Volume 43, Number 17, April 27, 2012

EEOC says job bias
based on gender
identity amounts
to discrimination
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
In a historic ruling, the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission has determined that job
bias against employees on the basis
of gender identity amounts to sex
discrimination under existing law.
The determination came about as
part of the resolution of a case led by
the Transgender Law Center on behalf
of Mia Macy, a transgender woman who
allegedly was denied a job as a ballistics
technician at the federal Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosivess laboratory in Walnut Creek,
Calif., after she announced she was
transitioning from male to female. The
decision, made unanimously by the
commission on a 5-0 vote, was made
public Monday evening.
[W]e conclude that intentional
discrimination against a transgender
individual because the person
is transgender is, by denition,
discrimination based on ... sex, and
such discrimination therefore violates
Title VII, the decision states.
EEOC is the federal agency that
interprets and enforces federal non-
discrimination laws. Its decision
on transgender workers applies to
both public and private employers
throughout the United States,
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Likely GF nominee
hires gay adviser but
cant outrun hostile
primary rhetoric
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Mirr Fomney swepr a series ol GF
presidential primaries on Tuesday as news
surlacec rhar Newr Gin_rich will suspenc
his campaign next week.
With Romney poised to wrap up the
Republican nomination and ready to
pivot to the general election contest his
campaign announced the appointment of a
_ay man, Ficharc Grenell, ro serve as narional
security and foreign policy spokesman.
The developments this week
raise questions about whether the Log
Cabin Republicans will endorse Romney
for president, despite his promise to
pursue a federal amendment banning
same-sex marriage, among other anti-
gay positions hes articulated during the
primary season.
The debate over whether to endorse
Romney could prove thorny for Log Cabin.
On one hand, the organization is likely to feel
pressure from its Republican base to throw its
support behind the partys standard-bearer in
the general election. On the other, Romney
has backed anti-gay positions during the
primary season, including support for a U.S.
constitutional amendment banning same-
sex marriage throughout the country and a
plec_e ro celenc rhe Delense ol Marria_e
Act in court.
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MITT ROMNEY is poisec ro caprure rhe GF presicenrial nominarion, Lur his supporr lor
a federal marriage amendment is likely to create a dilemma for gay Republicans.
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Hate
Crime?
Marine faces murder
charge after stabbing
fellow Marine and
using anti-gay slur.
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the Way
Point Foundation
hosrs D.C. luncraiser
next week to benet
LGBT scholars in neec.
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Historic ruling
on trans rights
Will Log Cabin endorse Romney?
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Fellow Marine stabbed
to death after being
called anti-gay slur
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
A Marine charged with fatally stabbing
another Marine on a D.C. sidewalk after
allegedly calling the victim an anti-gay
name told police he acted in self-defense.
A police afdavit released Monday
during a court hearing says Michael
Joseph Poth, 20, told police he stabbed
Marine Lance Cpl. Philip Bushong, 23, on
April 21 after Bushong followed him on the
sidewalk across the street from the Marine
Barracks on Capitol Hill and after Bushong
allegedly punched him in the face.
A police homicide detective who
prepared the afdavit says in the
document that there were no signs of
an injury or bruise on Poths face or
head when police questioned him at the
Homicide Branch ofce a short time after
the incident occurred.
Police charged Poth with second-
degree murder while armed after Marine
guards who witnessed the stabbing
apprehended Poth. A police statement
says the incident took place about 2:30
a.m. Saturday on the sidewalk in front of
727 8th St., S.E.
The afdavit says police found a blood-
stained pocket knife attached to Poths
pants pocket at the time they took him into
custody. The D.C. Medical Examiners ofce
says an autopsy found that Bushong died
from a puncture wound to the heart caused
by a knife penetrating his upper chest.
Information uncovered during the
course of the preliminary investigation
indicates that there was a verbal exchange,
and during the exchange a homophobic
slur was heard from the suspect prior to
the stabbing, a police statement says.
D.C. Superior Court Magistrate
Judge Karen Howze ruled at Mondays
presentment hearing that prosecutors
provided sufcient evidence to establish
probable cause that Poth committed
second-degree murder in connection with
the case. She ordered him held without
bond and scheduled a preliminary hearing
for the case on May 15.
No mention was made during the hearing
about the police statement that a witness
heard Poth make an anti-gay slur at the
time Poth and Bushong got into a verbal
altercation on the street that turned violent.
A police incident report doesnt list the
murder as a hate crime. Lt. Robert Alder,
commander of the Homicide Branch, said
a hate crime designation could be added
to the report depending upon the ndings
of an ongoing police investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael
Liebman, the prosecutor in the case, said
during Mondays hearing that a witness
observed someone believed to be Poth
walking along 8th Street near where the
stabbing took place but between 30 and
60 minutes earlier. He said the witness
reported that the person, who ts the
description of Poth, stated in an agitated
way, Im going to stab somebody, or cut
their lungs out. They are fucking with the
wrong person.
Liebman also said at the hearing that
prior to the incident Marine ofcials were in
the process of discharging Poth under less
than honorable circumstances as a result
of drug-related offenses and belligerent
behavior toward other Marines.
David Benowitz, Poths attorney,
disputed the signicance of Poths
pending discharge to the case at hand.
He pointed to the police arrest afdavits
account by another Marine guard witness
who said he saw Bushong retract his arm
as if he was about to punch Poth just prior
to the stabbing.
Benowitz said the account by the Marine
witness supports his contention that Poth
acted in self-defense. He told the court
that a second-degree murder charge isnt
supported by the facts of the case.
In responding to questions by reporters
after the hearing, Benowitz declined to
discuss the allegation by one of the Marine
witnesses that Poth hurled an anti-gay slur
at Bushong shortly before the stabbing.
Gay activists, including ofcials of the
local group Gays and Lesbians Opposing
Violence (GLOV), had not weighed in as of
Monday on whether they agreed with the
initial police decision not to list the murder
as an anti-gay hate crime.
Friends of Bushong said he was neither
gay nor homophobic, according to the
Washington Post, which interviewed some
of his friends. The Post reported that
friends described Bushong as a warm
and sincere young man who loved to
read and shattered the stereotype of a
Marine rieman.
Police Log
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Departments Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit participated in the following investigations:
n April 1c ar 10rh anc Fhoce slanc Avenue, N.W., rwo complainanrs, reporrec
that seven suspects approached them and began throwing rocks at them. The
victims said the suspects then began throwing bricks at them and also began
hitting them about the body with their arms and feet. The suspects ed the scene
and used bias-related words during the assault. All seven were arrested.

n April 1 in rhe 3100 Llock ol Cenrral Flace, N.E., a woman reporrec rhar
she was approached by a suspect who asked her for a cigarette. The suspect
struck up a brief conversation with the victim. The suspect then displayed a
revolver and robbed the woman of her property. The suspect used homophobic
words during the robbery.
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Michael Joseph Poth, 20, told police he stabbed Marine Lance Cpl. Philip Bushong, 23, on April 21
after Bushong followed him on the sidewalk across the street from the Marine Barracks on Capitol Hill
and after Bushong allegedly punched him in the face.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Marine accused in killing claims self-defense
Victory Fund backs gay man for school board
Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Jack Jacobson, whos
gay, is running for a seat on the D.C. State Board of Education representing Ward
2 in the November election.
I am honored to serve our community as a Neighborhood Commissioner, and
am eager to take this next step in public service to represent all of Ward 2 on the
State Board of Education, Jacobson said in a statement.
Having been the son of a public school teacher and two school board
members, Ive been involved in education my entire life, he said. Recent tours
of a number of Ward 2 schools and conversations with parents, teachers, and
community members have persuaded me that we need new leadership on the
Board of Education.
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund this week endorsed Jacobson in the race.
Jack Jacobson has proven his dedication to serving the District and Ward 2
as an elected member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, said Victory
Fund vice president Denis Dison. We are eager to support openly LGBT leaders
like Jack who want to work to make their communities better.
Jacobson is challenging incumbent Ward 2 Board of Education member Mary
Lord, who suggested in an interview with the Dupont Circle area community
affairs blog Borderstan that she will compete with Jacobson for Ward 2s large
number of gay voters.
I have led numerous efforts to promote excellence and achievement, Lord
told Borderstan. That includes being an unwavering partner and advocate for
the LGBT community, working to ensure that education policies reected our
shared commitment to social justice, dignity and respect.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Gay Mens Chorus honors Blade
The Gay Mens Chorus of Washington (GMCW) presented its 2012 Harmony
Award to the Washington Blade during a concert at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church on Saturday. GMCW ensemble groups Potomac Fever and
the Rock Creek Singers performed at the Together Again concert.
Tom Mounteer, chair of GMCWs board of directors, joined GMCW Executive
Director David Jobin in presenting the award after intermission.
Tonights award recognizes the Blade as an organization that has been a
champion of gay equality, Mounteer said. For me, its particularly gratifying
to bestow the Harmony Award on a local institution thats so embedded in our
community. I know for many in the audience, the Blade is more than just our
newspaper of record. It is the newspaper of our lives.
For my entire time with the Chorus, you have been our media sponsor, but
more than that, you have also been our friends, Jobin said.
Brian Pitts, a co-owner of the Blade, accepted the award saying, Everyone at
the Blade is thrilled to receive this.
Previous recipients of the GMCW Harmony Award include Immigration Equality,
the Mautner Project, Food and Friends, Metro D.C. PFLAG and Sexual Minority
Youth Assistance League (SMYAL).
MICHAEL KEY
Stein Club endorses McDufe in Ward 5
The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the citys largest LGBT political group,
endorsed Democrat Kenyan McDufe for the May 15 special election to ll a
vacant Ward 5 seat on the D.C. City Council.
McDufe received 74 percent of the vote by club members in a second-ballot
runoff against second-place candidate Drew Hubbard, who received 23.8 percent
of the vote.
McDufe received 54.7 percent on the rst ballot, in which seven of the 12
candidates set to appear on the ballot competed for the clubs endorsement.
All seven attended and spoke at a Stein Club forum, where the endorsement
vote took place, at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters at 17th Street and
Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
Under Stein Club rules, candidates must obtain at least 60 percent of the vote
from the membership to win an endorsement.
The other candidates appearing before the forum, each of whom expressed support
for LGBT equality, received 5 percent of the vote or less in the rst-round voting.
Im very pleased over receiving the Gertrude Stein endorsement, McDufe
told the Blade after the vote. I think it pretty much formalizes whats always been
the case that Ive been a staunch supporter of LGBT concerns, marriage equality
and everything that matters to folks in this community.
McDufe said he hopes to tap what he calls a sizable number of LGBT residents
in Ward 5, especially in the Bloomingdale and Brookland neighborhoods.
The other candidates who spoke at the endorsement forum, in addition to
McDufe and Hubbard, were Democrats Shelly Gardner, Kathy Henderson, Ron
Magnus, Ruth Marshall, and Frank Wilds.
Republican candidate Tim Day, who is gay, has been endorsed in the Ward
5 special election by the D.C. Log Cabin Republicans. The Stein Clubs bylaws
prevent it from endorsing non-Democrats.
Under city election rules, candidates of all parties as well as independents are
eligible to run in special elections.
Stein Club president Lateefah Williams said she was pleased that McDufe won
the clubs endorsement.
Hes an excellent candidate and has a chance of winning, Williams said, in a multi-
candidate race where the vote is likely to be split between several candidates.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Training requirement
eliminated to cut cost
of measure

