CONTENTS

JULY 13, 2017 Volume 24 Issue 11

17 GERMAN IMPACT
The National Portrait Gallery examines
Marlene Dietrichs profound influence on queer identity

By Doug Rule

POLITICAL PURPOSE
Why State Senator Rich Madaleno thinks hed be the
ideal choice as Marylands next governor

Interview by John Riley

Photography by Todd Franson
24
33 SIMIAN CITY
The (presumed) final installment of the latest Planet of
the Apes series is a plodding, lumbering, insulting bore

By Randy Shulman

SPOTLIGHT: GORILLAZ p.9 OUT ON THE TOWN p.12

DEVISED DIVERSION: HAPPENSTANCE THEATER p.15
GERMAN IMPACT: MARLENE DIETRICH p.17 THE FEED p.19
COMMUNITY: SUBURBAN SOCIALS p.21 COVER STORY: POLITICAL PURPOSE p.24
GALLERY: BRIAN REID p.31 FILM: WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES p.33
MUSIC: KACY HILL p.35 NIGHTLIFE p.37 SCENE: UPROAR p.37 SCENE: NELLIES p.44
LAST WORD p.46
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 Spotlight
Gorillaz
I
N 2001, DAMON ALBARN WORKED
with cartoonist Jamie Hewlett to con-
ceive a cartoonish synth-rock band. The
parody of the artificiality of mainstream pop
music unexpectedly became a runaway pop
icon in its own right, thanks to its catchy,
genre-blurring, endlessly listenable music.
Theres less of that endlessly listenable
music on the groups fourth album, Humanz,
its first in seven years. Still, three of the tracks
Ascension, featuring Vance Staples,
Andromeda, featuring DRAM and Saturnz
Barz, featuring Popcaan are an example
of Gorillaz at their best, somehow feeling
unexpected, bizarre and completely natural
all at once.
Staples is one of two up-and-coming hip-
hop stars who will take the stage when the
current tour hits our area on Monday, July 17,
at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia,
Maryland, the other being Danny Brown.
Gates open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $49.25 to
$199. Call 800-551-SEAT or visit merriweath-
ermusic.com. Sean Maunier
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 Spotlight
DEEP SUGAR DC:
DJS ULTRA NATE
& LISA MOODY
Though still more widely known as
a singer, with a roster of club hits,
including Free, Ultra Nate has
become highly regarded in club
circles as a preeminent DJ. She
brings the deep/soul house party
she throws with Lisa Moody to
D.C., featuring an opening set from
Wayne Davis. Saturday, July 15, at
10:30 p.m., at U Street Music Hall,
1115A U St. NW. Tickets are $10.
Call 202-588-1880 or visit ustreet-
musichall.com.

JANE KRAKOWSKI
& TITUSS BURGESS
WITH NSO
One of the highest-profile and most
original of the offerings at this years
District of Comedy Festival at the
Kennedy Center, the Tony-winning
Krakowski and Emmy-nominated
Burgess, who star together on The
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, sing
beloved songs from the stage and
screen, accompanied by the NSO
Pops. Krakowskis 30 Rock alum
Judah Friedlander is also scheduled
to appear. Thursday, July 20, at 8
p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
Tickets are $29 to $125. Call 202-457-
4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.

LES NUBIANS
Born to a French father and
a Cameroonian mother,
Paris-born sisters Hlne
and Clia Faussart helped
shake up hip-hop at the
turn of the millennium
with their debut album,
Princesses Nubiennes.
Theyre now one of the
most successful French-
language musical groups
in the states. Friday, July
14. Doors at 6:30 p.m. The
Hamilton, 600 14th St.
NW. Tickets are $20.75 to
$25.75. Call 202-787-1000
or visit thehamiltondc.com.

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WAR ON THE CATWALK
Five of the 14 contestants from the recently wrapped season of RuPaul Drag Race arrive for another large-scale dragapaloo-
za presented by Murray & Peter Productions. The extremely gifted Trixie Mattel hosts Season 9 winner Sasha Velour,
along with Trinity Taylor, Aja, Eureka and Farrah Moan. Sunday, July 16, at 8 p.m. at the Warner Theatre, 513 13th St. NW.
Call 800-551-7328 or visit dragfans.com.
Compiled by Doug Rule
FILM
HIDDEN FIGURES
Women in Film is the theme
of this years Georgetown Sunset
Cinema series, presented in a grassy
park along the banks of the Potomac
River. Next up in the series is last
years Oscar-nominated feel-good
drama that focuses on the untold
story of three female African-
American NASA employees who
helped launch astronaut John Glenn
into orbit. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia
Spencer and Janelle Monae star.
Food vendors include Pinstripes,
Old Glory BBQ, Muncheez Food
Truck, Ben & Jerrys, Dog Tag
Bakery, Naked Juice and Maracas
Ice Pops. Tuesday, July 18, start-
ing at 6:30 p.m., with the screening
at around 8:30 p.m. Georgetown
Waterfront Park, 3303 Water St.
NW. Call 202-298-9222 or visit
georgetowndc.com/sunset-cinema.
ROGUE ONE:
A STAR WARS STORY
The Capitol Riverfront Outdoor
Film Series screens Disneys latest
Star Wars blockbuster. Apart from a
magnificently orchestrated 30-min-
ute climactic battle that pulls out
all the stops, 2016s Rogue One is
nowhere near as fun or engaging
as the prior years Force Awakens.
Narratively, it fills a few gaps, and
fully and finally explains one key
plot point from A New Hope that
has plagued super-fans for decades.
We now know why, how and who.
Thursday, July 20. Gates open at
6:30 p.m. with screening at sun-
down, approximately 8:30 p.m.
Visit capitolriverfront.org. (Randy
Shulman)
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Out On The Town
STAGE
CABARET
Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall
joined forces to create this 1998
Tony Award-winning production
of the Kander and Ebb classic fea-
turing a book by Joe Masterhoff.
Now to Aug. 6. Kennedy Center
Eisenhower Theater. Tickets are
$59 to $149. Call 202-467-4600 or
visit kennedy-center.org.
MAMMA MIA!
The hit musical built around the
songs and themes of ABBA and cre-
ated by the two men of that super-
star Swedish pop group, Benny
Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, stops
in the area as part of a farewell
North American tour. Tuesday, July
18, and Wednesday, July 19, at 8 p.m.
The Filene Center at Wolf Trap,
1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are
$25 to $75. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or
visit wolftrap.org.
OBLIVION
A wry look at the nature of belief in
our current changing times, Carly
Menschs comedy focuses on a sec-
ular Brooklyn couple who become
unmoored when their 17-year-
old daughter decides to become
a Christian. The play, presented
by Unexpected Stage, challenges
assumptions about parenting, reli-
gion and the nature of spirituali-
ty. Zach Brewster-Geisz, Jonathan
Frye, Ruthie Rado and Mindy
Shaw star. Opens in a pay-what-
you-wish preview performance
Thursday, July 13, at 7:30 p.m. To
Aug. 6. The Fireside Room in the
River Road Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, 6301 River Road in
Bethesda. Tickets are $10 to $27.50.
Call 301-337-8290 or visit unex-
pectedstage.org.
THE KINSEY SICKS: THINGS YOU
SHOULDNT SAY
An all-new show touted as the most
personal and political ever from
San Franciscos famous comedic
drag troupe. Expect forays into
Trumpism, racism, AIDS, giraffes,
Bette Midler, oblong vegetables, and
so much more from this abundant-
ly clever Dragapella Beautyshop
Quartet. Opens Wednesday, July 19,
at 7:30 p.m. Runs to July 30. The
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater,
Edlavitch DCJCC, 1529 16th St.
NW. Call 202-777-3210 or visit the-
aterj.org.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Yes, the Opera House is alive
with the sound of Rodgers and
Hammerstein in this touring pro-
duction of the blockbuster musical
directed by three-time Tony win-
ner Jack OBrien. Arena regular
Nicholas Rodriguez (Oklahoma!,
Carousel) is Captain von Trapp
and newcomer Charlotte Maltby
(daughter of Broadway legend
Richard) is Maria, who whips all
those Swiss tykes into harmonious
shape and saves them from the
Nazis in the process. Closes Sunday,
July 16. Kennedy Center. Tickets
are $49 to $169. Call 202-467-4600
or visit kennedy-center.org.
WIG OUT!
Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney,
who wrote the work on which the
Oscar-winning Moonlight was based,
updates an earlier work inspired by
African-American drag ball culture
and its competitive dance-offs. Kent
Gash directs the Studio X produc-
tion, staged as an underground pag-
eant complete with catwalk, creat-
ed couture, and a cash bar. Jaysen
Wright, Michael Kevin Darnall and
Alex Mills lead the 11-person cast.
Now to Aug. 6. Studio Theatre, 14th
& P Streets NW. Tickets are $45 to
$55. Call 202-332-3300 or visit stu-
diotheatre.org.
MUSIC
AUDIOTEKA FEST 2017
Over the course of three nights,
Adams Morgans long-standing
Club Heaven and Hell plays host to
more than 50 scrappy local bands
on three separate stages, a show-
case co-sponsored by 7DrumCity
and the Greater District Sound
Club. Among those slated to play:
Bad Robot Jones, Darlingtonia,
HyeTension, Lindsay Collette
and the Evening Stars, Menage A
Garage, Outcalls, Tempercrush, and
YoungHands the Band on Friday,
July 14; the Anti-Social Collective,
Dangerous Curves, Drive TFC,
Leisure Burn, Math Rat, Touch
the Buffalo, Two Dragons and a
Cheetah, and Van Dorn Asylum,
on Saturday, July 15; Color Palette,
FuzzQueen, Grass Fed, Jenny Hates
Techno, Lonely Ocean, Most Savage
Gentlemen, Paul Santoris Random
Opponent, Virus 665, and Working
Theory Band on Sunday, July 16.
Club Heaven and Hell, 2327 18th
St. NW. Tickets are $12 per day, or
$35 for a Weekend Warrior Pass,
including festival t-shirt and post-
er. Call 202-667-4355 or search for
Audioteka on eventbrite.com.
BLOOD ORANGE AT SWEETLIFE
BLOCK PARTY
Once known for indie-rock sounds
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as Lightspeed Champion, the
queer-identified black producer
Dev Hynes has shifted to alt-R&B
and the moniker Blood Orange.
Last year, he released the astound-
ing and personal Freetown Sound,
a cross between The Weeknd and
Frank Ocean which Metro Weeklys
music critic Sean Maunier put at
No. 6 on his year-end list. Hynes
is the headliner and only musi-
cal act listed for the first in a
series of free block parties orga-
nized by Sweetgreen and replac-
ing the fast-casual food chains
once-mighty annual music festival
at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
Unfortunately, though, the free
event also featuring the group
meditation outfit The Big Quiet and

