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Will time run out for ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal?

New optimism as Reid commits to vote,
but hearings and debate loom
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com

Supporters of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal continue to fret

about having enough time to pass a measure to overturn the
military’s gay ban before year’s end even as Senate leader-
ship has committed to a vote on the issue during the lame
duck session of Congress.
An announcement last week from Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that he would bring major defense legis-
lation with repeal language to a vote bolstered the confidence
of supporters as they acknowledge significant hurdles remain
in reaching the finish line.
Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers
Legal Defense Network, said he’s “hopeful” that Congress will
be able to enact repeal, but acknowledged that “the clock is
our enemy.”
“I’m fearful of time running out on the bill before it’s finished
or the prospects of strong opposition from a core group of
senators who don’t want to see anything happen in the lame
duck,” Sarvis said.
Debate on the defense authorization bill traditionally takes Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key

Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, said he’s ‘hopeful’ that Congress will
Continues on page 21 enact repeal of the military’s gay ban, but acknowledged that ‘the clock is our enemy.’

‘Idol’ speaks out

Aiken joins lawmakers to push anti-bullying bills
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
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Part two of our holiday gift guide features season’s hottest electronics. “American Idol” singer Clay Aiken and two mothers whose sons committed suicide because of anti-
PAGE 33 gay bullying at their schools appeared at a Capitol Hill briefing last week to urge Congress to pass two
bills that would require schools to address bullying and harassment targeting LGBT students.
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) organized the briefing as a means of
drawing public attention to the two pending bills, the Safe Schools Improvement Act and the Student
Non-Discrimination Act.
“Like many kids now in middle schools and high schools, I was bullied,” said Aiken, who came out
as gay in 2008 after winning the runner-up title on the hit TV show “American Idol.”
“I was picked on, I was called gay, I was called fag, I was called sissy, you name it,” he said. “For-
tunately, I was able to overcome it and live through it because of a number of friends who were sup-
portive of me.”
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LOCALNEWS
Photo courtesy of D.C.DOH
The D.C. Department of Health launched a new condom
awareness campaign last week.
‘Rubber Revolution’ condom
campaign targets gay men
The D.C. Department of Health launched a new
condom awareness campaign last week called “Rub-
ber Revolution,” which includes ads in gay publications
urging men who have sex with men to use condoms
“every time” to prevent the spread of HIV.
AIDS activists have expressed concern that the city’s
existing condom distribution and awareness campaigns
didn’t go far enough to attract the attention of high risk
groups, including black men and women and gay men.
In a statement released on Nov. 18, DOH Director Dr.
Pierre Vigilance pointed to the new campaign’s more
blunt and explicit messages.
“Big Enuf 4 U,” “A condom Fits Any Head,” and “Get
Wrapped Up for the Moment,” are among slogans the
“Rubber Revolution” condom campaign will use in its
literature and on its newly launched website, Rubber-
RevolutionDC.com.
“The Rubber Revolution aims to encourage sexu-
ally active people to always use condoms and engage
community and business partners to support condom
use,” said Mayor Adrian Fenty in a statement. “The Dis-
trict is proud of its aggressive approach to address this
issue, and we hope to build on our success as one of
the only two cities in the country with a public sector
condom distribution program that has provided more
than 3.5 million free condoms last year,” Fenty said.
DOH said in its statement that it developed the cam-
paign in response to studies showing that between 40
percent and 70 percent of all D.C. adults and adoles-
cents are not regularly using condoms
The city will continue to fund a separate condom distri-
bution campaign organized by gay D.C. physician Terry
Gerace with the involvement of the Whitman-Walker Clin-
ic and the D.C. LGBT Community Center called “FUK!T.”
That campaign has already distributed thousands of
packets containing condoms and lube to the city’s gay
establishments. Volunteers assemble the packets each
week, according to AIDS activist and D.C. medical stu-
dent Daniel O’Neill, who is involved with the project.
“It’s a step in the right direction,” O’Neill said of the
‘Rubber Revolution’ campaign. “It can’t be as provoca-
tive as the ‘FUK!T’ campaign. But this could be helpful
with certain groups.”
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Gay couple participates
in D.C. Adoption Day
A judge signed the official papers for a gay male
couple to adopt a 2-year-old girl they have raised since
infancy on Saturday during the 24th Annual Adoption
Day ceremony at the D.C. Superior Court.
District residents John Coon, 43, and Josh Tuerk,
42, who have been a couple for 18 years, were among
the parents of more than 20 kids whose adoptions were
finalized at the ceremony. Their adopted daughter, Ga-
briella “Ella” Logan, who attended the event, was de-
scribed by an announcer as having a “captivating and
vivacious personality.”
Court officials and the D.C. Child and Family Servic-
es Agency said in a statement that the Adoption Day
event is intended to “celebrate the joy of adoption and
encourage area residents to consider adopting or fos-
tering a child” through the city’s child welfare system.
Same-sex couples have been adopting children in
the city since 1994, when the D.C. Court of Appeals is-
sued a ruling clearing the way for such adoptions. Local
gay rights attorney Michelle Zavos, who specializes in
gay family law, said the city’s child welfare and adoption
office is fully supportive of gay adoptions. She noted
that qualifications and background checks used in the
adoption approval process are the same for same-sex
and opposite-sex couples.
“We adopted two boys 10 years ago — Noah and
Marcus. They’re both 10,” Coon told the Blade. “And
Ella — we decided it was time to add a little princess to
join our all-male household.”
Coon, an interior decorator, and Tuerk, who owns and
Orange Crush and its MVP quarterback Brian Moll won the D.C. Gay Flag Football League championship on Sunday.
operates a D.C.-based pet care business, live with their
children in the city’s Wesley Heights section. They recently
bought a farmhouse and farm outside Charlestown, W.Va.,
where they plan to spend the Thanksgiving holiday.
“All the grandparents will be with us,” Coon said.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Anti-gay lawmaker
ousted in Maryland
LGBT advocates in Maryland are celebrating the de-
feat of Republican State Senator Alex X. Mooney in the
recent elections. Mooney conceded the contest to Ron
Young a few days after most of the absentee ballots
were counted. He lost by fewer than 1,000 votes and
had represented the 3rd District that includes Frederick
and Washington counties.
Since taking office in January 1999, Mooney, 39,
was a vocal opponent of LGBT rights. He frequently de-
nounced the LGBT community.
Mooney once said “Homosexual activists have man-
aged to gain legal recognition as a minority, based
solely on their lifestyle choices, through so-called ‘hate
crimes’ and domestic partnership laws.”
Mooney had been a member of the Senate Judicial
Proceedings Committee, which consistently blocked
movement on marriage equality and gender identity
protection bills.
In each of the three previous races for Senate,
Mooney’s margin of victory declined — a trend that
speaks to the changing demographics in Frederick.
But the election may have also turned on the work
of Equality Maryland, SEIU and a host of volunteers.
Equality Maryland’s Field Organizer Aimee Martin was in
charge of GOTV (Get Out the Vote) support in Frederick
County. She turned out approximately two-dozen Equal-
ity Maryland supporters to work in the Frederick area
each weekend during October through the election.
According to Lisa Polyak, PAC Director for Equal-
ity Maryland, the organization provided ground sup-
port, such as literature drops, door knocking and phone
banks on behalf of all the LGBT-supportive candidates,
including Ron Young, Candy Greenway and Ryan Trout
in the Frederick area. During the summer, Equality Mary-
land collected signed statements from 1,200 residents
who support LGBT equality in Frederick County. In addi-
tion, the PAC contributed $3,000 to Young’s campaign.
Equality Maryland also collected signatures in support
of gender identity anti-discrimination and marriage equal-
ity at two dozen polling places in Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
Howard, Montgomery and Prince Georges counties on
Election Day. This resulted in identification of 3,278 voters
who were willing to sign their names in support of LGBT
equality, including 588 new supporters in the home district
of Senate President Mike Miller (District 27).
STEVE CHARING/BALTIMORE OUTLoud
Washington Blade photo by Kevin Majoros
Orange Crush wins
football championship
Last Sunday, the D.C. Gay Flag Football League
(DCGFFL) held its inaugural league championships.
Orange Crush was 0-3 after the first two weeks of the
season and then went undefeated for the next five
weeks to make it to the championships.
The team lived up to their name and crushed Gang
Green by a score of 34-20. The teams started the cham-
pionship game by trading touchdowns. As Gang Green
was driving to score again, Kevin Smith intercepted a
pass and it was all Orange Crush for the rest of the game.
Quarterback Brian Moll was voted MVP for the Or-
ange Crush and Brian Sparrow, utility player, was voted
MVP for Gang Green.
In the consolation brackets, Rug Burn defeated
Golden Wave 14-13 for 3rd place and Blue Ballers
topped Hell Marys 40-14 for fifth place. Complete de-
tails can be found at dcgffl.org.
KEVIN MAJOROS
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Securities, financial planning and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Clark Ray, the gay candidate who lost his race for an at-large D.C. Council seat
in the September primary, has chosen not to enter a preliminary contest for another
at-large seat that will become vacant on Jan. 1.
The 60-member D.C. Democratic State Committee is scheduled to vote Jan. 6
to appoint an interim replacement for Council member Kwame Brown (D-At-Large),
who won election Nov. 2 as Council chairman.
Ray did not file as a candidate for the State Committee appointment process by
the Nov. 6 deadline. He did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Some political observers say the winner of the State Committee appointment for
interim Council member will have the advantage of incumbency and greater name
recognition in a special citywide election expected to take place in spring of 2011.
Twelve candidates filed papers to compete for the interim appointment, including
former Ward 5 Council member Vincent Orange, who is considered the frontrunner.
Earlier this year Ray said he would consider running for Brown’s seat in the
2011 special election if he lost his race in September for the seat held by Council
member Phil Mendelson.
Mendelson, who has a strong pro-LGBT record, won the primary with 63 percent
of the vote, beating Ray in precincts with high concentrations of gay voters. D.C.
Shadow Sen. Michael D. Brown came in second, with 27 percent of the vote. Ray
finished third with 9 percent of the vote, losing in every precinct.
Gay Democratic activist Peter Rosenstein, who served as a Ray campaign ad-
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ATRIPLA Important Safety Information and Indication

INDICATION • Have ever had seizures: Seizures have occurred in patients taking a
ATRIPLA® (efavirenz 600 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir disoproxil component of ATRIPLA, usually in those with a history of seizures. If you
fumarate [DF] 300 mg) is a prescription medication used alone as a have ever had seizures, or take medicine for seizures, your healthcare
complete regimen or with other medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults. provider may want to switch you to another medicine or monitor you.
ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 and has not been shown to prevent • Have ever had mental illness or use drugs or alcohol.
passing HIV-1 to others. The long-term effects of ATRIPLA are not known Contact your healthcare provider right away if you experience any
at this time. People taking ATRIPLA may still get infections that develop of the following serious or common side effects:
because the immune system is weak or other conditions that happen with
HIV-1 infection. Serious side effects associated with ATRIPLA:
Do not stop taking ATRIPLA unless directed by your healthcare • Severe depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior have been
provider. See your healthcare provider regularly. reported by a small number of patients. Some patients have had thoughts
of suicide, and a few have actually committed suicide. These problems
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION may occur more often in patients who have had mental illness.
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you get the following • Kidney problems (including decline or failure of kidney function).
side effects or conditions associated with ATRIPLA: If you have had kidney problems, or take other medicines that may
• Nausea, vomiting, unusual muscle pain, and/or weakness. These cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider should do regular
may be signs of a buildup of acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), blood tests. Symptoms that may be related to kidney problems include
which is a serious medical condition. a high volume of urine, thirst, muscle pain, and muscle weakness.
• Light-colored stools, dark-colored urine, and/or if your skin or the • Other serious liver problems. Some patients have experienced
whites of your eyes turn yellow. These may be signs of serious serious liver problems, including liver failure resulting in transplantation
liver problems. or death. Most of these serious side effects occurred in patients with a
• If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), your liver disease chronic liver disease such as hepatitis infection, but there have also
may suddenly get worse if you stop taking ATRIPLA. been a few reports in patients without any existing liver disease.
Do not take ATRIPLA if you are taking the following medicines • Bone changes. Lab tests show changes in the bones of patients treated
because serious and life-threatening side effects may occur when with tenofovir DF, a component of ATRIPLA. Some HIV patients treated
taken together: Vascor® (bepridil), Propulsid® (cisapride), with tenofovir DF developed thinning of the bones (osteopenia), which
Versed® (midazolam), Orap® (pimozide), Halcion® (triazolam), could lead to fractures. Also, bone pain and softening of the bone
or ergot medications (for example, Wigraine® and Cafergot®). (which may lead to fractures) may occur as a consequence of kidney
problems. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare
In addition, ATRIPLA should not be taken with: provider may want to check your bones.
Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine), EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine), Epivir®
or Epivir-HBV (lamivudine), Epzicom (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine),
® ® Common side effects:
SUSTIVA® (efavirenz), Trizivir® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), • Dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble
TRUVADA® (emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), or VIREAD® (tenofovir DF), concentrating, and/or unusual dreams. These side effects tend to
because they contain the same or similar active ingredients as ATRIPLA. go away after taking ATRIPLA for a few weeks. These symptoms may
ATRIPLA should not be used with HEPSERA (adefovir dipivoxil).
®
be more severe with the use of alcohol and/or mood-altering (street)
Vfend® (voriconazole) or REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate) with or without drugs. If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, and/or are drowsy,
Norvir® (ritonavir) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since they may avoid activities that may be dangerous, such as driving or operating
lose their effect and may also increase the chance of having side effects machinery.
from ATRIPLA. Fortovase® or Invirase® (saquinavir) should not be used • Rash is a common side effect that usually goes away without any
as the only protease inhibitor in combination with ATRIPLA. change in treatment, but may be serious in a small number of patients.
Taking ATRIPLA with St. John’s wort or products containing St. John’s wort • Other common side effects include: tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting,
is not recommended as it may cause decreased levels of ATRIPLA, gas, and diarrhea.
increased viral load, and possible resistance to ATRIPLA or
cross-resistance to other anti-HIV drugs. Other possible side effects:
This list of medicines is not complete. Discuss with your healthcare • Changes in body fat have been seen in some people taking anti-HIV-1
provider all prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, medicines. The cause and long-term health effects are not known.
or herbal supplements you are taking or plan to take. • Skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) may also happen.
Tell your healthcare provider if you: • If you notice any symptoms of infection, contact your healthcare
• Are pregnant: Women should not become pregnant while taking provider right away.
ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after stopping ATRIPLA. Serious birth defects • Additional side effects are inflammation of the pancreas, allergic
have been seen in children of women treated during pregnancy with reaction (including swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat),
one of the medicines in ATRIPLA. Women must use a reliable form of shortness of breath, pain, stomach pain, weakness, and indigestion.
barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also
You should take ATRIPLA once daily on an empty stomach. Taking
use other methods of birth control, while on ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks
ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome.
after stopping ATRIPLA.
• Are breastfeeding: Women with HIV should not breastfeed ATRIPLA is one of several treatment options your doctor may consider.
because they can pass HIV through their milk to the baby. Also,
ATRIPLA may pass through breast milk and cause serious harm You are encouraged to report negative side effects
to the baby. of prescription drugs to the FDA.
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ATRIPLA is the #1 prescribed HIV regimen.*

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

Selected Important Safety Information:

Some people who have taken medicine like ATRIPLA have developed
the following: a serious condition of acid buildup in the blood (lactic
acidosis), and serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity). For patients
with both HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis may suddenly
worsen if ATRIPLA is discontinued.
Please see detailed and additional Important Safety Information,
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†
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‡
Average increase of 312 cells/mm3.
§
In this study, 227 patients took the meds in ATRIPLA.

Patient model. Individual results may vary.

