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End of an era, as Lambda Rising to close

Owner Maccubbin says
‘mission accomplished’
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@dcagenda.com
Lambda Rising, a bookstore serv-
ing the LGBT community in the
nation’s capital for 35 years, is clos-
ing its D.C. store in Dupont Circle and
its remaining out-of-town store in
Rehoboth Beach, Del., in January.
The closings, announced last
week, become another in a series of
gay bookstores that have shut down
in recent years in other cities, includ-
ing New York and Baltimore.
Deacon Maccubbin, 66, the
store’s founder and co-owner, told
D.C. Agenda in an exclusive inter-
view that he plans to retire soon and
that he and co-owner Jim Bennett,
his domestic partner of 32 years,
decided they would rather close the
stores than sell them to a new owner
who might change their focus and
mission.
“The phrase ‘mission accom-
plished’ has gotten a bad rap in
recent years but in this case, it cer-
tainly applies,” Maccubbin said.
“When we set out to establish
Lambda Rising in 1974, it was
intended as a demonstration of the
demand for gay and lesbian litera-
ture,” he said, noting that few if any
mainstream bookstores and news-
stands carried gay-related books and
periodicals at the time.
“Today, 35 years later, nearly
every general bookstore carries
GLBT books, often featuring them in
special sections,” he said.
Maccubbin said the Internet also
enables people today to access
LGBT-related information from
almost any location in the country,
accomplishing yet another part of
Lambda Rising’s mission: to provide
up-to-date information to a communi-
ty that could not obtain it elsewhere.
He said he first opened the store
in June 1974 in a converted town-
house on 20th Street, N.W., near
Dupont Circle, with an initial invest-
ment of $3,000 and an additional
$1,000 borrowed from a local gay
activist. The shop consisted of 300
square feet of space and just 250
gay and lesbian book titles.
“That’s all there were at the time,”
Maccubbin said.
The store, along with the LGBT com-
munity and gay civil rights movement,
grew dramatically over the next three
decades, moving in 1977 to a larger
storefront space on S Street, N.W., a few
blocks away. In 1984, the store moved to
its current location at 1625 Connecticut
Ave., N.W., in a storefront building that DC Agenda photo by Aram Vartian
Maccubbin and Bennett own.
Lambda Rising will close in January after a 35-year run.
Continues on page 6

No DOMA repeal
next year: Nadler
Congressman says bill — known as the Respect for
virginiaagenda Marriage Act — at the end of the two-

Smokers forced into the cold at Freddie’s Beach Bar as

‘can’t pass right now,’
Virginia’s smoking ban goes into effect. Page 10 sees action on other
measures in 2010
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@dcagenda.com
The sponsor of a bill that would over-
turn the Defense of Marriage Act said
repeal won’t happen in this Congress
and that efforts next year will instead be
focused on building support on the issue.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said
in an interview with DC Agenda that
nightlifeagenda lawmakers will work on passing other
pro-LGBT bills next year, and could
Miss Gaye America D.C. pageant at Ziegfeld’s. Page 30 take up legislation to repeal DOMA
year session starting in 2011.
“The Respect for Marriage Act is a
bill that we can’t pass right now; we
know we can’t pass it right now,” he said.
Nadler said Congress won’t take up
the DOMA repeal next year because
other LGBT-related bills, including the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act,
legislation providing partner benefits for
LGBT federal workers and a repeal of
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” are taking prece-
dence. Supporters hope to pass those
measures by the end of 2010. DC Agenda photo by Michael Key
“The Respect for Marriage Act
comes up after that, maybe at the Rep. Jerrold Nadler said the Respect
end of the next Congress, maybe for Marriage Act, which would over-
afterward,” he said. turn the Defense of Marriage Act,
won’t pass next year.
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localagenda

Fenty pledges to meet with Trans woman charged

in carjacking of
AIDS activists after sit-in arrests U.S. senator’s daughter
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has
agreed to meet with representatives of
an AIDS group coalition that staged a
sit-in outside his office Dec. 1 as part
of a World AIDS Day protest.
Two people with the group D.C.
Fights Back were arrested during the
sit-in after they refused to obey a
police order to stop blocking an
entrance in the John A. Wilson city
hall building.
Christine Campbell, vice presi-
dent for national advocacy at
Housing Works, which pushes for
subsidized housing programs for
low-income people with HIV/AIDS,
said her group joined the protest
because the city has failed to reduce
a three-year waiting list for AIDS-
related housing in the District.
She said repeated meetings with
officials at the city’s Department of
Health and the mayor’s office result-
ed in “nothing happening,” prompting
the groups to stage the sit-in to
Photo by Joe Tresh demand a meeting with the mayor.
“The system has to be fixed if
Mayor Adrian Fenty we’re actually going to have better
health outcomes here in the District,”
she said. “We knew a woman who
was [number] 382 on the waiting list
and she called to get an update on
where she was,” Campbell said.
“They said, ‘We’re not giving num-
bers anymore.’ They’ll tell someone
who applies for housing now that
there are about this many people on
the list and you’ll have to wait about
three to five years.”
Dena Iverson, a spokesperson for
the Department of Health, said her
office was “continuing its efforts to
maximize funding for housing assis-
tance and [will] work with those wait-
ing for housing to help them access
services or other potential routes to
stable housing situations.”
Michael Kharen, a spokesperson
for the city’s AIDS office, said the
waiting list for a federally funded
AIDS housing program stands at
about 500 names. He said there are
other housing assistance programs
for people with AIDS in addition to
the federally funded one, and the city
is taking steps to place people in
need into those programs.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
A transgender woman awaiting possible placement in a court-ordered
counseling program was one of two people charged last week with alleged-
ly carjacking a vehicle a U.S. senator’s daughter was driving in D.C.
Prince George’s County police arrested two suspects at a Taco Bell
restaurant in Seat Pleasant, Md., about an hour after they allegedly pulled
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker’s daughter Julia Corker, 22, from her Chevrolet
Tahoe while she was stopped at a red light at Seventh and D streets,
N.W., police said. The two reportedly drove away in the vehicle and later
parked it outside the Taco Bell, which is located near a police station.
The transgender woman, who according to D.C. court records uses the
name Gabrielle, was identified by police by her legal name, DeWalden
Connor, 22, of Capitol Heights, Md. The other suspect was identified as
Steven Alston, 25, of Northeast D.C. Both suspects were held this week in
Prince George’s County on $75,000 bond pending their extradition to D.C.
Records in D.C. Superior Court show that at the time of her arrest,
Connor was awaiting placement in a special diversion program following
an Oct. 21 arrest in D.C. on a charge of sexual solicitation. The records
show the diversion program is operated by Helping Individual Prostitutes
Survive, which is based in Adams Morgan.
HIPS Executive Director Cyndee Clay said privacy rules prevented her
from disclosing the names of participants in the program. She said the court
and the U.S. Attorney’s office have retained HIPS to operate the program,
which provides counseling and skills training for trans women arrested on
prostitution related charges. Diversion programs call for the dropping of first-
offense charges against enrollees if they successfully complete the program.
Court records show that Superior Court Judge Kaye Christian was
scheduled to rule Dec. 17 on whether Connor should be accepted into the
HIPS program. It could not immediately be determined if the carjacking
arrest would adversely affect her chances of being accepted in the program.
According to an account released by the senator’s office, D.C. police,
Capitol Hill police, the FBI, and Prince George’s County police responded with-
in minutes of Julie Corker’s report of the carjacking. The law enforcement agen-
cies arranged for the tracking of the vehicle through its OnStar anti-theft, glob-
al positioning device, police said, which resulted in county police finding the car.
Police charged Connor and Alston with unauthorized use of a vehicle
and theft of over $500. The two could be charged with additional offenses
upon extradition to D.C.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.

Gay group to co-sponsor

DC Agenda photo by Michael Key
The D.C. Council is set to vote Dec. 15 for the second and final time on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
conservative convention
A gay conservative group will co-sponsor a prominent national conserva-
tive convention next year and could have a speaking role at the engagement.
Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud, told DC Agenda on
Tuesday that his group will be among those sponsoring the Conservative
Political Action Conference, which is set to take place in D.C. in February.
“It’s the most important annual gathering of conservatives in the coun-
try,” he said. “And it’s important for gay people and gay conservatives to
have a voice at that conference. And we’re glad to be there and to provide
that representation.”
LaSalvia said his group contributed $4,000 — the minimum amount
needed — to co-sponsor the conference. He said it’s unclear at this point
whether GOProud’s sponsorship means one of its members will speak at
the event, but noted that information should emerge in the coming weeks.
A spokesperson for CPAC didn’t immediately respond to DC Agenda’s
request for comment.

D.C. marriage equality rally set for Dec. 14
A rally in support of the D.C.
same-sex marriage bill is scheduled
to take place Dec. 14 at a city recre-
ation center — the night before the
City Council holds its second and
final vote on the Religious Freedom &
Civil Marriage Equality Amendment
Act of 2009.
The rally, set to begin at 7 p.m. at
the Kennedy Recreation Center at
1401 Seventh St., N.W., is being
hosted by the same-sex marriage
advocacy group Campaign for All
D.C. Families, D.C. Clergy United for
Marriage Equality, and the Human
Rights Campaign. Representatives
of other groups and members of the
City Council who back the marriage
bill also are expected to participate.
Meanwhile, in anticipation of the
Council’s expected approval of the bill,
Ward 5 Advisory Neighborhood
Commissioner Robert King announced
this week that he’s sent letters to every
member of Congress calling on the fed-
eral lawmakers to block or overturn the
D.C. same-sex marriage measure.
Like all D.C. bills, the marriage
measure must undergo a congres-
sional review of 30 legislative days.
The review is expected to begin
later this month after the Council
passes the measure and Mayor
Adrian Fenty signs the bill, as he
has promised, and the bill is sent to
Capitol Hill.
Both Democratic and Republican
observers on Capitol Hill have agreed
that the Democratic-controlled Congress
is expected to block attempts by
same-sex marriage opponents to
overturn the bill. Democrats have said
D.C.’s local, home-rule government
should be allowed to pass its own laws
unhampered by Congress, even if
some members of Congress don’t
agree with a particular law.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
It’s not the first time a gay group has been among the sponsors for
CPAC. In 2005, the Log Cabin Republicans was among the co-sponsors.
Patrick Guerriero, then-president of Log Cabin, and Chris Barron, now
GOProud’s board chair but then Log Cabin’s political director, represent-
ed the organization at the event, according to ABC News.
At the time, ABC News reported that the American Conservative
Union, which coordinates CPAC, wanted to have Guerriero debate Family
Research Council President Tony Perkins during a panel discussion.
But a conservative source told ABC News that the Family Research
Council wouldn’t participate in the debate and hinted it might withdraw its
co-sponsorship unless the panel was canceled. A Family Research
Council spokesperson denied that her organization threatened to with-
draw its sponsorship, but the panel never took place.
LaSalvia said he’s not expecting GOProud’s sponsorship of next year’s
CPAC to be controversial.
“I mean, we’re conservatives just like the other participants of the confer-
ence, and so we’ll be there as part of the conservative movement,” he said.
CHRIS JOHNSON
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‘HIV will never be curable,’ doctor tells forum

