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Thousands of people marched in New York City on Monday in response to Mark Carsons murder.

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Gay man stalked, killed; thousands
protest as city gears up for Pride month
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
Thousands of people marched through the streets of lower
Manhattan this week in response to the murder of a gay Brooklyn,
N.Y., man that police have categorized as a hate crime.
Elliott Morales allegedly shot Mark Carson to death on West
8th Street in Greenwich Village shortly after midnight on May 18.
New York Police Department ofcials told the New York Times
and other media outlets that Morales shouted anti-gay slurs at
Carson as he and a friend were walking on nearby Sixth Avenue.
The NYPD also said Morales, whom prosecutors have
charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon,
stalked Carson before he allegedly shot him.
I am horried that a gay man was murdered in Greenwich
Village after being assailed by homophobic slurs, New York
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said. I stand with all New
Yorkers in condemning this attack.
Carsons family members and Edith Windsor, the plaintiff in
the case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act on which the
U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in March, took part
in the march that began at the LGBT Community Center and
ended at the spot where Morales allegedly shot the Brooklyn
man to death. Gay New York City Council members Daniel
Dromm and Jimmy Van Bramer and former New York City
Comptroller Bill Thompson, who is among those along with
Quinn who are running for mayor, also participated.
We mourn Marks tragic and senseless death, and send a
message that this violence must come to an end, said LGBT
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Murder, assaults shock New York
TWO STEPS BACK
Virginia GOP slate
features extreme
homophobes.
PAGE 4
CHARMING
Baltimore mayor to
preside over mass
wedding during Pride.
PAGE 17
UNDER THE BUS
Dems cave to GOP
threats, as gays cut from
immigration bill.
PAGE 12
This weekend brings the annual Black Pride festivities to the city. Two young people, THEARA
COLEMAN and CHRISTOPHER WATSON, will be honored for their advocacy work, PAGE 25.
Full schedule of events, PAGE 44.
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Cuccinelli, Jackson and
Obenshein openly hostile
to LGBT residents
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
Virginia Democrats and LGBT rights
advocates have criticized the states
Republican Party for nominating three anti-
gay men as their statewide candidates.
The Republican Party of Virginia
on Saturday ofcially nominated
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as
its gubernatorial candidate to face
off against Democratic National
Committee Chair Terry McAuliffe. E.W.
Jackson and state Sen. Mark Obenshein
(R-Harrisonburg) will round out the ticket
as the partys lieutenant gubernatorial
and attorney general candidates.
Cuccinelli, who has previously
described same-sex sexual acts as
intrinsically wrong, in March led an
ultimately unsuccessful challenge to a
three-judge panels ruling that overturned
the commonwealths sodomy law.
The current attorney general in 2010
recommended Virginia colleges and
universities remove LGBT-specic
provisions from their non-discrimination
policies. Cuccinelli was also among
those who spoke at an anti-gay marriage
gathering at a Manassas church in
October to which the Washington Blade
was denied access.
Jackson, who founded Exodus Faith
Ministries in Chesapeake, reafrmed
his opposition to same-sex marriage
during a speech at the Republican Party
of Virginia convention after delegates
ofcially nominated him. Equality
Virginia noted he has compared gay
men to pedophiles and described them
as very sick people, psychologically,
mentally and emotionally.
Equality Virginia also pointed out
Obenshein sponsored Senate Bill
1074 that Gov. Bob McDonnell signed
into law in March that bans public
universities from denying recognition
and funding to student organizations
that discriminate in their membership
based on sexual orientation and other
categories that federal law does not
protect. He also opposed a measure
in a Virginia House of Delegates
subcommittee tabled in February that
would have banned discrimination
against LGBT state employees.
Ken Cuccinelli, E.W. Jackson and
Mark Obenshain are openly hostile to
LGBT families in communities across
the commonwealth, Equality Virginia
Executive Director James Parrish said
after the state GOP ofcially nominated
the three men.
Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial
candidate Aneesh Chopra also criticized
the Virginia GOP ticket.
The nomination of E.W. Jackson and
Mark Obenshain shows just how out of
touch the Republican Party of Virginia
has become, he told the Blade on
Tuesday. Together with Ken Cuccinelli,
they represent a vision of Virginia moving
backward and reect one of the most
extreme tickets the commonwealth has
seen in a long time.
State Del. Charniele Herring
(D-Alexandria,) who chairs the Democratic
Party of Virginia, described the GOP
candidates rhetoric during a conference
call with reporters on Tuesday as divisive,
dangerous and mean-spirited. She,
Parrish and gay state Sen. Adam Ebbin
(D-Alexandria) stressed their positions
could further damage the states reputation
if voters elect them in November.
CONTINUES AT WASHINGTONBLADE.COM
Pozitively Healthy says its
not NAPWAs successor

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Frank Oldham, former executive
director and CEO of the National
Association of People With AIDS
(NAPWA), resigned from the steering
committee of a newly formed PWA
coalition one week after organizers
announced its founding.
The resignation came after AIDS
activists, including people with HIV/
AIDS, raised strong objections to the
appointment of Oldham and four other
former NAPWA ofcials to the steering
committee of Pozitively Healthy.
Organizers of the new Washington,
D.C.-based coalition said in a May 10
statement that it would serve as the
voice for people living with HIV/AIDS in
the United States.
The 30-year-old NAPWA shut its
doors in February at the time it led
for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy court
documents show it owed creditors
more than $750,000 and Oldham owed
NAPWA $88,360 in an unexplained
accounts receivable claim.
Oldham left his post as head of
NAPWA last November before news
surfaced of the impending bankruptcy.
The work of Pozitively Healthy is
absolutely paramount to 1.2 million
people living with HIV/AIDS, Oldham
said in a May 17 readers comment
posted below a Washington Blade
online story reporting the creation of
the new PWA coalition.
Pozitively Healthys work cannot
be detracted by personal issues or
any individuals, Oldham said in
his comment. I am resigning from
Pozitively Healthys Steering Committee
at this time and will continue to work
hard as a person living with HIV to ensure
the success of the PLWHA movement as
I have done since 1988.
The May 10 statement by organizers
announcing the founding of Pozitively
Healthy says the new coalition will be
an arm of the Washington, D.C.- based
national AIDS group HealthHIV, which
the statement says will manage and
have full control over the coalitions
nances and infrastructure.
Brian Hujdich, executive director
of HealthHIV, said he was troubled
that initial reports of the launching of
Pozitively Healthy by the Blade and
other publications gave the incorrect
impression that the new coalition was a
successor to NAPWA.
This coalition was not created as
NAPWAs successor, but was created to
continue and expand a consumer voice
that was somewhat lost with NAPWA
and other HIV non-prot closures, he
said in an email to the Blade.
Hujdich also expressed concern that
a photo of Oldham that accompanied
the Blade story about the founding of
Pozitively Healthy could have led some
readers to believe Oldham would be
leading the new coalition, even though
the story reported that Oldham and the
other former NAPWA ofcials would
serve as volunteers with no role in the
scal affairs of the new group.
In an interview with the Blade last
week, Hujdich said Oldham and the other
former NAPWA leaders, along with other
members of the 16-member steering
committee, would be responsible for
developing policy and setting the agenda
for Pozitively Healthy.
There shouldnt be an issue about
their involvement, he told the Blade.
Noting that the former NAPWA ofcials
have been involved for many years in
advocating for people with HIV/AIDS,
Hujdich asked, Why wouldnt we want
to include their voice and give them an
opportunity to do this?
The statement announcing Pozitively
Healthys founding says veteran
Washington State AIDS activist Judi
Billings, a former NAPWA board chair,
would serve as one of two co-chairs of the
Pozitively Healthy steering committee.
David Waggoner, founder and
publisher of the Albany, N.Y.-based
national AIDS magazine A&U, would
serve as the other co-chair, according to
the statement.
Waggoner told the Blade he and
others involved in Pozitively Healthy
envision it as a truly diverse
coalition that includes individuals and
organizations and people who are HIV
negative as well as those living with HIV.
I will seek out celebrities to work
with us, he said. Were going to get
some big names, including performing
artists who have been involved in AIDS
causes in the past.
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Oldham resigns from leadership post of new AIDS coalition
washingtonblade.com
04 MAY 24, 2013 LOCAL NEWS
DAVID WAGGONER, Iounder and publisher oI
the national AlDS magazine A&U, serves as one
oI two co-chairs oI Fozitively Healthy's steering
committee.
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Dems, gay advocates blast Virginia GOP ticket
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Kirk Franklin performed at
Emancipation Day event in April
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
LGBT activists have expressed
concern that the D.C. government paid
$80,000 this year for a performance
at the citys annual Emancipation Day
celebration by a gospel singer who has
publicly called for gays to abandon the
homosexual lifestyle.
Internationally acclaimed gospel
singer and musician Kirk Franklin, the
winner of seven Grammy Awards, gave
an outdoor concert April 16 in Freedom
Plaza in downtown Washington as part of
this years Emancipation Day festivities.
He has a First Amendment right
to say whatever he believes, said Earl
Fowlkes, president and CEO of the
Center for Black Equity, which advocates
for the black LGBT community.
However, I would not want my tax
dollars to go to anyone who espouses
which is in essence homophobia any
more than I would want my tax dollars to
go toward anyone who espouses racism
or who was anti-Semitic, Fowlkes told
the Blade. Its just not appropriate.
Although Franklin, 43, reects his deeply
held Christian beliefs in his songwriting
and performances, his comments about
LGBT people and homosexuality have
surfaced mostly in media interviews and
in his 2010 book, The Blueprint: A Plan
for Living Above Lifes Storms.
In most of his comments on the
subject, Franklin has called on the church
to treat LGBT people with kindness,
compassion and love but has insisted
we can never compromise what the
Bible says about homosexuality, as
stated in his book.
When he was asked in an Associated
Press interview what he sees in the future
for the LGBT community in the black
church, Franklin reiterated his theme of
compassion along with change.
I think that you have to be, as
Scripture would say, as wise as a
serpent and as harmless as a dove to
lovingly share the truth, to lovingly and
to passionately speak the truth in love
into the lives of all people to allow that
message that you speaktrust that it
has enough power to do the changing,
the AP quoted him as saying.
The decision to bring Franklin to D.C.
for the Emancipation Day event was made
by the ofce of D.C. Council member
Vincent Orange (D-At-Large), which has
organized and promoted the event since
Orange persuaded the Council and city
ofcials to host and sponsor Emancipation
Day as an annual city event.
Legislation introduced by Orange
and approved by the Council and
mayor has made Emancipation Day,
which commemorates the freeing of the
slaves in the District of Columbia during
the Civil War, as an ofcial city holiday.
The total cost of this years event,
which included a parade as well as
entertainment, was $250,000, according
to the Washington Post. The Post
reported that, Franklin traveled to the
District with a 16-person entourage,
including backup singers, . In addition
to Franklins $55,000 booking fee, city
taxpayers spent $8,758 for airfare,
$1,557 for his limousine and $8,721 to
put Franklin and his entourage up at
the JW Marriott hotel in Washington,
including $2,600 for Franklins VIP suite.
Records attributed $4,215 in food and
beverage costs to the entourage.
Orange has proposed increasing the
budget to $350,000 for next year, the
Post reported.
Im sure that in the decision of
securing Mr. Franklin the Council
member was not aware of any anti-gay
or anti-human rights comments that he
might have made, said James Brown,
Oranges chief of staff.
The Council member is a strong
supporter of the gay community, he said.
Brown said Orange was out of town
this week and couldnt immediately
be reached but would be available for
comment upon his return. According
to Brown, plans for next years
Emancipation Day event wont begin
until after the Council returns from its
summer recess in September.
Ron Hill, an ofcial associated with
the RCA Inspiration recording label
who serves as Franklins manager in
Grapevine, Texas, a Dallas suburb,
didnt return calls seeking an interview
with Franklin.
