Volume 42, Issue 27, July 8, 2011

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Tea Party fave opposes LGBT rights;
husband backs ex-gay therapy
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The anti-gay rhetoric and voting record of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) came under scrutiny
this week in the wake of her announcement that she is running for the White House in 2012.
In a speech last week in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, the Tea Party favorite pledged to continue
advancing conservative causes as she formally declared her candidacy.
I want to bring a voice, your voice, to the White House, just as I have brought your voice to the
halls of Congress to secure the promise of the future for our generation and generations to come,
Bachmann said.
But based on her voting record in Congress since she started representing Minnesota in the U.S.
House in 2007, a Bachmann presidency would likely be bad news for LGBT Americans.
In addition to voting against Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal and opposing the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, she also opposed hate crimes legislation.
Dont Ask, Dont Tell is dead
Calif. court ruling means
gays can serve openly
By CHRIS JOHNSON
A federal appellate court in California on
Wednesday overturned a stay on an injunction that
had barred the U.S. government from enforcing
Dont Ask, Dont Tell, allowing gay service
members to start serving openly in the armed forces.
In the case of Log Cabin Republicans v. United
States, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals granted the plaintiffs request to
lift the stay of the injunction that was put in place last
year by a U.S. district judge.
Appellee/cross-appellants motion to lift this
courts November 1, 2010, order granting a stay
of the district courts judgment pending appeal is
granted, the decision states.
The decision to lift the stay on the Dont Ask,
Dont Tell injunction comes from a three-judge
panel within the Ninth Circuit made up of Chief
Judge Alex Kozinski and Circuit Judges Kim
Wardlow and Richard Paez.
After ruling in September that Dont Ask, Dont
Tell was unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge
Virginia Phillips put an injunction in place to halt the
enforcement of the militarys gay ban. The injunction
lasted for eight days until the Ninth Circuit placed
a stay on the order upon request from the Justice
Department, making gays once again unable to
serve openly in the military.
The ruling on Wednesday reverses this decision
and once again allows for open service. The Ninth
Circuit must still decide on the constitutionality of
Dont Ask, Dont Tell, but until it does, the anti-
gay law will no longer be enforced.
Cynthia Smith, a Defense Department
spokesperson, said the Pentagon is studying the
decision with the Justice Department, but will
comply with the court order and take immediate
steps to inform the eld of this order.
CONTI NUES ON PAGE 14
Rep. MICHELE BACHMANN has a long anti-gay record and supports a
federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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response to anti-LGBT
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Bachmanns record is
no laughing matter
Gay mans killer gets 50 years
A D.C. Superior Court judge on June 30 sentenced 21-year-old Antwan Holcomb to 50
years in prison for the December 2009 shooting death of gay D.C. resident Anthony Perkins.
Police and prosecutors said Holcomb, a District resident, met Perkins through a gay
telephone chat line on Dec. 27, 2009, with the intent of luring him to a secluded street in
Southeast D.C. for the purposing of robbing him.
During his trial earlier this year, prosecutors said Holcomb shot Perkins in the head at point blank
range inside Perkins car that same day and made off only with a single pack of Newport cigarettes.
Antwan Holcomb shot a man in the head for a pack of cigarettes, said Ronald C. Machen
Jr., the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, in the statement released Thursday.
It is difcult to imagine a more senseless murder, but it is not surprising from a criminal who two
weeks earlier shot another man in the back, paralyzing him from the waist down, Machen said.
Machen was referring to a separate incident in which Holcomb pleaded guilty to charges
of assault with intent to kill and assault with a dangerous weapon. In a combined sentencing
hearing June 30, Judge Lee Sattereld sentenced Holcomb to an additional period of
incarceration for those offenses, resulting in a combined sentence of 88 years in prison.
Todays 88-year sentence is just punishment for a killer who showed such shocking
disregard for human life, Machen said.
In his trial for the Perkins murder, a Superior Court jury found Holcomb guilty of
rst-degree murder while armed, armed robbery, possession of a rearm during the
commission of a crime of violence, unlawful possession of a rearm by a convicted felon,
and carrying a pistol without a license outside the home.
In addition to the 50-year prison term for the murder conviction, Sattereld sentenced
Holcomb to 15 years for the armed robbery count linked to the Perkins murder. But he
ordered that the 15 years be served concurrently with the murder sentence, resulting in a
total of 50 years to be served for the murder and robbery of Perkins.
The verdict followed a ve-day trial in which a witness who knew Holcomb testied that
he overheard Holcomb say on the night of the murder that he shot the faggy in the
head and robbed him of a pack of cigarettes before eeing the scene on foot.
In a video recording of an interview of Holcomb by D.C. police homicide detectives,
which was shown to the jury during the trial, Holcomb said he called the gay chat line
because he knew men who used the service had money and would not likely report being
robbed by someone they met through the venue.
But he denied killing Perkins, saying someone else entered Perkins car and committed
the murder. Prosecutors disputed that claim and pointed to evidence showing that
Holcomb was the one who shot Perkins.
Im not of that natureIm a cold-blooded man, he told the detectives, in explaining
why he used the gay chat line. I dont like fags. I never will.
The D.C. group Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence said it planned to submit a pre-
sentencing statement to Judge Sattereld calling for a lengthy prison term for Holcomb.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Attorneys mum on Wone settlement rumor
Attorneys on both sides of the $20 million wrongful death lawsuit pending against
three gay men over the 2006 stabbing death of D.C. attorney Robert Wone have not
responded to media calls about an unconrmed report that the parties have reached a
settlement in the case.
The blog WhoMurderedRobertWone.com cited an unidentied source as saying Kathy
Wone, Robert Wones widow, and other Wone family members reached a settlement with
Joseph Price, Victor Zaborsky and Dylan Ward. A settlement would end the case and
eliminate the need for a trial scheduled to begin in October.
Attorney Benjamin Razi, who represents Kathy Wone in the case, and attorney and
former D.C. Attorney General Robert Spagnoletti, who is on the legal team representing
the three gay defendants, did not return calls from the Blade.
The D.C. Superior Courts online case docket, which keeps track of public records in pending
cases, did not have any information about a settlement as of Wednesday. However, the docket
shows that on May 25, Judge Michael Rankin cancelled a court-ordered mediation session
between the parties scheduled for June 14 at the request of the attorneys for Price, Zaborsky,
and Ward. The docket doesnt say why the defendants sought to cancel the mediation session.
But court-ordered mediation sessions are sometimes cancelled when a settlement is
reached through other channels.
The three gay men were found not guilty in June 2010 on criminal charges of obstruction of
justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice and evidence tampering in connection with Robert Wones
murder. Wone, a friend of the three men, was found stabbed to death in the guest bedroom of
their Dupont Circle area townhouse. Authorities have yet to charge anyone with the murder.
Kathy Wone led her wrongful death lawsuit against the three men in November 2008.
The case was placed on hold during the criminal trial at the request of the attorneys
representing Price, Zaborsky and Ward. All three men have refused to answer questions
in pre-trial depositions for the civil case on grounds that doing so would violate their Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Sources familiar with police and prosecutors say authorities could still charge the three
men with rst or second degree murder or manslaughter in connection with Wones
death if new evidence surfaces in the case.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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Longtime Dupont club Apex closes
Apex, a popular gay dance club near Dupont Circle, had its last night of business
Saturday though nobody knew it at the time. Employees found out Tuesday that
Saturday had been its last night.
I knew it was for sale and it would be closing eventually but we didnt have
a closing date, said Joey Oldaker, general manager who started at the club in
1993. None of us knew it was coming as quickly as it did.
According to Oldaker, who works as a DJ as Joey O., the business has been
sold. He said the new buyer wished to remain anonymous and he had no idea
if the new owner plans to continue as a dance club of any kind. Longtime Apex
owner Glen Thompson, who also owns Omega another P Street/Dupont Circle-
area gay bar, declined to be interviewed through Oldaker, who said Omega will
remain in business.
Hes very private about his personal life and his business dealings, Oldaker
said of Thompson.
How had business been in recent years? Oldaker said steady but also not as
strong as it once was.
Businesses come and go, he said. We survived the Tracks era, the Nation
phase, the Town era. It just got to a point where it was a lot different nancial
climate in which to be in business in the last three to four years with the economy
the way it has been.
Including subcontractors, Oldaker said Apex employed about 25 people. They
found out about the closing on Tuesday, he said. Apex opened in May 1983 as
Badlands. Oldaker said he plans to go back to school and perhaps get a teaching
degree.
JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
APEX closed this week after being sold, according to its general manager.
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Gay superhero a hit
in iTunes App Store
SAN FRANCISCO An unlikely hit is rising in
popularity among iPhone and iPod Touch users.
Spanish game creators Klicrainbow boast that the
$2.99 app, Supergay & The Attack of His Ex-Girlfriends
is the rst video game to star a gay superhero, and
users of the Apple mobile devices are accepting this
groundbreaking game with open arms.
The animated game features comic book style art
and currently offers the rst 10 chapters of the storyline,
with promises of more chapters to come.
The game tells the story of Dr. Tom Palmer a
young, attractive scientist working on a controversial
cloning experiment on the eve of his wedding to the
daughter of his boss.
Throughout the narrative, Tom grapples with the fact
that hes gay as well as with some of the choices hes
made in his life, according to MSNBC.
Having a gay character in a game is always
something positive that gay gamers can relate to,
Steve Muir, editor of GenuineGamers.com told the
Blade. However in this instance I think the character
we see is more of a stereotype than something we can
relate to. Having a quick look at the developers and
their title, I see the uorescent pink color, mentions of
Gay Power and the Rainbow Ray. I understand this is
a gay superhero but I cant image anyone taking this
seriously.
I think gay gamers, like gay comic fans, have a
fascination with the dual identities of superheroes,
gay gaming champion, Matthew Michael Brown told
the Blade. We see some of our personal struggles
reected in the lives of these characters and are
thrilled when they hit any medium. That said, video
games are the future of entertainment and so to see
such progressive characters break into this industry is
especially exciting. Brown won the second season of
Sonys Playstation Network reality series, The Tester.
Gay soldiers allegedly
attacked in Colo.
DENVER Two soldiers identifying as gay stationed
at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs were allegedly
assaulted by attackers shouting homophobic slurs and
racial epithets early Saturday morning.
The soldiers had stopped off at Albert Tacos after a
night out at a local nightclub where the men also work.
The two soldiers who had to conceal their identities
when making statements about the crime because
Dont Ask, Dont Tell is still in enforcement said
that some of the work friends that came with them to
the restaurant caught the attention of a group of men
because of the way that they were dressed, according
to ABC News Denver.
One of the victims was treated for a facial fracture
and had to have his jaw wired shut.
Were concerned that these soldiers may not get
the support they need because of the ongoing impact
of Dont Ask, Dont Tell, J.D. Smith, co-director of the
active duty service members organization OutServe,
said in a statement. Will they be investigated for
reporting the crime? Or for seeking medical help?
These soldiers will have to literally lie at work to hide
whats occurred to them.
Calif. mandates teaching
LGBT history in schools
SACRAMENTO The California Assembly this
week passed 49-25 a bill that would end LGBT history
exclusion in education.
The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful Education
Act had already passed the Senate 23-14 on April 14,
and now heads to Gov. Jerry Brown for signature.
The struggle of the multicultural and multiethnic
LGBT community in California is one of the greatest
stories yet to be told, said Equality California Executive
Director Roland Palencia in a statement released
minutes after passage. The FAIR Education Act will
ensure that public schools acknowledge the heroism of
individuals and communities who in spite of countless
barriers continuously overcome adversity.
The bill was authored by gay state Sen. Mark Leno,
and follows another historic California victory 20 months
ago, with the passage of ofcial recognition of Harvey
Milk Day.
The bill also compels schools to put strict guidelines
in place to protect students from bullying based on real
or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
This is a victory not only for the LGBT youth in
California who have been ghting to be heard in
Sacramento and represented in their history classes,
but also for all California youth who deserve to learn a
fair and accurate account of California and U.S. history,
said Carolyn Laub, executive director of Gay-Straight
Alliance Network. By passing the FAIR Education
Act, the Assembly has taken an unprecedented step
to reduce bullying, increase safety for all students and
teach students to respect each others differences.
