Volume 45, Issue 12, March 21, 2014

Will LGBT progress falter
if GOP retakes Senate in

November?
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The congressional mid-term elections
are more than six months away, but political
observers are already warning Democrats they
could lose control of the U.S. Senate an
outcome that has tongues wagging over its
potential impact on LGBT issues.
While analysts agree that Republicans
could claim at least six seats to win control
of the chamber such as by knocking off
pro-LGBT senators in New Hampshire and
Colorado the general sense is draconian
anti-gay measures like the Federal Marriage
Amendment wont emerge even with GOP
control of the Senate.
Dan Pinello, a political scientist at City
University of New York, noted seven incumbent
Democrats are seeking re-election in states
Mitt Romney won in 2012 and conservatives
Many LGBT elders struggling
with economic insecurity
By KATHI WOLFE
EDITORS NOTE: This is the rst of a two-part
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I did my dirt, said Cedric Burgess, a
black gay man and longtime Washington,
D.C. resident who grew up in the District. I
was young and full of fun!
Today, Burgess, 61, is a recovering
alcoholic who suffers from depression. Hes
been HIV positive for more than 30 years. I
live from check to check, said Burgess, who
receives Social Security disability benets.
Before undergoing a hip replacement
four years ago, he struggled to walk up to
his second-story apartment.
It is a wonder to be able to walk without
my cane, Burgess said. No matter what
pain pills I took, I couldnt get to sleep.
You dont realize how much pain youre in.
You adapt. I couldnt cross my legs. Steps
werent an option.
At 19, Burgess came out to his family.
I was accepted by my family. I was taken
in, he said, that was a blessing!
For some years, he worked in a series of
clerical jobs. In 1982, Burgess, then living
and working as an administrative assistant
in Atlanta, was hit by a drunk driver. The
accident left him with back pain, nerve
damage and sciatica. For two years, unable
to work, he did physical therapy. In 1984,
Burgess returned to work. After returning to
D.C., he went back to doing clerical work.
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Is this the next Senate Majority Leader?
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CEDRIC BURGESS says he lives check to check while relying on government assistance
to pay bills. Despite his struggles, he works to give back to the LGBT community.
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Gay incumbent stresses
importance of keeping
seat at table

LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Gay D.C. Council member Jim Graham
(D-Ward 1) and challenger Brianne Nadeau
are attracting citywide attention as the two
battle over the LGBT vote and the vote from
other diverse population groups in Ward 1
in a hotly contested race in the citys April 1
Democratic primary.
Most political observers say Graham is
facing his toughest re-election campaign
since rst winning the Ward 1 Council seat
in 1998 as an openly gay man.
Nadeau is a former advisory
neighborhood commissioner and vice
president of a local public relations rm
that specializes in promoting progressive
causes. Shes an outspoken supporter
of LGBT rights and has vowed to be a
champion for the LGBT community if
elected to replace Graham.
Graham has argued that his status as one
of two openly gay members of the Council
brings an important insight and sensitivity
into his work on behalf of the LGBT
community that straight allies, no matter
how committed, dont have. He also notes
that his out gay colleague, David Catania
(I-At-Large) is giving up his Council seat to
run for mayor.
Thus if he were to lose his re-election bid,
Graham has said, it would leave the Council
without an openly gay member for the rst
time in 17 years.
In addition to his role as a strong advocate
for LGBT equality, Graham has long been
viewed as a champion of progressive
causes such as tenants rights, low-income
workers, and the needs of the highly diverse
immigrant population of Latinos, Asian-
Pacic Islanders and Ethiopians, among
other immigrant groups, that have settled
in Ward 1.
He has had longstanding support from
these demographic groups as well as
support among longtime black residents of
the eastern part of the ward. Combined with
past support from younger professionals
moving into refurbished neighborhoods
Graham says he helped bring about
normally would have made him the odds-on
favorite to win the Democratic nomination
for a fth term in ofce, according to Ward 1
political activists.
But the same activists and Ward 1
observers now say all bets are off due to
a urry of negative media reports about
Graham over the past several years
stemming from an allegation in 2008 that
he interfered with the contract approval
process for a Metro development project
while serving on the Metro board.
Based on ndings of an investigation
by Metro, the D.C. Council voted 11-2 in
February 2013 to reprimand Graham for
violating a city ethics rule by improperly
mixing his role as a Council member and
Metro board member.
The investigation concluded that Graham
favored one developer over another to
receive a contract to develop a residential
and commercial complex in his ward. He
then urged the developer he didnt favor to
withdraw in exchange for Graham pushing
for that developer to receive an unrelated
city lottery contract, the investigation found.
Graham has long asserted he did nothing
wrong, saying the developer he opposed
was unqualied for the project and he
acted in what he believed to be in the best
interest of his constituents. He told the
Blade he never favored the other developer
and noted that ultimately a third developer
emerged to carry out the project.
If you look at the facts, there was no
crime committed, there was no law broken,
there was no money exchanging hands,
Graham told the Blade. And what we have
is a conict between two roles of a Metro
Board member and Council member.
Graham points out that the Metro
contract matter happened nearly six
years ago and that he was re-elected in
the interim.
Nadeau has attacked Graham over
the ethics issue since entering the Ward 1
race last year, saying the Councils decision
to reprimand Graham has decreased his
effectiveness as a Council member.
She raised the issue again on Monday in
a debate with Graham on News Channel
8s Bruce DePuyt Show, saying Grahams
actions were another in a series of ethical
lapses by D.C. Council members over the
past four years that resulted in the criminal
prosecution of three of Grahams colleagues
on corruption charges.
Her candidacy received a boost
last week when the Washington
Post endorsed her following earlier
endorsements she received from
the Current newspapers and Council
members David Grosso (I-At-Large)
and Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), whos
running for mayor. She also received
an endorsement from former Ward 6
Council member Sharon Ambrose, the
prominent feminist group Emilys List,
the Womens Campaign Fund and the
D.C. Association of Realtors.
The Post endorsement of Nadeau was
expected because it came on the heels
of a series of Post editorials criticizing
Graham over the Metro contract and
ethics allegation.
Graham, meanwhile, has received
endorsements from prominent labor
organizations including the Metropolitan
Washington Council of the AFL-CIO; the
American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees (ASCME); the Hotel
and Restaurant Workers Union; the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU);
National Nurses United, and the Teamsters.
The Hotel Association and the Sierra Club
also endorsed Graham.
Graham has also received the backing of
Ron Simmons, president and CEO of the
Ward 1-based AIDS advocacy and service
organization Us Helping Us, which reaches
out to black gay men; and of Kurt Schmoke,
the former Baltimore mayor who since 2003
has served as an administrator at Howard
University in D.C.
Schmoke, who currently holds the
position of Interim Provost and Chief
Academic Ofcer at Howard, told the
Blade he contributed to Grahams
campaign as an individual, not in his
ofcial capacity, to express his thanks
for Grahams support of Howard.
My perception is that Councilman
Graham has been very supportive of the
university on a variety of issues that have
arisen over the past decade, he said.
Graham has said he believes his support
remains strong among LGBT voters. But
doubts over that assumption surfaced last
month when Nadeau nished ahead of
Graham at the Gertrude Stein Democratic
Clubs endorsement meeting by a vote of 60
to 54. She didnt receive the endorsement
of the Stein Club, the citys largest LGBT
political group, because she fell short of
capturing a required 60 percent of the vote
needed to endorse.
However, her strong showing raised
eyebrows among LGBT activists, who view
Graham as a leader on LGBT issues for
more than 30 years as a Council member,
attorney, and past executive director of
the citys Whitman-Walker Clinic during the
height of the AIDS epidemic.
Grahams supporters say the Stein
Club members voting in the Feb. 27
meeting arent representative of the LGBT
community in Ward 1, which they predict
will turn out for Graham in large numbers
on Election Day.
Nadeau supporters, however, say the
Stein Club vote reects the view by many in
the LGBT community that Nadeau would
be a strong advocate for LGBT equality
on the Council and that LGBT voters are
now focusing on a wide range of non-
LGBT issues on which to base their vote.
They argue that just like all other Ward 1
residents, LGBT residents are also troubled
over Grahams alleged ethics breach.
Nadeau disputes arguments by
Graham supporters that Grahams motive
in intervening in the Metro contract matter
was to push for the best possible deal for
his Ward 1 constituents, which boosted
his reputation as a ghter for the interests
of his ward.
Some Graham supporters have said
Nadeau would be far weaker than Graham
on constituent services issues because,
unlike Graham, she wouldnt be as
aggressive and unafraid to step on toes
to get things done as Graham is. Nadeau
bristled over that claim in an interview with
the Blade earlier this month.
I will tell you, I will throw elbows, she
said. I will ght. I will be tough. But I will
never cross the lines that he has crossed,
she said. And I will never you will never,
ever read about me for ethical lapses, quote
unquote, which, by the way, are politician-
speak for corruption.
Grahams supporters say the ethics
matter, in which no law was violated, is
being used by Grahams critics to unfairly
put him in the same category as three
former Council members Kwame Brown
(D-At-Large) and Harry Thomas (D-Ward
5), who were forced to resign after facing
criminal prosecution on corruption related
charges, and Michael Brown (I-At-Large),
who was prosecuted on bribery charges
after losing his re-election bid in 2012.
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Graham, Nadeau ght for LGBT votes in Ward 1
Gay D.C. Council member JIM GRAHAM and challenger BRIANNE NADEAU face off in the Ward 1
Council seat primary April 1.
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By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Gay D.C. Council member Jim Graham
(D-Ward 1) will be one of 17 openly LGBT
candidates to appear on the ballot in the
citys April 1 primary election, representing
an all-time high for the number of out
candidates running in a single D.C. election.
Among those running is Alexandra
Beninda, a transgender activist and
member of the citys Human Rights
Commission, who is seeking an at-
large seat on the D.C. Democratic State
Committee. She becomes the rst known
transgender person to run for a citywide
ofce in the District.
Beninda is one of 11 LGBT candidates
running for at-large or ward seats on the
Democratic State Committee, which
serves as the governing body of the citys
Democratic Party.
Graham is the only out gay person
running this year in the citys Democratic
primary. Hes running for a fth term in a
hotly contested race against Democratic
challenger Brianne Nadeau for the Ward 1
Council seat.
In other races, gay Libertarian Party
activist Bruce Majors is running unopposed
for his partys nomination for mayor,
ensuring that he will be among the mayoral
candidates on the ballot in the November
general election.
Gay Libertarian Party candidate Martin
Moulton is running unopposed for his
partys nomination for the citys shadow
U.S. House seat, one of three unpaid
elected shadow positions created to
lobby Congress for D.C. statehood and
congressional voting rights.
Moulton will face Democratic Party and
Statehood-Green Party challengers in the
general election in November.
In a race expected to draw widespread
attention, gay Advisory Neighborhood
Commissioner Marc Morgan of
Ward 1 is running unopposed for the
Republican nomination for an at-large
D.C. Council seat being vacated by gay
incumbent David Catania (I-At-Large),
whos running for mayor.
Under the citys home rule charter, the
seat currently held by Catania is reserved
for a non-majority party candidate, which
prevents a Democrat from holding the
seat. Morgans supporters, including Robert
Turner, the gay executive director of the
D.C. Republican Party, have said Morgan
could have a shot at winning Catanias seat
depending on who else enters the race
between now and the June cut-off date for
an independent candidate.
In recent years, Democrats with
widespread name recognition have
switched their party registration from
Democrat to independent to run for one
of the two at-large Council seats reserved
for a non-Democrat. As of this week, no
independent candidate has led papers to
run for the seat in November.
Unlike other parts of the country, the
D.C. Republican Party has embraced LGBT
rights and supports the citys same-sex
marriage law.
In the D.C. primary races for Democratic
Party positions, veteran gay rights
advocate and Ward 8 civic leader Phil
Pannell is running for the post of Alternate
National Committeeman as part of a
slate of candidates called D.C. Ready for
Hillary. Lesbian activist Courtney Snowden
is running on the same slate for the position
of Alternate National Committee Woman.
Pannell and Snowden joined forces with
former D.C. Council Chair Arrington Dixon
and longtime Democratic Party activist
Mary Eva Candon, who are running for
National Committeeman and National
Committee Woman respectively. All four
positions are linked to the Democratic
National Committee.
According to Pannell, the slates primary
mission is to build support for a run for
president by former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton.
In other races, seven out LGBT
candidates, including Beninda, are running
for Democratic State Committee seats on
an insurgent slate called The Rent is Too
Darn High.
Pannell to run for D.C. school board

Veteran gay rights and civic
activist Phil Pannell said hes
running for the Ward 8 seat
on the D.C. State Board of
Education in a special election
expected to take place July 15.
The Ward 8 seat was declared
vacant this week by the D.C.
Board of Elections and Ethics
following the resignation of
incumbent Trayon White, who
left the position to take a city
government job. School board
members are barred from
working for the city government
under a D.C. law.
Pannell lost to White in a
special election for the Ward
8 school board seat in 2011 by
fewer than 200 votes. Pannell
ran against White again in the
regularly scheduled election in 2012 and lost by a larger margin.
If Pannell were to win in July he would become the second out gay member of
the board. Gay civic activist and former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Jack
Jacobson won election to the Ward 2 seat on the school board in 2012.

Beyer changed position on same-sex marriage

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Don Beyer, who is running against two gay candidates in an
11-candidate race for Virginias 8th congressional District U.S. House seat, expressed
strong opposition to same-sex marriage when he ran for governor in 1997.
In a position paper on his campaign website this year for the congressional race,
Beyer says, I believe the institution of marriage should be available to committed,
same-sex couples and adds, I support full equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender people.
But in a 1997 gubernatorial debate against Republican rival Jim Gilmore, which
was televised on C-Span, Beyer was asked whether he agreed with then-U.S. Sen.
Charles Robb (D-Va.) that gay couples should be allowed to legally marry.
I disagree with Sen. Rob that homosexual marriages should be the law in Virginia
or in America, he said. I value the American family. I do not believe that we should
have discrimination on the basis of many different things in Virginia, but I do not think
we should elevate a homosexual relationship to the status of a civil marriage, he
said in the debate.
Beyer lost the election to Gilmore, who also opposed same-sex marriage at the
time.