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or with other HIV medications.
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Read the Patient Information that comes with ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil
fumarate) before you start taking it and each time you get a refill since there may be new
information. This information does not take the place of talking to your healthcare provider about
your medical condition or treatment. You should stay under a healthcare provider’s care when taking
ATRIPLA. Do not change or stop your medicine without first talking with your healthcare
provider. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you have any questions about ATRIPLA.
What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA?
• Some people who have taken medicine like ATRIPLA (which contains nucleoside
analogs) have developed a serious condition called lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid
in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical emergency and may need to be treated in the
hospital. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs or
symptoms of lactic acidosis:
• You feel very weak or tired.
• You have unusual (not normal) muscle pain.
• You have trouble breathing.
• You have stomach pain with nausea and vomiting.
• You feel cold, especially in your arms and legs.
• You feel dizzy or lightheaded.
• You have a fast or irregular heartbeat.
• Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed serious liver
problems called hepatotoxicity, with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in the liver
(steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs or
symptoms of liver problems:
• Your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice).
• Your urine turns dark.
• Your bowel movements (stools) turn light in color.
• You don’t feel like eating food for several days or longer.
• You feel sick to your stomach (nausea).
• You have lower stomach area (abdominal) pain.
• You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or liver problems if you are female, very
overweight (obese), or have been taking nucleoside analog-containing medicines, like
ATRIPLA, for a long time.
• If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ATRIPLA, you
may get a “flare-up” of your hepatitis. A “flare-up” is when the disease suddenly
returns in a worse way than before. Patients with HBV who stop taking ATRIPLA need close
medical follow-up for several months, including medical exams and blood tests to check for
hepatitis that could be getting worse. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so
you must discuss your HBV therapy with your healthcare provider.
What is ATRIPLA?
ATRIPLA contains 3 medicines, SUSTIVA® (efavirenz), EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine) and VIREAD®
(tenofovir disoproxil fumarate also called tenofovir DF) combined in one pill. EMTRIVA and VIREAD
are HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(NRTIs) and SUSTIVA is an HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI).
VIREAD and EMTRIVA are the components of TRUVADA®. ATRIPLA can be used alone as a complete
regimen, or in combination with other anti-HIV-1 medicines to treat people with HIV-1 infection.
ATRIPLA is for adults age 18 and over. ATRIPLA has not been studied in children under age 18 or
adults over age 65.
HIV infection destroys CD4+ T cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune system
helps fight infection. After a large number of T cells are destroyed, acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (AIDS) develops.
ATRIPLA helps block HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, a viral chemical in your body (enzyme) that is
needed for HIV-1 to multiply. ATRIPLA lowers the amount of HIV-1 in the blood (viral load). ATRIPLA
may also help to increase the number of T cells (CD4+ cells), allowing your immune system to
improve. Lowering the amount of HIV-1 in the blood lowers the chance of death or infections that
happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections).
Does ATRIPLA cure HIV-1 or AIDS?
ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. The long-term effects of ATRIPLA are not known
at this time. People taking ATRIPLA may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that
happen with HIV-1 infection. Opportunistic infections are infections that develop because the
immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are pneumonia, herpes virus infections, and
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection. It is very important that you see your healthcare
provider regularly while taking ATRIPLA.
Does ATRIPLA reduce the risk of passing HIV-1 to others?
ATRIPLA has not been shown to lower your chance of passing HIV-1 to other people through
sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood.
• Do not share needles or other injection equipment.
• Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like
toothbrushes or razor blades.
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• Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using a latex
or polyurethane condom or other barrier to reduce the chance of sexual contact with semen,
vaginal secretions, or blood.
Who should not take ATRIPLA?
Together with your healthcare provider, you need to decide whether ATRIPLA is right for you.
Do not take ATRIPLA if you are allergic to ATRIPLA or any of its ingredients. The active ingredients
of ATRIPLA are efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir DF. See the end of this leaflet for a complete
list of ingredients.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ATRIPLA? Tell your healthcare
provider if you:
• Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant (see “What should I avoid while taking
ATRIPLA?”).
• Are breast-feeding (see “What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA?”).
• Have kidney problems or are undergoing kidney dialysis treatment.
• Have bone problems.
• Have liver problems, including hepatitis B virus infection. Your healthcare provider may
want to do tests to check your liver while you take ATRIPLA.
• Have ever had mental illness or are using drugs or alcohol.
• Have ever had seizures or are taking medicine for seizures.
What important information should I know about taking other medicines with ATRIPLA?
ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for HIV-1, and may
cause serious side effects. Your healthcare provider may change your other medicines or change
their doses. Other medicines, including herbal products, may affect ATRIPLA. For this reason, it is
very important to let all your healthcare providers and pharmacists know what medications, herbal
supplements, or vitamins you are taking.
MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA
• The following medicines may cause serious and life-threatening side effects when taken
with ATRIPLA. You should not take any of these medicines while taking ATRIPLA: Vascor
(bepridil), Propulsid (cisapride), Versed (midazolam), Orap (pimozide), Halcion (triazolam),
ergot medications (for example, Wigraine and Cafergot).
• ATRIPLA also should not be used with Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine), EMTRIVA, Epivir,
Epivir-HBV (lamivudine), Epzicom (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), Trizivir (abacavir
sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), SUSTIVA, TRUVADA, or VIREAD.
• Vfend (voriconazole) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since it may lose its effect or may
increase the chance of having side effects from ATRIPLA.
• Do not take St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), or products containing St. John’s
wort with ATRIPLA. St. John’s wort is an herbal product sold as a dietary supplement. Talk
with your healthcare provider if you are taking or are planning to take St. John’s wort. Taking
St. John’s wort may decrease ATRIPLA levels and lead to increased viral load and possible
resistance to ATRIPLA or cross-resistance to other anti-HIV-1 drugs.
• ATRIPLA should not be used with HEPSERA® (adefovir dipivoxil).
It is also important to tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any of the following:
• Fortovase, Invirase (saquinavir), Biaxin (clarithromycin), Noxafil (posaconazole), or
Sporanox (itraconazole); these medicines may need to be replaced with another
medicine when taken with ATRIPLA.
• Calcium channel blockers such as Cardizem or Tiazac (diltiazem), Covera HS or Isoptin
(verapamil) and others; Crixivan (indinavir), Selzentry (maraviroc); the immunosuppressant
medicines cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune, and others), Prograf (tacrolimus), or
Rapamune (sirolimus); Methadone; Mycobutin (rifabutin); Rifampin; cholesterol-lowering
medicines such as Lipitor (atorvastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin sodium), and Zocor
(simvastatin); or Zoloft (sertraline); these medicines may need to have their dose
changed when taken with ATRIPLA.
• Videx, Videx EC (didanosine); tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) may increase the
amount of didanosine in your blood, which could result in more side effects. You may need
to be monitored more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA and didanosine together. Also, the
dose of didanosine may need to be changed.
• Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) or Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir); these medicines may increase the
amount of tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) in your blood, which could result in more
side effects. Reyataz is not recommended with ATRIPLA. You may need to be monitored
more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA and Kaletra together. Also, the dose of Kaletra may
need to be changed.
• Medicine for seizures [for example, Dilantin (phenytoin), Tegretol (carbamazepine), or
phenobarbital]; your healthcare provider may want to switch you to another medicine or
check drug levels in your blood from time to time.
These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take ATRIPLA. Be sure to tell
your healthcare provider about all medicines that you take.
Keep a complete list of all the prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any herbal
remedies that you are taking, how much you take, and how often you take them. Make a new list
when medicines or herbal remedies are added or stopped, or if the dose changes. Give copies of
this list to all of your healthcare providers and pharmacists every time you visit your healthcare
provider or fill a prescription. This will give your healthcare provider a complete picture of the
medicines you use. Then he or she can decide the best approach for your situation.

ATRIPLA® (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
How should I take ATRIPLA?
• Take the exact amount of ATRIPLA your healthcare provider prescribes. Never change the
dose on your own. Do not stop this medicine unless your healthcare provider tells you to stop.
• You should take ATRIPLA on an empty stomach.
• Swallow ATRIPLA with water.
• Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome.
• Do not miss a dose of ATRIPLA. If you forget to take ATRIPLA, take the missed dose right
away, unless it is almost time for your next dose. Do not double the next dose. Carry on with
your regular dosing schedule. If you need help in planning the best times to take your
medicine, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist.
• If you believe you took more than the prescribed amount of ATRIPLA, contact your local
poison control center or emergency room right away.
• Tell your healthcare provider if you start any new medicine or change how you take old ones.
Your doses may need adjustment.
• When your ATRIPLA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or
pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if
the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to ATRIPLA
and become harder to treat.
• Your healthcare provider may want to do blood tests to check for certain side effects while
you take ATRIPLA.
What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA?
• Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after
stopping it. Serious birth defects have been seen in the babies of animals and women
treated with efavirenz (a component of ATRIPLA) during pregnancy. It is not known whether
efavirenz caused these defects. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are
pregnant. Also talk with your healthcare provider if you want to become pregnant.
• Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or
implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. Women must use a
reliable form of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use
other methods of birth control. Efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, may remain in your blood
for a time after therapy is stopped. Therefore, you should continue to use contraceptive
measures for 12 weeks after you stop taking ATRIPLA.
• Do not breast-feed if you are taking ATRIPLA. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommend that mothers with HIV not breast-feed because they can pass the HIV
through their milk to the baby. Also, ATRIPLA may pass through breast milk and cause serious
harm to the baby. Talk with your healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding. You should
stop breast-feeding or may need to use a different medicine.
• Taking ATRIPLA with alcohol or other medicines causing similar side effects as ATRIPLA, such
as drowsiness, may increase those side effects.
• Do not take any other medicines, including prescription and nonprescription medicines and
herbal products, without checking with your healthcare provider.
• Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection since ATRIPLA does not stop you from
passing the HIV-1 infection to others.
What are the possible side effects of ATRIPLA?
ATRIPLA may cause the following serious side effects:
• Lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical emergency
and may need to be treated in the hospital. Call your healthcare provider right away if you
get signs of lactic acidosis. (See “What is the most important information I should know
about ATRIPLA?”)
• Serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in
the liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any signs of liver
problems. (See “What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA?”)
• “Flare-ups” of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in which the disease suddenly returns in
a worse way than before, can occur if you have HBV and you stop taking ATRIPLA. Your
healthcare provider will monitor your condition for several months after stopping ATRIPLA if
you have both HIV-1 and HBV infection and may recommend treatment for your HBV. ATRIPLA
is not approved for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection. If you have advanced liver
disease and stop treatment with ATRIPLA, the “flare-up” of hepatitis B may cause your liver
function to decline.
• Serious psychiatric problems. A small number of patients may experience severe
depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior while taking ATRIPLA. Some patients have
thoughts of suicide and a few have actually committed suicide. These problems may occur
more often in patients who have had mental illness. Contact your healthcare provider right
away if you think you are having these psychiatric symptoms, so your healthcare provider
can decide if you should continue to take ATRIPLA.
• Kidney problems (including decline or failure of kidney function). If you have had kidney
problems in the past or take other medicines that can cause kidney problems, your
healthcare provider should do regular blood tests to check your kidneys. Symptoms that may
be related to kidney problems include a high volume of urine, thirst, muscle pain, and muscle
weakness.
• Other serious liver problems. Some patients have experienced serious liver problems
including liver failure resulting in transplantation or death. Most of these serious side effects
occurred in patients with a chronic liver disease such as hepatitis infection, but there have
also been a few reports in patients without any existing liver disease.
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• Changes in bone mineral density (thinning bones). Laboratory tests show changes in the
bones of patients treated with tenofovir DF, a component of ATRIPLA. Some HIV patients
treated with tenofovir DF developed thinning of the bones (osteopenia) which could lead to
fractures. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare provider may need to
do tests to check your bone mineral density or may prescribe medicines to help your bone
mineral density. Additionally, bone pain and softening of the bone (which may contribute to
fractures) may occur as a consequence of kidney problems.
Common side effects:
Patients may have dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble concentrating, and/or
unusual dreams during treatment with ATRIPLA. These side effects may be reduced if you take
ATRIPLA at bedtime on an empty stomach. They also tend to go away after you have taken the
medicine for a few weeks. If you have these common side effects, such as dizziness, it does not
mean that you will also have serious psychiatric problems, such as severe depression, strange
thoughts, or angry behavior. Tell your healthcare provider right away if any of these side effects
continue or if they bother you. It is possible that these symptoms may be more severe if ATRIPLA is
used with alcohol or mood altering (street) drugs.
If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, or are drowsy, avoid activities that may be dangerous,
such as driving or operating machinery.
Rash may be common. Rashes usually go away without any change in treatment. In a small number
of patients, rash may be serious. If you develop a rash, call your healthcare provider right away.
Other common side effects include tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, and diarrhea.
Other possible side effects with ATRIPLA:
• Changes in body fat. Changes in body fat develop in some patients taking anti-HIV-1
medicine. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck
(“buffalo hump”), in the breasts, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and
face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effects of these fat changes are not
known.
• Skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) may also happen with ATRIPLA.
• In some patients with advanced HIV infection (AIDS), signs and symptoms of inflammation
from previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV treatment is started. It is believed that
these symptoms are due to an improvement in the body’s immune response, enabling the
body to fight infections that may have been present with no obvious symptoms. If you notice
any symptoms of infection, please inform your doctor immediately.
• Additional side effects are inflammation of the pancreas, allergic reaction (including swelling
of the face, lips, tongue, or throat), shortness of breath, pain, stomach pain, weakness and
indigestion.
Tell your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you notice any side effects while taking ATRIPLA.
Contact your healthcare provider before stopping ATRIPLA because of side effects or for any other
reason.
This is not a complete list of side effects possible with ATRIPLA. Ask your healthcare provider or
pharmacist for a more complete list of side effects of ATRIPLA and all the medicines you will take.
How do I store ATRIPLA?
• Keep ATRIPLA and all other medicines out of reach of children.
• Store ATRIPLA at room temperature 77 °F (25 °C).
• Keep ATRIPLA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed.
• Do not keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. If you throw any
medicines away make sure that children will not find them.
General information about ATRIPLA:
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient information
leaflets. Do not use ATRIPLA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give ATRIPLA to
other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them.
This leaflet summarizes the most important information about ATRIPLA. If you would like more
information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist
for information about ATRIPLA that is written for health professionals.
Do not use ATRIPLA if the seal over bottle opening is broken or missing.
What are the ingredients of ATRIPLA?
Active Ingredients: efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
Inactive Ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose,
magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulfate. The film coating contains black iron oxide, polyethylene
glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, red iron oxide, talc, and titanium dioxide.
May 2010
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HEPSERA and VIREAD are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. SUSTIVA is a trademark
of Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company. Reyataz and Videx are trademarks of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Pravachol is a trademark of ER Squibb & Sons, LLC. Other
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Trans activist Phyllis Frye has practiced criminal defense law in Houston since 1986. She now heads
a six-lawyer firm and has parlayed her expertise in LGBT legal issues into a storied legal career.

Transgender Houston attorney becomes judge 

HOUSTON — Thirty years ago, Phyllis Frye, a longtime LGBT activist, could
have been arrested for wearing women’s clothing in the Houston City Council
chamber. The Associated Press reported that Frye, a transgender Houston attor-
ney born as Phillip Frye, fought back tears last week as the mayor appointed her
to a municipal bench in the same room where she helped repeal Houston’s “cross-
dressing ordinance” in 1980.
The 63-year-old will hear traffic ticket cases and other low-level misdemeanor
trials, according to the AP report. Municipal judges are not elected. Frye said she
would be the first transgender judge in Texas.
She knows of at least two transgender judges in other parts of the country.
Frye applied for the position several months ago and was vetted before being ap-
pointed by Mayor Annise Parker, a lesbian, on Wednesday with seven other new
associate judges.
“I don’t want to underplay this, because I understand it is very significant,” the
AP quoted Frye as saying. “But I don’t want to overplay it either. I don’t want people
to think I am anything other than an associate municipal court judge.” There was
some quibbling over the appointment from the Houston Area Pastor Council, the
AP reported. One local minister said she represented an “anti-family lifestyle.”

