Volume 45, Issue 14, April 4, 2014

Graham loses;
prospect of no gay
representation on Council
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser
(D-Ward 4) won 13 out of 16 precincts
believed to have high concentrations of
LGBT residents in her victory over Mayor
Vincent Gray and six other candidates in the
citys Democratic primary on Tuesday.
In nal but unofcial returns released by
the Board of Elections and Ethics, Bowser
had 44 percent of the vote compared to 32
percent for Gray in one of the citys lowest
turnout elections.
Bowsers decisive win created deep
disappointment among the large number
of LGBT activists supporting Gray, many
of whom consider him the nations most
LGBT supportive mayor. His initiatives on
transgender equality earned him strong
and loyal support from the transgender
community.
Although Bowser had a strong showing
in voter precincts with high concentrations
of LGBT residents, some activists backing
Gray said they would take a careful look
at gay Council member David Catania
(I-At-Large), who will be running against
Bowser as an independent candidate in the
November general election.
I am still proud of our mayor, Vince
Gray, said gay Democratic activist Lane
Hudson, who co-founded Gray Pride, an
LGBT group that campaigned for Gray.
I will be listening very carefully to what
Muriel Bowser says and does to bring our
party together and also curious of the tone
and approach that David Catania brings to
this race, Hudson told the Blade.
Advocates push to nd
218 votes for stalled bill
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Amid the push to pass the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, much has been said about the
daunting task of advancing the bill against Republican
opposition including from U.S. House Speaker John
Boehner (R-Ohio) himself in the GOP-controlled
chamber of Congress.
But the Democratic caucus isnt unanimous in its
sponsorship of the legislation despite a push from the
White House and Democratic leaders to advance ENDA.
A total of eight Democrats have so far declined to co-
sponsor the bill, although at least two said they would
vote for it and one has said hes inclined to vote for it if it
comes to the House oor.
The eight Democrats who dont co-sponsor ENDA
are Reps. Dan Lipinksi (Ill.), Jim Costa (Calif.), John
Barrow (Ga.), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Pete Gallego
(Texas), Henry Cuellar (Texas), Gene Green (Texas) and
Nick Rahall (W.Va.).
Of these eight Democrats, most are from Texas,
the largest state without any laws providing non-
discrimination protections on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity.
Chuck Smith, executive director of Equality
Texas, said the three Texans who dont co-sponsor
ENDA Gallego, Cuellar and Green likely
have a misplaced fear about opposition to non-
discrimination in their districts.
When Texans go to work each day, they want to be
judged on their professionalism, their experience, their
performance, and their ability to get the job done, Smith
said. With hard work, fullling their responsibilities, and
playing by the rules, they are striving for a fair chance
at achieving a piece of the American Dream. And in
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Case now in hands of 4th
Circuit Court of Appeals
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
A federal judge on Monday put on hold
a lawsuit led on behalf of two lesbian
couples from the Shenandoah Valley who
are seeking marriage rights in Virginia.
U.S. District Judge Michael F. Urbanski
noted in his ve-page ruling the 4th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond,
Va., last month allowed the American Civil
Liberties Union and Lambda Legal who
brought the case on behalf of Joanne Harris
and Jessica Duff of Staunton and Christy
Berghoff and Victoria Kidd of Winchester
to intervene in a separate same-sex marriage
lawsuit led last year by Timothy Bostic and
Tony London of Norfolk and Carol Schall
and Mary Townley of Chestereld.
Urbanski in January certied the Harris
case as a class action.
Plaintiffs indicated that their main goal
was to have their day in court and to be
heard on the important issues raised in this
case on the same schedule as the Bostic
case, wrote Urbanski, referring to a status
conference in the Harris case that took
place on Feb. 19. As a result of the 4th
Circuits order on March 10, 2014, allowing
plaintiffs to intervene in the Bostic appeal,
plaintiffs have the opportunity. Because of
this seismic procedural development, the
constitutional issue in this case is now in the
hands of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright
Allen in February struck down Virginias
constitutional amendment that denes
marriage as between a man and a woman.
Norfolk Circuit Court Clerk George
Schaefer and Prince William County
Circuit Court Clerk Michle McQuigg,
who is represented by the Alliance
Defending Freedom, an anti-gay legal
group, appealed Wrights ruling to the
4th Circuit. The federal appeals court
is scheduled to begin hearing oral
arguments in the Bostic case on May 12.
Redening marriage harms marriages
ability to serve those interests by serving
marriages inherent connection to
procreation and communicating that the
primary end of marriage laws is to afrm
adult desires rather than serve childrens
needs, and suppressing the importance
of both mothers and fathers to childrens
development, wrote Byron J. Babione of
the Alliance Defending Freedom in a brief
he led with the 4th Circuit on March 28.
Attorney General Mark Herring earlier
this year announced he would not defend
Virginias marriage amendment that voters
in 2006 approved by a 57-43 percent margin.
The commonwealth of Virginia will le
its response brief in the Bostic appeal by
April 11, as will the Bostic plaintiffs and the
Harris plaintiffs, said Herring spokesperson
Michael Kelly late on Monday.
Neighboring Maryland is among the
18 states and D.C. that have extended
marriage rights to same-sex couples. Gays
and lesbians in West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Alabama, Florida, Arizona and other
states have led same-sex marriage lawsuits
since the U.S. Supreme Court last June
struck down a portion of the Defense of
Marriage Act.
A poll that Quinnipiac University
released on Monday shows 50 percent
of Virginia voters support marriage rights
for same-sex couples, compared to 42
percent who oppose the issue. The survey
further noted 69 percent of Democrats
and only 23 percent of Republicans
support gay nuptials.
Federal judge stays Virginia marriage lawsuit
Lawmakers celebrate end of
8-year ght for measure
ANNAPOLIS, Md. A bill that would
ban discrimination against transgender
Marylanders last week received nal
approval in the Maryland House of
Delegates.
The 82-57 vote on Senate Bill 212 the
Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014
took place after lawmakers debated the
measure that state Sen. Rich Madaleno
(D-Montgomery County) introduced in
January for more than two hours.
What we are about to do today is
important, said state Del. Maggie McIntosh
(D-Baltimore City) as she referenced the
exclusion of trans Marylanders in a 2001
anti-discrimination bill that only included
sexual orientation. This is an important
group of people today who frankly we left
out 11 years ago. Theyre beat up. Theyre
ridiculed. They are suffering and they need
to hold their head up high just like I do.
State Del. Michael McDermott
(R-Wicomico and Worcester Counties)
described trans Marylanders as confused
as he spoke against SB 212.
We are a confused state, voting for
a confused bill, said the Eastern Shore
Republican.
State Del. Anthony ODonnell (R-St.
Marys and Calvert Counties) introduced
a proposed amendment to SB 212 that
sought to ban anyone from asserting their
gender identity and expression to enter
a place of public accommodation for the
purpose of committing an illegal activity.
House Minority Whip Kathy Szeliga
(R-Baltimore and Harford Counties) put
forth a proposal that would have exempted
bathrooms from the measure.
Please protect women, she said.
Please protect little girls.
Lawmakers defeated both proposed
amendments.
State Del. Gail Bates (R-Howard County)
and McDermott introduced proposed
amendments that sought to exclude
distinctly private and personal places
and private facilities from SB 212s public
accommodation provision.
Lawmakers rejected both proposals.
State Del. Neil Parrott (R-Washington
County) and ODonnell unsuccessfully
sought to delay the second reading on SB
212 by a day. Szeliga sought to remove
the measures public accommodations
provisions, but she withdrew her two
proposed amendments.
State Del. Kathy Afzali (R-Frederick
County) recently said in a letter to her
constituents that HB 1265 would normalize
abnormal behavior. Parrott referred to the
measure as the bathroom bill in a post to
the website he runs under the banner Do
you want men going into the ladies room?
with a graphic that shows a man appearing
to look at a woman in a restroom stall.
What we could see could be a naked
man in a girls locker room at a public
pool, said Afzali. This is a bad bill. This
does not protect women. This does not
protect children.
State Del. Heather Mizeur
(D-Montgomery County) noted she has
never been more disappointed during
her eight years in the House as she said
she has been listening to the debate
over SB 212.
We are talking about people who
are suffering real harm in this state, said
the Montgomery County Democrat
who is running against Attorney General
Doug Gansler and Lieutenant Gov.
Anthony Brown in this Junes Democratic
gubernatorial primary. We are talking
about our brothers and sisters.
The vote caps off an eight-year effort
to add gender identity and expression to
Marylands anti-discrimination act.
The House in 2011 approved an anti-
trans discrimination bill that did not contain
protections in public accommodations. The
Maryland Senate earlier this month passed
a measure approved SB 212.
The House Health and Government
Operations Committee on Tuesday
approved a nearly identical bill to SB 212
that state Del. Luke Clippinger (D-Baltimore
City) introduced.
Im thrilled that weve been able to
accomplish another big victory for fairness
and equality in the state of Maryland,
Madaleno told reporters after the vote. Its
remarkable how far weve come in such a
short period of time.
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04 APRI L 04, 2014 LOCAL NEWS
Maryland trans bill wins nal approval
Maryland state Sen. RICH MADALENO
introduced Senate Bill 212.
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No data available on
how many are LGBT
By CHRIS JOHNSON
President Obama celebrated the more
than 7 million new enrollees into health
insurance programs Tuesday on the day
after deadline for enrollment, as some
advocates expressed disappointment that
the number of LGBT enrollees is unknown.
Speaking before supporters of the
Affordable Care Act in the Rose Garden
of the White House, Obama touted the
estimated 7.1 million new enrollees through
the federal health insurance exchange as a
sign of success for a law often criticized for
its implementation rollout.
Despite several lost weeks out of the
gate because of problems with the website,
7.1 million Americans have now signed
up for private insurance plans through the
marketplace, Obama said.
But those numbers may be skewed.
On one hand, they may be conservative
estimates because they dont count those
who enrolled through state insurance
exchanges, or those who received coverage
through the Medicaid expansion under the
health care reform law.
On the other hand, they may be
inated because they dont count those
who had to reapply after losing health
insurance and dont take into account
that people need to pay their rst
months premium to enroll fully.
Obama notably did not mention
Secretary of Health & Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius during his remarks. Shes
been criticized for allowing the faulty rollout
of the federal health insurance exchange
website. Obama also didnt disclose any
demographic data on the 7 million enrollees
into health care reform.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney
said during his press brieng prior to
the remarks that he doesnt yet have the
demographic information for any category,
even though the administration collected it
during the enrollment period.
Earlier data from the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid demonstrate that information
was collected on the basis of gender and
age. Information was also collected on
the basis of race, but it was optional for
enrollees to identify as they were applying
for health insurance.
The federal government did not collect
information from enrollees about sexual
orientation or gender identity.
Laura Durso, director of the LGBT
Research and Communications Project
at the Center for American Progress, said
unfortunately theres no way to know
how many of the estimated 7 million new
enrollees are LGBT.
We all need to continue to advocate
for more and better data collection so
that in the future we can assess enrollment
numbers among LGBT communities, along
with other important aspects of health and
wellbeing, Durso added.
The White House didnt respond to a
request to comment on whether it would be
open to a change in policy that allows future
enrollees to identify their sexual orientation
or gender identity.
Gary Gates, distinguished scholar at
the Williams Institute at the University of
California, Los Angeles said information
on LGBT enrollees would be helpful in
discerning health concerns related to
LGBT people.
Tracking access to health insurance
and healthcare use more generally by
LGBT individuals may assist in better
service provision for these needs, Gates
said. Williams Institute research has
shown that many LGBT individualsand
those in same-sex couples are less likely
than non-LGBT individuals and those
in different-sex couples to have health
insurance. The availability of affordable
health insurance as a result of the ACA
could help to reduce this disparity.
Obama touts 7 million health care enrollees
Whitman-Walker to
honor former White
House AIDS czar
Whitman-Walker Health on April 17 will
honor former White House AIDS czar Jeff
Crowley at its annual spring benet at the
National Museum of Women in the Arts in
Northwest D.C.
Ive had a chance to reect on this
great experience I had and then just to be
recognized for my work by Whitman-Walker
I think is really special, Crowley told the
Washington Blade during an interview on
March 31.
Crowley, who was the director of the
Ofce of National AIDS Policy at the White
House from February 2009 until December
2011, spoke with the Blade hours before
the deadline for Americans to sign-up for
health insurance through the Affordable
Care Act that President Obama signed
into law in 2010.
Crowley described the Affordable Care
Act as a structural intervention that will
make it easier to get people with HIV onto
care and keep them in treatment. He further
noted Obama signed the law less than four
months before the White House released
the rst national HIV/AIDS strategy.
Ive also said theres no way I could
have imagined a transition that didnt
have bumps along the way, said Crowley,
referring to glitches with the Affordable
Care Act website and other enrollment-
related concerns. Over time those things
will work themselves out. The ACA really
creates an opportunity for us to make a lot
of progress.
Crowley acknowledged undocumented
immigrants are unable to apply for health
insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
He also said those with HIV below the
poverty level who live in states that did not
expand Medicaid may not be able to afford
coverage because they cannot access
marketplace subsidies.
We have these ongoing challenges,
Crowley told the Blade.
The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS
Resource Emergency Act remains available
to assist uninsured people with HIV and
those who are underinsured. The program
can also supplement and help reduce drug
costs for those living with the virus.
The AIDS Drug Assistance
Program under the Affordable Care
Act will also be able to cover drugs
that Medicaid, Medicare or private
insurance will not cover.
There are issues of the affordability
because some of drugs may not be
covered and then the co-payments might
be too high, said Crowley. Theres a
lot of advocacy going on right now with
some of the HIV advocates in some cases
state-by-state with the local advocates to
really educate these plans to improve their
formulary policy so they dont put all the
drugs in the highest level.
Crowley, who is the program director
of the National HIV/AIDS Initiative at
Georgetown Universitys ONeill Institute,
also applauded D.C.s response to the
epidemic.
He specically noted the test to treat
approach to combating the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in the nations capital and the D.C.
Department of Healths HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis,
STD and Tuberculosis Administration
(HAHSTA)s work with local HIV/AIDS service
organizations to use a surveillance model to
reconnect people with the virus who have
stopped treatment to care.
Im actually really, really proud of the
District, said Crowley. In the past they
werent necessarily the leader on a lot
of fronts.
Crowley, who is a Whitman-Walker client,
taught high school science in Swaziland
from 1988-1991 when he was a member of
the U.S. Peace Corps. He also held various
positions with the now defunct-National
Association of People with AIDS from 1994
through 2000.
Crowley described the organizations
2013 bankruptcy as sad.
Its really important for people living
with HIV to have a voice, Crowley told the
Blade. Theres still a need to be a voice for
people with HIV and were going to have to
look at different mechanisms.
washingtonblade.com
Crowley praises Obamacare, despite bumps
Theres no way I could have imagined a transition that didnt have bumps along the way, said
former White House AIDS czar JEFF CROWLEY of Obamacare.
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Justice Dept. launches trans training program
In a conference room at its headquarters in Washington, the U.S. Justice Department last
week held a rst-of-its-kind training session for law enforcement ofcials on how they can
better serve the transgender community.
Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, in opening remarks, said Thursdays session
represented the launching of an ongoing nationwide series of similar training sessions
designed to educate the nations law enforcement establishment about problems and
needs of trans people.
At its most basic level, the new training will provide tools to enhance an ofcers ability to
build partnerships with community members and to work with fellow citizens, who share a
commitment to public safety, Cole told the gathering.
Cole and other DOJ ofcials said the departments Community Relations Service, which
was established under the famed U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964, developed the trans training
program with input from representatives of the LGBT community.
LGBT community members, including D.C. trans activist Ruby Corado, were among those
attending the March 27 session.
