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VOLUME 46
ISSUE 37
U . S . C O N F E R E N C E O N A I D S I N D . C . T H I S W E E K E N D , PA G E 4
INSIDE: PROFILES OF D.C.S AIDS HEROES
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The Human Rights Campaign, which contributed more than $166,000 in support of the
2014 campaign, faced criticism for not supporting the pro-Ordinance 5781 eort.
I am really impressed to see our community come together after the divisive 119
ght and pass ordinance 5781, said Kyle Smith, chair of For Fayetteville, a group that
backed the ordinance, in a statement.
Secretary of State John Kerry last week during a diplomatic reception at the State
Department reiterated the Obama administrations call for an AIDS free generation.
Thats our dream, he said. Thats what weve been working towards. And unlike
some dreams people grow up with or take on in the course of public life, which really
just get dashed against the bureaucratic resistance or the indierence of people in
various places, this is one where we have really been able to make a dierence.
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Deborah Birx, who oversees the Presidents Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief, and gay U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic James Wally
Brewster were among the ocials and diplomats who attended the reception that took
place in the Treaty Room. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, was also in attendance.
The reception took place just before the U.S. Conference on AIDS will convene in D.C.
on Sept. 10.
Kerry during his remarks noted PEPFAR is now providing antiretroviral treatment to
7.7 million men, women and children.
He did not specically mention the epidemics continued impact on men who have
sex with men, transgender people and other LGBT-specic populations that remain
particularly vulnerable to the epidemic. Kerry during his remarks noted that women and
girls account for nearly 60 percent of the people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
We absolutely can achieve this dream of an AIDS-free generation, said Kerry. We
can and we will defeat this horrible disease.
I can remember when talking about HIV/AIDS was talking about a death sentence,
he added. And all of you remember that too. And I remember a lot of friends of mine
who kept talking to me about how many funerals they were going to. How dierent life
was in this country.
PEPFAR money funds a number of initiatives around the world that seek to combat
the epidemic among LGBT-specic populations. These include the dissemination of
information on HIV testing, condom use and other safer-sex practices to men who
have sex with men in Central America through the Pan-American Social Marketing
Organization.
A second PEPFAR-funded program that uses social media to disseminate HIVprevention information reached an estimated 92 percent of gay and bisexual Ghanaian
men in 2012. The Center for Integrated Training and Research, an HIV/AIDS service
organization based in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo, also receives PEPFAR
funding.
Uganda receives nearly $300 million each year through PEPFAR to ght the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in the African country. The U.S. last year did not renew a program with the
Ugandan Ministry of Health that helps fund Kampalas response to the virus in response
to the Anti-Homosexuality Act that President Yoweri Museveni signed into law.
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Our Heroes 2015
Exhibit on history of
AIDS in D.C. on display
One of the most important
collections related to the history
of HIV/AIDS in Washington,
D.C., will be on display at the
U.S. Conference on AIDS, being
held from Sept. 9-13.
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Our Heroes exhibit includes
230 black and white portrait
photographs of individuals,
places, events and organizations
that have made an impact in the
war against AIDS in Washington,
D.C., over the past 32 years.
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opening will be held at the DC
Center (2000 14th St., N.W., Suite
105) on Friday, Sept. 25 from 6-8
p.m. and will remain on display
from Oct. 1-31.
2004
Cornelius Baker
Michael Boteler
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Bishop K.
Rainey Cheeks
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HIV/AIDS and one day we would
be focusing on other health issues.
In the beginning we worked totally
out of pocket. In 1993, I left UHU
to open Inner Light Ministries
and Dr. Ron Simmons became the
Executive Director. Today, UHU is
one Washington, D.C.s largest HIV/
AIDS service organizations. None
of us knew we would be still dealing
with the same issues today.
Alex Compagnet
DC CARE Consortium
The
DC
Comprehensive
Letitia Gomez
My
awareness
of
the
devastation of HIV/AIDS on our
community goes back to 1980
when I worked as a medical social
worker at M.D. Anderson Cancer
Hospital in Houston. The staff was
suddenly confronted with patients
who had Kaposis sarcoma,
happened to be gay white men, and
were dying. It wasnt until I came
to Washington, D.C., that I was
confronted with the death of long
time friends with HIV/AIDS. Most
were warriors against HIV/AIDS
and worked tirelessly to make
Latino and African Americans
visible in the battle. These losses
still hurt today, as does the
ignorance and denial that abounds
in our community and will mean
more unnecessary loss. Unless we
continue to tell our stories and
remain visible and vocal, THE
BATTLE CONTINUES.
Letitia Gomez has worked to
support many efforts to combat
HIV/AIDS locally and nationally
since 1987. She and many other
gay and lesbian Latino activists
of ENLACE, the Washington,
D.C. Metropolitan Latino Gay and
Lesbian organization worked with
SALUD, Inc. in the late 1980s to
bring attention to the epidemics
effects on the Latino community.
Letitia was one of the founding
board members of the D.C.
Womans Council on AIDS, and
LLEGO, the national LATINO/A
Lesbian and Gay Organization.
Currently she serves on the board
of Whitman-Walker Health and the
board of AIDS Action Foundation.
Jim Harvey
Pat Hawkins
Charles Hicks
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The Metropolitan
Community Church
of Washington, DC
Jacquelyn Pace
Kevin Robinson
SPECTRUM Clifton
Allen Robinson and
Dwight Clarke
Cheryl Spector
2005
Reginald Blaxton
Reggie was born in Washington,
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Carlene Cheatam
The Queen Mother
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Alan Cephas
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Services, and the Volunteer
Resources
Department
that
coordinates over 2,000 community
volunteers in their provision of
services to individuals affected
by HIV/AIDS. As Director of
the Max Robinson Center, in
addition to administration, she
ensures that primary medical
care and dental services, case
management services, mental
health and addictions counseling,
nutritional counseling and day
treatment services are integrated
and responsive to the needs of the
clients.
Barbara
is
a
native
Washingtonian, and attended
D.C. Public Schools and Howard
University.
She
has
served
on
numerous
boards
and
committees within WhitmanWalker and throughout the
Washington community. She is a
former member of the National
Episcopal AIDS Coalition Board
of Directors, the Glaxo-Wellcome
Community
Advisory
Board,
and is presently a member of the
Positive Words Editorial Advisory
Board. Barbara was most recently
appointed to the Mayors Gay and
Lesbian Task Force, and has been
recognized for her work with HIV/
AIDS and the LGBT communities.
Of greatest importance to
Barbara is the education of the
community she is serving and
that all understand the impact of
HIV disease, its prevention, and
its treatment.
Dwayne S. Brown
Foundation, Inc. (DBSF)
Shurron Farmer
Fred Garnett
Thomas Gleaton
Jim Graham
6
Latino Affairs and expand health
insurance coverage for immigrant
children. Economic development
initiatives throughout the Ward
have received much attention, and
are finally getting off the ground.
He is a friend of labor.
While in office, Jim devoted
major resources to constituent
services. He and his staff made
sure basic service needs were met.
In addition, Jim made a practice
of personally responding to 60
to 80 constituent e-mails each
weekday morning before work.
He took the lead on repairing
slum properties without evicting
tenants
and
rehabilitating
nuisance buildings. He was a
leader in preventing our children
from being poisoned by lead. He
fought for more police while also
strengthening substance abuse
programs, and he worked to
improve recreational parks.
James Michael
Layne Hall
Rebecca Helem
Robyn Holden
Greg Hutchings
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Viva Las Vegas at Omega has
known Sparkle for eight or nine
years since being in Sparkles
Amateur Night show at Rascals.
Ms. Maharris was a key to many
a drag career and friendship.
JC noted how many many drag
queens got their start through
Sparkle. She also remembers
how hard it was to understand
Sparkles voice in the morning.
You had to wait until about 1:00
in the afternoon for her voice to
be understandable. Sparkle had a
tiny little dog named Tiffany who
would sometimes fall over when
she barked
Lorraine Greco, who counts
Sparkle a dear friend for over
17 years, paid Ms. Maharris one
of the greatest compliments
in describing Sparkle as a true
friend. Once she was your friend,
it was for life. No matter what
happened. I will always remember
her and will never let people forget
her!
W. Myron Maye
Founded
in
1988,
Metro
TeenAIDS has worked to prevent
new HIV infections among young
people and improve the quality
of life for young people living
with and affected by HIV. Metro
TeenAIDS currently serves young
people under the age of 25 in the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area.
Every day, Metro TeenAIDS
works to improve the spread
of this deadly disease through
outreach and education, as well to
identify and improve the lives of
those who are already infected.
Many of these problems can be
addressed by proactive educational
outreach coordinated by trained
professional and peers. Thats
where Metro TeenAIDS helps.
