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Remembering
Robert Byrd
W.Va. senator had
mixed record on
LGBT issues, but
many say he ‘evolved.’
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3 gay men found not guilty in Wone case
Reasonable doubt
cited by judge;
civil lawsuit up next
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
D.C. Superior Court Judge
Lynn Leibovitz found three gay
men charged with obstructing
justice in the murder of attorney
Robert Wone not guilty of all
counts against them Tuesday.
Leibovitz, who read her lengthy
decision in the case aloud to a
packed courtroom, said that while
she felt there was significant evi-
dence implicating the defendants
Joseph Price, Victor Zaborsky and
Dylan Ward, there continued to
exist a reasonable doubt on all
charges against them.
“It is very probable that the
government’s theory is correct,
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that even if the defendants did
not participate in the murder,
some or all of them knew enough
about the circumstances of it to
provide helpful information to law
enforcement and have chosen to
withhold that information for rea-
sons of their own,” she said.
“Nevertheless, after lengthy
analysis of the evidence, I conclude
that the government has failed to
prove beyond a reasonable doubt
the essential elements of obstruc-
tion of justice as to Mr. Price, Mr.
Zaborsky or Mr. Ward,” she said.
She said prosecutors similarly
failed to prove beyond a reasonable
doubt that the three defendants
engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct
justice or evidence tampering.
The decision, which took
more than an hour for Leibovitz
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
to recite, did not disclose the ver-
dict until late in its reading. Defense attorney David Schertler, left, walks with his client, Dylan Ward, one of three gay men acquitted
this week of charges stemming from the August 2006 slaying of Robert Wone.
Continues on page 4
Kagan denounces ‘Don’t Ask’
Supreme Court
nominee calls gay
ban ‘unwise, unjust’
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The issue of “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” and a controversy over
allowing the U.S. military to
recruit on college campuses
emerged as central concerns
during U.S. Supreme Court nom-
inee Elena Kagan’s confirmation
hearings this week.
The issues emerged Tuesday
during the second day of hear-
ings for Kagan — who’s current-
ly serving as U.S. solicitor gener-
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
al — in testimony before the U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was questioned this week
about her handling of issues related to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’
Continues on page 14
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LOCALNEWS
Wrongful death suit to
commence in Wone case
Continued from page 1
Before announcing her verdict,
Leibovitz led some observers to
believe she was about to find the
defendants guilty on at least some
of the charges. With suspense build-
ing in the courtroom, she said the
government proved beyond a rea-
sonable doubt that Wone was not
killed by an unknown intruder who
entered the defendants’ house,
where Wone was found stabbed to
death in August 2006, as the
defense has claimed.
“Despite the many suspicious
and even damning circumstances,
despite the implausibility of the
intruder story, and despite the discor-
dant and inappropriate demeanor
and conduct of the defendants, I am
constrained to conclude that the gov-
ernment has not eliminated, beyond
a reasonable doubt, the real proba-
bility of what I have termed the ‘math
problem’ in this case,” she said.
Leibovitz described the “math
problem” as the government’s
apparent inability to definitively prove
which defendant committed which
specific act of obstruction of justice,
conspiracy to obstruct justice, and
evidence tampering — the three
charges on which the men were
indicted more than two years ago.
Wone was found stabbed to death
in a guest bedroom in the three
defendants’ townhouse on Swann
Street, N.W., near Dupont Circle, on
Aug. 2, 2006. The four-year drama
surrounding the case has captured
the interest of the local gay communi-
ty and as well as many in the larger
D.C. area, prompting a large contin-
gent of news outlets to provide exten-
sive coverage of the case.
Defense attorney David
Schertler, who represented Ward,
urged Leibovitz in his closing
argument last week to find the
defendants not guilty based on
what he called the government’s
lack of sufficient evidence, saying
the men have been in a “living
nightmare” for four years.
But the ordeal faced by Price,
Zaborsky and Ward is not likely to
end soon. Kathy Wone, Robert
Wone’s widow, has filed a $20 mil-
lion wrongful death civil suit
against the men on behalf of her
husband, and that case is expect-
ed to start working its way through
the judicial system shortly.
Unlike the criminal case, the
burden of proof for a civil wrongful
death suit is less stringent, mak-
ing Kathy Wone’s chances of win-
ning greater than that in the crimi-
nal case, court observers said.
Looking toward the Wone fami-
Victor Zaborsky, left, was among the three gay men acquitted this week
in charges stemming from the death of Robert Wone. Thomas Connolly
represented Zaborsky during the trial.
ly members sitting in the court-
room, including Kathy Wone,
Leibovitz said Tuesday that her
adherence to the strict standards
of probable cause probably would
be “cold comfort to those who
loved Robert Wone and wish for
some measure of peace or justice,
and I am extremely sorry for this.”
“I believe, however, that the rea-
sonable doubt standard is essential
to maintaining our criminal justice
system as the fair and just system
we wish it to be,” Leibovitz said. “I
cite the wisdom of English jurist
William Blackstone that it is ‘better
that 10 guilty persons escape than
that one innocent suffer.’”
Closing arguments in the case
were heard last week. Assistant
U.S. Attorney Glenn Kirschner, the
trial’s lead prosecutor, noted at
that time that Wone’s killer had yet
to be identified because Price,
Zaborsky and Ward “prevented the
murder from being solved.”
He argued that the government’s
case proved beyond a reasonable
doubt that Wone was not killed by
an unidentified intruder who entered
the defendants’ house, as was
claimed. Instead, Kirschner reiterat-
ed the government’s contention that
the defendants know who killed
Wone and engaged in a cover-up to
protect that person.
Wone, a friend of the three men,
was spending the night at their
Dupont Circle area townhouse after
working late at his nearby office.
Although he acknowledged
that prosecutors could not prove
who it was that killed Wone,
Kirschner told Leibovitz that the
totality of evidence “leaps out
and screams” that the defense’s
intruder theory is a “fabrication.”
All three defense attorneys
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
fired back, saying that after five
weeks of witness testimony, the
government had failed to provide
any evidence of a motive in the
case and instead based its case
on a long list of “suspicious”
occurrences that don’t prove the
defendants covered up a crime.
“We’ve been here five weeks
and we’ve never seen any evi-
dence of why these men would do
this,” said Price’s attorney, Bernard
Grimm, who noted the defendants
had a warm and ongoing friend-
ship with Wone and his wife.
“What the government has
done is cobble together a patch-
work of suspicious circumstances
and make a fantastic leap to say
this is a conspiracy to obstruct jus-
tice,” said David Schertler, Ward’s
attorney. “None of these circum-
stances can be used to prove guilt
beyond a reasonable doubt.”
In a statement to reporters outside
the courthouse, Kirschner, said the
Wone murder investigation remains
open, prompting court observers
to note that Price, Zaborsky and
Ward could still be charged with mur-
der, manslaughter or other homicide-
related charges should more evi-
dence surface in the case.
“We can only hope that further
evidence continues to come to
light that will allow us to move for-
ward in the homicide investigation
... to bring justice to the family of
Robert Wone for whoever it was
that killed Robert,” he said.
Kirschner added, “We respect and
accept the judge’s verdict ... It was
thoughtful, it was well reasoned.”
Grimm told reporters Leibovitz
said it best when she explained
the importance of the govern-
ment’s burden of proving guilt
beyond a reasonable doubt.
Equality Maryland backs
trans candidate, rivals
Equality Maryland announced this week its endorsement of
transgender candidate Dana Beyer — and the three candidates
with whom she is competing in her race for a seat in the
Maryland House of Delegates.
If successful, Beyer, an eye surgeon turned community activist,
would be the nation’s first out transgender person to win election to
a state legislature. She is running in the Sept. 14 Democratic pri-
mary for one of three seats assigned to House of Delegates District
18, which includes parts of Montgomery County.
“We couldn’t not endorse her,” said Equality Maryland
spokesperson Kevin Walling, in discussing Beyer and her role as
a board member for the group and an advocate for LGBT issues.
“But we also couldn’t not endorse the other three, who are
champions of our bills,” he said.
Under Maryland’s electoral system, candidates and incumbents
compete in a combined race for three seats in each of the state’s
47 delegate districts. In Beyer’s race, Democratic incumbents Al
Carr, Ana Sol Gutierrez and Jeffrey Waldstreicher — all of whom
Equality Maryland has endorsed — currently hold the three seats.
Beyer and two other challengers, Randy Evan McDonald and
Vanessa Atterbeary, are running against the incumbents.
The three candidates receiving the highest vote count are
declared the winners in the primary. Although voters have the
option of voting for three candidates in delegate races, campaign
workers often ask backers of a particular candidate to cast just one
vote, known as a “bullet vote,” for the candidate they prefer the
most, an action that increases the candidate’s chance of winning.
In the solidly Democratic Montgomery County, the winners of
the primary are assumed to be the strong favorites to win the
general election in November.
Walling said Car, Sol Gutierrez and Waldstreicher are sponsors of
a same-sex marriage equality bill and a transgender non-discrimina-
tion bill that are pending before the legislature. He noted that all three
have been supportive on virtually all other LGBT-related issues.
“We would be equally satisfied if any of the four would be
elected to those positions,” he said.
Beyer said she is happy to receive the endorsement and is
working hard to show Montgomery County voters that she will be
a champion for them on a wide range of issues, especially eco-
nomic and social services issues.
She said that because the progressive leaning voters in District 18
are supportive of LGBT rights, including same-sex marriage, she
intends to show that she’s better than her rivals on other issues.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Va. Partisans endorses Moran for Congress
The statewide LGBT Democratic group in Virginia last week threw
its support behind Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) in his bid for re-election.
In a statement dated June 22, Terry Mansberger, president of the
Virginia Partisans, formally endorsed Moran and called the lawmaker
an “advocate on all the important issues around LGBT concerns for
many years, even before it was a politically popular or safe position.”
“As a long-time friend and mentor to our community, Jim
deserves our vote and financial support to keep doing the good
work that he naturally knows how to do,” Mansberger said.
Since he first began serving in Congress in 1991, Moran has been rec-
ognized as a supporter of the LGBT community. He was among 67 U.S.
House members to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.
Moran has also been vocal in his support for repeal of “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell.” In December, he sent a letter signed by 96 law-
makers to Defense Secretary Robert Gates requesting monthly
reports on service members discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” that detail the expelled troops’ rank and time served.
In a statement to the Blade provided by his campaign, Moran
said he is “deeply appreciative” of Virginia Partisans’ support and
hopes to “continue working with them to bring about a more
open, honest, inclusive and progressive society.”
“For me, these issues are a no-brainer,” Moran said. “Discrimination
is wrong. One’s sexual orientation shouldn’t prevent them from being
granted the same opportunities as every other American.”
The 10-term lawmaker is fighting to retain his seat to represent
Virginia 8th congressional district against Republican Patrick Murray,
an Iraq war veteran.
CHRIS JOHNSON
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NATIONALNEWS

