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Del. Burns introduces of LGBT-oriented
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Political shock in Mass. as Brown claims Kennedy’s seat

Democrats lose key
60th vote, putting
LGBT agenda in doubt
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@dcagenda.com
Republican Scott Brown secured a
victory Tuesday in the Massachusetts
special election, leaving many LGBT
activists stunned and angry over the
loss of the filibuster-proof Democratic
majority in the U.S. Senate and won-
dering whether the LGBT agenda can
advance in Congress.
Brown, a state senator, won his bid
to capture the seat previously held by
the late Edward Kennedy after taking
52 percent of the vote, according to
the Associated Press. Turnout was
high; more people reportedly voted in
Massachusetts on Tuesday than in
any non-presidential general election
in the state since 1990.
Many in the LGBT community were
disappointed by Brown’s victory
because he has a history of opposition
to same-sex marriage and hasn’t
expressed an interest in fighting for
LGBT causes in Congress. In 2007, he
voted for a failed state constitutional
amendment that would have ended
same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
By comparison, Democratic con-
tender Martha Coakley, as the state’s
attorney general, last year filed a law-
suit on behalf on the State of
Massachusetts against the Defense of
Marriage Act, citing that 16,000 mar-
ried couples in the state are denied
federal benefits because of the law.
Dee Dee Edmundson, political
director for MassEquality, said Brown’s
win was “a call to action” for LGBT peo-
ple to become more politically involved.
“This is a rallying cry that we need
to step up our efforts; we can’t be Photo courtesy of Brown
apathetic anymore,” she said. “If the
Republican Scott Brown defeated his Democratic opponent handily in Tuesday’s special election for U.S. Senate.
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Levin, Skelton could inhibit

‘Don’t Ask’ repeal
Committee chairmen
districtagenda hold sway over
Photos from Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend. Page 18 Defense matters
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@dcagenda.com
President Obama is being pres-
sured to include a “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” repeal as part of his upcoming
defense budget request to Congress,
but the response from two key
Democrats to such a proposal could
hinder any change in the law.
Two lawmakers with considerable
sway over defense matters — and
socialagenda whether a repeal will initially be part of
the fiscal year 2011 defense budget —
Dustin Lance Black to speak at JCC next week. Page 23 are House Armed Services Committee
Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and
Senate Armed Services Committee
Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.).
As leaders of the congressional com-
mittees that handle defense matters,
Skelton and Levin get first crack at deter-
mining what’s included in the defense
budget after the president sends his
base bill to Congress in February. The
lawmakers can make changes to the
president’s request in their chairman’s
marks to the legislation before the rest of
Congress takes action. DC Agenda photo by Michael Key
So if Obama includes “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” repeal as part of his Even if President Obama includes a
defense budget request, it’s possible ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal as part of
for either Skelton or Levin to strike his upcoming defense budget request,
the language from the bill if they don’t the language could be yanked by
want it there. Senate Armed Services Committee
Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.).
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localagenda
2nd gay man found shot dead in Southeast D.C.Road location, where he was found
Victim unknown to
nearby residents
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@dcagenda.com
For the second time in two weeks,
D.C. police are asking local gays to
aid an investigation into the murder
of a gay man.
On Jan. 10, police found 47-year-old
Gordon Rivers along the 2600 block of
Naylor Road, S.E., suffering from multi-
ple gunshot wounds. Police said Rivers,
a resident of Brandywine, Md., was pro-
nounced dead a short time later after
being taken to an area hospital.
Rivers’ murder came exactly two
weeks after police found gay D.C.
resident Anthony Perkins, 29, shot to
death Dec. 27 in his car near the
intersection of Fourth and Oakwood
streets, S.E. Police said they had yet
to determine a motive and had no
suspects in the Perkins case.
Police this week had yet to disclose
whether they had identified a suspect
or motive in the Rivers case. Police
also have not disclosed whether they
know how Rivers arrived at the Naylor
D.C. judge rejects ballot measure on gay marriage
Public hearing set
for new referendum
on same-sex unions
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@dcagenda.com
Opponents of same-sex marriage
in the District of Columbia lost their
second court challenge in less than a
year Jan. 14 when a Superior Court
judge ruled that a voter initiative
seeking to ban such marriages can-
not be placed on the ballot.
Judge Judith Macaluso ruled that
the D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics
acted properly in November when it
rejected a proposed initiative calling for
banning same-sex marriages in the city.
The election board said the topic was
impermissible for a ballot measure
because it would violate the city’s
Human Rights Act, which bans discrim-
ination based on sexual orientation.
“Today’s decision affirms the
District’s effort to make our city open
and inclusive,” said D.C. Mayor
Adrian Fenty, who signed a same-
sex marriage bill last month shortly
after the City Council approved it.
City officials and Capitol Hill
observers believe the bill will become
law the first week in March, when it’s
expected to clear a required congres-
sional review of 30 legislative days.
But opponents of same-sex mar-
riage are once again calling on the
election board to give them a chance
to kill the bill before the congressional
review process is completed. Bishop
Harry Jackson, pastor of a Beltsville,
Md., church and the lead opponent of
same-sex marriage in D.C., filed
papers earlier this month for a voter
unconscious about 5:30 p.m. Jan. 10,
and why he was in the area.
People who knew Rivers said he
was a regular patron of the D.C. gay
bar Bachelor’s Mill, which is located
on Eighth Street, S.E. near the
Washington Navy Yard.
Yvonne Moore, an Advisory
Neighborhood Commissioner for ANC
7B in the Fairlawn section of Southeast
where Rivers was shot said residents
who live in the nearby apartment build-
ings said they had never seen him before.
Moore said police circulated fliers in
the neighborhood with Rivers’ photo.
“Some people were saying it
might have been a drive-by [shoot-
ing],” she said. “Some people were
saying that he was dumped there.”
According to Moore, no one in the
neighborhood is aware of police hav-
ing recovered a car that Rivers might
have used to drive to the location
where he was shot.
D.C. police spokesperson Helen
Andrews said in the week following
Rivers death, homicide detectives had
no additional information to release
about the case. A police spokesperson
did not respond to a DC Agenda
DC Agenda photo by Michael Key
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said a
judge’s decision to forbid a voter initia-
tive on same-sex marriages ‘affirms
the District’s effort to make our city
open and inclusive.’
referendum on the bill.
Under the city’s election proce-
dures, a referendum gives voters a
chance to block or uphold a law
passed by the City Council and signed
by the mayor. An initiative gives voters
a chance to pass a new law.
Jackson’s referendum filing Jan. 5
required the board to schedule a public
hearing on the referendum proposal on
an expedited basis to enable him and his
supporters to seek another board ruling
on whether a gay marriage ban is a
proper subject for a referendum. The
board scheduled the hearing for Jan. 27.
If the board were to rule in
Jackson’s favor, he would have until
the end of the congressional review
period to gather the required number
of petition signatures needed to
place a referendum on the ballot. If
inquiry this week before press time.
A source familiar with the case
said the homicide squad informed
the department’s Gay & Lesbian
Liaison Unit shortly after the shooting
that Rivers was gay and invited the
unit to assist in the investigation.
D.C. Police Capt. Edward Delgado,
director of the department’s special
liaison units, including the GLLU, cir-
culated a police flier with Rivers’ photo
Jan. 12 in an e-mail to local LGBT
activists. He said detectives learned
that Rivers was gay through their
investigation of the case.
“There is no indication at this time
that this homicide occurred as a
result of a hate crime,” Delgado said.
Shortly after police found Perkins
dead in his car near the intersection of
Fourth and Oakwood streets, S.E., they
said they had no suspects and no
motive in the case. Similar to the Rivers
case, they said there was no evidence to
indicate the murder was a hate crime.
But homicide investigators said
they were looking into a tip provided by
Rev. Anthony Motley, a city minister
and candidate for a seat on the D.C.
City Council. Motley told DC Agenda
that a mutual friend of his and Perkins
Jackson and his backers fulfill the
petition signature requirement in the
allotted time period, the same-sex
marriage bill would be blocked from
becoming law until voters cast ballots
on it — most likely at the time of the
D.C. mayoral and City Council pri-
mary election in September.
Most political and legal observers,
however, believe the board will once
again reject Jackson’s proposed referen-
dum on the same grounds it has twice
before — that the measure would violate
the Human Rights Act’s ban on discrim-
ination based on sexual orientation.
Similar to two previous board hear-
ings on the issue last year, same-sex
marriage supporters and opponents
are expected to turn out in force to tes-
tify at the Jan. 27 hearing.
