Volume 45, Issue 30, July 25, 2014

Executive order bars anti-LGBT
job bias among contractors

By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Fullling a long-awaited action that LGBT advocates had pursued since the start of his
administration, President Obama this week signed an executive order barring anti-LGBT
discrimination among federal contractors and in the federal workforce.
Seated before nine LGBT advocates some of whom had experienced anti-LGBT
discrimination on the job Obama signed the directive in the East Room of the White
House at 10:45 a.m., but not before speaking out against the continued lack of protections
against LGBT workplace discrimination throughout the country.
It doesnt make any sense, but today in America, millions of our federal citizens wake
up and go to work with the awareness that they could lose their job, not because of
what they do and fail to do, but simply because of who they are lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender and thats wrong, Obama said. Were here to do what we can to make it
Killings of Mia Henderson and
Kandy Hall remain unsolved
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
The unsolved murders of two transgender women
of color in Baltimore in recent weeks have left the
citys trans residents on edge.
Vann Michael of Black Transmen, a Dallas-based
advocacy group that works in Baltimore and D.C., told
the Washington Blade during an interview on Monday
that some trans women with whom he has spoken are
afraid to leave their homes after police o cers found
Mia Hendersons body near Lake Ashburton on July 16.
Authorities on June 3 found Kandy Hall dead in a
eld near a post o ce on the 1400 block of Fillmore
Street in the citys Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello
neighborhood.
Hendersons brother is Los Angeles Clippers
shooting guard Reggie Bullock.
This has sparked a level of anxiety, maybe a
little post-traumatic stress I guess because of their
histories, Michael told the Blade.
Meredith Moise, an ordained minister of color in
Baltimore, echoed Michael when she spoke with the Blade.
A lot of black trans women are very nervous, said
Moise. The community is extremely on edge. People
are very upset.
The Baltimore Police Department on Tuesday did
not return the Blades requests for comment.
Court records indicate that a person who was the
same age as Henderson and shares her birth name
was arrested for prostitution in Baltimore on several
occasions in 2012.
This person was charged with prostitution, second-
degree assault and resisting arrest on Dec. 12, 2012.
Court records indicate this person was convicted on
the assault charge.
Court records indicate Hall was charged with
prostitution four times in Anne Arundel County
between 2001-2003 and twice in Baltimore in 2010.
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Trans women denied photo
IDs at D.C. DMV of ce
In response to an inquiry from

transgender advocate Ruby Corado, the
director of the D.C. Department of Motor
Vehicles said on Monday she would take
immediate steps to make sure DMV
employees approve photo identication
cards for transgender applicants who
qualify for them.
DMV Director Lucinda Babers issued
that assurance in response to an email
from Corado, founder and director of
D.C.s Casa Ruby community center, in
which Corado informed her that DMV
employees earlier this month denied
non-drivers license photo ID cards to
two transgender women who are fully
qualied to receive them.
Corado said the two women were clients
of Casa Ruby, which provides services to
the transgender community. She said the
DMV employees denied approval of the
ID cards despite the fact that the women
submitted the appropriate identication
documents and a properly completed
DMV Gender Designation Form showing
a change in their gender identity.
I apologize for the inconveniences
your two clients experienced at DC DMV,
Babers told Corado in a July 21 email, which
Corado released to the Blade. Your email
highlights that we have not done a su cient
job to ensure the 30+ new DMV employees
recently hired have been trained on the
use of our Gender Designation Form as
provided on our website, she said.
We have a meeting this week with all
managers/supervisors/leads which will
allow me to provide refresher training,
Baber said in her email.
In a reply email, Corado thanked Babers
for her quick response but said one of
her two clients still needs assistance in
obtaining the ID card. For many trans
women, especially trans women of color,
obtaining a picture ID is crucial for them
to obtain services and/or employment,
said Corado, who urged Babers to
carefully review the DMVs procedures for
addressing transgender related issues.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Mayoral candidates to hold
LGBT meet & greet events
Gay Democratic activist Lane Hudson

is co-hosting a Young Professionals Meet
& Greet for D.C. Council member and
mayoral candidate David Catania (I-At-
Large) on July 31.
Hudson says the event, to be held
at the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
headquarters downtown, is expected to
attract mostly LGBT young professionals.
The Catania meet & greet is one
of a series of such events that LGBT
supporters of Catania and his two leading
rivals in the mayors race City Council
member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) and
former Council member Carol Schwartz,
Republican turned independent are
planning to host over the next two months.
Gay businessman and LGBT activist
Everett Hamilton, whos supporting Bowser,
and longtime gay rights and AIDS activist
Cornelius Baker, whos backing Schwartz,
saidseveral LGBT meet & greet receptions
are being planned for their respective
candidates in the nextseveral weeks.
Baker said hes hosting a Schwartz
meet & greet at his home onJuly 27,just
days after he was to return to Washington
from attending the International AIDS
Conference in Australia. Hamilton said
Bowser hosted a transgender community
meet & greet at her own home earlier this
month and several of hersupporters are
planning more such events for the full
LGBT communityin the coming weeks.
All three candidates have been
longtime supporters of LGBT rights.
Catania and Schwartz supporters argue
that their respective candidates have
been involved in LGBT issues longer than
Bowser, whom most political observers
consider to be the frontrunner in the race
at this time.
Bowsers LGBT supporters argue that she
is younger than Schwartz and Catania and
hasnt held elective o ce as long as they
have but nevertheless has a strong pro-LGBT
record during her tenure on the Council.
Gay mayoral candidate Bruce Majors,
whos running for the Libertarian Party,
says hes been an LGBT rights advocate for
many years and also has been reaching out
to the LGBT community for support.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Md. extends health coverage
to transgender employees
Maryland will now cover procedures
and other transition-related health care
of its transgender state employees under
a new policy the Free State Legal Project
announced on Tuesday.
The so-called Gender Dysphoria
Benet, which takes eect immediately,
covers hormone therapy, surgical
procedures and other transition-related
treatment that is medically necessary.
The new policy applies to employees and
retirees who are enrolled in the states
health benet program, along with their
spouses and dependents.
Free State Legal Project on Tuesday said
the announcement came in response to a
2013 complaint it led against the state on
behalf of Sailor Holobaugh, a University
of Maryland-Baltimore employee whose
request to receive reimbursement for
what his doctors deemed a medically
necessary double mastectomy through
the state employees health insurance
and benets program was denied
because he is trans.
Free State Legal Project in January
led an additional complaint with the
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights,
alleging the exclusion of trans-related
health care violates an executive order
banning anti-trans discrimination in state
employment that Gov. Martin OMalley
signed in 2007. The state agreed to
reimburse Holobaugh for his mastectomy
as part of its agreement.
My experience as a social worker and
a scout has made me appreciate the
importance of persevering for change and
equality, said Holobaugh in a Free State
Legal Project press release. I am thrilled
that people who serve Maryland as state
employees now have increased access to
health services, and that they can extend
these benets to their dependents.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Victory Fund endorses gay
candidates in D.C. races
The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a national group that raises money and
provides campaign support for LGBT candidates for public o ce, announced on
Tuesday that it has endorsed at-large D.C. Council candidate Courtney Snowden
and D.C. State Board of Education candidate Scott Simpson.
The two candidates, who have longstanding ties to LGBT rights causes, are
running in the citys Nov. 4 general election in hotly contested races.
As a native Washingtonian, Courtney Snowden has been a staunch advocate
for students and education from the start, said Victory Fund president and CEO
Chuck Wolfe in a statement. Her commitment to creating a city of integrity and
transparency will be a tremendous asset on the City Council.
Wolfe called Simpson, whos running for the Ward 1 school board seat, a
passionate advocate for District schools and someone who understands
the challenges facing city schools. He brings the experience and dedication
necessary to help the District of Columbia Public Schools deliver a more quality
education that the children deserve, said Wolfe.
Snowden is running as an independent for one of two at-large seats on the
Council up for election this year that is reserved under the citys election law
for a non-majority party candidate. The restriction means that a Democrat
is ineligible for the seat, a development that has prompted 13 independent
candidates, including Snowden, to take out petitions to run for the seat.
Gay Republican Marc Morgan and candidates nominated by the Statehood Green
and Libertarian parties are also running for the so-called non-Democratic seat.
Under the election law, the non-Democratic candidates are eligible for both
seats. But because the citys registered voters are overwhelmingly Democratic,
Democratic nominee Anita Bonds, who currently holds one of the two at-large
seats, is considered the strong favorite to win re-election. The second seat is
currently held by gay Council member David Catania (I-At-Large), whos giving
up the seat to run for mayor.
The Victory Fund endorsed Catania for mayor in February.
Simpson is a former o cial with the local LGBT youth advocacy group
SMYAL and the current press secretary for the Leadership Conference on Civil
and Human Rights. He is competing against four other candidates in the non-
partisan race, including education advocate David Do, whos also gay.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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A possible motive behind Hall and
Hendersons murder has yet to emerge,
but Michael told the Blade that some trans
women who arent necessarily on the stroll,
but have now been able to get themselves
together to get jobs and things are afraid
to actually leave their homes.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-
Blake told the Blade in a statement
on Tuesday that Police Commissioner
Anthony Batts and other department
personnel have met several times with
trans residents and advocates to discuss
Henderson and Halls murders.
He has assured them that these
cases are top priority and he is driving
the agency to solve these crimes, she
said. I have made clear to my entire
administration, that the protection and
advocacy for LGBT rights is a top priority.
Commissioner Batts along with the
Police Commissioners LGBT Advisory
Council and the police departments
LGBT liaison o cer have all emphasized
how important information from the
community will be in closing these cases.
Rawlings-Blake added members of her
administration plan to meet with a larger
group of the transgender community in the
very near future to hear their concerns.
My administration has repeatedly
stated that we want to develop strong
relationships with every part of our
community, including the transgender
community, she told the Blade.
Hendersons murder comes less than
a month after Quamar Edwards allegedly
shot Tiany Edwards, a trans woman of
color, to death in a Cincinnati suburb.
Police in Fort Myers, Fla., on June 19 found
the burned body of Yazmin Shancez behind
a local business. Authorities in Anaheim,
Calif., a few days earlier found Zoraida Reyes,
an LGBT and immigrant rights advocate,
dead behind a local Dairy Queen.
Anytime any life is lost to senseless
violence it is a tragedy and my heart
aches, Rawlings-Blake told the Blade.
Anyone with information about
Henderson and Halls deaths is urged
to call Metro Crime Stoppers at (866)
7-LOCKUP.
06 J ULY 25, 2014 LOCAL NEWS
CONTI NUED FROM PAGE 01
Baltimore trans women on edge after two murders
Lt. J. ERIC KOWLACZYK of the Baltimore Police Department addressing the media after o cers
found Mia Hendersons body on July 16.
PHOTO BY STEVE CHARING
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Rudi Appl, a bartender at Mr. Henrys
restaurant and pub on Capitol Hill for
nearly 50 years, died July 16 at his home
from complications associated with heart
disease. He was 79.
Longtime friends and co-workers
at Mr. Henrys say Appls bright and
charming personality, his skills as a
listener and conversationalist along with
his distinctive accent as a native of Czech
Republic appeared to immediately win
over the aection of everyone that came
in contact with him.
I never heard him ever say a bad word
about anybody, said Walter Quetsch,
a longtime Capitol Hill resident and
Mr. Henrys patron in whose basement
apartment Appl lived for the past 33
years as a tenant.
For him, everybody had a redeeming
feature, Quetsch said. He mixed with
everybody. He knew how to mix with people
as well as he knew how to mix drinks.
Chuck Sharman, a fellow bartender at
Mr. Henrys and a friend of Appls, said he
has a copy of one of Appls immigration
documents that shows he was born
June 6, 1935 in Brno, the largest city in
the region of Moravia in what was then
Czechoslovakia and is now part of the
Czech Republic.
I well recall my rst shift with Rudi at
Mr. Henrys, on a slow night upstairs,
Sharman told the Blade. With hours
to kill, he led me through a lengthy and
colorful autobiography.
Friends point to what they call Appls
fascinating and colorful background
prior to his move to Washington in 1966
that emerges from people like Sharman
and others who knew Appl. More details
of Appls background surfaced in a an
interview and detailed prole of Appl
written in May of this year by local
businessman and writer Joe Englert for
the Washington City Paper.
Englert reports that Appl told him that at
the age of 9 his father arranged for him to
escape World War II in Europe by sending
him to Beirut, where he was enrolled in the
American School. After the war the family
reunited in Frankfurt, Germany, and settled
there for a number of years, Appl said in his
interview with Englert.
At about the age of 21 he and his
parents moved to Canada and settled
in the Canadian Rockies, where Appl
worked for a while in the oil elds as
a roughneck. He later began work in
the hospitality industry at a resort near
Alberta before going to Nassau in the
Bahamas to work at the Paradise Island
resort owned by famed businessman
and A&P Supermarket heir Huntington
Hartford, according to Englerts prole.
Appl says in the interview that he
became Hartfords drinking buddy and
assistant and had a chance to mingle with
the rich and famous at the resort and
during trips with Hartford to Hollywood.
He rst came to D.C. in 1963, became
attracted to the U.S. capital, and traveled
back and forth between Paradise Island
and Washington until he decided to settle
in D.C. for good in 1966, Englert reports
in his prole.
Alvin Ross, the current owner of Mr.
Henrys, said he met Appl and became
friends with him when the two rst
started working there as bartenders. The
late Henry Yae, the founder and original
owner of Mr. Henrys, had just bought the
establishment, which, at the time, had
been operating as a country-western bar
called the 601 Club, Ross told the Blade.
Ross said Appl had been working at the
601Club and came with the bar as part of
the deal when Yae bought the business.
Yae transformed the place into a
Victorian pub, with furnishings and
decorations of the Victorian period of
the late 1800s, when many of Capitol
Hills homes and buildings, including the
nearby Eastern Market, sprung up in the
surrounding neighborhood.
Appl, who was gay, got along well with the
highly diverse crowds that have patronized
Mr. Henrys, both gay and straight, black
and white, and families with children,
according to longtime customers.
Ross noted that Appl at some point
moved into the second-oor apartment
above Mr. Henrys as a tenant shortly
after Yae became the owner. Ross and
others who knew Appl have said he loved
to tell the story of how he was evicted
from the apartment as a result of famed
singer and songwriter Roberta Flack, who
got her career start at Mr. Henrys.
As Appl told friends, he took a vacation
in Europe to visit relatives after Flack began
performing there in the late 1960s. During
his absence Flack became such a sensation
and an attraction that Yae converted the
apartment into an extended space for
Mr. Henrys, where Flack performed to
overowing audiences.
Upon his return to Washington
Appl discovered he no longer had an
apartment, joking to friends that he
was evicted because of Roberta Flack.
However, he quickly found another
apartment and continued to work at Mr.
Henrys as a bartender. A short time later,
he moved into the English basement
apartment at Quetschs townhouse on
the 300 block of C Street, S.E., where he
remained until the time of his death.
Somehow or other we came to an
agreement that he didnt have to pay
rent, Quetsch said.
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Beloved bartender Rudi Appl dies at 79
RUDI APPL worked as a bartender at Mr.
Henrys restaurant and pub on Capitol Hill
for nearly 50 years.
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Michael Sam accepts ESPY award
LOS ANGELES Gay St. Louis Rams defensive end Michael Sam on July 16
gave an emotional speech as he accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award
during the ESPY Awards that aired on ESPN.
Great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself, said
Sam as the Associated Press reported.
The news wire reported several people who attended the annual awards
ceremony became emotional as Sam spoke. The AP said the out defensive end
thanked his boyfriend, Vito Cammisano, who accompanied him to the ESPYs,
and the Rams.
Sam, a former University of Missouri defensive end, came out in February.
He became the rst openly gay man drafted into the National Football League
in May after the Rams picked him during the seventh round. The team last
month signed Sam to a four-year, $2.65 million contract.
Tony Dungy, a former coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis
Colts, on July 20 sparked controversy when he told a Florida newspaper that he
would not have drafted Sam.
Cross-dresser to face Calif. congressman
SAN DIEGO A cross-dressing Republican this November will square o
against an incumbent California congressman.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Stephen Stephanie Meade, 88,
is a World War II veteran who will face U.S. Rep. Juan Vargas who represents the
states 51st Congressional District that includes Imperial County and portions of
San Diego County along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Meade told the newspaper he backs a $5 minimum wage and opposes federal
funding to any group that seeks to expand access to abortions. He said he also
supports instituting the metric system for measurements.
I havent worn mens clothes in years, Meade, who has been married to his
wife for 41 years, told the Union-Tribune. After I turned age 80, I said enough is
enough. Ive always been straight and never gay, but I dress as a woman because
Ive always wanted to and should have done it years and years ago.
Voters in 2012 elected Vargas, who is a former member of the California
Legislature, to Congress after then-Congressman Bob Filner retired to run for
mayor of San Diego.
Californias 51st Congressional District is heavily Democratic.
The Times-Union reported the Republican Party of San Diego County has
declined to endorse Meade.
Dance festival raises $533,000 for AIDS ght
FIRE ISLAND PINES, N.Y. The annual Fire Island Dance Festival last weekend
raised more than half a million dollars for the ght against HIV/AIDS.
The 20th annual event, which took place on New Yorks Fire Island on July 18-20,
raised $533,860 for Dancers Responding to AIDS. The dance festival featured nearly
50 professional dancers during multiple performances, according to its website.
At moments like this, we must take time to remember all the talent, creativity
and friendships weve lost, while celebrating the progress weve made and the
opportunities we have to make a dierence for those who need our help the most,
said Denise Roberts Hurlin, founding director of Dancers Responding to AIDS.
Illinois commission vacates
decision to dismiss case
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
A complaint alleging anti-gay bias
in hiring practices at oil-and-gas giant
ExxonMobil can move forward now that
the Illinois Human Rights Commission
overturned a lower bodys decision to
dismiss the case.
In a decision dated July 14 and obtained
Tuesday by the Washington Blade, the
Illinois Human Rights Commission
a 13-member body that determines
whether unlawful discrimination has
occurred under Illinois state civil rights
law remanded the case back to the
Illinois Department of Human Rights,
which had thrown out the case in January
on the basis of lack of jurisdiction.
The Respondents dismissal of
Freedom to Works charge is VACATED
and Freedom to Works charge is
REINSTATED and REMANDED to the
Respondent for FURTHER INVESTIGATION
and other proceedings to consistent with
this Order and the Act, states the order,
which was signed by Illinois Human
Rights Commission Executive Director N.
Keith Chambers.
In May 2013, Freedom to Work led
the complaint alleging anti-gay bias at
ExxonMobil in hiring practices on the basis of
two ctitious resumes sent to the company
in response to a job posting in Illinois.
One was from a more qualied
applicant who outed herself as LGBT on
her resume by noting work at the Gay &
Lesbian Victory Fund; the other was a less
qualied applicant who gave no indication
about her sexual orientation or gender
identity. The less qualied non-LGBT
applicant received multiple callbacks, the
more qualied LGBT applicant did not.
After the paired resume testing,
Freedom to Work led the complaint
before the Illinois Department of
Human Rights, contending the company
violated a 2005 law in Illinois prohibiting
discrimination against LGBT people.
The relief sought by Freedom to Work
includes a change in ExxonMobils equal
employment opportunity policy to
enumerate protections based on sexual
orientation and gender identity as well as
attorneys fees.
Although the Illinois Department of
Human Rights dismissed the case on
the basis of no employer-employee
relationship between Freedom to Work
and ExxonMobil, the order indicates
that both Freedom to Work and the
department later petitioned the Illinois
Human Rights Commission to remand
the case so a thorough investigation
could proceed.
The petition from the Illinois
Department of Human Rights attached to
the order also indicates that ExxonMobil
denies that it refused to oer the ctitious
more-qualied LGBT applicant the job
based on anti-gay bias.
Peter Romer-Friedman, counsel at
Freedom to Work and attorney at Cohen
Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, say now that
the case has been remanded, ExxonMobil
will have to explain why it elected to hire
the less-qualied straight candidate.
We are relieved but not surprised by
the state agencys decision that Freedom
to Work and other civil rights groups
have the right to challenge unlawful
discrimination, including Exxons sexual
orientation discrimination, Romer-
Friedman said. This decision means
that Exxon will have to answer tough
questions about why it treated a well-
qualied LGBT applicant far worse than
a straight applicant who had lesser
qualications. The decision also paves
the way for other non-prot groups to
enforce civil rights laws.
Sabrina Miller, an Illinois Department
of Human Rights spokesperson, said its
unlikely any nal decision will be made in
the case prior to the end of summer.
The order a rms that Seyfarth Shaw,
a Chicago-based international law rm, is
handling defense of ExxonMobil in the case.
The lawrm didnt respond to the Blades
request for comment on whether it would
continue to ght the charge of discrimination.
Scott Silvestri, an ExxonMobil
spokesperson, said Freedom to Works
complaint is baseless and without merit
and denied his company engaged in anti-
LGBT bias in its hiring decision.
Sexual orientation played no role in the
hiring decision, Silvestri said. ExxonMobil
has a longstanding policy that strictly
prohibits any form of discrimination by or
toward employees, contractors, suppliers
and customers in any ExxonMobil
workplace. Our global, zero-tolerance
policy applies to all forms of discrimination,
including discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity.
08 J ULY 25, 2014 NATI ONAL NEWS
Gay St. Louis Rams defensive end MICHAEL SAM on July 16 became emotional as
he gave a speech after accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award during the ESPY
Awards.
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Lawsuit alleging anti-gay bias at
ExxonMobil to move forward
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FDR-era institution from
shutdown by Tea Party
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.