Byrd ‘evolved’ on LGBT issues during long career
Despite mixed record,
W.Va. senator was
beloved by many
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd of West
Virginia, who died Monday after
serving a record 57 years in the
U.S. Senate, evolved from a
socially conservative Democrat
who opposed nearly all LGBT
civil rights initiatives to an elder
lawmaker who backed several
important pro-gay bills.
“I think you can say that he
moved forward and started to
understand the basic humanity
of all West Virginians, including
LGBT West Virginians,” said
Stephen Skinner, an attorney
who serves as president of the
board of the statewide LGBT
group Fairness West Virginia.
Skinner, a native West Virginian
who said he spoke with Byrd many
times over the years, acknowledged
that the senator said many “bad
things” about LGBT-related issues.
But Skinner joined many politi-
cal observers in West Virginia to
remember Byrd this week more
for the massive infusion of federal
funds and resources he secured
for his state that resulted in eco-
nomic development and jobs for
residents long plagued by poverty.
“I would say he was universal-
ly beloved, including by the
LGBT people in the state, whose
affection for him often override
most of his decisions” on LGBT-
related issues, Skinner said.
“Everywhere you go, we were
all affected by what he did. And
everybody believes he did so
much for the country that every-
Sen. Robert Byrd, who died Monday after serving six decades in Congress,
slowly moved from opposing to backing several LGBT civil rights bills.
thing he did for the state was
deserved,” said Skinner.
Allison Herwitt, director of leg-
islative affairs for the Human
Rights Campaign, pointed to
HRC’s congressional scorecard
ratings for Byrd, which range from
a low of 13 out of 100 for the
108th Congress to a high of 60
two years ago in the 110th
Congress, the most recent rating.
Photo courtesy of Byrd’s office
HRC gave him ratings in the
25-to-35 range in most years
beginning in the 1990s. The rat-
ings are based on votes, stances
and attitudes toward LGBT- and
AIDS-related issues.
“Over the years he’s had a
very mixed record on LGBT
equality,” Herwitt said.
Among other things, Byrd voted
in 1996 for the Defense of Marriage
Act, which bars the federal govern-
ment from recognizing same-sex
marriages. That same year, he
voted against the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, which would
have banned most private-second
employers from engaging in
employment discrimination based
on sexual orientation.
In a lengthy floor speech during
the Senate debate on DOMA, Byrd
cited how some historians linked
the decline and fall of the ancient
Roman Empire to homosexuality.
“But when it came to being
there for hate crimes and on ‘Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell,’ he voted for equal-
ity and moving forward,” Herwitt
said. “And so he is one of those
people that, over the course of his
political career, he certainly has
evolved on our issues.”
Byrd voted last year for a hate
crimes measure that authorizes
the federal government to prose-
cute crimes that target people for
their sexual orientation or gender
identity. The measure became
the first LGBT-inclusive civil
rights bill to pass Congress.
Earlier this year, Byrd sup-
ported a compromise provision
to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in
a close vote in the Senate Armed
Services Committee. Capitol Hill
sources said Byrd’s staff on the
committee helped draft the com-
promise language that was cred-
ited with persuading enough
members of the panel to pass it.
Byrd’s position on a proposed
constitutional amendment to ban
same-sex marriage was less
clear. When same-sex marriage
opponents proposed the Federal
Marriage Amendment before the
Senate in 2004, Byrd voted to
end a filibuster backed by
Senate Democratic leaders, who
sought to block the measure
from coming up for a full vote.
A motion to end the filibuster
failed by a vote of 48 to 50; two
senators were absent at the time
of the vote. Sixty votes are need-
ed to end filibusters.
Some observers considered a
vote for ending the filibuster a sign
that senators supported the
amendment. But Skinner said
members of Byrd’s staff told him
that Byrd “opposed messing with
the Constitution” on matters of
same-sex marriage and planned
to vote against the amendment if it
reached the floor for a direct vote.
A gay former member of
Byrd’s staff, who spoke this week
on condition of anonymity, said
Byrd was a strong advocate of
full debate on important issues
before the Senate. The former
staffer agreed with Skinner’s
assessment that Byrd, a recog-
nized constitutional scholar,
would likely have voted against
the same-sex marriage amend-
ment in a direct Senate vote.
“I don’t think he understood
gays,” said the former staffer. “It
was not part of his social lexicon.
Yet it was clear that there had
been an evolution on gay issues.”
Herwitt said Byrd appeared to
have been influenced by the greater
visibility of LGBT people in his home
state and throughout the country.
“I think as the country evolves on
our issues, so do peoples’ under-
standing of what LGBT equality
means for people,” she said. “I’m
sure in the beginning of his career,
when people weren’t out and living
open and honestly, it was different.
As he made it through the end of his
career, he was working on Capitol
Hill where people who are working
for you and working for other sena-
tors are out and openly gay, so I
think that also has an impact.”

Nevada GOP Senate candidate has anti-gay ties

The Nevada Republican candi-
date for U.S. Senate once
belonged to a conservative third-
party that held extreme anti-gay
views and ran a vitriolic ad against
LGBT people in state newspapers,
according to Talking Points Memo.
TPM reported the views of
Nevada’s Independent American
Party last week in an article dis-
cussing GOP candidate and for-
mer Nevada Assembly member
Sharron Angle’s involvement
with the group during the 1990s.
Angle, who’s campaigning to
oust Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-Nev.), won the
Republican nomination to run for
U.S. Senate on June 9 after
beating out other challengers in
a statewide primary.
After being involved in the
Independent American Party for
at least six years in the
1990s, Angle reportedly switched
to the Republican Party in 1997.
According to TPM, the
Independent American Party
published a 16-page newspaper
ad insert in 1994 calling for a
state constitutional amendment
permitting discrimination against
LGBT people.
The insert refers to LGBT
people as “sodomites” and por-
trays them as “child-molesting,
HIV-carrying, Hell-bound freaks.”
Angle’s campaign didn’t
immediately respond to the
Blade’s request to comment on
the TPM article or whether the
candidate held those views.
The ad insert reportedly cites an
1814 legal treatise titled
“Consequences of Sodomy: Ruin
of a Nation” and other articles refer-
ring to LGBT people alternately as
“homosexuals,” “sodomites” and
“brazen perverts.”
Other reported sample head-
lines are “Homosexual Curriculum
in the First Grade,” “Flawed
Science Nurtures Genetic Origin
for Homosexuality” and “No Con-
stitutional Right to Be a Sodomite.”
One item from an article called
“True Homosexual Character
Revealed” reportedly says LGBT
people “argue that they are a
peaceful and gay people” but
notes that “the top six U.S. male
killers were all homosexuals.”
Another article, called “Can the
HIV Virus Survive in Water?” report-
edly raises the possibility of HIV
infection through public pools, hot
tubs and municipal water supplies.
According to TPM, the ad pro-
vides information on how support-
ers of the Independent American
Party can buy “Homophobia —
No, Homonausea — Yes” bumper
stickers for $1.
Janine Hansen, current executive
director of the Independent American
Party and editor of the 1994 insert,
reportedly told TPM earlier this month
Photo courtesy of Friends of Sharron Angle
that “in general” Angle “agreed with
our position on the issues.” Sharron Angle
CHRIS JOHNSON
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NATIONALBRIEFS

Minn. pastor likely to keep

job despite gay report
MINNEAPOLIS — A Lutheran pastor critical of allowing gays into the clergy is on
leave from his Minneapolis church after a gay magazine reported his attendance at a
support group for men wanting to overcome same-sex attractions.
Church officials, however, said last week that the Rev. Tom Brock likely will return to
the pulpit at Hope Lutheran Church because he acted in accordance with his faith by
attending the group, the Associated Press
reported.
A fixture on local cable access shows,
703 D St NW 1221 Mass Ave NW* Brock regularly broadcasts conservative
Washington, DC Washington, DC views on homosexuality and criticizes the
202-628-1288 202-628-7979 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for
liberalizing its gay clergy policy. Lavender
Magazine published a story this month about
Brock’s quiet attendance of the Faith in
Action meetings, written by a reporter who
falsely posed as a member of the group.
“The fact that he said one thing publicly, and
privately he’s a homosexual — that’s some-
what inconsistent,” the Associated Press quot-
ed Lavender president Stephen Rocheford as
saying. “This company has a policy not to out
people. The one exception is a public figure Photo courtesy of Hope Lutheran Church
who says one thing and does another.”
The Lavender article never explicitly said Rev. Tom Brock of Hope Lutheran Church
Brock acknowledged engaging in gay sex. It in Minneapolis, a vocal opponent of allow-
quotes him at one point talking about a recent ing gays into the clergy, is on leave from
mission trip to Eastern Europe, of which he his church after a magazine identified him
says, “I fell into temptation. I was weak.” as having same-sex attractions.
Hope Lutheran’s executive pastor, the
Rev. Tom Parrish, said when confronted with the article, Brock “simply said he indeed
has been attending this Christian group, both going there and being honest about
temptations he has, and is being held accountable so he never would do anything with
that temptation.”
The Associated Press reported that Parrish said Brock was put on leave from the
job of senior pastor at Hope Lutheran when the article came out, but likely will return
after an internal investigation.
Brock, who has an unlisted phone number, did not respond to several interview
requests made through Parrish.

1 dead, 5 shot in incidents at San Francisco Pride

SAN FRANCISCO — One person died and four others were injured in two shoot-
ings tied to San Francisco’s annual Pride street festival.
The Associated Press reported that in the first incident, 19-year-old Stephen Powell
was one of three people shot during the city’s “Pink Saturday” celebrations. Also shot
was a 19-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man; both were expected to survive.
Following the shooting, police revealed that they had arrested 20-year-old Ed Perkins on
suspicion of murder. At least one other person is believed to be involved in the shooting.
In a second incident two days later, two men were shot Monday while attending a
vigil for Powell. The Associated Press reported that the two men — ages 20 and 21 —
sustained injuries that were not considered life threatening.
Sgt. Troy Dangerfield said the victims were not being cooperative and that Powell’s
murder was gang-related.

