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Hundreds rally to support trans woman

Polis ‘doing great’
after attack in Md.
McDonald’s; suspect
could face 10 years
in prison
CHRISSY LEE POLIS, seen here in a screenshot
from a video interview with the Baltimore
Sun, was attacked after attempting to use the
women’s restroom at a Maryland McDonald’s.
By LOU CHIBBARO JR. & KEVIN NAFF
A rally to draw attention to anti-transgender violence
turned surprisingly upbeat and almost jubilant on
Monday night at a Maryland McDonald’s restaurant
where Chrissy Lee Polis was beaten last week.
A crowd of about 300 spectators sang “We Shall
Overcome,” as politicians and activists denounced the
beating that captured national media attention after it
was recorded by a restaurant employee and posted to
YouTube.
The video shows two teenage women punching and
kicking Polis in the head and body as she curled up
on the restaurant floor. It has been viewed hundreds of
thousands of times.
“The turnout tonight is wonderful, I’m so happy,”
said Renee Carr, Polis’s mother, who attended the rally
with family and neighbors, but without her daughter.
“I didn’t think that McDonald’s was a dangerous place,
all she wanted to do was eat and use the bathroom.”
In an interview with the Blade after the rally, Carr said
she has always known her daughter was transgender
and that she has supported her “100 percent.”
“I even carried her pocketbook on the way to the
bus stop as a kid,” Carr said, adding that Polis is doing
better but was unable to attend. Others at the rally said
Polis was afraid to leave her house.
“I want to thank everyone personally who came
tonight,” said Kathleen Hand, Polis’s grandmother,
who also attended the rally, which was held in the
McDonald’s parking lot in Rosedale, Md., where the
beating took place. “Chrissy is doing great.”
Several politicians in the crowd expressed surprise
and gratitude for the strong turnout.
“This is truly an LGBT moment,” said Mary Washington,
a lesbian member of Maryland’s House of Delegates from
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Attacks on DOMA
lawyer ‘misplaced’
Obama, Holder support right of Congress to defend anti-gay law
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com

President Obama shares the view expressed earlier this week by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that attacks
on the private attorney who volunteered to litigate on behalf of the Defense of Marriage Act are “misplaced,”

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according to the White House.
Under questioning from the Washington Blade, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said during an off-
camera press gaggle Wednesday that statements from Holder, who earlier this week rebuffed those who would
vilify former U.S. solicitor general Paul Clement for taking up defense of DOMA, reflected Obama’s position.
“We do share Eric Holder’s views on this,” Carney said. “We think — as we said from the beginning when we talked
about — when I did from this podium — about the decision no longer from the administration to defend the Defense
of Marriage Act, that we would support efforts by Congress if they so chose to defend it. And so I have nothing to
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04 • APRIL 29, 2011 LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF

