Volume 44, Issue 31 - August 2, 2013

Fate of Ziegfelds/Secrets also
unclear after mayors announcement

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
The D.C. Center for the LGBT Community announced last week that it has put on hold
the renovation of the space into which it planned to move in September in the citys
Reeves Center municipal building following news one day earlier that the building will
likely be demolished in three years.
Mayor Vincent Gray and at least three of his top aides said the city would help the D.C.
Center nd a new location if and when the Reeves building closes.
Demonstrators held a small protest on Wednesday across from the Russian embassy
on Wisconsin Avenue.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY DAMIEN SALAS
Boycott calls gain steam
but advocates divided over
skipping Sochi Olympics
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
LGBT rights advocates remain divided
over calls to boycott the 2014 Winter
Olympics in Russia and Russian vodka
in response to the countrys gay rights
record.
Author Dan Savage, LGBT rights
advocate Cleve Jones and the group
Queer Nation last week launched the
Dump Russian Vodka campaign
that calls for a boycott of Stoli, Russian
Standard and other Russian vodka
brands. The campaign also urges the U.S.
and other countries to boycott the 2014
Winter Olympics that will take place in
Sochi, Russia, in February.
Do not drink Russian vodka, Savage
said in an op-ed in the Stranger, a weekly
newspaper in Seattle, published on July
24. Do not buy Russian vodka. Ask your
bartender at your favorite bar gay or
otherwise to DUMP STOLI and DUMP
RUSSIAN VODKA.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in
recent weeks signed a broadly worded law
that bans the promotion of so-called gay
propaganda to minors and a statute that
bans foreign same-sex couples and any
couple from a country in which gays and
lesbians can legally marry from adopting
Russian children. LGBT rights groups are
among those that face nes under a law that
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Demonstrators held a small protest on Wednesday across from the Russian embassy
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Move comes 2 days
before new health director
set to take ofce

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Gay physician and AIDS specialist
Gregory Pappas released a statement
Tuesday night saying he was stepping
down as head of the D.C. Department
of Healths HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and
Tuberculosis Administration (HAHSTA).
Pappas sent the statement to the
Blade, which he said he prepared with
the help of his attorney, hours after
DOH Interim Director Shaun Snyder
announced Pappass abrupt departure
in an email sent to DOH employees
The announcement came two days
before Dr. Joxel Garcia, Mayor Vincent
Grays nominee to become the new
DOH director, is scheduled to take
ofce as acting director on Aug. 1. The
City Council was expected to vote on
whether to conrm Garcias nomination
in September when the Council returns
from its summer recess.
The purpose of this email is to inform
you of a change in the management
of the HIV, AIDS Hepatitis, STD, and
TB Administration, Snyder said in his
email, a copy of which was obtained by
the Washington Blade.
Today is Dr. Gregory Pappass last
day with the Department of Health and
I would like to take this opportunity to
thank him for his service, Snyder said
without giving a reason for Pappass
departure.
Snyder then announced in his email
to surprised employees that gay DOH
ofcial Michael Kharfen would replace
Pappas as the HAHSTA director
effective immediately.
As many of you know, Mr. Kharfen
currently serves as the Bureau Chief
of Partnerships, Capacity Building &
Community Outreach and has recently
stepped up to serve as the Interim
Bureau Chief of STD and TB Control,
Snyder said in his email.
He is a committed public health
ofcial and I know he will provide
solid leadership during this transition
period, he said. Mr. Kharfens efforts,
along with those of the dedicated
HAHSTA team, will ensure that we
promote the highest quality services for
our client and patients.
In an email sent to the Blade, Snyder
added, We do not anticipate any
impact on services as a result of the
transition.
Pappas, reached by phone Tuesday
night, declined to comment on his
unexpected departure as HAHSTA
director, saying he preferred to discuss
the matter in his written statement.
Two sources from community-based
AIDS organizations that are familiar with
HAHSTA and who spoke on condition
that they not be identied, told the Blade
Pappas made informal arrangements to
meet with representatives of the groups
over the next few weeks and made
no mention that he would be leaving
HAHSTA. The two sources believe
Pappas was dismissed.
It has been a great honor to serve
the District of Columbia, he said in his
statement. During my time at HAHSTA
I had the once in a life time opportunity
to represent the city at the 2012
International AIDS Society Meeting,
which was held in D.C.
He discusses in the statement what he
believes were his accomplishments in
helping advance the citys ght against
AIDS, including the reduction of new
AIDS diagnoses by 50 percent over the
past ve years.
For public heath, team work is
essential, his statement says. In
stepping down I welcome the new
director of the Department of Health,
Dr. Joxel Garcia, who will assemble
his own team. I wish him well in taking
D.C. to the next level of excellence and
recognition. I look forward to being able
to spend more time with my family.
Earlier in the day on Tuesday, DOH
spokesperson Najma Roberts told the
Blade she couldnt say why Pappas left
his job without any advance notice or
who made the decision to replace him
if his departure was involuntary.
Pappas steps down as
head of D.C. AIDS ofce
Library of Congress acquires Vincenz papers
Lilli Vincenz, 75, a D.C.-area resident who worked with Frank Kameny as
a pioneer in the gay rights movement beginning in the early 1960s, has
donated to the Library of Congress some 10,000 papers, photographs, 16-
mm lms and memorabilia collected over a period of 50 years.
In a statement released on July 25, the Library of Congress said the papers
and other items, which document Vincenzs personal biography and the
larger gay rights movement, will be available to researchers and the public
once the materials are organized and catalogued.
The statement notes that Vincenz was one of the rst lesbian members of
the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., the nations rst full-edged gay
civil rights organization co-founded by Kameny and then D.C. gay activist
Jack Nichols. It says Vincenz became the rst editor of the organizations
newsletter, The Homosexual Citizen.
In that capacity, Vincenz and lesbian activist Nancy Tucker co-founded in
1969 an independent gay newspaper as a spinoff of the Mattachine newsletter
called the Gay Blade, which later evolved into the Washington Blade.
She marched in the historic [gay rights] picket of the White House on
April 17, 1965, participated in annual July 4th gay rights demonstrations in
Philadelphia, and was part of the delegation that met with U.S. Civil Service
Commission ofcials in 1965 to discuss the continued federal ban on hiring
homosexuals, the Library of Congress statement says.
Vincenz was also an early member of the Daughters of Bilitis, a national
lesbian rights organization, wrote a bi-weekly column for the New York-based
Gay magazine, and was interviewed often by the media with other lesbian
leaders, the statement says.
The Library of Congress statement says the donation of Vincenzs papers was
made through her agent, Charles Francis, the co-founder of the Kameny Papers
Project, which donated Kamenys papers to the Library of Congress in 2006.
Vincenz and her partner Nancy Davis live in Arlington, Va.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
OBITUARY GUNTHER FREEHILL, 60

Gunther Freehill, a leader in the 1980s of the AIDS protest group ACT UP
Los Angeles who later became a recognized expert on AIDS policy as an
ofcial with the L.A. and D.C. health departments, died July 15 in his home in
Washington of complications from heart surgery. He was 60.
Friends and colleagues said Freehill, who was gay, retained his passion for
addressing the plight of people with HIV/AIDS when in the 1990s he gave up
his role as a rebrand activist and organizer of AIDS protest rallies to become
a bureaucrat in city AIDS ofces in L.A. and D.C.
In his eld, he was renowned as an expert, locally and nationally, especially in the
administration of the Ryan White CARE Act and other HIV/AIDS public programs,
a memorial statement released by the D.C. Department of Health says.
His tireless work ethic and devotion to public services has helped save
millions of taxpayer dollars and has positively impacted tens of thousands of
lives, the statement says.
At the time of his death, Freehill served as the Care, Housing & Support
Services Bureau Chief at the HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted
Disease and Tuberculosis Administration (HAHSTA), which is an arm of the
D.C. Department of Health.
Freehill began working at HAHSTA in 2005 after having worked from
1998 to 2005 as Director of Public Affairs for the L.A. County Ofce of AIDS
Programs and Policy (OAPP).
Guy Weston, executive director of D.C. Care, a local consortium that
provides services for people with HIV/AIDS, called Freehill a virtual
encyclopedia of knowledge on local and federal AIDS programs that
HAHSTA uses to assist people with HIV.
You might not have agreed with all of his positions, but you had to respect
his passion, commitment, and all that he accomplished on behalf people with
HIV/AIDS in D.C. and beyond, Weston said.
Freehill was born in Melvin, Ill., and was the second youngest in a family of
nine children, according to biographical information included in the memorial
statement by the D.C. Department of Health.
He received a bachelors degree from the University of North Carolina and a
masters degree in international studies from the Claremont Colleges in California.
He completed coursework toward a doctoral degree, the DOH statement says.
Freehill is survived by his former partner Raymond Reece of Yountville,
Calif.; and seven brothers and a sister.
Interment was scheduled to be held July 24 at Strawn Cemetery in Strawn, Ill.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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It has been a great honor to serve the District
oI Columbia,' GREGORY PAPPAS said in a
statement.
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Two activists remain critical
of islands government
Two Cuban LGBT rights advocates
who are visiting the United States for
three months arrived in D.C. this week.
Ignacio Estrada Cepero and Wendy
Iriepa Daz on Monday met with
staffers of Us Helping Us, an HIV/AIDS
service organization, and Casa Ruby, a
multicultural LGBT community center.
Estrada and Iriepa were also scheduled to
meet with Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
on Capitol Hill on Wednesday before they
return to Miami. (Visit washingtonblade.
com for updates on their visit.)
Estrada, who founded the Cuban
League Against AIDS in 2005, told the
Blade while at Casa Ruby that he and
Iriepa, a transgender woman who used
to work for Cubas National Center for
Sexual Education (CENESEX) which
is directed by Mariela Castro Espn,
daughter of Cuban President Ral Castro
want to show how we live, how we
work in Cuba while they are in the U.S.
The couple, who married in a high-
prole wedding in Havana, the Cuban
capital, in 2011, said Mariela Castro
presents what they described as a
distorted reality of the islands LGBT
community to the world.
Mariela totally manipulates the
LGBT community, Iriepa said.
Estrada and Iriepa arrived in D.C. less
than three months after Mariela Castro
traveled to the U.S. to accept an award
from Equality Forum, a Philadelphia-
based LGBT advocacy group.
Mariela Castros supporters note
she successfully lobbied the Cuban
government to begin offering free
sex-reassignment surgery under the
countrys national health care system
in 2010. Iriepa herself had SRS in 2007
while she worked at CENESEX.
Observers have credited Cubas
condom distribution campaign and sexual
education curriculum with producing one
of the worlds lowest HIV infection rates.
Cubans with the virus also have access to
free anti-retroviral drugs.
CENESEX in May scheduled a series
of events across Cuba to commemorate
the annual International Day Against
Homophobia and Transphobia. Mariela
Castro has also spoken out in support of
marriage rights for same-sex couples in
the country.
I am very proud of how we have
advanced [LGBT rights in Cuba,] she
said during an Equality Forum panel in
Philadelphia.
Estrada and Iriepa and other Cuban
LGBT rights advocates remain critical
of Mariela Castro and her fathers
government.
Leannes Imbert Acosta of the Cuban
LGBT Platform claimed authorities last
September detained her as she left
her Havana home to bring materials to
CENESEX on a planned exhibit on forced
labor camps to which the government
sent more than 25,000 gay men and others
deemed unt for military services during
the 1960s. Estrada said that last fall during
a New York City panel organized by Cuba
Archive a group that documents human
rights abuses on the island more than
500 people with HIV/AIDS remain in
prison for what he described as the crime
of pre-criminal social dangerousness.
You work for the community but you
arent really from this community without
rights, Estrada told the Blade. And
without rights nothing can be achieved.
Cuban LGBT advocates arrive in D.C.
Longtime namesake
of Annies Paramount
Steakhouse dies at 86
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Annie Kaylor, a bartender and
night manager of Annies Paramount
Steakhouse near Dupont Circle who
became the gay-friendly restaurants
namesake and public face for more than
30 years, died July 24 of natural causes.
She was 86.
A celebration of life is slated for Aug.
20 at Annies from 6-10 p.m., which would
have been her 87th birthday, reads a fax
from loved ones regarding plans for a
memorial. The memorial service is still
being planned by the family. Details to
follow.
People who knew her, both gay and
straight, have said Kaylor became
a beloved gure on the 17th Street
residential and business strip since she
began working at the restaurant in 1952,
four years after her brother George
Katinas opened the then-Paramount
Steakhouse in 1948.
Her commitment to impeccable
service with a fun attitude, welcoming
hospitality to all, and unwavering support
to the GLBT community and Dupont
Circle neighborhood has set a high
standard for everyone else to follow,
according to a message posted on the
restaurants website prior to her death.
The website says Kaylor and her
sister Sue Stout were part of the family-
owned restaurants all-female service
staff who, beginning in the early 1950s,
established its reputation as a place of
openness and acceptance of all people,
including gays.