Stanley Cup takes ride in Chicago gay parade

CHICAGO — The Stanley Cup, which has been on more adventures than perhaps
any other piece of championship hardware, made its first appearance in a gay-themed
event last weekend.
The Chicago Gay Hockey Association invited the Blackhawks to join Sunday’s Gay
Pride Parade after the team won its first Stanley Cup title since 1961 — and the team said
yes. So did the Chicago Cubs, who had their own float in the parade for the first time.
According to the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Phil Pritchard, it marked the first time the
NHL’s championship trophy has been on display at a gay-themed event.
“We are thrilled that it worked out as it’s important for the city and important for the
franchise,” Blackhawks spokesman Adam Rogowin said.
Defenseman Brent Sopel and his wife, Kelly, accompanied the Cup on a float in the
parade. Sopel, who was traded last week to Atlanta, is a 33-year-old father of three
who said he volunteered to honor the late son of Toronto general manager Brian
Burke, his former boss in Vancouver.
Brendan Burke, 21, was killed in an auto accident in February, just three months
after publicly disclosing his homosexuality.
“Anybody who has had to bury a child has suffered a heartbreak and this was the
first thing that came to mind,” Sopel said. “Everything that happened last year with
Brendan coming out last year and dying three months later, it was a tragedy.”
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NATIONALNEWS
Supreme Court makes two pro-LGBT rulings
Non-discrimination,
disclosure issues
decided as term ends
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The U.S. Supreme Court
made pro-LGBT rulings in two
cases during the final week of its
term, which ended Monday.
Justices ruled in favor of the
constitutionality of a California law
school’s non-discrimination policy
as well as state disclosure laws
that would make public the names
of those who signed a petition to
put an anti-gay referendum on the
Washington State ballot.
In the case of Christian Legal
Society v. Martinez, the court
upheld Monday in a 5-4 decision
the University of California,
Hastings College of Law’s non-
discrimination policy against a
legal challenge from a Christian
group that aimed to discriminate
against LGBT people.
The school’s Hastings
Christian Fellowship sought to
overturn a non-discrimination
policy to maintain its status as an
official school group while pro-
hibiting LGBT people from hold-
ing positions as officers. The
group contended the school’s
policy violated the chapter’s free-
dom of association and speech
under the First Amendment.
But U.S. Associate Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg — who
wrote the majority opinion in the
ruling — said the school’s policy
is constitutional because it’s “a
reasonable, viewpoint-neutral
condition on access to the stu-
dent-organization forum.”
“In requiring [Christian Legal
Society] — in common with all
other student organizations —
to choose between welcoming
all students and forgoing the
benefits of official recognition,
we hold, Hastings did not trans-
gress constitutional limitations,”
she writes.
Joining Ginsburg in the majority
opinion were Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer
and Sonia Sotomayor. Associate
Justice John Paul Stevens marked
his final day on the bench by filing
a concurring opinion.
While upholding Hastings’ poli-
cy, the court also remanded to the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals an
assertion by the Christian Legal
Society that Hastings has been
selectively applying its non-dis-
crimination policy.
Associate Justice Samuel
Alito filed the dissent. In his opin-
ion, Alito writes that the Supreme
Court didn’t properly address the
In the final week of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court made two pro-LGBT rulings.
constitutionality of Hastings’ poli-
cy and is setting precedent that
could stifle free speech.
“Brushing aside inconvenient
precedent, the Court arms public
educational institutions with a
handy weapon for suppressing
the speech of unpopular groups,”
Alito writes.
Joining Alito in the dissenting
opinion were Chief Justice John
Roberts as well as Associate
Justices Antonin Scalia and
Clarence Thomas.
In the majority opinion, Ginsburg
notes as an official group, the
Christian Legal Society chapter
would be entitled to financial
assistance from the school
derived from mandatory student
fees. She says current policy
“ensures that no Hastings student
is forced to fund a group that
would reject her as a member.”
Additionally, Ginsburg empha-
sizes that although Hastings may
exclude the Christian Legal Society
chapter as an official group — or
as a registered student organiza-
tion — the organization still has
some capacity to meet and com-
municate on campus.
“In this case, Hastings offered
[Christian Legal Society] access to
school facilities to conduct meet-
ings and the use of chalkboards
and generally available bulletin
boards to advertise events,”
Ginsburg writes. “Although
[Christian Legal Society] could not
take advantage of [certain] meth-
ods of communication … the
advent of electronic media and
social-networking sites reduces
the importance of those channels.”
In a statement, Christopher
Stoll, senior attorney for the
National Center of Lesbian Rights,
said the decision “affirmed the
longstanding doctrine” that non-
discrimination policies don’t “vio-
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
late free speech when applied in a
consistent and even-handed way.”
“The court rejected the dan-
gerous argument that anti-gay
groups must be given a special
exemption from non-discrimina-
tion policies,” Stoll said.
NCLR was among the groups
representing Outlaw, Hastings’
LGBT student group, which inter-
vened to defend Hastings’
nondiscrimination policy.
Paul Smith, who represented
Outlaw, said all the respondents
are "gratified" by the court's deci-
sion said it reflects the views
articulated in briefs to the court.
"The Hastings policy that all
recognized and subsidized stu-
dent groups have to be open to all
comers is designed to … assure
that educational opportunities are
equally open to all, and … pro-
mote the open interchange of
ideas among students," he said.
The Hastings College of Law
and the Christian Legal Society
didn’t immediately respond to
the Blade’s request for comment.
In a separate decision June 24,
the court ruled against those seek-
ing to keep secret the names of
people who last year signed a peti-
tion to put an anti-gay referendum
on the Washington State ballot.
The court determined 8-1 in
Doe v. Reed that public disclosure
of referendum petitions doesn’t —
as a general rule — violate the
First Amendment rights of signers.
But the decision left room for
anti-gay activists to succeed at a
lower court on the more focused
question of whether making public
the signatures for Referendum 71
specifically runs contrary to the
U.S. Constitution. Roberts wrote
the majority opinion in the deci-
sion. The sole dissenting voice in
the ruling came from Thomas.
The initiative in question,
Referendum 71, came before
Washington State residents in
2009 and threatened to abrogate
the expansion of the state’s
domestic partner registry. But 53
percent of the electorate voted in
favor of upholding the law, keep-
ing the registry in place.
Concurrent with the campaign
against the law, those who put the
anti-gay initiative on the ballot — led
by Protect Marriage Washington —
challenged Washington State’s
Public Records Act, which
requires public disclosure of the
names of petition signers who put
referenda on the ballot.
The U.S. District Court of the
Western District of Washington
issued a preliminary injunction
blocking the publication of signa-
tures, and the issue made its
way to the Supreme Court.
Plaintiffs argued the law could
put people who signed the peti-
tion in danger after their names
became public. In defense of the
statute, Washington State argued
disclosure contributes to electoral
integrity of the ballot process and
allows the public to double-check
in case a mistake is made.
Roberts affirms in the majority
opinion the arguments that pub-
lic disclosure promotes electoral
integrity and concludes the dis-
closure law enables the public to
find potential mistakes or
instances of forgery.
“Public disclosure thus helps
ensure that the only signatures
counted are those that should be,
and that the only referenda placed
on the ballot are those that garner
enough valid signatures,” he
writes. “Public disclosure also pro-
motes transparency and account-
ability in the electoral process to
an extent other measures cannot.”
Roberts also rejects the asser-
tion from plaintiffs that the court
should overturn the disclosure
law on the basis that disclosure of
the names of people who signed
the Referendum 71 petition would
place these signers in danger.
The chief justice says the
question before the court isn’t
whether “disclosure violates the
First Amendment with respect to
those who signed the R-71 peti-
tion,” but whether this disclosure
“in general violates the First
Amendment rights of those who
sign referendum petitions.”
“The problem for plaintiffs is
that their argument rests almost
entirely on the specific harm they
say would attend disclosure of
the information on the R-71 peti-
tion, or on similarly controversial
ones,” Roberts writes.
Roberts says the court must
reject this broad challenge to all
disclosure laws, but says this rul-
ing doesn’t necessarily “foreclose
a litigant’s success” in a narrower
challenge before the district court.
The chief justice recalls how the
court previously determined with-
holding names may be appropri-
ate in some instances with “rea-
sonable probability” that individu-
als would be harassed.
In a statement, Anne Levinson,
chair of Washington Families
Standing Together, which fought
to maintain the state’s domestic
partnership law, praised the high
court’s decision.
She said the Supreme Court
made clear that public disclosure
laws ensure “measures are not
put on the ballot by fraudulent
means or mistake.”
“Nowhere is the integrity and
transparency of elections more
important than where the ballot
box is being used in an attempt
to take away fundamental rights,”
she said. “Nowhere is it more
important for the public to know
that attempts to affect the lives of
their fellow citizens by promoting
ballot measures are free from
fraud and error.”
But Larry Stickney, president of
the Washington Values Alliance,
said he’s “optimistic” anti-gay
activists will be able to keep the
petition names secret following
action from the district court.
“Likely we’re going to be back in
district court and we’ll be able to
bring out some of the harassment
and intimidation efforts that were
made against Protect Marriage
Washington,” he said. “We’re happy
that that effort will carry on.”
Levinson dismissed the idea
that people working on the cam-
paign to overturn the domestic
partner registry faced harassment
and said there’s “absolutely no evi-
dence of harassment” of signers.
“What the petitioners cite to by
way of threats or other harassment,
they talk about their campaign
manager or other leadership in their
campaign,” she said. “Those are the
folks like me who were debating on
TV or radio or leading a campaign
effort, so that’s irrelevant to making
any case about petition signers.”
Jon Davidson, legal director
for Lambda Legal, said he didn’t
think plaintiffs had a shot keep-
ing the names of petitions sign-
ers under wraps in light of the
“reasonable probability” standard
the Supreme Court established.
“I think they are very unlikely to
have any success because the stan-
dard that the Supreme Court
imposed here is — in a particular
case — you can only prevent disclo-
sure if you can show a reasonable
probability that disclosure will subject
to threats, harassment or reprisal,” he
said. “So not the possibility — not that
it could happen — but a reasonable
probability that it will happen.”
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NATIONALNEWS
Obama AIDS panel bucks White House on drug funds
Resolution calls for
$126 million ADAP
emergency measure
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
President Obama’s newly
appointed Presidential Advisory
Council on HIV/AIDS adopted a
resolution Tuesday urging the
White House and Congress to do
something they have been reluc-
tant to do: approve $126 million in
emergency funds for the struggling
AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
The federal program, which is
operated jointly with states, provides
subsidies for life-saving anti-retrovi-
ral drugs needed by low-income
people with HIV and AIDS who lack
health insurance coverage.
Due to several developments,
including sharp budget cuts by
states, a record 1,924 people eli-
gible to enroll in the program in 11
states have been placed on wait-
ing lists as state ADAPs have run
out of money to pay for the drugs,
state officials have said. The wait-
ing lists are expected to grow in
the coming weeks and months.
AIDS activists have criticized
the White House and Democratic
leaders in Congress for not tak-
ing immediate steps to push the
Gay candidates make issue of ‘Don’t Ask’ votes
Opponents of
Pougnet, Potosnak
voted ‘no’ on repeal
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
At least two gay candidates
running for Congress this year
are capitalizing on their incum-
bent opponents’ votes against
overturning “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” to build support.
They are hoping that public
support for ending “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” — which a CNN poll
taken before congressional votes
last month found nearly 80 per-
cent of Americans favor over-
turning — will help boost their
chances against the incumbents.
The votes on “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” repeal were taken May 27 in
the U.S. House and the Senate
Armed Services Committee to
attach the measure as part of pend-
ing defense budget legislation.
Among the candidates capitaliz-
ing on votes against repeal is Steve
Pougnet, the gay Democratic
mayor of Palm Springs, Calif.,
emergency funding this year,
saying people on the waiting lists
face possible life-threatening ill-
nesses related to HIV without
their medication.
More than 50 members of the
House, including gay Reps.
Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a
petition to the White House earli-
er this year calling for $126 mil-
lion in supplemental funds for
ADAP in the current fiscal year.
The presidential AIDS panel,
known as PACHA, adopted its
resolution at a special confer-
ence call meeting Tuesday.
The conference call came after
some PACHA members com-
plained that the panel was dis-
tracted from adopting the resolu-
tion and addressing other impor-
tant business at its previous in-
person meeting at the White
House in April by administration
staffers who overly “stage man-
aged” the meeting, according to
insiders familiar with the panel.
The 24-member PACHA
includes seven out gay mem-
bers. It’s chaired by Dr. Helen
Gale, a nationally recognized
AIDS physician and former top
official at the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control & Prevention.
“I don’t think the PACHA is
being stage managed, but I do
Steve Pougnet, the gay Democratic mayor of Palm Springs, Calif. who’s