Photo by Leigh Slaughter
‘I’d like to think we could get a vaccine for
HIV but with the complexity of the virus,
I’m not sure,’ said Dr. Michael Pistole at
a community forum last week.
Wisecracking Pistole
mixes humor with
sobering message at
community event
By DAVID J. HOFFMAN
Special to DC Agenda
“Get tested, listen to the experts,
and lead the responsible life,”
declared Michael Pistole, the sexa-
genarian sexologist and sometime
wisecracking medical doctor speak-
ing at a meeting on surviving the
AIDS and hepatitis C viruses.
“Hepatitis C can be cured, but HIV
will never be curable, since it gets
into your DNA,” Pistole said.
Speaking before a group of about
100 doctors, nurses, patients and other
community members gathered at the
Hotel Palomar for dinner and a “Survival
Forum,” Pistole summed up his mes-
sage of safer sex this way: “Realize it’s
not just you, it’s the rest of the world.”
Pistole’s message was punctuat-
ed by quips and risqué double-
entrendres, to put people at ease
and lighten the serious message
about how exposure to HIV is still a
real fear, while peppering the audi-
ence with sobering facts and figures
underscoring that reality.
“Yes, it’s a controllable situation —
with antiretroviral drugs — and you can
live a normal lifespan, long enough in
fact to die from something else, but we
have to accept the fact that [HIV is] just
like herpes, that will also never be
cured, and you can’t take a vaccine for
the common cold either.”
As for a vaccine to prevent expo-
sure, he said, “I’d like to think we could
get a vaccine for HIV but with the com-
plexity of the virus, I’m not sure.”
Hepatitis B, for example, has a vaccine,
he pointed out, but hepatitis C does not.
As his slideshow continued, the
audience could literally read the writ-
ing on the wall — currently 1.1 million
adults and adolescents exposed to the
virus in this country, with pockets of
greater exposure according to race,
ethnicity and gender.
For example, per 100,000 people
in the U.S. in 2006, the most recent
year for such data, there were an
estimated 395 white males and 63
females exposed to the virus, com-
pared to 2,388 African-American
males and 1,122 females, and 883
Hispanic males and 263 females.
Exposure rates per 100,000 people
were estimated for 2006 at 220
among Asian males and 46 females
and 340 American Indian and Alaska
Native males and 127 females.
Pistole, 64, is an internal medicine
specialist in private practice in the
Washington, D.C., metropolitan area
where he has been caring for HIV and
hepatitis C patients since 1982.
Exposure to the viruses continues, said
Pistole, with risky sexual behavior ram-
pant now in cities like D.C. where the inci-
dence of virus carriers is skyrocketing,
especially among African Americans.
According to Pistole, of total new
infections recorded in 2006, 46 per-
cent were African American, 36 per-
cent were white, and 18 percent
Hispanic, with approximately the
same such proportions for men, but
strikingly for women it was 61 percent
African American versus 23 percent
white. The highest risk factors remain
IV drug use and male-to-male sexual
contact, which had been decreasing
as a cause of exposure but is now
edging up again, said Pistole.
Among his other observations is
what he called the antiviral “drug of
the month” phenomenon, spurring
some patients to say, “I want to try it,”
something Pistole said should be dis-
couraged by doctors.
Following his address, Pistole took
questions and comments from the audi-
ence, including a memorable exchange
with Michael Sainte-Andress, a 60-year-
old resident of Logan Circle diagnosed
with HIV in 1986.
“It’s very important to develop
empowerment,” Sainte-Andress said.
“You are the captain of your ship and
everyone else on board is a deck hand.”
Pistole replied that “the doctor is
not the captain of your ship, but he can
be a little bit more than a deckhand.
He can be on board as your engineer.”
Sainte-Andress is a local actor
who recently played the role of
Leonato in the Folger Theatre produc-
tion of “Much Ado About Nothing.”
The event was sponsored by Peter
Metaxotos, sole proprietor of Alpha
Drugs, the Dupont Circle pharmacy at
1638 R Street, N.W., Suite 260. The
next such forum, Survival Forum VIII,
will be held in January with a trans-
gender summit planned for March.

