Volume 44, Issue 25 - June 21, 2013

Democratic Sens. JOE MANCHIN (W.Va.), BILL NELSON (Fla.), MARK PRYOR (Ark.) and TIM JOHNSON (S.D.
) had not signed on as ENDA co-sponsors as of late this week.

Defense Secretary Hagel
to speak at Pride event next week
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is conrmed to
make an appearance at a Pentagon event observing
June as Pride month, which has been set for June 25,
alongside Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President
Obama, the Washington Blade has learned.
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little conrmed
in a statement provided via email to the Washington
Blade that Hagel would participate in the event,
making him the rst defense secretary to take part
in a Pentagon Pride celebration. A defense ofcial
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Obama nominates
two gay men for
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TABOO TOPICS
New Black revisits
Marylands battle for
marriage equality.
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GRAND SLAM
Martina Navratilova
criticizes Putin, opposes
Sochi Olympics boycott.
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(S.D.) had not signed on as ENDA co-sponsors as of late this week.
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4 key senators withholding ENDA
sponsorship as momentum builds
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Several Democratic senators signed on as co-
sponsors of the Employment Non-Discrimination
Act in the past week, as momentum builds for its
passage in that chamber.
But amid the good news for ENDA, four key
Democrats continue to withhold their sponsorship
of the bill.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) has signaled hell
add his name to the growing number of lawmakers
whove signed on as co-sponsors of ENDA giving
ir aruaLly more cosponsors rhan any orher LGBT
bill in history.
Jamal Raad, a spokesperson for Sen. Jeff Merkley
(D-Ore.), told the Blade this week that Rockefeller
would sign on as a co-sponsor on Wednesday.
Rockefellers ofce didnt immediately respond to
a request for comment. Visit washingtonblade.com
for updates.
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The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance and the DC Series 2013 host
committee are preparing for this summers Gay Softball World Series to be held in
the District.
We are condent in the DC host committee and its support team, and know that
Chesapeake & Potomac Softball will put on a fantastic event for our delegation,
said Chris Balton, commissioner of NAGAAA.
More than 4,000 athletes and their supporters representing 180 softball teams are
expected in Washington for the series to be held Aug. 26-31.
High voltage tournaments like the 2013 NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series draw
teams from across the country, and were thrilled to welcome them to the nations
capital, said Elliott Ferguson, president and CEO of Destination DC.
Sponsors of the event include Destination DC, the Greater Washington Sports
Alliance, Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel and Nellies Sports Bar.
The Blade is a media sponsor for the World Series.
STAFF REPORTS
CIA recruits at Capital Pride Festival
In a development that LGBT activists say would have been unthinkable in the not
too distant past, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency set up a booth at D.C.s Capital
Pride festival on June 9 where employees handed out a recruitment brochure aimed
at the LGBT community.
As a federal agency we are proud of our equal employment opportunities,
says the brochure, which is entitled, You Have Something Unique to Offer: Sexual
Orientation and the CIA Answers to Common Questions.
Weve already made signicant strides within the GLBT community, it says.
Now, were moving forward to even greater success. Share in our excitement of
equality by applying for employment at the CIA.
CIA employees stafng the booth, who identied themselves by their rst name,
said they were members of the Agency Network of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgendered Employees (ANGLE), an ofcially recognized CIA employee group
that helped to prepare the brochure.
The brochure and the employees stafng the booth said past restrictions against
granting a security clearance for gays have long since been dropped as a result
of an executive order issued by President Bill Clinton prohibiting discrimination in
clearances based on sexual orientation.
The brochure says applicants for a CIA job arent required to disclose their sexual
orientation but information about someones sexual orientation could surface during
a routine background check.
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obituary
AARON J. AJ WILLIAMS

A local gay man who had worked at
Secrets, the Fireplace and most recently
Remingtons died from injuries sustained
in a car accident in Silver Spring, Md., at
about 2:43 a.m. on June 6.
Aaron J. AJ Williams was 26 and lived
in Langley Park, Md., according to friends
including his boyfriend, Walter Somarriba.
A memorial service was held Tuesday at
First Baptist Church of Highland Park in
Landover, Md.
Williams was born April 7, 1987.
Secrets bartender Russell Schuerch says
he got to know Williams rst as a customer
and then more later when Williams came
on staff as a bar back.
After a while we got to be good friends, Williams says. You have your bar
friends and then friends who become close enough that youre friends outside the
bar too and thats how we were. He easily transitioned over to being a personal
friend and I helped him get on at Secrets.
Schuerch says Williams worked there about six or nine months for a stint about
two years ago. He eventually left because the Fireplace offered him more hours,
Schuerch said.
Somarriba, 21, says he and Williams had been dating nearly a year and met each
other on a Metro train near Fort Totten. They lived together in Langley Park and
moved in together after just a few dates.
AJ accepted me for who I am and we just clicked, Somarriba said. He just
believed in me and gave me my rst job, my rst phone. He pushed me a lot and had
the greatest inuence on my life. He helped me a lot.
Williams was a native of the D.C. area. Somarriba says he had family in the area
and had introduced Somarriba to his mother just recently.
He was not really that close with his family but he did talk to them, Somarriba said.
NBC 4 Washington reported that the car Williams was driving crashed into a brick
wall at University Boulevard West and Dennis Avenue in Silver Spring. The gray 2009
Honda Civic was traveling eastbound when the driver lost control while attempting
to go around a curve, NBC reported. The car struck a tree and a brick wall before
stopping in the parking lot of 401 University Boulevard West. Williams was taken
to MedStar along with a passenger. Williams died soon after and the passenger,
identied as Jose Adolfo Alvarado Castillo, 31, sustained serious injuries, according
to a WUSA Channel 9 report of the crash.
Somarriba said Williams was a good person.
He was loved by all and touched a lot of hearts, Somarriba said.
Friends are collecting money to cover his funeral expenses. Those interested in
donating can search his name Aaron Jerel Williams at youcaring.com.
JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Del. House approves trans rights bill
DOVER, Del. The Delaware House of Representatives on Tuesday
approved a bill that would add gender identity and expression to the states
anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws.
The 24-17 vote came less than a week after Senate Bill 97 passed out of the
House Administration Committee. The Delaware Senate earlier this month
approved the measure.
This bill to me is about fairness and equality, state Rep. Stephanie Bolden
(D-Wilmington) said.
House Minority Leader Daniel Short (R-Seaford) called Delaware Family
Policy Council President Nicole Theis to speak against SB 97 during the
debate that lasted more than two hours.
The bottom line is a concern about my rights, Theis said. I dont want to
go into a locker room with my small children without rights.
State Rep. Mike Ramone (R-Middle Run Valley) challenged Theis over her reference
to locker rooms and bathrooms during her testimony against the measure.
Transgenders, naturally, just want to be accepted, Ramone said.
State Rep. Bryon Short (D-Claymont,) who sponsored SB 97 in the House,
introduced an amendment that lawmakers approved before the vote that claries
the denition of gender identity and ensures a person cannot claim a gender
identity that is not their own to access a locker room or other sex-segregated facility.
We heard from opponents of this bill that they did not oppose providing
transgender people the same protections that are afforded to other
Delawareans based on race, age, sex, religion or ethnicity. Their concerns
involved the public accommodations part of the bill, Short said. We
listened to the concerns raised by constituents, took their comments seriously
and crafted an amendment to address them.
The Delaware Senate will need to approve the amended bill before Gov.
Jack Markell signs it into law.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
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By CHRIS JOHNSON
President Obama last week
nominated two gay men and supporters
of his presidential campaign for
ambassadorial posts in Europe.
Rufus Gifford, who previously served
as nance director for the Obama
campaign, was nominated as U.S.
ambassador to Denmark, while James
Costos, whos vice president of global
licensing and retail for HBO, was
named U.S. ambassador to Spain. Both
nominations are subject to Senate
conrmation.
It gives me great condence that
such dedicated and capable individuals
have agreed to join this administration
to serve the American people, Obama
said in a statement. I look forward to
working with them in the months and
years to come.
In an interview with the Blade in
September 2011, Gifford spoke about
his support for Obama.
Ive been on board with the
campaign in one way, shape or form
since January 2007 nearly from the
moment I met Sen. Obama, Gifford
said. I was certainly a believer in him
and his message and his politics, etc. So,
I do believe that the last two years have
been two of the very most productive
years in American history. In my mind,
truly, if we can get four more, think of
how much more we can accomplish.
Gifford was most recently the
nancial chair for the committee for
the presidents inauguration. Prior to
working for the Obama re-election
campaign, he was nance director of
the Democratic National Committee.
During the 2008 presidential
campaign, he was the California
Finance Director for the Presidential
Inaugural Committee and working as
a political consultant in California from
2004 to 2008.
According to his White House bio,
Gifford is a Federal Club Member of the
Human Rights Campaign and a Partner
in Conservation for the World Wildlife
Fund. He received a bachelors from
Brown University.
Costos has had various roles in
the entertainment industry. Before
joining HBO in 2006, he was CEO of
Eight Cylinders, Inc., an entertainment
marketing and licensing agency and
head of Promotions and Consumer
Products at Revolution Studios in
California. A graduate of the University
of Massachusetts, he began his career
in New York as a fashion and retail
executive.
According to OpenSecrets.org,
Costos contributed more than $60,000
to the Democratic National Committee
in the previous election and nearly
$5,000 to Obamas presidential
campaign.
Chuck Wolfe, CEO of the Gay &
Lesbian Victory Fund, congratulated
both men on their nominations in a
statement.
We congratulate Rufus Gifford and
James Costos, whose nominations
reect the presidents strong
commitment to eliminating barriers to
public service for LGBT Americans,
Wolfe said. Im condent they will
both represent the United States with
distinction.
Another openly gay nominee was
announced earlier last week. Daniel
Baer, a State Department ofcial, was
tapped to become U.S. ambassador
to the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe.
John Berry, who formerly was
director of the U.S. Ofce of Personnel
Management, is also reportedly on
the short list as U.S. ambassador to
Australia, but the White House hasnt
yet announced the nomination.
Three other openly gay men
have previously served as U.S.
ambassadors. David Huebner has
served as U.S. ambassador to New
Zealand and Samoa since 2009. Michael
Guest was U.S. ambassador to Romania
from 2001-2004 and James Hormel was
U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg from
1999-2001.
HUD nds anti-gay bias in rental market
Same-sex couples face a greater rate of discrimination in the online
rental housing market, according to a rst-of-its-kind study unveiled by the
Department of Housing & Urban Development on Tuesday.
The 69-page report, titled An Estimate of Housing Discrimination Against
Same-Sex Couples, was conducted by sending 6,883 email tests in 50
metropolitan markets across the country between June and October 2011.
The ndings: same-sex couples face unequal treatment compared to
straight couples when responding to online ads for rental units. Also, the
report found gay male couples experience more discrimination than lesbian
couples.
According to the study, straight couples were favored over gay male
couples in 15.9 percent of tests and over lesbian couples in 15.6 percent of
tests.
At this preliminary stage of the rental housing transaction, barriers
indicate a rejection of the tester based solely on the sexual orientation
information provided in the e-mail rather than on any characteristics related
to qualication for the housing, thus preventing basic access to rental units,
the report states.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said in a statement the study with the
University of Albany, State University of New York is evidence that President
Obama and the administration have been unmatched in our efforts to
ensure fair treatment for LGBT people.
CHRIS JOHNSON
Murkowski endorses marriage equality
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday became the third U.S. Senate
Republican to endorse same-sex marriage.