Wayne Besen, founder and leader
of Truth Wins Out, a national LGBT
organization that monitors efforts
by religious groups to help gays
change their sexual orientation to
heterosexuality through a process
known as conversion therapy, said
many of the advocates of that debunked
process have changed their rhetoric and
public statements in recent years.
Besen said on the heels of
overwhelming scientic evidence
that conversion therapy doesnt
work and is harmful to people who
undergo such treatment, many of the
groups promoting the treatment have
dropped their previous harsh rhetoric
condemning homosexuality as being
evil and calling gay people sinners
condemned to hell.
What we have from people like Kirk
Franklin and others is an exercise in
double- speak and dishonesty, Besen
said. But their message is the same gay
people are inferior and we should punish
them. As were enacting punitive laws and
conferring second-class citizenship on
them were going to sugarcoat it and tell
them that we love them.
Rev. MacArthur Flournoy, director of
the Human Rights Campaigns Faith
Partnership Mobilization program, said
he, too, supports Franklins right to his own
views on the subject of homosexuality.
Similar to Fowlkes, Flournoy said he
also is concerned that city funds were
used to nance Franklins appearance.
To bring someone to an event that
symbolizes freedom and the removal
of oppression and celebrating freedom
and its paid for with taxpayer dollars
whos going to espouse a perspective
that is oppressive thats problematic,
Flournoy told the Blade.
I think it would help us to get Kirk
Franklin, sit him down and have a
conversation with him, hear his perspective,
hear what his thinking is and simply share
what we know to be true, said Flournoy.
But at the end of the day, we simply
dont support the use of taxpayer
dollars to bring in someone who
clearly espouses a perspective that is
detrimental to folks and their mental
and spiritual health, he said.
Rev. Cathy Alexander, minister for
congregational connections at D.C.s
Metropolitan Community Church, which
reaches out to the LGBT community,
said she would urge Oranges ofce to
consider inviting a representative of the
LGBT community to help in the selection
process for future performers or speakers
at the Emancipation Day event.
My personal statement would be
I would certainly hope there would
be a conversation around who may
be coming on the citys behalf for an
ofcial function recognizing especially
emancipation, she said.
In my view, were honoring the
past, the present, and the future of
emancipation, Alexander said. And
freedom comes in all forms.
washingtonblade.com
0 MAY 24, 2013 LOCAL NEWS
Gospel singer KIRK FRANKLIN.
PHOTO BY KATHCLICK
D.C. paid anti-gay gospel singer $80,000
Gay D.C. psychiatrist to head APA
Dr. Saul Levin, who last year became the rst openly gay head of the D.C.
Department of Health, was named on May 15 as the new chief executive
ofcer and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association.
An APA spokesperson said Levin, a psychiatrist who has specialized in
substance abuse treatment, becomes the rst known out gay person to
head the APA, which was founded in 1844 and represents more than 33,000
psychiatric physicians in the U.S. and abroad.
The APA serves as a national medical specialty society whose physician
members specialize in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and research of
mental illnesses including substance use disorders, according to a statement
on the organizations website.
I have known Saul for over 20 years, said Dr. James H. Scully Jr., the
current APA CEO and Medical Director who is retiring in the fall, when Levin
will take over his duties following a transition period set to begin in mid-July.
He brings extraordinary intelligence, vision and great energy to the
challenges ahead for our profession, Scully said in a statement. I look
forward to working together with him as we transition to new leadership.
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, who appointed Levin as interim director of the DOH last
July, issued a statement on May 15 congratulating Levin on his new appointment.
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Liberace biopic premieres this weekend
LOS ANGELES Behind the Candelabra, a new lm chronicling the
relationship between iconic entertainer Liberace and his lover Scott Thorson
premieres Sunday on HBO.
Liberace was 40 years older than Thorson when they began their ve-year
relationship in 1977. Michael Douglas portrays Liberace and Matt Damon
plays Thorson. The lm has generated considerable buzz and media attention
over the past few weeks. Director Steven Soderbergh has said he couldnt
nd a major American studio willing to take on the project.
There was a sense, Soderbergh told NPR, that the movie wouldnt have
any appeal outside of a gay audience, and that that audience wouldnt be big
enough to return the investment. And so we just couldnt get anybody to do it.
Boy Scouts to vote on ending gay ban
IRVING, Texas The Boy Scouts of America met this week to consider
lifting the ban on gay Scouts. A nal vote was expected Thursday, after the
Blades print deadline. Visit washingtonblade.com for updated news.
The proposal to lift the ban did not include ending the ban on openly gay
Scout leaders, a move that was widely criticized by LGBT advocates.
Weiner enters NYC mayoral race
NEW YORK Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D) this
week ofcially announced plans to run for mayor of New York, according to a
YouTube video he posted.
Weiner resigned from Congress after a scandal in which he Tweeted photos
of himself in his underwear to a woman who was not his wife.
LGBT groups are closely monitoring the mayoral race, because Council
Chair Christine Quinn, a lesbian, is favored to win the contest. A new
Quinnipiac University Poll out this week shows Quinn leading Weiner with 25
percent support compared to his 15 percent.
Sally Ride to receive Medal of Freedom
Sally Ride, the rst American female astronaut to travel in space, will
receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced on
Monday. The award is the countrys highest civilian honor. After her death
last July, it was disclosed in her obituaries that she had a partner of 27 years,
Tammy OShaughnessy.
We remember Sally Ride not just as a national hero, but as a role model to
generations of young women, President Obama said in a statement. Sally
inspired us to reach for the stars, and she advocated for a greater focus on the
science, technology, engineering and math that would help us get there. Sally
showed us that there are no limits to what we can achieve, and I look forward to
welcoming her family to the White House as we celebrate her life and legacy.
McShane becomes
6th out gay to serve
on federal bench
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The Senate conrmed a gay Oregon
judge to the federal bench on Monday
after nearly an eight-month wait
from when he was rst nominated by
President Obama.
By voice vote, U.S. senators conrmed
the nomination of Michael McShane for
a seat on the U.S. District Court for the
District of Oregon making him the
sixth openly gay person to serve on the
federal bench.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who
recommended the nomination, praised
the Senate in a statement for sending
McShane to the federal bench.
Over the years Oregon has been
blessed with a long line of distinguished
judges, Wyden said. Judge McShane
will be a tremendous asset to the
court and he will certainly add to that
tradition. Hes got a heart for people,
a head for the law and a high-minded
sense of justice.
Previously, McShane served as a judge
on the Multnomah County Circuit Court.
Now that the Senate has conrmed him
to the federal judiciary, McShane will
serve as a replacement for U.S. District
Court Judge Michael Hogan.
Shin Inouye, a White House
spokesperson, also commended the
Senate for conrming McShane, whom
Obama rst named in September
before renominating him at the start of
the 113th Congress.
The president welcomes the
conrmation of Michael McShane, Inouye
said. He will serve the American people
well from the District of Oregon bench.
McShanes conrmation makes
him fth openly gay nominee during
the Obama administration to obtain
conrmation by the Senate.
Other openly gay judicial nominations
that are outstanding are Nitza Quinones
Alejandro, who was nominated to the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania; Todd Hughes, who was
nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit; Elaine Kaplan,
who was nominated to the U.S. Court
of Federal Claims; and William Thomas,
who was nominated to the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Florida.
washingtonblade.com
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Senate conrms
gay Oregon judge
MATT DAMON and MICHAEL DOUGLAS star as Liberace and his younger lover in a new
HBO Ilm premiering this weekend.
The U.S. Senate conIrmed MICHAEL MCSHANE to the Iederal bench by voice vote.
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resumes to shed light on
hiring practices
By CHRIS JOHNSON
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Exxon Mobil is facing an employment
discrimination lawsuit based on a legal
strategy of resume audit testing that
revealed an apparent anti-gay bias in
hiring practices.
On Wednesday, the LGBT group
Freedom to Work led a complaint with
the Illinois Human Rights Commission
contending Exxon Mobil violated
a 2005 law in the state prohibiting
discrimination against LGBT people.
The case, Freedom to Work v. Exxon
Mobil Corp., is novel because the
employment discrimination alleged is the
result of resume audit testing. Under the
strategy, ctitious resumes are sent for the
same job opening in an attempt to reveal
a candidate belonging to a minority
group is unable to land a position.
Tico Almeida, president of Freedom
to Work, said black and disability civil
rights groups have employed the
strategy with great success for decades,
but his groups lawsuit marks the rst
time an LGBT group has tried it.
Although they went to the same
high school, the LGBT candidate has a
higher GPA, Almeida said. Although
they went to the same college, the
LGBT candidate has a higher GPA.
Although they do the same kind of
work, the LGBT person has longer work
experience and better work experience.
And then you see who they call back.
In the test for anti-LGBT bias at
Exxon Mobil which has no non-
discrimination policy protecting LGBT
workers and has long been criticized by
LGBT groups for alleged discrimination
in hiring Freedom to Work sent
two applications in December from
applicants for an administrative assistant
position in Pataka, Ill.
One resume, written for Jennifer
Priston, demonstrated a candidate
who was well-qualied for the position,
but outed her as LGBT because she had
volunteer experience working for the
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. The other
resume, written for Michelle Caland
was less qualied in terms of work
experience and education, but offered
no indication she was LGBT.
Even though Caland was less
qualied, she received multiple call
backs in response to her application.
Priston never received a call back in
response to her application even after
Caland didnt respond.
The results of the testing and the
pending lawsuit, Almeida said, will
force Exxon Mobil to explain why the
company so desperately wanted the
less qualied non-LGBT candidate over
the more qualied LGBT applicant.
We know that they cannot credibly
claim that they didnt receive the
LGBT resume and application because
when they were submitted, they sent
back to both applicants a receipt
acknowledgement saying, Thank you
for your application from Exxon Mobil,
Almeida said. They cant claim they
didnt see it.
Further, Almeida said Exxon Mobil
cant say it didnt want an employee who
had activist experience because the
non-LGBT candidate said she worked
for a local feminist organization, nor
can the organization purport to have
engaged in political bias because the
candidates have left-leaning resumes.
The result of the testing uncovering
apparent anti-gay basis is consistent
with a 2011 study at Harvard University
that found LGBT applicants were 40
percent less likely to be granted an
interview than a straight applicant.
The lawsuit was led a week before
the shareholders at Exxon Mobil are set
to consider a resolution from New York
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli,
whose state owns considerable shares
in the company, to put in place an
LGBT non-discrimination policy. The
resolution has come up repeatedly
over the years and each time has failed,
including last year, when it won support
from only 20.6 percent of shareholders.
To reach a settlement in the case,
Almeida said hes asking Exxon Mobil
to adopt a company-wide LGBT non-
discrimination policy and train its workers
across the country on implementation.
We hope that we will shame them
into settling this very quickly, Almeida
said. If they agree to adopting and
training HR people on it, we will settle
the case as quickly as we can.
But if Exxon Mobil chooses to ght
the lawsuit, Almeida said the case
will go into discovery, which means
Freedom to Work will subpoena internal
documents from the company and
depose staffers to expose anti-gay bias
in hiring practices.
No one has ever gotten an inside
look as to what their HR professionals
think and why they were taught these
policies and why theyre existing,
Almeida said. As the litigation
proceeds, we will get to subpoena
those internal documents, and we will
get to depose the HR professionals and
ask them all these questions.
Illinois was one of two states in which
Freedom to Work uncovered apparent
anti-gay bias in hiring practices. Almeida
did the same paired resume testing in
Texas and uncovered similar results at
Exxon Mobil.
But Texas doesnt have a statewide
LGBT workplace non-discrimination
law on which to base a lawsuit, and no
federal non-discrimination protections
are in place to help LGBT people. The
Employment Non-Discrimination Act
isnt law, nor is an executive order in
place prohibiting anti-LGBT bias among
federal contractors.
Over the past 10 years, Exxon
Mobil received more than $1 billion in
federal contracts. If President Obama
issued a much-sought executive order
prohibiting anti-LGBT job bias among
federal contractors, Freedom of Work
could have asked the Labor Department
to take action against the company.