Locals lament impending closure of Lambda Rising

Continued from page 1

In the intervening years, the two

opened branches of the store in
Baltimore, Norfolk, Va., and Rehoboth
Beach. In 2003, Lambda Rising bought
the Oscar Wilde Bookshop in New
York’s Greenwich Village, recognized
as the nation’s first gay bookstore, hav-
ing opened in 1967. Maccubbin said
Lambda Rising bought that store to
save it from closing.
After more than three years of
helping rebuild the Oscar Wilde
store, Lambda Rising sold it to its
manager, to return it to its status as a
locally owned business. But earlier
this year, due to the national eco-
nomic downturn, the New York owner
said he was forced to close the store.
In its three decades of operation,
Lambda Rising became one of the
nation’s first gay businesses to
advertise in mainstream publications
and the first to advertise on TV in the
1970s. It has brought in hundreds of
authors to its various store branches,
including Andy Warhol, Sandra
Bernhard, Armistead Maupin and
Rita Mae Brown.
“Closing the store now will certain-
ly leave something of a hole in
Washington’s literary and political DC Agenda photo by Aram Vartian
scene, and even though I’m excited
about the opportunities that will open Lambda Rising, which opened in 1974, will close in January as its owners prepare to retire.
up for us as we move into the next
phase of our life, there is a bittersweet Maccubbin said he and Bennett are as a nationally recognized gay com- of the publications found there will be our community,” he said.
component to it all,” said Maccubbin. happy to offer advice and support munity resource. unavailable elsewhere. Lambda Maccubbin said the store will
“But the book market has been for someone interested in opening But he said he regrets that at Rising will be truly missed. Progress begin a holiday sale as early as this
changing dramatically, the GLBT another LGBT bookstore in Washington. least one aspect of the store’s mis- is often sad.” weekend for many of its books and
community has been making Veteran D.C. gay activist Frank sion has not been accomplished. Rick Rosendall, vice president of other products, such as gifts items.
progress by leaps and bounds, and Kameny, who described himself as a “No non-gay bookstore that I the Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance, He said a “huge liquidation sale” will
35 years is enough time for any per- loyal customer of Lambda Rising know of has a gay section with con- called Lambda Rising a “landmark” begin immediately after Christmas,
son to devote to any one thing,” he since it opened, said Maccubbin and tent remotely comparable to that of for the LGBT community. with the store expected to close in
said. “It’s just time to move on.” the store deserve “enormous credit” Lambda Rising,” he said. “And many “It will certainly be a major loss for early January.
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virginiaagenda
Butts out in the cold as Va. gay bar goes smoke free
Some welcome
change at Freddie’s,
others decry it
By HARLEY DENNETT
Special to DC Agenda
There was fresh air, fresh faces
and perhaps not quite so many raspy-
voiced karaoke songs at Freddie’s
Beach Bar & Restaurant last week as
Virginia went smoke free.
Business hasn’t declined since
the Dec. 1 changeover, and some
patrons even said they were enticed
back or came for the first time as a
result of the smoking ban.
“It’s much more pleasant inside,”
said Tom, a Crystal City man who
declined to give his last name. A
smoker, he has a non-smoking
partner. The pair shuffled back and
forth between the warmer entrance
patio and the cold of winter’s first
snow outside.
“I support the ban,” he said. “I’ve
only lived in Virginia for three years.
Before that I lived in New York City.
They had the ban. Before that,
Boston. They had the ban. It’s an
incentive to smoke less.”
D.C. and Maryland banned smok-
ing in bars and restaurants in 2006
and 2008, respectively. Freddie’s was
the last remaining gay bar in the
metro area to allow smoking.
Not everyone at Freddie’s sup-
ports the ban. Ophelia Bottoms,
Freddie’s Saturday night DJ and drag
host reserved her anger for the
Virginian government.
“It was forced on us,” she said. “I
think it’s funny that we’re the tobacco
state and you can’t smoke inside. I
perform in the city and Maryland, this
was the only place left to perform
where you could still smoke.”
“Now it’s cold outside — really
cold. When I’m not in drag it’s fine,
but when it’s raining or snowing, it is
Kaine proposes DP benefits for state workers
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@dcagenda.com
The outgoing governor of Virginia is
working to extend health benefits to the
same-sex partners of state employees,
but questions linger over whether his
successor will accept the changes.
Last week, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine
(D) directed his office to start drafting
the regulations that would be required
for the rule change, but he has only a
few weeks left in office and, according
to the Washington Post, the rules
won’t be ready for implementation for
another 18 months. The decision on
whether or not to enact the changes
will be left to Republican Gov.-elect
Bob McDonnell.
Kaine spokesperson Lynda Tran
was quoted in the Virginian-Pilot as
saying the benefits won’t bring any
new costs to the state because the
employee would take on any expens-
Smokers at Freddie’s Beach Bar & Restaurant were forced into the winter cold last week, as Virginia’s smoking ban went into effect.
not the best thing to go outside.”
On the first night of the ban, it rained,
Bottoms said, so five people were
forced to huddle in the doorway while
people were trying to get into the venue.
Vince, a former Freddie’s employ-
ee who declined to provide his last
name, said he enjoyed being able to
smoke while he worked.
“I understand that non-smokers
want to go somewhere that is smoke
free, but as a smoker, we want some-
where that has a balcony or a patio
with a roof,” he said. “I love Freddie’s,
es associated with adding a person
to the insurance rolls.
The new policy would apply not
only to state workers with same-sex
partners, but also employees seek-
ing to cover other individuals in their
households, including opposite-sex
partners and adult children.
McDonnell’s transition team didn’t
respond to DC Agenda’s request for
comment. At a press conference last
week, the governor-elect expressed
concerns about what new costs the
regulations would bring.
“My first question is, what [is] the
cost to the state by expanding those
policies?” McDonnell said, according
to the Washington Post. “I am all for
using business — public and private
— to expand health-care coverage.
… But what I don’t know is, what is
the cost that has to be borne by the
state government versus the individ-
ual new subscriber?”
but I want to go somewhere that has
a smoking area.”
Freddie Lutz, the establishment’s
eponymous owner, said he’d have to
check with the Health Department on
what changes could be made to
accommodate the displaced smokers.
“I have a lot of smoking clientele,
and I’ve grown very fond of them over
the years,” he said. “They’re not bad
people, they just smoke. I really appre-
ciate all of them and they’ve been loyal
to me, faithful loyal customers.”
Returning that loyalty was “a work in
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is working to extend health benefits to the same-sex partners of state employees.
Photo by Vince Chong
progress” he said, beginning with small
changes like moving ashtrays outside.
“There was a lot of that sort of talk
[about a smoking deck] and the
smokers were trying to think of ways
we could get around it, we do the
patio or something like that, but we
really wanted to try this cold turkey.”
Virginia law would not permit
Freddie’s former non-smoking patio to
be converted to a smoking area as it is
currently fitted, because of the flaps.
“If we do that, the flaps would have
to be open. It could get cold. We could
have heaters on, too, but that would be
pretty costly,” Lutz said. It would also
lose functionality as additional seating,
he noted, due to the exposure.
Despite the complications, Lutz said
he expected to see many new cus-
tomers as a result of the changeover.
“I had a lot of people come to me
and say, ‘We would go to your place or
we’d go to your place more often but
we just can’t stand the smoke.’ I think
we’re going to get a lot of those people
coming now, which is a great thing.”
Lutz said the smokers he talked to
had accepted the change.
“Anyone would admit that it was
an inevitability, it was going to hap-
pen. I don’t think we’re going to lose
the smokers because where can
they go? They can’t go to D.C.; they
can’t go to Maryland.
“I’m an ex-smoker myself. I swore
to myself I wouldn’t turn into one of
those bitchy ex-smokers. I can relate
and feel for the smokers and it’s
unfortunate that it’s in the dead of
winter. I know it’s difficult for them.”
Freddie’s manager Ray Martin
confirmed that bar receipts were
unchanged this week.
“For every customer that is maybe
staying home and smoking now, more
customers are coming out,” he said.
“Personally, I’m very pleased. My
smoking has been cut down to a third
of what it used to be. Every smoker out
there really wishes they could quit.”
Customers who can’t stand to aban-
don either Freddie’s or their cigarettes
could find hope in the bar owner’s plans
to open another Freddie’s in another
city, particularly in Florida.
“I’m down in Fort Lauderdale look-
ing for a bar,” he said. “It is still smok-
ing down here, interestingly enough.
Freddie’s has been a smoking bar all
this time so it wouldn’t bother me.
“I was actually surprised — pleas-
antly surprised — that Virginia did this.
I thought they’d be the absolute last
because they’re such a tobacco state,
so now if we could just get them to
legalize gay marriage, we’d be set.”
Photo courtesy of governor.virginia.gov
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12 dcagenda.com • december 11, 2009
• EPZICOM, in combination with other antiretroviral agents, is indicated
for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults.
• EPZICOM is one of 3 medicines containing abacavir. Before starting EPZICOM, your
healthcare provider will review your medical history in order to avoid the use of
abacavir if you have experienced an allergic reaction to abacavir in the past.
• In one study, more patients had a severe hypersensitivity reaction in
the abacavir once-daily group than in the abacavir twice-daily group.
• EPZICOM should not be used as part of a triple-nucleoside regimen.
• EPZICOM does not cure HIV infection/AIDS or prevent passing HIV
to others.
By prescription only.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to
the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see additional important information about EPZICOM, including boxed
warnings, on the adjacent pages.
Save on your medication!
Ask your doctor about the Patient Savings Card
or visit www.mysupportcard.com to learn
how to save on your out-of-pocket expenses.
Subject to eligibility. Restrictions apply.
Important Safety Information ®
EPZICOM contains abacavir, which is also contained in ZIAGEN (abacavir sulfate) and
TRIZIVIR® (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine). Patients taking abacavir may
have a serious allergic reaction (hypersensitivity reaction) that can cause death.
Your risk of this allergic reaction is much higher if you have a gene variation called
HLA-B*5701 than if you do not. Your healthcare provider can determine with a blood test
if you have this gene variation. If you get a symptom from 2 or more of the following
groups while taking EPZICOM, call your doctor right away to determine if you
should stop taking this medicine.
1. Fever
2. Rash
3. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal (stomach area) pain
4. Generally ill feeling, extreme tiredness, or achiness
5. Shortness of breath, cough, or sore throat
Carefully read the Warning Card that your pharmacist gives you and carry it with you at
all times.
If you stop EPZICOM because of an allergic reaction, NEVER take EPZICOM or any
other abacavir-containing medicine (ZIAGEN, TRIZIVIR) again. If you take EPZICOM
or any other abacavir-containing medicine again after you have had an allergic reaction,
WITHIN HOURS you may get life-threatening symptoms that may include very low
blood pressure or death.
If you stop EPZICOM for any other reason, even for a few days, and you are not
allergic to EPZICOM, talk with your healthcare provider before taking it again.
december 11, 2009 • dcagenda.com 13
EVEN WITH HIV,
“
I AM A “All my life, I’ve powered through any problem that came up. But when I was
diagnosed with HIV, it stopped me in my tracks. It took a while, but now I realize
I have to keep going. And the more I use my mind, my body, and my strength against
HIV, the more I learn how powerful I really am.
“My meds are a big help. When I asked my doctor about my options,
DRIVING
he told me about EPZICOM.
“Turns out that, in combination with other medications, it’s clinically
proven to help keep HIV from making copies and infecting healthy
cells. And, 68% of patients taking a regimen with EPZICOM had
their viral load become undetectable in less than one year. On top of
that, they had a 93% increase in their T-cell counts.*
FORCE.”
“Less than a year later, I’ve reached another milestone—my HIV
is undetectable.” †
Ask your doctor if EPZICOM is right for you.
Learn more at www.EpzicomNews.com
*HEAT study of 688 patients defines undetectable as a viral load less than 50 copies/mL. Baseline median T-cell count for patients receiving EPZICOM was 214 cells/mm3
and at 48 weeks, patients saw a median increase of 201 cells/mm3 in their T-cell count.
†
Not an actual patient testimonial. Based on collection of real patient experiences. Individual results may vary.
Taking EPZICOM again can cause a serious allergic or life-threatening reaction,
even if you never had an allergic reaction to it before. If your healthcare provider tells
also occur. The cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known
at this time.
you that you can take EPZICOM again, start taking it when you are around medical
Some HIV medicines, including those containing abacavir (ZIAGEN, EPZICOM, and
help or people who can call a healthcare provider if you need one. TRIZIVIR), may increase your risk of heart attack. If you have heart problems, smoke,
