Volume 44, Issue 3 - January 18, 2012

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Catania introduces
surrogacy bill

Gay D.C. Council member David
Catania (I-At-Large) on Jan. 8 introduced
a bill to legalize surrogacy parenting in the
city, drawing praise from LGBT activists
who say the measure will benet same-sex
couples interested in having children.
All 12 of Catanias Council colleagues
signed on as co-sponsors to the Surrogacy
Parenting Agreement Act of 2013.
Surrogacy agreements are increasingly
used by aspiring parents who are unable
to have children by traditional means,
Catania said in a statement. These often
include couples unable to have children
or who face unique health risks, same-sex
couples, or single individuals who wish to
raise children, his statement says.
Catania noted that surrogacy agreements
are currently prohibited by law in D.C. and
those found to enter into such agreements
in the city can be ned up to $10,000 and
face up to a year in prison.
District laws should encourage
responsible parenting, not create
obstacles for those hoping to raise
children but who are unable to do so by
traditional means, he said.
Catanias bill has been assigned to the
Councils Judiciary Committee, which is
chaired by Council member Tommy Wells
(D-Ward 6).
Rick Rosendall, president of the Gay
and Lesbian Activists Alliance, praised
Catania for introducing the measure.
He told Catania in an email that GLAA,
American University law professor Nancy
Polikoff and D.C. attorney Michelle Zavos
who are considered experts in LGBT
family law would be working with Wells
and Catania to help get all the details
right on the legislation.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Va. kills plan to
repeal marriage ban
A Virginia House of Delegates
subcommittee on Monday voted 6-1 to kill a
proposal that would have repealed the states
constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Del. Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax)
introduced HJ665 on Jan. 9, the rst day of
the current legislative session. He told the
Washington Blade after the vote he feels
people afrming their love to each other
and living in committed relationships is a
universal human right.
Its a civil right, Surovell said. I dont
think that the constitution should prohibit
the government from recognizing peoples
love and commitment to each other solely
because of their sexual orientation. I think
its wrong and its hateful.
Del. Rob Krupicka (D-Alexandria,) who is
among the more than two-dozen legislators
who co-sponsored HJ665, expressed
disappointment that the House Privileges
and Elections Constitutional Amendments
Subcommittee killed the proposal.
Virginia is going to have to re-visit this
issue either because the public demands
it, because we are forced to by the
Supreme Court or because corporations
make it clear that theyd rather move
to D.C. or Maryland in order to protect
their employees, he told the Blade in
a statement. Marshall-Newman is so
broadly worded, that it puts even basic
contracts in question. Ultimately, Id like us
to be talking about an amendment to add
marriage freedom to our constitution. But
as todays action shows, we have work to
do to even allow for basic contract rights
between two people.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Del. governor
endorses marriage
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell on Tuesday
alluded to the looming same-sex marriage
debate in his state during his inaugural speech.
We will advance the cause of liberty,
equality and dignity in our time, he said
at Central Middle School in Dover. Our
state will be a welcoming place to live,
to love and to raise families for all who
choose to call Delaware home.
Markells comments come after he
suggested to the Hufngton Post last
August that state lawmakers could debate
a measure that would allow gays and
lesbians to marry this year. Spokesperson
Catherine Rossi reiterated that point to
the Washington Blade before the start of
the 2013 legislative session on Jan. 8.
The governor referred in his inaugural
address to the civil rights advances
Delaware made in his rst term, she
said in response to questions about his
speech. He expects that Delaware will
build on that progress in his second term.
We expect part of that progress to be a
marriage equality bill.
Neighboring Maryland is among the
nine states and D.C. that currently allow
same-sex marriage.
Lawmakers in New Jersey, Illinois and
Rhode Island are expected to debate the
issue in the coming weeks.
Markell, who took ofce in 2009, signed
the states anti-gay discrimination and civil
unions bills into law during his rst term.
He referenced both during his speech.
Unwilling to ignore, even in hard
economic times, the old and true maxim
that justice delayed is justice denied,
Delaware has also moved in four short
years to put an end to legal discrimination
on the basis of sexual orientation and to
extend the protections of the law for all
committed couples, he said.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Rehoboth bartender guilty in fatal crash

A former bartender at the L Bar, a popular gay bar in Rehoboth Beach, Del.,
pleaded guilty last week to vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated in
connection with an accident in July in which the vehicle he was driving struck and
killed a bicyclist.
Delaware State Police said the accident occurred minutes after then bartender
Brian C. Meegan, 37, and the man he hit, PNC Bank loan ofcer Russell Rusty
Henman, 44, left the L Bar about 2 a.m. on July 1, 2012.
Meegan, who was released on $27,000 bail on July 3, two days after he was
arrested, was placed in handcuffs and taken into custody following his guilty plea
in Delaware Superior Court in Georgetown, Del., according to a report by the
Cape Gazette newspaper.
He will remain in custody until his sentencing, which is scheduled for Feb. 22.
His attorney, John Sandy, told the Cape Gazette he expects Meegan to serve at
least 20 months in jail and that he faces a possible maximum sentence 16 and a
half years.
A statement released by State Police said the accident took place a short
distance away from the L Bar, where Rehoboth Avenue merges with Delaware
Highway 1. The statement says police believe Meegan was intoxicated while
driving his 2003 Jeep Wrangler.
The front of Meegans Jeep struck the rear of Henmans bike causing him to
be ejected onto the hood of the Jeep, the statement says. Henman was carried
approximately 400 feet until the Jeep struck a curb and stopped, throwing Henman
onto the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement says.
Police charged Meegan with rst degree vehicular homicide, leaving the scene
of a collision resulting in death, driving under the inuence of alcohol, failure to
report an accident resulting in injury or death, no proof of motor vehicle insurance
and inattentive driving.
Hes been extremely remorseful. He wanted to do the right thing, the Cape
Gazette quoted Sandy as saying in discussing Meegans decision to plead guilty.
Steve Elkins, executive director of Camp Rehoboth, an LGBT community center
and advocacy organization, said the accident saddened many in Rehoboths
LGBT community.
The death of Rusty Henman was a tragic accident made even more so by the
fact that Brian Meegan, the driver, is also part of our community, he said.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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04 JANUARY 18, 2013 LOCAL NEWS
BRIAN C. MEEGAN faces more than 16
years in jail.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DELAWARE STATE POLICE
Delaware Gov. JACK MARKELL expects
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this year.
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Observers say Alexander,
Barry supportive on
most other issues

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
In a development that may surprise
some local activists, the two D.C. Council
members who voted against the citys
same-sex marriage law have been
assigned by Council Chair Phil Mendelson
to head committees that oversee all of the
citys LGBT and AIDS-related programs.
Although they emerged in 2009 as the
only two on the Council to oppose same-
sex marriage, Council members Marion
Barry (D-Ward 8) and Yvette Alexander
(D-Ward 7) have said they support the
LGBT community on most other issues
and are committed to efforts to ght AIDS.
There are always going to be
disagreements and things that were
not going to think the same on, said
Alexander, who replaced gay Council
member David Catania (I-At-Large) as chair
of the Councils Committee on Health.
In a phone interview with the
Washington Blade, Alexander was asked
if she thought LGBT activists burned their
bridges with her when the Gertrude Stein
Democratic Club endorsed her opponent
in last years Democratic primary and the
Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance gave
her a rating of -3.5 on LGBT issues on a
rating scale of -10 to +10.
No, thats a thing where Im not that
kind of person, she said. So no one has
burned a bridge with meBut we need
to just nd our commonality. We all want
to end the high instance of HIV/AIDS. We
want to rid our city of HIV and AIDS and all
other diseases that plague our city.
Barry, who had a strong pro-LGBT
record during his years as D.C. mayor,
angered many LGBT activists in 2009 when
he joined Alexander in voting against the
same-sex marriage bill after speaking at
an anti-marriage equality rally organized
by anti-gay groups.
In his reorganization of the Councils
committee assignments in December,
Mendelson changed the committee that
Barry chaired in the previous Council
session from the Committee on Aging
and Community Affairs to the Committee
on Workforce and Community Affairs. The
change added to the committees portfolio
more government agencies that deal with
work and employment related issues.
Among the agencies that the
committee oversees is the D.C. Ofce of
Human Rights and the Commission on
Human Rights, which enforce the citys
LGBT non-discrimination law; the Ofce
of GLBT Affairs; and the Mayors Advisory
Commission on GLBT Affairs.
The Stein Club, the citys largest LGBT
political group, chose not to endorse
Barrys re-election bid last year and GLAA
also gave him a -3.5 rating on LGBT issues.
Barry, like Alexander, won election to
another term by a lopsided margin.
GLAA President Rick Rosendall said
that despite GLAAs strong criticism of
Barry during the Councils 2009 debate
over the marriage bill, Barry was friendly
toward him when he testied last year
before Barrys committee. Rosendall was
one of the witnesses testifying in support
of Mayor Vincent Grays nomination of
transgender activists Earline Budd and
Alexandra Beninda to seats on the D.C.
Human Rights Commission.
Barry praised Budd and Beninda
during the hearing and later joined fellow
committee members in voting to approve
their nominations.
During his tenure as chair of the Health
Committee, Catania has been credited
with helping to strengthen the citys HIV/
AIDS programs through aggressive Council
oversight hearings examining the workings
of the D.C. HIV/AIDS agency. Some AIDS
activists have lamented his departure as
Health Committee chair, even though
Catania remains a member of the committee.
It was in response to Catanias request
that Mendelson appointed him chair of
the reorganized Committee on Education,
where Catania has vowed to provide
aggressive oversight of the citys troubled
public school system.
Catania aide Brendan Williams-Kief,
who switched from serving as Catanias
press spokesperson to director of the
Committee on Education, said Catania
plans to bring up the issue of school
bullying, including anti-LGBT bullying,
during his rst oversight hearing on the
schools in late February.
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Council Chair PHIL MENDELSON assigned
Council members Marion Barry and Yvette
Alexander to key committees related to LGBT
and AIDS issues.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Marriage opponents to head
LGBT, AIDS committees
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By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
A Maryland lawmaker told a local
newspaper last week that legislators who
voted for the states same-sex marriage
bill contributed to his alcohol abuse.
Del. Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel
County) told the Maryland Gazette that
he felt betrayed when Dels. Wade Koch
(R-Baltimore County) and Robert Costa
(R-Anne Arundel County) and then-Del.
Tiffany Alston (D-Prince Georges County)
in Feb. 2012 backed the measure that
Gov. Martin OMalley eventually signed
into law. Alston and Koch voted against
the bill while it was in committee, while
Costa supported it.
That betrayal really affected me,
Dwyer told the newspaper. I was
physically ill. You pour your heart into an
issue like that and its devastating.
Maryland Natural Resources Police last
month charged Dwyer, 54, with operating
a vehicle while under the inuence of
alcohol, reckless and negligent operation
of a vessel, failing to register his boat and
rules-of-the-road violation in connection
with an Aug. 22 incident on the Magothy
River in Anne Arundel County that left him,
two other adults and four children injured.
The Anne Arundel County Republican
who has been a member of the House
of Delegates since 2003 admitted to
reporters the day after the crash that he
was drinking before his boat collided
with Mark Randy Harbins vessel. Dwyer
admitted in a Jan. 8 post to his Facebook
page that he is struggling with alcohol.
In the past year I have faced both
personal and professional challenges that
were extremely difcult for me, he wrote.
As a result, and regrettably so, I turned
to alcohol to cope. As many of you know,
this culminated in a serious boat accident
in August when the boat I was operating
was struck by another vessel. Though I am
unable to discuss the accident itself due
to the pending court case, I thought it
important that I share with you the steps
I have personally taken to address my
problem with alcohol.