D.C. Attorney General Peter
Nickles, who defended the same-sex
marriage bill in court against the
voter initiative that Jackson proposed
last year, and on which the court
ruled against Jan. 14, hailed the
court’s action as another sign that
Jackson’s latest effort would fail.
“Thanks to the Superior Court,
this historic legislation is now one
crucial step closer to being imple-
mented,” Nickles said in a statement.
“Many District residents have wait-
ed decades for full marriage rights,” he
said. “Their wait will soon be over.”
The case on which Macaluso
ruled, Harry Jackson Jr. v. District of
Columbia Board of Elections &
Ethics, is one of two lawsuits
Jackson filed against the city so far to
block same-sex marriage. He has
vowed to file yet another suit if the
election board rules against him in
his latest referendum proposal.
Another Superior Court judge ruled
against Jackson last year when he
january 22, 2010 • dcagenda.com 5
informed him that Perkins may have
been the target of an unidentified man
believed to have committed a string of
robberies in the neighborhood where
Perkins was shot.
Perkins knew the robbery suspect
and the suspect became “paranoid” that
Perkins would report him to police,
Motley recalled the mutual friend saying.
As of press time this week, inves-
tigators did not respond to inquiries
to determine whether the information
disclosed by Motley’s mutual friend
led them to identify a suspect in the
Perkins murder.
Moore said people in the neighbor-
hood where Rivers was killed are puz-
zled over why he was shot in that area,
which is near the Skyland shopping mall.
“We want to know why he was over
here,” she said. “Most folks over here,
from looking at the poster, said they’ve
never seen him in this community.”
However, she said a few younger
residents said they recognized Rivers
as someone they saw at the 9:30 club,
a nightclub at Eighth and V streets,
N.W., that hosts events geared toward
gay and straight clientele.
Police said anyone with information
about either of the two cases should call
filed papers with the election board for
a voter referendum to overturn a sep-
arate law that authorized the city to
recognize same-sex marriages per-
formed in other jurisdictions.
Similar to the Jan. 14 decision, the
earlier ruling upheld an election board
decision rejecting Jackson’s proposed
referendum on grounds that it would
violate the city’s Human Rights Act.
Among those who signed on as
co-plaintiffs with Jackson in the case
decided Jan. 14 were Rev. Walter
Fauntroy, the city’s former congres-
sional delegate; Ward 5 Advisory
Neighborhood Commissioner Robert
King; and Rev. Anthony Evans, a
D.C. minister.
Attorneys representing Jackson
and the other plaintiffs argued in court
papers that the right of citizens to pro-
pose initiatives and referenda was
established as an amendment to the
congressionally approved D.C. City
Charter. They noted that the restriction
city officials cited to disqualify initia-
tives and referenda that would violate
the city’s Human Rights Act was
established by a regular law passed by
the City Council aimed at implement-
ing the City Charter amendment.
According to Jackson and his
attorneys, the Council’s restriction on
an initiative or referendum seeking to
ban same-sex marriage violates the
City Charter, which created the initia-
tive and referenda process without
such a restriction.
In her ruling Jan. 14, Macaluso
said the City Charter amendment in
question was passed by the City
Council before being ratified by
Congress. She noted that it gave the
Council full authority to carry out the
initiative and referenda process
through implementing legislation.
Photo courtesy of Metro D.C. Police
Shooting victim Gordon Rivers
the police 24-hour hotline at 202-727-
9099, or the homicide squad directly at
202-645-9600. The city offers a reward
of up to $25,000 for information leading
to the arrest and conviction of people
charged with a homicide.
“The most reasonable interpretation
of events is that [the] Council … knew
what it intended when it directed itself
‘to adopt such acts as are necessary to
carry out the purpose of this [charter
amendment]’ and that this intention
included protection of minorities from
the possibility of discriminatory initia-
tives,” Macaluso says in her ruling.
“Judge Macaluso applied the law
impartially in this case, recognizing
the D.C. Council’s right to define the
initiative process consistent with the
D.C. Charter,” said Tom Williamson,
one of a team of attorneys who rep-
resented same-sex couples in a
friend of the court brief supporting
the city’s position in the case.
“The decision upholds the Council’s
right to broadly protect human rights for
all District residents,” said Williamson,
who is with the D.C. law firm Covington
& Burling, which is providing pro bono
legal counsel to the same-sex couples.
Jackson and his fellow plaintiffs in
the case could not be reached for
comment. They have said in the past
that they would likely appeal a deci-
sion against them by Macaluso.
But some legal experts, including
Williamson, have said Jackson most
likely would not be able to appeal the
case beyond the D.C. Court of Appeals
to the federal courts, including the U.S.
Supreme Court, because it doesn’t
involve a federal constitutional issue.
Thirty-seven Republican mem-
bers of the House of Representatives
and two GOP U.S. senators had filed
a separate friend of the court, or ami-
cus, brief backing Jackson’s position
in the case. The GOP lawmakers are
expected to take steps through con-
gressional action later this year to
overturn the city’s same-sex marriage
bill after it becomes law in March.
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localagenda
Democrat introduces
anti-gay bill in Md.
Measure would bar state from
honoring same-sex marriages
By HARLEY DENNETT
Special to DC Agenda
A bill to block Maryland from recognizing same-
sex marriages performed elsewhere has been
introduced in anticipation of Attorney General
Douglas Gansler releasing an opinion on the issue.
House Bill 90, from Del. Emmett Burns Jr. (D-
Baltimore County), also declares marriages
between individuals of the same-sex against state
policy, but stops short of amending the constitution.
The proposed measure comes as state Sen.
Richard Madaleno Jr. (D-Montgomery County)
prepares to re-introduce later this month a bill to
legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland.
“We’ll have more co-sponsors this year than
we did last year and we’ll continue to make the
argument to people who are open to it that we
need to do it,” Madaleno said.
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery
County), who wed her spouse, Deborah, in
California when such marriages were legal in
the Golden State, said same-sex marriage
supporters have won the issue in the Maryland
House and need only secure enough votes in
the Senate to pass the marriage bill.
“We have in the General Assembly stepped
up and done a lot of things just short of marriage
equality in the last few several years to get us
more relationship recognition,” Mizeur said.
“Del. Burns’ bill is a step backwards that I
think the General Assembly will flatly reject. I
predict his bill won’t even get out of the
Judiciary Committee because the votes aren’t
there. We have the votes in the House, in the
judiciary Committee, to pass full marriage
equality, but we’re a vote shy in the Judicial
Proceedings Committee in the Senate.
“It’s important for us to advance full mar-
riage equality in the legislature even if we’re
short on a few votes because we’re heading
into an election year and some folks are mak-
ing their decision on whether to support a can-
didate based on key votes like this.”
Burns could not be reached for comment. Last
week, his office told DC Agenda that he would not
have time to respond to questions about his bill.
Burns’ official biography notes that he served
in the Air Force, is a member of the National
Marylanders support marriage rights
For the first time, a poll has revealed that
more Marylanders support same-sex mar-
riage than oppose, 47 percent to 44 percent,
and more than half would vote to keep such
unions if they became legal.
The Greenberg Research poll of 960 voters
commissioned by Equality Maryland also found
significant gains in feelings toward “gays and les-
bians” compared with previous polls, including
among Catholic and African-American voters.
“Notably, the LGBT community is more
popular right now than the governor and other
local politicians,” says an analysis penned by
pollsters Anna Greenberg and David Walker.
Although there was some hostility toward
homosexuality, the pollsters noted there was com-
mon ground that LGBT activists could explore.
“[E]ven among more observant Catholics,
there are opportunities to build bridges,” says
the analysis. “The African-American commu-
nity is in a somewhat different place. A major-
ity of these voters believe homosexuality is a
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
Maryland state Del. Emmett Burns Jr.
Baptist Convention, and serves as vice-chair of
the National Black Caucus of State Legislator’s
civil rights committee since 2000.
Madaleno said he doubted his Democratic
colleague could be moved on LGBT civil rights
issues, but noted such was true for some
members of both parties.
“Neither party is monolithic on this issue,”
he said. “When you look at the vote in 2001
on [the] anti-discrimination act which added
sexual orientation to the state’s non-discrimi-
nation law in housing, employment and pub-
lic accommodations, Emmett Burns was the
only African-American in either chamber to
oppose the bill.”
Burns previously sought to ban same-sex
marriage by constitutional amendment, but his
latest bill appeared to focus on preventing
Gansler’s office from recognizing out-of-state
and foreign same-sex marriages. Madaleno
asked the attorney general to look into the
issue in May 2009 and LGBT activists have
encouraged Gansler to recognize such unions.