A buildup of lactic acid in the blood and an enlarged liver, including fatal cases, have or suffer from diseases that increase your risk of heart disease, such as high blood
been reported. pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes, tell your healthcare provider.
Do not take EPZICOM if your liver does not function normally. The most common side effects seen with the drugs in EPZICOM dosed once daily were
Some patients infected with both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV have worsening of allergic reaction, trouble sleeping, depression, headache, tiredness, dizziness, nausea,
hepatitis after stopping lamivudine (a component of EPZICOM). Discuss any change in diarrhea, rash, fever, stomach pain, abnormal dreams, and anxiety. Most of the side
treatment with your healthcare provider. If you have both HBV and HIV and stop treatment effects do not cause people to stop taking EPZICOM.
with EPZICOM, you should be closely monitored by your healthcare provider for at least
several months.
Worsening of liver disease (sometimes resulting in death) has occurred in patients
infected with both HIV and hepatitis C virus who are taking anti-HIV medicines and are
also being treated for hepatitis C with interferon with or without ribavirin. If you are taking
EPZICOM as well as interferon with or without ribavirin and you experience side effects,
be sure to tell your healthcare provider.
When you start taking HIV medicines, your immune system may get stronger and could I’ve got the fight in me.
begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body, such as pneumonia, herpes
virus, or tuberculosis. If you have new symptoms after starting your HIV medicines, be
sure to tell your healthcare provider.
Changes in body fat may occur in some patients taking antiretroviral therapy. These
changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo
hump”), breast, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may
14 dcagenda.com • december 11, 2009
EPZICOM® (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine) Tablets
MEDICATION GUIDE
EPZICOM® (epv zih com) Tablets
Generic name: abacavir (uH-BACK-ah-veer) sulfate and lamivudine (la-MIV-yoo-deen)
Read the Medication Guide that comes with EPZICOM before you start taking it and each time you get a refill because
there may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking to your doctor about your medical
condition or your treatment. Be sure to carry your EPZICOM Warning Card with you at all times.
What is the most important information I should know about EPZICOM?
• Serious Allergic Reaction to Abacavir. EPZICOM contains abacavir (also contained in ZIAGEN® and TRIZIVIR®).
Patients taking EPZICOM may have a serious allergic reaction (hypersensitivity reaction) that can cause death.
Your risk of this allergic reaction is much higher if you have a gene variation called HLA-B*5701 than if
you do not. Your doctor can determine with a blood test if you have this gene variation. If you get a
symptom from 2 or more of the following groups while taking EPZICOM, call your doctor right away to
determine if you should stop taking this medicine.
Symptom(s)
Group 1 Fever
Group 2 Rash
Group 3 Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal (stomach area) pain
Group 4 Generally ill feeling, extreme tiredness, or achiness
Group 5 Shortness of breath, cough, sore throat
A list of these symptoms is on the Warning Card your pharmacist gives you. Carry this Warning Card with you.
If you stop EPZICOM because of an allergic reaction, NEVER take EPZICOM (abacavir sulfate and
lamivudine) or any other abacavir-containing medicine (ZIAGEN and TRIZIVIR) again. If you take
EPZICOM or any other abacavir-containing medicine again after you have had an allergic reaction, WITHIN
HOURS you may get life-threatening symptoms that may include very low blood pressure or death.
If you stop EPZICOM for any other reason, even for a few days, and you are not allergic to EPZICOM,
talk with your doctor before taking it again. Taking EPZICOM again can cause a serious allergic or
life-threatening reaction, even if you never had an allergic reaction to it before. If your doctor tells you
that you can take EPZICOM again, start taking it when you are around medical help or people who can
call a doctor if you need one.
• Lactic Acidosis. Some human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicines, including EPZICOM, can cause a rare
but serious condition called lactic acidosis with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly). Nausea and tiredness
that don’t get better may be symptoms of lactic acidosis. In some cases this condition can cause death. Women,
overweight people, and people who have taken HIV medicines like EPZICOM for a long time have a higher chance
of getting lactic acidosis and liver enlargement. Lactic acidosis is a medical emergency and must be treated in the
hospital.
• Worsening of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Patients with HBV infection, who take EPZICOM and then stop it,
may get “flare-ups” of their hepatitis. “Flare-up” is when the disease suddenly returns in a worse way than before.
If you have HBV infection, your doctor should closely monitor your liver function for several months after stopping
EPZICOM. You may need to take anti-HBV medicines.
• Use with interferon- and ribavirin-based regimens. Worsening of liver disease (sometimes resulting in death)
has occurred in patients infected with both HIV and hepatitis C virus who are taking anti-HIV medicines and are also
being treated for hepatitis C with interferon with or without ribavirin. If you are taking EPZICOM as well as interferon
with or without ribavirin and you experience side effects, be sure to tell your doctor.
EPZICOM can have other serious side effects. Be sure to read the section below entitled “What are the possible side
effects of EPZICOM?”
What is EPZICOM?
EPZICOM is a prescription medicine used to treat HIV infection. EPZICOM includes 2 medicines: abacavir (ZIAGEN) and
lamivudine or 3TC (EPIVIR®). See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in EPZICOM. Both of
these medicines are called nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). When used together, they help
lower the amount of HIV in your blood. This helps to keep your immune system as healthy as possible so that it can help
fight infection.
Different combinations of medicines are used to treat HIV infection. You and your doctor should discuss which
combination of medicines is best for you.
• EPZICOM does not cure HIV infection or AIDS. We do not know if EPZICOM will help you live longer or have fewer
of the medical problems that people get with HIV or AIDS. It is very important that you see your doctor regularly
while you are taking EPZICOM.
• EPZICOM does not lower the risk 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 safe
sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom or other barrier method to lower the chance of sexual contact with
semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. Never use or share dirty needles.
Who should not take EPZICOM?
Do not take EPZICOM if you:
• have ever had a serious allergic reaction (a hypersensitivity reaction) to EPZICOM or any other medicine
that has abacavir as one of its ingredients (TRIZIVIR and ZIAGEN). See the end of this Medication Guide for
a complete list of ingredients in EPZICOM.
• have a liver that does not function properly.
• are less than 18 years of age.
Before starting EPZICOM tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
• have been tested and know whether or not you have a particular gene variation called HLA-B*5701.
• are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. We do not know if EPZICOM will harm your unborn child.
You and your doctor will need to decide if EPZICOM is right for you. If you use EPZICOM while you are pregnant, talk
to your doctor about how you can be on the Antiviral Pregnancy Registry for EPZICOM.
• are breastfeeding. Some of the ingredients in EPZICOM can be passed to your baby in your breast milk. It is not
known if they could harm your baby. Also, mothers with HIV should not breastfeed because HIV can be passed
to the baby in the breast milk.
• have liver problems including hepatitis B virus infection.
• have kidney problems.
• have heart problems, smoke, or suffer from diseases that increase your risk of heart disease such as high
blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines,
vitamins, and herbal supplements. Especially tell your doctor if you take any of the following medicines*:
• methadone
• HIVID® (zalcitabine, ddC)
• EPIVIR or EPIVIR-HBV® (lamivudine, 3TC), ZIAGEN (abacavir sulfate), COMBIVIR® (lamivudine and zidovudine),
or TRIZIVIR (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine).
How should I take EPZICOM?
• Take EPZICOM by mouth exactly as your doctor prescribes it. The usual dose is 1 tablet once a day. Do not skip doses.
• You can take EPZICOM with or without food.
• If you miss a dose of EPZICOM, take the missed dose right away. Then, take the next dose at the usual time.
• Do not let your EPZICOM run out.
• Starting EPZICOM again can cause a serious allergic or life-threatening reaction, even if you never had an
allergic reaction to it before. If you run out of EPZICOM even for a few days, you must ask your doctor if you can
start EPZICOM again. If your doctor tells you that you can take EPZICOM again, start taking it when you are around
medical help or people who can call a doctor if you need one.
• If you stop your anti-HIV drugs, even for a short time, the amount of virus in your blood may increase and
the virus may become harder to treat.
• If you take too much EPZICOM, call your doctor or poison control center right away.
What should I avoid while taking EPZICOM?
• Do not take EPIVIR (lamivudine, 3TC), COMBIVIR (lamivudine and zidovudine), ZIAGEN (abacavir sulfate), or
TRIZIVIR (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine) while taking EPZICOM. Some of these medicines are
already in EPZICOM.
• Do not take zalcitabine (HIVID, ddC) while taking EPZICOM.
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV infection, as EPZICOM does not stop you from passing the HIV infection to others.
• Do not share needles or other injection equipment.
• Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like toothbrushes and razor blades.
• Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom
or other barrier method to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
• Do not breastfeed. EPZICOM can be passed to babies in breast milk and could harm the baby. Also, mothers with
HIV should not breastfeed because HIV can be passed to the baby in the breast milk.
What are the possible side effects of EPZICOM?
EPZICOM can cause the following serious side effects:
• Serious allergic reaction that can cause death. (See “What is the most important information I should know
about EPZICOM?” at the beginning of this Medication Guide.)
• Lactic acidosis with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) that can cause death. (See “What is the most important
information I should know about EPZICOM?” at the beginning of this Medication Guide.)
• Worsening of HBV infection. (See “What is the most important information I should know about EPZICOM?” at the
beginning of this Medication Guide.)
• Changes in immune system. When you start taking HIV medicines, your immune system may get stronger and
could begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body, such as pneumonia, herpes virus, or tuberculosis.
If you have new symptoms after starting your HIV medicines, be sure to tell your doctor.
• Changes in body fat. These changes have happened in patients taking antiretroviral medicines like EPZICOM. The
changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around
the back, chest, and stomach area. Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The cause and
long-term health effects of these conditions are not known.
Some HIV medicines including EPZICOM may increase your risk of heart attack. If you have heart problems, smoke, or
suffer from diseases that increase your risk of heart disease such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes,
tell your doctor.
The most common side effects with EPZICOM are trouble sleeping, depression, headache, tiredness, dizziness, nausea,
diarrhea, rash, fever, stomach pain, abnormal dreams, and anxiety. Most of these side effects did not cause people to stop
taking EPZICOM.
This list of side effects is not complete. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects
to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
How should I store EPZICOM?
• Store EPZICOM at room temperature between 59º to 86ºF (15º to 30ºC).
• Keep EPZICOM and all medicines out of the reach of children.
General information for safe and effective use of EPZICOM
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in Medication Guides. Do not use EPZICOM
for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give EPZICOM to other people, even if they have the same symptoms
that you have. It may harm them.
This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about EPZICOM. If you would like more information,
talk with your doctor. You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for the information that is written for healthcare professionals
or call 1-888-825-5249.
What are the ingredients in EPZICOM?
Active ingredients: abacavir sulfate and lamivudine
Inactive ingredients: Each film-coated EPZICOM Tablet contains the inactive ingredients magnesium stearate,
microcrystalline cellulose, and sodium starch glycolate. The tablets are coated with a film (OPADRY® orange
YS-1-13065-A) that is made of FD&C Yellow No. 6, hypromellose, polyethylene glycol 400, polysorbate 80, and titanium
dioxide.
COMBIVIR, EPIVIR, EPZICOM, TRIZIVIR, and ZIAGEN are registered trademarks of GlaxoSmithKline.
*The brands listed are trademarks of their respective owners and are not trademarks of GlaxoSmithKline. The makers
of these brands are not affiliated with and do not endorse GlaxoSmithKline or its products.
This Medication Guide has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Lamivudine is manufactured under agreement from Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc, Basingstoke, UK
©2009, GlaxoSmithKline. All rights reserved.
March 2009 EPZ:2MG
©2009 The GlaxoSmithKline Group of Companies
All rights reserved. Printed in USA. ECM463R0 October 2009

