; 215-731-1447
OFFICE OF LGBT AFFAIRS —
EVAN THORNBURG
215-686-0330
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COMMUNITY CENTERS
THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER
255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331
atticyouthcenter.org
For LGBT and questioning youth
and their friends and allies.
LGBT CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF PENNSYLVANIA
3907 Spruce St.; 215-898-5044
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RAINBOW ROOM: BUCKS
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Salem UCC Education Building
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WILLIAM WAY
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www.waygay.org
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ACTION WELLNESS
1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088 ac-
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AIDS TREATMENT FACT LINE
800-662-6080
AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
1211 Chestnut St. #405
215-971-2804; HIVcare.org
AIDS LIBRARY
1233 Locust St, aidslibrar y.org
BEBASHI-TRANSITION TO HOPE
1235 Spring Garden St
215-769-3561; bebashi.org
COLOURS
coloursorganization.org
215-832-0100
CONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS
216 W. Somerset St
215-763-8870
GALAEI
149 W. Susquehanna Ave
267-457-3912, galaei.org
Spanish/English
HEALTH CENTER NO. 2
1720 S. Broad St
215-685-1821
LGBT ELDER INITIATIVE
1315 Spruce Street, 4th Floor
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215.720.9414
MAZZONI CENTER
1348 Bainbridge St
215-563-0652
mazzonicenter.org
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MEDICAL SERVICES
11 DUANE RD, STE A
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267-454-7086
NOVUSACS.COM
PHILADELPHIA FIGHT
1233 Locust St.; 215-985-4448
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MAZZONI CENTER
1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206
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COALITION
215-732-1207
OTHER
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BARBARA GITTINGS GAY AND
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215-685-1633
INDEPENDENCE BUSINESS
ALLIANCE
215-557-0190, independence-
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LGBT PEER COUNSELING
SERVICES
215-732-TALK
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215-572-1833
PHILLY PRIDE PRESENTS
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Gay man files suit against
U.S. Postal Service
TIMOTHY CWIEK
timothy@epgn.com
A Lehigh County gay man has filed a fed-
eral lawsuit against the United States Postal
Service, claiming he was wrongfully termi-
nated from his job due to his sexual orienta-
tion and HIV-positive status.
“John Doe,” 55, worked at the Postal Road
branch of the USPS in Allentown for about
13 years until he was fired in August 2019.
In his 60-page lawsuit, filed Dec. 13, Doe
alleges that he experienced a hostile work
environment throughout much of his tenure
there.
“My client was a devoted, faithful em-
ployee and public servant for the USPS for
almost 13 years,” said Justin F. Robinette,
his attorney.
But according to Doe’s lawsuit, throughout
his tenure, he was subjected to harassment
and hostility by supervisors and coworkers.
For example, he heard two supervisors and a
coworker express a desire for him to be fired.
In the winter of 2018, another supervisor
“bullied Doe harshly by physically grabbing
Doe on his forearm in a hard and aggressive
manner,” according to the lawsuit.
After Doe’s termination, a sympathetic
coworker conveyed to Doe that other co-
workers referred to him behind his back as
a “sick fa--ot,” “Glinda,” “homo,” “stinky,”
and someone who “sucks big d--k.”
Additionally, Doe was hassled by several
coworkers for allegedly wearing shorts to
work that were “too short” and “too tight.”
But Doe was simply wearing the standard
USPS uniform shorts, according to the law-
suit.
Doe’s lawsuit asserts he was terminated
on the basis that his foot touched a female
employee’s leg. She reported it to supervi-
sors and the police were contacted. Doe was
charged with harassment, but the charge was
dismissed by a judge on Nov. 12, according
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to the lawsuit.
A sympathetic coworker conveyed to Doe
after Doe was terminated that the female
whom he allegedly harassed expressed plea-
sure that the “fruitcake” was fired, according
to the lawsuit.
“My client is devastated by this ordeal,”
Robinette added. “He’s suffering financially.
He earned about $62,000 a year. That’s all
been taken from him. He desperately wants
to get back to the career and public service
that he loved.”
The suit seeks in excess of $150,000
in damages. “We’re mainly seeking rein-
statement and back pay,” Robinette added.
“We’re confident when jurors hear all the
facts they’ll decide in our favor. Our conten-
tion is that extreme hate and bias against my
client existed at the facility my client was
assigned to — and motivated his dismissal.”
The lawsuit also requests a judicial order
that the USPS provides LGBT-sensitivi-
ty training for all employees at the branch
where Doe worked.
The case has been assigned to U.S. Dis-
trict Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. of the East-
ern District of Pennsylvania. A jury trial has
been requested.
A USPS spokesperson issued the follow-
ing statement: “The Postal Service will not
comment on current litigation. That said, it’s
important to note that the Postal Service is
committed to providing a work environment
free of harassment or other inappropriate
conduct based upon race, color, religion,
sex (including pregnancy, sexual orienta-
tion, and gender identity including trans-
gender status), national origin, age, mental
or physical disability, genetic information,
uniformed military service (past, present,
or future), or in reprisal for an employee or
applicant’s complaint about or opposition to
discrimination or participation in any pro-
cess or proceeding designed to remedy dis-
crimination.” n
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Delaware state prosecutors are dropping
all charges against a man who drove his
Advertising Sales truck into an LGBT Pride Parade in Do-
Joe Bean (ext. 219) ver in June, injuring one of the organizers.
joe@epgn.com According to an agreement signed by the
Prab Sandhu (ext. 212) state Attorney General’s Office on Dec. 10,
prab@epgn.com Reuben Salters paid $1,080 in restitution to
the victim, whose name is being withheld.
National Advertising The money covers the man’s current
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212-242-6863 of the incident. The Dec. 10 agreement
goes on to state that “Mr. Salters further
agrees to pay any outstanding balance of
medical expenses and/or lost wages not
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The incident at issue occurred at 8:14
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of America the following narrative of the incident:
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PGN. The appearance of names or pictorial represen- an incident [on June 1]. The area of West
tations in PGN does not necessarily indicate the sexual Street and Forest Street had been blocked
orientation of that named or pictured person or persons.
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Communications Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliate compa- tival]. Salters, operating a red Ford Rang-
nies (Philadelphia Gay News, PGN, and its WWW sites.)
All other reproduction, distribution, retransmission, mod- er, approached and disregarded the barrels
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where a large crowd of parade-goers and
participants had gathered. Salters exited
his vehicle and moved several cones when
a 43-year-old white male who was an or-
ganizer for the event stopped Salters and
advised him that he could not pass through
due to the event, crowd, and the cones that
were closing the street. Salters entered his
vehicle and proceeded to accelerate, strik-
ing the man, and causing injuries to his
legs, knocking him to the ground. Salters
then proceeded to drive through a large
crowd of gatherers until he stopped.”
Salters was arrested at the scene but
subsequently released on his own recogni-
zance; thus, he didn’t have to pay any bail.
He faced up to six months in jail if convict-
ed, according to court records.
“Mr. Salters’ driving privileges are cur-
rently under review by the Department
of Motor Vehicles,” the agreement states.
“Regardless of the status of Mr. Salters’
driving privileges, he shall maintain auto-
mobile insurance at his own expense, at the
current policy limits, for two years from the
date of the incident which resulted in Mr.
Salters’ arrest, June 1, 2019.”
If Salters or his insurer fails to pay any
additional restitution incurred as the victim
continues to recover — including medical
bills and lost wages — charges against him
can be refiled, according to the agreement.
“In the event that Mr. Salters fails to
comply with these terms, the state retains
the right in its sole discretion to refile these
charges,” the agreement states.
In a Dec. 12 email, Carl Kanefsy, a
spokesperson for the Delaware Department
of Justice, said the victim approved of the
agreement. “The resolution was consistent
with the wishes of the victim,” Kanefsky
said.
The victim’s name hasn’t been released
to the public, and he couldn’t be reached
for comment. In June, Dover police told
the media that the incident appeared to be
“road rage” on the part of Salters. Thus, he
wasn’t charged with an anti-LGBT hate
crime.
“There was no evidence that the victim
was targeted based on a protected charac-
teristic, which is the standard for charging
a hate crime,” Kanefsky added. “Rather,
as has been publicly stated by Dover Po-
lice, the incident can be characterized as
‘road rage’ based on [Salters’] frustration
of streets being blocked off in his neigh-
borhood. The victim, in this case, told
prosecutors he did not wish to criminally
prosecute Mr. Salters and supported this
resolution with the conditions applied.”
Salters, a former member of the Dover
City Council, stepped down in 2011 after
22 years on the body. Only four council
members had ever served longer. In addi-
tion to his time as a council member, he
is the founder of the Inner City Cultural
League, according to press reports.
Salters couldn’t be reached for comment.
Steve Newman Jr., president of Delaware
Pride, issued the following statement: “[T]
his is not the expected outcome we were
looking for. We had hoped for removal of
[Salters’] license, at the very least. We are
glad to put it behind us and move forward,
focusing on our next Parade and Festival
being held on June 5, 2020, in Dover. With
any luck, we won’t have the same outcome
next year.” n
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$100.00 TIMOTHY CWIEK
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undesired name violates their free-speech
rights, the brief asserts.
“When Pennsylvanians are denied a right
General Admission Oral arguments will be held in Pittsburgh to change their names, they are forced to
early next year in the case of three transgen- express a name that is not theirs,” the brief
Access to The Legacy Experience Reception der women who are challenging a provision states. “They cannot refrain from speaking
GENERAL seating during the Formal Program in the state’s name-change law that prevents nor from otherwise expressing a false, per-
Entry into the Final Olde School Dance Party Pennsylvanians convicted of serious felonies sonal identity.”
from changing their names. The women’s brief emphasizes the ne-
The litigants are Philadelphia resident cessity of having the name-change ban de-
Alonda Talley and Allegheny County res- clared unconstitutional. “It is the duty of the
idents Chauntey courts to declare
Mo’Nique Porter legislation uncon-
and Priscylla Re- stitutional when it
nee Von Noaker. abridges a right,
They’re represent- like the one here,
ed pro bono by that is inherent
the Reed Smith in our common
law firm, based in law and protects
Pittsburgh, and the fundamental in-
Transgender Legal terests,” the brief
Defense and Edu- states.
cation Fund, based A d d i t i o n a l l y,
in New York. the women’s brief
In May, they notes that if the
filed their legal ban is lifted, the
challenge of the women would
name-change ban still be required
in Commonwealth to attend a hear-
Court. But in Sep- ing and demon-
tember, Attorney strate to a judge
General Josh Sha- that they’re acting
piro filed a brief, in good faith. The
asking the court to law requires such
dismiss the wom- Illustration by Ash Cheshire
a hearing, and
en’s case as mer- the women aren’t
itless. challenging that
Shapiro’s brief claims the state legislature provision.
acted appropriately in 1998 when it unani- M. Patrick Yingling, an attorney for the
mously enacted the name-change ban for women, told PGN he’ll travel from Chica-
persons convicted of serious felonies. Those go to Pittsburgh to argue the case. The argu-
felonies include murder, voluntary man- ments will be held during the week of Feb.
slaughter, rape, involuntary deviate sexual 10, but the court hasn’t announced the exact
intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated in- date, he noted.
decent assault, robbery, aggravated assault, “We’re very pleased the court is holding
arson and kidnapping. oral arguments, rather than deciding the
In his brief, Shapiro noted that Porter was case solely on the briefs,” Yingling said.
convicted of aggravated assault in 2008, Tal- “These are important issues. Oral arguments
ley was convicted of aggravated assault in can certainly help in reaching an appropri-
2009 and Von Noaker was convicted of rape ate outcome. The court is going to address
in 1987. Shapiro’s brief states that it’s prop- our argument that the name-change law, as
er for the women to be held accountable for currently written, is unconstitutional. In ad-
their actions. His brief also emphasizes that dition to addressing our argument, the court
the name-change ban doesn’t discriminate likely is going to address the state’s argu-
based on gender identity. ment that our case should be dismissed.”
“The purpose of the statute is to promote Yingling said the court might also decide to
the important — indeed, paramount — in- hold an additional hearing to collect more
terest of public safety by preventing people evidence about the case, before rendering a
convicted of serious felonies from changing decision.
their names in order to avoid detection and “If the court rules that the law is unconsti-
escape the consequences of their convic- tutional, our clients can move forward with
tions,” Shapiro’s brief states. “The restric- their name-change petitions,” Yingling add-
tions apply equally to all Pennsylvania res- ed.
idents convicted of the enumerated offenses Yingling expressed optimism about the
regardless of their race, religion, gender, case. “We are very confident in our legal po-
gender expression or identity.” sition. That said, we recognize that it is al-
In a rebuttal brief filed in October, the ways contentious when the constitutionality
women noted that the right to change one’s of a law is at stake,” he said.
name was codified into law in Pennsylva- A spokesperson for Shapiro couldn’t be
nia is 1852. Forcing someone to express an reached for comment. n
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8 LOCAL
Trans litigant allowed to proceed
anonymously in Penn case
TIMOTHY CWIEK
timothy@epgn.com
U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg
this week granted a trans litigant’s request to
proceed anonymously in her antibias lawsuit
against the University of Pennsylvania.
On July 2, Penn and the Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania were sued by
“Jane Doe,” a trans woman and former em-
ployee at HUP who alleges she was illegally
fired from her job at HUP after experiencing
severe harassment while a patient there.
Also, on July 2, Doe filed a request with
Goldberg that she be permitted to move for-
ward with the litigation using a pseudonym.
But in an Aug. 2 legal filing — which Penn
defendants subsequently withdrew — de-
fense attorneys said Doe shouldn’t be per-
mitted to proceed anonymously. They urged
Goldberg to unseal Doe’s real name.
Doe’s anonymity request emphasized the
danger that trans people face. “Trans people
are stigmatized,” the request stated. “The
abuse they are subjected to ranges from
mocking and harmful comments in the me-
dia, to estrangement, suicide and murder.”
The request also noted that Doe “has been
insulted, isolated and assaulted for being
trans. Based on her experience, [Doe] fears
that disclosure of her condition and the relief
she seeks here will bring her severe harm.”
Penn’s withdrawn filing noted the strong
presumption that litigants’ real names are to
be used in federal cases.
Philadelphia Gay News . DECEMBER 20-26, 2019
“In her publicly-filed complaint, [Doe]
hurls heinous allegations at the Penn defen-
dants, including acts of ‘transphobic hatred’
and the purposeful commission of medical
malpractice because of ‘hate’ for trans-
gender people. The Penn defendants’ good
names and reputations have been threatened
without the benefit of using fictitious names
in this litigation. For the sake of fairness and
open access to the courts, [Doe] should be
required to proceed in her own name in this
litigation, and her motion to proceed in ano-
nymity should be denied,” Penn’s withdrawn
filing stated.
Moreover, it claimed that using Doe’s real
name wouldn’t deter others from filing law-
suits in the future. “[Doe] has presented no
evidence that this court’s denial of anonym-
ity will deter other similarly situated plain-
tiffs from bringing forth their claims, and
therefore, this factor weighs in favor of dis-
closure,” according to the withdrawn filing.
Penn’s withdrawn filing concluded by
noting that “this [Third] Circuit’s strong
presumption of openness weighs heavily in
favor of disclosure,” and that “[Doe] should
not be permitted to wage this attack on the
Penn defendants’ good names and reputa-
tions from behind the shield of a pseudonym.
The public has the right to know the identi-
ties of both [Doe] and defendants.”
Goldberg’s Dec. 9 order granting Doe’s
request for anonymity didn’t specify his rea-
soning for doing so. Neither side had a com-
ment for this update. n
DECEMBER 20-26, 2019 . epgn.com
New act requires assessment
of SESTA-FOSTA’s impact on
sex workers
JESS BRYANT
jess@epgn.com
On Dec. 19 — the International Day to
End Violence Against Sex Workers — U.S.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), along with Rep.
Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Senator Warren
(D-MA) introduced the SAFE SEX Workers
Study Act.
Assessing the
consequences
of House bill,
Fight Online
Sex Trafficking
Act (FOSTA),
and Senate bill,
Stop Enabling
Sex Traffickers
Act (SESTA),
the SAFE SEX
ACT would re-
quire an assess-
ment of impacts
on health and
safety of people
who trade sex
when they lose
access to inter-
net platforms.
In a video,
Khanna said
FOSTA-SESTA
“has criminal-
ized websites
and forced many sex workers onto the street.
They’re facing increased violence, increased
sexual assault, and they’re less safe because
they can no longer screen potential clients
online.”
Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal Puneet
Cheema said in a statement, “The SAFE
SEX Workers Study Act is important be-
cause it acknowledges the reality that some
people trade sex for economic survival, to
meet their basic needs for food and shelter.
Some members of the LGBT community,
particularly transgender women of color,
sometimes rely on sex work because they
face extreme discrimination in the formal
employment sector. This bill is historic in
recognizing that the lives, health, and safety
of people who trade sex matter.”
SESTA-FOSTA became a law in April
2018 and amended 230 of the Communica-
tions Decency Act. The package was craft-
ed to fight online sex trafficking by holding
platforms like Facebook and Craigslist lia-
ble for what users post on their platforms,
which extended to consensual sex work. But
a study of sex workers from grassroots sex
worker advocacy organization Hacking//
Hustling, along with Whose Corner Is It
Anyway, showed 40 percent of sex workers
reported experiencing increased violence
after FOSTA and 99 percent of participants
said they do not feel safer due to FOSTA.
“Our national experience proves that
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from the Red Umbrellas and Red Ribbons
Project, told PGN.
The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey report-
ed 19 percent of respondents participated in
“some type of sex work, such as for money,
food, or a place to sleep.” An overwhelm-
ing 44 percent of Black trans women and
41 percent of American Indian trans women
reported engaging in sex work. The survey
also found that those who were rejected from
their families were almost twice as likely
to become engaged with sex work at some
point in their life.
According to the Trevor Project, LGBTQ
youth account for as much as 40 percent of
the youth homeless population. A 2012 Ur-
ban Institute report said homeless LGBTQ
youth are seven times more likely than het-
erosexual peers to trade sex for a place to
stay.
Rohit Mukherjee from Philadelphia’s SOL
Collective, a harm reduction collective, ex-
plained, “We regularly hear how street-based
sex workers face violence during outreach.
Often we see how violence is dispropor-
tionate to sex workers who are LGBTQIA
and low income. It saddens and frustrates
us that policy has pushed more workers to
the street in spite of evidence that online
markets promote safety for sex workers. We
fully support the need for evaluation of SES-
TA-FOSTA. Moreover, we support the end
to SESTA-FOSTA.” n
10 EDITORIAL
Philadelphia Gay News . DECEMBER 20-26, 2019

EDITORIAL BY JESS BRYANT

LEAVING THE BINARY BEHIND
Last week, Merriam-Webster Widely reported on, the word of
announced its word of the year is the year honor is a victory for our
“they,” used singularly. Searches community, arriving just in time
for “they” increased 313 percent for the holidays when many non-
from 2018 to 2019. “People were binary and gender-nonconforming
clearly encountering this new use folks are misgendered by family
and turning to the dictionary for and friends alike. Hopefully, Mer-
clarity and for usage guidance,” riam Webster’s award offers ev-
Senior Editor Emily Brewster said eryone the opportunity to educate
in a statement. themselves.
Most people in the LGBTQ While many try to proclaim the
community are aware that the singular use of “they” is new, its
“they” Merriam-Webster named as first documented use, according
the word of the year is a singular to the Oxford English Dictionary,
pronoun often used by nonbinary was in 1375 in a poem titled, “Wil-
and gender-nonconforming folks liam and the Werewolf.” The singu-
in lieu of the binaried pronouns the lar “they” slowly fell out of favor
United States so rigidly clings to. during the 18th century, but many
modernists
(including
W.H. Auden)
continued to use it in their writing
throughout the 19th and 20th cen-
turies.
Aside from a complex history
and an international view sup-
porting gender outside of the bi-
nary, one’s identity and identifiers
should always be respected, vali-
dated and acknowledged. No rea-
son or deep dive into gender should
be necessary.
Also this year, Apple released
iOS 13.2, which included gender
nonbinary emojis featuring peo-
ple with neutral-colored (all col-
ors should be considered neutral)
shirts, hair and professions.
Of most importance in Philadel-
phia, PennDOT announced that an
option for “X” on state-issued iden-
tification cards is imminent, though
some had already achieved a sim-
ilar designation of “U,” thanks to
PennDOT hero Linda. While an
accomplishment for the LGBTQ
community, plenty of articles on-
line began to detail the cost for
different states that have decided
to include an option of “X” on ID
cards. Our community — and ev-
ery other systemically oppressed
community — knows too well that
our dignity is often set against a
price tag. How much does HIV re-
search cost? How much does it cost
to change marriage certificates and
licenses? What is the cost of im-
plementing gender-inclusive bath-
rooms? How much does gender-af-
firmation surgery cost the military,
prison system, state, nation? What
is the value of our life? Cost should
be irrelevant when talking about
life and death, dignity and respect.
We know our lives are valuable.
When will we stop having to con-
vince others of it?
While “they” is only one of
many gender-inclusive pronouns
— alongside ze, ey, xe, ae, fae, per,
ve and others — it is certainly the
one that has gained the most trac-
tion, created the most controversy
and led to the most change in re-
cent years.
We can only hope the press sur-
rounding an award-winning “they”
leads to more recognition and ed-
ucation around gender inclusivity
and nonbinary identities. n