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
A D.C. Council committee voted
unanimously on April 20 to approve the
Youth Bullying Prevention Act of 2012
and to send it to the full Council for an
expected preliminary vote on May 1.
The bill delivers a strong message
that this city will not tolerate bullying
especially for our LGBT youth in our
schools, libraries, recreation centers and
where the city serves its youth, said
Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6).
Wells is chair of the Councils Committee
on Libraries, Parks, Recreation and
Planning, which worked with the mayors
ofce and LGBT advocates over the past
year to make signicant revisions to the
bill before voting to approve it last week.
With the city facing an expected budget
shortfall next year, Wells and his fellow
committee members were faced with the
need to make changes to lower the cost of
implementing the bill.
The revised version of the bill, for
example, eliminates a provision in the
earlier version that stated, To the
extent that funds are appropriated for
these purposes, various city agencies,
including the public school system,
shall provide training on the agencys
harassment, intimidation or bullying
policies to employees and volunteers who
have signicant contact with students or
the public...
The revised bill approved by the
committee says the public schools and
other city agencies may ... provide
training on bullying prevention to all
employees and volunteers who have
signicant contact with youth.
Alison Gill, public policy manager for
the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education
Network, or GLSEN, which worked with
Wells ofce to help revise the bill, said
the training requirement in the earlier
version of the bill was contingent upon
the availability of city funds and the
elimination of that provision would have a
minimal impact on the overall bill.
I think its excellent, Gill said of the
revised bill. The new bill addresses the
issues the community had raised over the
past year.
Among those issues, Gill said, was the
need to broaden the denition of bullying
from the original bill to include all of the
categories of individuals protected under
the D.C. Human Rights Act and the need
to strengthen the reporting requirements
for schools and city agencies to keep track
of bullying incidents.
The committee vote came just over one
week after Mayor Vincent Gray announced
he would put into place a citywide anti-
bullying initiative through his executive
authority as mayor. His proposal includes
the creation of a special task force on
bullying and the development of a model
anti-bullying policy and standards to be
used by city agencies with jurisdiction over
youth.
The legislation approved by Wells
committee, among other things, also
calls for creating a bullying task force and
developing a comprehensive anti-bullying
policy for city agencies.
Gill said the mayors task force and
bullying polices would be adopted as
those required under the bill, with an
expected smooth transition once the bill
becomes law.
Eleven of the Councils 13 members
signed on as co-introducers or co-sponsors
of the earlier version of the bill. Supporters
say the new version is expected to pass the
full Council by an overwhelming margin.
A summary of the bills provisions
released by Wells ofce says the measure
includes these key components:
The esraLlishmenr anc implemenrarion
of a bullying prevention policy, including
reporting and investigation guidelines,
that specically covers all youth, including
youth of color, LGBT youth, and youth with
disabilities.
The esraLlishmenr ol an appeal
process for a party dissatised with the
outcome of an initial investigation of a
bullying incident.
A clear prohiLirion aainsr reraliarion
against a target of bullying, a witness to a
bullying incident, or someone who reports
an incident of bullying.
The ranrin ol leal immuniry lrom
lawsuits against an employee, volunteer
or youth who in good faith reports an
incident of bullying.
The bill denes bullying as any severe,
persistent act or conduct, whether
physical, electronic, or verbal that
shall be reasonably predicted to place
the youth in reasonable fear of physical
harm to his or her person or property;
cause a substantial detrimental effect
on the youths physical or mental health;
substantially interfere with the youths
academic performance or attendance;
or substantially interfere with the youths
ability to participate in or benet from the
services, activities, or privileges provided
by an agency, educational institution, or
grantee.
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0 AFRl L 27, 2012 LOCAL NEWS
D.C. anti-bullying
bill clears key vote Blade co-owner BRIAN PITTS
(center) accepted the Harmony
Award from DAVID JOBIN (left) and
TOM MOUNTEER of the Gay Mens
Chorus on Saturday.
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Gay candidate wins primary in Pa.
PHILADELPHIA Democrat Brian Sims is poised to become the rst openly
gay member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after winning his
primary Tuesday over 27-year incumbent Babette Josephs. There is no Republican
challenger.
Sims is the former board president at Equality Pennsylvania, and a longtime
civil rights attorney, according to the Victory Fund, which endorsed Sims and
promoted his candidacy.
Josephs had been an ally of the LGBT community, and Sims previously worked
as her campaign treasurer in the 2010 election cycle, but last year Sims told the
Philadelphia Gay News there is no statistical substitute for having a gay person
in a legislative body no matter how strong the allies, no matter how many the
allies, LGBT issues that can be affected by the legislature are affected most when
there is an openly gay person serving.
Poll nds shift against N.C. amendment
RALEIGH Public Policy Poling published numbers marking the most dramatic
shift yet against a North Carolina amendment that would permanently ban any
ofcial recognition of same-sex couples in that state.
Six months ago the polling company found 61 percent of North Carolina voters
supported the amendment, while 34 opposed it. However, with the vote just
days away, the company now nds 54 percent of the voters plan to support the
amendment while 40 percent are opposed.
The polling came just before the anti-amendment Coalition to Protect N.C.
Families released several television commercials showing the effect Amendment
One would have on several families, including a straight woman who survived
domestic violence at the hands of an unmarried partner.
Ex-gay group founder dies suddenly
PALM BEACH, Fla. Anthony Falzarano, founder of the ex-gay group
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX), died suddenly and unexpectedly this
week, after a long career attacking the LGBT community.
According to blog Ex-Gay Watch, the Palm Beach coroner conrmed Tuesday,
the death of the prominent anti-gay activist who had come to criticize the
organization hed founded, as well as another ex-gay organization, Exodus
International, for being too soft on the LGBT community.
Falzarano once called Matthew Shepard a predator after the vicious attack
that killed the young Wyoming college student. Falzarano is survived by his wife,
and at least one daughter.
Gay GOP candidates video pulled from YouTube
LOS ANGELES A video by gay Republican presidential candidate Fred
Karger entitled Sexy Frisbee was pulled by YouTube for violating community
standards, despite an absence of explicit content in the video, according to Fire
Dog Lake blogger Lisa Derrick.
The video featuring Karger supporters in swimsuits playing Frisbee on a beach
has been reposted with a parental advisory added to the rst few frames. A
brief scene in the video featuring two men kissing may have upset some viewers
enough to report the video as explicit.
Only 14 demonstrators
turn out in D.C.
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Saying they were unwavering in their
commitment to LGBT equality, a contingent
of 14 LGBT activists and their straight
supporters held a rally across the street from
the U.S. Capitol early Saturday afternoon
as part of a series of Worldwide LGBT Civil
Rights marches in the U.S. and abroad.
The event was promoted mostly on
Facebook without the involvement of
established local and national LGBT
organizations. It was the brainchild of
Oklahoma City gay activist Joe Knudson,
who called for a series of simultaneous
LGBT marches and rallies in cities
throughout the world on April 21.
With less than 20 participants present
at the conclusion of the rally, organizers
chose to forego the march.
These marches are occurring in over 30
cities around the globe, said Curtis Sledge, a
Richmond, Va., gay activist who organized the
D.C. event and was among three speakers at
the rally held at Upper Senate Park.
Regardless of the size of the crowd
were here to say its our time right now,
Sledge said after the rally. We are seeking
equality not just for us but for everyone.
The organization Lets Reach One
Million People Campaign, through which
Knudson and others worked to organize
the marches and rallies, listed 18 U.S. cities
and 12 cities in countries in Europe, Asia
and Africa where marches were scheduled
to take place. It could not be determined
at press time whether all of them took
place, especially those in Africa.
According to reports in the gay and
straight media, marches or rallies in most
of the U.S. cities where they took place
drew fewer than 100 people. The LGBT
newspaper George Voice reported about
50 turned out for a rally and march on the
state capital in Atlanta.
The Athens, Ga., Banner-Herald
reported that about 75 people turned
out for a march in that Georgia city, which
was covered by the straight press. In
Chicago, about 15 people participated in
a March and rally and about 30 turned out
for the march and rally in Portland, Ore.,
according to a report by the LGBT blog
Bilerico Project.
In a statement released to organizers
and supporters of the events, Knudson
said between 6,000 and 8,000 people
participated in the events in the U.S. and
overseas. He said the enthusiasm and
impact the events would have in the U.S.
and abroad would be far more signicant
than the number of people attending them.
When asked why he thought most of the
established U.S. national and local LGBT
organizations chose not to participate
in the marches, Knudson said sources
familiar with various groups told him the
groups dont like to get involved in events
that they dont control.
I was point blank told by some that it is
not proper for a new and young grassroots
organization such as the Lets Reach 1
Million People Campaign, to initiate such
action as we did without rst getting
the approval of some of the older more
established organizations, Knudson told
the Blade.
[I]n doing so we stepped on a lot
of egos and I was told egos of LGBT
organizations do not heal very well or very
fast, he said.
Veteran D.C. gay activists Bob
Summersgill, former president of the Gay
and Lesbian Activists Alliance, and Rick
Rosendall, the groups current vice president,
disagreed with Knudsons assessment of the
established LGBT groups.
Speaking for myself and GLAA, if
we were so egotistical and controlling
as Mr. Knudson says in his laughable
generalization, we wouldnt have the record
of accomplishment that we do, Rosendall
said. LGBT advocates in D.C. have a long
history of coalition work, which is not about
getting permission but about consultation.
Summersgill said organizers of the
worldwide marches didnt adequately
communicate what they wanted people
to do to advance their goals of equality
other than to walk around while members
of Congress were out of town.
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A small group of supporters showed up last weekend for a civil rights march in Washington.
WASHlNGTON BLADE FHOTO BY MlCHAEL KEY
Worldwide LGBT
marches zzle
With no Republican challenger, former
Equality Pennsylvania Board Chair BRIAN
SIMS will likely become Pennsylvanias rst
openly gay state lawmaker.
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By PHIL REESE
preese@washblade.com
While most LGBT people have probably
never heard of the Arcus Foundation, it
has touched many of their lives.
The nations largest grant-maker to
LGBT causes, Arcus delivers money to a
range of non-prot groups advocating for
LGBT rights and health.
But recent changes at Arcus have some
advocates quietly worrying about the
future of those programs.
Arcus CEO Yvette Burton departed April
3 amid rumors she was red by the board.
Burton, a former market development
research director at IBM, took the helm of
Arcus in January 2011 not long after the
departure of longtime activist Urvashi Vaid,
who spent ve years running the foundation.
Yvettes departure was a termination,
said a source with knowledge of the
situation at Arcus who spoke on condition of
anonymity. The source added that Burtons
efforts to clean house at Arcus rufed
feathers throughout the organization.
Burton did not respond to several
requests for comment.
An Arcus ofcial told the Blade that
the foundations work continues but
the organization would not comment
specically on Burtons departure.
The Foundations commitment to its
mission is longstanding, Bryan Simmons,
vice president of communications at
Arcus, told the Blade. Our strategies
will continue to support that mission
regardless of any change in leadership.
Other changes at Arcus were
evident before Burtons departure. The
organizations board of directors had
purportedly initiated a new strategic
planning process to reassess programming
and giving priorities, according to
the source. Many organizations were
reportedly told that they would not be
guaranteed funding beyond 2012, and
some ties were severed altogether.
Youll have to qualify under our new
guidelines, the source paraphrased the
message from Arcus to some of its LGBT
grant recipients. Subtext: Youll probably
not be getting funding moving forward.
In addition, several sources also
contend the organizations founder,
billionaire philanthropist Jon Stryker, may
have ceased personally giving to political
campaigns and 501(c)4 organizations.
Stryker could not be reached for comment.
Is this a prep to exit the LGBT space
altogether? Possibly, the source said.
Was [Burton] a disaster? Possibly.
Another knowledgeable source noted
the turnover at Arcus main ofce in
Kalamazoo, Mich., and said that Stryker
has had a change of heart regarding his
philanthropic priorities.
Some activists unafliated with grantee
organizations have attempted to sound
the alarm.
Any change at any funder in the LGBT
movement is pretty big for any orgs they
fund, said Kalpana Krishnamurphy,
director of the Race and Gender Justice
Program at the Western States Center,
an immigration-focused organization.
Changes in leadership bring new
priorities and new focuses for the work.
Though Arcus has no direct
programming of its own, more than $58.4
million in Arcus grants went to small
programs and organizations doing LGBT-
related work between 2007-2010, making
it the largest grant maker to LGBT causes.
Hearing from organizations in different
areas men who have sex with men
[support organizations], HIV-specic
projects, younger gay men of color
hearing that organizations have not
been getting funded or getting the cold
shoulder, is not the worst kept secret in the
world, another prominent LGBT activist
told the Blade on condition of anonymity.
The ATM is closed.
Sources familiar with Arcus said
that Burton took seriously her mission
to transform the way the Foundation
operated and made many stafng changes
quickly. One source said that Burton
sought to increase grantee accountability
and professionalize the organization. The
stafng changes, however, may have led
to a revolt by some in the organization.
Vaid, who ran Arcus for ve years, did not
respond to emailed interview requests.
Despite the upheaval, other leaders that
rely on Arcus dismissed concerns about a
shift in focus and expressed condence in the
foundations commitment to LGBT causes.
With Arcus and, actually, all the LGBT
funders, theyve been consistent with their
funding over a number of years, and to
us and Im sure to other organizations,
thats extremely important, said Brad
Sears, executive director of the Williams
Institute at UCLA, which receives funding
from Arcus for its research in the eld of
LGBT workplace issues. When youre
hiring people, and you want them to have
a job now and in the future, its great to
have both funding for multiple years, and
funding that is at least somewhat more
exible for general operating.
The Arcus Foundations reach is broad.
The organization has contributed to
everything from the Gill Foundation, the
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and
the Transgender Law Center to AIDS
and HIV research, small LGBT-welcoming
churches, LGBT religious advocacy groups
and non-LGBT organizations that develop
programming targeting LGBT people of
color or other underrepresented groups
within the LGBT community.
We are not an LGBT organization
we are an organization being funded by
Arcus because of the work were doing
to bridge racial justice and LGBT justice,
Krishnamurphy said. Arcuss funding in
this area [is really] crucial.
We wouldnt have been able to have
our GLBT program at all, said Akaya
Windwood, president of the Rockwood
Leadership Institute, about Arcuss
contributions. It made it possible for
us to have a robust LGBT program that
focuses a lot on communities of color,
underrepresented communities within the
movement, and rural.
According to the most recent available
IRS forms from 2010, the organizations
total assets were just short of $180 million,