Almeida emphasized that executive
order would have provided Freedom
to Work the opportunity to take action
against the oil company in Texas as well
as Illinois.
If the president had signed the order,
we would have led the testing results
from Texas with the Department of Labor
and asked them to do an investigation,
and asked them to order Exxon-Mobil
to adopt an LGBT non-discrimination
policy, Almeida said. This is an
example of how the presidents delay is
slowing down civil rights.
The lawsuit is novel in another way
because with no real persons suffering
discrimination, the named plaintiff in
the lawsuit is Freedom to Work itself.
Most LGBT legal groups, like Lambda
Legal, le complaints that name LGBT
people whove faced discrimination as
the plaintiff.
Almeida said organizational plaintiffs
are acceptable under Illinois state law
as well as alleged discrimination in
response to paired resume testing.
In the 2000 decision of Kyles v. J.K.
Guardian Security Services, the U.S.
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in
Illinois upheld the right of testers to
bring these claims after two black testers
brought a race discrimination action
to federal court. They were allowed to
proceed to a trial and later settled their
claims with the employer.
Additionally, the U.S. Supreme Court
has previously validated lawsuits on the
basis of paired resume audit testing
in its decisions on earlier litigation. In
the 1982 case of Havens Realty Corp.
v. Coleman, the court held testers can
sue to challenge housing discrimination
and that groups conducting the testing
can also le a lawsuit to remedy
discrimination.
Working with Freedom to Work on
the testing was the Equal Rights Center,
a D.C.-based advocacy organization,
which has experience with resume
testing for minority groups.
Donald Kahl, executive director of
the Equal Rights Center, explained
in a statement the validity of ling
employment discrimination lawsuits
based on testing and their applicability
to LGBT people.
Based on the Equal Rights Centers
30 years of testing experience, and
nearly 2,000 tests conducted in the
last year, our testing methodologies
are recognized and accepted by the
civil rights community, government
agencies, and the courts, Kahl said.
The type of testing we conducted
with Freedom to Work is a critical part
of objectively demonstrating why our
LGBT community needs and deserves
anti-discrimination protections.
The legal team representing Freedom
to Work in the lawsuit is Cohen Milstein
Sellers & Toll PLLC, a group that has
experience representing women
who alleged gender discrimination in
employment at the retail giant Walmart
Stores, Inc.
As the lawsuit proceeds, Almeida said
Freedom to Work will continue testing
for anti-LGBT workplace bias at other
companies and take action as necessary.
Our work is not completed,
Almeida said. Were going to test
other companies, and if we nd out
about discrimination, were going to le
additional lawsuits.
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Democrats cave to GOP
threats as measure advances
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday withheld
amendments to include gay couples as
part of immigration reform in the aftermath
of speeches sometimes tearful from
Democrats on the panel who said they
couldnt support the measures.
After an extended speech on why he
believes discrimination against gay couples
is wrong Leahy said with a heavy heart
he wouldnt introduce the amendments
before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
They would have made bi-national same-
sex couples equal under the law to straight
couples for immigration purposes.
In the immigration context, if
youre an American and fall in love will
someone of the same sex from a different
country and you get married legally,
your spouse will not be treated like any
other immigrant spouse would be by
your federal government, Leahy said.
My amendments would change that.
I dont want to be the senator who asks
Americans to choose between the love of
their life and the love of their country.
During his remarks, Leahy asked members
of the Gang of Eight who produced
the base bill and were also members of
the Senate Judiciary Committee why they
decided to exclude gay couples from the
initial legislation.
Under current law, gay Americans are
unable to sponsor their foreign partners
for residency in the United States
even if theyre married unlike straight
Americans. For couples that are married,
thats because of the Defense of Marriage
Act, which prohibits federal recognition
of same-sex marriage. LGBT advocates
had been pushing Congress to rectify
this issue as part of comprehensive
immigration reform.
Two amendments were proposed by
Leahy. One mirrored the Uniting American
Families Act, which would enable gay
Americans to sponsor their foreign partners
for residency in the United States. The other
would have allowed for the approval of
marriage-based green card applications for
married same-sex couples.
Democrats who are known for being
LGBT rights supporters Sens. Chuck
Schumer (D-N.Y.), Al Franken (D-Minn.),
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Richard
Durbin (D-Ill.) said they were torn
on the issue, but couldnt support the
amendments out of fear they would lose
Republican support and it would kill the
legislative package.
Feinstein said the Supreme Court, which
is currently considering the constitutionality
of DOMA, may make the issue moot
because a ruling against the anti-gay law
in June would end federal discrimination
against married same-sex couples.
We now know that this is going to
blow the agreement apart, Feinstein
said. I dont want to lose Sen. Grahams
vote because Sen. Grahams vote can
represent and be used as the rationale
for dozens of other [lawmakers] who then
will not vote for the immigration bill. ...
I am for what Sen. Leahy is proposing,
I would just implore to hold off on this
amendment at this time.
Schumer, a member of the Gang of
Eight, said he tried to persuade other
senators to support the idea and believes
current law is rank discrimination, but cant
bring himself to support the amendments
because of Republican opposition.
If we make the effort to add it to this bill,
they will walk away, Schumer said. Theyve
said it publicly, theyve told me privately
I believe them. The result: no equality, no
immigration bill. Everyone loses.
Prior to the vote, Schumer was targeted
by LGBT groups for being the only
Democrat on the committee to not voice
support for including UAFA as part of the
larger package.
Durbin was particularly emotional and
had tears in his eyes as he explained why
they couldnt support the measures. A
member of the Gang of Eight, Durbin
said he supports UAFA, but doesnt see
immigration reform as the best vehicle for
the measure.
I believe in my heart of hearts that
what youre doing is the right and just
thing ... but I believe this is the wrong
moment, this is the wrong bill, Durbin said.
There are approximately 250,000 LGBT
undocumented immigrants in America that
would benet from passage of immigration
reform. I want to make certain they have
that chance.
LGBT rights groups responded to
the committees exclusion of same-sex
couples from immigration reform with vocal
disappointment.
Rachel Tiven, executive director of
the LGBT group Immigration Equality,
attended the markup and while she said
shes proud of Leahy for his support
expressed frustration with other Democrats.
Im very proud of Sen. Leahy; Im very
dismayed that his colleagues did not
stand up with him to talk about the dignity
of LGBT immigrant families, Tiven said.
Only Sen. Leahy talked about the LGBT
immigrants that he represents who have
dreams, too, and who want to see a good
bill passed that will help everyone, and who
need immigration reform as badly as any
other immigrant.
Tiven named Democrats on the panel
with whom she was particularly disappointed
because of their previously articulated
support for the LGBT community.
To hear Sen. Durbin say, Well, this is
an outside issue like gun control, to hear
that Sen. Franken didnt speak up for
families like Ginger and Ness Madeiros,
whose visa runs out in August what
are they and their eight-month-old son
going to do? Tiven said. I cant imagine
how theyre feeling right now about Sen.
Franken. How could he not say these are
immigrant families, too?
With the exception of Schumer, Tiven
maintained the Democrats on the panel
expressed support for including same-sex
couples in the reform package, which made
their statements during the committee
markup surprising.
But Republican members of the panel
were most opposed to including the
measures. They reiterated their opposition
to including the measure in the package
and said adopting them would break apart
the coalition that helped put it together.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a
Republican member of the Gang of Eight,
said the legislation would lose support from
evangelical Christians and the Catholic
Church, whove supported the measure, if
those protections were included.
I support traditional marriage without
animosity, Graham said. Im not married;
I guess that means maybe I shouldnt
speak at all about it, but I do believe that
the people of my state, and the people of
other states who have gone different ways
than Vermont, believe it would throw the
coalition out of balance.
When Leahy asked Graham if anything
in the amendments would require South
Carolina to change its state law on
marriage, Graham said no, but maintained
it would be making him vote in favor of a
concept he opposes.
You got me on immigration; you dont
got me on marriage, Graham said. I
cant just tell any more directly; you want
to keep me on immigration; lets stay on
immigration.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), another GOP
member of the Gang of Eight, also said
he expected the coalition that put the bill
together to fall apart if same-sex couples
were included.
This is an issue that is being addressed
by the courts right now, I think that it would
certainly upset the coalition that we have,
Flake said. Certainly, we in Arizona, like in
South Carolina, have spoken on the issue. It
would certainly mean that this bill would not
move forward. That would be a real shame,
given how far weve come and the work
thats gone into this.
Winnie Stachelberg, vice president of
external affairs at the Center for American
Progress, pointed at Republicans as the
reason why same-sex couples werent
included in the legislation.
Were all disappointed that at this
juncture in the process, a small handful of
Republicans prevented the provision from
being voted on, but weve got a long way
to go in the process and well continue to
work hard to secure the votes on the oor if
it comes up, Stachelberg said.
Following the discussion on the Leahy
amendments, the committee reported
out the legislation by a 13-5 vote.
Supporters of immigration reform in the
room largely members of immigrant
community chanted, Yes we can! Yes
we can! and embraced senators who
voted in favor of the legislation as they
snapped photos with them.
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Gay couples excluded from immigration reform bill
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Passage seen as turning
point in islands LGBT
rights movement
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico LGBT rights
advocates here last week celebrated the
passage of a sweeping bill that would
ban discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity and
expression in the U.S. territory.
The 15-11 vote in the Puerto Rico
Senate on May 16 took place after
lawmakers for several hours debated
Senate Bill 238 that Sen. Ramn Nieves
Prez of San Juan introduced in January.
The country, you and I are sick and
tired of the marginalization, Sen. Mari
Tere Gonzlez Lpez of Mayagez said.
Sen. Thomas Rivera Schatz of San
Juan is among those who spoke against
the bill.
This Senate speaks of tolerance but
discriminates against those who dont
have the same political ideology, he
tweeted during the debate.
A triumphant Pedro Julio Serrano
of the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force greeted dozens of LGBT rights
advocates and other supporters who
had gathered outside the Capitol after
the vote. Singer Ricky Martin and New
York City Council Speaker Christine
Quinn are among those who also
applauded SB 238s passage.
We are celebrating this victory,
Serrano told the Washington Blade
outside the Capitol, noting Rivera has
previously referred to him as a faggot.
The people are celebrating with us. It is
an extraordinary step forward.
Senators approved SB 238 three
days after San Juan Mayor Carmen
Yuln Cruz issued two executive orders
that banned discrimination against the
citys LGBT municipal employees and
mandated the Puerto Rican capitals
police department to equally investigate
domestic violence cases regardless of
the alleged victims sexual orientation
or gender identity. She was also inside
the Senate chamber when lawmakers
approved the measure.
The historic vote took place less than
four years after the November 2009
murder of gay teenager Jorge Steven
Lpez Mercado sent shockwaves across
Puerto Rico.
Serrano, Quinn and others repeatedly
criticized then-Gov. Lus Fortuo for
his failure to publicly speak out against
rampant anti-LGBT violence on the
island in the months after the crime. They
also noted Puerto Rican prosecutors
remained reluctant to convict anyone
under the territorys hate crimes law that
includes sexual orientation and gender
identity and expression.
The Puerto Rico Senate in late 2011
approved a proposal that would have
eliminated LGBT-specic protections
from the aforementioned statute.
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court in
February narrowly upheld the islands
ban on gay second parent adoptions.
Dr. Carmen Milagros Vlez Vega,
whose partner of 25 years, Dr. ngeles
Acosta Rodrguez, sought to adopt their
12-year-old daughter she conceived
through in vitro fertilization, on May 17
testied in support of a bill that Gonzlez
introduced earlier this year that would
extend second-parent adoption rights
to gays and lesbians on the island.
Vega received a standing ovation
from Senate Bill 437 supporters who
attended the Senate Judiciary, Security
and Veterans Committee hearing after
she nished her testimony.
Us three are a Puerto Rican family,
one among many, she said as Acosta
and their daughter, Juliana Mara
Acosta Vlez Vega, sat next to her.
