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On Nov. 7, trans Virginia state candidate DANICA ROEM makes history by soundly defeating
Republican bathroom bill incumbent Bob Marshall, becoming rst trans state legislator.
Controversial Harvey people with HIV/AIDS, frontline clinicians, issued subpoenas to amfAR for records and made this deal as a favor to Weinstein is
Weinstein deal at issue researchers, activists and our closest allies emails related to the auction, and ART said ridiculous and patently false, he added.
to be fully accountable to the community it was aware of and cooperating with the This is not the rst clash with Cole by AIDS
and totally focused on achieving its mission. investigation as well, NBC News reports. activists. In December 2013, for instance,
By KAREN OCAMB At issue is Coles complicity with Weinstein, The amfAR board hired an outside rm Strub took issue with a documentary on
kocamb@losangelesblade.com a longtime amfAR supporter, who allegedly that reviewed the arrangement and found HBO nanced by Cole called The Battle
used the AIDS organization to make money it lawful, according to the New York Times. of Amfar. The lms promotional material
Money cant buy you love! The old back on an outside deal. According to the No one at amfAR would comment for emphasizes a melodramatic mistruth
Beatles lyric underpins the latest criticism New York Times, the Hungton Post and the LA Blade. about the founding of the organization,
of designer Kenneth Cole after news NBC News, in 2015, Weinstein donated But for many AIDS activists, its a Strub wrote on his website, seanstrub.com.
reports revealed that as board chair for the two items to be auctioned at amfARs bridge too far. Kenneths complicity But what really angered Strub was an
American Foundation for AIDS Research, annual Cannes Film Festival benet, which in Weinsteins unethical fundraising interview Cole did with Chelsea Handler.
Cole made a controversial arrangement he chaired. In exchange, he wanted some transactions, along with the resulting This (his rst involvement with AIDS)
with Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of the money raised by those sales to go cover-up using forced non-disclosure was like 25 years ago and people werent
to split the proceeds from two amfAR to the American Repertory Theater (ART) agreements and Weinsteins selected law talking about AIDS then because stigma
auction items, without approval from without full disclosure. rm, risk doing real damage to amfARs was so devastating (and arguably stigma
the board. More than 60 prominent AIDS Weinstein had invested in a staging of vitally important work in AIDS research has killed more people than the virus
activists and supporters have called for Finding Neverland at ART before it hit and policy issues, longtime AIDS activist itself has), andthe gay community wasnt
Coles resignation. Broadway, with the understanding that and former amfAR board member Peter speaking up, they were afraid to, he said.
We, as people living with HIV, ART would pay him back with money he Staley said in a statement to NBC News. Ive got news for Ken Cole. Twenty-ve
advocates, allies, funders and policy and got a third party to donate to the theater. Cole, in his statement to NBC News, years ago, it was almost solely members of
service professionals, urge Kenneth Cole, NBC News reports: After the auction, Cole said the activists letter is based on a false the gay community who were speaking up
and remaining board members who directed that $600,000 to be wired to ART narrative and distortion of facts. about AIDS. In fact, in 1987, the executive
supported this inappropriate transaction, at the request of Weinsteins oce, over I have proudly served on the board of directors of almost all the national
to resign from amfARs Board of Trustees, the concerns of amfARs chief executive amfAR for 30 yrs and as its chair for 13 of lesbian and gay organizations protested
reads the Nov. 13 letter, spearheaded by and without board approval, according to them. We have had an impact in many of government inaction in an act of civil
HIV positive POZ magazine founder Sean emails reviewed by NBC News. the most important breakthroughs in the disobedience and got arrested in front of
Strub, who was recently elected mayor of Upon discovery of the deal, amfAR ght against HIV and AIDS having raised the White House, Strub wrote.
Milford, Pennsylvania. launched internal investigations. Cole told hundreds of millions of dollars for this There is one point of agreement,
Kenneth Coles long tenure with amfAR NBC News that he subsequently urged lifesaving work, he said. I have no intention however, amfARs mission. amfAR
includes many meaningful achievements board members to sign nondisclosure of abandoning that mission because of a researchers have been working on
and raising signicant resources for HIV agreements about Weinsteinwho had transaction that was determined to be legal promising clinical trials for both a cure and
research, says the letter, posted at POZ. oered a contribution of $1 million if all and ethical and was engaged in because it vaccine for HIVthe subject of amfARs
com. But it is time for amfAR which board members signed. served amfARs mission. HIV Cure Summit in San Francisco on Nov.
grew out of a grassroots community of Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have Any suggestion that I somehow 28, in time for World AIDS Day.