seeking to oust U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, is making a campaign issue
of Bono Mack’s vote against overturning ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’
who’s seeking to oust Rep. Mary
Bono Mack (R-Calif.).
Jordan Marks, campaign
manager for Pougnet, said Bono
Mack’s vote against repeal con-
tributes to dispelling the per-
ceived notion that she’s a moder-
ate Republican.
“On ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ for
so long, Mary Bono Mack had to
have it both ways to show that
she was a friend to the gay and
think that it is being over handled,”
said PACHA member Phill Wilson,
executive director of the Black
AIDS Institute in Los Angeles.
Wilson said it would be an
exaggeration to characterize as
a “rebellion” the call by PACHA
members for a special meeting
this week to vote on the ADAP
resolution, as one source familiar
with PACHA called it.
But he said PACHA members
assigned to a subcommittee that
monitors ADAP issues made it
clear that it would be unaccept-
able for the advisory body to wait
until its next regularly scheduled
meeting in September to take up
the ADAP issue.
Wilson and fellow PACHA mem-
ber A. Cornelius Baker, former exec-
utive director of the National
Association of People with AIDS
and the Whitman-Walker Clinic,
said the newly reconstituted PACHA
appeared to be having some orga-
nizational and logistical problems.
Among other things, Baker
and PACHA member Rosie
Perez, actress and AIDS activist,
expressed concern at the April
meeting that White House offi-
cials arranged for the meeting to
be held in an auditorium at the
Eisenhower Executive Office
Building next to the White House
that was not conducive for mem-
Photo courtesy of Friends of Steve Pougnet
lesbian community,” he said.
In a statement published
shortly after the vote, the law-
maker defended her vote against
the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal
measure by saying she wants to
wait until the Pentagon com-
pletes its study on the issue at
the end of the year.
“I care deeply about our men
and women in uniform and
believe it is essential that a thor-
bers to conduct business.
Most of the first day of the two-
day meeting in April was devoted
to listening to comments by mem-
bers of the public, including AIDS
activists. Although a precedent for
listening to public comments
began under the Clinton adminis-
tration, one AIDS activist attend-
ing the April meeting said it
evolved into a “chaotic” town hall
type meeting that prevented mem-
bers — who were appointed for
their expertise in various aspects
of public health, medicine and
public policy — from tackling
issues such as ADAP.
Sessions on the second day
were not open to the public, rais-
ing questions that administration
staffers violated a federal law
that requires all federal govern-
ment advisory bodies to conduct
business in public.
Christopher Bates, PACHA’s
staff executive director, told
activists who complained about
the closed meeting that the ses-
sion was limited to discussing
“administrative” matters and no
official business was conducted.
Wilson and Baker said this week
that the White House and the
Department of Health & Human
Services, which has direct supervision
over PACHA, were working to correct
the problems, with the possibility that
ough review be completed by our
military commanders prior to
Congress enacting such a
sweeping change,” she said.
“This vote should have hap-
pened after that review.”
Bono Mack also noted opposi-
tion to the repeal measure voiced
by the four service chiefs before the
vote took place. She said lawmak-
ers do these military leaders “a
great disservice if we ignore their
advice on this important issue.”
Until the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
vote, Bono Mack had been
regarded in some circles as a
pro-gay Republican because of
her voting record. Bono Mack had
voted twice against the Federal
Marriage Amendment and in
favor of hate crimes legislation
and a version of the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act.
After the vote against “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal on May
27, the Human Rights Campaign
endorsed Pougnet.
Although Pougnet is running in
a traditionally Republican district,
a boost from the “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” vote could be enough to give
Pougnet the necessary edge to
topple Bono Mack in what’s seen
new meeting space would be found.
But new organizational and
technical issues surfaced during
Tuesday’s conference call when
an audio muting mechanism pre-
vented members of the public
who were approved in advance
to speak from being heard by
Gale, who presided over the call.
When a roll call vote was taken
on the ADAP resolution, some of
the PACHA members also could
not be heard, alerting the staff that
a technical glitch kept the PACHA
members’ phone on mute.
As required by a federal advisory
body statute, the conference call
meeting was announced two weeks
earlier in the Federal Register, which
instructed people interested in
speaking during a public comment
period how to dial in to the call.
A technician facilitating the con-
ference call eventually lifted the
muting mechanism to allow every-
one to speak. But shortly after that
happened, someone apparently
called the meeting to an end while
the phone lines remained open. At
least two callers expressed outrage
that they were not allowed to speak,
and several callers began their own
discussion before someone termi-
nated the conference call.
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as a competitive race.
Pougnet is credited with being a
powerhouse fundraiser and,
according to Marks, will report $1.2
million in fundraising at the end of
the second quarter. As of mid-May,
Bono Mack has about $1.5 million in
net receipts, according to Federal
Election Campaign records.
Additionally, a June report in
Politico revealed that the National
Republican Congressional Com-
mittee identified Bono Mack as one
of nine potentially vulnerable Repub-
lican congressional lawmakers.
Geoff Kors, executive director
of Equality California, said Bono
Mack’s “no” vote on “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” provides “clear proof”
to supporters of repeal that she’s
waffling on the issue.
“She always said if the military
was OK with repealing it, she was
fine,” Kors said. “The bill that went
forward requires the military to fin-
ish its process and say that it won’t
harm our military to repeal it, yet
she still voted against it.”
Kors said Bono Mack’s vote
has “riled up” those who thought
she supported LGBT rights and
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NATIONALNEWS
Kagan faces ‘Don’t Ask’ questions during hearings
Continued from page 1
Senate Judiciary Committee,
which was expected to continue
throughout the week.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
directed pointed questions at Kagan
about the views she expressed as
dean of Harvard Law School over
military recruitment on campus.
According to media reports, in
October 2003 Kagan wrote in an
e-mail to students that military
recruiting on campus caused her
“deep distress” and that she
“abhor[s] the military’s discrimi-
natory recruitment policy.”
In testimony, Kagan affirmed
her opposition to the ban on
open service as dean and said
she still holds that belief.
“I have repeatedly said that I
believe that the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell’ policy is unwise and unjust,”
she said. “I believed it then and I
believe it now.”
Kagan said as dean she tried
to ensure military recruiters had
“full and complete access” while
she simultaneously tried to
enforce Harvard’s non-discrimina-
tion policy that bars discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
She said she worked out a
compromise as dean that enabled
a veterans’ organization to spon-
sor military recruiters on campus
as opposed to the U.S. military
itself. Kagan noted that this policy
was changed after the Defense
Department voiced concerns
about not having full access.
Sessions was critical of her
efforts and cited examples of
actions she took that he said
raised doubts about her support
for the U.S. military.
The ranking Republican on the
Judiciary Committee, Sessions
has voiced concerns about the
Kagan nomination throughout the
confirmation process and is a like-
ly vote against seating her on the
Supreme Court.
Sessions said Kagan partici-
‘Don’t Ask’ votes become issue in two campaigns
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“intensifies people’s belief that
it’s time for her to go.”
On the other side of the coun-
try, Ed Potosnak, a Democrat run-
ning against incumbent Rep.
Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) to repre-
sent New Jersey’s 7th congres-
sional district, is similarly capitaliz-
ing on his opponent’s vote against
overturning “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Potosnak, a former staffer for
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) and
public school teacher, said
Lance’s vote is evidence the law-
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chair of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, presided over this week's confirmation hearings of Supreme
Court nominee Elena Kagan.
pated in a campus protest and
spoke out against the Solomon
Amendment, which allows the
U.S. government to withhold
federal funding from universities
if they restrict military recruit-
ment on campus.
The senator cited a friend-of-
the-court brief that Kagan signed
as one of 40 Harvard professors
in favor a U.S. Third Circuit Court
of Appeals ruling in 2004 over-
turning the Solomon Amendment.
In response, Kagan charac-
terized the brief as an argument
that Harvard’s accommodation
for military recruiters through a
veterans’ group was consistent
with the Solomon Amendment.
“We filed an amicus brief not
attacking the constitutionality of
the Solomon Amendment, but
instead saying simply that
maker has changed since he
was elected to office.
“The vote against repealing
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ really goes
a long way in demonstrating that
Lance is just out of touch,”
Potosnak said.
Potosnak said Lance’s vote on
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — as well
as other votes the lawmaker has
cast in his career — show he’s
“on the wrong side of history.”
As the campaign progresses,
Potosnak said voters “will have
the opportunity to see how much
he has changed since going
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
Harvard policy complied with the
Solomon Amendment,” she said.
Kagan noted that in the end,
the Supreme Court unanimously
rejected the arguments present-
ed by Harvard professors in a
2006 decision upholding the
Solomon Amendment.
Sessions accused Kagan of
engaging in unscrupulous
activity at Harvard by instituting
a new policy following the Third
Circuit ruling and suggested
she shouldn’t have issued a
change because the Solomon
Amendment remained in effect.
The senator said Kagan’s
description of events was “uncon-
nected to reality” and that he was “a
little taken aback” by her remarks.
“I know what happened at
Harvard,” he said. “I know you’ve
been [an] outspoken leader
down to Washington.”
Lance’s campaign didn’t respond
to the Blade’s request to explain the
lawmaker’s vote against “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” repeal.
While the lawmaker’s vote
against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
repeal could give Potosnak an
edge in the race, he still faces an
uphill battle. He’s running in a tra-
ditionally Republican district, and
recent campaign finance reports
show that he has around $51,000
in cash-on-hand compared to the
$500,000 in Lance’s coffers.
Jimmy LaSalvia, executive direc-
against the military policy. I know
you acted — without legal authori-
ty — to reverse Harvard’s policy to
deny the military equal access to
campus until you were threatened
by the United States government
with the loss of critical funds.”
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chair
of the Judiciary Committee, inter-
rupted Sessions to allow Kagan to
respond to Sessions’ remarks.
Noting her father was a military
veteran, Kagan said she has
“respect” for the military and “one of
the great privileges” of her time at
Harvard was working with students
who were former service members
or who wanted to enter the military.
Doug NeJaime, a gay law pro-
fessor at Loyola Law School,
said Kagan “took the position
that we expected her to take” in
response to Sessions’ question-
ing by explaining school policy
on military recruitment.
“I don’t think this is huge issue
because, I think, it’s very much in
the mainstream of law schools’
decision-making around ‘Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell’ and the Solomon
Amendment,” NeJaime said.
“And so, I think she defended the
position in a satisfactory way.”
NeJaime said Sessions was
trying to make it seem that
Kagan was trying to undermine
the U.S. military during her
tenure as dean, or prevent them
having access to students.
“She made it very clear that
that’s not what she was doing,”
NeJaime said. “The military had
access to the students, and stu-
dents had access to the military,
and she had great respect for
the military.”
Kagan’s opposition to “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” — which she artic-
ulated during her confirmation
hearings — renews the question of
whether she would have to recuse
herself if confirmed and the issue
came before the high court.
But NeJaime said he didn’t think
such statements meant that Kagan
tor of GOProud, a gay conservative
group that advocates for repeal of
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” defended
lawmakers who voted “no” by noting
results of the Pentagon study have
yet to be revealed.
“We had a plan to look at this
and get rid of it, and now you’re
telling [us] to scrap that plan and
vote on it now,” LaSalvia said.
“The reason for many of those
votes were the result of the
Democrats changing the strate-
gy in mid-stream, and it couldn’t
have been more poorly handled.”
Another gay candidate seeking
wouldn’t be able to take part in a
case on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
“She’s been pretty clear about
speaking about it as a political
matter and as an ethical matter,”
NeJaime said. “She thinks it’s a
bad policy, but I don’t think that
that means she can’t fairly adju-
dicate equal protection or due
process claims raised by the
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy.”
Further questions arose about
LGBT cases in which Kagan may
have to recuse herself in light of
Leahy’s questioning on what mat-
ters she believed she would have
sit out if they came to the bench.
In response to Leahy’s ques-
tioning, Kagan said she would
recuse herself in cases that
came before the court if she had
been a “counsel of record” in any
state of the process for litigation.
“I think there are probably
about 10 cases that are on the
docket next year … in which I
have been a counsel of record in
a petition for certiorari” or played
a similar role, she said.
During her tenure as solicitor
general, the Justice Department
issued several briefs in defense
of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — as
well as the Defense of Marriage
Act — in response to legal chal-
lenges in federal courts.
But NeJaime said the briefs
don’t represent Kagan acting as a