Their sense of acceptance soon
made the restaurant a gay mecca, where
the gay community could come and
feel comfortable and safe without being
harassed and discriminated upon, the
website write-up says.
In the 1960s, Annies name was
added to the name and thus Annies
Paramount Steakhouse was born, the
website says.
Dito Sevilla, a bartender at Floriana
Restaurant located across the street
from Annies and a longtime Annies
customer, said Kaylors reputation as a
friend and ally of the gay community and
her warmth toward her gay customers
is legendary among those familiar with
the 17th Street restaurant strip.
Sevilla said one story he has heard
repeatedly from older customers who
knew Kaylor back in the 1960s appears
to capture her warm personality.
In the late 60s or early 70s there
were two men sitting at a table and
she saw that they were holding hands
under the table, Sevilla said he recalls
customers telling him. And she walked
up to them and she sort of startled
them. She said, You guys dont have to
hold hands under the table. She said,
No, no you hold those hands right
up here on top of that table.
Although her appearances at the
restaurant were less frequent in recent
years following Kaylors retirement,
the Annies website write-up says she
enjoyed talking to longtime customers
and staff during her regular visits. Sevilla
said she was especially moved when the
Gay Mens Chorus of Washington came
to the restaurant to sing for her on the
occasion of her 80th birthday party.
In prior years, Kaylor rode in a special
Annies car in D.C.s Pride Parade, which
travels along 17th Street past Annies
restaurant.
Memorial planned for Annie Kaylor
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Gay private faces 136 years
in military prison
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
A military judge on Tuesday found
gay U.S. Army private Bradley Manning
not guilty of aiding the enemy, the most
serious charge lodged against him
following allegations in 2010 that he leaked
hundreds of thousands of classied military
reports and diplomatic cables.
At the conclusion of a court martial
proceeding that began in June at Fort
Meade, Md., Army Col. Denise Lind
found Manning guilty of nearly all of the
other charges led against him, including
six counts of violating the U.S. Espionage
Act. All of the charges stemmed from
his alleged transmittal of the classied
documents to the dissident, whistleblower
group Wikileaks.
The verdict came after Manning
pleaded guilty earlier this year to 10
of the 22 counts led against him.
Experts in military law said the charges
on which he was convicted carry a
combined maximum sentence of 136
years of connement in a military prison,
although they expect the judge to hand
down a much shorter sentence. The
sentencing phase of the trial began
Wednesday and is expected to take
several weeks.
Had he been convicted on the aiding-
the-enemy charge, he could have faced life
in prison without the possibility of parole.
LGBT activists following the Manning
case dispute media reports that
surfaced at the time of his arrest in 2010
that his motive for leaking the classied
information was related, in part, to his
anger over the Dont Ask, Dont Tell
law, which banned gays from serving
openly in the armed forces.
Transgender advocates have also
expressed skepticism of a claim by one
of Mannings defense attorneys that his
action was due, in part, to his personal
struggle over his gender identity.
I dont see that his identity has
anything to do with what he did, said
Maryland transgender advocate Dana
Beyer. His sexual identity, however you
want to dene it, is completely irrelevant.
Beyers assessment appears to be
shared by virtually all of the national
LGBT advocacy organizations, which
have either remained silent on the
Manning case or have said Mannings
actions should not be condoned and
dont reect the views of the LGBT
rights movement.
Fred Sainz, vice president of
communications for the Human Rights
Campaign, the nations largest LGBT
political organization, told the Blade this
week that HRC would have no comment
on the Manning verdict.
Spokespersons for the National Gay
and Lesbian Task Force and the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation,
which monitors media coverage of the
LGBT community, did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.
D.C. gay attorney Philip Fornaci
is among the small corps of LGBT
activists who have joined opponents
of U.S. policies in the Middle East
and elsewhere that have supported
Manning and helped raise money for
his legal defense.
Supporters argue that Manning is
a whistleblower who courageously
released information showing a awed
and illegal U.S. foreign policy to enable
the American public to pressure the
government to change those policies.
While the national LGBT advocacy
organizations shamelessly shower
President Obama with praise for
allowing openly gay men and women
to enlist in the military, their complete
silence on the Manning case is
indefensible, Fornaci said in an Aug.
6, 2012 commentary in the Blade. If
Manning did in fact leak information
to Wikileaks as he is accused, he has
displayed enormous courage.
Presenting a far different perspective
on Manning was R. Clarke Cooper,
former executive director of the national
gay group Log Cabin Republicans.
Cooper penned a Blade commentary
in December 2011 calling Manning a
traitor to the United States of America.
Shortly after his 2010 arrest, the
publicly viewable part of Mannings
Facebook prole listed the Washington
Blade as among his favorite pages
along with several other LGBT-related
websites, including the Human Rights
Campaign and a site pushing for repeal
of Dont Ask, Dont Tell.
Pa. county sued over marriage licenses
NORRISTOWN, Pa. The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday
led a lawsuit against Montgomery County Registrar of Wills D. Bruce Hanes
to stop him from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The clerks actions are in direct deance of the express policy of the
commonwealth that marriage shall be between one man and one woman,
Alison Taylor, chief counsel for the state Department of Health, wrote as the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
Hanes on July 23 began to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
after Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced she would
not defend the commonwealths statutory gay nuptials ban in a lawsuit the
American Civil Liberties Union led. Hanes told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
his ofce has thus far issued 34 marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Gov. Tom Corbett also on Tuesday announced he would defend
Pennsylvanias same-sex marriage ban against the ACLU lawsuit.
State Reps. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) and Stephen McCarter
(D-Montgomery County) plan to formally introduce a same-sex marriage bill
once Pennsylvania lawmakers reconvene in Harrisburg next month.
Men arrested under La. sodomy law
BATON ROUGE, La. A local newspaper on July 28 reported the East
Baton Rouge Parish Sheriffs Ofce has charged at least a dozen men under
the states sodomy law over the last two years.
The Advocate reported authorities used the statute to entrap men at a
local park who agreed to have consensual sex with an undercover ofcer at
a nearby apartment. The newspaper said the July 18 arrest of a 65-year-old
man is among at least a dozen such cases since 2011.
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux on July 29 apologized.
Our agency made mistakes, he said in a statement, according to the
Advocate. We will learn from them and we will take measures to ensure it
does not happen again.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 struck down the countrys remaining anti-
sodomy laws in its landmark Lawrence v. Texas decision, but Louisiana is
among the states that have yet to formally repeal them.
Gautreaux said he plans to meet with a Baton Rouge LGBT advocacy
group to further the dialogue between law enforcement and the LGBT
community. The Advocate on July 30 reported East Baton Rouge Parish
Metro Councilman John Delgado has called for a local ordinance that would
ban discrimination against the parishs gay and lesbian residents.
Mexican band honors hate crime victim
ATLANTA A controversial Mexican band has dedicated the rest of its
U.S. tour to a gay Chilean teenager who lost his leg in June during an alleged
anti-gay attack.
The Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation, A Chilean
LGBT advocacy group, said in a press release on Tuesday that Molotov made
the overture in honor of Esteban Navarro Quinchevil.
Six men reportedly attacked Navarro, 19, with knives, machetes and iron
bars in a suburb of Santiago, the Chilean capital, on June 23. The Movement
for Homosexual Integration and Liberation told reporters after the attack that
the teenagers assailants shouted anti-gay slurs at him before the struck him
in the head, body and one of his legs.
Molotov, which is scheduled to perform at the Fillmore in Silver Spring,
Md., on Aug. 26, faced criticism from some local LGBT rights advocates over
the use of maricn and puto, which are often derogatory toward gay
men in Spanish, in several of their songs.
The group, which had been scheduled to perform in Atlanta on Wednesday,
said it would not use maricn in performances during the rest of its U.S.
tour in honor of Navarro.
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Russia boycott calls divide LGBT activists
requires non-governmental organizations
that receive funding from outside Russia
to register as a foreign agent.
About a dozen LGBT rights advocates
gathered in front of the Russian embassy
in Northwest D.C. to protest the countrys
anti-LGBT rights record on Wednesday.
Larry Poltavtsev of Spectrum Human
Rights was among those who attended.
Were here today to protest LGBT
human rights violations in Russia, he said.
The new anti-gay laws have come
into effect against the backdrop of
increasing anti-LGBT discrimination and
violence in Russia.
Two men in the southern Russia city
of Volgograd and on the Kamchatka
Peninsula in the countrys Far East have
been killed in recent months during
what local authorities have described as
anti-gay attacks.
Police in St. Petersburg on June 29
arrested 40 LGBT activists and a handful
of nationalists who confronted them
during a gay rights rally. Authorities
in the Russian capital in May arrested
30 LGBT rights advocates who tried
to stage a Pride celebration outside
Moscow City Hall.
Authorities in the city of Murmansk
on July 21 took into custody four Dutch
LGBT rights advocates who were lming
a documentary about gay life in Russia.
A St. Petersburg appellate court on July
25 overturned a lower courts ruling
that ned Coming Out, a local LGBT
advocacy group, 500,000 rubles or
slightly more than $15,202 for violating
the foreign agent law.
Russian advocate:
Boycott will have no effect
Gay bars in Seattle, Chicago, London
and other cities have already begun to
remove Stoli and other Russian products
from their shelves. Gay City News
reported a handful of ACT UP members
protested a Stoli event at a gay bar in
New York City on Tuesday night.
Gay bars in D.C. have thus far not
indicated they will participate in the
boycott.
Cobalt had been scheduled to host
a Stoli-sponsored event for the website
GayCities on Thursday, but the company
postponed it.
The company did not return the
Blades request for comment.
Val Mendeleev, CEO of SPI Group,
Stolis parent company, said in a July 25
statement from Luxembourg the Russian
government does not own the brand.
He acknowledged the vodka contains
Russian ingredients, but it is distilled in a
factory in neighboring Latvia.
Mendeleev further pointed out SPI
Group has supported a number of pro-
LGBT groups and initiatives. These
include Pride celebrations in South Africa
and Austria and its Most Original Stoli
Guy partnership with Gaycities.com.
Stoli rmly opposes such attitude and
actions, Mendeleev said in response
to growing concerns over Russias
gay rights record. As a company that
encourages transparency and fairness,
we are upset and angry.
Nikolai Alekseev of Gay Russia,
an LGBT advocacy group, told the
Washington Blade from Moscow on
Tuesday he feels a boycott of Russian
vodka will not have an effect.
The real target of this protest should
be the politicians who are behind these
initiatives, he said.
Actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein
called for a Sochi boycott in an op-ed the
New York Times published on July 21.
Gay Olympic diver Greg Louganis,
who was unable to compete in the 1980
Summer Olympics in Moscow because
then-President Jimmy Carter boycotted
them over the Soviet Unions invasion of
Afghanistan the year before, told Frank
Bruni of the New York Times on July 28
that he feels athletes should have the
opportunity to compete in Sochi in spite
of Russias LGBT rights record. Retired
tennis champion Martina Navratilova;
the LGBT advocacy groups All Out
and Athlete Ally and Cyd Zeigler, Jr.,
co-founder of OutSports, are among
those who also oppose a boycott of the
Sochi games.
We want to encourage and support
athletics, particularly the Olympics, and
feel that a boycott would only hurt the
athletes, Hudson Taylor, executive
director of Athlete Ally, told the Blade
on Tuesday. We understand the
rationale behind a boycott, but are also
cognizant that our call for a boycott
could result in negative ramications
and backlash for regional LGBT and
ally organizations in Russia.
State Department spokesperson
Jen Psaki on July 26 said the U.S. does
not support calls to boycott the Sochi
Olympics.
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Remarks on gays cause
international controversy
Pope Francis on Monday said gay
men and lesbians should not be judged
or marginalized.
If a person is gay and seeks the Lord
and is of good will, who am I to judge
him? he told reporters in response to a
question about gay priests as he returned
to Rome after his week-long trip to Brazil
for World Youth Day as La Nacin, an
Argentine newspaper, reported.
Francis comments come amid renewed
calls to welcome gays and lesbians into
the church following Pope Benedict XVIs
abrupt resignation in February.
You are made in Gods image and
likeness, New York Cardinal Timothy
Dolan told ABC News George
Stephanopoulos during an interview in
March. We want your happiness... and
youre entitled to friendship.
Cardinal Nicols de Jess Lpez
Rodrguez of the Archdiocese of Santo
Domingo in the Dominican Republic late last
month referred to James Wally Brewster,
an openly gay man whom President Obama
nominated to become the next American
ambassador to the Caribbean country, as a
maricn or faggot in Spanish during a
press conference.
Francis himself seemed to echo
Dolans call during his comments to
reporters.
The Catechism of the Catholic church
explains this in a very clear way, the
pontiff told reporters. It says that these
people should not be marginalized.
They should be integrated into society.
A Quinnipiac University poll in March
found that 54 percent of Catholics support
marriage rights for same-sex couples.
Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley is
among the Catholic state executives
who have signed same-sex marriage
measures into law.
