Volume 43, Issue 50 - December 14, 2012

5 questions to ponder as justices
prep for signicant rulings on gay rights

By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
In the wake of last weeks announcement that the Supreme Court will hear lawsuits
challenging Californias Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, observers
over the next several months will wait on pins and needles for what may be the most
signicant ruling on LGBT rights in history.
Here are ve questions that advocates are pondering as they await decisions in
Hollingsworth v. Perry, the challenge to Prop 8, and Windsor v. United States, the
lawsuit against DOMA.
1. Will the Supreme Court overturn same-sex marriage bans in all states?
By taking up the Prop 8 case, as opposed to letting stand a more narrow ruling from
the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that applied only to California, the court has an
opportunity to make a ruling that not only says the same-sex marriage ban in California
is unconstitutional, but marriage bans in all states throughout the country are as well.
David Boies, a co-counsel representing plaintiffs in the lawsuit on behalf of the
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Sterling Washington lands the job;
D.C. Center nds new home
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announced at a news conference Tuesday night that he
has appointed longtime gay activist Sterling Washington as the new director of the
Mayors Ofce of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs.
At the same news conference Gray announced the city has accepted a bid by the
D.C. LGBT Community Center to rent store front space in the citys Reeves Center,
an eight-story ofce and retail building located in the heart of the 14th and U Streets,
N.W., entertainment district.
The mayors dual announcement drew applause from more than 50 LGBT activists
who assembled in the Reeves Centers rst oor atrium, steps away from the interior
entrance to the Centers soon-to-be-opened ofces.
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murder, arguing that lawmakers should be empowered to regulate immoral acts. The high
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ESPN afliates referred to
basketball player as it
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
LGBT advocates have sharply criticized
two local sports talk radio hosts who made
disparaging references to a transgender
college basketball player.
Andy Pollin discussed an article on
Gabrielle Ludwig, who plays on the womens
basketball team at Mission College in Santa
Clara, Calif., that USA Today published on
Dec. 5 at the start of a Thursday segment of
The Sports Reporters on ESPN 980. Co-
host Steve Czaban suggested Ludwig could
be a Russian chick before he cackled
and suggested one can become eligible
to play basketball at the junior college if
they lose testicles.
Pollin further questioned whether the
Bay Area school should have allowed
Ludwig to join the team because of her
age before he once again highlighted her
gender identity and expression.
Whatever you go to do to scratch that
inner itch or quell those inner demons,
thats ne, but dont go playing sports
then and dont go playing sports saying,
But Ive got the rights of everyone else,
Pollin said. Yeah, youve got the rights to
live as a human being with other people
respecting you and everything else, but
athletics is different. And a mans body and
a mans DNA is different than a womans.
Thats why we have separate leagues for
separate genders.
A voice then said Just like a woman,
before Pollin again questioned whether
Mission College should have allowed Ludwig
to play on their womens basketball team.
The net net is she, she/he has had a lot
of problems in his/her life, Czaban said.
Pollin added it is the politically correct
term to which to refer to Ludwig.
Whatever it is and this basketball is
helping him/her to transform his/her life
into a better life, such as it is, Czaban
said at the end of the segment to which
the Washington Blade has linked.
Ludwig responded to the segment
during an interview Outsports.com, an
LGBT-themed sports website, published
earlier on Tuesday.
These two people in Washington,
D.C., just tore my life apart, and they dont
even know me, she said. They did it in
respect to how I look, how Im built, the
tattoos on my body. They took great pride
in humiliating me in the national public.
I dont know if Im supposed to cry or
scream or beat them up. Its affecting my
sleep, its affecting my condence.
Pollin and Czaban made a brief on-air
apology during their Monday show after
the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation reached out to the station.
Aaron McQuade, director of news and
eld strategy at GLAAD, wrote on the
organizations website that ESPN 980
management responded quickly to our
outreach, with a clear understanding
of why the content that aired last week
was so offensive. He added Pollin and
Czabans on-air apology for using it to
refer to Ludwig failed to address the rest
of an extremely offensive segment.
We strongly believe two of our
employees crossed the line when they
referred to Ms. Ludwig as it on their
program last Thursday, Chuck Sapienza,
vice president of programming for
ESPN980 told the Washington Blade
in a statement. Such intolerance and
insensitivity will never be tolerated by this
company. This situation was handled swiftly
and internally. Due to the nature of their
contracts, we are not at liberty to publicly
discuss any actions that were taken.
ESPN spokesperson Josh Krulewitz also
criticized the segment in a statement to
Outsports.com.
The two are not employees of ESPN and
made the comments on an afliated radio
station that controls its own local content,
he said. The offensive commentary goes
completely against ESPNs company culture
and values. We have expressed our signicant
dissatisfaction to the stations management.
Cyd Zeigler, Jr., co-founder of Outsports.
com, further criticized Pollin and Czabans
on-air apology.
It was among the least sincere non-
apologies in history, he wrote on Monday.
The only things theyre really be sorry for
are being caught, and also how overly
sensitive the faggots and the trannies are
these days. Im sure they were rolling their
eyes with every word of their non-apology.
You dont say what they said without
meaning every word of it this apology
doesnt change that, it reinforces it.
Zeigler further described the men as a
disgrace to their profession who should
be suspended without pay.
My only saving grace is knowing there
are people in my corner including the kids
that I coach, and the team we played on
Saturday, Ludwig told Outsports.com.
They invited me into their locker room
and took pictures. And they posted them
on Facebook and said, This is one of the
nicest players weve ever played and you
cant judge a book by its cover.
ESPN 980 said in a statement released
after the Blade published its original story that
Pollin and Czaban have been temporarily
removed from The Sports Reporters
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Radio hosts suspended for anti-trans remarks
Confusion remains
around tax, other
issues as Jan. 1 nears
With less than three weeks until
Marylands same-sex marriage law takes
effect, gay and lesbian couples continue to
apply for marriage licenses across the state.
Eighteen of Marylands 23 circuit courts
began accepting same-sex marriage
licenses on Dec. 6, the same day Gov.
Martin OMalley ofcially certied the Nov.
6 election results that included the passage
of the referendum on the states same-sex
marriage law by a 52-48 percent margin.
Attorney General Doug Gansler wrote in a
Nov. 29 opinion that gays and lesbians could
begin to marry in the state on Jan. 1. The
Cecil County Circuit Court began issuing
marriage licenses to same-sex couples on
Monday, while gays and lesbians will be
able to apply for them in Prince Georges
County Circuit Court starting on Dec. 18.
Clerks in Caroline, Queen Annes and St.
Marys Counties will not begin issuing
marriage licenses to same-sex couples
until Jan. 2. (Question 6 lost in all ve of the
aforementioned jurisdictions.)
Heather Ware and her partner of seven
years are the rst same-sex couple to
receive a marriage license in Alleghany
County. She told the Washington Blade
the staff at the clerks ofce in Cumberland
were so friendly.
They just walked us through the whole
thing, Ware said. It was very simple. You
could tell they were excited about it too,
so that was a good feeling.
Ellicott City residents Dale Knight and
Jeff Arney, who will celebrate their 15th
anniversary in June, on Friday became
the rst gay couple in Howard County to
receive a marriage license. Knight told the
Blade the three women who were working
in the clerks ofce where they submitted
their application were really friendly and
very happy to have us there.
He said they took his and Arneys picture
and clapped for them.
While we were there [in the clerks
ofce] it was us, another lesbian couple
and a straight couple, Knight said. I was
like, Oh look, a little melting pot here. It
was kind of cute.
Takoma Park lawyer Sue Silber, who is
also an Equality Maryland board member,
told the Blade earlier on Wednesday she
has not received any reports of clerks who
have refused to issue marriage licenses to
same-sex couples.
All in all, generally the couples Ive
been talking too its been smooth, its
been celebratory, Mark Scurti, a partner
at Pessin Katz Law in Towson, added.
Everybodys been friendly. Its been an air
of celebration very positive.
Even though gays and lesbians
across Maryland have had little difculty
obtaining marriage licenses in jurisdictions
where clerks have begun issuing them,
extending state tax, spousal and other
benets to same-sex partners once the
law takes effect could prove more difcult.
Scurti said some title companies have
refused to issue title insurance policies to
same-sex couples he provided them
copies of the state Court of Appeals
unanimous decision in May that recognized
nuptials for gays and lesbians legally
performed in D.C. and other jurisdictions.
Washington County in July began
offering spousal benets to employees
who legally married their same-sex partner
after Lambda Legal led a complaint with
the Maryland Commission on Human
Rights on behalf of a county librarian
whose application for spousal benets
had been denied. Baltimore County in late
2010 extended same-sex spousal benets
to county employees after the LGBT legal
advocacy group led grievances on behalf
of two married lesbian police ofcers
whose applications had been denied.
There are issues to still work out around
that stuff, Silber said, noting Equality
Maryland and other groups continue to
address them. I dont know yet whether
all of this will be smooth when people start
marrying, but were working on it. DOMA
makes it very complicated.
Md. couples obtaining marriage licenses with little difculty
DALE KNIGHT and JEFF ARNEY of Ellicott City
were the rst gay couple to obtain a marriage
license in Howard County.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DALE KNIGHT
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Gay artists score big in Grammy noms
LOS ANGELES Frank Ocean, who came out on his blog prior to the release
of his chart-busting debut album Channel Orange earlier this year, scored six
nominations in this weeks Grammy announcements.
Oceans album scored the star nominations for Best New Artist, Album of the Year,
Best Urban Contemporary Album and Record of the Year for Thinking About You.
Ocean joined other gay nominees Ellen DeGeneres and Rachel Maddow, who
were both nominated in the spoken word category for audio versions of their
books. Janis Ian and the duo Tegan and Sara also received nominations.
Progress in Boise, Minneapolis
BOISE, Idaho The Boise, Idaho City Council voted unanimously to pass
a sexual orientation and gender identity non-discrimination law, covering
employment, housing and public accommodations.
According to Boise television station KBOI-2, many members of the business
community spoke up in favor of the new ordinance saying it could attract new
companies to the city.
Further east, Minneapolis swore in lesbian Jane Harteau as the citys 52nd
chief of police, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
I will always stand up and do what is right, even if I stand alone, Harteau
said in a speech, while anked by her partner Sgt. Holly Keegel and the couples
13-year-old daughter Lauren.
Illinois governor backs marriage bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. As early as next month, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn wants to see
lawmakers pass for his signature a bill extending marriage rights to same-sex couples.
I hope that bill goes forward, Quinn was quoted by the Chicago Tribune as
saying. Its the House that probably is the key arena at this time, and I think well
see how the members look at that issue. They should study it carefully and vote
their conscience.
Merck ends donations to Scouts over ban
NEW YORK The Foundation for New Jersey-based Merck Pharmaceuticals
is joining Intel and UPS in cutting funding for the Boy Scouts of America over a
controversial anti-gay policy.
In July, the Scouts reafrmed its ban on openly gay and lesbian Americans
participating in the Scouts or acting as Scout leaders or den mothers. The outcry
after the announcement prompted strong criticism from across the political
spectrum, including from then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Most Americans see anti-gay bias as a problem
WASHINGTON A New Gallup poll released this week shows that 63 percent
of Americans see anti-gay discrimination as either a very serious or somewhat
serious problem.
Only 9 percent of respondents to the poll said that anti-gay discrimination was
not a problem at all. Respondents impressions of anti-gay discrimination in their