The Human Rights Campaign said Murkowski, who voted for the Dont
Ask, Dont Tell repeal bill in 2010, made the endorsement during an interview
with KTUU, an Anchorage television station.
Murkowski conrmed her position in an op-ed posted to her Senate
website.
Countless Alaskans and Americans want to give themselves to one
another and create a home together, she wrote, noting former President
Ronald Reagans daughter said she feels her father would have supported
nuptials for gays and lesbians. I support marriage equality and support the
government getting out of the way to let that happen.
Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director Gregory T. Angelo applauded
Murkowski in a statement to the Washington Blade.
Senator Murkowski could have waited for the pending Supreme Court
rulings on the landmark cases being decided this month, but instead chose
to stand up for whats right without wasting another day, he said.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Social Security updates trans policy
The U.S. Social Security Administration last week announced transgender
people will be able to update their gender on agency records without having
undergone sex-reassignment surgery.
Trans people under the new policy can either submit a passport or birth
certicate that notes their gender or a letter from their doctor that conrms
they have received transition-related treatment.
The National Center for Transgender Equality, which had sought the policy
change for seven years, noted the State Department and the Veterans Health
Administration are among the other federal agencies that have implemented
similar policies. The Pentagon still requires trans service members and
veterans to prove they have undergone sex-reassignment surgery in order
to change their gender for military pensions and other beneciary programs.
Most people may not see this as a big deal, but transgender people
know that this seemingly small technical change will protect their privacy and
give them more control over their own lives NCTE Executive Director Mara
Keisling said.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
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Obama taps 2 gay
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RUFUS GIFFORD, who's gay, was nominated as
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Lesbian senator addresses
DOJ employees, invokes
Robert Kennedy
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
delivered a stirring keynote address
Tuesday on advancing LGBT rights as
the nation awaits key Supreme Court
decisions on marriage rights.
In an address in the Great Hall of
the U.S. Justice Department where
employees commemorated June as
Pride month, the rst out lesbian elected
to the U.S. Senate spoke about the
importance of continuing to advance
LGBT rights.
Recalling the oral arguments on the
Defense of Marriage Act before the
Supreme Court, Baldwin said much
attention was devoted to federalism and
standing, but the debate on marriage
equality isnt really about any of those
things.
Its about fairness, its about whether
gay and lesbian Americans deserve to
be treated just like our family members,
our friends and our neighbors, Baldwin
said. Its about opportunity, about
whether every American gets to dream
the same dreams, choose the same
ambitions and have the same shot
And its about freedom: the freedom
to love, the freedom to commit, the
freedom to build a family.
Baldwin spoke on stage at a podium
next to U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder, who delivered opening remarks
prior to her speech, and lesbian singer
Melissa Ethridge. Baldwins ofce said
her complete remarks werent available.
Invoking former Attorney General
Robert Kennedys work in diversifying the
Justice Department as the black civil rights
movement unfolded in the 1960s, Baldwin
said the LGBT movement is the current
battle for equality and noted the importance
of pending court cases on marriage.
Of course, as much progress as
that generation made in fullling the
promises America makes about fairness
and equality, there was plenty left to do
for generations that followed, Baldwin
said. But we gather today, at another
moment of great progress in the area
of civil rights this time for LGBT
Americans.
She also reected on the progress
on LGBT issues in recent years, which
she said has taken place because more
Americans have decided that they
want to leave to the next generation a
country that is more equal, not less.
That, along with the hard work of so
many champions of equality from the
president to the activists in all our 50
states that is why we have so many
rsts to celebrate today, Baldwin said.
And thats why the Matthew Shepard
and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes
Prevention Act is on the books and
Dont Ask, Dont Tell isnt.
Baldwin also ticked off numerous
pending LGBT bills saying shes
even more excited about the progress
thats in our reach with President
Obama in the White House even
progress on legislation that often isnt
given considerable attention.
Progress like the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, so that we dont have
to contend with the reality that in
more than two-dozen states, its legal to
discriminate against LGBT employees,
Baldwin said. And progress like the
Student Non-Discrimination Act and the
Safe Schools Improvement Act, so that
LGBT students can go to school worried
about math tests and swim meets, and
not about bullying and harassment.
Progress like the Domestic Partnership
Benets & Obligations Act, so that LGBT
Americans who work to support their
families in the civil service can rest assured
that their partners can enjoy benets like
health insurance and retirement.
But Baldwin concluded by saying the
LGBT rights movement is actually about
working toward a cultural change to
ensure LGBT people are treated fairly.
CONTINUES AT WASHINGTONBLADE.COM
Hagel to speak at Pentagon Pride next week
said Hagel would provide opening
remarks to the group in person.
Secretary Hagel looks forward to
participating in this years DoD Pride
event at the Pentagon on Tuesday June
25, which is organized by a group of
Defense Department service members
and civilians to celebrate LGBT Pride
Month, Little said.
Emphasizing Hagels support for
gay and lesbian service members
who have been able to serve openly
since the end of Dont Ask, Dont
Tell Little recalled the West Point
address that Hagel delivered at the U.S.
military academy at West Point on May
25. During his speech, the secretary
said, The United States military has long
beneted from the service of gay men
and lesbians. Now they serve openly with
full honor, integrity and respect.
Secretary Hagel believes that the
open service of gays and lesbians make
our armed forces stronger and that this
months DOD Pride event is just one way
we honor what these service members
and LGBT civilians do for our country,
Little added.
Additionally, Little said Jarrett will join
Hagel on stage to represent the White
House and deliver the keynote address
on behalf of President Obama.
Secretary Hagel is also looking
forward to welcoming Valerie Jarrett
to the Pentagon who will represent
President Obama in delivering the
keynote address at the event, Little said.
The occasion will be the second Pride
celebration at the Pentagon following
Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal, but the
rst in which a sitting defense secretary
will make a live appearance. Last year,
then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
addressed the group via video message.
A defense ofcial said the Pride event
is being organized by a resource
group with the support of the Ofce of
the Secretary of Defense.
Hagels participation is noteworthy
because at the time of his nomination
for defense secretary, some members
of the LGBT community criticized his
selection.
Many expressed concern
over comments he reportedly made
to the Omaha World Herald in 1998
when he said the then-nominee for
U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg
shouldnt be conrmed because hes
openly aggressively gay. Hagel later
apologized for the remark and Hormel
eventually endorsed Hagels nomination.
As a Republican U.S. senator
representing Nebraska, Hagel had a
dismal voting record on LGBT issues.
He voted for the Federal Marriage
Amendment in 2004, but didnt cast a
vote in 2006.
Still, over the course of the conrmation
process, Hagel said he supports Dont
Ask, Dont Tell repeal and pledged
to implement expeditiously benets
available under current law for troops
with same-sex partners.
Baldwin delivers stirring Pride speech
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Pams House Blend blog ends run
After nine years of curating one of the leading LGBT news and opinion
blogs, Pam Spaulding announced this week that she is shutting down Pams
House Blend, and will no longer be contributing daily after this month.
Citing health concerns, North Carolina-based Spaulding wrote that she was
unable to continue creating daily content to the blog that bears her name, so
she would be closing it down.
As an out, African-American lesbian in the South, Spaulding has been one
of the most outspoken voices for the LGBT community online. Her blog
which featured a stable of contributors from across the country became
a rallying point for young LGBT activists who expressed frustration with the
Obama administrations slow initial progress on LGBT issues, and frustration
with traditional LGBT organizations.
Through her blogging, Spaulding was able to inuence several key LGBT
grassroots actions, including becoming one of the original authors of The
Dallas Principles, a set of principles for guiding grassroots LGBT activists.
The Blend sat in a unique place in all of this I brought the perspective
of a black lesbian living in the South to the dialogue broadcasting a voice
certainly not represented in the power structure of the LGBT movement,
Spaulding writes in her announcement.
In June of 2011, facing the cost of operating a high trafc site like Pams
House Blend, Spaulding allowed progressive blog Fire Dog Lake to acquire
the Pams House Blend site in what FDL founder Jane Hamsher called a
perfect union, and operate the blog as a separate channel, allowing The
Blend, to continue to operate, while freeing up Spaulding to concentrate on
managing the group blog and writing, rather than having to operate a site
on her own.
Spaulding says that contributors Laurel Ramseyer, Alvin McEwen and
Autumn Sandeen will continue to blog on a rebranded channel on Fire Dog
Lake, and that pamshouseblend.com will continue to operate as an archive.
PHIL REESE
U.S. more accepting of gays: poll
A new Pew Research Center poll nds the vast majority of LGBT Americans
feel the country has become more accepting of them over the last decade.
Ninety-two percent of the 1,197 LGBT adults who responded to the survey
the group conducted between April 11-29 said society has grown more
accepting of them since 2003. Respondents cited a variety of reasons that
include knowing someone who is LGBT, President Obama and other high-
prole gures advocating in support of gay issues and same-sex couples
raising families.
Pew announced the survey results against the backdrop of the anticipated
U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of Californias
Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act.
Ninety-three percent of respondents said they support same-sex marriage,
compared to 51 percent of the general population. Only 32 percent of
Americans backed nuptials for gays and lesbians in 2003.
Thirty-nine percent of those who responded to the Pew survey said same-
sex marriage has drawn too much attention away from other LGBT-specic
issues. In spite of this position, 58 percent of respondents said nuptials for
gays and lesbians should remain a top priority for the LGBT rights movement.
Maryland is among the nine states and D.C. in which gays and lesbians can
currently marry.
Delawares same-sex marriage law will take effect on July 1, while nuptials
for gays and lesbians will become legal in Minnesota and Rhode Island on
Aug. 1. The Nevada Assembly last month approved a bill that would repeal
the states constitutional same-sex marriage ban that voters approved in 2002.
Sixteen states and D.C. have also added gender identity and expression to
their anti-discrimination laws. Thirteen of those states and the nations capital
include trans-specic protections in their hate crimes statutes.
In spite of these legislative advances, respondents said they continue to
face discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and
expression.
Nearly a quarter of respondents said an employer has treated them unfairly;
58 percent of respondents said they have been the target of anti-LGBT slurs
or jokes.
MICHAEL K. LAVERS
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Retired tennis star calls
Russias anti-gay bill
frightening
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
Retired tennis champion Martina
Navratilova on Monday blasted Russian
lawmakers who unanimously passed a bill
last week that would ban the promotion of
homosexuality to minors.
It is kind of frightening that people
could agree that much on that, she told
the Washington Blade during a telephone
interview from Paris, noting the 436-0
margin by which the measure passed in the
Russian Duma. It just goes to show how
totalitarian that country is because you can
have a vote on that.
Individuals would face nes of between
4,000 and 5,000 rubles ($124-$155,) and
government ofcials would face nes
of between 40,000 and 50,000 rubles
($1,241-$1,551) under the proposal.
Media organizations and other groups
would face a ne of up to 1 million rubles
($31,000) or suspension of their activities
for up to 90 days.
Foreigners could also face up to 15 days
in jail and deportation.
Navratilova criticized Russian President
Vladimir Putin who has said he will sign the
measure into law.
I feel like Putins just trying to go against
whatever the West is doing, she said. If
the West would be bad about gays, he
would have gay marriage, but because the
West is good with the gays or getting
better, he goes the other way.
Navratilova, who won more than two-
dozen Grand Slam singles and doubles
titles during her professional career that
spanned nearly four decades, in 1981
became one of the rst professional
athletes to come out as gay.
She spoke with the Blade amid growing
calls that athletes boycott the 2014 Winter
Olympics in Sochi.