CREEP OF THE WEEK BY D’ANNE WITKOWSKI

SCOTT LIVELY
My youngest sister just got married. To a
man. Though she’s chosen the heterosexual
lifestyle, I accept her.
I visited my local Hallmark store to get the
couple a wedding card. I looked and looked,
but every card either had two brides or two
grooms.
So I asked the cashier where I could find a
one-man-one-woman wedding card.
“Oh, we don’t have those!” she said loudly,
her eyes nervously sweeping the store. After
she was sure no other customers were near,
she pulled out a tattered box from under the
counter.
“Quick,” she whispered, “if the owner finds
out about these, I’m done for.”
I started browsing through the clandestine
collection. She grabbed my hand.
“There’s no time!” she hissed.
With that, she grabbed a random card and
put it face down on the counter. She’d no soon-
er stowed the box when the chimes above the
door announced the arrival of a new customer.
She reacted to the sound as if it were an explo-
sion, flinching and audibly gasping. She was
covered with a sheen of perspiration.
“Gosh,” she said loud enough for the man
who’d just entered to hear. “This is a great ho-
mosexual wedding card you’ve chosen.”
The man glanced up from a display of dec-
orative hand towels, his hand resting on one
that read, “There’s no such thing as too much
butter.”
When the man resumed browsing, the ca-
shier said, “I’ll bet the same-sex couple you’re
buying this card for is going to love it. I just
love gay weddings.”
She gave me a not-at-all subtle wink.
“Uh, thanks,” I said.
“THAT’LL be $4,” she said while sliding
me a slip of paper that read, “Actually, it’s $20.
Cash only.”
I was about to protest the exorbitant charge,
but she put a finger to her lips, eyes locked
on the browsing man. He’d picked up a snow
globe with “Frozen” movie characters inside and disappeared in a haze of rainbow smoke. based on ruth-
and was shaking it vigorously. Back in my car, I checked my phone. I less capitalism. I
“You wanna take your chances somewhere opened the Homosexual Agenda app, which is couldn’t believe
else, be my guest,” she whispered, her tone cleverly disguised with the Home Depot icon. that Lively was
threatening. Sure enough, an alert. onto us again.
I handed over the money. She put the card “Scott Lively uncovers latest takeover,” it He’d called the
in a paper bag, put that bag into another paper read. Chick-fil-A
bag, then folded over the top and sealed it with “Scott Lively, president of Abiding Truth takeover in
four Gold Crown stickers. She completed the Ministries, appears to have knowledge about 2014!
job with two staples. the complete and total takeover of the Hall- I took out the card I’d bought. On the front
“Don’t open this until you’re in your car,” mark Channel.” Apparently, a Hallmark high- was a rainbow, Cinderella and Prince Charm-
she said, lips barely moving. er-up leaked to the Hollywood Reporter, and ing dancing heterosexually below it. I then
“OK,” I said, confounded. Then it hit me. Lively demanded that Hallmark clarify. Hall- remembered that Lively had written a book
“Wait,” I said. “Are you a friend of Doro- mark tried to stall with an unspecific answer, titled “Redeeming the Rainbow: A Christian
thy?” knowing that Homosexual, Inc had not yet an- Response to the ‘Gay’ Agenda.” Oh, the irony.
“Over the rainbow and out,” she replied. It nounced the news. “How do you do it, Scott?” I wondered.
was a classic Homosexual Agenda code. “Their answer to these demands is a lit- “How ever do you do it?” n
“I had no idea!” I said, and we both laughed. tle vague and kind of concerning, especially
Her shoulders relaxed a little. “We just got in light of just what’s happened with Chick- D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and co-
Chick-fil-A, now Hallmark? What’s next, fil-A,” Lively told One News Now Dec. 9. median living in Michigan with her wife and
Hobby Lobby?” “We just don’t want to see wishy-washy in son. She has been writing about LGBT politics
Chick-fil-A, of course, now only sells chick- the face of this kind of pressure because of so for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @
en sandwiches to the LGBTQ community. many pro-family organizations that have capit- MamaDWitkowski.
“Do we have the Hallmark Channel, too?” ulated in
I asked. the past,”
“Yes,” she replied. “In fact, they’re current- Lively
ly remaking their 2012 movie “A Bride for continued.
Christmas.” They’re keeping Arielle Kebbel “It’s kill-
but are replacing Andrew Walker’s character ing us as a
with Portia de Rossi.” movement
“I can see it,” I said. “I can’t wait to watch to have
that with my wife.” people in
“I’m kind of partial to the original,” she the busi-
said, looking down at the floor. ness world
“It’s OK,” I said. “Heterosexuals need mov- who won’t
ies, too. I’m sure you can get it on DVD.” stand firm
“What makes you think I’m heterosexual?” on family
she asked nervously. “I never said that.” values.”
It was my turn to whisper now. That is,
“Hey, I’m not heterophobic. I have straight of course,
friends. My sister is marrying a man for good- the plan.
ness sakes!” I glanced behind me to make sure Our agen-
no one was within earshot. “Don’t worry. Your da may
secret’s safe with me.” be gay,
And with that, I tapped my heels together but it’s
DECEMBER 20-26, 2019 . epgn.com
OPINION
11

MARK MY WORDS WITH MARK SEGAL

Community support during the holidays

If you’re feeling op-
timistic about the hol-
iday season, it could
be because of how far
we’ve come as a com-
munity. When this col-
umn began, many in our
community dreaded the
holiday season because
there was separation of
family due to them being out. Today, while
that forced separation is still true for many, a
lot of families have accepted their openly out
members. And in some of those where there
is a separation, there is still a chance for dia-
logue. That’s improvement. We are no longer
invisible.
But, there are some cases when visibility
and coming out of the closet might not be
the best idea. And we all need to understand
that and be supportive. Recently my cousin
told me of a 16-year-old friend of her grand-
daughter. The girl knew who she was, but her
parents were very strict and wouldn’t accept
her. What might happen to her if she told her
parents who she really was? It's possible that
she could find herself in counseling, home-
less or, even worse, in conversion therapy.
That’s an extreme, but it still happens today.
This issue is important because we still
have, unfortunately, those who are out some-
times shaming those who are not. That should
not happen.
Coming out is a personal decision based on
someone's personal issues. Whatever some-
one’s choice, it’s not for us to judge. Going
back to the beginning of this column, coming
out to family when this newspaper began usu-
ally meant separation from family. That has
changed. But even today, there’s that example
of the 16-year-old girl. What we do know is
those who are not out, and those who have
lost their families, have a more difficult time
during the holidays. And we should support
them as best we can.
So if you have that holiday spirit, seek out
those who might find it difficult or lonely
this holiday season, spend a little time with
them and find a way to make their life a lit-
tle brighter. Isn’t that what community is all
about? n

TRANSMISSIONS BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH

Of lights, family and the holidays

Christmas lights used to be wired in
such a way that if one lightbulb on the
string perished, the whole chain would
fail to light up. You had to go light by
light trying to find the one with the fila-
ment that had given up the ghost.
So many holiday traditions revolve
around light, whether it is the glow of a
family menorah or kinara, the lighting
of the yule log or even the string of gai-
ly-colored lights festooned on a Christ-
mas tree or strung along one’s eaves.
This only makes sense, given the hol-
iday time’s association with the winter
solstice, the shortest day of the year and
the ever-increasing light of spring and
summertime. We acknowledge the dark-
ness and the rise of the light in our own
ways.
It’s at the heart of so many holiday
traditions. Even the belief in the birth
of the son of God in a manger in Beth-
lehem could be read as a parallel to the
increase in sun from the depths of winter
— which is likely why the tale became a
part of the holiday season, replacing ear-
lier observances.
Of course, in today’s world, the holi-
day season is also a time where we are
once again inundated with George Mi-
chael, Mariah Carey, and Paul McCart-
ney, as we try to forge
we
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a trail through the local department
stores in search of gifts for the many
people in our lives.
For some of us, this will be a time of
year for traveling to meet with our rela-
tives, which is when things become very
complex for transgender and nonbinary
people.
Many of us have been turned out by
our birth families, shunned from blood
kin and not at all welcome during this
time of sentiment and family celebra-
tion. This was my experience from my
family for the first handful of years after
I transitioned. I was told in no uncertain
terms to not contact the rest of my family
during the holidays or any other time of
the year.
At any rate, my story is far from un-
common, with many still kicked out of
their family home because of their tran-
sition. For all too many of us, we end up
testing just how unconditional the love
of our parents and others in our family
may actually be — and find it wanting.
As painful as this can be, there are
even more casual forms of transphobic
behavior trans and nonbinary folks can
face during the holidays — ones that
may not be as soul-crushing but can nev-
ertheless leave bruises.
When surrounded by the people who
have known you since you were relying
on milk in a warm bottle, those same
people may have a firm opinion of who
you are. Whether deliberate or other-
wise, the holidays may be their time for
bringing that into the open.
The obvious cases are, of course, fam-
ily members using the wrong pronoun or
name.
It may seem like a simple thing from
the outside, a simple error, and one that
shouldn’t be more than a trifle. On top of
that, many have used a particular name
or pronoun for a given person for de-
cades and are now expected to change.
I get that, and I’m not necessarily refer-
ring to the honest mistakes when I bring
that up.
No, I’m talking more of those who
might opt to wield a deadname — or a
necronym, as I recently heard one’s birth
name referred to — more like a blud-
geon, seeking to make an issue over
one’s identity in a place that should be
safer. Such activities can indeed be cal-
lous and cruel, a far cry from the occa-
sional slip of the tongue as family and
friends relearn the identities of their
loved ones.
One might find themselves treated in
different fashions around the family, per-
haps quietly excluded in ways or pushed
71% no
into activities that force them into situa-
tions aligned with a birth gender. Maybe
even finding a makeup set under the tree,
gifted to a transmasculine family mem-
ber as a cruel way of devaluing them.
After all, the gift-giver might think, it
would be positively rude to show disdain
for a nice gift, wouldn’t it?
I should add, too, that the holidays
may also end up being the time many
who are trans come out when they show
up on the doorstep during the holidays.
This makes things far, far more challeng-
ing, especially if the family turns out to
be less than supportive.
This is, as I mentioned, a holiday sea-
son about light.
If you are trans and reading this: you
are not alone. Many of us have faced
similar things in our times. Reach out if
you need a friendly ear. Shout on your fa-
vorite social media platform, or confide
in your closest trans and trans-friendly
friends. We’re here for you.
For those who may not be trans read-
ing this, now is the time to give some
light of your own. Listen to your trans
friends, and stand up for those in your
family who may be fearful — or in pain
— this season. Now is the time to put
your friendship into action and show
your love.
We live in a dark enough era without
this time of holiday joy adding to the
challenge. Like those old holiday lights,
we need to make sure that every bulb re-
mains intact, and we strive to keep the
whole string lit, as it were.
Let’s provide the light we all need. n
Gwen Smith still needs to hang the lights.
You can find her at www.gwensmith.com.
12
Police entrapment in the early days, PGN’s response
JASON VILLEMEZ
PGN Contributor
Whether one intends it or not, being an
openly LGBTQ person is a political act. It
was true in 1969, and it is true 50 years lat-
er. We are continually fighting for our right
to exist and our right to equality. Similarly,
a gay newspaper is more than just a news-
paper. It’s a community service, an agent of
change, and its responsibilities to readers
go beyond merely reporting news. In the
1970s, many people were too scared even
to pick up the newspaper in public. The pa-
per had a public duty to not just report on
the latest political or entertainment news
but to show people that it was OK to be
themselves. One of the goals of the paper,
especially in the early days, was to provide
people with information and advice they
would find nowhere else.
Such advice sometimes took the form of
how-to features. How to take care of your
health, how to be safe at night, how to
handle discrimination. In June 1976, John
Schiavone wrote a feature titled, “What to
do when your trick pulls out his badge.”
The reason for the story was simple: gay
people were continual targets of police
harassment, intimidation and entrapment.
NEWS COLUMN
A plainclothes police officer would troll
neighborhoods and wait for people to ap-
proach them. They would act normally,
O U R H I S T O R Y, O U R F U T U R E
engage in conversation, and as soon as the
unsuspecting victim would say something
like, “Want to take a ride?” the officer’s
Philadelphia Gay News . DECEMBER 20-26, 2019
partner would come out — to serve as proof
the officer did not initiate the proposition —
and they made the arrest.
In 1976, mutual gay sex in Pennsylvania
was classified as VDSI, voluntary deviant
sexual intercourse, and it was an illegal
offense, as was any attempt to engage in
it. The latter is with what the police most
entrapped people, often lying to victims
about their rights and what would happen
after they were booked. They encouraged
victims not to get lawyers. They incorrectly
recounted the incidents, lying about what
the victim said, usually claiming the use of
explicit sexual language.
This systemic behavior was standard in
cities all across the country. In the 1970s,
PGN reported not only on such happenings
in Philadelphia but in San Francisco, Bos-
ton, New York and other locales. Each city
handled its “vice squads” with varying lev-
els of concern. In 1976, some places began
the process of banning such entrapment and
changing the way the laws worked. Some
cities were encouraging it. Regardless, the
problem was not going to dissolve over-
night. In 2014, a Williams Institute survey
showed that 15 percent of LGBTQ people
and people living with HIV
reported hostile attitudes page 18
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Health and Wellness Directory
Colorado lesbian dies by suicide
after conversion therapy
VICTORIA A. BROWNWORTH
Advertise your business PGN Contributor
in our directories Alana Chen was only 14 when she confessed to
her parish priest that she was a lesbian and had strong
attractions to other women. He advised her not to tell
for only $25 per week her family and put her through relentless conversion
when you run for therapy, which her mother now asserts led Chen to
self-harm, hospitalization, and, last week, to death by
a minimum of 8 suicide.
weeks. In August 2019, Alana Chen and her family spoke
with The Denver Post about her experience with
conversion therapy and subsequent struggles with
depression to warn others about the insidiousness of
the practice and its inherent dangers. Describing how
she practiced self-harm, Chen said, “I was feeling so
much shame that I was comforted by the thought of
hurting myself.”
Chen said her reason for contacting the newspaper
was she wanted to educate people about her experi-
ence so other LGBTQ people would not feel isolat-
ed and alone and would resist seeking the harmful
treatment.
In the August interview, Chen said that in addition
to the informal conversion therapy from her parish
priest, she received formal reparative therapy coun-
seling through the church and Catholic Charities’
Sacred Heart Counseling while in college.
Chen said, “I felt a lot of shame and anxiety.”
She said, “I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t stop thinking
about it. Was I going to hell? But I was still extreme-
ly faithful, and I felt like the church, and the coun-
seling was the thing that was saving me. The worse I
got, the more I clung to it.”
On Dec. 16, the family of Alana Chen told The
Denver Post that they believe their daughter’s suicide
is a direct result of conversion therapy, and it harmed
their daughter so deeply that she died by suicide.
A spokesperson for the Denver Archdiocese who
declined to give their name told PGN that the church
does not use conversion therapy and “rejects any
practices that are manipulative, coercive or pseudo-
scientific.”
But in January 2019, the Denver Archdiocese
sponsored a conference on sexual orientation and
gender identity by the conversion therapy organiza-
tion Desert Stream Ministries. According to Andrew
Comiskey, the founder and executive director of the
ministry, “There is no such thing as a ‘gay’ person.
That is a popular myth. Satan delights in homosexual
perversion.”
PGN reported that a similar event by Comiskey
was sponsored by the Philadelphia Archdiocese in
September.
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice
of claiming to change a person’s sexual orientation
or gender identity. The American Psychiatric Asso-
ciation “opposes any psychiatric treatment, such as
‘reparative’ or ‘conversion’ therapy, that is based on
the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental
disorder or is based on the a priori assumption that
the patient should change his or her homosexual ori-
entation.”
Alana Chen’s mother, Joyce Calvo-Chen, wrote an
extended message on Facebook about her daughter,
who she described as a “multi-talented artist who
loved to sing, dance, write, play sports and instru-
ments.”
Calvo-Chen wrote her daughter “fell in love with
religion” when she was 13-years-old, and “quickly
Philadelphia Gay News . DECEMBER 20-26, 2019
became immersed in God’s words.”
“She wanted to become a nun,” Calvo-Chen said.
But Alana Chen told The Denver Post that the priest
said her sexual orientation would prevent her from
following that vocation.
According to Calvo-Chen’s lengthy post, Alana
Chen revealed her sexual orientation to a priest at St.
Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Boulder, Colo-
rado. The priest advised Chen not to come out to her
family and gave her counseling that explicitly stated
she was in danger from her sexual orientation and
had to change it.
Alana Chen’s parents reported her missing on Sat-
urday night, Dec. 7, after she failed to return home
from a hike. The following Monday morning, Dec.
10, Boulder law enforcement received information
that a suspicious vehicle was parked at the reservoir
in the Boulder County foothills in Chautauqua Park
in Boulder, Colorado.
Her body was found several hours later nearby by
a search party. Sheriff’s officials have said Chen’s
death is “not considered to be suspicious,” but the au-
topsy results have not yet been made public. Chen’s
family revealed the cause of death was suicide.
A July 2019 study from The Williams Institute at
UCLA revealed that more than 700,000 LGBTQ peo-
ple between the ages of 18 and 59 had been subjected
to conversion therapy, more than 350,000 as minors.
The study projected an estimated 80,000 LGBTQ
youth would be subjected to the practice in the next
few years. An additional July 2019 study focused
solely on trans persons found 42 percent of those
who had undergone conversion therapy for gender
identity had attempted suicide after the treatment.
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Phila) is working to
ban conversion therapy in Pennsylvania. He told
PGN, “Conversion abuse is a danger to Pennsylvania
and its residents.”
Kenyatta said, “With the tragic passing of Anna
Chen, we must redouble our efforts to ban this prac-
tice in the Commonwealth and beyond. We are losing
too many members of our community because of this
barbaric practice, and it must end. To all our young
people, please know — you are perfect just as you
are, and you have so many people fighting to make
sure no one is paid to tell you otherwise.” n
If you are in crisis, you can call:
The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386, thetrevorproj-
ect.org/help or text START to 678-678. Crisis line for
LGBTQ youth
Crisis Text Line: crisistextline.org. Text 741741 to
reach a counselor.
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Rural borough in PA adopts LGBT
nondiscrimination ordinance
H U N T I N G D O N B O R O U G H C O U N C I L M E M B E R S A N D C O M M U N I T Y M E M B E R S G AT H E R F O R
L G B T N O N D I S C R I M I N AT I O N V O T E . C o u r t e s y o f P e n n s y l v a n i a Yo u t h C o n g r e s s
JESS BRYANT
jess@epgn.com
On Dec. 17, the Huntingdon Borough
Council voted to adopt an LGBT-inclusive
nondiscrimination ordinance, making the
borough the first rural community and 58th
municipality in Pennsylvania to enact local
protections for LGBT people in employment,
housing and public accommodations.
Home to Juniata Collage, Huntingdon is
about 30 miles south of the geographic center
of Pennsylvania and has almost 7,000 resi-
dents.
The vote was 4-3 at the evening meeting.
Council President Nicole Houck, Council
Vice-President Sean Steeg, and Councilmem-
bers Robert Jackson and Johnathan Hyde
voted in favor, while Councilmembers David
Quarry, James Bair and Terry Green voted in
opposition.
Houck told PGN, “I think this is a huge
victory for the borough of Huntingdon. We’ve
made a statement that we care about the peo-
ple in our community, and we want this to be
a safe place. It’s especially amazing to be the
first rural township pass such an ordinance. It
feels good to be making history in such a pos-
itive way in our little town.”
Huntingdon resident Anthony Bullett be-
gan advocating for the ordinance nine years
ago. In 2015, he contacted the Pennsylvania
Youth Congress for support, and PYC has
been involved ever since. Bullett, along with
Pat Hunter and other community members,
formed Diversity Huntingdon to coordinate
education and advocacy over several years
with Borough Councilmembers.
“It’s not just what we have done over the
past few years, but even looking back 50 years
ago, what my father and others tried to do in
this town. That we have finally been able to
get inclusive nondiscrimination protections
into law is tremendous. There will not be an-
other generation that has to live under legal
discrimination, at least not in our community
of Huntingdon,” Bullett said, celebrating the
victory.
Hunter, whose son is a part of the LGBT
community added, “I am very excited, be-
yond words. I would not have thought that 22
months ago this ordinance would have passed.
We came a long way, and we turned a lot of
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She said when her son was the one who in-
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he was in only the ninth grade. He told his
mother he would not stay in the borough after
graduation, and he didn’t.
“Now, maybe it opens the door for individu-
als who are interested in staying to know they
are welcome and protected here,” Hunter said.
Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
Youth Congress Jason Landau Goodman
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Having an Affair
MARK-ALLEN TAYLOR
PGN Contributor
“Never make your happiness on someone
else’s unhappiness” is a saying I heard many
years ago in my French-Canadian culture,
and it has stuck with me all these years. Af-
fairs can give happiness for some and cause
pain and suffering for others. Affairs come
in many forms and each is unique because
every coupling or polyamorous relationship
is unique. Some affairs are only sexual, and
some encompass a romantic element. Just
look at the national news about a Rep. Katie
Hill (D-CA) who resigned her seat in Con-
gress, after it was revealed that she was hav-
ing an affair with a member of her campaign
staff. It is a violation of the ethics rules;
so, now her career, which started so prom-
isingly, is now over, at least in the United
States Congress. Sadly, a very big price to
pay. Hill, of course, is one of many, but peo-
ple have affairs for many reasons. Look at
Debra Winger’s character in “Terms of En-
dearment.” She discovered her husband was
having an affair, and when she met someone
who was nice to her, she embraced having an
affair with him.
Affairs at Work
People who work together share of lot
COLUMN
Philadelphia Gay News . DECEMBER 20-26, 2019
FA M I LY L AW
of their time togeth- ples have been at the top of the relationship
er, and whatever the heap in society. The one-man, one-wom-
trigger is, they some- an mantra is what many of us heard all the
times become sexual- time — whether in religious, law-making
ly, if not romantically, or social situations. In the past, I never re-
involved. For exam- ferred to marriages between one man and
ple, at a university, one woman as a “heterosexual” marriage,
if one is a French in- but as an “opposite-sex” marriage because
structor and the other not all are comprised of heterosexual per-
is the Provost, then sons. But now, with new laws and soci-
there is a problem. etal expansion, I can change that to sim-
If people embark on ply a “married couple.” Now, let us look
an affair and risk the at an affair with a married person. If you
possibility of self-de- are having an affair with a married indi-
struction in their ca- vidual, you are literally and legally speak-
reer and community, ing on the outside because the other per-
and family life, that son is in a legally protected marriage and
is for them to handle. may have children too. If you are married
Keep in mind that if bottom-line problems for the organization. and having an affair with a person outside
one is having an affair at work with a sub- Normally, a supervisor would counsel the your marriage, you are on the outside too,
ordinate, even allegedly with the subordi- subordinate, maybe provide more training, even though you may have the anchor in
nate’s permission, it not on a level playing document the situation, and if there is no im- a traditional home life. Have your affair
field. Even if the subordinate initiated the provement, this subordinate’s employment and do as you wish, but be realistic that if
affair, the supervisor is making a serious would be terminated. Now add to this sce- it is revealed, you might be out of a stable
error in judgment. Of course, not everyone nario that this subordinate is having an affair home life, a job or of luck. Each marriage
gets caught, as the phrase goes, but the risks with the supervisor. The supervisor is in the is unique and each non-married/non-part-
are very high. Let’s assume a supervisor in middle of a serious dilemma and sadly so is nered person is unique; so, it is very diffi-
an organization is having an affair with a the organization. cult to generalize, but it is probably prudent
subordinate employee in a critical role and to think with more than your heart or libido
that this subordinate’s work performance Affairs with a Person in a Marriage when considering an affair. In Congress
is substandard, which is causing serious Historically opposite-sex married cou- one day and out the next. n
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LESBIAN MURDER SUICIDE
from page 1
ages 50 and 36 years old, “were unrespon-
sive, and were subsequently pronounced
[dead] on scene by PFD [Philadelphia Fire
Department] medics.”
At this point, Kinebrew said, the inves-
tigation has determined that “the 50-year-
old woman shot her 36-year-old wife, then
shot herself, mortally wounding both.”
The couple had gunshot wounds to the
head and chest, with shell casings and a
handgun near both bodies.
A neighbor at the scene, Cynthia Not-
tingham, told police and local news me-
dia, “A friend of mine told me they ran
into some children that were crying, and
they ran back to the crossing guard to tell
them that their parents were dead.”
Another neighbor, Roland Johnson, said
he saw the 36-year-old victim just hours
earlier. “I spoke to her; she’s always got a
friendly smile, no hint of anything being
PGN
wrong, though,” said Johnson.
Police were told that the women were “a
nice couple,” but family members told po-
lice the couple had “some domestic strife
in the past.”
Lauren Cox, Deputy Communications
Director for the Office of the Mayor, told
PGN, “Domestic violence reaches into all
of our communities — regardless of class,
race, sexual orientation or gender identity.
And, unfortunately, it often goes undetect-
ed and unreported.”
Cox said, “It is important to remember
that if you or someone you know is in im-
mediate danger, you should contact the
police by calling 911. Philadelphia also
has a 24-hour domestic violence hotline:
866-723-3014, that can provide guidance
and help connect you to resources.”
Roberta L. Hacker was executive di-
rector of Women in Transition, the na-
tion’s oldest continuing service agency
for abused women for 30 years. Hacker
developed the country’s first program for
lesbian abuse victims at WIT and is also
co-founder of Philadelphia Women’s
Death Review Team, which works with
the Medical Examiner’s Office to chart
violent deaths of women in Philadelphia.
Hacker told PGN, “This is another trag-
ic case of domestic violence that leaves so
many victims in its wake — the wife, the
children, the extended family, the commu-
nity, the perpetrator herself.”
Hacker said, “The holidays are a very
difficult time of year for many people —
extremely stressful. We see a surge of do-
mestic violence at this time. It is critical
that women — anyone — experiencing
domestic abuse seek help immediately.
You may think you can handle the situa-
tion yourself, but tragic cases like this one
happen literally every day.”
Hacker stressed, “Escalation can happen
so quickly, and a gun in the home makes
it far for likely for domestic violence to
turn deadly.”
Sgt. Nicholas Tees, who is assigned to
17
the PPD Community Relations Division,
serves as a liaison to the LGBTQ commu-
nity. Tees told PGN that there had been no
calls to the police about the couple and
that he had previously worked the district
in which they lived. “These were not peo-
ple who were known to me or to us,” he
said.
Kinebrew said, “The Homicide Unit’s
victim’s assistance officer, along with
the District Attorney’s Office’s ‘DAO
C.A.R.E.S. Program’, is coordinating the
delivery of various services to the three
children.”
She added, “Sgt. Tees is available to fa-
cilitate reporting incidents of domestic vi-
olence for [LGBTQ] community members
who may have reservations about report-
ing to police. Sgt. Tees can be reached at
(215) 686-3380.”
Police are waiting for an autopsy to de-
termine the exact cause of death. Anyone
with any information is asked to call po-
lice at 215-686-TIPS. n

