Volume 44, Issue 6 - February 8, 2012

Panetta pressured to act
before leaving Defense

Secretary post
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The Pentagon was set this week to
announce that it will extend long-sought
partner benets to gay and lesbian
service members.
The Defense Department has
reportedly decided to extend these
benets amid media scrutiny and calls
from LGBT advocates to make the change
before outgoing Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta leaves his post, in a development
rst reported by the Washington Post and
conrmed by the Blade.
Its not immediately clear which benets
that LGBT advocates have been calling
for will be extended to gay troops with
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Sources say victim was gay;
judge released suspect from
jail three weeks before killing

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com

A 21yearolc D.C. man charec wirh
stabbing his 68-year-old roommate to death
on Feb. 2 was released from jail three weeks
Lelore rhe murcer when a D.C. Superior
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and robbery charge pending against him.
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ofce, which is prosecuting the case, lowered
the charge to second-degree murder while
armed when prosecutors led charging
papers in D.C. Superior Courr.
Two sources familiar with the case told the
Washington Blade that Venable had been
having an affair with Wilson and was providing
nancial support for him during the time
Wilson was living with him.
Courr charin cocumenrs lisr Wilson's
accress as 1400 Fairmonr Sr., N.W., where he
had been living in the past with his mother,
sources said. WhitePages.com, an online
phone and address directory, lists a David
Wilson and Sertira Wilson as residing in the
same aparrmenr ar 1400 Fairmonr Sr., N.W.,
sometime in the recent past.
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organizing events;
governor hopeful
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
Marriage equality advocates in
Delaware continue to organize in advance
of the expected introduction of a bill
later this year that would allow gays and
lesbians to tie the knot in the First State.
More than 150 people attended an
Equality Delaware-sponsored town hall
meeting in Wilmington on Jan. 30 at which
U.S. Sen. Chris Coons spoke. A second
gathering that drew nearly the same
amount of people took place at Camp
Rehoboth in Rehoboth Beach on Jan. 31.
Equality Delaware President Lisa
Goodman told the Washington Blade her
group continues to work with the Human
Rights Campaign, Freedom to Marry, the
Gill Foundation, the National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force and other national and
local organizations on the issue.
The organization is holding weekly
volunteer events, trainings and phone
banks across the state to garner further
support for marriage rights for same-sex
couples. Goodman said Equality Delaware
also continues to engage people of faith
and communities of color on the issue.
We are doing a very serious and robust
faith outreach, she told the Blade. We had
wonderful faith support for the civil union bill,
and we are very condent that we will have
an even broader-based faith support for the
marriage effort. We also believe that we will
have even broader support of people of
color and across the board.
Gov. Jack Markell, who signed
Delawares civil unions bill into law in 2011,
suggested to the Hufngton Post last
August that state lawmakers could debate
a same-sex marriage bill during the 2013
legislative session that ends on June 30.
He referenced the looming debate in his
second inaugural speech last month.
We will advance the cause of liberty,
equality and dignity in our time, Markell
said. Our state will be a welcoming place
to live, to love and to raise families for all
who choose to call Delaware home.
Goodman did not provide a specic
timeline in which she feels lawmakers would
consider the issue, but stressed we expect
it to happen later this session. She further
noted House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf
(D-Rehoboth Beach) and Senate President
Pro Tempore Patricia Blevins (D-Elsmere)
are among the lawmakers and other state
ofcials who support marriage rights for
same-sex couples.
Obviously given the events of this
last election cycle, there is a lot of
momentum, Goodman told the Blade.
Neighboring Maryland is among the
nine states and D.C. that allow same-sex
marriage.
An Illinois Senate committee on
Tuesday approved a bill that would allow
gays and lesbians to the knot, while the
Rhode Island House of Representatives
last month overwhelmingly approved a
same-sex marriage measure.
Hawaii lawmakers on Jan. 24 introduced
two proposals that would extend nuptials
to gays and lesbians in the Aloha State.
New Jersey legislators in the coming
weeks are expected to once again debate
the issue after Gov. Chris Christie last
February vetoed a same-sex marriage bill
they approved.
Every state that passes a marriage
equality bill I think starts to convince other
legislators that, wow, its OK for us to do
it too, Andy Staton, a gay Rehoboth
Beach Realtor who unsuccessfully ran for
the state Senate last year, told the Blade.
Legislators are very inuenced by their
constituency. And if the constituency is
telling them not to do it, then theyre not
going to do it, which is why its important
for people to be vocal.
President Obama spoke out in support
of the same-sex marriage referenda
that passed last November in Maryland,
Maine and Washington. The White House
has also urged Illinois and Rhode Island
lawmakers to support measures to allow
nuptials for gays and lesbians in their
respective states.
Goodman said she expects Obama and
Vice President Biden to do the same in
Delaware.
We certainly would welcome his
support and have no reason to think that
he will not be supportive and publicly
so, as will our vice president, Joe Biden,
who of course all of Delaware is incredibly
proud of, she said.
Claims jail ofcials
handcuffed him,
deprived him of HIV meds

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
In a lawsuit led in federal court on Feb.
1, a former D.C. jail inmate whos deaf
and gay, accuses the citys Department
of Corrections of engaging in disability-
related discrimination by refusing to
provide him basic services required by the
Americans with Disabilities Act.
William Pierce, 44, who was sentenced
to two months in a city jail for an assault
conviction, charges in the lawsuit that jail
ofcials repeatedly refused to provide
a sign language interpreter as required
by law and retaliated against him for
complaining about his conditions by
placing him in solitary connement.
Pierce, who has HIV, was given only
three of the four HIV medications he had
been taking at home and was unable to
understand why prison doctors changed
his medication regimen because of the
lack of a sign language interpreter, the
lawsuit says.
It says the emotional distress Pierce
suffered due to the alleged discriminatory
treatment was heightened when jail guards
handcuffed him shortly before his mother
arrived for a visit, preventing him from
communicating with her in sign language.
The District of Columbia needs to be held
accountable for its outright discrimination
and reminded that people with disabilities
cannot just be locked away and ignored,
said Arthur Spitzer, legal director of the
ACLU of the Nations Capital, which led
the lawsuit on Pierces behalf in U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia.
Spitzer said most of the alleged
discriminatory actions against Pierce
took place at the D.C. Jails Correctional
Treatment Facility. The CTF is operated by
the Corrections Corporation of America, a
private company under contract with the city.
D.C., in turn, needs to hold the
Corrections Corporation of America
accountable for its continued disregard
for the wellbeing of the individuals the
city has placed in its care, Spitzer said in
a statement.
Sylvia Lane, a spokesperson for the
D.C. Department of Corrections, which
oversees city jail facilities, said the
department never comments on pending
lawsuits. Ted Gest, a spokesperson for the
D.C. Ofce of the Attorney General, which
defends the city against lawsuits, couldnt
immediately be reached for comment.
The 16-page lawsuit doesnt accuse
jail ofcials of engaging in discrimination
against Pierce because of his sexual
orientation. Neither Pierce nor Spitzer
could be reached by press time to
determine whether Pierce encountered
any problems at the jail for being gay.
The lawsuit says his partner, William W.
Holder, spoke with prison ofcials on at
least 15 different occasions in addition
to sending emails urging the ofcials to
make accommodations for Pierce due to
his lack of hearing.
Among other things, Holder attempted
to explain that Pierce could not benet
from an anger management class or a
vocational skills course offered by the jail
without the help of an interpreter.
In response to Mr. Holders requests
for accommodation on Mr. Pierces behalf,
Correctional Treatment Facility ofcials
told Mr. Holder they could not justify the
expense of an interpreter, the lawsuit says.
Ofcials also told Mr. Holder that it
would take six to eight months to get an
interpreter vetted and approved to work
in the Correctional Treatment Facility, and
that Mr. Pierce would be gone by then,
according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says jail ofcials
intentionally subjected Mr. Pierce
to disability-based discrimination in
violation of the Americans with Disability
Act and the U.S. Rehabilitation Act.
It calls on the court to approve a
judgment awarding Mr. Pierce damages
against defendant in an amount appropriate
to the evidence adduced at trial.
D.C. Superior Court records show
that Pierce was charged with domestic
violence related assault and two counts
of destruction of property in December
2011 for attacking Holder and damaging
an antique desk and a chandelier. Court
records show the incident took place in
Holders townhouse on the 1300 block of
R Street, N.W., where he and Pierce lived,
and that Holder was taken to a hospital
by ambulance for treatment of injuries he
suffered from the assault.
A judge sentenced Pierce to 60 days
in jail and ordered him to pay Holder
$2,516.20 in monthly installments of $250
as restitution for the damaged property in
the house, court records show.
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Del. Gov. JACK MARKELL supports a proposed
marriage equality bill.
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obituary
JAY SCHMIDT, 67