She said Russia shouldnt have gotten
the Olympics in the rst place, but
stressed she never believed in boycotts.
She referenced the gay advocacy
groups who boycotted Colorado after
voters in 1992 approved a constitutional
amendment that barred the state from
enacting anti-gay discrimination laws to
further prove her point.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck it down in
1996 in the Romer v. Evans decision.
Its more effective to get in peoples
faces and prove them wrong rather than run
away, Navratilova said. To me a boycott
kind of runs away from the problem.
She was also at the mens nal at the
French Open earlier this month when
opponents of Frances same-sex marriage
law interrupted the match between
Spanish tennis players Rafael Nadal and
David Ferrer. Navratilova said the shirtless
protester who ran onto the court with a are
in his hand near Nadal reminded her of the
man who stabbed Monica Seles during a
German tennis match in 1993.
Youre like holy shit, youre still not safe
on the tennis court, she said. On top
of that, its these asshole protesters who
have nothing better to do but complain
about gay people having the same rights
as they do.
Navratilova also recalled seeing some
of the more than 100,000 people who
marched against Frances same-sex
marriage law in Paris on May 26 three
days before the rst gay couple legally
tied the knot in the country.
I couldnt believe the masses of people
who were out protesting against something
that doesnt affect them in any way, she
said. To really see real people that are
so emotionally invested in denying you
equality is really disconcerting.
Some judges refuse to allow
gays to register relationships
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
Even though same-sex couples in
Colombia will be able to legally register
their relationships on Friday, it remains
unclear whether some notaries and even
judges will allow them to do so.
The countrys Constitutional Court in 2011
ruled gays and lesbians can legally register
their relationships after June 20 if lawmakers
failed to extend to them the same
benets heterosexuals receive through
marriage. The Colombian Senate in April
overwhelmingly rejected a measure that
would have allowed same-sex couples to
tie the knot in the South American country.
Marcela Snchez Buitrago, executive
director of Colombia Diversa, an LGBT
advocacy group, told the Washington
Blade on Monday that some notaries have
already said they will not marry same-sex
couples after the courts deadline passes.
They would instead allow them to enter
into a solemn contract that is similar to an
agreement between two people who buy a
house together.
This in the view of Colombia Diversa
does not comply with the Constitutional
Courts order, Snchez said.
Colombia Diversa and other LGBT
advocacy groups are advising couples that
encounter a notary or a judge who refuses
to allow them to register their relationships
or enter into a civil marriage as Snchez
and other activists have described it to
petition a court to reverse the decision.
Lina Cullar, director of Sentiido, an LGBT
website she co-publishes in Bogot,
the countrys capital, told the Blade she
expects some notaries and judges will
accommodate gays and lesbians in the
same way they treat heterosexual couples.
She said they will follow the courts order,
but it remains unclear how exactly they will
interpret it.
It is difcult to state concretely what is
going to happen after June 20, Cullar
told the Blade.
Argentina is among the 12 countries in
which same-sex couples can legally marry.
Gays and lesbians will be able to tie
the knot in Uruguay and New Zealand in
August.
Brazilian lawmakers have yet to consider a
nationwide same-sex marriage bill in spite of
a ruling from the countrys National Council
of Justice last month that said registrars in
the South American nation cannot deny
marriage licenses to gay couples.
The U.S. Supreme Court later this month
will issue rulings on the constitutionality of
Californias Proposition 8 and the Defense
of Marriage Act.
Dr. Zayuri Tibaduiza, an adviser to Vice
President Angelino Garzn, told the Blade
during an interview last month at her
Bogot ofce the Colombian government
respects both the Constitutional Courts
ruling and the Senates vote against the
same-sex marriage bill. Advocates remain
critical of President Juan Manuel Santos
administration for what they maintain is its
continued silence on the issue.
There is a general discontent on how
the government managed the situation,
since they could have legislated on this
topic, Cullar said. They instead waited
until the Constitutional Courts deadline
when nothing could have been done.
Even though she said one can describe
the tribunals ruling as ambiguous,
Snchez told the Blade it did not explicitly
deny same-sex couples the right to marry.
As of June 20, we are going to put this
interpretation to the test, she said. We
hope it will hold up because it is the one
that recognizes equality for couples.
Laura, a transgender woman who works
at the Sebastin Romero LGBT Community
Center in the Teusaquillo area of Bogot
that is named in honor of the rst openly
gay person elected to political ofce in
Colombia told the Blade last month many
people have what she described as a
limited understanding of the same-sex
marriage debate.
She noted during the same interview that
anti-trans discrimination, homelessness and
general mistreatment of LGBT people on
the streets are among the problems that she
and her colleagues continue to confront.
Colombia marriage deadline arrives
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12 JUNE 21, 2013 l NTERNATl ONAL NEWS
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA said Russia shouldn't
have won the right to host the Olympics but
that Western athletes shouldn't boycott.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN WRIGHT PHOTO
Navratilova criticizes Putin, opposes Olympic boycott
Centro de Cuidadanla LGBTl Sebastian Romero (The Sebastian Romero LGBT Community Center) in
the Teusaquillo section oI Bogota.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL K. LAVERS
No word on executive order
for federal contractors
By CHRIS JOHNSON
President Obama energized attendees
at the annual Pride reception held at the
White House last Thursday by saying
we need to get the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act passed.
Citing a letter he said he received
from a PFLAG mom from Ohio named
Susan expressing concern that
LGBT people arent protected from
harassment in the workplace, Obama
said, I share that concern, and
issued a call to pass ENDA without
mentioning the bill by name.
Theres a bipartisan bill moving
forward in the Senate that would
ban discrimination against all LGBT
Americans in the workplace, now and
forever, Obama said. We need to get
that passed. I want to sign that bill. We
need to get it done now.
Despite difculties in passing ENDA
mostly notably the fact that Republicans
are in control of the House Obama told
attendees in the East Room of the White
House that he sees a path for passing
the bill based on the successes the LGBT
community has seen in recent years.
And I think we can make that happen
because after the last four and a half
years, you cant tell me things cant
happen, Obama said. Look around.
Weve got gay and lesbian soldiers,
and sailors, and airmen, and Marines
who are here today. Weve got married
couples from places like New York and
Washington State.
The White House Pride reception
took place amid renewed calls for
Obama to sign an executive order that
would bar federal contractors from
discriminating against LGBT workers.
Activists are calling the measure a
campaign promise and say itll protect
millions of workers from discrimination.
Earlier this month, Ellen Sturtz,
a lesbian activist afliated with
GetEQUAL, made headlines when she
confronted rst lady Michelle Obama
about signing the executive order. Last
Thursday, eight activists from Ohio and
Texas afliated with GetEQUAL were
arrested outside House Speaker John
Boehners (R-Ohio) ofce in D.C. after
they called on him to move forward with
ENDA. Receiving no commitments from
him, they also called on Obama to issue
the executive order.
Tico Almeida, president of Freedom
to Work, said its fantastic that Obama
spoke out in favor of ENDA during the
reception, but wants the president to
take additional action behind the scenes.
He should follow up his speech today
by placing phone calls to lobby ENDAs
holdout Democratic senators like Floridas
Bill Nelson, West Virginias Joe Manchin
and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Almeida
said. Between the president, Joe Biden,
and the White House legislative team, I
bet they could convince those Democrats
to support ENDA.
Despite the call to pass ENDA, LGBT
advocates who have been calling for
the executive order and werent in
attendance said they still expect
Obama to take administrative action to
protect LGBT workers from discrimination.
Fred Sainz, vice president
communications of the Human Rights
Campaign, said he appreciates
Obamas support for legislation, but
reminded him that issuing the executive
order takes only the stroke of a pen.
Were elated to have the presidents
support for ENDA, Sainz said. But we
also want his support for an executive
order. ENDA need not come before an
EO. Peoples jobs are on the line and
theres no time to waste.
Introducing Obama on stage were
nine-year-old twins Zea and Luna, who
began the reception by talking about
a letter they wrote to Obama on LGBT
issues. Upon entering the stage, Obama
said, I will not beat that act.
Obama concluded his remarks by
predicting that the efforts of those in the
room would make for new achievements
because people who love this country
can change it.
And I hope that when we gather
here next year, and the year after that,
well be able to say, with pride and
condence, that together weve made
our fellow citizens a little more free,
Obama said. Weve made this country
a little more equal. Weve made our
world a little more full of love.
legislation now has a total of 51 co-sponsors,
which, in addition to support from lead
sponsor Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), means
the bill has a total of 52 sponsors.
The new co-sponsors means the 2013
version of ENDA now has more sponsors
than the 2001 version of the Matthew
Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act
sponsored by the late Sen. Edward
Kennedy, which previously held the record
for the most sponsors of any LGBT bill.
ENDA arguably now has more co-
sponsors than any legislation in history
devoted to LGBT issues beating out
the Dont Ask, Dont Tell repeal bill,
hate crimes protections legislation and
the Respect for Marriage Act in terms of
the number of co-sponsors.
However, the 2013 reauthorization
of the Violence Against Women Act, a
larger bill that included LGBT protections,
had 62 sponsors, the 1990 Ryan White
Comprehensive AIDS Resources
Emergency Act had 67 sponsors and the
1990 Hate Crimes Statistics Act, which
enables the collection of hate crimes data
for several groups including gay people,
had 61 sponsors.
Rockefellers co-sponsorship of ENDA
is also noteworthy because West Virginia
lacks any statewide LGBT employment non-
discrimination protections. The other senator
from the state, Sen. Joe Manchin (D), has yet
to indicate whether he supports ENDA.
While the legislation has more than
majority support in the days after
President Obama called for passage of
ENDA during the White House Pride
reception, its still short of the 60 votes
necessary. Four Democrats are still not
ENDA co-sponsors: Manchin, Sen. Bill
Nelson (D-Fla.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and
Tim Johnson (D-S.D.).
Tico Almeida, president of Freedom
to Work, commended Rockefeller for
signaling his support and called on
Manchin to follow suit.
Freedom to Work applauds Sen.
Rockefeller for becoming ENDAs 52nd
co-sponsor, and we call on his colleague
from West Virginia, Sen. Manchin, to join
the bipartisan majority of of senators
supporting basic workplace protections
for LGBT Americans, Almeida said.
Rockefeller to become 52nd ENDA sponsor
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Vice President JOE BIDEN and President
BARACK OBAMA at the White House Pride
reception last week.

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Nineteen couples tied the knot during a mass wedding at Baltimores Pride
Festival on June 16. Proclaiming WeDo Baltimore Day, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-
Blake acknowledged the victory in achieving marriage equality in Maryland and then
presided over the brief service in front of hundreds of the couples family members,
friends and spectators at the main stage in Druid Hill Park.
Also on hand with the mayor and making remarks were four local clergy:
Rev. Meredith Moise, Father E. Skip Koritzer, Elder Harris Thomas and Minister
Clifton G. Speller.
Brittany and Alice Chong from southwest Baltimore were elated about the
impending ceremony an hour before. Were so glad its legal now, said Brittany
who has been with Alice for ve years. Were sealing the deal.
A reception for the newly married couples and families followed the ceremony
that was highlighted by a display of rainbow-colored cupcakes.
The previous day brought huge crowds to the annual parade that included
66 units representing a wide array of organizations, gay-friendly businesses and
politicians. Rawlings-Blake was the parades grand marshal. Also in the parade
were potential gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler
and Del. Heather Mizeur.
The conclusion of the parade merged with the beginning of the block party
whereby thousands crammed the intersection of Charles and Eager streets in Mount
Vernon. Controversy formed the backdrop to the block party as business owners
and residents complained a week before about underage drinking and other related
issues. A compromise was worked out so that the partys boundaries were shortened.