lchibbaro@washblade.com
Fred P. Hochberg, the gay president
and CEO of the U.S. Export-Import Bank
since 2009, has emerged as the Obama
administrations lead defender of the
bank in the midst of eorts by Tea Party
Republicans toshut it down.
Opponents are calling on Congress
not to renew the banks charter, which
expires Sept. 30.
The little-known bank was created
by Congress in 1934 at the request of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help
U.S. companies sell products overseas
at the height of the Depression. Among
other things, it lends money to foreign
companies to help them pay for
American-made products and services.
Hochberg has been praised by the banks
supporters for becoming a persuasive
promoter and defender of the banks long
record that Hochberg says has helped to
create millions of American jobs during its
80-year history by enabling U.S. companies
to sell more products abroad.
The stakes could not be higher,
Hochberg told the House Financial
Services Committee during a June 25
hearing. We should not cede American
jobs to China, Russia or other countries.
But the mild-mannered Hochberg,
himself a businessman who served
as CEO of a home products company
started by his mother in New York, has
come under attack by critics of the so-
called Ex-Im Bank from both conservative
Republicans and environmentalists.
Tea Party activists and their allies in
Congress have accused him and the bank of
advancing what they call crony capitalism
a form of government handout, say the
critics, to the largest and most politically
connected U.S. corporations.
The GOP-leaning Heritage Foundation,
the Club for Growth, and the ultra-right
billionaire Koch brothers have all sided
with this faction, saying the Ex-Im Bank
should be closed and its lending role
picked up by private banks rather than
the U.S. government.
On the other side the of political
spectrum, the Sierra Club has denounced
both Hochberg and the Export-Import
Bank for lending money to controversial
coal mining projects in Australia and India.
The Australian project has come under
re from environmentalists because it
would require an expanded harbor near
the mines to export coal. The harbor
expansion, in turn, requires dredging that
environmentalists say would threaten
Australias Great Barrier Reef, considered
a world ecological treasure.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank and its
president Fred Hochberg have never met
a coal project they didnt like, Sierra Club
o cial Justin Guay said in a 2012 statement.
Since that time Hochberg has pointed
out that the Ex-Im Bank has lent money
to dozens of foreign projects involving
environmentally friendly renewable energy
such as wind mills and solar energy facilities
all of which have purchased American-
made equipment such as windmill blades
and wind turbine generators.
The Sierra Club has since moderated its
criticism, saying Congress should renew
the Ex-Im Banks charter while directing
the bank to put in place additional
reforms to ensure it nances projects
that dont harm the environment.
Justin Nelson, president of the National
Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce,
said his organization strongly supports
renewal of the Export-Import Banks
charter. According to Nelson, LGBT-owned
businesses throughout the country are
working with the NGLCC to enter the
export trade and stand to benet greatly
from the Ex-Im Banks work.
We have been doing a series
of educational workshops at our
conferences over the last couple of years
so LGBT business owners start to realize
the opportunity in exporting, Nelson
told the Blade. Ninety-ve percent of the
worlds consumers live outside the U.S.
borders, he said.
Gay Obama of cial battling over Export-Import Bank
Retired U.N. o cial leads
LGBT initiatives at USAID
A retired U.N. o cial who spent two
decades with the global body has brought
his experience promoting LGBT rights
issues to the U.S. Agency for International
Development.
Todd Larson, who worked in a variety
of positions at the U.N. between 1990 and
2010 where he spearheaded eorts to
extend domestic partner benets to the
same-sex partners of U.N. employees,
in March became USAIDs Senior LGBT
Coordinator. He was also a member of
the International Gay and Lesbian Human
Rights Commission Board of Directors
between 2007-2013.
Larsons primary responsibility at
USAID is to ensure the agency implements
President Obamas 2011 memorandum
that instructed agencies charged with
implementing American foreign policy to
promote global LGBT rights.
He noted in a 2012 Hu ngton Post op-
ed that highlighted his support of Obamas
eorts to promote global LGBT rights on
the eve of his re-election that his partner,
who worked for the U.N., died shortly after
he began working for the global body.
In the aftermath I had no o cial
standing to do basic things such as
obtain copies of reports describing
the circumstances surrounding his
death, wrote Larson. Though I
eventually prevailed, under internal U.N.
advances shepherded by the Obama
administration, I would not face that
challenge today.
He told the Washington Blade during
an interview earlier this month that he
learned how to eect change within a
large bureaucracy through his work at
the U.N.
I dont nd engagement in institutional
change daunting, said Larson. I nd it
profoundly satisfying, by virtue of the
breadth of favorable impact that will last far
longer than I. That which makes my work
at USAID a particular pleasure is the fact
that Im not working against the tide. I am,
rather, working with a team of committed
and experienced folks to guide and focus an
institution which is already very committed
to LGBT inclusion in how it operates both
internally and externally.
Larson spoke with the Blade roughly
a week after National Security Adviser
Susan Rice announced the National Gay
and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce had
joined the LGBT Global Development
Partnership, a public-private partnership
that USAID launched in April 2013
designed to support LGBT advocacy
groups in developing countries. The
initiatives rst two trainings took place in
Colombia last year.
USAID on Monday announced during
the 2014 International AIDS Conference
in Melbourne, Australia, that it will
contribute an additional $503 million to
the global ght against HIV/AIDS over
the next ve years through three public-
private partnerships.
Under the Presidents Emergency Plan
for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), for which USAID is
lead implementing agency, I am proud that
USAID has invested hundreds of millions
of dollars per year in the war against the
pandemic much of this has gone to the
benet of key populations, said Larson.
Larson, who graduated from Carleton
College in 1983, spent two years in the
West African country of Togo with the
Peace Corps. He earned a masters
degree in international relations from the
University of Washington in 1988.
When I joined the Peace Corps, fresh
out of college and o the farm, it was
my rst time living and working in the
developing world, Larson told the Blade.
This sounds perhaps Pollyanna-ish, but it
was a lesson I needed to learn.
Advancing Obamas LGBT rights agenda abroad
TODD LARSON (left) is USAIDs Senior LGBT
Coordinator.
PHOTO COURTESY OF USAID
We should not cede American jobs to China,
Russia or other countries, said FRED P.
HOCHBERG, the gay president and CEO of
the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Residents share stories of
violent attacks, struggles
nding work
LAUREL, Miss. Caylee, a young
transgender woman, was leaving a local
Walmart earlier this month with her anc,
Michael, when she said three rednecks in
the lobby said something smart.
Caylee told the Washington Blade
during a July 9 meeting of the Dandelion
Project, a support group for LGBT people
who live in Laurel and surrounding areas
of the Mississippi Pine Belt, that the
men called her and her anc faggots
and asked them what kind of sex acts
we would be performing on each other
that night. She said they chased her and
Michael to their car and jumped on top of
it as they drove away.
After that she wouldnt hold my hand
for a week in public and didnt want to be
around me in public because of the fear,
said Michael as he and Caylee sat on a
couch in the living room of Dandelion
Project co-founder Brandiilyne Dears
small house on the outskirts of Laurel.
The trans people with whom the
Blade spoke earlier this month in
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama said
they routinely experience harassment,
discrimination and even violence because
of their gender identity and expression.
Aiden, a 21-year-old trans man from
Laurel, Miss., said during the Dandelion
Projects July 9 meeting that people
sometimes tell him to stop trying to act
like somebody that youre not. He told
the Blade that some of his classmates
also harass him.
I had people that didnt care about it,
and then I had some people that bullied
me for it, said Aiden.
Nathan Gage, a 19-year-old from
Waynesboro, Miss., who came out as
gender queer earlier this year, told his
mother he was a lesbian when he was in
ninth grade.
She thought that my school did it
to me, Gage told the Blade during the
Dandelion Projects July 9 meeting. She
thought that the people I was hanging
out with like that she knew turned me
into being gay. She took my phone. She
took everything from me. I wasnt allowed
to do anything.
Gage said his mother has grown to
accept his sexual orientation and gender
identity and expression, but he said his
stepfather has become less accepting of
it. He told the Blade that the pastor of a
church his family previously attended once
preached about trans people.
He had these bathroom signs that
were not male or female, recalled Gage.
He would preach about how it is a sin
and there was one particular scripture
that he would read. When he would read
it he would look my way.
Elizabeth Anne Jenkins, president of
Louisiana Trans Advocates, told the Blade
during a July 13 interview at a coee shop
in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie
that she received anonymous prayers
and stares when she went to restaurants
after she began to transition in 2008.
Jenkins at the time lived in Hammond,
La., a small city about 60 miles northwest
of the Crescent City. She now lives in
Metairie with her partner, Donna Jean
Loy, who she met on a suicide prevention
website for trans people in 2009.
I was glad to get out of Hammond and
come over here, Jenkins told the Blade
as Loy, PFLAG New Orleans Co-President
Julie Thompson, Mary Catherine Roberts of
Equality Louisiana and her partner, Johanna
Williams, listened. Hammonds a small
town and everybody knows everybody. I
was big news for at least a couple of weeks
until the newness wore o.
A trans man of color who spoke on
condition of anonymity said during a July
14 interview at a beachfront mall in Biloxi,
Miss., that his friends and family were not
surprised when he came out in 2011. He
said people nevertheless continue to use
female pronouns to refer to him.
A black male security guard looked
at him as the Blade took his picture in
front of a sandcastle a local casino built
adjacent to a group of seats and couches
on which parents with their children and
older people were sitting.
I dont make a big deal out of it
anymore, said the trans man as Jena
and Jennifer Pierce, a lesbian couple from
Biloxi who legally married in Connecticut
last December, listened. If thats what
they see, you know I cant really get upset. I
havent started any hormones or anything
yet. So I just kind of go with it, but it does
bother me to be called he, she or it.
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabamas
anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws do
not include gender identity and expression.
The U.S. Census indicates Mississippi
is the poorest state in the country, with
slightly more than 22 percent of its
residents living below the poverty level
between 2008-2012.
Nearly 19 percent of Louisianans were
living below the poverty level during the
same period. The U.S. Census indicates
slightly more than 18 percent of Alabama
residents lived below the poverty level
between 2008-2012.
Roughly 15 percent of Americans
lived below the poverty level during the
same period.
A 2012 report from the National Center
for Transgender Equality and the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force found trans
and gender non-conforming people were
nearly four times more likely to have an
annual household income of less than
$10,000 than the general population.
Ninety percent of respondents said they
experienced employment discrimination.
Those who took part in the survey were also
twice as likely to be unemployed because
of their gender identity and expression.
These economic and employment
disparities are even higher among trans
people of color.
Ksaa Zair, a 29-year-old trans woman
from Baton Rouge, La., who identies as
demisexual, told the Blade during a July
12 interview at a local restaurant with
members of the Louisiana Trans Advocates,
PFLAG Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge
Pride and Equality Louisiana that she has
never been successful at nding a job.
She said she is fairly sure potential
employers have refused to hire her
because of her gender identity and
expression. As a result, Zairs best friend
and roommate, Sergio Oramas, works
as much overtime as he can at the Sears
warehouse where he has worked for two
months. They pay $600 a month for a
two-bedroom apartment in the St. John
neighborhood of Baton Rouge.
Oramas uses blue painters tape to hold
his broken glasses together because he
cant aord to x them.
We actually have the cheapest place
in this city, Zair told the Blade. We
eectively live in one of the top ve
ghettos in Baton Rouge.
Gage told the Blade that he had applied
for jobs at local supermarkets, gas
stations and fast food restaurants.
He said one potential boss with whom
he had spoken was iy about it because
of his gender presentation.
She barely shook my hand, said Gage.
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Trans Southerners face rampant discrimination, poverty
Members of the Dandelion Project gather to discuss LGBT issues in Laurel, Miss., on July 9.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
A trans man on the Mississippi Gulf Coast who asked to remain anonymous.
Malaysian Airlines has conrmed six
HIV/AIDS researchers and advocates were
among those who were on an airliner that
pro-Russian separatists shot down over
eastern Ukraine last Thursday.
Joep Lange, a prominent Dutch HIV
researcher who is a former president
of the International AIDS Society, which
organizes the biennial International AIDS
Conference, and his partner, Jacqueline
van Tongeren, were among the 298
passengers and crew members who
were on Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 from
Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
A passenger list that Malaysian Airlines
released on Saturday also conrms Pim
de Kuijer, another Dutch national who
worked for Stop AIDS Now, and Glenn
Thomas, a former BBC journalist who
was a press o cer for the World Health
Organization, were also on Flight 17.
The airline also conrmed Lucie
van Mens, another Dutch HIV/AIDS
researcher, and Martine de Schutter, a
program manager for Bridging the Gaps,
were on the ight.
They were traveling to the 2014
International AIDS Conference in Melbourne,
Australia, that began on Sunday.
The extent of our loss is hard to
comprehend or express, said International
AIDS Society President Franoise Barr-
Sinoussi after Malaysian Airlines released
the names of the passengers who were
on Flight 17. We grieve alongside all those
throughout the world who have lost friends
and family in this senseless tragedy.
President Obama acknowledged the
HIV/AIDS researchers and advocates who
died on Flight 17.
These were men and women who had
dedicated their own lives to saving the
lives of others, he said. They were taken
from us in a senseless act of violence.
Reports indicate many of those who
are attending the 2014 International
AIDS Conference learned about Flight 17
and those who were on it as they
arrived in Melbourne.
Its a cold, somber and bittersweet
morning in Melbourne on the eve of
the opening of AIDS 2014, wrote Rod
McCullom, a Chicago-based journalist
who reports on global HIV/AIDS and
health issues, on his Facebook page.
Sean Strub, founder of POZ, an
inuential HIV/AIDS publication, said on
Facebook he and others were greeted
with the horric news from Ukraine as
they arrived in Melbourne on Friday.
It feels like the entire city of Melbourne
is involved with the conference, or at least
trying to make delegates feel welcome,
even amidst the mourning, he wrote.
The Star Observer, an Australian LGBT
newspaper that is an o cial media
sponsor of the 2014 International AIDS