Whitman-Walker drops ‘Clinic’ from name

The Whitman-Walker Clinic announced on Wednesday that it has changed its
name to “Whitman-Walker Health” to reflect its expanded role in recent years as
a primary care provider for a wide range of health and medical services in addition
to HIV/AIDS.
Whitman-Walker officials rolled out the name change along with a new logo
and website at the organization’s 19th Annual Spring Gala Wednesday night at a
reception hall in Northwest Washington.
“This name change best emphasizes who Whitman-Walker is now and what we
aspire to be in the future: a full-service, best-in-class health center,” said Whitman-
Walker Executive Director Don Blanchon.
“We want to educate the metro D.C. community about the full range of
health care services we offer,” Blanchon said. “The word ‘Health’ best conveys
our current and future role in the community as a health center and reflects our
unwavering commitment to the highest quality of care for our patients,” he said.
Blanchon added that Whitman-Walker is staying “true to our roots” by remaining
committed to serving the LGBT community and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Gay families join Easter Egg Roll
In a statement released Wednesday, Whitman-Walker Health said it now offers
“primary medical and dental care; mental health and addictions counseling and The White House held its annual Easter Egg Roll on Monday and, as in years past,
treatment; HIV education, prevention, and testing; legal services; and medical adherence LGBT families joined in the fun. There were cooking demonstrations with celebrity chefs,
care management.” As it has in the past, Whitman-Walker continues to offer non-HIV a farmer’s market and even a beehive station.
related sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and treatment on a walk-in basis. Visit washingtonblade.com for video of interviews with families who participated.
The statement adds, “We are especially committed to meeting the health
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needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and people living
with HIV/AIDS.”
“The new logo boldly embraces our past, present and future,” Blanchon said.
“It honors our past by incorporating the two ‘W’s from the original logo. Its use
of color represents the diversity of our patients and the communities we serve. OBITUARY
And it includes a triangle symbol, which highlights our commitment to the three
principles of community, caring and quality.”
Steven Smith,
LOU CHIBBARO JR. Remington’s owner,
dies at 57
LGBT youth join officials for anti-bullying rally
A large contingent of LGBT young people joined officials from the mayor’s office Steven Smith, a D.C. resident since the early
and members of the City Council on April 21 in a “Rally for a Bully-Free D.C.” 1980s and the owner of the Capitol Hill gay
The event was held on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building, which serves bar Remington’s, died April 15 at Georgetown
as the D.C. City Hall. University Hospital from complications STEVEN SMITH
Organizers said the rally was aimed at drawing attention to the longstanding associated with liver cancer. He was 57. PHOTO COURTESY OF DOUG BOGAEV
problem of bullying in the city’s public schools, especially anti-LGBT bullying. Nearly Smith’s partner, Doug Bogaev, said
all of the more than one dozen speakers called on the D.C. Council to pass a bill Smith and then-partner Dick Brandrupt
introduced earlier this year by D.C. Council member Harry Thomas (D-Ward 5) bought Remington’s in July 1985 when it outside the Marine Barracks to demand
called the Bullying and Intimidation Prevention Act of 2011. was called Equus. The two renamed the strict disciplinary action against the
The bill, which has been co-sponsored by nearly all Council members, would bar Remington’s and continued operating perpetrators of the attack.
require D.C. public schools and public charter schools, the University of the District it as a popular gay country-Western bar Smith, who called on the Marine
of Columbia, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the city’s public libraries that featured dancing. commandant to take steps to prevent
to develop comprehensive policies to prevent student bullying and harassment. Smith later enlarged the bar by future harassment against the bar by
Jeffrey Richardson, director of the Mayor’s Office of GLBT Affairs, read a proclamation expanding it into an adjacent building Marines, told the Blade that a barracks
at the rally issued by Mayor Vincent Gray declaring April 21 “Bully Free D.C. Day.” on the 600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, commander apologized and promised to
Among the young people speaking at the rally were Victoria Kirby, a graduate S.E., where it has operated since it first take swift disciplinary action against any
student at Howard University; Ladera Ellis, Kyrina Harris, Pernell Gordon, and opened as Equus in 1980. Marine creating problems for the bar.
Fidelia Iqwe of Metro Teen AIDS; Frieda Smith and D’Angelo Morrison of the According to Bogaev, Smith was born in While saying he was sympathetic to
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL); and Tyrone Hanley, a University Miami, and grew up in Tyrone, Ga. Smith the activists’ protest against the barracks,
of the District of Columbia law student. served five years in the U.S. Coast Guard before Smith also told the Blade he supported
Most of them gave personal accounts of witnessing or experiencing anti-LGBT moving to D.C. in the early 1980s, Bogaev said. the Marines and didn’t want to see the
bullying during their high school years. Morrison said he considered but ultimately Under Smith’s ownership, Remington’s Marines’ reputation tarnished because of
rejected suicide after encountering relentless bullying and intimidation when his has been credited with hosting numerous a “few bad apples.”
fellow high school students discovered he was gay. LGBT community events, including Bogaev said he will continue to operate
Thomas said he was certain the Council would soon pass his anti-bullying bill, fundraisers for the city’s annual Capital Remington’s along with the bar’s staff.
saying he looks forward to working with D.C. public school officials in developing Pride festival and parade. “I feel he was an absolutely wonderful
stringent anti-bullying policies. He called current school policies aimed at Smith was praised by LGBT activists person,” said Bogaev. “He would always
curtailing bullying a “patchwork” of rules that differ from school to school that in 1997 for his handling of an incident in put a smile on your face.”
don’t adequately address the problem. which five Marines stationed at the U.S. In addition to Bogaev, Smith is survived
He has said he is open to suggested amendments to the bill proposed by Marine Barracks located a few blocks by two brothers, Bobby and James, and a
the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), the Gay & Lesbian away at 8th and I Streets, S.E., tossed sister, Sharon.
Activists Alliance and others that would, among other things, require its anti- a tear gas grenade into Remington’s, A celebration of his life is scheduled to
bullying and anti-intimidation provisions to cover all the categories of protected causing minor injuries to several take place at Remington’s on May 7 from
groups listed in the D.C. Human Rights Act. customers and triggering an uproar in 5 to 8 p.m.
Among the Council members speaking at the rally, in addition to Thomas, were the gay community. Contributions in lieu of flowers can be
Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7), and Sekou Biddle (D-At-Large). The incident, which was considered made to the American Cancer Society and
an anti-gay attack, drew national media Whitman-Walker Health, the new name
LOU CHIBBARO JR. attention and statements of condemnation for D.C.’s Whitman-Walker Clinic.
by D.C. government officials. LGBT
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Orange wins race for at-large Council seat
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Democrat Vincent Orange won the race
for an at-large D.C. Council seat in the city’s
special election on Tuesday, defeating eight
rivals, including interim Democratic Council
member Sekou Biddle, who received the
backing of most LGBT leaders.
In a development that suggests rank-
and-file LGBT voters may have rejected
the advice of gay leaders, Biddle lost by
lopsided margins to pro-gay Republican
Patrick Mara in seven of the city’s 14
precincts identified as having high
concentrations of LGBT residents.
Pro-gay Democratic candidate Bryan
Weaver trounced Biddle in another five
of those precincts in neighborhoods in
Ward 1, which is Weaver’s home base.
Orange won in the remaining two
precincts – in Anacostia and the Southwest
Waterfront – which are believed to have a
significant number of black LGBT residents.
Final but unofficial returns released
Tuesday night by the D.C. Board of
Elections and Ethics show Orange
receiving 28 percent of the vote. Mara
came in second with 26 percent. Biddle
came in third with 20 percent, with Weaver
coming in fourth place with 13 percent.
Pannell trailing in D.C. school board race
Gay candidate doubts
uncounted ballots could
change outcome
‘I think I ran a good campaign and did
everything I possibly could have done,’ said
PHIL PANNELL. ‘Obviously I’m disappointed.’
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Gay Democratic and Ward 8 civic activist
Phil Pannell was running second in a nine-
candidate race for a seat on the D.C.
Board of Education representing Ward 8
in the city’s special election on Tuesday.
Unofficial returns from the Board of
Elections and Ethics showed Pannell with
716 votes, or 27.8 percent, trailing political
newcomer and community activist Trayon
White, who had 885 votes with 33.2
percent of the total.
D.C. voting rights advocate and LGBT
rights supporter Eugene Dewitt Kinlow
was running third, with 434 votes and 16.3
percent of the total.
Mara, Weaver
capture ‘gay’ precincts
VINCENT ORANGE unseated interim Council
member Sekou Biddle in Tuesday’s election.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Democrat Joshua Lopez, who also
expressed strong support on LGBT issues,
received 7 percent. The remaining four
candidates – Democrats Tom Brown and
Dorothy Douglas; Statehood Green Party
candidate Alan Page; and independent
An election board spokesperson said it
would take another 10 days for the board to
count absentee ballots cast by mail, curbside
ballots cast by senior citizens or voters with
disabilities, and special or provisional ballots
cast by those who register to vote on the
same day as the election.
Spokesperson Alysoun McLaughlin said
the board sent out 3,953 absentee ballots
by mail and had received only 785 back as
of earlier this week. She could not predict
how many more would come back. They
must be postmarked no later than Election
Day, April 26, to be considered valid, she
said. It could not be determined at press
time how many ballots cast in Ward 8
remained uncounted.
Pannell said he contacted White by
Arkan Haile -- received a combined total
of less than 5 percent.
Orange, who came out against same-
sex marriage when he ran for mayor in
2006, reversed his position on the issue
last year, saying he now supports the city’s
phone on election night to congratulate
him on his apparent victory. Pannell’s
campaign workers and supporters
gathered at the Player’s Lounge restaurant
on Martin Luther King Ave., S.E., on
Tuesday night to await the election returns.
“I think I ran a good campaign and
did everything I possibly could have
done,” Pannell said. “Obviously I’m
disappointed.”
Michael Sainte-Andress, a longtime
friend of Pannell’s who served as the
Pannell campaign treasurer, called Pannell
a highly skilled and “tireless” advocate for
the Ward 8 community over a period of at
least 30 years.
Sainte-Andress said he believes Pannell
was the most qualified among the
candidates running in the Ward 8 race but
was concerned that some conservative
voters in the majority black ward would be
reluctant to vote for an openly gay man.
“They know all of the good things Phillip
has done in this community for so long,”
said Sainte-Andress. “They acknowledge
that he has helped many of them over the
years. But for some in this community – they
just can’t bring themselves to vote for him.”
Others familiar with the Ward 8 race said
Pannell was placed at a disadvantage to at
least some degree over the circumstance
that resulted in the Ward 8 seat becoming
vacant. Longtime community advocate,
teacher and Ward 8 school board member
William Lockridge, 63, who was well known
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marriage equality law. He pointed to what
he called his strong pro-LGBT record
during his tenure as a Ward 5 Council
member from 1997 to 2007 on LGBT
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and liked in the community, died suddenly
in January of complications from a stroke.
Lockridge’s widow, Wanda Lockridge,
played a key role in recruiting Trayon White,
26, a family friend, to run for her husband’s
seat, according to sources familiar with the
race. Although most political observers
in Ward 8 who know White consider him
a bright and enthusiastic community
advocate, some feel he lacks the
experience and knowledge of others who
competed for the seat, including Pannell.
White won the endorsement of Ward 8
D.C. Council member Marion Barry, who
many view as one of the lead power brokers
in the ward. The Washington Teachers
Union also endorsed White, who recently
graduated from the University of Maryland.
The Washington Post endorsed Pannell,
citing his many years of community service
in the ward and involvement in Ward 8
school issues.
Pannell also won the endorsement of
the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the
city’s largest LGBT political group.
Unofficial returns from the election
board show the following results for
the Ward 8 school board race: Trayon
White Sr., 33.2 percent; Phillip Pannell,
26.8 percent; Eugene Dewitt Kinlow,
16.3 percent; Anthony Muhammad, 8.7
percent; Sandra S.V. Williams, 6.9 percent;
W. Cardell Shelton, 2.8 percent; Tijwanna
Phillips, 1.8 percent; R. Joyce Scott, 1.5
percent; Larry Pretlow, 1.4 percent.
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08 • APRIL 29, 2011
Equality Maryland
fires director, names
interim leader
Lynne Bowman takes
helm of statewide group
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
The board of directors of the statewide
LGBT organization Equality Maryland
voted Sunday night in a closed meeting
to fire its executive director, Morgan
Meneses-Sheets, according to sources.
Four days later, the board announced
that Lynne Bowman would become the
group’s new interim executive director
effective Monday.
Bowman has served as director of
programs and services for the Equality
Federation, a national association of state
LGBT groups. She is also a founder of
Equality Ohio and most recently served as
campaign manager for Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee
Fisher’s U.S. Senate campaign.
“During Lynne’s time with the
Equality Federation and as executive
director of Equality Ohio, Lynne
consistently demonstrated strong,
visionary leadership,” said Rebecca
Isaacs, executive director of the Equality
Federation in a statement.
Equality Maryland said it would
now begin the search for a permanent
executive director.
“Equality Maryland is thrilled to have a
nationally known and respected leader at
the helm of the organization,” the group
said in a joint statement to the Blade
from Chuck Butler, board chair of Equality
Maryland, and Patrick Wojahn, chair of the
Equality Maryland Foundation.
The news of Meneses-Sheets’ dismissal
came in a statement released by Matthew
Thorn, the group’s development director.
Thorn, who was hired in January to
lead Equality Maryland’s fundraising
activities, announced in his statement
that he was resigning immediately in
protest over the board’s decision to
dismiss Meneses-Sheets.
“This past Sunday, the board of directors
of Equality Maryland, in executive session,
voted to remove her from her position,
essentially telling the organization’s staff,
volunteers, supporters, funders and
general community that the organization
will now move in a different direction,”
Thorn said in his statement.
“I fear that the direction that the board
seeks to take is one that will not be a
beneficial path for the community, for the
organization, for the staff and especially
for the organization’s funders, and that’s
why, effective today, I am resigning from
my position as director of development of
Equality Maryland.”
In her own statement sent to the group’s
volunteers, Meneses-Sheets said, “It is
with heavy heart that I share that today will
be my last day as the executive director
of Equality Maryland. While it is not my
choice to leave, it is my choice to make my
voice heard as I exit.”
While her tenure at the organization over
the past 18 months has provided “some
of the most rewarding moments of my
career,” she said in her statement that her
job has also been “extremely” difficult.
“In particular the past few months
have been tough to bear,” she said. “Not
because of the hard work which I welcome
and felt honored to be part of, but because
of the forces within the organization and
external politics that created additional
and unnecessary obstacles to our forward
movement and success.”
Wojahn said the board would not
comment on specific reasons for
Meneses-Sheets’ departure, other than to
say “it was a mutual decision by her and
the organization.”
He said the board views both Meneses-
Sheets’ and Mathew Thorn’s departures
as personnel matters, which the board
doesn’t publicly discuss.
Asked about Meneses-Sheets’ statement
saying it was not her choice to leave the
organization, Wojahn said, “It was partially
our decision, too. But we essentially
decided to go in a different direction as an
organization. And I don’t want to comment
any more on personnel matters.”
Sources familiar with the organization,
who spoke only on condition that they not
be identified, said Meneses-Sheets’ firing
could stem, in part, from disagreements
between her and board members over
some of her decisions in carrying out the
group’s efforts to pass a same-sex marriage
bill and transgender non-discrimination
bill in the Maryland Legislature.
At least two sources said board members
became irate when she disclosed in a
telephone news conference with media
representatives the group’s timetable for
seeking a vote by lawmakers on the marriage
bill. The board members reportedly believed
releasing such information would help
opponents of the bills develop strategies to
block or kill the legislation.
Her discussion on the media call about
the strategy for the bill’s timing prompted
Butler to issue an order prohibiting
‘While it is not my choice to leave, it is my choice to make my voice heard as I exit,’ MORGAN
MENESES-SHEETS wrote in a statement that accompanied her departure from Equality Maryland.
Meneses-Sheets from speaking to the
media, an action that other staff members
viewed as an unfair intrusion by the board
into her ability to use her judgment in
carrying out the board’s policies, one of
the sources said.
Her supporters viewed the board’s
directive prohibiting an executive director
of a political organization from talking to
the media as a petty intrusion into the day-
to-day operation of the group, sources
familiar with the group said.
One source blamed the board for
“failing to get their own act together” on
the marriage and transgender bills.
The departure of Meneses-Sheets and
Thorn from Equality Maryland follows a
tumultuous four-month period in which
tense, behind-the-scenes disputes
surfaced between board members and
Meneses-Sheets over strategy in the
group’s unsuccessful effort to pass same-
sex marriage and transgender non-
discrimination bills, according to sources
familiar with the organization.
Sources say the tension and sometimes
bitter infighting went beyond Equality
Maryland and involved a tangle of alliances
with several national LGBT organizations
that exerted great influence over the
push to pass the same-sex marriage bill.
Among them were D.C.-based Human
Rights Campaign, Denver-based Gill
Action Fund and the New York-based
Freedom to Marry.
E-mails obtained by the Blade that
were sent by officials of the three groups
to Meneses-Sheets, Equality Maryland
board members and LGBT members
of the Maryland Legislature show that
the groups pushed hard for cancelling
a planned vote on the marriage bill in
the state’s House of Delegates. The
controversial decision to cancel the vote
and recommit the bill to committee,
which killed it for the year, came after
the national LGBT groups and some
supportive lawmakers determined they
didn’t have the votes to pass the bill and
it would be better to recall it then go
forward with a losing vote.
Other activists and Equality Maryland
supporters strongly disputed that
decision, saying the bill had a chance of
passing and even if it lost, it would have
been better to force lawmakers to take a
recorded vote to determine where they
stood on marriage equality.
The death of the marriage bill for the
legislature’s 2011 session was quickly followed
by a separate vote in the Maryland Senate to
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LYNNE BOWMAN takes over as head of
Equality Maryland effective May 2.
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recommit to committee the Gender Identity
Non-Discrimination Act, an action that also
killed that measure for the year.
The two developments were viewed as
a double defeat for Equality Maryland at
a time when many thought the legislature
should have passed both measures.
Supporters of Meneses-Sheets say at
least some Equality Maryland board
members were seeking to make her the
“scapegoat” for the bills’ defeat, saying
the demise of the two measures was due,
at least in part, to forces beyond Equality
Maryland’s control
Meneses-Sheets devotes most of her
two-page statement to citing what she
calls the major successes of Equality
Maryland during her tenure and the tenure
of the group’s staff and volunteers. Among
other things, she said the group played a
key role in the advancement of the same-
sex marriage and transgender rights bills
to a point further than had been achieved
over the previous five years.
“As a Marylander, as a lesbian, as a
parent, as someone with many loved ones
who are transgender and as someone who
believes in social justice, I sincerely hope
that Equality Maryland will succeed in their
future endeavors to ensure that our state
lives up to the promise of equality for all
of its citizens,” she said. “This will require
significant change, but it is possible.”
Meneses-Sheets became the third
executive director of Equality Maryland
to leave the group since 2008. Thorn’s
resignation comes just five months
after he joined the group in January. His
predecessor as development director,
Kevin Walling, left the group in September
2010 less than two years after being hired
in January 2009.
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first ever trans meeting
Chief U.S. District Judge VAUGHN WALKER said he never thought about recusing himself from
Job discrimination for information on which transgender
activists will be in attendance. Informed
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expected to be sources said the National Center for
only as a physician for a decade, the AP said. addressed Transgender Equality will form the basis
of attendees at the meeting.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA.ORG The specific topics of discussion
By CHRIS JOHNSON during the meeting were unclear.
cjohnson@washblade.com Keisling declined to identify specific
policy initiatives that she would bring
Experts: Judge’s sexual orientation a non-issue Transgender activists intend to discuss up, but noted her organization’s larger
federal policy issues at a White House agenda includes employment policy,
SAN FRANCISCO — The sponsors of California’s same-sex marriage ban insist they are
meeting that will be the first ever held access to health care, military policy and
not trying to disqualify the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 because he is
by the Office of Public Engagement to immigration detention standards.
gay, according to an Associated Press report this week. Instead, they argue the judge’s
focus solely on trans issues. “We’re not prioritizing them in that
decade-long relationship with another man poses a potential conflict because they
Shin Inouye, a White House way, and I’m not going to prioritize them
might want to get hitched themselves. Experts in judicial ethics said Tuesday that line of
spokesperson, said the meeting, that way just so you can have a good
reasoning is unlikely to prevail. At the center of the dispute is Chief U.S. District Judge
which is set to take place Friday at the story,” Keisling said. “Everybody’s like,
Vaughn Walker, who issued the ruling last August declaring Proposition 8 to be an
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, ‘Why are you talking about this one
unconstitutional violation of gay Californians’ civil rights. “We are not suggesting that a
will include transgender leaders who and not that one?’ We’re going to say,
gay or lesbian judge could not sit on this case,” attorneys for the backers of Proposition
work on federal policy. ‘Here’s our agenda.’”
8 wrote in their motion filed Monday to overturn the landmark ruling. “Simply stated,
“OPE routinely holds meetings with According to the White House,
under governing California law, Chief Judge Walker currently cannot marry his partner,
various stakeholders to discuss various Obama administration officials in
but his decision in this case ... would give him a right to do so.”
policy issues,” Inouye said. “Friday’s attendance will come from the White
meeting, like most OPE meetings, will House Domestic Policy Council, the
Arson that killed 8 horses may be hate crime be closed press and off the record.” Office of Cabinet Affairs, the Office of
Additionally, Inouye said the meeting Public Engagement, the counsel’s office
McCONNELSVILLE, Ohio — Firefighters in rural Ohio are offering a $5,000 reward
will be the first ever for the Office of and other offices. President Obama isn’t
for information about who was behind an Easter arson attack that killed eight horses,
Public Engagement where transgender expected to attend.
including a week-old colt, in a blaze being investigated as a hate crime against the
issues are the sole focus of discussion. Silverman said he hopes employment
animals’ gay owner, AOL News reported citing several Ohio news outlets. Brent
“While transgender issues have been non-discrimination protections for
Whitehouse, who’s gay, said he noticed an orange glow coming from the barn near
covered in previous OPE meetings, and transgender people will be among the
his farmhouse in McConnelsville, Ohio, just before midnight Sunday. He ran out to
transgender leaders have been included discussion points during the meeting.
the barn, but the door jammed, its hinges likely melted from the fire’s heat, AOL
in other OPE meetings, this would be “I think there are important things
said. Whitehouse told a TV station in the region (Channel 10) he “couldn’t believe
the first time OPE has held a meeting on the agenda for transgender people
they would take the time to actually harm an innocent animal.” Homophobic slurs
solely focused on transgender issues,” at the federal level, and that includes
like “Fags are freaks” and “Burn in hell” were discovered spray-painted on the
Inouye said. things like ensuring that we have
smoldering wreckage of his barn. Whitehouse estimated their value, along with the
Mara Keisling, executive director of employment protections at the federal
destroyed barn, to be more than $500,000. The state fire marshal’s office has ruled that
the National Center for Transgender level and how important that is for the
the fire was intentionally set. The local Blue Ribbon Arson Committee has announced
Equality, said she plans to attend the community, and that would be our top
a $5,000 reward for any information about who set the fire, AOL reported.
meeting. priority,” Silverman said.
“This is the first president who has Advocates have been pressing
Tenn. considers ‘don’t say gay’ bill allowed trans people — really allowed Obama to issue an executive order
LGBT people — to bring forward that would bar the federal government
NASHVILLE — A committee in the Tennessee State Senate has green-lighted a
problems and then advocate for them,” from contracting with companies that
bill that, if passed, would ban elementary and middle teachers from discussing
Keisling said. “In the Bush administration, don’t have non-discrimination policies
homosexuality at school, Time and other media outlets reported this week. The
we couldn’t even do that. They wouldn’t based on sexual orientation and gender
legislation, dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill, would mandate that before ninth grade,
even listen to us. They didn’t care what identity for their workforce. Such a
teachers not “provide any instruction or material that discusses sexual orientation
our problems were. In fact, they were directive has been seen as an interim
other than heterosexuality.” The bill will next be put up for a vote before the state’s full,
making most of our problems.” alternative while Republicans remain
Republican-controlled, Senate. Meanwhile this week the California Senate passed a
Michael Silverman, executive director in control of the U.S. House to passing
bill that would require all state public schools to teach the history of the gay civil rights
for the Transgender Legal Defense & the Employment Non-Discrimination
movement, U.S. News & World Report reported this week. A similar measure in 2006
Education Fund, said his organization Act, which would bar job bias against
was passed by the legislature, but vetoed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
wasn’t invited to the meeting, but LGBT people.
added having the first Office of Public Silverman said his organization would
McGreevey bid to Episcopal priesthood blocked Engagement meeting to focus on back an executive order mandating
transgender issues is “tremendously employment non-discrimination from
TRENTON, N.J. — Former Gov. Jim McGreevey, who abruptly resigned in 2004 after
significant.” the president and hopes such a measure
coming out and admitting an extramarital affair with a male staffer, has had his pursuit of
“There was concern at the start that would be brought up during the
the Episcopal priesthood put on hold indefinitely, the AP reported this week. The New
this was a quote-unquote secret meeting meeting.
York Post reported Monday that the church has deferred his bid to join the clergy. The
and [the fact] that the White House is “At this point, employment is the top
church, which accepts gays and women into the clergy, wants McGreevey to wait so he
speaking about it publicly demonstrates priority of the community,” Silverman
can put more distance between his possible ordination and the fairly recent turmoil in his
there is a commitment to meeting with said. “A recent survey showed 47
life: his coming out in a nationally televised speech, his resignation and a messy divorce
transgender people and to addressing percent of transgender people have
from his wife, Dina Matos, in 2008. McGreevey, 53, earned a master of divinity degree last
their needs,” Silverman said. been denied a job or a promotion — or
spring, three years after entering General Theological Seminary in New York City.
Inouye deferred to the White House fired from a job — just because of who
visitor’s access records release process they are.”
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Committee has votes to advance DOMA repeal
Sens. Harkin,
Kohl announce
sponsorship of bill
Sen. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-Minn.) has recently
voiced support for DOMA repeal
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
New support for legislation that would
repeal the Defense of Marriage Act assures
that the necessary votes are in place for a
favorable Senate committee vote on the
measure as advocates maintain hearings
should take place before advancing the bill.
Last week, the Respect of Marriage
Act, legislation sponsored by Sen. Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.) that would repeal the
1996 anti-gay law that prohibits federal
recognition of same-sex marriage, gained
two new co-sponsors: Sens. Tom Harkin
(D-Iowa) and Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.).
Kohl’s support for the legislation is
critical because he’s a member of the
Carney: No list of LGBT promises for 2012
Several key pledges
remain unfulfilled
from ‘08
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney
said this week he doesn’t expect President
Obama to issue a list of promises to the
LGBT community as part of his re-election
campaign as he did during the 2008
election season.
During a news conference, Carney
made the remarks in response to a
question from the Washington Blade on
whether Obama would publish a list of
objectives he wanted to achieve for the
LGBT community during the second term
of his administration.
“Well, I don’t anticipate reissuing a
list,” Carney said. “I think his position on
a number of issues has been clear and
his accomplishments on a number of
issues have been clear. So as is true with a
number of the goals he set forward during
his campaign and in the first two-plus
years of his administration, he remains
Senate Judiciary Committee and would
have a vote when the roll is called to move
the legislation to the floor. Lynn Becker, a
Kohl spokesperson, said the senator had
previously considered DOMA a state issue.
Meanwhile, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.),
another member of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, has also said she’d vote for
repeal of DOMA in committee, although
she’s stopped short of co-sponsoring the
legislation. Last month, the Minnesota
Independent reported that the senator
would back the Respect for Marriage Act.
In a statement provided to the
Washington Blade, Klobuchar confirmed
that legislation to repeal the Defense of
Marriage Act has her support.
“I would vote to repeal this law because
[committed to] those that are unfinished.”
Carney noted the president has been
“saying a lot lately we still have a lot of
work to do, and we’re not done yet” and
maintained Obama “will remain committed
to a number of policy objectives that
haven’t been achieved yet.”
In 2008, Obama published an open
letter to the LGBT community during
June Pride month listing the objectives
he would pursue on behalf of the LGBT
community upon his election.
Some promises in the letter have come
to fruition. For example, then-Democratic
presidential nominee Obama said he would
“place the weight” of his administration behind
passage of hate crimes legislation. Congress
enacted such a statute in 2009 as part of the
fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill.
Additionally, Obama has signed legislation
allowing for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal,
although certification implementing open
service has yet to take place.
But other promises in the 2008 letter
remain unfulfilled. Obama pledged to
work to pass the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act to bar job bias based on
sexual orientation and gender identity, but
Congress has yet to pass it. The president
also said he would seek complete repeal
I believe same-sex couples and their
families should have access to the same
basic rights, including hospital visitation
and survivor benefits,” Klobuchar said.
The support from Kohl and Klobuchar
means that the Respect for Marriage Act
has at least 10 votes in the Senate Judiciary
Committee — enough to advance the bill
to the Senate floor.
The two Democratic members of the
Senate Judiciary Committee publicly
came on board in support for DOMA
repeal after the Courage Campaign, a
progressive California-based grassroots
organizing network, pushed the lawmakers
to articulate their support.
Rick Jacobs, chair of the Courage
Campaign, said his organization began
eyeing important votes in the committee
upon introduction of the Respect for
Marriage Act in March.
“It was two situations where we had
this idea … to have people tell their
stories locally and to make sure … that
these legislators heard that they all have
constituents, supporters and donors who
are affected by DOMA,” Jacobs said.
In Minnesota, Jacobs said the Courage
Campaign circulated an online petition
to encourage Klobuchar to voice support
for the Respect for Marriage Act. After
the initiative, the Minnesota senator said
she’d support the legislation.
“We published a blog post on our Prop
8 Trial Tracker asking about her,” Jacobs
of the Defense of Marriage Act, but the
anti-gay law remains on the books.
Obama’s position on same-sex marriage
has marginally changed since he issued the
letter. In the missive, Obama says he believes
civil unions “represent the best way to secure
that equal treatment” for same-sex couples,
stopping short of an endorsement for gay
nuptials. The president has since suggested
his position could evolve on the issue and
that he’s wrestling with the idea of same-sex
marriage. Advocates have been pressing
Obama to issue an outright endorsement of
marriage equality.
During the news conference, Carney
said Obama remains committed to
the outstanding promises to the LGBT
community that were made during the
2008 election.
“Well, I think you know that we’ve taken
a pretty significant action on DOMA,”
Carney said. “And on the other issues, I
think he remains committed to the agenda
on a variety of issues that he laid forward.”
Carney was referring to U.S. Attorney
General Eric Holder’s announcement on
Feb. 23 that Obama determined that DOMA
was unconstitutional and that the Justice
Department would no longer defend the
anti-gay law in court. U.S. House Speaker
washingtonblade.com
NATIONAL NEWS
said. “That got picked up by the Minnesota
Independent, and together with folks in
state, there was a little pressure put on,
and within about a day, as I recall, a state
senator had gotten confirmation that she
would support repeal of DOMA.”
Similarly for Kohl, Courage Campaign
launched an online campaign to
encourage his support for DOMA repeal.
According to the organization, more than
1,000 people wrote to Kohl urging him to
back the Respect for Marriage Act.
“We contacted our members in his state
— we’ve got 7,000 — and they contacted
him,” Jacobs said. “They gave us some
really terrific stories and, again, last week,
his state director contacted the local
equality organization that we’re working
with to confirm, to say, ‘Yes. yes, yes, we
are going to be on board.’”
Despite having the votes in the Senate
Judiciary Committee, the next steps
for the Respect for Marriage Act in the
panel are unclear. Erica Chabot, a Senate
Judiciary Committee spokesperson, said
she was unable to communicate with
Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) during the
congressional recess about his plans.
Advocates working to advance the
legislation say hearings should take
place before the bill is sent to the Senate
floor to follow regular order and build
additional support.
CONTINUES AT WASHINGTONBLADE.COM.
John Boehner (R-Ohio) has since directed the
House general counsel to take up defense of
DOMA following a partyline 3-2 vote in March
by the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group.
A portion of the exchange between the
Blade and Carney follows:
Washington Blade: Jay, a question on
the president’s 2012 reelection campaign.
Back in 2008, the president outlined to the
LGBT community a litany of objectives he
wanted to achieve over the course of his
administration. Do you expect that as we
get closer to November 2012 that he’s
going to reissue some sort of list of what he
wants to achieve with the LGBT community
in the second term of his administration —
perhaps making new promises?
Jay Carney: Well, I don’t anticipate
reissuing a list. I think his position on a
number of issues has been clear and his
accomplishments on a number of issues
have been clear. So as is true with a number
of the goals he set forward during his
campaign and in the first two-plus years of
his administration, he remains [committed to]
those that are unfinished. As he’s been saying
a lot lately we still have a lot of work to do and
we’re not done yet. And so I think that he
will remain committed to a number of policy
objectives that haven’t been achieved yet.
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‘We think … about the decision no longer from