No major problems were reported.
The GLCCB is very proud of Baltimore Pride 2013, Matt Thorn, the Centers
executive director, told the Blade. From Pride with the Orioles, Twilight on the
Terrace to the Parade, Block Party and Festival there were many functions for our
community to participate in.
Trial of gay mans attacker to begin
The trial of one of the defendants in the high-prole attack on Kenni Shaw a
gay man Marcus Troy Evans, is set to begin on June 25 at 9:30 a.m. Shaw, 30, a
cosmetologist, was leaving a corner store at E. Hoffman and N. Rose Streets in East
Baltimore and punched from behind around 9 p.m. on Christmas night. Shaw was
bloodied and sustained bruises to his face and body from the beating that ultimately
lasted 10 minutes and included ve men.
Marcus Troy Evans, 27, the only attacker arrested in the incident, has a lengthy
record of criminal behavior that includes violence. He has been charged with rst-
and second-degree assault.
The incident led to a march several days later to the location of the beating by
community members. Included was Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony
W. Batts. Some community activists are disappointed and angry that the assault was
not treated as a hate crime. Shaw and others said the attack occurred only because
he is gay as nothing was stolen.
Police Advisory Council formed
A new 10-member advisory council was announced June 14 consisting of
advocates within the LGBT community and members of the Baltimore City Police
Department including Commissioner Anthony H. Batts. Its mission is to seek ways to
improve the relationship between the LGBT community and the police.
We will work hard with other committee members to collect best practices from
around the country, to develop training curricula, and review hate crime investigation
procedures, among other things, Aaron Merki, executive director of Baltimore-
based FreeState Legal and one of the councils co-chairs told the Blade.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. The UC Davis Health System announced last week that
it will become the rst academic health system in the country to include sexual
orientation and gender identity on its standard demographic questionnaire. Doctors
there said the new procedure will improve care for LGBT patients who sometimes
avoid treatment out of fear of being humiliated or rejected. UC Davis Health
announced the change in a press release issued June 13.
Patients and physicians, even in the clinical setting, are not very good at talking
about sex, said Edward Callahan, professor of family and community medicine and
one of the key coordinators for the new initiative. Unfortunately, the problem is more
than just one of embarrassment. LGBT individuals face signicant health challenges
that can be better addressed when a doctors ofce is seen as a truly welcoming and
understanding environment. Were inviting patients to voluntarily share their gender
identity and sexual orientation information to help us create an atmosphere in which
were able to provide the most knowledgeable and informed care possible.
UC Davis Health Systems LGBT questionnaire is voluntary. It simply invites patients
to declare their sexual orientation and gender identity as part of each individuals
highly condential health record.
Univ. of Missouri staff get health care expansion
ST. LOUIS LGBT employees at the University of Missouri can now include their
same-sex partners on their health care program, the Riverfront Times, a regional
newspaper, reported June 14.
PROMO, an LGBT advocacy group in Missouri, had been pushing for the extension
with university ofcials. PROMO executive director A.J. Bockelman said the change
will help them recruit and retain faculty and staff.
Previously, employees in domestic partnerships regardless of sexual orientation
could not receive such benets. But now, cohabitants meeting specic criteria
will be eligible to receive the same benets as spouses of University of Missouri
employees, PROMO told the Times. This includes same-sex couples and straight
couples in domestic partnerships. The group says that this is modeled after a similar
plan that has been successful at the University of Kentucky, the article said.
Gay community center opens in the Bronx
NEW YORK One year after the closure of the Bronx Community Pride Center,
a new organization to support the boroughs gay and lesbian community is up and
running, the New York Daily News reported Monday.
Were here, we just dont have a space, Peter Frank, secretary of the edgling Bronx
LGBTQ Community Services Center, told the paper. He also said organizers are scouting
potential locations and hope to have an ofce with meeting space open within the next year.
The nonprot has not received any city funding but recently found a booster in
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., who will join an outreach walk Friday.
Bronx residents have been without such a center since last summer. The previous LGBT
Center, which served about 1,000 residents, closed after its former executive director,
Lisa Winters, became embroiled in an embezzlement scandal, the Times reported.
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TRENTON, N.J. The Family Equality Council and the Center for
American Progress have a new guide to assist couples and parents who are
LGBT access health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, Out
in Jersey, a gay New Jersey news outlet, reported this week. The guide is
a resource that will introduce families to the intricacies of enrollment, tax
credits, shared responsibility payments, health insurance marketplaces and
navigators, the article said.
The Affordable Care Act will make health insurance affordable for millions
of more Americans, including families with parents who are LGBT, Heron
Greenesmith, legislative counsel for Family Equality Council, was quoted
by Out in Jersey as saying. Yet LGBT families will face specic obstacles
to accessing coverage because of the patchwork of federal and state laws
governing health insurance. We hope this guide will serve as a basic intro to
affordable health care.
Currently, the ACA prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation
and gender identity and many states will be offering family plans that include
same-sex parents and their children. But while the Defense of Marriage Act
remains federal law, families with same-sex parents will have to apply for tax
credits separately instead of as a family.
Family Equality Council and the Center for American Progress have been
working closely to ensure the inclusive implementation of the Affordable
Care Act and will continue to advocate for and educate the LGBT community
as the ACA comes into full implementation in January 2014.
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On the 30th anniversary of AIDS
touching my life, I wanted to share my
story in the hope you also may be willing
to share your story about AIDS. All of
our stories make up the history of AIDS,
and these need to be documented and
preserved for future generations. Listen
up young people and never, ever
forget. This is part one.
1984 (Dallas): By 1984, AIDS had been
running rampant throughout the United
States for more than ve years, although
still silent and unchecked. It was the year
a poll of Americans showed 72 percent
wanted mandatory testing of everyone,
51 percent favored quarantining anyone
with AIDS, and 15 percent believed
anyone who is HIV positive should be
tattooed with the word AIDS.
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offered protection against the disease.
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beings!) yet no drugs or treatments
were available.
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approved until a year later. The cost for
a years supply was $10,000 making it the
most expensive drug in human history.
I was 22 years old in 1984 and living
in Dallas when I came out as a gay man.
Until then, I hoped no one would nd
out I was gay. I also hoped I would not
get AIDS. That was the year I met my
rst love and had my rst heartbreak.
It was the winter of 1988 when I
moved to Los Angeles. I was 24 and had
decided it was time for me to live a full
life of a newly out young gay man. The
AIDS epidemic continued to spread,
devastating our community. Already we
had lost an entire generation of leaders,
mentors, family and friends. It is also
during this time that a new generation
of young people began to move to Los
Angeles, New York City and Miami.
Our older generation of gay men
was telling us it was wrong to have a
good time, to go dancing, partying.
How, they asked, could we have fun and
enjoy ourselves when our gay brothers,
perhaps including those close to us,
were sick and dying from AIDS?
Collectively, I and my young gay
friends rejected that view of life. We
refused to focus on only sickness and
death AIDS. If you listen to the dance
music between 1988 and 1993, it is
soulful, upbeat, about lifting yourself up.
For us, it was like going to church. It also
was about learning to love ourselves.
I remember one early morning,
following an evening of dancing,
stopping by a 24-hour diner. An older
gay gentleman (about my age now)
I knew from the gym took me aside.
In tears, he told me it was wrong for
me and my friends to go out dancing,
partying, enjoying ourselves, as we were
being disrespectful to those who had
died from AIDS or were living with the
disease.
A year later I saw him across a dance
oor, late at night, dancing all by
himself. He was wearing sunglasses and
didnt seem to t in. Yet he was dancing
hard, pounding his feet on the ground,
dancing in circles, waving his arms and
hands in the air. People spread out and
made room for him.
I recognized him. I went over to him,
slowly, thinking he would not remember
me from our heated conversation a
year earlier. I extended my arms and
wrapped him in a strong embrace.
Welcome, I whispered in his ear, we
are so glad you are here. We all are.
He took off his sunglasses and, with
tears rolling down his face, cried out,
Why me? Why me? Why am I still
alive? Survival guilt. Death and dying.
AIDS. Hope.
No more lost souls, we prayed, but
until then, we knew we had to rely on
our inner strength. We still mourned and
cried and screamed, but we also danced
as if there were no tomorrow. We were
alive, so we were determine to live.
Together we continued to move forward.
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Given a choice, voters might
opt for no taxation and no
representation
Lets face facts: the District of Columbia is
not going to become a state in the foresee-
able future. Right or wrong or somewhere in
between, its simply not realistic.
Statehood for D.C. is not an ascending
proposition enjoying improved prospects,
regardless of whether the D.C. Council de-
cides this month to pump more than a mil-
lion dollars into a renewed effort. Progress is
static at best.
The only congressional vote on state-
hood for the District occurred in the U.S.
House of Representatives 20 years ago and
was overwhelmingly defeated with broad
bipartisan opposition. Political support has
remained tepid and timid and transitory
since, even among Democrats who would
reap two U.S. senators.
As a result, advocates have been rel-
egated to auxiliary issues of budget au-
tonomy or acquiring a vote for the citys
single congressional delegate. Even the
latter, if including a vote on the House
oor and affecting the outcome of a leg-
islative tally, has proven untenable. Mean-
while, the outlook for local control over
revenue spending is good, continuing a
positive trajectory on an issue that under-
cuts the larger effort for statehood.
The Taxation Without Representation
slogan on D.C. license plates has begun to
parody a perpetual whimsy.
It may be time for District leaders to
come to grips with the intractable obsta-
cles of outright opposition or lukewarm
commitment by the two primary national
political parties. That would require local
politicians to set aside their instinctual de-
sire for more rungs on the ladder of elec-
toral elevation in order to reevaluate the
quixotic quest for D.C. statehood. That
may be the greatest obstacle.
Delusions about adding a star to the U.S.
ag results only in a continuation of paying
federal taxes absent congressional repre-
sentation the core complaint compelling
remedy. Stubbornly clinging to what may
be most desirable but which is not politically
achievable recties nothing.
Hometown hegemony renders a rec-
ommendation of reconsideration hard-
core heresy.
However, District residents should have
the opportunity to choose between com-
peting paths to rectifying the citys status.
The only citizen votes occurred 33 and 31
years ago, limited to a ballot initiative in
1980 approving the subsequent creation of
a constitution and two years later an up-or-
down decision on the proposed document
for a state of New Columbia.
Its possible that, given a comprehen-
sive choice three decades later, D.C. voters
might select another option. Its probably
fair to ask.
Resident reexamination would strength-
en the call for statehood if reafrmed by vot-
ers or, alternately, direct local ofcials to shift
gears. At least wed know.
The legally convenient alternative is to
seek retrocession to Maryland, but this
solution is also a non-starter. Our neigh-
bor to the north doesnt want us, seeing
no upside in either diluting existing U.S.
Senate representation or assuming the
nancial burdens of an urban area. Like-
wise, there is little evidence of local sup-
port for subsuming the Districts identity
and legislative control to another entity.
An overlord is an overlord.
Allowing that neither statehood nor ret-
rocession is viable, whats left?
Flipping the equation and advancing
federal taxation termination in deference
to the lack of congressional representation
might prove surprisingly popular if allowed
full and fair consideration. It might even be
the most effective way to both draw atten-
tion to the issue and shame the rest of the
country. Or make them drool.