Ebbin nishes fourth, Levine eighth in straw poll

Gay congressional candidates Adam Ebbin and Mark Levine nished in fourth
place and eighth place respectively in an unscientic straw poll conducted March
17 in a race in which 11 Democrats are competing in a June 10 primary for the 8th
District U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.).
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Don Beyer, whos considered the frontrunner in the race,
nished rst with 127 votes. Ebbin received 41 votes, with Levin receiving 22 votes.
The straw poll was conducted by the campaign of Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-
Va.), whose 11th District boarders on the 8th District. Donald Brownlee, a Connolly
campaign ofcial, said the straw poll was taken at Connollys annual St. Patricks Day
party in Fairfax just across the border from the 8th District. He said a majority of the
attendees that participated in the poll are residents of the 8th District.
We are neutral in the race, he said of the 8th District contest. Connolly is running
unopposed in the primary.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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ALEXANDRA BENINDA is the rst known
transgender person to run for a citywide ofce
in the District.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
PHIL PANNELL
Record number of LGBT
candidates on primary ballot
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Some see acceptance, others
more of the anti-gay same
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
LGBT Catholics continue to welcome
Pope Francis more moderate approach
to gays in the church since his election as
pontiff last March.
Dignity USA Executive Director
Marianne Duddy-Burke noted to the
Washington Blade last week that Francis
uses the word gay as opposed to
homosexual or same-sex attraction
disorder or any of the sort of distancing
and clinical kind of terms his predecessors
Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul
II used. She added the pontiff also raises
LGBT-specic people in conversation
and in daily life.
Theres a tone of comfort and sort of
acceptance of reality, said Duddy-Burke.
Its a small place, obviously, but it is a
marked difference.
Dignity Washington Treasurer Bob
Miailovich told the Blade that Francis
continues to focus more on the
marginalized, even though ofcial church
doctrine has not changed.
Thats kind of like were going to be
more gentle, said Miailovich. The point
is to remember were all included in Gods
love, not walking around trying to nd out
whats wrong with people.
Francis last summer said during an
interview with La Civilt Cattolica, an
Italian Jesuit magazine that the church
has grown obsessed with same-sex
marriage, abortion and contraception.
The Argentine-born pontiff less than two
months earlier told reporters who asked
him about the reported homosexuality of
the man whom he appointed to oversee
the Vatican bank during a ight back to
Rome after attending World Youth Day in
Brazil that gay men and lesbians should
not be judged or marginalized.
Francis has yet to meet with LGBT
Catholic organizations since his election,
but Duddy-Burke pointed out the pontiff
reached out to a young gay man who
wrote to him.
The pope, who is the former archbishop
of Buenos Aires, in 2001 visited a hospice
to kiss and wash the feet of 12 people with
AIDS. Francis told La Civilt Cattolica he
used to receive letters from gay people who
said they were socially wounded because
they felt as though the church has always
condemned them.
The pope has really taken a giant
step toward greater acceptance of LGBT
people in the Catholic Church, Francis
DeBernardo, executive director of New
Ways Ministry in Mount Rainier, Md., told
the Blade. His non-judgmental example,
his humble demeanor, his seeming
willingness to listen all these things have
had a great inuence on Catholic culture
and sensibility.
The College of Cardinals last March
elected Francis to succeed Benedict who
abruptly resigned in February 2013.
The LGBT Catholics with whom the
Blade spoke all noted church teaching on
homosexuality, marriage and other issues
has not changed in spite of Francis more
conciliatory tone.
Francis last July criticized what he
described as the gay lobby during his
press conference with reporters while
returning to Rome from World Youth Day.
Fred Phelps said to be near death
Reports have emerged the founder of a Kansas church that stages anti-LGBT
pickets across the country is close to death.
Nathan Phelps, the estranged son of Fred Phelps, Sr., who founded the Westboro
Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., on Saturday wrote on his Facebook page that his
father is now on the edge of death at a local hospice. The younger Phelps who left
the church nearly four decades ago said it ex-communicated his father last August.
Im not sure how I feel about this, wrote Nathan Phelps. Terribly ironic that his
devotion to his God ends this way. Destroyed by the monster he made.
Fred Phelps became the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church shortly after
its founding in 1955. The church gained national notoriety in 1998 after members
picketed the funeral of Matthew Shepard who was beaten to death outside
Laramie, Wyo.
Arrest made in murder of lesbian couple
PORT BOLIVAR, Texas Texas ofcials have arrested a Houston man in
connection with the murder of his daughter and her girlfriend.
The Houston Chronicle reported James Larry Cosby, Jr., was arrested on March 13
and charged with two counts of tampering with evidence.
A deliveryman on March 7 found the bodies of Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson
in a dumpster outside a Port Bolivar store. Lone Star Q reported the two women
had left the Houston house in which they lived with Britney Cosbys father and great-
grandmother two days earlier to drive to nearby Galveston for the citys annual Mardi
Gras celebration.
The Houston Chronicle said ofcers with the Galveston County Sheriffs Ofce
found evidence of a bloodbath in James Cosbys fathers bedroom. They also
found his ngerprint outside the convenience store where the womens bodies
were found.
Cosbys mother, Loranda Remer, told the newspaper that Cosby did not accept
his daughters relationship with Jackson. Other relatives offered conicting accounts.
HIV-positive man wins discrimination case
NEW YORK A federal court on March 13 awarded a man with HIV more than
$500,000 in damages after he alleged a Manhattan hotel abruptly red him in 2011.
The New York Daily News reported a jury awarded Antonio Muoz $185,000 in
compensatory damages and another $347,500 in punitive damages.
The 50-year-old man who lives in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan began
working at the Manhattan Club in the fall of 2007. Muoz said he asked his supervisor
to take him off the night shift in 2008 after his doctor diagnosed him with HIV she
allegedly denied his request and suggested he quit.
Muoz led what the Daily News described as a complaint of disability
discrimination with the hotels human resources department after his supervisor
in 2010 once again scheduled him to work the night shift. His lawsuit alleges the
Manhattan Club red him less than a year later after someone made an anonymous
complaint against him.
washingtonblade.com
08 MARCH 21, 2014 NATI ONAL NEWS
POPE FRANCIS has adopted a more moderate approach to gay issues compared to his
predecessors.
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The founder of the Westboro Baptist Church is reportedly near death.
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Congress sign letter
urging action
By CHRIS JOHNSON
As legislation to protect LGBT workers
from discrimination continues to languish in
the U.S. House, an unprecedented number
of nearly 200 lawmakers this week
including members of House Democratic
leadership called on President Obama
to take administrative action.
In a letter dated March 18, 148 House
members and 47 senators making for
a total of 195 lawmakers urged Obama
to sign an executive order barring federal
contractors from discriminating on the
basis of sexual orientation and gender
identity as part of his plan for a Year of
Action in 2014.
As we continue to work towards
nal passage of the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act (ENDA) with strong
bipartisan support, we urge you to take
action now to protection millions of
workers across the country from the threat
of discrimination simply because of who
they are or who they love, the letter says.
We are committed to doing all that we
can in Congress to get ENDA to your
desk this year; however, there is no reason
you cannot immediately act by taking this
important step.
The letter says time is of an essence
for a signature on the executive order
because even when that happens, a
process that will take many months, if not
longer to implement the directive fully will
be necessary.
In the House, the letter was circulated
by the LGBT Equality Caucus along with
Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Lois Capps
(D-Calif.), while ENDAs chief sponsor in the
Senate Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) circulated the
letter in that chamber with Sens. Tammy
Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).
Its not the rst time members of Congress
have penned their names to a letter calling
on Obama to take administrative action to
protect LGBT workers from discrimination.
In 2011, Pallone and Capps led an effort to
sign a similar letter, which at the time was
signed by 72 House members. In 2013,
they circulated another letter on the issue
signed by 110 House members as Merkley
submitted yet another missive signed by
37 senators.
The series of letters from lawmakers over
the course of recent years in addition to
regular questioning on the issue for White
House Press Secretary Jay Carney have
been to Obama on the executive order
as LGBT advocates have pressed for it for
some time.
But the latest missive has more lawmakers
calling for the executive order than the 2013
letter and, for the rst time, has members
of Democratic leadership as signatories:
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)
and Assistant Minority Leader Jim Clyburn
(D-S.C.). The Blade rst reported Hoyer
would sign the letter on Monday.
Although House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi has publicly said she supports the
executive order as far back as 2011 she
didnt sign the letter. Drew Hammill, a Pelosi
spokesperson, said his boss rarely signs
group letters and would raise the issue in a
private missive to Obama.
Also missing from the letter is Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.),
who also gave his green light for the
potential directive in January. Reids
ofce indicated that he doesnt typically
sign member letters.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(D-Fla.), chair of the Democratic National
Committee, also didnt pen her name to
the letter.
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Lawmakers ask Obama for workplace protections
House Minority Whip STENY HOYER (D-Md.)
was the highest-ranking congressman to call for
the ENDA executive order.
Reportedly discouraged
lawmakers from pressuring
Obama to act
By CHRIS JOHNSON
A gay Democratic activist claims that
Democratic National Committee Chair
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has
discouraged House members from asking
President Obama to take administrative
action to protect LGBT workers, an assertion
her ofce calls a bald-faced lie.
Paul Yandura, political director for gay
philanthropist Jonathan Lewis, made
the allegation when speaking with the
Washington Blade from his home in West
Virginia on Thursday regarding a 2013
missive that was circulated among House
members by Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)
and Lois Capps (D-Calif.).
I was told personally by two members
that she was tamping down on public calls
for the president to make good on his
promise this was last year when the issue
was really getting hot, Yandura said. She
is most likely doing the same still.
Yanduras allegation comes as lawmakers
led by the LGBT Equality Caucus and
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) are circulating
a new missive among members of Congress
calling on Obama to sign an executive order
barring federal contractors from engaging
in anti-LGBT workplace discrimination.
Two sources familiar with the 2013 letter
told the Washington Blade that Wasserman
Schultz discouraged members of Congress
from signing it, but Yandura was the only
source willing to go on the record. The
other source, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said Wasserman Schultz, who
represents Floridas 23rd congressional
district in the U.S. House, dissuaded
Democrats from signing the letter in private
conversations on the House oor.
Although these sources said Wasserman
Schultz may be engaging in the same tactic
for the letter currently being circulated, no
one has made the same claim to the Blade
about the upcoming letter. As the Blade
reported this week, House Minority Whip
Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has already pledged
to sign it.
Yandura said he wouldnt disclose the
names of the House members who told
him Wasserman Schultz was discouraging
support for the 2013 letter because he
didnt want to rat them out.
Im sure shell come with something that
sounds like a good excuse, but its about
time, Yandura said. Its time that she
not only signs it, but tells people that they
should publicly, and that its OK and that
theres no pressure not to sign it.
Mara Sloan, a Wasserman Schultz
spokesperson, disputed the allegations
made by Yandura, saying any assertion that
she discouraged members from signing the
letter is a bald-faced lie.
The congresswoman believes the
most effective way to ensure equal rights
for LGBT Americans in the workplace is
through passing comprehensive non-
discrimination legislation, Sloan said. The
congresswoman regularly speaks to the
administration about issues important to
the LGBT community, and will continue to
be a erce advocate for full equality.
Sloan didnt immediately respond to
a follow-up email about whether that
response means Wasserman Schultz
wont sign the group letter currently
being circulated among House members
calling for the LGBT executive order. The
response is along the lines of responses
to requests for comment about the order
by the White House, which consistently
redirects attention to the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act.
Despite her record of support for the
LGBT community, Wasserman Schultz has
never explicitly called on Obama to sign an
executive order barring LGBT discrimination
among federal contractors. Asked about
the issue in January by The Hufngton Post,
Wasserman Schultz said she supports the
idea of Obama using his executive authority
in as broad a way as he can to ensure that
we can move this country forward.
Yandura said he thinks Wasserman
Schultz refuses to express support for
the executive order and has discouraged
House members from speaking out in favor
of it for political reasons.
I think she doesnt want to embarrass
the president, and still doesnt want to
embarrass the president, because it is an
embarrassment that he still hasnt done it,
Yandura said. Were now coming down
to the end of the second term, and if they
dont get moving on it, itll never even get
implemented.
DNC chair undermined ENDA directive: sources
DNC Chair DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ is
among those who havent articulated support
for an ENDA executive order.
Postal service to
release commemorative
stamp in May
By THOM SENZEE
While no specic date has been
announced for the ofcial release of the
United States Postal Services rst-ever
Harvey Milk stamp, the Washington
Blade has conrmed that the release
date will be in May not as late as
June, as has been reported by several
media outlets and as the postal services
own Web site still indicates is possible.
It will be May, not June, said Susan
McGowan, director of USPS Ofce
of Stamps and Corporate Licensing.
And we hope people will turn out
to experience a very special release
ceremony.
The stamps coming out party
promises to be a big affair for the postal
service one thats been nearly a
decade in the making.
Lets just say its going to be a great
celebration, McGowan told the Blade.
Today, Harvey Milk may seem like a
shoe-in as a candidate to be honored
with the issuance of a U.S. postage
stamp bearing his likeness.
But according to organizers of the
National Harvey Milk Stamp Campaign,
there was fervent opposition from some
of the countrys most fundamentalist
religious groups, as well as from
some members of the Citizens Stamp
Approval Committee (CSAC), which
votes to approve about 25 stamp
requests out of about 1,000 requests
each year.
I know for a fact that some of the
stamp committee members were
absolutely opposed to the idea of a
Harvey Milk stamp or a stamp honoring
any homosexual leader, said San Diego
City Commissioner Nicole Murray
Ramirez, head of the International
Imperial Court System, which led the
national campaign to win approval for
the stamp.
That was early on, of course. I think
as the process moved on and they saw
how much support we had not only from
Democrats, but from top Republicans,
support grew.
Although she couldnt say whether the
Citizens Stamp Approval Committees
vote for the Harvey Milk stamp was
divided or unanimous, USPSs McGowan
was adamant that there is no story of
impassioned opposition to the stamp
on the committee.
I think youre trying to nd
controversy where there wasnt any,
she said. Its quite possible the vote
was unanimous; we dont keep those
details because all that is needed is a
simple majority for approval.
What matters, says McGowan, is that
the committee did approve the Harvey
Milk stamp, and that it will be released
in May.
Ramirez said the process for winning
approval for the Harvey Milk stamp was
arduous. But he added that he and his
colleagues on the stamp campaign,
including Stuart Milk Harvey Milks
nephew who is also a gay civil rights
advocate GLAAD, the Human Rights
Campaign, the Harvey Milk Foundation,
the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force, numerous senators and members
of Congress, mayors and others, were
gratied that it succeeded.
I dont think it was as hard as it would
have been 20 years ago, Ramirez said.
In the end, I think we were treated fairly
and we got approval for the stamp faster
than a lot of other stamp campaigns.
Still, some organizations such as Save
California, a right-wing religious group,
plan to protest the postal services
decision to commemorate Harvey Milk,
whom they call a sexual predator.
Nevertheless, Ramirez said national
symbols, such as commemorative
stamps, speak louder and resound for
longer than any words of hate or bigotry
espoused by angry ultra-conservatives.
The fact that we now have the image
of one of our greatest GLBT leaders on
a beautifully designed United States
postage stamp says more than anything
else about how far we have come as a
country ghting against the hatred that
we still face as gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender people, said Ramirez.
Ramirez knows about that history
through his own experience. He helped
lead historic marches for LGBT rights in
the early 1970s in downtown San Diego
and other California locales to protest
police abuse of gay people.
Young people dont know how bad
it was, Ramirez said. You could get
beat up or worse by the police, just for
being in a gay bar. This stamp honoring
Harvey Milk shows that by ghting for
our rights and never giving up, we can
change the way the majority of people
behave toward minorities, whether its
racial minorities or GLBT people.
According to McGowan, the postal
service received thousands of letters of
support for the Milk stamp.
It was overwhelming, she said. We
get about 30,000 letters of support for
stamp proposals every year, but thats for
all of the thousand or so annual stamp
proposals combined. The amount of
public support for this stamp was really
amazing.
The stamp campaign began with a
simple letter, dated Oct. 20, 2009, signed
by Ramirez in his capacity then as chair of
the City of San Diegos Human Relations
Commission, asking the Citizens Stamp
Approval Committee to consider and
approve the design and issuance of a
U.S. postage stamp commemorating
and bearing an image of San Francisco
City and County Supervisor Harvey Milk.
In essence, the Harvey Milk campaign
asked the postal service for the rst time
to specically honor a person for being
a tireless soldier in the battle for equal
rights for LGBT peopleand for having
the courage and tenacity to become
one of the nations rst openly gay
elected public ofcials.
Ramirez and his fellow signers
of the San Diego Human Relations
Commissions letter to CSAC wrote
in 2009: The governor of the state of
California, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
recently inducted Harvey Milk into
the California Hall of Fame, saying he
embodies Californias innovative spirit
and has made a mark on history.
By citing Californias then Republican
governors support for the stamp, the
campaign hoped to demonstrate the
principles Milk stood for crossed party
lines.
Harvey Milk is recognized nationally
and globally as a pioneer of the LGBT
civil rights movement for his exceptional
leadership and dedication to equal
rights, the letter continued.
That same year, the lm Milk won
Sean Penn an Oscar for best actor in
recognition of his critically acclaimed
portrayal of the slain civil rights leader.
The hit lm also brought home an Oscar
for writer Dustin Lance Black for best
screenplay.
That was also the year that President
Obama posthumously awarded Harvey
Milk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Now, ve years later, a postage stamp
featuring Milks smiling face will nally
be released. The stamp will nd its way
into the stamp collections of philatelists
throughout the world.
According to one gay stamp collector,
given the fact that this is the rst stamp
expressly honoring an openly gay
American hero, it is conceivable that
the postal service may get a whole
new generation of LGBT philatelists as
stamp-collecting customers.
Harvey Milk continues to inspire us
all to strive for a society that provides
unlimited and equal opportunities for all
our citizens, wrote Rep. Nancy Pelosi to
CSAC when she was still speaker of the
House of Representatives, imploring
the committee to approve the stamp.
The United States Postal Service has
yet to honor an LGBT American hero
with a stamp, commemorating the life
and efforts of Harvey Milk would be a
testament to Harveys courage and a
symbol of pride to anyone who has ever
felt discrimination or cared about those
who have.
Recently, a new stamp campaign
was launched for another openly
gay Presidential Medal of Freedom
recipient.
In January, the Blade broke the news
that many of the same people and
organizations that won approval for
the Harvey Milk stamp have joined with
Walter Naegle, Mandy Carter and the
National Black Justice Coalition (which
Carter cofounded), to win approval
for a United States postage stamp
commemorating the life and work of the
late Bayard Rustin.
Along with A. Phillip Randolph, Rustin
was chief organizer of the 1963 March
on Washington for Freedom and Jobs,
where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered
his historic I Have a Dream speech.
The current campaign is a new effort,
but there have been letters written for
more than a decade suggesting that
Bayard be honored with a stamp,
said Walter Naegle, Rustins surviving
partner. Perhaps an increase in the
number of supporters will help, but
the postal service doesnt seem to be
inuenced by such efforts.