Catholic hierarchy continues to
oppose the issue in spite of this
increased support.
Marriage exists obviously we believe
by the will of God because the sexual
orientation between men and women
tends to create babies, Father Leonard
Klein of the Diocese of Wilmington (Del.)
said before Delaware Gov. Jack Markell
signed a bill into law that extended
marriage to same-sex couples in the state.
Francis, who was among the most
prominent opponents of efforts to extend
marriage rights to same-sex couples in his
native Argentina, also spoke out against
what he described as the gay lobby
within the Vatican. Those comments
came in response to questions over the
reported homosexuality of Monsignor
Battista Ricca, whom the pontiff last
month appointed to oversee the Vatican
bank, that began to emerge last week in
the Italian press.
When one encounters a person like
this, one have to distinguish between
the act of being gay and lobbying,
because no lobby is good, Francis
said. The problem is not having this
orientation. We must be brothers. The
problem is lobbying.
The Archdiocese of Washington did
not have an immediate comment on
Francis statements.
Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive
director of DignityUSA, an LGBT Catholic
organization, told the Washington Blade
she welcomes what she described as a
change of tone from the very harsh and
damaging rhetoric of Benedict and his
predecessor, Pope John Paul II.
We hope it translates into similar
expressions of openness among
bishops and cardinals here in the U.S.
and in other countries, Duddy-Burke
said. The best news would be if the
Pope indicates a willingness to begin
a dialogue with LGBT Catholics and
our families about our experience in
the Church and in our societies. Hes
shown humility in walking with other
marginalized groups. Wed hope it
would extend to us, as well.
Pope asks, Who am I to judge?
'lI a person is gay and seeks the Lord . who
am l to judge him,' POPE FRANCIS said.
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As LGBT advocates ramp up
efforts to pass the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, some key U.S.
senators this week said theyre still
undecided on how theyll vote on the bill.
Most notable among these holdouts
are three Senate Democrats who are not
co-sponsors of ENDA Sens. Bill Nelson
(D-Fla.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Mark
Pryor (D-Ark.) even in the aftermath of
a 15-7 Senate committee vote weeks ago
reporting out ENDA to the oor.
Manchin ignored questions from the
Blade on how hell vote on the bill. His
response to the nal question: Its very
nice to meet you.
Pryor was similarly non-committal. Asked
whether he was familiar with the legislation,
the senator replied, I am in concept, but I
havent seen it or read it yet.
Asked for a sense of how hell vote
on ENDA, Pryor said he needed time to
review the bill, adding, Ill just have to
look at it.
Nelson couldnt be reached on
Capitol Hill for a comment on how hell
vote on ENDA. The Florida senators
ofce along with the ofces of Pryor
and Manchin hasnt responded for
six weeks to the Blades requests for
comment on ENDA.
Its not unusual for senators to
refrain from saying how theyll vote on
legislation that is imminently before
them. Still, Senate Health, Education,
Labor & Pensions Committee Chair Tom
Harkin (D-Iowa) said that hes expecting
a oor vote this fall after August recess.
Tico Almeida, president of Freedom
to Work, said the time has come for
the holdout Democrats to co-sponsor
ENDA because the more time that
passes without their support makes
them look sillier and weaker the longer
they drag this out.
The three holdout Senate
Democrats are alienating themselves
further from the Democratic Party and
ignoring American values of hard work
and success with every passing day that
they stubbornly refuse to cosponsor the
bipartisan ENDA, Almeida said.
Although the lack of commitment
from Pryor and Manchin may not be
surprising because theyre among
the Democrats who dont support
marriage equality, Nelsons silence is
striking because he supports same-sex
marriage. In May 2010, the senator also
voted for Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal
as a member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee even before the
Pentagon report on open service came
out later that fall.
Almeida called on Obama and senior
White House ofcials to take additional
action to win ENDA support from
Nelson as well as Pryor and Manchin.
Theres a difference between
providing strong leadership and issuing
press statements, and LGBT Americans
who fear getting red from their
jobs have been waiting for President
Obamas leadership for a long time,
Almeida said. President Obama, Vice
President Biden, Valerie Jarrett, Cecilia
Munoz and especially the LGBT staff at
the White House should start lobbying
Congress to bring home these three
holdout Democratic senators.
Shin Inouye, a White House
spokesperson, insisted that White
House ofcials are reaching out to the
Senate to ensure a successful oor vote.
The president is pleased that the
Senate HELP Committee, on a bipartisan
basis, approved ENDA in July, and we
look forward to the Senates consideration
of the Employment Non-Discrimination
Act, Inouye said. The White House will
continue to reach out to lawmakers on
this legislation which would enshrine into
law strong, lasting and comprehensive
protections against employment
discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity.
LGBT groups launch
campaigns to build
ENDA support
Amid attention on these three
Democratic senators, the Human Rights
Campaign announced on Tuesday
evening that it launched a $2 million
campaign to work to pass ENDA called
Americans for Workplace Opportunity.
The steering committee is being
billed as a bipartisan group of
organizations and consists of the
American Civil Liberties Union, the
American Federation of Teachers,
the American Unity Fund, HRC, the
Leadership Conference on Civil &
Human Rights, the National Center for
Transgender Equality, the National Gay
& Lesbian Task Force and the Service
Employees International Union.
Heading the campaign will be
Matt McTighe, an LGBT activist who
most recently was Marriage Project
Director for Gill Action after leading the
campaign to bring marriage equality to
Maine last year.
In a statement, McTighe said the
campaign plans to mobilize the
supermajority of diverse Americans
who believe LGBT people should be
protected from workplace discrimination.
With the tremendously successful mark-
up of ENDA earlier this month, we have
strong momentum as we build to reach 60
votes on the Senate oor, McTighe said.
We will use all of our resources including
grassroots action and strong corporate
support to make it clear that the American
people want action on this bill.
In addition to states represented by
Senate Democratic holdouts on ENDA
Arkansas, Florida and West Virginia
the campaign will be engaged in
grassroots activities to encourage
Republican votes for ENDA in Arizona,
Idaho, Indiana, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
According to HRCs announcement,
the eight steering committee members
represent more than 5.6 million members
and supporters.
Its noteworthy that McTighes stated
goal with the campaign is to reach 60
votes to pass ENDA on the Senate
oor. Freedom to Works Almeida has
been more bullish about ENDA and has
projected between and 60 and 65 votes
for the bill in the Senate.
At the same time, statewide LGBT
advocacy groups in Florida and West
Virginia say theyve met with the
respective senators from their states to
encourage them to support ENDA.
Nadine Smith, executive director of
Equality Florida, said shes optimistic that
Nelson will vote in favor of ENDA following
a D.C. meeting that her organization
along with transgender activist and former
Seal Team 6 member Kristin Beck had in
June with the Florida senator.
Our team had a great conversation
about the importance of protections for
LGBT people, and were able to have an
honest dialogue with the senator, Smith
said. The meeting clearly had an impact
and we are continuing to work with his
staff to keep this on the front burner.
Casey Willits, a spokesperson
for Fairness West Virginia, said her
organization has had conversations with
Manchin and his staff on ENDA.
When ENDA is voted on in the Senate,
we trust that Sen. Manchin will act on the
West Virginia values of hard work and
fairness, Willits said. Im sure when Sen.
Manchin votes, he will have the story of
Sam Hall, a gay West Virginian coal miner,
on his mind. Its our goal to have two
senators in the yes column for ENDA.
Internal discussions within the Senate
are also underway. A Senate aide familiar
with ENDA, who spoke on condition
of anonymity, said the ve original co-
sposors of the bill Sen. Jeff Merkley
(D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mark
Kirk (R-Ill.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and
Tom Harkin met recently to discuss a
whip strategy for ENDA.
Additional conversations will happen
in the next few weeks, the Senate aide
said, in anticipation of a Senate oor
vote before the end of the year.
The aide also said Merkley met with
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) prior to
her yes vote on ENDA during the
committee vote and also met recently
with Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), whos
considered a swing vote on ENDA, to
talk about the bill.
Jeffrey Sadoksy, a Portman
spokesperson, conrmed that Merkley
met with the Republican senator and said
the meeting took place last week, but
wasnt able to provide any information
on whether Portman would vote for
ENDA in the wake of the meeting.
Conversations over scheduling a vote
apparently havent taken place yet within
the Senate Democratic leadership. Senate
Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.)
said hes unaware of those conversations
happening at this time.
3 key Democrats still undecided on ENDA
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Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) is among three key Senate Democrats remaining silent on ENDA.
Grays comments came during a news
conference last Thursday in which Gray
announced that the Reeves building at
14th and U streets, N.W. would be given
to a private developer in exchange for
land to build a new soccer stadium in the
Buzzard Point section of Southwest D.C.
We are going to make sure they are
relocated to a suitable place, Gray said
in response to a question from the Blade.
Gray announced that the land
swap was part of a proposed $300
million deal involving the city and D.C.
United, the major league soccer team
that has long sought to move out of the
citys aging and outdated RFK Stadium.
Since signing our lease in January of
this year, the D.C. Center has expended
thousands of volunteer hours and
thousands of dollars in renovating
the space in the Reeves Center with
anticipation of a September move-in
date, Center Board President Michael
Sessa said in a July 26 statement.
Unfortunately, continued renovation
of the Reeves Center space will stop
effective immediately until we have
a better understanding of where the
mayor proposes to relocate the D.C.
Center, Sessa said.
The soccer stadium deal and land
swap must be approved by the City
Council. And two other private owners
of land needed for the new stadium,
including PEPCO, have yet to consent
to sell their respective properties.
But Gray and ve members of the
Council who support the deal predicted
the remaining obstacles would be
overcome because the multi-million
dollar project would be of great
economic benet to the city.
Matthew Klein, president of the
Akridge development company, which
would acquire the Reeves building in
the land swap, unveiled an architectural
drawing at the news conference of a
new building that would be constructed
at the site of the Reeves building. The
new building is expected to include
residential and commercial space.
D.C. Center Executive Director David
Mariner noted on Thursday following the
mayors news conference that the Centers
15-year lease at the Reeves building requires
the Center to spend at least $70,000 to
renovate the rst-oor, storefront space to
get it ready for occupancy.
Mariner said the demolition part of
the renovation has been completed
through the help of volunteers from the
community. With the sudden news that
the Centers stay in the building is likely
to be two or three years rather than 15
years or more, Mariner said the Centers
board must decide whether it still makes
sense to move into the Reeves building.
I dont think we are prepared to invest
the time, energy and labor on a massive
renovation project if you cant guarantee
that well be there for more than two
years, Mariner told Brian Hanlon, director
of the D.C. Department of General
Services (DGS) in a conversation following
the news conference.
You mentioned time and money and
investment and I think there are ways to
incorporate all those things into where
were going, Hanlon told Mariner.
Hanlon said one possible way to
address the expenses noted by Mariner is
for the city to offset them in a new rental
agreement at another nearby city-owned
building or city-operated building.
Tony Robinson, a spokesperson for
the Ofce of the City Administrator,
told the Blade that Gray and other city
ofcials were looking into new rental
space for the center at a private building
in which a number of city agencies are
located at 1250 U St., N.W. The building
is two blocks from the Reeves building
and one block from the D.C. Centers
current space at 1318 U St., N.W.
The Center had to look for a new
location after an unrelated development
project required that it vacate its current
U Street space.
What Im saying is the DGS, the
mayor, the government is committed
to making sure you all nd a home in
Ward 1, Hanlon told Mariner. Its my
understanding that thats the epicenter of
the community that you serve. So were
committed to working that through.
Sessa told the Blade earlier in the day
on Friday that Center ofcials will be
meeting next week with Grays chief of
staff Christopher Murphy and possibly
others from the mayors ofce to discuss
the Centers options.
Of course thats under review, said
Sessa when asked if the Center was
considering dropping plans to move
into the Reeves building. Everything is
under review. But what action we take
has to be based on our discussion with
the city, which hasnt happened yet.
In the Centers statement released
later in the day on Friday Sessa said,
We have requested a meeting [with
city ofcials] immediately as we are
scheduled to vacate our current space
within less than 60 days. We look forward
to hearing the mayors plans and working
with the city to ensure a permanent
home for the LGBTQ community.
Fate of gay nightclub unclear
Robinson of the City Administrators
ofce told the Blade the soccer stadium
proposal calls for building a hotel and
other businesses such as restaurants and
shops near the site of the new stadium.
The gay nightclub Ziegfelds/Secrets
is located in that area at 1824 Half St.,
S.W., which is outside the footprint of
the soccer stadium but within the area
for the ancillary development.
Robinson said the property owners of
buildings and land outside the stadium
footprint are free to decline to sell to
developers and remain in the area as
long as they wish.
There are no plans to do eminent
domain for anything except whats in the
footprint of the site [of the stadium], he
said. There are no plans to close any
other facility.
