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NOV. 24-DEC. 7, 2010
VOLUME NINE, ISSUE 24
S E R V I N G G A Y, L E S B I A N , B I A N D T R A N S G E N D E R E D N E W Y O R K • W W W . G A Y C I T Y N E W S . C O M

■ MILITARY

White House,
Reid Pledge
Lame Duck
Repeal Vote
BY PAUL SCHINDLER

T
he White House, Senate Demo-
cratic leadership, and top advo-
cates for repealing the military’s
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy all moved
— in a series of statements on Novem-
ber 17— to signal that a vote on end-
ing the anti-gay ban will be held during
Congress’ lame duck session, sometime
in early December –– and that the repeal

COURTESY: GAYRUSSIA.RU
measure would be part of the Pentagon’s
mammoth annual appropriations bill.
“During the work period following the
DADT P. 8
MARIA EFREMENKOVA, A PRINCIPAL ORGANIZER OF EQUALITY ST. PETERSBURG’S NOVEMBER 20 GAY PRIDE DEMONSTRATION

Going Legal in Russia

St. Petersburg holds first sanctioned gay pride demo
BY DOUG IRELAND in the Alexeyev v. Russia case, declar- But the gay contingent was hugely
ing that Moscow’s repeated bans on gay outnumbered by a highly organized

I
n an historic first for Russia, on Sat- pride marches and events were illegal. homophobic counterdemonstration
urday, November 20, activists in St. A jubilant Maria Efremenkova, a prin- that included more than 100 religious
RICHARD TERMINE

Petersburg held the first-ever legal
gay rights demonstration approved by
authorities anywhere in that nation.
The rally took place just one month
PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW after the European Court of Human
Rights (ECHR) issued a landmark ruling
23
cipal organizer of Saturday’s successful
demonstration, told Gay City News by
telephone from St. Petersburg, Russia’s
second largest city, that “there were 15
gay activists who were participants,”
while a number of supporters looked on.
extremists and skinheads. Some local
radio stations played Christian Orthodox
religious music during the demonstra-
tion, the Russian news agency Interfax
reported.
RUSSIA P. 32
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■ REMEMBERANCE
Saint Fred
Activist Goldhaber, first Harvey Milk
High School teacher, dies at 63
BY ANDY HUMM
F
red Goldhaber, a gay activist for
almost 40 years and the founding
teacher at the Harvey Milk High
School in 1985, died of liver cancer on
November 15 at his home in Jersey City.
A native of Brooklyn, he was 63.
Goldhaber’s moving funeral at St.
Veronica’s Catholic Church on Christo-
pher Street on November 17 was attend-
ed by more than 200 people and brought
together the many strands of his life.
Those in attendance included his surviv-
ing partner Wilfredo Hinds, members of
the family in which he grew up, his com-
rades from the early liberationist Gay
Activists Alliance (GAA), his brothers in
the Gay Men’s Chorus where he sang
baritone for 30 years, and his students
from Harvey Milk — some now in their
40s —in tears over the man they knew as
“Mr. G,” who they say saved their lives.
I worked with Fred myself in the Coali-
tion for Lesbian and Gay Rights (CLGR)
in the 1970s and at the Institute for the
Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth
(later Hetrick-Martin), the home of Har-
vey Milk High, in the 1980s, where I saw
what a sane, professional, and loving
presence he was to a group of outcast
kids who knew so little acceptance or
respect outside of the refuge he provided.
Our leading social justice activists
are often respected, admired, and even
feared. Fred Goldhaber was beloved as
he maintained a sunny disposition both
against anti-LGBT bigotry and in bat-
tling the HIV that hit him in 1982 before
it had a name and brought him to the
brink of death more than once.
Lulu White, now a nurse and 40,
attended the service with her classmate
from 1986, Finnegan, now a noted poet
and 41. “I can’t think of a kinder, wiser
human being,” Lulu, whom Fred called
“Miz Mad,” said. “He’s responsible for
a lot of what I accomplished and that I
didn’t end dead on the streets.”
“Mr. G kept me on, even though I was
homeless” said Finnegan, who credited
Fred as “an inpiration” in his develop-
ment of his writing talents and in his
study of German, a skill that enabled
him to live in Germany when he got
older.
“He encouraged me to use what was
already there,” he said. “I didn’t get that
from anyone else.”
Lulu wrote in an e-mail, “One day I
accidentally overheard the school faculty
talking about his diagnosis. I must have
been 15. I ran to him, crying. He com-
forted me. He asked for my discretion
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010 3
GARY LAMBERT
Fred Goldhaber in a 2010 photo.
and, until this writing, I have never told a
soul. I loved him dearly and always will.
Liver cancer seems so cruel after all he’s
endured. Yet I feel sure he never bitched.
He took everything life threw with humor
and gentleness.”
Steve Ashkinazy, the first social work-
er at the Institute, recruited Fred to apply
for the post as Harvey Milk’s first teacher.
He said, “Fred had been my friend since
we were both students together in the
Theater Department at Brooklyn Col-
lege in the 1960s, long before we worked
together at the Harvey Milk School in the
’80s and ’90s. Fred’s greatest pleasure
was to help people, the needier the bet-
ter. In doing so, he earned their love and
respect.
“Back at Brooklyn College, Fred ini-
tially had trouble breaking into the
inner clique of the most popular kids.
They didn’t think he was cool enough,
and didn’t want to take the time to get
to know him better. Happily, Fred found
a way to become very cool. He got a car.
From then on he was invited to every-
thing. For the next two years, he became
the unofficial chauffeur for the whole
group, never resting until he safely drove
everybody home from those frequent late
night soirees in the far reaches of public
transit-deprived Brooklyn.”
Joyce Hunter, the first director of
social work at the Institute, hired Fred at
Harvey Milk despite some strong politi-
cal disagreements between the two when
working together at CLGR. “He was a
passionate activist, a great teacher, and
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ATRIPLA Important Safety Information and Indication

INDICATION •Have ever had seizures: Seizures have occurred in patients taking a
ATRIPLA® (efavirenz 600 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir disoproxil component of ATRIPLA, usually in those with a history of seizures. If you
fumarate [DF] 300 mg) is a prescription medication used alone as a have ever had seizures, or take medicine for seizures, your healthcare
complete regimen or with other medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults. provider may want to switch you to another medicine or monitor you.
ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 and has not been shown to prevent •Have ever had mental illness or use drugs or alcohol.
passing HIV-1 to others. The long-term effects of ATRIPLA are not known Contact your healthcare provider right away if you experience any
at this time. People taking ATRIPLA may still get infections that develop of the following serious or common side effects:
because the immune system is weak or other conditions that happen with
HIV-1 infection. Serious side effects associated with ATRIPLA:
Do not stop taking ATRIPLA unless directed by your healthcare •Severe depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior have been
provider. See your healthcare provider regularly. reported by a small number of patients. Some patients have had thoughts
of suicide, and a few have actually committed suicide. These problems
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION may occur more often in patients who have had mental illness.
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you get the following •Kidney problems (including decline or failure of kidney function).
side effects or conditions associated with ATRIPLA: If you have had kidney problems, or take other medicines that may
• Nausea, vomiting, unusual muscle pain, and/or weakness. These cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider should do regular
may be signs of a buildup of acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), blood tests. Symptoms that may be related to kidney problems include
which is a serious medical condition. a high volume of urine, thirst, muscle pain, and muscle weakness.
• Light-colored stools, dark-colored urine, and/or if your skin or the •Other serious liver problems. Some patients have experienced
whites of your eyes turn yellow. These may be signs of serious serious liver problems, including liver failure resulting in transplantation
liver problems. or death. Most of these serious side effects occurred in patients with a
• If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), your liver disease chronic liver disease such as hepatitis infection, but there have also
may suddenly get worse if you stop taking ATRIPLA. been a few reports in patients without any existing liver disease.
Do not take ATRIPLA if you are taking the following medicines •Bone changes. Lab tests show changes in the bones of patients treated
because serious and life-threatening side effects may occur when with tenofovir DF, a component of ATRIPLA. Some HIV patients treated
taken together: Vascor® (bepridil), Propulsid® (cisapride), with tenofovir DF developed thinning of the bones (osteopenia), which
Versed (midazolam), Orap (pimozide), Halcion (triazolam),
® ® ® could lead to fractures. Also, bone pain and softening of the bone
or ergot medications (for example, Wigraine® and Cafergot®). (which may lead to fractures) may occur as a consequence of kidney
problems. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare
In addition, ATRIPLA should not be taken with: provider may want to check your bones.
Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine), EMTRIVA (emtricitabine), Epivir
® ® ®

or Epivir-HBV® (lamivudine), Epzicom® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), Common side effects:

SUSTIVA® (efavirenz), Trizivir® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), •Dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble
TRUVADA® (emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), or VIREAD® (tenofovir DF), concentrating, and/or unusual dreams. These side effects tend to
because they contain the same or similar active ingredients as ATRIPLA. go away after taking ATRIPLA for a few weeks. These symptoms may
ATRIPLA should not be used with HEPSERA (adefovir dipivoxil).
®
be more severe with the use of alcohol and/or mood-altering (street)
Vfend® (voriconazole) or REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate) with or without drugs. If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, and/or are drowsy,
Norvir® (ritonavir) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since they may avoid activities that may be dangerous, such as driving or operating
lose their effect and may also increase the chance of having side effects machinery.
from ATRIPLA. Fortovase® or Invirase® (saquinavir) should not be used •Rash is a common side effect that usually goes away without any
as the only protease inhibitor in combination with ATRIPLA. change in treatment, but may be serious in a small number of patients.
Taking ATRIPLA with St. John’s wort or products containing St. John’s wort •Other common side effects include: tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting,
is not recommended as it may cause decreased levels of ATRIPLA, gas, and diarrhea.
increased viral load, and possible resistance to ATRIPLA or
cross-resistance to other anti-HIV drugs. Other possible side effects:
This list of medicines is not complete. Discuss with your healthcare •Changes in body fat have been seen in some people taking anti-HIV-1
provider all prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, medicines. The cause and long-term health effects are not known.
or herbal supplements you are taking or plan to take. •Skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) may also happen.
Tell your healthcare provider if you: •If you notice any symptoms of infection, contact your healthcare
•Are pregnant: Women should not become pregnant while taking provider right away.
ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after stopping ATRIPLA. Serious birth defects •Additional side effects are inflammation of the pancreas, allergic
have been seen in children of women treated during pregnancy with reaction (including swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat),
one of the medicines in ATRIPLA. Women must use a reliable form of shortness of breath, pain, stomach pain, weakness, and indigestion.
barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also
You should take ATRIPLA once daily on an empty stomach. Taking
use other methods of birth control, while on ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks
ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome.
after stopping ATRIPLA.
•Are breastfeeding: Women with HIV should not breastfeed ATRIPLA is one of several treatment options your doctor may consider.
because they can pass HIV through their milk to the baby. Also,
ATRIPLA may pass through breast milk and cause serious harm You are encouraged to report negative side effects
to the baby. of prescription drugs to the FDA.
•Have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please see Patient Information on the following pages.

© 2010 Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. All rights reserved. ATRIPLA is a
trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. EMTRIVA, VIREAD, and
TRUVADA are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. SUSTIVA and REYATAZ are registered
trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb. All other trademarks are owned by third parties.

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“My entire HIV regimen

in one pill daily.
For me, that’s great.”
Phil li p
on ATRIPLA for 2 years

ATRIPLA is the #1 prescribed HIV regimen.*

About ATRIPLA:
•Only ATRIPLA combines 3 HIV medications in 1 pill daily.
†
• Proven to lower viral load to undetectable in approximately
7 out of 10 patients new to therapy, and also raise T-cell‡ (CD4+)
count to help control HIV through 3 years of a clinical study.§
•ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 and has not been shown to prevent
passing HIV-1 to others.

Selected Important Safety Information:

Some people who have taken medicine like ATRIPLA have developed
the following: a serious condition of acid buildup in the blood (lactic
acidosis), and serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity). For patients
with both HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis may suddenly
worsen if ATRIPLA is discontinued.
Please see detailed and additional Important Safety Information,
including the bolded information to the left.

†
Defined as a viral load of less than 400 copies/mL.
‡
Average increase of 312 cells/mm3.
§
In this study, 227 patients took the meds in ATRIPLA.

Patient model. Individual results may vary.

Your doctor may prescribe ATRIPLA alone

or with other HIV medications.
Talk to your doctor to see if ATRIPLA is right for you.

