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OCTOBER

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VOLUME 47

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Rehoboth Beach, Del., a beach resort town popular with LGBT people, received a rating of 62,
the highest rating among Delaware municipalities.
San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles and Orlando and Wilton Manors in Florida were
among the cities to receive a rating of 100.
The HRC Foundation says in a statement that the ratings are based on 44 specic criteria that
fall under four broad categories: non-discrimination laws; LGBT inclusive municipal employment
policies; LGBT inclusiveness in city services; LGBT-supportive law enforcement policies, including
hate crimes reporting; and municipal leadership on matters of equality.
The full report can be viewed at hrc.org/mei.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.

D.C. responds to gay cops bias lawsuit


The 30th annual High Heel Race is set for Oct. 25.

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Mayor to host pre-High


Heel Race reception

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and her Oce of LGBTQ Aairs are scheduled to host a preparty gathering before the start of the 30th annual 17th Street High Heel Race on Oct. 25.
The gathering is set to take place from 6-9 p.m. at Cobalt/Level One bar and restaurant
at 17th and R Streets, N.W., which are steps away from the starting line of the famed race
in which dozens of runners in drag will compete.
Started in 1986 as a venue for the LGBT community to celebrate Halloween, the annual
High Heel Race has become one of D.C.s most unique events that attracts thousands of
spectators who line both sides of 17th Street between R Street and Church Street, which
serves as the nish line.
In addition to the race, the event has become known for the dozens of partygoers who
strut along 17th Street in creative Halloween costumes during a two-hour period that
immediately precedes the race. During election years many of those participating in this
informal parade often dress as political gures running for oce.
Mayor Bowser and award-winning drag queens BaNaka and Birdie LaCage are serving
this year as grand marshals for the race.
Before the race starts, please join Mayor Bowser, LGBTQ members of the Bowser
Administration and members of the Mayors Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Aairs at
Level One/Cobalt, LGBT Aairs Oce Director Sheila Alexander-Reid said in a statement.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.

Rockville receives highest


LGBT city rating in D.C. area
The city of Rockville, Md., received a rating of 98 out of a possible 100 in the Human Rights
Campaign Foundations 2016 Municipal Equality Index, placing the suburban Maryland jurisdiction
at the top of the ratings on LGBT supportive laws and policies among D.C. area municipalities.
The 2016 Municipal Equality Index, released on Oct. 17, rates 506 cities in all 50 states. D.C. is
not included in the ratings because the HRC Foundation and its partner in the ratings index, the
Equality Federation Institute, treat D.C. as a state and include it in a separate state equality index
ratings process.
Among the D.C.-area jurisdictions rated for 2016, Rockville rose from a rating of 60 in 2015 to its
current rating of 98, placing it ahead of Alexandria and Arlington, Va., which received 2016 ratings
of 86 and 87 respectively.
College Park, Md., which has a gay mayor, came in fourth place in the D.C.-area scores, with a
2016 rating of 83.
The 2016 Municipal Equality Index ratings for other D.C. area municipalities included
Gaithersburg, Md. 59; Bowie, Md. 56; and Fairfax County, Va. 33.
The Fairfax County rating represented a decline by 10 points from a rating of 43 in 2015. The
score shows that the county lost 10 points this year for not fullling the category of LGBTQ Police
Liaison or Task Force. It received 10 points for that category in 2015, according to a ratings chart
for Fairfax County.
As it has during the past three years, Baltimore received a perfect rating of 100 this year. Nearby
Towson, Md. received a rating of 94; Frederick, Md., received an 86 rating; and Annapolis, Md., the
state capital, was given a rating of 65.
Other Virginia municipality ratings include Charlottesville 72; Norfolk 49; and Richmond

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Oct. 12 led a court brief responding to a lawsuit led last
year by a gay former D.C. police ocer accusing fellow ocers and supervisors of subjecting him
to discrimination, harassment and retaliation based on his sexual orientation.
Racines 17-page brief, led on behalf of the city and the Metropolitan Police Department,
states that his oce either denies or lacks sucient information to admit or deny a long list of
allegations in the lawsuit led by former MPD Ocer Christopher Lilly.
Among the allegations Lilly makes in his lawsuit are that fellow ocers at the departments
Fourth District repeatedly called him anti-gay names, subjected him to ridicule and a hostile work
environment because of his sexual orientation, and attached 40 D.C. government AIDS awareness
magnets to his locker.
At the time the magnets were axed to his locker Lilly also discovered on the oor next to his
locker a large spurt looking puddle of unknown white liquid meant to simulate ejaculation, the
lawsuit says.
The response by Racine came just over two weeks after U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan
approved a motion by Racine calling for three of the lawsuits 11 counts to be dismissed. The
motion said the three counts failed to state a valid claim that the alleged discrimination faced by
Lilly violated his First and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights.
Both Racines oce and Lillys attorney, Sameera Ali, have declined requests for comment on
the case.
D.C. attorney Brian Markovitz, who specializes in employment rights law, said the fact that
Racines brief responding to the lawsuit doesnt disclose why the city denies Lillys specic
allegations is a standard practice for responding to a lawsuit of this type at this stage in the
litigation. He predicted it would take at least two years before the information gathering process
known as discovery would be completed and the case would be ready for trial.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.

AIDS training website debuts for black MSM

Information about the D.C. group Us Helping Us is included in a revolutionary new website
launched last week by the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors aimed at helping
medical professionals provide better care for black gay men.
Us Helping Us, which has been operating in D.C. for more than 20 years, has been praised for
providing eective HIV prevention and treatment services for black gay men or black men who
have sex with men known as MSM.
In a statement released on Oct. 12, NASTAD said its new website would serve as an online
training platform to help doctors, nurses, and medical professionals unlearn racial bias and
elevate the quality of healthcare for black gay men and black men who have sex with men.
The NASTAD statement says the new website, called His Health, was developed for and by
black same-gender-loving men and their healthcare providers in partnership with NASTAD and
the Health Resources Services Administrations HIV/AIDS Bureau in response to the high HIV rates
amongst black men who have sex with men. The site can be reached at HisHealth.org.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.

LGBT election night party set for Town

The Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, and D.C.s Town nightclub
have invited members of the LGBT community and their families to join them for an exciting and
nerve-racking election night party on Nov. 8.
The event is scheduled to take place at Town nightclub at 2009 8th St., N.W., starting at 6 p.m.
on Nov. 8. A donation of $5 to $10 is suggested, according to a statement released by the two
groups and Town.
There will be big screens, delicious food and great drinks as we watch and announce election
returns, the statement says. There will be limited seating available on rst come, rst served
basis, according to the statement, with closed captioning and a cash bar.
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Some Maryland Republicans


sticking with Trump
JUDY SHEPARD

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Szeliga denounces
remarks, but plans to
vote for GOP nominee

Judy Shepard denounces Trumps hate

By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com

A newly unveiled a pro-Clinton Super PAC ad features Judy Shepard powerfully


invoking the memory of her sons brutal murder to denounce the hate of
Donald Trump.
In the 60-second ad, made public by Priorities USA on Tuesday and titled
Hate, Shepard says shes seen what can happen as the result of hate, making
the case Trumpsanimosity is the same that led to the hate crime againstgay
college student Matthew Shepard.
As an image of Matthew Shepard and a media report of his deathisdisplayed,
Judy Shepard recalls in 1998 when two men who pretended to be gay met Matthew
Shepard at a bar, beat him in their car, then drove him out to the prairie and tied
him to a split rail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead.
In the aftermath of Matts death, my family saw the best of America in the
love and support we were shown, Judy Shepard says. So when I see the hate
the Donald Trump has brought to his campaign for president, it terries me.
After clips are shown of Trump encouraging violence, mocking the disabled and
disparaging a judge for being Mexican, Judy Shepard adds, Words have an inuence.
Violence causes pain, hate can rip us apart, Judy Shepard concludes. I know what
can happen as the result of hate, and Donald Trump should never be our president.
According to Priorities USA, the new ad is set to air in several swing states in
the presidential election: Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada,
Iowa, Colorado and New Hampshire.
CHRIS JOHNSON

spokesperson for House Minority Whip


Kathy Szeligas U.S. Senate campaign says
she still plans to vote for Donald Trump in
spite of his lewd comments aboutwomen
and allegations of sexual assault.
Kathy does still plan to vote for him,
Jacque Clark told the Washington Blade
on Tuesday in an email.
Szeliga, who represents portions of
Baltimore and Harford Counties in the
Maryland House of Delegates, is running
against Congressman Chris Van Hollen
in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen.
Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.).
The Washington Post on Oct. 7 released a
2005 recording in which Trump made lewd
comments about women and bragged of
groping them while speaking with thenAccess Hollywood host Billy Bush.
Szeliga said in a statement that she was
appalled by Trumps comments. She also
stressed she raised her sons to never speak
about women like this and to defend women
against just these kinds of comments.
Donald Trump should sincerely
apologize to all women immediately,
said Szeliga.
Trump has repeatedly described the
comments which included his bragging
about groping women as locker room
talk. The New York Times and the Palm
Beach Post last week published articles in
which three women allege the Republican
billionaire sexually assaulted them.
Both of these candidates are seriously
awed, said Szeliga in a separate
statement, referring to Trump and Hillary
Clinton. One says appalling things and
one has done appalling things. Like most
Marylanders, I wish we had dierent
options, but we dont. Thats why we need
an independent voice in the Senate who will
roll up their sleeves and get things done.
Gov. Larry Hogan, who announced in
July that he would not vote for Trump, has
endorsed Szeliga.
Chrys Kefalas, who came in third
in Aprils GOP primary, also supports
Szeliga. The gay Republican told the
Baltimore Sun in August that he does not
support Trump.
A poll that the Washington Post and the
University of Maryland conducted between
Sept. 27-30 found Van Hollen was ahead of
Szeliga by a 58-29 percent margin.
Donald Trumps values are not

Campaign ad features Pulse victims mother


The mother of a gay man who died inside the Pulse nightclub appears in a
campaign ad that U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.) released on Monday.
Christine Leinonen, the mother of Christopher Drew Leinonen, emotionally
describes how a gunman shot her son nine times inside the Orlando, Fla.,
nightclub on June 12.
He didnt have a chance, she says. And hes just one of over 100 people who
were shot. He was half of my heart. Ive lost half of who I am.
Christine Leinonens son and his anc, Juan Guerrero, were among the 49
people who died in the Pulse nightclub massacre.
Murphys opponent in Floridas hotly contested U.S. Senate race, U.S. Sen.
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), announced his re-election campaign less than two weeks
after the massacre that is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
Christine Leinonen in August criticized the Cuban-American Republican for
voting against every piece of common sense gun legislation since the Pulse
nightclub massacre when she spoke with the Washington Blade at a gun control
rally in Washington. She also described Rubios decision to deliver the keynote
address at an anti-LGBT conference that took place at an Orlando hotel on the
second month anniversary of the mass shooting as infuriating.
I cannot understand how Marco Rubio would go back to Washington, D.C.,
and do nothing, says Christine Leinonen in the Murphy campaign ad. I dont
think Patrick Murphy is afraid to take on the toughest problems, including gun
violence, in this country.
Murphy appears with Christine Leinonen at the end of the ad.
Marco Rubio puts the gun lobby before Florida every time, wrote Murphy
on a post on his Facebook page that contains the ad. Im ghting for Christine,
those we lost at Pulse, and Florida families.
A poll that Quinnipiac University released on Tuesday shows Rubio is ahead of
Murphy by a 49-47 percent margin.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS

Maryland Del. KATHY SZELIGA (R-District 7)

Maryland values, said Van Hollen


campaign spokesperson Bridgett Frey in a
statement after Trump and Clinton faced
o in their second debate on Oct. 9. What
will it take for Delegate Szeliga to nally
walk away from a candidate who has not
only attacked women, but immigrants,
minorities, people with disabilities, POWs,
Muslims, and President Obama with his
racist birther comments?
Szeliga is not the only Maryland Republican
who continues to support Trump.
Dan Cox, a Frederick County attorney
who is running against state Sen. Jamie
Raskin (D-Montgomery County) in the
race to succeed Van Hollen in Congress,
retweeted a Trump campaign video that
Veterans for Trump posted on its Twitter
page on Oct. 14.
The clip, which is more than four
minutes long, contains videos of the
United Airlines Flight 175 ying into the
South Tower of the World Trade Center
on Sept. 11, 2001, and other terrorist
attacks overseas. It also includes clips of
violence outside Trump campaign events.
Former Chevy Chase Mayor David
Lublin, a professor at American University
who is the former president of the
Equality Maryland board of directors,
noted on his blog that state Del. Warren
Miller (R-Carroll and Howard Counties)
earlier this month said Clintons
campaign hates Christians. State Del.
Neil Parrott (R-Washington County), who
led an unsuccessful eort to prompt a
referendum on Marylands transgender
rights law that then-Gov. Martin OMalley
signed in 2014, also supports Trump.
Parrott, Miller and Cox did not return
the Blades requests for comment.

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Trumps boasts re-traumatizing for Oregon guv


Brown, whos bisexual, a
survivor of domestic violence
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Donald Trumps recently unearthed
2005 remarks bragging about sexual
assault were re-traumatizing for Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown, whos a survivor of
domestic violence.
The governor, who could become the
rst out LGBT person elected as governor in
the United States, reected in an interview
Tuesday with the Washington Blade on the
misogynistic comments from Trump that
shook up the presidential race.
I think for all us who have been through
incidents of domestic violence or sexual
assault the words are re-traumatizing, and
I think, unfortunately, for women across
the United States, its all too common to
hear words like this from men in places of
power, Brown said.
Asked what the remarks portend
for a potential Trump presidency,
Brown replied, Im certainly hoping that
conscientious men and women will rise
up and vote against Donald Trump.
Brown, whos bisexual, came out as
a survivor of domestic violence last
month in response to a question about
improving the lives of women during a
debate with her Republican opponent
William Bud Pierce. Referencing a new
report from the Womens Foundation of
Oregon, which found women continue
to face high rates of domestic violence
and sexual assault, Brown said of her
experience, I know what it feels like to be
a victim of domestic violence.
In response to the same question,
Pierce didnt acknowledge the governors
disclosure and said, A woman that has
great education and training and a great
job is not susceptible to this kind of abuse
by men, drawing boos from the audience.
During her interview with the Blade,
Brown said Trumps remarks were
emotional for her personally and the
negative impact was compounded
because they came days after her debate
with Pierce.
It was re-traumatizing to me because
[Pierce] clearly hadnt listened to what
I had to say, and it was just a very
challenging next several days between
that and Trumps statement, Brown said.
I dont understand how anybody could
consider voting for Donald Trump after
what they heard him say.
The Brown campaign has conrmed
the candidate was a victim of domestic
violence, but declined to provide details
other than to say the perpetuator wasnt
Dan Brown, her spouse, whom she
married in 1997.
Currently the only openly LGBT person

serving as a governor in the United States,


Brown rose to the position last year. As
Oregon secretary of state, she was next
in line to become governor after her
predecessor, former Gov. John Kitzhaber,
resigned in scandal.
But if Brown wins in November, shell
have the distinction of being the rst openly
LGBT person, and rst openly bisexual
person, to win a gubernatorial election.
For Brown, the signicance of that
distinction is increased visibility for the
LGBT community because you cant be
what you cant see.
If I can be a role model for one young
person that decides that their life is worth
living because theres someone like them
in the world, its worth it, Brown said.
(The rst openly LGBT governor was
former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey,
but he came out as gay in 2004 after he
was elected and amid scandal prior to
resigning. Former Rep. Michael Michaud
sought to become the rst openly gay
person elected as governor in 2014, but
he lost in a three-way race against Maine
Gov. Paul LePage, who won re-election,
and independent candidate Eliot Cutler.)
Polls indicate Brown islikely to winthat
historic rst for the LGBT community.
A survey from the Oregon-based DHM
Research for Oregon Public Broadcasting
found Brown has a commanding 46-33
lead over Pierce.
Aisha Moodie-Mills, CEO of the Gay &
Lesbian Victory Fund, said Brown has
shattered glass ceilings throughout her
career, and the organization, which has
endorsed Brown, is thrilled shes about
to break another ceiling by being the rst
openly LGBT person elected governor.
Her leadership sets the direction and
tone for the entire state, and the result
is a government focused on issues of
equality for all people, including women
and LGBT Oregonians, Moodie-Mills
said. LGBT elected ocials change
the dynamics by humanizing our lives,
impacting
legislative
debates
and
inuencing lawmaker colleagues to
support equality. The election of Gov.
Brown will be a seminal moment in the
history of our movement, and a further
indication that LGBT people can run for
the highest oces and win.
Over the course of her decades-long
career in politics, which began as a
lawmaker in the state legislature before
she became secretary of state, Brown
had a hand in advancing LGBT rights. She
was a lawmaker when Oregon enacted its
statewide LGBT non-discrimination law in
2007 and domestic partnership registration.
The domestic partnership law, Brown
said, was created in such a way to ensure
legal success in the future for marriage
equality, which came to pass in Oregon
through litigation in 2014.
I have been on the path for justice and

Oregon Gov. KATE BROWN leads her Republican opponent in the polls.
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equality, particularly for LGBTQ issues my


entire adult life, Brown said. I will continue
that ght here in Oregon. In Oregon, we are
fortunate that weve been able to change
the law. Now we need to be focused on
changing peoples hearts and minds.
Among
her
most
recent
accomplishments for LGBT rights was
signing into law a statewide ban on widely
discredited ex-gay conversion therapy,
which she said was personally rewarding.
Oregon is one of ve states that prohibit
the practice for minors in addition to D.C.
I did not have that experience, but I
was well acquainted with others in our
community who had, Brown said. I was
so proud that the legislature was willing
to move forward on it, and I was very
pleased to sign it into law.
Another LGBT achievement Brown
identied during her tenure as Oregon
governor was the establishment in May
of an LGBT veterans coordinator at the
Oregon Department of Veterans Aairs,
the rst of its kind nationwide.
Asked about her involvement in the
bisexual
community,
Brown
said
shes honestly been really focused
on governing the last 20 months and
pointed to her record in extending legal
protections for LGBT people.
Brown observed few openly bisexual
people are political oceholders, but said
she met Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (R-Ariz.),
the only out bisexual in Congress, while
travelingwith the D.C.-based Aspen Institute.
And I have people come up to me on

a regular basis and just say thank you


for being out, Brown said. Its certainly
opened a lot of eyes. We have a really
solid bi community here in Oregon.
(A 2011 Williams Institute study found
bisexual people comprise a bare majority
in the LGBT community. Compared to the
1.7 percent who identify as gay or lesbian,
1.8 percent of the U.S. population identify
as bisexual.)
With so much progress made on LGBT
rights in Oregon, Brown said the way
forward is ensuring gender-arming
services in our Oregon health plan. The
challenge, Brown said, is getting medical
providers that are competent in terms of
handling those health issues, and so I see
that as an area of work.
And then, were really working hard in our
LGBT communities of color as well, Brown
added. Oregon has struggled to be a fully
inclusive state in terms of people of color,
and so I am focused as governor in ensuring
that we move forward in that regard.
Sean Yeager, a Portland-based bisexual
activist and lead organizer for Bi Brigade,
said the potential of Browns election
as Oregon governor gives us hope
because her story speaks to the growing
acceptance of bisexuals within Oregon
and within the entire country.
There are still many issues facing
the community, as Gov. Browns own
experiences with domestic violence indicate,
but it is empowering to know that we will be
represented by someone who understands
our unique experiences, Yeager said.