hometown, however, were lower, with more believing anti-gay discrimination
was not a problem or not very much of a problem locally. Forty-ve percent of
respondents said that gay issues will always divide Americans, while 51 percent
said Americans will agree on gay issues some day, according to snippets of poll
responses posted by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
Leading the Grammy
nomination pack, FRANK
OCEAN seen here at the
Coachella Music Festival
earlier this year came out
as gay to praise from across
the music industry prior to
the release of his critically
acclaimed debut album.
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DOJ ofcial pushes ght
against trans bias
Says department has
intervened in incidents
of police abuse
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
A high-level ofcial with the U.S. Justice
Departments Civil Rights Division told
transgender advocates on Dec. 5 that the
department has and will continue to use
its law enforcement powers to ght anti-
transgender discrimination.
In a speech before the National
Center for Transgender Equalitys
9th Anniversary Awards Reception in
Washington, Roy L. Austin Jr., Deputy
Assistant Attorney General for Civil
Rights, said the DOJ has investigated
and taken action against hate crimes,
school bullying, and biased policing that
target the transgender community.
Now under the leadership of Assistant
Attorney General Tom Perez, the Civil
Rights Division has never been stronger
and the ght for transgender equality
has never been fought more forcefully,
Austin said.
In a development not widely known,
Austin said the DOJs Civil Rights Division
has intervened in cases where local
police departments have engaged in
what he called biased policing against
transgender people.
He said one such intervention took
place in New Orleans in recent years,
where the division obtained a consent
decree requiring police ofcials to put
in place special training on transgender
related issues. The action followed a DOJ
investigation into reports of improper
police behavior toward transgender
women in the enforcement of a
controversial anti-prostitution law that has
since been changed.
The Civil Rights Division is currently
working on a similar effort to curtail
incidents of anti-transgender bias in police
departments in Puerto Rico, Austin said.
Law enforcement is sworn to serve
and protect everyone, he told the
NCTE gathering, which took place at
the National Press Club. And we will
continue to teach them how to do this and
hold them accountable when they dont.
According to Austin, the Civil Rights
Division also intervened in cases of anti-
transgender bullying in school districts in
Minnesota and California.
Every school year bullying touches the
lives of countless kids, their families and
their communities, he said. He noted
that studies show bullying can have a
devastating and potentially long-term
impact on young people.
For gender non-conforming and
transgender students it can be much
worse, he said.
Often what happens in schools reect
what is happening in society as a whole,
Austin said. Together with our federal
partners at the Department of Education
were exploring ways to hold schools
accountable and to stop harassment and
bullying before it starts.
He added, The problem goes beyond
the schools. But what we do there is
incredibly important because todays
bullies may well grow up to be tomorrows
hate crime defendants.
On the hate crimes front, Austin said
President Obama and Attorney General
Eric Holder are committed to aggressively
enforcing the Matthew Shepard and
James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act,
which Obama signed into law in 2009.
The act, among other things, gives the
Justice Department authority to prosecute
hate crimes targeting people because of
their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Austin said ve of the 40 people who
have been prosecuted under the act so
far have been convicted for physically
attacking others because of their actual or
perceived sexual orientation.
While prosecuting perpetrators of hate
crimes is important, he said he believes the
most signicant benet of the Shepard-
Byrd Act so far has been the impact of its
education and training provisions.
Weve provided hate crimes training
to thousands of law enforcement ofcers
and to community activists throughout the
country, he said. Among other things,
this education spreads the message that
our transgender community is a vital part
of the American community and must be
treated with respect.
Mara Keisling, executive director of the
National Center for Transgender Equality,
told the gathering that Austins comments
exemplify the Obama administrations
strong support for transgender rights.
She called on the LGBT community to
stand with the president on the difcult
economic issues he faces, including
the scal cliff negotiations with his
adversaries in Congress, just as he has
stood with us.
The NCTE presented its Julie Johnson
Founders Award to Gunner Scott, Executive
Director of the Massachusetts Transgender
Political Coalition and one of NCTEs
founders; its Distinguished Ally Award
to Andrew Barnett, Executive Director of
D.C.s Sexual Minority Youth Assistance
League (SMYAL); and its Community Partner
Award to Lauree Hayden, Deputy National
Political Director of the Service Employees
International Union.
54 groups call on
Obama to protect
bi-national couples
By CHRIS JOHNSON
A coalition of LGBT and immigration
advocacy groups is calling on the Obama
administration to take action on behalf of
bi-national same-sex couples in the wake
of the Supreme Courts decision to take
up litigation challenging DOMA.
In a letter written Monday to President
Obama and other administration ofcials,
the groups call on the administration to place
on hold the marriage-based green card
applications for bi-national same-sex couples
as observers await a nal decision from the
Supreme Court on DOMAs constitutionality.
With the Supreme Courts decision
to rule on DOMAs constitutionality,
we will know by next June whether or
not applications for lawful permanent
residence for lesbian and gay spouses
will ultimately be approvable, the letter
states. Therefore, we are only asking that,
in the interim, these applications be held
for a period of a few months. Doing so
will prevent extreme hardship to lesbian
and gay immigrant families. By holding
applications for lawful permanent residence
in abeyance neither granting them nor
denying them LGBT families can remain
securely together in the U.S. until the
Supreme Court issues its ruling next year.
Among the 54 signatories of the letter
are LGBT groups such as Immigration
Equality, the Human Rights Campaign
and the National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force as well as the immigration groups
such as the Mexican American Legal
Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF)
and the National Council of La Raza.
Rachel Tiven, executive director of
Immigration Equality, said in a statement
the Supreme Courts decision to rule on
DOMA signals the anti-gay law is near its
end, which creates an opportune moment
for the Obama administration to take action.
The Supreme Courts decision to review
DOMA means we now have a date certain
for a nal determination about the law,
Tiven said. It makes no sense to continue
denying green card applications which, if
the law is struck down by the court, would
be approved. By holding these applications,
the administration can ensure couples will
not be separated or forced into exile.
Straight Americans can sponsor their
foreign national spouses for residency in
the United States. However, that option isnt
available to gay Americans in legal same-
sex marriages to foreign nationals because
of the Defense of Marriage Act, which
prohibits federal recognition of same-sex
marriage. Under current immigration code,
bi-national same-sex couples could be in
danger of separation and the immigrant in
the relationship without legal status could
be subject to deportation. Legislation
known as the Uniting American Families
Act would address the issue, although the
bill hasnt moved forward.
In the letter, the groups point out that the
Obama administration has taken a similar
course of action in the past holding the
green card applications of immigrant widows
of U.S. citizens in abeyance while litigation
was pursued on their behalf in addition
to holding in abeyance applications for HIV-
positive foreign nationals while they awaited
the end to the HIV travel ban.
Groups such as Immigration Equality
have called on the Obama administration
for some time to hold the marriage-based
green cards in abeyance for bi-national
couples, but each time in response the
Department of Homeland Security says
it will continue to enforce DOMA as long
as its on the books. According to an
article earlier this year in The Advocate,
White House ofcials told LGBT advocacy
groups during a meeting that the Obama
administration would not take this course
of action to help same-sex couples.
But Steve Ralls, spokesperson for
Immigration Equality, said this letter marks
the rst time that LGBT and immigration
groups have jointly made the request to
the Obama administration.
We have made the request before
prior to the SCOTUS cert announcement
with a smaller group of LGBT
organizations, Ralls said. The coalition
this time, however, is much larger and
includes our allies in the immigration
movement for the rst time, too.
In response to a request to comment on
the letter, a White House spokesperson
referred questions to DHS, which offered
the same position articulated earlier.
Peter Boogard, a DHS spokesperson,
said, Pursuant to the Attorney Generals
guidance, the Defense of Marriage Act
remains in effect and the Department of
Homeland Security will continue to enforce
it unless and until Congress repeals it, or
there a nal judicial determination that it
is unconstitutional.
Amid calls to hold the marriage-based green
cards in abeyance, the Obama administration
has taken action to address the issue. Just
last month, the Department of Homeland
Security issued guidance stipulating
immigration ofcers should consider long-
term, same-sex partners as families when
considering whether to exercise prosecutorial
discretion in the potential deportation of an
undocumented immigrant.
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Faced with living in a state with no non-
discrimination law protecting them, LGBT
activists demonstrated in three Tennessee
cities on Sunday to call on President
Obama to issue an executive order barring
federal contractors from engaging in anti-
gay job bias.
Chris Sanders, president of the
Tennessee Equality Project, said he
organized the demonstration as part of
24 Tennessee groups because of a law
signed last year by Gov. Bill Haslem (R)
prohibiting cities from passing LGBT non-
discrimination ordinances. That measure
rescinded a contractor non-discrimination
ordinance that passed a couple months
earlier in Nashville.
We had experienced in 2011 Nashville
passing a contractor non-discrimination
ordinance only to have the state nullify
it, Sanders said. So, we have no option
but this executive order and ENDA ahead
of us in Tennessee. We have no hope for
getting state employment protections at
the state level when now we cant even
pass them in our city.
The Obama administration has thus
far withheld issuing such an executive
order. Just last week, White House Press
Secretary Jay Carney said Obama prefers
legislation known as the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act because that
measure would provide lasting and
comprehensive protections for LGBT
people across the country regardless
of whether they happen to work for a
government contractor.
A White House spokesperson declined
to comment over the weekend about the
Tennessee demonstration.
Protesters demonstrated at three
places in Tennessee: in front of the federal
building in Memphis; in front of the Putnam
County Courthouse in Cookeville and the
War Memorial Plaza in Nashville. Sanders
estimated that a total of 115 people showed
up for the rallies: 30 in Memphis, 15 in
Cookeville and 70 in Nashville.
The Tennessee Equality Project has
also launched an online petition at the
White House website calling on Obama
to issue the executive order. As of Sunday
evening, the petition had 4,700 signatures.
If a total of 25,000 people sign the petition
by Wednesday, the White House will issue
an ofcial response.
If this item is signaled as a priority in
our movement, which is what weve been
reading, then we as our community ought
to be showing that its important to us,
Sanders added. Thats why did these
rallies, thats why we started the petition.
Sanders didnt limit his protest to
the White House, but faulted national
groups and bloggers for not providing a
strategy to build grassroots support for
the executive order, saying local activists
havent really been given marching
orders of what were all supposed to be
doing to get it done.
I would think that either the national
bloggers or the national organizations
that serve our community would have
put together some public strategy for
building support for it, Sanders said. I
know theyre lobbying to get things going
along, and we think thats absolutely
critical. We do that at the state and local
level and we know the value of that, but
you also have to build public support, and
we havent seen a lot of that.
Sanders declined to identify which
national groups and bloggers werent
doing enough on the executive order,
but said he sent out the news release and
didnt nd much interest.
Were just hoping that other states
begin movement because were not getting
a clear signal at the national level of what
were supposed to be doing, Sanders
said. Again, I thought the signal was clear
that its a priority, but were supposed to