To learn more, visit

* Synovate Healthcare Data; US HIV Monitor, Q1 2010. www.ATRIPLA.com
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FDA-Approved Patient Labeling
Patient Information
ATRIPLA® (uh TRIP luh) Tablets
ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with ATRIPLA.
Please also read the section “MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA.”
Generic name: efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (eh FAH vih renz, em tri SIT
uh bean and te NOE’ fo veer dye soe PROX il FYOU mar ate)
Read the Patient Information that comes with ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil
fumarate) before you start taking it and each time you get a refill since there may be new
information. This information does not take the place of talking to your healthcare provider about
your medical condition or treatment. You should stay under a healthcare provider’s care when taking
ATRIPLA. Do not change or stop your medicine without first talking with your healthcare
provider. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you have any questions about ATRIPLA.
What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA?
• Some people who have taken medicine like ATRIPLA (which contains nucleoside
analogs) have developed a serious condition called lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid
in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical emergency and may need to be treated in the
hospital. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs or
symptoms of lactic acidosis:
• You feel very weak or tired.
• You have unusual (not normal) muscle pain.
• You have trouble breathing.
• You have stomach pain with nausea and vomiting.
• You feel cold, especially in your arms and legs.
• You feel dizzy or lightheaded.
• You have a fast or irregular heartbeat.
• Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed serious liver
problems called hepatotoxicity, with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in the liver
(steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs or
symptoms of liver problems:
• Your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice).
• Your urine turns dark.
• Your bowel movements (stools) turn light in color.
• You don’t feel like eating food for several days or longer.
• You feel sick to your stomach (nausea).
• You have lower stomach area (abdominal) pain.
• You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or liver problems if you are female, very
overweight (obese), or have been taking nucleoside analog-containing medicines, like
ATRIPLA, for a long time.
• If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ATRIPLA, you
may get a “flare-up” of your hepatitis. A “flare-up” is when the disease suddenly
returns in a worse way than before. Patients with HBV who stop taking ATRIPLA need close
medical follow-up for several months, including medical exams and blood tests to check for
hepatitis that could be getting worse. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so
you must discuss your HBV therapy with your healthcare provider.
What is ATRIPLA?
ATRIPLA contains 3 medicines, SUSTIVA® (efavirenz), EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine) and VIREAD®
(tenofovir disoproxil fumarate also called tenofovir DF) combined in one pill. EMTRIVA and VIREAD
are HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(NRTIs) and SUSTIVA is an HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI).
VIREAD and EMTRIVA are the components of TRUVADA®. ATRIPLA can be used alone as a complete
regimen, or in combination with other anti-HIV-1 medicines to treat people with HIV-1 infection.
ATRIPLA is for adults age 18 and over. ATRIPLA has not been studied in children under age 18 or
adults over age 65.
HIV infection destroys CD4+ T cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune system
helps fight infection. After a large number of T cells are destroyed, acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (AIDS) develops.
ATRIPLA helps block HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, a viral chemical in your body (enzyme) that is
needed for HIV-1 to multiply. ATRIPLA lowers the amount of HIV-1 in the blood (viral load). ATRIPLA
may also help to increase the number of T cells (CD4+ cells), allowing your immune system to
improve. Lowering the amount of HIV-1 in the blood lowers the chance of death or infections that
happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections).
Does ATRIPLA cure HIV-1 or AIDS?
ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. The long-term effects of ATRIPLA are not known
at this time. People taking ATRIPLA may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that
happen with HIV-1 infection. Opportunistic infections are infections that develop because the
immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are pneumonia, herpes virus infections, and
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection. It is very important that you see your healthcare
provider regularly while taking ATRIPLA.
Does ATRIPLA reduce the risk of passing HIV-1 to others?
ATRIPLA has not been shown to lower your chance of passing HIV-1 to other people through
sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood.
• Do not share needles or other injection equipment.
• Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like
toothbrushes or razor blades.
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ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
• Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using a latex
or polyurethane condom or other barrier to reduce the chance of sexual contact with semen,
vaginal secretions, or blood.
Who should not take ATRIPLA?
Together with your healthcare provider, you need to decide whether ATRIPLA is right for you.
Do not take ATRIPLA if you are allergic to ATRIPLA or any of its ingredients. The active ingredients
of ATRIPLA are efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir DF. See the end of this leaflet for a complete
list of ingredients.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ATRIPLA? Tell your healthcare
provider if you:
• Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant (see “What should I avoid while taking
ATRIPLA?”).
• Are breast-feeding (see “What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA?”).
• Have kidney problems or are undergoing kidney dialysis treatment.
• Have bone problems.
• Have liver problems, including hepatitis B virus infection. Your healthcare provider may
want to do tests to check your liver while you take ATRIPLA.
• Have ever had mental illness or are using drugs or alcohol.
• Have ever had seizures or are taking medicine for seizures.
What important information should I know about taking other medicines with ATRIPLA?
ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for HIV-1, and may
cause serious side effects. Your healthcare provider may change your other medicines or change
their doses. Other medicines, including herbal products, may affect ATRIPLA. For this reason, it is
very important to let all your healthcare providers and pharmacists know what medications, herbal
supplements, or vitamins you are taking.
MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA
• The following medicines may cause serious and life-threatening side effects when taken
with ATRIPLA. You should not take any of these medicines while taking ATRIPLA: Vascor
(bepridil), Propulsid (cisapride), Versed (midazolam), Orap (pimozide), Halcion (triazolam),
ergot medications (for example, Wigraine and Cafergot).
• ATRIPLA also should not be used with Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine), EMTRIVA, Epivir,
Epivir-HBV (lamivudine), Epzicom (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), Trizivir (abacavir
sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), SUSTIVA, TRUVADA, or VIREAD.
• Vfend (voriconazole) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since it may lose its effect or may
increase the chance of having side effects from ATRIPLA.
• Do not take St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), or products containing St. John’s
wort with ATRIPLA. St. John’s wort is an herbal product sold as a dietary supplement. Talk
with your healthcare provider if you are taking or are planning to take St. John’s wort. Taking
St. John’s wort may decrease ATRIPLA levels and lead to increased viral load and possible
resistance to ATRIPLA or cross-resistance to other anti-HIV-1 drugs.
• ATRIPLA should not be used with HEPSERA® (adefovir dipivoxil).
It is also important to tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any of the following:
• Fortovase, Invirase (saquinavir), Biaxin (clarithromycin), Noxafil (posaconazole), or
Sporanox (itraconazole); these medicines may need to be replaced with another
medicine when taken with ATRIPLA.
• Calcium channel blockers such as Cardizem or Tiazac (diltiazem), Covera HS or Isoptin
(verapamil) and others; Crixivan (indinavir), Selzentry (maraviroc); the immunosuppressant
medicines cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune, and others), Prograf (tacrolimus), or
Rapamune (sirolimus); Methadone; Mycobutin (rifabutin); Rifampin; cholesterol-lowering
medicines such as Lipitor (atorvastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin sodium), and Zocor
(simvastatin); or Zoloft (sertraline); these medicines may need to have their dose
changed when taken with ATRIPLA.
• Videx, Videx EC (didanosine); tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) may increase the
amount of didanosine in your blood, which could result in more side effects. You may need
to be monitored more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA and didanosine together. Also, the
dose of didanosine may need to be changed.
• Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) or Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir); these medicines may increase the
amount of tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) in your blood, which could result in more
side effects. Reyataz is not recommended with ATRIPLA. You may need to be monitored
more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA and Kaletra together. Also, the dose of Kaletra may
need to be changed.
• Medicine for seizures [for example, Dilantin (phenytoin), Tegretol (carbamazepine), or
phenobarbital]; your healthcare provider may want to switch you to another medicine or
check drug levels in your blood from time to time.
These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take ATRIPLA. Be sure to tell
your healthcare provider about all medicines that you take.
Keep a complete list of all the prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any herbal
remedies that you are taking, how much you take, and how often you take them. Make a new list
when medicines or herbal remedies are added or stopped, or if the dose changes. Give copies of
this list to all of your healthcare providers and pharmacists every time you visit your healthcare
provider or fill a prescription. This will give your healthcare provider a complete picture of the
medicines you use. Then he or she can decide the best approach for your situation.
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ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
How should I take ATRIPLA?
• Take the exact amount of ATRIPLA your healthcare provider prescribes. Never change the
dose on your own. Do not stop this medicine unless your healthcare provider tells you to stop.
• You should take ATRIPLA on an empty stomach.
• Swallow ATRIPLA with water.
• Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome.
• Do not miss a dose of ATRIPLA. If you forget to take ATRIPLA, take the missed dose right
away, unless it is almost time for your next dose. Do not double the next dose. Carry on with
your regular dosing schedule. If you need help in planning the best times to take your
medicine, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist.
• If you believe you took more than the prescribed amount of ATRIPLA, contact your local
poison control center or emergency room right away.
• Tell your healthcare provider if you start any new medicine or change how you take old ones.
Your doses may need adjustment.
• When your ATRIPLA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or
pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if
the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to ATRIPLA
and become harder to treat.
• Your healthcare provider may want to do blood tests to check for certain side effects while
you take ATRIPLA.
What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA?
• Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after
stopping it. Serious birth defects have been seen in the babies of animals and women
treated with efavirenz (a component of ATRIPLA) during pregnancy. It is not known whether
efavirenz caused these defects. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are
pregnant. Also talk with your healthcare provider if you want to become pregnant.
• Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or
implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. Women must use a
reliable form of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use
other methods of birth control. Efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, may remain in your blood
for a time after therapy is stopped. Therefore, you should continue to use contraceptive
measures for 12 weeks after you stop taking ATRIPLA.
• Do not breast-feed if you are taking ATRIPLA. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommend that mothers with HIV not breast-feed because they can pass the HIV
through their milk to the baby. Also, ATRIPLA may pass through breast milk and cause serious
harm to the baby. Talk with your healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding. You should
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unusual dreams during treatment with ATRIPLA. These side effects may be reduced if you take
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• Keep ATRIPLA and all other medicines out of reach of children.
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8/ Military
Repeal Advocates Duel at NYC Center
Frank, Stachelberg, Capehart, and Socarides debate strategy, offer predictions
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
A
s advocates for repeal-
ing the military’s Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell policy
head toward a potential end-
game in the lame duck session
of the US Senate, a forum at
New York’s LGBT Community
Center offered fresh insights as
well as critical disagreements —
largely framed, in polite fashion,
as “quibbles” — over the Obama
administration’s pace of taking
up the issue, the military’s deci-
sion to launch a major study of
the question earlier this year,
and the president’s decision
not to make use of executive
authority to suspend the policy
in advance of congressional
action.
The 90-minute discussion
held on November 11, Vet-
eran’s Day, included one testy
exchange, when Dr. Nathaniel
Frank, a leading repeal advocate
and author of “Unfriendly Fire:
How the Gay Ban Undermines
the Military and Weakens Amer-
ica,” complained that fellow
panelist Jonathan Capehart, a
journalist who is a member of
the Washington Post editorial
board, “didn’t understand” the
“strategy” of calling on Obama
䉴 DADT, from p.1
Thanksgiving holidays, I will
bring the Defense Authoriza-
tion bill to the floor, including a
repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”
Senator Harry Reid, the Demo-
cratic majority leader, said in a
written statement.
White House spokesman Shin
Inouye, meanwhile, issued a
statement saying that President
Barack Obama had phoned
Senator Carl Levin, the Michi-
gan Democrat who heads up
the Armed Services Committee,
“to reiterate his commitment
on keeping the repeal of Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell in the National
Defense Authorization Act, and
the need for the Senate to pass
this legislation during the lame
duck.” According to Inouye, over
the previous week, the White
House had reached out to “doz-
ens of senators from both sides
of the aisle” on this issue.
ated by Richard Socarides, an
attorney who served as Presi-
dent Bill Clinton’s top advisor
on LGBT issues through much
of the second half of his admin-
istration. Socarides has been
outspoken and widely quoted in
his view that the current admin-
istration has dragged its feet on
gay issues, especially Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell — to the detriment of
the prospects for progress and
the president’s own political for-
tunes — and he began the eve-
ning by asking “why did he wait
THE PALM CENTER
so long” to push for repeal.
The question afforded an
opening for Frank, a former
senior research fellow at the
Dr. Nathaniel Frank said that should repeal Palm Center, a University of
language be approved by the US Senate in California, Santa Barbara think
the next several weeks, success would come tank that studies gender, sexu-
in spite of “a bad plan” by the Obama admin- ality, and the military, to lay out
istration. his central thesis — that the
president’s “silence has been
to take executive action and very loud at certain points,”
therefore “undercut” it. while his defense secretary,
For the most part, the eve- Robert Gates,” for much of the
ning generated more light than past two years, has pursued an
heat — and also signaled quali- effort “to kick the issue down
fied optimism about the poten- the road.”
tial for success that everyone, Capehart and Winnie
to a greater or lesser extent, Stachelberg, a senior staff mem-
seemed to believe had increased ber at the Center for American
just over the previous few days. Progress, a liberal, Washington-
The discussion was moder- based think tank, offered a dif-
It is likely no accident that was approved by the House
the statements from Reid and of Representatives the same
the White House, coupled with month. Keeping the language in
a meeting senior administra- the budget measure is the only
tion and Senate aides held viable route to success –– strip-
with repeal advocates, came ping repeal out of the larger bill
on November 17. One day ear- would require 60 votes if consid-
lier, according to Foreign Policy ered on the Senate floor, while
magazine, Levin told report- winning approval of a stand-
ers that he aims to get both alone measure could be defeat-
the budget measure and repeal ed by a mere 41 senators.
voted on before year-end, but Efforts by Reid and Levin to
did not rule out taking up the win approval for the full budget
two issues separately. bill, however, were stymied in
“I’m trying to get both done. September, when every Repub-
And if I can’t get both done, I lican and two Democrats suc-
want to get one of them done,” ceeded in blocking debate. Ari-
Levin was quoted as saying of zona Senator John McCain, a
his determination to secure pas- staunch foe of repealing Don’t
sage of the annual appropria- Ask, Don’t Tell, had threatened
tions measure, which has been a filibuster.
approved every year for the past Late in the evening on Novem-
48. ber 17, Levin issued a state-
In May, Levin was success- ment saying, “I welcome Sena-
ful in winning support in his tor Reid’s announcement that
committee for a budget bill that he will bring up the National
includes repeal language, which Defense Authorization Act after
ferent perspective. Raising the
evening’s first quibble — with
“the predicate” of Socarides’
question — Stachelberg said
repeal is closer than it has ever
been and asserted that had
advocates been amenable ear-
lier in the administration to
the sort of Pentagon study that
ended up being undertaken in
the spring of 2010, “we’d be fur-
ther along now.”
Capehart also argued that the
administration’s movement on
the issue has essentially been
—to borrow words Stachelberg
later used — “slow and steady.”
He said he had knowledge of two
Oval Office meetings in 2009
when Obama told Gates, “We’re
going to get rid of this policy,”
on one occasion terming it “un-
American.” The Senate Armed
Services Committee testimony
by Gates and Admiral Michael
Mullen, the chair of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, in which the two
said Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was
no longer defensible, was “land-
mark,” Capehart said.
Saying he agreed that
Obama’s movement on repeal
had been “slow,” but ques-
tioning how it could be termed
“steady,” Frank said that the
Pentagon’s decision to pursue a
Thanksgiving. I will work hard
to overcome the filibuster so that
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is repealed
and the NDAA –– which is criti-
cal to our national security and
the well-being of our troops –– is
adopted.”
Earlier the same evening,
Servicemembers Legal Defense
Network, the Human Rights
Campaign, and the Center for
American Progress (CAP) issued
a joint statement that represen-
tatives from their organizations
had just concluded a meeting
with high ranking officials from
the White House and the Sen-
ate leadership at which they
were told that Obama and Reid
“are committed to moving for-
ward on repeal” by bringing the
budget bill, with the Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell language intact, to a
vote in December.
According to that release, the
meeting included White House
deputy chief of staff Jim Mes-
24 NOV - 7 DEC 2010
ten-month study that would not
publish findings until a month
after midterm elections, with no
guarantee that the lame duck
congressional session would
not already have wrapped, was
another example of the admin-
istration’s “long-term plan to
delay.”
Stachelberg, even while
acknowledging that she and
her colleagues at CAP were ner-
vous about how the Pentagon
study would turn out, said it is
now clear that its findings will
be “potentially the rocket fuel,
the engine” for repeal. She held
up the November 11 Washing-
ton Post with its top left column
scoop that cited two sources
who had reviewed a draft of the
Pentagon report due December
1, which the newspaper said
showed that repeal would entail
“only minimal and isolated inci-
dents of risk to the current war
effort.”
Frank replied that those
findings were “better than we
thought,” but that with less
than eight weeks before the new
Congress, with a Republican-led
House of Representatives, takes
office, the report “may be too
䉴 DEBATE, continued on p.13
sina; Phil Schiliro, its director
of legislative affairs; Chris Kang,
a special presidential assistant
for legislative affairs; and Brian
Bond, the out gay deputy direc-
tor of the White House Office of
Public Engagement. Others in
attendance were David Krone,
Reid’s chief of staff, and Serena
Hoy, his senior counsel.
At that meeting, Inouye said,
advocates pressed the urgency
of moving forward on a repeal
vote during the lame duck, a
message the president had “pre-
viously conveyed… directly to
Senator Reid.”
The big question facing repeal
advocates is whether enough
of the Republicans who voted
to block consideration of the
defense budget bill in Septem-
ber would change their position
in the lame duck session. In a
November 9 press call, CAP’s
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䉴 DADT, from p.8
Winnie Stachelberg noted that a num-
ber of GOP senators had explained their
resistance to holding a vote in September
by saying a special Pentagon Working
Group had not yet completed its study of
how repeal would affect the military.
That report is now due November 30,
and the Washington Post two weeks ago
–– on Veteran’s Day –– cited two sources
who had reviewed a draft of it and said
it concluded that repeal, in the newspa-
per’s words, would entail “only minimal
and isolated incidents of risk to the cur-
rent war effort.”
Just days before the Post’s story on
the draft report, Defense Secretary Rob-
ert Gates, who had testified in February
that the current policy could no longer
be defended, for the first time endorsed
congressional action before the end of
2010.
On November 23, thinkprogress.org
reported that in response to a letter from
McCain urging that the Study Group
mission be expanded to include con-
sideration of “whether the DADT policy
should be changed” — and not simply
how to implement repeal — Gates, on
October 25, responded, “It is not part
of the Working Group’s mandate to ask
Servicemembers the broad question of
whether they think DADT should be
repealed, which, in effect, would amount
to a referendum.”
Levin, in his statement the evening of
November 17, said Reid should bring up
a vote after his committee has a chance
to hold hearings on the report the first
week of December.
Hearings by the Armed Services Com-
mittee would likely play a decisive role in
how the repeal debate roles out — espe-
cially since the service chiefs of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marines could be
called to testify. Signals sent by those
chiefs have to date been mixed, though
the most recent news on that score is
positive.
The same weekend that Gates advo-
cated quick action on repeal, the new
Marine commandant, General James
Amos, cast doubts on the wisdom of a
change by saying, “This is not a social
thing. This is combat effectiveness.”
Amos’ statement drew a rebuke from
Admiral Michael Mullen, the chair of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for taking what
should be an internal policy debate into
the public.
The National Journal, on November
22, quoted Admiral Gary Roughead,
the Navy chief of staff, as saying, after a
review of the Pentagon Working Group
draft report, “I think the survey, without
question, was the most expansive survey
of the American military that’s ever been
undertaken. I think the work that has
been done is extraordinary.”
The following day, according to Stars
and Stripes, General Norton Schwartz,
the Air Force chief of staff — who like
Roughead had earlier signaled support
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010 9
for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to McCain —
told a group of reporters that the Work-
ing Group had conducted a “good and
healthy” review of the existing personnel
policy.
A November 17 story from the Wash-
ington Post quoted spokesmen for GOP
Senators Richard Lugar of Indiana and
Susan Collins of Maine saying that their
bosses would support moving forward
with a vote on the defense authorization
bill if Reid could guarantee acceptable
terms for taking up amendments dur-
ing the floor debate. Republicans com-
plained in September that the proposed
rules for debate then precluded sufficient
consideration of floor amendments.
Similar reports have surfaced regard-
ing other potential GOP supporters of
repeal, though precisely what terms for
debate would be acceptable remains the
critical unknown in the equation. On
November 18, Connecticut Independent
Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman, a
leading repeal advocate, voiced confi-
dence that there were 60 votes to move
the repeal issue forward.
As the lame duck session opened
last week amidst widespread specula-
tion over how the repeal issue would
be handled, if at all, one of the oddest
developments was a statement from
the Palm Center, a University of Cali-
fornia, Santa Barbara think tank that
last year aggressively insisted on the
president’s legal authority to end the
policy’s enforcement through execu-
tive order.
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The apparent willingness of these
groups to concede the question of
whether repeal must be included in
any budget vote angered Dan Choi,
the former National Guard lieutenant
who is among the most visible public
faces of the repeal effort. In a post on
his Twitter page, Choi, a West Point
graduate, wrote, “I no longer support
or claim membership in Knights Out
or OutServe.”
On November 17, the Palm Cen-
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10/ Crime
Juror Journalism on the Rise
In a celebrity and Internet age, defendants’ 12 peers may speak out
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE
A
s attorneys questioned
prospective jurors in the
Jeromie Cancel murder
trial, one admitted to searching
Google for information on the case
during a break. Then a second
said she had done the same thing.
Michael Alperstein, Cancel’s
attorney, told the panel that they
could not research the case if they
were selected. He turned to the
nearly 100 people in a Manhattan
courtroom and asked, “Is there
anybody out there who wants to
write a book about their experi-
ence as a juror?”
Only a reporter at the rear of the
courtroom who covered an earlier
Alperstein trial got the joke.
In 2000, Alperstein represented
Eric Carolina, who was charged
with the 1998 murder of Fitzroy
Green, a gay man. He won an
acquittal after arguing that Caro-
lina was defending himself from a
sexual assault when he stabbed
Green 25 times.
D. Graham Burnett, a history
professor at Princeton University,
was the foreman on that jury. He
wrote “A Trial by Jury,” a 2002
book, that described the trial. His
portrait of the judge, the attor-
neys, the jurors, and the proceed-
ings was not flattering.
Such “juror journalism,” or
jurors writing books or selling
information about trials, has
been the subject of at least 20 law
review articles since 1993. While
commenters feel it might dimin-