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WikiLeaks exposes fallout over Clinton remarks on AIDS


Emails reveal anger over
praise of Reagans
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The gae Hillary Clinton made
in March crediting the Reagans
with starting a national conversation
on HIV/AIDS angered many ofher LGBT
supporters and created stress in the
campaign before she issued an apology
reecting on the epidemic, according
to campaign emails made public by
WikiLeaks over the weekend.
Shortly after Clinton made the
remarks in March on MSNBC during
Nancy Reagans funeral, she issued an
apology in which she said she misspoke
about the Reagans record, but Clinton
supporters outside
the
campaign
insistedthat wasnt enough.
Richard Socarides, a gay New Yorkbased Democratic activist and Clinton
supporter, emailed senior campaign
ocials to warn them the candidate
should address the issue before this
spins out of control.
Nancy Reagan in fact helped start a
national conversation about HIV and AIDS
but as we all know it was far too little and
way too late, Socarides wrote. When Bill
Clinton ran for president in 1992 it was on
a platform that was highly critical of the
Republican response to the HIV crisis. It
had been a record of neglect. As rst lady
and as senator and as Secretary of State
Hillary has been a champion for increased
funding and raising awareness.
Echoing Socarides comments in a
subsequent email was Steve Elemendorf,
a gay Democratic lobbyist, who said
hecannot overstate how big a problem
the remarks were and called for
immediate action from the campaign.
Kristina
Schake,
a
deputy
communications director for the Clinton
campaign, wrote in another email that
Clinton ally and Human Rights Campaign
President Chad Grin was receiving
complaints about Clintons remarks
and his response, which condemned
the remarks but didnt reference the
candidate herself.
I stayed with Chad last night who was
receiving lots of angry calls and notes
from people that he didnt call her out
by name, Schake wrote. He wouldnt
do that to her and kept stressing she just
made a mistake, but suggested we need
to do something more today to protect
her. She has a great record and we lost a
lot of ground messaging-wise.
Dominic Lowell, the Clintons campaign
LGBT liasion, distributed an email to
coordinate the response, saying most
people are expressing palpable anger

HILLARY CLINTON erroneously praised the


Reagans for their approach to AIDS earlier
this year.
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and hurt over the comments in the last


24 hours over the remarks.
If I had to break things down, Id
put people into three categories: 1)
supporters who were horried at the
comment but accept the apology; 2)
supporters who are angry and can only
be mollied with a longer statement, tv
appearance, roundtable, or something
else big that shows she gets it, Lowell
wrote. They will continue to make hay
in the meantime; and 3) Bernie folks who
are happy to have a new line of attack.
(Indeed, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Clintons
opponent in the Democratic primary, in
the aftermath of Clinton crediting the
Reagans for their eorts onHIV/AIDS said
on CNNsState of the Union he doesnt
know what she was talking about.)
Lowell expressed concern about the
second group whom he identied, which
he said consist of Queer Nation, ACT UP,
and other activistswho are out, loud, and
not afraid of direct action or aggressive
confrontation, adding he didnt want
this to fester.
Possibilities Lowell raised as a
response included bumping up the HIV/
AIDS policy roll out or putting together a
roundtable. Lowell said Robbie Kaplan, a
Clinton supporter and the attorney who
successfully argued against the Defense
of Marriage Act, had volunteered the New
York-based Gay Mens Health Crisis to
assist with the eort.
(The exchange reveals the idea of a
roundtable with HIV/AIDS activists, which
was publicly requested after the remarks
and occurred months later, was under
consideration at this time.)
Teddy Go, a technology strategist
for Clinton, writes the problem with the
candidate is supporters dont understand

on a fact level, what happened and how


she could have gotten so mixed up.
And in the absence of any explanatory
information, they assume the worst
like that this was some cynical political
strategy of ours, Go wrote. (Which,
I would note, makes no sense why
would our strategy be to piss everyone
o? but regardless.)
Jessica Morales Rocketto, digital
organizing director for the Clinton
campaign, raised the possibility of
responding in the Out for Hillary
Facebook group, which she said had
14,000 members and the largest LGBT
community of Hillarys supporters I know.
These are friendlies, they are
already carrying water for us making
sure the apology is out there, and they
rmly sit in groups 1 and 2 that Dom
identied,Rocketto said.
Rocketto addedsending talking points
out to supporters really worked because
they are popping up everywhere on the
supporter Facebook groups.
Recognizing a distinction between
younger and older Clinton supporters,
Dennis Cheng, national nance director
for the Clinton campaign, said using the
groups would be helpful, but not enough
because a lot of our people (esp those
who are older who lived through the
80s) want to see and hear her address it
directly, given that they saw and heard
her Reagan remarks on TV.
After Robbie Mook, whos gay and
Clintons campaign manager, wrote in a
subsequent email a Medium post would
be a good opportunity for Clinton to
express herself, the campaign settled on
thatcourse of action.
She could open it by saying she
misspoke and apologizes for that and
wanted to make sure people understand
what she will do, Mook wrote.
Megan Rooney, speechwriter for Hillary
Clinton, issued the rst draft of the Medium
post.In the initial draft, Clinton was to say
she was wrong about the Reagans and
said so right away, but those words were
omitted after Go wrote he didnt think
that gets us any extra credit and sounded
a hair defensive.
Schake followed up with edits from
Grin, who changed the draft to more
clearly state Clinton was sorry for the pain
my comments caused and the persistence
of HIV/AIDS among gay and bisexual men,
transgender people and communities of
color. Rooney said the chances of Clinton
OK-ing this statement with that top are
slim and the campaign would walk that
back, although the phrase made a mistake
remained in the nal writing.
As
Xochitl
Hinojosa,
the
Clinton
campaigns
LGBT
media
spokesperson, raised concern about
upcoming stories in the LGBT media

intending quote Clinton supporters


who say the apology isnt enough, the
campaign scrambled to get approval and
put the statement online.
I think we really should do everything
we can to get this up today, if at all
possible (ngers crossed), wroteClinton
campaign director of content and creative
Lauren Peterson. Does not seem to be
dying down online, either.
After approval by Clinton and a few
additional tweeks, including the removal
of a reference to increase funding for
PEPFAR in favor of a more general
plan for global funding publication
was initially set to go, then halted for
additional tweeks. A reference to brave
men and women who fought HIV/AIDS
was changed to brave lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender people, along
with straight allies.
The nal Medium post has Clinton
asserting she was wrong about the
Reagans and touting her record in
speaking out in favor of eorts to combat
HIV/AIDS at the domestic and international
levels and mentioned her plan to achieve
an AIDS-free generation. Among the
proposals in the draft were extending
Medicaid, reforming HIV criminalization
laws, capping out-of-pocket drug expenses
for HIV/AIDS medications and expanding
access to PrEP.
Weve come a long way, Clinton
says in the post. But we still have work
to do to eradicate this disease for good
and to erase the stigma that is an echo
of a shameful and painful period in our
countrys history.
When the statement when online,
staers responded with jubilation.
Jennifer Palmieri, the Clinton campaigns
director of communications, wrote,
Praise,
Jesus!
Clinton
campaign
spokesperson Dan Schwerin commended
his colleagues for the post and called it
amazing actually.
Praise also came from outside the
campaign. Jenna Lowenstein, digital
director for the Clinton campaign wrote
on Medium the top comments are
overwhelmingly positive (and some are
quite moving). Lowell passed around a
statement from former Human Rights
Campaign President Joe Solmonese, who
said the postliterally brought [a] tear to
my eyes, and from another statement
from AIDS activist Larry Kramer, who
was angered with Clintons remarks, but
satised with the Mediumpost.
Ann OLeary, senior policy adviser
for the Clinton campaign, shared a
message she said came from a couple,
Viki and Jen, who were among the couples
to marry in San Francisco by then-Mayor
Gavin Newsom in 2004.
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Most LGBT adults dont have a will: survey

Surviving spouse may


not receive full
inheritance by marriage

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.


lchibbaro@washblade.com

Sixty-two percent of LGBT adults aged


45 to 60 do not have a will, according
to a newly released survey conducted
by the Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance company.
The survey, which was conducted online,
found that a similar number (60 percent)
of adults in the general population in that
same age range did not have a will.
By comparison, 69 percent of Hispanic
respondents and 71 percent of AfricanAmerican respondents reported not
having a will, according to the survey,
which consisted of a total sample of 2,500
Americans between the ages of 45 and
60. Out of that total, 500 identied as
members of the LGBT community.

The survey was conducted Aug. 8-14, 2016.


Leaving a positive, meaningful legacy
is important for LGBT adults, said
Wonhong Lee, assistant vice president
for Mass Mutuals consumer and diversity
group, which provides services for LGBT
consumers. Thats why we want to
help them align their legacy, values and
aspirations when planning for their loved
ones nancial future, he said.
Lee said that although Mass Mutuals
main product is life insurance policies the
company also provides nancial planning
services to its clients.
Michele Zavos, a Silver Spring, Md.,
attorney specializing in LGBT family law,
said she and other members of her rm,
Zavos-Juncker, have observed anecdotally
a similarly high number of LGBT people
who dont have a will.
I think that one misimpression that
should be corrected when we say people
dont have wills is that they dont have a will
that they proactively prepared themselves,
she said. But they do have a will. Their
jurisdiction of residence writes it for them.

Added Zavos: So everybody has a will.


Its just a matter of whether you know
what it says or not and whether its in
your best interest or not.
According to Zavos, people who are
married whether gay or straight often
dont realize that state laws that determine
who inherits the assets of someone who
doesnt have a will often do not award
the entire estate to the surviving spouse.
In many states, Zavos said, the deceased
persons children and parents are
awarded a sizable part of the estate, with
the spouse getting a smaller part.
It all depends on the laws of your
jurisdiction of residence, which are known as
intestate succession laws, she said. Its the
equivalent of a will. It just says what the state
wants to say, not what you want to say.
For that and other reasons, Zavos said,
it is important that all adults, especially
LGBT people who may be estranged
from blood relatives who arent accepting
of their sexual orientation or gender
identity, take immediate steps to obtain a
legally prepared will.

The survey found that LGBT adults along


with adults in the general population have
a better record of documenting personal
nancial information such as nancial
accounts and insurance information. Sixtyone percent of LGBT adults aged 45 to 60
reported having done this, the survey found,
compared to 60 percent of adults in that
same age range in the general population.
But the survey also found that LGBT
respondents in the survey were among
the least likely to say they have a child who
has access to their important nancial
information (10 percent). By comparison, 33
percent of African-American respondents
and 25 percent of Hispanic respondents
reported having a child with access to their
nancial information.
LGBT respondents, however, were
signicantly more likely to report having
shared their nancial information with
a special friend (10 percent) versus
3 percent with Hispanic and 3 percent
African-American respondents.
More information about the survey can
be obtained at massmutual.com/lgbt.

GOP lawmakers express concerns over trans health care


45 House members seek
answers from HHS
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
In the aftermath of the Obama
administration interpreting the Aordable
Care Act to ensure transgender people
have access to transition-related health
care, a group of 45 House Republicans led
by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) israising signicant
concerns about the development.
In a letter dated Oct. 6 and made
public on Wednesday, Pitts and other
Republicans assert incorrectly
the rule made nal by the Department
of Health & Human Services requires
doctors to perform gender reassignment
surgery even if they believe the procedure
is not in the patients best interest.
Doctors who follow their oath to act
in the best interest of the patients by
refusing to perform these procedures
massive nancial penalties and even job
loss, the letter says. Never before has
the federal government forced doctors to
choose between caring for their patients
based on their best medical judgment,
and complying with federal law.
In July, HHS made nal a ruleinterpreting
Section 1557 of the Aordable Care
Act, which bars discrimination in health
care on the basis of gender, to prohibit
discrimination on the basis of gender
identity and gender non-conformity. The

Rep. JOE PITTS spread inaccurate


information about accessing trans
health care.

rule ensures transgender people have


access to all areas of transition-related care,
including gender reassignment surgery.
Contrary to the fear mongering in
the letter, neither the law nor the rule
supersedes
providers
professional,
clinical judgment about the appropriate
treatment for each patient, as well as

when to provide referrals.


Stoking fears about children who would
be subject to unnecessary procedures
under the rule, lawmakers cite a statistic
that 94 percent of children who suer
from dysphoria outgrow the condition and
the mandate strips doctors of their ability
to counsel and advise the best course
of medical care in their professional
judgment if they believe gender transition
procedures to be harmful.
(Past studies didnt dierentiatebetween
non-transgender children who have nonstereotypical interests and children who
consistently express a transgender identity.
More recent researchshows that the latter
group is distinctandchildren are healthier
when they canexpress their gender identity,
typically without medical treatments.)
Claiming Medicare
and
Medicaid
dont require providers to cover the
procedure, lawmakers take issue with
mandatingvirtually every private physician,
health care provider and health insurance
plan in the country to do otherwise. (The
rule also applies to Medicare and Medicaid.
Before the rule was instituted, Medicare lifted
its ban on coverage for transition-related
care, including surgery, but didnt require
contractors to provide it. Medicaid provided
these treatments in a number of states.)
The letter also objects to the absence of
a religious exemption in the rule; says the
estimated number of more than 900,000
health care providersrequired to comply
is breathtaking; and expresses concern
about whether the rule requires health

care professionals to perform abortions


despite their religious objections.
HHS received numerous requests
to provide clarication as to whether
prohibitions on sex discrimination could
be construed to require insurance plans
to cover abortion or require health care
professionals to provide one contrary
to their religious or moral beliefs,
the lawmakers wrote. Despite these
requests, the nal rule oers no such
assurances that these individuals and
organizations will not be penalized for
providing quality care or insurance
coverage that excludes abortions.
Although lawmakers dont outright
call for a reversal of the rule, they seek
clarication from HHS on 12 stated points
by Nov. 14. Among them is whether
adoctor is required to prescribe children
puberty-blocking medications even if
thats against their medical judgment;
why noreligious exemption was included
in the rule; what kind of speech, including
intended use of a gender pronoun
dierent froma persons gender identity
could rise to the level of creating a hostile
environment; and why Medicare and
private entities are subject to dierent
standards for transition-related care.
Among the 45 lawmakers who
signed the letter in addition to Pitts
are Republicans who have a history of
hostility toward LGBT rights, including
Reps. Steve King (R-Iowa), Vicky Hartzler
(R-Mo.), Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) and
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Thiel to donate $1.25 million to Trump campaign


PayPal co-founder
said hes proud to be gay
at GOP convention
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The hedge fund manager and
entrepreneur who declared hes proud
to be gay at the Republican National
Convention plans to donate $1.25 million
to aid Donald Trump in his presidential bid.
Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal
and board member of Facebook, will
make the donation to Trump through a
combination of direct contributions to the
candidates campaign and Super PACs.
The New York Times was rst to report the
news. A spokesperson for Thiel conrmed
forthe Washington Blade the entrepreneurs
plan to make the donation. The Blade has
placed a request with the Trump campaign
seeking comment.
In addition to declaring hes gay at the

PETER THIEL speaks at the Republican


National Convention in Cleveland on July 21.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

Republican National Convention, Thiel


decried stagnant wages,rising health care
and college tuition costs, arguing Trump
is the right candidate to x the problems.
Instead of going to Mars, we have

invaded the Middle East, Thiel said. We


dont need to see Hillary Clintons deleted
emails: her incompetence is in plain sight.
She pushed for a war in Libya, and today
its a training ground for ISIS. On this most
important issue Donald Trump is right.
Its time to end the era of stupid wars and
rebuild our country.
According to the Center for Responsive
Politics, Thiel during this election cycle has
also donated to Carly Fiorinas presidential
campaign, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the
Republican Party of California and Paul
Babeu, the gay Arizona sheri running to
represent Arizonas 1st congressional district.
Thiel also said during the speech he
doesnt agree with everything in the
Republican Party platform, considered
the most anti-LGBT in history, and
denounced the debate about who
gets to use which bathroom. It wasnt
clear whether he was being critical of
LGBT advocates for seeking to protect
transgender people from discrimination
in bathroom use or whether he was
speaking out against laws barring them

from using the restroom consistent with


their gender identity.
The news outlet Gawker outed Thiel as
gay in 2007. In May 2016, he conrmed in
an interview with The New York Times he
paid $10 million in legal expenses to nance
several lawsuits, including one by Terra
Bollea, or Hulk Hogan, for invasion of
privacy, intentional iniction of emotional
distress and infringement of personality
rights. Gawker published a sex tape of
Bollea with a married woman. As a result
of the lawsuit, the jury awarded Bollea
$140 millionand Gawker announced it was
permanently shutting its doors.
Eric Mackey, a PayPal spokesperson,
underscored Thiel is no longer aliated
with the company, which is now a wholly
owned subsidiary of eBay, when asked
by the Washington Blade if PayPal would
denounce the donation.
Peter Thiel was one of PayPals
founders, but he is no longer associated
with the company in any way, Mackey
said. We cannot comment on his personal
or professional views or aliations.

Mass. ballot measure seeks to undo trans law


Fedl lawsuit also
led against
measure barring bias
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Opponents of a newly enacted
Massachusetts
law
that
prohibits
anti-trans discrimination in public
accommodations have obtained enough
signatures to place the measure on
the ballot in 2018, Secretary of the
Commonwealth William Francis Galvin
certied Tuesday.
Brian McNa, a Galvin spokesperson,
armed for the Washington Blade
Wednesday opponents of the law
submitted 34,231 qualied signatures
to reverse the measure, which is slightly
more than the 32,375 names needed.
They led a sucient number of
signatures last week, which puts the
referendum on the ballot in November of
2018, McNa said.
The title of the ballot asks voters
whether they approve of the transgender
non-discrimination law and then provides
a summary of the measure as reected
in the statute. For the referendum to
succeed in reversing the law, a majority
of voters have to vote no at the ballot.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a
Republican, signed the law in July after it
was approved by the Democratic-controlled

legislature. Although Baker initially hesitated


to support the law, he came around and later
signed the measure, which went into eect
Oct. 1. The Washington Blade has placed a
call to Bakers oce seeking comment on
the referendum.
The referendum only applies to
anti-trans discrimination in public
accommodations. In 2011, former
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a
Democrat, signed into law a separate
measure barring anti-trans discrimination
in the state in housing, employment,
credit and post-secondary education. The
referendum wont aect that law.
Kasey Suredini, chief program
ocer of the pro-LGBT Freedom for
All Americans and co-chair of Freedom
Massachusetts, predicted in a statement
voters would uphold the measure at the
ballot in 2018.
Legislators
updated
our
Commonwealths civil rights law this year
to legally protect transgender people from
discrimination with the overwhelming
support of thousands of businesses, faith
leaders, womens advocacy and antiviolence groups and fair-minded residents
across the state, Suredini said. It takes
less than 1 percent of the Commonwealths
population to force this commonsense
update of our state law to the ballot in
2018. The people of the Commonwealth
have a deep and long history of promoting
fairness and inclusion. When presented
with the question of whether to continue
to treat transgender people as equal

members of the Commonwealth in 2018,


they will vote yes.
Deborah Shields, executive director
ofMassEquality, also said in a statement
voters in Massachusetts will reject eorts
to overturn the law.
The people of Massachusetts have
a deep and long history of promoting
fairness and inclusion, Shields said. If
the question of whether to continue
to treat transgender people as equal
members of our society ends up before
Massachusetts voters in 2018, we are
condent they will vote to retain the
law and arm the values of justice and
equality that are the hallmarks of our
Commonwealth.
The state certied the referendum will be
on the 2018 ballot on the same day the antiLGBT legal group Alliance Defending Freedom
led a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of four
Massachusetts churches and their pastors
seeking to overturn the measure.
The lawsuit observes churches are
subject to the law because theyre
considered public accommodations if they
host a secular event open to the public.
The lawsuit also states the law forces
pastors to self-censor their speech on
anti-transgender views because the public
accommodations law prohibits covered
entities from making statements intended
to discriminate or incite others to do so.
As such, the complaint contends the
law violates the right to free speech,
freedom of association freedom of
religion and due process under the First

and Fourteenth Amendments tothe U.S.