James Jay Schmidt, a popular bartender for more than 25 years at several D.C.
nightclubs, including Tracks and Nation, died of natural causes in September in
his Dupont Circle area apartment. He was 67.
Schmidt, who was gay, was among the most well-known and liked bartenders
at Tracks from the time the club opened at 1111 First Street, S.E., in 1984 until
it closed its doors in 1999, according to his longtime friend and fellow Tracks
bartender Patrick Little.
As a bartender Jay always greeted his customers with a smile and a handshake,
Little wrote in a Facebook page associated with a planned Tracks reunion party in
April. He was a very old school bartender and always remembered your drink.
Little said scores of customers got to know Schmidt each week as he worked at
the bar closest to the entrance of the sprawling club that operated in a renovated
warehouse. As it transitioned from a mostly gay club to a mixed clientele on
different nights, with a Gothic and industrial music crowd, Schmidts relaxed
and friendly demeanor made him popular with all of the clubs varied customers,
Little said.
In a sea of 2,000 people the bar is totally busy and on a Saturday night
you walk up to Jays bar and there is your tequila sunrise, the same thing you
ordered six months ago the last time you came in, Little said.
And he remembered you, shook your hand, looked you in the face. He said,
hey, how are you doing and really cared. Thats the kind of man he was.
Marty Chernoff, the owner and founder of Tracks, called Schmidt an absolutely
wonderful person and dedicated employee.
Its so sad, he said of Schmidts passing. He was loved by so many people.
Little and Schmidts sister, Trudie Wetherall, said Schmidt had a number
of interests outside his bartending work. Classical music, pipe organs and books
about history and music were among his passions, the two said.
He was born in Abington, Pa., and raised in nearby Pottstown, Pa., according
to Wetherall. She said he graduated from The Hill Prep School in Pottstown and
graduated in 1967 from Duke University.
Wetherall said Schmidt took an interest in his familys Scottish ancestry, including
the familys belief that he was a descendant of a signer of the Declaration of
Independence from Pennsylvania whose parents came to colonial America from
Scotland.
He sometimes wore a Scottish kilt and did Scottish country dancing, said
Wetherall. He was very proud of his Scottish heritage.
In keeping with his love for organs and organ music, shortly after graduating
from college, Schmidt landed a job with the Moller Organ Company, which was
nationally known for building and maintaining church pipe organs throughout
the country. Wetherall said he moved to New York City to work at one of the
companys facilities that built and tuned pipe organs for some of the citys most
famous churches.
He ascended in that business working in sales and ultimately as a hands-on
tuner at a few pipe organs in large churches in Manhattan, Little said.
Little said he met Schmidt after Schmidt moved to D.C. and began working as
a bartender at Tracks at the time Tracks rst opened in 1984. When Tracks closed
its doors in 1999 to make way for a new ofce building, Schmidt continued his
bartending at the nearby nightclub Nation, which featured the popular gay dance
party known as Velvet Nation.
When Nation closed in 2006, Schmidt tended bar at D.C.s Club Five until 2008
and was last seen behind the bar at an alternative dance party called Revolution
until 2011, according to Little.
Little said he and others organizing the Tracks reunion party plan to hold a
memorial gathering in Schmidts honor during the weekend of April 26-28, when
several events related to the reunion take place. He said details of the memorial
would be released soon.
Wetherall said she is planning a family memorial for Schmidt sometime in the
spring at a location near her home in Monkton, Md., and would announce details
of that gathering in the near future.
(Editors note: A truncated version of this obituary was published last week.)
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Ravens win, Ayanbadejo speaks out
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo continues to use the attention
surrounding his teams Super Bowl victory to highlight his support of marriage rights for
same-sex couples.
He reiterated his support during an interview with gay CNN anchor Don Lemon on
Feb. 5.
Its time that we treat everybody fairly and not only are we trying to dictate who people
should love, were also trying to dictate who people should be, Ayanbadejo said. If a
woman wants to wear mens clothes or if a man wants to wear womens clothes or you
feel like youre a woman on the inside and youre really a man, who cares? Lets just treat
everybody equally. Lets move on. Lets evolve as a culture, as a people.
Ayanbadejo described the passage of Marylands same-sex marriage referendum last
November to Lemon as trendsetting and trailblazing.
Im so proud just to be a Baltimore Raven and to be in the state of Maryland, he said.
Were a state thats really making a difference.
The Washington Blade won a bet with San Francisco newspaper Bay Area Reporter as
a result of the games outcome. According to terms of the bet, BAR will send the Blade
staff a lunch of Dungeness crabs and a check for $1,000 to a local charity. The Blade
designated Baltimores Chase Brexton Health Services to receive the money.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Mayor attends memorial for trans woman
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe and Deputy Police Chief Diane
Groomes were among a contingent of city ofcials who joined about 100 participants
Saturday night in a memorial remembrance for slain trans woman Deoni Jones.
Jones, 23, was stabbed to death Feb. 2, 2012 while sitting at a bus stop near her home
at East Capitol Street and Sycamore Road, N.E. A 56-year-old District man was indicted
on a charge of rst-degree murder while armed in connection with Jones murder.
As participants in Saturdays memorial assembled next to the bus stop where the
murder occurred exactly one year earlier, Earl Fowlkes, president of the gay rights group
Center for Black Equity, introduced Jones family members, who organized the event.
Alvin Bethea, Jones stepfather, told the gathering he and his family were deeply
moved by the support they have received from the LGBT community as well as from
Mayor Gray and the police and re departments, which he said responded quickly to the
scene where Deoni Jones was attacked.
When asked about the familys and communitys concerns over the lack of a hate crime
designation to the case, Gray told reporters after the memorial ended that he would ask
the D.C. Attorney Generals ofce to look into the matter.
I think there ought to be a clear indication of why or why not this is viewed or not
viewed as a hate crime, Gray said. The family clearly is not satised. And I think we all
owe it to them to give a clear explanation over why the direction of the case is proceeding
the way it is.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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MAYOR GRAY and other city ofcials participated in Saturdays memorial.
1.4 million sign petition
urging policy change
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
The Boy Scouts of Americas national
board met in Irving, Texas, this week to
debate a proposal to end its national
policy of banning gay scouts and scout
leaders. The meeting ended in a move to
delay a vote until May.
The board issued a statement on
Wednesday: After careful consideration
and extensive dialogue within the
Scouting family, along with comments
from those outside the organization,
the volunteer ofcers of the Boy Scouts
of Americas National Executive Board
concluded that due to the complexity
of this issue, the organization needs
time for a more deliberate review of its
membership policy.
As the board met behind closed
doors in a hotel near the BSAs national
headquarters just outside Dallas, a
contingent of current and former gay
scouts, scout leaders, and their straight
supporters delivered stacks of petitions
with 1.4 million signatures calling for the
Boy Scouts to end the gay ban.
Todays delivery marks one nal push
by the more than 1.4 million signers
whove taken action on Change.org
demanding an end to the Boy Scouts
national ban on gay youth and parents,
said Mark Anthony Dingbaum, senior
campaign manager for Change.org.
The national LGBT groups Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation and Human
Rights Campaign joined the gay-supportive
scouts and scout leaders, including Scouts for
Equality, in drawing national attention to the
BSAs board meeting.
Groups opposed to lifting the Boy
Scouts ban on gays, including the Family
Research Council, announced they had
organized their own efforts to lobby the
board against changing its policy. Among
those calling on the BSA to leave the gay
ban in place is Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
But the gay supportive side appeared
to be capturing more media attention on
the opening day of the boards meeting.
In a full-page ad in Mondays edition of the
Dallas Morning News, HRC urged the Boy
Scouts to go beyond their proposal to allow
local Boy Scouts councils to decide whether
to admit gay scouts or scout leaders.
The BSA announced last week that its
proposal would end the organizations
national ban on gay scouts and scout
leaders. The announcement said the
change, if adopted by the board, would
leave it to the local Councils and chartered
organizations that sponsor Boy Scout troops
across the country to decide whether to
admit gay scouts and scout leaders.
While the proposed change is a step
in the right direction, we cant pretend
that passing the buck to the local level will
eliminate anti-gay discrimination because
it wont, said HRCs vice president for
communications Fred Sainz.
Generations of gay Americans have
been told theyre not good enough to join
the Scouts, simply because of who they
are, Sainz said. BSA has an opportunity
to change that this week by adopting a
non-discrimination policy.
HRC also announced that its foundation
has adopted a more stringent criterion
for its widely watched Corporate Equality
Index, which rates corporations on their
policies on LGBT-related issues, including
personnel policies.
To receive a perfect score in the
future, companies would have to prohibit
philanthropic giving to non-religious
organizations that have a written policy
of anti-gay discrimination, or permit its
chapters, afliates, or troops to do so,
HRC announced in a Feb. 4 press release.
Sean Eldridge mulls run for Congress
NEW YORK A Freedom to Marry adviser and the husband of Facebook co-
founder Chris Hughes is reportedly considering a run for Congress.
Sean Eldridge formally led paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission
this week to form a committee called Sean Eldridge for Congress, representing
his Hudson Valley, New York area, challenging two-term Republican Chris Gibson.
According to Bloomberg News, while Gibson was elected with 53 percent
of the vote in November, the 19th District backed Barack Obama 52-46 in the
presidential vote.
Hughes purchased and took over as publisher of the magazine The New
Republic last year.
Bullied gay Oregon teen dies
PORTLAND Jadin Bell, 15, who was taken off life support last week, died
from injuries sustained when he hung himself from a play structure at La Grande
Central Elementary School.
Bells story made headlines after the high school sophomore attempted suicide
after complaining of bullying to a school counselor. Friends expressed shock at
the suicide, however, saying that aside from the bullying, Bell a star student
and member of the cheer squad seemed otherwise happy and well adjusted.
Bell walked into a room and lled it with fresh air, longtime family friend Bud
Hill told the Oregonian. He had so much life, and he loved sharing it. He had the
knack to say the right thing to pick up your spirits.
However, sources tell news blog Raw Story that Jadin was unhappy at school
and had repeatedly asked his parents to allow him to be home schooled.
Gay senator named Mass. majority leader
BOSTON Gay Massachusetts state Sen. Stanley Rosenberg has been tapped
as that bodys majority leader by Senate President Therese Murray.
Rosenberg, who hails from Amherst where he lives with his partner Bryon Hefner,
has served in the Senate since 1991, after previously serving in the House for
ve years. Rosenberg is one of seven openly gay members of the Massachusetts
Legislature.
Disney Worlds new president is gay
ORLANDO George Kalogridis began as a busboy for a restaurant at Walt
Disney World Park in Orlando in 1971 when it opened.
Now Kalogridis oversees 66,000 cast members as the new president of the
massive park. Kalogridis has been with the Walt Disney company for more than 41
years, lling roles for the company in Orlando, Los Angeles and Paris.
According to Watermark Online, Kalogridis and his partner Andy Hardy who
also works for Disney have been together for 12 years and plan to move into a
home on the edge of the resorts property that was developed by Disney.
Manti Teo hoaxer reveals hes gay
SOUTH BEND, Ind. The Manti Teo hoax girlfriend story shifted again this
week with admitted hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo telling television host Dr. Phil
McGraw that he is recovering from homosexuality.
Youve heard of recovering drug addicts? It takes a lot of courage to stand and
say that to recover from homosexuality and this type of thing, Tuiasosopo told
McGraw. Not just that, but coming back to your real life, as hard of a task it is, Im
going to do all that I can to live right.
Tuiasosopo carried on a virtual long-distance three-year relationship with Norte
Dame football star Manti Teo, reportedly convincing the star that he was a woman
named Lennay Kekua. In September, Tuiasosopo decided to end the relationship,
and convinced Teo that Kekua had died and later coming clean before the end
of the year.
washingtonblade.com
08 FEBRUARY 08, 2013 NATl ONAL NEWS
Boy Scouts board
delays lifting gay ban
ZACH WAHLS delivered petitions to lift a ban on gay scouts to the national Boy Scouts of America
conference in Orlando last year.
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Defense Secretary LEON PANETTA is expected to extend limited partner benets to
gay troops this week.