Any disposition statehood, retroces-
sion, or a hybrid commonwealth status
would be complicated and involve intricate
negotiation on a range of nancial, legal
and structural arrangements. For that rea-
son, it is difcult to calculate the variable
benets and liabilities of any resolution
scheme with certainty.
Utilizing what we dont now possess to
acquire the benets of becoming a feder-
al-tax-free jurisdiction could provide resi-
dent revenue relief, a boomtown business
bonanza, explosive population growth,
massive revenue generation, expansive
economic development activity and ex-
traordinary employment growth.
It might be worth a shot. What have we
got to lose?
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Quit quixotic quest for statehood?
Flipping the equation and advancing federal
taxation termination in deference to the lack
of congressional representation might prove
surprisingly popular.
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur and
community business advocate. Follow on Twitter: @
MarkLeeDC. Reach him at OurBusinessMatters@
gmail.com.
Grateful for pioneering gay
parents as court deliberates
By DANA RUDOLPH
Im not sure which is worse: Waiting for
the U.S. Supreme Court to issue its rulings
on marriage equality or waiting for the re-
sults of a pregnancy test. It would relieve
quite a lot of stress in the LGBT community
if we could just pee on a stick to know how
the justices will decide. Then again, when
my spouse and I were starting our family,
our doctor told us the sticks wouldnt work
because of the fertility drugs my spouse had
taken. We tried them anyway. The doctor
was rightwe had to be patient and wait
for results of the blood test.
I nd myself reecting, though, as I wait
for the Supreme Court this Pride Month,
that I really do have a lot to feel proud about
this year.
First, foremost, and always: my son.
Hes as great a kid as I could ever hope
for. Ill spare you excessive parental brag-
ging, and simply say I feel proud just be-
cause he is who he is. Im honored to be
one of his moms.
I am proud, too, of my spouse and our
extended family. Were far from perfect, but
were always there for each other when it
counts. Helen and I recently celebrated 20
years together, half of which have been as
parents. The world may say what it will; we
are a family.
I also feel proud when I hear stories of
other children who are standing up for
themselves and their families. To share
just a few recent examples: Zea and Luna,
nine-year-old twins from California, wrote
to President Obama about their two-mom
family, marriage equality, and the need for
education funding and gun control. They
were invited to the White House with their
parents and grandparents, and introduced
the president to the crowd at the White
House LGBT Pride Month Reception.
Colorado teen Ted Chalfen used his
high school commencement speech to talk
about coming out and how the accepting
attitudes from his family and friends will help
build a better futurenot only for him, but
for his whole generation.
Eighteen-year-old Riley Roberts, who has
lesbian moms, spoke to the Nevada As-
sembly in favor of a bill to repeal the states
ban on marriage for same-sex couples.
Nicole Maines, a 15-year-old transgen-
der girl, is ghting in Maines highest court
for the right to use the girls restroom.
And 12-year-old Jazz, a transgender girl,
has spoken out publicly about the rights of
transgender youth and been the subject of
a documentary on the Oprah Winfrey Net-
work. She recently spoke with the Hufng-
ton Post about her own desire to become a
parent someday.
I am proud of LGBT parents, tooones
like Jennifer Tyrrell, who found herself thrust
into the spotlight after being banned as
leader of her sons Cub Scout troop, simply
because she is a lesbian, and who has be-
come an outspoken LGBT advocate.
Then theres Karen Morgan, whose wife
Charlie was a chief warrant ofcer in the
New Hampshire National Guard and died
of breast cancer. Karen is a plaintiff in a case
challenging the Defense of Marriage Act,
which prevents her and her children from
getting the benets due to different-sex
spouses of deceased service members.
I am proudand more than a little hum-
bledto be part of the community of LGBT
families that has such people in it.
I am also proud that LGBT families con-
tinue to make inroads in the media, with
ABC Familys new drama The Fosters
stepping away from televisions usual un-
imaginative depiction of same-sex par-
ents as white and upper middle-class with
young children. NBCs fall show, Sean
Saves the World, about a single gay dad
and his teenage daughter, promises to
remind us that the phrase same-sex par-
ents doesnt cover us all. And there are
many more stories left to tell of families
across the LGBT spectrum.
Finally, I am proud of my country. Re-
gardless of the outcome of the Supreme
Court cases, we have made tremendous
and accelerating progress toward LGBT
equality. I am proud of those who have
helped President Obama evolve on
marriage equality, and continue to pressure
him and Congress regarding employment
nondiscrimination, immigration rights and
transgender equality as well.
No matter how the Supreme Court rules,
this is not the end of the road toward equal-
ity for all. I have no doubt that LGBT parents
will continue to be among those leading the
way, if only because, whether starting our
families or raising them, we know the im-
portance of both action and patience. Even
if we do sometimes buy completely useless
pregnancy tests.
Waiting for justice and feeling proud
Mayoral eld could get
crowded by spring
Campaign season has begun in D.C.
We dont even know when the primary will
be since Council Chair Phil Mendelson has
indicated that he wants to introduce leg-
islation to move it from its current date of
April 1, 2014. I support that move to either
June or September. April Fools Day is cer-
tainly the wrong time for a primary in D.C.
as one can just hear the late night comedi-
ans enjoying that one.
We have three announced candidates
for mayor including Council members Mu-
riel Bowser, Tommy Wells and Jack Evans.
There are others indicating a predilection to
run including Council member David Cata-
nia, Mayor Vincent Gray and former City
Administrator and School Board President
Robert Bobb. Then there are Council seats
and the newly elected Attorney General po-
sition up for grabs.
Catania would have a hard time as
an independent and couldnt run in the
Democratic primary unless he gives up his
seat and switches party afliation. Despite
saying he hasnt thought much about it,
he said to Kojo Nnamdi that Mayor Gray
should have resigned last year and when
questioned by Bruce DePuyt on NewsTalk
suggested it would be great if indepen-
dents could go to the polls on primary
day and exert their inuence and vote in
whichever primary, Democratic or Repub-
lican, they wanted. DePuyt should have
followed up asking if he also favors abol-
ishing those non-Democratic seats, one
of which is his, on the Council.
The rst question each reporter and
constituent should ask candidates for of-
ce is whether they support the legisla-
tion sent to the Council by Mayor Gray
and Attorney General Nathan last year
that would bring about stringent cam-
paign reform. Then ask if they support
abolishing the so-called Constituent Ser-
vice Funds, more appropriately called
slush funds. Unless candidates agree
to support the legislation and abolish
the funds voters should question any-
thing they say about changing the ethical
practices of elected ofcials.
The statement, I intend to be a more
ethical candidate and elected ofcial and
bring transparency to government ows off
the tongue too easily. We hear from some
on the Council and many recent candidates
that the ethical lapses we have seen in the
past few years have kept the city from mov-
ing forward. None have answered the ques-
tion as to how the indictments stopped our
city from moving forward or what they want
to do to improve the city that they cant be-
cause of the ethical questions.
The reality, whether we like it or not,
is there isnt a government in the world
that can claim no unethical or cheating
politicians. Governments are made up
of people and not all people are honest
or ethical even as we voters try to choose
the ones who are. While we bemoan what
is happening in the District, lets not beat
ourselves up too much thinking we are
the only ones not choosing correctly. On
June 15, the New York Brooklyn Eagle
reported, Albany has seen 32 state level
ofcials ensnared in corruption cases in
the past seven years. That is only on the
state level and doesnt count the numer-
ous others in cities and towns across the
state including New York City.
That in no way absolves us from trying
to do better and make better choices, but
like New York the failures of some of our
politicians hasnt stopped the District from
moving forward. We must recognize that
while we clean up our government we are
making incredible progress. Our City is
booming and people continue to move
here by the thousands. They like our city,
despite the shortcomings of those like
Marion Barry, Kwame and Michael Brown
and Harry Thomas Jr.
I, like others, have proposed making our
Council a full-time job to avoid conicts of
interest occurring when Council members
have other jobs. Candidates must do more
than say they want to clean up government
but actually give voters a detailed list of bills
they will introduce and changes they will
ght for if they are elected. If they say that
poor ethics have kept our city from moving
forward they need to outline for us what was
kept from being done. They cant say as
some do that Congress would have given
us budget autonomy as Congress is clearly
no bastion of virtue themselves.
We can and must do better but a year
of slurs and misleading easy attacks against
each other by the plethora of candidates
surely wont help us get there.
washingtonblade.com
I NSI DE LGBT WASHI NGTON JUNE 21, 2013 23
DANA RUDOLPH is the founder and publisher of
Mombian (mombian.com), an award-winning blog
and resource directory for LGBT parents.
VI EWPOI NT
Campaign season begins early in D.C.
PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights
and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly for
the Blade.
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she wanrec ro _er in her llm "The New Black," a piece rhar explores Lorh lasr year's
Larrle lor Marylanc uesrion o, a relerencum quesrion rhar won 52 percenr ol rhe
vore lasr NovemLer ro upholc samesex marria_e ri_hrs rhere, Lur also rhe lar_er
issue ol how rhe AlricanAmerican communiry is _rapplin_ wirh _ay ri_hrs anc rhe
ce_ree ro which many leel ir's comparaLle ro rhe civil ri_hrs srru__le. The rou_hly
80minure cocumenrary screens rwice rhis weekenc as parr ol rhe AF Docs (lormerly
Silvercocs) lesrival rhar conrinues rhrou_h Suncay.
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_er a chance ro share our srories so rhere can Le a level ol comlorr anc exciremenr
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measure in 2008, rhe success ol which overrurnec samesex marria_e ri_hrs rhere.
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overcue. Too many people have Leen harmec, Lorh cirecrly anc incirecrly, anc rhe
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queer lemme, _or involvec wirh rhe pro|ecr rhrou_h her parrner Kancice Fielcs, who
is lriencs wirh TaylorHu_hes. She has workec wirh Equaliry Marylanc anc Human
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happy ro parricipare Lecause rhe issue is loacec wirh hisrory anc La__a_e.
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rrepicarion," Masrer says. " con'r really rhink Llack lolks are any more or less
homophoLic rhan rheir whire counrerparrs, Lur rhink rhe way Llack people have
cealr wirh sexualiry since rhe cays ol slavery has Leen ro nor ralk aLour ir so rhen you
have rhis movemenr anc rhis rhrusr ol LGBT equaliry anc people comin_ our, ri_hr,
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Lur ir's always Leen very quier La__a_e anc now rhar people are our anc ralkin_
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exisrec Lur never really Leen vocal aLour."
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_ay minisrers such as Bishop Harry Jackson are inrerviewec in rhe llm. Less nororiously,
rhou_h, is one ol irs key l_ures Fasror Derek McCoy, presicenr ol Marylanc Family
Alliance anc associare pasror ol Hope Chrisrian Church in Belrsville, Mc.
Fichen says even rhou_h McCoy workec a_ainsr uesrion o (anc rhus a_ainsr
samesex marria_e), she says her inre_riry as a cocumenrarian necessirarec rhe
inclusion ol orher voices.
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TaLoo ropics
How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
I have been out for six years. The hardest
person to tell was my mom. She has been
so supportive ever since I talked to her
about being gay.
Whos your LGBT hero?
I have so many different LGBT heroes
who have fought hard for the rights we
have today and who continue ghting for
the rights we dont have yet. Too many
peoples lives have been taken just for
being gay. They are my heroes.
Whats Washingtons best nightspot,
past or present?
Sometimes you can nd me at JR.s or
Number Nine.

Describe your dream wedding.
A destination wedding on the beach.

What non-LGBT issue are you most
passionate about?