counsel of record because they
originated under the jurisdiction of
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
“She’s in the solicitor general’s
office whereas the papers filed in
the DOMA cases have been
coming from the Justice
Department,” NeJaime said. “So
she actually hasn’t been counsel
of record on any cases implicat-
ing the Defense of Marriage Act,
so I don’t see any problem there.”
NeJaime added this situation
would also apply with respect to
Justice Department’s response
to legal challenges of “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell.”
congressional office won’t need to
draw attention to an opponent’s
vote against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
repeal in his campaign. David
Cicilline, the Democratic mayor of
Providence, R.I., who’s seeking to
represent Rhode Island’s 1st con-
gressional district, isn’t running
against an incumbent.
The lawmaker that Cicilline is
seeking to succeed is Rep.
Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), who
announced his planned retire-
ment from the House earlier this
year. Kennedy voted in favor of
the repeal measure.
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VIEWPOINT
Responding to an unfair attack
Village Voice story
on gay media is
flawed, inaccurate
By KEVIN NAFF
The recent Village Voice story,
“Gay print media on the wane,” by
Michael Lavers is riddled with fac-
tual errors and suffers from con-
flicts of interest and general ama-
teurishness. Lavers and his edi-
tors clearly set out to write a self-
serving story about the supposed
demise of LGBT news outlets.
And they didn’t let pesky facts get
in the way of their hypothesis.
Lavers interviewed me for the
story and it became clear from the
outset that he had already decided
what to write — he just needed a
few supportive quotes to fill out the
piece. Hence, nothing I said to him
made it into the final story. He
spends significant time writing
about the Blade, Window Media
and the Advocate, but no one from
those entities is quoted or allowed
to respond to Lavers’ irresponsible
and baseless claims. Instead of
talking to professionals working in
LGBT media, Lavers quotes an
anthropology professor whose
qualifications and experience in
niche media are never revealed.
In addition to the blatant bias,
there are sloppy factual errors.
Lavers cites Window Media’s clo-
sure of the Washington Blade on
Nov. 16, 2009 as the “day the death
rattle began” for LGBT media. He
writes that the paper was shuttered
the Monday after its 40th anniver-
sary celebration in a hotel ballroom
and that employees found them-
selves “locked out.” None of that is
true — our anniversary party was-
n’t held in a hotel ballroom; the clo-
sure happened a full month after
that party and staffers were not
locked out of our offices.
What’s more disturbing than the
lack of basic fact checking (what an
old-school concept!) is that Lavers
fails to disclose his work for Edge
Media Network, a company he
describes as “fast becoming the
new gay press establishment,” a
grandiose claim he offers no evi-
dence to support. He also conve-
niently omits the fact that one of
FEEDBACK
The following comments
were submitted as letters to the
editor or posted to our web site.
Visit washingtonblade.com to
join the discussion.
Re: “Documenting despair”
(June 18)
While we appreciate the Blade’s
Edge’s senior executives, William
Kapfer, was an officer of Window
Media, the Blade’s parent compa-
ny that is criticized in the story. It
sounds like Kapfer, an Edge mar-
keter, wrote the story for Lavers.
Lavers makes other fanciful
claims. He writes, “It’s true that
all print media is going through
an adjustment as newsgathering
and disbursement goes digital.
But the change is especially
painful in the gay world.”
Really? Where are the numbers
to support that claim? In fact, I have
heard anecdotally from colleagues
in cities all over the country that
niche and alternative media are far-
ing much better than major metro-
politan dailies that got greedy and
lazy after decades of monopolistic
control of their markets. Unlike the
metro dailies, LGBT outlets are
lean operations with relatively small
staff and low overhead, making
them much more likely to survive
an economic downturn. We’re also
able to move more quickly to adapt
to technological changes.
Lavers further writes, “The pub-
lishers and editors of Southern
Voice in Atlanta and the Washington
Blade are attempting to resurrect
their respective papers, but starting
a ‘hard copy’ niche weekly in these
hard times will prove daunting—to
say the least.”
A good reporter would have
talked to some of those publishers
and editors to find out just how
daunting it is to start a new busi-
ness in this economy. But that
would require actual effort and
might yield inconvenient facts that
undermine your thesis. It’s much
easier to make assumptions along
with self-congratulatory, wishful-
thinking claims of being the “new
gay press establishment.”
Another false notion that Lavers
advances is that LGBT media outlets
are unnecessary because the main-
stream media do such a thorough job
of covering our issues. Again, not
true. In 2007, when Congress was
debating the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, the Blade devoted
dozens of stories to the issue. When
the Washington Post editorialized in
favor of ENDA, the writer relied on the
Blade’s coverage of the issue
because the Post’s own newsroom
recent mention of our film, “Out in
the Silence,” we were sad to see it
under the headline “Documenting
despair.”
The film and associated grass-
roots campaign actually provide a
very hopeful view of courageous
voices and the growing movement
for fairness & equality for LGBT peo-
hadn’t written one word about ENDA.
More recently, the Post refused
to report the basic fact that murder
victim Brian Betts, a D.C. school
principal, was gay. The Blade broke
that story and forced the Post to
confront its outmoded policies on
reporting on sexual orientation.
When there’s an overt gay angle to
a story — marriage, for example —
mainstream outlets do a better job
of covering our issues. But when
the gay angle is less obvious (the
Betts case) or too complicated (the
ENDA debate), mainstream outlets
continue to disappoint.
Lavers praises a couple of blog-
gers and then pats himself on the
back (again), writing, “I was able to
report on the New York State
Senate’s vote on gay marriage from
my apartment in Brooklyn via a live
stream of the proceedings in Albany.”
Unfortunately, that’s not “report-
ing,” it’s stenography. And let’s hope
that relying on live streaming of
events doesn’t represent the future
of LGBT journalism. What happens
when the feed goes down?
Bloggers play an important role in
covering LGBT rights and I’ve
become friendly with several of
them. But there are very few LGBT
bloggers who devote themselves to
their sites full time. We need full-time
reporters who can attend congres-
sional hearings, news conferences
and other events without the time
constraints of working another job.
We need investigative journalists
who can devote themselves 100
percent to their craft and serve as
movement watchdogs.
The notion that bloggers are
the cool kids with neat-o toys like
Twitter and Facebook, while print
outlets are hammering out stale
news on stone tablets is such an
inaccurate and dated cliché that
I’m reluctant to respond to it. But
since Lavers builds his entire
story on such stereotypes, here
are a few facts for those interest-
ed in such anachronistic things.
The Blade was shuttered by its
parent company that was mired in
debt unrelated to our operations.
Window Media was part of a larger
entity that had investments in
diverse industries. Since closing in
November, the staff rallied and re-
launched the Blade. We’re now a
ple in rural and small town America.
We invite Blade readers to learn
more and become involved at
OutintheSilence.com. — Joe Wilson
Re: “ENDA is the best use of
our energy” (June 17)
Rarely has the LGBTQ commu-
nity had a greater opportunity to
locally owned and operated robust
business employing openly LGBT
media professionals. I am immense-
ly proud of that. Our recent Pride
issue was bigger and more prof-
itable than last year’s. We have mor-
phed into a 24/7 news outlet with a
strong Facebook presence and
more than 6,000 Twitter followers.
So why continue to publish a
print edition at all? The dirty secret
in publishing is that no newspaper
is making more than 10-15 percent
of its revenue from web ads. Even
Politico didn’t start making money
until it launched a print edition. Of
course, the print medium is fading
in favor of the immediacy of the
web. Most of us have been aware of
that fact since the mid-’90s. Lavers
and the Village Voice sound like
they only just now figured it out. I
embrace that change and am excit-
ed to be a part of it, as I have been
since joining the online staff of the
Baltimore Sun in 1996. I am also
platform agnostic – I don’t care how
our readers access our content,
just that they do so and that our
advertisers are along for the ride.
One day the business model will
catch up to readership. No one
knows how or when that day will
come — not the publisher of the
Washington Post and not the CEO
of Google. In the meantime, we at
the Blade are doing all the things
that Lavers seems to think we’re
neglecting. We are no longer a
weekly; our site is updated daily
and as news warrants. We have a
strong Facebook and Twitter pres-
ence, we have blogs and podcasts
and video and photo galleries and
all the bells and whistles you’d
expect from a 2010 media entity.
As I told Lavers in my interview
with him, the Blade has never had
more readers and there has never
been more news to cover. It’s dis-
appointing that a gay reporter who
has made his living writing for —
and being paid by —
LGBT news outlets
didn’t give those
outlets a fair shake.
Kevin Naff is editor of
the Washington Blade.
Reach him at
knaff@washblade.com.
level the playing field for all. On
their face, DADT and ENDA seem
unrelated but we have a right to be
in the workforce and to serve our
country with integrity. We cannot,
must not let this moment pass for
lack of willingness to stand up,
speak our Pride and fund the fight.
– R.L. Pete Housman
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VIEWPOINT
Necessities, not niceties
Laws like FMLA help
boost all families
By HILDA L. SOLIS
It’s been 17 years since
Congress passed the Family
and Medical Leave Act —
groundbreaking legislation that
allows parents to take unpaid
time off from work to care for
their children.
Since then, thanks in large
measure to technology, work
has changed. And as a result,
workers have changed, often at
warp speed. But what many
have been slow to recognize is
the fact that “families” have been
changing for a very long
time. Well, the administration
took a major step in recognizing
that change last week, when the
U.S. Department of Labor clari-
fied the definition of “son and
daughter” under the FMLA.
Our interpretation ensures
that an employee who assumes
the role of caring for a child
july 2, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 17
‘
get the support and care they
The Labor Department’s interpretation of the FMLA makes
’
need from the people who love
them and are responsible for
clear that children can get the support and care they need them. This is certainly a win for
LGBT families, and it recognizes
from the people who love them and are responsible for the importance of a partner who
shares in the parenting of a child
them. This is certainly a win for LGBT families, and it in a same-sex relationship. But
it’s also a win for “Tia” (Spanish
recognizes the importance of a partner who shares in for aunt) who steps in to care for
her young nephew when his
the parenting of a child in a same-sex relationship. mother has been called to active
military duty, or a grandmother
who takes responsibility for her
receives parental rights to family for parenting a child, whether was not a biological parent or grandchild.
leave regardless of the legal or they have a biological or legal legal guardian. We know that family-friendly
biological relationship. We’ve relationship with the child or not, I had the chance to meet policies and laws like the FMLA
done so because the realities of may be entitled to FMLA leave. Meftah here in Washington, and aren’t “niceties” but rather
who is a “mother” and who is a Consider the case of Nazanin her story is sadly as common as necessities that contribute to the
“father” — and new, important Meftah and her partner, Lydia it is compelling. The Williams well being of all families and a
and responsible concepts of Bañuelos, a lesbian couple in Institute at the University of better bottom line
“parenthood” — simply demand Tucson. Meftah developed med- California, Los Angeles, School for employers.
it, at home and at work. ical complications after the birth of Law estimates that more than No further
It’s called in loco parentis, a of the couple’s children in 2007 100,000 children growing up interpretation of
Latin phrase and legal doctrine and 2009. Despite a clear need with same-sex parents could that is required.
meaning in the place of a par- and obvious relationship to the benefit from this simple but
ent. When applied to the new children, Bañuelos was denied important action.
realities of work and family, it unpaid leave both times by her The Labor Department’s
means that all employees who employer. She wasn’t able to interpretation of the FMLA Hilda L. Solis is the
have assumed the responsibility care for the kids because she makes clear that children can U.S. secretary of labor.
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Whole lotto love
July 4th weekend
events to benefit
Camp Rehoboth  Hollywood’
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Summer is always boom time in
Rehoboth Beach and Indepen-
dence Day weekend is chocked
with gay events. Organizers call
it “love weekend.”
On Saturday, the second annual
LottoHeart game show happens at
Rehoboth Beach Convention
Center with “hostess” Christopher
Peterson. Immediately following,
Peterson and his Eyecon review
open their “Hooray for Hollywood”
show at Rehoboth Beach Theatre of
the Arts. Then Sunday night, the
4th, is the Love4All dance, also at
the Convention Center and now in
its 16th year. The game show/auc-
tion and the dance are benefits for
Camp Rehoboth, the beach town’s
LGBT community center. Peterson’s
show runs through mid-September.
LottoHeart was a smash in its
first run last year, organizers
say, with nearly a thousand in
attendance. The Convention
Center is set up like a fashion
runway with a catwalk and small
donated pieces of art — many
from well-known East Coast
artists — are divvied out through
the course of the event, which is
designed as a madcap combina-
tion of roulette, “Hollywood
Squares” and a Vegas revue.
Cory Johnson and Chris Beagle
present the artwork.
Those who purchase $100 “art
tickets” are guaranteed one of the
200 postcard-size original art
works. Numbers will be called out
lotto-style. Door prizes and raffles
will be held throughout the evening.
Much of the donated art can be
previewed at camprehoboth.com.
Online bidding is also available.
“It’s such a fun event, you just
can’t imagine,” says Faye Jacobs,
a Camp Rehoboth board member
June Crenshaw answers 20 questions.
Queery, PAGE 24
washingtonblade.com • vol. 41, issue 27 • july 2, 2010 • Page 23
