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washingtonblade.com • vol. 41, issue 33 • august 13, 2010 • Still sharp after 40 years

2014 Gay Games could yet come to D.C.games, sources said.

Cleveland startup
faces Dec. 15
deadline to hold
onto sporting event
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Leaders of an international
LGBT sports group, meeting last
weekend in Germany, reaffirmed
their earlier decision to keep the
2014 Gay Games in Cleveland,
according to sources familiar
with the deliberations.
But the General Assembly of
the Federation of Gay Games
kept open the option of moving
the event to Washington, D.C., if
Cleveland fails to meet a set of
conditions by Dec. 15, including
the creation of a new gay-
run organization to produce the
The General Assembly took that
action during a closed “in camera”
session of its annual meeting Aug.
8, sources said, following the end of
the 2010 Gay Games.
That action came 10 months
after the FGG selected Cleveland
over D.C. to host the 2014 Gay
Games and one month after the
FGG revoked the license it
awarded last year to the
Cleveland Synergy Foundation, a
non-profit LGBT group, to pro-
duce the quadrennial event.
The FGG’s ouster of
Cleveland Synergy was report-
edly caused by the foundation’s
failure to meet its licensing
agreement in a number of areas,
including financial accountability.
Officials with the Cleveland Photo courtesy of Gay Games
Synergy Foundation have not
returned repeated calls seeking Set in Germany, the 2010 Gay Games concluded Sunday. The next event in 2014 is tentatively slated to occur
in Cleveland.
Continues on page 14

3 gay nominees
held up in Senate
theateragenda Trio among 74
Aaron Reeder’s performance in ‘Passing Strange’ marks Obama appointees
milestone in young actor’s career. Page 36
still awaiting a vote
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Three openly gay nominees
are among the 74 presidential
appointees whose confirmations
are being held up by the U.S.
Senate, although observers
President Obama nominated
them. The three nominees are:
• Michael Camunez, nominat-
ed to become assistant secre-
tary of commerce for market
access and compliance;
• Richard Sorian, nominated to
become assistant secretary for
public affairs at the Department of
Health & Human Services;
• and Beatrice Hanson, nomi-
nated to become director of the
Justice Department’s Office of
Victims of Crime. Photo by Pete Souza, courtesy of White House