Dwyer, who said in his Facebook post
he enjoyed beer or wine socially before
2012, added he voluntarily entered and
completed a treatment program. He said
he remains committed to attending
extensive aftercare counseling and
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
It is extremely difcult to lay bare a
deeply personal issue in such a public
way, Dwyer said. However, I believe it is
the right thing to do, as I feel answerable
to the folks who chose me to represent
them in the legislature. I know you have
been shocked and disappointed as a
result of how I conducted myself. I dont
know if I am to be forgiven, but I certainly
hope to regain your condence.
Dwyer, who separated from his wife of
31 years in November 2011, has been one
of Marylands most outspoken opponents
of marriage rights for same-sex couples.
He argued before lawmakers approved
the states same-sex marriage bill that
the legalization of nuptials for gays
and lesbians in Massachusetts in 2004
indoctrinated the states public school
students to homosexuality.
Dwyer, who has introduced several
measures that would have dened
marriage as between a man and a woman
in the Maryland Constitution, in 2006 tried
to remove Baltimore Circuit Court Judge
M. Brooke Murdoch from the bench after
she found the states same-sex marriage
ban unconstitutional. He also sought to
impeach Attorney General Doug Gansler
following his 2010 announcement that the
state would recognize same-sex marriages
legally performed in other jurisdictions.
Dwyer did not return the Washington
Blades request for comment about his
Jan. 8 Facebook post. He wrote, however,
he is committed to renewing my focus to
defending personal liberty, property rights
and Second Amendment rights.
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By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
D.C. police have so far declined to
conrm whether they have tracked down
the license plate number of a car driven
by a suspect that multiple witnesses have
said is systematically removing bundles
of the Washington Blade and Metro
Weekly magazine from distribution boxes
throughout the city.
Blade publisher Lynne Brown said she
and others have given the license plate
number of a white Toyota Camry and a
description of its middle age, white male
driver to the police Gay and Lesbian
Liaison Unit. She has not heard back about
whether police have traced the identity of
the driver or owner of the car, Brown said.
Witnesses say the license plate on the
car in question is a Maryland vanity plate
with the letters JS.
Theft of all bundles of Washington
Blade newspapers from their street boxes
around the city continues, Brown told GLLU
Ofcer Justin Markiewicz in a Jan. 10 email.
It happens weekly. It happens in different
neighborhoods. It most often happens, by
eyewitness accounts, early Friday mornings.
D.C. police spokesperson Gwendolyn
Crump said she would look into the
matter this week but did not immediately
respond on Wednesday.
Inquires about the status of a possible
police investigation into the removal of large
quantities of the two LGBT publications
from their distribution boxes follows reports
in September that Blade and Metro Weekly
boxes also were being vandalized in the
Dupont Circle, Logan Circle and 17th Street
gay entertainment areas.
Brown said one or more suspects have
been systematically breaking a clear
plastic clip that holds a single issue of the
Blade in the window of the distribution
boxes, allowing readers to view the front
page of the paper to nd out when the
new edition is delivered each Friday. She
said the vandalism is continuing.
Metro Weekly co-publishers Sean Bugg
and Randy Shulman didnt reply to a Blade
email seeking comment this week.
In a Metro Weekly story in September
about the vandalism and thefts, Bugg said
one or more vandals had deposited trash
and human or animal feces in some of the
LGBT publications boxes. The article, in
which Bugg described the vandalism as an
anti-LGBT hate crime, said Metro Weekly
was expending large sums of money to
clean and sterilize the distribution boxes,
only to have the perpetrator or perpetrators
vandalize the same boxes again.
Brown said GLLU members have told
her informally that the removal of a free
newspaper from a distribution box doesnt
appear to fall under the denition of a theft,
even if large quantities of the paper are taken.
Brown said she was told that the United
States Attorneys ofce was being consulted
to advise police over whether a suspect could
be arrested and prosecuted for removing a
free publication from a distribution box.
I would like the owner of the car
identied and an arrest warrant sworn
out, she said.
washingtonblade.com
A suspect seen driving a car with Maryland vanity tag JS is removing stacks of Blades and vandalizing
newspaper distribution boxes across the city.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Police mum about suspect in theft of Blades
House blocked
Thorne-Beglands
nomination last year
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
The Virginia House of Delegates on
Tuesday voted 66-28 to approve gay
interim Richmond Circuit Court Judge
Tracy Thorne-Beglands judgeship.
Equality Virginia is pleased that
the House of Delegates could see that
Thorne-Begland is a qualied candidate
with integrity and a long history of public
service, Equality Virginia Executive
Director James Parrish said in a statement.
Thorne-Begland has served his country
and his city with honor and unquestioned
competence rst as a Navy pilot and then
as a prosecutor.
The vote took place after members
of the General Assembly Committee
of Judicial Appointments on Monday
certied Thorne-Begland and more than
40 other judicial nominees.
The House of Delegates last May
blocked Thorne-Beglands nomination
to the Richmond General Court after
state Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William
County) alleged he misrepresented
himself when he failed to disclose his
sexual orientation when he enlisted in the
U.S. Navy in the late 1980s. (He is among
the 28 delegates who voted against
Thorne-Beglands election.)
Thorne-Begland, who came out during
a 1992 Nightline interview in which
he criticized the Pentagons ban on gay
service members, received an honorable
discharge two years later.
The Richmond General Court in June
appointed Thorne-Begland on an interim basis
because lawmakers failed to ll the vacancy,
but state Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah)
questioned his previous activism during the
General Assembly Committee of Judicial
Appointments hearing.
There was a lot of confusion last year
about how your oath and your activism
were both present or not present or either
or how one tread upon the otheror
didnt, Gilbert said. Thats one of the
reasons I didnt vote in your previous
election because those questions were
not answered for me and I feel like theyve
been satisfactorily answered for me.
Thorne-Begland responded.
When I think of an activist, I think of
someonethe tree hugger who chains
themselves to a tree in the redwood
forest, someone who chains themselves
to a nuclear facility, wants it shut down
or someone who conducts sit-ins in the
halls of this legislature or on the steps of
the capitol as we saw last year, he said,
as captured by Equality Virginia in a video
it posted online. Those are individuals
who are willing to advance their cause
through acts of civil disobedience. They
will violate the law, violate regulations,
perhaps violate their oath. I didnt take
those actions. There were members of the
armed forces who spoke up against Dont
Ask, Dont Tell, wore their uniform and
chained themselves to the White House
fence. That is an act of civil disobedience.
Its a violation of order and its a violation
of your oath as an ofcer. I understand that
people may see what I did as activism, but
you can make darn sure that I did not take
the steps that I did without reading the
regulations, without consulting lawyers
and making sure that I was not just
following the letter of the law but the spirit
of the law to say this policy hurts. It hurts
good people and were not here to litigate
the propriety of the militarys old policy
of Dont Ask, Dont Tell or its repeal, but
I want you to understand that thats why I
did what I did. I did it within the framework
of the rules that had been laid to me.
Thorne-Begland, who is also a former
Equality Virginia board member, also
discussed his involvement with the LGBT
advocacy group.
Since I left the military, Ive worked
with Equality Virginia and I advocated for
such radical things as expanding the right
to health care for someone to be able to
get insurance for their partner, he said.
Im not going to lie and say that I dont
one day want the opportunity to marry my
partner. We married 15 years ago in an
Episcopal church across the street from
our house. Id like that to happen, but
thats not my role as a judge. I will well
and dutifully follow the rules, the laws and
the regulations. I know that when I put on
a black robe and even when I take that
robe off and go home that I am held to a
different standard of an everyday citizen.
Parrish stressed the House of Delegates
initial vote against Thorne-Beglands
nomination made embarrassing national
headlines.
Were glad the House of Delegates
took a second look at his candidacy and
this time the decision was based on his
qualications and not on who he is or who
he loves, he said. While Thorne-Begland
has been given another opportunity,
without employment protections, most
Virginians do not get a second chance
at their jobs after being red or not hired
because of their sexual orientation.
Virginia lawmakers conrm gay judge
City voters would have
to decide issue at ballot
By PHIL REESE
preese@washblade.com
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors
is considering a proposal to send to voters
a ballot measure that would rename San
Francisco International Airport (SFO) after
slain gay rights trailblazer, Harvey Milk.
The proposal by gay supervisor
David Campos, would make the busy
international hub, which sees 40 million
visitors annually, the rst American airport
named after an openly gay individual.
Campos told the San Francisco Chronicle,
Monday that he had four co-sponsors on
the board for the proposal, including gay
supervisor Scott Wiener, who represents
Harvey Milks former district. To be sent
before voters, only ve supervisors would
have to vote in the afrmative, making this
a likely prospect for the November ballot.
What a powerful statement ying into
Harvey Milk would be, Rick Jacobs, chair
and founder of California-based Courage
Campaign told the Blade on Tuesday.
And frankly, itd be a great antidote to
ying into Bush or Reagan.
He continued, I think it has a great shot
at passage if it goes before the voters.
According to Campos, similar airports
that have implemented a name change of
this sort, have spent $50,000 to $250,000
on the alterations, but the supervisor tells
the Chronicle he hopes to attract private
donations to offset the cost.
There are already a number of
things honoring Harvey Milk, including
schools, but nothing of this national and
international scale, said Campos. In
places all over the world, including Europe
and Asia, people of all walks of life look up
to Harvey Milk.
That no airport in this country has
been named for an openly LGBT person is
something I hope would be remedied, and
what a better place than San Francisco for
something like that to happen, and what
better person than Harvey Milk, Campos
told British LGBT outlet, Pink News.
Milk was elected to the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors in 1977, becoming
Californias rst openly gay elected ofcial.
He was an outspoken leader for gay rights
in the 1970s. In 1978, Milk was assassinated
in city hall, along with then-mayor George
Moscone, by former Supervisor Dan
White. Milks death captured the attention
of the nation, and he became an icon for
the movement to expand rights to LGBT
people. Harvey Milks nephew, Stuart
Milk, who leads the foundation named
for his uncle, told the Blade on Tuesday
that though he could not predict how the
people of San Francisco would vote if this
proposal makes it to the ballot, he was
excited about the prospect.
It is quite moving and powerful, Stuart
Milk said, remarking on ights from SFO that
travel to 77 nations where homosexuality is
still criminalized. How often do we get to
name and thereby educate and send
an enduring message a public space
that has 9 million international and nearly
40 million total people travel through it?
And by traveling through it, people talk
about the name, have it on their itineraries,
boarding passes, in their e-mails and their
daily conversations. This has a very profound
meaning for international travelers who are
either from or do business in nations that
have not embraced equality. If nothing else
it allows for reection and conversation, at
the most it educates and allows leaders to
revisit their societal oppressions.
Stuart Milk continued, I can also see
small, very meaningful acts taking place
Milk, yeah he was the activist killed
ghting for equality, you know I have a
cousin, I have niece, I have a co-worker
who is gay, we rarely talk about it, I think
Im going to bring back this Harvey Milk
International mug or keychain, let them
know if a city can elevate and celebrate
Harvey, I can do the same for them.
Gay lms, actors among Oscar nominees
LOS ANGELES Among the lms nominated for an Academy Award this year
is a critically acclaimed documentary about activism in the early days of AIDS.
How to Survive a Plague, directed by documentarian David France using
primarily archival footage from 31 videographers, according to Gay City News
revisits the efforts of ACT UP in the 1980s and 1990s that paved the way for
making HIV drug treatments widely available.
Also nominated in the documentary category was Kirby Dick, straight director
of The Invisible War. Dick directed the 2009 lm Outrage, which examined
outing public gures. Gay screenwriter Tony Kushner, who penned Angels in
America was nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for Lincoln,
and gay writer/director Chris Butlers ParaNorman, which features Mitch
considered the rst young openly gay character in a childrens animated lm
was nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Small Kentucky village bars job bias
LEXINGTON, Ky. A tiny Appalachian village near Kentuckys border with
Virginia is the rst municipality in a decade, and the fourth in state history to
pass an ordinance barring discrimination in employment, housing and public
accommodations based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
According to the ACLU, tiny Vicco with only 334 residents as of the 2010 Census,
was originally named for the Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company, which still
dominates employment in the area.