most of that being in investments, rather
than cash on hand.
The largest single contributor was the
organizations founder, Stryker who gave
$30,790,736. The contribution was made
in 583,600 shares of Stryker Medical stock.
Along with savings and securities interest
and dividends, as well as assets on sales of
several million dollars worth of assets, the
Stryker money made the biggest chunk
of the organizations nearly $50 million in
revenue for 2010.
Meanwhile, after expenses and new
investments, Arcus contributed $27
million to various LGBT-focused and
conservation programs throughout the
world in 2010, which when compared
to the Gill Foundations nearly $12 million
in disbursements that same year
makes Arcus the biggest funder of LGBT
programs in the world.
General operating support from
any foundation is really critical for LGBT
organizations, said Masen Davis,
executive director of the Transgender Law
Center. There are still too few funders
throughout the United States that are
supporting LGBT equality and that can
make it very difcult for organizations of
any size to really work in scale to create
change for our community. Arcus has been
really important to us and I hope that they
continue to be important to our work for
years to come.
Hundreds of LGBT-focused programs at
non-prots throughout the nation might
not exist if not for Arcus.
Were extremely thankful, said Troy
Plummer, executive director of Reconciling
Ministries a group that pushes for LGBT
inclusion in the United Methodist Church
explaining that the multi-year grants
from Arcus for general operations helped
the organization expand programs within
the denomination.
We have been able to consider
projects that we would have never
considered before the funding from the
Arcus Foundation, Plummer said. And
they were intentionally strategic in wanting
to build capacity of our organization, and
that was very helpful, and it continues to
be helpful in doing so.
Arcuss focus on intersectional work
especially in regard to race, religion
and age groups is considered vital for
organizations outside what many consider
the marriage-focused mainstream of the
LGBT movement.
Weve observed some drift in
traditional funders in amount or
percentage allocation toward marriage
equality efforts, said Cindi Love,
executive director of SoulForce, whose
Equality Ride targeting anti-gay policies
at private colleges has been partially
funded by an Arcus grant for several years.
Arcus has absolutely from the rst day
been one of the strongest supporters of
the ride because of its emphasis on the
development of the next generation of
leaders within our movement.
Amid the nervousness, optimism
still springs from the LGBT leaders that
continue to rely on Arcus.
I feel like Arcus has really taken care
with their grantees so that theyre able
to build and take action when they need
to, so shifts in that funding are clearly
important to all the grant receivers,
Plummer told the Blade. I appreciate
Arcus rethinking their strategic visioning,
and what they want to do to make an
impact on a large scale, saying that he
was impressed with the result of the last
iteration of the foundations strategic plan.
I dont know yet whether or not were
part of that plan, he added.
I know that theyre undergoing some
strategic planning, and that Arcus has
gone through quite a bit of transition, so,
were all out here cheering them on, and
hoping that they get to a really solid place,
said Windwood. If Arcus thrives then that
means that other organizations thrive.
Nations largest LGBT funder changing its focus?
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Says GOP frontrunner
lying about opposition
to discrimination
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Rep. Barney Frank tore into Mitt
Romney for his anti-gay positions Tuesday
night, calling the presumptive Republican
presidential nominee despicable.
The gay lawmaker, who late last year
announced his retirement after serving 31
years in Congress, made the comments
about Romney during an interview with the
Washington Blade following his keynote
speech at the National Stonewall Democrats
Capital Champions reception in D.C.
Frank took issue with what he said was
Romneys willingness ... to switch and
become very anti-gay after pledging in
1994 to be better on LGBT issues than
the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. He also
criticized Romney for statements that
Frank said trivialize our marriages.
During a speech in February, Romney
said he fought hard and prevented
Massachusetts from becoming the Las
Vegas of gay marriage.
Thats saying our marriages were a trick,
were a shame, Frank said. Hes clearly
prepared to embrace the most oh, and
supporting a constitutional amendment.
What that says is that existing marriages
are abolished. Thats just outrageous.
Frank criticized Romney on the same
night that the candidate swept ve
Republican primaries in Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania
and New York. Following Romneys wins,
multiple media outlets reported that
former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich
would suspend his campaign next week.
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, Romneys
main challenger in the primary contests,
exited the race earlier this month.
While widely viewed as more moderate
than his primary opponents, Romney
signed a pledge from the anti-gay National
Organization for Marriage committing
himself to back a U.S. constitutional
amendment banning same-sex marriage,
defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court
and set up a commission on religious liberty
to investigate the alleged harassment of
same-sex marriage opponents. NOM has
also endorsed Romney.
Although Romney has said he opposes
discrimination, Frank claimed hes being
disingenuous because Romney hasnt
articulated any ways in which he would
work to bar discrimination against LGBT
people. In 1994, Romney said he supported
the Employment Non-Discrimination Act,
but he has since disavowed that support,
saying in 2006 that he sees no need for
it, then in 2007 that employment non-
discrimination should be a state issue.
Hes lying, Frank said. What does that
mean? How does he oppose discrimination?
Hes not for any legislation that would make
it illegal. So how does he oppose it? He is for
a discrimination that would dissolve all the
existing marriages. So what does that mean
when he says that?
Frank also said Romney doesnt deserve
credit from the LGBT community for last
week hiring Richard Grenell, an openly
gay man, as his spokesperson for national
security and foreign affairs issues.
Hes got one openly gay person,
Frank said. How many people is he going
to hire? He had some openly gay people
work for him when he was in Massachusetts.
Were beyond giving people credit for not
overtly discriminating.
Frank refrained from criticizing President
Obama for his decision not to issue an
executive order at this time barring LGBT
workplace discrimination among federal
contractors.
Asked if he was disappointed Obama
chose not to issue the executive order,
Frank replied, Not a great deal. Frank
said he wanted the president to issue
the directive, but was mixed on that
and said there are other more important
things we could be doing.
Frank calls Romney despicable for anti-gay views
Group endorses
7 House candidates,
opens West Coast ofce
By PHIL REESE
preese@washblade.com
Its been a busy month for Victory Fund
President Chuck Wolfe.
The organization raised more than
$450,000 in a D.C. fundraiser, helped
elect Pennsylvanias rst openly gay state
legislator and announced that South
Dakota has its rst out public ofcial.
Angie, I think shes been thinking about
it for a while, and then she was nally ready
to come out she used our Coming Out
Project to assist her, counsel her, guide
her through that, Wolfe told the Blade,
referring to newly out, bisexual state Sen.
Angie Buhl. I think being a coach to our
candidates is probably one of the things
that people know the least about what we
do. They know we endorse candidates and
they know that we make contributions to
candidates, but the time spent coaching
candidates, helping them hire a team
around them, helping them design their
mailings and their eld plans is a lot of
what we do. And that also includes helping
people in the closet come out.
Buhl is the latest LGBT ofcial to be
listed as out on Victory Funds site. She
joins openly gay lawmakers recently
identied in North Dakota, Kansas,
Mississippi and West Virginia. The group
says it has, for the rst time, identied
openly LGBT elected ofcials in all 50
states, and has listed the names of openly
LGBT ofcials in 49, saying that it has also
identied a local ofcial in Alaska whose
name will be made public soon.
For almost 10 years weve had a driving
goal of eliminating the concept that a
state hadnt yet elected an out person,
Wolfe said.
With this goal, the group created what
it called the Horizon List. Each state on
the list was one in which the group had yet
to identify an openly LGBT elected ofcial.
Now the group will concentrate on
turning that 50-state list into a list of
legislative powerbrokers and increasing
LGBT representation in the U.S. House of
Representatives and Senate. In addition to
Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin who is
vying to become the countrys rst openly
gay U.S. Senator the Victory Fund has
endorsed seven out candidates for the
U.S. House, and believes there may be up
to nine more openly LGBT candidates for
the U.S. House, though it will not comment
about those candidates. Endorsed House
candidates include: Rep. David Cicilline (R.I.),
Mark Pocan (Wis.), Rep. Jared Polis (Colo.),
Brian Sims (Pa.), Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.), Mark
Takano (Calif.) and Richard Tisei (Mass.).
The path for all our candidates is
demonstrating viability, Wolfe said.
Victory Fund has so far endorsed 105
candidates in this cycle, and Wolfe said
the organization could break its 2010
record of 160 endorsees and could even
reach 200 endorsed candidates this year.
The organization also announced it is
opening a Western regional ofce in Los
Angeles and hiring three staffers to work more
directly with candidates and ofce holders
in that area. States in the region include
Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska,
Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico,
Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming.
We need to be closer to them in order
to help, Wolfe says.
2012 proving busy year for Victory Fund
washingtonblade.com
12 AFRl L 27, 2012 NATl ONAL NEWS
Victory Fund President CHUCK WOLFE says the
group is set to endorse a record number of 200
candidates this year, and will open a West Coast
ofce to service its fastest growing region.
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including in the 34 states where non-
discrimination laws based on gender
identity dont exist.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits employment discrimination based
on race, color, religion, sex and national
origin. Various courts have determined that
transgender workers are protected against
discrimination on the basis of this statute,
but the decision on Monday marks the rst
time the EEOC has decided the law protects
transgender workers.
Masen Davis, executive director of
the Transgender Law Center, said the
signicance of the decision is hard to
overstate.
Transgender people already face
tremendous rates of discrimination
and unemployment, Davis said. The
decision today ensures that every
transgender person in the United States
will have legal recourse to employment
discrimination, and with it a way to safeguard
their access to vital employment benets
such as health insurance and retirement
savings plans.
EEOC made the decision after the
Obama administration was criticized by
many in the LGBT community for deciding
at this time against issuing an executive
order requiring federal contractors to
have non-discrimination policies based
on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The EEOC decision could provide a path
to provide transgender workers seeking
a remedy against discrimination in lieu of
the executive order.
While still presenting as male, Macy, a
veteran and former police detective, was
told in January 2011 she would receive a
position she wanted at the Walnut Creek
crime laboratory. As evidence of her
impeding hire, Aspen of DC, the contractor
responsible for lling the position,
contacted her to begin the necessary
paperwork and said an investigator was
performing a background check.
But after informing the contractor in
March 2011 that she would transition
from male to female, Macy received an
email from the contractor stating that the
position, due to federal budget constraints,
had been cut. Later, she was told someone
else was awarded the position.
Believing she had faced job
discrimination, Macy on June 13 led
a formal complaint with the EO for the
agency, noting gender identity and
sex stereotyping as the basis of her
complaint. After some back-and-forth
between Macy and the agency over
whether she could seek relief under Title
VII, Macy appealed the case in December
to EEOC, which determined the law offers
her protection as well as protection to
other transgender workers.
In a statement, Macy thanked the
Transgender Law Center for its support
and said she was proud to be part of the
groundbreaking decision.
Although the discrimination I
experienced was painful both personally and
nancially, and led to the loss of my familys
home to foreclosure, Im proud to be a part
of this groundbreaking decision conrming
that our nations employment discrimination
laws protect all Americans, including
transgender people, Macy said. Im
grateful for the help of Transgender Law
Center, which believed in me from the start
and helped guide me through this process.
No one should be denied a job just for
being who they are.
Still, the case isnt yet over for Macy. The
case has been remanded to ATF for further
processing in light of the decision. If Macy
requests a nal decision without a hearing,
the agency must render a decision within
60 days of receipt of her request.
EEOC draws on previous decisions that
courts have made on whether Title VII
provides protections to workers who face
discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
Among them is the 11th Circuit Court
of Appeals ruling in Glenn v. Brumby,
in which plaintiff Vandy Beth Glenn, a
transgender woman who was red from her
position as proofreader from the Georgia
General Assembly in 2007 led a lawsuit
after she announced she would transition
from male to female. The court ruled
that an individual cannot be punished
because of his or her perceived gender-
nonconformity and these protections
must be afforded to transgender people.
Mara Keisling, executive director of the
National Center for Transgender Equality,
called the decision a major victory and said
it would further the case of the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act, legislation that
would bar companies from discrimination
against LGBT employees, and the sought-
after executive order for federal contractors.
As many as 90 percent of trans people
still face tremendous discrimination in
employment according to our National
Discrimination Survey, and it will help so
much that the EEOC agrees with what
more and more courts have been saying
discriminating against trans people
because of their sex, or their perceived
sex, or what an employer thinks about
their sex is clearly sex discrimination,
illegal and wrong, Keisling said.
Tico Almeida, president of Freedom
to Work, said the decision expands upon
Executive Order 11246, the existing
directive prohibiting federal contractors
from discriminating on the basis of gender.
We call on Labor Secretary Hilda Solis
and her staff to issue new guidance for
federal contractors to inform them that they
cannot discriminate against transgender
Americans while proting from taxpayer-
funded contracts, Almeida said.
However, Almeida said Solis wont have the
authority to expand these protections to gay
and lesbian Americans working for federal
contractors until Obama corrects the mistake
announced by White House staff a few weeks
ago and issues an executive order for all
LGBT workers at these companies.
EEOC extends protections to trans workers
CONTI NUED FROM PAGE 1
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14 AFRl L 27, 2012 COVER STORY: NATl ONAL NEWS
MARA KEISLING, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, called the
EEOCs decision a major victory.
EEOC ruling triggers
new call for ENDA
By CHRIS JOHNSON
LGBT rights supporters are continuing to press for passage of the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act, following a ruling this week from a U.S. agency expanding
non-discrimination protections under existing law to include transgender workers.
During a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, Masen Davis, executive
director of the Transgender Law Center, emphasized the need for passage of
ENDA, legislation that would bar employers from discriminating on the basis of
sexual orientation and gender identity.
Davis said ENDA would complement the ruling Monday from the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission that determined Title VII of the Civil Rights
Acts of 1964 covers gender identity.
We still need ENDA, Davis said. This decision is incredibly important. It
means that transgender people throughout the United States now have legal
recourse ... We need to make sure that we couple that with legal protections from
Congress and the courts.
Tobias Wolff, a gay law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said the