We heard you when you told us that we needed to establish a foundation of trust between
those who serve and protect the public and those in the LGBT communities particularly
the transgender community who are disproportionately the victims of hate violence, said
Cole.
Among those who helped develop the training program and who were scheduled to
give a presentation at the session were Major Irene A. Burks of the Prince Georges County,
Md., Police Department; and Diego Miguel Sanchez, a veteran trans advocate, legislative
assistant to former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and current National Director of Policy
for Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
Sgt. Brett Parson of the Metropolitan Police Department of D.C., who formerly headed the
division that oversees the departments Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, assisted in developing
the trans training program. Parson was scheduled to be one of the instructors at the March
27 training session but had to cancel his appearance due to a scheduling conict, people
familiar with the event said.
Also attending the training were D.C. police Sgt. Matthew Mahl, the current supervisor of
the GLLU, and Ofcer Justin Markiewicz, a member of the unit.
DOJ ofcials limited news media attendance of the event to the introductory remarks by
DOJ ofcials. DOJ spokesperson Emily Pierce said the training itself was closed to the media
because it involved role-playing exercises that could make participants uncomfortable under
the glare of the press.
A statement released by the DOJ says the trans training program will become an important
component of the DOJs Community Relations Service, which, among other things, helps
communities develop strategies to prevent and respond to violent hate crimes committed
on the basis of a victims sexual orientation and gender identity as well as other factors such
as race, religion, and national origin.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Boy Scouts remove gay scoutmaster
The Boy Scouts of America on Monday announced the removal of an openly gay Seattle
scoutmaster over his sexual orientation.
NBC News reported Geoff McGrath, 49, founded a gay-friendly troop in the Rainier Beach
neighborhood. Seattles top Boy Scouts of America ofcial told the network she did not
know McGrath was gay in spite of his claims that he never hid his sexual orientation.
Its extremely disappointing to not be fully supported and defended in my membership,
McGrath, who is married to his husband of 20 years, told NBC News. They are complaining
that the problem [his status as an openly gay man] is a distraction to Scouting and they dont
seem to understand that the distraction is self-inicted.
Deron Smith, a spokesperson for the Boy Scouts of America, defended the decision to
ban McGrath from the organization.
Our policy is that we do not ask people about their sexual orientation, and its not an issue
until they deliberately inject it into Scouting in an inappropriate fashion, Smith told NBC
News in an e-mail. We spoke with Mr. McGrath today and based on the information he
provided, the National Council has revoked his registration.
The Boy Scouts of America National Council last May voted to partially end its long-
standing policy banning openly gay boy scouts. The prohibition of openly gay adult
volunteers and scoutmasters remains in place.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Obama meets pope, LGBT issues ignored
President Obama last week did not raise LGBT-specic issues with Pope Francis
during their meeting at the Vatican.
I would say that the largest bulk of the time was discussing two central concerns
of his, Obama told reporters after the meeting. One is the issue of the poor, the
marginalized, those without opportunity and growing inequality.
Obama said he and the pontiff discussed immigration reform and the possibility of
a papal trip to the U.S. The president stressed there was also some specic focus
during their 50-minute meeting on the Middle East and specically Syria, Lebanon
and the peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
The theme that stitched our conversation together was a belief that in politics
and in life the quality of empathy, the ability to stand in somebody elses shoes and
to care for someone even if they dont look like you or talk like you or share your
philosophy that thats critical, said Obama. Its the lack of empathy that makes it
very easy for us to plunge into wars.
Obama said he did not discuss the Affordable Care Act and specically
exemptions for religious institutions during his meeting with Francis. The president
noted to reporters he briey discussed the issue with Archbishop Pietro Parolin,
the Vaticans chief diplomat.
A Vatican press release described Obamas meeting with Francis as cordial. The
Holy See noted, views were exchanged on some current international themes.
It was hoped that, in some areas of conict, there would be respect for
humanitarian and international law and a negotiated solution between the parties
involved, said the press release.
The Vatican noted Obama and Francis discussed questions of particular relevance
for the church in that country, such as the exercise of the rights to religious freedom,
life and conscientious objection, as well as the issue of immigration reform.
Finally, the common commitment to the eradication of trafcking of human
persons in the world was stated, added the press release.
LGBT rights advocates had pressed Obama to discuss the Vaticans opposition to
marriage rights for gays and lesbians, a Ugandan law that imposes a life sentence
upon anyone found guilty of repeated same-sex sexual acts and other issues.
At a time when members of the LGBT community are being arrested, attacked,
and outed in situations that make them vulnerable to violence, there is a real urgency
for U.S. leadership, said Human Rights First President Elisa Massimino and Kerry
Kennedy, president of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights,
in a letter they wrote to Obama before he traveled to Europe. There is particular
value for Pope Francis to raise this issue publicly in Uganda because his words will
reverberate throughout Africa and worldwide at this time, and we hope he would
raise these issues consistently.
Obama last week referenced gay rights during a speech to European and NATO
allies in Brussels against the backdrop of the escalating tensions between Ukraine
and Russia.
Instead of targeting our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters, we can use our laws
to protect their rights, said the president.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
washingtonblade.com
08 APRI L 04, 2014 NATI ONAL NEWS
POPE FRANCIS met with PRESIDENT OBAMA at the Vatican last week.
Tobias calls inaction
frustrating and perplexing
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Democratic National Committee
Treasurer Andrew Tobias has joined those
expressing concern over why President
Obama hasnt signed an executive order
barring LGBT discrimination among federal
contractors, saying it should be signed and
its absence is frustrating and perplexing.
Amid renewed questions over why
Obama hasnt signed the order following
a recent speech from Vice President
Joseph Biden in which he called the lack
of LGBT protections close to barbaric,
Tobias articulated his own concerns as he
maintained that ghting for Democratic
control of Congress is of utmost importance.
The DNC treasurer made the comments
in an off-the-record listserv for LGBT
donors via an email that was leaked to the
Washington Blade.
I agree 100% with those who say it
should be signed, 100% with those who
believe we should keep pressing, and
100% with those who say its frustrating and
perplexing, Tobias wrote. But I think we
would be crazy to let it diminish our efforts
to hold the Senate, get Nancy her gavel
back, and lay the groundwork for a huge
LGBT supporter to win the White House in
2016. (All our plausible 2016 nominees are
huge LGBT supporters.)
Tobias, whos gay, conrmed to the
Washington Blade the email indeed
came from him as did other individuals
on the listserv, who said the message
came from his email account last week.
Notably, these individuals said Tobias
told LGBT donors in his email that listserv
members should feel free to quote him as
expressing those views. Tobias also told
the Blade to quote him as such.
The remarks are noteworthy for Tobias,
who has a reputation for tamping down
criticism and concern over the Obama
administration and the DNC for not doing
enough on LGBT rights. It has particular
signicance because it comes at a time
when the DNC is busy raising money to hold
onto the Senate during the congressional
midterms.
Last year in another email to the listserv
following concerns at that time over
the executive order, Tobias maintained
everyone within the administration supports
it, but that a process is holding it up.
Tobias latest remarks follow continued
frustration with Obama over why he
continues to withhold the executive order,
which LGBT advocates maintain is a 2008
campaign promise of his, after the No. 2
person in his administration called the lack
of federal prohibition on LGBT workplace
discrimination close to barbaric.
Biden made the remarks while calling on
Congress to pass the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, legislation that would
bar anti-LGBT workplace discrimination,
while speaking to about 1,000 attendees at
the Human Rights Campaign annual dinner
in Los Angeles.
If you think about it, its outrageous were
even debating this subject, Biden said. I
really mean it. I mean its almost beyond
belief that today, in 2014, I could say to you,
as your employee in so many states, youre
red, because of who you love.
The vice president never mentioned
the executive order in his speech, but
LGBT advocates questioned why Obama
hasnt acted on the directive if the lack
of protections is so barbaric. Some
advocates also projected a scenario in
which Obama would sign the order as a
result in the days ahead.
After all, Bidens endorsement of
marriage equality on Meet the Press in
2012 preceded Obamas own endorsement
of marriage equality by just three days and
was seen as a trigger for the presidents
announcement.
Darlene Nipper, deputy executive
director of the National Gay & Lesbian
Task Force, was among those envisioning
the executive order coming shortly from
Obama as a result of the Biden address.
As we saw with marriage equality,
Vice President Biden is sometimes the
person who will preview a presidential
decision, Nipper said. So lets hope
his recent comments means that a
non-discrimination executive order is
imminent from President Obama.
The White House didnt respond to a
request for comment about any updates on
the possible executive order. White House
Press Secretary Jay Carney reiterated the
administrations preference for legislation
to bar LGBT workplace discrimination when
asked by the Washington Blade about a
letter signed by more than 200 Democrats
calling for the directive.
There is no question, I think, in anyones
mind that the passage of legislation, the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act,
would provide those protections broadly
in a way the EO would not, Carney said.
And as Ive said before, opposition to
that legislation is contrary to the tide of
history and those lawmakers who oppose
this will nd, in the not too distant future,
that they made a grave mistake and that
they will regret it.
But Bidens description of the lack of
LGBT workplace non-discrimination rules
as close to barbaric and the continued
absence of an executive order that would
institute them riled members of the LGBT
donor listserv, who pestered Tobias with
emails over why it hasnt been done.
In another email, the DNC treasurer
said the best approach to the situation is
highlighting stories of people harmed by
the lack of the directive as well as studies
showing the scale of the problem in
addition to working for Democratic electoral
gains in 2014 and 2016.
Heather Cronk, managing director of the
LGBT grassroots group GetEQUAL, said
Bidens use of barbaric to describe anti-
LGBT workplace discrimination should be
the driving force prompting Obama to take
executive action.
In fact, Bidens remarks are exactly where
the rest of the country is given that 90
percent of Americans think there is already
a federal law in place, one would think that
this comment from Biden would kick start a
commitment by the Obama administration
to lead on this issue and to sign this
executive order without delay, Cronk said.
Anything less is simply dangling equality in
front of our noses, hoping that well show up
for midterms which is, indeed, barbaric.
For its part, the White House continues
to advocate for ENDA as pressure builds on
Obama to sign the executive order.
Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson,
referenced the idea of ENDA supporters
starting a discharge petition in the House
to bring the bill up for a vote. A successful
discharge petition requires 218 names, the
same number of individuals needed to pass
legislation on the House oor.
The president continues to believe that
the House should join the Senate and pass
ENDA so he can sign it into law, Inouye
said. We would welcome efforts to bring
this legislation to the oor for a vote.
LGBT advocates have told the Blade that
a discharge petition should be considered
a last resort to pass ENDA because the
tactic is viewed as a criticism of leadership
for not advancing a bill. Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid dismissed the idea of
the petition when speaking with reporters
late last year, saying Republican leadership
would discourage members from signing it
before it reached 218 names.
Meanwhile, LGBT advocates have amped
up their efforts to encourage U.S. House
Speaker John Boehner to bring up ENDA
for a vote in the House. The coalition known
as Americans for Workplace Opportunity,
which helped guide the Senate to pass
ENDA on a bipartisan basis in September,
is putting up more than $2 million to pass
ENDA in the chamber. Much of the money
is coming from Republican superdonors
Paul Singer and Seth Klarman, who each
donated $375,000.
Fred Sainz, vice president of the Human
Rights Campaign, said even with the push
for ENDA, Obama has absolutely no
reason to delay in signing an executive
order on behalf of LGBT workers.
This easily has to be the most studied
and mulled-over executive order in history,
Sainz said. The leadership of this president
and his entire administration on issues
important to LGBT equality has been
absolutely tremendous. The decision to
apply nondiscrimination protections to the
workers of federal contractors will t in nicely
with his historic legacy on LGBT equality.
washingtonblade.com
DNC Treasurer ANDREW TOBIAS says the lack of an ENDA executive order is frustrating and
perplexing.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
DNC treasurer criticizes lack of ENDA exec order
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By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Long-running NBC daytime soap Days
of Our Lives made history this week when
characters Sonny Kiriakis (son of Justin
and Adrienne) and Will Horton (son of
Lucas and Sami) were united in marriage
by Dr. Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall), Wills
grandmother. Theyre not the rst ever
same-sex couple (All My Children had a
2009 lesbian wedding) but theyre the rst
male soap power couple and rst same-sex
male wedding.
Actor Guy Wilson, who took over the
role of Will in episodes airing in January
(actor Chandler Massey won two Daytime
Emmys playing Will starting in 2010),
caught up with the Blade during a break in
lming this week. The Los Angeles-based
actor, who, along with co-star Freddie
Smith who plays Sonny, is straight, says its
been an honor to work on the show in a
groundbreaking storyline.
Ive had to pinch myself, the 28-year-old
San Francisco native says. You know, part
of my interest in going into entertainment
at a young age was to hopefully make a
difference in life. And I feel at 28, which I
still feel very, very young, so to be part of
something so special at a young age and
that I care about on a personal level, its a
blessing. Its part of why I was so excited
back in August when I heard I had a chance
of getting this part, to see it now come
to fruition and to get to do what I love
everyday, its all I need to be happy.
Wilson, who met his predecessor Massey
a couple times in 2011 when Wilson had
auditioned for two other roles on the show,
says he and Smith have found a really
comfortable place.
Were obviously friends but playing
roles that are so emotionally intimate, you
know, weve denitely developed a special
kind of bond. Its almost too simple to say
hes one of my best friends because weve
shared this emotional journey together
for the last almost seven months. Hes
denitely one of the most important
people in my life.
Wilson, whos also had roles on NCIS,
Castle, Bones and Breaking Bad
says the fast shooting schedule in daytime
has been a challenge with most scenes
shooting after one quick rehearsal, but
hes growing accustomed to the pace.
The wedding scenes were shot about four
months ago, which is typical.
Working with soap parents Bryan
Dattilo (Lucas) and Alison Sweeney (Sami),
both longtime vets of the show, has been
grounding. He says Hall has gone above
and beyond in her efforts to make him feel
welcome and get him up to speed.
She never hesitated at any point
to share all of her knowledge and all
of her experience with me and to be
really detailed with that information and
with that level of specicity made it so
much easier to continue the relationship
between Will and Marlena, which is very
important to the show.
And long-time executive producer Ken
Corday whose parents started the show
in 1965? Wilson isnt sure if he was around
when he auditioned, but says hes seen him
a few times on the set.
I really like that man, he says. Hes
very cool.
Wilson laughs when asked if Salem, the
shows ctional base town, has a gay bar.
If there are, I havent been to them, he
says with a chuckle.
Of course, given the medium, its
inevitable that Will and Sonny will have
many ups and downs if they stay on the
show. Wilson says as an actor, he looks
forward to that.
With conict comes growth, he says.
One thing thats been very satisfying about
the whole WilSon (as fans have dubbed
it) storyline is they do a really good job of
communicating with each other. I actually
think they have one of the healthier
relationships on daytime TV. But with
adulthood comes adult problems so as an
actor Im very excited to tackle those.
OBITUARY
Mike Ritter, Blade contributor, dies at 48
Award-winning cartoonist
worked in LGBT media
Mike Ritter, a Washington Blade
contributor and art director for the
LGBT newspaper GA Voice in Atlanta,
died shortly after midnight on March 30.
He was 48.
He was admitted to the emergency
room at Atlanta Medical Center on
March 28, where doctors determined
he had a dissection on his aorta, a
severe condition. After undergoing a
10-hour surgery on Saturday, he died
due to the severity of his condition and
complications from undergoing open-
heart surgery.
Ritter was a native of Washington
State and attended college at Arizona
State University. While working on the newspaper at ASU, Ritter was awarded 10
Gold Circle Awards from Columbia Universitys Scholastic Press Association. He also
won two rst-place awards in the editorial cartoon and comic strip categories.
He was the editorial cartoonist at the Tribune in Phoenix from 1992-2005 and a
syndicated cartoonist with King Features Syndicate.