the administration to defend the Defense of
Marriage Act, that we would support efforts
by Congress if they so chose to defend it,’ said
White House Press Secretary JAY CARNEY.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

Obama rejects attacks on DOMA defense

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It was something we dealt with here in American families.” doesn’t disagree with the White House
the Department of Justice,” Holder was Although Solmonese identified press secretary.
add to the attorney general’s comments.” quoted as saying. “The people who both King & Spalding and Clement in “We wish [the House] hadn’t, we don’t
Following a party-line vote by the criticized our people here at the Justice his statement, Fred Sainz, HRC’s vice believe there is a necessity given the pain
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group in March, Department were wrong then, as are president of communications, asserted and suffering that it inflicts on gay and
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) people who criticized Paul Clement for the that Holder’s comments defending lesbian families, but we don’t disagree that
directed House General Counsel Kerry representation that he’s going to continue.” Clement are inaccurate because the LGBT they have the legal right to defend the
Kercher to take up defense of DOMA Among the groups that joined in the rights group went after the firm and not statute given that they passed it,” Sainz said.
in court. President Obama had earlier outcry after the contract was executed with the private attorney. Richard Socarides, president of Equality
announced that he determined the Clement to defend DOMA in court was the “We have a great deal of respect for Matters, said he’s unsure that Holder’s
1996 anti-gay statute prohibiting federal Human Rights Campaign, which pledged Attorney General Holder,” Sainz said. remarks should be interpreted as criticism
recognition of same-sex marriage was to launch a campaign to inform King & “His comments on the particulars of our of LGBT rights groups for attacking
unconstitutional and that his administration Spalding’s clients and potential recruits involvement are inaccurate. We never Clement and also maintained the House is
would no longer defend it in court. about the decision to defend DOMA. The criticized Paul Clement. Our issue has within its rights to defend DOMA in court.
On April 14, Kircher executed a contract
with Clement, who was then affiliated with
the firm King & Spalding, for assistance
with defense of DOMA at a blended rate
of $520 an hour and initial total sum cap
that could reach $500,000.
Following intense criticism from the
LGBT community, King & Spalding
announced that it would no longer
participate in defense of the anti-gay law
because of an inadequate vetting process
in taking up the case. Clement resigned
from his position at the firm and took Attorney General ERIC HOLDER said this week
that ‘Paul Clement is a great lawyer and has
up a partnership at Bancroft LLC while
done a lot of really great things for this nation.’
pledging to continue to defend DOMA.
According to Politico, Holder earlier this WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