There are so many issues that I am
most passionate about. I feel very strongly
about the need for immigration reform. I
am also very passionate about access to
health care. I have become more and more
passionate about politics because it can
impact so many issues related to equality,
human rights and our future.

What historical outcome would you
change?
There are too many things that could
and should be changed, but we learn from
our mistakes and even from tragedies. Our
history, the good and the bad, has made
us who we are today: a more open and
democratic society.
Whats been the most memorable pop
culture moment of your lifetime?
When I was 17 years old I auditioned
for a role in the play, The Passion of the
Christ through a Puerto Rican theater
company. I was chosen to play the role of
one of the Roman Soldiers. Ricky Martin,
who was just getting famous with his rst
solo album in Spanish, played the role of
Jesus Christ. It was a great experience! I
will also never forget attending a Whitney
Houston concert in Puerto Rico in 1994.
On what do you insist?
Honesty
What was your last Facebook
post or Tweet?
To my Dad on Fathers Day, who passed
away of renal failure brought on by his HIV:
Missing you Dad But in my thoughts
you are here and you will always be in
my heart. Happy Fathers Day.
If your life were a book, what
would the title be?
Believe in Yourself
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
Get married right away before my anc
hears about it.
What do you believe in beyond the
physical world?
God

Whats your advice for LGBT
movement leaders?
We need to embrace all issues affecting
diverse LGBT groups, including men of
color, Latinos, etc. We need to speak with
one voice. We cannot be divided by race,
class, gender, religion or nationality.
What would you walk across hot coals
for?
Love, family and faith.
What LGBT stereotype
annoys you most?
Pretending to be something you are not.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
Philadelphia

Whats the most overrated
social custom?
Being asked, What do you do,
before a proper introduction.
What trophy or prize do
you most covet?
My anc gave me a best boyfriend
trophy early on in our relationship. I keep
that on my desk at work. I also won a best
actor trophy in high school.
What do you wish youd known at 18?
I wish I wouldve known that being gay is
not a sin, so I could accept
myself at an earlier age.
Why Washington?
My mom moved to Virginia
15 years ago with her husband and I
moved to join them.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
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When it comes to the task of having to tell a client he or she is HIV
positive, Juan Carlos Loubriel has seen all the reactions you could imagine.
Some people have tears, some are just in shock, others are very quiet
and just sort of need a little space, he says. Sometimes you just need to
be quiet and give them time to process it. Its quite amazing how different
human reactions can be.
Thursday is National HIV Testing Day and Loubriel echoes the oft-heard
advice that its good to be tested every six months.
Even for gay men who always use condoms?
Loubriel says yes in accordance with CDC guidelines.
Knowing your status can help save your life and save other lives,
he says.
The 34-year-old San Juan, Puerto Rico native started in HIV prevention
work in San Juan at a health department. His father, who was bisexual,
eventually died of AIDS about 12 years ago inspiring Loubriel to
stay in the eld.
He found out very late and at the time the medications werent very
good, he says. I decided I was very passionate about the topic and really
wanted to encourage awareness.
He came to Washington about ve years ago and has been at Whitman-
Walker for four years. Hes engaged to Derek Neal and lives in Arlington.
He enjoys working out and singing karaoke in his spare time.
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By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Corny but true: Even before the curtain
goes up on Kathleen Marshalls revival
of Cole Porters 1934 musical comedy
masterpiece Anything Goes now
playing at the Kennedy Center, a smile is
likely to form. It starts when the orchestra
(led by a skippers cap-clad conductor)
strikes up Porters primo overture and
for me anyway remained pretty xed
for the entire show.
Set on a tony transatlantic crossing
from New York to England, Anythings
zany plot includes romance, madcap
intrigue and disguise, but mostly its the
shows classic-packed score with tunes
like Get a Kick Out of You, Youre
the Top, Easy to Love, Friendship,
Its De-lovely, Anything Goes, (And
thats in the rst act alone!) that has
been wowing crowds for decades.
Central to the wacky action is
evangelist-turned-nightclub-singer
Reno Sweeney played to bawdy-
glam perfection by Broadways Rachel
York. Turned out in gorgeous Martin
Pakledina-designed gowns, York
wisecracks like Mae West and belts out
Porter tunes with the best of them. Shes
also working with top-notch supporting
actors like Fred Applegate, who plays
Moonface Martin, the likable gangster
who ranks a disappointing 13th on the
FBIs most-wanted list as his sailor-hungry
sidekick Erma (Joyce Chittick) is wont to
remind him. York and Applegate are
especially appealing singing that terric
duet of one-upmanship Friendship.
York also shines singing Youre the
Top with her unrequited love interest
but generally nice guy Billy Crocker
(Josh Franklin), and later successfully
pairs off for the very funny tango Gypsy
in Me with unlikely beau (the doltish
British aristocrat Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
played by Edward Staudenmayer).
The production is a rst rate national tour
of Roundabout Theatre Companys Tony
Award-winning revival. Both directed and
choreographed by Marshall, it boasts a
stylish nautically deco set by Derek McLane,
stuffed pets, loads of fun and a wonderful,
crowd-pleasing old time tap dance
extravaganza involving sexy chorines,
debutantes, well-built sailors, a Christian
missionary with a pair of not-so-pious
Chinese converts in tow, and a cast that
brings the shows stock characters to life.
Over the years, a lot of big names
have played Reno (Ethel Merman who
originated the part on Broadway, Patti
LuPone, Sutton Foster), and now York
makes the dame her own. Not for a
minute will you nd yourself wishing
one of the other ladies were on hand
to reprise the role. York possesses
the presence of a star from yesteryear,
and with those pipes and that breezy
interpretation, shes made to sing Porter.
Spring and summer are coming
together nicely at the Kennedy Center.
Since the end of May, the fabulous
Sarah Wayne Callies has been assaying
the role of the romantically ambivalent
Hungarian actress in Ferenc Molnrs
The Guardsman (ends Sunday) in
the Eisenhower Theater. And now York,
another fabulously talented leading
lady, has taken residence in the Opera
House, performing in a very different
production through July 7. Both are
giving performances that will be talked
about a lot when Helen Hayes Awards
are again doled out next spring.
Porter, who was gay, is remembered
for his incomparably clever lyrics and
blissfully melodic tunes. Anything
Goes is considered the best work from
arguably the best period of his long
career. Now is an opportunity to bask in
some of that heavenly genius.
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B-Boy Blues: The Play, directed by Stanley Bennett Clay, will be performed
on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Howard Universitys Ira Aldridge Theater
(2455 6 St., N.W.) as part of the D.C. Black Theatre Festival.
The show is adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by
James Earl Hardy and features a gay romantic storyline. Hardy is excited that
it will be shown at Howard, given the universitys tense history with LGBT
students and faculty.
The debut performance of B-Boy Blues: The Play last March at the
Downtown Urban Theater in New York was a sold-out success. Admission
for the D.C. show is $15. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit
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Heart to play Jiffy Lube Live
Heart, the legendary rock duo of sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, team up with
Jason Bonham of the Led Zeppelin Experience for their 2013 Heartbreaker Tour
at Jiffy Lube Live (7800 Cellar Door Dr., Bristow, Va.) on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Heart enjoyed the height of their fame during the late 70s and 80s, but
maintain a following of deeply loyal fans. The show will include all their hits
played by the sisters and Bonham, then 30 minutes of Led Zeppelin music.
Jason Bonham, son of the former Led Zeppelin guitarist John Bonham, has
been a huge success in upholding his fathers legacy through sold-out tours
as the Led Zeppelin Experience.
Admission ranges from $18-37. For details and to purchase tickets, visit
jiffylubelive.com.
The biggest LGBT
night in pro sports
Team D.C. presents the ninth annual
Night Out at the Nationals game
on Tuesday evening at the Nationals
Stadium. The game, against the Arizona
Diamondbacks, starts at 7:05 p.m., but
guests are encouraged to arrive early
for pregame activities.
Pregame ceremonies include the
Washington Gay Mens Chorus singing
of the National Anthem and rst pitch
special guests beginning at 6. Team D.C.
expects a record-breaking attendance
of 4,000 people this year, securing the
events title as the largest LGBT night in
professional sports.
Admission starts at a discounted
price of $26. Tickets can be purchased
at Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
or online at nationals.com/nightout. For
more details, visit teamdc.org or the
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Catie Curtis headlines
Del Ray Music Festival
The seventh annual Del Ray Music
Festival will be held tonight from 7-9
p.m. at the Del Ray Farmers Market (Mt.
Vernon and Oxford Sts., Alexandria,
Va.) and noon-9 p.m. on the Mt.
Vernon Recreation Center elds (2701
Commonwealth Ave., Alexandria, Va.).
The festival features jazz, pop, reggae,
blues, folk and country performers, and
the majority of the musicians are local,
many being residents of the Del Ray
neighborhood in Alexandria.
Lesbian folk-rock singer-songwriter
Catie Curtis is this years headliner. Local
favorites like The Weathervanes and
The Highballers will also perform.
The festival will feature food and
fun activities for children. Admission
is free. For more information, visit
delraymusicfestival.com.
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Successful Superman
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limp Man of Steel
By WILL OWEN
In a 21st-century dominated by multi-
dimensional heroes like Batman and Iron
Man, the Superman franchise conjures
up feelings of all-American nostalgia
more than anything. Zack Snyder,
director of Man of Steel, attempts
to depart from this in his summer
blockbuster, but does not replace it
with anything more substantial leaving
us essentially with another explosion
extravaganza but little else.
Henry Cavill is a promising actor, but his
performance as the extra-terrestrial from
Krypton is not for one second believable.
Cavill seems most comfortable during
the beginning of the lm, which due
to production by Christopher Nolan
(who also did the Batman franchise),
is a lengthy and morose sequence of
fragmented scenes that document Clark
Kents self-discovery. Nolans inuence
makes Supermans clearly demarcated
sense of good and evil feel unnatural
and all too simple.
Cavill brings too much rugged
sex appeal to the role, making him
more reminiscent of Hugh Jackmans
portrayal of Wolverine in X-Men than
of someone who would wear a red cape
in all seriousness.
Its a tough role to pull off while
Brandon Routh in 2006s Superman
Returns arguably captured the role
better with his more innocent approach,
it clearly wasnt strong enough to have
led to a successful franchise. Cavill is
intriguing, dynamic and has undeniable
charisma, yet it feels like hes holding back
as the script gives him little to work with
in terms of characterization or complexity.
While Cavills performance leaves some
things to be desired, he isnt ultimately to
blame for the lms shortcomings.
Man of Steel opens with a home-
birth on Krypton as the planet is
self-destructing. Russell Crowe goes
through the motions as Jor-El, baby Kal-
Els father, who rockets his son to Kansas
to preserve his race. General Zod
(Michael Shannon) is introduced as the
lms forgettable villain as he attempts
to steal Kryptons Codex a log of the
planets genetic information from
Kal-El, which remains a theme for the
entirety of the movie as Zod threatens
to recongure earth into a new Krypton
at humanitys expense.
Unfortunately, the dialogue in Man
of Steel is as melodramatic and bland
on earth as it is on Krypton. (The lms
writer, David S. Goyer, clearly is not
afraid of clichs.) For the rst hour,
scenes jump from school buses and
cornelds in Kansas to Arctic tundra
with little context given, and some sort
of loud catastrophe quickly interrupts
any conversation that seems like it will
reveal something about the characters.
Diane Lane and Kevin Costner do
a perfectly satisfactory job as Clark
Kents adoptive parents. Amy Adams,
however, never seems invested in her
role as reporter and love interest, Lois
Lane. Adams practically sleepwalks
through life or death scenes, and her
kiss with Clark Kent toward the end
of the movie is awkward and forced.