LESLIE SWAN
food and drink from Sweetgreen
and various other hip, local ven-
dors is already freed out, as too
many people signed up almost as
soon as it was announced. However,

DEVISED DIVERSION
there is a waitlist. Saturday, July 15,
from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sweetgreen
Dupont Lot, 1919 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. Visit sweetlifeblockparty-
dc.splashthat.com.
Happenstance Theater takes a Democracy-laden trip
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS to France with its latest production
The five-piece, string-based jam
band from Kalamazoo, Michigan,

tours in support of Shouted, Written
Down & Quoted, a passionate, romp-
ing set released last fall. The pro-
gressive bluegrass group, which
alternately styles itself as either a
drum-less rock band or a rock-and-
roll bluegrass band, is especially
known for its fiery live show, and
fans who travel the country to see
them are referred to as Campers.
After an impressive feat of selling
out a three-night run at the 9:30
Club in February, the group, led by
mandolin player Paul Hoffman and
guitarist Dave Bruzza, was tapped as
the first to headline Merriweathers
new Chrysalis Stage, across the
lawn from the storied, 50-year-old
pavilion. Saturday, July 22. Gates
at 4:30 p.m. Merriweather Park
at Symphony Woods, 10475 Little
Patuxent Parkway in Columbia, Md.
Tickets are $40. Call 800-551-SEAT
or visit merriweathermusic.com.
NSO@WOLF TRAP:
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
Kelly Corcoran conducts the
National Symphony Orchestra and
the Linked Vocal Ensemble in an
exploration of the innovative music
and mesmerizing moments from
the hit videogame series. Footage
from the games will be displayed
on giant, high-definition screens
in-house and on the lawn at the
Filene Center. Fans are encouraged
to dress up. Saturday, July 22, at
8:30 p.m. Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap
Road, Vienna. Tickets are $35 to
$58. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or visit
wolftrap.org.
ROD STEWART
Before he settles in for a run of the
show Rod Stewart: The Hits at
S
ABRINA MANDELL WAS SHOCKED WHEN HAPPENSTANCE THEATER,
the company she runs with husband Mark Jaster, won three 2016 Helen
Hayes awards for Impossible! A Happenstance Circus. This year the company
garnered two more Helen Hayes, for Moxie: A Happenstance Vaudeville.
We are so not part of the conventional theater world that its just surprising
to be acknowledged within that context, Mandell says. It felt very unexpected.
The company is a leader in the growing field of devised theater, a collaborative
process in which all members of a troupe contributes at every level, from concept to
writing to directing to acting. We cant do any of it without all of us, says Mandell.
Happenstances latest show, Bon Voyage, follows a ragtag group of six dreamers
who meet on the road to Paris at the end of the 19th century. Initially, the show
was shaping up to be little more than a summer show for families. But it quickly
altered course.
It was hard to imagine doing a show these days that was just fluffy and light
entertainment without some kind of acknowledgement of the state of the world,
says Mandell. So in came the character of Marianne, the Goddess spirit of France
and liberty, who shares ideas about democracy, humanity, and civility.
The play opens on Bastille Day, the French equivalent of Americas 4th of July,
although it wasnt planned that way. Mandell says it was just the type of coincidence
that inspired the companys name in the first place.
It was happenstance! Isnt that crazy? Doug Rule
Bon Voyage: A Happenstance Escapade opens Friday, July 14 and runs to July 30 at
Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway in Bethesda. Tickets are $50 to $60.
Call 240-644-1100 or visit roundhousetheatre.org.
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the Va. Tickets are $26 to $320. Call Y. Payton with Songs I Love on
star is on a nostalgic tour for those 703-754-6400 or visit thejiffy- Friday, July 14, at 7 and 9 p.m.,
who grew up with his songs. His lubelive.com. Bob McDonald with And The
special guest is Cyndi Lauper, one Oscar Goes To... on Saturday, July
of musics biggest and longest-serv- SIGNATURES SIZZLIN SUMMER 15, at 7 and 9 p.m., the Gay Mens
ing LGBTQ allies, who is currently NIGHTS CABARET SERIES Chorus of Washington with Lets
writing songs for her next movie-to- Signatures annual cabaret series Misbehave!, on Tuesday, July 18, at
stage project, an adaptation of the features mostly musical actors 8 p.m., Matthew Schleigh & Jessica
1988 film Working Girl. Wednesday, known from productions at the Lauren Ball with Falling Slowly,
July 19, at 7:30 p.m. Jiffy Lube Live, Shirlington complex. Among those Liam Forde with A Jubilee on
7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow, scheduled over the next week: Nova Thursday, July 20, at 8 p.m. The

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 CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
The 85 productions in this years Fringe Festival arent curated, with available slots filled on a first-come, first-served basis,
but that shouldnt stop you from taking a plunge. In addition to the 9 LGBTQ participants featured in last weeks Metro
Weekly cover feature, other shows with LGBTQ interest include Melissa Kaplans Daggers Mackenzie (left), a one-woman,
lesbian, knife-juggling rock opera, and Penny Sterlings compelling Spy in the House of Men (right), a one-woman show about
a woman who was conceived with a pesky Y chromosome that crashed the party in the prosperous yet hidebound little
town of Corning, New York. The festival runs to July 30. The Logan Fringe Arts Space, at 1358 Florida Ave. NE, serves as
the central hub, but performances are in various locations. Tickets are $17 per show, plus a one-time purchase of a $7 Fringe
button. Multi-show passes range from $60 to $320. Call 866-811-4111 or visit capitalfringe.org.

Ark at 4200 Campbell Ave., in

Arlington. Tickets are $35 per show,
DANCE COMEDY Saturday, July 22, at 5 and 9:30
p.m., Aparna Nancherla & Friends
or $175 for an All-Access Pass. Call on Saturday, July 22, at 6 p.m., and
PRAKRITI DANCE THE KENNEDY CENTERS
703-820-9771 or visit sigtheatre.org. Louie Anderson on Saturday, July
The Faces of Goddess Earth visualiz- DISTRICT OF COMEDY FESTIVAL
22, at 7 p.m. Call 202-467-4600 or
es the spiritual cycle from creation The Kennedy Center presents a
WOLF TRAP OPERA WITH NSO: visit kennedy-center.org.
to liberation and centers on the second year of the comedy festi-
PUCCINIS TOSCA
earth goddess Garbini. Founded by val, once again led by a month-
One of operas most popular, sus- THE SECOND CITY:...
co-artistic directors Kasi Aysola and long run of a Second City show.
penseful and unforgettable dramas DIVIDED WE STAND
Madhvi Venkatesh, Prakriti uses Among the one-night-only high-
gets a steamy staging outdoors in the The Kennedy Center welcomes back
the movement of vocabulary of the lights over the course of the three-
Filene amphitheater. Grant Gershon famed comedy troupe The Second
Indian classical dance form Bharata day main festival: A free Stand-up
conducts the National Symphony City for an update to last years
Natyam to communicate inspira- Showcase with rising comics from
Orchestra and Louisa Miller popular Almost Accurate Guide to
tions from nature, philosophy around the country as organized
directs Wolf Trap Opera soloists, America. The comedians Angela
and human experience, explored by D.C.s Underground Comedy,
with support from the Washington Alise, Ryan Asher, Tyler Davis,
through multifaceted presentations on Thursday, June 20, at 6 p.m.;
Chorus and Childrens Chorus of Katie Kershaw, Chucho Perez and
interwoven with lyrics, dance and Jane Krakowski and Tituss Burgess
Washington, in the tale of the fiery Ross Taylor have cooked up a
visual design. Saturday, July 22, at with the NSO Pops, on Thursday,
diva trapped between her rebel lover new irreverent, mocking look at
8 p.m., and Sunday, July 23, at 7 June 20, at 8 p.m.; an interview
and the treacherous police chief who America, from the red states to the
p.m. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. with civil rights activist and orga-
will stop at nothing to have her. blue states to our orange head of
Tickets are $25 in advance, or $30 at nizer DeRay McKesson conduct-
Friday, July 14, at 8:15 p.m. The state. The run is the first offer-
the door. Call 202-269-1600 or visit ed by actor Michael Ian Black, on
Filene Center at Wolf Trap, 1551 ing in the second annual District
danceplace.org. Thursday, July 20, at 8:30 p.m.;
Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $25 of Comedy Festival (see separate
Puddles Pity Party on Friday, July
to $75. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or visit entry). To Aug. 13. Kennedy Center
21, at 7 and 10 p.m.; The Daily
wolftrap.org. Theater Lab. Tickets are $49 to $69.
Show Correspondents Stand-Up
Call 202-467-4600 or visit kenne-
Tour featuring Roy Wood Jr.,
dy-center.org.
Ronny Chieng and Gina Yashere,
on Friday, July 21, at 8 p.m., the
Improvised Shakespeare Co. on

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WASHINGTON IMPROV
THEATER: SUMMER SCHOOL
No two performances are alike
when performed by the Washington
Improv Theater, D.C.s answer to
comedy star-making groups such
as Chicagos Second City and L.A.s

DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK - MARLENE DIETRICH COLLECTION BERLIN

Groundlings. Over the next month,
the organization offers a run of sum-
mer school-themed shows featuring
a different mix of WIT improvising
ensembles, including Bottom Shelf,
Man Feelings and Jive Turkey, plus
a cast of performers known as the
Stovetron in Rainy Day Smores on
the Stove. Opens Thursday, July
13, at 7:30 p.m. Runs to Aug. 6.
Source, 1835 14th St. NW. Tickets
are $12 in advance, or $15 at the
door. Call 202-204-7770 or visit
witdc.org.