Equality Maryland Executive Director Morgan
Meneses-Sheets said the attorney general’s
decision is to be legally grounded — and
Maryland has a precedent of honoring mar-
riages from other states that could not legally be
performed in the state.
Gansler’s office said this week there was no
timeframe by which the opinion will be final-
ized. His office also declined to comment when
asked for its reaction to Burns’ bill.
sin and there are also some class resent-
ments that emerge, more so in the focus
groups than in this survey. Still, this research
finds some common ground here as well.”
Equality Maryland released the results
this week ahead of efforts to win more co-
sponsors for the same-sex marriage bill state
Sen. Richard Madeleno (D-Montgomery
County) is preparing to introduce.
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery County)
said she wasn’t surprised at the poll’s results.
“As more and more states do full marriage
equality and their residents see it isn’t something
that has a big, negative impact — people won’t
suddenly turn gay just because we’re able to get
married — a lot of the fears go away,” she said.
According to the poll, 39 percent of sur-
veyed voters said they would vote to overturn
legislative action legalizing same-sex mar-
riage, while 51 percent said they would vote
to sustain gay nuptials.
HARLEY DENNETT
Baltimore activists seek
Council action on AIDS
BALTIMORE — Citing the unending HIV/AIDS pandemic in Baltimore, a group of activists
is asking the City Council to take action.
A resolution the activists offered Jan. 11 asks the Council to hold an informational hearing
where members can hear from community organizers and government agents on the state of
the HIV/AIDS pandemic locally and learn what progress has been made in addressing the
city’s state of emergency on the matter.
Recommendations from the Baltimore HIV Commission on Treatment & Prevention also
would be presented at the hearing.
“We hope that this information will encourage the Council to be more active and interest-
ed in addressing the pandemic,” said Bill Palmer, one of the activist group’s organizers. “We
are also discussing plans to put together a community summit that will allow all the stake-
holders to come together to discuss action-oriented solutions.”
City Council members referred the resolution to the Public Safety & Health Committee to
schedule the hearing. Plans tentatively call for the hearing to occur in the Baltimore City Hall’s
Council chambers at 5 p.m. on an upcoming Wednesday. Officials hope to broadcast the
hearing on cable TV.
The activists are crediting Council member Mary Pat Clarke and her staff for facilitating
the effort. After the group complained in December that city leaders snubbed World AIDS
Day ceremonies in Baltimore, Clarke thanked the group for drawing attention to the issue and
suggested a City Council hearing.
All 15 members of the City Council co-sponsored the resolution except Robert Curran,
Rochelle Spector and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, the city’s outgoing Council president and
incoming mayor.
STEVE CHARING/BALTIMORE OUTLOUD
Judge refuses to dismiss
charges in Robert Wone case
WASHINGTON — A D.C. Superior Court judge has denied a motion to dismiss conspira-
cy and obstruction of justice charges against three gay men implicated in the 2006 stabbing
death of Washington attorney Robert Wone.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz, who took over the case from Judge Frederick Weisberg earlier this
month, called the defense motion to dismiss the two charges “meritless” in her Jan. 15 decision.
Defendants Joseph Price, Victor Zaborsky and Dylan Ward did not seek dismissal of the
third charge against them: evidence tampering. But attorneys for the men have said their
clients are innocent of all charges. They have said since the men were indicted nearly two
years ago that an unidentified intruder killed Wone after entering their house while they were
asleep. Authorities have yet to charge anyone with the murder itself.
Members of Wone’s family, including his wife, have said Wone was spending the night at
the Dupont Circle home of the three men after working late at his downtown office. The fam-
ily members have said that Wone, who was straight, was friends with the three men.
Police and prosecutors have released a detailed affidavit alleging that the three
men tampered extensively with the crime scene and conspired to mislead police and
obstruct the police investigation into the murder. The affidavit says crime scene evi-
dence shows that Wone was sexually assaulted after being immobilized with a para-
lytic drug before being stabbed three times in a guest bedroom in the men’s home on
Swann Street, N.W.
Leibovitz set a March 12 status hearing for the case. A trial is scheduled to begin May 10.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Men’s club closed in city
crackdown on sex businesses
WASHINGTON — D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles revealed last week that his
office shuttered a sex club for gay men known as the “Men’s Parties” and “D.C. Wrestling
Club” as part of a city-wide crackdown on prostitution and other “unlawful sexually ori-
ented activities.”
“The District has worked diligently to bring to light the illegal activities occurring at
these unsafe businesses and fought to keep them closed for a safer and peaceful com-
munity,” Nickles said in a statement. “As part of this initiative, the District has used and
will continue to use every tool at its disposal to make sure such illegal activities will not
be tolerated.”
Four other businesses targeted in the crackdown catered to heterosexual clientele. In
court papers seeking an injunction to close the Men’s Parties, which operated in a townhouse
at 1618 14th St., N.W., Nickles stressed the club was operating as a business without a
required business license. The court papers made no allegation that the club was associat-
ed with prostitution.
The city launched an investigation into the Men’s Parties’ operations after one of its gay
male members died in October after falling and hitting his head on the concrete floor or a
metal pipe, according to an account by the club’s owner, David Butler. Police ruled the death
an accident, but the Logan Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission called on the city to
close the club on grounds that it was unsafe.
Butler disputes claims that the premises in which he operated were unsafe. He had said
he operated the Men’s Parties as a private social club, not a business, and would comply with
all city rules. Butler had noted his attorney was challenging the city’s injunction forcing him to
close, although he was uncertain whether he could resume the club’s activities.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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Secret project seeks to advance pro-LGBT policy changes

$1.2m effort to push
gay appointees, inclusion
in Obama priorities
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@dcagenda.com
Efforts are underway to start a new
advocacy project that will work behind
the scenes to facilitate pro-LGBT poli-
cy changes at the federal level and get
LGBT people hired to key positions in
the Obama administration.
According to an undated proposal
obtained by DC Agenda, the group
plans to aid the New Beginnings
Initiative — a project led by the National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force — and
seeks to accelerate policy change with-
in the administration this year while the
Democrats control Congress.
The project has three main objec-
tives: providing technical assistance for
pro-LGBT policy changes in the Obama
administration, ensuring LGBT people
are represented in the federal govern-
ment and advocating for an LGBT voice
in the broader administration agenda.
A document outlining the project’s
goals says the initiative “seeks no
attribution for its role” and will work to
provide the New Beginnings Initiative
with “needed technical and strategic
assistance as it works on many
fronts, with many people, in a rela-
tively short timeframe.”
The proposal emphasizes that
change must come quickly while
Democrats control Congress so hos-
tile lawmakers don’t obstruct pro-
LGBT changes by convening public
hearings on the issues or otherwise
being obstructionist.
“After November 2010 … these
majorities are not guaranteed and the
policy environment could become
much more challenging,” says the
document. “Therefore, it is essential
that as much change as possible be
achieved in the next 12 months.”
Organizers emphasize that “moving
quickly is essential to the success of the
project” for this year. Afterward, the initia-
tive could be folded into other existing
LGBT organizations, the document says.
“This project is designed to be a
resource that can take on some of
the functions and activities that are
needed in the short-term to accom-
plish as much as possible in what
could be a limited window of oppor-
tunity,” says the document. “In the
long run, these functions, skills and
experience should become part of
existing LGBT organizations.”
A source familiar with the project,
who spoke to DC Agenda on condition
of anonymity, said the Gill Foundation
and the Arcus Foundation are among
donors to the new initiative.
Matt Foreman, a former head of
the Task Force, is project director for
the new organization, the source said.
Foreman currently works as a pro-
gram director for the Evelyn & Walter
Haas, Jr. Fund. He didn’t immediately
respond to DC Agenda’s request for
comment on the new project.
The project’s budget is about $1.2
million for 2010, according to the doc-
uments obtained by DC Agenda. A
considerable portion of the budget —
about $650,000 — will be allotted for
salaries for the staff, which will consist
of the project director and three other
staffers. Another $400,000 will be
used to fund short-term consultants.
The source familiar with the new ini-
tiative called it “a done deal” and said it’s
expected to launch officially around Feb.
1. Much of the initiative’s funding has
already been allocated, the source said.
But the source questioned why
this new initiative was necessary
when other groups such as the Task
Force, Human Rights Campaign and
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund already
play similar roles.
“The folks at HRC — if you look at
the federal advocacy piece of this —
isn’t that just competition for them?” the
source said. “Or if you look at the Victory
Fund and them putting in [around 100
openly LGBT] people into positions in
the Obama administration, and this plan
has this whole thing about an appoint-
ments process — doesn’t that already
exist somewhere in the community?”