same-sex partners or when this week the
decision will be formally announced. A
White House spokesperson deferred
comment to the Defense Department,
which didnt immediately respond to a
request for comment.
LGBT advocates, including the LGBT
military group OutServe-SLDN, have been
calling on Panetta to issue via secretarial
directive certain partner benets they say
could be extended administratively at any
time. Among them are military IDs, joint
duty assignments, housing, access to
the commissary and availability of family
programs and legal services.
Other benets, such as health and
pension benets, cannot be extended
at this time to gay troops because of the
Defense of Marriage Act and U.S. law
governing rights for service members.
Since the time that Dont Ask, Dont
Tell was lifted in September 2011,
Pentagon ofcials have said theyve been
reviewing the issue to determine which
benets can be extended under current
law. However, no action has been taken.
LGBT advocates responded to the news
by urging the Pentagon to provide partner
benets to the fullest extent under the law.
Allyson Robinson, executive director
of OutServe-SLDN, said Panetta has a
strong civil rights record during his
tenure at the Pentagon and his reluctance
to extend these benets for so long has
bafed many seeking the benets.
We are hopeful that he will not take
half-measures here; for him to grant
anything less than the full extent of
benets available under current law would
be an anticlimactic end to an otherwise
exemplary record on civil rights,
Robinson said.
Chad Grifn, president of the Human
Rights Campaign, expressed a similar
sentiment that the Pentagon should go
as far as possible in extending benets to
gay troops.
We welcome the news that benets
will be extended to the same-sex spouses
and partners of gay and lesbian service
members, and urge Secretary Panetta to
make sure every benet possible under
the law is included, Grifn said. This
is the logical next step in ensuring all
our military families are treated with the
dignity and respect they deserve.
The issue has also received attention
on Capitol Hill. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand
(D-N.Y.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.),
members of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, sent a letter to the Pentagon
last week calling on Panetta to extend
these benets. A group of 25 House
members led by Rep. Adam Schiff
(D-Calif.) also signed a letter sent last week
calling for enactment of the benets.
In a statement, Schiff said hes
encouraged to hear the Pentagon will
nally take action.
We need to make sure that all military
families including those with same-sex
partners serving at home or abroad
have access to the very best care, facilities
and services possible, Schiff said. In his
last days before leaving ofce, Secretary
Panetta can add to his already long list of
accomplishments, take up this cause and
make sure that the administration acts.
The issue has received more
attention in the wake of a controversy
over a spousal club at an Army base in Ft.
Bragg, N.C., refusing to offer membership
to Ashley Broadway, the spouse of a
lesbian service member. At one point,
Broadway was informed she was ineligible
for membership because she lacked a
military ID. The spousal club has since
offered Broadway full membership.
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Seeks to aid bi-national
couples as immigration
moves to the spotlight
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Finding a legislative solution to ensure
same-sex bi-national couples remain
together in the United States is receiving
renewed attention as an LGBT immigration
group took part in White House talks this
week on comprehensive reform.
President Obama held two separate
meetings at the White House on Tuesday
to encourage support for his vision for
comprehensive immigration reform, which
includes as laid out last week in his
plan a provision that would enable gay
Americans to sponsor a same-sex foreign
partner for residency in the United States.
The meeting in the morning was with 16
immigration and progressive groups, such
as the AFL-CIO, the Center for American
Progress, the National Council of la Raza,
the National Immigration Forum; the
meeting in the afternoon was with 12
business leaders, such as the Goldman
Sachs Group, Yahoo!, Deloitte LLP, and
the Coca-Cola company.
Rachel Tiven, executive director of
Immigration Equality, was among those
who participated in the meeting with
progressive groups and was the sole
LGBT group at the table.
I think it was really an afrmation of
the strategy that Immigration Equality has
developed over many years, which is that
we wanted to be just as much the LGBT
group at the immigration table, as we had
already become the immigration group at
the LGBT table, Tiven said.
While straight Americans can sponsor
their foreign spouses for a green card
through a marriage-based application,
gay Americans are unable to do the same
because of the Defense of Marriage Act
and because they cannot marry in many
places within the country.
Tiven said she sought additional
comments from Obama on bi-national
same-sex couples during the meeting
beyond the plan he presented last week,
but wouldnt elaborate because of the off-
the-record nature of the discussion.
I think whats notable is the president
is a busy guy, he doesnt waste time, so he
is committed to LGBT-inclusion because
he believes it moves the bill forward,
Tiven said. The advantage to pushing
immigration reform forward is to include
LGBT families, so that LGBT people can
bring the political power that we brought
to Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal, to the
landslide on marriage equality that we saw
on Nov. 6 and everything else that weve
accomplished over the past couple of years
to comprehensive immigration reform.
A White House spokesperson didnt
respond to a request for comment on
what was said during the meeting about
the inclusion of bi-national same-sex
couples in immigration reform.
Although Obama has called for the
inclusion of bi-national couples as part
of comprehensive immigration reform, a
Senate framework made public last week
by a bipartisan Gang of Eight doesnt
include such language. Sen. Chuck
Schumer (D-N.Y.), one of the Democrats
involved the discussions, said the issue of
bi-national couples hasnt yet come up in
talks, although Republicans involved have
been resistant to the idea most notably
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), whos called
inclusion of the language a red herring.
On the same day as the White House
meeting, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
reintroduced into the U.S. House, as
reported by the Washington Blade earlier
in the week, standalone legislation that
would enable gay Americans to sponsor
permanent partners of the same-sex for
residency in the United States.
Our Constitution guarantees that
no class of people will be singled out
for differential treatment and LGBT
Americans must not be excluded from that
guarantee, Nadler said in a statement.
Moreover, any serious legislative
proposal for comprehensive immigration
reform absolutely must include gay and
lesbian couples and their families.
Orlandos Joe Saunders
one of two openly gay
state reps
ORLANDO, Fla. Gay Florida state
Rep. Joe Saunders (D-Orlando) was a
sophomore at the University of Central
Florida in 2003 when two friends with
whom he attended an off-campus
party were attacked because of their
sexual orientation. The police arrested
the assailants, but Saunders said the
immediate response at UCF wasnt as
reactive as I felt like it needed to be.
He wrote his rst press release on the
day after the attack, and later stood on a
box outside the UCF student union with
a sign in support of LGBT rights. The
university eventually added LGBT-specic
language to its non-discrimination policy.
It also began offering domestic partner
benets to its employees.
It was an outrageous moment,
Saunders, who was Equality Floridas state
eld director before his election, told the
Washington Blade during an interview
at his Orlando ofce. The police came.
The triage moment happened, but the
educational moment, the advocacy
moment wasnt generated. I just felt like
I wanted to do something and help the
broader UCF community understand
that this thing had even happened, that
in 2003 people were still being attacked
because they were gay. I just thought that
was crazy and that kind of anchored me
and kind of set me on a path of advocacy
that eventually got me to work with
Equality Florida and turned me into kind
of a political creature.
Saunders and state Rep. Dave
Richardson (D-Miami Beach) made history
last year as the rst openly gay candidates
elected to the state legislature.
His partner Donald Rupe, who teaches
in nearby Kissimmee in Osceola County,
joined him on the oor of the state House
of Representatives in Tallahassee on Nov.
20 during his ofcial swearing in.
Before that moment, nobody like me had
stood on the oor of the House with a partner
like mine and taken that oath, and i think that
was really powerful, Saunders, 29, said.
Certainly folks within the LGBT community
understood how important that was.
Saunders represents a large swath of
northeast Orange County that includes
UCF, Valencia College and Naval Support
Activity Orlando. More than 30 percent of
House District 49s population is Latino,
with a large Puerto Rican community in
the citys Union Park neighborhood.
He told the Blade he plans to sponsor a
bill the Competitive Workforce Act that
would add sexual orientation and gender
identity and expression to Floridas non-
discrimination and civil rights laws. Saunders
also described a measure that would create
a statewide domestic partnership registry
as a big deal during the 2013 legislative
session that will begin next month.
We will nd support for both of those
bills, he said. How much support I think
is certainly a question that kind of depends
on how hard we all work, but theres
something different. Its a different time to
be doing work around LGBT equality.
Saunders conceded that the GOP-
controlled legislature in Tallahassee is
a problem when it comes to advancing
LGBT-specic issues, but he said he
remains optimistic.
The Democrats really are a minority of
voices and one of the things we have to
break through is the stranglehold that the
far right has on social policy anchored in
the Republican Party, but there are a lot
of young legislators this year, he said.
Ive already started talking with a bunch
of them from the Republican Party who
are just sort of they dont understand
why we are even making a big deal about
these issues anymore. To them, theyre
almost there on marriage equality.
washingtonblade.com
Immigration Equalitys RACHEL TIVEN took
part in immigration talks at the White House this
week.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Gay Fla. lawmaker seeks to advance LGBT issues
LGBT group takes part in White House meeting
Rep. JOE SAUNDERS made history last year
as one of two openly gay lawmakers elected in
Florida for the rst time.
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Move would echo
Clintons 1999 speech
before Congress
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Amid expectations that President
Obama will encourage Congress to pass
jobs legislation during his upcoming State
of the Union address, LGBT advocates
are calling on him to articulate the need
for legislative and administrative action to
protect against anti-LGBT job bias.
President Obama will deliver the State
of the Union address on Tuesday at 9
p.m. before a joint session of Congress
to inform lawmakers about legislation
he wants passed during the rst year
of his second term, which may include
immigration reform, decit reduction, gun
control and job creation initiatives.
But LGBT rights supporters recalling
Obamas historic LGBT-inclusion in
his inaugural address are asking
Obama to address one LGBT issue that
remains outstanding since the start of
his administration in 2009: the lack of
federal non-discrimination protections
for LGBT workers. Legislation addressing
the issue that has languished in Congress
for decades is known as the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act.
Tico Almeida, president of the LGBT
group Freedom to Work, said it would be
fantastic for Obama to follow-up on his
inaugural speech to call for ENDA passage.
The year 2013 should bring
important steps forward on ENDA, with
a high probability of a successful Senate
Committee mark-up and the possibility
of a long overdue ENDA vote on the
Senate oor, Almeida said. It would be
very helpful for the president to use the
State of the Union to assert his strong
leadership on this issue by publicly
calling on both chambers of Congress
to vote on ENDA.
It wouldnt be the rst time ENDA was
mentioned during a State of the Union
address. In 1999, then-President Clinton
called for passage of the bill in addition
to approval of hate crimes protections
legislation, which Obama eventually
signed into law in 2009.
Discrimination or violence because of
race or religion, ancestry or gender, disability
or sexual orientation is wrong and it ought
to be illegal, Clinton said. Therefore, I ask
Congress to make the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act and the Hate Crimes
Prevention Act the law of the land.
Obama has also made references to
the LGBT community in previous State
of the Union addresses. In 2010, he
foreshadowed the legislative effort to
repeal Dont Ask, Dont Tell, promising
to work with Congress and our military
to nally repeal the law that denies gay
Americans the right to serve the country
they love because of who they are.
In 2011, Obama pledged to nish
the job on Dont Ask, Dont Tell by
certifying an end to the militarys gay
ban before the end of the year. And last
year, as lesbian Air Force Col. Ginger
Wallace sat in the box near rst lady
Michelle Obama, Obama alluded to
repeal of the ban, saying, When you
put on that uniform, it doesnt matter if
youre black or white; Asian or Latino;
conservative or liberal; rich or poor; gay
or straight.
What Obama will say during the State of
the Union address this year is unknown. Shin
Inouye, a White House spokesperson, said he
doesnt have a preview of Obamas remarks.
But the request to articulate the need
for workplace protections for LGBT people
isnt limited to legislation. LGBT advocates
say the State of the Union would also be
an opportunity for Obama to commit to
an executive order that would bar federal
contractors from discriminating against
workers on the basis of sexual orientation
and gender identity.
Fred Sainz, vice president of
communications for the Human Rights
Campaign, said the nations largest LGBT
group would love to see Obama pledge
to issue this order during his remarks.
With federal employment
discrimination legislation for LGBT people
currently stalled in Congress, such an
order would be an important step forward
and would provide important protections
for millions of American workers, Sainz
said. Its also a natural extension of the
presidents We Cant Wait campaign.
The White House has repeatedly
said it prefers a legislative approach to
instituting federal non-discrimination
protections as opposed to administrative
action. Asked about the directive by the
Washington Blade in December, White
House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the
legislative approach to Dont Ask, Dont
Tell repeal should be a model for the
way to approach these issues.
Ill. Senate advances marriage bill
An Illinois Senate committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow
same-sex couples to marry in the state.
The 9-5 vote in the Illinois Senate Executive Committee came nearly a month
after state Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and gay state Rep. Greg Harris
(D-Chicago) reintroduced bills in their respective chambers that would extend
marriage to gays and lesbians. The aforementioned committee on Jan. 3 voted
to advance a same-sex marriage bill, but lawmakers did not take up the proposal
before the end of the 2012 legislative session.
President Obama, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Illinois
Republican Party Chair Pat Brady are among those who have urged legislators to
back the measure.
It was amazing, Equality Illinois CEO Bernard Cherkasov told the Washington
Blade after the vote. Not only did the bill pass with even stronger support than
last time, but the opponents kept tripping over their nonsensical arguments.
Signicantly, not a single senator argued that same-sex couples did not deserve
the freedom to marry. We have come a great way.
The day when loving, committed same-sex couples in Illinois can marry feels
imminent, and Lambda Legal is energized by this vote, Jim Bennett of Lambda
Legal added. Our state is ready to become the tenth state where same-sex
couples have the freedom to marry, and we urge people across the state to call
their senators and urge them to vote in favor of the bill when it comes to a vote as
early as next week. Its just time.
Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) told the Sun-Times on Feb. 1 that he
would like to schedule a vote on the proposal in the full chamber on Valentines Day.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
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Will Obama include ENDA in State of the Union?
Some are calling on PRESIDENT OBAMA to denounce anti-LGBT job bias during his State of the Union address next week.
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were investigating the nature of the
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robbery on Aug. 22, 2012 for allegedly
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Wilson from robbery while armed,
which is classied as a felony, to second-
degree theft and simple assault, which
are misdemeanor offenses.
The court records show Wilson was
returned to jail after prosecutors told
the judge he violated the terms of his
release.
But the case unraveled a short
time later, court records show, when
Superior Court Judge Marisa J. Demeo
dismissed the case and ordered Wilson
released from jail on Jan. 10, 2013, on
grounds of want of prosecution.
William Miller, a spokesperson for the
U.S. Attorneys ofce, told the Blade
on Tuesday that Demeo dismissed the
case on the day the trial was scheduled
to begin when the victim, who was to
be the lead witness, failed to show up
in court for the trial.
The case was dismissed without
prejudice, which would allow us to
bring the case up again, Miller said.
He said prosecutors have been unable
to locate the victim.
Miller declined to comment on
Wilsons latest arrest for the murder
of Venable, saying the U.S. Attorneys
ofce never comments on pending
criminal cases.
Details of the murder allegations
against Wilson were led in court on
Feb. 4 as part of an arrest afdavit. The
document says police found Venable
lying face down in a pool of blood on
the oor of his apartment under the
bedroom doorway at 6:48 p.m.
Personnel from the D.C. Fire
and Emergency Medical Service
Department determined there were no
signs of life when they arrived on the
scene, the afdavit says. An autopsy
later found that Venable suffered
multiple slashing wounds to the neck,
minor cuts to both hands consistent
with defensive wounds, and two stab
wounds to the upper torso.
One of the stab wounds to the
torso struck his aorta, leading the D.C.
Medical Examiners ofce to conclude
the cause of death was sharp force
wounds to the neck and torso.
The afdavit says two witnesses
who knew Venable told a homicide
detective a male roommate was living