EXHIBITS
RELIGION IN EARLY AMERICA
Themes of religious diversity, free-
dom and growth from the colonial

GERMAN IMPACT
era through the 1840s is the focus
of this one-year exhibition. Objects
come from the Smithsonians per-
manent collection as well as others
on loan and represent the diverse
range of Christian, Native American The National Portrait Gallery examines Marlene Dietrichs
and African traditions as well as
Mormonism, Islam and Judaism
profound influence on queer identity

that wove through American life in
this era. On display through June 3,
2018. National Museum of American
History, 14th St. and Constitution
Ave. NW. Call 202-633-1000 or visit
americanhistory.si.edu.
SARAH J. HULL: COUNTERPOINT
Using silk thread, cotton ground
fabric and fundamental hand
embroidery stitches, each of Hulls
small art pieces in this series is an
exploration of a simple meditative
theme, as well as an evolving med-
itative complexity. Counterpoint is
presented in the small gallery with-
in the main gallery of the District
of Columbia Arts Center that is
dedicated to presenting miniature
and smaller works often overlooked
for exhibition. Artist Talk and
Closing Reception is Sunday, July
16, at 5 p.m. Nano Gallery in DCAC,
2438 18th St. NW. Tickets are $15
to $20. Call 202-462-7833 or visit
dcartscenter.org.
SAYA BEHNAM:
SAFFRON AND TEA
Mixed-media paintings with colors
derived from dried saffron, hibis-
cus, borage tea, henna, and coffee
is the focus of this exhibition orga-
nized through the Bethesda Urban
Partnership, Inc. Born in Tehran,
Iran, the visual artist Behnam cur-
rently lives and works in her studio
in Northern Virginia. On display
to Aug. 5, with a public reception
Friday, July 14, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Gallery B, 7700 Wisconsin Ave.,
Suite E, Bethesda. Call 301-215-
7990 or visit bethesda.org/bethes-
da/gallery-b.
I
SEE LOTS OF WOMEN AND MEN TODAY WHO IDENTIFY AS STRAIGHT, BUT WHO
understand an attraction to people of their own sex, says Kate Lemay, who counts herself
among them. And I think that understanding is really a sign of progress, and a sign of open-
ness. A historian at the National Portrait Gallery, Lemay adds, Maybe were catching up to
Berlin of 1920s. Indeed, a decade before the rise of the Nazis, the German capital was known as
a progressive hotbed, boasting a thriving gay scene and the sense that people had the freedom
of choice to express themselves however they wanted. Thats where Hollywood screen legend
Marlene Dietrich got her start.
Shes an early pioneer of cross dressing and of embracing bisexuality without apology,
Lemay says. Dietrich did it, in fact, in her very first Hollywood film the Josef von Sternbergs
1930 drama, Morocco, which earned the actress her only Academy Award nomination. In the
films most famous scene, her character, a cabaret singer, kisses another woman while dressed
in a mens tuxedo. As a result, says Lemay, Dietrich was able to introduce to a very conservative,
American, puritan population the idea of accepting women being attracted to other women.
Curated by Lemay, the National Portrait Gallerys Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image
charts the actresss career, longevity, and influence on everyone from Madonna and Jane
Lynch to Janelle Monae. It includes details about the 1955 outing of the German-born actress
as bisexual. She was featured as being bisexual and having relationships with very, very out,
butch lesbians, Lemay says of the feature, which appeared in the gossip-tabloid, Confidential
Magazine. Dietrich didnt even respond. She didnt make anything of it. When other stars of
her profile were featured in Confidential, they often sued for libel. Dietrich just walked away
from it. She didnt care.
Lemay believes Dietrich fits very well in the National Portrait Gallerys roster of LGBTQ-
influenced exhibits, including 2010s controversial Hide/Seek and 2011s Seeing Gertrude Stein:
Five Stories.
The Portrait Gallery is not a museum that only talks about dead white men, she says. We
are very conscientious about the diversity in American culture, and that includes people who
are queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender. Were very aware of the fact that we have a rich
and very, very interesting American nation, and were trying to ensure that audiences realize
this, and that we reflect the nation. Its not just the robber barons from the 19th century were
interested in. Doug Rule
Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image is on display through April 15, 2018 at the National
Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Streets NW. Call 202-633-8300 or visit npg.si.edu.

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 St. NW. Free. Call 202-667-4490 or
visit blackcatdc.com.

TEMPTATION:
NEON WITH DJ TWIN
Kurt Graves, aka DJ TWiN, offers
the next iteration of his themed
dance party Temptation with a
black light party. Attendees are
encouraged to dress all aglow.
Saturday, July 22, starting at 10 p.m.
Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th St.
NW. Cover is $12. Call 202-234-
TOWN or visit towndc.com.

ABOVE & BEYOND

ARTSCAPE
Billed as the nations largest free
arts festival, Artscape attracts more
than 350,000 people to Baltimore
neighborhoods Bolton Hill and
Station North to take in fine/tex-
tile art in every medium from
visual to fashion to sculpture, with
more than 150 artists represent-
ed. There are also multiple stages
offering performances of live music
from regional and nationally known
acts. Maryland restaurants and bars
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS also participate in an event co-pro-
duced by the Baltimore Office of
A songwriting collective currently featuring seven members, several of whom are popu- Promotion and the Arts and the
lar in their own right, including alt-country star Neko Case, the Vancouver-based group Baltimore Festival of the Arts. This
makes music that is jubilant, melodious, and addictive. Their music is built for speed, years theme is Camp Artscape:
Adventure Awaits. Friday, July 21,
strongly echoing sweeping psychedelic rock that has come before, often boasting amusing
through Sunday, July 23. Mount
and nonsensical lyrics. The group tours in support of its new album, Whiteout Conditions, Royal Avenue and Cathedral Street,
which frontman A.C. Newman describes as something of a Krautrock Fifth Dimension. Baltimore. Free. Call 410-752-8632
Thursday, July 20. Doors at 7 p.m. Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place, Baltimore. Tickets are or visit artscape.org.
$29.50. Call 410-244-1131 or visit ramsheadlive.com. FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL:
CHERISHED GEMS
Comedy writers Joe Pickett
SPECTACULAR GEMS FROM Damien Cheeks, Eric DAlessandro, LE DIPLOMATE: 4TH ANNUAL and Nick Prueher, whose cred-
THE MERRIWEATHER POST Tim Goeke, Jasjyot Singh Hans, BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION its include Late Show with David
COLLECTION Dorian Holliday, Doug Johnson, Ten days after Americas Letterman, The Colbert Report and
Marjorie Merriweather Post had Jimmy Malone, Dave Marquardt Independence, D.C.s hippest The Onion, return for another round
one of the most remarkable collec- and Ryan Thibeault. Opening recep- French restaurant offers a day-long of a festival that features found vid-
tions of jewelry of the 20th century. tion is Thursday, June 15, from 7 to celebration of La Fete Nationale eos and live comedy drawn from
For its latest exhibition, her former 9 p.m. Runs to July 23. The Gallery including mime performances, garage sales, thrift stores, ware-
estate displays and shares stories at Baltimore Eagle, 2022 N. Charles childrens face painting and activ- houses, and dumpsters around the
about more than 50 exquisite acces- St. Call 410-200-9858 or visit the- ities, live accordion music, street- country including curiously pro-
sories from the late cereal heiress baltimoreeagle.com. side ice cream cart, new artisanal duced industrial training videos and
and the historic gems that went into breads at the Boulangerie Table, cheesy exercise tapes. Friday, July
28, at 8 p.m. Arlington Cinema N
making them. Leading designers
Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry FOOD & DRINK all-day cafe service and St. Germain
Elderflower frozen cocktails. And of Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike,
Winston and Verdura are represent- course, the pice de rsistance, Le Arlington. Tickets are $13. Call 703-
ed in the collection, which includes CAFE DU PARC: BASTILLE DAY Diplomates celebrated French fare 486-2345 or visit arlingtondraft-
pieces on loan from other muse- CREPES AND COCKTAILS and special Bastille Day brunch and house.com.
ums and private collections. Opens The bistro in the Willard lunch menus. Friday, July 14, start-
Saturday, June 10. Runs through InterContinental hotel, two blocks ing at 10:30 a.m. 1601 14th St. NW. FORDS THEATRES
Jan. 1, 2018. Hillwood Estate, 4155 from the White House, offers a toast Call 202-332-3333 or visit lediplo- HISTORY ON FOOT
Linnean Ave. NW. Suggested dona- to the French national holiday that matedc.com. A local actor offers the guided tour
tion is $18. Call 202-686-5807 or might be a little sweeter than the Investigation: Detective McDevitt,
average. In addition to the menus portraying Detective James
NIGHTLIFE
visit HillwoodMuseum.org.
traditional French offerings, there McDevitt, a D.C. police officer
TWO-FISTED PATTY LUPONE will be a crepes station overseen patrolling a half-block from Fords
The Baltimore Eagle presents an by pastry chef Jason Jimenez, plus GAY/BASH! Theatre the night President Lincoln
exhibit of erotic imagery in the a Grey Goose bar with speciali- Local drag act Donna Slash, aka the was shot. Written by Richard
mezzanine of its second-floor ty cocktails on the Terrace and a Hairsprayed Heavy Metal Horror Hellesen and directed by Mark
Eagle Leathers shop, subtitled roaming violinist. Friday, July 14, otherwise known as Joshua Ramont, the 1.6-mile walking tour
Immortalizing the Male Figure from 5 to 8 p.m. Cafe du Parc, 1401 Vogelsong, presents this monthly revisits and reexamines the sites
in Art. . Included in the show is Penn. Ave. NW. Call 202-942-7000 queer drag-focused dance party. and clues from the investigation
regular Metro Weekly contrib- or visit cafeduparc.com. Additional performances at the next into the assassination. Tours are
utor Scott G. Brooks, as well as installment include Jasmine Tea, offered approximately three eve-
works by Nathanael Absher, Dale Jaxknife Complex, Salvadora Dali nings a week at 6:45 p.m. Fords
Alward, Grant Arnold Anderson, and Jane Saw, with tunes by DJ The Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. Tickets
Russ Bloomquist, Scott Chapman, Barber Streisand. Saturday, July 15. are $17. Call 202-397-7328 or visit
Doors at 10 p.m. Trade, 1410 14th fords.org. l