Constitution. The lawsuit also calls for the
court to suspend enforcement of the law
as the litigation proceeds.
The named plaintis in the lawsuit
are George Small, a pastor at Horizon
Christian Fellowship; David Aucoin,
a pastor at Swansea Abundant Life
Assembly of God; Esteban Carrasco, a
pastor at House of Destiny Ministries;
Marlene Yeo, a pastor at Faith Christian
Fellowship of Haverhill; as well as the nonprot religious corporations themselves.
Steve OBan, senior counsel for
Alliance Defending Freedom, said in a
statement the lawsuit is needed because
the transgender non-discrimination law
constitutesgovernment overreach.
The government shouldnt encroach
on the internal, religious practices of
a church, OBan said. Neither the
commission nor the attorney general
has the constitutional authority to dictate
how any church uses its facility or what
public statements a church can make
concerning a deeply held religious belief,
such as on human sexuality.
The named defendants in the lawsuit
are Jamie Williamson, Sunila George and
Charlotte Richie, each in their capacity as
a commissioner on the Massachusetts
Commission Against Discrimination as well
as Massachusetts Attorney General Maura
Healey, an out lesbian. A Healey ocial said
her oce is reviewing the lawsuit.
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An anti-LGBT pastor in the Dominican Republic has sparked criticism with his
apparent defense of DONALD TRUMP against allegations that he sexually assaulted
women.

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

Anti-LGBT Dominican
pastor defends Trump
Dominican LGBT activists have criticized a pastor who appeared to defend
Donald Trump amid allegations that he sexually assaulted women.
Do you prefer someone who promotes homosexuality or someone who has
weaknesses for beautiful women to be president of your country, said Ezequiel
Molina in a tweet on Saturday.
Molina, who is the pastor of a church in the Dominican capital of Santo
Domingo, posted the tweet less than a week after the New York Times and the
Palm Beach Post published articles in which three separate women alleged
that Trump sexually assaulted them. The Washington Post earlier this month
released a recording in which the Republican billionaire made lewd comments
about women and bragged about groping them.
Trump has repeatedly denied that he has ever sexually assaulted women.
Molina has deleted his controversial tweet. He appeared to backtrack from it
on Sunday.
A question that invited reection was the only thing done, wrote Molina in a tweet.
A question is not a value judgment, so only a sensible response is expected.
Bob Satawake, the husband of U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
James Wally Brewster, sharply criticized Molina.
Absolutely pathetic, said Satawake on Sunday via Twitter. You are not a man
of God!
You can erase it, but your words will live on, he said after Molina deleted his
controversial tweet.
Yimbert Feliz, an activist who was the rst openly gay candidate for the city of
La Romanas Council last year, said on Monday that Molina criticized him and the
LGBT community during his campaign. Feliz also pointed out to the Washington
Blade that Molinas son, Ezequiel Molina, Jr., described gays as perverts in a
recent Facebook post.
It is painful and shameful that Pastor Ezequiel Molina lives his life motivated
by hate and discrimination towards the Dominican Republics LGBT community,
Feliz told the Blade. He is always calling for hate, rejection and more against gays.
Molina posted his controversial tweet less than two weeks after police arrested
more than a dozen young people who were in a Santo Domingo park that is a
popular with LGBT Dominicans.
Feliz told the Blade in a separate interview that some of those who were
taken into custody paid a bribe before they were released. Brewster has urged
Dominican ocials to investigate the incident.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS

3 effeminate men arrested at Saudi Arabia Starbucks


Saudi police last week arrested three eeminate men at a Starbucks in the countrys capital.
The man behind the Saudi LGBT Twitter account told the Washington Blade that a
gay friend said ocers arrested the men who were all under 20 at a Starbucks on
Riyadhs King Abdullah Road on Oct. 13.
Agents with the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
the so-called religious police that enforces Sharia law in Saudi Arabia were reportedly

with the ocers when they arrested the three men between 10 p.m. and midnight.
[This is the] busiest time for restaurants and cafes in Riyadh, considering that the
weekend there is Fridays and Saturdays, said the man behind the Saudi LGBT Twitter
account, who has previously asked the Blade not to publish his name.
He said the ocers arrested the three men because Committee for the Promotion of
Virtue and the Prevention of Vice agents are no longer allowed to make arrests. The
man behind the Saudi LGBT Twitter account told the Blade on Tuesday that authorities
released the men shortly after they were arrested.
The State Departments 2015 human rights report notes it is illegal in Saudi Arabia for
men to behave like women or to wear womens clothing.
Media reports indicate that authorities in Taif, a city that is roughly 470 miles southsouthwest of Riyadh, arrested a man in late 2015 who was wearing an abaya, a black
cloak that women in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries wear, at a shopping mall.
Police and agents with the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention
of Vice in 2014 arrested 35 gay men many of whom were wearing womens clothing
at a party in the city of Jiddah on the Red Sea.
The man behind the Saudi LGBT Twitter page told the Blade that such raids are not
uncommon. He said the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of
Vice directs the police to carry them out in order to send a message.
Saudi Arabia is among the handful of countries in which homosexuality remains
punishable by death.
The dangerous thing about these raids is that they are completely unexpected and
random, and there are no way to know who will be arrested, said the man behind the
Saudi LGBT Twitter page. Usually the gayer you look the more likely you are to be
arrested. But you can be arrested for just looking at the religious police funny or lming
them. It is completely random.
He told the Blade that those who are arrested in such raids could face humiliation,
torture or even sexual abuse.
Neither the Saudi government nor Starbucks have returned requests for comment.
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CALEB OROZCO, an LGBT rights advocate who challenged Belizes sodomy law, speaks with the
Washington Blade at the lower Manhattan oces of OutRight Action International on Sept. 21.
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U.N. urges countries to decriminalize homosexuality


A U.N. report urges countries to decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein notes in the report
to the U.N. Human Rights Council that states that criminalize consensual homosexual
acts are in breach of international human rights law.
These laws, by their mere existence, violate the rights to privacy and
nondiscrimination, it reads. Arrests and the detention of individuals on charges
relating to sexual orientation and gender identity including oenses not directly
related to sexual conduct, such as those pertaining to physical appearance or so-called
public scandal are discriminatory and arbitrary.
The report from May 2015 notes consensual same-sex sexual relations remain
criminalized in more than 70 countries.
Those found guilty of homosexuality in a handful of countries that include Iran, Saudi
Arabia, Mauritania and Sudan and in portions of Nigeria and Somalia face the death
penalty. The so-called Islamic State has publicly executed dozens of men in Syria and
Iraq who were accused of committing sodomy.
The application of the death penalty in this context represents a grave violation of
human rights, including the rights to life, privacy and non-discrimination, reads the report.
Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique, Palau, Nauru and the Seychelles have
decriminalized consensual same-sex sexual acts since 2011. Chief Justice Kenneth
Benjamin of the Belize Supreme Court in August ruled his countrys colonial-era sodomy
law is unconstitutional.
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community members. On Oct. 16, the GLCCB hosted a grand opening to show o
the new digs and to demonstrate why there is good reason for the optimism.
The center hosted a cookout in the parking lot of its 2530 N. Charles St. edice, which
houses a Bank of America branch and oce space for several other organizations.
The open house featured a tour of the brightly lit, airy third oor suite
complete with newly installed carpeting, several individual oces, multiple
meeting rooms, including a large community room that can accommodate 100
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This is a lot more modern and more youth-friendly with its open lounge area and
library, which is more accessible, Jennifer Eden, a GLCCB Peer Navigator, told the
Blade when comparing this venue to the Waxter Center oces. There is sucient
meeting space to hold ve meetings going on the same time, says Eden.
Mimi Demissew, the newly appointed director of operations for the GLCCB
agrees. Its a lot more open and theres a lot more room for programs, she says.
Its a better place for youth.
Jabari Lyles, president of the GLCCBs board, in announcing the move in July,
described this as a new chapter for a stronger, smarter organization on which
our community can rely. The new space, Lyles says, is a breath of fresh air.
Hopefully, it solidies a successful future for us.

Md. LGBT Chamber of Commerce being formed


The Maryland LGBT Chamber of Commerce is being formed in an eort
to empower and promote LGBT business owners and professionals in the
Maryland marketplace. We will accomplish this through education, networking
and advocacy, says Betsy Cerulo, board president.
For six months, more than 50 supporters have been laying the groundwork to
organize and develop the group using the hashtag #MDLGBTChamber.
The Chambers goal is to ocially launch on June 14, 2017, aiming to grow to
500 individuals and businesses.
To participate or support the chamber as a sponsor, nd the Maryland LGBT
Chamber of Commerce on Facebook or call Betsy Cerulo at 410-715-4035 or
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that provides support and services for LGBTQ individuals with mental health
issues or concerns. Community members from New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Southern Maryland, and D.C. attended the summit, says Black
Trans Advocacy Maryland/DC president Vann Millhouse, who co-hosted the
event with Merrick Moses and Mykell Hatcher-McLarin.
The summit highlighted key issues, such as HIV/AIDS and its impact on transmasculine communities, trans health issues, such as responsible intimacy and
presentations from elders who shared their stories about life before the word
trans was part of the lexicon.
Kylar Broadus, Monica Stevens Alex G, Sandy Diore, Ken Jiretsu, Karen Holmes
were among the speakers.
Deb Dunn of Chase Brexton Health Care along with Star Track and the
Baltimore City Health Department, and Trans Parent Network4You were in
attendance to discuss gender variant communities and how to provide better
services to these communities.
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LGBT people get new NIH designation


In a move aimed at highlighting the unique health challenges facing LGBT
people, the National Institutes for Health announced it has designated the LGBT
community as a health disparity population.
Eliseo Prez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health
& Health Disparities, said in a statement Thursday the decision marks an
important and necessary step in realizing NIHs mission to advance the health
of all Americans.
Mounting evidence indicates that SGM populations have less access to health
care and higher burdens of certain diseases, such as depression, cancer and
HIV/AIDS, Prez-Stable said. But the extent and causes of health disparities are
not fully understood, and research on how to close these gaps is lacking.
The formal designation of the LGBT population is sexual and gender minorities
(SGM), which NIH says includes LGBT people as well as those whose sexual
orientation, gender identity and expressions, or reproductive development
varies from traditional, societal, cultural or physiological norms.
Kellan Baker, senior fellow with the LGBT Research and Communications
Project at the Center for American Progress, said in a statement the designation
is important because as LGBT people become more visible, assaults on their
dignity, health and well-being are on the rise.
These disparities are then exacerbated by discrimination at the hands of
health care providers, Baker said. Discrimination and disparities are especially
harmful to LGBT communities of color and others who live at the intersections
of multiple marginalized communities.
The designation builds on earlier steps the NIH hastaken to advance health
research for LGBT people. In 2011, the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering & Medicine published an NIH-commissioned report that found LGBT
people face physical and health challenges in childhood, adulthood and later
years. As a result of the report, NIH extended its research portfolio and created
the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Oce (SGMRO), which coordinates NIHsupported activities on LGBT health issues.
Although NIH has already considered LGBT health a priority area for research,
Baker said the new designation provides a home within the NIMID to localize
that research.
Pointing to research NIHID has done on young gay and bisexual men of color
and HIV/AIDS, Baker said the new designation will also allow for increased
research into transgender health.
This will allow more investigators, more researchers to put together proposals
for looking at trans health disparities and take them to NIH and seek support for
guring out whats the magnitude of these disparities, what are interventions
that hope to close them and what can we do to improve the health and wellbeing of the trans population, Baker said. (CHRIS JOHNSON)

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Shep Smith comes out


11 years after I outed him
Congrats to the longcloseted Fox News anchor

KEVIN NAFF is editor of the Washington Blade


and can be reached at kna@washblade.com.

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith came


out as gay Monday in an interview with
the Hungton Post almost 11 years to
the day that I outed him in 2005.
Smith hit on me in a New York City gay
bar a year earlier. I didnt immediately out
him because he wasnt actively courting
media attention at the time. But a year
later, after Smith won praise for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina, he began attracting media attention and answering
questions about his personal life in a coy
way, always dodging the truth. Hence, the
outing in the Blade.

After 14 years at the Blade, it remains


one of the most popular stories Ive written, which is unfortunate. Id much prefer that privileged celebrities come out
on their own and help inspire the next
generation. As I wrote in 2005: The biggest sleeping asset in the ght for full gay
equality lies in the shadows of the closet. When we live openly, we force those
around us to reconsider their negative
views of homosexuality. Thats when the
stereotypes give way to understanding
and real change occurs.
No Human Rights Campaign ad campaign in the red states can produce the
impact of gays who live in those states
actually coming out.
How can we expect the construction
worker making $20,000 a year to come
out when the rich and pampered are still
hiding in the closet? How will gays living
in Peoria nd the fortitude to live honest
lives, when the gay denizens of New York
and Hollywood wont?
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Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
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with CNNs Don Lemon, whos out. Blade

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that one of the networks top stars is gay.
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HBO picked it up and for a month, you
couldnt turn on one of HBOs channels
without seeing it.
Throughout the controversy, I felt bad
for Smith and how lonely it must be as a
closeted gay man at Fox News. Hes a good
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Why do LGBT voters ask so little of Hillary?


Libertarians Johnson, Weld
offer principled alternative
By TERRY MICHAEL
LGBT voters have serious alternative candidates to consider for president and vice
president, Gary Johnson of New Mexico and
Bill Weld of Massachusetts, former Republican governors in Democratic states, now
Libertarians. But many gay voters seem
willing to settle for a pat on the head from
a woman who so often has found herself
running to the front of the gay Pride parade,
trying to catch up with the culture.
Hillary Clintons public positions, we are
informed by WikiLeaks, have not been consistent with her private beliefs, on Dont
Ask, Dont Tell and the egregious Defense
of Marriage Act.
I have been a member of the Washington
gay community since 1975, coming to work
as press aide to a new Democratic congressman. In the 1980s, I was press spokesman
for the Democratic National Committee.
From that experience, I am baed how

organizations supposedly representing us


have positioned the LGBT community as an
adjunct to the Democratic Party.
Whenever a minority group allows itself
to be taken for granted, it loses leverage.
Our leaders may get invitations to the
White House, ego-satisfying pats on the
head. More often, we get kicked in the butt,
told to be grateful because the other party
is so terrible.
The prime example of LGBT organizations seduced by the Democratic Party and
The Clintons is the Human Rights Campaign
the other HRC and its executive director, Chad Grin, a Clinton crony from Bills
hometown of Hope, Ark.
Grin has ridden the coattails of Bill and
Hillary, rising to head of the HRC and, as reported by the Blade, receiving $429,411 in
compensation in 2013 a then 40-year-old
paid more than the leader of the free world.
Rising from a 19-year-old press aide for
Clinton, Grin can be relied on to deliver an
impression of gay support at HRCs annual
dress-to-impress dinners. The theme for
2015 was Stronger Together, not coincidentally Mrs. HRCs campaign slogan. It was
held Oct. 3, 2015, when she was still running

for the Democratic nomination against Bernie Sanders, whose opposition to Dont Ask,
Dont Tell and DOMA was early and often,
dating to The Clintons White House years.
About two weeks after the dinner, Clinton
claimed the discriminatory directive and law
were defensive actions, as reported by the
Blade on Oct. 24, 2015. A Washington Post fact
checker on Oct. 28 debunked Clintons claim
that DOMA was signed to head o a constitutional amendment. Post writer Michelle Ye
Hee Lee gave Clinton Four Pinocchios for her
creative attempt to rewrite history.
Grins HRC isnt the only organization
getting into bed with a political party. Log
Cabin Republicans have been no proles
in courage this year, letting themselves be
taken for granted by the GOP, refusing to
condemn Trump.
Many gay citizens are not single-issue
voters. In addition to important social issues, economic/scal concerns and foreign/
national security policy are as important to
many of us as Dont Ask, Dont Tell and
DOMA.
As a libertarian Democrat, I not only
want the government out of my bedroom. I
favor keeping it as far away as possible from

my bank account, my body and the backyards of the rest of the world.
As a Democrat who refuses to be taken
for granted, Im working for Gary Johnson
and Bill Weld. In December 2011, still running for the GOP presidential nomination,
Gov. Johnson announced his support for gay
marriage. That contrasts sharply with Clinton, who didnt oer her public approval
until just weeks before the Supreme Court
ruled for marriage rights in June 2015. Gov.
Weld was well known for his support of gay
rights when he was chief executive in Massachusetts from 1991-97, overlapping most
of the Clinton White House years.
Its now all but certain Donald Trump
isnt going to be president. So LGBT voters
should not be assumed for Clinton. Gay
support for Johnson and Weld will be principled votes for two leaders whose public
positions are the same as their private civil
libertarian views.
TERRY MICHAEL is senior media adviser
for Johnson-Weld 2016. Founder of the
Washington Center for Politics & Journalism, he
was chief press spokesman for the Democratic
National Committee from 1985-87. Reach him
at terrymichael@terrymichael.net.

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In awe of and inspired by Hillary Clinton


Behind the unfair smears is
a resilient, decent woman

PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights


and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly
for the Blade.

No other woman in American politics has


been as viciously attacked for as many years
yet manages to maintain her equilibrium
and overcome the odds while continuing to
work for the American people. Many of us
are in awe of her and respect, admire and
are inspired by her. Americans named her
the most admired woman in the world for
20 years.
There has always been misogyny and sexism in politics and many strong women have
been attacked at dierent times in their careers. Eleanor Roosevelt and Bella Abzug
are two that come immediately to mind.
But none has faced the vicious and constant

drumbeat of criticism and smears directed


toward Hillary Clinton.
After law school, Hillary began her career
working for the Childrens Defense Fund
ghting for children against segregated
schools in the South and for an equal opportunity for a good education for those
with disabilities. That may have been the last
thing she did where she wasnt savaged by
the Republican Party attack machine. From
the time she moved to Arkansas and married Bill Clinton she was a foil subjected to vicious attacks by those who wanted to bring
him down.
She was attacked for wanting to maintain her own name after marriage, something not done in the South at the time. In
an interview in 1979 for In Focus, Hillary
discussed her reasons for not taking her
husbands name saying, I didnt want anyone ever to think that I was taking advantage of his position or in some way riding
on it. It was reported that, In Bill Clintons
1978 campaign for Governor his opponent, Frank White would refer to his own
wife as Mrs. Frank White, an obvious attack against Clinton.
Over the years, the attacks on her used to
get at Bill Clinton became more vicious. The
so-called scandals before and during the
Bill Clinton presidency were about stopping

him. Hillary was excoriated in these attacks,


which included Whitewater and Travelgate;
she was even called a murderer when it
was suggested she killed Vince Foster, a
longtime friend who committed suicide. All
were extensively investigated at the cost of
millions of dollars to taxpayers and not one
found Hillary guilty of anything. Then there
were Bills indiscretions. Hillary was attacked
for defending the husband she loved and
even today is attacked for not embracing
the women who intentionally tried to sleep
with her husband. The world is upside
down. There have been 25 years of attacks
on Hillary and the billion dollars spent by the
Republican Party to bring her and Bill down,
most of the attacks before she even ran for
oce on her own and won the Senate seat
in New York in 2000.
Through it all Hillary has stayed strong
and persevered. By any account she is an
amazing woman. She maintains her own
humanity, brought up an incredible daughter, and made the personal decision to save
her marriage and just celebrated her 41st
wedding anniversary. Her Republican detractors should remember the saying, people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones.
Numerous people have looked and
checked Hillary Clintons statements over
the years. Mother Jones did and found Hill-

ary to be one of Americas most honest


politicians. Jill Abramson wrote a column
suggesting that Hillary is very honest and it
may be her desire to have a zone of privacy
that sometimes leads people to think she
isnt telling the truth. But Hillary understands
that facts have never stopped people from
believing and repeating years of well-funded
Republican lies and smears against her.
Other politicians without the strong central core of decency, morality and the amazing resilience Hillary has would have long
ago gone home and lived the life of luxury
and ease Hillary easily could have. Yet she
doesnt. She ghts on and withstands the
slings and arrows thrown at her because
she knows there is more she can contribute
toward making ours a more perfect union.
She understands there is so much
more to do before we have a truly equal
society where minorities, women and the
LGBT community have the chance to live
their lives to the fullest and in safety. She
knows her work for children and families
must continue. She knows the situation in
the world requires a steady hand as commander-in-chief.
I remain in awe of Hillary Clinton and
am inspired by her as would anyone who
takes the time to know the real woman
behind the smears.