Naegle is currently engaged in an
ongoing Rustin awareness campaign,
focusing his efforts on a multitude of
fronts. He promises to do what he can
to help the Bayard Rustin National
Stamp Campaign succeed.
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islands nascent movement
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican
Republic Dominican LGBT rights
advocates remain hopeful that gay U.S.
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
James Wally Brewster will continue to
generate more visibility around their nascent
movement in the Caribbean country.
In reality the Dominican LGBT
community is not a rather large community,
Cristian King of Trans Siempre Amigas told
the Washington Blade on March 7 during
a meeting with nearly a dozen Dominican
LGBT rights advocates at the home of
Deivis Ventura of the Amigos Siempre
Amigos Network of Volunteers in the San
Carlos neighborhood of the Dominican
capital. [Brewster] is a person from our
community. It is a big impact.
King spoke with the Blade alongside
Amigos Siempre Amigos Executive
Director Leonardo Snchez, radio host
Franklyn Snchez, Edward Tavarez da
Silva of the website Zona VIP, Lorena
Espinosa of the Woman and Health
Colective, Marinela Carvajal of Republika
Libre, Anyi Fermin of the Metropolitan
Community Church of Santo Domingos
Womens Ministry, Pedro Mercedes,
Stephana Hernndez of Gente Activa
y Participativa, Dominic Rincon of
University Students for Diversity and
Marta Arredondo of Amigos Siempre
Amigos. Ventura is among the seven
Latin American LGBT rights advocates
who visited the U.S. earlier this year
as part of the State Departments
International Visitor Leadership Program.
Espinosa told the Blade that Brewster
helps us a lot. Carvajal added the gay
U.S. ambassador has brought more visibility
to the Dominican LGBT rights movement.
There is more discussion of [LGBT]
issues, said Carvajal. There has been an
opportunity to highlight our issues.
The U.S. Senate last November
conrmed Brewster as ambassador to the
Caribbean nation.
Brewster, who is a former member of the
Human Rights Campaign board of directors,
introduced his husband, Bob Satawake, in a
video to the Dominican people shortly after
his conrmation. The two men met with
Carvajal, King and other Dominican LGBT
rights advocates last month at the U.S.
Embassy in Santo Domingo.
The State Department said Brewster
was unavailable to speak with the Blade
in Santo Domingo. He and Satawake
gave an exclusive interview to Ritmo
Social, a society magazine published by
Listn Diario, a conservative Dominican
newspaper, in January.
I was chosen by President Obama to
represent his government and the American
people as a reection of our country, its
diversity and its mission. I am committed to
serving this ideal, said Brewster. President
Obama was aware of our understanding of
the Dominican Republic and knew that we
were going to work diligently to advance
the extraordinary relationship between our
two countries and people.
Brewster continues to face criticism from
Dominican religious gures who oppose
his ambassadorship because of his sexual
orientation.
Cardinal Nicols de Jess Lpez
Rodrguez of the Archdiocese of Santo
Domingo last June referred to Brewster as
a maricn or faggot in Spanish during
a press conference. Rev. Lus Rosario of
the Santo Domingo Youth Ministry last
month said he feels the gay ambassador
is a bad example for Dominican society
and families.
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo,
the Vaticans envoy to the Dominican
Republic, cited the countrys Constitution
that denes marriage as between a man
and a woman as the reason he declined to
invite Satawake to a diplomatic reception
with Dominican President Danilo Medina
that was scheduled to take place in
January. The event was cancelled after a
number of ambassadors said they would
not attend because Okolo did not invite
Brewsters husband.
Hernndez noted to the Blade a group
of Brewsters opponents dress in black
each Monday to protest the homosexual
ambassador.
We are defending a person who is
homosexual, that is gay and has come to
occupy his countrys public position in the
Dominican Republic, said Ventura. We
are defending the right that we have to
occupy public positions equally as gay,
lesbian, bisexual and trans people. This is
why we are defending Wally.
LGBT Dominicans becoming more
visible.
The activists with whom the Blade spoke
in Santo Domingo insist the country has
slowly become more open and accepting
of LGBT people.
Parque Duarte in Santo Domingos
Colonial City remains Santo Domingos de
facto LGBT community center. Hundreds of
LGBT people gather on weekend nights in
spite of Lpez and some neighbors efforts
to ban them from the square that is across
the street from a church.
Listn Diario, which announced on
Saturday that Lpez will have a weekly
column in the newspaper, in 2010 published
an article with the headline Parque Duarte
is a center of promiscuity that outlined
homosexuals, prostitutes and drug users
have invaded it. The newspaper also ran a
picture of two trans women kissing.
A number of young gender non-
conforming Dominican men on a recent
Saturday night were dancing at Fogoo
Discotec, a gay nightclub in Santo
Domingos Colonial City that is across the
street from the gay-owned Adam Suites
Hotel. Middle-class Dominicans and visitors
typically frequent Esedeku and other nearby
gay and lesbian bars and clubs.
Listn Diario and Ritmo Social earlier
this month published pictures of Brewster
and Satawake at an Elton John concert
they attended at Altos de Chavn near
Casa de Campo on Feb. 28. King told the
Blade that Dominicans are increasingly
aware of their advocacy efforts because
newspapers and other media outlets
reach out to them for comment on LGBT-
specic issues.
We are in the press, he said. With
any gay problem that has to do with the
community, the press reaches out to us. We
are the communitys spokesperson.
Serious problems persist for LGBT
Dominicans in spite of increased visibility
since Brewster assumed his post.
Espinosa and other advocates with
whom the Blade spoke pointed out Lpez
and others with close ties to the Catholic
Church continue to discriminate against
LGBT Dominicans, Haitians and other
marginalized groups in the country.
The Catholic Church constantly rebukes
us, said Hernndez. If you are gay, youre
discriminated against. If youre trans, youre
discriminated against. If youre poor, youre
discriminated against.
Hernndez told the Blade that trans
Dominicans continue to suffer violence from
the police and a lack of access to health
care. She noted staff at a clinic frequently
treats her as though she is a man, even
though her gender identity is female and
she lives as a woman.
They call me by the mans name that
is on my documents, said Hernndez. I
make a scene. I reclaim my rights. But there
are others who do not reclaim their rights.
These people that need to go to a health
service. What do they do? The dont seek
the service.
LGBT advocacy groups receive the bulk
of their funds from the U.S. and Europe
through HIV/AIDS prevention programs
and human rights initiatives.
Hernndez and others noted the
Catholic Church continues to block any
efforts to expand access to condoms and
contraception in the country. Dominican
lawmakers in 2009 approved a constitutional
amendment banning abortion that then-
President Leonel Fernndez introduced
with the churchs support.
The Dominican government does not
give one peso to any LGBT group, Ventura
told the Blade.
Ventura added wealthy gay
Dominicans who own businesses in
Miami and other cities have also not
contributed to Dominican LGBT rights
organizations. One gay man with whom
the Blade spoke at Esedequ said he was
not familiar with their work.
They are not going to donate a peso to
the community, said Ventura.
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Gay U.S. ambassador brings hope to Dominican advocates
U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
JAMES BREWSTER has generated controversy
in the conservative Caribbean nation.
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takeover is very close a virtual tossup right
now, Pinello said. Everything will depend
on the degree to which Democratic voters
turn out at the polls in crucial states.
Republicans are optimistic about
their prospects on Election Day 2014
and virtually no one is suggesting that
Democrats can retake control of the House.
In an appearance on Fox News Sunday,
anti-gay GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted
GOP victory in the Senate.
With 14 seats in play on the Democratic
side and a couple of seats in play potentially
on the Republican side, I think its highly
likely that Republicans pick up the majority,
Rove said.
On the same day on NBCs Meet the
Press, White House Communications
Director Dan Pfeiffer deed the predictions
by saying he believes we will keep the
Senate. But his former colleague in the
White House, Robert Gibbs who landed
in hot water in 2010 by saying Republicans
could take control of the House
expressed a contrary view, saying the
Senate is denitely in danger in 2014.
So as a consultant, I can say all these
things now, Gibbs said. Theyve got
to pick up six seats, which is not a small
number. But what gives them a huge
advantage, obviously, is the states that
theyre inLouisiana and in North Carolina,
in Montana, places that the president didnt
do well.
The heads of both political parties
are both bullish about their prospects in
2014. On Tuesday, Republican National
Committee chair Reince Priebus predicted
at a National Press Club breakfast a
tsunami and said its going to be a
very big win, especially at the U.S. Senate
level. Meanwhile, Democratic National
Committee chair Debbie Wasserman
Schultz said that Democrats are running
aggressive bottom-up campaigns and
shes condent her party will hold the
Senate.
But political analysts have forecasts
more favorable to Republicans. As of
Monday, Cook Political Report forecast
that Republicans will pick up somewhere
between four and six seats, but expected
the ultimate gains will be at the higher end
of and may exceed that range.
Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the
University of Virginia, said its too early to
provide a rm prediction on the extent of
Republican gains, but said Republicans
would net at least four to six seats.
Its easy to see how they could get six or
even more if President Obama stays in the
low 40s and the economy continues to be
balky, Sabato said. This year, in the sixth-
year of President Obamas administration,
youd much rather be in the GOPs electoral
position than the Democrats.
Pro-LGBT Democrats face challenging
re-election bids
Democrats elected to the Senate at the
start of the Obama administration and who
built a reputation for supporting LGBT
rights are among those facing uphill re-
election bids.
Among them is Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
(D-N.H.) who has championed Dont Ask,
Dont Tell repeal and the ow of spousal
benets to veterans in same-sex marriages
as chief sponsor of the Charlie Morgan Act.
A potential challenger for her is former U.S.
senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown.
Although he voted for Dont Ask, Dont
Tell repeal during his tenure in the Senate,
Brown penned an op-ed for Bay Windows
suggesting the pursuit of LGBT rights was a
pet project.
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) also faces a
tough re-election bid now that Rep. Cory
Gardner (R-Colo.) has announced he will
run for the Senate. Udall has championed
Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal, an end
to the Defense of Marriage Act and has
written at least two letters to the Obama
administration to ensure gay veterans
can receive spousal benets in whichever
state they live. Gardner hasnt articulated a
position on same-sex marriage, but voted
in favor of an LGBT-inclusive version of the
Violence Against Women Act.
The Democrat wholl likely face the
most challenging re-election campaign
is Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.). An early
supporter of Dont Ask, Dont Tell
repeal, she voted for a repeal amendment
in the Senate Armed Services Committee
even before the Pentagon report on
open service. Hagan came out in favor of
same-sex marriage last year on the same
day the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral
arguments on Californias Proposition 8.
She could face any one of a number of
Republicans vying for the nomination in
the states primary.
Also of note is the re-election bid of Sen.
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who as chief sponsor
of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
oversaw a bipartisan vote in favor of the
bill in the Senate late last year. Merkley has
also been the leading voice in the Senate
calling on President Obama to sign an
executive order barring LGBT employment
discrimination among federal contractors.
A number of Republican candidates have
lined up to challenge Merkley, although hes
expected to win re-election in the heavily
blue state.
The only Republican whos expected
to face a tough re-election challenge is
the one whos likely to handle the oor
schedule in the Senate if the GOP ekes
out a win: Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.). In addition to facing a
Tea Party challenge, McConnell faces a
stiff challenge in the general election from
Democratic Kentucky Secretary of State
Alison Lundergan Grimes.
Would anti-LGBT legislation move
forward?
If the Republicans win control of the
Senate, it would create a Congress in
which the GOP leads both chambers at
a time when the U.S. Supreme Court is
expected to deliver a nationwide ruling
on marriage equality.
Speaking to the Washington Blade
after her event at the National Press Club,
Wasserman Schultz initially responded to an
inquiry about what a GOP takeover of the
Senate would mean for LGBT people by
saying, Oh, God.
Wasserman Schultz predicted
Republicans would curtail the expansion
of rights she said are deserved by LGBT
people in addition to engaging in an
aggressive attempt to roll them back.
But the DNC chair emphasized that wont
happen because Democrats are on track to
maintain control of the Senate.
Asked by the Blade whether she
thinks Republicans would want to push
through a Federal Marriage Amendment,
Wasserman Schultz said that wouldnt
surprise me because the Republicans
endorsed the amendment as part of the
2012 party platform.
But political observers say even with
Republicans in control of both chambers,
the trend in favor of same-sex marriage
which a recent poll pegged at 59 percent
support would deter Congress from
passing a measure that already failed
twice under the Bush administration when
Republicans had large majorities.
Gregory Angelo, executive director of
the Log Cabin Republicans, said he doesnt
foresee a situation in which Republicans
would push forward in either chamber with
a U.S. constitutional amendment banning
same-sex marriage.
Considering the move for a Federal
Marriage Amendment in the House
following the Supreme Courts DOMA
decision last year went absolutely nowhere
tells me that there is little appetite among
Republicans to engage in culture wars
either in the House or the Senate in this
election cycle and in 2016, Angelo said.
But there are other pieces of anti-
gay legislation that could be seen as
an alternative to the Federal Marriage
Amendment. Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho)
and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) have introduced
legislation known as the Marriage and
Religious Freedom Act, which would
prohibit the federal government from
discriminating against organizations that
exercise religious conscience against
same-sex marriage.
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Texas) and Sen.
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have introduced the
State Marriage Defense Act, which would
prohibit the federal government from
recognizing same-sex marriage in states
where its not allowed. The bill may be moot
in the event of a Supreme Court ruling in
favor of marriage equality.
Sabato nonetheless said he doesnt
see much of an opportunity for anti-LGBT
legislation of any kind to make it through
the Senate given the growing support for
LGBT rights among Republican senators.
I think it is very unlikely Susan Collins
or Rob Portman would support any stand-
alone, anti-LGBT legislation, Sabato
said. I could see other Republicans
joining them, such as Lisa Murkowski. I
cant see a single Senate Democrat voting
for such legislation. So I doubt the Senate
would pass it.
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During the AIDS epidemic, his family
confronted Burgess.
They said you gotta get tested,
he said. In 1991, after I found out I was
positive, I took a two-week vacation. I got
HIV through a blood transfusion I received
when I had my accident. They werent
screening transfusions for HIV then.
In 2006, his back pain became so
severe that Burgess left the workforce.
He said he retired from the Green Door, a
D.C. organization that helps people with
mental challenges, where he worked as a
program assistant.
You cant let adversity get you down, you
have to have a positive attitude, Burgess
added. Fortunately, he said, social safety
net programs help him to make ends meet.
In addition to his monthly disability check,
Burgess receives food stamps. His health
care is covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
I receive energy assistance from Pepco
and two-thirds of my rent, with funding
from the Ryan White Act, is subsidized by
the Washington, D.C. Housing Coalition,
Burgess said.
These programs are a lifeline for him.
Without the rental assistance and the
Medicare and Medicaid, I wouldnt be
able to afford housing and health care,
Burgess said. I couldnt pay for my HIV
medications and I couldnt have had my
hip replacement.
Despite living with economic hardship,
Burgess leads an active and full life.
Committed to helping others, he has
volunteered for groups serving everyone
from homeless youth to elders. Im a
goodwill ambassador for the DC Center
for the LGBT Community and for AARP,
Burgess said. I help seniors learn about
their rights in housing and in nursing homes.
Many seniors dont know their rights.
I believe in Gods healing, he went
on, I go to church. I have no prejudice
against any other religion. Im a spiritually
free person.
Burgesss situation is far from unique.
Many LGBT older adults (aging Baby
Boomers over 50) live with economic
insecurity.
Media and marketing stereotypes view
the LGBT community as an afuent niche
group lled with couples with double
incomes, said Matthew J. Corso, chief
communications ofcer and board member
of the DC Center for the LGBT Community.
The poverty rate among LGBT older
adults is much higher than people would
think from the marketing view. Older adults
can often feel isolated.
The DC Centers Coffee and Conversation
is a safe space where older adults can
connect with others in the community
and discuss issues related to living with
economic insecurity, Corso said.
People rarely look at economic
insecurity and aging, said Robert
Espinoza, senior director of public policy
and communications for Services and
Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE),
People studying poverty dont look often
enough at poverty among LGBT and
older people. On the other side, people
studying LGBT issues arent looking often
enough at aging and poverty.
But studies that have been done show
that poverty is high among elders and even
higher among LGBT older adults, Espinoza
said. Among the ndings:
One in six Americans aged 65 and
older lives in poverty, according to a 2013
Congressional Research Service report.
The poverty rate is as high or higher
among lesbian, gay and bisexual people
than for heterosexual people, and
lesbian couples, 65 and older, are twice
as likely to be poor as straight married
couples, according to a 2009 Williams
Institute Report.
There are an estimated 1.5 million gay,
lesbian and bisexual elders in the United
States today. The number is expected
to increase to nearly 3 million by 2030,
according to Improving the Lives of LGBT
Older Adults from SAGE, the Movement
Advancement Program (MAP) and Center
for American Progress.
Because historically LGBT people
have not been able to marry, many LGBT
older adults face the economic insecurity
and health issues that come with aging
without the support from families that
heterosexual older adults often receive.
LGBT elders are twice as likely to be single
and three to four times more likely to be
without children as their straight peers,
according to the MAP report.
Transgender adults encounter
profound discrimination, according
to a SAGE and National Center for
Transgender Equality 2012 report. They
experience striking disparities in ... health
care access ... employment and more,
the report states, with a growing older
transgender population, there is an urgent
need to understand the challenges that
can threaten nancial security, health and
overall well-being.
Several factors contribute to poverty
among LGBT elders. In the past, many
faced employment discrimination because
they were LGBT. LGBT people of color
and lesbians faced even more severe
discrimination, Espinoza said. Too
many LGBT older adults have little, if any,
retirement savings.
LGBT older adults face health disparities
and 47 percent of LGBT people over 50
have a disability, said Imani Woody, Ph.D.,
chair of SAGE Metro D.C. More than one
in 10 LGBT people aged 50-plus have been
denied health care or provided with inferior
health care, she said. This can lead to
economic insecurity, which can translate to
poverty. If you dont have access to health
care, what do you have?
Even older LGBT adults with moderate
incomes, who wouldnt think of themselves
as facing poverty, can become impoverished
if they become disabled or need long-
term care, Espinoza said. If you only have
savings of, say, $60,000, it will go quickly.
Lack of affordable housing and housing
discrimination are key reasons why many
LGBT older adults live in or near poverty.
Same-sex older couples encounter
discrimination when seeking housing in
senior living facilities, according to a report,
Opening Doors: An Investigation of
Barriers to Senior Housing for Same-Sex
couples, released last month by the Equal
Rights Center, a civil rights organization in
partnership with SAGE.
We saw a number of adverse treatments
with a high economic impact, said Don
Kahl, executive director, Equal Rights
Center. Sometimes they were charged
for having an extra person. At other times,
they were told theyd have to take a more
expensive two-bedroom apartment when
they wanted a one-bedroom, he said,
In other cases, they were treated in such
a manner, that they wouldnt accept the
housing even if it was offered.
Its a misperception to think that as people
age, they accumulate wealth and live out
their days in comfort, said Peter Johnson,
director of public relations for the Center
on Halsted in Chicago. Its even more true
for LGBT older adults. Before we began to
experience marriage equality, LGBT seniors
might have shared nances unevenly with
their partners, he said. Without marriage,
if one partner dies or the relationship ends,
a huge nancial burden is placed on the
remaining partner.
The Halsted Center is working with
the Heartland Alliance to provide LGBT
older adults with affordable housing in
the LakeView neighborhood of Chicago.
While not exclusively LGBT it will be LGBT
focused and friendly, Johnson said. It
will be 70 units of subsidized housing with
the rent being no more than 30 percent of
residents income.
LGBT elders live in or near poverty
nationwide from rural to metropolitan
areas, Johnson said. We are fortunate to
have Heartland [Alliance] dealing with us on
these issues.