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COLOURS NECESSITIES DRIVE
from page 1
Drive sponsored by Colours on Dec. 21 from
noon to 4 p.m. at the William Way LGBT
Community Center.
Colours was established in 1991 by and
for Black LGBT people. The organization
focuses on the social justice issues of LGBT
people of color, including HIV transmission
and acquisition, homelessness and much
more. Free HIV testing will be available at
the donation drive.
“Our goal is at least 100 coats,” Tomo
said. “And we need jeans, pants, scarves,
hats, gloves, socks.” Tomo is also hoping to
put together hygiene kits.
The drive is not just a personal mission for
Tomo, it’s a mission he believes the whole
LGBTQ community would be involved in
if they realized the extent of the problem of
LGBTQ homelessness and shelter insecuri-
ty. He hopes to do more than secure dona-
tions of coats and clothes; he wants to raise
awareness of a critical issue for the LGBTQ
community that disproportionately impacts
Black and other people of color in Philadel-
phia.
Raising awareness for Colours’ in the
community, is another of Tomo’s goals, par-
ticularly after the staff was cut in half at the
end of the fiscal year in September. Tomo
said Colours is still very much alive, and he
is advocating for the organization and the
most vulnerable LGBTQ people.
“If you haven’t experienced it — home-
lessness — it’s not something you necessar-
ily think about,” Tomo said, adding, “no one
NJ PANIC DEFENSE BAN
from page 1
echoed those sentiments. “Make no mis-
take, the ‘panic’ defense is flat-out dis-
criminatory legal malpractice, and no one
should ever be excused from murder be-
cause their victim is gay or transgender,”
Fuscarino said, in a press release. “As hate
crimes against LGBTQ New Jerseyans
continue to rise and trans people are mur-
dered in the streets, it’s more imperative
than ever that we ensure our criminal jus-
tice system protects LGBTQ people equal-
ly — full stop. When this ban becomes
law, New Jersey will send an unequivocal
message that we fully value the lives and
dignity of LGBTQ people.”
The bill is headed to Gov. Phil Murphy’s
OUR HISTORY - ENTRAPMNET
from page 12
from law enforcement.
Schiavone’s article gave several pieces
of clear, imperative advice to victims of
police entrapment. Do not become bel-
ligerent when being arrested. Do not an-
swer questions outside of your identity
and your address. Do remain silent. Do
PGN
is born homeless. It’s something that hap-
pens to people for so many reasons — taxes
lead to a lien on a property, job loss leads to
using up all your savings. But for queer peo-
ple, it’s often because they have been reject-
ed by their families, and they have nowhere
else to turn.”
Tomo said most of us never consider “a
desk for his signature. A spokesperson for
Murphy said the governor doesn’t com-
ment on pending legislation. But LGBT
advocates say he’s expected to sign the
legislation when it reaches his desk.
The legislation would prevent a defen-
dant from trying to reduce a murder charge
to a charge of manslaughter committed
in the heat of passion because it was pro-
voked by the victim’s actual or perceived
LGBT status.
Under current law, a homicide that
would otherwise be murder is reduced
to manslaughter if the jury finds that the
crime was committed “in the heat of pas-
sion resulting from a reasonable provoca-
tion.”
In New Jersey, murder is a crime of the
first degree, punishable by a term of im-
call a lawyer. Do attempt to expunge the
charges. Do not wait to do this.
The article also explained how to rec-
ognize plainclothes officers (“They often
wear shirts with the tails hanging out”)
and their modus operandi (“The whole
point of police harassment is to humiliate
and inconvenience.”). It reminded read-
ers that the officers were morally wrong,
and readers were not. It didn’t ignore the
ABRAHAM TOMO, JR.
roof over our heads or a bed to sleep in a
luxury. But for so many people, it is. They
are lucky if they have a couch to sleep on
two or three nights. But that insecurity of not
having a place to live — we have to address
that.”
Tomo said he was fortunate that as an out
gay teen, he didn’t have that experience. “I
prisonment ranging from 30 years to life.
A provoked heat-of-passion manslaughter
is a crime of the second degree punishable
by 5-10 years imprisonment. There is no
death penalty in New Jersey.
Assembly Bill 1796 was introduced into
the Assembly on Jan. 9, 2018, and referred
to the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee.
After a public hearing, the six-member
committee unanimously approved the bill
on Nov. 18. On Nov. 25, the New Jersey
General Assembly unanimously passed the
legislation in a 72-0 vote, with eight ab-
stentions.
On Dec. 12, in a 10-0 vote, the state Sen-
ate Judiciary Committee unanimously ap-
proved the legislation. Garden State Equal-
ity board member Thomas Prol testified
during the committee’s public hearing. “It
power of law enforcement, but it inspired
readers to gather their strength too (“In
the meantime, we have to beat the rule
makers at their own game. If [the police]
can depend on fear and ignorance of their
methods, they will only feed on their suc-
cess. To let that happen would really be a
crime.”)
In 1976, there were few resources to get
this sort of information, but even fewer re-
Philadelphia Gay News . DECEMBER 20-26, 2019
actually do have a privilege that I wasn’t
kicked out. I don’t know what that life is,”
he said.
As a leader in his high school “and the
only out person in my class,” he was able to
speak about the issues facing LGBTQ youth
at a young age, because of his role in student
government.
“Growing up queer is difficult across the
board,” Tomo explained. “Being a Black
person, how being Black impacts being
queer, how they intersect — that can be even
more difficult.” And for some, he explained,
homelessness is a result. Survival sex can
become a necessity for LGBTQ youth, and
it can lead to HIV and other STIs.
Tomo said, “It hurts my soul” that people
“put a narrative” on the homeless, that they
are mentally ill or have substance abuse is-
sues.
“That’s a reason to reach out and get help
for people, not reject them,” he says. “We
punish the poor. We blame the poor. We have
to help people who are suffering.”
Tomo said, “I have a place to sleep; I eat
every day. Many people don’t.” He said
he has been through lean times when he
wouldn’t have been able to give a dollar to
someone on the street, but he said we can
all share what we have when we have it. He
hopes that people will do what they can for
the Colours drive.
“This is our community. All of us,” he said.
“We want to do our best for each other.” n
Bring new or clean, gently used coats and
other clothing to the drive Sat. Dec. 21,
noon to 4 p.m. 1315 Spruce St.
is time for New Jersey to get on the right
side of history and join our sister states in
prohibiting the gay and trans ‘panic’ de-
fense,” Prol said. “This legally sanctioned
discrimination only serves to legitimize
and excuse violent, lethal behavior against
the LGBTQ community.”
Gay and trans “panic” defenses have
been used to acquit dozens of murderers
of their crimes across the country. Even in
instances where juries are instructed not to
listen to such a defense, the implicit ho-
mophobic or transphobic bias of hearing
the defense at all can still influence the
jury’s decision, according to Garden State
Equality’s press release.
New York, Hawaii, California, Rhode
Island, Illinois, Maine, Nevada and Con-
necticut have enacted similar legislation. n
sources to get this sort of moral support.
LGBT newspapers had a duty to empow-
er their community. That’s what journal-
ism has always been about. The mission
remains the same even as communities
change. People have a right to be informed
about the world around them and to make
their choices based on facts. PGN sought
and continues to seek the truth. The com-
munity deserves it. n
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half pound of freshly roasted Six-Bean
Espresso, a half-pound of Viennese Su-
matra, a stainless steel stovetop espres-
so maker and dark chocolate covered
espresso beans, with all the trimmings,
will have your acquaintances caffeinat-
ed well into tax season. The Iced Cof-
fee Lover's Gift Basket ($75) is a wil-
low basket filled with a Kinto cold brew
capsule, a half-pound each of freshly
roasted Reading Blend and LA Blend,
two 14-ounce Luminarc working glasses
with lids and two silicone straws. If cof-
fee is too strong for those on your list,
Old City offers a Tea for Two Gift Box
($55) with an eighth-pound each Organ-
ic Nilgiri, English Breakfast and Sen-
cha Green loose tea, two Moroccan tea
glasses, 100 natural tea filters, a mesh
tea infuser and a five-pack of clover hon-
ey spoons.
If you have environmentalists on your
list, CleanChoice Energy has launched
an initiative for mindful gift-givers to
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give the gift of forests. By sending $25
in a friend's name, you can help refor-
est the Mississippi River Valley by off-
setting one ton of carbon pollution. It's
the perfect meaningful gift option for
those who are unsure of what to get for
an environmentalist, the anti-clutter ob-
sessive or the person who already has
everything.
Let's not forget the little one on your
list. Sure the easiest thing to do is pick
up whatever gadget or toy is all the rage
right now, but some kids require a more
thoughtful gift.
Philadelphia retail space, Tildie's
Toy Box, 1829 E. Passyunk Ave, spe-
cializes in carrying gender-neutral toys
and books aimed at engaging children
in play through imagination, creativity
and exploration. The store's philosophy
is that all children should be allowed and
encouraged to play with all types of toys,
challenging customers to leave their pre-
conceived notions about "girl's toys" and
"boy's toys" at the door. Let children
choose what looks like fun to them.
If the youngster on your list is in-
tellectually above the average popular
Christmas gift or a genius in the making,
SmartLab Toys has the gifts for you.
Squishy Human Body takes kids on a
fascinating tour of the human body as
they remove 21 realistic, vital organs,
bones and muscles using the included
forceps and tweezers; then, kids can re-
build the model from the toes to skull-
cap. For the more mechanically inclined
Tiny Robot’s World's Smallest Robot
Lab is a robotics kit that lets kids design
and build miniature working machines
from an assortment of real mechanical
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parts. All the while, kids are educated
on and entertained by the fundamentals
of mechanical engineering, gear ratios
and tiny machines. If your little scientist
has a glam-spa streak, the Spa Lab: Bath
Bombs is right up their alley. Tweens
can dig into this DIY science kit that
lets them create fizzing bath bombs with
foaming colors and special effects.
For the more grown-up tastes (teens
to adults), run your Santa sleigh through
South Street Art Mart, 530 S. Fourth
St. The queer-owned retail space has
walls and shelves loaded with cool and
colorful products and fashions ranging
from punk and edgy to nerdy and nos-
talgic. The store also carries prints and
wares created by talented local LGBTQ
artists. If your gift-giving needs a little
bit of creativity and attitude, this is the
place to go. You might end up inspired
to redecorate your living space while
you're there.
Long-running independent gay-owned
and operated bookstores like Philly's
Giovanni's Room (345 S. 12th St.) and
Mt. Airy's Big Blue Marble Bookstore
(551 Carpenter Lane) are always good
for last-minute gift ideas for the friends
and family of all ages. Giovanni's Room
has the bonus of being connected to
Philly AIDS Thrift, so clothing, music,
art and many other items are available
alongside a vast selection of books. Big
Blue Marble offers a wide selection of
reading material, including e-books and
audiobooks, and has dedicated LGBTQ
and kids sections, making finding gifts
for the entire queer family easy.
Happy hunting and be safe out there.
Happy Holidays! n
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BY INEZ CARVALHO
ARIES
(Mar. 21 - Apr. 20)
You are concerned with the lo-
gistics and practicalities of life
right now, which haven’t been
fun to think about, especially
with the way you turn things
over and over in your mind. The
clarity you seek is that there is no immediate answer.
Opportunities come and go; there are no right or wrong
answers. Flexibility will be your greatest asset.
TA U R U S
(Apr. 21 - May 21)
Venus, your home planet, is
now in your 10th house, which
centers goals, finances and rep-
utation. This is good news, and
you’ve probably felt like some
of these aspects have been on
hold. Expect an offer or opportunity, but also beware
of false advertisements. Don’t just jump on board with
any old thing.
GEMINI
(May 22 - Jun. 21)
People may think of you as an
open book because of your out-
going or carefree demeanor.
There are a lot more sides to
you than the two you are known
for. You keep many secrets and
conceal your worries. What would it feel like to share
those thoughts sometimes? Your planet Mercury is up
to its usual antics; play along and see where life takes
you. That is your forte, after all.
CANCER
(Jun. 22 - Jul. 22)
Something from the past has a
dark and appealing gravitation-
al pull lately. Some things are
worth a second look, and some
things aren’t. Learning to spot
the difference will be a great as-
set to you. Midweek and onward, expect an event or
conversation that reaffirms your heart’s truest wishes.
Make room for hope and joy in your emotional reper-
toire for once!
ASTROLOGY
LEO
(Jul. 23 - Aug. 22)
Your focus should be on mental
and emotional well being. The
whole of 2019 has been a psycho-
logical exploration. Find what en-
riches you on the heart and soul
level. You’ve been playing the
tough-guy card for a while and withholding yourself
from others. Look inward and reach out. This will wrap
up your year right.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 - Sep. 23)
Stand by your principles this
week if you feel a conflict aris-
ing. Sometimes you compromise
to keep the peace, but that won’t
serve you well this time. It is a vir-
tue to, on occasion, smile and nod
until someone goes away. Both practices have their time
and place. But, while you call the shots, keep in mind
that some things are worth fighting for.
LIBRA
(Sep. 24 - Oct. 23)
You may feel that you have been
neglecting something while
wrapped up in your latest endeav-
or. As a Libra, you need to find the
balance between work and play.
Take a look around and see what’s
missing or what looks out of place. You’ll be surprised
that you didn’t notice sooner. It’s OK to take breaks ev-
ery now and then.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
You are a scientist; you are your
own inventor; your mind is a pow-
er station. You have spent a great
deal of time meditating, breaking
down old habits and fortifying
your heart. Be cautious of the
envious eyes this may attract. You may not know it, but
some may find your independence intimidating. Don’t
second guess yourself. You’re on the right track.
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S A G I T TA R I U S
(Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)
You are in a major break-
through. It feels as though you
are carrying a grand piano to
the top of the Empire State
Building. The sun may be
leaving your sign on the 21st,
but it doesn’t mean the show is over. Soon Mars will
swoop into the top of your chart, supplying you with
the can-do attitude you will need to complete your
mission. The stars are rooting for you.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 - Jan. 20)
Capricorn season begins on
Dec. 21, so happy birthday! In
other big news, the 26th will
be the day of the new moon
and its eclipse — also occur-
ring in your sign. This means
a fresh start. Now is when you set your intentions
for the upcoming month. Your plans don’t need to be
grandiose, only authentic. Take a moment to observe
how far you’ve come already and give yourself some
credit.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 21 - Feb. 19)
Venus enters Aquarius on Dec.
20. Venus in Aquarius is a
great teacher, showing you the
value of empathy and loyalty,
drawing you toward people
with mutual understandings. It
brings out the philosopher, the rebel and the weirdo
in you. You now have a stronger sense of what you
need and a reverence for your goals. Now is an excel-
lent time to express yourself artistically and forgive
yourself for missteps in the past.
PISCES
(Feb. 20 - Mar. 20)
Keeping an open mind will ben-
efit you greatly this week. See-
ing the same old things from a
new perspective may complete-
ly overhaul how you are feeling.
Perhaps your “been there, done
that” attitude has been holding you back in some ways.
With Venus in Aquarius beginning this week, you will
discover new ways to communicate with and comfort
yourself.
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Out actor talks zany ‘Oz’
CAMERON KELSALL
PGN Contributor
Andrew Betz began performing commu-
nity theater in the South Jersey suburbs as a
youngster. The passion he formed there set
him on a course to become a professional
actor. The out actor, who currently resides in
New York, has appeared in several Philadel-
phia-area productions — many of them at Mt.
Airy’s Quintessence Theatre. This holiday
season, he plays The Scarecrow in an inven-
tive new adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz.”
PGN recently spoke with Betz about the
challenges of presenting a new spin on a clas-
sic work. He also discussed his lifelong love
of the performing arts, and what he enjoys
most about working in Philly. Some respons-
es have been condensed and edited for clarity.
“The Wizard of Oz” is such an iconic
story for many people. How does this
production approach the challenge of
taking such well-known material and
doing something fresh with it? The text
itself is closely based on the movie. It’s the
licensed version of “The Wizard of Oz,” so
you’ll be hearing the words you are going
to hear anywhere else. But our director [Lee
Cortopassi] was interested in pulling more of
the original book back into the piece, as well
as putting up the kind of trippy, wacky, goofy
Oz that he was interested in seeing. So, we’ve
built something that’s kind of zany and weird
in places, and there are going to be some sur-
prises. But we’ve landed in a place that’s very
faithful to the movie.
As an actor, do you feel any trepidation
about playing a legendary character
like The Scarecrow? Luckily, I have very
little attachment and experience with “The
Wizard of Oz” as a movie. That basically al-
lowed me to approach this from square one.
Also, I knew this production was going to
be a departure, and we would be building it
from the ground up on our own, so I didn’t
feel any obligation to recreate anything.
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were taking me.
What drew you to being a performer?
I’ve been performing since I was about 10.
Actually, the second show I ever did was a
production of “The Wizard of Oz” at a com-
munity theater in Haddonfield, New Jersey. I
credit the Disney movies of the early 1990s
with inspiring me to be a performer. “Beauty
and the Beast” had me singing and dancing
until the last minute before bedtime when it
originally came out. I’ve been performing
since I was really little, and I love music,
dancing and playing pretend. At the end of
the day, that’s what I’m still doing. There is
also the social aspect that you’re almost al-
ways working with a group of people that you
have a lot in common with. Even right now,
I’m talking to you from lunch, where nine of
us in the cast are eating and talking between
shows. The more adult aspects of theater —
the exchange of ideas, pushing boundaries,
asking questions — have definitely helped
keep me engaged and interested in the pro-
cess of making art. But, originally, it just
came from a place of fun.
What are your impressions of perform-
ing live theater in Philadelphia? The
theater that I’ve worked with most in Phila-
delphia is Quintessence. I worked with them
in 2010 when they were just starting out and
again in 2014. I’ve also worked at the Ar-
den, and I’ve seen a lot of theater here. I’m
from Haddon Heights, just over the bridge in
Jersey, and I think Philly has a great theater
community. There is a devoted audience base
that is really hungry for theater, and the artists
in Philadelphia are really supportive and loy-
al. What’s special about Quintessence is that
it really feels like a local theater. The com-
munity is coming out to these shows. Being
in Mt. Airy, they might not have such easy
access to the stuff playing downtown. You
can really tell that the community is really
grateful to have this professional theater in
Mt. Airy. It’s very special to be able to share
these pieces — everything from the darkest
American drama to the strangest Shakespeare
to this wacky “Wizard of Oz.” n
“The Wizard of Oz” continues through Jan.
5 at Quintessence Theatre in Mt. Airy. For
tickets and information, please visit quintes-
sencetheatre.org.
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Garritt McCabe: Setting the barre fabulously high
Things are happening at the Pennsylva-
nia Ballet this year. The biggest change
is the sparkling new Christmas tree that’s
sure to earn gasps from the audience. The
tree received a $100,000 makeover and
a modern lighting design. Another new
addition is dancer Garritt McCabe, a tal-
ented young man with a quick wit and the
gift of gab.
So, where are you from? [Laughing]
Like most things with me, it’s compli-
cated. Born — as in day of birth — in
the state of New Jersey, raised in Macun-
gie, Pennsylvania. Then, when I was 15, I
went on tour with Artists Simply Human.
It was a great growth experience but left
me wondering where to go as a dancer.
Did I want to pursue hip-hop or contem-
porary? Tap? Jazz? Or did I want to go
full-tilt into ballet, learning the rigorous
technique that it requires? I did, so at 16,
I moved to Boston and studied at the Bos-
ton Ballet. I was there for two years —
first in the school division and then as a
trainee. That was when they told me that
I could have a future in ballet, and I was
like, “Wait, is ballet really a thing for me
now?” and I really buckled down and
started taking it seriously. Unfortunately,
I got terribly injured, but luckily it healed
enough for me to participate in audition
season, and I got a job here at Pennsyl-
vania Ballet.
How old were you when you first
started dancing? At home, since birth,
but I was about five when I first went on
stage. Though I wasn’t quite doing tour
en l’airs yet.
Touring what? Tour en l’air, jeté battu,
fouetté? [Laughing] Come on! Where’s
your French 101, Suzi?
I took Spanish! So growing up in
Macungie, did you ever get any push-
back for being a dancer? Yes, most
definitely. Come on now, boy dancer, not
only is he doing ballet, but he looks fabu-
lous. Though for a while, when I was do-
ing hip-hop, it was cool. Getting to dance
with a bunch of girls was impressive to all
the straight boys at school. But in those
middle school years, and in the beginning
of high school, there was a lot of bully-
ing. All the terrible names you can think
of.
What was the worst moment? I’m
lucky that all the taunts were just verbal
and never got physical. I know people
who were assaulted and put in lockers
and all of that. I think that I escaped that,
in part, because I found my voice very
early and had a little sass in me from the
start. It didn’t hurt that I was oftentimes
PROFILE
best friends with their girlfriends, or that
my brothers played on the same hockey
teams as them. I could say things like,
“Yeah, say all you want about me, but I
saw your game last night, so you might
want to stop talking.” That being said, I
still remember a time when I was sitting
in art class, I’d just finished something
and was really proud of it, which was rare
‘cause I sucked at art. This kid walked
by and went, [cough] “faggot” [cough],
so everyone could hear. It was seventh
grade, and I had a girlfriend at the time,
but it obviously didn’t matter. When I
eventually came out to my siblings, the
first reaction was, “But we fought for you
for so long!” And I said, “And yes, you
were correct, because I wasn’t yet. I was
still dating girls and not trying to figure
out who I was.”
“SO THERE I WAS, VERY BLESSED WITH
THREE CONTRACTS TO CHOOSE FROM.
I DECIDED TO GO WITH
PHILADELPHIA BECAUSE I JUST FELT A
CONNECTION HERE AND ALSO
THAT IT WAS A COMPANY WHERE I
WOULD GROW AND LEARN.”
How many kids in the family? Four —
one girl and three boys, we’re very tight-
knit now. I’m so lucky to have a family
that loves and respects each other.
What’s “That’s Dancin’”? Oh gosh,
that always comes up, I guess because it’s
a silly name. To this day, other dancers
will tease me when I do a move and say,
“Now that’s dancing.” It’s just the stu-
dio where I studied when I first got into
dance. It was a small local studio, but I
have a tremendous amount of respect for
the owner Fran Jones Evers. She made
me what I am. Whenever I get a chance,
I go back there to teach or choreograph.
When I go home, I always stop in to see
her; it’s a second mom type deal. I stud-
ied there most of my life, and all of my
siblings were there at one point or an-
other as well. My brothers dropped out
because they wanted to play sports. I
was the opposite. I was trying to add ex-
tra jazz classes during the time we were
supposed to be at Scouts or had a foot-
ball practice so I wouldn’t have to go. I
FA M I LY P O R T R A I T
loved going to her classes; she gave me
the confidence to do more than I thought
I was capable of right from the start. She
saw something in me, and her light shines
in everything I do, from the way I spot a
pirouette to the way I move across a floor.
Since you were traveling so much,
did you attend regular school? Pre-
school and kindergarten, I was in real
school, then I was homeschooled until
fourth grade. My mom taught all four of
us; she was a crazy woman! Then I went
to Catholic school until I got in trouble
because I broke one of the Ten Com-
mandments. I don’t even remember what
it was, something silly, but I was mad be-
cause I didn’t violate any school policies,
only God’s rule. So sophomore year, I
went back to public school and hated it. I
was on tour so I could never keep up with
the classwork, and it was frustrating. It
was too much for Garritt so I decided it
would be better to get into an online situ-
ation. I was wrong because I was still just
as lost, but now I couldn’t stop a teacher
in the hall to ask for help.
Let’s jump to your debut in Philly. It
was right after your injury cor-
rect? So I have a chronic
break in the ball of
my foot, and
she hurts
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sometimes, but I wasn’t going to let it
stop me. Boston didn’t want me audition-
ing with the injury, but I saw people get-
ting to audition who were dancing at the
same level as I was even with an injury,
and I wasn’t happy about it. I felt I was
keeping up with everyone, and yet they
were getting chances I wasn’t. So I was
like, no, no, no. So I did a little side move
and auditioned in Philadelphia instead
of Boston. Two days after that, I flew to
Texas because they’d seen me dance and
invited me to audition. I was given an of-
fer at both places, and when I came back,
Boston suddenly decided to offer me
a job. So there I was, very blessed with
three contracts to choose from. I decided
to go with Philadelphia because I just felt
a connection here and also that it was a
company where I would grow and learn.
Have you done “The Nutcracker” be-
fore? Yes, it was actually my introduction
to ballet. I’d done other styles of dance
and had a basic understanding of ballet
but had never really done it. I was in the
fifth grade, and this girl came up and said,
“You dance don’t you?” and I was like,
“Yeah I dance, of course, yasss!” and she
said, “We need boys for the Nutcracker!”
and I was like, “What’s that?” She told
me, and I said, “Sure, I’m down.” It was
the first time I’d seen a full production of
a ballet with the costumes and sets and
all. It was a great experience, and the next
year I got to be the nutcracker.
What are some of the difficulties
dancers face? Point blank, what a
dancer does every day is we go in and
dance from 9:30 in the morning until 6 at
night. We spend that whole time staring at
ourselves in the mirror. After we’re done
staring at ourselves, we have people in
front of us staring at us and tell-
ing us what to do with our
bodies, and some
days you
have
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T H E AT E R & A R T S
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS LIVE
ON STAGE
The animated classic comes to life on
stage, Dec. 20-21 at Merriam Theater,
250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.
DESIGNS FOR DIFFERENT FUTURES
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents
an exhibition exploring visionary and
sometimes controversial designs that
promise to transform how we live, eat,
heal, travel and even love, in any num-
ber of possible futures, through March
8, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-
763-8100.
DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS ROAD
TRIP ADVENTURES
Disney characters come to life on ice,
Dec. 27-28 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601
S. Broad St.; 215-336-3600.
ELF: THE MUSICAL
Media Theatre Company presents the
stage adaptation of the holiday comedy
film, through Jan. 12, 104 E. State St.,
Media; 610-891-0100.
HERBERT FERBER: FORM INTO
SPACE
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents
an exhibition featuring sculptures and
related drawings that Herbert Ferber
(1906-91) created during the 1950s
— the artist’s most creative period,
through Jan. 5, 26th Street and the
Parkway; 215-763-8100.
KOGEI: ART CRAFT JAPAN
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents
an exhibition celebrating Japanese
kogei — one-of-a-kind, handcrafted
objects made with traditional tech-
niques and natural materials, through
summer 2020, 26th Street and the Park-
way; 215-763-8100.
MADE BY HAND: CONTEMPORARY
KOREAN CRAFT
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents
an exhibition where artists find inspi-
ration in Korea’s acclaimed tradition
of handmade objects and add their own
visual language to the rich mix of tech-
niques, materials and form, through
Jan. 12, 26th Street and the Parkway;
215-763-8100.
MARY MACK
The comedian seen on “Conan” and
“Solar Opposites” performs 10 p.m.
Dec. 21 at Good Good Comedy The-
ater, 215 N. 11th St.; https://goodgood-
comedy.com.
MEAN GAYS
A drag queen spectacular of the film
“Mean Girls,” 8 and 11 p.m. Dec. 20
at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.;
215-606-6555.
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OFF THE WALL: AMERICAN ART TO
WEAR
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an
exhibition of works by mixed-media art-
ists exploring nontraditional materials and
methods to create adventurous, deeply
imaginative works, through May 17, 2600
Benjamin Franklin Parkway; 215-763-
8100.
THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY: LGBTQ
POLITICS AND THE RADICAL LEFT,
1969-1999
William Way Community Center pres-
ents an exhibit telling the hidden history
of LGBTQ politics and the radical left in
the three decades following Stonewall,
through Dec. 27, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-
732-2220.
SHREK: THE MUSICAL
Walnut Street Theatre presents the stage
adaptation of the hit animated film about
an ogre on a quest to rescue a princess,
through Jan. 5, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-
3550.
THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS
1812 Productions presents the annual po-
litical satire stage show, through Jan. 5 at
Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey
Place; 215-592-9560.
A VERY DRAG DIVA CHRISTMAS BRUNCH
Mimi Imfurst and special guests get fes-
tive for the holidays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec.
21 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.;
215-606-6555.
WEEDING OUT THE STONED
Comedians perform while “medicated,” 8
p.m. Dec. 27 at Good Good Comedy The-
ater, 215 N. 11th St.; https://goodgood-
comedy.com.
MUSIC
A PHILLY POPS CHRISTMAS: SPECTACU-
LAR SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
The Philly POP performs a holiday con-
cert, through Dec. 21 at Kimmel’s Verizon
Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-731-3333.
DARLENE LOVE
The jazz/pop singer performs 8 p.m. Dec.
13 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick
Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650.
BEATLEMANIA NOW
The Beatles tribute band performs 8 p.m.
Dec. 14 a Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Tem-
ple Ave.; 215-257-5808
WEEN
The alternative rock band performs 8 p.m.
Dec. 14 at The Met, 858 N. Broad St.;
info@TheMetPhilly.com.
The Misfits
The punk rockers reunite, 9 p.m. Dec. 14
at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.;
215-336-3600.
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SHE’S AN
OPEN ‘BOOK’:
R&B singer and actress, Fan-
tasia, brings her Sketchbook
Tour to the area for an evening
of her hits when she performs,
8 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Borgata
Hotel, Casino & Spa Event
Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic
City, N.J. For more information
or tickets, call 609-317-1000.
Just because Christmas is over
doesn’t mean the festivities stop.
Broadway Philadelphia presents
the holiday-themed circus arts
show, “Cirque Dreams: Holidaze,”
Dec. 26-29 at Merriam Theater,
250 S. Broad St. For more infor-
mation or tickets, call
215-790-5800.
SANTA CIRQUE IS COMING TO TOWN
events
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
The holiday rock spectacles returns, 3:30
and 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at Wells Fargo Center,
3601 S. Broad St.; 215-336-3600.
NIGHTLIFE
MARTHA GRAHAM CRACKER CABARET
The world’s tallest and hairiest drag
queen returns with her band, 8 p.m. Dec.
20 at Fringe Arts, 140 N. Columbus
Blvd.; 215-413-1318.
NUCLEAR WINTER - A BURLESQUE
PARTY BENEFITING PLANNED PARENT-
HOOD
Philadelphia’s burlesque community
comes together for an evening of fun in
support of a local charity, 8 p.m. Dec. 20
at RUBA Club, 416 Green St.; 215-627-
9831.
PEEK-A-BOO REVUE HOLIDAY SHOW
The burlesque groups unleashes their fes-
tive side, 8 p.m. Dec. 21 at World Café
Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
VERSE WITH VINCHELLE AND SUTTON
The drag show ramps up for the holidays,
9 p.m. Dec. 21 at Tabu, 254 S. 12th St.;
215-964-9675.
PROBLEMATIC: A HOLIDAY DIVA SPEC-
TACULAR
Miss Troy impersonates Mariah Carey,
and Rita Brujeria impersonates Ariana
Grande in this drag show, 8 p.m. Dec.
26 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-592-
0656.
O U T TA T O W N
I’M SO FANCI FRIDAYS DRAG SHOW
Fanci By Design performs her monthly
drag show, 9 p.m. Dec. 20 at The Colo-
nial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenix-
ville; 610-917-1228.
NATURAL WONDER
The Stevie Wonder tribute band performs
8 p.m. Dec. 20 at The Queen, 500 N. Mar-
ket St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331.
A CHRISTMAS STORY
The classic holiday film is screened 1:30
p.m. Dec. 21 at The Colonial Theatre,
227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-
1228.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
The classic holiday film is screened 4:30
p.m. Dec. 21 and 1:30 p.m. Dec. 22 at
The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St.,
Phoenixville; 610-917-1228.
ECHOES
The Pink Floyd tribute band performs
8 p.m. Dec. 21 at The Queen, 500 N.
Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-
3331.
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#GayTwitter icon Laura Dern’s queer cul-
tural contributions — being the first to hug
Ellen DeGeneres after she came out public-
ly, the Renata Klein memes, the belted kha-
ki shorts in “Jurassic Park” — are bountiful
fodder for social media hyperbole. Every big
and little thing Dern does — a new pair of
glasses! Baby Yoda! — is met with great,
dramatic exaltation from queer Dern-heads
on Twitter.
She is beloved for a vast filmography that
includes parts in, of course, “Jurassic Park,”
“Twin Peaks,” HBO’s gone-too-soon “En-
lightened,” and on DeGeneres’s sitcom “El-
len,” where she portrayed DeGeneres’ out
lesbian love interest, Susan. More recently,
she’s acquired International GIF fame thanks
to her scenery-chewing performance as one
of the messy Monterey Five on “Big Little
Lies” as the aspirational “I will not ‘not’ be
rich” Renata Klein. Surely, too, #GayTwitter
hasn’t forgotten that Dern also played one
half of a lesbian couple trying to conceive
in the 2005 indie comedy “Happy Endings.”
Your straight mom who doesn’t even know
what Twitter is loves Laura Dern too, but not
like you love Laura Dern. Actually, on #Gay-
Twitter, Dern is your mom.
Her four-decade career, which began in
the early ’70s, continues its upswing, where
the 52-year-old actress can be seen in two
of this year’s best movies: as Scarlett Jo-
hansson’s steely divorce lawyer in director
Noah Baumbach’s Golden Globe-nominated
“Marriage Story,” currently on Netflix, and
in writer-director Greta Gerwig’s contem-
porary take on Louisa May Alcott’s classic
novel “Little Women” as Marmee, the March
sisters’ mother. In Gerwig’s richly moving
update, the mother-of-two shares at least
one obligatory parenting principle with her
onscreen matriarch: they both love their chil-
dren unconditionally. A safe place for her
daughters, Beth, Meg, Jo and Amy, she is
wise, tender and merciful — so understated
PROFILE
Dern tells me she thinks she would make a
really boring meme for the gays. But watch
the Oscar-nominated actress ruminate on
how she’s angry “nearly every day of my
life” and how she’s “not patient by nature,”
as she explains to Jo that she wants only the
best for her, and then watch Dern demolish
her husband’s prized room full of pricey col-
lectors items in “Big Little Lies” with a base-
ball bat. In other words, Laura Dern will not
‘not’ have range.
In conversation, Dern is everything #Gay-
Twitter already knows her to be: gracious,
warm, thoughtful and generous (like a mom,
she tells me “lots of love” before we part).
Get her talking about sexual identity in film,
and like her career as of late, she’s an unstop-
pable force. Her voice bubbles and bursts as
she giddily reacts to the mere existence of a
Laura Dern Gay Twitter. In between those
moments, Dern traversed talking points like
how her famous actor parents, Bruce Dern
and Diane Ladd, raised her in a household
that embraced otherness; the gratitude she
received from parents of LGBTQ kids for
doing “Ellen,” and how her own coming-
of-age may have been different if she were
growing up with the gender and sexual fluid-
ity of our modern era.
How has social media changed your
awareness of gay culture’s affection for
you? I mean, I see it. You must. Awww.
Well, let’s just start with social media in gen-
eral: I think I’m very lucky to be over 40 and
discovering social media because it gets to
be a deep place of connection and instant
information about the world and culture and
the needs of the world. So as a woman, as an
activist — and to connect me to other people
and, yes, gay culture, as you say — it’s the
greatest thing in the world.
But I’m not discovering who I am and
being defined by it, and I don’t know how
my children’s generation is handling it. It
Gay for
Laura Dern
“Big Little Lies” actress
talks #GayTwitter fans,
“Little Women” queerness
and embracing the other.
seems incredibly overwhelming, and I think
I would’ve been way too insecure to navigate
it well. So I just get to be in the fun of it.
And in that way, it is just the best time ever.
Particularly, with “Big Little Lies,” to see the
joy that is being had, to play dress up as our
characters — well, even with “Star Wars” too
— I did start to discover the fun of memes
and just, you know, I never laughed so hard
or had a better time or made more great new
friends.
Have you ever sent a Renata Klein meme
in a text? No, I have never sent [one]. In
fact, I send memes of other actors sometimes
to people, which is really fun. I always send
Oprah memes, because you look up Oprah
and it’s always the perfect meme for some-
thing. I think Noah [Baumbach] and Greta
texted me something recently that really
made me emotional in an overwhelming
way, and I sent what I’m told is a meme of
myself crying in “Blue Velvet.”
Which is the meme Greta wore on her
sweater recently at the Gotham Awards,
where they presented you with the 2019
actress tribute? She did! They’ve hit the
hip-hop world, and I think it’s time because
they’re amazing. Raf Simons (who designed
the coordinated sweaters he and Baumbach
wore as part of his 2019 fall collection) is a
genius, and any designer that also pays hom-
age to David Lynch makes me so happy.
I’d like to talk to you about your devoted
LGBTQ following. How do you explain
this connection you have with LGBTQ
fans, Laura? Where did that start? When
were you aware? I’m pausing, frankly, be-
cause I probably need your help with this
answer.
Well, I guess I wonder if it was before
you did “The Puppy Episode” on “El-
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len” in 1997 or after that. I mean, I would
say I feel privileged to have been raised by
independently minded, radical artist parents,
and I think that they have lived their lives re-
lating to and feeling like and understanding
the other, as actors, as humanists. My home
was never not filled with people who might
have categorized themselves as the other.
There was never a conversation or a sit-down
that happened in my childhood that involved
same-sex relationships or… people of col-
or or disability. My upbringing was being
raised by everyone.
My mother’s assistant, starting from when
I was age 6, was the most wonderful man in
the world, and when my friends were being
dropped off by a really perky, cute, blonde
babysitter, I had this most amazing man,
Tony, and he would babysit me. Sometimes
we’d go to his apartment after school if my
mom wasn’t home. I met his partner, who
was the most amazing man, and they were
the sweetest, most loving and maternal peo-
ple in my childhood, and this amazing cou-
ple. And I remember being 7 and them ex-
plaining to me, when I was like, “Are you
guys married?” — as a 7-year-old would ask
when two people loved each other — that
they weren’t allowed to.
That was such a huge part of my child-
hood, not understanding that. And I am just
so grateful to my parents that I got to be a kid
who, at 7, wouldn’t understand that, instead
of being confused by a same-sex couple. And
I’m raising biracial children, and it’s not part
of their life’s conversation, but it certainly is
part of their story. So I don’t know. I feel like
it’s just always been my life, and I feel very
lucky for that.
You’ve said doing “The Puppy Episode”
shaped and continues to shape you as an
activist, advocate and parent. How did it
affect you in those ways? I
would say, yes, that that mo- page 26
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ment was pretty profound. And
you could feel the gratitude of the
moment for everybody involved —
and the consequence. That’s part of
what made it so amazing that I was
so thrilled (DeGeneres) asked me,
and I got to be part of that experi-
ence. And then after it aired, I did
not work.
But still, you seem to have
gratitude for being a part of
that moment. What kind of ac-
knowledgment did you get from
the LGBTQ community at the
time? There were a lot of threats
and challenges in the immediate,
and then, suddenly, after some
weeks passed, the letters started
coming in. The thank-you letters
from parents and grandparents for
being part of something that gave
them more understanding around
their loved one coming out was
what just really hit me hard.
I watched that episode when I
was a teenager with my mom,
and it helped me to eventually
come out to her. Aww. Literal-
ly top three moments of my entire
life: staring into (DeGeneres’)
eyes and feeling her shake as I was
holding her hands, the tears well-
ing up as she said those words for
the first time in her life, out loud.
So I just feel so lucky to have been
on that journey with her, and then
in and around the tragedy of the
loss of Matthew Shepard for (hu-
man rights organization) Amnesty
International, we did a lot of fund-
raising concerts.
Melissa Etheridge, who is one of
my best friends in the world, and
I did these presentations and rock
shows to raise awareness, and we
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Let’s shift to “Little Women,”
which is essentially a story
about identity. Absolutely.
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work, in the adaptation, in the spirit of the
film, but also in not only Saoirse’s perfor-
mance but in the relationships between my-
self and Saoirse and between she and Tim-
my’s characters. I think that there’s a real
gender fluidity between she and Timmy’s
characters: role play, a real comfort in self, a
real clarity about longing and different kinds
of love and redefining what love looks like
in their relationship. It’s my interpretation,
and I believe Greta’s, because [Saoirse] and I
have a scene where we are talking about love,
that I am letting her know that she should be
free to love who she wants. I think it’s very
clear that that mother is letting her know that
she knows she needs to be her true self and
whatever that looks like for her is incredible.
So you think Marmee would be accept-
ing of a queer Jo. What’s incredible is
when I was growing up — and I don’t know
if it was this way for you — it was like, are
you straight or are you queer? And my kids
don’t define it like that at all. Love is love.
And it’s so gender-fluid that none of them
are being defined. They don’t identify as
anything but loving people, and I feel like
Jo is an even more modern icon in that she
loves men, she loves women, she loves be-
ing alone, she loves her own independence,
she doesn’t want to be tied down by relation-
ships, she feels attracted to everybody. That
is Jo.
Do you think having fewer restrictions
at Jo’s age would’ve changed the way
you explored your own sexuality? I
think about that sometimes. I do too. I
think certainly removing stigma from our
own childhoods would make us all wildly
different. And I say that not just in sexuali-
ty but as artists: If shame had been removed
we wouldn’t have had to define, like, “OK,
well, you’re a writer, and you’re an actor
and you’re straight and you’re gay.” “And if
you like dresses”… I mean, my son [fashion
model Ellery Harper], who has an amazing
girlfriend, spent his childhood so comfort-
ably — like, literally his entire childhood
— loving to be in dresses, loving manicures;
he loves fashion, he wants to design, he’s al-
ways painting his nails, he’s always wearing
rings, he loves to explore. And he doesn’t
need a definition. Ahh!
You sound so inspired by him. I really
am. I do believe that it would have shaped
me differently. I don’t know what my choices
would’ve been, but they definitely would’ve
been different, without question.
Regarding your role in “Star Wars: The
Last Jedi,” I want to ask you what it’s
meant to you to have Holdo celebrat-
ed by the queer community for her in-
terspecies lust? [Excitedly, boisterously
laughs.]
Is that the most accurate way to describe
her sexuality? I think that’s genius! And I
know there was lots of very interesting spec-
ulation about her sexuality. It’s so exciting to
play a character in that world that also will
not be defined. I praise both Rian Johnson
for his creativity, and I praise Oscar Isaac for
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playing up his sexism toward what a leader
should look like. And so it is not just a char-
acter on a page, and it is certainly not me as
an actor bringing that to it; it’s me only as
one of the participants in creating an iconic
character based on what everybody invested
in it.
It really was exciting what they wanted a
hero to look like. I mean, all the way to hav-
ing the privilege of John Williams — I mean,
such an icon — come up to me to say, “Do
you like your theme?” And I said, “What?”
He goes, “Laura, it’s the first time, ever, that
it was such a profound moment that I just
took score out and went silent.” Isn’t that
beautiful? She was like the ultimate badass
that even John Williams went, “No, there
should be no sound.” I’m like, amazing.
What did you think of the fan-fiction
that said Holdo and Princess Leia were
lovers? Did you read any of it? I did! And
Rian was like, “God, that sounds fantastic.”
I can’t say it’s true, or that was in our minds,
but I love that we live in a world where it’s
all possible. How gorgeous that, if we think
of the resistance as an advanced species, that
we might consider fluidity as one of their
traits, as opposed to the less-evolved being
the outsider or the outliers. I don’t know. I
like our club, guys. I like that the other —
whatever that looks like — are now the pop-
ular kids.
It’s invigorating and inspiring, and I
could talk to you more about sexuality
and identity, but I know you have a busy
day of press. But I am thrilled to talk to
you, and I am thrilled to talk about what it
means to think differently about everything.
I’ll share that, for example, when I’m trying
to understand who I am as a woman at this
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I have the privilege of meeting a lot of dif-
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gonna get me.” One muse was Mike White,
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tune — the person I’m currently collabo-
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to be a woman in her late 40s trying to un-
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are figuring it out together. It’s an exciting
time. So my love affair is equal to anybody’s
who’s willing to be a part of this party. It’s a
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really exciting time, and I feel privileged to
talk to you.
Thank you. I admire the choices that
you make and continue to make. To end,
let’s bring this back to the beginning:
What are your parting words for all of
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Philadelphia Gay News . DECEMBER 20-26, 2019

