Volume 44, Issue 16 - April 19, 2013

Locals unhurt in Boston bombings
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Runners crossed nish line
before explosions
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
[email protected]
Adrian Budhu had just turned onto
Boylston Street from Hereford Street to run
the nal stretch of the Boston Marathon
on Monday when the rst of two bombs
placed along the route exploded.
He and other runners had begun to slow
down as the second device detonated
two blocks west of initial blast near the
Prudential Center a few seconds later.
Budhu, who was running to raise money
for the Theater Offensive, a Boston-based
group that uses art to highlight the lives
of LGBT people, said volunteers, rst
responders and even his fellow runners
told them to run away from the nish line
after the explosions.
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D.C. health ofcials maintain they have
not seen an increase in meningitis cases
amid growing concerns over a potential
epicemic in New York Ciry.
The District of Columbia Department of
Health closely monitors meningitis cases in
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journey from Prop 8 supporter
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Two bombs exploded Monday during the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 170. The Boston Police Departments LGBT
liaison was among the rst who responded to the scene.
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LGBT meet and greet events
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
[email protected]

The LGBT community appeared to
be dividing its support between what
pundits say are the top three contenders
in the citys April 23 special election in
which six candidates are competing for
an at-large seat on the D.C. City Council.
With all of the candidates expressing
support for LGBT equality, including
support for the citys same-sex marriage
law, LGBT voters appear to be assessing the
candidates on non-LGBT issues, according
to activists following the campaign.
As has been the case for a long time
in our city, we are blessed to be in a
position of choosing among friends,
Rick Rosendall, president of the Gay
and Lesbian Activists Alliance, said
earlier this year.
A large number of LGBT activists
have come out in support of Democrats
Anita Bonds and Elissa Silverman as well
as Republican Patrick Mara. Each has
held several LGBT meet and greet
events, with some of them held in gay
bars. A smaller number of activists have
expressed their support for Democrat
Matthew Frumin.
The only publicly released poll so far,
conducted by the Public Policy Polling
Company, showed Bonds in the lead
among likely voters, with 19 percent,
followed by Mara and Silverman, who
each had 13 percent. Frumin had 8
percent, with Democrat Paul Zuckerberg
and Statehood-Green Party candidate
Perry Redd each with 2 percent.
But political observers were quick to
point out that the most signicant nding
of the poll was that a whopping 43 percent
of those polled said they were undecided
less than two weeks before the election.
The large number of undecided voters
makes it difcult to predict a winner,
political observers have said.
One of the rst signs that LGBT
voters were divided over the eld of
candidates came in March, when the
Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the
citys largest LGBT political organization,
was unable to make an endorsement
because no candidate received a
required 60 percent of the vote among
club members.
However, Silverman received 55
percent of the Stein members vote, with
Bonds coming in second with 37 percent.
Mara received the endorsement of
the D.C. Long Cabin Republicans. His
supporters point out that a number of
prominent LGBT Democrats are backing
Mara, who also won the endorsement of
the Washington Post, and that Mara won
in city precincts with large numbers of
LGBT residents in two previous elections
in which he ran for a Council seat.
Frumin, meanwhile, received the
highest rating from the non-partisan
Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance a
+7 on a rating scale of -10 to +10. Bonds
came in second with a GLAA rating of
+6.5. Silverman and Redd each received
a +5.5 rating, with Mara receiving a +5
and Zuckerberg receiving a +2.
The candidates answers to separate
GLAA and Stein Club questionnaires
show that each of them indicated overall
strong support on LGBT issues, with some
losing points for not providing what GLAA
says were detailed enough responses
to the questions. Others lost points for
disagreeing with GLAA on some issues.
Bonds, a longtime Democratic Party
leader who has worked in the city
government in the past, was appointed
to the Council seat on an interim basis
earlier this year by the D.C. Democratic
State Committee, which she chairs.
The appointment lasts until the time
of the special election. Bonds is being
backed, among others, by former Stein
Club presidents Kurt Vorndran and
Lafeefah Williams and current Stein
Club treasurer Barry Daneker.
Silverman, a former journalist with the
Washington City Paper and Washington
Post, has worked as a budget analyst
in recent years for the D.C. Fiscal Policy
Institute, which advocates for reforms in
the citys tax code. She is being backed by
a number of LGBT activists, including many
of the Stein Club members who voted for
her in the clubs endorsement meeting in
which no endorsement was made.
Mara, an elected member of the D.C.
school board from Ward 1, has been a
longtime supporter of LGBT rights and
boasts of being the only candidate in
the at-large Council race who testied in
favor of the citys same-sex marriage law
when it came before the D.C. Council
in 2009. Gay Democratic activists Joel
Lawson and John Klenert are among
the LGBT activists supporting him.
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Governor on new bill,
Ken Mehlman and gay
GOP state leader
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Delaware Gov. Jack Markell told the
Washington Blade last week that the
push to extend marriage rights to same-
sex couples in his state is about having
a sense of whats right.
Its also about having a sense of whats
in the best interest of our state, he said
as he discussed the impact nuptials
for gays and lesbians would have on
Delawares economy. Businesses want
to hire the very best people. They dont
care about their race. They dont care
about their gender. They dont care
about their sexual orientation. They
just want to get great people. We
want to have the kind of welcoming
environment where talented people no
matter their background feel welcome.
Markell, who signed Delawares civil
unions bill into law in 2011, spoke with the
Blade a day after he and other elected
ofcials attended a Wilmington press
conference at which state Rep. Melanie
George Smith (D-Bear) formally introduced
the same-sex marriage proposal. A House
committee hearing was held Wednesday
after Blade deadline. Visit washingtonblade.
com for updated news from Wilmington.
None of House Bill 75s 22 co-
sponsors in both legislative chambers
are Republican.
The governor told the Blade that
former Republican National Committee
Chair Ken Mehlman expressed a
willingness to make some phone calls
he thought would be helpful when
they met in New York City after the civil
unions law took effect in January 2012.
Im sure well tap into a lot of people
who are interested in helping, Markell said.
He added he feels marriage rights for
same-sex couples should not be a partisan
issue. The governor also responded to
reports the executive committee of the
Sussex County Republican Committee
on Monday approved a non-binding
resolution to remove John Fluharty, the
state GOPs gay executive director, over
his support of same-sex marriage.