Conference, on Saturday reported
delegates who attended a forum on the
epidemics impact on men who have sex
with men held a moment of silence in
honor of the victims of Flight 17.
The publication said many of those who
attended the forum were still visibly shaken.
The death of so many of the chiey
Dutch AIDS scientists and activists has
made a very big hole in the talent and
integrity and energy of the global AIDS
response, which well all feel throughout
this conference and beyond, said Don
Baxter, who co-chaired the gathering, as
the Star Observer reported.
Those of us who have been engaged
in AIDS work for many years are more
practiced at grief than any human should
ever have to become, wrote Strub.
Its a familiarity that can create coping
mechanisms others dont understand,
sometimes including an external stoicism.
He added this struggle is what will
help him and others during the 2014
International AIDS Conference.
We learned long ago how to crawl
through the rubble of human destruction
to carry on, despite the deaths of close
friends and allies, said Strub. Thats
what were going to do in the days ahead.
HIV researchers among MH-17 victims
Extraordinary progress
since previous
gathering in D.C.
By BENJAMIN RILEY
EDITORS NOTE: The Star Observer, an Austra-
lian LGBT newspaper, is providing the Wash-
ington Blade with coverage of the 2014 Inter-
national AIDS Conference from Melbourne.
Visit washingtonblade.com for updates.
MELBOURNE, Australia With
the International AIDS Conference
o cially open, delegates will continue
to remember the victims of Malaysia
Airlines ight MH17, even as they are
spurred to action in the global response
to the epidemic.
Speaking at a media conference before
the opening of the International AIDS
Conference in Melbourne on Sunday,
International AIDS Society (IAS) president-
elect Chris Beyrer said it had been an
emotional start to the week.
As we all know, it has been a long
and very emotional 48 hours, but I think
that I can speak for all of my colleagues
here when I say that we are ready and
determined to make this conference the
huge success it deserves to be, he said.
Human rights advocate and former
Australian High Court Justice Michael
Kirby echoed Beyrers sentiment, and said
his Dutch partner gave meant the disaster
had hit particularly close to home.
It is a very painful moment, and its
painful for all of us, and theres no point
denying the pain, he said.
UNAIDS executive director Michel
Sidib said it was important to understand
the rapid increase in the pace of progress
on HIV in recent years.
Since the last conference in Washington
there has been extraordinary progress. We
estimated that by July, 14 million people
had access to treatment, he said.
More has been done in the last three
years than in the last 25 years.
Sidib said widespread stigma and
criminalization of HIV and key aected
populations meant a frighteningly high
number of people around the world living
with HIV, as many as half, did not know
their HIV status.
Current IAS president Franoise
Barr-Sinoussi said addressing barriers
to accessing treatment and prevention
methods, including the criminalization of
men who have sex with men and other
key populations aected by HIV, would be
a focus for the conference.
Kirby said delegates should not be
shy about using the conference as an
opportunity to increase explicit pressure on
governments engaged in criminalization.
We shouldnt all be too polite. We
should be naming names and being
very clear about the fact that the world
is not going to put 30 million people on
antiretrovirals if the countries where
there are very high levels within in
epidemic dont take steps to protect
themselves, he said.
Living Positive Victoria executive o cer
and AIDS 2014 local co-chair Brent Allan
said the Melbourne Declaration made in
May this year should highlight the role of
people living with HIV in the response to
the epidemic, and the vital importance of
ending HIV stigma.
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Intl AIDS Conference begins in Australia
Six prominent HIV/AIDS researchers who were traveling to the 2014 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, were passengers on
a Malaysian airliner that was shot down in eastern Ukraine last week.
PHOTO BY STEVE FOREEST; COURTESY OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY
right, to bend that arc justice just a little
bit in the other direction.
The eects of the executive order
are two-fold: It prohibits anti-LGBT
discrimination among companies that
do $10,000 a year or more in business
with the U.S. government in addition to
barring discrimination against federal
workers who are transgender.
Obama amended Executive
Order 11246 which prohibits
federal contractors from engaging in
discrimination based on race, color,
religion, sex, or national origin to
prohibit these companies from engaging
in anti-LGBT bias in employment based
on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Americas federal contracts should
not subsidize discrimination against the
American people, Obama said.
Additionally, Obama amended
Executive Order 11478 which prohibits
discrimination in the federal civilian
workplace to bar discrimination based
on gender identity. In 1998, President
Clinton amended the directive to prohibit
discrimination against employees of the U.S.
government based on sexual orientation.
The action from Obama barring federal
contractors from engaging anti-LGBT
bias was sought by LGBT advocates for
years. LGBT advocates had called such an
executive order a 2008 campaign promise
from Obama, and media had questioned
the White House about why it hadnt been
signed since 2011.
Many of you have worked for a long
time to see this day come, Obama
said. You organized, you spoke up, you
signed petitions, you sent letters I
know because I got a lot of them...Thanks
to your passion and advocacy and the
irrefutable rightness of your cause, our
government the government of the
people by the people and for the people
will become just a little bit fairer.
Tico Almeida, president of Freedom
to Work, was among those who made
the executive order a priority in his
engagement with LGBT advocacy and
was present at the ceremony when the
directive was nally signed.
Its an honor to witness President Obama
signing this LGBT executive order and to be
here for such a watershed moment in our
countrys march toward LGBT equality under
the law, Almeida said. Were celebrating
the successful conclusion of a strong and
sustained campaign by Freedom to Work
and so many other LGBT advocates who
kept reminding the White House about
this delayed campaign promise, and were
celebrating that President Obama has
continued to secure his legacy as the greatest
presidential champion for LGBT Americans.
The nine individuals who joined
Obama on stage were Virginia Gov.
Terry McAulie (D), Deputy Secretary of
Labor Chris Lu, O ce of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs Director Pat Shiu,
Maryland pastor Rev. Delman Coates,
Director of the Religious Action Center of
Reform Judaism Rabbi David Saperstein
as well as LGBT workplace equality
advocates Kylar Broadus, Michael Carney,
Anne Vonhof and Faith Cheltenham.
Among those present in the East
Room during the signing ceremony, but
not on stage, were lesbian Sen. Tammy
Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Sen. Je Merkley
(D-Ore.), who have led eorts to pass
the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
in the Senate, as well as Human Rights
Campaign President Chad Gri n; the
Center for American Progress Winnie
Stachelberg; the National Gay & Lesbian
Task Forces Rea Carey; and gay lobbyist
Steve Elmendorf.
Stachelberg was among a handful of
LGBT advocates who met privately with
Obama on Monday prior to the signing
of the executive order. About a dozen
people were part of this private group,
Stachelberg said.
Among those were those who joined
the president on stage and a few of us who
have worked on the EO for the past several
years, Stachelberg said. Brad Sears,
Chad Gri n and I were honored to be
part of that group who had the chance to
thank the president for his leadership and
commitment as he had the opportunity to
thank us for our advocacy.
Now that Obama has signed the order,
federal contractors are expected to
include explicit protections in their equal
employment opportunity policies for
LGBT workers. According to the Williams
Institute, the order will protect 34 million
workers, or about 22 percent of the
Americans workforce.
Chief among federal contractors without
explicit LGBT workplace protections is
oil-and-gas giant ExxonMobil, which has
received more than $1 billion in federal
contracts over the past 10 years. For the
17th time, shareholders in June rejected
a resolution to amend the companys
policies with these protections.
Richard Keil, an ExxonMobil spokesperson,
on Saturday told the Blade that company
has an across-the-board no tolerance policy
for any form of discrimination, but had no
updates on whether the company would
change its policy.
According to the White House, the
part of the executive order barring anti-
transgender discrimination in the federal
workforce take eects immediately, but
the component anticipate barring federal
contractors from engaging in anti-LGBT
discrimination should take eect early
next year after regulations are written by
the Labor Department.
The executive order, which is enforced
by the Labor Department, governs
federal contractors and federally-
assisted construction contractors and
subcontractors doing more than $10,000
in business with the federal government
each year, but doesnt impact the
administration of federal grants.
Prior to the signing, faith leaders called
on Obama to include an exemption for
religiously a liated organizations in the
executive order so they could engage in
anti-LGBT discrimination while still being
able to receive federal contractors. After
subsequent pushback from civil rights
organizations, House Democrats and
legal scholars who called for the exclusion
of such language, Obama didnt include in
his directive any sweeping carve-out for
religious organizations.
However, Obama left in Executive
Order 11246 an amendment from
President George W. Bush that allows
religiously a liated federal contractors
to discriminate on the basis of religion by
favoring workers of the same religion in
hiring practices.
LGBT advocates hold diering views
on whether religiously a liated federal
contractors could continue discriminate
against LGBT workers under the pretext of
religion, although the general agreement
is that it would be unlikely.
Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, director of
social policy and politics for the centrist
known as the Third Way, said that
language could enable a scenario where
LGBT employees could be subject to
discrimination from religously a liated
federal contractors, but it would be up for
the courts to decide.
Just as under Title VII, religious
organizations will still be able to require
their employees to abide by their
religious tenets, Erickson Hatalsky said.
That means they cant re someone for
being gay, but they could argue they
could apply a standard to all employees
equally that says they cannot be engaged
in premarital sex, or marry outside the
requirements of the religion. The court
would then have to determine whether
they were applying that rule equally to
all employees. They cant be just using
it as a pretext for ring gay people.
But they can still prefer employees
who follow their religious principles,
as long as those principles are neutral
with regard to sexual orientation and
applied equally.
Obama signs executive order barring anti-LGBT job bias
Advocates lauded PRESIDENT OBAMA for once again taking action on LGBT rights issues.
Doc examines
marriage ght,
black church
Equality Maryland is sponsoring the
screening of The New Black, which will take
place on Wednesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
at the Chase Brexton Building Community
Meeting Room, 1111 N. Charles St. in
Baltimore. Admission is free.
The New Black is a documentary
by Yoruba Richen that tells the story of
how the African-American community is
grappling with gay rights issues in light of
the marriage equality movement and the
ght over civil rights. The lm documents
activists, families and clergy on both
sides of the campaign to legalize gay
marriage and examines homophobia in
the black church and reveals the Christian
right-wing strategy of exploiting this
phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-
gay political agenda.
Following the lm, panelists will continue
the discussion about LGBT issues in black
communities. Among the panelists will be
Vanessa Bowling, a member of Equality
Marylands sta who was involved in the
Maryland Black Family Alliance as far back
as 2008. Another will be Mark McLaurin,
who helped found MBFA and was integral
to the work during Question 6.
Were excited to screen The New Black
and continue the momentum working
on LGBT issues in black communities
across the state, Keith Thirion, director
of advocacy and programs for Equality
Maryland, told the Blade. While Marylands
LGBT community has gained equal
marriage rights and anti-discrimination
protections, much work remains to ensure
everyone can live their full lives free from
discrimination. This event is an important
opportunity to reect on the successes of
the Question 6 campaign, and discuss the
challenges and opportunities ahead.
Gay physician wins
AMA Leadership Award
Dr. Carl Streed Jr. recently received
the AMA Foundation Excellence in
Medicine Leadership Award. Streed has
advocated for the inclusion of LGBT
health issues in the Johns Hopkins
Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and
Public Health curricula and successfully
worked for transgender equity in health
insurance coverage.
Nationally, Streed has served as the
American Medical Student Association
(AMSA) LGBT Policy Coordinator and
Liaison, advised the American Medical
Association Board of Trustees as a
member of the Advisory Committee
on GLBT Issues, and served on a
board of the Gay and Lesbian Medical
Association.
The AMA Foundation Excellence in
Medicine Award validates much of the
work I and many others have been doing
to address LGBT disparities in health care,
from medical school training to insurance
coverage, Streed told the Blade.
Equality Md. celebrates
passage of FAMA
Equality Maryland has scheduled a series
of celebrations around the state to mark the
passage of the Fairness for All Marylanders
Act. At these casual happy hour celebrations
there will be food and drink specials and no
cover charge. All ages are welcome.
The next celebration will take place in
Baltimore on July 29 between 5:30-7:30 p.m. at
the Waterstone Bar and Grille, 311 W. Madison St.
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HIV doctor assigned new post in New York
NEW YORK Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, an AIDS doctor and activist credited for his
on-the-ground work with meningitis vaccines last year in New York City, has been
named the citys new assistant health commissioner in charge of the Bureau of HIV/
AIDS Prevention and Control. Hell start in September at a $180,000-per-year salary, the
New York Times reports.
At the height of the meningitis outbreak last year among gay and bi men, Daskalakis
spent many nights in the citys sex clubs and bathhouses administering meningitis
vaccines. He had been given the go-ahead to do so after city o cials found their own
eorts were met with suspicion, the article said.
In his new role, he and his colleagues at the health department hope that he will be
able to leverage his acceptance among gay people, and history of taking HIV treatment
into the trenches, to reach a population that has not always trusted authority. They
also hope he will be able to reach marginalized groups like young black and Latino men
who have sex with men but who, for social or cultural reasons, do not identify as gay or
bisexual, the Times article said.
Daskalakis takes over one of the largest bureaus within the health department, with
200 employees and a $200 million budget, at a critical moment in the history of the virus
that causes AIDS, the Times reports.
Study nds Truvada adherence dif cult to maintain
WASHINGTON Men and transgender women who have sex with men who took
Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) four or more days a week were 100 percent
protected against HIV in a recent study, AIDSmeds reports. However, participants
actually took Truvada that frequently just 33 percent of the time during the 72-week
trial, and overall adherence declined throughout the study.
Daily adherence to Truvada was detected just 12 percent of the time. When considering
all participants who received Truvada, regardless of their adherence, the study showed
