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Whats ahead in 2014?
The year ahead: HARRY REID and the Democrats fight to hold the Senate; BILLIE JEAN KING leads U.S. delegation to
Sochi; and Rep. MIKE MICHAUD could become the nations first elected openly gay governor.
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A gay member of Congress from the South?
Olympics, court rulings, mid-terms

likely to dominate LGBT headlines
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Although 2013 will be a tough act to follow in terms of
achievements for the LGBT community, some advocates
say significant new battles and potential victories are on the
horizon for 2014.
Additional court rulings on marriage and the upcoming
Olympic Games in Sochi will attract attention, but the focus will
also be on the lead-up to the mid-term elections in November
2014. Voters are expected to decide the issue of marriage
equality at the ballot and make decisions in candidate
elections that would shape LGBT rights in the future.
Next month, all eyes will be on the Winter Olympics to see
what impact gay athletes coming to compete in Sochi, Russia,
might have on the anti-gay laws there, including the now
notorious law prohibiting pro-gay propaganda. The Olympics
will be held between Feb. 6 and 23.
It remains to be seen whether any of the athletes wholl
compete in the games or any of the three openly gay
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Russian PResident VladimiR Putins anti-gay cRusade

thReatens to oVeRshadow sochi olymPics
Clay Aiken mulls bid for Congress

Could American Idol alum
pull off a surprise in N.C.?
By CHRIS JOHNSON
The possibility of a Clay Aiken
candidacy for Congress has generated
significant buzz as political observers
say the gay singer and American
Idol runner-up has plenty to offer,
although big questions remain about
whether he could pull off a win.
Last week, the Washington Blade
first reported that Clay Aiken was
actively considering a run for North
BIG WIN
Judge tosses Texas
gay marriage ban.
Carolinas 2nd congressional district.

In a follow-up report, the Washington
Post confirmed that Aiken was
weighing a bid for the seat, which is
currently held by Rep. Renee Ellmers
(R-N.C.).
Democratic sources familiar with
his plans told the Blade that Aiken
has spoken with the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee,
met with political operatives in
Washington and Raleigh and paid a
visit to the D.C.-based Hart Research
Associates to examine polling.
Its unclear when if at all Aiken
No mention of ENDA in
State of the Union address
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Political insiders in Northern Virginia have placed two openly gay

elected officials near the top of a list of at least a dozen possible
candidates considered qualified to run for the U.S. House seat
being vacated by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), who announced hes not
running for re-election this year.
Virginia State Sen. Adam Ebbin, whose district includes parts of
the City of Alexandria and parts of Arlington and Fairfax counties;
and Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette, who represents the
entire county, are well known and have longstanding ties to the 8th
Congressional District, according to those familiar with the district.
Ebbin and Fisette are both Democrats. The 8th District, which
Moran has represented for more than 20 years, is a Democratic
stronghold. Virtually all political observers say the candidate that
wins the Democratic primary scheduled for June 10 is almost certain
to win the general election in November.
The 8th District is a highly educated, progressive, engaged
district that has embraced LGBT equality for years, said Joshua
Israel, former president of Virginia Partisans, a statewide LGBT
President Obama had few words in his State of the Union speech
Tuesday night on LGBT issues, disappointing many advocates who
had wanted him to address the lack of federal non-discrimination
protections for LGBT people.
Devoting a large portion of his speech to income inequality,
Obama called on Congress to pass other initiatives such as a
Voting Rights Act, a measure to ensure equal pay for women and
immigration reform and pledged to sign an executive order
raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for federal contractors.
In the coming months, lets see where else we can make progress
together, Obama said. Lets make this a year of action. Thats what
most Americans want: for all of us in this chamber to focus on their
lives, their hopes, their aspirations.
LGBT advocates had been pushing Obama to include in his
speech a call to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and
a pledge to sign an executive order barring federal contractors from
discriminating against LGBT workers.
Some hope Obamas

State of the Union address
includes ENDA push
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Amid expectations that President
Obama will issue a national call
to address income equality in his
upcoming State of the Union address,

some advocates are asking him to take
the opportunity to speak out against
anti-LGBT workplace discrimination.
With no explicit federal language
in place protecting LGBT workers
from job discrimination, advocates
are calling on Obama to incorporate
as part of his speech a call to pass
the Employment Non-Discrimination
Act and a pledge to sign an
executive order prohibiting antiLGBT discrimination among federal

contractors.
The details of the speech are under
wraps, but Obama already hinted
earlier this month the address which
will be delivered Tuesday before a
joint session of Congress will seek
to mobilize the country to ensure the
economy offers every American who
works hard a fair shot at success.
Fred Sainz, vice president of

communications for the Human
Rights Campaign, said including
the executive order or ENDA in the
speech would fit right in with the
presidents larger theme.
The president is going to spend
much of his State of the Union talking
about economic inequalities and
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Kate Clinton on how

she passes time during
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Diet, fitness tips

and more to help
you kick off 2014.
Veterans from Logo show

join forces in Battle of the
Seasons at 9:30 club.
Activist Sean Strub

recounts life on front
lines of AIDS fight.
Russian leader likens gays

to pedophiles as security
concerns mount in Sochi.
Two couples find lots

of interest in their
YouTube adventures.
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FEBRUARY 14 2014 VOLUME 45 ISSUE 07
Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN welcomed the world to Sochi this week amid growing concerns over
terrorism threats and problems with Olympic hotels and venues.
Trans candidate Beyer to challenge

gay incumbent Madaleno
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
Gender Rights Maryland Executive Director Dana
Beyer on Thursday announced she will challenge
incumbent state Sen. Rich Madaleno (D-Montgomery
County) in the 2014 Democratic primary.
We are ready for progress, said Beyer in a statement
As oral arguments unfold, high

hopes for a Supreme victory
Dr. DANA BEYER this week announced plans to challenge gay

Sen. Rich Madaleno in Maryland.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
In a high-profile case that many court

observers predict could reach the U.S.
Supreme Court, a federal judge in Norfolk,
Va., this week heard oral arguments in a
lawsuit that challenges Virginias same-sex
marriage ban.
Ted Olson and David Boies, who

successfully argued against Californias
Proposition 8 before the U.S. Supreme
Court, told Judge Arenda L. Wright
Allen of the U.S. District for the Eastern
District of Virginia the commonwealths
constitutional amendment that defines
marriage as between a man and a woman
violates the 14th Amendment. The two
men represent Timothy Bostic and Tony
London of Norfolk and Carol Schall and
Mary Townley of Chesterfield who filed
suit against the gay nuptials ban last year.
Missouri defensive lineman MICHAEL SAM has come out as gay and could become the NFLs first out player.
announced last month he would not

defend the marriage amendment, is
among those who attended the hearing.
Today was a very significant day in
the journey toward full equality under the
law for all Virginians, said Herring in a
statement after he left the courthouse. I
am proud to say that the commonwealth
of Virginia stood on the right side of the
law and the right side of history today in
opposing this discriminatory ban.
Poverty in the LGBT community

Studies show image of
gay affluence is a myth
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
EDITORS NOTE: This week, the Blade kicks
off a special yearlong focus on poverty in the
LGBT community. The occasional series will
examine the problem with special reports from
D.C. and around the country. To share your
ideas or personal story, visit us on Facebook
or email knaff@washblade.com.
As the 50th anniversary of the U.S. war

on poverty launched by President Lyndon
B. Johnson in 1964 is commemorated this

year, LGBT advocates are pointing to little
noticed studies showing that the rate of
poverty in the LGBT community is higher
than that of the general population.
In a 2013 report analyzing data from
the U.S. Census Bureau and other data
measuring poverty in the United States,
the Williams Institute, a research arm at
the University of California Law School
in Los Angeles that specializes in LGBT
issues, concludes that rates of poverty
are higher than the general population
among gay men and lesbians between
the ages of 18-44 and gay men and
lesbians living alone.

The report shows that couples both
gay and straight tend to have a lower
rate of poverty than single people and
the population as a whole. But it found
that the poverty rate for lesbian couples is
higher than that of gay male couples and
opposite-sex couples and the poverty rate
of same-sex African-American couples is
higher than it is for opposite-sex AfricanAmerican couples.
Among the reports findings that
surprised LGBT activists were data
showing that bisexual men and women
had poverty rates of 25.9 percent and
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FAMILY TRADITION
BE MINE
JASMINES WORLD
HISTORIC BID
SOCHI WOES
David Grosso endorses

Jim Grahams opponent
in City Council race.
Attacks on Sherman as
thug reveal societys harsh
treatment of black men.
Ally Hudson Taylor

sees chance for LGBT
awareness at Olympics.
Son of Prop 8 plaintiffs

stays active in LGBT
work as GWU freshman.
Valentines Day nears,

so make a dinner
reservation, find a gift.
Actress Jasmine Guy

brings Harlem Renaissance
tribute to D.C. area.
Marcus Brandon seeks

to become first out
black man in Congress.
Russian police arrest

LGBT activists as
Winter Games debut.
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Awaiting Supreme action on marriage
States turn away the gay

effort part of national trend
29.4 percent respectively higher than

gay men (20.5 percent) and lesbians
(22.7 percent). The report says the same
set of data show that heterosexual
men had a poverty rate of 15.3 percent
compared to a rate of 21.1 percent for
heterosexual women.
The LGB poverty data help to debunk
the persistent stereotype of the affluent
gay man or lesbian, the Williams Institute
report says.
Instead, the poverty data are
consistent with the view that LGB people
By CHRIS JOHNSON
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Not even a year has passed since
the U.S. Supreme Court issued its
landmark decisions against the Defense
of Marriage Act and Californias
DAVID BOIES and TED OLSON are leading the Virginia lawsuit that may land at the U.S. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
JUDGE INVOKES LINCOLN,

STRIKES VA. MARRIAGE BAN
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Gay man says priest refused him last rites

Catholic chaplain halted sacrament
when heart attack patient came out
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
A Roman Catholic priest working as a chaplain at D.C.s
Washington Hospital Center refused to administer last
rites and communion to a heart attack patient earlier this
month after the patient told him hes gay and believes
Pope Francis is sympathetic to gay people, the patient
told the Blade.
D.C. resident Ronald Plishka, 63, a retired travel agent
and lifelong Catholic, said he asked a nurse to arrange
for a priest to see him on Feb. 7, one day after he was
admitted by ambulance to the hospital emergency room
for a heart attack. He said that at the time he wasnt sure

he would survive.
A short time later, Plishka said, Father Brian Coelho, a
priest assigned to the hospitals Department of Spiritual
Care, arrived at his bedside. He said Coelho offered to
take his confession before proceeding with communion
and last rites, which the church now calls the sacrament
of anointing of the sick.
We started talking and I told him I was so happy
with this new pope because of his comments about the
gays and his accepting the gays, Plishka said. And I
mentioned that I was gay. I said it and then I asked him
does that bother you? And he said, Oh, no, that does
not bother me, said Plishka.
But then he would not proceed with administering
the last rites or communion. He couldnt do it.
According to Plishka, Coelho, who brought a supply of
holy water to his hospital room,

never said in so many words that
he was refusing to administer
communion and last rites.
Asked what Coelho told him,
Plishka said, Well, I mean he
stopped. He would not do it.
By him not doing it I assumed
he would not do it because why
was he getting ready to do it
Father BRIAN COELHO
and all of a sudden when I say
Im gay he stops?
Plishka said Coelho gave no
reason for not giving him the sacraments he requested
but offered instead to pray with him.
WASHINGTONBLADE.COM
Brewer vetoes Arizona anti-gay bill
As more lawsuits advance,

experts predict high court
ruling in 2015
University of Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam is poised to become the

countrys first openly gay professional football player after he came out on Feb. 9.
Sam, 24, discussed his sexual orientation in a series of interviews with the
New York Times and ESPN. The defensive linebacker is a potential mid-round
pick in the National Football League draft that will take place in May.
I just want to make sure I could tell my story the way I want to tell it, Sam
told the New York Times. I just want to own my truth.
The New York Times reported Sam, who grew up in Hitchcock, Texas, came
out to his teammates at the University of Missouri last August during a teambuilding exercise. He was named the Southeastern Conference Defensive
Player of the Year after his team ended the season with a 12-2 record that
included a win in the Cotton Bowl. Sam is also an All-American.
Outsports.com exclusively reported that Howard Bragman, a gay
Hollywood publicist, helped coordinate Sams coming out that included the
PHOTO BY MARCUS QWERTYUS; COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA
As a proud Virginian, I am gratified to

represent two loving couples in my home
state who want nothing more than to have
the state recognize their relationships,
said Olson. Virginias prohibition on
marriage for same-sex couples relegates
gay and lesbian Virginians to secondclass status. Laws excluding gay men and
lesbians from marriage violate personal
freedom, are an unnecessary government
intrusion, and cause serious harm. That
type of law cannot stand.
Attorney General Mark Herring, who
that announced her candidacy. For too long, hardworking

Marylanders have waited for economic fairness and equal
opportunity. We have asked our elected officials to help
bring better jobs to our neighborhoods, build stronger
schools for our children, fix our roads and infrastructure
and make quality health care an affordable reality.
We are ready to move forward, and thats why Im
declaring my candidacy for the Maryland Senate,
continued Beyer.
Beyer, 61, announced her campaign slightly more
Mixed reactions to Michael Sams

coming out announcement
As the worlds attention turns to the Sochi Olympic Games, theres as much
buzz about LGBT rights and terrorism fears as medal counts.
Early reports suggest Russia isnt ready for the games, with attendees
tweeting images of incomplete hotel rooms and failing infrastructure.
Meanwhile, LGBT advocates from the United States began arriving in
Sochi, with at least one reporting that, so far, there have been no early
signs of LGBT protests.
Athlete Ally founder Hudson Taylor told the Washington Blade in an
exclusive interview from Sochi on Wednesday that he has thus far seen little
evidence of LGBT advocacy in the city ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Many of the athletes we are working with are just getting here and
getting their bearings, he told Blade contributor Kevin Majoros during a
telephone interview.
Taylor, a former college wrestler who coaches the sport at Columbia
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PRESIDENT OBAMA failed to include a reference to ENDA in his State of the Union address this week.
Unique showdown in Maryland
WASHINGTONBLADE.COM
Is NFL ready for openly gay player?