Fort Worth drops charges in gay bar fracas 

FORT WORTH, Texas — More than a year after a controversial bar inspection at
the Rainbow Lounge in Forth Worth, Texas, sent protesters to the streets and vault-
ed the city into the national spotlight, city officials have dropped charges against
four bar patrons, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
The dismissals came two-and-a-half weeks before Chad Gibson, who suffered
a head injury in the June 28, 2009, incident, and George Armstrong had been set
to go on trial on public intoxication charges. They had both pleaded not guilty, and
Gibson had also pleaded not guilty to assaulting an agent with the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission, the paper said.
In a statement released last week, city spokesman Jason Lamers confirmed
that the misdemeanor charges against Gibson and Armstrong had been dropped.
Public intoxication cases against Dylan Brown, 24, and Jose Macias, 32, were also
dropped. Within hours of the fracas at the Rainbow Lounge, local and national
protests erupted as patrons accused the officers of using excessive force and
questioned whether the bar was targeted because of its mostly gay clientele. In-
vestigations by Fort Worth police and the alcohol commission concluded that no
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Though LGBT activists were already at work on anti-bullying legislation in New Jersey, the Septem-
ber suicide of Tyler Clementi, which drew national media attention, helped expedite its passage.

N.J. approves sweeping anti-bullying bill

TRENTON, N.J. — The state legislature voted by overwhelming majorities this
week to approve a sweeping anti-bullying bill that could become a model for simi-
lar measures across the country, according to media reports and statements from
Garden State Equality.
“As someone brutally bullied in my own youth, I can’t even begin to describe
how the passage of this bill is a moment of deeply poignant, personal healing
for me and thousands of others who have been bullied,” said Steven Goldstein,
chair of Garden State Equality. “The best revenge is to make the world a kinder
place. This legislation will make our state a kinder, safer place for students for
generations to come.”
The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights applies to schools from kindergarten through
12th grade, strengthens an existing cyber bullying law, applies to bullying off
school grounds that carries into schools, and has a section that applies to the
state’s public universities, according to Garden State Equality.
It is the first such bill to set deadlines for incidents of bullying to be reported,
investigated and resolved. Teachers and other school personnel will have to report
incidents of bullying to principals on the same day as a bullying incident. An in-
vestigation of the bullying must begin within one school day. A school will have to
complete its investigation of bullying within 10 school days, after which there must
be a resolution of the situation, the statewide LGBT rights group announced.
The bill passed the Senate 30-0 and the Assembly 72-1.

Philly’s settlement with Scouts

draws ire of gay leaders 
PHILADELPHIA — Prominent gay leaders in Philadelphia are voicing criticism
of a proposed legal settlement between the city and the regional Boy Scouts or-
ganization, and a key City Councilman is balking at the deal, the Philadelphia Gay
News reported.
The proposal calls for the Boy Scouts group to pay the city $500,000 to buy its
13,000-square-foot headquarters in Logan Square, the focus of a civil-rights dis-
pute that began over the Scouts’ national ban on gay members. The price tag is
less than half the appraised value of the building. But the settlement would end an
expensive legal fight and the risk that city taxpayers would eventually have to pay
the Scouts’ legal bills, now approaching $1 million.
Gay rights advocates say the city’s lawyers are putting financial concerns
ahead of principle, appearing to subsidize the Scouts’ discrimination, Philadelphia
Gay News reported. City Solicitor Shelley Smith and the Scouts’ attorney, Sandra
Girifalco, had issued a joint statement last week describing their agreement as
a “win-win situation” for both their clients, predicting that a necessary ordinance
would be introduced the next day in City Council. But Councilman Darrell Clarke,
whose district includes the property, said he wasn’t ready to introduce anything.
The settlement statement had been “premature,” he said, because there hadn’t
been enough communication with neighborhood residents or the gay community.
The dispute began with a 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2000 that upheld
the legality of the national organization’s ban on gay Scouts and troop leaders. That
put the Scouts organization in conflict with the city charter’s ban on discrimination
rooted in sexual orientation.

Former GLAAD official to

head S.F. AIDS Foundation 
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco AIDS Foundation has appointed Neil
Giuliano as its new chief executive. He’ll start Dec. 13.
Giuliano was previously head of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defama-
tion (GLAAD) and produced its annual awards programs. He was also the mayor
of Tempe, Ariz., for 10 years beginning in 1994. He plans to publish a memoir next
year. The Foundation works to end HIV.
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Nuns call on Catholics to

rise up against bullying
‘Enough, enough!’ after
bishops denounce
same-sex marriage
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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An organization of American Catholic

nuns has denounced the U.S. Confer-
ence of Catholic Bishops for reiterating
its opposition to legalizing same-sex
marriage at its annual meeting in Balti-
more last week while remaining silent on
anti-gay bullying and gay teen suicide.
In a statement released Tuesday, the
National Coalition of American Nuns ac-
cused the bishops of acting like “blinded
Pharisees” for waging a fight against
marriage equality while failing to speak
out on gay teen suicides brought about
by school bullying and harassment.
“More than a month has gone by since Photo courtesy of Gramick
the media broke the news about a series Sister Jeannine Gramick, a longtime sup-
of gay suicides,” the nuns’ statement says. porter of LGBT rights from the D.C.-Balti-
“During that time, the U.S. Catholic Bish- more area, is a board member of the Na-
ops failed to make a single statement re- tional Coalition of American Nuns, which
garding these tragic, preventable deaths.” condemned anti-gay bullying last week.
The statement adds, “Not one bishop’s
voice was raised to condemn a culture supporter of LGBT rights from the D.C.-
where youths are bullied for being who Baltimore area, is a board member and
God created them to be and are some- executive coordinator of the National Co-
times pushed by society’s judgments to alition of American Nuns.
attempt suicide.” In a separate statement, the LGBT-
The Conference of Catholic Bishops, supportive group Catholics for Equality
which represents Roman Catholic bish- expressed concern that the U.S. Confer-
ops in the U.S., held its annual fall General ence of Catholic Bishops broke a long-

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meeting were closed to the public and
it was possible that items not posted on
the public agenda could be discussed.
KidsPeace is seeking foster parents for children who have “The National Coalition of Catholic
self identified as gay, lesbian, transgender, or questioning. Nuns calls on all U.S. Catholics to rise
up and say, ‘Enough, enough!” says the
KidsPeace takes extra care in placing the right kids into the right homes. We will provide nuns’ statement. “No more discrimina-
you with special training and professional, round-the-clock support. You don’t need to be tory rhetoric and repressive measures
wealthy or married. You don’t need to have kids of your own or a Ph.D. in child psychology. from men who lay heavy burdens on the
What you do need is a desire to provide a safe, nurturing environment to a child. shoulders of others and do not lift one
finger of human kindness and compas-
Call us today between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. M–F at 866-4-KIDSPEACE (866-454-3773) sion,” it says “We all need to work for a
or visit kidspeace.org. holy and just society and church.”
Sister Jeannine Gramick, a longtime
standing tradition this week by not elect-
ing its current vice president, Bishop
Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., as the
new president.
Kicanas, who Catholics for Equality
describes as a “social justice champion,”
was bypassed for the president’s position
when the Conference of Bishops elected
instead Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New
York, an outspoken opponent of same-
sex marriage equality and LGBT rights,
according to Catholics for Equality.
The group noted that the bishops’ con-
ference elected Archbishop Kurtz, the head
of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of
Marriage, as its new vice president.
“Archbishop Kurtz … has led the Catho-
lic hierarchy’s national campaign to deny
marriage and family rights to gay and les-
bian citizens,” Catholics for Equality said in
a statement released Wednesday.
“That campaign has been financially as-
sisted by the national office of the Knights
of Columbus, most recently through the
production of videos that demean and
discredit gay and lesbian relationships, as
well as single parent and extended family
households,” the statement says.
“In his report from the Ad Hoc Commit-
tee for the Defense of Marriage, Archbishop
Kurtz makes it clear that our bishops are
waging a new political campaign to change
the laws in our country,” said Ariello Alioto, a
Catholics for Equality board member.

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Pentagon to release ‘Don’t
Ask’ report a day early
Repeal hearings likely to
begin early next month
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The Pentagon has announced its
study on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will be
complete a day earlier than previously
scheduled following requests from U.S.
senators and LGBT advocates to make
the report available as soon as possible.
In a statement, Geoff Morrell, a Pen-
tagon spokesperson, said Defense
Secretary Robert Gates is “pushing all
involved” with the Pentagon “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” working group to have the
study ready for the public by Nov. 30.
“Frankly, December 1st was already
an aggressive deadline by which to com-
plete the report, incorporate the views of
service secretaries and chiefs and for the
Secretary to make a recommendation on
the way ahead, but he has further com-
pressed the timeline in order to support
Congress’ wish to consider repeal before
they adjourn,” Morrell added.
Morrell said Gates has instructed his
staff to make the report available a day
sooner “without cutting any corners” be-
cause the secretary wants members of the
Senate Armed Services Committee to be
able to “read and consider the complex,
lengthy report before holding hearings with
its authors and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”
A measure to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” is currently pending before the U.S.
Senate as part of the fiscal year 2011 de-
fense authorization bill. LGBT advocates
are urging Congress to pass the legisla-
tion during the lame duck session before
adjourning for the year.
Last week, Sens. Joseph Lieberman
(I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine)
sent the Pentagon a letter asking offi-
cials to make the report available prior to
the Dec. 1 deadline. The Human Rights
Campaign had also issued a statement
calling on the Defense Department to
make the report available “as soon as
possible,” arguing that its release could
prompt more senators to support “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.
In a joint statement, Lieberman and
Collins thanked Gates for expediting the
release of the report “so that Congress
will have as much time as possible to
review the findings and proceed with re-
peal this year.”
“Secretary Gates’ decision to release
the report early as we requested and Sec-
retary Gates’ leadership calling for repeal
are two more reasons why we think Con-
gress can and should repeal this discrimi-
natory policy now,” the senators said.
Collins was among the senators who
voted with the GOP to block consider-
ation of the defense authorization bill
when a previous attempt was made
to bring the legislation to the Senate floor
in September. She said she wanted a
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lier release of the report is beneficial be-
cause “time is going to be in very short
supply” after lawmakers return from
Thanksgiving recess.
Nicholson said he had been “beg-
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(D-Nev.) to start the process for consid-
eration of the defense authorization bill
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Lawmakers have now gone on break and
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“The report coming out on November
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schedule a hearing for December 1st or
December 2nd so that the process con-
sidering the full bill can get under way.”
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Students, parents ask
Congress to act
Continued from page 1
Aiken and Louis Van Amstel, host of the
show “Dancing with the Stars,” joined parents
Sirdeaner Walker of Massachusetts and Tam-
my Aaberg of Minnesota in making an impas-
sioned plea for lawmakers to pass the two bills.
Sirdeaner and Aaberg’s sons took their own
lives earlier this year due to anti-gay bullying.
“Over the past few months I have
heard so many stories about other youth
who were suffering,” said Walker, who
lost her 11-year-old son Carl Joseph
Walker, who hanged himself in his bed-
room with an electrical cord.
“Too many of our children are being
tormented in schools – and not enough
of our adults are doing the right thing
and teaching respect for all. Enough is
enough,” she said.
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Rep. Lin-
da Sanchez (D-Calif.), who introduced
the Safe Schools Improvement Act, and
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Rep.
Jared Polis (D-Colo.), who introduced
the Student Non-Discrimination Act, also
spoke at the briefing, calling on their col-
leagues to support the legislation.
“No student should have to dread go-
ing to school because they fear being bul-
lied,” Franken told those gathered for the
event, held in a committee hearing room
at the Rayburn House Office Building.
“We must address bullying and harass-
ment in schools in the next Congress.”
Polis, who is gay, said school bullying
affects students living in both Republi-
can and Democratic leaning states, say-
ing he would work with his colleagues on
both sides of the political isle to push for
passage of the legislation.
“Every student has the right to an edu-
cation free from bullying, harassment and
violence, and we are here today to show
that Congress is ready to take a stand
against bullying in our schools,” he said.
Franken and Casey cited recent cas-
es of suicides due to anti-gay bullying in
their home states. They pointed to what
they called a courageous decision by
Walker and Aaberg to speak at Thurs-
day’s briefing to tell the stories of the loss
of their own teenage sons as a means of
drawing support for the legislation.
“Recent stories of the tragic effects
of bullying in Pennsylvania and through-
out the country are evidence of the ur-
gent need to address this issue in our
schools,” Casey said. “We owe it to our
children to do whatever we can to ensure
their pleas for help do not go unheard.”
Casey introduced to the briefing Joey
Kemmerling, a high school student in
Bucks County, Pa., near Philadelphia,
who helped form an anti-bullying group
as well as a Gay-Straight Alliance organi-
zation at his school.
“I came out in eighth grade and ever
since then I have been bullied every day,”
Kemmerling told the briefing. “There’s
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not been a day that has gone by where I
have not heard the word faggot, queer or
fairy or told that I was not human.”
He described an incident when an-
other male student threatened him with a
knife on the school grounds after school
officials declined Kemmerling’s plea that
they search the student for a weapon.
“He came up to me and he looked
me in the eyes and he had the look of
hatred,” Kammerling recounted. “I didn’t
know who he was but I knew that he hat-
ed me. And he said, ‘Your life is in my
hands.’ And he walked away.”
The incident caused him to become
deeply depressed and to contemplate
suicide, Kammerling said.
“I thought I didn’t deserve to live. I was
gay so did my life really matter? I didn’t
think so,” he said.
“I almost committed suicide, and
somehow I overcame that and started
working to change the schools,” he said.
“I was so thankful to meet GLSEN and
work with them to fight all injustices all
around the United States.
“I really just hope you’ll join me in that fight
because the real change is going to come
from society and the change is going to come
from the people stepping up and saying, ‘I
don’t want to see another kid ever go through
what I went through and what the students
went through that committed suicide.’”
His remarks drew a loud and pro-
longed applause from the audience,
which included staff members of sena-
tors and members of the House.
GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard
said she was hopeful that Congress
would act on the two bills next year
despite reports by Capitol Hill observ-
ers that the new Republican controlled
House of Representatives would block
all LGBT-supportive legislation.
“They currently have bipartisan sup-
port in this Congress,” Byard said. “And
I think just as children’s safety, it’s not a
gay or straight issue, it is not a Republi-
can or Democratic issue.”
The Safe Schools Improvement Act re-
quires schools receiving federal funds to
develop policies to prohibit bullying based
on race, sex, national origin, religion, sexual
orientation and gender identity and expres-
sion. It has 130 co-sponsors in the House
and 15 co-sponsors in the Senate.
The Student Non-Discrimination Act
calls for providing protections to stu-
dents who are targeted for bullying, ha-
rassment and discrimination based on
their “actual or perceived” sexual orien-
tation or gender identity. It currently has
127 co-sponsors in the House and 30 co-
sponsors in the Senate.
Franken said he has proposed that
the Student Non-Discrimination Act be
incorporated as an amendment to legis-
lation reauthorizing the longstanding and
highly popular Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act, which Congress is
scheduled to vote on next year.
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with you to show your healthcare provider. For more information, see “What
important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other
medicines?” and “Who should not take REYATAZ?” Some medicines can
cause serious side effects if taken with REYATAZ.
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NATIONALNEWS

Senators await Pentagon study on ‘Don’t Ask’

Continued from page 14
Also during the news con-
ference, Gibbs counted “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal among
the legislative items that Obama
wants to see happen during the
lame duck session of Congress
and argued that legislative ac-
tion is better than having the
courts overturn the law. Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-
Nev.) has committed to a vote
on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” before
the year’s end.
“There are issues around
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ that the
president and, I think, many
people believe are best dealt
with through the legislative pro-
cess and not through a legal
system,” Gibbs said.
Gibbs maintained that over-
turning the gay ban through court
order is “not likely to provide the
Pentagon and others with a path-
way” for implementing repeal
and said “doing this legislatively”
is the best way to end the law.
A partial transcript of Gibbs’
remarks on “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” follows:
Robert Gibbs [on the legisla-
tive agenda for lame duck]: …
There are issues around “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” that the president
and, I think, many people be-
lieve are best dealt with through
the legislative process and not
through a legal system. …
National Public Radio: Has
the president asked the Pentagon
to hurry up to Nov. 30 the report
— its internal report –
Gibbs: I think the original
date was Dec. 1. Obviously,
the report is being released a
day or so early in order to have
some informed hearings on the
survey and its results. I think
those, hearings, if I’m not mis-
taken, start on the first.
But I think it’s important if you
look at what others have said par-
ticularly — take for instance Sec-
retary Gates — we know we can
do this legislatively. The House
has done this; the Senate can do
this — do this legislatively, which
provides an avenue to implement
the policy. The court doing this is
not likely to provide the Pentagon
and others with a pathway for do-
ing this, and I think in order to do
this in a way that the president
want to see that doing this legisla-
tively is the best way to do this. …
Washington Blade: Robert,
back on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”
the service chief of the Navy re-
cently praised the Pentagon re-
port and said he’s eager to see
what happens with the Hill with
regard to repeal. But the remain-
ing three service chiefs — they’re
all on the record as saying they
want to wait for the report to
come out before Congress takes
action. Does the president be-
lieve that once the report comes
out, the service chiefs will be on
board in favor of repeal?
Gibbs: I don’t — I think the
service chiefs as I understand it
are meeting with the chairman
of the Joint Chiefs and the sec-
retary as we get closer to this
report coming out in order to
discuss where they are based
on that survey. The president
has not yet seen that survey, so
I don’t want to presume wheth-
er based on those results that
would change their opinions on
it. I think it’s best not to get too
far down the road on comment-
ing on that until we chance to
personally see the substance.
Blade: But wasn’t that the
purpose of the study, though?
You’ve said the president has
supported repeal since you’ve
known him, and the president
has said he wants to work with
military leaders — in the State
of the Union address — he said
he wants to work with military
leaders to get them on board
with repeal. So, what’s the point
of this report if not to get those
service chiefs on [board]?
Gibbs: I’m not saying they
won’t. I’m just saying — I think
the original question you asked
me is would that report change
their mind. I haven’t seen the
report, and the president hasn’t
seen that report and neither of
us have had an opportunity to
talk with the chiefs. That’s not
to say that it won’t; that’s not to
say that — and quite frankly,
that’s not to say whether or not
— whether you have unani-
mous agreement or not that the
policy — look, the president is
going where people have stood
on this policy for as long as he
supported changing that policy.
So, I think it will be important
to again view the attitudes and
to use those attitudes to craft
a pathway to implementing a
changed legislative policy.
That’s what the president
has advocated through this
process. Again, I can’t — we
may have a better sense of that
when we get an opportunity to
talk to those who have seen the
report and get a chance to look
at that report ourselves.
Blade: Has the president had
conversations directly with the
service chiefs to get them in favor
of legislative repeal during the
lame duck session of Congress?
Gibbs: I know the president
has spoken previously with the
service chiefs on this subject
and expect that as this report is
finalized and released that he’ll
have an opportunity to speak
directly with the chair, the vice-
chair and the service chiefs as
the process moves forward.