that PrEP lowered the risk of acquiring HIV by about half, the HIV care journal reports.
Uptake of Truvada was high at 76 percent, and those at higher risk of HIV were more
likely to take the drug. However, in an accompanying editorial in the Lancet, Dr. Raphael
J. Landovitz of the UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education at the David
Geen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, asked if such
uptake was high enough, considering all the participants had come from previous
clinical trials of PrEP, making them more likely to take the drug than the average person
at risk or HIV, the AIDSmeds article said.
One study participant who took Truvada contracted HIV and developed resistance to
the drug.
Publishing their ndings in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers from the
open-label extension phase of the iPrEx study (iPrEx OLE) enrolled 1,603 participants
from three previous PrEP studies and oered them the chance to take daily Truvada if
they were HIV negative. Participants were enrolled between June 2011 and June 2012.
The study results were also presented at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS
2014) in Melbourne, Australia.
Success of fake Grindr
proles quells criticism
SAN MATEO, Calif. Earlier this year, San Mateo County Health System
o cials were taken to task by LGBT bloggers and activists for creating false
proles on a gay mobile dating application to expand HIV and Hepatitis C testing,
though recent numbers highlighting the programs success shows little divide
within the health and science community, the San Mateo Daily Journal reports.
San Mateo County health o cials set up false Grindr proles and, when
contacted, would provide information about sexually transmitted infections testing
rather than the expected response. The practice came to light after the Bay Area
Reporter published a March article that exposed how they were doing outreach.
It is deceptive. Its also patronizing, blogged Peter Lawrence Kane of the Bold
Italic. Who wants to click on a hot dudes prole only to nd that its actually
someone in an o ce who assumes youre too irresponsible to take care of
yourself and wants to give you a little talking-to about safe sex.
San Mateo Countys health o cials defend the eort to reach a community
that at one time they had no access, the article said.
In many ways, health o cials contend going online is a more eective way
to get important information out there rather than through iers or other
outreach, the article said.
San Mateo County health o cials set up false Grindr proles and, when contacted, would
provide information about sexually transmitted infections.
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Jumping a great way
to smash through a
tness plateau
Im a July baby so this is one of my
favorite months. Its hot, its beach time
and its vacation time. Whats not to love?
Ive been bombarded with tweets and
emails about how to drop that last ve
pounds just before hitting the beach
vacation. It seems as if half of D.C. has hit
the same plateau at the same time.
When it comes to shedding excess fat,
my favorite and most eective exercises
involve jumping. Whether its box jumps,
knee tucks, jumping rope, lunge jumps,
bounds or one-legged jumps, I love to put
on some House of Pain and jump around.
As you can see there are a lot of jumps
out there and I love them all.
Jumping is great because it requires no
equipment, limited space and it burns a
lot of calories. Jumping is one of the only
exercises that truly uses every muscle in
your body and gets your heart rate up
fast. Besides blasting those calories, it
also res your type two fast twitch muscle
bers, which helps you build muscle and
makes you better at sports. When Im
trying to stay camera- and beach ready, I
intertwine a set of 10-20 explosive jumps
between each of my weighted exercises.
If Im jumping rope, I just make it a solid
minute of skipping as fast as I can. This
gives my body that high intensity calorie
and fat blast I need. My two most eective
jumping exercises for burning calories
are tuck jumps and lunge jumps.
Tuck jumps: No, tuck jumps have
nothing to do with a drag queen quickly
getting ready for stage. These are jumps
used by every track sprinter in the world.
Start by standing with your feet
shoulder width apart. Then start bending
down at your knees and waist to gain
momentum, jump up as high as you
can while simultaneously shooting your
knees up toward your chest. This is a lot
harder than it sounds. When starting,
perform each jump individually to make
sure your form is correct. As you advance
in skill and conditioning, your goal should
be to repeat the jumps as quickly and
powerfully as possible.
Bring out your inner Olympic gymnast.
Think that you want your feet on the
ground as little amount of time as
possible. If you have knee issues, I would
slowly work my way up to these or stick to
a fast squat for a variation. As always, let
pain be your guide. If it hurts, dont do it.
Lunge jumps: Time to step your game
up. Lunge jumps and I have a love-hate
relationship because they are one of the
hardest exercises I do and they always
leave me falling on the oor. Still, you
should try them.
Start in the bottom portion of a lunging
position: one foot about two normal
step lengths in front of the other with
both knees and hips bent at 90-degree
angles. From this position, push into the
oor to explode your entire body into the
air while switching one leg in the front
and the other in the back. The landing
position is the same as the starting, but
the feet have alternated.
This takes a lot of balance, so take your
time. If it sounds hard, thats because it is.
Before starting this exercise, make sure
your core is very strong (see my favorite
core exercise on my Coach G Fitness
YouTube channel) and you are comfortable
with normal bodyweight lunges.
Progress yourself from traditional lunges
to this exercise by starting to perform your
normal lunges as fast as possible. You
eventually will build the power and balance
to get some serious airtime.
Adding in jumping exercises to your
normal workout and healthy nutritional
regimen can help you unlock the body
you want. Remember to start slowly
and eventually advance yourself to the
more di cult jumps. Incorporate these
exercises into your workout and youll
have those last stubborn pounds of fat
running back in the closet.
Tuck jumps and lunge jumps are great cardio
exercises.
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Executive order is latest
pro-LGBT move by Obama
President Obama on Monday signed
the executive order barring anti-gay bias
by federal contractors that many of us
have written about and asked him for
since 2008 when he rst promised to do
it. We need to thank him for keeping his
promise and taking another step toward
securing full civil and human rights for
the LGBT community. We have come a
long way during his presidency.
This executive order is not a new initia-
tive. What the president has done is to
add sexual orientation and gender iden-
tity to a list of protected categories that
were applied to federal contractors in an
executive order rst approved by Presi-
dent Lyndon Johnson in 1965. As reported
in the New York Times, He is also adding
gender identity as a protected category to
a 1969 directive by President Richard M.
Nixon that applies to federal employees,
which was later amended by President
Bill Clinton to include sexual orientation.
This is a great step forward but it ap-
pears that while this EO applies to fed-
eral contracts it does not apply to federal
grants whose criteria are usually left to
each individual agency. The LGBT com-
munity takes heart that we have been
heard and the EO does not carve out
any new religious exemptions that dont
already exist for other protected catego-
ries. It is estimated this executive order
applies to 24,000 companies that are des-
ignated as federal contractors and whose
28 million workers make up about a fth
of the American workforce.
Mondays signing was done against a
backdrop of the ght for legislation includ-
ing ENDA ongoing for many years. That
ght and the issue of exemptions for reli-
gious organizations have been impacted by
the recent Supreme Court decision in the
Hobby Lobby case. The rst comprehensive
legislation to ban discrimination against the
LGBT community was introduced by Bella S.
Abzug (D-N.Y.) in 1974. That legislation didnt
pass and there has ensued a long and some-
times bitter battle to pass the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act, which rst passed
the House of Representatives in 2007 but
didnt get through the Senate. This past year,
it passed the Senate but looks like it will fail
in the House so we will be back to square
one in the next Congress.
President Obama ran in 2008 and
made a number of promises to the LGBT
community including repealing Dont
Ask, Dont Tell and signing this execu-
tive order to get support in the election
and it clearly worked. The problem many
in the community have had is that every
move forward on his part including mak-
ing these issues a priority once he was in
o ce seemed to coincide with a di cult
election, either the mid-term congres-
sional or his own reelection. Forward
momentum seemed designed politically
to recharge and energize the LGBT com-
munity to vote in and raise more money
for a coming election. That strategy has
worked and includes his well-timed deci-
sion to evolve, or as some suggested re-
volve, as he once before did support it, on
the issue of marriage equality.
As someone deeply involved in the po-
litical process for more than 40 years I nd
this strategy understandable. As an activ-
ist it is my hope as we move beyond the
Obama presidency we will move LGBT is-
sues away from being just a political foot-
ball and that they will be as ingrained in
the continuing ght for civil and human
rights as are the ghts for the civil rights of
African Americans and womens rights. We
also need to move the ght for immigra-
tion reform away from the politics of the
moment to the politics of full inclusion.
President Obama will always be seen as
a hero to the LGBT community for how far
we have come during his presidency. He is
by nature a decent man. But let us hope
that his elections will be the last in which
the issues of full civil and human rights for
the LGBT community are even debated
in the Democratic Party. Unfortunately at
this time we cant say the same for the Re-
publican Party but we can always hope for
a better future even there.
We know as we have seen the arc of
history with regard to civil rights and
womens rights that we will always have
to be vigilant to maintain any forward
momentum. But that will be a dierent
ght thanks to this president.
18 J ULY 25, 2014 I NSI DE LGBT WASHI NGTON
V O L U M E 4 5 I S S U E 3 0
The LGBT community takes heart that
we have been heard and
the EO does not carve out any
new religious exemptions that
dont already exist for
other protected categories.
EDI TORI AL CARTOON
PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights
and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly
for the Blade.
Thank you, Mr. President
Award-winning actress an
irreplaceable force of nature
An inimitable, outrageously funny, un-
inchingly honest, irreplaceable force of
nature has left us. On July 17, Elaine Stritch,
the Tony and Emmy Award-winning, star of
stage, screen and TV, died at age 89 at her
Michigan home after living and performing
for years at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City.
Stritch, a gay icon, was beloved for her
acting talent, performance of Stephen
Sondheims music, perfectly aimed rep-
artee, and sartorial audacity. (Who else
could have pulled o dressing in tights,
a white shirt, sans pants?) Straight and
queer audiences from Broadway to Holly-
wood, and all points in between, are feel-
ing her loss. Stritch, who struggled with
stage fright, alcoholism and diabetes and
kept performing until nearly the end of
her life, was a true trailblazer, said Liza
Minnelli. Her talent and spunk will be
greatly missed by so many of us.
Its hard to imagine a time when
Stritch wasnt a star. She rst appeared
on Broadway in 1946 in Loco. Stritchs
many stage roles in her nearly seven de-
cades in show business included: Grace
in William Inges play Bus Stop in 1955;
a cruise ship social director in the 1961
Noel Coward musical Sail Away (in a
part that The Master shaped for her);
Parthy Ann Hawks in the 1994 revival of
Show Boat; an alcoholic in a 1996 pro-
duction of Edward Albees play A Delicate
Balance. And, who could ever forget her
indelible performance of the Sondheim
classic The Ladies Who Lunch in the
original New York production of Compa-
ny in 1970? Hearing her sing this iconic
song, whatever your sexuality or gender,
you cant help but dissect and identify
with the middle-aged au courant Manhat-
tan women in the show.
Her last Broadway appearance was as
Madame Armfeldt in the 2010 revival of the
Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night
Music. In the same year, Stritch was paro-
died on The Simpsons. At camp, Lisa Simp-
son learns to make wallets with Stritch and
Andrew Lloyd Webber. Thats worth being
in the business for 150 years, Stritch said.
Stritch was no stranger to the screen.
Her many lms include A Farewell to
Arms (1957), September (1987), Au-
tumn in New York (2000) and Monster-
in-Law (2005). Woody Allen, who directed
September, respected Stritchs talent,
but knew of her reputation for being, at
times, hard to work with. In a letter to
Stritch oering her a role in the lm, he
warned her against being too much of a
diva. Allen admonished her to keep the
questioning to a rock-bottom minimum.
Since the 1950s, Stritch has been a
presence on television appearing on
TV programs from Wagon Train to the
English sit-com Twos Company to The
Cosby Show. She became known to the
current generation of TV viewers through
her Emmy Award-winning work on Law
& Order and 30 Rock.
Stritch is perhaps best known for
her work in her one-woman 2001 show
Elaine Stritch at Liberty. In this the-
ater piece, created with John Lahr, she
brilliantly blended mordant Sondheim
songs with stories of her career in show
business. The show won a Tony Award
for best special theatrical event and an
Emmy when it aired on HBO in 2004.
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, a documen-
tary about Stritch directed by Chiemi Kara-
sawa, released in February, is now on DVD.
The lm reveals Stritchs wit and courage
in facing aging, diabetes and memory loss.
Watching it, you understand why Stritch is
so beloved by the queer community. In an
outtake on the DVD, Stritch recalls being told
that she should have a nose job before ap-
pearing in a lm with Spencer Tracy, Lana
Turner or someone famous. She declines to
do this. Ill stick with who I am, Stritch says,
I wouldnt trade that for anything.
Elaine, your rendition of Sondheims
anthem to survival Im Still Here will al-
ways ring in our ears. R.I.P.
International body
raising awareness
of rights violations
By KAREN MULHAUSER
As we celebrate our own gains in the
movement for equality, we must not forget
the pervasive challenges for LGBTI rights
that persist every day on a global scale.
The facts can be sobering. Today, about
80 countries criminalize same-sex rela-
tionships. In some of these places, legis-
lation has emerged targeting LGBTI rights
groups and activists simply for advancing
the cause of equality. This means that
something like an equality march or rain-
bow ag could result in arrest, or worse.
What global ally will stand with LBGTI
individuals? The answer, increasingly, is
the United Nations. And, as a member of
the United Nations Association of the USA
(UNA-USA), I am proud to be part of an
organization that supports this policy.
The U.N. has emerged as a key and
vocal advocate for LGBTI rights, in addi-
tion to its usual roles of promoting peace
and justice throughout the world. In June
2011, the U.N. Human Rights Council
took the unprecedented move of passing
a resolution a rming LGBTI rights. Later,
the U.N. O ce of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights compiled an in-depth
report detailing the global scope of vio-
lence and discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity.
The U.N. has also taken steps to edu-
cate and raise awareness among the
public on LGBTI rights. Launched in 2013,
its Free and Equal Campaign works to
promote greater respect for the rights of
LGBTI people everywhere. The campaign
centers on the language of the rst Article
of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, which plainly declares: All human
beings are born free and equal in dignity
and rights.
Prominent U.N. gures including
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon him-