BRRR!
No early LGBT protests;

security concerns,
infrastructure problems mount
Virginia State Sen. ADAM EBBIN (left) and Arlington County Board Chair JAY FISETTE are possible candidates for
Congress.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTOS BY JEFF SURPRENANT
WASHINGTONBLADE.COM
Many disappointed by Obamas speech
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.

The Blade broke news last week that CLAY AIKEN is weighing a run for Congress from North
Carolina.
Ebbin, Fisette on short list

for House seat from Va.
Renewed calls for workplace protections
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Gov. JAN BREWER vetoed legislation that would have legalized anti-LGBT discrimination
in Arizona.
PHOTO BY GAGE SKIDMORE; COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA
Dramatic reversal leaves fate of

cemetery plot unclear
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Timothy Clark, the man D.C. gay rights pioneer Frank
Kameny named in his will as heir to his estate, has released
a statement through his lawyers saying he has decided to
inter Kamenys ashes at an undisclosed location.
The statement released Feb. 20 by the D.C. law firm
Ackerman Brown represents a dramatic change from
Clarks earlier statements, including comments in an
interview with the Blade in 2012, that he would release
half of the ashes for burial at a memorial site in the
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer this week

vetoed a controversial bill that would
have allowed individuals to refuse to
serve prospective customers on religious
grounds, following a firestorm of opposition
from LGBT advocates, Republican officials
and business leaders.
After weighing all of the arguments,
I have vetoed Senate bill 1062 moments
ago, Brewer told reporters on
Wednesday night.
Critics said the measure would have
enabled businesses and individuals to
refuse services to LGBT people.
citys historic Congressional Cemetery. He reiterated

his intent to inter ashes in D.C. in another Blade
interview in July 2013.
We reached an agreement on that so Im going
to keep the burial plot, Clark said at that time.
I just have to decide on when I want to have
something, he said in referring to a burial ceremony
at Congressional Cemetery.
Clark, 37, Kamenys housemate and longtime friend,
had said in the months following Kamenys death on Oct.
11, 2011, that he planned to keep some but not all of the
ashes for his personal reflection and possible interment
elsewhere. Kameny died in his Washington home of
natural causes at the age of 86.
The decision regarding interment of Frank Kamenys
ashes rests solely with Timothy Clark, the Personal
Brewer said she vetoed the bill after

taking the necessary time to make the right
decision, touting her record of protecting
religious freedoms in the state.
Senate bill 1062 does not address a
specific or pressing concern related to
religious liberty in Arizona, Brewer said.
I have not heard one example in Arizona
where business owner religious liberty has
been violated. The bill is broadly worded
and could result in unintended and negative
consequences.
Noting that she had called for a
responsible budget and child protections,
Brewer criticized lawmakers for making SB
2016 the first policy bill to cross my desk.
To supporters of this legislation, I want
you to know that I understand long-held
norms about marriage and family are being
Representative of the Estate of Franklin E. Kameny, the

Ackerman Brown statement says.
Mr. Clark has decided to inter the ashes at an
undisclosed location. Mr. Clark asks the community to
respect his wishes and his privacy, the statement says.
Clarks announcement through his attorneys
comes more than two years after the local LGBT
charitable group Helping Our Brothers and Sisters
(HOBS) purchased a burial plot for Kamenys ashes at
Congressional Cemetery.
HOBS and some of Kamenys gay activist friends
and supporters who worked with the group to choose
the location of the cemetery site said it would become
a monument to Kamenys legacy and a place where
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Mitchell Gold and

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Linda Gray talks Dallas

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love for shows gay fans.
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Will LGBT progress falter

if GOP retakes Senate in
November?
By CHRIS JOHNSON
The congressional mid-term elections
are more than six months away, but political
observers are already warning Democrats they
could lose control of the U.S. Senate an
outcome that has tongues wagging over its
potential impact on LGBT issues.
LGBT vote could prove key factor in

next weeks Democratic primary
While analysts agree that Republicans

could claim at least six seats to win control
of the chamber such as by knocking off
pro-LGBT senators in New Hampshire and
Colorado the general sense is draconian
anti-gay measures like the Federal Marriage
Amendment wont emerge even with GOP
control of the Senate.
Dan Pinello, a political scientist at City
University of New York, noted seven incumbent
Democrats are seeking re-election in states
Mitt Romney won in 2012 and conservatives
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.

Mayor VINCE GRAY and Council member MURIEL BOWSER lead a

slate of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in next weeks
primary.
Is this the next Senate Majority Leader?
Many LGBT elders struggling

with economic insecurity
By KATHI WOLFE
EDITORS NOTE: This is the first of a two-part
look at how poverty affects elder members of
the LGBT community and part of a yearlong
Blade focus on poverty. To share your ideas or
personal story, visit us on Facebook or email
knaff@washblade.com. Visit washingtonblade.
com to read previous installments.
I did my dirt, said Cedric Burgess, a

black gay man and longtime Washington,
D.C. resident who grew up in the District. I
was young and full of fun!
Today, Burgess, 61, is a recovering
alcoholic who suffers from depression. Hes
been HIV positive for more than 30 years. I
live from check to check, said Burgess, who
receives Social Security disability benefits.
Before undergoing a hip replacement
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTOS BY MICHAEL KEY
You cant let adversity get you down
CEDRIC BURGESS says he lives check to check while relying on government assistance
to pay bills. Despite his struggles, he works to give back to the LGBT community.
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four years ago, he struggled to walk up to

his second-story apartment.
It is a wonder to be able to walk without
my cane, Burgess said. No matter what
pain pills I took, I couldnt get to sleep.
You dont realize how much pain youre in.
You adapt. I couldnt cross my legs. Steps
werent an option.
At 19, Burgess came out to his family.
I was accepted by my family. I was taken
in, he said, that was a blessing!
For some years, he worked in a series of
clerical jobs. In 1982, Burgess, then living
and working as an administrative assistant
in Atlanta, was hit by a drunk driver. The
accident left him with back pain, nerve
damage and sciatica. For two years, unable
to work, he did physical therapy. In 1984,
Burgess returned to work. After returning to
D.C., he went back to doing clerical work.
ELECTION NEARS
CAMP TIME
OUT IDOL
A look at Ward 1 race,

related news as April 1
primary approaches.
Our Gay Families

section offers summer
camp ideas for kids.
Crystal Bowersox promises

an evening of songs and
storytelling at area show.
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Supporters of Mayor Vincent Gray (D) and his main

rival, City Council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward
4), were making a final appeal to LGBT voters for
support this week just days before the citys April 1
Democratic primary.
Two polls released on Tuesday and a separate
poll released one week earlier each show Gray and
Bowser in a statistical tie and far ahead of the other six
mayoral candidates.
Older LGBT adults on

unemployment, fears
for the future
By KATHI WOLFE
EDITORS NOTE: This is the second of a two-part
look at how poverty affects elder members of the
LGBT community and part of a yearlong Blade
focus on poverty. To share your ideas or personal
story, visit us on Facebook or email knaff@
washblade.com. Visit washingtonblade.com to
read previous installments.
Today and every day for the next 16

years 10,000 baby boomers, members of
the generation born between 1946 and 1964,
will turn 65, according to the Pew Research
Center. About 1.5 million gay, lesbian and
bisexual elders in the United States are gay.
Graham loses;
prospect of no gay
representation on Council
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
In their own words:

Elders facing poverty, ageism
They never say youre too old. They say, we want someone who graduated more
recently, said D.C. resident MARY PARADISE of her prolonged job search.
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.

Bowsers dramatic rise in the polls over the past

month has prompted her campaign to step up its
effort to urge supporters of the other candidates
especially Council members Jack Evans (D-Ward
2) and Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) to switch their
backing to Bowser.
Although most observers believe the LGBT vote will
be divided among several candidates, some activists
say LGBT voters could be a deciding factor in the race
if they coalesce behind either Gray or Bowser.
One of the polls released this week by the
Washington Post shows Bowser with 30 percent
support from a sample of likely voters, with Gray
receiving 27 percent. An NBC4/Marist poll also
Council member MURIEL BOWSER defeated Mayor Vince Gray, setting up a contest with
gay Council member David Catania in November.
By 2030, that number is expected to increase

to nearly 3 million, according to a report
by Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders
(SAGE), the Movement Advancement Project
and Center for American Progress.
One in six Americans over 65 lives in
poverty, according to the Congressional
Research Service.
For LGBT older adults, a lifetime of
employment discrimination, among other
factors, contribute to disproportionately high
poverty rates, the SAGE website states.
LGBT elders living in or near poverty arent
just statistics. The Blade interviewed several
LGBT elders, aged 50 and older, from St. Louis
to Chicago to New York City to Washington,
D.C. Here are their stories:
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world on LGBT rights.
Meet Dan Innis, one of

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running for Congress.
Lily Tomlin on marriage,

reinventing Ernestine and
her Strathmore show.
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Advocates push to find

218 votes for stalled bill
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Amid the push to pass the Employment NonDiscrimination Act, much has been said about the
daunting task of advancing the bill against Republican
opposition including from U.S. House Speaker John
Boehner (R-Ohio) himself in the GOP-controlled
chamber of Congress.
But the Democratic caucus isnt unanimous in its
D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser

(D-Ward 4) won 13 out of 16 precincts
believed to have high concentrations of
LGBT residents in her victory over Mayor
Vincent Gray and six other candidates in the
citys Democratic primary on Tuesday.
In final but unofficial returns released by
the Board of Elections and Ethics, Bowser
had 44 percent of the vote compared to 32
percent for Gray in one of the citys lowest
turnout elections.
Bowsers decisive win created deep
disappointment among the large number
of LGBT activists supporting Gray, many
of whom consider him the nations most
sponsorship of the legislation despite a push from the

White House and Democratic leaders to advance ENDA.
A total of eight Democrats have so far declined to cosponsor the bill, although at least two said they would
vote for it and one has said hes inclined to vote for it if it
comes to the House floor.
The eight Democrats who dont co-sponsor ENDA
are Reps. Dan Lipinksi (Ill.), Jim Costa (Calif.), John
Barrow (Ga.), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Pete Gallego
(Texas), Henry Cuellar (Texas), Gene Green (Texas) and
Nick Rahall (W.Va.).
Of these eight Democrats, most are from Texas,
the largest state without any laws providing nondiscrimination protections on the basis of sexual
LGBT supportive mayor. His initiatives on

transgender equality earned him strong
and loyal support from the transgender
community.
Although Bowser had a strong showing
in voter precincts with high concentrations
of LGBT residents, some activists backing
Gray said they would take a careful look
at gay Council member David Catania
(I-At-Large), who will be running against
Bowser as an independent candidate in the
November general election.
I am still proud of our mayor, Vince
Gray, said gay Democratic activist Lane
Hudson, who co-founded Gray Pride, an
LGBT group that campaigned for Gray.
I will be listening very carefully to what
Muriel Bowser says and does to bring our
party together and also curious of the tone
and approach that David Catania brings to
this race, Hudson told the Blade.
The race between MURIEL BOWSER and DAVID CATANIA for mayor is dividing the LGBT community.
D.C.s overwhelmingly Democratic-leaning LGBT community will

likely be navigating unchartered waters this summer and fall as an
LGBT-supportive Democrat, Council member Muriel Bowser, runs
against a prominent openly gay Council colleague, independent
David Catania, in a hotly contested race for mayor.
I have no idea how it will come out, said Rick Rosendall, president
of the non-partisan Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance.
Many people are talking about supporting Catania, Rosendall
said. At the same time, some people are circling the wagons as
Democrats.
Rosendall is among many activists who see a potential dilemma
for LGBT voters in a city in which virtually all elected ocials and
nearly all credible candidates for public oce are supportive on
LGBT rights. Many have longstanding records of support on issues
that were once considered highly controversial, such as the citys
same-sex marriage law.
Bowsers decisive victory over D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray in the citys
April 1 Democratic primary appears to have come with the support
of large numbers of LGBT voters, even though the citys most
prominent LGBT leaders backed Gray.
A Washington Blade analysis of 18 voter precincts believed to have
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTOS BY MICHAEL KEY
Survey shows Catania backers, undecided

activists outnumber Bowser supporters
New book praising HRCs Grin

assailed as travesty
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.

By CHRIS JOHNSON
An informal survey of 37 prominent LGBT advocates in D.C. found that 13

of them would vote for Council member David Catania (I-At-Large) for mayor
if the election were held this week, 12 would vote for Council member Muriel
Bowser (D-Ward 4), and 12 were undecided.
All but ve of the activists identied themselves in the survey conducted by
the Washington Blade as registered Democrats This development suggests a
signicant number of LGBT Democrats who are normally loyal to their party in
D.C. elections are considering voting for Catania, the openly gay independent
and former Republican.
Veteran transgender activist Jeri Hughes, who was among those saying
shes undecided in the mayoral race, appeared to reect the views of many in
the LGBT community in weighing their choice between Catania and Bowser.
DNC Chair DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (left) is backing Muriel Bowser for D.C. mayor, while CNN
commentator HILARY ROSEN endorsed David Catania.
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY; ROSEN PHOTO COURTESY OF CNN
orientation or gender identity.