However, Ziegfelds/Secrets currently
rents its space in a building owned by
Denver businessman Marty Chernoff,
who owned and operated the former
gay nightclub Tracks in a warehouse
building that has since been demolished
to make way for an ofce building.
Chernoff told the Blade that he has
known Ziegfelds/Secrets principal
owner Allen Carroll for a long time
and will give Carroll the rst right to
buy the building if and when Chernoff
decides to sell it. He said at least
one real estate broker representing a
developer has approached him to buy
the building.
I want to make it completely clear
that I am not the one forcing him out,
Chernoff said. So if he chooses to
do something because of whatever
economic pressure there is or something
like that, that would be his choice.
Carroll couldnt immediately be
reached for comment.
Target indirectly supports
Cuccinelli campaign
MINNEAPOLIS Targets nancial contributions to a group that supports
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinellis gubernatorial campaign has raised
eyebrows among LGBT rights advocates.
Right Wing Watch on July 25 reported the company donated $50,000 to
the Republican Governors Association in the rst six months of this year.
The Virginia Public Access Project notes the RGA has donated more than
$3 million to Cuccinellis campaign and the Republican Party of Virginia that
ofcially nominated him to challenge former Democratic National Committee
Chair Terry McAuliffe.
Virginia LGBT rights activists have repeatedly blasted Cuccinelli for
appealing a lower court ruling earlier this year that struck down the
commonwealths sodomy law. He also faced criticism in 2010 when he
recommended Virginia colleges and universities remove sexual orientation
and gender identity and expression from their non-discrimination policies.
Cuccinelli on July 20 reafrmed his opposition to homosexuality during a
debate against McAuliffe at the Homestead in Hot Springs.
Target is backing a candidate who is promising to roll back the rights of
LGBT people and their families in Virginia, Right Wing Watch said in its July
25 blog post.
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Florida Republican only
obstacle to advancing
nomination
By CHRIS JOHNSON
LGBT groups are pressuring the
Senate to push forward with the
conrmation of the rst openly gay black
male to the federal bench now that a
hold from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is
the only hold up in the process.
The conrmation of William Thomas,
whom President Obama rst named in
November for a seat on the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Florida,
was as of last week held up by both U.S.
senators in Florida Bill Nelson and Rubio
who had yet to return the blue slips for
the nomination even though it had been
pending for more than eight months.
But on Wednesday, following the
publication of several media reports
on the issue including one from the
Washington Blade Nelson submitted
the blue slips for the nomination,
according to Senate sources familiar
with the process. Dan McLaughlin, a
Nelson spokesperson, conrmed the
Florida Democrat had returned the blue
slips for the nomination.
Nelsons ofce had previously said the
senator hadnt submitted the blue slips
because the Senate Judiciary Committee
hadnt yet completed the background
investigation on the nomination.
Nelsons lifting of his hold on the
nominee means Rubio is now the only
senator obstructing Thomas from
proceeding through the conrmation
process. Other judicial nominees
renominated at the start of the 113th
Congress have received conrmation,
but no action has been taken on Thomas.
Rubios ofce didnt respond to
repeated requests from the Blade over
the past two weeks to comment on why
he continues to hold up the Thomas
nomination. According to a report last
week in the Tampa Bay Times, Rubio has
concerns about Thomass involvement
in a controversial case in which a man
was given a sentence of just 364 days in
jail for the hit-and-run death of a cyclist.
A judge is seeking to allay these
concerns about Thomas in a letter to
Rubio that was obtained by the Blade.
In the July 19 missive, Nushin Saye,
administrative judge for the criminal
division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in
Florida, says the sentence Thomas gave
in the case was within his guideline range.
The name of the case, the victim and the
defendant arent found in the letter.
Saye maintains that unlike what
the media reported, the defendant
wasnt charged in the death of the
victim, but charged with leaving the
scene of an accident (involving death).
Further, Saye said the defendant led
a motion for downward departure on
the grounds that he suffered from a rare
blood disease that placed him at risk
of death during a prison sentence, but
Thomas denied this motion.
According to Saye, Thomas
sentenced the defendant to 23 months
in state prison followed by two years
of community control, but allowed
him to nish the sentence locally to
accommodate his medical condition.
I hope this communication helps to
answer some of the concerns you might
have, Saye concludes. I have known
Judge William Thomas as a colleague
and friend for approximately nineteen
(19) years. It was my pleasure to serve as
a reference for him for the federal bench
(and be interviewed at length by the ABA,
the FBI and the White House Counsels
Ofce!) He is a dedicated, intelligent and
hard-working public servant.
Thomas has experience both as a
defense attorney and as a judge. Hes
been a circuit judge in Floridas 11th
Judicial Circuit since 2005, where he has
presided over both civil and criminal
matters. Before that, he was an assistant
federal public defender in the Southern
District of Florida and represented
indigent clients in federal criminal cases.
Rubio continues hold on gay black judicial nominee
Decision invokes DOMA
ruling, Ill. civil union law
By CHRIS JOHNSON
A federal court has determined that
a lesbian widow is entitled to her late
spouses benets partly on the basis that
Illinois civil union law is sufcient for federal
purposes a view that differs from the
Obama administrations interpretation
of the Supreme Court ruling against the
Defense of Marriage Act.
On Monday, the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
ruled in a 12-page unsigned decision
that Jean Tobits is entitled to survivors
benets under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act, or ERISA, following
the death of her spouse, Sarah Ellyn
Farley, who died of cancer in 2010.
Windsor makes clear that where
a state has recognized a marriage as
valid, the United States Constitution
requires that the federal laws and
regulations of this country acknowledge
that marriage, the decision states. In
light of that, this Court nds that Ms.
Tobits is Ms. Farleys Spouse pursuant
to the terms of the Plan.
The lawsuit, known as OConnor
v. Tobits, came about in 2011 as the
result of Cozen O Connor PC, the
law rm where Farley worked, ling
an interpleader action. Both Tobits
and Farleys parents, who didnt
recognize the marriage of her lesbian
daughter, requested payment of the
Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity after
Farleys death that was available under
the rms prot sharing plan.
Among those saying that Tobits had
a right to the benets and not Farleys
parents was the National Center for
Lesbian Rights, which led a brief on
behalf of Tobits in 2011.
Chris Stoll, a senior staff attorney at
NCLR, praised the court for its ruling and
said it had implications for employers
nationwide.
This is not just a vindication for
Jennifer, it is a tremendous victory for
every married same-sex couple, Stoll
said. Employers will no longer be able
to hide behind DOMA to avoid providing
equal retirement benets to the same-
sex spouses of their employees.
In the aftermath of the ruling striking
down Section 3 of DOMA by the
Supreme Court, which determined
plaintiff Edith Windsor had a legal
marriage because she legally wed
Thea Spyer in Canada, the district
court determined Tobits and Farley
had a legal marriage recognized under
federal law because they also married in
Canada in 2006.
But the district court buttressed its
reasoning by noting that the couple lives
in Illinois, which has civil unions, but not
same-sex marriage. The ruling notes in a
footnote that under state law, Illinois can
recognize same-sex marriages solemnized
in other jurisdictions as civil unions.
Indeed, because the Illinois probate
Court recognized Ms. Tobits as the sole
heir to a civil union, it accepted as valid
the marriage between Ms. Tobits and
Ms. Farley that took place in Canada
in 2006, the ruling states. This Court
takes judicial notice of these decisions
as bearing a direct relation to matters at
issue before this Court.
Doug NeJaime, a gay law professor at
the University of California, Irvine, took
particular note of the incorporation of
Illinois civil unions law into its reasoning.
The interesting thing here is that
the court nds support for the inclusion
of the same-sex spouse based on the
couples domicile being Illinois, a civil
union state, NeJaime said. In this
sense, the court is suggesting that
because civil union statutes give those
in civil unions the rights of spouses, that
is enough for federal purposes as well.
That interpretation is different from what
the Obama administration has reasoned
with regarding civil unions in the aftermath
of the Supreme Court ruling against
DOMA. The U.S. Ofce of Personnel
Management has determined that gay
federal employees must enter into a same-
sex marriage to receive benets for their
spouses. Those in civil unions or domestic
partnerships arent eligible.
NeJaime said the reasoning in the
decision could place the court at odds
with the Obama administration.
The court is saying that the couple
with a marriage from Canada residing in
Illinois should be treated like spouses,
but this does lead to the potential
conclusion that those in civil unions in
general should be treated like spouses,
NeJaime said.
Court rules lesbian widow must receive survivors benets
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Sen. MARCO RUBIO is holding up the
nomination oI a gay black judicial nominee
who'd be the Irst openly gay black male to
serve on the Iederal bench.
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Equality Maryland unveils strategic plan
The Equality Maryland board of directors and staff recently crafted a three-
year strategic plan. The plan is a roadmap for LGBT equality and justice, which
focuses on the intersections of the lives as LGBT and as military personnel,
as people of color, as immigrants, as we age, as we are HIV positive, as we
attend school, and as we are persons with disabilities, according to an email
message to supporters.
The message goes on to state that the next chapter of Equality Marylands
work is about the and of our lives. It will be developing educational,
advocacy and outreach initiatives that speak to the range of communities
LGBT people live within and highlighting the diversity in the community.
Miss Gay Maryland pageant on Sunday
The rst Miss Gay Maryland United States Pageant as part of the Maryland
Division of the Gay United States Pageantry System will take place at Grand
Central, 1001 N. Charles St. in Baltimore on Sunday. The pageant starts at 8
p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. There will be performances by a cast of local drag
entertainers.
This is a great opportunity for all who want to compete in the talented
world of the art form of female impersonation, said Saable Jordan, the
organizer of the event. We welcome all to register for a grand opportunity
in reaching your goals.
VIP tables are $50 (seats 4 people). Tickets at the door are $13 per person.
For more information, contact Saable Jordan at 410-805-9519, jordansaable@
yahoo.com.
Iron Crow announces new schedule
Baltimore-based Iron Crow Theatre Company (ICTC) has announced its
2013-2014 season to coincide with a new fundraising campaign. The theatre
management has billed the upcoming season as Myths, Monsters and
Legendsbringing you the dark, the erotic and the gleefully twisted.
On tap will be: Apartment 213 by Joseph Ritsch who will also be
performing (Sept. 28-Oct. 12, 2013), The Homo Poe Show conceived by
artistic director Steven J. Satta (March 22-April 6, 2014), and Bareback Ink
by Bob Bartlett (May 17-31).
Apartment 213 is returning after a successful run in 2011. Since that
inaugural production, author/performer Joseph Ritsch has expanded the
piece with new material, additional actors and an even closer look into the
mind of Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer and pop culture monster.
In The Homo Poe Show Edgar Allen Poe gets re-oriented in a series of
short works adapted from and inspired by the Baltimore Literary Legend. Iron
Crow takes on the challenge of queering Poe in erotic and outrageous
ways with the help of our friends.
The evening will feature an ensemble-created work by Artistic Director
Steven J. Satta-Fleming, a co-creation with Mara Neimanis of In-Flight
Theatre, and new pieces by Daniel Talbott (author of Slipping), Megan
Gogerty (author of Bad Panda), and Rich Espey among others.
With Bareback Ink a mysterious, powerful man commissions an isolated
and withdrawn tattoo artist to create a large work of ink on the back of
his beautiful, restless boy-toy. Greek mythology serves as inspiration for
this modern, erotic tale of desire and possession. An earlier version of this
piece was seen at the Capitol Fringe and the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012. Now
playwright Bob Bartlett teams up with Iron Crow to workshop the play and
takes it to even more dangerous places.
STEVE CHARING
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and transgendered persons, their families and friends through:
s Support to cope with an adverse society.
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Gar y Floyd a long time member
of the Centaur M/C passed away
July 23, 2013. Gar y was one of
the first members of the club
founded in 1970. He ser ved as
a past President of the Centaurs
among other offices he held
during his 40 years as a member.
He was the first manager of The
Leather Rack when the store
was located in the original DC
Eagle on 9th Street NW. He later
became the manager of The
Leather Rack when it relocated
to the present Connecticut Ave.
NW location. Gar y also ser ved
as President of the Brother
Help Thyself (BHT) charity
organization. He was a close
friend and roommate with the
founder of BHT, Tony Bacharach.
Among his closest friends were
Lou Ritz (owner of the Eagle
in Exile), Don Bruce (original
owner and founder of the D.C.
Eagle), Dick Cogan (original
manager and subsequent owner
of The Leather Rack) and Paul
Criss aka Lainie Kazan (Director
of the Guys are Dolls Revue at
the Rogue Show Bar).

Gar y was a member of the
Washington Academy and
participated in many shows and
productions as Lainie Kazans
son taking the name Gar y
Kazan. He also held the title of
Prince Charming and belonged
to Beekman Place during his
many years of membership in
the group.
Gary was a devout Washington
Redskins fan attending many of
the games dressed in his classic
Burgundy & Gold or cheering his
favorite team on Sunday afternoons
at the DC Eagle. He was loved by
so many members of the gay and
lesbian leather, drag and rodeo
community. He enthusiastically
supported every group and worthy
cause regardless of afliation or
interest.