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BATTLING BIGOTRY
HRC launches $26 million campaign opposing Trump-Pence agenda By John Riley
T
HE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN HAS
launched a new grassroots initiative to oppose anti-
LGBTQ politics across America. The $26 million
HRC Rising campaign is expected to lay the groundwork
for the 2018 election, when races for governor, Senate, and
House of Representatives will be contested, as well as a
majority of state legislative seats.
Its not enough to resist the hateful policies and attacks
coming from the Trump-Pence regime weve got to accel-
erate the pace of progress toward full equality and secure
protections for LGBTQ people in states and communities
across the country, HRC President Chad Griffin said in a
statement. Thats why were going on offense with the larg- Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory for his support of the anti-trans-
est grassroots expansion in HRCs 37-year history.
As part of the campaign, HRC will recruit 20 additional
full-time staff, including dedicated political, field, grassroots
organizing, volunteer engagement, communications, and digital
staff to help them with their efforts. They will work on recruit-
ing volunteers, mobilizing people in order to defeat anti-LGBTQ
initiatives, and registering voters, among other duties.
HRC will make additional investments in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada
ACCESS DENIED
Missouri Republican seeks to prohibit military from paying for hormones
or gender confirmation surgery By John Riley
A
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN IS TRYING
to prevent the military from using taxpayer dollars
to pay for trans service members transition-related
health care. U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), who wants to
ban all transgender people from serving in the military, has
filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization
Act that would prohibit the military from providing hor-
mones or gender confirmation surgery, or insurance cover-
age for such treatments, reports The Washington Examiner.
U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) proposed an almost iden-
tical amendment, which would have barred the military
from providing coverage for gender confirmation surgery or
anything else thought to promote the transgender agenda,
but it was withdrawn.
But Republican fears of transgender health care costs
eating up the military budget may be unfounded. A 2015
study in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated
that providing hormone therapy or surgery for trans service
members would cost about $5.6 million each year, or little
more than a rounding error in the militarys $47.8 billion
health care budget, according to study author Aaron Belkin.
Last month, Hartzler attempted to ban any transgender
to help elect pro-equality candidates to various levels of
government. Anti-LGBTQ Republicans currently hold gov-
ernorships in five of those states.
Those states also feature U.S. House districts that could
be competitive in 2018. According to HRC, 23 of the 25 GOP-
held congressional districts carried by Hillary Clinton in
2016 have representatives with anti-equality records.
Last hear, HRC mobilized voters on behalf of Hillary
Clinton, which the organization claims led to the LGBTQ
vote earning the designation as the only demographic group
that increased its support for Clinton over Obama in 2012.
HRC was also deeply involved in working to defeat North
gender HB 2 law.
Our grassroots army of over 3 million has proven that,
even in the face of unprecedented challenges, we can make
incredible progress and defeat the hateful politicians whove
been emboldened by Donald Trump when we organize
and mobilize, Griffin said in a statement. The power and
determination of the 10 million LGBTQ voters and our allies
across America will only continue to grow stronger in the
face of discriminatory attacks on our rights and freedoms.
service members from serving openly. She later withdrew
the proposed amendment, but raised concerns about priva-
cy in restroom and shower facilities.
Is it fair to recruit our sons and daughters to fight for our
nation and, instead of being able to focus on the enemy, sub-
jecting them to disturbing distractions of very personal priva-
cy issues involving sleeping and showering with individuals
born of the opposite sex? Hartzler said during a debate in the
House Armed Services Committee, on which she serves. It is
not. Military service is a privilege, not a right.
Under the current policy, which lifted a widespread ban
on transgender service members, only those that are already
serving are allowed to express themselves according to
their gender identity.
The various service branches were expected to have
made adequate preparations so they could begin accepting
out transgender recruits beginning on July 1. But Defense
Secretary Jim Mattis imposed a six-month delay after the
heads of the various branches said they needed more time
to study the issue and see if they would need to provide any
special accommodations for transgender service members.
On the other side of the aisle, U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider
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(D-Ill.) has introduced an amendment that would commend
all LGBTQ service members, including transgender person-
nel, for their service to the United States.
If Republicans vote against Schneiders amendment, or
HATE SPEECH
Jeff Sessions gives closed door speech to anti-gay groups conference By John Riley
A
TTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS THIS WEEK
gave a speech to Alliance Defending Freedom, a
group notorious for their opposition to LGBTQ rights.
Sessions spoke at the groups Summit on Religious Liberty
in Orange County, California, an event that was closed to
press, according to the Department of Justice. No informa-
tion was provided as to the venue or Sessions talking points.
Information about the summit was hidden behind a password
wall when Right Wing Watch tried to investigate further.
BuzzFeeds Dominic Holden asked the DOJ why Sessions
was speaking at the ADF event, and whether it signaled a new
position in court. The DOJ declined to comment.
ADF is best known for pushing socially conservative caus-
es, particularly religious liberty laws that exempt people
who oppose homosexuality and transgenderism from having
to provide goods or services to LGBTQ people. The Supreme
Court recently agreed to hear the case of Masterpiece
Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, where ADF
is representing Colorado baker Jim Phillips. Phillips is chal-
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the Rules Committee refuses to allow it to receive a floor
vote, Democrats will likely pounce on Republicans for deni-
grating the service of military members making it a wedge
issue that could be used during the 2018 elections.
lenging Colorados nondiscrimination law, claiming that
he should be allowed to refuse service to same-sex couples
because of opposition to homosexuality for religious reasons.
You can judge a person by the company they keep and
tonight, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is choosing to spend
his time speaking in front of one of the countrys leading anti-
LGBTQ hate groups, DNC spokesman Joel Kasnetz said in a
statement. The Alliance Defending Freedom actively helped
draft discriminatory legislation, worked to preserve laws
criminalizing same-sex relations, and attacked the separation
of church and state.
Kasnetz also questioned Sessions commitment to equali-
ty, noting that the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled
the Alliance Defending Freedom as a hate group for its anti-
LGBTQ advocacy.
ADF has been previously designated a hate group and
Sessions appearance at this event, as the top law enforce-
ment official in the country, brings in to question whether the
attorney general intends to protect all Americans. l