Chuck Smith, executive director of Equality
Texas, said the three Texans who dont co-sponsor
ENDA Gallego, Cuellar and Green likely
have a misplaced fear about opposition to nondiscrimination in their districts.
When Texans go to work each day, they want to be
judged on their professionalism, their experience, their
performance, and their ability to get the job done, Smith
said. With hard work, fulfilling their responsibilities, and
playing by the rules, they are striving for a fair chance
at achieving a piece of the American Dream. And in
EEOCs Feldblum on her

long career and how U.S. might
nally ban anti-gay job bias
By CHRIS JOHNSON
As the two-year anniversary of a landmark
decision granting non-discrimination protections to
transgender Americans approaches, Chai Feldblum
is ready for the next case that could extend those
workplace rules to gays, lesbians and bisexuals.
Feldblum, a lesbian attorney conrmed by the
U.S. Senate to her second term as a member of the

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in
December, said a decision arming that gay, lesbian
and bisexual people are protected would provide
clarity under the law.
I think it would benet everyone, the agency,
the development of the law if we got a case that
presented the sexual-orientation issue as clearly as
the transgender issue, Feldblum said.
The decision in Mia Macy v. Holder, delivered by the
EEOC on April 20, 2012, armed for the rst time that
transgender people are protected under Title VII of
Ensured LGBT inclusion in

Obamacare, hospital
visitation rights
By CHRIS JOHNSON
We talk about taking lessons from history and its not very
often that lessons from history are also lessons from ones
own lifespan, said CHAI FELDBLUM.
The announcement that Kathleen Sebelius would

depart the Obama administration generated mixed
reactions last week, but LGBT and HIV/AIDS advocates
praised her for her work in advancing various LGBT
health issues.
Although the troubled rollout of Obamacare and
initial questions over whether the administration
would meet its enrollment goals cast a pall over

Sebelius resignation, the overwhelming consensus is
she considered HIV/AIDS a priority and ensured LGBT
people were part of health policy during her ve years
at the Department of Health & Human Services.
Fred Sainz, vice president of the Human Rights
Campaign, said his organization is deeply, deeply
grateful for her work, which helped ensure LGBT
inclusion in health care reform.
Theres simply no question that shes been a steadfast
and committed advocate for LGBT Americans, Sainz
said. It began with her ght to help pass the Aordable
Care Act. The ACA includes key provisions that end
limitations on preexisting conditions, making it possible
for LGBT people, including those with HIV/AIDS to gain
access to health insurance.
After passage of the Aordable Care Act, the Obama

administration interpreted the provision in the law
prohibiting insurers from discriminating on the basis
of gender to prohibit discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation and gender identity.
In August, she delivered an address at a White
House summit for the LGBT community geared toward
encouraging enrollment in health insurance plans. In
2012, Sebelius also delivered remarks in Philadelphia
for a White House summit on health issues in which
she touted the health care reform law.
We need to have an America that values everyone
and has the same set of values and same set of
rules for everyone, Sebelius said at the time. And
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.

Without oering an explanation, the United States
Attorneys oce last week requested and received
permission from a judge to dismiss the case against
a D.C. man charged with the July 2013 murder of gay
District resident Randolph Scott Harris Jr.
At the time of his Aug. 1 arrest, D.C. police stated
in an adavit that Jermaine Brown, 34, allegedly shot
Harris three times in Harriss apartment at 1034 Euclid
St., N.W. on July 26, 2013 while attempting to rob him.
The D.C. Medical Examiner determined that Harris,

who worked for a contractor that provides services
for 7-Eleven stores, died of both gunshot wounds
and severe burns. The adavit says Harris appears
to have been set on re while alive and seated on a
wicker chair in the living room of his apartment.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorneys oce told
the Blade that the murder investigation is continuing
in the Harris case.
The U.S. Attorneys Oce typically does not
comment on charging decisions, and because the
investigation is ongoing, has no comment on this
particular case, said spokesperson William Miller.
The U.S. Attorneys Oce and the Metropolitan
Victory Fund endorsement

of gay Republican
sets dangerous precedent
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.

Friends and neighbors of Randolph Scott Harris Jr. set up

a memorial for him outside the apartment building where
he was murdered on July 26.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY LOU CHIBBARO JR.
The controversial decision earlier this year by

the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund to endorse gay
Republican Richard Tisei over pro-LGBT Rep. John
Tierney (D-Mass.) has prompted ve openly gay or
bisexual U.S. House members, all Democrats, to sign
on as supporters of a fundraiser for Tierney.
The fundraiser, scheduled for June 25 in Washington,
is being backed by at least two-dozen prominent LGBT
Democrats and straight allies, including the entire
Massachusetts congressional delegation, former
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese,
and transgender advocate and Maryland State Senate
candidate Dr. Dana Beyer.
Gay former Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is among

those signing on as an honorary co-chair of the
fundraising event, which is being organized by two of
Franks former sta members.
The former staers, Joseph Racalto and Maria Giesta,
principals in the Washington political consulting rm
Giesta Racalto, said they initiated the event to blunt
the Victory Funds endorsement of Tisei.
Tisei is a former Massachusetts State senator.
He has a strong record of support for LGBT rights,
including marriage equality. He backeda transgender
rights bill that came up before the legislature.
Racalto and other LGBT Democrats supporting
Tierney said they have no objection to an LGBT
supportive gay Republican running for Congress.
But they said the Victory Fund should not have
endorsed such a candidate in a race against a longtime
straight ally such as Tierney, who has received a
perfect 100 percent rating on LGBT issues from HRC.
Although I applaud Tisei and all LGBT political
Nikki Mawanda was 13 when his stepfather kicked
him out of his familys home because he thought he
was a lesbian.
The executive director of Trans Support InitiativeUganda, a group that advocates for transgender
and intersex people in the East African country, had
returned home late after visiting his girlfriend.
Mawanda, 32, told the Washington Blade during
an emotional interview on April 28 that he heard
noises coming from his mothers bedroom. He said he
opened the door and found his stepfather strangling
her because she gave birth to me.
NIKKI MAWANDA, a trans activist, ed Uganda after his name was included in a list of 200 top homos published by a tabloid.
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Wainwright talks about

his new project and next
weeks Lincoln Theatre show.
Lesbian activist on protesting

in Kiev and her hopes
for closer ties to Europe.
Out actor on his new

MTV show Faking It,
premiering next week.
Gay clown isnt creepy;

hes a star of Ringlings
new inclusive show.
R&B star Chris Browns

D.C. assault trial includes
allegation of anti-gay slur.
Spring is here and our

special section helps you
get ready for outdoor living.
Actor, singer Kreis

savors regional run in
Smokey Joes Cafe.
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Author Jo Becker
responds to critics of
new book at D.C. event.
Sean Eldridge, who wed

Facebook co-founder,
self-funds bid for Congress.
Scholarship recipients
strive to give back to
younger LGBT students.
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A State Department spokesperson on Monday said the U.S. has serious

concerns over a new Brunei penal code that punishes those convicted of
homosexuality by stoning them to death.
We have very serious concerns regarding certain provisions of what you just
mentioned, Marie Harf told the Washington Blade during the State Departments
daily press brieng. Were watching how the law will be implemented.
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WHAT A NIGHT
HONORING MOM
Correspondents Dinner
includes focus on diversity,
Blade shout-out.
Lesbian parents ghting

for marriage rights talk
meaning of Mothers Day.
Check out photos from

annual event that
kicks o Pride season.
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REPUBL CAN ROUT
BEST OF RUFUS
Detroit Baptist minister who

resigned after coming out
plans new Maryland church.
It breaks my heart to know about the many challenges

that our impoverished residents face, said Baltimore
Mayor STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE.
FRESH START
Remingtons set to close

Monday, ending 34-year run
for Capitol Hill nightspot.
Gays face death by stoning,

prompting State Dept. concern
ON DEFENSE
INTO THE SUNSET
DJ Paulo returns to
area for Cherry Funds
annual celebration.
RICHARD TISEI said he would serve as a strong

advocate for LGBT rights within the ranks of
House Republicans if elected.
SPIN ON
Judges in Arkansas and Idaho this past week ruled in

favor of marriage rights for same-sex couples, continuing
a trend that began with last years Supreme Court rulings
and bringing marriage equality to the nations Bible Belt for
the rst time.
A federal judge in Idaho on Tuesday struck down the
states same-sex marriage ban.
Idahos marriage laws deny its gay and lesbian citi
PHOTO COURTESY OF TISEI
HRC President CHAD GRIFFIN is depicted as a hero and

compared to Rosa Parks in Forcing the Spring.
Pat Benatars husband on

their long collaboration and
tonights show with Cher.
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS & CHRIS JOHNSON
Courtney, a 20-year-old transgender woman from
Marylands Eastern Shore, has been trying to get a job
for more than a year but has been unable to do so
because of her gender identity and expression.
She said during a recent interview that she has been
able to work odd jobs and received some money from
her parents. Courtney, who spoke on condition that
her last name not be used, is working with Free State
Legal Project, a Baltimore-based organization that
advocates on behalf of low-income LGBT Marylanders,
to legally change her name.

I dont have a job, said Courtney. I cant aord to
do it myself.
Courtney is among the estimated 50,000 to 75,000
Marylanders who live in poverty, according to Free State
Legal Project Executive Director Aaron Merki. LGBT rights
advocates with whom the Blade has spoken indicate the
problem is most acute in Baltimore.
The U.S. Census notes 23.4 percent of Baltimoreans
lived below the poverty line between 2008-2012,
compared to 9.4 percent of Marylanders during the
same period.
A Williams Institute analysis of the 2000 Census
notes LGBT people of color are more likely to live in
poverty than their white counterparts.
The report notes black same-sex couples are
FIRE AWAY
Judges in Arkansas, Idaho advance

momentum toward marriage equality
Trans activist ees to U.S. after

mob attack, family rejection
Homophobia, criminal
justice system
exacerbate problem
The latest neighborhood,

design trends in our special
D.C. real estate section.
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set on re in D.C. apartment
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marriage equality movement pervades the 437-page work.
One part of the book that addresses his move to
D.C. in 2012 to become head of the Human Rights
Campaign includes a farewell discussion in which
fellow AFER board member Rob Reiner says of Grin,
If there ever is going to be and there will be at some
point the rst gay president, youre looking at him.
As noted by gay blogger Andrew Sullivan in his tirade
against the book, Forcing the Spring opens with a
comparison of Grin and civil rights icon Rosa Parks,
saying a revolution begins when someone grows tired
of standing idly by against the tide of injustice.
It begins when a black seamstress named Rosa
Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to white
man in the segregated South, Becker writes. And in
this story, it begins with a handsome, bespectacled
35-year old political consultant named Chad Grin, in
a spacious suite at the Westin St. Francis hotel in San
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8 is stirring controversy over its lionization of HRC
President Chad Grin and its depiction of the federal
lawsuit he helped initiate against the California ban.
The book, Forcing the Spring, was written by
Jo Becker, a New York Times journalist who was
embedded with Grin and the Prop 8 team as their
lawsuit moved forward. The book hit shelves on
Tuesday, but has already incurred the ire of many in
the LGBT movement who say it heaps too much praise
on Grin and ignores others who led the marriage
equality eort for decades.
The notion that Grin, a board member of American
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04 JANUARY 02, 2015
YIR: LOCAL NEWS
Elections in D.C., Maryland create new dynamics for 2015

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
It was a year dominated by election news,
from D.C.s odd April primary and prolonged
general election campaign to Marylands
shocking gubernatorial upset. A look back at
2014s top 10 local news stories.
PETE CAHALL
TEN
Wilson High principal

comes out,
contract terminated
Less than a week after their principal
came out as gay, hundreds of students
from D.C.s Woodrow Wilson High School
and supporters from other schools
and the community turned out on the
school grounds on June 9 for a counter
protest against members of the anti-gay
Westboro Baptist Church, who assembled
a block away from the school.
Fewer than 20 Westboro protesters
made the trip from their homes in Kansas
to a street corner next to Wilson High to
denounce the schools decision to host an
LGBT Pride event. At the schools Pride
event on June 4, Principal Pete Cahall
disclosed he is gay, drawing cheers from
the students and supportive write-ups in
newspapers across the country.
The students supported Cahalls
request that they not directly confront
the Westboro protesters and held their
counter rally in front of the schools main
entrance a block away.
Despite the national media attention
to Cahalls announcement, the school
district did not renew his contract for
2015 due to low test scores at the school.
NINE
D.C. requires insurers to

cover gender reassignment
Mayor Vincent Gray issued a directive
in February requiring health insurance
companies doing business in the city to
cover gender reassignment treatment,
including reassignment surgery, as part
of their health plans.
Gray said the citys department of
insurance had the authority under
existing law to require insurers to provide
coverage for hormone treatment, gender
reassignment surgery, and other forms
of treatment as medically necessary
procedures for transgender people seeking
to transition from one gender to another.
Transgender
individuals
have
historically been denied coverage for
certain medically necessary health-care
procedures, Gray said in a statement.
This has resulted in a denial of benets
for some individuals because their
gender identity or expression is dierent
from their assigned sex at birth. He said
his directive would end that denial.
TERRY MCAULIFFE took oce on

Jan. 11, 2014.
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My administration is committed to
keeping Virginia open and welcoming to
all who call our commonwealth home,
said McAulie after signing the directive.
Executive Order Number 1 sets the tone
for an administration that will not accept
discrimination in any form, and one that
will work tirelessly to ensure all Virginians
have equal opportunity in the workplace,
no matter their backgrounds, race,
religion, or whom they love.
SEVEN
2 trans women
murdered in Baltimore
The unsolved murder of one transgender

women of color in Baltimore in June and
another in July left the citys trans residents
on edge and prompted Police Commissioner
Anthony Batts to meet several times
with representatives of the transgender
community to discuss the killings.
Police on July 16 found the body of
Mia Henderson, 26, in an alley o a
street near Lake Ashburton in Northwest
Baltimore. Authorities said she died of
severe trauma.
Hendersons murder came six weeks
after police found transgender woman
Kandy Hall stabbed to death in a eld
near a post oce in the 1400 block of
Fillmore Street. Police said both cases
remain unsolved.
Hendersons brother is Los Angeles
Clippers shooting guard Reggie bullock.
A lot of black trans women are very
nervous, said Meredith Moise, an
ordained minister of color in Baltimore.
The community is extremely on edge.
SIX
EIGHT
D.C. Council bans

conversion therapy
On the day he took the oath of oce,

Virginia Gov. Terry McAulie (D) on Jan. 11,
2014, signed an executive order that bans
discrimination against LGBT state employees.
Previous Democratic governors in
Virginia have issued executive orders
banning discrimination against state
employees based on sexual orientation.
But McAulie became the rst to extend
the ban to cover transgender employees.
The D.C. City Council voted unanimously

on Dec. 2 to give nal approval to a bill
that bans so-called conversion therapy
that seeks to change minors under the
age of 18 from gay to straight.
The Conversion Therapy for Minors
Prohibition Act of 2014 makes D.C. the
third jurisdiction in the country after
California and New Jersey to ban the
therapy for minors on grounds that
mental health experts have shown it to
McAulie takes oce in Va.,

bans anti-LGBT bias
be harmful and dangerous for those who

undergo such therapy.
Conversion therapy has been denounced
by every mainstream medical and mental
health association, including the American
Medical Association and the American
Psychological Association, the Human
Rights Campaign said in a statement.
Like all laws adopted by D.C., the
conversion
therapy
measure
was
undergoing a 30 legislative day review by
Congress that was expected to completed
in Januaryor early February if no member
of Congress takes steps to block the bill.
MARION BARRY died at age 78.