The source called the new initiative
“just an awful lot of duplication” and
said “it seems strange” that donors
would also fund this new initiative when
other groups are doing similar work.
“The same foundations that fund
all those really great organizations,
and say really nice things about them,
are now going to fund yet another
organization that almost seems to
compete with the organizations that
currently exist,” said the source.
A Victory Fund spokesperson
declined to comment on the new group.
HRC and the Task Force didn’t respond
to DC Agenda’s requests for comment.
The source also questioned why
Foreman would be selected to lead a
new initiative that is supposed to work
behind the scenes. Foreman was an
outspoken LGBT rights advocate while
at the Task Force, particularly during
the controversy over the proposed fed-
eral Employment Non-Discrimination
Act in 2007. During that debate, he
insisted on including gender identity
language in the legislation.
“If they’re a behind-the-scenes,
below-the-radar kind of project, you
would think the person they would
choose to run it would be kind of a
quiet behind-the-scenes, low-key
person — and that’s probably not
Matt Foreman,” said the source.
The document outlining the new
initiative details what needs to be
accomplished for each of its three
objectives. It says LGBT representa-
tion within federal committees, advi-
sory councils and task forces is key
to carrying out regulatory changes
that would benefit LGBT people.
“Identifying and actively promoting
LGBT and strong allied individuals to
serve on these bodies will be a priority of
this project, and our strategy will be a
multi-tiered approach designed to
change the culture at all levels of the fed-
eral government,” says the document.
The proposal gives particular
attention to new bodies that would be
created by pending health care reform
legislation. Organizers note that the
House bill would create a committee
that would recommend health insur-
ance minimums and enhanced bene-
fits standards, and say the committee
should “consider the concerns and
health needs of the LGBT community
and have LGBT representation on it.”
“The LGBT community should be
ready with the names of primary care
doctors (and others) who can be nom-
inated to serve on this committee, as
well as ready with a strategy for getting
these individuals appointed,” says the
document. “We are currently gathering
names of potential LGBT committee
members so that when health care
reform passes, we can move quickly.”
Another important objective for the
new initiative is ensuring that LGBT
voices are heard within the federal
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Marriage not a ‘huge factor’ in Massachusetts race
Continued from page 1
haters are going to win in
Massachusetts, they can win any-
where, and [LGBT civil rights sup-
porters] have a lot of work to do for
the 2010 election.”
Brad Reichard, a gay D.C. resi-
dent who volunteered for the Coakley
campaign, said the candidate’s loss
was “clearly disappointment,” but
Martha Coakley once held a double-digit lead over Scott Brown in the polls, but
lost in Tuesday's special election in Massachusetts.
Chairmen sending mixed signals on ‘Don’t Ask’
Continued from page 1
“You could make the argument that
the chairman’s mark is the most vulner-
able moment for what happens with
repeal legislation this year,” said Aaron
Belkin, director of the Palm Center, a
think-tank on gays in the military at the
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Some advocates, including Belkin,
are questioning whether Levin and
Skelton would retain Obama’s request
to lift the ban on open service in the
U.S. armed forces as part of their chair-
man’s marks for the defense budget.
Belkin was particularly skeptical
about Levin’s willingness to let repeal
go forward because of the senator’s
history on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
“Levin has been a huge problem
on this issue,” Belkin said. “Who the
hell knows where Levin is personally,
but I would say that very few people
in the United States have done more
to obstruct the service of openly gay
troops than Carl Levin.”
Belkin took issue with Levin’s
abandoned plan to hold hearings last
year on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Those
hearings never took place.
“I think it’s been now three times
that he’s announced that the Senate
would hold hearings on ‘Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell,’ Belkin said. “He just made
the announcement again that they’re
going to have hearings. But why were
urged for a greater effort from the
LGBT community in moving forward.
“I think Sen. [John] Kerry said it
best: This isn’t about a circular firing
squad, this is about looking forward
and moving forward,” Reichard said.
Coakley had a double-digit lead
on Brown as recently as last
month, but the Republican candi-
date played up his image as a pop-
ulist candidate during the cam-
Photo courtesy of Coakley
there no hearings last year despite
the repeated announcements?”
A Senate Armed Services Committee
spokesperson didn’t respond to the DC
Agenda’s request for comment on
whether Levin would allow repeal lan-
guage to remain in his chairman’s mark
for the defense budget.
Last week, Levin announced the
Senate Armed Services Committee
would hold hearings on gays in the mil-
itary by the end of this month and that
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm. Michael Mullen and Defense
Secretary Robert Gates would testify.
Matt Canter, spokesperson for Sen.
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), said the
hearing is scheduled for next week.
Although not a member of the Senate
Armed Services Committee, Gillibrand
has been a strong advocate for repeal-
ing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” since she
took office last year.
Belkin also criticized Levin for not
finding a Republican co-sponsor for
a Senate repeal bill, which some say
has prevented the introduction of the
legislation in that chamber.
C. Dixon Osburn, former head of the
Servicemembers Legal Defense
Network, said Levin has gone on record
several times as noting that he supports
repeal of the ban, but acknowledged
Levin is “somebody who’s very much a
consensus builder within the Senate
Armed Services Committee.”
paign and surged ahead in the last
couple weeks to win.
Edmundson said a number of factors
played into Coakley’s loss, such as the
lack of interest until the final weeks of the
campaign from national groups, includ-
ing the Democratic National Committee.
Edmundson also noted Massachusetts’
historical resistance to electing female
candidates and noted that the state has
never elected women to the offices of
governor or U.S. senator.
“The electorate doesn’t like strong,
powerful women,” Edmundson said.
“You have a guy with a beer and truck
versus a prosecutor who has done her
best for justice in the world. The guy
with the beer is probably going to win
three out of four times.”
Edmundson expressed skepticism
about Brown’s commitment to fight for
LGBT residents of Massachusetts
while in office.
“He’s already come out against
[repealing] DOMA, against [the
Employment Non-Discrimination
Act], against repealing ‘Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell,’” she said. “He’s not going
to be representative of the electorate
in Massachusetts.”
The National Organization for
Marriage, which opposes marriage
rights for same-sex couples, strongly
supported Brown during the final
week of the campaign.
Over the weekend, the organiza-
tion reportedly arranged for robocalls
to Massachusetts residents, asking
voters if they oppose same-sex mar-
riage, and if so, to vote for Brown in
the election.
“So if it’s not percolating up in the
Senate Armed Services Committee,
he’s going to be more reluctant even as
he believes that the law should repealed,
and right now you don’t have the bub-
bling up within the Senate Armed
Services Committee,” Osburn said.
Although there’s concern among
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” opponents
about Levin, Skelton has been the
more vocal of the two lawmakers in
supporting the existing ban on open
service in the military. According to
The Hill newspaper, Skelton said last
week during an interview on C-
SPAN’s “Newsmakers” that he is
“personally not for changing the law.”
Still, both Belkin and Osburn said
they aren’t as concerned about
Skelton’s position on “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” as they are with Levin.
“It’s not helpful to have the chairman
of House Armed Services oppose you,
but I don’t think he’s the center of grav-
ity in the House any more,” Belkin said.
“All that said, it is sad … Chairman
Skelton stands for firing gay Arabic lin-
guists during a national security emer-
gency. I’m not quite sure why that
makes him feel safer.”
Osburn said the only moderation
that he’s seen from Skelton on “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” is his willingness in
the past couple years to have House
hearings on the issue.
“And I think that the hope is if
Scott Brown posed nude for Cosmo magazine in 1982.
In an e-mail blast Monday, NOM
said Brown’s vote in the U.S.
Senate would help derail efforts to
overturn DOMA.
“His election would help protect
DOMA and send a resounding mes-
sage to the pro-same-sex marriage
leadership in Washington,” says the
e-mail. “And if a Republican can win
in Massachusetts … how many red-
state Democrats would be willing to
put their seats on the line by voting to
repeal DOMA in an election year?”
there’s a strong majority in the House
supporting repeal, that he will accede,”
Osburn said. “I’m less sanguine since
he’s announced that he supports delay,
but I think that Congressman [Patrick]
Murphy is such a strong leader on this,
and he’s developed such support
around this in the House, that it is still a
good possibility that this can move for-
ward in the House.”
Lara Battles, spokesperson for the
House Armed Services Committee, said
she couldn’t say whether Skelton would
include repeal language in his chair-
man’s mark for the defense budget,
which she said would be public in May.
