Volume 47, Issue 42, October 14, 2016

OCTOBER
14,
2016
VOLUME 47
ISSUE 42
AMERICAS LGBT NEWS SOURCE
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Pledge to jail Clinton seen as embracing authoritarian tactics

By CHRIS JOHNSON & MICHAEL K. LAVERS
DONALD TRUMP suggested during Sundays presidential debate that he would jail
Hillary Clinton over her missing emails.
A human rights advocate who champions LGBT-specic issues in Africa has sharply
criticized Donald Trump for suggesting he would jail Hillary Clinton over her missing
emails if he were elected president.
Jerey Smith, a Washington-based human rights expert who has worked with LGBT
activists from Uganda and other African countries, is the founding director of the
Vanguard Africa Movement, which promotes good governance and ethical leadership
on the continent. He told the Washington Blade that Trump once again displayed his
aection for all things authoritarian when he vowed to lock up his opponent at Sundays
presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis.
This sort of vile rhetoric, and these sorts of actions, are commonplace in dictatorships
across the world, said Smith.
Smith noted to the Blade that credible opposition candidates in Uganda and Gambia
whose presidents have sparked global outrage in recent years over anti-LGBT laws and
rhetoric have been jailed on dubious charges over the last year. Zimbabwean President
Robert Mugabe, who has previously described gays and lesbians as dogs and pigs, is
among the other African heads of state who have cracked down on their opponents.
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Natl Park Service identies

key sites, events in
landmark study
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
This theme study is the rst of its kind by any national government, said Secretary
of the Interior SALLY JEWELL.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell

and other government ocials announced
on Tuesday the release of a rst-ever
National Park Service theme study
identifying places and events associated
with the history of LGBT Americans.
Jewell, joined by National Park Service

Director Jonathan B. Jarvis and gay
philanthropist Tim Gill, founder of the
Gill Foundation, which helped to fund
the new study, provided details of the
study Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 11, at a
ceremony at the Interior Departments
headquarters in Northwest Washington.
The 1,262-page study consisting of 32
chapters written and peer reviewed by
27 experts in LGBT history and historic
preservation is entitled LGBTQ America:
A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
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LO CA L N E W S
SHEILA ALEXANDER-REID was among the city ocials who attended Tuesdays
Coming Out Day reception.
Mayors office hosts

Coming Out Day reception
Nearly 200 people turned out early Tuesday evening at Town nightclubs
outdoor patio for a National Coming Out Day celebration hosted by Mayor
Muriel Bowsers Oce of LGBT Aairs and the citys HIV/AIDS Administration.
Sheila Alexander-Reid, director of the LGBT Aairs Oce, told the gathering
she was proud that she and numerous other openly LGBT people serve in highlevel positions in the Bowser administration, calling that a clear sign the city is a
welcoming place for the LGBT community.
Among those attending the event were out LGBT ocials Polly Donaldson,
director of the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development;
Matt Brown, director of the Oce of Budget and Finance; Sgt. Jessica Hawkins,
supervisor of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Departments LGBT Liaison Unit;
and Michael Kharfen, director of the HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis
Administration, or HAHSTA, which coordinates the citys HIV-related programs.
A dozen or more other out LGBT city employees and members of the mayors
LGBT Advisory Committee mingled with attendees.
Also attending was Marvin Bowser, brother of Mayor Bowser, who along
with Alexander-Reid, talked about their own coming out stories related to their
parents and siblings.
My sister Muriel has been my best straight ally, Marvin Bowser said.
People ask what is the importance of coming out, Alexander-Reid said after
urging those who havent to consider doing so.
The importance is it changes hearts and minds and ultimately policies and
laws that aect all of us around the country, she said.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Grosso receives highest GLAA rating

The Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance on Monday announced it assigned D.C. Council
member David Grosso (I-At-Large) a +10 rating on LGBT issues, the groups highest
possible score.
Grosso was among ve independent or minor party candidates for D.C. Council that
did not run in the citys June primary and which GLAA rated this week in its nal round
of ratings before the Nov. 8 general election.
It its earlier round of ratings in May, GLAA also assigned a +10 rating to Council
member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and former Mayor Vincent Gray, who is running for the
Ward 7 Council seat.
Gray, a longtime supporter of LGBT rights, defeated incumbent Council member
Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) in the Democratic primary in June to become the partys
nominee for the seat.
GLAA rates candidates on a scale ranging from -10 to +10, with -10 being the lowest
possible rating and + 10 the highest score.
In a statement accompanying its latest ratings this week, GLAA said Grosso agreed
with GLAA on all issues and oered strong substance in his responses to GLAAs
candidate questionnaire.
He has an extensive record supporting LGBT concerns, including introduction and
passage of bills to prevent youth suicide and to require LGBT cultural competency for
medical professionals, the GLAA statement says.
GLAA said it assigned a 0 rating to independent at-large candidate John G. Cheeks
and Libertarian Party at-large candidate Matthew Klokel because the two did not return
the GLAA questionnaire and the group said it was unaware of the two candidates
position on LGBT issues.
In its earlier round of ratings, GLAA gave at-large candidate Robert White, a Democrat,
a rating of +8.5. Statehood Green Party at-large candidate G. Lee Aikin received a +7.5
rating and Republican at-large candidate Carolina Celnik received a +1.5 rating.
In its accompanying statements, GLAA said Celnik provided some positive substance
in her questionnaire answers but opposes GLAAs positions on certain non-LGBT specic
issues, such as GLAAs opposition to school vouchers and its support for an assisted
suicide bill.
Under the citys election law, voters have the option of voting for two at-large
candidates, with the two receiving the highest vote counts being declared the winners.
Grosso and White, whos also a longtime supporter of LGBT rights, are considered the
strong favorites to win the two seats in November.
In the Ward 7 race, GLAA gave independent candidate Gary Butler a +2.5 rating,
saying he agreed with GLAA on most issues but oered minimal substance and has no
known record on LGBT issues.
The group gave Ward 7 independent candidate Christian Carter a 0 rating because
Carter did not return the questionnaire and has no known record on LGBT issues.
Evans, Council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4), and Trayon White, the Democratic
candidate for the Ward 8 Council seat, are running unopposed in the November election.
White, who defeated incumbent Council member LaRuby May in the June primary,
received a +4 rating from GLAA. The group said White agreed with GLAA on all issues in
his questionnaire but oered little substance and has a limited record on LGBT issues
Todd, who has been supportive on LGBT issues since winning his seat in a special
election last year, received a +5 GLAA rating. GLAA called Todd an ally for LGBT issues on
the Council but said he oered limited substance on his questionnaire and disagreed
with GLAA on the issue of school vouchers and GLAAs call for separating the citys
Emergency Medical Services unit from the Fire Department.
GLAA does not issue ratings for candidates running for other oces, including the
D.C. Board of Education, congressional delegate, or shadow House and Senate seats.
In the congressional races, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), a longtime supporter of
LGBT rights, is considered the strong favorite to win. She is being challenged by gay
Libertarian Party candidate Martin Moulton and Statehood Green Party candidate
Natale Stracuzzi.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Gay school board members opponent disqualied
In a little-noticed development, the D.C. Board of Elections on Sept. 12 disqualied

the sole opponent of gay D.C. State Board of Education member Jack Jacobson from
being placed on the ballot in the Nov. 8 election on grounds that she failed to obtain the
required number of valid signatures on her nominating petition.
In a three-page opinion and order, the board ruled that Carrie Bachner, who heads a
national security consulting rm, submitted only 197 valid petition signatures out of the
200 required to obtain ballot access for the Ward 2 Board of Education seat.
The action means that Jacobson will run unopposed in his bid for election to a second
four-year term for the Ward 2 seat on the Board of Education. In January, Jacobsons
colleagues on the board elected him to a second one-year term as president of the
board, continuing his status as the citys highest-ranking openly gay elected ocial.
My team did a really great job of reviewing the signatures and putting our challenge
together, Jacobson said. Were going to continue our door knocking and getting out
into the community and on to Nov. 8.
Board of Elections records show that the board acted after Jacobson challenged the
validity of 91 out of 255 signatures submitted by Bachner on grounds that the signers
were not duly registered voters, were not registered at the address they listed on the
petition, or the petition did not have the printed name of a signer when the signature
was illegible.
After giving Bachner an opportunity to correct or respond to the challenged signatures,
as allowed under the election law, the board ruled that she could provide a total of only
197 valid signatures out of the 200 required.
It is hereby ordered that candidate Carrie Bachner is denied ballot access for the
oce of Ward 2 Member of the State Board of Education, the board stated in its ruling.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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NATIONAL NEWS
There is no way we have

friends to back us up
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The latest WikiLeaks dump of hacked
emails reveals the behind-the-scenes
campaign eort to address Hillary Clintons
2015 remarks that the 1996 Defense of
Marriage Act was a defensive move to
thwart a more punitive constitutional
amendment banning gay marriage.
The remarks generated concern among
her campaign staers, who acknowledged in
the leaked email exchange they didnt think
they could back up the candidates assertion.
There is no way we have friends to
back us up on her interpretation, Clinton
campaign political director Amanda
Renteria said in one email. This is a
major problem if we revisit her argument
like this. Its better to do nothing than to
re-state this although she is going to get a
question again.
Among the emails made public by
WikiLeaks was a chain on the comments
Clinton made on The Rachel Maddow
Show in October 2015 calling DOMA
a defensive act aimed at stopping
a federal constitutional amendment
barringsame-sex marriage.
The hacked chain starts with Clinton
campaign director of communications
Jennifer Palmieri sounding the alarm. Citing
forthcoming media reports in the Hungton
Post and the New York Times, Palmieri said
she has no understanding of the issue but
clear this has a head of steam.
I would suggest a conference call with
relevant parties for how we are going
to handle all around press, groups,
politics, Palmieri added.
During the 2015 interview, Clinton made
the dubious assertion that DOMA, which
banned federal recognition of same-sex
marriage, was passed at a time when
there was enough political momentum in
Congress to amend the Constitution to ban
same-sex marriage entirely.
And there had to be some way to stop
that, Clinton continued. There wasnt a
rational argument because I was in on
some of those discussions on both Dont
Ask, Dont Tell and on DOMA, where
both the president, his advisers and
occasionally I would chime in and talk
about, You cant be serious. You cant be
serious. But they were.
The idea that former President Bill
Clinton signed DOMA in 1996 to avert
a constitutional gay marriage ban
was raised before by Hillary Clinton
and subsequently by Bill Clinton, but
discredited because theres no evidence
in public comments anyone was thinking
about a constitutional amendment at the
time. That idea came up later under the
administration of George W. Bush in the
A WikiLeaks email dump reveals concern among campaign ocials over DOMA remarks
HILLARY CLINTON made on The Rachel Maddow Show.
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aftermath of the Massachusetts Supreme

Court making the Bay State the rst in the
nation with marriage equality in 2003.
Clintons remarks invoked the ire of
gay rights activists. Among those who
rejected the idea DOMA was a defensive
act were Clinton supporters Elizabeth
Birch and Hilary Rosen, whose objections
were reported in a Washington Blade
article that LGBT liaison Dominic Lowell
cited in the email as evidence the
LGBT community wouldnt support the
candidates explanation.
The most recent Blade article has
Elizabeth Birch quoted as saying there
was no amendment threat in 1996,
Lowell wrote. Hilary Rosen has already
tweeted the same. Ill ask on the call, but
my sense is that there arent many friends
who will back us up on the point. Thats
why Im urging us to back o as much as
we can there.
Clintons rival for the Democratic
nomination Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
seized on Clintons remarks the day
after during the Jeerson-Jackson dinner
in Iowa. The senator recalled his vote
against DOMA as a U.S. House member
in 1996 and said Clinton was attempting
to rewrite history. (Sen. Barbra Mikulski
backed up Clinton in a brief exchange
with the Blade on Capitol Hill, saying it
did stop a constitutional amendment,
but she was alone in that assessment.)
Jake Sullivan, an adviser to Clintons
campaign, said in one email Clinton
research director Tony Carrk recalls
Clinton making a similar argument in
2008 that DOMA was a defensive act,
but not being able to turn up much
to support idea that alternative was a
constitutional amendment.
I think we should pull her statements
around the time she embraced marriage