Metro TeenAIDS
Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church
Dr. Derrick Harkins,
Senior Pastor
Derek Perkins
Lawrence Washington
Max Robinson
Larry Uhrig
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Lawrence
A.
Washington
was born April 28, 1944 as the
first child of the late Leroy
and Florine L. Washington
in Baltimore. Lawrence was
educated in the Baltimore City
Public Schools. In addition, he
received a bachelors degree
from Morgan State University
in 1969; a masters degree in
Social Work from the University
of Pennsylvania in 1975; and a
license for independent clinical
social work from the District of
Columbia in 1989.
Lawrence was baptized in the
Holy Temple Church of Truth
in Baltimore at the age of 18
and served as a Sunday school
teacher until 1969. During that
year, he entered the U.S. Army
and served in Germany until
his discharge in 1972. Upon
returning to Baltimore, he
became employed as a social
worker at City Hospital. In 1979,
Lawrence moved to Washington,
D.C. and was employed as a
medical social worker until the
time of his death.
During Lawrences residence
in Washington, he became a
community leader involved in
various political campaigns
and numerous organizations
within D.C.s Gay and Lesbian
community.
His
many
affiliations included President
and Vice President of the D.C.
Coalition of Black Lesbians
and Gays; Co-Chairman of the
National Coalition for Black
Lesbians and Gays; organizer
for the first D.C. city-wide
conference
for
Black
Gay
Men and Lesbians; founding
member
of
the
Langston
Hughes-Eleanor
Roosevelt
Democratic
Club;
member
of
Mel Boozer Leadership
Roundtable; member of Friends
of D.C.; D.C. Gay and Lesbian
Antiviolence Task Force; and
the Gay communitys official
liaison to the Washington,
D.C. Police Department. In the
political arena, Lawrence served
on Mayor Barrys budget and
finance advisory commission;
was the Mayors campaign
coordinator for Precinct 19 in
1982 and 1986; worked for Harry
Thomas campaign for city
council; and worked on the D.C.
campaign for Jesse Jackson in
1984.
Lawrence A. Washington
departed this life on Tuesday
morning, November 21 1989, at
the Veterans Administration
Medical Center. He was 45
years old.
2006
1987 March on
Washington
PWAs and PWArcs were out
in force during the October 1987
March on Washington. It was the
largest civil rights march since
the anti-Vietnam War era.
Academy of Washington
Established
in
1961,
The
Academy of Washington, Inc. (also
known as the Academy) is one
of the oldest organizations of its
kind in the country. Its membership
includes drag queens, drag kings,
male and female impersonators in
the Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area who enjoy entertaining
and supporting each other. But
the Academy is not just a social
organization; it is a highly respected
member of the community. The
Academy and its members are
active in many civic and volunteer
organizations. The Washington
Academy is on the board of Brother
Help Thyself (BHT), and is involved
with the Rainbow History Project
and Pets DC. In addition to these
organizations, Academy members
are also associated with ASGRA,
the Centaur Motorcycle Club, and
other community organizations.
Over the years the Academy,
through
its
generosity,
has
contributed thousands of dollars
to AIDS service organizations and
AIDS-related charities. During the
years, every person associated with
the Academy has experienced the
far-reaching social gratification
of our group. Each person has
had their moments of glory, their
share of applause and social
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recognition. The Academy honors
its members for contributions
to theatre, make-up, design, and
the gay community in general.
It welcomes individuality and
foster self-expression in all forms.
The Academy allows people to
occasionally make-believe and
continues to provide each of us with
a touch of glamour and elegance
that many would not otherwise
experience.
ACT UP
ACT UP is a LGBT civil rights
organization, with many chapters
in cities across the U.S. Always
on the front line, ACT UP has
participated in numerous efforts
including the 1987 March on
Washington for gay and lesbian
civil rights.
AIDS Quilt
Founded in 1987, The AIDS
Memorial Quilt is a poignant
memorial, a powerful tool for
use in preventing new HIV
infections, and the largest ongoing
community arts project in the
world.
Each block (or section) of The
AIDS Memorial Quilt measures
approximately 12 feet square, and
a typical block consists of eight
individual three-foot by six-foot
panels sewn together. Virtually
every one of the more than 40,000
colorful panels that make up the
Quilt memorializes the life of a
person lost to AIDS.
As the epidemic continues
claiming lives around the world
and here in the United States,
the Quilt continues to grow and
to reach more communities with
its messages of remembrance,
awareness and hope.
Paola Barahona
Christopher Barnhill
Dan Bradley
PWA Dan Bradley, former head
of the Legal Services division
during the Carter administration,
getting arrested in front of the
White House at the June 1, 1987
demonstration. Dan was the
keynote speaker at the rally that
preceded the arrests.
Angela Brown
Earline Budd
PHOTO COURTESY WALLACE CORBETT
Brother to Brother
Sister to Sister United
Abdur-Rahim Briggs
Christopher H. Bates
Entertainment.
Abdur-Rahim Briggs served
as a member of the 100 Black
Men of the Greater Washington,
D.C. Chapter where he served on
both the Health & Wellness and
the Annual Banquet Committees
and
elected
Professional
Development/Mentoring
CoChair during his tenure at Booz
Allen Hamilton, Inc.
In the summer of 1997, Rahims
identical twin brother disclosed
to him his HIV-positive diagnosis.
Over the next two years, as HIV
infection rates soared among
African
Americans,
Rahim
channeled his hurt and pain over
his brother into positive energy,
waging war against the HIV virus;
as a result, Rahim sowed the seeds
of the White Attire Affair (WAA).
The White Attire Affair began as
a series of backyard BBQs in the
homes of various friends; in 1999,
Rahim, Clyde Penn, Alvin King,
Garrick Good, and Shaun Jones
founded the Ummah Endowment
Fund to organize the White Attire
Affair (WAA) and launch a new
era in social marketing of HIV/
AIDS testing and prevention. In
recent years, Ummah reorganized
itself as the organization Al Sura.
Since 1999, WAA continues its
mission to raise awareness and
funds to help fight the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in the GLBT community.
He has a bachelor of arts in
Sociology with a Minor in Public
Administration from California
State University at Bakersfield.
Abdur-Rahims
professional
career has led him into the legal
industry with various positions at
law firms, local government and
consulting firms. He currently
serves as Manager, Records &
Information Management with
Oce` Business Services.
Abdur-Rahim
Briggs
is
no
stranger
to
community
involvement
and
non-profit
organizations.
His
love
for
volunteerism began at The Watts/
Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club in
Los Angeles, where he was named
Youth of the Year in 1986. His
volunteer work has continued
throughout his life including
work with Us Helping Us, Inc.
in Washington, D.C., where he
received the Marvin E. Young
Volunteer of the Year award in
2001. In 2005, he was recognized
by the Transgender Community
with the Spirit of Light
Award presented by Mascara
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capacity works hard with THE
in assuring that people know its
purpose and meaning.
Earline began her work in HIV/
AIDS in 1989 with the Inner City
AIDS Network (ICAN) and has
never looked back. She is known
as a motivational and dynamic
speaker nationally and is a
dedicated advocate around issues
faced by her community while
remaining open to help all who
call on her.
Earline
is
a
native
Washingtonian
and
enjoys
dedicating her time to helping
others, especially in the area
of HIV/AIDS, substance abuse
and those who are homeless. She
serves on several boards in the
District of Columbia including,
the D.C. Care Consortium, Ryan
White Planning Council, HIV
Community Planning Group,
Superior Court LGBT Special
Population Group, Department of
Corrections Discharge Planning
Group. She extends herself to
many others when called upon.
Burgess Clinic
PHOTO BY ANDRE M. TAYLOR
Sophia Carrero
David Catania
The Clubhouse
The Coffeehouse
Washington,
D.C.s
first
enduring African-American gay
political organization, the D.C.
Coalition (established in 1978)
helped create the ENIKALLEY
Coffeehouse at 816 I St., N.E.
The Coffeehouse was a crucial
performance spot for gay and
lesbian
poets,
writers,
and
musicians that generated a
second
African-American
gay renaissance in the city, 60
years after Georgia Douglas
Johnsons Saturday Nighters. At
the Coffeehouse, and later at dc
space, Essex Hemphill, Michelle
Parkerson, Garth Tate, Gideon
Ferebee, Wayson Jones and
others created new styles, media
and themes in GLBT music and
literature.
Ronald Collins
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Committee on Human Services
where he also served as Chief of
Staff to former Councilmember
H.R. Crawford.
Collins has been served in
many community organizations
including: the D.C. Democratic
State Committee, the Southwest
Neighborhood Assembly, the Ward
2 and Ward 6 Democrats, WhitmanWalker Clinic, the D.C. State
Health Planning and Development
Early Childhood Development
Coordinating Committee, and the
Ward 2 Redistricting Task Force.
Mr. Collins has received several
awards for his work, including the
Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance
Community Appreciation Award
and the Outstanding Public
Service Recognition Resolution
from the Council of the District
of Columbia for over 10 years of
public service.