Its just one more reason that the
Republicans really need to think through
how theyre going to win elections in
the future, Markell said. People are
looking for political parties that are open
and inclusive and that have big tents.
Neighboring Maryland is among the
nine states and D.C. in which same-sex
couples can legally marry.
Markell said he spoke earlier this year
with Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley
about same-sex marriage, although he
described the issue as state-by-state.
He applauded Equality Delaware for its
efforts leading up to HB 75s introduction.
The most important thing we have is a
very strong group of advocates, Markell
said. They [Equality Delaware] have
done just an excellent job and I think that
will be the single most important factor
in getting something done here.
A Global Strategy Group poll that
Equality Delaware commissioned in
February shows 54 percent of Delawareans
support same-sex marriage. An ABC News/
Washington Post survey released last
month indicates 58 percent of Americans
back nuptials for gays and lesbians.
Were a reection of the changing
mood nationally around this issue, Markell
told the Blade in response to a question
about how he feels Delaware factors into
the same-sex marriage movement that
continues to gain momentum. Four years
ago in Delaware it was legal to discriminate
on the basis of sexual orientation, and we
have a potential of going in four years from
that to marriage equality. That is a major
step forward.
LGBT vote expected to split in special election
Markell: Gay marriage in Delawares best interest
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lnterim Council member ANITA BONDS (top)
and GOF candidate PATRICK MARA have
attracted prominent LGBT support in their race
Ior Council.
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Tells of journey from closeted
backer of Prop 8 to gay
advocate in P.G. County
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
[email protected]

Joseph L. Kitchen Jr., who won election
in February as president of the Young
Democrats of Maryland, has emerged
as an up-and-coming political activist in
Prince Georges County, where he lives,
and in the state capital in Annapolis.
Kitchen, 26, is an ordained minister
in the Southern Baptist Church and an
active member of First Baptist Church of
Glenarden, Md., one of the largest black
churches in the D.C. metropolitan area. He
leads a youth worship group at the church.
He works full-time as an assistant
principal at a private middle school in
D.C.s Anacostia neighborhood. Although
he loves politics and is deeply committed
to his Christian faith, he says his main
passions are issues related to education
equality, crime and justice and economic
justice for people of color.
Among other involvements, Kitchen
serves as assistant treasurer for the
NAACPs Prince Georges County
chapter, serves on the Executive
Committee of the Maryland Democratic
Party, and is a member of the board
of First Book D.C., a national group
that promotes reading skills for
underprivileged children.
During the past month Kitchen says
he has been systematically informing
his colleagues at the statewide Young
Democrats organization and members
and leaders of many of the organizations
county chapters that hes gay.
He says his decision to come out
marks the culmination of a path that has
taken him from the position of voting
for Californias Proposition 8, which
banned same-sex marriage in 2008, to
an active role last year in campaigning
for Marylands marriage equality law.
Among other things, Kitchen
says he helped direct the Young
Democrats campaign for the same-sex
marriage bill when it came before the
Maryland General Assembly and when
it came before voters in a referendum
campaign last November.
I believe my faith may have played a
role in it, he says in discussing his vote
for Prop 8.
He says he cast that vote by absentee
ballot in 2008, two years after he moved
to Maryland from his hometown of
Fresno, Calif., but retained his California
residency and voting privileges.
And the interesting thing about it is I
voted for the proposition knowing who
I was, he told the Blade in an exclusive
interview. But I voted for it. And I think
that vote afrmed to me that I could
not live that way anymore.
Added Kitchen, I could not be publicly
who I was saying I was but knowing my
private life. And so when I did that
immediately after I did that of course
my position changed. I started to become
more comfortable about who I was.
He says he also became more
comfortable in reconciling his religious
beliefs with his sexual orientation.
I had to believe and come to realize,
as a person of faith, that I am made in
Gods image and he has made me to be
who he wants me to be, that God made
me this way because this is who I am
and Im made in his image.
Kitchen says his decision to come out
in the spring of 2013 also was based on
practical considerations as well as on
inspiration from the openly gay people
he worked with on the Maryland marriage
campaign and through his activities with
the Young Democrats organization.
I grew up in California in a very
religious African-American family,
he says. I went to college. I went to
seminary and became an ordained
minister. But Ive always known that I
was gay, he says.
Ive always felt like that was my
personal life and I would leave it at that
and I would continue to be an African-
American young man who is a minister
in the Baptist Church in the Southern
Baptist Church.
But I think what Ive seen over the last
few years the rise of this movement,
which has really been impressive to
me. Being in the Democratic Party and
meeting so many people I view them
as being very inspirational to me by telling
their stories and afrming their truth and
being very proud of who they are. That has
given me the courage to do this as well.
Kitchen says that since he and his
partner moved into a suburban style,
single-family house in Cheverly, the
exercise of remaining in the closet
would likely become impractical and
awkward. He and his partner are seen
together as a couple.
And so the fact that I have those
types of things eventually I think people
would know, he says. And I prefer that
people know on my terms as opposed
to me responding to it on someone
elses terms.
Since moving to Cheverly from
Fresno, Kitchen has become a mover
and shaker in the political establishment
of a majority black county whose elected
representatives in the Maryland General
Assembly are considered important in
setting the states legislative agenda.
In the relatively short time hes lived
in Prince Georges County, Kitchen
says hes observed what he considers
a major change in attitudes in favor of
LGBT equality in general and support
for same-sex marriage in particular.
He says he watched with interest when
the marriage equality bill died in the General
Assembly the year before it passed.
One of the things that made the bill
die the rst time it was presented in the
legislature is our delegates balked at the
idea, he says. Their people were opposed
to it so they became opposed to it.
Many in Prince Georges County
opposed the bill, according to Kitchen,
because there was little or no outreach to
black churches and black constituencies
in the county by the LGBT organizations
advocating for the bill.
And in Prince Georges County we
had always been told for so long that we
are against gay marriage ... And thats all
that people have ever known, he says.
I think they learned that lesson
the second time around, he says of
marriage equality advocates. Equality
Maryland and Gov. OMalley and his PAC
all learned that and they sent organizers
in. They made phone calls. They did door
knocking, according to Kitchen.
And groups like the Young
Democrats of Maryland and Prince
Georges County Democrats all got
there and they knocked on doors and
they went into these communities and
they went to the community centers
and the churches and they talked to
ministers, he says.