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NATIONALNEWS

Amendment process key to GOP support for repeal

Continued from page 1 are met with the amendment process (R-Maine) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) conference, Lieberman said the exact
on the Senate floor. — as well as “others privately” — that terms are up for negotiation.
about two weeks in the Senate. Given “I am confident that we have more they would vote for moving forward with “It’s hard to put a number on it now,”
that slightly more than one month re- than 60 votes prepared to take up the the defense authorization bill if a more Lieberman said. “That’s what I hope is
mains in the legislative session this defense authorization bill with the re- open amendment process is in place. going to be negotiated. Of course, we’ll
year, time for a debate and vote in the peal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ if only The amendment process these sen- do our best to encourage Sen. Reid to
Senate — as well as time for conferenc- there will be a guarantee of a fair and ators are seeking remains somewhat reach out to allow a somewhat larger
ing the legislation — would have to be open amendment process,” Lieberman nebulous. What standard for the pro- number.”
compressed to move forward. said. cess are these fence-sitting seeking to Some Democrats speculate the call
“Normally, that would involve several Lieberman said he’s received as- win their support for moving forward?
weeks or months,” Sarvis said. “For us surances from Sens. Susan Collins Asked about this during the news Continues on page 22
to succeed here, all those elements,
debate on the floor, conference, votes
in the two chambers on the conference
report would have to be compressed to
about eight or 10 days on the floor, in
conference and back to the two cham-
bers. That’s part of the challenge.”
Sarvis said he expects the defense
authorization bill would likely come to
the floor after the Senate Armed Ser-
vices Committee holds hearings on the
Pentagon “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” report.
Levin has said he wants to hear testi-
mony early in December.
“If the hearing is [Dec.] 2, I could
see a scenario where the leader might
make the motion on Friday the third, or,
if the hearing is the sixth, then maybe
the next day,” Sarvis said.
One major question is whether
enough senators will vote in the affir-
mative to reach the 60-vote threshold
to move forward with debate on the
legislation. In September, a previous
attempt to move forward with the mea-
sure failed by a vote of 56-43.
A senior Democratic aide, who spoke
to the Washington Blade on condition
of anonymity, expressed confidence
about being able to move forward with
the fiscal year 2011 defense authoriza-
tion bill.
“I think that we may be close to hav-
ing 60 votes to begin debate on the
bill,” the aide said. “I’ve seen some
positive signs from unexpected Repub-
licans in recent days.”
Sarvis said the ability to move for-
ward will depend on whether at least
a handful of Republicans are willing to
break ranks with their caucus.
“If you just look at Democrats, the
numbers don’t add up to 60,” Sarvis
said. “I don’t care how you slice it. So, if
we can persuade a handful of Republi-
cans, and I think we can, we will hit 60.”
A number of senators who are seen
as key to moving forward with “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal have said they
want to see an open amendment pro-
cess in place.
In September, when Senate leader-
ship made an earlier attempt to bring
the legislation to the floor, a number
of senators said they were voting “no”
because they didn’t feel the Republi-
cans could offer a sufficient number of
amendments to the legislation.
Last week, Sen. Joseph Lieber-
man (I-Conn.), the sponsor of repeal
language in the Senate, expressed
confidence during a news conference
about having at least 60 votes to move
forward — provided certain conditions
22 washingtonblade.com • november 26, 2010
NATIONALNEWS
Several GOP senators could back ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal
Continued from page 21
for a change in the amendment pro-
cess could be an excuse for some
fence-sitting senators to vote “no” on
moving forward with the defense au-
thorization bill.
Jim Manley, a Reid spokesperson,
said the senator has “always been
committed to having a fair debate and
votes” on the defense authorization
bill and specifically on the “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” provision.
“We are prepared to proceed in a
way that would allow Senators on both
sides to voice their concerns and to of-
fer relevant amendments to the bill,”
Manley said.
Manley said critics of “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” are spinning “a myth” that
Reid “is somehow trying to bypass de-
bate on this critical issue.”
The Democratic aide said this call for
a more open amendment process could
enable some senators to vote against
moving toward final passage of the bill
after the legislation comes to the floor.
“You could have ... some Republi-
cans using process arguments to say,
“No, we haven’t had enough debate
time and I cannot support moving to-
ward final passage of the bill yet,’” the
aide said. “The Republicans might just
try to run out the clock.”
The aide said a fair amendment pro-
cess in the Senate has “never, ever
meant” that debate can continue “as
long as anybody wants to continue the
debate, as long as there are amend-
ments to be talked about and voted on.”
Sarvis noted that unlike in Septem-
ber, Reid has said the DREAM Act, an
immigration-related bill, wouldn’t be of-
fered as an amendment to the defense
authorization the next time around and
would instead come to the floor as
standalone legislation.
“By doing so, he has shown his good
faith in proceeding toward a fair and
open manner in which senators on both
sides of the aisle have an opportunity
to offer amendments,” Sarvis said.
Sarvis also said Reid’s commitment
to allow amendments on the “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” and abortion-related provi-
sions in the defense authorization bill
was evidence of the majority leader’s
commitment to fairness during debate
on the legislation.
It’s possible that in exchange for re-
pealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Senate
leadership will have to agree to a vote
on amendments that would rile the
White House, such as a measure related
to the terrorist detention facility at Guan-
tanamo Bay or an amendment to try ter-
rorist suspects by military commission.
Sarvis said he doesn’t “think it’s any
secret” that Republicans may be look-
ing at amendments like that.
“Are there some Republicans who
would like to put the administration
on the hot seat with respect to some
amendments?” Sarvis said. “Perhaps.
But my hope would be that when the
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ provisions are de-
bated on the floor that amendments [in
that nature] would not be in the mix or
part of that debate.”
The Democratic aide said deals are
often cut at late stages in the game, but
he doesn’t think opponents of “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal in the Senate
would allow moving forward with end-
ing the law even with an agreement to
have a vote on those issues.
“My sense is that [Sen. John] Mc-
Cain and [Sen. Lindsey] Graham and
their crew are dead set on stopping the
repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’” the
aide said. ‘I don’t think that they’re will-
ing to deal that away.”
As these questions linger, eyes will
be on several key senators to deter-
mine whether the chamber can reach
the 60-vote threshold needed to move
forward when the legislation comes be-
fore the Senate again.
The offices of both senators Lieber-
man mentioned as “yes” votes under a
different amendment process — Collins
and Lugar — said they would be open to
moving forward with the defense autho-
rization bill if certain conditions are met.
Mark Helmke, a Lugar spokesper-
son, said the senator hasn’t taken a po-
sition on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and is
waiting for the Pentagon report on the
issue, which is now set for release on
Nov. 30.
“He is in favor of having a full debate
on the matter as part of the defense
authorization bill if there is a consent
agreement for timed debate and votes
on a number of issues,” Helmke added.
Kevin Kelley, a Collins spokesperson,
confirmed the Maine senator was con-
cerned about what she perceived as the
lack of an open process the last time the
legislation was brought up for a vote.
“In September, she was disap-
pointed that the Democratic majority
leader chose to shut down debate and
exclude Republicans from offering any
amendments to the defense authoriza-
tion bill, which contains the repeal lan-
guage,” Kelley said. “She believes that
was unfair and contrary to the rules and
tradition of the Senate.”
Still, Kelley maintained that Collins
agrees with Defense Secretary Robert
Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen that the mili-
tary’s gay ban “should be repealed”
and recalled that the senator voted in
favor of a repeal amendment in com-
mittee during the spring.
Another senator who could be in
play is Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).
Fresh off her re-election win as an inde-
pendent write-in candidate in her state,
Murkowski isn’t beholden to the far right
for her victory on Election Day. She also
didn’t vote one way or the other on the
motion to proceed on the defense au-
thorization bill when it came before the
Senate in September.
A local TV station in Alaska reported
last week that Murkowski was in a po-
sition to vote to advance the defense
authorization bill. But Michael Brumas,
a Murkowski spokesperson, later clari- awaiting the Pentagon report “to see
fied that this support is dependent on if any changes to this policy can or
the result of the Pentagon report. should be done” with regard to “Don’t
“Sen. Murkowski would not oppose a Ask, Don’t Tell.” She also said he wants
defense authorization bill that includes to hear testimony from the military ser-
a repeal of [‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’] if the vice chiefs.
Pentagon study shows that repeal is “Also, he plans to review all of the
supported by the troops, doesn’t hurt merits of the Defense Authorization
performance, morale or recruitment bill before voting one way or another;
and the military allows for an orderly hopefully it will be a fully open amend-
transition,” Brumas said. ment process,” she added.
Additionally, Brumas said the man- Other senators that are seen as be-
ner in which Senate leadership handles ing in play are moderate Republicans
the amendment process would be im- Scott Brown (R-Mass.), George Voinov-
portant for Murkowski’s support. ich (R-Ohio) and Olympia Snowe (R-
“If the majority attempts to push it Maine). The two Democratic senators
through allowing little or no debate or who joined Republicans in voting “no”
votes on amendments, Sen. Murkowski in September on moving forward with
would be inclined to oppose those ef- the defense authorization — Arkansas
forts,” Brumas said. Sens. Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln
One surprise senator who could — could also change their votes.
vote to move forward with the defense None of these senators’ offices re-
authorization bill is Sen. John Ensign sponded to the Blade’s request to com-
(R-Nev.). Last week, LGBT advocates ment on how they would vote on the de-
asserted one of his staffers informed fense authorization when it comes up
them that he wants to repeal “Don’t during the lame duck session.
Ask, Don’t Tell” and would vote for clo- The slightly different composition of
ture on the defense authorization bill. the Senate also raises questions about
Laura Martin, communications di- the votes from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.
rector for the Stonewall Democratic Va.), who assumed his seat after win-
Club of Southern Nevada, said she ning election on Nov. 2, and Republi-
and other activists met with Margot Al- can Senator-elect Mark Kirk of Illinois,
len, Ensign’s regional representative on who is set to take his seat during the
military issues, who informed the group lame duck session of Congress.
of the senator’s position. During his campaign, Manchin said he
“The first question was about ‘Don’t wants to wait to hear from military leaders
Ask, Don’t Tell’ and his staffer said he before moving forward with “Don’t Ask,
supports repeal,” Martin said. “We Don’t Tell” repeal. As a U.S. House mem-
asked her to clarify three times and she ber, Kirk voted against an amendment
said he will vote in the affirmative on the that would have repealed the military’s
defense authorization with ‘Don’t Ask, gay ban when it came to the floor in May.
Don’t Tell’ repeal in it.” Neither the office of Manchin nor Kirk’s
Jennifer Cooper, an Ensign spokes- transition team responded to the Blade’s
person, later said the senator was request for comment on the issue.
Washington Blade file photo
A defendant in the murder of Brian Betts was sentenced to 40 years in prison this week.
Allred calls for hate crime probe in Betts case
Gloria Allred, an attorney known for taking on high-profile celebrity cases, said
Tuesday she will call on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the murder of
gay D.C. middle school principal Brian Betts to determine if the killing was moti-
vated by anti-gay bias.
Allred made the statements at a news conference following the sentencing of
defendant Alante Saunders to 40 years in jail for the murder of Betts. Saunders, 19,
pleaded guilty last month to first-degree felony murder.
Betts’ family has hired Allred to represent their interests. They may pursue a
hate crime charge with the U.S. Justice Department and Allred said she will seek
an explanation from the D.C. government about how a defendant in the case was
allowed to escape a halfway house to commit the crime.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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INSIDELGBTWASHINGTON
Democrats must put up or shut up
Time is running out
for ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal
By PETER ROSENSTEIN
The frustration among those
wanting to see repeal of “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” this year is pal-
pable. It is difficult to listen to the
nonsense spouted from those
like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.),
about whom Rachel Maddow re-
cently said: “John McCain’s posi-
tions on every major policy issue
that he has faced in the Senate
are now utterly incoherent ... if
you wait five minutes, John Mc-
Cain is likely to have a totally dif-
ferent stance on the same issue.”
Stances on LGBT issues often
depend on the age of the per-
son talking. We know that young
people today generally have no
problem working and interact-
ing with lesbian and gay people.
One reads about girl-on-girl kiss-
ing and even boy-on-boy kissing
among college youth and young
adults and it doesn’t mean they
are gay. They just have no hang-
ups about interacting with a per-
son of the same sex. There isn’t
the fear that my generation had
that if you looked at another man
for too long, or shook his hand
for too long, someone would
think you are gay.
Listening to McCain, it be-
comes immediately apparent that
he is from that older generation
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Re: “Md. attorney gen’l:
No marriage bill in 2011”
(news, Nov. 11)
I am writing in response to
Maryland Attorney General
Doug Gansler’s recent com-
ments regarding the fight for
marriage equality in the Free
State. While I appreciate
his leadership on preserv-
ing fair treatment for LGBT
citizens under Maryland law
through his groundbreak-
ing legal opinion that has
provided enhanced rights
to couples with valid out-
of-state marriage licenses,
I must respectfully disagree
with his claim that marriage
for same-sex couples is not
likely to win in the upcoming
legislative session.
Gansler claimed that the
The party must stand up for
equality now; otherwise, don’t come to
us for support next time.
whose views are slowly dying out.
Then there is General Amos,
the newly appointed Marine
Corps commandant, who re-
cently spoke of his support for
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” My frus-
tration isn’t with him but with
President Obama and Secre-
tary Gates. How could they ap-
point someone who disagrees
with them and then allow him to
speak out on those differences?
Isn’t there a chain of command?
Wasn’t this discussed before his
appointment?
Congress must repeal the gay
ban in the lame duck session. I
thank Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-Nev.) for his recent supportive
statements and want to see him
work out a deal with Republi-
cans like Sens. Olympia Snowe
(Maine), John Ensign (Nev.), Lisa
Murkowski (Ala.) and Susan Col-
lins (Maine) and wavering Demo-
crats like Sen. Jim Webb (Va.).
We should thank the president for
finally making the calls needed to
rally support.
The Department of Defense
report leaked to the Washing-
ton Post shows that 70 percent
of service members don’t have
courts are more likely to ad-
vance equal marriage rights.
While we welcome the op-
portunity for the legal im-
plications of discrimination
against loving and commit-
ted couples to be consid-
ered in the courts, the time
for equality is now.
According to a compre-
hensive poll released by
the Washington Post in the
spring, a clear majority of
Marylanders support mar-
riage equality. The State of
Maryland recently updated
the Employee and Retiree
Health and Welfare Bene-
fits Program to be inclusive
of same-sex couples and
we have seen several ad-
vances through relationship
recognition laws in recent
years. Furthermore, this Jan-
uary will see the return of a
large number of pro-equality
incumbents and the addition
of new legislative leaders
a problem serving with gays
and lesbians. It shouldn’t mat-
ter that McCain doesn’t like this
result. It is time for someone in
power to remind McCain he is
no longer serving so this is not
about him and his generation.
It is about the young men and
women volunteering today. It
is about what they think even if
we should never have needed
to ask them. It is about civil and
human rights and dignity. It is
about letting those who want
to serve our nation do so hon-
estly. It is about those who are
already serving and giving their
lives for our country.
President Obama says he is
on our side and has asked us to
hold his feet to the fire. We have
and it now appears he is begin-
ning to act. Maybe the GetEqual
demonstrations helped. Who
can tell? But he needs to contin-
ue to say: “I want this done now
and let’s cut the deal needed
to make it happen!” Harry Reid
now needs to get this done. We
need to call our senators and
demand they act.
Letters arrive regularly from
the DNC, DCCC and the DSCC
ready to stand up for fair-
ness. The governor has also
committed to signing the
marriage bill when it reaches
his desk.
But we are not just rely-
ing on lawmakers to do the
right thing. We are work-
ing hard for every single
vote. Over the past six
months, we have identified
thousands of new volun-
teers and supportive voters
through our statewide post-
card drive. We have built on
the ground power through
volunteer trainings, phone
banks and our commu-
nity Action Teams. We re-
launched our Pride in Faith
program to engage clergy
and faith communities who
believe in social justice.
We have also built incred-
ibly strong partnerships with
local, state and national or-
ganizations that are ready
to stand with us. It is only
asking for money. They say what
they will do if only we keep giv-
ing them more. Well this is their
chance to prove what they can
do with their congressional ma-
jorities in the lame duck session.
The kind of majorities they may
not see again for years to come.
Maybe the president will tell
Sen. Blanche Lincoln that if
she doesn’t vote yes on repeal
he won’t consider offering her,
or anyone she recommends, a
job. Maybe he will tell the oth-
ers who just eked out their re-
elections that if you don’t come
along on this, don’t expect any-
thing in the next two years. And
just maybe the DNC, DCCC and
DSCC will tell these men and
women the same thing. Demo-
crats must stand up for equality
now; otherwise, don’t come to
us for support next time.
The time is now for Demo-
crats to “put up or shut up.”
Time is running out to convince
supporters you really mean
what you say.
Peter Rosenstein is a d.C.-based lGBt
rights and democratic Party activist. he
writes regularly for the Blade.
through these types of or-
ganized, focused initiatives
that we will pass the Re-
ligious Freedom and Civil
Marriage Protection Act.
We have a plan in place
through the end of the year
to shore up our co-sponsors
so that we kick off the ses-
sion stronger than ever. We
also have a detailed, com-
prehensive plan for every
week of the session to se-
cure the votes we will need
to make marriage equality a
reality.
We have what it takes to
make it happen. We simply
need every Marylander who
believes in fairness from
the attorney general to the
neighbor next door to be
there with us in words and in
actions.
—Morgan Meneses-Sheets,
executive director,
Equality Maryland
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VIEWPOINT
Smithsonian puts LGBT people in the picture
‘Hide/Seek’ exhibit
offers 100 same-sex
portraits
By KATHI WOLFE
A picture is worth a thousand
words.
Queers know not only the
truth of this cliché, but that we’re
usually out of the picture. His-
torically (even often now) open-
ly queer subjects have seldom
been found in class pictures,
family photo albums — let alone
in portraits on museum walls.
Thankfully, we’re becoming
part of the picture. A new ex-
hibition “Hide/Seek: Difference
and Desire in American Portrai-
ture,” at the Smithsonian Institu-
tion’s National Portrait Gallery,
containing 100 works from the
late 19th century until today, is
the first major museum exhibit
of same-sex portraits. At a cul-
tural moment when same-sex
marriage and gender identity
are the cutting edge issues of
the day, the exhibit couldn’t be
more timely.
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Growing up, like many of us,
I rarely saw pictures of people
like myself — in the domain of
the personal or in the realm of
art. As a teen who liked girls but
didn’t dare tell anyone, I didn’t
view photos of girlfriends hold-
ing hands in my high school
yearbook. I loved looking at
paintings and reading about
the lesbian scene in Paris in the
early 20th century, yet I discov-
ered no photographs of lesbian
salons on my visits to the Phila-
delphia Museum of Art.
If we don’t see images of
people like ourselves in art, it’s
hard for us to look within our-
selves — to know who we truly
are — to discover our historical
context. If we’re not in the pic-
ture, we wonder, “Why aren’t we
there? Shouldn’t we be straight
like that boy and girl holding
hands in that painting?”
“Portraiture ... permits us
to enter into the lives of others
and explore how identities were
forged in the past in ways that
connect with our own search
for meaning,” says a brochure
for the “Hide/Seek” exhibit. “By
looking at others across the
course of history, we ultimately
end up looking at ourselves
through portraiture.”
It’s thrilling to view the many,
varied, stirring portraits of
“Hide/Seek,” as I did one recent
afternoon. Perusing the work of
well-known gay artists such as
Andy Warhol, closeted queer
artists such as photographer
Carl Van Vechten, Romaine
Brooks and other lesbian paint-
ers, and straight artists, includ-
ing, Andrew Wyeth (whose
1979 portrait “The Clearing” of
a young blonde-haired hunk
will make any gay male’s mouth
water), I realized we present-
day queers are part of an his-
torical context, our history has
helped shape our art, and art
has helped shape us.
Until recently, LGBTQ people
have had to be largely closeted.
Even now, though things have
greatly improved in parts of the
United States and other coun-
tries, many of us still encounter
many forms of homophobia from
hate crimes to same-sex mar-
riage bans to employment dis-
crimination to anti-gay “jokes.”
As a result of this prejudice,
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queer artists, like other queers,
historically have been outsiders.
They’ve had to be closeted in
their work — to allude to same-
sex subjects in code.
“Much of the work in this ex-
hibition necessarily trades in
subtext, indirection and code,
artifacts of a time when sexual
difference was actively policed
& prosecuted,” wrote Jonathan
D. Katz, co-curator of “Hide/
Seek, “ in an e-mail to the Blade.
“Learning to survive under this
regime meant learning codes,
ways of signaling sexuality that,
very often, entailed talking out
of both sides of one’s mouth,
addressing different languages
to queer and non-queer popula-
tions at the same time.”
One of the more striking ex-
amples of this in “Hide/Seek”
is a Carl Van Vechten photo of
choreographer Antony Taylor
and his partner (and dance
protégée) Hugh Laing. I had to
look twice before realizing they
were lovers.
Another example of coded
same-sex imagery in the exhibit
is a 1914 ad. In it are two men,
advertising Arrow shirts. Only at
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second glance, do you get that
they’re queer.
“Those who see themselves
as outsiders often have the
most informed perspective on
the language of power — for
it is a matter of survival,” Katz,
director of the visual studies
doctoral program at the State
University of New York at Buf-
falo, added in his e-mail.
In 1989, the Corcoran Gallery
of Art, bowing to political pres-
sure, canceled a Robert Map-
plethorpe retrospective. Today,
our “outsider,” queer perspec-
tive is so welcomed that our art
is on view in our nation’s capital.
The “Hide/Seek” exhibit runs
through Feb. 13 at the National
Portrait Gallery. Visit npg.si.edu
for more information.
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lar contributor to the Blade. She can be
reached through this publication.
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Giving thanks for a stable market

