Volume 45, Issue 38, September 19, 2014

Ray Rice incident highlights
issue across the country

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Sixth District D.C. Police O cers Justin Roth, Joseph
Devlin and Derek Dude were working the midnight
shift on Aug. 21 when they received a radio call for a
domestic violence assault in progress.
The three o cers arrived on the 4400 block of C Street,
S.E., minutes after other o cers who arrived ahead
of them saw a woman kneeling down over another
woman who was lying on the street bleeding, according
to a police a davit led in D.C. Superior Court.
The woman kneeling, who was later identied as
suspect Maya Shelia Moore, 25, sprung to her feet and
ran from the scene as the other o cers chased and
quickly apprehended her.
Meanwhile, Roth noticed that blood was spurting
from a stab wound on the victims right thigh at a
rhythm consistent with her heartbeat, the police
a davit says. It says the o cers observed other stab
wounds to the victims chest, neck and abdomen, but
Polis initiates discharge petition
two months before mid-terms
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The chief sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has initiated a
legislative procedure known as a discharge petition to compel House leadership
to bring up for a vote a version of the bill with a narrowed religious exemption,
the Washington Blade has learned.
Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), whos gay and a co-chair of the LGBT Equality
Caucus, led the discharge petition on Wednesday with the House clerks o ce.
It would force a vote on ENDA, which would bar employers from discriminating
on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, if a majority of House
members, or 218, sign the petition.
The Senate passed a version of the ENDA last year, but the House under the
leadership of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has refused to bring the
legislation up for a vote despite the eight Republican who have co-sponsored
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D.C. police of cers save life of
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Tenure marked by election
of openly lesbian Houston
mayor, rst out U.S. senator
By CHRIS JOHNSON
The chief executive o cer of the Gay
and Lesbian Victory Fund and Institute
is set to depart from his position at the
years end.
In an email to the Victory Campaign
Board obtained by the Washington Blade,
Chuck Wolfe reveals that he informed the
board of directors of the Victory Fund on
Sept. 10 about plans to move on from the
organization.
After nearly 12 years leading Victory,
and countless election days, Im both
ready and excited to do something
dierent though I cant imagine doing
something more rewarding, or working
with people whom I respect and admire
more, Wolfe writes.
Wolfe wore two hats in his role. One
leading the Victory Fund, which seeks to
elect openly LGBT candidates, and the
other was leading the Victory Institute,
which provides training for LGBT public
leaders.
Wolfe is leaving the Victory Fund after
the organization achieved signicant
victories over the course of his tenure,
including the election of Annise Parker, an
openly lesbian mayor of Houston, Texas,
and Tammy Baldwin as the rst openly
lesbian member of the U.S. Senate.
In his email, Wolfe writes that his work
to expand the number of openly LGBT
people in political o ce has been an
absolute labor of love for me.
The Victory Fund and our supporters
have endorsed and helped elect
thousands of LGBT Americans who have
been brave enough to put their names on
a ballot, and their honesty has been key
to changing politics wherever they serve,
Wolfe said. This work is as necessary
as ever, especially in places where our
community still feels powerless or lives
in fear.
Steve Elmendorf, board chair of the
Victory Fund, said the organization has
grown tremendously under Wolfes
leadership.
Hes accomplished this with an
uncommon focus on what really matters,
and without the drama so often attached
to politics, Elemendorf said. The board
and I are grateful for everything hes
done for Victory, but we also understand
Chucks desire to do other things and take
on new challenges.
Elmendorf added the organization will
soon begin a search for the next leader
and well have much more to say about
that in short order.
From the start of the Obama
administration, the Victory Institute
under Wolfe coordinated the Presidential
Appointments Project, which led to the
appointment of more than 250 LGBT people
as o cials within the federal government.
Debra Shore, the Victory Institute
board chair, said Wolfe was the driving
force behind the creation of the Institute
and its eectiveness and impact.
Because of this, today more than
1,000 emerging LGBT leaders are trained
by the Institute each year, and weve
expanded beyond Americas borders to
address a growing need for our programs
internationally, Shore said. I join my board
colleagues in thanking Chuck for his nearly
12 years of service to Victory, and for his
vision and relentless focus on results.
In recent months, Wolfe has been
struggling with health issues. As he
acknowledged during the Victory Funds
annual brunch in D.C. this year, he had
suered a heart attack and was in the
process of recovery.
Wolfe writes in the email that he
intends to continue his work until the
end of the year, which includes ensuring
Victory Fund-endorsed candidates are
successful on Election Day on Nov. 4.
After that well have time for
celebrating and reminiscing, but for now
please accept my heartfelt thanks for all
that you have done and will continue to do
for this organization and the remarkable
LGBT leaders we serve, Wolfe writes.
The Victory Fund declined further
comment on the news development.
James Rees, former president of
George Washington estate, dies at 62
James C. Rees, IV, the nationally acclaimed president and CEO of the George
Washington house and estate in Mount Vernon, Va., died Sept. 9 at his home in nearby Markham, Va. He was 62.
Kirk Blandford, his partner of 29 years whom he married last year, said the cause of death was multiple system atrophy, a
neurological disorder, according to the Washington Post.
Information posted on the website of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, a non-prot organization that has owned and
managed the George Washington estate since 1853, credits Rees with playing a key role in greatly expanding the estates
mission to educate the public about the unparalleled legacies of the nations rst president.
Preserving the estate and promoting the enduring legacy of George Washington comprised the centerpiece of Jims life,
Barbara B. Lucas, regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, said in a statement posted on the website.
The Mount Vernon Ladies Association beneted beyond measure from his vision, energy and leadership, she said.
The association says that during his term as president from 1994 to 2012, Rees oversaw fundraising eorts totaling more
than a quarter billion dollars for projects designed to bring George Washington back into the national spotlight.
It was Rees vision that led to the development and opening of the cutting-edge $60 million, 66,700-square-foot Ford
Orientation and Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center buildings in 2006, the association says in its web
statement.
Rees has also been credited with leading eorts to restore and reconstruct George Washingtons Distillery & Gristmill as part
of a four-acre exhibition farm site and countless other important restorations on the 500-acre property, the statement says.
The associations write-up notes that before his retirement in June 2012, Rees secured $83 million out of $100 million
needed to build and endow Mount Vernons newest addition the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George
Washington. The library opened in September 2013.
Prior to becoming president of the estate Rees served as director of development and associate director beginning in 1983.
The Mount Vernon Ladies Association write-up says that during his 29-year tenure at Mount Vernon the sta nearly doubled
and the Mount Vernon endowment grew from $4 million to more than $100 million.
Rees worked previously for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the College of William and Mary and served on
the board of directors for the Fairfax County Convention and Visitors Corporation and the Piedmont Environmental Council
of Virginia.
He received his undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and a masters degree in public administration
from George Washington University. Among the many honors and awards he received were the George Washington University
Presidents Medal for outstanding leadership and service and the Ann Pamela Cunningham Medal the highest honor
awarded by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association.
Rees is survived by his husband and life partner Kirk Blandford; a brother, George and his wife Cindy of Atlanta; and two
nieces, Cameron Rees of Virginia and Courtney Rees of Germany. He was predeceased by his parents, Conway and Kitty Rees
of Richmond, Va.
Memorial contributions can be made in his honor to the Multiple System Atrophy Coalition at www.multipleystematropy.
org; and the James C. Rees Memorial Fund, c/o Mount Vernon Ladies Association, P.O. Box 110, Mount Vernon, Va., 22121,
703-799-8647.
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Resolution supports
families as we nd
them today
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
A resolution the Delaware Republican
Party approved during its annual meeting
on Saturday criticizes state Democrats for
preferring to focus on social issues and
not the economy.
For the past 6 years, the democratically-
controlled state government has done
little to focus on the economic issues
facing Delawareans, preferring instead
to focus on social issues, reads the
resolution of which the Washington Blade
obtained a copy.
Both chambers of the Democrat-
controlled Delaware Legislature last year
approved bills that extended marriage
rights to same-sex couples and added
gender identity and expression to the
states anti-discrimination and hate
crimes laws. Gov. Jack Markell, who is also
a Democrat, subsequently signed both
measures into law.
Equality Delaware and the Equality
Delaware Foundation criticized the resolution.
Equality Delaware, Inc., and Equality
Delaware Foundation are non-partisan
organizations, the groups told the Blade
in a joint statement. Unfortunately, it is
not surprising to us that the resolution
adopted by the Delaware GOP at its
2014 annual meeting continues to ignore
the will of a majority of Delawareans,
and hundreds of Delaware businesses,
to protect all loving families, including
LGBT families, as the Delaware General
Assembly did in 2013.
The groups added social issues are
also economic issues, noting state
lawmakers approved the same-sex
marriage bill before the U.S. Supreme
Court struck down a portion of the
Defense of Marriage Act.
The legislative adoption of marriage
equality before the Windsor decision
provided an economic boost to this
State, as we told Republican legislators it
would before virtually all of them voted
against it, said Equality Delaware and the
Equality Delaware Foundation.
Resolution supports families as we nd
them today
John Fluharty, the gay executive
director of the Delaware Republican Party
who co-sponsored the resolution, had a
dierent take.
He noted to the Blade on Monday
the resolution supports Republican
legislators eorts to bring an end to
the tax, borrow and spend policies
of the Markell administration and
the Democrats in the Legislature that
continue to hurt all of Delawares families
as we nd them today.
Fluharty specically referred to
Delawares tax rate as he further
discussed the issue.
It is an all-inclusive phrase that I use
that encompasses all families, he told the
Blade, referring back to the resolutions
language. As Delaware is now moving
beyond marriage equality and some of
the issues that were around last year,
issues that are on the table right now are
bread and butter issues. Regardless of
the composition of the family, they are all
suering right now.
Fluharty reportedly survived an eort
to oust him last April after he publicly
backed marriage rights for same-sex
couples during an exclusive interview
with the Blade at an Equality Delaware
fundraiser in Wilmington.
It seems that the Delaware GOP is
focusing on policies that unite the party
and issues that aect all residents of the
state, and thats more than encouraging,
said Gregory T. Angelo, executive director
of Log Cabin Republicans, in response to
the resolution.
Calls for more jobs
for trans residents
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
D.C. Council member and mayoral
candidate David Catania (I-At-Large)
released a 126-page booklet on Monday
outlining his platform on a wide range of
issues; including issues related to LGBT
youth, transgender employment and
surrogacy parenting for lesbian moms.
Catania o cially released the
document, David Catanias Vision to
Secure Our Citys Future, at a news
conference at his campaign headquarters
on Connecticut Avenue near Dupont
Circle. Many of his supporters, including
LGBT supporters, were in attendance.
What Im advocating for when Im mayor
is continuing the work that I started 17
years ago, Catania told the Washington
Blade in discussing his record on LGBT
rights. Its not one that I manufactured in
advance of a campaign for mayor, he said.
Its one that Ive lived for 17 plus years
on the Council and as a member of the
community my whole life.
In addition to a chapter covering
LGBT related issues; Catanias platform
book includes chapters on education,
housing and homelessness, jobs and the
economy, health and wellness, public
safety, seniors, transportation and the
environment, democracy for D.C. and
accountable government.
The glossy booklet also includes full-
page photos of a transgender woman
from Ward 5, a lesbian couple from Ward
8 and longtime gay Democratic activists
Paul Kuntzler and John Klenert along with
more than two dozen other photos of a
diverse array of city residents who are
supporting Catania for mayor.
David has worked hard for years
to empower transgender individuals
through quality healthcare and increased
economic opportunity, said trans
resident Renee Bailey in a photo caption
in the chapter that includes LGBT issues.
Catania released the platform
document three days before he and his
two main rivals, City Council member
Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) and former
Council member Carol Schwartz,
whos running as an independent, are
scheduled to participate in the rst
mayoral candidate debate in the general
election campaign on the campus of
American University.
Bowser has so far released a less
detailed position paper on various issues.
Schwartz earlier this month issued a
15-page position paper on education
focusing on the citys public school system.
Supporters for Bowser and Schwartz have
said the two candidates were expected to
release additional platform papers in the
coming weeks. Both have been longtime
supporters on LGBT issues.
Bowser was also expected to discuss
her positions on LGBT issues at an LGBT
meet and greet reception Tuesday night
at the D.C. gay bar Number Nine.
Among other things; the Catania
platform calls for fully implementing the
policy recommendations of the citys
Youth Bullying Prevention Task Force
and strengthening the citys programs
addressing LGBT youth, continuing to
push for the Council to pass the Surrogacy
Parenting Amendment Act, which he wrote
and introduced and which addresses
parenting issues for gay male and lesbian
couples and ensuring that the Metropolitan
Police Department implements the
recommendations of an independent
task force on hate crimes, which found
that improvement was needed in police
relations with the LGBT community.
06 SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 LOCAL NEWS
Catania releases LGBT-inclusive platform
D.C. mayoral candidate DAVID CATANIA on Monday released a 126-page campaign platform
that includes LGBT-specic issues.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Gay Delaware Republican Party Executive
Director JOHN FLUHARTY co-sponsored
resolution that criticizes state Democrats for
preferring to focus on social issues and not
the economy.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FLUHARTY
Del. GOP accuses Democrats of preferring social issues, not economy
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Gay partners unions
recognized in
separate decisions
By CHRIS JOHNSON
In a move consistent with prior
decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, a
federal appeals court on Monday agreed
to stay its decision striking down Indianas
ban on same-sex marriage.
Without explanation, a three-judge
panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals granted a request from Indiana
Attorney General Greg Zoeller to place on
hold a ruling against the states marriage
ban until the nal word on the law comes
down from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The stay will terminate automatically
if the certiorari petition is denied or will
terminate upon the judgment of the
Supreme Court if the certiorari petition is
granted, the two-page order states.
The three-judge panel that issued
the stay is the same panel that struck
down weeks ago Indianas marriage law
as well as Wisconsins ban on same-
sex marriage. The panel consists of
RichardPosner; a Reagan appointee; Ann
Claire Williams, a Clinton appointee; and
David Hamilton, an Obama appointee.
Had the stay not been issued, the
ruling against Indianas ban on same-sex
marriage would have gone into eect 21
days after the decision against the lawas
the litigation continues.
The 7th Circuits stay is consistent with
the decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court
to place on hold same-sex marriages in
Utah and Virginia follow court rulings
striking down the marriage bans in those
states. The appeals courts decision is
also consistent with a U.S. Supreme
Court decision to stay state recognition of
same-sex marriages performed in Utah.
Kyle Megrath, marriage coordinator
for Hoosiers for Marriage, said the way
forward to win marriage equality in
Indiana is for the U.S. Supreme Court to
take up the matter.
This stay was expected, and similar
motions have been granted in other
jurisdictions, Megrath said. Whats
important is that our case is up for
consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court
at the end of this month, and we could
know very soon whether the Justices will
take up the issue of marriage equality in
the coming term.
The stay decision doesnt address
the 7th Circuit ruling as it pertains to
Wisconsin. A trial judge who had decided
the case had earlier placed a stay on
Wisconsin same-sex marriages until all
appeals were exhausted in the lawsuit.
In other marriage-related news, a pair
of courts one in Indiana, the other in
Arizona last week granted emergency
recognition to individuals in same-sex
marriages facing the death of their
partners.
On Sept. 11, a federal judge in Indiana
approved an agreement in which the
state would recognize of the marriage
two women in the city of Whiting:
Mayra Yvette Rivera, whos undergoing
chemotherapy for advanced ovarian
cancer, and Veronica Romero.
The agreement came as a result of
a lawsuit led this week by the couple,
whove been together more than 27 years
and wed in March in Illinois.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen
approved the agreement in the wake of
a decision from the 7th Circuit striking
down Indianas ban on same-sex marriage
as unconstitutional that has been stayed.
Under the agreement, Indiana has
agreed to list Romeros name on Riveras
death in the event that she loses her
battle with cancer.
The state agreed to recognize that
union after the 7th Circuit earlier required
Indiana to recognize the marriage of Amy
Sandler and Niki Quasney, another same-
sex couple facing a terminal illness.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller
is quoted in The Times of Northwest
Indiana as saying that although he is
bound to defend Indianas law in court,
he must acquiesce to precedent.
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Gay Philadelphia couple attacked
PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia police continue to investigate an attack against
a gay couple last week as a possible hate crime.
WCAU cited police sources who said the two men who are in their late 20s were
walking from a Center City restaurant around 10:45 p.m. on Sept. 11 when a group
of eight people approached them. The television station reported a witness said
one of the assailants shouted an expletive at the men before attacking them.
Another witness told WCAU he heard the assailants shouting anti-gay slurs
during the attack.
One of the men who was attacked told WTXF, a local Fox a liate, he has an
orbital fracture and several other broken bones in his face. His jaw will be wired
shut for two months.
The mans boyfriend told WTXF the police who responded to the incident
initially thought he was shot because the assailants hit him so hard.
We were just going out for a nice dinner in Philadelphia, weve lived here for
years, and we never had anything like this, one of the men told WXTF. I just
want to make sure this doesnt happen again to anyone.
Brief led in Puerto Rico marriage lawsuit
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Lambda Legal on Sept. 15 urged a federal court to
rule in favor of marriage rights for same-sex couples in a lawsuit a Puerto Rican
lesbian couple led earlier this year.
All families deserve to have their love and commitment recognized in Puerto
Rico; they need the protections only marriage can provide as soon as possible
without discrimination, said Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, a sta attorney for Lambda
Legal, after the organization led a request with the U.S. District Court of Puerto
Rico in San Juan seeking a summary judgment in the case Every day that passes,
our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender family members are told they are
inferior to our other family members. They are living, working and caring for
each other now and need the dignity and respect of marriage.
Ada Conde Vidal and Ivonne lvarez Velez of San Juan in March led a
lawsuit seeking recognition of their Massachusetts marriage. Four other same-
sex couples; Lambda Legal and Puerto Rico Para Tod@s, a Puerto Rican LGBT
advocacy group, joined the womens case in June.
Puerto Rican lawmakers in 1999 amended the U.S. commonwealths civil code
to ban recognition of same-sex marriages even those legally performed in
other jurisdictions.
Gov. Alejandro Garca Padilla supports civil unions for gays and lesbians, but
his administration late last month led a motion with the court to dismiss the
marriage lawsuit.
Every day that passes, our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender family
members are told they are inferior to our family members, said Gonzalez-
Pagan. They are living, working and caring for each other now and need the
dignity and respect of marriage.
Gays and lesbians are able to legally marry in 19 states and D.C.
Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 29 are scheduled to discuss
whether they will consider any of the seven petitions to hear same-sex marriage
cases from Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Miami anti-trans discrimination ordinance advances
MIAMI The Miami-Dade County Commission on Sept. 16 gave its preliminary
approval to a proposal that would add gender identity and expression to the
countys human rights ordinance.
The Miami Herald reported the 10-0 vote came after opponents of the proposal
failed to attend the commissions meeting. Three commissioners were not present.
This update that were working on would ensure very basic protections for a very
vulnerable part of our community that many take for granted, said Charo Valero of
SAVE, a Miami-based LGBT advocacy organization, according to the Miami Herald.
The vote took place a year after two commissioners who sought passage of the
proposal withdrew it amid opposition.
Floridas anti-discrimination law does not include sexual orientation and gender
identity and expression. Equality Florida, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, notes
on its website that more than 55 percent of Floridians now live in jurisdictions that
explicitly ban anti-LGBT discrimination.
Communities enact these protections because they know having a diverse
talent pool helps their community to thrive, says Equality Florida. Having these
protections is quickly becoming the standard for cities and counties across
Florida.
NATI ONAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 09
Federal appeals court
stays Ind. marriage ruling
Justices with the U.S. Supreme Court could
consider marriage cases from Indiana and
other states during its upcoming term.
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ABOUT PREZISTA
PREZISTA
(darunavir) is a prescription medicine. It is one treatment option