In 2008, the House Armed Services
personnel subcommittee held the first
hearing on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 15
years. Aaron Hunter, spokesperson for
Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.), chair of the
subcommittee, said the panel intends
to hold another hearing, although a
date hasn’t been set.
If either Levin or Skelton removes
repeal language from the defense leg-
islation, lawmakers could reinsert the
provision through an amendment.
The Advocate reported last week
that gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-
Mass.) said it doesn’t matter whether
the Pentagon includes repeal in the
budget request because lawmakers
have the votes in the House to put
the language in the legislation.
“I do not think it matters what the
But Edmundson said Coakley’s
loss wasn’t a referendum on same-
sex marriage, noting marriage rights
for gay couples have been available
in the state since 2003.
“Her support of same-sex mar-
riage wasn’t a huge factor,”
Edmundson said. “I don’t think it was
a referendum on marriage at all. … I
think it was a referendum on health
care, I think it was a referendum on
the state of the economy and the lik-
ability of the candidates.”
Pentagon says,” Frank was quoted
as saying. “We will get the votes
without it, I think.”
Some activists also were confident
the House could muster enough sup-
port to pass an amendment that would
lead to overturning the law. Still, whether
there are 60 votes in the Senate to over-
come a filibuster was in question.
Osburn said the Senate is a “much
more difficult prospect” than the House
because there isn’t a strong leader
advocating for repeal in that chamber.
“Now that said, there’s a still a pos-
sibility,” he said. “There are still enough
senators who support repeal that if the
House moves on this, one or more
senators could get together and
ensure the amendment is attached to
DOD authorization bill as well.”
If the House version of the bill has
repeal language and the Senate version
doesn’t, lawmakers would have to hash
out whether repeal would be included in
the final bill during conference commit-
tee — another potential point where the
repeal strategy could fail.
Osburn said “it’s a possibility” that
repeal language could survive confer-
ence, but that would depend on who con-
gressional leaders appoint as conferees.
“The effort that the LGBT communi-
ty would need to push for is to ensure
that the conference committee includes
people who are going to be supportive
of this and will leave it in,” he said
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Kudos to LGBT groups
that stepped up after
Port au Prince quake
By ERWIN de LEON
The breathtaking tragedy in Haiti
put things in perspective.
As images of fallen buildings, dead
bodies and wailing wounded streamed
in, I found it difficult to write — even
about the groundbreaking Proposition
8 trial in California. Seeing such devas-
tation took my focus away from my own
worries. Our community’s very real
struggle seemed not as important.
Like many others, I teared up,
thought about what I could do to help,
and did what I could. I was elated to find
out that the LGBT community has
mobilized to help. The Rainbow World
Fund, the world’s only LGBT-driven
international humanitarian aid charity,
offered a giving alternative that prom-
ised to get the funds to those who need
it through groups that do not exclude
LGBT individuals or discriminate
against anyone. The relief agency has
been in Haiti since its founding in 2004
and has improved the lives of thou-
sands in the impoverished nation by
supporting projects that improve nutri-
tion and develop safe drinking water
access. The organization’s disaster
relief partner, CARE, has been on the
ground since last week, providing
emergency food, safe water, plastic for
shelters, blankets and basic medicines.
The owners of LGBT cruise com-
Fighting the ‘gay panic’ defense
LGBT acceptance is up,
but homophobia lingers
By PETER ROSENSTEIN
I recently heard about another
case where a gay man was mur-
dered and the assailant wanted to
use the “gay panic” defense.
Although this defense goes to a per-
ceived mental state, every time I hear
it I wonder if anyone has ever used
the “straight panic” defense.
If a gay man walks into a bar and
a woman accosts him, kisses him
and grabs his genitals and he stran-
gles her, can he use the straight
panic defense? If a lesbian walks into
a bar or down the street and a man
comes onto her, maybe grabs her
breasts or forces a kiss and puts his
tongue down her throat, can she then
murder him and claim that she was
so scared she had to kill him and use
the straight panic defense?
Most people would find these sce-
narios absurd and yet many of the
same people would also say it is
legitimate to use the gay panic
defense. It is time that society, police,
prosecutors and judges realize how
panies Atlantis, Olivia and RSVP
also have teamed with community
activists in a coordinated effort to
raise money, which will be channeled
through the Red Cross.
Haiti has been a regular destina-
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Dlugacz, the president of Olivia
Cruises, a lesbian-oriented vacation
company, said that “so many of our
passengers have been touched by
the destruction and poverty in the
Western Hemisphere’s poorest
country. It is important that as LGBT
Americans, we come together to
show our community’s solidarity and
support for those living through this
unimaginable disaster.”
Rich Campbell, the CEO of Atlantis
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time for us to lend our gay dollars to a
compelling human tragedy that knows
no gender or sexual orientation.”
Claire Lucas, a community activist
and political fundraiser, also is rais-
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munity. She said “the symbolism of a
unified, community-based financial
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Mark Bromley, chair of the
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unacceptable this is and how homo-
phobic it is to even consider it.
We prosecute sexual abuse, or sex-
ual harassment, in the workplace, and
those charges should be just as
acceptable whether they involve a man
and a woman or people of the same
gender. But nothing should allow
someone, gay or straight, to commit
murder because of a perceived fear, or
in retaliation for sex or attempted sex, if
their life isn’t clearly threatened.
Society today is more willing to
accept same-sex relationships. While a
majority of Americans may not yet
approve of same-sex marriage, they do
by increasing numbers support domes-
tic partnerships and civil unions. For
some strange reason they cling to
reserving the word marriage, as in civil
marriage, for a man and a woman even
though more than 50 percent of mar-
riages end in divorce and many occur
without the intent of procreation.
Politicians like D.C.’s former Mayor
Marion Barry frame their opposition
by saying “marriage is sacred.” I was
in the room when he made that state-
ment and my seat mate, a young
straight woman, turned to me and
asked, “Which one of his four mar-
riages is he referring to?”
But the reality is that people like
Some LGBT organizations have offered help after untold thousands were killed in
Haiti’s earthquake.
Haiti today, we can also send a mes-
sage about our community’s larger
concern for human suffering.”
In spite of our status as second-
class citizens, we do have it much bet-
ter than others across the world who
live on less than $2 a day and are set
back all the more after calamities. I’d
like to think that our own marginaliza-
tion and disadvantage — though not
as urgent as the dire needs of Port au
Prince survivors — allow us to
Sen. John Ensign, and a host of others
like Newt Gingrich (who I think is on his
third wife) can still get away with saying
things like that in the name of religion
when it is actually homophobia.
There is a lot of work to be done
before we can get rid of the gay panic
defense and make people realize
how ridiculous it is. The LGBT com-
munity will need to move people, one
by one, to recognize that they can’t
continue to be hypocrites in the
name of homophobia. We will have to
call people out when they make hyp-
ocritical comments and respond to
each and every one. We will have to
work to get fellow members of the
community to come out and be
counted. Nearly every family has a
member who is part of the LGBT
community, or a close friend who is,
and they need to know it.
We need to convince the older polit-
ical generation who are members of
the LGBT community to come out.
They need to show the public that
those they have elected or who serve
in high positions are both respected
and gay. In the case of senators, gov-
ernors and cabinet members, their
friends need to give them a gentle
push out of the closet. Convince them
that they can shine a light on the fact
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empathize with the images we see
flashed on front pages, cable news
and streaming videos.
The humanitarian crisis in Haiti
allows us to show the world that we
do care and that we do what we can
as part of the community. Let’s take
this moment to help.
Erwin de Leon is a regular blog-
ger at dcagenda.com. Follow him on
Twitter at @ErwindeLeon.
that LGBT people are successful lead-
ers and public servants in our nation.
We need to show our young people,
both straight and gay, that you can
grow up, be out, and be successful.
I understand maybe not pushing
out those who are still building their
careers and climbing the ladder. We
shouldn’t harm them if they are not yet
comfortable in their own skin or feel
their careers will suffer by coming out.
But those who have reached the pin-
nacle of their careers, and are very
public people, need to be convinced to
come out if we are to move forward
and change society’s response to gay
people. These are people, often with
partners and lovers, who have been
out to their close friends but for some
reason are still afraid to take that final
step out of the closet.
After seeing the movie “Outrage,” I
realized that in the not too distant
future it will be unacceptable to run for
public office or be appointed to a high-
level public position without being
“out” if you are gay or lesbian. Maybe
to end the gay panic defense, we can
move that timetable up a little.
Peter Rosenstein is a D.C.-
based LGBT rights and Democratic
Party activist.