week rejected attacks on Clement from the

LGBT community during a roundtable with
reporters and came to the defense of the
private attorney for sticking with the case.
“Paul Clement is a great lawyer and has
done a lot of really great things for this
nation. In taking on the representation
— representing Congress in connection
with DOMA, I think he is doing that which
lawyers do when we’re at our best,”
Holder reportedly said. “That criticism, I
think, was very misplaced.”
Holder also reportedly compared
attacks on Clement to attacks on Justice
Department lawyers for their past work for
detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
firm announced it would drop defense of the
anti-gay following HRC’s announcement.
Last week, HRC President Joe
Solmonese criticized both King & Spalding
and Clement for litigating on behalf of the
1996 law.
“DOMA inflicts a great cost on same-sex
couples but now its defense is burdening
taxpayers to the tune of $520 per hour,”
Solmonese said. “The firm of King &
Spalding and their attorney Paul Clement
should be ashamed at every penny earned
in trying to justify discrimination against
been with King & Spalding, the firm
that employed him. K&S espouses
LGBT inclusion on their website. This
engagement is completely antithetical to
those values and thus our central claim has
been hypocrisy. You simply can’t square
espousing LGBT inclusion and defending
discrimination.”
Sainz continued that Carney rightly
observed that the House is fully within its
rights to defend the law — now that the
Obama administration has chosen to drop
defense of the statute — and said HRC
“I think that he is a lawyer of a certain
political viewpoint, and he’s now at a firm
that takes these cases that are highly
politically charged,” Socarides said. “The
case is now probably in an appropriate
place. I don’t have any problems with
what Holder said in so far as he’s simply
stating the fact that Boehner has a right to
pursue this course. No one is suggesting
he doesn’t have a right to do this, and if
he wants to hire Paul Clement to do it,
and Paul Clement wants to represent him,
that’s totally fine.”
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Hundreds protest anti-trans violence
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Baltimore City. “Our allies are here as well. I
see this moment lasting and we will resume
the fight to pass HB 235.”
She was referring to a transgender non-
discrimination bill that was killed by the
Maryland Senate just a week prior to the
beating.
Baltimore City Council member Carl
Stokes echoed those impressed by the
large turnout.
“I’m surprised at the turnout,” Stokes
said, “it’s great that we have all come out
in support of Chrissy and of peace over
hate. This happens all too often and it’s
important we push back against hate.”
Representatives of the statewide LGBT
advocacy group Equality Maryland were
on hand and joined the call for an end to
anti-transgender violence.
“I’m heartened to see that hundreds of
people see that indiscriminate violence
needs to stop,” said Equality Maryland
board member Lisa Polyak after the rally.
John Cluster Jr., a Republican member
of the Maryland House of Delegates
who represents the district where the
McDonald’s attack took place, said he was
highly troubled over the incident but did
Orange wins Council seat, Mara strong in gay precincts
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6
issues other than marriage equality.
In the weeks leading up to the election,
Orange campaigned in many of the city’s
gay bars. He received applause when
he spoke earlier this month to a crowd
attending a drag show at the Southwest
gay nightclub Ziegfeld’s. Last week he
hosted a meet-and-greet reception at the
gay sports bar Nellie’s on U Street, N.W.
A number of LGBT activists backed
his candidacy, including veteran gay
Democratic and Ward 8 civic activist Phil
Pannell, who was trailing in his own race on
Tuesday for a Ward 8 school board seat.
Biddle received the endorsement of the
Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city’s
largest LGBT political group, and was backed
by most of the city’s prominent LGBT activist
leaders. He spoke out in support of LGBT-
related issues in the city’s public schools during
his tenure as a Ward 4 school board member.
He also received endorsements from
Mayor Vincent Gray, Council Chair Kwame
Brown, and seven other Council members,
including gay Council member David
Catania (I-At-Large).
Some political observers said Biddle,
who had the reputation of a good-
government reformist and progressive
candidate, suffered when Gray and Brown
came under scrutiny over allegations of
cronyism and abuse of government perks.
Gray became embroiled over allegations
that a few of his high-level appointees hired
family members to high-paying city jobs and
not think it demonstrates the need for a
transgender non-discrimination law. He
did not attend the rally.
Cluster was among the delegates
opposed to the Gender Identity Non-
Discrimination Act. The Maryland Senate
voted earlier this month to send the
bill back to committee, killing it for the
year. As a former Baltimore County police
officer, Cluster said he hopes the two young
women charged in the attack against
Chrissy Lee Polis will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law, which he said could
result in a 10-year prison sentence for the
18-year old charged with first-degree and
second-degree assault in the case.
“I still won’t support it,” he said of
the gender identity bill. “I feel there are
enough laws on the books that already
cover this.”
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk (D-Prince
George’s and Anne Arundel Counties),
the lead sponsor of the gender identity
measure, sent an open letter by e-mail to
each of her colleagues in both houses of
the legislature, urging them to view the
video that captured Polis’s beating.
“Incidents such as this illustrate why the
transgender community in Maryland and
elsewhere needs to be protected through
that one of his top officials hired a former
mayoral candidate to a high paying city job
as a quid pro quo for helping Gray in the
mayoral race.
Brown came under criticism for arranging
for the city to purchase two “fully loaded”
Lincoln SUVs for his use as Council chair. He
later announced he would seek to return
the vehicles after expressions of outrage
poured in from constituents and media
commentators.
With that as a backdrop, many voters –
both gay and straight – may have perceived
Biddle as the candidate of the entrenched
political establishment at a time when city
residents were becoming impatient with
“business as usual” by city government
leaders, according to City Hall observers.
In January, the D.C. Democratic State
Committee voted to appoint Biddle as
the interim at-large Council member
to temporarily hold the seat vacated
by Democrat Kwame Brown, who won
election last November as Council chair.
Biddle, Orange, Weaver and Mara each
spoke out in support of LGBT and AIDS-
related issues during the campaign. So did
most of the other five candidates in the
race; no one spoke against LGBT rights.
Similar to the city’s Democratic primary
election last year in which Gray defeated
former Mayor Adrian Fenty, voters in
Tuesday’s special D.C. Council election
appear to have divided along racial lines.
Mara, who is white, won by a significant
margin in the majority white Wards 2, 3
and 6. Weaver, who is also white, won by
anti-discrimination legislation,” she said. “I
challenge each of the senators who voted to
recommit HR 235 [to committee] to serve as
primary sponsors of a stronger version of HB
235 in the 2012 legislative session.”
Polis was treated and released from
a hospital near the suburban Baltimore
McDonald’s. Baltimore County police have
charged a 14-year-old woman as a juvenile
in the incident. Teonna Monae Brown, 18,
was charged with first-degree assault and
two counts of second-degree assault in the
incident. Brown was involved in a previous
assault case at the same McDonald’s
location in July 2010, according to a
Baltimore Sun report. The victim in that case
dropped charges against Brown.
The franchise owner of the McDonald’s
where the incident occurred fired the
employee who made the video. It’s
unclear whether the employee will face
any criminal charges.
The three-minute video shows another
McDonald’s employee and a female
customer attempting to separate the
attackers from Polis. It also shows other
employees and customers standing by,
with some laughing.
A police report says the incident began
when the two female attackers became
a large margin in Ward 1, in which whites
have a slight majority.
Orange, who is black, won by lopsided
margins in majority black Wards 4, 5, 7, and 8.
All but one of the LGBT-oriented precincts
are in majority white Wards 1, 2 and 6.
Activists familiar with demographic trends
in the city’s LGBT community point out that
black LGBT residents tend to be dispersed
throughout the city as well as within the
majority black wards, making it difficult to
accurately determine how they vote.
Precinct 112 in Anacostia is believed to
have a high concentration of black gays living
in various high-rise apartment buildings.
Precinct 127, located in the Southwest
Waterfront neighborhood, is believed to
have a significant number of black LGBT
professionals, many of whom reportedly
work in nearby federal government offices.
Orange won Precinct 112 with 58
percent of the vote, with Biddle coming in
second with just 17 percent. Mara received
4 percent and Weaver received 2 percent.
The vote breakdown in Precinct 127 was
closer, with Orange winning with 31 percent
and Biddle finishing second with 27 percent.
Mara finished third in the precinct with 21
percent and Weaver received 10 percent.
Following is the vote breakdown of
the leading four candidates in the race in
other precincts with high concentrations of
LGBT residents. Percentages are rounded:
• Precinct 14 (Dupont Circle): Mara, 50
percent; Weaver, 21 percent; Biddle, 18
percent; Orange, 4 percent.
• Precinct 15 (Dupont Circle): Mara, 39
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upset after seeing Polis enter the women’s
bathroom at the McDonald’s. The employee
who recorded the incident posted a
message on his YouTube site saying Polis
was a man dressed like a woman who
entered the women’s bathroom.
“And When Told To Get Out Tha ladies
Bathroom He Got Smart With Everybody So
Tha Two Girls Beat Him Up [sic],” said the
employee, according to the website The
Smoking Gun, which made a copy of the
message before the employee deleted it.
“This is precisely the kind of hatred and
bigotry that transgender women and men
deal with on a daily basis,” said Caroline
Temmerand of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
and Transgender Community Center
of Baltimore and Central Maryland in a
statement announcing the rally.
“We as a society have failed if we
cannot do more to protect all Marylanders
from this kind of brutality,” she said.
The groups Trans-United and
TransMaryland also were involved in
organizing the rally.
“Our primary concern is for Ms. Polis’
well being,” said Jenna Fischetti of
TransMaryland. “We will support her through
this difficult time and we ask that the legal
process be unhampered and thorough.”
percent; Weaver 25 percent; 21 percent;
Orange, 5 percent.
• Precinct 16 (Logan Circle): Mara, 46
percent; Weaver 18 percent; Biddle, 14
percent; Orange, 8 percent.
• Precinct 17 (Logan Circle): Mara, 41
percent; Biddle, 19 percent; Weaver, 18
percent; Orange, 13 percent.
• Precinct 18 (Shaw): Mara, 25 percent
(94 votes); Orange, 25 percent (91 votes);
Weaver, 23 percent; Biddle, 16 percent.
• Precinct 22 (14th and U Street, N.W.
corridor): Weaver, 33 percent; Mara, 32
percent; Biddle, 19 percent; Orange, 10
percent.
• Precinct 23 (U Street-Columbia
Heights): Weaver, 35 percent; Mara, 20
percent; Biddle, 15 percent; Orange, 12
percent.
• Precinct 24 (Adams Morgan): Weaver,
43 percent; Mara, 21 percent; Biddle, 17
percent; Orange, 11 percent.
• Precinct 25 (Adams Morgan): Weaver,
41 percent; Mara, 33 percent; Biddle, 15
percent; Orange, 4 percent.
• Precinct 36 (Columbia Heights):
Weaver, 36 percent; Mara, 18 percent
(69 votes); Orange, 18 percent (69 votes);
Biddle, 14 percent.
• Precinct 89 (Capitol Hill): Mara, 55
percent; Biddle, 16 percent (104 votes);
Weaver, 16 percent, 103 votes); Lopez, 7
percent; Orange, 4 percent.
• Precinct 90 (Capitol Hill): Mara, 45
percent; Lopez, 18 percent (55 votes);
Weaver, 18 percent (53 votes); Biddle, 14
percent; Orange, 5 percent.
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What is REYATAZ?
REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used with other anti-HIV medicines to treat
people 6 years of age and older who are infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(AIDS). REYATAZ is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV
infection destroys CD4+ (T) cells, which are important to the immune system.
The immune system helps fight infection. After a large number of (T) cells are
destroyed, AIDS develops. REYATAZ helps to block HIV protease, an enzyme that
is needed for the HIV virus to multiply. REYATAZ may lower the amount of HIV in
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of death and illness associated with HIV.
Does REYATAZ cure HIV or AIDS?
REYATAZ does not cure HIV infection or AIDS. At present there is no cure for
HIV infection. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other
conditions that happen with HIV infection. Opportunistic infections are infections
that develop because the immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are
pneumonia, herpes virus infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
infections. It is very important that you see your healthcare provider regularly
while taking REYATAZ.
REYATAZ does not lower your chance of passing HIV to other people through
sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood. For your
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side effects or death may happen. Before you take REYATAZ, tell your
healthcare provider about all medicines you are taking or planning to take.
These include other prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins,
and herbal supplements.
• are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. The active ingredient
is atazanavir sulfate. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of
ingredients in REYATAZ. Tell your healthcare provider if you think you have
had an allergic reaction to any of these ingredients.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before I take REYATAZ?
Tell your healthcare provider:
• If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. REYATAZ use during
pregnancy has not been associated with an increase in birth defects.
Pregnant women have experienced serious side effects when taking
REYATAZ with other HIV medicines called nucleoside analogues. You and
your healthcare provider will need to decide if REYATAZ is right for you. If you
use REYATAZ while you are pregnant, talk to your healthcare provider about
the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry.
• After your baby is born, tell your healthcare provider if your baby’s skin
or the white part of his/her eyes turns yellow.
• If you are breast-feeding. You should not breast-feed if you are HIV-positive
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REYATAZ can pass into your breast milk and if it can harm your baby. If you
are a woman who has or will have a baby, talk with your healthcare provider
about the best way to feed your baby.
• If you have liver problems or are infected with the hepatitis B or C virus.
See “What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?”
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medicines?” and “Who should not take REYATAZ?” Some medicines can
cause serious side effects if taken with REYATAZ.
How should I take REYATAZ?
• Take REYATAZ once every day exactly as instructed by your healthcare
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• Always take REYATAZ with food (a meal or snack) to help it work better.
Swallow the capsules whole. Do not open the capsules. Take REYATAZ at
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• If you are taking antacids or didanosine (VIDEX® or VIDEX® EC), take
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• If you are taking medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers
such as AXID® (nizatidine), PEPCID AC® (famotidine), TAGAMET®
(cimetidine), ZANTAC® (ranitidine), AcipHex® (rabeprazole), NEXIUM®
(esomeprazole), PREVACID® (lansoprazole), PRILOSEC® (omeprazole),
or PROTONIX® (pantoprazole), talk to your healthcare provider.
• Do not change your dose or stop taking REYATAZ without first talking
with your healthcare provider. It is important to stay under a healthcare
provider’s care while taking REYATAZ.
• When your supply of REYATAZ starts to run low, get more from your healthcare
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• If you take more than the prescribed dose of REYATAZ, call your
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What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?
The following list of side effects is not complete. Report any new or continuing
symptoms to your healthcare provider. If you have questions about side effects,
ask your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider may be able to help you
manage these side effects.
The following side effects have been reported with REYATAZ:
• mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs
in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the
medicine is started. Rashes usually go away within 2 weeks with no change
in treatment. Tell your healthcare provider if rash occurs.
• severe rash: Rash may develop in association with other symptoms which
could be serious and potentially cause death.
If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms stop using
REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away:
• shortness of breath
• general ill feeling or “flu-like” symptoms
• fever
• muscle or joint aches
• conjunctivitis (red or inflamed eyes, like “pink eye”)
• blisters
• mouth sores
• swelling of your face
• yellowing of the skin or eyes. These effects may be due to increases in
bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). Although these
effects may not be damaging to your liver, skin, or eyes, call your healthcare
provider promptly if your skin or the white part of your eyes turn yellow.
• a change in the way your heart beats (heart rhythm change). Call your
healthcare provider right away if you get dizzy or lightheaded. These could
be symptoms of a heart problem.
• diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) sometimes happen in
patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients had
diabetes before taking protease inhibitors while others did not. Some patients
may need changes in their diabetes medicine.
• if you have liver disease including hepatitis B or C, your liver disease may
get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ.
• kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. If you develop
signs or symptoms of kidney stones (pain in your side, blood in your urine,
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• some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with
protease inhibitors like REYATAZ.
• changes in body fat. These changes may include an increased amount of fat
in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the trunk.
Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The cause and
long-term health effects of these conditions are not known at this time.
• immune reconstitution syndrome. In some patients with advanced HIV
infection (AIDS) and a history of opportunistic infection, signs and symptoms
of inflammation from previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV
treatment, including REYATAZ, is started.
Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines
include nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever;
dizziness; trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and
muscle pain.
Gallbladder disorders (which may include gallstones and gallbladder
inflammation) have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ.
What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other
medicines?
Do not take REYATAZ if you take the following medicines (not all brands may
be listed; tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take).
REYATAZ may cause serious, life-threatening side effects or death when
used with these medicines.
• Ergot medicines: dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and
methylergonovine such as CAFERGOT®, MIGRANAL®, D.H.E. 45®, ergotrate
maleate, METHERGINE®, and others (used for migraine headaches).
• ORAP® (pimozide, used for Tourette’s disorder).
• PROPULSID® (cisapride, used for certain stomach problems).
• Triazolam, also known as HALCION® (used for insomnia).
• Midazolam, also known as VERSED® (used for sedation), when taken by mouth.
Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because of possible
serious side effects:
• CAMPTOSAR® (irinotecan, used for cancer).
• CRIXIVAN® (indinavir, used for HIV infection). Both REYATAZ and CRIXIVAN
sometimes cause increased levels of bilirubin in the blood.
• Cholesterol-lowering medicines MEVACOR® (lovastatin) or ZOCOR®
(simvastatin).
• UROXATRAL® (alfuzosin, used to treat benign enlargement of the prostate).
• REVATIO® (sildenafil, used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension).
Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because they may lower
the amount of REYATAZ in your blood. This may lead to an increased HIV viral
load. Resistance to REYATAZ or cross-resistance to other HIV medicines may
develop:
• Rifampin (also known as RIMACTANE®, RIFADIN®, RIFATER®, or RIFAMATE®,
used for tuberculosis).
• St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), an herbal product sold as a dietary
supplement, or products containing St. John’s wort.
• VIRAMUNE® (nevirapine, used for HIV infection).
The following medicines are not recommended with REYATAZ:
• SEREVENT DISKUS® (salmeterol) and ADVAIR® (salmeterol with fluticasone),
used to treat asthma, emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
also known as COPD.
Do not take the following medicine if you are taking REYATAZ and NORVIR®
together:
• VFEND® (voriconazole).
The following medicines may require your healthcare provider to monitor
your therapy more closely (for some medicines a change in the dose or dose
schedule may be needed):
• CIALIS® (tadalafil), LEVITRA® (vardenafil), or VIAGRA® (sildenafil), used to
treat erectile dysfunction. REYATAZ may increase the chances of serious side
effects that can happen with CIALIS, LEVITRA, or VIAGRA. Do not use CIALIS,
LEVITRA, or VIAGRA while you are taking REYATAZ unless your healthcare
provider tells you it is okay.
• ADCIRCA® (tadalafil) or TRACLEER® (bosentan), used to treat pulmonary
arterial hypertension.
• LIPITOR® (atorvastatin) or CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin). There is an increased
chance of serious side effects if you take REYATAZ with this cholesterol-
lowering medicine.
• Medicines for abnormal heart rhythm: CORDARONE® (amiodarone), lidocaine,
quinidine (also known as CARDIOQUIN®, QUINIDEX®, and others).
• MYCOBUTIN® (rifabutin, an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis).
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• COUMADIN® (warfarin).
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treat allergic symptoms or asthma. Your doctor may choose not to keep you
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• Colchicine (COLCRYS®), used to prevent or treat gout or treat familial
Mediterranean fever.
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Churches across Christendom cel-
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communities serve their congregations
well by connecting the story of Jesus’
passion and resurrection to the shared
life-journey of their gay church members.
The heart of the Easter message is one of
hope and “new life” in the face of betray-
al, rejection and death. Inclusive congre-
gations embrace their gay and lesbian
brothers and sisters as both gift and task
and this is the first step in realizing the
“new life” reflected from that first Easter.
The events leading up to Jesus’ death
resonate personally for the gay com-
munity on many levels. Gay and lesbian
church members identify closely with the
betrayal experienced by Jesus. Religious
authorities rejected his teaching of in-
clusivity: dining with sinners, engaging
Samaritan outcasts and challenging the
self-importance of the Pharisee insiders
of the religious establishment of his day.
The religious peers of Jesus did not want
to accept the spiritual thread he taught,
establishing a common bond of brother/
sisterhood that requires the response to
treat others as one wished to be treated.
Finally, expanding the universal invitation
of God’s salvation beyond the religious
elites was just too much to bear.
And so, among many unwelcoming
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not an abomination, to welcome lesbian
and gay people fully as equal recipients
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inflicted on Jesus, the gay community
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of the Defense of Marriage Act; they are
confronted with injustice in the workplace
that could be safeguarded through the
enactment of the Employment Non-Dis-
crimination Act; as Jesus was brutalized
during his scourging and crucifixion, gays
and lesbians are taunted, bullied, bashed
and murdered for who they are. For some
gay teens, this rejection is beyond recon-
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message. Jesus’ resurrection is more than
just rising from the dead. It is a radical
“new life” that is offered to all: straight,
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender.
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Stein LGBT Democratic Club of D.C. He served 13
years as a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Brooklyn, N.Y. and is leading the Foundry United
Methodist Church’s annual LGBT retreat this
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VIEWPOINT
Fighting prejudice based on gender identity
J. Crew flap, new doc
‘Marwencol’ remind us
of need for vigilance
Kathi Wolfe is a writer, poet and regular contributor
to the Blade. She can be reached through this
publication.
When I was 7, I dressed as Fred Flint-
stone for Halloween.
“How could you let Kathi do that,” my
grandmother asked my parents. “She’s a
girl! She should be Wilma.”
“It’s a cartoon,” my mom said. “It
won’t hurt her.”
“It won’t turn the kid into a boy,” my
dad added.
I soon morphed from a Flintstones wor-
shiper into a fan of Natasha of “Rocky and
Bullwinkle.” But, I’m grateful that my folks
resisted my grandma’s gender stereotyp-
ing and allowed me to dress as Fred.
A J. Crew ad and “Marwencol,” a docu-
INSIDE LGBT WASHINGTON
President Obama is down in polls, but not out
He must stand up to
Republican attacks on
unions, middle class
Peter Rosenstein is a D.C.-based LGBT rights and
Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly for the Blade.
Recent polling finds President
Obama’s approval ratings at an all-time
low. It may have to do with three wars, the
lousy economy, his health care plan, the
budget deal, the fact that he is still only
“evolving” on marriage equality or it may
be a hundred other things. But even with
the low poll results in direct match-ups he
is still beating all potential/rumored Re-
publican candidates in the 2012 election.
Can you imagine what the polls would
look like if Obama ended at least one
mentary (just out on DVD) airing on PBS’s “In-
dependent Lens” on WETA on Sunday make
me recall that long ago Halloween. Why? Be-
cause the controversy surrounding the ad and
the story told by the doc show how our culture
engages, sometimes in the blogosphere, all
too often violently, in gender stereotyping.
The ad, which J. Crew sent to custom-
ers earlier this month, shows a photo of
Jenna Lyons, J. Crew’s president with her
5-year-old son Beckett. In the picture, Ly-
ons is painting Beckett’s toenails pink.
“Lucky for me I ended up with a boy
whose favorite color is pink,” Lyons says
in the caption, “Toenail painting is way
more fun in neon.”
I haven’t a clue whether J. Crew was
trying to challenge traditional thinking
about gender roles or trying to drum
up sales for its clothing. (J. Crew hasn’t
commented on the ad.) But the photo of
Jenna and pink-toe-nailed Beckett (and
its caption) unleashed a firestorm.
For social conservatives it was practically
the end of civilization as we know it (paving
the way for the erosion of family and moral
values–promoting “identity politics”).
“It may be fun and games now, Jenna,
but at least put some money aside for
psychotherapy for the kid — and maybe
for others who’ll be affected by your ‘inno-
cent’ pleasure,” wrote Fox News contribu-
war, the unemployment rate dropped
to below 8 percent, he found a coher-
ent message on how to speak up for the
working class and fully evolved to sup-
port marriage equality?
One statistic in the Washington Post poll
found 17 percent with no opinion on Obama.
I believe many of those are the people who
helped elect him. They are young and old,
gay and straight and believed that he would
govern based on the message he ran on and
are now a little disappointed. They don’t want
to register that criticism because against any
named Republican they will still support and
vote for him, if albeit reluctantly. But before
November 2012 President Obama has the
opportunity to once again turn those people
into enthusiastic voters.
It won’t be easy but by his actions and
carefully constructed messaging he can
do it. Obama won’t want to alienate inde-
pendent voters. But he should have faith
in those voters who don’t want to see a
radical restructuring of Medicare and
Medicaid and won’t elect Republicans
who walk all over the poor and middle
class in their desire to placate the rich
and powerful. Independent voters also
tend to be more socially moderate.
tor Dr. Keith Albow in an opinion piece.
“Jenna’s indulgence … could make
life hard for the boy in the future,” wrote
Erin Brown of the Media Research Cen-
ter. “J. Crew … does not mind exploit-
ing Beckett behind the facade of liberal,
transgendered identity politics.”
Whoa! Let’s exhale. At age 5, who can tell
what Beckett’s sexual orientation or gender
identity will be when he’s older? But we can
say, backed by scientific evidence, that our
parents can’t cause us (no matter what color
they paint our toenails) to be queer.
“A mother painting her children’s toe-
nails pink does not cause transgenderism
or homosexuality,” Dr. Jack Drescher, a
psychiatrist, who wrote the paper “Queer
Diagnosis,” published in the Archives of
Sexual Behavior told ABC News.
The fuss about the J. Crew ad seems
absurd. Yet the controversy highlights our
cultural fear of gender bending.
Unfortunately, as the documentary
“Marwencol” illuminates, gender identity
prejudice has a dark side.
Eleven years ago, five teenagers at-
tacked Mark Hogancamp, a talented artist,
then 38, outside a Kingston, N.Y. bar. Ho-
gancamp was left with brain damage. His
memory was destroyed, and after being in
a coma, he had to rebuild his life. “Marwen-
col,” movingly recounts how Hogancamp
Messaging could include ads about
General Electric. “Did you know that Re-
publicans want to lower GE’s taxes? Since
they now pay “zero,” watch John Boehner
hand them a government rebate check sim-
ply as a token of his appreciation.” Or use
the headline “GE makes voluntary tax pay-
ment.” Then have a teacher and her fam-
ily chatting over dinner and saying “Kids,
let’s take a vote: Do you think we should
donate money to the government this year,
or would you rather have those school sup-
plies? OK, guess the government will have
to wait till next year for our donation.”
President Obama needs to speak out
clearly and not make just one speech about
the budget deficit and how he now wants
to draw a line in the sand about not extend-
ing the Bush tax cuts. He needs to evolve
and support marriage equality, he needs to
stand up for the poor women of the District
of Columbia, he needs to oppose voucher
programs, stand up for government em-
ployee unions in Wisconsin and directly
challenge governors like Chris Christie in
New Jersey, Scott Walker in Wisconsin and
Rick Scott in Florida. He needs to change
the dialogue and put Democrats on the of-
fense and there is no one more able than
APRIL 29, 2011 • 23
recreates his life through his art. Hogan-
camp, who is straight, was attacked be-
cause he is a cross-dresser. Coming home
from the hospital, Hogancamp was sur-
prised to see 218 pairs of women’s shoes in
his closet. When he asks a friend if he has
a girlfriend, his buddy says, “No. You buy,
collect and wear [women’s] shoes.”
Unfortunately, Hogancamp is far from
alone. A National Center for Transgender
Equality and National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force survey “Injustice at Every Turn,”
released earlier this year, documents the
harassment encountered by transgender
and gender non-conforming people.
• Nineteen percent have experi-
enced domestic violence;
• Thirty-five percent of those in
grades K-12 in schools were physi-
cally assaulted;
• Fifty percent experienced work-
place harassment;
• And eight percent have been
physically assaulted in doctor’s of-
fices, stores and other public places.
When asked what he wants audiences
to take away from seeing “Marwencol,”
Hogancamp said, “that it’s all right to be
themselves.”
Let’s do what we can to make that hap-
pen. Let’s work to fight gender-identity
prejudice in ourselves and our society.
the president to do that.
The Republican message that gov-
ernment workers, union workers and the
middle class are the bad guys and the
rich and wealthy corporations are the
good guys must not go unchallenged.
George W. Bush gave corporations and
the rich tax cuts and incentives. We got 10
percent unemployment and foreclosures;
they got bailouts and trillions in their bank
accounts. Obama can ask union members
to pay their fair share, something they have
already said they will. But they are not the
cause of the economic collapse. They are
the victims. The deals that were made with
them weren’t one sided. I have never met
a millionaire who would turn down a good
deal, why would they? But I have met mil-
lionaires who don’t want to share their
wealth with anyone else and who will take
and take until they are stopped. President
Obama must say the time to stop is now. I
think he will be amazed at the support he
gets if he does that.
If President Obama takes the lead
and gets the message right, he can turn
things around. He found his voice in 2008;
we can only hope he finds it again before
it is too late.
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By JULIETTE EBNER
Coming out as LGBT can be a scary proposition,
even to supportive parents. But for too many
LGBT youth, coming out results in being cut off
emotionally and financially by disapproving family.
That’s where the Point Foundation can help. It’s
an organization that provides financial support,
mentoring, leadership training and hope to students
who have been marginalized based on their sexual
orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Scholarship recipients aren’t all rejected by family;
the Foundation also supports LGBT students with
leadership potential. Its annual D.C. reception is
Thursday from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Equality Center at
the Human Rights Campaign (1640 Rhode Island
Ave., N.W.).
There are six Point scholars studying in the D.C.
area. Two of this year’s scholars are Kelsey Phipps
and Joe Goldman, who both say they’re thrilled to
be recipients. They’ll join a recent, but highly elite,
LGBT academic tradition.
In 2002, Bruce Lindstrom, Carl Strickland and
JOE GOLDMAN, a veteran of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign,
says there are valuable lessons to learn from a political loss.
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a few of their friends funded the first seven Point
Scholars according to the organization’s website.
Lindstrom had been rejected by his family when
he came out.
“I didn’t want what happened to me to happen to
other LGBT youth,” he said in a statement.
Since then, the Point Foundation has been
featured in many mainstream publications,
including Time, The New York Times and The
Boston Globe and its scholars have been guests
on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
A Los Angeles native, Goldman, who is studying
political communication at George Washington
University, came out to his family almost eight years
ago.
To quote a popular phrase, Goldman, 21, says it
gets better, especially after high school.
“It’s OK to be nervous ... to be afraid, that’s
natural, I was too,” Goldman says. The anxiety
existed even though he was pretty sure his family
would react positively.
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2 6 • AP R IL 2 9 , 2011 Q UEERY: 20 QUE STION S FOR FR AN KLIN J OHN SON