Mayor Emanuel pushes
for marriage equality
CHICAGO In the spirit of Pride month, Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed June by stating that
he hopes Illinois moves in the direction of New
York after that state passed a bill legalizing same-sex
marriage there.
The political heavyweight left his position as White
House chief of staff in 2009 to pursue the Chicago
mayoral spot being opened with the retirement of
Richard M. Daley. Emanuel secured that spot in March
2010 in a race against many local big names, including
former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, who long
backed the idea of marriage equality and voted against
both Dont Ask, Dont Tell in 1993 and the Defense of
Marriage Act in 1996.
Emanuels statement is his strongest yet on the topic
of marriage equality, and advocates hope he will play
as pivotal a role in pushing for a bill as Mayor Michael
Bloomberg did in New York City.
Obviously as someone who is working on marriage
equality in this state Im thrilled to see it, gay state
assembly member Greg Harris, author of the states
civil unions law, told the Blade. I think it goes to show
that mainstream of political thought in Illinois is moving
toward full marriage equality for all people, but that
doesnt mean there still isnt lots of work to do in the
state.
No matter what the states do, until we get rid of the
Federal [Defense of Marriage Act] there will never be
full equality for any same-sex relationship.
Mich. anti-bullying
bill put on hold
LANSING, Mich. The fate of a proposed law that
would have specically protected students from anti-
gay and anti-trans harassment and bullying, along with
other forms of bullying is now in question as lawmakers
go on break.
Matts Safe-School Law, named for a teen who
committed suicide after being bullied, exists in two
versions in the state legislature, one where protected
classes like gay and lesbian kids are specically
enumerated a version backed by the state Board of
Education, Michigans LGBT advocacy group Equality
Michigan, and the Republican Rick Snyder and a
general version of the bill that does not specify any
protected classes.
The Republican-controlled legislature has only held
hearings on the general version of the bill, according
to Michigans LGBT newspaper, Between the Lines.
The June 29 Education Committee hearing saw anti-
bullying groups come out against the less powerful
version of the bill.
We are disappointed to have to oppose House
Bill 4163 today but feel that changes can be made
to strengthen it so it becomes the powerful tool it is
intended to be, Equality Michigan Policy Director
Emily Dievendorf said in a statement after the hearing.
Our kids need to be assured that their second home,
their school, is conducive to learning and is accepting
of who they are.
Michigan is one of only six states without anti-bullying
legislation, which compels schools to create safer
environments for students in regard to harassment and
bullying.
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Supergay & The Attack of His Ex-Girlfriends is the rst video game to star a gay superhero.
U.S. ends deportation
effort against gay
Venezuelan
By CHRIS JOHNSON
LGBT advocates working on
immigration issues are hoping the
cancelled deportation last week of a gay
foreign national living in the United States
could be promising news for bi-national
same-sex couples in danger of separation.
Last Wednesday, Henry Velandia, a
gay Venezuelan national, and his spouse,
Josh Vandiver, a U.S. citizen, received
formal notication from U.S. Immigration
& Customs Enforcement that the agency
would no longer pursue deportation
proceedings against Velandia.
After coming to the United States in
2002 legally on a visitors visa, Velandia
faced potential deportation after he
remained in the United States after his visa
expired in six months.
To allow him to remain in the United
States, Vandiver sought to obtain a green
card for his spouse, whom he legally married
Connecticut, through a marriage-based
application. However, ICE had informed
the couple the Defense of Marriage Act,
which prohibits federal recognition of same-
sex marriage, prevented the agency from
issuing Velandia a green card.
On May 6, Velandia faced a hearing before
an immigration judge, who could have
ordered deportation, separating him from
Vandiver for at least 10 years. However, the
judge halted deportation proceedings against
Velandia because of a recent order that U.S.
Attorney General Eric Holder issued on the
previous day to vacate similar deportation
proceedings in the case of another New York
same-sex bi-national couple.
The notication that the couple received
closes the deportation proceedings and
marks the rst time ICE has administratively
closed such proceedings against the
spouse of a gay U.S. citizen.
In a statement provided to the Washington
Blade, Vandiver said the notication of the
decision on Wednesday was the second
happiest day of my life, second only to the
day Henry became my husband.
On Wednesday, Henry and I learned
that the government was no longer trying
to tear us apart and destroy our marriage,
Vandiver said. Now we can start building
our future together. This is the fruit of a hard-
fought struggle over the past year to bring
recognition to the terrible harm DOMA is
causing same-sex bi-national couples.
Wednesdays decision closing Henrys
deportation case is the rst sign of hope
that these deportations are nally ending
and its our deepest hope that it has a
positive impact across the country for all
couples like us, Vandiver added.
The new development has LGBT rights
supporters working on immigration issues
looking to the Velandia case to help in
other deportation proceedings facing bi-
national same-sex couples living in the
United States.
Steve Ralls, spokesperson for Immigration
Equality, also said his organization intends to
press the administration to make sure other
couples that are facing similar separation
under immigration law are treated the same
as Velandia and Vandiver.
We have married bi-national couples in
places like Vermont, New York and California
that are facing separation before the end of
this summer, Ralls said. We expect that
ICEs message in Henry and Joshs case is they
are no longer prioritizing the deportation of
gay spouses and we expect other couples to
receive the same treatment.
Lavi Soloway, a New York-based
immigration lawyer who handled
Velandias case, said the decision to
close proceedings in this situation shows
the administration has leeway to stop
deportations in similar cases.
Soloway, founder of Stop the
Deportations, said he plans to draw on
the Velandia decision when he appears in
a San Francisco immigration court on July
13 to stop the potential deportation of
another foreign national, Alex Benshimol,
who married his partner Douglas Gentry.
It demonstrates the ability of ICE to
use its prosecutorial guidelines to protect
bi-national couples from being torn apart
by deportation, Soloway said. The
circumstances are very similar.
But whether this case will have an impact on
others remains to be seen. Gillian Anderson,
an ICE spokesperson, conrmed that her
agency led a motion to close proceedings
in the Velandia case, but maintained her
agency continues to enforce the law.
There has been no change in policy with
regards to deportation cases affected by the
Defense of Marriage Act, she said. Pursuant
to the Attorney Generals guidance, the
Defense of Marriage Act remains in effect
and the executive branch, including [the
Department of Homeland Security], will
continue to enforce it unless and until
Congress repeals it or there is a nal judicial
determination that it is unconstitutional.
Observers say the decision to close
proceedings in the Velandia case could
be related to a memo ICE issued on June
17 listing situations in which enforcement
agents may decide to exercise
prosecutorial authority and dropped
proceedings against undocumented
immigrants living in the United States.
While the memo doesnt explicitly
offer protections to gay couples, it
states undocumented immigrants with
family relationships in the United
States, or individuals with a U.S. citizen
or permanent resident spouse may be
considered for discretion.
Ralls said the similar timing of the
distribution of the memo and the decision
to terminate proceedings against Velandia
was noteworthy and said it could mark an
unofcial change in administration policy.
I believe were beginning to see some
dots being connected that can lead us
to the assumption that there is now an
unofcial policy that the White House does
not want to see these couples torn apart,
Ralls said. I certainly hope thats the case,
and more and more, I think were seeing a
gradual evolution leading in that direction.
But Soloway said the new guidelines are
similar to memos that were already in place
even before the Obama administration
emphasizing the deportation of criminals
and others who would endanger the
safety of Americans should be a priority
as opposed to law-abiding immigrants or
immigrants that have family relationships in
the United States.
So the June 17 memo is a clarication
that really gives much more detailed
guidance than we had previously, but
theres no departure in the June 17 memo
from the existing guidelines, Soloway
said. It just offers more examples and
a little bit more guidance than what
previously existed.
Even with ICE agents allowed to exercise
prosecutorial authority to discontinue
deportation proceedings against gay
foreign nationals in relationships with U.S.
citizens, LGBT immigration groups are still
seeking a blanket moratorium on these
proceedings to ensure they stay together
in the United States.
Ralls said the Obama administration
has already set a precedent to suspend
deportations of undocumented
immigrants in relationships with U.S.
citizens. In 2009, Secretary of Homeland
Security Janet Napolitano granted
deferred action to undocumented
immigrant widows who were married
to U.S. citizens for fewer than two years
before to their spouses death.
They should receive explicit direction
from the White House to [issue a
moratorium], and were not going to
step back from that call until we have an
assurance that none of the families in this
situation will be torn apart, Ralls said.
Soloway said the memos on exercising
prosecutorial authority are helpful
and offers the U.S. government the
opportunity to do the right thing on a
case-by-case basis, but still isnt the more
clearly articulated moratorium that LGBT
advocates are seeking.
New hope for bi-national gay couples
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LGBT rights supporters are heralding
a recently led legal brief against the
Defense of Marriage Act the rst of
its kind against the anti-gay law from the
Obama administration as a landmark
document that will aid in bringing about
the end of DOMA.
Filed on July 1 by the Justice
Department, the 31-page brief argues
that Section 3 of DOMA, which prohibits
federal recognition of same-sex marriage,
is unconstitutional because laws related to
sexual orientation under precedent of the
U.S. Supreme Court should be subject to
heightened scrutiny, or must be shown to
advance a signicant government interest
to stay on the books.
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage
Act ... unconstitutionally discriminates,
the brief states. It treats married same-
sex couples who are legally married
under their states laws differently than
similarly situated opposite-sex couples,
denying them the status, recognition
and signicant federal benets otherwise
available to married persons.
The Justice Department contends LGBT
people are a suspect class, or a group
likely subject to differential treatment,
because theyve been subject to a history
of discrimination, they exhibit immutable
characteristics, and theyre minorities with
limited political power. Additionally, the brief
contends sexual orientation bears no relation
to a persons ability to contribute to society.
The brief argues that Congress enacted
DOMA in 1996 out of motivation in
substantial part by animus toward gay
and lesbian individuals and their intimate
relationships and states Congress
advanced no other material interest in
passing the law.
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human
Rights Campaign, said in a statement
that the brief represents a watershed
moment in the LGBT rights movement.
Now the federal government has taken
that historic stand a step further and put
real meat on the bones of why there is
no basis for DOMA to stand, Solmonese
said. This step represents real leadership
from the Obama administration and further
hastens the day in which we will leave this
odious law in the dustbin of history.
Notably, the brief recalls the U.S.
governments role in discriminating against
LGBT people in its description of the ways in
which LGBT people have received different
treatment over the course of history. The
Justice Department recalls that former
President Eisenhower signed an executive
order adding sexual perversion as
grounds for dismissal for federal employees.
The federal government enforced
Executive Order 10450 zealously,
engaging various agencies in intrusive
investigatory techniques to purge gays
and lesbians from the civilian workforce,
the brief states. The State Department,
for example, charged skilled
investigators with interrogating every
potential male applicant to discover
if they had any effeminate tendencies
or mannerisms, used polygraphs on
individuals accused of homosexuality
who denied it, and sent inspectors to
every embassy, consulate and mission
to uncover homosexuality.
The brief was led in the case of Golinski
v. U.S. Ofce of Personnel Management.
Plaintiff Karen Golinski, a lesbian federal
court employee, sought medical coverage
for her spouse, but the U.S. government
denied this coverage because of DOMA.
The Justice Department asks the federal
court not to dismiss this claim.
Tara Borelli, a Lambda Legal staff
attorney whos representing Golinski in
the litigation, said the very forthright
way that the brief looks at the history of
discrimination against LGBT people from
the U.S. government as well as state and
local governments is particularly striking.
It is a very honest look at the painful way
that the government has discriminated
against gay people and the toll thats
taken on our community, Borelli said.
The Justice Department also responds
to an earlier brief that the House, which
was led in defense of the law under
the direction of Speaker John Boehner
(R-Ohio). The brief was written by private
attorney Paul Clement, whom Boehner
hired to litigate on behalf of DOMA in the
lawsuits against the anti-gay law.
At one point, the brief disputes the
Houses claim that marriage should be
left between one man and one woman
because that union is the best situation for
child-rearing.
There is no sound basis for
concluding that same-sex couples
who have committed to marriages
recognized by state law are anything
other than fully capable of responsible
parenting and child-rearing, the brief
states. To the contrary, many leading
medical, psychological and social welfare
organizations have issued policies
opposing restrictions on lesbian and gay
parenting based on their conclusions,
supported by numerous studies, that
children raised by gay and parents are
as likely to be well-adjusted as children
raised by heterosexual parents.