do, thats been ambiguous, so we just took
matters into our own hands here.
Tenn. activists protest against discrimination
BARBARA STOVER (left), DARREN
CRAWFORD (center) and JANET MOORE
protest for employment protections in
Cookeville, Tenn.
PHOTO BY R.G.CRAVENS
American Foundation for Equal Rights,
said during a conference call last week
justices would produce a ruling thats
more expansive than California if they
decide the Prop 8 case on its merits and
nd it violates the U.S. Constitution.
That would mean there would be a
fundamental right to marry in every state
in the country because obviously the
federal constitution applies to every state
in the country, Boies said.
Much in the same way that the 1967
ruling in Loving v. Virginia ended bans
on interracial marriage in all states, such
a sweeping decision from the Supreme
Court in Prop 8 would require the 41 states
that dont have same-sex marriage on the
books to allow gay couples to marry. Not
only would marriage equality be restored
to California, it would be extended to
the estimated 646,000 same-sex couples
throughout the country.
Jon Davidson, legal director at Lambda
Legal, said this outcome is one of several
possible ways the Supreme Court could
rule if justices nd a constitutional right to
marry under either the due process clause
or the equal protection clause.
Either nding that we share the
fundamental right or nding that it violates
equal protection generally to not allow
same-sex couples to marry when different-
sex couples can would extend the right to
marry to all 50 states, Davidson said.
Still, the general consensus among
legal experts is that the court isnt likely
to reach this outcome when its possible
for them to reach a ruling on more narrow
grounds that would just affect California or
a limited number of states.
Doug NeJaime, whos gay and a law
professor at Loyola Law School, posited that
since California allows domestic partnerships
but not same-sex marriage, the court could
produce a ruling requiring all eight states
that offer either domestic partnerships or
civil unions to provide full marriage rights
for gay couples. Those states are California,
Illinois, Rhode Island, Delaware, Hawaii,
Oregon, Nevada and New Jersey.
The middle course would be one that
says states that have allowed same-sex
couples to have comprehensive domestic
partnerships or civil unions dont have an
adequate justication for preventing them
from marrying, NeJaime said. That
would affect more than just California, but
it wouldnt affect every state.
2. What happens if the
Supreme Court upholds
both Prop 8 and DOMA?
In what he might be considered the
opposite scenario compared to the
situation described above, the Supreme
Court could also deal a devastating blow
to LGBT advocates by upholding either or
both Prop 8 and DOMA.
A loss for LGBT advocates in the court
in the Prop 8 case would mean they
would need another voter-initiated ballot
campaign to repeal the measure ballot,
much like the divisive and expensive 2008
campaign that led to its passage by voters.
John OConnor, the newly appointed
executive director of Equality California,
said everythings on the table for
discussion in the event that the Supreme
Court determines the ban on same-sex
marriage in California is constitutional.
The question about would we go back
to the ballot its absolutely a possibility,
OConnor said. The timing and the tactics
and all of that remain to be determined
between now and the time the decision
comes down but its absolutely a priority
for us to plan that.
Asked whether hed rule out the
possibility of going back to the ballot in 2014
at this point, OConnor replied, Absolutely
not. I wouldnt rule it out. Thats denitely a
possibility that well be considering.
Similarly, a decision upholding DOMA
would mean that Congress would have
to act to repeal DOMA mostly likely
using the Respect for Marriage Act as
the vehicle to undo the law. That would
be a difcult task as long as Republicans
remain in control of the House.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chief
sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act,
said in a statement he intends to work
with Congress to build support for the
legislation even before the court renders
a decision on DOMA.
As the Supreme Court reviews DOMA, I
will continue to spearhead the participation
of Members of Congress who believe that
DOMA is unconstitutional in the Windsor
case, Nadler said. At the same time, I will
keep working with my colleagues to increase
support for the Respect for Marriage Act,
my bill to repeal DOMA and remove ofcial
discrimination from our legal code.
3. Will the U.S. government
weigh in on the Prop 8 lawsuit?
Amid news that the Supreme Court will take
up the Prop 8 lawsuit, a new call has emerged
for the Obama administration to weigh in on
the lawsuit to assert a constitutional right for
same-sex couples to marry.
Ted Olson, co-counsel for plaintiffs in the
Prop 8 case, said during the conference call
last week that participation from the Obama
administration in the litigation would have
great effect on the outcome of the case.
I would hate to predict what the United
States government is doing, but given the
stand the president of the United States
and the attorney general of the United
States made with respect to marriage
equality, we would certainly hope that
they would participate, Olson added.
Although President Obama asserted
his personal view in May that same-
sex couples should be able to marry,
the Obama administration hasnt yet
answered the question of whether thats a
guaranteed right under the Constitution.
The Obama administration could
participate by ling a friend-of-the-court
brief along with other parties, or less likely,
by asking to intervene in the case.
Asked Tuesday during a White
House press brieng about the Obama
administrations position on the Prop 8
case, White House Press Secretary Jay
Carney declined to comment, saying, For
comment on the courts actions on that
case, I would point you to the Department
of Justice. As you know the administration
is not a party in that case, and I just have
nothing more for you on it.
Following the brieng, Tracy Schmaler,
a Justice Department spokesperson, told
the Washington Blade, No updates at
this point.
Richard Socarides, a gay New York
advocate whos called on Obama to take
an active role in supporting marriage
equality, said arguing in favor of the
constitutional right to marry for all
states and not just California is a
logical extension of the position already
articulated by the administration when it
determined DOMA was unconstitutional.
If you apply that [heightened
scrutiny] test that they advocate to any
of the 30 states that have constitutional
amendments that ban gay marriage, then
all of those state amendments go out the
window, Socarides said. So, obviously,
thats very important to us, and thats
the government position, and I think its
important that they say so clearly rather
than trying to duck it.
Additionally, Socarides said the
Obama administration wont be able to
run from the issue because justices will
likely ask U.S. Solicitor General Donald
Verrilli Jr. or whomever is representing
the administration during oral arguments
about its position on Prop 8.
Theyre kidding themselves if they
dont think some judge isnt going to
ask them, Socarides said. During the
argument of the DOMA case, [Samuel]
Alito or [Clarence] Thomas or [John]
Roberts or [Antonin] Scalia is going to
say to them, If we apply the test you are
advocating to Proposition 8, what would
happen? Theyre going to get asked this
question. Thats whats silly about this.
Lambdas Davidson agreed that a
friend-of-the-court brief from the Obama
administration would have an impact on
the Supreme Court.
Theyre more likely to read a brief from
the solicitor general than from other parties,
Davidson said. And I think that they care
what another branch of government says to
them, so I think it will be signicant. I dont
think they will decide a certain way just
because the executive branch says so. They
will make up their minds, but to have one
branch of government telling another what
they think the outcome would be, theyd
pay attention to that.
But the notion that participation from
the Obama administration would be
helpful to convincing justices to overturn
Prop 8 isnt universal.
Nan Hunter, a lesbian law professor at
Georgetown University, said the Justice
Department has articulated that laws
related to sexual orientation should be
subjected to heightened scrutiny and an
additional brief wouldnt have much sway.
I dont really think it makes much
difference, frankly, to the court, Hunter
said. The political alignment of the Obama
administration is very clear on this, so I dont
really think itll make much difference.
4. What happens if the
Supreme Court denies
standing to anti-gay forces
in the lawsuit?
In addition to announcing that it would
take up cases challenging Prop 8 and
DOMA, the Supreme Court also called for
attorneys involved in the lawsuit to answer
questions about whether certain parties
involved in the lawsuit have standing to
present their views before the court. The
standing issue will be resolved as part of
the nal ruling the Supreme Court makes
before its term expires in June.
For the Prop 8 case, the standing
question is singular: Do anti-gay groups
that helped pass Prop 8 at the ballot
have the right to defend the law in court
because California Gov. Jerry Brown and
Attorney General Kamala Harris have
declined to do so? That was the opinion
of the Ninth Circuit, which determined
ProtectMarriage.com could defend the
law after the groups standing was certied
by the California Supreme Court.
But in the DOMA case, there are issues
of standing on both sides. The court asks
parties to respond to whether the court has
standing to hear the DOMA case because
the U.S. Justice Department, the party that
won the case at the district court, appealed
the case as opposed to the losing side.
Additionally, the court asks if the House
Republican-led Bipartisan Legal Advisory
Group which took up defense of DOMA
after the Obama administration announced
it would no longer do so has standing to
defend the law.
The questions open up the possibility
for the Supreme Court to strike down
Prop 8 on technical grounds without
getting into the merits of the anti-gay ban.
It could assert that anti-gay groups dont
have standing to defend the law, nullifying
the Ninth Circuit decision and leaving in
place retired U.S. District Judge Vaughn
Walkers decision nding that same-sex
couples in California have a guaranteed
right to marry under the U.S. Constitution.
NeJaime said asking about the standing
issue in the Prop 8 case may be an attempt
for the court to open the door to striking
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What a great time of the year to be
able to make the announcement, Gray
told the gathering. We are at the day
when there will be a permanent home for
the D.C. Center.
Gray was referring to the D.C. Centers
years-long search for a permanent
location that has brought it to at least
three temporary locations over the past
several years.
Its current home at 1318 U St., N.W., less
than a block away from the Reeves Center,
is about to be razed to make way for a new
high-rise ofce and residential building
similar to numerous other buildings
popping up in the booming neighborhood.
In announcing Washingtons
appointment to head the Ofce of GLBT
Affairs, Gray said he is certain Washington
will continue the ofces high standards
set by his predecessor, Jeffrey Richardson.
Richardson left the GLBT Affairs post
last month after Gray appointed him as
executive director of the Mayors Ofce
of Volunteerism, which is also known as
Serve D.C.
Washington, 39, is a D.C. native with
a political science degree from George
Washington University and a music
degree from Howard University. Among
his numerous LGBT community activities,
he was co-founder of the Bisexual,
Lesbian and Gay Organization of Students
at Howard known then as BLAGOSAH.
He worked as a presidential appointee
in the Clinton administration in the 1990s
and later worked for the D.C. HIV/AIDS
services and prevention organization Us
Helping Us. Washington currently serves
as resources and grant development
manager at the Center for Black Equity,
which was formerly called the International
Federation of Black Prides.
Sterling Washington is well acquainted
with a broad swath of the Districts LGBT
community, and I expect him to be a natural
t for this important role, Gray said.
Im proud that D.C. is a national
and international leader in protecting
our residents rights regardless of their
sexual orientation or gender identity, and
Sterling is eminently qualied to continue
the excellent work that Jeffrey Richardson
has done in ensuring we continue to be a
city that values safety and equality for all,
the mayor said.
Im honored to serve under Mayor
Gray, who has a very clear outline of what
he wants the LGBT community to be,
Washington told the Blade. All of his
priorities are integrating every member of
the LGBT community into the city as part
of his One City Action Plan.
Washington said he will remain in his
current job for the next few weeks and
is scheduled to begin as director of the
GLBT Affairs Ofce on Jan. 7.
D.C. Center President Michael Sessa
said the developer that owns the building
where the Center is currently housed had
offered the Center a $15,000 rent rebate if
it vacates the premises by Dec. 31.
Sessa said that as recently as Monday,
with the Center still searching for a new
home, it appeared that it would have to
stay in its current building a while longer
and miss out on the rebate offer.
But to his and Center Executive Director
David Mariners amazement and delight,
an ofcial with the D.C. Department of
General Services informed the Center
late Monday afternoon that the city had