‘Cancel culture’ in 2019

LARRY NICHOLS Gillis landed a gig as a writer and perform-
larry@epgn.com er on “Saturday Night Live.” Soon after the
announcement that he was joining the cast,
In 2019, the phrase “cancel culture” is it came to light that Gillis had made racist
probably a distant second to “fake news” as and homophobic remarks on podcasts that he
one of the most thrown about sayings in the had unsuccessfully tried to scrub from the in-
popular lexicon. It is a reaction to people in ternet. There was an insincere apology from
the entertainment business losing high-pro- Gillis and some hand-wringing from “SNL,”
file gigs because of something offensive that and then Gillis was fired.
they said recently or in the past. It’s a rela- Supporters and friends of these comics
tively new term, but as a social mechanism, (mostly straight cis men) were quick to howl
it’s nothing new. Roseanne got axed from her “cancel culture” and say things like, “You
eponymous sitcom after some racist state- just can’t talk about anything anymore.” As
ments. Louis C.K. had all of his TV projects if to say freedom of speech is dead, and one
canceled and went into a self-imposed exile bad joke can ruin your career.
after sexual misconduct allegations and ad- All the fear-mongering about cancel cul-
missions. Going further back, people like Mi- ture and the implied loss of freedom of
chael Richards and Martin Lawrence caught speech feels like hyperbolic excuses.
considerable professional heat for things they Comedians are smart enough to know
said. More than 30 years after the fact, a co- what and where the comedic landmines are
median like Eddie Murphy still has to answer and how not to step on them. Some decide
for jokes he made about the gay community to be edgy and make crass and often unfun-
in the early 1980s. ny jokes at the expense of social and ethnic
But the idea of cancel culture really heat- minorities, and a lot of them will never face
ed up this year, so much that superstar co- the consequences because they attract an au-
medians like Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr dience of a like mind. But occasionally, some
dedicated time in their new comedy specials of these individuals attract attention from the
to address (i.e. complain about) the subject. mainstream and think they can cash in. While
The fact that top-tier comedians, who tradi- both Gillis and Hart, along with “SNL” and
tionally have spoken the truth to power, are the Oscars blew up, what followed was a lot
slowly turning into mouthpieces of privilege of sympathy for Hart and Gillis for missing
that are content to punch down against “woke out on high-profile opportunities.
Q Puzzle in a bar
41 Don, as a nightie
away
11 Place for pansies
Snidely
36 Mead base
culture” is disturbing enough. But that is a
conversation for later.
In the case of Gillis, anybody who goes on
record as having the opinion that women and
43 Dykes on Bikes, 12 Caesar’s way 37 Seamen on the A few events this year added fuel to the gay comics aren’t as funny as male comics
GAY-FRIENDLY TV e.g. 13 Politico Panetta deck fire. Kevin Hart was announced as the host doesn’t need to be in a creative space where
SHOWS 45 Sci-fi planet pop- 18 “There Is Nothing 42 Emulates Francis to the Oscars. When it came to light that he women and gay comics, writers and perform-
ulation Like a ___” Bacon had made use of homophobic slurs in tweets ers are forced to work with him.
Across 46 Wear the disguise 21 Clean a pirate 43 Shakespearean in the past, the organizers of the Oscars But, getting fired from “SNL” was a boon
1 “___ Rhythm” of ship deck lover, et al. asked him to apologize. He said something for Gillis. Shortly after being fired, Gillis was
5 Oral sex protectors 47 See 21-Across 23 Aggravates 44 One foot of po- to the effect that he had evolved and felt no booked to headline top-tier comedy clubs in
9 Prada wearer 50 Go ___ (forgo 24 Parts of floats etry need to apologize and then later quit as the major cities across the country, one of them
14 Sperm homo- undies) 25 “...a ___ that sum- 46 Ask too much host. Later this year, local comedian Shane in Philly.
phone 54 Gladiator area mons thee to heaven 47 Eleanor’s pooch
In 2019, getting canceled is only a tem-
15 “Yeah, sure” 55 HBO series that or to hell” 48 Spirited stallion
became a metaphor 26 Place for a 49 Flat top in high porary inconvenience that is often followed
16 Make heady
17 Comedy Central for the fight for G-string places by the offending party getting equal and
series about gay life LGBTQ equality 27 “Same here” 50 One place to sometimes more success on the back end of
in New York 56 Doesn’t come 28 Erection of buf- stick it that controversy. Comedy clubs and theaters
19 El Prado, for one quickly falo skins 51 He took on a pair around the world happily welcomed Louis
20 Ariel, and others 57 Parrot in “Alad- 29 Lurer of phallic of bears C.K. onto their stages after he laid low for
21 With 47-Across, din” fish 52 Pass out a year. Roseanne played the wounded enter-
series that’s gay- 58 Fairy story 30 Active sorts 53 Pigged out (on) tainer in exile for a minute before hitting the
friendly, relatively 59 Bring shame to 32 Inserts a balled-up 55 Do the master’s road on tour with Andrew Dice Clay. Kevin
speaking? 60 Some of Mary’s hand work Hart continues to be an A-list movie actor and
22 Barrie buccaneer lambs 35 Dudley’s nemesis plays to sold-out arenas all over the world.
23 Help get rid of 61 Where to stick
Let’s view the idea cancel culture for what
Trump, e.g. your tool
it really is: a way popular performers and
24 Rudy Galindo, for
one Down their fans shame marginalized people for
27 Blew the joint 1 Silo contents, for pushing back against weak, uninformed and
31 Janis Joplin’s short unfunny jokes at their expense. The women
“Down ___” 2 Richard of “And that accused Louis C.K. of sexual assault had
32 Get a date for the Band Played On” their careers derailed for speaking out against
33 Antidiscrimina- 3 Strong one in the him. Their jobs were truly canceled. But for
tion letters locker room people in a position of power and influence,
34 Netflix series 4 One under Hoffa? getting canceled means almost nothing.
about racial and 5 More touch-and-go So, maybe celebrities should critique those
sexual issues at an Ivy 6 Bear who are angered by people of color and the
League institution 7 They wave their LGBTQ community merely standing up for
38 Earhart concern sticks at Citi Field
8 Oink pen
themselves and asking for more from media
(abbr.)
9 Virgin submission networks. n
39 Ellen DeGeneres
and others of old
40 Look at a hottie 10 The one that got Graphic by Ash Cheshire.
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An iconic reboot for a new generation
VICTORIA A. BROWNWORTH
PGN Contributor
It’s been a decade — International Wom-
en’s Day 2009, to be exact — since the final
episode of “The L Word” aired. Over six sea-
sons, the groundbreaking series was the first
ever to center lesbian and bisexual women.
The show’s creator, Ilene Chaiken, now an
executive producer on Fox’s “Empire” and a
producer on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” changed
the TV landscape with her drama about a
group of West Hollywood lesbians leading
ordinary lives like, well, lesbians.
There had never been a series like it, and
there hasn’t been one since. While there have
been many series with queer characters in the
decade post-”The L Word,” there has also
been an epidemic of dozens of lesbian charac-
ters killed off just as they find love.
After a decade-long hiatus, Showtime,
which aired the original series, has debuted
“The L Word: Generation Q,” and it is ev-
erything any LBTQ viewer could want — a
whole lot of realism and lots of drama. “Gen
Q” has all of the heart of the original series
— three of the original’s most beloved cast
members, Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Shane
(Katherine Moennig) and Alice (Leisha Hai-
ley), and a new group of lesbian, queer, gen-
der fluid and trans men characters. Where the
original series was mostly white, upper-mid-
dle-class and wealthy, “Gen Q” is racially,
L
ethnically and more economically diverse.
Marja-Lewis Ryan, a lesbian actress, direc-
tor, playwright and producer, is showrunner
for “Gen Q.” She said, “Ilene [Chaiken] and
the original ‘L Word’ made me believe that
my voice mattered. I am beyond excited for
the opportunity to usher in the next generation
of diverse queer people.”
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Ryan said, “I was in my late teens when
‘The L Word’ came out — and it changed my
life. I wouldn’t have been a writer if I didn’t
know who Ilene Chaiken was. Knowing that
I could write stories about lesbians made me
become a writer.”
She “wants to be sure that there’s something
compulsively watchable inside each episode.”
So far, so very good.
“Gen Q” has switched locales from West
Hollywood to Silver Lake, a more diverse
neighborhood in LA. The story focuses on the
three originals and four others, but there is a
real community feeling in the new series that
draws the viewer in immediately. These are
women we know and situations we relate to,
within a queer landscape that is packed and PHOTO COURTESY OF SHOWTIME
ready to move into the new decade.
“Gen Q” begins with Bette running for
mayor because of the opioid crisis in her com-
munity. Alice is a talk show host, and Shane is
still the sexy androgynous hairdresser every- ters that are both new to the TV landscape LA — half of the main characters are women
one wants because some things are immutable and real to the viewer. It’s exciting to see trans and trans men of color. And the economics
in the lesbian community. But now Shane is men seamlessly interpolated into this version of being queer must be addressed — and
also rich with a huge house, which makes for of the “L Word,” as Max’s portrayal — and they are. The show is still finding its narra-
some interesting dynamics. reactions from the original characters to Max tive flow and footing but has a ready-made
The original characters are better than ever — in the earlier show was one of the series’ audience perfectly primed for “Gen Q” to tell
— older, deeper and even more compelling. most significant failings. Along with Micah, new stories with new and established char-
Their presence is big and anchors the original Pierce (Brian Michael Smith) is Bette’s cam- acters.
series to the new one. paign manager and a trans man. Both charac- “The L Word: Generation Q” is a compel-
In the mix now are four new principles: ters are also played by trans men, each from ling new TV series for a new generation —
Sarah Finley (Jacqueline Toboni, the leather a different generation. as well as the generation that grew up on the
butch from “Grimm”) is estranged from her This rendition features more people of original series. Watch Sundays on Showtime
Christian family and evokes a layer of butch color, which is imperative to a show set in and on-demand! n
bravado that can be a little intense. Finley
is Alice’s executive assistant — and she is
drawn to Shane.
Sophie Suarez (Rosanny Zayas) works with
Finley as a production assistant on Alice’s talk
show. Sophie’s fiancé, Dani Núñez (Arienne
Mandi), is the director of communications
for her father’s company, Núñez Inc. Sophie
loves her family, and her story provides push-
back to the narrative that all families reject
their LGBTQ kids. But Dani has conflict with
her family and is trying to navigate her rela-
tionship with them.
Micah Lee (Leo Sheng), is a trans man and
adjunct professor and has a deep connection
to Dani. Micah, Sophie, Dani and Finley all
share a place together, which is not always a
comfortable fit.
“Gen Q” delves deep into the issues of 20-
and 30-something queers trying to forge their
path in the world. While nearly everyone was
economically comfortable or outright wealthy
in the original series, the Gen Q characters
are less so, though still sheltered and rela-
tively stable. They share space because they
must. Finley hangs out with Shane to escape
cramped quarters and have some space from
her friends. Micah takes someone to dinner on
a gift card. Sophie and Dani
wonder about the cost of a
wedding and argue over
who is taking what job.
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FAMILY PORTRAIT
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a crown over your head and some days
you have a bag over your head; then we
get to go in front of hundreds of people
and have them look at us. It’s why some
dancers have eating disorders ... but you
just have to take care of yourself, mentally
and physically.
What’s the feeling you get when per-
forming? What allows you to push
through the pain? It’s a little bit of ev-
erything — nerves, adrenaline, the feeling
of not knowing what could happen. It fac-
tors up until the second you go onstage.
Each dance is different and may be more
or less suited for you, which makes a dif-
ference. I did a performance in Boston
where I was featured and it was an emo-
tional process. I really had to make sure
that the nerves didn’t get the best of me.
How? Every dancer has a method, a tiny
something, or three tiny somethings, that
have to be done before they dance. For
me, I like to do a silly dance to break
the tension, especially if it’s an import-
ant role. I often don’t sleep the night be-
fore a performance, so I dance it out with
some silly bops and shake everything out,
so I’m ready to rumble. We often carry
things that we’ve acquired over the years.
I have a rock keychain that says, “Good
Luck G.” I have no idea who gave it to me,
but it’s been in my bag when I’ve had the
best shows, so I keep it with me, among
other things.
I read that you used to be a lefty but
that you had to change for dance? Yes,
I still eat and write with my left hand, but
I had to learn to dance as a righty. When
I was coming up, the right side was the
only side. Your turns had to go to the right;
the lifts were right-side dominant, and my
teachers were like, “You’ll never work if
you can’t go to the right,” so they beat the
left out of me. The lefty in me was still hid-
den there, so I’m somewhat ambidextrous,
and now it’s not as much of a big deal.
How was coming out? After I was in
Boston, I had a crush on this guy, and
when I came home, I told my older
brother. We come from a Catholic fam-
ily, and I wanted to get his reaction first.
As we were driving, I told him that there
was someone I liked. And he asked me
a bunch of questions until I finally said,
“It’s a little weird, it’s a guy…” and he
was like, “Oh Garritt, I’ve been waiting
for you to say something. It’s only weird
because it’s your first one.” It was also
weird for me because I’m the first out
person in my family, so I was treading
new ground with no role models. But
I thought: that went well. But I didn’t
say anything to anyone else until I had
my first kiss with a guy. I told my sis-
ter about it, and she told me that she was
bi, and I was like, “Nuh-uh!! Get out of
here!” The first time I hooked up and
knew for sure that there was no going
back, I called my parents and told them
I was gay. My mom was a little unsure
for a second, but my dad was like, “Hey,
you do you.” My younger brother was
the last to know. He made some kind of
gay joke, and my dad stopped him. I told
my dad it was OK but then had to tell
my brother that the reason dad stopped
him was because I was gay. He had the
biggest reaction and needed a minute to
take it in. But it never was a problem. I
didn’t realize how lucky I was for their
support until I came to Philly and met an
old friend. I was like, “Last time I saw
you, we were both straight!” We laughed
and then she told me she told her mother
and it was OK, but that her mom said she
could never tell her dad — that he’d once
said if any of their children were gay,
she’d have to choose between him and
the child; she would choose the child but
would rather not be put in that position.
And I had just called my folks and said,
“Hey I’m gay! Talk to you later, bye!”
not thinking that it could have lead to
something drastic. Fortunately, they are
incredibly supportive.
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already been! Now it’s your turn! n