selfhave been photographed proudly
carrying Free and Equal placards. The
secretary-general has also declared,
Ending homophobia is a matter of per-
sonal security, dignity and even survival
for countless individuals.It is also a long-
term endeavor one that I believe is crit-
ical to the mission of the United Nations.
As a part of that endeavor, the Secretary-
General moved to extend recognition of
same-sex marriages to more than 40,000
U.N. sta members around the world ir-
respective of the policy of the employees
home country.
Whether we choose to advance the
cause of equality in the United States, or
challenge discriminatory laws abroad, we
here in Washington, D.C., and across the
country can readily identify with the U.N.
declaration that we are all born free and
equal. I am proud to live in a city like D.C.
that recognizes that human rights must
apply to all humans. I am also proud to
be a member of UNA-USA, which embod-
ies the same values.
As we move forward with our move-
ment, the U.N. stands ready as one of our
most active allies. We should draw on its
support as a key partner.
Elaine, your rendition of Sondheims
anthem to survival Im Still Here
will always ring in our ears. R.I.P.
VI EWPOI NT J ULY 25, 2014 19
KATHI WOLFE is a writer, poet and regular
contributor to the Blade. She can be reached
through this publication.
VI EWPOI NT
Remembering the inimitable Elaine Stritch
U.N. a key ally as LGBT rights advance
KAREN MULHAUSER is chair of the Steering
Committee of the United Nations Association
of the USA.
Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON declared,
Ending homophobia is a matter of personal
security, dignity and even survival for
countless individuals.
Lack of engagement,
quorums and candidates
recommends elimination
D.C.s controversial advisory neighborhood
commission (ANC) set-up embarrassed anoth-
er swath of residents again last week. It didnt
help that it occurred in one of the citys highest-
prole development-intensive areas.
Usually community chagrin centers on
outlandish internecine tussling exposed or
unpopular regulatory recommendation prof-
fered by one of 40 such small groups across
the city. This time it raised the question of
whether the District might be better o with-
out them.
The 12-member neighborhood advisory
group in the bustling and growing 14th and
U streets area has been unable to muster
a quorum for monthly meetings half of the
time during the last nine months. Last week
they again failed to conduct a meeting due
to no-shows at a second session scheduled
for July following insu cient attendance
the prior week.
Such incidents, especially so absurdly
chronic, also beg an obvious question. If
these biennially elected unpaid advisory-on-
ly representatives without statutory author-
ity to make decisions that much matter cant
bother to show up, why should anyone
including city agencies care about them
or their opinions?
I doubt that the commissioners have of-
fered to reimburse community business
owners who showed up as scheduled, drag-
ging attorneys and architects or other costly
professionals along to present their enterprise
plans in the hope of winning a collective bless-
ing of favorable advisory opinion along the
citys ridiculously long slog to licensing.
A random batch of replacement candi-
dates will likely appear as gung-ho as the cur-
rent ones were soliciting votes, soon prom-
ising at least Ill show up at the meetings!
Maybe the city should instead reconsider
whether, on balance, these groups are actu-
ally anything more than an obstruction and
hindrance to progress.
Other numbers are just as bad.
The D.C. Board of Election update on July 22
indicated that many of the current commis-
sioners in this ANC appear not to be seeking
re-election in the November general election.
Three of the positions currently have no can-
didates interested. In ve other districts, only
one candidate has even begun the low-thresh-
old ballot qualication process.
In the adjacent Columbia Heights neighbor-
hood, nobody has yet expressed interest in
running for ve of the 12 seats. Only two com-
missioner spots have yet generated a poten-
tial ling by more than one candidate with
the deadline to register, pick up nominating
petitions, collect a whopping 25 registered-
voter signatures and le on Aug. 6. In the last
election, only one of the 12 seats drew more
than one candidate.
In Dupont Circle, only two of nine seats
elicited more than one candidate last time
around. In Georgetowns 2012 election, all
seats went uncontested except the one with-
out a candidate. In the Logan Circle area, only
three of eight races were contested.
On Capitol Hill, the notoriously anti-busi-
ness Barracks Row ANC currently has no can-
didates running for nearly half of its 10 posi-
tions, and only one has more than a single
candidate competing as of now. On the night-
life-burgeoning H Street, N.E., corridor, half of
the seats in this business-ghting ANC have
only one contestant.
With little over a week left to le, well over
one-third of all districts dont yet have a can-
didate interested. Only four of the 40 area
groups, or a mere 10 percent, have at least
one candidate running in all sub-districts.
In 2012, 187 of 296 seats were uncontested
and an additional 24 spots had no candidate
on the ballot. Taken together, 71 percent of all
ANC contests either had no candidate or only
a solo candidate. In one-quarter of all ANCs
there was not a single contested race.
Not all voters even bother to participate in
nonpartisan ANC races. In center-city Ward 2
with its high concentration of gay voters, for
example, only 66 percent participating cast a
vote for ANC commissioner.
Campaigns, such as they are, for ANC posi-
tions are usually devoid of substantive issue
discussions and the winners little represent
much of anything.
Maybe its time to begin ending the charade.
Lets seize momentum, ght
for comprehensive rights bill
By REBECCA ISAACS
Earlier this week, I was standing in the
East Room of the White House as President
Obama signed two historic executive orders.
For the rst time in the history of our coun-
try, federal contractors can no longer discrimi-
nate on the basis of sexual orientation and
gender identity, and transgender employees
in the federal civil service are explicitly protect-
ed from discrimination.
Through this executive action, LGBT work-
ers will be judged on the same terms as all
other employees by their credentials and
performance nothing more, nothing less.
Importantly, these executive orders do not
include overly broad religious exemptions that
would have left LGBT workers vulnerable to
discrimination and that would have set a dan-
gerous precedent for future legislation at the
state and federal level.
Two weeks ago, Equality Federation, along
with 45 state LGBT advocacy organizations,
called on the president to reject broad reli-
gious exemptions and send a clear message
that discrimination based on sexual orienta-
tion and gender identity will be treated no dif-
ferently from other forms of discrimination.
We are thrilled that the president heard our
voices and grateful that he heeded our call.
These executive orders ensure that thousands
of hardworking LGBT employees are given a
level playing eld to succeed.
And yet, we know we have more work to
do. Millions of hardworking, tax-paying LGBT
Americans remain unprotected from dis-
crimination at work, at home and in their com-
munities. And while were making incredible,
unprecedented progress toward equality for
LGBT people, we cant rest yet.
Lets seize the current momentum and
build on this weeks executive orders to win
critical nondiscrimination protections for LGBT
people on both the state and federal level.
Its time for a comprehensive federal non-
discrimination bill. For years, the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) has been our
movements top federal legislative priority.
While we applaud all of the eorts to pass
ENDA by our colleagues and legislative allies,
we urge the next Congress to introduce a
comprehensive bill that addresses discrimina-
tion in employment, housing, and public ac-
commodations like the comprehensive laws
we have passed in many states.
This comprehensive legislation to protect
LGBT people from discrimination in all facets
of life must not treat sexual orientation and
gender identity dierently than other kinds of
discrimination barred by federal law.
Federal laws and even proposed laws
like ENDA are often used as standards
or guidelines for state and local lawmakers.
Adding dangerous religious exemptions into
any federal law would make it much more
di cult for state advocates to advance legis-
lation without them. And it wont just be the
states without current protections that will be
harmed. Leaders in states with strong nondis-
crimination laws believe that a broad federal
religious exemption will become an excuse for
lawmakers in their states to weaken existing
protections.
Even with a comprehensive bill at the fed-
eral level, our work in the states is more ur-
gent than ever. Our eorts are paying o
we have passed inclusive discrimination bans
in 18 states and hundreds of municipalities.
Weve made great strides, but we must keep
working for change in the communities we call
home.
As gridlock in Congress remains, our cam-
paigns at the local and state level secure
critical protections for more and more LGBT
Americans. But they do more than that.
These eorts provide opportunities to en-
gage in positive, productive public education
about the real harms our communities face.
They help to establish facts that make creat-
ing a case for further legislation easier. And
they create political power and forge political
partnerships with policymakers at every level.
In short, state and local work builds the sup-
port and momentum that fuels any successful
federal policy change.
Together, our movement can secure com-
prehensive nondiscrimination protections
at the federal level in the next few years
but only if we all do the hard work it takes to
achieve victory.
The political and cultural landscape is
changing faster and faster each day. While
were making incredible, unprecedented prog-
ress toward equality for LGBT people, we must
be vigilant to ensure that, as President Obama
has said, This is a country where no matter
who you are, or what you look like, or how
you came up, or what your last name is, or
who you loveif you work hard and you take
responsibility, you should be able to make it.
Thats the story of America.
20 J ULY 25, 2014 OUR BUSI NESS MATTERS
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur
and community business advocate. Follow
on Twitter: @MarkLeeDC. Reach him at
OurBusinessMatters@gmail.com.
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ANC embarrasses another swath of D.C. residents
Obama makes history by signing executive orders
REBECCA ISAACS is executive director of
Equality Federation, the strategic partner
and movement builder to state-based
organizations winning equality for LGBT people
in the communities we call home.
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entrepreneurs open
brewery in Silver Spring
By JUSTIN PELIGRI
Julie Verratti and Emily Bruno are not
professional commercial beer brewers.
But for the lesbian couple, opening
Denizens Brewing Co., geared toward a
younger, diverse generation of craft beer
acionados, is just the latest endeavor in
a string of adventures.
Denizens, a term meaning a local or
regular customer, is a tting term for the
new brewery, nestled among new high-
rise apartment buildings on East-West
Highway, a 10-minute walk from the
Silver Spring Metro stop, which former
same-sex marriage activists Verratti
and Bruno opened this month with Je
Ramirez, whose sister is married to Emilys
brother giving the operation a family feel.
Ramirez, whos been developing and ne-
tuning beer recipes for his entire career,
came up with the avors.
The owners of the 200-seat brewery
and beer garden, about 3,000 square
feet, plan to brew ve core styles and
ve seasonal styles out of its basement.
A popular gay-owned food truck, BBQ
Bus, will open a brick-and-mortar location
inside the brewery this summer.
Have I ever done something this big?
No, says Verratti, whos had a series
of careers in everything from political
activism to personal training. Its the rst
time the rst time for all of us.
Che and Tadd Ruddell-Tabisola, who
own BBQ Bus, knew the Denizens owners
from their time as LGBT activists. Going into
business together seemed like the perfect
next step, building upon an old friendship.
It was a match made in heaven, Che
says. I think Julie and Emily are great.
Their concept and their approach is really
thoughtful. Theres a lot of quality behind
what theyre doing.
Che and his husband always wanted to
open a physical location ever since their
rst day on the road in April 2011. But the
opportunity didnt immediately present itself.
We got turned down for two loans and a
few credit cards when we were trying to get this
business going, he says. Nobody was lending
money to a startup [during the recession], let
alone a restaurant. The food truck really was a
way to get into this business.
Today, the food truck is well known across
the D.C. area, an asset upon which Denizens,
located at 1115 East-West Highway in
Silver Spring (denizensbrewingco.com),
hopes to capitalize.
Everyone wants to eat when theyre
drinking beer, says Taylor Barnes, the
brewerys director of marketing and
events. Che and Tadd loved the pairing of
beer and barbecue, and so did we. Its a
new model two businesses coexisting in
the same space. So it was really important
for us that we just got along as people rst,
and second as business partners.
Theyre fun, theyre super welcoming,
and they love diversity just as much as we
do, Verratti says. I love the fact that if you
combine the ownership structure between
the brewery and BBQ Bus, four out of the
ve owners are gay and gay married.
A long journey
Craft beer fans tend to be well educated,
city-dwelling political progressives in their
20s and 30s, making the District and the
surrounding metropolitan area an optimal
place to open a brewery. But as the East
Coast craft beer scene continues to boom,
Barnes says craft beer is often marketed
toward a narrow slice of America.
One of the reasons we wanted to start
Denizens Brewing Co. is that craft beer is
for everyone, she says.
But plans to open the business were stalled
in part because of the restrictive Defense of
Marriage Act, leading Verratti and Bruno to
draw upon their roots as activists.
Emily and I met and started dating as
political organizers, Verratti says, referring
to their time in Boston working on the
2004 presidential campaign and later, on
the canvass program at MassEquality, an
organization that helped secure and defend
same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, the
rst state where it became legal.
It was a pretty unbelievable time
period, she says, reminiscing on what
she jokingly calls her past life as a
professional gay.
Every day, you could feel the weight
of the country on you. We were being
attacked constantly from the right, and we
did a full-scale ground war. We knocked
on hundreds of thousands of doors. We
created the model for how to win these
types of battles across the country.
Veratti, born and raised in Silver Spring,
married Bruno in California during the
short window before Proposition 8 was
temporarily struck down, and moved
back home with her wife to earn a degree
JEFF RAMIREZ, EMILY BRUNO (center) and JULIE VERRATTI of
Denizens Brewing Co.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DENIZENS
ART S AND E NT E RT AI NME NT WA S HI NGT ONBL A DE . C OM V OL UME 4 5 I S S UE 3 0 J UL Y 2 5 2 0 1 4 P A GE 2 3
How long have you been out and who was
the hardest person to tell?
I rst came out as a lesbian 14 years ago,
when I was 17. I began coming out as a
transgender man four years ago. When I rst
came out, the hardest place to come out was
in my denomination because I knew then
that I was called to be a minister but at the
time the Presbyterian Church didnt ordain
openly LGBT people. Fortunately, individuals
and ministers within my church were so
supportive it helped me be brave enough to
come out and live as a witness to the fact that
you can be called to ministry and be LGBT.
Whos your LGBT hero?
One of my heroes is Rev. Janie Spahr who
courageously lived out her calling to minister
to LGBT people in the Presbyterian Church,
USA. She was one of the people who helped
pave the path for openly LGBT people to
serve in my denomination. Two weeks after I
came out to my parents, I had the chance to
meet her at an event where she spoke. She
was one of the rst people who helped me
(and my parents) see that it was possible to
be both queer and a minister.
Whats Washingtons best