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AIDS is about to turn 37it approaches treatment and whose virus is under control which was on the verge of elimination CHARLES KAISER, ALAN MILLER, TIM MILLER, MAER
middle age. Still a major killermore than are rendered non-infectious to others. in this country, is roaring back. The ROSHAN, HOLLY HUGHES, KIT WINTER, BRAD LAMM,
DAVID EHRENSTEIN, STEVEN ERICKSON, LILLIAN
one million people died of AIDS last year. Treatments for HIV have never been condom culture that we worked so hard FADERMAN, ORIOL GUTTIEREZ, SETH HEMMELGARN,
But tamed in comparison to its youth: 1.8 better. One pill, once-a-day is now to establish is being destroyed. Just as ROBIN TYLER, CHRIS AZZOPARD, ALLEN ROSKOFF,
million new infections this year, down from the norm, with lower side eects and we did in the 80s, the only way that we JOHN PAUL KING, JOHN MCHUGH-DENNIS, MELODY
MUNDY, ROBERT WILLIAMS, DAN ALLEN, BRAD FUHR,
three million 10 years ago. Nevertheless, toxicities; however, HIV treatment still can reverse this devastating trend is on WINSTON GEISEKE, RICHARD ANDREOLI, DREW
since more people are becoming newly means taking medication every day for a a grassroots community basis, which will MACKIE, JOEY DIGUGLIELMO, CHRIS JOHNSON, LOU
infected than are dying, the epidemic is lifetime. But these lifesaving treatments take courageous leadership. CHIBBARO JR., MARIAH COOPER, ABBY DEES, REBEKAH
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Eric: I have been out since 2015, the Eric: My family.
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hardest person to tell was my husband. What was your last Facebook post or Corey: My family
Corey: I have been out for almost 5 years, Tweet?
the hardest people to tell were my friends Corey: Last Facebook post was a What LGBT stereotype annoys you
honestly. Delaware Today story about an unlikely most?
ERIC & COR EY MAISON advocate for trans rights. Eric: People not realizing that sexual
Whos your LGBT hero? Eric: My last Facebook post said this: Life orientation and gender identity are 2
Eric: Corey is by far my LGBT hero. is so precious. Be GRATEFUL every second completely dierent things.
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her sharing her story publicly I dont know can all be gone in an instant. women.
You might have read the People where I would be today.
magazine article earlier this year that If your life were a book, what would Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
proled Eric Maison and his daughter, Whats Los Angeles best nightspot, the title be? Eric: Denitely Love, Simon but it wont
Corey. Formerly mother and son, the past or present? Eric: You Really Wouldnt Believe If It I be released until 2018, so The Danish
two were watching a documentary about Corey: Santa Monica Pier is my fave, not Told You Anyway Girl
a transgender girl, when they had a sure its actually a nightspot though. Corey: How I Made It Through Corey: Not a movie, but the show Glee is
moment of realization: they wanted to my fav
be transgender. The Los Angeles Blade Describe your dream wedding. If science discovered a way to change
spoke exclusively to them for this feature. Corey: I would have a beautiful, sexual orientation, what would you Whats the most overrated social
Originally from Las Vegas, Erica glamorous white wedding dress with a do? custom?
was a stay-at-home mom of ve kids, ridiculously long train, and we would have Both: Nothing Both: EVERYTHING being gendered. Also
currently living in Detroit and exploring the ceremony on the beach barefoot. organized religion.
Los Angeles for all the right reasons. What do you believe in beyond the
Both she and her son had felt What non-LGBT issue are you most physical world? What trophy or prize do you most
uncomfortable in their bodies, but they passionate about? Eric: I believe in a higher power, I call it covet?
didnt quite know how to articulate what Eric: The homelessness and poverty the Universe. I believe that we are all Both: None
they were experiencing. problem in America. energy that is connected, and the higher
Eric Maison, 39, began transitioning to Corey: Bullying power is inside all of us. What do you wish youd known at 18?
become male in 2015, after his daughter Corey: I believe we are all God. Eric: What being Trans was so I might
Corey, 14, began hormone treatment to What historical outcome would you have been able to transition earlier in life.
become female. Corey kept the name she change? Whats your advice for LGBT movement Corey: Lucky me, no?
was born with but was assigned male sex BOTH: Trump being elected president. leaders?
when he was. She has identied as female Eric: Keep advocating and educating until Why Los Angeles?
since she was 2 years old Whats been the most memorable pop we all have equal rights. I also want to Corey: Because its accepting, progressive,
Maisons medical transition began in culture moment of your lifetime? thank every LGBT leader for their eorts and you can be yourself without
2016.The two are now much happier, Eric: The death of Michael Jackson and hard work in this ght. judgment.
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Ridiculous, Brad Keistler, a 75-year-old most of her guests use Uber so they
gay man who owns a multiunit property near have no car. And regarding safety, she
the Pacic Design Center in West Hollywood, is cautious about whom she rents to.
said. He was referring to a proposed 90-day There are verication processes in place
cap on the number of room nights allowed hinting at Airbnbs online process but
for hosted short-term rentals (STRs) now acknowledged concerns are legitimate if
before the WeHo City Council. nobody is on the property.