Last year’s inaugural LottoHeart game show at Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.
and features editor of Letters to
Camp Rehoboth, the Center’s
publication. “Christopher has
such a quick wit and he knows so
many of the people there so when
the names are called, you just
can’t imagine the things he says.
He’s a terrible gossip. Such a
diva. And so funny.”
Between sets of items,
Peterson will preview numbers
from his drag show “Hooray for
Hollywood” which opens imme-
diately after LottoHeart. The
Rehoboth legend, who does all
his own singing, does imper-
arts & entertainment
sonations of Marilyn Monroe,
Joan Rivers, Barbra Streisand,
Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland,
Bette Midler and more. He and
his troupe of dancers will recre-
ate production numbers from
Tinseltown’s golden era.
Peterson says he was per-
forming as soon as he came out
of the womb.
“I saw the lights and just start-
ed singing and dancing,” he
says. “Actually it’s in my DNA,
honey. I’ve been making a living
at this for 30 years.”
The native Canadian splits his
Photo courtesy of Camp Rehoboth
time between Rehoboth and Key
West. He says his shows are
popular because people love the
pop culture they grew up with.
“It’s nostalgia,” he says. “We
all want to relive our youth. And
let’s face it, when you get past 40
you don’t really want to go to a
noisy discotheque anymore. So
you come here, you see a big,
fabulous drag show, you have a
few drinks and you enjoy the
evening. I’m 48. I don’t want to go
to the disco anymore.”
Peterson says he does the
LottoHeart benefit because he
LottoHeart Game
Show 2010
Saturday, 6 to 9 p.m.
A Camp Rehoboth benefit
Rehoboth Beach
Convention Center
$25; VIP: $100
camprehoboth.com
302-227-5620
‘Hooray for
Opens Saturday and runs
through Sept. 19
Cocktails at 8; show at 9
Rehoboth Beach Theatre
of the Arts
Tickets: $35
rehoboth-beach-theatre.com
302-227-9310
Love4All
Sunday, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
A Camp Rehoboth
benefit dance
Rehoboth Beach
Convention Center
$45; VIP: $100
camprehoboth.com
302-227-5620
believes in Camp Rehoboth’s
mission.
And as for his quick wit, how
does he think so fast on his feet?
He says it comes from years of
performing.
“I’m old,” he says during a break
in rehearsals. “I’ve heard every line
twice. I just store them away for
when I need them. There’s a witty
answer for everything.”
At Sunday’s dance, which typi-
cally draws about 1,200 revelers
and is also at the Convention
Center, tickets are available at two
rates. Admission, which includes
open bar, is $45 but host tickets
for $100 include a T-shirt, a listing
in thank-you ads and access to a
private “Love Lounge.” New York
DJ Joe Gauthreaux, who’s
appeared at many high-profile gay
events, will spin.
Also this weekend, lesbian
author Stefani Deoul will sign
copies of her novel “The Carousel”
at Browseabout Books at 5 on
Saturday and at Proud Bookstore
at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The
Rehoboth resident is producing
the series “Haven,” which debuts
July 9 on the Syfy Channel.
24 washingtonblade.com • july 2, 2010
QUEERY: 20 Questions for June Crenshaw
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Coming out wasn’t easy for June
Crenshaw. She was out to her friends
and some family and had a girlfriend in
high school in her native Tulsa, Okla., but
being gay in the Midwest at the time was-
n’t cool she says.
“It was not a safe and welcoming envi-
ronment by any stretch of the imagination,”
the 48-year-old Shaw resident says. “It was
extremely challenging and I lost a lot of fam-
ily who would no longer associate with me.
I also lost friends. It wasn’t easy at all.”
Despite the hostile reception, Crenshaw
stayed in Oklahoma for college where she
studied business and computer science.
But a mid-’80s economic slump pushed her
to look elsewhere for jobs after college and
it turned out to be a blessing. She came to
Washington for work and has stayed ever
since. But the hostile reception she got
from coming out stung to the point that she
lived a straight life for a few years, got mar-
ried to a man and had a son.
“He knew my preference was women
but we got married anyway,” Crenshaw
says. “It really was pressure from the
Midwest and wanting to fit in and really
thinking we could do things differently.
Immediately it didn’t work.” Life was eas-
ier in Washington and Crenshaw was in a
long-term relationship with a woman for
12 years. She discovered Whitman-
Walker quickly upon her arrival and got
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
involved. She’s in her second term as
board chair and previously was on the
community advisory board of the Lesbian
Services Program and steering commit-
tee for a black lesbian support group.
“It was just one of the first places that pro-
vided a very positive women’s safe space to
come and talk to like-minded women,” she
says. “I got involved immediately.” By day
Crenshaw does system upgrades and
installation for Coventry Health Care in
Bethesda, Md. She’s single and enjoys
working out, shopping, dancing and socializ-
ing with friends in her spare time.
How long have you been out and
who was the hardest person to tell?
I have been out for a very long time and I
come out every day — it is a lifelong
process. The hardest person to talk to
about being a lesbian was my son who
was 7 at the time. It impacted his life the
most and I was careful about protecting
him but also living authentically and open-
ly as a lesbian. It is impossible to raise a
child to be honest and proud of whom they
are if you can’t do the same thing.
Who’s your gay hero?
This list could go on and on starting with
all my colleagues on the board of
Whitman-Walker Clinic and Rainbow
Response Coalition but specifically strong
black local lesbians such as Sheila
Alexander-Reid, Carlene Cheatham,
Darlene Nipper, Donna Payne and
Tamara Dunlap-Elkins and, of course, the
late Charlotte Smallwood and Wanda
Alston. I also find heroes in up-and-com-
ing leaders such as Amy Loudermilk and
LGBTQ allies such as Don Blanchon. My
heroes are those people that show up
and do the hard work every day no matter
the challenges or obstacles and those
types of people are all around us.
What’s Washington’s best nightspot,
past or present?
I love to dance and Tracks was a great
past place for that but my current
favorite is Lace. It provides the perfect
mix of a great meal, a relaxing place to
have a conversation, great dance music
and of course beautiful women.
What’s your dream gay wedding?
Being barefoot on the beach at sunset
committing my life and my love to the
woman of my dreams. And then a great
party full of laughter to celebrate after-
wards surrounded by all the important
people in my life.
What non-gay issue are you
most passionate about?
That’s a tricky question because all
issues are both gay and non-gay. For
example, equality is not a gay issue — it’s
a human rights issues. The right to marry,
fair and equitable treatment in the work-
place, housing, access to health care and
education, are human rights issues and
are about fairness. …We are a part of the
larger community and are impacted by all
these things but we are also dispropor-
tionally affected by some issues. That
said, I am passionate about the lack of
service, outreach, education and support
to LGBTQ survivors and victims of inti-
mate partner violence.
What historical outcome
would you change?
I would change the death of Martin
Luther King. The civil rights movement
continued without him but we might
have made more progress.
What’s been the most memorable
pop culture moment of your lifetime?
The new popularity with reality televi-
sion. I can’t seem to look away from the
train wreck.
On what do you insist?
Being out in all aspects of my life.
What was your last
Facebook post or Tweet?
Not much. I am pretty passive/aggres-
sive around Facebook. I use it to stay up
to date with friends and family without
actually having to talk to anybody.
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
“You Are Never Too Old to Grow Up”
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
Recommend it to all my straight girl-
friends who constantly tell me they wish
they were lesbian.
What do you believe in
beyond the physical world?
It’s complicated.
What’s your advice for
LGBT movement leaders?
I would like to see the LGBTQ move-
ment leaders create trusted, supportive
networks to mentor our smart, young
talented future leaders and to provide
the crucial leadership to them that is
needed. I think we should partner more
around issues to increase our opportu-
nity for success. We have all these silo
organizations that could use our collec-
tive energy and reduce redundancy and
duplication of effort. We need to look for
ways to increase civic and community
engagement and improve diversity
among our leaders.
What would you walk
across hot coals for?
A pair of Lucchese cowboy boots and of
course, my family and close friends.
What gay stereotype
annoys you most?
“Lesbian second dates involve a U-Haul.”
What’s your favorite gay movie?
“The Color Purple” — it had a gay
scene so it qualifies.
What’s the most overrated
social custom?
To arrive late for an event or activity, not
just occasionally but as a matter of
practice.
What trophy or prize
do you most covet?
Unconditional love
What do you wish you’d
known at 18?
That life is so precious, we need to live
and be in the moment. And where we are
today is not where we will be forever.
Why Washington?
I moved to Washington on Sept. 14,
1985 from Tulsa, Okla. It was a culture
shock for me. When I flew into National
Airport the first thing I noticed was all
the beautiful trees and the second thing
I noticed was the diversity. I knew it was
the place for me.
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26 washingtonblade.com • july 2, 2010
SOCIALAGENDA
Friday, July 2
Gloss presents LADIES’ NIGHT tonight at
Apex, 1415 22nd St., N.W., introducing
the Stop Light Party. Wear the glow
bracelet that determines your status, red
for taken, yellow for maybe, and green for
single. Also featuring DC Kings’
Independence Day show and DC Gurly
Show. DJ Rosie will be in the main hall.
Must be 18 to enter and 21 to drink.
Panorama Productions presents THE
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE OFFICIAL
PREMIERE PARTY tonight at UltraBar,
911 F St., N.W. There will be Twilight
themed giveaways including posters, movie
tickets, and T-shirts. Doors open at 9 p.m.
Visit popnightlife.com for more information.
QUEER PULP FOR THE GIRLS AND
BOIS at Black Squirrel, 2427 18th St.,
N.W., is tonight at 9. No cover charge, 21
and over to enter.
Saturday, July 3
“SO, YOU THINK YOU’RE A DRAG
QUEEN,” a competition among aspiring drag
queens, at Town, 2009 8th St., N.W. Those
wishing to enter the contest should arrive at
10 p.m and be ready to perform. Contest
starts at 10:30 p.m. There will be music and
videos downstairs by Wess. $8 cover before
11 p.m. and $12 after. Must be 21 or older.
SUPERHERO BALL at Club Hippo, 1 W.
Eager St., Baltimore, featuring costume
contest, text raffle, Lady Gaga ticket give-
away and more. The event starts at 10
p.m. Tickets are $10 advanced VIP or $12
day-of or at the door and can be bought at
superheroball.eventbrite.com. Visit club-
hibbo.com for more information.
Sunday, July 4
BURGUNDY CRESCENT VOLUNTEERS
have been asked to provide wranglers for
the Independence Day Parade starting at 9
a.m. The balloons that will be carried are
the large helium balloons that take 34 peo-
ple to carry. Each rope needs a person so
it is critical that you can be there. Balloon
volunteers must be able to walk 10+ blocks
in the sun/heat while holding the balloon
ropes. The parade will take place on July
4th and will run from 7th Street to 17th
Street, N.W. along Constitution Avenue.
The parade begins at 11:45 a.m., and vol-
unteers will be released once their equip-
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Official Premiere Party is held tonight at UltraBar.
ment has been properly put away at the
end of the parade route on 17th Street.
INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS on
the National Mall, 9:10-9:27 p.m. Best view-
ing areas include the U.S. Capitol, Lincoln
Memorial, U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial
and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Arrive
early and expect the usual massive crowds.
Visit nps.gov for more information.
DRAG BRUNCH AT NELLIE’S SPORTS
BAR, 900 U St., N.W., hosted by Shi-Queeta
Lee from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Brunch buffet is
Image courtesy of Summit Entertainment
$20 and your first mimosa is free.
Women of Color Productions presents
GROWN AND SEXY INDEPENDENCE
EXPLOSION ADULT AFFAIR featuring
Shaashawn “Voycedial,” Sheri D, and
more at Remington’s, 639 Pennsylvania
Ave., S.E. Doors open at 8 p.m. $15 cover
charge; 25 and older to enter. For tickets
visit wocgrownsexy.eventbrite.com.
A special LADIES OF ILLUSION SHOW at
Ziegfeld’s, 1824 Half St., S.W. Doors open at
9 p.m. Retro trivia is back upstairs at Secrets.
’70s, ’80s, & ’90s music and trivia questions.
Correct answers win free drinks. Dance to the
“Sounds of Pier 9” with DJ Darryl Strickland.
Monday, July 5
THE GLB YOUTH SUPPORT GROUP
will meet at the GW Center Clinic, 1922
F St., N.W., Suite 103, at 4:30 p.m.
FREE SALSA lessons at Cobalt, 17th
and R Sts., N.W., from 10 to 11 p.m. There
will be dancing from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. 21
and older to enter. No cover.
Tuesday, July 6
SHEAR MADNESS, a comedy whodunit,
will be performed at The Kennedy Center
Theater Lab, 2700 F St., N.W., at 8 p.m.
Shear Madness takes place in present-day
Georgetown, in the Shear Madness Hair
Styling Salon. Visit kennedy-center.org for
more information and to purchase tickets.
Wednesday, July 7
THE TOM DAVARON SOCIAL BRIDGE
CLUB will be meeting at 7:30 p.m., at the
Dignity Center, 721 8th St., S.E. No partner
needed. Visit lambdabridge.com; click “Social
Bridge in Washington, DC” for more information.
LA COTERIE will be at Wonderland
Ballroom, 1101 Kenyon St., N.W., with
Sweet Interference at 9 p.m. La Coterie is
a five-piece rock band that incorporates
trumpet, violin and keyboard in with tradi-
tional rock instruments. The band is com-
prised of Trumpet Grrrl, Anton, and Katey.
Thursday, July 8
The Reduced Shakespeare Company pres-
ents COMPLETELY HOLLYWOOD
(abridged) at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace
Theater, 2700 F St., N.W., at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets can be bought at kennedy-center.org.
Completely Hollywood takes on 197 movies
in 100 minutes with hilarious results.
DCBIWOMEN, the area’s social group for
bisexual and bi-curious women, will meet at
Cafe Luna, 1633 P St., N.W., at 7 p.m. The
group’s goal is to create an accepting, encour-
aging environment for bisexual women regard-
less of the gender of their partner or what they
are looking for, meet other cool bi women, and
affirm the existence of the bi-identity.
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SPORTIN’INDC
A busy season for Federal Triangles
From Gay Games to
new summer league,
local soccer team
thriving
Editor’s note: This new local
sports column will appear twice
each month and feature profiles
of D.C.-area LGBT sports teams
as well as news from around the
leagues. Send your sports-relat-
ed tips to kmajoros@verizon.net.