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The third event of BMore QFest will be
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Guests will have the opportunity to meet
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If you come as your favorite Sordid
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lms the price is $15.
The event takes place between 2-8
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Casino night to benet Moveable Feast
Play for the Feast will take place on April 5 to benet Moveable Feast, a Baltimore-
based non-prot that provides nutritious meals and other services at no cost to people with
HIV/AIDS, breast cancer and other life-threatening conditions.
The event, which includes such casino-style games as Blackjack and Texas Holdem Poker
competitions, will be held from 7-10 p.m. at Silo Point, 1200 Steuart St. in Baltimore. Food
from local establishments and beverages are included in the admission cost of $15.
For more information, visit RidefortheFeast.org or mfeast.org.
Open Walls Baltimore 2 launch
More than 15 nationally and internationally recognized artists from Baltimore and around
the world have been selected to participate in an outdoor mural project called Open Walls
Baltimore 2. The program aims to bring bold, colorful and provocative large-scale painted
murals to private and publicly owned buildings in the Station North Arts & Entertainment
District.
The goals of the project are to provide an outlet for creative expression where artists are
able to paint their vision of urban legacy and revitalization in that area and to draw tourists
and locals alike to a neighborhood experiencing growth and renewed vibrancy.
To launch Open Walls Baltimore 2, there will be a special VIP reception on March 24 from
6-8 p.m. at the Metro Gallery located on 1700 North Charles St., in the heart of the Station
North Arts and Entertainment District. Various political dignitaries, community leaders and
business partners will be in attendance in addition to several of the participating artists. This
event is open to the public.
We are building on the success of the original Open Walls Baltimore project that literally
transformed an area of our great city and allowed important conversations to take place
about integrating art and the arts into a community to provide vitality, renewed strength and
pride to the people who live and work there, said Ben Stone, executive director of Station
North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. Our hope is that this project will serve as a catalyst for
change, connectivity and urban vibrancy.
For more information, visit stationnorth.org.
Marylanders favor trans equality: poll
A new poll nds that 71 percent of Marylanders support proposed legislation that would
prohibit discrimination based on gender identity in the areas of employment, housing, and
public accommodation. The Goucher Poll, conducted by the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics
Center at Baltimore-based Goucher College, found that of those supporting, 39 percent
strongly favor the measure. Of the 20 percent who oppose the legislation, only 10 percent
strongly oppose. The bill was approved March 4 in the Senate and is awaiting action in the
House of Delegates.
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U.N. says anti-gay Nigerian law could hurt health
ABUJA, Nigeria The U.N. human rights chief expressed concern last week that Nigerias
new anti-gay law may have negative consequences on public health there, the AP reports.
Navi Pillay says the law could hinder government, civil and religious groups from delivering
HIV education and preventative care and deter gay and transgender people from seeking
services.
She told Justice Minister Mohammed Adoke at a meeting on March 13 that the Same-Sex
Marriage Prohibition Act violates fundamental human rights and the Nigerian constitution.
Adoke said the laws do not criminalize individual sexual orientation. He indicated there
would be no consideration for Pillays call for a moratorium on prosecutions, the AP said.
The minister said a poll showed 92 percent of Nigerians support the law. It further
criminalizes homosexuality as well as people working in HIV/AIDS programs for gays, who
have a much higher infection rate, the article said.
Study nds meth use affects T-cell counts
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to AIDS, researchers said.
But the reasons for these associations remain unclear. Worse antiretroviral adherence or
meth-related risk behaviors could explain worse health outcomes in meth users, or some
physiologic mechanism could explain these health decits, researchers said.
Acceptance group expands efforts in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah An effort to help Mormon parents understand how to react to
LGBT offspring that launched in 2012 is being expanded, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
The Family Acceptance Project, using research that nds children of accepting and loving
families are less likely to become homeless and commit suicide, hired a new national program
director, Rev. Marian Edmonds Allen, and plans to broaden its efforts, the Tribune reports.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Utah youth ages 10-17 and young adults
ages 18-24 higher than the national average. Studies have found that LGBT youth are
at least three times more likely than straight youth to attempt suicide and about four times
more likely to make a medically serious suicide attempt, Edmonds Allen told the paper.
More than 5,000 youth are estimated to experience homelessness in Utah per year.
Of these, at least 40 percent are LGBT and the majority are from religious and socially
conservative families, with 60 percent from Mormon homes, the Tribune reports.
HHS backs gay couples,
HIV/AIDS patients
WASHINGTON Married gay couples will be eligible for a family health policy
under President Obamas health care reform law, beginning in 2015, the U.S.
government said on March 14, Reuters and other media outlets reported. Insurers
were encouraged to begin offering coverage this year, the article said.
HHS exercised federal authority to prevent discriminatory insurance market
practices on an issue that has been caught up in state marriage laws.
The move follows a February lawsuit led by an Ohio gay couple that was unable
to obtain family coverage under Obamacare, they said, because their state does not
recognize same-sex marriage, Reuters said.
If an insurance company offers coverage to opposite-sex spouses, it cannot
choose to deny that coverage to same-sex spouses, Dr. Matthew Heinz, who heads
HHS outreach to LGBT communities, said in a posting to a government website.
The HHS also said insurers cannot turn down HIV/AIDS patients whose premiums
are being paid through the federal Ryan White program, the AP reports.
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Although we just had snow earlier this
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Try on at least ve pairs of different
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The best indicator is that the shoe feels
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Often we try to jam our feet into shoes that
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Always leave half an inch between your
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This can lead to a variety of common foot
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BUCKY MITCHELL grew up in Pennsylvanias
Amish country and says many of the exercises in
his regimen are derived from the kinds of move-
ment Amish men and women use in their daily
chores. Mitchell, whos gay, believes in a fun,
challenging workout that results in weight loss,
more muscle and a stable core. Find him online
at theamishtrainer.com.
Firm foundation
Gray, Mendelson and Bonds
have earned new terms
Early voting has begun. When you cast
your ballot there are many things to con-
sider.
By all statistics, D.C. is doing better than
ever before. Crime is down; student test
scores are up; we are winning awards for
the Districts environmental policies and as a
new high tech center. The mayor has added
more than $1 billion to the reserve fund,
the envy of every other state and city. Vin-
cent Gray is the strongest supporter weve
ever had for the LGBT community and has
backed that support with action.
We see tremendous progress in many ar-
eas and need to continue that momentum.
While some pretend that none of this is the
doing of the current mayor, to believe that is
to live in a never-never land where all things
just happen on their own. Some blame ev-
erything that happened in the mayors 2010
election on him, though he has not been
charged with any wrongdoing.
Still others are willing to give the mayor
credit for the progress our city has made.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said,
Mayor Gray knocked the ball out of the
park in terms of improvement when talk-
ing about D.C. schools. The Coalition for
Non-Prot Housing said, We applaud
Mayor Gray His plan makes strong invest-
ments in the production and preservation
of affordable housing. Then recently the
mayor accomplished what many in politics
say is nearly impossible to do: He won the
endorsement of nearly all the unions in the
District and also the endorsement of the
Chamber of Commerce.
I understand the problems facing the
mayor and voters especially after the state-
ments that came out in the indictment of
Jeffrey Thompson. I know Jeff Thompson
and if it comes to believing him or the may-
or I still choose to believe the mayor. Jeff
did everything he did for personal gain.
But for the moment that is something each
person will have to settle in their own mind
and heart. There are other good and de-
cent candidates in this race; they just dont
have the experience and record of success
of the mayor.
For Council chair I urge support for Phil
Mendelson. He has proven himself a stead-
fast supporter of progressive policies and
is a stabilizing force on the Council. From
his support of LGBT human and civil rights
issues to his work to preserve and build af-
fordable housing; from his efforts to make
sure the criminal justice system is work-
ing fairly to his support of a cleaner envi-
ronment, Mendelson has stood with and
worked diligently for all the people of the
District. He deserves our support and to be
reelected as chair of the Council.
For Council-at-large I urge support for
Anita Bonds. Like many, I was wary when
she was rst running for ofce that her con-
nections to old-time politics in the District
would not be productive on the Council.
But she has impressed many with her hard
work and willingness to listen to the com-
munity and make decisions based on the
facts. She was willing to stand up to one
of her rst mentors in government when
it was called for and make a stand for
ethical government. Her work on issues
such as raising the minimum wage, help-
ing seniors to remain in the District and in
their homes, and her support for forward-
looking environmental policies make her
deserving of reelection.
The District of Columbia is changing
and growing. There are some good peo-
ple who have been a part of making that
happen. There are some politicians who
should be turned out of ofce. But others
are still forward looking and effective and
should be rewarded with another term.
Gray, Mendelson and Bonds are three
such politicians. They are moving the Dis-
trict forward and have more to do and the
proven ability to do it.
It is my hope that we will see huge num-
bers of voters come to the polls on April 1
and make their voices heard. That is what
democracy is all about. Voting is not only a
privilege it is a responsibility.
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PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights
and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly for
the Blade.
Candidate for Maine guv
stands with our community
By JANE CLAYTON
Earlier this year, when EqualityMaine
chose to enthusiastically back Mike Mi-
chaud for governor, Michaud talked
about serving in the legislature with Dale
McCormick, Maines rst openly LGBT
legislator, and the times hed fallen short
of 100 percent support for our community
many years ago.
He wrote in a letter to the EqualityMaine
board: I know that there were some votes
I took in the earlier part of my career in the
state Legislature that hurt people like Dale
and my fellow LGBT Mainers. Its one of
the reasons Ive fought so hard for equality
throughout my time in Congress and why I
will continue to do so as governor.
And thats exactly what Michaud has
done. For more than 15 years, he has
stood with our community, voted with our
community and been there to ask others
to do the same.
U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud has been a co-
sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrim-
ination Act since he entered Congress in
2002. Unfortunately, in 2007, Congress re-
moved protections for transgender peo-
ple. Because of this, EqualityMaine joined
with more than 300 LGBT and civil rights
groups to oppose that non-inclusive ver-
sion of ENDA.
Michaud stood with EqualityMaine and
with all of Maines LGBT community despite
pressure to advance this incomplete bill.
Michauds stand in 2007 was by no means
his rst, nor would it be his last, on behalf of
the LGBT community. He not only opposed
federal marriage amendments in 2004 and
2006, he actively worked to persuade his
colleagues to do the same. Hes been an
inuential voice in efforts to end discrimina-
tion in our armed forces and repeal the so-
called Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA.
And his public support for marriage equality
in 2012 was critical to Maine being the rst
state in the country to legalize same-sex
marriage at the ballot box.
Of course, as with most leaders with such
a signicant record of public service like
Presidents Clinton and Obama there
were times years ago when Michaud wasnt
always with us. Thankfully, those leaders
werent alone in their evolution. Across the
country, attitudes about LGBT Americans
are changing every day, leading to tremen-
dous gains at the ballot box, in the courts
and in legislatures from coast to coast.
But long before he came out, and cer-
tainly long before he decided to run for gov-
ernor, Mike Michaud had already evolved
into one of the strongest advocates Maines
LGBT community has ghting for us. And
his election this November will underscore,
yet again, how far weve come as a state
and as a country when Maine elects the rst
openly gay governor in history.
We couldnt be prouder to support him
and to have his support, and we know hell
make a great governor.
Battle not yet won as
black LGBT people
struggle in Africa
By SHARON J. LETTMAN-HICKS
Our movement for full equality for LGBT
people continues to gain momentum.
Weve seen tremendous strides in terms of
marriage equality (a total of 17 states now
grant the freedom to marry) and most re-
cently with the increased visibility of black
LGBT public gures. But Ugandas current
crisis and the close call in Arizona remind us
that we must remain vigilant that despite
the many trails being blazed, we are still very
much in the heat of the battle and all is not
won yet.
Basketball star Jason Collins recently
made history as the rst openly gay male
player in a major sports league when he
joined the Brooklyn Nets. Earlier this year,
Good Morning America anchor Robin Rob-
erts spoke about her longtime girlfriend for
the rst time on national television. Trans
legends-in-the-making Laverne Cox, break-
out actress of the Netix original series Or-
ange Is the New Black, hate crime survivor
CeCe McDonald, and New York Times
bestselling author Janet Mock are leading
the national conversation around transgen-
der equality.
On the policy front, a U.S. district judge
ruled that Texas ban on marriage equal-
ity is unconstitutional. The Maryland State
Senate recently passed the Fairness for All
Marylanders Act, a bill that would prohibit
discrimination on the basis of gender iden-
tity, which now heads to the House. And
Washington, D.C. now requires insurance
companies to provide health coverage to
trans residents, including gender reassign-
ment surgery.
Paints a pretty picture of progress, doesnt
it? Well, look a little closer.
Just this month alone, Ugandan Presi-
dent Yoweri Museveni signed into law
a bill that imposes harsh sentences on
LGBT Ugandans; Arizona passed then
vetoed a piece of legislation that would
have made it legal for business owners
to discriminate against LGBT customers;
and the 2014 Olympics brought to light
the persecution of our Russian brothers
and sisters. This all happened in Febru-
ary, the shortest month of the year. Even
worse, it happened on our watch.
Under Ugandans anti-gay law, anyone
found guilty of repeated same-sex sexual
acts will be sentenced to life in prison.
President Museveni has cited science
and other unfounded claims to justify this
atrocious injustice against our black LGBT
family overseas. Not only is it imperative
that the U.S. Department of State expe-
dite the asylum process for all Ugandans
affected by this oppressive and inhumane
law, it is critical that the U.S. take responsi-
bility for and address its ties to homopho-
bia in African countries. The truth is that
when the radical right started losing
ground on American soil, they invested
their anti-LGBT tactics elsewhere and
capitalized on a painful legacy of colonial-
ism and white supremacy.
Addressing what is happening in Ugan-
da goes deeper than threatening to pull
U.S. foreign aid. Furthermore, our nation-
al response to what is happening in the
East African nation and in countries like
Nigeria speaks to our complacency and
lack of urgency around matters that are
literally life and death for black and brown
LGBT bodies.
After Arizonas legislature passed the con-
troversial SB 1062, some Ugandans pointed
out our hypocrisy. Everyone from local advo-
cates to President Obama condemned the
Ugandan bill, but we could barely get our
own affairs together stateside. The biggest
irony was the hundreds of activists that ral-
lied and urged Gov. Jan Brewer to veto the
Arizona legislation. Where were the crowds
for our Ugandan brothers and sisters who
will be trying to seek asylum?
Its time we truly treat a threat to injustice
anywhere with the gravity it deserves. Its
time we recognize that progress takes full
partnership. Despite of our recent advance-
ments, we still need all hands on deck, es-
pecially when its the lives of black LGBT
people at stakebecause chances are the
level of outrage and action will be utterly
delayed, if present.
National campaigns launched around
the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi,
speaking against the countrys ban on so-
called LGBT propaganda. And rightfully
so. There are laws that limit adoption by
same-sex couples and Russian President
Vladimir Putin has equated LGBT people to
pedophiles. But where was the mass mobi-
lization when a Ugandan tabloid printed a
list of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen-
der Ugandans with their photographs a
witch hunt reminiscent of the 2010 paper
that ran both photos and addresses with the
heinous headline Hang Them? Where
was the global outcry?
That is why here at the National Black Jus-
tice Coalition, we are revising our institution-
al policy to take a stand internationally. We
have begun turning directly to advocates
abroad and asking what is the international
support that they need. Going forward, in-
creasing acceptance and respect for black
LGBT people in every corner of the globe
will guide the organizations agenda as we
continue to build a safer and more inclusive
nation and world.
Our movement has certainly come a long
way but we have so much further to go.
Uganda is our reality check. And it doesnt
get realer than that.
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A reality check from Uganda
JANE CLAYTON is president of the board of directors
at EqualityMaine, Maines leading LGBT advocacy and
community organization and an attorney in Bangor.
His election this November will underscore,
yet again, how far weve come as a state and
as a country when Maine elects the rst openly
gay governor in history.
Rep. Michaud has made up for past mistakes
SHARON J. LETTMAN-HICKS serves as executive
director and CEO of the National Black Justice
Coalition, a national civil rights organization dedicated
to empowering black LGBT people. For more
information, visit nbjc.org.
16 years is long enough its
time for change
By BARBARA HELMICK
As a resident of Ward One for close to
35 years and as a political activist since
1971, a public endorsement is some-
thing I take very seriously. I thought long
and hard about this years Council race
and feel condent the right choice for
Ward One Council is Brianne Nadeau.
Coming to D.C. and coming out co-
incided for me in the late 1970s. How
exciting to stumble upon a street fair
that turned out to be Gay Pride, and
how shocking to see standing on a crate
speaking to the crowd, the mayor! It
was a time of rsts such things as the
rst presidential candidate to use the
phrase gays and lesbians in his stump
speeches in 1984 was huge; Jesse Jack-
son went on to win nearly 20 percent of
the popular vote.
In the late 1980s, the Gertrude Stein
Club encouraged members to run for
ANC positions to increase our visibility
and political clout. It was a great strat-
egy so I took up the call and served two
terms in Adams Morgan. And by 1998,
it indeed was a critical milestone for our
community to elect an out gay Demo-
cratic man to the D.C. Council.
I share all this to show how far we
have come, how strong our movement
is and how now it is important to want
more than just a seat at the table. The
Victory Fund does not share their rea-
sons for sitting out endorsements; it is
notable that it has not endorsed Jim
Graham this time.
Brianne Nadeau is a strong ally and
when on the Council intends to be a
champion. Her stunning near endorse-
ment by the Stein Club, garnering more
votes than incumbent Graham, dem-
onstrates her passion to represent us is
clear. She has garnered an impressive
number of endorsements from com-
munity groups, local newspapers, the
Washington Post, current and former
Council members. She can win.
As an Advisory Neighborhood Com-
missioner she established a record of
collaboration with community organiza-
tions. Briannes priorities are strength-
ening our schools and the students,
specically LGBTQ students through
partnerships with organizations like
SMYAL to foster and support the next
generation of LGBT academics and
leaders. She has a record of supporting
small businesses, increasing affordable
housing and public safety all issues
that are important to our community. In
candidate forums she demonstrates her
no-nonsense approach to politics and
her studied grasp of issues key to our
community and our city.
Brianne will bring a fresh new energy
that the Council disparately needs. Gra-