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friday, jan. 22  ested should bring beverages, lunch, hik-
A GAYSPIRITS EVENT is being held
this weekend in Annandale, Va. It’s a spir-
itual retreat for gay men who’ve avoided
religion because many faiths condemn
them. GaySpirits creators say gay men
have “unique spiritual giftedness.” The
events will take place at Little River
U.C.C., located at 8410 Little River
Turnpike, tonight from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and
on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Cost is $70. For more information, visit
gayspirits.com or call 301-580-2953.
THE CAPITAL AREA GAY & LESBIAN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE has a
women’s business luncheon today from
noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Beacon Hotel,
located at 1615 Rhode Island Ave., N.W.
Visit caglcc.org for more information on
this and other Chamber events.
APEX, a gay dance club located at 1415
22nd St., N.W. in Dupont Circle, is hav-
ing a Hawaiian-themed “Aloha Dance
Party” tonight. Grass skirts and leis will
be given out and tiki bar drink specials
will run all night. Cover is $6. Visit apex-
dc.com for more information.
Trans-themed Pulitzer- and Tony-winning
play “I AM MY OWN WIFE” by gay play-
wright Doug Wright, will be performed
tonight at 8 p.m. at Signature Theatre in
Arlington, Va. The play runs through
March 7. Tickets are $69. Visit signature-
theatre.org for more information.
Standup comedian and reality show
star KATHY GRIFFIN, who’s amassed
a large throng of gay fans to her celebri-
ty-skewing humor, is at D.A.R.
Constitution Hall tonight and Saturday
at 8 p.m. Tickets are $58. Tickets to
both shows were still available at press
time. Visit livenation.com or www.ticket-
master.com for tickets.
GAY DISTRICT meets tonight. The
group was formerly known as the
Twenties Group but has expanded its
age range for gay, bi, trans and ques-
tioning men from 18 to 35. The group
meets for weekly discussion from 8:30
to 9:30 every Friday at St. Margaret’s
Church located at 1830 Connecticut
Ave. Members dine afterwards then go
dancing. The group is changing its con-
tact information but for now, those inter-
ested can visit the group on Facebook
under the name “GD: Gay District.”
saturday, jan. 23
ADVENTURING OUTDOORS GROUP, a
gay hiking group, is joining the Chrysalis
Arts and Culture Group, another local
gay social outfit, for a trip to Gettysburg
today. A moderate 6-mile hike is planned
with some steep passages. Those inter-
ing shoes and about $12 for transporta-
tion fees. The groups will meet at 9 a.m.
at the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro
Station. For more information, contact
Craig at 202-462-0535 or craighow-
ell1@verizon.net.
D.C. LAMBDA SQUARES, a local gay
square dancing outfit, has a communi-
ty dance today with guest caller
Jeremy Butler from Virginia Beach. The
dance will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at
Sligo Middle School in Silver Spring,
Md. Cost is $10. For more information
about this or other club affairs, visit
dclambdasquares.org.
Several local gay social groups are join-
ing D.C. ICEBREAKERS, a local gay
ice skating group, tonight for a large
social event at the Kettler Capitals
Iceplex in Ballston. Skating will run from
8 to 9 p.m. with a social to follow at
Bailey’s Pub and Grill. Other groups
slated to join the Icebreakers are Zoom
Urban Lesbian Excursions, NOVA Gay
& Lesbian Professionals, D.C. Lesbian
Singles, Burgundy Crescent Volunteers,
NOVA Dynamic Lesbian Singles, the
Mixed Ladies Arlington Pool League
and Social Cheverly. For more informa-
tion, visit dcicebreakers.org.
CAPITAL AREA RAINBOWLERS
ASSOCIATION has several LGBT bowl-
ing leagues running from January through
April. A group meets in Alexandria at the
AMF Alexandria Lanes at 10:30 a.m.
Visit carabowling.org for more informa-
tion about this and other CARA leagues.
The leagues are social and bowlers of
all ability levels are welcome.
DJ JOE HICKERSON spins at TOWN
tonight. Town is located at 2009 8th St.,
N.W. Cover is $8 from 10 to 11 p.m. at
$12 thereafter.
sunday, jan. 24
DIGNITY WASHINGTON, a local gay
Catholic group, celebrates Mass for the
LGBT community every Sunday at 6
p.m. at St. Margaret’s, located at 1820
Connecticut Ave., N.W. Call 202-546-
2245 for more information or visit digni-
tywashington.org.
monday, jan. 25
Gay Oscar-winning “Milk” screenwriter
DUSTIN LANCE BLACK speaks at the
D.C. Jewish Community Center
tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in
advance or $25 at the door. The JCC is
located at 1529 16th St., N.W. Visit
washingtondcjcc.org/gloe for tickets.
THE D.C. CENTER’S ELDER THINK
TANK, an intergenerational LGBT
group that provides education, advoca-
cy and services to the local aging gay
community, meets tonight at the
Center’s new location at 1810 14th St.,
N.W. The group meets the fourth
Monday of each month. Visit thedccen-
ter.org for more information.
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH
OF WASHINGTON, the District’s largest
mostly gay church, has an HIV-positive
support group for people of faith every
Monday at the church. For more informa-
tion, contact Matt Senger at 202-546-2159
or e-mail him at ndc20003@yahoo.com.
MCC-DC is located at 474 Ridge St., N.W.
Visit mccdc.com for more information
about the church.
NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR, a gay bar
located at 900 U St., N.W., holds
“Pokerface,” a Texas hold ‘em poker
night every Monday at 8 p.m. It’s free to
play and prizes are awarded. Visit nel-
liessportsbar.com for more information.
FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR, located at
555 S. 23rd St. in Crystal City, Va., has
disco trivia every Monday at 8 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Griffin
tuesday, jan. 26
D.C.’S HIV WORKING GROUP assem- Comedian KATHY GRIFFIN, newly banned by CNN, is at D.A.R. this weekend.
bles safer sex kits with its “packing par-
ties” every Tuesday at EFN LOUNGE. THE NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN Universal Gear, has a new coffee bar that
Those who volunteer their time get drink TASK FORCE has weekly volunteer will be open during the show. Admission
discounts. The events are held from 7 to nights every Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 is free. Visit www.ganymedearts.org for
10:30 p.m. at Motley Bar, located above p.m. at its offices located at 1325 more information.
EFN, which is at 1318 9th St., N.W. Visit Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Suite 600.
fighthivindc.com for more information. Volunteers fold and stuff letters for the friday, jan. 29
POZ, a bar night for HIV-positive men gay rights organization. Pizza is provid- A new Friday night drag show at
and men open to dating HIV-positive ed. For more information, contact Ezra ZIEGFELD’S has started with a new
men regardless of their own HIV sta- Towne at stowne@thetaskforce.org. hostess. The Ladies of Illusion host-
tus, is held every Tuesday night from Ladies First night is tonight and ed by Kristina Kelly has performances
7 p.m. to midnight at Motley Bar, every Wednesday at FAB LOUNGE, every Friday at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
located above EFN LOUNGE at 1318 located at 1805 Connecticut Ave., BET MISHPACHAH, a gay synagogue
19th St., N.W. The event is organized N.W. For more information, visit located at the D.C. JCC at 16th and Q
by HIV-positive party promoter Jacob www.myspace.com/ladiesfirst. streets, N.W., holds Ereve Shabbat
Pring. Visit the group’s Facebook services every Friday at 8:30 p.m. fol-
page at facebook.com/pozdc for more thursday, jan. 28 lowed by an Oneg Shabbat social.
information. D.C. LAMBDA SQUARES, a local gay Morning services are held on the sec-
COBALT has “Flashback,” a retro square dancing group, meets every ond and fourth Saturdays of each
night, every Tuesday at 10 p.m. Rail Thursday for square dancing. Those month at 10 a.m. followed by Kiddush
vodka drinks are free from 10 to 11 who’ve taken the group’s “Mainstream” luncheon. Straights are welcome. Visit
p.m. Cobalt is at the corner of 17th and and “Plus” classes dance on the first betmish.org for more information.
R streets, N.W. and third Thursdays. “Plus” and
“Advanced” classes are on the second saturday, jan. 30
wednesday, jan. 27 and fourth Thursdays. For more infor- THE MISS FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR
Pop diva MARIAH CAREY brings her mation about the group or to find out DRAG PAGEANT is tonight. Show
“Angels Advocate Tour” to D.A.R. when beginner classes are available, starts at 9 p.m. The winner will repre-
Constitution Hall tonight at 7:30 p.m. visit dclambdasquares.org. sent the bar at various events, such as
She’s touring to support her latest SPECIAL AGENT GALACTICA, the Capital Pride, throughout the year.