nationalagenda
‘New Yorkers have been betrayed’
Marriage bill’s defeat
in state Senate
marks major setback
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@dcagenda.com
The defeat of same-sex marriage
legislation in the New York State
Senate last week was a devastating
blow to gay rights supporters, leaving
many to wonder how the bill could fail
after its advocates had expressed con-
fidence in the measure’s passage.
The New York State Senate on Dec.
2 voted 24-38 against the legalization
of same-sex marriage, a lopsided mar-
gin that raised questions for those who
were watching the bill’s progress.
State Sen. Tom Duane, who’s gay,
was the prime sponsor of the Senate
marriage legislation. He had media
outlets he was “optimistic” about the
proposal’s chances before senators
killed the bill.
Duane, who didn’t respond to
D.C. Agenda’s request for an inter-
view, issued a statement saying he
felt “betrayed” following the vote.
“Promises made were not hon-
ored,” he said. “The lesbian, gay, bisex-
ual and transgender (LGBT) communi-
ty, and all fair-minded New Yorkers
have been betrayed. I am enraged,
deeply disappointed and profoundly
saddened by the vote today.”
Groups advocating for passage of
the marriage bill included Empire State
Pride Agenda and Gill Action Fund.
Those organizations didn’t respond to
D.C. Agenda’s request for comment.
Dan Pinello, a gay government pro-
fessor at the City University of New
York, said the Senate was unable to
pass the marriage bill because the
Democratic Party, which narrowly con-
trols the Senate, 32-30, is “in disarray,
basically — not only on this particular
policy issue, but more generally.”
Gay ambassador to New Zealand takes oath
Biden hails nation’s
‘true diversity’
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@dcagenda.com
Vice President Joe Biden cited
the administration’s belief that sexual
orientation is an important element of
diversity before swearing in last week
the first openly gay U.S. ambassador
nominated by President Obama.
“I believe and President Obama
strongly believes that America proj-
ects its best face to the world when it
reflects the true diversity of our coun-
try — whether it’s race, religion, gen-
der or sexual orientation,” he said.
Biden made brief remarks before
swearing in David Huebner as the U.S.
ambassador to New Zealand and
Samoa. The U.S. Senate confirmed
Huebner for the role last month.
State Sen. Tom Duane, who’s gay and was the prime sponsor of the marriage leg-
islation, said he was ‘enraged, deeply disappointed and profoundly saddened’
when his chamber voted against the bill.
“There are a number of factions
within the Democratic caucus in the
Senate that makes cohesiveness in
that caucus extremely difficult, unlike
the Republican caucus, which is much
more united in its position,” he said. “I
think the vote [Dec. 2] reflected that.”
Marty Rouse, the Human Rights
Campaign’s national field director,
also said he thinks the marriage bill
failed because of the politically tenu-
ous situation in the Senate. He noted
that Democrats briefly lost control of
the chamber in a coup earlier this
year before regaining leadership.
“It’s difficult to pass legislation when
you have a change in Senate leader-
ship, a new and tenuous Senate major-
ity,” he said. “There is a lot of politics in
play in passing any sort of legislation.”
Rouse said the marriage bill failed
not because of the merits of the leg-
islation, but because of political
issues in the Senate.
“This has much more to do about
politics and very little, if anything, to
do about the merits of the marriage
bill itself,” he said.
Standing next to Huebner during
the ceremony was Duane McWaine,
his partner of 20 years and a psychi-
atrist. The mothers of Huebner and
McWaine also were in the audience,
and were escorted by Biden.
The vice president said that
Huebner wasn’t chosen for the
ambassador position because of his
sexual orientation; Biden noted that
Huebner’s professional accomplish-
ments qualified him for the role.
Most recently head of the
Shanghai-based China & International
Disputes division for the law firm
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton,
Huebner also has a history in LGBT
activism. He served as a board mem-
ber of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation and served as the
group’s general counsel, according to
a GLAAD statement released when
Huebner was nominated.
Huebner mentioned his sexual
orientation in remarks following his
Photo courtesy New York State Senate
The legislation failed in the Senate
even though the bill had strong support
in the Assembly, which approved the
measure for a third time Dec. 2, 88-51.
Gov. David Paterson (D) also was a
strong advocate for the marriage bill.
Pinello said the legislation failed
in the Senate — but passed in the
Assembly — because senators “are
out of touch with their constituents.”
He said polling data shows a major-
ity of Long Island residents favor same-
sex marriage and noted that three-
quarters of that region’s Senate dele-
gation voted against the marriage bill.
Eight Democratic senators voted
against the marriage bill Wednesday. All
Republican senators voted against it.
Jeff Cook, a legislative adviser for
the Log Cabin Republicans who had
lobbied GOP lawmakers on the bill,
said there was no Republican back-
ing because the dissent among
Democrats meant GOP support
wouldn’t have made a difference.
Before the vote, Cook had said he
was expecting Republican votes in
favor of the legislation.
swearing-in ceremony, and noted the
U.S. affords him the opportunity to
serve as ambassador even though
his family came from humble begin-
nings and he’s gay.
“I can imagine few other coun-
tries on Earth where someone like
me could serve in this role,” he said.
“My grandfather was an immigrant
coal miner; my father was a meat
cutter. I was sworn in today stand-
ing next to my spouse who happens
to be a different race and of the
same gender as I am. In America,
such a trajectory is not only possi-
ble, it is natural.”
The appointment of Hueber
makes him the third openly gay
ambassador to serve the U.S.
President Bill Clinton nominated
James Hormel as U.S. ambassador
to Luxembourg, and former
President George W. Bush nominat-
ed Michael Guest as U.S. ambassa-
dor to Romania.
december 11, 2009 • dcagenda.com 15
“Sadly, we didn’t lose on the merits,
but we lost because of politicians’ lack
of political courage to do the right thing,”
he said. “Seeing insufficient support on
the Democratic side, key Republicans
communicated that they were unwilling
to follow their conscience and take a
tough political vote if they couldn’t make
the difference on a losing bill.”
Pinello said Republican Assembly
member Dede Scozzafava’s recent
failed bid for Congress also had an
effect on GOP senators. Scozzafava,
who has voted in favor of same-sex
marriage three times, ran for Congress
in a special election this year, but with-
drew her candidacy after a third-party
conservative candidate challenged
her because of her position on mar-
riage, among other issues.
“I think there was some fallout as a
result of that on the Senate Republican
side,” Pinello said. “I can’t believe that
the Republican caucus is so uniformly
opposed to marriage equality that not
even one or more would have favored it.”
Although the bill was voted down,
Pinello said having the vote last
week was appropriate because “to
keep putting it off is just unaccept-
able as a political matter.”
“So, now that their votes are record-
ed, activists can try to target those peo-
ple — especially in the Democratic
Party, but also Republicans — who
voted against marriage equality, in next
year’s legislative election cycle,” he said.
Asked whether the bill should
have come to the floor, Rouse
replied, “I’m not going to second
guess the decisions that were made.”
But the failed attempt means sup-
porters of same-sex marriage will have
to wait before marriage rights for gay
couples become available in New York.
Rouse said there is no reason why
supporters shouldn’t work to bring the
bill up again in the “very near future,”
and said it’s possible for Senate lead-
ership to find a way to have another
vote within a few weeks.
Vice President Joe Biden administers the oath to David Huebner (center), the first
openly gay ambassador appointed by President Obama.
Another 14 months would be the
longest it would take to bring the
marriage bill to the floor of the
Senate again, Rouse said.
“If we have to have this bill come up
after the elections, clearly the 2010
election and who’s running again for
office ... all of that will be important,” he
said. “Supporters of marriage equality
and opponents of marriage equality will
be focusing like a laser beam on the
primary and general elections in 2010.”
Pinello, however, said that 2013
might be a more realistic time for same-
sex marriage to pass in New York.
He said after Senate districts are
redrawn following the 2010 Census,
there would be an opportunity to elect
more supporters of same-sex marriage
to the Senate in the 2012 elections.
With Democrats in control of both
chambers of the New York Legislature,
Senate districts could be redrawn in
ways that are more favorable to
Democrats, meaning more supporters
of gay nuptials could be elected to the
Senate in 2012 to take office in 2013
and vote for marriage legislation.
“I think it’s possible that there
won’t be a favorable vote in the New
York State Senate until 2013 on the
issue of marriage equality — four
years from now,” he said.
Still, Rouse said he was optimistic
and he didn’t think there’s “anyone
involved in politics in New York State
that doesn’t think there is ... support for
this bill becoming law in the near future.”
He noted that State Sen. Ruben
Diaz Sr. was the only lawmaker to
speak out against the marriage bill on
the Senate floor and no Republicans
voiced opposition during debate.
“That tells me there is support for
this bill waiting for the right time for this
bill to come up,” he said. “And so, for
me, it’s not a matter of if this is going to
become law, it’s a matter of when this
bill is going to become law, and for var-
ious reasons, unfortunately, early this
week was not the right time.”
DC Agenda photo by Michael Key
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Nadler’s legislation would over-