Vicco is a community that believes all folks should be treated fairly, Vicco
City Attorney Eric Ashley told the ACLU. We believe everyone deserves the
opportunity for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Fairness is a Kentucky
value, a Vicco value, and one of our most American values.
Sixth Florida county passes DP registry
TAMPA Pinellas County became the sixth county in Florida to approve a
domestic partner registry, though the rights afforded couples through that registry
are not recognized in much of the rest of the state.
This has no legal merit, Commissioner Norm Roche told the Tampa Bay
Times, adding that if a couple has a medical emergency in a county that does not
recognize partnerships, theyre out of luck.
Still, the law will grant registered couples the right to visit one another in
hospitals, make medical decisions for one another and possibly share health
insurance coverage, if the contract is recognized by employers.
Jodie Foster, Victor Garber come out
LOS ANGELES Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster came out as gay while
accepting a Golden Globe lifetime achievement award this week. Foster had
been coy about her sexual orientation for years, though in 2007 acknowledged
her former partner during another awards show.
Reaction from LGBT advocates was mixed, with some longtime activists
criticizing Foster for staying in the closet for so many years.
Meanwhile, Titanic actor Victor Garber conrmed he is gay to blogger Greg
Hernandez at the TV Critics Association Press Tour, by saying, I dont really talk
about it but everybody knows.
Rosie and wife welcome baby girl
HOLLYWOOD Comedian Rosie ODonnell and new wife Michelle Rounds
announced the adoption of a baby girl last week, according to Us Weekly.
The couples daughter, Dakota, is the fth child for ODonnell, who shares
custody of four children with ex-wife Kelli Carpenter.
The early days of AIDS activism
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continued advances in
coming years
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Amid festivities from one end of
Pennsylvania Avenue to the other,
President Obama will ofcially begin
his second term on Monday while LGBT
advocates have high hopes for the actions
he might undertake in the next four years.
There will be two swearing-in
ceremonies for Obama. On Sunday, the
president will be sworn into ofce by Chief
Justice John Roberts in the Blue Room
of the White House, where hell place his
hand on the Robinson family Bible when
he takes the Oath of Ofce. A public
ceremony will take place on Monday at
the Capitol Building, where Obama will
place his hand on two Bibles: one from
President Lincoln, the other from Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Following the public ceremony
on Monday, Obama will deliver his
inauguration speech before an anticipated
crowd of 500,000 to 800,000 people on the
National Mall. The inaugural parade will
begin at 2:30 p.m. and will proceed down
Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to
the White House.
The area for non-ticketed viewing
is between Fourth Street Northwest
and the Washington Monument on the
National Mall, which can be entered on
Constitution Avenue at 7th, 9th or 12th
streets, N.W. and also on Independence
Avenue, S.W. at 7th and 12th streets.
In addition to the obvious closure of
Pennsylvania Avenue, both the Third and
12th Street tunnels will be closed as well
as the Memorial Bridge.
Obama begins his second term after
noteworthy accomplishments for the
LGBT community including coming out
in favor of marriage equality and repealing
Dont Ask, Dont Tell and expectations
remain high for administrative actions to
advance LGBT issues in the next few years.
Rea Carey, executive director of the
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, said
Obama got off to really rough start
by taking some controversial actions
such as withholding support for marriage
equality and issuing a legal brief in favor
of the Defense of Marriage Act that was
riddled with anti-gay language but
noted an increasingly productive tone
by the end of the his term.
If you look at the very early on rough
start and then how far the administration
and President Obama came within that
four years, it is signicant, Carey said.
To go from in the very rst months huge
missteps around, in particular marriage,
to his last year of this term coming out
publicly as the rst president in support of
our marriages, its a huge shift.
Richard Socarides, a gay New York-
based advocate, said Obama delivered
in a major way during his rst term on
LGBT issues, but will be expected to build
on the progress right away at the start of
his second term.
All indications are that the president
has the opportunity to very strongly build
on a great rst term record, Socarides
said. Obviously, there was some tension
along the way, but people feel good
about what he was able to accomplish in
the rst term. But on the eve of the second
term, the big issues are going to come up
right away.
Administrative action is seen as the way
forward for many LGBT issues because the
Republican-controlled House is expected
to block any meaningful legislation from
passing Congress.
The requests from the LGBT community
are already well-established and many of
them must be undertaken within a few
weeks after Obama is sworn in for his
second term. A list of some of the more
prominent requests follows:
rhe reallrmarion lrom celense
secretary nominee Chuck Hagel during
his Senate conrmation hearings on
Jan. 31 that hell support LGBT military
families and extend partner benets and
non-discrimination protections upon the
taking the helm at the Pentagon;
rhe llin ol a lriencolrhecourr Lriel Ly
the Justice Department before the Supreme
Court prior to the Feb. 28 deadline to assert
same-sex couples have a fundamental
right to marry under the U.S. Constitution
as justices consider the constitutionality of
Californias Proposition 8;
sinin an execurive orcer prohiLirin
federal contractors from discriminating on
the basis of sexual orientation to continue
receiving federal awards, a move that
would cover between 400,000 and 600,000
LGBT workers;
rhe appoinrmenr ol LGBT ollcials ro
prominent positions in the administration,
such as Cabinet-level positions or G-20
ambassadorships particularly with
prominent vacancies at the head of the
Commerce Department, Labor Department
and Department of the Interior;
holcin in aLeyance rhe marriae
based green card applications of
married bi-national same-sex couples to
ensure these families arent separated
before the Supreme Court makes a nal
determination on the constitutionality of
the Defense of Marriage Act.
But Carey cautioned that some of the
advances to come may be more low-key
internal changes within the administration
such as the inclusion of LGBT questions
on the hundreds of federal surveys
conducted each year.
The results for those surveys
determine the ow of money and the ow
of attention from the federal government
to communities around the country,
Carey said. Currently, our community is
basically rendered invisible when it comes
to those surveys, which means that our
community is not getting the funding for
our community-based organizations, for
youth services, for any number of services
around the country.
Shin Inouye, a White House
spokesperson, responded to calls for
continued attention to LGBT issues by
noting progress made in the rst four years.
President Obama is proud of the many
accomplishments hes achieved on LGBT
equality during his rst term, and he looks
forward to building on that progress in the
months and years to come, Inouye said.
Already, Obama was faced with a
controversy over the choice of an inaugural
speaker. In 2009, Pastor Rick Warren of the
California-based Saddleback Church was
selected to give the inaugural benediction
and remained in place despite outcry
over his support for Prop 8.
This time around, things are different. Pastor
Louie Giglio of the Georgia-based Passion
City Church said he would respectfully
withdraw from the same duties after an anti-
gay sermon from the 1990s came to light in
which he advocated for widely discredited
ex-gay therapy and urged Christians to
stop the homosexual lifestyle from being
accepted in society.
In his place, the committee has selected
Rev. Luis Leon of the D.C.-based St. Johns
Church near the White House, to deliver
the benediction. His church, which is often
attended by Obama, is known for its pro-
LGBT atmosphere. According to The
Hufngton Post, it has had openly gay,
non-celibate priests and a gay bishop in
addition to announcing this summer that
it would bless same-sex partnerships and
ordain transgender priests. Leon also gave
the inaugural benediction for President
George W. Bush in 2005.
Carey said replacing Giglio as the
inaugural pastor as opposed to
allowing Warren to stay on in 2009 while
including gay Rev. Gene Robinson at
another event hosted by HBO certainly
feels like a promising shift in terms of
the expectations of tone that will be seen
from the Obama administration on LGBT
issues over the next four years.
It feels like it, and I hope that tone
continues, Carey said. For the inaugural
committee and the administration to
reverse course on someone they had
already publicly announced as a key
participant of the swearing-in day, I think,
was not only a signicant victory for our
community, but it absolutely showed
that this administration has moved in its
understanding that prejudice coming
from the inaugural swearing-in podium
will not be tolerated in this country.
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Hope for greater change
cited for second term

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
The Washington Blade invited
prominent LGBT activists in the D.C.
area to share their personal thoughts
about President Barack Obamas second
inauguration by answering this question:
What is the signicance of President
Barack Obamas inauguration on Jan. 21,
2013, as you see it, and what are your
hopes for his second term as president?

T
he Latino GLBT History Project
looks forward to the historic second
inauguration of President Barack Obama,
featuring the rst-ever Latino and
immigrant Inaugural Poet Gay Cuban
American Richard Blanco.
Obamas re-election is an important
turning point for America. Millions went
to the polls last November knowing they
were going to vote for a leader who
believes in marriage equality and ordered
his administration not to defend parts of
DOMA, issued orders to keep DREAM
Act students and foreign partners in bi-
national same-sex relationships from
being prioritized in deportations, and
signed into law the repeal of Dont Ask,
Dont Tell and hate crimes legislation.
His actions helped move public opinion
in support of equality.
This inauguration is special for many of
us who have worked hard for our civil rights
advances that have materialized with this
administration. Mainstream America
symbolically endorsed our movement by
awarding a second term to a leader who
is ready to sign into law Comprehensive
Immigration Reform, a fully-inclusive
Employee Non Discrimination Act,
and the Respect for Marriage Act that
invalidates DOMA.
From reauthorizing Ryan White Act to
helping low-income HIV/AIDS patients
access medication, to lming an It
Gets Better video to prevent LGBT
youth suicide, to hosting LGBT leaders
at the White House every Pride Month,
to appointing more than 250 LGBT
Americans to his administration, this
president has rightfully earned a spot in
our LGBT history timeline. He and rst lady
Michelle Obama care about our families.
LHP looks forward to the next four years.
David M. Prez
President
Latino GLBT History Project
T
his weekend is a time to celebrate! Our
country solidly re-elected a marriage-
equality-do-ask-do-tell president of color
and this is historic and good! Hurrah.
As we look to what Obamas second term
can bring, we look to how the stunning
progress on our issues happened during
the rst term. And the answer is organizing.
My hopes for the second term are high
because Im high on our communitys
sophisticated, disciplined, hard-working,
creative, inclusive LGBTQ groups.
Our organizations are at the table in
states, in cities, in election strategy sessions,
and in meetings at the White House.
We are coalition partners with labor, with
public action organizations, with religious
organizations. We have a history with
working with progressive groups on health
care so as the Affordable Care Act (aka
Obamacare) gets implemented, well be
there representing our communitys needs.
Social Security were there talking
about the needs of our elders and the
need to protect this successful, critical
program. The economy so important
especially to lesbians (on average women
still make less than men), and to the trans
community, which has an unconscionable
unemployment rate a healthy economy
that gives everyone a fair shot at a good
job is critical to our community.
We as a community are positioned
to have another amazing four years of
progress, IF we continue to organize and
to build coalitions and alliances.
So, dear queer community, re-up your
memberships, join another organization
or two or three, give time, give money.
Seize. This. Moment.
Barbara Helmick
Lesbian feminist, Democratic
activist
T
he inauguration is a chance to
celebrate the re-election of the rst
black president of the United States.
Its also an opportunity to reect on the
progress weve made while recognizing
the serious challenges that lay ahead.
Barack Obama made history
by publicly announcing his support for
marriage equality, repealing Dont Ask,
Dont Tell and appointing a record number
of openly LGBT administration ofcials.
President Obamas victory, for me,
meant that we are one giant step
closer to realizing his vision of a more
compassionate, generous and tolerant
America. It provides us a chance to hold
him accountable and gives Obama the
opportunity to lead and continue pushing
the envelope.
In Obamas second term, I expect bold,
visionary and transformative action.
