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CHRISTMAS ARRIVES
A roundup of LGBT-arming
religious services for the
upcoming holiday weekend.
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Air Force Lt. JOSHUA SEEFRIED was acquitted of sexual assault charges.
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Gay Air Force Lt. Joshua Seefried received a promotion last week to the rank of
captain nearly four months after he was acquitted of charges stemming from a
2012 incident in which a fellow gay service member accused him of sexual assault.
The promotion, which is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2014, when Seefried would have
been eligible for the promotion had he not had charges pending against him,
clears the way for his honorable discharge from the Air Force scheduled for Jan.
3, according to sources familiar with his case.
The Aug. 25 acquittal followed a four-day court martial proceeding at Joint
Base Andrews in Camp Springs, Md., which began more than two years after
military prosecutors charged Seefried with wrongful and abusive sexual contact
and forcible sodomy. The charges were based on allegations by a gay U.S.
Marine.
The Marine, who was honorably discharged from the service last year,
acknowledged during four and a half hours of testimony that multiple witnesses
saw him and Seefried hugging, kissing and fondling one another in a hot tub in a
spa at a New York hotel, where Seefried had been staying in May 2012.
The judge in the court martial trial, Air Force Lt. Col Andrew Kalavanos,
announced his not-guilty verdict one hour after the opposing lawyers delivered
their closing arguments, indicating he quickly determined the charges against
Seefried didnt have sucient weight to result in a conviction.
Air Force ocials within Seefrieds command quickly determined he was
eligible for the promotion and recommended that he receive it. But Air Force
Secretary Deborah Lee James, who must give nal approval for all ocer
promotions, sat on the recommendation for as long as two months, sources
familiar with the case said.
The delay forced Seefried to ask for a delay in his discharge because retroactive
promotions and the back pay that comes with them cannot be granted after a
service member is discharged, according to longstanding military rules.
Jamess delay in approving the promotion came about a year after she rejected
an agreement by Air Force ocials and prosecutors to a request by Seefried that
he be allowed to resign from the Air Force in exchange for dropping the charges
against him based on his lawyers belief that he would likely be acquitted in a
court martial.
Gay activist Lane Hudson, a friend of Seefrieds, said at the time of the
acquittal in August that the protracted case had taken a huge toll on Seefried
professionally and personally.
Its just a shame it had to come to this point because there was no evidence
to substantiate the charges, Hudson said.
A spokesperson for the Air Force Secretarys oce couldnt immediately be
reached for comment.
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Blair Wynkoop, 58, the former executive director of a non-prot AIDS organization,
pled guilty on Dec. 12 to a charge of interstate transportation of stolen property,
according to a statement released by the Oce of the U.S. Attorney for the District of
Columbia.
The statement says Wynkoop, of Portland, Ore., allegedly stole at least $250,000 from
the AIDS organization, which the statement doesnt identify by name and refers to as
Company A. However, a Google search of Wynkoops name shows that he served as
executive director of AIDS Global Action, Inc., which reportedly operated out of Portland
but had ties to New York and Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Attorneys statement says Wynkoop became executive director of the
organization in 2008. The statement describes the group as a non-prot that sought
to address the needs of people with HIV or AIDS. It says the group operated as a
consortium of independent charities and received charitable donations itself and
functioned as a pass-through for donations to its member charities.
While he was executive director, Wynkoop wrote checks and made wire transfers
from the bank accounts of Company A to himself, the statement says.
Ocials with many of the nations most prominent national AIDS organizations,
including AIDS United and The AIDS Institute, told the Blade they have never heard of
AIDS Global Action or Wynkoop.
Wynkoop is scheduled for sentencing in U.S. District Court on March 17. He faces a
possible sentence of 24 to 46 months in jail, according to the U.S. Attorneys statement.
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Amid growing revelations that Russia engaged in cyberattacks on the United States
to inuence the election in favor of Donald Trump, President Obama said Russia can
only succeed in changing America if the nation adopts values like believing its OK to
discriminate against people because of their faith or what they look like.
Obama made the remarks Friday during his nal news conference of 2016 when
asked if he would declassify intelligence briengs revealing Russias role in hacking the
emails of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chair John
Podesta as well as information on whether Vladimir Putin himself was responsible
for directing it.
They can impact us if we abandon our values, Obama said. Mr. Putin can weaken
us just like hes trying to weaken Europe if we start buying into notions that its OK to
intimidate the press, or lock up dissidents, or discriminate against people because of
their faith or what they look like.
