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In Search of a Speaker
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Model Legislation
by John Riley
by John Riley
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In Search of a Speaker
Palace intrigue during leadership vacuum in wake of John Boehners
retirement exposes rifts among GOP caucus
by John Riley
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enough votes to not only deny a potential Speaker the votes for
confirmation, but threaten rebellion and repercussions for any
top Republican who cuts a political deal with the Democratic
White House.
According to most news outlets and Beltway conventional
wisdom, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), the partys vice presidential nominee from 2012, has been touted as a figure that
could be acceptable to both the ultra-conservative flank and
the more establishment Republicans within the GOP caucus.
However, Ryan is reportedly skeptical of taking the job in light
of Boehners resignation and the Freedom Caucus threats.
Additionally, some right-wing organizations and media outlets have attacked Ryan as insufficiently conservative due to his
votes in favor of various bailouts during the financial crisis of
2008 and the subsequent recession, for cutting a budget deal
with Senate Democrats, and for his support of comprehensive
immigration reform.
According to CNN, Republicans were expected to hash out
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their differences this Wednesday, when the GOP was scheduled to hold two closed-door conferences to discuss the partys
future and its vision for how the House will be run. Some proposals that are expected to be discussed include: placing more
Tea Party Republicans in positions of leadership, stopping
retaliations against those conservative members who buck party
leadership on key votes, and pushing for votes on conservative
legislation, even those bills which either do not have enough
support to pass or will be vetoed by President Obama.
In light of the most recent political developments, accurately
predicting the next Speaker of the House is essentially as reliable as a political parlor game. Besides Ryan, other names that
have been floated include Reps. Bill Flores (R-Texas), the head
of the Republican Study Committee, another conservative
caucus within the GOP, Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.), Daniel
Webster (R-Fla.), Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Marsha Blackburn
(R-Tenn.). In all, the names of more than 20 different members
of the GOP caucus have been floated as potential speakers, but
some of those mentioned are considered too close to the current
party leadership, likely dooming their chances of emerging as a
consensus candidate.
As a result of the unpredictability surrounding the Speakers
race, it is also unclear whether the next GOP House leader
would be as willing to consider fostering a working relationship
with LGBT conservatives as Boehner has, let alone allowing
votes on pieces of pro-LGBT legislation.
I, at this juncture, am not going to make any statements
expressing favoritism for any particular candidate for Speaker,
says Gregory T. Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans,
when asked for political predictions. This is still a very fluid
race, and I would want to make sure that whomever gets
the speakership starts off on the right foot with Log Cabin
Republicans, and that were able to have a working relationship
with the Speakers office, in the same way weve had a working
relationship with Speaker Boehners office in the past.
But David Stacy, the director of government affairs for the
Human Rights Campaign, says that those looking for a positive
outcome from the Speakers race, at least in terms of LGBT
rights, are likely to be disappointed.
None of the candidates for Speaker have particularly good
records on LGBT issues, Stacy says. I do think you can dif-
ferentiate Paul Ryan a tad, because he voted for a sexual orientation-only version of ENDA in 2007, and recently voted on an
amendment on the Transportation and Housing appropriations
bill that said no funds can be used in contravention of the presidents federal contractor executive order.
That said, Stacy adds, the rest of Ryans record on LGBT
rights especially on issues related to marriage and relationship recognition is not especially favorable. According to
HRCs congressional scorecard, of the 20 to 25 members whose
names have been floated as a potential Speaker, almost all of
them, including Ryan, have zero ratings.
But Angelo dismisses doomsaying from the left, saying his
LGBT organization is hoping to establish working relationships
with whomever becomes the next Speaker in order to lobby the
GOP on embracing pro-equality measures.
I would just say this: there has rarely been a door that has
been closed to Log Cabin Republicans, Angelo says. And I can
only speak for my time as president of this organization, but
there has rarely been a time that a Republican office has not
expressed a willingness to engage with us, discover and learn
more about the issues for which were lobbying, and find out
more about what it is to be an LGBT Republican.
Angelo acknowledges that the next Speaker will have a lot
of work on his or her hands to unite the party and reconcile
divisions among the various factions within the GOP caucus.