Ritter was honored by the Suburban Newspapers of America while at the Tribune
and was awarded rst place for editorial cartooning by the Arizona Press Club in
1993, 1995 and 1996.
In 1999 he received the Thomson newspaper chains highest award for illustration
and a Freedom of Information Award from the Arizona Newspaper Association.
He served as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
from 2003-2004. The AAEC noted Ritter was likely one of the rst openly gay staff
cartoonist at a mainstream daily newspaper while he worked for the East Valley and
Scottsdale Tribune papers in Arizona. The East Valley Tribune has a slide show of his
nationally recognized 9-11 political cartoon as well as many of his illustrations.
In 2004 he was proled by Editor & Publisher magazine where he was also noted
for being an openly gay staff cartoonist at a mainstream daily newspaper.
After Ritter moved to Atlanta, he joined the staff of the former Southern Voice
where he was a graphic designer and cartoonist. He also was a cartoonist for GA
Voice and worked for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before joining the GA
Voice staff as full-time art director last year. In 2011 as cartoonist for the GA Voice,
he won third place for Best Original Editorial Cartoon in the National Newspaper
Associations Better Newspaper contest. The cartoon was a biting look at the Atlanta
Police Departments raid on the Atlanta Eagle after news broke that that the lead
investigator of the raid was arrested for driving under the inuence of alcohol and
marijuana. No drugs were found during the raid of the Eagle in 2009.
Many of his GA Voice and SoVo cartoons were picked up by other LGBT media
outlets and blogs and he was an occasional Blade contributor, including work on
several colorful and memorable front covers.
Mike was a dear friend, a great person. He made me laugh. He made me think.
He made me a better person and a better editor. He had an encyclopedic knowledge
of old music and old movies. A true Renaissance man, said Dyana Bagby, GA Voice
editor. He kept his great sense of humor until the very end even though he was in
pain and uncomfortable. We at the GA Voice are heartbroken.
Ritters impact goes far beyond his cartoons and graphic design, agreed Laura
Douglas-Brown, GA Voice co-founder and former editor.
I could talk about Mikes brilliance, his skill as a cartoonist and illustrator, his keen
political wit but this would barely touch the surface of who Mike was to so many,
Douglas-Brown said. There simply are no words big enough for the man he was or
the legacy he leaves behind.
His best friends, Will Alford and Tim Messier, plan a memorial Tuesday in Atlanta.
He was born Aug. 21, 1965, and his family includes ve older sisters, a brother and
his parents.
DYANA BAGBY
washingtonblade.com
MIKE RITTER was a well-known, award-
winning political cartoonist.
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A law that allows same-sex marriage in
England and Wales has taken effect.
Peter McGraith and David Cabreza,
who have been together for 17 years,
exchanged vows at Islington Town Hall in
London shortly after midnight when the
law took effect on March 28. Peter Tatchell,
a British LGBT rights advocate, witnessed
the wedding.
We are thrilled to be getting married,
said McGraith before he and Cabreza
exchanged vows. It is a mark of signicant
social progress in England and Wales that
the legal distinction between gay and
straight relationships has been removed.
Prime Minister David Cameron
welcomed the arrival of marriage rights for
same-sex couples in England and Wales.
The introduction of same-sex civil
marriage says something about the sort of
country we are, he said in an op-ed that
Pink News published exclusively. It says we
are a country that will continue to honour
its proud traditions of respect, tolerance
and equal worth. It also sends a powerful
message to young people growing up who
are uncertain about their sexuality. It clearly
says you are equal whether straight or gay.
The British Embassy in D.C. hosted
a reception to commemorate the law
taking effect.
Im particularly delighted the British
Embassy can add another step forward
toward the march for equal marriage,
said Rosalind Campion, counselor for
global issues at the British Embassy in
Washington, as she discussed the civil
partnership into which she and her partner
entered ve years ago.
This is about equal rights for everybody,
whoever they are, Deputy British
Ambassador to the U.S. Patrick Davies told
the Washington Blade before same-sex
couples began to legally marry in England
and Wales.
LGBT rights advocates in the U.S. and
across Europe also celebrated the law
taking effect.
The advent of marriage is a further
historic step in the journey to full equality
for lesbian and gay people in England
and Wales and contributes signicantly to
the growing international momentum for
equality, said Kieran Rose, chair of the Gay
and Lesbian Equality Network in Ireland.
A very strong message of inclusion, value,
respect and equality is being sent to people
everywhere.
Catholic Voices criticized Stonewall and
other British LGBT advocacy groups that
backed the same-sex marriage bill.
Despite the claims of lobbies and the
governments own wishful thinking, gay
marriage will not strengthen marriage,
said Catholic Voices earlier this week in a
blog post.
Iceland, France, the Netherlands,
Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Sweden,
Portugal, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay,
Argentina, South Africa and New Zealand
have extended marriage rights to same-
sex couples alongside 18 states, D.C. and
Mexico City.
The Scottish Parliament last month
approved a same-sex marriage bill that will
take effect later this year. A referendum on
whether gays and lesbians can exchange
vows in Ireland will take place next year.
Same-sex couples have been able to
enter into civil partnerships in the U.K.
since 2005.
Marriage law takes effect in England, Wales
Set to become rst appeals
court to hear post-DOMA case
By CHRIS JOHNSON
The progression of a marriage equality
lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court will reach
a signicant milestone this month when,
for the rst time since landmark rulings last
year, a federal appeals court will consider
arguments on the issue of gay nuptials.
The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
is set to hear oral arguments on April 10 in
Denver in the case of Kitchen v. Herbert,
the lawsuit that brought marriage equality
briey to the state of Utah, and will hear
arguments April 17 in Bishop v. Smith, in
which a lower court ruled Oklahomas ban
on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
Doug NeJaime, a law professor at the
University of California, Irvine, said he
expects arguments from attorneys on
behalf of same-sex couples during these
arguments to focus on the impact of the
states marriage bans on children.
I expect we will see signicant
attention on the child centered rationales
put forward by the state with responses
regarding the detrimental impact on
children raised by same-sex couples.
Children are guring prominently in these
cases, NeJaime said. I also expect
discussion about how Windsor affects the
analysis of state bans on marriage.
The harm to children raised by same-sex
parents as a result of the Defense of Marriage
Act was a signicant factor in U.S. Associate
Justice Anthony Kennedys decision last
year against the ban. Numerous district
courts have cited that language in their
decisions striking down marriage bans.
The Tenth Circuit is one of ve circuits
where marriage equality cases are pending,
but its hearing oral arguments sooner than
the others following a decision to hear the
litigation on an expedited basis.
Camilla Taylor, marriage director for
Lambda Legal, said shes optimistic
both the Utah and Oklahoma cases are
likely to succeed on the merits following
the arguments.
The brieng is extremely strong, Taylor
said. Theres been a huge array of amicus
briefs to go in. This will be the rst oral
argument in a federal circuit court, and so,
of course it will be closely watched.
Although the arguments mark the rst
time a federal appeals court has heard
arguments on the marriage issue since the
decisions against DOMA and Californias
Proposition 8 last year, its not the rst time
ever a federal appeals court has heard
arguments on whether a state can ban
same-sex marriage. The U.S. Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals heard arguments in the
case against Prop 8 in 2011 before striking
down the amendment the following year.
The three-panel judge wholl hear the
marriage equality arguments in both
cases consists of Judge Paul Kelly Jr., an
appointee of President George H.W. Bush;
Judge Carlos Lucero, a Clinton appointee;
and Judge Jerome Holmes, an appointee
of President George W. Bush.
Notably, Holmes was one of two judges
that denied Utahs request for a stay on
same-sex marriages in Utah after a district
court ruled the states marriage ban
unconstitutional, but the U.S. Supreme
Court stepped in to institute a stay.
Observers will likely be examining
judges questions to make a prediction on
the outcome of the ruling, though Lambdas
Taylor cautioned against placing too much
emphasis on the line of questioning during
the arguments.
I think its always difcult to tell from oral
arguments which way a court is likely to rule,
Taylor said. Im hoping folks wont draw too
many conclusions from which questions are
asked because judges during oral arguments
ask questions because theyre seeking the
best formulated answer that they themselves
wish to give in an opinion, so a question isnt
necessarily an indication of which way a court
is likely to rule.
Arguments in other appeals courts are
somewhere down the line. The U.S. Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hearing
the Virginia case, have set arguments for
May 13. The appeals courts for the Fifth,
Sixth and Ninth Circuits have not set a date
as of Wednesday for arguments to hear the
marriage equality issues.
According to the Human Rights
Campaign, at least 55 marriage equality
court cases are working their way through
the courts across the country. These cases
have been led in 28 states as well as
Puerto Rico and account for nearly 250
plaintiffs taking on state marriage bans.
As all of these cases make their way
back to the Supreme Court, observers
expect justices to take up one if not
all of them during the year-long term
beginning in fall 2014. That would likely
mean a nationwide decision on marriage
equality by the middle of 2015.
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Tenth Circuit to hear marriage arguments
PETER MCGRAITH and DAVID CABREZA were the rst same-sex couple to legally marry in England
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Texas, fully three-fourths of voters support
prohibiting employment discrimination.
But two of these lawmakers, Gallego and
Green, have signaled they would support
ENDA if it comes up for a vote on the
House oor, even though they have yet to
co-sponsor the legislation.
Jose Borjon, a Gallego spokesperson,
said his boss from the beginning has said
he will vote for ENDA on the House oor.
Congressman Gallegos family has
a long history of protecting civil rights
and opposing discrimination, Borjon
said. Like his parents before him,
Congressman Gallego is also opposed
to any form of discrimination, including
discrimination against individuals based
on race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation,
gender identity, sex, religion, age, disability
or personal beliefs.
Borjon didnt respond to a follow-up
email asking why Gallego wont co-
sponsor ENDA if the lawmaker would
vote for the bill.
Greens ofce didnt respond to a request
for comment. But according to Hair Balls, a
Houston-based political blog, hell vote for
the legislation if it comes to the House oor.
I am opposed to discrimination in the
workplace, whether based on gender,
race, religion, or sexual orientation, and
will vote in support of the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act when it comes
to the House oor for a vote, Green is
quoted as saying.
Cuellar has made no such commitment
to voting for ENDA. His ofce didnt
respond to the Blades request seeking
comment on the bill.
According to LoneStar Qs John
Wright, Dallas activist Jeff Strater
expressed disappointment about a
meeting during a Capitol Hill lobby day
when he and others sought to discuss
ENDA with Cuellar staff and a proposed
letter seeking an executive order barring
LGBT workplace discrimination.
We had an appointment with Henry
Cuellars ofce last Thursday in D.C. to talk
about the letter, ENDA and other LGBT
legislation, Strater was quoted as saying.
They refused to meet with us in the ofce
for our appointment (unlike other members
of Congress) and we met in a busy hallway.
The meeting was also with a legislative
fellow and not a legislative aide. This was
worse than our meeting with Ted Cruzs
staff. The sad part is that in our small group
we had people with long ties to Cuellars
congressional district and Laredo.
Another Democrat in another state has
also signaled hell likely support ENDA,
even though he hasnt yet signed on a co-
sponsor to the bill.
Jessica Kahanek, a Costa spokesperson,
said the lawmaker is still reviewing the
legislation, but is inclined to vote for the
bill should it come to the House oor.
Rep. Costa is still reviewing the bill and
its implications for small business owners
before he makes a nal decision on co-
sponsoring, Kahanek said. He is inclined
to support ENDA should there be a vote
held on the bill.
Costa supports marriage equality
and co-sponsors the Student Non-
Discrimination Act, which would bar
schools from allowing discrimination or
harassment of LGBT students.
One notable House Democrat who doesnt
co-sponsor ENDA is Lipinski, who withholds
support for ENDA even though he voted
for Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal and LGBT-
inclusive hate crimes legislation. However,
Lipinski opposes same-sex marriage.
Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality
Illinois, called on Lipinski to support ENDA
as he touted his organizations work
in building stronger and stronger support
for the legislation among his states
delegation to Congress.
Congressman Lipinski represents a
district where many employers, community
leaders, and clergy members are very vocal
about their support for ENDA; and LGBT
workplace protections have been the law in
Illinois for almost a decade, Cherkasov said.
In a state with broad bipartisan support for
ENDA, we hope that Congressman Lipinski
will carry those values to Washington and
sponsor ENDA.
Not helping in the case of Lipinski as
well as Costa and Cuellar is the fact that
theyre Catholic and the U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops has come out in
opposition to ENDA when it came up for
a vote in the Senate, saying it threatens
religious liberty, would enable legalization
of same-sex marriage and rejects the
biological basis of gender.
Other House Democrats who dont co-
sponsor ENDA have a history of assuming
anti-LGBT positions as members of
Congress. Most notable among them
are Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and retiring
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.), the only
Democrats who currently co-sponsor a
U.S. constitutional amendment that would
ban same-sex marriage in the country.
Their ofces didnt respond to a request for
comment on their position on ENDA.
Another longtime House Democrat
who doesnt co-sponsor ENDA and who
was a one-time supporter of a Federal
Marriage Amendment is Barrow. Despite
voting yes on this amendment, Barrow
has taken pro-LGBT positions, such as
voting in favor of Dont Ask, Dont Tell
repeal. His ofce didnt respond to a
request for comment on ENDA.
Jeff Graham, executive director of
Georgia Equality, said Barrow has assumed
more anti-LGBT positions after redistricting,
when Barrows district was drawn to become
more conservative.
Graham said getting Barrow to support
ENDA would require an immense
grassroots effort among his constituents,
but his organization is prepared to
support the Human Rights Campaign in
planned eld operations to encourage
him to back the bill.
Other groups behind ENDA have
launched initiatives at the national
level aimed at building support for the
legislation as the push to pass it continues.
The Senate last year passed ENDA on
bipartisan vote of 64-32, so House passage
is the only remaining step necessary for
approval before it would go to President
Obamas desk.
Tico Almeida, president of Freedom
to Work, said boosting the number of
ENDA co-sponsors on both sides of the
aisle is important to clearly demonstrate
majority support exists for LGBT workplace
protections in the House.
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Transgender activist Jeri Hughes, along
with Hudson, were among the many LGBT
supporters that attended Grays election
night gathering at the Hyatt Regency Hotel
on Capitol Hill.
Like many Gray supporters, Hughes
blamed Grays defeat on the decision by
U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen to publicly
disclose two weeks before the election
that businessman Jeffrey Thompson
implicated Gray in a scheme to raise more
than $500,000 in illegal funds for Grays 2010
election campaign. Gray has long denied
having any knowledge of the scheme,
which the U.S. Attorneys ofce has been
investigating for four years.
My thinking is that Ron Machen should
be forced out of D.C., Hughes said
following Grays concession speech. His
innuendo affected the outcome of this
election, and the District of Columbia is
going to have to pay for it, she said.
Vincent Gray did an excellent job as the
mayor, Hughes said. And its a sad thing
that innuendo can inuence an election
to where someone who has done an
excellent job can lose in the last stages of
his campaign.
In what political observers are calling
one of the biggest upsets in this years City
Council elections, gay four-term Council
member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) lost his re-
election bid to political newcomer Brianne
Nadeau, a civic activist and vice president of
a local public relations rm.
Nadeau expressed strong support
for LGBT rights while criticizing Graham
for an ethics charge involving a Metro
development contract that led to a decision
by his Council colleagues to vote 11 to 2 to
ofcially reprimand him last year.
Saying Grahams ethics charge followed
the arrest and prosecution of two other D.C.
Council members on corruption-related
charges, Nadeau called on voters, including
LGBT voters, to elect her to send a message
that political corruption is unacceptable.