hams own hesitation to run, setting up
an odd exploratory committee last year
was a strong signal that it was time for
change. Sadly, he is plagued by scandal;
he is only the second Council member
in history to be reprimanded by his col-
leagues (by a vote of 11-2).
This isnt the rst time Ive had to de-
cide between backing a civil rights ac-
tivist or go with someone new. When
Jim rst ran, he challenged Frank Smith
who in the early 1960s registered voters
in some of the most dangerous coun-
ties in Mississippi. He also lived in tents
with Mississippi sharecroppers who had
been evicted from their homes when
they requested a pay raise; they were
targets of violence yet persevered and
established one of the few black coop-
erative communities in Mississippi
Strike City.
When Jim challenged Frank Smith,
he often drawled that 16 years was a
long time to serve. Maybe too long. I
thought Jim was right then and, now
that Jim has served 16 years, I think it
is apt today. Sometimes after so long,
some politicians become more of the
system than of themselves.
Finally, I am so super pumped to sup-
port an out feminist! Brianne proudly dis-
plays her endorsements from the Wom-
ens Campaign Fund and Emilys List.
From a black Civil Rights activist, to a
gay rights activist, to a feminist leader
this is a great arc of progressive his-
tory. I encourage you to vote for Brianne
Nadeau in the April 1 primary.
Political independent defends
Democratic values more
than most
By JOHN KLENERT
As a lifelong Democrat, I was interested
to read Lateefah Williams March 12 piece
in which she argues that LGBT voters should
look no further than the political party of a
candidate when choosing our next mayor.
First, I know Williams and nd her to be a
passionate advocate for the causes close
to her heart. However, the notion that we
should blindly fall in line and support the
candidate with a D at their end of their
name does a disservice to our community
and is not in the best interest of our city.
Williams would have us look only at a la-
bel rather than the quality of a candidates
character and record. David Catania has
fought for the LGBT community and stood
up for Democratic values more than any
other elected ofcial in the District. His ef-
forts to improve public schools, expand
healthcare coverage to all District residents
regardless of their immigration status, cre-
ate a medical marijuana program and fos-
ter economic opportunity for the entire city
speak for themselves and clearly reect our
shared values.
There is no other candidate in the race
who can hold a candle to David Catania
when it comes to issues affecting both the
future of our city generally and our commu-
nity specically. David not only authored the
bill that brought the District marriage equal-
ity, but he was the chief executive of the
tireless and relentless campaign to guide it
to passage. It was David who brought the
various voices of our community together
behind an effective and unied strategy and
it was David who fought against and stared
down the prospect of a ballot initiative that
could have been its undoing.
Because of Davids leadership as chair of
the Councils Committee on Health, the Dis-
trict increased the number of publicly fund-
ed HIV tests from 8,320 in 2005 to nearly
138,000 in 2012, the nal year of his tenure as
chair. Further, he was instrumental in taking
the District from a place of ignorance about
its epidemic to being a national leader in
effectively tracking and understanding the
spread of the disease. The Districts annual
HIV/AIDS epidemiology report that David
funded and championed is now a model
for jurisdictions across the country. As a re-
sult of this work, the number of newly diag-
nosed cases fell from 700 in 2008 to 363 in
2012 and the number of HIV-related deaths
went from 238 in 2008 to 69 in 2012. Whats
more, because of his efforts to uncover and
address the mismanagement of the citys
AIDS Drug Assistance Program, the num-
ber of District residents receiving life-saving
medication for free has tripled since 2008
and there is no waiting list.
When the only acute care hospital east
of the Anacostia River faced imminent col-
lapse, David took action. He held hearings,
rooted out the problems, championed the
cause of saving the hospital, and led the
effort to secure grants and loans to ensure
the hospitals survival. What was once a fa-
cility at risk of being unable to ensure basic
patient safety was reborn as United Medi-
cal Center with new equipment, facilities
and patient services. The hospital has seen
patient volumes increase and its bottom
line drastically improve. If not for Davids
intervention, this critical component of the
Districts healthcare infrastructure and social
safety net would have been lost forever.
In 2013, David introduced legislation to
undo the Districts prohibition on surrogacy
agreements. Under District law, couples
and single people wanting to have children
face a ne of up to $10,000 or a year in jail if
they enter into a surrogacy agreement. The
District is the only jurisdiction in the country
with such a prohibition. The legislation au-
thored by David permits surrogacy agree-
ments and establishes a legal framework to
protect those agreements.
David authored and guided to passage
legislation to undo laws that burdened our
transgender brothers and sisters. Until last
year, the District required expensive medi-
cal procedures before individuals could ob-
tain a birth certicate that reects their true
gender identity. Seeing these laws as out-
dated and discriminatory, David did some-
thing about it. He introduced the JaParker
Deoni Jones Birth Certicate Equality
Amendment Act of 2013, which aligned
the Districts requirements with modern
medical standards and implemented pri-
vacy protections for those seeking a new
birth certicate.
Yes, there was a time when David Cata-
nia was a Republican. But our community
stands for being true to ourselves, true to
our beliefs and true to the values of accep-
tance and fairness. David Catanias decision
to leave the Republican Party more than a
decade ago when it was clear that it did not
align with his core values and go on to serve
as an independent member of the Council
is the logical extension of that same ethic.
David Catania may not have a D af-
ter his name, but I would put his record
up against anyone who does. While some
have spent their time worrying about labels,
David Catania has been busy putting the
District of Columbia rst.
Catania is superior candidate for mayor
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28 MARCH 21, 2014 VI EWPOI NT
JOHN KLENERT is a longtime D.C. resident and
Democratic Party activist.
VI EWPOI NT
Brianne Nadeau for Ward One Council
BARBARA HELMICK is a former ANC commissioner
representing Adams Morgan, a former Democratic
State Committee Ward One representative, one of the
longest continuous members of the Stein Democratic
Club and a community organizer.
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Lack of campaign
momentum, low interest
not fault of voters
The Districts mayoral contest has cap-
tured nominal sustained interest and en-
listed little notable passion. That signies a
lot more about the candidates and the citys
primary election restrictions than it does
public civic-mindedness.
Even the date of this years April 1 parti-
san party nominating process provides an
all-too-easy punch line.
Despite the newly condensed primary
election schedule and intensied poli-
ticking, the campaign has unfolded at a
seemingly languid pace before a largely
disengaged electorate. Even the long-
anticipated possibility that allegations of
impropriety or acts of illegality either known
to Mayor Vincent Gray or possibly involving
sanction during his successful 2010 defeat
of the prior one-term incumbent took the
tenor of a predictable development.
No primary election contender in the
usually determinative Democratic race,
including the incumbent mayor and four
D.C. Council challengers, has generated
much momentum. Not only are the can-
didates clumped close to one another in
measured support, the winner will almost
certainly prevail capturing only a minority
of votes.
Even Council member David Catanias
conrmation that he will run as an inde-
pendent candidate in the November gen-
eral election caused only a momentary stir.
It merely complicated prognostications pre-
dicting ballot outcomes now and later.
Both candidate appeals to shrinking fac-
tions of voters in a primary election system
limited to party-registered voters and bick-
ering over credit for private sector contribu-
tions outside their domain have proven to
be the ultimate public turn-offs. As early vot-
ing began this week, it is expected that low
turnout will be the big winner.
First, D.C.s old-fashioned system of limit-
ing primary election participation to those
signed up with a respective political party
excludes nearly one-fth of registered vot-
ers. The District is one of a rapidly dwindling
number of jurisdictions excluding non-
aligned voters from the opportunity to fully
engage in choosing candidates.
Nationwide, 23 among 30 of the largest
cities and 80 percent of all municipalities
permit all voters to participate in primary
elections, under a variety of voting schemes.
The likelihood that adoption of an equal-
access voting process would lead to dimin-
ished party allegiance, however, precludes
the possibility that ofceholders from the
citys dominant Democratic Party will ap-
prove legislation introduced by Council
member David Grosso to modernize the
local system.
With nearly half of all U.S. voters now
self-identifying as independents, along
with a majority of those under 35 years of
age, alienation from partisan primaries will
continue to grow. In California and New
Jersey, for example, 21 percent of new vot-
er registrations and 47 percent of all voters,
respectively, are non-aligned. Heightened
interest and increased participation re-
quires equal access.
Although Catanias general election
campaign is likely to increase voter partici-
pation in what is expected to be a compet-
itive race regardless of who is designated
Democratic standard-bearer, this anomaly
will only serve to mask the outlier nature of
District election protocols.
Of equal importance, D.C. voters have
suffered astonishingly amateurish and un-
impressively contentious chatter by candi-
dates. Preoccupied with arguing over who
deserves credit for the citys strong growth,
economic development, cultural vitality and
overall vibrancy, candidates accustomed
to counting construction cranes have de-
volved to taking credit for them.
Voters are smart enough to know that city
ofcials cant claim much in that regard ex-
cept whether they create the government
regulatory, operational mandate and busi-
ness taxation environments allowing the
private sector to ourish. For voters unwill-
ing to renew Grays contract, Council mem-
ber Jack Evans is the only primary candidate
with both experience in and commitment
to fostering business conditions producing
continued progress.
Regardless of who is selected by what-
ever portion of voters determines the out-
come, the local business community will
arise early the next day to tend to the task
of moving the city forward and keeping its
economy humming.
The sooner local politicians understand
their reliance on enterprise and entrepre-
neurs to fuel the city, and the imperative to
open the political process to all, the better
candidates they will become and the more
interested we will be.
Lackluster D.C. primary due to candidates, system
Our focus should include
good govt, clean elections
By PAUL COOPER
At the recent Gertrude Stein Democratic
Club mayoral forum, candidates and mem-
bers focused exclusively on which candi-
date had the most impressive record on
LGBT rights. Thats all good, but it misses
the point. The questions for LGBT Demo-
crats this year isnt just which mayor would
be best for the LGBT community; its also
which mayor would be best for Democrats.
The good news is that every Democrat
on the mayoral ballot says the right things
about LGBT issues. Not every candidate
has the kind of record that deserves our
trust (or our votes), but at least they are all
mouthing the right words.
LGBT Democrats should think beyond
the specic needs our community as well;
as Democrats, we should care deeply
about good government and clean elec-
tions. Were the party that believes govern-
ment has a useful and positive role to play
in reducing income inequality, increasing
economic opportunity and helping build a
diverse and welcoming community. If gov-
ernment is corrupt, and elections are frauds,
then support for the programs we value will
wither accordingly.
So D.C. Democrats should be particularly
alarmed at the steady drumbeat of ofcial
corruption weve seen over the past year.
Last week, disgraced businessman Jeffrey
Thompson named Mayor Gray as his ac-
complice in a scheme to defraud voters
and buy the last mayoral election. This fol-
lows guilty pleas by three members of the
Council, and by numerous aides. The U.S.
Attorney promises that the corruption hes
uncovered is just the tip of the iceberg.
Over the years, the Thompson network
reached throughout D.C.s government.
All but one member of the Council in-
cluding mayoral candidates Muriel Bowser
and Jack Evans accepted money from
Thompson.
D.C.s political system is gripped by a
culture of corruption. Weve seen the worst
offenders hauled off to jail, or about to go.
Even worse, a good deal of the corrupt
and unethical behavior that goes on every
day in D.C. is still legal. Thats because the
politicians again Bowser and Evans in-
cluded have blocked tough new ethics
laws from being enacted, and have slowed
the creation of an independent attorney
generals ofce. LGBT Democrats must get
behind a candidate we can trust to be a
staunch defender of LGBT rights, and who
will ght the pay-to-play system that cor-
rupts our government.
In both regards, Tommy Wells is right for
the job. The nonpartisan Gay and Lesbian
Activists Alliance gave Wells the highest
score of any mayoral challenger, commend-
ing him for his excellent voting record
and deep understanding of LGBT issues. In
contrast to Wellss near-perfect 9.5, Muriel
Bowser scored just 5.5 out of 10 points.
We know that Tommy Wells will ght for
clean elections and good government; hes
based his entire campaign on it. Hes the
only elected running for mayor who hasnt
accepted a dime from Jeffrey Thompson.
Hes called for public nancing of elections,
and hes fought for tough election reforms.
And he isnt just talking: Hes the only
candidate running for mayor whos refus-
ing corporate donations, PAC money and
special interest dollars that have polluted
our elections.
Wells hits all the other progressive issues
correctly too. Hes widely known as an ad-
vocate for public transportation, which led
to his endorsement by the popular blog
Greater Greater Washington. Hes fought
for womens rights and equality, which led
him to be endorsed by the National Orga-
nization for Women. Wells was the author
of the pro-environment Bag Law, a higher
minimum wage and the newly passed de-
criminalization of marijuana.
Thanks to the work of many before us,
LGBT Democrats now have the privilege
of looking beyond the narrow needs of just
our own community. When we vote in the
primary, my husband and I will be support-
ing a candidate who can be trusted to ght
for LGBT rights and end pay-to-play cor-
ruption. For both reasons, Wells will be our
choice.
VI EWPOI NT
Time for LGBT Dems to take broader view
PAUL COOPER is a member of the Gertrude Stein
Democratic Club and a longtime D.C. activist for LGBT
and Democratic Party causes. He lives on Capitol Hill.
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business advocate. Follow on Twitter: @MarkLeeDC.
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D.C. area oers wide range
of indoor, outdoor, day and
overnight options
By MARIAH COOPER
Summer may seem far away but
registration time for summer camp
programs is already here. Here are
camps all ranging in various interests and
age groups that are both fun and LGBT-
friendly for campers.
Adventure Theatre (7300 MacArthur
Blvd., Glen Echo, Md.) oers two musical
theater summer camp programs, one for
children in grades one-six and one for
grades six-12. Grades one-six focuses on
singing, dancing and acting with props,
costumes and scene-work for two-week
sessions. Each session is $750-$800.
Grades six-12 can choose from three
dierent sessions that focus on Broadway
rival study, golden age musical study
and contemporary musical study. These
sessions are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-
4 p.m. Sessions run for three weeks and
are $1,200. Before and after care are
available for both age groups. For more
information and to begin registration, visit
adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
Silver Stars Gymnastics has two
locations in the area Silver Spring
(2701 Pittman Drive) and Bowie (14201
Woodcli Court) with programs for
children ages 3 and a half to 15.The
summer camp programs teach
children basic gymnastics skills such as
cartwheels, jumps, tucks, twists and ips.
Sessions are a week long with options
to attend full day, extended full day,
half day and extended half days. Full
days are from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. for
$305. Half days are from 9 a.m.-noon
and are $240. Extended sessions are an
extra fee ranging from $25-65. For more
information, visit gosilverstars.com.
CommuniKids Preschool and
Children Language Center oers
summer language immersion programs
for children ages 2 and a half to 8 at its
two locations in D.C. (4719 Wisconsin Ave.,
N.W.) and Falls Church (510 N. Washington
St., Falls Church, Va.). The D.C. location
oers the program in Spanish and the Falls
Church location oers Spanish and French.
There are six sessions that last one-week.
Full days are from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and half
days are from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Full days
are $400 and half days are $265. Extended
before and after care is also available for
additional fees ranging from $20-50. For
more details, visit communikids.com.
Georgetown Day School oers
a variety of summer camps including
dance, debate, math, touch-typing, ne
lm and more. There is also an option
to design your own camp for a $400 fee.
Traditional camp styles such as Hopper
Day Camp for ages 5 through fourth
grade are also available that has activities
such as arts and crafts, cooking and day
trips. Six sessions are available from 8:30
a.m.-3 p.m. Each session is $400. For
more details on Hopper Day Camp and
other camps oered, visit gds.org.
The YMCA in D.C. has a number of
dierent camps for children of all ages.
Cooking Delight teaches basic cooking
and nutrition, Pirate Splash has dierent
pirate themed games and activities,
Creative Writing which allows campers
to work on their own short stories and
many more. YMCA also oers Camp
Letts (4009 Camp Letts Rd., Edgewater,
Md.), a day and overnight camp, that
oers traditional camp activities such as
kayaking and horseback riding. For more
details on specic camps and pricing,
visit ymcadc.org and campletts.org.
The Lowell School (1640 Kalmia Rd.,
N.W.) has summer programs for children
ages 2 and three quarters through 15.
Young campers in pre-K and kindergarten
programs enjoy a combination of in-class
and outdoors activities aimed toward
self -discovery and building social skills.
Campers in grades one-six can participate
in daily workshops as well as in a variety
of specialty camps. Teens can explore the
city in Amazing Race D.C. and Get out!
Trips Camp. There are two full sessions
and two mini camp sessions. Partial
nancial aid is available. For a list of prices
and camps, visit lowellschool.org.
DAR Museum (1776 D St., N.W.)
oers Junior Historian Camp for
children ages 9-12 from July 14-18. The
camp teaches children about D.C. from
1800-1815. Learn about the capitols
architecture, art, archeology, maps,
museums and more of the time period.
Fun activities such as taking eld trips,
doing a mock archaeology excavation
and making your own exhibition are
oered. The program is from 8:30 a.m.-4
p.m. Monday-Friday. The fee is $300. For
more information, visit dar.org.
Circle Yoga (3838 Northampton St.,
N.W.) has Budding Yogis summer camp
for kids ages 4-12. This program teaches
mindful yoga while also incorporating
group games, camp songs and arts and
crafts. Children ages 4-7 have half day
camp from 9 a.m.-noon for $250 per
week. Children ages 6-12 have full day
camp from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. for $365 per
week. There are two half-day session
camps and seven full-day camp sessions.
Sessions last one week. For more
information, visit circleyoga.com.
TIC Camp oers summer camp
programs that focus on sports and
technology for kids ages 7-12 with locations
in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Sports
options available include ultimate Frisbee,
soccer, dance and more. Technology
programs range from web development
to animation and lmmaking. Tuition is
$825 per session with four session dates
per location. Extended day sessions are
available for an additional $200. For more
details, visit ticcamp.com.
Green Acres School (11701
Danville Dr., North Bethesda, Md.) has
multiple summer programs for kids of
all ages. Activities include swimming and
indoor and outdoor activities. Kreative
Kangaroos is for younger children and
oers small group activities with no more
than six children per group for closer
interaction. Junior camp is for children
in kindergarten through second grade.
Kreative Kangaroos and Junior Camp have
one six-week session from June 16-July 25.
Junior campers are required to sign up for
all six weeks. Senior camp is for children
completing second through sixth grade in
June and oers two three-week sessions.
Junior and senior camp is $2,490 for six
weeks. Senior camp is $1,485 for three
weeks. Camp nancial aid is available. For
more details, visit greenacres.org.
Corcoran Gallery of Arts Camp
Creativity oers sessions in Georgetown,
downtown, Hill Center and Capitol Hill
Day School. Programs are available for
children ages 5-16. Learnt to paint with
watercolors, illustrate stories and how
to launch a magazine. Prices vary by
location and program. For more details,
visit corcoran.org/camps.
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Silver Spring, MD 20910
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How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
I came out to myself in the midst of
my rst marriage to a wonderful man.
Shortly after our divorce in 2002, I
began to date women. My maternal
grandmother, who raised me, was the
hardest person to tell.Karen and I were
on our honeymoon in Myrtle Beach when
I took the call from my grandmother, who
had just learned from a family friend of
our marriage. Her admonishing words
are forever sealed in my mind.
Whos your LGBT hero?