He also has praise for Boehner, whom he said did yeomans
work and was never credited for holding together one of the
most fractured House Republican conferences in history. He
believes the person who will emerge as Speaker will be the one
who articulates a clear vision of what they hope to accomplish
while promoting conservative ideas and values.
I think the thing thats going to ultimately help the party
and the House to forge ahead is someone who is able to take the
Speakers gavel and come up with a new and innovative way to
lead this caucus, he says. Ultimately, some sort of change is
needed in terms of the way leadership approaches legislation,
approaches passage of legislation, and so I think there is some
opportunity there for a consensus candidate to emerge. But they
cant just be a consensus candidate; they need to be a consensus
candidate that presents a vision for how the day-to-day work of
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seeks to provide guidance to state legislators who wish to prohibit licensed therapists or mental health practitioners from
subjecting minors to conversion therapy, aimed at changing
a persons sexual orientation. Four states California, New
Jersey, Oregon and Illinois and the District of Columbia currently prohibit such practices on individuals under the age of 18.
NCLR and HRCs preferred legislative framework
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was introduced less than a week after the release of a
report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration that consulted experts in child and adolescent mental health, eventually drawing the conclusion that
conversion therapy is not considered an appropriate therapeutic approach to youth experiencing feelings of same-sex
attraction or gender dysphoria.
The sample draws language from bills introduced in more
than 20 states where such legislation has previously been
introduced. It also mirrors provisions in the Therapeutic Fraud
Prevention Act, a federal bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu
(D-Calif.), which would amend the Federal Trade Commission
Act to classify for-profit conversion therapy, and its promises to
change sexual orientation or gender identity, as fraud.
Sarah Warbelow, legal director for HRC, called the sample
legislation important, saying it comes at a critical time in the
fight for LGBT rights and calling conversion therapy a junk
pseudoscience that amounts to nothing more than child abuse.
Warbelow said her organization looks forward to working with
local legislators to pass bills based on the model legislation.
By incorporating what are widely seen as best practices
into the bill, NCLR and HRC are also giving states a push toward
ending a practice that is widely panned by most, if not all, main-
COMMENTARY
LGBT voters are an essential part of the American social fabric and
the GOP should view them as a boon
by Timothy Rosenberger
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LGBTCommunityCalendar
Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in the D.C.-area
LGBT community, from alternative social events to volunteer opportunities.
Event information should be sent by email to calendar@MetroWeekly.com.
Deadline for inclusion is noon of the Friday before Thursdays publication.
Questions about the calendar may be directed to the
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THURSDAY, OCT. 22
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing,
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FRIDAY, OCT. 23
CENTER AGING, a group for LGBT
seniors, holds its monthly lunch event
at The DC Center. 12-2 p.m. 2000
14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay
volunteer organization, volunteers for
Food & Friends. To participate, visit
burgundycrescent.org.
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group
WEEKLY EVENTS
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing,
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing,
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SUNDAY, OCT. 25
WEEKLY EVENTS
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
FRIENDS MEETING OF
WASHINGTON meets for worship,
10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW,
Quaker House Living Room (next
to Meeting House on Decatur
Place), 2nd floor. Special welcome
to lesbians and gays. Handicapped
accessible from Phelps Place gate.
Hearing assistance. quakersdc.org.
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LUTHERAN CHURCH OF
REFORMATION invites all to Sunday
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
ARLINGTON, an LGBTQ welcoming-
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
CHURCH OF SILVER SPRING
UNIVERSALIST NATIONAL
MEMORIAL CHURCH, a welcoming
and inclusive church. GLBT
Interweave social/service group
meets monthly. Services at 11 a.m.,
Romanesque sanctuary. 1810 16th St.
NW. 202-387-3411, universalist.org.
MONDAY, OCT. 26
CENTER MILITARY, a group
for LGBT veterans, military
servicemembers and their families,
holds its monthly working group
meeting to discuss upcoming
initiatives. 7-8:30 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. For more information,
contact Eric Perez, eric.perez@
thedccenter.org or 202-682-2245.