in the class of HIV (human immunodeciency virus) medicines known
as protease inhibitors.
PREZISTA
is always taken with and at the same time as ritonavir (Norvir
),
in combination with other HIV medicines for the treatment of HIV infection
in adults. PREZISTA
should also be taken with food.

PREZISTA
does not cure HIV infection or AIDS and you may continue
to experience illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including
opportunistic infections. You should remain under the care of a doctor
when using PREZISTA.
Please read Important Safety Information below, and talk to your

healthcare provider to learn if PREZISTA
is right for you.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
What is the most important information I should know
about PREZISTA
?
PREZISTA
can interact with other medicines and cause serious

side effects. See Who should not take PREZISTA
?
PREZISTA
may cause liver problems. Some people taking

PREZISTA,
together with Norvir
(ritonavir), have developed liver problems

which may be life-threatening. Your healthcare provider should do blood
tests before and during your combination treatment with PREZISTA
.
If you have chronic hepatitis B or C infection, your healthcare provider
should check your blood tests more often because you have an increased
chance of developing liver problems
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any of these signs and symptoms
of liver problems: dark (tea-colored) urine, yellowing of your skin or whites
of your eyes, pale colored stools (bowel movements), nausea, vomiting,
pain or tenderness on your right side below your ribs, or loss of appetite
PREZISTA
may cause severe or life-threatening skin reactions

or rash. Sometimes these skin reactions and skin rashes can become
severe and require treatment in a hospital. You should call your healthcare
provider immediately if you develop a rash. However, stop taking
PREZISTA
and ritonavir combination treatment and call your healthcare

provider immediately if you develop any skin changes with these
symptoms: fever, tiredness, muscle or joint pain, blisters or skin lesions,
mouth sores or ulcers, red or inamed eyes, like pink eye.
Rash occurred more often in patients taking PREZISTA
and raltegravir
together than with either drug separately, but was generally mild
Who should not take PREZISTA
?
Do not take PREZISTA
if you are taking the following medicines:

alfuzosin (Uroxatral
), dihydroergotamine (D.H.E.45,
Embolex,

Migranal
), ergotamine (Cafergot,
Ergomar
), methylergonovine,
cisapride (Propulsid
), pimozide (Orap
), oral midazolam (Versed
),
triazolam (Halcion
), the herbal supplement St. Johns wort

(Hypericum perforatum), lovastatin (Mevacor,
Altoprev,
Advicor
),
salmeterol (Advair,
Serevent
), simvastatin (Zocor,
Simcor,
Vytorin
),
rifampin (Rifadin,
Rifater,
Rifamate,
Rimactane
), sildenal (Revatio
)
when used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, indinavir (Crixivan
),
lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra
), saquinavir (Invirase
), boceprevir (Victrelis
),
or telaprevir (Incivek
)
Before taking PREZISTA
, tell your healthcare provider if you are taking

sildenal (Viagra,
Revatio
), vardenal (Levitra,
Staxyn
),
tadalal (Cialis,
Adcirca
), atorvastatin (Lipitor
), rosuvastatin (Crestor
),
pravastatin (Pravachol
), or colchicine (Colcrys,
Col-Probenecid
).
Tell your healthcare provider if you are taking estrogen-based
contraceptives (birth control). PREZISTA
might reduce the effectiveness

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Serious problems can happen if you or your child takes any of these
medicines with PREZISTA
.
This is not a complete list of medicines. Be sure to tell your healthcare
provider about all the medicines you are taking or plan to take,
including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins,
and herbal supplements. Do not start any new medicines while you
are taking PREZISTA
without rst talking to your healthcare provider.

What should I tell my doctor before I take PREZISTA
?
Before taking PREZISTA
, tell your healthcare provider if you have

any medical conditions, including liver problems (including hepatitis B
or C), allergy to sulfa medicines, diabetes, or hemophilia
Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or planning to become
pregnant, or are breastfeeding
The effects of PREZISTA
on pregnant women or their unborn babies

are not known. You and your healthcare provider will need to decide
if taking PREZISTA
is right for you

Do not breastfeed. It is not known if PREZISTA
can be passed
to your baby in your breast milk and whether it could harm your baby.
Also, mothers with HIV should not breastfeed because HIV can
be passed to your baby in the breast milk
What are the possible side effects of PREZISTA
?
High blood sugar, diabetes or worsening of diabetes, and increased
bleeding in people with hemophilia have been reported in patients taking
protease inhibitor medicines, including PREZISTA
Changes in body fat have been seen in some patients taking HIV medicines,
including PREZISTA
. The cause and long-term health effects of these

conditions are not known at this time
Changes in your immune system can happen when you start taking HIV
medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to ght infections
that have been hidden
The most common side effects related to taking PREZISTA
include diarrhea,
nausea, rash, headache, stomach pain, and vomiting.
This is not a complete list of all possible side effects. If you experience these
or other side effects, talk to your healthcare provider. Do not stop taking
PREZISTA
or any other medicines without rst talking to your healthcare

provider
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs
to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please refer to the ritonavir (Norvir
) Product Information (PI and PPI)

for additional information on precautionary measures.
Please see accompanying full Product Information
for more details.
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PREZISTA (pre-ZIS-ta)
(darunavir)
Oral Suspension
PREZISTA (pre-ZIS-ta)
(darunavir)
Tablets
Read this Patient Information before you start taking PREZISTA and each time you get a
refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking
to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or your treatment.
Also read the Patient Information leaflet for NORVIR
(ritonavir).
What is the most important information I should know about
PREZISTA?
PREZISTA can interact with other medicines and cause serious side effects. It is
important to know the medicines that should not be taken with PREZISTA. See the
section Who should not take PREZISTA?
PREZISTA may cause liver problems. Some people taking PREZISTA in combination
with NORVIR
(ritonavir) have developed liver problems which may be life-

threatening. Your healthcare provider should do blood tests before and during your
combination treatment with PREZISTA. If you have chronic hepatitis B or C infection,
your healthcare provider should check your blood tests more often because you have
an increased chance of developing liver problems.
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any of the below signs and symptoms of liver
problems.
Dark (tea colored) urine
yellowing of your skin or whites of your eyes
pale colored stools (bowel movements)
nausea
vomiting
pain or tenderness on your right side below your ribs
loss of appetite
PREZISTA may cause severe or life-threatening skin reactions or rash. Sometimes
these skin reactions and skin rashes can become severe and require treatment in a
hospital. You should call your healthcare provider immediately if you develop a rash.
However, stop taking PREZISTA and ritonavir combination treatment and call your
healthcare provider immediately if you develop any skin changes with symptoms below:
fever
tiredness
muscle or joint pain
blisters or skin lesions
mouth sores or ulcers
red or inflamed eyes, like pink eye (conjunctivitis)
Rash occurred more often in people taking PREZISTA and raltegravir together than with
either drug separately, but was generally mild.
See What are the possible side effects of PREZISTA? for more information about side
effects.
What is PREZISTA?
PREZISTA is a prescription anti-HIV medicine used with ritonavir and other anti-HIV
medicines to treat adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection.
PREZISTA is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV is the virus that
causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
When used with other HIV medicines, PREZISTA may help to reduce the amount of HIV
in your blood (called viral load). PREZISTA may also help to increase the number of
white blood cells called CD4 (T) cell which help fight off other infections. Reducing the
amount of HIV and increasing the CD4 (T) cell count may improve your immune system.
This may reduce your risk of death or infections that can happen when your immune
system is weak (opportunistic infections).
PREZISTA does not cure HIV infection or AIDS and you may continue to experience
illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections. You should
remain under the care of a doctor when using PREZISTA.
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection.
Do not share needles or other injection equipment.
Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like
toothbrushes and razor blades.
Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe sex by using a
latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen,
vaginal secretions, or blood.
Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions on how to prevent passing HIV to
other people.
Who should not take PREZISTA?
Do not take PREZISTA with any of the following medicines:
alfuzosin (Uroxatral
)
ergot-containing medicines: dihydroergotamine (D.H.E. 45
, Embolex
, Migranal
),
ergotamine (Cafergot
, Ergomar
) methylergonovine
cisapride
pimozide (Orap
)
oral midazolam (Versed
), triazolam (Halcion
)
the herbal supplement St. Johns Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
the cholesterol lowering medicines lovastatin (Mevacor
, Altoprev
, Advicor
) or
simvastatin (Zocor
, Simcor
, Vytorin
)
rifampin (Rifadin
, Rifater
, Rifamate
, Rimactane
)
sildenafil (Revatio
) only when used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial

hypertension.
Serious problems can happen if you take any of these medicines with PREZISTA.
What should I tell my doctor before I take PREZISTA?
PREZISTA may not be right for you. Before taking PREZISTA, tell your healthcare
provider if you:
have liver problems, including hepatitis B or hepatitis C
are allergic to sulfa medicines
have high blood sugar (diabetes)
have hemophilia
are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. It is not known if PREZISTA will harm
your unborn baby.
Pregnancy Registry: You and your healthcare provider will need to decide if taking
PREZISTA is right for you. If you take PREZISTA while you are pregnant, talk to your
healthcare provider about how you can be included in the Antiretroviral Pregnancy
Registry. The purpose of the registry is follow the health of you and your baby.
are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. We do not know if
PREZISTA can be passed to your baby in your breast milk and whether it could harm
your baby. Also, mothers with HIV-1 should not breastfeed because HIV-1 can be
passed to the baby in the breast milk.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take including prescription and
nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Using PREZISTA and
certain other medicines may affect each other causing serious side effects. PREZISTA
may affect the way other medicines work and other medicines may affect how
PREZISTA works.
Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take any of the medicines listed below.
The generic name is provided, followed by examples of possible brand names for the
drug product:
medicine to treat HIV
estrogen-based contraceptives (birth control). PREZISTA might reduce the
effectiveness of estrogen-based contraceptives. You must take additional
precautions for birth control such as a condom.
medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection such as cyclosporine (Gengraf
,
Sandimmune
, Neoral
), tacrolimus (Prograf
), sirolimus (Rapamune
)
amiodarone (Pacerone
, Cardarone
)
artemether/lumefantrine (Coartem
)
atorvastatin (Lipitor
)
bepridil (Bepadin
, Vascor
)
boceprevir (Victrelis
TM
)
bosentan (Tracleer
)
buprenorphine (Butrans
, Buprenex
, Subutex
)
buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone
, Zubsolv
)
carbamazepine (Carbatrol
, Equetro
, Tegretol
, Epitol
)
clarithromycin (Prevpac
, Biaxin
)
colchicine (Colcrys
, Col-Probenecid
)
desipramine (Norpramin
)
dexamethasone (Ozurdex
)
digoxin (Lanoxin
)
felodipine (Plendil
)
flecainide (Tambocor
)
fluticasone (Advair Diskus
, Veramyst
, Flovent
, Flonase
)
itraconazole (Sporanox
, Onmel
)
ketoconazole (Nizoral
)
lidocaine (Xylocaine Viscous
)
methadone (Methadose
)
metoprolol (Lopressor
, Toprol-XL
)
nicardipine (Cardene
)
nifedipine (Procardia
, Adalat CC
, Afeditab CR
)
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paroxetine (Paxil
, Pexeva
)
phenobarbital
phenytoin (Dilantin
, Phenytek
)
pravastatin (Pravachol
)
propafenone (Rythmol
)
quinidine (Nuedexta
)
rifabutin (Mycobutin
)
risperidone (Risperdal
)
rosuvastatin (Crestor
)
salmeterol (Advair
, Serevent
)
sertraline (Zoloft
)
sildenafil ( Viagra
, Revatio
)
tadalafil (Cialis
, Adcirca
)
telaprevir (Incivek
TM
)
thioridazine (Mellaril
)
timolol (Cosopt
, Betimol
, Timoptic
, Isatolol
, Combigan
)
trazodone (Oleptro
, Desyrel
)
warfarin (Coumadin
, Jantoven
)
vardenafil (Levitra
, Staxyn
)
voriconazole (VFend
)
This is not a complete list of medicines that you should tell your healthcare provider
that you are taking. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you are not sure if
your medicine is one that is listed above. Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of
them to show your doctor or pharmacist when you get a new medicine. Do not start
any new medicines while you are taking PREZISTA without first talking with your
healthcare provider.
How should I take PREZISTA?
Take PREZISTA every day exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider.
You must take ritonavir (NORVIR
) at the same time as PREZISTA.