don’t suspect anti-gay bias as a
sportsagenda factor preventing a vote.
Team DC brings home an impressive medal haul from The lack of a Senate vote on
Cologne Gay Games. Page 32 these nominees is blocking them
from assuming the jobs to which
The White House announced
the nomination of Camunez in
March. Obama announced the
Continues on page 16
Three openly gay appointees that
President Obama nominated to
fill federal positions have gone
unconfirmed by the Senate.
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LOCALNEWS
Gay man murdered in D.C. apartment
Surveillance camera
captured ‘person
of interest’ in case
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
A 34-year-old gay man who was
found stabbed to death in his D.C.
apartment Monday night was last
seen by friends leaving a gay bar
over the weekend, said the city
police homicide squad’s supervisor.
Capt. Michael Farish told
reporters at a news briefing
Tuesday that police discovered the
victim, Delando King, unconscious
and suffering from stab wounds in
his apartment along the 1100
block of 10th Street, N.W., shortly
after 6 p.m. Monday.
A separate police statement
said police and a D.C. Fire &
Emergency Medical Services
crew rushed to the scene in
response to an emergency call.
“Upon arriving on the scene
they discovered a male victim
unresponsive and suffering from
apparent stab wounds; he was
subsequently pronounced dead,”
said the statement.
Farish confirmed the location
as an apartment in a high-rise
building at 1117 10th St., N.W.
A surveillance camera at the
5 men attacked in anti-gay bias crimeswhen three young male suspects
Police issue alert,
seek information
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
D.C. police put out a call for
help last week in their investiga-
tion into five attacks against men
between June 2 and July 30 that
investigators believe were moti-
vated by anti-gay bias.
“In an attempt to raise com-
munity awareness and solicit
information from the public, the
Metropolitan Police Department
is releasing this information rela-
tive to our ongoing investigation
into a number of crimes as pos-
sible bias-related crimes,” said a
police e-mail to LGBT activists.
“Moreover, MPD is examining
the cases for possible similari-
ties. However, at this time, it has
not been determined that these
incidents are related.”
The alert says the first in the
string of incidents took place
June 2 about 5:20 p.m. along the
1500 block of R Street, N.W.,
Photo courtesy of D.C. Police
Delando King
building captured video footage of
King entering the building with an
unidentified male guest, Farish
said. He noted the surveillance
video also shows the unidentified
man leaving the building a short
time later carrying a bag that he
did not have when he entered the
building with King.
He said police planned to
release photo images of the
unidentified man taken from the
video. Farish described the
unidentified man as a “person of
interest” rather than a suspect
until investigators gather more
information about the circum-
approached a man as he was
“bending over to tie his shoe.” It
says one of the suspects used a
“homophobic epithet” before he
or another struck the victim with
a wooden object. It describes the
suspects only as young black
men.
On July 6 at about 9:20 p.m.,
a man was approached by two
male suspects along the 800
block of Emerson Street, N.W.,
and knocked to the ground and
assaulted while one of the sus-
pects called him an anti-gay
name, says the police e-mail.
The message didn’t disclose
the names of any of the victims
in the five incidents. But the vic-
tim in the second incident, 29-
year-old D.C. resident Francisco
Martin, contacted the Blade
shortly after the assault to share
his story, saying that one of the
attackers struck him in the head
with a strip of plywood.
Martin, a makeup artist,
described the suspects as black
men, with one appearing about
30 to 35 years old, about 6 feet
stances surrounding the case.
“We know two of the clubs [the
victim] was at,” said Farish. “We’re
looking for the public’s assistance
if they saw him in another club.”
According to Farish, King was
out with friends at the two clubs
police have identified.
“They were able to give us a
timeline as to when he left,” he
said. “It’s after 12:30 Sunday morn-
ing where it becomes a little
sketchy as to where he was and
where he may have met some-
body else. So if anyone knows Mr.
King or if he was a regular any-
where, we’re definitely looking for
the public’s assistance in identify-
ing that, especially if they saw him
in the company of anybody.”
Farish declined to identify the
clubs that King patronized with
friends in the hours before his
death, saying investigators
would rather have members of
the community come forward
with the names of places King
may have visited that investiga-
tors don’t know about.
But one source familiar with
the case said King had patron-
ized the gay club Fuego on
Friday night and early Saturday
morning. Fuego, which caters to
the LGBT Latino community,
operates only on Friday nights
and rents space at a non-gay
club at 1818 New York Ave., N.E.
tall and weighing around 175
pounds, sporting a short haircut
and wearing a white tank top and
blue shorts. He said the other
suspect appeared between age
25 and 30, was about 5 feet 8
inches tall and weighing about
150 pounds, with short black
hair, a goatee, and wearing a
yellow Polo shirt and jeans.
The police e-mail says the third
incident occurred shortly after mid-
night July 24, when the victim was
approached by several black men
after walking outside a club along
the 2000 block of P Street, N.W.,
near Dupont Circle.
“It is alleged that the assailants
approached the victim and asked if
the victim called them a homopho-
bic epithet,” says the police e-mail.
“At this point, the victim was
knocked to the ground, assaulted
and kicked,” it says. “When the vic-
tim attempted to call police from his
cell phone, two of the suspects
returned, assaulted him more,
grabbed his cell phone and fled.”
It says the victim described
one of the suspects as having a
dark complexion, weighed about
The owner of the Fuego night-
club venue could not be immedi-
ately reached.
King’s death comes one week
after D.C. police released an
alert to the LGBT community
noting that five separate attacks
against men are being investi-
gated. All five attacks occurred in
the city between June 2 and July
30 and are believed to be moti-
vated by anti-gay bias.
The alert said that while police
were examining the cases for pos-
sible similarities, they had yet to
confirm whether the cases were
related or whether any two or
more of the assaults were commit-
ted by the same perpetrators.
Farish said homicide detec-
tives investigating King’s murder
were aware of the separate inci-
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
dents, but don’t believe they are
linked to King’s death. D.C. Police Capt. Michael Farish
“What we’re dealing with in said Delando King was found
this incident has no indication of unconscious and stabbed in his
being related to those inci- apartment shortly after 6 p.m.
dents,” he said. Monday.
Fox 5 News reported that King,
who worked for the federal govern- King, who was a member of the
ment as an employee of the U.S. Navajo Nation,” the IHS said in a
Indian Health Service, lived in his statement released Tuesday.
10th Street apartment with his part- “Mr. King was a dedicated
ner, who was out of the country at employee and a friend to many in
the time of the murder. the Washington area American
“We at the Indian Health Service Indian community. We extend our
are very saddened to learn of the deep condolences to Mr. King’s
death of our colleague Dalando family,” the statement says.
170 pounds and wore a red shirt.
The next incident took place July
27 when “approximately six black
males approached a male victim as
he entered the lobby of a building in
the 1400 block of R Street, N.W.,”
the e-mail says. It says one of the
suspects made an anti-gay remark
as he and the others “began punch-
ing and kicking the victim.”
It says the victim was taken to
a hospital for treatment of his
injuries. It describes the suspects Photo courtesy of D.C. Police
as black males in their teens.
The last of the five incidents D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier’s
occurred July 30 at about 1:45 department issued an alert last
a.m. as a male victim was leav- week intended to ‘raise communi-
ing “an establishment” at 22nd ty awareness’ about a recent
and P streets, N.W. It says a spate of anti-gay bias crimes.
“subject bumped into him and
used a homophobic epithet.” It Chevy Impala, a blue Toyota
says the victim walked away but Corolla, and a silver Dodge
the subject and as many as 15 to Charger with Virginia license plates.
20 other “black males and black The police e-mail says that
females” followed the victim. anyone with information about
One or more of the people fol- the five incidents should call
lowing the victim struck him from police at 202-727-9099 or 1-888-
behind and knocked him to the 919-2746. It says people with
ground, according to the police e- information may also call the
mail. It says the suspects fled in department’s Gay & Lesbian
three vehicles, including a white Liaison Unit at 202-727-5427.
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LOCALNEWS
Metro Weekly sued for more than $1 million
Post-Newsweek
lawsuit alleges fraud,
seeks damages
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Metro Weekly, a local LGBT
magazine, is being sued over an
alleged $85,000 printing debt by a
company owned by Post-
Newsweek Media, Inc., the media
conglomerate that owns the
Washington Post, according to a
lawsuit filed July 8 in D.C. Superior
Court. The lawsuit also seeks $1
million in punitive damages.
The lawsuit, which was first
reported by the Washington
Business Journal in its Aug. 6,
2010 edition (Vol.29 No.15),
alleges that the company that
owns Metro Weekly, Jansi LLC,
and one of Jansi’s two sharehold-
ers, Randy Shulman, are respon-
sible for a five-year-old printing
debt with the Gaithersburg, Md.,
printing firm Comprint, a Post-
Newsweek affiliate.
In addition to charging Jansi
and Shulman with breach of con-
tract for not paying the printing
Gay man’s death
ruled suicide in D.C.
The D.C. Medical Examiner’s
office disclosed Monday that Mark
Gower, the 26-year-old gay man
found dead in his apartment in the
city’s Mount Pleasant neighbor-
hood last month, took his own life.
“The cause is suffocation and the
manner is suicide,” Beverly Fields, a
spokesperson for the Medical
Examiner’s office, told the Blade.
Fields said her office could
not release any further details
other than that Gower’s body has
been released to his family.
Police found Gower’s body in
his apartment July 22, two
weeks after friends and family
members were unable to reach
him. A police spokesperson said
there were no outward signs of
injuries or a violent act.
Gower, a native of Oregon,
worked as an employee of the
Sephora cosmetics store in
Reston, Va. and was a part-time
dancer at Secrets, a D.C. gay
nightclub.
During an Aug. 6 memorial
service held at the Human
Rights Campaign headquarters,
friends described Gower as a
bright, deeply caring and com-
plex person who always seemed
debt, the lawsuit accuses them of
fraud for allegedly entering into a
licensing agreement with Isosceles
Publishing, Inc., the corporation
that owned and operated Metro
Weekly up until November 2007,
for the alleged purpose of evading
debts and liabilities.
“Upon information and belief,
Mr. Shulman, Jansi, and
Isosceles entered into the 2007
License Agreement with the spe-
cific intention to evade Isosceles’
creditors while continuing to pub-
lish, and reap revenue from,
Metro Weekly,” the lawsuit says.
“As a direct result of the defen-
dant’s fraud, plaintiff suffered
damages in a sum to be proved
at trial but expected to exceed
$1,000,000,” the lawsuit states in
its request for punitive damages.
“We believe the lawsuit filed
against Jansi LLC by Post-
Newsweek is wholly without
merit,” said William McLain,
Jansi’s attorney.
McLain said he could not
comment on any further details
of the case until he files a
response to the lawsuit later this
month on behalf of Jansi.
“This story is totally premature
for publication, and our respon-
to put the feelings and concerns
of others before his own.
Two friends noted that Gower
had been suffering from depres-
sion, but many people did not know
that because of his outwardly
bright and cheery personality.
“He was fun, he was quirky.
There were many Marks,” said
Tim White, a friend who organ-
ized the memorial service.
Friends and family members
said Gower graduated from
Portland State University at age 19
through an accelerated studies
program. He began his career as a
government loan officer in Hawaii,
friends said, and worked in D.C. in
the personnel field at an executive
search firm before joining the staff
of Sephora cosmetics.
His job at Secrets was
described as a lark by some of his
friends, who said it was part of his
fun-loving and adventurous side.
“He was one of the most
complex, kind people I’ve ever
met,” said Dustin Hawthorne, a
fellow Secrets dancer. “Other
people’s feelings always came
first. To his family, thank you for
giving us Mark.”
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
sive pleadings will support our
claim that the lawsuit is without
merit,” he told the Blade.
Although McLain has yet to file
Jansi’s response to the lawsuit,
Washington Business Journal
quoted him as saying Post-
Newsweek was not going to recov-
er its money from Jansi because
“it’s just not that corporation’s debt.”
Paul Thayer, the attorney rep-
resenting Post-Newsweek, said
he expects Jansi to argue in its
response to the lawsuit that the
printing debt was incurred by
Isosceles Publishing, Inc., rather
than Jansi.
Isosceles and Jansi entered
into the licensing agreement in
November 2007 in which
Isoceles “granted to Jansi the
exclusive right to publish Metro
Weekly in exchange for a licens-
ing fee,” the lawsuit says.
It says that Shulman disclosed
in a deposition taken during a 2009
lawsuit filed by Post-Newsweek
against Isosceles, in an earlier
effort to collect the printing debt,
that “each and every Isosceles
employee was transferred to, and
was exclusively compensated by,
Jansi” after the licensing agree-
ment took effect.
Marriage rallies set for Sunday
Several local and national
LGBT civil rights groups are
sponsoring a rally Sunday in
Freedom Plaza to counter a sep-
arate rally at the U.S. Capitol
where the National Organization
for Marriage will speak out
against same-sex marriage.
NOM’s event, scheduled for 2
p.m. Sunday on the East Lawn of
the Capitol, is being billed as the
finale for the group’s summer-
long series of “One Man, One
Woman” marriage rallies in more
than a dozen cites. The rallies
have been sparsely attended,
according to media reports, but
NOM organizers have highlight-
ed what they have called
attempts by LGBT activists to
disrupt the rallies and “intimi-
date” participants.
The group’s president, Brian
Brown, has said the rallies are
aimed at building opposition to
same-sex marriage bills pend-
ing in several state legislatures.
Since a federal judge in
California ruled last week that
the state’s ban on same-sex
marriage is unconstitutional,
NOM has used its latest two
rallies in Orlando, Fla., and
A Superior Court judge issued
a judgment in Post-Newsweek’s
favor on Dec. 11, 2009, ordering
Isosceles Publishing to pay the
$85,000 printing bill plus “pre-
judgment interest at the rate of 6
percent per annum, dating from
Feb. 1, 2009 to the date of judg-
ment” along with court costs.
Thayer said Isoceles had yet to
make any payments on the debt
since the December judgment.
The July lawsuit argues that
Jansi LLC and Shulman should be
held responsible for the debt
because “there has been a near
complete intermingling of corpo-
rate funds, staff, and property
between Isosceles and Jansi LLC.”
“Mr. Shulman has confirmed
that one motive for the License
Agreement was a desire to con-
tinue publishing Metro Weekly
without having the publisher
responsible for debts incurred by
Isosceles,” the latest lawsuit says.
The lawsuit states that Sean
Bugg, Shulman’s business part-
ner, is the second of the two
shareholders in Jansi LLC. Bugg
is not named as a defendant in
the lawsuit.
Meanwhile, in a related devel-
opment, Washington Business
Raleigh, N.C., to call on the
U.S. Supreme Court to over-
turn the decision.
LGBT organizers of the
D.C. counter protest, which is
being called the “Big Commit,”
initially announced their event
would take place on the West
Lawn of the Capitol, raising
the possibility of a confronta-
tion between participants in
opposing events.
But following a conference
call, the pro-LGBT rally organ-
izers decided Monday to drop
the Capitol location and hold
their rally at Freedom Plaza,
located on Pennsylvania
Avenue, N.W., between 13th
and 14th streets.
“[T]he founders of the Big
Commit have always been clear
that our vision for a counter
protest is a peaceful gathering of
LGBTQI organizations, activists,
and allies, together with mem-
bers of open and affirming faith
communities in close proximity to
the National Organization for
Marriage,” said Aiyi’nah Ford, a
spokesperson for the event. “Our
mission clearly states that this
provides the opportunity to
Journal reported in the same
story that “nearly $656,000 in
federal and state tax liens have
been filed against Isosceles,”
according to data the newspaper
said it gathered.
Public records available from
the D.C. Recorder of Deeds,
which keeps track of tax liens,
show that 21 federal, D.C., or
unemployment liens have been
filed against Isosceles Publishing
between 1996 and 2010. Thirteen
are listed as a “U.S. Tax Lien.”
It could not be determined
from the Recorder of Deeds
docket listing of the Isosceles
liens whether they are still pend-
ing or have been resolved.
McLain declined to comment
on the liens.
The lawsuit states that Isosceles
entered into a settlement agree-
ment with Post-Newsweek in
June 2005 to pay what at the time
was a printing debt of $125,000
incurred “over a period of years.” It
says that from 2005 to December
2008, Isosceles made payments
totaling $40,000.
“Isosceles failed to make any
further payments in accordance
with the terms of the Settlement
Agreement,” the lawsuit says.
appeal to the hearts and minds of
our prospective allies nationwide.”
Some local D.C. groups,
including the Gay & Lesbian
Activists Alliance, called for a
festive counter event that
stresses D.C.’s success in
passing a same-sex marriage
law despite the opposition of
groups such as NOM.
In an announcement on its
website, NOM said the speakers
at its rally at the Capitol would
include Brown; Maggie
Gallagher, the group’s founding
chairperson; Bishop Harry
Jackson, a minister who has led
efforts to oppose same-sex mar-
riage in D.C.; Rev. Walter
Fauntroy, D.C.’s former delegate
to Congress and a leading oppo-
nent of same-sex marriage; and
Alveda King, niece of slain civil
rights leader Martin Luther King
Jr. and an outspoken opponent
of same-sex marriage.
The event at Freedom Plaza
is sponsored by the LGBT
groups Equality across America,
Full Equality Now! D.C., and Talk
About Equality. It’s scheduled to
begin at 2 p.m. Sunday.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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NATIONALNEWS
GOP House members move to condemn Prop 8 ruling
Smith, Chaffetz,
Bachmann among
marriage opponents
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
A group of conservative House
Republicans on Tuesday intro-
duced a resolution in Congress to
condemn the recent federal court
decision overturning Proposition 8
in California.
The introduction of the non-
binding measure is one of the
most prominent moves against
the ruling from Republicans,
whose response has largely
been muted, or in some cases
supportive of the decision.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is
sponsoring the resolution, H. Res.
1607. The measure is pending before
the House Judiciary Committee.
The resolution offers findings
faulting U.S. District Court Judge
Vaughn Walker’s decision for
engaging in improper conduct dur-
ing his consideration of the case. It
says Walker “failed to conduct him-
self in an impartial manner” and
“attempted to illegally broadcast the
trial in disregard of the harassment
such broadcast would invite on wit-
nesses supporting Proposition 8.”
The resolution concludes that
the sense of the U.S. House is that:
• Walker “failed to conduct him-
self in an impartial manner before
striking down California’s popularly
enacted Proposition 8 and thereby
redefined traditional marriage to
include same-sex relationships;”
• and Walker’s decision to
overturn “California’s popularly
enacted Proposition 8 is wrong.”
In a statement, Smith empha-
sized the importance of the resolu-
tion as a means to speak out
against the decision, because
Bishop blasts decision as ‘travesty of justice’
Bishop Harry Jackson, the
Maryland minister who’s leading
efforts to oppose same-sex mar-
riage in D.C., said the gay judge who
ruled against California’s Proposition
8 disenfranchised black voters.
“This is a travesty of justice,”
Jackson said of last week’s ruling
by Judge Vaughn Walker of the
U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California.
“The majority of Californians
— and two-thirds of black voters
in California — have just had
their core civil right to vote for
marriage stripped from them by
an openly gay federal judge who
U.S. House Reps. Lamar Smith, Michele Bachmann, Jason Chaffetz and Steve King are among a group seek-
ing a congressional resolution to condemn a federal court decision overturning California’s Proposition 8.
“when it comes to judicial activism,
it doesn’t get much worse.”
“The judge showed bias,”
Smith said. “In his ruling, he
imposed his personal views,
contrary to the wishes of the
majority of voters in the state.”
Smith noted that the debate
over Prop 8 isn’t “about the worth
of gay individuals.”
“Those who support tradition-
al marriage recognize that gay
people can be loyal friends, ded-
icated community leaders, and
beloved sons and daughters,” he
said. “And those with religious
objections to same-sex marriage
distinguish between the conduct,
has misread history and the
Constitution to impose his San
Francisco views on the American
people,” Jackson said in a state-
ment released by the National
Organization for Marriage.
“The implicit comparison
Judge Walker made between
racism and marriage is particu-
larly offensive to me and to all of
us who remember the reality of
Jim Crow,” he said. “It is not big-
otry, it is biology that discrimi-
nates between same-sex cou-
ples and opposite-sex couples.
“To make a marriage requires a
husband and a wife, because these
which they consider inappropri-
ate, and the person, whom they
may cherish and appreciate.”
As of Wednesday, the resolu-
tion had 17 co-sponsors, includ-
ing Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-
Minn.), Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)
and Steve King (R-Iowa).
A House Democratic leadership
aide, who spoke on the condition of
anonymity, said House Democratic
leadership had no plan to bring the
resolution to the House floor.
“I suppose if they want to file a
discharge petition maybe they
could do that, but I think we will be
out of session before the clock runs
[out] on a discharge,” said the aide.
unions are necessary to make new
life and connect children to their
mother and father. Judge Walker’s
slur will not stand the test of time
and history, [and] we demand that
Congress and the Supreme Court
act to protect all Americans’ right to
vote for marriage.”
Jackson apparently was linking
a passage in Walker’s ruling com-
paring state bans on same-sex
marriage to state laws that once
banned interracial marriage. A
U.S. Supreme Court decision in
1967, Loving v. Virginia, over-
turned state laws that prohibited
interracial marriage on the
Photo courtesy of Bachmann for Congress
“So the bottom line is that the
Democratic leadership has no
intention of bringing this to the floor.”
A discharge petition brings a
bill out of committee and to the
House floor without a report from
the committee and usually with-
out cooperation of leadership. A
discharge petition requires the
signature of 218 House mem-
bers — a simple majority.
Whether this resolution has
the support of the Republican
leadership is unclear. The office
of House Minority Leader John
Boehner (R-Ohio) didn’t immedi-
ately respond to the Blade’s
request to comment on whether
grounds that such laws violated
the constitutional rights of interra-
cial couples seeking to marry.
Walker ruled that the Prop 8 ban
on same-sex marriage violated the
U.S. Constitution’s equal protection
and due process clauses.
Michael Crawford, co-chair of
D.C. for Marriage, chided
Jackson and the National
Organization for Marriage for the
response to last week’s decision.
“Bishop Jackson’s claim is part
of a cynical attempt by NOM to
wrap its anti-gay bigotry in the
cloak of the Black Civil Rights
Movement with the goal of main-
he supports the resolution.
Gay groups representing
LGBT people on opposite ends
of the political spectrum pounced
on the resolution as unneces-
sary and hostile.
Christian Berle, deputy execu-
tive director of the National Log
Cabin Republicans, said the meas-
ure was “in direct contradiction” to
the tenets of individual liberty
espoused by the Republican Party.
“Log Cabin Republicans
would oppose any effort by
Congress to play politics with this
ruling,” Berle said. “Now is the
time for Republicans to focus on
the real issues voters care
about: jobs, the economy, taxes,
government spending and a free
market economy.”
Michael Mitchell, executive
director of the National Stonewall
Democrats, said the proposed
resolution represents “a willful
disregard for the three branches
of government.”
“On the one hand, I think it’s
grandstanding,” he said. “I think that
they’re just really trying to shore up
their base. I think that they are defi-
nitely on the wrong side of history
and that time is going to show that
very quickly even in their own party.”
But in an e-mail blast Wed-
nesday, Brian Brown, president of
the National Organization for
Marriage, which opposes mar-
riage rights for same-sex couples,
urged supporters to call their
members of Congress to join on
as co-sponsors to the resolution.
“House Resolution 1607 is an
important first opportunity for lead-
ers in Congress to go on record
defending Proposition 8 and con-
demning the activism from the
bench that would simply create —
out of thin air — a new constitu-
tional right to same-sex marriage,
while overthrowing the will of 7 mil-
lion California voters,” he said.
streaming their radical right-wing
agenda and the hope of making
inroads into the African-American
community,” Crawford said.
“Bishop Jackson’s intellectually
dishonest reasoning to enforce
marriage discrimination against gay
and lesbian families is very similar
to the language used in previous
years to deny African-Americans
the full rights and responsibilities of
American citizenship. No one
should be fooled. NOM and Harry
Jackson have no more interest in
civil rights than denying gay and
lesbian families equality.”
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NATIONALNEWS
Incumbents hope LGBT support boosts chances
Murphy, Gillibrand
have advantages in
re-election bids
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Is going gay good for your re-
election prospects?
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.)
and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-
N.Y.) are among the incumbents
seeking re-election hoping that
their support of LGBT rights will
translate to campaign donations
and victory in November.
Both lawmakers championed
repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
as one of their signature issues,
and both have promising
prospects for their re-election
chances even though they’re
competing in challenging races.
In the House, Murphy has
been outspoken on the issue of
repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
and sponsored repeal legisla-
tion. He’s made numerous media
appearances to denounce the
law and was featured last year
on the cover of The Advocate.
Upon taking up repeal legisla-
tion last year, the Iraq war veter-
an took a bill with about 150 co-
sponsors and brought a meas-
ure to the floor of the House that
earned 234 votes.
Similarly, Gillibrand has been a
strong proponent of repealing “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” since her appoint-
ment last year to the U.S. Senate.
She last year floated the idea of
introducing an amendment that
would have instituted an 18-month
moratorium on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Additionally, Gillibrand is credited with
working with Senate Armed Services
Committee Chair Carl Levin to initiate
hearings on the issue.
Matt Canter, a Gillibrand
spokesperson, said the senator’s
GetEqual names 10 new board members
The group responsible for many
recent protests throughout the
country over LGBT issues
announced Tuesday its new board
of directors were set this week to
meet to discuss future actions.
The 10 members who com-
prise the new, provisional board
for GetEqual have a history of
activism. They are:
• Jillian Weiss, the board chair, a
transgender blogger and law profes-
sor at Ranapo College in New Jersey;
• Richard Aviles, a 19-year-old
Los Angeles native who founded a
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy cham-
pioned repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell’ as one of his signature issues
— and is favored to win in his tra-
ditionally Republican district.
advocacy work on “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” is based on a strong
personal conviction.
“My boss has helped champi-
on the issue because she felt
that now is the time to right this
wrong,” he said. “She felt we
needed leadership in the Senate
to breathe life into this issue, to
begin the debate on this issue.”
Michael Cole, a Human Rights
Campaign spokesperson, called
Murphy and Gillibrand “real champi-
ons of repeal” and emphasized the
importance of Murphy’s status as
an Iraq war veteran on the issue.
“Our campaign has been
about putting veterans front and
center, and when you have some-
one like the congressman — with
a distinguished history of military
service — it is profoundly impact-
ful on both his colleagues and
public opinion,” Cole said.
As LGBT civil rights advocates
have expressed gratitude for
gay-straight alliance at his home
school before going to college at St.
Olaf College in Northfield, Minn;
• John Blake, who co-founded
Montana Equality Now in 2009 and is
studying at the University of Montana;
• Geoff Farrow, a former priest
and activist on the 2008 “No on
8” campaign in California;
• B. Loewe, who served as plan-
ning director for the Latino Union of
Chicago from 2003 to 2009;
• Cathy Marino-Thomas, a for-
mer executive director of Marriage
Equality New York and current
Murphy and Gillibrand for tackling
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the lawmak-
ers are facing a more favorable cli-
mate as they seek re-election this
fall than many other incumbents.
Murphy is running in Pennsyl-
vania’s 8th congressional district,
which, prior to his election in 2006, had
been represented by a Republican
since 1993. Murphy is facing in the
general election Republican Mike
Fitzpatrick, the former U.S. House
member whom Murphy unseated by
less than 1 percentage point.
Still, many political observers
are predicting that the Democratic
congressman is likely to achieve
victory this fall.
The Cook Report identifies the
race as “lean Democratic” and the
Rothenberg Political Report calls
it “Democrat favored.” Larry
Sabato’s Crystal Ball identifies the
race as a “toss-up.”
Meanwhile, Gillibrand is look-
ing at a relatively smooth race this
fall even though she was once
considered vulnerable because
she had been appointed to her
seat last year by New York Gov.
David Paterson and has never
won statewide election.
One by one, possible serious
challengers have decided they
wouldn’t throw their hats in the
ring — despite earlier specula-
tion that they would do so.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.),
who had earlier sought to challenge
Gillibrand for the Democratic nomi-
nation, announced late last year
that she wouldn’t pursue a run.
Earlier this year, Harold Ford Jr., a
Democratic former U.S. House
member who represented Tennessee,
said he was considering running,
but later decided against it.
On the Republican side, for-
mer New York City Mayor Rudy
Giuliani and former New York
Gov. George Pataki were once
seen as possible Gillibrand chal-
lengers, but both announced
board president of the organization;
• Kelsey Phipps, a law student
at Georgetown University and
former staffer for the late Sen.
Edward Kennedy;
• Mark Reed, a member of the
executive steering committee for the
National Equality March in 2009;
• Autumn Sandeen, a trans-
gender blogger and former fire
controlman for the U.S. Navy;
• and Evelyn Thomas, executive
director of the Sanctuary Project,
an organization geared toward
ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
they wouldn’t pursue the seat.
Rev. Al Sharpton, a black civil
rights activist and former Democratic
candidate for president, reportedly
told the New York Times earlier this
year that Gillibrand has seen a
remarkable amount of good fortune
in her re-election bid.
“I think Gillibrand either has mys-
tical powers or the best luck I have
ever seen in politics,” he was quot-
ed as saying in an April article.
But how much impact advocat-
ing for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal
is having on these incumbent law-
makers remains in question.
Canter expressed skepticism
about a correlation between
Gillibrand’s position on “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” and her lack of
serious competition this fall.
“I don’t know why Rudy Giuliani
decided not to run for Senate,”
Canter said. “I don’t know if ‘Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell’ is the reason.”
Trevor Thomas, a spokesper-
son for the Servicemembers
Legal Defense Network, said the
impact of supporting “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” repeal has so far been
minimal on incumbents.
“SLDN looked at those [law-
makers] who voted for the Murphy
amendment and are also facing
tough re-election fights,” Thomas
said. “We understand that includes
about 25 members, and only two
of them have been hit by their
opponents for voting for ‘Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell’ repeal.”
Thomas said that attacking an
incumbent House member for
their “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
stance isn’t “the strongest win-
ning point by Republican oppo-
nents in this election season.”
But Dan Pinello, a gay gov-
ernment professor at the City
University of New York, said
advocating for “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” repeal helped put both
Murphy and Gillibrand into more
favorable positions this fall.
At the end of six months, each
board member will be given the
option to assess whether they want
to remain on the board for a full
term or step down and let someone
else join, according to GetEqual.
Robin McGehee, co-founder
for GetEqual, said the board
members will be attending a staff
retreat over the next few days in
Los Angeles to discuss the
future of the organization.
McGehee said GetEqual has
already spoken to local organizers
throughout the country about actions
“Taking a highly public leader-
ship role in attacking [‘Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell’] is likely to reap sub-
stantial political reward in the
form of campaign contributions
from the national LGBT commu-
nity,” Pinello said.
Pinello noted that Murphy’s
advocacy on repeal made him par-
ticularly attractive to LGBT donors
seeking to advance their cause.
“Murphy has appeared on ‘The
Rachel Maddow Show’ and other lib-
eral media outlets as this hunky
straight knight in shining armor com-
ing to the rescue of lesbian and gay
damsels in distress,” Pinello said.
“How in the world can they not
reward him with anything less than
tens, if not hundreds of thousands of
dollars in campaign contributions?”
Pinello likewise called Gillibrand
a “wily fundraiser” and said he
expects that she would use her
advocacy against “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” to “her campaign’s best finan-
cial advantage.”
Still, Pinello noted a distinction
between taking on “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell,” a law that polls show
an overwhelming number of
Americans oppose, as opposed
to taking on more challenging
LGBT issues, such as repeal of
the Defense of Marriage Act.
Pinello said he doesn’t believe
any member of Congress is taking
on DOMA as forcefully as “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” even though the
federal law prohibiting recognition
of same-sex marriage affects
more LGBT Americans.
“The principal reason for such [a]
legislative leadership vacuum is that
attacking DOMA would appear to
most constituents to be endorsing
same-sex marriage, which only
about a third of Americans support
outright,” he said. “So only
Democratic incumbents in extremely
safe districts or states would risk act-
ing so boldly. And there are relatively
few of those in this election cycle.”
against members of Congress as
they return home for recess, particu-
larly targeting Democrats who have
an unknown status on a whip count
on the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act or Republicans
representing LGBT-friendly districts.
“It doesn’t mean that all of them
are talking about office events or
direct action,” she said. “It may be
that they want to organize or
protest or rally outside that legisla-
tor’s office, or they may be wanting
to organize their own team.”
CHRIS JOHNSON
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NATIONALNEWS