John Aravosis, the gay editor of
AMERICAblog who drew attention to
the anti-gay rhetoric in the rst brief
in supporting DOMA that came out
of the Obama administration in 2009,
said the language in the most recent
Justice Department brief looked
pretty amazing. Still, he criticized the
administration for ling it late on a Friday
night before a holiday weekend.
Why didnt the president announce
the existence of this brief two days earlier
when meeting with the communitys
leaders in the White House to celebrate
the Stonewall anniversary? Aravosis said.
The brief appears to be quite historic,
so why attempt to hide it? Its hard not to
conclude that this brief was intentionally
buried by the administration in order to
minimize mainstream media coverage.
The Obama administration notied
plaintiffs in a document June 3 that it
intended to le a brief against DOMA
in the Golinski case. Tracy Schmaler, a
Justice Department spokesperson, said
the decision to litigate against DOMA is
consistent with U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holders announcement on Feb. 23 that
the Obama administration determined
that the anti-gay law is unconstitutional.
Doug NeJaime, a gay law professor
at Loyola Law School, said the Golinski
brief marks the fullest elaboration of the
administrations new position on DOMA
that Holder announced to Congress in a
February letter.
We had the Holder letter and now we
have a whole brief sort of spitting out the
arguments that Attorney General Holder
made in that letter, NeJaime said. Its
a really substantial brief explaining why
sexual orientation should get heightened
equal protection, and it ts all of the main
arguments that gay rights lawyers have been
hitting and that are necessary for the court
to nd that theres what the administration
argues are a quasi-suspect classication.
NeJaime added he expects similar
briefs in other pending lawsuits
challenging the constitutionality of
DOMA: Gill v. OPM, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts v. Department of Health
& Human Services, Pedersen v. OPM and
Windsor v. United States.
Observers say the Justice Departments
decision to take an active role in attacking
DOMA in these lawsuits would make
the courts more apt to declare the law
unconstitutional.
Borelli said the brief from the Justice
Department should prompt the courts to
look with even deeper suspicion at DOMA.
It should help hasten DOMAs
demise because its very powerful that
the federal government admits that gay
discrimination under the law is simply not
suitable, she said.
Similarly, NeJaime said the brief from
the Obama administration gives the
argument against the anti-gay law a more
objective and non-advocacy type avor.
Its not just the adversarial parties
before the court, its actually the
government now saying this is the proper
way to analyze this, so I think it carries a lot
of weight, NeJaime said.
But whether the administrations brief
would mean a quicker end to DOMA
remains in question. Advocates previously
said they expect DOMA litigation to come
to the Supreme Court in 2013.
NeJaime added the Obama
administrations position on DOMA may
in fact mean the process for striking down
DOMA could take longer.
If anything it may have the effect of
delaying the litigation because now we
have the House involved as well, and so
it actually makes the litigation a little more
complicated, but I do think its something
that favors the courts striking down and
eventually getting this up to the Supreme
Court, NeJaime said.
Justice Dept. move against DOMA a watershed moment
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The Justice Department, under the direction of
Attorney General ERIC HOLDER, announced
in February it would no longer defend DOMA
in court
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Kaletra may need to be changed.
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phenobarbital]; your healthcare provider may want to switch you to another medicine
or check drug levels in your blood from time to time.
These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take ATRIPLA. Be sure
to tell your healthcare provider about all medicines that you take.
Keep a complete list of all the prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any herbal
remedies that you are taking, how much you take, and how often you take them. Make a new list
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medicines you use. Then he or she can decide the best approach for your situation.
How should I take ATRIPLA?
Take the exact amount of ATRIPLA your healthcare provider prescribes. Never change the
dose on your own. Do not stop this medicine unless your healthcare provider tells you
to stop.
You should take ATRIPLA on an empty stomach.
Swallow ATRIPLA with water.
Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome.
Do not miss a dose of ATRIPLA. If you forget to take ATRIPLA, take the missed dose right
away, unless it is almost time for your next dose. Do not double the next dose. Carry on with
your regular dosing schedule. If you need help in planning the best times to take your
medicine, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist.
If you believe you took more than the prescribed amount of ATRIPLA, contact your local
poison control center or emergency room right away.
Tell your healthcare provider if you start any new medicine or change how you take old
ones. Your doses may need adjustment.
When your ATRIPLA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or
pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase
if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to
ATRIPLA and become harder to treat.
Your healthcare provider may want to do blood tests to check for certain side effects
while you take ATRIPLA.
What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA?
Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after
stopping it. Serious birth defects have been seen in the babies of animals and women
treated with efavirenz (a component of ATRIPLA) during pregnancy. It is not known
whether efavirenz caused these defects. Tell your healthcare provider right away if
you are pregnant. Also talk with your healthcare provider if you want to become pregnant.
Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or
implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. Women must use
a reliable form of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also
use other methods of birth control. Efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, may remain in
your blood for a time after therapy is stopped. Therefore, you should continue to use
contraceptive measures for 12 weeks after you stop taking ATRIPLA.
Do not breast-feed if you are taking ATRIPLA. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommend that mothers with HIV not breast-feed because they can pass the
HIV through their milk to the baby. Also, ATRIPLA may pass through breast milk and cause
serious harm to the baby. Talk with your healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding. You
should stop breast-feeding or may need to use a different medicine.
Taking ATRIPLA with alcohol or other medicines causing similar side effects as ATRIPLA,
such as drowsiness, may increase those side effects.
Do not take any other medicines, including prescription and nonprescription medicines and
herbal products, without checking with your healthcare provider.
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection since ATRIPLA does not stop you
from passing the HIV-1 infection to others.
What are the possible side effects of ATRIPLA?
ATRIPLA may cause the following serious side effects:
Lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical
emergency and may need to be treated in the hospital. Call your healthcare provider
right away if you get signs of lactic acidosis. (See What is the most important
information I should know about ATRIPLA?)
Serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat
in the liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any signs of liver
problems. (See What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA?)
Flare-ups of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in which the disease suddenly returns
in a worse way than before, can occur if you have HBV and you stop taking ATRIPLA. Your
healthcare provider will monitor your condition for several months after stopping ATRIPLA if
you have both HIV-1 and HBV infection and may recommend treatment for your HBV.
ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection. If you have
advanced liver disease and stop treatment with ATRIPLA, the flare-up of hepatitis B may
cause your liver function to decline.
Serious psychiatric problems. A small number of patients may experience severe
depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior while taking ATRIPLA. Some patients
have thoughts of suicide and a few have actually committed suicide. These problems may
occur more often in patients who have had mental illness. Contact your healthcare provider
right away if you think you are having these psychiatric symptoms, so your healthcare
provider can decide if you should continue to take ATRIPLA.
Kidney problems (including decline or failure of kidney function). If you have had kidney
problems in the past or take other medicines that can cause kidney problems, your
healthcare provider should do regular blood tests to check your kidneys. Symptoms that
may be related to kidney problems include a high volume of urine, thirst, muscle pain, and
muscle weakness.
Other serious liver problems. Some patients have experienced serious liver problems
including liver failure resulting in transplantation or death. Most of these serious side effects
occurred in patients with a chronic liver disease such as hepatitis infection, but there
have also been a few reports in patients without any existing liver disease.
Changes in bone mineral density (thinning bones). Laboratory tests show changes in
the bones of patients treated with tenofovir DF, a component of ATRIPLA. Some HIV patients
treated with tenofovir DF developed thinning of the bones (osteopenia) which could lead
to fractures. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare provider may
need to do tests to check your bone mineral density or may prescribe medicines to help
your bone mineral density. Additionally, bone pain and softening of the bone (which may
contribute to fractures) may occur as a consequence of kidney problems.
Common side effects:
Patients may have dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble concentrating,
and/or unusual dreams during treatment with ATRIPLA. These side effects may be reduced if you
take ATRIPLA at bedtime on an empty stomach. They also tend to go away after you have taken
the medicine for a few weeks. If you have these common side effects, such as dizziness, it
does not mean that you will also have serious psychiatric problems, such as severe
depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior. Tell your healthcare provider right away if any
of these side effects continue or if they bother you. It is possible that these symptoms may be
more severe if ATRIPLA is used with alcohol or mood altering (street) drugs.
If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, or are drowsy, avoid activities that may be
dangerous, such as driving or operating machinery.
Rash may be common. Rashes usually go away without any change in treatment. In a
small number of patients, rash may be serious. If you develop a rash, call your healthcare
provider right away.
Other common side effects include tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, and diarrhea.
Other possible side effects with ATRIPLA:
Changes in body fat. Changes in body fat develop in some patients taking anti-HIV-1
medicine. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and
neck (buffalo hump), in the breasts, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, arms,
and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effects of these fat changes are
not known.
Skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) may also happen with ATRIPLA.
In some patients with advanced HIV infection (AIDS), signs and symptoms of inflammation
from previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV treatment is started. It is believed
that these symptoms are due to an improvement in the bodys immune response,
enabling the body to fight infections that may have been present with no obvious
symptoms. If you notice any symptoms of infection, please inform your doctor immediately.
Additional side effects are inflammation of the pancreas, allergic reaction (including
swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat), shortness of breath, pain, stomach pain,
weakness and indigestion.
Tell your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you notice any side effects while taking ATRIPLA.
Contact your healthcare provider before stopping ATRIPLA because of side effects or for any
other reason.
This is not a complete list of side effects possible with ATRIPLA. Ask your healthcare provider or
pharmacist for a more complete list of side effects of ATRIPLA and all the medicines you will take.
How do I store ATRIPLA?
Keep ATRIPLA and all other medicines out of reach of children.
Store ATRIPLA at room temperature 77 F (25 C).
Keep ATRIPLA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed.
Do not keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. If you throw any
medicines away make sure that children will not find them.
General information about ATRIPLA:
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient information
leaflets. Do not use ATRIPLA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give
ATRIPLA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them.
This leaflet summarizes the most important information about ATRIPLA. If you would like more
information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or
pharmacist for information about ATRIPLA that is written for health professionals.
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In the meantime, implementation of
the [Dont Ask, Dont Tell] repeal voted
by the Congress and signed into law by
the president last December is proceeding
smoothly, is well underway, and certication
is just weeks away, Smith added.
The panels decision, dated July 6, notes
that the U.S. government never asserted
Dont Ask, Dont Tell was constitutional in
briefs seeking to uphold the statute. Further,
the appellate court notes U.S. Attorney
General Eric Holders announcement in
February that the Obama administration
determined that the Defense of Marriage
Act and laws related to sexual orientation
are unconstitutional.
Appellants/cross-appellees state that the
process of repealing [Dont Ask, Dont Tell]
is well underway, and the preponderance
of the armed forces are expected to have
been trained by mid-summer, the decision
states. The circumstances and balance of
hardships have changed, and appellants/
cross-appellees can no longer satisfy the
demanding standard for issuance of a stay.
R. Clarke Cooper, executive director of
Log Cabin Republicans, which brought the
case to court, said the Ninth Circuits decision
to lift the stay removes all uncertainty for
gay service members who are no longer
under threat of discharge as the repeal
implementation process goes forward.
As a captain in the United States Army
Reserve, I have observed the reactions
of my colleagues to the Department of
Defenses move toward open service,
and can say with complete condence
that our military is ready, willing and able
to take this step, Cooper said. Log
Cabin Republicans are proud of our role
in ending this unconstitutional and un-
American policy once and for all.
Alex Nicholson, executive director of
Servicemembers United and the sole
military veteran plaintiff in the lawsuit,
praised the decision for bringing about an
end to Dont Ask, Dont Tell at a time
when certication is still outstanding to
end the militarys gay ban legislatively.
With the wait for certication dragging
out beyond a reasonable time frame,
the court has once again stepped in to
require the Pentagon to stop enforcing
Dont Ask, Dont Tell, and this time it
very well may be for good, Nicholson
said. I am proud to have worked
personally worked with Log Cabin on
this case for more than ve years now
and to have represented the gay military
community as the sole named veteran on
this lawsuit. Despite the criticisms and
years of waiting, this case has yet again
successfully eviscerated this outdated,
harmful, and discriminatory law.
Under the repeal law signed in
December, Dont Ask, Dont Tell wont
be off the books until 60 days pass after
the president, the defense secretary and
the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certify
the military for open service. Although
training throughout the military has been
underway since February, certication has
yet to take place.
Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network,
said the lifting of the stay is most
welcomed and could have been avoided
if the president and defense leaders had
certied repeal at an earlier time.
Its the hope of Servicemembers Legal
Defense Network that this favorable
ruling will not be challenged by the
Defense Department, Sarvis said. In
fact, this whole matter could have been
avoided had we had certication back in
the spring. Its time to get on with that
important certication, end the confusion
for all service members, and put a nal
end to this misguided policy.
Dan Woods, an attorney with White &
Case LLC whos handling the case for Log
Cabin, said the Justice Department can
appeal the lifting of the stay to either the
full Ninth Circuit or the Supreme Court.
I have no idea what the governments
going to do, Woods said. And really
they shouldnt have appealed in the rst
place and they shouldnt take this any
further. They just should acknowledge,
once and for all, that Dont Ask, Dont
Tell is dead.
A White House spokesperson deferred
comment on the Ninth Circuit decision to
the Justice Department and the Pentagon.
Woods warned gay service members
not to come out until the government
makes an announcement and whether or
not it plans to appeal the decision to lift
the stay on the injunction.
Im urging people to sort of wait
and see what the government does
before people come out, but people
should stayed tuned and see what the
governments next move is and maybe
people will be free to serve openly in the
armed forces very soon, Woods said.
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Court ruling allows gays to serve openly in military
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Lanier disputes claim
that gay liaison unit
dying on vine

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told a
D.C. Council hearing on Wednesday that
the department was making progress in
its ght against hate crimes and strongly
disputed criticism by the head of the
police union that the Gay and Lesbian
Liaison Unit was dying on the vine.
Her testimony before the Councils
Committee on the Judiciary came after
several other witnesses, including D.C.
police union chair Kristopher Baumann
and LGBT activists, expressed concern
that she had seriously weakened the
GLLUs central ofce, which had once led
efforts to ght anti-LGBT hate crimes.
Lanier said some critics have
misconstrued her efforts to decentralize
and expand the GLLU and the
departments other special liaison units as
an effort to discontinue or cut back on the
units central ofces.
This expansion has not only improved
our response to these communities
throughout the city, by providing service
24 hours a day, seven days a week, she
said. But it has also improved our ability
to provide consistent information to
these communities, while ensuring that
information about their needs is integrated
into services in each patrol district.
D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson
(D-At-Large), who chairs the committee,
said he called the hearing to assess the
extent of the citys hate crimes problem
and efforts by the police to address
the problem. Other Council members
participating in the hearing included Jim
Graham (D-Ward 1), Mary Cheh (D-Ward
3) and Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4).
Graham said he agreed with activists that
the GLLU as a whole has been diminished
over the past several years. He praised
Lanier for doing overall excellent work in
ghting crime throughout the city but said
she appears to be making changes at the
GLLU without true engagement from the
community the unit is supposed to represent.
I feel this is slipping away, Graham
said. Its a serious loss This is the
message were getting.
Lanier said she could have reached out
more to the community on a few issues,
including her decision earlier this year
to name a civilian administrator as head
of the Special Liaison Division, which
oversees the GLLU and liaison units
working with the Latino, Asian and deaf
and hard of hearing communities. But she
said members of the GLLU have joined her
in expressing disappointment in claims by
critics that the unit is not doing as good a
job as it has in the past.
Police statistics have shown that D.C.
has the nations highest rate of anti-LGBT
hate crimes, with anti-LGBT bias related
crimes making up as much as 70 percent
of the citys overall hate crimes.
Lanier acknowledged that the number
of reported hate crimes against the LGBT
community has increased signicantly in
recent years. However, she said it could not
be determined whether the actual number
of such crimes has increased or whether
the increase is due to more people coming
forward to report such crimes.
According to D.C. police statistics, in
2010, the total number of reported hate
crimes in the city was 68. Out of that total,
35 were crimes targeting gays, lesbians or
bisexuals and 10 targeting members of
the transgender community.
In 2009, a total of 41 hate crimes were
reported, with 30 said to be against gays,
lesbians or bisexuals and ve based on
the victims gender identity or expression.
A total of 39 hate crimes were reported
in the city in 2008, with 26 said to be
against gays, lesbians, or bisexuals and
four against transgender persons.
As of June 30 of this year, there were a
total of 38 reported hate crimes, according
to police data released this week. Out of
that total, 14 were based on the victims
sexual orientation and two were based on
the victims gender identity or expression.
It is important to note that because the
number of these crimes is relatively low, small
shifts in numbers can look disproportionately
large in percentages, Lanier said in her
testimony. Therefore those percentages
should be interpreted carefully while also
considering the raw numbers.
A.J. Singletary, president of the D.C. group
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence,
told the committee that Lanier and the
department have taken some laudatory
measures in recent years to combat hate
crimes targeting the LGBT community.
Police chief defends ght against anti-LGBT hate crimes
Police Chief CATHY LANIER said she could
have reached out more to the LGBT community
on a few issues, including her decision earlier
this year to name a civilian administrator as
head of the Special Liaison Division.
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Additionally, Bachmann has called
for passage of a federal constitutional
amendment that would ban same-sex
marriage throughout the country, even
though she was elected to Congress too
late to vote on such a measure when it
came before lawmakers.
As a state senator in Minnesota, Bachmann
sponsored legislation to make a ban on same-
sex marriage part of the state constitution.
The amendment that Minnesota voters will
vote on in 2012 is similar to the measure she
proposed at that time.
Michael Cole-Schwartz, spokesperson
for the Human Rights Campaign, predicted
that a Bachmann presidency would mark a
major setback for LGBT rights.
A President Bachmann would mean a
wholesale reversal from the gains weve
seen over the past few years, Cole-
Schwartz said. Not only would we see
policy positions that hurt our families, the
level of anti-LGBT rhetoric would no doubt
rise as would the use of our community as
a political wedge issue.
The Bachmann campaign didnt
respond to the Washington Blades
request for comment.
Bachmann could become a major player
in the 2012 presidential campaign if she
performs well in the early primary states
and some experts have speculated that she
would make a strong vice presidential pick. A
favorite among the Tea Party wing of the GOP,
Bachmann is already polling well in her home
state of Iowa, where social conservatives tend
to fare well in the GOP caucus.
According to a poll published June
26, Bachmann is nearly tied in Iowa with
frontrunner, former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney. The Des Moines Register
Iowa Poll found that Romney was favored
by 23 percent of likely Republican caucus-
goers while Bachmann was supported by
22 percent.
Additionally, a poll published Wednesday
by Public Policy Polling found Bachmann
would place a strong second in the New
Hampshire primary, even though the GOP
in the state has more libertarian leanings.
Romney leads in the state with the support
of 25 percent of respondents, but Bachmann
comes in second at 18 percent. She jumped
14 points in the last three months.
Bachmann has said recently that
marriage should be left to the states
to decide. However, she has always
reiterated her support for the Federal
Marriage Amendment a contradiction
because ratication of that measure would
dene marriage at the federal level.
During her appearance June 13 in the
Republican presidential debate, Bachmann
called for enactment of a Federal Marriage
Amendment as she said she wouldnt
interfere with New Hampshires law allowing
same-sex marriage.
I do support a constitutional
amendment on marriage between a man
and a woman, but I would not be going
into the states to overturn their state law,
Bachmann said.
Also during the debate, Bachmann said
she would have kept Dont Ask, Dont
Tell in place.
I would want to confer with our
commanders-in-chief and also with the
Joint Chiefs of Staff because I want to know
how it was being implemented and if it
had the detrimental effects that have been
suggested will come, Bachmann said.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm. Mike Mullen came out in favor of
Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal in February.
Some of the military service chiefs most
notably Marine Corps Commandant Gen.
James Amos opposed repeal of the
militarys gay ban before Congress acted
to lift the law, but each has said they can
implement open service.
R. Clarke Cooper, executive director of
Log Cabin Republicans, acknowledged
his organization and Bachmann dont
see eye-to-eye on LGBT issues, but
said her more nuanced rhetoric on
marriage was noteworthy.
Weve been arguing all along that
DOMA is incursion on states rights,
Cooper said. Its interesting to see her
kind of move in that direction because
thats a nuance. It doesnt mean that shes
all of a sudden a champion of fundamental
rights by any means, but its interesting
that shes being forced to shift.
In addition to her anti-gay stances on
marriage and the military, Bachmann has
also engaged in anti-gay political rhetoric
throughout her career.
The slightly more nuanced if
contradictory position that Bachmman
has adopted on marriage is different from
what she previously stated. According
to the Washington Post, Bachmann has
called marriage probably the biggest
issue that will impact our state and our
nation in the last, at least, 30 years.
Additionally, in the ght to push for a
same-sex marriage ban in Minnesota in
2004, Bachmann said a member of her
family is gay and called it a very sad life.
Its part of Satan. According to the Post,
her stepsister, Helen LaFave, is gay and in
2006 publicly opposed the ban.
Scott Dibble, a gay Democratic
state senator in Minnesota, said in a
Post interview that Bachmann argued
that advancing gay rights could result
in children being lured into trying
homosexuality out and that the reason
for high divorce rates in Scandinavian
countries was that they offered equality
to LGBT people.
But Bachmann could be overshadowed
in her anti-gay views by her husband,
Marcus Bachmann, a therapist who runs
a faith-based counseling center. His
practice reportedly offers discredited
conversion therapy for LGBT people,
although hes said that he doesnt try to
convert gay people who say they want to
stay homosexual.
In an interview last year with a Christian
radio show, Marcus Bachmann compared
gays to barbarians and said they need
to be educated, need to be disciplined.
Just because someone feels it or thinks
it doesnt mean that we are supposed
to go down that road, he said. Thats
what is called the sinful nature. We have a
responsibility as parents and as authority
gures not to encourage such thoughts and
feelings from moving into the action steps.
Marcus Bachmann is close to his wifes
political campaign. According to the
Washington Post, Bachmann recently
called himself his wifes strategist and
has acted as her media planner, travel
assistant and personal shopper.
Despite Bachmanns anti-gay record,
Log Cabins Cooper said the country has
grown more supportive of LGBT rights
since the last presidential election and the
GOP has noticed.
Looking at where are we are in 2011
heading off the 2012 cycle, its a much
different world than it was in the 08 cycle,
and a far different world than it was in
04 and 2000, Cooper said. Were in a
much different state as a country than we
have ever been, and it is going to force
campaigns to evaluate these issues.
Bachmann running strong in early 2012 polls
Looking at where are we are in 2011 heading
off the 2012 cycle, its a much different world
than it was in the 08 cycle, and a far different
world than it was in 04 and 2000, said R.
CLARKE COOPER, executive director of the
Log Cabin Republicans.
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would make unlikely,
yet welcome, bedfellows
The successful campaign to win mar-
riage equality in New York stands in stark
contrast to the disappointing effort ear-
lier this year in Maryland to do the same.
Although there are many important dif-
ferences between the two states most
notably the threat of a referendum in Mary-
land and the inuence of conservative black
churches there the most glaring contrast
was the role of each states governor in the
ght. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo em-
braced the cause of marriage equality as a
civil rights issue. He made it clear even before
he was elected that he supported full mar-
riage rights and then backed up those words
with public and private efforts to make it hap-
pen. He personally lobbied for the needed
votes behind the scenes, but more signi-
cantly, took a visible and public stand.
In contrast, Maryland Gov. Martin
OMalley is the reluctant advocate, of-
fering meek, private assurances of sup-
port but refusing to publicly embrace the
cause, even after winning a second term
in a landslide. OMalley recently told the
Baltimore Sun that a more public push for
marriage on his part, would have kicked
it into the gutter of partisan division.
Huh? Sen. Allan Kittleman the former
GOP Senate leader bravely killed the
false notion that this is a partisan issue by
publicly and forcefully embracing full mar-
riage rights. OMalleys own attorney gen-
eral and the likely next Maryland gover-
nor Doug Gansler has already cleared
the way for OMalley thanks to his own vis-
ibility and advocacy on marriage equality.
OMalley fails to understand his role and
his own power. Hes a popular two-term
governor in a decidedly blue state with
a formidable campaign war chest. His full,
erce advocacy would reassure the fence
sitters in the legislature and send a message
that Maryland will lead on matters of civil
rights and stand on the right side of history.