People of color, women, youth &
members of the LGBT community went
from being the Rising American Electorate
to THE electorate. We are committed to
breaking down silos, being more proactive
and staying grounded in our collective
struggle for justice and equality.
Whether addressing the economy,
immigration, gun violence or any other
issue, we expect the president to not only be
a supporter of our issues and communities,
but to be a champion for them.
Gregory A. Cendana
Executive Director
Asian Pacic American Labor
Alliance-AFL-CIO
T
he inauguration is a time for LGBT
Democrats to celebrate all the hard
work they put into re-electing President
Barack Obama. It gives us a chance to
reect on the signicant impact that the
election has on DC, the LGBT community
and our entire country.
Electing then re-electing our nations
rst black president is historic itself,
especially as we pay tribute to Martin
Luther Kings dream of justice. To add
to that a president who unquestionably
supports LGBT equality marks a path
toward a future that brings us all a little
closer to Martin Luther Kings vision.
Personally, re-electing President Obama,
sending six LGB identied lawmakers to
Congress and electing our rst United
States senator, Tammy Baldwin, lls
me with joy and hope for our country. It
shows that conversations about our lives
are much more meaningful than smear
attacks by corporate Super PACs.
While Barack Obama is the most pro-
equality president in history, there is still
much to be done by this administration and
Congress. President Obamas second term
gives voters and our community a chance
to push us even further toward equality. We
must hold the president accountable and
encourage him to champion our issues like
comprehensive immigration reform, and
lead this country with the passion and vigor
we rst saw from him in 2008.
Martin Garcia
President
Gertrude Stein Democratic Club
W
hat is so signicant about this
inauguration? In our nations history,
certain second-term presidents conrm
that a major cultural shift or realignment of
the electorate has occurred Jefferson,
Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Reagan and
now Barack Obama can be added to that
list as America transitions to a majority
minority populace. (I am not saying that
President Obama is in the same league as
those mentioned. It is far too early to see
how history judges him.)
There are three areas of second-term
hopes: international, national and local. In
the foreign arena, in no particular order:
details of the Middle East wars, the Arab
Spring, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other
countries will need a steady long term,
non-Fox approach to our mutual security.
In the Far East, our Pacic attentions
with Chinas continued rise in military,
space and economic strength and the
challenges on how to deal successfully
with a mad North Korea will keep both
State and Defense Departments busy. In
our own hemisphere, it is long overdue
that we admit our 50-year approach to
Cuba needs some serious rethinking.
National wishes include the successful
implementation of the health care program,
slow and steady economic growth, a
national voter registration program, an
immigration program that both parties can
agree to without building embarrassing
walls against our Mexican neighbors,
acceptable gun control programs that
keep both hunters and school children
safe, ENDA passage, more than just one
openly LGBT ambassador and/or Cabinet
member and federal judges at all levels,
DADT transgender inclusion, and a carefully
managed DOD downsizing.
Locally, hope that the president will
nally speak up about the lack of true
congressional D.C. representation. We must
noisily demand what is only our American
birthright: representation in our legislative
body. While dining out at our restaurants
is certainly appreciated, its time for the
White House to speak out forcefully on this
unsettled civil rights issue.
So, good luck, Mr. President! May the
next two to three years bring the successes
that all Americans want and deserve.
John Klenert
Gay Democratic and D.C. voting
rights advocate
I
t is very tting that President Obamas
second inauguration falls on the national
holiday celebrating Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.s birthday. Besides his historic
place as the nations rst African-American
commander-in-chief, President Obama is
also the most pro-LGBT individual thus far
to hold the nations highest ofce. I see clear
correlations between the philosophy of Dr.
King and President Obamas commitment
to fairness and equality for all Americans.
My hopes for his second term are
that the nation will continue on the
road to economic recovery, that the
unemployment rate continues to fall,
that the debt ceiling is raised enough
to keep the nation from defaulting
on its obligations, and that effective
environmental and gun control measures
are passed by Congress and signed into
law by the president. I would also like
to see an inclusive Employment Non-
Discrimination Act passed by Congress
and signed into law by President Obama.
Likewise, seeing the Student Non-
Discrimination Act and the Domestic
Partnership Benets & Obligations Act
become the law of the land is high on
my list. With the possibility of at least
one Supreme Court justice retiring in the
next four years, I hope the president can
appoint another LGBT-supportive justice
to the high court.
Sterling Washington
Director
Mayors Ofce of GLBT Affairs
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By CHRIS JOHNSON
Following a wave of horric gun violence
across the country, the nation is engaged
in intense debate over gun control
as President Obama on Wednesday
issued a series of proposals to address the
issue. One advocate whos no stranger to
working on behalf of the LGBT community
is among those leading the call for action
on gun control.
Mark Glaze, 42, has a variety of issues
in his portfolio as a principal of the D.C.-
based political affairs rm the Raben
Group, including campaign nance reform,
government ethics as well as LGBT issues
but also serves as director of Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, the largest gun
violence prevention group in the country.
In an interview with the Washington
Blade, Glaze, whos gay, said the country
is at a tipping point in the wake of
shootings like the one last month at Sandy
Hook Elementary School in Newtown,
Conn., where 20 children and six school
ofcials were killed, and is ready to embrace
the kinds of protections that we get the
chance to pass once in a generation.
The mass shootings are happening
more and more rapidly, and theyre
becoming more and more deadly, Glaze
said. The Newtown shooting was the
second biggest mass shooting in U.S.
history after Virginia Tech in 2007. And, you
know, the kids who were shot and murdered
were my sons age, and it was right before
Christmas. So, I think that combination
of things has just got the public and the
president ready to say, Enough is enough,
lets nally get this right.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns has been in
the spotlight in recent weeks amid intense
media interest in gun control. New York
City Mayor Michael Bloomberg serves as
co-chair of the group along with Boston
Mayor Thomas Menino. More than 800
mayors are members of the coalition, and
this week, the organization passed one
million grassroots supporters.
As for Glaze himself, hes been widely
featured in the mainstream media
lately, including in the New York Times,
Washington Post, the Associated Press
and Politico. Hes also set for appearances
on MSNBCs Hardball, the PBS
Newshour and an interview with CNNs
Piers Morgan.
Glaze, who in 2010 was hired by the
Human Rights Campaign to push for
Senate legislation to repeal Dont Ask,
Dont Tell, enters the gun control debate
after robust work on LGBT issues an
area of focus that he said he still continues
to pursue. Glaze has assisted in work for
Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, an
organization co-chaired by Bloomberg.
Glaze also has personal experience with
guns and hunted when he was young.
Growing up in the ranching town of Parlin,
Colo., Glazes father was a gun dealer and
he was raised in a house that was attached
to a general store selling guns.
My dad is like most gun dealers, Glaze
said. He thinks that law-abiding people
should have to take background checks, so
everybody should have to take background
checks. And gun dealers dont like that
guns get a terrible reputation because
unlicensed sellers are handing guns out to
people with criminal records. It gives the
entire industry a bad name.
Obama unveils gun
control proposals
On Wednesday, President Obama
unveiled in the South Court Auditorium of
the White House a package of proposals
developed by Vice President Joseph
Bidens task force to reduce gun violence,
including an assault weapons ban, a
measure to ban high-capacity magazine
clips, and an effort to close loopholes in
the countrys background check system.
And in the days ahead, I intend to use
whatever weight this ofce holds to make
them a reality, Obama said. Because
while there is no law or set of laws that can
prevent every senseless act of violence
completely, no piece of legislation that
will prevent every tragedy, every act of
evil, if there is even one thing we can do
to reduce this violence, if there is even one
life that can be saved, then weve got an
obligation to try.
Joining Obama as he unveiled the
proposal were Biden as well as children
from around the country who wrote
him letters in the wake of the Newtown
tragedy expressing their concerns about
gun violence and school safety, along with
their parents. Afterward, Obama signed 23
executive orders to address gun violence.
Glaze said he and other members of
Mayors Against Illegal Guns met twice with
administration ofcials including one
meeting that was attended by Biden himself
to lay out the case for gun control.
For Glaze, passing legislation that
will close the loophole that currently
allows individuals to buy guns without
background checks from unlicensed
private sellers will be a priority among
other initiatives Obama enumerated as
part of his proposals.
Only licensed gun dealers have to
give background checks, but almost 50
percent of gun sales in any given year are
conducted by unlicensed private sellers,
Glaze said. They do it online, at gun
shows or out of the trunk of a car and
federal law doesnt require those sellers
to give background checks. So, its like
creating two lines at the airport: one for
people who want to go through security
and get a background check, the other for
people who feel they dont need to pass a
background check.
In the Newtown tragedy, Adam Lanza
used a Bushmaster XM-15 to shoot his
victims. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
has said she will introduce legislation to
ban the sale and possession of assault
weapons, while Sen. Frank Lautenberg
(D-N.J.) is planning a less sweeping
proposal to ban the sale of magazine clips.
While Mayors Against Illegal Guns
supports such proposals, Glaze said those
weapons account for a small percentage
of gun violence despite media attention
to these shootings.
Basically the assault weapons ban is
important, but only two to 10 percent
of rearms fatalities in any given year
are connected to assault ries, Glaze
said. Thirty-three people are murdered
with guns in the United States every day,
and the majority of those murders were
committed with handguns.
Glaze also emphasized the potential for
President Obama to take executive action
to allow for greater enforcement of gun
control laws already on the books. One
such action which was not taken
among the 23 executive orders signed by
Obama on Wednesday would be for
Obama to instruct the Justice Department
to increase prosecution of dangerous
people who are declined when they try to
buy a gun at a licensed dealer.
In 2009, 71,000 people who were
prohibited gun purchasers because
they were felons, they were seriously
mentally ill, they were domestic abusers
tried to buy guns by licensed dealers
and were blocked, Glaze said. Thats a
felony, trying to buy a gun when youre a
prohibited purchaser. But only 44 of those
people were prosecuted. ... Many of those
people go on to buy guns somewhere
else from an unlicensed dealer, where they
dont have to get a background check,
and then they go on to commit crimes.
Glaze also called on President Obama
to make a recess appointment if Congress
wont take action to conrm a director of
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives a position that has been
vacant for six years. President Obama on
Wednesday tapped B. Todd Jones to head
the bureau. Hes been acting director since
August 2011 while maintaining his position
as U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota.
Its hard to imagine the Department
of Homeland Security, or a Fortune 500
company, not have a CEO for six years,
Glaze said. And the agency suffers as a
result. The president should get it done
himself if the Senate cant do it.
NRA scoffs at proposals
Resistance to Obamas proposals has
already emerged from the powerful
National Rie Association.
After the remarks in which Obama
unveiled his proposals, the NRA issued
a statement criticizing the approach the
administration was taking on gun violence.
We look forward to working with
Congress on a bi-partisan basis to nd
real solutions to protecting Americas
most valuable asset our children, the
organization said. Attacking rearms and
ignoring children is not a solution to the
crisis we face as a nation. Only honest,
law-abiding gun owners will be affected
and our children will remain vulnerable to
the inevitability of more tragedy.
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in knocking down some barriers that
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Judaism has historically struggled with
acceptance and inclusion of LGBT Jews.
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to me personally, both as a gay person
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programming and resources for LGBTQ
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families in Baltimores Jewish community.
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About 200 attended the screening.
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One such synagogue is the Bolton Street
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people of color as well as LGBT Jews.
Monthly meetings with programs and
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Owings Mills Jewish Community Center
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JCCs assistant director of arts and culture.
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Couples, singles, advocates and allies
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Euphoria of 2008 gives way
to harsh realities of governing
I remember the euphoria four years ago
when Barack Obama was rst elected. There
was excitement across the country and nearly
2 million people crammed onto the Mall to
see the inauguration. It was frigid that day and
National Guard troops from as far away as
Iowa were standing on District street corners.