We are here, not for the sake of
receiving special treatment, nor to seek
a privilege, but to present ourselves as
citizens and daughters of this country
and to ask for that which is granted to
Puerto Rican families and children, the
right to a family and the protections that
that includes.
The SB 437 hearing took place hours
before thousands of people took part in
an LGBT rights march from La Fortaleza,
the governors ofcial residence in Old
San Juan, to the Capitol that coincided
with the annual International Day
Against Homophobia.
Yuln, who unfurled a gay Pride ag
from the balcony of City Hall with Nieves
during the march, spoke to marchers
from the Capitol steps as she stood
with members of the Butteries Trans
Association, a transgender advocacy
group, while wearing a white headband
that said equity.
I say from the bottom of my heart to
those who are listening to us all of
Puerto Rico; we are all equal, she said.
Optimism despite death threats
FBI agents on May 17 arrested Joseph
Joel Morales Serrano at his San Juan
home for allegedly threatening to kill
Serrano at the IDAHO march in a tweet
that referenced the Boston Marathon
bombings he posted earlier this month.
The Primera Hora newspaper
reported Serrano had been planning
to attend the march, but he returned to
New York City where he lives to accept
an award from the Latino Commission
on AIDS. His mother, Alicia Burgos,
spoke on his behalf.
We are marching against
homophobia, she said.
Eduardo, who traveled to San Juan
from Ponce on Puerto Ricos southern
coast with a group of nearly 150 people,
expressed a similar message.
We are here because we want
equality, Eduardo told the Blade. We
want the same equality that everybody
else has.
The Puerto Rico House of
Representatives had been expected to
vote on the non-discrimination and the
gay second-parent adoption bills on
Thursday. A third bill introduced in the
chamber in January would add sexual
orientation and gender identity and
expression to the islands anti-domestic
violence laws.
Its just about basic human rights,
Bayamn resident Hctor Maldonado
told the Blade as he waived a rainbow
ag across the street from the Capitol
before senators approved SB 238.
Gov. Alejandro Garca Padilla
supports both measures.
Puerto Rico is on the brink of
history, Serrano said, noting polls that
indicate the majority of the islands
residents support expanded rights for
LGBT Puerto Ricans. LGBT rights are
advancing and we will have two bills
become law in the next few days.
Puerto Rico Senate approves non-discrimination bill
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14 MAY 24, 2013 l NTERNATl ONAL NEWS
PEDRO JULIO SERRANO oI the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force testiIes in support oI a Fuerto
Rico adoption bill on May 17.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Marchers carry a Fride Iag and crosses with
'they discriminate' written on them through
Old San Juan on May 17.
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Glennda Testone.
Both the National Organization for
Marriage and the Family Research Council
also issued statements on Tuesday that
condemned Carsons death.
We denounce any and all acts of
unprovoked violence, said Family
Research Council President Tony
Perkins. No American should be the
target of violence period.
Carsons murder comes against the
backdrop of a string of attacks against
LGBT New Yorkers in recent weeks that
have sparked concern and outrage
among local advocates and politicians.
The most recent of these took place
in lower Manhattan hours after the
Greenwich Village march.
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly told
reporters on Tuesday that Gornell
Roman allegedly shouted anti-gay slurs
at former Philadelphia party promoter
Dan Contarino before he struck him
several times in the head and the face
around 10:45 p.m. on Monday after they
visited two East Village bars and a pizza
restaurant. Roman turned himself in at a
Bronx police precinct late Tuesday.
Fabian Ortiz of Manhattan and Pedro
Jimenez of Brooklyn allegedly shouted what
Kelly described as anti-gay derogatory
statements in Spanish and English at two
men who were walking on Prince Street in
Soho early Tuesday morning.
The Anti-Violence Project in a
press release on Tuesday said it also
continues to investigate reports of an
assault against a transgender woman in
the Jackson Heights neighborhood of
Queens on Monday night.
These types of crimes are outrageous
and we are going to do everything in our
power to see to it that they certainly dont
occur, Kelly said. But if they do occur,
were going to very aggressively investigate
them and bring people to justice.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
described Carsons murder during the
press conference with Kelly as a cold-
blooded hate crime that cut short a life full
of promise. He reiterated his message that
the city will do everything it can to combat
bias-motivated crimes in the ve boroughs.
New York City has zero tolerance for
intolerance, Bloomberg said.
Kelly noted the number of hate crimes
in the city is down almost 30 percent
so far this year from the same period
in 2012, but those motivated by anti-
gay bias are up more than 70 percent
over the same time. He also noted hate
crimes often go underreported.
While Kelly noted these attacks
are not related, Anti-Violence Project
Executive Director Sharon Stapel told
the Washington Blade on Tuesday this
kind of violence happens every day to
LGBT people in New York City. She
said her organization tends to see a
handful of high-prole incidents in the
weeks leading up to gay Pride month
each year that generate a signicant
amount of media attention.
The difference between years past
and this year is both the severity of the
violence including a fatality and that
there is such a great number of incidents
in such a short period of time being
reported by the media, Stapel said.
The Anti-Violence Project on Friday
will hold the rst of its Community
Safety Nights during which volunteers
will canvass neighborhoods in which
anti-LGBT violence has recently taken
place and distribute information and
other resources. This campaign will take
place each Friday through June.
Quinn was scheduled on Wednesday
to join Empire State Pride Agenda
Executive Director Nathan Schaefer and
other advocates and elected ofcials
at a press conference on the steps of
New York City Hall to urge the New
York Senate to pass a bill the Gender
Expression Non-Discrimination Act
that would ban discrimination based on
gender identity and expression before
the current legislative session ends at
the end of next month.
The New York Assembly earlier this
month once again approved the bill.
GENDA is part of a bigger
conversation, which is the context in
which this violence is happening is one
in which LGBT people are not equal
citizens in this country, Stapel said.
Yetta Kurland, who hopes to succeed
Quinn on the New York City Council,
told the Blade on Tuesday those who
took part in the march in response to
Carsons murder were sad and also
while mourning really wanted to put an
end to this violence.
Karlo, a Manhattan make-up artist
who also took part in the march, echoed
Kurland.
It doesnt matter where oppression,
homophobia, discrimination and hate
crimes happen, it affects all of us, he told
the Blade. That is why I had to be there.
Bloomberg added all New Yorkers
can do our part to end hate crimes and
spread tolerance.
No person regardless of what they
look like or who they love should ever
walk down the street in fear, he said.
NYC march against anti-gay attacks draws thousands
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Marriage rights expand in Europe
The British House of Commons this week gave its nal approval to a bill that
would extend marriage rights to same-sex couples in England and Wales.
The 366-161 vote capped off two days of debate on the measure that the
same chamber overwhelmingly approved in February.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland, Spain and
Portugal are among the 11 countries in which same-sex couples can legally
marry.
Gays and lesbians in neighboring France can begin to legally tie the knot
next week after President Franois Hollande on May 18 signed his countrys
same-sex marriage bill into law. Gay couples in Uruguay and New Zealand will
also be able to walk down the aisle in August once their same-sex marriage
laws take effect.
Brazils National Council of Justice on May 14 ruled registrars in the South
American country cannot deny marriage licenses to gays and lesbians.
The British House of Lords is expected to consider the same-sex marriage
bill next month.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson
are among those who support the bill.
This evenings vote shows MPs are on the publics side, as poll after poll
shows a clear majority of people in Britain support equal marriage, Ben
Summerskill, chief executive of the British LGBT advocacy group Stonewall
said. Now that the bill has cleared the Commons without any of the
wrecking amendments tabled by opponents, we hope peers will show the
same respect to public attitudes.
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Baltimore mayor to marry couples at Pride
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake will serve as grand marshal of
next months Pride parade and will ofciate at a mass wedding of gay and
lesbian couples at the Pride festival the following day, organizers announced
this week.
Mayor Rawlings-Blakes commitment to the LGBT community has been
undoubtedly one of the best records in Maryland and for the City of Baltimore,
from her early position in supporting marriage equality in Maryland to her
commitment to combating gender identity anti-discrimination and violence
in the city, said Matt Thorn, interim executive director of the Gay & Lesbian
Community Center of Baltimore, which organizes Pride.
The mayor, a regular attendee of Baltimore Pride, also ofciated the rst
gay and lesbian weddings in Maryland on Jan. 1. The Baltimore Pride parade
and block party will be held June 15 and the festival and weddings will follow
on June 16.
This year, the Pride Committee is also showcasing the work of local activists
and advocates. Beginning this year, Baltimore Pride will select two Activists
of the Year to ride in the Pride Parade. The 2013 Activists of the Year are
Shawnna Alexander and Jamal Hailey. Alexander is celebrating 31 years of
entertaining. Hailey is an advocate for marginalized groups, especially youth
and LGBTQ communities of color.
Anti-gay slurs used during Md. stabbing
The FreeState Legal Project expressed concern that an attack on a man in
Ellicott City that allegedly included anti-gay slurs was not investigated as a hate
crime. According to a report posted on ellicottcity.patch.com, on April 21, a
man was attacked and stabbed in the forearm in Ellicott City. The perpetrator
allegedly [used] slurs against homosexuals during the attack. The assailant
was charged with rst-degree assault and reckless endangerment, but not
with committing a hate crime.
In response to the incident, FreeState Legal Project sent a letter to the
States Attorneys Ofce requesting more information about the circumstances
and the decision not to investigate it as a hate crime in spite of the alleged
use of anti-gay slurs.
Not every crime in which hate speech is used can properly be considered
a hate crime, though use of such language constitutes strong evidence in
such cases, said Aaron Merki, FreeState Legal Projects executive director.
We thought the incident in Ellicott City warranted further discussion to
ensure that anti-LGBT bias isnt going unnoticed.
Sherry Llewellyn, spokesperson for the Howard County Police Department,
told the Blade, This was a case where intoxicated individuals were engaging
in trash talk, for lack of a better term, as the area bars were closing. In all
of the back and forth name-calling, one of the slurs used was one that has
connotations to homosexuality. However, there is absolutely no reference
in the report to any of the parties involved being gay, or that anyone was
actually specically targeted for any reason. Ive conrmed that information
[on May 15] with the ofcers commander. The stabbing occurred when the
exchange escalated to pushing and shoving and one of the parties had a
knife and cut another subject on the arm.
She added, We take hate bias incidents and hate crimes very seriously in
Howard County and, in fact, have a multicultural liaison ofcer assigned
solely to address matters related to race, religion, sexual orientation and
ethnicity, and to work with groups that care about those issues.
STEVE CHARING
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NEW YORK Columbia University Medical Center announced last week the creation
of a new program called the LGBT Health Initiative whose goal is to improve the health
and well being of LGBT people, Psychiatric News reported this week.
It was expanded from Columbias Department of Psychiatrys Division of HIV and is now
known as the Division of Gender, Sexuality and Health. Its based at the New York State
Psychiatric Institute, the article said.
Robert Krtzner, a research scientist in the department, told Psychiatric News hes
thrilled that a leading academic department of psychiatry has undertaken a commitment
to advance knowledge, treatment, training and policy analysis in LGBT health in an effort
to address the effects of stigma in perpetuation of health disparities and urgent health
problems of mental health in LGBT-identied youth, transgender persons, older LGBT
adults and underserved LGBT populations, the article said.
Gay athletes help with condom distribution
LOS ANGELES Several LGBT intramural sports leagues in Los Angeles are partnering
with the citys Department of Public Health to distribute the ofcial L.A. Condom,
handed out from a 40-foot-long condom mobile that made its debut at Long Beach
Pride. They hope to hand out 1 million and one condoms by the end of the year, LGBT
Weekly reported Monday.
Last June, L.A. County Public Healths Division of HIV and STD Programs announced
the winners of its rst-ever condom contest to design an ofcial Los Angeles-branded
condom wrapper. The contest received about 500 entries with more than 185,000 online
votes cast, LGBT Weekly reported.
An estimated 2,000 new HIV infections occur annually in L.A. County, the article said. In
2011, the Department of Public Health reported more than 47,500 new cases of chlamydia,
more than 9,500 new cases of gonorrhea and nearly 1,800 new cases of syphilis.