Ruby Corado
Wallace Corbett
Covenant Baptist
Church
Billy Cox
Linda Cropp
Linda W. Cropp began her
career in public service more than
30 years ago in the classrooms of
the District of Columbia. After
receiving her bachelors and
masters degrees from Howard
University, Linda shared her
passion for education as a teacher
and guidance counselor. She later
went on to become the Ward 4
representative on the Board of
Education, where she served as
the vice president and president.
In 1990, Linda was elected as an
at-large member of the Council
of the District of Columbia. She
immediately
initiated
her
legislative agenda to improve
the quality of life for all District
residents. Linda also served as
the Councils representative on
the Board of the Washington
Metropolitan
Area
Transit
Authority. In that capacity, she
served as Chair of the Budget
Committee and played a major
role in the expansion of the Metro
Rail System.
In 1992, Linda was selected to
chair the Councils Committee
on Human Services. Under her
oversight, the Department of
Health was created. The reorganized agency focused on
Lindas
priorities,
including
controlling
substance
abuse,
reducing
infant
mortality,
eradicating tuberculosis, and
fighting HIV/AIDS. She continued
to chair the Committee after her
re-election in 1994. With a desire to
encourage self-sufficiency, Linda
introduced the Public Assistance
Self-Sufficiency
Program
Amendment Act of 1996. She
guided the act through the
legislative process and oversaw
the beginning of welfare reform
in the District. In addition, Linda
oversaw the movement toward a
Damien Ministries
Lawrence J. DAngelo
Professor Lawrence J. DAngelo
has had a longstanding interest
in HIV infection in children
and adolescents. For the past 23
years, he has led regional and
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in social services as a practitioner,
administrator and educator, she
has successfully managed and led
numerous projects. She is also a
Licensed Independent Clinical
Social Worker in the District
of Columbia and Maryland. Dr.
Hamilton has run HIV prevention
and treatment programs, first
offender
pretrial
diversion
programs, mental health and
substance abuse prevention and
treatment programs for adults and
youth, and adolescent substance
abuse prevention and youth rites
projects. Under her direction
FMCSs HIV program evolved
into one of Washington, D.C.s
most comprehensive programs
with funding with Ryan White
Titles I-III, the Centers for Disease
Control, and the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services
Administration.
The
current
HIV program includes primary
medical care, case management,
discharge planning, substance
abuse treatment, mental health,
outreach
and
prevention
education, HIV counseling and
testing,
nutritional
support,
food bank, prevention case
management,
and
psychoeducational skills building. Dr.
Hamilton serves on the Boards
of the Districts Primary Care
Association and the DC CARE
Consortium since 1996.
Michael Felts
Ella Fitzgerald
(Real Name: Donnell
Robinson)
Jay Fisette
Mickey Fleming
Earl Fowlkes
community.
Grandmas House
Rev. Joan T. McCarley,
Co-Founder
PHOTO BY KHALID NAJI-ALLAH
Corrie Franks
Corrie
Franks
has
been
advocate, educator, and community
liaison, employed with Family and
Medical Counseling Services in
the Anacostia neighborhood of
Washington, D.C.
Corrie, being HIV-positive since
1990, has coordinated extensive
HIV wellness education programs
for people living with HIV/AIDS,
substance abuse, and other life
altering situations.
Corrie has vast experience as a
public speaker in presentations,
print media, and television and
radio interviews. He has received
numerous accolades and award
for his continued commitment to
community service.
Carla Gorell
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Baptist Church in Silver Spring,
Maryland. She has over twentyseven years of
professional
training and experience planning
and developing creative ministries
for the community. She is the
proud mother of three children
and four grandchildren.
Joan T. McCarleys says its
a privilege to serve others and
know that her living is not in
vain. Her firm belief is that
ultimate measure of ones life is
in the living knowledge that she
has commitment to others as her
brother and sisters keeper.
Greater Washington
Urban League
Jose Gutierrez
Essex Hemphill
Poet, essayist, activist Essex
Hemphill is best known for his
appearances in the films Black
Is/Black Aint and Tongues
Untied. His worked has been
published in numerous magazines
and
anthologies,
including
OUTWEEK, High Performance,
The Advocate, City Lights Review,
Ache, Callaloo, Tribe, The James
White Review, Essence, In the Life,
High Risk, Hometowns, the Road
Before Us, and Erotique Noire/
Black Erotica. He edited Brother
to Brother: New Writings by
Black Gay Men, and is author of
Ceremonies, a collection of verse
and commentary. The following
are the words of Essex Hemphill
from the essay Loyalty:
I speak for the thousands,
perhaps hundreds of thousands
of men who live and die in the
shadows of secrets, unable to speak
of the love that helps them endure
and contribute to the race
Their kisses of sweet spit and
Nestor Hernandez
Derrick Hicks
PHOTO COMPLIMENTS OF WAYNE YOUNG
Nestor
Hernandez
was
a
Washington,
D.C.-based
photographer
of
Afro-Cuban
descent. He was introduced to
photography in high school
through the Urban Journalism
Workshop of the D.C. Public
Schools, and was on the staff of
the Capital Childrens Museum
as photographer-in-residence for
fifteen years. Hernndez was also
staff photographer for the D.C.
Public School system for seven
years, and is now a freelance
documentary photographer. He
was a staff photographer and
contributed to many publications,
including
the
Current
Newspapers, DC City Desk, the
Latin Trade Report, El Pregonero,
Brookings Review, The Metro
Herald, National Jurist Magazine
and The International Review of
African American Art.
His
other
major
photodocumentary
project
Cuba
Reflections:
A
Photographic
Journey, was the result of over
18 trips to the island nation since
1978. In 2001 and 2002, his trips to
Cuba concentrated on linking US
and Cuban photographers through
cultural exchange photography
projects and exhibitions. In 2003, he
directed an extensive collaborative
arts project, taking photography
and art teachers to the island to
work with Cuban children.
Hernndez
exhibited
his
photos regularly. His images were
included in shows throughout
Washington, D.C., in Wilmington,
Del.,
Springfield,
Mass.,
Greensboro,
N.C.,
Memphis,
Tenn., Havana, Cuba and Accra,
Ghana, and his photographs
were included in the permanent
collections of the Casa de Africa
museum and Galera de Arte
Ren Portocarrero in Cuba, Asafo
Gallery in Ghana, the Cuban
Art Space in New York and the
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum
in Washington, D.C.
With Port of Harlem, he
developed the Our Children,
Our World photography exhibit
featuring the works of children
from Ghana, Cuba, Washington,
DC and Gary, Indiana. After a
successful run in Washington, DC
the exhibit opens in Gary later in
HIPS, Inc.
The
mission
of
Helping
Individual Prostitutes Survive
(HIPS) is to assist female, male,
and transgender individuals sex
workers in Washington, D.C. in
leading healthy lives. Utilizing
a harm reduction model, HIPS
programs strive to address
the impact that HIV/AIDS,
sexually transmitted illnesses,
Theo Hodge
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wants to serve.
Joseph Izzo
Joseph
A.
Izzo
is
a
psychotherapist, since August
1991, with Mental Health and
Addictions Treatment Services
of Whitman-Walker. He started
at the Clinic in 1986 after earning
his masters degree in Clinical
Social Work at Howard University.
He had been a volunteer peer
counselor with the Gay Mens
Counseling Collective from 1981 to
1994. Joseph is also certified (via
Catholic University) in pastoral
counseling.
Joseph has been a master trainer
in AIDS prevention education for
the National Institute on Drug
Abuse; for the American Red
Cross HIV Prevention Project for
the Homeless; and has conducted
numerous Training of Trainers
for the staffs of many agencies
in the Washington Metropolitan
Area as well as nationally. His
Janice Jirau
Billy S. Jones
Billy S. Jones became involved
in HIV/AIDS work in 1984 in
Josephs House
The mission of
Josephs
House is to provide a home,
nursing services, and community
for formerly homeless men
and women in metropolitan
Washington,
D.C.
who
are
terminally ill and in the last weeks
or months of their illness. While
our primary mission is to those
with AIDS, as space is available
we also welcome men and women
with other terminal illnesses.
A continuum of care and
support is available to each
resident. Josephs House provides
nursing care, emotional support,
and
spiritual
nourishment,
including comprehensive case
management, 24-hour nursing
care,
addiction
recovery
support, personal care services,
transitional support for those who
regain their health, and end-oflife care for those who progress
through the final stages of life.
Above all, Josephs House offers
a caring human presence for men
and women who would otherwise
face a lonely, isolated death.
Lambda Rising
The
Lambda
Rising
bookstore began serving the
gay and lesbian community in
1974 and was quickly recognized
as a leader in our literary,
political and social world. It
offered the finest in LGBT
literature and entertainment.