There are three: Audre Lord, Bayard Rustin
and Edith Windsor. These three individuals
exemplied the essence of social justice
with the sole purpose of advocating for
a just and inclusive society when it was
unheard of to do so.
Whats Washingtons best nightspot,

past or present?
Im not into the nightlife or club scene.
I prefer an evening with friends lled
with good conversation, laughs and
delicious food.
Describe your dream wedding.

I had my dream wedding on Sept. 22,
2013.My wife and I chose the venue of the
courtyard at the Human Rights Campaign
headquarters for our ceremony, followed
by a fabulous reception at the renowned
Sotel Hotel in Washington, D.C. We were
surrounded with so much love from
our family members and our beloved
community of friends.
What non-LGBT issue

are you most passionate about?
I am very passionate about the inequity of
wealth in the world. The gap between the
haves and the have nots is getting wider.
What historical outcome

would you change?
Slavery the world is still suering from its
ramications.
Whats been the most memorable pop

culture moment of your lifetime?
The election of President Barack Obama.
On what do you insist?

Respect
What was your last

Facebook post or Tweet?
This new show Resurrection has left
my heart slain and my mind in a daze.
Imagine having a deceased loved
one return. Just to imagine such an
occurrence has the bile of grief welling
up in me. Since my beloved grandmother
died, I have found myself in whispered,
hopeful prayer, asking for one more
moment why did I watch this show!
If your life were a book,

what would the title be?
Youre Pregnant, Im Menopausal, Thats
Crazy!, which we fully intend to write.
If science discovered a way to change

sexual orientation, what would you do?
I would be aghast that this would be of
any importance to the science world.
That said, I would not stand in line for
such an inoculation.
What do you believe

in beyond the physical world?
I believe that God dwells within us as
unconditional love manifested in our daily
deeds, actions, thoughts and beliefs.
Whats your advice for

LGBT movement leaders?
The struggle continues on all fronts. We
must each be diligent in keeping LGBTQ
issues in the publics eye and minds.
What would you walk

across hot coals for?
My daughter, Amaris. I really do dream a
world where she can exceed her potential
free from all isms.
What LGBT stereotype annoys you most?

When society seeks to attach gender roles
to my family. We are both women and
we equally share responsibilities in our
household and relationship.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?

Philadelphia and Brokeback Mountain
because of the global message of love
that belongs to everyone, not just
mainstream society.
Whats the most

overrated social custom?
How obsessively connected we are to our
electronic devices.
What trophy or prize do you most covet?

To make the New York Times bestseller list.
What do you wish youd known at 18?

The only thing permanent in life is
change. It would have saved me a pound
of grief. As the biblical passage goes, this
too shall pass.
Why Washington?
I came to Washington from New Orleans
to attend college. I chose to make
Washington my second home because of
its inclusive laws and progressive culture
that validates my family.
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Renee
Perrier-
Combs
The Rainbow Families board member
answers 20 gay questions
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
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Renee Perrier-Combs is a living testament to the eectiveness of the Rainbow Families
biannual Family Conference.
She rst attended in 2010 and was astounded such an event existed. At the next one
in 2012, she and her partner of eight years, Karen Perrier-Combs, found a school for
their 5-year-old daughter, Amaris, a school they were previously unaware of.
They have great vendors there and we really got to gure out what was the best t
for our family, Perrier-Combs says. Its just one of the advantages of the conference.
You get such a wealth of information and theres such camaraderie, spirit and energy
there, its just a wonderful space.
The 43-year-old Louisiana native came to Washington in 1990 to go to college at
Howard University. She works by day as a supervisory social worker with Arlington
County Department of Human Services but has been involved with Rainbow Families
for three years and served on its board since last September.
This years Family Conference is slated for April 26 from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at
Georgetown Day School (4200 Davenport St., N.W.) and will feature expos, information,
networking and fellowship. Comedian Judy Gold is the guest speaker. Registration ($40
for members; $50 for non-members) is available at rainbowfamiliesdc.org. This years
theme is Creating Our Families, Building Our Community, Celebrating Our Strength.
Perrier-Combs lives with her family in Brookland. She enjoys spending time with her
wife and daughter in her free time.
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Expanding our sense
of what an LGBT
family looks like
By DANA RUDOLPH
Two new, very dierent memoirs
continue to expand our sense of what an
LGBT family looks like. One is the story of a
lesbian mom struggling against her sons
anti-gay Catholic school while grappling
with her relationship to the church and
to her own mother. The other is about a
butch lesbian and her experience being
pregnantthe print version of a graphic
novel rst serialized online.
Michelle Thealls Teaching the Cat to
Sit (Gallery Books) is a beautifully crafted
tale about the power and pitfalls
of faith, family and love. Theall, the
editor-in-chief of Alaska Magazine and
an award-winning adventure and tness
writer, weaves the story of attempting
to raise her son Catholic with the story
of her own childhood and coming out.
She deftly intertwines anecdotes that
take us back to her childhood in Bible
Belt Texas and forward to her life as a
parent in Colorado, moving us through
her Catholic upbringing, sexual abuse by
a neighbor, coming out during college in
the 1980s, meeting her now-partner Jill,
and adopting their son.
The narrative begins in Colorado in
2009, when she and Jill are rst sensing
a reluctance from their priest to baptize
their son. The boy also attends the Catholic
school run by the same church, and the
family has been welcomed by the school
community. The priest, however, eventually
warns them that he is reconsidering
whether they can stay, since being gay goes
against Catholic teaching.
Despite the insult, Theall hesitates to
withdraw their son, knowing that it would
hurt her strongly Catholic mother, who
also suers from depression. Theall has
struggled her whole life for her mothers
acceptance, and their relationship nearly
ended when Theall came out to her.
Through her story, she shows us the
harmto individuals as well as entire
familiesof a view of the world in which
lesbian and gay people exist only as
sinners and deviants. While she pulls no
punches about the churchs hypocrisy
and failings, her book is far from a
condemnation of religion.
A. K. Summers Pregnant Butch: Nine
Long Months Spent in Drag (Soft Skull
Press) has an entirely dierent style
and tone: irreverent and often caustic,
with bold images that both capture the
details of everyday life and exaggerate
its incongruities. This is not a childrens
comic. The tale, rst serialized starting
in 2011 at the Web comic collective
site Act-i-vate (act-i-vate.com), is semi-
autobiographical, with the protagonist
Teek standing in for Summers.
Summers grew up in California and
Georgia, went to college in Ohio and
Illinois, and now lives in Rhode Island.
Trained as a printmaker, she is the
creator of the comic zine Negativa:
Chicagos Astute Lezbo Fantasy Mag, as
well as several short animated lms.
She was adopted herself, which gave
her an emotional longing to experience a
biological relationship to somebody, she
told me in an interview in 2011. Getting
pregnant, often seen as the ultimate
womanly act, took on dierent overtones
when she did so as a butch woman, however.
Pregnant Butch, she said, is about my
attempts to hold on to my butch self and
also to allow myself to be transformed by
the process [of pregnancy], and where that
could occur and be positive.
Summers explores what it means to be
butch, the lack of positive role models,
and how she and her partner negotiated
their relationship and roles as they
headed toward parenthood. She charts
her changing interactions with friends
and neighbors as they encountered the
dissonance of her masculine gender
expression and her pregnant belly.
Summers writes in her introduction that
she thinks there has been a shift in the
10 years since she was pregnant. Young
queers are now less likely to use the term
butch. Nevertheless, Summers felt it
was important to capture her experience,
both to make the unseen visible and
to document a point in time before the
enormous positive shift in public attitudes
toward gay people in the last few years.
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The importance of
co-parenting agreements
By MEAGHAN E. HEARN
I recently met with a married couple
that separated about a year ago and are
preparing to nalize their separation
with ling for divorce here in the District.
They worked together throughout
their yearlong separation to help their
children ages 8 and 5 adjust to what
they call their new normal. The couples
relationship is amicable and they make a
concerted eort to reach joint decisions
on parenting issues by considering
what is in the best interest of their
children. They are fully aware, though,
that as their children get older and life
moves forward there will be times when
tensions mount between them and their
relationship to each other as parents
will become strained. Their goal now is
to do whatever they can to minimize the
possibility of court involvement in any
future parental disputes.
Many non-married parents straight
and gay - are turning to co-parenting
agreements to achieve this goal. A co-
parenting agreement is an agreement
between parents that can set forth
anything from the moral values the
parents wish to instill in their child to
agreed upon forms of discipline the
parents will or will not use with their child.
An eective agreement is drafted in a
way that sets forth guidelines for parents
to follow that will assist in avoiding and
resolving conicts as parents encounter
the inevitable changes life brings. A well
thought out and drafted agreement
should always provide parents with
methods to resolve conicts without
court intervention.
Co-parenting agreements may be
entered when your child is born or after
you and your co-parent have separated
or divorced. It goes without saying,
however, that having these important
discussions and drafting an agreement
before conict arises in your relationship
with your childs other parent is often
easier than nding that common ground
when parents are already at odds with
each other.
The beauty of co-parenting agreements
is that they can include whatever parents
believe is important in raising their
child. Agreements typically include
clauses detailing which parent will make
important decisions regarding their
childs health, education, and welfare, the
nancial obligations of each parent to the
child, and physical custody or visitation
schedules that the parents will follow
during the school year and summer
months. A co-parenting agreement can
even include provisions on religious
up-bringing, extracurricular activities,
geographical restrictions related to a
parents residence, parameters on where
a parent may or may not travel with
the child, or even when a parent can
introduce their child to a new signicant
other.
Part of what makes co-parenting
agreements so appealing is that they
are adaptable to change. An eective co-
parenting agreement will set forth factors
that parents should consider when
making decisions related to their child, as
well as the specic process the parents
will follow when conict arises between
them. These agreements can also include
clauses requiring parents to participate
in mediation or arbitration when they
are unable to reach an agreement as to
what is in the best interest of their child.
Some co-parenting agreements even give
nal decision making authority to a third
party such as a social worker, therapist
or similar healthcare provider, when
parents are simply unable to reach a
decision themselves.
In same-sex relationships, these
agreements can be of paramount
importance and can often be critical in
establishing a non-biological parents
relationship to his or her child. If one or
both parents reside in a state that does
not recognize same-sex marriage or
does not permit same-sex second parent
adoptions, these agreements can provide
a layer of protection to the non-biological
parent by explicitly setting forth the
parents rights and obligations to his or
her non-biological child. Although a co-
parenting agreement is not legally binding
in these states, the current nation-wide
judicial shift in recognizing the rights of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered
persons indicates that judges would
now be more willing to consider these
agreements as evidence of not only the
non-biological parents relationship to
the child, but also the parents shared
goals in raising their child.
The importance of developing a
parenting plan and memorializing it in
a legally enforceable document before
conict arises between you and your co-
parent cannot be overstated. It will not
only allow you and your co-parent to
develop a greater understanding of your
respective roles and duties as they relate
to your child, but it will help your family -
as a whole - navigate your new normal.
MEAGHAN E. HEARN is an attorney at
Ackerman Brown PLLC. Ackerman Brown is
a full service law rm based in Washington
with o ces in Maryland and Virginia. If you
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Out Idol runner-up
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songs and storytelling
By KEITH LORIA
Conventional wisdom has it that the
holidays are not a good time to come out.
Crystal Bowersox didnt quite do it
around a Christmas Day family meal,
but she denitely didnt follow the usual
path either.
When Bowersox released her Christmas
album last December, one of the songs was
called Coming Out For Christmas and
the singer came out as bisexual during her
touting of the record.
I think its important that people in the
public eye be public about where they
stand and who they are because it will give
kids around the world the condence to be
who they are, she says. Its not good for
anyone to hate any aspect of themselves
and I think it sets a good example for young
people to love themselves.
America was introduced to Bowersox in
2010 as a contestant on American Idol,
a single mother with dreadlocks who
had a voice that crossed the territories of
blues, country, folk and rock. Although she
nished second to Lee DeWyze, her star
was on the rise.
Before Idol, I had never done any
excessive touring. I did some local gigs
in my hometown and I was happy doing
what I was doing, she says. When I had
my son, I realized I wasnt doing it on the
level I needed to be doing it on to provide a
stable income and life for my child.
Historically, American Idol has
elevated a number of members of the
LGBT community to fame, including
former runners-up Clay Aiken (season
two) and Adam Lambert (season eight)
but like Bowersox, none came out until
after their time on the show was over. Still,
their braveness paved the way for the
shows rst openly gay contestant, MK
Nobilette, to compete and make it to the
top 10 this season.
The show changes your life in every
possible way. Theres no other way to be
heard by 30 million people, Bowersox says.
The show gave me everything. It gave me
a sounding board, industry cred and taught
me what I was capable of as a performer.
I learned a lot and now I can take what I
learned and go out there and do what I do.
The American Idol fave makes her
Wolf Trap debut on Wednesday. Bowersox
will play tunes off her critically acclaimed
debut album Farmers Daughter, her
latest All That For This and an EP she
released quietly pre-Idol called Once
Upon a Time. She also plans some possible
candidates for an upcoming EP. She likes to
sing them live to gauge audience reaction.
It will be an evening of songs and
storytelling, she says. I really like to interact
with my audience and my show is like an
on-going conversation with them. During
the show people are calling things out and
were telling jokes and having a lot of fun.
I just hope people come, are entertained
and leave feeling good.
One of the things she loves most about a
concert date is seeing the audience singing
along with her something she never
imagined would happen.
Its nice to have recognition in
something you created and have a crowd
know every single word and sing them back
to you, she says. Thats the true reward of
being a singer/songwriter and performer.
Bowersox will also surprise one lucky
audience member with a trip to join her
on stage, and after the show, she will make
herself available for photos and autographs
to every single person who wants one.
I love to say hello and meet people,
she says. I get a lot of feedback from
people after the show and I just want them
to be honest and help me know whats
working for my fans and what isnt.
Bowersox is also attached to the musical,
Always Patsy Cline, which has been
rumored to make it to Broadway sometime
in the next year. The singer plays the famous
title character and croons the best of Cline.
Shes fullling a dream shes had since
she was little. In rst grade, Bowersox
played Suzy Snowake in a school
production and from there on in, wanted
to perform for a living.
I always loved to sing and dance but
didnt know I could make money doing it,
she says. Eventually, I learned I didnt have
to go and get a job at Burger King, I could
get people to pay for this service. I havent
done much else since then. I am very lucky
that I could do what I love for a living.
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Split This Rock presents poetry festival