accepted the Centers bid for the Reeves
Center space.
Well be calling on volunteers and
lining up help to move into the new space
as best we can by the 31st, Sessa said.
The D.C. Centers new location at
the Reeves Center consists of 2,468
square feet of space and it includes a
street entrance on 14th Street as well
as an interior entrance, according to
Darrell Pressley, a spokesperson for the
Department of General Services.
Sessa said the new space is about
double that of the current space. He said
the rent will be $4,000 per month, a gure
between 50 percent and 60 percent below
market value for rent in the area.
Sessa and Mariner said the below
market rent is part of a city program that
seeks to bring in community services to the
bustling business and residential area as
a means of enhancing the neighborhood
and the community.
The rental agreement allows the Center
to remain in the space for up to 15 years.
The D.C. Center participated in a
competitive bidding process for the space
that included both non-prots and local
businesses, submitting their original proposal
in April 2012, the Center said in a statement
posted on its website Tuesday night.
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New Council member longtime
LGBT rights supporter
The D.C. Democratic State Committee voted Monday night to appoint its
chairperson, Anita Bonds, a longtime ally of the citys LGBT community, to ll a
vacant at-large seat on the City Council until a special election is held in April.
Bonds, 67, has the reputation of being a consummate political insider who has
been aligned with Ward 8 D.C. Council member and former Mayor Marion Barry
since 1978, when Barry won election as mayor on a strong pro-gay rights platform.
I have been supportive of the gay community for as long as I can remember,
Bonds told the Blade on Tuesday.
Her comment came a few hours after she was sworn in to ll a Council seat that
became vacant when Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) won election
as Council Chair.
Shes the political operative extraordinaire, said commentator Mark Plotkin
on Fox Five News.
At least seven out LGBT people are members of the D.C. Democratic State
Committee, including the president and vice president of governmental and
political affairs of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the citys largest LGBT
political group.
Two LGBT members reached on Tuesday said they voted for Bonds over her
two challengers, former State Committee member John Capozzi and current
State Committee member Douglas Sloan.
Gay State Committee members Bill OField of Ward 1 and Barrie Daneker of
Ward 5 told the Blade they voted for Bonds because they admire her work in city
government and politics for more than 30 years and recognize her longstanding
support on LGBT issues.
Former Stein Club President David Meadows, who worked for Bonds as a State
Committee staffer from 2007 to 2011, called Bonds a pioneer straight supporter
of LGBT equality going back to the 1970s.
Seventy-one of the State Committees 80 members turned out to vote on the
Council appointment at a meeting on the campus of Catholic University in Ward
5, where Bonds lives. She received 55 votes, capturing the Council appointment
in a rst-ballot vote.
Sloan received 7 votes and Capozzi received 5 votes. Two members attending
the meeting didnt vote for any of the three candidates, and a ballot cast by
another member was invalidated, according to Daneker.
Sloan and Capozzi, like Bonds, are members of the Stein Club and are strong
supporters of LGBT rights.
Bonds said she plans to run in the special election scheduled for April 23, where
as many as eight ore more candidates are expected to enter the race, possibly
including gay activist Nick McCoy.
Bonds association with Barry began at a time when Barry was considered
the nations most LGBT supportive big city mayor. Although Barry continues to
express support for LGBT equality in general, he lost support from most of the
citys LGBT political activists in 2009, when he and his Council colleague, Yvette
Alexander (D-Ward 7), became the only two of the 13 Council members to vote
against the citys same-sex marriage law.
I am a proponent of marriage equality, Bonds told the Blade on Tuesday. I
watched him give his explanation, she said, referring to Barrys assertion that he
was acting on behalf of his Ward 8 constituents, whom he said opposed same-sex
marriage.
But I would have voted for it, Bonds said.
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facing LGBT community
A Federal Bureau of Investigation
report this week noted more than a fth
of all bias-motivated incidents in 2011
were motivated by the victims sexual
orientation.
Statistics the FBIs Uniform Crime
Reporting Program published indicate
20.8 percent of the 6,216 bias incidents
reported to the agency last year were
motivated by sexual orientation, compared
to 46.9 percent prompted by race. The
agency noted in its 2010 report that
19.3 percent of reported incidents were
prompted by anti-gay bias, compared to
47.3 percent that were racially motivated
and 20 percent based on religion.
The 2011 FBI hate crimes data is a
sad reminder that even as we make great
strides towards equality under the law,
LGBT people [continue to] face dangers
in America, Human Rights Campaign
President Chad Grifn said. We must
rid our country of the violence that has
devastated our community for far too
long.
The FBI released its report less than
three weeks after an Alabama womans
girlfriends brother allegedly attacked her
in what some maintain was an anti-gay
hate crime. (Mallory Owens told a reporter
with WKRG in Mobile, Ala., after she left
the hospital that Travis Hawkins, Jr., did
not attack her on Thanksgiving night
because of her sexual orientation.)
A 23-year-old gay Latino man was
assaulted outside his Columbia Heights
apartment on Oct. 27 in what D.C. police
have categorized as a hate crime based
on the victims sexual orientation and
ethnicity.
Metropolitan Police Department
statistics indicate there have been 42
bias-related crimes based on sexual
orientation between January and October
in D.C., compared to 35 over the same
period in 2011. The MPD reports there
have been nine anti-transgender crimes in
the nations capital between January and
October, compared to seven during the
same period last year.
The latest FBI report does not include
statistics on bias-related incidents based
on gender identity and expression, but the
agency will begin to collect them next year
as outlined in the Matthew Shepard and
James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention
Act that President Obama signed in 2009.
The FBI will begin to report them in 2014.
The FBIs hate crime report, like MPDs,
does not represent the actual occurrence
of hate crimes, Hassan Naveed, vice
chair of Gays and Lesbians Opposing
Violence, told the Washington Blade.
There is mass under-reporting of all hate
crimes motivated by race or sexual
orientation since many people from
underrepresented communities do not
feel comfortable reporting these attacks
to the police.
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence
Programs in May reported the number of
anti-LGBT murders in 2011 rose 11 percent
from 2010. The agency noted 87 percent
of the 30 anti-LGBT homicide victims were
LGBT people of color, with trans women
comprising 40 percent of those who lost
their lives to anti-LGBT bias-motivated
crimes.
The one thing we may be seeing
is the impact of the Matthew Shepard
James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes law bringing
attention to this issue, NCAVP Executive
Director Sharon Stapel told the Blade in
response to the latest FBI report. But
were still dealing with large numbers
of people who either dont know how
to report to the police or choose not to
report to the police. I would say that
even these numbers dont represent the
amount of hate violence people in the
United States face.
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down the same-sex marriage ban without
ruling on the merits of the case.
This court has been interested in
standing for a long time, NeJaime said.
The conservatives on the court have
consistently cut back standing, so its not
shocking to me that the court is at least
interested in that standing question, and
I also think it could be slightly strategic
so that there is this other issue in the
case that would allow the court to avoid
a ruling on the merits if they decided that
they dont want to do that.
The question of what would happen
if parties lack standing in the DOMA
case gets a little murkier because the
issue affects both the plaintiffs (the
Justice Department) and the defendants
(BLAG). On Tuesday, the Supreme Court
announced that it had hired Vicki Jackson,
a Harvard lawyer, to argue that neither the
Obama administration nor BLAG have
standing to petition the court in the case.
Still, the consensus among legal experts
is that justices would likely conclude both
parties have standing in the DOMA case
to evaluate the law on its merits, even
though many raised questions about BLAG
because its a ve-member committee and
not reective of the position of Congress, or
even the House, as a whole.
Hunter said precedent exists for the
Supreme Court to hear a case in which the
Justice Department has declined to defend
a law and members of Congress have taken
up defense of the statute instead.
The reason here that I think ve
members of the court will reach the
merits in the DOMA case is that the
practical necessity for them to do so is
just overwhelming, Hunter said. I just
dont see them allowing a federal statute
to just kind of evaporate in this situation
without consideration of the merits. Im
cautiously optimistic that when they do
consider the merits, they will nd DOMA
unconstitutional, but my hunch is that the
standing question is more likely to end up
being important in the Prop 8 case than it
will be in the DOMA case.
5. What would happen if the
Supreme Court applied
heightened scrutiny to its ruling?
Another outcome in the cases that would
be benecial to the LGBT community is a
determination by the Supreme Court that
laws related to sexual orientation should
be subjected to heightened scrutiny, or a
greater assumption theyre unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court has never declared
that laws related to sexual orientation
should be subjected to a higher level
of scrutiny as it has for race, national
origin, gender and alienage even in high-
prole cases such as Lawrence v. Texas,
which struck down state sodomy laws
throughout the country, and Romer v.
Evans, which struck down Colorados anti-
gay Amendment 2. Still, the belief that
sexual orientation laws merit this level of
scrutiny is the view held by the Obama
administration and the U.S. Second
Circuit of Appeals, the court from which
the DOMA case was appealed.
Legal experts said such a ruling from
the Supreme Court in which justices
applied heightened scrutiny would
benet lawsuits challenging other anti-
gay laws throughout the country
whether they be the Arizona law stripping
away domestic partner benets from
state employees or the Tennessee law
prohibiting municipalities from passing
non-discrimination ordinances.
While it seems that making a decision
on laws related to sexual orientation are
subjected to heightened scrutiny would
automatically institute the rst outcome
enumerated in this piece the invalidation
of all restrictions throughout the country
legal experts say that might not be the case.
NeJaime said the application of
heightened scrutiny in the DOMA case would
make it more likely for them to strike down
Prop 8 as well, but it wouldnt necessarily
apply to same-sex marriage bans elsewhere.
They could apply heightened scrutiny
to Prop 8, which they could frame as a
very specic question, and then it would
take a future case to apply heightened
scrutiny to some marriage ban, like a ban
in Arkansas where theres no domestic
partnership, NeJaime said.
Some observers have speculated
that the Supreme Court selected the
Windsor case as the vehicle to determine
the constitutionality of DOMA because
thats the only case in which a federal
appeals court has ruled the anti-gay law is
unconstitutional by applying heightened
scrutiny to the statute.
But Hunter disputed that notion and
said the decision to take up Windsor is
the result of U.S. Associate Justice Elena
Kagans involvement in the other lawsuit
in which an appeals court made a ruling
against DOMA the consolidated case
of Gill v. Ofce of Personnel Management
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v.
Department of Health & Human Services
when she was U.S. solicitor general
and the Obama administration was still
defending the law in court.
What makes the most sense is to have
all nine justices participate in that decision,
and Kagan cant participate in Gill. Hunter
said. I think they were waiting for a second
court of appeals to produce an opinion,
and I think they would have taken whatever
case wasnt Gill. It was sort of anything but
Gill, and thats purely because of the Kagan
recusal problem.
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Uruguayan lawmakers on Tuesday
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would legalize same-sex marriage in the
South American country.
The measure passed in the countrys
House of Representatives by an 81-6
vote more than six hours after lawmakers
began debating it.
Deputy Gerardo Amarilla cited what
he described as isolated terrorists that
cry homophobia before any dissenting
opinion before claiming the same-sex
marriage law would further undermine
the family. The Associated Press reported
Deputy Anibel Gloodtdofsky of the right-
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and other supporters of the measure
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of the Uruguayan Congress in Montevideo,