Ann Coulter to headline gay

conservative convention
NEW YORK — Conservative pundit and author Ann Coulter is scheduled to head-
line an upcoming New York event for gay conservatives, according to GOProud.
The gay conservative group announced in a statement Aug. 6 that Coulter
would make an appearance at Homocon 2010, which is set to be the first annual
convention for gay conservatives.
The event is scheduled for Sept. 25
in New York City.
Coulter is a controversial conserva-
tive whose book titles have included “If
Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be
Republicans” and “Treason: Liberal
Treachery From the Cold War to the
War on Terrorism.” She’s called
Democratic presidential candidates Al
Gore and John Edwards gay, used
anti-gay slurs and suggested former
President Bill Clinton is gay.
In a statement, Chris Barron, board
chair of GOProud, said Homocon
2010 is intended as an alternative to
what he described as liberal-leaning
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
political events for LGBT people.
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter will head- “The gay left has done their best
line Homocon 2010. to take all the fun out of politics, with
their endless list of boycotts and
protests,” he said. “Homocon is going to be our annual effort to counter the ‘no
fun police’ on the left.”
Will McCain filibuster
‘Don’t Ask’ repeal?
Says Pentagon study must be
completed before debate proceeds
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he
objects to debating “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
repeal on the Senate floor, a possible
indication he would support a filibuster of
the measure.
McCain spoke out against inclusion of
repeal in the fiscal year 2011 defense
authorization bill in an exchange Aug. 5 with
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair
Carl Levin (D-Mich.) on the Senate floor.
Levin asked for unanimous consent
to bring to the floor in September the
defense bill to which the Senate Armed
Services Committee already attached
repeal, but McCain objected and said he
wouldn’t allow the Senate to proceed. Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key

Barron said he couldn’t think of a better conservative to headline the conven- “I’m not going to allow us to move for-
tion than the “self-professed ‘right-wing Judy Garland’ — Ann Coulter.” ward,” McCain said. “I will be discussing
“I can promise you, Homocon 2010 will be a hell of a lot more fun than chain- with my leaders and the 41 members of
ing yourself to the White House fence,” said Barron, presumably referring to gay this side of the aisle as to whether we’re
former Army Lt. Dan Choi’s protest over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” going to be moving forward with a bill that
contains that ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy
repealed before, before a meaningful sur-
Gay flight attendant arrested after JetBlue ruckus vey of the impact on battle effectiveness
NEW YORK — A gay JetBlue flight attendant got into an argument with a pas- and morale of the men and women who
senger on a jetliner arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, are serving this nation in uniform.”
cursed the passenger, grabbed a beer from the galley and then deployed an McCain called the inclusion of repeal
emergency exit slide and fled the plane, authorities said. in the defense legislation without the
The Associated Press reported that flight attendant Steven Slater was arrest- completion of the study a “disgrace.”
ed at his nearby home in the Belle Harbor section of Queens by Port Authority of Levin, a proponent of repeal, respond-
New York and New Jersey police on charges of criminal mischief, reckless endan- ed by saying allowing the bill to come to
germent and trespassing. the floor would enable the Senate to con-
Slater, 39, remained in custody Monday night. His attorney’s name wasn’t sider amendments to the “Don’t Ask,
immediately available, and there was no home telephone number listed for him. A Don’t Tell” language.
woman who answered a phone at a previous residence listed for Slater in “The main point is that the place to
Thousand Oaks, Calif., identified herself as his mother but said she wasn’t speak- debate these policies is on the floor of the
ing to the media, according to the AP. Senate,” Levin said. “The Senate will deter-
Slater’s account on MySpace, registered in the name “nycflyer71,” describes mine, if we can get this bill to the floor,
him as “gay” and “in a relationship.” In June, one of his MySpace friends wished whether or not we make that conditional
Slater a “Happy pride!” change in the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ or
JetBlue Airways Corp. said in a statement that it was working with the Federal whether we do a number of other things.”
Aviation Administration and Port Authority police to investigate the matter. It said Levin also noted the language in the bill
the safety of its customers and crew members was never compromised. makes repeal conditional on completion of
Slater was working on JetBlue Flight 1052 from Pittsburgh when he got into an the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” study currently
argument with the passenger, who was pulling down baggage from an overhead underway at the Pentagon, which is due
bin, the Port Authority said. The luggage apparently struck the attendant in the Dec. 1, as well as certification from the
head and he asked for an apology, but the passenger refused, the agency said. president and military leaders.
As the plane was landing, Slater got on the public-address system and cussed In a statement, Joe Solmonese, president
at the passenger, the Port Authority said. He then grabbed at least one beer, acti- of the Human Rights Campaign, accused
vated the slide, slid down and went to his car, it said. McCain of flip-flopping on his position, noting
an Aug. 5 article in Congressional Quarterly
quoted McCain as saying he wouldn’t sup-
Kagan confirmed to Supreme Court port a filibuster on the matter.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate last week voted to confirm Elena Kagan as “In less than 24 hours, Sen. McCain
an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 63-37. seems to have changed his mind on blocking
Five Republicans voted Aug. 5 in favor of her confirmation, while one a critical defense bill in order to score some
Democrat, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, voted against her. political points with his base,” Solmonese
In a statement, Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said. “Our country needs the best and bright-
commended the Senate for confirming Kagan. est men and women in uniform and no one
“She has demonstrated an understanding of the need for equality for all should play politics when it’s time to get down
Americans and her record indicates she may be more familiar with how laws and poli- to doing the people’s business.”
cies affect the LGBT community than any previously confirmed justice,” he said. Continuing to rail against the inclusion
of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” language,
U.S. Sen. John McCain said he opposes
the Senate discussing any repeal of
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ before the armed
forces complete ‘a meaningful survey of
the impact on battle effectiveness and
morale of the men and women who are
serving this nation in uniform.’
McCain recalled to the Senate president
his discontent over the inclusion of hate
crimes protections language in the previ-
ous year’s budget legislation.
“I’ve only been a member of this commit-
tee, Mr. President, since 1987,” McCain said.
“I [had] never seen what the chairman of the
committee did last year by bringing a totally
irrelevant and very controversial issue and
put it on the defense authorization bill.”
The attachment of hate crimes legisla-
tion to the defense authorization bill hap-
pened at least twice before last year in the
Senate in 2004 and 2007. Supporters of the
hate crimes measure at the time said this
method helped to protect the legislation
from amendments.
“He tried his hardest to prevent
Americans from being protected from hate
crimes and lost,” Solmonese said. “His
attempt to prevent qualified openly lesbian
and gay service members from serving will
be a failing effort as well.”
Following his floor speech, McCain
elaborated to the Blade on his opposition
to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal language
in the defense authorization bill.
“I just think that a survey needs to be
conducted as to the effect on morale and
battle effectiveness before the repeal is
voted on, and everybody’s entitled to their
own views, but to repeal it before we get
that assessment, I think, is really a seri-
ous mistake,” he said.
Asked whether he would introduce a
motion to strike or a substitute amend-
ment with regard to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” language, McCain replied, “We don’t
yet know exactly what we’re going to do.”
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Cleveland could lose Gay Games if deadline not met
Continued from page 1
comment. FGG officials have also
declined to disclose details as to why
they determined Synergy has failed
to meet its licensing obligations.
LGBT activists in Cleveland
joined city officials there in
expressing a strong desire to
keep the games in Cleveland and
have taken steps to put together a
new proposal for producing the
2014 Gay Games. But so far, only
non-gay sports groups in that
area have emerged as having the
capability to produce an event
involving thousands of athletes
and spectators.
In announcing last week that
they planned to keep the games in
Cleveland, FGG officials said
through a spokesperson that they
disagreed with an interpretation of
FGG rules by the D.C. LGBT
sports group that lost its bid to
hold the games in Washington.
Officials with Metropolitan
Washington Gaymes, Inc., which
was designated the runner-up bid-
der for the 2014 games, said they
believe FGG rules hold that the
games should go to the runner up
and its host city if the winning bid-
der fails to fulfill its licensing obli-
gations and responsibilities.
During the General Assembly
meeting in Cologne, Germany,
FGG officials reportedly said the
rules allow the group to keep the
games in Cleveland as long as a
Gay filmmakers face opposition in Pa. town
Screening of ‘Out in
the Silence’ sparks
rural controversy
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
jdiguglielmo@washblade.com
A Washington, D.C. gay couple
who made a documentary about gay
life in the Pennsylvania hometown of
one of the men attracted controversy
when they held a screening of the
film at a public library.
Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer’s
2009 movie “Out in the Silence,”
which follows a gay Oil City, Pa.
high school student named C.J.
Springer as he navigates his life in
the town the filmmakers say was
often hostile to gays, was screened
July 28 at Coudersport Public
Library in Coudersport, Pa., a small
town in north-central Pennsylvania.
Wilson and Hamer are on a
tour, seeking to have the film
screened in each of the state’s
67 counties. They’ve shown it
Following the conclusion this week of the 2010 Gay Games in Germany, organizers of the next event are under
the gun to meet several conditions by Dec. 15.
new entity selected to produce the
games meets all of the require-
ments established for doing so in
the original bidding documents.
But one of the conditions
imposed on Cleveland, accord-
ing to sources, is that it must
come up with a new LGBT-run
501(c)(3) non-profit organization
that exists for the sole purpose of
producing the Gay Games.
Another condition is the new
entity must be up and running,
meet all of the FGG require-
ments to operate the games and
Gay filmmakers Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer encountered opposition
when they screened their documentary ‘Out in the Silence’ at a
Coudersport, Pa. library.
about 50 times but say the
Coudersport controversy, in
which a local pastor and a Tea
Party activist attempted to halt
have a signed license agreement
with the FGG in place by Dec.
15, 2010, sources said.
They said the FGG General
Assembly agreed that if the new
Cleveland organization is unable to
enter into such a licensing agree-
ment by the designated deadline,
FGG would take steps to move the
games to D.C., the runner-up city.
The decision reportedly is based
on the assumption that the D.C.
host organization was still interest-
ed and capable of producing the
2014 Gay Games.
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
the screening, was the most
opposition they’ve encountered.
“This was probably the biggest
blow-out to date,” Wilson said.
Photo by Jean-Marc Lequeux
Vince Micone, president of
Metropolitan Washington Gaymes,
and Brent Minor, head of Team D.C.,
one of the Gay Games-affiliated
groups that’s part of Washington
Metropolitan Gaymes, said last week
that their respective groups would be
willing to discuss any offer or propos-
al brought forward by the FGG.
“We’re reluctant to comment
because we haven’t received
any official communication from
anyone,” said Minor on Tuesday.
But he noted that D.C. officials
remain supportive of the Gay
“We’ve had some opposition on
one or two other occasions. The
common denominator is that in
most places it goes off without a
hitch, but in places where there
are fundamentalist activists based
there, they start to stir the pot.”
CoudyNews.com reported that
Coudersport Free Methodist
Church was calling for “a peaceful
phone-in protest” and that Pastor
Pete Tremblay urged supporters to
“call the library … and in a Christian
manner inform them that this event
is not a benefit to our community
and ask that it be canceled.”
It almost worked. The library
waffled and at one point planned
to cancel the screening.
“There was some back and
forth,” Wilson said. “I said it’s at
exactly times like this when the
library needs to play its impor-
tant role in the community that all
are welcome and a diversity of
programs must be offered.”
Wilson said things got some-
what heated after the screening,
which played to a packed house
Games movement and its leader-
ship. He said he’s “certain” that the
apparatus that Metropolitan
Washington Gaymes assembled
last year in its bid for the 2014
games can be put back together
in “short order” should the FGG
approach D.C. to host the games.
According to one source,
another wrinkle over Cleveland
Synergy Foundation surfaced at
the FGG General Assembly meet-
ing when word came that
Cleveland Synergy might be con-
sidering filing a lawsuit against the
FGG to reverse the decision to
revoke its license. The source said
FGG officials have lined up pro
bono legal counsel to respond to
such a lawsuit and are confident
their side would prevail.
The same source said repre-
sentatives of the General
Assembly sympathetic to D.C.
chose not to introduce a resolution
to move the 2014 games to D.C.
before giving Cleveland a chance
to form a new LGBT host organi-
zation because there was little sup-
port for such a resolution.
“It would have failed miserably as
many Americans and Europeans
are of the current mindset that we
need to continue the goodwill that
was just established by the Cologne
games, and a change while the city
of Cleveland so enthusiastically
wants these games would incur dis-
trust and ill will in the LGBT sports
community,” the source said.
of about 80 people. He guessed
about 25 Coudersport residents
appeared in opposition.
He said one minister “started
shouting and demeaning” a
woman who spoke after the film,
“reducing her to tears.”
Tremblay, initially reluctant to
comment to the Blade, said the
experience has left him frustrated.
“They haven’t heard anything
we’ve said or answered any of our
questions,” Tremblay told the Blade.
“It’s obvious to me there’s not inter-
est in a discussion, there’s only inter-
est in vilifying people who disagree.”
Tremblay said he objects most
to the film’s assertion that all
gays should embrace their sexu-
al orientation.
“I know people who are not
comfortable with [same-sex attrac-
tions] and want to seek healing,” he
said. “But if all we say is you have
to come to grips with it, those who
feel this is not appropriate, there’s
no place where they can go. We
have to disagree that this behavior
should be presented as normative.”
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NATIONALNEWS