And I dont think we can give enough
credit to President Barack Obama and
what his support immediately gave to
lifting that ballot measure, Kitchen says.
I dont know if it necessarily changes
everybodys mind. But it gave people
the permission they needed to do what
I think they always felt was right.
When asked how he thinks his coming
out will impact his relationship with the
key people in his political, professional
and religious life, Kitchen says nearly
everyone so far has been accepting and
supportive, although he expects some
bumps in the road to come his way.
My hope is to not have this become
my life, he told the Blade. My life is
about a lot of things. And for 26 years it
has not been who I love and who I sleep
with that denes my life.
So I want this to be out there and of
course Im going to have to deal with it
for a while, he says. But then I want to
return to the issues that Ive made the
passion of my life, which are education
equality, crime and justice and economic
justice for people of color. Those are the
issues that are important to me.
He quickly added that at least one
more thing is important to him.
So Im still an ordained minister. I
dont plan to give that up. I worked very
hard for it. I believe in order to become
an ordained minister you have to believe
you are called to do such work. And I do
believe I was called to do such work.
Young Democrats of Md. leader comes out
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1 year later, advocates still
pushing Obama to act
By CHRIS JOHNSON
[email protected]
Last week marked one year since a high-
prole White House meeting in which
senior adviser Valerie Jarrett told LGBT
advocates that President Obama would
not take administrative action to protect
LGBT workers from discrimination.
During that meeting, which took place
on April 11, 2012, the advocates were
informed Obama wouldnt issue at this
time a much-sought executive order
that would bar federal contractors from
discriminating against LGBT workers.
The next day, White House Press
Secretary Jay Carney elded questions
from reporters for eight minutes
on the decision and explained the
administration prefers a legislative
approach to the issue of LGBT workplace
discrimination the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act. One year after that
meeting, some advocates are wondering
how long Obama is willing to wait.
Tico Almeida, president of Freedom to
Work, was among those at the meeting.
He said it is long past time for Obama
to issue the executive order, which he
considered a campaign promise.
One year ago, the White House staff
gave exactly zero persuasive reasons
for delaying the executive order, and
its time for the president to build on
his impressive record and fulll this
campaign promise right away, Almeida
said. There were no valid reasons for
delaying a year ago, and there are no
valid reasons for delaying today.
Almeida has considered the executive
order a campaign promise based on an
afrmative response on a questionnaire
to the Houston GLBT Political Caucus
in 2008 from Obama indicating that he
supports a non-discrimination policy for
all federal contractors based on sexual
orientation and gender identity.
Action to prohibit workplace
discrimination is seen as the only major
LGBT issue on which President Obama
has yet to make any substantive progress
since the start of his presidency. No state
laws prohibit discriminating against or
ring someone for being gay in 29 states
or for being transgender in 34 states.
Still, the White House hasnt changed
its tune on the executive order.
Asked Monday for an update on the
directive, Shin Inouye, a White House
spokesperson, replied, Regarding a
hypothetical Executive Order on LGBT
non-discrimination for federal contractors,
I have no updates for you on that issue.
Almeida said he doesnt know
when the White House might change
course and issue the order, nor would
he comment on recent conversations
Freedom to Work has had with the
White House on the directive.
Still, Almeida said he remains
optimistic that Obama will do the right
thing and fulll this campaign promise
and create strong and enforceable
workplace protections in nearly one-
fourth of the jobs in the United States.
A report from the Williams Institute last
year estimated that 16 million workers
would receive non-discrimination
protections if Obama were to issue
the executive order. However, that
estimate applies to all workers at federal
contractors gay or straight. Based on
numbers that LGBT people make up 4
percent of the countrys workforce, the
report estimates that the number of LGBT
people who would gain protections as a
result of the directive would be between
400,000 and 600,000 people.
On the day of that meeting one year
ago, LGBT advocates ranging from
the Human Rights Campaign to the
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
issued statements expressing their
disappointment.
Meanwhile, LGBT advocates have
been building support for the executive
order among allies in Congress and
other advocacy organizations. Since
February, Obama has received a letter
from 37 U.S. senators, another from 54
LGBT organizations and yet another
from 110 U.S. House Democrats. The
response to each letter was the same:
no executive order at this time.
Magic Johnsons gay son speaks out
LOS ANGELES The gay son of former Los Angeles Lakers player Magic
Johnson told an online talk show on April 16 he remains very blessed to
have the family he does.
When it was time to come out, I was, obviously, scared as most people
are, E.J. Johnson told Gwissues, according to the Associated Press. After
I got all the love and support from my family then I knew I could go out and
conquer the world, I guess.
TMZ earlier this month broadcast a video of the younger Johnson walking
with his boyfriend on the Sunset Strip.
Magic Johnson told the entertainment website his wife and he love E.J.
and support him in every way.
Trans woman banned from Idaho supermarket
LEWISTON, Idaho A transgender woman faces trespassing charges
after customers at a local grocery store complained she used the womens
restroom.
Reuters reported on April 12 that the manager of a Rosauers supermarket
asked the Lewiston Police Department to charge Ally Robledo with
misdemeanor trespass. Lewiston Police Capt. Roger Lanier told the newswire
a security guard had been dealing with a problem over a couple of days with
the person going into the womens restroom and urinating while standing
up.
KBOI said Robledo received the no trespass order on April 8 shortly after
she left the supermarket.
Im a female trapped in a mans body, she told Reuters. Its natural for
me to go to the ladies room.
Idahos non-discrimination laws do not include sexual orientation and
gender identity and expression.
Judge rules against Hawaii B&B
HONOLULU A Hawaiian judge on April 15 ruled a local bed and
breakfast violated state law when it denied a room to a lesbian couple from
Southern California because of their sexual orientation.
Diane Cervelli and Taeko Bufford in 2007 tried to rent a room at the Aloha
Bed and Breakfast in Hawaii Kai while they were visiting a friend on Oahu
who had just had a baby. Lambda Legal, which represents the couple, said
in a press release the owner admitted during a Civil Rights Commission
investigation she thought same-sex relationships dele our land.
Hawaii law bans anti-LGBT discrimination in lodging and other public
accommodations.