equality and place greatest emphasis on
the fact that she fully acknowledges that
she evolved, Sullivan added.
Clinton campaign manger Robby
Mook, whos gay, responded he agrees
with Sullivans plan and wanted to get
our people on a call and push back.
Other staers in subsequent emails are
seen coordinating the best times for a
conference call.
Subsequently,
campaign
staers
proposed various statements for Clinton
to use and pointed to Bill Clintons 2013
op-ed in the Wall Street Journal urging the
Supreme Court to strike down DOMA as a
reference point.
Lowell cited a possible statement from
Gautam Raghavan, a Clinton supporter
and former White House LGBT liaison for
President Obama, which drew on Clintons
experience in the Obama administration.
Im not my husband, Clinton was to
have said. I understand why he believed
that was the right thing to do at the
time, but obviously I wish it had gone
dierently. Look, weve all come along
way since the 90s and Im proud to have
been a part of an Administration that has
made it possible for gay troops to serve
openly and loving gay couples to get
married. Im also proud of MY record as
Secretary of State. I think the community
knows I will be the ally they deserve.
Maya Harris, senior policy adviser to
Clinton, forwarded another possible
statement from Clinton supporter
Richard Socarides, who was more willing
to admit a mistake.
Since I was asked on Friday about the
Defense of Marriage Act in an interview
on MSNBC, Ive checked with people who
were involved then to make sure I had
all my facts right, Socarides suggested

that Clinton should say. It turns out
I was mistaken and the eort to pass a
constitutional amendment banning samesex marriage came some years later. The
larger point I was trying to make about
DOMA, however, is still true. It was neither
proposed nor supported by anyone in the
Clinton administration at the time. It was
an eort by the Republicans in Congress
to distract attention from the real issues
facing the country by using gay marriage,
which had very little support then, as a
wedge issue in the election.
Clinton spokesperson Dan Schwerin
proposed another statement that
drew upon both Bill and Hillary Clinton
calling on the U.S. Supreme Court in
2013 to overturn DOMA. The proposed
statement also recalled Clintons work on
international LGBT rights as secretary of
state and took a subtle dig at Sanders.
And as Secretary of State, I put LGBT
rights on the global agenda and told the
world that gay rights are human rights
and human rights are gay rights, Clinton
was to have said. In my speech last night
in Iowa, I didnt look back to the America of
the past, I looked forward to the America
we need to build together. I pledged to
ght for LGBT Americans who, despite
all our progress, in many places can still
get married on Saturday and red on
Monday just because of who they are and
who they love. In this campaign and as
President, I will keep ghting for equality
and opportunity for every American.
Lowell interjected andagged Clintons
initial remarks as problematic in part
because her wording closely linked Clinton
to Dont Ask, Dont Tell and DOMA and
even as no one in the community was
asking her to own them, recommending
the statement leave out Bill Clinton.
To the extent we can, I advocate for
owning that so that we can clean this
up completely, rightly position her as
a champion of LGBT issues, and make
sure we move on from any discussion
of looming amendments or her being
involved in passing either DADT or
DOMA, Lowell said.
Schwerin responded hes ne not
referencing Bill Clinton, but added
youre not going to get her to disavow
her explanation about the constitutional
amendment and the best exercise
provides context, then goes on oense.
Clinton
ultimately
retooled
her
explanation for DOMA and recollection
of the circumstances under which it was
passed in a subsequent forum hosted by
Maddow, who asked the candidate whether
she stood by her remarks. Clinton said
she would obviously take responsibility
if the public record doesnt reect her
recollection, but didnt retract her words.
The Blade has placed a request
for comment with the Clinton campaign
on the hacked email chain.
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Orlando still recovering from Pulse massacre

Loved ones struggle
to cope as city nds
ways to honor victims
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
ORLANDO, Fla. Axel Rodrguez
was drinking a cocktail on the terrace
of Stonewall Bar, which overlooks the
partially built Orlando City Stadium in
the citys Parramore neighborhood on
Sunday afternoon.
Rodrguez, who was born in Puerto
Rico, was speaking with a group of friends
who had arrived shortly after 3 p.m. The
men quickly began to talk about the
massacre at the Pulse nightclub that took
place less than three miles away from the
gay bar on June 12.
We have it on our minds, Rodrguez
told the Washington Blade. But like
everything you have to move forward.
Wednesday marks four months since a
gunman killed 49 people and injured 53
others inside the Pulse nightclub.
Rodrguezs friend, Xavier Serrano
Rosado, a 35-year-old gay man with a
young child, was among the victims of the
deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
Rodrguez also knew Frankie Jimmy de
Jess, a native of the Puerto Rican city of
Caguas who also died inside the nightclub.
[Jimmy] was a very nice guy, said
Rodrguez.
The Pulse nightclub is located near the
intersection of South Orange and Kaley
Avenues in Orlandos Downtown South
neighborhood.
A fence that now surrounds the building
contains a large makeshift memorial to the
victims. Other reminders of the massacre
remain visible throughout Orlando.
Banners along South Orange Avenue
on which the nightclub is located and
signs on Interstate 4 read, Orlando
Strong and Orlando United.
A large mural that pays tribute to the
victims has been painted on the North
Mills Avenue building in which the GLBT
Community Center of Central Florida
is located. An exhibit at the Orange
County Regional History Center near
Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando
that contains pictures, stued animals,
handwritten messages and other items
from makeshift memorials to the victims
opened last week.
As soon as you think youre OK,
something else will spark it, said Joseph
Greene of Orlando on Sunday afternoon
while he was sitting outside the GLBT
Community Center of Central Florida and
encouraging passersby to register to vote.
Greene said he knew Serrano and two other
people who died inside the Pulse nightclub.
The Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla.,

on Oct. 5.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS
He showed the Blade pictures of him

that he has kept on his phone. Greene
said that he knows people who attended
15 funerals in the days after the massacre.
They were so young and they were so
lively, he said.
Rodrguez told the Blade he is still unable
to drive past the nightclub, even though it
is a couple of blocks away from his home.
I cant, he said.
Equality Florida CEO Nadine Smith said
during a panel at the 2016 Out & Equal
Workplace Summit that took place last week
at Walt Disney World that she too continues
to struggle with the massacres aftermath.
In some ways the further away from
the 12th I get, the harder it is for me to
keep it together when we have these
conversations, she said.
Smith became emotional at times
during the panel that included Orlando
City Commissioner Patty Sheehan and Joel
Morales, who was an HIV counselor at the
GLBT Community Center of Central Florida
on June 12. A number of people who were
in the audience were also crying.
Nearly half of the massacres victims
were LGBT Puerto Ricans.
A plaque with the names of those
who were killed at the Pulse nightclub is
adjacent to the islands rst LGBT-specic
monument that San Juan Mayor Carmen
Yuln Cruz ocially dedicated on June 26.
A number of gay bars and clubs in
the Puerto Rican capital also honored
the victims. A makeshift memorial that
contained their pictures and candles was
outside the LGBT Community Center
of Puerto Rico in San Juans Hato Rey
neighborhood in July when the Blade
traveled to the island.
The Puerto Rican LGBT community in

the diaspora and in Puerto Rico was the
hardest hit by the Pulse tragedy, Pedro
Julio Serrano, founder of Puerto Rico Para
Tod@s, a Puerto Rican LGBT advocacy
group, told the Blade on Tuesday. We are
still mourning, we are still recovering, we
are still remembering.
The family of Gilberto Silva Menndez,
who died at the Pulse nightclub, planted a
tree in his honor in his hometown of Manat,
Puerto Rico, in August. His sister, Marynell
Valentn, told the Blade on Tuesday that her
family is coping as best they can.
The family is better each day, she
said. We are trying to rise above this
unimaginable pain.
ngel Candelario Padr was a member of
the Puerto Rican National Guard who moved
to Chicago to pursue his nursing career. He
was working at an ophthalmologist clinic
and as a Zumba instructor when he was
killed at the Pulse nightclub.
We
still
havent
recovered,
Candelarios aunt, Leticia Padr, told the
Blade on Tuesday.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer created
the OneOrlando Fund in the wake of the
massacre.
The fund raised $29.5 million, which
includes the more than $9.5 million
that Equality Florida raised through a
GoFundMe campaign it launched hours
after the shooting.
The families of the victims will receive
$350,000 from the fund. It has distributed
this money, but relatives and loved ones of
some of the victims are challenging claims.
We werent dened by that hate-lled
act of murder, said Dyer on Oct. 5 when
he spoke at the opening of the 2016 Out
& Equal Workplace summit. Weve been

dened by our combined response that has
been with love and compassion and unity.
Sheehan, who represents the area
in which the Pulse nightclub is located,
echoed Dyer.
She noted during the Out & Equal
conference panel that a group of Black
Lives Matters protesters who marched
past the makeshift memorial at the
Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in
downtown Orlando after the massacre
stopped to hug people who were there to
pay their respects to the victims.
Orlando Health and Florida Hospital in
August announced they will pay the medical
bills of those who were injured at the
nightclub. The Orlando Magic will dedicate
its Oct. 26 home opener against the Miami
Heat to the victims of the massacre.
Our city is a beacon of hope to the
world, said Sheehan.
The gunman, who was born in New
York City to Afghan parents and lived in
Port St. Lucie, Fla., pledged his allegiance
to the so-called Islamic State in a 911
call he made from inside the nightclub.
There is no evidence to suggest that ISIS
prompted him to carry out the massacre.
Muslim groups in central Florida and
around the country quickly condemned the
massacre. Syed Hussain, an Orlando resident
who was with a group of Shiite Muslims in
Lake Eola Park on Sunday, described the
shooting to the Blade as a terrorist attack.
That was a heinous crime committed
against innocent people, he said.
We stand against any type of terror,
whether its happening here in Orlando,
whether its happening in Syria,
added Hussain.
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Rubios score plummets to 0 in HRC ratings

Downgraded again after
refusal to sponsor Equality Act
By CHRIS JOHNSON
After citing the mass shooting at a gay
nightclub in Florida as a reason to seek
re-election, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has
earnedthe lowest rating possible on LGBT
rights in the Human Rights Campaigns
latest congressional scorecard.
HRCsscorecard of the 114th Congress
made public by the organization on
Friday rates Rubio at 0 out of a possible
100 on LGBT votes in the U.S. Senate.
The score is based on Rubios votes
against amendments that would have
ensured Social Security and veteran
spousal benets for married same-sex
couples, measures that would enact
non-discrimination protections for LGBT
students and LGBT homeless youth and his
vote against conrmation of U.S. Attorney
General Loretta Lynch. Rubio was also
docked points for not co-sponsoring the
Equality Act, the Safe Schools Improvement
Act and the Global Respect Act.
The 0 rating indicates Rubios score
on LGBT rights keeps falling. In the
113th Congress, Rubio scored 22 and
lost points for casting a vote against the
U.S. Sen. MARCO RUBIO (R-Fla.) scored

a 0 on the Human Rights Campaign
congressional scorecard.
Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Rubio scored a 47 in the 112th Congress.
David Stacy, government aairs
director for HRC, slammed Rubio for not
only refusing to embrace LGBT rights, but
having moved backwards during his time
in the Senate.
Marco Rubio has voted to keep
LGBTQ people in fear of being denied a

job because of who they are or whom
they love, Stacy said. In addition to
voting against bipartisan employment
protections, Rubio voted against a
bipartisan measure to protect LGBTQ
students from discrimination in school.
No matter how you slice it, Marco Rubios
anti-LGBTQ voting record is at odds not
just with the majority of Floridians but
also his fellow Republicans in Floridas
congressional delegation.
The scorecard was published after
Rubio, who initially said hed retire from
the Senate after his failed presidentialbid,
seeks to win re-election to the seat after
all. Rubio said he reversed that decision
after themass shooting at a gay nightclub
in Orlando, Fla,, that left 49 dead and
53 wounded. Yet, on the two-month
anniversary of the shooting, hespoke at
an event hosted by anti-LGBT advocates
just miles from the nightclub.
The positions he took in his bid for
the White House arent assessed in the
scorecard. As a candidate, Rubio said hed
reverse President Obamas executive order
barring anti-LGBT workplace discrimination
among federal contractors, push for
passage of the anti-LGBT First Amendment
Defense Act during his rst 100 days in
oce and appoint justices in the mold of the
late U.S. Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
Meanwhile, Rep. Patrick Murphy

(D-Fla.), whos challenging Rubio for his
U.S. Senate seat, scored a perfect 100
for his record on LGBT votes in the 114th
Congress. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), the
senior U.S. senator fromthe state, earned
a score of 94. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.),
whom Murphy beat for the Democratic
nomination to run for the U.S. Senate
seat, scored a 96.
Many members of Floridas U.S.
House delegation who are Republicans
scored signicantly higher than Rubio.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who supports
marriage equality, has a transgender son
and recently became a co-sponsor of the
Equality Act, earneda perfect 100.
Murphy said in a statement to the
Washington Blade the choice between
him and Rubio couldnt be more distinct
based on the congressional scorecard.
Patrick will always stand with Floridas
LGBT community to ght for equal
rights, and this scorecard is proof of his
commitment, Murphy said. Unlike Marco
Rubio, who has opposed LGBT rights and
protections at every opportunity and spoke
at a hate rally instead of standing alongside
the victims and their families after the
Pulse tragedy. Floridas LGBT community
deserves better and Patrick will bring their
voice to the U.S. Senate as our country
continues to ght for LGBT equality.
Anti-LGBT activists stick with Trump despite video

