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washingtonblade.com • vol. 41, issue 23 • june 4, 2010 • Still sharp after 40 years

Disbelief, tears of joy after ‘Don’t Ask’ votes

Despite compromise,
gay veterans cheer
last week’s steps
toward repeal
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Gay veterans are celebrating
congressional action last week to
repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” 17
years after Congress passed a
law banning gays from serving
openly in the U.S. military.
The House and Senate took
separate actions that would lead
to an end of the statute. Both
chambers approved amend-
ments repealing “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” as part of major
defense budget legislation
known as the fiscal year 2011
defense authorization bill.
On May 27, the House voted
234-194 on the floor in favor of
an amendment sponsored by
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.). The
next day, the chamber voted
229-186 in favor of passing the
entire defense bill.
Five Republicans voted in the
affirmative on the amend-
ment: Reps. Judy Biggert (Ill.),
Joseph Cao (La.), Charles Djou
(Hawaii), Ron Paul (Texas) and
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.).
Joining other Republicans to
vote against the measure were
26 Democrats.
The Senate Armed Services
Committee voted 16-12 in favor
of an identical repeal measure
sponsored by Sen. Joseph
Lieberman (I-Conn.).
In that chamber, Sen. Susan
Photo by Joe Tresh
Collins (R-Maine) was the only
Republican to vote in favor of repeal. The House voted 234-194 on May 27 to support Rep. Patrick Murphy’s efforts to overturn ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’
But a number of obstacles could prevent the bill from reaching the president’s desk or being signed into law.
Continues on page 10

Soccer fans, meet the

drag queens
socialagenda World Cup festival
Last weekend’s Black Pride included parties, a fashion show in Dupont Circle
and an expo. Photos, pages 38-39. set for same day
as Pride parade
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Leaders of the annual Capital
Pride parade and a first-of-its-kind
U.S. festival for the 2010 World Cup
international soccer tournament say
they are confident the two events
won’t interfere with one another,
despite some geographic overlap.
The World Cup event, called
Soccer in the Circle, will take place
Schedule of next week’s
Pride events, Page 36
inside Dupont Circle on June 12,
the same day that the Capital
Pride parade will travel along the
circle’s perimeter as 10,000 peo-
ple walk in the LGBT parade or
watch from the sidewalks. Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
Michael Lipin, a Soccer in the
Circle co-organizer, said he expects Unlike last year’s Capital Pride
several thousand soccer fans, parade, this year’s event will march
including many from nearby foreign through Dupont Circle the same day
embassies, to flock to Dupont Circle that soccer fans separately hold a
to watch one or more of the World Soccer in the Circle festival to cele-
Cup games on two giant video brate the World Cup. The two events
aren’t expected to clash.
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LOCALNEWS
Va. high court rejects
gay man’s appeal
Court says it can’t help
in discrimination case
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The Virginia Supreme Court
has denied a gay man’s effort to
obtain restitution after he alleged-
ly was forced to resign from his job
at a state museum because of his
sexual orientation.
In a two-paragraph notice issued
May 17, the state’s high court said it
wouldn’t hear the case of Michael
Moore v. Virginia Museum of
Natural History because there’s
nothing in the situation the justice
system could rectify.
“Upon review of the record in
this case and consideration of
the argument submitted in sup-
port of and in opposition to the
granting of an appeal, the Court
is of opinion there is no
reversible error in the judgment
complained of,” the notice states.
“Accordingly, the court refuses
the petition for appeal.”
The notice says that Justice
Williams Mims took no part in
considering the case.
Last month’s petition denial is
the result of a process that began
when Moore allegedly was forced
to resign his position as public rela-
tions associate at the Virginia
Museum of Natural History in
Martinsville, Va., in November 2006
because of his sexual orientation.
Moore, who has since
moved to Lakeland, Fla., and is
now preparing for law school,
said the court decision was dis-
appointing but not unexpected.
“We’ve been dealt blows all
along, so I was kind of pessimistic
going into it,” he said. “Them hav-
ing to decide either for me or
against me would have just
required sweeping change. It
should have been the reason they
made a decision and they didn’t,
so I’m disappointed actually.”
Moore said he plans to appeal
the decision to the U.S. Supreme
Court based on violation of rights
in the U.S. Constitution. He noted
that he has 90 days from when
Virginia’s high court issued its
notice to appeal the case.
In his case, Moore has said
his supervisor discovered he
was gay and asked him shortly
thereafter to resign, even though
he was rewarded with satisfacto-
ry marks after completing a per-
formance review.
Michael Moore was allegedly forced to resign from his job at a state
museum in Virginia.
Following his firing, Moore
filed a complaint first within the
state government and later with
the courts based on an executive
order from former Gov. Tim
Kaine (D) prohibiting job bias
against gay employees in the
state and public workforce.
But the administration wasn’t
able to find restitution for Moore,
and the courts have said the
executive order didn’t provide a
legal basis by which the courts
could take action.
Claire Guthrie Gastanaga, gen-
eral counsel for Equality Virginia,
said the failure of the Virginia
Supreme Court to take up the case
shows the need for the passage of
state legislation that would help
protect LGBT Virginians against
workplace discrimination.
“The bottom line is this deci-
sion just demonstrates what
we’ve held for years — that
LGBT employees don’t have any
meaningful law to seek redress
for discrimination, and frankly,
they don’t have any cause of
action under the old executive
order, either,” she said.
When he took office this year,
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell
didn’t renew the executive order
for workplace protection against
gays and instead replaced it with
Washington Blade file photo
a less forceful executive directive.
Gastanaga said if there weren’t
any meaningful protections under
Kaine’s order, “there really, really
isn’t any protection now” under
McDonnell’s directive.
Greg Nevins, supervising sen-
ior staff attorney for Lambda
Legal, called the Virginia
Supreme Court case decision “a
disappointing result” and said the
reasoning for the court’s rejec-
tion “isn’t completely clear.”
Still, he said LGBT people
have some workplace protections
because the U.S. Constitution
grants them some rights.
“It doesn’t mean that public
employees in Virginia don’t have
recourse for discrimination,” he
said. “The Equal Protection
Clause of the U.S. Constitution
does protect state workers from
arbitrary discrimination that’s
based on sexual orientation.”
Nevins said many courts have
found that the Equal Protection
Clause protects LGBT people
against discrimination in the pub-
lic workplace, although a U.S.
district court in Virginia hasn’t
made such a ruling.
“A whole bunch of different
courts around the country have
said it,” he said. “I don’t really
think it’s controversial.”
Whitman-Walker faces
trans bias allegation
The D.C. Office of Human
Rights has found probable cause
that the Whitman-Walker Clinic
engaged in employment discrim-
ination based on gender identity
when it chose not to hire trans-
gender activist Earlene Budd for
a job she sought in 2008.
Gustavo Velasquez, OHR’s
director, confirmed May 28 that
his office had made the probable
cause finding. He said the finding
is a preliminary action equivalent
to a formal charge and is not a
final determination that the Clinic
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
engaged in discrimination.
He said Whitman-Walker Earlene Budd
has appealed the probable
cause finding. Under procedures for processing discrimination
complaints, the OHR must rule on the appeal.
If the office upholds its finding, the case goes to a mandatory
conciliation process, where Clinic officials and Budd negotiate a
possible settlement, Velasquez said. If a settlement cannot be
reached, the case goes to the independent D.C. Commission on
Human Rights, which makes a final decision on whether the Clinic
violated the city’s Human Rights Act, which bans discrimination
based on sexual orientation, gender identity and other categories.
Budd declined to comment, saying she was advised by her
attorney not to discuss the case.
Chip Lewis, a Whitman-Walker spokesperson, said the Clinic
“remains committed to being the highest quality, affirming, and cultur-
ally competent health center for the metro D.C. LGBT community.”
“This principle extends to our employee recruitment and
retention practices,” he said. “We look forward to favorably
resolving this matter with the OHR.”
Velasquez said his office could not provide further details
about Budd’s discrimination complaint against the Clinic.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Judge deals blow to
defense in Wone trial
D.C. Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz is allowing prose-
cutors to submit for her review in the Robert Wone conspiracy
trial all videotaped statements the defendants made to police.
The ruling, which was seen by observers as a strong blow to
the defense, came during the third week of a trial in which gay
defendants Joseph Price, Victor Zaborsky and Dylan Ward are
charged with obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice
and evidence tampering in connection with Wone’s murder.
Wone, who was friends with the defendants, was found
stabbed to death in 2006 in the guest bedroom of their house.
His wife, Katherine Wone, testified that Wone had worked late
and decided against driving to the couple’s home in Oakton, Va.
The defense attorneys argued that allowing the admission of
the taped police interrogation of the three men on the night of the
murder would be highly prejudicial to their case. They cited rules
of evidence in trials preventing testimony by one defendant detri-
mental to another during a joint trial.
Lead prosecutor Glenn Kirschner argued that Leibovitz was high-
ly qualified to distinguish between statements by the defendants that
should or should not be admissible. He noted that at the request of
the defendants, Leibovitz, rather than a jury, would render a verdict
in the case and she would not be susceptible to prejudice.
The taped interrogations are considered important evidence for
the government. Prosecutors said the men’s statements can be
used in conjunction with physical evidence found at the crime scene
to show their alleged propensity to conceal the truth about the
Robert Wone murder. No one has been charged with the killing.
The trial is expected to continue for at least another two weeks.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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LOCALNEWS

Growing number of gays on ballot in Maryland

Clippinger, Washington
hope to join 4 out
lawmakers in Annapolis
Editor’s note: This is the first
in an occasional series profiling
openly LGBT candidates running
for office in D.C., Maryland and
Virginia in 2010.
By STEVE CHARING
Baltimore OUTLoud
Several candidates for the
Maryland House of Delegates are
hoping to become the state’s newest
openly LGBT elected officials.
Luke Clippinger, an assistant
state’s attorney in Anne Arundel
County, and Mary Washington, a
real estate agent and elder at First &
Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
in Baltimore, are among the state’s
growing number of LGBT politicians
seeking election or re-election to
office this fall. In addition, Dana
Beyer is running for delegate from
District 18 in Montgomery County.
Four out gays and lesbians cur-
rently serve in the state legislature:
Dels. Anne Kaiser (D-Montgomery
County), Maggie McIntosh (D-
Baltimore) and Heather Mizeur
(D-Montgomery County) and
Sen. Richard Madaleno (D-
Montgomery County).
Luke Clippinger, an assistant state’s attorney in Anne Arundel County,
is one of several openly gay people seeking election or re-election this
year in Maryland.
“The prospect of having an
unprecedented number of openly
LGBT folks in the legislature demon-
strates just how far we have come,”
said Morgan Meneses-Sheets, exec-
utive director of Equality Maryland.
“To be a truly representative body,
our state legislature needs to be as
fantastically diverse as our state. That
means that our community should be
there helping to shape the future of
Maryland not because we are LGBT
but because we are qualified,
because we have something to give.”
And Clippinger, who’s
knocked on 7,200 doors in
District 46 since November for
his campaign, is playing up his
qualifications to join the General
Photo courtesy of Friends of Luke Clippinger
Assembly in Annapolis.
“I’m a native Baltimorean who
wants to bring my experience as a
prosecutor to Annapolis and help build
safer neighborhoods in south and
southeast Baltimore,” Clippinger said.
At least two state delegates are
supporting Clippinger’s campaign.
Del. Peter Hammen (D-Baltimore)
described Clippinger as someone
who is “smart, works hard, ener-
getic, and he cares.”
Del. Brian McHale (D-Baltimore)
agreed. He said Clippinger “brings vol-
unteers, knowledge and experience to
our team and will do so in Annapolis.”
Clippinger, who aims to succeed
retiring Del. Carolyn Krysiak (D-
Baltimore), is campaigning to reform
the juvenile justice system and pursue
polluters. He received his law degree
from the University of Louisville.
Although he doesn’t mention
LGBT matters on his web site or
campaign literature, Clippinger
said he’d be “a strong, forceful
advocate for issues that impact
LGBT Marylanders, including
marriage equality and transgen-
der protections, in Annapolis.”
The Gay & Lesbian Victory
Fund has endorsed Clippinger,
who said he’s benefitting from
gay supporters.
“I have identified LGBT support-
ers across the district who are
helping my campaign every day by
holding meet and greets, going
door to door, and raising money for
my candidacy,” Clippinger said.
Also securing a Victory Fund
endorsement is Washington,
who is campaigning in District
43. If elected, she would become
the second openly lesbian black
state lawmaker in the country.
“I am running for the Maryland
House of Delegates because I
believe the district needs more vigor-
ous, more progressive leadership,”
she said, “and the community needs
elected officials who can inspire pub-
lic trust, serve as a catalyst for posi-
tive change and work effectively to
expand social and economic justice.”
A native of Philadelphia who
earned a doctorate in sociology
from Johns Hopkins University,
Washington said she’s troubled
that divisions along lines of race,
class and sexual orientation con-
tinue to plague the district.
“I’m afraid the city just hasn’t had
the kind of representation we need,
the kind of leadership we need to
bring our communities together.”
Washington said throughout
her career, she’s “worked with all
kinds of people — rich and poor,
black and white, gay and straight
— to create social change,” and
wants to continue that work in
the state House.
Washington said her record on
LGBT issues — including her
advocacy for same-sex marriage
and support of pro-gay judges —
have demonstrated her insistence
“to advocate for those issues in a
strong and public way and seek to
persuade others to see that what
we ask for in marriage equality is a
simple matter of justice.”
“As an African-American
woman who is actively engaged
in a range of issues of concern to
people in Baltimore and through-
out the state,” she said, “I am
well-positioned to build bridges
between the LGBT community
and supporters of other progres-
sive causes as well as with the
broader community.”