When visitors or residents are subjected to discrimination, they suffer
the sting of indignity, humiliation and outrage, but we are all demeaned
and our society diminished by unlawful discrimination, Hawaii Civil Rights
Commission Executive Director William Hoshijo said in the Lambda Legal
press release.
N.Y. launches trans bill campaign
NEW YORK A New York LGBT advocacy group on Monday unveiled
a $250,000 campaign in support of a bill that would ban anti-transgender
discrimination in the state.
The Empire State Pride Agenda said in a press release it will advocate for
the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act through an aggressive paid
advocacy campaign that will include print, radio and digital advertising
across New York. The group said the effort would also include what it
described as a comprehensive grassroots push.
Its unacceptable that in 2013 any New Yorker risks being red, evicted or
denied public accommodations simply for being who they are, said ESPA
Executive Director Nathan Schaefer.
The New York State Assembly has passed GENDA ve times over the last
decade. The state Senate has yet to consider the measure.
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White House withholding
workplace protections
One year ago, VALERIE JARRETT told LGBT
advocates that Fresident Obama would not
take administrative action to protect LGBT
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pro-LGBT changes in House
By CHRIS JOHNSON
[email protected]
The Capitol Hill ofce of gay freshman
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) is noticeably
bare as one might expect from a
lawmaker who began his rst term in
ofce just a few months ago.
But on the teal walls, one item stands
out: a framed picture of a 1924 campaign
ier for Robert LaFollette along with
a license plate advertising his bid for
U.S. Senate. LaFollette, a Republican,
who served in the early 20th century,
formed the Wisconsin Progressive Party
and is considered a leading voice of the
progressive movement.
That ier and license plate are just
two pieces of LaFollette memorabilia
owned by Pocan, whos an avid collector
of all things related to the Wisconsin
senators political career.
I have over half of his known political
buttons, Pocan says. I also have a little
slide movie projector from 1924. You
put it in and you have LaFollette reeler
and theres pictures. And their slogan
was Fearless and Incorruptible, which
is kind of a great slogan.
Speaking with the Washington Blade
in his ofce, Pocan says he and his spouse
of six years Phillip Frank, with whom
he operates a small printing company
business in Madison have pledged to
donate their LaFollette collection to the
Wisconsin Historic Society.
And why is the Wisconsin congressman
so interested in LaFollette? Pocan says
the 1920s public gure resonates with
him because of his work starting the
progressive movement and advancing
progressive causes in the state.
In Wisconsin, we started things like
unemployment compensation, so many
of these national programs started in
the progressive area, Pocan says. And
he was a strong ghter. At the time, the
railroads were a big monopoly, and he
fought that. And he just kind of embodies
what the progressive movement is
about. Even here, he was recognized as
a national leader for the work he did.
In many ways, Pocan is in line with
the spirit of LaFollette as a progressive
leader. Representing Wisconsins 2nd
congressional district, one of the more
progressive areas in the country, Pocan
serves the same constituents that lesbian
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) represented
for 14 years before she won election to
the upper chamber of Congress.
And as one of the seven openly
lesbian, gay and bisexual members of
Congress, Pocan personies and
pursues one of the most prominent
causes that progressive groups
have embraced in recent years: the
advancement of LGBT equality.
But on this day, other issues are
crowding the Wisconsin lawmakers
schedule. His schedule includes his
morning staff meeting, an audience with
eighth grade students, a meeting with a
legislative representative from the Area
Health Education Centers in Wisconsin
and lunch with House Minority Whip
Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). Capping it off is a
Make It in America news confernece
with other members of Congress.
Pocan is able to nd time to talk to the
Blade about his experience serving in
Congress for just more than 100 days. As a
chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, Pocan
already has priorities for what he wants to
see on LGBT issues for the 113th Congress.
While passage of any such legislation
would be challenging as long as Speaker
John Boehner (R-Ohio) is the presiding
ofcer of the U.S. House, Pocan says he
sees opportunities in working across
the aisle. In particular, he wants to
build support for legislation known as
the Domestic Partnership Benets &
Obligations Act, which would provide
federal workers with health and pension
benets for their same-sex partners.
A federal employee himself, Pocan
found that he was unable to obtain
federal benets for his spouse, even
though they were legally married in
Canada, when he began his tenure in
Congress as was the person who was
informing him hed be ineligible.
The person who was brieng me on
my benets, she and her partner dont
have benets, Pocan said. So even
the benet designee, the person whos
a professional, she cant get benets for
her partner. So, its a pervasive problem
for federal employees. Thats an
important bill, and weve got bipartisan
support and were working on that so
we can introduce it with strong support
from day one.
A member of the House Committee
on Oversight & Government Reform,
which would have jurisdiction over
the legislation, Pocan says he expects
introduction of the legislation next
month. Although a Supreme Court
ruling against the Defense of Marriage
Act, which prohibits federal recognition
of same-sex marriage, may make the
legislation unnecessary, Pocan says plans
for legislation are underway because
theres no telling how the court will rule.
In the meantime, Pocan is working
within the system in Congress for
greater equality for he and his spouse.
The couple say theyre seeking from
the House Sergeant at Arms an
administrative change with the help of
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.). While his spouse was given a
congressional pin that identies him as
spouse, Franks ID gives him the lesser
distinction of designee.
So hes not treated equally, even
though were legally married six-and-a-
half years, Pocan says. So weve been
working on that issue, trying to get that
to change. For the last three months,
weve been pushing to try to make them
realize that we are legally married. What
is their measure to say hes a designee?
Another LGBT issue that concerns
Pocan is LGBT youth homelessness.
That issue hits close to home; Pocan
says an LGBT constituency group in
Wisconsin informed him that about 400
people in Milwaukee who are homeless
are LGBT youth.
Pocan says he intends to highlight an
upcoming report from the Department
of Housing & Urban Development to
bring greater awareness to the issue
of LGBT youth homelessness and has
brought up the issue with the LGBT
Equality Caucus.
We realized the HUD report is coming
this year, so now were partnering with
some national groups on this, and
were actually going to have something
where we invite other national groups
to Congress to talk about that, Pocan
says. So, were just kind of getting that
structure together to realize how we can
have that magnied voice.
The Wisconsin lawmaker comes to
Congress after having served for 14
years as a member of the Wisconsin
State Assembly, and, for a time, as the
State Assembly Budget Committee
chair, which under his jurisdiction
passed a domestic partnership laws for
gay couples in the state and allowed
state universities to provide benets
for employees with same-sex partners.