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN

OUT AND WHO WAS THE
HARDEST PERSON TO TELL?
I’ve been out since 2006. I think
the hardest person I had to
tell was myself. I was in
denial for many years and
went through constant
struggles figuring out who I was
until I realized to just be myself.

WHO’S YOUR LGBT HERO?

Frank Kameny

WHAT’S WASHINGTON’S BEST

NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
Chaos used to be the spot! But
presently I would say Cobalt because it’s
such a great place to meet people.

DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.

Evening, black tie, candlelight, VIP
style with lots of guests.

WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU

MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
Politics and equality.

WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME

WOULD YOU CHANGE?
The assassination of Martin Luther
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY King Jr. I would love to get his opinion
on the LGBT movement today and what
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
we need to do as a society to reach
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
equality on all levels.
joeyd@washblade.com
WHAT’S BEEN THE MOST
Franklin Johnson remembers the confusion and isolation he felt as a gay teen
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
struggling with his identity. It’s why he got involved with D.C. Youth Pride Alliance,
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME? MOVEMENT LEADERS?
the organization that puts on Youth Pride, slated for Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.
Meat dress! Just the overall Include everyone, be brave and
in Dupont Circle (see page 42 for more information).
emergence of Lady Gaga will be very persistent and never give up!
“Whenever I was coming to terms with who I was, I didn’t have any Youth Pride or
memorable to me because of her
LGBT resources of any kind,” the 25-year-old Alton, Ill., native says. “It’s a great outlet
dedication to LGBT causes and because WHAT WOULD YOU WALK
for them and there are a lot of resources in D.C. they may not even know about.”
she has been such an inspirational figure ACROSS HOT COALS FOR?
Johnson, who came to D.C. to go to school at George Washington (he plans to
for the LGBT community. My family, friends and loved ones.
graduate next May), initially found Youth Pride in D.C. underwhelming, though. When
he arrived in 2006, he was disappointed to find few booths and a mediocre turnout.
ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST? WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE
He got involved to try to boost interest and is the Alliance treasurer this year.
Respect and integrity. ANNOYS YOU MOST?
Johnson goes to school part time and works at Armani Exchange (“The
That gay people have to either be
employee discount is incredible!”) in Pentagon City and lives in Dupont Circle.
WHAT WAS YOUR LAST tops or bottoms, masculine or feminine.
He’s majoring in political science and plans to pursue a career in government.
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two weeks prior to your event. Space is limited so
priority is given to LGBT-specific events or those
with LGBT participants. Recurring events must be
re-submitted each time.

TODAY
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) will
be having an opening reception for an art
display featuring works of Becca Kallem,
tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.
Beat City, a rock ‘n’ roll lounge part
for queer folks and their friends, will be
tonight from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. upstairs at
Chief Ike’s Mambo Room (1725 Columbia
Rd., N.W.). All attendees must be 21 or
older and there is no cover.
Caliente Grande: White Party is tonight
at Apex (1415 22nd St., N.W.) starting at 9 p.m.
DJ Michael Brandon will be spinning the Latin
dance party in the main hall. There is a $10
cover charge. Attendees wearing white will be
let in for free until 11 p.m. Attendees must be
18 to enter, 21 to drink.
D.C. Sentinels will be having its monthly
happy hour at Black Fox Lounge (1723
Connecticut Ave., N.W.) from 5 to 8 p.m.
Busboys & Poets will be hosting ASL
open mic poetry tonight at 11 p.m. in the
Langston Room at its 14th and V streets
location (2021 14th St., N.W.). Anyone with
sign language knowledge may sign up to
recite a poem or sign a song by e-mailing
djsupalee@aol.com. There is a $5 cover.
Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H
St., N.E.) is hosting a screening at 8 p.m. of
“Break Ground,” which follows 40 teens from
the D.C. Metro area that “limit themselves
from experiencing relationships that could
free them from their pasts.” Three additional
screenings will be Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and
Sunday at 2 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30
The 15th annual Youth Pride Day will be
celebrated today from noon to 5 p.m. at
Dupont Circle. Following the festival will
be the Infatuation Dance for those 21 and
younger with DJ Keenan at U Street Music
Hall (1115-A U St., N.W.) from 5 to 9:30
p.m. There is a $5 cover for the dance.
Dennis Miller will be at the Warner Theatre
(1299 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.) tonight at 8
p.m. Tickets range from $49.50 to $65 and can
be purchased online at livenation.com. IMAGE COURTESY OF TOUCHSTONE GALLERY

Marcia’s Coppel’s ‘I HAVE A PROBLEM’ is part of her new exhibit at Touchstone Gallery. An opening reception is schedule for May 6.
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C ON T I N U E D F R O M PA G E 3 0
Kylie Minogue brings her “Aphrodite
Tour” to the Patriot Center (4500 Patriot
Circle) in Fairfax tonight at 7 p.m. Town’s Ed
TUESDAY, MAY 3
“Shear Madness,” a comedy whodunit,
will be performed twice tonight at the
Kennedy Center Theater Lab (2700 F St.,
N.W.) at 5 and 8 p.m. “Madness” takes
Marcia Coppel’s “Life Is Too Serious” featuring
paintings of people talking in cafes and parks
inspired by Mexico and Harvey Kupferberg’s
“Infrared: The Invisible Light” featuring black
and white photographs. The gallery is open
THURSDAY, MAY 5
Tonight is Team D.C. Night at the musical
comedy, “National Pastime” at Keegan
Theater (1742 Church St., N.W.). Tickets
are $40 and can be purchased online. The

C
Bailey will be the opening DJ on stage at place in present-day Georgetown, in the from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. theater is donating $10 from every ticket
the concert. Tickets range from $55 to $125 Shear Madness Hair Styling Salon. Tickets Gallery plan b (1530 14th St., N.W.) has is Team D.C. For more information, visit
and can be purchased online at ticketmaster. are $42. Visit kennedy-center.org for more three exhibits featuring with paintings teamdc.org.
com. Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) is hosting a information and to purchase tickets. by Greg Minah, works on paper by Mars ABBA - The Concert will be performed
“Aphterparty” at 10 p.m. There will be an $8 Tokyo and works in gold leaf by Andrew at Pier Six Pavilion (731 Eastern Ave.) in
cover before 11 p.m. and $12 afterward. All WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Wapinski. The gallery is open from noon Baltimore, tonight at 6:30 p.m. Tickets
attendees must be 21 or older. Touchstone Gallery (901 New York Ave., to 7 p.m. and the works will be on display range from $20 to $75 and can be
The Lodge (21614 National Pike) in N.W.) has two new exhibits opening today, through May 15. purchased online at piersixpavilion.com.
Boonsboro is hosting “Starry Night: The
Lodge Prom” tonight from 9 p.m. to 2
a.m. There is a $5 cover before 10:30 p.m.
and $8 after. Prom royalty will be chosen
at 11 p.m. The Frederick, Md., Rainbow
GLBT Meetup Group will also be hosting
a potluck dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. before
the prom. Attendees to the dinner must
RSVP to joe@thelodgemd.com.
Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.) presents
Hellmouth Happy Hour where every week
an episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
will be screened and drink specials will
be offered. This week the episode is
“Nightmares.”
Irvine Contemporary is hosting an
opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. with
the artist [dNASAb] for its newest exhibit,
Dataklysmos, featuring multimedia
sculptures. The exhibit will be on display
through June 4.