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master.com for tickets. Street, N.W. ACKC, located next to St. in Crystal City, Va.
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westenhoefer gets totally inappropriate
Lesbian comedian on
her early career, coming
out and her new show
By TYRONE FORD
Special to DC Agenda
It seems inconceivable that starting
a comedy career on a dare would pro-
duce a 20-year run that has no signs
of stopping. This, however, is exactly
how Suzanne Westenhoefer got her
start as a comic.
She went on to be the first openly
gay comic to host her own HBO com-
edy special in 1994 (which earned her
a Cable Ace Award nomination) and
appear on “The Late Show with David
Letterman” in 2003.
Westenhoefer's current U.S. tour,
titled "Totally Inappropriate," hits the
Birchmere Theater in Alexandria,
Va., Jan. 30. Beyond the tour,
Westenhoefer has a starring role in
the online web drama "We Have to
Stop Now," which is prepping for a
second season as Wolfe Video is
readying the first season for DVD.
DC Agenda talked to Westenhoefer
this week to discuss the beginnings of her
career, what it's like to be an out comic,
and her "lack of appropriate boundaries."
DC Agenda: You began your
career delivering gay-themed materi-
SUZANNE WESTENHOEFER performs at the Birchmere on Jan. 30.
al to straight audiences in main-
stream comedy clubs in New York
City in the early 1990s. What were
the initial reactions from the audi-
ence? Was it as you expected?
Westenhoefer: To be honest, I
had no expectations whatsoever. I
was completely surprised. I can only
say I wanted to try and it went well. It
went really great nearly every time,
as a matter of fact. By the end of the
first year, I was headlining so it was
going better than I could have hoped.
Agenda: You were the first openly
lesbian comic ever to appear on tele-
vision in 1991 on an episode of Sally
Agenda: What can your audience
expect from your current show?
Westenhoefer: The audience can
expect to laugh. Each show is different
because I feed off the audience a lot
and what’s going on that day. I love
performing at the Birchmere because
it has consistently been a great show,
due to the diversity of the D.C. audi-
ence. I performed a lot in D.C. at [the]
beginning of my career, so I know
what to expect of the audience.
Agenda: Your girlfriend Jennifer
describes you as having a “lack of
appropriate boundaries” and this is the
Photo courtesy of Westenhoefer inspiration for “Totally Inappropriate.”
Can you elaborate on this?
Westenhoefer: Jennifer and her
family were brought up so well man-
Jesse Raphael entitled “Breaking the nered and I have always been the
Lesbian Stereotype...Lesbians Who type to say what is exactly on my
Don’t Look Like Lesbians.” Do you feel mind. It doesn’t matter what it may be
that stereotype has been completely about and I don’t really shy away
broken since? from anything, which normally leaves
Westenhoefer: The typical les- Jennifer in a state of shock.
bian stereotype has been broken, but
it doesn’t matter who you are looking Agenda: Describe your involve-
at as a comic, because everyone can ment with “We Have to Stop Now.”
be stereotyped when setting up a Westenhoefer: It’s such an amaz-
joke. When I was on the Sally Jesse ing show! It started last season, and
show, the typical lesbian stereotype the second season is taped and fin-
at the time was “angry lesbian” and I ished. I play a therapist for two
was brought on to show there were women who are therapists. It’s really
so many more sides to being a les- sweet and funny and has been
bian: we are models, comics, busi- received very well. The second sea-
ness women, etc. son has Meredith Baxter’s involve-
ment, which we are so excited about.
Meredith came out right after we
were on the same cruise together.
When I saw Meredith come out to
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LARRY’S LOUNGE
1836 18th St., NW
30 DEGREES tournaments and other special events. Washington, DC 20009
1639 R St., NW Located near the convention center, two 202-483-1483
Washington, DC 20009 blocks north of Gallery Place Metro. Dupont Circle area bar and restaurant
202-462-6569 popular with both men and women.
cobaltdc.com DELTA ELITE
In Dupont Circle area; popular with men 3734 10th St. NE MIXTAPE
but check schedule for other events. Washington, DC 20017 Different locations
202-546-5979 mixtapedc.com
1409 PLAYBILL CAFÉ thedeltaelite.com twitter.com/MIXTAPEdc
1409 14th St., NW Longtime bar popular with African- Alternative dance party for queer men and
Washington, DC 20005 American men in Brookland neighbor- women featuring electro, alt-pop, indie
202-265-3055 hood; hosts regular ladies night. Check rock, house, disco and New Wave. Check
Logan Circle area restaurant and bar web site for special events. web site for 2010 schedule of events.
(Dupont Circle Metro) popular with the
theater crowd and featuring open-mike DIK BAR MOVA
nights, karaoke and other special events. 1637 17th St., NW 1435 P St., NW
Washington, DC 20009 Washington, DC 20005
ACADEMY OF 202-328-0100 202-797-9730
WASHINGTON dupontitaliankitchen.com halodc.com
thewashingtonacademy.com In Dupont Circle area, above Dupont Trendy Logan Circle bar and lounge
Longtime organizers of drag events in the Italian Kitchen. popular with men features regular happy
city; most events held at Ziegfeld’s. See hour and other specials. Formerly known
web site for full list of upcoming events. DUPLEX DINER as Halo, MOVA re-launched in early

ANNIE’S
1609 17th St., NW
2004 18th St., NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-265-9599
2010 as a environmentally friendly bar
with an emphasis on community service. Town DC Agenda photo by Michael Key
Washington, DC 20009 duplexdiner.com NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR
202-232-0395 Popular restaurant and bar in the Adams 900 U St., NW
In Dupont Circle area; popular longtime Morgan area; happy hour specials and Washington, DC 20001
restaurant and steakhouse with recently many other special events. See web site 202-332-6355
renovated Upstairs Lounge. for updated schedule. nelliessportsbar.com crowd, though welcoming to women

APEX EFN LOUNGE

Sports bar featuring poker events, drag
bingo, trivia contests and other specials.
baltimore and straight patrons.

1415 22nd St., NW 1318 9th St., NW Popular bar with massive outdoor deck 1722 LEON’S/
Washington, DC 20037 Washington, DC 20001 and plenty of TVs for watching sports. 1722 N. Charles St. TYSON PLACE
202-296-0505 202-341-8281 Baltimore, MD 21201 870 Park Ave.
apex-dc.com efnlounge.com OMEGA Multi-level after-hours dance club attracts Baltimore, MD 21201
In Dupont Circle area; popular with men, but twitter.com/EFN_Lounge 2122 P St., NW a mixed crowd but remains gay-friendly. 410-539-4993
check schedule regularly for other events. Funky, edgy neighborhood lounge in Washington, DC 20036 leonsbaltimore.tripod.com
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1104 8th St., SE dancing, videos. Check web site for Dupont Circle area bar and club popular Baltimore, MD 21218 and among the oldest in the country.
Washington, DC 20003 event schedule. with men featuring dancing, drag and 410-82-EAGLE Friendly bar with jukebox gets especial-
202-544-1931 other special events. Longtime Levi/leather bar not far from ly busy on Sunday nights. Tyson Place
Longtime bar popular with African- FAB LOUNGE Mount Vernon offers friendly bar, bil- is a restaurant bar located behind
American men in Capitol Hill area. 1805 Connecticut Ave., NW PHASE 1 liards, outdoor patio, videos and a full Leon’s with a separate entrance.
Washington, DC 20009 525 8th St., SE store for your leather needs. Mostly
BANANA CAFÉ 202-797-1122 Washington, DC 20003 men, but welcoming to women. PORT IN A STORM
500 8th St., SE thefablounge.com phase1dc.com 4330 E. Lombard St.
Washington, DC 20003 In Dupont Circle area; popular with men twitter.com/phase1dc CLUB PHOENIX Baltimore, MD 21224
202-543-5906 but hosts regular women’s events. The Phase opened in 1970 and remains 1 W. Biddle St. 410-534-0014
bananacafedc.com a popular lesbian bar and club. Features Baltimore, MD 21201 Friendly neighborhood lesbian bar gets
Popular Capitol Hill area restaurant and FIREPLACE regular special events, including Jell-O 410-837-3906 especially popular when the Ravens
bar (Eastern Market Metro) for both men 2161 P St., NW wrestling, 80s theme nights and more. Mount Vernon-area downstairs bar play. Features billiards, music and more.
and women. Features Cuban, Mexican Washington, DC 20037 Check web site for details. attracts men and women; friendly service.
and Puerto Rican cuisine. 202-293-1293 QUEST
In Dupont Circle area; neighborhood bar REMINGTONS DRINKERY 3607 Fleet St.