By SUE GOODHART
As the Washington Metro
area heads into the holiday
season, it is a great time for
homeowners to be thankful for
a more stable real estate mar-
ket. Although by no means are
we back to 2006 heights (and
frankly, probably won’t be for
a long time), we have seen a
steadying of home prices re-
sulting in more buying activity
in the lower and higher
price ranges. My
prediction for 2011?
Slow and steady
progress in sales
and prices.
What might
derail this steady
upward trend? In
1994, when Con-
gress did not pass
the budget resolution,
the federal government
shut down. As a result, the
Washington Metro area real es-
tate market suffered through a
tough time. Federal workers,
contractors and suppliers were
crippled and it took some sev-
eral years to recover from the
loss of income. There has been
some talk of shutting down the
government again which could
have a far-reaching effect on
our local real estate market.
Nevertheless, the spring
market is still shaping up to be
an active one. All indications
show that interest rates will re-
main low through the first half of
2011 coupled with lower inven-
tory of homes than in years
past are good signs for
our market. If you are
planning to put your
home on the
m a r-
ket after t h e
holidays, the time to start
is now. Regardless of being a
hot market or slow market, the
condition of the property is criti-
cal to whether it will sell quickly
and at a good price. Below are
some of my favorite tips to get
your home in the best possible
showing condition.
Your first step is getting rid of
the clutter! Less is more when
selling a home. When potential
purchas- ers
look at a property,
they have to be able to envision
themselves and their posses-
sions in the home. Take a good
hard look at all of the items in
each room. If you don’t use
it, give it away or sell it. If you
can’t bear to part with your stuff
now then pack it up and put it
in storage to sort through when
you have time. Just remem-
ber that you will be paying to
store it and move it, so consider
whether the items, pa-
pers, furniture
or books are
worth that
cost.
Step two
is paint,
re-
fin-
ish hard-
wood floors and clean,
stretch or replace carpeting.
Painting freshens the property
and gives it a cleaner look.
While dark paint colors are great
for personalizing your home
and accenting your furniture,
neutrals are best when it comes
time to sell. As hard as it may be,
when selling a home your goal
should be to strip out your per-
sonality to allow anyone to imag-
ine living in the home. There are
some great of shades of cream,
taupe and off white that will form
a soft palette for the new buyer.
Two more essential tasks
are cleaning the windows and
scrubbing the interior of the
home until it sparkles. I have
sold many homes that were not
the most updated, but were
spotless and clutter free and
therefore, very inviting. Being
able to “eat off the floor” is
a sure fire way to sell!
All of these tips
are great ways to
prepare your home
for the market—or
to give it a new
look! For more sug-
gestions, feel free to
e-mail me or give me a
call for a consultation. Also,
remember that the camera
does not lie! Most buyers shop
on the internet and are all looking
for “house beautiful”. Be sure they
don’t move on to the next property
before they have even walked in
the door!
Sue Goodhart is the top producing
agent at McEnearney Associates,
Inc, 109 S Pitt Street. Alexandria, VA
22314 and is licensed in DC, VA &
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INDICATIONS
ISENTRESS is an anti-HIV medicine used for the treatment of HIV. ISENTRESS must be used with other
anti-HIV medicines, which may increase the likelihood of response to treatment.
The safety and effectiveness of ISENTRESS in children has not been studied.
It is important that you remain under your doctor’s care.
ISENTRESS will NOT cure HIV infection or reduce your chance of passing HIV to others through sexual
contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood.

IMPORTANT RISK INFORMATION

A condition called Immune Reconstitution Syndrome can happen in some patients with advanced HIV
infection (AIDS) when anti-HIV treatment is started. Signs and symptoms of inflammation from opportunistic
infections may occur as the medicines work to treat the HIV infection and strengthen the immune system.
Call your doctor right away if you notice any signs or symptoms of an infection after starting ISENTRESS.
Contact your doctor immediately if you experience unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness while
taking ISENTRESS. This is because on rare occasions muscle problems can be serious and can lead to
kidney damage.
When ISENTRESS has been given with other anti-HIV drugs, side effects included nausea, headache,
tiredness, weakness, trouble sleeping, stomach pain, dizziness, depression, and suicidal thoughts and actions.
Rash occurred more often in patients taking ISENTRESS and darunavir together than with either drug separately,
but was generally mild.
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I am outgoing.
I am on the go.
I am a newlywed.
I am HIV positive.
You are special, unique, and different from anyone else.
And so is your path to managing HIV. When you’re ready
to start HIV therapy, talk to your doctor about a medication
that may fit your needs and lifestyle.
In clinical studies lasting 96 weeks, patients being treated with HIV medication for the
first time who took ISENTRESS plus Truvada:
Had a low rate of side effects
— The most common side effect of moderate to severe intensity (that interfered
with or kept patients from performing daily activities) was trouble sleeping
— This side effect occurred more often in patients taking ISENTRESS plus Truvada
(4%) versus Sustiva plus Truvada (3%)

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Experienced less effect on LDL cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol)
— Cholesterol increased an average of 7 mg/dL with ISENTRESS plus Truvada
versus 21 mg/dL with Sustiva plus Truvada

Ask your doctor about ISeNTReSS.

Not sure where to start? Visit isentress.com/questions

People taking ISENTRESS may still develop infections, including opportunistic infections or other conditions that
occur with HIV infection.
Tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, including if you have any allergies, are pregnant or plan to
become pregnant, or are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. ISENTRESS is not recommended for use during
pregnancy. Women with HIV should not breast-feed because their babies could be infected with HIV through their
breast milk.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription medicines like rifampin (a medicine used
to treat infections such as tuberculosis), non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA.
Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
For more information about ISENTRESS, please read the Patient Information on the following page.

Need help paying for ISENTRESS? Call 1-866-350-9232

ISENTRESS is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.
Copyright © 2010 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. All rights reserved.
21052250(20)(110)-10/10-ISN-CON
Sustiva is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb
Truvada is a registered trademark of Gilead Sciences, Inc.
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Patient Information
ISENTRESS ® (eye sen tris)
(raltegravir) Tablets

Read the patient information that comes with ISENTRESS1 before you start taking If you fail to take ISENTRESS the way you should, here’s what to do:
it and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet is a • If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If you do not
summary of the information for patients. Your doctor or pharmacist can give you remember until it is time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go
additional information. This leaflet does not take the place of talking with your back to your regular schedule. Do NOT take two tablets of ISENTRESS at the
doctor about your medical condition or your treatment. same time. In other words, do NOT take a double dose.
What is ISENTRESS? • If you take too much ISENTRESS, call your doctor or local Poison Control
• ISENTRESS is an anti-HIV (antiretroviral) medicine used for the treatment Center.
of HIV. The term HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is the Be sure to keep a supply of your anti-HIV medicines.
virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). ISENTRESS • When your ISENTRESS supply starts to run low, get more from your doctor
is used along with other anti-HIV medicines. ISENTRESS will NOT cure HIV or pharmacy.
infection. • Do not wait until your medicine runs out to get more.
• People taking ISENTRESS may still develop infections, including What are the possible side effects of ISENTRESS?
opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV infection.
• Stay under the care of your doctor during treatment with ISENTRESS. When ISENTRESS has been given with other anti-HIV drugs, side effects
• The safety and effectiveness of ISENTRESS in children has not been studied. included:
• nausea
ISENTRESS must be used with other anti-HIV medicines. • headache
How does ISENTRESS work? • tiredness
• ISENTRESS blocks an enzyme which the virus (HIV) needs in order to make • weakness
more virus. The enzyme that ISENTRESS blocks is called HIV integrase. • trouble sleeping
• When used with other anti-HIV medicines, ISENTRESS may do two things: • stomach pain
1. Reduce the amount of HIV in your blood. This is called your “viral load”. • dizziness
2. Increase the number of white blood cells called CD4 (T) cells. • depression
• ISENTRESS may not have these effects in all patients. • suicidal thoughts and actions
Does ISENTRESS lower the chance of passing HIV to other people? Other side effects include rash, severe skin reactions, feeling anxious, paranoia,
No. ISENTRESS does not reduce the chance of passing HIV to others through sexual low blood platelet count.
contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood. A condition called Immune Reconstitution Syndrome can happen in some
• Continue to practice safer sex. patients with advanced HIV infection (AIDS) when combination antiretroviral
• Use latex or polyurethane condoms or other barrier methods to lower the treatment is started. Signs and symptoms of inflammation from opportunistic
chance of sexual contact with any body fluids. This includes semen from a infections that a person has or had may occur as the medicines work to treat
man, vaginal secretions from a woman, or blood. the HIV infection and help to strengthen the immune system. Call your doctor
• Never re-use or share needles. right away if you notice any signs or symptoms of an infection after starting
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about safer sex or how to prevent ISENTRESS with other anti-HIV medicines.
passing HIV to other people.
Contact your doctor promptly if you experience unexplained muscle pain,
What should I tell my doctor before and during treatment with ISENTRESS? tenderness, or weakness while taking ISENTRESS. This is because on rare
Tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions. Include any of the following occasions, muscle problems can be serious and can lead to kidney damage.
that applies to you:
Rash occurred more often in patients taking ISENTRESS and darunavir together