Although Obama didnt explicitly mention anti-LGBT discrimination, suchpersecution
is among the human rights violations in Russia. The State Departments 2015 report on
Human Rights Practices found continuing violence against LGBTI individuals and LGBT
activists who reported threats and attacks in public to which the police often wont
respond.
In 2013, Russia enacted a notoriously anti-gay law criminalizing the propaganda
of non-traditional sexual relations to minors, which eectively limits the rights of free
expression to advocate for LGBT people.
Obama made an implicit comparison between Putin and Trump. The president-elect
campaigned on criticizing the media as dishonest, a pledge to ban Muslims from
entering the United States and demonizing Mexicans as criminals and rapists.
But Obama also cautioned against placing too much weight on the impact of Russia
on the election, saying the real problem in the United States is a hyper-partisan
political culture.
The Russians cant change us or signicantly weaken us, Obama said. They are a
smaller country, they are a weaker country, their economy doesnt produce anything
that anybody wants to buy except oil and gas and arms. They dont innovate.
Citing a poll by the Economist and YouGov nding a growing number of Republicans,
now 37 percent, approve of Putin, Obama quipped, Ronald Reagan would roll over in
his grave.
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From left: OutRight Action International board member AALAP SHAH, JAEL CASTILLO
SALAZAR of Belize, TIQ MILAN and RICKY RIKKI NATHANSON of Zimbabwe speak
about the global implications of Donald Trumps election during a panel at the
OutRight Action International summit in Long Island City, N.Y., on Dec. 10.
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HAYAT AKKAD is a transgender woman from the Syrian city of Aleppo. The Swiss government
has granted her asylum.
PHOTO COURTESY OF AKKAD
An unbearable city
Aleppo, which is one of the worlds
oldest continually inhabited places, was
at the end of the ancient Silk Road. It was
Syrias most populated and industrialized
city before the war began.
Aleppo has traditionally had large Christian
and Armenian communities. The city is also
among the most conservative in Syria.
Syrian law criminalizes consensual
same-sex sexual relations, but Aleppos
LGBT residents were able to meet at
coee shops or private parties. Public
parks and bathhouses were also popular
cruising areas for gay and bisexual men.
The lesbian Syrian refugee who lives in
Toronto told the Blade that she came out
at 22.
She said she met her small group of
LGBT friends from Aleppo in Damascus
because they were too scared to come
out in their hometown. She told the Blade
they went to coee shops together and
drove around Aleppo.
People left you alone, she said.
She told the Blade that all of her friends
left the city less than two weeks after ghting
broke out between pro-government forces
and rebels in 2012. She said only one of
them has returned to Aleppo.
Everyone had to get out because it got
so unbearable, she said.
Hayat Akkad is a transgender woman
from Salaheddine. She ed Aleppo in July
2013 and entered Turkey through the rebelcontrolled Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing.
Switzerland later granted Akkad asylum
because of her gender identity. She is
currently studying fashion design.
I can never go back to Syria because I
am a transsexual, Akkad told the Blade,
noting her family has threatened to kill
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ST. LOUIS A Missouri appeals court ordered a new trial Tuesday for a former
college wrestler sentenced to 30 years in prison for infecting another man with
HIV and endangering four other sexual partners, the Associated Press and other
outlets reported this week.
A panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District overturned the
conviction and sentence for Michael Johnson in a case that has drawn the
attention of legal reform groups and gay rights activists.
The panel ruled that the St. Charles County trial court last year abused its
discretion by admitting excerpted recordings of phone calls Johnson made
while jailed. Those recordings werent disclosed to Johnsons attorneys until the
morning of the rst day of trial, the AP reports.
The court ruled that the prosecutions violation was knowing and intentional
and was part of a trial-by-ambush strategy, Presiding Judge James M. Dowd
wrote. Messages left with St. Charles County prosecutor Tim Lohmar were not
immediately returned, the AP reports.
Johnson was a student athlete at Lindenwood University in St. Charles,
a St. Louis suburb, until his arrest in 2013. He was convicted of one count of
recklessly infecting another with HIV, and four counts alleging he exposed or
tried to expose others. Prosecutors argued Johnson knew he was HIV positive
and lied to sexual partners, the AP article said.
St. Charles police Det. Don Stepp testied during the penalty phase of the
trial that more than a dozen other men came forward after news reports of
Johnsons arrest, claiming they had sex with him. Stepp said those men didnt
want to le formal complaints, with some saying they hadnt told their families
they were gay, the AP article notes.