As you may be aware, how the home- The dierence between hosted and
sharing economy is aecting communities non-hosted may be the line in the sand.
across the nation is a huge political football Three random WeHo residents who
right now. The City of LA is considering a are not part of the home-sharing economy
revision to its policies and cities from Palm with any online service were asked for
Springs to Pasadena to San Jose have all Airbnb rooms and apartments for short-term rent is the subject of much discussion in LA County. their perspective.
drafted dierent laws. West Hollywood City Council will chime in on the debate in December. Rafael Bunuel, who owns a home on
Keistler said homesharing is good for so PHOTO COURTESY OF AIRBNB Rangely Ave. in the WeHo West area, says
many reasons. He enjoys meeting people hosted STRs are OK because he trusts his
from all over the world, saying, I live alone and neighbors. Not so with non-hosted. Who
like the company. For him, a 90-day restriction earned up to $2,500 per month renting out who also drives for Uber and Lyft, told the Los do I call if theres too much noisethe
on hosted STRs would be too restrictive, the her second bedroom, three times what she Angeles Blade. Im not some rich landlord renters or the police?
same phrasing Airbnbs Connie Llanos used received from Social Security. warehousing entire buildings full of luxury And Michael Rosenblatt, who rents one
on a separate call with me. Describing the proposed 90-day cap as apartments for rent on Airbnb, he added. half of a duplex in the same area echoed
Yet despite references to the proposed very limiting, Lewis prefers no cap at all WeHos City Council seems to be that concern about non-hosted, saying,
90-day cap, in truth, its not the only option. for hosted STRs. A limit, she said, makes it listening to hosts concerns, those outlining Who is going to rent it? For hosted, hes
WeHos limit could become 180 days or hard to survive. the monetary necessity of STRs, as well as ne with it because he knows his neighbor
even remain at the current complete ban According to Airbnb, 25% of hosts those admitting they just rent out a room on the other side of his wall would address
on any STRs under 31 days, whether hosted use STR income to avoid eviction or for personal satisfaction. any problems from renters.
or not. Hosted means the property owner foreclosure and 50% use STR income Still, opponents raise many objections. For all I know they may already be doing
(in some cases tenant) remains on the as supplementation, to pay everyday They point to noise, like loud music and it, a middle-aged co-owner of a four-unit
property. Currently the city has no plans to expenses, such as those for rent, a partying, trac congestion and losing the property just north of Pavilions in WeHo
revise the ban on non-hosted STRs. mortgage, food and transportation. Hosts peace of mind of simply knowing ones said. Preferring to remain anonymous, he
If Keistler had his way, there wouldnt in WeHo, they say, also earn $9,000 in neighbors. As for non-hosted rentals, the was referring to whether his neighbors rent
be a ban. He sees no need for it. It should supplemental income every year. biggest issue is the reduction of available out their homes or spare rooms for STRs.
be said that he is a super host on Airbnb WeHo, no stranger to the challenges long-term rental units driving up rents. For him, there is no correlation with
with a 98% approval rating. presented the gig and sharing economy, is an Keistler said hes had no complaints issues like noise or safety. Based upon his
But super, or not, hes not alone. aging city of mostly LGBT residents a majority from neighbors, so doesnt really get experience living in various areas of LA,
Loren Lewis, a former model, lives in a are 50+ and many Seniors are forced to nd the concerns about safety or strangers such concerns may be more of a problem
condo her son owns on Kings Road south of creative ways to supplement their income. renting from him. Tourists just come here with long-term renters.
Santa Monica Boulevard. Up until WeHos Juan Morales is 68 years old and HIV to sleep. They are out all the time. Its not about renting short term, he said,
2015 ban on STRs, and her homeowners positive. My income producing years were He added that Airbnb is self-regulating. its about the people. In his view, people
association also prohibiting them, she robbed from me because of the AIDS crisis. I Hosts and renters post reviews online after coming to WeHo for STRs are generally
rented out her second bedroom often. have no savings and will have to work to the a transaction and stressed how that can professionals in need of corporate housing,
While she said I love, love, love doing it end of my life, he said. But I earn almost half go both ways. In his view, this mechanism or tourists with high incomes, two demos
and that shes met wonderful people, she my rent by hosting out of towners in my little generally ensures a high-quality customer he is not worried about.
also added: I need the money. Prior to the spare bedroom through Airbnb. If the city because the community decides.
ban, Lewis, a divorcee receiving no alimony, restricts that Im forced out, Morales, a renter As for trac concerns, Lewis said CONTINUES AT LOSANGELESBLADE.COM
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The Dutch city of Rotterdam which going, self-deprecatory charm; and Audrey
provides both name and setting for the Cain is sly and utterly delicious as Lelani,
excellent Jon Brittain play now running at Alices free-spirited co-worker, bringing
the Skylight Theatre Company is not a layers of unexpected depth to a role which
place where people stay. Ships come in and for a less skillful actress might have
ships go out, but none remains for long. played merely as a goofy caricature.