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• You have any allergies.
• You are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. than with either drug separately, but was generally mild.
- ISENTRESS is not recommended for use during pregnancy. Tell your doctor if you have any side effects that bother you.
ISENTRESS has not been studied in pregnant women. If you take
ISENTRESS while you are pregnant, talk to your doctor about how These are not all the side effects of ISENTRESS. For more information, ask
you can be included in the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry. your doctor or pharmacist.
• You are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. How should I store ISENTRESS?
- It is recommended that HIV-infected women should not breast-feed • Store ISENTRESS at room temperature (68 to 77°F).
their infants. This is because their babies could be infected with HIV • Keep ISENTRESS and all medicines out of the reach of children.
through their breast milk.
- Talk with your doctor about the best way to feed your baby. General information about the use of ISENTRESS
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take. Include the following: Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in
• prescription medicines, including rifampin (a medicine used to treat some patient information leaflets.
infections such as tuberculosis) • Do not use ISENTRESS for a condition for which it was not prescribed.
• non-prescription medicines • Do not give ISENTRESS to other people, even if they have the same
• vitamins symptoms you have. It may harm them.
• herbal supplements This leaflet gives you the most important information about ISENTRESS.
Know the medicines you take. • If you would like to know more, talk with your doctor.
• Keep a list of your medicines. Show the list to your doctor and pharmacist • You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for additional information about
when you get a new medicine. ISENTRESS that is written for health professionals.
• For more information go to www.ISENTRESS.com or call 1-800-622-4477.
How should I take ISENTRESS?
What are the ingredients in ISENTRESS?
Take ISENTRESS exactly as your doctor has prescribed. The recommended Active ingredient: Each film-coated tablet contains 400 mg of raltegravir.
dose is as follows:
• Take only one 400-mg tablet at a time. Inactive ingredients: Microcrystalline cellulose, lactose monohydrate, calcium
• Take it twice a day. phosphate dibasic anhydrous, hypromellose 2208, poloxamer 407 (contains 0.01%
• Take it by mouth. butylated hydroxytoluene as antioxidant), sodium stearyl fumarate, magnesium
• Take it with or without food. stearate. In addition, the film coating contains the following inactive ingredients:
polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 3350, talc, red iron oxide
Do not change your dose or stop taking ISENTRESS or your other anti-HIV and black iron oxide.
medicines without first talking with your doctor.

IMPORTANT: Take ISENTRESS exactly as your doctor prescribed and at the

right times of day because if you don’t:
• The amount of virus (HIV) in your blood may increase if the medicine is
stopped for even a short period of time.
• The virus may develop resistance to ISENTRESS and become harder to treat. Distributed by:
• Your medicines may stop working to fight HIV. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.
• The activity of ISENTRESS may be reduced (due to resistance). Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889, USA

1
Registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. Revised June 2010
Copyright © 2010 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. 9795110
All rights reserved. U.S. Patent Nos. US 7,169,780 21052250(20)(110)-10/10-ISN-CON
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Techie wonders
Here are several red hot stocking stuffers that’ll have you
surfing, texting and gaming in new, fun ways
By Juliette M. eBner

Editor’s note: This is the second of a five-part series on holiday gift-giving ideas. We’ll ex-
plore gift ideas in several categories. This week: electronics, gadgets and more.

As Black Friday and Cyber Monday come up again, a lot of retailers will be offering big
sales. Here are some electronics to look for that will likely be offered at some great prices.
Continues on page 34

apple
Apple has redesigned its iPod Nano. Now just big enough to
fit a small touchscreen, the Nano no longer has the click wheel
like the Classic and you can shuffle through songs with a quick
shake. You can even listen to FM radio. Also has a built-in clip
to listen hands free. An 8GB nano is $149 and a 16GB is $179.

eReadeRs iPod Touch has received an update as well. It now fea-

Amazon’s Kindle with WiFi now comes in a different color, graphite. The new reader is tures FaceTime, HD video recording and a dual camera
smaller, but has the same 6-inch screen. It’s 17 percent lighter and has double the stor- for taking pictures on either side of the iPod. An 8GB
age. Out-of-copyright books are free as well as samples and all other books are $9.99 or Touch is $229, a 32GB is $299 and a 64GB is $399.
less. The Kindle is $139 and can be bought at amazon.com or Staples.
Apple iPad, starting from $499, has a 9.7-inch Multi-
Barnes & Noble’s NOOK now comes with a 7-inch color touchscreen. The NOOKcolor Touch display and features many of the same apps as
includes a new feature, NOOKkids, which brings picture books to life for children and will an iPhone, with some apps only compatible on the iPad.
even read the books out loud. Books are $9.99 or less. NOOKcolor with wifi is $249 and Makes for a great photo album or screen to watch mov-
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Sony’s Reader Touch Edition features a 6-inch clear touch screen that “reads like a real book.” Apple TV ($99) hooks up to your television at home giving
Coming in two colors, red or black, the Reader can hold up to 50,000 books, allows for freehand you instant access to HD movies on iTunes as well as Netflix,
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33 VIDEO GAMES
Playstation 3 has come out with new hard-
ware giving games a more interactive feel with
MOVE. Amazon.com is offering a bundle with
a 320 GB console and a Move starter pack
which includes the EyeCam, Move controller
and Sports Champions game for $399.
PS3 game, HEAVY RAIN ($59.99), is an ac-
tion-packed adventure with four playable char-
acters with savable chapters. It has become
Move compatible through a Playstation Net-
work software update.
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the “Super
Mario Bros.” game, Ninetendo is releasing a spe-
cial limited edition RED WII BUNDLE this holiday
season. The bundle includes red versions of the
console, Wii remote, nunchuck and a copy of New
Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Sports ($199.99).
“DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS”
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chise history that two people can play together at
the same time, one as Donkey Kong and one as
Diddy Kong.
Xbox 360 also has new hardware to make its
games more interactive with KINECT, which makes
the player the controller. Microsoft is offering a bun-
dle with a 250 GB console, the Kinect censor, “Ki-
nect Adventures” game and a choice of a second
game, including “Kinect Sports,” all for $449.98.
“DANCE CENTRAL” is a new game with a
soundtrack that spans today’s current pop, hip-
hop and R&B artists with dance routines that
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use of any controller.
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 Bishop Rainey Cheeks ansWeRs 20 Gay
QUesTions, paGe 38
washingtonblade.com • vol. 41, issue 48 • november 26, 2010 • Page 37
great balls of honesty
Singer/actor Levi Kreis finds redemption
in open living and catchy pop songs
By DaViD J. hoFFMan
In an extraordinary double-bill of gay musical talent, sing-
er-songwriters Levi Kreis and Eric Himan perform together
here for one night only — Monday — at Jammin’ Java, a
music club in Vienna, in suburban Fairfax County, Virginia.
Tony Award-winning Kreis himself stands on the verge of
big-time success with superstardom likely just around the
corner, born of songs both tender and tough-minded, about
being gay and searching for love in today’s changing America.
Kreis and Himan each have new albums fully “out” in their
openness, their music videos are often in heavy rotation on
MTV’s Logo Channel, and their songs are big on Sirius XM
satellite radio’s OUTQ Channel. Kreis’s new album, “Where
I Belong,” is “all about acceptance and surrender,” he says,
while Himan, who is often compared with singers John May-
er, Ani DiFranco and Tracy Chapman, already has six studio
albums including his newest, “Resonate.”
He opens for Kreis, who vaulted to mainstream recogni-
tion earlier this year when he won the Tony for Best Actor
in a Musical playing rock ‘n’ roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis, the
Louisiana wild man famed for “Great Balls of Fire,” in the
hit Broadway show “Million Dollar Quartet” about what was
arguably rock’s first supergroup.
Like Lewis, Kreis is also a Southern boy, but at 29, he is
a soulful pop-gospel crooner whose sultry-but-smooth-as-
silk voice hints much more of Harry Connick, Jr. and confes-
sional bearings of the heart than tearing up the floor like the
hyper-kinetic Lewis.
With his freshly minted Tony award and his new album,
Kreis is on a career roll. Now on his national tour during
those Mondays when Broadway shows go dark, he seeks
that connection with his audience that studio albums can’t
provide.
His messages — from “Let it rain, let it pour, this is what I
came here for” in the closing refrain of his characteristically
upbeat love song, “I’m Not Afraid,” to the urgent demand of
“give me everything or nothing at all” — have resonated with
fans. Kreis has been openly gay since his 2005 album, “One
of the Ones.”
“These were personal songs about guys,” he says, “and I
decided to come out with this CD.”
Even so, sometimes his lyrics are written as if sung to a
woman and others are quite gender-neutral like the gospel-
styled “Nothing At All.” Many of his fans today are, he says,
“35- to 40-year-old straight women.” His looks help in that
arts & entertainment
department, cer-
tainly, but also his
accessible songs and
obvious talent — he’s
also a keyboard wiz.
His origins are buckle on
the Bible Belt. Born in Oliver
Springs, Tenn., where he grew
up in a fundamentalist Baptist
home, christened Matthew, it was
only later that he decided to change
his name to Levi after studying the Torah,
the five books of the prophet Moses. Re-
naming himself was a definite statement
of what he calls his “amalgamated spiri-
tual views from a lifetime of seeking.”
“I may not fit neatly into any box, and I
certainly don’t fit into Christianity, but I still
seek the experience of God, and that’s the
bottom line,” he told the Blade in a phone
interview from New York City. “I believe in
a very all-inclusive God, expressing itself
through you and through me just as we are.”
These days, in fact, he is starting his third year
studying religion with classes offered through the
United Centers for Spiritual Living, connected with
the Unity Church.
His singing and his spirituality remain in their es-
sence one and the same. He learned his gospel and
country roots, he says, “when I was knee-high to a grass-
hopper,” and in church he says, “you learn very quickly that
people sing out of conviction. They are singing to let you
know that you are loved, forgiven and you can be healed.”
Aged 6, he came home from kindergarten graduation and
sat down at the piano playing the orchestral march “Pomp
and Circumstance” by ear. His legs were still so short his
older brother had to work the pedals for him.
His parents soon enrolled him in formal piano lessons and
at 8 he began to perform in churches, touring throughout the
South, and he produced his first gospel album — “Just Trust”
— at age 15. While still in high school, he studied classical
piano and music theory and history at Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, and after finishing high school he moved on to Bel-
mont University, the largest Christian university in Tennessee. Levi kreis joins fellow singer/songwriter Eric
Himan on the ‘SideXSide Tour’ at Jammin’
Continues on page 49 Java Monday. (Photo courtesy of LaFamos)
38 washingtonblade.com • november 26, 2010

QUEERY: 20 Questions for Kwabena Rainey Cheeks

By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO How long have you been out and who What gay stereotype annoys you most?
joeyd@washblade.com was the hardest person to tell? That all gay folks want is to do is party
I was never in. The hardest person to and have sex. We are so much more than
Bishop Kwabena Rainey Cheeks, 58, is the tell my mother. After that I did not care. that but even some of us have bought
pastor of Washington’s Inner Light Ministries. The into that image.
long-time HIV activist says the disease — which Who’s your gay hero?
will be commemorated Wednesday for World I can’t say I have a hero but I will say What’s your favorite gay movie?
AIDS Day — is still a major issue and young peo- I have a lot of respect for many people I have two: “Victor/Victoria” and “Holi-
ple should take it seriously. on the frontline. I will name Billy S. Jones day Heart.” Both of them will make you
“The term that gets me is ‘manageable dis- as one — and every LGBT person who laugh one minute and cry the next.
ease,’” he says. “When you see people taking 10 dares to live in the truth of who they are.
or 15 pills a day, when you see people who can- What’s the most overrated social
not get up out of bed still happening today, you What is Washington’s best nightspot, custom?
don’t see the effects today as it was back then. In past or present? “Texting.” I know it’s good for a short
the early days, you could tell when someone was The Club House — great friends, message like “on the way” or “be there in
positive. You could see they were sick, they lost great music and one of the best sound a min.” But after that I think I deserve a
weight. You don’t see that much today but peo- systems ever. You had to be there. personal call. I know, I know.
ple are still dying today. I’m still in hospitals with
people today. I hear people say, ‘Oh, but it doesn’t Describe your dream gay wedding. What trophy or prize do you most covet?
affect me.’ I’m going, ‘Ahhh.” It is a big deal. Even It keeps changing but it will be a small I was a silver medalist in the first world
today you have people who are drug resistant.” intimate setting with a couple hundred of championship in Tae Kwon Do.
Cheeks, who’s openly gay and HIV-positive, my friends.
preaches a doctrine of what he calls “radical in- What do you wish you’d known at 18?
clusiveness,” which he says affirms “God’s uncon- What non-gay issue are you most I think how to handle money like in-
ditional acceptance and universal law of love.” Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
passionate about? vestments. I’m trying to make sure my
The Washington native grew up Catholic in an Freedom and rights for all regardless son learns it to make sure his life is easier.
abusive home but eventually found respite in martial arts. In 2002 he founded the of race or gender.
non-denominational “Inner Light,” a Christian church that he says welcomes anyone. Why Washington?
He previously managed the Club House, a formerly popular black nightlife spot that What historical outcome would you I have been around the world but I
closed in 1990. His own battle with HIV and the staggering toll it took on his friends change? love D.C. because it has a little of every-
— he often mentions the 17 funerals he conducted in November 1988 — inspired None because it would change where thing here. Not too slow or too fast.
him to found Us Helping Us, a local HIV charity. we are today. Learn from the past and
Cheeks has one son, Kwaku or “Q.” He enjoys African drumming and is a li- move forward.
censed massage therapist. He likes relaxing with close friends and a good glass of
wine. Cheeks is single and lives in Columbia Heights. What’s been the most memorable pop
culture moment of your lifetime?
Disco clubs. That era was so much fun.

On what do you insist?

Honesty first always in all ways. With
that everything else has a foundation to
work from.

What was your last Facebook post or

Tweet?
Whatever you truly believe about your-
self you will find a way to prove it.

If your life were a book, what would

the title be?
“Thank God I Had a Ball and I Would
Do it Again!”

If science discovered a way to change

sexual orientation, what would you do?
Turn the page and move on. There is noth-
ing for me to change. I love me just as I am.

What do you believe in beyond the

physical world?
Some may use the term God or Divine
Presence. There is something greater
than this and one day everyone will have
to face all that they have done or said.

What’s your advice for LGBT move-

ment leaders?
Remember it is not about you. Make
sure that you remember those who were
before you. Reach back and help the
next generation of young leaders behind
you without being too critical. And take
time to enjoy the journey.

What would you walk across hot

coals for?
My son and some good chocolate.
But please don’t tell my trainer about the
chocolate! Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
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FITNESSAGENDA

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Quality sleep remains elusive for many.