Delayed nominees likely victims of politics, not bias

Continued from page 1
nominations of the other two
nominees late last year.
Shin Inouye, a White House
spokesperson, expressed disap-
pointment that the Senate has
been unable to confirm the nom-
inees as well as the 71 other
appointments that are pending.
“It’s unfortunate that at a time
when our nation is facing enor-
mous challenges, some sena-
tors have decided to delay criti-
cal nominations — often for
political purposes,” he said.
“With 74 nominees still pending
before the Senate, the president
hopes that the Senate will move
forward and consider all of these
well-qualified candidates.”
The Gay & Lesbian Victory
Fund has pushed for the appoint-
ment of LGBT people through the
federal government as the coali-
tion leader in the Presidential
Appointments Project.
Denis Dison, a Victory Fund
spokesperson, said he had no
knowledge of anti-gay bias hold-
ing up the confirmation process.
“My understanding is there are
tons of nominees that are still
being held,” Dison said. “I think that
if the president is nominating a
number of LGBT people, they’re
just as likely to get caught up in the
politics as straight nominees.”
Of the three pending LGBT
nominees, the Senate has most
recently taken steps to put
Camunez on track to receive his
appointment. The Senate Finance
Committee last week favorably
reported his nomination to the
floor, just before lawmakers broke
for the August recess.
Jim Manley, a spokesperson
for Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid (D-Nev.), said the full
Senate had yet to schedule a
confirmation vote for Camunez.
“Last Thursday is a millisec-
ond in the Senate, so it’s not like
he’s been hanging out there for
six months,” Manley said. “We
rarely, if ever, confirm anyone on
the day they [are] reported out.”
On June 30, the Senate
Finance Committee unanimously
reported out the nomination of
Sorian, but his nomination hasn’t
yet come before the full Senate.
Manley cited general Republican
opposition to presidential nominees
as the reason why the Senate has
not confirmed Sorian.
“I have no idea what the deal
is, but I think if you Google up the
words ‘Donald Berwick’ and
‘Republicans,’ you will find
Republicans vowing jihad in the
light of the recess appointment
for Burwick, so that’s all I know
about that,” Manley said.
Manley was referring to
Obama’s recess appointment in
July of Donald Berwick as head of
the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, which invoked
the ire of Republicans ranging
from Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.) to former
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
The other appointee, Hanson,
is pending before the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
Erica Chabot, spokesperson
for the Judiciary Committee, said
consideration of the nomination
of Elena Kagan to become asso-
ciate justice for the U.S.
Supreme Court prevented the
panel from holding other confir-
mation hearings.
“That often times slows up the
scheduling of the nominations hear-
ings, when we have a Supreme
Court nominee,” Chabot said.
Time for a hearing or commit-
tee vote of Hanson’s nomination
has not been scheduled, Chabot
said. She denied that Hanson’s
sexual orientation played any
role in what was preventing the
Judiciary Committee from taking
up her nomination.
“It’s certainly not from Sen.
Leahy’s perspective,” Chabot
said. “I don’t think that anybody
has raised that — certainly not
with me.”
Another nominee, Chai Feldblum,
a lesbian with a long history of LGBT
activism, never received Senate con-
firmation. Still, she was able to
assume her position as a commis-
sioner for the Equal Opportunity
Employment Commission through a
recess appointment March 27.
But because Feldblum never
received confirmation from the
Senate, her tenure is shorter than
it would have been if she had
received consent from the cham-
ber. She will only retain her EEOC
position until the end of this year,
while if she had received confirma-
tion she would have been able to
stay on until 2013.
An unknown senator placed a
secret hold on Feldblum’s appoint-
ment, as well as other EEOC nom-
inations, preventing the Senate
from taking action. It’s still possible
for the Senate to vote on her nom-
ination to enable her to take her
position for full tenure.
Dison said the extent to which
Feldblum’s sexual orientation
played a role in the mystery sena-
tor’s hold is unknown, but he noted
it would be “appalling” if any sena-
tor thought being a lesbian would
disqualify them from any job.
“I know that she has been quite
active in LGBT issues,” Dison said.
“If that’s the problem for those who
don’t want her confirmed, then it’s
not far from saying that her sexual
orientation is the issue. She fought
for those issues on principle, but
she also fought for them because
she’s part of that community.”
Sean Theriault, a gay govern-
ment professor at the University
of Texas, Austin, said the hold up
of the nominations reflects “how
truly paralyzed the Senate is” as
opposed to any anti-gay bias.
“The system of holds, fili-
busters, electioneering, legislative
games, and party polarization has
brought the Senate to a screech-
ing halt,” he said.

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VIEWPOINT
‘ ’
Right wing loses its voice on Prop 8
Opponents of
marriage equality
have lost the debate
By KEVIN NAFF
Perhaps the biggest surprise
about last week’s historic Proposition
8 court ruling is the striking dearth of
arguments in support of California’s
marriage ban.
Seven million voters support-
ed the ban in 2008, but why?
The Republican administration
of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
not only declined to defend the law
in court, but even argued against a
stay of the ruling so that same-sex
couples could begin marrying
again right away. The state govern-
ment’s antipathy resulted in a third
party stepping up to defend the
law. Attorneys Andrew Pugno and
Charles Cooper from Protect
Marriage were widely ridiculed for
the weak defense they mounted;
they called just two witnesses.
As conservative Fox News
columnist Margaret Hoover put it,
“Surprisingly, the defense’s two
lone witnesses also offered com-
pelling reasons to favor of mar-
riage equality. They testified that
allowing homosexuals to marry
would increase family stability
and improve the lives of their chil-
dren; that sexual orientation is
unchangeable; that gays and les-
bians have faced a long history of
discrimination, including Prop 8.”
On Sunday, attorney Ted
Olson, an unlikely gay icon to be
sure, appeared on Fox News
Sunday to face a grilling from
Chris Wallace. Instead, it was
Wallace who was roasted, as it
became instantly clear that even
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Re: “Solution to hate crimes
is not an armed society” (view-
point by Jerry Clark and Ladd
Everitt, Aug. 4)
To clarify a point, none of my les-
bian friends have illegal guns. They
have legal shotguns and rifles, and
while one has a handgun she legal-
ly bought when she lived in Virginia
and did not surrender when she
moved to D.C., it is now legal in D.C.
Clark and Everitt argue against
themselves when they write, “In
2009, more than 98 percent of all
The potential consequence that
conservatives land on the wrong side of
civil rights history again is the alienation
of an entire generation of voters.
Fox can’t argue against marriage
rights for same-sex couples.
“Where is the right to same-
sex marriage in the Constitution,”
Wallace demanded of Olson.
“Where is the right to interra-
cial marriage in the Constitution,
Chris,” came the reply. “The
Supreme Court has said that
marriage — the right to marry a
person of your choice — is part of
liberty, privacy, association and
spirituality guaranteed to each
individual under the Constitution.
… The right to marry is a funda-
mental right for all citizens.”
Earlier this week, I was inter-
viewed for an hour by the NPR
station in Baltimore about the rul-
ing. I arrived expecting to find an
anti-gay Republican or someone
from the National Organization
for Marriage in the green room
waiting to debate me on air.
Instead, the host said no one
from “the other side” would agree
to appear. During the show, just
two listeners called in opposition
to same-sex marriage, both cit-
ing incoherent religious views as
justification for their opinions.
This silence from the right is
not coincidental. Just a few years
ago, same-sex marriage and
abortion were the two marquee
issues that right-wing groups
used to draw crowds and, more
reliably, donations to their organ-
izations. They have now figured
guns recovered from crime scenes in
the District were originally purchased
in states with lax gun regulations,
including Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Georgia and Florida.”
Yes, that is correct. So why
would our D.C. elected representa-
tives choose to give up our voting
rights over gun laws, as most guns
used in D.C. crimes originate from
other jurisdictions that are beyond
D.C. control? The answer is a
Democratic, politically correct view
of the world in which hewing to
dogma is more important than
granting citizens their voting rights.
I am not a fan of guns and do
not own one. But I am big fan of
being able to vote. And gun rules
out that attacking gays and les-
bians is a real turn off for the
independent voters who now
decide most of our elections.
“The potential consequence that
conservatives land on the wrong
side of civil rights history again is
the alienation of an entire genera-
tion of voters,” Fox’s Hoover wrote.
“With polling definitively indicating
that Americans under age 30 over-
whelmingly favor gay rights, with a
majority supporting gay marriage
according to the Pew Millennial
Attitudes report published in
February this year, there are multi-
ple reasons for conservatives to
think carefully before digging in
their heels against gay marriage.”
Indeed, Republican leaders
are ignoring the party’s circus
clowns like the four-times-mar-
ried Rush Limbaugh, who
claimed, “the American people
are boiling” after the ruling.
Instead, the top Republican
candidates for governor and
Senate in California — Meg
Whitman and Carly Fiorina —
had little to say. Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell, long a
subject of gay rumors, was also
quiet. Even national Republican
Party leaders were anxious to
change the subject.
“Every indicator that I have ...
generally speaking is that eco-
nomic growth and job creation
are the tandem issues that will be
have had no effect on District
crime. In the 12 months following
the Heller ruling, D.C. homicides
declined by 25 percent.
The D.C. Council and Eleanor
Holmes Norton let go a once-in-
a-generation shot at D.C. voting
rights. Norton has failed us at
her most basic job: to get D.C.
voting rights. I hope that we
have a better alternative in
November. — Jessica Lee
Re: “O’Malley would sign
marriage bill” (blog post by
Kevin Naff, Aug. 9)
It’s time for O’Malley to work
for a same-sex marriage bill, not
just pledge to sign one if it cross-
es his desk. — LeighAnne
the principal drivers of voter deci-
sion at polls,” said Republican
National Committee political
director Gentry Collins. “What I’m
encouraging candidates to do is
go out and run on an economic
platform, a jobs platform.”
That’s sage advice considering
those poll numbers for younger
voters. At a time when the GOP is
working overtime to permanently
alienate Hispanic voters over
immigration rights, it is backtrack-
ing on opposing gay rights. That’s
not to say everyone has given up.
Tony Perkins is still out there
banging his fundamentalist drum
and there have been a few whis-
pers of someone introducing a
federal marriage amendment in
the House as a result of the Prop
8 decision. But the reaction is a far
cry from 2004, when President
Bush made same-sex marriage a
key campaign issue and 11 states
put the issue on the ballot.
Opponents of same-sex mar-
riage have finally been unmasked
as mere religious zealots with no
reasonable or discernable argu-
ment for depriving gay and lesbian
couples of the rights afforded to
opposite-sex couples.
As U.S. District Court Judge
Vaughn Walker put it in his ruling,
“Moral disapproval alone is an
improper basis on which to deny
rights to gay men and lesbians.
The evidence shows conclusively
that Proposition 8 enacts, without
reason, a private
moral view that
same-sex couples
are inferior to oppo-
site-sex couples.”
Kevin Naff is editor of
the Washington Blade.
Reach him at
knaff@washblade.com.
There was no miscommunica-
tion. They treat gay rights like the rel-
ative they hope won’t show up to the
family reunion. Good for Equality
Maryland for catching him. — Scott
Re: “Gay men targeted in 5
D.C. hate crimes” (news, Aug. 8)
I cannot believe this many inci-
dents have happened in such a gay
area. Also this is a very safe area. I
am totally shocked. I always think I
am safe walking anywhere in
Dupont at any time. I think the police
are focusing their efforts on the more
dangerous areas of the city and
ignoring more established areas like
Dupont. I don’t think Lanier knows
what she is doing, I think she is in
over her head. — Logan
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VIEWPOINT

Searching for wedded bliss in reel life
‘Kids Are All Right’
fails to deliver
convincing romance
By KATHI WOLFE
Lights, camera, action! Prop
8’s been overturned!
Much will be written (shouted
from the rooftops!) about the legal
and psycho-social ramifications of
U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R.
Walker’s Aug. 3 historic ruling
(declaring the 2008 voter approved
same-sex marriage ban to be uncon-
stitutional). A card-carrying lesbian, I
don’t want to be left out of the loop.
But, as a movie-loving (O.K. celluloid
addicted) queer, I have a special
plea. Let’s not forget about same-sex
matrimony in the movies.
Some of us spend our real
lives searching for Mr. or Ms.
Right. I’m among those who
search for wedded bliss in reel
life – on the silver screen.
In a moment of irony that would
have seemed too contrived if writ-
ten by a screenwriter, I learned of
Walker’s Prop 8 ruling when I
returned home after seeing “The
There’s no bliss to the wedlock in ‘THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT.’ They’re
just locked together.
Kids Are All Right” for the second
time at the Bethesda Row Cinema.
Spoiler alert: The dramedy, cen-
tered on lesbian couple Nic
(Annette Bening) and Jules
(Julianne Moore) and their teenage
kids (18-year-old Joni played by
Mia Wasikowska and 15-year-old
Laser played by Josh Hutcherson)
who search for and meet with their
biological father (sperm donor Paul
played by Mark Ruffalo), has been
the talk of the town this summer.
My straight friend George was
surprised to find the indie film, direct-
ed by Lisa Cholodenko and a hit at
the Sundance Film Festival last
January, playing in upstate New York.
Photo courtesy Focus Features
“Everybody was there,” he told
me, “single people. Teens. Gay and
straight couples. Grandmothers.”
Gay men and lesbians have kids
“now,” Jean, my 81-year-old stepmoth-
er told me over the phone recently,
“They’re getting married. Why should-
n’t they get married in the movies?”
It’s not clear whether Jules and
Nic (the queer lovebirds of the
year) are legally married in “The
Kids Are All Right.” But their cou-
pled-ness is a visceral presence.
They’ve been together since col-
lege — a time when listening to
Joni Mitchell (after whom they
named daughter Joni) put you in
touch with “the goddess.”
This couple has lived through
passionate sex, make-up sex and
career changes. Nic, a way too tight-
ly wound OBGYN who supports the
family financially, and Jules, the
slightly flaky creative type who dab-
bles in various businesses and
takes care of the kids, have their
clashes. When Joni and Laser con-
nect with Paul, all hell breaks loose.
I wish I could join the critical love
fest for “The Kids Are All Right.”
Cholodenko, a lesbian, was auda-
cious to make this movie — the first
picture featuring a lesbian couple
raising a family to become, if not a
blockbuster, an indie success with
mainstream audiences. The film is
well acted, the teens and Paul are
engaging, and Cholodenko’s
screenplay, co-written with Stuart
Blumberg, has some terrific dia-
logue and catchphrases.
What I can’t buy into is the mar-
riage (whether legal or not) of Nic
and Jules in “The Kids Are All
Right.” While Joni, Laser and Paul
come across as three-dimensional
characters, the lesbians seem to
be one-dimensional types. I don’t
mean stereotypes. The movie isn’t
homophobic. But the personalities
of the lesbian couple are flat and
annoying. I know we lesbians are
known for our “processing.” Yet,
how many of us say things like “we
just talked conceptually” and “it
hasn’t risen to the point of con-
sciousness for you,” as Nic and
Jules do repeatedly in the movie?
Anyone who’s been in a relation-
ship knows that marriage is hard.
There are fights over money, chores
and sex. There’s the seven-year-
itch. But when marriages are solid,
there’s also love, affection, attrac-
tion, and dare I say, even romance,
between the spouses. This is what
is missing in the union of Nic and
Jules. There’s no bliss to their wed-
lock. They’re just locked together.
Movies are a parallel universe, pro-
viding us with a vision of the world.
Let’s create same-sex unions on the
silver screen that are filled with love,
romance, wit as well as drama.There’s
a need as never
before for Hepburn
and Hepburn and
Tracy and Tracy.
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day life as oxygen, hot showers and
cheeseburgers, I don’t know what
is. In the past decade, the way we
communicate and seek out infor-
mation has obviously changed con-
siderably. Some might resist or
deny it, but the truth is that Social
Media has greatly complemented
face-to-face interaction instead of
hampering it, and blogs and other
online news sites have become the
primary source of information for
many. It’s even truer within the
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
(LGBT) community, which was
shown in a recent national survey
by the Harris Initiative to rely signifi-
cantly more on social networking
sites and blogs than heterosexuals.
It’s across the board.
Facebook, the current reign-
ing champion of social media
sites, is used by a whopping
75% of the LGBT community
compared to a very respectable
65% of the heterosexuals sur-
veyed. MySpace, the former
champion, is used by 32% of
LGBT compared to 22% of het-
erosexuals. Twenty-two percent
of the LGBT community sur-
veyed used LinkedIn for their
career connections compared to
16% of the hetero participants.
The biggest gap was with Twitter,
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known for its brevity and (let’s
face it) addictive nature; 30% of
the LGBT surveyed have Twitter
accounts, twice as many as the
heterosexuals in the survey.
Meanwhile, more than half of
LGBT respondents said they read
blogs, compared to 40% of hetero-
sexuals. A third of the LGBT sur-
veyed said they read blogs tailored
to LGBT news. Overall, more of
the LGBT surveyed read blogs
dealing with current issues, pop
culture, politics, and especially
travel than the heterosexuals who
took part in the survey.
What does this all tell us?
Primarily, it shows that the
Internet is not to be ignored if you
really want to communicate with
people. Social media and blogs
have become crucial sources of
communication and information
for a large portion of the country,
and the LGBT community has
especially embraced them. The
online world has become a virtu-
al hub to help us expand our
social and professional networks,
and to obtain information at the Image by iStockphoto.com/almagami, courtesy of McDuffie
speed of light. The LGBT com-
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Using VIRAMUNE gets you some things you can’t get

from a pill—information, education, and inspiration.