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VIEWPOINT

Overcoming election madness


Michelle Obama calls us to
action with strength and hope

RICHARD J. ROSENDALL is a writer and activist.


Reach him at rrosendall@starpower.net.

The nastiness of this years presidential campaign makes it hard to stay on an


even keel between now and Election Day.
The Republican presidential nominee,
exposed as a sexual predator by his own
mouth, resorts to unhinged rants and escalating accusations. He blames a media
conspiracy, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim
and the Jews. He accuses Hillary Clinton of
using performance-enhancing drugs and
demands a drug test before the nal debate. He critiques her backside. He baselessly claims the election is rigged. His supporters threaten armed insurrection. It all
comes at us too rapidly to absorb.
On Oct. 14, he denied all charges of
sexual assault and said of accuser Jessica

Leeds, Believe me, she would not be my


rst choice. Actually, decades after the alleged incident, I think she is still beautiful.
But wait: he would rather have molested
someone else? His compulsion to strike
back against every critic betrayed him. His
witness against Leeds, Anthony Gilberthorpe, has a history of making unproven
claims, such as that he provided underage
rent boys to Tory cabinet ocers.
The Republican nominee lives in an alternate reality with gold toilets and adoring nincompoops who cheer every blast
of his verbal diarrhea. He mocked Oscarwinner Marlee Matlin as if her deafness
made her mentally challenged. He threatens press freedoms. He acts as a Kremlin
mouthpiece, dramatically waving around
hacked Democratic emails that only crude
doctoring or wild misrepresentation can
render scandalous. He treats charitable
giving the way he treats contractors:
just his name or good word is payment
enough. This is in the great American
tradition of taking what you want (Latin
motto for his coins: Cape quod vis).
That said, he did not reach the top of
the ticket without help. For example, Republican legislators, spotting an opportunity to demagogue against trans people,
rushed to beat back a nonexistent spate

of molestations in bathrooms rather


than deal with real problems facing their
states. In ironic symmetry, their presidential nominee ogles teenage girls in
beauty pageant dressing rooms and hits
on 10-year-olds.
It will do us no good if we respond to
an opportunists drive-by political shooting with ill-focused blame of our own.
Slamming the establishment in general
for GOP obstruction is like responding to
a broken leg by breaking your other leg.
The intolerance, know-nothingism, and
gridlock plaguing America have a Republican address.
The destructive resentment the GOP
candidate stokes is the impulse of a mob,
not a solution to any problem. We cannot solve todays challenges by retreating
into the past. Immigrants are not leaving,
lost industrial jobs are not returning, and
women are not going back to the Mad Men
era of groping and demeaning that their
mothers and grandmothers endured.
At a rally in New Hampshire on Oct. 13,
Michelle Obama gave a strong, stirring
speech that was a master class in political discourse. She not only turned a withering gaze on the adolescent bully who
is the Republican nominee, she gave an
exhortation: On November 8th, we can

show our children that here in America,


we reject hatred and fear, and in dicult
times, we dont discard our highest ideals.
No, we rise up to meet them. We rise up
to perfect our union. We rise up to defend
our blessings of liberty.
We must pace ourselves to get through
this ugly season. We can turn o the television, turn away from the ood of bile on
social media, take in the autumn air, relax with friends. But we cannot forget our
civic duty. We have to assume that those
whom Trump has rallied to pull our country apart out of misdirected anger will
vote. We dare not let them win by default.
A self-described feminist gady in
Houston named Andrea lifts my spirits.
Responding to Trumps claim that a global power structure is out to stop him, she
tweeted, We are, but most people just
call us women.
The rst lady summons our better
selves. Decades of progress in achieving
Americas ideals are at risk of being reversed, and our Constitution subverted.
As President Obama said, Democracy
itself is on the ballot. We dont have perfect choices, but we have clear choices. It
is time to rise.
Copyright 2016 by Richard J. Rosendall.
All rights reserved.

BRO CK, P A P E R, SCI SSO RS

Time to make 17th Street our official gay street


City should paint crosswalks
in rainbow colors and more

BROCK THOMPSON is a D.C.-based freelance


writer. He writes regularly for the Blade.

In this Best Of issue of the Blade, were


reminded of the best things about being
gay in this fabulous city of ours. Practically everything is here the best this, the
best that its truly an honor just to be
nominated, probably. And truthfully, we
get to highlight some very cool places and
very deserving people.
Ive even explored all the great and gay
things I love about D.C. before in this column.
One reader liked that piece so much they
commented, I think I just threw up in my
mouth a little. I assume they threw up out of
excitement, like the Labrador we had when

Id like to see 17th Street pedestrian only, if not just


for a few days or even weeks around Pride.
I was a kid. But of all the things I love about
D.C., the one thing Ive come to really appreciate is 17th Street.After all, its our street.
I enjoy strolling down 17th Street just
about any time of day. We all know the
stretch Im talking about, those few blocks
between S and P streets. Ditos Bar, JR.s,
Cobalt, Annies, and some sexy, sultry
frame stores, 17th Street is just too damn
charming. Its right that the gay community
coalesced around it. Its tree-lined, quietish, and more appealing than nearby 14th
Street. When I saw a baby stroller literally
jammed in the revolving door of a popular
14th Street restaurant, I knew that strip
had seen its heyday. But 17th endures.
When I think of other cities that Ive
been to recently that boast similar gay
neighborhoods, Im reminded that we can

do a better job of really making 17th Street


our own. But how to go about designating
that? Chicagos infamous Boystown has
those large, rather phallic looking things
with rainbow rings running around its
base lining Halsted Street. The symbolism there is rather subtle, dont you think?
Google that, hit images. Youll see what I
mean. But, nevertheless, there is a benet
to designation. It helps clarify, impart, and
promote the benets of history, especially
important for minority groups.
Visiting Montreal for the rst time
this past summer for a friends bachelor
weekend, I was struck by what an importance the city places on pedestrian-only
streets coupled with public art installations. The heart of the gay neighborhood,
there known as the Village, was free of

cars during the summer months. Not only


that, the street was lined with thousands
of pink balls hung overhead. Also, it was
peppered with public art pieces, including
an upright piano free for anyone to play.
It was fascinating to watch people, gay
and straight, respond to these things.
Chicago and Montreal are but two examples. D.C. can do this. And D.C. needs
to do this. And yes, I know that a few of
those blocks on 17th Street are designated as Frank Kameny Way, just look up at
the street sign next time your at Dupont
Italian Kitchen. Sadly, though, not a lot
people are familiar with who Frank Kameny was or what he did. Thats a column for
another time. My point, we can do more.
Id like to see 17th Street pedestrian only,
if not just for a few days or even weeks
around Pride. Id like to see more of an
eort from the city to help, with anything
from painting the crosswalks in rainbow
colors to some of those blue neighborhood heritage trail signs that you see
around other neighborhoods in the city.
Seventeenth Street is our street. And its
time to ocially designate that. Its really
one of the best things about living in D.C.

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#CripTheVote brings disability community to the fore


Presidential candidates take
note of long-ignored group

KATHI WOLFE, a regular contributor to the


Blade, was the winner of the 2014 Stonewall
Chapbook Competition.

This has been a contentious, divisive election season. Yet, being queer and disabled, Im
hopeful despite the muck. Though campaigns
(at least in the Democratic Party) have recognized the LGBT community as a political constituency for some time, the disability community has been largely unnoticed. This election
cycle, the disability community is nally getting
on the radar.
Through the social media campaign #CripTheVote and other get-out-the-vote eorts,
the disability community has become a part
of the cultural conversation as it hasnt been
before. Recently, on Sept. 21 in Orlando, Fla.,
Hillary Clinton became the rst presidential
candidate to deliver a speech pitched to the
disability community.
In a tight race, Clinton and Donald Trump
are seeking the votes of a community that is
increasingly becoming a voting bloc to be reckoned with: the one-in-ve Americans who, ac-

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cording to the U.S. Census Bureau, have disabilities, their families, friends and allies. Some
three to ve million people identify as queer
and disabled.
Previously, presidential campaigns have occasionally referenced disability. In 1996, the
late actor Christopher Reeve, who had a spinal
cord injury, spoke at the Democratic National
Convention, and Bob Dole, the Republican
presidential candidate and World War II veteran, spoke openly about his war injury.
But this election, its dierent. Crip the Vote
has been tweeting questions and responding
on Twitter during the presidential debates.
Three disability groups, The Association of
People with Disabilities, National Council on Independent Living and REV UP campaign, sent
the candidates a detailed questionnaire about
their policies on disability issues. Clinton and
Trump responded to the survey.
Clintons speech to the disability community in Orlando wasnt the usual batch of platitudes. She spoke of the discrimination, inaccessibility and poverty so many people with
disabilities live with daily. Disability is an issue
that really gets to the heart of who we are as
Americans, she said.
Not all disabilities are visible, Clinton said.
But, If you dont know you know someone
with a disability, I promise you, you do, she
added, But their disability is just one part of
who they are.
Clintons campaign has plans aimed at
making colleges more accessible to disabled
students, helping people who have Alzheimers disease and autism. The campaign has

released an ad for Clinton in American Sign


Language and an ad featuring disability rights
advocate Anastasia Somoza. People with disabilities were mentioned 35 times in 19 section of the Democratic Party platform, former
Congressman Tony Coelho, who has epilepsy,
told the Washington Post.
Trumps disability policy is far less developed than Clintons. And his recent comments
on people with disabilities are on par with his
anti-queer, misogynistic, anti-immigration
and sexist views. Behind the scenes, he called
Oscar-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin retarded when she was on his reality TV show
The Apprentice, according to recent news
reports. The term retarded is a slur against
people with intellectual disabilities. Matlin,
known for her role on the The L Word isnt
intellectually disabled. Its not about insults
or taking each other down, Matlin wrote in
a statement on Twitter, As a person who is
Deaf, as a woman, as a mom, as a wife, as an
actor, I have a voice. And Im using that voice to
make myself heard...and vote.
Trumps mockery of a New York Times reporter with a disability is well known. Trump
has denied dissing the reporter, and boasted
that he spent millions of dollars to make his
buildings disability accessible. (Hes legally required to ensure that his buildings are accessible to disabled people.)
If youre able-bodied, accessibility may seem
like an abstract concept. If youre disabled, its
all too real. In 2012, I went to my polling place
to vote. After I said I needed assistance because Im visually impaired, a man working at

the polls said to me, if you read to me whats


on the ballot, Ill help you vote. Eventually, this
got ironed out. But, for a moment, I wondered
if Id be able to vote.
CripTheVote is a nonpartisan campaign to
engage voters and politicians in a discussion
of disability issues, and to get disabled people
out to vote.
You might think that theres little connection
between CripTheVote and the queer community, but youd be wrong. Disabled people in
our community have spouses, friends and colleagues. Now that we can legally marry, some
of our children will have disabilities.
The LGBT community has shown what targeted organizing can accomplish, Alice Wong,
a CripTheVote co-founder, e-mailed me. The
LGBT community is a great example of how to
build coalitions.
The disability community has a higher
rate of poverty than the queer community,
Ted Jackson, a 47-year-old gay man with a
neurological disability, told me in a phone
interview. But the LGBT community didnt
start from a place of wealth, added Jackson, the former community organizing director of the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers.
Yet, if you get enough $3 donations,
theyll add up to a million dollars, Jackson,
currently, director of disability community
engagement with the Democratic National
Committee, said.
You dont have to be disabled to support
#CripTheVote. Check it out. Lets all join the
conversation.

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The great thing about the Washington


Blades annual Best of Gay D.C. Awards
is that there are always new things to
try. Even if youve lived in the District for
years, theres no way all this stuff could
be on any one persons radar.
And there are always funny,
bittersweet and poignant moments
throughout these pages we cheered
on Tatianna on RuPauls Drag Race All
Stars season two, we hung out and
irted at the Town Patio, we mourned
the devastating loss of this years Best
Chef Tyonne Johns, we splurged at
Le Diplomate, we rooted for Sheila
Alexander-Reid and Earl Fowlkes in
their advocacy work, went shopping
at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams and
felt the triumph of the human spirit
at Kinky Boots during its Kennedy
Center run.
About 20,000 votes were cast in 98
categories for the 15th annual Best of
Gay D.C. Awards. The Blades Stephen
Rutgers coordinated the process.
The writers and photographers are
credited throughout.
The entire Washington Blade staff
congratulates each of this years
winners and nalists.

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LOCAL HERO

ERIC FANNING
U.S. ARMY SECRETARY

President Obama has appointed a record number of


openly LGBT people to his administration, but over the
course of the last year none has received as much attention
as Army Secretary Eric Fanning.
His approval by the U.S. Senate in May after a nearly
yearlong process in which his conrmation was in question
made him the rst openly gay person conrmed to head a
military service branch.
Since that time, Fanning has become a hero in the LGBT
community and a favorite interview subject for the media.

In an interview with the Blade in August, Fanning said


hes aware of his fan base, which he said has grown with
each advancement of his career at the Pentagon.
I always think Im prepared and then the wave comes
when youre nominated, when youre conrmed, when
youre sworn in, Fanning said. Theres always something
thats a hook that gets a little bit of attention.
Over the course of the Obama administration, Fanning
has occupied a position in each of the military services.
Before his conrmation as Army secretary, Fanning held the
posts of Air Force under secretary and deputy secretary at
the Navy. Fanning was also chief of staff to Defense Secretary
Ashton Carter and served as acting Army secretary, but had
to relinquish the job briey to win conrmation.
No stranger to LGBT advocacy, Fanning was once a

board member for the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. He


began his tenure in the Obama administration at the time
Congress repealed Dont Ask, Dont Tell.
In 2013, Fanning became the rst senior defense ofcial
to endorse a non-discrimination rule for sexual orientation
in the military and openly transgender service in the armed
forces. The U.S. military has since adopted both ideas.
Fanning said in August the changes have been great for
him to witness personally, but far more important, I think,
its been great for the U.S. military.
Opening up service to people who havent had the
opportunities, but meet the requirements, means we can
recruit from a broader pool of talent and get the best our
country has to offer, Fanning said. (Chris Johnson)
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BEST ARTIST

JOHN JACK GALLAGHER


RUNNER-UP: DENIS LARGERON
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BEST AMATEUR ATHLETE/


BEST FITNESS INSTRUCTOR

GRACE THOMPSON
D.C. FRONT RUNNERS

RUNNER-UP: MARK HOFBERG,


D.C. GAY FLAG FOOTBALL
RUNNER-UP (FITNESS INSTRUCTOR):
KYLE SUIB
Grace Thompson calls the D.C. Front
Runners welcoming, supportive and friendly.
The D.C. native joined the group seven
years ago and is one of between 15-20
women in the league.
Our group is dynamic with a full
spectrum of runners, from the sub threehour marathon to walkers and every pace
in between.
Thompson, a lesbian, started running
consistently about 10 years ago. Since then,
shes run ve full marathons and four half
marathons. On Oct. 30, shell add another
to the list the Marine Corps Marathon.
Im honored, surprised and thankful
to win, Thompson, who works by day as
the owner of Embody Pure Fitness, says.
I honestly didnt campaign at all. It was a
surprise to me that I was even nominated.
(Joey DiGuglielmo)

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John Jack Gallagher has been taking


photos since his rst boyfriend gave him a
35-millimeter camera for his birthday more
than 30 years ago. In 2012, he started shooting
professionally after members of the Stonewall
Kickball team hed been photographing
insisted he shoot their wedding.
I created a Facebook page and started
getting a lot of likes and even some
clients, Gallagher, 57, says. My friends
ended up eloping so I did not get to
photograph their wedding, but by then,
John Jack Photography was started down
the road to being a permanent thing.
Gallagher shoots fundraisers, weddings
and sports and says hes working more
hours than he ever has before. But I love
it, he says. He aims for colorful, candid
and emotional photos.
I like my photos to be vibrant and tell
a story, even when they capture a single
moment, he says.
Gallagher is single and has been
traveling all over the East Coast to build
his business.
Hes also learned to be more careful
after getting banned from Facebook
ve years ago for accidentally posting a
photo of a woman whose bathing suit had
slipped during a Jello wrestling match.
(Joey DiGuglielmo)
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BEST BUSINESSPERSON

BEST CLERGY

TOWN, TRADE AND NUMBER NINE

RUNNER-UP: BISHOP ALLYSON ABRAMS

JIM CHACHI BOYLE

RAYCEEN PENDARVIS

RUNNER-UP: DR. GREGORY JONES,


CAPITAL CENTER FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
& WELLNESS
Jim Chachi Boyle has been involved
in various nightlife ventures for 20 years. A
decade ago he became business partners
with John Guggenmos and Ed Bailey, the
visionaries behind Town Danceboutique,
Trade and Number Nine.
Its an honor to be recognized, Boyle
says. My partners and I are fortunate to
have amazing managers, awesome staffs
and great customers.
Boyle lives in Shaw. Town Danceboutique
has won dozens of Washington Blade Best
of Gay D.C. awards since it opened in
2007.(Joey DiGuglielmo)

MOST COMMITTED ACTIVIST

EARL FOWLKES

RUNNER-UP: SARAH MCBRIDE


Those who know Earl Fowlkes know
the path he has taken over the past 30
years from an AIDS and gay rights activist
in New York City and D.C. to his current
role as leader of three prominent LGBTrelated organizations and chair of the
D.C. Commission on Human Rights. He
epitomizes the term committed activist.
Fowlkes served as a volunteer with
various AIDS organizations in New York
City and New Jersey during the early years
of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and
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early 1990s. In 1996, he moved to D.C. to


take a job as executive director of Damien
Ministries, a faith-based group that
provides services to people with HIV/AIDS.
In 1999, he became one of the founders
of the organization that expanded D.C.s
Black Pride celebration into a national
federation that quickly evolved into the
International Federation of Black Prides,
which helped coordinate black LGBT Pride
events worldwide.
While serving as its CEO and president,
Fowlkes played a key role in 2012 in
expanding the organizations mission to
take on black LGBT-related economic, social
and health issues along with a change of its
name to the Center for Black Equity.
In keeping with his interest in politics as a
means of achieving social change, Fowlkes
was elected chair of the Democratic National
Committees LGBT Caucus in August 2013
shortly after being appointed as a member
of the DNC. In November 2014, Fowlkes
won election as president of D.C.s Gertrude
Stein Democratic Club, the citys largest local
LGBT political organization.
As if this were not enough, the D.C. City
Council in July 2015 conrmed Fowlkes
nomination by Mayor Muriel Bowser to
become chair of the D.C. Commission
on Human Rights. The independent
commission is charged with adjudicating
discrimination cases under the citys Human
Rights Act, which bans discrimination,
among other categories, based on sexual
orientation and gender identity.
One thing led to another, said Fowlkes
in discussing his activist endeavors. Its the
most humbling thing thats ever happened
to me and Im so immensely proud to have
this honor. (Lou Chibbaro Jr.)
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BEST COUNCIL MEMBER

DAVID GROSSO

RUNNER-UP: JACK EVANS


Most LGBT activists who know Council
member David Grosso (I-At-Large) say he
began with a running start in his support for
LGBT issues during his rst year on the Council
in 2013 and hasnt stopped since then.
He has an extensive record of
supporting LGBT concerns, including
introduction and passage of bills to prevent
youth suicide and to require LGBT cultural
competency for medical professionals,
according to the Gay and Lesbian Activists
Alliance, which gave Grosso its highest
rating of +10 for D.C. Council candidates
running in the Nov. 8 election.
During his rst term in ofce, Grosso
has introduced, co-introduced or cosponsored at least a dozen bills that
directly or indirectly benet LGBT people.
Among them is the Youth Suicide
Prevention and School Climate Survey
Amendment Act of 2015, a rst-of-its-kind
measure that specically lists LGBTQ

youth as an at-risk subgroup requiring


careful attention in school suicide
prevention programs.
Other bills that Grosso introduced or
co-introduced include the LGBTQ Cultural
Competency
Continuing
Education
Amendment Act of 2015, which requires
all medical professionals to take LGBTQ
cultural competency training to maintain
their licenses; a bill banning co-called
conversion therapy for minors; and a
measure requiring the city to provide new
birth certicates to transgender people to
reect their correct name and gender.
Grosso has attended meetings of LGBT
organizations has appeared at numerous LGBT
events, including the Capital Pride Parade,
AIDS Walk Washington, D.C. Black Pride and
the D.C. LGBT Center annual reception.
As an at-large Council member I work
every day to ensure that our city welcomes,
embraces and respects the human rights
of every person, he wrote in his response
to GLAAs candidate questionnaire. This
commitment to inclusion is reected in
my staff that includes several individuals
who live openly as members of the LGBTQ
community. (Lou Chibbaro, Jr.)