The L.A. Sex Symbol program is funded by the County of Los Angeles, Department
of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This initiative
is intended to increase condom use, drive awareness of HIV and STD prevention, and
provide information about HIV/AIDS and STD treatment and care, LGBT Weekly said in
its report.
Study quanties bullying effects in students
NEW YORK Students targeted because theyre believed to be gay as many as one
in seven young teens are much more likely than others to be suicidal and depressed,
a new survey nds according to a report in Health magazine.
More than 10 percent of eighth-grade boys and girls reported that theyre victimized
because of perceived sexual orientation, according to a large survey of students in
Washington State, the article said.
It has a profound impact on their quality of life and the way they think of themselves,
Donald Patrick, a professor of health services at the University of Washington in Seattle,
was quoted as saying in the article. Those in eighth grade are in a particularly vulnerable
position.
These children feel alone in life, that they dont feel as good as other people and their
self-esteem is highly affected, Patrick told Health.
The survey results were published online May 16 in the American Journal of Public
Health. The study is based on a 2010 survey of nearly 28,000 students in grades eight,
10 and 12. Among boys, 14 percent of eighth-graders, 11 percent of 10th-graders and 9
percent of 12th-graders reported being bullied within the previous month because they
were thought to be gay, the article noted. The numbers were 11 percent, 10 percent and
6 percent, respectively, for girls.
In U.K., straights in better health than gays
LONDON A study released Monday found that British LGBT residents have
overall worse health than their straight counterparts, Gay Star News, a European
news outlet, reported.
The LGBT Public Health Outcomes Framework Companion Document found
that British LGBT residents have higher rates of physical and emotional bullying,
suicide and self harm, drug use, alcohol use, smoking and social isolation and
vulnerability in old age, the article said.
The document includes several recommendations including that sexual orientation
and gender identity should be routinely monitored in health and social care.
The report was executed for health and wellness boards, public health teams, local
authorities and other organizations and commissions that provide services. The work
was coordinated by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, Gay Star News reported.
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We are on the verge of realizing a health
care system in which all providers, whether
they identify as LGBT or not, are better
educated about the unique health needs
of our community and how to appropriately
address and screen for the health challenges
that LGBT people face.
In January, the National Institutes of Health
released a groundbreaking report, based
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Medicines 2011 The Health of Lesbian, Gay,
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a Foundation for Better Understanding,
outlining a strategy to support research to
increase the knowledge base for promoting
the health of the LGBT community. The
Department of Health and Human Services
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queried) responding to the survey reported
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elds of medicine, psychology, public policy
and law, aims to distinguish itself from the
two other existing programs in several ways.
It will use a hybrid approach of both online
and classroom learning with an unmatched
degree of exposure to public policy, given
the programs position in D.C.
Importantly, a required component of
the program will be a capstone project
allowing students to apply their skills to
address LGBT health disparities. As such,
students will gain hands-on training that
will positively impact the health of LGBT
people in a variety of settings. With its
strong focus on applied care, the program
is geared primarily toward those who work
on the front lines with clients and patients
and professionals in policy and healthcare
system delivery and management.
Already the program has received
applications from a diverse spectrum of
individuals, including dancers, physicians,
public health ofcials and lawyers, from
throughout the country and the world
even as far away as Uganda.
Since we are nally developing the
evidence base needed to address the
health problems most impacting our
community, we now must ensure our future
health workforce is capable of acting on this
new information. Given the recent steps
taken by many graduate training programs,
including GWU, I am encouraged about the
progress being made thus far.
For those interested in more information
on the new GWU LGBT health graduate
certicate or who would like to apply, visit:
http://programs.columbian.gwu.edu/lgbt.
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Curbing LGBT
health disparities
DANIEL FREDRICK ONEILL completed his
medical doctorate from GWU this month and will
pursue his internal medicine residency at Virginia
Mason Medical Center in Seattle.
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Study shows drinking can
lead to HIV infection risk
Here comes summer, which to many
means the beach, the pool, barbecues and,
of course, cocktails. Lots of cocktails.
So when I learned a recent study found
alcohol consumption can lead to more
instances of HIV infections, I thought, Duh?
Of course, these go together. Summertime
and cocktails, sex and alcohol.
There is a reason why Prohibition failed:
Alcohol is a part of our lives, directly or
indirectly. People love to drink and some
love to drink a lot, and do so for many
reasons to relax, to get high and to have
fun. Or all three.
Researchers are trying to understand the
complicated marriage between alcohol and
HIV. One link comes from alcohols effect of
loosening inhibitions, such as neglecting
to take precautions when having sex. And
then the virus spreads.
Studies also suggest people living with
HIV are twice as likely to use alcohol as those
who arent HIV positive. In fact, one study
reports almost half of adults living with HIV
have histories of alcohol-related problems.
Researchers also learned patients living
with HIV are aware that drinking alcohol
while taking HIV medications can be
harmful. With alcohol abuse, the side effects
can be serious, even leading to death. Thus,
some people living with HIV dont take their
medications when theyre drinking.
One study showed that of people living
with HIV and on AIDS-related treatment,
more than half didnt take their HIV
medications when drinking, even though
HIV medications must be taken daily to
ensure suppression of the virus. Skipping
scheduled dosages can lead to drug
resistance and heavy drinking can lead
to liver disease. In HIV-positive patients, a
healthy liver is especially important as it helps
maximize the effect of HIV medications in
the body.
It has been drilled into the general
population that certain medications
are harmful when taken with alcohol. It
appears that is the main reason why many
people living with HIV stop taking their
medications when they drink alcohol. Also,
they often forget to take their medications
after drinking.
So what about alcohol and AIDS
around the world? Its a serious problem
in most cultures. Of the more than 34
million people globally living with HIV,
two-thirds are in sub-Saharan Africa.
In this region, the annual consumption
of alcohol per drinker is higher than
anywhere else. In fact, some countries
consider AIDS and alcohol consumption
a twin epidemic.
Having traveled throughout the African
bush, I can tell you drinking alcohol is
ingrained in most cultures.
Countries with heavy HIV infection rates
and high alcohol consumption seem
unaware of alcohols negative effects on
HIV prevention and treatment efforts. In
both the United States and elsewhere, not
much research focuses on the link between
alcohol and HIV.
We need to have an open and honest
discussion about alcohol and HIV. AIDS
and LGBT organizations around the world
need to work closely with such drinking
establishments as bars and nightclubs to
develop effective outreach campaigns
that focus on awareness and changing
behaviors. Increased awareness of the link
between alcohol and HIV could help slow
the spread of the disease and save the lives
of many living with HIV.
Already some drinking establishments
permit LGBT groups to distribute
condoms. Why not expand that joint effort
to include efforts to raise awareness of
alcohols damaging effects on HIV-positive
people? But without judgment and focus
more on support.
Studies suggest people living with HIV are twice as likely to use
alcohol as those who arent HIV positive.
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DAVE PURDY is founder and CEO of the World
AIDS Institute. Reach him at dpurdy@worldaid-
sinstitute.org.
Summer sex and alcohol
City spent $80,000 to bring
anti-gay gospel singer to D.C.
There are some budget shenanigans
going on in D.C., which should come as no
surprise since many on the Council plan to
run for higher ofce or are up for reelection.
The Councils role is to pass a budget and
do oversight of city agencies. When four
members of the Council who chair commit-
tees have announced they are looking at
running for mayor next year, then things can
get a little crazy.
As of last week, Muriel Bowser, chair of
the Economic Development Committee,
and Tommy Wells, chair of the Public Safety
Committee, have ofcially announced plans
to run. Wells apparently nished his listen-
ing tour. At-large Council member David
Catania, the Education Committee chair
and Ward 2 Representative Jack Evans, Fi-
nance Committee chair, have also indicated
interest in higher ofce.
Bowser moved to take money from the
Deputy Mayors Ofce for Economic De-
velopment, which may lead to some proj-
ects not being monitored. She has also
recommended refunding the Neighbor-
hood Investment Trust (NIF) which former
Mayor Fenty and others agreed wasnt
needed. It has been said she is taking
some of this money from the mayors pro-
posed $15 million One City Fund for non-
prots. This is the fund that would allow
small non-prots to apply for grants and it
would be administered by the non-politi-
cal Community Trust. The NIF that Bowser
wants to refund would put money back
into the realm of political manipulation.
There are hundreds of non-prots across
the District that see the One City Fund
proposed by the mayor as their salvation.
Many dont t current agency guidelines
for funds and dont have the manpower to
ll out some of the very detailed applica-
tions that large agencies are required to
ll out for big money. With this new fund,
small HIV/AIDS, education, housing and
others groups could apply for competitive
grants of up to $100,000, small in terms of
the big picture, but enough to keep them
functioning and serving their clients.
Catania appears to be moving us back to
the politicization of the schools that Mayor
Fenty moved us away from. School reform
placed the control of education policy and
approved funding in the hands of the may-
ors ofce and the chancellor who was con-
rmed by the Council. They are responsible
for moving reform ahead. Since reestab-
lishing the Education Committee instead
of leaving it as a Committee of the Whole,
we see the committee trying to decimate
the Ofce of the Deputy Mayor for Edu-
cation and putting in jeopardy programs
they are helping to plan and monitor. If the
committee gets its way, the Council must
be prepared to assume the blame when
things dont go as they hoped. Fights over
issues like foreign language or arts initiatives
shouldnt be determined by who can get to
their Council member rst.
Council member Jim Graham contin-
ues to ght for TANF funding for families
beyond the ve-year maximum and in
many ways instead of helping people be-
come independent he is giving them more
ways to remain dependent on govern-
ment. He is attempting to micromanage
the Human Service budget. The Council
is also drafting some new initiatives, calling
them competitive grants, but writing them
in a way that is simply providing earmarks
for favored groups.
Council member Orange is looking to
get $100,000 more, for a total of $350,000,
for his favorite project, the Emancipation
Day celebration. I respect the Council
member and support this celebration but
question how some of that money is being
spent. According to the Washington Post,
$80,000 was used last year to pay costs
associated with a performance by gospel
musician Kirk Franklin. The Post reported
that, Franklin traveled to the District with
a 16-person entourage, including backup
singers, according to budget documents.
In addition to Franklins $55,000 booking
fee, city taxpayers spent $8,758 for airfare,
$1,557 for his limousine and $8,721 to put
Franklin and his entourage up at the JW
Marriott hotel in Washington, including
$2,600 for Franklins VIP suite. Records at-
tributed $4,215 in food and beverage costs
to the entourage. Franklin is a homo-
phobe who believes that part of his role as
a Christian is to convert gays to a straight
lifestyle. That isnt what I want my tax mon-
ey used for. In addition, according to the
Post, $3,891 was used for an honorarium
and lodging for Al Sharpton. I would think
this celebration is something he would
want to participate in without a fee and if
not there are many others who would.
The mayor submitted a balanced bud-
get to the Council that included no new
taxes and in fact reduced some. The Coun-
cil has the right to review it and make their
changes but the people of the District need
to feel condent that these changes arent
made for purely political reasons. The bud-
get shouldnt be used only to advance their
campaigns or for personal projects.
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Bill pending in
Congress would
address deadly problem
By DONALD WILSON
Getting through adolescence is hard
enough. Theres the agony of puberty, the
mood swings, the withering self-conscious-
ness and the pressure to conform. Then
comes the clumsiness of emerging sexual-
ity. It can be overwhelming.
For some young people, the passage
can be even more daunting. For kids com-
ing to terms with their attraction to the
same gender or those where their gender
identity is questioned in a society that
does not always accept diversity the
challenge can be deadly. A national study
of adolescents in grades seven to 12 found
that LGBT youth were more than twice as
likely to have attempted suicide as their
heterosexual peers.
No federal law or policy exists that re-
quires schools to adopt policies to address
bullying and harassment. Existing state laws
vary greatly in their reach and effectiveness.
Anti-Bullying programs are necessary, can
be effective and need your support.