Gary is survived by 3 brothers and
3 sisters.
Condolences can be sent to his
brother David Floyd, 1800 Power
St., McKeesport, PA 15136

A private family service was held on
Sunday July 28th in McKeesport,
Pennsylvania.

Friends that would like to honor
his memory are asked to make a
donation in his name to your local
LGBT organization.

Gary truly epitomized the ideal
Leatherman and was a loyal and
cherished friend to so many.
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Blood donation change implemented in Canada
WINNIPEG, Canada A change to the blood donation laws in Canada approved
in May by Health Canada at the request of Canadian Blood Services went into effect
this week. They allow men who have sex with men to donate blood if they report they
havent had sex in the last ve years, the Winnipeg Free Press reported last week.
The previous rule was that having had sex with another man at any point rendered
one ineligible for donation. Canadian Blood Services said it requested the changes
because screening procedures have advanced in recent years.
We see it as a positive step forward, but more needs to be done, Brent Farrington,
internal coordinator for the Canadian Federation of Students, who lobbied for the
change, said.
Under the current system as it exists, two men who have been in a monogamous
relationship for 45 years cant give blood, whereas a heterosexual man who has
engaged with multiple sexual partners in the last three months is more than welcome
to donate to the system, the Winnipeg Free Press quoted him as having said.
Blood bank workers told the Free Press creating such donation thresholds would
eliminate too many potential donors, the article said.
Calif. system approves coverage for gay spouses
FRESNO, Calif. CalPERS the California Public Employees Retirement System
is holding an open-enrollment period for same-sex couples that were previously
married, the Fresno Bee reported last week.
The period, which started the week of July 24, is for gay couples that married
before the court decisions outlawed same-sex marriage in the state, the article said.
Because of DOMA, gay employees on CalPERS health plan were allowed to enroll
their spouses but had to pay federal taxes on their partners benets.
The Supreme Court declared part of DOMA unconstitutional June 26, the same
day it advanced legal gay marriage in California by refusing to rule on Proposition 8.
With DOMA gone, CalPERS members no longer have to worry about the tax
consequences if they enroll their spouses in the health plan, the Fresno Bee reported.
A one-time exception to the CalPERS policy that spouses must be enrolled within
60 days a problem for some gay and lesbian couples who wed in 2008 was
approved, the Bee said.
Higher HIV rates in
London draw controversy
LONDON The latest numbers from Public Health England for HIV
infections among gay men there have inspired a spate of articles in the British
press about cavalier drug and sex parties there, especially in London. But
others are saying the rates appear higher because more people are getting
tested and that the reports are sensationalist and somewhat anti-gay.
The Independent and others reported in articles published last week
that rates of infection in Great Britain are up 8 percent reecting 3,240 new
infections among men who have sex with men while London accounted for
1,720 of the infections, reecting a 17 percent increase since 2011, the paper
reported citing gures from Public Health England published in The Lancet.
An Information Daily article quoted David Stuart from LGBT charity London
Friend on the gures and trends behind them.
Some gay men are preferring to have sex without condoms for a variety of
complicated reasons associated with a changing HIV health situation and using
drug to manage a complex relationship to sex, intimacy and gay identity, he
was quoted as having said. Mix this with an alarming increase in injecting use
and a reluctance to access traditional drug services and the potential for a
costly and culturally harmful epidemic of HIV and drug use is enormous.
Although the Independent article made passing reference to some of
the increase being attributed to more widespread HIV testing, it cited only
anecdotal evidence for the growing issue. The Information article referenced
a high-risk sex party and drug taking subculture within Londons gay community.
Some observers say the articles are overwrought.
This makes a good story in the press because it puts gay men right where
they want them: sweating, wide-eyed in dark, cavernous clubs, their hands
all over each others bodies super-toned, because we all live in the gym,
remember, writes a Hufngton Post blogger known as The Guyliner. Its
easier to be frightened and place the blame on a part of society when you
imagine their activities to be on the fringes of the law and decency.
The blogger attributes the spike largely to less stigma around getting tested
and budgets being slashed on HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns since anti-
retroviral therapy became widely accessible.
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remind us of need for dialogue
By LATEEFAH WILLIAMS
Issues of racial discrimination and
injustice are looming larger than they
have in quite a while after a summer
that has produced a not guilty verdict
for George Zimmerman in the killing
of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon
Martin; the dismantling of the pre-clear-
ance provision of the Voting Rights Act,
which required jurisdictions with a his-
tory of discrimination to pre-clear voting
changes with the federal government;
the ushering in of a higher standard of
scrutiny when viewing college Afrma-
tive Action policies; and racial slurs by
culinary icon Paula Deen.
In May of this year, shortly after the D.C.
At-Large Council race, I penned an article
for the Blade titled, D.C. election shows
need for dialogue on race. While many
people were open to the substance of
the article, several others became quite
defensive and wanted to ignore the sub-
ject. Major publications in the area gave
signicant print space or airtime to those
who were appalled that a Council can-
didate discussed the role of race in the
election, after being posed a direct ques-
tion on the subject. It didnt matter that
the candidates answer was an attempt
to acknowledge the concerns of some
residents who fear that their needs may
not be adequately addressed if they dont
have somewhat proportionate represen-
tation on the Council, as I pointed out in
my earlier article.
Rather than delve into those senti-
ments and attempt to understand why a
signicant portion of the electorate feels
this way, mainstream publications chose
to silence those of us who expressed a
need for a dialogue on race and sought to
explain those sentiments by denying us a
platform to express our views and tarnish-
ing a good Councilwomans name.
Now, in the aftermath of the Zimmer-
man verdict, the role that race plays in
our country is starting to be discussed
by individuals of all racial backgrounds,
although many people still prefer to
avoid the topic. Some of the people
who attacked me for expressing the
need for racial dialogue are now pub-
licly championing the cause. It should
not take a national tragedy (and yes,
t he killing of a promising child without
recourse is a national tragedy) to raise
an issue that many of us see every day
and have publicly expressed, only to be
met by comments that the election of
Barack Obama as the rst African-Amer-
ican president proves that we are now in
post-racial times.
Whether its a young black man who
gets pulled over for driving while
black, a young black woman who gets
followed around a trendy store, a black
man who has people lock their doors
when he walks by, an upwardly mobile
black professional that gets his or her
resume discarded when applying for
a job with an ethnic name, or a black
striver with solid credit who gets steered
into a subprime mortgage when similar-
ly situated white people are given tradi-
tional mortgages, many of us face this
type of discrimination on a regular basis
and dont have the luxury to believe that
race is not a factor in D.C. or in America.
These incidents color the lens from
which we view the world and the lack
of knowledge about the type of racism
that African Americans face today, as
well as having never faced these types
of incidents rst-hand, colors the lens
from which other races view the world
and the role that race plays in society.
This is important because when Afri-
can Americans discuss race, we bring our
collective experiences to the discussion.
Thus, the sentiment not to discuss the
subtext of race in a political campaign
seems similar to the sentiment not to di-
rectly call Zimmermans suspicion of Tray-
von Martin racial proling. Not talking
about the role race plays in a situation
does not make it go away. Rather, it gives
it a larger role in the minds of those who
were not able to express their sentiments
and have true dialogue on the issue.
With notable racial disparities in income,
health outcomes, safe communities, and
access to quality K-12 education options,
I am sure it will be fascinating to watch
how everyone dances around topics of
race in the upcoming mayoral race.
It was heartening to see 34 LGBT orga-
nizations sign onto a statement expressing
solidarity with Trayvon Martins family and
friends in the ght for justice, civil rights
and closure. The line that stood out to me
the most was, [o]ur community has been
targets of bigotry, bias, proling and vio-
lence. We have expressed the heart-break-
ing despair of young people targeted for
who they are, who they are presumed to
be, or who they love. I could not agree
with this sentiment more. It is important
for us all to recognize that all human rights
struggles are related because only when
everyone recognizes this relatedness will
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If displaced by stadium area
development, gay strip clubs
options limited
The quick and enthusiastic embrace of
a tentative deal announced last Thursday
by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray to convey land
to Major League Soccers D.C. United for
team construction of a new stadium was
notable. Seldom does a complex civic ar-
rangement of such magnitude enjoy the
level of immediate and broad-based sup-
port from the public, the media and city
ofcials that followed.
In contrast, reaction by D.C. LGBT Com-
munity Center leadership was both un-
seemly and shortsighted. While a city was
celebrating a major step forward in local
economic development, the group pub-
licly and parochially pilloried the mayor.
Once the drama subsided, however, the
Center has managed to adopt a more cir-
cumspect and productive tone.
The groups comportment was in re-
sponse to news of the eventual termina-
tion of the community centers recently
acquired long-term lease at the Reeves
Center at 14th and U streets. This was due
to the plan to trade the property in a land
swap allowing acquisition of a major por-
tion of the stadium site.
The assurance of assistance by Gray was
as expeditious as it was expected. At the
outdoor news conference at the stadium
site revealing the planned property ex-
change transactions, he indicated that city
administrators would assist the Center in
nding a suitable space at an appropriately
located city building.
Sure, the news of a scheduled loss
of the Centers new storefront location
came as an emotional disappointment.
But denial had been employed in ignor-
ing public speculation since spring that a
deal to trade the citys aging and broke-
down behemoth of a building to a local
development company in exchange for
stadium site land it owns was potentially
in the works.
Angered they would be required to re-
locate prior to the original lease expiration,
out came the victim card from the top of
the deck.
Yes, the disintegrating structure, de-
rided by many as a basket case building
blighting the nexus of the citys most rapid-
ly developing commercial corridors, would
be demolished. If the stadium deal garners
D.C. Council approval as expected, a large
privately developed mixed-use housing
and retail complex will replace it.
A multi-faceted process delaying the
Centers lease termination for approxi-
mately two-plus years allows the organiza-
tion the option of continuing with renova-
tion and move-in. The group must vacate
its current location in less than 60 days.
The Center indicated in a statement on
Friday evening that it was halting work on
the space until better able to assess the
situation following meetings this week
with city ofcials on potential longer-range
options a sensible approach. The smart
solution may even prove to be continuing
with the renovation with usage through
2015 or later.
Revising an unrealistic desire for prime
storefront retail space in an increasingly ex-
pensive commercial area, allowed by past
temporary arrangements provided by de-
velopers with transitional space available
for limited duration, is required.
Its fair to say that multiple options are
likely to be identied. The D.C. Center
will be ne.
The same cannot be said of the dilem-
ma awaiting Ziegfelds/Secrets nightclub,
located proximate to the planned soccer
stadium in Southwest Washington at Buz-
zard Point near Nationals Stadium. Its near-
term prospects are much less certain.
Once ancillary development in the area
immediately surrounding the footprint
of the new stadium inevitably begins, the
possibility that the venue will lose its lease
due to property sale increases. The prop-
erty owner is already elding inquiries.
If displaced, relocation options are ex-
traordinarily limited, if not insurmountable,
due to restrictions enacted when it and
similar businesses were previously dis-
placed from the baseball stadium site. In
fact, Ziegfelds/Secrets is the only sexually
oriented gay business among the group
still in operation.
Possessing one of a few strip club li-
censes, the venue is prohibited nearly
everywhere, notably industrial sections
of Northeast D.C. Restrictions on both
the number and permissible locations
within appropriately zoned areas pre-
clude a solution.
Thats what the city needs to remedy.
LGBT Center will be ne, nightclub future uncertain
Weiner, Spitzer, McDonnell
make for a dispiriting summer
Historians talk about the wild politics of
the past but politicians of today are making
a name for themselves as some of the worst
in years. Their actions and the coverage giv-
en to them make it hard to focus on real is-
sues that actually impact peoples lives. We
spend so much time on some politicians
crazy actions and statements and debating
giving people second and in Anthony
Weiners case third chances that we are
beyond being surprised by their shenani-
gans and only shocked when they actually
accomplish anything good for the people.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is apolo-
gizing for taking and then refunding more
than $120,000 in loans from a person who
does business with his state, yet he hasnt ad-
dressed the issue of the gifts he and his family
have received from the same person. Elliott
Spitzer, running for comptroller in New York,
after resigning the governorship over a scan-
dal involving hiring a prostitute and taking
her across state lines, is getting compliments
from some in the media because his scandal
doesnt look as bad as the one mayoral can-
didate Anthony Weiner is involved in.
Weiner resigned his congressional seat af-
ter getting caught texting pictures of his pri-
vates (or not so privates) to various women.
Now we know after he resigned he contin-
ued these activities under the name Carlos
Danger. One might even admire his chutz-
pah for getting his wife, an incredibly charm-
ing, smart and respected woman in her own
right, to stand by him at a press conference
saying she has moved on and loves him and
asking the people of New York to prove they
feel the same way by electing him.