Gay man stabbed to death in Anacostia apartment
Police tell neighbors
no evidence of
forced entry found
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
A 38-year-old gay man was
found stabbed to death in his
Anacostia apartment May 27, and
D.C. police are seeking help from
the LGBT community to help their
investigation into the slaying.
Michael McKoy, who was
found dead in his third-floor
apartment at 1635 V St., S.E.,
became the fourth gay man to be
killed in the D.C. area since
December and the third to be
murdered in neighborhoods east
of the Anacostia River.
Lt. Paul Wingate of the D.C.
police’s Homicide Branch said offi-
cials have no suspects or motive in
the McKoy case. He noted that
police are hoping residents from the
neighborhood or others who knew
McKoy will come forward with infor-
mation to further the investigation.
Wingate said he could neither
confirm nor deny information
Photo courtesy of D.C. police
Michael McKoy, who was found
stabbed to death in his apart-
ment May 27, is the fourth gay
man to be killed in the D.C. area
since December.
obtained by the Blade that police
told neighbors that no signs of a
forced entry into the building or into
McKoy’s apartment were found.
Police have said in other
cases that a lack of forced entry
evidence usually means the vic-
tim knew his or her attacker and
invited them into their home.
A resident of the building, who
spoke to the Blade on condition
of anonymity, said police investi-
gators approached all residents
seeking information for the case.
The resident noted that investi-
gators assured the residents
they did not believe the incident
was a random killing by some-
one who broke into the building.
Wingate said investigators
have circulated a photo of McKoy
to building residents and in the
surrounding neighborhood.
In an announcement released
May 28, police said they are offer-
ing a $25,000 reward for informa-
tion leading to the arrest and con-
viction of the person or people
responsible for McKoy’s murder.
Anyone with information is asked
to call police at 202-727-9099.
McKoy’s stabbing death fol-
lows two other slayings of gay
men in Southeast D.C. neighbor-
hoods over the past six months.
In December, District resident
Anthony Perkins was found shot
to death inside his car, which
was parked on the 2900 block of
Fourth Street, S.E. Antwan
Holcomb, 20, a nearby resident,
has been charged with first-
degree murder while armed in
connection with the killing. A
police affidavit says a witness
told investigators Holcomb met
Perkins through a gay phone
chat line and Holcomb pretend-
ed he was gay as a means of lur-
ing Perkins to a location where
Holcomb could rob Perkins.
On Jan. 10, Maryland resident
Gordon Rivers, also gay, was
found shot to death on the street
next to his car along the 2600 block
of Naylor Road, S.E. Police have
said witnesses told them a suspect
shot Rivers in a botched holdup
attempt inside Rivers’ car. Anthony
Hager, 22, of Temple Hills, Md.,
and William Wren, 17, of Southeast
D.C., have since been charged
with first-degree murder in connec-
tion with Rivers’ death.
Police said Rivers drove to the
area where he was shot after
Wren reportedly called Rivers,
inviting him to meet with Wren.
Police have declined to say how
Rivers and Wren first met and
whether their meeting was through
the Internet or a phone chat line.
Gay D.C. middle school princi-
pal Brian Betts, who was found
April 15 shot to death in his
house in Silver Spring, Md., met
through a sexually oriented
Internet and phone chat line
catering to gay men at least one
of three 18-year-old men
charged with his murder, accord-
ing to police sources.
The growing number of cases
where gay men appear to have been
thusly targeted prompted Gays &
Lesbians Opposing Violence to issue
an alert warning locals of the dan-
gers associated with meeting people
through such venues.
Gay activist Phil Pannell said list-
ings by gay men in Southeast D.C.
neighborhoods, including Anacostia,
have appeared recently on Internet
dating sites for gay men.
Wingate said investigators are
unsure whether McKoy lived alone
or had a roommate. He noted that
police received conflicting reports
from neighbors, with some believ-
ing McKoy lived with another man
at various times.
The lieutenant confirmed a
report from a neighbor that
McKoy’s body was discovered a
few days after authorities believe
he was stabbed to death. Wingate
said relatives found McKoy’s body
and contacted police.
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McCain pledges to derail ‘Don’t Ask’ momentum

Continued from page 1

The sole Democrat who voted

against the amendment was Sen.
Jim Webb (D-Va.). He had earlier
told media outlets that he sees no
need to preempt the Pentagon’s
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” study by vot-
ing in favor of repeal at this time.
The legislative compromise
adopted by both chambers of
Congress would repeal “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” only after the
Defense Department completes
its study on the issue, due Dec. 1.
Additionally, President Barack
Obama, Defense Secretary
Robert Gates and Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm.
Michael Mullen would have to
certify that repeal won’t under-
mine military readiness — and
60 days would have to pass after
this certification before repeal
would take effect.
The measure also notably
lacks the non-discrimination lan-
guage for gay, lesbian and bisex-
ual service members that stand-
alone repeal bills contained.
Even with the compromise,
though, many gay former service
members were delighted with
Congress for taking action.
Mike Almy, a gay former Air
Force communications officer
who was discharged under
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2006
and recently testified before the
Senate on the issue, witnessed
the vote in the House chamber.
“The whole floor and the
gallery erupted with a cheer,” he
said. “There were quite a few
tears of joy and disbelief, includ-
ing myself. I still get choked up
when I think about it.”
Following the vote in the Senate
Armed Services Committee, Almy
said repeal supporters visited the
office of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)
to thank him for his vote in favor of
ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Nelson told the Blade last
month that he wouldn’t vote in
favor of a measure repealing
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” But after
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)
unveiled his compromise legisla-
tion, Nelson signaled he would
vote in favor of the measure.
Almy said Nelson’s staffers told
repeal supporters that they received
40,000 phone calls in Nebraska for
repeal and 1,100 against.
“I was speechless,” Almy said.
“I was completely dumbfounded
there was that much support in
Nebraska for repeal. It was just
an incredible week overall.”
Retired Navy Capt. Joan
Darrah, a lesbian who retired
from service in 2002 because of
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” also said
she was pleased with Congress,
calling the votes “a tremendous
U.S. Sen. John McCain has pledged to do everything he can to stop ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ from being overturned.
effort and a great result.”
But Darrah, who lives in Alexandria,
Va., said she’s “distressed” about
Webb’s vote against repeal.
“I’ve met and corresponded
with Sen. Webb many times and
I’m disappointed,” she said.
Darrah said she’s willing to live
with the compromise, though, and
didn’t think Mullen would delay
certification of repeal once the
Pentagon study is complete.
“This approach that they’ve
come up with allows the study to
conclude — and the study is sup-
posed to be how to implement it,
not if we should,” she said. “I think
that this is an excellent compro-
mise. We need the Senate to vote
on it and then get on with getting
rid of this, frankly, un-American
and discriminatory law.”
Also expressing excitement
about the congressional votes was
a gay man from Chesapeake, Va.
The active duty Navy sailor, who
served in Iraq and Afghanistan,
spoke to the Blade on the condition
of anonymity to avoid to being
outed under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
He called the action from
Congress “long overdue” and
said “it’s been a rough hell” serv-
ing in the military for seven of the
17 years since “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” was enacted.
He said he’s willing to accept
the compromise advanced by
Congress because “we’re standing
on the right side of history” and did-
n’t think Obama, Gates or Mullen
would delay certification of repeal.
“Adm. Mullen said it best —
men and women are serving in
an institution where integrity is
key, but we’re asking them —
asking us — to hide who we are,”
said the man. “I don’t think we’ll
have any problem at all.”
Following the vote, Obama
issued a statement on the “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” action. The White
House previously said it would sup-
port the compromise legislation
because it allows the Pentagon to
complete its study on the issue.
Obama said he was “pleased”
with the outcome while stressing
the importance of the Pentagon’s
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” study due
at year’s end.
“I have long advocated that we
repeal ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,’ and I
am pleased that both the House of
Representatives and the Senate
Armed Services Committee took
important bipartisan steps toward
repeal tonight,” Obama said.
The president said the
Pentagon’s review was “key to
successful repeal” and that he
was grateful the amendments
approved by Congress “will
ensure that the Department of
Defense can complete that com-
prehensive review that will allow
our military and their families the
opportunity to inform and shape
the implementation process.”
Hurdles remain
in repeal process
Even with Congress taking
action to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell,” the legislation approved by
the House and the Senate com-
mittee still has to make its way to
the president’s desk and win his
signature before it’s enacted.
And a number of obstacles
could prevent the bill from reaching
the White House or being signed
into law. However, supporters of
repeal are saying these roadblocks
are less numerous than obstacles
before the congressional votes on
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Alex Nicholson, executive direc-
tor of Servicemembers United, said
the legislation didn’t “have a lot” of
possible roadblocks preventing it
from being signed by the president.
Still, one problem that sup-
porters of repeal could face is a
filibuster of the defense authori-
zation bill when it reaches the
Senate floor.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.),
ranking Republican on the Senate
Armed Services Committee and
chief opponent of repeal in the
Senate, had pledged to find the 60
votes in the Senate necessary to
block the bill from moving forward.
Roll Call newspaper reported
May 27 that McCain said he’ll
“without a doubt” support a fili-
buster if the bill goes to the floor
with repeal language.
“I’ll do everything in my power,”
McCain was quoted as saying. “I’m
going to do everything I can to
support the men and women of
the military and to fight what is
clearly a political agenda.”
But mustering 60 votes to fili-
buster the defense bill could
prove a challenge for McCain.
Two senators who voted
against the inclusion of “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal language
in the defense bill — Jim Webb
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
(D-Va.) and Scott Brown (R-
Mass.) — later voted in favor of
reporting out of committee the
defense bill as a whole. Their
votes could be seen as signs
they wouldn’t support filibuster-
ing the legislation on the floor.
Nicholson said he believes
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid (D-Nev.) has the votes to
shut down McCain’s filibuster
threat on the bill, but added it’s
“never a guaranteed thing.”
“I personally think Jim Webb and
Scott Brown’s votes are still a little
volatile,” Nicholson said. “While they
voted to report the bill out of com-
mittee, I don’t know that they’re solid
allies on this. If McCain figures out a
way to try to block this with a fili-
buster, I wouldn’t count Brown and
Webb in our camp 100 percent.”
During a press conference
last week, Senate Armed
Services Committee Chairman
Carl Levin (D-Mich.), hailed as a
champion of repeal in the
Senate, dismissed the chances
of a successful filibuster on the
defense authorization bill.
“I think it’s hard to filibuster a
defense bill,” Levin said. “There’s
so much in here for our troops.
The fact that there’s one provision
in here that some people don’t like
— it seems to me [that] would not
be [a] sufficient deal for 41 sena-
tors to filibuster a defense bill.”
Levin said he wants to bring
the legislation before the full
Senate sometime before the
August recess.
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NATIONALNEWS
Mormon leader’s lesbian descendant running for Congress
Claudia Wright
forces runoff against
five-term incumbent
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The lesbian great, great
granddaughter of an early leader
of the Mormon Church is attract-
ing LGBT support in her bid to
represent Utah in Congress.
In what could be an uphill bat-
tle, Claudia Wright, a retired high
school teacher, is seeking to
steal the Democratic nomination
from five-term incumbent Rep.
Jim Matheson (D-Utah) in a pri-
mary election set for June 22.
Wright said she pursued a run
against Matheson because she
was displeased with his opposi-
tion to health care reform legisla-
tion, and doesn’t think he is
accurately representing voters in
the congressional district.
“As this became a gerryman-
dered district, his attitude was
he’d have to move further to the
right, but he’s now further to the
right — especially on things like
health care — he’s now further to
the right than [Republican Sen.
Bob] Bennett was,” Wright said. “I
think he’s too far to the right to
represent most of Utah.”
Wright forced a runoff in the race
after Matheson failed to secure 60
percent of the vote from delegates
at the Utah State Democratic
Convention on May 8. Matheson
House members say AIDS drug program in crisis
Frank, Baldwin sign
petition to Obama
warning of AIDS deaths
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
U.S. Reps. Barney Frank (D-
Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
have joined 76 of their House col-
leagues to sign a petition to President
Obama calling for $126 million in
emergency funds for the federal
AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
The petition, dated May 19, says
the emergency supplemental funds
are needed to reverse a growing
trend among states to put in place
waiting lists for the mostly uninsured
patients that rely on ADAP to provide
their life-saving AIDS drugs.
“It’s abundantly clear that
without emergency action, the
ability for ADAP programs to pro-
vide a safety net for low income
and underinsured Americans
Photo courtesy of Claudia Wright for Utah
Claudia Wright, the lesbian
descendant of an early Mormon
Church leader, is making head-
way in her congressional bid.
received 55 percent of the vote;
Wright received 45 percent.
This marks the first time
Matheson hasn’t received
enough support from delegates
and has faced a primary runoff,
according to the Utah-based
Deseret News.
Wright said she believes she
can beat Matheson in the primary
because she’s focusing on issues
of concern to Democrats and
Republicans. She cited as two pri-
orities public financing of cam-
paigns and reform eliminating “too
big to fail” safeguards for banks.
“I think that does appeal to
moderates, and I think it does
appeal to independents,” she said.
Carl Schmid, deputy executive director of the AIDS Institute, said problems
with the federal AIDS Drug Assistance Program are ‘getting worse and worse.’
with HIV/AIDS will be seriously
damaged,” says the petition.
Carl Schmid, deputy execu-
tive director of the AIDS Institute,
a national AIDS advocacy group,
“So I think I have a really good
shot at perhaps getting the nomi-
nation and also winning in the fall.”
An out lesbian, Wright has
been in a relationship for 13
years with Stephanie Pace, a
retired college professor.
Wright said she has a limited
portfolio in LGBT activism, but she
contributed to the Utah Pride
Center when it first opened in Salt
Lake City and is a member of the
Human Rights Campaign. She’s
received support from a number of
LGBT groups and associations
within Utah, including an endorse-
ment from the Stonewall
Democrats of Utah Caucus.
Bruce Bastian, a gay billion-
aire philanthropist known for
supporting many LGBT organi-
zations, also has thrown his sup-
port behind Wright.
Wright has the distinction of being
the great, great granddaughter of
Brigham Young, an early leader of
the Church of Latter-day Saints. He
became church president in 1847.
Wright said while that lineage may
be impressive to people who live out-
side of Utah, “it’s not unusual” among
people within the state because
Young was known to have 55 wives
and many descendants.
“So about every fourth person
in the state is Brigham Young’s
descendant,” she said. “Outside
of the state, that sounds like a
really big deal; inside of the
state, it doesn’t get you very far.”
Wright, who said she was a
Mormon but now doesn’t belong
to any organized religion, is criti-
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
said a coalition of AIDS groups
has urged the White House and
Congress to boost the federal
funding allocation for ADAP for
more than a year.
cal of the Mormon Church’s tenet
that “sexuality is entirely choice.”
The church is recognized as
having played a significant role in
backing anti-gay initiatives, most
notably Proposition 8, which
ended same-sex marriage in