the countrys capital, as he spoke to the
Washington Blade from Toronto where
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Uruguay, which has allowed gays and
lesbians to enter into civil unions since
2009, would become the second South
American country after neighboring
Argentina to allow same-sex marriage.
Gays and lesbians have been able to
legally marry in Mexico City since 2010,
while Ecuador allows civil unions for same-
sex couples.
Same-sex couples in Colombia will
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act upon a court ruling that orders them to
legislate the matter. A Colombian Senate
committee last week approved a measure that
would legalize nuptials for gays and lesbians.
The Mexican Supreme Court on Dec. 5
unanimously struck down a law in the state
of Oaxaca that banned nuptials for gays
and lesbians after three same-sex couples
tried to apply for marriage licenses. Local
advocates and observers expect the
decision will eventually lead to same-sex
marriage across Mexico.
Even though Uruguay is poised to
become the 12th country to legalize
same-sex marriage, Queiruga reiterated
his group will continue to advocate on
behalf of LGBT Uruguayans.
He noted the country has been on the
vanguard of progressive social legislation
in Latin America and the world in regards
to divorce, workers rights and other issues.
A non-discrimination law that includes
sexual orientation and gender identity and
expression took effect in 2004.
This is the last major law that was needed
to be approved for the LGBT population,
Queiruga told the Blade, noting Uruguay
already has same-sex adoption, anti-
transgender discrimination and civil unions
laws. We are very happy. Well denitely
empower to continue ghting for other
rights we have happens throughout
the world. The trans population is most
vulnerable. In Uruguay its no exception.
This year ve trans people were murdered
because of their identity, so we are going to
continue ghting for our rights.
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Del. Maggie McIntosh (D-43) was
selected as one of the ve nominees for
the Baltimore Suns annual Marylander of
the Year award. Voting occurs online, and
the papers editorial board will consider
the votes in making the nal call as to who
wins the honor.
McIntosh, who represents such northern
Baltimore neighborhoods as Charles
Village, Waverly, Lauraville and Guilford
and is the chair of the powerful House
Environmental Matters Committee, is
up against fellow nominees NAACP
President Benjamin Jealous, Baltimore
Orioles manager Buck Showalter, Olympic
champion Michael Phelps and Maryland
Gov. Martin OMalley. She is the only
woman in the nal ve.
The Question 6 win will be one of
my happiest moments, McIntosh told
the Blade. It is due to so many talented
and courageous people in Maryland.
I feel blessed just working with them.
The campaign attracted thousands of
volunteers and donors. I am especially
grateful to my colleagues Luke Clippinger
and Rich Madaleno who worked daily and
long hours toward victory. HRC, SEIU,
AFSME, ACLU, and Equality Maryland
provided the base funding and so much
personnel time that led to this historic
victory.
At press time Del. McIntosh was in
second place, trailing only Os skipper
Showalter.
Couples begin receiving
marriage licenses
Dec. 6 marked yet another historic
milestone in Marylands hard-fought
journey for the legalization of same-
sex marriage. Following Gov. Martin
OMalleys certication of election results
a legal requirement that is executed 30
days after the election in which same-
sex marriage was upheld by 52 percent
of the electorate through a referendum
known as Question 6, 23 circuit courts
throughout the state were able to issue
marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Though marriages between same-
sex couples cannot, by law, take effect
until Jan. 1, Attorney General Douglas F.
Gansler issued an opinion that the clerks
can provide the post-dated licenses
beginning Dec. 6 following the governors
certication.
I never thought this day would come,
Kim Hinken told the Blade after she and
her partner became the rst couple to
receive such a license at the Annapolis
Courthouse. I really imagined my life
being just with a partner and never having
a wife, so to have this day happen and to
be a part of it, it means everything to us.
It makes me feel really a part of society.
Kim, who is the Planning Committee
Chair of the Chesapeake Pride Festival,
will likely marry her ance Adri Eathorne
on Jan. 1, but the decision on the date has
not yet been made. The couple has been
together for more than 9 years and is living
in Edgewater, Md.
Clerks in several jurisdictions reported
there werent as many licenses sought
on the rst day as were expected. Some
observers attribute that to couples
preferring spring nuptials. Others say there
was no rush to get them on the rst day
and others may have already obtained the
licenses in D.C. or in some other location
where same-sex marriages are valid.
Computer changes in processing and
recording marriage licenses had to be
implemented to reect Party 1 and
Party 2 instead of Man and Woman.
In addition, the work in Annapolis remains
incomplete on marriage equality. There needs
to be a change in the tax law that allows for
joint ling of same-sex couples given that
federal tax law does not permit that based on
the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
STEVE CHARING
Del. MAGGIE MCINTOSH was nominated for
Marylander of the Year by the Baltimore Sun and is up
against Orioles manager Buck Showalter and Olympic
champion Michael Phelps.
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Bongs and bouquets both won big last
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The national election was a watershed
event for both same-sex marriage and mari-
juana legalization. These issues distinguished
electoral returns amid little change to the fed-
eral political scene.
Voters approved ballot initiatives legalizing
each in two states Maryland on marriage,
Colorado on recreational marijuana use, and
Washington state on both. Massachusetts,
which had already decriminalized personal
marijuana use, also became the 18th state,
along with the District, to approve medicinal
cannabis dispensing.
Respective advocates celebrated inau-
gural legalization approvals at the polls for
either consumer marijuana use or civil mar-
riage equality. Dual wins were a ballot break-
through for both and epitomized evolving
attitudes on each.
When D.C. voters approved a medical
marijuana ballot initiative in 1998, few antici-
pated that counterparts elsewhere would le-
galize the drug for general usage before the
city would implement its medicinal program.
When St. Nick hits town for his annual holi-
day visit, the long-stemmed pipe traditionally
depicted protruding from his mouth will again
be empty of any special substance.
It remains a violation of local law to procure
or possess pot for either pain or pleasure.
Three years ago, Congress nally ended a
nine-year ban on the medical marijuana mea-
sure passed with 69 percent voter endorse-
ment. It was expected that the city would
establish a distribution program no later than
late 2011 or at least early this year.
However, with the D.C. government imple-
mentation plan encountering obstacles and
delays at every turn, it will likely be most of the
year before the rst ounce of pot is distributed
to a qualied patient. Not a single sanctioned
marijuana plant is yet growing for harvest.
Following D.C. Council approval of en-
abling legislation in 2010, it took the District
government nearly a year to release the
rulemaking necessary to move the program
forward. City ofcials counseled patience
at the time, given the inherent conict with
federal drug laws, despite the compassion-
ate purpose. While D.C. Council member
and Committee on Health Chair David
Catania was widely credited for wisely mar-
shaling a cautious and deliberate course,
program parameter limitations became an
unfortunate byproduct.
As a result, the plan established the na-
tions most restrictive patient qualications
limited to those suffering from HIV/AIDS,
cancer, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis
and allowed a modest monthly prescription
quantity, prohibited in-home cultivation and
established only a small number of cultiva-
tion and distribution centers. The regulatory
requirements for participating businesses are
strict and necessitate signing waivers releasing
the city from legal complicity should the fed-
eral government prosecute a crackdown.
The countrys capital was acknowledged to
be a notably inconvenient jurisdiction to chal-
lenge federal law, along with the other state
programs in operation and with much less
stringent policies. As it turned out, such fears
proved well founded.
The Obama administration startled patient
caregivers and medical marijuana advocates
by backtracking on a campaign pledge to
take a hands-off approach on the issue. The
Justice Department began utilizing multiple
federal agencies and its own powers to initi-
ate scattershot selective attacks prosecuting
programs and issued dire warnings of further
enforcement. The presidents policy became
surprisingly schizophrenic and injected serious
concern of intensied drug wars.
Making matters worse, the city bestowed
Advisory Neighborhood Commissions with
direct inuence in approval of growing and
giving locations. At the beginning of the
year, D.C. Council members representing
the few areas both appropriately zoned and
with suitable building stock for marijuana
cultivation centers objected to their loca-
tion there. Quarreling at the Wilson Building
resulted in a cap on the number of grow-
ing centers allowed in churlish-chip-on-its-
shoulder Ward 5 in Northeast Washington.
Subsequent seemingly endless reviews of
business proposals further hampered and
delayed progress.
There is now real fear that the program,
once underway, will not generate sufcient
product to match even the limited number
eligible to participate. Ten planned cultiva-
tion centers have devolved to only six. A 95
plant limit at each, designed to lessen any
federal liabilities, exacerbates the supply
situation. Interaction with illicit drug dealers
remains a more viable ongoing option with
each passing day.
Its enough to make Santa cry.
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New leaders are
strangers who usurped
Democratic process
By JERI HUGHES
The Gertrude Stein Club election for
ofcers on Dec. 3 was a farce. It became
a farce when a group of new members
most whom have never attended a Stein
Club meeting or participated in the local
issues affecting the District attended the
election night process with the sole inten-
tion of usurping the Stein Club leadership.
Martin Garcia, Angela Peoples, and
Vincent Villano the individuals who
won the election state that they are
active and involved in issues that are re-
lated to the LGBT community. That may
very well be. The reality is I dont know.
My associates at the Stein Club dont
know. They are strangers. By their own
admission, none had been Stein Club
members for more than a week. None
are representative of the population that
has steadfastly and painstakingly partici-
pated in the process or progress that the
Stein Club has endorsed and initiated
within the District of Columbia.
Had they desired to enhance the
Clubs efforts, or make the Club more ef-
fective, they would have been welcomed
to participate. They would have been
welcomed as friends and as members. I
must assume that they were just too busy
or preoccupied to be a part of that effort.
They did not have time to work with the
Club, or the members this year or in the
years before. They did, however, have
the time and energy to recruit 40 or so
of their associates to pay dues and stack
votes immediately prior to this election of
Club ofcers. This might be a neat trick to
win an election, but it does not inspire my
faith in their integrity or in the process of
Democracy. Quite the opposite.
To maintain electoral integrity, there
is a 30-day mandatory Club membership
prior to a vote on the endorsement of
political candidates. This is to ensure that
only real and actual Stein Club members
participate in the electoral process. Un-
scrupulous candidates could potentially
stack the vote with their supporters to
gain advantage. Unfortunately, that same
waiting period does not apply to the elec-
tion of Club ofcers, which in hindsight,
of course, is an extremely poor policy.
This vulnerability facilitated the elec-
tion of Garcia, Peoples, and Villano. In
future elections, it could potentially fa-
cilitate adversarial organizations like
the National Organization for Marriage
or the Family Research Council to stack
new members and essentially destroy the
Clubs mission. Admittedly, the maneuver
was effective and legal. Some might even
call it clever. I witnessed the ballot count.
It was an accurate victory supported by
a margin of two to ve votes. No matter
how clever or effective the strategy, it was
not ethical. It does nothing to enhance
the credibility or integrity of the Gertrude
Stein Club, or the fair application of our
ofcer elections. Personally, I believe
that their strategy exhibits contempt for
the actual participating Stein Club mem-
bership, and the Stein Club in general.
The election process on Dec. 3 is an
irrevocable scar on the exemplary history
of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club.
Even though the newly elected ofcers
may harbor the best of intentions and
provide youth, enthusiasm and talent
to the organization, their introduction
to the Club outweighs any benet that
they might contribute. Ethics isnt a mere
word. It is a way of life.
It is a measure of how the Gertrude
Stein Democratic Club has maintained
credibility and support from our neigh-
bors and our allies. We cannot afford to
compromise that reputation.