The Safe Schools Improvement Act
(SSIA) is a House bill (H.R. 1199) introduced
by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) with bipar-
tisan support that addresses bullying and
harassment for all students, including the
categories of actual or perceived sexual
orientation or gender identity. Sen. Bob
Casey (D-Pa.) introduced a Senate version
of the bill (S. 403) with bipartisan support.
The SSIA requires that states report data
on bullying and harassment to the Depart-
ment of Education.
The SSIA is a zero-cost bill that would
require schools to implement compre-
hensive anti-bullying policies that address
bullying and harassment and ensure the
safety and well being of all students. Com-
prehensive anti-bullying policies are seen
as more effective than curriculum inter-
ventions. Curriculum interventions are in-
terventions that focus on modications of
the curriculum, which may include videos,
classroom discussions, classroom presen-
tations, etc. Whole School Interventions re-
fer to programs that go beyond changes in
curriculum to include school-wide efforts,
such as teacher training, conict resolution
training, changes in school policies and
sanctions, and individual counseling.
Research to date suggests that curricu-
lum-based interventions do not appear to
work. Bullying is a systemic problem and
trying to solve it with simple modications
of the curriculum without addressing the en-
tire school culture and other systemic issues
is likely not effective. However, whole-school
interventions can be effective. These inter-
ventions are the model that schools should
follow when implementing future anti-bully-
ing campaigns.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen-
der (LGBT) youth experience bullying at
school more frequently than their non-
LGBT peers. In fact, LGBT youth are twice
as likely to experience verbal harassment,
exclusion and physical attack at school as
their non-LGBT peers. Among LGBT youth,
51 percent have been verbally harassed at
school, compared to 25 percent among
non-LGBT students; 48 percent say they
are often excluded by their peers because
they are different, compared to 26 percent
among non-LGBT students; and 17 percent
report they have been physically attacked
at school, compared to 10 percent among
non-LGBT students.
LGBT youth identify bullying as a primary
problem in their lives. They identied family
rejection (26 percent), school/bullying prob-
lems (21 percent) and fear of being out or
open (18 percent) as the top three problems
they face. In comparison, non-LGBT youth
identied classes/exams/grades (25 per-
cent), college/career (14 percent) and nan-
cial pressures (11 percent) as the top three
problems they face. Clearly, LGBT youth
spend time worrying about bullying and re-
jection, while their non-LGBT peers are able
to focus on grades, career choices and the
future. LGBT youth are also at far greater risk
for suicide.
Please contact your local elected ofcials
and ask them to support The Safe Schools
Improvement Act.
Help for bullied LGBT students
Barracks Row commission
attempts to roll back
restaurant patio hours
Allow a D.C. Advisory Neighborhood
Commission (ANC) an inch and eventually
they fancy themselves rulers.
Along the Barracks Row commercial
corridor on Capitol Hill, its more like being
beaten with a yardstick.
The areas ANC-6B has taken umbrage
at the refusal of popular and well-regarded
Matchbox restaurant, on the 8th Street,
S.E., business strip near Eastern Market, to
kowtow to demands for new restrictions on
operating hours. Advisory commissioners
are startled by the establishments strong
backbone. It appears that many neigh-
borhood residents, however, are cheering
Matchbox for its courageous and wel-
comed resistance.
With any luck, the D.C. Alcoholic Bever-
age Control (ABC) Board will simply toss
aside the liquor license renewal protest
led by the ANC. Better yet, the Board
should school the group on the legitimate
basis for a license protest in an effort to
stem a growing tide of regulatory system
manipulation by ANCs.
What offense caused the ANC to le a
protest opposing the restaurants license
renewal? What problem generated reports
that ANC-6B01 sub-area representative
David Garrison exclaimed he was abber-
gasted at the audacity of the move by
the restaurant?
Nothing more than Matchboxs refusal
to roll back its existing sidewalk caf clos-
ing time by two hours each evening in
order to comply with an ANC attempt at
coercing adherence to a nascent policy
to extract restricted hours from all existing
licensees and new applicants. Not surpris-
ingly, neighborhood reaction has not been
favorable to Garrison, his ANC cohorts, or
the small number of supporters backing
the renegade effort.
A disturbing trend among some ANCs
is accelerating moves to impose cookie-
cutter restrictions on operating hours for
hospitality establishments. Logan Circle
ANC-2F, for example, previously under-
took a similar stance demanding com-
pliance in certain areas with a standard-
ized policy requiring early venue closing
times throughout the week in exchange for
not protesting liquor license applications.
Incredibly, this so-called neighborhood
policy is proposed even on commercially
zoned corridors.
These demands are foisted upon busi-
nesses not yet open and existing venues
in full compliance with city laws. Restric-
tions in advance of operation or without
any substantive evidence of serious vio-
lations, legitimate complaints, real prob-
lems or even a rational legal justication
are egregious.
ANC overreach does not comport with
justication for a community review pro-
cess designed to rectify quantiable is-
sues or demonstrable problems resolved
by restriction. Utilization of a Settlement
Agreement implies that there is actual ev-
idence both that a problem is real and that
an imposed license limitation would serve
to solve it. They are not intended as instru-
ments to establish special regulatory policy
within an area at the whimsy of neighbor-
hood nannies.
Thrusting a litany of operating restric-
tions, notably truncated hours of service,
at business owners new and longstanding
while simultaneously threatening to pro-
test licensing approval absent surrender, is
not what city law envisioned. Its a hell of a
way to treat the Districts economic golden
goose also providing the amenities for
which most residents are clamoring.
Inadequately supervised by the D.C.
Council and insufciently reined in by city
agency adjudication boards, ANC delu-
sions of power have spawned the behavior
of mini-legislators intending to set arbi-
trary uniform regulatory policies for their
small jurisdictions. A lack of oversight and
appropriate control has allowed ANCs to
circumvent equitable application of gov-
erning regulations.
The result is capricious rule-by-the-few
and a citywide patchwork of variable op-
erating rights placing businesses at a
competitive disadvantage with venues in
adjoining areas or elsewhere in D.C.
The great weight consideration that
is required to be given ANC advisory rec-
ommendations has always been the great
burden of local businesses and neigh-
borhood development. Even more so as
ANCs have been allowed to gradually en-
croach on the fair and equal treatment of
community enterprise.
ANC abuse of the merely advisory role
embodied in their name, contrasted with
efforts to stealthily expand their power,
should be halted. More important, their
grandiose power grabbing underscores
the need for long-overdue regulatory re-
forms in this arena.
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DONALD WILSON is a graduate student studying
social work at the University of Southern California.
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MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur and
community business advocate. Follow on Twitter: @
MarkLeeDC. Reach him at OurBusinessMatters@
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D.C. Black Pride honoring
youth at ceremony tonight
By KEITH LORIA
When the 23rd annual D.C. Black Pride
festivities begin today in the Thornton
Room at the Hyatt Regency Washington
Capitol Hill (400 New Jersey Ave.), it will
be a night devoted to paying tribute to
those who have done something special
for the LGBT community.
Mayor Vincent Gray will be awarded
the Eleanor Holmes Norton Award for
his work ghting for LGBT rights. Dr.
Imani Woody and Courtney Williams
will be recipients of the Welmore Cook
Award, each honored for their strong
community involvement.
Two names that might not be as
familiar at least not yet are Theara
Coleman and Christopher Watson.
For the rst time, D.C. Black Pride will
present a leadership award to black
LGBT community leaders who are 30
years old or younger and these recent
graduates are the inaugural honorees.
Hailing from the projects of Brooklyn,
N.Y., Coleman is the daughter of a retired
NYPD police ofcer and a stay-at-home
mom who is active in social services.
With support from her family, Coleman
was able to thrive as an LGBT student
and received a scholarship from Howard
University, graduating earlier this month.
In college, Coleman was an English
major and an African-American Studies
minor and spent time away from the
classroom concentrating on civic and
social services, especially when it came
to LGBT issues.
All four years I was at Howard I was
involved with working with Cascade, the
LGBT organization on campus. I started
out doing event planning to spread
awareness, and I ended up being vice
president and subsequently president
for two years, Coleman says. A lot of
our work was trying to create a better
understanding on campus so the school
can feel the presence of the LGBT
community and see the importance
of recognizing us as a community at
Howard and our need for resources.
Coleman says her efforts have helped
pave the way for future LGBT Howard
students to have an easier time with
other students and the administration.
Outside of her work at Howard, the
22-year-old also interned with the ACLU,
writing blogs about her experiences of
being an LGBT student in high school
and college and assisting on research
and grant writing.
That pushed me to get an internship
with Stonewall Democrats and I learned
about all the policy that has to do with
LGBT rights because the majority of
what we were doing was how ofcials
running for ofce were addressing LGBT
issues, she says. I also served for a
short time with Obama for America as
an LGBT outreach coordinator, reaching
out to the community to get more LGBT
voters out to put Obama back in ofce.
Coleman also works as a mentor
to students in transitional housing and
volunteers at a variety of other organizations.
Having just graduated, she is currently
looking for a job that will help her utilize her
skills and help others in the process.
Shes thinking about something in
the non-prot eld where she can help
with grant writing. Her dream job is to
help LGBT youth in high school and use
her experiences to show them how to
navigate the world once they get into
college and enter the real world.
As for the award, Coleman says she
is humbled that she was chosen and
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THEARA COLEMAN (left) and CHRISTOPHER
WATSON (below) are being honored at this
weekends D.C. Black Pride festivities.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTOS BY MICHAEL KEY
How long have you been out and
who was the hardest person to tell?
Ive been out since I was 18. The
hardest people to tell were my
parents. Though I knew they were
open and afrming of other LGBTQ
persons, I wasnt so sure that theyd
be as thrilled for their rst-born
daughter. Luckily, they were and have
been very supportive ever since.
Whos your LGBT hero?
Every LGBTQ youth and student
who has to stay quiet about their
orientation for survival.
Whats Washingtons best
nightspot, past or present?
Im not big on nightspots, but you
might catch me at MOVA or the Loft
on a blue moon.
Describe your dream wedding.
My dream wedding, eh? To the
woman Ill be spending the rest of
my life with, set for a date sometime
during the end of August/beginning
of September, small wedding
ceremony (bridal party and immediate
family members), huge reception
(maybe a jazz band?), evening
ceremony.
What non-LGBT issue are
you most passionate about?
The educational system and its
effects on people of color.
What historical outcome
would you change?
None. The stories of my people are
stories of survival, of roses growing
from concrete, of people overcoming
against all odds. Thats something to
be proud of, not change.
Whats been the most
memorable pop culture
moment of your lifetime?
Being on campus at Howard
University when Barack Obama was
elected president for the rst time.
On what do you insist?
Children and their laughter are a gift
and the most beautiful and healing
part of life.
What was your last
Facebook post or Tweet?
My last Tweet was If someone
hates me for my happiness, I ask God
that he sends him happiness so that
he forgets mine. Arab Proverb
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
Fire
If science discovered a way to
change sexual orientation,
what would you do?
Stay home.
What do you believe in
beyond the physical world?
I believe in the universe and its
powerful energies.
Whats your advice for LGBT
movement leaders?
This is hard. Be strong.
What would you walk
across hot coals for?
The better question is who and
thats everyone I love.
What LGBT stereotype
annoys you most?
That LGBT persons cannot be or
are hardly ever in domestic violence
situations.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
Pariah and Imagine Me & You
Whats the most overrated
social custom?
Women being forced to
smile because it makes others
uncomfortable if they dont.
What trophy or prize do
you most covet?
My rst-place, citywide spelling
bee trophy. I was in third grade and
my winning word was lieutenant.
Theres a picture of me in my
hometown newspaper with pigtails
and a snaggletoothed smile, clutching
my trophy. Adorable, really.
What do you wish youd
known at 18?
Exactly what I had known at that
age. I didnt need to know any more
because I knew all of what I needed to
know. Im just grateful for the lessons I
was taught.
Why Washington?