with Venable. One of the witnesses
identied the roommate as Wilson, the
afdavit says.
It says the apartment was locked and
there were no signs of a forced entry
or a struggle when someone from the
building initially entered the apartment
and found Venable lying on the oor
unconscious.
A short time later, detectives
discovered that money was withdrawn
from Venables checking account shortly
after the murder through an ATM in a
convenience store at a BP gas station in
District Heights, Md., the afdavit says.
It says detectives viewed a surveillance
video from the gas station and store and
saw Wilson enter and place at least two
different cards into the ATM in several
separate transactions. The video shows
him placing cash obtained from the
ATM into his pockets, the afdavit says.
Without saying how police learned
where to nd Wilson, the afdavit
says detectives on Feb. 3 arrived at a
residence at 1841 Addison Road in
District Heights, Md., where Wilson was
staying. It says Wilson agreed to go with
detectives to the D.C. police homicide
ofce in Southwest D.C., where he was
questioned about Venables murder.
During the course of the interview,
the defendant provided numerous
inconsistent accounts of his involvement
in the decedents murder, the afdavit
says. It says Wilson initially said he had
not been in Venables apartment since
Jan. 10 but later said he entered the
apartment on Jan. 31 before leaving
for work and returned later and found
Venables body lying in the doorway to
the victims bedroom.
He denied taking Venables bank
cards and later claimed someone else
he knows told him that person planned
to rob Venable. The other person,
whom Wilson identied as Stacks,
invited him to meet him in Maryland
and gave him Venables bankcards and
persuaded him to use them to withdraw
money from the ATM at the gas station
convenience store, the afdavit says.
The defendant, who was 47 years
younger than the decedent, nally said
he was involved in an argument with
the decedent inside the apartment
and that the decedent went to the
kitchen and retrieved a knife, says the
afdavit. The defendant said he and
the decedent wrestled for control of the
knife and the decedent fell to the oor
stabbing himself, it says.
The defendant was then placed
under arrest, it says.
Wilson, who is being held without
bond, is scheduled for a preliminary
hearing on Feb. 20.
Alleged killer released from jail 3 weeks before murder
House of Commons passes marriage bill
Fight looms in U.K.s
House of Lords
The British House of Commons on
Tuesday approved a proposal that would
allow same-sex couples to marry in
England and Wales.
The 400-175 vote came after an hours-
long debate on the measure.
Women and Equalities Minister Maria
Miller stressed the bill is about fairness.
She said it also protects religious freedom
and registrars would receive the same
protections under the law.
The European Court of Human Rights
last month said religious beliefs cannot
justify discrimination against same-sex
couples. A registrar who said the Borough
of Islington outside London unfairly
disciplined her because she refused to
ofciate civil partnerships for same-sex
couples after the United Kingdoms civil
partnership law took effect in 2005 is among
the two British Christians who claimed their
employers unfairly discriminated against
them because of their opposition to
homosexuality and relationship recognition
for gays and lesbians.
Shadow Women and Equalities
Minister Yvette Cooper noted President
Obamas support of marriage rights for
gays and lesbians.
Parliament shouldnt stop people
getting married simply because they have
fallen in love with someone of the same
sex, she said.
Gay MP Stephen Gilbert, who
represents St. Austell and Newquay in
Cornwall, highlighted the struggles he
said he faced when coming out as he
spoke in support of the proposal that he
described as historic legislation.
We have a come a long way in a short
space of time, Gilbert said. But it is
absolutely right in my view that the House
take the next step and deliver full equality
to gay men and lesbians in this country.
MP Nadine Dorries, who represents
portions of Bedfordshire, said the bill
actually highlights the inequalities that
are going to be there.
Marriage is based on the denition of
sex, she said.
The vote took place three days
after French lawmakers approved an
amendment to a same-sex marriage
bill that denes marriage as between
two people of the opposite or same
sex. Legislators continue to debate the
proposal that would extend both marriage
and adoption rights to gays and lesbians.
Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and
Spain are among the European countries
that allow same-sex couples to marry.
Scottish lawmakers in the coming months are
also expected to consider a similar measure.
As the last piece of the legislative
jigsaw providing equality for gay people in
Britain, this is a truly historic step forward,
Ben Summerskill, executive director of
the LGBT advocacy group Stonewall said.
Were absolutely delighted that MPs
have demonstrated so overwhelmingly
that theyre in touch with the 21st century.
Summerskill said he expects a tough
battle in the House of Lords on the same-sex
marriage bill, but he remains optimistic about
the measures prospects. Prime Minister David
Cameron also supports the proposal.
The size of the Commons majority
seen tonight much larger than for most
normal government business will make
it very difcult for peers to suggest that the
bill should be rejected, Summerskill said.
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When Bud Beehler was elected board president of the Gay & Lesbian
Community Center of Baltimore last June, there was renewed hope that the
35-year-old institution would be set on the right course to scal soundness and
an improving image within the LGBT community. Indeed, Beehler and the board
took a number of steps, including creating a strategic plan, new bylaws and an
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announced on Jan. 30 that he is resigning from the board. It is with regret that I
tender my resignation from the Board of The GLCCB, he wrote in a memo that
was circulated to GLCCB board, staff and volunteers. My other commitments as
well as family obligations have become too great for me to be able to devote the
necessary time to fulll the requirements of my position on the Board. I feel it is
best for me to step aside, making room for someone with the time and energy to
devote to this important work.
The GLCCB issued a statement announcing Beehlers resignation and that a
new election would take place on Feb. 11 when the full board meets. Based on
the bylaws, vice president Michael McCarthy becomes the interim president until
that election.
During the last year, the GLCCB has made enormous strides toward realizing
the goals of our ve-year strategic plan, said McCarthy in the statement.
The GLCCBs Board of Directors wants to ensure that we maintain our current
momentum. We know that Baltimores sexual and gender minority communities
are counting on us, and we are acting quickly to effect a smooth transition to new
leadership.
Board member Sharon Brackett told the Blade, Bud revitalized the board by
bringing new persons and new energy. Our infrastructure and processes are in a
better position since last June.
PFLAG celebrates Black History Month
As part of its meeting on Feb. 12, PFLAG Columbia-Howard County will honor
Black History Month by presenting the award-winning lm Brother Outsider,
which describes the life and work of Bayard Rustin.
Rustin was an activist and strategist who has been called the unknown hero
of the civil rights movement. A tireless crusader for justice, a disciple of Gandhi,
a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr., Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man
during the ercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The lm reveals the price
that he paid for this openness, chronicling both the triumphs and setbacks of his
remarkable 60-year career.
The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center,
7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD. For more information, visit pagmd.org.
Valentines dance in Westminster
The Westminster chapter of PFLAG, the St. Pauls United Church of Christ, the
LGBT Book Club and the Carroll County chapter of GLSEN will hold a Valentines
Day dance on Sunday, Feb. 17 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. It will take place at the church,
17 Bond St. in Westminster.
Besides music, there will be food, games, rafes and prizes. LGBTQ folks and
allies are invited with no age restrictions. Adults are asked to contribute $5 at the
door and students $2. For more information, visit pagwcc.org.
LGBT Jewish group celebrates Purim
JQ Baltimore, the new Jewish support group for LGBT individuals, will hold a
pre-Purim celebration with the rst gay Orthodox Jewish African American hip-
hop artist, Y-Love on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. Y-Love is the celebrity spokesperson for
Keshet, a Jewish advocacy group, and a Baltimore native.
Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish
people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by
Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther.
The event takes place at Beth Am Synagogue, 2501 Eutaw Place in Baltimore.
General admission is $10 and $5 for students with an ID. For more information,
email jqbaltimore@gmail.com or call 443-300-8996.
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CDC report inspires new approach in N.C.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Health ofcials in Mecklenburg County are reaching out to young residents there who
have sex with men (MSM) following a December release of data from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention that showed a marked increase in HIV infection rates among young MSMs ages 13-24, Q Notes
reported.
Among young people, the CDC reported that about 18 percent of all new infections in 2010 were among
young gay and bi men ages 13-24. In Mecklenburg County, young people of all sexual orientations are taking
a hit as well. Local 2010 data reveals six percent of new 2010 infections were among youth ages 13-19. The
most, at 38 percent, were among individuals ages 20-29, the Q Notes report said.
And, on the whole, Mecklenburg Countys HIV infection rate is among the three highest-ranking counties in
the state, the report said.
Testing poz could lead to legal issues in Mich.
ANN ARBOR Michigan health ofcials are using HIV surveillance technologies to assist in enforcing a
health threat law that makes it illegal for HIV-positive people to have sex without disclosing their status, the
Windy City Times has reported.
A new University of Michigan study reveals that health ofcials employ the states names-reporting database,
alongside partner services referrals, for law enforcement purposes, the Times wrote. But the studys author
Trevor Hoppe, a doctoral candidate in sociology and womens studies, says this is bad social policy.
When clients visit publicly funded health clinics in Michigan to be tested for HIV, health ofcials ask clients
extensive questions about their sexual practices and partners. If the client tests positive for HIV or other
sexually transmitted diseases, the counselor will provide treatment referrals but are also legally mandated to
ask clients to report the names of sexual partners, which health ofcials attempt to contact to recommend that
they be tested, the Times report said.
Hoppe found that some health ofcials also ask their clients if any of their partners reported to them that they
were HIV-positive. Ofcials then attempt to cross-reference the reported name against the states database
of everyone in the state who has been diagnosed as HIV-positive. If an individual reported as a partner is
identied by the state as HIV-positive and the client did not report that they disclosed, an investigation would
be launched that could have legal ramications.
The evidence is mounting that these laws are bad public policy and certainly bad public health policy, yet
Michigan health ofcials are helping to enforce them, the Times reported Hoppe as saying.
The ndings appear in the February issue of the journal Social Problems.
Trans residents nd more health coverage in Ore., Calif.
SALEM, Ore. Regulators in Oregon and California have quietly directed some health insurance companies
to stop denying coverage for transgender patients, the Associated Press reported.
The states arent requiring coverage of specic medical treatments but some private insurance companies
have been told they must pay for a trans persons hormone therapy, breast reduction, cancer screening or any
other procedure deemed medically necessary if its covered for non-trans patients, the AP report said.
The changes apply to companies insuring about a third of Oregon residents and about 7 percent of
California residents but not to those on Medicare and Medicaid or the majority of California residents insured
through a health management organization, the report said.
Being out has long-term
health benets
NEW YORK LGBs who are out are less anxious,
depressed and burned out than their closeted counterparts
or straights according to a new study from Canada
published in Psychosomatic Medicine, the New York Daily
News reported.
The study looked at 87 men and women of varying sexual
orientations all of whom were around age 25; 46 identied
as gay, lesbian or bi and 41 were straight. Participants were
given psychological tests and provided multiple urine and
saliva samples to test for various biomarkers related to stress
and general health, the Daily News said.
All the participants who were out had lower stress hormone
levels and fewer symptoms of depression than those who
werent out. In the men, out gay and bi men had lower stress
and fewer symptoms of depression than straight men.
Researchers at the University of Montreal wrote that living
openly eliminates the constant stress of keeping a large part
of ones life hidden, which can cause the hormone cortisol to
spike and create inammation in the body, which has been
linked to heart disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses,
the report said.
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Adjusting our
attitudes on what
constitutes safe sex
I remember a study a few years ago
that concluded a human beings strongest
desire is not for sex or food or water.
It is the feeling after having sex. The
researchers call this the cuddle gene.
The cuddle gene is so strong many times
it can scare people out of the bed after sex.
Think about that human beings actually
deciding not to satisfy their strongest urge.
Rather than cuddle, they prefer to leave
right away after sex. I sometimes call it
the walk of shame. Why? Because if you
choose to stay and cuddle, you could face
the potential for a longer-term relationship.
Human behavior sometimes may be odd,
but its predictable.
Human behavior also is the strongest
determinant in spreading or not spreading
HIV. Lets break it down. First, sex is about
choices. Second, if you want safer sex,
youll need to consider, then discuss,
using a condom.
The rst hurdle is that condoms are
unnatural. Im sure my fellow AIDS activists
are already starting to cringe, but its the truth.
Here are some facts about condoms:
Durex, the No. 1 brand worldwide, owns
about 15 percent of the market; Trojan,
the most popular brand in the United
States, captures 69 percent. One year,
condom sales are up; another year, theyre
down. Many blame the economy; others
insist safe sex is a term of the past.
Some studies report straight people
use condoms more frequently than gay
people; other studies claim the opposite.
Still another study suggests that minorities
in the United States tend to use condoms
more than white people.
The fact is when you talk about condoms
the discussion is never cut-and-dried. If
were going to be truthful, there has to be
exibility. Nothing prevents HIV 100 percent
of the time, except dare I say it?
abstinence. (But I believe that can lead to
mental health issues.) The fact is bareback
sex the term for not wearing a condom
no longer is a dirty word.
Today, people are having sex without
condoms and loving it. It is the new
freedom revolution. In some circles,
being HIV positive is considered en
vogue; others say if both partners are HIV
positive, why not have condom-less sex?
This attitude cannot be ignored, but it can
be adjusted.
Latex condoms, when used consistently
and correctly, reports the Centers for
Disease Control, are highly effective in
preventing the sexual transmission of
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. At one
time, the CDC gave a percentage, but no
longer. Why?
It is important to emphasize that
condoms offer some protection from
STDs other than HIV, such as gonorrhea,
syphilis and chlamydia. Both the CDC and
the AIDS community urge condom use in
light of an important fact: HIV prevention
in the United States is a complete failure.
One of the most brilliant safer-sex
campaigns I have seen in my 25 years
trying to do my part to help end the AIDS
epidemic is right here in Washington. It is
called the FUK!T campaign. The easy-to-
open package contains a condom, lube and
a three-step instruction card.
Unfortunately, there is no way this
extremely successful campaign can
attract federal funding. Thats blocked
in part by the Helms Amendment, which
prohibits using federal tax dollars for AIDS
education or for materials that promote
or encourage, directly or indirectly,
homosexual activities. Let me be clear on
one point: If we are going to win the war
against AIDS, we must do away with the
Helms Amendment.
Back to human behavior. Lets imagine
just for a moment that you opted to satisfy
your urge to cuddle. Chances are that you
would pass the threshold of caring for the
person enough to choose using a condom.
And with more cuddling, perhaps the
world would be a better place.
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22 FEBRUARY 08, 2013 COMMENTARY
There are many conicting studies about the use of condoms.
Does anyone wear a
condom anymore?
Dave Purdy is founder and CEO of the World AIDS Insti-
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The astonishing thing is what didnt
happen.
When the D.C. Council received news last
week of a whopping $417 million prior-year
city revenue surplus for the 2012 scal period
through last September, the immediate reac-
tive desire of many was getting their hands on
the monies in order to further increase spend-
ing. The surplus was even larger than the $240
million yield of the previous year.
Tax relief for residents and local businesses
again proved to be the furthest thing from the
minds of Council members, despite extraor-
dinarily high District tax rates. Not a word was
uttered about returning even a portion of the
surplus to those who supplied it while suffer-
ing under the nations tip-top tax burdens. Nor
did the conversation include consideration of
a reduction in tax rates.
Its not difcult to imagine that if the citys
CFO unwrapped a roll of quarters and splayed
them across the Council chamber several of
the more notoriously spendthrift elected of-
cials might spontaneously leap over the dais
to grovel across the carpet to scoop them up
as bounty.
Not even overowing city coffers are
sufcient to combine their desire for ad-
ditional spending with any modicum of tax
relief. To his credit, Council member Jack
Evans had last month proposed a limited
and targeted property tax relief measure,
to ease the nations highest per capita lev-