THURSDAY, July 13
The DC Center holds a
FACILITATOR APPRECIATION
NIGHT to honor those who
work with and facilitate meet-
ings of various LGBTQ groups.
Attendees will also have a
chance to meet the Centers
new social worker, Dr. Zelaika
Clarke. Light refreshments will
be served. 7-9 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. For more infor-
mation, visit thedccenter.org.
Weekly Events
ANDROMEDA
TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing and HIV
services (by appointment). 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Decatur Center,
1400 Decatur St. NW. To
arrange an appointment, call
202-291-4707, or visit androm-
edatransculturalhealth.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB practice
session at Takoma Aquatic
Center. 7:30-9 p.m. 300 Van
Buren St. NW. For more infor-
mation, visit swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS run-
ning/walking/social club
welcomes runners of all ability
levels for exercise in a fun and
supportive environment, with
socializing afterward. Route
distance is 3-6 miles. Meet at
7 p.m. at 23rd & P Streets NW.
For more information, visit
dcfrontrunners.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay
and lesbian square-dancing
group features mainstream
through advanced square
dancing at the National City
Christian Church, 5 Thomas
Circle NW, 7-9:30 p.m. Casual
dress. 301-257-0517, dclamb-
dasquares.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds
practice. The team is always
looking for new members. All
welcome. 7:30-9:30 p.m. King
Greenleaf Recreation Center,
201 N St. SW. For more infor-
mation, visit scandalsrfc.org or
dcscandals@gmail.com.
The DULLES TRIANGLES
Northern Virginia social
group meets for happy hour at
Sheraton in Reston. All wel-
come. 7-9 p.m. 11810 Sunrise
Valley Drive, second-floor bar.
For more information, visit
dullestriangles.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-
Walker Health. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at
1525 14th St. NW, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
at the Elizabeth Taylor Medical
Center, 1701 14th St. NW, and 8
Community
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing,
3-5 p.m., by appointment and
walk-in, for youth 21 and
younger. Youth Center, 410 7th
St. SE. 202-567-3155 or test-
ing@smyal.org.
Us Helping Us hosts a
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
MEETING. The group is inde-
pendent of UHU. 6:30-7:30
p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW.
For more information, call 202-
446-1100.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE for young LBTQ
women, 13-21, interested in
leadership development. 5-6:30
p.m. SMYAL Youth Center, 410
7th St. SE. For more informa-
SUBURBAN SOCIALS
tion, call 202-567-3163, or email
catherine.chu@smyal.org.
FRIDAY, July 14
The Dulles Triangles offers social opportunities
GAMMA is a confidential, vol-
for LGBTQ people outside the Beltway untary, peer-support group
I
for men who are gay, bisexual,
VE BEEN IN SEVERAL GROUPS IN DIFFERENT questioning and who are now
places where Ive lived around the country, and Ive or who have been in a relation-
ship with a woman. 7:30-9:30
never experienced a group as diverse, says Bryan p.m. Luther Place Memorial
Brown, president of the Dulles Triangles. Especially one Church, 1226 Vermont Ave
mixed with men and women. You dont always see that, and NW. GAMMA meetings are
weve pretty much always had that. also held in Vienna, Va., and in
Frederick, Md. For more infor-
A Northern Virginia social group founded over 25 years mation, visit gammaindc.org.
ago, the Dulles Triangles initially met at members houses,
but eventually migrated to local restaurants and hotel bars. On Friday, June 28, LGBTQ
people suffering from social
Currently, they hold a weekly happy hour every Thursday at anxiety can attend an edu-
7 p.m. at the Sheraton in Reston. They also hold several major cational SOCIAL ANXIETY
events throughout the year, including pool parties, holiday WORKSHOP to learn about
get-togethers, cookouts, river cruises, theme park trips, and social anxiety, its causes, and
how to overcome it. No one is
camping outings. All events are open to non-members, who required to speak or interact
are asked to contribute $10 per event to help cover costs. at the workshop. Free, but
We know D.C. can be a very political city, says Brown. pre-registration is required
to participate. Workshop will
And theres obviously a lot of political groups you can get take place in an office near
involved in. But we dont allow people to promote political Tenleytown. Visit socialanxiet-
agendas. People realize this is a place where politics isnt yhelp.com or call Larry Cohen
something thats part of the group. Were strictly here to at 202-244-0903.
give people a venue to have fun and relax. John Riley The DC Center holds a meeting
of its DC LGBTQIA DISABILITY
The Dulles Triangles Happy Hour is every Thursday from 7 GROUP to support, educate
and empower people with dis-
to 9 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Dr., in abilities. 8-9 p.m. 2000 14th St.
Reston, Va. Visit dullestriangles.com. NW, Suite 105. For more infor-
mation, contact Andy Arias,
andyarias09@gmail.com.
a.m-5 p.m. at the Max Robinson New Hampshire Ave., Suite WOMEN IN THEIR TWENTIES
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. 411, Takoma Park, Md. To set (AND THIRTIES), a social
SE. For an appointment call up an appointment or for more discussion and activity group
202-745-7000 or visit whit- information, call Gaithersburg, for queer women, meets at The
man-walker.org. 301-300-9978, or Takoma Park, DC Center on the second and
301-422-2398. fourth Fridays of each month.
IDENTITY offers free and Group social activity to follow
confidential HIV testing at METROHEALTH CENTER the meeting. 8-9:30 p.m. 2000
two separate locations. Walk- offers free, rapid HIV testing. 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
ins accepted from 2-6 p.m., Appointment needed. 1012 more information, visit thedc-
by appointment for all other 14th St. NW, Suite 700. To center.org.
hours. 414 East Diamond Ave., arrange an appointment, call
Gaithersburg, Md. or 7676 202-638-0750.
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BET MISHPACHAH, founded by
members of the LGBT community,
holds Friday evening Shabbat ser-
vices in the DC Jewish Community
Centers Community Room. 8 p.m.
1529 16th St. NW. For more infor-
mation, visit betmish.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a prac-
tice session at Howard University.
6:30-8 p.m. Burr Gymnasium, 2400
6th St. NW. For more information,
visit swimdcac.org.
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-
affirming social group for ages
11-24. 4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road
NW. Contact Tamara, 202-319-
0422, layc-dc.org.
SATURDAY, July 15
ADVENTURING outdoors group
hikes 8.8 strenuous miles with
2200 feet of elevation gain to
Bear Church Rock in central
Shenandoah National Park. Bring
plenty of beverages, lunch, bug
spray, sunscreen and about $20 for
fees. Return by 6:30 p.m. Carpool
at 8:30 a.m. from East Falls Church
Metro Kiss & Ride lot. Peter, 202-
302-9606. adventuring.org.
KHUSH DC, the group for LGBTQ
South Asians, hosts a monthly
meeting at The DC Center. 1:30-3
p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
For more information, visit face-
book.com/khushdc.
The DC Center hosts a month-
ly LGBT ASYLEES SUPPORT
MEETING AND DINNER for LGBT
refugees and asylum seekers. 5-7
p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
For more information, visit thedc-
center.org.
Weekly Events
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, includ-
ing others interested in Brazilian cul-
ture, meets. For location/time, email
braziliangaygroup@yahoo.com.
DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a prac-
tice session at Montgomery College
Aquatics Club. 8:30-10 a.m. 7600
Takoma Ave., Takoma, Md. For more
information, visit swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/
walking/social club welcomes run-
ners of all ability levels for exercise
in a fun and supportive environ-
ment, with socializing afterward.
Route distance will be 3-6 miles.
Walker meet at 9:30 a.m. and run-
ners at 10 a.m. at 23rd & P Streets
NW. For more information, visit
dcfrontrunners.org.
DIGNITYUSA sponsors Mass for
LGBT community, family and
friends. 6:30 p.m., Immanuel
Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary
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Road, Alexandria. All welcome. For
more info, visit dignitynova.org.
GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses
critical languages and foreign lan-
guages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St.
NW. RSVP preferred. Email bren-
dandarcy@gmail.com.
SUNDAY, July 16
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group
visits Woodrow Wilson House in
Sheridan-Kalorama to tour home
and see special exhibit in obser-
vance of centennial of Americas
entry into World War I. Admission
$10 adults, $8 seniors. Meet at 11:30
a.m. inside the House at 2340 S
Street NW, near Sheridan Circle.
Lunch in neighborhood follows.
Craig, 202-462-0535. craighow-
ell1@verizon.net.
Weekly Events
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS
MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
celebrates Low Mass at 8:30
a.m., High Mass at 11 a.m. 2300
Cathedral Ave. NW. 202-232-4244,
allsoulsdc.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a
practice session at Wilson Aquatic
Center. 9:30-11 a.m. 4551 Fort Dr.
NW. For more information, visit
swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/
walking/social club welcomes run-
ners of all ability levels for exercise
in a fun and supportive environ-
ment, with socializing afterward.
Route will be a distance run of 8, 10
or 12 miles. Meet at 9 a.m. at 23rd
& P Streets NW. For more informa-
tion, visit dcfrontrunners.org.
DIGNITYUSA offers Roman
Catholic Mass for the LGBT
community. All welcome. Sign
interpreted. 6 p.m. St. Margarets
Church, 1820 Connecticut Ave.
NW. For more info, visit dignity-
washington.org.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
welcomes all to 10:30 a.m. service,
945 G St. NW. firstuccdc.org or
202-628-4317.
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST welcomes GLBT commu-
nity for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130
Old Telegraph Road, Alexandria.
hopeucc.org.
HSV-2 SOCIAL AND SUPPORT
GROUP for gay men living in the
DC metro area. This group will be
meeting once a month. For infor-
mation on location and time, visit
H2gether.com.
Join LINCOLN
CONGREGATIONAL TEMPLE
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST for
an inclusive, loving and progressive
faith community every Sunday. 11
a.m. 1701 11th Street NW, near R in
Shaw/Logan neighborhood. lincol-
ntemple.org.
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF NORTHERN
VIRGINIA services at 11 a.m., led
by Rev. Emma Chattin. Childrens
Sunday School, 11 a.m. 10383
Democracy Lane, Fairfax. 703-691-
0930, mccnova.com.
NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN
CHURCH, inclusive church with
GLBT fellowship, offers gospel wor-
ship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional wor-
ship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW.
202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.
ST. STEPHEN AND THE
INCARNATION, an interra-
cial, multi-ethnic Christian
Community offers services in
English, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and
in Spanish at 5:15 p.m. 1525 Newton
St. NW. 202-232-0900, saintste-
phensdc.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
CHURCH OF SILVER SPRING
invites LGBTQ families and indi-
viduals of all creeds and cultures to
join the church. Services 9:15 and
11:15 a.m. 10309 New Hampshire
Ave. uucss.org.
MONDAY, July 17
The Metro D.C. chapter of PFLAG,
a support group for parents, family
members and allies of the LGBTQ
community, holds its monthly
meeting at The DC Center. 7-9 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more information, visit thedccen-
ter.org.
Weekly Events
DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a
practice session at Dunbar Aquatic
Center. 7:30-9 p.m. 101 N St. NW.
For more information, visit swim-
dcac.org.
GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. at
Quaker House, 2111 Florida Ave.
NW. For more information, email
getequal.wdc@gmail.com.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV test-
ing. 5-7 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite
200, Arlington. Appointments: 703-
789-4467.
The DC Center hosts COFFEE
DROP-IN FOR THE SENIOR LGBT
COMMUNITY. 10 a.m.-noon. 2000
14th St. NW. For more information,
call 202-682-2245 or visit thedc-
center.org.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay
mens evening affinity group for
GBT black men. Light refreshments
provided. 7-9 p.m. 3636 Georgia
Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS
WATER POLO TEAM practices 7-9
p.m. Newcomers with at least basic
swimming ability always welcome.
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van
Buren St. NW. For more informa-
tion, contact Tom, 703-299-0504
or secretary@wetskins.org, or visit
wetskins.org.
TUESDAY, July 18
CENTER BI, a group of The DC
Center, hosts a monthly roundtable
discussion around issues of bisex-
uality. 7-8 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW,
Suite 105. Visit thedccenter.org.
THE HIV WORKING GROUP of
THE DC CENTER hosts a Packing
Party, where volunteers assemble
safe-sex kits of condoms and lube.
7-9 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite
105. Visit thedccenter.org.
Whitman-Walker Health holds
its NAME AND GENDER CHANGE
CLINIC for transgender, intersex,
and non-binary people who wish
to change their names and gender
markers on identification docu-
ments. Clients are encouraged to
call before hand to be put on a list,
but walk-ins are accepted. 6:30-9
p.m. Elizabeth Taylor Medical
Center, 1701 14th St. NW. For more
information, call 202-939-7627.
Weekly Events
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly
dinner in Dupont/Logan Circle
area, 6:30 p.m. For more informa-
tion, email afwash@aol.com, or
visit afwashington.net.
DC AQUATICS CLUB practice
session at Takoma Aquatic Center.
7:30-9 p.m. 300 Van Buren St. NW.
For more information, visit swim-
dcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/
walking/social club welcomes run-
ners of all ability levels for exercise
in a fun and supportive environment,
with socializing afterward. Route
distance is 3-6 miles. Meet at 7 p.m.
at Union Station. For more informa-
tion, visit dcfrontrunners.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds prac-
tice. The team is always looking for
new members. All welcome. 7:30-
9:30 p.m. King Greenleaf Recreation
Center, 201 N St. SW. For more
information, visit scandalsrfc.org or
dcscandals@gmail.com.
THE GAY MENS HEALTH
COLLABORATIVE offers free
HIV testing and STI screening
and treatment every Tuesday.
5-6:30 p.m. Rainbow Tuesday
LGBT Clinic, Alexandria Health
Department, 4480 King St. 703-
746-4986 or text 571-214-9617.
james.leslie@inova.org.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
offers an LGBT focused meeting
every Tuesday, 7 p.m. St. Georges
Episcopal Church, 915 Oakland
Ave., Arlington, just steps from
Virginia Square Metro. For
more info. call Dick, 703-521-
1999. Handicapped accessible.
Newcomers welcome. liveandletli-
veoa@gmail.com.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ
YOUTH ages 13-21 meets at
SMYAL. 5-6:30 p.m. 410 7th St.
SE. For more information, contact
Cathy Chu, 202-567-3163, or cath-
erine.chu@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a support
group for black gay men 40 and
older. 7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave.
NW. 202-446-1100.
Whitman-Walker Health holds its
weekly GAY MENS HEALTH AND
WELLNESS/STD CLINIC. Patients
are seen on walk-in basis. No-cost
screening for HIV, syphilis, gon-
orrhea and chlamydia. Hepatitis
and herpes testing available for fee.
Testing starts at 6 p.m, but should
arrive early to ensure a spot. 1701
14th St. NW. For more information,
visit whitman-walker.org.
WEDNESDAY, July 19
BOOKMEN DC, an informal mens
gay literature group, discusses
Hidden: The Intimate Lives of Gay
Men Past and Present, by Clinton
Elliott. 7:30 p.m. DC Center, 2000
14th St. NW. All welcome. book-
mendc.blogspot.com.
THE TOM DAVOREN SOCIAL
BRIDGE CLUB will meet for Social
Bridge. 7:30 p.m. Dignity Center,
721 8th St. SE (across from Marine
Barracks). No partner needed. Call
301-345-1571 for more information.
Weekly Events
AD LIB, a group for freestyle con-
versation, meets about 6-6:30 p.m.,
Steam, 17th and R NW. All wel-
come. For more information, call
Fausto Fernandez, 703-732-5174.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
holds a practice session at Dunbar
Aquatic Center. 7:30-9 p.m. 101 N
St. NW. For more information, visit
swimdcac.org.
FREEDOM FROM SMOKING, a
group for LGBT people looking
to quit cigarettes and tobacco use,
holds a weekly support meeting at
The DC Center. 7-8 p.m. 2000 14th
St. NW, Suite 105. For more infor-
mation, visit thedccenter.org.
HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH
offers Wednesday worship 7:15 a.m.
and 12:05 p.m. All welcome. 118 N.
Washington St., Alexandria. 703-
549-1450, historicchristchurch.org.
JOB CLUB, a weekly support pro-
gram for job entrants and seekers,
meets at The DC Center. 6-7:30 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more info, www.centercareers.org.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers
free, rapid HIV testing. No appoint-
ment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012
14th St. NW, Suite 700. For more
information, call 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV
testing. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 2049 N.
15th St., Suite 200, Arlington.
Appointments: 703-789-4467.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS
WATER POLO TEAM practices 7-9
p.m. Newcomers with at least basic
swimming ability always welcome.
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van
Buren St. NW. For more informa-
tion, contact Tom, 703-299-0504
or secretary@wetskins.org, or visit
wetskins.org. l
Submit your community event for
consideration at least 10 days prior
to the Thursday publication in which
you would like it to appear. Email to
calendar@metroweekly.com.
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 Political
Purpose
WHY STATE SENATOR RICH MADALENO THINKS HED BE THE
IDEAL CHOICE AS MARYLANDS NEXT GOVERNOR