FIVE
Former D.C. Mayor

Marion Barry dies
D.C. Council member and former
Mayor Marion Barry, who was praised
as the nations most LGBT supportive big
city mayor in the 1980s and 1990s before
he alienated LGBT activists by opposing
the citys marriage equality law in 2009,
died Nov. 23 at the age of 78.
LGBT activists had mixed views over
whether Barrys alliance with antigay ministers to oppose the same-sex
marriage law overshadowed or negated
his years of support for LGBT equality
since the 1970s.
But LGBT activists who knew Barry
since he rst became involved in D.C.
politics in the early 1970s as an elected
school board member through his
earlier years on the City Council and
four terms as mayor describe him as a
leading gure in support of the LGBT
rights movement.
WASHINGTONBLADE.COM
YIR: LOCAL NEWS
JANUARY 02, 2015 05
Maryland Del.HEATHER MIZEUR lost her

bid to become the nations rst openly gay
elected governor.
Maryland State Sen. RICH MADALENO
introduced the Fairness for All
Marylanders Act.
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FOUR
Md. lawmakers approve

trans rights bill
A bill banning discrimination against

transgender people in Maryland cleared
its nal hurdle on Feb. 27 when the
states House of Delegates voted 82-57 to
approve the Fairness for All Marylanders
Act of 2014.
It took eight years, and a great deal
of tenacity, perseverance, patience and
skill, but today the Maryland transgender
community can celebrate its equality,
and feel like full partners in the LGBT
community, said Dana Beyer, executive
director of the statewide group Gender
Rights Maryland.
Maryland joins with 17 states, D.C. and
Puerto Rico in providing comprehensive
LGBT equality, Beyer said.
Similar to an existing law that
bans discrimination based on sexual
orientation, the transgender measure
covers the areas of employment, housing,
and public accommodations.
CAROL SCHALL and MARY TOWNLEY talk

with reporters outside the John Marshall
Courts Building in Richmond, Va., on
Oct. 6, 2014, after they renewed their
marriage vows.
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TWO
Mizeur falls short in Md.;

Hogan stuns Brown
THREE
Same-sex marriage
becomes legal in Virginia
In an unexpected development, the
U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 6 refused
to take cases seeking to uphold laws
banning same-sex marriage in Virginia
and four other states, clearing the way
for gay and lesbian couples to marry in
Virginia that same day.
With Virginia Gov. Terry McAulie and
state Attorney General Mark Herring
strong supporters of marriage equality,
the Supreme Courts action also resulted in
Virginias immediate recognition of samesex marriages performed in other states.
Same-sex couples from all over
the state descended on their local
courthouses to obtain marriage licenses,
with some getting married on the spot.
LGBT advocates in the state hailed the
development as an historic breakthrough
in LGBT equality not only for the
Commonwealth of Virginia but for the South.
Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown

(D), who defeated lesbian State Del.
Heather Mizeur in the Democratic primary
for governor, lost his race in the general
election to Republican Larry Hogan in
what political observers called a stunning
upset in the majority Democratic state.
Hogan has expressed opposition in the
past to the states same-sex marriage and
transgender rights laws but said during
his come-from-behind campaign that he
would not seek to overturn those laws.
Mizeur, who played a key role in
pushing for passage of the states samesex marriage law, would have become the
nations rst out gay or lesbian governor
had she won her race.
Although Hogan has said he would not
turn back the clock on LGBT issues, LGBT
advocates expressed concern when news
surfaced that two of his advisers hold
stridently anti-gay views. One of them,
Blair Lee, has said he believes gay sex is
a mortal sin and two men engaging in sex
doesnt rise to the dignity of marriage.
DAVID CATANIA lost to Muriel Bowser in

Novembers mayoral election.
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ONE
Catania loses bid to be

D.C.s rst out gay mayor
D.C. Council member David Catania
(I-At-Large) lost his bid to become the
citys rst out gay mayor on Nov. 4,
nishing far behind LGBT-supportive
mayoral contender and fellow Council
member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4). With
Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1),
whos gay, losing his re-election bid in the
Democratic primary, the City Council will
for the rst time since 1997 be without an
out gay person beginning Jan. 2.
Meanwhile, Mayor Vincent Gray, whom
many LGBT activists consider to be the
citys most LGBT supportive mayor ever,
lost his re-election race to Bowser in the
Democratic primary.
Although Bowser is a strong supporter
of LGBT rights, both Gray and Catania
argued that their lengthy records on LGBT
issues made them better suited to advance
LGBT-related legislation and policies.
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By CHRIS JOHNSON
Super Bowl out of the state. Although
Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed the bill, religious
freedom license to discriminate bills are
a national trend and are expected to move
through other state legislatures in 2015.
It was another historic year for the

LGBT rights movement, as marriage
equality came to a slew of new states,
an NFL player came out and President
Obama made good on a key promise.
HRCs CHAD GRIFFIN came under re in 2014

after an author compared him to Rosa Parks.
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Author compares Chad

Grin to Rosa Parks
The Blade sent a reporter and photographer

to tour the Deep South during the summer
to chronicle the plight of LGBT activists and
residents there.
TEN
Plight of LGBT southerners

gains attention
The plight of LGBT people in the South
where no laws prohibit anti-LGBT
discrimination attracted national
attention this year.
The Human Rights Campaign started
a multi-year, $8.5 million initiative called
Project One America, which aims to
make dramatic progress on LGBT rights
in the South. The initiative seeks to
make progress on three fronts: changing
hearts and minds, advancing legal
protections and building more LGBTinclusive institutions from the church
pew to the workplace.
To monitor the conditions of LGBT
people in the Deep South, the Washington
Blade sent staers to tour several states
and interview local LGBT advocates about
the hostility and discrimination they face.
Forcing the Spring, an account of the

lawsuit against Californias Proposition
8, stirred controversy over its lionization
of Human Rights Campaign President
Chad Grin.
The book, written by Jo Becker,
compares him to civil rights icon Rosa
Parks in its opening paragraph and
depicts him as a revolutionary leader
on marriage equality, minimizing the
role of other LGBT rights advocates. The
book was panned by gay blogger Andrew
Sullivan and other LGBT advocates.
Later in the year, Grin apologized
to the transgender community during a
speech at Southern Comfort for what
he said were HRCs past transgressions
against the community.
EIGHT
Arizona guv vetoes

turn away the gay bill
A turn away the gay bill in Arizona
seen to enable individuals and businesses
to deny services to LGBT people ignited
an unprecedented restorm in the
media. After the legislation, SB 1062,
was approved by the Arizona Legislature,
critics decried the bill, including
prominent Republicans like Sen. John
McCain, Sen. Je Flake, Mitt Romney and
Newt Gingrich.
Major companies based in Arizona
U.S. Airways and retailer PetSmart
urged a veto. The National Football League
was reportedly considering moving the
TED OSIUS was conrmed as U.S.

ambassador to Vietnam
PHOTO BY DAVID EVANS; COURTESY OF OSIUS
SEVEN
Obama makes high-prole

LGBT appointments
President
Obama
made
LGBT
appointments to important positions in
his administration and the judiciary. Chief
among them is Ted Osius, a career Foreign
Service ocer who was conrmed as U.S.
ambassador to Vietnam.
Gordon Tanner was also appointed to
a high-ranking post as general counsel
for the Air Force. To the federal judiciary,
the Senate conrmed lesbian Judith
Levy to the U.S. District Court of Eastern
Michigan. On June 17, the Senate took a
historic vote by conrming two openly
gay judicial nominees in one day, both of
whom were black. Staci Michelle Yandle
was conrmed to the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of Illinois and
Darrin Gayles was conrmed for a seat
on the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Florida.
LAVERNE COXs Time cover generated major

buzz in 2014.
SIX
Progress, visibility for

trans community
Transgender people saw major victories
in 2014 as visibility for the community
continued to rise. Medicare lifted its ban
on coverage for gender reassignment
treatment, enabling contractors to
determine on a case-by-case basis
whether coverage is appropriate.
Laverne Cox, star of Orange Is the
New Black, appeared on the cover of
Time magazine with the caption The
Transgender Tipping Point. The U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
also led its rst-ever lawsuits based on
the historic decision in Macy v. Holder
alleging anti-trans bias in the workforce.
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THREE
Obama bars anti-LGBT

bias among contractors
MIKE MICHAUD lost to a Tea Party

Republican in Maine.
FIVE
Michaud loses bid for

history in Maine
Among the Democratic casualties on
Election Day this year was Mike Michaud,
who lost his bid to become the next
governor of Maine and the rst openly
gay person elected as governor. Michaud
came up short in a race against Tea Party
Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who won
48 percent of the vote compared to the
43 percent won by Michaud.
Many observers blamed Michauds loss
on the presence in the race of a thirdparty candidate, independent Eliot Cutler,
who took 8 percent of the vote. Nonincumbent gay candidates running for
Congress in 2014 also fell short, such as
Democrats Sean Eldridge and Clay Aiken
as well as Republicans Carl DeMaio and
Richard Tisei. Maura Healy, however,
succeeded in her bid to become the next
Massachusetts Attorney General and the
rst out person elected in the country as
state attorney general.
MICHAEL SAM was drafted by the Rams after

coming out but later cut.
PHOTO BY MARCUS QWERTYUS; COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA
FOUR
Tim Cook, Michael Sam

inspire by coming out
Coming out stories continued to
make national headlines. Michael Sam,
a defensive end who played football for
University of Missouri, came out as gay.
The St. Louis Rams drafted him in the
seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft,
making him the rst openly gay player
drafted by the National Football League.
But the Rams cut him at the end of
training camp, and he never made it
to the eld, even though he spent time
on the Dallas Cowboys practice squad
before being waived.
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, Inc., also
came out as gay, writing in an op-ed for
Bloomberg Businessweek, Im proud to
be gay, and I consider being gay among
the greatest gifts God has given me.
After
years
of
pressure
from
LGBT advocates, President Obama
signed an executive order barring
federal contractors from engaging
in discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity.
Although concerns persisted that
Obama would include a religious
exemption in the measure, known as
Executive Order 13672, no carve-out was
included beyond the already existing
Bush administration language allowing
religious-aliated businesses to favor coreligionists in hiring practices.
According to the Williams Institute,
the order will protect 34 million
workers, or about 22 percent of the
American workforce. In December, the
Labor Department announced the rule
for the executive order has become
final, giving federal contractors 120
days to update their policies to comply
with the measure or lose out on
federal contracts.
TWO
GOP wave dooms

pro-LGBT legislation
In a GOP wave on Election Day, the
Republican Party won control of the
U.S. Senate by taking nine seats in the
chamber and expanded its majority in the
U.S. House to the greatest extent since
the Truman administration.

The change in power balance is
expected to put the breaks on the
advancement of pro-LGBT legislation,
such as the Employment NonDiscrimination Act and an expected
comprehensive LGBT civil rights bill. It
also may open the doors to anti-LGBT
legislation, such as a federal religious
freedom bill. But even with Democratic
control of the Senate, no pro-LGBT
legislation reached President Obamas
desk in 2014. Support for ENDA
crumbled over discontent with a broad
religious exemption that was included
in the Senate-passed version of the bill.
ONE
Supreme Court action brings

marriage to new states
In a surprise move, the U.S. Supreme
Court refused to hear this year decisions
in favor of same-sex marriage from
three federal appeals courts, bringing
marriage equality to ve new states:
Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin and
Indiana.
Before the year was out, a total of 35
states and D.C. were considered to have
marriage equality following more than 50
court decisions throughout the country
in favor of gay nuptials. The only federal
appeals court to decide to uphold bans
on same-sex marriage was the U.S. Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals, but plaintis for
same-sex couples who led the lawsuits in
that jurisdiction have called for review by
the Supreme Court. Legal experts expect
a nationwide ruling on the marriage issue
by the middle of 2015.
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Putins reign of terror continues but a new pope brings hope

SEVEN
From Vladimir Putins persecution of

gays to the welcoming tone of a new pope,
it was a busy year on the international beat.
LGBT rights advance

in Latin America
TEN
AIDS researchers die

in plane crash
Six
HIV/AIDS
researchers
and
advocates were among those who were
on a Malaysian Airlines ight that proRussian separatists shot down over
eastern Ukraine on July 17.
Joep Lange, a prominent Dutch HIV
researcher who is the former president
of the International AIDS Society, and
his partner, Jacqueline van Tongeren,
were among the 283 passengers and 15
crew members who were on Malaysian
Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to
Kuala Lumpur.
Pim de Kuijer, another Dutch national
who worked for Stop AIDS Now, and
Glenn Thomas, a former BBC journalist
who was a press ocer for the World
Health Organization, were also on Flight
17. 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.
NINE
U.S. Marine charged with

killing Philippine trans woman
The murder of a transgender woman in
the Philippines in October sparked outrage
among Filipino LGBT rights advocates and
highlighted opposition to the American
military presence in the country.
Marine
Pfc.
Joseph
Pemberton
allegedly killed Jennifer Lauder inside a
motel in the city of Olongapo after they
met at a local nightclub on Oct. 11. The
26-year-olds naked body was later found
in a bathroom.
Pemberton had been in custody on the
U.S.S. Peleliu at the Subic Bay Freeport, a
former U.S. Naval Base adjacent to Olongapo
on the countrys main island of Luzon until
American military personnel turned him over
to Philippine troops. He remains detained in
Manila, the countrys capital.
MARIELA CASTRO has been praised by some

and criticized by others for her work at
CENESEX in Cuba.
PHOTO BY MONTREALIS; COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA
EIGHT
Mariela Castro promotes