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BEST HILL STAFFER

JOHN ASSINI

RUNNER-UP: EVAN DORNER


For John Assini, public service has
been a calling he has felt since his youth
and one he now answers as legislative
correspondent to Sen. Tammy Baldwin
(D-Wis.).
When I was young, it was instilled in
me to ght for my beliefs, Assini said.
Working on the Hill allows me to do
that every day. Working for passionate
members of Congress over the last ve
years has allowed me to contribute in a
small way to the national conversation,
which has been a humbling experience.
Assini, 27, has already built a substantial
resume since he began his career on
Capitol Hill in 2011. Before working for
Baldwin, he was a legislative aide for
the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy &
Natural Resources and an intern for now-

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). Between


2012 and 2014, Assini was also a board
member for GLASS, the afnity group for
LGBT Senate staffers.
But Assini feels especially honored
to work for Baldwin, whom he calls a
dedicated and thoughtful member who
continues to work tirelessly on behalf
of her state and its residents, and who
shares my values of a fair, more equitable
America. The only out lesbian in Congress
is up for re-election in 2018.
That I also am part of the rst openly
gay U.S. senators team does not escape
me, Assini said. She will always be a part
of our shared LGBT history and Im very
lucky to work for her. Knowing that I play
a role executing Sen. Baldwins vision of
cleaner energy, better water quality and
a brighter future for Wisconsin helps me
stay focused every day. (Chris Johnson)
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BEST REAL ESTATE GROUP

THE EVAN AND


MARK TEAM
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RUNNER-UP: RAY GERNHART AND


ASSOCIATES RE/MAX

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PHOTO BY FERNADO FRANAO; COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA

BEST LOCAL PRO ATHLETE

KATIE LEDECKY

FIVE-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST IN


SWIMMING

RUNNER-UP: BRYCE HARPER

BEST REHOBOTH REAL ESTATE AGENT

CHRIS BEAGLE

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
GALLO REALTY
GOTOGALLO.COM
(ALSO WON THIS CATEGORY LAST YEAR)

RUNNER-UP: JACK LINGO

BEST MASSAGE

GARY BRENNAN
ARLINGTON, VA.
MYMASSAGEBYGARY.COM
301-704-1158

RUNNER-UP: JACOB GOUGH


BEST LGBT BUREAUCRAT

SHEILA ALEXANDER-REID
DIRECTOR OF LGBTQ AFFAIRS
FOR D.C. GOVERNMENT

RUNNER-UP: JACK JACOBSON


BEST REAL ESTATE AGENT

MICHAEL FOWLER
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RUNNER-UP: JEFF TAYLOR, SOTHEBYS


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BEST STRAIGHT ALLY

HILLARY CLINTON

RUNNER-UP: LEIGH ANN HENDRICKS


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BEST TRANS ADVOCATE

SARAH MCBRIDE

RUNNER-UP: RUBY CORADO


Sarah McBride in July became the rst
openly transgender person to speak at a
major party convention, but her advocacy
efforts began long before she took to
the podium at the Democratic National
Convention in Philadelphia.
McBride came out as trans in 2012 when
she was the student body president of
American University.
The Wilmington, Del., native had
been involved with Equality Delaware,
a statewide LGBT advocacy group, for
several years. She joined the organizations
board of directors after she came out.
McBride
testified
three
times
in support of the bill that added
gender identity to Delawares antidiscrimination and hate crimes law.
Gov. Jack Markell said after he signed
the measure in 2013 that his former
intern courageously stood before the
General Assembly.
McBride made national headlines
in April when she posted a picture of
herself on Instagram inside a womens

bathroom in North Carolina. The states


governor, Pat McCrory, had just signed
House Bill 2, which prohibits trans
people from using public restrooms
that are consistent with their gender
identity and bans local municipalities
from
enacting
LGBT-inclusive
nondiscrimination measures.
Trying to pee in peace, wrote
McBride in her post. Trying to live
our lives as fully and authentically as
possible. Barring me from this restroom
doesnt help anyone. And allowing
me to continue to use this bathroom
just without fear of discrimination and
harassment doesnt hurt anyone. Stop
this. We are good people.
McBride, who supports Hillary Clinton,
worked at the Center for American
Progress until she became a spokesperson
for the Human Rights Campaign in June.
She remains humble about her advocacy
efforts.
I feel incredibly privileged to be a part
of this community and this movement,
especially at such an important time,
McBride says. There are so many amazing
trans advocates doing lifesaving work
across the country.
This has been a tough year for

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transgender people, particularly in


states like Mississippi, Texas and North
Carolina, but I hope they know that there
are so many people who see them, who
care for them, and who are fighting to
make this world a little kinder and safer
for all of us. (Michael K. Lavers)

BEST STYLIST

QUENCY VALENCIA
SALON QUENCY
1534 U ST., N.W.
202-930-7008

RUNNER-UP: RYAN PAYNE, BANG SALON

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she came of legal age decided she wanted


to emulate Barbra Streisands Fanny Brice.
Her journey led her to frequent fetish
clubs, at the time the only place to nd
burlesque shows.
Now La Blanc regularly performs at
the Bier Baron Tavern and has her own
burlesque production company Glit-ORama Productions. Shes also become
known for her cos-play of Regina Mills
from Once Upon a Time.
La Blanc says her showgirl life is an
open book for her kids who often see an
evening gown and a vat of crystals strung
out on the dining room table after dinner
in her Northern Virginia home. Events like
this make it all the more tting that her
tagline is The Stepford Wife gone wild!
For La Blanc, burlesque is all about pride
in being who you are.
As an exhibitionist I love being on
stage and I love sparkly things, La Blanc
says. But I nd that self-empowerment,
self-condence is what burlesque is all
about. I go on stage and Im like, Yeah,
Im a 30-something-year old woman. This
body has popped out babies and Im still
going to wear next to nothing and shake
my bacon. (Mariah Cooper)

BEST DANCE PARTY

MIXTAPE

RUNNER-UP: BARE BY LURE


DJs Shea Van Horn and Matt Bailer host
Mixtape, an alternative dance party, on the
second Saturday of each month. Locations
vary. The fth annual Mixtape Halloween party
is on Monday, Oct. 31 at the Howard Theatre.
Its at the 9:30 Club on Saturday, Nov. 12.
mixtapedc.com
BEST BARTENDER

DITO SEVILLA

DITOS BAR AT FLORIANA


1602 17TH ST., N.W.

RUNNER-UP: DUSTY MARTINEZ, TRADE


BEST BURLESQUE DANCER

BELLA LA BLANC

RUNNER-UP: GIGI HOLLIDAY


Bella La Blanc is a housewife and
mother of three, but unlike most wives and
mothers, shes a showgirl who has found
a way to play multiple roles in her life and
not just on stage.
La Blanc, originally from Miami, says
she was a theater kid who rst fell in love
with burlesque after watching Gypsy.
She then watched Funny Girl and once

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BEST DRAG QUEEN

TATIANNA

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WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

BEST COCKTAIL

LEMON SQUEEZE

DUPLEX DINER
2004 18TH ST., N.W.
202-265-7828
DUPLEXDINER.COM
(Second consecutive win in this category)

RUNNER-UP: WATERMELON BASIL


SLUSH, LOGAN TAVERN
BEST DJ

MATT BAILER

PEACH PIT, MIXTAPE


(Second consecutive win in this category)

RUNNER-UP: DJ TEZRAH

PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY

BEST DRAG KING

CHRIS JAY

RUNNER-UP: SEBASTIAN KATZ

Chris Jay who identies as gender


non-conforming and goes by Chris
Jennings in non-drag endeavors started
drag three-and-a-half years ago, led to the
craft by photography.
Interested in nding some different
subjects, he happened upon the D.C.
Kings four years ago and started shooting
as many of their performances as he could.

About six months later, he started with the


Kings and continues to this day.
Im a lover of R&B, so youll nd me
performing that mostly, Jay says. My drag
persona is me at a thousand, so Im kind of
full of myself and way more outgoing.
Now with Pretty Boi Drag (the Kings
folded last year), Jay performs twice a
month the rst Sunday of each at Acre
121 and the third Sunday of each month at
the Bier Baron.Jay is 36, happily partnered
and lives in Baltimore. (Joey DiGuglielmo)

RUNNER-UP: BANAKA
While Tatianna has been a drag nightlife
staple in D.C., for the rest of the nation
she had dropped off the radar in between
her appearance on the second season of
RuPauls Drag Race and her reemergence
in RuPauls Drag Race All Stars 2.
In her original season, Tatianna, who
hails from Falls Church, Va., became a
stand-out competitor when she won
Snatch Game with her eerily on point
imitation of Britney Spears circa 2005. Her
taglines, Thank you and Choices also
made her a fan favorite.
In All Stars 2 Tatianna was booted from
the show by fellow queen Alaska not once,
but twice. However before leaving she yet
again left an impression on the judges with
her spoken word performance of Same
Parts, an ode to men at parties who hit
on her and dont realize she also has the
same parts.
The local queen also dressed up as T-Boz
for her last runway challenge impressing
both the judges and fans.
Tatianna can frequently be found
performing at Town and has said her
favorite celebrities to impersonate are
Britney Spears, Ariana Grande and
Miley Cyrus. Tatianna has mentioned on
RuPauls Drag Race that she rst began
doing drag in middle school at age 14.
Since leaving the show, Tatianna is ready
to continue working hard on her career.
You can expect to see me everywhere
because Im traveling the world, dropping new
music and saying Yes! to any and all projects,
Tatianna told the Hufngton Post following her
exit from the show. (Mariah Cooper)
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Hes a weekly regular at Town and


performs there and elsewhere, never
taking himself too seriously.
I just try to be entertaining and cute,
the 25-year-old D.C. resident says.
Hes also honored to win It feels good,
I didnt think I would.
Knight dances nude sometimes and has
shot more than 100 gay porn scenes since
2012 (favorite co-star? Colby Jansen).
He got his famous shamrock tattoo at
Ocean City at age 18 when he was there
for his senior trip. My boyfriend and I got
matching tattoos, he says. Im Irish and
pretty lucky, so it ts. (Joey DiGuglielmo)
BEST HAPPY HOUR

D.C. BEAR CRUE


BEAR HAPPY HOUR
EVERY FRIDAY AT 6 P.M.
TOWN DANCEBOUTIQUE
2009 8TH ST., N.W.
DCBEARCRUE.COM

RUNNER-UP: NUMBER NINE


HOTTEST BAR STAFF

NELLIES

900 U ST., N.W.


NELLIESSPORTSBAR.COM

RUNNER-UP: TOWN PATIO


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BEST DRAG SHOW

LADIES OF TOWN
FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS
AT 10:30 P.M.
TOWN DANCEBOUTIQUE
2009 8TH ST., N.W.
TOWNDC.COM

RUNNER-UP: PRETTY BOI DRAG


BEST GAY-FRIENDLY STRAIGHT BAR

DACHA BEER GARDEN

1600 7TH ST., N.W.


202-524-8790
DACHADC.COM
(Second consecutive win in this category)

RUNNER-UP: BLACK CAT

BEST GO-GO DANCER/STRIPPER

DYLAN KNIGHT

RUNNER-UP: CHRISTIAN LEZZIL

Tatianna isnt the only star to launch


from Town Danceboutique. Dylan Knight
started gyrating lasciviously about 2010
after seeing other go-go dancers there.

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BEST LIVE MUSIC

9:30 CLUB

815 V ST., N.W.


930.COM
(A perennial favorite in this category)

RUNNER-UP: BLACK CAT

BEST NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

JR.S BAR & GRILL

1519 17TH ST., N.W.


JRSBAR-DC.COM
(A perennial favorite in this category)

RUNNER-UP: UPROAR

BEST OUTSIDE-THE-DISTRICT BAR

FREDDIES BEACH BAR


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555 S. 23RD ST.


ARLINGTON, VA.
FREDDIESBEACHBAR.COM
(A winner of this award many times previously)

RUNNER-UP: GRAND CENTRAL


(BALTIMORE)
BEST OUTDOOR DRINKING

TOWN PATIO

TOWN DANCEBOUTIQUE
2009 8TH ST., N.W.
TOWNDC.COM
(Second consecutive win in this category)

RUNNER-UP: DACHA BEER GARDEN


BEST PLACE FOR GUYS NIGHT OUT

ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS

1824 HALF ST., S.W.


SECRETSDC.COM
(Second consecutive win in this category)

RUNNER-UP: DC BEAR CRUE


BEAR HAPPY HOUR
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BEST PLACE FOR GIRLS NIGHT OUT

BEST REHOBOTH BARTENDER

EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AT


COBALT
1639 R ST., N.W.
FACEBOOK.COM/LUREWDC
(Second consecutive win in this category)

BLUE MOON
35 BALTIMORE AVE.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL.
BLUEMOONREHOBOTH.COM

BARE BY LURE

RUNNER-UP: WHISKHER
BEST REHOBOTH BAR

BLUE MOON

35 BALTIMORE AVE.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL.
BLUEMOONREHOBOTH.COM
(Second consecutive win in this category)

RUNNER-UP: AQUA

MATT URBAN

RUNNER-UP: JAMIE ROMANO, PURPLE PARROT


Matt Urban has been behind the bar at the
venerable Blue Moon for 14 years. His friendly,
reserved demeanor keeps the customers coming
back year after year. He says the best part of
the job is meeting so many different people
and catching up with friends. Originally from
Wilmington, he lives in Rehoboth with his wife.
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BEST ROOFTOP

UPROAR LOUNGE &


RESTAURANT
639 FLORIDA AVE., N.W.

RUNNER-UP: NELLIES
BEST SINGER OR BAND

FRANKIE & BETTY

FACEBOOK.COM/FRANKIEBETTY
(Second consecutive win in this category)

RUNNER-UP: WICKED JEZABEL

PHOTO COURTESY OF COUTURE

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY HUGH CLARKE

BEST TRANSGENDER PERFORMER

GIGI PARIS COUTURE

RUNNER-UP: LADY DANE


Gigi Paris Couture started performing
20 years ago. She was just hanging out
in drag one night at a bar and one of the
performers was a no-show.
They asked me to perform and I liked it,
Couture, a veteran of Ziegfelds, Town, Freddies,
Cobalt, Perrys and many others, says.
She performs weekly and works by
day as a stylist at the Cosset Aveda in
Crystal City, Va., near where she resides in
Alexandria.
Couture, whos single, says many trans
performers work right alongside drag
queens. She acknowledges there is
occasional tension, but nothing major.
Theres always something funny at
every show, Couture says. Thats the
nature of the business. A pastie can come
off, duct tape might fall off or a piece of
jewelry might fall on someones eggs
during brunch. Little funny things that
make people laugh.
Shes happy to win this new category, a
Washington Blade Best of Gay D.C. rst.
Its an honor to be acknowledged for
something I have enjoyed doing for so
long. (Joey DiGuglielmo)
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Clarice smith, Gallop, 2009, oil on canvas

albert Paley, Steneby I, 2011, forged steel with blackened finish

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BEST ASIAN RESTAURANT

DUKES GROCERY
1513 17TH ST. NW
DUKESGROCERY.COM
RUNNER-UP: TASTY BURGER

BEAU THAI

Delicious, fresh, authentic Thai food in inviting


atmosphere. Also won this category in 2015.
3162 MOUNT PLEASANT ST., N.W.
1550 7TH ST., N.W., UNIT A (SHAW)
BEAUTHAIDC.COM

Let there be no mistake, despite the everchanging menu at Dukes Grocery, the Proper
Burger reigns supreme. Whether you eat it to
stop a hangover before it starts or indulge in
it when said hangover has taken hold, its an
artery-clogging melange of Creekstone Farms
Angus beef (now that were on a Michelin
kick in D.C., its the same beef youll often nd
in Michelin-starred restaurants) topped with
smoky gouda and both a garlicky aioli and
a Thai sweet chili sauce. Add a duck egg and
housemade chicken liver pat when those two
beef patties are just not enough protein, or pile
on extra pickles and rocket if youve got your
moms voice in your ear reminding you that you
really need to eat more veggies. And some of
us cant resist adding a side of the trufe mac n
cheese. Just sayin. (Kristen Hartke)

RUNNER-UP: RICE

BEST BOOZY BRUNCH

LEVEL ONE

BRUNCH IS SERVED A LA CARTE EVERY


SAT. & SUN. FROM 11 A.M.-4 P.M.
1639 R ST., N.W.
LEVELONEDC.COM

RUNNER-UP: FREDDIES BEACH BAR


BEST LOCAL BREWERY/DISTILLERY

DC BRAU

Popular craft brewery offering free tours and


tastings. Also won this category in 2015.
3178-B BLADENSBURG RD. NE
DCBRAU.COM

RUNNER-UP: RIGHT PROPER BREWING CO.

BEST BURGER

PHOTO BY STEPH HARDING; COURTESY OF DC BRAU

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BEST CHEF

TYONNE JOHNS

RUNNER-UP: ALEX LEVIN,


OSTERIA MORINI
PHOTO BY ELLA M PHOTOGRAPHY; COURTESY OF OLD BLUE BBQ

BEST CATERER

OLD BLUE BBQ

Full-service catering company specializing


in regional avors, southern specialties and
homemade favorites. Also won this category
in 2015.
4580 EISENHOWER AVE., ALEXANDRIA, VA.
OLDBLUEBBQ.COM

RUNNER-UP: MASON DIXIE BISCUIT CO.