This was our rst African-American president
and he and his beautiful family were moving
to D.C. People in the nations capital hoped to
have support in the White House for gaining
independence from Congress. Many across
the nation believed their new president was
endowed with superhuman qualities. He
couldnt avoid failing in some ways because
no one could have accomplished what they
hoped he would.
As we celebrate President Obamas
second inaugural reality has set in. More
see him as a man, not a superman. I have
debated with friends who drank the Kool-
Aid and believed miracles would happen.
In many ways I am more impressed with
Obama than they are. I never expected mir-
acles. What I saw during the rst term was
real success bringing the nation back from
the brink of economic disaster along with
advances in human and civil rights for the
LGBT community and a continued ght for
the rights of women and minorities.
President Obama ended one war and
named two women to the Supreme Court. He
signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; fought
for and passed a national healthcare program
that presidents for decades had been unable
to do. He signed the Matthew Shepard and
James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act; the repeal of
Dont Ask, Dont Tell; ended government
support for DOMA; and with a little prod from
Vice President Biden came out in support of
marriage equality.
He didnt get much done on immigra-
tion or the environment and presided over
the lowering of the nations credit rating. He
faced a Congress whose Republican leaders
had one stated goal: to make him a one-term
president. Well they lost and we won. So while
there is less hoopla over this inauguration
there is a rekindled glow about what President
Obama will do in the next four years.
Instead of 2 million people at the inaugu-
ration as in 2009, there will be about 700,000,
still nearly twice the number that came for
President Bushs second inaugural. Instead of
traipsing around to numerous inaugural balls
the president and the rst lady will go to only
two; one for invited members of the military
and their families and the other for supporters.
The president and the rst lady will ride, and
if we are lucky walk, in the parade and hope
it wont be as cold as it was on Jan. 20, 2009.
This quadrennial event is something Amer-
ica should be proud of. Whether we reelect a
president or elect a new one, the inauguration
goes on peacefully and with a certain grace.
There are always mistakes made by the com-
mittees planning them and that is OK because
those people are also just human. This year,
Ticketron screwed up the tickets for the ball,
releasing them a day early and the Presiden-
tial Inaugural Committee uninvited a pastor
because they didnt do their homework and
only after inviting him found he had delivered
anti-gay sermons. One might have thought
after the Rick Warren asco of the rst inaugu-
ral that they could have avoided that mistake.
This year, the chief justice gets to administer
the oath of ofce privately in the White House
on the 20th instead of having to give it there a
second time as in 2009 when he messed it up
the rst time.
This time there is no discussion of where
the presidents children will go to school or
whether his mother-in-law is moving in, or
whether he will be a real part of the D.C. com-
munity. We know that wont happen. But the
day after the inauguration, he will be back at
his now familiar desk and working and the na-
tion will be better off for that.
We have a president who may have found
his voice during this second election and one
who will never have to face the voters again.
He can speak from his heart without worry
every day about whom he will offend. He has
about 18 months until everything he does
is looked at as being done by a lame duck
president. He now understands the levers of
government and the power of the presidency
better than he did in 2009. We must believe
he will use them for the good of all the people.
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Pursuing petty privileges
provides fodder for
growing public disfavor
Youd think that D.C. elected ofcials could
manage to get through a presidential inaugu-
ration without embarrassing District residents.
Youd be wrong.
The quadrennial ceremony focuses the na-
tions attention on Washington. These days,
and for good reason, much of the country
hates this place.
Some D.C. Council members have now
provided locals with reason to hang heads in
dismay of peevish public antics.
At a brieng by federal agencies last week
for the D.C. Council regarding inaugural secu-
rity preparations and protocols, whining im-
mediately ensued. Vehemently voiced by Jack
Evans, legislators argued that arrangements
bestowed them insufcient special accom-
modations. They were also disgruntled about
a single ticket allotment each for the outdoor
oath-taking event.
Evans complained that deference for city
lawmakers allowing them to arrive by private
car and park within the security perimeter
wasnt good enough. Security ofcials wanted
them to arrive early, after street closures but
before the crowds arrived. This would have
necessitated getting up early to advantage
this special privilege.
This child-like foot stomping, accompanied
by declarations of being totally unaccept-
able by Evans on behalf of his colleagues,
later won them a three-hour schedule con-
cession from federal ofcials. Residents likely
thought that they should have been sent to
bed without dinner.
Impinging public safety and adding to se-
curity requirements is apparently secondary to
their personal convenience.
Goddess forbid they be required to catch
a cab, or the horror of it all use public
transportation like the plebeian citizenry. Per-
haps residents could be enlisted to transport
them on covered litters for those last few steps
beyond security checkpoints.
Of course, theres also their desire for extra
tickets for swearing-in seats. The public is left
only to wonder how they would travel from
their parking spots all the way down the Mall.
Cue those elevated palanquins again, the lo-
cal royalty is ready to move.
As it turns out, most Council members
are now planning to skip the actual event
on the U.S. Capitol steps. Understand-
able, as they have exclusive use of a glass-
enclosed and heated temporary building
constructed in front of the Wilson Building
from which to view the subsequent parade.
It wasnt merely the recessed interior light-
ing that brought the structures cost to
more than $350,000.
Transportation was also of concern when
D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, to be ac-
companied by Council Chair Phil Mendelson,
made plans to travel the two blocks from her
Council ofce to the White House by car.
They had scheduled a meeting with an
administration functionary to plead that the
White House display the citys Taxation With-
out Representation slogan-adorned license
plate on the presidential limousine during the
Inaugural Parade. The Council had busied it-
self unanimously approving such a resolution
earlier in the week.
Better to have arranged car service utiliz-
ing Uber. A fools errand, after all, should ar-
rive in style.
In anticipation of the ve-minute trip by
government sedan, Cheh had asked police
ofcials about a siren-and-lights escort. The
police balked at the suggestion, according
to news reports, and Cheh is said to have
dropped the inquiry.
When the duo traversed the short dis-
tance last Friday under clear skies to the White
House gate, visible from their ofce building,
a city employee drove them in a government
car. Despite Chehs prior concern that they
might be followed by a trail of people if they
walked, their trip went unnoticed by the pub-
lic. If only Lindsay Lohan had it so good.
The stupefying aspect of these behav-
iors is the sense of elite entitlement they
represent. Council members appear so
taken with their self-importance that they
no longer exhibit any self-consciousness
or regard for public perception concerning
the pursuit of perks. Lest they forget, such
notions of privilege are what resulted in
two of their number having resigned ofce
in disgrace.
Allegations of unethical behavior, possible
fundraising violations and other lurking poten-
tial scandals continue to taint their collective
reputation and fuel disrepute. The defeat of an
incumbent colleague only two months ago by
an insurgent self-styled reformer should have
served as warning.
Continuing unseemly displays of inated
self-regard will only result in needing to wor-
ry about making arrangements for one last
ride home.
Made in Cuba,
assembled in Spain,
imported to the U.S.
In American culture, few things are
more obscure and less relevant to life
to more people (other than poets) than
poetry. Yet on Jan. 21, the world of Walt
Whitman and Emily Dickinson will come
alive in the hearts and minds of millions,
when poet Richard Blanco, a son of Cu-
ban immigrants who lives with his partner
Mark in Bethel, Maine, reads a poem that
he wrote at President Obamas second
inauguration.
Im among the many from poets to
social justice activists to ordinary peo-
ple who are thrilled that Obama chose
Blanco to be the 2013 inaugural poet.
Were excited not only because Blancos
work is intimate, yet universal; touching
and engaging; but by the historic nature
of his selection: Blanco, 44, is the young-
est, the rst Latino and the rst openly gay
man to be a presidential inaugural poet.
Its been said that poetry cant legis-
late. No poem that any of us poets might
write, no matter how great, will undo anti-
gay laws, end bigotry or eradicate pover-
ty. Yet, poetry can make us care: it can tell
stories. As the late historian Howard Zinn
said, poets wage the battle for justice in
a sphere which is unreachable by the dull-
ness of ordinary political discourse.
Richard Blanco was made in Cuba,
assembled in Spain, and imported to the
United States, Blanco playfully writes in his
bio on his website (richard-blanco.com).
Growing up in Miami, Blanco became
a civil engineer. Later, he earned an M.F.A.
in creative writing at night at Florida In-
ternational University (where he earned
his engineering degree). Recently, Blan-
co, the author of three poetry collections,
began writing full-time.
As a boy, his family cautioned Blanco
against becoming too feminine or ap-
pearing too gay. Avoid hugging me, but
if you must/ pat them real hard/on the
back, even/if its your father, he writes in
the poem Queer Theory: According to
My Grandmother from his latest collec-
tion Looking for the Gulf Motel.
In the same poem, Blanco writes,
What? No, you cant pierce your ear/left
or right side/I dont care/You will not look
like a goddamn queer/Ive seen you.../
even if you are one.
Poet Sarah Browning, director of Split
This Rock, became friends with Blanco
when she took a workshop from him at the
Writers Center in Bethesda. Hes been
an enthusiastic...supporter ever since,
as he is to many poets all over the coun-
try, Browning wrote in an e-mail to the
Blade. Poetry helps tell the truth of our
countrys story, in all its complexity and
mess and striking beauty. For too long,
there has only been one public version
of the story triumphalist, white male. By
choosing Richard Blanco queer and La-
tino President Obama recognized that
too many of us have been excluded from
the ofcial version for too long.
Richard and I have something unusual
in common; we have both written Latino
Thanksgiving poems, poet and essayist
Martin Espada, wrote in an email to the
Blade. His is called America from his
rst book City of a Hundred Fires. That
poem, and the book itself, should be
required reading for anyone who wants
to understand the Cuban-American ex-
perience or simply wants to read some
damned good poetry.
Its groundbreaking that Blanco is a
Latino and openly gay poet, Espada, au-
thor of The Trouble Ball, said. Poetry
humanizes, and the presence of this poet
at this inauguration will be a step forward
in our collective recognition of Latinos
and gays as full-edged human beings
deserving of full civil and human rights.
Yet rst and foremost, Blanco is a
damned good poet, as he will prove to
the world at the inauguration, Espada
added.
When he has a good poem day, Blan-
co does a poetry dance, Blanco writes
on his website. On Jan. 21, millions of
people will, metaphorically, do their po-
etry dance when Blanco reads his inau-
gural poem.
Obamas poetic choice of Richard Blanco
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It wont be hard to pick out the Lesbian
& Gay Band Association amid all the other
contingents on Monday during the 57th
Presidential Inauguration Parade.
The honor guard will be carrying a
rainbow Pride ag as it leads the rest of the
band members across Pennsylvania Avenue.
One of the selections the band will play is
Edge of Glory, a hit from gay icon Lady
Gaga. And the band members will be clad
in tted black outts with purple accents.
Adam DeRosa, president of the Lesbian
& Gay Band Association, says the outts
were chosen with a nod to symbolism.
Purple is in some ways, if youre going
to narrow it down to one color, a much
more of a universal for the gay community,
DeRosa says. And for the camera, again,
we wanted it to be something that was
really going to stick out.
The band association an organization
of 32 local bands from across the country
will send 240 members to participate
in the second-term inauguration of
President Obama a U.S. president who
rode into re-election with a message of
support from the LGBT community after,
among other achievements, coming out in
favor of same-sex marriage and repealing
Dont Ask, Dont Tell.
DeRosa, a 37-year-old French horn
player with the Ft. Lauderdale-based
South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble, said
the LGBT achievements seen under the
Obama administration are one of the
reasons he and other association members
want to take part in the inauguration
taking particular note of the victory on
Election Day for marriage equality in
Maine, Maryland and Washington State.
Because were a national and international
group, we have, for instance, a band thats
in Seattle, and we now have members of
the organization that are married since that
election in November, DeRosa says. This is
very real to us, and we absolutely are honored
to part of it in that respect.