Contrary to this observation, the two At the helm, Shepperd steers his
characters at the center of this Olivier- actors through the physical space as
winning comedy have been there for deftly as he does through the emotional.
seven years. Cleverly-choreographed scene changes,
Alice and Fiona, a pair of expatriate accompanied by brash and blaring Euro
English women, are lovers who have hip-hop, move the action from place to
put o returning to Britain so that Alice place across a boldly stylized cityscape
can avoid coming out to her parents. representing the plays eponymous locale.
Now, nally, on New Years Eve, Alice has A neon-avored mlange of modernist,
composed an email revealing to them her art deco, and brutalist inuences designed
long-kept secret; but just as shes about to by Je McLaughlin, this visually stunning
send it, Fiona decides to make a coming- set serves to make the city itself a place
out of her own. She announces that she AUDREY CAIN and MIRANDA WYNN co-star in Rotterdam, a play by Jon Brittain. of transition, through which people only
has always identied as a man, and that pass on their way to someplace else -- an
PHOTO BY ED KRIEGER; COURTESY OF SKYLIGHT THEATRE
she wants to start living as one. omnipresent metaphor for change.
You might expect such a revelation That, of course, is what Rotterdam is
to come as the culmination to a lengthy not much dierent when your sexual invite us to laugh at it. really all about.
exploration of gender and identity but in identity is dened by the gender to which Much of the shows weight rests on the Though it addresses the subject through
Rotterdam, its just the beginning. you are attracted, what happens when the shoulders of Ashley Romans and Miranda the lens of trans and lesbian experience,
Fionas moment of truth provides a person you love changes theirs? Wayne as Fiona and Alice, respectively Brittains brilliant play is truly universal in
jumping o point for Brittains script, which As Brittains play makes clear, its a and both give star performances. Romans its scope. When it opens, Fiona and Alice
proceeds to navigate its characters through complex question made even more strikes an impressive balance between are deeply bonded and sure of each other;
a tangle of obstacles and repercussions. dicult to answer when it is woven into condence and vulnerability, never leaving in a single moment, everything changes.
To begin with, there are the practical a web of relationships with siblings, ex- us in doubt of her characters innate The ground upon which their relationship
considerations of transitioning physical lovers, parents, and that sexy young thing masculinity or generosity of spirit as has been built has shifted, and it is by no
presentation, decisions about surgery, from the oce. she transforms. In portraying the conict means certain that either of them will be
picking a new name (the choice is Adrian). In Skylights crisp, entertaining between unconditional support for her able to make the adaptations necessary
Overwhelming as these may be, they are production of this deceptively funny partner and concern for her own needs, for it to survive.
relatively straightforward matters; less Olivier-winner, director Michael A. Wayne may have the bigger challenge; she Anyone who has been in a long-term
so is the eect it has on Alice who, after Shepperd and his superb young cast succeeds brilliantly, creating an eminently relationship straight, gay, trans, or otherwise
spending a lifetime working up the courage display a shrewd understanding of the likeable character and illuminating her will certainly recognize that situation.
to embrace her identity as a lesbian is emotional whirlwind that underpins its dilemma with humanity. Together, they To put it metaphorically, weve all been
suddenly faced with the fact that the woman provocative sit-com premise. As they make an endearing, believable, and heart- to Rotterdam.
she loves is no longer a woman. amuse us with sparkling banter and rending couple.
Rotterdam by Jon Brittain opens at 8:30
Weve often seen stories about the comedic complications, they chart the The other half of this four-person cast p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 and plays at 8:30 p.m.
eects of gender transition in pairings treacherous territory of personal gender are every bit as stellar. As Josh, Ryan on Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. on Sundays;
and 8 p.m. on Mondays through Dec. 11, 2017.