LGBT rights in Cuba
The daughter of Cuban President Ral
Castro in 2014 continued to promote
LGBT causes amid criticism that her
eorts are an attempt to overshadow her
countrys human rights record.
Mariela Castro was president of the local
committee that organized a conference in
the beach resort of Varadero in May that
drew hundreds of LGBT rights advocates
from Latin America and the Caribbean.
She also attended the International
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex
Associations biennial global gathering in
October that took place in October.
Isel Calzadilla Acosta, a Cuban LGBT
rights advocate from the city of Santiago
de Cuba, told the Blade during an
interview at the ILGA conference that the
Center for National Sexual Education,
which Mariela Castro directs, supports
her and her colleagues.
CENESEX supports us with capacity
building and with events and we attribute
everything that we are doing to them
because we have a voice with Mariela
Castro, said Calzadilla.
Cuban LGBT rights advocates who are
not aliated with CENESEX and other
critics of the Castro government continue
to criticize Mariela Castro and her eorts.
LGBT rights advocates in 2014

celebrated a number of political and
legislative advances.
Former Bogot City Councilwoman
Anglica Lozano Correa in March became
the rst openly LGBT person elected to the
Colombian Congress. Luisa Revilla Urcia
in October became the rst transgender
person elected to public oce in Peru.
I will execute my oce with great
humility and tenacity, Revilla told the
Blade after her election.
Chilean lawmakers advanced bills
that would allow same-sex couples to
enter into civil unions and permit trans
people in the South American country
to legally change their name and gender
without sex reassignment surgery. An
LGBT advocacy group and number of
legislators introduced a bill that would
extend marriage rights to gays and
lesbians.
Mexico City lawmakers in November
approved a proposal that would allow
trans people in the Mexican capital to
legally change their gender without a
court order.
Advocates criticized the Obama

administration for inviting Nigerian
President GOODLUCK JONATHAN to the
White House.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT
FIVE
SIX
Anti-gay African laws

spark global outrage
The U.N. Human Rights Council on

Sept. 26 adopted a resolution against
anti-LGBT violence and discrimination.
The body by a 25-14 vote margin
approved the resolution that Chile,
Colombia, Uruguay and Brazil introduced.
We are pleased to see that today
the international community is visibly
and publicly upholding the rights of
LGBT individuals, and thereby we
demonstrate ourselves as a global
community respecting the rights of all,
said Ambassador Keith Harper, who
represents the U.S. on the U.N. Human
Rights Council.
The U.N. Human Rights Council in
2011 narrowly approved an LGBT rights
resolution. The same body in June
adopted a resolution on the Protection
of the Family that Russia and Uganda
co-sponsored.
Anti-gay laws that Nigeria and Gambia

enacted in 2014 sparked global outrage.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
in January signed into law a draconian
bill that, among other things, punishes
those who enter into a same-sex
marriage with up to 14 years in prison.
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh in
November signed a statute that calls for
a life sentence for those convicted of
aggravated homosexuality.
Jammeh
in
February
described
gay men as vermin in a speech
that commemorated his countrys
independence from the U.K.
The State Department has repeatedly
criticized the two countries over their
LGBT rights records, but Gambian
advocates said the U.S. has not done
enough to respond to the issue. They
also criticized President Obama for
inviting Jammeh and Jonathan to the
White House in August during a summit
of African leaders that took place in
Washington.
U.N. Human Rights Council

approves LGBT resolution
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FOUR
Trans Indians recognized

in landmark ruling
The India Supreme Court on April
15 issued a ruling that recognizes
transgender people as a third gender.
The landmark decision orders state
ocials, the federal Indian government
and its various agencies to combat antitrans discrimination in the worlds second
most populous country. The ruling also
calls for the inclusion of trans Indians in
various social welfare and other state-run
programs.
The decision includes hijras and
eunuchs groups who feature
prominently in Hindu mythology and
religious texts that do not identify as
either male or female in the denition
of trans.
The court issued its decision slightly
more than four months after it reinstated
Indias colonial-era sodomy law.
The India Supreme Court on April 22
agreed to reconsider the controversial
ruling.
THREE
Ugandan president signs

Anti-Homosexuality Act
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
on Feb. 24 signed a law under which
those found guilty of repeated same-sex
sexual acts face life in prison.
The Uganda Constitutional Court
in August struck down the so-called
Anti-Homosexuality
Act
because
Parliamentarian
Speaker
Rebecca
Kadaga allowed a vote on the statute last
December without the necessary quorum.
The issue nevertheless continues to spark
global outrage.
The White House cut aid to Uganda that
funded HIV/AIDS programs and other
initiatives after Museveni signed the
measure. The World Bank delayed a $90
million loan to the Ugandan government.
The Obama administration in June
announced a travel ban against Ugandan
ocials who are responsible for human
rights abuses in their East African country.
Nikilas
Mawanda,
a
Ugandan
transgender advocate who recently
Ugandan President YOWERI MUSEVENI

signed a measure allowing life in prison for
those guilty of gay sex acts.
PHOTO BY RUSSELL WATKINS;
COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
received asylum in the U.S., told the Blade

earlier this year that anti-LGBT violence
has increased in his homeland since
Museveni signed the law.
It looks like the community-at-large
has taken on the role of doing vigilante
[justice,] said Mawanda.
TWO
Russia LGBT rights record

overshadows Olympics
Russias LGBT rights record that
includes a law banning the promotion
of so-called gay propaganda to minors
overshadowed Februarys 2014 Winter
Olympics in Sochi.
Russian authorities on Feb. 7 arrested
more than a dozen LGBT rights advocates
who protested in St. Petersburg and
Moscow hours before the opening
ceremony. Ocials arrested transgender
former Italian Parliamentarian Vladimir
Luxuria twice during the Sochi games
after she publicly promoted LGBT rights.
LGBT rights advocates in D.C., New York
Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN has been

accused of using anti-gay animus to distract
attention from his nations crumbling
economy.
POPE FRANCIS has adopted a more

welcoming, conciliatory tone toward gays.
PHOTO COURTESY BIGSTOCK
PHOTO BY AGENCIA BRASIL
and dozens of other cities around the

world held protests during the opening
ceremony that took place on Feb. 7.
Activists also urged the International
Olympic Committee to add sexual
orientation to its anti-discrimination
clause, which it did in December. Others
criticized Coca Cola and other sponsors
of the Sochi games for not publicly
condemning Russias LGBT rights record.
whether the church can oer gays a

welcome home and whether Catholic
communities are capable of providing
that, accepting and valuing their sexual
orientation,
without
compromising
Catholic doctrine on the family and
matrimony.
Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Gadecki
described the draft document as
unacceptable.
The nal version of the proposed
document appeared to backtrack from
those previous statements, noting samesex unions are not remotely analogous
to Gods plan for marriage and the
family. It also criticized international
pressure to support nuptials for gays
and lesbians.
We profoundly lament that because
of the profound internal division within
the hierarchy of the Catholic Church,
the nal document from the synod has
excluded references to sexual diversity
and the inclusion of lesbians, gays,
bisexuals and transgender people,
Estebn Pauln, president of the
LGBT Federation of Argentina, told the
Washington Blade.
ONE
Conservative Catholics
challenge Pope Francis
Conservatives within the Catholic
Church in 2014 challenged Pope Franciss
more moderate tone toward LGBT
people and marriage rights for same-sex
couples.
A draft document that Catholic bishops
released during their two-week meeting
or synod on family issues in October
concluded gays have gifts and qualities
to oer to the Christian community. It
also asked rhetorical questions about
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David Catania led papers in his bid to run for mayor on March 12 at the Reeves Municipal Building. (Washington
Blade photo by Michael Key)
Immigration Equality activists picketed in front of the White House on

April 29 to pressure the Obama administration to implement LGBTinclusive immigration reform. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Jennifer Hudson performed at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on Oct. 25 at the Walter E. Washington
Convention Center. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Emily Shall-Townley, daughter of Virginia

same-sex marriage plaintis Carol Schall
and Mary Townley, met with the Washington
Blade to talk about her family. (Washington
The Gay Games were held in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio in

August. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Ugandan trans activist Nikki Mawanda met

with the Blade on April 28. (Washington
Blade photo by Damien Salas)
Brent Minor of Team D.C. meets with a Washington Nationals

player on the eld at Night Out at the Nationals on June 17.
(Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
The Washington Blade held its Best of Gay D.C. Party at Josephine on Oct.
23. (Washington Blade photo by Damien Salas)
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The joint armed forces color guard for the rst time marched at the head of the Capital
Pride Parade on June 7. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Thousands attended a rally and march in D.C. against police brutality on Dec. 13. (Washington
The Harvey Milk Forever Stamp was unveiled at a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive
Oce Building on May 22. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Capital Pride held the Pride Run 5K at Congressional Cemetery on June 6. (Washington Blade photo
by Michael Key)
An international panel of transgender service members spoke at a conference on Oct. 20.

(Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Rev. Brandiilyne Dear, founder of the

Mississippi LGBT advocacy organization
Dandelion Project, met with the Blade in
Laurel, Miss. on July 9. (Washington Blade
photo by Michael Key)
NBA star Jason Collins, on left, and former

college roommate Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.)
spoke at a panel for International Human Rights
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ADDRESS
The Blades memorable 2014

A look back at the highs and
lows of a manic year
KEVIN NAFF is editor of Washington Blade and

can be reached at kna@washblade.com.
Before we charge headlong into 2015,

lets pause and remember the year that was.
Everyone at the Blade works hard each
week to bring our readers and advertisers the news and information important
to the LGBT community. Its not easy
were a lean team often working long
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walls to interview an openly gay man
sentenced to 15 years for killing another
gay man in a drunk driving accident. It
brought to light many troubling issues for
our community, including the plague of
addiction and the unjust laws and harsh
treatment faced by gay inmates in our nations prisons.
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Mexico, across the country covering the
myriad court rulings related to marriage,
to Cleveland for the Gay Games and
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Athletes and ambassadors

2014 saw mixture of advances
and stark reminders of
continued injustice
RICHARD J. ROSENDALL is a writer and activist.

Reach him at rrosendall@starpower.net.
The gay journey in America proceeded

down many paths in 2014. Here are some
highlights:
Legal protections. The march toward
nationwide marriage equality accelerated, with victories in several federal circuit
courts. A high point came in August, when
Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner
grilled hapless defenders of the Indiana
and Wisconsin gay marriage bans. A setback in the Sixth Circuit provided the conict among circuits that Justice Ginsburg
said was needed to get the U.S. Supreme
Court to revisit the issue. In Congress,
Sen. Je Merkley (D-Ore.) pledged to introduce a new LGBT rights bill that revives
the comprehensive approach taken by
Rep. Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.) 40 years ago.

Sports. Openly gay athletes continued
their pioneering eorts. Derrick Gordon
of UMass, the rst openly gay NCAA Division 1 mens basketball player, has
glowed since coming out. Robbie Rogers of L.A. Galaxy won an MLS Cup as an
openly gay player. Michael Sams record
of sacks in the preseason suggested that
his absence from an NFL roster is not for
lack of talent but because he is gay, as Cyd
Zeigler of OutSports says. Older gay players mentored younger ones; continued
anti-gay bias makes this support crucial.
Police and justice. The catalogue of
police killings of unarmed black men was
mind-boggling. Yet many mostly white police unions remained belligerent, treating
any criticism of excessive force as slander.
But the size, diversity, and persistence of
crowds of protesters suggest that denial
will not make the issue go away.
Some gay people objected when national LGBT groups joined in the protests. To
read some comments, you would think that
saying thug over and over could erase or
justify the stark racial disparity in our justice
system. This shows blindness to our own
diversity and ignorance of our history.
When people feel excluded from any
reasonable expectation of justice, as happened in San Francisco in 1979 when Har-
vey Milks assassin Dan White escaped a

murder conviction, riots like White Night
can occur. Deploring violence rings hollow without justice. America was founded
in revolution. If public safety ocers can
evade culpability even when they violate
their own rules on camera, their thuggery
has ocial backing. At Stonewall in 1969,
gay people reached their breaking point.
We honor them for good reason.
Military and international. The transition to openly gay military service has gone
so smoothly it has generated little news.
The ght to end discrimination against
transgender service members continues;
two dozen have been discharged in the
past two years. The First Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled that a lawsuit by Sexual Minorities Uganda against Scott Lively for
crimes against humanity can proceed.
In diplomatic news, Ted Osius III joined a
growing list of openly gay envoys when he
was sworn in as ambassador to Vietnam.
Health. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (DMass.) led 80 senators and House members in urging an end to the lifetime ban
on blood donations by men who have
had sex with men, calling for science to
replace stereotypes. The U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention called for
wider use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
(PrEP) for HIV prevention, despite strong
opposition by Michael Weinstein of AIDS

Healthcare Foundation. There have been
no new HIV infections among more than
500 Kaiser Permanente customers using
PrEP. New York and the District of Columbia adopted rules forbidding health
insurers from denying medically necessary treatment to transgender people.
D.C. joined California and New Jersey in
passing legislation banning ex-gay conversion therapy for minors.
Media. Schadenfreude was rampant
after Sean Eldridge failed in his bid to
buy a congressional seat and husband
Chris Hughes provoked a mass walkout
at The New Republic by sacking top editors. Hughes was faulted for wrecking a
century-old magazine in his eort to create a vertically integrated digital media
company, that is, a word salad. Former
TNR writer Jamie Kirchick at The Daily
Beast dubbed them Americas worst gay
power couple, but their youthful hubris
and confusion of wealth for wisdom transcend sexual orientation.
GOP reform. A group of young conservatives, their eyes on 2016, called for removal
of anti-gay language from the Republican
Party platform. Dont hold your breath.
Copyright 2014 by Richard J. Rosendall.
All rights reserved.
I N S I DE LGB T W A S HING TON
Resolve to make the world a better place

Vote, write to your lawmakers
and speak out in 2015
PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights

and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly
for the Blade.
As we ring in 2015, lets remember some

of the good things that happened in 2014
that will bring benets in the New Year. I celebrated marriage equality becoming law in
more states than we could ever have imagined and Muriel Bowser winning the D.C.
mayors race and taking oce on Jan. 2.
She got o to a good start with her appointments, leading with Rashad Young
as the new city administrator. She deftly
worked with Mayor Gray to move forward the soccer stadium deal and joined
with those pushing D.C. as the site of the
2024 Summer Olympics. We elected Karl