At the same time, it supported
non-profit groups, promoted
performers, celebrated authors,
helped
youth,
encouraged
communication,
and
fought
discrimination. Lambda Rising
always wore two hats as a
responsible business and a
dedicated community resource.
The store closed in 2010.
Lammas Bookstore
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The
following
text
is
paraphrased and is compliments
of RHP:
Judy Winsett and Leslie
Reeves founded Lammas as a
jewelry and craft shop in 1970
in the Capitol Hill area of
Washington, D.C. In the final
issue of Motive in 1972, Winsett
wrote, We work about fifty
hours a week. But its not like
real work, because we love it and
it is fun. By 1973, Lammas had
become the LGBT communitys
first bookstore and a lesbian
community center, sponsoring
and hosting various activities for
the lesbian community. In 1986,
Lammas opened a second store
in Dupont Circle, which offered
many of the same services as the
Capitol Hill store. Over the years
and due to various managers
and/or owners, a number of
celebrities have passed through
Lammas, including Sweet Honey
in the Rock, Norma McCorvey
(Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade), Alice
Walker, Gloria Steinem, and Lily
Tomlin. The store also provided
space for the Lesbian Avengers
meetings and held numerous
fundraisers
for
womens
organizations.
Lammas
sold
books and gifts at every feminist
and lesbian conference in DC for
years. Seven years later the store
moved to its final location at 1607
17th St NW before closing in
2001.The last owner was Sylvia
Colon. Lammas was one of the
first establishments to carry and
distribute safe sex information
and books about lesbian safe sex
and had always been committed
to womens health issues and
lesbian issues in particular.
Maxwell Lawton
Maxwell Lawton painted the
first version of Man of Sorrows:
Christ With AIDS, remembering
earlier paintings of a suffering
Christ, including a famous
portrait of Jesus as a victim of the
bubonic plague, according to the
Washington Post. This gave me
the merit to continue. I also knew I
had to answer the fundamentalists
who were saying AIDS was Gods
judgment on gay people and drug
users, Lawton wrote on his Web
site, http://www.maxwelllawton.
com/.
Maxwell Lawton, 50, died of
metastasis malignant melanoma
in 2006 at the Washington Home.
As the Post reported, He was
working toward a masters degree
at Wesley Theological Seminary
when he exhibited the painting
at the seminarys gallery in 1994.
Several months later, Archbishop
Desmond Tutu and his new
ministry, Wola Nani-Embrace,
invited Lawton to Cape Town to
paint a version for the citys St.
Georges Cathedral. It has since
been seen by millions of visitors.
Patsy Lynch
Patsy Lynch is a photojournalist
who has been documenting the
LGBT community for decades. A
Metropolitan Baptist
Church
Don Michaels
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source that we wouldnt have had
otherwise without his dedication
and leadership over the years.
Lou Chibbaro Jr., who has been
writing for the Blade since 1976,
echoed York.
He always had a strong
commitment to the principles of
journalism the principles of not
being an advocacy organization,
but to being a fair, impartial,
independent newspaper, said
Chibbaro.
Before
arriving
in Washington, D.C. in 1976,
Michaels worked with a number
of gay and political organizations
in Buffalo, New York, where he
attended college and earned a
bachelors degree in political
science at the State University of
New York.
Greg Mimms
Sean Mitchell
Steve Michael
PHOTO BY KHALID NAJI-ALLAH
Miriams House
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Miriams
House
is
an
affirmation of life.
Founded in 1996, Miriams House
is firmly rooted in the belief that the
District of Columbias women and
children whose lives are affected by
AIDS are to be valued and respected.
They deserve safe, permanent
shelter. They deserve sustenance.
They deserve love, respect, and hope.
The mission of Miriams House
is to provide a dynamic residential
community for women living
with HIV disease that empowers
recovery
from
homelessness,
disease and addictions in an
environment
of
compassion,
integrity and accountability.
Some residents live many years
at Miriams House, benefiting
from the safety and security of a
clean and sober home and from
the expert care of staff. Some
residents enter Miriams House
as a last home, needing a place to
live in comfort and dignity the life
that is left to them. The hospicelike care extended to these women
makes this possible. Others
become healthy and stable, and
can move out into independent
living, staying connected to the
community through the extended
family program. For these, the
door is always open should they
need to return.
Miriams
House
provides
a home, a community, and a
continuum of services for its
residents. For the rest of us, it
provides a constant reminder of
the value of every single life, and
of our own humanness. During
its existence, Miriams House
has clearly defined its role in the
District of Columbia, filling a
special niche for women living
Leigh Mosley
Leigh
Mosley
has
been
a
Washington,
D.C.-based
photographer and teacher for 40
years. Her work has been published
in numerous periodicals, books,
and newspapers including The
Washington Post, the Washington
Afro-American, the Los Angeles
Times newspapers, and Ms. and
Essence magazines. She has
taught photography and film
criticism in D.C. Public Schools at
the Duke Ellington School of the
Arts, Digital Art in Montgomery
County Public Schools and
Photojournalism at American
University. She has exhibited
her work in group shows at
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), the Kennedy
Center
and
the
Anacostia
Museum.
She
is
currently
working as a cinematographer
and DP in Digital Filmmaking.
She holds a B.A. in Psychology
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work. She is also the recipient of
the 2000 Linowes Leadership Award
from the Community Foundation
for the National Capital Region
in recognition of her tireless
commitment to improving the lives
of women living with HIV/AIDS;
the Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr. Award
for championing HIV prevention
and support services in the AfricanAmerican community; the 2003
Caribbean Peoples International
Award for her HIV/AIDS work
in
the
Caribbean-American
community.
Also in 2003 she
received the Washington Free Clinic
Community Leadership Award and
the WJLA Channel 7 2003 Tribute
to Working Women Award for her
tireless work to stop the spread of
HIV/AIDS. In 2004 Pat received
the National Association of People
with AIDS (NAPWA) Certificate of
Recognition of efforts on behalf of
women living with HIV/AIDS in
DC and the National Association
for Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) Youth Council of DCs
Outstanding Leadership Award in
Health 2004.
NAPWA
The National Association of
People with AIDS met in San
Francisco in 1986. Shown here,
(from upper left, then clockwise)
PWA Amy Sloan of Lafayette,
Indiana; Billy Burton of Houston,
Texas; Joseph Foulon of New
York, Bobby Reynolds and San
Turner of San Francisco; and
Luis Maura of Los Angeles.
David Naylor
Susan Newman
The
Reverend
Dr.
Susan
Newman is the Director of the
Balm in Gileads Washington, D.C.
office. The Balm in Gilead is a nonprofit, faith-based organization
working with churches to provide
HIV/AIDS prevention and care
services through establishing
HIV/AIDS Ministries through
education, training, and advocacy.
She most recently served the
District of Columbia Government
as the Senior Advisor to the
Mayor for Religious Affairs, and
is an Adjunct Minister of Peoples
Congregational United Church
of Christ, Washington, DC, an
open and affirming congregation.
Hailed by Ebony magazine as one
of the Top Black Women Preachers
in America, she has a 30-year career
as a pastor, a community advocate,
a teacher, a chaplain, and author.
An ordained minister in the United
Church of Christ, Dr. Newman
has served as the Senior Pastor of
First Congregational Church, UCC,
in Atlanta, Georgia; the Religious
Coordinator for the Childrens Defense
Fund; Chaplain and Director of
Community Service at Hood College
in Frederick, Maryland, Adjunct
Professor at the United Theological
Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, where
she mentored Doctoral students in
The Wheeler-Newman Fellows; Dr.
Newman received a B.A. in Journalism
from George Washington University in
Washington, DC, a Master of Divinity
from Howard University School of
Divinity in Washington, DC, and a
Doctor of Ministry from the United
Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
Phillip Pannell
Pediatric AIDS
Care, Inc.
OUT DC
Safer Sex Sirens
PHOTO BY ANDRE M. TALOR
The
following
biography
includes text from an article that
previously appeared December
14, 1990 in the Washington Blade.
Whenever theres a large group
of lesbians gathering, its a safe
bet that the Safer Sex Sirens will
be there, sounding an alarm.
Founded in 1990, the Safer Sex
Sirens distribute safer sex packets
at various womens events. The
group members are armed with
packets containing the latest
information about safer, as well
as some items that could be used
for lesbian safer sex: dental dams
and brightly colored plastic wrap
are provided. The group began in
income African-American
residents.
DC
Jeffrey Pendleton
(A.K.A. Odessa OHara)
Danielle Pleasant
PHOTO COURTESY CHERYL SPECTOR
Bruce Rashbaum
Michael Petrelis
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But I use that all the time when I
give talks to others living with HIV.
It helps this physician connect
to patients when in general most
physicians have a difficult time.