Washington is the perfect city for
me. Its far but not too far from home/
Michigan and its not overwhelming
like New York City but is big enough
to have suburbs. Its a cozy blend of
suburbia and the city.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Lauren Morris came to D.C. in 2007 fresh out of high school to attend
Howard University and found a home.
She majored in psychology, graduated in 2011 and is now a project leader
at City Year, an educational non-prot where she works on beautication
projects for D.C. public schools. Morris started volunteering for D.C. Black
Pride in 2008 while still in college and last year joined the board. She helped
plan entertainment for this years event as one of the organizations eight
board members (Black Pride details are on page 44 or visit dcblackpride.org).
Morris says Black Pride is important because it kind of celebrates two
major communities that Im part of whose struggles are very different.
Black Pride is the time of the year when we can come together and talk
about those issues that are original to us as a black queer community, she
says. Its important to do that for all people from my age on up to 99 and
its important to have that space, which sometimes is hard to nd.
Morris has been dating her girlfriend Kayla Rodriguez for about nine
months. Morris enjoys food, yoga, singing, dancing, teaching Sunday
school, working for Black Pride, playing the guitar and rock climbing in her
spare time. She lives in Alexandria.
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By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Two lives can be signicantly changed
for better or worse by one eeting
but momentous encounter. Thats the
thematic thread running through New
and/or Slightly Used, a collection of
eight short plays about black gay, bi and
questioning men here in Washington.
In celebration of D.C. Black Pride
Weekend, the African-American
Collective Theater (ACT) is presenting the
work as a staged reading for one night
only with two performances on Sunday.
Written and directed by ACTs Artistic
Director Alan Sharpe, the 10-minute-
long mini-plays thoughtfully explore
instances of love, lust and longing as
experienced by a cross section of men
ranging from hustlers to husbands.
The plays run the gamut in terms of
characters and situations, Sharpe says.
Some characters are self-identied as
gay, some are in relationships with both
men and women and some are straight.
Its kind of a salad.
The cast is a mix too, Sharpe
says. We have gay actors playing
straight characters and vice versa. And
because its a staged reading, theres
very little in terms of set, so I tried to
pick a gorgeous cast so the audience
will have a something to look at. Were
competing with a lot on gay pride day.
In Kickin It, young out actor Tristan
Phillip Hewitt plays Dante, a straight
cocky high school jock whos unaware
that his buddy has feelings for him. When
hot weather prompts the friends to trade
basketball for a racier indoor game, it
means something different to each boy.
For me, says Hewitt, a 21-year-old
native Washingtonian who says hes too
tall to be conned to any closet, this
show gives me the experience to be
someone else for 10 minutes. In reality
Im no good at basketball. I may have
the body of an athlete, but Im not one.
I get to play a jock whose personality is
nothing like mine.
On the other hand, out actor Reginald
Richard who plays 30-something Eric in
All Over Him, says he is very similar to his
gay character. When I rst read the play it
was as if I was seeing my life story written
on the page. Like Eric, Ive been hurt by
someone who wasnt as much in love
with me as I was with him. You have that
awkward moment when you see them and
youre not sure what to do. As Eric, I have
a chance to unload and achieve closure.
Sharpes writing is refreshingly
realistic and natural, Richard says. Its
not stereotypical gay humor. He writes
honestly about a very diverse community.
Originally from Memphis, Tenn.,
Richard has been in D.C. for 10 years
and has been acting for the last four.
His experiences with ACT have led him
to consider acting as a career. If I want
to be with the best I have to learn with
the best, so I put myself in school [at
the National Conservatory of Dramatic
Arts]. Its very challenging, but Im always
up for a challenge.
With Sharpe at the helm, ACT has
been commemorating Black Pride
with LGBT-centric theater for 15 years.
When we rst started, there were
not a lot of vehicles where black and
gay lesbians could see themselves on
stage, and they were thirsty for that. The
response was so great that it completely
altered my artistic focus. I discovered a
niche that no else was lling.
ACTs mission is to showcase
contemporary black gay and lesbian life
and culture, promote visibility and raise
awareness of issues faced in the African-
American community.
By increasing visibility, Sharpe says,
We strive to demonstrate to people that
regardless of race class and gender we
have similar experiences. Everyone has
been disappointed. Everyone has fallen
in love and had their heart broken. The
human experience is very universal.
Cast member Hewitt concurs: Be
prepared to nd a piece of yourself in
one of these plays.
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NEW AND/OR SLIGHTLY USED
Sunday at 5 and 8 p.m.
Warehouse Theater
45 New York Ave., NW
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reading slated Ior two perIormances Sunday.
PHOTO BY EMILE BENJAMIN; COURTESY OF ACT
with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
BALLET ACROSS AMERICA III
Ballet Across America is a success,
not least in audience terms. More, please.
The New York Times
Program A
June 4 & 5
Richmond Ballet
Stoner Winslett, Artistic Director
Ershter Vals
(Cong/Klezroym)
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Anne Mueller, InterimArtistic Director
Almost Mozart
(Kudelka/Mozart)
Boston Ballet
Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director
Symphony in
Three Movements
(Balanchine/Stravinsky)
Program B
June 6 eve. and 8 mat. & eve.
The Sarasota Ballet
Iain Webb, Director
Les Patineurs
(Ashton/Meyerbeer)
The Washington Ballet
Septime Webre, Artistic Director
Wunderland
(Liang/Glass)
Pennsylvania Ballet
Roy Kaiser, Artistic Director
The Four Temperaments
(Balanchine/Hindemith)
Program C
June 7 eve. and 9 mat.
North Carolina
Dance Theatre
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Artistic Director
Rhapsodic Dances
(Janes/Rachmaninoff)
Ballet Austin
Stephen Mills, Artistic Director
Hush
(Mills/Glass)
Dance Theatre
of Harlem
Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director
Return
(Garland/Brown)
The Kennedy Centers Ballet Season is presented with the support of Elizabeth and Michael Kojaian.
Ballet Across America III is made possible through the generosity of the Charles E. Smith Family Foundation.
Support for Ballet Across America III is provided by an award from
the National Endowment for the Arts.
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(MIDDLE ROW) THE SARASOTA BALLET, PHOTO BY FRANK ATURA; DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM, PHOTO BY JOSEPH RODMAN; PENNSYLVANIA BALLET, PHOTO BY ALEXANDER IZILIAEV
(BOTTOM ROW) NORTH CAROLINA DANCE THEATRE, PHOTO BY JEFF CRAVOTTA; BALLET AUSTIN, PHOTO BY TONY SPIELBERG; THE WASHINGTON BALLET, PHOTO BY CAROL PRATT
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Broadway tunes from the 70s at Signature
Signature Theatre presents the Lost Songs of Broadway: 1970s as part of
its cabaret series starting Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. and running through June 1.
A combination of Signatures production of Company, the show features
numbers from Broadway musicals that didnt fare so well. The show features
performers Nova Y. Payton, Chelsea Packard and Austin Colby.
Tickets are $42.95. Visit signature-theatre.org for more information.
Pride festivities continue with Heroes gala
Capital Pride hosts its Heroes Gala and Silent Auction Wednesday evening
at 7 p.m. at the Powerhouse in Georgetown (3255 Grace St., NW).
The community each year nominates individuals who have helped further
the causes of LGBT rights. The recipients of the Capital Pride Heroes this
year include Ed Bailey, a DJ who has changed the landscape of the LGBT
nightlife in D.C.; Barbara Lewis, who has worked to promote culturally
competent health care in the LGBT community; Darren Phelps, senior and
founding pastor of Bethel Christian Church D.C.; Jamie Raskin, a professor
of Constitutional Law at American Universitys Washington College of Law
and a Maryland State Senator; and Margot Rosen, director of Membership
Outreach at the Human Rights Campaign.
Tickets are $25-$1,000. For more information, visit capitalpride.org.
Queer Theatre Festival
returns for second year
The 2013 D.C. Queer Theatre Festival
presents six short plays by award-
winning playwrights beginning May 30,
31 and June 1 at Flashpoint Theatre (916
G St., NW).
The plays deal with challenges and
joys that the LGBT community in D.C.
experience. They range from campy
comedies to deeper explorations of
love and loss. The goal of the festival is
to promote underrepresented voices as
well as a diversity of artists. On the last
day of the festival, a post-show panel will
be held where leaders of area theaters
and LGBT organizations discuss the
plays and the challenges facing the
LGBT community. The playwrights
included the festival are David-Matthew
Barnes, Marjorie Barnes, Marjorie Conn,
Steven Korbar, Duncan Paster, Janis
Holm, Mario Baldessari and Jon Jon
Johnson.
Tickets are $16. Proceeds benet the
D.C. Center. For more information, visit
dcqueertheatrefest.org.
Old school dance party
benets gay causes
Westminster Presbyterian Church
(400 I St., SW) hosts Party With a
Purpose: The Old School Music Dance
Party in benet of the Marys House
for Older Adults, Inc. and Metropolitan
Community Church of Washington on
Saturday from 3-8 p.m.
Marys House is a developing
residential facility that is LGBT friendly
and it is a response to bigoted and
prejudicial practices in housing directed
toward older adults who are part of
the LGBT community. Metropolitan
Community Church is an inclusive church
that accepts everyone despite age,
race, gender and sexual orientation.
Tickets are $25. There will be a DJ and
dancing. Bring your own beverage. Ice and
cups provided. Soft drinks available for $1.
Visit maryshousedc.org for more
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DEAR MICHAEL,
Im living the mirror life of the lonely
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But like that other guy, Im unhappy with
all the rules and requirements for tting in.
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MICHAEL REPLIES:
Yes, there are denitely other options.
A lot of us think that when we come out
well have a world to t into, but the truth
is that there is no single gay community
into which you can or will t. I often hear
the thought expressed that gay people
should be more welcoming of diversity,
or kinder, because they have often been
made to feel less than over the course
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are just human like anyone else. In fact,
its quite easy for someone who has
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putting others down and dening others
as outsiders in order to nally feel like an
insider. So it makes sense that youll nd
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specic requirements. And thats the life
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a lot of pressure to conform to others
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behave in ways that you respect.
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of a gym body? Its easy to pass off our
own fears as the concerns of others, so
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gay man may also be getting in your way.
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34 MAY 24, 2013 ADVlCE
Michael Radkowsky is a licensed psychologist
who works with gay couples and individuals
in D.C. He can be Iound online at
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Summers in the Washington area are
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sporting events. This summer will once
again showcase events run by the D.C.
Strokes Rowing Club, the District of
Columbia Aquatics Club and the D.C.
Front Runners just to name a few. In
August, the Chesapeake and Potomac
Softball League will welcome 4,000
athletes to D.C. for the NAGAAA Gay
Softball World Series.
The summer will also bring a new
event Team D.C. will host the rst
Freedom Sports Festival from July
18-21. Team D.C. is the information
clearinghouse for the roughly 30-plus
LGBT sports teams in the area.
The Festival is expected to be a
regional sporting event run in the years
opposite the Gay Games. After taking
a year off for the Gay Games in 2014,
the event will run for three years straight
through 2017.
This years lineup of sports will
consist of kickball, golf, racquetball,
ballroom dancing, beach volleyball and
basketball. Each of the tournaments
will be hosted within the D.C. city limits
and will be run by that sports respective
local LGBT sports team.
We have targeted sports with limited
tournament opportunities, says Brent
Minor, founder and executive director of
Team D.C. This will give the smaller and
lesser known sports a chance to grow.
The Festival will kick off on July 18
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and the Team D.C. College Scholarship
Reception. Each year, Team D.C. honors
members of the local LGBT sports
community with the MVP Award, the
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Support Award.
On the same night, Team D.C. will award
its annual college scholarships to openly
gay student athletes from the D.C. area.
The college scholarships are funded by
various Team D.C. fundraisers along with
major contributions from the Capital Tennis
Association, the D.C. Gay Flag Football
League and the D.C. Frontrunners.
Last year, Team D.C. awarded six
scholarships ranging from $500-$2,000.
This year is shaping up to be another
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applications of merit have been received
with the June deadline fast approaching.
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for a relaxing water-lled evening.