Racine our rst independent attorney
general. The Ready for Hillary PAC made
history by generating more than three
million supporters and 100,000 contributors all for the candidate who has yet to
announce she is running.
Now if only when the clock strikes midnight, and the ball in Times Square lights
up the sign saying 2015 is here, all our old
problems would go away and we were able
to start with a clean slate. Climate change
wouldnt be such a problem; there would be
no continuing war in Afghanistan and ISIS
wouldnt be threatening so that we are looking at reentering a war in Iraq. The Tea Party
would be gone and we might still be deceiving ourselves about having a justice system
that treats everyone equally. It would be a
little like Congress. When the session ends
all the bills introduced that havent been acted on disappear and are only reintroduced if
anyone is still interested.
Alas, that doesnt happen. So we enter
2015 facing the problems of 2014 that
have no clear solutions and are no closer
to being solved than they were at 11:59
on Dec. 31. We continue to cringe when

listening to Dick Cheney make tortuous
explanations of why he doesnt think we
committed torture; watch Republicans
still trying to repeal the Aordable Care
Act; and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the latest reincarnation of Joe McCarthy, continuing to make life tough for new Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ken.)
who is bad enough on his own. We can
anticipate the new Congress accomplishing as little as the last one.
So for 2015 we may want to make some
New Years resolutions beyond those that
call for going on a diet and going to the
gym more often. Although those are great
and I have already made them myself,
maybe we can resolve to take a little more
responsibility to make our world better.
Resolve that we will be better citizens
beginning with a commitment to always
vote and talk to everyone we know about
how important that is. Resolve to ght
any Republican initiatives that make it
more dicult for people to do so.
Each of us could resolve to write a letter to the president, a senator or member
of Congress, telling them what you expect

them to do to make the world better. Share
your ideas, then resolve to choose a favorite cause or charity and commit either volunteer time or a donation, even better do
both. Resolve that the next time you hear
yourself complaining about something
whether it is the trac, the snow not being cleaned from the streets after a storm
or something else that annoys you, that
you will take a few minutes and gure out
some action you can take to x it. Speak
up and speak out and you will be amazed
at what it can accomplish and how much
better it will make you feel.
This can be a year of change. It can be
the year that we make our justice system more equitable and the year that
the world faces the reality of climate
change and does something about it. It
can be the year that the Supreme Court
nally makes marriage equality the law of
the land and the year that we bring our
troops home from Afghanistan. May 2015
bring to you, your family and friends only
joy, health and happiness. May it bring
peace on Earth.
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The top gay moments in lm, music, TV and more

By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Here is our countdown of the entertainment worlds Top 10 gayest moments of the year:
SAM SMITH is nominated for six Grammys.
ELLEN DEGENERESs 2014 Oscars sele is said to be the most re-Tweeted photo ever.
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Citing powerhouse divas such

as Adele, Amy Winehouse, Lady
Gaga, Beyonce and more as
his inuences, it was no huge surprise
when British singer Sam Smith came
out to E! in May. Known for his work on
Disclosures Latch and Naughty Boys
La La La, the breakout star has had
the kind of career aspiring pop singers
dream of: his debut studio album In
the Lonely Hour was an international
smash. Last month he found out hes up
for six Grammys. His single Stay With
Me hit the top 10 in 10 countries.
Though stylistically they couldnt

be more diverse, two male country
singers came out last year. What
Mattered Most singer Ty Herndon, 52,
a veteran whose rst album debuted in
1995, came out in November in a People
magazine exclusive in which he referred
to himself as an out, proud and happy
gay man. Hes been married twice
previously to women but said hes been in
a relationship with a man in recent years.
Former child star Billy Gilman, now 26,
rose to fame with his debut album One
Voice, released in 2000 when he was
just 12. Though not nearly as active in

recent years his last album was in 2006
though he had several singles since then
Gilman came out in a video post in
November and said hes gay and is dating.
Though it drew mixed reviews, Ellen

DeGeneres returned in one of
pop cultures most demanding and
thankless jobs to host the 86th annual
Academy Awards in March, her second
time at the helm of lmdoms biggest
night. Among her more memorable
moments were a sele taken with Julia
Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep and

several others on the star-studded front
row, aping another Hollywood lesbian
(the late Billie Burke) when she strode
onstage in the famous Glinda gown
from The Wizard of Oz and, in a rare
moment of edgier comedy, suggesting
Liza Minnelli, there with her sibs for an
Oz tribute, was actually a drag queen.
Though just slightly mied, Liza said
later she found the joke a little mean.
Gravity was the evenings big winner but
Ellen deserves some of the kudos it
was the most-watched Oscars since 2000.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
LAVERNE COX stars in Orange is the New Black.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH stars as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.

PHOTO BY MELISSA HAMBURG
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cover of Time magazine. In January, Cox

had the worlds attention when a clip of
her answering a personal question from
a clueless Katie Couric was widely shared
on social media saying discussions of
transition and surgery objecties trans
people. Cox told the Blade in October
she credits social media with the boon in
trans visibility. [Its] really given the trans
community a platform and a voice and a
support that has just reverberated in a
dierent way, she said.
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JOAN RIVERS died at age 81.
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It couldnt have been a bigger or

better year for red-hot out jack-ofall-trades Neil Patrick Harris. Not
only did he win yet another Emmy for
hosting the Tonys this year, he also won
a Tony for his lauded turn in the genderbending Hedwig and the Angry Inch on
Broadway. He had a deliciously creepy
role as Desi in the box oce smash
movie thriller Gone Girl, released his
own choose-your-own-adventure-type
memoir, wed long-time partner David
Burtka (with whom he has two kids) in
September, wrapped a groundbreaking
run playing straight on the sitcom How
I Met Your Mother and agreed to host
the Academy Awards in February. The

41-year-old is widely considered the most
successful out actor on the scene today.
If Neil Patrick Harris is the most

high-prole gay actor, Laverne
Cox is undoubtedly the most highprole transgender actress in Hollywood.
Emmy nominated for her role as Sophia
on the Netix smash Orange is the
New Black, Cox has used her platform
to raise awareness of trans issues. The
documentary Laverne Cox Presents:
the T Word aired on MTV and Logo in
October. In June, she made history as
the rst trans person to appear on the
The gay community suered a

bitter blow when one of its all-time
favorites, legendary comedian Joan
Rivers, died of cardiac arrest at age 81
during an outpatient throat procedure.
She died Sept. 4 after several days in a
medically induced coma. Though initially
known as a regular on The Tonight Show
in the 60s with Johnny Carson and later
her own Late Show with Joan Rivers,
it was her biting stand-up celebrityskewering wit and fashion critiques on
the red carpets of major award shows
that endeared her to a legion of gay fans.
In 2013 she declared herself Queen of
the gays (nobody argued) and she was
a long-time advocate of gay causes. I
remember when I was working at the
Duplex in Greenwich Village in New York
at the beginning of my career, she told
the Advocate, and the only ones who
would laugh at my jokes were the gay
guys. I think if I had started out in straight
clubs and bars, I never wouldve gotten
anywhere.
With a Rotten Tomatoes 88 percent

positive index, a Time magazine
cover story and more than $19
million in box oce before it went into
wide release in the U.S. (on Christmas
Day), The Imitation Game was among

2014s highest prole gay-themed
releases. The biopic tells of the late Alan
Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), the gay
British WWII-era codebreaker famous for
his intellectual brilliance but who had a
tragic downfall in an era grossly ignorant
of gay rights. Already a critical darling, the
lm has ve nominations pending at the
72nd annual Golden Globe Awards on
Jan. 11.
Although nothing new, LGBT themes

continue to have wide representation
on new TV shows. Looking, an HBO
comedy/drama, gained attention for
its frank portrayals of the lives of three
gay men living in San Francisco. Out
actor Jonathan Gro stars as Patrick, a
video game designer. The show, which
has drawn mixed reviews, returns for a
second season Jan. 11. Transparent,
though initially unveiled in February,
debuted its full 10-episode season run
in September. Already renewed for a
second season, it tells of Mort/Maura
(Jerey Tambor), a retired professor who
comes out as transgender to her family.
Its available through amazon.com.
Straight
actor
Jared
Leto
culminated an impressive award
show streak that included a
Golden Globe, an Independent Spirit
Award and many more, with an Oscar
in the Best Supporting Actor category
for playing Rayon, a trans woman with
HIV who helps Ron Woodroof (Matthew
McConaughey) in his quest to smuggle
unapproved AIDS drugs into the
country circa 1985. Leto, returning to
movies after a five-year hiatus, paid
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JONATHAN GROFF stars in HBOs Looking, which returns Jan. 11.
HBOs Normal Heart is nominated for three Golden Globes.
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homage to the 36 million who have

Though earlier efforts languished
lost the battle to AIDS and to those
for various reasons, in May,
of you who have ever felt injustice for
Larry Kramers landmark 1985
who you are or who you love tonight
play The Normal Heart debuted in
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you
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Mark Ruffalo, Jonathan Groff, Matt

Bomer, Julia Roberts and more. The
blistering work, which tells of a group
of gay New York men in the summer
of 1981 as AIDS starts its toll, won
an Emmy for Outstanding Television
Movie in August. Three Golden Globe

nominations are pending. Rolling Stone
called it a blunt instrument that is also
poetic and profound. It joins The Band
Played On and Angels in America as
among the best AIDS-themed works.
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QUEERY: 20 QUESTIONS FOR JON GANN
JON GANN
How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
Ive been out for 20 years. Whatever
drama there was is long past and not
important.
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Want to start the new year o with a few laughs? D.C. Shorts, voted Coolest
Short Film Festival by Movie Maker Magazine, presents two nights of comedy
on Jan. 9-10 with D.C. Shorts LAUGHS!, a block of short comedies interspersed
with live stand-up performances by the local comedians.
Theres an early and late show on both nights that feature dierent lms
and comedians. Each show will last 90 minutes and feature comedies that have
previously appeared in the D.C. Shorts Film Festival, which started in 2003.
This is a perfect opportunity to catch lms you might have missed from
last years festival while whetting your appetite for the big D.C. Shorts Film
Festival in September, says Jon Gann, founder and director of D.C. Shorts.
Comedy fans generally love funny movies as well as stand up, so we wanted
to throw an event that brings both of them together.
The shows are at Burke Theater at the U.S. Navy Memorial Heritage Center
(701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.) at 9 and 11 p.m. both nights. Regular tickets
are $20 but double header packages are also available. Details at laughs.
dcshorts.com.
Gann is a 48-year-old native Washingtonian. He and partner Michael
Shankle live in Penn Quarter/Chinatown. Gann enjoys his dog, lm, cooking,
traveling, writing and knitting in his free time.
Whos your LGBT hero?

John Scagliotti, the producer/director
of Before Stonewall and many other
important LGBT media.
Whats Washingtons best

nightspot, past or present?
Past: Tracks. Present: I have no clue.
My last bear happy hour was two years
ago.
Describe your dream wedding.

Having planned many weddings for
friends, my perfect wedding is not to
have one.
What non-LGBT issue are

you most passionate about?
Grammar. Inparticular, theOxford
comma.
What historical outcome

would you change?
If history was changed, would we be
here today?
Whats been the most memorable pop

culture moment of your lifetime?
1988. All of it.
On what do you insist?

Respect and tolerance.
What was your last Facebook

post or Tweet?
I praised my espresso machine for
being more awake than I.
If your life were a book,

what would the title be?
Behind the Screens
If science discovered a way

to change sexual orientation,
what would you do?
No.
What do you believe in

beyond the physical world?
Karma is a bitch.
Whats your advice for LGBT

movement leaders?
New voices are needed let them be
heard.
What would you walk

across hot coals for?
Michael, Pilot and my friends. And
Osetra caviar.
What LGBT stereotype

annoys you most?
What is the fascination with labeling
everyone as an animal?
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?

What kind of question is that for a lm
programmer? My name isnt Sophie and
Im not making a choice.
Whats the most overrated social

custom?
Ties
What trophy or prize

do you most covet?
Trophies are only physical
manifestations of sentiment. I value the
relationships developed on the road to
being honored.
What do you wish youd

known at 18?
Its not about the goal its about
the journey.
Why Washington?
Ive seenthe city change many times
and it is always the culture and arts that
is the grand equalizer. It has been my
great pleasure to have helped develop
our amazinglm, video and media
community into one of the most vibrant
in the world. When a lmmaker tells me
that they learned or advanced because
of something I helped to create, there is
no greater sense of pride.
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24 JANUARY 02, 2015
YIR: THEATER
2014 year in review: theater

Gay themes wide-ranging from sports to thrillers to Noel Coward and more
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
In a year lled with compelling and
wide-ranging theater much of special
interest to LGBT audiences one of
the best works was all about football,
seriously.
The Olney Theatre Center mounted
an unforgettable production of Andrew
Hinderakers Colossal transforming
the centers intimate black box into a
football eld. Told in four quarters with
a halftime show, the storyline focuses on
Mike, an injured college football player
whos struggling with sexuality and his
loss of mobility. Helmed by director Will
Davis, who is transgender, and superbly
choreographed by Christopher DAmboise
with additional movement choreography
by Ben Cunis, the production oozed
both testosterone and insight. Inspired
performances were delivered by Chicago
actor Michael Patrick Thornton as Mike,
Joseph Carlson as pre-injury Mike, and
Jon Hudson Odom as pre-injury Mikes
team co-captain and romantic interest.
There was room for baseball this year
too. 1st Stage in Tysons presented a
terric version of gay playwright Richard
Greenbergs Take Me Out. Often
called the gay baseball play, its the tale
of team superstar Darren Lemming who
unexpectedly holds a press conference
announcing hes gay. Lemming (played
at 1st Stage by the excellent Jaysen
Wright) mistakenly believes therell be
no blowback. After all, bad things dont
happen to a young, rich and admired
centerelder.
Best
known
for
pared-down
interpretations of big musicals, Signature
Theatre presented a truly rst rate
production of Laura Easons sexy and
engaging play Sex with Strangers.
Out actor Holly Twyford and Luigi Sottile
starred as the unlikely lovers in this
story of a middle-aged novelist who gets
together with a younger, womanizing
blogger.
The year saw some compelling works
at inviting venues in Anacostia. At the
Anacostia Performing Arts Center, Factory
449 presented a stunning production
of The Amish Project, a one-woman,
seven-character recount of the killing of
Amish schoolgirls by a crazed gunman.
Holly Twyford directed Nanna Ingvarsson
in a tour-de-force performance. And
at the intimate Anacostia Playhouse,
Scena Theatres artistic director Robert
McNamara staged a well done production
of gay British playwright Mark Ravenhills
Handbag, a black comedy dealing with
gay relationships, parenthood and child
Among the years theatrical highlights were the sports-themed Colossal at Olney Theatre Center, 1st Stages TAKE ME OUT and Factory 449s The Amish Project.
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neglect in both Wildean and modern-day