I can talk the talk because I walk
the walk. It wasnt always easy. I
retired from practice in 1995 when
I thought the future was looking
very grim. I had lost over 1500
patients to HIV and my T cells
were 7 and they all had names.
My viral load was 2 1/2 million.
My partner was sick and dying. I
had lost most of my friends and
too many patients. It was a very
sad time. But the time away from
my work (8 months) was just the
recharging I needed. I was lucky
to be able to take advantage of
new drugs that were available in
expanded access and to adjust
my regimen as newer, easier and
safer drugs became available. I
can connect to my patients in a
way that most clinicians cannot.
I know how my patients feel. And,
more importantly, I know what it is
like to be on the brim of death and
to come back and thrive because
of the successes of HAART. So, I
share my story with anyone who
has a medical condition because
there is always a bright side to
everything and with HIV, the
future is here for all of us.
Regional Addiction
Prevention (RAP), Inc.
RIGHT, Inc.
Olga Rodriguez
Omar D. Reyes
Hugo Salinas
Michael Sainte-Andress
PHOTO BY KEVIN YANCEY KENNER
Michael
Micci
SainteAndress is truly an asset to the
Washington metropolitan area
and is highly respected among
local
government,
business,
education, HIV/AIDS, community,
and faith-based organizations. He
has championed such causes as
arts education in public schools,
adult literacy, voter registration,
and LGBT rights. He has also
been a tireless advocate for people
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Community Coalition Board.
Manuel Sandoval
PHOTO BY KEVIN YANCEY KENNER
Daniel T. Schellhorn
Carol Schwartz
In
1988, as
cities such
as
Keith Selden
Michael Singerman
Paul Smith
PHOTO BY D. MAURICE TAYLOR
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National Catholic School of Social
Service at Catholic University in
the field of clinical Social Work in
1985. He spent his early years with
the Montgomery County (MD),
Department of Addictions, Victim
and Mental Health Services as
a staff therapist serving people,
and their families, who were in
recovery from substance abuse
and addictions.
In the mid-90s, Paul served
as clinical supervisor to HIV+
support
group
leaders
of
Northern Virginia, a volunteer
service
sponsored
by
the
Whitman-Walker Clinic of the
Washington Metropolitan area. He
also served as contract therapist
with Us Helping Us, PIL, Inc., a
local HIV/AIDS organization in
the African American community
in Washington, DC.
Paul is currently retired and
is now living in Hollywood,
Florida. He continues to serve
the HIV/AIDS community in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He
volunteers as a staff therapist
with Sunserve Counseling and
Psychotherapy Services, an LGBT
mental health program in South
Florida working with low income
and indigent populations many of
which are managing HIV/AIDS
complications.
Pauls
community
service
includes membership on the
Clinical
Advisory
Board,
Sunserve Inc., Sunshine Social
Services. He remains an active
member
with
the
Service
Members Legal Defense Network,
Emeritus Board. He has served
on the Diversity Committee of
the Broward County (FL) School
Board, an oversight function that
insures equity and fairness for
all students in Broward County,
Florida.
Stephen Smith
SMYAL
S.O.M.E.
Precious Thomas
St. Augustine
Catholic Church
PHOTO BY KEVIN YANCEY KENNER
Rodney Taylor
Reed Tuckson
Dr. Reed Tuckson joined United
Health Group as senior vice
president of Consumer Health
and Medical Care Advancement,
where he worked with all business
groups to create new healthcare
systems,
enhance
patientphysician relationships, improve
medical care quality, and assist
individuals in maximizing their
health.
Prior to joining United Health
Group, Dr. Tuckson served
as Senior Vice President of
Professional Standards for the
American Medical Association
(AMA). He also had administrative
responsibility for the AMA with
the National Patient Safety
Foundation, the Accreditation
Council on Graduate Medical
Education, and the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical
Education. The former president
of the Charles R. Drew University
of Medicine and Science in Los
Angeles from 1991 to 1997, Dr.
Tuckson also served as Senior
Vice Presdient for programs of
the March of Dimes Births Defects
Foundation from 1990-91. From
1986 to 1990 Dr. Tuckson was the
Commissioner of Public Health
for the District of Columbia.
Dr. Tuckson has been a member
of several healthcare-related and
academic organizations, including
the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academy of Sciences.
In addition, he was recently
appointed to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services
Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health and Society and has held a
number of federal appointments,
including cabinet level advisory
committees on health reform,
infant mortality, childrens health,
violence, and radiation testing.
Wayne Turner
Wayne
Turner
organized
numerous
demonstrations,
marches, and vigils in the fight
against AIDS as a member of
ACT UP in Washington, D.C. He
has been arrested multiple times
in non-violent civil disobedience,
including protesting the firing of
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Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders,
and the lack of an AIDS Czar
with the power to effectively
combat the epidemic. Wayne and
his partner Steve were among
nine people arrested at the White
House when President Clinton
signed the Defense of Marriage
Act in 1996. In 1998, Wayne held
near constant vigil at the bedside
of his partner Steve, who spent
three and half weeks in intensive
care with multiple HIV-related
infections. When Steves condition
severely deteriorated, Wayne gave
the order to disconnect his partner
of seven years from life support.
Wayne then organized an historic
political funeral, as per Steves
request. Four hundred mourners
marched a coffin containing
Steves remains through the
streets of downtown Washington,
and held an open casket funeral
service on Pennsylvania Avenue
in front of the White House.
Wayne went on to lead the
successful Initiative 59 campaign
to protect seriously ill patients
who use medical marijuana.
Although the vote totals were
held up by Congress, a lawsuit
filed by the ACLU of the National
Capital Area won the release of
the election ballots, revealing
that the measure had passed by 69
percent, winning in all eight D.C.
wards, and every voter precinct.
Wayne continued the effort to
ensure that HIV/AIDS funds
are spent are spent effectively,
and drafted proposals requiring
random audits of AIDS service
organizations and addressing
conflict of
interest in the
allocation of federal funds, which
were incorporated into the Ryan
White CARE Act reauthorization
of 2000. His article documenting
funding abuses, entitled AIDS Inc.
was published as the cover story
in the April 2000 edition of the
Washington Monthly magazine.
Sonia Umanzur
Ryan White
Whitman-Walker Health
Whitman-Walker
Health
(formerly
Whitman-Walker
Clinic) provides comprehensive,
compassionate
services
that
address many of the health care
needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender communities
and serves as the largest provider
of HIV/AIDS services in the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area.
Established in 1973, WhitmanWalker Health is a communitybased
organization
with
hundreds of volunteers who
provide millions of
dollars
worth of services annually. With
compassion and dedication, the
staff and volunteers enable the
thousands of clients who turn to
the clinic each year to receive vital
primary medical care and social
support services. Earlier this year,
Whitman-Walker opened a new,
multi-million dollar facility on
14th Street, expanding its services
to include a pharmacy, dental care
and many other primary care
health services for local residents.
Frank Yurrita
2012
John-Manuel Andriote
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PHOTO BY KEVIN YANCEY KENNER
Larry Bryant
William Anthony
Burns
Abby Charles
Jeffrey Crowley
Jeffrey S.
Distinguished
Crowley
Scholar
is
a
and
Ron Daniels
DC Community
Coalition
22
Geno Dunnington
Ruth Eisenberg
Ruth is a partner at the
Washington, DC law firm of
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg &
Eisenberg LLP, which is widely
recognized as one of the premier
boutique firms in the country
specializing
in
representing
nonprofit
organizations
concerned with civil rights,
promotion of health, education,
elimination of poverty, and other
social justice causes.
Ruth advises organizations on
almost every aspect of employment
law,
including
development,
review and implementation of
workplace
policies;
effective
hiring
procedures;
employee
relations;
wage
and
hour
compliance;
counseling
and
disciplinary actions; compliance
with federal and state antidiscrimination laws; family and
medical leave act compliance;
performance
evaluation
and
Mark Fischer
Tiffany Chester
Gilliard
Tiffany Chester Gilliard has
more than 20 years of diverse and
D. Paul Gordon
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PHOTO BY KEVIN YANCEY KENNER
from
American
Universitys
Washington College of Law.
During his professional career,
Leon worked alongside Diane
Sawyer, Dora Jean Lewis Malachi,
Raoul Cunningham, as well
Kentuckys U.S. Representative
John Yarmuth. He also worked for
SBA, Department of Commerce
and before retiring from EPA,
taught business law class at
Howard University.
A person of deep and abiding
faith since formative years,
Leon was an active member of
the Metropolitan Community
Church (MCC) of Washington, DC
where he served as a lay leader
in many capacities. He also once
served as president of the Board
of Pensions for MCC, USA. Leon
completed work in the USA and in
other countries. Leon passed from
his earthly labors to his eternal
rewards on September 30, 2010.
Veronica Jenkins
Humanitarianism seems to
have been the basis of my life.