WEEKLY EVENTS
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
METROHEALTH CENTER
WHITMAN-WALKER HEALTH
TUESDAY, OCT. 27
The DC Centers GENDER QUEER
DISCUSSION GROUP meets to
discuss issues related to identity
for those who identify outside of
the gender binary. 7-8:30 p.m. 2000
14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing,
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Log Cabin
Republicans Spirit of
Lincoln Dinner at
The Grand Hyatt
Thursday, October 8
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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
LGBT focused meeting every
Tuesday, 7 p.m. St. Georges
Episcopal Church, 915 Oakland Ave.,
Arlington, just steps from Virginia
Square Metro. For more info. call
Dick, 703-521-1999. Handicapped
accessible. Newcomers welcome.
liveandletliveoa@gmail.com.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28
THE HIV PREVENTION WORKING
GROUP of The DC Center holds its
monthly meeting to discuss ongoing
and upcoming projects. 6-7:30 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
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Positive
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THOMAS EVANS
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WHAT DID
I DO WRONG?
OR IF I HADNT
DONE THIS,
WOULD I BE
OKAY?
Im actually talking to someone on the internet right now,
someone who came to me through my Facebook page, and
theyre starting to have this moment it happens to a lot of people, and it definitely happened to me where you start to lose
sight of what sex without meth feels and looks like. And thats a
little scary, because you think, I dont know if I can even have
sex without meth. You start to lose that image of what sex was
like before or without meth.
Thats why counselors have to look at your sexual health just
as closely as the drug, because you need to get to a place where
you can separate the two again, where you can feel sexual and
feel healthy about your sex life, and feel good about your experience, outside of using the drug.
MW: How did you first get introduced to meth?
PINTAURO: I had just gotten out of a tumultuous relationship, and
I wanted to start exploring my bondage side. I was looking into
being submissive, and what all that meant. And it just so happens
that the person I found to do that with had meth. I didnt know it
when I went over there, but he was gorgeous, and he was exactly
what I was looking for. So I thought, Ill try it, and then had
this mind-blowing experience and wanted to do it again the next
time. Suddenly, I felt like I was willing to try anything when it
came to BDSM, and that was a great feeling.
Ive been saying that, and some people are frustrated that
Im connecting meth to the bondage community, and thats not
my intention. From my experience, theyre intertwined. But I
dont know whether thats just my experience or whether thats
a bigger problem.
The times after that, for the next three years, were a combination of knowing how good the sex was on meth, and maybe a
little bit about what was happening in my life I didnt have a
job, or was not seeing any men, or felt fat, or was feeling some
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WITH METH, I
FELT BIGGER,
BETTER, MORE
CONFIDENT,
MORE CAPABLE
AND MORE
DESIRABLE.
WHO
WOULDNT
WANT TO
EXPERIENCE
THAT?
depression. It depends on what was happening at the time during those years. But my initial introduction to meth was through
bondage/sex. And I feel thats true for a lot of people. Most of
the people Im connecting with now are saying that they got into
meth because of sex.
MW: Did you ever go through withdrawal?
PINTAURO: Yes, of course. For me, it can range anywhere from one
to seven days of comedown. Think of your worst alcohol hangover, and throw in a chemical content its your worst chemical
hangover. I dont know how else to describe it. It often meant five
days of just awfulness. The first two days, Id sleep, barely eat,
lose weight. And in that time, my brain chemistry is off, so Im
feeling incredibly depressed and incredibly guilty about having
done it again, and angry with myself. So it was just these five days
of awfulness. It got so bad, I would consider wanting to do the
drug, and all I could think about was that it was five days of awful24
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ness that I was going to have to go through after doing it. And that
became enough to make me want to stop doing it.
Thats not true for everyone. Look at it this way: if you dont
have as bad of a comedown from doing meth, it doesnt resonate
with you. But withdrawal comes with any drug. It never got to
a place for me where I couldnt get through a day without doing
meth. It did maintain itself as more recreational than that. But a
drug is a drug. And it should never have gotten to that point in
the first place.