nightspot, past or present?
I love the 9:30 club because its small
enough to feel close to whoever is
performing, but brings amazing artists who
could rock a large arena.
Describe your dream wedding.

Im lucky enough to have had my dream
wedding already! It was a small ceremony
held at the Outer Banks with our family and
friends holding 40 ags with Yay! printed on
them.
What non-LGBT issue are you most

passionate about?
Is there such a thing? Every social justice
issue impacts LGBT people.
What historical outcome

would you change?
I would change any time Christian
denominations or other faiths decided to
rule that LGBT people were incompatible
with their teachings. Fortunately many
faiths have moved beyond this ruling, but it
hasnt changed the pain of rejection many
LGBT people have felt from their religious
traditions.
Whats been the most memorable pop

culture moment of your lifetime?
Lets go with the most memorable pop
culture moment of the past year: When
Laverne Cox schooled Katie Couric on
appropriate questions to ask a transgender
person.
On what do you insist?
Strong coee and bold patterns.
What was your last Facebook

post or Tweet?
Out of o ce: OK friends! Car and puppies
are packed. Out of o ce is ON. Time for a
week at the beach!!!
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
Finding the Courage to Take the Scenic
Route
If science discovered a way to change

sexual orientation, what would you do?
Destroy the evidence! Just kidding. I follow
the Gospel of Lady Gaga on this one Baby
you were born that way. I wish science could
nd a way to change the world such that
everyone could live as the fabulous creatures
they are created to be.
What do you believe in

beyond the physical world?
We are all connected to each other and
something greater than ourselves.
Whats your advice for

LGBT movement leaders?
We have to move beyond the idea that
there is just one LGBT movement. There are
multiple LGBT movements advancing rights
and changing our culture of welcome for
LGBT folks.
What would you walk

across hot coals for?
1. Guaranteed world peace no one is
hungry, war doesnt exist, people are loved
for who they are. 2. Im being chased by
zombies.
What LGBT stereotype annoys you most?

The most insidious LGBT stereotype is that
we can be neatly divided into the categories
of l, b, g, and a t and that everyone ts
within those boxes. Our gender and sexual
identities are so much more complex and
beautiful than one label can describe.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?

But Im a Cheerleader
Whats the most overrated social custom?

Not sure about the most overrated social
custom, but I will say the most underrated
social custom is smiling at strangers.
What trophy or prize do you most covet?

Any prize that would let me travel around
the world for a year.
What do you wish youd known at 18?