ish the credibility of the courts
or damage the fairness of trials,
none has shown evidence of that.
Though rare, juror journalism
mostly happens in high profile
cases.
While those called for jury
duty try to appear interested
in doing their civic duty, many
are reluctant to serve and try to
avoid being picked. The two who
Googled the case likely did so in
the hopes of getting booted from
the panel. A few jurors may have
an agenda that is not easily dis-
covered during voir dire, the pre-
trial process of screening poten-
tial jury members.
“A Trial by Jury” won both crit-
ical praise and some reviews that
were less kind. The book reveals
jurors who were frustrated by the
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screenplay that presents the now copiers.” wrote in a 2006 article in the all involved. Theatre 80 St. Marks, 80
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pathetic character. In the screen- delivered a verdict first, and as ics. “These books have the ability Aves. Thu. – Sat., Mon., 8 p.m.; Sun.,
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Fortunato was tried with John reporter began to approach him dence showing particular damage
Fox, now 23, in the 2006 hate only to be told by other reporters to a defendant, juries should be GALLERY
crime killing of Michael Sandy, “Wrong jury, wrong jury.” Zaccar encouraged to speak — whether Think Again
a 29-year-old gay man. The two describes that scene in “Without to reveal wrongdoing in the court, So you think you’re not a hater or
had separate juries. Fortunato Hate,” his screenplay. explain what goes on in the jury racist or judgmental? Think again. And
was convicted on a manslaugh- When the Fortunato jury deliv- room, or simply to tell the story here’s the real kicker. It’s even funny.
ter charge, and Fox was convicted ered its verdict, reporters did not that comes so naturally from the
on manslaughter and robbery have to look for Zaccar. He came rhythm of a trial.” 䉴 NOV 26, continued on p.12
WWW.GAYCITYNEWS.COM
■ CRIME
Jeromie Cancel Guilty on
Second-Degree Murder
Jury quickly dispatches “extreme
emotional disturbance” claim
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE
A
Manhattan jury took less than a
day to convict Jeromie Cancel in
the 2008 killing of Kevin Pravia, a
gay college student.
“Jeromie Cancel committed a cold-
blooded and senseless murder of a young
man,” Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan dis-
trict attorney, said in a written statement.
“Evidence presented at this trial revealed
that the defendant took a perverse pride
in this crime, and it is my hope that this
verdict brings a measure of comfort to
the family of the victim. I would like to
thank the prosecutors and investigators
for their work on this case, and the mem-
bers of the jury for bringing this criminal
to justice.”
The trial opened on November 4
and the jury began deliberating late on
November 17, broke for the day, and
found the 24-year-old Cancel guilty of
second-degree murder, the one charge
he faced, before 11 a.m. on November 18.
The defense said that Cancel was under
Gay Panic Hinted at in
Cancel Defense
Testimony elicited about “behavior that he
sees as worse than homicide”
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE
T
he defense in the Jeromie Cancel
trial asked a Manhattan jury to
find the 24-year-old guilty of first-
degree manslaughter, saying that Cancel
was influenced by an extreme emotional
disturbance when he strangled Kevin
Pravia to death in 2008. “A person who is
mentally ill and acts under the influence
of his mental illness doesn’t bear the
same responsibility as a rational think-
ing person,” said Michael Alperstein,
Cancel’s attorney, during his November
17 closing argument.
Cancel was charged with one second-
degree murder count, but he offered an
extreme emotional disturbance defense
that says that he was in that condition
when he killed Pravia and did not have
the legally required state of mind to be
found guilty of murder.
Cancel’s attorney did not challenge
the prosecution’s assertion that his cli-
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010 11
the influence of an extreme emotional dis-
turbance when he strangled the 19-year-
old to death, but the jury clearly rejected
that argument. Michael Alperstein, Can-
cel’s attorney, implied that his client’s
emotional state was caused by a gay sex
act between Cancel and Pravia.
Alperstein called a psychiatrist and
a psychologist who testified to Cancel’s
troubled history, but neither witness said
he was compelled by an extreme emotional
disturbance during the crime.
Cancel met Pravia near Union Square
Park early in the morning on August 30,
2008. The two went to Pravia’s West 15th
Street apartment, where the murder
occurred. Cancel’s accounts of the incident
varied, but he consistently admitted to kill-
ing Pravia.
Steven Nuzzi, the prosecutor in the case,
argued that Cancel killed Pravia in the
course of robbing him. The jury adopted
that view.
Cancel will be sentenced on December
10 and could get as much as 25-years-to-
life.
ent killed Pravia, only the level of culpa-
bility that the state alleged. Alperstein’s
burden was to prove the affirmative
defense he mounted by a preponderance
of the evidence –– instead of the higher
legal standard of beyond a reasonable
doubt. Such defenses must provide an
explanation for that emotional state that
is reasonable. SCREEN GEMS PRESENTS A DE LINE PICTURES PRODUCTION A FILM BY STEVEN ANTIN
In both his closing argument and
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when questioning witnesses, Alperstein
implied that a gay sex act explained
BY CHRISTOPHE BECK PRODUCERS STACY KOLKER CRAMER RISA SHAPIRO BY DONALD DE LINE
Cancel’s actions. “Somebody told Detec- MUSIC EXECUTIVE PRODUCED
tive Russo that Kevin liked rough sex,”
DIRECTED BY STEVEN ANTIN
Alperstein told the jury on November 17. WRITTEN AND
Rocco Russo, a detective in Chelsea’s
Tenth Precinct, led the investigation into
the murder.
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12/ Legal
■ ANALYSIS
New Thrusts at DOMA
In wake of 2003 sodomy win, legal advocates target their challenges
BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD
I
n the seven years since the
US Supreme Court threw
out the nation’s remain-
ing sodomy laws in its historic
Lawrence v. Texas ruling, a
significant legal trend, one
that has emerged slowly and,
for most of that period, qui-
etly, is now bearing tangible
fruit, at least at the federal
district court level — the cur-
rent assault by LGBT public
interest law firms on the US
Defense of Marriage Act.
The actual legal precedent
established by Lawrence was
based on the holding that a
state may not attach crimi-
nal penalties to consensual,
private homosexual conduct
between adults because such
intimate conduct falls within
the sphere of liberty protected
under the Due Process Clause
of the 14th Amendment. The
language of the ruling, howev-
er, also included passages not
strictly related to the court’s
finding — dicta, in legal jargon
— suggesting that it is also
improper for the government
to place significant obstacles
in the way of adult intimate
familial relationships.
The implications of Law-
rence now form a significant
thrust in the push against
DOMA.
Early challenges to DOMA’s
constitutionality — waged
Litigants would not launch a broadside
challenge to DOMA; their suits would
focus on Section 3 of DOMA.
between its enactment in 1996
and the Lawrence ruling in
mid-2003 — were all unsuc-
cessful. The statute provides
that no state is required to
recognize same-sex marriages
contracted in another state
(Section 2), and that no fed-
eral law may be interpreted to
recognize same-sex marriages
(Section 3).
DOMA’s language does not
Attorney General Eric Holder is defending DOMA against a host of new, targeted constitutional
challenges.
itself state any policy justifi-
cation for either the federal
government or any state to
refuse to recognize same-sex
marriages lawfully contracted
in jurisdictions that authorize
them. However, in the stat-
ute’s legislative history, based
on congressional committee
reports, four reasons are laid
out: advancing the govern-
ment’s interest in defending
and nurturing the institu-
tion of traditional heterosex-
ual marriage; advancing and
defending traditional notions
After Lawrence, LGBT rights
litigation groups — the Gay &
Lesbian Advocates & Defend-
ers (GLAD), Lambda Legal,
and the American Civil Liber-
ties Union (ACLU) among them
— crafted a new strategy for
attacking DOMA. Individuals
who had actually married and
been denied some federal right
or benefit as a result of DOMA
would file suit — represented
by one of the public interest
law firms — contesting the
constitutionality of DOMA as
applied to their claim.
Litigants would not launch a
broadside challenge to DOMA
arguing that it was unconsti-
tutional on its face, but rather
narrowly target their claims
based on specific applications
of the law. Significantly, that
new litigation would focus
on Section 3 of DOMA, which
denies legal marriages federal
recognition.
The first fruits of this strat-
egy were harvested in Boston
this past summer in Gill v.
Office of Personnel Manage-
THE WHITE HOUSE
ment, a lawsuit brought by
GLAD, and in a companion
case filed by the Massachu-
setts Office of Attorney Gener-
al, challenging several specific
instances in which Massachu-
setts’ ability to accord equal
of morality; protecting state treatment to same-sex mar -
sovereignty and democratic riages — in programs admin-
self-gover nance; and pr e- istered jointly by the state and
serving scarce governmental federal governments — had
resources in terms of public been curtailed by federal poli-
spousal and family benefits. cies required by DOMA.
In the early tests, all mount- In his rulings in the two
ed in private litigation rather cases, Judge Joseph Tauro,
than by the leading advocacy a veteran federal trial judge
groups, federal judges reacted appointed to the bench by
dismissively, finding that the President Richard Nixon,
law need merely survive the
most undemanding rationality
test. In each case, one or more
found that the unequal treat-
ment required by DOMA was
not justified and that the law
of the four justifications artic- improperly invaded the sover-
ulated in the legislative history eignty of Massachusetts.
were deemed sufficient. The Justice Department has
Challenges filed by couples appealed that ruling to the
who were not actually mar - 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.
ried were tossed out on the The parties agreed to stay the
grounds of standing — an judge’s orders pending appeal.
unmarried couple could state Buoyed by this initial suc-
no tangible harm from either cess, LGBT rights organiza-
the federal government or that
of any state. 䉴 DOMA, continued on p.28
24 NOV - 7 DEC 2010
14 DAYS
14 NIGHTS
䉴 NOV 26, from p.10
Now that’s just wrong — though art-
ist Michael Mut doesn’t think so. He
wants people to laugh at their dark side.
Mut’s show “I Hate Hating” features
photographs of people from all walks of
life holding signs filled with hate-filled
text, racial slurs, unkind judgments and
the like. The catch is that they’re totally
mismatched. An obese man might hold a
sign that reads, “I’m bulimic.” Or a Chris-
tian might hold a sign that says, “Christ
Killer.” You’ll laugh, but the cynical
images will also make you realize you’re
“correcting” them in your head with the
automatic judgments ready at the tip of
your tongue. Michael Mut Gallery, 97
Ave. C, btwn. Sixth & Seventh Sts..
Exhibition runs through Dec. 11. For
more information, visit michaelmutgal-
lery.com.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
FAMILY
SAT.NOV.27
Not Just
Bubblegum
“Pinkalicious,” a musical based on the
popular children’s book of the same name
by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria Kann, is
about a little girl who can’t stop eating
pink cupcakes despite warnings from her
parents –– an indulgence lands her at the
doctor’s office with Pinkititis, an affliction
that turns her guess what color from head
to toe. Teresa K. Pond directs, with book,
and lyrics by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria
Kann, music, lyrics, and orchestrations
by John Gregor, and choreography by
Dax Valdes. Theatre at Saint Peter’s,
619 Lexington Ave. at 54th St., enter
through the Citicorp Center. Sat.,
Sun., 1 p.m. through Dec. 5. Tickets are
$29.50-$49.50 at pinkaliciousthemusical.
com or 212-579-0528.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
THEATER
SUN.NOV.28
Is He Rich Like
Me?
In “Who’s Your Daddy?,” Steven
Fales (“Confessions of a Mormon Boy”)
searches for his Greek great-grandfather
who was long ago deported, lost, and
forgotten, while fighting in the Utah
court system, as a non-custodial parent,
for visitation rights to his two children.
䉴 NOV 28, continued on p.14
WWW.GAYCITYNEWS.COM
䉴 DEBATE, from p.8
little, too late.” He noted that 22 previous
studies, including a number carried out
by the Department of Defense, could have
conveyed precisely the same message to
Obama, Gates, Mullen, and Congress.
Asked whether she believed that the
language spelling out a roadmap for repeal
already passed by the House as part of
the Pentagon’s annual appropriations bill
would be approved by the lame duck Sen-
ate, which convenes next week, Stachel-
berg said, “I do.”
Capehart, who the evening before had
been part of a Los Angeles panel that
included Dr. Aaron Belkin, the Palm Cen-
ter’s director, said Belkin, though voicing
uncertainty about what will happen in
the Senate, expressed the view that pros-
pects had improved, given signals from
the administration in recent days — par-
ticularly Gates’ endorsement of efforts by
Senate Democrats to wrap up the repeal
debate before the New Year.
Frank said he had not spoken to any-
one in Washington who was confident
that repeal would succeed during the
lame duck session, but then conceded
that Stachelberg was just such a per-
son. He acknowledged that the events of
the previous few days were positive.
Stachelberg said that the recent federal
district court victory in a lawsuit against
the anti-gay ban brought by the Log Cabin
Republicans — which temporarily led to a
suspension of the policy last month — “is
unbelievably helpful to us.”
“The Pentagon hates a lack of clarity,”
she said, arguing that in raising the spec-
ter of federal courts deciding the issue, the
military has more incentive to grab control
of the issue by setting and agreeing to the
terms for repeal.
The most important factor that will
determine whether the lame duck session
succeeds, Stachelberg said, is “whether the
Republicans have what they believe is an
open process” for proposing amendments
to the overall budget bill. The tight reins
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tried
to keep on the amendment process dur-
ing the September debate — at which time
repeal opponents succeeded in blocking
floor debate on the spending bill — provid-
ed top Republicans with the ammunition
to keep their members in line, preventing
Democrats from moving forward.
“It’s a question of how the majority lead-
er handles it,” Stachelberg said.
The most contentious issue of the eve-
ning was a debate over the president’s
unwillingness to invoke wartime “stop-
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challenge of waging war in both Afghani-
stan and Iraq has led the Pentagon to lift
other recruiting restrictions.
Frank repeated an argument that he
and others have made since the early days
of the Obama administration — that the
president could have issued a stop-loss
order regarding gay and lesbian troops
and that the seamlessness of that change
would have quieted naysayers in the Pen-
tagon and in Congress. Statutory repeal is
the preferred goal, he agreed, but he said
the experience under a stop-loss would
make a favorable vote in Congress easier to
achieve.
No attorney he has spoken to, Frank
said, disputed the president’s authority to
take such action.
Stachelberg responded that even as
CAP’s president, former Clinton White
House chief of staff John Podesta, called
for a stop-loss order, attorneys at the orga-
nization were uncertain about the presi-
dent’s authority to suspend the policy.
Obama’s lawyers, she said, believed he
could not do so.
Frank acknowledged that he and oth-
ers at the Palm Center, where he was when
he first began aggressively pushing that
approach, didn’t necessarily think the
president would agree to a stop-loss, but
felt advocating for one was the best way to
keep repeal pressure on the White House.
“That’s what got this going,” he said.
Frank showed his exasperation with
others he clearly felt were not helpful in
prodding administration action, spe-
cifically challenging Capehart for having
written that executive action by Obama
Metropolitan Community Church of New York
was not the right course toward repeal.
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14/ Performance
Getting Laid by Tim Miller
Citizen Artist hazards bold new territory at PS122
BY WILLIAM J. MANN
H
ailed for their humor
and passion, Tim Mill-
er’s performances have
delighted and emboldened audi-
ences all over the world. “Lay of
the Land” is his saucy, sharp-
knifed look at the State of the
Queer Union.
This newest of his acclaimed
solo pieces is a fierce and funny
examination of citizenship, the
marriage equality battles, and
who eats and who gets eaten.
“Lay of the Land” is framed by
a No on Prop 8 protest in down-
town LA, and shines spotlights
on Abraham and his gay son
Isaac, who are spread out on
a ’70s suburban LA Formica
kitchen; the LA Courthouse as it
explodes in pink jury summons
that call queer identity to judg-
ment; and a fantasy about the
Statue of Liberty getting a Heim-
lich Maneuver to help America
finally clear the homophobic
gristle choking her out of her
throat.
When the show took its bows
in California, the Los Angeles
Times offered up full-throated
praise: “Miller’s ‘Lay of the Land’
enters territory as exhilarating
as it is meaningful. Miller lays
out his unapologetically ren-
egade viewpoint with exemplary
economy and sardonic humor.
The final apotheosis stands high
in Miller’s canon, which, together
with the overarching relevance,
makes ‘Lay of the Land’ a vivid,
must-see achievement.”
No stranger to controversy —
he was one of the notorious NEA
4, the four performance artists
stripped of their National Endow-
ment for the Arts grants in the
early ’90s due to a firestorm over
their content, who took their case
all the way to the US Supreme
Court — Miller’s performances
have been at the center of the
culture wars, the fight against
AIDS, and the struggle for les-
bian and gay civil rights for the
past 20 years.
But all that pales by com-
parison to what Miller says is
“the fight of my life” as he tries
to claim his equal rights as an
American citizen in the most
intimate of places — his commit-
ted relationship of 15 years with
Tim Miller explores his relationship to the Bear on the California flag and other incendiary topics
at PS 122, December 1-11.
his Australian partner, Alistair
McCartney.
I caught up with Tim Miller
while he was performing in Tal-
lahassee — as Miller called it,
“the panhandle of the American
frying pan” — to talk equality
and the lay of the land.
WILLIAM J. MANN: “Lay of
the Land” is a wonderful title.
What does it mean to you?
TIM MILLER: I am super
excited about this brand new
piece. I think it is my funniest
show, for sure, but also my kink-
iest, strongest, and most topi-
cal. “Lay of the Land” is a lay in
all kinds of ways — a sex-assig-
nation, a queer citizenship map,
and of course a narrative ballad
with a recurrent refrain — my
favorite way-down-the-list defini-
tion for “lay!”
I travel constantly performing
my shows, and this performance
careens from my sexy misadven-
tures performing in 45 states, to
marriage equality street protests,
to the electoral assaults on gay
folks all over the country, to my
life as a grade-school flag moni-
tor — or, as I was called at my
school, “fag monitor” — to chok-
ing on cheap meat caught in my
throat when I was a ten-year-old
gay boy. “Lay of the Land” frisk-
ily gets at that feeling of gay folks
being perpetually on trial, on the
ballot, and on the menu!
WJM: How did you start work
on this piece? What is the crucial
TIM MILLER
“Lay of the Land”
P.S. 122
150 First Ave. at Ninth St.
Dec. 1- 11
Wed.-Sat. at 7:30 p.m.
$20; $15 for students & seniors
ps122.org or 212-352-3101
fuel that sends you on the jour-
ney?
TM: Right after election day
2008, when Prop 8 passed and
took away marriage equality in
California, a quarter of a million
of us marched in hundreds of
cities in all 50 states to protest
what had just happened with
these electoral hate crimes in
California, Florida, Arizona, and
Arkansas.
I was marching with 20,000
of my closest personal friends
in LA, including with many gay
couples who got married in our
much too short summer of love.
A gay couple next to me was car-
rying a huge blown-up poster of
their California marriage license.
An SUV drove by, and someone
shouted, “You can stick that
marriage license where the sun
don’t shine.”
This lovely traditional fam-
ily values sentiment — hurled
from a passing SUV fueled on
the blood of 400,000 people who
have died in Iraq— made me
remember that I have always
been curious about that expres-
sion “where the sun don’t shine.”
This signal our culture sends us
again and again — to stick it up
your you know what — got me
really interested to explore all
these forbidden and judged plac-
es we experience as gay folks.
And away we go. It’s the magic
of solo performance!
WJM: How do people in other
states relate to this Prop 8 mate-
rial?
TM: Prop 8 called out the larg-
est day of national gay protests
in US history — 300 cities in all
50 states — so I think people all
over the country are invested in
this most visible struggle.
I think from the Iowa judges
being removed from office to
Maine removing marriage equal-
ity at the ballot box veto, it is
the same basic principle of dis-
respecting the humanity of gay
folks. They don’t want us to feel
welcome in our own homes, our
own country.
“Lay of the Land” is all about
the emotional and political
wreckage of these post-Prop 8
moments. When I performed the
piece in Florida, the Prop 8 situ-
ation was immediately relatable
to what they went through on
Election Day with Amendment
2 there, which monstrously took
away not only marriage rights
but anything that remotely
acknowledged relationships
between gay couples, and wrote
that bigotry into their State Con-
stitution.
WJM: Your new show is so
intimately connected with what
is currently going on in queer
America — the ongoing mar-
riage equality battles, the early
2009 California Supreme Court
upholding Prop 8, the unjust
military discharge of Lieutenant
Dan Choi, the terrible defense of
DOMA and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
by Obama’s Department of Jus-
tice. What is all this like for you
on stage?
TM: It’s totally exciting and
scary performing in the middle of
the frying pan’s sizzle. The piece
feels really strong and is very
much the piece I would want to
be performing at this juicy time.
It’s an auspicious time to be
doing a show that has a section
䉴 MILLER, continued on p.15
24 NOV - 7 DEC 2010
14 DAYS
14 NIGHTS
䉴 NOV 28, from p.12
When a conjuring goes awry, Fales finds
himself in a leather bar confronted by the
shared demons of an unexpected neme-
sis. Tonight, Fales, directed by Mark Fin-
ley, presents a staged reading to benefit
the non-profit Abingdon Theatre, 312
W. 36th St., first fl., 7 p.m. Tickets are
$50 at smarttix.com or 212-868-4444, or
$60 (cash) at the door.
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CABARET
A Down-Under
Treat
Australian vocalist David Campbell,
the youngest artist ever to headline the
iconic cabaret venue Rainbow & Star,
who has also appeared in New York at
Carnegie Hall, in Sondheim’s “Saturday
Night,” in “Babes in Arms” in City Cen-
ter’s “Encores!” series, and in “South
Pacific,” performs material from his new
CD, “On Broadway,” at Feinstein’s at
Loews Regency, 540 Park Ave. at
61st St. Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 10:30 p.m.
The cover charge is $30-$50, with a $25
food and drink minimum. For reserva-
tions, visit Feinsteinsatloewsregency.
com or call 212-339-4095.
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COMEDY
No Turkeys Here
In the waning hours of Thanksgiv-
ing weekend, Brad Loekle goes for the
laughs in his Sunday night “Electroshock
Therapy Comedy Hour,” this week fea-
turing BET’s Yamaneika, “Electroshock”
creator Adam Sank from NBC’s “Last
Comic Standing,” and Chris Doucette
from “Hot Gay Comics.” Therapy Bar,
348 W. 52nd St., 10 p.m. No cover
charge and $7 cosmos all night.
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MON.NOV.29
PERFORMANCE
Jackie-50
B r o a d w a y ’s J a c k i e H o f f m a n ,
acclaimed for her hysterical scene-
stealing performances in “ Hairspray,”
“Xanadu,” and currently as Grandma
in “The Addams Family,” presents her
all-new solo show “Jackie Five-Oh!: A
Celebration of Jackie Hoffman’s First
50th Birthday” at Joe’s Pub, inside
the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.,
btwn. E. Fourth St. & Astor Pl. Nov.
29, Dec. 6, 13, 24, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 31,
䉴 NOV 29, continued on p.21
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■ THEATER
Friends & Enemies
“Elf” is a delightful old-fashioned musical,
while “Personal Enemy” feels its age
BY CHRISTOPHER BYRNE
W
hen it comes to the holidays,
my outlook has long been
more Charles Addams than
Charles Dickens, and I generally greet the
announcement of a new “holiday enter-
tainment” with an acerbic, “God save us,
everyone.”
Dickens dealt with darker subjects and
imperfect characters in Christmas books,
but contemporary holiday tales are too
often bland, overly cheerful affairs leav-
ing me feeling as if someone had spiked
the eggnog with ipecac — the one excep-
tion being the fine Broadway production
of “White Christmas,” an adult story I had
hoped would return this year.
Instead, we got “Elf,” and I’m happy to
say it’s a delight. I never had seen the 2003
movie on which it’s based, and I only mar-
ginally knew the story, but it’s a classic
“fish out of water plot.” In this case, the fish
is Buddy, an orphaned human who’s been
raised as an elf in Santaland and finds
himself at a loss when he returns to New
York to find his curmudgeonly real father,
who happens to be a children’s book editor
in desperate need of a holiday blockbuster
䉴 MILLER, from p.14
about my relationship to the California
Bear on our state flag! And a questioning
section about when it will really be time to
burn our state and national flags for their
violations against our humanity.
So much is happening every day. Dur-
ing my run in New York, Prop H8 will be
having its hearing in the federal 9th Cir-
cuit Court of Appeals! Even as I put Prop
H8 on trial in my show, it will be on trial in
the court just beneath the Supremes!
WJM: Speaking of timeliness, what
was it like having the Prop 8 California
Supreme Court decision looming dur-
ing the premiere performances in LA in
2009?
TM: It was very stressful waiting for
the Prop 8 decision. The audiences in Los
Angeles were really alive and charged. It
was like surfing on a tsunami. I was won-
dering what I was going to do if the Cali-
fornia Supremes had released their likely
hideous decision during the run. The ter-
rible decision came after I had closed the
show, so the next week became protest
week. I must have clocked in 30 miles! All
those protests after the Prop 8 decision
were hard on the feet. Sprained my ankle,
so I had to limp onto the plane for Talla-
hassee in June.
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010 15
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and a way to reconnect with his family.
Christmas is threatened. Crises are
averted. And everything ends happily as
romantic snow falls.
The reason “Elf” works is that it has
attempted to do one thing — entertain.
Playwrights Tomas Meehan and Bob Mar-
tin, who temper the jokes and the silliness
䉴 ELF, continued on p.38
WJM: You and your Australian partner,
Alistair McCartney, have been the poster
couple for gay bi-national partner immi-
gration rights for more than a decade.
Where are things now?
TM: Sadly, there has been no change
we can believe in at all. Gay American
citizens with partners from other countries
are offered no rights in the US. Our life in
this country is always hanging by a thread
since we never know how long we will be
able to stay in the US without these basic
rights that gay couples have in every West-
ern nation except the US. Alistair is cur-
rently on a short-term work visa.
Couples like Alistair and me are still
offered three scenarios in Obama’s Ameri-
ca in 2010 — your partner is deported, you
break up, or you both leave the country
and make a life in a more civilized nation
than America. Not very pleasant options
for someone who performs with a copy of
the US Constitution in his cargo shorts!
Fortunately Alistair has passports from
two countries — Australia and the UK —
that give gay people and their partners
immigration rights, and either country
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䉴 MILLER, continued on p.16