Enroll now in the Vlife on TherapyTM program. Whether you have been taking Viramune® (nevirapine) tablets/oral suspension
together with your other HIV medicine for years, or just started, the Vlife on TherapyTM program is an ongoing source of ideas and
perspectives that may help you:
—Better understand HIV, and help you maintain your VIRAMUNE care and treatment plan
—Learn how you may save up to $50 toward your monthly prescription co-pay for up to a year. Go to www.viramune.com for details
—Be inspired by people who lived through similar experiences and want to share them with you
VIRAMUNE used in combination HIV therapy helps to increase CD4+ cell counts (T-cells) and reduce HIV viral loads.

Receive a medication reminder when you enroll.*

It’s a special top that fits on the cap of your medicine container that alerts you when it’s time to take your medication.
*Limited quantities available.

Enroll today. Visit www.vlifeontherapy.com/PROGRAM2

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription

drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Indication and Important Safety Information

VIRAMUNE is indicated for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents
for the treatment of HIV infection.
VIRAMUNE does not cure HIV or AIDS, and has not been shown to reduce the
risk of passing HIV to others through sexual contact or blood contamination.
VIRAMUNE can cause severe liver disease and skin reactions that can cause
death. These reactions occur most often during the first 18 weeks of treatment,
but can occur later. Ask your healthcare provider about how to recognize
symptoms of skin and liver problems.
Stop taking VIRAMUNE if you have any of these reactions. Do not restart
VIRAMUNE if you experience any of these reactions. Call your healthcare
provider immediately if you have any of these reactions.
VIRAMUNE is only for people diagnosed with HIV. If you have not been
diagnosed as HIV positive, then do not take VIRAMUNE.
Any patient can experience liver problems with VIRAMUNE, but women and
patients who have higher CD4 counts when they begin VIRAMUNE treatment
have a greater risk. If you are a woman with CD4+ >250 cells/mm3,
or a man with CD4+ >400 cells/mm3, you should not begin taking
VIRAMUNE unless you and your doctor have decided that the benefit
of doing so outweighs the risk. Women, including pregnant women,
with CD4+ cell counts >250 cells/mm3 are at the greatest risk.
Do not take VIRAMUNE if you have severe liver problems.
The dose of VIRAMUNE for adults is one 200-mg tablet daily for the first 14 days,
followed by one 200-mg tablet twice daily. VIRAMUNE is always taken with
other anti-HIV medications. The 14-day lead-in period is important because it
can help reduce your chances of getting a potentially serious skin rash. If you
have a skin rash during the first 14 days, immediately contact your doctor and
do not increase your VIRAMUNE dose to twice a day. The total duration of the
once daily lead-in dosing period should not exceed 28 days, at which point an
alternative regimen may need to be started.
Other side effects that patients have experienced include nausea, fatigue, fever,
headache, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and myalgia. Changes in body
fat may occur in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy. Immune reconstitution
syndrome has been reported in patients treated with combination ARV therapy.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription
drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Medication Guide for VIRAMUNE on the
following pages.

Copyright ©2010, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All rights reserved. (07/10) VR74128CONS-K
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Models used are for illustrative purposes only.

26 washingtonblade.com • august 13, 2010
MEDICATION GUIDE
VIRAMUNE® (VIH-rah-mune)
(nevirapine) Tablets
VIRAMUNE® (VIH-rah-mune)
(nevirapine) Oral Suspension
Read this Medication Guide before you start taking VIRAMUNE and each time you
get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the
place of talking to your doctor about your medical condition or treatment.
What is the most important information I should know about
VIRAMUNE?
VIRAMUNE can cause serious side effects. These include severe liver and
skin problems which can cause death. The risk of these problems is greatest
during the first 18 weeks of treatment, but these problems can also happen at
any time during treatment.
Severe liver problems: Anyone who takes VIRAMUNE may get severe liver
problems. In some cases, these liver problems can lead to liver failure and the
need for a liver transplant, or death. You may get a rash if you have liver problems.
People with higher risk of these problems include women or anyone with higher
CD4+ cell counts when they begin VIRAMUNE treatment. Women with CD4+ cell
counts higher than 250 cells/mm3 at the start of treatment have the greatest risk
for liver damage.
If you are a woman with CD4+ cell >250 cells/mm3 or a man with CD4+ cell >
400 cells/mm3, you and your doctor will decide if VIRAMUNE is right for you.
People who have abnormal liver test results and people with hepatitis B or C
have a greater chance of getting liver problems and further increases in liver test
results during treatment.
If you get any of the following symptoms of liver problems, stop taking
VIRAMUNE and call your doctor right away:
• fever
• “flu-like” symptoms or you do not feel well
• dark (tea-colored) urine
• tiredness
• light-colored bowel movements (stools)
• nausea (feeling sick to your stomach)
• pain or tenderness on your right side below your ribs
• loss of appetite
• yellowing of your skin or whites of your eyes
Your doctor should see you and do blood tests often to check your liver function
during the first 18 weeks of treatment with VIRAMUNE. You should continue to
have your liver checked regularly during your treatment with VIRAMUNE. It is
important for you to keep all of your doctor appointments.
Severe rash and skin reactions: Skin rash is the most common side effect of
VIRAMUNE. Most rashes happen in the first 6 weeks of taking VIRAMUNE. Rashes
and skin reactions may be severe, life-threatening, and in some people,
may lead to death. If you get a rash with any of the following symptoms,
stop using VIRAMUNE and call your doctor right away:
• “flu-like” symptoms or you do not feel well
• blisters
• fever
• mouth sores
• muscle or joint aches
• swelling of your face
• red or inflamed eyes, like “pink eye” (conjunctivitis)
• tiredness
• swollen glands (enlarged lymph nodes)
• liver problems (see symptoms of liver problems above)
If your doctor tells you to stop treatment with VIRAMUNE because you have
had the serious liver or skin problems described above, you should never
take VIRAMUNE again.
These are not all the side effects of VIRAMUNE. See the section “What are the
possible side effects of VIRAMUNE?” for more information.
What is VIRAMUNE?
VIRAMUNE is a medicine used to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the
virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
VIRAMUNE is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a “non-nucleoside reverse
transcriptase inhibitor” (NNRTI). VIRAMUNE works by lowering the amount of
HIV in your blood (“viral load”). You must take VIRAMUNE with other anti-HIV
medicines. When you take VIRAMUNE with other anti-HIV medicines, VIRAMUNE
can lower your viral load and increase the number of CD4+ cells (“T cells”). CD4+
cells are a type of immune helper cell in the blood. VIRAMUNE may not have these
effects in every person.
VIRAMUNE does not cure HIV or AIDS, and it is not known if it will help you live
longer with HIV. People taking VIRAMUNE may still get infections common in
people with HIV (opportunistic infections). It is very important that you stay under
the care of your doctor.
Who should not take VIRAMUNE?
Tell your doctor if you have or have had liver problems. Your doctor may tell you
not to take VIRAMUNE if you have certain liver problems.
VIRAMUNE is only for people diagnosed with HIV. If you have not been diagnosed
as HIV positive, then do not take VIRAMUNE.
What should I tell my doctor before taking VIRAMUNE?
Before you take VIRAMUNE, tell your doctor if you:
• have or have had hepatitis (inflammation of your liver) or problems with your
liver. See “What is the most important information I should know about
VIRAMUNE?” and “Who should not take VIRAMUNE?”
• receive dialysis
• have skin problems, such as a rash
• are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if VIRAMUNE will
harm your unborn baby.
Pregnancy Registry: There is a pregnancy registry for women who take
antiviral medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of the registry is to collect
information about the health of you and your baby. Talk to your doctor about
how you can take part in this registry.
• are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. VIRAMUNE can pass into
your breast milk and may harm your baby. It is also recommended that
HIV-positive women should not breast-feed their babies. Do not breast-feed
during treatment with VIRAMUNE. Talk to your doctor about the best way to
feed your baby.
Tell your doctor and pharmacist about all the medicines you take, including
prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements.
VIRAMUNE may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may
affect how VIRAMUNE works. Especially tell your doctor if you take:
• St. John’s Wort. You should not take products containing St. John’s Wort
during treatment with VIRAMUNE because it can lower the amount of
VIRAMUNE in your body.
• efavirenz (Sustiva®, Atripla®). You should not take efavirenz during treatment
with VIRAMUNE. You may have an increased chance of side effects if this is
taken together with VIRAMUNE.
• atazanavir (Reyataz®). You should not take atazanavir during treatment
with VIRAMUNE.
• itraconazole (Sporanox®). You should not take itraconazole during treatment
with VIRAMUNE.
• ketoconazole (Nizoral®). You should not take ketoconazole during treatment
with VIRAMUNE.
• rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifamate®, Rifater®). You should not take rifampin during
treatment with VIRAMUNE.
• Birth control pills. Birth control pills taken by mouth (oral contraceptives) and
other hormone types of birth control may not work to prevent pregnancy if
you use them during VIRAMUNE treatment. Talk with your doctor about other

types of birth control that you can use to prevent pregnancy during treatment
with VIRAMUNE.
Also tell your doctor if you are taking the following drugs:
• clarithromycin (Biaxin®)
• fluconazole (Diflucan®)
• methadone
• rifabutin (Mycobutin®)
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your doctor or
pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
How should I take VIRAMUNE?
• Take VIRAMUNE exactly as your doctor tells you to take it.
• The dose of VIRAMUNE for children is based on their size and thus may not
be the same as in adults.
• You may take VIRAMUNE with or without food.
• If you or your child takes VIRAMUNE suspension (liquid), shake it gently
before use. Use an oral dosing syringe or dosing cup to measure the
right dose. The oral dosing syringe and dosing cup are not provided with
VIRAMUNE Suspension.
• After drinking the medicine, fill the dosing cup with water and drink it to
make sure you get all the medicine. If the dose is less than 1 teaspoon
(5 mL), use the syringe instead of the dosing cup.
• Do not change your dose unless your doctor tells you to.
• Your doctor should start you with one dose each day to lower your chance
of getting a serious rash. It is important that you only take one dose of
VIRAMUNE each day for the first 14 days.
• Call your doctor right away if you get a skin rash during the first 14 days of
VIRAMUNE treatment and do not increase your dose to 2 times a day.
• You should never take your starting dose (200 mg one time each day) for
longer than 28 days. If after 28 days you are still receiving this starting dose
because you have a rash, you and your doctor should discuss replacing
VIRAMUNE with another HIV medicine. Never increase your dose to 2 times a
day if you have a rash.
• Do not miss a dose of VIRAMUNE, because this could make HIV harder to
treat. If you miss a dose of VIRAMUNE, take the missed dose as soon as you
remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, do not take the missed
dose, just take the next dose at your regular time.
• If you stop taking VIRAMUNE for more than 7 days, ask your doctor how much
to take before you start taking it again. You may need to start with one time
each day dosing again.
• If you take too much VIRAMUNE, call your local poison control center or
emergency room right away.
What are the possible side effects of VIRAMUNE?
VIRAMUNE may cause serious side effects.
• See “What is the most important information I should know about
VIRAMUNE?”
• Other common side effects of VIRAMUNE include nausea, fatigue, fever,
headache, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and muscle pain.
• Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome)
can happen when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system
may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your
body for a long time. Tell your doctor if you start having new symptoms after
starting your HIV medicine.
• Changes in body fat can happen in some people who take antiretroviral therapy.
These changes may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck
(“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk). Loss of fat
from your legs, arms, and face can also happen. The cause and long-term health
effects of these problems are not known at this time.
august 13, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 27
Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not
go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of VIRAMUNE. For more information,
ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side
effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
How should I store VIRAMUNE?
• Store VIRAMUNE at 59° to 86°F (15° to 30°C).
• Throw away VIRAMUNE that is no longer needed or out-of-date.
Keep VIRAMUNE and all medicines out of the reach of children.
General information about VIRAMUNE
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a
Medication Guide. Do not use VIRAMUNE for a condition for which it was not
prescribed. Do not give VIRAMUNE to other people, even if they have the same
condition you have. It may harm them.
This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about
VIRAMUNE. If you would like more information, talk with your doctor. You can
ask your pharmacist or doctor for information about VIRAMUNE that is written for
health professionals.
For more information, call Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., at
1-800-542-6257, or (TTY) 1-800-459-9906.
What are the ingredients in VIRAMUNE?
Active Ingredient: nevirapine
Inactive ingredients:
Viramune Tablets: microcrystalline cellulose, lactose monohydrate, povidone,
sodium starch glycolate, colloidal silicon dioxide, and magnesium stearate
Viramune Oral Suspension: carbomer 934P, methylparaben, propylparaben,
sorbitol, sucrose, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, and purified water
Distributed by:
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA
Rev: June 2010
This Medication Guide has been approved by the US Food and
Drug Administration
Atripla, Reyataz, and Sustiva are trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Biaxin
is a trademark of Abbott Laboratories. Diflucan is a trademark of Pfizer Inc.
Mycobutin is a trademark of Pharmacia & Upjohn Company. Nizoral and Sporanox
are trademarks of Janssen Pharmaceutica. Rifadin, Rifamate, and Rifater are
trademarks of Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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 Tim Woody answers 20 questions.
arts & entertainment
Queery, PAGE 30

washingtonblade.com • vol. 41, issue 33 • august 13, 2010 • Page 29

Restaurant Week, 'Top Chef' and

return of an H Street favorite
By WILLIAM GEORGE

Editor’s note: This is the debut of the Blade’s restau-

rant news column. It will appear every other week. Send
news and tips about the local dining scene to writer
William George at onefourfiveone@yahoo.com.