Grahams long record as a champion for
LGBT rights and his work in ghting AIDS
as the former executive director of the
Whitman-Walker Clinic made him highly
popular in the LGBT community. And his
reputation as one of the Councils strongest
providers of constituent services made him
highly popular among the wards highly
diverse population groups, including Latino
and African immigrants.
Most political observers in the ward
believe the ethics issue was the key factor in
Grahams loss of support from many of his
constituents, including LGBT residents.
Nadeau beat Graham decisively in
four of six Ward 1 precincts believed to
have large numbers of LGBT residents in
Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights and
the U Street, N.W. corridor. Graham won
just one of the six precincts Precinct 36
in Columbia Heights by a margin of 52
percent to 48 percent.
He lost Precinct 137 in the U Street
corridor by just one vote, with Nadeau
receiving 125 votes to Grahams 124 votes.
Nadeau won the others by margins of
greater than 10 percent.
We did our best to represent the great
diversity of this ward, bringing together
people of all backgrounds in a common
purpose who deserve good representation
here in Ward 1, Graham said at his
election night gathering in a restaurant in
Mount Pleasant.
Lets give all of the people who worked
so hard a round of applause because we
have solid support from African Americans,
solid support from Latinos, solid support
from the Ethiopian community, solid
support from the Vietnamese and pretty
solid support from people who look like
me, he said.
In her victory speech at another
restaurant at 11th and U streets, N.W.,
Nadeau thanked Graham for what she
said were his years of service to Ward 1.
But she also reiterated her campaign call
for addressing ethics in government.
Today voters embraced ethical
leadership focused on making Ward
1 more affordable and improving our
neighborhood schools, she said.
Together we built a strong grassroots
movement for progressive change, one that
resonated far and wide with voters.
With Nadeau and Bowser perceived as
being strongly committed to LGBT rights,
even though their records could not stand
up to the accomplishments of Graham and
Gray on those issues, many LGBT voters
chose to base their vote on non-LGBT
issues, according to activists following the
citys April 1 primary.
All of the candidates are great on our
issues and we are really fortunate to have
an embarrassment of riches among the
candidates, said gay businessman Everett
Hamilton, who is among Bowsers leading
LGBT supporters.
The six other Democratic mayoral
candidates, all of whom expressed strong
support for LGBT equality, nished far
behind Bowser and Gray.
Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward
6) came in third place with 13 percent of the
vote. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward
2) came in fourth with 4 percent. Busboys
and Poets restaurant owner and progressive
activist Andy Shallal nished fth with 3
percent followed by Council member
Vincent Orange (D-At-Large) who received
2 percent. Former State Department ofcial
Reta Lewis and businessman and singer
Carlos Allen received less than 1 percent.
Similar to other D.C. residents, most
LGBT voters are registered Democrats. But
at least some longtime LGBT Democratic
activists have said they would seriously
consider backing Catania in the general
election in November.
Gay Democratic activist Paul Kuntzler,
a founding member of the Gertrude
Stein Democratic Club, the citys largest
LGBT political group, supported Gray
in the primary. In a letter he sent to
Catanias ofce on Wednesday, Kuntzler
said hes supporting Catania over Bowser
in November.
I believe David will make a great
mayor, he said. I also believe he will win in
November. I have voted for him every time
he has been on the ballot.
A poll released by the Washington
Post in late March, however, showed that
Bowser was favored by voters participating
in the poll by a margin of 56 percent to 23
percent. Catanias campaign manager, Ben
Young, said the poll was conducted just two
weeks after Catania declared his candidacy
for mayor and after Bowser had been
campaigning for more than a year.
Young, along with other Catania
supporters, said Catanias support would
rise in the coming months as he steps up
his campaign.
In other races, D.C. Council Chair Phil
Mendelson (D-At-Large), won his primary
contest by beating Democratic challenger
Calvin Gurley by a margin of 81 percent
to 18 percent. A series of attack ads
lodged against Mendelson by the Labor
Committee of the Fraternal Order of Police,
which acts as the local D.C. police union,
accusing Mendelson of failing to take
adequate measures to ght anti-LGBT hate
crimes appears to have had no impact on
the election.
Incumbent Council member Anita
Bonds (D-At-Large), a longtime supporter
of LGBT rights, won in a six-candidate
race by capturing 53 percent of the vote.
Challenger Nate Bennett-Fleming, who
campaign aggressively for the LGBT vote,
came in second with 22 percent. Challenger
John Settles received 14 percent, with
Pedro Rubio and Kevin Valentine receiving
7 percent and 3 percent.
Council member Kenyan McDufe
(D-Ward 5) defeated two Democratic
challengers in his primary contest by
capturing 79 percent of the vote. In Ward
6, where the Council seat is being vacated
by Tommy Wells, who ran for mayor, Wells
former chief of staff, Charles Allen beat
former U.S. Senate staffer Darrel Thompson
by a margin of 58 percent to 42 percent.
In a hotly contested race for the citys
shadow U.S. Senate seat, incumbent Paul
Strauss defeated challenger Pete Ross by a
margin of 60 percent to 38 percent.
D.C. congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes
Norton (D) and Council member Mary
Cheh (D-Ward 3) ran unopposed in their
respective races.
Bowser takes most gay precincts in win over Gray
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Mayor VINCE GRAY lost his bid for re-election,
weeks after the U.S. Attorney implicated him in
an alleged scheme to raise illegal funds for his
previous race.
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It may have been a cold rainy on March 30, but inside Levering Hall on the campus of
Johns Hopkins University, the energy and enthusiasm coming from the students attending
the BMORE Proud LGBTIA Leadership Summit warmed things up.
More than 200 LGBT students and allies registered for the conference, which took place
at Johns Hopkins for the second time since this summit began in 2010. Previous hosts have
been Towson University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. The theme for this
years installment was Breaking Boundaries.
Three potent speakers red up the crowd throughout the 10-hour summit. Oakland,
California-based author, performer and trans-bi activist Julia Serano, best known for her
2007 book, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of
Femininity, delivered the morning keynote with a high-tempo PowerPoint presentation on
gender and associated stereotypes.
The afternoon keynote address was presented by activist Zach Wahls, who in 2011 at the
age of 19, testied before the Iowa Legislature on behalf of marriage equality in support of
his two moms. His speech then was captured on YouTube where it went viral with some 18
million views. During his presentation at the summit, Wahls replicated his speech to a loud
ovation.
The evenings entertainment was provided by comedian Julie Goldman who irreverently
delivered a roaring monologue on her life as a Jewish lesbian, receiving roars from the crowd.
In between these presentations were three breakout sessions covering a wide range of
issues including: BMore You! Intersecting Identities, Advocating Through the Media,
Safe Dating: Identifying Abusers and Sexual Predators, Health Concerns for LGBTQ
People of Color, Queering Reproductive Justice, Coming Out in the Digital Age, and
Realities of Young Black Gay Men in Baltimore.
Personally, I think what contributed most to the success of this years BMore Proud Summit
was the sheer energy and enthusiasm of our participants, said Brandon Fiksel, a member
of the BMORE Proud planning committee. Everyone was passionate, they wanted to be
there, and that was because we all recognized how important of an opportunity this was a
rare opportunity for the whole Baltimore queer community, but especially the college-aged
generation, to come together and learn from each other.
PFLAG panel features parents of gays
When a child comes out as LGBT, parents often jump into that very same closet themselves
by not revealing to others that their child is LGBT. At the regularly scheduled general
meeting of the Columbia-Howard County chapter of PFLAG on Tuesday, there will be a
panel discussion presented by parents of LGBT children. The panel members will share their
experiences of their own coming out to family and friends. Following the panel presentation,
an open discussion of the parental coming out process will transpire.
The meeting takes place between 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center,
7246 Cradlerock Way in Columbia. All meetings are free, condential and open to the public.
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PITTSBURGH A 48-year-old man who died of a heart attack on March 16 in Pittsburgh
was deemed ineligible for organ donation though hed been an advocate for the Center
for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) and had co-hosted a benet for the organization
earlier this year, Think Progress reports.
A few hours after Rohn Neugebaur died, his sister, Sandy Schultheis, told ThinkProgress
that a CORE representative told her Neugebauer was ineligible because hed been in a
same-sex relationship, the article said.
CDC guidelines say men who have had sex with another man in the preceding ve years
should be excluded from donation of organs or tissues unless the risk to the recipient of
not performing the transplant is deemed to be greater than the risk of HIV transmission and
disease, the article said. It notes emergent, life-threatening illness requiring transplantation
when no other organ.tissues are available and no other lifesaving therapies exist.
A CORE employee told WPXI, a regional Pittsburgh news agency that covered the story,
that they couldnt comment on Neugebaurs case but said the FDA prohibits the donation of
human tissues from male donors who have been sexually active in the ve years preceding
their deaths, a stipulation that Think Progress said doesnt apply to organ donation.
Though there are similarities to the rules on organ donation for gay men and blood
donation, the American Medical Association told Think Progress that decisions should be
based on individual level of risk rather than sexual orienation. Think Progress said calls to
CORE for comment were not returned.
Fenway Institute urges more questions on surveys
BOSTON The Fenway Institute last week issued a call to action to state health
departments urging them to ask questions about sexual orientation on their Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System surveys.
A policy brief released focuses on why states should do this on the 500,000 surveys
answered by Americans in all 50 states annually. Fenway employees say having information
on both sexual orientation identity and behavior dramatically increases knowledge about
health disparities affecting LGB people.
The brief, written by Fenway researchers Leigh Evans, Kelsey Lawler, and Sammy Sass,
examines efforts by 27 states to gather sexual orientation data in at least one year of survey
data collection from 1995 through 2012. These included southern states like North Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, as well as Texas and several Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states.
However, in any given year only a small number of states ask the sexual orientation questions.
For example, in 2009, only 13 states and the District of Columbia included a sexual orientation
question.
States that have asked about sexual orientation have documented disparities and used
the data to inform public health programming to address them. For example:
Arizonas public health department found that 31 percent of Arizona lesbians smoked,
about twice the rate of the states general female population. As a result, Tobacco Free
Arizona targets lesbians and other members of the LGBT community with prevention and
cessation interventions.
New Mexico, Washington state and Massachusetts also documented tobacco use
disparities affecting LGB people through, and also target the LGBT community with tobacco
prevention and cessation efforts.
Survey data from several states have shown that lesbians are less likely to get mammograms
than other women, and have found higher rates of suicide among LGB veterans, ndings
that have important public health implications.
Chemsex a problem in
gay London boroughs
LONDON A report commissioned by three south London boroughs into drug
use during sex has highlighted signicant risks to the sexual and mental health of gay
and bisexual men, Your Local Guardian reports.
Councils in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham boroughs that have high
populations of gay men said they are determined to tackle the growing problems
associated with chemsex.
The ndings of the report, produced by experts in HIV and sexual health at the
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, will inform the response to the
problem, the Guardian article said.
Health experts have previously raised concerns that chemsex, or sex under the
inuence of drugs such as crystal methamphetamine, GHB/GBL and mephedrone,
could be behind rising rates of HIV and STIs in gay men, Your Local Guardian reports.
Lambeth has the highest prevalence of HIV in the UK (14 per 1,000 residents aged
15-59) and Southwark has the second highest (12 per 1,000).
Jim Dickson, Lambeths Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, said, This
research provides essential insight into the complex needs of this particular at risk
group of our local residents. It will enable us to work with partner organizations to
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affected men.
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And some people just want to know what
they are. This is a great time to touch on
one of the biggest topics I get questions
about: protein shakes.
Proteins are macronutrients
(carbohydrates, fats and proteins) found in
foods that help the body build muscle. As it
applies to building muscle and tness, think
about it like this: your workout breaks down
your muscles while the protein you eat helps
you build them back bigger and stronger.
The most plentiful sources of proteins are
found in meats like sh, chicken, game
and steak, though you can also nd smaller
sources in various plant products. These
whole food sources generally take longer to
break down and absorb into the body than
liquid forms and this is where protein shake
supplements come into play.
So the simplest way to think of
a protein shake is as fast absorbing liquid
chicken. Toward the end and right after
your workout your body is most receptive to
absorbing proteins directly to the muscle,
so this is the best time to get these nutrients
into the body. Many experts debate about
when is the absolute ideal time to take the
shake, whether it be 10 minutes before you
nish your workout or within 30 minutes
post workout, but almost all agree that the
recovery protein is important.
Generally speaking how
much protein and calories you ingest
throughout the day is really driven by
your sex, weight, activity level and goals.
As with all science, different scientists
believe in different amounts, but an easy
rule of thumb is if you are trying to really
pack on the muscle, you can look to take
between 1.0-2.0 grams of protein per
pound you weigh.
On the low end, the USDA recommends
around .37 grams of protein per pound of
your weight. I think a good realistic goal
is to shoot for at least 25 grams of protein
at every meal. Thats the equivalent to a
serving of chicken breast. When looking
for a protein supplement shake, make sure
it packs at least 20 grams of protein per
serving and under 10 grams of sugar per
serving. Some shakes have so much sugar
in them that they could cause you to gain
the wrong type of weight. When choosing
a protein supplement, whey protein is the
most common and is one of the quickest
to absorb into your bodys muscles. Also
make sure to check out the ingredients
and try to nd one that does not have
articial sugars or a lot of different
additives. Sometimes they pack so many
additives into the shakes that it may be
doing more harm than good. Ive found
that when it comes to protein shakes, you
generally get what you pay for.
Adding in protein supplements to
the end of your workouts or as a meal
supplement can help you maximize your
results, by feeding your muscles the
nutrients they need to recover and grow.
Make sure you do your research before
purchasing a certain brand to make sure
you are getting the right shake for you.
Overall try to add in more protein to your
diet at each meal to go along with your
workouts and your body will thank you.
It takes research and experimentation to nd the protein shake that will optimize your workout efforts.
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Post, U.S. Attorney bring
down a mayor; questions
arise for Catania
The April Fools Day primary, the result of
the Councils intransigence and refusing to
move it to a later date, is now history. Muriel
Bowser garnered the votes and defeated
Mayor Vince Gray with all the other candi-
dates far behind. Bowser lost Wards ve,
seven and eight and a careful analysis of the
votes will be done over the next few weeks.
Surely, votes will be scrutinized by Ward,
age, gender, ethnicity and sexual orienta-
tion, among other traits.
What is clear is that the biggest player
in the primary was not the candidates but
the U.S. Attorney who did everything in his
power to inuence the election against the
mayor. He had help from the Washington
Post but before he indicted Jeffrey Thomp-
son and made what many consider inap-
propriate statements, the Post wasnt sway-
ing that many voters.
So while Gray lost his reelection bid, we
now wait to see what the U.S. Attorney
does. With Bowser as the Democratic nomi-
nee, he will have much less ability to inu-
ence the general election.
We know the attack campaign run
by Tommy Wells failed to ignite voters
interest in him and the $1.3 million that
Jack Evans spent swung even fewer vot-
ers. I hope the minor candidates like Vin-
cent Orange, Andy Shallal and Rita Jo
Lewis enjoyed all the debates and atten-
tion, because they were clearly out of the
race early on.
The race to be the next mayor now heads
toward the general election and what could
have been a long and very nasty seven
months will be less so with Bowser as the
Democratic candidate. I assume that Re-
publican turned independent David Cata-
nia will still try to upend generally accepted
dogma that in D.C. it is almost impossible
to beat a Democrat. If the most recent polls
are correct, then Catania received bad news
and worse news this week. The bad news
was that after the relentless attacks on the
mayor led by the U.S. Attorney, Catania
couldnt make up much ground from an
original poll that showed him trailing Gray.
The worse news is that he will likely get
swamped by Bowser.
I would still suggest that voters fasten
their seatbelts as we could still be in for a
bumpy ride during the next seven months.
It could be a nasty campaign as Catania can
be a nasty guy. Some have referred to him
as David Chris Christie Catania, D.C.s
own bully. If you watch old Council hearings
and see Catanias interactions with city of-
cials and citizens it has to be considered a
very appropriate appellation.