16/ Film
Gay Bars
Jim Carrey pours out all his manic antics on a worthy cause — Ewan McGregor
BY GARY M. KRAMER
A
fter multiple distribu-
tion delays and rumors
about the excision of
“graphic homosexual sex”
scenes, “I Love You Phillip
Morris” finally arrives in the-
aters. The big question: Is
the film worth the wait? The
answer, for the most part, is
yes.
This queer — as in odd, as
in gay — comedy is based on
the strange but true story of
Steven Russell (Jim Carrey),
a con man who goes to great
lengths to keep his lover — the
Phillip Morris of the title (Ewan
McGregor) — happy.
Just like its hero, this wild-
ly uneven film tries especially
hard to please. A politically
incorrect comedy, a gay love
story, a character study, and
a Jim Carrey vehicle all in one,
the film shouldn’t work, but
somehow it does.
“I Love You Phillip Morris”
opens with Steven as a young
boy being told he is adopted.
As he grows up, he decides
that becoming a cop is the best
way to find his birth mother,
but discovers he is better at
manipulating the law from the
criminal side. He is spurred to
lead a life of fraud and crime.
Steven divorces his God-
loving wife (Leslie Mann) after
coming out, moves to South
Beach, and finds a hunky boy-
friend (Rodrigo Santoro), with
whom he acquires two cute
dogs. Steven’s lesson from
all this? “Being gay is really
expensive.” He initiates a series
of “slip and fall” lawsuits to
reap insurance windfalls, and
eventually lands in jail.
During a prison fight, Steven
䉴 MILLER, from p.15
also someone that travels the US
as much as anyone I know. What
do you glean as you survey the
lay of the land?
TM: I have had so many
amazing, hopeful, and surpris-
ing experiences — whether per-
forming at a Baptist University
in North Carolina or in a shared
queer and disability arts center
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
Directed by Glenn Ficarra and
John Requa
Roadside Attractions
Opens Dec. 3
AMC Village 7, 66 Third Ave.
at 11th St.
AMC Lincoln Square, 1998
Broadway at 68th St.
Chelsea Clearview Cinemas,
260 W. 23rd St.
spots Phillip Morris and falls
for him instantly. Their love,
it seems, is “destiny.” Steven
successfully manipulates the
system to exchange love letters
with Phillip and later get him to
share his cell. The lovers com-
mit to sharing the rest of their
lives together.
Once the men are released,
they find a house together, but
Steven supports their domestic
happiness by secretly continu-
ing his extravagant cons. When
he is sent back to jail, Steven
orchestrates an escape, which
begins a pattern of conning,
going to jail, and escaping,
something that in time makes
Phillip weary of all his lying.
“I Love You Phillip Morris” is
a fantastic — as in unbeliev-
able, as in terrific — story, and
directors Glenn Ficarra and
John Requa (of “Bad Santa”
fame) tell it nimbly. The various
comedic elements — from slap-
stick moments and sight gags
to wordplay and double enten-
dres — work because they are
delivered at fever pitch.
Carrey is encouraged to
act unhinged throughout —
throwing himself down escala-
tors with gleeful abandon, for
example. When he scams his
way into a high paying job, his
expression is priceless, creat-
ing one of the moments that
like Mickee Faust in Tallahas-
see.
Here’s an example of real
vision: I was performing recently
in Lubbock at Texas Tech. Lub-
bock — so those Lubbock folk
constantly tell you — is the sec-
ond most conservative city in
the US after Provo, Utah. After
my performance at Texas Tech
in Lubbock, I found myself sur-
rounded by some ROTC stu-
For Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey, happiness is a warm cell.
make viewers feel complicit
in his deceit. Carrey, with his
smarmy charm and outsized
personality, is terrific in a role
tailor -made for his talents.
Steven is an admirable, if not
lovable, criminal willing to risk
all for his beloved.
That said, if viewers don’t
like the actor’s manic antics, “I
Love You Phillip Morris” could
feel like a prison sentence.
Carrey is front and center for
the whole film, and he neither
gives up nor lets up.
M c G r e g o r, w h o i s a d o r -
able here, is given far too little
screen time. The actor, who
dents in full uniform. They just
wouldn’t leave, and my stereo-
typing went into overdrive and I
thought they were going to beat
me up. But then one of them
asked me how could they as mil-
itary officers next year help dis-
mantle Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in
their units! These young officers
have more vision and courage
than our president.
It definitely shows you never
24 NOV - 7 DEC 2010
ette, are sweet, but their dis-
creet sex scenes are primarily
use to hang jokes on. It’s funny
when the couple finally get
some alone time and declare,
“Enough romance — let’s
fuck!” In contrast, when Phillip
spits rather than swallows Ste-
ven’s semen after an off-screen
blowjob, it is merely tasteless.
“I Love You Phillip Morris”
focuses mostly focuses on Ste-
ven’s love for Phillip, but when
he lies to his lover and secretly
implicates him in his crimes, it
becomes tough to sympathize
with the con man. Just as our
attitudes are hardening, how-
ever, the film sucker-punches
viewers, as well as Phillip, with
an unexpected reveal that will
likely change minds.
The manipulation at the
film’s heart may be madden-
ing, but it serves the story well.
What makes “I Love You Phil-
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
lip Morris” work is that it suc-
cumbs to its own crazy, Ste-
ven-ish logic — in a way that
allows it to effectively explore
issues of truth and fidelity in
gay relationships. Steven never
cheats on Phillip, and has a
has shown a penchant for surprisingly healthy relation-
nudity in several other films, ship with his ex-wife. He may
keeps his clothes on, which not be honest, but in his own
will disappoint viewers hoping fashion is true to those he
for a big gay sex scene between loves.
the leads. The “graphic sex” These tender sentiments
reportedly edited out of the help the film rise above its run-
film’s first ten minutes was set ning dick jokes and a gay ste-
before Phillip is introduced. reotype or two. The filmmakers
The revised scene, in the print ask audiences to laugh both at
screened for this review, was and with these larger-than-life
not particularly adventurous. characters. A strong perfor -
The relationship between mance from Carrey and a cred-
Steven and Phillip is touch- itable assist from McGregor
ing at times — especially when allow this to happen.
they are separated — but their “I Love You Phillip Morris”
romance is not the plot. Their will certainly polarize audienc-
kisses, often shown in silhou- es, but it deserves to be seen.
know who your audience is! It the East Village over the past 30
also shows that this country is years. He will also conduct a per-
changing — especially its young formance workshop Dec. 4-12;
people— and the lay of the land details at ps122.org.
is shifting before our eyes. Tim Miller can be reached at
TimMillerPerformer.com. William J.
For a video preview of “Lay of Mann is the author, most recently,
the Land,” visit youtube.com/ of the novel “Object of Desire” and
watch?v=EYrH-PKJPnA. Follow- also “How To Be a Movie Star:
ing the Dec. 3 performance, Miller Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood.”
will moderate a discussion on how He can be reached at www.wil-
queer spaces have transformed liamjmann.com.
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joespub.com or 212-967-7555. For table
reservations, guaranteeing a seat, call
212-539-8778. Table service includes a
two-drink or $10 food minimum.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ marriage to his very pregnant
MUSIC
TUE.NOV.30
200 Years of Gay
Men’s Songs
The New York Festival of Songs and
artistic director Steven Blier and asso-
ciate director Michael Barrett present
“Manning The Canon: Songs of Gay Life,”
two centuries of songs by and about gay
men. From the German lied represented
by Franz Schubert’s “Der Gondelfahrer”
(set to a text by his roommate and prob-
able lover Johann Mayrhofer) to John
Wallowitch’s hilarious cabaret song
“Bruce,” filled with fashion tips for a
befuddled drag queen, “Manning the
Canon” is a musical portrait of life, love,
lust, and loss in the world of gay men.
The evening also includes selections by
Berg, Bernstein, Blitzstein, Bolcom, Brit-
ten, Coleman, de Blasio, de Falla, Griffes,
Lutvak, Porter, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Szy-
manowski, and Tchaikovsky. The program
is presented by tenor Scott Murphree,
baritone Jesse Blumberg, baritone Mat-
thew Worth, bass Matt Boehler, and Blier
on piano. Merkin Concert Hall, 129
W. 67th St. Nov. 30 & Dec. 2, 8 p.m.
Tickets are $40-$55; $15 for students at
kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ your very beautiful film is how
Wilde, Ginsberg &
de Mare
Master pianist Anthony de Mare
holds a concert celebrating the release
of his new CD, “Speak!: The Speaking-
Singing Pianist.” The program will
include Frederic Rzewksi’s “De Profun-
dis” and Jerome Kitzke’s “Sunflower
Sutra,” both written for de Mare based
on texts by Oscar Wilde and Allen Gins-
berg. De Mare will also perform works
by Laurie Anderson and Derek Bermel.
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St.,
btwn. Sullivan & Thompson Sts., 7:30
p.m. Tickets are $20; $15 for students at
lepoissonrouge.com.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ I never wrote about the wind,
Feinstein at Home
for the Holidays
Michael Feinstein, who has long
carried the torch for the Great American
䉴 NOV 30, continued on p.22
■ FILM
BY GARY M. KRAMER
I
n an extraordinary, award-
winning Peruvian film,
“Undertow,” Miguel (Cristian
Mercado) tries to balance his
wife, Mariela (Tatiana Astengo),
with a clandestine romance with
Santiago (Manolo Cardona), a
gay painter and photographer.
When Santiago pushes
his lover to come out, Miguel
resists, saying he doesn’t want
to hurt his wife and family or
upset his close-knit commu-
nity. When Santiago dies in an
underwater accident, his spirit
remains in limbo and his ghost
appears to Miguel, but no one
else. Miguel now has what he
wants — the security of his
home life and a loving relation-
ship with Santiago.
Miguel’s selfishness — in
wanting to hang on to his wife
and his lover as long as pos-
sible — soon backfires, and he
finds himself the object of anti-
gay rumors and prejudice.
Writer and director Javier
Fuentes-León deftly explores
masculinity and sexuality in
“Undertow.” On the phone
from Peru, the filmmaker spoke
about creating the emotional
pull of his film.
GARY M. KRAMER: One of
the most striking elements in
you incorporate all the natural
elements — water, wind, earth,
through sand, and fire, in a
candle. Was that deliberate?
JAVIER FUENTES-LEÓN: I
tried to use the elements to inten-
sify the story. Water is a crucial
element in the film. Not only for
the plot — drowning, rebirth,
and ceremony — but also when
Mariela’s water breaks. So I ref-
erence water a lot. The title of the
film also refers to the currents —
not just the ocean, but the pull
of the characters. The candle
represents Santiago, the light of
his Miguel’s life.
but when I arrived in the town
where we filmed, it was a windy
day. The progression of inten-
sity of the wind and sand mir-
rors the intensity of Miguel’s
conflict. We incorporated it into
the story. The same is true with
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010
Manolo Cardona (left) and Christian Mercado in Javier Fuentes-León’s “Undertow.”
UNDERTOW
Directed by Javier Fuentes-León
In Spanish, with English subtitles
The Film Collaborative
Opens Nov. 26
Cinema Village, 22 E. 12th St.
cinemavillage.com
the sound and rumbling of the
water.
GMK: You use magical real-
ism very effectively. Why did you
rely on the narrative device of a
ghost?
JF-L: The way ghosts are seen
in Latin America is different than
in “Ghost,” the movie. That is
why there are no special effects
— Santiago is there the same
way he was before he drowned —
but only for Miguel’s eyes. I like
the idea that Santiago’s death
gives Miguel a new beginning. It’s
a bittersweet irony. We know the
best of both worlds will not be
real and all-consuming — it’s a
fantasy that lasts for a moment.
It’s educational; Miguel realizes
what his life would or could have
been if he was openly gay.
GMK: Your film addresses ele-
ments of shame, respect, and
responsibility, as Miguel is seen
as a pillar of the community,
then ostracized when his affair
with Santiago is discovered.
What prompted your sending
these messages?
JF-L: I needed to balance not
only my point of view but also
the point of view of the society
in which Miguel lives. When you
are gay and/ or coming out, it’s
what society imprints on us. I
needed that counterpoint and to
show why the prejudices come
from the people who are closest
to him and whom he admires.
The [villagers] are calling him to
be a good member of society, but
the film is questioning — What
is a good member of society? I
believe that is being authentic
and yourself. If you hide who you
are, there is frustration; the price
is quite big.
GMK: “Undertow” also
addresses issues of masculinity/
machismo and what it means to
be a man. Can you discuss this
concept?
JF-L: I think that this whole
machismo has rooted itself so
deeply in Latin American soci-
ety that it has done everyone a
disservice. It not only has hurt
men, but women even more. I
play with those stereotypes —
that men should play soccer,
sit in bars and drink, and tell
dirty jokes, and women should
be passive and cook and watch
soap operas. I don’t think every-
one is that way, but it’s been
rooted in our culture for years.
I wanted to make fun of those
ideas and question what it is
to be a man. Is it dependent on
sexual orientation? The idea that
if you are gay, you are less of a
man is ridiculous!
GMK: The lead actors are ter-
rific together — you really feel
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their love and intimacy. How did
you work with them on the char-
acters?
JF-L: We never sat and talked
about homosexuality and being
gay. I didn’t take them to gay
bars — we weren’t creating an
urban behavior. We were telling
a love story that happened to be
between two men. If viewers only
see the passion and sex, the love
story won’t come across. Manolo
said he would do the sex scenes,
but emphasized it’s important to
make this love come across. He
and Cristian were conscious of
what we needed to achieve. The
love and the tenderness weren’t
in the dialogue, but they did a
great job.
GMK: Why did you dedicate
the film “a mis viejos” — to my
parents, my old folks?
JF-L: They are an amazing
support in my life. I studied med-
icine and graduated from med
school before I went to the US
for film. My parents are not in
the arts. In the world I grew up
in, film was a crazy adventure,
so when I made that change,
they were supportive where oth-
ers may not have been. They
were my allies, and also when
I came out — so I owe a lot to
them.
It’s such a personal story, but
not autobiographical. I’m not a
father, fisherman, nor did I lose
anyone I loved — thank God! —
but it expresses my views about
coming out and being out.
Maybe it’s corny.