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spectators come out to see the Festival
tournaments, Minor says. Seeing
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more real and accessible. Growing
the smaller sports helps to build new
leadership in our sports community.
We expect to add more sports in the
future such as womens rugby.
Team D.C. will also host Night OUT at
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as our World Team Tennis players take
on the Philadelphia Freedoms.
Information and registration for the
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soon at teamdc.org. Nominations for the
Champions Awards and applications for
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building, prayer, politics and spirituality.
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A Prairie Home Companion with
Garrison Keillor will be presenting a live
broadcast in the Filene Center at Wolf
Trap (1551 Trap Rd.,Vienna) tonight at
8 p.m. and Saturday at 5:45 p.m. Ticket
prices for the event ranges from $25-$60.
For more information visit walftrap.org.
Mystery Dinner Playhouse (located
inside the Courtyard by Marriot Crystal
City, 2899 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Va.) presents its new show
The Spy Who Killed Me tonight and
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Attendees can
enjoy this comedic butler convention
murder mystery during a four-course
dinner. The show runs until Nov. 24, every
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The
group is also available for private events.
Tickets are $53. Visit mysterydinner.com
for more information.
Special Agent Galactica returns with
her happy hour show at the Black Fox
Lounge (1723 Connecticut Ave., NW) with
repeat guest Nora Palka, who will be back
to share her amazing vocals this evening
at 6 p.m. Locals may know Palka from her
performance in Spring Awakening at
Keegan Theatre, Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas at Signature, and Pygmalion
at the Washington Stage Guild.
Admission is free. For more information,
visit pinkhairedone.com.
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. Later, Town hosts DJ
Mad Science on the main oor tonight at
10 p.m. The cover is $8 before 11 p.m. and
$12. The drag show begins at 10:30 p.m.
Visit towndc.com for more information.
Cobalt (1639 R St., NW) hosts its
second annual Mthr Fckn Pop Off!
where people can vote tournament style
on the perfect song for summer. Voters
can go on the Facebook event page to
vote. That night, the club offers free rail
vodka from 11 p.m-midnight. Cover is
$10. For details, visit cobaltdc.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 25
Cobalt (1639 R St., NW) hosts CTRL:
Tank-Tacular Summer Kick-Off
tonight at 10 p.m. Cover is $5. Drink
specials include $3 PBR Tallboys, $5 Rail
and $4 Jameson shots. Visit cobaltdc.
com for more information.
Burgundy Crescent volunteers
this morning at Food and Friends
(219 Riggs Rd., NE) at 8 a.m. and 9:45
a.m. Volunteers will help with food
preparation and packing groceries. The
shifts are limited to 10 per shift. For more
information, visit burgundycrescent.org.

SUNDAY, MAY 26
The D.C. Center needs volunteers
with the demolition of the new space
today at 10 a.m. at the Reeves Center
(2000 14th St., NW). This will be the new
permanent home of the Center, but
they need help renovating.Volunteers
are not required to bring supplies,
just appropriate footwear and clothes
that can get messy. They are also
encouraged to bring water and snacks
since there will be no formal lunch
break. Visit thedccenter.org for more
information.
The Howard Theatre (620 T St., NW)
presents A Drag Salute to the Divas
in honor of D.C. Black Pride tonight
at 7 p.m. The show is lead by Shi-
Queeta-Lee and several other of D.C.s
top illusionists as they bring Whitney
Houston, Beyonce, Missy Elliott and
many more to the stage. Tickets
are $20. For more information, visit
thehowardtheatre.com.
MONDAY, MAY 27
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
hosts its annual Memorial Day Cookout
with free food from the grill starting at
5:30 p.m. There will also be a pool, video
gaming systems and cards. Karaoke
starts at 6 p.m. and goes until 10 p.m. DJ
Alchemy begins the party at 10 p.m. For
more information, visit bachelorsmill.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. Registration is required and
attendees must call 202-797-3580 or email
peersupport@whitman-walker.org. For
details, visit whitman-walker.org.
TUESDAY, MAY 28
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, MAY 29
The Lambda Bridge Club meets at
7:30 p.m. tonight at the Dignity Center
(721 8th St., SE) for Duplicate Bridge.
Reservations are not needed and
newcomers are welcome. Attendees can
call 703-407-6540 if they need a partner.
Visit lambdadc.org for more information.
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. Registration is required and
attendees must call 202-797-3580 or email
peersupport@whitman-walker.org. For
details, visit whitman-walker.org.
THURSDAY, MAY 30
Rainbow Response Coalition kicks
off its fundraiser for the D.C. Capital
Pride season this evening at Annies
Paramount Steakhouse (1609 17th St.,
NW). The organization is committed to
raise awareness and provide education
on intimate partner violence in the
LGBT community and hopes to broaden
its network of dedicated members.
Annies has offered to donate a portion
of the proceeds for the night. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
The D.C. Centers newest initiative,
Center Global, a frank discussion on
the challenges facing LGBT asylum
seekers, takes place tonight at 7 p.m.
Asylees, current asylum seekers and
legal experts will talk about the difcult
process LGBT asylum seekers face.
The location is to be announced. Visit
thedccenter.org for more information.
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dedicates it to her mentor, Victoria
Kirby, who has been her inspiration
throughout her Howard years.
It means a lot to me because
of all the work I have been doing
in undergrad and how much I have
immersed myself in pushing for LGBT
rights and I appreciate that all the leg
work I have done is being recognized,
Coleman says. It means I am heading
in the right direction with what I want to
accomplish in life.
Also heading in the right direction is
Watson, who works as the clinical research
site director at George Washington
University, while he works on a masters
of public health degree in epidemiology.
He has a bachelors of science in biology
from the North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University.
The country boy from North Carolina
has been doing public health work for
more than a decade.
I started in North Carolina in response
to the outbreak of HIV infections among
college-aged men in 2003, he says. I
moved in 2005 to study pharmaceutics
at Howard but decided within a year that
it was not for me and my goal thanks
to a mom who said I couldnt move back
home so work it out in D.C. was to
make it in corporate America.
That decision led Watson to a job
at Bank of America. Soon after, GW
approached him to join its public health
team as its clinical research site director,
working on HIV and other issues.
Its been one of the best decisions
I ever made, he says. I love public
health. I love helping people and I love
making a difference in individual lives.
Watsons responsibilities include
community mobilization and engagement
in the local community. Hes become a
strong advocate in the national scene for
additional funding for black gay men.
I would ultimately like to have an
inuence in policy development as it
relates to African-American health and
look at how we can build on the existing
research and also begin to revise and
develop new policies that are culturally
congruent for the lives of African
Americans, he says.
Watson is looking forward to tonights
awards and his proud mom will be on
hand to watch him receive the award.
Its a surreal experience. Its
rewarding to know your sacrices dont
go unnoticed but if no one knew my
name, I would be happy, he says. I
appreciate it. Im grateful to have this
moment, and I share this award with my
colleagues, family and friends who give
me the support structure to do the work
at the level Im able to do it.
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Activities galore planned throughout weekend
Black Pride schedule and more
There are several events occurring this Memorial Day.
D.C. Black Pride is the ofcial planning organizing agency
but several other groups also have parties and activities
planned for black LGBT people and allies.
D.C. BLACK PRIDE OFFICIAL EVENTS
HOST HOTEL: HYATT REGENCY WASHINGTON
(400 NEW JERSEY AVE., NW)
TODAY

Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14
th
St., NW) hosts the
Washington, DC HIPAA launch event Information is
Powerful Medicine beginning at 10 a.m.
The opening reception and community awards
presentation at the Hyatt Regency Washington (400 New
Jersey Ave., NW) starts at 6 p.m.
At the same time, D.C. Concerned Providers host an
LGBT Prom at Metropolitan Community Church (474
Ridge St., NW). This event is for ages 16-21 and it is
free. The evening will include food, HIV testing, rafes,
photographer, vogue and a runway competition and a
Prom King and Queen.
RainbowConnects hosts speed dating at the host hotel,
Hyatt Regency Washington (400 New Jersey Ave., NW) at
7:30 p.m. Donations will be collected to support the D.C.
Center.
SATURDAY

A community town hall meeting on the topic Are We
Prepared to Address Homophobia in the Black Church,
begins at 11 a.m. at the host hotel in Congressional A room.
The town hall will be facilitated by Rev. Larry Burks and will
discuss the impact of homophobia on LGBT attendees at
black churches.
There will be several workshops held in the host
hotel in different rooms starting at noon, including
Transgender Awareness 101: Like Sands Through the
Hourglass, the Days of the Trans Life, PReParing for
an End: A Prevention Plan to End New HIV infections in
Black Gay Communities, Old School vs. New School: An
Intergenerational Discussion, Protected and Served: The
LGBT Communities Attitudes & Experiences with Police,
TransENDing Boudaries, ManDate: The Construction
of Black Manhood and Masculinity and Womens Inter-
Generational Salon. To see the full description of these
events and locations, visit dcblackpride.org.
The D.C. Black Pride Film Festival begins at 1 p.m.
at the host hotel. The lms featured include Friend of
Essex, Pariah, Noahs Arc: Jumping the Broom,
God Loves Uganda and You Are Not Alone.
A Post Happy Hour sponsored by Barefoot Bubbly
Wines starts at 5 p.m. at the Thurgood Marshall Center
(1816 12
th
St., NW).
The D.C. Black Pride Poetry Slam hosted by
ButtaySoul begins at 7 p.m. at the host hotel and
admission is $10. Performers will enter a contest that has
three different cash prizes, with rst place also receiving
an appearance on stage at the Health & Wellness Festival.
SUNDAY
An interfaith service is provided at the host hotel at 9
a.m.
The Health & Wellness Festival begins at noon at the
Francis-Stevens Educational Campus (2425 N St., NW).
For more information on ofcial D.C. Black Pride events,
visit dcblackpride.org.
EVENTS FROM OTHER GROUPS INCLUDE:
TODAY
MOVA Lounge (2204 14
th
St., NW) hosts the Genesis
III Happy Hour as a pre 5000 Men Pride Mega Party at 5
p.m.. This is open to the public with a live DJ and a light
buffet with two complimentary drinks per pass holder.
Cover is $35.
The annual 5000 Men Pride Mega Party starts at
9 p.m. at the Ibiza Nightclub (1222 1
st
St., NE). This is a
favorite Friday celebration and costs $40.
SATURDAY
The Tropical Heat Beach Mega Party starts at 2 p.m.
at the Heron Shelter at Sandy Point Beach of Sandy Point
State Park (1100 East College Parkway, Annapolis). The
day includes a $300 hot body contest, music, free food, an
open bar from 2-4 p.m. for pass holders and sexy dancers.
Cover charge is $40.
The main event of Pride starts at 9 p.m. featuring R&B
singer Brandy at Love (1350 Okie St., NE). There are
expected to be 10,000 men in attendance. VIP cover is $60.
SUNDAY
When the party ends at 5 a.m., Pride will host a Red Eye
Breakfast Club at a venue that will be announced. Cost
will be $20.
Pride hosts the Annual Wet & Sexy Unity Mega Pool
Party today at 4 p.m. at the Accokeek Mansion. The day
includes a live DJ, free food, a ticket bar, sexy dancers and
rated X entertainment. Cost is $35.
Fur Nightclub (33 Patterson St., NE) hosts the Men
In White event which features a surprise celebrity
performance. Cover is $30.
Muse (717 6
th
St., NW) hosts a sizzling hot Sunday
party featuring multiple levels and 2 DJs at 11 a.m. This
is a promotional partners event, so it is not covered by
event passes.
MONDAY
The annual Us Helping Us Picnic at Fort Dupont Park
(3600 F St., SE) starts at noon. There will be free food and
beverages for pass holders at the Omega tent.
The Layla Lounge (501 Morse St., NE) hosts Apocalypse
Chapter III starting at 9 p.m. Cover is $15.
Participants can pay for these events individually or they
can pay $99 for an event pass that has the value of $330.
For more information, visit omegapartydc.com.
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