LGBT media, advocacy
groups mostly mum on
landmark APA decision
A friend who edits a major gay newspa-
per asked me last week for my thoughts
about the dearth of news reports and
analysis regarding the landmark revision
of the DSM, the mental health bible,
on Dec. 1. That revision, the DSM-5, re-
denes Gender Identity Disorder as Gen-
der Dysphoria, afrming that being trans
is not a mental illness.
I had noticed the general silence, with
the exception of good stories by Mike La-
vers in the Blade and Zack Ford in Think-
Progress. The trans blogosphere was ac-
tive, as expected, but when I researched
the gay blogosphere, I noticed nothing
from the major gay blogs, websites and
listserves, and no more than brief blog
and Facebook mentions from our major
LGBT organizations. No banner head-
lines anywhere. This was before the Su-
preme Court accepted the Prop 8 and
DOMA cases last Friday, a story that un-
derstandably grabbed all the attention,
and ended up on the front page above
the fold at The New York Times.
What is most striking is that this decision
from the American Psychiatric Association
mirrors the one 40 years earlier that sparked
the gay rights movement by de-pathologiz-
ing homosexuality. So why the silence?
Theres a basic fact of business life
provide value to your consumers, or
change your business model. The gay
media respond to consumers just as any
other business. The publishers, be they
papers, magazines or blogs, ll a need.
Taking that into account, Ive come to
believe that there are two reasons, some-
what intertwined, for the silence. The
rst is that while we call ourselves the
LGBT community, the T has a small place
when it comes to attention and resourc-
es (though far greater than the B). We
make up only 8 percent of the commu-
nity according to Professor Gary Gates,
and only 11 percent of Americans know
a trans person, while 60 percent know a
gay person. When there is little contact,
there is little commitment. Thats human
nature, nothing about which we should
complain. Human communities are driv-
en by self-interest, as is our economy.
Just as coming out has propelled the gay
rights movement, so must more trans
persons come out to be noticed by the
media, and that includes the gay media.
One story my friend related was about
a lesbian friend who had cared nothing
about trans rights, until she was shifted
at work to a department where her boss
was a trans woman. It was now in her
self-interest to really get to know a trans
person, and because her boss, whom I
happen to know, is a lovely woman and
great role model, shes become an activ-
ist. That is one example of what it takes.
Another example, recently in the LGBT
press, was the story by that same Mike La-
vers headlined, Chiles First Openly Gay
Elected Ofcial Takes Ofce. I had the
pleasure getting to know Jaime Parada
Hoyl during a State Department visit of
LGBT activists from Latin America in early
September. Jaime is clearly worthy of a
news story, but buried near the bottom
was the notice that he was joined by a trans
woman who was elected to a municipal
council, as well as another trans woman re-
elected as a Council woman that same day.
Yet that day the trans story wasnt the story.
It had never been the story, though one
might think that a country that has elected
a trans person before a gay person would
be worthy of note.
I also think there is a deeper issue. Yes,
more gay folks should care about trans
people because were all sexual minorities
and suffer similar discrimination. Whats
been missing, however, is recognition by
the gay leadership, including the media,
that the historic trans victories of the past
12 months have hugely positive implica-
tions for the greater gay community.
The trans community has been liber-
ated because of a recognition that trans
discrimination, and, more broadly, discrimi-
nation against gender-non-conforming in-
dividuals, is wrong, and as a result is now
illegal under federal law with respect to
employment, and increasingly recognized
as unconstitutional. The Macy and Glenn
decisions this past year have expanded the
courts recognition that gender expression
discrimination is sex discrimination, and
hence, illegal and unconstitutional.
As homophobia is rooted in gender
expression, publicly discussed by Su-
zanne Pharr back in 1988, and therefore,
is, by denition, sex discrimination, it
is the logical path to full gay liberation.
Marriage equality is wonderful, increas-
ing our sense of dignity and the recogni-
tion of that dignity by our fellow citizens,
but gender-conforming gay men and les-
bians are still subject to workplace, hous-
ing and public accommodations discrimi-
nation in many regions in America. There
is much yet to be done.
Will the LGBT media recognize this,
and help move us all forward? I sure hope
so, as it is in their best interest, and self-
interest is the best and most potent inter-
est there is.
Jeri Hughes is a local Democratic and transgender
rights activist.
Why the silence over trans victories?
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Any touring musician will tell you life on the road
even when you can afford rst class all the way can get
to you after years of going through the endless recording/
promoting/touring/repeat cycle.
Two gospel music veterans who, at different times
and to varying degrees, each spent years out of the
limelight, are back with a wildly unexpected joint project
an album called The Hymns of Christmas on which
they trade leads and harmonies and a 14-date mini-tour
to support it. On Monday night, Jennifer Knapp and
Margaret Becker play the Birchmere in Alexandria, Va.
Knapp, 38, released her rst major label album to the
Christian market in 1998 and worked solidly touring and
recording through 2002 at which time she went on a long
hiatus, moved to Australia and pretty much gave up on
any thoughts of continuing her career. She came out as
a lesbian in April 2010 and released a comeback album
called Letting Go. She maintains her Christian faith
but says, though she doesnt claim to be a theologian,
that she believes many of the scriptures traditionally
used to condemn gays have been misunderstood and
misinterpreted.
Becker, 53, was practically peerless among Christian
music women rockers in her heyday. She released her
rst album in 1987 and though she recorded plenty of
ballads and exhibited tremendous songwriting prowess,
she always rocked harder than her contemporaries
like Amy Grant or Twila Paris. Becker enjoyed a great
run throughout the late 80s and 90s but slowed down
tremendously by the 00s. Her new effort with Knapp is her
rst new material since 2007s Air.
During a lunch break last week between back-to-back
shows in Canton, Ohio and Indianapolis, Knapp elds a
bevy of questions on how she has settled into being an
openly gay singer, the collaboration with Becker and how
it came about and what fans can expect from their show
next week at the Birchmere.
Its a highly non-glam tour and Knapp makes no attempt
to hide it. Theyre sharing a van and Becker is in line getting
lunch at a Subway while Knapp answers Blade questions.
Though the interview is with Knapp, Becker quickly follows
up with some e-mail inquiries later in the day.
Its just gonna be Margaret and I with a couple of
acoustic guitars, but dont let that fool you, Knapp says.
Its one of the most fun times Ive ever had and its not
gonna be some pared down girly acoustic thing. Its gonna
be a really good, full-voiced night. It shocks me when I look
over at her and see how much she gives each night.
Though not as active as she formerly was, Becker still
speaks at religious womens events and participates in
hymn recording projects. Her audience is very much part
of the Nashville-based contemporary Christian industry,
the ranks of which both she and Knapp came through.
The two met in about 2000 when they both participated
in a pair of multiple-artist projects and became friends.
Knapp, who long has admired Becker, says it took no arm-
twisting to convince Becker to record and tour with her,
though many gospel fans turned their back on Knapp.
Fortunately its not really an issue weve had, Knapp
says. Tonights going to be a prime example. Were
playing at a United Methodist church in Indianapolis. It will
be a lovely Christmas evening and the last thing well be
talking about is our sexual orientation. Its a huge step for
that church to host somebody like me and just proceed as
if its business as usual but I think were seeing that more
and more in terms of the public consciousness. I think we
saw that in this last election. Its great that people can take
that and not draw this unusual amount of attention to it.
Thats really the extraordinary part of it.
Becker, in an e-mail exchange, says shes not nding
fans and those coming to the shows to be inferring
anything about her life or ministry by her collaboration
with Knapp.
The audiences who are supporting this are music
lovers who recognize when the work is symbiotic and
complementary, Becker says. Weve played this tour to
those people, groups that I consider to be overlapping
supporters from both of our bases. They are respectful
and come for the music and spirit or the art of the material.
I dont think they give it much more thought than that and
to me, thats perfect. Thats how it should be.
And for the record, Becker says her own personal life
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Joey DeRuy says being gay was such a non-issue during his coming-of-age
years, he truly doesnt remember much about it and says he never really had a
coming-out experience.
I just remember getting sexual in Kenya, the 35-year-old Helena, Mont.,
native says. My African name, which I cant remember how to spell, meant
brotherly love. I dont remember much about it. I just know that as I was coming
of age, it was just more about guys than girls nothing and about it really seemed
any different. I started dating, would bring guys home to meet my Dad. I was
just sort of raised in an environment where that was no different than it would
have been for a heterosexual kid. I didnt really realize this was an issue for
anybody until I was a young adult in Texas and I saw so many kids struggling
with this. There may have been people in my family who objected, but if so, I was
completely oblivious to it and my parents always knew and were supportive.
DeRuy, a full-time artist and painter, says hes gradually realized being an
artist gives him a pass in a lot of peoples minds.
With conservative people, its almost like if youre an artist and youre gay
its OK but if youre a gay accountant, then youre going to hell, he says with a
laugh. People are more forgiving when youre from the creative side.
After more than a decade in San Francisco, DeRuy moved to Washington in
April. Hed painted an Uncle Sam portrait in his trademark gurative portraiture
style and a private collector who works in politics whom DeRuy declines to
name, persuaded him to come here to work. Since then, hes been networking
and continuing, of course, to create art, which he does Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and has for the last 15 years. Seven large pieces and
several smaller ones are part of a poetry/art show One Night Stand that
opens tonight at the D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) from 6-8 p.m. DeRuys
pieces, all for sale, will be on display through the end of January at the Center.
Half of what sells will go to the Center. DeRuy says his prices vary radically
depending on whos buying, market demand at any given time and the size of
the piece. Visit him online at joeyderuy.com.
I love it, he says. It takes a lot of work and a lot of discipline and you have
to be a really strong person to do it just like anybody who generates their own
work. But its really not any different from any self-employed person. It has
its moments of not knowing what youre doing, but I feel very honored and
grateful to get to do it.
DeRuy is single and lives in Logan Circle. He enjoys theater, the gym, picnics,
sports, travel, meeting guys, people watching, being in nature and sketching in
his free time.
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
I have always been out Ive never
had an issue telling anyone.
WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
Barney Frank
WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
Black Cat, the Drafting table,
Blackjack/Pearl Dive Oyster Palace.

DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
A wedding that has equality. No gay
wedding or straight wedding, but
just a marriage between two people. A
marriage on the beach sounds nice.

WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
The environment.

WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
That the U.S. never had slavery. That
when we came to the new world, it was
free for everyone.

WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
Technology. The big switch from
analog to digital TV is under valued.

ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
Pick up your garbage. Pick up
garbage thats not yours. Dont litter.
The community will grow and gain as a
result.

WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
Partys over captioned to the
photo I posted of the art tents being
broken down from Art Basel Miami last
weekend.

IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
The Famous Unfamous
IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Nothing. It never registered with me
that I needed a cure for myself and would
never want to change my lifes plan.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
Yes. Very much so.

WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
MOVEMENT LEADERS?
Stop self and community judgment.

WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS
HOT COALS FOR?
Dating the perfect guy.

WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS
YOU MOST?
That its all about sex and drugs.

WHATS YOUR FAVORITE LGBT
MOVIE?
Ma Vie En Rose

WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
The way that we connect. Social
media, texting, its great, but I miss the
old days when people went into public
spaces and engaged each other.

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MOST COVET?
My award for most runs of the season
from my softball team.

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Better condence and awareness of
self and the world. The bigger picture.
How to better utilize money and take
care of myself better.
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be as valuable to learning and growth
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With the hotly anticipated lm version
of Les Misrables poised to open on
Christmas day, its an exciting time to be
connected to the musical.
For me, just being in Les Mis is a
dream come true but to be in it right now
is almost overwhelming, says gay actor
Jason Forbach, a cast member in the
shows 25th anniversary tour production
currently playing at National Theatre. It
feels like a perfect moment in time.
Forbach plays Enjolras, the iconic young
revolutionary who leads the students in an
ardent but unsuccessful anti-monarchist
uprising. In Victor Hugos epic novel
(on which the show is based), Enjolras is
described as angelically beautiful. No
pressure there, quips handsome Forbach
before rhapsodizing on his characters
other admirable qualities: Im in love
with this guy. Hes a passionate idealist
who dies for what he believes in. Trying to
grasp on to that magic is a challenge. Its
the most important role Ive ever played.
Set against the political conicts of
early 19th century Paris, Les Misrables
follows the travails of Jean Valjean, an
honest French peasant who spends
almost 20 years in prison for stealing a loaf
of bread to feed his starving family. After
his release he breaks parole and attempts
to make a fresh start under an assumed
identity, but Valjeans attempts to separate
from the past are thwarted by police
inspector Javert who remains doggedly
on his trail. Hugos material translates into
powerful and uplifting theater.
While it sometimes feels there was never
a world without Les Misrables and Alain
Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenbergs
popular score that includes familiar tunes
like I Dreamed a Dream, On My
Own, Bring Him Home, Empty Chairs
at Empty Tables and Enjolras stirring
anthem Do You Hear the People Sing?,
the show in fact premiered in London in
1985 and made its American debut at the
Kennedy Center in 1986 before moving to
New York where it set records as the third
longest-running Broadway show to date.
Over the years, it has toured the globe.
The production now playing in D.C. was
especially reconceived for the anniversary
tour that began two years ago and shows
no signs of ending anytime soon.
The new production has enough
familiar elements so as not to disappoint
diehard fans, but a lot of innovation to
keep the show young, including co-
director Laurence Connor and James
Powells new staging and efforts to make
the show grittier, more real, Forbach, 34,
says. Emotions are raw. Theres nothing
played or musical theater about it.
Also, the famous turntable is gone;
instead the new production features a
series of 3-D projected images fashioned
in the style of Hugos paintings.
These sepia-toned cityscapes and
abstracts make both the actors and the
audiences feel more immersed in the
story, Forbach says.
Les Misrables is a hard show to sing,
even for Forbach, a Kansas City native
who studied classical voice in graduate
school at the New England Conservatory
in Boston before trading a budding career
in opera for Broadway musicals. Its also
physically demanding he suffered a
dislocated rib and has had other injuries
playing Enjolras.
Its demanding all the way around.
Eight performances a week of dying on
the barricades while screaming out a
complicated score can be difcult but its
the realness of this extreme situation that
makes it easier to keep the show fresh.
You just cant fake it.
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Tis the season for sweets, baked goods
and holiday treats. If youre letting your
diet slide for a few weeks, then you might
as well have some of the best tasting
calories you can nd.
The new bakery, Grassroots Gourmet
(104 Rhode Island Ave NW) is here to help
you with all your sweet cravings, creating
the perfect dessert for your holiday party.
Its also the perfect place to grab a quick
bite to help power you through a long day
of holiday shopping.
Gay baker and co-owner Sara Fatell and
her cousin Jamilyah Smith-Kanze opened
Grassroots Gourmet Nov. 21, but have
been operating a made-to-order business
since 2009. When they started to outgrow
that arrangement they began looking for a
kitchen in the area that they could call their
own. Both Smith-Kanze and Fatell say that
baking leads to sharing, it is comforting,
delicious and helps build community by
fostering communication, and thats
why they chose their Bloomingdale
neighborhood to open their storefront.
Most things at the bakery are a team
effort although Fatell is the baking
expert and Smith-Kanze is the business
expert. Fatell is hoping Smith-Kanze
takes on the roll of dish washing expert
as well. Fatell started baking when
she was a child with her mother and
grandmother, and started experimenting
with different ingredients and avors as
a stress reliever when she was working
as a political organizer in college. Both
love experimenting with avors, which
is evident when you look at the bakery
case and see decadent creations like
the Cardamom Chai cupcakes (which I
recently served to guests at a dinner party
to rave reviews). Other specialties include
assorted whoopee pies, chocolate mint
cookies and a pumpkin mufn with cream
cheese lling and streusel top. When I
stopped in to interview the owners, they
were working on their newest holiday
creation, Cranberry Ginger Rugelach.
The cranberry ginger rugelach was an
idea that came to Smith-Kanze one day
when she was washing dishes in the back of
the store, so she yelled it over the nine foot
dividing wall to Fatell and a new recipe was
born. Being able to create new avors and
items is one of their favorite things to do
and with the storefront their customers can
come in and try one of our creations that
may have just premiered that morning.
Fatell loves making pies for the holidays
as well as perfect red velvet cakes, which
look so festive. Smith-Kanzes favorite
holiday treat on the menu is the mini
chocolate bourbon pecan pie, which
she calls cozy. Other seasonal avors
youll nd on the menu this holiday
season include mint, cranberry, ginger
and cinnamon. I particularly enjoyed the
snicker doodle cupcake with delightfully
smooth frosting and warm cinnamon
avors. I took huge bites of this cupcake
between asking the bakers questions.
Both Fatell and Smith-Kanze also love
Kathys Cookies, which were recently
renamed for their Aunt Kathy who lost her
battle to cancer in October.
While the storefront creates new
opportunities for these business partners,
theyre still focused on the made to order
aspect of baking. All cakes and pies are
custom made. Theyll work with each
client and create the desired avor prole.
I ordered my husbands birthday cake with
chocolate ganache lling and salted caramel
frosting from Grassroots Gourmet and it
was superb. Sometimes these personalized
creations make their way onto the menu at
the store, like the Ginger cupcake with three
types of ginger (fresh, ground and candied)
that Smith-Kanze created for a former boss
engagement part.
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A Nightmare featuring Sharon Needles
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) presents A Nightmare Before Xmas with Sharon
Needles Saturday night with a special meet and greet at 9 p.m. and the show
at 10:30.
Needles is a drag performer known for her ghoulish gothic style. She came
to fame in the fourth season of RuPauls Drag Race where she was crowned
Americas Next Drag Superstar.
Tickets for the meet and greet are limited and are $50. Admission to the show
is $12. For more information, visit towndc.com.
Gay swing group plans Saturday concert
D.C. Different Drummers and D.C. Swing! presents a holiday benet gala on Saturday
night at 7 at Nage Bistro (1600 Rhode Island Ave., NW).
D.C. Swing! is under the D.C. Different Drummers umbrella and performs at many
Pride events, swing dances and regular concerts.
Tickets are $50. For more information, visit dcdd.org.
Team D.C. gets in the holiday spirit
Team D.C. throws its annual holiday party at Cobalt/30 Degrees (1639 R St., NW)
tonight at 6.
Team D.C. is an organization established to educate the LGBT community on the
benets of individual and team sports participation. It also works with the community to
ght discrimination against LGBT people in sports.
Admission is free and there will be free food available along with happy hour drink
prices. For more information, visit teamdcsports.com.
Lambert hosts latest VH1 Divas show
Adam Lambert hosts VH1 Divas on Sunday at 9 p.m. at Shrine Auditorium (665 W.
Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles). The show will broadcast live from the red carpet and begin
at 7.
The show brings together famous voices like Ciara, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Kelly
Rowland and Jordin Sparks to pay tribute to musics greatest divas. The show will
benet VH1 Save the Music Foundation, a non-prot organization dedicated to saving
music programs in public schools. The specials have always had high gay appeal with
appearances over the years from acts such as RuPaul, Diana Ross, the late Donna Summer,
Cher and more. Lambert is openly gay.
For more information, visit divas.vh1.com.
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Washington Symphonic Brass
Come hear world-class Brass at the Music Center at Strathmore in a concert that will knock your
Santa hats off! We'll have new settings of holiday music from France, Norway, Britain, Russia,
Finland, and Poland. In addition, we will also feature traditional American favorites in a medley by
Phil Snedecor called "Christmas Memories," a new arrangement of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,
and a blowout version of Beethoven's classic Ode to Joy. Experience this music as you never have
before; some familiar, some new, but always surprising in presentation and in delivery. See and hear
the WSB from every corner of the Music Hall at Strathmore. Don't miss it!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 7:30 PM
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From the Closet to the Altar is an
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HOT HITS & HIDDEN JEWELS
FROM CULTURECAPITAL.COM
AN I RI SH CAROL
THROUGH MON, DECEMBER 31
KEEGAN THEATRE, CHURCH STREET THEATER. 703- 893- 0202.
KEEGANTHEATRE. COM.
An homage to Dickens classic, An Irish Carol is a modern fable, told with the
biting humor and incisive candor of its Irish playwright.
ELLEN CHERRY + NAKED BLUE
FRI , DECEMBER 14
ARTI SPHERE. 703- 418- 4808. ARTI SPHERE. COM.
A night with Emmy nominated singer/songwriter ellen cherry and Jen and Scott
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JOE S MOVEMENT EMPORI UM. 301- 699- 1819.
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50 DECEMBER 14, 2012 THE GUlDE TO ARTS & CULTURE
YOUR LI NK TO THE ARTS I N METRO DC
Count Down to the New Year with
CultureCapitals Holiday Cheer!
From the traditional to the obeat, from family to adults
onlyweve gathered all the events here, under Holiday
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OPENINGS
SAT, DEC 15
Apples From the Desert, Theater J.
800-494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Synetic
Theater. 800-494-8497. synetictheater.org.
SUN, DEC 16
Axelrod String Quartet, Smithsonian
Associates, Museum of American History.
202-633-3030. smithsonianassociates.org.
TUE, DEC 18
Million Dollar Quartet, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Womens Place, JCCNV. 703-323-0880.
jccnv.org.
THU, DEC 20
Handels Messiah, NSO, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
LAST CHANCE
SUN, DEC 16
Mount Vernon by Candlelight, George
Washingtons Mount Vernon Estate and
Gardens. 703-780-2000.
mountvernon.org.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
DEC 15 - DEC 16
The Joy of Christmas, Cathedral Choral
Society, Washington National Cathedral.
202-537-6200. cathedralchoralsociety.org.
Land of Sweets, DCAC. 202-462-7833.
burlesqueclassique.com.
DEC 14 - DEC 16
NSO Pops: Happy Holidays! NSO,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
FRI, DEC 14
Cyrille Aime & Diego Figueiredo,
CenterStage. 703-476-4500.
restoncommunitycenter.com.
SAT, DEC 15
Irish Christmas in America, National
Geographic. 202-857-7588. nglive.org/dc.
The Romeros with Concerto Mlaga, GMU
Center for the Arts. 703-993-2787.
cfa.gmu.edu.
Ethan Lipton + His Orchestra: No Place to
Go, Artisphere. 703-418-4808.
artisphere.com.
My So-Called Jewish Life, SpeakeasyDC,
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue.
202-408-3100. speakeasydc.com.
Capital City Showcase, DCAC.
202-462-7833. dcartscenter.org.
SUN, DEC 16
Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
A Winter Aerial Showing, Joes Movement
Emporium. 301-699-1819.
joesmovement.secure.force.com.
Annual Holiday Concert - National
Chamber Ensemble, Artisphere.
888-841-2787.
NationalChamberEnsemble.org.
Choral Concert, Friday Morning Music
Club, JCC Greater Washington.
301-881-0100. fmmc.org.
Christmas, Washington Mens Camerata,
Church of the Epiphany. 202-364-1064.
camerata.com.
A Leahy Family Christmas, GMU Center
for the Arts. 703-993-2787. cfa.gmu.edu.
MON, DEC 17
A Dickens Christmas, Cathedral Choral
Society, Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
cathedralchoralsociety.org.
TUE, DEC 18
A Festive Evening with the Washington
Symphonic Brass, National Philharmonic,
nationalphilharmonic.org.
WED, DEC 19
18th Street Singers Christmas Concert,
strathmore.org.
Ahn Trio, CenterStage. 703-476-4500.
restoncommunitycenter.com.
ONGOING STAGE
Irving Berlins White Christmas, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
The Nutcracker, The Washington
Ballet, Warner Theatre. 202-362-3606.
washingtonballet.org.
The Aliens, Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
The Pajama Men: In the Middle of No
One, Woolly Mammoth. 202-393-3939.
woollymammoth.net.
A Christmas Carol, Fords Theatre.
800-982-2787. fords.org.
Young Robin Hood, Round House
Theatre Bethesda. 240-644-1100.
roundhousetheatre.org.
A Trip to the Moon, Synetic Theater.
800-494-8497. synetictheater.org.
Dreamgirls, Signature Theatre.
703-820-9771. signature-theatre.org.
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of