22/ Theater
Female Trouble
“Women” on the verge of a fabulous musical
BY DAVID KENNERLEY
T
he day before I saw the
new musical version of
Pedro Almodóvar’s manic
cult classic “Women on the
Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,”
I watched the DVD of the quirky
film. (I admit I’m a fan — I own a
deluxe boxed set of his work.)
Premiering in 1988, the work
was nominated for a Best For-
eign Language Film Oscar and
made the out gay Spanish direc-
tor an instant global celebrity, an
edgy cinematic force impossible
to ignore.
The appeal of this over-the-
top, caustic comedy is not easy
to pin down. The plot, about
the entwined lives of hotheaded
women wronged by men, is twist-
ed to the point of farce. Charac-
ters are tormented, neurotic, dra-
ma-driven, and, come to think of
it, not all that likable.
Almodóvar’s distinctive visual
style is a profusion of disorienting
close-ups, erratic cuts, and over-
saturated hues. Rational logic,
like the telephone angrily jetti-
soned by the central character,
Pepa, is out the window. Oddly
enough, it all worked.
As I screened the film for the
first time in years, I wondered
how Jeffrey Lane (book) and
David Yazbek (score) could pos-
sibly fashion a coherent musical
with this quivering material. How
could director Bartlett Sher cap-
ture Almodóvar’s unique aesthet-
ic, tone, and characters without
lapsing into cold caricature, or
worse, utter chaos?
Truth is, they don’t quite pull
it off. “Women on the Verge” is on
the verge of excellence, but falls
short.
Much has been written in the
press about the bone-headed
decision to skip an out-of-town
tryout. Previews were delayed to
work out technical kinks. The-
atergoers were skipping out at
intermission. The buzz was so
bad that the production was
reworked right up until open-
ing night. Apparently, the finale
was deleted, and the Act II musi-
cal number hailing Madrid was
cut-and-pasted to the top of the
show. A smart move, for it deliv-
ers a heady burst of power and
nicely sets the tone for the pro-
Patti LuPone and Sherie Rene Scott in the stage adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s classic
“Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.”
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF
A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Lincoln Center Theater Production
Belasco Theatre
111 W. 44th St.
Through Jan. 23
Tue.-Sat. at 8 p.m.
Wed., Sat. at 2 p.m.
Sun. at 3 p.m.
$36.50-$126.50; Telecharge.com
212-239-6200
ceedings.
The large cast is a mish-mash
of serviceable to spectacular, with
individuals’ styles at odds with
one another. Although the action
is set in Madrid in 1987, accents
are all over the map. Normally
this would be a big drawback,
but the randomness actually fits
the show’s eccentric conceit.
As the frazzled Pepa, who is
jilted by her longtime lover Ivan
via phone answering machine,
Sherie Rene Scott (“Everyday
Rapture”), like her character,
seems to be finding her footing.
It’s not until late in Act I, when
she concocts a Valium-laced gaz-
pacho meant for Ivan, that Scott
hits her stride. “I’m tired of being
good,” she says. We nod our
understanding.
After her legendary star turn
as Momma Rose in “Gypsy,” it’s
hard to accept Patti LuPone in a
supporting role. She plays Lucia,
the cast-off wife of Ivan who
already had a nervous break-
down (resulting in a 19-year
sanitarium stay) and is headed
for another. LuPone does get her
turn, so to speak, belting out
“Invisible,” a stinging, sonorous
PAUL KOLNIK
ode to love gone astray.
As the philandering Ivan, Brian
Stokes Mitchell, an ideal leading
man in “Kiss Me Kate” and “Man
of La Mancha,” is a powerhouse,
but his booming baritone is too
big for this show.
While some might fault Jus-
tin Guarini’s performance as
strained (he plays Lucia’s bum-
bling son), his vocals are impres-
sive. The former “American Idol”
runner-up has virtually no track
record onstage, and his mere
presence alongside such Broad-
way greats only adds to our
amusement.
The strongest portrayal by far
is from Laura Benanti, who daz-
zled opposite LuPone in “Gypsy.”
As Pepa’s paranoid gal pal Can-
dela, on the run after hooking up
with a swarthy guy who turns out
to be a Shiite terrorist (Luis Sal-
gado), she strikes just the right
Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Laura Benanti, and Justin Guarini in the stage adaptation of Pedro Alm-
odóvar’s classic “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.”
note of comic frenzy. Benanti
grabs hold of the show’s most
challenging song, “Model Behav-
ior,” leaving breathless phone
messages for Pepa detailing her
predicament, and nails it.
Believe it or not, the film’s fre-
netic story has, by degrees, been
streamlined and clarified. The
taxi driver (Danny Burstein) has
been elevated to part-time nar-
rator, extolling the allure of a
hedonistic post-Franco Madrid
and the merits of being just a tad
crazy. His cab, made of a metal
framework, is a marvel as it
careens around the stage.
The subplot about the hunky
terrorist — we actually get to see
him in the stage version, which
explains why Candela falls for
him so hard — is resolved more
satisfyingly than in the film. Ref-
erences to Fellini’s “8 ½,” a key
inspiration for Almodóvar, have
been dialed down.
As if the plot and performances
and score weren’t head-spinning
enough, the inventive, hyperki-
netic set (by Michael Yeargan)
seems hopped up on Red Bull.
Whizzing, intricate projections
propel the thrills even further,
though at times they prove dis-
tracting.
If any message can be gleaned
from “Women on the Verge,” it’s
that life is messy and unpredict-
able and you should just roll with
it, grabbing whatever fleeting
pleasures you can. In this eccen-
tric jumble of a show, the plea-
sures are not conventional, but
they can be found if you simply
let yourself go.
PAUL KOLNIK
24 NOV - 7 DEC 2010
14 DAYS
14 NIGHTS
䉴 NOV 30, from p.21
Songbook, presents “Swing in the Holi-
days,” a collection of seasonal favorites,
classic standards, and songs that pay
tribute to Broadway legend Jerry Her-
man, who celebrates his 80th birthday
in 2011. Feinstein’s longtime musical
director John Oddo leads a 12-piece
band. Feinstein’s at Loews Regency,
540 Park Ave. at 61st St. Tue.-Thu.,
8:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.
(and two shows on Dec. 30 & 30;
only one show on Dec. 25 & 25, and
a Mon. show, 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 27).
The cover charge is $95-$250, with a $40
food and drink minimum (a small number
of seats are available with a $40 cover,
and no minimum). For reservations, visit
Feinsteinsatloewsregency.com or call
212-339-4095.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
MUSIC
WED.DEC.1
Celebrating Our
Sounds
The annual OUTmusic Awards cel-
ebrates 20 years of music history in an
awards ceremony hosted by comedians
Julie Goldman, Jonny McGovern, and
Tammy Peay and with a special appear-
ance by Dr. Carol Channing. This year’s
honorees include Melissa Etheridge
(Lifetime Achievement Award); Sheryl
Lee Ralph (Pillar Award); activist Wayne
Besen, who combats right-wing myths
about “curing” gays (Visionary Award);
Chely Wright (Vanguard Award); Syl-
vester (a posthumous OUTmusic Icon
Award); Cyndi Lauper (Person of the Year
Award); Randy Jones of the Village Peo-
ple (Heritage Award); and Paula ‘Sticks’
Hampton (OUTMusic Living Legend
Award). This year’s event is scheduled
on World AIDS Day to bring attention the
increasing number of homeless youth
becoming infected. Town Hall, 123 W.
43rd St., 8 p.m. Ticket are $35-$65 at
the-townhall-nyc.org. For information on
the evening, visit outmusicawards.com.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
ACTIVISM
Out of the
Darkness
Families living with and affected
by HIV/ AIDS, service and community
organizations, clergy, and performers
come together for a candlelight vigil, a
procession, and a reading of the names
䉴 DEC 1, continued on p.28
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Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman and Jesse Garcia as Sergio the handyman.
■ THEATER
Child’s Play
Pee-wee, in ode to arrested development,
hurls zingers cloaked in innocence
BY DAVID KENNERLEY
M
y first clue that “The Pee-Wee
Herman Show” is far from your
typical Broadway fare present-
ed itself even before I entered the the-
ater. Giddy young fans, gay and straight,
snapped photos in front of the enormous
murals depicting a grinning Pee-wee and
his zany playhouse pals. Some wore out-
landish outfits and hairstyles. Bow ties
were in abundance. Inside, the line for
the memorabilia stand was long; the line
for the bar even longer.
Was I at a Broadway show, a “Rocky
Horror” revival, or a Backstreet Boys
reunion concert? One thing was for sure
— I should’ve braved the bar line and
downed a double Lime Rickey before the
lights dimmed.
That’s because the whimsical,
deranged show, a super-charged reboot
of the popular, Emmy-winning kids’ TV
program from the 1980s created by Paul
Reubens, is an exceedingly silly experi-
ence that relies heavily on the nostalgia
factor.
And, heaven help us, audience partici-
pation.
First off, Pee-wee, sporting his trade-
mark trim, too-short gray suit (prefigur-
ing Thom Browne by two decades) and
red bow tie, beckons us “boys and girls” to
stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. If
you’re a jaded heathen like me and haven’t
done this as a grown-up, it’s a surreal,
unsettling exercise, especially the “under
God” part. And the disingenuous “with lib-
erty and justice for all” part. But I digress…
The familiar, candy-colored playhouse
set (by David Korins) receives wilder
applause than Reubens does. As in the
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010 23
Dear Guys who like Guys
and girls who liKe Girls,
We’re into that in Phi lly. in fact, we
have a place affectionately referred
to as the gayborhood. So come hang out
with us and bring your favorite guy
or girl. It’ll be fabulous.
JOAN MARCUS
Get your history straight
P.S.
and your nightlife gay.
Book your stay at
THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW
Stephen Sondheim Theatre ,QWHUQDWLRQDO*D\ /HVELDQ7UDYHO$VVRFLDWLRQ
124 W. 43rd St.
Through Jan. 2
Tue., Sun. at 7 p.m.
Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m.
Sat., Sun. at 2 p.m.
$67-$122; telecharge.com
Or 212-239-6200
TV program, we are urged to “scream
real loud” when somebody utters the
not-so-secret word of the day.
Over and over again.
Nearly all our favorite characters have
come to play. The anthropomorphic
puppets, created by the masterful Basil
Twist, are charmingly awesome. There’s
Chairry, Pee-wee’s comfy seat; Pterri, the
wise-cracking pterodactyl; Globey, who’s
quick to point out locales on himself; and
Knucklehead, the back-talking bully.
The Magic Screen, who whips around
the stage with astonishing alacrity, is a
technical marvel.
The 58-year old Reubens, a tad long
in the tooth to play the shrill-voiced,
manic man-child, isn’t the only oldster
reprising a role originated some 30 years
ago. John Paragon returns as Jambi the
Genie, John Moody as Mailman Mike,
and Lynne Marie Stewart as the high-
haired Miss Yvonne — especially jar-
ring given her rep as “the most beautiful
woman in Puppetland.”
Others in the cast include Phil
LaMarr (“Mad TV”) as Cowboy Curtis,
Lance Roberts as King of Cartoons,
and Jesse Garcia as a newcomer, Ser-
gio the handyman.
䉴 PEE-WEE, continued on p.34
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Read the section “What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ
with other medicines?”
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about your medicine. This information does not take the place of talking with your
healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is REYATAZ?
REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used with other anti-HIV medicines to treat
people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is the
virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). REYATAZ is a
type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV infection destroys CD4+
(T) cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune system helps
fight infection. After a large number of (T) cells are destroyed, AIDS develops.
REYATAZ helps to block HIV protease, an enzyme that is needed for the HIV
virus to multiply. REYATAZ may lower the amount of HIV in your blood, help your
body keep its supply of CD4+ (T) cells, and reduce the risk of death and illness
associated with HIV.
Does REYATAZ cure HIV or AIDS?
REYATAZ does not cure HIV infection or AIDS. At present there is no cure for
HIV infection. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other
conditions that happen with HIV infection. Opportunistic infections are infections
that develop because the immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are
pneumonia, herpes virus infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
infections. It is very important that you see your healthcare provider regularly
while taking REYATAZ.
REYATAZ does not lower your chance of passing HIV to other people through
sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood. For your
health and the health of others, it is important to always practice safer sex by
using a latex or polyurethane condom or other barrier to lower the chance of sexual
contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. Never use or share dirty needles.
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ingredients in REYATAZ. Tell your healthcare provider if you think you have
had an allergic reaction to any of these ingredients.
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serious side effects when taking REYATAZ with other HIV medicines called
nucleoside analogues. You and your healthcare provider will need to decide
if REYATAZ is right for you. If you use REYATAZ while you are pregnant, talk
to your healthcare provider about the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry.
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cause serious side effects if taken with REYATAZ.
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tions have filed additional
lawsuits. Early in November,
GLAD filed suit in the US Dis-
trict Court in Connecticut on
behalf of same-sex couples
who had married in Connecti-
cut, Vermont, and New Hamp-
shir e, challenging federal
agency employers’ refusal to
extend family coverage to new
same-sex spouses and the
Social Security Administra-
tion’s denial of spousal ben-
The telling point is that the denial
of same-sex marriage couples’
benefits claim has no rational
connection with the DOJ’s
reasons in defending DOMA.
efits. One of the plaintiffs in
Pedersen v. Office of Person-
nel Management was denied a
survivor annuity under a pri-
vate employer’s benefit plan,
the employer asserting that
the plan would lose its pre-
ferred tax status under federal
law if the benefit were to be
extended, again due to DOMA.
It will be interesting to see
whether the attorneys gen-
eral of Connecticut, Vermont,
and New Hampshire will be
inspired by the example of
Massachusetts AG Martha
Coakley to file suits vindicat-
ing their states’ authority to
extend equal treatment to
same-sex couples.
Meanwhile in New York, the
ACLU’s LGBT Rights Project
and the New York Civil Liber-
ties Union have filed suit on
behalf of a woman seeking a
refund from the federal gov-
ernment of the substantial tax
payment made by the estate
of her deceased wife — a pay-
ment that would not have
been required had their Cana-
dian marriage been recognized
by the Internal Revenue Ser-
vice, which declined to do so
citing DOMA.
Although New York State
does not authorize same-sex
marriages within the state, a
growing body of case law and
executive decisions provides
that such marriages fr om
other jurisdictions are rec-
ognized here. As in the Mas-
sachusetts and Connecticut
suits, the plaintiff in Windsor
v. United States is arguing
that the unequal treatment
mandated by DOMA regarding
her inheritance from her wife
is unconstitutional and can-
not be justified.
Eric Schneider man, just
elected New York’s attorney
general, has indicated a will-
ingness to join the Massa-
chusetts case, but he could
also file an amicus brief in the
Windsor case, or even com-
mence litigation on behalf of
the State Tax Department,
which has explained its
inability to follow the practice
of other state agencies in rec-
ognizing same-sex spouses
because New York tax laws
are intertwined with the fed-
eral code. Certainly the argu-
ment could be made, as it
was made in Massachusetts,
that the application of DOMA
to restrict New York’s recog-
nition of same-sex couples
under its tax laws is a viola-
tion of its sovereignty.
These challenges to
DOMA proceed under the
5th Amendment of the Bill
of Rights, commonly known
as the Due Process Clause,
which the Supreme Court has
held binds the federal govern-
ment to the “equal protec-
tion of the laws” requirement
expressly imposed on state
governments under the 14th
Amendment.
The thrust of the post-
Lawrence argument is that
unequal tr eatment on the
basis of sexual orientation
mandates heightened scruti-
ny by the court, which means
the challenged policy should
be struck down unless it sig-
nificantly advances an impor-
tant government policy inter-
est — instead of merely sur -
mounting some easier test of
being rational.
In both the Connecticut and
New York lawsuits, plaintiffs
argue that the grounds artic-
ulated in the 1996 congres-
sional report are insufficient
for this purpose, and that
the additional arguments the
Justice Department made in
the Massachusetts case — all
rejected by Judge Tauro —are
equally lacking.
The Obama administration
Justice Department’s argu-
ments center on the conten-
tion that DOMA represented
the federal government’s effort
to stake out a neutral stance
on the hotly contested issue
of same-sex marriage and to
achieve uniformity in federal
law and policy by having the
same definition of marriage
apply throughout the country.
But DOMA is hardly neu-
tral; it places the federal gov-
ernment on the anti-same-
sex-marriage side in the
debate, and it is hard to argue
that achieving uniformity in
federal law is an important
goal, since significant issues
regarding age of marriage, the
ability to marry cousins, and
other requirements vary wide-
ly from state to state.
A fourth case, this one on
the West Coast, is also part of
the new litigation mix. Lambda
DOMA is hardly neutral; it places
the federal government on
the anti-same-sex-marriage
side in the debate.
Legal is pursuing the claim of
a California woman to include
her wife in her federal employ-
er’s health insurance program.
Karen Golinski, who works
as a staff attorney at the 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals, won
an internal grievance proce-
dure ruling from Chief Judge
Alex Kozinski, appointed to
the court by President Ron-
ald Reagan. Kozinski avoided
the question of DOMA’s con-
stitutionality by employing an
alternative interpretive route
involving enforcement of the
9th Circuit’s internal non-dis-
crimination policy.
The federal Office of Person-
nel Management, however,
defied the judge’s ruling and
instructed the insurance com-
pany not to process Golinski’s
application. Lambda brought
the case to the US District
Court in San Francisco, where
oral arguments will be held on
December 17.
In a brief filed on Novem-
ber 8, Lambda argues that
the court can enforce Judge
Kozinski’s order without rul-
ing on the constitutionality
of DOMA, but also maintains
that should the court decide
it must confront that issue,
DOMA is unconstitutional.
The telling point in all four
of these cases is that the
denial of the benefits same-
sex marriage couples claim
has no rational connection
with the reasons the Justice
Department advances for
upholding DOMA. Indeed, it
is hard to know what impor -
tant federal policy is served
by denying equal treatment
to married, tax-paying, lawful
residents — in some cases,
long-time federal employ-
ees — just because they have
spouses of the same-sex.
Of course, it is long past
time for Congress to rethink
DOMA, but pending repeal
legislation lacks suf ficient
support to move forward at
present. So the matter falls
to the courts, and the ques-
tions of the day are: Will the
new strategy of chipping away
at DOMA in narrowly focused
as-applied attacks eventu-
ally result in a definitive dec-
laration of unconstitutional-
ity from the Supreme Court,
relieving Congress of the task
of heavy lifting? Or might an
accumulating body of suc-
cessful trial court decisions
spark a congressional back-
lash, thrusting the infamous
Federal Marriage Amendment
back onto the public stage?
Only time will tell.
24 NOV - 7 DEC 2010
14 DAYS
14 NIGHTS
䉴 DEC 1, from p.22
of those who have died of AIDS. The
American Run for the End of AIDS, Gay
Men’s Health Crisis, and the Interna-
tional AIDS Prevention Initiative ACT
UP New York, AXIOS (Eastern Ortho-
dox LGBT Christians), the Keith Haring
Foundation, Latinos/as Unidos de New
York, SAGE (Services and Advocacy for
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Elders), and Silent Voices United, Inc.
host “Out of the Darkness.” Candles
will be lit at 6 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran
Church of Manhattan, 164 W. 100th
St. at Amsterdam Ave., and partici-
pants will walk from there to Advent
Lutheran Church/ Broadway United
Church of Christ, 2504 Broadway
at 93rd St. There, names will be
read from 6:30-7 p.m., after which a
World AIDS Day Gathering will feature
Reverend Heidi Neumark, the Broad-
way UCC Church Choir, Reverend Elise
Brown, Walter Manley, Deni Bonet, Tif-
fany Simone, Janique Clarke, Francisco
Roque, Cathy Marino-Thomas, Carmen
and Luis Garay, Reverend James Camp-
bell, Reverend Travis Winckler, Emily
Brown, Deacon Terence Franklin, Tiah
Legacy Carrera, and Brent Nicholson
Earle. A reception follows at 8:30.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
Framing AIDS 2010
For the sixth consecutive year,
QMAD, Queens Media Arts Develop-
ment, presents “Framing AIDS,” the
borough’s annual Observance of World
AIDS Day Through The Arts. The three-
week multidisciplinary-cultural event
consists of an art exhibition, film screen-
ings, online media projects, and commu-
nity outreach programs to raise aware-
ness of the epidemic. The art exhibition,
titled “Absence” — curated by media
artist Hector Canonge, who also helms
the monthly Cinemarosa queer film
series in Queens — features the work
of local artists exploring how society
has distanced itself from the concerns,
fears, and active awareness regarding
AIDS. (Queens Museum of Art, Flush-
ing Meadows Corona Park, Dec.
1-19; opening reception, Dec. 1, 5-8
p.m.; closing event and artists’ talk,
Dec. 19, 5-7 p.m.). Film screenings
take place Dec. 4, 2-5 p.m., Jack-
son Heights branch of the Queens
Library, 35-51 81 St. The afternoon
includes Jean Carlomusto’s documentary
“Sex in an Epidemic” (2009), a poignant
account of the safer sex movement in
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to Pravia’s bed, and that Cancel’s shirt
was found in the victim’s apartment.
Cancel’s DNA was not found on Pravia’s
body.
Cancel met Pravia near Union Square
Park early in the morning on August 30,
2008. The two went to Pravia’s West 15th
Street apartment, where Cancel killed
the 19-year-old gay college student. Can-
cel’s accounts of the incident varied, but
he consistently admitted to killing Pra-
via.
The prosecution argued that this was
a robbery gone wrong.
Alperstein called a psychiatrist and
a psychologist who testified to Cancel’s
troubled history, but neither witness
said he was compelled by an extreme
emotional disturbance during the crime.
However, the psychiatrist, Dr. Lawrence
Siegel, testified, “There is some indication
based on the evidence that there may
have been sexual contact between them,
but he doesn’t recall that,” referring to
Cancel. Siegel also said, “It’s also possi-
ble that he may have engaged in behav-
ior that he sees as worse than homicide.”
Alperstein was forced to argue that
without a clear motive or unambiguous
evidence concerning his client’s state of
mind during the killing, the jury would
have to find the reason on their own.
Jeromie Cancel was convicted in the killing of gay college student Kevin Pravia in 2008.
“The key is you have to ask the question:
Why, why did Jeromie Cancel kill Kevin
Pravia?” Alperstein said. “There’s no
other explanation. If it was not his men-
tal illness then why did he do it?”
The prosecution, with its mountain of
evidence, told the jury that all they need-
ed to decide was that Cancel meant to
kill Pravia. “The evidence that the defen-
dant intentionally killed Kevin Pravia
on August 30, 2008 is overwhelming,”
said Steven Nuzzi, an assistant district
attorney who prosecuted the case with
Jessica Troy, also an assistant district
attorney.
Cancel gave ten statements, includ-
ing one written and two videotaped,
to police and the Manhattan district
attorney in which he confessed to the
killing. In addition to the DNA evidence
in Pravia’s apartment, a neighbor saw
Cancel leave there. The cell phone he
stole from Pravia was recovered by
police, and an employee of the store
that bought the phone from Cancel
identified him.
Nuzzi told the jury that the two men
may have had sex or Cancel may have
to rob him or neither of those things may
have happened. “It doesn’t matter, it
doesn’t affect your verdict,” he said. “You
don’t have to be unanimous about what
happened in that apartment.”
In at least one of his statements, Can-
cel said Pravia fell asleep. He began to
rob him and then decided to kill him.
Nuzzi argued that Pravia was awake
when Cancel killed him. Cancel stuffed
a shopping bag down Pravia’s throat
and turned up the volume of a TV to
muffle the sound. “The real reason he
got that plastic bag was to stop Kevin
Pravia from making noise, from cry-
ing out,” Nuzzi said. He quoted Cancel
saying, “I lifted the volume of the TV so
nobody could hear me.”
Nuzzi also attacked the extreme
emotional disturbance defense, say-
ing Cancel’s side did not overcome the
burden of proving its case by a prepon-
derance of the evidence. “There’s not
a single bit, not a single shred of evi-
dence... that the defendant acted under
extreme emotional disturbance,” the
prosecutor said. “The defense is asking
you to assume that happened based on
no evidence at all... It was a simple inten-
tional murder through and through.”
In the end, the prosecutor’s argument
won out, and the jury returned a quick
murder-two guilty verdict.