Do not change your dose of PREZISTA or stop treatment without talking to your
healthcare provider first.
Take PREZISTA and ritonavir (NORVIR
) with food.
Swallow PREZISTA tablets whole with a drink. If you have difficulty swallowing
PREZISTA tablets, PREZISTA oral suspension is also available. Your health care
provider will help decide whether PREZISTA tablets or oral suspension is right
for you.
PREZISTA oral suspension should be given with the supplied oral dosing syringe.
Shake the suspension well before each use. See the Instructions for Use that come
with PREZISTA oral suspension for information about the right way to prepare and
take a dose.
If your prescribed dose of PREZISTA oral suspension is more than 6 mL, you will need
to divide the dose. Follow the instructions given to you by your healthcare provider or
pharmacist about how to divide the dose. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist
if you are not sure.
If you take too much PREZISTA, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest
hospital emergency room right away.
What should I do if I miss a dose?
People who take PREZISTA one time a day:
If you miss a dose of PREZISTA by less than 12 hours, take your missed dose of
PREZISTA right away. Then take your next dose of PREZISTA at your regularly
scheduled time.
If you miss a dose of PREZISTA by more than 12 hours, wait and then take the next
dose of PREZISTA at your regularly scheduled time.
People who take PREZISTA two times a day
If you miss a dose of PREZISTA by less than 6 hours, take your missed dose of
PREZISTA right away. Then take your next dose of PREZISTA at your regularly
scheduled time.
If you miss a dose of PREZISTA by more than 6 hours, wait and then take the next
dose of PREZISTA at your regularly scheduled time.
If a dose of PREZISTA is skipped, do not double the next dose. Do not take more or less
than your prescribed dose of PREZISTA at any one time.
What are the possible side effects of PREZISTA?
PREZISTA can cause side effects including:
See What is the most important information I should know about PREZISTA?
Diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). Some people who take protease
inhibitors including PREZISTA can get high blood sugar, develop diabetes, or your
diabetes can get worse. Tell your healthcare provider if you notice an increase in
thirst or urinate often while taking PREZISTA.
Changes in body fat. These changes can happen in people who take anti retroviral
therapy. The changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and
neck (buffalo hump), breast, and around the back, chest, and stomach area. Loss of
fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The exact cause and long-term
health effects of these conditions are not known.
Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen
when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and
begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Call your
healthcare provider right away if you start having new symptoms after starting your
HIV medicine.
Increased bleeding for hemophiliacs. Some people with hemophilia have increased
bleeding with protease inhibitors including PREZISTA.
The most common side effects of PREZISTA include:
diarrhea headache
nausea abdominal pain
rash vomiting
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does
not go away.
These are not all of the possible side effects of PREZISTA. For more information, ask
your health care provider.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the
FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
How should I store PREZISTA?
Store PREZISTA oral suspension and tablets at room temperature [77F (25C)].
Do not refrigerate or freeze PREZISTA oral suspension.
Keep PREZISTA away from high heat.
PREZISTA oral suspension should be stored in the original container.
Keep PREZISTA and all medicines out of the reach of children.
General information about PREZISTA
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient
Information leaflet. Do not use PREZISTA for a condition for which it was not prescribed.
Do not give PREZISTA to other people even if they have the same condition you have. It
may harm them.
This leaflet summarizes the most important information about PREZISTA. If you would
like more information, talk to your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare
provider or pharmacist for information about PREZISTA that is written for health
professionals.
For more information, call 1-800-526-7736.
What are the ingredients in PREZISTA?
Active ingredient: darunavir
Inactive ingredients:
PREZISTA Oral Suspension: hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium
carboxymethylcellulose, methylparaben sodium, citric acid monohydrate, sucralose,
masking flavor, strawberry cream flavor, hydrochloric acid (for pH adjustment), purified
water.
PREZISTA 75 mg and 150 mg Tablets: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, magnesium
stearate, microcrystalline cellulose. The film coating contains: OPADRY
White
(polyethylene glycol 3350, polyvinyl alcohol-partially hydrolyzed, talc, titanium dioxide).
PREZISTA 600 mg Tablets: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, magnesium stearate,
microcrystalline cellulose. The film coating contains: OPADRY
Orange (FD&C Yellow

No. 6, polyethylene glycol 3350, polyvinyl alcohol-partially hydrolyzed, talc, titanium
dioxide).
PREZISTA 800 mg Tablets: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, magnesium stearate,
microcrystalline cellulose, hypromellose. The film coating contains: OPADRY
Dark Red
(iron oxide red, polyethylene glycol 3350, polyvinyl alcohol-partially hydrolyzed, talc,
titanium dioxide).
This Patient Information has been approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration.
Product of Ireland
Manufactured by:
PREZISTA Oral Suspension
Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
Beerse, Belgium
PREZISTA Tablets
Janssen Ortho LLC, Gurabo, PR 00778
Manufactured for:
Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP, Titusville NJ 08560
Revised: April 2014
NORVIR
is a registered trademark of its respective owner.