It was the rst state to do so even
with a draconian state constitutional
amendment on the books barring same-
sex marriage and marriage-like unions.
For Pocan, the most glaring difference
between serving as a state lawmaker and
a member of Congress is the partisanship
that pervades Congress. Pocan was
particularly disappointed that during
freshmen training for new members of
Congress, Democrats and Republicans
were separated with the exception of
one dinner and one reception.
They kind of taught you bad behavior
from day one, Pocan said, Ive always
worked on a nance committee for six
of my years. I was co-chair there for
two years, where I spent eight hours
a day, three days a week for three or
four months every other year putting a
budget together with the other party
and actually working on stuff.
Pocan adjusting to life as a member of Congress
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Trans women, gay men
prosecuted under loophole
in Supreme Court ruling

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
[email protected]
Laws that make it a crime for
consenting adults to engage in sodomy
remain on the books in 17 states and
continue to be enforced in several of
those states 10 years after the U.S.
Supreme Court declared such laws
unconstitutional.
Last week, the Montana Legislature
gave nal approval of a bill to repeal that
states sodomy law. (A spokesperson for
the states Democratic governor, Steve
Bullock, said Bullock was scheduled to
sign the bill on Thursday, which would
lower the number of states with sodomy
laws from 18 to 17.)
According to LGBT activists and gay
rights attorneys, most of the cases in
which police and prosecutors enforce
sodomy or crime against nature
statutes involve marginalized groups
such as transgender sex workers or
gay men arrested by undercover police
ofcers for engaging in or soliciting sex
in parks or other public places.
But the author of a comprehensive
report on the continued enforcement
of state sodomy laws released in 2011
by the national LGBT advocacy group
Equality Matters said many of the cases
involve arrests of men who merely seek
to invite another willing male partner to
their home for a sexual encounter where
prostitution is not involved.
Equality Matters researcher Carlos
Maza, author of the report State
Sodomy Laws Continue to Target LGBT
Americans, told the Blade that although
sodomy laws apply to straights as well
as LGBT people in all but four of the
states that have them, LGBT people are
targeted far more often than straights.
LGBT people in Michigan continue
to be charged with crimes for public
speech, in which they let another
person know they are interested in
private, unpaid sex with another adult,
the report quotes Michigan gay rights
attorney Rudy Serra as saying in the
Michigan publication Pride Source.
Bag-A-Fag (undercover decoy cop)
operations, where police ofcers pretend
to be gay men cruising for unpaid,
consensual sex continue in Michigan,
the report quotes Serra as saying. LGBT
people are still at risk of spending 15
years in state prison for acts that are
perfectly legal in most other states.
Serra told the Blade in an interview
that someone convicted under
Michigans sodomy law, called the
Abominable and Detestable Crime
Against Nature statute, and a separate
Gross Indecency law, also must
register with the state as sex offenders.
He said despite the fact that the
Lawrence v. Texas decision renders
these laws unconstitutional, the
Michigan State Bar, which every lawyer
is required to join, has retained written
instructions about how juries should
deliberate over cases in which a person
is charged and brought to trial under
the sodomy and Gross Indecency laws.
Gary Buseck, legal director of the New
England-based litigation group Gay &
Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, said
he is not aware of any cases in which the
Massachusetts sodomy law has been
enforced against people for private,
consensual, non-commercial sex since
the 2003 Lawrence decision.
But he said the Massachusetts law
continues to be used, although rarely,
by police against gays in cases of
public sex.
We have always understood that
in straight lovers lanes, the police
traditionally just shoo couples away
and thats that, he told the Blade.
With gay men there has traditionally
been the ebb and ow of sting efforts
or entrapment efforts or enhanced
enforcement efforts at what become
identied as gay cruising areas.
Buseck added, Occasionally, men
will still be charged with a felony
sodomy [in Massachusetts]. But we have
not been aware in recent years of any
district attorneys who will go forward
with such a case.
In at least one case in North Carolina
in 2008, police arrested two gay men
under that states sodomy statute for
allegedly engaging in consenting sex
in the privacy of one of their homes.
The case outraged gay activists in the
state, who noted it was similar to the
Lawrence v. Texas case in which the
Supreme Court supposedly overturned
state sodomy laws.
A prosecutor eventually dropped
the charges against the men after
determining that the arrest by ofcers of
the Raleigh Police Department violated
the Lawrence v. Texas ruling.
The Raleigh News and Observer and
other news media outlets reported that
police got involved in the case after the
men became involved in an incident
of domestic violence and one of them
called police.
In the course of a police investigation,
one of the men said the other sexually
assaulted him, according to media
accounts. But a police ofcial told
media outlets the incident appeared
to be a case of a consensual act that
may have gotten out of hand. Instead
of charging one of the men with sexual
assault, police charged both men with
violating the sodomy statute.
The News and Observer reported at
the time that the man who claimed he was
sexually assaulted said he was grateful
that the sodomy charge was dropped
but said he had been humiliated over
being accused of a crime listed as a Class
1 felony sodomy punishable by up
to two years in prison.
The reality is the process of being
arrested for these laws is extremely
damaging to the people who get
caught up in the system, Maza told the
Blade. And the only real solution is to
have those laws taken off the books.
Added Maza, Unfortunately a lot of
people dont have the motivation to get
that done when things like marriage and
employment discrimination are being
discussed in state legislatures.
Maza and gay rights attorneys
familiar with Maryland said they were
not aware of Marylands sodomy law
being enforced since the late 1990s.
[See separate Blade story on Marylands
sodomy law.]
The Virginia sodomy law, which
also remains on the books, has been
enforced against gays and straights
charged with offenses related to public
sex or sex with minors, attorneys familiar
with the Virginia Crimes Against Nature
law have said. A federal appeals court
ruled last month that the Virginia
statute was facially or completely
unconstitutional and could no longer be
enforced under any circumstances.
The Equality Matters report notes,
however, that police and prosecutors
in some states, including Michigan
and Texas, have continued to enforce
sodomy laws despite the fact that state
courts have joined the U.S. Supreme
Court in invalidating those laws.