I wish I would have known that the most
direct path to a goal isnt necessarily the most
rewarding or life giving. I thought I had my
route all gured out when I was 18. I would
have told myself earlier on that the scenic
route is where all your life lessons are.
Why Washington?
I love Washington because most everyone
here is living life passionately. Whether their
thing is politics, art, social justice or creating
the perfect cupcake, folks here are following
their dreams and inspiring those around
them to nd their calling too.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Alex Patchin McNeill has had a somewhat circuitous path to career and faith.
Although a lifelong Presbyterian who initially found acceptance and
encouragement upon coming out, there was a longstanding question about
whether the 31-year-old Asheville, N.C., native would ever be allowed to be
ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination.
McNeill graduated from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., then
came to Washington in July 2008. He did non-prot development work for a few
years and for the last year has been director of More Light Presbyterians, an LGBT
advocacy group. Hes still working toward ordination, has a few more classes to
take and hopes to complete the process within the next couple of years.
He says the churchs decision last month to allow same-sex marriage was
an answer to prayer for a lot of people.
But even with that landmark vote and its 2011 policy change to ordain LGBT
clergy, McNeil says, theres still a lot of work to be done.
There are still a small percentage of churches in our denomination that
are openly welcoming, he says. What More Light is working on is helping
individual churches strengthen their welcome and have it move beyond
just being a statement, but also a path of engagement that they can really
understand the nuances of what it means to be LGBT and how that impacts
their congregational life.
McNeill and his wife, Nicole, live in Hyattsville, Md. He enjoys riding his
Vespa, playing guitar and spending time with the couples three dogs in his
free time.
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24 J ULY 25, 2014 QUEERY: 20 QUESTI ONS FOR ALEX PATCHI N MCNEI LL
Carrie actress recalls
memorable Stritch
encounters
By BRIAN T. CARNEY
When Barbara Walsh was preparing to
play Joanne, the iconic character created
by the legendary Elaine Stritch, in the
Broadway revival of Company, friends
were quick to point out that she had large
shoes to ll.
Thats OK, the actress wryly
responded. I have really large feet. She
also adds, And they keep getting bigger
with age. Bunions are hell.
Walsh, now onstage as Margaret White
in Carrie the Musical at Studio Theatre,
which runs through Aug. 3 (studiotheatre.
org) was shocked when she heard that
Stritch died last Thursday.
Its a huge loss to the Broadway
community, she says.
When Walsh was in previews for
Company in 2006, the New Yorker
wanted to do a joint interview with the
new and old Joanne. As Walsh arrived at
the Carlyle (Stritchs long-time residence
in Manhattan), Stritch looked her up and
down and declared in her stentorian
voice, Oh, youre too young to play the
part. Walsh did not mention that she
was older than Stritch was when she
originated the role.
Stritch, of course, dominated the
interview (which was unfortunately never
published), but Walsh remembers that
the two had a lovely conversation about
composer Stephen Sondheim. As Walsh
was leaving, Stritch said she was looking
forward to seeing the new production,
but wouldnt tell her when she was
coming to see the show so she wouldnt
make the younger actress nervous.
As reimagined by British director John
Doyle, the Broadway revival of Company
featured the actors doubling as the
orchestra. As the hard-drinking Joanne,
Walsh played the triangle and other
percussion instruments, most memorably
striking a martini glass with a swizzle stick.
The cast never left the stage, so Walsh had
plenty of time to scan the audience. One
night she spotted a woman in an aisle seat
in the fth row dressed in white from head
to foot, including, of course, a white hat.
It was Stritch, Walsh says. You
couldnt miss her.
After the show (It was a lovely
performance), Walsh was headed from
the wig room to her dressing room
when she heard a voice booming down
the stairwell. Wheres Barbara? Stritch
bellowed. She descended the staircase
and gently grabbed Walsh by the face,
quietly saying, That was just wonderful.
It was such a magical moment, a
moment Ill never forget. We just wont
see anyone like her ever again.
Now Walsh has several pairs of large
shows to ll as she tackles the role of
Carries murderous mother. There were
Piper Laurie and Julianne Moore on the big
screen, and Barbara Cook, Betty Buckley
and Marin Mazzie in earlier productions of
the stage musical. Walsh did not see those
other stage performances, but she does
remember watching the famous Brian De
Palma lm for the rst time as a teenager.
I remember being absolutely
terried of Piper Laurie, she says. Her
performance was simply amazing. Seeing
her come down the stairs in her nightgown
carrying that knife was delicious. When
youre playing a role with this rich history,
you just have to stay on track and tell the
story. Its an amazing story about a lot of
fascinating things.
For Walsh, the essence of the character
is a mother who is terried of letting
her daughter go, rather than religious
zealotry or sexual repression, although
these elements are also important. The
key to the role is deep maternal love.
That helps me to tell her story in a
more grounded way. It was important
for me to play the humanity against the
madness. I was also very interested in the
role reversal between the mother and
daughter. It is terrifying to Margaret when
Carrie takes over. When Carrie unleashes
her telekinetic powers at the end of act
one, Margaret is suddenly in uncharted
waters. That is very interesting to play.
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Signatures Sizzlin series returns
Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, Va.) presents Will Gartshore
tonight at 7 p.m. and Stephen Gregory Smith tomorrow night at 7 p.m. as part of
its Sizzlin Summer Nights Series.
Gartshore will perform musical theater classics from the legends Cole Porter,
Noel Coward and Stephen Sondheim in his show Cole and Noel and Steve.
Smith will perform alongside Maria Egler in Good Times: A TV Theme Song
Cabaret, a collection of television theme songs from the past and present.
Tickets are $25 for both shows. For more information, visit signature-theatre.org.
Mixtape adds extra night
Mixtape holds a special Friday night edition at 9:30 Club (815 V St., N.W.)
tonight from 11 p.m.-3 a.m.
The monthly party has now added an extra night of festivities for July. DJs Shea Van
Horn and Matt Bailer will play electro, alternative-pop, house, indie rock and more.
There is a $12 cover. Admission is limited to guests 21 and over. For more
details, visit 930.com.
OutWrite LGBT Book Festival
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
presents the fourth annual OutWrite
LGBT Book Festival Aug. 1-3. The festival
is a combination of book and poetry
readings, book discussions, writing
workshops and more.
There will be a poetry reading tribute
to Essex Hemphill on Aug. 1 at 6 p.m..
On Aug. 2 at noon there will be a writing
trans characters workshop with panelists
Everett Maroon, Dane Edidi and Alex
Myers. At 4 p.m. a reading of G.R.I.T.S
Girls Raised in the South: An Anthology of
Southern Womyns Voices and their Allies
by Amber N. Williams will take place.
For a complete list of events, visit
thedccenter.org.
26 J ULY 25, 2014 OUT & ABOUT
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By MARIAH COOPER
PHOTO COURTESY OF MYERS
STUDIOTHEATRE.ORG
202.332.3300
Music by Michael Gore
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
Based on the novel by Stephen King
Directed by Keith Alan Baker &
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By SPENCER HANKINS
An actual conversation:
Mom: I saw on the news where that
lady you love so much died.
Me: Elaine Stritch? Yeah
Mom: Thats the one. How are you?
Me: Im OK I guess. I feel like my
grandmother has died.
Mom: (throwing epic mom shade) Well,
lets hope you were in her will.
Me: (Quoting Elaine Stritch: At Liberty)
And you wonder why I drank.
I was aware of Elaine from a young
age. Thank you, The Cosby Show. But
it wasnt until the summer of 2006 that
my real connection with Ms. Stritch was
made.
I had decided to ght this demon
that was on my back: alcoholism. A few
months of sobriety, I was at friends house
in Oklahoma and was whining (because
thats what newly sober gay alcoholics
do) to a dear friend of mine who was
also in the program. I was going on
and on about my doubts that I could do
this whole not drinking thing, when he
grabbed me by the shoulders and said If
Elaine can do it, you can do it.
I looked at him, confused, and said,
What the fuck are you talking about?
He sat me down and we watched
Elaine Stritch: At Liberty. I sat there for
the next two-and-a-half hours, laughing,
crying and relating to this complete
strangers story, while falling in love with
her honesty.
Every year, I celebrate her birthday,
Feb. 2. In 2009, I celebrated by changing
my prole picture to a picture of her
taken for At Liberty. About an hour later,
I had this message from Denise Winters,
whom I didnt yet know.
Hi Spencer. Im smiling that you are
using the cover for At Liberty. Elaine is
fabulous! And I took that picture. I lost
my ever-lovin gay mind, because there
I was, a sober alcoholic, working at his
dream job in the theater in D.C., and
talking to someone directly connected
with a lady Id idolized for several years.
In one of the tributes Ive read in the
past few days, someone wrote, Like all
addicts and alcoholics, she lived with
fear. It followed her everywhere. And it
was that fear, that extra hurdle she had to
leap to get herself up there on the stage
that made her performances so human.
This is so very true: we alcoholics are
driven by fear. Years ago, when Id feel
myself being driven by fear, Id hear her
screaming WRONG! like she did in the
iconic Company documentary. Elaine
had become somewhat of a higher power
to me for a few years, until I was able
to form one of my own. Id always ask
myself, What would Elaine do? On every
trip Id make to New York from D.C., Id
pray that this would be the one where I
ran into her on the street or in a meeting.
It never happened.
But one day in 2011, I received an email
from Denise that had a video attached.
Denise had been talking to Elaine about
me (big gay gasp!), and they thought
that a video message would be so much
better than some black and white, glossy,
autographed photo. I watched it and
immediately began to sob. Here was this
woman that Ive idolized, addressing me
directly, saying that shed heard what Ive
been saying, and that she wanted me to
take it easy because rumors could get
around and we could both get arrested.
She also said that when she got a quiet
moment, shed call Denise and wed all
go for tea. Ive carried this video on my
phone for the past three years. When Im
down, it always brightens my day.
She never got that quiet moment. I
never got that tea, but its comforting to
know she was willing to take time, when
she had time.
Elaine, I hope you nally gure out this
existential problem in tights, and what
Richard Burton meant by almost.
THEATER J ULY 25, 2014 27
PHOTO COURTESY OF ISOTOPE FILMS
ELAINE STRITCH in the documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me.
and warranties.
REVISIONS
REDESIGN
TEXT REVISIONS
HOT HI TS & HI DDEN J EWELS
FROM CULTURECAPI TAL. COM
YOUR LI NK TO THE ARTS I N METRO D. C.
MARTI N, LOVE, SEX & RHYTHM
THRU J ULY 27. CAPI TAL FRI NGE FESTI VAL. ATLAS
PERFORMI NG ARTS CENTER. 866- 811- 4111.
CAPFRI NGE. ORG.
Martin, Love, Sex & Rhythm is a sexy all male cast pop-rock musical
performance that explores gay on gay shaming through a poignant script,
dancing and singing top 40 songs.
DI SNEY S THE LI ON KI NG.
THRU AUG 17. KENNEDY CENTER. 202- 467- 4600.
KENNEDY- CENTER. ORG.
Winner of six Tonys including Best Musical, Disneys The Lion King returns! With
direction and costumes by Julie Taymor, Elton John and Tim Rices score brings
the African Pridelands to life with Circle of Life and many more great songs.
TOTAL ART: CONTEMPORARY VI DEO
THRU OCT 12. MUSEUM OF WOMEN I N THE ARTS.
202- 783- 5000. NMWA. ORG.
Featuring works by Dara Birnbaum, Kimsooja, Mariko Mori, Mwangi Hutter,
Alex Prager and more, Total Art highlights the inventive processes that sustain
women artists position at the forefront of video.
SONYA LAWYER: A PEACE (OF THE DREAM)
THRU AUG 2. FLASHPOI NT GALLERY.
202- 315- 1305. CULTURALDC. ORG.
Vintage images celebrating color, design and texture overlaid with a narrative of
family stories, personal memories, and universal truths as Sonya Lawyer weaves
together images of men, women and children from the past and present.
IMAGE COURTESY OF CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
28 J ULY 25, 2014 THE GUI DE TO ARTS & CULTURE
THEATRE
Disneys The Lion King. Thru Aug 17.
Shear Madness. Thru Dec 31.
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
The Tempest. Thru Aug 3. Olney
Theatre. 301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Stupid F##king Bird. Jul 28-Aug 17.
Woolly Mammoth. 202-393-3939.
woollymammoth.net.
Carrie: The Musical. Thru Aug 3.
Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
Swing Time The Musical! Burke
Theater: US Navy Memorial.
swingtimethemusical.com.
An Evening with Danny Kaye. Thru Aug
16. American Century Theater. Gunston.
703-998-4555. americancentury.org.
Capital Fringe Festival thru July 27.
Taking place in over 15 dierent venues
in downtown DC with 140 performing
groups. Shows include: A Fire in Water. A
Lesbian Belle Tells! As We Are. Brownie
and Lolli Go To Hollywood. Districtland.
Killer Quack. Love Song to Miss Kitty. Luv,
American Style. Martin, Love, Sex and
Rhythm. Olizzia. Stone Tape Party. The
Livonians. The Other Day. The Tumbling.
Writing Miss Clarks Resume.
202-737-7230. capfringe.org.
James Adomian. Jul 31. Kennedy
Centers Millennium Stage.
800-444-1324. kennedy-center.org.
DANCE
Coyaba Dance Theater. Jul 25. Dance
Place & Monroe Street Market.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
DancEthos. Jul 26-27. Dance Place.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
Axis Dance Company. Jul 26.
Kennedy Centers Millennium Stage.
800-444-1324. kennedy-center.org.
The Adventures of Tapman. Thru Jul 27.
Capital Fringe Festival. Atlas Performing
Arts Center. 866-811-4111. capfringe.org.
MUSI C
Chuck Brown All Star Band. Jul 30.
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
Jazz in the Garden: Incendio. Jul 25.
NGA Sculpture Garden. 202-737-4215.
nga.gov.
Tom Principato. Jul 26. BlackRock.
301-528-2260. blackrockcenter.org.
Sarah McLachlan. Jul 26. Darius
Rucker. Jul 27. Heart. Jul 29. Lincoln
Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton
Marsalis. Jul 30. Rodrigo y Gabriela.
Jul 31. Wolf Trap. 877-965-3872.
wolftrap.org.
Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci.
Jul 27. Clarice Smith. 301-405-2787.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
NSO Summer Music Institute
Orchestra. Jul 27. Paper Bird. Jul 28.
Hess is More. Jul 29. Mandy Brown.
Jul 30. Kennedy Centers Millennium
Stage. 800-444-1324.
kennedy-center.org.
MUSEUMS
National Gallery of Art. Andrew Wyeth:
Looking Out, Looking In. Thru Nov
30. Celebrating Van Gogh. Thru Sep
7. Recent Acquisitions of Landscape
Watercolors. Thru Sep 14. Degas/Cassatt.
Thru Oct 5. Titians Dana. Thru Nov 2.
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
National Geographic. Peruvian Gold
Ancient Treasures Unearthed. Thru Sep
2. Wildest Weather in the Solar System
3D. Thru Aug 1. 202-857-7000. nglive.org.
National Archives. Making Their Mark:
Stories Through Signatures. Thru Jan 5.
202-357-5000. archivesfoundation.org.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Free Summer