SUNDAY, MAY 1
ZOOM Urban Lesbian Excursions
presents Karaoke Idol tonight from 6 to 9
p.m. at Muzette Karaoke and Restaurant
Third annual

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(2305 18th St., N.W.). Tickets are $15 and can
be bought online at zoomexcursions.com.
Brendan Conway and Mila Naumova will
be performing at the Church of the Holy
City (1611 16th St., N.W.) today at 3:30
p.m. This is a free event.
Casey Casey
TreesTrees’ Third Annual
’ Third annual
Girls Rock! D.C. is hosting a volunteer
kickoff event today at Hole in the Sky
(2110 5th St., N.E.) from 3 to 5 p.m. The
organization is looking for volunteers for
camp week and year-round organizing.
For more information, visit girlsrockdc.org.
Washington D.C. issued a C grade in
MONDAY, MAY 2
Casey Trees’ Third Annual Tree Report Card.
There will be a public hearing on Bill 19-
11: “Bullying and Intimidation Prevention The Tree Report Card is the only independent tree and
Act of 2011” today from 10 a.m. to noon in
room 120 of the John A. Wilson building tree canopy assessment of a major U.S. city. It measures
(1350 Pennsylvania Ave.). the quantity and quality of D.C.’s trees and tree canopy
The D.C. Center’s (1318 U St., N.W.)
monthly volunteer night is tonight from and all efforts to expand and sustain it.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. with activities such as
sorting book donations, taking inventory
and more. Also at the center will be the The main purpose of the Tree Report Card, however,
Youth Working Group meeting from 6:30 is not simply to provide data about D.C.’s urban forest
to 8:30 p.m.
The Imperial Court of Washington, D.C. but rather to raise awareness and encourage others to
will be holding its meeting tonight at the become involved to help sustain D.C.’s trees.
Coldwell Banker building (1606 17th St.,
N.W.) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For more
information, visit imperialcourtdc.org. Learn more about the Tree Report Card, why D.C. got a
Novelist Alice Walker will be discussing C and how you can help restore, enhance and protect
and signing her new book “The Chicken
Chronicles, A Memoir” tonight at 6:30 the tree canopy of the nation’s capital at
www.CaseyTrees.org.
p.m. at Busboys & Poets 5th and K streets
location (1025 5th St., N.W.).

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Dancers KELLY MOSS SOUTHALL and RICARDO ALVAREZ in ‘Charlie Chan and the Mystery
of Love,’ a number from the dance outfit Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co. The troupe performs this
weekend at Marvin Theater.
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Gay-helmed dance company to perform
Dance company Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company, a prominent local gay-
helmed dance outfit with several awards to its credit, performs a trio of works
tonight and Saturday at Marvin Theatre on the George Washington University
campus (800 21st St., N.W.).
The program includes “Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Life,” a work the troupe
premiered last year that drew rave reviews. Burgess calls it a “coming-of-age story
about realizing I am gay.”
“It’s the first time I’ve created a work so personal and I’m very excited to share
it with audiences,” he says.
“America’s Cloud” is a dance commissioned by the Corcoran Gallery of Art to
interact with a visual installation by artist Spencer Finch. It’s set to songs by Civil
War-era composer Stephen Foster.
Burgess is chair of the theater and dance department at George Washington
University. He’s gay and all the male dancers in the company are as well. The
company recently visited Mongolia where they performed and worked with
dancers there in a tour sponsored by the U.S. Embassy of Mongolia and the U.S.
State Department.
Tickets are $25 for general admission and $17 for students. Call 202-994-1660
for more information.
Porn star’s story explored in new play
The play “Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star,” based on the life of gay porn
actor Tiger Tyson, will be performed Sunday at 4 p.m. at Lace (2214 Rhode Island
Ave., N.E.). Doors open at 3:30. Tickets are $20 and will be available at the door.
This is Hardy’s first play. He was struck by Tyson’s story during an interview
and calls it a classic “rags-to-riches, American dream come true.” Tyson, who’s
bi, dropped out of school and did jail time before delving into porn, where he’s
become a sensation.
Tyson plans to attend this weekend’s performance and sign autographs. A
question/answer session will be held after the performance, which stars gay actor
Johnathan Cedano as Tyson.
A portion of the proceeds go to Al Sura, an HIV charity.
Md. Film Fest features 3 gay-themed picks
The Maryland Film Festival runs next weekend (May 5-8) in Baltimore and will
feature about 50 films and 75 shorts, a handful of which have LGBT content.
“We Were Here,” which recently screened in Washington, follows the AIDS
crisis in San Francisco among gays in the 1980s. It’s May 7 at 8 p.m. in “Charles
Theater 2” and 4:40 p.m. May 6 at the MICA Brown Center. Tickets are $10.
“Domaine,” which gay director John Waters will host, is a French film about a
young man’s first explorations of his sexual identity under the shadow of his aunt.
It screens at 7:30 p.m. on May 6 at “Charles Theater 1.” Tickets are $10.
And “Weekend” is a British film about two men who struggle over the course
of a weekend with whether their one-night-stand should develop into something
more. It screens at 11:30 a.m. in “Charles Theater 2” on May 7. Tickets are $10
and it runs 96 minutes.
For more information about venues and more, visit md-filmfest.com.
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The Apple Cart, Washington Stage Guild,
Undercroft Theatre.
240-582-0050. stageguild.org.
TUE, MAY 3
Carrier, ARTISPHERE. 703-875-1100.
artisphere.com.
THU, MAY 5
NSO: Neeme Jrvi, conductor / Yefim
Bronfman, piano, Kennedy Center. 202-
467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
LAST CHANCE
SAT, APR. 30
C2YN (Countdown to Yuri’s Night),
ARTISPHERE. 703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
J O H N MUS T O ’ S T HE IN S P E C T OR NSO: Kurt Masur, conductor / Sarah
W E D, AP RI L 2 7 T HR OU GH S U N , M AY 1 Chang, violin, plays Bruch, Kennedy Center.
W O L F T RAP. 1 - 8 7 7 - W OL F T R A P. W OL F TRA P. ORG. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
A new comic opera from the GRAMMY-nominated team who brought you Volpone! SUN, MAY 1
This hilarious case of mistaken identity features Waiting for Guffman-style antics America I AM, National Geographic.
and a laugh-out-loud libretto that makes you wish all operas were this fun! 202-857-7700. nglive.org/dc.
Divorciadas, EvangÈlicas y Vegetarianas/
B AA- ME RI CA ! IC O N S R E V IS IT E D Divorcees, Evangelists and Vegetarians,
T H U, MAY 5 T HR OU GH M ON , J U N E 6 GALA Hispanic Theatre. 202-234-7174.
T H E ART L E A GU E . 7 0 3 - 6 8 3 - 1 7 8 0 . T HEA RTL EA GU E. ORG. galatheatre.org.
Multi-media fiber artist Leslie Blackmon has taken a conventional craft to a very
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unconventional place. She has created intricate crochet sculptures of sheep posing 703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
as American popular culture icons. Ranging from Andy Warhol to Dolly Parton,
The New Electric Ballroom & The
these unusual creations combine classic signifiers of their human counterparts Walworth Farce, The Studio Theatre.
with a unique spin on a well-loved fiber art.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
The Weir, SCENA Theatre, H Street
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Playhouse. 703-683-2824. ScenaTheater.org.
F O R D’S T H E AT R E . 2 0 2 - 3 9 7 - 7 3 2 8 . F OR DS. ORG. MON, MAY 2
Cindy Packard Richmond’s Food, Glorious
Ford’s Theatre presents the world premiere of “Liberty Smith,” a madcap musical
Food, The Art League. 703-683-1780.
romp through Revolutionary America. A childhood friend of George Washington,
theartleague.org.
apprentice to Benjamin Franklin and linked to Paul Revere’s remarkable ride, the
elusive Liberty Smith weaves his way through familiar tales of a young nation. TUE, MAY 3
Washington Bach Consort: FREE
W PAS : P I E R RE - L A U R E N T A IM A R D , P IA N O Noontime Cantata Series, Church of the
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Dance Dreams in Black and White, BalletNova
Center for Dance, Thomas Jefferson Theatre.
703-778-3008. BalletNova.org.
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Friday Morning Music Club: Chamber
Music Concert, Sumner School Museum.
fmmc.org.
Los MuÒequitos de Matanzas, Lisner
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Music in the Mansion: Los Angeles Electric
8, Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
WPAS: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100. wpas.org.
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The Art of the Balalaika, Washington
Balalaika Society, TC Williams High
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DC Tango Festival: Viva el Tango!, Lisner
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Late Night Expressions, Mason/Rhynes
Productions, Joe’s Movement Emporium.
301-699-1819.
Maryland Day, Clarice Smith. 301-405-
2787. claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
Melali: The Drifter Sessions, National
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Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Tea and the
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Chamber Works.
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202-633-3030. residentassociates.org.
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Doldrum Bay Play Reading, The Studio
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Cinco de Mayo Celebration, ARTISPHERE.
703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
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Daryl Davis, rock & blues piano, Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
Repertory & Performance with Malcolm
Shute, Dance Place. 202-269-1600.
danceplace.org.
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Friday Morning Music Club: Chamber
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Nils Lofgren and Friends: Acoustic,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
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Blues for an Alabama Sky, ACTCo, Atlas
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National Pastime, Keegan Theatre,
Church Street Theater. 703-892-0202.
keegantheatre.com.
Stage Door, American Century Theater,
Gunston Theatre Two. 703-998-4555.
americancentury.org.
In Your Ear: Avant Garde Poetry & The
Capital City Showcase, DCAC. 202-462-
7833. dcartscenter.org.
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National Gallery of Art. Venice: Canaletto
and His Rivals, Gauguin: Maker of Myth,
Gabriel Metsu, Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde
de Nuit, In the Tower: Nam June Paik, From
Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester
Dale Collection. 1629ñ1667, 202-737-4215.
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National Geographic. Beyond the Story:
National Geographic Unpublished. 202-
857-7700. nglive.org/dc.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Eye
Wonder: Photography from the Bank of
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Corcoran Gallery of Art. NEXT at the
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Dumbarton House. From House to Home:
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337-2288. dumbartonhouse.org.
Kreeger Museum. Tom Wesselmann
DRAWS. 202-338-3552. kreegermuseum.org.
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PHOTO BY SHANE CANFIELD; COURTESY OF LITTLE THEATRE OF ALEXANDRIA

From left, SHARON GRANT (Heidi), ANNE MARIE PINTO (Susan), JOSH GOLDMAN (Hunter) and
SCOTT HARRISON (Jeff) in ‘[title of show].’

Spoofing convention
Two Virginia productions
lampoon clichés with
clever, funny results
By DAVID HOFFMAN
A mysterious stranger, a murderer on
the loose, bodies piling up at a remote
manor house, the suspicion that one of
the weekend guests must surely be the
killer, the entrance of the savvy detective
— Agatha Christie conventions ripe for the
actors in the play the two critics have
come to review, a cast that includes the
mysterious Major Magnus Muldoon —
the crippled half-brother of the Lady of
the Manor, glamorous vixen, Lady Cynthia
Muldoon (Emily Townley) — played by the
third of the “Heroes” trio (John Dow).
Before long there are more corpses than
just one on stage and Moon and Birdboot
have gotten — literally, and fatally — into
the act.
This same device of a play-within-a-
play is also on stage across town in Old