Even in states where these statutes
are never enforced, anti-LGBT animosity
is fanned by government recognition
that LGBT people are viewed as criminals
in the eyes of the law, Maza states in the
Equality Matters report. This animosity
helps create the conditions for anti-LGBT
hate crimes as well as disproportionate
rates of suicide among non-heterosexual
youth, the report says.
Lawrence loophole?
Some gay rights attorneys, including
Washington, D.C. attorney Paul Smith,
who successfully argued the Lawrence
case before the Supreme Court, have
expressed concern that prosecutors and
lower court judges are misinterpreting
language in the Lawrence decision.
According to these attorneys, certain
prosecutors and judges are claiming
a passage in the Lawrence decision
penned by Justice Anthony Kennedy,
who wrote the majority opinion in
the case, provides a broad loophole
that gives them authority to continue
enforcing their state sodomy laws in
cases involving public sex, sex with
minors, or prostitution-related sex.
The passage in question states, The
present case does not involve minors. It
does not involve persons who might be
injured or coerced or who are situated
in relationships where consent might
not easily be refused. It does not involve
public conduct or prostitution. It does not
involve whether the government must give
formal recognition to any relationship that
homosexual persons seek to enter. The
Sodomy laws remain on books in 17 states
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CONTI NUES ON PAGE 14
Some gay rights attorneys, including PAUL
SMITH, who successIully argued the Lawrence
case beIore the Supreme Court, have
expressed concern that prosecutors and lower
court judges are misinterpreting language in
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case does involve two adults who, with
full and mutual consent from each other,
engaged in sexual practices common to a
homosexual lifestyle.
Virginia Attorney General Ken
Cuccinelli, who defended Virginias
sodomy law against a court challenge
this year, has cited the so-called
loophole in his arguments urging the
Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
in Richmond to uphold the statute.
The court instead declared the law
unconstitutional based on the Lawrence
decision and refused Cuccinellis
request that the full 15-judge court
reconsider the decision handed down
by a three-judge panel.
Cuccinelli has yet to disclose whether
he plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court
to consider the case as a nal appeal.
Gay rights attorneys say that
Kennedys passage appearing to limit
the scope of the Lawrence decision to
non-commercial, consenting sex among
adults in private appears reasonable
on its face. Smith, for example, told
the Blade he and the other attorneys
who helped him prepare the Lawrence
case before the high court did not
call for a ruling that went beyond
invalidating state sodomy laws for
private, consenting, non-commercial
sex between adults.
But gay rights attorneys say they
do not think Justice Kennedy and the
justices who ruled with him intended
that gays be singled out for harsher
treatment than straights for identical
infractions through the enforcement of
state sodomy laws.
In the Equality Matters report, Maza
points out that prosecutors in some
states, especially Louisiana, have
used sodomy laws to push for harsher
penalties against LGBT suspects
using sodomy laws than they would
for heterosexual suspects accused of
engaging in the exact same behavior,
such as prostitution or public sex.
In Louisiana, the report says, people
accused of engaging in prostitution
could be charged either under the
states anti-prostitution law or under the
solicitation provision of the Louisiana
Crime Against Nature law, which
criminalizes oral and anal sex.
The Crime Against Nature statute
carries a longer prison term than the
prostitution law, the report says, and
unlike the prostitution statute, people
convicted under the Crime Against
Nature law must register as sex
offenders, even if the sex is between
consenting adults.
Activists say some of Louisianas
transgender women and young gay men
who have been rejected by their families
for being gay or transgender engage
in prostitution as a means of survival.
Activists say members of these two
groups have been among those most
frequently charged under the Crime
Against Nature law in Louisiana.
The Center for Constitutional Rights,
which has provided legal assistance
to people charged under Louisianas
crime against nature law, has criticized
law enforcement ofcials for seeking to
enforce the law up until last year, when
a state court ruled it could no longer be
enforced based on the Lawrence decision.
[T]he only reason our clients are
registered sex offenders is that they
were convicted under the provisions of
a 200-year-old statute that condemns
non-procreative sex acts and sex
acts traditionally associated with
homosexuality, solely on grounds of
moral disapproval, the group said in a
statement.
The Equality Matters report says one
of the most dramatic examples of how
a state sodomy law can inict a harsher
penalty on LGBT people surfaced in
Kansas in 2004. In a case known as State
v. Limon, a Kansas state appellate court
cited the so-called Lawrence loophole
or exemption for minors in a ruling
upholding a trial court conviction of
an 18-year-old male charged with
engaging in consensual oral sex with a
14-year-old boy. Both had been living in
the same residential school facility for
mentally challenged youth.
If the 14-year-old had been a girl
rather than a boy, the 18-year-old
would have been charged under a
Kansas Romeo & Juliet law. That law
calls for a young adult charged with
having sex with a minor whose age is
within four years of the young adult to
receive a far more lenient sentence
under the states statutory rape law if
the sex is consensual. The 18-year-old,
who was charged and convicted under
the Kansas criminal sodomy law, was
sentenced to 17 years in prison.
His conviction was later overturned by
the U.S. Supreme Court on grounds that
the Kansas sodomy law was unconstitutional
based on the Lawrence decision.
The reality is that, in many states,
enforcement occurs sporadically,
typically at the discretion of particular
police ofcers, said Maza in discussing
the rationale for enforcing sodomy laws.
Even though the laws are clearly
unconstitutional, their existence in
the legal code gives ofcers the cover
they need to arrest and prosecute gay
people, he said. Sometimes ofcers
simply choose to ignore Lawrence
altogether in an attempt to enforce
state sodomy laws as if the decision
never occurred.
Although the majority of sodomy
cases are eventually dismissed, Maza
said, the fact that people are still charged
under the laws, and few people until
recently were aware of this taking place,
demonstrates that LGBT organizations
should take a far more aggressive
approach in addressing the issue.
Only fully repealing these measures
ensures that LGBT Americans will be
protected from arbitrary and discriminatory
legal treatment, Maza said.
Following is a list of the states that
had sodomy laws on the books as of
early this week.
Montanas governor was expected to
sign a bill this week to repeal that states
sodomy law, making Montana the
rst state to repeal its sodomy statute
through legislation in many years.
States enforcing sodomy laws 10 years after Lawrence
washingtonblade.com
CONTI NUED FROM PAGE 12
Lawmakers cautious about
repealing Md. sodomy law
Gay and lesbian residents
of Maryland may be surprised
to learn that while their state
approved a law last year that
allows them to marry, it has yet
to repeal an antiquated law that
classies their intimate sexual
relations as a crime punishable
by up to 10 years in prison.