MW: When we talk about engaging in risky behaviors, whether
thats drug use or unprotected sex, whatever shape it takes, is
there a mental health aspect that is being overlooked, and how do
we treat that?
PINTAURO: I definitely think there is a mental health aspect to
it. Im not informed or educated enough to delve into where it
comes from and what it means, but Im definitely seeing that in
my personal experiences.
I had a guy say to me, Im just coming out of this awful relationship, and I havent done it for years and years, but something
compelled me to want to do it again. I think thats true with
any substance abuse, alcoholism, you name it. I think some of
that mental aspect is stronger in the gay community because of
our internal struggles with being gay, in terms of our family and
friends. And maybe even our internal struggles within the community, whether thats I dont have enough friends, or I dont
have a lot of friends, or I go to a bar, and I dont ever get hit
on. Theres a whole range of feelings that could lead someone
to go down that road.
But with mental health, especially in our community, were
dealing with the issue of being gay and coming to a place where
we feel like being gay is not an issue at all. I dont think weve
gotten to that place as a community yet. A lot of people still have
issues when it comes to being gay. I also know that some people
get into drugs or alcohol because of their HIV status. If we cant
get them to a place where they dont feel that its a death sentence, or their life is over, or they cant expect to have anything
positive come from their life with HIV, were going to continue
to see that problem.
MW: Youre being given the Courage Award from WhitmanWalker Health. What does that feel like, to be honored, given your
fairly recent entrance into the world of activism?
PINTAURO: You know, Im not a confident person in general, and
Im still finding my own levels of confidence. I dont necessarily
feel like a hero. I dont want to feel like a hero. But I did a brave
thing by coming out as HIV-positive to the world. That alone
takes courage, and so I can definitely see that.
I couldnt be more honored and I couldnt be more happy that
people are recognizing my courage. But get back to me in a few
more months, once Im confident about being an activist, once I
really start to see the help Ive been giving. I already am seeing
that. Ive been talking to one guy on Facebook I wrote back
to him and he told me, I just turned someone down for getting
together to smoke crystal. And I thought, Oh my gosh. What
can we do to help you not want to do that? And we talked about
getting into a meeting, and talked about speaking with friends.
Im not qualified to talk him out of it, but I can certainly give him
some ideas of who to go to or what to do. So I can see some of
the positive changes Im making, but right now, Im honored. Im
just honored. I dont want to be a hero, I just want to be an example of what not to do. And it does take courage to admit that.
MW: Its interesting to hear you, as a former television star, say
that youre not confident. Where do you think that sense of insecurity comes from?
PINTAURO: Its really clear for me, at least. It goes back to the
years after coming off of Whos the Boss? As an actor, its been
incredibly difficult for me to ever have gotten a job again. And
believe me, Ive tried over the last 20 years. I was out of the
spotlight for six years while I finished high school and went to
college, and then I came back into the real world and tried to get
my career going again. And by that point it was child celebrity
and child celebrity whos gay and the combination at that time
was the end of your career. I feel like over the years, no matter
how far away from my child celebrity I get, it doesnt seem to be
able to go away from this scenario.
Or, maybe, I just feel like the fates have told me that Im not
supposed to be an actor. And thats fine. Maybe this is what the
fates were trying to get me to do. But inherently thats going to
create self-doubt, especially when you associate the doubt with
being a celebrity and being in the limelight. And now that Im in
it again, that doubt is sort of creeping up. Im working on it, and
Im sort of coming through it, because this is completely different. This, to me, isnt about a popularity contest.
Being a child celebrity is like a popularity contest. Its like,
are you old enough to have a fan base? And are you able to get a
job because of that fan base? Kind of like Alyssa Milano. She was
old enough to have this huge fan base, so when Charmed came
around, she was immediately considered for the role, because
they knew shed be able to bring people to the show. But I was
too young, and I wasnt even really paying attention. I wasnt the
one getting covers of teen magazines. I wasnt even trying. So the
doubt comes from that.
MW: When you recently appeared on The View to talk about your
status, the interview was criticized by many in the LGBT community who felt that Candace Cameron Bur and Raven Symon
attacked you and your husband in a way that was viewed as pozshaming or sex-shaming. Did you feel disrespected?