In addition to the rainbow ag at
the head of the unit, the honor guard in
front will bear an American ag and a
ag representing the band association.
Members will carry state ags to represent
each of the local bands participating in
the contingent making for a total of at
least 20 ags.
Besides Lady Gaga, other songs the
band is set to play are standard brass tunes
intermixed with modern songs. On the
playing list is a mashup of Battle Hymn of
the Republic and Simple Gifts as well
as Gimme Everything Tonight, a more
recent song by Pitbull. When the band
reaches the glass box where President
Obama and rst lady Michelle Obama will
sit, the band will break into a rendition of
Tonight from West Side Story.
Other local members involved in the
association express similar excitement about
participating in the parade based on work that
President Obama has done on LGBT issues
during his rst four years in ofce.
Rachel See, a 37-year-old transgender
French horn player for the Capital Pride
Symphonic Band, says participating is
just a real honor because, as an attorney
for the National Labor Relations Board,
she was helped by Obamas memoranda
instituting non-discrimination protections for
transgender U.S. government employees.
As a federal employee, I came
out as transgender last year and the
policy the administration has put into
place supporting transgender federal
employees and transgender people
across the nation have been wonderful,
See says. Im glad to see that it was done
and look forward to the next four years.
Derrick Johnson, a 27-year-old black
gay man and drum major in D.C. Different
Drummers, says he feels a symbolic
connection with Obama because they
share the same race and because of the
leadership Obama has exercised on LGBT
issues during his rst term.
The correlation is denitely there,
Johnson says. Breaking that barrier of the
stereotypical president denitely helped
to create a shift in thought and mindset
in our country, and hopefully our world,
in acceptance of differences and various
demographics and also coming down
the pike and seeing his outright acceptance
of gay rights denitely speaks highly toward
the African-American community.
Its not the rst time the association
has participated in the inaugural parade.
For the rst time ever, the association was
selected to march in the 2009 inaugural
parade after Obama rst won election to
the White House. During the inaugural
festivities for former President Bill Clinton,
the group performed on the sidelines, but
didnt take part in the inaugural parade
itself. The association didnt participate
in the inaugural festivities for former
President George W. Bush.
Lacey Janet Rose, the Presidential
Inaugural Committees deputy director
of constituency press, says inauguration
organizations are thrilled the association
which was selected among 2,800
bands that submitted applications will
have the opportunity to take part in the
inaugural parade a second time.
We are thrilled that the Lesbian and
Gay Band Association has accepted their
invitation to join President Barack Obama
and Vice President Joe Bidens Inaugural
parade, Rose said in a statement. The
2013 parade participants will showcase
extraordinary talent and reect the vibrant
diversity of America. President Obama and
Vice President Biden are proud to have the
participation of the Lesbian and Gay Band
Association for the second time in history.
DeRosa, wholl perform in the parade
in a non-musical role as an honor guard,
says despite the excitement, members
were asked to commit to take part as
the application was being compiled
even before election results were known
regardless of whether the winner
was Obama or Republican presidential
nominee Mitt Romney.
We basically had a pre-registration
for us to understand who really was
committed to this, but again, that was all
happening prior to the election results, so
people were really committed to being
part of this event really regardless of what
the outcome was, DeRosa says.
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L GBT ENS EMBL E S ET F OR RET URN AP P EARANCE I N I NAUGURAT I ON PARADE
The Lesbian & Gay Band Association at the 2009 inauguration, the rst time an LGBT group participated.
WASHINGTONBLADE FILE PHOTOBY HENRY LINSER
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
I came out in 2004 after my mother
passed. The hardest was to my best
friend and ance at the time.
WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
I dont have any one individual whom
I consider my hero. Everyone who
puts forth the effort and strives for our
community is a hero to me.
WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
To answer the question one might have
to ask which night you are referring to.
DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
This one is a toughie, but easily
answered with Whichever the other
groom actually shows up to.
WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
Wounded Warriors program for the
service members who have given some
or all in service of our nation. This goes
for spouses as well.
WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
I wouldnt change any in all honesty.
I know it sounds cold considering what
has happened in the past, but the past
is what has made us what and who we
are today.
WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
I know it sounds harsh, maybe cold,
but there would be two: the Oklahoma
bombing and 9-11. Both were while I
was sitting in a class in Oklahoma.
ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
I insist mainly on stopping the
backstabbing and hypocrisy that live
within our community.
WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
Mentioning that I enjoyed a wonderful
Wednesday evening of Beach Blanket
Bingo at Freddies Beach Bar and Grille,
in Arlington, hosted by Regina Jozet
Adams and Ophelia Bottoms. It starts
promptly at 8 p.m. Did that sound a little
like an advertisement?
IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
The Neverending Rollercoaster of
Life
IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I would stay just the way I am.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
Reincarnation
WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
MOVEMENT LEADERS?
Listen and learn, use advice given to
make things happen for the community.
WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS
HOT COALS FOR?
I would walk across hot coals for the
one I love; this only follows second to
my real mother.
WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS
YOU MOST?
The idea that drag queens are these
purse carrying, lisp spoken, feminine
individuals.
WHATS YOUR FAVORITE LGBT
MOVIE?
Latter Days
WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
I would say constantly going out.
Sometimes staying in for a nice night
with my boyfriend is the best custom
there can be.
WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE DO YOU
MOST COVET?
Currently the Miss Gaye America D.C.
crown. I have joined the sisterhood of
so many before me to include my drag
sister, Alexandra B. Childs, and drag
mother, Destiny B Childs.
WHAT DO YOU WISH YOUD
KNOWN AT 18?
Nothing more than I did at that time. I
have enjoyed learning the things I have
over these past 14 years.
WHY WASHINGTON?
The Marine Corps brought me to
Northern Virginia in 2004. After I was
deployed in 2007 and then medically
returned in 2008 from Iraq, I spent some
time in Maryland. Since I didnt have
any main family left in my home state I
decided to settle my roots out here. I
have gained many friends and some of
those friends I call my family. Being out
here just feels right.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Jason Perry enlisted in the Marine Corps just out of high school at age 18.
After 11 years and nine months of service that found him stationed at Camp
LeJeune, N.C., and Quantico, Va., in addition to brief deployments to Okinawa,
Japan and Iraq, he was medically discharged and has settled into a new life in
Sterling, Va., after two years of treatment in Bethesda.
On Jan. 5 as his drag alter ego Charity B., he was crowned Miss Gaye America D.C.
I was actually in shock, he says. I didnt know what was going on. Once it
sunk in, Perry says he was excited and elated.
I was glad I was able to carry on for the family members whod won
previously, he says.
Drag mother Destiny B. Childs got him started in drag about six years ago.
We were just having a good time drinking one night and they said I might
do well with my high cheekbones and stuff like that, so we tried it, he says. I
enjoy it for the entertainment portion. Its not a job for me.
Perry has been seeing someone for about four months but they dont live
together. He likes Sterling because its out of the hustle and bustle of D.C.
I like having a yard where I can play with the dog, he says.
The 31-year-old McLoud, Okla., native is a full-time student and hopes to
nish an information technologies degree in the next few years.
He enjoys sculling, landscaping and drag in his free time. And spending time
with my amazing boyfriend and my dog.
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By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Everyones met an Aubrey Piper, the
obnoxious title character in George Kellys
1924 comedy The Show-Off. Loud,
boastful, desperate for attention, Aubrey
is a nightmare in an obvious toupee and
a liar to boot. But lucky for most of us,
unlike the Fishers, the good folks featured
in Kellys play, we dont have an Aubrey
marrying into the family.
At 90, Kellys play is windy but
fundamentally funny precisely because it
deals in familiar, time-resistant types. The
Show-off got its start as a big Broadway
hit and subsequently enjoyed revivals
and was adapted to the screen more
than once. Currently, its in production at
Arlingtons American Century Theater, a
company committed to promoting 20th
century plays as a vital part of todays
cultural dialogue.
The show opens with Mrs. Fisher (Lee
Mikeska Gardner) dishing the dirt with
her sensible, well-married daughter
Clara (Jenna Berk). It seems Aubrey
(David Gram) has been coming to call
on the Fishers younger daughter Amy
(Erin E. McGuff) every Wednesday and
Sunday evening without fail. Not content
to woo his giggly girlfriend privately in
the offstage parlor, Aubrey brings his
corny jokes, tall tales and off key singing
center stage to the living room where
Amys parents and her inventor brother
Joe (Evan Crump) are trying to pass a
quiet evening at home. A solid working
class family with a comfortable house in
northern Philadelphia, the Fishers cant
understand what their daughter sees in
the phony low paid freight clerk posing as
a Pennsylvania Railroad big shot.
By act two the Fishers worst fears are
realized: Aubrey and Amy are married. By
act three, it gets even worse, and nally a
little better. At the end, Clara begins to
soften. Locked in a lonely marriage, she
is charmed by Aubreys sincere love for
her sister. And though he doesnt pull a
big salary, Aubrey does go to work every
day. In the end, despite or more likely
because of his borderline con artist
ways, Aubrey brings a boon to the family.
Will he again in the future? Thats unclear.
Set in the playwright George Kellys
native Philadelphia, the comedy is
lled with references to streets and
neighborhoods including the downtown
area where Claras detached husband
Frank (Nello DeBlasio) rst spotted
Aubrey (hes hard to miss with jaunty
fedora, walking stick and red carnation),
and the busy intersection where Aubrey
runs down a cop.
George Kelly was enormously popular
in the 20s and early 30s. Today, aside
from being movie star Grace Kellys uncle,
he is best known for The Show-Off and
his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Craigs
Wife, a morality tale about a controlling
woman who values a pristine home above
family and friendship. (The latter was
adapted for the screen in 50s as Harriett
Craig, a juicy mid-career vehicle for
none other than real life clean freak Joan
Crawford). Kelly was also gay, and not
surprising for the time, carefully closeted.
He maintained a 55-year relationship with
partner William Weagley.
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28 JANUARY 18, 2013 THEATER
THE SHOW-OFF
Through Feb. 2
American Century Theater
Gunston Performing Arts Center, Theatre II
2700 South Lang Street, Arlington
$35-$40
703-998-4555
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If youre excited about the upcoming inauguration but have nowhere to
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Sexual Minoriry Yourh Assisrance Leaue anc rhe D.C. Cenrer hosr rhe 2013
Youth Inaugural Ball ronihr ar c p.m. ar THEAFC Communiry Cenrer (101
Mississippi Ave., SE). The parry incluces lree looc anc crinks, inclucin Chiporle
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Town (200 8rh Sr., N.W.) hosrs DJ Hecror Fonseca lor rhe Inaugural Party
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Human Rights Campaign hosts a cocktail reception for supporters and
leacers in rown lor rhe inauural evenrs Suncay ar c p.m. ar NumLer Nine (1435 F
Sr., NW). For more inlormarion, visir acrion.hrc.or.
Bachelor's Mill (1104 8rh Sr., S.E.) hosrs Barack Obash presenrec Ly DW
Fromorions ronihr ar 10 p.m. There will Le a special surprise uesr. A lree Luller
will Le provicec. Cover is $10. For more inlormarion, visir Lachelorsmill.com.
Lauper to headline HRC inaugural party
An esrimarec 1,500 people are expecrec ro arrenc rhe Human Fihrs
Campain's quacrennial inauurarion celeLrarion ar rhe Maylower Horel in
Norrhwesr D.C. Moncay.
Siner Cynci Lauper will aain perlorm ar rhe evenr alonsice lormer "American
col" conresranr Frenchie Davis anc rhe Gay Men's Chorus ol Washinron, Tony
Awarcwinnin acrress Aucra McDonalc, acror Will Swenson ol "Friscilla ueen
ol rhe Deserr" anc "Hair" anc Foss Marhews ol "Chelsea Larely" anc "The
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"r's a variec casr," HFC spokesperson Frec Sainz rolc rhe Washinron Blace.