BLOWOFF popular with men. 639 Pennsylvania Ave., SE 205 W. Read St. Baltimore, MD 21224
815 V St., NW Washington, DC 20003 Baltimore, MD 21201 410-563-2617
Washington, DC 20001 GREEN LANTERN 202-543-3113 410-225-3100 Neighborhood bar in Highlandtown
blowoff.us 1335 Green Court, NW remingtonswdc.com Another of Baltimore’s friendly neighbor- area is popular with men and women
Created by musicians Bob Mould and Washington, DC 20005 twitter.com/remingtonsWDC hood bars in Mount Vernon featuring bil- and offers billiards.
Richard Morel, Blowoff is an occasional greenlanterndc.com Popular country/Western nightclub in Capitol liards, jukebox and welcoming service.
dance event popular with men. Events are twitter.com/greenlanterndc Hill neighborhood with more than 6,000 SAPPHOS
held in clubs around the country; D.C.’s Friendly bar for men hosts regular happy square feet of space for dancing and billiards. GALLERY 1001 N. Charles St.
Blowoff parties are held at the 9:30 club in hours and special events, including One half block west of Eastern Market Metro. 1735 Maryland Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201
the popular U Street corridor. karaoke and shirtless drink special Baltimore, MD 21201 410-752-7133
nights. Check web site for details. TOWN DANCEBOUTIQUE 410-539-6965 centralstationpub.com
B.O.I. PRODUCTIONS McPherson Square Metro. 2009 8th St., NW Longtime bar and restaurant popular Part of the Grand Central complex,
boimarketing.com//community.html Washington, DC 20001 with African-American clientele. Sappho’s attracts a lesbian crowd and
Organizes regular women’s events around JACK’S 202-234-TOWN offers comfy couches, outdoor patio
town. Check web site for updated information. 1527 17th St., NW towndc.com GRAND CENTRAL and more in its second floor location.
Washington, DC 20036 Dance club and bar popular with men 1001 N. Charles St.
COBALT
1639 R St., NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-332-6767
jacksdc.com
Dupont Circle area restaurant popular
and women, features regular drag per-
formances. U Street Metro.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-7133
centralstationpub.com
northern va
202-462-6569 with men and women. ULTRABAR Large entertainment complex featuring FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR
cobaltdc.com 911 F St., NW friendly pub, lesbian bar Sappho’s upstairs 555 23rd St. South
In Dupont Circle area; part of complex JR.’S Washington, DC 20004 and a dance club on the first floor. Arlington, VA 22202
of LGBT businesses at this address, 1519 17th St., NW ultrabardc.com 703-685-0555
including Level One restaurant on street Washington, DC 20036 twitter.com/UltraBar HIPPO Freddie Lutz’s Virginia establishment
level and 30 Degrees bar. 202-328-0090 Large dance club with gay-friendly 1 W. Eager St. includes a restaurant and friendly bar,
jrswdc.com events and vibe located downtown near Baltimore, MD 21201 regular specials and is popular with
CREW CLUB Longtime friendly Dupont Circle area Metro Center. 410-547-0069 men and women. Crystal City Metro.
1321 14th St., NW bar popular with men; videos, regular clubhippo.com
ZIEGFELD’S/SECRETS
Washington, DC 20005
202-319-1333
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LACE
1824 Half St., SW
Washington, DC 20024
Large club popular with men and
women featuring billiards, top
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Men’s 24-hour gym in Logan Circle area, 2214 Rhode Island Ave., NE 202-863-0670 more. Opened in 1972, Hippo’s motto PW’S
featuring steam rooms, lounges, private Washington, DC 20018 secretsdc.com is “where everyone is welcome.” 9855 N. Washington Blvd.
dressing rooms and more. 202-832-3888 Featuring all-nude male dancers Laurel, MD 20723
lacedc.com Wednesdays-Sundays, drag performanc- JAY’S ON READ 301-498-8202
DC EAGLE Every night is ladies night at Lace; fea- es, large dance floor and many regular 225 W. Read St. pwssportsbar.com
639 New York Ave., NW tures regular special events for women special events, contests and more. Large Baltimore, MD 21201 Restaurant and bar is popular with gay
Washington, DC 20001 in Brookland neighborhood. Check web parking lot available; located in 410-225-0188 and lesbian sports fans and is known
202-347-6025 site for details on happy hour specials. Buzzard’s Point warehouse district. Piano bar attracts a mostly male for its superb burgers.
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socialagenda

dustin lance black returns to d.c.

Oscar-winning writer
to speak at JCC
By DAVID J. HOFFMAN
Special to DC Agenda
A gay rights activist and one of
the more politically outspoken mem-
bers of the film industry is bringing
his message to Washington that the
time for federal action on gay civil
rights is here and now.
Dustin Lance Black, Oscar-win-
ning gay screenwriter for “Milk,” the
2008 biopic about the life and death
of San Francisco city supervisor
Harvey Milk, will speak Monday at
the Jewish Community Center, 1529
16th St., N.W.
Black will speak with the center’s
audience at 8 p.m. General admis-
sion is $20; a $50 ticket includes a
7:30 p.m. private reception with
Black. The event is sponsored by the
JCC’s Gay & Lesbian Outreach &
Engagement program.
Black shot to sudden celebrity last
year at the Academy Awards when
he won for best original screenplay.
He wore a white knot to the ceremo-
ny as a symbol of solidarity with
same-sex marriage supporters and
declared in his acceptance of the
award that, “I heard the story of
Harvey Milk and it gave me hope ...
DUSTIN LANCE BLACK has been a prominent LGBT civil rights supporter since
his Oscar win last year.
to live my life openly as to who I am,
and that one day I could even fall in
love and maybe even get married.”
Noting that he first heard of Milk
“when I was 13 years old [and] my
beautiful mother moved me and my
Photo courtesy of Black
family from a conservative Mormon
home in Texas to California,” Black
told the audience that “most of all, if
Harvey had not been taken from us 30
years ago, I think he would want me to
say to all the gay and lesbian kids out
there tonight who have been told they
are less by their churches, or by the
government, or by their families, that
you are beautiful, wonderful creatures
of value, and that no matter what any-
one tells you, God does love you and
that very soon, I promise you, you will
have equal rights federally across this
great nation of ours.”
Black grew up in a Mormon house-
hold in San Antonio, and later moved to
Salinas, Calif., when his mother remar-
ried. His father was a former Mormon
missionary who had baptized Black’s
mother earlier, and he grew up sur-
rounded by Mormon culture. He has
said that “my father vanished, literally
just took off one day” and that they
were “welfare kids” until his mother
remarried for the second time. Black
was then reared in a military culture as
his stepfather was in the Army.
He struggled with his sexual orien-
tation, telling himself he would surely
go to hell when he felt attracted to a
neighborhood boy at the age of six or
seven and that his sexual anguish
made him dark, shy and even suicidal
until he finally came out in his senior
year at UCLA’s School of Theater,
Film & Television where he graduated
with honors in 1996.
After seeing Rob Epstern’s docu-
mentary “The Times of Harvey Milk,”
Black has said he decided to do some-
thing with the material, wondering why
no one had done so yet. In fact, gay
filmmaker Gus Van Sant had been
working on script ideas for several
years. Black devoted three years to
researching Milk’s life, then wrote a
film on spec and showed it to Milk’s
protege, Cleve Jones, who took it to
Van Sant, a friend, who decided to
make the film based on Black’s script
after Sean Penn signed on to the star-
ring role. The rest is Oscar history.
Black also wrote “Pedro,” a docu-
mentary profile of AIDS activist and
MTV “Real World” personality Pedro
Zamora, a film for which Black was just
nominated for a Writers Guild of
America screenwriting award to be
decided at the WGA ceremony in
Hollywood and New York in mid
February. And he is now moving
ahead on the script for Van Sant’s next
film, an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s “The
Electric Koolaid Acid Test,” about Ken
Kesey and the Merry Pranksters of the
LSD-saturated biker culture in the San
Francisco Bay Area of the 1960s.
Black is also preparing to direct his
first full-length feature, “What’s Wrong
with Virginia?” which he wrote five
years ago. He has called it “a very per-
sonal story,” one loosely based on his
childhood. The drama is about a boy
taking care of his impoverished, schiz-
ophrenic mother — although the idea
is based on another of Black’s family
members, not his mother.

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