between straights, but here we get politics with a disarming lightness of touch Brophy performs the potentially thankless Skylight Theatre.1816 1/2 N. Vermont Ave, LA,
the perspective of a same-sex couple. presenting a balanced examination of task of representing the straight/white/ 90027. Tickets are $15 - $41. Reservations: 213-
761-7061 or or 866-811-4111. Online at http://
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the core issue is this multifaceted situation even as they cis-gender/male ally viewpoint with easy- SkylightTix.com
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The most shocking thing about Call Me considerable (and comfortable) remove albeit secretive romance. Of course, although the sex is a crucial
By Your Name is that it isnt as shocking from the current brouhaha. Again, it cant be emphasized strongly element, its not all there is to Call Me By
as you might think. Set in northern Italy in 1983, the lm enough how un-sensational this all is. Your Name. More than a romance, the
If youve been following the news even takes place in the home (and surrounding There is none of the heavy breathing of lm is really a coming of age story a key
in passing over the last few months then bucolic environs) of Professor Perlman Brokeback Mountain nor even the guilt- aspect that benets greatly from Chalamets
you know that intergenerational gay (Michael Stuhlbarg) who specializes in the haunted caressing (and accompanying remarkable performance. He commits
relationships have sprung up as a kind study Greco-Roman culture. Every summer, social angst) of Ivorys gay classic, Maurice. completely to revealing all the complex,
of cultural third rail, but director Luca the professor hosts a learned acolyte to Indeed, when the sex nally happens (no contradictory impulses that accompany
Guadagnino, armed with a screenplay assist with his work; this year its a youthful, spoiler there anyone walking into this his rite of passage; its an unforgettable
adapted by James Ivory from Andre Acimans vigorous and very handsome scholar named lm is sure to be expecting it), although portrait of a boys journey to manhood,
bestselling novel, shows no prurient interest Oliver (Armie Hammer). This new arrival in undeniably erotic, it is handled with a accomplished with rare insight and honesty.
in exploring this topic. Call Me By Your the household catches the interest of the kind of staid observational academicism. As for Hammer an actor whose career
Name which details the summer ing professors son Elio (Timothee Chalamet) Guadagnino and his actors emphasize has survived several misres largely on the
between a 24-year-old man and the 17-year- and the feeling is mutual. Though each feigns tenderness and feeling, capturing the strength of his impossibly good looks he
old son of his employer unfolds as a sweet- indierence, as the summer progresses magic of rst-time dalliance in a way that oers a less showy, but equally eective
spirited romantic idyll, blithely unconcerned their attraction becomes impossible to makes it seem, if not wholly innocent, at
with societal disdain, and therefore at a ignore, until it blossoms into a full-blown least entirely wholesome. CONTINUES ON PAGE 35
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By BRIAN T. CARNEY
By BRIAN T. CARNEY
By SUSAN HORNIK
There are many who believe that are so engaging. The minute you start
like ne wine, we get better with time. reading a Stephen King book, you are
Nowhere is that more evident than with going to nish it.
Holland Taylor, who is the very denition The New Yorker has called Holland
of living with grace. Taylor the rst vaudeville Gentile we ever
The veteran lesbian actress will turn saw. Her New York stage performances
75 next month and is thriving: in a include Bess in Breakfast with Les and
successful relationship with American Bess, the original productions of Butley,
Horror Storys Sarah Paulson, guest opposite Alan Bates, and A.R. Gurneys
starring on the popular ABC comedy, The Cocktail Hour.
Speechless, and is one of the ensemble In Los Angeles, Taylor has performed
cast members in Audience Networks in Kindertransport, and played opposite
Mr. Mercedes, the TV adaptation of Christopher Lloyd in Yasmina Rezas The
Stephen Kings novel. Unexpected Man at the Geen.
Quite a few people asking who On television, Holland has been
plays my mother in tomorrow nights nominated for the Emmy seven times,
Thanksgiving episode of Speechless, it winning Best Supporting Actress in a
is the GLORIOUS Holland Taylor and she Drama for the sexually popular Judge
is bloody funny! Minnie Driver quipped. Roberta Kittleson on The Practice.
Driver described Taylors excellent On the red carpet at Emmy Awards,
character as a super snooty scary Paulson gave a sweet shout-out to her
mummy. girlfriend on E! Hi, Holland, she said
Taylor is used to playing brash on camera. If youre watching, Holland
characters; in Mr. Mercedes, Taylor Taylor, I love you.
plays an outspoken next-door neighbor; And Holland is equally in adoration
a woman who prides herself on all things of Paulson. During an episode of Radio
aesthetically-pleasing, be it her rose garden Andys Sandyland broadcast with host
or her naked body, Ida tells it like it is. Sandra Bernhard, Taylor said: I must
It gave me a little trepidation, but Id say it has to be part of what has to be
worked with David E. Kelley before, and the most wonderful thing in my life, is
he has a tremendous intellectual grasp the whole embrace of this wonderful
in doing what he does, so I knew he had a relationship which makes everything
larger purpose, she told Cosmopolitan. else make sense.
com. And now that Ive been in it, I Im the luckiest person in the world.
actually cant imagine seeing a story with I cant talk about my life today and not
so many twisted and perverse events ... mention this wonderful love.
without there being at least one person Taylor has worked extensively in lm
whos sane, stable, and caring about that and television, appearing in Romancing
main character. the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, To Die
SARAH PAULSON and HOLLAND TAYLOR are a pair.