My parents were everyones
parents and no one would be sent
out of our doors without a kind
word, a hug or a great meal. As a
result, I began my lifes journey
as a teacher and became a doctor
to ensure that learning was not
hampered by poor health.
I
learned that the mind and body
were
intricately
connected
and that neglect of either was
detrimental to the other.
The patients struggle during
the HIV/AIDS epidemic embodies
every aspect of our meager
attempts to live well and happy.
Clients were faced with adversity
and either learned to overcome
or succumbed to the dregs of the
worse medical problem of my life
time. Fortunately, the science has
allowed us to turn the tide and
see the positive outcomes that can
be achieved through treatment,
adherence, and education.
It has been a tumultuous ride
but we are coasting, I believe,
towards a smooth finish. We
must not fail each other. We must
continue to support research,
social change, equitable medical
services and injustices to all
people who have been touched
by this disease- both infected and
affected.
The road of my life has been
paved by the harmony of many
lives; therefore, I sing a good song
of our future and my destiny.
Venton Jones
Venton Jones represents a new
generation of national leaders
committed to advancing public
health and social justice for the
Carolina
Central
University
in Durham, North Carolina in
1982 and his Masters Degree in
Public Administration from The
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1990.
In 1985, he moved to the
Washington, DC metro area
to accept a position with
Prince William Government in
Woodbridge, Virginia. Since then,
he has worked for Fairfax County
Government; he currently works
for the U.S. Department of Labor
where hes been for the past 20
years.
His community service started
in 1990 where hosted a fundraiser
for HIV/AIDS. This event became
known as his annual Spring Has
Sprung Fundraiser. For over 22
years this even raised more than
$20,000 for various communitybased organizations dealing with
HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Cancer,
Multiple
Sclerosis,
Domestic
Violence,
and
Disadvantaged
Youth in the Washington, DC
metro area.
The successes of this fundraiser
lead Curtis to begin hosting other
fundraisers throughout the year
including, Fall Has Fallen,
End of Summer, Birthday
Bash, Outdoor Movie Night, Fat
Tuesday Celebrations, Toy Drives,
and Midnight Fish Fries.
His dedication to community
service is credited to mother who
is 93 years of age and taught him
at a very early age it is much
better to give than it is to receive
and the more you give the more
blessings you will receive.
From
Curtis
Massey:
I
am blessed to have friends,
associates, and others who have
supported my fundraisers for
over 22 years and for that I
THANK YOU!!!
Mayors Host
Committee
George Kerr
PHOTO BY TOMMIE ADAMS
Curtis T. Massey
Curtis was born and raised
in Petersburg, Virginia where
he graduated from Petersburg
High School in 1978. He earned
his Bachelors degree in Public
Administration
from
North
Ronald E. Morgan
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Rayceen Pendarvis
Bob Ray
Justin B. TerrySmith
Bobbie Smith
PHOTO BY ANDRE M. TAYLOR
Catalina Sol
Ron Swanda
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have ready access to HIV prevention
materials or educational programs.
Ron helped organize a seniors and
HIV workshop, and soon became
the voice of seniors and HIV
in D.C. At Rons urging, the D.C.
Dept. of Health implemented
an innovative HIV prevention
program that primarily targeted
older heterosexuals of color in D.C.
In July, 2011, IONA senior
Services recognized Ron for his
volunteer activism. He is a member
of the AARP-DC advocacy team, an
AARP Ambassador and serves
on D.C.s HIV Prevention Planning
Group. D.C. Mayor Gray named
Ron the Districts HIV Activist of
the year in 2011, and appointed him
to the D.C. Commission on Aging,
the Ryan White Planning Council
and the GLBT Advisory Committee.
David is an entrepreneur
right here in Washington, D.C,
opening businesses ranging from
nightclubs to the very popular
Vida Fitness clubs. Contracting
HIV in 1988, he has devoted his
life to keeping a positive outlook
while maintaining a healthy
lifestyle. Many in the D.C. metro
area respect David as a successful
businessman as well as a devoted
advocate of HIV/AIDS causes.
Supporting
various
causes
including but not limited to the
Human Rights Campaign and the
Ryan White Act, he believes in the
equality these initiatives strive
for. He spends his days keeping
busy via investing in various ways
to improve on the D.C metro area
healthy lifestyles and night life.
Billie Tyler
Earnest Walker
Marlene M. Walker
Miranda Ward
Washington Blade
Bryan Watson
Westminster
Presbyterian Church
Westminster is a community
of co-creators with God, seeking
to be and build up the Beloved
Community.
To do that, Westminster must
be accepting, caring, and risktakingopen to the message of
God in people and places that are
too often neglected or ignored.
Westminster continues to be
a mission-center in Southwest
Washington, D.C. where the
congregation was started in 1853.
The form of the mission has
changed. The commitment to the
mission has not.
What might be possible if you
were involved in this mission of
co-creators? Come and see.
What gifts do you have yet to
share with the world? Come and
be an inspiration to others.
Westminster was started by
some risk-taking people back
in 1853 and God is continually
reinventing
our
church
culture, keeping it open to an
always changing community.
Westminster
understands
that the Church must change or
die. We are committed to being
transformed as an institution in
order to more authentically and
powerfully serve a new world.
Thats why we say, Were not just
a church.
Tim Westmoreland
Mr. Tim Westmoreland is a
well-respected figure in the HIV/
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and advocating for new solutions
in HIV prevention, services, and
education.
2013
PHOTO COURTESY TIM WESTMORELAND
Courtney Williams
Guy Anthony
DC D-CFAR
The District of Columbia
Developmental Center for AIDS
Research (DC D-CFAR) aims to
provide scientific leadership and
institutional infrastructure to
promote HIV/AIDS research and
to develop the next generation
of HIV/AIDS investigators in
Washington, D.C.
Mission
The mission of the DC D-CFAR
is to provide scientific leadership
and institutional infrastructure
to promote HIV/AIDS research
and to develop the next generation
of HIV/AIDS investigators in
Washington, DC. The goals of the
DC D-CFAR include: Aim 1Provide
leadership to advance HIV/AIDS
2015
Sheila Alexander-Reid
Sheila
Alexander-Reid
has
been a vital part of the LGBT
community for well over 20 years.
She started as a party promoter
back in the late 80s/early 90s
with two other friends and
called themselves VTR. In 1992,
Sheila ventured out on her own
and starting throwing womens
parties. Filling up local party
venues such as Tracks and Hung
Jury to capacity, the popularity
of her parties quickly gained
momentum in the community. A
Robert Cooke
Dee Curry
Amanda Davis
The words below are those of
Amanda Davis,
My name is Amanda Davis.
I am a native New Yorker that
relocated to DC to fight the war
on HIV/AIDS in 2012. My first
experience with the virus was
the loss of a cousin when I was
younger. It was hard to understand
how this could have happened
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because at the time there were
treatments that were available.
After I worked in the field for some
time and hearing so many stories
of survival I know that stigma
prevented them from accessing
care was very bothersome.
My most recent position is as
a Woman Services Coordinator
for an organization that provides
services for those that are HIV
positive. Being able to create
programs that allow the women
to become informed about this
virus and how to navigate through
the services available to them is
very rewarding. I aspire to inspire
women to become informed
advocates for themselves and
other peers that are affected by
this virus.
The
DC
LGBT
Center
empowers,
celebrates,
and
connects the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender communities. To
fulfill its mission, the DC Center
focuses on four core areas: health
and wellness, arts & culture, social
& support services, and advocacy
and community building.
The DC Center envisions
communities where LGBT people
feel healthy, safe, and affirmed.
D.E.N.I.M.
Jamil Fletcher
Jamil A. Fletcher is an
entrepreneur,
publisher,
community
activist,
and
philanthropist. A proud native
of Wilmington, Delaware and an
even prouder graduate of both
Howard University (86 B.S.,
Electrical Engineering) and Clark
Atlanta University (95 MBA,
Marketing), Jamil has always
been active in support of all his
communities. He continues to
support a number of charities
like Us Helping Us, the Black
AIDS Institute, and the Dance
Institute of Washington as well
as his beloved Howard University.
Mr. Fletcher has also worked as a
fundraiser for organizations such
as Childrens National Medical
Center, Whitman-Walker Clinic,
UNCF, and the National Minority
AIDS Council.
In 2008, Jamil A. Fletcher
launched
SWERV
Magazine
with the design of celebrating
the Culture and Community of
Black LGBT people everywhere.
Since that time SWERV has
evolved into the most widely
distributed periodical targeting
this unique population. Whether
through sharing stories of the
extraordinary work being done
by AIDS Service Organizations
around the country, relaying
words of wisdom from AIDS
activists,
or
by
providing
information on the latest medical
treatments, and being a media
partner for a number of HIV/
AIDS related fundraising events,
SWERV maintains committed to
the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Justin Goforth
Justin Goforth is a registered
nurse with a record of over 20
years of treatment and service
to the HIV/AIDS community.