After stoking fears of trans
assaults, blind eye to aggression
By CHRIS JOHNSON
After months of stoking fears about
sexual assault in the bathrooms as a
result of transgender non-discrimination
protections, social conservatives are
sticking with Donald Trump despite a
recently unearthed recording in which
he brags about making aggressive sexual
advances on women.
The fears over assault and violation of
privacy in the bathroom were invented
and stoked by conservative activists
opposed to transgender protections, but
actual claims of sexual assault from the
Republican nominee arent enough to
register the same level of concern with
these anti-LGBT activists.
Tony Perkins, president of the antiLGBT Family Research Council, conceded
in a statement he nds the behavior
exhibited in the video deeply oensive
and
degrading,
but
nonetheless
stillsupports Trump.
As I have made clear, my support for

Donald Trump in the general election was
never based upon shared values rather it
was built upon shared concerns, Perkins
said. These concerns include the damage
the Supreme Court would continue to do
to this country through the appointment
of activist justices, concerns over the
security of our nation because of our
governments refusal to confront the
growing threat of Islamic terrorism, and
concerns over the prospects of continued
attacks by our own government upon
religious freedom.
Just two months ago, Perkins
commended U.S. Judge Reed OConnor
for issuing a court order blocking
guidance from the Obama administration
barringdiscrimination againsttransgender
students in accessing the restroom
consistent with their gender identity.
At the time, Perkins called the decision
a win for parental rights and the
privacy of schoolchildren nationwide,
insisting issues of privacy and safety are
ofparamount importance.
I encourage parents in every school
district in America to demand that
their local school boards not sacrice
the privacy and safety of their children

because of this administrations pursuit
of political correctness, Perkins said.
Ralph Reed, an anti-LGBT activist and
chair of the Faith & Freedom Coalition,
was even less bothered by the 2005
recording of Trump in a statement to
media outlets.
Ive listened to the tape, my view is
that people of faith are voting on issues
like who will protect unborn life, defend
religious freedom, create jobs and oppose
the Iran nuclear deal, Reed said. I think a
10-year-old tape of a private conversation
with a TV talk show host ranks pretty low
on their hierarchy of concerns.
Social conservatives have been fearmongering over transgender people
using the restroom at least since a nondiscrimination ordinance was on the
ballot last year in Houston. At the time,
opponents aired TV ads in which a man
follows a young girl into a public restroom
stall and slams the door behind him
before the video ends. The ordinance
ended up being defeated at the ballot.
The image in that video isnt far from
the actions about Trump boasts about
in the 2005 video made public last week
by the Washington Post. Trump talks

about hitting on a married woman and
being able to grab women sometimes
by their genitals to kiss them, saying
they allow him to do that without reprisal
because hes famous.
Although social conservatives are
sticking with Trump, the inammatory
video has shaken up the race. A number
of high-prole Republicans including
Sens. John McCain (Ariz.), Deb Fisher
(R-Neb.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and
Mike Lee (R-Utah) say they no longer
support the candidate and that the time
has come for him to step aside. Sen. Kelly
Ayotte (R-N.H.) said she plans to vote for
Republican vice presidential nominee
Mike Pence instead of Trump.
Not ready to disavow Trump was Chris
Barron, the former board chair of the
gay conservative group GOProud and
founder of LGBT for Trump, who said
Saturday he continues to support Trump
100 percent.
Gregory Angelo, president of Log
Cabin Republicans, which continues to
mull whether to endorse Trump, said
he wont have any update until the LCR
Board re-convenes.
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From day one, Donald Trumps

campaign blueprint has been a literal
copy-and-paste from the worlds worst
autocrats, Smith told the Blade. I
honestly never thought Id see the rise of
such an individual here in the U.S.
The Human Rights Campaign did
not specically criticize Trump over his
suggestion that he would jail Clinton. The
advocacy group, which works with LGBT
activists around the world, nevertheless
described him as small, desperate and
weak in a tweet.
.@realdonaldtrump trying to look like
a strong man, but failing -- badly. He is
small, desperate and weak. A bully under
siege. #debate
Chad Grin (@ChadHGrin)
October 10, 2016
Trump made the comments two days
after the Washington Post released
a recording in which he made lewd
comments about women and bragged
about sexual assault. Amid expectations
Trump would be contrite about the video
during the debate, Trump apologized, but
also insisted the video was locker-room
talk and bigger problems are facing
America. Under repeated questioning
from moderator Anderson Cooper,
Trump said he hasnt acted on the things
he said he did in the video.
In her rst public remarks about the
video, Clinton said it represents exactly
who he is because the derogatory
comments are consistent with what he
said about other minority groups.
Its not only women and its not only
this video that raises questions about
his tness to be our president, Clinton
said. Because he has also targeted
immigrants, African Americans, Latinos,
people with disabilities, Muslims, and
others, so, this is who Donald Trump is,
and the question for us, the question our
country must answer is that this is not
who we are.
Faced with the attack, Trump ramped
up tensions by shifting discussion to
former President Bill Clintons indelities
and said there has never been anybody
in the history of politics in this nation
thats been so abusive to women.
And I will tell you that when Hillary
brings up a point like that and talks about
words that I said 11 years ago, I think
its disgraceful and I think she should be
ashamed of herself, if you want to know
the truth, Trump added.
Clinton sought to hit back by bringing
up Trumps racist comments, saying he
should apologize for promoting the idea
President Obama wasnt born in the
United States and calling for his birth
certicate. Flagrantly distorting history,
Trump said falsely that it was Clinton
who raised the question in her 2008
CNNs ANDERSON COOPER became

the target of homophobic tweets while
moderating Sundays debate.
IMAGE COURTESY OF C-SPAN
presidential campaign and the apology

should come from her for deleting 33,000
emails when they were under subpoena.
Trump promised if elected president
to appoint a special prosecutor to
investigateClinton, saying other peoples lives
have been destroyed for doing one fth of
what youve done. Clinton insisted everything
Trump just said was false and urged viewers
to visit the fact-checker on her website.
When she said its just awfully good
Trump isnt in charge of the law, Trump
replied, Because youd be in jail,
making an unprecedented pledge for
a presidential candidate in the United
States to jail his opponent.
Later in the debate, another noteworthy
moment took place when Cooper asked
Trump about an earlier report indicating
he claimed nearly a $1 billion in losses on
his 1995 tax returns and may not have paid
taxes for two decades. Trump, who hasnt
made public his tax returns unlike other
presidential candidates, said he of course
used that loss to avoid paying taxes, but
insisted he pays some form of taxes.
Cooper himself became the target of
a barrage of homophobic tweets from
Trump supporters during the debate.
Cooper served as co-moderator for the
town hall debate along with ABC News
Martha Raddatz.
The CNN anchor is the rst out, gay
man to moderate a presidential debate.
Among the tweets directed at Cooper:
Anderson Cooper is a Traitorous Faggot.
Trump should throw him in a
dungeon.#debate
John Rivers (@JohnRiversToo)
October 10, 2016
Of course Anderson Cooper doesnt
understand locker room talk. Stay in your

place faggot. #debate
Bertz (@biggbertz) October 10, 2016
Somebody shove a ball gag in Anderson
Coopers faggots mouth.#Debate
[Deplorable] Gul (@BemusedDukat)
October 10, 2016
Lol shut the fuck up Anderson Cooper
you CIA-puppet Vanderbilt faggot!
Ben Matlock (@smugmatlock)
October 10, 2016
While Trump was not as viciouswith his
words about Cooper, the GOP nominee
did voice his concern about Cooper as a
moderator before the debate.
I dont think Anderson Cooper should
be a moderator because Anderson Cooper
works for CNN, and over the last couple
of days, Ive seen how Anderson Cooper
behaves, Trump told the Washington
Post. Hell be very biased, very biased. I
dont think he should be a moderator.
U.S. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and
Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) are among the
dozens of Republicans who either
withdrew their support of Trump or said
they would not vote for him. Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told CNNs
Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday
there are so many pussies around your
presidential campaign on both sides that
I prefer not to comment.
Lavrov on Trump tapes: so many
pussies around your pres. campaign on
both sides that I prefer not to comment.
https://t.co/3KtYnHs2PU
Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour)
October 12, 2016
Clinton has repeatedly criticized Trump
over his previous praise of Russian
President Vladimir Putin, who signed a
2013 law that bans the promotion of socalled gay propaganda to minors in his
country. Paul Manafort, Trumps former
campaign chair who resigned in August,
has ties to former Ukrainian President
Victor Yanukovych and other pro-Russian
politicians in the country.
Elvina Yuvakaeva, a Russian activist who
is a member of the Russian LGBT Sports
Federation, told the Blade last month she
is concerned that U.S. eorts to promote
LGBT rights abroad would end if Trump
were elected president.
My great concern is that the situation
in Russia could become even worse if
Trump will be elected, she said.
A source in Cuba with whom the Blade
spoke on Sunday noted Trumps criticism
of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado
for gaining weight after she won the
beauty pageant in 1996.
The State Department notes in its
2015 human rights report that the
Cuban government carries out politically
motivated detentions and arrests and
selective prosecutions and other human
rights abuses. Maykel Gonzlez Vivero, an
LGBT rights activist on the Communist
island, claims the government-run radio
station at which he worked red him
last month because he worked with
independent media.
The source with whom the Blade spoke
in Cuba compared Trump to Cuban
President Ral Castro.
He is very oensive, said the source,
referring to Trump. We live under a
dictatorship and will continue with
another dictator (if Trump were elected.)
Mariah Cooper contributed to this report.
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National Park Service issues LGBTQ history study

Transgender, and Queer History.

For far too long, the struggles and
contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender
and
queer-identied
Americans have been ignored in the
traditional narratives of our nations
history, Jewell said in a statement.
This theme study is the rst of its kind
by any national government to identify this
part of our shared history, and it will result
in an important step forward in reversing
the current underrepresentation of
stories and places associated with the
LGBTQ community in the complex and
diverse story of America, Jewell said.
Ocials said the release of the study
was timed to coincide with National
Coming Out Day, which has been
celebrated each year on Oct. 11 since
1988 to highlight the visibility of LGBT
people and their quest for equal rights.
About 100 people attended the
announcement gathering. Many of
them were current and former LGBT
ocials and employees of the Obama
administration, including White House
sta members.
Several panels of the National AIDS
Quilt hung on the wall behind the podium
where Jewell and others spoke.
Eliza Byard, executive director of
the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education
Network, who worked on the study, told
the gathering it would have a profound,
positive impact on LGBT young people,
who continue to face discrimination and
disparagement in the nations schools.
Today just 10 percent of LGBTQ
youth learn anything positive about
LGBT people, she said. This study is a
roadmap to changing current disparities.
Gill said the study was made possible
by the Obama administration, which
he called the most LGBT supportive
administration in the nations history.
I cannot thank you enough for having
done this, he said of the co-authors of
the study who attended the reception
and the Park Service ocials who helped
organize it.
Jewell rst announced plans for the
LGBTQ theme study in 2014 at an event
outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City.
In June of this year, Jewell and National
Park Service Director Jarvis returned to
the Stonewall Inn to participate in a public
dedication ceremony in connection with
President Obamas designation of the
Stonewall site as a National Monument.
The designation represented the rst
U.S. monument to honor an historic
development associated with LGBT
Americans the 1969 riots in New Yorks
Greenwich Village sparked by a police
raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar.
In 2016 the National Park Service is
About 100 people attended the

announcement of the National Park Service
LGBTQ theme study on Tuesday.
marking our centennial anniversary and

the upcoming 50th anniversary of the
National Historic Preservation Act on Oct.
15 with a renewed commitment to share
a more complete history of our nation
with the next generation of Americans,
Jarvis said in a statement.
Through heritage initiatives like the
LGBTQ theme study, the National Park
Service is commemorating the inspiring
stories of minorities and women who
have made signicant contributions to
our nations history and culture, he said.
The National Park Service coordinated
the study with support from the National
Park Foundation and funding from the Gill
Foundation as part of a broader initiative
under the Obama administration to
ensure that the NPS reects and tells a
more complete story of the people and
events responsible for this nation, an
Interior Department statement says.
Thanks to the generous support of Tim
Gill and the Gill Foundation, this important
study was possible, said Will Shafroth,
president of the National Park Foundation,
which identies itself as the ocial charity
of Americas national parks.
Among other things, the LGBTQ theme
studys authors say the studys aim is to lay
the groundwork for increasing the number
of listings of LGBTQ-related properties in the
National Register of Historic Places. They said
another objective is to identify, document,
and nominate LGBTQ-related sites or
properties as National Historic Landmarks.
The study notes that as of June 2016,
there were a total of 10 places listed on