California in 2008.
“I felt very out of place, first, as a
single women, and then, as a les-
bian, later on in the church,” she said.
“I haven’t been an active member of
the LDS Church in over 20 years.”
Still, Wright said she does-
n’t “have any animosity” and that
members of both sides of her fam-
ily subscribe to the Mormon faith.
“I think eventually they’ll have
to come around — just like the
Catholic Church will, the Baptist
Church will, and the Methodist
Church will over time,” she said.
“And they will. They’ll come to
understand the issue better.”
Matheson is known for having a
mixed voting record on LGBT issues
during his tenure in Congress. He
voted in favor of the Federal Marriage
Amendment in 2004 and 2006.
The lawmaker voted in favor
of hate crimes legislation and a
version of the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act in 2007, but
he also voted in favor of a motion
of recommit to kill ENDA.
Still, Matheson was vocal in
his support last week for legisla-
tion to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell.” Before voting in favor of the
measure, he spoke on the House
floor in support of it.
“Anyone who’s willing to put on
this country’s uniform and put his
“The ADAP problem is getting
worse and worse,” he said. “We’re
very concerned that the adminis-
tration and Democratic leaders in
Congress are not responding.”
Schmid and officials with other
AIDS groups have said the health
care reform legislation that
Congress approved earlier this year
is expected to lessen the need for
ADAP. The reform measure will pro-
vide health insurance coverage for
millions of Americans, including
people with HIV and AIDS, who
currently can’t afford it.
The new insurance system
will include prescription drug
plans that cover the expensive
anti-retroviral drugs that have
been credited with preventing
people with HIV from progress-
ing to full blown AIDS.
But AIDS group officials note
that the new program won’t go into
full effect until 2014, and more than
1,000 people with HIV who can’t
afford the drugs are on ADAP wait-
ing lists in at least 11 states.
or her life on the line to protect our
freedoms deserves our respect
and should not be subject to dis-
crimination,” he said. “Repealing
this flawed policy is an important
way for us to show that respect.”
But Wright said she consid-
ers Matheson’s vote on the mat-
ter — as well as his co-sponsor-
ship of an environmental bill —
a way to appease more liberal
voices in his district.
“He is trying to win back some of
the environmentalists that endorsed
me and he’s trying to do the same
thing with the LGBT community,”
she said. “I think he’s having limited
success with both of those.”
Overtaking Matheson in the
primary could be a challenge for
Wright as his financial resources
dwarf the amount she’s raised.
According to the most recent
Federal Election Commission
reports, Matheson had more than
$1.4 million in cash on hand, while
Wright had about $9,000.
Wright dismissed the funding dis-
parity, saying she’s “running a very
different campaign” from Matheson.
She said “a lot of people” are
working for her campaign across
the state on a volunteer basis and
would support her plans to go
“town by town, county by county
through the state” to compete with
Matheson on the grassroots level.
“I can’t compete with him in
money,” she said. “He’s always
going to be able to afford more
ads on TV and more ads on the
radio, and I hope to do this per-
son to person.”
That number is expected to
increase significantly if Congress
doesn’t approve an emergency
supplemental funding of $126
million for ADAP this year and
another increase of $370 million
for fiscal year 2011, according to
officials with state AIDS offices.
Congress created ADAP in
1987 as part of the sweeping
Ryan White AIDS Care Act. It was
intended to provide free or low-
cost drugs to people with HIV who
have limited financial resources
and lack health insurance.
The program is structured so
that each state and U.S. territory
operates an independent ADAP,
with the option of supplementing
the program with state funds.
Most states have added differing
amounts of their own funds to
the program.
According to the National
Alliance of State & Territorial
AIDS Directors, Congress appro-
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LOCALNEWS
Soccer festival to end two hours before parade begins
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screens positioned there.
But he said the soccer event
is scheduled to end about 4:30
p.m. — two hours before the
Capital Pride parade is sched-
uled to begin.
“We don’t see any problem
because our final broadcast
ends about 4:20,” he said. “Some
of our people may stay for the
Pride parade.”
Dyana Mason, executive
director of the group that organ-
izes the Capital Pride parade,
said she agreed with Lipin’s
assessment that the two events
would coincide with each other
smoothly and amicably.
“They said this was planned
with our parade in mind,” said
Mason, who has spoken with
Soccer in the Circle organizers. “I
think everything is fine. I’m look-
ing forward to the soccer fans
staying to see the parade.”
Similar to past years, the
Capital Pride parade is scheduled
to kick off at 23rd and P streets,
Rapper Wale appears at Black Pride, apologizes
Booking agent fired for
‘miscommunication’
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
In an unexpected turn of
events, rapper Wale appeared for
a brief performance at Sunday’s
D.C. Black Pride festival and apol-
ogized for an earlier decision to
cancel his scheduled booking as
the event’s lead entertainer.
The nationally recognized rap-
per and D.C. native told Black
Pride organizers through a
spokesperson May 28 that his
decision to cancel his appearance
for Sunday’s festival at the
Washington Convention Center
was due to a “miscommunication”
on the part of one of his agents.
“The one thing I stand for is
hip-hop music, and hip-hop
music knows no race, no color,
no age, no gender, no sexual ori-
entation — none of that,” he told
a cheering crowd after arriving
on the festival stage.
“So the most important thing
about it is the music, and it makes the
people happy. That’s why we’re here.
“But I will say sometimes in
this business you’re aligned with
people who don’t understand that
and don’t necessarily have the
same beliefs as you do. And I
apologize for not having my best
foot forward … and I’m going to
Organizers say this year’s Soccer in the Circle event won’t clash with
the Capital Pride parade set for next Saturday.
N.W., where it will travel along P
Street to Dupont Circle. The
parade route travels nearly
halfway around the circle to New
Hampshire Avenue, where it pro-
ceeds to R and 17th streets. From
do better, as we all do.
“Every day we’ve got to do better.
So I apologize on behalf of my team
for not being the way they are sup-
posed to be. Now with that said, can
we have some fun right now?”
In response, people in the
audience shouted, “Yea!”
Wale’s appearance was followed
by J. Holiday, an R&B singer who
was booked after Wale’s announce-
ment that he had cancelled his
appearance at Black Pride.
Holiday said he was pleased
to be performing at the event and
welcomed his fans from the
LGBT community.
Earlier in the day, other local
entertainers performed at the festival
as several dozen local and national
LGBT organizations and various
commercial vendors interacted with
attendees in booths set up in the
convention center’s large exhibit hall,
where the festival was held.
Among those attending the
event was D.C. City Council
Chairman Vincent Gray (D-At
Large), who is challenging Mayor
Adrian Fenty in the September
Democratic primary. Fenty did not
attend the event, but his Office of
LGBT Affairs set up a festival booth.
Other officials to attend were
Council members Kwame Brown
(D-At Large), who is running for
Gray’s Council chairman seat, and
Harry Thomas (D-Ward 5). Council
members Phil Mendelson (D-At
Large), David Catania (I-At Large),
Photo by Joe Tresh
17th Street, it heads to P Street
again, where it turns south on
14th Street and ends at 14th and
N streets near Thomas Circle.
The largest crowds viewing the
parade traditionally stand next to
and Jim Graham (D-Ward 1)
attended a separate reception May
28 kicking off Black Pride weekend.
Longtime participants in the
event noted that attendance was
down this year compared to pre-
vious Black Pride festivals.
Earl Fowlkes, a board member
and spokesperson for Black Pride,
said the drop in attendance might
have been due to the economic
downturn, which likely made it
harder for people to attend from
throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Out-of-town participants have long
made up a large percentage of
D.C. Black Pride’s crowds.
Fowlkes, who is president of the
International Association of Black
Prides, said the recent trend of hold-
ing Black Pride festivals in other
cities, including Atlanta, also was a
factor in the lower attendance at
D.C.’s event. D.C. was the first U.S.
city to hold a Black Pride celebration.
Wale had initially been billed as
the lead entertainer at the 20th
annual D.C. Black Pride Legacy
Festival & Wellness Expo.
But Fowlkes said event organ-
izers were startled last month
when they received two e-mails
from Wale’s agent, one saying
the rapper had to cancel due to
“family obligations,” and another
saying he didn’t know Black
Pride was a gay-related event
when he agreed to appear.
According to Fowlkes, Black
Pride organizers made it clear from
and inside Dupont Circle. Parade
and Soccer in the Circle organiz-
ers acknowledged that if the two
events took place concurrently,
one could interfere with the other.
But Lipin said he was certain that
most of the people gathered in the cir-
cle to watch the soccer games live
on the video screens will have dis-
persed by the time the parade
approaches Dupont Circle. The USA-
England game, which is expected to
draw the largest crowds, is scheduled
to begin at around 10 a.m.
With South Africa hosting this
year’s World Cup games, the South
African Embassy in Washington has
endorsed the Soccer in the Circle
event. An embassy spokesperson
said the embassy would have a
presence at the festival.
Eddie Pope, a highly
acclaimed soccer player and
member of the U.S. team in three
World Cup tournaments, is
scheduled to speak at the
Soccer in the Circle event and is
expected to attract a sizable
crowd of followers.
D.C. gay activist Barrett Brick,
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
The rapper Wale, a D.C. native,
told a crowd at Black Pride that
‘hip-hop music knows no race, no
color, no age, no gender, no sex-
ual orientation — none of that.’
the start that Black Pride is an
LGBT event and most of the atten-
dees would be LGBT people.
“Black Pride now believes that
as a result of failed communica-
tions between the booking agent
and the artist, Wale was booked for
an event after notifying manage-
ment that he would be taking a few
weeks off to focus on family
issues,” says a statement Black
Pride organizers released May 28.
“D.C. Black Pride regrets that
these communications (or lack
thereof) resulted in the commu-
a longtime soccer fan and sup-
porter of the D.C. United profes-
sional soccer team, said that
although a “handful” of soccer
fans at the Dupont Circle festival
might be uncomfortable with an
LGBT parade, “many more
would be happy to watch and
perhaps even join in.”
He noted that the Screaming
Eagles, D.C. United’s oldest fan
club, of which he’s a member
and which is “quite gay-friendly,”
also is backing the Soccer in the
Circle festival.
The Dupont Circle Advisory
Neighborhood Commission voted
to support the Soccer in the Circle
festival, according to gay ANC
Commissioner Mike Silverstein.
“There was never any ques-
tion that these events would con-
flict,” he said.
The Capital Pride parade takes
place one day before the annual
Capital Pride festival, which is to be
held along Pennsylvania Avenue,
N.W., near the U.S. Capitol. More
information about the parade and
festival is online at capitalpride.org.
nity perception that the artist did
not appreciate nor want to per-
form for his gay and lesbian
fans,” says the statement. “The
principal agent responsible for
the miscommunication has been
terminated.”
Upon learning that Wale had
cancelled his appearance at Black
Pride, organizers arranged
for Holiday to replace Wale as the
headliner performer. Holiday took
to Black Pride’s stage after Wale
delivered his remarks to the crowd
and performed two songs.
As planned after the mix-up sur-
rounding Wale’s appearance,
Holiday gave a full performance as
the day’s lead entertainer, including
some of his songs that rose to the
top of the Billboard Top 100 Chart.
Wale became a nationally rec-
ognized rapper in 2006, when
his song “Dig Dug (Shake It)” led
to his record company contracts
and appearances on MTV.
“It was very apparent that
Wale was sincere about wanting
to clear up any misconceptions
that he was homophobic,” said
Jimma Elliott-Stevens, a D.C.
Black Pride board member and
attorney who represented Black
Pride in its negotiations with
Wale’s representatives.
“This experience was very
important for the LGBT communi-
ty as it showed that we will not be
invisible within and outside the
black community,” said Fowlkes.
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NATIONALNEWS
Wedding DIRECTORY ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal could
advance before August recess
Continued from page 10
Nicholson said another threat on the
Senate floor could be a strike-and-
replace amendment modifying the “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” language, such as one
that changes the scope of the Pentagon
study on the issue.
Conservatives have called for legisla-
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have to be hashed out by conference
committee, which could jeopardize any
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ing for the program.
In a statement, Obama spoke out
against the funds for the alternate
engine program in a Statement of
Administration Policy on the defense bill
as a whole. He subsequently warned
Congress he would veto the legislation if
Kagan gets boost from
potential GOP allies
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nomi-
nee Elena Kagan got a boost from potential
GOP supporters last week when two
Republican senators who will vote on her
confirmation both said her lack of experience
as a judge is no obstacle to elevating her.
The Associated Press reported that
Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
and George LeMieux of Florida made their
comments May 27, one day after one of the
court’s conservative icons, Justice Antonin
Scalia, undercut Republican criticism of
Kagan’s lack of a judicial background.
Scalia’s remark, made during a lecture
Wednesday at the federal courthouse in
Washington, “helps her. Definitely, it helps
her,” said Graham, a member of the Judiciary
Committee that will hold confirmation hear-
ings on Kagan set to begin June 28. “I think
that argument is not going to go very far.”
LeMieux, who had a lengthy meeting with
Kagan in the Capitol Thursday, also said judi-
cial inexperience was not a concern.
“I don’t find that in any way a prohibi-
tion to her service,” the Associated Press
it reaches his desk with such funding.
“As the Statement of Administration
Policy made clear, our military does not
want or need these programs being pushed
by the Congress, and should Congress
ignore this fact, I will veto any such legisla-
tion so that it can be returned to me without
those provisions,” Obama said.
The issue of funding for the alternate
engine program has perennially been a
point of contention between Congress
and the White House. According to
Reuters, 2010 marks the fourth consecu-
tive year in which the Pentagon has
voiced concern about the program.
Nicholson said he didn’t know if the
veto threat was “too serious of a prob-
lem,” but noted it’s something supporters
of repeal should monitor.
He said repeal supporters could either
push Congress to take out funding for the
alternate engine program or lobby Obama
not to veto the bill over the funding.
“In the end, I don’t think that’s going to be
a big problem,” Nicholson said. “Even if he did
veto it and it went back, I feel certain with the
majorities by which we won the House and
the way it’s aligned in the Senate, I don’t real-
ly fear that the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ language
will be threatened or in play.”
Levin, a supporter of funding for the
alternate engine program, also said dur-
ing the press conference last week that
Congress and the administration would
find a way to work through the disagree-
ment on the issue.
“There’s all kinds of items in this bill,”
he said. “It’s difficult for me to believe the
president would veto an entire bill over
just one provision.”
quoted LeMieux as saying. The first-term
Floridian called Kagan intelligent, articu-
late and “refreshingly forthcoming” on a
variety of questions he posed, on sub-
jects including free speech, guns, gay
and lesbian rights and abortion.
Both Graham and LeMieux said it was
too early to tell whether they would vote
to confirm Kagan, who drew seven
Republican votes last year when she was
confirmed as solicitor general.
Kagan, President Barack Obama’s choice
to succeed retiring Justice John Paul
Stevens, has now met with half the Senate
as she crisscrosses Capitol Hill introducing
herself in advance of the hearings.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said
Kagan would bring “a greater degree of
dialogue to a divided court.”
“While it was clear that she would not pre-
judge any case, we did touch on privacy issues
that are most important to me and other major
issues that the Supreme Court may wrestle with
in the coming years,” Gillibrand said after meeting
with Kagan, according to the Associated Press.
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NATIONALNEWS