ies, which produced mostly derision. In the
wake of the surplus announcement, some
of his colleagues pondered utilizing an ob-
scure law to wrest $100 million of the lar-
gess to spend.
Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Council Chair
Phil Mendelson remained committed to dedi-
cating the entire revenue surplus for replenish-
ing the citys reserve fund. This will bring the
fund total to over $1.5 billion equal to ap-
proximately two months of local government
spending.
Maintaining adequate cash reserves is a
smart move. Wall Street bond raters look to
it for assurance that the city remains on sta-
ble nancial footing, despite past excesses
and resulting nancial meltdown. After all,
the citys debt burden is $7.9 billion, or a little
more than $12,538 for each of the citys esti-
mated 630,000 residents, nearing the citys
statutory total debt cap.
However, although ush with cash, the
reex of local ofcials doesnt include revis-
ing local taxation. On Tuesday evening, in his
annual State of the District address, Mayor
Gray touted the citys growing population,
expanded tax base and robust revenues. He
also announced the formation this week of a
task force to recommend ways to make the
city more business friendly and ease licensing
and operational requirements. Yet Gray made
no mention of lowering taxes.
With even larger future revenues project-
ed, its time that the mayor and the Council
undertake meaningful tax reform.
Tax revenue for the rst quarter of the cur-
rent scal year has already produced $160 mil-
lion more than last year. While ongoing federal
government downsizing and continuing con-
gressional spending reductions will affect the
Washington regional economy, and the out-
come of federal budget sequestration nego-
tiations is unknown, a record revenue windfall
is anticipated.
Instead of creating a wish list enumerat-
ing dozens of additional spending items when
approving the citys budget expenditures
the D.C. Council would make if only they had
the money, or in case they get it reducing
onerous local tax rates should be prioritized
on their to do list.
Mayor Gray has announced his intent to
allocate $100 million from the coming years
surplus to fund affordable housing, along
with other planned disbursements. A growing
population requires additional expenditures
and larger revenues permit benecial invest-
ments. Those enhanced revenues also allow
for a reduction in the signicant tax burdens
currently associated with living and conduct-
ing business in the District.
When measuring tax rates including in-
dividual income taxes, corporate taxes, sales
taxes, both residential and commercial prop-
erty taxes, and other business taxes, fees and
regulatory costs the District ranks either
last or among the very worst jurisdictions in
the country. D.C. has long been the perennial
bottom-of-the-barrel for small business friend-
liness and entrepreneurial environment.
Correcting that imbalance will fuel con-
tinued and expanded growth beneting the
entire city.
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Another D.C. surplus? How about tax relief?
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Linking Selma to Stonewall
irks some who seek greater
economic gains
By REV. IRENE MONROE
President Barack Obamas inaugural
address was the most inclusive speech a
president has ever given. It was delivered
on the 27th anniversary of Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day, and the president honored
Kings legacy when he eloquently spoke
of how the many U.S. liberation move-
ments, both current and historic, are in-
terconnected.
We, the people, declare today that
the most evident of truths that all of
us are created equal is the star that
guides us still; just as it guided our fore-
bears through Seneca Falls, and Selma,
and Stonewall.
As an African-American lesbian, whose
identity is linked to all three movements,
I felt afrmed. I applaud the presidents
courageous pronouncement.
Some African Americans, however, felt
dissed by the presidents speech. The
linkage of their civil rights struggle to that
of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer (LGBTQ) Americans did nothing to
quell their dislike of the comparison. The
fact that it was spoken by this president
made it sting more.
New York Times reporter Richard Ste-
venson picks up the tension in his recent
article, Speech Reveals an Evolved and
Unapologetic President that Obama
After spending much of his rst term
evolving on the question of same-sex
marriage and doing too little in the eyes
of many African-Americans to address
poverty and civil rights, he invoked Sen-
eca Falls and Selma and Stonewall.
For many African Americans, espe-
cially those male ministers who pro-
fessed to have marched with Martin
Luther King, Jr., the reason they scoff at
comparing the black civil rights struggle
to todays LGBTQ civil rights struggle is
because of the persistent nature of rac-
ism in the lives of black people and the
little gains accomplished supposedly on
behalf of racial and economic equality.
They expected more gains under the rst
African-American president.
Also, some African Americans contend
that civil rights gains have come faster for
LGBTQ Americans, from the Stonewall Ri-
ots of 1969 in New York City to the Dont
Ask, Dont Tell repeal of 2010.
The gains in the LGBT movement,
some African Americans say, is largely
because of the structural and cultural ex-
clusion of people of color.
The LGBTQ movement has no doubt
made some tremendous gains into main-
stream society, a reality that has not been
afforded to African Americans as a disen-
franchised group, leaving many of them
asking, especially after hearing President
Obamas second inaugural address the
question, Whats really in this American
Dream for us?
Many African-American ministers try
to answer that question by either com-
ing out for or against Obamas stance on
marriage equality.
Civil rights struggles in this country
have primarily been understood, report-
ed on and advocated within the context
of African-American strugglespast and
presentagainst both individual and sys-
tematic racism. Consequently, civil rights
struggles of women, LGBTQ Americans,
Native Americans and other minorities in
this country have been eclipsed, ignored
and even trivialized while educating the
American public of other forms of exist-
ing oppressions.
While it is also true that employing a
narrow understanding that all oppres-
sions are interconnected ignores the
salient points about differences within
oppressed groups, it is also true that ig-
noring how oppressed groups can work
together truncated the possibility for full
and equal rights for all Americans.
LGBT activists of African descent, like
myself, have long pondered what would
be the catalyst to rally those African-
American Christian ministers to support
same-sex marriage and engage the black
community in a nationwide discussion.
Such a discussion would certainly assist
them in seeing the link between Selma
and Stonewall.
With the second and nal term be-
fore him, Obama can be both unapolo-
getically and unabashedly for marriage
equality. I thank God with an enormous
sigh of relief that Obama no longer has to
do a delicate dance with a deeply divided
black populace on the issue. He has mo-
mentum on his side whether black min-
isters and community activists side with
him or not.
The momentum in support of same-
sex marriage in the African-American
community is seen nowadays along gen-
erational lines. It is ironically divided be-
tween the black civil rights era of MLK
and post-black civil rights era of Obama.
We believe in
fairness, speedy license
agreement process
By MATT RAYMOND
As the saying goes, there is just no pleas-
ing some people.
D.C. nightlife advocate Mark Lee recently
waged a PR offensive against Logan Circles
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2F, la-
menting in laughably histrionic and demon-
strably false terms our supposed anti-busi-
ness attitude. I urge you to read his piece,
and then consider the following.
At issue was the liquor license of the
newly opened bar A&D on Ninth Street,
N.W. The complaints of Lee and the bars
owners boil down to the process of nego-
tiating a Voluntary Agreement (VA) between
the bar and adjacent residents, and the bars
operating hours.
Ill start with the former complaint by
conceding that there is some validity to it.
Regrettably, ANC 2F didnt engage with
A&D as quickly as we would have liked,
owing mainly to leadership transitions on
the ANC (one of which involved a serious
health crisis).
Yet when Lee stated, When license pro-
tests are lodged, either by small groups or
ANCs, it takes a minimum of eight months
to a year to resolve, it is the most egregious
of his whoppers.
A&D, located in a zone that mixes resi-
dential and commercial uses, applied for its
license on July 13, 2012, requesting the lat-
est closing times permitted by law. A man-
datory 45-day period followed, during which
protests may be lodged. Both a group of
neighbors and ANC 2F were granted stand-
ing by regulators as affected parties.
Even accounting for those aberrational
delays, the elapsed time between the end of
that 45-day waiting period (Aug. 27) and the
date an agreement was ultimately reached
with A&D (Nov. 7) was less than two-and-
a-half months. I guess time proceeds at a
different rate on Lees planet. (Remember
this the next time you read the hyperbole of
the man who erroneously predicted the col-
lapse of D.C. nightlife after the citys smok-
ing ban in bars and restaurants.)
When I took over negotiations for the
ANC in mid-October, I reviewed an early
draft agreement under consideration by
the neighbors and the bar and soon found
that the views among the neighbors were
more divergent than anyone had been led
to believe. Some neighbors wanted earlier
closing hours than those that were nally
agreed to which themselves were merely
one hour short of what is allowed in even the
least residential parts of D.C.
I worked to ensure the neighbors were
on the same page, and that the VA didnt
unfairly advantage or disadvantage A&D
over other licensees. I rushed to present a
revised draft to A&D on Nov. 7 for consider-
ation at the ANCs monthly meeting with the
hope of not delaying the matter any further.
The terms were essentially identical to what
every other licensee in at least the past two
years had agreed to terms, I would add,
that are more generous than most licensees
received in prior years.
Because of the limited time A&D had to
consider the new draft, I offered an unusual
motion to allow additional negotiations and
approval of the VA without waiting until the
ANCs next monthly meeting. Nevertheless,
A&D signed the agreement in a snit, choos-
ing a PR offensive over the possibility of a
more favorable agreement.
Liquor licenses in the District of Colum-
bia are a privilege, not a right. Our laws an-
ticipated that allowing every bar to operate
with no restrictions was inappropriate, es-
pecially next door to residences. So lets call
this what it is: a single business that wanted
an advantage over everyone else, and a
business that would perversely spin predict-
ability and consistency in the liquor-licensing
process as some sort of antagonism.
Logan Circle ranks second citywide be-
hind only Dupont Circle in its number of li-
quor licenses. We have welcomed a major
inux in the past year, while lodging fewer
formal protests than any other recent year.
We have also established a new committee
to speed the process further and add great-
er transparency.
We are an ANC that believes in fairness
and in basic protections for residents who
rightfully desire sleep at night, to say noth-
ing about their property values. By any
measure, we are also an ANC that is open
for business.
But like I say, there is just no pleasing
some people.
Logan Circle ANC is not anti-business
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matt@mattraymond.com.
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question this Valentines Day, consider a set of
enGAYgement rings from Proposition Love
Fine Jewelry, which features a line of eclectic
bands inspired by gay rights and marriage
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equality. All the rings in the Prop Love
collection are made of high-quality materials,
including 14K white and yellow gold, platinum
and diamonds. A portion of the proceeds
from each ring is donated to pro-equality
organizations. Engraving options also are
available. Jewelry designer Sam Street, who
married his partner Jonathan in San Francisco
in 2008, founded Proposition Love in 2011.
($275-$3,210; propositionlove.com)
Lovoka Liqueur
Put a cork in the wine this year and
reach for something with a bit more punch.
Lovoka, the rst 60-proof liqueur to debut
in the United States, is made from the nest
triple-distilled vodka and delicately infused
with a rich, buttery caramel essence. Liquid
gold, you might even say. Lovoka is divine
on the rocks, mixed with after-dinner
coffee, or poured all over your partner.
Bottoms up. ($27.99; lovokausa.com)
Pengallan Slim-Fit Boxers
Skip the requisite skimpy skivvies and opt
for more attering, freeing underwear to
gift this Valentines Day. Pengallan Slim-Fit
Boxers feature a at-front waist, contoured
seat design to counteract the riding
up effect, side vents on the outseam of
each leg for greater mobility and range of
motion, and a button closure in the front
truly as close as youll get to a bespoke
boxer without a tailor. There are 10 dapper
styles from which to choose, including
solids, stripes, plaids and gingham. If youve
got a guy who likes to look great even in the
items that most people wont see, Pengallan
are the perfect present that you can both
enjoy. ($80; pengallan.com)
Out Colors Jewelry
Not ready to put a ring on it? Take your
time, and in the meantime consider another
piece of sentimental jewelry from Out Colors.
This gay-owned online jeweler features an
array of pendants, bracelets, necklaces and
watches that can be personalized with your
favorite photos. For those who arent partial
to jewelry, Out Colors also offers a wide
selection of other keepsakes, including
apparel, crystal accessories and home-
art items like woven tapestries, canvases,
matte-nish posters and wall murals. ($9.95-
$2,771.95; outcolors.com)
Love Is Art
Take a pass on the limited-edition prints
this year and pursue a more personalized
route with a Love is Art kit. Each kit is
equipped with all the materials youll
need to make an abstract expressionistic
masterpiece with your partner in the most
intimate way possible using your bodies.
When the piece is complete, it can be
stretched, framed, and hung on the wall as
a reminder of your love and commitment
to one another for years to come. Kits are
available in myriad themes (like wedding or
equality) and colors to match your dcor.
($60-$110; loveisartkit.com)
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701 RESTAURANT
701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
202-393-0701
701 Restaurant is offering a three-course
tasting menu for $85 for Valentines Day
including Tuna Tartare with coconut lime
broth and avacado and Kumomoto Oyster
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vinaigrette. For dessert, lovebirds can
choose from a Chocolate Cherry Dome,
Passion Fruit Vacherin or the Champagne
Cassis Terrine. The Valentines Day specials
will be available until Feb. 16.
AMBAR
523 8th Street SE
202-813-3039
This new restaurant is serving diners
a three-course prix x menu at $35 per
person this Valentines Day showcasing
dishes from the Balkan Peninsula with a
modern twist. Dishes include the Roasted
Squash Salad and Slow Cooked Veal Stew.
ARDEO + BARDEO RESTAURANT
3311 Connecticut Ave NW
202-244-6750
Executive Chef Nate Garyantes is offering
diners the opportunity to try his spin on
modern American cuisine from 5-10:30
p.m. This Valentines Day guests can enjoy a
delicious four-course prix xe menu for $65
per person including dishes such as the Rock
Shrimp Risotto and the Pan Roast Duck Breast
with rye spaetzle and cider braised cabbage.
BIBIANA OSTERIA-ENOTECA
1100 New York Ave NW
202-216-9550
Dubbed one of the Best New
Restaurants in America by Esquire
magazine in 2010, this establishment is
serving up some tempting Italian fare for
lovers this Valentines Day. Executive Chef
Stefanelli has prepared a four-course,
prix xe San Valentini menu for $85 per
person; the feast will be available on Feb.
14 from 5:30 to 11:00 p.m.
BLUE DUCK TAVERN
24th & M Streets NW
(Inside the Park Hyatt Washington)
202-419-6755
Blue Duck Tavern is considered by
many one of the best restaurants in D.C.
so why not spend a special night out with
your partner at this exquisite restaurant?
Executive Chef Sebastien Archambault
and Chef de Cuisine John Mel are
preparing a four-course prix xe menu
available on top of the regular a la
carte options. At $75 per person dining
begins with Seared Foie Gras served
with warm carrot cake. Next the Poached
Lobster Open Ravioli with black trumpet
mushrooms and the main course is a Fired
Dry-Aged Ribeye with crispy potatoes
and glazed cippolini onions. For dessert,
lovers can share the decadent Chocolate
Ganache Hazelnut Cake, a perfect ending
to a romantic evening.
CO CO. SALA
929 F Street NW
202-347-4265
Co Co Sala is D.C.s chocolate lounge
and boutique and for Valentines Day they
are offering a special prix xe menu at $80
per person or $120 with drink pairings. The
recipes of romance being served up on
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throughout history to be aphrodisiacs such
as cheese, almonds, chilies strawberries,
goji berries and, of course, chocolate.
FIREFLY
1310 New Hampshire Ave NW
202-861-1310
Lovers can enjoy a ve-course prix xe
menu prepared by Chef Daniel Bortnick for
a Valentines Day Dinner priced at $79 per
person. The menu featuring grilled red-
wine poached octopus, butter poached
Maine lobster, and pork cheek stroganoff
also includes a glass of sparkling wine with
the rst course.
GRAFFIATO
707 6th Street NW
202-289-3600
Mike Isabella, and his team at Grafato
are dishing up a special ve-course chef
tasting menu for lovebirds on Valentines
Day. For $65 per person, guests will be able
to enjoy these ve distinctive courses and will
also receive a glass of Prosecco for toasting.
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480 7th Street NW
202-628-7949
The staff at Jaleo DC will be offering
a variety of specials perfect for sharing
with your sweetheart this Valentines
Day. Spanish tapas like the Diver Scallop
Carpaccio, Crab Cannelones and Lobster
Rice will all be available from $12-$18
each. All three Jaleos will also be serving
romantically themed cocktails like Love at
First Sip, La Rosita and Charlie my Darling.
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
I have been out to myself since high
school, but could never do so as the
community would have never allowed it
and I may not be here now if I did. One
of my favorite statements when asked
when I knew it was in seventh grade
with the cutest ass that sat in front of
me in most all of my classes. I came out
to myself in the 1980s but the hardest
person to come out was more a fear of
my own, it was my mother, who politely
told me, This is supposed to be news
to me? I came out to her in 1995.
WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
Leonard Matlovich. He received a
medal of honor for killing two men and a
dishonorable discharge for loving one.
WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
Loved the old DC Eagle on 7th Street
before it closed. Today you will nd me
quite often at the Green Lantern.

DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
Our wedding was a dream. Who
would ever guess that after being with
my love for 22 years we would be able to
wed in 2010? I wanted to elope, but our
friends would not hear of that. We had
an engagement party, two bachelors
parties and a wedding with two
receptions. We had about 30 great and
close friends with us at the wedding and
over 100 other friends that celebrated us
in the other events. We were surrounded
by love and it was worth every second.

WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
Children with no love or home.
Everyone deserves love, no matter who
provides it.

WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
DOMA
WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
The rst Liza with a Z Concert I
attended in the 1970s with another Air
Force buddy who I think may have liked
me for the same reason I liked him.
ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
I insist that all are honest with me. I
have always stated we can solve all
issues.
WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
It was about the Scarlets Bake Sale.
Ask everyone to come and have fun with
us.
IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
Vanilla? I Dont Think So
IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Hide from it. I am happy to be who I
am and with whom I have chosen to live.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
That we are created by God to be
who and what we are.
WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
MOVEMENT LEADERS?
Keep moving forward, the job is not
done. We should all have the equal
rights just like every other person. Thank
you, so far as we have made major
movements.

WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS
HOT COALS FOR?
The love of my life and maybe a cup
of hot chocolate on this cold day.

WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS
YOU MOST?
People who feel they have to be
straight acting.

WHATS YOUR FAVORITE LGBT
MOVIE?
Rent it tackled AIDS, which
affects everyone.

WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
The handshake why not a warm
hug?

WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE DO YOU
MOST COVET?
Black Roses Community Service
Award
WHAT DO YOU WISH YOUD
KNOWN AT 18?
That it was OK to be who I am and not
ashamed of it. I let so much get away
from me.
WHY WASHINGTON?
I guess it is the only place I know
that the museums are free and that
there is so much history here. Its hard
to believe that the Supreme Court area
has so much history itself. Check it out
sometime.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Stephen Decker always knows the day of Scarlets Bake Sale is going to be
a long one. Hes typically on site at the Eagle from noon until about 9 p.m. but
he says its always worth the effort. And he should know hes been one of
the volunteers for about 20 years. For the last three years, hes been the chair.
Its so much fun to watch the competition, he says. Trying to see them all
outbid each other for that cake or item. Its just full of fun.
Scarlets Bake Sale, named after the late Ed Nesbitt (whose drag name was
Scarlet), is now in its 42
nd
year. This years event is Sunday from 5-8:30 p.m. at
the D.C. Eagle (639 New York Ave., N.W.). Look for the event page by searching
Scarlets Foundation on Facebook. This years proceeds will benet SMYAL.
Typically about 80 people attend. In addition to the auction, four awards are
presented each year. Last year, Decker says about $8,800 was raised for LGBT
charities.
The most memorable entry over the years?
Oh my goodness, thereve been so many, Decker says. One year we had
a group bring in a watersports-themed cake. It actually had a gure standing up
and a recycling pump in it, so he would actually be peeing on a man down in a
pond. It, to me, was the most spectacular.
Another year, an elaborate 3-D chocolate sculpture of a tree was so impressive
it raised $2,400 in three different auctions (each winner kept putting it back up
for auction knowing it was a hot item) only to be destroyed on the ride home.
Decker, a Scenery Hill, Pa., native, came to Washington for work in 1980 and
has been here ever since. He previously lived in Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi
and elsewhere during his growing up years and a stint in the Air Force.
He and husband Ed Moore live together in Brookland. After a long stint as
a grant manager with the International Association of Fireghters, hes looking
for a new job.
He enjoys baking, cooking, the leather community and times with friends and
extended family in his free time.
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Shi-Queeta-Lee returns to the Howard
A Drag Valentine Salute comes to the Howard Theatre (620 T St., NW) Tuesday
night at 8 p.m.
The show was created and directed by cast member Shi-Queeta-Lee, who
has been featured on NBCs Americas Got Talent, ABCs Ugly Betty
and reality shows Drag City: DC and R&B Divas. The show is a revue of
legendary performers Rihanna, Adele and Whitney Houston with the best female
impersonators in the area.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the show. For more information, visit
thehowardtheatre.com.
Miss Gay Baltimore graces the Hippo tonight
Josie and the Pussycats presents Miss Gay Baltimore 2013, an ofcial preliminary to
Miss Gay Maryland America, tonight at 10 p.m. at the Hippo (1 W. Eager St., Baltimore).
The event is hosted by promoter Josie Foster, Miss Gay Maryland 2011 Chi Chi Ray
Colby, and Miss Hippo 2013 Araya Sparxx. The night will be lled with entertainment
from Miss Gay Maryland America 2012 Stephanie Michaels, Miss Gay Maryland 2010 Sue
Nami, Miss Gay Maryland 2009 Tatiyanna Voche, Eva Couture, Arianna Mist, Anastacia
Amor, Jayden Elyse, Miss Gay Baltimore 2012 Sasha B. Chalet and Baltimores Newest
Face 2012 Jordin Jamison.
General admission is $7 while reserved seating is $8. For more information, visit
clubhippo.com.
Team D.C. has Night OUT at the Wizards
Team D.C. hosts Night OUT at the Wizards as they take on the Brooklyn Nets tonight
at 7 p.m. at Verizon Center (601 F St., NW).
Night OUT is one of many events that Team D.C. hosts to educate the LGBT community
about the benets of sports. For this event the Gay Mens Chorus will sing the National
Anthem.
Tickets are $20. For more information, visit teamdc.org.
GLOV celebrates its contribution to the community
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) hosts a happy hour and reception today
at MOVA Lounge (2204 14
th
St., NW) at 5 p.m.
The reception will be celebrating the work of GLOV, which works to reduce violence
against the LGBT community. Its members provide community outreach, education and
they monitor cases to make sure the rights of LGBT victims are respected.
A $10 donation is suggested to support GLOV. Free champagne will be provided from
5 to 6 p.m. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
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beguiling character study
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
The Motherfucker with the Hats catchy
title is mild when compared to its dialogue.
Yes, the characters in Stephen Adly Guirgis
latest play like their language raw (dont
even try to count the f-bombs youd
run out of ngers and toes within minutes)
and very often hilarious. But theres nothing
stilted about whats being said onstage.
Guirgis faithfully channels the words of their
world, allowing these hardcore New Yorkers
to tell their stories in their own way and it
couldnt be more authentic.
Now playing at Studio Theatre, Hat
kicks off with Veronica (Rosal Coln), a
30-ish Nuyorican spitre talking on the
phone with her mom while cleaning her
grungy studio apartment and doing
the occasional line of cocaine. Veronica
advises her mother to drop her new no
good man who has a head like sh, saying,
Take a moment. Take a breath. Take a
real good look and just ax yourself in all
honesty, Do I wanna fuck him or fry him up
with a little adobo and paprika? Instantly,
we know this girl not terribly eloquent,
but makes her point, and her heart is in
the right place.
Enter Veronicas longtime boyfriend
Jackie (the excellent Drew Cortese) bearing
good news. A newly sober parolee whos
recently nished a two year stint upstate
for dealing drugs, Jackie has just landed
a job with UPS. But what was supposed
to be a celebratory evening of Carvel ice
cream cake, lovemaking and movies for
the passionate couple goes awry when he
spies an unfamiliar hat in the apartment a
dark fedora, plain except for a small ery red
feather on the side. He suspects indelity.
A huge ght ensues, and Jackie, unsure
whether to seek wisdom at an A.A. meeting
or revenge, storms out.
His support system such as it is
consists of his best friend and AA sponsor
Ralph (Quentin Mar), a charmingly slimy
guru-wannabe who runs a successful
health drink startup with his also sober
but embittered wife Victoria (Gabriela
Fernandez-Coffey). And while Ralph talks
a lot of self-improvement, in his defense,
he never claims to have anything to offer
anyone other than sobriety. And then
theres Jackies seemingly gay cousin
Julio (smartly underplayed Liche Ariza),
a fastidious foodie/bodybuilder whos
married to a woman and harbors a secret
passion for violence. Typically Jackie goes
to him only when he needs something.
A wordy two hours without an
intermission, Hat could potentially
be tedious, but its not. Director Serge
Seiden, who is gay, keeps things moving at
a brisk clip. He also maintains an enviable
balance of laughs and pathos. Debra
Booths set is nicely subtle and serviceable
it works well, but never gets in the way.
And the terric ve-person ensemble cast
is especially strong. Each of the actors
brilliantly embodies the plays message:
people arent always what they seem.
Without warning, Guirgis agile writing
turns sharply from insults and slams to
moments of stunning poignancy. When
a drunken Jackie shows up at Veronicas
apartment eager to punish her for hurting
him, she responds with her own hurt,
reminding him of their shared dreams of
children, a home in Yonkers, a future
all crushed by bad timing, poor decisions
and drugs. Or when cousin Julios bouncy
walk down memory lane morphs into an
explanation of why he remains so very loyal
to Jackie, citing a heartfelt memory from
his early outcast adolescence when Jackie
had his back. Heartbreaking moments.
A native of York Citys Upper West
Side, the playwright is known for using
the neighborhoods urban mix in his
work; and with Hat, an interesting cross
section of these foul-mouthed, angry but
hopeful, hurting and seriously funny folks
are present and accounted for. Theyre
damaged people, in pain, masking hurt
with bravado and humor, looking for love
and trying to nd their way.
Hat is a resonant play and Studios deeply
affecting, always engaging production is
alternately stinging and poignant.
THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT
Through March 10
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This world-renowned company has captivated audiences for more than 30 years
with its sophisticated artistry, extraordinary movement, and overriding musicality..
The program will include such stunning works as The Ofce set to music by
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L AMOUR ( LOVE, BABY. . . )
WED, FEBRUARY 13 THROUGH SUN, FEBRUARY 17
THE WASHI NGTON BALLET, SI DNEY HARMAN HALL. 202- 547-
1122. WASHI NGTONBALLET. ORG.
From three of todays most exciting choreographers come stories about the
many aspects of love. Dangerous Liaisons by TWBs David Palmer, Elaine Kudos
company premiere of Opposites Distract, and the world premiere of Amy Seiwerts
Under Covers.
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
WED, FEBRUARY 6 THROUGH SUN, MARCH 3
ROUND HOUSE THEATRE BETHESDA. 240- 644- 1100.
ROUNDHOUSETHEATRE. ORG.
David Mamets searing comedy looks at a group of desperate Chicago real estate
salesmen who grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a
never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream.
RACE
WED, FEBRUARY 13 THROUGH SUN, MARCH 17
THEATER J. 202- 777- 3210. WASHI NGTONDCJCC. ORG.
The latest work by David Mamet ruthlessly examines guilt, betrayal and racial
posturing.
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OPENINGS
FRI, FEB 8
Beyond the Story: National Geographic
Unpublished 2012, National Geographic.
202-857-7588. nglive.org/dc.
Wasteland, Pen and Ink by Matthew Kiehl,
Fisher Art Gallery, Schlesinger.
703-845-6156. nvcc.edu.
SAT, FEB 9
Carolina Mayorga: Infestation, Artisphere.
888-841-2787. artisphere.com.
TUE, FEB 12
Resistance Through Art, JCCNV.
703-323-0880. jccnv.org.
WED, FEB 13
The Convert, Woolly Mammoth.
202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net.
THU, FEB 14
Sex, Shame and Tears [Sexo, Pudor
y Lgrimas]Teatro de la Luna,
Gunston Theatre Two. 703-548-3092.
teatrodelaluna.org.
Sucker for Love V-day Special,
SpeakeasyDC, Dance Place.
240-888-9751. speakeasydc.com.
LAST CHANCE
SUN, FEB 10
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
Tryst, Washington Stage Guild,
Undercroft Theatre. 240-582-0050.
stageguild.org.
Drink this! The Workhouse International
Ceramic Cup Show, Workhouse Arts
Center. 703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
FEB 8 - FEB 9
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company -
Siti Company: A Rite,
Clarice Smith. 301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
FEB 9 - FEB 10
Our City, Our Symphony, Alexandria
Symphony Orchestra, Schlesinger.
703-845-6156. alexsym.org.
FEB 12 - FEB 13
Valentines Day Afternoon Tea,
Strathmore. 301-581-5108.
strathmore.org.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
FRI, FEB 8
Carrie Rodriguez, Artisphere.
888-841-2787. artisphere.com.
KC Jazz Club: Matt Wilsons Arts & Crafts:
An Attitude for Gratitude, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
SAT, FEB 9
Gay Mens Chorus of Washington, DC,
JCCNV. 703-537-3000. jccnv.org.
Philharmonic of Many Colors. Strathmore.
301-581-5100. nationalphilharmonic.org.
SUN, FEB 10
The Amazing Gospel Souls, Workhouse
Arts Center. 703-584-2900.
workhousearts.org.
TUE, FEB 12
An Evening With John Wesley Powell,
National Geographic. 202-857-7588.
nglive.org/dc.
Fifty Shades of Grey - Stories about
dominance, submission, pleasure, and pain,
SpeakeasyDC, Town Danceboutique.
240-888-9751. speakeasydc.com.
WED, FEB 13
Wytold, Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
THU, FEB 14
Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santana: La Pasin
Flamenca, Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
2nd Thursday Art Night: Made with Love
& Fabricated: An Exhibition of Wearable
Art. Target Gallery & Torpedo Factory Art
Center. 703-838-4565. torpedofactory.org.
Pillow Talk, Artisphere. 888-841-2787.
artisphere.com.
Red Molly w/ S.G. The Steel Wheels, The
Barns. 1-877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
ONGOING STAGE
Our Town, Fords Theatre. 800-982-2787.
fords.org.
Spring Awakening, Olney Theatre Center.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Shakespeares R+J, Signature Theatre.
703-820-9771. signature-theatre.org.
Cabaret, Keegan Theatre, Church Street
Theater. 703-892-0202.
Zorro, Constellation Theatre Company,
Source Theatre. 800-494-8497.
constellationtheatre.org.
The Motherf**ker with the Hat, The Studio
Theatre. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
Kafka on the Shore, Spooky Action
Theater, Universalist National Memorial
Church. 202-248-0301. spookyaction.org.
keegantheatre.com.
The Minotaur, Rorschach Theatrelas.
202-399-7993. rorschachtheatre.com.
Twelfth Night, Taffety Punk Theatre
Company, CHAW. 1800-838-3006.
taffetypunk.com.