Tsunami Larry’s Lounge parody playwright Tom Stoppard brings to

them in “The Real Inspector Hound.”
Town Alexandria at the Little Theatre of
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THEATER
A production number at this year’s Helen Hayes ceremony.
Tying one on
Duel winners in
several categories
at Hayes awards
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
There were a lot of winners at Monday
night’s 27th annual Helen Hayes Awards
at the Warner Theatre with five out of
26 categories resulting in ties. But the
evening’s biggest honor, the Helen Hayes
Tribute, went exclusively to gay Broadway
legend Tommy Tune.
Singing “‘S wonderful, ‘S marvelous,”
Tune accepted his prize for an
exceptionally successful career in theater.
Tall, lithe and spookily boyish at 72, the
celebrated choreographer, dancer and
director performed more than spoke his
appreciation. The ultimate showman, Tune
sang a bit and regaled the appreciative
audience with a cute anecdote as he
promised to continue to live up to the high
standards set by the awardees who came
before him including actors like Angela
Lansbury and James Earl Jones.
Other deserving award recipients
included veteran gay actor Ed Dixon who
played the ever loyal Max in Signature
Theatre’s recent production of “Sunset
Boulevard.” George Fulginiti-Shakar who
is gay, thanked his longtime partner after
receiving the award for outstanding musical
direction for Arena Stage’s production
of “Oklahoma!” Handsome gay actor
Nicholas Rodriguez who starred as cowboy
Curly in Arena’s “Oklahoma!” tied with
Geoff Packard in Shakespeare Theatre
Company’s “Candide” for outstanding
lead actor in a resident musical. Rather
coincidentally, the talented pair’s respective
shows also tied for outstanding resident
musical.
As artistic producing director of Factory
449: a theatre collective, Rick Hammerly
accepted the John Aniello Award (named
in memory the well-loved arts patron and
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co-recipient No Rules Theatre Company.
Speaking for the newly formed troupe,
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expressions of thanks.
Each spring, Helen Hayes Awards
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nominees and recipients are painstakingly
selected from 196 productions by about 60
judges.
Like last year, in lieu of a single emcee, the
ceremony was hosted by an ever-changing
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KYLIE MINOGUE brings her ‘Aphrodite — Les Folies Tour’ to the Patriot Center this weekend.
Can’t get her
out of our head
Kylie on her new show,
love of Britney and
passion for pancakes
By KEVIN NAFF
knaff@washblade.com
Some of us have been Kylie Minogue
fans for longer than we care to remember,
dating back to her days as a soap star on
the Australian hit “Neighbours.” Others
caught Kylie fever after her first hit single
“Locomotion” landed at No. 3 on the U.S.
charts in 1988. Still others in the U.S. never
heard of her until 2001’s ubiquitous worldwide
smash “Can’t Get You Out of My Head.”
There have been movie roles, a cancer
scare, 60 million records sold and multiple
tours, yet Kylie never quite reached the
pop heights of Madonna or Janet in the
U.S. But that doesn’t stop her from trying.
On Saturday, Minogue brings her latest
show, “Aphrodite — Les Folies Tour,” to the
Patriot Center. It’s a scaled back production
compared to the over-the-top, Greek-
themed, $25 million spectacle complete
with “splash zone seating” that she’s
delivered to adoring audiences in Europe.
“There are changes for the states,”
Minogue said in a recent interview with the
Blade. “I would love to bring everything,
but that’s not possible so I’m bringing all I
can to do a great show.”
Among the props she’s leaving behind
are a giant Pegasus statue and fountains
designed by the team responsible for the
Bellagio’s in Vegas. And even though she’s
a much bigger star overseas, Minogue said
she enjoys performing in the United States.
“The energy is out of control, the passion
of the audience [in the U.S.],” she said,
adding that she would make up for the lack
of props “with my passion and emotion.”
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Of course, Minogue is keenly aware of her
gay appeal and fan base and she’s rewarded
them by including an entourage of muscled,
leather-clad backup dancers in the show.
“Gays are a great influence in my life —
I’m surrounded basically,” she said. “There’s
a group of supporters who’ve been with
me for a long time … but I’m so thrilled to
share that history with you. It feels like we’re
members of a secret society.”
What does she like best about touring
the United States?
“I love really crappy diners in America,
bad coffee and a stack of pancakes,”
Minogue said. “And I can walk around
without being recognized.”
The American artist she’s been listening
to lately is Britney Spears. Minogue said
she’d welcome the chance to do a duet
with her and added that the song she can’t
get out of her head right now is Spears’
“He About to Lose Me.”
As for the future, Minogue said she is
considering an “anti-tour — no lights,
dancers, just music and doing songs that
are much loved by super fans but will never
be heard anywhere in a live environment.
B-sides and covers … it would be really
cool to be in a tiny, tiny venue somewhere
and just strip everything back and do
songs that uber fans would cry for.”
And if that doesn’t pan out, she’d
consider something splashier, like a Las
Vegas residency.
“A Vegas residency could be out of
control,” she said. “Imagine what it would
be like if we had the luxury of being in
one place … I would be excited to do
something like that.”
Minogue will draw from her impressive
catalogue of hits for Saturday’s D.C.-
area show, including material from 2010’s
“Aphrodite.” The show starts at 8 p.m. at
the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va. Tickets
are still available at centerboxoffice.org.
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MUSIC
UH HUH HER plays the 9:30 club Monday.
The girls
in the band
Uh Huh Her featuring
‘L Word’ star at
9:30 club Monday
By JULIETTE EBNER
Uh Huh Her, an indie-electro pop duo
comprised of “The L Word’s” Leisha
Hailey and Mellowdrone’s Camila Grey,
will be performing at the 9:30 club (815 V
St., N.W.) Monday at 7 p.m.
This is the group’s second tour; they
previously performed at 9:30 three years
ago after the release of their first album,
“Common Reaction.” Hailey is a lesbian.
Grey declined to address her sexual
orientation but the band has a large
lesbian following.
“It’s constantly getting to see new
things, meet new people,” Grey said
regarding her favorite things about
touring. “We get to see the world and
that’s an amazing thing to do.”
She says there are some drawbacks to
touring. She doesn’t get to sleep as much
as she’d like and it is not conducive to
being healthy.
The first tour was a typical bus tour, but
this time they’re going a different route —
driving a van.
“When you’re on a bus, you don’t get
to stay at hotels every night and you have
to shower at the venue,” Grey says. “I
prefer van tours because you’re in a hotel
room every night … it’s more conducive to
being clean.”
The band entertains themselves by
admiring the scenery and joking about
things sometimes based on places they
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stop, like A Dong, a Vietnamese restaurant
in Des Moines, Iowa, which made Grey and
someone else in the van start a rendition
of Sisqo’s “Thong Song.”
Grey should know the difference
between bus and van tours as she is
coming off of touring with Adam Lambert.
There are also differences when the tour is
for someone else, she says.
“It’s really different. I’m the lead singer
of this band and with Adam I was just
playing keys,” Grey said of the two
experiences, one keeping her more in the
background, which brings less pizzazz but
also less pressure.
Grey has been interested in music since
she was young. She learned to play the
piano when she was 5 and went to Berklee
College of Music.
Music is something that is in her and she
sees herself as being lucky to be able to
do something she loves for a living.
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There are other differences between
this tour and their last that have nothing to
do with their mode of transportation. After
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the release of their first album and as their
momentum was building, the band split
from their label.
The band will be on tour through May 19.
This tour is coming off the release of the
band’s new six-song EP, “Black and Blue.”
$18.95
Their next full-length album, “Noturnes,”
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Youth Pride is Saturday in Washington
but there’s one big change this year —
after several years at P Street Beach, the
event is moving back to Dupont Circle
where it started 15 years ago.
Nikisha Carpenter, president of the
board of Youth Pride Alliance, says the
board made the change to attract more
attention.
“It’s just a visibility issue really truly,” the
32-year-old lesbian and D.C. resident says.
The event is open to any local LGBT
youth 25 and younger. There is no
minimum age to attend. Carpenter, who’s
worked with the Alliance five years and has
been board president of the all-volunteer
agency for the last three, says tweens as
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Carpenter says last year’s spate of teen
suicides has brought increased awareness
to the need for LGBT youth resources,
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“It’s really two different things but I do
think there’s an increased sense of urgency
about getting resources to the kids who
need them,” she says. “We’ve even seen
a lot more organizations singing up for
booths this year who are really eager to
service the youth.”
Usually there are about 50 booths, a
concert stage, games and snacks. The
event runs from noon to 5 p.m. in the circle
and is free. An “Infatuation Dance” for ages
21 and younger is from 5 to 9:30 p.m. at the
U Street Music Hall (1115-A U Street, N.W.)
with DJ Keenan who’ll spin house, electro,
hip-hop, R&B and more. Admission is $5 for
the dance.
SMYAL, Whitman-Walker, the Trevor
Project and others will be represented.
Carpenter says it’s important to have a one-
stop spot for resources.
“There are a lot of resources in D.C.
but they don’t always know where to find
them,” she says. “It’s important for them to
have a fun, safe space to come to.”
The event typically draws a racially
diverse group. Latino gay activist Jose
in F Guttierez is spreading the word in the
Latino community, Carpenter says, so black,
white and Latino youth will likely be well
represented.
And some teens are involved in the
planning — a group of youth involved
with the Office of State Superintendents
volunteered their time to help with planning
the and will be on hand Saturday.
The Alliance welcomes donations, upon
obligations with the which it relies for its operating expenses.
Visit youthpridealliance.org for more
information.
“We hear some dramatic story at least
every year,” Carpenter says. “There are kids
who come and are really scared but are so
excited and have a whole new group of
friends by the end of the day.”
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Gay author JUSTIN B. TERRY-SMITH has published a children’s book on HIV.
Sharing stories
Gay author releases
children’s book with
HIV-positive character
By DAVID PLACHER
Dinosaurs, magic potions, baseball
games — the usual fodder for kids’ books
doesn’t include HIV-positive characters.
Justin B. Terry-Smith, the young 31-year-
old author of the children’s book “I Have a
Secret,” breaks into the rarely covered topic
by writing about a young boy with HIV and
the interpersonal obstacles he faces.
“The purpose of the book is to teach
children who are HIV negative that there
are children who are HIV positive and they
shouldn’t be treated differently,” Smith says.
He believes there’s a public
misconception that HIV-positive children
should be treated different from other kids.
“Personally knowing children that are HIV
positive, I see what they go through. Children
should be hugged and played with, and I
hope that children reading my book will walk
away with the understanding that children
should act the same toward one another.”
Smith, who lives in Laurel, Md., and is
a legal assistant by day, also believes that
exposing children to literature on HIV topics
will help children understand HIV better as
they get older, especially as their academic
studies expands into the realm of prevention
and causation.
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through sexual contact.”
Smith’s book is personal because
in 2006, Smith discovered he was HIV
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positive. He says it’s caused him to look at
life through “a new lens.”
“It pushed everything to the forefront
for me,” he says. “I kept thinking about at
what age will I die?”
Smith accelerated his academic studies
and will be graduating in November with
a bachelor’s degree in political science.
Smith married his partner in August
2009 in Provincetown, Mass., one of the
few states that recognize gay marriage.
They’re planning to have children.
“Children are everything to me,” he
says. “I love children. I want to be a foster
parent or adopt … HIV will not get in my
way of any of my goals. I want to live. I
want a family.”
Smith’s talents go beyond writing
children’s books.
On his website, justinbsmith.com, Smith
writes about his life experiences and how
he deals with HIV in “Justin’s HIV Journal.”
“I am open about my status. I want people
to see the life of someone with HIV. I want
people to know that I lived with HIV and that
everyone has to have their own journey.”
The book, published by Creative House
International Press, Inc., retails for $12.95 and
tells the story of a young, HIV-positive boy
crumbling under the pressure of keeping his
status secret.
Smith also discovered that there was
not a lot of material on people with HIV
showing what their life journey is like.
“I took a camera into the doctor’s office
to record the whole session, so viewers
can see what a person with HIV is told.
Then I went home and posted the video.
People need to know what happens and
what it is like sitting there listening to your
doctor discuss your health.”
“I’m not afraid of dying,” he says. “I’m
afraid of what people will say about me
after I die.”
Visit creativehousepress.com to order
the book.
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The D.C. SENTINELS are on a winning streak with two major titles under their belt this year.
Sentinels celebrate
Other local queer sports
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By KEVIN MAJOROS
There are lots of great things
happening with the D.C. sports groups in
the coming month.
Congratulations to the D.C. Sentinels
basketball team who have been on
a tear this year winning two national
tournaments. In January, the team won
the A division of the Sin City Shootout
in Las Vegas. Two weeks ago the
Sentinels won the A division of the Coady
Roundball Classic in Chicago. They will be
celebrating with a happy hour party today
from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Black Fox Lounge.
You can check out the Sentinels at www.
teamdcbasketball.org.
The D.C. Strokes Rowing Club is
offering Learn To Row sessions for men
and women in the month of May. All
skill levels are welcome and you will be
introduced to the basics of technique,
equipment and language in a small class
of 10-12 people. From April 30 to May
22, sessions will be offered on Saturdays
in the mornings and afternoons. From
May 2-25, sessions will be offered on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to
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In the coming weeks they will be available
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The first practice for the Jolly Boozers
Ultimate Frisbee Team was a few weeks ago
and you can still get in on the action. Men
and women of all skill levels are welcome
and cleats are recommended. Contact Ben
at schockb@gmail.com to learn more.
After a brief break, D.C. Cheer is
getting back in the game with their cheer
squad. They are looking for coaches and
places to practice. If you are interested or
can offer an opportunity, contact Greg at
cheerdc@gmail.com.
The Lambda Links Golf Club has kicked
off its season. The first tournament is a
Scramble to be held at Glenn Dale on
April 30. Weekly outings will continue until
the next tournament which will be held
on June 11. Stay current with the Links at
www.lambdalinks.org.
The Rainbow Spinnakers Sailing Club
has begun its weekly sails. You can ride
along as a passenger or train to become
a skipper. Get on its mailing list and
receive weekly e-mails about openings on
the sailboats. You can find them at www.
rainbowspinnakers.org
Interested in scuba diving? Join members
of the Lambda Divers Scuba Club on May
15 (and every third Sunday of the month)
at Nellie’s Sports Bar between 5-7 p.m. for
happy hour. Information on future diving
trips will be on hand. More about them is
available at www.lambdadivers.org.
The Adventuring Outdoors Group is
sponsoring the Arboretum Azaleas Hike
on Saturday. Last November, the National
Arboretum announced that it was
destroying most of its world-famous azalea
collection due to budget constraints.
Ultimately, The Friends of the
Arboretum secured a $1 million gift
from an anonymous donor to “save the
azaleas.”
Look for the trip leader’s orange cap at
9 a.m. at the top of the Q Street escalator
at Dupont Circle Metro. They will carpool
from there and return by 1:30 p.m. Bring
water, lunch, sunscreen and $5 for trip
fees. Drivers are needed. Contact Damon
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KELSEY PHIPPS says it’s important to come out early and often.