Frank, Baldwin seek emergency federal ADAP funding

Continued from page 12 It noted California’s ADAP, in which Foundation proposed that for every dollar of $126 million advocacy groups say is need-
spending for AIDS drugs increased by 165 federal funds allocated for ADAP, pharmaceu- ed for ADAP this year from federal stimulus
priated 72 percent of the total ADAP percent since 2000, while the number of tical firms should be required to “contribute money approved under President Obama’s
expenditures in 2000. But by 2009, the patients served increased by 49 percent. two dollars in additional rebate or price cuts.” economic stimulus legislation.
federal share of ADAP funding dropped to “This is equivalent to a 77 percent As of earlier this week, neither Congress The White House and Democratic lead-
51 percent, with state budgets and dis- increase in per patient cost of AIDS drugs,” nor the White House had moved forward any ers in Congress have yet to officially take a
counts offered by drug companies picking says the statement. “Even with ‘price freezes’ of the proposals for supplementing the position on the Coburn-Burr bill, but Capitol
up the balance. and rebates, the costs of the pharmaceuti- ADAP budget through a special, emergency Hill observers say they don’t expect the
NASTAD said the decline in the federal cals will continue to rise to a level that will funding allocation for fiscal year 2010. president or most Democrats in the House
share of the funding did not occur due to a bankrupt states, and force major program- Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and or Senate to support the measure.
reduction in federal funds; federal funds for matic concessions in eligibility and formulary.” Richard Burr (R-N.C.), however, introduced The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has
the program continued to rise at a modest Among other things, AIDS Healthcare a bill last month calling for extracting the endorsed the bill.
pace. The percentage of federal funds
declined because the number of new people
enrolling in state ADAP programs increased
dramatically over the past decade, in part
because the effectiveness of the drugs has
kept more people with HIV alive.
Additionally, in recent years, the eco-
nomic recession has resulted in the loss of
jobs along with the loss of health insurance
coverage for large numbers of Americans
with HIV, AIDS group officials have said.
At the same time, the recession has result-
ed in a dramatic drop in tax revenue for states,
forcing most states to put in place large budg-
et cuts. The cuts have hit state health depart-
ments, including state funding for ADAP.
The federal government’s failure to
increase its share of ADAP funding to cover
the large increase in people with HIV
enrolling in the program at the same time that
states have slashed their ADAP budgets has
been the catalyst for a spike in ADAP waiting
lists in a growing number of states.
In one case, AIDS activists have said
South Carolina sharply cut its ADAP budget,
threatening to prevent hundreds of people
with HIV in need of AIDS drugs from receiving
them. The cuts could lead to the death of peo-
ple with HIV who might otherwise remain
healthy if they had access to the medication.
Earlier this year, a heated dispute sur-
faced between NASTAD and the AIDS
Healthcare Foundation, a national AIDS
advocacy group based in Los Angeles, over
whether calls for Congress to appropriate
more money for ADAP should be linked to
demands that pharmaceutical companies
provide greater discounts to ADAP for the
purchase of expensive AIDS drugs.
Both groups favor an increase in feder-
al funds for ADAP, and both have said
they support efforts to negotiate greater
price discounts from drug companies for
state programs.
But unlike the AIDS Healthcare Foundation,
NASTAD and its allies favor lobbying Congress
for increased ADAP funds on a separate track
from efforts to secure greater price reductions
from the drug companies.
Julie Scofield, NASTAD’s executive
director, has argued that a coalition of
state programs and various AIDS advoca-
cy groups have succeeded in securing
significant drug discounts from major
pharmaceutical companies.
In a statement sent by e-mail in March
to more than 1,000 groups and activists,
AIDS Healthcare Foundation officials said
federal intervention alone is not sufficient
to curtail the ever-accelerating cost of
ADAP spending on drugs.
“The undeniable driver of costs in
ADAPs is the costs of the medications
that are purchased,” says the statement.
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White House, HRC
applaud Malawi pardon
WASHINGTON — The White House and Human Rights Campaign welcomed the
recent pardon of two gay Malawi men who were sentenced to 14 years in prison
because of their sexual orientation.
In separate statements released
May 29, both camps noted that
Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge
Chumbalanga are not criminals.
Malawi President Bingu wa
Mutharika issued the pardons.
“It is reprehensible to imprison
anyone for who they are or who
they love,” said Joe Solmonese,
HRC’s president. “This is welcomed
news that we hope will reverberate
around the world in places —
including our own country — where
LGBT people are targeted for
harassment and discrimination.” Photo by Pete Souza; courtesy of White House
White House Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs said that “we must all President Barack Obama’s administration applauded
recommit ourselves to ending the per- the pardoning of two Malawi men who were sentenced
secution and criminalization of sexual to 14 years in prison because of their sexual orientation.
orientation and gender identity.”
“We hope that President Mutharika’s pardon marks the beginning of a new dialogue
which reflects the country’s history of tolerance and a new day for lesbian, gay, bisex-
ual and transgender rights in Malawi and around the globe.”
Malawi has faced international condemnation for the conviction and harsh sentenc-
ing. The Associated Press reported that Mutharika granted the pardon based on
“humanitarian grounds only,” and that homosexuality remains illegal in the southeast-
ern African nation.
Strict policing, no arrests
at Moscow gay parades
MOSCOW — Two Gay Pride parades were held without arrests in Moscow on May
29, the first time Russian authorities have not intervened since the inaugural attempt
to hold the event in the capital in 2006.
The Associated Press reported that an activists’ spokesman said that the absence
of harassment, beatings and detentions was due to their “military planning” rather than
any kind of warming toward non-traditional orientation among officials.
Moscow riot police typically disperse such gatherings with force, emboldened by
declarations from city Mayor Yury Luzhkov that have equated LGBT people with the
devil. Activists also blame Russia’s resurgent Orthodox Church, which publicly and
sternly denounces gay culture, for fomenting homophobia.
About 25 activists held a short demonstration on The Arbat, a pedestrian street
lined with shops and cafes that is one of Moscow’s main tourist draws.
They marched for about 10 minutes, holding banners and shouting slogans such as
“No discrimination on the grounds of orientation.” Some observers waved and laughed,
and there were no signs of hostility.
Police did not try to disperse the march, but when the demonstrators saw a line of
uniformed officers blocking the street ahead of them, they scattered.
A few hours later in northwestern Moscow a smaller, international group including
British activist Peter Tatchell unveiled a long rainbow flag and chanted “Russia without
homophobes!” and “Equal rights, no compromise!”
Zimbabwe court frees
2 gay group employees
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwe court last week freed two employees of a gay
organization after six days in jail on allegations of possessing indecent material and
displaying a placard seen as insulting to President Robert Mugabe, an outspoken crit-
ic of homosexuality.
The Associated Press reported that Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe said May 27 that
the two employees were assaulted by police while in custody.
Defense attorney David Hofisi said the two were also made to bend their knees into
a sitting position with their arms outstretched for long periods and were struck with bot-
tles when they weakened and fell.
According to the Associated Press, Magistrate Munamate Mutevedzi released the two
on bail of $200 each until a trial set for June 10, where they will face penalties of impris-
onment or a fine. Homosexuality is illegal in Zimbabwe and most African countries.
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VIEWPOINT
Is ENDA the best use of our energy?
Rethinking the next
priorities for the
movement
By JESSICA LEE
Last week the House passed
important legislation toward the
repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a
discriminatory law that does not
allow gays to serve openly in the
military. The question we now
face is what our legislative prior-
ities will be going forward.
I would like to see an agenda
that is as broad, practical (mean-
ing that it has a good chance of
being enacted) and strategic as it
can be, advancing equality for as
much of the LGBT community as
possible in the most meaningful
ways. We have limited resources
in terms of volunteers, money,
political capital and lobbying, so
this choice is important. Most
national LGBT organizations have
targeted the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act as their primary
focus. ENDA, which would outlaw
discrimination in the workplace, is
no stranger to our cause, as it has
been in the legislative hopper for
many years with no progress.
Ending discrimination in the
workplace is a worthy goal, but
since ENDA does not apply to gov-
ernment-sanctioned discrimina-
FEEDBACK
The following comments
were submitted as letters to the
editor or posted to our web site.
Visit washingtonblade.com to
join the conversation.
Re: “Holding wealthy gay
donors accountable” (editorial
by Kevin Naff, May 28)
I am writing in response to the
editorial on Gov. Martin O’Malley’s
remarks at the OutGiving confer-
ence held in Chicago. I know many
LGBT Marylanders were disheart-
ened to hear the governor declare
his belief that our state is not ready
for full marriage equality. I beg to dif-
fer. In addition to the recent
Washington Post poll, which found
that a majority of registered voters
support extending the freedom to
marry to same-sex couples,
Equality Maryland also commis-
sioned a poll in the fall with a plural-
ity of Marylanders standing behind
equal protections for LGBT couples.
While his recent comments are
disappointing, it is important to
point out that Gov. O’Malley has a
long history of supporting our
community. As mayor of Baltimore,
he signed into law anti-discrimina-
tion protections on the basis of
tion, which is the most serious
against us, ENDA is no panacea
and our money, lobbying and votes
should support an agenda that is
broader than solely ENDA. Further,
the private sector has made
tremendous progress toward
equality in the past decade and
might not be the best place to focus
change efforts. Transgender
activist and blogger Corinna Cohn,
proposes that there might be other
ways to accomplish ENDA’s goals:
“Proponents of the Employment
Non-discrimination Act (ENDA) say
the bill is necessary to protect vul-
nerable people from being judged
on personal traits. However, the
biggest gains in workplace protec-
tions have come from businesses,
not government. The 2010
Corporate Equality Index (CEI),
published by the Human Rights
Campaign (HRC), reported that 72
percent of businesses surveyed
have gender identity protections,
and the number grows each year.
“When groups like HRC let
businesses know that they are
going to be measured and scored
based on their corporate policies,
the businesses evaluate them-
selves for changes based on com-
munity expectations and on the
practices of their competitors.
“This is the most logical way to
advance workplace protections,
because discrimination is a phe-
gender identity or expression in
the areas of employment, housing
and public accommodations. As
governor, he has signed several
relationship recognition bills into
law, as well as a bill specifically
protecting LGBT students.
Recently, O’Malley directed state
agencies to comply with Attorney
General Doug Gansler’s opinion
recognizing out-of-state same-sex
marriages and has made multiple
public statements in support of the
opinion. The governor has also pub-
licly committed to signing a mar-
riage equality bill when it passes.
We certainly can and should
expect that our governor is in
stride with the current times and
the growing momentum behind
equal protections in both his
words and his actions. The funny
thing is that if O’Malley openly
and unequivocally claimed all
that he has done on behalf of the
LGBT community, this would be
a very different conversation.
Without access to civil mar-
riage equality here at home and
comprehensive statewide anti-
discrimination laws, a large num-
ber of Marylanders are not being
treated fairly under the law.
nomenon of human attitudes, and
attitudes are changed through
experience and personal growth,
not through the imposition of fed-
eral law. Discrimination based on
personal characteristics is an
affront to human dignity, but cre-
ating federal penalties for discrim-
ination will only spray perfume on
one of the symptoms of discrimi-
nation without addressing the
underlying cause.”
I am not suggesting that our
LGBT organizations abandon pur-
suit of ENDA; what I am suggesting
is that ENDA might not deserve the
tremendous expense of political
capital that it is getting to the exclu-
sion of other avenues of change.
What other strategic priorities that
improve the lives of the most LGBT
people should we pursue?
Healthcare equality is one idea.
This year we missed a historic
opportunity, with the recent passage
of massive health care reform, to
address the inequality of the tax
treatment of domestic partner health
benefits. Democrats delivered for
unions by exempting the first
$26,000 of a straight family’s health
plan from the “Cadillac tax” and
delayed any taxation on those bene-
fits until 2018. Gay individuals, par-
ents and their children who receive
their health insurance through their
domestic partners pay income tax
on dollar one of their benefits. This is
The election is less than six
months away and we must contin-
ue to thank those who have stood
by our side in the past, including
Gov. O’Malley, while also pushing
them to continue to work with us to
realize true and lasting equality for
all of Maryland’s families. —
Morgan Meneses-Sheets, execu-
tive director, Equality Maryland
Outing people who are them-
selves not elected officials is rep-
rehensible. Shame on you, Kevin
Naff. You have no right. The gov-
ernor had nothing to do with the
gay marriage case and did not
“betray” the plaintiffs.
Gov. O’Malley supports the attor-
ney general’s opinion that the state
must recognize out-of-state gay
marriages. He has stated that he
would sign a gay marriage bill when
it is passed by the legislature. He
implemented domestic partner ben-
efits for state employees. He is a
good and decent person who does
not deserve your ill-informed vitriol.
Save it for the man who vetoed
every gay rights bill that crossed his
desk. Save it for the man who is
against gay partner hospital visita-
tion. — Shannon Avery
a huge disparity in the treatment of
gays and straights. It is also a hard-
ship for middle and low-income gay
families and an injustice for all gays.
Lobbying to include domestic part-
ners in the “Cadillac tax” exemption
would have been smart, non-contro-
versial and helped many in our com-
munity. Instead of making progress,
by ignoring this opportunity we were
left with the expansion of a discrimi-
natory system.
One also has to ask where gay
Democrats Barney Frank, Tammy
Baldwin and Jared Polis were
when this legislation was being
debated for almost a year. Other
Democrats stood up for their con-
stituents to the point of ridicule but
our advocates were silent. Perhaps
that is because we did not ask
them to speak up for us.
There are many other areas in
which a practical approach could
improve the day-to-day lives of the
majority of gay Americans, espe-
cially those who are middle and
lower-income. The tax code is full
of inequities and would be a good
place to start looking
for opportunities
to change.
Jessica Lee is a new
board member of
GOProud and regular
contributor to the Blade.
Reach her at
jlee@goproud.org.
Would GLBTQ Marylanders
rather have Bob Ehrlich? Would
backward Bob even speak to gay
donors? Gov. O’Malley is open to
hearing from us. He’s not perfect, but
there are very few elected officials
anywhere who are. At least Gov.
O’Malley’s administration has shown
support for LGBTQ constituents.
There is a race in Maryland, and
commentary like this has no
chance of helping the GLBTQ com-
munity. Has-been Bob should be
defeatedbyGov.O’Malley.—Brian
Re: “House passes ‘Don’t
Ask’ repeal” (news, May 28)
Robert Gates, what are you
doing? This has got to be one of
the strangest requests from mili-
tary/civilian leadership to our
troops. In today’s Washington
Post, he is quoted as saying (insin-
uating) that DADT and its repeal is
no longer owned by the president,
Congress or Pentagon!
What? If I was in the military,
told everyday to not think, just fol-
low orders and do as I’m told,
minute by minute, day after day,
then I would be asking myself
why my leaders are dumbfound-
ed here. — Peter the Saint
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VIEWPOINT
We should celebrate single people
From Kagan to Carrie,
tough questions for
the unmarried
By KATHI WOLFE
“If you are single, after gradua-
tion there isn’t one occasion where
people celebrate you,” the fictional
character Carrie Bradshaw, a
writer, said in the HBO series “Sex
and the City.”
Some years later, with the
movie “Sex and the City 2” play-
ing nationwide and Senate con-
firmation hearings for Supreme
Court nominee Elena Kagan, an
unmarried woman, slated to
start June 28, I think to myself,
Carrie really nailed what life’s
often like if you’re single.
Whether you’re straight or
queer, your friends and family
won’t throw a party or drink a
toast to send you off on a long
and happy single life. Forget the
un-bridal gift registry. If you want
presents, you’ll have to follow in
Carrie’s footsteps, and, as she
did in an episode of SATC, start
a registry for yourself.
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‘ ’
If you are single, after graduation
there isn’t one occasion where
people celebrate you.
As in the case of Kagan, if you’re
unmarried, (particularly, if you’re
over 40), people will question your
sexual orientation. Though unmar-
ried (or uncoupled) women may
face these questions more often,
rumors still swirl around single men
(take the speculation about retired
Supreme Court Justice David
Souter’s sexual orientation).
As a single lesbian, I feel for not
only Kagan, Carrie and Souter, but
for all, whether famous or unknown,
straight or LGBTQ, who are unmar-
ried or uncoupled. Why do I feel this
bond? Because often, both the cul-
ture at large and the queer commu-
nity, devalue single people.
I don’t mean to paint the divid-
ing line between the single and
the unmarried with too wide a
brush or to dismiss the joys of
marriage. I have straight and
LGBTQ friends who are both
coupled and uncoupled. My late
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partner Anne and I would have
gotten married if we could have.
We, who are queer, won’t have
achieved equality until same-sex
marriage is a legal right. Having
enjoyed relationships, if the right
woman came along, I’d think seri-
ously about re-partnering. No
question about it. When things
are going well, love and marriage
can, as the Frank Sinatra song
says, “go together like a horse
and carriage.”
But not everyone wants to be a
partner or to marry. Some folks,
whether straight or LGBTQ,
choose for part or all of their lives
to be single. Others are single due
to circumstances such as the
death of a spouse. Either way,
we’re still part of the community –
a member of the same species as
the coupled and married. You’d
think people, queer and straight,
would get this. Yet, too often, we
202.725.1422
june 4, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 23
who are single are regarded, and
sometimes treated, as if we’re
aliens from another planet.
Who knows if Kagan is lesbian?
We won’t know if Kagan’s queer,
unless she herself says what her
sexual orientation is. But it’s a safe
bet that her sexuality is up for dis-
cussion because she’s single.
Whatever her orientation, I hope
that if Kagan is confirmed, she’ll
rule in favor of LGBTQ people
when cases involving same-sex
marriage come before the
Supreme Court. This having been
said though, I can’t help but won-
der: has the sexual orientation of
any married Supreme Court nom-
inee been questioned during his or
her confirmation hearings? (I’m
not speaking here of Justice
Clarence Thoma, as the issue of
sexual harassment was involved
during his confirmation process.)
The speculation around Kagan
mirrors the stereotypical assump-
tions that many, hetero and queer,
have about single people. These
misperceptions run the gamut
from thinking we’re hyper-sexed
narcissists to believing that we’re
a-sexual workaholics. Granted,
there’s often a nugget of truth in
stereotypes. Undoubtedly, some
uncoupled folk are over-sexed,
over-worked or self-absorbed. But
most of us are no more horny, nar-
cissistic or career-oriented than
our coupled peers.
Historically, the queer com-
munity has been a place where
you could feel at home if you
weren’t part of a couple. Single
people, often treated as out-
siders in the straight world, were
respected in gay life. But, in the
push for same-sex marriage
equality, too frequently, we’re
being metaphorically seated at
the “children’s table.”
Unlike Carrie, I don’t want to set
up a registry for myself. (I couldn’t
walk in Manolo Blahniks.) I’ve no
desire to impede the fight for
same-sex marriage. I
only hope that sin-
gle people will be
given a place at the
adult table.
Kathi Wolfe is a
local writer and
poet. Reach her at
kathiwolfe@aol.com.
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Snagging a steal on a foreclosure deal