turn DOMA, allowing the federal gov-
ernment to recognize same-sex mar-
riages. It also has a “certainty provi-
sion” that would allow same-sex cou-
ples to marry in one state and still
receive federal benefits even if they
move to another state where gay
nuptials aren’t recognized.
In lieu of passage in this
Congress, Nadler said the task for
supporters is to find more co-spon-
sors for the bill. As of Tuesday, the bill
had 105 co-sponsors. Nadler predict-
ed support would grow.
“And I think if some of these other
bills pass, it’ll become more — the idea
becomes less avant garde,” he said.
In response to Nadler’s remarks
that a DOMA repeal won’t happen
next year, Evan Wolfson, executive
director of Freedom to Marry, said, “I
don’t think we should begin the con-
versation about when it’s going to
happen. I think we should begin the
conversation with how do we build
support and make it happen.”
“There are two ways to talk about
our movement,” he said. “One is to talk
about what it’s really about, to actually
make the case for inclusion and fairness
and freedom, to talk about why mar-
riage matters. … The other is to spend
all our time talking about the chess
game or the political horse race, and we
spend too much time on the latter and DC Agenda photo by Michael Key
not enough time doing the former.”
Wolfson said supporters should Rep. Jerrold Nadler said of his home state that ‘as long as we keep a Democratic governor and state Senate in the next election, we’ll get a gay marriage bill rela-
begin the conversation “by each one tively soon in New York.’
of us calling our senators and mem-
ber of Congress, asking them to sign Although supporters have said been occupied with other tasks. atively soon in New York.” “There are a lot of cross pressures
on to the bill.” other bills will take priority this “Some of the people we’re dealing As the number of states with and we haven’t had those — we’ve
Congress, advocates for the DOMA with are very busy with a number of same-sex marriage grow, Nadler started but we haven’t finished those
Strategic decisions repeal have hoped for congressional other things,” he said. “There’s not a said support for the Respect for conversations at this point,” he said.
Nadler’s prediction that a DOMA hearings on marriage by the end of sense of urgency, the sense that this Marriage Act also will build. But Steve Ralls, a spokesperson
repeal won’t happen by the end of next year. bill has to have a Senate sponsor right “Especially as a number of states for Immigration Equality, said he’s
next year comes after other key But Nadler, who chairs a House now because it’s going to pass right have gay marriage, and the sky “optimistic” immigration reform meas-
potential supporters have said other Judiciary subcommittee with jurisdic- now, because it’s not, so we’re talking.” doesn’t fall in, and nobody comes in ures will include UAFA at their debut
LGBT legislation will be a priority. tion over marriage, said he wouldn’t Even without a sense of urgency and busts up regular marriages — because supporters, including other
At the time the Respect for Marriage commit to holding hearings on the among lawmakers, Nadler said he thinks other than what’s busting up anyway lawmakers, immigration groups and
Act was introduced in September, Drew issue by the end of next year and DOMA should be repealed because it’s — I think the issue will recede in the LGBT groups, have been lobbying for
Hammill, a spokesperson for House would hear only testimony “when we “a stain on the national honor.” sense that people will lose their an inclusive bill for some time.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said the speaker think it’s advantageous to do so.” “Even if you didn’t have a lot of prac- sense of the novelty,” he said. “I don’t know what the final compre-
is “focused on legislative items that we “And that’s a strategic decision, a tical effects, which obviously it does hensive immigration reform will look like,
can enact into law now,” including ENDA. tactical decision you have to make,” have, it’s wrong to keep such things on but I remain optimistic that it will include
And gay Rep. Barney Frank (D- he said. “As things go on, we’ll have the books,” he said. “The honor of the
Gay immigration bill lesbian and gay families,” he said.
Mass.) hasn’t signed on as a co- to see how things go. Right now, the country demands we repeal it.” could join reform debate In the event that comprehensive
sponsor to Nadler’s bill, saying that thing is get the idea out there to get Same-sex marriage is only legal in Another bill Nadler is champi- immigration reform legislation does-
lawmakers will instead focus on other pressure built, to get more sponsors five states throughout the country, but oning in the House is the Uniting n’t include UAFA when it debuts,
LGBT issues this Congress and the — and that’s the way to go.” Nadler predicted that number would American Families Act, which would Nadler said he’s working on making
bill’s certainty provision could cause Asked whether Democratic lead- grow in coming years, and would enable gay Americans to sponsor sure there are votes in the House
political problems for House mem- ership requested that he not hold include his home state of New York. their foreign partners for residency. Judiciary Committee to amend the
bers seeking re-election. hearings on marriage, Nadler The Empire State was seen to be With an effort to pass comprehensive bill to include such a provision.
Nadler said he hasn’t “had too replied, “No, they did not.” on the precipice of legalizing same- immigration reform expected in Nadler said he’s “hopeful” there
many conversations” with Pelosi on the Nadler said he expects a Senate sex marriage, but the hopes of sup- Congress next year, advocates are will be enough votes for an amend-
proposed DOMA repeal since it was companion to the Respect for porters were dashed last week when trying to include UAFA as a provision ment, but added “that’ll be a big fight,
introduced, but noted that the speaker Marriage Act would be introduced the state Senate killed a bill that in the larger legislation. if necessary.”
has privately encouraged House mem- early next year, noting there are a would have granted marriage rights Nadler said the White House “I haven’t taken any votes or whip
bers to co-sponsor the bill. number of potential sponsors for the for same-sex couples. Nadler, who seems to want to take on immigration counts or done any kind of that work,
As for Frank, Nadler also said he Senate legislation. served in the New York Assembly for reform in the spring and said UAFA but certainly it will be something that
hasn’t spoken much with the Advocates have named Sen. 16 years before being elected to supporters will “make a major thrust we’ll have to work at and the gay com-
Massachusetts lawmaker on the Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) as a prime Congress, said same-sex marriage to make this part of the comprehen- munity and everybody will have to be
issue since the bill’s introduction. target in talks because he chairs a will nonetheless be legalized in the sive immigration reform debate.” pressuring the individual members of
“We have a disagreement on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee with state in a few years. The lawmakers drafting compre- the committee,” Nadler said. “A lot of
strategy on this obviously, as we had jurisdiction over marriage. Nadler “I’d be very surprised if New York hensive immigration reform legisla- the members of the committee, the
a disagreement on the strategy over said Feingold would “possibly” cham- didn’t pass a gay marriage bill in the tion are Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Democratic members especially, say
the non-inclusive ENDA last pion the Senate legislation. next two years, and I’ve been studying Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Sen. they’re very great friends with the gay
[Congress] where we no longer have Nadler said a Senate bill has yet New York politics for 40 years,” he said. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Nadler said community … and this’ll be an oppor-
that disagreement,” he said. “And, I to emerge so many months after the “And as long as we keep a Democratic it’s “hard to say” whether those bills tunity to show that they are, bar none.”
presume, in the end, we will not have House introduction in September governor and state Senate in the next would include a UAFA provision upon
a disagreement on this.” because potential supporters have election, we’ll get a gay marriage bill rel- their introduction. Continues on page 17