Yet that wont be the major issue in the
campaign. There will a number of overrid-
ing issues. One that will continue even with
Gray out of the race will be the mayors 2010
campaign. Only Ron Machen knows how
that will end. Then there will be a need for
Bowser to prove that she is up to the job and
that will require her to put some meat and
substance on the vision she has put forth.
But I predict two other issues will receive a
lot of attention. First, sorting out which of
the Democratic Partys principles Catania
doesnt support and why he doesnt just be-
come a Democrat. And second is the ques-
tion of just how much he was paid and
for what by law rms and others during
all the years he served in his part-time Coun-
cil member job. Most would agree it clearly
wasnt for his charm.
There is general consensus that the Dis-
trict is doing well and the majority of people
feel we are moving forward and going in
the right direction. The Washington Post,
when endorsing Bowser agreed that crime
is down, student test scores are up, nances
are the best they have ever been and eco-
nomic development is booming in all eight
wards. Services are being delivered on time
and well in nearly all areas. One issue all will
agree on is that we must deal with re and
EMS issues. I would suggest we relook at a
promise made by Adrian Fenty in his rst
campaign, broken when he became mayor,
to separate re/EMS into two agencies as
done in Maryland.
My prediction is that the winners of
the April Fools Day Democratic Party
primary for all positions, including mayor,
will be elected on Nov. 4 and sworn in on
Jan. 1, 2015.
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Customize your strategy for
staying free of HIV
By STEPHEN FALLON, Ph.D.
These days, everything is about the sele.
We listen to our personalized music playlists
on our phones, binge-watch entire seasons
of our favorite program on demand and tar-
get our social media shout outs to specic
people on our friends list.
So its no surprise that you can now cus-
tomize your strategy for staying safe from
HIV. Heres the new menu of choices for
staying safe. Create your safer sele.
Condoms: Lots of guys use condoms
when they hook up with someone who looks
like he gets around, but then skip the rubbers
when they meet a quality guy. Even quality
guys may have had playful pasts, and many
are telling the truth when they say they dont
think that theyre infected even though
they havent tested in years. So how well do
condoms protect you?
Best case: If a condom appears intact
after use, youve lowered by 125,000 times
your chance of contracting HIV. Condoms
also offer this undeniable benet: you can
check to see if the other guy is really wearing
one right now.
No guarantees: Condoms only work
when someone is wearing them. Gay guys
who claim to use condoms all the time re-
duced their HIV risks by 70 percent. Rule
out the guys who seem to be forgetting the
nights they skipped the condoms, and pro-
tection is much higher. Condoms break or
slip off in as few as 0.4 to 0.6 percent of uses,
and thats because these numbers include
the people who fumble with them drunk or
use wildly inappropriate lubricants. Still, if
you just cant stand using condoms, there
are other choices.
PrEP: Never heard of it? You will. With
PrEP, an HIV-negative guy takes the anti-HIV
combination medicine that people living
with HIV take. The difference is that he takes
it every day before a possible exposure to
HIV. Thats the pre in PrEP.
Best case: PrEP can offer almost complete
protection from an HIV exposure. In the larg-
est studies conducted, none of the guys who
took at least most of their PrEP medications
became infected. PrEP does take advance
planning, though. You cant start taking PrEP
the day youre planning to have sex (it takes
about a week to build up in the body).
No guarantees: Truth is, in the largest
PrEP study, new HIV infections were only re-
duced by 44 percent, mainly because some
people who said they were going to start
PrEP never did, or they only took a few of
their pills. So just like condoms, you have to
use it to get the benets.
Treatment as Prevention: If your HIV+
partner is taking anti-HIV medications, that
helps him and protects you. Less virus in
his bloodstream makes him far less conta-
gious. The rst large study said that the risk
of catching HIV from a treated person drops
96 percent.
Best case: taking anti-HIV treatment is
something many positive guys are already
doing.
No guarantees: theres no way to see
if the other guy is taking his treatment the
way you could check for a condom. Once
theyre off the meds, the drugs start drain-
ing out of their system, and that means
youre not protected anymore.
Test twice, Talk, and Trust: This is not
the same as only hooking up with guys
you think are HIV-negative. Here, you take
an HIV test with your partner, and discuss
whether youre both comfortable having
a closed relationship (or open only with
protection). If you both are, you test again
to conrm neither had a new HIV infection
that the rst test missed, and then you may
choose to take the condoms off.
Best case: Many guys have been using
this strategy for years (including me), and it
appears to work for those who follow all the
steps.
No guarantees: If you do allow playing,
remember that condoms protect better
against HIV than against some other STDs
that are easier to transmit.
PEP: Whichever safer sele method you
choose, if something goes wrong and you
realize youve been exposed to HIV, theres
one more option. If you get on a six-week
prescription of anti-HIV medicines right
away (post-exposure), you can often stop
the virus from latching on.
Best case: Ofcially, you have 72 hours to
start treatment, and your odds of becoming
HIV+ drop by about three-quarters.
No guarantees: Dont take the deadline
too literally, and wait the whole weekend.
The same studies show that the earlier you
start PEP, the better the protection.
Why choose any option? Maybe you just
dont consider staying HIV-free that impor-
tant anymore. If and when you catch it, youll
just take a pill a day, and live forever. Well,
youre not entirely wrong, but theres more
to it than that.
Best case: If keep to your doctors ap-
pointments and take your medicines faith-
fully, you can live a long life these days with
HIV. Some studies predict that people can
live with HIV for three or four decades, or
even up to 53 years.
No guarantees: HIV treatments still cause
side effects, from the unpleasant and com-
mon ones (diarrhea, fatigue, sleeplessness) to
the silent bodily changes that can add up over
time to cause other serious health problems in
some people to trigger cardiac events, kidney
failure, liver failure, and bone fractures.
Whichever safer option you choose, the
best thing you can do is just to make a choice.
Condomless sex is up 20 percent among gay
men over the past ve years. HIV is still caus-
ing the equivalent of ve 9-11s in U.S. deaths
each year. Almost all new HIV infections are
happening to guys who arent following any
of these strategies. So pick one, stick to it,
and make a safer sele.
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Make a safer sele during sex
STEPHEN FALLON is president of Skills4, a healthcare
consulting rm. Reach him via skills4.org.
Anti-trans stereotypes violate
residents human rights
By DAVID GROSSO
My commitment to human rights pre-
dates my time in ofce and a human rights
framework is interwoven into all of the work I
do here on the D.C. Council. I was disturbed
when I read a report released last month on
relations between the LGBT community
and the Metropolitan Police Department
(MPD). A task force of experts who investi-
gated MPDs handling of hate crimes draft-
ed and released the report. The report doc-
uments a number of problems and makes
recommendations for how to address the
way MPD interacts with the LGBT commu-
nity. What I found most troubling was the
task forces nding that the mistreatment
of transgender individuals and particu-
larly transgender women of color by po-
lice ofcers is among the most frequently
cited and egregious examples of bias and
misconduct. Unfortunately, that is not news
to many in the LGBT community.
The recommendations in the report from
the hate crimes assessment task force are
directed to MPD and should be imple-
mented quickly. Outside of the task force,
seven community-based organizations
(Casa Ruby, The D.C. Center, D.C. Trans
Coalition, GLAA, GLOV, HIPS and Rainbow
Response) came together and issued ad-
ditional recommendations for both MPD
and the D.C. Council. Chief Lanier is already
moving forward with the reforms, in close
collaboration with the community groups
and the task force. To continue this effort,
the D.C. Council must also act quickly. I
have decided to implement one of the co-
alitions recommendations immediately by
introducing a bill to repeal prostitution free
zones in D.C.
This provision of the D.C. Code permits
MPD to declare a particular location as a
prostitution free zone for a 20-day period.
Police ofcers can then ask any group of two
or more people who an ofcer reasonably
believes is in the prostitution free zone for
the purpose of sex work to vacate the area.
If the people do not leave the area then
they can be arrested. According to the task
force report, transgender women (African
Americans and Latinas in particular) express
that MPD ofcers regularly view and treat
them as criminals. This stereotypethat all
transgender women are always engaging in
sex tradeis damaging and results in their
human rights being violated. This happens
when police stop or arrest someone based
on who they are rather than what they are
doing. The prostitution free zones reinforce
this bias.
The task force, along with previous re-
search, found that this bias also means that
when transgender women approach police
for help, they all too often face hostility and
dont receive assistance. It is important for
police ofcers to not stereotype transgen-
der women in this way. But it is also critical
that police ofcers help someone who is as-
saulted or raped, even if they were involved
in sex work. MPD is responsible for the safe-
ty of everyone, including sex workers.
Repeal of the prostitution free zones is
long overdue for several reasons. First, the
statute is likely unconstitutionalthe Attor-
ney Generals ofce testied in January 2012
that, we have substantial concerns about
[the laws] constitutional soundness. Sec-
ond, MPD has not initiated any prostitution
free zones since 2012indeed, ofcials told
me that they do not oppose repeal of the
prostitution free zone section of law. Per-
haps most importantly, the prostitution free
zones, and the inevitable proling that hap-
pens within them, violate affected residents
human right to be free from discrimination.
Just as we are reconsidering other laws
that have been found to be discriminatory,
I think it is time that we open up the con-
versation regarding how we handle com-
mercial sex. We need to consider changing
from a framework of criminalization to a
framework that emphasizes the health and
human rights of those involved. Meanwhile,
lets make the easy decision to take a con-
stitutionally suspect law off the books and
repeal the prostitution free zones.
Time to repeal prostitution free zones
DAVID GROSSO is an at-large D.C. Council member.
Consider sending a
donation to support LGBT
historical reclamation
Sometimes at fundraisers when Im talk-
ing with people about another string of
LGBT successes, I feel like I have been
Mr. Peabodied into a way, wayback ma-
chine episode of The Beverly Hillbillies
and a gobsmacked Jethro has just asked
me, Well golly, howd you LGBTers do it?
Howd you git yer rights so dang fast?
As someone who was once introduced
not as a Stonewall Lesbian but as a Stone-
henge Lesbian, it is a disconcerting his-
torical moment for older LGBT activists. I
do have a better understanding of what
might have prompted Oscar-winning Sal-
ly Fields to gush, You like me! You really,
really, really like me.
But I dont trust it. I do not trust any
creeping, premature triumphalist strain in
LGBT narratives. So in response, I start to
lay out for Jethro the 45-year Kickstarter
we did. He was on the way to the open
bar before I even got to the part about
the Daughters of Bilitis.
But really how did we do it? And how do
we tell our story? Of course, rst you have
to know the story. And weve got help.
For years, way under the radar, historians,
academics, archivists, anthropologists, both
professional and amateur, have been col-
lecting, saving OK, hoarding and
preserving the quotidian thinginess of the
LGBT movement.
Now our stories are coming out of
closets, basements and self-storage units
in a great blooming of LGBT history.
Museums, archives and collections are
springing up in cities all over the coun-
try in former strip malls, universities and
city libraries. If you cant get to the actual
collections you can visit the recently re-
vamped, wonderfully accessible OutHis-
tory website for a wealth of LGBT histori-
cal information.
In telling the story of the LGBT move-
ment too often we become good little
assimilated boys and girls and shy away
from the movements original impulse
sex and sexual liberation. Fortunately,
Cornell University Librarys Human Sexual-
ity Collection has, for 25 years, gathered
rare books, letters, photos and original
artwork, lms, erotica and ephemera re-
lated to sexuality.
Margaret F. Nichols, the Rare Materials
Cataloging Coordinator for Cornell, over-
sees the cataloguing of everything in the
Human Sexuality archive. It was she who
petitioned the Library of Congress to add
Butch/Femme to their subject headings.
Those headings are how everything in the
world gets catalogued in ALL libraries. Her
proposal was nally accepted.
The recent opening of the Speaking of
Sex exhibition celebrates the 25th anniver-
sary of Cornells larger collection.
Its curator, Brenda Marston says, Ar-
chiving sex is vital to our society, and this
exhibition brings a wide swath of this his-
tory into view. Without us making a real
effort, our view of the past could keep set-
tling on familiar and comfortable scenes,
but at Cornell its our job to make sure that
we wrest the camera away from the cen-
ter and capture the stories we dont always
see, so that were really preserving the di-
versity of our culture.
After we wandered through the won-
derful exhibit, we talked about not only
what was there, but what wasnt there.
Despite any archivists best efforts to tell
the fullest history of the LGBT movement
there are gaps. Many local archives are
decentralized and volunteer-driven. And
many of us assume that the stuff in our
basements is not that important. Im told
that somewhere in the world its spring.
That means spring-cleaning, a perfect
time to take a look through those boxes
downstairs and send your memorabilia to
an LGBT archive.
Of course the question isnt just Whats
in your basement? Its Whats in your
wallet? So consider sending a donation
to support and continue the great LGBT
historical reclamation being done all over
the country.
Archiving our movement: Whats in your basement?
Record low turnout signies
voter dissatisfaction with
local candidates
Dismay and disinterest won the day in
D.C.s primary election by a record-setting
margin. Similar to the mayoral contest de-
termining the overwhelmingly dominant
Democratic Partys nominee for mayor, it
wasnt even close.
Voters didnt much like their choices.
Had they been sufciently motivated
to breeze through one of the 143 precinct
locations, they would have discovered
more poll workers than the sparse turnout
of voters at most moments during the 13-
hour ordeal. Despite it taking nearly ve
hours for the startlingly and chronically
dysfunctional D.C. Board of Elections to
complete its preliminary tally after the
polls closed, voter dissatisfaction with
their ballot box options had long been
apparent.
Barely one-in-four, slightly less than 25
percent, political party-registered voters
eligible to cast ballots in the citys April 1
partisan primary election did so. In 2010,
the participation rate was 37 percent, with
137,586 voting including nearly 134,000
in the Democratic primary. According to
unofcial returns, this years totals wont
crack six digits as far fewer than 100,000
of the 369,035 primary-eligible registrants
showed up at the polls.
Never before in the citys electoral his-
tory have so few chosen to vote in a may-
oral primary. Throughout the day and
across the city it was evident that voter
turnout would produce a jaw-dropping
paucity of votes.
It was the rst time turnout has ever been
lower than the prior nadir of 32 percent in
1998. Pending the nal tally, it is likely that
the actual raw number voting will exceed
only that of 1986 when there were one-
third fewer eligible voters among a much-
smaller District population.
Indications of a looming electoral de-
bacle were evident when early voting poll
numbers were announced last weekend.
The two-week-long opportunity to vote
in advance enticed approximately 37 per-
cent fewer to do so than in the previous
mayoral primary, despite an expanded
number of voting locations and no no-
table differential in the number of party-
aligned partisans. In 2010, more than
22,000 party-registered voters cast ballots
in advance of primary election day. This
year only slightly more than 14,000 were
reported.
These substantial declines had been
forecast by the campaign manager for
incumbent Mayor Vincent Gray, who was
defeated for Democratic Party re-nomina-
tion in a wide margin loss to D.C. Coun-
cil member Muriel Bowser. Accuracy in
that prognostication, however, was small
comfort in light of the drubbing Gray ex-
perienced and his nine-month lame duck
tenure ahead.
The real reason for the plummeting
participation is apparent. Conjecture that
a much earlier primary date moved up
sooner-than-required from the traditional
September date in order to comply with
federal voting rules designed to bet-
ter accommodate overseas voters and
deployed military personnel was the
cause of the embarrassing lack of en-
gagement misses the mark.
Too many voters believed the incum-
bent had won election in 2010 by decep-
tion and cheating, the too green lead-
ing alternative failed to instill condence
she was either experienced enough or
adequately prepared to take the helm,
and the rapidly fading also-ran competi-
tors werent worth the effort.