PREZISTA
is a registered trademark of Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2006
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John Abdallah Wambere
ed homeland in February
A prominent Ugandan LGBT rights
advocate who ed his homeland earlier this
year has been granted asylum in the U.S.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services in a letter dated Sept. 11 stated
John Longjones Abdallah Wamberes
asylum request has been recommended
for approval, pending the results of a
mandatory background check.
I am overwhelmed, said Wambere
in a press release from Gay and Lesbian
Advocates and Defenders, a Boston-based
LGBT legal advocacy group that represents
him. I must say that I am blessed, but
there are many stories out there.
Wambere, who is a member of
Spectrum Uganda, an LGBT advocacy
group in the East African country,
arrived in the U.S. in February, three
days before Ugandan President Yoweri
Museveni signed the controversial Anti-
Homosexuality Bill that sought to impose
a life sentence upon anyone found guilty
of repeated same-sex sexual acts.
Wambere, 41, noted in his asylum petition
that he has been threatened, evicted from
his home and publicly outed as a gay man by
several Ugandan newspapers.
He told reporters during an emotional
Boston press conference in May that he
also received anonymous death threats,
had been rejected by his family, lost
business and was unable to visit his
daughters school because of his sexual
orientation. Wambere said a group of
men attacked him in 2009 as he left a bar
in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.
I was shocked and heartbroken,
he told reporters during the May press
conference, referring to his reaction to
the Anti-Homosexuality Bill becoming
law. It became clear to me that I needed
to think about whether I could really
return home.
Wambere is believed to be the rst
Ugandan LGBT rights advocate to
seek asylum in the U.S. since the Anti-
Homosexuality Bill took eect in February.
Nikki Mawanda, a Ugandan transgender
rights advocate, told the Washington
Blade last month he is currently seeking
asylum in the U.S. Dickson Mujuni of
the RPL AIDS Foundation, an HIV/AIDS
service organization in Kampala, ed to
the Netherlands in May because it wasnt
safe for him in the country after Museveni
signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
Asylum protects vulnerable members
of LGBTI community
The Obama administration in June
imposed a travel ban against Ugandan
o cials responsible for anti-LGBT human
abuses. The White House also announced
it had redirected funds it had previously
given to the Ugandan Police Force, the
Ugandan Ministry of Health and National
Public Health Institute.
Sexual Minorities Uganda, a Ugandan
LGBT advocacy group, in 2012 led a
federal lawsuit against Scott Lively, an
American evangelical who is running to
succeed outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Deval
Patrick, for allegedly inaming anti-LGBT
attitudes in the East African country before
Parliamentarian David Bahati introduced
the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in 2009.
The Constitutional Court of Uganda
last month struck down the Anti-
Homosexuality Bill on a technicality,
concluding Parliament Speaker Rebecca
Kadaga illegally allowed a vote on it late
last year without the necessary quorum.
Ugandan lawmakers have pledged to
reintroduce the measure.
Lawmakers in other African nations
have sought to implement similarly
draconian anti-LGBT laws.
Members of the Gambia National
Assembly last month approved a measure
that would impose a life sentence upon
anyone found guilty of aggravated
homosexuality. The Robert F. Kennedy
Center for Justice and Human Rights is among
the organizations that have urged Chadian
President Idriss Dby to reject a proposal that
would criminalize homosexuality in the sub-
Saharan African country.
The United States must continue
to grant asylum to LGBTI people from
around the world who cant enjoy the
most basic freedoms in their countries
of origin, and whose lives are threatened
simply because of who they are, said
GLAD Senior Sta Attorney Janson Wu.
Asylum is a life-saving system that
protects vulnerable members of the
LGBTI community forced to ee places
like Uganda, Russia, and Jamaica, where it
is fundamentally unsafe to be out.
Issues playing out
dierently in
various campaigns
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Ahead of a mid-term election where
wins in several close races could give
Republicans control of the U.S. Senate,
the issue of LGBT rights is playing
out dierently in contentious races
depending on the state in play.
While many of the competitive races
are seeing the more expected narrative
of Democrats supporting LGBT rights
as their Republican opponents shy
away from them, in one state both
candidates are trumpeting LGBT rights.
But in the South, neither Democrats and
Republicans are making support for LGBT
part of their campaigns.
The outlier Senate race in which both
candidates are staking out claims as
champions of LGBT rights is taking place
in Oregon, where Republican candidate
Monica Wehby recently made public a TV
ad showcasing her support for marriage
equality. Shes running to oust incumbent
Sen. Je Merkley (D-Ore.), a longtime
supporter of marriage equality known
for championing the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act.
The unprecedented ad for a Republican
statewide candidate features Ben West,
one of the plaintis in a federal lawsuit
that just months earlier brought marriage
equality to Oregon, who announces
support for Wehby on behalf of himself
and his spouse Paul Rummell.
Marrying my husband was the
happiest day of my life, West says in
the ad. I was proud of Oregon and our
country. But theres a lot of work left to
do. Whether its standing up for equality
or for the unemployed or for the next
generation, we need leaders who have
the courage to do whats right. Thats
why I support Monica Wehby. I know
shell ght for every Oregon family,
including mine.
Wehby had previously given nuanced
answers before the Republican primary
in response to questions on whether she
backs gay nuptials.
In a March interview with KATU radio,
Wehby referred to the matter as a state
issue, but said thegovernment shouldnt
be telling you who you love, who you live
with, who you care about.
Shortly after news, the Merkley
campaign shot back with its own ad,
saying the remaining six plaintis in the
Oregon marriage equality lawsuit Bill
Griesar, Bob Duehmig, Deanna Geiger,
Janine Nelson, Christine Tanner, and
Lisa Chickadonz are backing Merkley
and are questioning Wehbys support for
same-sex marriage.
We were happy to see Monica
Wehbys advertisement; we only wish
Wehby had joined our eorts under less
politically motivated circumstances,
said the couples in a statement. How
is our community expected to trust
Monica Wehby when shes taken so many
dierent positions on marriage equality
since the start of her campaign?
Meanwhile, in Senate races elsewhere
in the country, a more expected distinction
has been seen with Democrats backing
gay rights and Republican candidate
staying away from the issue.
That distinction is strongly exemplied
in the race between Sen. Mark Udall
(D-Colo.) and Republican candidate Cory
Gardener.
After Udall receiving the endorsement
of the Human Rights Campaign in June,
his campaign issued a statement touting
the support of the nations largest LGBT
group and criticizing Gardener for
his score of 0 on HRCs most recent
congressional scorecard. The statement
compared Gardener to former Rep.
Marilyn Musgrave, the anti-gay lawmaker
behind a U.S. constitutional amendment
that would banned same-sex marriage
throughout the country.
Congressman Gardners antiquated
views on LGBT Coloradans are ripped
straight out of another generation, said
lesbian state Rep. Joann Ginal in the
statement. He voted to ban loving same-
sex couples from adopting children, and
voted to let businesses re employees
or refuse to serve customers all because
they happen to be gay.
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reported incident between National
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then-ance, Janay Palmer.
Rice was indicted by a grand jury in
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incident at an Atlantic City hotel on Feb.
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the rst two games of the 2014 season.
But the release of a video taken from
the hotels security cameras showing
Rice knocking Palmer unconscious by
punching her inside an elevator and
dragging her limp body out into the
hallway prompted the Ravens to release
him from the team. The NFL quickly
suspended him indenitely, triggering
a urry of national news reports on
domestic violence among sports gures
and people in all walks of life.
Literature posted on the Rainbow
Response Coalitions website cites studies
showing that the incidence of domestic
violence among same-sex couples is about
the same as it is for heterosexual couples.
The group conducted its own study
of LGBT intimate partner violence in
2009 and found that 28 percent of the
respondents participating in the study
self-identied as survivors of intimate
partner violence.
Crenshaw told the Washington Blade
on Tuesday that a study conducted by
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in 2010 found that 44 percent
of lesbians and bisexual women reported
being a victim of domestic violence.
The same study found that 26 percent
of gay men reported being victimized
by domestic violence compared to 29
percent of heterosexual men who said
they were victims of domestic violence.
Members of the D.C. police
departments Gay and Lesbian Liaison
Unit have said calls for service for
domestic violence cases make up the
largest single type of call they receive in
their work in the LGBT community.
Among other things, the Rainbow
Response Coalition provides training and
educational materials to D.C.-area police,
the courts, and social service agencies on
some of the issues that create problems for
LGBT domestic violence victims. Crenshaw
said a major problem in past years but
which still continues is the fear by gay or
lesbian victims of being outed if they come
forward to report domestic violence.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is
a pattern of coercive behaviors that
includes one or more of the following,
a posting on the Rainbow Response
Coalitions website says. Physical
abuse or the threat of physical abuse,
psychological abuse, sexual assault,
progressive social isolation, deprivation,
intimidation, and/or economic coercion
are all forms of intimate partner abuse,
the group says on its website.
For LGBTQ people in relationships, an
abusing partner may also use the weapons
of heterosexism and homophobia and
threaten to out an abused partner in a
situation where the abused is not out,
the groups posting says.
the bill. Supporters of ENDA, including the
Human Rights Campaign, the White House
and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.), insisted the bill would pass if
only Boehner would allow for a vote.
Meanwhile, numerous pro-LGBT
groups, including the National Gay &
Lesbian Task Force and the American
Civil Liberties Union, dropped support
for ENDA because of the bills religious
exemption. Unlike the protections that
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
aords to workers on the basis of race,
national origin, religion and gender,
passage of the Senate-passed ENDA
would still allow religious-a liated
businesses to discriminate against LGBT
workers in non-ministerial positions.
Following the outcry of these groups,
Polis introduced a resolution before the
House Rules Committee, H.Res. 678, that
would narrow ENDAs religious exemption
in the event the committee approved the
bill for a vote on the House oor.
Its that version of ENDA that would
come up for a vote if the discharge
petition is successful. But it remains
to be seen how that version of ENDA
would fare in the Senate, where a more
expanded religious exemption was
deemed necessary for passage.
Supporters of ENDA face uphill battle
in attempting to pass ENDA by initiating
a discharge petition. Rep. Ileana Ros-
Lehtinen (R-Fla.), an original co-sponsor
of ENDA, has already told the Blade she
wouldnt sign the petition, saying through a
spokesperson its a partisan political tool.
No Republican co-sponsor has agreed to
signing a discharge petition for ENDA.
Polis les the petition just two months
before a mid-term election in which
Democrats are ghting to maintain control
of the Senate. The lack of Republican
signers on the ENDA discharge petition
could serve to highlight to dierence
between the Democratic and Republican
parties just before Election Day.
Tico Almeida, president of the LGBT group
Freedom to Work, praised Polis and Pelosi
for taking action to force a long overdue
vote on LGBT workplace protections.
Its always a good time to draw
clear political distinctions between
those who support fairness in the
workplace and those who would allow
prejudiced employers to re talented
gay employees just because of whom
they love, Almeida said.
Almeida added that the Senate should
also take action on ENDA by attaching it as
an amendment to defense authorization bill
during the lame duck session of Congress.
Christian Berle, legislative director
for Freedom to Work, said in a separate
statement that attempting to pass ENDA
with a more narrow religious exemption
would come at a heavy cost in support for
the legislation.
Based on my hundreds of ENDA lobby
meetings with every single undecided
Members o ce in the House, including
100 percent of the Republican o ces, I
believe the new and more liberal religious
language would cost ENDA around 50
fewer votes in the House and 20 fewer
votes in the Senate, Berle said.
In the event the House passed a
version of ENDA with a narrower religious
exemption, Berle said the bill would likely
lose all 10 Republicans who voted for the
bill in the Senate as well as Democrats like
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Bill Nelson
(D-Fla.), Angus King (I-Maine), Kay Hagan
(D-N.C.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Mary
Landrieu (D-La.).
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lacks discrimination law;
civil unions bill stalled
LIMA, Peru Anita Araujo Rodrguez
of the Civil Union Now Collective, a group
that supports a bill that would allow same-
sex couples in Peru to enter into a civil
union, was among those who sought to
march to the Peruvian Congress on June
6 to urge lawmakers in the conservative
South American country to vote on the
measure.
Araujo and other protesters were near
Limas Plaza San Martn as they were
marching towards the Peruvian Congress
when police o cers lobbed tear gas
canisters at them. She was subsequently
treated at the hospital for injuries she
suered during the clashes.
Peru now nds itself in a very di cult
situation, Araujo told the Washington
Blade during a Sept. 6 interview at a
meeting of Latin American and Caribbean
LGBT rights advocates that took place at
Cayetano Heredia University in Limas
Miraores neighborhood. We are in
a ght against conservatism, against
stereotypes, against manifestations.
Araujo and other Peruvian LGBT rights
advocates with whom the Blade spoke
during the two-day meeting the Gay and
Lesbian Victory Institute co-organized
lamented the fact LGBT rights in their
country lag far behind those found
in neighboring Brazil and other Latin
American nations.
No means of protection
for LGBT Peruvians
Congressman Carlos Bruce, who came
out as gay in May, last year introduced
a civil unions bill amid criticism from
Lima Archbishop Juan Lus Cipriani and
other leading Peruvian religious gures
and politicians. Congresswoman Martha
Chvez, a supporter of former Peruvian
President Alberto Fujimori who came to
power in 1990, and Congressman Julio
Rosas, who is a pastor from the city of
Hunuco, proposed their own measures
as a way to block any potential vote on
the out legislators measure.
Public Defender Eduardo Vega Luna
and Mario Vargas Llosa, who won the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, are
among those who have backed the
proposal. In spite of this support, a poll
last year found 65 percent of Peruvians
oppose any eorts to allow same-sex
couples to enter into a civil union.
President Ollanta Humana during
his 2011 election campaign promised
Cipriani on Peruvian television that he
would not approve abortion and what
Giovanny Romero Infante, executive
director of the Homosexual Movement of
Lima, described to the Blade as any type
of right for homosexual couples.
Bruce and others conceded the civil
unions bill is unlikely to pass in the
Peruvian Congress.
It is very worrying that members of
Congress that have spoken to us feel
the need to present a level of discourse
that leaves much to be desired,
Gabriela Zavaleta Vera of the Civil
Union Now Collective told the Blade
during the Lima meeting. There have
been many homophobic statements,
many statements that denote a lot of
discrimination and these are based on
ignorance. This does not reect how much
we want to move forward as a society.
Other advocates with whom the
Blade spoke in Lima stressed anti-LGBT
discrimination and violence remain
serious problems throughout the country.
Peruvian law does not ban anti-LGBT
discrimination. Lawmakers last year voted
overwhelmingly to remove sexual orientation
and gender identity and expression from a
proposed hate crimes law.
Marxy Condori Marn, a lesbian activist
from the city of Arequipa, told the Blade
she would not come out at work because
her boss would re her because of her
sexual orientation.
There are not any means of protection
for our community, she said.
The issue is even more acute for trans
Peruvians.
Luisa Revilla, a trans advocate from
the city of Trujillo, told the Blade many
trans people work in hair salons or
become prostitutes because they do not
have access to any other employment
opportunities. Miluska Luzquios,
another trans advocate from the city
of Lambayeque, added those who are
kicked out of their homes as teenagers
because of their gender identity and
expression see prostitution as the only
option available to them.
Unfortunately trans girls and trans
women dont have the opportunity to be
other things, said Revilla.
Bruce acknowledged to the Blade
during a Sept. 4 interview that insecurity
and homophobia exist throughout the
country. He also said police, prosecutors
and other o cials can do more to
respond to anti-LGBT crimes.
They do not pursue these crimes with
the same energy they pursue crimes
against heterosexual people, said Bruce.
Romero noted anti-LGBT police violence
remains commonplace throughout the
country.
There are daily situations of systematic
violence on the part of the police, he said.
Churches ignore fact
Peru is a secular country
Advocates point out the Roman Catholic
Churchs close ties to the Peruvian
government is one of the reasons LGBT
rights have not advanced as far as in
neighboring countries.
The Catholic Church receives an
annual subsidy of nearly $700,000 from
the Peruvian government under a 1980
agreement.
The Peruvian Ministry of Justice each
month pays the salaries and pensions
of Catholic priests. The country also
supports clinics and other church-run
groups and institutions.
The state pays the salaries of the
bishops and the cardinal, Bruce told the
Blade. However Peru is a secular state
with freedom of religion. Why do we not
pay the salaries of evangelical pastors or
Hare Krishna or other religions? Because
we are a Catholic state.
Evangelicals have grown more
inuential in Peruvian society and politics
in recent years.
Romero pointed out to the Blade that 13
percent of Peruvians now identify themselves
as evangelicals. This sector is also gaining
traction in the countrys Congress.
We have some declarations from
members of Congress that are openly
homophobic, said Araujo. What is worse
is religious members of Congress that
have moved a lot of money back so they
can organize social mobilizations against
(us) in a way that has completely divided
the country.
Peru is a secular state, but the
churches ignore this, added Condori.
Rosas in March invited Michael Brown,
18 SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 I NTERNATI ONAL NEWS
Peru is not Uganda on LGBT rights
Peruvian LGBT rights advocates talk during a meeting of their Latin American and Caribbean counterparts in Lima, Peru, this month.
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an anti-gay minister from North Carolina,
to speak to the Peruvian Congress. The
same congressman last year honored
Mathew Staver, chair of the Liberty
Counsel, in Lima.
Romero told the Blade that anti-LGBT
American evangelicals have announced
an initiative to help bolster their Peruvian
counterparts eorts.
Its terrible, Romero told the Blade.
Peru is a center of operations for anti-rights
sectors in the region and this program
of capacitation that is going to happen
throughout the region began in Peru.
Romero also noted the lack of
democratic institutions in Peru has also
contributed to the lack of progress on
LGBT-specic issues.
Fujimori took o ce in 1990 amid an
ongoing conict between the Peruvian
government and the Shining Star and
Tpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
guerrilla groups.
Romero told the Blade these two
organizations had a social cleansing
policy that targeted gay men, drug
addicts, prostitutes and other so-called
undesirables.
He said Shining Star and the Tpac Amaru
Revolutionary Movement carried out mass
killings and threatened his organization
during the 1990s. Romero further
categorized Fujimoris presidency that
ended in 2000 as a process of dictatorship.
It is not that Peru is a democratic
space where there human rights and
this is a problem for the gays, he said.
The bigger problem that we confront
is Peru is like the idea of the U.S. State
Department, a weak democracy where
there is no consciousness of rights.
LGBT advocates divided
by political a liation
Founded in 1982, the Homosexual
Movement of Lima is among the oldest LGBT
advocacy organizations in Latin America.
The group, which allies itself with
Perus political left, sought to normalize
homosexuality. It also launched the
countrys rst campaigns to curb the
AIDS epidemic through the distribution of
condoms and other initiatives.
Romero told the Blade his group has
backed eorts to promote democracy and
the rights of women since its inception. He
stressed the Homosexual Movement of
Lima is also in permanent solidarity with
the indigenous communities of Peru.
MHOL has permanently been close to
not only LGBT ghts, said Romero.