the National Register of Historic Places or
that have been designated as a National
Historic Landmark.
Among them are the D.C. house of the
late gay rights pioneer Franklin E. Kameny,
which is on the National Register of
Historic Places; and D.C.s Furies Collective
House, which in the early 1970s became
the operational center for the lesbian
feminist and separatist Furies collective.
It identies 130 LGBT-related sites
that it says should be considered for
designation as historic landmarks or
for inclusion in the National Register of
Historic Places.
The introduction chapter of the study,
written by LGBT anthropology studies
expert Megan Springate, says the study
got its start in June 2014 when a panel of
more than 20 LGBT scholars convened in
Washington, D.C., to dene its goals and
discuss the direction and content of its
core product: the theme study.
Springate said that among the
decisions made by the panel of scholars
was to add the word Queer to the title
of the study, possibly making it the rst
ocial U.S. government document to use
that word in its title.
Recognizing that the word queer is
charged, and uncomfortable to some,
the scholars wanted to acknowledge the
importance of groups like Queer Nation
who inuenced the trajectory of both
LGBTQ and national histories in part
through their reclaiming of the word, as
well as to have the initiative be explicitly

inclusive of those who, for personal
reasons, do not feel represented by
lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender
identiers, Springate wrote.
Jewell told the Washington Blade after
she spoke that she is pleased that no
opposition has surfaced so far to the
Interior Departments and National Park
Services involvement in the production
of the LGBTQ theme study.
I certainly was prepared that there
could be people that disagreed with
this work, she said. But none of that
came up, she said, in a telephone press
brieng she held earlier in the day.
Other co-authors of the study include
Mark Meinke, former director of D.C.s
Rainbow History Project and co-founder
and current co-director of the Rainbow
Heritage Network; and gay historian
David K. Johnson, author of the book
Lavender Scare.
These chapters chart LGBTQ histories
across the United States from the native
mahu of Hawaii and Ihamana of the
Zuni, to the drag queens of the Stonewall
Uprising, from private residences, hotels,
bars, and government agencies to
hospitals, parks, and community centers,
the Interior Department statement
announcing the release of the study says.
Authors and peer reviewers included
professors,
lmmakers,
historians,
geographers, archaeologists, journalists,
and members of the clergy, the
statement says.
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Hopkins under re for anti-LGBT report

A petition signed by 670 people has demanded that Baltimore-based Johns
Hopkins Medicine publicly disavow the recent report by Dr. Paul McHugh and
Dr. Lawrence Mayer that amounts to a misguided, misinformed attack on
LGBT communities. The petition was signed by 264 alumni of Johns Hopkins
institutions, 200 current students, 30 faculty members, and more than 100 sta,
interns, residents and fellows.
The special report, which appeared in August in The New Atlantis, a
conservative bioethics magazine, falsely implies that children are encouraged
to become transgender and that young transgender children undergo medical
interventions as part of arming their gender identities, says Tari Hanneman,
director of the Health Equality Project at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
in a blog for HRC.
Furthermore, the report contends that being LGBT is caused by childhood
sexual abuse; LGBT people have inherent psychological diculties; and sexual
orientation is a choice and can be changed.
HRC asserts that neither McHugh, a former psychiatrist-in-chief at Hopkins
Hospital nor Mayer, a biostatistician, has conducted original research on LGBT
people and neither has ever written about sexual orientation or gender identity
in a peer-reviewed scientic journal.
This misguided, misinformed attack on LGBT communities under the
protection of the Hopkins name must stop, the petition states. McHugh is
acting against the recommendations of the American Medical Association and
the American Psychiatric Association and, as such, is acting on his own personal
agenda and not one rooted in evidence. McHugh is tarnishing Hopkins and
causing signicant harm to LGBT communities within Hopkins and beyond.
McHughs actions are an embarrassment to those within Hopkins and who have
trained here.
While the 116-page report attacks the broader LGBT community, it specically
targets transgender individuals.
McHughs history reects particular animus toward transgender people,
collaborating with an organization deemed a hate group by the Southern
Poverty Law Center and penning opinion articles mocking people who transition
as caricatures, counterfeits, impersonators, confused and mad, says
Hanneman.
Mayer served as a $400-an- hour expert witness for defending North Carolinas
discriminatory HB2 law in a federal civil rights lawsuit.
If Hopkins leadership ignore their communitys call to correct the record
clarifying that McHugh and Mayers opinions do not represent it, and that its
healthcare services reect the scientic consensus on LGBTQ health and wellbeing its [HRC] Healthcare Equality Index score will be reduced substantially,
says Hanneman.
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transgender youth being treated for gender dysphoria to receive Medicaid
coverage for hormones that would halt puberty and receive cross-sex hormone
therapy, the New York Times reports. Since 2015, the state has covered similar
treatments for adults.
In the proposed rule, the department stated that its concerns about safety
and ecacy were supplanted after it had the opportunity to talk to a number
of practitioners who treat minors with gender dysphoria, who uniformly agreed
that hormone therapies were medically justiable for young people who feel
that their birth sex is not their true gender, the Times reports.
The proposed changes therefore would make Medicaid coverage of
transgender care and services available, regardless of an individuals age, when
such care and services are medically necessary to treat the individuals gender
dysphoria, the rule reads.
The change will not take eect immediately; the rule has a 45-day comment
period, and the state can formally adopt it after that time, the Times reports.
California has a similar provision in eect.
The decision in New York came during a legal battle and after victories
for advocates for transgender rights, both in New York and in other parts of the
nation. The legal team pushing for the changes including Legal Aid, the Sylvia
Rivera Law Project and Willkie Farr & Gallagher says it will continue to push
the state for fast action on the proposed rule, the New York Times reports.
Many surgical procedures would not necessarily be appropriate for minors
Its rare that people are getting surgery under 18, said Belkys Garcia, a
sta lawyer with the Legal Aid Society, one of several groups that eld a federal
suit against the state though they could be covered in some cases under the
departments proposed rule.
But the major benet for transgender youths would primarily be the hormone
treatments, according to medical professionals cited by the New York Times.
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abstain from sex for 12 months. The longstanding rules were developed when
there was concern that gay men might pass on HIV to recipients.
The ban that stops most gay men from becoming blood donors is just one of
several hundred reasons people are prevented from donating blood.
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Avoiding fall weight gain

Plan now to keep the pounds off through years end
Fall is in full swing and besides
the cooler weather and darker
mornings it is also the time when
Americans gain more weight than
any other season.
While we start trading in the
shorts for jeans, unfortunately
we also start trading in salads for
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warm pumpkin lattes. October and
November get us started into a
downward trajectory of adding on more calories into our diets, combined with
moving around a little less which rolls up right into the holiday season of cakes,
pies and thighs. Just because its time to put on a few more layers of clothing
doesnt mean we need to add on any more layers on our mid-section. Luckily
I have a few tips I use with my clients to keep them right, tight and light all fall
season long.
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Plan your indoor workouts

One of the biggest causes of fall weight gain is plain and simple that its colder
and darker outside. During summer, the weather makes us more apt to walk
places instead of drive, jog outside instead of sit at home and get up earlier
making your body burn more calories over the course of the day.
Since none of us can change mother nature, we have to plan around it. If you
know that you arent as likely to jog outside, replace that with another indoor
activity that is consistent. This is a great time to add in new tness class to your
schedule, check out your local rec to add in swimming or join an indoor sports
league.
Building in that commitment with an indoor workout will keep you moving
and burning calories throughout fall. Most importantly the commitment will
keep your motivated and consistent even on those cold days where you may
not want to get up.
Soup it up
Fall always gets a bad rep for being the time of year sponsored by sugar and
starch, but there are some healthy alternatives out there too. Fall is my time of
year to add in lots of hot healthy soups and chilies to my diet. Its comfort food
that your trainer can be comfortable with. The best thing is many soups are
pretty easy to make and can even be done in the crock pot while you are away at
that spin class that you newly registered for.
Key thing is avoid the biscuits and corn bread as the sides and cream-based
soups and youre good to go. For my extra hungry people out there, know that
soups generally are low in calories and the liquid base lls you up quickly. That
means yes, you can eat as much soup as you want. Youll get full before you get
fat!
Intensity wins
If youre still holding on to your outside workouts and want to catch the last
bit of daylight, remember that as the length of your workouts decrease, the
intensity of them must increase. So for my distance runners who are used to
having a whole hour to get that nice relaxing jog in before the sun goes down,
you may now only have 30 minutes. Its time to pick that pace up and maybe
switch to some conditioned sprints to get the same amount of calorie burn, but
in less time. The great thing is by turning your intensity up, youll get even better
after eects than you would on the long run. We love the after-burn eect.
Overall fall can be one of your healthiest seasons of the year as long as you do
it right. By following these tools, you can go into the holidays and new year with
resolutions that dont involve losing fall weight.
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Preserving LGBTQ history

These stories a key part of
the American narrative
By SALLY JEWELL & TIM GILL
A young woman comes out to her

dad as bisexual, her body shaking with
fear of his disappointment. A father explains to his children that hes gay and
that he wants them to meet his new
partner. A transgender man tries to explain to his grandmother what it means
to transition.
Acts of courage like these have paved
our journey to greater equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer (LGBTQ) people.
As we celebrate LGBTQ History Month
and observe National Coming Out Day,
its important to pause and remember
that history isnt just about larger-thanlife gures; its also the collective story
of countless, often nameless, individuals who came out, marched, and fought
for their equality. Every person who has
been honest and open about who they
are has shaped our history. It is in fact
these brave individuals who spurred action by the Obama Administration and
the National Park Service to tell a more
inclusive story of America, lifting up the
stories of LGBTQ Americans. In 2014,
we committed to do just that when we
announced the National Park Service
LGBTQ Theme Study, the rst of its kind
anywhere in the world.
Through a theme study, the initiative was designed to bring together

LGBTQ scholars to help identify places
and events associated with the story of
LGBTQ Americans for inclusion in our
national parks and programming. The
study is a public-private partnership
through the National Park Foundation
with funding from the Gill Foundation,
which is dedicated to advancing equal
treatment for all Americans regardless
of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Today we are proud to report the
theme study is complete and available
to the public. The stories contained in
the 1,200-page document serve as a
living breathing history book of America the good and the bad, heartbreaking and inspiring. It chronicles the history of the LGBTQ community while
reminding us of how much work there
is yet to do to ensure that our national
parks and monuments more fully reflect the experience of the people to
whom they belong.
Titled LGBTQ America: A Theme
Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History, the study
will help all Americans understand,
commemorate and share these key
chapters in our nations complex and
diverse history.
Earlier this year, President Obama
designated Stonewall National Monument as the rst national monument
dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history.
Earlier, the Obama Administration recE DIT OR IA L C A R T OON
ognized The Henry Gerber House in Chicago as a National Historic Landmark

and designated eight other LGBTQ sites,
including the Districts The Furies Collective House, to the National Register
of Historic Places.
The heritage initiative lays the
groundwork for further recognition.
Its engaging scholars, preservationists
and community members to identify,
research and tell the stories of LGBTQassociated properties. It encourages
national parks, national heritage areas
and other aliated areas to interpret
LGBTQ stories associated with them
while making it possible for these places
to qualify as national historic landmarks
or be listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.
The theme study discusses the archival and architectural preservation of
LGBTQ history. It locates specic places
that represent the communitys history
because the LGBTQ communitys story
isnt just set in New York and San Francisco; it has roots in towns, cities and
rural areas across the nation.
As the National Park Service enters
its second century of service to this
nation, it continues to strive to tell a
more inclusive story. The theme study
represents a pivotal moment as the
National Park Service continues to
recognize that LGBTQ history is American history, and these stories are a
key part of the broader tapestry of the
American narrative.
There is a long way to go to get to full
equality and justice for LGBTQ people,
to build a more perfect union. Young
people still struggle with coming out;
our transgender brothers and sisters
face signicant levels of harassment
and violence; and while loving, committed couples can now be married anywhere in America, LGBTQ people and
families are still vulnerable to discrimination at work and in the communities
they call home.
To truly reach that more perfect
union, LGBTQ stories will be included
in our collective narrative, recounted
and never forgotten. Understanding
our common history cements the bonds
between us and makes ours an even
stronger nation.
SALLY JEWELL is the U.S. Secretary of the

Interior; TIM GILL is founder of the Gill
Foundation.
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Lessons for D.C. from my husbands painful death

City Council should
embrace Dignity Act
By MICHAEL KAPLAN
My late husband, Sean Sasser, taught a
whole generation of Americans what its
like to be a person of color, gay and living with HIV. Back in 1994, he was a xture in MTVs Real World: San Francisco
household, and his public advocacy for
people living with HIV was revolutionary.
Sean was a natural educator and activist,
and I know that if he were alive today, he
would be supporting the D.C. Death with
Dignity Act.
The dying process that Sean endured
is a case study in why we need this law,
which would authorize medical aid in dying and allow terminally ill adults to get
a prescription they can take, when and if
they decide, to end unbearable suering
in their nal days or weeks.
Sean was a dynamic, loving man. He
was a mentor to several kids, a pastry
chef with 12 sta and two restaurants
under his management, and for a time, a
co-parent with me to our foster daughter
Alice.
Sean was a big guy, a strong guy, a
man with presence; but in 2013, he began losing weight, feeling exhausted and
experiencing pain. Within less than a few
months, he was diagnosed with stage 4
Mesothelioma, a diagnosis most often
followed by less than 12 months to live.
Sean was determined to ght the cancer. He sought chemo, and any advice
he could get. Even after his oncologist
thought it was time to move toward hospice, Sean wanted to push forward with
treatments. And so we did.
Eventually, however, the time came
when Sean could barely get himself out
of bed and to the bathroom. His pain
was excruciating, and it landed him in
the emergency room three times in one
month. The oncologist could see no path
forward; Sean had become too weak to
even continue chemo.
I wish I could say that his decision to accept his inevitable death and enter hospice brought him peace, but it did not.
The pain only got worse as we waited for
the inevitable. I recall weeks before he
passed, his emaciated body still persevering, him saying, Why is this taking so
long, I want it to be over already.
And to be frank, so did I.