Split This Rock presents its poetry festival Poems of Provocation and Witness
2014 at National Geographic Society Grosvenor Auditorium (1600 M St., N.W.)
Thursday through March 30.
The festival features readings, workshops, panel discussions, youth programming,
parties and more. The focus is on justice, community building and social change.
LGBT poets are frequently featured.
Admission is free. For more details, visit splitthisrock.org.
Morning, Miranda opens at Writers Center
Morning, Miranda, an LGBT-themed play, opens at the Writers Center (4508
Bethesda, Md.) tonight at 8 p.m.
Miranda, a lesbian, follows her deceased mothers last request, which leads to a
wild journey, including a love story and a drag queen who is her surrogate parent,
cross-country.
Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for students, seniors and military. For
more details, visit doorwayarts.org.
Lily of the valley
Comedic legend Lily Tomlin brings
her An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin
to the Music Center at Strathmore (5301
Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, Md.) on
March 28 at 8 p.m.
The show is a multi-media performance
featuring the out actress interacting with
video clips that satirize her celebrityhood
and showcase her classic characters in their
renowned roles. But its not just a greatest
hits show Edith Ann has moved into
social media and uploads her mothers
iPod while Ernestine, the nosy former
AT&T operator, now works for an insurance
conglomerate and relishes denying health
care to everyone she can.
Tickets range from $27-81. Visit
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MOVA Lounge hosts
Kylie release party
MOVA Lounge (2204 14th St., N.W.) hosts
an album release party for Kylie Minogues
new Kiss Me Once Saturday night.
DJs will be playing Kylie Minogue songs
all night. Drink specials are $6 for bottom
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Martinis are $3 extra.
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Ambitious, heady Spoonful
explores war, addiction, more
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Young Iraq war veteran Elliot Ortiz, the
complicated protagonist in Quiara Alegra
Hudes Water by the Spoonful is a
character of many contradictions.
An aspiring actor with a national
toothpaste commercial under his belt, he
works unhappily at a Subway sandwich
shop in Philadelphia. He loves his large,
extended Puerto Rican family, yet harbors
an intense resentment against his biological
mother. And while hes mostly recovered
from a serious physical war injury, he suffers
from serious PTSD. But despite this uneasy
existence, Elliot soldiers on; hes a survivor.
Now making its regional premier at
Studio Theatre, Hudes Pulitzer Prize-
winning drama is the second part of a
trilogy centered on Elliots coming of age
and transition into adulthood. It casts a
broad net, tackling all the big themes
family, relationships, addiction and death
but the most meaningful aspect of the
play is the exploration of the relationship
between understandably unforgiving Elliiot
(Arturo Soria) and his recovering crack
addict mother Odessa (Gabriela Fernandez
Coffey) who neglected her children when
using (the plays title is a reference to
Odessas most egregious offense). While
past behavior has rendered her a failed
mother with her son, Odessa is a beloved
maternal presence among her online family
she moderates a recovery chat room
under the screen name Haikumom.
The offstage death of Elliots surrogate
mother (and Odessas sister) serves to
spike the tension between mother and
son. Elliot savages his mother, comparing
her unfavorably to her sainted community
activist sister. He admits to intentionally
pushing to put his mothers sobriety at risk.
The plays busy subplots involve
members of Haikumoms recovery chat
room. The rst follows the relationship
between Orangutan (Amy Kim Waschke),
a feisty young Asian woman, and the older
African-American Chutes&Ladders (Vincent
J. Brown), as it develops from virtual to in-
person. She longs for human contact and
real life experiences while hed be happy
to maintain a predictable distance. The
second follows the struggle of a wealthy
white addict screen named Fountainhead
(Tim Getman), and how his unlikely
friendship with low income clean domestic
worker Odessa allows him to move forward
in recovery.
Theres a lot happening in this play. It can
be predictable and occasionally trite. But
its moments of searing personal revelation
along with its humor, humanity and
compassion help make up for the scripts
shortcomings.
Arturo Sorias Elliot is ostensibly upbeat
but theres anger simmering just below the
surface. Though often clowning, he proves
ultimately introspective. Its a memorable
performance. In 2012, the Chicago-based
actor created the part of streetwise gay
Latino Tano in the world premiere of the
Stonewall riots-themed work, Hit the Wall
at the Steppenwolf Garage Theatre.
The production is strikingly designed by
a team of Studio regulars led by director
KJ Sanchez. Dan Conways battered
deconstructed set, with its rough stairway to
nowhere, is populated by a clawed-foot tub,
an old Formica kitchen table and randomly
placed mismatched chairs. Its a distressed
but exible tableau and the actors, with the
help of Michael Giannittis lighting design,
transport the action to many places, such as
a train station in Japan and a perch high in
the Puerto Rican rainforest.
Throughout his turbulent journey, Elliot
is moored to calm by his supportive cousin
Yazmin (Gisel Chpe), an adjunct music
professor who was the rst in the family to
go to college. Her expectations are high. Its
Yazmin who asks Elliot to forgive his mother
for the things she did while using, reminding
him of Odessas essential goodness.
Whether he can do this is uncertain.
WATER BY THE SPOONFUL
Through April 13
Studio Theatre
1501 14th St., N.W.
$39-75
202-332-3300
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YAZ ORTIZ, left, as Gisela, and ELLIOT ORTIZ as Arturo in Studios production of Water by the Spoonful.
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With passion and energy, intelligence and
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cast members lead the audience through
four seasons in four citiessummer in
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and spring in Oaklandin a visceral and
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Osteria Morina,
Bluejacket and Agua 301
lend air to S.E.
By JONATHAN HOWARD
The Navy Yard is fast becoming more than
just a destination for baseball acionados;
foodies now have several reasons to ock
to the waterfront. Restaurants like Osteria
Morina (301 Water St., S.E. Suite 109),
Bluejacket and the Arsenal (300 Tingey St.,
S.E.) and Agua 301 (301 Water St., S.E.) are all
hoping to help redene this neighborhood
and make it a haven for food lovers and
baseball lovers alike.
New Yorks Michael White brings Osteria
Morina to D.C. He also brings his hearty
Italian menu to a grandiose 4,200-square
foot space that is both modern and rustic
in design. Executive Chef Matthew Adler
doesnt hesitate to ll the large space with
dishes full of bold avors; like the Cappelleti,
which is trufed ricotta ravioli, melted butter
and prosciutto; the Stracotta sangiovese
braised short ribs, whipped potatoes, and
gremolata; and the Vitello 12-ounce
veal rib chop with pancetta cream from the
restaurants wood burning grill are also big
enough dishes to ll your stomach as well as
the expansive room.
Bluejacket, a nickname for U.S. sailors, is
a brand new well-appointed brewery down
at the Navy Yard where Beer Director Greg
Engert and Brewmaster Megan Parisi will
be creating numerous concoctions. The
beer is a solid mix with a variety of styles
that will keep beer connoisseurs happy as
well as some approachable, quick drinking
beers. Examples include Scarecrow a
delicate saison with a dry nish; the Panther
a hop forward lager; and James & the
Giant a Belgian ale with local peaches.
Accompanying restaurant the Arsenal, a
nod to the buildings former function as a
munitions factory, will constantly feature
20 rotating Bluejacket brews and ve
Bluejacket cask ales. Kyle Bailey and Tiffany
MacIssac are the husband-and-wife team
that will be overseeing the menu at the
Arsenal. The focus will be on dishes that pair
well with the beer, including pasta made in
house from the spent grain.
Agua 301 is one of the recent additions to
the Navy Yard, and is a 150-seat restaurant
from owners Amanda and Stephen Briggs.
They selected Chef Antonio Burrell as the
head chef; Burrell helped open El Centro
D.F. on 14th Street. The idea behind the
cuisine at Agua 301 is to take contemporary
Mexican cuisine and infuse it with modern
air. Burrell will take the traditional avor
proles and Mexican ingredients and tweak
them with experimental ingredients and
avor combinations.
When you rst glance at the menu,
you notice that while tacos appear, items
like burritos and fajitas are absent. There
are, however, three kinds of guacamole,
including guacamole de jaiba, which
contains jumbo lump crabmeat and fresh
corn; the correct Spanish word to describe
this creation is riquismo. Of the seven types
of tacos, the pork belly al pastor with crispy
pork belly and a spicy habanero salsa is the
one that caught my eye, but I do love heat.
The carnitas taco with shredded pork and
habanero salsa, as well as the hongas taco
with sauted mushrooms, squash, chilies
and goat cheese also looked delectable.
One could simply spend the evening dining
on tacos; I thought about it.
But I couldnt just focus on the tacos
when my eyes jumped down the menu to
see mahi mahi, and these beautiful words
were followed by one glorious word
bacon. May I please have six? Add an
order of the short rib mole chichillo, the
bistec al parilla with tomato salsita and
corn casserole, and a few orders of yucca
frita and that should sufce. If it doesnt I
will simply return to the beginning of the
menu for the white sh ceviche and the
chicken tortilla soup. Did I mention mahi
mahi and bacon on the same plate?
Its rare for me to lose track of food I
have eaten in a night, let alone attack a
menu out of order, but this night was an
exception. Just the thought of some of
the inventive takes on some of the dishes
served at Agua 301 is delightful. Sadly,
not all dishes are home runs, with some
of them being a bit salty. If Agua 301 isnt
what you are craving but youre looking
for a place to dine in the Navy Yard, dont
fret Osteria Morina and the Arsenal at
Bluejacket are still excellent options. Will
the Navy Yard soon become the next
Penn Quarter or 14th Street Corridor, with
a new place to eat on every corner? At this
rate, anything is possible.
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Tony-winning musical comedy follows six awkward adolescents through their
daunting and hilarious championship quest. As they navigate the tournaments
pressures, the eccentric coterie nds a new sense of belonging. Along the way, they
learn that there is more to life than winning a trophy.
KORESH DANCE COMPANY
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Known for an exciting and emotional blend of ballet, modern and jazz this eloquent
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THEATRE
WORLD STAGES: Savannah Bay. Thru
Mar 22. Penny Plain. Thru Mar 22.
Bristol Old Vic & Handspring Puppet
Co. Thru Mar 23. Not By Bread Alone.
Mar 25-Mar 26. Green Snake. Mar 27-
Mar 30. A Great Wilderness. Mar 22.
Shear Madness. Thru Jun 30. Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
Beaches. Thru Mar 23. Tender Napalm.
Thru May 11. Signature Theatre.
703-820-9771. signature-theatre.org.
Water by the Spoonful. Thru Apr
13. Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
I And You. Thru Mar 30. Olney Theatre.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Platero y Yo. Mar 24-Apr 5. GALA
Hispanic Theatre. 202-234-7174.
Hair. Thru Apr 12. Keegan Theatre.
703-892-0202. keegantheatre.com.
The Admission. Mar 27-Apr 6. Theater
J. 800-494-8497. theaterj.org.
Hamlet. Thru Apr 6. Synetic Theater.
703-824-8060. synetictheater.org.
Happily Ever After. Thru Mar 30.
Ambassador Theater. Flashpoint.
703-475-4036. aticc.org.
Oh Dad, Poor Dad. Mar 21-Apr 12.
American Century Theater. Gunston.
703-998-4555. americancentury.org.
Orlando. Thru Mar 23. WSC Avant
Bard. Theatre on the Run.
703-418-4808. wscavantbard.org.
DANCE
Rennie Harris RHAW. Mar 22-Mar 23.
Dance Place. Edgewood Arts Building.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
Dance Festival of India: Nourish Our
Roots. Mar 22. IDEA. Gunston.
703-256-7115. ideadancers.org.
MUSIC
Pat Metheny. Mar 21. Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
WNO: The Elixir of Love. Thru Mar
29. Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
NSO: Celebrating R. Strauss at 150.
Thru Mar 22. Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Himalaya Song. Mar 21. Gangstagrass.
Mar 21. Artisphere. 888-841-2787.
artisphere.com.
Le Jardin Chinois. Mar 21-Mar 22.
Folger Consort. Folger Theatre.
202-544-7077. folger.edu.
Red Molly. Mar 27. The Barns at Wolf
Trap. 877-965-3872. wolftrap.org.
Suzy Boguss. Mar 22. BlackRock
Center for the Arts. 240-912-1058.
blackrockcenter.org.
Nova Idol. Mar 21. Schlesinger.
703-845-6162. schlesingercenter.com.
Claudia Galli. Mar 22. The Embassy
Series. Embassy of Luxembourg.
202-625-2361. embassyseries.org.
A Night at The Opera. Mar 23.
Washington Mens Camerata. Church of
the Epiphany. 202-364-1064.
camerata.com
MUSEUMS
National Gallery of Art. Modern
German Prints and Drawings from the
Kainen Collection. 202-737-4215.
nga.gov.
National Geographic. One Cubic
Foot. Thru Mar 31. A New Age of
Exploration. Thru Jun 8. 202-857-7000.
nglive.org.
Folger Shakespeare Library.
Shakespeares the Thing. Thru Jun 15.
folger.edu.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Jennifer
Steinkamp and Jimmy Johnson: Loop.
Thru Apr 20. American Journeys -
Visions of Place. Thru Sep 21. Sol
LeWitt: Wall Drawing #65. Mar 22-Mar
15. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Fords Theatre. Abraham Lincoln and
the Technology of War. Thru Jul 6.
202-347-4833. fords.org.
National Archives. Making Their Mark:
Stories Through Signatures. Mar 21-
Jan 5. 202-357-5000. archives.gov.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Judy
Chicago: Circa 75. Thru Apr 13. Workt
by Hand: Hidden Labor and Historical
Quilts. Thru Apr 27. 202-783-5000.
nmwa.org.
Kreeger Museum. K@20 Kreeger
Museum 20th Anniversary Exhibition.
Thru Jul 31. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
The Phillips Collection. Made In The
USA: American Masters From The
Phillips Collection, 1850-1970. Jean
Meisel: 50-65 Horizon Line. Thru
May 4. Thru Aug 31. 202-387-2151.
phillipscollection.org.
GALLERIES
Art isphere. Gary Kachadourian:
Progress Report + Backgrounds. Thru
Mar 21. 703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
Gallery plan b. Works by Regina Miele.
Thru Mar 23. Paintings by Kathy
Beynette. Mar 26-Apr 27.
202-234-2711. galleryplanb.com.
Goethe-Institut. Gute Aussichten: New
German Photography 2013-2014. Thru
Apr 25. 202-289-1200. goethe.de.
Lee Arts Center. Mugs and Minis
5 x 7. Thru Mar 31. 703-228-0560.
arlingtonarts.org.
The Art League Gallery. ColorField.
Thru Apr 7. The Cocoon Series by E.E.
McCollum. Thru Apr 7. 703-683-1780.
theartleague.org.
Lesbian coming-of-age story
moving, effective
Sometimes, you feel so adrift.
Unmoored, unanchored, you feel as
though you ride each wave alone, emotions
and events washing over you until you cant
weather the storm any longer and you need
an anchor. Thats when you reach for family
or God.
But what if both were denied to
you? In Teaching the Cat to Sit, Michelle
Theall shares her story of standing up
instead of standing still.
Al Theall and his wife were sure their
second child, born in 1966, would be a
boy but surprise! they got another
daughter. Later, they were even more
astounded that their second girl was so
different from the rst one: unlike her older,
popular, outgoing sister, Michelle grew to
be athletic, bullheaded and introverted;
in fact, aside from the cat, her only friend
was a neighbor girl whose parents had
scandalously been divorced.
Divorce, of course, was against the
teachings of the Catholic Church, the
religion that Thealls mother strictly followed.
She was reluctant to even let her daughter
play at the Crandalls house, but reasoned
that Theall needed one friend.
That bond ended abruptly when the girls
father molested Theall.
In high school, Theall had an Evangelical
Christian friend, but the girls mother
thought Theall was a lesbian, and put an
end to the relationship. That hurt, because
Theall herself didnt yet realize her sexuality.
After a sweet and almost-accidental love
affair with another woman while at college,
Theall examined her sexual preferences and
felt deeply ashamed. Catholicism taught
that being gay was a sin against God. Her
parents would not accept her as a lesbian.
She tried to be heterosexual, but that wasnt
who she was. So upon graduation from
Texas Tech, she moved to Colorado where
she chose long-term celibacy and started
re-building a relationship with her parents.
Then, after a surprising (and awkward)
introduction, Theall fell in love. When she
and Jill started their family, she fell in love
again with a baby whod had a rough start
in life. Theyd hoped to raise their child in
Thealls Catholic faith.
But the church wasnt having it.
Despite its inherent sadness, Teaching
is hard to put down because author
Michelle Theall is a rst-rate storyteller and
knows how to keep a reader wanting more.
Half of it is about her battle with the Catholic
Church for recognition of her partner and
their son and, eventually, their search for an
acceptable (and accepting) religion. The
other half is the memoir of her tumultuous
relationship with her parents and her journey
to understanding, both of them and herself.
The book works because of its
deliberateness and its ultimately
empowering message of truth to self.
For that, and for the great biography it is,
Teaching the Cat to Sit is a must-read,
especially for those who can relate.
TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER has been reading
since she was 3 years old. She lives in Wisconsin
with two dogs and 12,000 books. Reach her at
bookwormsez@yahoo.com.
TEACHING THE CAT TO SIT: A MEMOIR
By Michelle Theall
Gallery Books
$24.99
288 pages
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Corporate support is provided by Chevron.
Additional support is provided by A. Huda and Samia Farouki, The Florence Gould Foundation,
The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Amalia Perea Mahoney and William Mahoney,
The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater, and the State Plaza Hotel.
International government support is provided by the Ministry of Culture of the Peoples Republic of China,
the Embassy of the Peoples Republic of China in the United States, the Embassy of Israel in the United States,
the Canada Council for the Arts, The National Theatre of Iceland, and the Japan Foundation.
Major support for education and related artistic programming is provided by
David and Alice Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program,
the National Committee for the Performing Arts, and the Presidents Advisory Committee on the Arts.
International Programming at the Kennedy Center is made possible through the generosity
of the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.
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WORLD-RENOWNED THEATER COMPANIES
Melbourne Theatre Company Baxter Theatre Centre
Bristol Old Vic in association with Handspring Puppet Company
LA MAFIA Teatro Nalagaat Theater
Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble Thtre de lAtelier
National Theatre of China Tapioca Inn
Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes
Tokyo Theatre Company KAZE and Les Souffeurs
commandos potiques Thtre des Bouffes du Nord
The National Theatre of Iceland
Three weeks of contemporary
theater, staged readings,
forums, and installations
from 19 countries
Your Passport to
International Theater
Now Thru March 30
Curated by Alicia Adams, Vice President of International Programming
Above: Savannah Bay, photo by Nathalie Hervieux; Penny Plain, photo by Trudie Lee; A Midsummer Nights Dream, photo by Simon Annand;
Not by Bread Alone, photo by Tomer Shov; Green Snake, photo by Chai Lin; Solomon and Marion, photo by Jesse Kramer
Savannah Bay
Now thru March 22
Solomon and Marion
March 2830
Not by Bread Alone
March 25 & 26
Green Snake
March 2730
Penny Plain
Now thru March 22
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Now thru March 23
TODAY
Iron Crow Theatre Company presents a
pay what you can performance of The
Homo Poe Show, a queering erotic
performance of Poe, at Theatre Project