Taylor is not a fan of the horror genre. For, Next Stop Wonderland, One Fine
PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK
Im terried of the genre and Im not Day, George of the Jungle, The Truman
overwhelmingly drawn to it any more Show, Happy Accidents, Spy Kids (2 &
than I am to going on a death-defying Ill read the next ones in the series. A lot that Im fearful, really I just dont like 3), Keeping the Faith, Legally Blonde,
roller coaster. I read Mr. Mercedes, and of people have commented to me that to volunteer to be thrown o a cli with and Baby Mama, with Tina Fey and Amy
if the show goes on, which I hope it will, its ridiculous to be so fearful and its not anxiety. But I have to say his characters Poehler.
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Major Margaret Witt hopes her ght is still paving the way
HER CASE REVOLUTIONIZED THE FIGHT TO ALLOW GAYS AND LESB IANS TO SERVE OPENLY
By REBEKAH SAGER
When Major Margaret Witt won her together several miles from any military
landmark case against Dont Ask, Dont base. The ACLU of Washington sued,
Tell, in 2010, she never expected that claiming that the Dont Ask, Dont Tell
seven years later it would be used to help policy and its application to Witt, violated
transgender military men and women her rights of liberty and equal protection.
ght against a U.S. president declaring I knew right then and there I wanted to
them unt to serve. ght for my right to serve. Being gay in the
A decorated ight nurse and 20-year military, its the moment you dread. It was
veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Witt, who lived shock and disbelief. At the time, we were
in Spokane, Wash., until 2014, was the force going to war, and I thought, Ive spent over
behind the lawsuit that pushed Congress half of my life training for this and youre
and the Obama White House to repeal the not going to bench me now. The military
militarys Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy. trained me well, Witt says.
Dont Ask, Dont Tell was created Today, Witt works as a physical therapy
because of the governments belief that supervisor at the Portland Veterans
allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly Administration.
threatened unit discipline and cohesion. Although the book, now in its second
But on appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of printing, is sold as a memoir, Witt says
Appeals said Witt was entitled to a trial really its a legal thriller and love story. Its
MAJOR MARGARET WITT
and ruled the Air Force had to prove that about the strength of love and the power
dismissing her was specically necessary to PHOTO BY MYCHAL RICHARDSON; COURTESY OF THE ACLU
to do things you never thought you had
further a signicant government interest. the strength to do, she adds.
That standard of proof would be called truth openly and have pride in their service on transgender military service, ruling in Witt has been with her wife for 14 years.
the Witt standard and paved the way for the tweet is the distraction, she says. favor of the National Center for Lesbian The two married in 2012. She says in
Congress to repeal the policy, allowing Peter Renn, senior attorney at Lambda Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates addition to ling her case against Dont
gays and lesbians to serve openly in the Legal, told the LA Blade via email, that the & Defenders (GLAD), who led Doe v. Ask, Dont Tell, marrying was the other
military for the rst time. Ninth Circuits holding in Witt shows that Trump on August 9 seeking an immediate best decision she ever made.
When I got to go to the signing of the courts will closely scrutinize government injunction on behalf of ve transgender Although Tell was released at a time
repeal, Senator Lieberman came up to action that violates constitutional rights, service members. when equal rights for service members have
me and said, It was your story that made even when it occurs in the military context. The epic story of Witts Air Force career once again been called into question, Witt
the dierence. Having a face to the story The court recognized that the exclusion as a closeted lesbian, and her subsequent says she has faith in military leaders and
tipped it over the edge for the Senate of a service member from the military dismissal at the time when she was outed, the Pentagon to do the right thing when it
vote. That meant so much to me, Witt based on her sexual orientation crossed are the subject of a memoir she co-wrote comes to transgender people serving.
told the L.A. Blade. the line, because it infringed on her with Spokane journalist Tim Connor. It was I have faith that common sense will
Fast-forward to this year -- Witt says that liberty to go about her life like everyone released in October. prevail My heart goes out to everyone in
when she read President Trumps tweets else. The same thing is happening here Witts book, TELL: Love, Deance, and the military to have a Commander in Chief
about a ban on transgender military folks, -- transgender people are not only being the Military Trial at the Tipping Point as we do, particularly for transgender folks.
she was enraged. judged based on a characteristic unrelated for Gay Rights, covers the court case You face obstacles anywhere you
I felt the ght all over again, Witt says. to their ability to serve our country, that followed the day in 2004, when she go, especially as a woman and as a gay
These folks have been serving openly but based on considerations that the was summarily discharged based on woman, but what I continue to love about
since 2016 under a policy that clears Constitution protects against government an allegation from an ex-lover by the the military is the people I served with. I
them to serve. I was appalled. Our service intrusion and meddling, Renn says. womans husband, that Witt calls a sort of loved the mission and the challenge, I was
members are focused on the mission, Last month, US District Court Judge revenge outing. there to help people in need, and with
particularly now, and for a tweet to come Colleen Kollar-Kotelly put a hold on At the time Witt was in a committed those willing to make the ultimate sacrice
out and humiliate those who are living their President Trumps tweet-ordered ban relationship with another women and living for our country, Witt says.