NEWS BRIEFS By PAUL SCHINDLER

Big News —
Maybe — on HIV
Prevention
A November 23 report out of
the New England Journal of Medi-
cine (NEJM) is showing significant,
though nothing close to absolute,
protection from HIV transmission
through the daily use of Truvada,
a single pill combining two drugs,
tenofovir (TDF) and emtricitabine
(FTC), that is currently used in the
treatment of existing HIV infec-
tions.
Approximately 2,500 gay and
bisexual men, as well as transgen-
der women at high risk for infec-
tion, in the US, Brazil, Ecuador,
Peru, South Africa, and Thailand,
participated in a study by the Pre-
exposure Prophylaxis Initiative
(iPrEX).
NEJM reports that HIV infec-
tions in the half of the group tak-
ing Truvada were 43.8 percent
lower than among those taking
a placebo. Over a median period
of 1.2 years, 100 of those on the
placebo became infected versus
64 of those on the treatment. The
study also found that infection
rates were lower among those on
Truvada who were consistent in
taking their medication every day.
One factor that is likely to tem-
per reactions to the study, however,
is that the 43.8 percent improve-
ment has a wide confidence inter-
val. Expected improvements could
be as great as 63 percent or as
little as 15 percent.
In the US, the two participating
trial sites were the San Francisco
Department of Public Health and
Fenway Health in Boston.
“We had reached a plateau
in preventing the transmission
of HIV,” said Dr. Kenneth Mayer,
Fenway’s medical research direc-
tor, who was a principal investiga-
tor in the trials and co-wrote the
NEJM article. “For more than 15
years, the rate of new infections in
the US has been stuck at about 56
thousand per year; globally, there
are more than 2.5 million new
HIV infections per year. There has
been no downward movement
in this number; which has meant
that we desperately needed a new
approach. Today’s announcement
marks a tremendous step forward
— it’s now possible that within
the next few years, we can signifi-
cantly reduce the number of new
infections.”
“This study demonstrating par-
tial effectiveness of pre-exposure
prophylaxis gives us great hope
that effective biomedical interven-
tions are possible,” said Marjorie
J. Hill, PhD, chief executive officer
of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC).
“Meanwhile, we know that by
far the most effective prevention
technologies remain condoms and
lubricant, and clean needles.”
The Truvada trials employed a
number of key risk reduction strat-
egies, including intensive safer sex
counseling, frequent HIV testing,
condom availability, and treatment
of sexually transmitted diseases.
Project Inform, a group that
works to empower people living
with HIV and AIDS, urged govern-
ment agencies to “waste no time
in assessing the ability of Pre-
Exposure Prophylaxis to slow the
HIV/AIDS epidemic.” However,
it “strongly” urged negative gay
and bisexual men not to attempt a
pre-exposure course of treatment
on their own by securing Truvada
from friends who are positive.
The group also noted the many
unanswered questions about the
“real-world delivery” of such a
prevention approach, highlighting
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䉴 BRIEFS, from p.29 during next week’s special September 18. In his veto blocking traffic. governor’s court.” we’re hoping that it’s in
PUBLISHER & CO-FOUNDER session of the Legislature. message, the governor In an interview with Barry was encour- the final budget he’s pre-
JOHN W. SUTTER in particular the risk that According to Sean pegged the cost of such Gay City News on October aged by Paterson’s new senting at special session.
JWSutter@communitymediallc.com a costly drug intervention Barry, executive director of a cap at $20 million, at 1, Paterson voiced frus- flexibility on the ques- We look forward to his
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & CO-FOUNDER could widen already yawn- VOCAL New York (Voices least in the first year, and tration that the legislative tion of the cap’s cost, proposal and are hoping
TROY MASTERS
troy@gaycitynews.com
ing gaps between affluent Of Community Activists said given the fiscal crisis sponsors, who he said and said the governor that this will happen.”
societies and those strug- & Leaders), the governor facing the state, he could refused entreaties ear- told him he didn’t “care Glick was less concilia-
EDITOR IN-CHIEF & CO-FOUNDER
PAUL SCHINDLER
gling to contain HIV epi- telephoned him at the end not approve new expendi- lier this year to help find if the mayor is pissed off tory in her response.
editor@gaycitynews.com demics in their midst. of last week to say that as tures not offset elsewhere a way to pay for the bill, about it.” Mayor Michael “We’ve been down
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Earlier this year, a part of a deficit reduction in the budget. had “teed the issue up to Bloomberg led the effort this road before,” she said.
Duncan Osborne study among heterosexual plan he will send to the At that time, Barry, who make me the bad guy.” to convince Paterson to “All of a sudden, the gov-
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS women in South Africa Legislature when they with other advocates had In that interview, the veto the measure, citing ernor doesn’t care about
Christopher Byrne (Theater), Susie Day, found that a 1 percent convene on November spent months in discus- governor suggested that estimates by his adminis- the money. He doesn’t
Doug Ireland (International), Brian McCormick tenofovir gel reduced 29, he was prepared to sions with administration the federal government’s tration that it would cost care who he upsets. All
(Dance), Dean P. Wrzeszcz
HIV transmission 39 per- cover the cost of limit- officials, charged, “His reimbursement of more the city and the state $15 this happened before the
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Betsy Andrews, Seth J. Bookey,
cent when compared to ing rents of clients of the budget folks found savings than two-thirds of $1.06 million each per year. veto.”
Anthony M.Brown, Kelly Jean Cogswell, a control group taking an city’s HIV/ AIDS Services that offset most of the billion in Medicaid costs Bloomberg also argued Saying it’s unclear to
Dean Daderko, Tate Dougherty, Andres Duque, inactive placebo gel. That Administration (HASA) costs. To say $20 million is — against which the that “an expensive prec- her whether the governor
Michael Ehrhardt, Steve Erickson, Nick Feitel,
Jim Fouratt, Joe Fyfe, Deborah Garwood, trial, too, emphasized the who receive assistance an act of bad faith.” state budget had imposed edent” was being created ”is looking for a signal”
Erasmo Guerra, Emily Harney, Andrey Henkin, importance of consistent to live in privately-owned Advocates insist the contingency spending by the legislation. “No from legislative leaders,
Frank Holiday, Andy Humm, James Jorden, Brendan condom use. housing at 30 percent of measure would be cost- cuts — provides a vehicle other population in receipt she described Paterson’s
Keane, David Kennerley, Gary M. Kramer, Arthur S.
Leonard, Rachael Liberman, The iPrEx study was their income. neutral or actually save for funding the rental of public assistance in 11th hour interest in mov-
Michael T. Luongo, Lawrence D. Mass, sponsored by the US VOCAL was until money, with reduced assistance. private housing has their ing on the rent cap issue
Winnie McCroy, Eileen McDermott,
Gregory Montreuil, Ioannis Mookas, Carrie Moyer,
National Institutes of recently known as the emergency shelter costs Paterson also sug- rent contribution capped as “surreal.”
Stephen Mueller, Christopher Murray, Health through a grant to New York City AIDS Hous- and less need for emer- gested he was open to at 30 percent of house- “He is the governor,”
David Noh, Wayne Northcross, Lori Ortiz, the Gladstone Institutes, ing Network, and has gency room visits by those re-examining the cost hold income,” a memo Glick said. “We are ready
Pauline Park, Sheila Pepe, John Reed,
Nathan Riley, Andrew Robinson, Gerard Robinson, a non-profit independent spearheaded efforts to who lose their homes. A estimates of the bill. that came out of the may- to look at and, if it’s fea-
Chris Schmidt, Sarah D. Schulman, research organization affil- allow HASA clients liv- study by the finance staff Since that time, how- or’s office argued. HASA sible, fight for a proposal.”
Jason Victor Serinus, Linda Shapiro, iated with the University of ing in private housing to at the City Council, which ever, there has been no rent cap legislation, it She complained, however,
David Shengold, Gus Solomons Jr., David Spiher,
Drew B. Straub, Stefen Styrsky, Jerry Tallmer, California at San Francisco. benefit from the same is on record in support of public progress on the claimed, would create the that Paterson “has always
Stefanos Tsigrimanis, Kathleen Warnock, The Bill & Melinda Gates rental cap that applies to the bill, pegged first-year issue, and on November first housing entitlement taken pot shots” at ideas
Benjamin Weinthal, Lee Ann Westover,
James Withers, Kai Wright, Susan Yung
Foundation provided addi- those living in public and costs at about $4 mil- 9, 18 protesters, includ- “based solely on medical that her colleagues and
tional support. congregate care housing. lion, mainly in start-up ing Duane and executive diagnosis” — an asser- advocates have put for-
ART DIRECTOR
Mark Hasselberger
The federal Centers for Advocates note that many expenditures that would directors or senior staff tion particularly galling to ward for breaking the log-
Disease Control and Pre- of the city’s housing assis- fall away in subsequent from ten city AIDS servic- supporters of the cap who jam.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Jamie Paakkonen vention recently announced tance programs, including years. es and advocacy organiza- point to numerous other Still, Glick said she
findings from a 21-city all housing support fund- West Village Assem- tions, were arrested after rent limitations for public “would be interested in
SENIOR VP OF ADVERTISING/MARKETING
FRANCESCO REGINI study that showed that ed with federal dollars, blywoman Deborah Glick, snarling traffic on Lower assistance clients. talking to the governor,”
francesco@gaycitynews.com nearly one in five gay and limit rents to 30 percent who with Chelsea Sena- Broadway in a die-in. Barry said that Gover- and is waiting to get a
bisexual men are infected of residents’ income. tor Tom Duane is a lead Barry was clearly nor-Elect Andrew Cuomo’s return phone call from him.
ADVERTISING MANAGERS
with HIV, with half of them They also point out sponsor of the rent cap buoyed to hear directly recent endorsement of a One troubling aspect
COLIN GREGORY
colin@gaycitynews.com unaware of their status. that without such assis- bill, noted that the margin from the governor last mid-year budget adjust- of Paterson’s stated goal
tance, this group of HASA of passage in her chamber week, but also noted the ment would give the gov- of getting the rent cap
ALLISON GREAKER
allison@gaycitynews.com Paterson’s clients pay up to 70 per- fell well short of the two- frustrations he and oth- ernor “wind at his back” to done is the fact that his
JASON SHERWOOD
Last Stab at cent of their income on thirds needed for a veto ers have experienced in get his overall plan enact- official November 23
jsherwood@gaycitynews.com 30 Percent rent and are left with just override. extended negotiations ed next week, and argued announcement of next
JULIO TUMBACO Rent Cap? $12 a day to live on. The veto led to a press since the Senate and that a cap price tag of $4 week’s session did not
julio@gaycitynews.com In the latest round of a Legislation imposing conference attended by Assembly completed their million, if that number mention the issue in a
ROBERT LUCARELLI four-year struggle to cap a cap passed the Legisla- numerous state and city work on the bill in the were agreed upon, “isn’t ten-point itemization of
robert.lucarelli@gaycitynews.com rents on more than 10,000 ture earlier this year, but officials as well as advo- spring. going to be the deal killer.” the “full agenda” to be
Please call (212) 229-1890 for city public assistance in a move that stung many cates, where the governor “From our perspective, Responding to news taken up along with his
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clients living with AIDS, who have worked on the was harshly criticized, Deborah Glick and Tom of the governor’s outreach plan to close an estimated
BUSINESS MANAGER / CONTROLLER Governor David Paterson issue at least dating to as well as to a series of Duane and both houses to Barry, Mark Furnish, $315 million deficit.
VERA MUSA
vera@gaycitynews.com personally reached out the waning days of former street protests, at which of the Legislature have a spokesman for Duane, The governor’s office
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■ CURING OURSELVES
To New York Gay Men: Freaked Out? Take Care
I
n the last several months,
a steady drumbeat of anti-
gay attacks — personal,
political, and symbolic — has
unnerved the gay community
across the nation.
In New York, City Council
Speaker Christine Quinn rightly
called the Bronx bias attacks of
three men suspected of being
gay “horrible and unforgivable,”
while Mayor Michael Bloomberg
called humiliated Rutgers stu-
dent Tyler Clementi’s suicide, “a
tragedy.”
Meanwhile, defeated Repub-
lican gubernatorial candidate
Carl Paladino’s ridiculous yet
unretracted comments about
gay men’s be-Speedoed antics at
pride parades set a new low for
an already inflammatory public
figure —and cost him any real
shot at victory.
As mental health practitio-
ners working with the gay com-
munity, we applaud the vigor-
ous response to these demon-
strations of intolerance and
ignorance, both on the part of
gay men and our beloved allies.
But we feel it is vitally important
to add to the condemnation of
anti-gay violence, discrimina-
tion, and hate speech a warn-
ing about the emotional conse-
■ A DYKE ABROAD
E
arlier this m o n t h , I
went back to Louisville
for the first time in 13
years. My mother still lives
there, as well as my father, his
second wife, and my oldest
sister’s family. My other sister
came in from Colorado with
her husband and kid.
I set the “reunion” as far as
possible from the landmine
holidays of Thanksgiving and
Christmas — when every-
thing’s supposed to be so hap-
py-family and lovey-dovey that
people all over the country
have to get drunk to stand the
sight of each other, and more
than one gun goes off before
you get to the pie. I wasn’t
going to give them a queer to
aim at — even if things have
BY SHANE SPICER, MD, & CHRISTOPHER MURRAY, LCSW
quences of gay men’s lightning
rod status in the current culture
wars.
Especially here in New York,
gay men exist in an oddly
ambiguous social position — as
both an empowered and respect-
ed subculture and in a crucible of
sometimes harsh cultural conflict.
As much as we feel rightly com-
fortable holding hands walking
down many streets of Chelsea
or Fort Greene or Washington
Heights, each one of us remains
subconsciously wary, knowing
the possibility, however remote,
of winding up on the cover of the
Post following some atrocity.
It’s important that we all drag
this subconscious awareness
of our vulnerability into the
light so that we can deal with it.
There is probably no gay man in
New York who didn’t feel endan-
gered growing up, subject to the
taunts or the threats of social
and familial isolation and exile,
whether physical or emotional.
Playwright and public intel-
lectual Sarah Schulman’s ter-
rific recent book, “Ties That
Bind” (thenewpress.com), dis-
cusses familial homophobia with
remarkable insight and laser-
sharp focus. (Doug Ireland’s
November 12, 2009 review in Gay
In Kentucky At the Breeder’s Cup
changed, kind of.
As in most of the US, the
state of LGBT folks in Ken-
tucky varies from region to
region, city to city, and house
to house. In Louisville, one
teenage girl I met, lured into
the ROTC by promises of rock-
climbing trips, passed a semes-
ter or two arguing with her
colonel, defending gays in the
military and women’s rights.
Across town, another young
girl spent several weeks cir -
culating a petition to preserve
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and
she’s not even in the ROTC
yet. She wears bits and pieces
of her brother’s uniform, and
the two do drills when they’re
bored. She’s my niece, and
everybody says she’s exactly
City News, “It Has to Be Said,”
is linked in the online version of
this story at gaycitynews.com.)
Schulman makes the case for the
ways in which kids who go on to
become gay adults are shunned
in their families for perform-
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ing gender roles differently than
expected. That sense of rejection,
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she argues, follows us into adult-
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Taking care of ourselves emotionally
becomes a necessary act of
resistance, resilience, and health.
hood, impacting the quality and
depth of our relationships.
These forces go largely unno-
ticed and remain submerged
in the vast majority of gay men.
This is why, when so much neg-
ative energy is focused on us,
as now, taking care of ourselves
emotionally becomes a neces-
sary act of resistance, resilience,
and health.
Even the remarkable “It Gets
Better” viral video series, while
an extraordinary expression of
love for the next generation of gay
people, stirs up tremendously
difficult emotions and may tear
BY KELLY JEAN COGSWELL
like me. And despite herself,
she liked me.
Then there’s my mother.
When my cousin picked me
up at the airport, she told me
she’d been lecturing the old
dame to be more accepting or,
failing that, bite her tongue.
“I don’t know how I’d feel if
one of my kids had made that
choice, but you still have to
love them and welcome them
into your house. And their
companions, too. They’re your
kids, even if you don’t agree
with their lifestyles.”
She meant it kindly, but I
would have tur ned around
and headed home right then,
if I hadn’t taken half a Xanax.
Still, whatever she said to my
mother worked. Mom didn’t
Perspective /31
the scabs off of barely-healed
wounds.
Gay men of New York: Rec-
ognize that we live in times of
extraordinary change in how we
are viewed and in the ways we
can live our lives. That is great
in many ways, but please don’t
ignore how the tabloid coverage,
water-cooler conversations, and
sheer incidence of targeting can
take a real toll on us emotionally.
Talk about the impact on you
of these events with your loved
ones, other gay men, and sophis-
ticated, caring allies. As much as
you play the “teacher” role with
family or ill-informed others,
make sure you are getting plenty
of nourishment from people who
understand the full complex-
ity of how wonderful and scary it
remains to be a gay person these
days.
If you become preoccupied
with the incessant onslaught of
troubling and frightening news,
exactly ask after my girlfriend
of 17 years, but she did button
her lip, and because I did, too,
we passed our visit together
in a relative truce. We went
through pictures, and like the
pro reporter I am, I asked lead-
ing questions and let her chat-
ter about whatever crossed her
mind until she approached a
dangerous subject.
It was what I was there for
— to visit parents aging at an
accelerating rate. To show my
face. Which is the literal truth,
especially for my mother, who
can’t stand the rest of me, in
particular the rebellious brain
packed with a lesbian lifetime.
I stayed at a hotel the first
few nights where the lobby was
deluxe and the rest under con-
reach out for support and help
from those who love you or one
of the many counseling centers
or practitioners who competently
and sensitively provide care to our
community. Don’t pretend noth-
ing’s happening or that is doesn’t
really effect you.
A client recently discussed
reading about Tyler Clementi’s
death in the newspaper and
expressed sadness at that des-
perate act. But the client never
made the seemingly obvious and
important connection to his own
lived experience as an adolescent
completely isolated from his fam-
ily and peers for fear of rejection
or attack. When the parallel was
pointed out to him, his realiza-
tion was to say in stunned tones,
“That truly could have been me.”
When that realization hits,
it carries a powerful emotional
punch. Sometimes it ain’t easy
being a queen. Take care of
yourselves, take care of each
other.
Shane Spicer, MD, a psychia-
trist and Christopher Murray,
LCSW, a psychotherapist, are
both in private practice in Man-
hattan. You can contact them at
shanespicermd@gmail.com or
christophermurray.org.
struction, with its long dark
halls nearly deserted until a
slew of visitors arrived for the
Breeders Cup at Churchill
Downs. What synchronicity. I
ate a hamburger at the Dairy
Queen and huddled in bed. My
girlfriend emailed me a post-
election article celebrating the
victories of “out” politicians,
including Jim Gray, who was
elected mayor of Lexington. I
was glad things were changing
in the state, even if not in time
for an exile like me.
The visit with my father was
calm. When I was done smil-
ing and nodding to almost
every surviving relation in
Kentucky and the neighbor -
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“These fanatics screamed
homophobic insults at us and
chanted religious songs and
slogans, threw eggs at us, and
finally tore down our posters,
banners, and rainbow flags, at
which point we ended the dem-
onstration after about 40 min-
utes,” Efremenkova said.
She noted her disappoint-
ment that police did a wholly
inadequate job of protecting the
gay activists from the violent
counter -demonstrators. The
40-some police present were
outnumbered by more than two
to one by the homophobic dem-
onstrators.
“The police explained to us
they weren’t expecting so many
of them,” Efremenkova said.
“But that is no excuse for not
following Russian law and pro-
tecting our right to free speech.”
In another first, the gay activ-
ists’ rally received coverage on
local St. Petersburg TV stations,
which are government con-
trolled.
“Although most media cover-
age focused on the egg-throwing
by the homophobes,” Efremen-
kova told Gay City News, “the
impact of breaking the silence
on homosexuality cannot be
overestimated. Seeing strong,
proud gay people speaking out
and standing up for themselves
and declaring they want the
same human rights as everyone
else inspires many people —
especially those gays in the clos-
et and young people struggling
with creating their own identity
in a homophobic society — to
know they are not alone.”
The demonstration was also
extensively covered on Echo
Moscovy, a popular independent
radio station heard throughout
the country.
“Most Russian gays are in the
closet, so visibility and coming
out are our path to a brighter
future of freedom and our day in
the sun,” Efremenkova empha-
sized.
The gay rights rally was orga-
nized by Equality St. Petersburg,
a fledgling direct action group of
lesbians and gays founded in
February with the help of Niko-
lai Alexeyev, the courageous
young Moscow lawyer who has
been the lead organizer of the
banned Moscow Gay Prides and
the founder of gayrussia.ru, the
gay human rights news web-
site that has been the principal
catalyst for modern Russian gay
organizing. Alexeyev was in St.
Petersburg at that time in con-
Despite the success of Saturday’s rally, gay rights activists (above) were greatly outnumbered by
anti-gay protesters, including religious extremists and also skinheads, who eventually broke up
the event.
nection with a gay rights dem-
onstration at which 12 activists
were arrested. (For a profile of
Nikolai Alexeyev and his work,
see this reporter’s June 24,
2010 article, “Moscow’s Man of
Action, which is linked in the
online version of this story.)
“Nikolai was terribly impor-
tant in helping organizing our
group,” Efremenkova told this