More than that, though, was a thing
worse.
When both Bowser and Gray came
to realize that their battle would be pre-
dominantly waged in targeted areas of
the citys eastern portion, all pretense of
running genuinely citywide campaigns
ceased in the nal weeks. Whole swaths
of the city began to feel more like observ-
ers than stakeholders.
Bowsers theme of All Eight Wards
and Grays hackneyed One City slogan
became self-parodies. When Gray pa-
raded around select neighborhoods with
former mayor Marion Barry and coun-
tenanced the Council members unique
brand of racially tinged commentary it
was simply too much for too many, includ-
ing supporters. Bowser seemed to always
be nearby, as if the rest of the city mat-
tered little. Both candidates failed to in-
spire or excite voters, depressing turnout
and heightening disgust.
Responsibility for the desultory result
lies with them. The response from the vot-
ers of the city could not have been more
crystal clear.
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Spring is nally here but the biggest
buzz isnt about whats outside but whats
going on inside. Real estate in the District
is changing in a major way from size and
design to renovations. Heres a roundup
of some of the latest trends a savvy buyer
should know about when hunting for a
new home in the District.
First, expansion has become more
a need than a want. E ciencies were
once the popular (and aordable) option
when seeking out a new condo. However,
more buyers are now springing for that
two-bedroom unit. According to Valerie
Burke of Prudential PenFed Realty, the
market is more aordable than its been
for a while. Residents are no longer forcing
themselves to downsize and are choosing
to spring for another bedroom. The extra
space can be used for a guest room, o ce,
nursery or combination of the three.
More space isnt the only desirable
feature. Those looking for a new condo
are no longer primarily interested in
condo facilities such as how good the
gym is or whether theres a pool. Instead,
Burke notices a trend of residents wanting
their own private, larger outdoor space.
D.C. residents also seem to have had
enough of picking up the hammer, those
who work the local market say. Many buyers
are now looking for completely nished
properties that require no extra work.
Kevin McDu e of Coldwell Banker in
Dupont Circle says, People just want to
bring their clothes and toothbrush. They
dont want to do their own renovations.
They want a nished product.
Design is always evolving and kitchen
design is no exception. Dark cabinets
with light oors used to be the in trend.
However, now the opposite is true.
Dark oors with lighter cabinets is the
new chic. Many new homes feature this
modern design. In general, traditional
looks are no longer being used and a
sleeker, sophisticated feel is in demand.
A neighborhood thats becoming a
trend in its own right is the waterfront
in Southwest. Chris Heller of Coldwell
Banker says this spot is one of the best
places to move these days. He says the
River Park building (1301 Delaware Ave.,
S.W.) sat for years with empty townhouses
and apartments. Now, many units are
going under contract. Heller attributes
the interest to the location.
It feels like living in a suburb over here.
Theres a new Safeway and restaurants.
But the Metro is only two blocks away. Its
the best of both worlds.
Bucking the trend of seeking more
space are younger buyers, some of
whom are seeking micro units. These
units are even smaller than e ciencies.
Many have been included in buildings on
14th Street and in the U Street corridor.
Young professionals seek these micro
units because they are easy to manage
and clean. They are used solely for the
purpose of sleeping. Nowadays, Heller
says, entertaining isnt done inside the
home the way it used to in the past.
People dont hold dinner parties
that often anymore if at all, Heller says.
They entertain their guests in the city in
restaurants and bars. There are so many
places to go now that theres isnt a need
for space to entertain anymore.
These micro units are about 278 square
feet and can run as low as $99,000.
Clean, modern and ready for move-in
seems to be the consensus among those
looking to purchase in the District. Its
something many of us can agree with
the less work the better.
Apartment updates
U Street Corridor
The Cardozo, a 28-unit condominium
residential building, is planned for the
corner of 11th and V streets. Units are
planned to be small, ranging in size from
615-750 square feet. The six-story building
will have underground garage parking.
JBG plans to build two buildings with
ve stories of residential units including
ground oor retail and one level of
underground parking. One building is
planned to run from 8th to 9th Street and
the other will be to the east.
Louis at 14th is planned for the west side
of 14th street south of U Street. The nine-
story building will house 267 units with
30,000 square feet of street level retail.
Amenities include a movie theater, yoga
room, rooftop pool and 24-hour concierge.
Logan Circle
Developer Brook Rose has proposed
a rental complex on the 1400 block
of Church Street. The building would
include 29 micro-unit studios and six
one-bedroom apartments for a total of
35 available units. Eight stories high, the
complex would incorporate the existing
row houses on the street.
The Fortis Companies plans to
build a 33-unit apartment complex by
converting the National Alliance of Postal
and Federal Workers in Logan Circle. An
additional two oors would be built for
either condos or rentals. The units would
range in size from 600-1,700 square feet.
Habte Sequar has built the Aston,
a development consisting of 31
condominiums, 18 parking spaces and
3,000 in ground oor retail on 14th and R
streets. This building is sold out.
The Irwin, a ve-story residential building,
has been planned for a vacant lot on 14th
Street south of Rhode Island Avenue. Units
are planned to be small ranging from 500-
600 square feet. Condo amenities would
include a large internal courtyard, tness
center, bicycle storage, 20 parking spaces
and a common roof terrace.
14th Street Corridor
Douglas Development is building a
seven-story residential building on the
southeast corner of 14th and Florida Ave.;
30 units are planned for the building.
Community Three plans for a residential
building with 18 condos with ground oor
retail. The six-story building would have
condos around 600-1,400 square feet
including a penthouse on the top oor.
The Corcoran is a seven-story condo
planned for a current Zipcar parking lot
on 14th Street. The 40-unit condo building
would include ground oor retail.
CAS Riegler has redeveloped the Lionel
Train Store (1324 14th St., N.W.) into a ve-
unit condo building. Units are around 1,000
square feet. Pricing runs from $600,000-
$850,000. The building is sold out.
Some residents are opting to go micro while others are nding their money goes far enough to
aord an extra bedroom in their condo.
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By SUE GOODHART
Yes, it has been in hiding! Weve been
waiting for the 2014 spring market to
emerge. It did not rush out of the gates
in January as it did in 2013. In contrast,
the 2014 market is slowing emerging
from its cocoon with the heat still
on in some price points and in certain
neighborhoods.
If a well-maintained home in a popular
neighborhood is priced appropriately, it
will sell. The D.C. market is much more
active than it is in the remainder of the
metro area, but overall activity is down
for a variety of reasons.
Federal workers and contractors are
still unsure after the slicing and dicing
of the federal budget and program
cuts.Many new rental buildings are luring
potential buyers to lease by oering free
month packages and low initial rental
rates. The pace of gentrication in the
District is slowed only by the scarcity of
properties to buy, renovate, and resell.
Even the changeable metro weather
has played a part keeping us at home by
the re with Netix. Yet, weve heard that
other metro area markets are on a fast
pace. Chicago, Boston and Atlanta are
reporting that their markets have now
caught re.
Do not despair however, as there is
promise of a strong spring market. The
trees are starting to bud, daodils are
blooming and the tulips are emerging. It
reminds me of my rst D.C. spring arrival,
having travelled from gray, cold Boston
on an overnight train. I stepped out of
Union Station and felt like Dorothy when
she abruptly landed in Oz. It was alive
with color, not black and white.
Blue skies, green grass, and tulips were
everywhere and it had the magical feeling
of Munchkin Land and the Yellow Brick
Road. I felt certain the yellow brick road
would lead me to a wonder-lled life in
metropolitan Washington, D.C. and it did.
This is how I feel about spring and
the 2014 real estate market. We have
been drifting through the rst quarter
in shades of white, black and gray. The
colors of spring are about to burst with
refreshed life and all those in search of
new beginnings will feel the need to nd
a new home.
Rates are not extremely low but they
are not high either. Federal employees
will begin to feel more condent. Those
who have delayed moving will feel that
urge again.We just need the mental relief
of a sunny sky and nature to run its course,
kick starting a great real estate year.
SUE GOODHART is the top-producing agent
at McEnearney Associates in Alexandria
and is licensed in D.C., Maryland and Vir-
ginia. Reach her at 202-507-7800 or sue@
suegoodhart.com.
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sellers are likely to consider a contract
without an inspection contingency more
heavily than one that includes it. Yes, it
will involve an out-of-pocket expense
before a contract is even ratied but the
ability to waive an inspection contingency
because you already completed it can be
the item that tips the scale in your favor.
2. Be as Approved as possible: A
short nancing contingency is another
attractive feature for a seller reviewing
oers. By providing your lender all
necessary documents for full loan
approval in advance of a sales contract,
your lender is more likely to turnaround
the underwriting quickly and provide
the sellers assurance that the deal is
solid. Obviously, the lender is not able to
provide loan commitment without a sales
contract, but they can have everything
ready to go once you have a ratied
contract.
3. Mortgage shop now, not when you
ratify a contract. As you make one of the
biggest purchases of your life, you will
likely discuss your nancing options with
more than one lender and you should.
However, this mortgage shopping
should be done during the home
shopping stage as well. If you wait until
you have a ratied contract to compare
lender quotes and estimates, you wont
be able to shorten the appraisal or
nancing contingency periods.
4. Be Flexible: Sometimes the most
important thing to a seller (other than
the sale price) is a exible buyer. Your
buyers agent should contact the listing
agent and inquire if there are any
contract considerations that the seller
would appreciate. For example, is the
seller looking for their new home as
well? If so, they might welcome a quick
close with a short term rent-back period.
Your exibility in occupying the property
over another oer that could not oer a
rent-back would certainly be a positive
consideration for the seller. Another
possible exible term is the selection
of settlement company. Do the sellers
have a relationship with a settlement
company that they would appreciate the
buyer choosing for the settlement? Its
denitely worth inquiring of the sellers
listing agent.
5. Consider Waiving Contingencies: This
strategy is sometimes a tricky one and you
should denitely ask your Buyers Agent
to explain the ramications of waiving the
common contract contingencies home
inspection, nancing, and appraisal.
Given the legalities and the sometimes
negative consequences of submitting an
oer without contingencies, it should be
discussed thoroughly and strategically
implemented. With that said, we have
seen numerous examples where the
winning contract in a multiple contract
situation waived all contingencies.
6. Be Patient: Yes, probably the hardest
part of buying a home in a competitive
market! Realize that it might not happen
the rst go-around but you will nd the
property that is best for you. And when
you do, you have some strategies to
make your oer as attractive as possible.
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By KEITH LORIA
Pat Benatar and Neil Spyder Giraldo
share a rock n roll fairy tale that isnt the
norm in the music world. She sings, he plays
guitar and Giraldo also serves as producer
and arranger. Together, the couple has
written Top 40 hits such as Love is a
Battleeld, Hit Me with Your Best Shot,
Heartbreaker, Promises In The Dark
and We Belong.
More impressively, they have been happily
married for more than three decades.
When we rst started playing
together, we were each others muse and
there was no relationship involved and
we started a partnership, entrusting our
musical abilities in each other, Giraldo
says. Our being around together so long
and so much, we became romantically
involved and that became our priority.
Now, when we get off stage, we are just
Mr. and Mrs. Giraldo.
When the couple plays the Verizon
Center tonight, it will be a celebration of 35
years together both as partners on the
stage and off. Not that their fairytale love
doesnt have the usual kinks every couple
faces. Giraldo says they experience the
same arguments that any married couple
has theyve just learned to put them
aside when its time to perform.
Even if we have an argument
beforehand, when we hit the stage, we are
just Pat and Neil, those people you have
always known and loved, Giraldo says.
The endorphins kick in and thats helpful
and your attitude changes and by the time
you come off, we forget what we were
arguing about. Its a gift from God to get us
through the day.
The pair will share the bill at Verizon
with Cher and later this summer will co-
headline a tour with fellow 80s legend Rick
Springeld.
Ive known both of them forever and
this is the rst time that we will be going
out on tour together, so its something I am
looking forward to as well, Springeld says.
Not a lot of people know this, but Spyder
played guitar on Jessies Girl (and also co-
produced it), so he plays an important part
of my history.
Playing with fellow musical icons is
nothing new for Benatar and Giraldo; in
fact, over the years they have played with
a whos who of 80s rock, including Journey,
Loverboy, REO Speedwagon, the Bangles,
Blondie and Cheap Trick.
Lets face it, not everyone wants to
spend money to see a concert, but when
you combine a couple of favorites in one
show, its just a win-win for everyone,
Giraldo says. Fans like it and shows like this
should have been done more back in the
early days, but I think egos probably got in
the way a lot more back then.
For the Verizon concert, Giraldo says to
expect plenty of hits as well as some new
stuff and the best of the bunch of the rest.
There will be some surprises and well make
you tired as hell by the time were done.
Although Benatar prefers to let her
music do the talking, the man they call
Spyder is always happy to be front and
center with interviews as he says his
personality is much better suited for
it. Still, he shares that his lovely wife still
enjoys being on stage as much as he does
and they are both always so touched to
see so many fans.
Sometimes I look out at the crowd
and go, Wow, lots of these people are
really old. Wait, Im really old! But they are
in their T-shirts and singing along and we
go back in time, he says. Then you see
those kids whose parents grew up with our
music and so they listened to it, and thats
great to see.
And dont expect the lovebirds to stop
touring anytime soon. Giraldo says theres
no slowing down in them.
From the very beginning our chemistry
was undeniable. This is the driving force
behind everything we do, Giraldo says.
After 35 years of playing together, were
looking forward to the summer tour and the
future, which will surely be adventurous.
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PAT BENATAR and longtime musical
collaborator and husband NEIL GIRALDO.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COUPLE
CHER WITH PAT BENATAR AND
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D2K Tour
Tonight
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Verizon Center
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Ticketmaster.com
Still hitting us with
their best shot
How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
Ive been out about 15 years. It was
hardest to tell my grandmother because
her health at the time was poor and I
worried it would add to her worries. But
she welcomed my truth and embraced me
with unconditional love.
Whos your LGBT hero?
Bayard Rustin was a man ahead of his
time.
Whats Washingtons best
nightspot, past or present?
Nothing compares to standing on the
steps of the Lincoln Memorial, gazing out
at the stars over the reecting pool with the
Capitol Building in the distance, reecting
on the history that unfolded at that site.
Describe your dream wedding.
Matching suits, family, friends and lots of
Beyonce on the dance oor.
What non-LGBT issue are
you most passionate about?
Every child deserves a quality education.
Its the best resource for folks that come
from a place like me to level the playing
eld.
What historical outcome
would you change?
Id change who shot J.R. It would have
been more interesting if one of the main
characters, like Sue Ellen, had done it.
And Id make sure the Bible was properly
translated.

Whats been the most memorable pop
culture moment of your lifetime?
Ill never forget where I was when I found
out who shot J.R.
On what do you insist?
No pork, no chocolate, no diet soda.

What was your last Facebook
post or Tweet?
What is this white stuff falling from the
sky??? (Sunday, March 30, 2014)
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
Torey Carter: A Model Life
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
I would welcome all newly converted
straight people to the gay community.

What do you believe in
beyond the physical world?
I was raised Baptist and I believe in a just
but loving God. I also still believe Pluto is a
planet, regardless of what scientists say.

Whats your advice for
LGBT movement leaders?
The momentum is in the blue states. But
the laws, minds and hearts to change are in
the red states.

What would you walk
across hot coals for?
My future children, and my childrens
future.
What LGBT stereotype
annoys you most?
That gay men and lesbians dont/cant
get along.

Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
Broken Hearts Club has a special
place in my heart.

Whats the most
overrated social custom?
Family-style portions are excessive. And
second and third place are unnecessary;
theres only one winner.

What trophy or prize
do you most covet?
I should win an Oscar for my ability to
impersonate select reality TV stars.
What do you wish youd known at 18?