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the sun-soaked countryside, bursting with PHOTO BY SAYOMBHU MUKDEEPROM; COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
By BILLY MASTERS
NOV 17 NOV. 30
Stop Killing Us Transgender Day of Feminine Energy: Dening the
Remembrance, FRI Nov. 17 @ 6:00 PM at Woman You Are, THU Nov. 30 @ 7:00
Los Angeles City College (855 N Vermont PM to 9:00 PM @ The Village at Ed Gould
Ave). Panel and candle light vigil with name Plaza (1125 N. McCadden Place). This
reading ceremony honoring trans lives fun and empowering discussion-based
lost to the epidemic of hate and violence workshop will allow you to explore your
and what we can do to put an end to it. femininity and unleash your unique form
Panelists include Chandi Moore (I Am Cait, of self-expression. No topic is o-limits
Childrens Hospital), Aiza-Angelina Alamilla WORLD AIDS DAY: In 1982, Michael Callen (center) and Richard Berkowitz, two gay men with AIDS (respectfully, of course), so this is an
(FCC), Maria Roman (APAIT), Queen Mother living in New York, wrote How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach. Callen and Berkowitz are amazing opportunity to ask questions and
among the earliest warriors in the battle against HIV. See Nov. 28.
Karina Samala (TAB), Elias Lawliet (UCLA) . gain a fresh perspective to help you be the
PHOTO COURTESY NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH best you possible.
NOV 18
TransGiving Dinner 17, SAT Nov. 18 half-sta in remembrance. Avenue). If you are a Senior LGBT person DEC 1
@ 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Adam Project Long Beach Transgender Day of and are a client of the Los Angeles LGBT Desert AIDS Projects 4th Annual
(514 Pacic Coast Highway, Long Beach). Remembrance, MON Nov. 20 @ 4:30 PM Center, then this is a feast of gratitude. Everyday Heroes Award, FRI Dec. 1 @
TransGiving was created to provide the at Harvey Milk Promenade Park (195 E 3rd Enjoy all the best staples Thanksgiving has 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Camelot Theatre
Trans community a safe and positive St, Long Beach). Join The LGBTQ Center to oer and enjoy your old friendsand (2399 East Baristo Road, Theatre One,
space to celebrate the Thanksgiving of Long Beach, Human Rights Campaign, make new ones! RSVP by email: seniors@ Palm Springs). Desert AIDS Project honors
holiday. Contact Chanel Chela Demuir on and Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez, for the lalgbtcenter.org or call 323-860-5830. local everyday heroes to mark World AIDS
social @motherchela. annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Day. The annual event, now in its fourth
Transgender Wellness & Wellbeing and stand in solidarity and honor the NOV 27 year, features an outdoor reception, award
Conference, SAT. Nov. 18 @ 9 a.m. to 6 resiliency of our trans community AIDS Quilt Display, MON Nov. 27 presentations, live entertainment and the
p.m. at LAC + USC Medical Center (1200 N. members. This years event will feature through FRI Dec. 1 @ 8 AM - 5 PM daily after-party. Tickets are $40 to $150 and
State Street). The City of West Hollywood a reading of names of those lost over at West Hollywood City Hall (8300 Santa are available by calling 760-992-0445.
will co-sponsor the 2017, conference and the last year as well as a candlelight vigil. Monica Blvd). The AIDS Memorial Quilt, AIDS Candlelight Vigil, FRI Dec. 1 @
series of workshops that include such Several community members will present. conceived by the late Gilbert Baker for 6:00 PM @ starting point NW corner of
topics as physical wellbeing, emotional Orange County Trans Day of the Names Project, is one of the most Crescent Heights & Santa Monica Blvd and
wellness, prosperity wellbeing and creative Remembrance, Nov. 20 @ 4:00 PM to moving tributes to the scores of gay men end Council Chambers, West Hollywood
wellness. The conference and lunch is free 6:00 PM at Sasscer Park (N. Ross and W. and others who died of AIDS. In its nal Library (625 N. San Vicente Blvd.).
to attend, but registration is required. For 4th Street). Join Orange Countys LGBT display in Washington DC it covered nearly Remember the hundreds of thousands
more information and to register, please Center at Plaza Calle Cuatro in Downtown the entire National Mall. This is a rare of people who died of AIDS. Never forget
contact Bonnie Smith at (323) 848-637. Santa Ana and remember our fallen display of some of the earliest panels of their names or the dark and dangerous
brothers and sisters who were taken from the quilt. period of time we fought our way out of.