INTERVIEW BY JOHN RILEY

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TODD FRANSON

I
N HIS COLLEGE DAYS, RICH MADALENO HAD
dreams of working for the CIA or the NSA. But they
quickly faded after he was told by other students that a
person couldnt get security clearance if they were gay.
While I wasnt out publicly at that time in the mid-
80s, I knew who I was, he says. I remember a friend
coming back from their interview and you had to have a lie
detector test, which actually asked about being gay and having
slept with people of the same gender. So I had to recalibrate
what I was gonna do with my career.
He dove into domestic politics, spending six years in the
Maryland state legislature as a budget analyst, before moving on
to Montgomery Countys Office of Intergovernmental Relations.
He wanted more. So, in 2002, Madaleno ran for and won
a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates, where he served
for four years, before running for the Maryland State Senate in
2006, where he found that being gay didnt matter.
I had a slightly different experience than some others in a
similar situation in other offices around the country, because I
had spent time working in Annapolis, he says. People knew
me. So I already had a reputation going into the legislature as
a thoughtful, serious thinker who knew a tremendous amount
about the fiscal policy of the state. I wasnt going in the door as
the gay one from Montgomery County.
Madalenos private life, meanwhile, followed somewhat of
an ideal course. He met his husband, Mark, then a pediatric
nurse, in 1999 after they were set up by friends. Their first date,
at a coffee shop on a Friday night, turned into a four-hour con-