ruling doesnt provide non-discrimination protections for gay and lesbian workers
coverage that ENDA would provide. Additionally, Wolff said transgender
workers could face discrimination based on sexual orientation if theyre in a same-
sex relationship that an employer nds objectionable.
If youre a transgender lesbian, for example, then the question of whether
youre protected from discrimination based upon your gender identity is often
put on the table at the same time the question of whether youre protected from
discrimination because youre a lesbian, Wolff said. This ruling speaks to the
rst question; it doesnt speak to the second question.
LGBT organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay
& Lesbian Task Force issued statements calling for the passage of ENDA after the
EEOC decision was rendered.
HRC President Joe Solmonese said it is critical the entire LGBT community
have clear, strong protections against workplace discrimination in federal law.
Policymakers must take every step available to them to ensure all workers
have a level playing eld, including passage of an inclusive Employment Non-
Discrimination Act and the adoption of an executive order barring discrimination
by federal contractors, Solmonese said.
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Christian Berle, Log Cabins deputy
executive director, said the board will make
the endorsement decision in advance of
the Republican National Convention in
Tampa Bay, Fla., this August.
The endorsement of any candidate is
something Log Cabin Republicans takes
very seriously, particularly when it comes
to a presidential nominee, Berle said.
Staff and the board of directors will take
the next several months to review Gov.
Romneys record and his vision for leading
the country. Log Cabin Republicans will
maintain its battle focus on building a
stronger, more inclusive GOP.
If history is any guide, then Log Cabin may
withhold support for Romney because of his
support for the federal amendment. Log
Cabin endorsed George W. Bush in 2000.
But in 2004, the group created a national stir
when it withheld its endorsement of Bushs
re-election due to the presidents support
for a constitutional amendment banning
same-sex marriage. In a 22-2 vote, the
Log Cabin board decided to withhold the
endorsement.
Log Cabins then-president Patrick
Guerriero explained the decision not to
endorse Bush in an op-ed piece published
in the Los Angeles Times.
This year, despite our loyalty to the
party of Ronald Reagan and Abraham
Lincoln, we have decided, after signicant
discussion, to withhold our endorsement
of President Bush, Guerriero wrote. It
was a difcult choice, but our integrity
requires it, and the Republican Partys
future will be stronger because of it.
Although other concerns were cited, the
primary reason for withholding support for
Bush was his call for Congress to pass a
Federal Marriage Amendment to send to
the states for ratication.
The constitutional amendment would
not only ban gay marriage, it would also
jeopardize civil unions and domestic
partnerships, Guerriero said. The
presidents support of an unnecessary and
discriminatory constitutional amendment
ignores the partys belief in state autonomy
and disregards the nations reliance on
federalism. Using the Constitution as
a campaign tool weakens our nations
founding document and erodes our partys
proud tradition of equality and liberty.
In many ways, Romneys views mirror
those of Bush in 2004. Romney signed a
pledge from the National Organization
for Marriage to back a Federal Marriage
Amendment, defend the Defense of
Marriage Act in court and establish a
commission on religious liberty to
investigate the alleged harassment of
same-sex marriage opponents. NOM has
endorsed Romney, whose Free & Strong
America political action committee donated
$10,000 to the organization as it sought
passage of Californias Proposition 8.
Log Cabin has an awkward history with
Romney. In 2007, Log Cabin ran an ad
against Romney in Iowa attacking him
for not being conservative enough. It
included footage of Romney running for
U.S. Senate and expressing pro-choice
views and distancing himself from former
Presidents Reagan and George H.W.
Bush. A message at the end of the ad says
it came from Log Cabin, but the Blade
reported in 2008 that it was nanced by
Gill Action Fund.
For years, hes fought conservatives and
religious extremists, a female voice in the
ad states. Mitt Romney opposed the gun
lobby, even Ronald Reagan. ... A record
ghting the religious right, a pro-choice
record, Massachusetts values: Mitt Romney.
But despite his support for a federal
amendment, Romneys anti-gay positions
arent as extreme as other GOP candidates
who competed against him for the
Republican nomination. In a December
interview with the editorial board of the
Des Moines Register, Romney said hes
not planning on working to reinstate
Dont Ask, Dont Tell, unlike the other
candidates such as former U.S. Sen. Rick
Santorum. Additionally, Romney said that
although he backs a Federal Marriage
Amendment, he doubts the political
wherewithal exists to pass it.
Meanwhile, Romneys decision to hire
Grenell, whos gay and a former Bush
administration ofcial, as his national
security and foreign policy spokesman, was
viewed as a pivot to the political center now
that the primary season is ending. Grenell
has come under re for speaking out on
Twitter against women, Democratic ofcials
and the Gingriches. Around 800 tweets were
reportedly deleted from his account.
Log Cabin threw its support behind
Republican presidential nominee John
McCain in 2008. In a 2008 Q&A with the
Washington Blade, McCain said hed
establish a national AIDS strategy and
would welcome a review of a Dont Ask,
Dont Tell although the lawmaker was
the primary opponent of repeal during
the 2010 legislative effort. As a U.S.
senator, McCain voted against the Federal
Marriage Amendment and didnt run for
president supporting the measure.
Many gay Republicans and Log Cabin
chapter leaders declined to comment
when contacted by the Washington Blade
about whether Log Cabin should endorse
Romney. In a leaked email obtained by the
Blade, Log Cabins national staff told its
chapter leaders not to speak to the Blade
about the endorsement.
We have been informed that Chris
Johnson of the Washington Blade is
reaching out to our chapter leaders with
questions regarding the potential for
Log Cabin Republicans to endorse Mitt
Romney, the email reads. Please redirect
Mr. Johnson to the national staff on this
issue. No endorsement decision has been
made, and it is in the best interest of our
organization to refrain from comment at
this time.
Still, a handful of gay Republicans
voiced support for the idea of a Romney
endorsement when contacted by the Blade.
Bob Kabel, whos gay and chair of
the D.C. Republican Party, responded
favorably when asked if he believes the
national gay organization should throw its
support behind Romney.
I do think Log Cabin should endorse
Romney, Kabel said. Romney has a good
track record as governor of Massachusetts
on gay issues, including appointing a
number of openly gay ofcials in important
positions. Other than on marriage, which
we have a strong disagreement about, he
is actually quite good on gay issues and, in
addition, I think Log Cabin would support
him because of his background and
proven ability to understand the economy
and create jobs. That whats important to
so many people, including gay people.
Although Kabel touts Romneys work
on gay issues in Massachusetts, many
LGBT advocates have criticized him
for working to block legalization of
same-sex marriage in Massachusetts
and resurrecting a 1913 law preventing
non-residents from marrying in the Bay
State. According to MassEquality, Romney
abolished the Governors Commission on
GLBT Youth and rescinded an executive
order prohibiting sexual orientation
discrimination in the state workforce.
Another Republican, former Gov. William
Weld, had put those measures in place.
Jim Driscoll, a gay Nevada-based
activist who served on the Presidential
Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS during the
Bush administration, also called on Log
Cabin to endorse Romney. Driscoll is a
Romney supporter who donated to his
campaign both in 2008 and 2012
and supported him during the Nevada
caucuses.
I think they should endorse him,
Driscoll said. It looks to me as if the only
issue there is the marriage amendment.
This isnt something that Ive followed
closely, but it seems to me that theres
very little chance that that marriage
amendment can pass. Its kind of a
dead issue. I dont see that it has any
momentum. And I suspect that while
[Romney] formally favors it, hes not going
to lift his little nger to do anything to see
that it passes.
Outside groups on the right and left
had their own views on whether Log Cabin
should get behind Romney.
Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of
the gay conservative group GOProud,
refrained from directly saying whether Log
Cabin should endorse Romney.
Its not for me to opine on whether Log
Cabin Republicans should or should not
endorse Gov. Romney, LaSalvia said. It
should be noted, however, that in 2004 they
emphatically stated that they could not
endorse a candidate who supported a Federal
Marriage Amendment, and in 2008 they spent
more than $100,000 to run television and radio
ads attacking Mitt Romney.
Jerame Davis, executive director of
the National Stonewall Democrats, said
any credible organization working for
the LGBT community cannot and should
not endorse Mitt Romney, but noted the
question of an endorsement will likely be a
difcult one for the organization.
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Frank praises Md. marriage law
Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts received an enthusiastic reception as he
addressed more than 200 Democratic partisans in Columbia on April 18. The
event was part of a program sponsored by Howard County for Obama 2012.
In a 30-minute presentation that covered a wide array of issues, Frank
condemned the potential referendum that would overturn the Civil Marriage
Protection Act signed by Gov. Martin OMalley on March 1. I am looking forward
to the people of Maryland showing that equality is alive and well here, he said
to a loud ovation.
Without referring to notes, Frank showcased his signature humor and sarcasm,
poking fun at Republicans opposition to the Affordable Care Act, Wall Street
reform, the Economic Recovery Act, consumer protection and bipartisanship. He
defended the Dodd-Frank law and blamed GOPs control of Congress from 1995-
2007 for allowing the problems to develop in the nancial sector.
He also chided GOP members of Congress for their desire to increase defense
spending at the expense of social programs and the Supreme Court on the
Citizens United ruling, calling it the most signicant threat to our Democracy
since the Civil War. Frank also strongly defended President Obamas stance on
Israel.
Frank, who has been in Congress since 1981 and is retiring and the end of
this term, suggested a bumper sticker for his Democratic colleagues: Were not
perfect but theyre nuts.
On the subject of marriage equality, Frank noted, Everywhere that same-
sex marriage has taken place, after a year or more the opposition dissipates.
He pointed out that in his home state where same-sex marriage has been legal
since 2004, there has been no impact whatsoever on others. Frank added that he
always thought men didnt want to get married but women did, and when same-
sex marriage was legalized, it proved it.
Franks presentation was preceded by Jason Waskey, chairman of the Obama
campaign in Maryland who urged volunteers to help in Obamas re-election
efforts in Maryland and the neighboring battleground states of Pennsylvania
and Virginia. Howard County Executive Ken Ulman introduced Frank, whom
he referred to as a hero, and he reiterated his support for marriage equality to
thunderous applause.
Moveable Feast wins Schaefer award
Moveable Feast was recognized for its community service by receiving the
rst annual William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award on April 18. It was
presented by state Comptroller Peter Franchot.
One service provider from each jurisdiction in Maryland was honored, and
Moveable Feast was chosen from among the Baltimore non-prot service agencies
to receive the award on the day of the rst anniversary of former governor and
Baltimore mayor William Donald Schaefers death.
Don Schaefer was an exemplar of service to the community during his many
years of public ofce, Tom Bonderenko, executive director of Moveable Feast
told the Blade. I am proud to accept this award in his memory as Moveable
Feast exemplies a model of service to some of the most vulnerable citizens in
Maryland: those with serious illness and the poor. Working together, government
and nonprot organizations raise up those who are most oppressed and
neglected. Like Schaefer, Moveable Feast is committed to serving all people in
need of our service.
Moveable Feast provides nutritious foods and other services in order to
preserve quality of life for people with HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and other life-
threatening conditions. For more information, visit mfeast.org.
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perfect but theyre nuts.
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Queer lms screened at Towson
Towson University (800 York Rd., Towson) is having its third annual Queer Film
Festival starting Monday and running through Thursday.
Mondays lms are the 2012 French lm Polariod Song and the 2011 lm
Pariah. The lms will be screened from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in VB204.
Tuesday will include a screening of the 2011 lm Beginners starring Oscar
winner Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor at 8:15 p.m. Before the
screening, there will also be a couple exhibits open for viewing.
The festival ends with screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The
Buffy Musical: Once More, with Feeling starting at 7 p.m. There is a $5 suggested
donation to LGBT Alternative Spring Break and prop kits will be available.
All events will be in room 204 of Van Bokkelen Hall. For more information, visit
towson.edu/qff.
Ebersole in Baltimore for Saturday performance
Tony Award-winning singer and actress Christine Ebersole plays the Baltimore
Hebrew Congregation (7401 Park Heights Ave.) for Night of the Stars Satuday at
8 p.m.
The event will be honoring Martha and Stan Weiman and will benet Religious
School Scholarships and Youth Programs.
Tickets are $75 for general seating.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit bhcong.org.
Gay volleyball tourney this weekend
Charm City Volleyball, a LGBT volleyball organization, is having its annual Charm City
Invitational starting today at the Volleyball House (3635 Furnace Ave., Elkridge).
Registration is tonight at Club Hippo (1 W. Eager St.) from 7 to 11 p.m.
Saturday starts at 7 a.m. with an hour-long warm-up for pool play. There will also
be late sign-in registration at 7:30 a.m. The day ends with a banquet and seeding
party at Club Hippo.
Sunday also starts at 7 a.m. at the House with another warm-up. Double
elimination play begins at 8 a.m. There will be a post-tournament happy hour
from 5 to 8 p.m. at a to be determined location. A post tournament party will be
at Grand Central (1001/1003 N. Charles St.) starting at 8 p.m.
For more information, visit volleybaltimore.org.
Coming out, trans and poz groups to meet at Center
The GLBT Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland (241 West
Chase St.) has a large variety of groups meeting this week.
On Saturday, Sufcient As I Am, a group for youth 24 and younger dealing with
issues of sexuality, coming out, relationships, family and more, meets in room 201
at 12:30 p.m. The Baltimore Trans-Masculine Alliance, a FTM support group, is also
meeting at 6 p.m. in room 202. Tran*quility, a MTF support group meets at 8 p.m.
in room 202.
POZ Men, an LGBT-afrming peer support group for all HIV-positive men,
meets on Wednesday in room 202 at 6 p.m.
For more information on these groups and others, visit glccb.org.
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Towson University. Plummer played gay and won an Oscar.
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President should act
on exec order barring
workplace bias
Its always interesting when people nd it
hard to say thank you and then ask for more
at the same time. Politicians dont have that
problem. How many times do you get a re-
quest for more money either with the thank-
you for your last donation or even before you
got thanked? It may be a little annoying but
that is the way the game is played.
Advocates need to remember we have
to play the game the same way. We can
thank someone for all they have done for us,
make a contribution and give support, while
at the same time demand that they do the
things they promised but havent yet done.
It is kind of like walking and chewing gum at
the same time.
Many of us have fought for equal rights and
advocated for policies that we believe would
make peoples lives better. Chances are as
activists that the older we are the more issues
we have fought for. Whether it was funding for
AIDS education and care, affordable housing,
womens rights, the civil rights movement, new
schools; and I even remember demonstrating
alongside my mom when she was the presi-
dent of the local PTA demanding that the city
plant more trees around our school.
Today when we look at where we have
come in the ght for civil and human rights for