After suffering a crippling electrical fire on the morn-

ing of June 20, H Street eatery THE ARGONAUT has
reopened the upstairs bar area and patio for limited
service. During the weeks leading up to the reopening,
many members of the Atlas District community banded
together to provide assistance to the staff, either in the
form of helping clean out the gutted downstairs area,
signing petitions to adjust the restaurant’s licensure, or
leaving many inspirational messages via Twitter,
Facebook, and other social networking sites.
Two benefits were held for the Argonaut, one at
nearby ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL (which, inciden-
tally, is the site of the temporary Argonaut kitchen),
and the second at H Street nightspot THE PALACE
OF WONDERS. Proceeds from both benefits went
toward an employee assistance fund put in place to
provide bridge funding for full-time employees to
take care of housing costs and other bills.
Now that the restaurant is open, the menu is slight-
ly different. Standout items include the “PB & N,” made
with house peanut butter and Nutella, the creamy
hazelnut spread popular in Australia, and a crisp cold
gazpacho served with fresh avocado. As the restau-
rant finds its footing, more items will be added to the
THE ARGONAUT menu and the popular themed nights like Wednesday
night Pub Quiz will return to drive business.
A projected full scale reopening looks to be at
least four months away, taking into account investi-
gations and reconstruction. This week marks
Argonaut’s five-year anniversary, and this Sunday
the staff will be hosting a birthday party for the
restaurant catered by local barbecue house FAT
FACE BBQ. All week, drinks are $5, from draft beer
to top shelf liquor in honor of the event. Hours,
menu and an online merchandise store can be
found at the restaurant website, argonautdc.com.
QUILL BAR, located in the lobby of the super
swanky Jefferson Hotel (1200 16th St., N.W.), has
crowned a new king of the mixologists in Duane
Sylvestre of BOURBON STEAK. His winning cock-
tail, whimsically named “Stained G.L.A.S.S.” incor-
porates Heavy Water vodka with fresh fruits and
herbs from local garden properties in the area.
Other highlights included the famed “White
Cosmopolitan,” a drink brought to the District from
New York’s Upper East Side that showcases white
cranberry juice, St. Germain vodka, and, in a spirit of
ostentatious decadence, an orchid encased in ice.
Sylvestre’s drink will appear on the Quill Bar menu in
the near future. (thewashingtonlobbyist.com)
VINOTECA
Continues on page 42
Washington Blade photos by Michael Key
30 washingtonblade.com • august 13, 2010
QUEERY: 20 Questions for Tim Woody
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Tim Woody remembers his early years
in Washington fondly. He’d been through
the HIV-related death of his partner in
2000 and emerged from the tragedy as a
gay social butterfly.
“Monday was JR.’s, Tuesday was drag
bingo, Thursday was shirtless night at
Green Lantern, Friday was bear happy
hour at Ramrod, Saturday was the
Eagle,” he says. “I was out all the time.”
Working in various retail management
jobs by day and partying with the bear
and leather communities many nights,
Woody was never at a loss for activities.
He was also active with Brother Help
Thyself, a local gay HIV/AIDS charity. The
socializing paid off. He met his current
partner, HRC’s Jim Rinefierd, one night
at Titan Ramrod.
“I said, ‘What would it take to get you
to take your shirt off,’” Woody recalls.
“He said, ‘Not much.’ I went home with
him that night and basically haven’t
gone home since. That was three-and-
a-half years ago.”
The 37-year-old Oceanside, Calif.,
native, who was discharged from the
Navy under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in
1993, has had a lot of change in his life.
Just a year ago, he switched careers and
started selling real estate for Coldwell
Banker in Dupont Circle. For a rookie
Realtor, it’s going surprisingly well he
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
says. Woody and Rinefierd live together
in D.C.’s Brookland neighborhood with
their 7-year-old Border Collie, Seamus.
Woody enjoys shopping, cooking and
community efforts. For information on
Brother Help Thyself’s annual fundraiser
Night Out at Kings Dominion, slated for
Sept. 11, visit brotherhelpthyself.org.
How long have you been out and
who was the hardest person to tell?
I’ve been out for almost 20 years. The
hardest person to tell would have been
my mom. Primarily because of those
fears most of us face when deciding to
come out. Will I be rejected and ousted or
accepted and loved all the more.
Fortunately it was the strong emphasis
on the latter with all the love my mom
could have given me. Being on “The Sally
Jesse Raphael Show” helped too.
Who’s your gay hero?
People who took a stand to make things
right or fought doing so that others would
enjoy life’s offering more. People like the late
Neil Alexander and the late Cheryl Spector.
What’s Washington’s best nightspot,
past or present?
It all depends on what day of the week
you’re going out. Our community has a
lot to offer and there is definitely some-
thing for everyone.
Describe your dream gay wedding.
If money was not an issue, for me it
wouldn’t be about the gifts but more about
the moments, and the party of the centu-
ry. Hosted and featured with the best of
food, music and drinks. It would be friends
and family coming out to celebrate that
moment in my life. To celebrate not only
what has become but what will be in the
future, a bonding of lives.
What non-gay issue are you
most passionate about?
Helping those in what way I can who are
less fortunate than I. I’ve been given a
great number of blessings and sometimes
others aren’t as lucky who deserve to be.
What historical outcome
would you change?
In my own personal history, it would
happen to be the loss of my father when
I was only 5-and-a-half years old to a
Tractor Trailer accident in Oregon. I’ve
always wondered what my dad would
have been like as I grew from a kid to
my teens into the man I am today.
What’s been the most memorable
pop culture moment of your lifetime?
Going to the “Wildest Dreams” Tina Turner
concert with my late partner, Jon. Feeling
alive with the energy, which radiated from
the stage. Wow, what a woman.
On what do you insist?
Good hygiene, well addressed manners
and people who give a shit about what
is going on around them.
What was your last
Facebook post or Tweet?
Silly nonsense about a good laugh I
had with the new Geico commercial
about the little piggy who cried, “We we
we all the way home.”
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
“The greatest thing I’ve learned was just
to love and be loved in return.” (Yes, a
“Moulin Rouge” quote).
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
I would stay exactly who I am. I believe I
have been made for God wants me to be,
not what society wants of me.
What do you believe in beyond the
physical world?
Be it heaven, nirvana or wherever you
may end up, I do believe there is a place
to where the spirit from our body takes
flight. Being receptive to spirits and their
presence (loved ones passed are
always around me).
What’s your advice for
LGBT movement leaders?
We’ve made great strides for our com-
munity since knowing I was gay almost
25 plus years ago. Keep up with the
momentum, persevere and endure.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
What would you walk
across hot coals for?
Being brought up by a mother who has
lived with polio all of her life, there is
nothing more that moves me than the
thought for her to know what it is like to
walk without her brace, crutches or the
aid of her wheelchair/scooter.
What gay stereotype annoys you most?
All gay men are just pedophiles in hid-
ing or we’re out to recruit for our cause
or hidden agenda. Where’s my toaster?
What’s your favorite gay movie?
A true toss up between “Sordid Lives”
and “Girls will be Girls.” I love do me
some Varla Jean. Who doesn’t?
What’s the most overrated
social custom?
Boys should be raised as boys and girls
as girls. Let kids express and find them-
selves as they will.
What trophy or prize
do you most covet?
Holding the title as Mr. D.C. Bear for
2005 through 2007. As well as being
awarded Brother Help Thyself’s
Anthony J. Bachrach Award for 2010 in
recognition for “Outstanding Volunteer
Services to the Gay and Lesbian
Community” here in D.C.
What do you wish
you’d known at 18?
That my life was going to be touched
by a lot of different people. Never be
afraid to embrace them and always let
them know what they mean to you
before it’s too late.
Why Washington?
After my partner of four years passed in
December 2000, I started getting
involved more with the leather and bear
community. Doing more fund raising,
meeting new people and instead of con-
stantly commuting, I was told by a good
friend, a mentor of sorts, that there’s no
better time to just jump into a new life.
And so I jumped. I just didn’t know it
was going to be one as great as this life
has turned out to be.

SOCIALAGENDA
Friday, Aug. 13
LADIES NIGHT tonight at 7 p.m. at the
Verizon Center as the Washington
Mystics take on the Minnesota Lynx.
There will be music, games, raffle prizes,
shopping and more. The party starts at 5
p.m. in Dewars Club. Tickets are $35 and
must be purchased in advance. Call 202-
527-7517 to reserve your seats.
SIREN THE 13TH FEATURING DJS
MAJR AND AARON RIGGINS tonight at
Apex, 1415 22nd St., N.W., with elec-
tropop vs ’00s Dance with lasers, fog,
snow, performances and A Lanai. Must be
18 or older to enter, 21 or older to drink
and there is an $8 cover.
SHE.REX returns tonight at Chief Ike’s
Mambo Room Upstairs, 1725 Columbia
Rd., N.W., from 9:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. This
month’s party features the ladies of rock
‘n’ roll spun by lady DJs and lady bar-
tenders serving up cheap beers until 11
p.m. There is no cover.
MR. CHARLIE ROD’S BLUE DISCOTHEQUE
tonight at Liv Nightclub, 2001 11th St.,
N.W., starting at 10 p.m. featuring DJ Rich
Morel. Must be 21 or older to enter and
there is a $7 cover charge.
The Pocket Gays are teaming up with
Velvet Lounge, 915 U St., N.W., for
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL DANCE
PARTY from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., featuring DJ
Retrospect Lantern and love sets by AK
Slaughter and Menya. There’s no cover
and cheap drinks.
Saturday, Aug. 14
A monthly event in downtown Cambridge,
Md., SECOND SATURDAY, running from
5 to 9 p.m., features gallery openings and
receptions, late shopping hours with spe-
cial promotions and bargains, great dining
at top restaurants, musical entertainment,
and more. The festivities unfold at roughly
20 different locations along four adjacent
blocks in downtown. Abundant free park-
ing on street and in municipal lots off of
Gay Street and Academy Street.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts
FUNKYTOWN, a night of 70s, 80s and
90s music and video on the main floor by
Ed Bailey. Doors open at 10 p.m.; $8
before 11 p.m. and $12 after, 21 and over.
Hip-hop legends PUBLIC ENEMY play
the 9:30 club at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35;
visit 930.com for information.
The Atlas Performing Arts Center presents the iconic ‘CABARET’ starring Liza
Minnelli next Thursday.
Sunday, Aug. 15
The anti-gay group National Organization
for Marriage is headed to D.C. with its “One
Woman, One Man” summer tour. A coalition
of LGBT organizations, activists and allies
is organizing a counter demonstration,
“THE BIG COMMIT,” to be held from 2-4
p.m. in Freedom Plaza. See related story in
news section or visit the event’s Facebook
page for more information.
“BANG TO BREAK THE SILENCE ON
OVARIAN CANCER” at Bang Salon, 601 F
august 13, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 31
St., N.W., from 9 a.m. to midnight only at the
Verizon Center location. Proceeds go to Walk
to Break the Silence on Ovarian Cancer. Enjoy
free mimosas and small bites. Book an appoint-
ment at bangsalon.com or call any location.
ADODI DC will meet at The DC Center,
1318 U St., N.W., at 2 p.m. Adodi is a
community of men of color who affirm
their African lineage and love of men. For
more information, visit adodionline.com.
THE HFSTIVAL is back and the
California Tortilla Battle To Break Out
has been narrowed down to the top six.
The top six bands will perform live for the
HFStival judges at the 9:30 club. Doors
open at 11 a.m. and the competition
starts right away. The top six bands deter-
mined by votes are: 16 Large, Cyrenic,
Eye of All, Funkmnkyz, Sons of the Radio
and Vessel. The winner will open the main
stage of the HFStival 2010.
Monday, Aug. 16
THE GLB YOUTH SUPPORT GROUP
will meet at the GW Center Clinic, 1922
F St., N.W., Suite 103, at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 17
Join BURGUNDY CRESCENT VOLUNTEERS
to help pack safer sex kits tonight from 7-
9 p.m. at EFN Lounge, on 9th Street
between O and N streets.
Wednesday, Aug. 18
THE DC ICEBREAKERS’ REGULAR SKAT-
ING NIGHT starts at 7:45 p.m. at the Kettler
Capitals Iceplex, 627 North Glebe Rd., in
Ballston/Arlington followed by a social. The co-
host for this skating/social is Alexandria Gay &
Lesbian Community Association.
BOOKMEN DC discuss selections from
“A Casualty of War: The Arcadia Book of
Gay Short Stories” edited by Peter
Burton, at 7:30 p.m. at American Foreign
Services Association, 2101 E St., N.W.
All are welcomed. Bookmen DC is an infor-
mal group of men who are interested in
gay literature (both fiction and non-fiction).
THE TOM DAVARON SOCIAL BRIDGE
CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m., at the Dignity
Center, 721 8th St., S.E., (across from
Marine Barracks) for Social Bridge. No part-
ner is needed. Visit lambdabridge.com and
click on “Social Bridge in Washington, DC”.
Thursday, Aug. 19
The Atlas Performing Arts Center pres-
ents SUMMER FILM SERIES: GAY 101
SHOWING “CABARET” starring Liza
Minnelli and directed by Bob Fosse at the
Paul Sprenger Theatre, 1333 H St., N.E.,
at 8 p.m. Buy tickets at atlasarts.org or at
the box office one hour prior to the movie.
COOL KID COLLECTIVE at Rams Head
Live, 20 Market Place in Baltimore, with
Tsunami Rising and Maryland’s Most
Wanted. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10
in advance and $12 on the day of the show,
prices include tax. The event is for all ages.
32 washingtonblade.com • august 13, 2010

SPORTSAGENDA: 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany

Photos by Kevin Majoros

 august 13, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 33

SPORTIN’INDC
Impressive medal haul for Team DC
Local athletes win big at
Cologne Gay Games
By KEVIN MAJOROS
COLOGNE, Germany — Every four
years, thousands of LGBT athletes from
around the world come together for eight
days of sports and culture. This past week
more than 9,000 athletes from 65 coun-
tries competed in the 2010 Gay Games in
Cologne. The German contingent led the
way with 2,900 athletes followed by 2,300
athletes from the United States.
The format of the Games is similar to the
Olympic format except that the founding
principles are “Participation, Inclusion and
Personal Best.” Athletes of all levels are wel-
come to compete. And while there were
many recreational athletes in attendance,
the bulk of the competitors were seasoned
athletes who have trained extensively for
their events. Yes, there were nightly parties
that lasted until dawn, but those parties
were attended mainly by the locals and vis-
itors. Most of the athletes had early morning
competitions on a daily basis. Team DC
brought home more than 100 medals from
the Games last week — an astonishing
number considering only about 100 of our
athletes travelled to Cologne.
The swimmers from the District of
Columbia Aquatics Club (DCAC) led the
way with 60 medals. Standout performanc-
es were given by Neill Williams, Craig Franz,
Dean Putterman, Jeff Mead, Eric Czander,
Fred Dever and Scott Brinitzer. Neill broke
his finger on day 5 at the pool and went on
to break two IGLA world records that day. Photo by Kevin Majoros
The DC Frontrunners and a few track and
field athletes also had a successful week. Team DC won more than 100 medals at last week’s Gay Games.
Chris Coates medaled in eight events on the
track and five runners medaled in the their way through a tough roster to finish Games. One athlete in particular stands
marathon. Jeff Dutton turned in an incredi- with the bronze medal. And finally, Bud out in my mind. Cal, a basketball player
ble time of 3:19 to win the silver in his first- Rorison cracked tennis balls all week long from Ireland was competing in his first
ever marathon. The CARA bowlers also had on the clay courts to win two silver medals. LGBT sports event. He was a lifelong bas-
a successful week winning six medals led I would like to make a special mention ketball player and was expecting a walk in
by Gary Deinken who won gold and silver. of Ben Green. He competed in four sports the park. By day three he was bedridden
The DC Sentinels basketball team fought and brought home medals in triathlon, after his daily games. Instead of being dis-
cycling and softball. I competed with Ben couraged, he looked at his experience as
in the 200 freestyle relay at the pool and inspirational. I think that pretty much sums