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versation. Two days later, unbeknownst to each other, both men
participated in AIDSWalk in Washington, D.C.
I came up the escalator at the Smithsonian Metro station
to check in and I walked right into him, says Madaleno. We
wound up spending the whole walk talking and sharing the
experience.
After the walk, they went out to dinner.
I remember...him asking me that very first night if I was
interested in having children.
Two years later, they married. In 2003, when the couple
adopted a daughter. Four years later, they adopted a boy.
Ill say weve been married for coming up on 16 years and
people will say, Oh, where did you get married? Did you get
married in Canada? And I say, No, we got married in our church
in Bethesda, says Madaleno. Did we have a marriage license at
the time? No. But that didnt make it any less of a marriage and a
commitment. And that was part of the theme that I used through
the whole debate over relationship recognition, and then on to
marriage equality: we are married. We are married in the eyes
of our friends, of our family, of our church. The government just
has to catch up to our reality.
Madaleno is committed to helping the government in that
effort, and potentially from a higher office than ever before.
After years of being mentioned as a possible candidate, hes
jumped into the fray for the Democratic nomination to take
on Republican governor Larry Hogan in November 2018. Even
though he must first fight off five fellow Democrats includ-
ing Prince Georges County Executive Rushern Baker, and Ben
Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP Madalenos
sights are squarely focused on critiquing the popular incumbent.
He regularly attempts to dispel the image of Hogan as a moder-
ate, linking him to national Republicans like President Donald
Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie, all of whom are unpopular political figures in the
Democratic-leaning Maryland.
Hogans current approval rating, which hovers in the low-
60s, is built upon a house of sand, argues Madaleno. When
asked if they would re-elect Hogan in a race against a generic
Democrat, the governors lead shrinks to four points.
A third of the people who said they thought he was doing a
good job thought that there was someone who could do a better
job, notes Madaleno.
That someone is me.
METRO WEEKLY: Lets start with your background. Where did you
grow up.
RICH MADALENO: Im an only child. My parents are from the
Jersey Shore, and wound up in the area for work after their
college experience. I had the good fortune for them to settle in
Silver Spring when I was three and to have lived in the area ever
since.
MW: Where did you go to school?
MADALENO: I started in the Montgomery County Public Schools.
My parents got married very young, they had me right away in
the mid-60s and realized they were in a boatload of financial
trouble as a result. I grew up in a community where, when I had
some significant speech problems and my parents were worried
I would never talk because I had an impediment, I was able to
get services to the Montgomery County Public Schools through
third grade. It helped me overcome those challenges and put
me on a path to doing what Im able to do now. Because I think,
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arguably, with an impediment, with limited language skills, I
would not be able to pursue a career in public service.
For high school, instead of public school, I wound up going
to Georgetown Prep, in what would now be considered North
Bethesda. And then for college, I went to Syracuse University for
both undergrad and grad school.
MW: When did you realize you were gay?
MADALENO: I would say high school, but there was also a very
confusing experience having gone to an all-male high school. I
kind of chalked it up to, Well, Im just around boys all day long.
Once I get to a co-ed environment, everything will change.
MW: When did you realize that it was more than environmental?
MADALENO: Well, the first person I told was my freshman year
of college.
MW: When did you finally come out to your family?
MADALENO: That took a long time. I remember saying to myself
early in college that I wasnt going to come out to my family until
I was both financially and emotionally independent, so that if the
worst-case scenario happened, I would be okay. I was financially
dependent upon them in college and I was afraid of being cut off,
and having to drop out of school, and some of the horror stories
that I think were more prevalent [at that time].
And then, just as I was at that point of coming out, thats
when the AIDS epidemic hit the public consciousness. And I
think for so many people, being gay meant also, by default, being
HIV-positive, so that delayed things. I told younger relatives
much earlier than I told my parents. That was a big mistake,
waiting as long as I did, in hindsight. I shut them out of my life
for too long.
MW: Were your parents traditional or conservative?
MADALENO: Through that period, they were both what I would
describe as Northeastern Libertarian Republicans. They were
very comfortable with Republican politicians like Connie
Morella and the first George Bush. My father had spent time
in the military. [Being gay] was something that was not talked
about, embraced, or common, to the degree that it is now.
MW: What made you decide to run for office?
MADALENO: The ability to do good for a vast number of people.
I do believe that we all have a responsibility to work towards
improving the world around us. I think part of the human expe-
rience is making sure that you leave your community whether
that is the few members of your family, your larger community,
the country, the world a better place than when you came
into it. Ive always viewed public service and elected office as
the best avenue for me to do that, to work to make life better for
our community and our state and the people who will follow us.
MW: Why have you now opted to run for governor?
MADALENO: For a variety of reasons. One, I think our state is not
moving in the right direction. The way I look at it is, change is
inevitable but growth is optional. Maryland simply is not grow-
ing in any sort of meaningful way thats positioning ourselves to
be a prosperous community for the 21st century, and without
bold leadership from the governor, the state simply isnt going
to make progress.
When I looked around at some of the issues that I cared
about, and I looked around for candidates that I thought would
be able to carry the mantle and make progress on the things
that I care about, I couldnt find them, and just came to the con-
clusion of, All right, if these are the issues that you think are
important and these are the issues that you think the people of
Maryland should be having a conversation [about], then instead
of trying to find someone else to do that, maybe you should just
step up and do it.
Part of the human experience is making sure that
YOU LEAVE YOUR COMMUNITY A BETTER
PLACE THAN WHEN YOU CAME INTO IT.
Ive always viewed public service as
the best avenue to do that.
When I looked around at the other candidates in the
Democratic field, no one has the depth of experience at state
issues that I have. Maybe the publics view of experience amongst
political candidates is starting to shift after our Maryland experi-
ence with Larry Hogan and our national experience with Donald
Trump. Maybe this fascination for the outsider to come in and
change everything when they dont have experience and they
dont have relationships actually isnt the way to make progress.
The way to make progress is to elect somebody, just like you
would elevate somebody in other fields, who has knowledge and
experience in the field, has relationships with people. One that
can actually start from day one in making progress.
Governor Hogan is always fond of saying as an aside, I had
to submit my first budget my second day in office. Ive been
working on the state budget for years, so its not going to be
a problem for me. I think I have unparalleled experience and
a record of accomplishment through the legislative process. I
have, as a legislator now for fifteen years, fought my way up
the ladder, engaged in the process, and managed to succeed in
helping moving our state forward, whether its been equality
for LGBT individuals, or improving educational outcomes for
young people in Maryland, improving transportation options,
expanding health care, making sure that hungry children get fed
at a rate higher in Maryland, or attacking poverty.
All of these things I have led on, and to me, the governor sets
the agenda in a state like Maryland. Our constitution reserves a
lot of power for our governor. Its often seen as one of, if not the
most, powerful gubernatorial offices in the country because of
the amount of powers that are granted to our governor.
MW: What makes Maryland unique in terms of the power that the
governor has?
MADALENO: Maryland has a series of state constitutional pro-
visions that govern how we set our fiscal policy, one of which
is and this is unique the governor proposes a budget and
the legislature can only reduce it on a line-item basis. We cant
move money around. We cant subtract a million from this pro-
gram and put a million into that program. All we can do is make
a reduction. Theres a little give and take where our governor is
actually given the authority to amend the budget during the pro-
cess, and more or less automatically amend the budget without
the approval of the legislature, so that not only do you submit the
budget as governor, you have power to alter the budget.
If you come back with an untethered Larry Hogan, unteth-
ered from public opinion in his second term, he can devastate
public education in a way that the legislature would have a hard
time countering. He could devastate the safety net in a way that
we couldnt counter. These are enormous consequences. In
other states, at least the legislature has more authority to fight
back.
MW: What do you say to those critics and there are many of
them out there who say, If the state isnt progressing enough,
then why should we elect a Democrat, because Democrats control
the legislature?
MADALENO: Thats funny, because in a majority of the states
where there is one-party control by the Republicans, theyre
doing everything in their power to use every trick in the play-
book to disenfranchise Democratic voters. It is humorous that
they talk the bipartisan game, and then try to undermine it as
quickly as possible.
To me, we were making progress in Maryland. Look at the
way we have changed the reputation of our public schools, top
to bottom. We pushed ourselves all the way to the top of the
rankings for our public schools, the national rankings with other
states. We have dramatically increased the affordability for
public higher education in the state. We were amongst the most
expensive public systems, and weve fallen all the way down into
the upper half of the states for affordability.
We were making progress as Democrats when we controlled
everything. We did a very poor job of explaining that progress,
and demonstrating to the public what we were doing and why.
I think in the 2014 election, we ran against our record. I dont
know why. When you look at the turnout numbers, Anthony
Brown got more than 200,000 fewer votes than Martin OMalley
did in 2010. Those voters didnt switch sides and vote for Larry
Hogan, because Hogan only upped his vote total over Bob
Ehrlich from four years earlier by 70,000. There are just a whole
bunch of Democrats, especially in the Washington area, that did
not show up to vote.
MW: Why do you think that is?
MADALENO: We did not do a good enough job to go out and give
people a reason to show up to vote. We thought that our record
was strong enough that people would just be appreciative and
show up and vote for us. We failed to motivate our voters. Youve
got to ask people to vote. I think there was a lot of a sense of the
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 If the Republicans manage to pass the
Un-American Health Care Act and devolve a
bunch of regulations to the states, DO YOU
WANT LARRY HOGAN TO BE MAKING
A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
SIMPLY BEING A WOMAN IS A
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION?
polls were so strong, there wasnt much we had to do in order to
win the general election. I think we took a lot for granted.
MW: Larry Hogan is very popular, and most Marylanders think
hes doing a good job, according to recent polls. How do you run
against the guy everybody likes?
MADALENO: I think that the political ground that he is on is
shifting tremendously. Trumps election and the Republican ini-
tiatives coming out of Congress, Hogans silence on those issues,
his desire to hide from anything controversial in the state or in
Congress, no matter how critical it might be to the people of
Maryland, I think all of those things are starting to diminish the
advantages that you laid out.
There is a case to be made that with the changes that are
happening in Capitol Hill, with the responsibilities that could be
turned over to the state government, do you want Larry Hogan
to be the one making these decisions?
If the Republicans manage to pass the Un-American Health
Care Act and devolve a bunch of rules and regulations to the
states, do you want Larry Hogan to be making a decision about
whether or not simply being a woman is a pre-existing condi-
tion? When Larry Hogan, on his third day in office, proposed
eliminating the in-state program we have to provide low-income
women the opportunity to get access through the state Medicaid
program to prenatal care?
He wanted to end the program and said, Well, you know,
those women are eligible for the health benefit exchanges
through the Affordable Care Act. They should be able to get
insurance through the private market, which sounded like
a credible Republican position to have, except he didnt rec-
ognize that under federal law, pregnancy is not considered a
life-changing event, unlike getting a new job or getting mar-
ried. So unless you were smart enough to get pregnant during
open enrollment, so you could then sign up for insurance, you
were out of luck.
Those are the issues that we have to put before the voters in
the primary and the general election and say, There are some
very difficult issues that are coming down the pike. What sort of
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leader do you want making those decisions?
MW: Do you see yourself serving as a sort of firewall to the Trump
administration, and to what extent?
MADALENO: I do think we need a governor in the state of
Maryland, who is going to be a forceful advocate for the peo-
ple of Maryland, the needs of the residents of Maryland. [That
includes] fighting aggressively against the shortsighted Trump
budget proposals that would do enormous economic damage to
the state of Maryland, because of the unusually high percentage
of our workforce that is tied to the federal government, whether
directly as employers or as consultants. This is a huge economic
concern for the state, because the federal government is by far
our single biggest employer in the state. There are enormous
stakes in Washington, in Congress, with whatever budget moves
forward.
We need a governor who is going to be aggressive at fighting
for the interests of the state of Maryland, and thats going to be
me. We need a governor who is going to stand up and protect the
enormous progress that we have made in the state of Maryland
on expanding access to health care. That has primarily been
through the expansion of Medicaid that the Obama administra-
tion and Congress passed with the Affordable Care Act.
To potentially have all of that reversed is immoral for those
people who would lose coverage, and costly for the rest of us. We
would wind up having to pay significantly more for insurance, at
a minimum, because the cost of hospital stays will go up due to
large uncompensated care costs for hospitals. People will stay
sick. When you take health insurance away from people, they
dont magically become better and healthy. They wind up often
becoming less healthy and then going to the most expensive pro-
viders emergency room for all of their care when they are
sicker and require more expensive treatment.
Its bad for all of our pocketbooks. Its bad for the health of
the community. Its bad for the economy, because of the import-
ant role that the medical field plays, the healthcare field plays,
in Maryland, and yet [Hogan] remains silent on the sidelines,
unlike many of his other Republican colleagues, who are out
there very aggressively speaking up for protecting Medicaid
expansion.
MW: Weve recently seen other states, including New Jersey and
Delaware, shut down over budget clashes. Why do you think were
seeing this trend?
MADALENO: Youre seeing it at the state level because the
national Republican leadership has been able to restrict so much
money, cut out so much money that was helping states survive,
that states are now left more on their own to deal with each one
of their fiscal situations. Youve got so many different interests
that are competing for limited resources, and as a result, it can
be hard to come to consensus, especially when youve got one
party that has decided that they benefit from an angry, pessi-
mistic electorate more so than one that feels and appreciates the
direction that the government is going in. It is a consequence
of decades of Republican leadership purposefully undermining
peoples confidence in government.
MW: Whats your reaction Chris Christies comments after he went
on the beach during the New Jersey shutdown? Essentially he said
that If you want to be on the beach or be in the residence, then
run for governor.
MADALENO: The whole situation was really inconceivable from
a successful politician. I was shocked, because it was such bad
judgment from someone who managed to get into his second
term as a Republican in a traditional heavily Democratic state.
It just seemed amazingly, at a minimum, tone deaf, and just so
disrespectful of the working people of New Jersey who were
being deprived of their own opportunity to enjoy the beach. It
just reeked of elitism.
When you look back at Christies election and reelection,
many people were saying he was the most vibrant governor in
America. Look what transpired in New Jersey, because the pivot
became, Whats next? Its going to be, How do I set myself up
for being a Republican on the national stage? God knows, youre was 200 years ago in our state or our country, except that its
going to see the same thing with Larry Hogan. Youre going to magnified because of modern communications and the digital
see the real, conservative Larry Hogan come out as he tries to world we live in. Other than that, there have always been those
position himself for whatevers next. misperceptions.
Thats going to be incredibly disappointing to the people of I will continue as I have been, to be a responsible steward of
Maryland, just like its been incredibly disappointing and dam- the public purse, demand efficiency and effectiveness out of our
aging for the people of New Jersey. If there is a cautionary tale state government, but also be aggressive trying to improve the
for the voters of Maryland, it is, Look at the second term of lives of the people that live in Maryland. Whether that is being
Chris Christie, because that is our future if Larry Hogan is given aggressive at making sure we are treating people dealing with
a second term. substance abuse issues like heroin, we need to be doing that.
MW: If you win, youll become the first openly gay man to be elected Whether its being aggressive at dealing with the root causes of
governor of a state, and likely asked to prioritize the issues of the substance abuse, we should be doing that. Whether its being
LGBTQ community. How do you balance the needs of the LGBTQ aggressive about making sure young trans kids have the opportu-
community with the needs of the broader electorate? nity to have a successful educational career so that they can grow
MADALENO: I think it would be in much the same manner that up to be happy and successful adults, we all have an interest in
Ive accomplished it over the last 15 years as a legislator. It is rec- that, and we would all benefit from that.
ognizing that I, just like any other elected official from a minority That is fiscally responsible and morally right thing to do.
group, say a Latino, an African-American, a woman, whatever Part of it is standing up and defending our positions. Its one
you want to say across the board where its a non-straight white of the reasons I want to run. I have felt like, as a Democrat, we
male. You have that additional responsibility to fight for those have been unwilling to embrace the fight for the values that we
issues. You bring a level of understanding and depth to the table believe in. We want to help, for example, trans Marylanders, but
that other people dont necessarily have. we are fearful of having the debate, so we hide when it comes
MW: Some people might accuse you of funnelling money to LGBTQ to those issues. We need leaders who are going to stand up and
causes over others. How do you balance competing budgetary embrace their record and explain to the public why were doing
concerns? the things that were doing and why its the right thing to do. l
MADALENO: You make the right decisions. There are always
going to be large segments of the population that believe youre The Maryland Democratic primary for all state offices, including
favoring X over Y, whether youre a Democrat or a Republican. governor, will be held on June 26, 2018. The general election is on
That is part and parcel of the partisan environment that we live Nov. 6, 2018. For more information on Rich Madalenos campaign,
in and our politics. I dont think its anything different than it visit facebook.com/richardmadaleno.

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Gallery

Brian Reid:
The
Pride Artist
R
EID USES ART AS A MEANS OF
changing minds about homosexuality
and inspiring people to be proud of who
they are. The rainbow flag is often the standout
element or centerpiece in grayscale or largely
monotone works touching on current events,
from anti-LGBTQ news clippings in This Is
How Ive Been Feeling (top left) to LGBTQ
youth suicide with Jesse (above) to active
LGBTQ families in Madonna and Child (left).
For more information, visit theprideartist.com.