This once strong man, who could lift
our foster daughter under one arm and
our goddaughter under the other, was
now not even able to roll over or use a
bedpan. Even for the most basic of needs,
he was dependent on me.
As skilled and compassionate as his
hospice team was, I will always be angry
that we did not have more options to help
Sean get past the suering.
My husband was ready to let go and
be done with the pain and long farewell.
But here in D.C., his only choice was to
endure the terror, the powerlessness and
pain. My only choice was to try to help
him through it, to simply wait for the inevitable as he suered needlessly.
Seans drawn-out dying process reminded me of days gone by, in the eld
both of us worked, when people dealing
with AIDS had no treatment options and
suered drawn out, painful deaths.
In fact, it was AIDS that helped inspire a
more human response for so many. The
mothers, lovers and friends of people
dying the uniquely agonizing death that
AIDS once wrought petitioned lawmakers
for better, more merciful options. Oregon
was the rst state to adopt a law, and for
nearly 20 years, that states health department has documented that it has worked
exactly as intended, giving peace of mind
to countless people facing a terminal illness, and their loved ones. Washington
State, Montana, Vermont and California
also give their adult residents, who are
mentally capable and have less than six
months to live, this same option.
It is unacceptable to me that here in
Washington, D.C., we cant allow mentally
capable adults like my husband the option
of aid in dying when death is a certainty,
why we cant let them go gracefully, with
dignity, and peace. Why are we forced to
wait in pain physical pain for the patient, emotional pain for the family while
a punishing dying process plays out?
Members of the D.C. Council and Mayor Bowser will soon be deciding whether
to give us the choice when there is no
hope for a cure and palliative care cannot
comfort to get a prescription that lets us
die peacefully in our sleep. Its what Sean
would have wanted, and our leaders have
no right to deny us this compassionate
end-of-life option.
MICHAEL KAPLAN is former CEO of AIDS
United.
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LGBT community should care about sexism

Stand up on behalf of
your queer women
KATHI WOLFE, a writer and poet, is a regular

contributor to the Blade.
Thelma and Louise, if only you could be

here now!
Thelma and Louise is the iconic 1991
Susan Sarandon (Louise) and Geena Davis (Thelma) movie that was a life-changer
for so many women. In the movie, a girls
roadtrip morphs into a girls outlaw journey. Thelma dances with a man named
Harlan at a bar. Louise shoots Harlan
after he tries to rape Thelma. They ee
because they know that the criminal justice system wont believe that he tried to
sexually assault Thelma. Because, after
all, she danced with him.
I loathe violence and I dont want to
shoot anyone. But I, and Id bet other

women along with our male allies, are
having a Thelma and Louise moment after recent events during this presidential
campaign. On Oct. 7, The Washington
Post released a 2005 video of Donald
Trump. On the tape, Trump brags to TV
personality Billy Bush about how women
let him kiss them and grab their genitals
whenever he wants because hes a star.
I did try and fuck her, he says of one
woman, She was married.
On Oct. 9, Trump, during the second
presidential debate, repeatedly dismissed what he said on the tape about
sexually assaulting women as mere
locker room banter. Im a gentleman,
Hillary, he said, after downplaying his, at
best lewd, sexist comments, or, at worst,
braggadocio about having non-consensual sex with women, as just boys will be
boys talk.
Trump, Mr. Macho Man, hasnt shown
much, if any, sincere remorse for his sexist remarks and behavior toward women.
First, Trump issued a non-apology, saying
he was sorry if anyone was oended.
Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on
the golf course, he added.
Anyone who knows me knows these

words dont reect who I am, Trump
later said, I said it. I was wrong, and I
apologize.
Trumps moment of contrition lasted for a nano-sec. At the Oct. 9 debate,
Trump quickly returned to his usual
mode: deny, attack and lie. Contrary to
the facts, as the Blade reported, he denied saying that former Miss Universe
Alicia Machado had been in a sex tape.
Bill Clinton was abusive to women.
Hillary Clinton attacked those same
women attacked them viciously,
Trump said.
Never mind that in 2008, Trump told
CNN that it was nonsense that Republicans tried to impeach Bill Clinton over
the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Or, that in
a 1998 CNBC interview he called Paula
Jones, who had accused Bill Clinton of
sexual assault, a loser.
I dont mean to say that Hillary Clinton
is a saint. She has often responded to
questions in a lawyerly, defensive manner, and, as is the case with many politicians, sometimes lied. But, its impossible
to imagine her ever engaging in the sexist behavior thats the norm for Trump.
Most important, Clinton (unlike Trump),

if elected president, wouldnt seek to appoint Supreme Court judges whod be
eager to overthrow the courts rulings on
Roe v. Wade or marriage equality.
Why should the LGBT community care
about sexism? Because women are part
of the queer community. Queer women
have endured not only sexual harassment and sexist comments from hetero
employers and co-workers, but misogynistic behavior and slurs from within the
LGBT community.
Sexual assault is the most violent type
of sexism. The pay gap between men and
women, another form of sexism, impacts
us right where we live. Subtle forms of
sexism, too, are hurtful. Trumps locker
room banter packs an emotional punch.
So much so that athletes are tweeting
that they dont banter like Trump in
their locker rooms. I was a 5 sport athlete in high school. 5 years of college
football, former NFL quarterback Sage
Rosenfels tweeted. Guys dont talk like
that in locker rooms.
Lets hope that a much-needed conversation on sexism and sexual assault will
emerge from this sleazy election season.
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Mayor must hold developers accountable

As D.C. grows, scrutiny
becomes important
PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights

and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly
for the Blade.
Since Anthony Williams was elected D.C.

mayor in 1998 the city has been growing. I remember Williams making a bold prediction in
2003 that within 10 years the citys population
would grow by 100,000. People laughed and
didnt take him seriously. When he made the
prediction in 2003, the citys population was at
a low point of 566,000. By 2013 the population
had grown by nearly 84,000, today we are at
672,000 people.
We are a vibrant and exciting city. In recent
years, D.C. was considered the No. 1 place for
college graduates to move. It is a great place
for families and empty nesters. We have wonderful restaurants, theaters, museums, gen-
erally good transportation, good recreational

opportunities, and an improving school system. We are a city for cyclists and you dont
need a car to get around.
With all this has come a building boom.
New apartments, oce buildings and hotels.
Gentrication with all its good and bad points
is occurring in all eight wards. Everyone wants
to be here and build here.
So you must question why the District is
still giving huge tax breaks to developers. Why
should taxpayer money be given to developers when investing and building in the District
is a winner for them? Some developers are
doing great things and should be applauded.
In return for concessions in their High Line
project, Level 2 Development is donating approximately $1.4 million and in partnership
with Habitat for Humanity, D.C. will build 13
new o-site homes in the area.
There are still reasons to award tax abatements to developers. One is to guarantee they
hire city residents to build their projects and
for permanent jobs when they are built. This
is good economic development policy particularly in a city that despite the boom still has
large pockets of unemployed residents. Another reason would be to spur development
in areas that still lag behind.
To understand why D.C. government would
give a builder incentives to employ District residents one has to recognize while the national
unemployment rate is down to 5 percent, in
the poorest Wards of the District it is still nearly
14 percent.
This issue had come to the forefront for
many residents in the city because of the audit report released by City Auditor Kathy Patterson. It was reported in the Washington Post
she said, The District government is failing
to ensure that developers fulll pledges they
make in exchange for tax benets and loans
and hasnt collected potential monetary penalties since the mid-1980s as a result.
It would seem when a project gets nal approval and the District has either loaned the
developer money or given a tax break of some
kind in return for concessions by the developer the government would monitor the developer closely from the time the project gets
underway to ensure they are keeping their
end of the bargain.
One developers apparent lack of keeping
its commitment is coming to light in an Adams
Morgan project, the Line Hotel, now under
construction. It was reported that District ocials learned that the developer was not meeting hiring requirements only after a community leader, Bryan Weaver, complained to D.C.
Council member Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward
1), whose district includes the neighborhood.

Legislation required the hotels developer, the
Sydell Group, to hire 342 D.C. residents for
construction jobs on the project to receive the
tax abatement. Further it was reported, Deborah Carroll, director of the Department of
Employment Services said she was unaware
of the tax abatement and the accompanying
hiring requirement until Nadeau brought it to
her attention this past spring.
Now we know this problem goes back
for many administrations well before Muriel Bowser became mayor. But it is Mayor
Bowser who needs to address and correct this
problem for now and for the future.
There must be a list developed of every
project that has been given approval to move
forward in the District; though I cant believe
there isnt already one. Then next to each
project must be the details of any loans or tax
incentives or abatements given and what concessions were either given to or gotten from
the developer.
Then it must be someone in governments job to check on the progress of
each development every three months until the project is completed to see if commitments were met. If they werent, then
penalties must be assessed. After all, this
is taxpayer money we are talking about.
O U R BU SI N E SS MA T T E RS
The real loser in this election: both political parties

Willingness to identify as
Democratic or Republican
will further plummet
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur

and community business advocate. Follow
on Twitter: @MarkLeeDC. Reach him at
OurBusinessMatters@gmail.com.
The shit-show of a presidential election suffered for more than a year is now a full-on national embarrassment.
Never before have so many been so disgusted by the choice between charlatans foisted on the nation by the two electorally viable
yet voter-disdainful political parties and their
rapidly shrinking number of party adherents.
In the past week Americans were bombarded with further evidence for distrust and dislike of both these hucksters and their hapless
running-mate sidekicks.
Psychosexual buoon Donald Trump was

heard in a decade-old Access Hollywood hot
mic recording alongside a now disgraced
television personality grotesquely degrading
women as anatomical objects that if discovered to be exemplars of actual behavior would
prove him guilty of sexual assault.
Conniving politician Hillary Clinton was further revealed in private Wall Street speech
transcripts and internal campaign documents
released by WikiLeaks to be as dishonest, disingenuous and deceitful as has long been suspected to be the core of a duplicitous political
soul and craven public persona.
Voters are dismayed that party processes
have resulted in two of the most despised and
despicable candidates in history competing
against one another as if at a mud-wrestling
contest in a profanity-punctuated dive bar o
a highway exit ramp somewhere in America.
We get more specicity in commercials for
mixing new yogurt products accompanied by
a separate hinged holder of fruit or nuts than
we garner from the political ads churned out
by these campaigns. Other than a few eeting
and occasional references to vague generic
themes intoned even far less often than is customary in a harshening political culture, public
discourse has been reduced to merely an end-
less stream of hate theater on every media

platform available.
Imploring only that one candidate is worse
than the other is oered as sole rationale for
choosing. The presidential campaigns and the
political parties that have nominated these
caricatures exhort us to vote against the one
we despise more than the other.
It is a lesser of two evils election like no other. Weve been proered two notorious grifters, neither many much want to win. Or vote
for. Nor is either likely to be tolerated for more
than one term, given their advancing ages and
political pathologies.
This campaign has always been Clintons
to lose and she will almost certainly win,
garnering only a plurality of votes while
generating little fanfare and less acclamation. Including among those who, beyond a
dwindling number of sycophantic party loyalists and political hacks, will begrudgingly
cast their ballot for her.
Given that Republicans have chosen a path
of dereliction in nominating a gady who has
neither the discipline nor any allegiance to the
jobs rigor or responsibilities, Clinton is widely
expected to ascend as the political survivor
few expect theyll much like.
LGBT issues arent often discussed or even
broached at debates, conrming a national

consensus that these issues are settled. If
Trump deserves credit for anything, it is for
weaning the remaining Republican holdouts
from the notion that opposing civil equality is
any longer valid or viable.
After this national nightmare ends and the
votes are tallied, the real losers will be both
political parties. The willingness to identify as
Democratic or Republican will further plummet to newly abysmal levels.
The most recent annual Gallup national
survey gauging party aliation indicated
fewer than ever are willing to aliate with
the parties in a rapidly accelerating trend
line of alienation.
Democrats enjoyed the aliation of only 29
percent of Americans, with Republican anity
languishing at 26 percent. Independents have
gradually risen to fully 42 percent, and often
higher in other surveys. A majority of those
under 35 reject both parties.
The unpopularity of political parties will
broaden and deepen if they continue as remnant vestiges for the extremist fringes by pandering to radical ends of the political spectrum.
It will be tting payback for the debacle
were enduring and for the disreputable candidates presented us.
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A gay defense of Donald Trump