BEST CHEAP EATS

&PIZZA

1215 CONNECTICUT AVE., N.W.


1250 U ST., N.W.
1400 K ST., N.W.
ANDPIZZA.COM

RUNNER-UP: AMSTERDAM FALAFEL

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

The last meal that caterer and chef Tyonne


Johns served was salmon and jerk chicken,
macaroni and cheese and rice pilaf, at the
wedding reception for a close friend on Aug.
6. An openly gay chef, her life was senselessly
ended that night when an employee of the
Chantilly, Va., park where the wedding was
held argued with Johns over some folding
chairs and stabbed her to death. Its a tragic
footnote on the life of a woman whose
brother was murdered 10 years earlier; she
is particularly remembered by her friends for
her commitment to supporting LGBT events,
programs and entrepreneurs, and using her
business as a way to provide new opportunities
for aspiring chefs. (Kristen Hartke)
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BEST COFFEE SHOP

COMPASS COFFEE
1335 7TH ST., N.W.
COMPASSCOFFEE.COM

RUNNER-UP: TRYST

OK, so, yeah, Compass makes good


coffee. The nitro cold brew, a process by
which the grounds are steeped in cold
water and then infused with nitrogen,
results in a creamy, rich brew that almost
mimics the texture of a protein shake, so
we can fool ourselves into thinking that it
makes a good liquid breakfast after spin
class. But were kind of into the tea, too,
which Compass co-owners Michael Haft
and Harrison Suarez decided to custom
blend in-house when they couldnt nd
a tea that complemented their coffee
program. Look for the Raspberry Rose
Petal, a oral caffeine-free blend, or the
bergamot-tinged Lavender Earl Grey.
For chai lovers, dont miss out on the
housemade masala chai, a spicy blend
of black tea with ginger, black pepper,
cardamom, allspice, anise and licorice.
(Kristen Hartke)

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

BEST DATE RESTAURANT

FLORIANA

Intimate, white-tableclothed bistro offering


lasagna and other Italian classics with weekly
specials.
1602 17TH ST., N.W.
FLORIANARESTAURANT.COM

RUNNER-UP: BUSBOYS AND POETS


BEST DESSERT

BAKED & WIRED

Family-owned coffee shop and bakery in


Georgetown with baked goods made in small
batches with the nest ingredients.
1052 THOMAS JEFFERSON ST., N.W.
BAKEDANDWIRED.COM

RUNNER-UP: GRASSROOTS GOURMET

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BEST ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT

DUKEM ETHIOPIAN
RESTAURANT
1114-1118 U ST., N.W.
DUKEMRESTAURANT.COM

RUNNER-UP: ETHIOPIC
Whenever people ask me for a
restaurant recommendation in D.C., I
invariably send them to Dukem, and
heres why: its authentic, its cheap and it
tells a real story about our city. With the
largest Ethiopian community outside of
Ethiopia, eating Ethiopian food in D.C. is
akin to eating pizza in New York. Its also
a communal meal, where everyone at the
table shares in the dishes, eating literally
off the same plate, and omnivores and
vegetarians can all walk away perfectly
satised. For meat eaters, the signature
doro wat, a dish of slow-cooked chicken
and hard-boiled eggs spiced with berbere,
a blend of several spices including
chili pepper, ginger, basil, nigella and
fenugreek, is tender and saucy, while the
vegetarian combination platters are piled
with spicy lentils, savory braised cabbage
and collards, and shiro, a peppery stew
of powdered legumes like chick peas or
broad beans. Utensils wont be on hand, so
order extra injera, the spongy sour bread
used to scoop up the food. Dukem also
won this category in 2015. (Kristen Hartke)

BEST FARMERS MARKET

EASTERN MARKET
225 7TH ST., S.E.
EASTERNMARKET-DC.ORG

RUNNER-UP: DUPONT CIRCLE


FRESHFARM MARKET
Oh, Eastern Market. Sometimes its exciting
to visit other farmers markets in search of
new freshly baked gluten-free cookies or odd
varieties of winter squash, but Eastern Market,
which also won this category last year, never
disappoints solid, reliable, always there
when you need it. While its true that the same
vendors have been there for decades, its also
true that Eastern Market serves a real function
to the community, because people actually
shop there for their groceries, not just for
novelty items. Inside the market, which is open
every day except Monday, youll nd most of
the items on your list, from freshly butchered
meats to loaves of cinnamon raisin bread
to vegan kimchi. If there is a cheese youre
looking for, Bowers Dairy has nearly everything
on hand, no special ordering required, and
D.C.s very own condiment, mumbo sauce, is
available in both regular and spicy avors at
Market Poultry. If youve always wanted to eat
at Market Lunch, take a tip from the locals and
head over there for breakfast or lunch during
the week so you dont have to wait in line.
(Kristen Hartke)
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BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT

RED HEN

Italian-inuenced American restaurant located


in historic Bloomingdale with wood-red fare
set in an airy, rustic-industrial space with open
kitchen and bar.
1822 1ST ST., N.W.
THEREDHENDC.COM

RUNNER-UP: FLORIANA

BEST PIZZA

MATCHBOX

Brick-oven pizza and contemporary dining.


713 H ST., N.W.
521 8TH ST., S.E.
1901 14TH ST., N.W.
MATCHBOXRESTAURANTS.COM

RUNNER-UP: PIZZERIA PARADISO

RESTAURANT YOUD WAIT IN LINE FOR

ROSES LUXURY

Eclectic New American tapas with menu crafted in


cozy, converted townhouse with an upstairs lounge.
717 8TH ST., S.E.
ROSESLUXURY.COM

RUNNER-UP: LITTLE SEROW


BEST FOOD TRUCK

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RED HOOK
LOBSTER POUND

Brings freshest Maine lobsters to D.C. Also won


this category in 2015.
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RUNNER-UP: CAPTAIN COOKIE & THE


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BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT

LE DIPLOMATE

Bustling brasserie serves classic French fare


and drinks. Also won this category in 2015.
1601 14TH ST., N.W.
LEDIPLOMATEDC.COM

RUNNER-UP: BISTROT DU COIN


BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT

RASIKA

Modern Indian food; famous for its crispy


spinach. Also won this category in 2015.
633 D ST., N.W.
1190 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE., N.W.
RASIKARESTAURANT.COM

RUNNER-UP: INDIGO

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Our groups meet on the second Sunday of each month, from 3 4:30pm at the Unitarian
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A.L.Y. is a group for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning Youth and Allies in
grades 7-12. Our goal is to give LGBTQ youth a safe place to gather. Trained facilitators lead the
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BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

HANKS OYSTER BAR

Perennial lesbian-owned favorite. Also won this


category in 2015.
1624 Q ST., N.W.
1026 KING ST., ALEXANDRIA, VA.
633 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., S.E.
HANKSOYSTERBAR.COM

RUNNER-UP: BLACK SALT

BEST STEAK RESTAURANT

CLAUDIAS STEAKHOUSE

Chic, high-gloss steakhouse supplements its


beef offerings with Latin-style dishes and sides.
1501 K ST., N.W.
CLAUDIASSTEAKHOUSE.COM

RUNNER-UP: ANNIES PARAMOUNT


STEAKHOUSE
BEST SUSHI

SUSHI TARO

High-end sushi spot with chefs choice dinners,


bento-box lunch specials, sake and sho-chu.
1503 17TH ST., N.W.
SUSHITARO.COM

RUNNER-UP: THE HAMILTON


PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CARVING ROOM

DOS LOCOS

Shareable tapas and inspired wine and cocktail


list. Also won this category in 2015.
1622 14TH ST., N.W.
3310 WISCONSIN AVE., N.W.
BARCELONAWINEBAR.COM

Spacious Mexican restaurant with vast menu


including seafood, stone grills and margaritas.
Also won this category in 2015.
208 REHOBOTH AVE.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL.
DOSLOCOS.COM

RUNNER-UP: DITOS BAR AT FLORIANA

RUNNER-UP: BLUE MOON

BEST VIRGINIA WINERY

BREAUX VINEYARDS

BEST SANDWICH

36888 BREAUX VINEYARDS LANE,


PURCELLVILLE, VA.
BREAUXVINEYARDS.COM

CARVING ROOM

Hip joint with a patio serving cured and carved


meat sandwiches, craft beers and innovative
cocktails.
300 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., N.W.
CARVINGROOM.COM

RUNNER-UP: FOX MEADOW WINERY


With an impressive array of awards,
Breaux Vineyards is typically at the
top of the list of Virginia wineries
worth checking out, and its just 45
minutes from D.C. in Loudoun County,
making it a great destination for a lazy
Sunday afternoon. Of course, youll
also find it well-represented in stores
and restaurants across the city, from
Glens Garden Market to Jack Rose
Dining Saloon. Look for the Cabernet
Franc, a peppery palate-pleaser with
long notes of blackberry on the finish.
(Kristen Hartke)

RUNNER-UP: TAYLOR GOURMET

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

BEST WINE BAR

BARCELONA

BEST REHOBOTH RESTAURANT

PHOTO COURTESY OF CLAUDIAS

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completion of your procedure. We will listen carefully to your goals and
give you an honest treatment plan tailored to your individualized needs.
Our practice is the first and only one in the Metropolitan Washington,
DC area to offer Sculpsure and Smartlipo (laser liposuction), in
addition to excisional body contouring surgical procedures (tummy
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BEST LOCAL TV PERSONALITY

CHUCK BELL, NBC 4

(2015 runner-up; 2014 winner in this category)

RUNNER-UP: KIDD OSHEA, ABC 7

PHOTO COURTESY OF BYT

BEST LOCAL BLOG

BRIGHTEST YOUNG
THINGS
BRIGHTESTYOUNGTHINGS.COM

RUNNER-UP: DCIST

BEST LOCAL PODCAST

JELLYVISION

RUNNER-UP: C.L.I.T. BY LEZLINK

The JellyVision Show combines humor


with creative entrepreneurship co-hosted
by standup comedian Tim Trueheart and
Jennifer Crawford, also known as Jelly.
Crawford says she came up for the idea
of the podcast in 2010 while running her
own creative co-working space. Visual
artists, performing artists and writers were
coming to work on projects and Crawford
was amazed by the level of creativity.
If you werent in the building, you
werent in the building, Crawford says.
So I thought if we had a podcast we could
expose people who werent coming into

our building to these people that we were


meeting every day. We could interview
them and if just a few people tuned in it
was a few people who didnt know these
creative entrepreneurs beforehand. It was
really just an experiment.
The experiment turned into a real
project once Crawfords business closed.
Saddened, she and Trueheart, with whom
she had improvised in a theater troupe for
years, decided to keep the podcast going.
Now the podcast is recorded from
Crawfords dining room every Monday
with episodes released on most podcast
platforms, including iTunes and Google
Play, weekly. The podcast now rakes in
5,000-7,000 downloads per month.
Crawford notes the podcast isnt about
how to become a millionaire, but how to live a
lifestyle that incorporates doing what you love.
But we wanted to bring an entertainment
value to the table, Crawford says, so we
throw in some fart jokes along the way.
(Mariah Cooper)

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY JONATHAN ELLIS

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

BEST LOCAL TWITTER FEED

BEST RADIO STATION

News, noise, food, sports, art, charity, fashion,


TV, lm, happy thoughts, all things LGBT+DC.
(Second consecutive win in this category)
TWITTER.COM/DCHOMOS

D.C.s No. 1 hit music station and home of The


Kane Show.
(Second consecutive win in this category)

@DCHOMOS

RUNNER-UP: @ALEXMORASH

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RUNNER-UP: WAMU 88.5

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BEST CAR DEALERSHIP

BMW OF FAIRFAX
8427 LEE HIGHWAY, FAIRFAX

RUNNER-UP: AUDI OF TYSONS

PHOTO COURTESY OF ATLANTIC PLUMBING

BEST APARTMENT/CONDO BUILDING

ATLANTIC PLUMBING
2112 8TH ST., N.W.

RUNNER-UP: THE SHAY

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

BEST DOCTOR/MEDICAL PROVIDER

RAY MARTINS

WHITMAN-WALKER HEALTH

RUNNER-UP: DR. ROBYN ZEIGER

BEST ART GALLERY

RENWICK GALLERY OF
THE SMITHSONIAN
AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
1661 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W.
RENWICK.AMERICANART.SI.EDU

RUNNER-UP: THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION


BEST ADULT STORE

BITE THE FRUIT

1723 CONNECTICUT AVE., N.W.


BITETHEFRUIT.COM

RUNNER-UP: TRICK BOX

WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY

BEST FITNESS OR WORKOUT SPOT

VIDA FITNESS

1517 15TH ST., N.W.


1612 U ST., N.W.
999 9TH ST., N.W.
VIDAFITNESS.COM
(A perennial favorite in this category)

RUNNER-UP: YMCA

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BEST GAYBORHOOD

SHAW

RUNNER-UP: LOGAN CIRCLE


BEST HARDWARE STORE

LOGAN HARDWARE
1734 14TH ST., N.W.
ACEHARDWAREDC.COM

RUNNER-UP: ANNIES ACE HARDWARE


BEST HOME FURNISHINGS

MITCHELL GOLD +
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BESTLGBT SPORTS LEAGUE

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Teammates on D.C. Rollergirls say the
league feels like family.
Founded in 2006, D.C. Rollergirls is
centered around the groups love for roller
derby. In addition to games, the team also
prides itself on contributing to community
service with organizations that promote
female empowerment, physical tness and
awareness of issues women, children and
families face in the D.C. area.
League president Dawn Sherman, also
known by her team nickname Aurora
Borey All-Ass, says what makes the team
stand out is the diversity of its members.
We have women from all different
walks of life, Sherman says. We are an
inclusive environment so we have cis-

gender women and we are very open to


LGBT women. The fact that we all come
together for this crazy common sport that
we love just makes it amazing.
Women of all skill levels are welcome
on the team especially beginners. JaeLee
Waldschmidt, nicknamed Switch Please,
says she stepped into the world of roller
derby after a friend invited her to a match.
Waldschmidt admits she was clueless
and outside her comfort zone.
My friend was like, You should come
watch my team play. I was like, Play what?
Roller derby, Waldschmidt says. I was
like, Whats that? I watched one of their
games and showed up to D.C. Armory like,
Where do I get in? and my friend was like,
The door. You go in through the door.
After attending roller derby boot camp
Waldschmidt found herself competing on
the team.

She encourages other women interested


in trying something new to do the same. Try
out sessions are open to anyone regardless
of experience level. Each Sunday the
team has a roller derby boot camp where
anybody, with the appropriate safety gear,
can learn the fundamentals of roller derby.
The next try out date is Sunday, Oct. 23
at the DCRG Warehouse (5706 LaFayette
Pl., Hyattsville, Md.) from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
The team consists of about 40 players,
including dozens of volunteers, beginner
boot campers and retired derby members
who still like to stay connected.
Another big part of being a D.C.
Rollergirls team member is picking a
nickname that suits you.
For Sherman the name was all about
who she was as a person.
I wanted to nd something that kind of
gave people a little glimpse into my life,

Sherman says. My quirky sci- side. Kind of


just being a general science geek and my
physique. So my name is Aurora Borey All-Ass
and that kind of encompasses all those things.
Waldschmidt chose her name Switch
Please, from the character Switch from
The Matrix.
Feeling comfortable to share parts of
themselves with their team is the best part
about the league, Waldschmidt says.
Being a trans woman, its kind of hard in
this world trying to nd a place that accepts
you for who you are, Waldschmidt says. I
mean there are pockets here and there but
roller derby was like Alright, cool. It was
a really empowering opportunity to be
authentic and not have to try to conform
to peoples expectations of what a man or
woman is, to be myself. (Mariah Cooper)
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How long have you been out and who was
the hardest person to tell?
I am very blessed. I have always been out.
I grew up in one of the reddest counties in
central pennsyltucky but I come from a very
open/loving accepting family. I do not have a
coming out story because I was raised in an
environment that just let me be me with no
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JACOB RYER
By JOEY DiGULIELMO
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Jacob Ryer is totally sold on the concept of his employer Alton Lane, a
Dupont Circle store that oers tailored apparel in suits, blazers, tuxedos and
shirts for men.
Located at 1506 19th St., N.W., one of 12 locations, Alton Lane (altonlane.
com) is the brainchild of Peyton Jenkins and Colin Hunter who oer custom
garments at a fraction of the cost. Ryer, whos been with the company for six
months, says the key dierence to what Alton Lane oers comes with the 3D
body scan they use for 300 points of measurements.
How the shoulders lay, how the collar lays, if there is a collar role or gap, we
have so much more knowledge through these points of measurement than a
traditional tailor has, Ryer says. It allows us to create a personal pattern for
each client catered to their taste.
Custom suits start at about $600 and fabric is a big factor in cost. Ryer was
drawn to the company after several years working in department stores.
I knew I wanted to make a change to something that was more modern
and innovative, he says.
Ryer, a 28-year-old Dallastown, Pa., native, came to Washington six years
ago. Hes engaged to Anderson Wells and the two live together in Dupont
Circle. Ryer enjoys documentaries, Kylie Minogue, laundry which he credits
to his Amish ancestry reading and entertaining in his free time.

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Whos your LGBT hero?


Thats a hard question. Across the spectrum
one of my absolute greatest heroes is Eleanor
Roosevelt. I wish she had lived in a dierent
time when she could have been so much
more. She was a brilliant, funny, charismatic
woman and so much of what I have read on
her makes me feel a kinship with her soul. As
far as someone who did have the option to
live out? Sia. I love her so much. She lives her
life with so much integrity. She does not just
survive, she thrives.

Whats Washingtons best nightspot, past


or present?
The 9:30 Club is always a fun time. My anc
and I love to eat out. We never cook, so I love
sitting outside at Barcelona for a few hours.

Describe your dream wedding.


Im going to have it! Its important to note,
I think, that Im divorced. My rst wedding
was very traditional and a total mistake. This
time I am very much in love. We are getting
married at Studio Theatre next October. I love
the space beautiful and nontraditional.
Were going to be married in a ceremony we
are creating that will be preformed by one of
our best friends. It will be in the atrium there
on the third oor as the sun sets behind the
buildings across the street. It will be black tie
cocktail. Im not feeding people everyone
just wants to drink anyway.

What non-LGBT issue are you most


passionate about?
Its such a toss up between climate change
caused by man and the cycle of generational
poverty. If hard work actually translated to
wealth, this would be a completely dierent
country.

What historical outcome would you


change?
Just one? The assassination of Robert
Kennedy. Of all the progressive men in the
middle of the last century, I would be most
interested to see how this country would be
dierent if he had gone on to do so many
things.

Whats been the most memorable pop


culture moment of your lifetime?
Britney and Justin Timberlakes matching
denim outts.

On what do you insist?


Never wearing socks that match your
trousers.

What was your last Facebook post or


Tweet?
A video of Lana Parrrilla, the evil queen from

Once Upon A Time, wearing a Nope Trump


T-shirt.

If your life were a book, what would the


title be?
Condemn them Mother, for They Know
Exactly What They Do

If science discovered a way to change


sexual orientation, what would you do?
Wonder what right-wing white devil funded it.
Then destroy the research.

What do you believe in beyond the


physical world?
The universal power of human kindness. The
energy loving your fellow man can create,
an energy that transcends time and space.
Something that shows up in the collective
human unconscious.

Whats your advice for LGBT movement


leaders?
Remember we are more than just the white
20-something gay men who are easy to
market to. We are poor at times. Black. Latin.
Asian. We are trans. We are a people who
have survived a plague. We are resilient.
We need to take that energy and continue
to being the voice for every member of our
community.

What would you walk across hot coals


for?
A dinner party with Courtney Love, Donna
Karan and Ryan Murphy.

What LGBT stereotype annoys you most?


The 20-something saying, OMG why is that
OLD man, whos maybe 45 at xyz place.
Why do you care how old the room is?