London.
2014 was a big year for D.C.s young
out director Matthew Gardiner. Among
his high notes was an impeccably staged
production of Sondheims musical
Sunday in the Park With George at
Signature Theatre starring a talented
pair of New York imports (the delightfully
versatile Brynn OMalley as Dot and
handsome Claybourne Elder as George).
He also staged Ordinary Days at
Bethesdas Round House Theater. Penned
by out composer Adam Gwon, Ordinary
Days is a fun and aecting musical about
four young peoples intersecting lives in
Manhattan. Under Gardiners sure hand,
the perfectly cast ensemble was superb.
This year brought out-of-town talent
to the D.C. theater scene including
gay San Francisco-based playwright
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb who spent time
at Woolly Mammoth tweaking his new
political comedy The Totalitarians.
At the Shakespeare Theatre Company,
British screen/stage star Sin Phillips

played Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wildes
comic masterpiece The Importance of
Being Ernest. And at Studio Theatres
2ndStage, Broadways marvelous Barbara
Walsh gave a spooky turn as Margaret
White, the fanatical and ill-fated mother
in Carrie: the Musical.
Throughout 2014, respects were
paid to some late great gay artists. The
Shakespeare Theatre Company stylishly
tipped its hat to gay British playwright
Nol Coward with English director Maria
Aitkens gorgeous, funny, alive-yetfaithful production of Cowards Private
Lives. James Waterston played Elyot and
an especially good and beautiful Bianca
Amato was Amanda. Aitkens production
was all that is Coward: witty repartee,
amusing situations, travel, soigne
evening clothes, smart cocktails and
cigarettes incessantly oered from silver
cases.
The Companys paean to Coward
continued with Kneehigh Theatres
delightful
production
of
Brief
Encounter, an adaptation of the samenamed 1945 British lm based on the
gay playwrights sentimental romance
Still Life. Director/writer Emma Rice
ingeniously blended theater and lm
incorporating
projections,
musical
numbers and myriad clever touches.
In February, the In Series presented
Steven Scott Mazzola and Greg Stevens
The Cole Porter Project: Its All Right
With Me at Source. The gay pairs
collaborative tribute celebrated the
staggering breadth of the gay composers
music and explored his many facets
without getting too bogged down in
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AIDS complications with JARMAN (all
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YIR: FILM
2014 year in review: lm

Stranger, Imitation Game and indie fare among years best
By BRIAN T. CARNEY
There were strong feature lms
(both mainstream and indie releases),
fascinating documentaries and several
supportive venues and festivals in
Washington that are slowly growing a
queer lm culture here making 2014,
overall, an excellent year in lm.
One of the best releases was one of
the rst Stranger by the Lake. This
award-winning French lm was billed
as an erotic gay thriller and it lived up
to that description. The action unfolds
on the banks of a lake where men meet
for sex, which is shown in graphic detail.
The thriller starts when the seemingly
innocent Franck watches Michel swim
out into a lake with a man and swim back
to shore alone. Director Alain Guiraudie
skillfully captures the mundane yet
thrilling rituals of cruising and the
inscrutable passion that arises between
Franck and Michel.
Other highlights included:
Calvary opens when Father
James (Brendan Gleeson) is threatened
with death by an unseen man in the
confessional who was sexually molested
by a priest when he was a boy. Among
the suspects are a hypocritical closeted
detective and a Hollywood-obsessed gay
hustler who has also been the victim of
clerical sexual abuse.
Based on a true story, Pride tells
the tale of an unlikely alliance between
gay and lesbian activists from London
and striking Welsh coal miners. While the
screenplay relies a little too heavily on
well-worn plot devices, the movie is an
infectious and uplifting tale of personal
growth and political solidarity.
Written and directed by talented
newcomer Julien Simien, Dear White
People looks at the lives of four black
students who get drawn into a racial
incident at a predominantly white college.
One of them is Lionel Higgins (Tyler James
Williams), an undergraduate journalist
who doesnt t in with either the gay
or African-American student groups.
Simiens groundbreaking lm marks the
rst time that a gay character has been
featured in a predominantly AfricanAmerican movie.
The Skeleton Twins stars Saturday
Night Live alumni Kristen Wiig and
Bill Hader as estranged twins who are
reunited after his suicide attempt. He
returns to their hometown to recover and
to reignite an aair with his high school
English teacher (Ty Burrell) while she tries
to work out her marriage to Luke Wilson.
Both Wiig and Hader turn in strong
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nuanced performances and Haders

scenes in drag are wonderful.
Hector and the Search for
Happiness stars Simon Pegg as a bored
psychiatrist who travels the globe to nd
the secret of happiness. One of his tour
guides is an old friend who has found
happiness by coming out of the closet.
Though technically a made-for-TV
movie, The Normal Heart debuted in
May on HBO and was a widely lauded
adaptation of Larry Kramers legendary
AIDS-themed play of the same name.
The Way He Looks is a charming
Brazilian coming-of-age tale about Leo,
a blind teenager whos trying to escape
from his overprotective mother. Leo
befriends Gabriel, the new kid in town,
and feelings begin to icker between the
two boys, much to the dismay of Leos
best friend, Giovanna.
While it didnt include any LGBT
content, one of the most progressive and
thought-provoking movies of 2014 was

Belle, a beautifully lmed movie about
a mixed-race heiress being raised by her
aristocratic uncle in eighteenth-century
England. Director Amma Asante and a
knockout ensemble cast tackle complex
themes of race, class and gender and tell
a moving story that combines intimate
details and epic historical sweep.
The year in LGBT feature lms came
to a dramatic conclusion with The
Imitation Game, the story of Alan Turing
(Benedict Cumberbatch), the gay British
mathematician who broke the German
Enigma code during World War II but was
later prosecuted for his homosexuality.
It was also a great year for LGBTthemed documentaries. One of the most
notable was HBOs The Case Against
8, which followed two California couples
who brought their ght for marriage
equality to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Other
standout
documentaries
included Shoot Me, an incisive portrait

of the legendary actress Elaine Stritch
who passed away earlier this year;
Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay
Propaganda, a searing examination
of the spread of anti-gay sentiment and
legislation in Russia; and, Through a
Lens Darkly, a fascinating exploration
of how photography has shaped the
African-American community, including
LGBT people of color.
There were, of course, a few
disappointments. The highly anticipated
Love is Strange starred John Lithgow
and Alfred Molina as long-term partners
whose lives fall apart when they lose their
rent-controlled Manhattan apartment.
Luminous performances from Lithgow
and Molina could not overcome Ira
Sachss implausible script and slack
direction. Jennifer M. Kroots To Be Takei
failed to create a cohesive portrait of the
actor and activist, and in Citizenfour
lesbian lmmaker Laura Portras and
gay journalist Glen Greenwald failed to
fully question the actions of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The emerging queer cinema scene
in D.C. has been strongly supported
by a number of marvelous venues and
lm festivals. The Landmark Theatres
(on E Street in downtown D.C. and on
Bethesda Row in downtown Bethesda)
and the West Ed Cinema in Foggy Bottom
frequently present LGBT movies, as does
the newer Angelika Film Center Mosaic
in Fairfax. AFI Silver in downtown Silver
Spring often features LGBT works in its
delightfully eclectic mix of contemporary
independent releases and classics from
Hollywood and international cinema.
The acclaimed D.C. Shorts Film Festival,
headed by openly gay lmmaker Jon
Gann, always includes strong LGBT
programming, as does AFI Docs, which
will now be headed by Michael Lumpkin,
who served for more than 25 years as
both executive director of Frameline and
Festival Director for the San Francisco
International LGBT Film Festival. LGBT
lms have also been featured at the new
Middleburg (Virginia) Film Festival.
With sponsorship from the D.C. Center
for the LGBT Community, Human Rights
Campaign and the Washington Blade, Reel
Armations has returned to oer monthly
move nights and other lm events.
The early winter months of 2015 give
LGBT cinephiles in D.C .the chance to
watch some of 2014s best releases
on DVD and to anticipate the exciting
releases of 2015.
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YIR: SPORTS
2014 year in review: sports
From far-ung tournament wins to strong Gay Games showing, local leagues enjoy banner year
By KEVIN MAJOROS
It was another banner year for the
LGBT sports community of Washington.
The clubs have continued their steady
growth and are the shining example of
what a cohesive LGBT sports community
can accomplish.
Twenty teams consisting of 270 players
battled during season nine of the D.C.
Gay Flag Football League in pursuit
of the DCGFFL Super Bowl title. The
TangerQueens (Orange) took out the
Rear Admirals (Navy) in a score of 41-28
in the championship game.
Ski Bums spent 2014 looking for the best
skiing and snowboarding powder around
the United States and other parts of the
world. Upcoming international trips in
2015 include Austria, Japan and Argentina.
National trips to Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming,
Vermont, New Hampshire and New York
are also being booked. This years D.C. day
trip will be to Seven Springs, Pa.
Chesapeake and Potomac Softball
sent three teams to the Gay Softball
World Series in Dallas and continued to
provide league play in the open division
and womens division. They hosted their
annual MAGIC Tournament and traveled
to New York City and Cleveland for more
tournament action.
The D.C. Strokes Rowing Club
continued with multiple rowing programs
and hosted the 21st annual Stonewall
Regatta bringing about 400 rowers to D.C.
The Strokes continued to race sprints and
head races through the season and had
great success at regattas in Grand Rapids
and Cleveland.
The Capital Tennis Association hosted
Capital Classic XXII and several players
traveled the Gay & Lesbian Tennis Alliance
World Tour stops. The group continues to
host 20 leagues across four seasons and
was honored by the United States Tennis
Associations D.C. branch as the 2014
Community Program of the year.
The Federal Triangles Soccer Club
continued to host its annual tournaments,
the Womens Indoor Cup, the Rehoboth
Beach Classic and the Turkey Bowl
along with the Summer of Freedom
soccer league. The squads traveled to
tournaments in New York and Ohio. This
years United Night OUT at RFK Stadium
drew about 500 fans.
Womens full tackle football made its
way into the LGBT sports community
of D.C. with the Washington Prodigy
becoming part of the Team D.C. Night
OUT series. The Prodigy plays in the
Independent Womens Football League
and competes against teams along the
Washington Wetskins at the 2014 Cleveland/Akron Gay Games.

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eastern seaboard.
The District of Columbia Aquatics Club
drew about 230 swimmers to their open
water race, the 23rd annual Swim for Life
which also raises funds for those living with
HIV/AIDS and the Chester River Association.
The swimmers competed at meets
throughout the region and capped o its
year with a successful trip to Cleveland.
The Washington Scandals Rugby
Club did a lot of traveling this past year
going to events in Philadelphia, Atlanta
and Chambersburg, Pa. Several team
members partnered with another rugby
team and headed to Sydney, Australia to
compete in the Bingham Cup.
The D.C. Sentinels continue to host the
Washington, D.C. Gay Basketball League
along with pickup games twice a week.
Members traveled the country playing in
tournaments and picked up a win at the
Coady Roundball Classic in Chicago.
Stonewall Sports oered league play in
four dierent sports, Stonewall Kickball,
Stonewall Bocce, Stonewall Darts and

Stonewall Dodgeball. Combined, they
are fast approaching 1,500 players.
Stonewall Kickball traveled to Las Vegas
for tournament action and hosted its rst
tournament in July.
The Washington Wetskins water
polo players hosted the Washington
Wetskins Fall Invitational drawing teams
from Richmond, Boston, New York and
Montreal along with several local teams.
They also traveled to Cleveland for
tournament action.
The D.C. Front Runners hosted the
second annual Pride Run 5K drawing
about 1,000 runners as part of the Capital
Pride events. They continue to oer their
walk, run and racing series and several of
their runners competed throughout the
region along with a trip to Cleveland.
The Washington Renegades Rugby
Football Club teams ended their fall
season with the Blues squad nishing
rst in their division and making the
playos for the fourth time in ve years.