Instead, OMalley ceded that leader-
ship role to Cuomo, who, along with fel-
low marriage rights advocate New York
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is consis-
tently mentioned in the top tier of 2016
presidential contenders. And lets face it,
by 2016, it will be untenable for the Dem-
ocratic nominee to oppose marriage
equality. President Obama will endorse it
next year (if not sooner) and that position
will become the Democratic standard.
Marylands 2012 legislative session is
just six months away and there is much
work to do. Sure, OMalley says he sup-
ports marriage equality, but he could
give a much-needed boost to the ght
by taking a page from Cuomos playbook
and nally engaging in a meaningful way.
And hes not the only voice we need in
this debate. As a recent Sun editorial point-
ed out, former Republican National Com-
mittee Chair Ken Mehlman, who came out
as gay, is a native Marylander. He joined the
ght for marriage equality in New York, but
his penance for his myriad past sins is not yet
complete. Mehlman should come home to
Maryland and lobby Republican state law-
makers whose votes we will need next year.
Lobbying in Annapolis will be an easier
chore next year, as advocates now know
where the votes are and who needs a push.
With OMalley leading the charge on the
Democratic side and Mehlman organizing
Republican efforts for passage, Marylands
same-sex couples will be in a strong position
to nally win marriage rights in the Free State.
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Re: New hope for bi-national gay
couples (July 2)
Help!! We need an answer on this NOW
so that my wife and I can return to the U.S.
from the U.K. once and for all. These are
peoples lives here. mrslarkins
Actually, President Obama does have
the magic wand, so to speak, in that he can
issue orders that stop the deportations or
simply grant the immigrant partners Ameri-
can citizenship outright. Im glad Obamas
administration is moving in the right direc-
tion, but like the issue of marriage equal-
ity, he appears to be dragging his feet and
evolving on the issue. We also cant wait
for the Republican-controlled House to
repeal the damn Defense of Marriage Act
when a Democratic Congress couldnt get
the job done despite large majorities in
both the House & Senate. Tim
Re: Obama cheered at Pride recep-
tion (June 29)
Taking time to study, learn and change a
position is ne. But would President Obama
use the evolve line for any other type of
civil right? Is he still pondering whether wom-
en, Native Americans and blacks should have
the right to vote? Has he made up his mind
about the legality of his own parents mar-
riage? As we celebrate July 4, is life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness conned to
hetero couples? beachcomberT
Re: Gender rights Maryland launch-
es (June 30)
Why do transgender activities command
so much attention in the Blade? Theyre
such a small component of the overall gay
population, but their issues seem to be
everywhere in print. Please help me under-
stand. Thanks. laurelboy2
So the Blade shouldnt report on some-
thing as important and newsworthy as the
founding of a statewide advocacy organiza-
tion just because you, personally, nd trans
issues boring? I am quite, quite sure that
the Blade has plenty of articles on gay cis
men for you to read, and its easy enough
to skip articles that dont seem like they will
be interesting to a particular reader.
By the way, I just checked the front page
of the Blade website, and of the dozens of
articles listed, there is exactly ONE that is ex-
clusively on trans stuff this article. So when
you say everywhere, really you mean that
trans people getting ANY attention is too
much attention, no? I disagree. David
Beginners shines much
needed light on coming
out of elders
Ive been dating a woman, my late
Dad said to me sometime after my Mom
died, Im happier than Ive been in
years! Weve been to the beach.
I was happy for my father, except for
the images ooding my mind of him
and his girlfriend holding hands, sharing
food off of each others forks and heaven
knows what else. Awkward.
Ive been thinking of this conversation
since seeing Beginners, the critically
acclaimed movie, starring Christopher
Plummer. In the lm, Hal (Plummer), 75,
after his wife Georgia (Mary Page Keller)
dies, comes out as gay to his son Oliver
(Ewan McGregor).
Few things, whether were queer or
straight, jolt us more than when our parents
or older people talk to us about their sexu-
ality. We are interested in their intimate
lives but dont want too much information.
We wish them well but the idea of seniors
being sexual is largely off our radar screen.
This is particularly true in the queer com-
munity. If I say coming out, I bet youll
likely think of young people (from middle
school to college students) revealing their
sexuality to themselves and others. Or youll
recall friends who left the closet in their 30s
or 40s. But how often do you envision folks
coming out in their 50s, 60s, 70s or 80s?
In The Beginners, an engaging lm
based on the movies director Mike Mills
life, Oliver grapples with his fathers disclo-
sure that hes gay and with his dad, in the
middle of his eighth decade, embracing
LGBT culture. A good son, with a self-aware
sense of humor, Oliver, while being support-
ive of Hal, struggles with his feelings around
aging and Hals sexual revelation. When
my father came out, he reects ruefully, I
imagined him wearing a purple sweater. But
actually he was wearing a bathrobe.
Like many of his generation, Hal, who
knew early on that he was attracted to
men, had to spend much of his life in the
closet. Your mother took off her Jewish
badge, and I took off my gay badge, and
we got married, he tells Oliver of his
marriage to Georgia in the 1950s.
Hals narrative of coming out late in life
isnt just Hollywood tinsel. Several years
ago, one of my cousins in his late 50s
fearing that being openly queer would
cost him his job retired so he could
nally come out.
This is a common story, said Susan
Hester, a member of the national board
of Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE) in
a telephone interview. Peoples spouses
have died. Their children are grown,
Hester said. Theres an awareness of
how hard it is to live without being true to
themselves.
Theres a feeling, Hester added,
that life is short. If Im ever going to be
who I really am, nows the time to do it.
Our cultures increasing comfort with
LGBT folk has encouraged elders to
come out late in life. This is terric. Yet
while freeing, leaving the closet can turn
your life upside down.
How comfortable with and support-
ive of are we in the queer community of
these elders who are coming out? Along
with SAGE, there are organizations for
LGBT elders ranging from Prime Timers
(a social network for gay men) to Old Les-
bians Organizing for Change.
Yet despite this support, ageism is
rampant in the LGBT (as in the straight)
community.
When people hear senior, they dont
think of love or sex, Kathleen DeBold,
president of Moving Experiences, a tran-
sition program for seniors, told me.
People dont see their images, said
Ken South, president of Prime-Timers of
Washington, D.C. If you look at photos
of the recent Gay Pride parade, the aver-
age age is about 24.
Overcoming ageism will take some
work. We can start by opening our eyes
to the vibrant images of our elders.
Lawmakers need to
hear from those who
dont work for them
Equality Matters Kerry Eleveld recently
wrote an article titled, Why Obama Keeps
Winning Gay Battles But Losing The War,
that reminded me of so many politicians
who dont understand why not everyone
is willing to show gratitude when they do
what they consider to be a great job.
Politics is a great profession but the
give and take between politician and vot-
er is usually one of both asking the ques-
tion, What have you done for me lately?
This relationship is heightened today
by the need to raise so much money to
run a campaign. Using the president
as an example in 2008 he raised record
amounts based mostly on promises.
There was very little record for people to
go on but they were entranced by some-
one who promised an end to the gridlock
in Washington and a change in the way
things were done. They appreciated his
commitment to end access by lobbyists
and promises of many things to many
groups including environmentalists,
unions and the LGBT community.
These types of promises are made by
politicians at every level of government
and we invest in them for a better future.
Then once they are elected there are al-
ways successes and failures. But what ap-
pears to have happened to the president
is what often happens to politicians and
that is once elected the range of people
who can argue and debate issues with
them narrows. Those who were once
free to speak their mind when they were
needed to help elect them, now nd that
they are either given jobs or special access
and to keep those perks need to be more
circumspect. Very few elected ofcials are
comfortable being told they dont under-
stand something or that they are wrong.
Elevelds article refers to the fact
there is no one in the White House close
enough to President Obama to explain
that he has raised the bar with his support
of the LGBT community and now many
look at what he has done as payback for
money and support in the last election.
They are asking for more and a com-
mitment for the next four years if they
are to show that kind of support again. I
would think he is hearing the same thing
from environmentalists, unions, womens
groups and other minorities who have
seen mixed success on movement of their
issues in his rst two years and they may
also feel there is no one close enough to
him to explain what it is they expect to
hear for the next term.
All politicians have the need to come
back to those who elected them rst and
ask for more money and continued sup-
port. They also nd they have to con-
vince them and speak not only of what
has been accomplished in the past but
of what can be accomplished after the
next election. In ghting for LGBT civil
and human rights, Obamas success has
turned this into an issue taken up by the
mainstream and everyone expects more
in return for their money and their vote.
Now, if that sounds cynical it might
well be, but after a lifetime working in
and following politics and movements,
cynical or not, it is reality. While the can-
didate always wants more money and an-
other vote of condence the voter wants
more to be accomplished.
Eleveld wrote that senior presidential
adviser Melody Barnes told a crowd at
the Aspen Ideas Festival that, The presi-
dent acts on information and wants ev-
eryone to bring their perspective to the
table. And so if he feels as though that
hasnt happened he will kind of march
around the table to make sure that hes
got input from everyone.
Unfortunately the reality is that every-
one around that table works for him and
wants to keep their job, which can make
honesty and openness difcult.
The question I would ask any politician
is this: How much time do you take to lis-
ten to good friends, trusted advisers and
outside sources who dont work for you?
This is hard to do for any politician and I
am sure even harder for a president.
Who has the access to speak truth to power?
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Drama queen
By JULIETTE EBNER

Shay Mitchell, 24, plays lesbian swim star Emily Fields
on ABC Familys drama Pretty Little Liars, based on the
book series by Sara Shepard.
I really connected with the fact that this character, at
the beginning, didnt come out ... she was just discovering
who she was, Mitchell says of what drew her to the role.
Laughing at the fact that she was still in bed at
10:30 a.m. in California and how she doesnt see the
resemblance to Naya Rivera that fans do (Shes a
beautiful girl, so thats a huge compliment), Mitchells
cheerful personality comes through even over the phone.
Hailing from Canada, Mitchell began her career as a
model then transitioned into acting with a few guest spots
before landing the role on Liars.
The show follows the lives of four friends, Emily, Aria,
Spencer and Hanna a year after their friend Alison
disappeared. When the girls body is found, the friends start
getting menacing text messages from someone named A.
A knows all the girls secrets, secrets that only one
other person knew, Alison. Most episodes end with a
gloved hand doing something such as deleting all the
les on Emilys laptop.
The cast has no clue who A is, says Mitchell. I kind of
like it that way. Im happy with only the writers knowing it.
Going into her audition for Emily, Mitchell hadnt read the
books, but she was aware the character was not straight.
I did see in the breakdown that she had some sort of
feelings for Maya, Mitchell says. They had a scene with
Maya in the actual audition.
According to GLAADs Where We Are on TV report
for the 2010-2011 season, Emily was one of 14 lesbian
characters on cable series and one of 12 LGBT
characters of color.
Mitchells character came out early in the rst season
when she started dating Rosewood newcomer Maya St.
Germain, played by Bianca Lawson. She was outed to
her mother when A sent a copy of some photos of her
and Maya kissing at a recent party.
The writing is so amazing ... the emotions just sort
of go with it, says Mitchell of the coming out scenes.
After playing Emily, even for that little while ... I wanted to
scream out and tell her friends ... and parents.
Emily has had a couple other love interests, just as
many if not more than her straight counterparts, on the
show including Paige, played by Lindsay Shaw, a fellow
swimmer whose father is strict.
Emilys scenes with the closeted Paige gave Mitchell
another opportunity to show emotion and explore her
characters sexuality. We get to see Emily in a supportive
role, helping her friend who cant come out because of
her parents beliefs.
I could never imagine having to hold back, not being
able to tell my parents or my close friends, she says. Im
so fortunate ... Im so close to my parents.
Mitchell does see some similarities to her character,
especially concerning their relationships with their friends.
They are both loyal and someone wholl keep a secret or
would be there to listen.
Shes a little bit more quiet when you rst meet her and
then ... everything gets said, Mitchell says. Its takes a little
while to get through to me, but at the beginning I might be
a little more shy and I kind of feel that way about Emily too.
Mitchell gets a lot of responses from LGBT fans with
feedback on her portrayal, on Twitter and Facebook.
She even debuted on the AfterEllen.com Hot 100 list at
number seven.
Shes able to read what fans think of the episode right
after it airs and they dont sugarcoat what they think.