LGBT activists may also be
surprised that only one of the
eight openly gay members of
the Maryland General Assembly
conrmed to the Washington
Blade that she would introduce
legislation to repeal the states
sodomy law.
I denitely would introduce it, said Del. Mary Washington (D-Baltimore
City), who is one of ve out lesbians serving in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Now that we have marriage equality, its time to go back to old-school
anti-discrimination and make sure we are protected at work to the fullest
extent and that there arent any laws on the books that can be used against
us, Washington said.
The other four lesbian members of the House of Delegates, their two gay male
colleagues, and the out gay member of the Maryland Senate, Richard Madaleno
(D-Montgomery County) didnt respond to written questions from the Blade
asking whether they would introduce or vote for a sodomy law repeal bill.
Among those who didnt respond are Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery
County), who is considering running for governor, and Del. Maggie McIntosh
(D-Baltimore City), who is considered a potential future candidate for the
post of Speaker of the House.
Alan Brody, a spokesperson for Maryland Attorney General Douglas
Gansler, said Ganslers ofce isnt aware of the states sodomy law being
enforced since the 2003 Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, which
struck down state sodomy laws.
Others familiar with Marylands law enforcement agencies say they arent
aware of the sodomy statute being enforced since at least 1998, when a court
ruled that the statute could no longer be enforced against consenting adults,
gays or straights, for private, noncommercial sex.
But Carlos Maza, the author of a 2011 report released by the LGBT advocacy
organization Equality Matters, told the Blade police and prosecutors in several states
have continued to enforce their sodomy laws under various circumstances, apparently
ignoring or blatantly disregarding the Supreme Court or state court rulings.
LOU CHIBBARO, JR.
Del. MARY WASHINGTON said she would be
willing to introduce a bill to repeal Marylands
sodomy law.
the District, Dr. Saul Levin, interim director
of the D.C. Department of Health, said
in a statement. While we have not seen
an increase from meningitis, as a public
health ofcial and physician, I strongly
recommend people living with HIV or
those that travel to the New York area
frequently, consult with their physician
regarding a meningitis vaccination.
Levins statement came after the New
York City Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene noted four new cases
of meningitis among men who have sex
with men have been reported since the
beginning of the year. The DOHMH said
22 meningitis cases have been reported
in the ve boroughs since 2010 with
seven of them fatal.
New York City ofcials recommended
MSM who regularly have intimate
contact with other men they met online,
through an app or at a bar or party receive
a meningitis vaccine. The New York State
Department of Health on March 25
expanded the list of those whom they
said should receive the vaccine to include
MSM with HIV/AIDS and those who have
engaged in the aforementioned activities
since Sept. 1, 2012.
The City Council is working with
the Health Department to make
sure that New Yorkers know how to
protect themselves from invasive
meningococcal disease, New York City
Council Speaker Christine Quinn said.
While the rise in cases of the disease
commonly known as meningitis is
concerning, particularly for men who are
HIV-positive or who have sex with men,
vaccines and treatments are available.
GMHC last month offered two free
meningitis vaccine clinics with the New
York City Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene. It also echoed city
health ofcials recommendations that
any MSM of any HIV status who is at
least 18 years old and has had intimate
contact with a man since last September
(or plan to have such interactions in the
future) should get vaccinated.
Ray Martins, chief medical ofcer
of Whitman-Walker Health, told the
Washington Blade his organization
typically doesnt stock the meningitis
vaccine because it is not commonly
used outside of those who need to have
it before they attend college.
Whitman-Walker can order it and
receive it the next day for anyone
who requests it. Health insurance
companies typically cover the vaccine,
but it costs between $100-$150 for
those who are uninsured.
We havent encouraged a vaccine
at all, Martins said. There have
been a number of personal patients at
Whitman-Walker whove requested it.
Headaches, fever and a stiff neck are
the most common symptoms associated
with meningitis. It is spread through
respiratory droplets or oral secretions,
and the incubation period is typically
between three and seven days.
[If youve] shared a cup with someone,
youd be at high risk or if you coughed
within three feet of someone for a long
period of time youd be at risk, Martins
said. People in the same household,
roommates or intimate sexual contact
are those who are typically more at risk.
Martins spoke with the Blade three
days after Brett Shaad, 33, a gay attorney
from West Hollywood, Calif., died from
meningitis at a Los Angeles hospital.
He ran west on Boylston Street and
eventually to his home in the nearby
South End.
At that time the spectators are
cheering everyone because you can see
the nish line, you can see the big clock,
Budhu told the Washington Blade on
Tuesday as he recalled the scene on
Boylston Street. Everything youve put
in this race is about to happen [and then]
everyone just stopped. It was just surreal.
The two explosions killed three
people and wounded at least 170
others near the nish line in front of
the Boston Public Library. Local, state
and federal authorities continue to
investigate who placed the devices the
Associated Press reported were made
from pressure cookers that contained
nails, ball bearings and metal shards
along Boylston Street.
The Dallas Voice reported on Tuesday
that Javier Pagan, the Boston Police
Departments LGBT liaison, was among
the rst who responded to the scene
after the bombs exploded.
Former GLAAD President Jarrett
Barrios was running about a third of
a mile away from the nish line at the
intersection of Massachusetts and
Commonwealth Avenues when the two
explosions took place. His son Javier
who was waiting for him at the nish line
near Copley Square was uninjured.
He was, as many people were, very
frightened, Barrios, who is the chief
executive of the American Red Cross of
Eastern Massachusetts, told the Blade.
Weve talked a lot about this.
Kilian Melloy, who is a massage
therapist who volunteers with the
Boston Athletic Association, which
organizes the marathon, was in the
basement of the John Hancock Building
near Copley Square massaging a runner
who had just nished the race when
the bombs exploded. He said he had
no idea of what had just happened on
nearby Boylston Street until a volunteer
came into the room and told everyone
to evacuate the building and walk away
from the nish line.
He told the Blade it took him an hour
and a half to walk with his massage
table from Copley Square to a subway
station in Kendall Square in Cambridge
over the Longfellow Bridge that spans
the Charles River.