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MLK Freedom Walk
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To celeLrare Marrin Lurher Kin,
Jr.'s Lirrhcay, Washinron will hosr rhe
35rh MLKs Peace and Freedom Walk
Sarurcay mornin Leinnin ar 7:30 a.m.
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The nexr sire is rhe "Feace Walk," which
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where rhe walkers will arrive ar noon.
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The Frice Feveal 2013 is ar F..v.
Loune ar rhe W Washinron Horel (515
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DEAR MICHAEL,
Thank you for recently addressing
hookup apps. While your column focused
on single people, I want to know if
partnered people can healthily use them.
Ben and I have been dating for several
years. At rst, we were completely
monogamous, but Ben began to resent
me for keeping him from having sex with
others and we broke up.
I came back into the relationship with
an open mind, but it seems like Ben has
more encounters than I do and prefers to
use these apps over having sex with me.
He is always on his phone when were
together and its making me feel lousy. I
feel like others are getting what I dont
have and what I desperately want: good
sex and attention from Ben.
Ive expressed my feelings with him
on this before, but I feel like his desires
outweigh his concern for my feelings of
jealousy, pain and abandonment. Am I
overreacting or is he crossing boundaries
that shouldnt be crossed?
MICHAEL RESPONDS:
For partnered people to healthily have
an open relationship/use hookup apps, I
would say that all of the following must be
in place:
Both partners agree to the open
relationship. People often hook up
behind their partners back. Thats not
an open relationship, thats cheating.
Dishonesty does not make for a healthy
relationship, which requires mutual
respect and deserved trust.
The hookups are not damaging
the relationship. You can make a great
case for why your partner should not be
bothered by your sexcapades, such as
Its just sex, I dont love/care about the
other guys, You have no reason to feel
threatened and everyone I know is on
this app. But theres no getting around
the fact that your partner may still be
jealous or hurt. If your partner is bothered
by your hookups, they are damaging your
relationship.
The hookups are not negatively
impacting the partners sex life with
each other. Because newness is exciting,
a cute guy on an app will probably register
as more alluring than your partner of four
years. So if youre sexually bored with
your partner, hooking up with app guy
may seem like a great, easy way to add
excitement and passion to your life. But
going this route makes it unlikely that you
will put in an earnest effort to improve sex
with your long-term partner. And thats a
big negative impact.
You are able to use the app without
getting addicted to it. Good luck avoiding
this. As I wrote in my previous column,
addiction to hookup apps, once you start
using them, is extremely likely, because
these apps are inherently addictive.
Handing your question back to you: Do
you think that in your relationship, hookup
apps are being used in a healthy way?
It is worth your getting clear about why
you decided to come back to Ben after
breaking up. I do not get any sense that
you actually had made your peace with
Bens desire for a more open relationship,
because this issue continues to cause you
great distress. Nor, obviously, did the two
of you come to any resolution over how to
handle this important difference, because
it is still a deep fault line down the middle
of your relationship.
When you sidestep huge issues, such
as how you will structure your relationship,
you are just kicking them down the road.
Now the day of reckoning is here and you
have an important opportunity to gure
out your standards around how you do
and do not want to live. Is your bottom
line a relationship with more together
time and less app/hookup time? Letting
Ben know what you are willing to live with
and what you are not willing to live with
will be far more powerful than protesting
that your feelings are being hurt or trying
to guilt him into changing his behavior,
while living with resentment.
But remember that no matter what you
would like, Ben may choose to spend as
much time on his apps, and hooking up,
as he wishes. So you may not get the
relationship that you want with Ben.
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The trouble
with apps
Michael Radkowsky is a licensed psychologist who
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One of the most vibrant characters in literature comes to life in Aquila Theatres
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FRI, JAN 18
The Minotaur, Rorschach Theatre, Atlas.
202-399-7993. rorschachtheatre.com.
SAT, JAN 19
Can I Really Date A Guy Who Wears A
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WED, JAN 23
Schubert/Mozart Birthday Celebrations.
Embassy Series. Embassy of Austria.
202-895-6700. embassyseries.org.
THU, JAN 24
Mind-bending Works Of Samuel Beckett,
DCAC. 202-462-7833. dcartscenter.org.
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SAT, JAN 19
Joys of the Season, Torpedo Factory Art
Center. 703-838-4565. torpedofactory.org.
New Works: Workhouse Education
Student and Teacher Exhibition,
Workhouse Arts Center. 703-584-2900.
workhousearts.org.
The Great Chair Challenge, Workhouse Arts
Center. 703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
W3Fi: Chris Coleman + Laleh Mehran,
Artisphere. 888-841-2787. artisphere.com.
TUE, JAN 22
Fabulous! Portraits by Michele Mattei,
Museum of Women in the Arts .
202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
THU, JAN 24
2013 Solo Preview, The Art League,
The Art League Gallery. 703-683-1780.
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NSO/Tzimon Barto, piano, plays Bartk.
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
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Christopher Cross, The Barns.
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KanKouran West African Dance Company,
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Chamber Music, Friday Morning Music
Club, Calvary Baptist Church.
202-347-8355. fmmc.org.
SAT, JAN 19
MLK Celebration: Dick Gregory, The
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Brian Ganz Chopin Project, National
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Carnegie-Mellon University Piano Trio,
National Gallery of Art. 202-737-4215.
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Let Freedom Ring, Kennedy Centers
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Savion Glover: SoLe Sanctuary, GMU
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Dixie Power Trio, Arts Club of
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Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys,
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Livingston Taylor, The Barns.
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Boged (Traitor): Enemy of the People,
Theater J at Davis Performing Arts
Center, Georgetown University.
800-494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org.
Contractions, The Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
The Show-Off, American Century Theater,
Gunston Theatre Two. 703-998-4555.
americancentury.org.
Zorro, Constellation Theatre Company,
Source Theatre. 800-494-8497.
constellationtheatre.org.
Tryst, Washington Stage Guild,
Undercroft Theatre. 240-582-0050.
stageguild.org.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Ivan Sigal: White
Road, NOW at the Corcoran - Enoc
Perez: UTOPIA, Taryn Simon: A Living
Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters
I-XVIII. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Fords Theatre. Torn in Two. 202-347-4833.
fords.org.
Prince Georges African American
Museum, Gallery 110. Paper Dolls
Exhibition. 301-864-3860. pgaamcc.org.
Kreeger Museum. 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. Shock of the
News, Michelangelos David-Apollo,
Ellsworth Kelly: Colored Paper Images,
Masterpieces of American Furniture from
the Kaufman Collection, 17001830.
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
National Geographic. 1001 Inventions:
Discover the Golden Age of Muslim
Civilization, Birds of Paradise: Amazing
Avian Evolution. 202-857-7588.
nglive.org/dc.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Women
Silversmiths from the NMWA Collection,
New York Avenue Sculpture Project:
Chakaia Booker. 202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
Smithsonian Anacostia Community
Museum. Reclaiming the Edge: Urban
Waterways and Civic Engagement.
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By JOE PHILLIPS
Just in time to chase away those post-
holiday blues, its auto-show season.
Detroit was rst this week, with 59 vehicles
making glitzy debuts.
Many start rolling into dealer showrooms
the next few months, when pricing and
mpg numbers will be announced.
Until then, heres a preview of some of
the best rides of the year.
Sports car: Chevy C7
Corvette Stingray
Yes, the new Corvette is nally here.
Despite all the spy photos and drawn-
out hype, theres nothing like seeing the
real deal. There have only been seven
redesigns for this car in six decades,
which is why Vettes tend to fall off wish
lists after awhile (most other vehicles get
refreshed in four or ve years). But the
C7 was worth the wait, with yowza styling
somewhere between the devilish Dodge
Viper and a Bond-like Aston Martin. All
the lightweight aluminum and carbon
ber and a whopping 450-hp V8 help blast
this Corvette from 0 to 60 mph in less than
four seconds. And the interior is a stunner,
too: well-bolstered seats, Chevys smallest
steering wheel ever and a head-up display
(in hi-resolution color, no less) that projects
data on the windshield.
Sedan: Inniti Q50
The Q50 replaces the compact G37,
one of Innitis best-selling cars. Bulging
bumpers and a large, in-your-face grille
make things muscular, while wrap-around
headlights and a raised rear add sex
appeal. With the Q50, Inniti is targeting
the BMW 3 Series. Thats why theres a
punchy 328-hp V6 in the gas-engine model
and a hybrid that also gets impressive
power. Theres also choice of rear- or all-
wheel drive. High-tech gizmos include a
drive-by-wire adaptive steering system
(for better handling), active lane control
(which uses cameras to keep you centered
in the driving lane) and two touchscreens
for the infotainment center.
Crossover: Audi SQ5
The SQ5 part of Audis high-
performance S line retains the glitzy
DNA of the popular Q5 but throws a
supercharged V6 into the mix. A stiffer
suspension, lower chassis and beeer
tires add to the sportiness of this ve-seat
compact. So do the sleeker front-end
fascia and grille, along with new colors
like Estoril Blue and Panther Black. Inside,
there are gussied up trim options, and to
enhance the race-car effect, faux-metal
nishes on paddle shifters and pedals.
Green machine:
Cadillac ELR coupe
To help jump-start EV sales, Cadillac is
hoping the ELR will succeed where the
Chevy Volt has, well, lost its spark. That
may be easier said than done. Hybrid,
EV and other such green machines are
less than ve percent of the new-vehicle
market. Yet the Volts $39,000 sticker may
resonate better on a Cadillac, which is
based on the Volts powertrain and can
go 35 miles on the battery before the
gas engine kicks in. Plus, the ELR has a
snazzy, sharp-edged design, more akin
to an exotic Fisker or Tesla than the more
mundane Volt or Nissan Leaf.
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TODAY
Club Heaven (2327 18th St., NW) hosts
the inaugural launch party for Indie
Adams Morgan, a local indie music
series, featuring the band Ten Feet Tall,
Chrissi Poland from The Scissor Sisters
and Caleb Hawley from American
Idol tonight at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 in
advance and $12 at the door. For more
information, email indieadamsmorgan@
gmail.com.
Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna) hosts
Christopher Cross in the Barns tonight
at 8 p.m. and Saturday night at 7:30
p.m. Cross brings his fusion of rock and
pop together that created his Grammy
winning song Ride like the Wind. For
more information, visit wolftrap.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, JAN. 19
Center Women, women from the
D.C. Center, will have an outreach table
at BARE at Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W)
tonight from 10 p.m. to midnight. BARE
is a monthly dance party for women.
First shift of volunteers will meet at 8
p.m. at D.C. Center (1318 U St., NW)
to collect materials and then go to the
club. The second shift begins at 10 and
goes to midnight. If you are interested in
volunteering, visit thedccenter.org. For
more information about the party, visit
cobaltdc.com.
Burgundy Crescent volunteers with
the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation
at the Petsmart in Falls Church (6100
Arlington Blvd.) today between 11:45
a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers will be dog
handlers for their adoption events. Each
volunteer will be given a dog to be walk
around the property and will be given
basic information about the dog for
people who ask. For more information,
visit burgundycrescent.org.
Special Agent Galactica comes
to Freddies Beach Bar (555 23rd
St. S Arlington) tonight 8 p.m. The
show features jazz and rock songs
including music from Led Zeppelin,
Romantics, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar,
the Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane
and Elton John. There is no cover for
this event. For more information visit
pinkhairedone.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, JAN. 20
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts WTF:
Glitter Ball, described as the gayest
inauguration party ever. Two oors will be
open; DJs Kennan Orr, Aaorn Riggins and
Ed Bailey will be doing the music; seven
performers will be out on the oors with
lots of glitter. Doors open at 10 and cover is
$5. For more information, visit towndc.com.