Elusive slumber
Tips for catching some
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sheep won’t cut it
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THE GUIDE TO ARTS & CULTURE
HOT HITS AND HIDDEN JEWELS
OPENINGS
NSO Pops: Jennifer Holliday in Concert
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor Wed, Dec. 1
Nov 26 - Nov 27 A Wrinkle in Time, Round House The-
National Symphony Orchestra atre Bethesda. 240-644-1100. round-
Kennedy Center housetheatre.org
Mojo, Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
202-467-4600
studiotheatre.org
kennedy-center.org
Tony Award winner Jennifer Holliday performs with the NSO Thu, Dec. 2
Pops and conductor Marvin Hamlisch in a program that in- Almost, Maine, American University
cludes such Dreamgirls hits as ‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Rude Mechanicals, American University
Going’ and ‘Changing,’ along with other audience favorites. Katzen Arts Center. 239-738-4450. au-
rudemechanicals.com
The King’s Singers: Joy to the World National Symphony Orchestra: Em-
Wed, Dec 1 manuel Krivine, conductor Louis Lortie,
Strathmore piano, plays Beethoven, Kennedy Cen-
301-581-5100 ter. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org
strathmore.org The Washington Ballet: The Nutcracker,
The King’s Singers concert is an evening among gloriously Warner Theatre. 202-397-7328. washing-
gifted friends. The Grammy Award winning ensemble re- tonballet.org
turns to Strathmore with a holiday program that takes the
audience from medieval treasures to 20th century favor- LAST CHANCE
ites, including ‘The Angel Gabriel,’ ‘What Child Is This,’ ‘Stille
Nacht’ and ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas.’ Sat, Nov. 27
13th International Festival of Hispanic
Call Me Madam - A Tribute to Irving Berlin Theater, Teatro de la Luna, Gunston The-
Sat, Dec 4 atre Two. 703-548-3092. teatrodelaluna.org
The Embassy Series Drops of Water/Gotas de Agua,Teatro
de la Luna, Gunston Theatre Two. 703-
Embassy of Luxembourg
548-3092. teatrodelaluna.org
202-625-2361 One Night with Fanny Brice, American
embassyseries.org Century Theater, Rosslyn Spectrum. 703-
Perle Mesta, the ‘hostess with the mostest’ was one of the 998-4555. americancentury.org
foremost socialites in Washington in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s
and was appointed Ambassador to Luxembourg by Presi- Sun, Nov. 28
dent Truman. Madam Ambassador inspired Irving Berlin to The Joffrey Ballet: The Nutcracker,
write a great musical ‘Call Me Madam.’ The unique program
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. kenne-
will feature songs from the musical. dy-center.org
House of Gold, Woolly Mammoth. 202-
The Master and Margarita 393-3939. woollymammoth.net
Through Dec 12 The Odd Couple, Theater J. 800-494-
Synetic Theater 8497. washingtondcjcc.org
Lansburgh Theatre The War of the Worlds by Orson Welles
202-547-1122 & Howard Koch, SCENA Theatre, H
synetictheater.org Street Playhouse. 202-683-2824. scena-
The Master and Margarita reunites Paata and Irina Tsi- theater.org
kurishvili in an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s master-
piece about the devil’s visit to Stalin’s Moscow ñ a power- LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
ful tale about the juxtaposition of good and evil, sacrificing
for love, and artistic struggles in a repressive society. Nov. 26 - Nov. 27
Wistful Memories/Techaga’u ñ AÒoran-
The Guide to Arts & Culture is produced by CultureCapital.com, the one-stop shop to arts & culture for za, Teatro de la Luna, Gunston Theatre
Metro DC, a program of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington. MASTER AND MARGARITA: Sup- Two. 703-548-3092. teatrodelaluna.org
plied by Synetic Theater; JENNIFER HOLLIDAY: Supplied by National Symphony Orchestra; THE KING’S
SINGERS: Supplied by Strathmore; CALL ME MADAM: Supplied by The Embassy Series.
Nov. 26 - Nov. 28
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John Eaton - The Roaring ‘20s, Wolf
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Mon, Nov. 29
National Geographic Live: Find-
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Tue, Nov. 30
National Geographic Live: Dateline:
Sahara, National Geographic. events.
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Wed, Dec. 1
Artist in Residence Mentor: Jamie
Broumas, jazz vocalist, Strathmore. 301-
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Music on Photography: Neko Case,
National Geographic. 202-857-7700.
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Thu, Dec. 2
Our Intoxicating Quest for the Perfect
Drink: It’s Just Human Nature. With Se-
lected Tastings. Smithsonian Resident
Associate Program. 202-633-3030. resi-
dentassociates.org
The 2010 Kenny G Holiday Show, Strath-
more. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org
ONGOING STAGE
Washington Shakespeare Company: Rich-
ard III and Mary Stuart, Washington Shake-
speare Company, ARTISPHERE. 703-418-
4808. washingtonshakespeare.org
Golden Boy, Keegan Theatre, Church
Street Theater. 703-892-0202. keegan-
theatre.com
A Christmas Carol, Ford’s Theatre. 202-
397-7328. fords.org
Superior Donuts, Studio Theatre. 202-
332-3300. studiotheatre.org
ONGOING EXHIBITONS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. 202-639-1700.
corcoran.org. Spencer Finch: My Busi-
ness, with the Cloud, Washington Color
and Light.
National Archives. archives.gov. Dis-
covering the Civil War - Consequences,
National Gallery of Art. nga.gov. Ar-
cimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fan-
tasy, The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British
Photography and Painting, 1848-1875,
From Impressionism to Modernism: The
Chester Dale Collection. In the Tower:
Mark Rothko.
National Geographic. 202-857-7588.
events.nationalgeographic.com. Geck-
os: From Tails to Toepads, Great Migra-
tions: A Photography Exhibition
Museum of Women in the Arts. Loös
Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color.
The Textile Museum. 202-667-0441.
textilemuseum.org. Colors of the Oasis:
Central Asian Ikats
ONGOING GALLERIES
Workhouse Works: The 4th Annual
Small Works Exhibition, Workhouse
Arts Center. workhousearts.org
Mind Sets: Andrew Carnie, Terry Gips,
and Meg Walker, Montpelier Arts Center.
301-377-7800. pgparks.com
David Brosch, Resident Artist Gallery,
Montpelier Arts Center. 301-377-7800.
pgparks.com
Robert Keating’s The C&O Canal:
Places and Stories, The Art League.
703-683-1780. theartleague.org
Tang: Freedom & Its Owner, Transformer.
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FOODISTCOLONY
TV personality Paul Wharton will co-host “Kimpton’s Red Hot Night in the Nation’s Capital,” a
cocktail party benefiting Whitman-Walker Clinic next month.
Thankfully not cooking
Several area restaurants
have deals for those dining
out on Thursday
By WILLIAM GEORGE
Be honest with yourself — sometimes
you don’t want to worry about spending
all day in the kitchen cooking and clean-
ing for the holiday. Many of the area’s res-
taurants are offering special “turkey day”
menus to make it easier on all of us.
BRABO (1600 King Street, Alexan-
dria) by Robert Wiedmaier will be open
on Thanksgiving between 2:30 and 7
p.m., offering patrons a Thanksgiving-
themed three-course dinner for $65, with
the regular children’s menu also avail-
able. The bar will be open during those
hours and the regular bar menu will be
available exclusively at the bar.
The three-course Thanksgiving menu
will include appetizers such as roasted
beets with arugula, pistachios and goat
cheese fondue and a squash soup with
duck confit ravioli. Entrees include a tra-
ditional turkey dinner with sweet potato
purée, Brussels sprouts, cranberry rel-
ish, chestnuts dressing and giblet gravy
and a pan-seared ribeye with Pennsylva-
nia mushrooms, potato purée and Borde-
laise sauce, among other offerings. Des-
sert selections include everything from a
pumpkin pie to a caramel walnut tart with
calvados ice cream. Reservations are
strongly recommended. (703-894-3440)
Commonwealth (1400 Irving St.
N.W.), Columbia Heights’ own British
gastropub, is offering a three-course,
family-style Thanksgiving dinner from 1
to 8 p.m. for $35 per person, as well as
its à la carte menu with snacks ranging in
price from $5 to $13, all boosted by U.K.
and American beers (202-265-1400).
If you want to indulge yourself on gour-
met food while giving to a worthy cause,
head out to Tyson’s Corner to partake in
the feast offered at Wildfire (1714 Chain
Bridge Rd, McLean). Serving a family-style
menu with spit-roasted turkey and classic
sides, a portion of the day’s proceeds will
be donated to feed the needy (11 a.m. to 8
p.m.; $36.95 per adult, $14.95 per child 12
and under; 703-442-9110).
Holiday traditions will be showcased with
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style at West End dining room Blue Duck
Tavern (1201 24th St. N.W.), where diners
can gorge on a three-course brunch with tur-
key and trimmings, plus hors d’oeuvres and
dessert buffets (10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; $90 per
adult, $45 for children 6–12, complimentary
for children under 6; à la carte dinner avail-
able from 6–10:30 p.m.; 202-419-6755).
For those of us with a hankering for
higher brow cuisine, with a French flair,
check out 2941 (2941 Fairview Park Dr.) in
Falls Church. The kitchen is turning out a
three-course prix fixe with appetizers like
a mushroom feuille and lobster chowder
with Indonesian long pepper, and entree
choices ranging from turkey to bouilla-
baisse (noon to 8 p.m.; $65 per adult, $25
per child 12 and under; 703-270-1500).
Vidalia (1900 M St. N.W.) is going for a
more “stuff-your-face-and-go-home” South-
ern approach with its a la carte offerings
showcasing shrimp and grits, frogmore stew,
lamb and steak as well as a stuffed turkey
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emcee, $5 “Cocktails for a Cure,” light bites
of Western Mediterranean cuisine from Ur-
bana’s kitchen, and a live/silent auction in-
cluding a weekend getaway to any Kimpton
hotel nationwide and two roundtrip jetBlue
tickets. A $10 admission fee includes one
drink ticket and all proceeds benefit Whit-
man-Walker Clinic. The event begins im-
mediately following the 5:30 pm candlelight
vigil in Dupont Circle. (Wednesday from 6 to
8:30 p.m.; Kimpton’s Urbana Restaurant &
Wine Bar, 2121 P St. N.W.)
Then on Thursday, get out to Palomar in
Arlington for “A Taste of Virginia’s Own,” a Vir-
ginia wine tasting event benefiting the North-
ern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM). Guests
are invited to enjoy hors d’oeuvres while
sampling varietals from top Virginia wine-
makers, including Chateau O’Brien, Horton
Cellars, Pearmund Cellars, Tarara Winery,
Rappahannock Cellars and Boxwood Estate
Winery. Admission is $30 per person in ad-
vance and $35 at the door with all ticket pro-
ceeds to benefit NOVAM. Reservations are
recommended. (Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m.; Kimpton’s Palomar Arlington)
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CALENDAR
Today
DJs Will Eastman and Brian Bil-
lion bring their ‘90s dance party,
No Scrubs, to 9:30 Club tonight at 9
p.m. Featuring guilty pleasures by TLC,
Nirvana, C&C Music Factory, Marky Mark
and more, this started as a one-off con-
cept party that quickly grew. Tickets are
$15 and can be purchased at 930.com.
Nellie’s (900 U St., N.W.) will be host-
ing “Beat the Clock Happy Hour” tonight
from 5 to 8 p.m. Drink specials start at $1
for all bottles, Miller Light, and house vod-
ka drinks and increase a $1 every hour.
Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” will
be at Theater J (1529 16th St., N.W.)
today at 2 p.m., presented by the D.C.
Jewish Community Center.
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculp-
ture Garden will have “Black Box: Su-
perflex” on display today. Hirshhorn is
open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m
Workhouse Arts Center (9601 Ox
Rd.) in Lorton will have an art sale with
food and drink tasting today from 9 a.m.
to 7 p.m. with an evening performance
by the Potomac Jazz Project.
American Century Theater pres-
ents Chip Deffaa’s one-woman show
highlighting the music of the famous
comedienne, singer and actress, “One
Night with Fanny Brice” at Rosslyn
Spectrum Theatre (1611 N. Kent St.) in
Arlington. Tickets range from $27 to $32.
Saturday, Nov. 27
Cyndi Lauper will be at 9:30 Club for
the early show at 6 p.m. Mastermind
behind the gay-themed “True Colors
Tour,” Lauper has been an advocate for
LGBT rights for years. Her newest album,
“Memphis Blues,” was released June
Sunday, Nov. 28
The Imperial Court of Washington
presents “Dragging Out the Gospel”
hosting by Co Co L. Blackwell at Green
Lantern (1335 Green Court, N.W.). Drag
performers should check in with their music
45 minutes before showtime. Doors open at
6 p.m. and the show starts at 7. There is a
$3 cover for this event. For information, e-
mail emperorjohnrichard@gmail.com.
Marcus Gardley’s “Every Tongue
Confess,” directed by Kenny Leon, will
be at Arena Stage today at 2 and 7:30
p.m. Tickets are $110 and can be pur-
chased at arenastage.org.
Shi-Queeta-Lee hosts Drag Brunch
today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Nellie’s
(900 U St., N.W.) with a $20 brunch buffet,
Zing Zang Bloody Marys and Mimosas.
Monday, Nov. 29
Brandon Flowers, frontman of the
Killers, will be performing solo at 9:30
Club at 7 p.m. This is a sold out show.
Openly gay, Tony Award-winning
actor/singer Levi Kreis, will be at Jam-
min’ Java (227 Maple Ave. E.) in Vienna,
tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Eric Himan and
Jason Antone. Tickets are $15 and can
be purchased at www.jamminjava.com.
Tuesday, Nov. 30
Team LUNA Chix, a local girls ath-
letic group, is hosting Lunafest tonight
at Jammin’ Java in Vienna. Tickets are
$20 and help benefit the Breast Cancer
Fund. A silent auction will begin at 6 p.m.
and the films will start at 7:30 p.m.
The Beltway Poetry Slam will be to-
night at the Fridge (516 8th St., S.E.) at 8
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22. KT Tunstall will follow Lauper with a
late show at 10 p.m. Tickets for Lauper’s
performance are $45 and Tunstall’s are
$25. Both can be purchased at 930.com.
Electrik, hosted by Timur Tugberk, will be
at Green Lantern (1335 Green Court, N.W.)
tonight at 10 p.m. featuring dance, electro,
deep and dirty house, trance and circuit mu-
sic. Open rail vodka bar and no cover from
10 to 11:30 p.m with a $5 cover starting at
11. A $17 “All-U-Can-Drink Bacardi” buffet
will be available from 10 p.m. to closing.
Apex (1415 22nd St., N.W.) presents
Dragapalooza tonight with special guest
performances by house divas and the D.C.
Kings throughout the night. Kristina Kelly
and her Girls of Glamour will perform at 11
p.m. DJ Gigi will be providing music in the
main hall starting at midnight with DJ Michael
Brandon in the East Wing Dance Lounge
playing latin sounds. There is a $10 cover
and attendees must be 18 or older to enter.
Lisa Lampanelli will be at the War-
ner Theatre (1299 Pennsylvania Ave.,
N.W.) tonight with her “Hot Off the Roast
Tour” tonight at 7 p.m. with Whitney
Cummings and Jeffrey Ross. Tickets are
$58.70, which includes fees, and can be
purchased at livenation.com.
Will Eastman’s dance party “Bliss”
returns to U Street Music Hall with
Gavin Royce of Boys and Girls and
Cam Jus at 10 p.m. Tickets are $10 and
can be purchased at ustreetmusicahall.
com. Attendees must be 18 or older.
open at 7:30 p.m. The slam will start at
8. There is a $5 cover charge. For rules
on participating, visit thefridgedc.com.
Join Burgundy Crescent Volunteers
to help pack safer sex kits from 7 to 9 p.m.
tonight at FUK!T’s new packing location
Green Lantern, 1335 Green Ct., N.W.
Wednesday, Dec. 1
Bookmen D.C., an informal group of
men interested in gay literature, meets
tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Charles Sum-
ner School and Archives (1201 17th St.,
N.W.) to discuss selections from “Bud-
dy’s: Meditations on Desire” by Stan Per-
sky. All are welcome.
The Tom Davaron Social Bridge Club
will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Dignity Cen-
ter, 721 8th St., S.E., (across from Marine
Barracks) for social bridge. No partner
is needed. Visit lambdabridge.com and
click on “Social Bridge in Washington.”
Thursday, Dec. 2
Hollaback DC! Will be having a dis-
cussion on street harassment in the
LGBT community at the D.C. Center
(1318 U St., N.W.) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The Art Gallery at the University of
Maryland presents the exhibition, “The
Very Queer Portraits of Heyd Fontenot”
by Austin, Texas-based artist Heyd
Fontenot.
Cyndi Lauper plays the 9:30 Club this weekend. Go to page 48 for an interview.
AIDS Day Calendar
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Roby Chavez hosts “Persistent Voices: A World AIDS Event” tonight at the Thur-
good Marshall Building (1816 12th St., N.W.) from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Presented by
Us Helping Us, the D.C. Center, Ganymede Arts and the Vaccine Research Center,
“Persistent Voices” is an anthology of poems by writers who died of AIDS. The
event will feature readings by local actors, poets and community members. The
editor of “Voices,” Philip Clark, will attend.
Wednesday, Dec. 1
Urbana (2121 P St., N.W.) will host Kimpton’s Red Hot Night in the Nation’s Capi-
tal, a cocktail party benefiting the Whitman-Walker Clinic featuring TV personality
Paul Wharton as co-host and emcee tonight from 6 to 8:30 p.m. There will be a live
and silent auction for items such as a weekend getaway to any Kimpton hotel and
two roundtrip jetBlue tickets. A $10 admission covers one drink ticket and all the
proceeds go to Whitman-Walker.
Thursday, Dec. 2
Kimpton’s Palomar Arlington will host “A Taste of Virginia’s Own,” a wine tasting
to benefit Nothern Virginia AIDS Ministry, tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests
will be given appetizers while sampling wines from places like Chateau O’Brien,
Horton Cellars and Boxwood Estate Winery. Admission is $30 per person and all
proceeds go to the Ministry.
Friday, Dec. 3
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) will host an open mic night tonight at 8
p.m., with poems focusing on HIV/AIDS issues in conjunction with World AIDS
Day. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
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ARTINBRIEF

Photo courtesy of Europa Corp.