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Taryn Simon: A
Living Man Declared Dead and Other
Chapters I-XVIII. 202-639-1700.
corcoran.org.
Fords Theatre. Torn in Two. 202-347-4833.
fords.org.
Kreeger Museum. Sculpture on The
Grounds, 2011 Invitational. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Gallery of Art. Ellsworth Kelly:
Colored Paper Images, Color, Line,
Light: French Drawings, Watercolors,
and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac,
Masterpieces of American Furniture from
the Kaufman Collection. 17001830,
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
National Geographic. Birds of Paradise:
Amazing Avian Evolution. 202-857-7588.
nglive.org/dc.
Pink Martinis Lauderdale
on life, music and his V Day
show at the Kennedy Center
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Thomas Lauderdale, the gay founder
and band director of Pink Martini, called
just a few minutes after waking up one day
last week from his home in Portland, where
he lives in a house he says is haunted with
his partner of eight years, Philip Iosca. Pink
Martini returns to Washington next week
for a Washington Performing Arts Society
concert on Valentines Day at the Kennedy
Center. Comments edited for length
Lauderdale is a big talker.
BLADE: Is it a good morning in Portland?
LAUDERDALE: Yes, I love it here. Its sort
of like the Pittsburgh of the west. And the
guys are really cute here, more so than the
girls. It seems like most cities either have
cuter guys or cuter girls. Here its the guys.
BLADE: Pink Martini has performed with
so many orchestras all over the world, yet
your music is not straight-up classical at
all. Are the players ever snobby about it or
do they mostly just have fun with it?
LAUDERDALE: Theyre really game for
it. I think classical musicians who were
snobby are becoming less so all the time.
They have to be. Nobodys going to hear
them. Their audiences are dwindling all
across America. Most young people
are watching American Idol. Its just not
a viable option to just play the traditional
repertoire. Orchestras all over the
country are in the quandary of how to
generate new audiences.
BLADE: So are the lines blurring
between pop/rock and classical?
LAUDERDALE: Yes, they have to. That
was one of the reasons behind creating
the band I wanted to appeal to people
outside their traditional dividing lines so it
would connect with people who are really
conservative, really liberal and everybody
in between. This international styl with
kind of an old fashioned pop feel, I felt it
would be inspiriting and fun and a place
where people could nd commonality.
And thats kind of come true.
BLADE: Whatever happened to the Del
Rubio Triplets (the group Pink Martini was
formed to open for in 1994)? Surely they
must be dead by now?
LAUDERDALE: Yes, sadly they are all
dead. I think Millie, the oldest one by a few
minutes, died about two summers ago.
They were complicated very Catholic,
very anti-immigrant, yet so pro-gay and
really Southern California. It was dizzying.
BLADE: Your stuff has this pre-classic
rock era feel. Do you watch Mad Men?
LAUDERDALE: No. I dont have a TV.
BLADE: You must feel some sense of
identity with the pre-Vietnam era. Your
music isnt just that, but theres kind of a
Steve and Eydie vibe to some of it, right?
LAUDERDALE: Yeah, that sort of era
between World War II and up to about
1964. It seems one of the goals of that era
was building things that were beautiful
and were built to last. You nd refrigerators
built in the 50s that are still working just
ne. Later we saw, I think, a darker side to
capitalism but I think it would have been
nice if some of those trappings of that era
had survived into the political liberation
post-64.
BLADE: On paper, it sounds so unlikely
that a band like Pink Martini would make
it. Do you feel you stumbled on something
missing in the zeitgeist that there was
a hunger for or does the cream always
manage to rise with the truly talented in
the end?
LAUDERDALE: Well, I dont know. I think
working on that rst album, we were just
trying to gure out a way to make it fun and
accessible and not negative. It denitely
helped that we were all from Oregon. This
band would not have made it if wed all
lived in New York or San Francisco where
everything is just so expensive and you
have to be in ve bands or something
crazy just to make the rent. Here you can
get by on very little, so you actually have
time to think and just be.
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PINK MARTINI
Thursday
8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
$30-$90
wpas.org
202-785-9727
THOMAS LAUDERDALE, founder and frontman for Pink Martini.
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Special Agent Galactica welcomes
singer, actor and co-founder of the
cabaret series La-Ti-Do, Don Michael H.
Mendoza to the Black Fox Lounge (1723
Connecticut Ave., N.W.) tonight from
6-9 p.m. Admission is free. For more
information, visit pinkhairedone.com.
Brave Soul Collective in collaboration
with the D.C. Center presents Balancing
Acts: Tales of Triumph, Trial & Error
tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. in honor
of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness
Day, which was observed this week. The
performance will take place at the Sitar
Arts Center (1700 Kalorama Rd., NW). The
performance tackles a range of topics such
as religion and spirituality, family, divorce,
relationships, sex, dating and relationships
through theatrical pieces and personal
testimonies from people living with and
affected by HIV/AIDS. Tickets are $15 in
advance and $20 at the door. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
The Bethesda Art Walk returns this
evening from 6-9 p.m. in downtown
Bethesda. The galleries feature painting,
sculpture, photography, pottery and mixed
media. Attendees are invited to enjoy free
refreshments and peruse the diverse pieces
of art. Participating art galleries include
Artworks (7740 Old Georgetown Road),
Consider It Done (7806 Old Georgetown
Road), Gallery B (7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite
E), LEclat de Verre (7015 Wisconsin Ave.),
Tunnel Vision Public Art Exhibition (Metro
Tunnel, Bethesda Metro Station) and Waverly
Street Gallery (4600 East-West Highway). For
more information, visit Bethesda.org.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts Bear
Happy Hour tonight from 6-11 p.m. This
event is for people 21 and older. There is no
cover charge. For details, visit towndc.com.
The Washington, D.C. International
Food and Wine Festival continues
tonight at the Ronald Reagan Building
and International Trade Center (1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW). The Wine Tasting
Room is free and open to the public from
4-8 p.m. every day of the event, which ends
Saturday. The festival also holds signature
events every day as well as seminar series
events. The festival offers individual tickets
to the events as well as a combination of
packages. Tickets vary from $35 to $200.
The signature event for this evening is the
International Tasting Day Two where around
100 wineries provide two samples of their
wine and answer questions. The cost of this
particular event is $75. For more information,
visit wineandfooddc.com.
SATURDAY, FEB. 9
Town (2009 8th St., NW) hosts its Mardi
Gras party with DJ Theresa, who plays
live percussion while she spins, tonight
starting at 10 p.m. Cover is $8 before 11
pm and $12 after.
Whitman-Walker provides free HIV
Testing at the D.C. Center(1318 U
St.) today from 4-7:30 p.m. For more
information, visit whitman-walker.org.
The annual Scarlets Foundation Bake
Sale happens this evening starting at
5 p.m. at the D.C. Eagle (639 New York
Ave., NW). There will be a competition
before the auction of baked goods.
Winners will be chosen in ve categories:
Best Individual Entry, Best Commercial
Entry, Best Club Entry, Most Creative
Entry and the Directors Award. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.

SUNDAY, FEB. 10
Burgundy Crescent volunteers at
the D.C. Central Kitchen (425 2nd St.,
NW) this morning from 9 a.m. to noon.
Volunteers will prepare food along the
D.C. Central Kitchen checks to help
nd hunger. For more information, visit
burgundycrescent.org.

MONDAY, FEB. 11
Bears do Yoga takes place this evening
6:30 p.m. as part of a series at the Green
Lantern (1335 Green Court, NW). This is
part of a basic yoga series that takes place
every Monday and is open to people of
varying body types and experience. There
is no charge. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
The D.C. Lambda Squares holds an
open house tonight from 7-8:30 p.m. at
National City Christian Church (5 Thomas
Circle, NW). The only square dance
club located in Washington, this free
open house invites everybody to meet
members and to give square dancing a
try. Experience is not needed. Food and
door prizes will be included. For more
information, visit dclambdasquares.org.
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St., NW)
holds its HIV+ Newly Diagnosed Support
Group tonight at 7. It is a condential support
group for anyone recently diagnosed with
HIV and the group welcomes all genders and
sexual orientations. For details, visit whitman-
walker.org.
TUESDAY, FEB. 12
Whitman-Walker (1701 14th St., NW)
holds its group Starting Over for Women
tonight at 7. The group is for women
whose long-term relationship with another
woman. Registration is required. For more
Green Lantern (1335 Green Court, N.W.)
hosts its Safer Sex Kit-packing program
tonight from 7-10:30. The packing
program is looking for more volunteers
to help produce the kits because they say
they are barely keeping up with demand.
Admission is free and volunteers can
just show up. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13
Equality Maryland holds its Lobby
Day on Lawyers Mall in front of the State
Capitol in Annapolis this evening at 6 p.m.
One hour prior to the event, attendees
can gather the Sly Fox Pub (7 Church
Circle) for light appetizers. Registration is
not required. For more information, visit
equalitymaryland.org.
The Big Gay Book Group meets
tonight at 7 p.m. at 1155 F St., NW, Suite
200 to discuss King of Angels: A Novel
About the Genesis of Identity and Belief
by Perry Brass. For more information, visit
biggaybookgroup.com.
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St., NW)
holds its HIV+ Newly Diagnosed Support
Group tonight at 7. It is a condential support
group for anyone recently diagnosed with
HIV and the group welcomes all genders and
sexual orientations. For details, visit whitman-
walker.org.
The Lambda Bridge Club meets
tonight at the Dignity Center (721
8th St., SE) at 7:30 p.m. for duplicate
bridge. Newcomers are welcome and
no reservations are needed. For more
information or if you need a partner, visit
lambdabridge.com.
THURSDAY, FEB. 14
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St.,
NW) holds its gay men over 50 support
group this evening at 6:30 p.m. The group
is for gay men entering a new phase of life.
Registration is required to attend. For more
Burgundy Crescent volunteers this
evening at Food and Friends (219 Riggs
Rd., NE) at 6 p.m. Volunteers will help with
food preparation and packing groceries. The
shifts are limited to 10 per shift. For more
information, visit burgundycrescent.org.
ERIN DURKIN
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MAKE YOUR MOVE.
New Left Behind book
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Once upon a time, your parents
diapered your behind.
They didnt mind, though, because it
was part of being a parent. They fed you,
cleaned up after you, put clothes on your
little body, toys in your bedroom and
lessons in your head. They made meals,
curfews and sacrices.
Someday, you may need to repay the
favor, although it may not be pleasant.
In fact, in the new novel The One I Left
Behind by Jennifer McMahon, it may
come at a bigger price than one might think.
Reggie Dufrane, 39, never wanted to
return to Moniques Wish.
The old stone house was once a labor
of love, built by Reggies grandfather for
his wife, Monique, who died in childbirth.
It was supposed to be a gift, but Reggie
only saw it as a place to escape forever.
She never wanted to return. But when her
Aunt Lorraine phoned, she had no choice.
Twenty-ve years ago, Reggies mother,
Vera, was the nal victim of a serial killer
that the media dubbed Neptune. Though
they never found her body, they found
Veras right hand, amputated neatly, the
calling card of a killer.
But Vera was very much alive. Shed been
living in a homeless shelter all those years
and now she was dying of cancer. Lorraine
demanded that Reggie bring Vera to
Moniques Wish for her nal days, though
returning to a lifes worth of bad memories
was something Reggie didnt want to do.
In retrospect, Vera hadnt been a good
parent. Reggie spent more time with her aunt
than with her mother because Vera loved to
drink. Lorraine resented that and she seemed
to resent Reggie, too. Because she felt unloved
and because of a
childhood injury, Reggie
grew up self-conscious,
self-destructive and
unable to resist peer
pressure from a
reckless supposed-
best friend. It had
taken a long time
to overcome that.
She didnt want to
return to it.
But the fact of
the matter was
that her mother
was alive and at
deaths door. The other
fact was that Neptune was never
caught and vulnerable Vera was still in danger.
Then again, so was Reggie.
I really have to stop reading books like
this before bedtime.
I was OK until I got about a quarter-
way through it. But then author Jennifer
McMahon made me jump and, well, hello
nightmares.
Though there are some rough spots in
editing and a little bit of initial back-and-
forth confusion
in timeline, The
One I Left Behind
is a pretty ne thriller.
The characters are a
creepy bunch, even
when you may think
theyre not supposed
to be. There are lots of
distractions here to keep
you guessing and plenty
of dead ends that should
easily foil early solvers. In
fact, I didnt know where
McMahon was going until
almost the end of this book,
which was mighty satisfying.
So if you need to conjure
up a few scares, this book
s houl d be your next read need.
For lovers of a high creep level, The
One I Left Behind wont be left behind
anywhere.
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.
THE ONE I LEFT BEHIND
By Jennifer McMahon
William Morrow
$14.99
423 pages
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m.
Andr Previns modern masterpiece blends the sultry, ery
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Friday $44, $72, $86
Sunday $48, $80, $98
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Committed to presenting awe-inspiring movement set to gorgeous
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$23, $38, $46
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Mark Morris Dance Group
Friday, February 8 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 9 at 8 p.m.
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(The New York Times) One of the greatest living choreographers.
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which will include three D.C. area premieres: The Ofce set to
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