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ENDA stalls as key supporters tackle financial reform
Continued from page 16
One major obstacle that UAFA sup-
porters will face is opposition from
Catholic leaders. The U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops has urged lawmak-
ers to exclude the provision from immi-
gration reform because church leaders
support reform, but oppose the LGBT-
specific provision.
Nadler said opposition to UAFA
from Catholic leaders will make inclu-
sion of the measure in the bill “a very
difficult fight.”
“So, there will be some who will be
tempted to say, ‘Wait a minute, let’s not
alienate some of our major supporters
on this legislation to pass it,’” he said.
“There’ll be others of us saying, ‘Hey,
no, if you’re doing a comprehensive
bill, it’s got to be comprehensive. You
can’t just leave certain people out.”
Even with opposition from
Catholic leaders, Ralls said the list of
religious groups who support the
inclusion of UAFA in immigration
reform “is very long and diverse,” and
includes Quakers and Episcopalians.
“If the Conference of Catholic
Bishops decides that they’re willing
to throw the immigrant community
under the bus because of the inclu-
sion of LGBT couples, I think that
would be a shame because, at the
end of the day, immigration reform
can help millions of families — both
gay and straight — and that should
be Congress’ priority.”
Asked whether he would support
immigration reform legislation that does-
n’t include a UAFA provision, Nadler
replied, “I hope it doesn’t come to that.”
“All my efforts are designed to
make sure it doesn’t come to that, so
I’m not going to get into what hap-
pens at that point,” he said.
‘We will see a fair
amount of action’
During his Agenda interview, Nadler
also addressed arguments that the
Obama administration and Congress
haven’t made sufficient progress on
LGBT issues since the start of this year.
The lawmaker said Congress has
had a significant workload this year
— including the passage of two
annual budgets as well as stimulus
and relief legislation for financial
institutions — and that advocates for
LGBT issues would be better to
make judgments on Congress’ work
at the end of next year.
“I think it would be very fair by the
time the election rolls around next
October to say we haven’t done
enough on these issues,” he said. “I
think a lot of things have been fer-
menting and cooking. I think we will
see a fair amount of action on these
issues in next year’s session.”
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Asked whether President Obama from the Ninth Circuit judge to pro- whether to vote for repeal and mili-
could have spoken more forcefully on vide health benefits to the partner of tary operations at the same time.
LGBT issues since the start of his a lesbian federal employee. “You don’t want to put people in the
administration, Nadler replied, “I think he “It’s not enough just for them to position of saying, ‘You vote against
could have been more forthright on say, ‘It’s been busy,’” he said. “Well, it Afghanistan funding, you’re voting
some of them.” He declined to elaborate. hasn’t been busy — or so busy that against [repealing] “Don’t Ask, Don’t
In response to recent criticism that they couldn’t take swipes at us.” Tell,”’ or vice-versa,” he said. “So maybe
lawmakers have been putting off action Aravois commended Nadler for being you need a new option or something.
on ENDA, Nadler said some key sup- outspoken on LGBT issues, but ques- These are tactical considerations, which
porters of the bill have been occupied tioned whether Nadler would criticize a you have to look at as things unfold.”
with other issues. He noted the sponsor Democratic Congress as a Democratic Nadler said he, for example, didn’t
of the bill is Frank, who, as chair of the lawmaker, and whether Congress would, “like this idea of sending more troops
House Financial Services Committee, in fact, take up LGBT issues next year. to Afghanistan,” although he sup-
is also working on the Troubled Asset “Good luck passing gay rights leg- ports a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.
Relief Program legislation. islation right before an election,” he With public approval polls showing
“Why aren’t we doing ENDA right said. “Democrats don’t have balls in support waning for Democrats, Nadler
now?” he said. “But what else are off years — they certainly don’t have predicted congressional Democrats will
some of the key people doing? them right before elections, on gay lose seats in the 2010 election, but
They’re over their heads with the issues especially.” added a hope that the party won’t lose
financial reform, which no one antici- With regard to the LGBT legislation “too many” seats. He noted that the
pated six months ago. I suspect that that Congress would take up next year, November results would largely depend
once that is out of the way, which it Nadler expressed uncertainty about on how well the economy is faring.
should be soon, these kind of issues the prediction that Congress would Even with Democrats potentially in
can come to the fore again.” repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” next year danger, Nadler said he didn’t think
But John Aravosis, a gay blogger as part of the authorization bill for the lawmakers would avoid LGBT issues
who has been leading an LGBT boy- fiscal year 2011 defense budget. Frank next year to reduce a perceived risk of
cott of the Democratic National told the media last month that was the alienating voters before the election.
Committee, criticized the notion that way he envisioned repeal. “I think we’re going to face most of
Congress hasn’t acted on LGBT But Nadler said repeal through these issues this Congress, mostly
issues because lawmakers have the defense budget might not be the next year,” he said. “I’m assuming
been busy with other issues. best way to overturn “Don’t Ask, that the gay community is going to
He said the Obama administra- Don’t Tell.” With the president calling keep the pressure on. I mean, don’t
tion has found time to take swipes at for escalation of operations in go to sleep because I said it as that.
the LGBT community by defending Afghanistan, Nadler said such a pro- If the gay community keeps the pres-
DOMA in court and, more recently, vision would put more liberal mem- sure on, then I think that, yes, we’ll
saying it couldn’t follow a court order bers of Congress in a quandary over probably face most of these issues.”
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‘Mission Accomplished’ at Lambda Rising
City’s gay community
won’t be the same
without iconic bookstore
By KEVIN NAFF
knaff@dcagenda.com
The times they keep changing.
The DC Agenda broke news last
week that Lambda Rising, a corner-
stone of the city’s LGBT community
since it opened in 1974, will close its
doors in early 2010.
Deacon Maccubbin, the store’s
founder and co-owner, said he plans
to retire and that he and co-owner Jim
Bennett, his partner of 32 years,
decided they would rather close than
sell to a new owner who might change
the focus and mission of the business.
In addition to the D.C. store,
Maccubbin said the sister store in
Rehoboth Beach, Del., would also close.
“The phrase ‘mission accom-
plished’ has gotten a bad rap in recent
years but in this case, it certainly
applies,” Maccubbin said, noting that
LGBT books can now be found in
most general bookstores and retailers.
The growing acceptance of homo-
sexuality (at least in some urban
areas and liberal enclaves) has miti-
gated the need for certain gay-specif-
ic businesses. Unlike previous gener-
ations of gay youth, young gay people
today can find endless information
and resources online. But Lambda
Rising represented so much more
than a place to buy books. It has
served as a hub of the LGBT commu-
nity and a beacon for closeted youth
yearning for a sense of identity.
So many of us, myself included,
feedback
The following comments were post-
ed to DCAgenda.com regarding the
news that Lambda Rising will be clos-
ing its doors in early 2010. Visit
DCAgenda.com to join the discussion.
25 years ago, a scared lonely 20-
year-old kid in rural Alabama read
about Lambda Rising in a book in “that
section” of his college library, and sent
off for one of Lambda Rising’s cata-
logs. Lambda Rising, in the words of
Auntie Mame, “opened doors for me.
Doors I never dreamed existed.” In a
very real way, Lambda Rising saved
my life. My earliest education in gay
history and culture is due entirely to the
amazing books I ordered from Lambda
Rising, and they continue to enrich my
life to this day. I never made it to the
actual store, but Lambda Rising will
always hold a special place in my
heart. Deacon and Jim, you will never
know how many lives you have saved
far beyond the DC area, and I thank
you from the bottom of MY heart for
saving mine. — Bill Smith
This is the end of Dupont as the
center of gay life in D.C. That book-
store was the anchor. This is in some
ways a very sad day for D.C. I can’t
blame Mr. Maccubbin for his deci-
Lambda Rising will be closing its doors after more than three decades as the heart of the local LGBT community.
turned to Lambda Rising as teens for
information on gay life and reassur-
ance that we weren’t alone. I can’t
imagine gay D.C. without it.
I remember walking nervously
into the store as a teenager, afraid of
being spotted by someone and
outed. It was a scene played out
thousands of times over the years.
Even today, as older gay men who
were pressured into marriage and
sion. For years and years, this book-
store was the lighthouse for gay peo-
ple in this area. Adieu and thank you.
Now, where are we to get gay birth-
day cards? — Serenity
Where to get gay cards? Get ‘em
NOW at Lambda Rising. Seriously,
come on in and stock up on all those
sexy, campy and outrageous birthday
cards you just won’t be able to find
anywhere else. Lambda Rising will
continue to be open for business
through the end of the year, so come
on by and say “goodbye” in person.
— Deacon Maccubbin
This is so sad but an indication of
how the book trade has changed so
much over the past 35 years. It is hard
for a niche bookseller to compete with
on-line stores like Amazon and B&N.
Still, I’m surprised. I was at Lambda
Rising’s D.C. store on Sunday and the
place was quite crowded with cus-
tomers. Perhaps this is not typical but
what I observed suggested a healthy,
robust business. — Rick Sincere
This is very, very sad. For over 20
years Lambda Rising has been my
bookstore, gift shop and de facto com-
munity center. When friends and I would
having kids when they were younger,
finally come to terms with their sexu-
al orientation and come out, they
come to Lambda Rising for help.
Just three weeks ago, when the
Washington Blade was shuttered by
its parent company, I found myself
inexplicably drawn to Lambda Rising.
I walked in and asked to see Deacon,
who ushered me into his upstairs
office. He was a sounding board
have trouble deciding where in Dupont
Circle to go to dinner, we’d just say, “Let’s
meet at Lambda Rising and decide
then.” Most times at least one of us
would end up buying something as we
waited to make a decision. And, of
course, I always brought friends from out
of town to Lambda Rising. People in
most parts of the country have never
seen such a place. I guess the Internet,
the big bookstore chains and our own
political success in assimilating into the
larger culture have doomed community
businesses like Lambda Rising. Deacon
and Jim, thanks for all you’ve done for us
and all the best! — Bob Dardano
Deacon: Your store helped me to
come out. Enough said. Thank you
for being part of my life, our lives. —
Joel Lawson
This is incredibly sad. I would dis-
agree heartily that a mission has been
accomplished. One can go to some
Barnes & Nobles or some Borders
(while they last) and find a few basic
gay and lesbian fiction books, but noth-
ing out of the ordinary. Lambda Rising
has been so wonderful at offering mag-
azines like White Crane, books on the-
ology, spirituality, history, mystery, fic-
tion, porn (yes, porn), and everything
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when I needed to vent and offered BRIAN PITTS
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Deacon and Jim have earned Sr. Acct. Executive
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Take it from a black, gay Republican…
… our strength lies
in our diversity
By ROBERT TURNER
A week ago, a friend of mine post-
ed an open question to conserva-
tives: “How many conservative posi-
tions must one hold on the issues in
order to be considered a conserva-
tive?” But in order to answer that
question, you must first define what a
conservative is.
The conservatism I believe in is a
combination of lower taxes, less gov-
ernment spending, freer trade, freer
markets, individual liberty, personal
responsibility and a strong anti-
Communist foreign policy.
I believe there are two forms of
conservatism: fundamentalism and
true conservatism. I see fundamen-
talist conservatism as a recent
dogma, having become popular with
the rise of the Christian Coalition and
the religious right in the mid-80s.
Now, while I am a religious person, I
do not adhere to all of their dictates.
Religion has been used as a weapon
all throughout history. This is espe-
cially true with the case of slavery
here in the United States.
Many have asked me how I can
be gay, yet call myself a Republican
or a conservative. To them, I say the
answer is easy. It’s a similar answer I
give to those who pose the same
question about me being black and
Republican. A long time ago, I looked
at the issues on both sides of the
political spectrum. While there are a
few on the left I agree with, there are
many more on the right that fit my
belief structure.
To those who ask the black/
Republican question, I ask, “Is it racist
to say that all blacks look alike?” I’ve
yet to encounter anyone who says no
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to that question. I then quickly follow
up with, “Then isn’t it equally racist to
say we all think alike?”
To those who ask the gay/
Republican question, I merely point
to a rainbow flag and echo the
mantra “strength through diversity.”
When it comes to marriage equal-
ity, I simply must repudiate any argu-
ment for not allowing gays to marry. If
one truly wants to protect the sancti-
ty of marriage, then the government
should make it incredibly hard to get
a divorce and outlaw annulments
altogether. If it’s a religious argu-
ment, then get the state completely
december 11, 2009 • dcagenda.com 21
‘Religion has been used as a weapon all
throughout history. This is especially true with
the case of slavery here in the United States.’
out of the marriage business and
only allow churches to marry cou-
ples. Then the state could provide
civil unions or domestic partnerships
to any who applied — gay and
straight alike.
Fundamentalists bloviate because
they want everyone to adhere to their
way of life, forgetting that this is
America where we hold certain truths
to be self-evident. Phrases like reli-
gious freedom, and separation of
church and state don’t fit into their
small-minded worlds. They always go
back to the Bible, often citing
Leviticus, but forgetting passages like
Matthew 5:10, John 13:34, and
Psalms 129:2.
The Bible says many things, like
it’s an abomination to eat shellfish or
cut your hair. It also allows for a
man to beat his wife, but that is not
an acceptable practice today in
America. It’s funny how like liberals
with the Constitution, fundamental-
ists like to pick and choose which
parts of the Bible to focus on. Yes,
the Bible does condemn homosexu-
ality. But I know that God made me
in His image. He didn’t create me
simply to condemn me to hell from
the get go.
The Bible also says an eye for an
eye. And then there are the Ten
Commandments. I recall that when
the Defense of Marriage Act was
being pushed through Congress, the
very supporters who were vehement-
ly championing the legislation were
themselves guilty of violating several
of the commandments.
If you truly believe in the founda-
tions of America and our Constitution,
and one nation under God, indivisi-
ble, with liberty and justice for all,
then you must strive for just that —
liberty and justice for all.
Robert Turner is president of The
Turner Group, a D.C.-based govern-
ment relations firm. Reach him at
robert@turner-dc.com.
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today
THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA’S NSO POPS division
will perform a holiday concert tonight at 8
p.m. (repeating Saturday and Sunday) in
the Concert Hall at the Kennedy Center.
The orchestra will be conducted by the
legendary composer/conductor Marvin
Hamlisch and will feature jazz vocal ensem-
ble Afro Blue, tenor Jonathan Ansell, flutist
Emma Resmini and many Christmas sea-
son favorites like “O Holy Night,” “Sleigh
Ride” and “White Christmas.” Tickets range
from $20 to $80. Visit www.kennedy-cen-
ter.org for more information.
A new Friday night drag show at
ZIEGFELD’S has started with a new
hostess. The Ladies of Illusion host-
ed by Kristina Kelly has performances
every Friday at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
“She Rex,” a queer celebration of the
ladies of rock ‘n’ roll, is slated for tonight
(and every second Friday of the month)
at CHAOS & PANDEMONIUM, located
at 1725 Columbia Road, N.W. in
Washington. Event starts at 9:30 p.m.
and there’s no cover. Ages 21 and up.
saturday, dec. 12
TOWN has its annual White Party
tonight with guest DJ Twisted Dee (aka
Denise Gurney), a lesbian spinner who
has established herself as a premier DJ
at gay events in Fire Island and at vari-
ous circuit parties around the world.
Those attending are encouraged to
wear white. Doors open at 9 p.m. A drag
show starts at 10. Cover is $10 from 9 to
11 p.m. and $15 after 11. Town is locat-
ed at 2009 8th Street, N.W. Visit
www.towndc.com for more information.
ADVENTURING OUTDOOR GROUP is
taking what’s being described as an easy
hike today with the Chrysalis Arts and
Culture Group through the Wilderness
Battlefield, west of Fredericksburg, Va.
Leader Craig Howell will explain the
area’s Civil War significance and the cur-
rent controversy associated with a pro-
posed Walmart near the site. The hike
will be about six miles. Those attending
are encouraged to bring drinks, lunch
and about $8 for transportation and trip
fees. The group will meet at 10 a.m. at the
station attendant’s kiosk at the King
Street Metro stop. For more information,
e-mail craighowell1@verizon.net or call
202-462-0535.
D.C.’S DIFFERENT DRUMMERS will
perform a holiday show tonight called
“Make the Season Bright!” at 8 at
Lutheran Church of the Reformation,
located at 212 East Capitol Street, N.E.
New York-based drag queen MIMI IMFURST will perform as the Virgin Mary in
“Madonna’s Christmas Celebration” at EFN Lounge tonight and Saturday.
The Capitol Pride Symphonic Band, the
Pride Wind Ensemble and D.C. Swing!
will perform under the direction of con-
ductor Joe Bello. Tickets are $20 or $10
for seniors and students. They’re avail-
able at www.dcdd.org or at Lambda
Rising in Dupont Circle. Those attending
are asked to bring a non-perishable food
item to be donated to Food & Friends.
An ’80s dance party called “Eighties
Mayhem” will be held tonight at the
BLACK CAT with DJs Steve EP, Killa K
and Krasty McNasty. Visit www.black-
catdc.com for more information. Black
Cat is located at 1811 14th Street, N.W.
sunday, dec. 13
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN has its
annual holiday party, dubbed “Meet Me
Under the Mistletoe” this year, tonight at
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EFN Lounge. VIP admission is at 5 p.m.;
general admission opens at 6:30 p.m. DJ
Brennan Sullivan will spin. An ugliest hol-
iday sweater contest will be held and local
drag queen Shi-Queeta-Lee hosts.
General admission is $20 but VIP ($50)
and sponsorship tickets ($250) are also
available. EFN Lounge is located at 1318
9th Street, N.W. Tickets can be pur-
chased at www.hrc.org/dcholidayparty.
A Chanukah concert for human rights
will be performed today at 4 p.m. at
TEMPLE SHALOM in Chevy Chase,
Md., featuring Greg Wall and the
Later Prophets, a Jewish jazz musi-
cian. Tumel Jazz with Rob Coltun will
also perform. Rabbi David Shneyer
will lead a Chanukah sing-along time.
A portion of the proceeds will be donat-
ed to Equality Maryland. Tickets are
$25 but special rates are available for
seniors and youth. For more informa-
tion, visit www.am-kolel.org.
DIGNITY WASHINGTON, a local gay
Catholic group, celebrates Mass for the
LGBT community every Sunday at 6
p.m. at St. Margaret’s, located at 1820
Connecticut Ave., N.W. Call 202-546-
2245 for more information or visit
www.dignitywashington.org.
monday, dec. 14
LEVEL ONE, a gay-owned restaurant in
the basement of Cobalt at 1639 R Street,
N.W., has pasta night every Monday with
choice of three sauces, salad and
dessert for $12.95 Bottles of wine are
half price from 5 p.m. on every Monday
and Wednesday nights. Visit www.level-
onedc.com for more information.
NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR at 900 U
Street, N.W., holds “Pokerface,” a
Texas hold ‘em poker night every
Monday at 8 p.m. It’s free to play and
prizes are awarded. Visit www.nelliess-
portsbar.com for more information.
tuesday, dec. 15
Local drag queen Shi-Queeta-Lee
hosts drag bingo every Tuesday this
month at NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR
from 6 to 10 p.m. She’s selling copies
of her 2010 calendar. Nellie’s is located
at 900 U Street, N.W.
HOLLABACK, a social club and sup-
port group for trans people, presented
by Alpha Drugs, is tonight at 1638 R
Street, N.W., Suite 260. To RSVP, call
Dee Curry at 202-290-0324.
wednesday, dec. 16
Lesbian comedian JUDY GOLD opens in
“Mommy Queerest!” tonight at 7:30
p.m. It’s a Theater J production that will be
performed in the GOLDMAN THEATER
IN THE MORRIS CAFRITZ CENTER
FOR THE ARTS in the Edlavitch Building
located at 1529 16th Street, N.W. in
Washington (part of the D.C. Jewish
Community Center). Gold is the star of
the critically acclaimed “25 Questions for
a Jewish Mother.” This new production,
which she co-wrote with Eric Kornfeld
and Bob Smith, is being billed as an edgy,
multi-media comic memoir with original
music featuring Gold’s humorous take on
being a gay mom, anti-depressants, nurs-
ing homes and raising two boys in New
York. The show runs through Jan. 3.
Tickets range from $30 to $55 but are half
off for those 35 and younger. For tickets or
more information, call 800-494-TIXS or
visit www.theaterj.org.
An HIV/AIDS SUPPORT GROUP, pre-
sented by Alpha Drugs, is tonight at 1638
R Street, N.W., Suite 260. Dinner will be
served but reservations are required. To
RSVP, call 301-735-2805 or 301-674-8901.
Ladies First night is tonight and every
Wednesday at FAB LOUNGE, located at
1805 Connecticut Ave., N.W. For more infor-
mation, visit www.myspace.com/ladiesfirst.
thursday, dec. 17
Gay filmmaker JOHN WATERS performs
tonight at 7:30 p.m. in “A John Waters
Christmas” at the BIRCHMERE, located
at 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., in Alexandria.
Tickets are $39.50. Visit www.birch-
mere.com for more information.
New York-based drag queen MIMI
IMFURST, makes her Washington
debut tonight as the VIRGIN MARY in
“Madonna’s Christmas Celebration,”
tonight and Friday at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
respectively, at EFN Lounge. The show
purports to “set the record straight” as
to the real events surrounding the birth
and life of Jesus with original music and
parodies of holiday favorites and Top 40
hits. It’s the fourth annual installment of
Imfurst’s “Virgin Mary” series in which
the drag queen explores the psyche of
a teen mother and 13-year-old bride.
A promo video is available at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDrMIpD0
06A. Tickets for the 90-minute show are
$10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Visit www.virginmarylive.com for tickets
and more information.
friday, dec. 18
THE GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF
WASHINGTON will perform its holiday
musical, “Snow White and 175
Faeries,” tonight and Saturday at 8
p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Lisner
Auditorium on the George Washington
University campus, located at 730 21st
Street in Washington. The event is
being billed as winter music and a mini-
musical of the classic fairy tail with the
chorus’s own spin on it. Tickets range
from $20 to $50 and can be purchased
at www.gmcw.org or 202-293-1548.
Drag performer MARTHA GRAHAM
CRACKER performs a two-night cabaret
engagement tonight and Saturday at 8
p.m. at GALA Theatre, located at 3333
14th Street, N.W. Tickets are $25 and
$30. The event is being billed as an out-
rageous theater and live music event with
DITO VAN REIGERSBERG of the Pig
Iron Theatre Company performing a
comedic drag routine. Visit www.galathe-
atre.org for more information.