Rodrigo Santoro, left, and Jim Carrey as lovers in the long-delayed ‘I Love You, Philip Morris.’

‘We the People’ exhibit closes Sunday

Closing on Sunday is “We The People,” an exhibit by Scott Brooks at Long View
Gallery.
If you have a taste for pop sensibility framed with a dark vision of the current
American political scene and nude or nearly nude male physiques, see this exhibit,
“We The People,” 12 new oil paintings by D.C. artist Scott G. Brooks in the few
remaining days before it closes Sunday at Long View Gallery, 1234 9th St., N.W.
Drew Porterfield, gay managing director of the gallery, says that Brooks’ work
“reflects the political and economic turmoil that takes up the head space of those
who are paying attention.” One of his paintings even depicts Fox News commenta-
tor and Tea Party advocate Glenn Beck in the altogether, sporting only strategically
placed patriotic bunting. Brooks calls Beck “a fake messiah distracting people”
from the real issues that surround them.
But Brooks is not much more enthused with President Obama. In the title piece of
the show, “We The People,” a 48” x 38” oil on canvas, “Brooks’ disillusionment with
Washington is central,” says Porterfield about the work depicting a snake-charmer
who distracts his followers as his head is illuminated by a Christ-like halo, a possible
comment on religion, as what Karl Marx once called “the opiate of the people.”
The gallery is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Call
202-232-4788 or visit longviewgallery.com.

New gay-themed films to debut

Opening at area theaters on Dec. 3 is the long-delayed “I Love You, Philip Mor-
ris,” a comedy starring actors Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor as gay lovers who
meet in prison and then are separated and reunited through a series of joke-filled
jail-breaks and impersonations.
“Mary Lou,” a modern-day fable by Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox, featuring Tel Aviv’s fa-
mous drag queen Meir/Mary Lou, playing at 9:15 p.m. Dec. 4 as part of the 21st Washing-
ton Jewish Film Festival, at the 16th St., N.W., D.C. Jewish Community Center.
“Undertow,” a 2009 Peruvian blend of gay love story and ghost story by writer-
director Javier Fuentes-Leon, already selected as Peru’s entry for the 2010 Acad-
emy Awards — the “buzz-film” at the San Francisco LGBT Film Festival — will be
shown at the DC JCC at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Dec. 10 as part of the Reel Affirma-
tions “R.A. Extra” monthly series of LGBT films.

‘Cave of Crystals’
This is the first time that Lia Halloran, photographer, painter and professor in Los
Angeles, has worked with Sarah Strauss, a Brooklyn-based architect, though they
bonded years ago as graduate students at Yale University over how nature and
science could sometimes intersect with art. Their joint exhibit — “Folding Unfold-
ing: Collider” — is on exhibit at the new Artisphere in Rosslyn’s repurposed old
Newseum Building, 1101 Wilson Blvd, through Jan 12.
Collider is the name of their new collaborative group whose work is “all built by
girls!” The exhibit includes what appears at first to be large crystals though they are
in fact made out of a light-weight wood composite using 3D digital modeling tech-
niques. Their inspiration came from the discovery some 10 years ago in Mexico of
underground, half-a-million-year-old crystals, some of them as large as 37 feet long.
Another Halloran exhibit is also now at the Artisphere, a photographic series
called “Dark Skate” — photos she took while skateboarding in the dark.
For more information, call 703-875-1100 or visit artisphere.com.

Arlington is for all lovers

Also at the Artisphere in Rosslyn, the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance
(AGLA) invites the public at no charge to be part of a video shoot on Dec. 4 from
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., hosted by drag entertainer Destiny B. Childs. The finished
video, inspired by a video of LGBT people in Paris embracing, will premiere at the
Artisphere on Dec. 20. The tagline will be “Arlington is for all lovers.”
For more information or to volunteer, go to www.agla.org.
–DAVID J. HOFFMAN
44 washingtonblade.com • november 26, 2010
THEATERAGENDA
Gay dancer Edwin Aparicio says he’d eventually like to explore aspects of being gay in his dancing.
Pink flamenco
Local gay dancer keeps
tradition alive with Latin
art form
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Costumed like a bull fighter in short
jacket and tight pants, his heels passion-
ately striking the floor, the flamenco dancer
is an unmistakable classic image. Gay
choreographer and dancer Edwin Apari-
cio is doing his best not only to keep the
fiery tradition alive but also to ensure its rel-
evancy. Part of how he does this is by co-
ordinating Gala Hispanic Theatre’s annual
wanna
flamenco festival (through Dec 5).
Each year, Aparicio curates the pro-
gram and recruits first rate flamenco
blade
artists (musicians, singers and danc-
ers) from throughout the Americas and
Europe. For the final weekend of Gala’s
Boditalk Escort Bullet is activated by calls made to or from your “Fuego Flamenco VI,” Aparicio’s own
cell phone when in close range. The cell triggers a unique 3 company — Flamenco Aparicio Dance
pattern vibrating sequence that lasts for the entire call. Company – will debut the world premiere
of “Alma Flamenco.”
“It’s a salute to Gala’s 35th anniversa-
in your gay-borhood? ry,” says Aparicio, who is choreograph-
ing and performing his new work with
flamenco star Nélida Tirado and other fe-
male dancers from his company. “’Alma’
call us! means ‘soul’ in Spanish, and I hope to
express how Gala has been the soul and
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“For me,” says Aparicion (also 35),
“the beauty of dance is its expressive-
ness. Flamenco allows the musician,
Lost and Found singer and dance to show both hap-
piness and pain. As a choreographer I
The Lesbian and Gay Presence in the Archives of American Art
hope the audience picks up on the feel-
through February 13, 2011 ings that I’m trying to express.”
Influenced by the gypsy, Arab, Jew-
Join us for a FREE gallery talk with guest ish and indigenous cultures of Andalu-
sia in southern Spain, flamenco’s roots
curator
are centuries old. What began as songs
Jonathan Weinberg sung around the fire sometimes accom-
November 30, 2 p.m. panied by guitar gained in popularity
and moved to cafes in the 19th century
meet in the exhibition where dancers were added to the mix.
Over the years, flamenco slowly earned
Donald W. Reynolds Center for its niche in the pantheon of internation-
American Art and Portraiture, 8th and G Streets NW ally recognized and respected art forms.
“What’s so great about flamenco is
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that it’s always evolving,” Aparcio says.
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“My choreography employs traditional
and contemporary movement and makes
greater use of the space. And though our
female dancers wear skirts and I wear
a suit, we’ve relaxed the traditional cos-
tumes significantly.”
Aparicio, who was born in El Salvador
but grew up in D.C., began his dance
career as a student at Bell Multicultural
High School in Columbia Heights.
“Because our gym class was full,
some of us were offered to take a dance
class instead. And even though I’d never
been exposed to any formal dance train-
ing before, I, of course, accepted. The
class was very rudimentary — held in a
room without a mirror or bar — but I was
immediately hooked.”
Soon after, Aparicio transferred to
Duke Ellington School of the Arts in
Georgetown where he was able to more
seriously concentrate on dance. Eventu-
ally he began auditioning for profession-
al dance gigs. During this time, one of
the directors he encountered suggested
that Aparicio give flamenco a try. He did
and he loved it from the start. Shortly af-
ter graduating from high school, Aparicio
traveled to Spain where he studied fla-
menco and performed with the masters.
In addition to running his eponymous
dance company, he conducts flamenco
classes nationwide and is a faculty mem-
ber of the Washington School of Ballet.
Not long ago, only male flamenco
dancers were expected to execute rapid
fire footwork; the women typically tapped
lightly and swayed their ruffled, loud-
print skirts. While that is now changing
and female dancers are stomping hard
and competing with men in competitions,
flamenco remains primarily, a very mas-
culine-oriented art form.
“During tours with other flamenco
groups, I tend to keep to myself,” Apari-
cio says. “It’s not a particularly open en-
vironment for gay people. But more and
more dancers are coming out sometimes
shocking other artists and audiences.”
‘Fuego Flamenco VI’
Through Dec. 5
Gala Hispanic Theatre
3333 14th Street, N.W.
202-234-7174
www.galatheatre.org
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A Chanticleer Christmas
Saturday, November 27 at 8 p.m.
These twelve singers have been a hallmark of the Christmas season for
more than 30 years and their elegant holiday concert is a delightful
tradition at the Center for the Arts. This season, Chanticleer performs
an enchanting program that features treasured traditional carols,
revered sacred works, and always-welcome holiday favorites. “No
one does a better choral Christmas than the virtuoso male voices of
Chanticleer.” (New Yorker)
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DANCEAGENDA
George Frideric Handel
Experience the exuberant Hallelujah Chorus—
at Washington national Cathedral
Friday, December 3, 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 4, 4 pm
Sunday, December 5, 4 pm
Michael McCarthy conducts the
Cathedral Choir and Baroque orchestra
in this essential Christmas music
experience. With soloists:
• Gillian Keith, soprano Alvaro Maldonado grew up in war-torn El Salvador and credits his life today to being enrolled
by his mother in the prestigious El Salvador National School of Ballet.
• Marietta Simpson, alto
• Rufus Müller, tenor
• Eric Downs, bass
Sharing a passion for dance
Tickets start at $25—
purchase yours today: Maldonado brings unique
(202) 537-2228 or outlook to his studio
online at www.nationalcathedral.org
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director of the Ballet Teatro Internacional
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ing gym in 2001 and Alvaro joined him
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lieve we need structured long term pro-
grams.” He added, “I have a desire to
give back to society what I was given as
a child in El Salvador; the opportunity to
participate in such programming which
ended up giving me my career.”
Alvaro says that dance can bring
structure and balance to a child’s life
even if they don’t go into it as a career.
His belief is that through the arts, and in
his case dance, these programs open
up new worlds to young people that they
may have never thought of or had the op-
portunity to explore.
To accomplish his dream he has
worked countless hours leading to the
opening of his dance studio. In July, BTI
Dance Institute Studio opened its doors
on the second floor at 1515 14th St.,
N.W., in the heart of Logan Circle. The
Institute will eventually combine Alvaro’s
three passions in its programming with
a Youth Dance Training Program, Com-
munity Outreach Program and the Adult
Dance and Fitness Program. BTI Dance
Institute is a non-profit training facility
that Alvaro created under the umbrella of
his BTI Dance Company.
The studio has a number of ongoing
classes and there are always new ones
in which you can enroll. One fun ongoing
one is the “Glee” class. Inspired by the
popular TV show the five-week class has
an instructor/choreographer and a vocal
coach teaching students two “Glee” num-
bers from the show after which students
are offered an informal performance op-
portunity at the BTI studios. There will also
be ongoing regular “Glee” classes, so
whether you want to live your inner Kurt
or Rachel, you can learn to perform as
you now only can in your dreams. Other
classes include ballet for those over 50,
an Argentine Tango class for beginners,
and a belly dance six-week series.
For anyone interested in dance,
whether it is for performance, health and
fitness or just for fun, contact the BTI
Dance Institute Studio, btidance.org.
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CONCERTAGENDA
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Lauper’s swampy, moody
Holiday new album belies her sunny
frame of mind
Portrait

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Gays love La Lauper, ‘tis no secret. And the
feelings are mutual. In honor of her D.C. show
Saturday at the 9:30 Club, she e-mailed her
thoughts on the blues, her lesser-known al-
bums, her inspirations and how it feels to be
immortalized in Barbie doll form.

By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO

The new album is doing quite well

— do you think this might become a
regular genre for you (i.e. blues) where

301-534-4504 you may do several projects in this

vein as Dolly Parton did with blue-

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sold solidly and spawned a trilogy?
Cyndi Lauper plays the 9:30 Club in Wash-
I am not sure yet. Just living and en- ington Saturday.
joying this release right now. I am filming
a live DVD in Memphis in a few weeks ally good. Come to a show and you will
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road since “Memphis Blues” has come
out. It will include songs from “Memphis
Blues,” my hits and a few new songs. We
will see after that. Stay tuned.
You made some phenomenal al-
bums like “Hat Full of Stars” and “Sis-
ters of Avalon” that were largely over-
You’ve been such an outspoken
proponent for gay rights in so many
ways — was there any sense that you
might come to be thought of largely
for that?
No, I never thought that ... I wanted to do
an album that spoke to the nation’s mood
right now, and blue definitely sums it up.
From the economy to the wars to the fact that

wanna
looked. Why do you think they failed to
catch on to the degree that your early
albums did?
I honestly don’t know. I am very proud
people are still not treated equally on many
fronts. Blues music is a genre that the gay
community, for those who haven’t already,

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of those records and am often told by
fans that “Sisters” or “Hat Full of Stars” is
their favorite CD, so its nice to hear and
I continue to perform songs from those
CDs live so hopefully they can grow the
old fashioned way on the road.
in your gay-borhood?
Did you overcut tracks for any or
many of your ’80s and ’90s albums?
Are there outtakes and alternate ver-
sions from the “Unusual” or “Colors”
sessions just waiting for a box set
someday?
No I didn’t. We didn’t do things like
that back in the ’80s and ’90s. Sony has
put out so many, and in my opinion, too
many greatest hits packages, something
I have very little control over, and there
are too much “greatest hits” packages,
box sets, etc. out there already and I
don’t think my fans need more of that.
The only greatest hits I am proud of or
had anything to do with was “12 Deadly
Cyns.”
should embrace because blues is about tell-
ing uplifting stories through overcoming the
obstacles in one’s life. It is a message that
everyone can connect to, but I think gay and
transgender people can benefit from it even
more given the times we still live in.
What did you think of the Cyndi Lau-
per Barbie doll that came out last year?
Do you think it looked like you? Did you
have to give permission for that?
I love it. They did a fab job, right? Yes as
I had a lot of creative input. Hope you like it.
There were some years where it
seemed like you went eons between re-
cords but now it feels like you’re back
in a pretty regular groove of writing,
recording and touring. There are prob-
ably a million reasons for that but any
overarching factors that led to that?
Nothing really. I get bored very eas-
ily. Love new challenges. Maybe that’s why
I am doing something different all the time.

How would you summarize your You’ve made a lot of specialty re-
philosophy of set list building? What cords. Is it artistically or commercially
makes an effective set list in your rewarding to go into a project with
opinion? Do you like doing covers or some theme in mind versus doing a

call us! deep album cuts in concert to surprise

the hardcore fans?
My set list is different with each
show. As you can see, I love to mix some
straight-up studio project?
I just follow my spirit. I have no idea
what’s next. Maybe a new studio CD,
maybe a specialty record. Really the
202.747.2077 old into something new with each per-
formance. You should hear how “Girl”
ideas for all of my albums have kind of
come to me and then I focus and do the
sounds with this tour. I have to say it’s re- best I can each time out.

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Jerry Lee Lewis liked Levi Kreis, who played him on Broadway, so much he asked Kreis to sing a
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There, he says he outed himself in
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entering what he calls “Christian coun-
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He left Belmont before completing his
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cile the rift that had grown between them
after he came out. He says she refused
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