Saturdays. Thru Aug 30. American Metal:
The Art of Albert Paley. Thru Sep 28.
202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
The Phillips Collection. Made In
The USA. Thru Aug 31. 202-387-2151.
phillipscollection.org.
Kreeger Museum. K@20. Thru Jul 31.
202-337-3050. kreegermuseum.org.
Dumbarton House. Homefront 1812:
Friends, Family & Foe. Thru Nov 2. 202-
337-2288. dumbartonhouse.org.
GALLERI ES
Strathmore. Gold Rush. Thru Jul 27.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
Artisphere. Christine Sun Kim: Upside
Down Noon. Thru Aug 17. Melanie
Kehoss: Glow Tableaux. Thru Aug 23.
703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
The Art League. July All-Media Exhibit.
David Alfuth: The Adventure. Thru Aug 4.
703-683-1780. theartleague.org
Joan Hisaoka Gallery. Altered Ego. Thru
Aug 23. 202-483-8600. smithcenter.org.
VisArts. RIPPLE, Jackie Hoysted & Ruth
Lozner. Thru Aug 17. 301-315-8200.
visartsatrockville.org.
Gallery plan b. EnviroNature. Thru Jul
31. 202-234-2711. galleryplanb.com.
Torpedo Factory Art Center. New
Works by Alan Sislen. Thru Aug 3.
Penelope Barringers FLORA{L}. Thru Aug
31. 703-838-4565. torpedofactory.org.
AND MORE. . .
Shirley Visions of Reality. Jul 26-27.
NGA. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Patricia Davis and Kyoko Mori. Jul
27. The Writers Center. 301-654-8664.
writer.org.
Atlantis: An Archeological Mystery.
Jul 26. TSA. Ripley Center. 202-633-3030.
smithsonianassociates.org.
Painting Under the Stars: Starry
Night. Jul 25. VisArts. 301-315-8200.
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TODAY
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts Bear
Happy Hour tonight from 6-11 p.m.
There is no cover charge. Admission is
limited to guests 21 and over. For details,
visit towndc.com.
The Institute of Human Virology (725
West Lombard Street, Baltimore) hosts
Just Between Us, an HIV support group
targeting the LGBT community, from 10-
11 a.m. today. For more information, call
410-706-4323.
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
hosts Women in Their Twenties, a
discussion group for LGBT women
to discuss sexuality and other issues,
tonight from 8- 9:30 p.m. For details, visit
thedccenter.org.
Cobalt (1639 R Street, N.W.) hosts Guys
Night Out and Free Vodka Friday from
10 p.m.-3 a.m. The cover is $10 from 10
p.m.-1 a.m. and $5 after 1 a.m. You must
be 21 or older. For more information, visit
cobaltdc.com.
Takoma Station (6914 4th St. N.W.)
hosts Colts Happy Hour Round 3 from
5-9 p.m. tonight. For more information,
visit takomastation.com.
SATURDAY, JULY 26
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct N.W.)
hosts a night of Bjrk music, remixes
and covers featuring DJ A-Ron tonight
from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Bjork tribute attire is
requested. For more information, visit bit.
ly/Bjrkathon.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) ) and the D.C.
Rawhides present the Town and Country
dance special tonight featuring two-step,
line dancing, waltz and west coast swing.
Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and lessons are
oered from 7-8 p.m. Open dance from
8-10:30 p.m. The cover, which includes a
dance lesson and a night at Town, is $5. You
must be 21 or older. For more information,
visit facebook.com/dcrawhides or email
dc_rawhides@yahoo.com. Later in the
night, Town hosts DJ Grind, headliner of
gay dance parties across the U.S. including
New York City Pride. Doors open at 10
p.m. Cover is $8 from 10-11 p.m. and $12
after 11 p.m. Towns weekly drag show
starts at 10:30 p.m. For more information,
visit towndc.com.
SUNDAY, JULY 27
Comedienne Queen Aishah presents
Funny-n-Stilettos, an all-female
comedy show featuring women across
the country including Melanie Comarcho,
Maija DiGiorgio, Sara Contreras and
Shep Da Comedienne. Doors open at
6 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $22.50 in advance and $27.50
at the door. For more information, visit
thehowardtheatre.com.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St. N.W.) hosts
its weekly drag brunch today, featuring
shows from Shi-Queeta-Lee at 10:30 a.m.
and 12:30 p.m. For more details, visit
nelliessportsbar.com.
Center Bi hosts its monthly brunch
today at noon at Sala Thai (1301 U St.
N.W.). This is a great event to mix and
mingle with fellow bisexuals from the
D.C. Metro area.
MONDAY, JULY 28
Coee Drop-In meets from 10 a.m.-
noon today at the D.C. Center (2000 14th St.)
for senior members of the LGBT community
to meet new people over coee. For more
details, visit thedccenter.org.
JR.s (1519 17th St. N.W.) hosts Show Tunes
Monday at 9 p.m., playing show tunes and
singalongs. The D.J. also plays requests. For
more information, visit jrsbar-dc.com.
Queens at Court, a short
documentary about four LGBT amateur
tennis players screens tonight from 5:30-
7 p.m. at the Courtside Hospitality Tent at
the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald
Tennis Center (16th and Kennedy streets,
N.W.). The documentary, created by Shiv
Paul, a British-Indian life coach, will also be
screened this summer at the Gay Games.
The City Open event will also include a
reception and panel discussion with Paul
and other participants. Tickets are $30.
TUESDAY, JULY 29
SMYAL (410 7th St. S.E.) hosts Rap
Group, a support group for gay, lesbian
and transgender youth learning to cope
with bullying and stress management,
tonight from 5-6:30 p.m. For more
information, visit smyal.org.
Cobalt (1639 R Street, N.W.) hosts its
weekly event Industry Night tonight from
10 p.m.-2 a.m. Cocktails are half priced.
For more details, visit cobaltdc.com.
JR.s (1519 17th St. N.W.) hosts Birdie
LaCages live cabaret show tonight at 10
p.m. For more information, visit jrsbar-dc.com.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St. N.W.)
hosts its weekly karaoke night
starting at 9 p.m. For more details, visit
nelliessportsbar.com.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct
N.W.) hosts a Fuk!t condom packing
party tonight from 7-9 p.m. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
The Crew Club (1321 14th St. N.W.)
hosts free HIV testing today from 11
a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, call
202-797-4454 or email hivtesting@
whitman-walker.org.
The Gay and Lesbian Community
Center of Baltimore (1000 Cathedral
St., Baltimore) hosts Mixed Company:
A Queer Young Adult Group tonight
from 5:30-7 p.m. The support group for
LGBT people and their allies, provides
a support network and safe space to
discuss LGBT issues and is geared toward
those between the ages of 20 and 35.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
The Job Club, a weekly support program
to help job seekers improve condence
and motivation, meets tonight at the D.C.
Center (2000 14th St. N.W.) from 6-7:30
p.m. Attendees will learn strategies
on how to set goals and improve self
awareness. The event is geared toward
helping attendees nd meaningful
employment. To register for this event or
to learn more information about other
career-oriented programs at the Center,
e-mail centercareers@thedccenter.org or
visit centercareers.org.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St. N.W.) hosts
its weekly Smart Ass trivia night tonight
with games at 8 and 9 p.m. Winners earn
tickets to shows at 9:30 Club. Bring a
new player and both you and your guest
receive a $10 dinner. For more details,
visit nelliessportsbar.com.
The Lambda Bridge Club meets at 7:30
p.m. at the Dignity Center (721 8th St.
S.E.), across from the marine barracks,
for duplicate bridge. No reservations
needed and newcomers welcome.Call 703-
407-6540if youre looking for apartner.
THURSDAY, JULY 31
Out comedian James Adomian
performs a stand-up routine at The
Kennedy Centers Millennium Stage at
6 p.m. tonight. Tickets are free and the
event will be streamed online. For more
information, visit kennedy-center.org.
Cobalt (1639 R St. N.W.) hosts its weekly
$6 call martini happy hour today from
4-9 p.m. At midnight, the club hosts its
18-and-up hot body contest. For details,
visit cobaltdc.com.
Grand Central (1001 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore) hosts Omega Thursdays
tonight from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. No cover
before 11 p.m. For more information, visit
centralstationpub.com.
Reel A rmations XTRA, D.C.s
international LGBT monthly lm series,
presents SMYAL (410 7th St. S.E.) hosts
the Womens Leadership Institute
tonight from 5-7 p.m. Gather with lesbian,
bisexual and transgender women and
their straight allies, ages 13-21, to discuss
female sexuality, relationships and
womens rights. For more information,
visit smyal.org.
Glorious Health Club (2120 West
Virginia Ave. N.E.) hosts free HIV testing
today from 10:30 p.m.- 1 a.m. For more
information, call (202)-797-4454 or email
hivtesting@whitman-walker.org.
PHOTO BY LUKE FONTANA
Out comedian JAMES ADOMIAN performs at the Kennedy Centers Millennium Stage Thursday.
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events must be re-submitted each time.
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Witty, profane book is
gaysian travelogue
Throwing a dart at a board.
Thats one way to decide where youll
go on vacation. You could also call a travel
agent, hop in a car or head to the back
yard. No matter what you do with those
precious weeks of vacay, youll denitely
use them.
So how about a whirlwind tour of the
Far East and its bedrooms, hotels and
furtive parks? Sound good? Well, before
you book that trip, you might want to
read Gaysia by Benjamin Law rst.
It stands to reason: if most of the
planets population lives in Asia, then the
Far East is the gayest place in the world.
Benjamin Law suspected that and, as
an ethnically Asian gay Australian, he
was geographically in a good location to
prove it. He decided hed nd his fellow
Gaysians: the Homolaysians, Bi-Mese,
Laosbians and Shangdykes. But rst,
hed go to Bali.
There he found a relaxing island
getaway that happily embraced gay
men where clothing was optional,
even discouraged, at many resorts and
moneyboys were willing to do anything
for a fee. Sessions of jiggy-jiggy, says
Law, were a creative way out of poverty
for (sometimes straight) boys and young
men but since the rate of condom use
was low, the rate of HIV was high.
In Thailand, which has a long history
of transexualism, Law attended a beauty
pageant for ladyboys. Acceptance for
these beautiful girls was evident nearly
everywhere, but with no legal recognition,
they had few rights as women.
Gay Chinese men are pressured by
their families to marry and many of them
enter mutually benecial agreements
with lesbians under the same pressure,
Law discovered. Others marry straight
women but keep mum.
In Japan, drag queens and camp gays
are accepted, but lesbians are all but
hidden. Harmful myths about contracting
(or not contracting) HIV are common
in Myanmar; so common that roughly
240,000 people live with it, and four out
of ve die waiting for medication. And
in India, Law found an antiquated anti-
gay law, a counselor who fought against
it, the worlds only openly gay royal and a
(rumored-to-be-closeted) yoga instructor
who claimed to cure homosexuality.
I was somewhat taken aback when I
started this book: with a brief introduction
and little-to-no fanfare otherwise, author
Benjamin Law jumps feet-rst into his
travelogue, profanely and bluntly.
Fortunately for readers, his humor
and sense of the absurd smooth the
abruptness of what he nds. That helps
a lot and before long, youll be well
immersed in Gaysia and the open (and
closed) atmospheres that Law uncovers.
Thats not to say, though, that this is a
completely rompish book. Yes, Law has
unusual adventures here, but in between
the funny asides and sharp perceptions,
he oers serious observations to show
that Asia may be halfway around the
world, but its closer than we think.
This book is explicit and profanity-
laden, but its also funny and charming
and worthy of being tucked in your
carryon this summer. Take Gaysia with
you on vacation and you certainly wont
be bored.
TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER has been reading
since she was 3 years old.She lives in Wisconsin
with two dogs and 12,000 books. Reach her at
bookwormsez@yahoo.com.
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After testifying before the Montgomery
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For the rst round of brewing, they
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Brett Robison, the bar manager at
Republic, a local bar that buys beer
from Denizens, predicts the change will
improve conditions for Denizens and
future breweries.
Whats going to happen because of
this law change is overnight, Montgomery
County is going to go from being one of
the least favorable places to open any
kind of alcohol business to being one of
the most favorable places, Robison says.
This law change now creates incentives
for entrepreneurs.
Although the doors have only been
open for a few weeks, the brewery, which
Barnes calls a local job creator, already
has a diverse group of regulars.
Everyone who works here is really gay
friendly, says Barnes, who is straight,
pointing out that the nearly 40-person
sta mostly identies as LGBT. Im
proud to be working at a lesbian-owned
establishment. Because we are all diverse,
it is more welcoming to everyone.
This community has really embraced
us, and were so grateful for it, Verratti
says. Theres been a strong contingent of
the LGBT community that has come out
and supported us. That makes me feel
really happy and proud.
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DOMA repeal helped birth
new Silver Spring brewery
The outdoor beer garden at Denizens in Silver Spring.
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You may have seen a sign in front of
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First, we rmly believe that a seller will
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And doesnt that make sense? After all,
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Second, a property gets the most traf-
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Third, a home shows best when it is
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You dont see a new car showroom with
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paint job.
Fourth and this is the most impor-
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So, with all that being said, and with
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a home may be a couple of weeks away
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But remember that the people who
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But sometimes that coming soon sign
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LEGAL NOTICE
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
2014 ADM 695
CLEVE W. GLENN
Notice of Appointment, Notice to Creditors & Notice to Unknown Heirs
Ricky Henderson whose address is 8199 Tiswell Apt 413, Alexandria, VA was
appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cleve W. Glenn who died on
6/10/1998 without a Will and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedents Will)
shall be fled With the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, NW, 3rd
Floor, Washington DC 20001, on or before 01/18/15. Claims against the decedent
shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or fled
with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 01/18/15, or
be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who
do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its publication shall so
inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Date of first publication July 18, 2014. True Test
Copy, Anne Meister, Register of Wills.
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greenhouse, screened in porch
overlooking custom gunite pool, fish
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SALE / VA
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