Local winners
his zest for competition was truly inspiring. up the spirit of the Gay Games.
And so we put to rest the Games for
another four years. I spoke to many ath- Kevin Majoros has been a member of the
letes from all over the world during the District of Columbia Aquatics Club since 1996
and a Team DC board member since 2006.
Below is a partial list of medal winners. BOB HARTFORD, week and the general consensus was that Reach him at kmajoros@verizon.net.
Congratulations, Team DC! Swimming – 2 Bronze we will train even harder for the next
KEI KOIZUMI,
WADE ACKERMAN, Swimming – Bronze
Basketball – Bronze rack & Field – Gold
PETER BEARD, SCOTT LAURIE,
Swimming – Gold, Bronze Bowling – Gold, Silver
JUSTIN BRAGG, DESMOND MACKALL,
Basketball – Bronze Basketball – Bronze
SCOTT BRINITZER, KEVIN MAJOROS,
Swimming – 3 Silver, Bronze Swimming – Silver
CLARENCE BROWN, Track & Field – Gold, Bronze
Basketball – Bronze JEFF MEAD,
GERARD BURLEY, Swimming – Gold, 4 Silver
Basketball – Bronze WONKEE MOON,
SHANNON CARLSON, Swimming – Gold, Silver
Bowling - Gold CHRIS MORSE,
CHRIS COATES, Basketball – Bronze
Track & Field – 8 Medals DAWSON NASH,
ERIC CZANDER, Swimming – 2 Bronze
Swimming – 3 Gold, Silver, Bronze ROBERT OLSON,
GARY DEINKEN, Marathon – Gold
Bowling – Gold, Silver Road Running - Silver
FRED DEVER, STERLING ONEAL,
Swimming – 2 Gold, 2 Silver, Basketball – Bronze
2 Bronze DEAN PUTTERMAN,
JEFF DUTTON, Swimming – 6 Gold, Silver
Marathon – Silver HAL PONDER,
MIKE FEE, Swimming – Silver, Bronze
Basketball – Bronze BUD RORISON,
DREW FITZMORRIS, Tennis – 2 Silver
Swimming – Gold, 2 Silver MILES SIMPSON,
TIM FRANCIS, Basketball – Bronze
Basketball – Bronze NAOMI STAFFORD,
CRAIG FRANZ, Marathon - Silver
Swimming – 2 Gold, 5 Silver BRUCE SWANSON,
CLAUDIA GEBERT, Marathon – Gold
Marathon – Silver Road Running - Gold
BEN GREEN, SHEEROD WILKERSON,
Triathlon – Gold Basketball – Bronze
Cycling – Gold NEILL WILLIAMS,
Softball – Silver Swimming – 7 Gold
JEREMY GLASSER, STAN YOUNG,
Bowling - Gold Swimming – 2 Gold, Bronze
34 washingtonblade.com • august 13, 2010
CAGLCCBUSINESSCONNECTIONS
Local author teaches leaders to be effective
New book offers
140 concise insights
for busy readers
By J. MAX BARGER
& ERNESTO SANTALLA
“The world is changing fast;
resources are finite. Traditional
sources of leadership have yet to
grasp the way ahead is teamwork.”
So reads the first of 140
insights compiled in Caroline
Nicholl’s newly released book
“#TEAMWORK tweet,” which she
wrote for “thinking adults who
lack the time or desire to read
long books, but want to improve
themselves with knowledge of
the most up-to-date subjects.”
A former member of London’s
Metropolitan Police, Nicholl recog-
nizes high performing teams are
the key to an organization’s suc-
cess. Her premise about teams is
simple: We rely on each other to
achieve a common goal. But her
work was not so simple. She
helped change one of the world’s
largest law enforcement depart-
ments from a “force” into a “ser-
BUSINESSAGENDA
Lesbian entrepreneur defying slow economy
Wigal trains locals
in search engine
optimization
By COLLEEN DERMODY
As the country’s economy stalls
and the District’s unemployment
numbers hover at 9.5 percent, a
local lesbian entrepreneur may have
just the ticket to help some of the
unemployed find a new path to work.
Nancy Wigal is a certified
advanced search engine optimiza-
tion (SEO) trainer and owner of the
Search Engine Academy-D.C. Wigal
is tapping into the Washington trend
of advanced technology certifications
and her search engine optimization
classes are helping individuals and
companies acquire an edge in
Washington’s competitive IT market.
After a career in the U.S. Army
and as a civilian employee of the
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) where she restored National
Airspace Systems (NAS) for air traf-
fic control and prototyped remote
monitoring systems, Wigal is now
using her computer and IT knowl-
edge to help people increase their
Photo courtesy of Nicholl
CAROLINE NICHOLL’s new
book, ‘#TEAMWORK tweet,’
includes 140 insights on leader-
ship, business and more.
vice.” As chief of police for the city
of Milton Keyes, her work in
restorative justice led to national
legislation. Restorative justice
attempts to repair the harm done
to the victim, where offenders are
encouraged to take responsibility
for their actions and to repair the
harm they’ve done — by apologiz-
ing, returning stolen money, or
doing community service. Her
innovative work in policing attract-
technology skills to find employment
or, if they are already employed, to
help their employers land govern-
ment and corporate contracts.
“I started the Search Engine
Academy because so many people,
even those with lots of IT experi-
ence, are mystified and stumped by
SEO,” said Wigal, a lesbian who was
one of a team of FAA personnel who
shut down the National Airspace
System on Sept. 11, 2001 to prevent
further terrorism in U.S. airspace.
“While search engine optimiza-
tion is not rocket science, it has
technical elements that tend to
scare the non-technically oriented.
But those elements still have to be
addressed if companies want to
stay competitive. Most optimization
does not involve coding or pro-
gramming so course-takers are
immediately certified to apply the
SEO techniques on their current
employer’s website or to pitch their
skill to a potential employer.”
Wigal discovered there were
multiple Search Engine Academies
in the U.S. and around the world but
none in her home city of
Washington, D.C. In 2009 she pur-
chased the franchise and estab-
lished the Search Engine Academy-
ed widespread attention for the
results she accomplished — a
drop of repeat offending from 48
percent to 3.4 percent.
Nicholl’s groundbreaking work
attracted the attention of the
Commonwealth Fund in New York
City, which awarded Nicholl a
Harkness Fellowship, and the
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan
Police Department, whose chief
asked Nicholl to join their team.
Nicholl’s systems approach (ana-
lyze the components, identify the
issues, develop a solution) was
applied to create a new model for
reducing family and youth vio-
lence and to cut down the disrup-
tion caused by street prostitution.
A 2008 study showed her pro-
gram has successfully prevented
3,500 offenders from returning to
the justice system.
After 20 years in public service,
Nicholl brought the knowledge and
experience of working on teams to
start Blue Apricot Solutions,
focusing on organizational devel-
opment and coaching. That was in
2002, shortly after Sept. 11. Nicholl
describes the lessons from the
disastrous events as, “A stark
reminder of what can happen
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
NANCYWIGALopened her own busi-
ness after a career in the U.S. Army.
D.C. to help Washington-area busi-
nesses, non-profits and govern-
ment agencies attract and convert
more traffic to their websites.
“I’ve always known that I love to
instruct,” said Wigal. “The thought of
training others to do their own SEO
was very appealing. I love SEO, and
I really enjoy teaching, so it seemed
like a natural combination for me.”
When asked what advice she
would give to other LGBT entre-
preneurs trying to energize small
start-ups, Wigal suggested find-
when organizations fail. Everyone
wants to achieve and do well but
the fact is seldom can we achieve
in a vacuum: We rely on others,
just as others rely on us.” Blue
Apricot is the platform through
which she pursues her passion to
explore what leadership truly
involves and means.
Caroline Nicholl teaches leaders
how to be effective. Her tweet han-
dle to follow is @execteamcoach.
Her book “#TEAMWORK tweet” is
available at thinkaha.com.
New faces at CAGLCC’s
networking event
“There were more new people at
the NT (Network Thursday) than I
have seen in a long time,” said
Eileen Kessler, president of
OmniStudio. She observed a grow-
ing trend occurring at CAGLCC’s
signature networking event
“Network Thursdays.” More and
more new business professionals
are finding connections and value in
networking at the monthly event.
For the last 20 years CAGLCC’s
Network Thursdays have provided
a place for LGBT business people
to network, exchange ideas and
build relationships. The NT’s are
ing friends and business col-
leagues who can lend support.
“Find people who will support
you, but who are realists with their
own areas of expertise,” said Wigal.
“Starting a business is hard work.
You have to provide the motivation
and initiative to get things done on a
daily basis. It helps if you have
friends who have applied their ideas
for getting a small business under-
way, and have found success.”
“Additionally, I would say you
have to do your homework to deter-
mine if there is actually a need for
your business solution,” added
Wigal. “And, if you can’t, or don’t
want to do something, or are weak in
an area of managing your business,
either hire someone to do the work
for you in-house, or outsource it.”
“Taking my own advice, I now
have a colleague working with me,”
said Wigal. “I am teaming with
Melissa Ward, also a lesbian small
business owner, to help provide the
SEO trainings. Her wide and
diverse training background in the
public and private sector including
the UN, the U.S. Department of
State and the U.S. Military helps
both our businesses since we can
utilize our combined skill sets. Small
held on the second Thursday of
each month at various members’
places of business. Although many
long-term members are always in
attendance, the last several
months have welcomed more new
faces than ever before.
“We offered a special; members
could bring a guest for free” says
Travis Slocum of United Bank.
Generally, members attend for free,
and non-members pay a cover.
Slocum, co-chair of CAGLCC’s
Membership Committee is enthusi-
astic about the response. “New
faces, new members.”
CAGLCC member news
Stone Lyons of Stone Lyons
Media launched a web video for
Pet Peeps LLC, owned by
CAGLCC member Gus Elfving.
Watch the reality TV-style video at
Stone Lyons Media on Facebook.
Marry Me in DC, founded by
Sheila Alexander-Reid, is hosting
Baltimore’s first gay wedding show.
The Marry Me in DC LGBT Wedding
Expo is on Aug. 22, 1-6 p.m. at Club
Hippo, 1 W. Eager St. Visit mar-
rymeindc.com/expo for details.
CAGLCC means business,
caglcc.org.
business teaming is the smart busi-
ness model of the future.”
“Search Engine Academy-DC is
working because we are able to
identify problem websites that are not
performing for their owners. Their
websites are not found by Internet
search engines,” said Wigal. “The
solution is to apply search engine
optimization so the business sites
come up higher in search engine
results. As more and more business-
es become virtual — and many
bricks and mortar businesses now
realize how much they need a com-
petitive Internet presence — they
must do everything they can to make
their website visible to as many tar-
geted prospects as possible.”
When not teaching Search
Engine Academy-DC courses or pro-
viding SEO consulting for clients,
Wigal can be found skippering her
20-foot sailboat, “Baydream,” on the
Chesapeake Bay. She is also an
active long-time member of the
Capital Area Gay & Lesbian
Chamber of Commerce (CAGLCC).
Colleen Dermody is a freelance
writer and owner of Out to Market
Communications. Reach her at cder-
mody@outtomarket.com.
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36 washingtonblade.com • august 13, 2010