Whats your favorite LGBT movie?


Longtime Companion

Whats the most overrated social custom?


Please dont bless me when I sneeze. My soul
is not escaping. And I dont want to thank you
for doing it.

What trophy or prize do you most covet?


The Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress

What do you wish youd known at 18?


Dont tell your mom when you have crabs.
She will bleach the walls convincing herself
they are everywhere.

Why Washington?
It is a beautiful, wonderful, vibrant city. I was
sitting outside with friends today actually
saying that D.C. is like a giant small town.
We were walking from Soul Cycle on 14th
to lunch on 17th Street and we ran into a
half dozen dierent people we knew. I love
that about D.C. Its very transient but I love
that you get to meet new/dierent/dynamic
people all the time. I want to have kids, my
future husband is set on just one, and I know
I want to raise them here. I want them to be
surrounded by as many dierent walks of life
as possible.

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temporary insanity of grief
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Everyone handles grief dierently.
For celebrated writer Joan Didion, the
unexpected death of her husband John
Gregory Dunne set o a long period of
disbelief. While she outwardly moved
through the conventional paces of
mourning, it took her many months
before she truly believed that her dead
husband wasnt coming back.
Didion turned her time of sadness into
an uninchingly honest memoir, The
Year of magical of Thinking, and later
adapted it to the stage with a same titled
one-woman play now playing at Arena
Stage starring Kathleen Turner.
Just like the book, the play closely
chronicles Didions reaction to Dunnes
death in 2003 and the serious health
issues and hospitalizations of their only
daughter, Quintana Roo. But the play
also details Quintanas death in the
summer of 2005 at 39, after the memoir
was published. In addition to the death
and sickness, there are happy memories
of sun-kissed days at the Malibu beach
house where Quintana learned to swim
and Joan and John wrote, socialized and
sometimes argued.
In the 1970s, Didion and Dunne were
a hot literary couple and Hollywood
insiders the latter status was facilitated
by Dunnes older socialite brother
Dominick Dunne who produced lms
before he began writing novels. The
married pairs personal and professional
lives were intertwined (they successfully
collaborated on the screenplay Panic In
Needle Park) and while they didnt agree
on everything, they ran everything by
each other, she says in the play.
Set in the authors comfortable Upper
Eastside New York apartment, the same
apartment where not so long ago her
husband slumped over and dropped
dead at the dinner table, Turners Didion
purposely enters the room and matterof-factly addresses the audience: This
happened on Dec. 30, 2003. That may seem

a while ago but it wont when it happens to


you. And it will happen to you.
At rst glance, sturdy Turner isnt an
obvious stand in for the spidery writer. But
what the actor shares with the playwright
a keen intelligence, great humor and a
talent for storytelling makes Turner an
obvious choice. With her trademark husky
voice and staccato delivery interrupted by
short pauses, she recounts a harrowing
two years in great detail but not without
ashes of dry wit, sarcasm and warmth.
Turner is formidable. The rapt audience
is a testament to her powers.
Didions magical thinking is the belief
that her husband will return. At one point
she asks for an autopsy because she hopes
that if they nd the cause of death they
might be able to x it. And when it nally
comes to give away his clothes, she cant
part with his shoes hell need them when
he comes back. Its not the usual way of
thinking for a woman who typically tackles
the grittiest matters head on.
When the play opened in New York with
Vanessa Redgrave playing Didion, the set
was stark. The actor spoke mostly seated
in chair center stage. Arenas production,
directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, is
dierent Turners Didion eectively
makes use of the entire realistic set,
striding across the room, tossing her
wavy shoulder-length hair. She goes for a
glass of water, picks up a photo or a book,
and sits here and there.
Long ago Turner added stage actor to
her heady movie star vitae. Broadway
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The Graduate and Whos Afraid of
Virginia Woolf? At Arenas shes done
Mother Courage and Her Children and
Red Hot Patriot: the Kick Ass-Wit of Molly
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liberal columnist who long proved a thorn
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With Magical Thinking Turner adds
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Middleburg Film Festival runs all weekend


Middleburg Film Festival continues through the weekend with a mix of
narrative and documentary lms and oers discussions with lmmakers and
actors. It wraps Sunday, Oct. 23 in Middleburg, Va.
On Friday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m., Moonlight will be screened at Salamander Resort
(500 N. Pendleton St., Middleburg, Va.) as part of the festivals Friday Night Spotlight
Film selections. The lm follows a gay, African-American boy growing up in a rough
Miami neighborhood. Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, screens at Salamander
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Chefs for Equality is Oct. 26


Human Rights Campaign hosts Chefs for
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N.W.) on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m.
The Districts top chefs and mixologists
will gather to serve their best food and
cocktails in support of LGBT equality.
There will also be music and an auction to
raise funds. This years theme is Equality
Street USA in response to the anti-LGBT
legislation that has been introduced in
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Get your heels ready!


The 30th annual 17th Street High Heel Race is in Dupont Circle on Tuesday,
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, BaNaka and Birdie LaCage will serve as the race
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following the race.
For more information, search for the event on Facebook.

Mr. Henrys (601 Pennsylvania Ave.,


S.E.) hosts a new cabaret series Capital
Cabaret starting Sunday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.
The cabarets rst night will be The
Wit and Romance of Noel Coward and
Cole Porter and will feature Barbara
Papendorp and Amy Conley performing A
Room with a View, Mad About the Boy,
Lets Do It and more. They will be joined
by special guests Aaron Reeder and Harv
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GARETT CLAYTON as Sean (aka Brent Corrigan) in King Cobra, an entertaining yet muddled lm
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Theres a moment toward the end of
King Cobra (available on demand on
Oct. 21), the sophomore feature lm
by writer/director Justin Kelly (I Am
Michael), when the movie nally clicks.
Police lights slice through the dark
suburban night. Two frantic young men
are being escorted to separate police
cars. Through tears, they shout out
fervent declarations of eternal love and
pained expressions of regret.
Then their words are cut o by liquid
piano notes that hang in the air. Its
the glorious opening notes of Franz
Schuberts Ave Maria. Then there are
words. Wily composer Tim Kvasnosky has
added lyrics, a lovely pop ballad called
Love Is Forever, to Schuberts melody.
Its a delicious, multi-layered, thoughtprovoking moment. Its witty, moving, visual
and insightful. It reaches a level of cinematic
nesse that is sadly not seen elsewhere in
the movie. King Cobra is not a bad movie.
Its just rather pedestrian, which is a shame
given the great material and this terric
sequence. It had its D.C. premiere at Reel
Armations this month and a theatrical
release is expected here soon.
The movie is based on the sensational
2007 real-life murder of gay porn
producer Bryan Kocis, who founded Cobra
Video and launched the career of Brent
Corrigan, porn star-turned actor, director
and porn producer. The lm opens when
King Cobra (called Stephen in the movie
and played by Christian Slater) picks up
the ambitious Sean (Garrett Clayton).
Performing as Brent Corrigan, Sean
quickly becomes a star in the gay porn world.
He and Stephen have a volatile relationship,
fueled by jealousy and ghts over Seans
share of the proceeds. Sean nally leaves
Cobra Video, but Stephen reveals he owns
the rights to the name Brent Corrigan,
leaving the young actor stranded.

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Harlow his own Viper roadster. Their
relationship is equally volatile, fueled by
desperate levels of debt and the psychotic
tendencies of both men.
The two stories nally intersect when
Sean meets Joe and Harlow at a fancy
sushi restaurant, where Joe insists on
ordering their most expensive bottle of
sake. Sean reveals that Stephen still owns
his stage name. Joe and Harlow say they
can take care of that little problem.
Unfortunately, they cannot take
care of the movies central problems
leaden pacing and uncertain tone.
The script jumps predictably back and
forth between the two couples in short
scenes separated by blackouts. Since
King Cobra never meets the Viper Boyz
(hes never even heard of them), theres
no real rivalry between the two studios
and theres no sense of inevitably leading
up to Stephens murder. While there are
some excellent scenes, the movie never
builds any momentum.
More importantly, the lm lacks a
consistent tone. Its not clear if this
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and sold a fraction of her meteorically
successful rst pair of albums, The Fame
(2008) and Born This Way (2011).
Artpop yielded only one Top 10 hit,
Applause, along with a Top 20 duet with
R. Kelly, Do What U Want. Gaga was still
getting plenty of attention but the novelty
factor seemed to be wearing thin and the
albums relatively lukewarm reception
was widely noted in the press. Was Gaga
mania fading?
Theres no question that the stakes
were high and the pressure intense
leading into Artpop. The situation is
quite dierent now as she unleashes
her fourth pop album, the surprisingly
low-key Joanne (named for her late
aunt). The last couple years have been
good for Gagas career. Perhaps sensing
that it was time to shake things up with
some fresh projects and ideas, Gaga
veered in some surprising but highly
successful directions. Her duets album
with legendary crooner Tony Bennett,
Cheek to Cheek (2014), was a no. 1 hit
and earned the duo a Grammy.
Gaga recorded Til it Happens to You
(2015), a dramatic ballad with a powerful
video that explores the horrors of violence
and sexual assault against women, for the
lm The Hunting Ground. The song was
widely acclaimed and earned Gaga an
Emmy along with an Oscar nomination.
She also successfully tried acting, winning
a Golden Globe for her role in American
Horror Story: Hotel. Now that Gaga
has expanded her career successfully
in other directions, she clearly feels she
has has less to prove. Shes drifted o
into less overtly commercial territory

with her quirky new album Joanne, an


entertaining and smart collection of fresh
and idiosyncratic Gagaisms that opens a
new chapter in her musical catalog.
This is clearly not an album where Gaga
and Ronson tried to come up with a dozen
of the most Top 40 radio-friendly tunes
they could. The album is certainly melodic
and accessible, but its also deeper and
more compelling than almost anything
found on the vast wasteland that todays
Top 40 has become. Joanne isnt going
to yield multiple Top 10 singles, but it
seems clear that isnt chief among Gagas
list of priorities (although the album itself
is certain to land at the top).
Joanne, was largely co-written and
produced by the singer and arguably
the decades most accomplished studio
ace Mark Ronson, along with extensive
contributions
by
dance/pop
guru
BloodPop. Joanne nds Gagas sound
maturing with a condence and sense
of experimentation that is very dierent
than anything shes done before. Her
voice has never sounded better and
Joanne is by far her most stylistically
diverse collection. First single Perfect
Illusion is a bold slice of electro-rock with
beaming synths and Gaga belting out
like shes been ipping through her Pat
Benatar collection.
Theres a genuine feeling of personal
investment in Joanne that seems far
more real than Artpop, in which she
seemed to be trying too hard and often
missed the mark. Fans are going to be
delighted, although it may take a few
listens to fully sink in.
Million Reasons is a stunning ballad
featuring a terric vocal over a sparse
acoustic guitar and piano accompaniment.
The fun and funky upbeat country/dance
concoction A-YO, a modern update
on Shania Twains successful 90s pop/
country hybrid formula, might be the
most infectious earworm on the album.
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Hollywood progeny carves out


her own space in pop culture
By MARIAH COOPER
mcooper@washblade.com
Rumer Willis, the eldest daughter of
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, began
studying opera at age 12 and later
became interested in musical theater in
high school.
In 2015 she took on Broadway as Roxie
Hart in Chicago and is starring in the lm
adaptation of the musical Hello Again. She
is also the winner of season 20 of Dancing
with the Stars along with her dance partner
Val Chmerkovskiy. Now Willis is embarking
on her Over the Love Tour, a post-modern
cabaret act and her rst time touring. Willis,
whos straight, spoke with the Washington
Blade about her love for cabaret, her
parents reaction to her music dreams and
her favorite low-key hobby.
WASHINGTON BLADE: How did you
rst become interested in cabaret?
RUMER WILLIS: It seems like such a
cool way to have a conversation with the
audience, especially because its so much
more of an intimate setting. It allows you
to get more personal with the audience
and tell stories and connect with them.
BLADE: The show is described as a postmodern cabaret. What does that mean?
WILLIS: I think that its not all old
school. Its not all standards and its a little
bit of a modern air.
BLADE: Who are some of your musical
inspirations?
WILLIS: Oh man. Etta James, Aretha
Franklin, the Coasters, Patsy Cline. Theres
a huge range you know?
BLADE: Over the Love is your rst
tour. How did you go about curating your
song choices?
WILLIS: When I rst put the show
together, I didnt necessarily think that it
was going to be a tour about Over the
Love. But then as I started to kind of look
at the song list and put it all together I
just realized, What is a story that I can
tell with this show? And I just realized
whats something that everyone struggles
with no matter where youre from, or
what job you have or how much money
you have. What are things that we all kind
of go through? And its love. Whether
its something that makes you happy or
makes you sad we all kind of deal with it.
BLADE: Youre recording your rst album.
Is it all cover songs or original music?
WILLIS: Its mostly going to be all
originals. Maybe a few covers. Its still

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RUMER WILLIS says the theme of her tour


slowly emerged as she cultivated her set list.

in the beginning stages because I really


havent had time to continue working on
it because I did Dancing with the Stars
and then I did Chicago and then lming
so its kind of been non-stop.
BLADE: You performed on stage in
Chicago and you also lmed a screen
adaptation of Hello Again. Whats the
dierence between performing a musical
live and lming one?
WILLIS: Its so dierent. When youre on
the stage you only really get one chance.
Youre singing live. When youre lming
theres dierent takes and youre singing it a
bunch more. So its very dierent I would say.
BLADE: Most people may not know
that you do music, but youve been
professionally trained since you were a
child. Is there anything else people would
be surprised to learn about you?
WILLIS: I knit. Im kind of an old grandma.
BLADE: Were your parents always
supportive of your ambition to do music?
WILLIS: Oh most denitely. They have
always been so supportive of that and of
pretty much any kind of creative venture.
BLADE: You were the winner of season
20 of Dancing with the Stars. Have you
had time to catch any of the new season?
WILLIS: Oh most denitely.
BLADE: Do you have any favorites?
WILLIS: Obviously, Im always going to be
rooting for Val (Chmerkovskiy). But Sharna
(Burgess) is one of my really great friends
now and obviously Maksim (Chmerkovskiy).
So Ive got a few friends that I think are
going to make it a really great season.
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This Week in the Arts provided by CultureCapital.com


MUSIC

Los Angeles to New York: Dwan Gallery, 19591971


Thru Jan 29. National Gallery of Art.
nga.gov.

In the newly reopened East Building, the remarkable career of gallerist and patron
Virginia Dwan is featured with an exhibition of 100 works. Dwans LA enterprise
was a leading avant-garde space in the early 1960s, presenting works by abstract
expressionists, neo-dadaists, pop artists, and nouveau ralistes. In 1966, Dwan
established a gallery in New York where she presented groundbreaking exhibitions
of such new tendencies as minimalism, conceptual art, and land art.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


Thru Oct 23. Kennedy Center.
kennedy-center.org.

Based on the bestselling novel, this heartwarming story has an unforgettable


young hero whose investigation of a mystery leads to a life-changing adventure in
one of the most fully immersive works ever to wallop Broadway (New York Times).

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat


Oct 21-Oct 22. UrbanArias at Atlas.
urbanarias.org.

The story of a musician with a neurological condition which prevents him from
identifying ordinary objects - and who instead uses music to navigate his daily
life, mystifying both his wife and his doctor.

Rumer Willis
Oct 26. AMP.
ampbystrathmore.com.

The eldest daughter of Hollywood xtures Bruce Willis and Demi Moore brings
her cabaret act to AMP for one night only. The 27-year-old singer portrayed
Roxie Hart in the Broadway revival of Chicago and spent more than two years
honing her act on the Los Angeles lounge scene, delivering knockout renditions
of songs made famous by the likes of Amy Winehouse and Billie Holiday.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

THEATRE
Gypsy! Oct 21-Nov 12. Reston
Community Players. CenterStage at
RCC. restonplayers.org.
The Threepenny Opera. Oct 27-Oct 30.
GMU Center for the Arts. cfa.gmu.edu.
Sense and Sensibility. Thru Nov 13.
Folger Theatre. folger.edu.
Romeo & Juliet. Thru Nov 6. Lansburgh
Theatre. shakespearetheatre.org.
The Diary of Anne Frank. Thru Oct 23.
Olney Theatre. olneytheatre.org.
The Gulf. Thru Nov 6. Freaky Friday.
Thru Nov 20. Signature Theatre.
signature-theatre.org.
Motherstruck. Thru Oct 23. Studio
Theatre. studiotheatre.org.

A Dream Within A Dream: Madness.


Thru Oct 31. Torpedo Factory.
torpedofactory.org.
The Trump Card. Oct 25-Oct 30.
Kiss. Thru Nov 6. Woolly Mammoth.
woollymammoth.net.
The Rocky Horror Show. Oct 21Oct 30. Workhouse Arts Center.
workhousearts.org.

DANCE
Jess Curtis / GRAVITY & Claire
Cunningham. Oct 23-Oct 24. Dance
Place. danceplace.org.
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet. Oct 21-Oct
23. San Francisco Ballet. Oct 26-Oct 30.
Kennedy Center. kennedy-center.org.

Corky Laing Plays Mountain, Ko


Baker Plays Cream. Oct 22. AMP.
ampbystrathmore.com.
Cimbalom Duo. Oct 26. The Embassy
Series. Embassy of Hungary.
embassyseries.org.
Dounouya: Global Sounds with the
Merasi Ensemble of Rajasthan. Oct
21. Hill Center. hillcenterdc.org.
NSO. Oct 27-Oct 29. Terence Blanchard
feat. The E-Collective. Oct 22. Kennedy
Center. kennedy-center.org.
After Hours. Oct 21. Kreeger Museum.
kreegermuseum.org.
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano.
Oct 26. Library of Congress. loc.gov.
LeStrange Viols. Oct 23. National
Gallery of Art. nga.gov.
A Night in Vienna. Oct 22.
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre.
nationalchamberensemble.org.
Bela Fleck & Abigail
Washburn. Oct 22. Sixth & I.
washingtonperformingarts.org.
The Romantics: Schumann & Heine.
Oct 23-Oct 29. In Series. Source
Theatre. inseries.org.
Roy Assaf Trio. Oct 27. Primary Blues.
Oct 27. Strathmore. strathmore.org.
Mahmoud Ahmed. Oct 21. Bumper
Jacksons. Oct 22. Look Park. Oct 26.
Alan Doyle & the Beautiful Gypsies.
Oct 27. The Barns. wolftrap.org.
Chamber Concert: Chris Royal,
trumpet. Oct 21. Washington Musica
Viva. Church of the Ascension.
dcmusicaviva.org.

MUSEUMS
Folger Shakespeare Library. Will &
Jane. Thru Nov 6. folger.edu.
Kreeger Museum. Selected Works:
Sam Gilliam & Simmie Knox. Thru
Dec 30. Smith|Paley. Thru Dec 30.
kreegermuseum.org.
Library of Congress. World War I:
American Artists View the Great War.
Thru May 5. Mapping a Growing
Nation: From Independence to
Statehood. Thru Sep 1. loc.gov.
National Archives. Amending
America. Thru Sep 4.
archivesfoundation.org.
National Gallery of Art. In the Tower:
Barbara Kruger. Thru Jan 29. The
Robert E. Meyerho and Rheda Becker
Collection. 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.
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum.
Twelve Years That Shook And Shaped

Washington: 1963-1975. Thru Oct 23.


anacostia.si.edu.
National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian. Jazz Portraits by Herman
Leonard. Thru Feb 20. One Life: Babe
Ruth. Thru May 21. npg.si.edu.