the LGBT community we must agree that we
have made some big strides during the time
that President Obama has been in ofce. Not
all the strides have been due to him but some
of the change in how people look at the LGBT
community has come because he is willing to
talk to and about us in a way that many pre-
vious presidents didnt. We passed marriage
equality in D.C., New York and Maryland and
yes the change in national climate over this is-
sue has made a difference. During his term an
openly gay federal judge has been conrmed,
more openly gay federal workers have been
hired by his administration than ever before,
top-ranking ofcials at OPM are members of
the LGBT community and they have moved
to make things better for our federal workers.
We have seen the repeal of Dont Ask, Dont
Tell and the signing of the Matthew Shepard-
James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act af-
ter years of working for it. So yes we do need
to thank President Obama and he has earned
our support for a second term.
That said, there is no reason not to con-
tinue to push him on the issues that still
are outstanding and that are crucial to the
LGBT community and their families. There
has been no legitimate reason given for the
president not to sign an executive order
outlawing discrimination by federal con-
tractors. This is something that candidate
Obama promised to do when he asked for
our support in 2008. The time to do it is now.
A friend recently asked why we didnt chain
someone else to the White House gate for
this. I responded that we shouldnt need
to and the mainstream media are picking
up this issue with a Washington Post edito-
rial among others demanding the president
act. Contrary to the spin coming from the
White House, this isnt comparable to hate
crimes or repeal of DADT. Those issues re-
quired congressional action; this just needs
the president to pick up a pen.
Some question whether we should push
him to fully evolve on marriage equality.
Many of our allies are now doing just that, in-
cluding members of Congress, mayors and
even members of Obamas campaign urging
that marriage equality be put into the Demo-
cratic platform. It is time and there is no reason
not to push him on this issue as well.
Some activists say if you pledge your
support to him then he has no incentive
to act on the issues you want. I disagree.
In todays world with news cycles and so-
cial media as it is, there are still many rea-
sons to act even when you have already
pledged support. Not signing the execu-
tive order led to eight minutes of a news
conference on this one topic and that will
only be the beginning. The president and
his surrogates will get questioned about
this across the country and they should.
Eventually he will see that signing it is the
smart political thing to do. We will win
and he will win.
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D.C. Council nanny
caucus pushes anti-
enterprise legislative fads
Its hard work maintaining D.C.s long-
standing status at the very bottom of the
barrel as the most small-business-unfriend-
ly jurisdiction in the country. Some local
elected ofcials, however, seem determined
to repeatedly demonstrate that they remain
fully up to the task of preserving the Districts
ignominious distinction.
The latest example of this misguided
enterprise entanglement and penchant for
exceeding the compliance ability of govern-
ment is a bill introduced last week by the co-
horts of what some have begun referring to
as the D.C. Council nanny caucus Mary
Cheh (D-Ward 3), Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6),
Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) and Jim Gra-
ham (D-Ward 1).
A proposed energy bill, heralded in a
news release issued by Council member
Cheh, includes a provision mandating that
local businesses, as well as commercial
properties such as ofce buildings and
service facilities, keep exterior doors and
windows closed when an air conditioner that
cools the adjacent area is in operation.
Pause for eye rolling.
Enforcement would become the re-
sponsibility of the District Department of
the Environment (DDOE), with nes and
penalties to be administered by the De-
partment of Consumer and Regulatory
Affairs (DCRA). No details are offered re-
garding the number of government work-
ers required to be tasked with inspecting
the many thousands of applicable struc-
tures on a regular basis, or even if there
is an adequate number to be pulled from
other priorities to do so.
Exempt under the proposal are enter-
prises operating only a single business lo-
cation, commercial properties of less than
4,000 square feet in size, exclusive of stor-
age space, and hotels or restaurants. An
odd and troubling omission is the lack of a
specied exemption for bars and nightclubs
alongside that for restaurants and hotels.
Regulations of this onerous variety are
commonly introduced without inquiry or
regard for the appraisal of in-house ofcials
evaluating whether the inspection, enforce-
ment and administrative responsibilities ex-
ceed the operational and functional capabil-
ities of already overburdened city agencies.
And, in order to maintain the perception of
cost neutrality, such bills do not include pro-
visions for increased agency stafng or re-
lated activity expenses necessary to actually
implement such business mandates.
Quibbling over real-world practicalities
or considering downstream implications is
not the hallmark of other similar efforts by
these same legislators. Why allow a perfectly
good opportunity to extend the reach and
growth of government to get sidetracked by
mere bureaucratic details?
Is it not understood that business enter-
prises, commercial properties and ofce
buildings are doing everything possible to
reduce waste and eliminate unnecessary
operating expenses? If only the same could
be said of our city government.
Monitoring and maintaining energy and
other efciencies are especially critical in
a locale with the second highest business
taxation rates among states and one of the
most heavily taxed places to live.
While most modern buildings are
close to hermetically sealed, the practice
of propping open or raising a door or two
is usually borne of necessity accommo-
dating patron safety, operational practi-
cality or employee service functions. Ex-
amples include heavily trafcked delivery
docks and service bays, passageways for
patio areas at bars and employee service
personnel paths of access.
What, if any, is the energy use differential
between seeping air and the nearly ubiq-
uitous standard alternative sensor-acti-
vated automatically sliding doors? Would
the proponents deign that local businesses
install behemoth electronic doorway struc-
tures, perhaps with double-doors creating a
sealed chamber-like environment? What
are the inherent carbon trade-offs of such a
costly switch?
This increasingly isolated legislative mi-
nority has proven largely unsuccessful in
gaining traction for similar initiatives among
their colleagues on the 13-member Council.
Thank goddess for small mercies.
However, their policy efforts appear lim-
ited only by what can be cribbed from the
hit lists of special interest groups or that
mimic legislatively trendy mandates offered
up by hyper-regulatory counterparts in other
jurisdictions. A reexive tendency to meddle
in the minutiae of business operation, as if
a parent scolding a small child, has become
as uninchingly normal as commerce itself.
Instead of scheming up overzealous
and ridiculous new business microman-
agement measures of either controversial
or counterproductive merit, we would be
better served by sensible Council mem-
bers supportive of local businesses and
the revenues they generate.
Lets hope this latest provision is quickly
tossed in the legislative dustbin.
Data supporting drug for
HIV prevention weak,
inconclusive
By JAMES DRISCOLL, Ph.D.
Government picking favorites among
technologies on the basis of politics is al-
ways risky.
Political favoritism that clears a regula-
tory path for marketing a new, incomplete-
ly tested, drug can cost lives.
Under pressure from Gilead Sciences
and its AIDS advocate allies, the FDA an-
tivirals advisory panel will soon consider
accelerated approval for Gileads AIDS
treatment drug Truvada for prevention of
HIV infection. Opposition is widespread in
the HIV advocacy and medical communi-
ties. AIDS advocates warn that such ap-
proval would be, at best, years premature.
At worst, it would be an unwarranted, dan-
gerous experiment with public health.
Clinical trial data supporting Truvada
as prevention, or PrEP (pre-exposure pro-
phylaxis), is weak and inconclusive. PrEP
is a far less effective preventative than are
condoms (44 versus 98+ percent in U.S.
conditions). Doctors fear that PrEP will be
used instead of condoms or that its use
will discourage condom usage. Cythia
Davis, an HIV doctor at Drew University
of Medicine in Los Angeles, counsels that
the drug must show 90 percent efcacy to
be used safely in the U.S.
Davis worries that too many people will
think that because they are taking the pill
they will be safe. Dr. Kevin Fenton, CDC
Chief of HIV-AIDS Prevention, has warned:
Some studies suggest that even a small in-
crease in risk behavior due to a false sense
of security about the pills effectiveness
could actually increase HIV infections.
Drug adherence among those already
infected is difcult; it will be even more so
among the uninfected. If the uninfected
lack therapeutic levels of Truvada in their
bloodstream before sex, they will remain
unprotected. Patients will need careful
monitoring and counseling to insure ad-
herence; such handholding will be costly,
inconvenient and in todays economy un-
likely.
Truvada is the most widely used anti-
retroviral (ARV). Poor adherence, by the
uninfected, will generate drug resistant vi-
ral strains. Curbing Truvada resistant
strains is important to the well being of
the HIV infected population and critical for
those who become infected in the future.
ARVs are toxic, healthy people
shouldnt just pop them like vitamin C.
The long-term toxicities of Truvada are un-
known. Kidney damage, diabetes and hy-
pertension have all been reported. Why
risk these toxicities when safer, more ef-
fective prevention methods are readily
available?
The NIH 052 study has proven that
ARV treatment is 96+ percent effective in
preventing infection of HIV-negative part-
ners. Indeed, Science named 052s results
the No. 1 scientic advance of 2011.
Resources for ARV treatment in the U.S.
are stretched to the limit. PrEP approval
will result in scarce resources being di-
verted from proven preventatives that are
96+ percent effective into an experimental
preventive which, even with ideal adher-
ence, promises only 44 percent efcacy.
At $13,000/patient/ year retail, Truvada
is a very expensive drug. In an era of se-
vere scal constraints, Truvada used as
PrEP would not only risk human lives, it
would misallocate public and private re-
sources needed for the healthcare of all
Americans.
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg
has rebuffed appeals to meet with AIDS
doctors and advocates who oppose ac-
celerated approval for PrEP. She is too
busy to listen to them about either the
health risks of PrEP or the political inu-
ence on its behalf. During the Clinton
administration, Commissioner David Kes-
sler met with AIDS advocates more than
20 times to discuss drug approvals.
Kesslers door was open, he listened. Dr.
Hamburg and her staff could learn from
Dr. Kessler. One hopes the Obama White
House can accelerate her learning curve
she appears to be stalled at go.
The FDA plays a crucial role in the ght
against AIDS. When FDA listens to all
AIDS advocates, it advances the solutions.
If FDA closes the door to all but its friends,
it becomes part of the problem.
President Obama has given America
its rst National AIDS Strategy, increased
resources for HIV testing and ADAP, and
sustained funding for international AIDS
treatment in a difcult scal environment.
President Obama has listened and re-
sponded. The FDA needs to follow his
example.
washingtonblade.com
22 AFRl L 27, 2012 OUR BUSl NESS MATTERS
Vl EWFOl NT
Shut the front door on regulatory overreach
Mark Lee is a local small business manager and long-
time community business advocate. Reach him at
OurBusinessMatters@gmail.com.
James Driscoll, Ph.D. is a longtime AIDS activist and
an adviser to AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
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The Point Foundation, with ofces
in New York and Los Angeles, boasts
doctors, lawyers, lmmakers and even the
nations youngest openly gay mayor as
alumni of its scholarship program, which
has connected gay college students with
millions in nancial support and a robust
professional network for more than a
decade.
Yet organizers say there remain
countless LGBT students whose
educations are cut short by limited funds
and unsupportive families. And even
as LGBT youth nd more mainstream
acceptance, interest in the innovative
scholarship program has not dissipated.
In fact its growing, say organizers who
will host a May 3 fundraiser meant to
jumpstart donations and boost nancial
support for the expanding pool of
scholars. The event will take place from
6 to 8 p.m. at the Equality Center (1640
Rhode Island Ave. NW). Tickets are $75.
It will feature remarks from founders
Bruce Lindstrom and Carl Strickland, as
well as success stories shared by some of
the Foundations growing crop of alumni.
Organizers are nalizing this years
recipients from a eld of some 2,000
applicants, up about 33 percent from last
year. Scholars will be announced in June.
Were getting a lot more applications
from geographically diverse parts of the
country, also people of color and women,
says Jorge Valencia, Points executive
director and CEO. Were very happy
with that, a lot of that has to do with our
outreach efforts.
The Washington Cornerstone Society
event named for large gift donors
will be one of eight the foundation plans
this year to help support the roughly 75
scholars it sponsors annually.
The amount of each scholarship
uctuates based on the number of
scholars, but ofcials say the funds
help cover everything from tuition to
living expenses for undergraduates and
graduate students at institutions across
the country. The competitive qualication
process involves a 10-part application
and culminates with phone and in-person
interviews.
Each year, Valencia said, the pile of
applications gets thicker.
Thats why these Cornerstone events
are so important, he says. We need to
be able to raise more money to support
these scholars.
The scholarship programs continued
success is bittersweet, however. Valencia
says its evidence that there remains a lot
of work to be done in boosting acceptance
of LGBT youth.
I hope one day there isnt a need for
organizations that serve underserved
communities, says Valencia, explaining
that though scholarships are not limited
to scholars who face rejection from their
families, those students still comprise
many recipients. The opposition is
ghting even harder to make these young
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With Paul Wharton, its usually about the hair. He calls to answer a few
follow-up questions from the salon. It comes up repeatedly in conversation
and anytime you see him in photos, on TV or in person its obvious his
abundant coiffure is never an afterthought.
So when did it become such a trademark? He says it started as an excuse
when he was a kid.
Ive always said having a bad hair day should be a legitimate reason to miss
school and it really started from me being bullied in school, he says. I actually
want to turn this into a book Ive been working on for a long time. It was never
really about my hair. It was an excuse to try to get to stay home. She never
bought it though. Shed say, Your hair is ne, now get on out the door.
Wharton says he noticed it becoming part of his on-screen persona when he
rst went into professional TV with the MTV show Made in 2003.
I kind of went from curly to straight to curly to straight but I think now Ive
straightened it so much, it wont really go back to curly like it used to. Ive
had too many blow outs, too much coloring over the years. I try it now and
it just gets tangled. I used to have these really great corkscrew curls but Ive
overblown it I guess.
Wharton, a 34-year-old Cleveland native who mostly grew up in the D.C. area,
spent several years in New York working on his career. After Made, he was
a model coach on VH-1s The Agency and also worked on TV Lands Shes
Got the Look, TV Ones MakeoverManor, BETs Who Wore What and, of
course, Bravos Real Housewives of D.C. Look for him now on Sundays at
noon on Channel 50 with Paul Wharton Style, a new series he calls a fashion,
beauty and lifestyle talk show, that debuted this month.
Its evolved into something with a little more of a reality aspect, he says.
We started more by showing the party or whatever the segment was and we
started nding the more interesting stuff was following people around getting
ready for it. We wanted a sense of what my real life is, so its evolved into
more of a lifestyle show.
Wharton spent about seven years in New York but was lured back to D.C. by
family and a former relationship. Hes single now and lives downtown with his
dog, Oscar. Wharton enjoys writing and relaxing with spiritual coaching, yoga,
massages, spas and church. Find him online at paulwhartonstyle.com.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
I came out when I was 19. It was most
difcult to tell my parents. They both
needed some time and I gave them
space. Were all very close and theyre
extremely supportive to this day.

WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
My LGBT heroes are the gay people I
see strut down the street with over-the-
top style, unafraid and unapologetic for
being who they are.

WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
I like the bartenders and two-for-one
drinks at Number 9 for happy hour, the
eclectic crowd, old school music and
dancing on the couches at Darnells
Lounge on Fridays and the immensely
entertaining Drag Show at Town on
Saturday nights.

DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
My wedding would be ofciated by
my best friend Omarosa, shed also
give me spiritual counseling and advice
on my pre-nuptial agreement (I joke!).
Id like all of my closest friends and
family to surround us at the altar and
for my godmother Rev. Marcia Dyson to
bless our union and give my would-be
husband the side eye so he knows not to
mess up.

WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
Hunger and health care. Im the
ambassador against hunger at Capital
Area Food Bank (capitalareafoodbank.
org).
WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.

WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
I was 5 years old when Michael
Jackson performed Billie Jean on
Motowns 25th anniversary show.

ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
I insist on taking one day a week for
myself without any obligations or a
schedule to keep. No matter how crazed
I get during the week, I know that Ill
have my day coming up soon.

WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
Tweet Rollin to get my hair done then
a photo shoot with @drewxeron and
intrvw with @washingtonblade.

IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
Bad Hair Days should be an Excused
Absence from School

IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I would break into the science lab late
at night and pour the evil orientation-
changing formula down the drain. God
made me this way and Im not changing.

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
I believe in love and the healing power
of love.

WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
MOVEMENT LEADERS?
My message would be to not give
up no matter how much you dont feel
heard or appreciated (even by your own
LGBT community). Continue to stand for
something and let your voice be heard
on behalf of the people.

WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS
HOT COALS FOR?
Thats a long list. My family, my hair
stylist, world peace, large sums of cash
we could be here all day.

WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS
YOU MOST?
Im most annoyed when Im in a
business meeting and a straight male
executive starts talking in gay street
slang usually, Oh no she didnt or
some other played-out saying while
waving his neck from side to side. When
its time to do business, I like to do
business.

WHATS YOUR FAVORITE LGBT
MOVIE?
The Birdcage is my favorite. Ive
seen it 50 times and still nd it hilarious.
I also liked The Broken Hearts Club,
Milk and Brokeback Mountain.

WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
Saying goodbye to other guests at a
social event is really overrated. I dont
think its necessary to work the room with
100 hellos shaking hands and kissing
babies and then when youre ready to
leave, doing it all over again. When Im
ready to roll, Im out.

WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE DO YOU
MOST COVET?
My three awards from D.C. Child and
Family Services acknowledging my work
with the Foster Youth program.

WHAT DO YOU WISH YOUD KNOWN
AT 18?
I wish I had known to keep a journal.
Every now and then I have a ash back
to a party, person or amazing experience
and I run over to my desk and write it
down. I feel like Ive had ve lives and
itd be really mind blowing to be able to
look back on them in full detail.

WHY WASHINGTON?
I lived in New York for several years
and still spend a lot of time there. New
York is fabulous but theres no place like
home.
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Performed in Italian with English supertitles.
David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of WNO.
Generous support for WNO Italian opera is provided by Daniel and Gayle DAniello.
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Youth Pride gears up for weekend events
D.C.s Youth Pride is celebrating its 15
th
year Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. in Dupont
Circle.
The day will include performances, games, speakers, resources, free stuff and more.
Different groups and organizations will also have booths set up around the circle.
Infatuation, the Youth Pride after pary, begins at 5 p.m. at Patty Boom Boom (1359 U
St., N.W.) with DJ Keenan spinning house, electro, Baltimore club and more until 9 p.m.
Attendees must be 21 or younger and there is a $3 cover.
Youth Pride Alliance doesnt just produce Youth pride, its staff also organize events for
other LGBT youth throughout the year.
Some of this years sponsors include the D.C. Center, The Trevor Project, SYMAL and
more.
For more information, visit youthpridedc.org or youthpridealliance.org.
Jerrys Girls in Camp Rehoboth
Broadways Jerrys Girls is coming to Camp Rehoboth (37 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth
Beach) starting tonight and will sun through Sunday.
Starring the Annapolis Divas, Jerrys Girls celebrates the work of songwriter Jerry
Herman, who wrote hits like Hello Dolly! and La Cage Aux Folles. The show is under
the direction of lesbian Fay Jacobs.
The show will be tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit camprehoboth.com.
Freddies hosts Va. pageant
The Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance is once again holding the Miss Gay Arlington
pageant on Saturday at Freddies Beach Bar and Restaurant (555 23rd St., South,
Arlington).
This years theme is Mardi Gras and there will be four categories in which contestants
will be judged. The categories are presentation, talent, evening gown and on stage
question. The winner will receive a prize packaged valued at $850.
The night will also include a nal performance by the current reigning Miss Gay
Arlington, Diamond D. Bottoms.
For more information, visit agla.org.
Rainbow Families to hold D.C. conference
Rainbow Families D.C. is having its 2012 Family Conference on Saturday at the
Georgetown Day School (4200 Davenport St., N.W.) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This years keynote speaker is David Valdes Greenwoord, a nonction author and
playwright who has written about same-sex marriage and parenting for the Boston Globe
and in his book, Homo Domesticus: notes from a Same-Sex Marriage.
The event will also include a resource fair that will be open throughout the day. There
will be three blocks of interest sessions covering topics such as paths to parenthood,
supporting families and more.
There will also be activities for children.
For more information, visit frd.memberclicks.net.
Lady Bunny hops into town