PINTAURO: Its complicated, because I knew all of those questions
in advance. I found out some of them were coming right before
the show. I cant expect much more from The View in the sense
that its the kind of show where controversy gets people watching. And youve got a diverse group of people who have very,
very differing opinions. You have to be prepared for all of those
opinions when you go on a show like The View. I knew that when
I said yes, even before I knew who was going to be doing the
interview with me.
What was frustrating to me was the part with my husband.
He had prepared to answer a different question, which was: On
your very first date, Daniel told you, before your first kiss, that
he was HIV-positive, and you didnt bat an eye, and were 100
percent on board because you trusted him and his character. Tell
us more. They flipped it on him at the last second and expected
him to talk about our sex life. She basically said, Do you guys
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the stigma associated with the virus. Before you met your husband,
was disclosing your status difficult and did you ever feel rejected
because of it?
PINTAURO: Of course. Youd be hard-pressed to find anyone whos
HIV-positive who hasnt had someone in the past decide not to
hang out with them. It just comes with the territory. A lot of
people are fearful of HIV, and they make the choice not to spend
time with someone whos HIV-positive. And thats fine. I cant
force them to accept me.
It compares in so many ways to being gay. Twenty years ago,
coming out as gay was very scary, because you were afraid for
your life, you were afraid everyone in your life would abandon
you, you were afraid of losing all your friends. We all know what
that list is compiled of, because weve all thought, Oh, God, if I
tell people Im gay, all this is going to happen. Were in a place
where that doesnt happen as much anymore.
The more people who come out as gay, the more likely that
a person is going to realize that their neighbor is gay, or the guy
at the cubicle next to them is gay, or the person they laugh with
at the supermarket every Saturday is gay. If you put it in the
context of someones life, it becomes much less scary and much
less taboo. If we can do the same thing with people who are
HIV-positive, the stigma will become less, because you know
someone and you care about that person.
Danny Pintauro will receive Whitman-Walkers Courage Award
at The Walk to End HIV on Saturday, Oct. 24. The event will start
and end at Freedom Plaza, located at Pennsylvania Avenue and
13th Street NW. Activities begin at 7 a.m., with a 5-kilometer timed
run starting at 9:15 a.m. and the walk at 9:20 a.m. For more information, or to register, visit www.walktoendhiv.org. l
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Whole Patient
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F I HAD TO PICK A DRUG THAT WOULD BE PERfect with matching some of gay male culture, methamphetamine would be the choice, says Josh Riley, the
senior manager of Behavioral Health at Whitman-Walker
Health. Methamphetamine use is a very powerful stimulant,
compared to others. It lasts for a very long time. It makes people
feel invincible and erotic, energized. And so it pairs well with
sexual behavior. And in that sense, I think its particularly harmful to our community, and has been for years.
Rileys explanation highlights a well-documented link
between the use of stimulants and higher rates of HIV infection.
Many cases abound, most notably former child actor Danny
Pintauro, who is featured in this issue and discusses recreational
use of methamphetamines. According to Riley, stimulant use
such as cocaine or ecstasy has been common among the
LGBT community, but methamphetamine has been particularly
prominent. He estimates that among all people who eventually
seek treatment for addiction services at Whitman-Walker, about
half are methamphetamine users.
To treat those dealing with substance abuse, Whitman-Walker
has two separate facilities its 1525 building in Logan Circle and
the Max Robinson Center in Anacostia where people can seek
assistance. Among the various services that Whitman-Walker
offers are intensive and co-occurring outpatient programs, substance abuse management and harm reduction services, individu-
Whitman-Walkers Addictions Treatment programs are offered at its 1525 building, located at 1525 14th St. NW,
and at the Max Robinson Center, 2301 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE. For more information about addiction
services, contact the Behavioral Health Treatment Coordinator at 202-797-3539 or visit whitman-walker.org.
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FINELY CRAFTED
This weekends American Fine Craft Show will feature plenty of stunning handcrafted art
by Doug Rule
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about their works and careers and there will even be fashion
models sporting the shows jewelry strolling the floor. Its all to
make the show a little bit more fun, a little bit more interesting,
says Rothbard.