David Bediz
Sales Associate at Coldwell
Banker Residential Brokerage
June 1, 2010
There are some properties in the
D.C. market that just sit, collecting
dust and garnering little interest even
after a year or more on the market.
Sellers and their real estate agents
dejectedly reduce the price until the
property finally sells, often at a loss
for the seller. While this is the sad
story for many properties in our
area, and while major media outlets
continue to tout a nationwide buyer’s
market, many local buyers are find-
ing quite the contrary: a cut-throat,
competitive contest for the well-
priced properties around the D.C.
region, particularly in developing
neighborhoods like Shaw, Petworth,
the H-Street Corridor near Capitol
Hill and Columbia Heights. Fed ini-
tially by the $8,000 federal tax credit,
and fueled now by optimistic projec-
tions for the nationwide housing
market in general, buyers are com-
ing out of the woodwork to compete
for foreclosure fire sales.
The properties that seem to
attract the most attention, almost
regardless of their condition, are
foreclosed houses in the $200,000-
350,000 price range. Most buyers
recognize that those houses, if situ-
ated in an area they foresee to be
continuously improving, are worth
the risk, time and money involved in
their rehabilitation. Developers are
feeding the intensity of these com-
petitive bid situations with their own
aspirations of a quick-flip profit, and it
is not uncommon for a property to
garner more than a dozen offers
within a few days of being listed.
Buyers David Morris and Justin
Burkhardt bid on two properties,
both near 8th and S Streets in Shaw,
before successfully locking in their
own home in LeDroit Park in April.
The first home they bid on received
eighteen offers in a week, and the
second got nine offers without even
having a kitchen. The couple also
toured one house in Columbia
Heights that was literally falling over,
listed at $279,000. There were four
other groups touring it at the same
time they saw it. When they consid-
ered putting in an offer later that day,
the couple learned that seven other
offers had already been received
and, unbelievably, all seven offers
were from all-cash buyers.
The 3-bedroom rowhome they
ultimately won was not a foreclosure,
but it was priced very attractively at
$385,000. They beat six other offers
to snag the deal, but they had to pay
$70,000 over the asking price and
cut appraisal and home inspection
contingencies to make it happen.
They also had to submit their offer
the day after the house was listed in
order to be considered. “I was utterly
frustrated…it seemed we could
never move fast enough, offer
enough money or cut more contin-
gencies to compete. We were elated
when we found out the offer for our
house was accepted,” Morris said.
Another couple recently under
contract for a short sale property said
they learned quickly that D.C. is any-
thing but a buyer’s market when it
comes to well-priced houses.
Christopher Bulka and Andrew
Hebbeler had to bid $126,000 over
asking price for a two-bedroom home
in Mt. Vernon Square, beating out 12
other offers. “Any time a property is
listed below market value, it seems
like it’s just a strategy to get multiple
offers. It becomes a feeding frenzy,
and you have to bid so much more
over asking just to stay in the game.”
Skilled buyers’ agents have a
few strategies that are common-
ly recommended to succeed in a
competitive bidding situation:
The first is to move quickly. All
buyers should subscribe to email-
update providers either through their
agents (using the Matrix MLS sys-
tem) or through other reputable MLS
access providers that are reporting
current and accurate MLS informa-
tion so they can find out about list-
ings the day they come on the mar-
ket… and go see them that day if
possible. Trulia and Zillow, while
excellent sources of information for
research and neighborhood infor-
mation, often display properties that
are already under contract as
“active” and usually don’t show prop-
erties that are listed the same day
they go on the market. Getting an
email alert immediately about new
properties that meet buyer’s search
criteria help them to stay on top of
new listings and also aids in keeping
their agents informed as well.
The second tip most buyers
should observe is to expect compe-
tition. Any foreclosure property is
likely to be listed well below its true
market value, and putting in an offer
less than asking price during the
first week of its listing is usually not
worth your time. If it has been listed
a few weeks or longer without any
offers, or if there are inherent irre-
deemable defects (e.g. no back
yard, no view, a gas station next
door, etc.), or problems with future
financing of the property, this may
not be the case. Relying on the
advice of experienced agents to
determine the best strategy in this
matter is usually a good idea. Most
buyers of foreclosure properties
should, however, count on having
to offer more than asking price to
snag the deal. The property could
be a good value, even $50,000-
100,000 over asking price.
While there are many other intri-
cacies to the bargain-buying
process, the last, most important
one is to clean up your offer. Often,
the “cleanest” offer is accepted, even
if it is not the highest one in dollars.
Offering a contract free of financing,
appraisal and home inspection con-
tingencies, and with a short settle-
ment period puts your best foot for-
ward in a competitive situation, if you
can swing it. And don’t even think
about any other snags like a sale-of-
home contingency—banks won’t
even entertain that idea, even if
you’re the only one bidding. Finally,
unless you are one of only a few bid-
ders, don’t get up your hopes if
you’re depending on FHA or FHA
Rehab 203(k) financing, since
banks invariably prefer offers
financed with conventional loans, or
deals with no financing at all.
To this end, it’s important that buy-
ers understand that they may want to
offer to buy the home with their own
cash, if possible, even if they eventu-
ally do want a mortgage. In fact, it
may still be possible to finance the
purchase between contract agree-
ment and settlement, even if you put
the offer in without mention of a loan.
The important thing at the beginning
is to lock in the house, and the guar-
antee of enough cash to cover the
purchase if financing falls through is
very attractive to any seller, bank or
not. However, keep tip #2 in mind.
Cash buyers look great, but don’t get
greedy. Once financing is acquired
by a competing buyer, your dollars
are no better than theirs. You may be
able to secure the property for slight-
ly less than a financed buyer, but not
significantly so.
In general, the foreclosure mar-
ket is proving that D.C. is actually a
healthy real estate landscape. It
can be frustrating for many buyers
who feel they must attack any new
listing without a second to spare, or
who feel they can’t compete without
a trust fund or lottery winnings to
offer all-cash. But it is also helping
to turn around neighborhoods that
could use a little TLC, and some
lucky few buyers have been able to
acquire entire homes at unbeliev-
ably low prices. With a little strategy
and a slight change in perspective,
the next lucky buyer might be you.
David Bediz and his business
partner Dwight Mortensen can be
reached at 202 352 8456 or 202
361 4400, or through their website
at www.dwightanddavid.com.