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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Movies

Simian City
Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, and James
Whitmore, who bring their monkey-de-
rived personas to glorious life.
From that first film, four others were
The (presumed) final installment of the latest Planet of the Apes series born, all of diminishing narrative returns.
is a plodding, lumbering, insulting bore By Randy Shulman But its the third film in the series, Escape
from the Planet of the Apes, that jumped

T
the orangutan. It attempted to explain how
o fully comprehend how far War for the Planet of the Apes the third and not intelligent apes came into being by using
very likely final installment in a film series reconstituted from the 60s sinks, time-travel as a seeding device, creating an
one has to do a little excavating, back to the original. In the 1968 original, Planet impossible loop that presents the chicken
of the Apes, based on a novel by Pierre Boulle, Charlton Heston played an astronaut and the egg as a simultaneous occurrence.
stranded in a world populated by feral, mute humans and fully-clothed, walking, Tim Burton only made things worse
talking simians. The film gave cinema one of its most enduring lines Get your stink- in 2001 when he attempted to reboot the
ing paws off me, you damned dirty ape and one of its greatest reveals: that Heston series with a literal remake of the 1968
was on Earth all along. Just way, way, way in the future. film, tacking on an ending that pushed
The 1968 original is notable for any number of things, including its grim outlook for the time-travel seeding to an extreme that
humanity, a theme that Heston became poster boy for in the subsequent, equally nihil- was more like a big FU to audiences. So
istic sci-fi films The Omega Man (1971) and Soylent Green (1973). Yet that first Planet it was with pleasant surprise when, in
of the Apes is most revered for its makeup, designed by the legendary John Chambers. 2011, writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
Though primitive by modern standards, the makeup never fails to mesmerize, and overhauled the storyline with Rise of the
is only enhanced by the superlative, resonant performances of Roddy McDowell, Planet of the Apes. They put some actual

JULY 13, 2017 METROWEEKLY 33

thought into the circumstances, and created an origin story that
felt entirely plausible. Director Rupert Wyatt brought satisfying
emotional density to Rise, and while the tangible makeup effects
were supplanted by CGI, the producers were smart enough to
hire the best motion-capture actor in the business Andy Serkis
to portray Caesar, the chimp who would be king.
Then Matt Reeves entered the picture and things took a
downward spiral. His 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was
neither as rich nor resonant as Rise, but it at least found a way to
remain narratively engaging by focusing on conflicts within the
ape brigade. Dawn, however, was a bridge to War, a point made
abundantly clear in the new films opening minutes, which recap
the first two films using title cards that border on infantile. Its
not a good sign when you talk down to your audience in the first
two minutes.
Reeves, who serves as both director and writer, clearly fash-
ions himself an important filmmaker with something profound
to say about humanitys propensity for evil, about its disregard
for animal rights, about its fear of anything foreign. But his
words ultimately signify nothing. Hes a hack, and his film, a
hack job.
Bloated, ridiculously long, and dull, War for the Planet of the
Apes (H H H H H) tries hard oh, so hard to be something of
consequence. But its a massive, expensive nothing of a movie, an
example of what happens when imagination is stripped from the
equation and replaced with a collection of badly-executed hom-
ages to war movies of yore. The film pretends to bring closure to
the apes versus humans conflict, but its clearly a set-up for an
War for the Planet of the Apes is rated PG-13 for violence. Opens Friday, July 14, at area theaters.
34 JULY 13, 2017 METROWEEKLY
eventual reboot of the 1968 film. For proof, look no further than
the introduction of two of the most important characters from
the Heston original: Nova and Cornelius.
The apes are once again commandeered by Caesar, and Serkis
gives a simmering, gravity-laden portrayal that tries to rise above
the cliched storyline. The humans, meanwhile, are led by a psy-
chopathic soldier known only as The Colonel. Woody Harrelson,
devouring every bit of scenery as though he were a starving man
presented with a half-gallon of Ben & Jerrys Chunky Monkey,
fully demeans himself for having accepted the role.
Essentially, the film is a kind of Great Apescape, as the
oppressed simians, caged and forced into hard labor by The
Colonel, find the courage and resolve to rise up against the guys
with the bullets and bombs. The lone moment, near the end,
when things get genuinely interesting, as the apes are confront-
ed by a gargantuan army dressed in Stormtrooper knockoffs,
Reeves has an opportunity to get clever and pull out all the stops.
Instead, he gets lazy and pulls out a deus ex machina. Its beyond
shameful. Its insulting.
War of the Planet of the Apes weighs itself down in self-admi-
ration for its CGI effects (yes, the apes are remarkably well-an-
imated, but for my money, the makeup in both the original and
Burtons remake is more impressive, if not for execution, then at
least for effort). And it weighs itself down in absurd self-impor-
tance, using Nazi Germanys concentration camps and American
Japanese internment camps as its allegorical base. The film lies
there, like a drowsy 800-pound gorilla. Toss it some bananas and
call it a day. l
 Music

Strength in
place, and now, three years later, she has
an impressive debut to show for it.
West, now her mentor and the albums
executive producer, advised her to pare

Vulnerability
On her debut album, Kanye Wests chamber pop protege Kacy Hill
finds an approach that works By Sean Maunier
down, bring more intimacy to her song-
writing, and rather than rely on hook after
hook, allow her strong, distinct vocals to
carry her songs. The result, Like a Woman
(HHHHH) is a work of intimate, minimal
and deeply felt chamber pop that is a far
cry from Wests own work. Her voice,

K
somehow as strong and clear as it is ethe-
ACY HILL SEEMS TO BE THE KIND OF ARTIST WHO CANT HELP BUT real, is well-suited to the albums down-
turn heads. The story of her path to music is a series of improbabilities, from tempo, almost dreamlike pace.
stumbling into a modeling career at 16 to flirting with a recording career with a With lyrics that deal with infatuation,
handful of well-received but low-profile showings, to signing with Kanye Wests label heartache, and loss, Hill touches on some
G.O.O.D. after a stint as a backup dancer on his Yeezus Tour. Something clicked into familiar themes, but is preoccupied by

JULY 13, 2017 METROWEEKLY 35

 pulling them apart and figuring out what theyre supposed to
mean to her. Like a Woman is heavy with introspective fas-
cination and curiosity. Hill is as interested in explaining her
inner state to herself as she is in expressing it, and the album
is a sustained exploration of vulnerability, strength, and the
murky space in which the two overlap. She returns frequently
to her own sexuality and femininity as well, and is interested in
complicating and subverting these two themes as much as she
is in claiming ownership of them. Here, the albums visuals are
brought into play to great effect.
Like a Woman pairs Hills otherworldly, almost haunting
voice with an equally idiosyncratic aesthetic that plays on the
albums themes. From the stunning production of the videos
for Like a Woman and Hard to Love, to the heavy fur shawl
draped around her shoulders on the cover, much of the imagery
in the videos echoes the sensuality that runs throughout Like a
Woman. Through the videos disquieting imagery, Hill draws a
clear line between taking ownership of her sexuality and being
an object of desire. She may be making herself vulnerable while
exploring her psyche in full view, but she wont be pitied or
objectified in the process.
These are all messy, complicated thoughts to unpack, but as
her musings unfold slowly and methodically over the albums
twelve tracks, it becomes clear Hill is in no hurry to arrive at a
conclusion. At the same time, she is uninterested in expressing
herself in vague or metaphorical terms, getting straight to her
point with blunt matter-of-factness. The frankness of her song-
writing allows the lyrics to land squarely and lends a sharper
edge to songs that might otherwise get lost in their own lilting
softness. The soaring pop anthem Hard to Love is by far the
highlight, but Arms Length, a glossy and infectious breakup
song, is a close second. Together, these two tracks get the clos-
est to striking the balance between strength and vulnerability,
a space she seeks to find herself in throughout.
Arms Length is followed by Interlude, after which
were back in slow, daydreamy territory on Clarity, a con-
sistent enough track, but one that is already predictable and
seems to fall short of the ephemeral weirdness promised in
the interlude. After that, things pick up enough to keep the
latter part of the album interesting, though it loses momentum
towards the end. Like a Woman coasts towards its finish on
a handful of decent tracks, Lion and Say Youre Wrong
before Hill rolls out on the swelling strings and vocal samples
of the anthemic Am I.
If raw talent and some high-profile backing were all Kacy
Hill had going for her, there would be little to distinguish her
in a sea of other artists delivering a soft falsetto over minimal,
piano-driven instrumentation. It may not be immediately
obvious at first glance, but her distinctness becomes apparent
in the blunt lyrics and the fresh eyes she brings to her sub-
ject matter. In putting the focus on her voice and her unique
insight, Hill doubles down on what are arguably her greatest
strengths, and Like a Woman is a strong, consistent album as
a result. Still, musically at least, Hill seems to have found a
comfort zone that she remains in for much of the album. At
this stage, if the point is to show us what she is capable of and
convince us to take her seriously, then it succeeds. Its clear
that Hill is a talented artist who deserves our attention, and
whatever she brings us next, we can be pretty sure that it will
also be worth the wait. l

Like a Woman is available now for purchase via Amazon.com and

iTunes, and through streaming services.

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Uproar - Saturday, July 1
Photography by Ward Morrison
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 LastWord.
People say the queerest things

Wait until this poor kid grows up, realizes what youve done, and
stuffs both of you dismembered into a freezer
in the garage.

JAMES WOODS, lashing out on Twitter at a family for allowing their son to wear makeup. In response, Neil Patrick Harris,
a friend of the familys, tweeted to the actor, You know not of what you speak, and should be ashamed of yourself.
Utterly ignorant and classless, Mr. Woods.

Were going to show the whole world that

you can be gay and Muslim.
JAHED CHOUDHURY, who this week became the first British Muslim person enter into a same-sex marriage with partner
Sean Rogan, speaking to the Express & Star. Id been viciously attacked by Muslim boys, my mosque told me non-Muslims
were not allowed in, he added. I tried killing myself and I then met Sean.

I have been arguing that

we need more boring bisexual representation.
Former child star and author MARA WILSON, speaking on the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno. The star of Matilda and Mrs.
Doubtfire, who came out as bisexual last year, said that a lot of bisexual people on screen are villains, theyre evil
or theyre super sexy and Im just sitting here drinking tea and just trying to get my cats to come over.

I been kissing white boys

since 2004.

TYLER THE CREATOR, in a rap on his single I Aint Got Time, from album Flower Boy, that has some questioning whether the
Odd Future co-founder has come out as gay or bisexual, Gay Star News reports. In Garden Shed, he raps about keeping a secret
from his friends, saying, They couldnt read the signs. Tyler became notorious for homophobic content in his 2011 album
Goblin, which contained 213 instances of faggot or variations thereof.

In trains and aeroplanes, the toilets are also not separated by sex, and
that doesnt bother anyone.
Berlins Justice Senator DIRK BEHRENDT, speaking to Tagesspiegel about plans to convert all facilities in Germanys capital city to
be gender-neutral. Behrendt said they wanted to avoid a culture war over bathrooms like America, and called
the proposed changes simple to implement.

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