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SHERIFF’S SALE
Properties to be sold by
JEWELL WILLIAMS
Sheriff on Tuesday, December 3,
2019 at First District Plaza,
3801 Market Street, at 9:00
AM. (EST)
Conditions of Sheriff’s
Sale for
JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE
SALE
Ten percent of the highest
bid for each property auc-
tioned off shall be deposited
in certified check, attorney’s
check or money order with
the Sheriff by each bidder
when his bid is registered,
provided that in no case shall
less than Six Hundred Dollars
($600.00) be deposited, other-
wise upon failure or refusal to
make such deposit, the bidder
shall lose all benefit of his bid
and the property may be  of-
fered again and sold unless
a second bid has been regis-
tered, then, the second highest
bidder will take the property at
the highest bid price.
Additionally, where there
is active bidding, the highest
bidder, and the second high-
est bidder, if any must post
the entire amount of the cost
of the distribution policy
for the property at the time
of sale by certified check,
attorney’s check or money
order with the Sheriff.   The
Sheriff reserves the right to
reject any certified check,
attorney’s check or money
order that on its face has
an expired use date and is
presented for payment of the
deposit.
The balance of the
purchase money must be
deposited in  certified check,
attorney’s check or money
order together with a Deed
poll for execution by the high-
est bidder to the Sheriff at his
office within 30 days from the
time of the sale. An extension
of time for an additional 30
days may be granted at the
discretion of the Sheriff upon
receipt of written request from
the buyer requesting the same,
except when a second bidder
has been duly registered. Also,
if the first bidder does not
complete settlement with the
Sheriff within the thirty (30)
day time limit and a second
bid was registered at the sale,
the second bidder shall be
granted the same thirty (30)
day time limit to make settle-
ment with the Sheriff on his
second bid. Thereafter, the
Sheriff shall be at liberty to re-
turn the writ to court. A second
bid must be registered on any
property immediately after
it is sold. The second bidder
must present the same amount
of deposit that the highest bid-
der delivers to the Sheriff at
the sale. An extension of time
under no circumstances will
be granted or honored by the
Sheriff whenever a second bid
is registered on a property at
the sale.
The first bid or opening
bid on each property shall be
set by the City of Philadelphia.
In no event will the successful
bidder be allowed to settle
on the property unless all the
Sheriff’s costs are paid not-
withstanding the final bid.
The deposit by any bidder
who fails to comply with the
above conditions of sale shall
be forfeited and the funds will
be applied to the Sheriff’s cost,
then to any municipal claims
that the City of Philadelphia
has on the property. Finally, if
a balance still remains, a Sher-
iff’s Distribution Policy will
be ordered and the money will
be distributed accordingly.  County Court - indicate the
No personal checks, drafts
or promises to pay will be
SHERIFF’S SALE
accepted in lieu of   certified
checks, attorney’s checks or
money orders made payable
to the Sheriff of Philadelphia
County.  following show the amount of
The Sheriff reserves the
right to grant further exten-
sions of time to settle and
further reserves the right to
refuse bids from bidders who
have failed to enter deposits
on their bids, failed to make
settlement, or make fraudulent
bids, or any other behavior
which causes disruption of the
Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall
be so refused for the sale in
which said behavior occurred
and for said further period of
time as the Sheriff in his dis-
cretion shall determine.  settlement, under certain terms
The Sheriff will not ac-
knowledge a deed poll to any
individual or entity using an
unregistered fictitious name
and may, at his discretion,
require proof of identity of the
purchaser or the registration
of fictitious names. The bid
of an unregistered fictitious
name shall be forfeited as if
the bidder failed to meet the
terms of sale.  Philadelphia
All bidders are advised to
remain at the sale until after
the last property is sold. The
Sheriff reserves the right to
re-sell any property at any
time before the end of the sale,
upon the successful bidders’
failure to tender the required
deposit. The Sheriff reserves
the right to postpone or stay
the sale of any property in
which the attorney on the writ
has not appeared and is not
present at the sale.  Sheriff’s Office cannot decide
Prospective purchasers
are directed to the Web site
of the Philadelphia Bureau
of Revision of Taxes, (BRT)
brtweb.phila.gov for a fuller
description of the proper-
ties listed. Properties can
be looked up by the BRT
number – which should be
cross checked with the ad-
dress. Prospective purchas-
ers are also directed to the
Room 154 City Hall, 215-
686-1483 and to its website
philadox.phila.gov and to
its website at http://phila-
dox.phila.gov where they
can view the deed to each
individual property and
find the boundaries of the
property. PROSPECTIVE
PURCHASERS ARE RE-
SPONSIBLE FOR DETER-
MINING THE NATURE,
LOCATION, CONDITION
AND BOUNDARIES OF
THE PROPERTIES THEY
SEEK TO PURCHASE. The
BRT # refers to a unique
number assigned by the City
Bureau of Revision of Taxes
to each property in the City
for the purpose of assessing
it for taxes. This number can
be used to obtain descriptive
information about the prop-
erty from the BRT website.
Effective Date: July 7, 2006  02783 $188,193.36 Phelan
 NOTICE OF SCHED-
ULE OF DISTRIBUTION  Administrator of the Estate
The Sheriff will file in his
office, The Land Title Build-
ing, 100 South Broad Street,
5th Floor, a Schedule of
Distribution Thirty (30) Days
from the date of the sale of
Real Estate. Distribution will
be made in accordance with
the Schedule unless excep-
tions are filed thereto within
ten (10) days thereafter.  Sq. Ft. OPA#395147700
The name first appearing
in each notice is that of the
defendant in the writ whose
property is being sold. All
Writs are Writs of Executions.  April Term, 2019 No. 04991
The letters C.P., Court
of Common Pleas; O.C.,
Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court
of Quarter Sessions; C.C.,
Court out of which the writ of
execution issues under which
SHERIFF’S SALE
the sale is made: S. 1941. 223.
means September Term, 1941.
223, the term and number of
the docket entry; the figures
debt; and the name following
is that of the attorney issuing
the writ.  Norman Hill a/k/a Norman
Attention is called to the
provisions of Act No.104, ap-
proved July 27, 1955, which
requires owners of properties
which are used, designed or
intended to be used by three
or more families, or of com-
mercial establishments which
contain one or more dwelling
units, to deliver to the buyers
of such properties a use reg-
istration permit at the time of
and conditions. Sheriff Sales
are not subject to provisions
of the said Act and the Sheriff
will, therefore, not deliver use
registration permits in connec-
tion with any sales conducted
by him.  C.P. April Term, 2019 No.
Very truly yours,
JEWELL WILLIAMS
Sheriff
City and County of
www.Officeof
Philadelphia
Sheriff.com
SPECIAL NOTE: All Sheriff’s
Sales are conducted pursuant
to the orders of the Courts and
Judges of the First Judicial
District. Only properties that
are subject to judgments issued
by the First Judicial District
are listed for sale. By law, the
if a property can be listed for
sale; only the District Courts
can order a property to be sold
at auction.
SHERIFF’S SALE
OF
Tuesday,
December 3, 2019
1912-301
3850 Wyalusing Ave 19104-
1124 24th wd. 979 Sq. Ft.
OPA#243179600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Toni Howard
C.P. April Term, 2017 No.
01924 $43,768.05 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-302
4624 James St 19137
45th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft.
OPA#453407600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Naja J. Beatty
C.P. July Term, 2018 No.
03640 $81,366.66 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-303
240 N 64th St 19139
34th wd. 990 Sq.
Ft. OPA#343079200
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Robert Bradley, Solely
in His Capacity as Heir
of Gervaise M. Bradley,
Deceased C.P. August Term,
2018 No. 00883 $28,893.71
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-304
6341 Chester Ave 19142
40th wd. 1,004 Sq. Ft.
OPA#401222800 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Leonard
A. Murphy C.P. July Term,
2017 No. 03033 $68,423.41
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-305
1550 E Lycoming St
19124 33rd wd. 1,118
Sq. Ft. OPA#332052500
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL PROPERTY Pre-
ciosa Ortiz C.P. April Term,
2019 No. 00083 $76,302.29
KML Law Group, P.C.
PGN
SHERIFF’S SALE
1912-306
1001 Oakmont St 19111
56th wd. (formerly the
35th wd.) 1,046 Sq.
Ft. OPA#561371600
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
W. Hill C.P. March Term,
2019 No. 01334 $96,574.96
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-307
1003 S 8th St 19147
2nd wd. 640 Sq. Ft.
OPA#021499500
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROP-
ERTY Hoang Thai Nguyen
C.P. April Term, 2019 No.
04621 $287,758.30 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-308
1543 Page St 19121
32nd wd. 812 Sq.
Ft. BRT#321023500
IMPROVEMENTS: COM-
MERCIAL James A. Lewis
03888 $128,567.09 Stern &
Eisenberg PC
1912-309
745 N 63rd St 19151-
3804 34th wd. 2,500
Sq. Ft. BRT#342359900
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL REAL
ESTATE Maurice Thomas
a/k/a Maurice R. Thomas
C.P. April Term, 2016 No.
02216 $193,556.63 Stern &
Eisenberg PC
1912-310
6614 Walker St 19135-
2612 55th wd. 1,222
Sq. Ft. BRT#552314100
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL Christopher G.
Donlon and Doreen Donlon
a/k/a Doreen D. Donlon
C.P. July Term, 2018 No.
03830 $106,959.17 Stern &
Eisenberg PC
1912-311
136 W Ritner St a/k/a
136 Ritner St 19148
39th wd. 840 Sq.
Ft. OPA#391130100
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Maria Elena Grandelli C.P.
July Term, 2018 No. 01201
$152,384.06 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-312
24 W Seymour St 19144-
6007 12th wd. 2,408 Sq.
Ft. OPA#123049200 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Jerrold
C. Harris; Alesia Hylton-
Harris a/k/a Alesia Hylton
a/k/a Alesia Hylton Harris
C.P. April Term, 2019 No.
03680 $111,610.76 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-313
9877 Garvey Dr 19114-
2115 65th wd. 1,806
Sq. Ft. OPA#652476800
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Stephen G. Baptista C.P.
December Term, 2015 No.
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-314
8049 Leon St 19136-2607
64th wd. 1,144 Sq. Ft.
OPA#642045700 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Albert
Quaintance a/k/a Albert R.
Quaintance, in His Capacity
as Executor and Devisee
of The Estate of Theresa
Quaintance a/k/a Theresa
P. Quaintance a/k/a Theresa
Quanitance; Jvh368 Proper-
ties LLC C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 01332 $13,584.01
Phelan Hallinan Diamond
& Jones, LLP
1912-315
1609 Harrison St 19124
23rd wd. 1,953 Sq. Ft.
OPA#232206400 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
SHERIFF’S SALE
TIAL PROPERTY Paulette
Dawkins C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 00930 $96,356.77
Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC
1912-316
5842 Spruce St 19139
60th wd. 1,232 Sq.
Ft. OPA#604168100
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROP-
ERTY Doris L. Kellam
and Tyrone Norwood C.P.
November Term, 2018 No.
00835 $43,973.13 Shapiro
& DeNardo, LLC
1912-317
4218 Frost St 19136
65th wd. 1,200 Sq.
Ft. OPA#651219500
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROP-
ERTY Marcos A. Gonzalez
a/k/a Marcos Gonzalez C.P.
July Term, 2017 No. 00124
$106,940.79 Shapiro &
DeNardo, LLC
1912-318
5732 Hazel Ave 19143
46th wd. 1,062 Sq.
Ft. OPA#463023500
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Jahmal T. Brown C.P.
September Term, 2018 No.
03215 $43,703.06 Shapiro
& DeNardo, LLC
1912-319
6128 Lensen St 19144
59th wd. 1,528 Sq.
Ft. BRT#592276500
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL REAL ESTATE
Shelly K. Chappell C.P.
July Term, 2017 No. 00946
$184,151.05 Stern & Eisen-
berg PC
1912-320
1102 E Haines St 19138
59th wd. 3,850 Sq.
Ft. OPA#591165000
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
ING Columbus Williams;
United States of America
C.P. February Term, 2019
No. 00567 $165,165.23
RAS Citron, LLC - Robert
Flacco, Esq
1912-321
5324 Lesher St 19124-
1244 62nd wd. 1,030
Sq. Ft. OPA#622229500
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Solange Cineus C.P. March
Term, 2019 No. 02899
$48,909.89 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-322
2132 S Lambert St 19145-
3504 48th wd. 898 Sq.
Ft. OPA#481355400 IM-
PROVEMENTS: SINGLE
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Jean R. Har-
rison C.P. January Term,
2019 No. 01444 $48,351.39
Hladik, Onorato, & Feder-
man, LLP
1912-323
3707 Ronnald Dr 19154
66th wd. 5,746 Sq.
Ft. OPA#662439600
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Lisa Louise Littel Ellis,
of Ronald John Littel, Sr.,
Deceased C.P. February
Term, 2019 No. 01738
$125,958.89 Shapiro &
DeNardo, LLC
1912-324
2737 S Randolph St 19148
39th wd. Land Area: 1,060
Sq. Ft.; Improvement Area:
1,024 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,060
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Dawn M. Scannapieco a/k/a
Dawn Scannapieco C.P.
$39,218.31 Richard M.
Squire & Associates, LLC
1912-325
3841 Bennington St 19124
33rd wd. 975 Sq. Ft.
BRT#332294400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
SHERIFF’S SALE
Rafael A. Escalante C.P.
April Term, 2019 No. 04206
$98,021.36 Stern & Eisen-
berg PC
1912-326
5895 Woodcrest Ave 19131
52nd wd. 2,381 Sq. Ft.
BRT#522161800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
Jestine Johnson Solely as
Administrator of the Estate
of Jestine P. Hill a/k/a Jes-
tine P. Jones a/k/a Pastor J.P
Hill a/k/a Jestine Davis a/k/a
Justine Davis a/k/a Rev J.P.
Hill C.P. July Term, 2018
No. 03654 $36,366.29 Stern
& Eisenberg PC
1912-327
3143 Hartville St 19134
7th wd. (formerly part of
the 33rd wd.) 668 Sq. Ft.
OPA#071552200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Allin Ortiz
Solely in Her Capacity as
Heir of Francisca Roman
a/k/a Francesca Roman,
Deceased and The Unknown
Heirs of Francisca Roman
a/k/a Francesca Roman, De-
ceased C.P. September Term,
2017 No. 02887 $18,243.54
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-328
129 E Sedgwick St 19119
22nd wd. 2,517 Sq. Ft.
BRT#222130700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
Patricia McCoy C.P. January
Term, 2019 No. 01917
$261,983.19 Stern & Eisen-
berg PC
1912-329
626 Jackson St 19148-3227
39th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft.
OPA#393079200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Van Son C.P.
July Term, 2019 No. 00592
$86,311.12 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-330
121 S 51st St 19139
60th wd. 1,700 Sq. Ft.
OPA#602159100 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Vardene Wood-
bridge C.P. July Term, 2019
No. 01438 $96,085.25 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-331
8105 Large St 19152
56th wd. 5,487 Sq. Ft.
OPA#562439200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Gerald Miller
C.P. May Term, 2019 No.
01188 $136,334.45 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-332
2538 S 64th St 19142-3128
40th wd. 1,098 Sq. Ft.
OPA#406000500 IMPROVE-
MENTS: SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Frederick S. Sackey and
Josephine Dadzie-Mensah
C.P. October Term, 2018 No.
02418 $70,209.88 Hladik,
Onorato & Federman, LLP
1912-333
5325 Ogden St 19139-
1438 44th wd. 700 Sq.
Ft. OPA#442029800 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Michele
D. Elliott a/k/a Michelle
Elliott, in Her Capacity as
Executrix of The Estate of
Jeannette C. Brown a/k/a
Jeanette C. Elliott a/k/a
Jeanette Elliott-Brown a/k/a
Jeanette C. Brown; William
Nembhard, in His Capacity
as Devisee of The Estate of
Jeannette C. Brown a/k/a
Jeanette C. Elliott a/k/a
Jeanette Elliott-Brown a/k/a
Jeanette C. Brown C.P.
April Term, 2018 No. 01910
$40,760.26 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-334
7520 Wheeler St 19153-
1324 40th wd. 755 Sq.
Ft. OPA#404216820
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Jocelyne Cuny-Panicker;
SHERIFF’S SALE
Qin Yuan C.P. April Term,
2019 No. 01168 $43,464.93
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-335
2959 N Hicks St 19132
11th wd. 716 Sq. Ft.
OPA#111170400 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL PROPERTY The
Unknown Heirs of Martha
L. Robinson Deceased
and Sheila Swann McLean
Solely in Her Capacity as
Heir of Martha L. Robinson,
Deceased C.P. April Term,
2018 No. 02735 $26,593.30
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-336
1124 S 46th St 19143
46th wd. 3,000 Sq. Ft.
OPA#461182300 Subject
To Mortgage Yes - Wells
Fargo bank, N.A. in the
original principal amount
of $313,000.00 IMPROVE-
MENTS: S/D CONV APT 3
STY MASON Caroline E.
Christian and Konstanti-
nos Pitsillides C.P. April
Term, 2019 No. 03327
$358,437.72 Amar A.
Agrawal, Esquire
1912-337
1317 Carey St a/k/a 1317
E Carey St 19124-5523
33rd wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft.
OPA#331246400 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Tiffany J.
Collins C.P. February Term,
2019 No. 02733 $54,947.40
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-338
3920 Palmetto St 19124-
5418 33rd wd. 1,206
Sq. Ft. OPA#332182500
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Luis Sanabria a/k/a Luis A.
Sanabria C.P. March Term,
2018 No. 01232 $67,840.44
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-339
4722 Wellington St 19135
65th wd. 1,650 Sq. Ft.
OPA#651012900 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Panagiota
E. Soublis a/k/a Panagiota
Soublis C.P. January Term,
2019 No. 01875 $92,336.02
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-340
1947 Christian St 19146-
1834 87th wd. 2,970 Sq.
Ft. OPA#871600910 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Jerome
Whack C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 01028 $51,028.63
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-341
185 W Louden St 19120
42nd wd. 988 Sq.
Ft. OPA#422092100
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL PROPERTY Elsa
Rodriguez C.P. July Term,
2019 No. 00978 $61,358.03
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-342
56 E Seymour St 19144
12th wd. 1,006 Sq. Ft.
OPA#121032300 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Alphonso
Mitchell, Sr. C.P. March
Term, 2018 No. 00180
$70,809.94 Justin F. Ko-
beski, Esquire; Manley Deas
Kochalski LLC
1912-343
3991 Lankenau Ave 19131
52nd wd. Land Area: 2,480
Sq. Ft.; Improvement:
1,828 Sq. Ft.; Total: 2,480
Sq. Ft. OPA#521438500
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Kelly M. Cottle C.P. March
Term, 2019 No. 02555
$205,800.31 Richard M.
Squire & Associates, LLC
1912-344
5735 N 6th St 19120
31
SHERIFF’S SALE
61st wd. 1,754 Sq. Ft.
OPA#612284500 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Vincent
Dennis, Administrator of the
Estate of Ben Bryant C.P.
September Term, 2013 No.
01851 $57,407.89 Justin F.
Kobeski, Esquire; Manley
Deas Kochalski LLC
1912-345
1102 Rosalie St 19149
35th wd. 1,160 Sq.
Ft. OPA#352032600
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Nagena Edmond, a/k/a
Nagena Pierre-Louis C.P.
January Term, 2017 No.
01893 $42,971.35 Justin F.
Kobeski, Esquire; Manley
Deas Kochalski LLC
1912-346
2434 S 4th St 19148 39th
wd. Land Area: 858 Sq.
Ft.; Improvement Area:
1,314 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,314
Sq. Ft. OPA#392261800
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL PROPERTY Gale
Ellen Martin C.P. March
Term, 2019 No. 02404
$99,339.07 Richard M.
Squire & Associates, LLC
1912-347
1425 Locust St 17D
19102 8th wd. 1,072 Sq.
Ft. OPA#888093778 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY William
Midler; Ari Midler; The
United States of America,
Deparment of Treasury,
Internal Revenue Service
C.P. July Term, 2018 No.
03278 $441,855.46 Justin F.
Kobeski, Esquire; Manley
Deas Kochalski LLC
1912-348
3033 Weikel St 19134-
3720 25th wd. 904 Sq.
Ft. OPA#252385000 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Ronald
A. Curll C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 01339 $13,770.39
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-349
1461 N 57th St 19131
4th wd. 1,050 Sq.
Ft. OPA#043094130
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL PROPERTY The
United States of America,
Department of Treasury,
Internal Revenue Service;
Unknown Heirs and/or
Administrators of the Estate
of Verte B. Short C.P. May
Term, 2018 No. 01354
$61,181.34 Meredith H.
Wooters, Esquire; Manley
Deas Kochalski, LLC
1912-350
1352 E Weaver St 19150
50th wd. 1,312 Sq. Ft.
OPA#502318415 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Tevina
Marie Brunson, as Believed
Heir and/or Administrator
for the Estate of Ronald
Brunson; Unknown Heirs
and/or Administrators
for the Estate of Ronald
Brunson C.P. February
Term, 2019 No. 02313
$152,089.12 Cristina L.
Connor, Esquire; Manley
Deas Kochalski, LLC
1912-351
7328 Devon St 19119
9th wd. 2,649 Sq. Ft.
OPA#091174210 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Ralph A.
Benedict, Jr. C.P. December
Term, 2018 No. 00733
$204,475.20 Shapiro &
DeNardo, LLC
1912-352
4054 E Cheltenham Ave
19124 62nd wd. 1,448
Sq. Ft. BRT#622159320
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL DWELLING
Timothy Bowie C.P. January
Term, 2019 No. 00145
$246,484.07 Martha E. Von
32
SHERIFF’S SALE
Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E.
Von Rosenstiel, Esq.; Lor-
raine Gazzara Doyle, Esq.
1912-353
4302 Princeton Ave 19135
55th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft.
OPA#552201800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Jennifer Wearne
C.P. March Term, 2019 No.
03119 $134,635.33 Shapiro
& DeNardo, LLC
1912-354
3255 Tampa St 19134-1812
33rd wd. 1,020 Sq. Ft.
OPA#331268100 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Mabel E. Hritz,
in Her Capacity as Heir of
Pearl Oster a/k/a Pearle
Oster, Deceased and in her
capacity as Heir of Marion
Bender, Deceased; Unknown
Heirs, Successors, Assigns,
and All Persons, Firms,
or Associations Claiming
Right, Title or Interest From
or Under Marion Bender,
Deceased; Unknown Heirs,
Successors, Assigns, and
All Persons, Firms, or As-
sociations Claiming Right,
Title or Interest From or
Under Pearl Oster a/k/a
Pearle Oster, Deceased C.P.
May Term, 2019 No. 00778
$6,264.83 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-355
2123 N 59th St 19131
52nd wd. 1,408 Sq. Ft.
OPA#522254800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY William Carter
a/k/a William P. Carter C.P.