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The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s 44,000 square foot McDonald/Wright building (left), one of four buildings that houses the Center. With an annual operating budget of $50 million — expected
to increase nearly $2 million for its upcoming fiscal year, which begins in July — the L.A. Center is by far the largest LGBT community center in the country. On the right is the current home of
the D.C. Center just across from the Black Cat on 14th Street, N.W. in Washington. The Center has to be out of its present location by June 19 and has nowhere to go.
Still searching for a home
D.C.'s gay community
center loses lease,
suffers from lack of
city funding
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Homelessness is a problem in
every large city but in Washington
it’s threatening an unlikely candi-
date: The D.C. Center, the
District’s only LGBT community
center, is getting dangerously
close to a June 19 eviction notice
and has nowhere to go.
“I don’t know where we’re
going,” said David Mariner, the
Center’s executive director, who’s
gay. “And realistically it’s quite pos-
sible that the next place we move
to is not our final destination.”
Progress is being made. Gay
D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham,
who helped the Center find its cur-
Latino GLBT History Project’s
Jose Gutierrez answers
20 questions. Page 32
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rent facility across from the Black
Cat on 14th Street, which the
Center knew was a temporary
arrangement when it moved there
in January, has been in touch with
Mariner and Center board member
Pat Hawkins this week about
potential new sites and says he’s
committed to helping them find a
place. The Center operates many
LGBT-specific programs such as
tobacco prevention, an HIV working
group, an anti-violence group,
career development and more.
Other LGBT groups, including the
Washington Blade, use the space
for meetings and events.
“As recently as today I’ve got
them referred to see a property in
Columbia Heights,” Graham said
Tuesday. “I haven’t heard back
from them yet so it makes me
think maybe they have another
option. But anyway, I’m definitely
involved. I don’t have earmarks
anymore. If I had an earmark, they
arts & entertainment
Los Angeles photo by Travis Dubreuil; courtesy of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center; D.C. photo by Michael Key
would definitely get it.”
Graham’s referring to no-bid
contracts in the non-profit sector
that were eliminated in 2009.
“I go way back with these
guys,” Graham said. “We defi-
nitely hope to get them settled.”
Hawkins said the Center is fac-
ing two issues — the emergency,
immediate need for space, but
also a longer-term home. Center
leaders hoped to be at their cur-
rent location, owned by JBG
Properties, longer than six months
but a massive rebuilding of the site
— retail and condos that will
stretch to Swann Street — is get-
ting started sooner than the
Center had hoped.
“Obviously we don’t want to
move someplace and then be in
the same position again in six
months,” Hawkins, a lesbian, said.
“We need to go someplace where
the space won’t be developed fast
and we’re getting good coopera-
tion. I think they all see this as very
important and the will is there.”
But the Center’s current dilem-
ma is indicative, Mariner said, of
deeper issues. He points to data
from CenterLink, an umbrella
organization of U.S. LGBT com-
munity centers, that show the D.C.
Center — currently with a 6,000-
square-foot space that’s signifi-
cantly larger than the office suite it
occupied at 1111 14th St. just off
Thomas Circle for five years — is
much smaller than that of the
average U.S. LGBT center, which
has 9,706 square feet.
He also points to government
financial aid most centers receive.
On average, according to
CenterLink numbers, centers
across the country receive 32 per-
cent of their annual operating
budgets from state and local gov-
ernment. D.C. provides none.
The D.C. Center, which was
incorporated in 2002 (the aver-
age U.S. center is 20 years old),
has an annual operating budget
of $130,000. It gets about
$25,000 from federal grant
money and makes up the rest
through individual donors,
fundraisers, corporate giving and
selling ads in its newsletter. The
Center received $200,000 in
D.C. grant money for its crystal
meth program in 2008 and 2009
($100,000 each year) but hasn’t
received anything from the
District since August 2009.
“We’re on track for federal and
on track for individual donors,”
Mariner said. “We’re not all that
different in all those other cate-
gories. It’s just the local govern-
ment support. That’s where we’re
getting zero.”
Early versions of the 2010
D.C. budget had the Center slat-
ed to receive $150,000 for the
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QUEERY: 20 Questions for Jose Gutierrez
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Jose Gutierrez, a Reynosa, Mexico,
native, moved to the U.S. (Austin, Texas)
in the early ‘80s with his first boyfriend.
He got involved with HIV and AIDS work
early on in the epidemic after losing sev-
eral friends. It eventually became his life’s
work. After several years in Atlanta, he
moved to Washington in 1993. He spent
five years at Whitman-Walker before pro-
gramming cuts led him to La Clinica Del
Pueblo, a local Latino HIV organization
where he’s a medical case manager.
Gutierrez founded the Latino GLBT
History Project in 2000. “I believe some-
times our names are erased from history
by the gay community in general,” he
says. “We are a passionate community
and a community with lots of needs, bar-
riers and limitations.”
An outgrowth of the Project is Latino
Pride, now in its fourth year and slated
for June 11 at 6 p.m. at the Charles
Sumner School (1201 17th Street,
N.W.). Everyone is invited and there’s no
admission charge. Gutierrez, who’s also
active in the local leather scene and will
be on a Leather Pride panel this year,
admits all the sub-Pride groups can get
a bit overwhelming.
“Sometimes I do think maybe we
should just all work together to provide
one strong voice,” he says. “I think it
would be very productive to celebrate all
together, but some of us need to cele-
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brate our identities, the culture and the
language and everything.”
Gutierrez, 47, is single and lives in
Dupont Circle. He enjoys history, leather,
activism, movies and poetry in his free time.
How long have you been out and
who was the hardest person to tell?
I have been out since I was 20 and the
hardest person to tell was my mother.
Who’s your gay hero?
Sylvia Rivera. She made important con-
tributions in the struggle of Stonewall
and in our LGBT movement. I met Sylvia
Rivera in 1994 and she explained to me
about her participation in Stonewall.
What’s Washington’s best nightspot,
past or present?
The bar Escandalo, a Latino LGBT bar
in the early ‘90s that was located on P
Street. Escandalo supported our com-
munity in many ways.
What’s your dream gay wedding?
A Mexican wedding with mariachis,
Mexican food and, of course, margaritas.
What non-gay issue are you
most passionate about?
Women’s issues.
What historical outcome
would you change?
The AIDS epidemic.
What’s been the most memorable
pop culture moment of your lifetime?
When I won the title of International
Leatherboy 2002.
On what do you insist?
Honesty, forgiveness, peace and love.
What was your last
Facebook post or Tweet?
Fourth D.C. Latino Pride, Friday June 11
at 6 p.m. in the Charles Sumner school.
www.LatinoGLBTHistory.org
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
“Love Yourself and Love Others”
If science discovered a way to
change sexual orientation, what
would you do?
Nothing. I’m happy the way that I am.
What do you believe in
beyond the physical world?
I believe in God and I believe that God made
us with love. Forgiveness is the pure thing.
What’s your advice for
LGBT movement leaders?
History is very important for our com-
munity. We need to collect and preserve
our history and teach our new genera-
tions about the multiple contributions of
our sisters and brothers. Let’s work
together for a better world.
What you walk across hot coals for?
LGBT rights.
What gay stereotype
annoys you most?
The negative stereotypes that mass
media or people who work in the
media sometimes use to describe our
community.
What’s your favorite gay movie?
“Tongues Untied”
What’s the most overrated
social custom?
Having people on Facebook as friends,
but in reality we don’t know them and
have never met.
What trophy or prize do you most covet?
A ticket for a concert of my favorite
singer Chavela Vargas. She’s an icon in
the LGBTQ movement in Mexico and
Latin America. She is a representation
of Mexican lesbians for generations.
What do you wish you’d known at 18?
About Latino LGBTQ history.
Why Washington?
I moved to Washington from Atlanta 17
years ago and I have been very active with
the AIDS epidemic, organizing the Latino
LGBTQ community and advocating at the
local and national level. In 2000 I founded
the Latino GLBT History Project to preserve
the history of the DC Latino LGBTQ com-
munity for futures generations. Washington,
D.C. is an international and diverse city with
important opportunities for all.
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
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SOCIALAGENDA
Friday, June 4
RAW returns to the Green Lantern,
1335 Green Court N.W., from 10 p.m.-3
a.m. RAW is inspired by gay parties of
the early 80s, filled with fog, strobe
lights and throbbing music and features
go-go boys and naughty performances.
The hosts for the evening are Karl
Marks and resident DJs, Shea and Bil.
DJ Sirlinda will be the special guest DJ.
Entry is free before 11 p.m., and $3
after that. 21 and over.
REEL AFFIRMATIONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION. One in Ten invites you to
help celebrate the 20th Anniversary of
Reel Affirmations. The celebration takes
place at 7 p.m. at the home of Alison and
Dan Masey, 1700 Kalorama Road, N.W.
The suggested donation for this event is
$100. RSVP to lloudc@comcast.net. For
more information visit oneinten.org.
BALLS, a queer punk dance party, will be held
at the Velvet Lounge, 915 U St., N.W. Visit
velvetloungedc.com for more information.
Saturday, June 5
Special Friday night/Saturday Morning
After Hours XXX CODE EVENT at The
Crucible, 1816 Half Street S.W., from
2:30 a.m.-7 a.m. Strict CODE dress code
enforced as always. $10 admission, music
by DJs Bryan Yamasaki & C-Dubz.
Join the DC Center for a discussion of
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE WITH
A FOCUS ON THE LGBTQ YOUTH AND
TRANS COMMUNITIES. Panelists for
these partner organizations will provide
insight on the signs and fallout of partner
violence among the people they serve, as
well as the services they provide to com-
bat violence. The forum takes place at 7
p.m. at the DC Center for the LGBT
Community, 1810 14th Street, N.W.
TOM GOSS and JEREMIAH CLARK are
wrapping their 50-city tour with a perform-
ance at Freddie’s Beach Bar, 555 23rd St.
South, Arlington, Va., from 8 p.m.-11 p.m.
Tickets are $10 but only $5 if you are a
Freddie’s VIP (you can fill out the form day
of) and free if you wear pajamas. That’s
right — it’s pajama night at Freddie’s!
CODE, returns to EFN Lounge, 1318 9th
St. N.W., for its monthly installment. Gear,
rubber, skin, uniform or leather dress
code will be strictly enforced. Music pro-
vided by DJ Frank Wild. Admission is $10.
Code is an 18+ event. There will be an
open bar from 9-10.
QUEERING SOUND 10, an annual stag-
ing of alternative sound, digital arts, and
spoken word from LGBT, post-gender-
identified, supportive, and queer artisans.
Queering Sound, presented by Triangle
Artists Group and DC Sonic Circuits,
takes place at 7 p.m. at Pyramid Atlantic,
8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md.
Performers include Arthur Loves Plastic,
Michelle Webb, Nicholas Szczepanik,
A.B. Miner, Insect Factory, Isnaj Dui, Dan
Vera, Danielle Evennou, Blk w/Bear, VJ
Poppins, Richard Chartier, Vlt, Blk, Soft
Pieces, and Human Crochet Project.
THE ANTHOLOGY OF BOOTY spins
global booty beats for BackDoor at the
9:30 club backbar, 815 V St., N.W. Visit
930.com for more information.
Sunday, June 6
From 7 a.m.-4 p.m., DC STROKES
ROWING CLUB hosts the 17th annual
Stonewall Regatta. This year, the regatta will
take place at Thompson Boat Center on the
Potomac River. The Stonewall Regatta is a
USRowing certified regatta. Athletes come Photo courtesy of Goss
from as far away as Toronto, Chicago,
Boston and Denver to join our mid-Atlantic TOM GOSS and JEREMIAH CLARK are wrapping their 50-city tour with a performance
neighbors from Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. at Freddie’s Beach Bar on Saturday.
Go to dcstrokes.org for more details.
If you and your partner are planning to BROADWAY” at 8 p.m. Sirius/XM Radio star CAT main stage, 1811 14th St., N.W., with
wed in the DC Metropolitan area, then cir- and Broadway pianist Seth Rudetsky their unique brand of ethereal, perform-
cle today on your calendar for a very spe- explores his own private audio/video col- ance-infused rock.
cial event. Pink Dot Concepts will pre- lection in his one-man show,
miere “SAY I DO!” — THE ULTIMATE “Deconstructing Broadway.” With perfect
LGBT WEDDING EXPO — at the Hotel comic timing, Rudetsky deconstructs Wednesday, June 9
Palomar, 2121 P St., N.W., from 1-6 p.m. what’s vocally amazing and what’s a vocal POZ WEDNESDAYS from 8 p.m.-12 a.m.,
For more information or to purchase tick- travesty. He has played piano for more than upstairs at the Green Lantern, 1331
ets in advance, visit sayidoexpo.com. a dozen Broadway shows including “Ragtime” Green Ct., N.W. Music by DJ C-Dubz. $3
and “Les Miserables.” Rudetsky wrote for “The Grey Goose from 9-11 p.m.
Rosie O’Donnell Show,” was the vocal coach on
Monday, June 7 MTV’s “Legally Blonde: Search for Elle Woods”
VOLUNTEER NIGHT at 6:30 p.m., at the and writes a weekly column at Playbill.com. Thursday, June 10
DC Center, 1810 14th St., N.W. Come for The cost of the event is $15, $12 Washington DCBIWOMEN, the area’s social group for
a chance to get involved with your local DCJCC Members/Seniors/Students/Limited bisexual and bicurious women, will meet at
community center, and to check out the Income. Buy tickets at the JCC, or visit wash- Cafe Luna, 1633 P St., N.W., at 7 p.m. The
facility. Bring your friends and meet new ingtondcjcc.org. group’s goal is to create an accepting,
ones. Activities may include updating the encouraging environment for bisexual
lending library, making safer sex kits, data women regardless of the gender of their part-
entry, or anything else that needs to be Tuesday, June 8 ner or what they are looking for, meet other bi
done. Pizza and soda will be served. AltDCPride is proud to present women and affirm the existence of the bi-
The DCJCC will be hosting the D.C. premiere of COCOROSIE starting at 9:30 p.m. The identity. Bi-curious women are welcome. For
SETH RUDETSKY’S “DECONSTRUCTING queer band will be gracing the BLACK more information visit dcbiwomen.org.
BET MISHPACHAH
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Erev Shabbat Services, Fridays, 8:30 PM
Followed by Oneg Shabbat Social
Shabbat Morning Services, 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 10 AM
Followed by Kiddush Luncheon
DC JCC, 16th & Q Streets NW
Rabbi Toby Manewith www.betmish.org
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PRIDEAGENDA
Friday, June 4
TASTE OF PRIDE at Annie’s Paramount
Steakhouse, 1609 17th St., N.W., from 5
p.m.-8 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from
5-8 go to benefit Capital Pride.
Mr. & Miss Capital Pride at Town Dance
Boutique, 2009 8th St., N.W. from 7 p.m. –
10 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $10 cover.
B.O.I. & The Ladies of LURe present
Fuse – CAPITAL PRIDE’S OFFICIAL
WOMEN’S KICK-OFF PARTY at Apex,
1415 22nd St., from 9 p.m. – 3 a.m. $12
cover. 18+ to enter.
MEN’S PARTY at Mova, 1435 P St.,
N.W., from 9 p.m. with music by DJ Keith
Hoffman. $10 suggested donation to
Pride (includes free drink).
DC LEATHER PRIDE – DUNGEON 101
at The Crucible, 1812 Half St., S.W.,
from 8 p.m. – 9 p.m., hosted by the
Black Rose. 19+ to enter. Directly fol-
lowing will be an “Exploratorium” event
from 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Entry to the “Dungeon
101” hour is $10 if you’ve attended the previ-
ous Gateway (you will be given a card). Visit
DCLeatherPride.com for more information.
MR. & MS. CAPITAL PRIDE LEATHER
STEP-DOWN PARTY at Motley Bar of
the EFN Lounge, 1318 9th St., N.W., from
9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Matt Bamford and Jackie
Thompson step down.
Saturday, June 5
TASTE OF PRIDE at Comet Ping Pong,
5037 Connecticut Ave., N.W., from 11
a.m.- 5 p.m. A portion of the proceeds
from 11 - 5 go to benefit Capital Pride.
Divas at GWU’s Lisner Auditorium, 730
21st St., N.W., at 8 p.m. produced by the
Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. Tickets
go from $20-50, go to gmcw.org.
Pride Forum on Intimate Partner
Violence focusing on LGBTQ Youth
and Transgender Communities at DC
Center, 1810 14th St., N.W., from 7 p.m.
– 8:30 p.m. produced by the Rainbow
Response Coalition and the DC Center.
DC LEATHER PRIDE 2010 EDUCATION
COLLOQUY, a hands-on concurrent class-
es for beginners and experts to ensure
safe, sane, and consensual encounters, at
DC Center, 1810 14th St., N.W., from 10:30
a.m. – 6:30 p.m. produced by MTTA, Black
Rose, and DC Leather Pride Committee.
18+ to enter. Visit DCLeatherPride.com for
more information.
DC LEATHER PRIDE CODE PARTY, a
hands-on fetish and gear party with a strict
dress code, guest appearances, and live
entertainment, at Motley Bar of the EFN
Lounge, 1318 9th St., N.W., from 9 p.m. – 2
a.m. 18+ to enter. Visit DCLeatherPride.com
for more information.
CAB presents DC LEATHER PRIDE ALL
COLORS NIGHT, a celebratory gathering
of all Metro DC leather clubs, at DC Eagle,
639 New York Ave., N.W., from 9 p.m. –
2 a.m. Visit DCLeatherPride.com for more
information.
Sunday, June 6
PRIDE IN THE PARK at Six Flags
America with special guest DC Cowboys!
Tickets $26 at sixflags.com\america and
use the promo code “CAPPRIDE” for
discount.
DIVAS at GWU’s Lisner Auditorium,
730 21st St., N.W., at 3:00 PM present
with ASL, produced by the Gay Men’s
Chorus of Washington. Tickets $20-50,
go to gmcw.org.
KICK-OFF WITH FREDDIE’S at
Freddie’s Beach Bar, 555 23rd St. St.,
Crystal City, at 9 p.m.
TASTE OF PRIDE – NELLIE’S “TEA
DANCE” and/or BBQ (Post Six Flags) at
Nellie’s Sports Bar, 900 U St., N.W.,
from 5pm - 9pm.
I DO! GLBT WEDDING EXPO at Hotel
Palomar, 2121 P St., N.W., from 1 p.m. –
6 p.m. $10 at sayidoexpo.com.
STONEWALL REGATTA XVII at
Potomac River at Thompson’s Boat
Center in Georgetown from 8 a.m. – 4
p.m. Only rowers pay to participate. Visit
dcstrokes.org for more information.
TASTE OF PRIDE at Comet Ping Pong,
5037 Connecticut Ave., N.W., from 11
a.m.- 5 p.m. A portion of the proceeds
from 11 - 5 go to benefit Capital Pride.
TASTE OF PRIDE at Bucks Fishing &
Camping, 5031 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
from 5 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. A portion of the pro-
ceeds from 5 - 9:30 to benefit Capital Pride.
DC Leather Pride 2010 Committee pres-
ents DC LEATHER PRIDE STREET
FESTIVAL AND FAIR at DC Eagle Parking
Lot, 639 New York Ave., N.W., from 1 p.m. –
8 p.m. Visit DCLeatherPride.com for more
information.
Defenders LLC presents DIGNITY
CATHOLIC MASS at St. Margaret’s
Episcopal Church, 1820 Connecticut
Ave., N.W. at 6 p.m.
Monday, June 7
TOWN HALL – AGING PROUDLY at DC
Center, 1810 14th St., N.W. at 7:00 p.m.
Growing older has its own challenges,
especially for the LGBT community. Bills?
Wills? Night chills? All of that, and more,
will be discussed in this town hall meeting
on the issues we face as we grow older.
\Featuring panelists Joseph Kapp from
SAGE DC, Imani Woody from AARP,
Courtney Williams from the DC Office on
Aging, and Dr. Ray Martins from the
Whitman-Walker Clinic. Moderated by
Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff.
ROUGE at Omega, 2122 P St., N.W.
(REAR). Show at 10:30 p.m. $5 cover.
Taste of Pride at Floriana, 1602 17th St.,
N.W., from 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. A portion of
the proceeds between 5 - 7:30 p.m. go to
benefit Capital Pride.
Seth Rudetsky’s DECONSTRUCTING
BROADWAY [DC PREMIERE] at Jewish
Community Center, 16th St. and Q St.,
N.W. at 8:00 p.m. $15; $12 for
Members/Seniors/ Under 25; purchase
tickets at washingtondcjcc.org/gloe.
Tuesday, June 8
CAPITAL TRANS PRIDE HAPPY HOUR at
Mova, 1435 P St., N.W., from 6 – 8 p.m.
Suggested donation to Capital Trans Pride.
CAPITAL PRIDE INTERFAITH SERVICE
at Westminster Presbyterian Church,
400 I St., S.W., at 7:30 p.m.
CAPITAL PRIDE UNDERWEAR FASHION
SHOW AND AUCTION at JR.’s, 1519 17th
St., N.W., at 10 p.m. Brought to you by JR’s
and Universal Gear.
Join the DC COWBOYS at Pride in the Park at Six Flags America this Sunday.
TWILIGHT TUESDAY at Donovan House,
1155 14th St., N.W., from 8 p.m. – 2 a.m.
TASTE OF PRIDE at Floriana, 1602 17th
St., N.W., from 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. A por-
tion of the proceeds between 5 - 7:30 p.m.
go to benefit Capital Pride.
QUEERS IN THE ARTS: A Panel
Discussion Across Artistic Disciplines at
The Fridge, Rear Alley, 516 8th St., S.E.,
from 7 – 9 p.m. Produced by Alt.DC.Pride
Wednesday, June 9
35TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY at Donovan
House, 1155 14th St., N.W., from 6:30 p.m. –
12 a.m. $10-20 Suggested Donation. Brought
to you by Donovan House, Zentan Restaurant,
Amtrak and Booz | Allen | Hamilton
WOMEN’S JELLO WRESTLING at
Phase I, 525 8th St., S.E., from 9 p.m. – 2
a.m. $10 Cover, 21+
TASTE OF PRIDE at Cabana’s Restaurant,
3050 K St., N.W., from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. A
portion of the proceeds from 11:30 a.m. – 3
p.m. go to benefit Capital Pride.
CAPITAL PRIDE CHAMPIONS OF EQUALITY
RECEPTION at 6:30 p.m. RSVP online at
steindemocrats.org/events/2010capitalpride.
$25 requested donation to The Gertrude
Stein Club. Produced by the Gertrude
Stein Democratic Club.
Wednesday (and Thursday), don't miss
the HOT MEN OF SECRETS. Dancing all
night. Doors open at 9 p.m. Visit secrets-
dc.com for a full list of specials.
Thursday, June 10
WOMEN’S SPOKEN WORD at HRC
Equality Forum, 1640 Rhode Island
Ave., N.W., from 7 -9 p.m. Visit the calen-
dar of activities at capitalpride.org to send
in a submission.
VIVA EQUALITY Featuring Pop Icon
Fangoria! at Town Dance Boutique,
2009 8th St., N.W., at 9:00 p.m. Produced
by HRC. $10 at the door.
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
TASTE OF PRIDE – BURGERS AT
NELLIE’S at Nellie’s Sports Bar, 900 U
St., N.W., from 5 – 9 p.m.
HOMO HOTEL HAPPY HOUR from 6 – 9 p.m.
Location to be determined.
WOMEN’S HAPPY HOUR at Black
Squirrel, 2427 18th St., N.W., from 7:00 -
11:00 p.m.
TASTE OF PRIDE at Level One, 1639 R
St., N.W., from 5 – 11 p.m. A portion of
the proceeds from 5 – 11 p.m. go to ben-
efit Capital Pride.
PANEL DISCUSSION WITH OBAMA’S
LGBT APPOINTEES at the National Press
Club, 14th and F St., N.W., from 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Hosted by the DC Chapter of the National
Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association;
sponsored by the Washington Blade.
JUNE NETWORKING THURSDAY at I.
Gorman Jewelers Showroom, 1133 20th
St., N.W., at 6:30 p.m. Produced by CAGLCC.
LATIN@S EN ACCION OPEN HOUSE at DC
Center, 1810 14th St., N.W., from 4 – 9 p.m.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA LGBT PRIDE
INTERFAITH SERVICE at MCC of
Northern VA, 10383 Democracy Lane,
Fairfax, VA, at 7:00 p.m.
BASICS OF BUDDHISM at SGI-USA
Culture Center, 3417 Massachusetts
Ave., N.W., 7 - 8:30 p.m. Produced by
Rainbow Buddhas
QUEERS IN THE MEDIA: A Panel
Discussion at DC Center, 1810 14th St.,
N.W., from 7 – 9 p.m. Produced by
Alt.DC.Pride
Out at Arena - R. Buckminster Fuller:
THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE
UNIVERSE! at Arena Stage in Crystal
City, 1800 S Bell St. Show Starts at 8 p.m.
$31 Front Orchestra Seats! 50% off tick-
ets! Visit arenastage.org to buy tickets.
Use discount code BUCKYBALLS! After
Party immediately following at Freddie’s
Beach Bar, 555 S. 23rd St.
Meet Sahara Davenport at Macy’s Metro
Center, Men’s Department on 2nd Floor,
1201 G St., N.W. from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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SOCIALAGENDA: Black Pride - opening reception @ Hamilton Crowne Plaza