By KEVIN MAJOROS

Washington, D.C. is home to

one of the largest and most organ-
ized LGBT sports communities in
the world. Team DC, the clearing-
house organization for D.C. metro-
politan LGBT sports, is currently
listing 30 teams/clubs on its roster.
One of the most visible clubs on
the roster is the Federal Triangles
Soccer Club (FTSC). After reach- Photo courtesy of Kevin Majoros

ing a pinnacle in 2009 by hosting
the highly successful IGLFA World
Championship, the team has con-
tinued to grow and evolve. Last
spring, the club fielded a new
men’s and a new women’s team
bringing their total to four men’s
league teams and four women’s
league teams. They also fielded
five coed teams in the spring.
Some of the 2010 highlights
for the Triangles:
FTSC Summer of Freedom
League Presented by DC
Councilmember Jim Graham
The D.C. area’s first ever LGBT
soccer league kicks off on July 6,
2010 at the Metro-accessible Bell
Field in Columbia Heights. Nick
Napolitano, communications direc-
tor for the FTSC stated, “There are
only a handful of LGBT soccer
leagues in the world, so this is a
noteworthy milestone not just for
the Triangles, but for the LGBT
sports community in D.C.”
This is essentially an intra-club
The Federal Triangles Soccer Club expanded with new men’s and women’s teams in the spring. Find out more at federaltriangles.org.
league, but registration is individual
and the players will be placed on one
of eight teams. The league organiz-
ers are forming rosters that are bal-
anced by skill, gender and positions.
Registration for this groundbreaking
league is nearly full; however the
league is still accepting substitutes
and replacement players.
Rehoboth Beach Classic XII
Coed Tournament, July 3
If you are at the beach this week-
end, check out the FTSC as they
host this annual coed social soccer
extravaganza. There is an opening
night party at The Double L on
Friday, July 2, and tournament play
is scheduled for July 3 at Rehoboth
Beach Elementary School.
Night Out with the DC United
The FTSC has organized the first
ever Night Out with the DC United at
RFK Stadium on September 25,
against the Houston Dynamo.
Premium individual tickets are $20
(almost half the usual $36 price).
Ticket prices decrease to $18 each
for a block of 10, and to $16 each for
a block of 25 or more. Tickets can be
purchased at federaltriangle.org or
Nellie’s Sports Bar. Stay tuned for
more details of this event.
Women’s Winter Indoor
Wrap-Up Cup
This tournament represents
another first for the FTSC. In late
March this year, the FTSC organ-
ized an all-ladies indoor event at
the Rockville Sportsplex. Eight
teams from D.C. and Philadelphia
clashed and the event was con-
sidered a huge success. It will
likely be repeated in 2011.
Pick-Up
Pick-up play near the National
Mall is the Triangle’s baseline
activity. Sunday pick-up happens
year-round and Wednesday pick-
up starts in the spring and ends
in the late fall. Pick-up play is
open to people of all genders,
skill levels and orientations. Bring
a dark or white shirt as teams are
divided in that manner. No gray or
pastel color shirts. Cleats and
shin guards are strongly suggest-
ed. A map showing the location is
available on the website.
For more information, contact
Tom at uncletvw@yahoo.com.
(Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. and
Sundays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Charitable Outreach
The Triangles have been
involved with several local and
international charitable causes
over the years. Two recent efforts
involve the Building Bridges pro-
gram in South Africa and the
Remote Villages Project in
Honduras. Through fundraising
efforts, the FTSC has helped to
provide soccer supplies to
impoverished communities in
both South Africa and Honduras.
2010 Gay Games in
Cologne, Germany
The FTSC is sending nine
men and one woman to the
2010 Gay Games in Cologne,
which begin July 31, 2010. Jim
Ensor, past president of the
FTSC stated, “The men will
partner with an Irish team, the
Dublin Devils FC to form the
Devil’s Triangles. The woman,
Sami Holtz, will play with the
Chicago team.” Go Triangles!
Kevin Majoros has been a member of
the District of Columbia Aquatics Club
since 1996 and a Team DC board
member since 2006. Reach him at
kmajoros@verizon.net.
 july 2, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 29

LITERARYAGENDA
A young professional finds inspiration
In tough economy,
local writer creates
his own opportunity
By JULIETTE M. EBNER
It’s a problem that millions of
American workers have faced in
recent years: What to do after
being laid off.
For one local gay man, the
answer was to stop waiting for a
job offer and start a new busi-
ness. The result is The New
Professional, a literary magazine
that recently made its D.C. debut.
“[T]he morning I was laid off ... I
flipped out a bit,” said Matthew
Biedlingmaier, 26, in his first editor’s
note. “I had expenses ... and beyond
that, I had created a life that required
financial stability to maintain.”
Biedlingmaier spent the next few
months trying to find another job.
“I literally blanketed the city with
my resume,” said Biedlingmaier.
It seemed like every job he applied
for yielded the same response.
Although he had the education, he
did not have the experience.
“I knew I was capable of doing
The premiere issue of Matthew Biedlingmaier’s The New Professional is
now available in D.C.
the work, but there were people
with so much more experience
than me, and so much more sea-
soned than me vying for the same
position,” said Biedlingmaier.
So, he decided to create his
own experience. As a graduate
of Kenyon College in Gambler,
Ohio, Biedlingmaier was familiar
with literary magazines and was
a writer himself.
“It just seemed to fit,” said
Photo courtesy of Biedlingmaier
Biedlingmaier when asked why he
chose to create a literary magazine.
“There aren’t a lot of 26-year-olds
who have done something like this.”
But what does The New
Professional mean?
“Several people have told me
that they really dislike the name,”
said Biedlingmaier with a chuckle.
He’s been told that the title
sounds like a business journal, as
opposed to a literary magazine, but
there is meaning behind the title.
“One of the points of the maga-
zine was to provide an outlet for
other people in my position —
young people who are smart, who
are great writers ... but, who are hav-
ing trouble in D.C. and elsewhere
finding outlets by which to express
themselves,” said Biedlingmaier.
Many of the articles and stories
in the first issue came from per-
sonal connections and network-
ing. The short stories are from for-
mer friends and classmates of
Biedlingmaier’s from Kenyon.
“Gavin Broady is becoming
pretty well known in the literary
circle,” said Biedlingmaier about
one of the short story authors.
“He’s got a really big play pre-
miere next month actually at the
Weston Playhouse in Vermont.”
“The big piece in that issue is
the interview with David Levitt
who is a gay writer. He’s one of
my idols,” said Biedlingmaier.
The introduction to the Levitt
interview reveals how personal the
article is to Biedlingmaier; he tells
of sneaking off with his teacher’s
copy of Levitt’s gay-themed book.
“I was reading his book, The
Lost Language of Cranes, the night
before I came out of the closet to
my mother,” said Biedlingmaier.
Biedlingmaier praised several
contributors to the debut issue.
Nancy C. Bell, a graphic designer
for the Discovery Channel, is one
of those people who were “instru-
mental” in producing the first issue.
“She laid the entire [maga-
zine] out,” said Biedlingmaier.
Benjamin A. Goodman, a pho-
tographer, is another contributor
Biedlingmaier felt lucky to work with.
All the photos in the first issue that
are not stock images or featured art-
work, were shot by Goodman.
“It’s really the three of us doing this
as a team,” said Biedlingmaier.
“[They’re] doing it because they love it.”
Biedlingmaier wants the maga-
zine to be published quarterly, but it
all depends on ad sales. He intends
to keep the magazine free; it’s cur-
rently available at various book-
stores and coffee shops in D.C.
Some big names are lined up for
the second issue, but Biedlingmaier
did not want to reveal any names,
as nothing has been finalized yet.
He hopes the next issue will be
published in September.
For more information, visit
tnpmag.com.