(45 W. Preston St., Baltimore) tonight at
8 p.m. The show, created by Steven J.
Satta-Fleming, features work from Daniel
Talbott, Megan Gogerty, Rich Epsey and
more. The show runs through April 5. For
more details and to purchase tickets, visit
theatreproject.org.
BlackRock Center for the Arts (12901 Town
Commons Dr., Germantown, Md.) screens
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of
American Superheroines, tonight at 7:30
p.m. The movie chronicles comic book
character Wonder Womans legacy and
how powerful representations of women
reect on gender roles. Tickets are $8. For
more information, visit blackrockcenter.org.
Gay District, a facilitated group discussion
focused on building understanding of gay
culture and personal identity for men ages
18-35, meets at the D.C. Center (2000 14th
St., N.W.) tonight from 8:30-9:30 p.m. For
details, visit thedccenter.org.
Number Nine (1435 P St., N.W.) hosts a
happy hour today from 5-9 p.m. All drinks
are half price. Admission is free. For more
information, visit numberninedc.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
Bishop Allyson Abrams brings Its Her
Season, a welcome back concert, to City
of District Heights Municipal Building (2000
Marbury Dr., District Heights, Md.) today at 2
p.m. The concert brings Rick Brown of New
Hope Baptist UCC Church and psalmists
from around the local area as they celebrate
Bishop Abramss return to the D.C. area.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts
Bearracuda D.C., the largest bear dance
party in the U.S., tonight from 9 p.m.-3 a.m.
Music will be played by DJ Matt Consola
and Bil Todd. Cover is $7 before 10 p.m.
and $10 after. For more information, visit
cobaltdc.com.
MOVA Lounge (2204 14th St., N.W.) hosts
a CD release party for Kylie Minogues
latest release Kiss Me Once tonight.
DJs will be playing Kylie Minogue songs
all night. Drink specials are $6 for bottom
shelf drinks and $9 for top shelf drinks.
Martinis are $3 extra. For more details, visit
movalounge.com.
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
hosts a free relationship workshop for
lesbian couples today from 11 a.m.-3
p.m. This workshop is led by professional
relationship coach Jayne Kelly and focuses
on family. Bring lunch and learn how to
address spoken and unspoken needs and
how to strengthen your bond with your
partner for a healthy family. For details, visit
thedccenter.org.
hosts Direct Action: What is It Good For?,
a community discussion about direct
action protests, today at 3 p.m. Kelly
Cogswell, community activist and author of
Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger
and Wayne Turner, co-founder of ACT
UP D.C., are featured speakers. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
SUNDAY, MARCH 23
Australian indie-pop singer Betty Who
performs at Rock and Roll Hotel (1353 H
St., N.E.) tonight at 8 p.m. Her debut EP
The Movement has received critical
acclaim. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets
are $16. For more information, visit
rockandrollhoteldc.com.
Perrys (1811 Columbia Rd., N.W.) hosts
its weekly Sunday Drag Brunch today
from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The cost is $24.95 for an
all-you-can-eat buffet. For more details, visit
perrysadamsmorgan.com.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.) hosts a
drag brunch today with two shows at 10:30
a.m. and 12:30 p.m. For more information,
visit nelliessportsbar.com.
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today for the
Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation at
the Alexandria PetSmart (3351 Jefferson
Hwy., Alexandria, Va.) at 12:15 p.m. today.
You will be paired with a dog on a leash
to walk around and play with. Wear
casual clothes. For more information, visit
burgundycrescent.org.
MONDAY, MARCH 24
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.) hosts
coffee drop-in hours this morning from 10
a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT community.
Older LGBT adults can come and enjoy
complimentary coffee and conversation
with other community members. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) holds a support group for gay black
men to discuss topics that affect them,
share perspectives and have meaningful
conversations. For details, visit uhupil.org.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.) hosts
poker night tonight at 8 p.m. Win prizes.
Free to play. For more information, visit
nelliessportsbar.com.
TUESDAY, MARCH 25
Genderqueer D.C. holds a discussion
group at the D.C. Center (2000 14th St.,
N.W.) at 7 p.m. tonight. The group is
for anyone who identies outside of the
gender binary. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Starting today, the Hugo BOSS store in
Georgetown (1517 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.) is
offering a 10 percent discount to those who
mention SMYAL during checkout. Owners
will donate 10 percent of sales starting
today and thorugh March 31 to SMYAL. Call
202-625-2677 for more information.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts Caf
SMYAL, a fun event to get out of the
cold, today from 4-5 p.m. Drink hot cocoa,
play board games and make new friends.
SMYAL also provides free and condential
HIV testing from 3-5 p.m. For more details,
visit smyalorg.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence
(GLOV) hold a meeting at the D.C. Center
(2000 14th St., N.W.) tonight from 7-8:30 p.m.
GLOV works to reduce violence against
LGBT individuals through community
outreach, education and assisting members
of anti-LGBT violence. For more details, visit
thedccenter.org.
hosts its monthly Poly Discussion Group
at 7 p.m. People of all different stages
are invited to discuss polyamory and
other consensual non-monogamous
relationships. This event is for new comers,
established polyamorous relationships and
open to all sexual orientations. For details,
visit thedccenter.org.
Rude Boi Entertainment hosts Tempted
2 Touch, a ladies dance party, at the Fab
Lounge (2022 Florida Ave., N.W.). Doors
open at 10 p.m. Drink specials $5 and
vodka shots $3 all night. No cover charge.
Admission limited to guests 21 and over. For
more details, visit rudeboientertainment.
wordpress.com.
STILL COURTESY OF BLACK ROCK
Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines screens tonight in Germantown.
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Four fun, fuel-friendly rides
By JOE PHILLIPS
Looking for eco cred? Theres plenty in
auto showrooms this spring: hybrids, plug-
ins, electric vehicles, diesels, even traditional
combustion engines with start-stop systems
and other fuel-saving technology. Many are
as fun as they are functional.
PRIUS V
$27,000
MPG: 44 city/40 highway
0-to-60 mph: 10.3 seconds
Eking out an impressive 55 mpg or
even more, depending on how you drive
the Prius sedan remains the most popular
hybrid. Even Bradley Cooper drives one.
Now theres the larger Prius V wagon,
which sacrices a bit of fuel economy but
offers 60 percent more cargo room. And
this doesnt include the two gloveboxes
and huge center console. Like the sedan,
the wagon is pokey but practical, with
large dashboard controls, easy-to-use
shift lever and standard rearview camera.
Theres little sizzle here, thanks to the boxy
exterior and acres of hard plastic trim. But
theres lots of tech gear: Bing search-engine
functionality, Pandora radio and the latest
info for weather, trafc and local fuel prices.
And the panoramic moonroof with electric
sunshades is a great touch.
VW JETTA HYBRID
$25,000
For a little less cash, theres a lot more dash
with the Jetta Hybrid, especially compared
to the Prius V. The downside: theres a third
less cargo room. Still, hybrid drivers looking
for a thrill will like the Jettas tight cornering,
taut braking and strong turbo (this is one of
the quickest hybrids out there). Along with
a slick rear spoiler, theres keyless entry/
ignition, heated seats/mirrors and some
savvy safety options like a stolen-vehicle
locator and geo-fencing (which allows
parents to set limits for teenage drivers).
While the ve-inch nav display is tiny, its also
one of the easiest to use.
BMW 328d xDrive
$37,000
BMWs beloved 3 Series gets a diesel
this year. The 328d is smoother and sportier
than the Jetta Hybrid, though it also costs
$12,000 more. Clean diesels are becoming
more popular, and this one with a 180-
hp, four-cylinder turbo is extremely fuel-
efcient. There are gobs of glam amenities
including a heated steering wheel and
power liftgate as well as blind-spot
monitoring, lane-departure warning and
even a driver drowsiness monitor. For racing
acionados, the macho M Sport package
adds a rmer suspension, form-tting seats
and ashy 18-inch alloys.
$31,000
Consumer Reports just named the Ram
the best truck of the year and the diesel
model is even better with plenty of pick
up for a pickup. Choice of either two- or four-
door models, both with almost sedan-like
handling. The plush, Lexus-like cabin has
heated seats (front and back), Bluetooch,
sunroof and large 8.4-inch touchscreen
infotainment system with 10-speaker stereo.
Theres also a rearview camera and power-
adjustable pedals to accommodate drivers
of all sizes. Sure, gas mileage is far from a
Prius. But when only a heavy-duty hauler will
do, this is a good green option.
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The spring residential market awakens as
of March and ushers in the strongest quar-
ter of any year. The cold and snow are fur-
ther behind us and days are growing longer.
Homeowners are waking up and discover-
ing that in their winter slumber the house
has perhaps grown too small for comfort-
able living or perhaps another found their
home too big or too much work as they
grow another year older.
Renters will generally have done their tax-
es and reevaluated the costs of not owning
and are ready to throw their iron in the re.
For us here at the Goodhart Group, it is an
exciting time as we meet so many people
and learn of their needs and goals and work
out ways to assist them to achieve them.
In meeting each client we nd most peo-
ple love where they live. Prying them out of
the area they plopped into when they ar-
rived in town can be tough. They like their
grocery store or the local deli and they have
developed roots.
Often, however, the type of home they
are yearning for may not be available in the
neighborhood they love. So showing them
new, interesting and just as lovable areas
becomes our primary job. There is resis-
tance at rst and even tears on moving day
but we have found that buyers snuggle into
their new homes and neighborhoods and
grow as many roots as they had in the last
home. Mainly its because we ll each home
with our love, our families, our friends, our
pets and our stuff. I hate to be trite but
home really is where the heart is. Where we
bring what we love and like a big beating
heart we learn to love whatever radiates
around it.
The 2014 spring market promises to
be an interesting one. The stock market
growth in 2013 has given buyers fatter wal-
lets and stronger reserves. The desire to
move investments out of cash and into real
estate has become stronger. The problem?
Inventory. New construction in most areas
has been limited to apartment buildings.
People are staying in their homes longer.
We shall see if the pace of sales can match
last spring.
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By MARK LEE
When David Winer recounts the
launches of the ve EatWellDC restaurant
group establishments he doesnt note
openings by year. He identies how long
each has been in operation, as if doting
on the ages of offspring.
Its a tting quirk for the serial creator of
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Winer, originally from the Boston area,
enjoys 30 years in the industry rst honing
his hospitality skills at a Back Bay restaurant.
His employer partnered in Winers inaugural
Miami Beach restaurant in 1993.
Josh Hahn, Winers nephew growing up
a block away in Newton, Mass., worked at
an upscale gourmet carryout and caterer
while in high school. Completing a business
degree at Emory University in Atlanta, Hahn
came to D.C. 12 years ago to join the staff at
his uncles rst local venture. Grillsh restau-
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near Dupont Circle, has remained popular
for seafood specialties and American fare in
a relaxed setting.
Featuring elevated ceilings, wood tex-
tures, warm colors and eclectic accents,
the casual environment and cuisine would
serve as a model for subsequent eateries.
Logan Tavern, opened in 2003 off a deso-
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followed by now-named Commissary in
2005. Both are prominent xtures on the
1400 block of P St., N.W.
We were busy from opening day at Lo-
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to splash water on my face every so often. It
was the right concept at the right time, he
says, noting that the venue quickly won the
loyalty of locals eager for dining and social-
izing spots during the areas then-nascent
re-emergence. We were able to give the
neighborhood something it wanted, af-
rms Winer, and it helped the area grow.
Everyone thought I put together some-
thing magical, Winer says, but it was just
something lacking and appreciated.
The neighborhood needed so many
things, Hahn adds, we helped accom-
modate the desire for a consistently reliable
and value-oriented product that contrib-
uted to a sense of community.
The duo, with partner Tony Oquendo,
next looked north to open The Heights in
2008, at the commercial corner of 14th and
Kenyon streets in Columbia Heights. An ex-
pansive outdoor patio and light-lled inte-
rior pub-tavern ambience have made it an
area mainstay.
This spring will mark the second anniver-
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DC family of restaurants. Usually ddling
with a concept for several months, Winer
gured the evolving plethora of 14th Street
dining options suggested something very
special, very unique. The Pig, at 1320 14th
St., offers a distinctive nose-to-tail pork-
centric menu with eccentric fare, says
Hahn. Its a completely different concept.
Several years ago Winer, frustrated by the
lack of reliable availability of locally sourced
organic produce, found a 13-acre farm for
sale in La Plata, Md., an hour outside the city.
EatWell Natural Farm, initially a hard-labor-
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greens, tomatoes, herbs, orchard fruits, vine
berries, and beehive honey. A new green-
house extends the growing season and
produce variety.
Its taken signicant investment to grow
the farm, Winer points out, but were com-
mitted to sourcing produce from our farm
and other sustainable growers. He notes
that proteins are ethically raised, free-range
and organic.
Employing nearly 200, our staff become
like family, Winer says, and represent an
incredible cross-section, noting many have
been with the company nearly 10 years or
longer. By expanding, notes Hahn, we
can provide opportunities to grow into
new leadership positions while serving the
community.
Winer, helming the enterprise with
Hahn handling managerial details,
adds, Were always thinking about the
next opportunity.
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur and com-
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off I-395. Days/Eve/Wkend. In/
Out calls. Hotels welcome.
Call Marval (703) 568-6348.
CAPITOL HILL MASSAGE
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tissue my specialty, 15 years
self-employed, Eastern Market
Metro, $70/Hr, $95/1.5hr,
202-543-3265, Mark.
START FRESH - UPGRADE
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like a new person! Stretching,
Swedish & Sports massage.
Convenient Dupont location.
Marcio (202) 271-9440. www.
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COUNSELING
A MINDFULNESS-BASED
MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE
specializing in a holistic approach
to anxiety, depression, careers,
& relationships. 20 years
experience helping people
identify & overcome impediments
to a fulfilling life, satisfying
careers, & healthy relationships.
Jonathan Kirkendall MA LPC,
202.550.3589, www.dclpc.com.
LGBTQ AFFIRMING THERAPY
at Dupont Circle Individuals,
couples, families, adolescents.
Over 15 years serving the
community. Mike Giordano,
LICSW. 202/460-6384 mike.
giordano.msw@gmail.com. www.
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COUNSELING FOR GAY MEN.
Individual/couple counseling w/
volunteer peer counselor. Gay
Mens Counseling Community
since 1973. 202-580-8861.
gaymenscounseling.org. No
fees, donation requested.
CHANGES ARE EASIER WITH
HELP. Small, private practice
group of experienced,
caring therapists.Safe,
confidential setting. Offices
in Woodley Park & Takoma
Park near Metro.Licensed
professionals.Insurance
reimbursable.Washington
Therapy Guild. Call 202-483-
2660. www.therapyguild.net.
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY FOR
LGBTQ and straight adults;
expertise in trauma.33 years
of experience with individuals,
couples & families. Convenient
to 495, 270 & Metro. MARGE
COFFEY, LCSW-C. 301-802-4971.
www.margecoffeymsw.com.
EMPLOYMENT
LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANTS
NEEDED! The Crew Club, a gay
mens naturist gym & sauna,
is now hiring Locker Room
Attendants. We all scrub toilets
& do heavy cleaning. You must
be physically able to handle the
work & have a great attitude
doing it. No drunks/druggies
need apply. Please call Richard
at (202) 319-1333. from 9-5pm,
to schedule an interview.
LEGAL SERVICES
FULL SERVICE LAW FIRM
Representing the GLBT
community for over 30 years.
Family adoptions, estate planning,
immigration, employment. (301)
891-2200.Silber, Perlman, Sigman
& Tilev, P.A. www.SP-Law. com.
ADOPTION & ASSISTED
REPRODUCTIVE Law Attorney
Jennifer Fairfax represents
clients in Maryland & D.C.
interested in adoption or ART
matters.301-221-9651,JFairfax@
jenniferfairfax.com.
PETS & SUPPLIES
ADOPT AN ADORABLE PUPPY
OR DOG All-breed, non-profit
rescue. 100% volunteer run.
Donations welcome & needed.
www.aforeverhome.org.
LOOKING FOR THAT special
someone? Loving vet-checked
cats & kittens waiting to
meet you. Feline Foundation
703-920-8665. Application &
adoption fair schedule online
at www.fgw.org.
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portraits, weddings & dating
photos for the internet.
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WEDDINGS
CANTOR JINNY - YOUR
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together finding the right vows,
blessings, & expressions to make
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gmail.com 703-282-6505.
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Free Estimates, Routine, 1-Time,
Move-In/Move-Out. (202)
234-7050, 202-486-6183.
MAID TO CLEAN. Rated #1 in
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HANDYMAN Local licensed
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ROOFING, REPAIRS, GUTTERING
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LOGAN CIRCLE $1190. Nicely
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channels, W/D in apt. Includes
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walk to Metro. Building includes
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deck & patio. 202-390-2668.
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available. Large room has
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futon. Call 240-477-8055 - leave
callback # or email address.
BOWIE, MALE ISO non-
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BA upstairs. $550/month,
utilities, cable, internet included,
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SILVER SPRING PRIVATE floor,
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BRs, ground entrance, yard, close
to White Oak. Deck, BBQ, parking.
$1300. email:.isaiasrg67@aol.com.
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BR, with good closet space. In
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incl. seek responsible, NS, GM.
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FALLS CHURCH, $500/MTH +
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in 4 BR 3 BA. Convenient 495, 66,
50 29, 7, & WFC & Dunn Loring
Metro. Jeff 202-230-1106.
LOOKING FOR ROOMMATE to
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jdl1466@yahoo.com.
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REHOBOTH SUMMER PRIVATE
room in house, quiet setting,
approximately equal distance
between Rehoboth & Lewes
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shopping. Memorial-Labor Day.
rbflamingo@comcast.net.
REAL ESTATE
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or buy a home? Call us! 202-355-
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minutes from DC. Contact
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