Washington Blade photos by Erin Weber

SOCIALAGENDA: Black Pride - fashion show @ Sphinx

Washington Blade photos by Michael Key

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SOCIALAGENDA: Black Pride Health & Wellness Festival

Washington Blade photos by Michael Key

Washington Blade photos by Erin Weber

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DCAGENDA
DC Center searching for (another) new home
DAVID MARINER (right), executive director of the DC Center, said he doesn't know where the organization will go after its rental agreement expires in two
weeks.
Continued from page 31
crystal meth program and $1 mil-
lion for a permanent home, but
neither made it into the final
budget. The 2011 budget, which
Council gave preliminary
approval to last week, similarly
has no Center allocations.
Mike Sessa, president of the
Center board and a co-founder,
says grant funding has been an
ongoing struggle.
“Any center wants to be funded
by the government in which it’s
housed,” Sessa, who’s gay, said. “So
it’s a challenge because this city
government is so fucked up. You
wouldn’t believe the back and forth
we went through with the
Department of Health for a half-a-
million grant. Sometimes it’s like
pulling teeth. We went back and
forth for months and months and
then it got pulled. The fact that this
city can’t get its act together affects
everyone, so we’re moving on.”
Mariner said it’s remarkable that
the Center managed to make up
the rest of its budget after losing
the crystal meth D.C. grant money
this year. A development commit-
tee worked on innovative ways of
diversifying revenue streams and
was largely successful.
“It really was quite remark-
able,” Mariner said. “That’s the
good news.”
But he said compared to how
other large U.S. cities fund their
LGBT community centers —
eye-poppingly large and splashy
centers in Los Angeles, Chicago
and New York are often pointed
to as models to emulate — D.C.
is woefully behind.
THIRD TIME’S A CHARM?
The D.C. Center is the District’s
third attempt at an LGBT commu-
nity center. The Gay and Lesbian
Activists Alliance (GLAA; then
known as GAA) started one in
1972 but it ran out of funds and
was closed by mid-1973. The
Washington Area Gay Community
Council had another called simply
the Gay Community Center that
ran from 1978 to 1989 but it too
eventually closed, plagued by
financial difficulties.
“We got some small little grants
but we mostly paid the rent by rent-
ing space, by a small membership
and doing a lot of fundraising,” said
James Crutchfield, who’s gay and
was president from 1982-88. “We
also had great swimming parities
that made a lot of money for us.
Swimsuits were optional.”
An issue that has always
plagued the concept of a D.C.
LGBT center, whomever might be
running it, is whether there was or
is a need for such a thing. For
years Whitman-Walker Clinic ful-
filled many of the health-related
needs provided by many gay com-
munity centers in other cities.
“After we lost so much leader-
ship when the [AIDS] epidemic
first hit, the Clinic began taking
on a lot of those functions,” said
Hawkins, a former Whitman-
Walker psychologist. “The gay
and lesbian hotline, gay men’s
peer counseling groups, a lot of
functions evolved because [for-
mer Whitman-Walker director]
Jim Graham had the vision for
those things. But now that the
Clinic has moved back into more
of a medical focus, those sec-
ondary services are not as pri-
mary as they once were, so now
some of those things are moving
to the Center. Like the yoga for
bears. You’d never see some-
thing like that at a federally qual-
ified health center. The commu-
nity has evolved. Everybody’s not
dying like they were for so long,
so there’s room for broader,
long-range development.”
Sessa said he couldn’t believe
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
there wasn’t a gay community cen-
ter when he moved here in 1999.
“There was just a community
feel that was missing,” he said. “Yes,
there are a million groups to join. If
you want to play rugby, you go play
gay rugby or if you want to sing or
bowl or dance or whatever. But you
just go and do that one thing. I did-
n’t want any of those things or to
have a sense of community that
was that specific. I just found it very
difficult to engage with the gay com-
munity. Whitman-Walker had kind
of served as a de facto center, but
that was when we were building our
communities around HIV. I’m not
saying that’s a bad thing. It hap-
pened out of necessity, but our
community does not equal HIV.”
Mariner points to the $43 that
California spends per lesbian,
gay and bisexual person based
on Census and Williams Institute
estimations and the more than
$17 New York spends and says
D.C. is egregiously behind.
“Imagine what I could do with
$43 per person,” he said. “We are
marginally better than Ohio, three
times better than South Carolina,
but for the cities that are really
international hubs and pride them-
selves on diversity of all their resi-
dents, of those cities, we’re in the
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lower echelon. Even Minnesota
has roughly twice what we have.”
But is it fair to compare D.C. to
cities like Los Angeles, Chicago
and New York, which have signif-
icantly larger populations and
LGBT community centers that
are decades older than D.C.’s?
Mariner said when you consider
the size of the D.C. metro area,
which, of course, includes parts
of Maryland and Virginia, D.C. is
right up there in terms of the size
of its LGB population.
He’s right — according to
Williams Institute figures, D.C. is
number six with an estimated
191,959 LGB residents in its metro
area, just behind New York, Los
Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco
and Boston (transgender residents
haven’t been counted).
But taking into consideration
other factors, an informal Blade
study found that those aren’t the
most comparable cities overall.
The Blade looked at a number of
factors and came up with a list of
cities that have more in common
with D.C. and compared their cen-
ters. In terms of numbers of LGB
residents for the city alone,
Washington comes in only at num-
ber 19, just between San Antonio
and Sacramento, according to
Williams Institute and Census esti-
mates. The percentage of LGB
residents of its total population
places it much higher — at num-
ber nine for the country, just
between Denver and Orlando.
In terms of the general popula-
tion, D.C. is only the 27th largest
U.S. city, between Nashville and
Las Vegas. General populations
for metro areas place it much high-
er — there it’s number eight,
between Houston and Atlanta.
So how does D.C.’s Center com-
pare to the cities with which it has
the most in common? Terry Stone,
executive director of CenterLink,
said D.C. is doing quite well.
“It’s really unfair to compare to
L.A., Chicago and New York,”
Stone, who’s gay, said. “L.A., for
instance, has been around
almost 40 years. Chicago’s
(Center on Halsted) is almost 30
years and even though it’s cer-
tainly one of the grandest, it took
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THEATERAGENDA
Collaborating on — and off — the stage
Gay couple brings
Chilean tale to life
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
As two mainstays of Washington
Shakespeare Company (WSC),
Jay Hardee and Christopher Henley
have collaborated on numerous
productions, either directing one
another or acting together.
Last season closed with
Hardee’s staging of Tennessee
Williams’ “Small Craft Warnings” in
which Henley played Quentin, the
washed-up gay screenwriter; and
currently Hardee is again directing
Henley as “He,” the embodiment of
state-inflicted evil in the world
English language premiere of
Chilean playwright Marco Antonio
de la Parra’s “Every Young Woman’s
Desire,” an intense allegory of
Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship.
“Jay and I have a very easy work-
ing relationship,” attests Henley,
WSC’s artistic director. “The creative
part is never strained. It’s the admin-
istrative side that can get stressful,
mainly because there are so few of
us doing so much. (Hardee does
double duty as the company’s
unpaid publicist; and in July, Henley
plans to leave his longtime position
at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace to become
WSC’s sole full-time employee.)
Incidentally, Hardee and
Henley are also engaged.
The pair’s relationship sprout-
ed as a backstage romance.
They met during production of
Scena Theatre’s “Ivona, Princess
of Burgundia” in 2004. Hardee
was understudying for Henley.
“We spent time together going
over blocking, and pretty soon I
developed a crush,” remembers
Hardee with a sly smile. “When the
show’s D.C. run ended, I asked
Christopher [Henley] to dinner. He
agreed to come, but didn’t realize it
was actually a date until about
halfway through. Although
Christopher looks very young for
his age, he didn’t assume that
someone 20 years his junior want-
ed to date him. I’m happy to report
he was pleasantly surprised.
We’ve been together ever since.”
While the soon-to-be newly-
weds have cemented travel plans
for a mid-November honeymoon
(two weeks in Tobago and
Surinam), Hardee and Henley have
JAY HARDEE and CHRISTOPHER HENLEY, mainstays at Washington
Shakespeare Company, are engaged.
yet to set a date to marry. They’ve
agreed, however, that it will be
before the November elections.
“We’ve been assured by
friends that D.C. marriage
equality can’t be overturned like
in California,” reports Hardee.
“But we’re not willing to risk any
sort of political backlash, so
we’re aiming for a civil ceremo-
june 4, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 41
Photo courtesy of the couple
ny sometime between now and
November.”
Before same-sex marriage
was legalizex in D.C., Hardee
and Henley had already consid-
ered tying the knot. To them, it is
simply the next logical step in the
progression of their relationship.
“We want to be as important to
each other as we can be,” shares
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Henley. “And it’s nice to have our
love for one another acknowl-
edged in a public way.”
Back to the couple’s current joint
endeavor: “Every Young Woman’s
Desire.” Hardee learned of de la
Parra as a student at Tufts when he
was cast as a woman (the first of
many cross gender performances
to come) in one of his other plays.
More recently, Hardee’s desire to
bring some diversity to WSC’s mis-
sion of boldly and provocatively
tackling the classics reacquainted
him with the playwright.
“It’s a very magical realist piece
with wild tone shifts,” explains
Hardee. “Christopher plays a mys-
terious man who sneaks into a
young woman's [Kari Ginsburg]
apartment, and ruthlessly takes
control of her body and mind.”
42 washingtonblade.com • june 4, 2010
THEATERAGENDA
A window on the soul of American men
Mamet’s ‘Buffalo’
explores bonds of
friendship at Studio
By DAVID J. HOFFMAN
You will recognize it immedi-
ately as “Mamet-speak.”
It’s David Mamet’s signature
clipped, spare dialogue, strafing
the audience with F-bombs, in a
vernacular for a low-rent world
crackling with dog-eat-dog hyper-
masculinity. This is Mamet’s
“American Buffalo,” now at D.C.’s
Studio Theatre in Logan Circle,
extended again until June 20.
It is a play awash with deep
undercurrents of violence and
cross-cutting tensions of male
friendship, love and loneliness,
and imminent threat of harm and
the intense need not to be alone.
It is a play that will change
your view of several things –
male relationships, corporate-
world betrayals and get-rich-
quick schemes now laid painfully
bare in the ugly aftermath of the
fiscal crisis of 2007-2009 and the
continuing Great Recession that
stalks Main Street and our street.
For Mamet’s 1975 play
“American Buffalo” is his master-
work with an authentic claim to
rank high in the canon of contem-
porary American theater. It is
arguably his greatest work, even
now in the wake of so many other
remarkable works, such as
“Glengarry Glen Ross” (1984
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award) and
screenplays for films such as “The
Verdict” and “The Untouchables.”
In “American Buffalo,” Mamet’s
command of the stage grips the
audience by the throat from the
start through high-tension scenes
veiled with hints of violence ready
to erupt as three men plot a small-
time heist, to its poignant conclu-
sion of sadly sweet reconciliation.
It is the directorial swan song
for the Studio Theatre’s founding
artistic director Joy Zinoman and
as such she departs the role not
with any easy whimper but the
roar of a major bang. Even
though the revolver one of the
men brandishes may or may not
be fired, putting in suspense
Chekhov’s famous dictum that a
gun introduced in Act 1 must be
fired before final curtain.
JOY ZINOMAN makes her directorial swan song for Studio Theatre with
a memorable production of David Mamet’s ‘American Buffalo.’
Throughout the play the three
men circle each other like scorpions
trapped in a bottle — Danny, owner
of a second-hand junk shop, where
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all of the action takes place; Bobby,
his fragile young protege, strung-out
either on drugs or despair or both;
and Teach, menacing and know-it-
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all, channeling his own inner
demons with every breath and nano
seconds away from explosive fury.
Their goal is how best to carry out
the heist of a valuable coin collec-
tion — what Alfred Hitchcock would
call the “Maguffin” of the story, since
the play really isn’t about the coin
collection, but it is the source of the
title, “American Buffalo,” for a buffalo-
head nickle.
The play is really about who
and how the crime will be com-
mitted, and if it unravels, what
then will become of these tor-
tured lost souls?
In the process, bonds of friend-
ship including feelings born from
an ersatz father-son relationship
will be tested and possibly found
wanting. See this play if you care
about male bonding, for it offers a
window into the soul of American
men, sometimes at their worst,
possibly even at their best.