Then there is Iowa Republican Steve King
saying about dreamers (undocumented im-
migrants), For everyone whos a valedicto-
rian, theres another 100 out there that weigh
130 pounds and theyve got calves the size
of cantaloupes because theyre hauling 75
pounds of marijuana across the desert.
Even House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
has called that one over the top, yet King
brazenly stands by his comments. Former
Congressman Bob Filner, now mayor of San
Diego is apologizing for his despicable treat-
ment of women and refusing to resign.
With these daily revelations and head-
lines it shouldnt surprise anyone that the
general attitude of the electorate toward
politicians is a pox on all your houses.
Though not even a state, politicians in
the District of Columbia are doing their best
to make sure they arent outdone in the bad
behavior department. Two sitting Council
members and one former Council member
have been indicted and there is still a cloud
hanging over the mayor because of his last
election. After two years of investigation the
U.S. Attorney still wont bring the case to
some form of conclusion.
Adding insult to injury and proving how
arrogant they can be, the D.C. Council once
again overturned the will of the people by
postponing for four years the election of an
independent attorney general. Many will
remember they did the same thing a few
years ago when they overturned the refer-
endum that would have set in place term
limits. In addition they circled the wagons in
the form of incumbent protection measures
to avoid any real challenges to themselves.
They did this by refusing to pass real cam-
paign nance reform or serious far-reaching
ethics legislation and are holding rm to
next years April 1, 2014 primary date mak-
ing it nearly impossible for a challenger to
mount a serious campaign.
I suggest that all candidates wanting to
seriously challenge an incumbent in D.C.
band together and take the Council and
the media to task for not focusing on these
issues. That is the only way they will receive
attention. It is unfortunate that all we hear
from incumbents are pious statements
about campaign nance and ethics reform,
but we see no serious effort to do anything
about them.
Unless voters across the country de-
mand better, we will continue to see a
nation with politicians whose ethics sink
to the lowest common denominator
and politics of the worst kind.
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OUR BUSI NESS MATTERS
Political landscape tilts to absurdity
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur and
community business advocate. Follow on Twitter: @
MarkLeeDC. Reach him at OurBusinessMatters@
gmail.com.
PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights
and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly for
the Blade.
Focus instead on advancing
equality at home
By J. JAMES ZIMMERMAN
A recent string of anti-LGBT legis-
lation in Russia has provoked outrage
in the United States and inspired calls
for a boycott of Russian goods, or
even the 2014 Sochi Olympics. One
such call to action has come from ad-
vice columnist Dan Savage, who has
launched a campaign to boycott Rus-
sian vodka. This sense of outrage is
more than warranted; however, boy-
cotting Russia is not the most effec-
tive course of action and is unlikely to
change Russian laws.
First of all, a boycott of Russian
products would hurt innocent parties
the most. This includes the hundreds
of ordinary farmers and workers em-
ployed by SPI Group, the parent com-
pany of vodka brand Stoli. A boycott
would cause these people nancial
hardship at precisely the moment that
Russia needs a strong business class to
counterbalance Vladimir Putin and his
vast oil wealth.
Furthermore, boycotts are rarely
effective. Businesspeople and coun-
tries always nd creative ways to work
around them. In the case of U.S. sanc-
tions on Iranian oil, Iran has been able
to adapt by nding other markets
and by diversifying its economy away
from oil production. Russian vodka
manufacturers may suffer a short-term
slump from a boycott, but should be
able to nd willing drinkers in China
and elsewhere.
There has also been talk of boycot-
ting the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Rus-
sia. Yet, one of the best ways to open
peoples minds is to expose them to
the outside world. A boycott of the
Olympics would deprive Russian citi-
zens of the chance to interact with
tourists and gain exposure to more
cosmopolitan inuences. Moreover,
what better way to stick it to Putin
than to have U.S. athletes festooned
in equality symbols, competing and
standing on the podium?
In summary, as long as Putin retains
his iron-sted grip on power, there is
little that we can do to inuence poli-
cies in Russia. Even ofcial statements
of condemnation from U.S. ofcials
lack credibility given our own track
record on LGBT rights here at home.
Therefore, the best way to channel our
energy is to focus on improving equal-
ity here in the U.S. In spite of recent
progress, there is a lot of work that
remains to be done, including bring-
ing marriage equality to the 37 states
where it does not exist.
In terms of specic steps, start lo-
cal. Volunteer for your local human
rights organization. Look up your con-
gresspersons record on equality, and
if it is poor, support their opponent in
the next election. Even on a daily ba-
sis, you can step up and call out your
friends and colleagues on their use of
homophobic language.
Cleaning up our act at home allows
the U.S. to set a better example for hu-
man rights abroad. It sends a clear mes-
sage that LGBT discrimination is not
tolerated by civilized societies. We may
not be able to counter Putin directly, but
at the very least we can make sure his
policies are anathema to the interna-
tional community.
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What better way to stick it to Putin than to
have U.S. athletes festooned in equality symbols,
competing and standing on the podium?
Boycotting Russian vodka, Olympics is wrong approach
J. JAMES ZIMMERMAN is a graduate student
at the Georgetown University School oI Foreign
Service. He specializes in trade and investment
issues in emerging markets. Follow him on
Twitter @ZimmerMandarin.
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who playec Deena Jones in rhe ori_inal Broacway
procucrion ol "Dream_irls." She was also in "The Wiz
Twisrec."
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the cast of her upcoming mash-up show that will be performed
Monday night at the Howard.
WASHINGTONBLADE PHOTOBY MICHAEL KEY
How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
I came out around freshman year
of college, rst to my childhood best
friend. I think Id say she was the hardest
because she was the rst person I had the
conversation with.
Whos your LGBT hero?
Though there are greater activists out
there who are doing incredible work, I
have to give a shout out to one of my
favorites and top of my playlists: Katy
Perry. Im a huge fan and supporter of the
Trevor Project and shes been a supportive
ally working with them for years and was
awarded the Trevor Hero Award.
Whats Washingtons best nightspot,
past or present?
See, this is where I feel totally lame and
fail to have a favorite hot spot. My friends
would be able to answer that one much
better than me. I dont go out as much as
they would like me to, but when we do we
have a blast. Also, they can pick out some
mean places to brunch.
Describe your dream wedding.
How long can I talk about this one?
In short, its fanciful, charming, romantic,
with a balance of tradition and sweet fun.
Everyone who Ive ever shared a laugh, hug
or dream with will be invited to what I hope
will be one of the best days of my life!
What non-LGBT issue are you most
passionate about?
Violence. Though it does happen in the
LGBTQ community, it happens everywhere
and I think its a horrible trait in humanity.
What historical outcome would you
change?
Lincolns assassination. All-time favorite
president and incredibly interesting. I wonder
what else he could have done for our future.
Whats been the most memorable pop
culture moment of your lifetime?
I was recently reminiscing with some of
the Rocky cast about the Spice Girls era.
Now that was a great time in pop culture.
Why did Ginger ever leave?

On what do you insist?
Its OK to ask for help, you are worth it.
What was your last Facebook post or
Tweet?
I think it was TGIF with probably a
bunch of emojis including the dancing girls
and an ice cream cone. Love those.
If your life were a book, what would the
title be?
Candy Coated: a Boy Living Off of
Sweet Dreams
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
I think thatd be interesting, but not on
my to-do list. There are way bigger issues
out there for people to work on changing.
What do you believe in beyond the
physical world?
I do believe in God, and have been
raised with a faithful mindset. However, I
dont hold prejudice or believe there is a
set religion, rules or specic rights to any
kind of faith. Im very into the Your God is
my God belief. To each his own.
Whats your advice for LGBT movement
leaders?
Its not about judging, its about educating.
Keep reminding the LGBTQ youth that they
are as valuable as anyone else.
What would you walk
across hot coals for?
Depends on how hot. If itd be torturous,
Id do anything for my family. But if its just
a little hot, then Id totally be down to walk
across for a good cupcake.
What LGBT stereotype annoys you
most?
I think the labeling of someones sexual
orientation annoys me the most. The
stereotype that gays are a novelty friend
group. Everyone has a personality, value,
emotion and deserves respect regardless
of sexual orientation.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
Can I swap that question for a TV show?
I love me some RuPauls Drag Race.
Jumped on the bandwagon, I know.
Whats the most overrated social
custom?
Greetings with a handshake. Im a hugger.
What trophy or prize do you most
covet?
This is going to be terribly sappy, but a
child.

What do you wish youd known at 18?
Drama is so overrated.
Why Washington?
In a way, its home! I have an awesome
life here lled with family, friends and an
incredible start to my career. Cant match it
anywhere else, yet!
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The last time actor Matthew DeLorenzo played a woman, he had great
success. In the Studio Theatre production of the Warhol-themed show
Pop! two summers ago, he made his regional debut as Candy Darling
and won a Helen Hayes Award.
Now hes playing Little Nell in Richard OBriens The Rocky Horror Show
(also at Studio) and enjoying another hit run. The shows been extended
into mid-August.
He says the show is going extremely well.
The cast has really embraced letting loose and being crazy and wild and
enjoying the fun of it, the 23-year-old Princeton, N.J., native says. Were
happy the fans are allowing us to make it our own.
Those who only know the cult lm version should expect an energetic, fun
rock-n-roll musical thats kinky, DeLorenzo says. He guesses about half the
cast and crew are LGBT. Studio is at 1501 14
th
St., N.W. Visit studiotheatre.
org for tickets, show times and more information.
DeLorenzo started getting acting and singing jobs while he was still in
college and has performed at several regional performance spaces such
as Wolf Trap, the Kennedy Center and more. He performs full time and is
happy I can work at it.
Hes single, lives in Arlington and enjoys spending time with family and
friends in his free time.
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Chesapeake Pride Saturday at Mayo Beach
The annual Chesapeake Pride Festival is Saturday from noon to 6 p.m.
at Mayo Beach Park (4150 Honeysuckle Drive) in Edgewater, Md., (near
Annapolis).
Drag queen Stormy Vain will entertain. No bottles, cans, food, coolers or
pets allowed. Beach blankets, chairs, umbrellas and sunscreen are welcome.
The event will be held rain or shine.
Visit chesapeakepridefestival.org for details.
Deferral draws blood to make art, statement
Internationally acclaimed queer performance artist Mary Coble will be
doing a four-day show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (500 17
th
St., N.W.)
starting Wednesday and running through Aug. 10.
The performance, titled Deferral, addresses the Food and Drug
Administrations policy of refusing blood donations from men who have sex
with men. It is also an installation, constructed in the Corcorans Atrium, with
an anatomical theater formed by white hospital curtains.
I will have a pint of blood drawn, and will then use that blood to make marks on
the curtains to reference some of the campaign and political slogans surrounding
the issue, Coble says. The men who are participating with me are gay men,
so I am in the position of privilege because I can have blood drawn. They will
be stitching using red thread to sew on the curtains to act as a stand-in for their
blood, because their blood would not be considered by the FDA.
The Corcorans hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. on Wednesday, and 10 a.m.-5
p.m. on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $10. For more
information, visit corcoran.org.
MidCity Dog Days
Summer Sidewalk Sale
The 14
th
annual MidCity Dog Days
Summer Sidewalk Sale is on Sunday
and Monday along the 14
th
and U St.
Corridors, N.W.
The event showcases the
neighborhoods countless art galleries,
music venues, restaurants and
boutiques in a sidewalk sale. Some of
the businesses involved include Som
Records (1843 U St., N.W.), Treasury
Vintage Clothing (1843 14
th
St., N.W.)
and CakeLove (1506 U St., N.W.).
Businesses will be having sales events
between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., which
coincides nicely with the OutWrite
LGBT Book Festival at the D.C. Center
(1318 U St., N.W.).
For more information, visit
midcitydogdays.com or the MidCity
Dog Days event on Facebook.
The Book of Mormon
cast at Town
The cast of the touring production of The
Book of Mormon (at the Kennedy Center
now) will perform cabaret numbers at Town
(2009 8
th
St., N.W.) on Monday night at 7:30 p.m.
The show will feature performances to
80s dance music and all proceeds will
benet Food & Friends and Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Admission is $30 and limited to
guests 21 and over. Attendants can also
purchase $50 VIP packages that include
a meet and greet with the cast from
6:30-7:30 and one free drink.
Tickets can be purchased at
foodandfriends.org. For more
information, visit towndc.com.
Last years Chesapeake Pride drew many looking for a different kind of regional Pride event.
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Director and choreographer
Stephen Nachamies connection to the
groundbreaking musical A Chorus Line
is long and heartfelt. Not only has he
played several of the characters in tours
and regional productions over the years,
but hes also staged a couple versions too.
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Artistic Director Jason Loewith called
last December asking him to helm their
own peek into the joys and struggles of
Broadways gypsies, Nachamie had to
give the offer some extra consideration
before accepting.
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based Nachamie, who is gay, has had
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Man, Charlie Brown, Camelot and
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to song. Id heard D.C. might not have the
skill set, but we found a lot of well-trained
hardworking honest actors here. We
brought some people from New York like
Nancy Lemenager and Bryan Knowlton,
but three-fourths of the cast are local
[including Parker Drown and Sam Edgerly].