Its not that Adams and Cavill lack the
ability to portray a believable romance;
they simply do not have the script to
do so, even though Man of Steel is
an origins story that should make the
audience feel attached to its characters.
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Seeking outside sex deserves
an honest approach
DEAR MICHAEL,
I met my wife, Kim, in college eight years
ago and she was my rst girlfriend. We
have a very good marriage, but sex has
gotten to be less exciting than it once was.
Through my work, Ive met Margo. I like
her as a friend, but even more than that,
Ive been feeling increasingly attracted to
her. I thought she was straight, but a few
weeks ago she told me that she thinks Im
hot, which was pretty cool to hear.
I want to stay married to Kim: we have
a lot in common, great friends, a home,
two dogs and dreams for our future. But
Im really tempted to sleep with Margo.
On the plus side, I think it would be very
exciting and add some badly needed
spice to my life. Kim is the only woman Ive
ever been with. On the minus side, Kim is
very clear that she wants a monogamous
relationship. But I dont see how my
sleeping with Margo would be some big
detriment to my life with Kim, and in fact I
think I would be happier (and therefore a
better wife) if I had better sex.
I havent discussed any of this with
Kim because I dont want to hurt her or
worry her. She might think I was going
to leave and thats really not my agenda.
Or she might get mad at me, which I
would rather not deal with. Im seriously
considering starting a sexual relationship
with Margo. I know Kim wouldnt like it,
but if she didnt know, Im not sure what
the problem would be.
Whats so great about monogamy?
MICHAEL REPLIES:
A better question: Whats so great
about honesty in a relationship?
If you begin a secret affair with Margo,
you might be happier or more sexually
fullled in some ways, but you certainly
would not be improving your marriage.
Aside from creating a more distant
relationship with Kim through keeping
an important secret from her, you would
be changing the basic structure of the
relationship without telling her. Kim
should know if her wife is having sex with
someone else, so that she can decide if
she wants to stay in such a marriage. Not
telling her would be disrespectful both to
Kim and to your relationship. While you
state that you dont want to hurt, worry
or anger Kim, consider the possibility that
youre trying to gure out how to have
your cake and eat it, too, given that you
want to stay married to a woman who
doesnt want an open relationship and
you want to have sex with another woman.
You say nothing of how Kim feels
about your sex life and your relationship
so I gather that the two of you havent
talked about these important topics. If
you do decide that youd like to improve
your marriage, you should speak with
Kim about your boredom. You would
be taking a step toward a more intimate
relationship and perhaps toward a spicier
sex life, as you and Kim would have the
opportunity to gure out, together, what
you might do about the doldrums you
are in. But, given that you dont mention
wanting to have a better sex life with Kim,
is it possible that you arent interested in
that possibility? Or that both of you are
avoiding this topic because neither of you
believe that there is hope a better sex life
with each other?
Which brings us to monogamy: While
our cultural norm is that couples have
monogamous relationships, it is difcult
and there are disadvantages. The main
one, which you are experiencing, is that
sex with the same partner can become
rote and dull, while seemingly more
exciting potential partners beckon.
Yet a monogamous relationship
offers some advantages. It will give you
the possibility of a closer relationship,
because when you step out for sex, you
put your focus and fantasy on someone
other than your partner, endangering your
commitment. It will push you to nd ways
to make sex interesting and satisfying
with one partner precisely what you
are having difculty doing as you consider
seeking sex elsewhere. And, of course,
because we humans are usually wired for
feelings such as jealousy and heartbreak,
when you commit to monogamy you will
reduce the likelihood of wounding your
partner in a certain grave way.
There are advantages and disadvantages
to either route; you get to decide how you
want to play it. But no matter what you
decide, please move forward with honesty.
It is your best shot for better relationships
and for self-respect.
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In this contemporary and irreverent riff on Chekhovs The Seagull, Aaron Posner
transforms the famous subtext of the classic play into exuberant scenes and songs.
PETER DI MURO/PUBLI C DI SPLAYS OF MOTI ON.
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DANCE PLACE. 202- 269- 1600. DANCEPLACE. ORG.
Peter DiMuro leads a band of dancers/choreographers including Asanga Domask,
Anna Menendez, Christopher K. Morgan, Urban Artistry and more, to create
dances to the preludes of Rachmaninoff in Future Preludes. Dance genres include
Hip Hop, Hula, Flamenco, Sri Lankan dance and contemporary performance.
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Throughout Richard Nixons Presidency, three of his top White House
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experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras. The documentary Our Nixon
presents those home movies for the rst time, along with other rare footage,
creating a intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon Presidency.
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Your link to the
arts in Metro DC.
THEATRE
The Guardsman. Thru Jun 23.
Anything Goes. Thru Jul 7.
Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
The Real Thing. Thru Jun 30.
Baby Universe: A Puppet Odyssey.
June 26 Jul 21.
Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
The Hampton Years. Thru Jun 30.
Theater J. 202-777-3210. theaterj.org.
Becky Shaw. Thru Jun 23.
Round House Bethesda. 240-644-1100.
roundhousetheatre.org.
Angel Street. Thru Jul 14.
Olney Theatre. 301-924-3400.
olneytheatre.org.
Pocket Opera Double Bill: Love &
Money. Thru Jun 24.
In Series. GALA Hispanic Theatre.
202-204-7763. inseries.org.
Source Festival: Perfect Arrangement,
Lake Untersee, Momentum,
Interrupted, Fox Cried. Thru Jun 30.
10-Minute Plays. Thru Jun 29.
Source Theatre. 866-811-4111.
sourcefestival.org.
Happy Buddha & Chinese Menu, HAPPY
FUN TIME. Thru Jun 22.
DCAC. 202-462-7833. dcartscenter.org.
Biography. Thru Jun 29.
American Century Theater. Gunston.
703-998-4555. americancentury.org.
Company. Thru Jun 30.
Signature Theatre. 703-820-9771.
signature-theatre.org.
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alight dance theater featuring Wayles
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Dance Place. 202-269-1600.
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Free Outdoor Concert: Songs of
Summer. Jun 26. Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
The Tenors. Jun 21. Sing-A-Long Grease.
Jun 22. Happy Together Tour 2013.
Jun 23. Steve Martin & The Steep
Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell.
Jun 24. Counting Crows with The
Wallowers. Jun 25. NSO @ Wolf Trap
- Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration
Featuring Warren Haynes. Jun 26. The
Temptations & The Four Tops. Jun 27.
Wolf Trap. 877-965-3872. wolftrap.org.
The American Chamber Players.
Kreeger Museum. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
Jazz in the Garden: Hendrik Meurkens.
Jun 21. National Gallery of Art.
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
NSO. Thru Jun 22. Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Batera Duo. Jun 22. Embassy Series.
Embassy of Luxembourg.
202-625-2361. embassyseries.org.
Cathedral Sings! Jun 23. Cathedral
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Corcoran Gallery of Art. Cynthia
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Thru Jun 23. David Levinthal: War
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202-639-1700.
Kreeger Museum. John L. Dreyfuss
Inventions. kreegermuseum.org.
202-337-3050.
National Gallery of Art. Pre-Raphaelites
and the Book. Thru Aug 4. Edvard
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Thru Aug 11. Diaghilev and the Ballets
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202-737-4215.
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National Geographic Unpublished
2012. Thru Jul 12. Real Pirates: The
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Ship to Pirate Ship. Thru Sep 2.
nglive.org. 202-857-7000.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Bice
Lazzari: Signature Line. Thru Sep 22.
American People, Black Light: Faith
Ringgolds Paintings of the 1960s. Jun
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The Art of Audrey Niffenegger. Jun 21-
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Artisphere. An Artistic Discovery: The
Congressional Art Competition. Thru
Jun 23. Wilmer Wilson IV: The Forever
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703-875-1100.
DCAC. External Memory. Thru Jul 14.
dcartscenter.org. 202-462-7833.
Gallery plan b. Out and About: Images
of Our Lives. Gay Male Figurative
Paintings and Drawings by Gordon
Binder. Thru Jun 30. Photography
Exhibition. Thru Jul 21.
galleryplanb.com. 202-234-2711.
Joan Hisaoka Gallery. From the
Outside. Jun 21-Aug 17.
smithcenter.org. 202-483-8600.
Schlesinger. Denise Philipbar Conscious
Evolution, Installation. Thru Jul 21.
nvcc.edu. 703-845-6156.
Strathmore. No Strings Attached.
Jun 22-Aug 17. strathmore.org.
301-581-5100.
The Art League Gallery. (CON)text: Art
With a Message. Thru Jul 1. Bob Tetro:
Yellowstone Abstracted. Thru Jul 1.
Tabletop: A Ceramics Exhibit. Thru Jul
1. theartleague.org. 703-683-1780.
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torpedofactory.org. 703-838-4565.
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Extraktions. Thru Jun 30. The
Listening Room. Thru Jun 30.
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By KEVIN MAJOROS
One of the great things about the LGBT
sports community in Washington is that
when a need arises, someone generally
steps forward. After many seasons of
overcrowding at other rugby clubs, Matt
Beale and Arc Riley have spent the better
part of the last year putting together a
new club, the Washington Scandals
Rugby Football Club.
A lot of people who want to play
rugby often dont get the chance because
of the competitiveness of the sport, says
Scandals President Riley. We wanted to
create a developmental club so everyone
can have a chance to play.
Last fall, Beale and Riley contacted
friends from an LGBT Canadian
team, the Ottawa Wolves, for advice
on the formation of the Washington
Scandals, which will make its full contact
tournament debut at Beaver Bowl VI in
Ottawa Aug. 24-25, a Wolves-hosted
event that coincides with Ottawa Pride.
Practices began for the Scandals in
March with much of the concentration
on safety and rules. Theyve been
using teaching techniques similar to
guidelines found in high schools which
focus on skills such as tackle safety and
scrum safety. The safety measures have
been a recurring theme of their practices
with the coaching staff repeating the
fundamentals on a regular basis.
The Scandals are playing coed touch
rugby during the summer months as a
way to combat the heat.
There is a wide spectrum of body
shapes and sizes on our team, Riley says.
We are using touch rugby for tness
purposes and to avoid sunstroke.
The group is still looking for a
permanent practice eld and is
currently practicing at multiple locations
in the Arlington area on Mondays
and Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. The
current roster of Scandals players who
are registered with USA Rugby is at
18 with an additional 10 players in line
for membership status. Dues for the
club are $120 per year with nancial
assistance available.
After practices, the players can often
be found socializing over pizza and beer
at the Green Lantern where they also
hold fundraising nights once a month.
One of the future goals of the
Scandals is to become a full member
of the International Gay Rugby
Association and Board. Once they
meet the qualications, they will be
eligible to compete in the Bingham
Cup, the gay rugby union world cup.
The Bingham Cup will be contested in
Sydney, Australia in August, 2014.
One step in that direction is a full
contact match to be played in July
against the Delmarva Rugby Club
which will feature play in the 15-per-side
format which includes eight forwards
and seven backs.
For the fall season, the Scandals have
applied for Division IV status in the
Capital Geographic Union, which will
be one of the split unions of the Mid-
Atlantic Rugby Football Union which will
cease to exist in August. Developmental
and socials clubs will play within Division
IV and the full season will be split
between the fall and spring.
Riley shared a wonderful story about
something that happened at their booth
at the Capital Pride Festival this year.
A potential player approached our
table and asked if we were accepting
transgendered players, he says. I
replied that everyone is welcome to play
and one of our coaches is transgender.