Lawrence Lustberg, an attorney for the Center for HIV Law and Policy, which
led a brief in support of Johnson, said he was pleased the conviction and
Draconian sentence were vacated.
Statutes like the one used to prosecute Mr. Johnson are inherently
problematic, as they promote stigma and animus towards people living with HIV
in violation of their legal and constitutional rights, Lustberg said in a statement,
according to the AP article.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, which also supported Johnson,
said the violation of Johnsons right to a fair trial was just the beginning of
trouble with the case, claiming the fact that Johnson was black and gay were
factors in his conviction, the AP reports.
The law under which he is charged is based on outdated science from a time
when HIV policy was based on panic, ACLU attorney Anthony Rothert said.
The prosecution used that fear, along with racism and homophobia, to get a
conviction, the AP quoted him as having said.
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Rev. WILLIAM GREEN says being a closeted pastor was never an option for him even though his
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CHARLES KING
By JOEY DiGULIELMO
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Its been a long haul for the Baltimore Eagle but under new ownership, the
historic gay bar is on the cusp of announcing its reopening.
We still have inspections, says Charles Chuck King, general manager.
If were not open for New Years Eve, we hope to be open within a couple of
weeks after. I wont know anything denitive until next week.
The bar at 2022 N. Charles St. closed in 2012 following the death of its owner,
Richard Richardson. The Eagle was purchased by Charles and Ian Parrish in
2013 and a major renovation and construction eort (about $1 million) began.
Its slated to be a major hub with multiple bars, a restaurant, a leather and
adult shop, a lounge, historic Baltimore gay leather items, event space and
more. Look for updates at thebaltimoreeagle.com.
King arrived in Baltimore three-and-a-half years ago and thought it would
be temporary but fell in love with the city.
The 44-year-old Milwaukee native lives in Owings Mills, Md., with husband,
Greg. He enjoys Netix, movies, Disney, traveling and hanging with friends in
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Christmas Eve
6:30 PM Kid Friendly!
There will be music presentations by the children, interactive
storytelling and glow sticks for all the kids.
MetroStage reinvents
holiday programming
with one-man show
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
MetroStage ends a yuletide tradition
this year. Instead of reprising their
usual A Broadway Christmas Carol, the
Alexandria company is happily presenting
the rst regional production of playwright
Becky Modes Fully Committed, a fastpaced comedy starring local out favorite
Tom Story in 40 parts.
In this comedic tour de force, Story
plays Sam, a struggling actor who pays
the bills by taking reservations for one
of New York Citys trendiest restaurants.
Tucked away in the establishments
cluttered basement oce (designed
by Rhea Roland), Sam spends his days
manning four lines mostly fending o
relentless callers all played by Story
desperately seeking a prized seat in the
citys latest gastronomical hot spot. Since
the restaurant is completely booked (fully
committed) for months in advance, most
hopefuls are turned down but some
exceptions are made for the right VIPs.
The title is apt. It certainly describes
Storys approach to playing 40 wideranging characters in a swift 80 minutes.
He mostly plays Sam, and about 10 other
recurring callers including both old and
new money wannabe diners, Gwyneth
Paltrows annoying personal assistant,
and Sams co-workers and bosses. Then
there are about 30 other one-time callers
with myriad questions and demands.
Those phone calls come fast and furious.
Dressed casually in in a rag wool cardigan
and blue plaid shirt, Story moves in out of
dierent characters at the ring of a bell.
His power of concentration is formidable.
And he has some fun with accents: lock
jawed lady, Long Island dude, French
chef, at mid-western neighbor, and a
young person of indeterminate gender
whose declarative clauses all end with a
rising-pitch intonation, what used to be
Christmas Day
10:00 AM Carols & Communion
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Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas! the Musical! is at the National Theatre through Dec. 31.
TODAY
SATURDAY, DEC. 24
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole
Christmas! The Musical is at the
National Theatre (1321 Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W.) today at 2 p.m. The touring
Broadway musical runs through Dec. 31.
Tickets range from $58-108. For more
information, visit thenationaldc.org.
The Mansion on O Street (2020 O St.,
SUNDAY, DEC. 25
The Schul D.C.-Chabad presents its
annual lightening of the National
Menorah in front of the White House
at the Ellipse (17th St., and Constitution
Ave., N.W.) today at 4 p.m. This is the
worlds largest menorah lighting. At 3:15
p.m. there will be a performance by the
band 8th Day. Grammy winner Miri Ben
Ari will also make an appearance. There
will be free driedels and menorah kits.
The National Menorah Orchestra will
perform. Tickets are free but required.