The Reds squad nished second in their
division and made the playos for the
second time in its two year existence.
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winter leagues along with three summer
leagues. Along with hosting their annual
Capital Holiday Invitational Tournament,
the bowlers traveled the region
competing in tournaments.
The biggest display of the prowess of
the LGBT sports community of D.C. came
at the 2014 Cleveland/Akron Gay Games
where Team D.C. competed against more
than 7,000 athletes from around the
world and brought home 246 medals in
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volleyball,
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YIR: BOOKS
2014 year in review: books

Several LGBT-themed tomes among years best
By TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER
So many books, so little time.
Its easy to feel that way when
faced with an entire bookstore full of
possibilities. How do you pick? How do
you know whats good?
Start here, with the Bookworms best
of 2014.
Lets start with ction:
Throughout the year, every time
something bad happens, youre reminded
to hug the ones you love. Five Days
Left by Julie Lawson Timmer, the story
of a woman who is at the end stages of a
terminal disease, and a man in another
state who has fallen in love with a child hes
fostering, will actually make you want to do
that. Bring tissues. Thats all Im saying.
My list wouldnt be complete without
my annual nod to noted lesbian author
Emma Donoghue. Her novel Frog
Music, a big story of murder and lust
set in 1870s San Francisco is a 2014
(or anytime!) must-read. Its a gauzy
tale in fact, it seems at times like a
dream, as though the main character,
Blanche Beunon has imagined the whole
friendship she had with Jenny Bonnet and
the reason for Jennys death. Bonus: its
based loosely on a true event.
I almost guarantee that you wont see
The Last Time I Died by Joe Nelms on
any other best of list. Its here because
it was one of those books that just struck
me: Christian Franco, a loser in life
and love, learns that he can re-visit his
childhood by being brought back from
the edge of death. Early trauma left him
with holes in his memory. Reviving gave
him answers. But he had to die again and
again and you wont be able to put this
book down until you know what happens.
They say we all have a doppelganger, and
Recognition by O.H. Bennett is based
on that idea: on a rainy night, as a young
widow heads home to pick up her son, she
sees a beggar who is her late husbands
double. Many years ago, he went missing
and was presumed drowned but did he?
Youll wonder, too.
I loved Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex
Marriage in Early America by Rachel
Hope Cleves, not just for the story of two
lives ahead of their time, but for the way
Cleves sets the stage for the tale. We get a
good sense of what life was like in the late
1700s and early 1800s, not just for lesbians
but for every person brave enough to try to
settle a new country, and thats every bit as
interesting as the story of two women who
did something that early Americans didnt
think was even possible.
And then there are my non-ction
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favorites:
The Baby Boom by P.J. ORourke
will bring back memories for anyone born
between 1947 and 1964. ORourke recalls the
usual things that Boomers will remember
playing outside til dark, getting that rst
color TV but the real appeal comes when
he nds something youve long-forgotten,
and he expounds upon it. This book is like
time-traveling to your childhood.
This seemed to be the year of self-help
books and I cant come up with a better
self-help book than This is a Book for
Parents of Gay Kids by Dannielle
Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo, the title
of which is delightfully self-explanatory
(therefore, easy to remember when
youre in the bookstore). Using a good

amount of common-sense and soothing
talk, this book has a lot of answers for
parents and their kids. And since it sprung
from a popular website, you can nd
more online when youre done reading.
If youve read other best of lists this
year, youve probably found Being
Mortal by Atul Gawande there and
for good reason. Its about the end-of-life,
aging and how medicine perceives both.
Gawande urges readers to take charge
of the end of their lives. Thats powerful
stu in a powerful book.
And lastly, another tie: The Removers
by Andrew Meredith, Smoke Gets In
Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty and The
Skeleton Crew by Deborah Halber all

deal with bodies. Dead ones. The Meredith
book is a father-son memoir in a comingof-age way; the Doughty book is a memoir
about her years working in a crematory
and the Halber book is about how everyday
people spend their time comparing missing
persons lists with online lists of unclaimed
bodies. Theyre all so eective, I couldnt
select only one to recommend.
Is it cheating to put a poetry book
on this ction list? I dont think so
especially when its poetry thats as
much fun as that in Articial Cherry
by Billeh Nickerson. This book is sassy.
Its silly, but spot-on with its observations
and is-it-real-or-not essays in verse.
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat. Thru Jan 4. Rachel
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Madness. Ongoing. Kennedy Center.
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Diner. Thru Jan 25. Signature Theatre.
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Bad Jews. Thru Jan 4. Terminus. Thru
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The Capitol Steps. Jan 3. The Alden.
703-790-0123. mcleancenter.org.
In Praise of Love. Thru Jan 25.
Washington Stage Guild. Undercroft
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In Love And Warcraft. Jan 8-Jan 25.
No Rules Theatre Company. Signature
Theatre. 703-820-9771. norulestheatre.org.
Directors Salon for La Sonnambula.
Jan 5. In Series. Source Theatre.
202-204-7760. inseries.org.
Crime and Punishment in America.
Jan 8-Jan 31. American Century
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americancentury.org.
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Vincent E. Thomas/VTDance. Jan
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Emporium. 301-405-2787.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
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Wytold. Jan 2. The Tim Whalen Septet.
Jan 3. NSO Youth Fellows. Jan 4. The
Funk Ark. Jan 5. UltraFaux. Jan 6.
Puerto Candelaria. Jan 7. Kennedy
Centers Millennium Stage.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Chante Moore. Jan 2. RAWDC Presents:
Visionary. Jan 7. Howard Theatre.
202-803-2899. thehowardtheatre.com.
Concerts at the Alden. Jan 4-Jan 11. The
Alden. 703-790-9223. mcleancenter.org.
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys.
Jan 8. Artisphere. 888-841-2787.
artisphere.com.
Cabaret Series: Welcome to the
Speakeasy. Jan 2-Jan 4. Workhouse Arts
Center. 703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
Dobet Gnahor. Jan 8. Wolf Trap.
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Chamber Music Recital. Jan 8-Apr 2. FMMC.
Strathmore. 202-333-2075. fmmc.org.
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National Gallery of Art. Captain
Linnaeus Tripe: Photographer of India
and Burma, 18521860. Thru Jan 4. A
Subtle Beauty: Platinum Photographs
from the Collection. Thru Jan 4. Degass
Little Dancer. Thru Jan 11. Modern
American Prints and Drawings from
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Greco: A 400th Anniversary Celebration.
Thru Feb 16. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Folger Shakespeare Library. Decoding
the Renaissance. Thru Mar 1. folger.edu.
National Archives. Making Their Mark:
Stories Through Signatures. Thru Jan 5.
202-357-5000. archivesfoundation.org.
National Geographic. Food: Our Global
Kitchen. Thru Feb 22. Spinosaurus: Lost
Giant of the Cretaceous. Thru Apr 12. Sea
Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure &
Flying Monsters 3D. Thru Apr 1. National
Geographic. 202-857-7700. nglive.org.
Museum of Women in the Arts.
Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea
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American Painter and Illustrator. Thru
May 8. 202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
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Strathmore. Time After Time. Thru Jan
4. 81st Annual Exhibition of Fine Art in
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DCCAH. Full Spectrum: The Prolic
Master within Los Mailou Jones. Thru Jan
30. 202-724-5613. dcarts.dc.gov.
The Art League Gallery. Whitney
Staiger: Friend Me. Thru Jan 5. Exhibit:
2015 Solo Artist Preview. Jan 8-Jan 22.
703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
Washington Project for the Arts at
Capitol Skyline Hotel. Hothouse Video:
Fantastic Voyage. Thru Jan 9. South
Capitol Skyscape: Amber Robles-Gordon.
Thru Jan 31. WPA at 1200 First St. NE.
Lobby Project: JD Deardour. Thru Jan
30. 202-488-7500. wpadc.org.
Workhouse Arts Center. Dada ReDiscovered. Thru Jan 19. Faculty &
Student Art Exhibition. Thru Jan 11.
Drink This! The Workhouse International
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703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
Torpedo Factory Art Center.
5x5(x5). Thru Jan 18. 703-838-4565.
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JCC of Greater Washington. From
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301-881-0100. jccgw.org.
JCCNV. Synesthetic Landscapes:
Photographs by Andy Ilachinski. Thru Feb
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Prince Georges African American
Museum & Cultural Center. Sculptures
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301-809-0440. pgaamcc.org.
Arlington Artists Alliance. December
Members Exhibit. Thru Jan 2. Watercolor
Excellence: PVW at 40 Years. Thru Jan
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Publick Playhouse. Luis Peralta. Thru
Jan 5. Black Artists of DC. Jan 6-Mar 13.
301-277-1710. arts.pgparks.com.
Arts Harmony Hall Regional Center.
Our Very Own III: Prince Georges Parks
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the military, local and national law enforcement agencies and the Catholic Church. Chibbaro has reported on
LGBT issues and LGBT participation in local and national elections since 1976. He has covered the AIDS epidemic
since it first surfaced in the early 1980s. In June 2011, Chibbaro became the first reporter from the LGBT press to
be inducted into the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. Professional Chapter Hall of Fame, which recognizes
journalists of distinction who have worked in the news business for 25 years or longer.
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TODAY
NOVA Gay and Lesbian Professionals
hosts a new year social event at Pinzimini
(801 N Glebe Rd., Arlington, Va.) today from
6:30-8:30 p.m. There will be a cash bar. If you
can, bring unused travel-sized shampoos,
soaps and lotions to donate to A-SPAN, a
charity for Arlingtons homeless. For more
details, visit facebook.com/gogaydc.
D.C. Guerilla Queer Bar, a gay drinking
group that aims to take over straight bars,
will be meeting tonight at 9 p.m. Location
to be announced via email the day before
the event. For more information and to join
the group, visit thewelcomingcommittee.
com/Washington.
UltraFaux plays the Kennedy Centers free Millennium Stage Tuesday.
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Kennedy Center continues free programming

Kennedy Center has many performances on the Millennium Stage to start o
the new year.
Jazz pianist Tim Whalen performs with his musical group the Tim Whalen
Septet on Saturday at 6 p.m. The show is a combination of original works and
improvised songs.
Listen Local First presents the Funk Ark, a Latin funk and dance music
ensemble on Monday at 6 p.m. The group is inspired heavily from the music of
the 1960s and 1970s.
Baltimore band UltraFaux performs its original Gypsy Jazz music inspired by
guitarist Django Reinhardt on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Columbia music group Puerto Candelaria performs for the rst time on the
Millennium Stage on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The groups music focuses on social
satire with folk rhythms and Latin jazz beats.
Now in its 17th year, the Millennium Stage is the only place in the United
States to oer a free performance every day of the year that is streamed live
on the web. A full schedule of Millennium Stage performances for the month of
January is online at kennedy-center.org. Unless otherwise noted, performances
will take place in the Kennedy Center Grand Foyer and no tickets are required.
Beauty comes to Warner

Warner Theatre presents Disneys Beauty and the Beast, the Broadway
musical, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. through Jan. 11.
Based on the classic Disney lm, Beauty and the Beast tells the story of
beautiful bookworm Belle who must help the Beast, a young prince trapped in a
spell, learn how to love. Jillian Butterseld stars as Belle and Ryan Everett Wood
stars as the Beast. The musical uses the original score from the lm.
Tickets range from $47-143. For more information, visit warnertheatredc.com.
SATURDAY, JAN. 3
Phase 1 (1415 22nd St., N.W.) presents
Scandal, a new womens dance party,
tonight at 9 p.m. DJ Lez Rage and DJ
Deedub will spin tracks. Music will be a mix
of EDM and pop dance hits. Cover is $10.
Admission is limited to guests 21 and over.
SUNDAY, JAN. 4
Perrys (1811 Columbia Rd., N.W.) hosts
its weekly Sunday Drag Brunch today
from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The cost is $24.95
for an all-you-can-eat buet. For more
details, visit perrysadamsmorgan.com.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts a drag brunch today with shows
at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. For more
information, visit nelliessportsbar.com.
MONDAY, JAN. 5
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
hosts coee drop-in hours this morning
from 10 a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT
community. Older LGBT adults can
come and enjoy complimentary coee
and conversation with other community
members. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) holds a support group for gay black
men to discuss topics that aect them,
share perspectives and have meaningful
conversations. For details, visit uhupil.org.
TUESDAY, JAN. 6
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
and Mentors, Inc. present a mentor
information night from 6:30-8 p.m.
Come learn about how you can become
a mentor for an LGBT high school youth.
Program sta and participants will be
there to discuss their experiences. For
details, visit thedccenter.org.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct., N.W.)
hosts its weekly FUK!T Packing Party from
7-9 p.m. tonight. For more details, visit
thedccenter.org or greenlanterndc.com.
WEDNESDAY, JAN 7
Bookmen D.C., an informal mens gayliterature group, discusses Left-Handed,
a collection of poetry by Jonathan
Galassi, at 7:30 p.m. on Wed., Jan. 7, at
the Tenleytown Library (4450 Wisconsin
Ave. NW). All are welcome. Details at
bookmendc.blogspot.com
hosts Smart Ass Trivia with two games
at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Win money o your
teams bar tab as well as tickets to shows
at the 9:30 Club (815 V St., N.W.). Buckets
of beer are $15. Bring a new team player
and you and that player each receive a
free $10 dinner. For more details, visit
nelliessportsbar.com.
THURSDAY, JAN. 8
hosts Throwback Thursday tonight at
9 p.m. DJs will be playing throwback hit
songs from the past. There is no cover.
For details, visit nelliessportsbar.com.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts its new
Locker Room Thursday Night from 10 p.m.2 a.m. DJ Sean Morris and DJ Mad Science
will play music. Sasha J. Adams and BaNaka
will host a best body contest at midnight.
Rail drinks are $3 from 10 p.m.-midnight.
Red bull, Gatorade and frozen virgin drinks
are $5 from 10 p.m. until closing. Doors
open at 10 p.m. Cover is $5 for those
under 21 and free with college id. For more
information, visit cobaltdc.com.
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ANUARY

CA S GAY NEWS SOURCE

LOCALS PREP FOR D.C. ELECTIONS

Whats ahead in 2014?

A gay member of Congress from the South?

Olympics, court rulings, mid-terms

Russian PResident VladimiR Putins anti-gay cRusade

Clay Aiken mulls bid for Congress

Carolinas 2nd congressional district.

Political insiders in Northern Virginia have placed two openly gay

Some hope Obamas

upcoming State of the Union address,

executive order prohibiting antiLGBT discrimination among federal

Fred Sainz, vice president of

DRAG RACE LIVE

Kate Clinton on how

Diet, fitness tips

Veterans from Logo show

Activist Sean Strub

Russian leader likens gays

Two couples find lots

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS AS AMERICAS GAY NEWS SOURCE

FEBRUARY 14 2014 VOLUME 45 ISSUE 07

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS AS AMERICAS GAY NEWS SOURCE

Trans candidate Beyer to challenge

As oral arguments unfold, high

Dr. DANA BEYER this week announced plans to challenge gay

In a high-profile case that many court

Ted Olson and David Boies, who

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS AS AMERICAS GAY NEWS SOURCE

announced last month he would not

Poverty in the LGBT community

As the 50th anniversary of the U.S. war

B. Johnson in 1964 is commemorated this

lesbians living alone.

David Grosso endorses

Ally Hudson Taylor

Son of Prop 8 plaintiffs

Valentines Day nears,

Actress Jasmine Guy

Marcus Brandon seeks

Russian police arrest

Awaiting Supreme action on marriage

FEBRUARY 28 2014 VOLUME 45 ISSUE 09

CELEBRATING 45 YEARS AS AMERICAS GAY NEWS SOURCE

States turn away the gay

29.4 percent respectively higher than

JUDGE INVOKES LINCOLN,

Gay man says priest refused him last rites

for a heart attack. He said that at the time he wasnt sure

holy water to his hospital room,

Brewer vetoes Arizona anti-gay bill

As more lawsuits advance,

University of Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam is poised to become the

As a proud Virginian, I am gratified to

WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

that announced her candidacy. For too long, hardworking

FEBRUARY 21 2014 VOLUME 45 ISSUE 08

Mixed reactions to Michael Sams

PHOTO BY THE PRESIDENTIAL PRESS & INFORMATION SERVICE; COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA

Unique showdown in Maryland

Is NFL ready for openly gay player?

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