October Term, 2016 No.
04502 $64,670.53 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-356
2629 S 67th St 19142-2705
40th wd. 1,104 Sq. Ft.
OPA#406039100 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Crawford W.
Lassiter C.P. June Term,
2019 No. 06489 $115,499.99
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-357
3242 N Sydenham St 19140
11th wd. 1,291 Sq. Ft.
OPA#112186600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY The Unknown
Heirs of Reatha Butler
Deceased and Edna Ellis
Known Heir of Reatha
Butler C.P. January Term,
2016 No. 02182 $121,054.22
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-358
4201 Lawnside Rd 19154
66th wd. 2,795 Sq. Ft.
OPA#662610700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Maureen Klaus
C.P. May Term, 2019 No.
01426 $142,347.79 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-359
2141 Wakeling St 19124
62nd wd. 1,103 Sq. Ft.
OPA#622013500 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Vershawn J.
Brown C.P. April Term,
2019 No. 01758 $73,866.28
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-360
1121 E Stafford St 19138
59th wd. Land Area:
1,266 Sq. Ft.; Improve-
ment Area: 1,158 Sq. Ft.
OPA#591050700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Sandra Glover
a/k/a Sandra T. Glover,
Known Heir of Beverly
Glover; Unknown heirs,
successors, assigns, and all
persons, firms, or associa-
tions claiming right, title,
or interest from or under
Beverly Glover; Kimberly
Contrell a/k/a Kimberly
Cottrell a/k/a Kimberly R.
Cottrell a/k/a Kimberly
R. Glover, Known Heir of
SHERIFF’S SALE
Beverly Glover; Derrick L.
Glover, Sr., Known Heir
of Beverly Glover; Gary
Lonon; Susan Santiago
C.P. September Term, 2015
No. 01019 $55,328.12
RAS Citron, LLC - Robert
Flacco, Esq
1912-361
1706 Scattergood St 19124
62nd wd. 1,002 Sq. Ft.
OPA#622124400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Anthony Wil-
liams and Sharon Williams
C.P. March Term, 2018 No.
03044 $64,825.93 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-362
659 E Clearfield St 19134-
3001 33rd wd. 1,176 Sq. Ft.
OPA#331007600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Pablo Rivera
C.P. March Term, 2019 No.
01902 $13,614.56 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-363
3324 N Lawrence St 19140
19th wd. 825 Sq. Ft. (land
area); 1,526 Sq. Ft. (im-
proved) OPA#193112120
Subject to Mortgage
IMPROVEMENTS: ROW
2 STORY MASONRY
Tisha Lee Sanabria C.P.
September Term, 2018 No.
01322 $72,898.54 Robert L
Saldutti, Esquire
1912-364
2045 Chelten Ave 19138
17th wd. 2,138 Sq. Ft.
(land area); 2,520 Sq. Ft.
(improved) OPA#871091800
Subject to Mortgage
IMPROVEMENTS: ROW
W/OFF STR 2 STORY
MASON Andre Jenkins C.P.
October Term, 2016 No.
04366 $63,685.03 Robert L.
Saldutti, Esquire
1912-365
2601 Pennsylvania Ave,
#945 n/k/a 2601 Penn-
sylvania Ave #945 19143
n/k/a 19130 15th wd.
OPA#888073154 IMPROVE-
MENTS: CONDOMINIUM
UNIT Yongping Wang a/k/a
Yong Wang; Malgorzata
Wcislo a/k/a Malzorata
Wcislo C.P. November Term,
2016 No. 01346 $184,772.56
RAS Citron, LLC - Robert
Crawley, Esq
1912-366
6935 Scotforth Rd 19119
21st wd. 43,560 Sq. Ft.
OPA#213258200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL DWELLING Gina
Gruenberg; Paul Gruenberg
a/k/a Paul T. Gruenberg
C.P. September Term, 2017
No. 00503 $1,263,152.17
RAS Citron, LLC - Robert
Crawley, Esq.
1912-367
3738 N Marshall St 19140
43rd wd. 1,178 Sq. Ft.
BRT#43-2271400 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL DWELLING Camille
M. Sydnor C.P. October
Term, 2017 No. 03603
$32,856.06 Martha E. Von
Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E.
Von Rosenstiel, Esq.; Lor-
raine Gazzara Doyle, Esq.
1912-368
3433 N. 3rd St 19140 19th
wd. Beginning Point: Situate
on the East side of 3rd St at
the distance of 228 ft North-
ward, from the North side of
Ontario St OPA#193072500
IMPROVEMENTS: ROW
2 STY MASONRY Marvin
Perez C.P. April Term, 2019
No. 04845 $77,692.21 Pat-
rick J. Wesner, Esquire
1912-369
247 Green Ln 19128
21st wd. 4,510 Sq. Ft.
OPA#211174600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Eva L. Mattis
as Executrix of the Estate
of Irvin W. Smith Deceased
SHERIFF’S SALE
C.P. July Term, 2019 No.
01439 $333,556.39 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-370
4134 Whiting Rd 19154-
2807 66th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft.
OPA#662589900 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Mary Hamilton
C.P. February Term, 2018
No. 00180 $150,697.42
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-371
5642 Blakemore St 19138
12th wd. (formerly part of
the 22nd wd.) Lan: 969 Sq.
Ft.; Improvement: 1,216
Sq. Ft. OPA#122278500
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL REAL
ESTATE Kierrah Adams C.P.
December Term, 2018 No.
003101 $121,727.44 Stern &
Eisenberg PC
1912-372
5820 N. 16th St 19141 17th
wd. (formerly 49th wd.)
Land Area: 1,696 Sq. Ft.;
Improvement Area: 1,652
Sq. Ft. OPA#172143100
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL REAL ESTATE
Dione D. Pride C.P. May
Term, 2019 No. 000251
$131,731.42 Stern & Eisen-
berg PC
1912-373
2142 N. 18th St 19121 32nd
wd. 1,351 (land area); 2,520
Sq. Ft. (improvement area)
BRT#321232000 Subject
to Mortgage Jodran LLC
C.P. August Term, 2019 No.
02117 $241,904.10 plus
continuing interest Weir &
Partners LLP; Bonnie R.
Golub, Esquire; Jennifer
Hiller Nimeroff, Esquire
1912-374
1736 Georges Ln 19131
52nd wd. 1,287 Sq. Ft.
OPA#521353200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Barbara Benson
C.P. May Term, 2019 No.
01658 $144,285.98 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-375
455 Reno St a/k/a 834-838
N. Lawrence St, Parcel B
19123 5th wd. 1,398 Sq. Ft.
BRT#056156610 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
Jason Hershman C.P. May
Term, 2019 No. 4807
$716,908.03 Stern & Eisen-
berg PC
1912-376
4000 Gypsy Ln, Unit 550
19129 21st wd. 1,124 Sq.
Ft. OPA#888210300 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
CONDOMINIUM UNIT
Gregory A. Nelson, Execu-
tor for Erlene Bass Nelson,
Deceased C.P. June Term,
2019 No. 007070 $14,484.51
Elliot H. Berton, Esquire
1912-377
6323 Shelbourne St 19111
35th wd. 1,707 Sq. Ft.
BRT#353208200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING William
Leonard C.P. February Term,
2019 No. 00400 $171,401.52
Powers Kirn, LLC
1912-378
527 Larkspur St 19116
58th wd. 7,040 Sq. Ft.
OPA#582273900 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Marlene M.
McCleary; Richard S. Mc-
Cleary, Jr.; Patrick A. Troisi
C.P. April Term, 2018 No.
03547 $217,940.50 Joseph
R. Loverdi, Esquire
1912-379
1537 E Tulpehocken St
19138 10th wd. 1,661 Sq.
Ft. OPA#102211700 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Thomasina
Purvis, A/K/A Thomasina
T. Purvis; Theodore Purvis,
A/K/A Theodore T. Purvis
PGN
SHERIFF’S SALE
(deceased) C.P. August
Term, 2018 No. 03150
$40,615.59 Cristina L. Con-
nor, Esquire; Manley Deas
Kochalski, LLC
1912-380
6629 Cornelius St 19138
10th wd. 1,320 Sq. Ft.
OPA#102380400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Errol C.
McFarlane C.P. March Term,
2013 No. 03229 $111,501.53
Meredith H. Wooters,
Esquire; Manley Deas
Kochalski, LLC
1912-381
1138 E Sanger St 19124-
1131 62nd wd. 1,128 Sq. Ft.
OPA#621046500 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Jadira A. Lopez
a/k/a Jadira Apolonia Lopez
a/k/a Jadira Lopez, Individu-
ally and in Her Capacity as
Administratrix of The Estate
of Ivan Lopez a/k/a Ivan
Jose Lopez; Adrian Lopez,
in His Capacity as Heir of
The Estate of Ivan Lopez
a/k/a Ivan Jose Lopez; Maya
Lopez, in Her Capacity
as Heir of The Estate of
Ivan Lopez a/k/a Ivan Jose
Lopez; Unknown heirs,
successors, assigns, and all
persons, firms, or associa-
tions claiming right, title,
or interest from or under
Ivan Lopez a/k/a Ivan Jose
Lopez, Deceased C.P. March
Term, 2019 No. 01597
$89,529.07 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-382
572 Domino Ln 19128
21st wd. 1,111 Sq. Ft.
BRT#214040900 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Christopher
Flemming C.P. March Term,
2019 No. 3376 $153,805.21
Weber Gallagher Simpson
Stapleton Fires & Newby,
LLP; Sarah A. Elia, Esq.
1912-383
4813 N 12th St 19141-3407
49th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft.
OPA#491449400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Reginald Char-
lemagne C.P. August Term,
2018 No. 00994 $59,361.11
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-384
1919 Schley St 19145-5435
26th wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft.
OPA#262333900 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Sandy Reitano
C.P. May Term, 2019 No.
01643 $260,284.38 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-385
598 Alcott St 19120
35th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft.
OPA#352058200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Melrose Rob-
inson C.P. September Term,
2017 No. 02195 $81,341.13
RAS Citron, LLC
1912-386
6186 Newtown Ave 19111-
5928 35th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft.
OPA#352211800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Colleen I. Rob-
ins C.P. September Term,
2017 No. 00828 $93,783.51
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-387
1319 W Erie Ave 19140-
4221 43rd wd. 2,976 Sq. Ft.
OPA#432206700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY John Howard;
Demarcus Waites; Vincent
K. Saunders C.P. October
Term, 2015 No. 02130
$42,590.59 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-388
436 N 65th St 19151
34th wd. 1,875 Sq.
Ft. OPA#343123000
IMPROVEMENTS:
SHERIFF’S SALE
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Leonard Austin C.P. Decem-
ber Term, 2015 No. 00759
$105,693.16 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-389
6340 Calvert St 19149
62nd wd. 1,825 Sq.
Ft. OPA#621523100
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Akram Albarouki C.P. April
Term, 2019 No. 00006
$168,169.25 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-390
4018 Parrish St 19146
6th wd. 1,530 Sq.
Ft. OPA#062049400
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Kerry Green-Williams C.P.
June Term, 2016 No. 00519
$82,068.71 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-391
8249 Temple Rd 19150
50th wd. 2,366 Sq.
Ft. OPA#501104300
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Porter Clark C.P. September
Term, 2018 No. 03625
$171,835.79 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-392
2218 E Cumberland St
19125 31st wd. 1,178
Sq. Ft. OPA#314013300
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Thomas Joseph Farrell Jr.,
David Fry and Holly Fry
C.P. January Term, 2017 No.
01557 $246,636.35 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-393
1031 E Rittenhouse St
19138 59th wd. 2,583
Sq. Ft. OPA#591136900
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROP-
ERTY Corinne Baker
Solely in Her Capacity as
Heir of Richard L. Pettus,
Deceased, Omar Hatcher
Solely in His Capacity as
Heir of Richard L. Pettus,
Deceased, Shannon Hatcher
Solely in Her Capacity as
Heir of Richard L. Pettus,
Deceased, Richard L. Pettus
Jr., Solely in His Capacity
as Heir of Richard L. Pettus,
Deceased, The Unknown
Heirs of Richard L. Pettus,
Deceased, William Wallace
and Courtlin Young Solely
in Her Capacity as Heir of
Richard L. Pettus, Deceased
C.P. February Term, 2014
No. 02733 $181,602.02
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-394
1136 Atwood Rd 19151
34th wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft.
OPA#344337100 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Shakiah
Washington C.P. March
Term, 2018 No. 01962
$100,844.13 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-395
7328 Claridge St 19111
56th wd. 3,165 Sq. Ft.
OPA#561043100 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Margaret
Graber C.P. September
Term, 2018 No. 00629
$129,515.84 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-396
242 Christian St 19147
2nd wd. 1,182 Sq. Ft.
OPA#021007300 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Olymphia
Johnson a/k/a Olymphia
Hankinson C.P. March
Term, 2016 No. 01071
$314,952.70 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-397
3012 N Ringgold St
19132 38th wd. 817 Sq.
Ft. OPA#381027500
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROP-
SHERIFF’S SALE
ERTY Jennifer R. Ballard,
Administratrix of the Estate
of Ruby Adams, deceased
C.P. April Term, 2017 No.
02354 $31,377.96 Shapiro
& DeNardo, LLC
1912-398
2359 E Firth St 19125 31st
wd. Land Area: 1,0214 (Sq.
Ft.); Improvement Area:
982 Sq. Ft. OPA#314066300
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
ING Shawn W. Flynn, in
his/her capacity as heir of
Katherine P. Flynn; Jennifer
Tobin, in Her Capacity as
Heir of Katherine P. Flynn;
Unknown heirs, successors,
assigns, and all persons,
firms, or associations claim-
ing right, title, or interest
from or under Katherine P.
Flynn C.P. November Term,
2018 No. 01672 $154,144.86
RAS Citron, LLC - Robert
Crawley, Esq
1912-399
4021 Haverford Ave 19104
6th wd. Land Area: 3,168
Sq. Ft.; Improvement Area:
2,265 Sq. Ft.; Total: 3,168
Sq. Ft. OPA#061049100 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Karen
I. Epps, Clark Epps and
Tremel Epps C.P. July Term,
2018 No. 02380 $108,640.70
Richard M. Squire & As-
sociates, LLC
1912-400
1450 N Hobart St 19131-
3817 4th wd. 972 Sq. Ft.
OPA#043169600 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Nixon Kannah
& Janet Johnson C.P. March
Term, 2018 No. 02382
$41,283.64 Michael Boland,
Esq.
1912-401
3439 N 16th St 19140
11th wd. 2,500 Sq. Ft.
BRT#112198500 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Aquilla L.
Brewer C.P. May Term, 2018
No. 01826 $114,004.38 Law
Office of Gregory Javard-
ian, LLC
1912-402
2002 66th Ave 19138
10th wd. 1,133 Sq. Ft.
OPA#102362800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Sandra Heggs
C.P. January Term, 2019 No.
03290 $148,758.63 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-403
185 E Walnut Park Dr 19120
61st wd. 1,800 Sq. Ft.
OPA#611361900 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Arlene Lydner
C.P. February Term, 2019
No. 03133 $143,042.92
KML Law Group, P.C.
1912-404
113 W Coulter St 19144
12th wd. 6,447 Sq. Ft.
BRT#124040600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Thaddeus
Frazier C.P. August Term,
2014 No. 02813 $281,574.21
Law Office of Gregory
Javardian, LLC
1912-405
6620 N Uber St 19138-
3134 10th wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft.
OPA#102028700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Lloyd Parks,
in His Capacity as Heir
of Juanita Underwood,
Deceased; Unknown heirs,
successors, assigns, and
all persons, firms, or as-
sociations claiming right,
title, or interest from or
under Juanita Underwood,
Deceased C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 09152 $56,990.35
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-406
852 Brill St 19124
35th wd. 1,068 Sq. Ft.
Philadelphia Gay News . DECEMBER 20-26, 2019
SHERIFF’S SALE
BRT#351174000 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Joseph Kenneth
Arnold C.P. March Term,
2017 No. 01870 $28,129.71
Law Office of Gregory
Javardian, LLC
1912-407
4342 Vista St 19136
41st wd. 1,078 Sq. Ft.
BRT#412195000 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Claire H. Bull
C.P. January Term, 2019 No.
0100 $37,793.88 Weber Gal-
lagher Simpson Stapleton
Fires & Newby, LLP; Sarah
A. Elia, Esq.
1912-408
8062 Michener Ave 19150
50th wd. Land Area:
1,511 Sq. Ft.; Improve-
ment Area: 1,248 Sq. Ft.
OPA#501127200 Christal
Ingram, in Her Capacity as
Heir of Geraldine Ingram,
Deceased; Gerald Ingram,
in His Capacity as Heir of
Geraldine Ingram; Unknown
heirs, successors, assigns,
and all persons, firms, or
associations claiming right,
title, or interest from or
under Geraldine Ingram, De-
ceased C.P. October Term,
2018 No. 00437 $147,132.73
Robert Crawley, Esq
1912-409
858 Medway Rd 19115-1314
58th wd. 1,248 Sq. Ft.
OPA#581160801 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Efthi-
mia Maltezos a/k/a Effie
Maltezos C.P. January Term,
2017 No. 03782 $219,056.69
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-410
5660 Ridgewood St 19143
51st wd. 1,032 Sq. Ft.
OPA#513254900 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Tynisha Meade
C.P. April Term, 2017 No.
01753 $51,773.38 Shapiro &
DeNardo, LLC
1912-411
210 W Olney Ave 19120-
2343 42nd wd. 1,060 Sq. Ft.
OPA#422306500 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Kristen Wright
a/k/a Kristen D. Wright C.P.
April Term, 2019 No. 01154
$85,401.89 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-412
1524 Overington St 19124-
5808 23rd wd. 1,328 Sq. Ft.
OPA#232117600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Alla Kheyfets
C.P. July Term, 2018 No.
00026 $84,286.25 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-413
1532 Church St 19124-
3935 23rd wd. 1,458 Sq. Ft.
OPA#232037200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Aurea Rodri-
guez C.P. December Term,
2018 No. 01017 $64,504.96
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-414
2837 Rosehill St 19134
7th wd. 840 Sq. Ft.
OPA#071423800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Kyana Whita-
ker, in Her Capacity as Heir
of John Whitaker, Jr a/k/a
John Whitaker, Deceased;
Keenon M. Whitaker, in
His Capacity as Heir of
John Whitaker, Jr a/k/a
John Whitaker, Deceased;
Khalif Whitaker, in His
Capacity as Heir of John
Whitaker, Jr a/k/a John
Whitaker, Deceased; John
Whitaker, in Capacity as
Heir of John Whitaker, Jr
a/k/a John Whitaker, De-
ceased; Jasmine Whitaker,
in Her Capacity as Heir
of John Whitaker, Jr a/k/a
SHERIFF’S SALE
John Whitaker, Deceased;
Unknown Heirs, Successors,
Assigns, and All Persons,
Firms or Associations
Claiming Right, Title or
Interest From or Under John
Whitaker, Jr a/k/a John
Whitaker, Deceased C.P.
June Term, 2018 No. 01916
$33,810.71 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-415
1220 S 24th St 19146
36th wd. 2,725 Sq. Ft.
OPA#361371300 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Robert Daddis;
Jonathan Daddis C.P.
December Term, 2017 No.
03210 $419,403.62 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-416
7947 Provident St 19150-
1324 50th wd. 1,082 Sq. Ft.
OPA#501188800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Antoine Small,
Jr C.P. October Term, 2017
No. 03192 $167,078.85
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-417
121-35 Walnut St, #
Restaurant 19106 5th wd.
Improvement Area: 12,828
Sq. Ft. on the ground floor
restaurant space and an
18.10% proportionate share
of the Common Elements of
121 Walnut Street Condo-
minium OPA#88-2-6231-16
Subject to Mortgage 121
Walnut Street Restau-
rant Associates, LP C.P.
December Term, 2007 No.
05192 $4,837,909.60 Brian
P. Perini, Esquire; Lipsky
& Brandt
1912-418
2136 Watkins St 19145-1927
36th wd. 1,070 Sq. Ft.
OPA#363146000 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Jacqui Simp-
kins; Zelda Simpkins a/k/a
Zelda L. Simpkins, Indi-
vidually and in Her Capacity
as Executrix of The Estate
of Irene Bunch C.P. October
Term, 2011 No. 04092
$55,337.00 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-419
4249 Leidy Ave 19104-
1016 6th wd. 1,524 Sq. Ft.
OPA#062201500 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Clifford A.
Williams, in his capacity
as Adminstrator and Heir
of the Estate of Vivian P.
Williams; Robert Williams,
in his capacity as Heir of the
Estate of Vivian P. Williams;
Unknown heirs, successors,
assigns, and all persons,
firms, or associations claim-
ing right, title, or interest
from or under Vivian P.
Williams, Deceased C.P.
June Term, 2019 No. 05351
$15,029.10 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-420
5341 W Diamond St 19131
52nd wd. 2,100 Sq. Ft.
OPA#521156700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Marcus R.
Gary a/k/a Marcus Gary
C.P. May Term, 2019 No.
02013 $9,506.23 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-421
720 Wynnewood Rd 19151
34th wd. 1,576 Sq. Ft.
OPA#344225200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Lisa C. Smith
a/k/a Lisa C. Jordan Solely
in Her Capacity as Heir of
Paul N. Smith Deceased and
Natalie Smith a/k/a Natalie
Scott Solely in Her Capacity
as Heir of Paul N. Smith
Deceased C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 09034 $133,655.87
KML Law Group, P.C.
DECEMBER 20-26, 2019 . epgn.com
SHERIFF’S SALE
1912-422
7713 Delphi Pl 19153
40th wd. 2,946 Sq. Ft.
OPA#405859700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Granford L.
Collins Jr. C.P. February
Term, 2012 No. 02198
$340,979.84 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-423
1435 Ritner St a/k/a
1435 W Ritner St 19145
26th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft.
BRT#261024800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Edwin Lopez
C.P. August Term, 2017 No.
01539 $231,887.30 Powers
Kirn, LLC
1912-424
915 E Sharpnack St 19150-
3611 50th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft.
OPA#502331000 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Carl Edmund
Mcallister, Jr C.P. October
Term, 2016 No. 00499
$168,746.21 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-425
234 E Fariston Dr, a/k/a
234 Fariston Dr 19120-
1008 61st wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft.
OPA#611391800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Mary A. Harper
C.P. January Term, 2019 No.
01042 $90,826.21 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-426
4802 E Howell St a/k/a
4802 Howell St 19135-
4109 41st wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft.
OPA#411104700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Cheri D. Tigh
C.P. July Term, 2019 No.
01286 $81,897.09 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-427
4117 Comly St 19135-3941
62nd wd. 1,564 Sq. Ft.
OPA#622187000 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Marie Frisco;
Theodora M. Torpey-Kraft
a/k/a Theodora Torpey-Kraft
a/k/a Theodora Kraft C.P.
September Term, 2018 No.
02673 $100,022.84 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-428
214 N 52nd St 19139
44th wd. 1,780 Sq. Ft.
BRT#441136000 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Edward Payne
a/k/a Edward H. Payne,
Jr. and Egan Payne C.P.
November Term, 2017 No.
01163 $58,057.39 Martha
E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C.,
Martha E. Von Rosenstiel,
Esq.; Lorraine Gazzara
Doyle, Esq.
1912-429
2216 Bowler St 19115-
3320 58th wd. 1,210 Sq. Ft.
OPA#581061320 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Michael Joseph
Lamond, in His Capacity as
Heir of Dolores Cardinal,
Deceased; Unknown Heirs,
Successors, Assigns, and
All Persons, Firms, or As-
sociations Claiming Right,
Title or Interest From or
Under Dolores Cardinal,
Deceased C.P. June Term,
2015 No. 01999 $128,090.14
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-430
608 Gorgas Ln 19128
21st wd. 4,479 Sq. Ft.
BRT#213334034 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Raymond T.
Wons C.P. September Term,
2018 No. 03586 $258,855.93
Law Office of Gregory
Javardian, LLC
1912-431
507 Murdoch Rd a/k/a