My father I wish I would have known
that we only had 10 years to x almost 30.
Why Washington?
Washington is an international symbol
of freedom and democracy. But when
my mom and I moved here from North
Carolina (at age 12), it was also a city of
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
When Torey Carter joined the Victory Fund staff four years ago, he says
the organizations singularity of focus was the main draw.
The thing that strikes me is that were now seeing victories in places
where you dont readily or quickly think of there being LGBT ofceholders,
the 37-year-old Hertford, N.C., native says. Im not talking about California
or New York but in the heartland and in the South, I have the opportunity
to work for an organization that works to get people elected in the kinds of
towns like where I grew up. It hasnt happened there, but its a reality thats
completely possible now and it wasnt then. Thats why I still come to work
every day.
Victory Fund has its champagne brunch, one of its key annual events,
Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Washington Hilton Hotel (1919 Conn. Ave., N.W.).
Individual tickets are $250 and several sponsorship brackets are available.
Several LGBT elected ofcials such as Maines Rep. Mike Michaud and Rep.
Jared Polis will speak. Tickets are still available at victoryfund.org.
Carter has been in the D.C. area for about 25 years and worked many
years as an accountant before joining Victory Fund.
Carter and partner Mike Conneen live together in Washingtons Takoma
neighborhood. Carter enjoys home improvement projects, gardening,
cooking, exercise and playing with Rex, his 6-year-old Quaker parrot, in his
free time.
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Saturday, April 12 at 8 p.m.
Grammy-winner Branford Marsalis returns to the Center for the
Arts stage with his acclaimed quartet to treat us to an evening of
unsurpassed jazz. Marsalis, a New Orleans native, offers up an
impressive collection of original compositions and modern and
classic jazz standards. It will be a great night of music!
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Virginia Opera
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Friday, April 11 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 13 at 2 p.m.
Operas most famous femme fatale Filled with passion, betrayal,
and jealousy, Bizets sizzling, sultry tragedy is one of the most
popular works in opera literature, due in no small part to its great
music. Sung in French with English supertitles.
Friday, $44, $72, $86
Sunday, $48, $80, $98
Moscow Festival Ballet
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Saturday, April 5 at 8 p.m.
Ballet Favorites
Sunday, April 6 at 4 p.m.
Two opportunities for grand Russian classical ballet! Choose Romeo and
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and the bonus Chopiniana, Fokines beautiful short piece of pure classical
19th century ballet, or a complete afternoon of highlights, which include
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Cher gets back in the saddle tonight
Cher brings her Dressed to Kill tour to the Verizon Center (601 F St., N.W.)
tonight at 8 p.m.
The tour supports Chers latest album Closer to the Truth that was released last
year. It includes the singles Womans World, I Hope You Find It and Take It Like
a Man. All tickets purchased online include a free copy of Closer to the Truth.
Tickets are $40.05-$180.50. For more information, visit verizoncenter.
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Wright makes good on Rehoboth womens event
CAMP Rehoboth hosts its 2014 Womens Fest beginning with a welcome party
at the Atlantic Sands Hotel (101 N. Boardwalk, Rehoboth Beach, Del.) Thursday at 7
p.m. The fest goes through April 13.
Out country singer (and new mom) Chely Wright performs at the Rehoboth
Convention Center (229 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.) April 11 at 8 p.m.
There will be other live entertainment, games and expos throughout the weekend
and Rehoboth area. Wright had to pull out from last years event for medical reasons
but is making good on her agreement this year.
Team D.C. unfurls
umbrella for SportsFest
Team D.C. hosts SportsFest at Room and
Board (1840 14th St., N.W.) Thursday from
6-9 p.m.
SportsFest is a mixer with players from
over 30 LGBT sports groups in the D.C.
area. There will be music, rafes and a beer
and vodka bar courtesy of Nellies Sports
Bar. The rst 50 guests receive a canvas
Room and Board tote bag.
There is no cover charge. For more
information, visit teamdc.org.
Laverne Cox is guest
at Equality Va. dinner
Equality Virginia hosts its annual
Commonwealth Dinner at the Greater
Richmond Convention Center (403 N. Third
St., Richmond, Va.) Saturday evening at 5
p.m.
This years special guest is Laverne Cox,
star of Orange is the New Black. The
dinner is the states largest gala gathering
for the Virginia LGBT community and
supporters. There will be live entertainment
and a silent auction. Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist Jonathan Capehart will emcee
the evening.
General admission tickets are sold out
but VIP tickets are still available for $275. For
more information, visit equalityvirginia.org/
dinner.
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Music lovers in D.C. are already familiar
with the Cherry Funds annual charity dance
and music event, which since its inception
in 1997 has raised more than $988,000 in
support of efforts to ght HIV/AIDS.
Each year, Cherry brings in top
international DJs and premier parties to
Washington venues and this year is no
exception with top-notch spinners such
as DJ Eddie Elias, DJ Joe Gauthreaux, DJ
Alain Jackinsky and DJ Mike Reimer lending
their talents.
Last years Cherry had 125 attending the
afterhours event at Tropicalia, which for 7
a.m. in Washington is pretty remarkable,
says James Decker, a board member with
the Cherry Fund. This year we expect
200-plus. Weve already sold 120 advance
passes, which is more than double last year.
The Cherry committee also expects a
huge turnout for its main event at Town,
scheduled from 9 p.m.-4 a.m. on Saturday
which will feature DJ Paulo mixing it up for
a night being billed as Emergence, and
featuring the Tribal Bitch and DJ Twin.
Ive spun for Cherry before, plus I grew
up in Bethesda, so D.C. has a special place
for me, DJ Paulo, whos gay, says. People
can expect an energetic set with lots of new
productions and vocals.
Originally from Portugal, DJ Paulo knew
early on that he wanted to spin music for a
living and started playing small clubs and
gaining a name for himself.
I was living in Los Angeles and noticed
promoters were only bringing DJs from
New York (i.e. Peter Rauhofer, Victor
Calderone) and all the DJs in Los Angeles
had a lighter sound, he says. So I
started a small residency in the middle of
West Hollywood on Fridays at Rage called
Stereo. People caught on to my sound and
things evolved from there.
The weekly residency was a good way
for DJ Paulo to test out his sound and
from there, he earned a residency at Spin,
a popular afterhours club where Avalon in
Hollywood now resides.
Over the years, hes headlined at some
of the worlds largest and most prestigious
parties, including Black and Blue Montreal,
New Yorks Saint at Large Black Party, Fire
Islands Pines Party and Dancing on the
Bay, Orlandos Gay Days and Taiwans
Ministry of Sound.
His spins are responsible for a slew of
remixes of tracks that have reached No. 1
on the Billboard Dance Charts, including
songs by Christina Aguilera, Inaya Day,
Madonna, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and
pretty much everyone else worth getting on
a podium for.
Success didnt come without lots of hard
work and some hiccups along the way. The
one thing that has always frustrated DJ
Paulo was when people would hear just one
single podcast and judge his sound based
on just one set.
More than anything, whether its a peak
time event or an afterhours, I cater to the
party even a beach tea dance I can play,
he says. I always stay true to my sound, it
just varies according to the event.
He is co-founder of Pure Music
Productions and has built one of the hottest
independent record labels, providing top-
10 progressive tracks on Beatport and
various digital download sites.
Its a life that DJ Paulo wouldnt trade for
anything in the world. Music, he says, has
more power than some people will admit.
Making people feel good through music
is one of the best rewards of being a DJ, he
says. Then theres the traveling to all these
amazing places. Just two weeks ago I was in
Tel Aviv and got to visit Jerusalem. Meeting
so many amazing people is a real treat.
His production and style is very important
to him. When someone goes to an event,
he believes the sound should be distinctive
so you know youre hearing a particular DJ.
Im always continuing developing my
sound. I try to stay current with new artists
and introduce people to new music, he
says. I see a real trend and club life looks
like its coming back (especially in New
York). I think the best is yet to come.
EMERGENCE
DJ Paulo
Town
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11 p.m.-4 a.m.
$20 ($70 for Cherry weekend pass)
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DJ PAULO is one of several big-name DJs in town this weekend for Cherry.
Glorious passages of choreography
witty timing and humor
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Staged by Kevin McKenzie and Susan Jones
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APR 9. STRATHMORE. 301- 581- 5100. STRATHMORE. ORG.
This unique cirque spectacular showcases traditional Chinese acrobats who dazzle
with amazing feats of athleticism, daring heart-stopping stunts and the grace of
their centuries-old art form. ~Broadway World
ARGUENDO
THRU APR 20. WOOLLY MAMMOTH.
202- 393- 3939. WOOLLYMAMMOTH. NET.
Elevator Repair Service--the innovative company that created Gatz--comes
to Woolly with their newest show, Arguendo. This time, they bring their unique
theatrical style to the Supreme Court, tackling the 1991 First Amendment case
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, brought to the court by a group of go-go dancers
petitioning for their right to perform completely naked.
UNI TED I N ANGER: A HI STORY OF ACT UP
APR 10. BLACKROCK. 240- 912- 1058.
BLACKROCKCENTER. ORG.
This lm combines archival footage and remarkably insightful interviews from the
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) Oral History Project to explore how a
small group of men and women of all races and classes came together to change
the world and save each others lives. The lm takes the viewer through the planning
and execution of a dozen major actions that forced the U.S. government and
mainstream media to deal with the AIDS crisis.
NATI ONAL ARCHI VES. MAKI NG THEI R MARK: STORI ES
THROUGH SI GNATURES
THRU JAN 5. 202- 357- 5000. ARCHI VES. GOV.
Making Their Mark: Stories Through Signatures features original signatures from
the National Archives nationwide holdings, including records from the Presidential
Libraries. They illustrate the many ways people have placed their signatures on
history, from developing a signature style to signing groundbreaking policy into
law. From Hollywood to Washington, DC, a variety of letters, patents, photographs,
artifacts, and pieces of legislation are featured in this exhibition.
IMAGE COURTESY OF STRATHMORE
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44 APRI L 04, 2014 THE GUI DE TO ARTS & CULTURE
THEATRE
Tender Napalm. Thru May 11.
Signature Theatre. 703-820-9771.
signature-theatre.org.
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee. Thru May 17. Fords Theatre.
800-982-2787. fords.org.
Pig Iron Theatre Company: Zero Cost
House. Apr 4-Apr 5. Clarice Smith.
301-405-2787. claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
Water by the Spoonful. Thru Apr 13.
Moth. Apr 9-May 4. Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
Two Trains Running. Thru Apr 27.
Round House Bethesda. 240-644-1100.
roundhousetheatre.org.
Once On This Island. Apr 9-May 2. Olney
Theatre. 301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Hair. Thru Apr 20. Keegan Theatre.
703-892-0202. keegantheatre.com.
The Admission. Thru Apr 6. Theater J.
800-494-8497. theaterj.org.
Shear Madness. Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Hamlet. Thru Apr 6. Synetic Theater.
703-824-8060. synetictheater.org.
Oh Dad, Poor Dad. Thru Apr 12.
ACT. Gunston. 703-998-4555.
americancentury.org.
DANCE
New York City Ballet: Jewels and
a Mixed Repertory Program. Thru
Apr 6. Breaking Form: Global Urban
Contemporary Dance. Apr 6. Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Moscow Festival Ballet: Romeo and
Juliet & Chopiniana. Apr 5. Ballet
Favorites. Apr 6. GMU Center for the Arts.
888-945-2468. cfa.gmu.edu.
Richmond Ballet II. Apr 6. JCCNV.
703-537-3000. jccnv.org.
Companhia Urbana de Danca. Apr 5.
Dance Place. Edgewood Arts Building.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
MUSIC
Ploy & Beyond Modern. Apr 4.
Buika. Apr 6. Andriessen 75: Cristina
Zavalloni, Monica Germino & Andrea
Rebaudengo. Apr 8. Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: red, black, and
GREEN: a blues (rbGb). Apr 4-Apr 5.
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
James Conlon, conductor / Gil Shaham,
violin, plays Korngold. Apr 10-Apr 12.
NSO. Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
WNO: Paul Appleby and Joshua
Hopkins, in Recital. Apr 6. Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Tiempo Libre. Apr 4. Artisphere.
888-841-2787. artisphere.com.
VERGE ensemble Presents: Sonic
Ecologies. Apr 6. Corcoran Gallery of Art.
202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Simon Townshend. Apr 9. Al Stewart. Apr
10. The Barns at Wolf Trap. 877-965-3872.
wolftrap.org.
Avanti Orchestra Concert. Apr 4. FMMC.
Church of the Epiphany. 202-333-2075.
fmmc.org.
MUSEUMS
National Gallery of Art. Garry Winogrand.
Thru Jun 8. Modern German Prints and
Drawings from the Kainen Collection. Thru
Jun 29. The Monuments Men and the
National Gallery of Art. Thru Sep 1.
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Jennifer
Steinkamp and Jimmy Johnson: Loop.
Thru Apr 20. Rineke Dijkstra: The
Krazyhouse. Thru Jun 15. American
Journeys - Visions of Place. Thru Sep 21.
Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #65. Thru Mar 15.
202-639-1700. corcoran.org. .
Folger Shakespeare Library.
Shakespeares the Thing. Thru Jun 15.
folger.edu.
Fords Theatre. Abraham Lincoln and the
Technology of War. Thru Jul 6.
202-347-4833. fords.org.
Kreeger Museum. K@20 Kreeger Museum
20th Anniversary Exhibition. Thru Jul 31.
202-337-3050. kreegermuseum.org.
National Geographic. A New Age of
Exploration. Thru Jun 8. 202-857-7000.
nglive.org.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Judy
Chicago: Circa 75. Thru Apr 13. New York
Avenue Sculpture Project: Chakaia Booker.
Thru Apr 27. Workt by Hand: Hidden Labor
and Historical Quilts. Thru Apr 27.
202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
The Phillips Collection. Made In The
USA: American Masters From The Phillips
Collection, 1850-1970. Thru Aug 31.
202-387-2151. phillipscollection.org.
GALLERIES
Artisphere. Jessica van Brakle: Industrial
Paradise. Thru Jun 7. Coast to Coast. Thru
Aug 3. 703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
Gallery plan b. Paintings by Kathy
Beynette. Thru Apr 27. 202-234-2711.
galleryplanb.com.
Goethe-Institut. Gute Aussichten: New
German Photography 2013-2014. Thru Apr
25. 202-289-1200. goethe.de.
IDB Staff Association Art Gallery
(ISAAG). Kate T. Williamson: A Year
in Japan. Thru Apr 11. 202-623-2217.
idbstaffassociationartgallery.org.
Neptune Fine Art. Jimmy Miracle: Yantras.
Thru May 10. 202-338-0353.
neptuneneart.com.
Robert Brown Gallery. Oleg Kudryashov:
Memories of Moscow: Reliefs,
Constructions and Compositions. Thru
May 10. 202-338-0353.
robertbrowngallery.com.
The Art League Gallery. ColorField.
Thru Apr 7. The Cocoon Series by E.E.
McCollum. Thru Apr 7. Pop Art. Apr 9-May
5. 703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
Zenith Gallery. 36 Years on a Creative
Journey. Thru Apr 26. 202.783.2963.
zenithgallery.com.
Screen-to-stage adaptation
is multi-media delight
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Conventional wisdom says dont mess
with a classic. Typically the result is a
letdown. But there are exceptions. Case in
point is the UK-based Kneehigh Theatres
delightful production of Brief Encounter,
an adaptation of the same-named 1945
British lm.
In bringing the iconic screen romance
to the stage, director/playwright Emma
Rice blends theater and lm incorporating
projections, musical numbers and myriad
clever touches, all now on display at
the Shakespeare Theatre Companys
Lansburgh Theatre.