The countrys LGBT rights movement
began to gain some traction after Fujimori
left the country and went into exile in
Japan in 2000, but challenges remain.
Peruvian advocacy groups tend to align
themselves with a particular political
ideology, and activists who join them
share these beliefs.
All the gays that are not on the left
are unable to participate en MHOL (the
Spanish acronym for the Homosexual
Movement of Lima,) Bruce told the
Blade. If you have a federation of LGBT
organizations that includes everyone,
they would be much more eective.
The Homosexual Movement of Limas
decision to initially oppose Bruces civil
unions measure sparked criticism among
some Peruvian advocates.
Vernica Ferrari, the former president
of the Homosexual Movement of Lima, in
April resigned.
The movement is not 16 people that
decide everything without being elected,
without asking anyones permission,
without any consultation, she said in her
resignation letter. The movement is neither
a director or a president, the movement
is neither a bill nor a public policy that
makes no movement. The movement is of
everyone and each one of the LGTB people
who want a better country.
Other advocates particularly those
who are trans have questioned
whether the focus on Bruces civil unions
bill has deected attention away from
other issues.
We dont identify with it, Maricielo
Pea, a trans advocate from Lima, told
the Blade during the Gay and Lesbian
Victory Institute-sponsored meeting.
Romero appeared to acknowledge this
argument, noting the majority of the 20
Peruvians he said die from AIDS each
week are either gay or trans.
And these trans people or gays, they
are generally found living below the
poverty line, he said. We clearly want
marriage equality because people have
the right to do what they want with their
live, but in the context of 20 deaths each
weeks of trans and gay people from AIDS
and that each week there is an anti-gay
crime, there are pluralities.
In spite of the challenges, Peruvian LGBT
advocates continue to make progress.
More than 10,000 people in April
marched through downtown Lima in
suppot of Bruces civil unions bill.
Condori told the Blade that an
Arequipa judge last month issued what
she described as a favorable ruling in a
case that involved a lesbian who had been
raped to change her sexual orientation.
Both Luzquios and Redilla are candidates
in local and regional elections that will take
place across Peru on Oct. 5. They are also
among the nearly 300 people who attended
the Lima meeting the Gay and Lesbian
Victory Fund co-organized as part of the
LGBT Global Development Partnership the
U.S. Agency for International Development
launched last year to support advocacy
eorts in developing countries.
We are forced to ght for our
communitys interests, said Redilla. We
are human beings that have ideals. We are
professionals, we are capable people and
we have to change the image of the people.
Peruvian LGBT advocates with whom
the Blade spoke said they continue to
watch eorts to extend marriage rights
to same-sex couples in the U.S. and other
Latin American countries very closely.
As a Peruvian, as a lesbian and as an
activist, it makes me envious, said Araujo.
Envious that they have had a privilege to
have the opportunity to get married, to
enjoy the same rights as any other person.
We dont have that here in Peru.
Romero questioned those activists who
feel eorts to secure marriage rights for
same-sex couples in Argentina and other
Latin American countries will work in
Peru. He said this assumption on the part
of the organizers of the Lima meeting
is among the reasons the Homosexual
Movement of Lima did not take part in it.
In the United States, the experiences
of Northern states are not comparable
to the Southern states, said Romero.
We are closer to Central America where
homosexuality was criminalized and
where there are more experiences with
civil wars in recent years.
Romero nevertheless said the Peruvian
LGBT rights movement is more advanced
than those found in other countries.
Clearly there are advances, he
said. Peru is not Uganda, even though
sometimes it appears to be.
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ANTONIO CAPURRO, a Peruvian LGBT rights advocate, is among those leading eorts in support of a civil unions bill.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CAPURRO
Center names
2014 ICONS
The Center for Black Equity Baltimore
has announced the recipients of the 2014
Icons of the Year Awards:
Rev. Dorothy Harris Pastor of Unity
Fellowship Church of Columbia (Social
Justice Community Service Award)
Vann Millhouse, MD/DC Black Transmen
Inc., (Community Service Award)
Kurt Ragin, Star Track Health Educator
(Youth Community Service Award)
Falina Laron, facilitator of AIDS
ACTION Baltimore Ladies TEA Time
(Community Service Award).
This is our version of the NAACP Image
Awards with a little glitz and glamour for
many of community members and allies
in Baltimore area, said Carlton Smith,
executive director of the Center for Black
Equity Baltimore, of the ICONS awards.
We celebrate these individuals for their
accomplishments in the African-American
LGBTQ community. We embrace and
celebrate the love for one another at this
special event.
The awards will be presented at the
Grown & Sexy Cultural Aair on Oct.
11 from 7-11 p.m. at the Metropolitan
Community Church of Baltimore,
401West Monument Street in Baltimore.
Delegate Mary Washington will be the
guest speaker.
Summit addresses LGBT
youth in foster care
The Maryland Judiciary held a summit
on Sept. 10 to help LGBT young people
in the foster care system. The summit,
Identifying, Supporting, and Meeting the
Needs of LGBTQ Youth, which took place
at the Maritime Institute and Conference
Center in Linthicum, Md., is thought to
be the rst in the nation designed to help
judges, court professionals, attorneys, social
services professionals and others who work
with foster youth identify the barriers LGBT
foster youths face and develop actions plans
for their local jurisdictions.
We are delighted that nearly 200
people from across 22 Maryland
jurisdictions participated in the LGBTQ
Foster Youth Summit, including
representatives from the courts, the local
departments of social services, juvenile
services, health departments, childrens
counsel, O ce of the Public Defender
and other key stakeholders, Tracy
Watkins-Tribbitt, director of Foster Care
Court Improvement Project, said.
The summit was about promoting
greater awareness, fostering education and
taking action to address the varied needs
of LGBTQ youth in foster care, she said.
The participating local teams now have
an action plan that serves as a blueprint
which identies current resources as well
as resources that may be needed in the
future to better serve LGBTQ youth. Over
the next few months, the local action plans
will be rened and teams will assess who
else needs to be at the table.
Art exhibit takes aim
on hate, bullying
In an eort to bring awareness to hate
crimes in general and LGBT victims in
particular, a powerful art exhibit called
Erase Hate Through Art opened Sept.
14 at the Columbia Art Center, 6100
Foreland Garth, Columbia, Md., in the
Long Reach Village Community Center. It
runs through Oct. 12.
Around 50 people attended the o cial
opening, which took place at a mini-outdoor
amphitheater just outside the Center where
the works of art are displayed. There were
10 artists displaying multiple pieces that
represent a wide swath of art depicting for
the most part images of victims of hate and
bullying. The works included multi-media
art, sculpture, photography, stained glass
and paintings.
Local drag performer Anita Minett
emceed the ceremonies and entertained
the audience. Others read poetry, sang
songs or related their experiences of
being bullied or being victims of hate and
how these events changed their lives.
The exhibit is in tandem with a limited
engagement of The Laramie Project,
which will be performed in Ellicott City on
weekends from Oct. 3-12. A portion of the
proceeds from the sale of art and The
Laramie Project will go to the Matthew
Shepard Foundation.
For more information, visit
erasehatethroughart.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO A San Francisco supervisor has launched an initiative to get PrEP
(pre-exposure prophylaxis) available to all who want it here regardless of a residents
ability to pay, SFist reports.
PrEP is the rst new tool in our ght to protect ourselves from HIV since the epidemic
began, said Supervisor David Campos. San Francisco has been at the forefront of
eorts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS through innovative measures and needs to
continue that tradition.
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individuals to be approved by the FDA. A University of California at San Francisco study
showed that daily use of it was 90-99 percent eective in preventing HIV transmission,
SFist reports.
Campos was quoted as saying he is committed to taking the steps necessary to
ensure access to all individuals wanting PrEP regardless of income, the SFist article
notes.
A rally was planned this week at City Hall.
Doctor asks feds to study meningitis
LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles doctor has asked the federal government to look into
why gay and bi men seem to be at greater risk for the meningitis that recently ared up
again, the L.A. Daily News reports.
With nearly a dozen cases of the meningococcal disease reported in Los Angeles
county this year, Dr. Robert Bolan, medical director of the Los Angeles LGBT Center,
urged the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week to determine
the link between men who have sex with men and the brain or spinal cord infection that
can be fatal, the article said.
Bolans request comes just as New York Citys health department is investigating
three cases among men who are HIV positive, the article said.
So far this year in L.A., there have been 11 cases, more than half of them men who
have sex with men. Three deaths have been reported, according to the last gures
provided by the countys Department of Public Health.
Weve got to learn why gay and bisexual men seem to be at greater risk of
(meningococcal disease), what correlation there may be to someones HIV status
and what should be done about it, including potential updates to the CDCs vaccine
recommendations, Bolan said in a statement, adding that he was pleased the CDC
responded quickly to discuss next steps, according to the L.A. Daily News.
Study nds link between
HIV and drug use
LONDON A large survey of gay and bisexual men living with HIV and
attending eight sexual health clinics in England has found that half of them had
used recreational drugs in the last three months and a quarter had used more
than three drugs, AIDSmap reports.
The ASTRA (Antiretrovirals, Sexual Transmission Risk and Attitudes) study was
conducted in sexual health clinics in central, north and east London, Sussex and
Manchester in 2011 and 2012. All clinic attendees living with HIV had a viral load
test and screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and were asked to
ll out a behavioral questionnaire, AIDSmap reports.
Of those, 64 percent completed it. Of these, 2,248 people (69 percent) were
men who had sex with men (MSM), most of who dened as gay.
The 2,248 men formed an aging group: the median age was 46, 11 percent were
over 50 and only 5 percent were under 30. The median time since their HIV diagnosis
was 10 years, 85 percent were on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and 73 percent had a
viral load under 50 copies/ml at their most recent test, AIDSmap reports.
The most popular drugs (excluding alcohol and tobacco) were nitrites
(poppers), used by 27 percent of study participants, and cannabis, cocaine
and erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra, which were each used by about
20 percent. Ketamine and MDMA (ecstasy) were used by about 12 percent of
participants, GHB or GBL by 9 percent and methamphetamine and mephedrone
by 7 percent.
Researchers conclude that use of multiple drugs and HIV and STI risk in gay men
with HIV are inextricably linked and encourage more study, AIDSmap reports.
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I had the great opportunity to attend
the ninth Gay Games in August in
Cleveland, my second time attending and
the rst for me on American soil.
It was such a great experience to be
among so many great gay athletes at this
Olympics-style competition held every
four years in dierent cities.
There was an extreme level
of competition and ght, but an
equal amount of camaraderie and
sportsmanship. This combination is what
really made the week special to me.
Though I grew up participating in team
sports all of my life, as a gay male within
the team, I always felt somewhat alone.
This event is where I and thousands of
other gay athletes were able to compete
in the sports that we love, but nally feel
a true sense of family. For that reason
alone the Gay Games are important,
wether you win a medal or not. And yes, I
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D.C. in basketball.
While reecting back on the Gay Games
and those winners who were able to bring
home medals, it really made me think
about the parallels of preparation for
competition to preparation for achieving
any tness goals. Whether you are
prepping for a power lifting competition
or just want to get into the gym more
consistently, there are a couple stages that
you must go through to be successful.
Honest assessment Some of you
may know this as the real tea, the time
to get real with yourself and nd out
what you are good at and what you need
help with. With an athlete many times,
this is broken down in certain skill sets.
Before Lebron James could win an NBA
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three-point shot was not good enough
and he couldnt rely just on his skills of
going to the hole.
Same thing applies to achieving new
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who can tell you the truth. Remember
ladies, the truth will set you free!
What comfort zone? Get out of the
comfort zone! Youve heard it before, in
many dierent places, but you also hear
the same safety instructions every time
you get on an airplane. Why? Because its
important!
Getting to a new stage of mental and
physical strength in your life requires
being in a place that may feel weird and
may down right hurt, but thats what
growth is. The most successful people
in and out of tness constantly put
themselves in environments in which
they are pushed in new ways.
Some of your best football athletes
will go study yoga and dance on the o-
season because doing something they
arent used to makes them better at their
craft. I have the luxury of working with
various types of people each day from all
dierent backgrounds, who all want to
achieve dierent lifestyle goals. Without
a doubt, the ones who are able to step
away from their personal norm and give
themselves the opportunity to live in that
land of discomfort, are my clients who
make transformations.
When starting any new tness or lifestyle
goal, its important to carefully assess
yourself and be willing to step outside of
your normal comfort zone. Many times we
are so quick to think about what we need
to do before we step back and gure out
how we need to do it. Keep challenging
yourself and you will see a new you grow
in ways you never have imagined. Keep it
healthy, keep it safe!
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Good presidents know when
its time to thwart terrorists
There has been a lot of criticism of the presi-
dent based on how he has handled the issues
surrounding ISIL.
First, whether he should have supported
the Syrian opposition nearly two years ago
with weapons and potentially preventing ISIL
from gaining the traction it has. More recently
it was his statement that he had no strategy to
deal with them. Now some question whether
the strategy he enunciated in his speech to the
American people last week will work.
Barack Obama came into the White House
with the country facing its worst economic
crisis since the Great Depression. Added to
that was the Bush/Cheney legacy of two unn-
ished wars. Even today, Cheney is totally un-
repentant for the chaos he and Bush helped
create. The nation knew when they elected
Barack Obama he had scant foreign policy
experience but he had a vision for how he be-
lieved the world should be and how he would
work to achieve that. He spoke of ending both
wars and creating a new world order. Early
in his presidency he was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize for his vision rather than his ac-
tions. He seemed slightly embarrassed by that
at the time and today he may be feeling even
a little more uncomfortable with it.
He set his sights high leading many in the
nation to expect that when he ended both
wars and brought our troops home, it would
set us up for a more prolonged era of rela-
tive peace. It turned out to be an unrealistic
expectation. His successful focus on making
economic gains and eorts to work with other
nations to achieve peace were wrongly inter-
preted by some to mean that America could
enter a more isolationist period.
Students of history and Obama himself un-
derstood that we dont control the world situ-
ation. He kept his promise and brought the
troops home from Iraq and is now pulling the
remainder of our troops out of Afghanistan,
but that doesnt mean peace.
Last week reality forced him to announce
that we are again sending ground troops into
Iraq, even if they arent in a combat mode, and
our ghter pilots are ying bombing missions,
more than 150 thus far. In addition, the presi-
dent announced that he would not hesitate
to bomb ISIL in Syria and begin to arm the
Syrian opposition to Assad. He said ISIL is the
enemy of the United States, not just the en-
emy of the Iraqi and Kurdish people. He was
helped along in his decision-making process
when two American reporters were seen be-
ing beheaded by ISIL. Suddenly the American
people saw them as our enemy and jumped
ahead of the president in their willingness to
have the United States punish ISIL for these
horrendous acts.
It must have been an incredibly di cult de-
cision for the president to put the country back
into what he has called a war. Not because he
didnt understand what had to be done, but he
knows he will be leaving his successor another
war. Dierent from the ones he inherited but
a war nonetheless. He knows it could forever
change his legacy.
A legacy that will be strong and see history
view Barack Obama as a good president. He
brought the troops home from two wars. His
policies saved the United States from econom-
ic disaster and turned our economy around so
that we now have the longest running growth
in job creation in our history. Manufacturing
is booming and our automobile companies
have survived and are thriving; the stock mar-
ket is way up and consumers are once again
positive about the future. He has moved for-
ward the rights of the LGBT community and
women and will have reshaped the judiciary
in ways that will have positive implications for
years to come.
Yet with all this he will leave the next occu-
pant of the White House many unsolved prob-
lems including this new war. The economic re-
covery still hasnt reached everyone and there
is a hard core of unemployed who still struggle
in this nation of plenty. There is the impact of
the drought in California and racial unrest ex-
emplied by the troubles in Ferguson, Mo. We
have unsolved immigration issues and while
much can be traced to the do-nothing Con-
gress, the public often nds it easier to blame
the president than their own intransigent con-
gressperson.
There are two years left for this president to
add to his impressive legacy and I believe he
will still accomplish much. But the decision to
go back to a war stance on terrorism will be a
part of a legacy he clearly hoped to avoid.
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Remaking a legacy
Next mayor may win only a
plurality of a small minority
casting ballots
What if D.C. holds an election and even few-
er than ever of those registered to vote turn
out? Will the citys next mayor win only a plural-
ity of support from the small minority actually
casting ballots?
In a little more than six short weeks the an-
swers will be known.
Already evident is that D.C.s political class
has failed to adapt to a changing city and
evolving electorate or stir up an outpouring of
interest among voters. Also apparent is a wid-
ening acknowledgement that residents arent
very impressed with the choices on the ballot.
Following an extended and ongoing period
of serial political scandal, corruption and self-
dealing, D.C. politicos fail to fathom the degree
of disrepute the public now assigns them. Re-
pairing public regard and resuscitating voter
participation should be their top priorities.
Instead, municipal elections remain stuck
in a small-bore mindset of the intimate small
town the District used to be. Candidates ply
their retail campaign outreach among a lim-
ited array of already involved residents. Little
serious attempt is made to graduate the pro-
cess to a level betting the modern city Wash-
ington has become.
Most startling is the lack of genuine candi-
date debates among mayoral candidates. It
is preposterous that there is not a well-orga-
nized series of high-prole, nonpartisan-spon-
sored televised events accessible to the entire
community.
In a city that has welcomed more than
60,000 new residents since the last mayoral
election in 2010, and is more diverse and dy-
namic than ever, it is no surprise under these
circumstances that so few citizen stakeholders
are enlivened to pay attention or take part. Lo-
cal politics are largely conducted on an ama-
teur eld of play that signals to voters that its
an insider game.
So far its been a bordering-on-nasty nar-
row conversation among a tiny subset of
hyper-engaged, highly partisan civic-centric
types increasingly distinct from the vast ma-
jority of residents. Few others are extending
close scrutiny. Most are withholding their
personal engagement. Fundraising totals are
notably lightweight.
Unsurprisingly, it also appears that a signi-
cant number of potential voters remain un-
decided in the marquee race for mayor. Ob-
servers suggest the same is likely true in the
contest for two citywide at-large D.C. Council
seats and the citys rst-ever election of an
attorney general. A ballot initiative to legalize
marijuana that polling indicates is backed by
two-thirds of D.C. residents may prove insuf-
cient to rally voters.
The smart bet is that the trend-line of de-
clining turnout and this years historically