Celebrating the wholeness and holiness of Lesbian, Gay,

Bisexual & Transgender Catholics in Washington, D.C.
When I first came to Dignity/Washington, I was seeking a Catholic community that
could nurture me as a whole person, without me having to check my sexuality at the door.
The reason I continue to come back week after week is because of the fulfillment I feel
celebrating my faith with the friends I have made. The spirit of intentional communities,
like Dignity/Washington, is so inviting; unlike some parishes where people are simply
there out of obligation, the people who attend Dignity/Washington's services are there
because they want to be -- that makes a real difference.
When I think about Dignity/Washington, I'm grateful for the time and effort countless
volunteers have given to provide a spiritual home for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-
gender Catholics. -- Christopher J. Hinkle, Dignity/Washington member since 1996
Mass (sign interpreted) and social: Sundays at 6:00 PM Contact us at: 202-546-2235 (phone)
At St. Margaret’s Church 202-521-3954 (fax)
1820 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington Visit online at www.dignitywashington.org
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Aiden Shaw on surviving porn, prostitution
HIV-positive author
writes about selling
his innocence
By TYRONE FORD
Special to DC Agenda
To categorize Aiden Shaw as just
a prostitute and porn star would be
both lazy and obvious.
With more than 50 adult films to his
name and years spent as a prostitute,
he is approachable, intelligent and a
survivor. Shaw was in Washington ear-
lier this month to promote his newest
book, “Sordid Truths: Selling My
Innocence for a Taste of Stardom,” and
appear at EFN Lounge/Motley Bar.
The owner of EFN Lounge, Bill
Gray, said he asked Shaw to make an
appearance at the establishment’s
Friday night “Bearly CODE” happy hour.
“I didn’t want him to come and sign
books,” Bill said. “I wanted him to just
come and meet the guys of D.C., sign
autographs — just socialize. He really
fits in with the crowd that comes to
Motley, so it really made sense.”
DC Agenda spoke with Aiden
about his book, his time as a prosti-
tute and more.
Agenda: In “Sordid Truths,” when
describing the cross you’d made of “twigs
and thorny red roses,” you make mention
Aiden Shaw
that you loved iconography and the pas-
sionate yet brutal imagery of Catholicism.
Where do you believe this love stemmed
from and do you still have it?
Shaw: I’ve always thought religious
iconography was beautiful, even since I
was a child. You see, to me it’s not about
the beliefs behind it but the artistic
beauty of the objects themselves.
Agenda: You say that while work-
ing as a prostitute, undressed, you felt
less exposed, and that naked was your
uniform. Were you always so comfort-
able in your skin? Were there ever
instances where you were less sure?
Shaw: It’s funny about that. Some
people think I may just walk around
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naked when I’m home, but you see
when I’m by myself, I prefer to be
clothed at all times — nearly to the point
of showering in a bathing suit. But work
is work, and being naked is the uniform
for the job I was doing, and I was com-
pletely comfortable in that. Anyone who
wears a uniform during the day for any
job wants to change out of it as soon as
the day is done, don’t they? I can say
the same thing: That [after] being naked
all day, it’s nice to just have the clothes
back on while not working.
Agenda: There are some instances
in the book where you discuss not
knowing or sharing certain pieces of
information about people in your life. Do
you think this was done partly on a sub-
conscious level to keep anyone from
getting too close to you?
Shaw: I can see how it may seem
like that there could be a great bit of sub
context, however, unfortunately, it just
wasn’t that deep. To be truthful, we
never thought of things like that at the
time. It’s just how things were at the
time, due to all the drugs — not to men-
tion information wasn’t available like it is
now. Everyone has a cell phone now,
when back then if you wanted to reach
someone you needed to make an effort.
Agenda: You make reference to
reading “The Happy Prince” by Oscar
Wilde whenever you felt unsure of
yourself. What part of the story do
you identify most with? Is this some-
thing you still practice?
Shaw: Absolutely. It’s timeless
and I believe it will always affect me.
I always recommend everyone read
it at least once.
Agenda: Towards the end of the
book, you write, “Just say no to deal-
ing drugs, not taking them.” You stat-
ed at your book signing that you are
now sober. Has your opinion changed
on this topic?
Shaw: “What the real problem is
with most people is they become addict-
ed. Addiction is the real problem, not
necessarily the usage. Not that I’m con-
doning the usage, but the real problems
begin when any addiction takes over.”
Agenda: When you tested posi-
tive for HIV, what was your reaction?
How well did you handle it?
Shaw: I handled it as well as can
be expected. It’s not like it was any big
surprise to me, so I just carried on.
Agenda: Why did you decide to
go public about your HIV status?
Shaw: I have never withheld the
truth about anything, so this was no
different. I was surrounded by sup-
portive people, like Chi Chi LaRue,
who all were incredible.
Agenda: Looking back on your
film career, are there any that meant
the most to you?
Shaw: I can’t really say any one
film meant the most to me. Really,
each film was just publicity, which is
really what it’s all about. The more I
got my name and face out there, the
better off I was.
Agenda: What are your thoughts
on today’s young gay guys in the
adult film industry?
Shaw: I don’t really watch much
of it, to be honest. Who is good and
who isn’t is such a personal choice
depending on what you find sexy. I
find the demeanor of someone far
more attractive, the way he looks at
me, or holds his mouth in a particular
way, than any one physical trait.
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A trip back in time in ‘Cadillac’
Like TV’s ‘Mad Men,’
this play revels in
old-school references
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Best known for playing varied
eccentrics and batty matrons, terrific
local actor Nancy Robinette is at it
again. This time it’s Mrs. Laura
Partridge, an offbeat, seemingly
insignificant, middle-aged woman
who shakes up corporate America in
The Studio Theatre’s revival of
Howard Teichmann and George S.
Kaufman’s 1953 hit comedy, “The
Solid Gold Cadillac.”
A modern fairytale about the tri-
umph of the little guy over big busi-
ness, “Cadillac” undoubtedly res-
onates today. A minor but determined
stockholder in General Products, Mrs.
Partridge (who knows nothing about
business and consults her horoscope
before making a move) takes on some
rather odious executives (David Sabin,
James Slaughter, Paul L. Nolan, and
Leo Erickson) with surprising results.
While stymieing the fat cats at every
turn, she rather unwittingly wins the
support and attentions of the powerful,
aging alpha male Edward L. McKeever
(Michael Goodwin).
An out-of-work stage actor, Mrs.
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Michael Goodwin as Edward L McKeever and Nancy Robinette as Laura Partridge in ‘THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC.’
Partridge revels in the limelight that
— again rather unwittingly — has
come with her new mission.
Robinette adds perfect measures of
temper, innocence, determination
and a sense of the dramatic in mak-
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candidate for a retirement home in
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with Studio’s typically senior-heavy
audiences?
This “Cadillac” is meticulously
designed and well acted. Alex Jaeger
is spot-on with the early Eisenhower
era corporate drag, and James
Kronzer’s classy revolving set magi-
cally transforms into various offices.
Erik Trester’s sound and projections
are first rate. The entire cast is very
fine. Laura Dunlop and Russell Jonas
are assets as the young, romantically
involved office underlings.
Still, there are problems: Director
Paul Mullins might have goosed-up the
first act — the pacing drags and the
laughs suffer. McKeever’s dramatic
recitation feels endless and the vintage-
looking pseudo news footage featuring
local TV news personalities is fun, but
less would be more. Overall, the sec-
ond act is faster and more amusing.
While Robinette’s Partridge isn’t
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most glaringly dated aspect of the comic turn as the tone-deaf singing
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Let it ‘Snow’
Gay Men’s Chorus finds
inspiration in fairy tale
classic for holiday show
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
The relationship between the Evil
Queen and Snow White in “Snow
White and 175 Faeries,” this year’s
holiday show for the Gay Men’s
Chorus of Washington, is, as you
might expect, much different from the
relationship the actors playing them
have. The Queen, of course, wants
Snow White killed, but the actors are
enjoying a cross-generational cama-
raderie and mentorship.
Chip Crews, 59, who plays the
Queen, says he has little in common
with his character, the only female role
in the cast, which he plays in drag.
“I’m tempted to say hardly any-
thing [in common] at all because I’m
such a lovely person,” Crews says
with a self-deprecating laugh. “I don’t
think I act like that but, in fact, I do
understand her.”
Jay Garvey, 25, whose Snow White
is a male character in this parallel uni-
verse re-imagining, says he kids
Crews, telling him Crews is “my
mama.” Crews has been in the Chorus
for 19 years. This is Garvey’s first show.
“When I’m there and Jay, who’s
‘Snow White and
175 Faeries’
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absolutely charming, I have no trou-
ble,” Crews says. “I project as his rival,
which I never would in real life. I don’t
want to be Jay. I can be up there on the
stage and I think he is a little better
looking than me after all, so I just
decide I have to have him killed.”
In the show’s back story, the
Queen is the widow of Snow White’s
father. The malevolence the Queen
feels toward Snow White, presented
here as a young, gay romantic lead,
requires some acting, Crews says.
“The role here is to be threatening
and the director has been very sup-
portive about making her not just a
bitchy drag queen,” he says. “She
orders Snow White killed and is
delighted when she thinks it’s hap-
pened. I don’t know if there’s been a
time in my life when I’ve ordered
somebody killed. I’d like to think I
would never do that, but it’s a fun
thing to do on the stage.”
This show, which debuts tonight in
THE GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON performed at this year’s Capital Pride.
the Lisner Auditorium on the George
Washington University campus and
plays throughout the weekend, was
conceived as a gay adaptation of the
classic fairy tale. About 200 singers
and actors will be on stage.
Rehearsals began in late summer.
Director John Moran, who has direct-
ed several shows for the Chorus since
returning in 2005 after a lengthy hia-
tus, says several Chorus members
conceived the show and fleshed it out
together over many months.
“It’s not like doing ‘My Fair Lady’
where you’re presented with a script
that many professionals have worked
on and all the kinks are worked out,”
he says. “This arrives as a skeleton
and you have to flesh it out.
Sometimes it’s as simple as just
making sure it makes sense.”
Those involved are describing this
incarnation as “a musical farce.” The
evening will be divided into two
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halves. The first is more of a concert,
featuring seasonal favorites like
“Deck the Halls,” “Sleigh Ride” and
“Winter Wonderland.” A contempo-
rary song called simply “Snow,” which
Chorus member Stu Wales calls
“beautiful” and “stirring,” will also be
performed. Then “Snow White” com-
prises the second half.
So what does “Snow White” have
to do with Christmas?
“Overall the show is called ‘Snow,’
with the first half being very holiday
oriented,” says Jarred Harrison, who
plays Nancy, one of the seven
dwarves, re-imagined here as gay
archetypes (the others are Sturdy,
Cuddly, Spanky, Hose and Bitter).
“Snow White fit in with the snow
theme and the mini musical in the
second act, it really brings a light hol-
iday feel even though it’s not specifi-
cally holiday oriented. But it’s a fairy
tale we all know and love and as with
DC Agenda photo by Michael Key
all GMCW shows, our goal is to
entertain but we also try to advocate
and educate about LGBT people and
who we are and what we’re about.”
That will come about in a couple
ways, cast members say.
Harrison calls Nancy, the “diva dwarf.”
“We have fabulous costumes and
choreography,” he says. “It’s very boy
band meets 17th Street. The dwarves
represent the gym rat, the leader of
the pack, the uber queen. I think the
audience will really recognize their
friends and perhaps even themselves.
It’s really just a new and upbeat and
very gay take on the original fairy tale.”
Moran says it’s not all fluff, though.
The show climaxes with Prince
Charming proposing to Snow White, a
story point that the Chorus uses to
make a point about same-sex marriage.
“Fairy tales always have a moral
or a lesson to teach,” he says. “That’s
what they do best.”
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nightlifeagenda: miss gaye america dc @ ziegfeld’s

DC Agenda photos by Michael Key

Contestants worked the stage at Ziegfeld’s on Dec. 6.
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buycurious
Clothing gifts for the men in your life
A range of holiday ideas,
from cable knit sweaters
to printed briefs
By TIMUR TUGBERK
December is a time to be merry
with friends, family, and, of course,
fashion. Not only are the holidays a
time to tour the area’s inventory of gifts
for others, but it is also a time for local
boutiques to showcase their winter col-
lections that will fill our wardrobes for
the next three months. Below are some
great gift ideas for your significant oth-
ers — but also for yourself.
This week, I’d like to focus on a
store with which we’re all familiar —
that is if you happen to be gay and
have lived in D.C. for any significant
amount of time over the past decade.
Universal Gear has led the pack of
fashion boutiques popular with gay
men for as long as I can remember.
Over the years, I have been able to
find many brands and pieces that you
would never typically find outside of
New York, Miami or LA. After a recent
visit to the store, I was able to identify
some great winter and holiday trends.
I know it is very important to many
of us to wear clothing that shows off
a perfectly sculpted physique, but
here’s a reality check: It’s December
and the high has not passed 40
degrees this week. But don’t panic,
as you can still look handsome in
some non-skin hugging garments.
Choose a thick cable knit sweater
($150-$250) at Universal. No lads,
these aren’t grandma’s designs of
old, rather Ben Sherman’s creations
of today. He has really mastered the
art of taking functional fashion and
making it look fabulous.
If you’re thinking, “How am I going
to show up at Nellies or Halo in a
thick cable knit sweater?” then snag
Ben Sherman’s Popular Blazer
($250). It screams sexy, successful
and shows off your great form.
If you weren’t thinking I was loco for
recommending a stylish shawl-neck
sweater, then take a peek at Projek
Raw’s faux fur-lined zip-up sweaters
($180). I am a fan of furry fashions —
especially when it’s faux. You can
never go wrong covering up your mus-
cle tee or American Apparel V with a
cable-knit zip-up with faux fur. These
pieces make a great gift idea and keep
you warm while still looking great.
I discovered something else
Universal now carries — something I
have been wearing for years: Tattoo
print briefs and undies! Cute underwear
doesn’t just make for a great gift idea, it
is also a fun surprise for your date, part-
ner or even a one-night stand. For the
more adventurous guy, Papi makes
scant and sexy men’s underwear. I dis-
covered a terrific mesh, tattoo print
thong ($24). At first I giggled, thinking,
“Oh lordy, who would wear this?” Then
I realized this would make a fun and
memorable gift. It shows you can be
playful and still be sexy.
If you like the direction I’m going
with this, but think a mesh thong may
be too much, then ask to see the Ed
Hardy underwear section. Here you
will find some flamboyant, yet still
masculine, printed briefs and boxer-
briefs ($40). These are more my
style, plus to spice it up you could
throw on a matching trucker cap.
The final item that I think more of
us in D.C. could use: stylish briefcase-
murses. Universal Gear sells a variety
of man bags in styles to match all of
our personalities. I like to find tradition-
al styles with a contemporary flare. My
choice would be Knomo Tokyo’s Wet
Slim briefcase ($150). It is large
enough to fit your laptop, and a T-shirt
and LAX shorts for the gym later. It is
stylish enough to help you stand out
on the Red Line, yet classic enough to
go with any job or outfit.
Bags always make a great gift
because if you don’t have one, you’ll
use it and if you do have one, it can Photos courtesy of Universal Gear
never hurt to have more.
Tis the season, so make that list, Universal Gear offers a wide range of holiday gift ideas for the man in your life,
check it twice and head to Universal from blazers and sweaters to underwear.
Gear and get shopping.
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