When asked to pick a particular artist or work to highlight, he
stops at Gott. Thats an almost impossible question to answer,
he says. We have some of the top glassblowers and furniture
makers, amazing clothing and jewelry. I think its a matter of
taste. Pretty much anybody can come to our show and find something they want to own. l
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Fame Fatale
UDIENCES RIGHT NOW DONT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT POLitics! wails Suzanne Westenhoefer. If youre on stage and you say
Donald Trump, everyone boos. Theyve had enough of politics! Still,
that doesnt mean shes not political in performance. Theres a sneaky way
you do it. Youre talking about your cat or your girlfriend and then you just
sneak a little Vote for Hillary in there somewhere.
The popular (and hilarious) comic is presently enamoured with Kate
McKinnons portrayal of Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night Live. Ive
Suzanne Westenhoefer appears Saturday, Nov. 7th at 7:30 p.m. at The Birchmere,
3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria. Tickets are $45. Visit birchmere.com.
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High Note
MARY GAUTHIER
Earlier this year, ABCs Nashville featured a new song written by Mary
Gauthier, performed by one of the
shows lead characters. I love the way
that they recorded it, Gauthier told
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RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE
WITH JASON MORAN
AND THE BANDWAGON
FILM
BRIDGE OF SPIES
CRIMSON PEAK
HHHHH
Lustrously photographed, and lavishly
art directed with attention to ubiquitous metaphor, Guillermo del Toros
Crimson Peak harkens to the movies
of the 40s. The dialogue is heavily
starched and delivered with meticulous precision it feels out of time
and unnatural, yet its absolutely perfect, evoking nostalgia for a time when
movies wore their artifice with pride.
If Crimson Peak has a patron saint,
its Alfred Hitchcock, with Rebecca,
Notorious and Suspicion supplying the
oxygen from which the story draws
life. Its a potent, old-school experience, with perpetual dread giving
way to isolated, shocking moments
of brutality that produce full throttle
screams. In these days of movie action
unfolding at a hyper-rapid clip, its
nice to encounter a film that takes its
time to get to its climax. Now playing. Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
(Randy Shulman)
JERUSALEM 3D
STEVE JOBS
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Steve Jobs is not a biography. Director
Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron
Sorkin dont try to capture Jobs as he
was, or define his life and his intentions. They dont paint him as a sinner or a saint. No, Jobs doesnt get
off that easily. What they did do is
adapt details from a nonfiction book
while also conjuring scenes and conversations wholesale from the makebelieve corners of their minds. Fact
and fiction, mixed together. Sorkin
has called the script an impressionistic story, more similar to a painting
than a photograph. The goal here isnt
mimicry. Its cultivation. Sorkin, the
Moneyball scribe, ditches almost every
element of conventional storytelling,
transforming Walter Isaacsons biography into a tightly focused presentation of Jobs rise, fall, and return
to Apple Computer. Its a traditional
narrative arc, of course climb the
mountain, fall into the valley, then
finally reach the summit but its
framed within three highly original
acts, which Boyle stitches together
with characteristically slick montage
work. Now playing. Area theaters.
Visit fandango.com. (Chris Heller)
STAGE
ANIMAL
BAD DOG
BEAUTIFUL:
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
CAKE OFF
CANT COMPLAIN
GIRLSTAR
NEW ADVENTURES
OF DON QUIXOTE
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TINY ISLAND
UPRISING
MUSIC
ANTIGONE RISING
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
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CATHERINE RUSSELL
CECILY BUMBRAY
DUKE DUMONT
EVGENY KISSIN
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JOAN ARMATRADING
Years ago this British bluesy-pop singer-songwriter, who had a couple hits
in the 70s, toured as part of Cyndi
Laupers pro-LGBT True Colors Tour.
But this year Joan Armatrading has
been making the rounds on her final
world tour before retiring. Her last
performances at the Barns at Wolf
Trap will feature Ohio-based husband-and-wife duo of singer Marti
Jones and producer/musician Don
Dixon. Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday,
Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. The Barns at Wolf
Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets
are $85 to $95. Call 877-WOLFTRAP
or visit wolftrap.org.