6 area students named Point scholars

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 25 about the fact ... how I knew where she
was practically every minute of the day.”
“Don’t prevent yourself from being out After Clinton lost the race for the
with your friends just because you’re afraid Democratic presidential nomination,
of what your family will think,” he says. Goldman joined Obama’s campaign. He
After coming out, Goldman helped says Clinton’s loss may have been one of
bring his high school’s gay/straight the best things to happen to him because
alliance, which had been started in of what he learned from the experience.
the ’90s, back to life. At the end of his “A lot of young people who supported
freshman year, Goldman organized a Obama, they don’t know what it’s like to
marriage equality rally that was attended lose a campaign yet,” Goldman says.
by about 200 high school students. “And I think if you want to do anything in
He interned at the Natural Resources politics, you have to know what it’s like to
Defense Council, pursuing an interest in feel that.”
curbing climate change. Goldman wants Phipps, 31, who is studying public
to be a lobbyist for solar energy. interest law at Georgetown University
Goldman also interned at Equality Law Center, also did some work on the
California, The Trevor Project, California campaign trail.
League of Conservation Voters, and the During her time as a Fulbright Scholar
offices of state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, Councilman in Ireland, she campaigned for a woman
Bill Rosendahl and Sen. Barbara Boxer. running for Senate.
After “exhausting the paid internship “That was a really unique experience.
opportunities back home,” Goldman It was a small campaign, run out of a
worked on Hillary Clinton’s presidential kitchen,” Phipps says. “Ultimately, she
campaign. Goldman started out staffing didn’t end up winning, she came in fourth.”
“high-dollar” fundraisers in Hollywood Phipps grew up in a military family in
and then worked his way up into her Bothell, Wash., that was dedicated to
scheduling office. public service.
“Hillary Clinton’s campaign changed She came out to her family in the ’90s,
my life. It completely transformed how I before even Ellen DeGeneres. She had a
view politics and how the world works,” girlfriend in high school, but they did not
Goldman said. “It’s crazy for me to think go to prom.
“The world has changed since I came
out,” Phipps says. “I’d say come out early,
often and wherever you can. It changes
your life.”
She began her academic career at
Scripps College. Phipps was involved
in civil rights organizing. She served
as student body president and helped
develop a diversity awareness curriculum.
Phipps also organized a march
against Proposition 22, a law in California
that restricted marriages to only those
between opposite-sex couples.
Due to her work and achievements
at Scripps, Phipps was selected as a
Truman Scholar and interned with the Civil
Rights Division of the U.S. Department of
Justice.
After her time in Ireland, Phipps went
on to work with Sen. Edward Kennedy’s
staff. Through that work, she was named
the first female co-chair of the Senate’s
LGBT staff caucus.
“[Working with Kennedy’s staff] was a
dream come true,” Phipps says. “I came
to Washington to work on the Hill.”
In the Senate, she focused on
legislation to provide greater access to
services for individuals with HIV/AIDS,
mental illness, substance use disorders
and brain injuries.
She has also worked with GLAAD in
Boston.
Both were excited when they found out
they had been chosen as Point Scholars.
“I was very honored, relieved and
excited,” Phipps says. “I knew it came
with a scholarship, but I didn’t know what
else.”
The organization’s selection
committee weighs all aspects of a
person’s application. Marginalization,
financial need, academic achievement,
personal merit, leadership, professional
experiences, future and personal goals
are all taken into consideration.
“Point is something I really wanted
to be, not because of dire need, but
because I knew Point ... is a culmination
of the young elite in the LGBT community,”
Goldman says. “I’m thankful for everything
Point has done for me.”
Goldman is a student clerk at the
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys at the
U.S. Department of Justice and plans to
attend law school after graduation.
Phipps hopes to remain active in
progressive politics and public policy and
begin a career in civil rights law. She will
be clerking for lesbian Superior Court of
the District of Columbia Associate Judge
Marisa J. Demeo.
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30 Degrees blocks north of Gallery Place Metro. Alternative dance party for queer men and 1722 Piano bar attracts a mostly male
1639 R St., NW women featuring electro, alt-pop, indie 1722 N. Charles St. crowd, though welcoming to
Washington, DC 20009 Delta Elite rock, house, disco and New Wave. Check Baltimore, MD 21201 women and straight patrons.
202-462-6569 3734 10th St. NE web site for 2010 schedule of events. Multi-level after-hours dance club
cobaltdc.com Washington, DC 20017 attracts a mixed crowd but remains Leon’s/Tyson Place
In Dupont Circle area; popular with men 202-546-5979 gay-friendly. 870 Park Ave.
but check schedule for other events. thedeltaelite.com Nellie’s Sports Bar Baltimore, MD 21201
Longtime bar popular with African- 900 U St., NW Baltimore Eagle 410-539-4993
1409 Playbill Café American men in Brookland Washington, DC 20001 2002 N. Charles St. leonsbaltimore.tripod.com
1409 14th St., NW neighborhood; hosts regular ladies night. 202-332-6355 Baltimore, MD 21218 In business for more than 50 years,
Washington, DC 20005 Check web site for special events. nelliessportsbar.com 410-82-EAGLE Leon’s is the oldest gay bar in
202-265-3055 Sports bar featuring poker Longtime Levi/leather bar not far Baltimore and among the oldest in
Logan Circle area restaurant and bar DIK Bar events, drag bingo, trivia contests from Mount Vernon offers friendly the country. Friendly bar with
(Dupont Circle Metro) popular with the 1637 17th St., NW and other specials. Popular bar bar, billiards, outdoor patio, videos jukebox gets especially busy on
theater crowd and featuring open-mike Washington, DC 20009 with massive outdoor deck and a full store for your leather Sunday nights. Tyson Place is a
nights, karaoke and other special events. 202-328-0100 and plenty of TVs f needs. restaurant bar located behind
dupontitaliankitchen.com or watching sports. Mostly men, but welcoming to Leon’s with a
Academy of Washington In Dupont Circle area, above women. separate entrance.
thewashingtonacademy.com Dupont Italian Kitchen. Omega
Longtime organizers of drag events in the 2122 P St., NW Club Phoenix Port in a Storm
city; most events held at Ziegfeld’s. See Duplex Diner Washington, DC 20036 1 W. Biddle St. 4330 E. Lombard St.
web site for full list of upcoming events. 2004 18th St., NW 202-223-4917 Baltimore, MD 21201 Baltimore, MD 21224
Washington, DC 20009 omegadc.com 410-837-3906 410-534-0014
Annie’s PARAMOUNT 202-265-9599 Dupont Circle area bar and club popular Mount Vernon-area downstairs bar Friendly neighborhood lesbian
STEAK HOUSE duplexdiner.com with men featuring dancing, drag and attracts men and women; friendly bar gets especially popular when
1609 17th St., NW Popular restaurant and bar in the other special events. service. the Ravens play. Features billiards,
Washington, DC 20009 Adams Morgan area; happy hour music and more.
202-232-0395 specials and many other special events. Phase 1 Drinkery
In Dupont Circle area; popular longtime See web site for updated schedule. 525 8th St., SE 205 W. Read St. Quest
restaurant and steakhouse with recently Washington, DC 20003 Baltimore, MD 21201 3607 Fleet St.
renovated Upstairs Lounge. Fab Lounge phase1dc.com 410-225-3100 Baltimore, MD 21224
1805 Connecticut Ave., NW twitter.com/phase1dc Another of Baltimore’s friendly 410-563-2617
Apex Washington, DC 20009 The Phase opened in 1970 and remains neighborhood bars in Mount Neighborhood bar in Highlandtown
1415 22nd St., NW 202-797-1122 a popular lesbian bar and club. Features Vernon featuring area is popular with men and
Washington, DC 20037 thefablounge.com regular special events, including Jell-O billiards, jukebox and welcoming women and offers billiards.
202-296-0505 In Dupont Circle area; popular with men wrestling, ’80s theme nights and more. service.
apex-dc.com but hosts regular women’s events. Check web site for details. Sapphos
In Dupont Circle area; popular with men, Gallery 1001 N. Charles St.
but check schedule regularly for other Fireplace LGBTQ NIGHT 1735 Maryland Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201
events. 2161 P St., NW @ Black Squirrel Baltimore, MD 21201 410-752-7133
Washington, DC 20037 2427 18th St., NW 410-539-6965 centralstationpub.com
Bachelor’s Mill 202-293-1293 Washington DC 20009 Longtime bar and restaurant Part of the Grand Central complex,
1104 8th St., SE In Dupont Circle area; neighborhood bar Party featuring disco house, electro, indie popular with African-American Sappho’s attracts a lesbian crowd
Washington, DC 20003 popular with men. pop, dance and industrial every Friday clientele. and offers comfy couches, outdoor
202-544-1931 night. patio and more in its second
Longtime bar popular with African- Green Lantern Grand Central floor location.
American men in Capitol Hill area. 1335 Green Court, NW Remingtons 1001 N. Charles St.
Washington, DC 20005 639 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Baltimore, MD 21201
Banana Café greenlanterndc.com Washington, DC 20003 410-752-7133 northern va
500 8th St., SE twitter.com/greenlanterndc 202-543-3113 centralstationpub.com Freddie’s
Washington, DC 20003 Friendly bar for men hosts regular happy remingtonswdc.com Large entertainment complex Beach Bar
202-543-5906 hours and special events, including twitter.com/remingtonsWDC featuring friendly pub, lesbian bar 555 23rd St. South
bananacafedc.com karaoke and shirtless drink special nights. Popular country/Western nightclub in Sappho’s upstairs and a dance club Arlington, VA 22202
Popular Capitol Hill area restaurant and Check web site for details. McPherson Capitol Hill neighborhood with more than on the first floor. 703-685-0555
bar (Eastern Market Metro) for both men Square Metro. 6,000 square feet of space for dancing and Freddie Lutz’s Virginia
and women. Features Cuban, Mexican billiards. One half block west of Eastern Hippo establishment includes a restaurant
and Puerto Rican cuisine. JR.’s Market Metro. 1 W. Eager St. and friendly bar, regular specials
1519 17th St., NW Baltimore, MD 21201 and is popular with men and
Blowoff Washington, DC 20036 Town 410-547-0069 women. Crystal City Metro.
815 V St., NW 202-328-0090 Danceboutique clubhippo.com
Washington, DC 20001 jrswdc.com 2009 8th St., NW Large club popular with men and
blowoff.us Longtime friendly Dupont Circle area bar Washington, DC 20001 women featuring billiards, top DJs/ laurel, md
Created by musicians Bob Mould and popular with men; videos, regular special 202-234-TOWN dancing, karaoke, videos and more. PW’s
Richard Morel, Blowoff is an occasional events. towndc.com Opened in 1972, Hippo’s motto is 9855 N. Washington Blvd.
dance event popular with men. Events are Dance club and bar popular with men “where everyone is welcome.” Laurel, MD 20723
held in clubs around the country; D.C.’s Lace and women, features regular drag 301-498-8202
Blowoff parties are held at the 9:30 club 2214 Rhode Island Ave., NE performances. U Street Metro. Jay’s on Read pwssportsbar.com
in the popular U Street corridor. Washington, DC 20018 225 W. Read St. Restaurant and bar is popular with
202-832-3888 Ultrabar Baltimore, MD 21201 gay and lesbian sports fans and is
Cobalt lacedc.com 911 F St., NW 410-225-0188 known for its superb burgers.
1639 R St., NW Every night is ladies night at Lace; Washington, DC 20004
Washington, DC 20009 features regular special events for women ultrabardc.com
202-462-6569 in Brookland neighborhood. Check web twitter.com/UltraBar
cobaltdc.com site for details on happy hour specials. Large dance club with gay-friendly events
In Dupont Circle area; part of complex of and vibe located downtown near Metro
LGBT businesses at this address, including Larry’s Lounge Center.
Level One restaurant on 1836 18th St., NW
street level and 30 Degrees bar. Washington, DC 20009 Where The Girls Go
202-483-1483 wherethegirlsgo.com
Crew Club Dupont Circle area bar and restaurant Queer women’s events in the D.C. area.
1321 14th St., NW popular with both men and women. Check web site for latest info.
Washington, DC 20005
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Men’s 24-hour gym in Logan Circle area, Boonsboro, MD 21713 Washington, DC 20024
featuring steam rooms, lounges, 301-591-4434 202-863-0670
private dressing rooms and more. thelodgemd.com secretsdc.com
www.facebook.com/TheLodgeMD Featuring all-nude male dancers
DC Eagle Favorite for: Both Men & Women, Billiards, Wednesdays-Sundays, drag
639 New York Ave., NW Dancing, Drag, Bear/Leather, Karaoke. performances, large dance floor and many
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REAL ESTATE

Real Estate in the 21st Century

By DAVID BEDIZ all properties, so it becomes necessary to they’re interested in, then attend open
actually search on individual broker web- houses and only engage the broker when
The real estate industry has changed sites for current information. they are ready to put in an offer.
by leaps and bounds in the past two de- Trulia, Zillow and the now unsupport- This approach may work for some, but
cades. Since the advent of the internet, ed Google real estate maps websites all many buyers find that they have no up-front
the proliferation of smart mobile devices try (or tried) to stay on top of current data help understanding the process, and then
and the presence of at least one com- and have succeeded only to a certain ex- they end up doing more work, seeing fewer
puter in most everyone’s home, access to tent. There are listings on Trulia that show properties and seeing properties only on
information has never been easier. as “active” that were sold long ago, and someone else’s schedule — all to pay the
This obviously means a buyer can pur- sometimes two or more listings with dif- same price as a buyer utilizing the services of
chase with more data at his or her dispos- ferent prices for the same property will a full-service buyer’s broker (who, by the way,
al, and hopefully make a wiser purchase. exist on Zillow. These websites do their is paid by the seller). The brokerages who of-
Sellers, too, can benefit from access to best to stay on top of new and under- fer this self-serve approach usually incentivize
this information by getting tips on how to contract listings but because they do not the use of their services by offering a rebate,
present their home on the market more have real-time feeds to MLS providers, which in many cases is less than the savings a
effectively, not only in terms of price, but they can only be so accurate. HomesDa- buyer may realize by having more in-person
also by getting smart tips as to how to im- tabase.com is the public side of MRIS, market experience based on seeing more
prove the home’s appearance for a sale. which is the region’s main MLS provider. properties, and using a buyer’s agent from far and wide as possible, your home can’t
There is almost no downside to this im- It’s not incredibly easy to use but does the beginning who can help strategize the possible compete with others online.
provement in technology; buyers can go have the most accurate, up-to-date in- most cost-effective offer for the property they Buyers, too, should ensure their agents
to virtual open houses in their underwear, formation on properties listed through ultimately are interested in. are well-versed in all the new tools avail-
sellers can present their home to many MRIS. Other websites like CBMove.com, Finally, buyers should be careful of the able to them. Agents should not only sug-
more people than they could otherwise, the local Coldwell Banker site, and many agent they choose, whether buying or sell- gest new properties to buyers that they
and agents have the opportunity to reach other local brokerage sites, pay to access ing. The world is a different place now, and if find themselves, but, more importantly,
and connect to clients, both buyers and MRIS information hourly and redisplay an agent is still doing business the way they they should set up automatic searches for
sellers, who may be tens of thousands of those listings, so they are almost always did it in the ‘80s, they should not be trust- their buyers so both the agent and client
miles away, instantaneously. There are only up-to-date as well. Some of these web- ed to help buyers and sellers navigate the are aware of new properties the moment
a few caveats to using these new tools. sites also have a function to allow buyers nuances of this digital age. Sellers should they hit the market. It’s too easy and too
Firstly, buyers should get acquainted to set up automatic searches that alert review the virtual tours of any prospective useful for an agent not to do so, but un-
with the pros and cons of all the tools them when new properties within their agents’ past listings and ensure the photog- fortunately many agents either don’t know
out there. For example, there are some search parameters hit the market. raphy is professional, appealing and plenti- how to do it or don’t take the time to.
websites that purport to be all-in-one Secondly, it’s important to remember ful. Tours should help sell the home and the Whether buying or selling, you should
sources of information across the country that access to information can be daunt- neighborhood with community information embrace this new internet age and make
for available and sold home data. In most ing. There is so much information out there and supplemental documents, newspaper sure you are taking advantage of it. And to
cases, these multi-jurisdiction searches that many buyers will be overwhelmed, articles and other facts that help make the make sure you buy or sell your home with
are lacking in current information due especially towards the beginning of their area as attractive as possible. the most bang for your buck, make sure
to the complexities of establishing real- search. Real estate vocabulary, lending op- Too often we see beautiful homes list- your agent is taking advantage of it too.
time connections to the thousands of tions, neighborhood information — it’s all ed with only one photograph, or even list-
MLS (Multiple Listing Service) providers a little confusing when you are first starting ings with multiple photographs that were
that exist across the country. In addition, out. Some brokerages base their services all done with point-and-shoot cameras. If David Bediz is a Realtor at Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage and part of the Dwight and David Real Estate
some areas, like New York City, don’t have on a “self-service” approach whereby buy- an agent won’t spend the money to take Group. He can be reached at 202 352 8456 or through
an MLS that is used by all brokerages for ers use the internet to compile properties good photos and disseminate them as www.DwightandDavid.com.

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director Malcolm Lazin, “the pre-eminent across the state, of the Student Network
national and international annual summit for Across Pennsylvania, or SNAP. Lambda
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Events include a series of panels, per- assassination, and six others were killed,
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