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Jamal Ari Black knew embarking on a career as a full-time dancer would be
a tough road, but in his early years of college it became obvious the sociology
classes hed chosen were not clicking.
I was taking a dance class just to take it, he says. I wasnt really
understanding the sociology stuff and it was so obvious this was panning out
better for me so I switched.
Black got interested in dance in high school. He was in a group called Ramjam
that performed modern dance and poetry at elementary schools in his Goldsboro,
N.C., hometown. He eventually graduated from the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro with a degree in dance and choreography. He tried New York briey
but didnt like it so he came to Towson, Md., and found work with Edgeworks
Dance Theater about four years ago. A few years after that, he met Daniel Phoenix
Singh at a dance convention and joined that outt as well.
Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company performs tonight and
Saturday at 8 p.m. at Gala Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th Street, N.W.) with a show
featuring two of Anna Sokolows works from her time in Mexico, Frida and
homenaje a Siqueiros, the latter of which is a U.S. premiere. The companys
signature work, Vasanth, which draws on movements from classical Indian
dance, will also be performed. Tickets are $25. Visit dakshina.org for details.
Black enjoys the different experiences he gets with his two outts Edgeworks
is mostly black and hes one of only two gay men in the company. Dakshinas male
dancers are mostly gay and incorporate more cross-cultural elements.
Its a way of understanding people different than yourself, he says. Thats
one thing I really love [about Dakshina]. Some of the modern dances we do are
very old, stuff from the 30s, 40s and 50s that you normally wouldnt get to do.
Its a totally different way of moving than we do now.
Black, 27, and his partner, Duane, live in Temple Hills, Md. When hes not
dancing, he enjoys following pop music and watching TV.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
I was outed in high school through a
series of events a la the movie Mean
Girls. A letter was being passed around
school and it ended up getting back
home to my mother. That began our
initial conversations about my being gay.
WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
Being an entertainer and a black man,
I love how RuPaul has never been afraid
to be who he is and have the amazing
career that he has had. He is the
epitome of bravery.
WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
I have actually had my best nights at
The Fireplace. Dive bar it may be but you
cant beat cheap drinks and good music.
DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
It would denitely need to be
something small and intimate.
WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
The arts. I think music, dance and
visual art helps give people a voice and
an outlet for expression. It is a way into
the mind and soul of another person.
WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
I dont know that I would. I think things
happen as they need to for whatever
reason that we as people may never
know. With that being said it is always
unnecessary for innocent lives to be lost
in wars, genocides and murders.
WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
I think social networking has not only
changed how I communicate with my
friends but sometimes I nd myself
Facebooking my brother instead of just
picking up the phone. Oh what a world,
what a world.
ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
I insist that we as people treat others
how we would want to be treated.
WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
From Facebook: Whenever somebody
over sings the Star Spangled Banner, I think
of that Maya Rudolph SNL skit ... Hilarious.
IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
Am I the Crazy One?
IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I would nd a way to break into the
building where this said science was
being created and destroy it. It would be
very Mission Impossible-like. The rst
one though because none of the sequels
were very good.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN
BEYOND THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
I have always believed that we arent
alone in this world.
WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR
LGBT MOVEMENT LEADERS?
Not that this isnt already happening
but getting the youth involved in matters
of human rights. I think young people
have always had a way of helping people
see past their own hate.
WHAT WOULD YOU WALK
ACROSS HOT COALS FOR?
I kind of just want to walk across hot
coals. It seems like a very memorable
experience. I would do it to save a life.
WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE
ANNOYS YOU MOST?
The fact that people get annoyed with
LGBT stereotypes.
WHATS YOUR FAVORITE
LGBT MOVIE?
Does The Wizard of Oz count? If
not, then Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
A male giving up his seat to a female.
WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE
DO YOU MOST COVET?
I hope that I am one day deserving of
the Kennedy Center Honors.
WHAT DO YOU WISH
YOUD KNOWN AT 18?
I wish I would have known that it is
OK to put my happiness before the
happiness of others.
WHY WASHINGTON?
To me it is the perfect balance of a big
city life with a small town feel.
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Perriello sees parallels
between LGBT,
disability advocacy
By KATHI WOLFE
For many, coming out as LGBT
after growing up Catholic would be
challenging enough. Yet for former
Obama administration aide Mark Perriello,
36, who grew up in Chelmsford, Mass.,
outside Boston, that was only one of the
challenges that he had to face. Visually
impaired since he was a child, he had to
come out not only as gay but as a person
with a disability.
Today, Perriello, known in the LGBT
community as a political strategist, is the
new president and CEO of the American
Association of People with Disabilities, the
countrys largest cross-disability membership
group. Perriellos well-regarded grassroots
development and political strategizing in
the LGBT community played a key role in
his appointment to this position, said AAPD
board members, who believe these skills will
empower the bi-partisan, disability advocacy
organization. He took the helm of AAPD on
June 6.
In an interview the with Blade in his
K Street ofce in Washington, Perriello
discussed the parallels between the LGBT
and disability civil rights movements
and his goals for AAPD. (This month, in
commemoration of the passage of the
Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26,
1990, is Disability Pride Month.)
In his boyhood, he was taught that
being gay was a sin, Perriello said. In his
youth, he became involved with the ex-
gay movement.
I thought that if I just prayed hard
enough, that I would be able to change,
Perriello said.
Perriello didnt come out until he was a
student at Rhodes College in Memphis,
Tenn., where he graduated with a
bachelors degree in religious studies. I
had a lot of positive role models, he said,
they helped me to be comfortable with
the fact that Im gay.
Yet, as difcult as coming to terms with
his sexual orientation was for him, Perriello
also had to become comfortable within
himself about having and disclosing his
disability. His vision impairment is a result
of an infection called toxoplasmosis. He is
blind in his right eye and, with corrective
lenses, has 20/20 vision in his left eye.
In many ways it was more challenging
to come out as a person with a disability
than it was to come out as LGBT,
Perriello said, There is a lot of stigma that
unfortunately in our society goes along
with disability.
From grade school through college, he
was teased about his vision impairment,
Perriello said. Other students would have
him close his left (sighted) eye to nd out
what they could do in front of him that he
couldnt see, he said. Some of it would
be more subtle, Perriello said, from
preconceived notions of whether I could
perform in an athletic environment ... all the
way to people thinking it was a great trick
at fraternity parties, which was less subtle.
But the bullying, though painful, made
him stronger, Perriello said, because you
know when the teasing needs to stop.
Hes always identied as a person
with a disability and viewed disability as
a civil rights issue, Perriello said. But, I
didnt become engaged in the disability
community until I began working at the
White House, he added.
Before joining the Obama administration,
Perriellos civil rights advocacy took place
in the LGBT community. He served in
leadership roles fundraising, organizing
and developing communication strategies
at the Human Rights Campaign and the
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership
Institute. Perriello also was vice president
of BNA Communications and a senior
associate at Scott + Yandura.
In the Obama administration, Perriello
served as the White House liaison at the
U.S. Department of the Interior and the
White House Priority Placement director.
In this position, he became actively
involved with the disability community,
Perriello said.
Gay man to lead
national disability group
MARK PERRIELLO is president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities.
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Bluesy soul singer Costa at Jammin Java
Singer Nikka Costa, best known for her single Everybody Got Their
Something, will be performing at Jammin Java (227 Maple Ave., East) on July
17 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door.
Costa, whos straight, will also be performing on July 16 at 5 p.m. on the Wells
Fargo Main Stage (1400 Cathedral St.) in Baltimore as part of ArtScape 2011. This
is a free event.
For more information and to purchase tickets to the Jammin Java show, visit
jamminjava.com.
For more information on ArtScape, visit artscape.org.
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24 JULY 08, 2011 OUT & ABOUT
NIKKA COSTA plays Jammin Java next week.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTSCAPE
Leaping and soaring at Wolf Trap
The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet company will be performing at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd.) in
Vienna on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Filene Center.
Before the groups performance, the troupe will be giving a ballet master class from
10:30 a.m. to noon.
Tickets for the performance $4 for the law and $40 for in-house. The class is $15 for
participants and $7 for observers.
For more information, and to register for the class or purchase tickets online, visit
wolftrap.org.
Russian ballet screened in D.C.-area theaters
NCM Fathom presents Giselle in 3D Tuesday at noon and 7:30 p.m. at two theaters
in the D.C. area, Hoffman 22 with IMAX (206 Swamp Fox Rd.) in Alexandria and Ballston
Commons 12 (671 N. Glebe Rd.) in Arlington.
Pre-recorded at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, Giselle, starring
Natalia Osipova and Leonid Sarafanov, tells the story of simple village girl who falls
deeply in love with a prince disguised as a peasant.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at fathomevents.com.
Candy and Dorothy has D.C.-area premiere
Unexpected State Company presents the Washington, D.C.-area premiere of Candy
and Dorothy at VisArts (155 Gibbs St.) in Rockville on July 15.
Directed by Chris Goodrich, the show looks at what would happen is Candy Darling,
the transsexual Andy Warhol superstar, and Dorothy Day, the co-founder of the Catholic
Worker Moment, were to meet in the afterlife.
The show will star Jean Hudson Miller as Dorothy and Robert Sheire as Candy with
Dawn Thomas playing the down-on-her-luck, drug-selling librarian the two must work
together to save.
Tickets range from $8 to $20 and the show will run through July 31.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit unexpectedstage.org.
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PHOTO COURTESY OF UNEXPECTED STAGE COMPANY
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Edgy D.C. festival
features several LGBT
stories, players
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
For this years Capital Fringe Festival, Laura
Zam is stufng a sock in her underpants.
Recently she explained: Along with a
short wig and the suit and tie that shell
wear to play the title motivational speaker
in her one-woman show An Hour with
Ken Johnson (at the Goethe Institut),
shes decided to complete the costume
by adding a bulge down below.
Its fantastic to dress as a man, says
the seasoned performer. Ive played men
in the past, but Ken is my most sustained
male role. As a writer and an actor its
allowed me to enter an entirely new world.
The sock should only make it better.
What Im doing combines comedy,
theater and motivational talk, continues
Zam, a Brooklyn transplant who lives with her
husband in D.C. And Ken is part evangelical
preacher and a little bit Anthony Robbins.
Hes also a recovering Internet porn addict,
and though hes kind of weird and a bit of
clown, he delivers a message of optimism and
comments on human resilience. Hopefully
audiences will have a laugh but also get
something out of what he has to say.
An annual performing arts event, the
Capital Fringe Festival features more than 140
performances including theater, dance and
music in various venues around town. It draws
both accomplished and less experienced
artists performing both well known and
original, untested works. The results are
uneven but rarely dull. Tickets are affordable.
Local African-American historian
Anthony Cohen has twice retraced arduous
Underground Railroad routes. After
completing his second trek, walking from
Alabama to Canada, Cohen uncovered an
account describing how his runaway slave
African-Jewish-Irish-Cherokee ancestor
Patrick Sneed had traveled the identical
path to freedom in 1849.
Blown away by his discovery, Cohen who
is gay, began speaking about his connection
to Sneeds experience. For this years Fringe
hes adapted his lecture expressly for theater
with a one-man show titled Patrick & Me (at
Goethe Institut), supplementing the material
with visuals and musical montages. I went
searching for the Underground Railroad,
says Cohen, but the Underground Railroad
was searching for me.
At the Apothecary, Mixrun Productions
presents Shakespeares King Lear. Only this
time the tragic tale of betrayal and insanity is
played out by present day bikers locked in
a violent turf war. And while the companys
take on the classic is heavily abridged, says
cast member Katie Wanschura who is gay,
the text is otherwise mostly faithful. Because
almost one third of the parts have been re-
imagined as gay or bisexual, some pronouns
have been changed.
A web designer by day, Wanschura is
thrilled to be cast wily and wicked Edmund
restyled as a irtatious lesbian bartender at
the aptly named Gloucester. From behind
the bar, I get to watch the story unfold, she
says. Also I hit on the female patrons and
interact with the audience. Its great.
For several years, Patrick Doneghy
has toyed with the idea of doing a revue
featuring men singing Broadway songs
typically performed by women. With
Dominion Stages Thats What She Sang
at Studios Mead Theatre, hes realized
and expanded on the idea by writing,
staging and acting in a juke box musical
with a connected story.