A Chorus Line calls on great dancers to
really act. This is an amazing opportunity
for them to show what they can do.
Crafted from a series of recorded
informal talks among working Broadway
dancers, A Chorus Line tells the story of
17 dancers auditioning for limited spots in
a new musical. Standing on a bare stage,
the anxious aspirants are asked by an
unseen director to talk about themselves.
Their compelling stories told in words
by librettists James Kirkwood, Jr. and
Nicholas Dante and song from Marvin
Hamlish and Edward Klebans Tony
Award-winning score range from
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Originally directed and choreographed
by the brilliant Michael Bennett, the
multiple Tony-winning musical opened
on Broadway in the summer of 1975,
proving a huge success with critics and
theatergoers alike and later won the 1976
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (not a common
feat for a musical).
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grew up seeing a lot of Broadway musicals
(his rst was Grease at age 4), recalls
his introduction to A Chorus Line: I
remember rst seeing it with my brother
and sister. I think I was 12. There were
these characters on stage who matter-of-
factly said they were gay. It was simply part
of their stories. They didnt slink offstage
in shame. Id never seen anything like that
before. It made a big impression.
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inspired by Michael Bennett [who died
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surrounded by positive role models.
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not so great things are happening for
the LGBT community today, Nachamie
says. Its important to take stock of
where weve been and where were
going. A Chorus Line is about people
staking a claim for a dream and putting
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DEAR MICHAEL,
My husband and I recently decided
to open up our relationship to resolve
a top/bottom mismatch issue between
the two of us. But in your recent column
about open relationships, you wrote that
hooking up to alleviate sexual boredom
makes it unlikely that people will make
the effort to improve sex with their long-
term partners. While we want to get
what weve both been missing, we dont
want to endanger our marriage.
Were wondering if opening up our
relationship because of top/bottom
issues is an example of kicking the can
down the road. Should we work harder
to gure out some resolution between
the two of us? Or is our having sex
with other guys OK, as long were both
getting fullled?
MICHAEL REPLIES:
Opening your marriage to resolve
a top/bottom mismatch is a way for
both of you to have the kind of sex you
havent been having with each other, but
it isnt likely to do much good for your
relationship, sexual or otherwise. When
the hottest sex is happening outside of
your relationship, your dedication to
your marriage is likely to wane as you
put your attention, fantasies and warm
feelings elsewhere.
I suggest you consider a different
approach.
For starters, lets normalize whats
going on in your relationship. Because
every person has different interests and
preferences, no couple can be a perfect
sexual t. Even if you start out on the
same page, all people change over
time, in all sorts of ways. So at some
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together, you will have to nd a way to
address your differences in a way that
does not undermine your relationship.
This is true for all couples.
Here are a few points for both of you
to consider:
First, if your husband wants to be
sexual with you in a way that does
not interest you or that makes you
anxious, consider being exible and
stepping out of your comfort zone in
order to make sex more interesting
for him (and perhaps also for you).
While we dont have to comply with
our spouses requests, sexual or
otherwise, its generally worth doing
so unless you have a very good
reason not to. Marriage is hard and
its made easier when both partners
make ongoing earnest efforts to be
collaborative.
Second, when your husband does
not want to do what you are asking
for, it may well be worth respecting
his decision and accepting that you
arent going to have all your sexual
desires fullled in your relationship.
Thats life: we dont get everything we
want and at times we are bound to
be disappointed by our partners, by
our sex lives and by our relationships.
When this happens, look for ways
to see the good things that your
relationship and your husband offer.
While sex is important, there are other
important components of a marriage.
Are you there for each other in tough
times? Are you pursuing a shared
vision of living a meaningful life
together? And is it worth endangering
or leaving the relationship you have in
order to pursue a hotter sex life?
Third, know that as we get closer to
our partners, we are often increasingly
less comfortable being intensely
sexual with them. It can be scary to
have someone be so close and know
us so well because the closer we are,
the more vulnerable we are. While we
actually do have to be vulnerable if we
are going to be in a relationship, we
may make all kinds of moves, including
limiting our sexual connectedness
with our partners and opening our
relationships, to keep what feels like a
safe level of distance. But safety leads
to boredom and more distance
and more boredom. An antidote to this
downward spiral: make moves to be
closer, such as shaking up your sexual
routine and roles, even if doing so
makes you anxious.
There may well be ways for the
two of you to work on this issue as a
couple before taking a step that could
negatively impact your marriage. And
if you get stuck as you explore the
possibilities, consider enlisting the help
of a skilled couples therapist.
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By KEVIN MAJOROS
The LGBT sports community of
Washington continues to impress with a full
lineup of offerings in the coming months.
The Capital Tennis Association will
host the Capital Classic XXI from Sept.
13-15. Registration is now open for the
event, which will include matches in
singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
Open and B draws will be played on clay
and A, C and D draws will be played on
hard courts (indoor and/or outdoor). The
tournament will be contested at the Rock
Creek Tennis Center and the East Potomac
Tennis Center at Hains Point. Registration
can be found at capital-tennis.org.
The Federal Triangles Soccer Club
will host the Rehoboth Beach Soccer
Classic XV from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 in
Rehoboth Beach. Registration for the
event is individual and is now open at
federaltriangles.org.
The Washington Scandals Rugby
Football Club will travel to Beaver Bowl
VI in Ottawa, Canada from Aug. 24-25.
The event will be their rst full contact
tournament and will coincide with
Ottawa Pride. The Club can be found at
dcscandals.org.
The District of Columbia Aquatics
Club will be traveling to Seattle for the
International Gay and Lesbian World
Championships from Aug. 13-18 where
they will attempt to take back their
world title.
The swimmers will host the Fall Ball swim
meet at Woodrow Wilson High School
from Oct. 12-13. The meet will be held in
conjunction with the Washington Wetskins
water polo tournament and registration
will be available at swimdcac.org.
Stonewall Kickball will open
registration for their fall league on Aug.
13. The League will begin Sept. 8 and
run for 11 weeks on Sundays at Stead
Park. This League lls up fast and free
agents are welcome. Registration will be
available at stonewallsports.org/kickball.
Stonewall Bocce will open
registration for their fall league on Aug.
13. The League will begin Sept. 12 and
run for eight weeks on Thursdays at the
Logan Circle Bocce Field. This League
also lls up fast and free agents are
welcome. Registration will be available
at stonewallsports.org/bocce.
The Washington Renegades Rugby
Football Club will begin its fall season
practices on Aug. 6 at Cardozo High
School at 7 p.m. Information on the club
is at dcrugby.com.
The Lambda Links Golf Club will
host its Fun Tournament on Aug. 24.
Information is forthcoming on the event
and will be available at lambdalinks.org.
The D.C. Gay Flag Football League
will open registration for its fall league
on Aug. 6. New player tryouts and
evaluations will begin Aug. 7 and the
League will begin on Sept. 8.
The League will be sending at least
two of its travel teams to Gay Bowl XIII
in Phoenix from Oct. 10-14. Information
on the League is at dcgf.org.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Softball League will be hosting the
NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series from
Aug. 26-31 at three separate complexes
in the area. The tournament, the largest
annual LGBT sporting event in the world,
will welcome 170 teams participating in
more than 600 softball games.
Organizers are expecting more
than 4,000 athletes and fans visiting
Washington for the weeklong
tournament. More information on
the event is at dcseries2013.com. The
League can be found at capssoftball.org.
Team D.C. and the Federal Triangles
Soccer Club and D.C United will co-host
United Night Out on Sept. 15 as the
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opportunity for the LGBT community
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environment. Tickets will be available at
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THEATRE
The Book of Mormon. Thru Aug 18.
Shear Madness. Thru Jan 31. Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Blair Thomas & Company: Hard
Headed Heart. Aug 4. Strathmore. 301-
581-5100. strathmore.org.
Richard OBriens Rocky Horror Show.
Thru Aug 4. Studio Theatre. 202-332-
3300. studiotheatre.org.
The Second City Presents: America All
Better!!. Thru Aug 4. Woolly Mammoth.
202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net.
A Chorus Line. Thru Sep 1. Olney
Theatre. 301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Lone Star and Laundry & Bourbon.
Thru Aug 10. Workhouse Arts Center.
703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
A Midsummer Nights Dream. Thru
Aug 4. Synetic Theater. 800-494-8497.
synetictheater.org.
The Third Breast. Thru Aug 4.
Ambassador Theater. Mead Theatre Lab
at Flashpoint. 703-475-4036. aticc.org.
DANCE
Ballroom with a Twist. Aug 7. Wolf
Trap. 703-255-1868. wolftrap.org.
MUSIC
Jazz in the Garden: Incendio (Latin
guitar world fusion jazz). Jul 26. Jazz in
the Garden: Brian Simms (keyboard
vocalist). Aug 2. National Gallery of Art.
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Tribute to Wayne Shorter. Aug
3. Rodrigo y Gabriela. Aug 4. Free
Summer Outdoor Concert: Carlos
Nez. Aug 7. Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
NSO @ Wolf Trap Singin in the Rain.
Aug 3. NSO. Bruce Hornsby & the
Noisemakers. Aug 4. One Republic,
Mayer Hawthorne, Churchill. Aug 5.
Gipsy Kings. Aug 8. Wolf Trap. 703-255-
1900. wolftrap.org
Sixth Generation Concert. Thru Sep
20. Workhouse Arts Center. 703-584-
2900. workhousearts.org.
MUSEUMS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. David
Levinthal: War Games. Thru Sep 1. WAR/
PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conict
and Its Aftermath. Thru Sep 29. NOW at the
Corcoran Ellen Harvey: The Aliens Guide
to the Ruins of Washington, D.C.. Thru Oct
6. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Kreeger Museum. John L.
Dreyfuss Inventions. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Gallery of Art. Pre-Raphaelites
and the Book. Thru Aug 4. Edvard
Munch: A 150th Anniversary Tribute.
Thru Aug 11. Diaghilev and the Ballets
Russes, 1909 - 1929: When Art Danced
with Music. Thru Sep 2. Ellsworth Kelly:
Colored Paper Images. Thru Dec 1. 202-
737-4215. nga.gov.
National Geographic. Real Pirates: The
Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave
Ship to Pirate Ship. Thru Sep 2. A New
Age of Exploration. Thru Jun 8. 202-857-
7000. nglive.org.
Museum of Women in the Arts.
Bice Lazzari: Signature Line. Thru
Sep 22. Awake in the Dream World:
The Art of Audrey Niffenegger. Thru
Nov 10. American People, Black
Light: Faith Ringgolds Paintings
of the 1960s. Thru Nov 10. Making
her Mark: Publishers Bindings by
Women. Thru Nov 1. 202-783-5000.
nmwa.org.
The Phillips Collection. Georges
Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928
1945. Thru Sep 1. Ellsworth Kelly Panel
Paintings 20042009. Thru Sep 22.
phillipscollection.org.
GALLERIES
Artisphere. Amy Hughes Braden:
Demographic + Aaron Hughes:
Sampling. Thru Aug 3. Arijit Das: Cloud
Mapping. Thru Aug 18. 703-875-1100.
artisphere.com.
Gallery plan b. Works by Karen
Hubacher. Thru Aug 25. 202-234-2711.
galleryplanb.com.
Joan Hisaoka Gallery. From the
Outside. Thru Aug 17. 202-483-8600.
smithcenter.org.
Strathmore. No Strings Attached. Thru
Aug 17. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
Torpedo Factory Art Center. Visiting
Artist Program 2013. Thru Aug 31. 703-
838-4565. torpedofactory.org.
Workhouse Arts Center. 360 Degrees
of Post-Traumatic Stress. Thru Aug 18.
3rd Annual Workhouse Clay National
2013. Thru Sep 8. 703-584-2900.
workhousearts.org.
Zenith Gallery. Fresh. Thru Aug 31.
202.783.2963. zenithgallery.com.
AND MORE...
Poetry and Prose Open Mic. Aug
4. The Writers Center. 301-654-8664.
writer.org.
Jane Austen Film Festival - Pride &
Prejudice (2005). Aug 7. Dumbarton House.
202-337-2288. dumbartonhouse.org.
Meerkats 3D. Thru Aug 24. National
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The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.)
hosts a trans support group this
evening from 7-8:15 p.m. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
Town (2009 8
th
St., N.W.) hosts Bear
Happy Hour tonight from 6-11 p.m.
There is no cover charge and admission
is limited to guests 21 and over. For
details, visit towndc.com.
Gay District, a community-based
organization that builds understanding
of gay culture and personal identity,
meets from 8:30-9:30 p.m. at the D.C.
Center (1318 U St., N.W.). The group
specically promotes awareness of
community events and civil rights
for LGBT men ages 18-35. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org or
gaydistrict.org.