For more details and to get tickets, visit
nationalmenorah.org.
AGLA will host a special Christmas
dinner at Freddies Beach Bar and
Restaurant (555 23rd St., South.
Arlington, Va.) today from 6-7 p.m.
AGLA board member TJ Flavell will greet
guests. Everyone is welcome and can
bring friends. For more information, visit
facebook.com/outinnova.
MONDAY, DEC. 26
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.
Kwanzaa Family Fest is today from
2-5 p.m. at the Washington Ethical Society
(7750 16th St., N.W.) with candle lighting,
TUESDAY, DEC. 27
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts a
transgender and non-binary support
group today from 5-7 p.m. For more
details, visit smyal.org.
Genderqueer D.C. has its December
meeting at the D.C. Center (2000 14th
St., N.W., suite 105) tonight at 7 p.m. Visit
thedccenter.org for details.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28
The Lambda Bridge Club meets 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.
D.C. Improv has an open mic night
tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the D.C. Improv
Comedy Club (1140 Connecticut Ave., N.W.).
Tickets and details are at dcimprov.com.
THURSDAY, DEC. 29
Russian electronic musician Zedd
performs at Echostage (2135 Queens
Chapel Rd., N.E.) tonight at 9 p.m. Tickets
are $50. For more information and to
purchase tickets, visit echostag.com.
Jews United for Justice (1100 H St.,
N.W.) hosts a Hanukkah open house
today from 6-8 p.m. The organization
will celebrate the festival of lights, close
out 2016 and prepare for 2017. There
will be Hanukkah treats from 6-8 p.m.
and candle lighting at 6:30 p.m. RSVP is
required. For more details, visit facebook.
com/jewsunitedforjustice.
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Step Afrika!s Magical, Musical,
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MUSIC
A Christmas Carol
Thru Dec 31. Fords Theatre.
fords.org.
Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as they lead the miserly
Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey of transformation and redemption. Originally
conceived by Michael Baron, this music-infused production captures the
magic and joy of Dickenss Yuletide classic. Acclaimed actor Craig Wallace plays
Ebenezer Scrooge.
Journey through this wicked parody of the night before Christmas with Tiny
Tim, three ridiculous ghosts, and a brilliant cast of The Second Citys funniest
comedians. Complete with an abundance of audience participation and an
ever-changing roster of celebrity guests.
NO MANS LAND:
Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection
Thru Jan 8. National Museum of Women in the Arts.
nmwa.org.
Focusing on images of the female body and the physical process of making, largescale paintings and sculptural hybrids by 37 contemporary artists from 15 countries
appear inNO MANS LAND, organized by the Rubell Family Collection, Miami.
More than 600 tiny treasures in stone, oil, pastel, and print travel to the
Mansion from around the world for this ever-popular juried exhibition. From
the size of a postcard down to a postage stamp, petite portraiture, still life,
sculpture, and collage capture the world in miniature.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FORDS THEATRE
THEATRE
Into The Woods. Thru Jan 8. Wicked.
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A Christmas Carol. Thru Dec 31. Mary
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MUSUMS
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National Gallery of Art. Intersections:
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Thru Jan 29. Stuart Davis: In Full Swing.
Thru Mar 5. nga.gov.
National Geographic. FotoWeekCentral
Exhibitions. Thru Jan 22. @NatGeo: The
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Apr 30. nglive.org.
National Museum of Women in the
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian.
In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman
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Ruth. Thru May 21. npg.si.edu.
Kreeger Museum. Selected Works:
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Hill Center. Hill Center Galleries
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JCC of Greater Washington. Light and
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29. jccgw.org.
Strathmore. Perspective Jennifer Kahn
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Ctrl+P. Thru Dec 31. strathmore.org.
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Torpedo Factory. Material as Medium.
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Zenith Gallery. Something for
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Anacostia Arts Center. Sweet Air of
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Arts Harmony Hall. The Brink
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arts.pgparks.com.
Gallery Underground. Figuratively
Speaking: National Juried Exhibit. Thru
Dec 30. arlingtonartistsalliance.org.
Honeur Gallery. Things Get Lost
by Michaela Pilar Brown. Thru Jan 28.
anacostiaartscenter.com.
Arlington Cultural Aairs at Theatre
on the Run. Artists of the Sequoia
Roundtable Exhibition. Thru Jan 15.
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Barbara Kruger Selects: Jeanne
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Bruxelles. Dec 24. Ipersignicato:
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Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art.
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Art. nga.gov.
Pandas: The Journey Home. Thru Feb
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