The David Lean lm is based on Nol
Cowards Still Life, one of many plays the
gay sophisticate wrote and performed with
longtime pal Gertrude Lawrence. It follows
the short-lived romance of two married
people who meet cute at a train station
when Alec, a handsome doctor, removes
a cinder from housewife Lauras eye. The
pair begin meeting weekly, mostly in the
station tearoom or restaurants, and though
their feelings are intense, their relationship
remains chaste, never going beyond a
kiss. And while the inevitable return to their
respective respectable lives and practical
mates happens as expected, its still a
painful outcome. Rices adaptation draws
from the lm and the play.
The action kicks off in the Lansburgh
lobby with a zippy string quartet of cast
members dressed as 40s movie theater
ushers performing a selection of vintage
tunes. Inside, the stages usual curtain has
been swapped out for one thats brighter
and redder, reminiscent of those found
in old movie palaces. Theres a big movie
screen that plays black-and-white footage,
a nod to the source lm and an exploration
of the protagonists experience. When not
on stage, Alec (Jim Sturgeon) and Laura
(Hannah Yelland in her Tony-nominated
role from when the show ran on Broadway
in 2010) can sometimes be found seated
amongst the audience; after all, their rst
date was a trip to the cinema. They also may
slip through a slit in the movie screen only
to reappear as bigger-than-life projections.
While meeting in public, the pair
is reserved. Their muted passion is
represented by lm of fast moving clouds
and raging tides. As the romantic tension
mounts, Laura begins to grapple with doing
the right thing. Its she who suggests they
part ways.
Director Emma Rices precise and
inventive staging is wondrous, the cast
is superb and her teams spectacular
technical, multi-media design is top notch.
Neil Murrays set is ingeniously serviceable
and his period costumes are impeccably
drawn. As the besotted but staid lovers,
Yelland and Sturgeon play it straight, never
mocking the necessarily formal dialogue.
But the supporting ensemble has no such
restraints. Theyre free to camp it up and
play for laughs, and they do, expertly. Its an
effective balance.
The tearooms other regulars are its
manager Myrtle (Annette McLauglin), an
amusingly genteel type whose breaks are
spent trysting with the amorous station
manager Fred (Joe Alessi); and Beryl
(Dorothy Atkinson), a cheeky waitress who is
dating the cute young station snack seller,
Stanley (Damon Daunno). The cast play
multiple parts and along with Dave Brown
and James Gow, they also sing and play
instruments. Songs include Cowards Mad
About the Boy, A Room with a View, and
melodic original music.
The music is put to especially good
effect with another Coward song, Go
Slow, Johnny sung poignantly by Daunno
during a key scene in which the Alec and
Laura are alone drying off after having fallen
out of a rowboat.
BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Through April 13
Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Lansburgh Theatre
450 7th Street, NW
$30-75
202-547-1122
ShakespeareTheatre.org
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TODAY
The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival begins at
the Montgomery County Fairgrounds (16
Chestnut St., Gaithersburg, Md.) today from
10 a.m.-6 p.m. through Sunday. Purchase
jewelry, home dcor, ne arts and much
more made from American craftsmen.
A few craftsmen will also be doing live
demonstrations in jewelry making, hand
carving and furniture making. Admission
is $8 online and $10 at the door. For more
details, visit sugarloafcrafts.com.
Town (2009 8th 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 more information,
visit towndc.com.
Charm City Fetish Fair begins today
at Doubletree Hilton BWI (890 Elkridge
Landing Rd., Linthicum Heights, Md.)
at 5 p.m. and goes through Sunday.
There will be a meet and greet, parties
and workshops led by experts on the
fetish lifestyle. For more information, visit
charmcityfetishfair.com.
Bishop Allyson Abrams and
Empowerment Liberation Cathedral
launch an afrming fellowship service at
Church of the Ascension (633 Sligo Ave.,
Silver Spring, Md.) tonight from 7-8:30 p.m.
All are welcome. For more details, visit
empowermentliberationcathedral.org.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5
D.C. MeetMarket, an outdoor
community market, begins on the corner
of 15th and P St. N.W. today from 11 a.m.-
5 p.m. Over 40 local vendors will be selling
goods including Baked and Wired, Twisted
Aristocrat and more. The markets goal is
to help support the citys small businesses
and creative community. There will be live
music by American Hearts, Light Arms
and DJ Vanniety Kills. There will also be an
interactive photo booth and free rafe.
Lesbian singer Lisa Moscatiello and
singer Chris Noyes perform together for
We are Takoma Park, a concert at the
Takoma Park Municipal Building (7500
Maple Ave., Takoma Park, Md.) tonight at
7:30 p.m. The performance includes Celtic
ballads, contemporary folk, country and
more. For more information, email arts@
takomaparkmd.gov or call 301-891-7266.
Code Redux presents CODE All
Colors, a BDSM party, at the Crucible
(16 M St., N.E.) from 10 p.m.-3 a.m.
Fetish dress code required. This is a
membership-only event. Walk-ins will
not be accepted. Online membership is
available. For more information and to
join, visit the-crucible.com.
SUNDAY, APRIL 6
Queer for Christ, a Christian LGBT
group, attends Evensong/Evensocial,
a 20s/30s meet up group, at National
Cathedral (3101 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.)
today at 4 p.m. For more information, visit
nationalcathedral.org.
Guitarist Charles Mokotoff performs
Latin American melodies at Cedar Lane
Unitarian Universalist Church (9601 Cedar
Ln., Bethesda, Md.) today at 4 p.m. For
more details, visit cedarlane.org.
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 more details, visit
perrysadamsmorgan.com.
Victory Fund holds is National
Champagne Brunch today from11 a.m.-
2 p.m. Special guests include Maine
gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud,
Massachusetts attorney general candidate
Maura Healey and Washington D.C. City
Councilmember David Catania. Tickets are
$250. For more details, visit victoryfund.org.
MONDAY, APRIL 7
Opera on Tap D.C. Metro perform at
Vendetta Bocce Bar and Tavern (1212 H
St., N.E.) tonight from 7-9:30 p.m. Local
opera singers Colin Michael Brush, Melissa
Chavez, Aaron Halevy and more will be
performing. There will be $1 sliders all night
long with a 2 drink minimum. There will also
be $4 Prosecco and Peroni and $5 house
wine. There is a $5 suggested cover. For
more information, visit operaontap.org/
dcmetro.
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.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) holds a support group for gay black
men to discuss topics that affect them,
share perspectives and have meaningful
conversations. For details, visit uhupil.org.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.) hosts
poker night tonight at 8 p.m. Win prizes.
Free to play. For more information, visit
nelliessportsbar.com.
TUESDAY, APRIL 8
GLOV hosts a happy hour reception
at MOVA Lounge (2204 14th St., N.W.)
tonight from 5:30-8 p.m. Tickets are $10
and supports GLOV, which aims to reduce
violence against LGBT individuals and to
assist victims of anti-LGBT violence. For
more details, visit thedccenter.org.
JQ Baltimore, a Jewish LGBT outreach
and support group, hosts Seder at Waxter
Center (1000 Cathedral St., Mt. Vernon,
Md.) tonight at 6:30 p.m. The Seder will
be conducted by Rabbi Gila Ruskin and a
kosher dairy dinner with traditional Passover
foods will be served. Tickets are $12. For
more details, email jqbaltimore@gmail.com
or call 443.300.8996.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9
The Lambda Bridge Club hosts duplicate
bridge at the Dignity Center (721 8th St.,
S.E.) at 7:30 p.m. tonight. No reservations
needed and new comers welcome. If you
need a partner, call 703-407-6540.
Big Gay Book Group meets at 1155
F St., N.W. Suite 200 tonight at 7 p.m. to
discuss The Towers of Trebizond by Roe
Macaulay. This comedy tells the story of what
it means to be a Christian in the modern
world with a wacky group of characters
including spies a Greek sorcerer and a
deranged camel. For more information
email biggaybookgroup@hotmail.com.
Moth begins its run at the Studio
Theatre (1501 14th St., N.W.) tonight at 8
p.m. Moth tells the story of an anime-
obsessed boy and his emo-Wiccan friend
whose friendship is changed forever when
Sebastian is forced on an apocalyptic
mission after a horric event at his high
school. Tickets are $30.The play runs
through May 4. For more details, visit
studiotheatre.org.
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers for Food and
Friends (219 Riggs Rd., N.E.) tonight from
6-8 p.m. Volunteers will chop vegetables
and pack groceries. To volunteer, email
jonathan@burgundycrescent.org. For more
details, visit burgundycrescent.org.
Rude Boi Entertainment hosts Tempted
2 Touch, a ladies dance party, at the Fab
Lounge (2022 Florida Ave., N.W.) Doors
open at 10 p.m. Drink specials $5 and
vodka shots $3 all night. No cover charge.
Admission limited to guests 21 and over. For
more details, visit rudeboientertainment.
wordpress.com.
PHOTO BY IGOR DMITRY; COURTESY OF STUDIO THEATRE
Director TOM STORY, center, with actors
DAVID NATE GOLDMAN and ALLIE
VILLAREAL in Moth at Studio Theatre.
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New Lupo Verde off to
promising start on 14th
By JONATHAN HOWARD
Lupo Verde (1401 T St. N.W.) opened last
month after many delays and is one of the
newest additions to the 14th Street corridor.
Owned by Med Lalou and Antonio
Matarazzo of the Lalou Group, Lupo
specializes in rustic Italian fare. Its a nice
thought, but with so many restaurants
nearby offering Italian food and pizza,
it remains to be seen if it will be able to
distinguish itself with its extensive cheese
offerings, small plates and dinner plates as
large as a whole roasted sh.
This intimate restaurant spans two levels
with the rst level lounge area dominated
by a 15-person bar made of beautiful
Carrarra marble. Upon entering, we were
brought upstairs to a richly appointed
but comfortable dining room with small
groupings of tables throughout. The high
ceilings and large windows helped open up
the space while the brick walls and rich wall
coverings kept it warm and inviting. We were
seated in the back corner of the upper level
with a couple other small groups of diners,
a cozy setup that had the one downfall of
being able to hear entire conversations.
Chef de Cuisine Domenico Appollaro is
a native of Italy who moved to Washington
for this position. He graduated from culinary
school in Italy and prior to joining the Lupo
Verde team, he was executive chef at Eats
Easy Restaurante in Milan. He has also
served as executive chef of Osteria Vista in
Lachen Zurich. His culinary career started in
1994 when he began working his summers
at Hotel Hermitage in Portoferraio, Italy.
Almost 70 percent of the menu is
available to go, including 50 cheeses,
ve of which will be made in house. Lupo
Verde has even adopted a sheep named
Lupetta to assist in the onsite cheese
making process, so once we were seated it
seemed like it was only appropriate to start
the dining experience with cheese.
When our waiter approached we asked
him to select his favorite cheeses for us to
pair with the two meats we had already
selected; the handcarved prosciutto de
parma and the capocollo picante. He
selected three wonderful and pungent
cheeses the semi hard sottocenere
del plave, the hard and peppery pecorino
pepato and the castelmagno hard cow
and sheep blend. The presentation of
this cheese board itself is as impressive
as the cheeses with all the meats and
cheeses smartly labeled and any additional
accoutrements you could have wanted
included. The board lled a majority of the
table as well as the next 20 minutes.
When the waiter sensed we had reached
the end of our cheese endeavor he asked
if we would like to continue. I was instantly
inspired by some of the courses on the
menu but I was also torn. Part of me really
wanted to enjoy the comforts of what
looked like a perfectly prepared lasagna.
Instead of making a decision, I ordered
the lasagna complete with meatballs,
sausage and a creamy bchamel sauce
as well as the spezzatino lamb stew
with riso venere and sweet pepper sauce.
My dining companion opted for the
special pappardelle with a lamb ragu.
The gorgeously presented lasagna was a
glorious combination of sweet, spicy, rich
and creamy with the smoothness of the
homemade pasta, the avors were truly
amazing. The only downside was served
on the cool side, unfortunately the same
temperature issues were evident with the
pappardelle as well although the lamb and
sauce both had an excellent avor prole.
I was beginning to wonder if I was going
to regret my earlier indecision, but that
faded away as soon as the spezzatino was
placed in front of us. The chunks of lamb
were juicy and tender with a light sweetness
that was accentuated by the sweet pepper
sauce. The lamb was placed on a bed of
riso venere; a rare black rice of Chinese
origin that grows in the Piedmont region of
Italy. The nutty rich avor of the rice added
another fantastic dimension to this dish and
although both of our stomachs were full, we
managed to clear the plate.
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New book explores
gruesome 64 crime
You always hold doors open.
Thats because your mama taught you to
help others. You hold doors for stragglers,
lend your ear, dispense advice, volunteer,
donate and keep an eye on your neighbors
house. Really, its no big deal.
Youre a good helper, but how involved
do you get in other peoples matters? Read
Kitty Genovese by Kevin Cook, for
example, and ask yourself what youd do if
you heard a murder.
By all accounts, Catherine Kitty
Genovese was a nice girl with a great smile
and a generous spirit. As the manager of
a local bar near her Queens, New York
neighborhood, Kitty was trustworthy, good
with customers and was known to loan
money to regulars in need. She made
friends easily and was an adventurous,
troubled but optimistic, hard-working, fast-
driving, living, breathing person
Until the morning of March 13, 1964.
It was just after 3 a.m. that morning
and Kitty was on her way home to the
apartment she shared with her girlfriend,
Mary Ann Zielonko. Most people thought
they were just roommates and, though it
wasnt quite the truth, the women let others
believe it because it was safer. In 1964 and
homosexuality was still illegal.
She was in her beloved red Fiat and was
driving fast, as she usually did. Perhaps
because of the hour, Kitty didnt notice that
she was being followed.
Quiet, soft-spoken Winston Moseley
had done something noteworthy for
a black man in 1964: hed purchased a
house in an up-and-coming, mostly white
neighborhood where he and his wife, Betty,
were raising their boys. Between his good
job and Bettys salary, they were relatively
well off but Betty sometimes worried about
Winston. He was an insomniac and liked
just thinking. What she didnt know was
that he was thinking about killing.
In early March 1964, Moseley committed
the particularly gruesome murder of a
black woman, then calmly went to work. He
wondered if killing a white woman would be
any different. Two weeks later, while driving
around, looking for a victim, he spotted a
little red Fiat and had a compulsion to
nd out.
You might be asking yourself whats so
unusual about a 50-year-old crime. Author
Kevin Cook will tell you as he takes you on a
journey through the early 1960s and a death
that literally impacts everyone in North
America today.
But thats not all youll read in Kitty
Genovese.
Cook reminds us in many ways that
Genovese was more than just a victim, that
she was a real person who loved life. On
the ipside, we meet the neighbors who
supposedly ignored her cries and were
shown the slow making of a monster who
seems chillingly without conscience. Cook
uses these parallel stories to illustrate what
happened as he busts myths that still linger
to this day.
There are outrageous surprises in this
book, some heartbreak, and passages that
are grisly enough to make anyone squirm.
But if youre a true-crime fan or you love
good storytelling, Kitty Genovese is a
book you cant help but devour.
And if Cooks book piques your interest
and you absolutely need to know more
about this crime and the aftermath, then
look for Kitty Genovese: A True Account
of a Public Murder and Its Private
Consequences by Catherine Pelonero.
Here, Pelonero takes a deeper look at
Moseley and the murders he committed
prior to the attacks on Genovese. Youll
also get a few more details on the trial
that followed Moseleys arrest. Its a nice
companion to the Cook book for anyone
whos still curious.
TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER has been reading
since she was 3 years old. She lives in Wisconsin
with two dogs and 12,000 books. Reach her at
bookwormsez@yahoo.com.
KITTY GENOVESE: THE MURDER, THE
BYSTANDERS, THE CRIME THAT CHANGED
AMERICA
By Kevin Cook
W.W. Norton
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