Time for LGBT politicos to
practice what they preach
By DAVID LAMPO
Political pundits call this the silly season because of all the absurd, dishonest
and hypocritical statements made by and
on behalf of candidates at election time.
There is no better example of this than the
hysterical screeds against gay Republicans
(including Log Cabin Republicans) simply
because they support Donald Trump or
havent gotten on the #NeverTrump train.
The premise that LGBT voters should oppose Donald Trump because hes anti-gay
(among many other false reasons) is absurd, and it typies the political myopia
that aects so many in our community
who view everything through a gay lens,
demanding complete conformity to their
politically correct agenda, unless, it sees,
youre a Democrat.
After all, Bill Clinton gave us Dont Ask,
Dont Tell and the Defense of Marriage
Act, yet he was enthusiastically supported
by LGBT organizations. It was the same
with John Kerry, who not only opposed
same-sex marriage but also supported
two state constitutional amendments to
ban gay marriage in Missouri and Massachusetts. Of course, Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama also opposed marriage
when they ran, coming out in support
just recently, only after it was politically
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safe and necessary for them to do so. Yet

none of them were labeled bigots or antigay because of their positions. Its only
when its a Republican who disagrees that
the gay knives come out.
The fact is that any honest look at Trumps
record and views on gay rights shows that
most of the attacks by gay Democrats on
his views are simply incorrect.
Trump, of course, has been a New York
Democrat and social liberal for most of
his adult life, chummy with many Democratic politicians, including the Clintons,
and active in many charities, including
support for AIDS charities. He has a long
record of public support for expanding
gay rights, including adding sexual orientation to the Civil Rights of 1964. He stated support for employment nondiscrimination as far back as 2000 in his book,
The America We Deserve, in which he
wrote of his support for a country free of
racism, discrimination against women, or
discrimination against people based on
sexual orientation.
He publicly supported repeal of Dont
Ask, Dont Tell, and in an interview with
The Brody File (a very conservative radio
show) in 2011, in response to a question
about civil unions, he said, First of all, I
live in New York. I know many, many gay
people. Tremendous people. And to be
honest with you I havent totally formed
my opinion. But there can be no discrimination against gays.
During the Republican primary cam-
paign, he was famously accused by some

of his rivals, particularly Ted Cruz, of supporting New York values, code words
for gay rights, but he never backed away
from his support, stating in February
that the country would continue to see
forward motion on gay rights under his
presidency, hardly the stu of anti-gay
bigotry.
After the horric terrorist attack on the
gay nightclub in Orlando by radical Islamist Omar Mateen, Trump gave an impassioned speech denouncing it, specically citing the long history of homophobia
in the Islamic world, where gays are imprisoned or killed in many Muslim nations.
While many other Republicans were afraid
to explicitly make the connection between
radical Islam and homophobia, Trump
was not, and yet for that he was attacked
by the likes of HRCs Chad Grin, a sycophant for Hillary Clinton.
Trump and his surrogates repeatedly
raised the issue of gay rights during the
Republican convention, and Trump himself chose the well-known gay entrepreneur Peter Thiel to give the keynote address, in which he publicly announced
his sexual orientation to the cheers and
applause of many in the audience. Yet
instead of celebrating its symbolic importance, the gay media and establishment
ignored or dismissed it in their continuing
role as shills for the Democratic Party.
Put perhaps the most dramatic expression of Trumps fundamental support for
gay rights was his heartfelt acknowledgement of the GLBTQ community in his acceptance speech at the convention, a truly historic step, one that would have been
applauded by the Blade and gay politicos
if it had been uttered by a Democrat.
It is certainly fair to criticize Trump for
telling social conservatives that he would
consider appointing justices to the Supreme Court who oppose the Obergefell
decision, yet it would be extremely unlikely that even if Trump truly wanted to
reverse it that he could do so.
Theres no doubt one can nd much to
criticize in Trump (and, for that matter,
Hillary Clinton), but to label him anti-gay
or a mouthpiece of the religious right
is so o-base and incorrect it calls into
question the credibility and honesty of
those making such accusations. According to a recent poll of gay voters by NBC
News, 36 percent of registered LGBT voters support a candidate other than Clinton, with 28 percent supporting either
Trump or Gary Johnson, the Libertarian.
Its time for gay Democrats to stop reviling anyone who doesnt agree with their
political perspectives and try instead to
exhibit the same tolerance they demand
of everyone else.
David Lampo is the author of A Fundamental

Freedom: Why Republicans, Conservatives, and
Libertarians Should Support Gay Rights and
served on the boards of Equality Virginia and
Log Cabin Republicans.
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Movie magic in Middleburg

SMALL-TOWN VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL DRAWS D.C. VISITORS
By BRIAN T. CARNEY
DEV PATEL in Lion, one of the lms to be screened at the Middleburg Film Festival.
PHOTO BY MARK ROGERS; COURTESY OF LONG WAY HOME PRODUCTIONS
Next weekend, Hollywood will be

spreading a little glitter on the Virginia
countryside. Located an hour west of
Washington, the Middleburg Film Festival
(Oct. 20-23) oers Metro D.C. lm fans
the chance to get a sneak peek at this
years leading Oscar contenders while
sipping local wines and rubbing elbows
with Hollywood insiders.
Festival Executive Director Susan Koch
says, We are thrilled to share some of the
years best lms with festival attendees.
The 2016 program includes a mix of
Oscar contenders, critically acclaimed
foreign language lms and compelling
documentaries.
Now on its fourth year, the Middleburg
Film Festival is the brainchild of Sheila C.
Johnson, who was a co-founder of BET
and is a co-owner of the Washington
Capitals, the Washington Mystics and

the Washington Wizards. Johnson also
owns Salamander Hospitality and runs
the Salamander Resort and Spa in
Middleburg. She was a producer for Lee
Daniels The Butler and for The Other
City, a powerful documentary about the
AIDS crisis in Washington.
The festival combines two of her
passions: the movies and Virginias
beautiful horse and wine country.
Middleburg has been my home for
nearly 20 years, Johnson says. Im
honored to give people from all over
the world one more reason to visit
this very special region. This festival
showcases independent lms selected
for their exceptional craft and creativity.
These visionary lms push boundaries,
challenge convention and often try things
no one else has dared to dream.

She adds, As an avid lmgoer and lm
producer, Ive seen over and over the
power of lms. Movies have a rare and
magical ability to inspire, to educate, to
engage and entertain. They lift us up out
of our everyday lives, help us see others
points of view, and build new bridges of
empathy and understanding.
The festival opens next Thursday, Oct.
20, with Lion by Australian director
Garth Davis. As a child, Saroo gets lost
on a train in India and must survive on
the streets until he is adopted by an
Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and
David Wenham). As an adult, Saroo
(played by Dev Patel) returns to India to
nd his birth family and return to his rst
home.
The Friday Spotlight Feature is
Moonlight, the powerful coming-ofage and coming-out story of a young black

man. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the movie
is based on the play by out theater artist
Tarell Alvin McCraney (Choir Boy and
The Brother/Sister Plays), a MacArthur
Fellow and member of the Steppenwolf
Theatre Ensemble.
Other screenings on Friday include
Julieta by gay Spanish auteur Pedro
Almodvar (based on short stories by
Alice Munro); Ewan McGregors directorial
debut in American Pastoral; and
Kenneth Lonergans Manchester by
The Sea with Casey Aeck and Michelle
Williams.
The Saturday Night Spotlight shines on
one of the leading favorites going into this
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Q U E E RY : 2 0 Q U E ST I O N S F O R CO N N I E I MBO D E N
CONNIE IMBODEN
PHOTO BY CORY DONOVAN, COURTESY OF IMBODEN
By JOEY DiGULIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
For more than 30 years, Connie Imboden has used photography to examine,
distort and redene the human body, according to the Y: Art Gallery & Fine Gifts
where a new exhibition of her work opens Wednesday, Oct. 19 and runs through
Nov. 26.
The exhibition will feature an extensive body of Imbodens photos spanning
more than three decades, including a selection of well-known early black-andwhite photographs as well as more recent color photos that have never been
exhibited before. Its the rst time her work has been exhibited locally in 13
years. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 6-9 p.m. at
the Y: Art Gallery (3402 Gough St., Baltimore).
Ive been photographing the nude for 30 years and Im still riveted by it,
Imboden says. I cant imagine photographing anything else and I understand
why the human form is the most popular and controversial subject throughout
the history of art.
She is drawn to nudes for the complex psychological issues they can inspire.
My images are not manipulated in the camera, dark room or computer,
though they look like they are, says the 63-year-old Baltimore native. They
are all seen through the camera working with the distortions of water and also
mirrors. It is through these distortions that I can explore and see the nude in
poetic ways.
Imboden and her wife of 11 years, Patricia Dwyer, live in Towson, Md., with
their dogs Lucy and Sadie. Imboden enjoys travel, reading and swimming in her
free time.
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How long have you been out and who

was the hardest person to tell?
I have been out since I was 19 in 1972.
The hardest person to tell was my
mother and she was great! This was a
very hard time to be gay and dicult for
parents to accept their gay children. My
mothers reaction was wonderful.After
coming out to her she said, You are still
my best friend.
Whos your LGBT hero?
There is no doubt that it has to be Ellen.
Not only is she a comic genius, butshe
has also been instrumental in pushing
our cause forward.
Whats Baltimore or Washingtons
best nightspot, past or present?
Phase 1. It was the best lesbian bar ever.
Describe your dream wedding.
The one we had on a lake in Vermont
with a dozen closest friends in the fall
with a bit of a chill in the air.
What non-LGBT issue are you most
passionate about?
Art. Looking at art, experiencing it,
making it and teaching it.
What historical outcome would you

change?
I would change the outcome of Henry
VIIIs marriages.I hate that he gotaway
with abusing his wives, by beheading or
ostracizing.
Whats been the most memorable pop

culture moment of your lifetime?
Gene Hackman came to my studio and
bought several of my photographs!
On what do you insist?

Excellence in my artwork.
What was your last Facebook post or

Tweet?
Thanking my Facebook friends for my
birthday wishes
If your life were a book, what would
the title be?
63 Years of Baby Steps
If science discovered a way to change

sexual orientation, what would you
do?
I love being gay and I have ever since
I started the long process of coming
out being part of a sub-culture,
experiencing the gradual social
acceptance and especially the right to
marry my love legally.
What do you believe in beyond the
physical world?
Jungs collective unconscious.
Whats your advice for LGBT
movement leaders?
Dont forget to have fun.
What would you walk across hot coals
for?
My wife and my dogs
What LGBT stereotype annoys you
most?
That lesbians wear combat boots and
lumberjack shirts maybe thats an old
stereotype, but Im an old lesbian!
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
Its hard to pick just one Priscilla,
Queen of the Desert is high on my list
but I think the top is Je, tu, il elle from
the 70s. It was my rst lesbian lm and it
was breathtaking.
Whats the most overrated social
custom?
Exchanging Christmas presents.
What trophy or prize do you most
covet?
A Super Bowl ring. I love rings, though it
might be too big and heavy to wear.
What do you wish youd known at 18?
That I wasnt the only oddball in the
world.
Why Baltimore?
This is the greatest area in the United
States! The greatest museums, history
and Baltimores great art scene!
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15th annual Best of Gay D.C. Awards coming next week

The Washington Blade celebrates the winners of its 15th annual 2016 Best of
Gay D.C. Awards at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 6-9 p.m.
There will be complimentary Titos Vodka cocktails from 6-8 p.m. and food
sampling from Best of Gay D.C. nalists. BaNaka will host the event with
performances by competition winners and nalists. Early Bird tickets are $10
and day of tickets are $15.
For details, visit bestofgaydc.com.
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Reel Armations lm fest returns with diverse slate
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Reel Armations hosts its three-day lm festival on Thursday, Oct. 13 through

Sunday, Oct. 15 featuring closing lm, King Cobra.
The festival kicks o with a special screening of Retake at Human Rights
Campaign (1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W.) on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. Other
lms will be screened throughout the weekend including Strike a Pose, AWOL
with short lm More Than God, LOEV and more. The closing lm will be King
Cobra starring James Franco at the Gala Theater/Tivoli Theater (3333 14th St.,
N.W.). There will be a VIP/Filmmaker reception featuring the lmmakers of the
lms screened at the festival on the rooftop of Lost Society (2001 14th St. N.W.)
on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 7-10 p.m. There will be complimentary cocktails, food
and music by DJ Mim. The closing night party is at Miss Pixies (1626 14th St.,
N.W.) on Sunday, Oct. 16 from 7-9 p.m. There will be cocktails, desserts and
more.
Tickets for both parties are $25. Tickets for lm screenings are $12. For more
details, visit reelarmations.org.
Grammy- and Oscar-winner Melissa