low voting percentage in the primary elec-
tion will likely continue. Turnout may even
worsen, regardless that a large number of of-
ce seekers are competing for multiple posi-
tions. A plethora of candidates running for the
top spot of mayor and the two D.C. Council
at-large seats arent captivating interest or
motivating enthusiasm, despite an extended
campaign calendar.
Although candidates themselves are
to blame, voter attitudes must gall them
nonetheless.
Politicians fancy themselves center-of-the-
universe essential. From their perspective, the
wellbeing of the city rests substantially in their
hands. Perhaps what voters are really saying is
they dont see it that way.
Pick up trash, repair roads, ensure safe
streets, assist those in need, manage core ser-
vices and provide eective operational over-
sight for the high taxes extracted might be
what most want from them. Politicians should
hope for merely that, rather than wholesale
rejection of broader policymaking aspirations.
What local politicians dont comprehend is
that their legitimacy and relevance is dimin-
ished when the electorate doesnt enjoy a
tangible connection to them or look in their
direction for leadership in city aairs. Or vote
in elections.
The populace may start insisting they sim-
ply step aside and allow local entrepreneurs,
developers and business enterprise better
opportunity to continue growing the local
economy, creating jobs and broadening pros-
perity unfettered and unencumbered by their
counterproductive interference and obsessive
rule making.
The victory they should be attempting to
win is the one that restores public faith in the
election process and the positions they seek.
D.C. candidate campaigns fail to engage electorate
Judge mayoral hopefuls
on their records of
service to city
A conversation I have had repeatedly since
the Democratic mayoral primary goes some-
thing like this:
Voter: Can David Catania really win?
Me: That depends on how many votes he
gets.
Voter: But a Democrat has always won.
Me: It starts with you. Do you want to stand
by and cast your vote for a awed Democratic
nominee or would you rather be a part of
changing minds so that people feel empow-
ered to cast their votes for the most experi-
enced and qualied candidate for mayor?
Voter: You may be right. Muriel Bowser
isnt really ready for the job.
It doesnt take an accomplished historian
to know that the District has never elected a
white mayor, a non-Democratic one or an
openly gay one. A David Catania victory would
defy history in multiple ways.
But most people will not be looking to
make history with their vote. Instead, they
will want to cast their vote with the hope that
our city will be led by someone who can con-
tinue the progress we have seen on many
fronts under Mayors Williams, Fenty and
Gray. Under these three mayors, we have
seen unprecedented revitalization, progress
in education, increased professionalization
of our government, expansion of healthcare
and many other improvements.
The choice in this election is about trust.
Who can you trust to do what they say? On
the campaign trail, Catania often says, trust
is certainty based on past behavior. This is
why the records of these two candidates are
very important.
Between the two major candidates in the
race for mayor the dierence in their experi-
ence and qualications could not be starker.
David Catania used his time as chair of the
Health Committee to pass smoke-free D.C.,
slashed the rate of the uninsured, focused like
a laser on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
and much more.
As chair of the Education Committee, he
has visited more than 140 schools to speak
directly with students, teachers, parents and
administrators. He has worked to extend col-
lege scholarships, end social promotion, se-
cure additional funding for at-risk students,
and focus on middle school improvement,
among other things.
Contrast this solid record of accomplish-
ment with the record of Muriel Bowser. She
points to a very weak ethics bill and free
bus rides for school students as the fruit of
her seven years on the Council. In a recent
interview, she indicated her belief that pro-
viding constituent services prepared her to
be mayor and her Facebook page is full of
posts that begin with, As mayor, Muriel will
, instead of enumerating what Muriel has
actually done.
As chair of the Committee on Economic
Development, she has no accomplishment to
tout. When I ask someone to tell me about a
time she has shown leadership on an issue, I
hear crickets.
Take into consideration the issue of aord-
able housing. Catania recently intervened to
save a building in Chinatown that a developer
was seeking to convert from 302 aordable
housing units to high-end real estate. While
this was happening, Bowser was refusing to
hold a hearing about the mishandling of well
over $1 million by managers of Park South-
ern, a building of 360-unit aordable housing
units. The managers are prominent support-
ers of Bowsers mayoral campaign.
D.C. stands on the brink. We have suered
through so many politicians and their support-
ers who have been incredibly selsh. More
than a few are in jail. The choice that we have
to make in this election is important.
For me, making that decision rests on which
candidate I can trust the most, judging on the
certainty I can expect from their past actions.
On this measure, there is far more trust I can
place in David Catania. He is the only candi-
date for mayor that has the experience to step
into the position and continue the progress
our city deserves.
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur
and community business advocate. Follow
on Twitter: @MarkLeeDC. Reach him at
OurBusinessMatters@gmail.com.
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He can be reached at 202.400.0534 or by
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When jumping into
real estate, make sure
your Realtor has stayed
with the times
By TIM SAVOY
Every day, I receive at least one postcard
in the mail from a real estate agent in my
neighborhood. From images of recent
sales in the neighborhood, to personalized
notes that hypothesize the value of my
home, its amazing to see how saturated
the market is with real estate agents.
Lets be honest, we all have a friend or at
least a friend of a friend who works in real
estate. After all, the National Association
of Realtors boasts a membership of more
than one million members and hundreds
of thousands more carry a real estate
license. With a marketplace ooded with
salespeople, how can you choose the one
whos perfect for you?
Just as you wouldnt seek out a
physician who isnt up to date with the
latest in medicine, you would expect
your real estate agent to be current in
the business. Thus, here are ve qualities
you should keep in mind for spotting your
perfect real estate agent in 2014.
1. Upgrade to the 21st century: In case
you werent aware, more than 90 percent
of home searches start online today.
From Zillow to Craigslist and everywhere
in between, the landscape for nding a
home has dramatically changed over the
past several decades. Today, the playing
eld has been leveled and the consumer
is equipped with more information than
ever before. Hence, you must nd a way
to channel and process information. Your
real estate agent should act as a hub for all
of these tools. Whether its a strong online
presence or a deeper understanding of
how technology interacts with the market,
your modern day agent should be up to
speed on all of the latest in social media
and technology as well as how they
interact with the market.
2. Dont forget the importance of the
network: Even with all the tools at your
ngertips, your agent should still have
a good network established within their
brokerage as well as among other agents.
Selling real estate is a multifaceted
approach that includes many parties
coming together (hence, the denition
of brokerage). In a market that can be
as competitive as D.C.s, its important to
have an agent that will represent you well
to a variety of parties that you will touch
through your transaction. Without a well-
connected agent, you may miss out on
the home of your dreams.
3. Expertise still matters: One thing
that has not changed over the years is
the importance of having an agent who
is an expert in the marketplace. Whether
it is a particular neighborhood, condo
building or an expertise in working with a
particular population of buyers or sellers,
your agent should be able to provide you
a service that includes knowledge of the
current landscape. From the contract to
trends in interest rates, the modern agent
should be a vessel of knowledge.
4. Feel like an individual: Purchasing
property, whether for the rst time or
several times after, is a deeply personal
experience. For real estate agents,
its easy for each interaction to feel
procedural when each client actually
unique. Thus, your agent should treat
your needs as original and make you feel
special as you make one of the greatest
purchases of your life.
5. Through it all, human connection
still matters: Finally, real estate
transactions rely heavily on relationship
building. From single transactions to
repeat business with an agent, the human
connection is still felt each time property
is bought or sold. Overall, your real estate
agent should be personable to work with
and provide a positive experience in
conveying your new home.
As with any profession, real estate is
changing over time. With so many options
of real estate agents to work with, I urge you
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Better to present your
property properly
from the start
By SAMMY DWECK
The 17-day government shutdown last
October put a pause on the year-long
frenzy that was the Washington market
from fall 2012 until fall 2013.
Sellers are still receiving high prices and
multiple oers and prices have continued
to climb in many neighborhoods, but the
market became a bit more even-handed
between buyer and seller than it had been
for the last several seasons. Buyers used
to writing oers with escalation clauses
began to approach writing oers with
some trepidation due to the uncertainty
that came with our political dysfunction.
A memorably long winter went by and
spring came quite late the market was
tepid during Jack Frosts ill-conceived joke
on the East Coast but started to heat up
again in April and May and continued
through the summer. A seller looking at
the market must ask himself: What is a
recipe for success in this market climate?
Sellers by nature have a tendency to
overplay their hands in sellers markets
and many sellers nd themselves lagging
behind with a market mentality that
was completely reasonable six months
ago, but is not now. This is mainly due
to the delay in market news reporting
and sellers reluctance to change their
approach. Many sellers feel they can ask
whatever they want for their properties
and because of the market, they are
guaranteed to get multiple oers. Others
feel that they can price a bit high to test
the market and lower the price later. I
can say with certainty that the market is
not treating sellers who overprice their
homes kindly. The house will indeed sit.
As I tell all my seller clients, rst
impressions are important and buyers
give your property one chance to impress
them when it comes to market. If they
decide your property is overpriced, they
will go elsewhere and you will have to
wait for a new crop of buyers who have
not yet seen the property to come into
the market or make a major price and
presentation adjustment to get buyers
back in the door.
Inventory is still tight, but even being
the only game in town does not mean
you can ask whatever you want. Markets
are e cient and buyers are more
sophisticated than sellers sometimes give
them credit for.
So why are there still bidding wars?
Sellers who price correctly and present
their homes well are rewarded this
value pricing enchants buyers. You
essentially cannot underprice a property
in D.C. if you do, it will bid up.
Certainly you do not want your sale to
be a de facto auction. Pricing right though,
not only do you often get more money,
you benet from the pent-up demand
for inventory and may have buyers waive
many or all of their contingencies. You
have better oers to choose from.
In the spring, I wrote about a house in
Potomac that we were refreshing to meet
the desires of todays buyers. The house
received multiple oers in three days
and settles this Thursday for well over
the asking price in a market where the
average house in that price range takes
several months to sell for far less than the
original price. My sellers wisely chose to
go to market with a time-tested approach,
an excellent presentation combined with
a fair price.
Dont let a prospective listing agent
buy your listing from you by promising
the price you want to hear. A cycle of
reductions almost always nets the seller
less money in the end in addition to being
a completely ine cient way to get the job
done. I will say it once more the best
way to get your house sold is to price it
correctly from the get-go. The market will
reward you for it.
When the
price is right
Sammy Dweck with Evers & Co. Real Estate,
Inc. is a licensed real estate agent specializing
in residential resales in the D.C. metro area.
He was the Evers & Co. Agent of the Month
in April 2014. Reach him atSammy@sammyd-
weck.comor 202-716-0400.
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Buyers, sellers, move-uppers
and downsizers all have
factors to consider
By SUE GOODHART
As in all forecasts, we can only rely on
what we see to be a general trend. The
Washington metro area real estate market
in 2014 has slowed in comparison to 2013
with less activity. A trend that was thought to
be related to the long, cold winter can now
be seen to be caused by a number of other
factors.
Those factors include changes in the
types of jobs and incomes in the metro area,
particularly the reduction in federal jobs.
Although the area saw an increase of jobs
of 28,000 fromJune 2013to June 2014, they
were not high-wage jobs. That signicantly
reduces the pool of buyers who can aord to
buy a home. The government shutdown was
seen as a wake up call for much of the federal
labor force who are being cautious in their
moving decisions. Buyers today do not have
the benet of the rst-time homebuyers
tax credit. There are also fewer aordable
homes. Lending requirements are more
stringent and salaries are not keeping up with
housing prices.
According to the
Real Estate Business Intelligence Service
(RBI), buyer activity was down from last year
in every month. However, the median sales
price has remain pretty stable. Inventory
continues to grow, although according to
RBI, overall inventory remains low, just 43.2
percent of its peak level.
If you are planning to make a move or
purchase a home by the end of the year,
heres what to consider.
First time buyers youve heard it
before: interest rates are incredibly low and
if you plan to stick around town for more
than three or four years, buying should be
something to consider. First do the rent v. buy
analysis.If you are paying $2,000 in rent per
month and plan to be in the area for four
years you will have paid almost$100,000to
your landlord. You also have to keep in
mind the current tax benets to owning
a property, which means you can often
aord more per month when you own
than when you rent without the tax benet.
Rates will have to go up sometime so take
advantage of a terric situation. Remember
to buy something that is manageable and
rentable if for some reason you do need to
relocate. We are happy to help you with the
rent v. buy analysis.
Move-up buyers This is the hardest
dance to maneuver. This is the year to really
make an eort to move up to that bigger
home if youre squeezed for space. It requires
preparing your current home and becoming
knowledgable about the market where you
want to buy. That is the hard part, however
if you are willing to consider a variety of
neighborhoods and housing styles you will
succeed. It is much harder to move up in a
market when interest rates are higher.
Downsizers We are seeing many sellers
heading out of town at retirement, and other
sellers downsizing when their kids hit college.
Those staying in town are seeking more
urban locations and we expect this trend to
continue.
Sellers need to understand that buyers
have left their emotions behind and are
carefully weighing the costs/benets of each
property. They dont have much extra cash to
put into updates so dont be surprised if they
pass a dated home for one that is slightly
higher priced but updated in the last couple
of years. This is a trend that is not going away.
Sellers in price points above$750,000will nd
fewer buyers and pickier buyers. Anddont
expect this to change anytime soon. Many
sellers believe that next year the market will
improve and prices will be higher, but that is
not always the case. The good news for sellers
is that nationwide the real estate market is
improving which means more buyers who
are transferred here will be interested in
buying over renting.
Overall, the market here will be more like a
normal market a steady stream of price-
sensitive buyers. We are seeing multiple
contracts only when the price is below market
and the condition is above expectations.
Sue Goodhart is the top-producing agent at
McEnearney Associates in Alexandria and is
licensed in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. She
can be reached at 202-507-7800 or sue@sue-
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By MARIAH COOPER
Trans characters at the forefront of storylines are generally
hard to come by but Transparent is paving the way for these
stories to be shown.
The Jill Soloway (Six Feet Under)-created show tells the story
of three adult children living their own lives in Los Angeles and
their father Mort, played by Jerey Tambor, who, without their
knowledge, has been living parts of his life as a woman, Maura. The
pilot episode is streaming now on Amazon Prime for free with the
full season slated for a Sept. 26 release.
The children are preoccupied with their own dramas. The
oldest daughter, who is married with children, starts falling for an
old college girlfriend, for one. They have no idea that their father
has been dressing as a woman and attending a trans support
group. It leads to hilarious hijinks as well as a tragic undertone to
Mort/Mauras struggle with identity.
Judith Light, who plays Morts ex-wife and mother to the kids,
acknowledges the dramedy aspect to the show and thinks the show
goes deeper than just a comedy.
There is a tremendous sadness, Light says. Its not about
someone who changes their life and its a piece of cake. You can
expect great pathos and real love. Its a story about someone
who chooses to live an authentic life.
Light credits Tambor for his stirring performance as Mort/
Maura as a highlight in the show. She says the two characters
are dierent from one another despite being the same person in
the show and the same actor.
What hes doing is incredible, she says. The truthfulness
in this and his process is so rich, powerful and poignant. In
many ways, the actor disappears. When she is Maura, she is
truly this woman.
The show went beyond storytelling in representing the
transgender community. Transparent made sure to include
trans people in as many aspects of the crew as was possible,
through a transformative hiring initiative producers enacted.
About 16 transgender professionals were on set each day among
the cast and crew.
Its something that amazed the cast and crew every day during
lming.
It was always dierent having 100 trans characters on set or
witnessing three trans characters have a conversation, Associate
Producer Zackary Druker says.
Roles as small as playing the pizza man were given to trans
people. The set where they lmed on Paramount Studios was
also trans-friendly with gender-neutral bathrooms.
Its the most authentic representation of trans people on TV,
Druker says. Trans are usually shown as victims or villains. But
there are so many trans characters on the show, its not just
about Maura.
The character diversity is something Associate Producer Rhys
Ernst thinks the trans community has been waiting a long time
to see.
Theres a hunger for this trans representation from the trans
community, Ernst says. There are multiple ways of being trans
and we are showing that.
Its also one of the reasons Tambor was cast for the role. Having
a cisgender man play a man transitioning into a woman is one
that Ernst thinks reects in the show, since Mauras full transition
is up in the air.
The show might be ahead of its time, he says. People are
worried we didnt consider casting a trans person as Maura, but
we did. The casting we chose is a more complicated transition.
Light hopes that the audience can understand these complicated
layers in the trans community because of this show.
Its the next level on talking about gender and sexuality, she
says. Its changing the way the world relates to the transgender
community, the dierent and the other.
JAY DUPLASS (top left), JUDITH LIGHT (top
right) and CARRIE BROWNSTEIN (bottom
right) in Transparent.
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How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
I came out to just about everyone in
the summer of 2006 after the death of a
close friend by writing an op-ed for this
paper which I then shared with family and
friends. Who was the hardest person to
tell? I think honestly, my best friend Linda.
Looking back, it was such a silly fear. But I
helped raise her kids and even took in her
son when he was kicked out of her home. I
guess I feared she would think I was after
him. Ridiculous, I know.
Whos your LGBT hero?
June Horner of PFLAG of Westminster,
Md., one of the strongest, bravest and
most dedicated people I have ever met.
As to LGBT, Id have to say my good
friend Bradley Thumper Bear Hill, who
preceded me as BHTs president. Hes
really been a big inuence in my life and
was instrumental in kick starting my
advocacy work in our community.
Whats Washingtons best
nightspot, past or present?
The D.C. Eagle, without fail. Its really
where I came into my own as a gay man
and where I met my husband. That bar
really was my Cheers and while Im really
sad the old location is now gone, I do
look forward to hanging out at the new
Eagle on Benning Road and having it
grow on us.
Describe your dream wedding.
Ive already had it. We were joined in
Provincetown, Mass., on Sept. 5, 2009
by family and friends on a beach just as
the sun was setting. I wish my mother
had been there, but she had died two
months earlier. Thankfully shed known
Ethan for years and loved him too.
What non-LGBT issue are