reporter. “His example and his
experiences in gay organizing
were inspiring and invaluable
lessons for us.”
Alexeyev told Gay City News
that at that February meeting, “I
related our five years of experi-
ence and struggle around Mos-
cow Pride and told them we’d
support whatever they do. But
I told them, ‘You have to choose
your own way to fight for your
rights,’ and I reassured them
that they had the right to decide
for themselves what they want-
ed to do.”
The soft-spoken Efremen-
kova traces her own decision to
become a gay activist to seeing
the film “Milk,” which starred
Sean Penn as the gay activist
who was elected to the Board
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010
our actions, and another dozen
supporters who come from time
to time.”
After the visibility of Satur-
day’s successful demonstration,
Efremenkova said, Equality
St. Petersburg’s plans include
launching its own website, now
in preparation, and “recruiting
new people to join us. We want
to recruit you, as Harvey Milk
used to say,” she noted with a
chuckle.
There are no public actions
COURTESY: GAYRUSSIA.RU
planned in St. Petersburg for
the winter months —“You know
that our winters are very cold!,”
Efremenkova said. The next big
focus for Equality St. Petersburg
will be the third annual Slavic
Gay Pride march to be held
there next June 26.
Slavic Gay Pride was founded
in November 2008 by Alexeyev
and his colleagues in the Mos-
cow Pride committee in col-
laboration with activists from
Gay Belarus, the LGBT group in
that former Soviet republic, the
Belarusian Initiative for Sexual
and Gender Equality, and the
LGBT Rights Committee of the
Belarusian Green Party.
The first Slavic Pride was held
in Moscow — and broken up by
police — at the time a delegation
COURTESY: GAYRUSSIA.RU
of Belarusian gay activists trav-
eled to the Russian capital dur-
ing the Eurovision song contest,
a popular annual event televised
of Supervisors in San Fran-
cisco and assassinated by a
all over Europe.
This year’s Slavic Pride took
place in the Belarusian capi-
homophobic ex-colleague from tal of Minsk, but was violent-
that body. The film was com- ly crushed by police in that
mercially released in Russia. authoritarian country, with a
“It was after seeing ‘Milk’ dozen activists arrested.
that I decided I had to do some- “We will come out for Slavic
thing,” Efremenkova told me, Pride even if we don’t get per-
saying she next began contact- mission to hold it!” Efremenko-
ing people who could form the va declared of the scheduled St.
nucleus of a new, militant activ- Petersburg version next sum-
ist organization. “Some I’d met mer.
in discussions after an LGBT She said that the ECHR rul-
film festival, others I knew from ing that bans on Moscow Pride
a Day Against HIV we’d held in were illegal was “definitely a big
December 2009, and some I influence” on the decision by St.
met through social networking Petersburg authorities to grant
on the Internet,” she said. permission for Saturday’s dem-
After pulling that group onstration.
t o g e t h e r, E f r e m e n k o v a Just as important, Alexeyev
explained, “it was after our pointed out, were two October
meeting with Nikolai Alexeyev federal district court decisions
that I was inspired to organize in St. Petersburg invalidating
the first St. Petersburg Gay that city’s prohibition on gay
Pride, which we chose to have pride demonstrations.
on June 26 this year to com- “The city has very smart law-
memorate the Stonewall Rebel- yers, and adding those district
lion, of course.” That event, court decisions to the ECHR
however, was banned by the city ruling, they saw they could be in
authorities. a world of trouble if they didn’t
“Now,” she said, “we have a grant permission for Saturday’s
core group of about ten people
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the US, and Dan Wolman’s feature film
“Tied Hands,” (2006) the story of a sen-
sitive and complex relationship between
an Israeli mother and her ailing HIV son.
The online media projects will be
launched Dec. 1 at framingaids.us.
For complete information on QMAD’s
programs, visit qmad.org.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
COMEDY
That Sanking
Feeling
In what he’s billing as a celebration
of the first night of Hanukkah, come-
dian Adam Sank, who has appeared on
NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” truTV’s
“Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumb-
est Criminals,” and Here-TV’s “Hot Gay
Comics,” presents episode two of “That
Sank Show,” in which he will be joined
by Ali Wong, voted SF Weekly’s Best
Comedian of 2009; Scott Ryan from
Here TV’s “Hot Gay Comics;” and vocal-
ist Racgek Bytera. It would be a shanda
if you missed it! Bar-Tini Ultra Lounge,
642 Tenth Ave., btwn. 45th & 46th St.
There is no cover charge.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
FILM
THU.DEC.2
Down Home
Trouble
NewFest, New York’s annual June
LGBT film festival, and 92Y Tribeca pres-
ent a new film from director John G.
Young (“Parallel Sons,” “The Reception”).
In “Rivers Wash Over Me,” a gay New
York City teen faces devastating chal-
lenges when he’s sent to live with family
in the South. Racial and sexual politics
take their toll on a family and, ultimately,
a community, in this drama about com-
ing to terms with oneself against terrible
odds. Young will conduct a post-screen-
ing Q&A. 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St.,
btwn. Vestry & Debrosses Sts., just
below Canal St., 7:30 p.m. Admission
is $12.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
PERFORMANCE
Ebenezer en
Español
Charles Rice-González’s “Los Nutcrack-
ers: A Christmas Carajo,” directed by Jorge
Merced, interweaves two holiday classics,
“The Nutcracker” and “A Christmas Carol,”
and creates a queer Latino play about a
gay couple who go on a psychedelic trip
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through their lives one Christmas Eve.
The arguing between Carlos and Gabriel,
together for almost 15 years, reaches the
queer heavens from which comes a ghet-
to thug/ diva spirit to guide them. The
Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
(BAAD!), 841 Barretto St., btwn.
Garrison & Lafayette Aves., Hunts
Point. Dec. 2-4, 8-11, 8 p.m. Tickets are
$20-$25 at BronxAcademyOfArtsAnd-
Dance.org or 718-842-5223.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ became the country’s “window
ACTIVISM
SAT.DEC.4
AIDS and Human
Rights
The links between fighting AIDS
and the ongoing struggles to win full
dignity and human rights for the LGBT
community and those living with HIV
is the focus of a Bronx AIDS Services
(BAS) World AIDS Day Conference.
“Many Stories… One Voice: The
Ongoing Struggle for Human Rights”
is a day of workshops that looks at
domestic violence and HIV violence,
the role of faith communities, parent-
ing, ageing and AIDS, and the persis-
tence of homophobia, transphobia,
and bullying. BAS’ GoGirl! Theatrical
Troupe will perform, and continental
breakfast and lunch will be served.
Fordham University, 441 E. Ford-
ham Rd., McGinley Center Faculty
Lounge, second fl., on the portion
of the campus opposite the Botan-
ical Gardens, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For
more information, contact 718-295-
5605, x.263 or communityservices@
basnyc.org. Collaborating organiza-
tions include the Black Leadership
Commission on AIDS, the Bronx Pride
Center, the Council for Senior Centers
and Services of NYC, the Gay and Les-
bian Anti-Violence Project, and the
LGBT Community Center.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ “Sobyanin has never publicly
PERFORMANCE
Pride Flying High
The Youth Pride Chorus, whose
amazing “It Gets Better” video (youtube.
com/watch?v=F9tSmwqpWQM) has
gotten nearly 90,000 hits, raises the
roof in its December show “Flying.” The
show will include electrifying dance,
cutting-edge spoken word, and hits by
Sarah McLachlan, the Rolling Stones,
and Queen, among many. The Kitchen,
512 W. 19th St., 6 & 8 p.m. Tickets are
$20-$45 at youthpridechorus.org.
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䉴 RUSSIA, from p.32
demonstration,” Alexeyev said.
“The city did not even appeal
those court judgments against
them.”
St. Petersburg is one of Rus-
sia’s great tourist destinations,
with such well-known attrac-
tions as its network of canals,
the immense art collection in
the Hermitage, and the sump-
tuous Winter Palace of the for-
mer czars, the seizure of which
capped the October 1917 Revo-
lution that brought the Bolshe-
viks to power. It has historically
been considered the most Euro-
pean city in Russia ever since it
to the West” during the reign of
Peter the Great. Even during
Soviet rule, St. Petersburg prided
itself on its reputation as cultur-
ally cosmopolitan and more lib-
eral than other Russian cities.
The sort of unfavorable glob-
al publicity provoked by the
repeated bans on gay pride cel-
ebrations in Moscow by its ultra-
homophobic former mayor, Yuri
Luzhkov, is clearly at odds with
St. Petersburg’s efforts to contin-
ue luring Western tourists. That
factor undoubtedly played into
the city’s calculation in granting
Equality St. Petersburg permis-
sion to demonstrate.
At the end of September, after
18 years as Moscow’s mayor,
during which the notoriously
corrupt Luzhkov and his wife
became billionaires, he was fired
by Russian President Dmitri
Medvedev as he became mired in
yet another ethical scandal. The
new mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, a
loyalist of Russia’s strongman
prime minister, Vladimir Putin,
was appointed by Medvedev and
approved by the Moscow City
Council last month.
Gay City News asked Alexeyev
if, given his win at the ECHR,
there had yet been any indica-
tion of the new mayor’s attitude
toward gays or Moscow Pride.
expressed his views on homo-
sexuality, and so far there has
been absolutely no reaction on
the part of city authorities to the
ECHR decision,” he responded.
But on November 16, the news
website Gazeta.ru published a
letter penned by Moscow’s pros-
ecutor general, Yury Semin,
demanding that police crack
down on opposition groups plan-
ning unsanctioned rallies, with
authorities bringing charges as
soon as organizers announce
their plans. Human rights advo-
cates say that Semin’s proposal
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010
Among those gay activists on hand in St. Petersburg on November 20 was Moscow-based Nikolai Alexeyev (in tie and stocking cap).
is not based on Russian law, and
could be considered applicable
to the kind of unauthorized gay
public actions Alexeyev has orga-
nized for the last five years.
And on November 22, the
daily Kommersant quoted Rus-
sia’s top magistrate, Constitu-
tional Court Chief Justice Val-
ery Zorkin, telling a law forum
in St. Petersburg this past
weekend, “Russia, if it wishes,
may withdraw from the juris-
diction of the European Court
of Human Rights.”
Zorkin added that the
right of recourse to the Euro-
pean Court could be seen as
“encouraging those in Russia
who want any excuse” to side-
step their own courts at home.
To cut off Russians from the
European Court, the Russian
government would have to pull
out of the 47-member Council
of Europe, which it joined in
1996 — a move which would
severely damage its relations
with Western Europe.
Alexeyev responded to Zor-
kin’s comments by saying, in
an e-mail, “This is not the first
attack of the head of the Consti-
tutional Court of Russia against
the European Court. His ‘argu-
ments’ are senseless.
“It’s worth noting that the
Constitutional Court managed
to make a decision supporting
the law which bans propaganda
of homosexuality to minors in
one region of Russia. While this
regional law clearly contradicts
the Constitution, his Court con-
firmed it does not. While it obvi-
ously contradicts the European
Convention, his Court said it
does not. I can’t even imagine
the blast at him when the Euro-
pean Court gives its decision in
this case. And this case is also
pending with the UN Human
Rights Committee.”
Reuters reported it had been
told by a member of Medvedev’s
administration that Zorkin’s
proposal would most likely not
be approved by the Kremlin. “I
do not think we are developing
backwards just yet,” he told Reu-
ters on condition of anonymity.
But the success of Equal-
ity St. Petersburg in winning
the right to demonstrate is a
clear vindication of the young
Moscow lawyer’s two-pronged
strategy — a series of militant
direct actions, including civil
disobedience, in defiance of the
more than 200 bans on gay
events in Russia in the last five
years, which have raised the
visibility of Russian gays and
their human rights struggle, fol-
lowed by a long and patient fight
in the courts using Russia’s
own laws, constitution, and the
international treaties which it
has signed to hold authorities
accountable and to expand free-
dom of speech and assembly.
In the course of his intrepid
fight, Alexeyev has been arrest-
ed countless times, and, in
the most bizarre government
harassment aimed at him, in
September, he was subjected
to a frightening 72-hour ordeal
in which he was kidnapped,
drugged, and intimidated by
Putin’s security forces in an
attempt to get him to withdraw
the ECHR lawsuit he only weeks
later won. (See this reporter’s
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September 29 article, “Glob-
al Outcry Frees Russian Gay
Leader.”)
Just back from St. Peters-
burg, Alexeyev spoke to Gay
City News via cell phone early on
November 22 as he was heading
to yet another court hearing —
the first in his legal challenge
to Moscow’s ban on a demon-
stration he and his colleagues
planned outside of the Moscow
office of the Council of Europe
early this month in support of
their victory at the ECHR.
“This ban was particularly
outrageous and discriminatory
because the Moscow authorities
had authorized a large homopho-
bic demonstration in the very
same place protesting the ECHR’s
ruling,” Alexeyev said.
Every one of these pro-gay
efforts in Russia is crucial, from
the perspective of activists there.
“People in many countries
made this first legal gay rights
demonstration here possible,”
Equality St. Petersburg’s Efre-
menkova told this reporter. “Gay
Pride means the whole history
which has gone before in all the
countries in which homosexual-
ity was once a crime. It’s easier
for us to speak out because of
what the world’s LGBT commu-
nity preceded us in doing. But
it’s such a long struggle...”
The full text of the European
Court of Human Rights historic
decision in “Alexeyev v. Russia,”
in English, is online at tinyurl.
com/3az2sdf. Doug Ireland can
be reached through his blog,
DIRELAND, at http://direland.
typepad.com/.
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a wonderful role model for the
kids,” she said.
Richard Goldhaber, Fred’s
brother, said in his eulogy that
Fred was “my hero” and “saved
lives, saved people.”
Fred taught at tough Wingate
High School in Flatbush for 17
years, and Richard recalled his
brother taking his entire class
to see “The Nutcracker Suite”
in Manhattan and paying for it
out of his own pocket, saying
he “wanted to show them that
there’s another life out there”
beyond the experience of their
neighborhood.
Joe Kennedy, who worked
alongside Fred at GAA in 1971,
wrote, “As a public school teach-
er in the 1970s, Fred could have
been fired if his identity as a gay
activist were revealed.” Fear-
ing that the driver might bail
out on the civil disobedient par-
ticipants, Fred marched in the
Christopher Street Liberation
Day Pride March “with a sign
identifying himself as a NYC
public school teacher — and a
paper bag over his head so as
not to get fired.”
Kennedy also recalled a GAA
䉴 PEE-WEE, from p.23
Pee-wee’s corny, retro-hip
brand of humor feels fresh as
ever. Hidden among the barrage
of mostly funny but throwaway
jokes is a wisp of a plot concern-
ing Pee-wee’s desire to fly and to
have the playhouse rewired for
Internet service. At unpredict-
able intervals, a screen descends
to show a kitschy video. Natu-
rally, there’s a vintage Penny
cartoon.
It would be easy to dismiss
these shenanigans as puerile
puffery, but if you listen closely,
a few jokes touch a nerve. When
Pee-wee discovers his mail has
been opened, Mailman Mike
deadpans, “It makes us all safer,
Pee-wee.” Jambi does an impres-
䉴 KENTUCKY, from p.31
ing states, I went to stay with
an old classmate who wasn’t at
all put off by reconnecting with
a big dyke. She has one for a
sister-in-law, in fact, and tells
a queer -themed story about
bonding with her husband-
to-be at a Presbyterian youth
event. After some homopho-
bic kid mouthed off, the two
exchanged glances, asking, “Do
Fred Goldhaber (in foreground, with glasses holding book), with fellow members of the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus at a 2008 appearance at
the Columbus Circle Barnes & Noble.
zap against Adam Wallinsky, a
former aide to Bobby Kennedy
who wrote a virulently anti-gay
diatribe in the Daily News in
1977. The group chartered a
bus for 50 activists to go up to
Scarsdale for the action. Fear-
ing that the driver might bail
out on the civil disobedience
participants, Fred and his then
partner R. Paul Martin used
their car to strategically block
the bus from taking off with-
out them after the demonstra-
tion, “a courageous and clever
move,” Kennedy wrote.
Wayne Sunday, another GAA
vet who was with Fred when he
sion of the Earth, inquiring, “Is it
just me or is it getting warmer?”
(His question is ignored.)
Slyly mocking the issue of
teen sex, Pee-wee shows off his
“abstinence ring,” which he
claims protects him from carnal
sin. There was even a spin on a
line from “Whatever Happened
to Baby Jane?”
The cleverest bit is when Pee-
wee finally connects online, after
a lengthy series of dial-up buzz-
es and squawks, and instantly
becomes a viral demon obsessed
with social networking and col-
lecting friends. “You already have
friends here,” says Chairry with
a sigh.
For those in the know, the
show also celebrates Reubens’
comeback after his 1991 arrest
you agree with that?” When
both shook their heads no,
a heterosexual romance was
born.
I talked politics with her
husband, who teaches social
studies at a high school for
“at risk” kids. He said the girls
were incredibly open, going
around arm in arm, declaring
they were lesbians, partly to
provoke, partly to experiment
without knowing entirely what
24 NOV – 7 DEC 2010
died, said that Fred was part of
a small group of activists in the
early 1980s who organized a
watchdog group called the Gay
Media Alliance, which was a
precursor of the Gay and Lesbi-
an Alliance Against Defamation.
Howie Vaiselberg, a fel-
low chorus member, does
Cher impersonations, where
he dresses as the legend and
scares a “fake” Cher off the
stage. One night the “fake”
Cher didn’t show up, and short,
bearded Fred, who really want-
ed to play Sonny, stepped into
the role, boas and all. “Before
you knew it, he was Cher! He
in a porn theater for indecent
exposure and, years later, from
a second scandal over wheth-
er a cache of vintage, mostly
homoerotic materials contained
images of underage individuals
in sexual situations. (The latter
charges were eventually dropped,
and it’s funny how the harmless
solo porn theater incident had
already derailed his career for a
decade, while a drunken, coked-
up Charlie Sheen, found naked
after abusing a female prosti-
tute and trashing his Plaza Hotel
room, was welcomed back to his
TV show with open arms.)
And if you think “The Pee-wee
Herman Show,” directed by Alex
Timbers, is afraid to poke fun
at Reubens’, er, bad stroke of
luck, you’re wrong. More than
it meant.
Queerish boys were more
reticent. And with cause. When
one kid from a troubled fam-
ily came out as bi, his family
gave him a lot of crap. A cou-
ple days later, he disappeared
from school and hadn’t been
heard from since. Maybe the
school was blamed for putting
those notions in his head, and
they sent him somewhere else.
Maybe he got the crap beat
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NIGHTLIFE
Positively Moving
CHRIS JOHNSON
208 Dance @ The Center pres-
ents “Poz Dance” in conjunction with
World AIDS Day. DJ Gant Johnson
provides the music. LGBT Commu-
nity Center, 208 W. 13th St., 9 p.m.
Admission is $10; free with GMHC ID
almost looked better than me!” card. Presented in cooperation with
Vaiselberg wrote. “That five PzGMnNYC.grouply.com/, Strength-
minutes was one of his fondest InNumbers.tribe.net/, and tribes.
memories.” tribe.net/pozdatez.
Fred’s nephew, Mark Gold- ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
haber, wrote that after his ill-
nesses forced him to leave
teaching, Fred “became a New
York Civil Court mediator at the
Manhattan and Brooklyn Medi- PERFORMANCE
SUN.DEC.5
ation Center and a peer media- Henry VIII Had
tor at Bailey House,” a Village Time to Write
residence for people with AIDS. Music
Father Tom Orions, another fel- My Lord Chamberlain’s Consort,
low chorus member who led the an ensemble that includes Ruth
service, said, “He knew how to set Cunningham, soprano, Renaissance
people free. Fred, remember us to flute, and recorder; Pat O’Brien, lute
God who you know so well.” and cittern; Andy Rutherford, lute;
Lisa Terry, viol and vielle; and Mar-
cia Young, soprano and harp, pres-
one off-handed allusion is made ent “A Renaissance Christmas.” The
about the incident, like the letter performance includes four centuries
he receives signed by “Lou from of seasonal music from England and
prison.” the Continent, including works by
The script, by Reubens and William Byrd, King Henry VIII, and
Bill Steinkellner, is fraught with Michael Praetorius, and excerpts
naughty double entendres. Pee- from Playford’s “Dancing Master. ”
wee is awestruck by the Fire- Madison Avenue Presbyterian
fighter’s “huge hose.” Mailman Church, 921 Madison Ave. at 73rd
Mike compliments Pee-wee’s St., 3 p.m. Admission is $15; $10 for
“cute package.” students & seniors at the door. Chil-
In the middle of the 90-min- dren under 12 admitted free.
ute, intermissionless show, ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
one especially raucous, fist-
pumping gentleman in a goofy Light Opera’s Best
getup was escorted by secu- The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Play-
rity from the theater. The guy ers, America’s foremost G&S ensemble,
beside me kept texting with continues its season with “The Yeomen
his annoying, glowing phone. of the Guard,” or “The Merryman and
Normally I’d insist he stop, but His Maid,” considered the most operatic
given the hi-jinks onstage and in the oeurve. Set in the Tower of London
off, I just let it go. during the turbulent reign of Henry the
Eighth, this is the story of a gallant pris-
oner falsely accused, two girls who love
out of him and can’t leave the him, and an out of work itinerant jester.
house. The company performs under the artistic
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■ IN THE NOH
Aussie Power in the Pit
Magnifica Magnani, Lenny’s legacy, a tiny classic
BY DAVID NOH
I
f you look over to stage left
during “American Idiot,” you
will see a very cool-looking
female on keyboards who hap-
pens to be the show’s music
director.
Her name is Carmel Dean,
whom I first met ten years ago
when she was accompanist to
a fellow Australian cabaret per-
former, Trevor Ashley, at Don’t
Tell Mama. She was amazingly
talented back then, but even
I couldn’t have envisioned the
amazing career she’s had in the
decade since.
I met her again at Angus
McIndoe, next door to the St.
James, where the hit musical
plays, and she told me how she
got involved with “Idiot”: Com-
poser “Tom Kitt I met very brief-
ly at a concert. We had mutual
friends and knew each other’s
work — and he called me out of
the blue and said he was work-
ing on this untitled punk project
using the music of Green Day’s
“American Idiot,” which Michael
Mann was directing. They were
putting together a reading of
just the music without any stag-
ing. Green Day came to it and
loved everything even at that