The kids face just lit up.
Acceptance, diversity and sports!
The Washington Scandals are a great
addition to the LGBT sports family of
Washington.
The locations of their practices are
updated regularly on their Facebook
page at Washington Scandals RFC.
Theyre online at dcscandals.org.
The new Washington Scandals Rugby Football Club.
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There is no cover charge and admission
is limited to guests 21 and over. For
details, visit towndc.com.
Aaron Meyers and the Black Fox
Lounge Jazz Ensemble perform
tonight at the Black Fox Lounge (1723
Connecticut Ave., N.W.) from 9 p.m.-2
a.m. The event is a fundraiser to benet
the Lupus Foundation of America.
Cover is $10. For more information, visit
blackfoxlounge.com.
The Silver Spring Library (8901
Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, Md.) hosts
a Latino LGBT Pride exhibit presented
by the Latino GLBT History Project
today from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The exhibit
chronicles 20 years of Latino LGBT
activism and will run through June
30. Visit latinoglbthistory.org for more
information.
The Savoy Suites Hotel (2505
Wisconsin Ave., N.W.) hosts a Brazilian
live music show tonight from 7:30-
9:30 p.m. Local singer and lyricist Cissa
Paz will perform tracks from her debut
album. For more details, visit cissapaz.
com or the Cissa Paz Facebook page.
SATURDAY, JUNE 22
DJ Brett Henrichsen spins tonight
at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.). In his rst
ve years, Henrichsen has become an
international sensation who headlines
major circuit events from Ibiza to Sao
Paolo. Doors open at 10 p.m., with $3
drinks served until 11. Admission is
limited to guests 21 and over, and is $8
from 10-11 and $12 after 11. For details,
visit towndc.com.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts
Bearracuda, the highest attended
bear dance party in the U.S., tonight
from 9 p.m.-3 a.m. Bearracuda is held
in 37 countries worldwide, with regular
parties in San Francisco, Seattle and
Portland, and frequent events in Sydney
and Amsterdam. Admission is $7 before
10 p.m. and $10 for the rest of the night.
For more information, visit cobaltdc.
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Phase 1 (525 8th St. S.E.) hosts a Stop
Light Party tonight at 9 p.m. Guests
will be given bracelets at the door, with
red meaning they are taken, yellow
meaning they are down for whatever
and green meaning they are single.
Admission is $5 and limited to guests 21
and over. Visit phase1dc.com for more
details.
Thirty local artists will display their
work at the Easels in Frederick Grand
Exhibition today from 1-6 p.m. at
the Talley Recreation Center (121
North Bentz St., Frederick, Md.). Each
artists work captures the beauty of
Frederick Countys charming towns and
mountainous landscapes. Admission
is free. For more information, visit
easelsinfrederick.org.
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
hosts karaoke tonight from 9 p.m.-
midnight. Cover is $3, and there will
also be pool, video gaming systems
and cards. For more information, visit
bachelorsmill.com.
Perrys (1811 Columbia Rd., N.W.)
hosts its weekly Sunday Drag Brunch
today from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The cost is
$24.95 for an all-you-can-eat buffet. For
details, visit perrysadamsmorgan.com.
Special Agent Galactica performs
tonight at Freddies Beach Bar (555
23 St., Arlington, V.A.) at 7 p.m. Cover
is $5. For more information, visit
pinkhairedone.com.
MONDAY, JUNE 24
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts
its weekly Mondays a Total Drag
[Show] party tonight from 9 p.m.-2
a.m. An episode of RuPauls Drag Race
screens at 9, and then a live drag show
will be featured. Admission is 18+ and
free. For details, visit cobaltdc.com.
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.)
hosts coffee drop-in hours this morning
from 10 a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT
community. Older LGBT adults can
come and enjoy complimentary coffee
and conversation with other community
members. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
TUESDAY, JUNE 25
Paolos Restaurant (1303 Wisconsin
Ave., N.W.) hosts an opening reception
with local artists Leslie Nolan and Linda
Bankerd for their exhibit, Bravissimo,
from 6-8 p.m. tonight. Both artists have
innovative, abstract styles that heavily
use bold colors. For more information,
visit leslienolan.com.
The Green Lantern (1335 Green
Ct., N.W.) hosts its weekly FUK!T
Packing Party tonight from 7-9 p.m. For
more details, visit thedccenter.org or
greenlanterndc.com.
D.C. Eagle (639 New York Ave., N.W.)
hosts $2 Tuesday tonight from 4
p.m.-midnight this evening for the
leather community. All domestic beer
and rail drinks are $2. For details, visit
dceagle.com.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26
Heist (1802 Jefferson Pl., N.W.) hosts
its weekly open bar party tonight from
10-11 p.m. There is no cover charge and
admission is limited to guests 21 and
over. For details, visit heistdc.com or the
Heist DC Facebook page.
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
hosts drag bingo during happy hour
tonight from 5-7:30 p.m. All drinks are
half price, and there will also be pool,
video gaming systems and cards.
Admission is free. For details, visit
bachelorsmill.com.
The Connecting Rainbows Initiative
provides an LGBTQA Youth in Care
Summit today at the Washington
Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon Pl.,
N.W.). Activities include workshops for
LGBT youth, families and professionals.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the
summit ends at 5 p.m. Breakfast, lunch
and snacks will be provided. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
The Lambda Bridge Club meets
tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity
Center (721 8th St., S.E.) for duplicate
bridge. Newcomers are welcome and
reservations are not necessary. Call 703-
407-6540 for more details.
THURSDAY, JUNE 27
MOVA Lounge (2204 14th St., N.W.)
hosts GLBT College Night this
evening, with a vodka open bar for
guests who have a college ID from 9-10
p.m. Admission is free and 18 and up.
Visit movalounge.com for more details.
The D.C. Black Theatre Festival
is tonight from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Star
Arts Center (1700 Kalorama Rd., N.W.).
This year, the Brave Soul Collective
presents, Subject to Change, a series
of theatrical pieces that tackle issues of
sex, work, relationships and family in the
black community. For more information,
visit thedccenter.org.
Gays and Lesbians Opposing
Violence (GLOV) meet tonight from
7-8:30 p.m. at the D.C. Center (1318
U St., N.W.). The organization works
to reduce violence toward LGBT
people through community outreach,
education and monitoring legal cases
to ensure the dignity of LGBT victims.
For more details, visit thedccenter.org.
The Lambda Sci-Fi Book Group
meets tonight at 7 p.m. at 1425 S St.,
N.W. to discuss Among Others, by
Jo Walton. Guests are encouraged to
bring a snack and non-alcoholic drink
to share. For more information, call 202-
483-6369 or visit lambdasci.org.
Whitman Walker Health provides
four hours of free HIV testing today for
National HIV Testing Day at Walgreens
(1217 22nd St., N.W.) from 3-7 p.m. Visit
whitman-walker.org for more details.
Local gay singer/songwriter Tom
Goss is shooting a video for his song
Bears tonight at 7 p.m. at Town (2009
8th Street NW). Local bears who dont
mind being lmed are invited to attend.
WILL OWEN
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or those with LGBT participants. Recurring
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'Duelist,' a painting by Leslie Nolan, is on display at Faolo's Restaurant in Georgetown (1303
Wisconsin Ave., NW). A reception with the artists is Tuesday Irom to 8 p.m.
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Good maintenance can
prolong life of an
appliance or system
By VALERIE M. BLAKE
What comes to mind when you hear
the word replacements? The 70s al-
ternative rock band? The Keanu Reeves
movie about striking football players?
The website where you can nd pieces
of discontinued china and atware?
Owning a home?
When you buy a house, your inspec-
tion report may describe its different
features as adequate, marginal or un-
satisfactory and if an item is described
as marginal, your inspector may advise
you to budget for its replacement.
We all know that nothing lasts for-
ever and many items these days are
designed to become obsolete in a rel-
atively short period of time, but good
maintenance can go a long way toward
prolonging the life of an appliance or
system. YouTube is full of how to
videos about basic plumbing, electrical
work, patching, painting and replac-
ing nearly everything under the sun. A
quick search for how to x everything
on Amazon.com produces more than
1,300 results.
While the Internet provides a wealth
of information on being your own
handyman or woman, its important to
know your limitations and when you
should call in the professionals. That
said, a bit of knowledge about the
lifespan of certain household appli-
ances and systems can help you plan
for a future purchase or even choose
a contractor who wont try to talk you
into a replacement when a repair may
be appropriate instead.
Here is a basic cheat sheet to help
you budget for replacing certain things
around the house.
The Wonder Years (5-10 years): I
call these the wonder years because
the rst time one of these items fails
you wonder why you didnt see it com-
ing. Prolong the inevitable by run-
ning a dishwasher periodically so the
seals dont dry out. Wash the lter for
a microwave oven and keep batteries
handy for smoke detectors. Try out one
of the newest replacement security
systems; most are wireless and some
feature iPad-like devices so you can
keep track of who is coming and go-
ing on your cell phone. And dont for-
get to plan for new wall-to-wall carpet
in those high-trafc areas of the home
or install hardwood oors which will last
much longer.
The Age of Technology (10-15
years): Items in this category are con-
stantly being upgraded for energy ef-
ciency, green features and enhanced
performance. Think air conditioning
compressors, water heaters, ranges,
refrigerators, freezers, garbage dispos-
als, washing machines and dryers. Our
washers and dryers now stack, steam,
dry clean and do everything but serve
you lunch while you wait. Our ranges
are often dual fuel and may contain
double ovens, microwave drawers,
cooktop burners and downdraft ex-
haust systems. The more features in-
cluded, the more likely one will fail.
The Fire & Water Era (15-20
years): Has anyone else out there ever
huddled by the re waiting for the fur-
nace technician? While we dont need
to turn up the heat right now, having
a service contract for your furnace or
heat pump can ensure it will be full
of hot air when you need it to be this
winter, up until the time that it gasps its
dying breath in a decade or two. Jetted
tubs have a similar life span and, while
the jury may still be out, those tankless
water heaters are thought to become
thankless water heaters within 20 years.
Active Adulthood (20+ years): If
you still have a re in the furnace does
it necessarily follow that there will be
snow on the roof? With a little care and
attention, your asphalt or modied bi-
tumen roof will last decades and your
slate roof, a lifetime. The cast iron boiler
in my former home on Capitol Hill was
older than I was and both the oak and
the heart pine oors had survived for
more than a century. While Im certainly
more efcient than that old boiler, no
matter how much sanding, bufng and
oiling I do to myself, I doubt Ill outlast
those antique oors. How about you?
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
2013 ADM 468
Date of Death: February 10, 1993
Barbara J. Ingram, aka Barbara Jean
Ingram
Name of Decedent
J. Max Barger, Ackerman Brown, PLLC,
1250 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite
200, Washington, DC 20036, Name of
Attrorney.
Notice of Appointment, Notice to
Creditors and Notice to Unknown Heirs.
Roosevelt Streeter and Leon Williams
whose address is 330 Adams St., NE,
Washington, DC 20002 were appointed
Personal Representatives of the estate
of Barbara J. Ingram aka Barbara Jean
Ingram who died on February 10, 1993
with a will. All unknown heirs and heirs
whose whereabouts are unknown shall
enter their appearance in this proceeding.
Objections to such appointment (or to
the probate of decedents Will) shall be
led with the Register of Wills, D.C. 515
5th Street, NW., Building A, 3rd Floor,
Washington, DC 20001, on or before
December 7, 2013. Claims against the
decedent shall be presented to the
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