THEATERAGENDA
Gaga over divas
From Garland to
Madonna, GMCW
brings fierce
women to life
By DAVID J. HOFFMAN
They’ve been waiting in the
wings for three years now, until the
right time for the curtain to rise.
That’s how long the show has
been a twinkle in the eye of Jeff
Burhman, artistic director of the
Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington
(GMCW), together with his artistic
team, waiting for the right time to
stage their production of ‘DIVAS.’
And that time has finally arrived —
beginning tomorrow night and then
again on Sunday and then “poof!”
DIVAS will be gone — so move
quickly if you wish to see these leg-
ends together at last on one stage.
At GWU’s Lisner Auditorium
these two days only.
This “broads with their balls-to-the-
wall” musicale is simply spectacular, a
cycle of song and dance in tribute to
the Glorious Gals about whom we
are so “gaga,” plus a few guys who
have risen to “diva” status. From
Garland to Gaga, they are legends in
our own minds as well as their own.
Because it’s all about
them. As usual.
In the words of the show’s cre-
ator Jeff Buhrman — now in his
10th season as GMCW’s artistic
director — “it’s so high energy and
so off-the-top-of-the-charts” that
DIVAS is almost destined to
become a legend of its own as a
show, a “diva” perhaps itself, and so,
of course, attention must be paid.
“Our chorus, our dancers, our
soloists, and our special guest
star, Christopher Peterson, have
the broads with balls attitude”
that every diva should demand
from those providing her with
needed homage, said Buhrman.
How many divas? Lots, as it’s
the night of shooting stars. And
how do we love them? Let us
count the ways.
There’s Garland, of course, with
happiness always hovering just
over the rainbow, the actress
betrayed by her roles. A star is
born, and the star then flies too
close to the sun and perishes slow-
ly, inch by booze-soaked inch.
And there’s Karen Carpenter,
too, a B-list echo of Garland’s
Christopher Peterson channels an array of fabulous women, including
Bette Midler, in ‘DIVAS.’
study in addictive self-abuse.
More cheerfully, there’s Julie
Andrews, Bette Midler and Cher. And
standing so tall among her fellow
divas that her shadow casts a thou-
sand points of light for miles in every
direction — Barbra Streisand.
And Madonna. And Beyonce. And
the diva du jour, Lady Gaga herself.
But wait, there’s more.
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Photo courtesy of Peterson
According to Buhrman, several
male divas will also be honored
with impersonations - “the oldest
and dearest being Liberace,” but
Buhrman would not be cajoled into
divulging the other names, except
to say that they will be “very recog-
nizable, but their names will not
even appear in the programs,” he
added with sly amusement. “We
‘DIVAS’
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Washington
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enjoy surprising the audience.”
The headliner of course is
Christopher Peterson, described
by Buhrman as “the foremost
female impersonator” with regular
shows in Key West, Provincetown
and Rehoboth Beach.
Peterson is unique, says
Buhrman, in that he not only
morphs into each persona with
costumes — and there are near-
ly 15 such major costume
changes in all, done rapid-fire —
”but he also sings, not lip-synchs
the stars in their actual voices.”
In addition to Peterson and the
chorus and soloists, the GMCW
dance troupe, ever light on their
feet, will perform several homages,
according to Buhrman, including
one to Madonna’s “Vogue” persona
and “this will be a real treat,” he
promises. The 175 singers will also
be joined by a small pit band and in
some cases by musical tracks as
accompaniment.
44 washingtonblade.com • june 4, 2010
THE GUIDE TO ARTS & CULTURE
HOT HITS AND OPENINGS
HIDDEN JEWELS friday, june 4
DC JAZZ FESTIVAL: NEA JAZZ UNDECIDED: A DIALOG BETWEEN
MASTERS LIVE CONCERT ARTIST AND VIEWER. Del Ray Artisans.
Thursday, June 10 703-838-4827. thedelrayartisans.org.
DC Jazz Festival
Lincoln Theatre wednesday, june 9
dcjazzfest.org A COLLECTIONS CONVERSATION.
The NEA Jazz Masters Live Concert features Dumbarton House. 202-337-2288.
an All-Star Tribute to NEA Jazz Master James dumbartonhouse.org.
Moody, featuring the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars
and special guests Regina Carter, Roy thursday, june 10
Hargrove, Roberta Gambarini & NEA Jazz ELLEN DELANEY’S COLOR FIELDS.
Masters Kenny Barron and Paquito D'Rivera. The Art League. 703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
RANDALL GRAHM ON WHY TERROIR MATTERS
WITH GUIDED WINE TASTING LAST CHANCE
Thursday, June 10 through june 5
Smithsonian Resident Associate Program McLEAN PROJECT FOR THE ARTS
Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian EXHIBITION. McLean Project for the
202-633-3030 Arts. 703-790-1953. mpaart.org.
residentassociates.org MIKVEH. Theater J at Washington DC
Learn about the importance of terroir in winemaking Jewish Community Center. 800-494-8497.
through a talk and guided tasting of six Bonny Doon washingtondcjcc.org.
wines led by Randall Grahm, the vineyard's founder MINDGAME. Spot-LYTE at Workhouse
and proprietor. Arts Center. workhousearts.org.
AMERICAN BUFFALO through june 6
Through June 13 DUKE ELLINGTON’S SOPHISTICATED
The Studio Theatre LADIES. Arena Stage at Lincoln Theatre.
202-332-3300 202-488-3300. arenastage.org.
studiotheatre.org RIVERDANCE. The Filene Center at Wolf
In a Chicago South Side junk shop, three Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
smalltime thieves, Don, Teach and Bobby, 703-255-1868. wolftrap.org.
conspire to steal a valuable coin collection
from a wealthy man. As these self-defined through june 7
entrepreneurs plot a crime that never hap- CLASSICAL REALISM: NEW WORKS
pens, they prove to be dark soul mates to BY TERESA OAXACA. The Art League.
those making headlines today. 703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL: VOICE OF
THURGOOD THE WOMAN. Theater J. 800-494-8497.
Through June 20 washingtondcjcc.org.
The John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts
202-467-4600 LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
kennedy-center.org through june 5
Laurence Fishburne stars in Thurgood, the IVAN FISCHER, CONDUCTOR / STRAVIN-
dramatic retelling of the life of Supreme SKY & RIMSKY-KORSAKOV. National
Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Rising Symphony Orchestra at The John F.
from the streets of Baltimore to the highest Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
court in the land, Marshall bravely chal- 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
lenged and proudly served his country.
june 5 - june 6
The Guide to Arts & Culture is supplied by CulturalCapital.com, a program of the Cultural Alliance of DANCEAFRICA DC 2010. Dance Place.
Greater Washington. NEA JAZZ MASTERS: Photo by Ronald H. Green; RANDALL GRAHM: Photo by
Alex Krause; AMERICAN BUFFALO: Peter Allas, Jimmy Davis and Edward Gero (L to R). Directed by Joy
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
Zinoman. Photo by Scott Suchman. Copyright 2010 The Studio Theatre. All rights reserved; THURGOOD:
Photo supplied by the Kennedy Center. through june 11
JUNE CHAMBER FESTIVAL. The Kreeger
Museum. 202-338-3552. kreegermuseum.org.
june 10 - june 12
KRISTJAN JRVI, CONDUCTOR / EVELYN
GLENNIE, PERCUSSION, PLAYS TUUR.
National Symphony Orchestra at The John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
friday, june 4
BARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT: JOHN
PIZZARELLI & JESSICA MOLASKEY.
The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
FOLK & BLUES SERIES: HOWARD LEVY.
Montpelier Arts Center. 301-377-7800.
pgparks.com.
saturday, june 5
AMERICAN MASTERS - RODGERS, KERN,
HAMMERSTEIN AND HART. Congressional
Chorus at Ellington Theater. 202-399-7993
x182. congressionalchorus.org.
NOI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center. 301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
VIVALDI’S EXTRAORDINARY FOUR
SEASONS. National Chamber Ensemble
at Rosslyn Spectrum. 703-573-7328.
nationalchamberensemble.org.
sunday, june 6
SYMPHONY SPECTACULAR. American
Youth Philharmonic Orchestras at George
Mason University Center for the Arts.
703-642-8051. nationalphilharmonic.org.
SOHEIL NASSERI, PIANO. Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
THE KENNEDY CENTER CHAMBER PLAY-
ERS PLAY GIESEKING, SZYMANOWSKI &
SCHUBERT. The John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
GRETCHEN PETERS IN CONCERT.
Workhouse Arts Center. 703.584.2900.
workhousearts.org.
monday, june 7
JEFF BECK. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap National Park for the Performing
Arts. 877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
tuesday, june 8
A JOURNEY INTO JAZZ: LEARNING TO
LISTEN AND EXPLORE. Smithsonian
Resident Associate Program at Smithsonian
S. Dillon Ripley Center. 202-633-3030.
residentassociates.org.
JETHRO TULL. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
MATT SAVAGE TRIO. The John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
wednesday, june 9
BACKSTREET BOYS. The Filene Center at
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing
Arts. 877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
thursday, june 10
DAVID KITCHEN IN CONCERT.
Athenaeum. nvfaa.org.
JIMMY CLIFF. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap National Park for the Performing
Arts. 877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
STORIES OF EXPLORATION. National
Geographic. 202-857-7700. events.nation-
algeographic.com.
ONGOING
SWINGTIME! THE FABULOUS FOR-
TIES. The In Series at Atlas Performing
Arts Center. 202-204-7763. inseries.org.
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER: THE HIS-
TORY (AND MYSTERY) OF THE UNI-
VERSE. Arena Stage at Crystal City
Theatre. 202-488-3300. arenastage.org.
HENDRICK AVERCAMP: THE LITTLE
ICE AGE. National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
COMMON BOND EXHIBITION.
Strathmore. strathmore.org.
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ass (AKA donkey).
“Keep them clean. Naturally.”
That’s the new advertising tag
line for Fleet Naturals “cleansing
enemas,” an ad campaign now run-
ning in this paper and other LGBT
publications and in the blogosphere
beginning last month in a major
new initiative targeting gay men.
So, a picture of buns, of a train’s
caboose, or of a donkey leads the
display ads, which stress that non-
drug Fleet Naturals, used for “elec-
tive rectal cleansing” — unlike
stronger laxative enemas — can
be safely used daily.
“Now you can feel clean and
fresh,” whispers the ads seduc-
tively, in a purring style reminis-
cent of earlier ad campaigns tar-
geting women seeking douches.
Almost inevitably, Fleet’s cam-
paign for elective rectal cleans-
ing has ushered a new word into
our vocabulary, the product
being dubbed “menemas.” And
let the sniggering begin.
After all, the subject is an awk-
ward one, in effect “the dirty truth,”
that anal sex can be messy sex,
and for a long time gay men —
“bottoms,” to be blunt, in anal sex
— have sought means to douche
before sex, sometimes using a
shower-head device, sometimes
using a standard over-the-counter
laxative enema, like those sold for
years by the friendly folks at Fleet,
a family-owned company based in
Lynchburg, Va., marketing the reg-
ular saline laxatives as Fleet
Enemas, and also Pedialax for
kids and “Summer’s Eve” vaginal
douche for women.
“Fleet did market research,”
said company PR consultant
Wes Combs, “and discovered
that nearly 4 percent of the gen-
eral population uses enemas for
elective cleansing,” often in the
form of so-called “colonics” or
bowel-purging for health and
wellness reasons, not as a laxa-
tive to soften stool mass in the
colon to ease a bowel move-
ment. Especially striking were
the figures that in the last year,
one in five gay men have elected
to use an enema product.
Despite society’s obsession
with butts — from low-rise jeans to
J.Lo’s cantilevered booty to the
ever-popular “best butt in D.C.” con-
tests at the Apex nightclub — we
remain unable to face the topic
without engaging in euphemisms,
hence the Fleet campaign talking
about buns, cabooses and asses.
And market research shows
convincingly that humor is the
best way to soften resistance on
the part of consumers to facing
facts about sensitive areas such
as this one.
Combs says that the purpose
of the ads is “to have us chuckle
a little” and then realize, well yes,
this makes sense for me and my
lifestyle. No need to back away
from this topic after all. Flushing
out the messiness is what it’s all
about. And no need to use Photo by iStockphoto.com/brainsil
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which may be less sanitary since phosphates of standard laxatives Naturals brand can be used daily
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D.C. trails other cities in gov't support of gay centers

Continued from page 40 responds to its needs and if
there’s a need it’s created,”
them several years of working in Stowell, who’s transgender, said.
small spaces to make that a real- “If there’s not, it goes away. There
ity. And they’ve only been in that are different models for different
space two or three years.” cities, towns and states.”
The cities most comparable to Stone said Sacramento’s
Washington — San Antonio, Lambda Gay & Lesbian Community
Sacramento, Denver, Orlando, Center is “very active” and has an
Boston, Dallas, Nashville, Las operating budget in the $250,000
Vegas, Houston and Atlanta — range. Nashville’s OutCentral is
vary wildly in terms of their LGBT “very small” and volunteer run. The
Centers (Boston and Dallas are Houston GLBT Community Center
above and below D.C. on the rank- leases its building, has some paid
ing of GLB residents in terms of staff and operates with a budget
their respective metro areas, less than $500,000. Orlando’s Gay,
according to Census estimates). Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender
San Antonio, Boston and Atlanta Center of Central Florida is “very
don’t have centers. They previously active with paid staff,” Stone said. It
did but they’ve all been closed for owns its own building and has a
years. Some of the gay needs in budget under $500,000.
those cities are met by other organ- Dallas’s Resource Center
izations, such as Boston’s Fenway Dallas is huge with a $4.6 million
Health and the Boston Alliance of budget, but it serves a dual role as
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & both an LGBT center and HIV clin-
Transgender Youth (BAGLY). ic. Rafael McDonnell, the center’s
Has Boston suffered by not communications director, said it
having a Center? BAGLY’s exec- gets 65 percent of its budget from
utive director Grace Sterling government funding but only a
Stowell said no. small portion of that goes to the
“I tend to think the community LGBT side of the operation.
“We had a small amount from
the city of Dallas for a Latino out-
reach program but it was cut,”
McDonnell, who’s gay, said.
He said Dallas’s mayor and
city council members have tradi-
tionally been highly supportive of
the center’s efforts. D.C. Mayor
Adrian Fenty’s office did not
respond to a request seeking
comment for this story.
“We’ve had really great rela-
tionships with our last three may-
ors, going back into the ‘90s,”
McDonnell said. “I think different
cities build community in differ-
ent ways. What works in Dallas
might not work in Atlanta, might
not work in Phoenix.”
Las Vegas’s 17-year-old Gay &
Lesbian Community Center of
Southern Nevada has a $419,000
annual budget, leases its 6,000
square foot building and gets no
city help, though it does get 30
percent in local grants and con-
tracts. Denver’s 34-year-old Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender
Center of Colorado gets 13 per-
cent of its $2.5 million budget from
grants. It owns its 15,000 square
foot building and got a $250,000
grant from the city of Denver
toward its building.
LOOKING AHEAD
Supporters of the D.C. Center
who hope local activists will make
the Center a priority now that
same-sex marriage is legal in D.C.
might be in for a rude awakening.
While activists such as GLAA’s
Rick Rosendall express support
for the Center amid a host of leg-
islative goals, BAGLY’s Grace
Sterling Stowell said things didn’t
play out that way in Boston after
Massachusetts became the first
state to legalize same-sex mar-
riage in 2004. She hoped activists
there would turn their attention to
BAGLY but they didn’t.
“The community has kind of
turned its attention to other
issues,” she said. “Helping mar-
riage expand to other parts of
New England and focusing on
supporting legislators who sup-
ported it in their reelection cam-
paigns. A freestanding communi-
ty center is a hard thing to sus-
tain unless the whole community
sees it as a priority and that’s a
challenge. Our community has
not seen it as a priority.”
Could Chicago’s Center on
Halsted, which leases space to a
Whole Foods, be a business
model for D.C. or other cities?
Not likely, Stone said.
“That a very unique situation and
just one of those things that worked
out,” Stone said. “It’s a business
model that everyone should at least
look at but I think it would take a very
unusual set of circumstances to
make that a reality. It’s the only one
that exists that I know of in the coun-
try but it takes a lot of work on both the
corporate and the non-profit side.”
GLAA’s Rosendall said the
D.C. Center has come into its
own and is worthy of support.
“There was a period about 10
years ago where it kind of felt like
the Center was a solution in
search of a problem,” he said.
“But now I think they’re filling
needs that aren’t otherwise being
filled and it’s working very well.
Aside from the thorny question of
government funding, they cer-
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RC priest, American Catholic affiliation, licensed
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Individuals, couples, families, adolescents. Over 15
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counseling with volunteer peer counselor. Gay
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INDIVIDUAL THERAPY FOR the gay & lesbian com-
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Jonathan Kirkendal (202) 550-3589. www.dclpc.com.
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FULL SERVICE LAW FIRM Representing the
GLBT community for over 25 years. Family adop-
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Design (202) 397-7909.
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BRANCHES TREE EXPERTS has certified
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571-238-8366.
REAL ESTATE
RENT / DC
CHARMING SUNNY 1 BR. 1 BA w eat-in kit. w/d
in unit d/w hwf fireplace 3 blocks from Metro
(Stadium Armory) Off-street parking avail.
Available August 1. $1190 + gas and elect. greg-
caphill@gmail.com
FURNISHED HOUSING / DC
WASHINGTON DC FURNISHED HOUSING
APARTMENTS & LODGING. 1 to 3 blocks to US
Capitol grounds, Supreme Court, LOC. (202)
544-4419. Veteran owned small business
www.capitolhillstay.com
SALE / DE
NEWLY RESTORED VICTORIAN IN MILTON’S
HISTORIC DISTRICT. Close to Lewes &
Rehoboth. Unique wood & brick features. Extra
large kitchen, 2 Mst 2-1/2 baths, 2 porches, large
walk-up attic, laundry room, outdoor shower.
$349,500. Come be a part of this artistic, historic
village. J.D.Fisher, owner, 302-684-4777
SALE / MD
HISTORIC MOUNT RAINIER
Handy-Dandy House Needs Work - $169,995
Great Opportunity,but be ready to work hard!
Several other wonderful Mount Rainier houses
in great condition from $199,995 - $329,000
LARRY PERRIN, Realtor (R)
301.983.0601 LJPerrin@aol.com
SHARE / MD
BOWIE 1-2 rooms in shared house. $600 + util.
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301-535-1705.
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MANASSAS: M-NONSMOKER, share bath, W/D
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