Etheridge performs at Lincoln Theatre
(1215 U St., N.W.) on Wednesday, Oct. 19
at 8 p.m.
Etheridge will be performing as part of
her MEmphis Rock & Soul Tour: A Soulute to Stax Records. Every ticket ordered
includes a digital download of her new
album MEmphis Rock & Soul, which was
released this month. Tickets range from
$58-78.
Doors open at 8 p.m. For more
information, visit thelincolndc.com.
CAMP Rehoboth hosts

Block Party Sunday
Camp Rehoboth hosts its 2016 Block
Party on the second block of Baltimore
Avenue, Rehoboth, Del., on Sunday, Oct.
16 from noon-4 p.m.
Local
restaurants,
caterers,
entertainers, businesses, non-prots and
other organizations will all participate. All
ages are welcome. Admission is free but
donations to benet the CAMP Rehoboth
Community Center are encouraged.
For
more
information,
visit
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This Week in the Arts provided by CultureCapital.com

Theatre. fords.org.
What Were Up Against. Thru Oct 15.
Keegan Theatre. keegantheatre.com.
The Rocky Horror Show. Oct 14Oct 30. Workhouse Arts Center.
workhousearts.org.
DANCE
Dance Noir
Oct 15-Oct 16. Dissonance Dance Theatre at Jack Guidone
Theater.
ddtdc.org.
Dance Noir is Dissonance Dance Theatres annual, mixed-evening program

of dance works built around dark, dramatic classical scores. These works tell
narrative stories through a blend of contemporary and modern dance styles.
Kiss
Thru Nov 6. Woolly Mammoth.
woollymammoth.net.
A standing double-date quickly becomes a hilarious farce as four friends

unburden their hearts and reveal their secret passions.
The Art of the Italian Madrigal

Oct 15. Choral Arts Society at Dumbarton United Methodist Church.
choralarts.org.
An evening of artful songs of love and wit, tracing the evolution of the Italian
madrigal as it crosses 16th century Europe and continues to the present.
Including works by Monteverdi, Palestrina, Lauridsen and Druckman.
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

Thru Nov 10. Smithsonian Theaters at National Air and Space Museum.
si.edu.
This unique lm is a one-of-a-kind celebration of life and the grand history of the
cosmos, transporting audiences into a vast sensorial journey that spans the eons
from the Big Bang to the dinosaur age to our present human world and beyond.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DISSONANCE DANCE THEATRE
THEATRE
Julie Scoggins & David Wingeld. Oct
19. AMP. ampbystrathmore.com.
Sense and Sensibility. Thru Nov 13.
Folger Theatre. folger.edu.
Slate + The Second City present
Unelectable You. Oct 14-Oct 15.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Night-Time. Thru Oct 23. Shear
Madness. Thru Nov 20. Kennedy
Center. kennedy-center.org.
The Gulf. Thru Nov 6. Freaky Friday.
Thru Nov 20. Signature Theatre.
signature-theatre.org.
Romeo & Juliet. Thru Nov
6. Shakespeare Theatre
Company. Lansburgh Theatre.
shakespearetheatre.org.
Catch Me: A Magic Duel. Oct 15. Thin
Air Productions. Mayower Hotel.
catchmeshow.com.
The Diary of Anne Frank. Thru Oct
23. Millennium Approaches. Thru Oct
23. Perestroika. Thru Oct 30. Olney
Theatre. olneytheatre.org.
Cloud 9. Thru Oct 16. Motherstruck.
Thru Oct 23. Studio Theatre.
studiotheatre.org.
A Dream Within A Dream: Madness.
Thru Oct 31. Torpedo Factory.
torpedofactory.org.
Collective Rage: A Play in Five
Boops. Thru Oct 16. Woolly Mammoth.
woollymammoth.net.
Come From Away. Thru Oct 16. Fords
Danish Dance Theatre: Black

Diamond. Oct 18-Oct 19. Kennedy
Dance Theatre of Harlem. Oct 14Oct 15. WPA. Sidney Harman Hall.
washingtonperformingarts.org.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company.
Oct 14. GMU Center for the Arts. cfa.
gmu.edu.
Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak
Dance Company. Oct 16. The Clarice.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
MUSIC
The Craig Gildner Big Band & The
InterPLAY Orchestra. Oct 16. Christie
Dashiell. Oct 19. Chris Botti. Oct 20.
Strathmore. strathmore.org.
California Guitar Trio. Oct 14. Dee
Lucas & Phaze II. Oct 15. AMP.
ampbystrathmore.com.
Fred Hersch Trio. Oct 15. Peter
Frampton Raw. Oct 16. Harlem
String Quartet. Oct 17. Kennedy
Heidi Martin. Thru Oct 14. Girma
Beyene and Feedle Band. Oct 14.
Oran Etkin. Oct 15. EcoSono. Oct 16.
Atlas. atlasarts.org.
Chelsey Green & the Green Project.
Oct 15. BlackRock. blackrockcenter.org.
The Havana Cuba All-Stars. Oct 15.
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra. Oct 16.
GMU Center for the Arts. cfa.gmu.edu.
Alisa Weilerstein, cello. Oct 16.
UDC. Zakir Hussain with Niladri
Kumar. Oct 20. WPA. Sixth & I.
washingtonperformingarts.org.
Curtis on Tour. Oct 16. National
Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
Mark Padmore, tenor | Andrew
West, piano - Concert. Oct 17. Library
of Congress. loc.gov.
Nilko Andreas Guarin, Guitar;
Melanie Genin, Harp. Oct 20.
The Embassy Series. Residence
of the Colombian Ambassador.
embassyseries.org.
Berlioz Te Deum. Oct 16.
Cathedral Choral Society. WNC.
cathedralchoralsociety.org.
Chaise Lounge. Oct 14. Bickram
Ghoshs Drums of India. Oct 15. John
Paul White with The Kernal. Oct
18. JD Souther with Nellie McKay.
Oct 19. Rickie Lee Jones. Oct 20. The
Barns. wolftrap.org.
Meklit. Oct 14. Music in Mind:
Henri at 100. Oct 16. The Clarice.

claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
MUSEUMS
Folger Shakespeare Library. Will &
Jane. Thru Nov 6. folger.edu.
National Archives. Amending
America. Thru Sep 4.
archivesfoundation.org.
National Gallery of Art. Drawings for
Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt.
Thru Jan 2. Los Angeles to New York:
Dwan Gallery, 19591971. Thru Jan 29.
nga.gov.
National Museum of Women in the
Arts. Priya Pereira: Contemporary
Artist Books from India. Thru Nov 18.
NO MANS LAND: Women Artists from
the Rubell Family Collection. Thru Jan
8. nmwa.org.
Kreeger Museum. Selected Works:
Sam Gilliam Simmie Knox. Thru
Dec 30. Smith|Paley. Thru Dec 30.
kreegermuseum.org.
Library of Congress. #Opera Before
Instagram: Portraits, 1890-1955. Thru
Jan 21. loc.gov.
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum.
Twelve Years That Shook And Shaped
Washington: 1963-1975. Thru Oct 23.
anacostia.si.edu.
National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian. In the Groove: Jazz
Portraits by Herman Leonard. Thru Feb
20. npg.si.edu.
GALLERIES
DCCAH. The Creative Age Exhibition.
Thru Oct 21. dcarts.dc.gov.
Strathmore. Rise Up. Thru Nov 6.
Works by Mojdeh Rezaeipour. Thru
Nov 6. strathmore.org.
The Art League Gallery. Op-Ed. Thru
Nov 6. Transformations: Tapestries in
Glass. Thru Nov 6. theartleague.org.
District Architecture Center.
Furniture designed by Tom Shiner,
FAIA. Oct 17-Nov 19. aiadac.com.
gallery Neptune & Brown. William
Kentridge: The Great Storyteller. Thru
Oct 22. galleryneptunebrown.com.
Goethe-Institut. 2,000 Miles: Divided
Land, Common Humanity. Thru Nov 4.
goethe.de.
ISAAG. Adriana Carambia &
Artesanos Don Bosco. Thru Oct 17.
idbstaassociationartgallery.org.
ReCreative Spaces. Back to Balance
- Gallery Hours. Oct 14-Oct 28.
recreativespaces.com.
Torpedo Factory. Bodyscapes by
Three Women Artists. Thru Oct 16.
torpedofactory.org.
Waverly Street Gallery. Oil Paintings
by Cathy Abramson. Thru Nov 5.
waverlystreetgallery.com.
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Christopher Wheeldons
A scene from the short lm Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), an inspirational work for a
voguing event Saturday at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
Cinderella
Oct. 2630 | Opera House

Saturday event features
voguing masquerade ball
By MARIAH COOPER
mcooper@washblade.com
For many, the ballroom conjures images
of lavish rooms with intricate paintings, a
chandelier cascading from the ceiling and
a group of partygoers dressed to the nines
and ready to dance cheek to cheek. For
others like Keith Ebony Holt, ballroom is a
completely dierent beast that transcends
setting and becomes its own art form.
Holt rst encountered voguing when
his friend dragged him along to a
ballroom event at 17.
I was so intrigued by the excitement
of the ballroom scene, Holt says. I got
to see a completely dierent world that
I had never seen before. Most of my life
I was sheltered. So when I came into the
ballroom scene it was like, Wow.
Now Holt is no longer a ballroom newbie
and is a member of the Baltimore-based
House of Ebony. He will be passing along
his knowledge of ballroom to visitors at
the Voguing Masquerade Ball, hosted by
the National Museum of African Art (950
Independence Ave., S.W.), on Saturday,
Oct. 15. The voguing will be in correlation
with the museums Senses of Time: Videoand Film-based Works of Africa exhibit.
In particular the voguing is inspired by Yinka
Shonibare MBEs featured work Un Ballo in
Maschera, or A Masked Ball, a short lm
by the British-Nigerian artist that plays o of
Giuseppe Verdis 1859 opera of the same
name. The opera was inspired by Swedish King
Gustav IIIs assassination during a masked ball
in 1792. The lm creatively recreates a similar
scene using elaborate masquerade costumes
and non-vogue dancing.
The vogue portion of the evening
begins at 4:30 p.m. and will include Holt
and other ballroom icons to educate the
audience on ballroom culture. Following
will be a masquerade vogue ball from
7:30-10 p.m with vogue performers
Mook Mizrahi and Jack Mizrahi, Ori bodypainting artist Laolu and DJ Vjuan Allure.
Nicole Shivers, the museums education
specialist, says the event was about six