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HIDDEN JEWELS friday, july 2
INDEPENDENCE DAY GLOBAL RHYTHM EXHIBITION. Del Ray
CELEBRATION Artisans. 703-768-1726. thedelrayartisans.org.
Sunday, July 4 PATRICIA PHILLIPS BOWDEN, SAME/
National Archives DIFFERENT. Montpelier Arts Center.
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archives.gov
Join the National Archives Building and saturday, july 3
celebrate July 4 on the Constitution CHUCK CLOSE PRINTS: PROCESS AND
Avenue steps between 7th and 9th COLLABORATION. Corcoran Gallery of Art
Streets. Commemorate this historic day and College of Art + Design. 202-397-7328.
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annual dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence led by very special guests. MAMMA MIA! The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap National Park for the Performing
JEFF HUNTINGTON: Arts. 703-255-1868. wolftrap.org.
PLAQUES AND TANGLES
Through July 10 thursday, july 8
Reyes + Davis Independent Exhibitions MEGAN COYLE'S STORIES IN PAPER.
202-255-5050 The Art League. 703-683-1780.
reyesdavis.com theartleague.org.
Huntington's paintings study telling human ges-
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inspire. The show's images portray subjects LAST CHANCE
with both subtle and abrupt shifts in personali- saturday, july 3
ty. It's a blend of rough cuts and brilliant polish, OTHELLO. Synetic Theater at The John
and in the transitional space between the two, F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
the complex nature of each subject emerges. Arts. 800-444-1324. synetictheater.org.
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: sunday, july 4
COMPLETELY HOLLYWOOD (ABRIDGED) R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER: THE HISTORY
Through July 11 (AND MYSTERY) OF THE UNIVERSE.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Arena Stage at Crystal City Theatre. 202-
202-467-4600 488-3300. arenastage.org.
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The "Bad Boys of Abridgment" are back, reducing 175 monday, july 5
movies in 100 minutes and condensing every cliché ELLEN DELANEY’S COLOR FIELDS. The
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plenty of laughs!
wednesday, july 7
SENSORY OVERLOAD THERE ARE LITTLE KINGDOMS. The
July 7 - August 1 Keegan Theatre at Church Street Theater.
Corcoran Gallery of Art and 703-892-0202. keegantheatre.com.
College of Art + Design
202-639-1700
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Sensory Overload features artwork that inte- july 2 - july 3
grates two or more of the five senses--touch, GIPSY KINGS. The Filene Center at Wolf
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work or group of artworks. This all-media exhi- Arts. 877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
bition aims to arouse the spectator through works that address our physical aware-
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COMMON BOND EXHIBITION. Strathmore.
strathmore.org.
FINE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE EXHIBITION.
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A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. The
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703-892-0202. keegantheatre.com.
AMERICAN FALLS: PHIL SOLOMON.
Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art
+ Design. 202-397-7328. corcoran.org.
HELIOS: EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE IN
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202-397-7328. corcoran.org.
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DECOY INK. The Fridge DC. 202-664-4151.
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NEW JERUSALEM. Theater J at
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800-494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org.
STEED TAYLOR: PORTRAIT OF A ROAD
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geographic.com.
HISTORY ON FOOT: ELIZABETH KECKLY.
Ford’s Theatre. 202-347-4833. fordstheatre.org.
CHALK DRAWINGS. Corcoran Gallery
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DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90%. National
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OF ALLEN GINSBERG. National Gallery
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ART BY THE YARD: WOMEN DESIGN MID-
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202-667-0441. textilemuseum.org.
DA VINCI - THE GENIUS. National Geographic.
202-857-7588. events.nationalgeographic.com.
RARE: PORTRAITS OF AMERICA’S
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GERMAN MASTER DRAWINGS FROM
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1580-1900. National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
IN THE TOWER: MARK ROTHKO.
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AMERICAN MODERNISM:THE SHEIN COL-
LECTION. National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
THE ART OF LIVING: TEXTILE FUR-
NISHINGS FROM THE PERMANENT
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202-667-0441. textilemuseum.org.
TORTURE AT THE WORKHOUSE. The
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workhousemuseums.org.
HISTORY ON FOOT: DETECTIVE McDEVITT.
Ford’s Theatre. 202-347-4833. fords.org.
LYPSINKA AND JAMES LECESNE
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PATRIOTIC PICNIC. Workhouse Arts
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GALLERY TALK: GERMAN MASTER
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THEATERAGENDA
Acclaimed actress takes role in children’s tale
LGBT families should
catch Twyford
in ‘Pancake’
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Are you an LGBT parent looking
for someplace to take the kids? On
Saturday, July 24, Adventure
Theatre is re-teaming with Rainbow
Families DC for its second annual
day of theater and outdoor fun at
Glen Echo Park. On the docket for
LGBT parents and their children is
an 11 a.m. performance of “If You
Give a Pig a Pancake” followed by
casual picnicking and carousel rides
on the historic park’s shady grounds.
Adapted from Laura Joffe
Numeroff’s popular same-titled chil-
dren’s book, “If You Give a Pig a
Pancake,” is the delightful tale of
Felicia, a demanding piglet and her
accommodating young caretaker
Laura. In essence, the circular story
is a lesson in cause and effect as
well as living life to the fullest.
“The title has great marquee
value with kids,” explains Adventure
Theatre’s producing artistic director
Michael Bobbitt “And adults will be
thrilled to see Helen Hayes award-
winning actress Holly Twyford
playing the title character.” The
two-person show – staged by
Jerry Whiddon and also featuring
newcomer Branda Lock as Laura
– runs for almost six weeks, but
there is only one performance
reserved especially for LGBT par-
ents and their kids.
Bobbitt and Twyford are both
gay, and their respective partners
and children will be in the audi-
ence on Rainbow Families day.
Twyford is locally celebrated for
doing Shakespeare and modern
drama geared more to grownups.
Certainly it’s not everyday that she
dons pig ears for art, but taking on
the role of Felicia appealed to her
in various ways.
“Children’s theater is an exciting
challenge,” explains Twyford. “This
my second go at it [about a dozen
years, she played in “Grimm Tales”
at Theatre of the First Amendment],
and I’d forgotten what a workout it is.
I’m onstage for the length of the 45-
minute show, up energy the entire
time. It’s also rather daunting but a
lot of fun to be dancing and singing,
things which I don’t normally do.
“And frankly, a big part of the rea-
july 2, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 31
‘If You Give a Pig a Pancake’
Through Aug. 15
Adventure Theatre
Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD
301-634-2270
adventuretheatre.org
rainbowfamiliesdc.org
son for the doing the show is so my
three-year-old daughter Helena can
see what mommy does when I say
I’m going to theater,” Twyford contin-
ues. “She sort of understands that
an actress pretends to be other peo-
ple, and she knows that I’m playing
a pig. Her other mom goes to the Photo courtesy of Adventure Theatre
office every morning. Now she has a
chance to see me at work.” Holly Twyford plays the title character in ‘IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.’
“What’s more,” Bobbitt, points
out, “With children’s theater, all Numeroff favorite — “If You Give a son too and he’ll enjoy it. And
the performances are matinees, Mouse a Cookie” — in March 2009). there’s always some snarky humor
so you’re home with your family The success of that outing prompted that only the adults get. It’s really an
every night. Most nights I’m the 300-family-strong group to make ‘all ages’ show, but of course par-
home with my partner and our the jaunt to Glen Echo an annual ents know their kids best and ulti-
nine-year-old son Sang.” event. They’ve pushed the date back mately they need to decide.”
Rainbow Families board member by several months to better enjoy the Other annual Rainbow Families
Richard Gervase and his partner outdoor park environs. excursions include an October
are dads to two boys, 5 and 10. “’Give a Pig a Pancake’ is for pumpkin patch event at lesbian-
Gervase organized the first Rainbow toddlers and up,” notes Gervase. owned Cox Farms in Centreville, Va.,
Families day at Adventure Theatre “While the story is aimed at a Valentine’s Day dance, and march-
(a sold-out performance of another younger kids, we’ll take our older ing in the Capital Pride parade.
32 washingtonblade.com • july 2, 2010
CAGLCCBUSINESSCONNECTIONS
Make connections with speed networking
The latest news
from D.C.’s gay
business chamber
By ERNESTO M. SANTALLA
& J. MAX BARGER
Doug Nelson is the metro D.C.
director of client relations at
Business Health Services (BHS),
which provides “solutions for a
healthier workplace.” Specializing in
employee wellness initiatives and
assistance programs, BHS gained
national prominence following 9/11
with crisis intervention counselors
who assisted in New York City and
Washington, D.C.
“I joined the Chamber in fall
2008 when transitioning from a
clinical role at BHS to business
development.” Doug’s purpose
was to meet business owners,
CFOs and HR leaders who can
utilize BHS products and con-
nect with other professionals to
network and grow their respec-
tive books of business. An active
Chamber member, Doug often
facilitates CAGLCC’s “Speed
Networking.”. Recently, effective
Photo courtesy of Jones
Gregory Jones is a clinical
psychologist with District
Psychotherapy Associates.
networking skills set in motion a
string of referrals, leading to the
purchase from the US Travel
Association of a series of well-
ness seminars.
“The best decision in my career
was pursuing my counseling
degree,” Nelson said. ““My clinical
background is greatly valued by
clients.”. An Arlington, Va., resi-
dent, Nelson learned a valuable
lesson as an athlete: to sustain his
business ethics even when the
competition is providing inaccurate
data about BHS. Visit bhssolu-
tions.com for more information.
Gregory Jones, 29, is a clini-
cal psychologist with District
Psychotherapy Associates. A
Shaw/Logan resident, Jones
holds degrees from the University
of Illinois, Nova Southeastern
University, Johns Hopkins, and
Harvard University, where he pur-
sued training in eating disorders
and LGBTQ mental health.
“The hardest professional les-
son I have learned is the art of self-
care. If I am not taking care of
myself, I do not have the strength
to give,” Jones said. His how-to list
includes healthy eating habits,
exercise, spending quality time
with friends and soon-to-be hus-
band Jonathan Howard. To keep a
competitive edge, Jones is contnu-
ously constantly engaged in con-
tinuing education. In the upcoming
months he plans to start a gay
men’s group therapy service.
A new CAGLCC member,
Jones joined as a Business
Member, a category that includes a
listing in the business directory, an
online referral source. As a result,
he is now working with a new
patient. Visit districtpsychothera-
py.com for more information.
“People are their own worst
enemies,” says CAGLCC member
attorney David Taylor of Right
Size Law PLLC. Getting business,
asking for business, going out and
meeting people are not easy
tasks. Taylor says that although he
enjoys CAGLCC’s monthly
Networking Thursdays, sometimes
it is difficult to walk up to a new per-
son and introduce yourself.
“If you don’t,” Taylor said, “you
won’t get the work.”
CAGLCC member, Nancy
Wigal of Search Engine Academy
agrees. Wigal says she likes the
structure of meeting many people
without worrying about the awk-
wardness of getting out of a conver-
sation, and the fact that everyone is
there for the same reason: to net-
work, find work, job opportunities,
new clients and business.
In some ways it is like speed
dating — you have a few minutes
with each person, and you find
common ground where you can
potentially partner. Plus you get
each other’s business cards so
you have the opportunity to con-
nect afterwards.
“Because of the time limit,
everyone puts forth their most
compelling side,” says Wigal.
CAGLCC’s next Speed
Networking event is July 15, at
6:30 p.m. at the Beacon
Hotel. Attendance is open to all.
Register at caglcc.org.
CAGLCC member news
• Estate planning attorney J.
Max Barger of Ackerman Legal
PLLC (ackerman-legal.com), pre-
sented a continuing education pro-
gram, “”Planning for Unmarried
Couples”“ to the McLean Estate
Planning Council.
• James Cummings,- archi-
tect, and Joe Kolb, -graphic
designer, collaborated on a reno-
vation project for the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Fund
(jamescummingsaia.com).
• Are you the next LGBT
Business Owner of the Year?
NGLCC & Wells Fargo & Co. offer
$5,000 to winners of the LGBT
Business Owner of the Year Award
(nglcc.org and wellsfargo.com).
• Enter to win the perfect busi-
ness tool, an iPad, at caglcc.org.
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