Comprised of a seven man, mostly gay
cast (Doneghy is gay), the show focuses
on a queer mens support group and the
problems its members encounter. Songs
include womens tunes like Gimme
Gimme from Thoroughly Modern Millie,
and Maybe This Time from Cabaret.
Were exploring romantic mishaps
here, not big social issues, says Doneghy.
Its a chance to hear music we all know in
a new way and to hear some LGBT stories
that dont always get told.
Gay themes at Fringe
LAURA ZAM in An Hour with Ken Johnson.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FRINGE
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OPENINGS
FRI, JUL 8
Visit to a Small Planet, American Century
Theater, Gunston Theatre Two.
703-998-4555. americancentury.org.
Frances Borchardts - Prints In Pieces:
Views of South County, The Art League.
703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
SAT, JUL 9
E8: Sculpture, Transformer. 202.483.1102.
transformergallery.org.
TUE, JUL 12
Baba Jamal Koram and Steve Roslonek,
Wolf Trap. 703-255-1860. wolftrap.org.
WED, JULY 13
POP! Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
LAST CHANCE
SUN, JUL 10
Next to Normal, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Venus in Fur, The Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
SAT, JUL 9 - JUL 10
The Washington DC/Philadelphia
Exchange, Dance Place. 202-269-1600.
danceplace.org.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
FRI, JUL 8
Jazz in the Garden: Uptown Vocal Jazz
Quartet, National Gallery of Art.
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
SAT, JUL 9
Three Broadway Divas, NSO, Wolf Trap.
1-(877)-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
DCypher Dance - Ascension: Phase 5,
Joy of Motion, Atlas. 202-399-7993.
joyofmotion.org.
Peru on Film - Camino a la Escuela and
Hananpacha and Inca Mummies: Secrets of
a Lost World, National Geographic.
202-857-7700. nglive.org/dc.
SUN, JUL 10
Couples: From Getting Hitched to Getting
Ditched, Recital with Steven Blier, Wolf
Trap. 1-(877)-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
Stars on Sunday: International Day,
Workhouse Arts Center. 703-495-0001.
workhousearts.org.
TUE, JUL 12
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Wolf Trap.
WED, JUL 13
Huey Lewis & The News, Wolf Trap.
Pine Leaf Boys, Artisphere. 703-875-1100.
artisphere.com.
Specialty Tea: French Tea, Strathmore. 301-
581-5100. strathmore.org.
Summer Outdoor Concert: Armand Ntep,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
ONGOING STAGE
Wicked, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
Reduced Shakespeare Company: The
Complete World of Sports (abridged),
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. kennedy-
center.org.
The Capital City Showcase, DCAC. 202-
462-7833. dcartscenter.org.
ONGOING EXHIBITONS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington Color
and Light, Free Summer Saturdays at the
Corcoran, Chris Martin: Painting Big.
202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Kreeger Museum. Tom Wesselmann
DRAWS. 202-338-3552.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Gallery of Art. Gabriel Metsu,
Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de
Nuit,16291667, A Masterpiece from
the Capitoline Museum, Rome: The
Capitoline Venus, The Gothic Spirit of
John Taylor Arms. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
National Geographic. Race to the End
of the Earth Exhibition, Machu Picchu:
A Lost City Uncovered, Photographs
from the Hiram Bingham Expeditions
19111915, The Etruscans: An Ancient
Italian Civilization. 202-857-7700.
nglive.org/dc.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Pressing
Ideas: Fifty Years of Womens Lithographs
from Tamarind, The Guerrilla Girls Talk
Back, 202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
ONGOING GALLERIES
Contain, Maintain, Sustain; Frieze Project:
Leila Holtsman, Barcode Orchestra,
Artisphere. 703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
Jonathan Thompson, Paper Brass &
Process, Fisher Art Gallery at Schlesinger.
703-845-6156. nvcc.edu.
Pods - Drawings by Lauren Sleat, Gallery
plan b. 202-234-2711. galleryplanb.com.
Alexa Brooks: Drawings Exhibition,
Montpelier Arts Center. 301-377-7800.
arts.pgparks.com.
Freedom, Washington
Printmakers Gallery. 301-273-3660.
washingtonprintmakers.com.
Arts & Stripes: Curated Military Art
Exhibition, Workhouse Arts Center. 703-
584-2900. workhousearts.org.
HOT HITS AND HIDDEN JEWELS
THE CAPI TOLI NE VENUS
THRU, SEPT 5
NATI ONAL GALLERY OF ART. 202- 737- 4215. NGA. GOV
The Capitoline Venus--on loan to the United States for the rst time--is one of the
best-preserved and most famous masterpieces from Roman antiquity. It derives
from the celebrated Aphrodite of Cnidos, created by the renowned classical
Greek sculptor Praxiteles around 360 BC.
COOKI NG AND TRAVELI NG SOLO: A TASTE OF ADVENTURE.
MON, JUL 11
SMI THSONI AN RESI DENTS ASSOCI ATE PROGRAM, RI PLEY
CENTER. 202- 633- 3030. RESI DENTASSOCI ATES. ORG.
Washington Post Food and Travel Editor Joe Yonan and solo travel specialist
Janice Waugh team up to share insights on how to live your best single life. They
offer practical tips on marketing and cooking and adventurous travel.
THE FROZEN SUCKER WAR: GOOD HUMOR VS. POPSI CLE
TUE, JULY 12
NATI ONAL ARCHI VES. 202- 357- 5000. ARCHI VES. GOV.
Popsicles and Good Humor Bars; two American food icons and as American as
apple pie were, in the 1920s, engaged in numerous legal battles over patent and
market share infringements that also affected other frozen confection companies.
Archivist Jefferson Moak discusses the causes of these legal battles and their
eventual outcome.
CAPI TAL FRI NGE FESTI VAL
THRU JULY 24TH - VENUES THROUGHOUT D. C.
866. 811. 4111. CAPFRI NGE. ORG
Over 100 productions occurring in venues throughout DC, Capital Fringe aims
to provide all artists a venue to express and develop their talents and artistic
visions in total freedom. This weeks performances include: Boston Marriage at
Spooky Action Theater; Logic, Luck and Love at Wonderbox; Match Game DC at
Studio Theatre; and An Adult Evening with Shel Silverstein at Studio Theatre. Visit
capfringe.org for complete listings.
The Guide to Arts & Culture is provided by CultureCapital.com a program of the Cultural Alliance of
Greater Washington. Photo by Rob Shelley, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art
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TODAY
Touchstone Gallery (901 New York Ave.,
N.W.) is having an opening reception for
its new exhibit Art Deck-O: D.C. Playing
Card Originals and its members group
show today from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Women in Their Twenties, a social
discussion and dinner group, will be
meeting tonight from 8 to 9 p.m. at the
D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.).
Clit Fest D.C. 2011 starts tonight at 6
p.m. at St. Stephens Church (1525 Newton
St., N.W.) with performances by Shoppers,
Trophy Wife, Bad Banana, Aye Nako and
more. This year, the festival will help benet
Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS).
The festival runs through Sunday. Tickets
for individual days are $10 or $25 for the
whole weekend. For more information and
to purchase tickets, visit clitfest.tumblr.com.
Fringe Festival continues today with
many shows throughout the day including
Cabaret XXX, a rock cabaret by Pinky
Swear Productions at 6 p.m. at Fort Fringe
(607 New York Ave., N.W.) and Boston
Marriage by Disreputable Women at 10:30
p.m. at the Universalist National Memorial
Church (1810 16th St., N.W.). Tickets for each
show are $17. For more information and to
purchase tickets, visit capfringe.org.
Busboys & Poets presents The 11th
Hour poetry slam tonight at 11 p.m. at
its 14th and V streets location (2021 14th
St., N.W.), hosted by 2Deep the Poetess.
Admission is $5 and doors open at 10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JULY 9
The BlackRock Center for the
Arts (12901 Town Commons Drive)
in Germantown is holding an artists
reception today from 4 to 6 p.m. for its
newest exhibit features works by James
Halloran, Fae Penland and Shanti Chandra-
Sekar. The exhibit will run through July 22.
The fourth annual Family and Friends
picnic, hosted by NOVA GL Professionals,
Burgundy Crescent Volunteers and
D.C. Ice Breakers, is today at 11 a.m. at
Great Falls National Park in McLean. For
more information, visit D.C. Ice Breakers
website, dcicebreakers.com.
The National Symphony Orchestra will
be at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road) in Vienna
tonight at 8:15 p.m. with Three Broadway
Divas. Jan Horvath, Debbie Gravitte and
Christiane Noll will be performing songs
from Gypsy, The Music Man, Mamma
Mia! and more. Tickets range from $20 to
$52. For more information and to purchase
tickets online, visit wolftrap.org.
Adult lm star Brent Everett will be at
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) tonight with DJ
Jason Royce spinning. Doors open at 10 p.m.
with an $8 cover until 11 then it goes up to $12.
Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.) presents
Backdoor featuring global beats with the
Anthology of Booty DJ Crew tonight at
9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and available the
night of the show.
The East Coast Burlesque All-Stars
with Gilded Lily and Dangerous Curves
Ahead will be performing at the Creative
Alliance at the Patterson (3134 Eastern
Ave.) in Baltimore tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets
are $15 for the general public and $10 for
members. For more information and to
purchase tickets, visit creativealliance.org.
SUNDAY, JULY 10
Lambda Sci-Fi is having its monthly
meeting and social for LGBT science ction,
fantasy and horror fans tonight at 1:30 p.m.
at 1414 17th St., N.W. Attendees are asked
to bring a snack or a non-alcoholic drink to
share. For more information, e-mail info@
lambdasci.org or visit the group website
at lambdasci.org.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Court,
N.W.) is hosting Okla-Homo, a special
night of karaoke tonight at 9:30 p.m.
Participants will be judged by guests from
Arena Stages Oklahoma for a chance to
win tickets to the show.
Tony Award-winning musical from the
director of Rent, Next to Normal,
starring Alice Ripley, will be performed at
the Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.) today
at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Next tells the story
of a family trying to care of themselves and
each other as the mother loses her mind.
Tickets range from $35 to $120 and can be
purchased online at kennedy-center.org.
MONDAY, JULY 11
Bears do Yoga at Green Lantern (1335
Green Court N.W.) tonight at 6:30 p.m.
Class lasts for an hour and serves as an
introduction to yoga for people of all
different body types and physical abilities.
Its taught by Michael Brazell. For more
information, visit dccenter.org.
Busboys & Poets is having an open
mic poetry night tonight at 8 p.m. at its
Shirlington location (4251 South Campbell
Ave.) in Arlington, hosted by poet-in-
residence Beny Blaq. Wristbands for the
event will be sold all day in the Global
Exchange store starting at 10 a.m. for $4.
TUESDAY, JULY 12
The Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.)
is having a Theater Look-In of the musical
Wicked today at 5 p.m. in the Terrace
Gallery featuring a discussion and the
opportunity to ask questions of the artists.
The play will be performed at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for the Look-In are $12 and range
from $37 to $250 for the play itself. For
more information and to purchase tickets
online, visit kennedy-center.org.
DCBiWomen will have its monthly
dinner at Dupont Italian Kitchen (1637 17th
St., N.W.) tonight from 7 to 9:30 p.m. For
more information, visit dcbiwomen.org.
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance will
hold a membership meeting tonight from
7 to 8 p.m. at the Charles Sumner School
Museum and Archive (1201 17th St., N.W.).
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13
The Lambda Bridge Club will meet
tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity
Center (721 8th St., S.E ) across from
Marine Barracks for Duplicate Bridge. No
reservations are needed and newcomers
are welcome. For more information or to
nd a partner, visit lambdabridge.com.
The Big Gay Book Group will meet
tonight at 7 p.m. at 1155 F St., N.W.,
Suite 200 near Metro Center on the
Red, Orange and Blue Lines. The book for
discussion will be It Gets Better: Coming
Out, Overcoming Bullying and Creating a
Life Worth Living edited by Dan Savage
and Terry Miller. For more information, visit
the groups website, biggaybookgroup.
com or email biggaybookgroup@hotmail.
com. Newcomers are always welcome.
Rainbow Response is holding its
monthly meeting tonight at the D.C.
Center (1318 U St., N.W.) from 7 to 8 p.m.
Out of Respect will be screened at
Bloombars (3222 11th St., N.W.) tonight at
6:30 p.m. The lm follows LGBT homeless
youth in the Milwaukee area.