months in the making. She says she had
an idea in her head for an event but after a
colleague showed her a video of Holt and his
work, she knew the two would be a match.
This particular video Yinka plays on
aristocracy and excess, Shivers says. In
my education mind, what a perfect storm
to have a voguing ballroom performance
inspired by Yinkas piece. It invites people
into the world of voguing and how important
ballroom is to the LGBT community.
The importance of voguing crept into the
mainstream with the documentary Paris
is Burning. The documentary received
critical acclaim and pushed New York Citys
pier culture into modern gay life.
Holt says he tells people that Paris
is Burning is a great resource to begin
learning about ballroom culture, but the
1990 lm is outdated when it comes to the
state of voguing today. Ballroom categories
have evolved and the culture has even
branched out into other countries like
France, Russia and Japan. He credits the
spread of ballroom culture with ballroom
performers expanding into other areas
in the entertainment industry. They have
begun to spread their knowledge as they
have gone on to become choreographers
and celebrity makeup artists.
Voguing is also no longer exclusively LGBT.
Its even branched into heterosexual
women. Its no longer underground. You
even see like dierent superstars like
Beyonc, they do a vogue move in her
videos, Holt says.
Though for for LGBT people of color,
ballroom has always been a historical staple.
This is something that we made our
own. I really think that this is LGBT history
because this is something that we made out
of the clubs and pier of New York City and
now look at it. Now everybody kind of knows
what voguing is. A person can see a dip on
a music video and say, Wow. We see that
we can create something and watch it grow.
Shivers hopes people attending the
event can recognize how artistry can
comment on social issues and begin
community building.
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share perspectives and have meaningful
conversations. For details, visit uhupil.org.
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com two weeks prior to your event. Space is limited so priority is given to LGBT-specic events
or those with LGBT participants. Recurring
events must be re-submitted each time.
TUESDAY, OCT. 18
Gay rapper Big Freedia, also known
as the Queen of Bounce, performs at the
Howard Theatre (620 T St., N.W.) tonight
at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. General
admission tickets are $20 in advance
and $25 day of show. VIP booths for
four are $240. Full dinner menu will be
available. For more information, visit
thehowardtheatre.com.
Republic (6939 Laurel Ave., Takoma
Park, Md.) hosts Alegre Happy Hour,
an LGBT happy hour, from 5-7 p.m. For
details, visit republictakoma.com.
TODAY
Church Night, a live comedy parody of
a middle America church service, returns
to Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.) tonight
from 8-11 p.m. Jessy Morner-Ritt, Benjy
Himmelfarb and Fox Martin will make
appearances. There will be sing-along
hymns and shots-n-tots communion.
Tickets are $12. For more details, visit
blackcatdc.com.
The Mid-Atlantic Kennel Korps hosts its
2016 Mid-Atlantic Puppy and Handler
Contest at the D.C. Eagle (3701 Benning
Rd., N.E.) today and Saturday. Contest
winners will become the new titleholders
to represent the pup community. Tonight
there will be a contestant meet and greet
from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Vendors will also be
open on the third oor. On Saturday,
vendors will be open from noon-8 p.m.
There will be Puppymon Go: Puppy
Games from noon-1:30 p.m., a Puppy
Mosh from 1:30-3:30 p.m. and the contest
will be from 6-8 p.m. For a complete list
of events and more information, visit
makkorps.org.
A LGB support group meets today
from 10-11:30 a.m. at 16220 S. Frederick
Rd., Gaithersburg, Md., for individuals
in Montgomery County. The group
will discuss coming out of marriage,
homophobia, parenting issues, nding
intimate relationships, LGB resources
in the suburbs and more. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19
SATURDAY, OCT. 15
The D.C. Eagle (3701 Benning Rd.,
N.E.) hosts Latino night tonight from 9
p.m.-3 a.m. Marbella Lopez Galicia, Angie
Carther Lawless and Barbie Monzerath
Akridge Milorf will perform a drag show.
DJ Theo Storm will spin beats. Cover is $5
before 10 p.m. and $10 after. For more
details, visit dceagle.com.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct., N.W.
hosts Bears Can Dance: Halloween
Edition tonight from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. DJ
Jerey Eletto will play all night. There is no
cover charge. For more information, visit
greenlanterndc.com.
Coach G Fitness hosts a special Sweat
D.C. to benet Metro D.C. in honor of
National Coming Out week at the Wonder
Bread Factory (641 S St., N.W.) today from
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sweat D.C. class starts
at 10 a.m. followed by a silent auction from
11-11:45 a.m. There will be prizes from
Duplex Diner, Woolly Mammoth Theatre,
9:30 Club and many more. If guests dont
want to work out, they can attend the silent
auction for $10 and enjoy complimentary
refreshments. For more information, visit
facebook.com/metrodcpag.
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Big Freedia performs at the Howard Theatre on Tuesday, Oct 18.
AGLA hosts brunch at Freddies Beach

Bar & Restaurant (555 23rd St., South
Arlington, Va.) today from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Guests do not have to be a member of
AGLA to join. There will be an all-youcan-eat breakfast buet, which includes
made-to-order omelettes, waes, coee,
soda or juice, for $9.99. For more details,
visit facebook.com/outinnova.
Gay Mens Chorus of Washington
hosts Rendezvous, a Red Party
fundraiser, at Wonder Bread Factory (641
S St., N.W.) today at 5 p.m. There will be
tastings from restaurants in the Shaw
neighborhood, cocktails, raes, a live jazz
band, cabaret singers and much more.
Guests should wear red. Tickets are $125.
For more information, visit gmcw.org.
SUNDAY, OCT. 16
D.C.s Dierent Drummers hosts
DCDD Does Drag: Lucky 7, a fundraising
event, at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) tonight
from 7-10 p.m. The groups men and
women will dress up and perform in drag.

Cover is $10 to benet D.C.s Dierent
Drummers. For more information, visit
dcdd.org.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts a drag brunch today with shows at
10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Brunch buet
is $26 and the rst mimosa or Bloody
Mary is free. For more information and to
purchase tickets, visit nelliesdragbrunch.
eventbrite.com.
MONDAY, OCT. 17
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,
Pop star Sia brings her Nostalgic for

the Present Tour to Verizon Center (601
F St., N.W.) tonight at 7 p.m. Tickets range
from $35-360. For more details, visit
ticketmaster.com.
The QREW, an inclusive queer group,
hosts a mix and mingle at Satellite Room
(2047 9th St., N.W.) tonight from 6-9 p.m.
There will be $4 draft beers and rail drinks
and $20 wine bottles. All are welcome.
For more information, visit facebook.
com/qrewdc.
Bookmen D.C., an informal gay
mens literature group, discusses Our
Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and
Gay Writing from the Antilles edited by
Thomas Glave, at the D.C. Center (2000
14th St.., N.W.) tonight at 7:30 p.m. All
are welcome. For more information, visit
bookmendc.blogspot.com.
The Tom Davoren Social Bridge
Club meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the
Dignity Center (721 8th St., S.E.) for social
bridge. No partner needed. For more
information, call 301-345-1571.
THURSDAY, OCT. 20
AGLA hosts a book club at Freddies
Beach Bar & Restaurant (555 23rd St.,
South Arlington, Va.) tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Members will discuss Berlin Diaries by
Christopher Isherwood. RSVP in advance
by emailing info@agla.org. Everyone is
welcome. For more details, visit facebook.
com/outinnova.
National City Christian Church hosts
an LGBT happy hour to benet the D.C.
Center at Uproar Lounge and Restaurant
(639 Florida Ave., N.W.) tonight from 6-8
p.m. There is a minimum $10 donation.
For more information, visit nationalcitycc.
org.
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
hosts its monthly Poly Discussion
Group tonight at 7 p.m. People of all
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.
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ISABEL KEATING, left, as Birdie Hubbard and MARG HELGENBERGER as Regina in The Little Foxes
at Arena Stage.
Arenas The Little Foxes part of

larger Lillian Hellman tribute
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Lillian Hellmans The Little Foxes is a
timeless tale of avarice and dysfunctional
family. The well-made 1939 drama that
shows just how far people are willing to
go to get what they want is currently in
production at Arena Stage.
Set in turn-of-the-century small town
Alabama, the plays action quickly unfolds.
The rich Hubbard brothers Benjamin
(Edward Gero) and Oscar (Gregory
Linington) want to gain control of the local
cotton mill. To seal the deal and become
even richer, they need a loan from their
ambitious sister Regina Giddens (Marg
Helgenberger best known from TVs
China Beach and CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation) whos dependent on her
ailing husband Horace (Jack Willis). The
three siblings are unstoppable in their
quest for money and what goes with it.
There is some goodness in the story,
too. It comes in the persons of the Giddens
African-American housekeeper Addie (Kim
James Bey), the warm heart of an otherwise
chilly home, and Reginas husband
Horace who has brought up his daughter
Alexandra (Megan Graves) to value honesty
and kindness, traits that Regina neither
possesses nor particularly understands.
In addition to her brothers, regular
guests at Reginas dining table include
sister-in-law Birdie (Isabel Keating), an
alcoholic whom abusive Oscar married only
for her property and aristocratic pedigree.
They have a son, Leo (Stanton Nash), who
unfortunately takes after his father.
Brimming with drive, wit and wile, Regina
is a woman born at the wrong time. As a
daughter, she was left out of her fathers will,
and as a wife, she is nancially dependent
on a man whose desires dont match her
own (i.e. living large and launching her
daughter into Chicago society).
The riveting plotline which wont be

revealed here follows the Hubbards
sordid machinations as they scheme and
posture in pursuit of gold. And ultimately,
its Regina who through an unspeakable
deed ends up holding the trump card,
out-maneuvering her brothers but
alienating her only child.
Regina Giddens is one of the great
villains of American theater. And the
part has certainly served as a marvelous
vehicle for middle-aged women. The
part was created by Tallulah Bankhead
on Broadway in 39. Bette Davis played
Regina in the acclaimed 41 William Wyler
lm. Over the years, Elizabeth Taylor
played her in the 1981 pre-Broadway
run at the Kennedy Center. Later in
Elizabeth Ashley assayed the role at DCs
Shakespeare Theatre Company in 2002.
While Helgenberger captures Reginas
steely reserve, she fails to convey the volcanic
yearnings churning behind an unreadable
faade. You dont get that shes furious at
being long beholden to ineectual men and
is waiting for her chance to seize the reins
and nally take charge. Keatings Birdie
is tightly wired and not as vague and the
sympathetic as other actors interpretation
of the fantastic role, but it works. Gero is
strong as the unmarried, older brother.
The director is Kyle Donnelly, an Arena
vet. She says the production design is
inspired by Henry James gothic ghost
story The Turn of the Screw two wellappointed rooms ominously surrounded
by dark trees (compliments of Mikiku
Suzuki MacAdams). Jess Goldsteins
costumes the cast in what youd expect to
see worn by prosperous folks circa 1900.
Reginas gowns are particularly luxuriant.
At the press performance two weeks
ago the play hadnt entirely jelled some
lines were dropped, and Southern accents
went in and out. The relationships between
siblings didnt seem entirely dened.
Perhaps those things have changed.
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Saron risotto is part of a new Italian-themed tasting menu at Equinox.
Sunday Supper series at

Equinox oers tasting menu
By KRISTEN HARTKE
should take a lot less time), highlighting the

ingredients and techniques specic to each
featured region. Two dishes are available
in each course, designed to accommodate
omnivores, vegetarians and vegans, and
diners can feel free to mix and match.
In Octobers Umbrian menu, youll nd
porcini, chestnuts, pork and rabbit wellrepresented, typical ingredients found in
landlocked Umbria. Lepre all cacciatora, a
regional dish of hare braised in red wine
gets an Equinox twist as rabbit bolognese
with red wine and Parmigiano Reggiano
served with whole wheat fettuccine, and a
creamy plantbased version of chestnut
and porcini soup.
Stued vegetables, insalata di carne
cruda, and agnolotti can be found in
various iterations on the November
menu honoring the Piedmont region
of northern Italy, which relies less on
tomato-based sauces and more on rich,
slow-cooked dishes.
Were taking these celebrated, classic
dishes, Gray says, and giving them our
American interpretation.
Look for eggy thin noodles called
tagliolini with white true butter, an
autumnal blend of green lentils and
vegetables, porcini mushrooms and
cashew cheese, and a rich traditional
dessert, Torte Noiciolla, a hazelnut cake
with a custardy wine-based zabaglione.
Mediterranean air anchors the
December menu centered on the colorful
cuisine of Rome, from saron risotto
to sticky struoli studded with candied
orange and pistachio. Crispy tempura
sardines or artichokes start o the
meal, followed by the salt-forward pasta
dishes found on southern Italian tables,
such as fat bucatini noodles served with
lashings of black pepper and Parmesan
and rigatoni with black olives, capers and
tomatoes. Top it o with a classic Torte al
Pinoli, a pine nut tart accompanied by a
red wine poached pear sorbet.
For some residents, prices at

Washington restaurants have gotten out
of control.
The much-anticipated Shaw Bijou
has been the talk of the city because its
13-course tasting menu will clock in at
over $900 per couple once wine pairings,
tax and gratuity are factored in.
But Equinox (818 Connecticut Ave.
N.W.) aims to change that with a series of
themed Sunday evening menus that will,
by comparison, set you back just $45 per
person, plus an additional $20 if you go
for the wine pairings, not including tax
and gratuity. Even so, its a price point that
could easily come in under $100 each.
We wanted to create a tasting menu
that was accessible in price and exciting
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Former Attorney General of the United
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In addition to more than two-dozen
new movies and ne food and drink
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some Hollywood insiders. This years
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him an unusual name just so hed stand
out. Thats what he did, starting in his
teens when he dropped out of the North
Atlanta School of Performing Arts and
began to nd his calling.
On his way, he was a member of a punk
rock band, performed as a go-go dancer,
hosted a talk show and hosted numerous
local events in Atlanta. Later, he moved
to New York and acted in lms. By 1989,
after a few pauses in his fabulosity, he
became RuPaul the glamazon and
went on to even bigger fame in fashion,
modeling, music, TV and cosmetics.
Following the 9-11 attacks, RuPaul
briey and quietly stepped back from
show biz to take a break, but he couldnt
stay away long: in 2009, he launched
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show that featured snarky judges and
competitors in performance, sewing,
comedy, and (of course) drag. The show is
in high gear with the nale of the second
season of All Stars climaxing just this
week.
In this book, we meet some of them.
Theres Santino Rice, a former Drag
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debut came on YouTube after her creator,
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Idol. Alaska, a Tacky Blonde Bombshell
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products. Following her taping of Drag
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appearance was as Cruella de Vil, and
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mini-chapters with mini-biographies are
woefully short and quite repetitious. That,
plus the misleading title may frustrate
some readers but yet, fans of RuPauls
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Theyll enjoy this book no matter what.
If thats you, then youll be happy when
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