Town (2009 8
th
St., N.W.) hosts its
monthly So, You Think Youre a Drag
Queen? contest tonight to nd the
regions newest drag talent. Doors open
at 10 p.m., and the competition starts at
10:30. Cover is $5 from 10-11 and $10
after 11 for guests 21 and over, and $10
all night for guests 18-20. For details,
visit towndc.com.
Delta Elite (10 St., N.E.) hosts ladies
night tonight from 10 p.m.-3 a.m. For
more details, visit deltaelite.net.
Studio Theatre (1501 14
th
St., N.W.)
presents The Rocky Horror Show,
directed by Keith Alan Baker and Alan
Paul, at 8 p.m. tonight. The production
has been extended through Aug.
11 and will include shows at 8 p.m.
on Saturday and Sunday. Admission
ranges from $40-45. For more
information and to purchase tickets,
visit studiotheatre.org.
SATURDAY, AUG. 3
Phase 1 of Dupont (1415 22
nd
St.,
N.W.) hosts its weekly Booty Beach
Ladies Dance Party. The winner of
the partys bikini and board shorts
contest will receive cash and prizes.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and admission
is $5. Visit phase1dc.com for more
information.
Burgundy Crescent Volunteers, a gay
volunteer organization, volunteers today
at Chesapeake Pride (4150 Honeysuckle
Dr.) near Annapolis from noon-6 p.m.
Volunteers will help at the front gate, sell
wine and beer and help direct trafc into
the parking lot. Visit burgundycrescent.
org for more information.
SUNDAY, AUG. 4
Bachelors Mill (1104 8
th
St., S.E.) hosts
karaoke tonight from 9 p.m.-midnight.
Cover is $3 and there will also be pool,
video gaming systems and cards. For
more information, visit bachelorsmill.com.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts its weekly Drag Brunch with Shi-
Queeta Lee today at 11 a.m. The buffet is
$24, including one free mimosa. For more
information, visit nelliessportsbar.com.
Perrys (1811 Columbia Rd., N.W.)
hosts its weekly Sunday Drag Brunch
today from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The cost is
$24.95 for an all-you-can-eat buffet. For
details, visit perrysadamsmorgan.com.
MONDAY, AUG. 5
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.)
hosts coffee drop-in hours this morning
from 10 a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT
community. Older LGBT adults can
come and enjoy complimentary coffee
and conversation with other community
members. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts its weekly Golden Girls Watch
Party tonight from 5 p.m.-midnight
featuring $5 drink specials inspired
by the Golden Girls characters. Visit
nelliessportsbar.com for details.
The Fort Reno Summer Music Series
continue tonight at Fort Reno Park
(Chesapeake St. and Nebraska Ave.,
N.W.) from 7:15-9:30 p.m. Tonights
local bands include Mary Christ and
Sunwolf. The concert is free and open
to the public. For more information, visit
fortreno.com.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts
its weekly Mondays a Total Drag
[Show] party tonight from 9 p.m.-
2 a.m. An episode of RuPauls Drag
Race screens at 9, and then a live drag
show will be featured. Admission is 18
and older and free. For details, visit
cobaltdc.com.
TUESDAY, AUG. 6
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) hosts a focus group for gay
black men, organized by the D.C. HIV
Prevention Planning Group, from 5:30-8
p.m. this evening. Visit thedccenter.org
or uhupil.org for more details.
MOVA Lounge (2204 14
th
St., N.W.)
screens Will & Grace reruns tonight
from 5 p.m.-3 a.m. Half-priced Karen
Walker Martinis and Just Jack
Cocktails will be served. There is
no cover. For more information, visit
movalounge.com or the MOVA Lounge
Facebook page.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7
Lambda Bridge Club meets at 7:30
p.m. tonight at the Dignity Center
(721 8
th
St., S.E.) for social bridge.
Newcomers are welcome and a partner
is not needed. For more information,
call 301-345-1571.
Bachelors Mill (1104 8
th
St., S.E.)
hosts drag bingo during happy hour
tonight from 5-7:30 p.m. All drinks are
half price and there will also be pool,
video gaming systems and cards.
Admission is free. For details, visit
bachelorsmill.com.
The Smithsonian National Zoo
(3001 Connecticut Ave., N.W.) features
Gorilla Day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today
in the Great Ape House. The event is
family friendly and free and includes
animal demonstrations and talks with
zookeepers. At 11:15 and 1:15, there
will be knuckle-walking races kids can
compete in. For more information, visit
nationalzoo.si.edu.
THURSDAY, AUG. 8
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers this evening for
Food & Friends (219 Riggs Rd., N.E.),
which helps to feed about 1,100 living
with AIDS in D.C. Burgundy Crescent
members will pack groceries and chop
vegetables. For more information, visit
burgundycrescent.org.
The Fort Reno Summer Music Series
continue tonight at Fort Reno Park
(Chesapeake St. and Nebraska Ave.,
N.W.) from 7:15-9:30 p.m. Tonights
local bands include Paint Branch and
Quiverd. The concert is free and open
to the public. For more information, visit
fortreno.com.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts its
weekly Ripped Hot Body Contest
tonight from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lena Lett
hosts the event and contestants can win
up to $200 in prizes. $2 rail drinks will
be served from 9-11 p.m. Admission is
18 and older and free. For details, visit
cobaltdc.com.
Finn and Porter (900 10
th
St., N.W.)
hosts speed dating for women
in their 30s and 40s from 7-9 p.m.
tonight. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
JR.s Bar and Grill (1519 17
th
St., N.W.)
hosts an All-U-Care-2-Drink happy
hour for $15 from 4-8 p.m. this evening.
For details, visit jrsbardc.com.
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38 AUGUST 02, 2013 FHOTOS BY DAMlEN SALAS
DC Bear Crue and The Ladies oI LURe hosted a BEARS v. BABES Dance party at The Brixton on July 27.
Shi-Queeta met Ralph after she was
cast on the TV One show R&B Divas.
Ralph, who starred on the show, has
been active in HIV/AIDS outreach
through the organization Divas Simply
Singing, and was impressed by Shi-
Queetas own HIV/AIDS activism.
Divas Simply Singing has different
celebrities come in and perform to
raise money for HIV/AIDS. With me
being HIV-positive, [Sheryl] said she
would be part of The Wiz with me at
The Howard, Shi-Queeta says. I was
involved with the Makes Us Stronger
organization for HIV/AIDS, so she liked
what I was doing for the community.
Despite Shi-Queetas celebrity
connections, she laments that she has
never been a contestant on RuPauls
Drag Race. In fact, no D.C. drag queen
has ever been on the show, no matter
how ourishing the drag scene is here.
There are so many talented
individuals in D.C. Ive tried out ve
times. I dont understand what it is
about our drag here that isnt popular
with them. Shi-Queeta says. With so
many of the people being cast from L.A.,
I think they just dont want to spend the
money to send people over.
Shi-Queeta says her productions are
bridge builders between various drag
factions here.
Were no different than other cities,
were just more divided than other
cities. We have the white drag shows,
black drag shows, transsexual shows,
Shi-Queeta says. What Im doing with
the shows at the Howard is reaching out
to the different girls in the community,
thats my goal. Im trying to build the
bridge between the different drag
communities here in D.C.
During its rst year, Shi-Queetas show
has saluted a wide array of divas from
many eras, encouraging involvement
from all kinds of drag queens. The divas
impersonated include Cher, Lauryn Hill,
Patti LaBelle, Dolly Parton, Erykah Badu,
Missy Elliot, Beyonc, Toni Braxton
and Diana Ross. Shi-Queeta herself
specializes in impersonating Tina
Turner, but also has fun doing Mary J.
Blige, Rihanna and Whitney Houston.
Other local drag queens have
applauded Drag Salute to the Divas
and Shi-Queeta Lees work ethic,
including BaNaka Deveraux, who
regularly performs at Cobalt and Town.
BaNaka, also known as Dustin Schaad,
had to withdraw from performing as
Adele in one of the past productions,
but hopes to perform with Shi-Queeta
at The Howard sometime in the future.
Shi-Queeta puts her all into
everything she does, to the point of
exhaustion at times. I think her pure
will and tenacity is what really drives
the shows, BaNaka says. I give Shi-
Queeta a lot of props for creating venues
and places for drag queens to entertain;
she opens up the door for other girls to
work with her. I think its really awesome
that she not only looks out for herself
but also for her community. Shes always
doing something charitable.
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PORCELIN ST. CLAIR, left, in rehearsal with SHI-QUEETA-LEE for their upcoming Howard Theatre show.
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locations and some price points fared
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stop in and around the beltway.
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beneted from VA and FHA programs
as low down payment loan programs
are still an important nancing mecha-
nism for homebuyers in this range. The
alternative is 10-20 percent down. In
many cases the 10 percent down pay-
ment programs are limited.
Above $900,000, the market is turn-
ing much slower and bears more careful
scrutiny. In Alexandria City for instance,
there have been few sales between
$900,000 and $1,500,000 and fewer still
above $1,500,000. What accounts for
this adjustment in the market?
Buyers who are the typical move up
market are increasingly cash poor and
income rich. They have realized limited
equity in the homes they bought during
the 2000s and therefore have much less
cash to put down on homes. In addition,
many of the law rms that generated
lots of the great buyers of upper end
homes are now cutting back. Addition-
ally, the federal government is not as
steady an employer as it once was with
threats of cutbacks and furloughs.
While rates make it exceedingly at-
tractive to make an upward move many
buyers are being cautious. In addition,
sellers who have been waiting on the
sidelines for some years to downsize
and move from the area are ready to
go and putting their homes on the mar-
ket. That means there are more proper-
ties on the market in original condition
than there have been in a while.
So what is the best advice? If you
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to make a move up as relatively low
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quarters a smart investment. By waiting
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it still may be affordable to the greatest
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If you are a rst-time buyer, rents are
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the same monthly payment. Besides
that, when you pay rent you are pay-
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By ALWYN DIPPENAAR
Local residential and commercial
cleaning service Maid to Clean has
sought to be environmentally friendly
since it began business in 1996. The
small business is an award-winning
green cleaning service that is located
in Alexandria, Va., serving the Wash-
ington metropolitan area. Residents in
Dupont Circle and Logan Circle often
see a crew of three from the company
on their modied three-wheel bicycles
moving from one job to the other in
bright green uniforms.
When not managing her business,
lesbian owner Cindi Bermudez is also
an avid cyclist. She recently discussed
why she chose to nurture this special
project and introduce three-wheel bi-
cycles as a mode of transportation for
some of her staff.
Washington Blade: What motivated
Maid to Clean to use this form of trans-
portation? Was it for marketing ben-
ets or efciency of moving between
jobs?
Cindi Bermudez: I have ridden my
bike to the ofce for years. And for
years, the crew has been asking me,
Cindi, when are you going to get
bikes for us?
As I thought about maids on bikes,
I came up with possible benets: We
could save money on vehicle operat-
ing costs, cut down on parking tick-
ets, avoid trafc jams and generate a
unique marketing buzz. Plus we could
stay t and have some fun!
Some decisions were spot on. The
advertising buzz was great.
Others were a bit off. While we do
save money on parking tickets and ve-
hicle costs, more money is spent than
expected on retrotting the trikes and
getting them repaired.
The right bicycle for our needs hasnt
been engineered yet, which is why we
have only one cleaning team using the
bikes at the moment. The trikes that we
currently use were designed for indoor
use, to help employees move around
quickly in large warehouses. Ideally
wed like a different bike. Something
that can stand up to our load require-
ments maybe even a hybrid with an
electric motor.
Blade: Did you get the reaction that
you wanted from your staff when you
announced making use of bicycles and
what feedback have you received from
the public?
Bermudez: The reaction to the trikes
has been terric from staff, clients and
the public. The team was pretty excited
about the trikes, especially members
who have been with Maid to Clean for
years. The routine denitely became
more exiting.
Clients ask to pose with staff for pic-
tures regularly. Even complete strangers
seem interested. When the team is out
riding, passers-by often wave, honk and
take photos from their car windows. As
much as the attention is fun for the staff
it gives them a sense of pride.
By bringing trikes into our routine,
I have a new way to reward loyal staff
members. I can also boost our com-
mitment to keeping the planet healthy.
While we have always used eco-friend-
ly products and equipment, we now
also have a way to reduce our carbon
footprint.
Blade: Do you think Washington is a
bike-friendly city?
Bermudez: Having made signicant
strides in the last half-dozen years, D.C.
now rates as a bike-friendly city in my
estimation, particularly the D.C. and
Arlington areas.
Bermudez raises awareness and
promotes cycling both in her work and
personal life whenever possible. She
biked across the country on the Trans-
America Bicycle Tour. The tour covers
4,200 miles from Yorktown, Va., ending
in Florence, Oregon. Bermudez has en-
dured wind gusts of up to 35 miles per
hour and was chased by a pack of wild
dogs. The ride has been a great op-
portunity to test my mettle. this has
been the trip of a lifetime.
Maid to Clean the
environment as well
Business owner CINDI
BERMUDEZ is an avid cyclist.
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