The book group Lez Read will be
meeting at Politics & Prose (5015
Connecticut Ave., N.W.) today at 7:30 p.m.
to discuss Mean Little Deaf Queer: A
Memoir by Terry Galloway.
THURSDAY, JULY 14
Washington Wetskins Water Polo
is having a happy hour at Nellies (900
U St., N.W.) tonight from 5 to 8 p.m.
$1 from every Nellie beer sold goes to
the Wetskins. For more information on
Washington Wetskins, visit wetskins.org.
Professionals in the City and the D.C.
Center are hosting a speed dating event
for lesbian and bisexual women at Chi-Cha
Lounge (1624 U St., N.W.) from 7 to 9 p.m.
Attendees will date for about an hour and
then be able to mingle with everyone. After
the event, matches can be made online.
Tickets are $20 or $15 when purchased online
using the promo code dc_center. For more
information, visit prosinthecity.com.
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Local gay athletic
groups staying busy
as summer sizzles
By KEVIN MAJOROS
July brings all kinds of action for the
local LGBT sports clubs. Its never too
late to join in the fun. Following are some
highlights for the month.
The D.C. Frontrunners are looking to
beat the heat. Their Saturday morning run/
walks have been moved to 9 a.m. for July
and August. Walkers can meet at 23rd and
P streets N.W. for a 3-4 mile walk. Runners
meet at the same time and location for a
3-, 4- or 6-mile run. The group also meets
at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays at the same location
for run/walks. More times and information
can be found at dcfrontrunners.org.
Rainbow Climbing D.C. will be at Sportrock
in Alexandria on July 10 from 2-5 p.m.
Members will be hosting a class on bouldering
and top climbing starting at 2:30 p.m. Cost of
the class ranges from $10 to $18 and includes
all the gear you will need to climb that day.
Check out the climbers on their Facebook
page under Rainbow Climbing D.C.
The Capital Area Rainbowlers
Association is hosting a social bowling
night on July 18 from 8-10 p.m. at AMF
Alexandria Lanes in Annandale. Come
with a team or by yourself. The cost is only
99 cents a game which includes those
fancy bowling shoes. The bowlers can be
found at carabowling.org.
The D.C. Sentinels basketball team is
hosting its annual Red party on July 23
from 10 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. It will be held
at Almaz which is located at 1212 U Street
N.W. Admission is $8 in advance and
$10 at the door. The night will feature a
best body contest, Red shooters, rafes
and giveaways. This is a fundraiser for
the Sentinels as members prepare for
upcoming tournaments, establishing a
local basketball league and volunteer
activities with local charities. They are
located at teamdcbasketball.org.
Congratulations to the District of
Columbia Aquatics Club for raising
$21,000 for local charities at its annual
Swim for Life event last month. The
swimmers are currently in Honolulu
competing for their ninth large team
trophy at the International Gay & Lesbian
World Championships. More details on
the swimmers are at swimdcac.org.
Ultimate Out Frisbee continues
through the summer. Practices are every
Wednesday from 6:30-8 p.m. on the
National Mall elds in front of the Air &
Space Museum. Cleats are recommended
for this sport. Contact Ben at schockb@
gmail.com or check them out on Facebook
under the name Ultimate Out Frisbee.
If you enjoyed the Night Out at the
Nationals event, Team D.C. has two more
events in July. Night Out at the Kastles
will be held on July 21 at 7 p.m. as the
Washington Kastles of World Team Tennis
take on the Philadelphia Freedoms in
the season nale. The 2011 roster for the
Kastles includes Renae Stubbs, Leander
Paes, Bobby Reynolds, Venus Williams
and Serena Williams. Add to that the
hilarious Murphy Jensen in the coaching
position and you are sure to have an
enjoyable evening. Tickets are $12 and
can be purchased at teamdc.org.
Night Out at the Mystics will be held
on July 26 at 7 p.m. as the Washington
Mystics take on the San Antonio Silver
Stars. Tickets are $15 and ticketholders
will have access to the Acela Lounge for
a special gathering throughout the game.
Tickets are available at teamdc.org.
For those traveling to Vancouver this
summer, the North American OutGames
will be contested from July 25-31. Go to
vancouver2011outgames.com to learn more.
The Adventuring Outdoors Group
continues its series of Arlington Evening
Bike Rides on Tuesday. The ride will be
19 miles maintaining a relaxed pace
and using bike trails and bicycle-friendly
residential streets around the Arlington
area. Arrive by 6:25 p.m. at the Clarendon
Metro station elevator entrance. Free on-
street parking is available. Bring a helmet,
water and a $2 trip fee. You can contact
the ride leader at scott.binde@gmail.com.
Heat of the moment
From left, Andres Gomez-Pena, Seth Kalish and Claudia Gebert at the 2010 Gay Games.
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Womens World Cup
soccer tournament a
hotbed of homophobia
By KEVIN MAJOROS
The term witch hunt has been used as
a metaphor since the 1930s and refers to
frantic persecution of perceived enemies.
In March, Eucharia Uche, coach of
Nigerias national womens soccer team
boasted that she had conducted her
own witch hunt and had cleansed the
national womens team of lesbianism
with the help of priests, and by expelling
suspect players. She has been quoted as
saying, I cannot tolerate this dirty life.
The story began gaining steam as the
FIFA Womens World Cup began play on
June 26 and continues through July 17 in
nine cities across Germany. Also making
the news was the lack of response by the
International Federation of Association
Football (FIFA) and the Union of European
Football Associations (UEFA), though
both have anti-discrimination policies.
The UEFA even has a partnership with the
anti-homophobia organization, the Justin
Campaign, which is named after the late
footballer Justin Fashanu who hung himself
eight years after he came out in the press.
FIFA nally conrmed on June 29,
that they had met with Eucharia Uche
to discuss the media reports regarding
her alleged discriminating statements
on homosexuality. She rmly denied the
allegations. FIFA subsequently launched
a press release reiterating its commitment
to ght discrimination on all levels. They
also conrmed that the FIFA Womens
World Cup 2011 Anti-Discrimination Day
will take place on Wednesday when the
semi-nal matches are played.
The truth that everyone needs to accept is
that there are LGBT soccer players at every
level of the sport, yet the fan base for soccer
remains notoriously homophobic. There
are only a handful of professional players
who have come out, the most recent being
Anton Hysen of Sweden. The prospect
of being booed by up to 60,000 raucous
soccer fans is certainly a daunting obstacle,
but even worse would be the witch hunt
conducted by the Nigerian coach.
So how did the Nigerian womens team
perform? They had originally qualied for
the 2011 World Cup by winning the 2010
Womens African Football Championship
with certain players who were not placed
on the World Cup squad.
In Germany, they were narrowly
defeated in their opening two matches and
eventually failed to reach the quarter-nals
as they were sent packing by defending
champions Germany. The German squad
includes reserve goalkeeper, Ursula Holl,
who is married to a woman and rst-choice
shot-stopper Nadine Angerer who is
openly bisexual. The German team has not
responded to the remarks made by Uche.
All Out, the global watchdog for LGBT
rights has launched a campaign for FIFA to
investigate Eucharia Uche for her actions.
To date they have acquired about 40,000
signatures from around the world. Please
lend your support at allout.org.
Witch hunt on the eld
Soccer remains one of the more homophobic sports. Nigerian coach Eucharia Uche has
conducted a Rene Portland-esque (former Penn State womens basketball coach) witch hunt
against lesbian players.
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Theres good news and bad news in
real estate these days, but if youre in the
immediate area around Washington, the
news is mostly good.
The Case-Shiller Index, published by
Standard & Poors and considered the most
accurate report of home values both across
the country and within 20 major metropoli-
tan regions, showed Washington to be the
strongest market in the U.S., with values in-
creasing 3 percent from March to April and
up 4 percent from April of last year. And,
while values nationwide are down nearly 4
percent compared to April of last year, they
were up from March .7 percent.
Thirteen of the 20 city areas tracked
increased in value from last year (com-
pared to only one Washington that
had increased values as of the last report
in December), but six areas showed the
lowest values in four years, including Chi-
cago, Miami, Tampa, Detroit, Las Vegas
and Charlotte, N.C.
What does all this mean? Its clearly a
difcult fortune to read for the country as
a whole, but as a D.C. Realtor, I can only
see an optimistic outlook for our region.
The combination here of a high median
income, relatively low unemployment
and a well-educated population makes
for a strong market and will continue to
do so in the future.
Also contributing to my rosy outlook on
home values is the local data regarding
the inventory of available housing, spe-
cically the lack thereof. Delta Associates,
an Alexandria rm that tracks new condo-
minium inventory and new construction,
reported that the inventory of upcoming
and available new condominiums is only
3,629 units for the entire region, which is
down from nearly 20,000 in 2007.
This drop of more than 80 percent has
had, and will continue to have, a major
impact on prices, as the simple laws of
supply and demand dictate. To wit, while
new condo prices for the metro-D.C. re-
gion dipped 2.4 percent since last year,
Washington and Montgomery County
saw increases of 1.8 and .8 percent, re-
spectively. Inventory of resale housing is
generally extremely low as well, to the
bane of agents and buyers alike. In fact,
I have personally had to negotiate multi-
ple-offer situations in three of my last four
transactions due to the low supply of and
high demand for quality product.
One bit of bad news for all of us Wash-
ingtonians is the upcoming reduction in
the loan limits that will be backed by the
federal government. Since 2008, we have
beneted from a temporary loan limit in-
crease to $729,750 for loans that are guar-
anteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and
the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
In October, if Congress does not act to
stop it, the limit will drop back to $625,500.
Many buyers, sellers and lenders are
scrambling to act before the limit drops and
many are fearful that due to the high cost of
housing in the area, the limit decreases will
have profound effects, especially on upper-
end purchases. My hunch, however, is that it
will impact only those purchases for which the
extra $100,000 or so would have helped to
get the loan to begin with. Purchases costing
a million or more would require more than 25
percent down to get a government-backed
loan, which is more than enough to qualify
buyers for non-conforming (as in non-govern-
ment-backed) loans with great rates anyway.
Its only going to be the properties priced
between $650,000 and $755,000 (roughly the
loan limit plus the lowest downpayment pos-
sible of 3.5 percent) that will suffer and only
those may have problems selling if the buyers
available literally have no more than the very
lowest downpayment required. That said, if
you are a buyer in that price range and wish
to put down a low downpayment, or if youre
a seller with a house in that range, you may
wish to list before those limits take effect to
ensure you have the most options, whether
its options for houses you could afford or
buyers who could afford your house.
To put a bit of icing on this bittersweet
cake, I am pleased to report that inter-
est rates continue to rest at truly unbe-
lievable values, with 30-year xed rates
as low as 4 percent with no points (for a
superconforming loan, nonetheless!) in
the past month. My clients are thrilled at
the rates theyve been offered recently,
and when rates stay low, property values
stay high. There are also a number of new
loan programs available that offer even
lower rates (some in the high twos) with
a moderate level of risk with so-called
5/5 ARMs, or adjustable rate mortgag-
es that have reasonable increase limits,
lifetime caps and only change once ev-
ery ve years, eliminating some anxiety
about a yearly hike.
All in all, its great to be a Washing-
tonian these days, and not just for the
amazing view of reworks on the fourth
of July.
Market stays strong in D.C.
REAL ESTATE
David Bediz is a Realtor at Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage and part of the Dwight and David Real Estate
Group. He can be reached at 202 352 8456 or through
www.DwightandDavid.com.
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and an associate professor at the
University of Kentuckys School
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areas are the highest priorities. It
is generally better to begin closest
to the house, since that is where
most activities take place.
Creating a beautiful landscape
doesnt have to be expensive,
says Rick Wiedemer of Hinkley
Lighting. A few well-placed,
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can have a huge impact on a well-
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No lawn is too small.
Even modest homes or
those with limited yards or
gardens can benet, Wiedemer
says. Low-voltage landscape
lighting is inexpensive, safe and
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homeowner can put in a low-
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weekend.
All that is needed are some
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household current to the safe 12-
volt level), outdoor low-voltage
copper cable and low-voltage
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can nd at a Dominion Electric
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Its an easy project that adds
beauty, value and security, and
doesnt take a lot of time,
Wiedemer says.
Lew Waltz of Hadco agrees.
The best thing about using
low-voltage lighting outdoors is
you dont have to do everything
at once, he says. I recommend
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