507 E Murdoch Rd 19119
SHERIFF’S SALE
9th wd. 5,100 Sq. Ft.
BRT#091061800 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Nick Kelsh
C.P. April Term, 2018 No.
00652 $217,708.16 Law
Office of Gregory Javard-
ian, LLC
1912-432
1208 N Hancock St 19122
18th wd. 824 Sq. Ft.
BRT#182079600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Charles
A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire,
Personal Representative of
the Estate of Blanca Cortes
a/k/a Blanca Santiago, De-
ceased C.P. July Term, 2019
No. 00746 $48,186.82 Law
Office of Gregory Javard-
ian, LLC
1912-433
9946 Jeanes St 19115-1204
58th wd. 1,730 Sq. Ft.
OPA#581218000 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Teresa V.
Grumbrecht; Patrick J.
Grumbrecht C.P. April Term,
2017 No. 03200 $191,761.33
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-434
6518 N 21st St 19138-2546
10th wd. 1,024 Sq. Ft.
OPA#102088700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Laverne Baker
C.P. March Term, 2017 No.
00598 $92,671.81 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-435
15014 Dahlia Dr, Unit
108, a/k/a 15014 Dahlia Dr
19116-1546 58th wd. 1,501
Sq. Ft. OPA#583240014
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL PROPERTY Ma-
ria Depalma C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 01642 $272,211.63
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-436
4481 Garden St 19137-
2013 45th wd. 960 Sq. Ft.
OPA#453340100 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Jessica Harkins
C.P. April Term, 2018 No.
04661 $166,569.54 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-437
4226 Neilson St 19124-4922
33rd wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft.
OPA#332523700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Giovanni I.
Nieves C.P. November Term,
2017 No. 00085 $91,120.52
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-438
7153 Glenloch St 19135
41st wd. 1,357 Sq. Ft.
OPA#412342400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Luis Munguia
Martinez-Ruiz C.P. Febru-
ary Term, 2019 No. 00493
$140,553.65 Shapiro &
DeNardo, LLC
1912-439
5911 Elsinore St 19120
35th wd. 960 Sq. Ft.
BRT#352301700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
Marc L. Barnhill a/k/a Marc
Barnhill C.P. May Term,
2018 No. 00484 $171,058.04
Stern & Eisenberg PC
1912-440
733 E. Price St 19144 59th
wd. Land: 2,299 Sq. Ft.;
Improvement: 1,216 Sq. Ft.
BRT#591083900 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
REAL ESTATE Gloria Jean
Benajmin (a/k/a Gloria
J. Benjamin a/k/a Gloria
J. McBride Benjamin)
and Shirely Murphy C.P.
December Term, 2017 No.
003944 $46,195.89 Stern &
Eisenberg PC
1912-441
6654 N Lawrence St 19126
SHERIFF’S SALE
61st wd. 1,693 Sq. Ft.
BRT#611089300 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
All Known and Unknown
Heirs, Personal Represen-
tatives, and Devisees of
the Estate of Louis Dailey
C.P. April Term, 2019 No.
01759 $107,033.51 Stern &
Eisenberg PC
1912-442
5929 Media St 19151
34th wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft.
OPA#342036400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Garey Powell,
as Administrator of the Es-
tate of Ruth Issac Deceased
C.P. September Term, 2018
No. 00871 $88,302.24 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-443
1613 Fox Chase Rd 19152
56th wd. 2,841 Sq. Ft.
OPA#562178300 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Lois D. Hurow-
itz a/k/a Lois Hurowitz C.P.
May Term, 2016 No. 03839
$149,175.87 KML Law
Group, P.C.
1912-444
6643 Oakland St 19149
54th wd. 1,113 Sq. Ft.
OPA#541263800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Alberto L. Ortiz
C.P. January Term, 2019 No.
01980 $110,609.45 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-445
8519 Mansfield Ave 19150
50th wd. 3,629 Sq. Ft.
OPA#502026700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Barry Sudler
C.P. July Term, 2019 No.
03362 $219,012.25 KML
Law Group, P.C.
1912-446
1624 W. Champlost St
19141 17th wd. 2,974 Sq.
Ft. OPA#171200200 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY All Unknown
Heirs of Laureano Lopez
C.P. July Term, 2017 No.
03179 $52,119.17 Kevin J.
Cummings, Esquire
1912-447
1210 Mollbore Terr 19148
39th wd. Land Area:
1,185 Sq. Ft.; Improve-
ment Area: 1,080 Sq. Ft.
OPA#395031400 Joseph
P. Barretta Jr.; Valerie K.
Barretta C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 00927 $191,404.76
Robert Crawley, Esquire
1912-448
7535 Tabor Ave 19111
56th wd. 3,144 Sq. Ft.
OPA#561042000 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Garry F. Miller;
Stephanie A. Forte C.P.
January Term, 2018 No.
05471 $194,123.84 Justin F.
Kobeski, Esquire; Manley
Deas Kochalski LLC
1912-449
1142 Foulkrod St 19124
23rd wd. 4,353 Sq. Ft.
BRT#234094300 IMPROVE-
MENTS: DET W/D GAR 2.5
STY MASON David Brown
C.P. June Term, 2017 No.
00689 $248,891.44 Milstead
& Associates, LLC
1912-450
4070 Powelton Ave 19104
6th wd. BRT#061013300
Subject to Mortgage
IMPROVEMENTS: +1,700
SQ. FT. CONSISTING OF A
RESIDENTIAL PROP-
ERTY Movita Johnson C.P.
July Term, 2018 No. 3260
$479,934.95 + costs and
interest Thomas M. Pinney,
Esq.
1912-451
2305 Rhawn St 19152 56th
wd. Land: 2,725 Sq. Ft.;
Improvement: 1,600 Sq.
Ft.; Total: 2,725 Sq. Ft.
OPA#562008400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PGN
SHERIFF’S SALE
PROPERTY Adrienne McAl-
lister a/k/a Adrienne McAli-
ster and Michael Roman C.P.
May Term, 2019 No. 009513
$215,120.66 Richard M.
Squire & Associates, LLC
1912-452
1319 Narragansett St 19138
59th wd. 1,260 Sq. Ft.
OPA#591149200 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Sandra L.
Dowling C.P. May Term,
2018 No. 03000 $52,769.75
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-453
7643 Woodcrest Ave 19151
34th wd. 1,748 Sq. Ft.
BRT#343195900 IMPROVE-
MENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY
MASONRY Ngoran Oka and
Kouassi Oka C.P. May Term,
2015 No. 01558 $161,497.38
Milstead & Associates, LLC
1912-454
327 E Roosevelt Blvd 19120
42nd wd. 1,734 Sq. Ft.
OPA#421139300 Subject to
Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Stephen Quinn, A/K/A Ste-
phen J. Quinn C.P. July Term,
2018 No. 03109 $116,536.62
Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire;
Manley Deas Kochalski LLC
1912-455
5503 Greenway Ave
19143 51st wd. 1,140 Sq.
Ft. (Improvement Area);
1,050 Sq. Ft. (Land Area)
BRT#514257500 Subject to
Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
ING Naomi Rollins C.P.
July Term, 2019 No. 02995
$38,761.47 Michelle Pierro,
Esquire
1912-456
4949 N 17th St 19141
17th wd. 1,320 Sq. Ft.
OPA#172184400 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY William
A. Cross C.P. September
Term, 2016 No. 01517
$66,244.79 Justin F. Ko-
beski, Esquire; Manley Deas
Kochalski LLC
1912-457
3632 Miller St 19134 45th
wd. BRT#45-1361800 The
Estate of Christine M. Kre-
mis a/k/a Christine Kremis,
deceased C.P. February
Term, 2017 No. 06066
$86,578.62 Emmanuel J.
Argentieri, Esquire
1912-458
6404 N Park Ave 19126
49th wd. 4,670 Sq. Ft.
BRT#493243000 IM-
PROVEMENTS: DET W/D
GAR 3 STY MASONRY
Shirretha Thurmond C.P.
February Term, 2018 No.
02085 $339,838.80 Milstead
& Associates, LLC
1912-459
3135 Agate St 19134 25th
wd. Land Area: 694 Sq.
Ft.; Improvement Area: 784
Sq. Ft. OPA#252335200
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL DWELLING
William Ernest Johnson, III;
Unknown heirs, successors,
assigns, and all persons,
firms, or associations claim-
ing right, title, or interest
from or under Alex Krash-
eninnikow C.P. September
Term, 2018 No. 00721
$44,032.59 RAS Citron,
LLC - Robert Crawley, Esq
1912-460
1017 S Frazier St 19143
51st wd. 992 Sq. Ft.
OPA#513030600 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Gregory A. Da-
vis a/k/a Gregory Davis, as
Administrator to the Estate
of Timothy R. Davis, a/k/a
Timothy Richard Davis C.P.
October Term, 2017 No.
01318 $26,925.37 Meredith
H. Wooters, Esquire; Man-
ley Deas Kochalski, LLC
SHERIFF’S SALE
1912-461
1240 S. Millick St 19143
3rd wd. 984 Sq. Ft.
BRT#033222700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
REAL ESTATE Tyesha K.
Osbourne C.P. June Term,
2016 No. 00277 $181,770.57
Stern & Eisenberg PC
1912-462
7530 Dickens Pl 19153-0000
40th wd. 1,710 Sq. Ft.
OPA#404241518 IMPROVE-
MENTS: SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Charles W. Perry, III, De-
ceased C.P. October Term,
2017 No. 04104 $142,102.02
Hladik, Onorato & Feder-
man, LLP
1912-463
5744 Pine St 19143-1216
60th wd. 1,232 Sq. Ft.
OPA#60-4-1036-00 IM-
PROVEMENTS: SINGLE
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Diane Nero
a/k/a Belinda Diane Nero,
Michelle Mitchell and
Kimberly Hudnell C.P.
April Term, 2018 No. 05141
$64,453.89 Hladik, Onorato,
& Federman, LLP
1912-464
1335 Disston St 19111
53rd wd. 1,892 Sq. Ft.
BRT#532210300 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
REAL ESTATE Clara Rush
C.P. February Term, 2018
No. 01173 $94,227.18 Stern
& Eisenberg PC
1912-465
1427 68th Ave 19126-
0000 10th wd. 2,036 Sq.
Ft. OPA#10-1-2550-00
IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI-
DETATCHED, 2.5 STORY
MASONRY BUILDING
Lewis Real Estate Develop-
ment, LLC C.P. October
Term, 2018 No. 01645
$87,371.22 Hladik, Onorato,
& Federman, LLP
1912-466
8016 Temple Rd 19150
50th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft.
OPA#501067100 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Gwendolyn
Smith; The United States
of America, Department of
Treasury, Internal Revenue
Service C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 00595 $90,620.79
Cristina L. Connor, Esquire;
Manley Deas Kochalski,
LLC
1912-467
8112 Rugby St 19150
50th wd. 2,585 Sq. Ft.
OPA#502085400 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Robyn M.
Johnson a/k/a Robyn John-
son; Sarah D. Johnson, a/k/a
Sarah Johnson (deceased);
Brian Johnson, Administra-
tor of the Estate of Sarah
D. Johnson, a/k/a Sarah
Johnson C.P. September
Term, 2011 No. 01168
$240,122.56 Meredith H.
Wooters, Esquire; Manley
Deas Kochalski, LLC
1912-468
2431 E Cumberland St
19125-3104 31st wd. 1,778
Sq. Ft. OPA#314039000 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Timothy
R. Benston, Jr a/k/a Timothy
R. Benston C.P. March
Term, 2017 No. 00115
$286,180.47 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-469
339 McKean St 19148
39th wd. Land Area:
1,435 Sq. Ft.; Improve-
ment Area: 1,616 Sq. Ft.
OPA#392023300 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Victor T.
Gargano Jr a/k/a Victor Gar-
gano, Jr C.P. January Term,
2019 No. 01044 $180,418.36
RAS Citron, LLC - Robert
Crawley, Esq
SHERIFF’S SALE
1912-470
6631 Blakemore St 19119-
1454 22nd wd. 2,016 Sq. Ft.
OPA#221288020 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY George Brown
a/k/a George L. Brown C.P.
April Term, 2018 No. 02721
$124,611.49 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-471
2938 Joey Dr 19136-1013
57th wd. 1,592 Sq. Ft.
OPA#572040518 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Megan M. Gal-
lagher C.P. February Term,
2018 No. 00074 $161,434.14
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-472
2821 W Lehigh Ave
19132-3132 18th wd. 1,194
Sq. Ft. OPA#281380600
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Estate of Richard Blair c/o
Patricia A. Blair, Personal
Representative; Patricia A.
Blar, Known Heir of and
Personal Representative of
The Estate of Richard Blair;
Unknown heirs, successors,
assigns, and all persons,
firms, or associations claim-
ing right, title, or interest
from or under Richard
Blair C.P. January Term,
2017 No. 01506 $57,945.16
RAS Citron, LLC - Robert
Crawley, Esq
1912-473
6731 N 16th St 19151 10th
wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY
MASONRY; 1,512 Sq. Ft.
BRT#101027000 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Jack E. Fergu-
son a/k/a Jack E. Ferguson,
Sr. C.P. March Term, 2019
No. 03124 $65,165.68 Mc-
Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway,
LLC
1912-474
1362 Gilham St 19111-
5532 53rd wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft.
OPA#531162700 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Joshua P. Wark,
in His Capacity as Adminis-
trator and Heir of The Estate
of John H. Wark, Jr; Mat-
thew J. Wark, in His Capac-
ity as Heir of The Estate of
John H. Wark, Jr; Anthony
J. Wark, in His Capacity as
Heir of The Estate of John
H. Wark, Jr; Unknown heirs,
successors, assigns, and all
persons, firms, or associa-
tions claiming right, title, or
interest from or under John
H. Wark, Jr, Deceased C.P.
July Term, 2017 No. 01222
$128,034.47 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-475
7663 Woodcrest Ave 19151
34th wd. ROW B/GAR 2
STY MASONRY; 1,120
Sq. Ft. BRT#343196900
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL DWELL-
ING Martin D. Goodlin C.P.
October Term, 2018 No.
00142 $176,707.80 McCabe,
Weisberg, & Conway, LLC
1912-476
429 Unruh Ave a/k/a 429
Unruh St 19111-4631
35th wd. 1,092 Sq. Ft.
OPA#353129000 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Edward
Morgan; Geraldine Morgan
C.P. September Term, 2017
No. 00587 $138,555.75
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-477
3331 N 16th St 19140-4902
11th wd. 3,480 Sq. Ft.
OPA#112196400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Adam Sanders
C.P. February Term, 2018
No. 00404 $194,679.17
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
SHERIFF’S SALE
1912-478
1066 Alcott St 19149
35th wd. Land Area:
1,058 Sq. Ft.; Improve-
ment Area: 1,192 Sq. Ft.
OPA#352062400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Erick Thevenin
C.P. April Term, 2019 No.
02004 $118,203.87 RAS
Citron, LLC - Robert Craw-
ley, Esq
1912-479
155 W Champlost Ave
19120-1904 61st wd. 1,140
Sq. Ft. OPA#612169600 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Donna
Fredericks C.P. September
Term, 2015 No. 00599
$33,582.96 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-480
9987 Sandy Rd Unit A 19115
58th wd. S/D W/B GAR
2 STY MAS+OTH; 1,498
Sq. Ft. BRT#581398524
IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Aiton Cesar Dos Santos C.P.
September Term, 2018 No.
02598 $171,336.94 McCabe,
Weisberg, & Conway, LLC
1912-481
138 S 62nd St 19139-2928
3rd wd. 1,160 Sq. Ft.
OPA#031193400 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Delaine Russell
a/k/a Delaine Russel C.P.
February Term, 2019 No.
01723 $100,310.78 Phelan
Hallinan Diamond & Jones,
LLP
1912-482
5222 Laurens St 19144-4604
22nd wd. 2,381 Sq. Ft.
OPA#123240800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Unknown Heirs,
Successors, Assigns, and
All Persons, Firms, or As-
sociations Claiming Right,
Title or Interest From or
Under Roy Leon Joshlin,
Deceased C.P. June Term,
2019 No. 06126 $48,158.79
Phelan Hallinan Diamond &
Jones, LLP
1912-483
2335 Fuller St 19152
56th wd. Land Area:
2,808 Sq. Ft.; Improve-
ment Area: 1,600 Sq. Ft.
OPA#562030800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Joseph G.
Maronski C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 01186 $111,641.99
RAS Citron, LLC - Robert
Crawley, Esq
1912-484
3133 Reach St 19134-2410
33rd wd. 1,064 Sq. Ft.
OPA#331317600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Bernice L.
Townsend C.P. January
Term, 2018 No. 00744
$21,333.58 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-485
164 W Wyoming Ave 19140
42nd wd. 1,073 Sq. Ft.
BRT#422065000 IMPROVE-
MENTS: ROW 2 STY
MASONRY Joseph Hogue
and Howard Hogue, Jr. C.P.
August Term, 2013 No.
03373 $13,893.78 Milstead
& Associates, LLC
1912-486
4651 Whitaker Ave 19120
42nd wd. ROW B/GAR 2
STY MASONRY; 1,200 Sq.
Ft. BRT#421563800 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL DWELLING Wyatt
Bobb C.P. October Term,
2018 No. 02660 $88,508.79
McCabe, Weisberg, & Con-
way, LLC
1912-487
882 N Fallon St a/k/a
882 Fallon St 19139
44th wd. ROW 3 STY
MASONRY; 1,206 Sq. Ft.
BRT#442205100 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Vonda D. Smith
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SHERIFF’S SALE
C.P. December Term, 2018
No. 00086 $46,834.21 Mc-
Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway,
LLC
1912-488
474 Evergreen Ave
19128 21st wd. 7,012
Sq. Ft. OPA#212389500;
Registry#085N01-0052
Subject To Mortgage Yes-
Electronic Registration
Systems as Nominee for
Huntington Valley Bank
located at 1388 W. Street
Rd, Warminster, PA 18974
IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-
DENTIAL REAL ESTATE
Tarra Campbell and James
Campbell C.P. August Term,
2017 No. M0001 $64,219.06
plus interest $1,284.36;
Total: $65,503.44 Michael
E. Eisenberg, Esquire
1912-489
5017 Loretto Ave 19124 8th
wd. 1,361 Sq. Ft. BRT#35-
1394900 IMPROVEMENTS:
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Milagros E. Ortiz a/k/a Mil-
agros Ortiz C.P. May Term,
2019 No. 09211 $146,060.47
Powers Kirn, LLC
1912-490
147 E Meehan Ave 19119
22nd wd. ROW 2 STY
MASONRY; 1,446 Sq. Ft.
BRT#222094100 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Edward Turner
C.P. September Term, 2016
No. 01828 $197,522.67 Mc-
Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway,
LLC
1912-491
1361 S 46th St 19143-
3827 27th wd. 716 Sq. Ft.
OPA#272165800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY May E. Mc-
cloud; Vera L. Jones C.P.
May Term, 2017 No. 03419
$80,228.08 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP
1912-492
1037 S Chadwick St 19146
30th wd. 800 Sq. Ft. lot
OPA#301317600 Subject
to Mortgage IMPROVE-
MENTS: NONE MADE
Investments LLC C.P. July
Term, 2019 No. 03723
$502,045.68 Benjamin A.
Garber, Esquire; Braverman
Kaskey, P.C.
1912-493
1804 West Sulis St a/k/a
1804 Sulis St 19141 17th
wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY
MASONRY; 1,270 Sq. Ft.
BRT#171031600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Thomas Cun-
ningham, Known Surviving
Heir of Loddie M. Fisher,
Steven Cunningham, Known
Surviving Heir of Loddie M.
Fisher, Tiffany Cunning-
ham, Known Surviving Heir
of Loddie M. Fisher, and
Unknown Surviving Heirs
of Loddie M. Fisher C.P.
June Term, 2018 No. 01722
$35,688.14 McCabe, Weis-
berg, & Conway, LLC
1912-494
6625 Lotus Rd 19151
34th wd. 1,349 Sq. Ft.
BRT#344094800 IMPROVE-
MENTS: ROW B/GAR
2 STY MASONRY Rosa
Thomas a/k/a Rosa M.
Thomas, Deceased C.P.
October Term, 2018 No.
04115 $121,769.60 Milstead
& Associates, LLC
1912-495
68 W Washington Ln 19144
59th wd. 4,679 Sq. Ft.
OPA#88-4-3510-50 IM-
PROVEMENTS: IND SHOP
MASONRY Surratt Painting,
Inc. C.P. April Term, 2019
No. 03777 $52,766.32 plus
interest through the date of
the sheriff ’s sale, plus costs
William J. Levant, Esquire
1912-496
1725 N 31st St 19121
32nd wd. 930 Sq. Ft.
OPA#324195000 IMPROVE-
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MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Robert Wongus
C.P. February Term, 2019
No. 00332 $97,654.22 Shap-
iro & DeNardo, LLC
1912-497
702 Wynnewood Rd 19151
34th wd. 1,543 Sq. Ft.
BRT#344224300 IMPROVE-
MENTS: ROW 2 STY MA-
SONRY Linster N. Murrell
Jr a/k/a Linster Murrell, Jr
C.P. August Term, 2018 No.
02207 $72,118.84 Milstead
& Associates, LLC
1912-498
3423 Keim St 19134
33rd wd. 623 Sq. Ft.
BRT#331280500 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Juan Delgado-
Quintana, Maria Quintana,
Hiram Quintana and David
SHERIFF’S SALE
Ortiz in their capacity as
Heir of Maria E. Quintana,
Deceased and Unknown
heirs, successors, assigns,
and all persons, firms, or
associations claiming right,
title, or interest from or un-
der Maria E. Quintana, De-
ceased C.P. October Term,
2018 No. 00582 $13,476.06
Martha E. Von Rosenstiel,
P.C., Martha E. Von Rosen-
stiel, Esq.; Lorraine Gazzara
Doyle, Esq.
1912-499A
4066 Powelton Ave 19104
6th wd. BRT#881107900
Subject to Mortgage IM-
PROVEMENTS: +2,300 SQ.
FT. CONSISTING OF TWO
CONTIGUOUS RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTIES Movita
Johnson C.P. July Term,
SHERIFF’S SALE
2018 No. 3260 $479,934.95
+ costs and interest Thomas
M. Pinney, Esq.
1912-499B
4068 Powelton Ave 19104
6th wd. BRT#881107910
Subject to Mortgage IM-
PROVEMENTS: +2,300 SQ.
FT. CONSISTING OF TWO
CONTINGUOUS RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTIES Movita
Johnson C.P. July Term,
2018 No. 3260 $479,934.95
+ costs and interest Thomas
M. Pinney, Esq.
1912-500
217 W Champlost Ave
19120 61st wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft.
BRT#612166500 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING Jamar A.
Cleveland C.P. March Term,
2017 No. 02722 $106,893.68
SHERIFF’S SALE SHERIFF’S SALE SHERIFF’S SALE SHERIFF’S SALE SHERIFF’S SALE
Powers Kirn, LLC BRT#622240800 Subject 02453 $599,202.63 plus 18th wd. Front: 16 ft. 0 September Term, 2018 No.
1912-501 to Mortgage IMPROVE- legal interest in the amount in. Depth: 65 ft. 0 in. On 02453 $599,202.63 plus
1204 Foulkrod St 19124- MENTS: ROW 2 STY MA- of $108,236.79 for a sub- the North Side of Girard legal interest in the amount
2931 23rd wd. 3,241 SONRY Arthur F. Mehary total of $707,439.42 Leona Avenue 34 ft. 0 in. West of of $108,236.79 for a sub-
Sq. Ft. OPA#234094600 (deceased) c/o Kathryn Mogavero, Esquire Orianna St. OPA#871524550 total of $707,439.42 Leona
IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE Mehary-Rhoades and Joseph 1912-504B IMPROVEMENTS: MIXED Mogavero, Esquire
FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL O’Donnell Co-Executors 325 W Girard Ave 19123 USE Carlos Sanchez C.P. 1912-504E
DWELLING Maryse Goda C.P. April Term, 2019 No. 18th wd. Front: 16 ft. 0 September Term, 2018 No. 431 W Girard Ave 19123
C.P. April Term, 2019 No. 01835 $45,182.84 Michelle in. Depth: 65 ft. 0 in. On 02453 $599,202.63 plus 18th wd. Front: 18 ft. 0 in.
00612 $166,499.71 Hladik, Pierro, Esquire the North Side of Girard legal interest in the amount Depth: 98 ft. 11 in. On the
Onorato & Federman, LLP 1912-504A Avenue 18 ft. 0 in. West of of $108,236.79 for a sub- North Side of Girard Avenue
1912-502 323 W Girard Ave 19123 Orianna St. (formerly Char- total of $707,439.42 Leona 128 ft. 0 in. Easterly side
5117 D St 19120 42nd wd. 18th wd. Front: 18ft. 0 lotte St.) OPA#871290000 Mogavero, Esquire of 5th St. OPA#871290250
BRT#42-1480900 Sheridan in. Depth: 65 ft. 0 in. On IMPROVEMENTS: MIXED 1912-504D IMPROVEMENTS: MIXED
Simmond C.P. December the corner formed by the USE Carlos Sanchez C.P. 429 W Girard Ave 19123 USE Carlos Sanchez C.P.
Term, 2017 No. 04206 intersection of the North September Term, 2018 No. 18th wd. Front: 18 ft. 0 September Term, 2018 No.
$134,358.19 Emmanuel J. Side of Girard Ave with 02453 $599,202.63 plus in. Depth: 98 ft. 6-1/4 in. 02453 $599,202.63 plus
Argentieri, Esquire the West Side of Orianna legal interest in the amount On the Northerly Side of legal interest in the amount
1912-503 St. (formerly Charlotte) of $108,236.79 for a sub- Girard Avenue from the of $108,236.79 for a sub-
5232 Duffield St 19124 OPA#885176120 IM- total of $707,439.42 Leona 146 ft. 0 in. Easterly of total of $707,439.42 Leona
62nd wd. 1,324 Sq. Ft. PROVEMENTS: VACANT Mogavero, Esquire 5th St. OPA#871290200 Mogavero, Esquire
(land area); 1,176 Sq. LAND Carlos Sanchez C.P. 1912-504C IMPROVEMENTS: MIXED
Ft. (improvement area) September Term, 2018 No. 327 W Girard Ave 19123 USE Carlos Sanchez C.P.

Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff Jewell Williams

Overview of the Sheriff Sale Process

There are two types of Sheriff Sales.
The Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure
Sales and the Tax Sales. The Tax Sales
include Tax Lien, Tax Collection, and Tax
Delinquent Sales.
Tax Sales
When the owner of a property located
in the City of Philadelphia fails to make a
payment arrangement on municipal debt
levied on his/her property, that property
may be sold at the Tax Sheriff Sale to
allow the City to collect on that unpaid
debt. These debts can include outstand-
ing water and sewer bills, School District
of Philadelphia taxes, and city property
taxes. The sales also provide individu-
als the opportunity bid on and become
the owner of tax delinquent properties,
thereby acquiring lots, houses, or com-
mercial and industrial buildings.
Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sale
The Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure
Sherriff Sale is the process by which
mortgage companies and other finan-
cial institutions seek to collect debts
owed to them, particularly in instances
where a homeowner defaults on his/her
mortgage payments. As with Tax Sales,
Foreclosure Sales allow individuals the
opportunity to bid on properties and
become homeowners.
How much will a property cost?
The lowest bid that can be offered is
$600 and each successive bid must be
made in $100 increments. The highest
bidder will win the property and must be
prepared to make a $600 or 10% deposit
(whichever is highest) with a certified
check or money order made out to the
“Sheriff of Philadelphia.” The remaining
balance must be paid within 30 days of How are the properties identified What should you do before you bid?
the sale. An extension of time to pay the before and during the sale? Take a close look. It is strongly recom-
balance is rare but may be granted by the Each property has an identification num- mended that persons planning to bid at
Sheriff upon written request. ber called the writ number, which is listed the sales make a site visit to the property
in the newspaper and on our online listing prior to the sale. Many persons have bid-
The second bidder before the property address. This number ded on vacant lots thinking that they were
If you have been out-bid on a property, is used together with the property address bidding on a property containing residen-
you can have your name recorded as the when the property is offered for sale. The tial structures. The City is not authorized
second bidder. If the highest bidder does sale is conducted by an auctioneer who calls to permit or arrange for entry into proper-
not pay the balance in 30 days, the sec- out each party by writ number and address. ties listed for Sheriff Sales.
ond bidder shall be granted the same 30 In order to buy a property from any tax
limit to make settlement with the Sheriff IMPORTANT: Notice of owner’s Right sale, you must be tax compliant. Proof of
on his/her second bid. The second bidder of Redemption after a Tax Delinquent compliance must be provided at the time
must be registered on any property imme- Sale of final settlement. You can print a certifi-
diately after it is sold. The second bidder Even if you win a bid on a Tax Sale prop- cate of compliance by visiting the website
must present the same amount of deposit erty, within nine months of the acknowl- of the City Revenue Department. Once
that the highest bidder delivers to the edgement of the deed, the owner of record at the site, you will have to accept the
Sheriff at the stage. An extension of time can go to court and get permission to recover terms of the website, then choose “Sheriff
under no circumstances will be granted or the property by paying all back taxes and the Sale” as the compliance type. You will
honored by the Sheriff whenever a second money paid by the winning bidder. This is then need to enter the name and tax id
bid is registered at the sale. called the Right of Redemption. Therefore, number of the person or entity purchas-
if purchase a property through Delinquent ing the property. If the person or entity is
How do I learn which properties are Tax Sheriff Sale and invest funds to improve tax compliant, you will have an opportu-
to be sold? the property in the first year, beware that nity to print out a compliance certificate.
All properties that are court ordered to those funds can be lost. The right of Print this certificate out and bring it with
be sold at Sheriff Sales are advertised in Redemption is only applicable if the prop- you when you pay final balance of sale.
the Legal Intelligencer and on a rotating erty scheduled for Tax Sale is determined to Make sure you have a form of govern-
basis in a paper of general circulation. be owner occupied 90 days prior to the sale. ment issued identification. You will need
You can also view a list of properties to If the property is unoccupied or abandoned, to present this ID at the sale in order to
be sold at Sheriff Sale online by clicking there is no Right of Redemption. bid.
here. The Right of Redemption does not Consider the rehab costs. While there
apply to any property sold at the Mortgage are some bargains to be had at Sheriff
When and where do the Philadelphia Foreclosure Sheriff Sale. One way to protect Sales, potential bidders, especially those
Sheriff’s Sales take place? yourself is to contact the City’s Department seeking residential properties, are cau-
The Judicial Foreclosure Sale is held of Licenses and Inspections to determine tioned that the condition of properties
on the first Tuesday of each month. what outstanding code violations, if any, may vary widely.
There are also four different Tax Sales exist in the property. City loans and grants for income eli-
conducted each month and one on a Any work done to correct these violations gible owner occupants are available for
quarterly basis. Click here for a list of must be reimbursed to you if the original Sheriff Sale properties only after the
all Sheriff Sales currently scheduled. All owner reclaims the property during the Right Right of Redemption period has expired.
sales will take place at 9:00 AM at the of Redemption period. Therefore, make sure The City has set this policy to ensure that
First District AME Plaza located at 3801 you get and keep detailed and accurate its limited resources do not benefit origi-
Market Street on the 3rd Floor. receipts for code related renovations. nal owners.
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