you most passionate about?
Autism research
What historical outcome
would you change?
Nothing. Its tempting but as Stephen
King taught us, even small things you
might change could have even more
disastrous ramications.
Whats been the most memorable pop

culture moment of your lifetime?
The death of Michael Jackson.
On what do you insist?
Politeness. Our society could really
use a refresher course.
What was your last

Facebook post or Tweet?
A link to Mary J. Bliges No More
Drama video.
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
Full Schedule, Full Life
If science discovered a way
to change sexual orientation,
what would you do?
I would be very wary of science and
wonder why it wanted to discover such
a way.
What do you believe in
beyond the physical world?
I honestly dont know. The Catholic
faith I was raised with really does not
seem very logical.
Whats your advice for LGBT
movement leaders?
Listen carefully and work towards a
common goal of inclusion and acceptance
for all. Dont get caught up in petty drama
or ght against each other. Dierences
of opinion are to be expected, but dont
disagree simply to disagree. Do this and
over time youll learn who is truly devoted
to the cause and who is devoted to some
sort of limelight.
What would you walk
across hot coals for?
The right to be recognized as my
husbands spouse everywhere just as
every straight married couple in this
country has the right to do.
What LGBT stereotype
annoys you most?
That we all dont like sports, love
Madonna, Cher and Barbra Streisand
and that we all pay a hundred bucks or
more for a haircut.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?

Brokeback Mountain. Its so painfully
heart wrenching and beautifully told and
acted.
Whats the most overrated