Drag queen Lady Bunny will be at LEnfant Caf (2000 18th St., N.W.) on Sunday
with Flotilla DeBarge for the dinner show at 7 p.m. and the late show at 10:30 p.m.
Lady Bunny isnt just a drag queen shes a comedian, emcee, singer/
songwriter and the founder, organizer and hostess of Wigstock.
Shes also made appearances on television in shows like Sex and the City
as well as lms like Dragtime, Party Girl, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for
Everything, Julie Newmar.
For more information on Lady Bunny, visit ladybunny.net.
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Several LGBT winners
at D.C. regional
theater awards
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Monday nights 28th annual Helen
Hayes Awards had many winners, but the
evenings rst was playwright Marc Acito.
He won the Charles MacArthur Award
for Outstanding New Play or Musical for
his Birds of a Feather, a comedy about
a pair of gay penguins living together in
New Yorks Central Park. Acito, who is gay,
thanked his own longtime partner who
couldnt make the event.
Next up, Michael Baron (also gay) won
Outstanding Director Resident Musical for
his work on A Year with Frog and Toad at
Adventure Theatre. He thanked his partner
whom hed left at home in Oklahoma.
The absentee boyfriend trend soon
ended. When topnotch musical director
Jon Kalbeisch was singled out of
Outstanding Musical Direction in a
Resident Musical, he happily thanked his
date who was seated close to the stage.
Presented by theatreWashington, the
Helen Hayes Awards was co-hosted by
notable local actors Holly Twyford and Felicia
Curry. (In recent years, there had been pairs
of presenters but no designated emcee per
se. The return to hosts is a fun correction).
Twyford, who is gay, and Curry underwent a
half-dozen glamorous costume changes and
traded insider references and gossipy tidbits.
Its exactly what the raucous audience seemed
to want. After all, the Helen Hayes Awards is
primarily a celebration of all that is local theater.
Every April, the awards are handed
out to reward excellence in Washington-
area professional theater. During the
2011 season, 53 theatres produced
192 productions that met eligibility
requirements in the Jan.-Dec. judging
cycle. From these shows, 153 artists,
productions and ensembles from 26
theatres were nominated for awards
and from these nominees, a large
pool of judges carefully selected the
evenings winners.
Longtime Helen Hayes (and now
theatreWashington) honcho Victor
Shargai presented the prestigious Helen
Hayes Tribute (sponsored and awarded
by philanthropist Jaylee Mead) to Kevin
Spacey, in honor of the famous actors
enduring career and advocacy for arts
funding. A two-time Oscar winner
(American Beauty and The Usual
Suspects.), Spacey, who is rumored to
be gay but opts not to publicly discuss his
orientation, is also a man of the theater:
He won a Tony for the in Lost in Yonkers
in 1991 and most recently toured the
world in a Sam Mendes production of
Richard III. He has worked as a director,
screenwriter, producer and singer and is
artistic director at the Old Vic in London.
Spaceys acceptance speech was
the highlight of the night. In about
10 minutes or so, he dropped several
F bombs, did a couple of spot-on
impersonations, waxed nostalgic,
advised on the importance of giving
back and ultimately inspired a house
full of theater folks to live their dreams.
The tribute included a short lm on
Spaceys career, and much to the
audiences surprise and delight a warm
videotaped message from Spacey friend
and fan, President Bill Clinton. Past honorees
include Derek Jacobi, James Earl Jones,
Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim, and
the awards namesake, Helen Hayes.
Other deserving winners included
delightful newcomer Matthew Delorenzo.
He was awarded Outstanding Supporting
Actor Resident Musical for his portrayal
of Warhol superstar Candy Darling
in Studio Theatre 2ndStages Pop!
Michael Bobbitt, Adventure Theatres gay
artistic director accepted the prize for
Outstanding Production Theatre for Young
Audiences on behalf of his companys
charming production of Charlottes
Web, staged by talented gay director
Serge Seiden. The John Aniello Award for
Outstanding Emerging Theater Company
(named in memory of Victor Shargais
theater-loving, late partner) to Faction of
Fools, a performance group rooted in the
Italian Commedia dellArte style currently
in residence at Gallaudet University.
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FRI, APR 27
Sandwalk, Clarice Smith. 301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
SAT, APR 28
WNO: Nabucco, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Wives & Wit, Washington Stage Guild,
Undercroft Theatre. 20-247-9620.
stageguild.org.
Strathmore Unleashed!, Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
WED, MAY 2
A Thing or Two, Washington
Printmakers Gallery. 301-273-3660.
washingtonprintmakers.com.
THU, MAY 3
NSO Pops: Marvin Gayes Whats Going
On with John Legend, Kennedy Center.
Metamorphoses, Constellation Theatre
Company at Source. 1-800-494-8497.
constellationtheatre.org.
LAST CHANCE
SAT, APR 28
On The Waterfront, American Century
Theater, Gunston Arts Center.
703-998-4555. americancentury.org.
A Night with the Town Drunk 2, DCAC.
202-462-7822. dcartscenter.org.
SUN, APR 29
In the Tower: Mel Bochner, National
Gallery of Art. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Miss Havishams Fire (Argento
Celebration), Clarice Smith.
301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
Ripography: Works with Paper, DCAC.
202-462-7822. dcartscenter.org.
Spidermusical, Landless Theatre
Company, DCAC. 202-462-7822.
landlesstheatre.com.
Spring, Washington Printmakers Gallery.
301-273-3660.
washingtonprintmakers.com.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
APR 27 - APR 29
Tamara Wellons in Concert, Joes
Movement Emporium. 301-699-1819.
joesmovement.org.
APR 28 - APR 29
Sarah Chang, National Philharmonic,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
nationalphilharmonic.org.
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Marjane Satrapi, Lisner Auditorium.
202-994-6800. lisner.org.
Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
SAT, APR 28
Late Night Expressions, Joes Movement
Emporium. 301-699-1819.
joesmovement.org.
The Emerson String Quartet, Baird
Auditorium, Smithsonian. 202-633-3030.
residentassociates.org.
The Nields, Barns Wolf Trap.
1-877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
SUN, APR 29
Film Series: Japanese Divas: Tokyo
Twilight, National Gallery of Art.
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Washington Bach Consort: Heaven on
Earth, National Presbyterian Church.
202-429-2121. bachconsort.org.
WED, MAY 2
Art After Hours: Nitanju, Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
THU, MAY 3
Abraham Inc., Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
The Morgenstern Trio, Kennedy Center.
ONGOING STAGE
The Big Meal, Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
Arias With A Twist, Woolly Mammoth.
202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net.
The 39 Steps, Olney Theatre Center.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre2.org.
1776, Fords Theatre. 202-347-4833.
fords.org.
Working: The Musical, Keegan Theatre
at Church Street. 703-892-0202.
keegantheatre.com.
The Seafarer, SCENA Theatre, H Street
Playhouse. 703-683-2824.
ScenaTheater.org.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, Workhouse Arts Center.
703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
National Gallery of Art. Picassos Drawings,
18901921: Reinventing Tradition, A New
Look: Samuel F.B. Morses Gallery of the
Louvre, The Baroque Genius of Giovanni
Benedetto Castiglione, I Spy: Photography
and the Theater of the Street. 202-737-
4215. nga.gov.
National Geographic. Titanic: 100
Year Obsession, Samurai: The Warrior
Transformed. 202-857-7000. nglive.org/dc.
Museum of Women in the Arts. R(ad)
ical Love: Sister Mary Corita, Royalists
to Romantics, Women Silversmiths from
the NMWA Collection. 202-783-5000.
the5x5project.com.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Tim
Hetherington: Sleeping Soldiers, Crossing
the Line: 2012 Alumni Exhibition, NEXT
at the Corcoran: Class of 2012. 202-639-
1700. corcoran.org.
Kreeger Museum. Special Exhibition:
JOAN MIRO From the Collection of
The Kreeger Museum. 202-338-3552.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Archives. Benjamin Franklin: In
Search of a Better World. 202-357-5000.
archives.gov.
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THROUGH SUN, MAY 20
202- 639- 1700. CORCORAN. ORG.
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interactive, and innovative presentation of work by their graduating students.
CROWN OF SHADOWS: THE WAKE OF ODYSSEUS
THROUGH SUN, MAY 6
ROUND HOUSE THEATRE BETHESDA. 240- 644- 1100.
ROUNDHOUSETHEATRE. ORG.
This gripping, modern take on The Odyssey uses contemporary language and
leanings to paint a chilling portrait of the family the warrior leaves behind.
EI KO & KOMA: CARAVAN PROJECT
THU, MAY 3 THROUGH SAT, MAY 5
CLARICE SMITH. 301-405-ARTS. CLARICESMITHCENTER.UMD.EDU.
Under the night sky, the doors of a specially modied trailer open on all four
sides to reveal the installation that nestles Eiko and Komas bodies. During their
performance, the audience is free to come and go; people can view the work
from whatever perspective they choose and leave when they are satised.
MAMACITA LINDA: LETTERS BETWEEN FRIDA KAHLO AND HER MOTHER
TUE, MAY 1 THRU TUES, JULY 31
MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS. 202-783-5000. NMWA.ORG.
This exhibition showcases a selection of heartfelt letters sent between Frida and
her mother in the years just before her mothers death.
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Many singles want
to nd romance, but
appearing too eager can
thwart your efforts
By MEGHANN NOVINSKIE &
KIM ROSENBERG
Its important when searching for love
to not give off a sense of desperation
approaching your search with desperation
is setting yourself up for failure.
Were not judging many of us have
been there. But the way you approach it
can make all the difference.
Its an easy trap to fall into. Many
of us have craved ardently for a good
relationship and felt like all our friends
are joined up. But this is one time where
drastic situations should not call for
drastic measures. Think about why you
feel you need someone so badly. Is there
a void youre trying to ll? Do you really
want to be in a committed relationship
or are you just looking to t someone
into the ideal mold of a relationship you
so badly crave? If so, this is the wrong
reason to be looking.
Even if youre not feeling desperate,
navigating the waters of dating is
challenging. You may not realize that
the look on your face might be the
puppy dog look, which few people
nd attractive. Hitting the bar or LGBT
networking circuit with this look usually
turns potential daters into missed
opportunities. Some more immature
singles might go as far as to try and
sabotage friends relationships so they
arent the only one single, and again,
work against their true goal of nding
a mate.
Heres the scenario: You start cruising
the bar, looking for that special someone,
who might be attractive or pay you a
couple minutes of attention. From an
outside perspective, its a bit creepy
seeing someone lurking around every
corner, checking out every well-dressed
lady/gent. You nally see someone who
catches your eye. What happens when
you actually approach him? The look of
desperation shows on our face and in
your mannerisms not cute. Do you
slur your words because you are drunk,
perhaps self-medicating and feeling
sorry for yourself? Hopefully not, but
unfortunately many have made this
mistake. Take a deep breath, relax and
reevaluate your dating goals to which
extent are you going to nd a serious
relationship? Timing has a lot to do with
dating. Be proactive and do something
different if the bar scene hasnt worked
for you yet, it certainly wont now.
Maybe you arent the bar scene type, so
take it to the next level and begin dating
online. This can be time consuming for
most professionals, but writing how
amazing you are and describing your
positive qualities on paper might be
a good condence boost. Desperate
singles might write a prole about how
they are a hopeless romantic or are the
type to love the little things in life, but
this can read like a cry for help. Selling
yourself online is very hard for many
people to do. Solution? Have friends
help write your online dating prole.
They know you best and can describe you
from a genuine perspective. Too shy to
ask a friend for help? We know of a few
agencies that will assist you in writing an
online prole for you.
If you think you might be desperate
in your relationship search and are
considering hiring a matchmaker or
personal dating coach, there are a few
things to consider rst. For starters, why
are you feeling desperate? What is your
true level of self-condence? Why is a
relationship important to you? Modeling
your own goals after what friends or family
want for you may not be the right path.
Break down your true goals and feelings
about your future relationship with your
dating coach. Any professional in our
industry understands how hard dating can
be, so be direct and open and dont put
up a tough front just to appear that you
dont need help. We want nothing more
than for you to succeed but we cant help
you reach your goals without honesty and
true self-evaluation.
As matchmakers and being in the
business of helping people fall in love, we
know that unless you are ready to let go of
control and be open to experiencing the
process in mature dating, you wont be
successful. Everyone wants to nd love,
but we have been doing this long enough
to know that desperate daters are usually
the people who will take much longer to
nd their special someone.
A good rst step in getting over your
desperation is not to point ngers at
everyone else because you are single.
You cant love someone else if you dont
love yourself. Self-condence is a very
attractive quality. Desperation screams
insecurity. Step up to the plate, take a look
in the mirror and see if you are ready to do
the work to meet that special someone.
Specic question or need advice?
Email us at info@mixologydc.com or
follow us on Twitter @MegNovinskie @
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of spring activities planned
By KEVIN MAJOROS
Earlier this month, 33 local LGBT sports
teams gathered at Room & Board on
14th Street for Team D.C.s sportsfest. In
addition to long time mainstays such as
the D.C. Frontrunners and the Federal
Triangles Soccer Club, there were some
newer clubs making their presence known
on the LGBT sports scene.
The D.C. Cherry Bombs are a recently
formed LGBT friendly womens ag football
team that hopes to compete on a local and
national level. The group will compete at a
tournament in Maryland next month and
is hoping to put a team together for the
womens division of the Gay Super Bowl
in Denver in September. Practices are at
Garrison Elementary School on Saturdays
at 11 a.m. They can be found on Facebook
at D.C. Cherry Bombs.
The predominately straight group
D.C. Triathlon Club was at Sportsfest
to encourage members of the LGBT
community to join them in training and
competing in triathlons. The group recently
hosted a happy hour at MOVA with more
planned. The group offers a large variety of
workout opportunities and members can
get discounts from several local retailers.
More information is at dctriclub.org.
Ultimate Out is a LGBT-friendly coed
Ultimate Frisbee team that meets twice
weekly. One night is reserved for league
play in the Washington Area Frisbee Club
recreational league. The other meet-up is
for pick up play with athletes of all skill
levels welcome to join. Write the group
at ultimatefrisbee@gmail.com for more
information.
The Washington Wetskins water polo
team is the longest running, continuously
operating LGBT water polo team in
the nation. Its members practice on
Mondays and Wednesdays at the Tacoma
Recreation Center from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
All skill levels are welcome and they can
be reached at wetskins.org.
Charm City Volleyball hosts social
play on Wednesdays at the Mt. Royal
Recreational Center in Baltimore from
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sundays are reserved
for competitive play, scrimmages and
team practices at the Volleyball House in
Elkridge, Md., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This weekend, starting on Saturday
morning, the group will host the 27th
annual Charm City Invitational at the
Volleyball House where 40 teams will be
competing in pool play on Saturday and
will return for double elimination play on
Sunday. Social festivities will run the course
of the weekend in Baltimore. Details are at
volleybaltimore.org.
Stonewall Kickball is in the middle of its
spring season and will break for its All-Stars
game on May 5 at Stead Park beginning at
4 p.m. League playoffs and nals will be
wrapped up on May 20.. Stay tuned for
fall registration as the team rosters ll up
fast. Also coming up for the group is the
hilarious Drag Kickball event on June 3 at
Stead Park from 3 to 5 p.m. Keep up with
the kickballers at stonewallkickball.com.
The Capital Splats racquetball club
has begun league play, which is primarily
held at the Washington D.C. Jewish
Community Center. New players can still
be phased into the league which consists
of three divisions, each of which has two
tiers. Check out their new website at
capitalsplats.org.
Rainbow Climbing D.C. can be found
climbing on a weekly basis either indoor
or outdoor. Indoor climbing sessions are
at Earth Treks in Rockville or Sportrock in
Alexandria. The group can sometimes be
found outdoors at Carderock, just west of
Bethesda. Meet up information is on their
Facebook page at Rainbow Climbing D.C.
20,000 leagues
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D.C. Women4Women presents Tryst,
a monthly professional lesbian happy
hour, tonight at Topaz Bar (1733 N St.,
N.W.) from 7 to 10 p.m. with exclusive food
and drink specials from 7 to 9 p.m.
Positive Force D.C. presents Trophy
Wife, War on Women, Fell Types and Fires
in a benet concert for D.C. Trans Coalition
tonight at St. Stephen and the Incarnation
Episcopal Church (1525 Newton St.,
N.W.) at 7 p.m. There is a $5 suggested
donation. For more information, visit
dctranscoalition.wordpress.com.
Beat City, a queer lounge night, is tonight
at Chief Ikes Mambo Room (1725 Columbia
Rd., N.W.) from 9:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.
Towns (2009 8th St., N.W.) Bear Happy
Hour presents Bearaoke tonight from 7
to 10 p.m. on the rst oor, with mistress
of ceremonies Tre. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists play
Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.) tonight at
9 p.m. with Mary Christ and The Tender
Thrill. Tickets are $15 and available online
at blackcatdc.com.
The Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.)
presents Come Fly Away, Twyla Tharps
Broadway musical featuring Frank Sinatras