NOV 20 us too soon. The march starts at 4 p.m. at Paul Starke Warrior Awards, FRI Dec.
City of West Hollywoods Transgender Sasscer Park at N. Ross and W. 4th streets NOV 28 1 @ 7:00 PM @ Council Chambers, West
Day of Remembrance, MON Nov. 20 @ in Downtown Santa Ana and ends at CO4 AIDS Literature from Lambda Literary Hollywood Library (625 N. San Vicente
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Center for Early with speakers and a vigil. For more info Book Club, TUE Nov. 28 @ 7 PM at West Blvd.). Awards Presentation to individuals
Education (563 N. Alfred Street). The event email Sefe Zamora, sefe.zamora-cesena@ Hollywood Library Community Room providing HIV and/or substance-abuse
will include speakers from the community, lgbtcenteroc.org (625 N. San Vicente Blvd.). A discussion services. Special Guest Speaker Laurie
City representatives, and transgender of Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, McBride, lifelong LGBTQ activist and
performers. The names of murdered NOV 21 Essex Hemphill, and the Battleeld of former California Assistant Secretary of
transgender people will be read aloud and Thanksgiving Dinner for LGBT Seniors, AIDS. The book is a profound exploration State. View the Being Alive Musical Globe
a march will immediately follow. Flags will THU. Nov 21 @ 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at of the intersection of race, sexuality, Display made by members to represent
be own at West Hollywood City Hall at Rockwell Table and Stage (1714 Vermont class, identity, and the politics of AIDS their HIV journey to wellness.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 25 monument in West Hollywood Park. It will the monument theyll hear voices or population of 3.9 million people. Since
sit where right now the auditorium and music to help enhance the experience; or the epidemic began 31 years ago, about
pool are. Those will be raised, a platform possibly choosing quotes from notable 31,000 individuals have been diagnosed
mission to create social change in some will be built, and the piece should be in West Hollywood citizens who died of withAIDS, 13,000 of them still are living.
way, Ferrera told the Los Angeles Blade. place by the end of 2019. AIDS, Ferrera says. In 2016, 36.7 million people were
His design has been adopted, and West Hollywood and Foundation for The Ferrera says his desire is that the living with HIV worldwide, and 1.8 million
now were in the middle of a formal AIDS Monument also hired a company monument represents the entire region people became newly infected with HIV
design which includes getting community called Wondros. Wondros focuses on of Los Angeles, and includes a diversity of 160,000 are under the age of 15. About
feedback and engagement. We dont want story collecting and was brought into stories and demographics. 4,932 people will become infected with
to build a monument that doesnt resonate the process to identify the important I want the young generation not to get HIV HIV each dayroughly 205 every hour.
with the community, Ferrera added. stakeholders the movers and shakers unnecessarily, because we know how to stop I came to WeHo to come out when I
According to the Foundation for The in the HIV/AIDS world and people in the the spread as long as theyre in treatment, was 25 years old. The city embraced me
AIDS Monument website, STORIES will community who are providing HIV/AIDS they have the information, and they and gave me everything I needed to work
memorialize the devastation of AIDS on services today. understand that every right they have today on becoming a healthy gay man. I met the
the nation and will honor the courage Wondros goes through a process called was earned by those people who fought for guy who I ended up marrying, and we were
of activists, caregivers and community ecology mapping, in which they use the rights and for people with AIDS. married for 23 years. Within a month after
leaders. Visitors to the site can upload the stakeholders to learn who the other Many of the most prominent AIDS saying our vows, he found out he was HIV
memorials, including written stories, opinion leaders are, and who might want services arent necessarily located in positive. We thought he was going to die.
videos and images of lost loved ones. to express ideas about the project. Then WeHo. The Los Angeles LGBT Center, the This monument represents the
The piece is intended to tell the world they bring themes out of what they learn, largest LGBT organizations in the world people who embraced people like me
that you cant let another disease get and record them for the artist, so he can oering treatment and doing research is and gave us the opportunity to feel good
out of control because you dont like the change or adjust the design accordingly. centered in Hollywood. The Black AIDS about ourselves and to feel positive.
people whore getting it, Ferrera says. Ferrera says a couple of ideas have Institute is located in Westlake, and theres This horrible and traumatic experience
Over the next year and half the design already emerged from the ecology mapping another AIDS memorial in Los Angeles came upon us, and WeHo was a warm
process will be worked on in conjunction that hadnt been thought of prior. called The Wall Las Memorias, located in and accepting family with unconditional
with the city. In 2018, UAP will begin Were thinking of adding sound- East Los Angeles. love. The monument is a tribute to that,
to fabricate the elements to install the scaping, so that when viewers walk into Los Angeles has an estimated Ferrera says.
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