social custom?
Shaking hands. Id much rather give
you a hug.
What trophy or prize
do you most covet?
A photo album given to me by my
grandmother when I turned 31, full of
mementos from her life (rain check
from the 1925 World Series between
Washington and Pittsburgh) and from
mine (a glowing sixth grade progress
report) and photos from throughout my
life. What a gift this was, that she saved all
of these things over the years and then
gave them to me. She died two years ago
at age 95 and I rediscovered the album
looking for a specic photo of her.
What do you wish youd known at 18?
That being gay did not have to be an
ugly secret.
Why Washington?
Its where three generations of my
family have called home and because,
really, where else?
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Brother Help Thyself, the local HIV/AIDS community LGBT group founded
in 1978, has its signature event, Pride Day at Kings Dominion, on Saturday.
Patrons can ride from 4-11 p.m. and an after party is from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. with
DJ Keith. Tickets are $35 in advance or $37 at the gate. After 8 p.m., the park is
exclusively the domain of Brother supporters. Details at brotherhelpthyself.net.
Jim Slattery has been involved with the organization about ve years and is
in his second term as president. He says the group continues to do important
local work in the ght against AIDS.
There really isnt another group like Brother Help Thyself in D.C., the
45-year-old Washington native says. Sure, there are a lot of other non-prots,
but I feel were really instrumental in helping a lot of the smaller, more shoe-
string operations, that groups that dont have a lot of structure, were great at
giving them seed money to get up and running.
The Kings Dominion event, a tradition for the last 15 years, is Brothers biggest
annual event. About 2,500 are expected and the group generally gets about
$25,000 in proceeds, which it uses to fund the grants it awards each January.
Slattery works by day as a scheduler for Ward 5 Councilmember (and
mayoral hopeful) Muriel Bowser. He and husband Ethan Hase live D.C.s
Takoma neighborhood. Slattery enjoys local politics, volunteer work,
Rehoboth Beach, music, movies and card games in his free time.
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Touchingly staged
Colossal is conversations
with former self
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Life can change on a dime.
In Andrew Hinderakers remarkable new
play Colossal, gay college football player
Mike makes one reckless move on the eld
and his life is forever altered. In a matter
of seconds, the cocky star athlete is laid
helpless crying out for his team co-captain,
the man he loves. When his lover walks
away, Mike is left to contend with his new
reality and what the future might hold.
Now premiering at Olney Theatre
Center, Colossal is very much a football
play, yet much more. Yes, it deals with
both the thrill and violence inherent to
the sport, but it also delves deep into
relationships, self-discovery and moving
forward. Helmed by director Will Davis,
who is transgender, and choreographed
by Christopher DAmboise with additional
movement choreography by Ben Cunis,
the production oozes not only testosterone
but insight and sensitivity too.
While ling into Olneys intimate black-
box space, the audience nds a raucous
scene: football players shouting, doing
pushups and stylized drills backed by loud
drumbeats. Before long, seven muscled
actors who more than pass for credible
jocks and graceful dancers (in varying
degrees) are drenched with sweat.
As the practice continues, theres a man
o to the side stretching at a ballet barre.
Then another man using a wheelchair
rolls onstage Mike played by Chicago
actor Michael Patrick Thornton, who
uses a wheelchair ostage too. Abruptly,
the players freeze mid-tackle. At the
command of Mikes remote control, they
move back and forth in choreographed
slow motion replay. Mike is reliving the
accident. Again and again, he watches
his pre-injury self, Young Mike (Joseph
Carlson), sustain his crippling injury.
Here, the play begins in earnest.
Like an actual football game, Mikes
story unfolds in four quarters minutes
are counted o by a scoreboard hanging
above the stage and theres a half-time
show (an intense father/son pas de deux).
Mikes movement among his former
teammates including his younger self
could be confusing were it not for Davis
lucid, incredibly deft staging.
Soon, we learn that before football, Mike
was a dancer in his fathers prestigious
dance company. But after an encounter with
some bullying football players, he discovers
that his dance skills translate to the gridiron.
Against the stern admonishes of his father
(Steve Ochoa), Mike goes out for the team
and garners attention as a starting, eet-
footed tailback. From his wheelchair, Mike
quips, I was the only son in the history of
the United States to disappoint his father by
choosing football over dance.
Besotted by both the game and his co-
captain Marcus (Jon Hudson Odom), Mike
couldnt be happier. Carlson plays Young
Mike as totally gung ho and forever
pumped, but also honest and open.
In a shared motel room on an away
game, Mike and Marcus nally get
together. But it almost doesnt happen:
Marcus gets cold feet and suggests they
join the other players at the strip club.
Shifting nervously in his boxer briefs,
Young Mike bares his soul, imploring
Marcus to be his authentic self and stay
with him. Marcus thinks a minute before
asking, Is the door locked?
THEATER SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 43
Young Mike (JOSEPH CARLSON), left, shares an intimate moment with his team co-captain,
Marcus (JON HUDSON ODOM).
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Jazz musician Patricia Barber performs at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper
Club (7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, Md.) tonight at 8:30 p.m.
Barber, a lesbian, is a jazz and blues vocalist and pianist. She was awarded
Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and has released 13 albums. She will be joined
by Larry Kohut on bass, Anthony Pinciotti on drums and Paul Pieper on guitar.
Tickets are $25. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information and to purchase
tickets, visit bethesdabluesjazz.com.
Take Me Out to the ballgame
Take Me Out, a play about a popular baseball player who announces hes
gay, runs at 1st Stage (1524 Spring Hill Road, Tysons Corner, Va.) through Oct. 12.
The play tells the story of a baseball player who believes that since he is so
well-liked his admission to being gay will be accepted. People arent accepting
of his confession and he must deal with the consequences with the help of his
business manager, a repressed gay man. Performances are Fridays at 8 p.m.,
Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m.
Tickets are $28 for general admission, $23 for seniors and $15 for students
and military. For more information, visit 1ststagetysons.org.
Sykes returns to region
for Strathmore show
Comedian Wanda Sykes performs
stand-up at Music Center at Strathmore
(5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda,
Md.) Saturday at 8 p.m.
Sykes began her stand-up career
at a talent showcase in 1987 in the
District. Since then, she went on to
appear on popular shows Curb Your
Enthusiasm and The New Adventures
of Old Christine and two HBO stand-up
specials. Sykes has also starred in her
own television shows Wanda at Large
and Wanda Does It as well as appearing
in lms such as Evan Almighty.
Tickets range from $39-129. For more
details and to purchase tickets, visit
Strathmore.org.
D.C. Center celebrates
Bisexuality Day
The D.C. Center holds its annual
Bisexuality Day at the Residences at
Thomas Circle (1330 Massachusetts Ave.,
N.W.) in the rst oor conference room
on Monday at 6:30 p.m.
Speakers will include Faith Cheltenham,
president of BiNet USA, and Ellyn
Ruthstrom, president of the Bisexual
Resource Center and executive director
of SpeakOUT Boston. The Mayors O ce
of GLBT Aairs will also present an o cial
city proclamation of Bisexual Pride Day.
Light refreshments will be served.
Admission is free. For more details, visit
thedccenter.org.
44 SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 OUT & ABOUT
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By KRISTEN HARTKE
On any given day, you can walk into Mr.
Henrys on Capitol Hill and see a dolled-up
drag queen, a Howard University poetry
professor and a young mom bouncing a
baby on her knee, all sitting at the bar chatting
with bartender Cheryl about her daughters
wedding while munching on Old Bay-dusted
bualo wings and cheesy patty melts.
Forever compared to Cheers, Mr.
Henrys (601 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E.) has
been much more than that, for nearly
ve decades, for many, a place that is
convivial but not saccharin, where you
can come in and be exactly whom you are
and no one will raise an eyebrow.
However, the times they are a-changin,
even at Mr. Henrys (mrhenrysrestaurant.
com) as it faces the inevitable challenges
of mid-life: beloved bartender Rudi Appl,
who worked his last shift in early summer
to celebrate his 80th birthday, died in
July after a lengthy illness, and longtime
manager Alvin Ross retired just a month
later. And then the new menu appeared,
sending ripples of uneasiness across
Capitol Hill, a once seedy but tight-knit
community now home to Roses Luxury,
named 2014s Best New Restaurant by Bon
Appetit, and where the old-time dives like
Sherrills, Lil Pub and Hawk n Dove have
either been run out of town or renovated
to a shadow of their former selves.
Change, however, does not necessarily
have to be bad, and Mr. Henrys has
made changes before some fondly
remember when Tuesdays were all-you-
can-eat spaghetti night, and when former
manager Alvin delightedly introduced
hot dogs to the menu. Hot dogs are
conspicuously absent from the new
regime, while sage aioli and red onion
jam are suddenly in vogue. These are the
changes that strike fear into the hearts of
those seeking honest pub food, in a world
where even Mr. Henrys charges $24 for
a plate of crab cakes. Pricing is clearly an
issue on the new menu, either a reection
of trying to beef up the bottom line or in
response to recent demographics that
suggest an inux of wealthier locals
prices are up across the board, including
a plate of cheese nachos with guacamole
that clocked in at a hefty $12.50. And if you
love the Rudi roll, the glorious deep-fried
dinner roll named for Mr. Henrys late
bartender, be sure to ask for it, because it
doesnt come automatically with your cup
of soup or side salad anymore.
Luckily, the well-proportioned burgers
still a tasty mainstay at Mr. Henrys
are largely unchanged, despite the
fancy new condiments and the fact that
the former all-purpose veggie burger
has been swapped out for a black bean
burger (with their distinct avor, black
bean burgers tend to taste best only with
certain types of toppings, like pepperjack
cheese and avocado, while a simple grain-
based burger works with everything).
If you like roasted red peppers, youre
in luck, because there appears to be an
explosion of the little darlings on the new
menu, popping up in hummus, bruschetta
and grilled cheese (more on that later).
Patrons wont be disappointed by the fried
clams and sh and chips, or the various
weeknight specials, like Monday half-
priced burger night or the Friday night
fried chicken dinner, which still provide
generous portions and a packed house.
But, back to the grilled cheese.
Sometimes you just want a classic grilled
cheese sandwich, and Mr. Henrys had
a good one gooey American cheese
melted to perfection inside a crisp golden
crust of white bread, with creamy coleslaw
and those crunchy house potato chips
on the side. The new version, Roasted
Pepper Grilled Cheese, billed as goat
cheese, provolone, spinach, roasted red
peppers and pesto on sourdough bread,
arrived, inexplicably, on rye bread, toasted
outside but cold in the center and with the
provolone barely melted along the edges.
Its a small thing, but indicative of the
vagaries of change: some things dont need
to be tampered with while others can be
improved with tinkering. The new menu at
Mr. Henrys has a solid foundation created
from almost 50 years of such tinkering, and
will undoubtedly continue to explore, and
discard, new ideas along the way. Just bring
back the old grilled cheese, please.
DI NI NG SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 45
Mr. Henrys, a Capitol Hill mainstay, has dealt with the changing neighborhood in a variety of
ways. Despite higher prices, much of the menu still works.
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An evening of cigars, single malt whisky and vodka tastings, hand-crafted
SweetShine cocktails, and a poolside performance of live Cuban music at the
Capitol Skyline Hotel.
CANCUN
THRU SUN, OCT 5. GALA HI SPANI C THEATRE.
202- 234- 7174. GALATHEATRE. ORG.
After a night of fun and frolic by two married couples vacationing in Cancun,
the morning brings a new reality about what might have been. A hilarious
comedy about contemporary relationships and marriage by one of Spains
leading playwrights from Catalonia.
FLORENCI A I N THE AMAZON WASHI NGTON
NATI ONAL OPERA
SAT, SEP 20 THRU SUN, SEP 28. KENNEDY CENTER.
800- 444- 1324. WWW. KENNEDY- CENTER. ORG/WNO/.
Two-time Grammy Awardwinning American soprano Christine Goerke stars as
a famous opera singer who embarks upon an enchanted riverboat journey in
late Mexican American composer Daniel Catns mesmerizing opera. Inspired
by the magical realism of Nobel Prizewinning Colombian author Gabriel
Garca Mrquez (Love in the Time of Cholera), Florencia in the Amazon was the
rst-ever Spanish-language commission by major U.S. opera companies.
AMERI CAN J OURNEYS VI SI ONS OF PLACE
THRU SUN, SEP 21. CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART.
202- 639- 1700. CORCORAN. ORG.
Final look at the installation of the Corcorans renowned pre-1945 American
paintings and sculpture collection, and integrating paintings and sculpture for
the rst time in over a decade. Admission is free to the Corcoran.
IMAGE COURTESY OF WASHINGTON PROJECT FOR THE ARTS
46 SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 THE GUI DE TO ARTS & CULTURE
THEATRE
Shakespeares Globes King Lear.
Thru Sep 21. Folger Theatre.
202-544-7077. folger.edu.
The Intergalactic Nemesis: Robot
Planet Rising. Sep 20-Sep 21. Artisphere.
877-241-2787. artisphere.com.
Chris DElia: Under No Inuence.
Sep 20. GW Lisner Auditorium.
202-994-6800. lisner.gwu.edu.
Fool for Love. Thru Sep 27.
Round House Theatre. 240-644-1100.
roundhousetheatre.org.
Colossal. Thru Sep 28. Awake and Sing!
Sep 24-Oct 18. Olney Theatre.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Belleville. Thru Oct 12. Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
Marie Antoinette. Thru Oct 12.
Woolly Mammoth. 202-393-3939.
woollymammoth.net.
Shear Madness. Thru Dec 31.
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
Sunday in the Park with George. Thru
Sep 21. Signature Theatre. 703-820-9771.
signature-theatre.org.
Yentl. Thru Oct 5. Theater J.
800-494-8497. theaterj.org.
Swing Time The Musical! Thru
Nov 30. Burke Theater: US Navy
Memorial. swingtimethemusical.com.
Roger (Not His Real Name).
Thru Sep 20. DCAC. 202-462-7833.
dcartscenter.org.
Molly & Shining City. Thru Sep 21.
SCENA Theatre at Atlas. Atlas.
703-683-2824. scenatheater.org.
The Seven Year Itch. Sep 21-Oct 11.
American Century Theater. Gunston.
703-998-4555. americancentury.org.
DANCE
Exploring Indian Dance. Sep 20.
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
2014 NEA National Heritage
Fellowships Concert. Sep 19.
GW Lisner Auditorium. 202-994-6800.
lisner.gwu.edu.
Culture Shock, Washington, DC:
Volume II. Sep 20-Sep 21. Dance Place.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
MUSI C
Salif Keita Acoustic. Sep 21.
GW Lisner Auditorium. 202-994-6800.
lisner.gwu.edu.
Keyboard Conversations with Jerey
Siegel: Classics Go Pop! Sep 21.
GMU Center for the Arts. 888-945-2468.
cfa.gmu.edu.
Deanna Bogart. Sep 20. BlackRock.
240-912-1058. blackrockcenter.org.
Art on 8th: Carolyn Malachi. Sep 25.
Dance Place & Monroe Street Market.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
Avanti Orchestral Concert. Sep 19.
FMMC. Church of the Epiphany.
202-333-2075. fmmc.org.
MUSEUMS
National Gallery of Art. Degas/Cassatt.
Thru Oct 5. Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out,
Looking In. Thru Nov 30. 202-737-4215.
nga.gov.
National Geographic. Spinosaurus: Lost
Giant of the Cretaceous. Thru Apr 12. Sea
Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure &
Flying Monsters 3D. Thru Apr 1. National
Geographic. 202-857-7700. nglive.org.
Folger Shakespeare Library. Symbols
of Honor: Heraldry and Family History
in Shakespeares England. Thru Oct 26.
folger.edu.
National Archives. Making Their Mark:
Stories Through Signatures. Thru Jan 5.
202-357-5000. archivesfoundation.org.
Museum of Women in the Arts. Total
Art: Contemporary Video. Thru Oct 12.
Soda_Jerk: After the Rainbow. Sep 19-
Nov 2. 202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
Kreeger Museum. Emilie Brzezinski: The
Lure of the Forest. Thru Dec 27.
202-337-3050. kreegermuseum.org.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. American
Metal: The Art of Albert Paley. Thru Sep
28. Terra Firma: Landscapes from the
Photography and Media Arts Collection.
Thru Sep 28. 202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
GALLERI ES
Strathmore. Grace Hartigan: 19222008.
Thru Nov 9. Heritage India: Works
by Anujan Ezhikode and Shanthi
Chandrasekar. Thru Nov 9.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
Artisphere. Gina Matchitt: Being There.
Thru Sep 21. 703-875-1100.
artisphere.com.
Neptune Fine Art. Raya Bodnarchuk:
Bronze Sculpture. Thru Oct 4.
202-338-0353. neptuneneart.com.
Robert Brown Gallery. The South
African Sketchbook. Thru Oct 4.
202-338-0353. robertbrowngallery.com.
The Art League Gallery. Contemporary
Realism. Thru Oct 6. Inuence &
Inspiration. Thru Sep 21. 703-548-0035.
theartleague.org.
VisArts at Rockville. The Metal Works
Of Komelia Hongja Okim & Julius
Kassovic: Intimate Waterscapes. Thru Oct
5. 301-315-8200. visartsatrockville.org.
Goethe-Institut. ApocalyptiCAT. Thru
Oct 1. 202-289-1200. goethe.de.
Torpedo Factory Art Center. Hacking
Objects of Desire. Thru Oct 19.
703-838-4565. torpedofactory.org.
Flashpoint Gallery: CulturalDC. Emily
Francisco: Something Slightly Familiar.
Thru Oct 11. Thru Jul 3. 202-315-1305.
culturaldc.org.
Gallery Underground. Left Out Juried
Show. Thru Sep 26. August Members
Show. Thru Sep 26. 571-483-0652.
arlingtonartistsalliance.org.
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Sturdy new study makes
for solid academic tome
When most people think of sex
workers, female prostitutes come to
mind. There is evidence, however, that
the Worlds Oldest Profession may have
had practitioners of both sexes all along.
Editors Victor Minichiello and John
Scott explore the phenomenon both
historically and in contemporary life
in the weighty new Male Sex Work and
Society, in which they say sex for money
has gained acceptance.
Its a widely accepted fact that ancient
Greek and Roman men took younger
males as lovers and acted somewhat as
mentors. That was appropriate behavior
encouraged, even as long as the
older man didnt exploit his younger
friend. Slaves and former slaves, however,
were a dierent matter: they were forced
to engage in survival sex, usually for an
insultingly low price.
That was the case in 1607 when the
Jamestown colonists tried to tough out
their rst winter: documents exist that
mention exchanging certain favors for
stolen biscuits. Meanwhile, on the other
side of the pond, British male sex workers
enjoyed tolerance as long as they
represented themselves as their true
biological gender. Transgender people
were arrested for cross-dressing.
By the late 1800s, those attitudes
changed, too. Both Europe and the United
States saw a great number of biological
males who dressed and worked as female
prostitutes. Many worked in all-male
brothels; some specialized in women as
clients and others worked the streets.
Its believed that the preponderance of
male sex workers by the 1960s were gay,
although gay writers in those Stonewall
years sometimes made issue of the
sexual identication of clientele. Were
customers of gay sex workers straight or
gay themselves?
The answer today, according to male
escorts, is that a signicant percentage
of male customers are straight and
many are married. Furthermore,
modern male sex workers utilize paid
advertising, which makes it easy for
clients to consciously choose partners
based on specic preferences. And now,
as it was centuries ago, male sex workers
most commonly said in a survey that they
choose to sell sex for economic reasons.
By its very nature, pleasure reading
should be a pleasure. Alas, Male Sex
Work and Society is not.
But let me dene that further: this
is not a bad book its just way more
academic than I expected, more than a
curl-up-by-the-replace read should be.
The essays here feel like college theses
or doctoral dissertations; indeed, in their
acknowledgments, Victor Minichiello and
John Scott say how much they enjoyed
working with contributing scholars. Theres
a denite place for such erudite work, but
its probably not by the easy chair.
Since its audience is academes and
social workers, its probably not worth
the money for casual readers, despite the
titillating topic.
TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER has been reading
since she was 3 years old.She lives in Wisconsin
with two dogs and 12,000 books. Reach her at
bookwormsez@yahoo.com.
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MALE SEX WORK AND SOCIETY
Edited by Victor Minichiello and John Scott
Harrington Park Press
$50 paperback / $120 hardcover
512 pages
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(1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W.) tonight at
7 and 9:15 p.m. The lm tells the story of a
woman who falls in love with her friends
mother. As the romance grows, the
friend tries to sabotage the relationship.
General admission tickets are $10 and
V.I.P tickets are $25. For more details, visit
reela rmations.org.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct., N.W.)
holds Siren: Gurl tonight from 10 p.m.-
3 a.m. The dance party features music
from popular all-girl groups from the
60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and today. DJs Majr,
Della Volla, Mad Science and Jack Rayburn
will spin tracks. Pussy Noir and Anita Top
will perform. For more information, visit
greenlanterndc.com.
D.C. Gurly Show presents DCGS Geeks
Out with their Cheeks Out, a nerd-
themed burlesque show, at Phase 1
(528 8th St., S.E.) tonight at 9:30 p.m.
MissVixen Dior will headline the show
with performances by Karamel Sutra,
Lyndi Luxe, Eva LeStrange and more.
Aurora Wells and Sindalicious will host
the show. Cover is $10. Bar is cash only.
For more details, visit phase1dc.com.
Bear Crue Live! presents gay singer
Jeremiah Clark at D.C. Bear Crue (2009 8th
St., N.W.) tonight at 9 p.m. Seating starts
at 8:30 p.m. Clarke has performed all over
the country and has joined D.C. local singer
Tom Goss on a national tour. For more
information, visit dcbearcrue.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct., N.W.)
hosts Bears Can Dance in Jock Straps,
a jock strap dance party, tonight from
9 p.m.-2 a.m. There is no cover charge.
There will also be a coat check. For more
details, visit greenlanterndc.com.
Life in Color presents Worlds Largest
Paint Party at RFK Stadium (2400 East
Capitol St., S.E.) tonight from 6 p.m.-
midnight. This giant dance paint party will
feature music by W&W, Nervo, Borgore
and Vicetone. Tickets are $76. For more
information, visit licdcbalt.com.
Level One (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts
Drag Yourself to Brunch today from
11 a.m.-4 p.m. featuring drag performer
Kristina Kelly. There will be two shows
from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.
Bottomless mimosas and bloody Marys
will be available. For more details, visit
levelonedc.com.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts Bare: Ol
Skool Edition tonight from 10 p.m.-3 a.m.
DJ Rosie and DJ Keenan will play the best
music from the 80s and 90s. Cover is $7
before midnight and $10 after. There will
be ip cup, beer pong and prizes awarded
to guests with the best outts. Admission
is limited to guests 21 and over. For more
information, visit cobaltdc.com.
SUNDAY, SEPT 21
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts a drag brunch today with shows
at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. For more
information, visit nelliessportsbar.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 buet. For more
details, visit perrysadamsmorgan.com.
Erase Hate Through Art, an art exhibit
of dierent artists works that examine
the victims of LGBT hate crimes, is
open at the Columbia Art Center (6100
Foreland Garth, Columbia, Md.) today
through Oct. 12. For more information,
visit columbiaassociation.org.
MONDAY, SEPT. 22
The D.C. Center (2000 14th St., N.W.)
hosts coee drop-in hours this morning
from 10 a.m.-noon for the senior LGBT
community. Older LGBT adults can
come and enjoy complimentary coee
and conversation with other community
members. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) holds a support group for gay black
men to discuss topics that aect them,
share perspectives and have meaningful
conversations. For details, visit uhupil.org.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts poker night tonight at 8 p.m. Win
prizes. Free to play. For more information,
visit nelliessportsbar.com.
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
hosts happy hour from 5-7:30 p.m. today.
All drinks are half price. Enjoy pool, video
games, and cards. Admission is free. For
more details, visit bachelorsmill.com.
TUESDAY, SEPT 23
Human Rights Campaign hosts its
third annual Chefs for Equality at the
Ritz Carlton (1150 22nd St., N.W.) tonight
from 7-9:30 p.m. The DMVs top chefs and
mixologists will be preparing dinner in
support of the Human Rights Campaign
Foundation. There will be an after party
from 10 p.m.-midnight. Tickets for the
dinner are $150 and $50 for the after
party. For more details, visit hrc.org.
The Human Rights Campaign (1640
Rhode Island Ave., N.W.) holds Supporting
and Caring for Our Bisexual Youth, a
panel discussion, today from 6-8 p.m. The
panel will discuss issues and concerns
that bisexual youth face. Panelists include
Amy Andre, Anika Warner, Katy Butler and
more. For more information, visit hrc.org.
Bachelors Mill has half-price drinks all
night long from 5 p.m.-2 a.m.tonight. They
also have pool, video gaming systems
and cards. Admission is free.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24
The Lambda Bridge Club meets tonight
at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity Center (721 8th
St., S.E.) for duplicate bridge. No reservations
required and new comers welcome. If you
need a partner, call 703-407-6540.
The National Black Justice Coalition
hosts Out on the Hill: Black LGBT
Leadership Summit at various venues
through the District today through Sept.
27 The nations leading black LGBT
activists, elected o cials, faith leaders,
youth and more will come together over
this three-day summit to discuss social
action on a national and local level that
concern black LGBT people and their
families. Tickets are $100 per person.
Tickets for emerging leaders (18-30) and
elders (62 and over) are $50. For more
details, visit nbjc.org.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25
Stonewall Dodgeball hosts its
midseason party at Nellies Sports Bar
(900 U St., N.W.) tonight from 7-10 p.m.
There will be a beer pong tournament,
ra es, prizes and drink and food specials.
There is a required $5 donation. For more
information, visit stonewalldodgeball.
leagueapps.com.
Whitman Walker provides free and
condential HIV testing in Chinatown (601
F St., N.W.) today from noon.-2 p.m. For
more information, visit whitman-walker.org.
Rude Boi Entertainment hosts
Tempted 2 Touch, a ladies dance
party, at the Fab Lounge (2022 Florida
Ave., N.W.) Doors open at 10 p.m. Drink
specials $5 and vodka shots $3 all night.
No cover charge. Admission limited to
guests 21 and over. For more details, visit
rudeboientertainment.wordpress.com.
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Sept. 8 - 29
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An opera of denite
dramatic appeal
The New York Times
Olga Peretyatko
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The New York Times
Vincenzo Bellinis
I Capuleti e
i Montecchi
(Romeo and Juliet)
September 28, 2014 @ 6:00pm
Lisner Auditorium
21st and H Streets, NW, Washington, DC
featuring
Olga Peretyatko as Giulietta (pictured)
Kate Lindsey as Romeo
David Portillo, Jeffrey Beruan,
and Liam Moran
With full orchestra and chorus,
conducted by Antony Walker.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Order tickets online at www.concertopera.org or call 202.364.5826
MERCEDES S550
Top-of-the-line rides
oer lap of luxury
By JOE PHILLIPS
How to survive a midlife crisis? Date a
surfer twink or buy a smokin sport sedan.
Note to self: sport sedans sure seem
safer they dont talk back and probably
cost less in the long run.
That said, below are four stunning rides
perfect for any age.
BMW 640i GRAN COUPE
$76,000
Mpg: 16 city/24 highway
Zero-to-60 mph: 5.2 seconds
As swanky as a fashion model, the all-new
640i four-door coupe combines the sleek
sheetmetal of a two-door 6 Series with the
power of a bad-boy 5 Series sedan. Sure,
its priced almost $25,000 more than a base
5 Series, but the Gran Coupe also handles
better, with ve driving modes: eco pro,
comfort plus, comfort, sport and sport plus.
The smooth eight-speed transmission is spot-
on, as is the precise braking. And the intimate,
low-slung interior is as snug and rm as a Le
Mans cockpit. Thats ne for anyone in the
front seats, but rear-seat legroom/headroom
is tight (as is trunk space). Still, theres a long
list of color, wood and trim options for the
cabin and the easy-to-use iDrive infotainment
system boasts boo 3-D graphics and a wide,
10.2-inch screen.
INFINITI Q70
$50,000
Innitis midsize M sedans the M35,
M37 and M56 have inched up the
alphabet and morphed into the new Q70.
The stylish exterior looks just like the smaller
Q50 (formerly known as the Q37) with beefy
fenders, tony taillights and thinner pillars
for better visibility. Whats lacking are some
vibrant colors, other than just black, white
or silver. But the posh interior is a plus,
with real wood trim, bolstered seats and
thick steering wheel. While theres plenty of
punch with the V8, the V6 is tepid (though
the paddle shifters add more oomph).
And there are some chic options, including
16-speaker Bose stereo, air purier and
sportier handling. Also available: hybrid and
long-wheelbase models.
KIA K900
$64,000
As if Innitis alphanumeric naming
system wasnt confusing enough, Kia tosses
the K900 into its mix of Cadenza, Optima,
Rio, Soul, etc. Yet its clear this full-size
agship is targeting Lexus, Mercedes and
other top-tier automakers head-on. Priced
much less than its rivals, the K900 oers an
extensive warranty and three years of free
scheduled maintenance. Sure, some of the
interior trim is subpar especially the tinny
Kia logo on the steering wheel but all the
glam amenities are here, including heated/
ventilated seats, soft-close doors, voice-
command system, front/rearview cameras
and power everything (from the folding
mirrors and trunk lid to the rear sunshade).
While the 420-hp V8 is adequate and the
suspension more comfy than sporty, the
audio, blind-spot and frontal-collision
systems are superb.
MERCEDES S550
$95,000
Competing on quality more than price,
Mercedes has upped its game with the
latest S550. Sporting the usual luxe features,
theres also adjustable air suspension, 12-
way massaging seats, a huge panoramic
sunroof and funky LED lighting throughout
the cabin. This is a 17-foot-long land yacht
that feels surprisingly like a lithe sportster. It
can scan ahead for potholes and adjust the
suspension before you hit them. A collision
avoidance system will react before you do
and the optional night-vision system shows
pedestrians and animals that may not be
visible in the headlights. Oh, and theres
even a fragrance dispenser, with four
dierent scents available.
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total $19,764. Lessee must cover insurance and all items not covered under the BMW Maintenance Program. At lease
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The event is also sponsored by The Washington Blade, Metro Weekly, TD Bank and Nellies Sports Bar.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Gay Mens Chorus of Washington - National Anthem
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TAILGATE
Grills and Beer compliments of the Federal Triangles and
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
FOR RESEARCH STUDIES
The NIAID Vaccine Research Center is looking
for HIVpositive adults, 18 to 60 years old, with
a detectable viral load to participate in clinical
research.
Studies will evaluate investigational products that
target HIV.
Financial compensation is provided.
To volunteer, call 1-866-833-LIFE (toll-free) or TTY
1-866-411-1010, email vaccines@nih.gov, or visit
www.vrc.nih.gov.
Vaccine Research Center
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
will have a major renovation.
Learn more about upcoming meetings
and ways to share your ideas at
dclibrary.org/mlkfuture.
Re-imagine a
New Central Library
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For quality, consistency &
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depression, careers, & relationships.
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LGBTQ AFFIRMING THERAPY at
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families, adolescents. Over 15
years serving the community. Mike
Giordano, LICSW. 202/460-6384 mike.
giordano.msw@gmail.com. www.
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COUNSELING FOR GAY MEN.
Individual/couple counseling w/
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202-580-8861. gaymenscounseling.
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CHANGES ARE EASIER WITH
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group of experienced, caring
therapists. Safe, confidential
setting. Offices in Woodley Park &
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reimbursable. Washington Therapy
Guild. Call 202-483-2660. www.
therapyguild.net.
EMPLOYMENT
CARETAKER WANTED FOR Fabulous
older, but young spirited gay couple.
Individual will have private room,
board and salary. Live in Florida for
winter. References and drivers license
required. Call 772-332-0327.
LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANTS
NEEDED! The Crew Club, a gay mens
naturist gym & sauna, is now hiring
Locker Room Attendants. We all scrub
toilets & do heavy cleaning. You must
be physically able to handle the work
& have a great attitude doing it. No
drunks/druggies need apply. Please call
Richard at (202) 319-1333. from 9-5pm,
to schedule an interview.
LEGAL SERVICES
FULL SERVICE LAW FIRM Representing
the GLBT community for over 30 years.
Family adoptions, estate planning,
immigration, employment. (301) 891-
2200. Silber, Perlman, Sigman & Tilev,
P.A. www.SP-Law. com.
ADOPTION & ASSISTED
REPRODUCTIVE Law Attorney Jennifer
Fairfax represents clients in Maryland
& D.C. interested in adoption or ART
matters. 301-221-9651, JFairfax@
jenniferfairfax.com.
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ADOPT AN ADORABLE PUPPY OR
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Donations welcome & needed. www.
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FELINE FOUNDATION
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N. Washington Plaza, Reston,
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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LEGAL NOTICE
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
2014 NRT 26
JANICE R. DOLL, NAME OF DECEASED SETTLOR
NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST
Janice R. Doll whose address was 2812 University Terrace NW, Washington, DC
created a revocable trust on November 15, 2007, which remained in existence on
the date of her death on May 28, 2014, and Thomas Doll, whose address is 7966
W. Beach Dr. NW, Washington, DC is the currently acting trustee, hereinafter the
Trustee. Communications to the trust should be mailed or directed to Thomas
Doll or Matthew Barnes at Ackerman Brown PLLC, 2010 L Street, NW, Suite 440,
Washington, DC 20037.
The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlors creditors, costs of
administration of the settlors estate, the expenses of the deceased settlors funeral
and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and
children to the extent the deceased settlors residuary probate estate is inadequate
to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.
Claims of the deceased settlors creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the
trust property unless presented to the trustee at the address provided herein on
or before 3/5/15 (6 months after the date of the frst publication of this notice). An
action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1)
May 27, 2015 (one year from date of death of the deceased settlor) or (2) 3/5/15 (6
months from the date of frst publication of this notice) or (3) ninety days after the
Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing
the person of the trusts existence, the Trustees name and address, and the time
allowed for commencing a proceeding.
The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the
terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be
commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting
the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential
contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after
notifcation.
This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its frst publication to
each heir and qualifed benefciary of the trust and any other person who would be
an interested person within the meaning of D.C. Code, sec. 20-101(d).
Date of First Publication 9/5/14. A True Test Copy, Anne Meister, Register of Wills.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
2014 ADM 920
JANICE R. DOLL, NAME OF DECEDENT
MATTHEW R. BARNES, ACKERMAN BROWN, PLLC, 2101 L NW, SUITE 440,
WASHINGTON, DC 20037, NAME & ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY
Notice of Appointment, Notice to Creditors and Notice to Unknown Heirs
Thomas Doll, whose address is 7966 W. Beach Dr. NW, Washington, DC 20012
was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Janice R. Doll who died
on May 28, 2014 with a Will and will serve without Court supervision. 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 fled with the Register of wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/19/2015. Claims against the
decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of
Wills or fled with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before
3/19/2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the
decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its
publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and
relationship.
Date of first Publicaton: 9/19/2014. Thomas Doll. A True
Test Copy, Anne Meister, Register of Wills.
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internet, trash and all utilities included.
One owner works late night for a law
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