GALLERIES
DCCAH. The Creative Age Exhibition.
Thru Oct 21. dcarts.dc.gov.
District Architecture Center.
Furniture designed by Tom Shiner,
FAIA. Thru Nov 19. aiadac.com.
gallery Neptune & Brown.
William Kentridge. Thru Oct 22.
galleryneptunebrown.com.
Glen Echo Park. From the Big
Apple to the Capital. Thru Nov 13.
glenechopark.org.
Goethe-Institut. 2,000 Miles: Divided
Land, Common Humanity. Thru Nov 4.
goethe.de.
ISAAG. Molas: Dress,
Identity, Culture. Thru Nov 2.
idbstaassociationartgallery.org.
ReCreative Spaces. Back to Balance
- Gallery Hours. Oct 21-Oct 28.
recreativespaces.com.
Strathmore. Works by Mojdeh
Rezaeipour. Thru Nov 6. Rise Up. Thru
Nov 6. strathmore.org.
The Art League Gallery. Op-Ed. Thru
Nov 6. Transformations: Tapestries in
Glass. Thru Nov 6. theartleague.org.
Waverly Street Gallery. Oil Paintings
by Cathy Abramson. Thru Nov 5.
waverlystreetgallery.com.
Zenith Gallery. Humor Heals. Thru Oct
29. zenithgallery.com.

AND MORE...
Voyage of Time: The IMAX
Experience. Thru Nov 10. Smithsonian
Theaters. National Air and Space
Museum. si.edu.
DAC Design Lecture Going
Beyond with LMN Architects. Oct
25. District Architecture Center.
aiadac.com.
Arabian Sights Film Festival: As I
Open My Eyes. Oct 21. Good Luck
Algeria. Oct 21-Oct 22. Our Mother.
Oct 22-Oct 23. Like a Matchstick. Oct
23. Nawara. Oct 22-Oct 28. Hepta, The
Last Lecture. Oct 23-Oct 29. Filmfest
DC. AMC Mazza Gallerie. lmfestdc.org.
Touch of an Angel. Oct 25.
Washington Jewish Film Festival.
EDCJCC. wj.org.
Eavan Boland and Austin Allen. Oct
24. Folger Shakespeare Library. Folger
Theatre. folger.edu.
Reel Time at GALA: La Calle de los
Pianistas (Pianists Street). Oct 26.
Alborada. Oct 27. GALA Hispanic
Theatre. galatheatre.org.

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Is fading euphoria a red ag or


normal feeling two years in?

MICHAEL RADKOWSKY, Psy.D. is a licensed


psychologist who works with gay individuals
and couples in D.C. He can be found online
at personalgrowthzone.com. All identifying
information has been changed for reasons
of condentiality. Have a question? Send it to
Michael@personalgrowthzone.com.

MICHAEL,
I still love my boyfriend, but Im not in love
with him. Connor and I have been a couple
for two years, living together for the past
eight months. Lately, the magic is gone.
I used to be sad when we werent
together, daydream about him at work
and want sex every morning and every
night, more on weekends (no kidding).
I loved surprising him with fun treats Id
nd online or at Trader Joes. We had so
much fun planning weekend getaways.
Now Im happy when Connor works
late or is out with friends and I have the
place to myself. Although he still has a hot
gym body, I feel like I could take him or
leave him. And the little things I used to
nd endearing are now irritating. I cant
understand it.
Connor is a great guy and I still care
about him a lot, but I no longer feel a spark.
To top it o, recently I met Jordan. Nothing
is going on between us but I have a strong
attraction toward him. I wonder if I should
accept that my feelings have changed and
move on to someone Im really drawn to.
Is there any hope to recapture the
romance?
MICHAEL REPLIES:
If you were saying, I dont respect
Connors values, I cant trust him or
even, Ive decided hes incredibly ugly
and I never want to sleep with him again,
Id agree that its time to move on. But
when people say, I love him but Im not in
love with him, it often means that youre
just experiencing a normal part of being
in a relationship.
A lot of us feel the way you do about our
romantic partners from time to time. Being
close to someone can be annoying and
monotonous, just as it can be blissful. And
when you are feeling like this for the rst
time, after the initial intensity of new love,
its easy to think that something is wrong.

FAB

When we start a relationship, we


usually feel like were oating in the
clouds and we see the object of our
attraction through the rosiest of roseFRIDAY & SATURDAY
colored glasses. Contributing to this, our
OCT 21 & 22
brains are being ooded with feel-good
bonding hormones.
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After a while, reality inevitably sets in.
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all the little and big things that just didnt
MON, OCT 24
register in that gooey courtship phase.
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That might be where you are. And now,
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just as Connor is fading in your eyes,
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along comes Jordan, seemingly perfect,
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a potential new object of your attraction.
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You could go on like this for the rest
of your life. Many people do, riding one
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bliss is just the initial stage of a relationship
and that youre not going to keep feeling
like you are in love automatically, without
making an eort to so.
Intrigued? Your rst step is to embrace
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the reality that this shift is normal and you
Some think I should dress more like
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neednt panic. Next, acknowledge that its
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up to you to gure out how to generate
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loving feelings toward your boyfriend
and nd ways to keep your relationship
I may not fit some
ideas about gender,
interesting. Its Connors job to do the same.
and I am a proud
A necessary part of this is deciding to
part of DC.
make a commitment to your relationship
rather than entertaining the fantasy that
Please treat me the same way any
person would want to be treated:
theres something better out there.
with courtesy and respect.
But how do you strengthen love
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF EARP AND KOERNER

WADE EARP, left, and SONNY KOERNER compete with the International Gay Rodeo Association.

Gay rodeo veterans nd


adrenaline, family in circuit
By KEVIN MAJOROS

Paris 2017

This is not group travel


as you know it...

D E TA I L S & R E G I S T R AT I O N AT
WAS H I N G TO N B L A D E . CO M / PA R I S

Two legends on the International Gay


Rodeo Association circuit will compete at the
30th anniversary World Gay Rodeo Finals
this weekend in Las Vegas. The competition
will feature the top 20 competitors on the
Association circuit in 13 events. The nalists
are determined by points accumulated over
roughly 14 rodeos throughout the United
States and Canada this past year.
On a beautiful morning on a ranch
outside of Dallas, its feeding time and the
animals are producing a loud symphony
for their owner. Wade Earp apologizes for
the background noise.
The birds are going crazy this morning,
says Earp, and it always makes the other
animals frisky.
Along with his partner, Earp raises
ducks, geese, chickens, Bobwhite quail,
donkeys and small breed goats. He says
his whole life is farming and ranching. Oh
and theres that rodeo thing too.
Raised in Texas and Arkansas, Earp thrived
in sports including baseball, soccer, softball,
volleyball and basketball where he was allstate. His road to being a rodeo competitor is a
journey that includes two older brothers who
competed, competitive two-step dancing and
a lifelong love of animals. Also, his father was
a reman and the re department hosted
the local rodeo every year.
Earps rst gay rodeo event was barrel
racing in 1999 and since then, hes been
a xture on the gay rodeo circuit. In 2014,
he was one of the featured cowboys in the
lm documentary, Queens and Cowboys.
His accomplishments are too numerous to
list here, but include the Association World
Gay Rodeo Finals all-around cowboy and a
Gay Games gold medal.
At this years nals, Earp has qualied
for nine out of 13 events. He retired from
bronc riding last year, but at 50 is still

going strong in other events. He says hes


too hooked on the camaraderie of the
gay rodeo circuit to consider retiring.
I wish it wasnt about gay or straight,
but rodeo is very machismo. Its tough to
be an out gay rodeo competitor outside
of this circuit, Earp says. There is such
a family atmosphere here, especially with
the rough stock competitors. Its a place
where people loan each other gear and
help tie each other in in the chute.
Earp is a direct descendant of the Earp
brothers who gained fame from their
Gunght at the O.K. Corral. He tracked
his link back to Virgil Earp when Time Life
presented a family tree.
Its a tough name to live up to, says
Earp, but I havent had it half as bad as
my brother, Wyatt.
Sonny Koerner remembers giggling the
rst time he saw men two-stepping together
at Remingtons back in the early 90s. He
would go on to become one of the rst
D.C. Cowboys. Earlier in his life he had been
determined to become the rst member of
his family to become a rodeo competitor to
follow in the footsteps of his grandfather,
who was the main male inuence in his life.
Koerner grew up in multiple locations
as a part of a military family, but spent a lot
of time at his grandparents cattle ranch
in Victoria, Texas. He started competing
in junior rodeos at age 12 and has been
competing o and on ever since.
He has been in the D.C. area since being
stationed here in the early 90s during his
military stint and now runs a consulting
rm along with his partner. D.C. is not
known to be a hotbed for rodeo, but
he was pulled back into the sport after
attending his rst gay rodeo.
I was kind of in tears as I sat in the
stands and watched my rst gay rodeo,
Koerner says. I had not married both
sides of my life; rodeo and being gay.
The opposing sides of me were coming
together. It was a cathartic.
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By JOE PHILLIPS
Some sport sedans are oh-so hot but
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and handling.
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tad quieter and oer must-haves options
like a panoramic sunroof, but it also costs
about $10,000 more.
MERCEDES E300
$53,000
Mpg: 22 city/30 highway
0-to-60 mph: 6.5 seconds
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First produced in 1953, this is the 10th

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also a dizzying array of safety gear,
including a nifty stereo function that
emits a special sound frequency to limit
eardrum damage in the event of a crash.

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Commitment to end chronic homelessness in DC
Seeks to promote the full inclusion of LGBT people in the
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Defends workers and immigration rights
Provides English as a Second Language classes
Commitment to racial reconciliation and justice

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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.

TODAY
Dakshina/Daniel
Phoenix
Singh
Dance Company hosts its fall festival
starting today at 6 p.m. with a free
community
performance
by
Akila
Subramanyam and Bratati Saha. At
7:30 p.m. there will be a main stage
performance at Theresa and Jane Lang
Theatre (1333 H St., N.W.) featuring
Rehan Bashir and Aswathy Nair. Tickets
range from $25-50. The festival continues
through Sunday, Oct. 23. For a complete
list of performance and to purchase
tickets, visit dakshina.org.
The 10th annual Out of the
Darkness Community Walk to Prevent
Suicide will begin at the Sylvan Theater
(Independence Ave., S.W.) today at 4:30
p.m. Registration will be from 1:30-4:30
p.m. Opening ceremony is at 4 p.m. and
the closing ceremony begins at 6:45
p.m. For more information, visit afsp.
donordrive.com.
The Coven, a witchy queer group,
hosts a dance party at Buckeye and Bear
(1730 M St., N.W.) tonight from 10 p.m.2:30 a.m. For more details, visit facebook.
com/thecovendc.
Gay District meets at the D.C. Center
(2000 14th St., N.W.) tonight from 8:309:30 p.m. The facilitated group discussion
covers building understanding of gay
culture and personal identity and
awareness of community events for
LGBT men between the ages of 18 and
35 in the D.C. area. For more details, visit
thedccenter.org or gaydistrict.org.

SATURDAY, OCT. 22
National City Christian Church (5
Thomas Circle, N.W.) hosts a prayer
breakfast today from 9-11 a.m. Rev. Loyce
Craft will be the guest speaker. Minister
Valeria Foster wll lead the NCCC Gospel
Choir. Advance tickets are $10 and dayof tickets are $18. For more details, email
Miriam.gentle@gmail.com.
The fth annual Ravens Night
Extravaganza is at the Birchmere (3701
Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, Va.) today at
5 p.m. There will be an All Hallows Eve
Exposition with tarot readings, dance
and other carnival-themed attractions.
At 6:30 p.m. there will be a Salon
Lunaire dinner concert with music by
DragonSong. Following will be Cabaret
Melancholia, a showcase that will feature
belly dance, dark burlesque and more, at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and include the
carnival, concert and cabaret. For more
information and to purchase tickets, visit
ravensnight.com.
Bianca Del Rio brings her stand up
tour Not Today Satan to Lincoln Theatre

PHOTO COURTESY OF WORLD OF WONDER

BIANCA DEL RIO, a RuPauls Drag Race winner, brings her Not Today Satan tour to the Lincoln Theatre this weekend.

(1215 U St., N.W.) tonight at 7 p.m. Tickets


range from $37.50-199. For more details,
visit thelincolndc.com.
Miss Adams Morgan : Lights, Camera,
Action will be at Washington Hilton
(1919 Connecticut Ave., N.W.) today from
6-11:30 p.m. For more information on
ticket prices and room bookings, search
Miss Adams Morgan XXIX on Facebook.

SUNDAY, OCT. 23
Gin
Dance
Company
presents
Inner Voice at THEARC Theater (1901
Mississippi Ave., S.E.) today at 4 p.m.
This will be the debut performance of
Artistic Director Shu-Chen Cus latest
work. Guest dance company DancEthos
will also perform 1 by 1, Zoom In and
Hello! Goodbye! Tickets are $29.95. For
more information, visit facebook.com/
gindancecompany.
VIDA Fitness hosts its second annual
5K run/walk at East Potomac Park (Ohio
Dr., S.W.) for Thrive D.C. today at 8
a.m. All race prots will benet Thrive
D.C. Experienced 5K participants and
beginners are invited. For more details,
visit vidathrive5k.com.
Blue Point Brewing Company presents
Shucktoberfest
at
Union
Market
(500 Penn St., N.E.) today from noon4 p.m. There will be bottomless Blue
Point Brewing Company beer, spiked
beer cocktails and unlimited oysters
and seafood from Rappahannock
Oyster Company. There will also be live
bluegrass music, a beer gaming area
and a football viewing lounge screening
the upcoming Redskins game. Tickets
are $75. For more information and to
purchase tickets, visit eventnation.co/
event/shucktoberfest2016.
Uproar Lounge and Restaurant
(639 Florida Ave., N.W.) hosts a viewing

party for the seventh season premiere


of The Walking Dead tonight at 9 p.m.
For more details, visit facebook.com/
uproarloungedc.

MONDAY, OCT. 24
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W..)
hosts coee drop-in hours this morning
from 10 a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT
community. Older LGBT adults can
come and enjoy complimentary coee
and conversation with other community
members. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) holds a support group for gay black
men to discuss topics that aect them,
share perspectives and have meaningful
conversations. For details, visit uhupil.
org.

TUESDAY, OCT. 25
Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) hosts a
High Hell Race after party tonight from
9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. DJ Summer Camp will
play music. For more information, visit
facebook.com/tradebardc.
Genderqueer D.C. holds a discussion
group at the D.C. Center (2000 14th St.,
N.W.) at 7 p.m. tonight. The group is for
anyone who identies outside of the
gender binary as bigender, agender,
genderuid or any label outside of
cisgender. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26
The Lambda Bridge Club meets
tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity Center
(721 8th St., S.E.) for duplicate bridge. No
reservations required and new comers
welcome. If you need a partner, call 703-

407-6540.
Queer Girl Move Night hosts
a Halloween-themed screening at
Suns Cinema (3107 Mount Pleasant
St., N.W.) tonight from 8-11 p.m. For
more information, visit facebook.com/
queergirlmovienight.
Masculine of Center, a group for queer
masculine of center identied people, will
hold a happy hour at Nellies Sport Bar
(900 U St., N.W.) tonight from 6-9 p.m. For
more details, search Masculine of Center
Happy Hour on Facebook.

THURSDAY, OCT. 27
Brightest Young Things comedy festival
the Bentzen Ball kicks o its opening
night with lesbian comedian Tig Notaro
at Lincoln Theatre (1215 U St., N.W.)
tonight at 8 p.m. Notaro will be joined by
Apama Nancherla and more. Doors open
at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30. For more
information, visit thelincolndc.com.
The D.C. Eagle (3701 Benning Rd., N.W.)
hosts a pumpkin carving event tonight
from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. For more details, visit
dceagle.com.
The D.C. Anti-Violence Project (DC
AVP) hosts a meeting at the D.C. Center
(2000 14th St., N.W.) tonight from 7-8:30
p.m. D.C. AVP works to reduce violence
against
LGBT
individuals
through
community outreach, education and
assisting members of anti-LGBT violence.
For more details, visit thedccenter.org.
French photographer and performer
Pascal Blondeau will present Only
You Could Have a Face Like That at the
Phillips Collection (1600 21st St., N.W.)
today at 6 p.m. The performance will be
a multi-art, one-man show tribute Andy
Warhols muse Ultra Violet, a Warhol
Factory regular. Tickets are $20. For more
information, visit phillipscollection.org.

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By ALLISON GOODHART DuSHUTTLE
Lets be honest: Most of you put more time
and energy into finding a hairdresser than you
do into choosing your Realtor. Think Im kidding? Im not!
How many of you would dare go to the first
available stylist at a hair salon you just wandered into? Not many! Yet, time and again,
we meet people who choose their Realtors
exactly that way. When you are buying or selling your house, you are making a major life
decision. Its a decision that affects your heart,
your life, and your wallet likely the biggest
financial investment you make in your life.
Thats why it is so important to choose the
right person to guide you through the process.
You want someone that understands the nuances of both the emotions and the numbers.
Its a tall order, but here are my top 10 tips for
choosing the right real estate professional.
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. Whether you are
buying or selling, its important to click with
who you are working with. You will be spending a lot of time together for a few months, so
be sure it is someone you trust and enjoy be-

ing around.
RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER AGENTS.
Reputation is everything in the real estate
business. You want to make sure your Realtor is respected by other agents in the community and works with others easily. Your
agent should know the agents that frequently
do business where you are buying or selling.
There is a lot of agent networking done behind
the scenes so its important your agent has
their finger on the local pulse.
AREA KNOWLEDGE. In addition to knowing the other agents in the area, your Realtor
should actually know the neighborhoods. That
means knowing what else has sold, whats on
the market now, and what the lifestyle is like
in the area. If youre buying, you will want an
agent who not only can tell you when a house
is a good choice, but where you can get the
best pizza.
EXPERIENCE, NEGOTIATION & PROBLEM
SOLVING SKILLS. You need an agent who has
been around the block and has seen all of the
problems that can come up in the course of a
transaction. The agents job does not end once
you are under contract. Often, the biggest
problems can occur between contract and
closing. You are dealing with 30 pages of legally binding contracts; its essential your agent
knows his or her way around the contract.

COMMUNICATION. Make sure you find an


agent that communicates in the style that you
do. Do you prefer phone calls, texts, email or
in-person discussions? Make sure your agent
can communicate with you in the way(s) you
prefer.
AVAILABILITY. Be sure your agent works
when you dont! This is especially important
for buyers. Pinpoint what days and times are
typically best for you to tour properties and
make sure your agent is available during those
times. Some agents work part-time or only
during regular working hours. Make sure your
schedules will align. If youre selling, be sure
the agent or someone on their team is taking
calls and emails about your home seven days
a week.
MANAGING THE BUYING AND SELLING
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knows how to manage the process. There
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you through the different options.
RELOCATION CONNECTIONS. If youre buying or selling in the D.C. metro area with the
other end of your transaction out of the area,
pick an agent who has great referral connections in other markets. You want both of your

agents on the same page so your contracts,


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PRICING, PREPARING & PRESENTING YOUR
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for your agent to know how to price, prepare
and present your home to the market properly. Getting maximum exposure requires
your Realtor to have a marketing plan that includes a fantastic website, a mix of traditional
and digital marketing, an outreach program to
other Realtors, a buyer database and public
relations efforts.
OUTLOOK ON THEIR BUSINESS & THEIR
CLIENTS. Does your agent constantly strive to
improve their service to their clients? Do they
operate like a true business or more like a
part-time job out of their house and their car?
Is their focus on creating lifelong clients or on
getting the next deal done?
For more on this topic, be sure to visit our
blog and www.thegoodhartgroup.com/ourblog.
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