In 2013, Justin was elected
to as community co-chair of
the Metropolitan Washington
Regional Ryan White Planning
Council. During the same year
he was named to POZ magazines
POZ 100 a list of HIV-positive
individuals making significant
contributions to the fight against
HIV/AIDS. At the Whitman
Walker Clinic, Justin has served as
director of the Gay Mens Health
and Wellness Clinic, Whitman
Walkers
longest
running
program. Hes also credited with
co-creating Whitman Walkers
Red Carpet program, giving
newly diagnosed HIV patients an
opportunity to meet their entire
care team during their first visit
to Whitman Walker.
Justins experience, passion,
and advocacy has earned a voice
on national media, including CNN
and PBS. In his 2015 interview
with PBS (the interview also
featured
U.S.
Global
AIDS
coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx)
Justin states, But getting them
(people who test HIV-positive) into
care and on treatment actually
doesnt just keep that person
healthy and well for a life span; it
also prevents them from infecting
other individuals. Thats an
historic marriage of two public
health prevention and treatment
all coming together at the same
time. And having a manageable
treatment was necessary to get to
the point that we could use this as
prevention. And so thats what, I
think, is really see were seeing
a turnaround in the numbers in
all of our urban centers in the
United States, but particularly
here in D.C., where we used to be
seen as the worst of the worst.
Thats not the case actually more
with our new numbers.
Achim Howard
Aisha Jackson
Dwayne Lawson-Brown
A
native
Washingtonian,
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Dwayne
Lawson-Brown
is
currently the Youth Health
Educator for Social Mobilization
at Whitman-Walker Health. For
over 15 years, Dwayne has been
involved in the fight against for
comprehensive
reproductive
health for over 15 years. At 15
years old, he stumbled across
Metro TeenAIDS Freestyle Youth
Center, where he would soon
become a peer educator. As a New
School Activist, Dwayne used his
love for spoken word and hip-hop
to promote safer sex messages
and healthy decision making.
With Metro TeenAIDS transition
into the Whitman-Walker Health
family, Dwayne has taken greater
responsibility in planning and
implementing HIV testing events
throughout
the
Washington
DC area while continuing to
run a myriad of programs in
RealTalkDC
Freestyle
Peer
Educator Center.
His work has led to recognition
in the forms of awards and
press
coverage
including
DC Department of
Healths
Outstanding
Peer
Educator
Award, WETAs Hometown Hero
Award,
Mayors
Community
Service Award, a feature segment
on BBCAmericas World News
America, a profile by Washington
Post Columnist John Kelly, and
the Emerging Leader Award from
The Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation. Dwayne has served
as a spokesperson and model for
youth who aspire to transform
their
communities
through
service.
Riley Temple
The words below are those of
Riley Temple,
I was appointed to the Board
of Directors of the WhitmanWalker Clinic in 1984, and became
its President in 1986 and again
in 1989. During that time I was
instrumental in the establishment
of the Max Robinson Center
east of the river. I resigned from
the Board in 1991 to accept the
Mayoral appointment to Chair the
Ryan White Planning Council.
Kermit Turner
Alan Sharpe
R. Fenner Urquhart
Robert Michael
Vanzant
SaVanna Wanzer
PHOTO BY KEVIN YANCEY KENNER
Pastor
Robert
Michael
Vanzant moved to Washington,
DC in July, 1974. Coming
from a very loving and giving
environment, he soon became
known
for
his
kindness
and generosity. Because of this
knowledge, at the very advent of
the AIDS epidemic, he was called
upon for the care of those infected
by visiting them in their homes,
hospitals, hospices and nursing
homes. As things progressed,
he was further called upon
to open up his home to those
concerned and/or help with rent
and payment of utilities from his
personal coffers.
I n
Jannette Williams
Longtime LGBT community
advocate
Jannette
Williams,
who served nearly 25 years as
a volunteer and adviser for
Whitman-Walker Health and three
years as Chair of the WhitmanWalker Board, passed away June
28, 2015 at the age of 65.
Jannette
was
a
lifelong
Washingtonian who worked for
the U.S. Postal service and later
at the Department of Justice,
where she retired after 34 years
of service. She had strong ties
to the Washington, DC lesbian
community; the Mautner Project
for Lesbian Health, which later
became a program of Whitman
Walker; and the Whitman Walkers
Black Lesbian Support Group.
Among her other community
involvements, Williams was a
longtime supporter and volunteer
for DC Black Pride and Whitman
Walkers annual AIDS Walk.
Dan
Blanchon,
Whitman
Walkers
Executive
Director
credits Williams leadership on
the Whitman Walker Board to be
of particular impact during the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a
period when fundraising efforts
for non-profit organizations were
adversely impacted. To quote
Blanchon, She was impactful on
peoples lives because she did it
relationship to relationshipAnd
she did it one person at a time.
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202-803-2899. thehowardtheatre.com.
Be in Brookland: DC Casineros. Sep 11.
Dance Place. 202-269-1600.
danceplace.org.
Donal Fox: Inventions in Blue. Sep 13.
Reston Community Center. CenterStage.
703-476-4500.
restoncommunitycenter.com.
Jackson Browne. Sep 11. Kelly Clarkson
with Pentatonix & Eric Hutchinson.
Sep 12-Sep 13. Wolf Trap. 877-965-3872.
wolftrap.org.
Lana Trotovek, violin; Anna Shelest,
piano. Sep 11. The Embassy Series.
Embassy of Slovenia. 202-625-2361.
embassyseries.org.
MUSEUMS
National Gallery of Art. The Memory of
Time. Thru Sep 13. Italian Renaissance
Prints: Ideals Made Flesh. Thru Oct 4.
Gustave Caillebotte: The Painters Eye.
Thru Oct 4. Pleasure and Piety: The Art of
Joachim Wtewael (15661638). Thru Oct
4. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
National Archives. Spirited Republic:
Alcohol in American History. Thru Jan 10.
202-357-5000. archivesfoundation.org.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Super
Natural. Thru Sep 13. Organic Matters.
Thru Sep 13. Vanessa Bells Hogarth Press
Designs. Thru Nov 13. 202-783-5000.
nmwa.org.
Smithsonian Anacostia Community
Museum. How the Civil War Changed
Washington. Thru Nov 15. The Life and
Legacy of the Plummer Family. Thru Dec
27. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.
National Geographic. Monster Fish. Thru
Oct 11. Indiana Jones. Thru Jan 3. 202857-7000. nglive.org.
Prince Georges African American
Museum and Cultural Center. Patented
Ingenuity: The Art of African American
Inventors. Thru Sep 12. 301-809-0440.
pgaamcc.org.
Sandy Spring Museum. Two for One.
Thru Oct 25. Weaving Community.
Thru Dec 30. 301-774-0022.
sandyspringmuseum.org.
GALLERIES
Strathmore. Women Chefs: Artists in
the Kitchen. Thru Nov 8. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
BlackRock. Jenny Wu. Thru Sep 12. Susan
Feller & Janet Wheeler. Thru Sep 12. 301528-2260. blackrockcenter.org.
The Art League Gallery. Wijati
Soemantoro. Thru Oct 5. 703-683-1780.
theartleague.org.
Arts Club of Washington. September Art
Exhibition. Thru Sep 26. 202-331-7282.
artsclubofwashington.org.
District Architecture Center. Nature in
the Walkable City. Thru Oct 3. 202-3479403. aiadac.com.
WPA. Lobby Project: David Bellard. Thru
Nov 27. 202-234-7103. wpadc.org.