greatest hits. Tickets range from $69 to
$125 and are available online at kennedy-
center.org.
Tonight is LGBT Night at ArtSpring
(7014B Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park)
from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit
artspringsilverspring.com.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Girlyman with Edie Carey plays the
Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave.,
Alexandria) tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
$15 and available online at birchmere.com.
Bill Cosby performs at the Kennedy
Center (2700 F St., N.W.) tonight at 7 p.m.
Tickets range from $54.50 to $79.50 and
are available online kennedy-center.org.
The D.C. Center Women present an
evening at CulinAerie (1131 14th St., N.W.)
tonight 6:30 p.m. Attendees will make
warm asparagus salad, seared salmon
with black pepper crust and a chocolate
tart with espresso anglaise. Tickets are $85
each and $10 from each ticket goes to the
D.C. Center. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org or culinaerie.com.
Tom From Prague brings Tainted Love:
An International 80s Dance Party at
Green Lantern (1335 Green Court, N.W.)
tonight from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. There is a
$5 cover.
The stars of collegedudes.com, AJ
Monroe and Devin Adams, perform live
tonight as well as sign autographs and
pose for photos at Town, (2009 8th St.,
N.W.). DJ Drew G will be spinning. Cover
is $8 before 11 and $12 afterward. All
attendees must be 21 or older. Doors
open at 10 p.m.
Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.)
presents Hellmouth Happy Hour where
every week an episode of Buffy the
Vampire Slayer will be screened and
drink specials will be offered. This week
the episode is Living Conditions. Doors
open at 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 29
Suzanne Vega and Duncan Sheik play
the Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Ave.,
Alexandria) tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
$45 and available online at birchmere.com.
Classically trained musicians Black
Violin play the Kennedy Center (2700 F
St., N.W.) today at 1:30 and 4 p.m. Tickets
are $18 and available online at kennedy-
center.org.
Todays the last day to see Touchstone
Gallerys (901 New York Ave., N.W.)
exhibits Spirit and Enigma featuring
ceramic sculptures by Bill Mould and
String theory featuring works by Elena
Tchernomazova. The gallery is open from
noon to 5 p.m. For more information,
visit touchstonegallery.com.
MONDAY, APRIL 30
Nickelback plays Verizon Center (601
F St., N.W.) tonight with Bush, Seether
and My Darkest Days at 6 p.m. Tickets
range from $75 to $89.50 and are available
online at ticketmaster.com. Doors open at
4:30 p.m.
Whitman-Walker Health is having a
series of Community Conversations
this year and the next Conversation is
Improving Health of LGBT Elders
tonight at the D.C. Center (1318 U St.,
N.W.) at 7 p.m. For more information and
a complete list of the series conversations,
visit whitman-walker.org.
TUESDAY, MAY 1
The Chesapeake Squares, a gay square
dancing group, is having a mainstream-
through-advanced club night tonight at
the Waxter Center (1000 Cathedral St.)
in Baltimore from 8 to 10 p.m. For more
information, visit chesapeakesquares.org.
Join Burgundy Crescent Volunteers to
help pack safer sex kits from 7 to 9 p.m.
tonight at FUK!Ts packing location, Green
Lantern, 1335 Green Ct., N.W.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
Riot Act Comedy Theaters (801 E
St., N.W.) monthly gay and gay-friendly
comedy show Gay-larious returns
tonight at 8 p.m. with Lori Sommer, Emma
Willmann, Sampson McCormick and
co-founders Chris Doucette and Zach
Toczynski. Tickets are $15 and can be
purchased online at riotactcomedy.com.
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. tonight. 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 $30. For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
THURSDAY, MAY 3
Log Cabin Republicans holds its monthly
happy hour at Nellies (900 U St., N.W.) tonight
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the roof deck
featuring a new drink, The Pink Elephant.
Phase 1 of Dupont (1415 22nd St., N.W.)
presents Jock U a mens college night
hosted by Secrets. Doors open at 9 p.m.
No cover before 11 p.m. with college ID.
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two weeks prior to your event. Space is limited so
priority is given to LGBT-specic events or those
with LGBT participants. Recurring events must be
re-submitted each time.
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people all over the country and all over
the world really feel less than equal, so the
need is just as high as ever before.
For Ashland Johnson, rejection
came not from her family, but from her
employers.
I worked at Morehouse School of
Medicine, my boss found out I was gay
and I was red, says Johnson, who
channeled the messy experience which
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Theyve accelerated my ability to pay
it forward and help the LGBT community,
ONeill says of the foundation. Theyve
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afrm that Im part of this large LGBT
community.
Scholars also gain access to the
foundations large network of prestigious
alumni, including one who epitomizes
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Alex Morse, mayor of Holyoke, Mass.,
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The Point Foundation assisted me
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it introduced me to an intergenerational
network of successful members of the
[LGBT] community from all across the
country. It helped give me the condence I
needed to achieve my goals and set me on
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So you have a room in your
house that you just cant keep
warm. Sound familiar? Maybe
your energy bills are too high. In
the summer the top oor is just
too darn hot and you are more
comfortable on the lowest level
of the home.
How do you solve these
common issues? Certainly you
can call a window company or
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even an insulation company.
They say you will be more
comfortable and save energy
all at the same time by using
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Having been in the home
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There is an old saying that,
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In Northern Virginia there are
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perform home energy audits.
Most of these rms are what
you would call solutions-based
organizations. In other words,
they nd out scientically what
the underlying issues in your
home are to cause the home
to be uncomfortable and be
an energy hog. They provide
you with a comprehensive
report and recommended
repairs for your particular home.
The goal of the audit is to give
you a roadmap to follow so you
dont make a decision to spend
money on a product or service
that does not give you the best
results for your money.
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measurement of the home is
done for later calculations. The
auditor will then prepare the
home for a blower door test.
This test will help determine
how leaky the home is. This is
when they will use an infrared
camera and smoke puffers to
nd the hidden comfort issues
and energy losses. After they
conduct the blower door test,
they will take readings from
the equipment and produce a
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What are the common things
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Duct leakage from the HVAC
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By TOM DANIEL
Walk, bike or drive on 8th St. S.E., near
Eastern Market and you will see a long
block of homes with old slate turret roofs,
with built-in gutters below and nials, the
decorative metal ornaments, at the peak.
A turret is a small tower that projects
vertically from a building and were origi-
nally castle appendages. These beauti-
ful roofs are most often found on Queen
Anne-style three story homes throughout
the Capitol Hill Historic District. While
distinctive, they also present a challenge
to home-owners needing to repair or re-
place these roofs.
Many of these slate turret roofs are
original and are more than 100 years old.
There are four aspects of these roofs that
must be considered in a holistic way order
to properly assess the situation. A home-
owner and his or her roong advisor must
consider the condition of the slate, the
wood substrate below the slate, the built-
in gutter below the roof (also known as
a water table) and the metal decorative
nial at the peak. One must also deter-
mine the best plan for the work.
Homeowners Joe and Vicki Smith on
8th St. S.E. had an old turret roof, built-in
gutter and nial. They were all originals.
Over the years numerous repairs had
been made to the roof and gutter. They
had been painted with aluminum roong
paint, coated with liquid asphalt, individ-
ual slate pieces had been repaired and
replaced and the slate had been repaired
with other various roong materials. All
the repairs had run their course. The time
was now to consider a long-term solution.
The Smiths chose to go with tradition-
al products. They had recently replaced
their main roof with copper because of
their long-term horizon and chose tra-
ditional natural slate and copper for the
built-in gutter. These products are both
very high quality, long lasting and aes-
thetically appealing.
Once the type of materials was chosen,
the plan of action had to be put in place.
This is difcult work because a roong
contractor cannot just put up a ladder
and go to work. Turret roofs project high
above the roof line and even long, 60-
foot ladders are ineffective to complete
the work. OSHA also has requirements
for these types of projects.
Scaffolding was installed to the front
of the house, which enabled the roofers
to properly do their work. This work also
requires a high level of skill and handi-
work to correctly measure and cut each
piece of slate.
After removing the old slate, gutter
and nial, the exposed wood revealed
signicant water damage that had oc-
curred over the years. This was the start-
ing point on the road to replacement.
Working from the bottom up, the rst
step was to replace damaged lumber
where needed on both the turret and the
gutter. Once this was completed, the new
copper gutter/water table was installed.
Copper will last many years and must
be joined at the seams by a soldering
process in which metal items are joined
together by melting and owing a ller
metal into the joint. Then its time to cut
and nail individual pieces of slate, piece
by piece, onto the wood base of the tur-
ret. Its important to use copper nails for
their long lasting qualities. The last part
of the process is to install a new nial at
the peak. There are many options.
The nished product reminds one of
the historical and traditional signicance of
these Hill homes and transports us to a time
when the Hill was at its origins.
Replacing a Turret Roof
in Capitol Hill
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202.704.8213 DC/MD/VA.
CATERING
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winner of the 2011 Angies List Super
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COUNSELING
A MINDFULNESS-BASED MENTAL
HEALTH PRACTICE specializing
in a holistic approach to anxiety,
depression, careers, && relationships.
20 years experience helping people
identify & overcome impediments
to a fullling life, satisfying careers,
& healthy relationships. Jonathan
Kirkendall MA LPC, 202.550.3589, www.
dclpc.com.
LGBTQ AFFIRMING THERAPY at
Dupont Circle Individuals, couples,
families, adolescents. Over 15
years serving the community. Mike
Giordano, LICSW. 202/460-6384 mike.
giordano.msw@gmail.com. www.
WhatIHearYouSaying.com.
COUNSELING FOR GAY MEN.
Individual/couple counseling with
volunteer peer counselor. Gay Mens
Counseling Community since 1973.
202-265-6495. gaymenscounseling.
org. No fees, donation requested.
CHANGES ARE EASIER WITH
HELP. Small, private practice
group of experienced, caring
therapists. Safe, condential
setting. Ofces in Woodley Park &
Takoma Park near Metro. Licensed
professionals. Insurance
reimbursable. Washington Therapy
Guild. Call 202-483-2660. www.
therapyguild.net.
ITS ALL ABOUT Change! Lesbian
Group, 30-65. Relationships, Careers,
Retirement, Interpersonal Skills,
Assertiveness. Tuesday evenings in
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GRACE RIDDELL, LICSW. GRiddell@
lgbtc.com. LGBTC.com.
DATING
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EMPLOYMENT
SAVVY MARKETING COMPANY
Looking for Top Salespeople.
Company: Direct Male, a direct online
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gay consumer market in Washington
D.C. Position: Advertising Sales
Executive. Pay: Base (DOE) + Comm,
benets. Responsibilities: Calling local
businesses and developing advertising
packages for them. The sales cycle
ranges (on average) from 1 week to 2
months. Our sales team performs the
following functions: inside and outside
sales, qualifying leads, consistent
follow-up, negotiating contracts,
and closing 4-7 deals per month.
Experience: Proven sales success,
1-3 years, advertising sales preferred;
Ability to multi-task at an exceptional
level; Quick learner; Competitive
drive with a team mentality. Company
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exible, fun and driven. We maintain a
positive atmosphere with a work hard,
play hard mentality. Were looking for a
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a great attitude, and a desire to exceed
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helping with extra projects when
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LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANTS
NEEDED! The Crew Club, a gay mens
naturist gym & sauna, is now hiring
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toilets & do heavy cleaning. You must
be physically able to handle the work
& have a great attitude doing it. No
drunks/druggies need apply. Please call
Richard at (202) 319-1333. from 9-5pm,
to schedule an interview.
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Hair Studio. 119 South Fairfax Street
Alexandria VA 22314 703 548-1202.
HOME IMPROVEMENT
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DECORATIVE COATINGS REFINISHING
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grill, great kitchen, linens included.
SeanScott1977@yahoo.com.
REHOBOTH SUMMER SHARE Looking
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shared bath. House in quiet setting,
approximately equal distance between
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to both beach & outlet shopping.
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RENT/DC
RHODE ISLAND METRO. 1 BR w/den
$1250/mo+ util. Remodeled kitchens
and baths; new appls,in-unit wash/
dryers. Off street prkg. avail. 7 mins.
walk to RED Line. Call Cassandra (202)
552-6927 or 1316housing@gmail.
com for appt to view.
OPEN HOUSE/DC
OPEN HOUSE SUN 4/29 12-2pm.
Dupont Circle Penthouse w/ private
elevator $729,900. Architecturally
stunning, 14+ ceilings w/ exposed
wood beams & skylights, granite
counters & SS appliances, marble
baths. Steven Henry, Long & Foster
Realtors. 202-210-8111,
202-364-1300.
OPEN HOUSE / MD
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MARRIOTTSVILE, MD. Open House
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gas card. Private home. Outdoor fun!
In ground pool. Hot tub. Balcony off
master bedroom. 2 kitchens. 2 laundry
rooms. 4 1/2 baths. 2 car garage. 4.98
acres. Fenced in property. Gazebo.
Updated. www.thehoffmanterrygroup.
com. $749,000.
SALE/DC
3 BR, 2 1/2 BATH, ROWHOUSE on
7th St. NW. Completely remodeled.
Everything new. Contemporary
buildout. Open oor plan, huge master
suite, nished basement, off street
parking. $429K. Call Katherine to view
202-255-6536 (agent).
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MONTGOMERY VILLAGE
Gaithersburg Sensational
Contemporary Condominium!
3 Large Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths!
3-Sided Fireplace! Terric Gourmet
granite Kitchen Secure, Modern
Building. Walk to shops and eateries!
$205,000 LARRY PERRIN, Realtor (R)
LJPerrin@aol.com. (301) 983-0601.
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FOR SALE BY owner in Rocky Mount,
NC ($459,000). Nearly 4000 sq. ft., two-
story, 4BR, 3 & 2 baths, 2 car garage
on .69 acres. Call Joyce at 202.236.9404.
INSURANCE
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insurance. David Cropper Agency. Call
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LEGAL SERVICES
FULL SERVICE LAW FIRM Representing
the GLBT community for over 30 years.
Family adoptions, estate planning,
immigration, employment. (301) 891-
2200. Silber, Perlman, Sigman & Tilev,
P.A. www.SP-Law. com.
ADOPTION & ASSISTED
REPRODUCTIVE Law Attorney Jennifer
Fairfax represents clients in Maryland
and D.C. interested in adoption or
ART matters. 301-221-9651, JFairfax@
jenniferfairfax.com.
IMMIGRATION LAWYER. SPECIALTY in
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(202) 328-1352.
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GULLIVERS MOVERS SWIFT & gentle
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NIC OF TIME movers. Affordable,
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PAINTERS
GIL PAINTING COMPANY INC.
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Com. Walter (301) 370-9940
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PETS & SUPPLIES
ADOPT AN ADORABLE PUPPY OR
DOG All-breed, non-prot rescue. 100%
volunteer run. Donations welcome &
needed. www.aforeverhome.org.
LOOKING FOR THAT special
someone? Loving vet-checked
cats & kittens waiting to meet
you. Feline Foundation 703-920-
8665. Application & adoption fair
schedule online at www.ffgw.org.
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STEVE OTOOLE PHOTOGRAPHY
Fine Art Photographer for portraits,
weddings & dating photos for the
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ROOFING
PJ MCTAVISH & CO. Roong Repairs,
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this issue. 301-476-8551.
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AFTERNOON PLEASURE.
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BRUNO (301) 580-2716.
EROTIC SWEDISH MASSAGE - healthy
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Bill 202-728-0238.
AFFORDABLE MASSAGE BY friendly
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invited to join us for a day of workshops, discussions, and networking
opportunities. The conference features expert panelists, service providers,
businesses, schools, and others interested in connecting with the Rainbow
Families DC community. The conference also includes a fun and nurturing
day of activities for children of all ages.
Thinking about becoming a parent? We have a workshop track just for you!
FEATURED SPEAKER David Valdes Greenwood, author and playwright,
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