Christmas, Olney Theatre Center.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Seasonal Disorder, WIT, Source Theatre.
202-204-7770.
washingtonimprovtheater.com.
Step Afrika! Magical Musical Holiday Step
Show, Step Afrika!las. 202-399-7993.
stepafrika.org.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. NOW at the
Corcoran - Enoc Perez: UTOPIA, Ivan
Sigal: White Road, Taryn Simon: A Living
Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters
I-XVIII. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Kreeger Museum. Dan Steinhilber:
Marlin Underground, Sculpture on The
Grounds, 2011 Invitational. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Archives. To the Brink: JFK and
the Cuban Missile Crisis. 202-357-5000.
archives.gov.
National Gallery of Art. The Serial Portrait,
Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, Shock
of the News, Masterpieces of American
Furniture from the Kaufman Collection,
17001830. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
TODAY
Whitman-Walker Health offers HIV
testing at Anacostia Metro Station today
from 1-4 p.m. For more information, visit
whitman-walker.org.
Special Agent Galactica returns
with her Happy Hour Show full of jazz,
blues, cabaret, standards and comedy
tonight at 6 at the Black Fox Lounge
(1732 Connecticut Ave., NW). This week
Galactica is excited to welcome New York
singer, actor and writer Michael Vitaly
Sazonov as a special guest. Admission
is free. For more information, visit
pinkhairedone.com.
The Bethesda Art Walk takes place
in several downtown Bethesda art
galleries starting this evening at 6 p.m.
Galleries including Artworks (7740 Old
Georgetown Rd.), Consider It Done (7806
Old Georgetown Rd.) and Gallery B (7700
Wisconsin Ave.) invite participates to
view their diverse exhibitions. For more
information, visit bethesda.org.
The Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.)
hosts Dr. Who Happy Hour tonight at 7.
There will be one episode of Dr. Who
and drink specials. Admission is free. For
details, visit blackcatdc.com.
Phase 1 (528 8th St. SE) has its weekly
dance party with DJ Jay Von Teese tonight
starting at 7:30. Cover is $10. For more
information, visit phase1dc.com.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts Bear
Happy Hour tonight from 6-11 p.m. This
event is for people 21 and older. There is no
cover charge. For details, visit towndc.com.
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
is having its happy hour tonight starting
at 5 p.m. All drinks are half off until 7:30
p.m. After 9 p.m., admission is $10. The
dance oor opens at 11 with DJ Tim-
Nice and DJ Cameron. For details, visit
thebachelorsmill.com.
SATURDAY, DEC. 15
Chantry chorus performs Palestrina
Christmas along with other selections
tonight at 8 at St. Bernadettes (70
University Blvd. East, Silver Spring).
Tickets are $30. For more information, visit
chantrydc.com.
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today for the Lost
Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation at Falls
Church PetSmart (6100 Arlington Blvd., Falls
Church, Va.) starting at 11:45 a.m. For more
information, visit burgundycrescent.org.
The MLK Library of the D.C. Public
Library (901 G St., NW) is in need of
volunteers to help shelve and reorganize
books from 9:30 a.m. to noon. For more
information, visit burgundycrescent.org.
Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
opens at 5:30 this evening with a
pool, video gaming systems and card
tournaments. The dance oors open at
11 p.m. Admission is free until 9 p.m. and
it is $10 after. For more information, visit
thebachelorsmill.com.
The Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.)
hosts Hellmouth Happy Hour where
attendees watch one episode of Buffy
the Vampire Slayer with drink specials.
Cover is free and doors open at 7 p.m. For
more information, visit blackcatdc.com.
SUNDAY, DEC. 16
The Holy Advent, an integration of
seasonal vocal and instrumental music,
performs several holiday selections
this afternoon at 3:30 at the Church
of the Holy City (1611 16th St., NW).
This event is free with a reception right
afterward. For more information, visit
churchoftheholycitydc.org.
MONDAY, DEC. 17
Whitman-Walker Health (1701
14th St., NW) holds its HIV+ Newly
Diagnosed Support Group tonight at
7. It is a condential support group for
anyone recently diagnosed with HIV
and the group welcomes all genders
and sexual orientations. For details, visit
whitman-walker.org.
TUESDAY, DEC. 18
Whitman-Walker (1701 14th St., NW)
holds its group Starting Over for Women
tonight at 7. The group is for women
whose long-term relationship with another
woman. Registration is required. For more
information, visit whitman-walker.org.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Court, N.W.)
hosts its Safer Sex Kit-packing program
tonight from 7-10:30. The packing
program is looking for more volunteers
to help produce the kits because they say
they are barely keeping up with demand.
Admission is free and volunteers can
just show up. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W) presents its
Flashback dance night with DJ Jason
Royce starting at 10 p.m. There is no
cover charge. For more details, visit
cobaltdc.com.
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., NW) holds
its Freedom from Smoking Class for
members of the community who are trying
to quit smoking this evening starting 6:30.
The class is an adaptation of the American
Lung Associations group clinic that has
helped thousands of smokers, however
it has been modied to be more relevant
to the LGBT community and people living
with HIV/AIDS. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Banana Caf (500 8th St., SE) has its
open mic night from 7 p.m. to closing.
Admission is free and there are $3 mojitos
after 7:30 pm. For more information, visit
bananacafedc.com.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19
Tom Davoren Social Bridge Club
meets tonight at 7:30 at the Dignity Center
(721 8th St., SE) for social bridge. A partner
is not needed. Visit lambdabridge.com for
more information.
Bookmen D.C., an informal mens gay-
literature group, meets tonight at 7:30
to discuss selections from 50 Gay &
Lesbian Books Everyone Must Read at
the American Foreign Service Association
(2101 E St. NW). For more information,
visit bookmendc.blogspot.com.
Whitman-Walker Health (1701
14th St., NW) holds its HIV+ Newly
Diagnosed Support Group tonight at
7. It is a condential support group for
anyone recently diagnosed with HIV
and the group welcomes all genders
and sexual orientations. For details, visit
whitman-walker.org.
THURSDAY, DEC. 20
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W) is hosting its
weekly Best Package Contest tonight
at 9 p.m. There is a $3 cover and there
are $2 vodka drinks. Participants in the
contest can win $200 in cash prizes. The
event is hosted by Lena Lett and music by
DJ Chord, DJ Madscience, and DJ Sean
Morris. For details, visit cobaltdc.com.
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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.
'Descendants,' a work by the late Jude Nagel, is on display at Gallery B in Bethesda, one oI the galleries participating in the Bethesda Art Walk.
PHOTO COURTESY OF VALERIE HILLMAN
is private and Im very happy. She also
says shes very supportive of Knapp.
The album features mostly acoustic
arrangements of traditional church classes
like Hark the Herald Angels Sing,
The First Noel, What Child is This,
Silent Night and more. Neither artist
had recorded a Christmas album before
and now that both are again living in the
Nashville area, they decided this summer
to go ahead and make it happen.
We nally said, Lets just do it, lets just
get it done, Knapp says. There was no
pressure to write anything new, theyre all
hymns so theres a great wealth of material
there and lots of opportunities for us to
harmonize. We just decided to put our
money where our mouth was and go
ahead and do it.
Becker concurs.
One night we just got serious and
realized wed both put off making a
Christmas record over the course of
our careers, at least the kind that was
indigenous to us. Thats where the idea
came from. Making music with a dear friend
who is also an awesome talent was the
catalyst for me. It was fun top to bottom.
The indie album was recorded on a
shoestring with, Knapp says, basically
one mic and one computer. She says
the advance of user-friendly recording
software made it possible to do the album
without spending thousands. They did
some spring rehearsing, hit the studio in
July (when most Christmas albums are
recorded) and did most of the work in a
four-week span. The mixing and packaging
came soon after and the project wrapped
in October.
It did feel a little weird at rst singing
all these Christmas songs while youre just
dripping in sweat in the middle of the hot
Tennessee summer, she says. So at the
beginning, yeah, it took a little time to
wrap my head around a Christmas project
but pretty quickly it really did start to feel
like its own project. It didnt feel kitschy or
Christmasy really to me. We approached
it in a very honest sense and didnt want
to make it kitschy. Maybe its just because
I was involved with it but I really was
thinking, Wow, I could listen to this any
time of the year.
The rst half of the show is basically the
new album. In the second half, the two
revisit their hits, trade harmonies on each
others songs and keep it loose enough
that the set list varies from show to show.
Weve sort of got this telepathy thing
going on for the last two or three shows,
Knapp says. Well just kind of riff on a
theme for a bit and its great knowing you
dont have to play it exactly the same way
every night or carry the full weight of the
evening by yourself.
Knapp ends the conversation weighing
in on a blaze of topics. On whether or not
Christians in the U.S. are becoming less
rigid on homosexuality, Knapp says there
will always be people who arent going
to change their minds no matter what.
She says she nds encouragement in the
Mainline Protestant denominations that
are making gay-friendly strides more and
more as time progresses.
Why then, one wonders, have those
kinds of churches not spawned their own
cottage industry of gospel music the
way the evangelical/Bible Belt world did
starting with Jesus music in the late 60s?
Its a question Ive been asking
myself for years, Knapp says. There
are thousands of singers who write about
their faith from very different viewpoints
but I really think a lot of it has to do with
the circumstances in that world where the
people who run the industry really see
themselves as the gatekeepers and a great
emphasis is placed on how the individual
artist acts and who they hang out with and
how you think about your faith. Weve
seen a lot of strong artists pulled from
shelves because theyve gotten divorced
or had an alcohol problem or whatever.
As a songwriter you really have to keep
writing true and honest stories. If youre
only writing music for Christians, by
Christians to make more Christians, you
kind of lose out.
Lee Tucker, a long-time gay gospel
music fan and Alexandria, Va., resident,
says Knapp deserves enormous credit for
being brave enough to come out, despite
what it might cost her in lost airplay, space
at Christian retail and fans.
I think its amazing she took the brave
jump to come out, Tucker says. It was a
big jump for Chely Wright too because a
lot of country music is in the Midwest and in
the Bible Belt, but its even more of a leap
for Jennifer because it will totally change
her market. If you went into a Christian
bookstore right now, you wouldnt nd
any of her stuff on the shelves at all.
For LGBT teens who might be coming
up in evangelical households, Knapp says
hang in there and remember there are
faith-based Christian groups out there
that afrm gays.
Absolutely get online, there are so
many people out there waiting with open
arms, she says. There are a lot of people
out there offering very compassionate,
faith-based support. Its not longer just
churches being the bad guys here. A lot
of them are starting to get the message.
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By TED SMITH
When I was a kid growing up in Pitts-
burgh, my civic booster grandmother
would often tell me, You know dear,
they call Pittsburgh the San Francisco of
the East. And its true that our fair city,
with its cozy ethnic neighborhoods clus-
tered on various hills and valleys around
the city, and our two cable cars climbing
the side of Mt. Washington, might have
had a slight resemblance to the City by
the Bay. But as I used to retort, Maybe,
Grandma. But no one ever calls San Fran-
cisco the Pittsburgh of the West! (Ex-
cept maybe in jest.)
I call this phenomenon of borrowing
the prestige of someplace by extend-
ing its name to another slightly similar or
neighboring place, gilt by association,
and it goes on a lot in real estate. Its in-
teresting to see how Realtors names for
the same neighborhood have changed
over time, as the place has acquired or
shed prestige. For example, Capitol Hill
(at least in real estate terms) used to ex-
tend all the way north to H Street, N.E.,
and east and south to the Anacostia River
(at least, until the I-395 freeway cut those
neighborhoods off). But on MLS listings,
you can still see various permutations
like North Capitol Hill or Capitol Hill
North to distinguish properties north
of E. Capitol St. from those below. Thats
now being replaced in some instances
with the H Street corridor (or the Atlas
District) as that neighborhood has grown
in prestige.
The place names for real estate neigh-
borhoods dont necessarily correspond
with the political boundaries for a neigh-
borhood. For example, I live on 10th
Street, N.W., between M Street and Mas-
sachusetts Avenue. Sale properties in my
neighborhood are variously listed as be-
ing in Logan Circle (the gilded lily name),
Mt. Vernon/Convention Center (my pre-
ferred name), Shaw (really?), or that old
development standby for a neighbor-
hood without a distinct identity in mid-
city D.C., Old City #2 (not to be confused
with Old City #1 to the east of us). If
youre a long-time resident of the District,
you might pretend to be able to precisely
differentiate those neighborhoods. But,
though each of them may have a distinct
geographic center, their boundaries are
fuzzy partly because their names come
from and are used in various political and
economic contexts.
Why is all this signicant? Because
naming is power. To identify a place with a
distinctive name is to be able to increase
or diminish its political and economic
clout. Dont believe me? Want to know
how much extra you can get selling a
property with a Georgetown neighbor-
hood name? In an interesting negative
twist on this, the Park View neighborhood
south of Petworth almost disappeared
(oh, the signs on Georgia Avenue were
still there) when the Washington, D.C.
Economic Partnership omitted it from the
2012 Neighborhood Proles and Maps.
(It was replaced with Petworth/Park View
after residents raised a ruckus with their
Council members.) Why would it be im-
portant if the place name disappeared?
Because a way of distinguishing one
neighborhood from another (whatever
the relative real estate prestige of either)
would be gone.
What this means to sellers and lessors
of real estate property should be pretty
obvious: Borrow the best neighborhood
name for your property that you can le-
gitimately claim; it will mean an increased
price for your home. For buyers and rent-
ers, the lesson is to either use zip codes
or a map search when looking for a prop-
erty in order to avoid any confusion over
place names.
The power of names to elevate or dep-
recate the value of objects has long been
recognized. Many people will know the
famous quote from Shakespeares Ro-
meo and Juliet: Whats in a name? That
which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet. But would it? Not
in real estate.
Happy hunting!
REAL ESTATE
Ted Smith is a licensed Realtor with STAGES Premier Re-
altors specializing in mid-city D.C. Reach him at TedSmith-
SellsDC@stagesrealtors.com and follow him at facebook.
com/MidCityDCLife , youtube.com/TedSmithSellsDC or @
TedSmithSellsDC.
Whats in a name?
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