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Washington Performing Arts National Gallery of Art Signature Theatre Howard Theatre Brentwood Arts Exchange Strathmore Capital
Fringe Neptune Fine Art Writers Center WSC Avant Bard Arts Club of Washington Friday Morning Music Club National Geographic
Washington National Opera George Mason Universitys Center for the Arts Goethe-Institut Washington Environmental Film Festival in the
Nations Capital Washington Project for the Arts DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities AMP by Strathmore Dominion Stage
Woolly Mammoth Theatre First Draft Childrens Chorus of Washington (CCW) Warner Theatre Taffety Punk Theatre Company Dance Place
UrbanArias Cathedral Choral Society Studio Theatre Capital City Symphony Washington Stage Guild Folger Theatre Shear Madness
Gallery Neptune & Brown Teatro de la Luna Metropolitan Chorus SCENA Theatre Educational Theatre Company (ETC) GALA Hispanic
Theatre Arlington Philharmonic Carmen de Vicente Spanish Dance Academy Chamber Dance Project National Chamber Ensemble Fisher
Art Gallery Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center Pen/Faulkner Washington Balalaika Society ACW Dances Reston Community
Center Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Indian Dance Educators Association Adventure Theatre The Jackson Art Center
Montpelier Mansion Encore Stage & Studio Virginia Ballet Company and School Halau O Aulani Bangladesh Center for Community Development
IDB Staff Association Art Gallery (ISAAG) Arlington Cultural Affairs Synetic Theater Potomac Harmony Chorus Prince Georges African
American Museum and Cultural Center Tudor Place Historic House and Garden Jane Franklin Dance Spooky Action Theater Billingsley
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Hall Kreeger Museum Constellation Theatre Company Montpelier Arts Center Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Oxon Hill Manor
National Philharmonic Workhouse Arts Center The Alden Prelude: The Arlington Youth Orchestral Program Reston Community Center at Lake
Anne Arlington Artists Academy The Smithsonian Associates The Puppet Co. Playhouse Greenbelt Community Center Rorschach Theatre
Embassy Series DC Youth Orchestra Program Cambodian-American Heritage, Inc. Folger Theatre Shear Madness Gallery Neptune &
Brown Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center College Park Aviation Museum Atlas Performing Arts Center National Cherry Blossom Festival
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts Glen Echo Park Pointless Theatre Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV) Reston Community
Players Robert Brown Gallery Castleton Festival Theater J Fords Theatre Center for Education at Wolf Trap Gunston Theatre Two
National Archives Experience Rainbow Theatre Project National Symphony Orchestra Folger Shakespeare Library Target Gallery National
Museum of Women in the Arts Hylton Performing Arts Center DC Jazz Festival Sandy Spring Museum Bowen McCauley Dance Source Festival
Surratt House Museum Arlington Artists Alliance Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington DC THEARC Folger Consort Filene Center
at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Patuxent Rural Life Museums The Art League Filmfest DC Lubber Run Keegan Theatre
Prince Georges Publick Playhouse for the Performing Arts Flashpoint Gallery: Cultural DC GW Lisner Auditorium Kirov Academy of Ballet
Dissonance Dance Theatre Zenith Gallery Pan American Symphony Orchestra Festival Argentino Capitol Hill Chorale BalletNova Center for
Dance DCAC-DC Arts Center Darnalls Chance House Museum DC Cabaret Network Gunston Arts Center Torpedo Factory Art Center
Joy of Motion In Series Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus Ambassador Theater Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission
Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts Old Dominion Cloggers Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival Los Quetzales Mexican Dance Ensemble
Signature Theatre VisArts at Rockville The Barns at Wolf Trap Step Afrika! Riversdale House Museum Arts/Harmony Hall Regional Center
BlackRock Center for the Arts Round House Theatre Choral Arts Society of Washington John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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The Gay Revolution is a hefty tome that examines in detail gay rights from the 50s on.
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Becoming
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is the true story of a trans girl, her identical
twin brother and a familys journey to
understand her plight. Its by Amy Ellis
Nutt, the Pulitzer-winning Washington Post
science reporter. (Oct. 20)
In A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay
Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire,
Hiram Perez explores the role of race in
the modern gay subject through three
archetypes: the sailor, the soldier and the
cowboy. He explores how each has been
desired for their heroic masculinity while
also being used to expand U.S. borders
and ideals. (Oct. 30)
In Out of the Firing Line Into the
Foyer: My Remarkable Life Story,
war hero Bruce Copp remembers his
life as a young gay soldier and how
male relationships persisted despite the
homophobic climate. (Nov. 1)
A revised edition of The Gay and
Lesbian Literary Heritage is slated for
a fall release with 400 articles from 175
literary scholars. (Nov. 3)
Gay rugby player Garreth Thomas
shares his story in Proud: My
Autobiography. (Dec. 1)
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KEEGAN and EMILY TOWNLEY in Bad Dog at Olney Theatre.
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Contemporary works,
classic musicals among
seasons offerings
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
This year, a huge part of D.C.s fall
theater lineup is the much anticipated
Womens
Voices
Theater
Festival
(womensvoicestheaterfestival.org).
To
spotlight the scope of new plays being
written by women and the range of
professional theater being produced in
the area, more than 50 local professional
companies are presenting at least one world
premiere of a play by a female playwright
throughout all of September and October.
For the festival, Shakespeare Theatre
Company (shakespearetheatre.org) is doing
Salom (Oct. 6-Nov. 8), adapted and
directed by the internationally acclaimed
Yal Farber. The companys website says
Farber infuses this raw New Testament
tale with evocative sound and physicality,
drawing on ancient biblical and pagan texts,
as well as Oscar Wildes landmark mystery
play, to spin a tale as provocative as the
Dance of the Seven Veils.
Olney
Theatres
(olneytheatre.org)
contribution is Bad Dog (Sept. 30-Oct.
25) by out playwright and TV writer (Nurse
Jackie) Jennifer Hoppe-House. Bad Dog is
the story of Molly Drexler (played by out actor
Holly Twyford) who after 10 years clean and
sober drives a Prius through her living room.
An intervention ensues. The terric Alyssa
Wilmoth Keegan plays Abby, Mollys wife.
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The 17th Street Festival returns this weekend. Its one of many local events slated for the coming
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An original ballet
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1:30 pm matine
7 pm evening performance
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville
Adults $22 Youth/Seniors/Military $19
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Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts Poker Face tonight at 8 p.m. Play
Texas Hold Em Poker for free. There
will be prizes. For more details, visit
nelliessportsbar.com.
TODAY
TUESDAY, SEPT. 15
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
Imperial Court of D.C. hosts Gala of
the Americas tonight from 7-11p.m. The
Reining Emperor Manuel Diego Dennis
Alicia and Empress Natasha Jewel Dennis
Carrington will pass along their reign to
DP Carrington and Muy Blake Stephyns.
Awards will also be presented for Best
Male in Theme, Best Female in Theme
and Best Court Entrance in Theme.
Tickets are $150. For more information,
visit imperialcourtdc.org.
Virginia Pride hosts its PrideFest on
Browns Island (7th and Tredegar streets,
Richmond, Va.) today from noon-8 p.m.
Performers include Voo Doo Dolls,
Rayvon Owen, Dumblonde, the Hi-Steps
and many more. There will also be a RVA
Youth Pride Village with entertainers
including Rachel Leyco and Queer Rocket.
There will also be a drag show and dance
party. For more details, visit vapride.org.
Madonna brings her Rebel Heart
Tour to the Verizon Center (601 F St.,
N.W.) tonight at 8 p.m. The tour is in
promotion of her latest album Rebel
Heart. The nation-wide tour will visit 35
cities. Tickets range from $55-200. For
more information, visit verizoncenter.
monumentalnetwork.com.
D.C. Shorts Film Festival continues
with a screening of Barrio Boy at
DIANA ROSS brings her hits-packed In the Name of Love Tour to the region twice in the coming
days. She plays Baltimore on Sunday, Sept. 13 and Bethesda, Md., on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 13
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
MONDAY, SEPT. 14
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
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17
Team D.C. hosts a Multi Sport Mixer at
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.) today
from 6:30-9:30 p.m. There will be various
LGBT athletes from dierent clubs and
teams. There will also be a discount on
food when wearing your teams apparel.
For more details, visit facebook.com/
pages/team-dc.
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
hosts its monthly Poly Discussion
Group at 7 p.m. People of all dierent
stages are invited to discuss polyamory
and other consensual non-monogamous
relationships. This event is for new comers,
established polyamorous relationships
and open to all sexual orientations. For
details, visit thedccenter.org.
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts
Womens Leadership Institute, a group
for LBT women and their straight allies
ages 13-21 to discuss female sexuality,
relationships and womens rights today
from 5-7 p.m. For more information, visit
smyal.org.
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The sixth annual 17th Street Festival, running along the 17th Street corridor
from R Street to P Street N.W., is on Saturday, Sept. 12 from noon-6 p.m.
Entertainment includes VIDA Fitness Zumba, Kristina Kelly and the Ladies of
Cobalt, Sub Radio and Drag City Divas. There will also be an art show and sale
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HI MICHAEL,
Nora and I have been together for
three years and I love her. Were both in
our mid 20s, working in D.C. and also are
getting our masters degrees part-time.
Were super-busy, have a lot of friends
and t a lot of great cultural activities into
our lives. We even share a puppy.
Everything is great but one really big,
crazy thing. I am a secret to Noras devout
Muslim family. None of them know I exist
not her parents or siblings here in the
area, not any of her cousins overseas
to whom she is extremely close. She is
afraid her family will reject her or worse
if they nd out shes a lesbian.
I cant see how this is resolvable
unless she is willing to take a stand. We
daydream about the future with our own
home, kids, stu like that, but how are we
going to get there? The best answer I get
is, trust me, I will work this out.
I want to be hopeful that Nora will keep
her word but am starting to wonder if I am
delusional. And I wonder what I might be
able to do to help her stand up to her family.
MICHAEL REPLIES:
Heres what I know: you cant get Nora
to come out to her family. Only she can
decide if her familys rejection is worth
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