THEATERAGENDA
‘Passing Strange’ a winning, relevant musical
Young cast brimming
with talent and energy
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
While sharing a joint with his
closeted church choir director,
“Passing Strange’s” young African-
American protagonist (simply called
Youth) realizes for the first time that
there is a world outside of the stulti-
fying, middle class Los Angeles that
he unhappily calls home.
Franklin, the choir director,
explains to his searching young
friend that the two of them are
black folks passing for black folks
— both are better suited for
Europe’s more bohemian quar-
ters where ex-pats like James
Baldwin and Josephine Baker
were able to be themselves. And
even though Franklin will forever
remain tethered to home by his
minister father’s purse strings
and never break away, Youth is
ready to grab his guitar and go.
The details of young artists’ sto-
ries may vary in detail, but the
essentials of their lesson-learning
journeys aren’t all that different. In
this Tony Award-winning autobio-
‘Passing Strange’
Through Aug. 22
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graphical rock musical by Stew (like
the late Liberace, the singer/song-
writer goes by one name) and Heidi
Rodewald, the narrator relays the
artistic odyssey (spanning from
the mid-’70s through the early
’80s) of his younger self with flash-
es of amusement, bewilderment
and compassion.
When we meet Youth, he’s rail-
ing against both the Baptist
Church and his mother’s upward-
ly mobile aspirations. Soon after,
he’s deserting South Central Los
Angeles for the coffee shops of
Amsterdam where he learns the
joys of hash and sex as evi-
denced in songs, “Welcome to
Amsterdam,” “Keys,” “We Just
Had Sex,” and “Stoned.” Played by
a first-rate onstage quartet led by
Christopher Youstra, Stew and
Rodewald’s hard driving, often
witty score refers to a wide variety
Photo courtesy of Studio 2ndStage
His performance in ‘PASSING STRANGE’ marks a true milestone in
Aaron Reeder’s young career.
of music ranging from guitar-driv- Ultimately, circumstances force
en rock to new wave to James Youth to revisit the people and
Brown and even “My Fair Lady.” places he’s tried so hard to escape.
Moving on to edgy, pretentious Staged by Keith Alan Baker
West Berlin, Youth seeks accept- and co-director Victoria Joy
ance from a group of wannabe Murray, Studio 2ndStage’s exu-
avant-garde performance artists by berant production is the first
draping himself with chains and revival since the show’s
singing about alleged indignities Broadway run closed in 2008. It’s
that he’s suffered throughout his also the first time that an actor
imaginary ghetto upbringing — all other than Stew has been cast in
experiences unrelated to his com- the anchoring role of narrator.
fortable life back in the states. Filling in for the big-bellied Stew
is the markedly less rotund but
equally charismatic and big-
voiced Jahi A. Kearse.
What’s more, 2ndStage has
upped the usual seven-person
cast to 15, intensifying the work’s
theatricality and effectively turning
some of the songs into veritable
production numbers. The show
boasts a terrific cast comprised
almost exclusively of young
African Americans, emerging per-
formers brimming with talent and
energy. Ensemble standouts
include Shaunteé Corrina Tabb as
Sherry, the church bad girl; and
Baye Straight-Forward Harrell
who plays Christophe, a Dutch
philosopher/part-time sex worker.
Two summers ago, Aaron
Reeder received good notices
for strutting Studio’s stage in the
supporting part of a pissed-off
transsexual in 2ndStage’s “Jerry
Springer: The Opera” (also
staged by Baker). As Youth,
Reeder takes center stage with
a faultless, strong yet endearing
performance, and his songs are
the show’s most beautifully
delivered. This performance is a
true milestone in Reeder’s
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THEATERAGENDA
Fasten your seatbelts
‘Noises Off’ will have
you falling out of your
chair with laughter
By DAVID J. HOFFMAN
The Keegan Theatre really
should provide seatbelts.
Remaining still and seated dur-
ing a performance of Keegan’s
revival of the comic gem of “Noises
Off!” is next to impossible.
A clear audience favorite, by act
two of this three-act comedy, which
Frank Rich of the New York Times
has called “the funniest play written
in my lifetime,” the packed house
was gripping their armrests to keep
from spilling out of their chairs. And
the intimate setting of the Church
Street Theatre echoed with repeat-
ed rounds of titters and belly-
laughs, hoots and guffaws.
This knockabout tour-de-farce is
in fact farce of the first degree, with
slamming doors and pants off and
dresses down, with props and
quips and cast members leaping
about the stage. And its run has just
been extended through Aug. 29.
So now you simply have no
excuses left for missing this one, a
1982 play by English playwright
and novelist Michael Frayn, one of
the handful of writers in the English
language to excel in both drama
and prose fiction, who often uses
humor and horseplay to raise philo-
sophical questions — his
Cambridge degree is in philosophy.
But don’t see “Noises Off!”
expecting metaphysics. Go
expecting a dreadful sex farce,
staged as a play-within-a-play —
the utterly awful “Nothing On” —
the type of English music-hall play
where comely girls run about in
their underwear, old men (and
young) drop their trousers, and the
many doors continuously open
and close as the manic menagerie
of second-rate actors try their best
to get through the first act.
But with every stage step the
cast — uniformly funny in an
ensemble slapstick performance
that will surely be a nominee for a
Helen Hayes award — delivers
superbly executed, fast-paced tim-
ing of jokes, droll double-entendres
and burlesque pratfalls.
In theatrical stage directions,
the term “noises off” specifies
sounds meant to originate off-
‘Noises Off!’
Keegan Theatre
Church Street Theatre
1742 Church St., N.W.
Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m.
Sunday at 3 p.m., through
Aug. 29
$30 ($25 students/seniors)
703-892-0202
keegantheatre.com
stage. In the hands of Keegan’s
artistic director Mark Rhea, at the
helm of “Noises Off!,” the continu-
ous whirl of hilarious action is both
off and onstage. Each of Frayn’s
three acts contains a performance
of the first act of “Nothing On,”
each act separated by weeks as
the very ragged touring theatrical
troupe verges further and further
with each stage misstep into
comic chaos.
Act one opens with the final
dress rehearsal prior to opening
night, with the seedy cast still for-
getting lines, missing cues and mis-
handling props. Even worse, cast
eccentricities and personal prob-
lems, including two different love tri-
angles, haunt backstage relation-
ships, and jealousy and petty
‘NOISES OFF’ is a classic comedy and a hit with critics and audiences
everywhere and was even turned into a 1992 film with Michael Caine.
squabbling overwhelm them, but
always to huge comic effect.
But the tidal wave of comic
miscues and mishaps begins to
really swell with act two — as the
motley crew still fumbles with
missed entrances and exits, and
prop problems, including the
telephone and especially several
plates of sardines.
By act three, we see a perform-
ance of “Nothing On” near the end
of its 10-week run as personal fric-
tions have grown raspier and off-
stage shenanigans and onstage
bedlam reach their crescendo in
dreadfully bungled performances
Photo courtesy of Keegan Theatre
(seen from backstage).
Singling out cast members for
special recognition is risky when
all are so superb, but special
recognition should go to Brianna
Letourneau as deliciously clue-
less actress Brooke Ashton (or
“Vicky” in the sex farce), alluring
in her finely turned derriere and
heaving bosom.
This classic comedy — a hit
with critics and audiences every-
where and even in a 1992 film ver-
sion starring Michael Caine and
Carol Burnett and Christopher
Reeve — will leave you laughing
out loud for days afterward.
38 washingtonblade.com • august 13, 2010
THE GUIDE TO ARTS & CULTURE
HOT HITS AND
HIDDEN JEWELS LAST CHANCE
GAIA @ THE FRIDGE saturday, august 14
August 13 - August 14 GILBERT AND SULLIVAN’S ‘THE MIKADO’
The Fridge DC ON CAPITOL HILL. Capitol Hill Arts
202-664-4151 Workshop. 202-547-6839. chaw.org.
gaiadc.com
Gaia events achieve a delicate balance between sunday, august 15
upscale and underground, pop and artsy, between 2009 BEST OF COLLECTOR’S SHOWCASE
the comfort of a lounge and the entertainment value EXHIBITION: RICHARD ALLNUTT.
of a performance hall. The Fridge brings together Workhouse Arts Center. workhousearts.org.
DJs, VJs, lighting designers, live musicians, fire jug- SECOND ANNUAL JURIED PHOTO-
glers, make-up artists, contemporary dancers, GRAPHIC COMPETITION EXHIBITION.
magicians, and performing artists of all back- Workhouse Arts Center. workhousearts.org.
grounds for a night unlike any in DC.
monday, august 16
LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL KATHERINE KAVANAUGH, THE 29TH
Through August 15 ANNUAL INVITATIONAL SCULPTURE
Wolf Trap EXHIBITION. Montpelier Arts Center.
703-255-1868 301-377-7800. pgparks.com.
wolftrap.org
Don’t miss this awesome wattage of girl wednesday, august 18
power as sorority star Elle Woods takes STELLA MORGAN. The Keegan Theatre
Harvard by storm in this musical revamp of at Church Street Theater. 703-892-0202.
the hit movie that highlights friendship, con- keegantheatre.com.
fidence, and romance without losing style. SUMMER MUSIC CONCERTS. Oxon Hill
Manor. 301-839-7782. pgparks.com.
PM @ THE TM: MOD MADNESS
Wednesday, August 18
The Textile Museum
202-667-0441 LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
textilemuseum.org august 13-august 17
With an exhibition of textile designs from the BRITTEN - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S
’50s and ’60s on view, The Textile Museum is DREAM. The Barns at Wolf Trap. 1-877-
hosting its second PM @ The TM event in the WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
spirit of Mad Men. Step into the museum’s gar-
den for cool drinks, noshes and jazz by the
Pete Muldoon Quartet.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
DISNEY AND CAMERON saturday, august 14
MACKINTOSH PRESENT BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS: THE
MARY POPPINS FIRST WOMEN’S NATIONAL AIR DERBY.
Through August 22 College Park Aviation Museum. 301-864-6029.
Kennedy Center collegeparkaviationmuseum.com.
202-467-4600
kennedy-center.org tuesday, august 17
Featuring the irresistible story and LYLE LOVETT WITH SPECIAL GUEST:
unforgettable songs from one of the RYAN BINGHAM. Wolf Trap. 1-877-WOLFTRAP.
most popular Disney films of all time, wolftrap.org.
plus brand-new breathtaking dance
numbers and spectacular stagecraft, wednesday, august 18
Mary Poppins is everything you’d SUMMER EVENINGS AT DUMBARTON
ever want in a hit Broadway show! HOUSE: JAZZ AT THE JEWEL OF
GEORGETOWN. Dumbarton House.
The Guide to Arts & Culture is supplied by CulturalCapital.com, a program of the Cultural Alliance of 202-337-2288. dumbartonhouse.org.
Greater Washington. GAIA @ THE FRIDGE: The Fridge DC; LEGALLY BLONDE: Supplied by Wolf Trap,
Becky Gulsivg-photo by Joan Marcus; MOD MADNESS: Supplied by The Textile Museum; MARY POPPINS:
AL JARREAU & THE GEORGE DUKE
TRIO WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: MAR-
Supplied by The Kennedy Center.
CUS MILLER AND CHRISTIAN SCOTT.
Wolf Trap. 1-877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
thursday, august 19
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER. Wolf Trap.
1-877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
ONGOING
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.
Scena. At H Street Playhouse. 703-683-2824.
scenatheater.org
COMMUNITY ART PROJECT. Corcoran
Gallery of Art. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
LANFORD WILSON’S SERENADING LOUIE.
The American Century Theater at Gunston
Theatre Two. 703-998-4555. americancentury.org.
THE GATHERING OFTHE LEGENDS - PHO-
TOGRAPHY EXHIBITION. Del Ray Artisans.
703-625-2330. theDelRayArtisans.org.
NOISES OFF. The Keegan Theatre at Church
Street Theater. 703-892-0202. keegantheatre.com.
LIFESTRAW DEMONSTRATIONS. National
Geographic. 202-857-7588. events.national-
geographic.com.
LA FEMME. Arlington Artists Alliance at
Arlington County Board Offices. arling-
tonartistsalliance.org.
TAKE YOU HOME. Gallery plan b.
202-234-2711. galleryplanb com.
PLAY BALL. Arlington Artists Alliance at
Arlington YMCA. arlingtonartistsalliance.org.
HIGHLIGHTS TOUR. Corcoran Gallery of
Art. 202-397-7328. corcoran.org.
SKETCHING IN THE ATRIUM. Corcoran
Gallery of Art. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
CHALK DRAWINGS. Corcoran Gallery of
Art. 202-397-7328. programs.corcoran.org.
CM DUPRE’S ALICE AT THE ART
LEAGUE. The Art League at National
Harbor. 703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90%. National
Geographic. 202-857-7588. events.nation-
algeographic.com.
BEAT MEMORIES: THE PHOTO-
GRAPHS OF ALLEN GINSBERG.
National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
DA VINCI -THE GENIUS. National Geographic.
202-857-7588. events.nationalgeographic.com.
ART BY THE YARD: WOMEN DESIGN
MID-CENTURY BRITAIN. The Textile
Museum. 202 667 0441. textilemuseum.org.
RARE: PORTRAITS OF AMERICA’S
ENDANGERED SPECIES. National
Geographic. events.nationalgeographic.com.
WOMEN TO WATCH 2010 BODY OF
WORK: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON FIG-
URE PAINTING. National Museum of
Women in the Arts. nmwa.org.
CHUCK CLOSE PRINTS: PROCESS AND
COLLABORATION. Corcoran Gallery of
Art. 202-397-7328. corcoran.org.
EDVARD MUNCH: MASTER PRINTS.
National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
GERMAN MASTER DRAWINGS FROM
THE WOLFGANG RATJEN COLLECTION,
1580-1900. National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
THE ART OF LIVING: TEXTILE FUR-
NISHINGS FROM THE PERMANENT
COLLECTION. The Textile Museum.
202-667-0441. textilemuseum.org.
PASSING STRANGE. The Studio
Theatre. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org
FREE
friday, august 13
JAZZ IN THE GARDEN: CARSTEN BOE
TRIO (DJANGO JAZZ FROM OSLO, NOR-
WAY). National Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
saturday, august 14
15TH ANNUAL BATTLE OF BLADENS-
BURG ENCAMPMENT. Riversdale House
Museum. 301-864-0420. pgparks.com.
THE UNITED STATES MARINE BAND
AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. Rachel
M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts
Center at Northern Virginia Community
College, Alexandria Campus. 202-433-
4011. marineband.usmc.mil.
sunday, august 15
THE DIRTY PINTS. Reston Community
Center at Lake Anne. 703-476-4500.
restoncommunitycenter.com.
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1415 22nd St., NW Popular with men and women; features phase1dc.com 1722 870 Park Ave.
Washington, DC 20037 dancing, videos. Check web site for twitter.com/phase1dc 1722 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21201
202-296-0505 event schedule. The Phase opened in 1970 and remains Baltimore, MD 21201 410-539-4993
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Longtime bar popular with African- Washington DC 20009 from Mount Vernon offers friendly bar, separate entrance.
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500 8th St., SE 202-293-1293 Baltimore, MD 21224
Washington, DC 20003 In Dupont Circle area; neighborhood bar REMINGTONS CLUB PHOENIX 410-534-0014
202-543-5906 popular with men. 639 Pennsylvania Ave., SE 1 W. Biddle St. Friendly neighborhood lesbian bar gets
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Popular Capitol Hill area restaurant and GREEN LANTERN 202-543-3113 410-837-3906 play. Features billiards, music and more.
bar (Eastern Market Metro) for both men 1335 Green Court, NW remingtonswdc.com Mount Vernon-area downstairs bar
and women. Features Cuban, Mexican Washington, DC 20005 twitter.com/remingtonsWDC attracts men and women; friendly service. QUEST
and Puerto Rican cuisine. greenlanterndc.com Popular country/Western nightclub in 3607 Fleet St.
twitter.com/greenlanterndc Capitol Hill neighborhood with more than DRINKERY Baltimore, MD 21224
BLOWOFF Friendly bar for men hosts regular happy 6,000 square feet of space for dancing 205 W. Read St. 410-563-2617
815 V St., NW hours and special events, including and billiards. One half block west of Baltimore, MD 21201 Neighborhood bar in Highlandtown
Washington, DC 20001 karaoke and shirtless drink special Eastern Market Metro. 410-225-3100 area is popular with men and women
blowoff.us nights. Check web site for details. Another of Baltimore’s friendly neighbor- and offers billiards.
Created by musicians Bob Mould and McPherson Square Metro. TOWN hood bars in Mount Vernon featuring
Richard Morel, Blowoff is an occasional DANCEBOUTIQUE billiards, jukebox and welcoming service. SAPPHOS
dance event popular with men. Events are JR.’S 2009 8th St., NW 1001 N. Charles St.
held in clubs around the country; D.C.’s 1519 17th St., NW Washington, DC 20001 GALLERY Baltimore, MD 21201
Blowoff parties are held at the 9:30 club Washington, DC 20036 202-234-TOWN 1735 Maryland Ave. 410-752-7133
in the popular U Street corridor. 202-328-0090 towndc.com Baltimore, MD 21201 centralstationpub.com
jrswdc.com Dance club and bar popular with men 410-539-6965 Part of the Grand Central complex,
COBALT Longtime friendly Dupont Circle area and women, features regular drag per- Longtime bar and restaurant popular Sappho’s attracts a lesbian crowd
1639 R St., NW bar popular with men; videos, regular formances. U Street Metro. with African-American clientele. and offers comfy couches, outdoor
Washington, DC 20009 special events. patio and more in its second
202-462-6569 ULTRABAR GRAND CENTRAL floor location.
cobaltdc.com LACE 911 F St., NW 1001 N. Charles St.
In Dupont Circle area; part of complex 2214 Rhode Island Ave., NE Washington, DC 20004 Baltimore, MD 21201
of LGBT businesses at this address,
including Level One restaurant on
Washington, DC 20018
202-832-3888
ultrabardc.com
twitter.com/UltraBar
410-752-7133
centralstationpub.com
northern va
street level and 30 Degrees bar. lacedc.com Large dance club with gay-friendly Large entertainment complex featuring FREDDIE’S
Every night is ladies night at Lace; events and vibe located downtown near friendly pub, lesbian bar Sappho’s upstairs BEACH BAR
CREW CLUB features regular special events for women Metro Center. and a dance club on the first floor. 555 23rd St. South
1321 14th St., NW in Brookland neighborhood. Check web Arlington, VA 22202
Washington, DC 20005 site for details on happy hour specials. WHERE THE GIRLS GO HIPPO 703-685-0555
202-319-1333 wherethegirlsgo.com 1 W. Eager St. Freddie Lutz’s Virginia establishment
crewclub.net LARRY’S LOUNGE Queer women's events in the D.C. area. Baltimore, MD 21201 includes a restaurant and friendly bar,
Men’s 24-hour gym in Logan Circle area, 1836 18th St., NW Check web site for latest info. 410-547-0069 regular specials and is popular with
featuring steam rooms, lounges, Washington, DC 20009 clubhippo.com men and women. Crystal City Metro.
private dressing rooms and more. 202-483-1483 ZIEGFELD’S/ Large club popular with men and women
Dupont Circle area bar and restaurant SECRETS featuring billiards, top DJs/dancing, karaoke,
DC EAGLE
639 New York Ave., NW
popular with both men and women. 1824 Half St., SW
Washington, DC 20024
videos and more. Opened in 1972, Hippo’s
motto is “where everyone is welcome.”
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202-347-6025 Different locations secretsdc.com JAY’S ON READ 9855 N. Washington Blvd.
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The popular Levi/leather bar’s origins date twitter.com/MIXTAPEdc Wednesdays-Sundays, drag perform- Baltimore, MD 21201 301-498-8202
to the 1960s. Features billiards, regular Alternative dance party for queer men and ances, large dance floor and many reg- 410-225-0188 pwssportsbar.com
tournaments and other special events. women featuring electro, alt-pop, indie ular special events, contests and more. Piano bar attracts a mostly male Restaurant and bar is popular with gay
Located near the convention center, two rock, house, disco and New Wave. Check Large parking lot available; located in crowd, though welcoming to women and lesbian sports fans and is known
blocks north of Gallery Place Metro. web site for 2010 schedule of events. Buzzard’s Point warehouse district. and straight patrons. for its superb burgers.
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DCAGENDA
Foodie summer
Continued from page 29
Not to be outdone by its bar, PLUME
RESTAURANT, also housed in the
Jefferson, has a new feather in its cap. In
June, it was voted Best Overall Restaurant
in the Washington D.C. area by OpenTable.
It holds the top position in Ambiance,
Service, and Special Occasion. Executive
chef Damon Gordon has put together a
series of four-course prix fixe menus for the
summer season that change weekly with
themes like Tahitian Vanilla, Tamarind,
Matcha Green Tea, and Summer Beets. (jef-
fersondc.com/restaurant-dining/index.cfm)
The CAPITAL GRILLE in Tysons
Corner is in the midst of its 2010 Master
Wine Tasting Event. Master Sommelier
George Miliotes has hand-selected an
incredible list of 21 wines from “the
finest wine…regions on Earth.” For $25
you will get an unlimited tasting (with
dinner), complete with a guided tour
provided by the servers, and, if you’re
fortunate, Master Miliotes may stop
by himself. The featured regions until
Sept. 6 are California, Spain and
Australia. Reservations are accepted
for dinner service. (tcgdine.com)
Restaurant Week arrives
Monday, Aug. 16 marks the kick-off of
the week-long D.C. Summer Restaurant
Week. This semi-annual event showcas-
es more than 200 of the area’s restau-
rants’ finest offerings with both lunch and
dinner prix fixe menus. Begun in 2001 as
a strategy to boost business after Sept.
11, this event offers diners the opportuni-
ty to get a feeling for a restaurant’s sig-
nature dishes without the commitment of
a full-course meal. Prices are $20.10 for
lunch and $35.10 for dinner (not includ-
ing tax, alcohol or gratuity). The festival
lasts until Sunday, Aug. 22, and the full
list of participating restaurants can be
found at washington.org/restaurantwk.
In food entertainment news, TLC’s
LOGAN TAVERN
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
brand new show “DC CUPCAKES”
(Friday 10/9c), centered around the
Georgetown bakery, has been renewed
for a second season following its six
episode summer trial run. The series fol-
lows sisters and business partners Sophie
LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis as
they navigate the everyday trials of run-
ning an increasingly successful busi-
ness. In standard reality food show format
(think “Cake Boss”), the show aims to
shine a light on the relationships between
having a family member as your business
partner, as well as highlighting the sweets
that the pair cranks out every day. It will be
interesting to see if the family-owned bak-
ery will survive the big reality TV machine
and recover from lukewarm reviews from
critics. (tlc.discovery.com)
Food competition juggernaut “TOP
CHEF” continues to bring the drama out of
the kitchen and into your living room with a
scandal dubbed “Pea-gate 2010.” For those
who didn’t watch the July 28 episode, chef
Alex Reznik of Hollywood, Calif., won the
elimination challenge held in D.C. institution
THE PALM with an applewood smoked
salmon dish served with black forbidden
rice and English pea purée. The scandal
stems from the fact that Reznik was not
shown prepping the purée at any point, but
fellow chef Ed Cotton was. On challenge
day, Ed was unable to locate his finished
purée and ended up having to improvise
something else on the spot. It really would-
n’t be so bad if the judges hadn’t praised
chef Alex specifically for the purée during
judging and awarding him the win based on
that component. Chef Ed showed great
restraint in not calling Reznik out on the
apparent theft, but later that evening the
Internet exploded with debates on whether
or not Bravo TV is rewarding shady behav-
ior for the sake of ratings.
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the most difficult and most anticipated of
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unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are
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