early stage and said, ‘Go ahead.’
“The next workshop didn’t
happen for another six months,
but then we had choreography
by Steven Hoggett and Green
Day loved it, and have been
from day one completely sup-
portive. They’ve really embraced
this crossover of genres and
opened up their world to us and
likewise us to them. [Frontman]
Billie Joe Armstrong’s wife Adri-
enne has been married to him
since they were in their 20s,
and they have these two gor-
geous kids, and she said this is
the most exciting thing they’ve
ever done. How can that be true
after countless Grammies and
amazing experiences all over
the world? But I guess there’s
something so special about the
Broadway community and put-
ting on a show. You become
part of a family.
“I’d always loved Green Day,
and every time I heard them I
was reminded of Heath Led-
ger because we were in a high
school production together
Carmel Dean has performed cabaret and is a
composer, but her current claim to fame is as
musical director and keyboardist at “Ameri-
can Idiot.”
in Perth, and he came into
rehearsal one day and said, ‘You
gotta listen to this CD.’ It was
Green Day’s ‘Dookie,’ which we
all became obsessed by. I told
Billie Joe that story and he got
a big kick out of it. Heath was
a great guy and, oh yeah, you
could see the talent, but more
than anything the charm. All
the girls had crushes on him,
and I knew one who had made
out with him one night and,
boy, was she the luckiest!”
Explaining the path of her
career, Dean said it grew out of
“the smartest thing I ever did. I
was in the NYU graduate school
program and one of my advisors
was William Finn, who taught
lyrics. One of the first days, I
told him I loved his work — bor-
derline crazy fan stalkerish —
but if he ever needed anyone
to help him with anything, I’d
love to do it. And that started
it because it was through him
that I was at Great Barrington
with Finn’s ‘Spelling Bee’ that
summer I met Tom Kitt, who
called me to do ‘Idiot.’ I’ve been
really lucky.”
Dean also music-directed
shows for Chita Rivera, with
whom she went on several
Atlantis gay cruises: “The most
fun I’ve ever had in my life —
and talk about feeling like roy-
alty — when you walked into
the dining room with Chita,
everyone would literally stop
and clink-clink their glasses,
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screaming ‘Chita! Chita!’ from
every corner. She’d be like, ‘My
people are here!’ She’s maybe
the greatest performer I’ve ever
worked with, such a genuine
triple threat and so gracious
and generous — and very little
ego. Just enough of ego which
makes her the performer she
is, but it’s about sharing herself
with everybody, and she never
forgets where she came from —
the chorus — and treats every-
one accordingly.”
It has not escaped Dean
that “there are not that many
women orchestra conductors.
The image of one is a white man
in tails in the pit with a baton. A
lot of people mention this to me,
and I don’t know of any other
lesbian conductors. I’m actu-
ally technically bi, because I’ve
always had boyfriends, since my
first at 19, who totally broke my
heart. It’s a cliché, but true — I
fall in love with the person, and
have had great relationships
with men and women.
“I met my first girlfriend at
22, and I called my parents in
Perth and told them. My Mom
said the greatest thing: ‘As long
as you’re happy, it’s fine with
us,’ and they’ve been supportive
in whatever choices I’ve made
— very lucky because so many
people don’t have that. I’m with
an amazing woman now, she’s
in the business but behind the
scenes. I had met her before,
but we hooked up at the Tonys,
so thank you, Antoinette Perry!”
Dean’s true ambition is to
compose: “I mean, I went to
grad school for that, but it’s
crazy and wonderful that a
music direction career evolved
so quickly, and I haven’t been
able to figure out how to do both
at once. Although the show is
up, there are always under -
study rehearsals and new cast
auditions or somebody’s sick.
I’ll probably have to take a break
from directing to write a Broad-
way show. I have a couple of
ideas and am not afraid to write
melody. I love Sondheim, but
love a good, singable tune, too.”
Whatever happens, Dean
has an eternal souvenir from
the show, her first tattoo: “I got
it in LA, when Green Day invit-
ed us to perform with them on
the Grammies and, unbeliev-
ably, we followed Elton and
Lady Gaga. I’d always wanted
one, and during rehearsals, I
approached Billie Joe and asked
him if he knew of a good tattoo
artist. He looked at me like, ‘Are
you serious?,’ as he’s covered in
them, and said as a matter of
fact his personal guy was com-
ing over that night to do one of
the band members. So I got it
that night, and we celebrated
with champagne!”
The tat itself? The coolest vin-
tage Aussie matchbox with a
1940s redheaded chick on the
cover.
I
n any consideration of the
greatest film actresses of the
past century — Lillian Gish,
Katharine Hepburn, Vivien
Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, Simone
Signoret, Jeanne Moreau —
Anna Magnani holds a special
place for the sheer life-loving
magnetism she brought to every
role, consummately delivering
joy to the viewer. She’s at her
irrepressible best in “The Pas-
sionate Thief” (1960), which Lin-
coln Center’s Film Society (Wal-
ter Reade Theater, 65th St. near
Amsterdam Ave., filmlinc.com)
is showing on November 26 and
30, in tribute to Italian screen-
writer Suso Cecchi d’Amico.
Magnani plays Gioia, a bom-
bastic actress who endures
the most disastrous Roman
New Year’s Eve in which she’s
dumped by fake friends, duped
by a sexy hustler (a young,
devastating Ben Gazzara), and
even thrown into jail. None of
this gets her down for long, and
from her first scene, hilariously
dressed as an ancient Roman
matron shrieking “Miracolo!”
while filming a tawdry Cinecit-
tà biblical epic, she thoroughly
delights and, of course, breaks
your heart. Watching her antics
— entering a party with star-
tling blonde hair someone says
makes her look like Kim Novak,
chanting “Chachacha” — and
sudden explosions, there will be
a permanent smile on your face
— especially when she deliv-
ers choice putdowns to bother-
some creatures: “There are four
compass points. Choose one
and start walking!,” or “Listen
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14 NIGHTS
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official, and a Lord High Executioner
(Dec. 29, Jan. 1-23 p.m.; Dec. 30, 8
p.m.; Dec. 31, 7 p.m.); “Trial By Jury,”
an over-the-top send-up of the legal
system, with a lecherous judge, an
all-male jury, a gold digging plaintiff, a
self professed cad of a defendant, and
a sleazy lawyer turning the courtroom
upside down (Mar. 20, 5p.m.); and
“G&S Sing-Along,” which allows the
audience to join in (May 22, 5 p.m.).
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
MUSIC
TUE.DEC.7
Where Have All the
Old Songs Gone?
The New York Choral Society opens
its 52nd season with a holiday cel-
ebration featuring Peter Yarrow and
Noel Paul Stookey from the iconic folk
trio Peter, Paul & Mary. Led by Robert
De Cormier, the singers join the Choral
Society in traditional holiday carols as
well as their newly recorded version
of “‘Twas the Night Before Christ-
mas.” Yarrow and Stookey also per-
form a collection of their time-honored
classics, including “This Land is Your
Land,” “Weave Me The Sunshine,”
and, of course, “Puff, The Magic
Dragon.” The evening will close with
Yarrow and Stookey’s new arrange-
ment of “Auld Lang Syne,” performed
in tribute to the late Mary Travers.
Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall,
881 Seventh Ave. at 57th St., 8 p.m.
Tickets are $40-$150 at nychoral.org,
carnegiehall.org, or 212-247-7800.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
PERFORMANCE
THU.DEC.9
Simply Boobra
Emcee Sweetie hosts Dirty Mar-
tini, Taylor Mac, Darlinda Just Darlin-
da, Clams Casino, and Viva DeConcini
and her incredible seven-piece band
in a burlesque tribute to Barbra Stre-
isand. Joe’s Pub, inside the Public
Theater, 425 Lafayette St. , btwn.
E. Fourth St. & Astor Pl., 11:30
p.m. Tickets are $12 at joespub.com
or 212-967-7555, or $15 at the door.
For table reservations, guaranteeing
a seat, call 212-539-8778. Table ser-
vice includes a two-drink or $10 food
minimum.
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pera composers like to take their
audiences to glamorous exotic
places. Thanks to Verdi, Mass-
enet, and Bizet, I’ve recently had a tour
of Spain — through the eyes and ears of
a true Italian and two Frenchmen.
Opera Orchestra of New York present-
ed its first full concert opera since 2008,
introducing new musical director-des-
ignate Alberto Veronesi on October 25.
Veronesi conducted a double bill of Mas-
cagni’s familiar “Calvélleria Rusticana”
paired with Massenet’s 1894 rarity, “La
Navarraise.”
The works have a common thread —
“La Navarraise” was written for the vola-
tile Emma Calvé, a famous Santuzza and
Carmen. Massenet dipped a manicured
Gallic toe into the stormy waters of veris-
mo — the one-act opera was nicknamed
“Calvélleria Espagnola.”
In honor of Veronesi’s arrival, a con-
stellation of stars made OONY debuts.
Roberto Alagna took the tenor lead in
both operas, but one wonders how much
he rehearsed the Mascagni opera. He
was the only soloist reading a score,
despite having sung the role onstage
quite recently. In fresh refulgent voice,
Alagna’s tendency to sing slightly sharp
can translate into brilliant squillo in the
theater. A moving final aria — finally off
book — made up for earlier vagaries.
Maria Guleghina’s imposing dark tone
and powerful brooding presence made
for an effective Santuzza despite a lack
of chest tones and a few flat high notes.
Seventy-nine-year-old mezzo Mignon
Dunn as Mamma Lucia wielded some
good upper middle notes and declaimed
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“Calvélleria,” the singers and conductor
seemed in disagreement over tempos.
“La Navarraise” showed more prepara-
tion with all the singers keeping careful
watch on their scores and the conduc-
tor. “Navarraise,” however, is not as inde-
structible as “Calvélleria,” and despite
some charming incidental music, the
central dramatic passages are second-
drawer Massenet.
The story is basically an updated
Judith and Holofernes reset during
Spain’s Carlist wars. Anita, a woman of
Navarre, offers to kill the enemy leader
in exchange for a dowry. Her violent act
results in the loss of her lover’s life and
her own sanity. The role needs a dement-
ed diva to put it over. Elena Garanca,
currently marketing her blonde, blue-
eyed self as opera’s leading Latin spitfire
with her new CD “Habanera,” is anything
but that.
In a role without a major aria, Garan-
ca’s creamy homogenous tone again
pleased. But her lack of verbal profile
and coloration kept the dramatic tem-
perature below the boiling point — the
insane hysterical laughter that ends the
opera was omitted. Alagna’s authentic
French delivery and commitment could
not take up the slack, as his role is sub-
sidiary.
Ildar Abdrazakov sang impressively
as the General. Despite high-level musi-
cianship all around, one could see why
“Calvélleria” has kept the stage while
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with some real heart, demon-
strate that even working with a
formula, they can find fresh and
funny things that appeal to both
kids and adults — though kids
under 8 probably won’t be ready
for the two-and-a-half hours.
Matthew Sklar’s music is
bright, bubbly, and very “tune-
ful.” Chad Beguelin’s lyrics are
more contemporary; one rhyme
with “Beth Israel” made me
laugh out loud.
The show has been given a
top-notch production. Casey
Nicholaw’s direction keeps
everything moving and the
humor and energy high, and
his choreography is fun and
witty. David Rockwell’s set
is a children’s book come to
life, particularly the scenes in
Rockefeller Center and Macy’s.
Gregg Barnes’ contemporary
costumes are terrific, and his
elf costumes are an explosion of
color and whimsy.
The cast is wonderful. Sebas-
tian Arcelus as Buddy man-
ages the nearly impossible feat
of being innocent without being
cloying. On stage nearly the
entire time, Arcelus holds the
show together very well. Amy
Spanger plays Jovie, the girl
Buddy falls in love with. Initial-
ly, she is creeped out by Buddy,
but ultimately this hard-bitten
New Yorker falls hard for the
new guy in town — and Span-
ger does it very well. Her great
comic number in the second
act, “Never Fall in Love,” shows
off her amazing voice.
Other cast standouts are
Beth Leavel, as the editor’s wife
and Buddy’s stepmother, and
George Wendt, who does a turn
as Santa, bookending the show.
The tireless ensemble is terrific,
playing everything from midget
elves to harried office workers
— and dancing up a storm all
the time.
The show is unapologeti-
cally a throwback, but the sort
that works at the holidays.
“Elf” throws in all the seasonal
tropes — ice-skating, the Herald
Square Macy’s, and a miracu-
lous denouement. There are
also priceless moments, like a
chorus of Santas in a Chinese
restaurant on Christmas Eve
Sebastian Arcelus and the cast of “Elf,” which plays the Hirschfeld through January 2.
complaining “Nobody Cares
About Santa,” or the happy end-
ing, which is completely over
the top and hilarious.
Sometimes delightful enter-
tainment is its own reason and
its own reward. “Elf” only plays
through January 2, so if you
miss it, hope there’s a return
next year.
O
bscurity often has its
reasons as well. “Per-
sonal Enemy,” written
by John Osborne and Anthony
Creighton in 1953, deals with
McCarthyism and the fear and
loathing it directed toward
political outcasts including
homosexuals. Osborne, primar-
ily known for his searing play
“Look Back in Anger,” exploring
the disaffected and unhappy
after World War II, attempted to
bring some of that rage into this
play, but it falls flat.
To contemporary audiences,
the subject is well-worn, and
the story of a family torn apart
by a gay son and the McCarthy
dragnet has been told much
better. The overly talky script
cries out for cutting and focus,
and it pales against contempo-
rary political drama, notably
the current revival of “Angels in
24 NOV - 7 DEC 2010
JOAN MARCUS
America.” The Fallout Theatre
from London, though, is mak-
ing a point of presenting “Per-
sonal Enemy” for the first time
uncut and as written as part of
the Brits Off Broadway Series at
59E59. They might better have
saved their energies.
David Aula’s direction does
absolutely nothing with the
play, and the cast, though
earnest, is not really up to the
challenge. They can’t really
be blamed. This is an imma-
ture work whose power comes
nowhere close to that of the pol-
itics that inspired it. Its obscu-
rity is well-deserved.
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READING
FRI.DEC.10.
Heartbreak & Other
Homo Driftwood
Longtime New York Jay Blotcher,
who now lives further up the Hudson,
reads from his essay of homo heart-
break, “When Calvin Met Hobbes,”
which appears in a new anthology of
first-person gay writing, “I’m from Drift-
wood.” The anthology emerged out of a
website launched last year by Nathan
Manske of Driftwood, Texas. Manske
will also read from his writing tonight.
LGBT Community Center, 208 W.
13th St., 6:30-9:30 p.m. This event is
free and refreshments will be served.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ now owns as surely as Roz Rus-
MUSIC
Spiritual Roots of
Hope
To open its 18th concert season,
the Empire City Men’s Chorus, a gay
men’s ensemble dedicated to the per-
formance of classical music, presents
“Better Day A Comin’: Songs Of Hope
From The Gospel & Spiritual Tradi-
tions,” celebrating works with Afri-
can-American and Appalachian roots.
The program features guest artists
including the Will Buthod Trio, soprano
Diana Solomon-Glover, and the Young
Men’s Division of the Brooklyn Youth
Chorus Academy. Church of the
Blessed Sacrament, 152 W. 71st
St., 8 p.m. Also, on Dec. 14, 8 p.m.,
at Church of St. Ann & the Holy
Trinity, 157 Montague St. at Clinton
St., Brooklyn Heights. Tickets are
$20-$30 at empirecitymenschorus.org
or the door. A portion of the proceeds
will benefit the Trevor Project, which
maintains a hotline to counsel LGBTQ
youth at risk for suicide.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ eyed reserve suits Carmen,
The Impossible
Dreamboat
Steven Reineke leads the New York
Pops in a celebration of the season with
a program of timeless carols and holiday
favorites, featuring Tony Award-winner
Brian Stokes Mitchell. Renowned for his
rich and commanding baritone, Mitchell
(“Kiss Me, Kate!,” “Man of La Mancha,”
and “Ragtime”) was dubbed Broadway’s
“last leading man” by the New York
Times. Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh
Ave. at 57th St. Dec. 10-11, 8 p.m.
Tickets are $33-$106 at the box office or
calling 212-247-7800. More information
䉴 JUMP, continued on p.39
at carnegiehall.org.
䉴 IN THE NOH, from p.36
horseface, if you sunk any lower
you’d strike oil.”
ity Opera threw open
its doors to our commu-
nity on November 6 with
“Glitter and Be Gay,” a festive
event in connection with the con-
cert “Lucky to Be Me: The Music
of Leonard Bernstein.” After sit-
ting dutifully through the largely
classical first half (which could
have used surtitles, as much of
the music was decidedly unfa-
miliar, even sung in English),
we were treated to Bernstein’s
Broadway work, which had the
effect of igniting fires under every
seat.
Donna Murphy walked away
with much of it, redeeming her-
self after her unimaginative
bucktoothed stridency as Lotte
Lenya in the execrable “Love/
Musik.” She sang “100 Easy
Ways to Lose a Man,” which she
sell ever did. During the eve-
ning’s inescapable highlight, the
“Tonight” quartet from “West Side
Story,” she stalked onstage as
Anita (a role she must have died
to play), sang sizzlingly about her
“kicks,” and then struck a high
diva pose, hand on hip, back to
the audience.
Christine Ebersole was
charming as the female cabbie in
“On the Town”(opposite a fetch-
ingly cornpone Michael Urie),
but could definitely have used
a stylist. Cheyenne Jackson (no
surprise) was swoon-inducing on
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“Navarraise” seems stuck in the
past.
Garanca brought her Car-
men back to the Metropolitan
Opera with last year’s promis-
ing new Don José, Brandon
Jovanovich. Garanca’s cat-
but her tone seemed one size
too small and rather soprano
in timbre. Jovanovich was
often dramatically stolid, with
stiffness creeping into his high
notes. I am impressed with his
stylish French diction and soft
singing in the lyrical music,
but the tone became fragile
and recessed in dramatic pas-
sages.
Nicole Cabell’s lush, soft-
centered tone was stretched
by the outspoken climaxes of
Micaela’s third-act aria. John
Relyea’s Escamillo sang out of
the side of his mouth in a tone
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“Lucky to Be Me,” and made an
ideal Tony to Kelli O’Hara’s “West
Side Story” Maria. An absolutely
splendiferous-looking Shequida
regaled the queer crowd after-
wards with her trademark high
notes and low jokes.
T
he tenth annual Mahin-
dra Indo-American Arts
Council Film Festival
brought bracing creative energy
and color to Chelsea at the SVA
Theater, which was awash with
fascinating Indian film person-
alities and offered a non-stop
open bar during the screenings.
I loved the closing night feature,
Dilip Mehta’s delightful “Cooking
with Stella,” which zeroed in on
the tricky relationship between a
diplomatic couple and the hired
help, namely their chef (Seema
Biswas) who teaches her boss
man how to cook New Delhi-
style while hilariously padding
her salary.
I also caught Sanjoy Nag’s
“Memories in March,” which
dealt with a bereaved mother
(Deepti Naval) discovering that
her dead son was gay, still quite
bold subject matter for Indian
cinema.
Both Biswas and Naval (who
told me she is directing a feature
with more gay content) were in
attendance, and it was startling
to note how young and glamor-
ous they looked, after ruthlessly
shedding themselves of all van-
ity to play their older charac-
ters. (Hey, Hollywood girls: when
these actresses were worried,
their foreheads actually moved!)
more grainy than suave.
Conductor Edward Gardner,
the hottest stick waver in Brit-
ain right now, made an uneven
but promising debut, mixing
good ideas with shaky execu-
tion. Richard Eyre’s produc-
tion was improved by the deci-
sion to keep Carmen and Don
José downstage left and off the
turntable for the final tableau.
The medieval Spain of Ver-
di’s “Il Trovatore” (reset in a
Goya-inspired 19th century by
director David McVicar) seems
an alternate universe to the
veristic operas discussed above.
Caruso said that all you need
for “Il Trovatore” are the four
greatest singers in the world.
The talented quartet the Met
wielded for this revival’s open-
ing night seemed better suited
to verismo or French opera.
Patricia Racette, singing with
increasing ease over a cold,
evinced dramatic and musical
Donna Murphy was a highlight of the Broadway music portion of the November 6 “Glitter and Be
Gay” event honoring Leonard Bernstein.
Although our own Steve Erick-
son did not care for it, Lena Dun-
ham’s “Tiny Furniture” is such
a special film in my opinion that
I want to add my three cents. I
found it a real chick flick in the
rarest but best sense of the word,
a small classic that nails a cer-
tain segment of Manhattan life,
particularly 20-somethings, cast
adrift after college, as we all were
at that age.
The kids depicted here are as
privileged as those in “The Social
Network,” but where those char-
acters were almost uniformly
odious, these are really endear-
ing, all the more so for their foi-
bles. Remember those nowhere
jobs we all had to take at some
point, undiminished sibling
rivalry, remote parents, com-
intelligence as Leonora. Her
un-italianate tone, however,
is too bright and shallow, her
best qualities wasted in this
purely vocal role. Marcelo Alva-
rez as Manrico was mellifluous
in cantilena but punchy in the
heroic passages, the tone los-
ing center.
Željko Lucic has a genu-
ine Verdi baritone but one
too thick and booming for the
high-lying legato of “Il Balen.”
Marianne Cornetti’s Azucena
revealed a brilliant top register
but lacked biting chest tones.
Cornetti’s gypsy looked too
blandly maternal for her fero-
cious stage business.
Conductor Marco Armiliato
was attentive to the singers’
needs while keeping the show
moving.
A true taste of Spain was
provided by Xavier Montsalvat-
ge’s one-hour children’s opera
“El Gato con Botas” (“Puss in
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pletely insensitive guys we were
besotted by — living in the very
hope —and friends who could be
as annoying as they were neces-
sary?
“Tiny Furniture” features all
of these, with perfect pitch and
timing and a star-making perfor-
mance by the irresistible Jemima
Kirke, all beautifully shot on a
Canon EOS 7D HDSLR camera
with such elegance that many
other filmmakers are rushing to
do the same.
Small wonder that achingly
young Dunham has already
been signed up by HBO.
Contact David Noh at Inthe-
noh@aol.com and check out his
new blog at http://nohway.
wordpress.com/.
Boots”) presented at the New
Victory Theater in a Gotham
Chamber Opera and Tectonic
Theatre Project co-production,
in association with Blind Sum-
mit Theatre.
Moises Kaufman’s produc-
tion retold the Perrault fairy
tale with childlike humor and
fantasy executed with adult
sophistication.
Conductor Neal Goren
understood the flamenco and
Spanish art song qualities of
Montsalvatge’s witty, angular
score. A young cast augmented
by a bevy of delightful puppets
enlivened every moment.
May I suggest Gotham
Chamber Opera revive this in
repertory with their production
of Respighi’s “La Bella Dor -
mente nel Bosco”? Opera-lov-
ing children and adults would
be as deeply in their debt as the
opera’s poor Miller is to his dap-
per cat.
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