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA WITH LANG LANG
YUNA
STRANGE TALK
DANCE
VERGE ENSEMBLE
COMEDY
ADAM LOWITT
READINGS
A STORY LEAGUE HALLOWEEN
ZAHI HAWASS
GALLERIES
A JOURNEY FROM CIVIL WAR TO
CIVIL RIGHTS
COLIN WINTERBOTTOM:
SCALING WASHINGTON
COMMEMORATING
CONTROVERSY: THE DAKOTA-U.S.
WAR OF 1862
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LA-TI-DO
MICHELLE PETERSON-ALBANDOZ:
NEW WORK
Long View Gallery offers another show
from Michelle Peterson-Albandoz, the
Chicago-based lesbian artist whose
large, hanging-wood sculptures are
made from reclaimed wood, often
found in dumpsters and back alleys.
Her latest work on display includes
a moon made out of slats of brownand white-painted wood and American
flags placed under wooden lattices.
Closes this Sunday, Oct. 25. Long View
Gallery, 1234 9th St. NW. Call 202-2324788 or visit longviewgallery.com.
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Artistic Renewal
Unbreakable is a welcome
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LIFE
LISTINGS
THURS., 10.22.15
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection
Music videos featuring
DJ Wess
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite,
$4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
$3 Rail Drinks, 10pmmidnight, $5 Red Bull,
Gatorade and Frozen
Virgin Drinks Locker
Room Thursday Nights
DJs Sean Morris and
MadScience Ripped Hot
Body Contest at midnight,
hosted by Sasha J. Adams
and BaNaka $200 Cash
Prize Doors open 10pm,
18+ $5 Cover under 21
and free with college ID
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
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DC EAGLE
Happy Hour, 8-10pm $3
Domestic, $4 Rail, $5 Call
Jock Night specials for men in jocks
Thursday Night Football on
big screen
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VelvetNation with DJ Billy Carroll
at Town
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GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Ladies Drink Free Power
Hour, 4-5pm Shirtless
Thursday, 10-11pm DJs
BacK2bACk
JR.S
All You Can Drink for $15,
5-8pm $3 Rail Vodka
Highballs, $2 JR.s drafts,
8pm-close Throwback
Thursday featuring rock/
pop retro hits
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat the Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15 Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
$4 Drinks and $3 Draughts,
6-9pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRI., 10.23.15
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink,
5-9pm Friday Night
Videos with resident DJ
Shea Van Horn VJ
Expanded craft beer selection No Cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis Upstairs open,
5-11pm
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail and
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm Guys
Night Out Free Rail
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight, $6
Belvedere Vodka Drinks all
night DJ MadScience
upstairs DJ Keenan Orr
downstairs $10 cover
10pm-1am, $5 after 1am
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
DC EAGLE
Happy Hour, 6-10pm
Beltway Bears on Club Bar
$2 Draughts
TOWN
DC Bear Crue Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm No
cover before 9:30pm
21+ Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee
and BaNaka DJ Wess
upstairs, DJs BacK2bACk
downstairs GoGo Boys
after 11pm Doors open
at 10pm For those 21
and over, $10 For those
18-20, $15 18+
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
before 10pm Cover after
10pm (entry through Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers,
hosted by LaTroya Nicole
Ladies of Ziegfelds,
9pm Hosted by Miss
Destiny B. Childs DJ
Darryl Strickland in Secrets
VJ Tre in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SAT., 10.24.15
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 3-9pm $5 Absolut
& Titos, $3 Miller Lite
after 9pm Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover Music videos
featuring various DJs
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Drag Yourself to Brunch at
Level One, 11am-2pm and
2-4pm Featuring Kristina
Kelly and the Ladies of
Illusion Bottomless
Mimosas and Bloody
Marys Happy Hour: $3
Miller Lite, $4 Rail, $5
Call, 4-9pm Saturday
Night Party, 10pm-close
Doors open 10pm $7
before midnight, $10 after
21+
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1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Onyx on Club Bar $2
Draughts
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Drag Queen Broadway
Brunch, 10am-3pm
Starring Freddies
Broadway Babes Crazy
Hour, 4-7pm Freddies
Follies Drag Show,