MONDAY, JAN. 21
An Arc of Justice rally and parade is
planned for today at 9 a.m. at Malcolm X
Park at 16th and Euclid Street, N.W. The
march, which starts at 10 a.m., will go to K
and 15th streets N.W.
Organizers are calling the event a
determined but hopeful expression
of our concern and dissent against the
wars, occupations, loss of civil liberties,
overwhelming corporate and big money
power and more. An LGBT contingent
is planned so bring rainbow ags, issue
signs, etc. E-mail to arcofjustice2013@
gmail.com for full details.
TUESDAY, JAN. 22
Whitman-Walker offers free HIV testing
at Panam Supermarket (3552 14th St.,
NW) today from 4-7:30 p.m. For more
information, visit whitman-walker.org.
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
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.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23
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.
The Lambda Bridge Club meets
tonight at the Dignity Center (721
8th St., SE) at 7:30 p.m. for duplicate
bridge. Newcomers are welcome and
no reservations are needed. For more
information or if you need a partner, visit
lambdabridge.com.
THURSDAY, JAN. 24
The HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STI and TB
Administration of the D.C. Department
of Health presents Enhanced
Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning
Activities today from noon to 1 p.m. at
HAHSTA (899 North Capitol St., NE). For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St.,
NW) holds its gay men over 50 support
group this evening at 6:30 p.m. The group
is for gay men entering a new phase of life.
Registration is required to attend. For more
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.
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By KEVIN MAJOROS
Its been said that for social progress
to occur, blood must be shed. One could
spend a dissertation exploring the topic,
but theres evidence to support the
concept. It will be interesting to see how
things play out with U.S. gun laws after
the Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo.,
massacres. But were far enough out to
see some positive results come from the
rash of gay teen suicides of 2010.
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education
Network (GLSEN) is the leading national
education organization focused on ensuring
safe schools for all students. GLSENs
initiatives strive to create healthy school
climates by educating teachers, students
and the general public about the value of
respecting every individual regardless of
sexual orientation or gender identity.
Established in 1990 and now boasting
38 local chapters in the United States,
GLSEN projects such as Day of Silence,
ThinkB4YouSpeak and Changing the
Game have grabbed national attention.
Its staff has been working hard way before
2010, but those tragedies seemed to
galvanize the organization with a spate of
new programs and partnerships.
In November, GLSEN became a
partner with Lady Gagas Born This Way
Foundation to promote their shared
missions by creating the Born Brave Bus
tour, which includes pre-concert safe
space tailgate parties.
GLSEN utilizes its own research
department and national polling
organizations to determine positive and
negative changes in the national school
climate. Its 2011 National School Climate
Survey reached about 8,500 LGBT students.
Research indicators led to the creation
of Changing the Game in 2011 whose
mission is to assist K-12 schools in creating
and maintaining an athletic and physical
education climate based on the core
principles of respect, safety and equal
access for all.
From our research studies, we found
that less than 50 percent of LGBT students
were participating in school sports, says
Robert McGarry, director of education at
GLSEN. We had been providing diversity
training for educators for 20 years and
found that it was time to ll the gap by
providing education on managing a
sports eld or locker room.
Most of the sports education tools, which
include game plans for athletes, coaches,
athletic directors, principals, physical
education teachers and parents, were
created by Project Director Pat Grifn.
Grifn is a professor emeritus at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst and
the author of the book Strong Women,
Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia
in Sports.
Getting the word out for a sports
initiative targeted at K-12 schools is a little
more difcult than for programs aimed
at higher education that answer to the
National College Athletic Association
(NCAA) or the professional sports
teams that answer to their respective
commissioners.
To accomplish that task, Changing
the Game reaches out to member
organizations for coaches and athletic
directors, attends national conferences and
lends support to student alliance groups.
Our research shows that coaches and
physical education teachers are the least likely
adult that a student will turn to with LGBT
issues, McGarry says. Getting the word out
to them is important to our mission.
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Longtime organizers of drag events in the
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web site for full list of upcoming events.
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STEAK HOUSE
1609 17th St., NW
202-232-0395
In Dupont Circle area; popular longtime
restaurant and steakhouse with recently
renovated Upstairs Lounge.
PHASE 1 OF DUPONT
1415 22nd St., NW
202-296-0505
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In Dupont Circle area; popular with
women. Check web site for details.
BACHELORS MILL
1104 8th St., SE
202-544-1931
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Longtime bar popular with African-
American men in Capitol Hill area.
BANANA CAF
500 8th St., SE
202-543-5906
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Popular Capitol Hill area restaurant and
bar (Eastern Market Metro) for both men
and women. Features Cuban, Mexican
and Puerto Rican cuisine.
BLOWOFF
815 V St., NW
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Created by musicians Bob Mould and
Richard Morel, Blowoff is an occasional
dance event popular with men. Events
are held in clubs around the country;
D.C.s Blowoff parties are held at the 9:30
club in the popular U Street corridor.
COBALT
1639 R St., NW
202-462-6569
cobaltdc.com
In Dupont Circle area; part of complex
of LGBT businesses at this address,
including Level One restaurant on
street level and 30 Degrees bar.
CREW CLUB
1321 14th St., NW
202-319-1333
crewclub.net
Mens 24-hour gym in Logan Circle area,
featuring steam rooms, lounges,
private dressing rooms and more.
DC EAGLE
639 New York Ave., NW
202-347-6025
dceagle.com
The popular Levi/leather bars origins date
to the 1960s. Features billiards, regular
tournaments and other special events.
Located near the convention center, two
blocks north of Gallery Place Metro.
DELTA ELITE
3734 10th St. NE
202-546-5979
deltaelite.net/401.html
Longtime bar popular with African-
American men in Brookland
neighborhood; hosts regular ladies night.
Check web site for special events.
DIK BAR
1637 17th St., NW
202-328-0100
dupontitaliankitchen.com
In Dupont Circle area, above
Dupont Italian Kitchen.
DUPLEX DINER
2004 18th St., NW
202-265-9599
duplexdiner.com
Popular restaurant and bar in the
Adams Morgan area; happy hour
specials and many other special events.
See web site for updated schedule.
FAB LOUNGE
1805 Connecticut Ave., NW
202-797-1122
In Dupont Circle area; popular with men
but hosts regular womens events.
FIREPLACE
2161 P St., NW
202-293-1293
replacedc.com
In Dupont Circle area; neighborhood bar
popular with men.
GREEN LANTERN
1335 Green Court, NW
greenlanterndc.com
twitter.com/greenlanterndc
Friendly bar for men hosts regular happy
hours and special events, including
karaoke and shirtless drink special nights.
Check web site for details. McPherson
Square Metro.
JR.S
1519 17th St., NW
202-328-0090
jrsbardc.com
Longtime friendly Dupont Circle area
bar popular with men; videos, regular
special events.
LACE
2214 Rhode Island Ave., NE
202-832-3888
lacedc.com
Every night is ladies night at Lace;
features regular special events for women
in Brookland neighborhood. Check web
site for details on happy hour specials.
LARRYS LOUNGE
1836 18th St., NW
202-483-1483
Dupont Circle area bar and restaurant
popular with both men and women.
THE LODGE
21614 National Pike
Boonsboro, MD 21713
301-591-4434
thelodgemd.com
www.facebook.com/TheLodgeMD
Favorite for: Both Men & Women,
Billiards, Dancing, Drag, Bear/Leather,
Karaoke. Local and guest djs play the
latest Top 40, House, Trance & Electro
dance beats.
MIXTAPE
Different locations
mixtapedc.com
twitter.com/MIXTAPEdc
Alternative dance party for queer men and
women featuring electro, alt-pop, indie
rock, house, disco and New Wave. Check
web site for 2010 schedule of events.
MOVA
2204 14th St. NW
movalounge.com/dc.html
MOVA is back in a new location at 2204
14th Street NW with a daily happy hour
from 5-9.
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
900 U St., NW
202-332-6355
nelliessportsbar.com
Sports bar featuring poker
events, drag bingo, trivia contests
and other specials. Popular bar
with massive outdoor deck
and plenty of TVs f
or watching sports.
PHASE 1
525 8th St., SE
phase1dc.com
twitter.com/phase1dc
The Phase opened in 1970 and remains
a popular lesbian bar and club. Features
regular special events, including Jell-O
wrestling, 80s theme nights and more.
Check web site for details.
LGBTQ NIGHT
@ Black Squirrel
2427 18th St., NW
Washington DC 20009
blacksquirreldc.com
Party featuring disco house, electro, indie
pop, dance and industrial every Friday night.
REMINGTONS
639 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
202-543-3113
remingtonswdc.com
twitter.com/remingtonsWDC
Nightclub in Capitol Hill neighborhood
with more than 6,000 square feet of space
for dancing and billiards. One half block
west of Eastern Market Metro.
TOWN
Danceboutique
2009 8th St., NW
202-234-TOWN
towndc.com
Dance club and bar popular with men
and women, features regular drag
performances. U Street Metro.
ULTRABAR
911 F St., NW
ultrabardc.com
twitter.com/UltraBar
Large dance club with gay-friendly events and
vibe located downtown near Metro Center.
WHERE THE GIRLS GO
wherethegirlsgo.com
Queer womens events in the D.C. area.
Check web site for latest info.
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
1824 Half St., SW
202-863-0670
secretsdc.com
Featuring all-nude male dancers
Wednesdays-Sundays, drag
performances, large dance oor and
many regular special events, contests and
more. Large parking lot available; located
in Buzzards Point warehouse district.
1722
1722 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Multi-level after-hours dance club
attracts a mixed crowd but remains
gay-friendly.
DRINKERY
205 W. Read St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-225-3100
Another of Baltimores friendly
neighborhood bars in Mount
Vernon featuring billiards, jukebox
and welcoming service.
GALLERY
1735 Maryland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-539-6965
Longtime bar and restaurant
popular with African-American
clientele.
GRAND CENTRAL
1001 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-7133
centralstationpub.com
Large entertainment complex
featuring friendly pub, lesbian bar
Sapphos upstairs and a dance club
on the rst oor.
HIPPO
1 W. Eager St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-547-0069
clubhippo.com
Large club popular with men and
women featuring billiards, top DJs/
dancing, karaoke, videos and more.
Opened in 1972, Hippos motto is
where everyone is welcome.
JAYS ON READ
225 W. Read St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-225-0188
Piano bar attracts a mostly male
crowd, though welcoming to
women and straight patrons.
LEONS/TYSON PLACE
870 Park Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-539-4993
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In business for more than 50 years,
Leons is the oldest gay bar in
Baltimore and among the oldest in
the country. Friendly bar with
jukebox gets especially busy on
Sunday nights. Tyson Place is a
restaurant bar located behind
Leons with a separate entrance.
QUEST
3607 Fleet St.
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-563-2617
Neighborhood bar in Highlandtown
area is popular with men and
women and offers billiards.
SAPPHOS
1001 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-7133
centralstationpub.com
Part of the Grand Central complex,
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and offers comfy couches, outdoor
patio and more in its second
oor location.
NORTHERN VA
FREDDIES
Beach Bar
555 23rd St. South
Arlington, VA 22202
703-685-0555
Freddie Lutzs Virginia
establishment includes a restaurant
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and is popular with men and
women. Crystal City Metro.
LAUREL, MD
PWS
9855 N. Washington Blvd.
Laurel, MD 20723
301-498-8202
pwssportsbar.com
Restaurant and bar is popular with
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DC Metro [Region] Closes 2012 with
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on Jan. 10. Its true that 2012 was a better
year for D.C. Metro real estate, with me-
dian housing prices up 10.5 percent over
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cent across all market segments. Condo
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year-over-year has declined, especially in
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Yet, as mortgage interest rates con-
tinue to drop, there are more buyers out
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apartment complexes planned in the Dis-
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units by the end of 2014. No wonder the
business press is predicting a drop in
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So if youre looking to buy a condo,
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