8-10pm, hosted by Miss
Destiny B. Childs No
Cover
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm $5
Bacardi, all flavors, all
night long RockBoxx: A
night of classic, indie, college, alternative and new
wave rock Featuring DJ
Jim Gade GoGo Boys
Doors open 9pm No
Cover
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka
Highballs, $7 Vodka Red
Bulls
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ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Guest dancers Ladies
of Illusion with host
Ella Fitzgerald, 9pm
DJ Steve Henderson in
Secrets DJ Don T. in
Ziegfelds Doors open
8pm Cover 21+
SUN., 10.25.15
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 3-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli, Stoli flavors
and Miller Lite all day
Stonewall Kickball
Post-Game Party, 5pm
Homowood Karaoke,
10pm-close No Cover
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 2-6pm
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DC EAGLE
Sunday Night at the Meat
Rack Buffet, 2-7pm
$2 Bud and Bud Light
Draughts all day and all
night Sunday Football
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch Buffet,
10am-3pm Crazy Hour,
4-7pm Karaoke 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Mamas Trailer Park
Karaoke, 9:30pm-close
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights and
$3 Skyy (all flavors), all
day and night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am3pm $20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30pm
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on
any drink, 3-9pm No
Cover
ROCK HARD SUNDAYS
@THE HOUSE
NIGHTCLUB
3530 Georgia Ave. NW
Diverse group of all male,
all nude dancers Doors
open 7pm Shows at
8:30 and 10:30pm $5
Domestic Beer, $6 Imports
Happy Hour 7-8pm
$10 cover For Table
Reservations, 202-4876646 rockharddc.com
TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets Doors
8pm Cover 21+
MON., 10.26.15
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Ladies of Monster
Mash Drag Show, featuring RuPauls Drag Race
girls, hosted by Kristina
Kelly Doors open at
10pm, show starts at
11pm $3 Skyy Cocktails,
$8 Skyy and Red Bull No
Cover, 18+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
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DC EAGLE
Monday Night Football
Happy Hour, 8-10pm
Jersey Night support
your favorite team Free
Pool all night
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long
Michaels Open Mic
Night Karaoke, 9:30pmclose
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1,
4-9pm Showtunes Songs
& Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ James $3 Draft
Pints, 8pm-midnight
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail,
$3 Miller Lite, $5 Call,
4-9pm After Party High
Heel Race, hosted by
Miss Kristina Kelly & Isis
Deverreoux
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
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9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
JR.S
Birdie La Cage Show,
10:30pm Underground
(Indie Pop/Alt/Brit Rock),
9pm-close DJ Wes
Della Volla 2-for-1, 5pmmidnight
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close
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ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Rocky Horror Review
and Show, hosted by
Miss Kristina Kelly and
Mister Cobalt Brian Embly,
10pm Wednesday Night
Karaoke downstairs, 10pm
Hosted by Miss India
Larelle Houston $4
Stoli and Stoli Flavors and
Miller Lite No Cover
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
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British Lt. Gen. JAMES EVERARD to the Financial Times about the benefits of recruiting more gay and transgender people into
the military. According to Everard, diverse teams, well led, are far more effective than bog-standard teams. Britain
lifted its previous ban on LGBT servicemembers in 2000.
If it were possible to leave less than one star I would. I would leave minus 5 stars.
This costume is repugnant, despicable, and
downright offensive.
An anonymous reviewer expressing outrage over online giant Amazons choice to market a Lady Boy costume, complete with
a lifelike felt penis that fastens in place underneath a flap in a sequin slip dress. Amazon later pulled the costume after
outraged customers flooded the site with negative comments.
Republican presidential candidate MIKE HUCKABEE, in an interview with CNBC, defending himself from accusations that he has
disparaged LGBT people. Huckabee has claimed same-sex marriage twists marriage into perversion and an unholy pretzel.
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