Im really angry and Im also really
sad, he told the Blade. Im in the
healing profession and to think about
how people got hurt cruelly hurt
thats very upsetting.
Five members of the D.C. Front
Runners also ran in this years race.
Lennie Carter, who had run in 10
previous Boston Marathons, crossed
the nish line about 25 minutes before
the bombs exploded. He told the Blade
before he boarded his ight back to
D.C. that he was about to return to
Boylston Street to meet his partner and
watch the rest of the runners nish when
he decided to return to their hotel near
Tufts Medical Center.
We just got to the room and
everybody started calling us to make
sure we were OK, Carter said. We
turned on the TV and we had just been
there I would say within 10 minutes of
when everything went off.
D.C. resident Brian Beary, who ran the
marathon for the rst time, also rst heard
about the bombings after he returned to
his hotel. His parents who had traveled
from Ireland to watch the race had been
standing for about an hour at the same
location along Boylston Street where the
second bomb exploded.
They left the area after Beary crossed
the nish line.
Basically if I had run an hour slower,
they would have been right there, he
told the Blade after he returned to D.C.
They were right at the spot where the
explosion was.
Beary noted the contrasts he saw
during the annual event that draws
hundreds of thousands of spectators
along its 26.2 mile route from Hopkinton
to Bostons Back Bay neighborhood on
the third Monday in April Patriots
Day in Massachusetts.
He said he had goose bumps as he
ran through the so-called Scream Tunnel
at Wellesley College, up Heartbreak Hill
in nearby Newton and on other parts
of the course. Beary also noted runners
observed a moment of silence for the
victims of last Decembers massacre
at Sandy Hook Elementary School in
Newtown, Conn., before the race began.
It was just one of the most beautiful
marathons Ive ever run if not the
most, until obviously the horrible stuff
that came later, Beary said.
Budhu further noted the so many
kids he saw along the marathons
route to watch the race. These included
Martin Richard, an 8-year-old boy from
Bostons Dorchester neighborhood who
died during the rst bombing as he and
his family stood watching the runners
cross the nish line.
Its so not necessary, Budhu said.
Its so appalling. Its so horric. I just
cannot believe it happened.
D.C. resident LENNIE CARTER runs in the
Boston Marathon on Monday. He escaped
injury in the bombings.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CARTER
Former GLAAD leader escapes injury in Boston
D.C. health ofcials quiet meningitis fears
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SAN JOSE, Calif. This week a federal appeals court in California was expected
to review whether the states attempt to ban the practice of gay conversion
therapy for minors tramples on the rights of families to seek psychotherapy and
counseling, the San Jose Mercury News reported Monday. It will also consider
whether attempts to ban the practice improperly threatens professional therapists
who risk losing their licenses and livelihoods if they can no longer practice legally.
A group of therapists and parents challenged the law in January, arguing it
interferes with religious practices and violates free speech rights by barring
discussions between young patients and their counselors. The case has created
a legal standoff between a states power to regulate what it considers harmful
conduct by licensed professionals and supporters of the practice who say parents
have a right to follow their beliefs in arranging such therapy for their children, the
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SAN FRANCISCO Californias Department of Managed Health Care has issued
guidance clarifying the obligations of the states health plans under the Insurance Gender
Nondiscrimination Act, the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News reported last week.
The department conrmed that the states Insurance Non-Discrimination Act of 2006
guarantees all people the right to access coverage for medically necessary care regardless
of their gender identity or gender expression, the article said. It also said patients who are
denied coverage can appeal the decision for review by the department.
A 2008 study conducted by Transgender Law Center found that an alarmingly high rate
of transgender patients were denied coverage for essential health care: 15 percent were
outright denied gender-specic care such as pap-smears or prostate exams just because
they were transgender, the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News reported.
Health of LGBT adolescents considered in report
DEERFIELD, Ill. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine issued a new
position paper last week to promote what it feels are the best practices to promote the
health and well being of LGBT young people who face challenges when coming out and
discrimination, the organization said in a press release.
While the majority of LGBT adolescents are happy and well-adjusted teenagers,
many of them can nd themselves victims of bullying, discrimination and rejection from
both their friends and families, Dr. David Reitman, an adolescent medicine specialist
in Washington and lead author of the position paper, said in the release. This position
statement is designed to provide practitioners, educators and policy makers a framework
for how to best provide care and develop policies which will help sexual minority youth
reach their full potential as adults. As the leading organization dedicated to the health
of adolescents, it is important and signicant that SAHM has taken a strong stand on the
unique issues affecting the adolescent LGBT population.
Several recommendations were covered including considering the origins of high-
risk behaviors, understanding that sexual orientation and gender identity are still being
gured out by many young people, family connectedness and support are important
components to their overall well being and LGBT youth have higher risks of depression
and suicide, bullying and victimization, the press release said.
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treatment is so successful, especially if
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an active sex life.
But, as with any cancer, its important
to catch it early and give treatment the
best possible chance of success. That
means being aware of the risk factors, the
symptoms and the need for both regular
exams with your doctor and self-exams.
Risk factors for testicular
cancer include:
Ae. Tesricular cancer is mosr common
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relative (particularly a brother) who has
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of developing cancer in the other testicle.
Face. Alrhouh men ol any race can
have testicular cancer, white men are
more likely than men of other races to
be diagnosed. Testicular cancer is rare in
black men, but black men with testicular
cancer are more likely to die of the cancer
than white men, particularly if the cancer
has spread beyond the testicle to the
lymph nodes or other parts of the body
when it is diagnosed.
Symptoms of testicular
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Fainless lump or swellin on eirher
testicle. If detected early, a testicular
tumor may be about the size of a pea or
a marble, but it can grow much larger.
Any lump, enlargement, hardness, pain
or tenderness of the testicle should
be evaluated by a doctor as soon as
possible.
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swelling) in a testicle or the scrotum.
Chane in rhe way a resricle leels. For
example, one testicle may also become
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testicular cancer may cause the testicle
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An election narrowing
to two contenders poses
a simple choice
District voters arent much motivated
to participate in the April 23 special
election to ll a D.C. Council At-Large
seat. Early voting numbers have been
negligible and turnout at the polls on
Tuesday will likely be low.
For many, its merely a reminder of the
serial scandals that prompt another trudge
to the voting booth. For others, less-than-
inspiring racial appeals by two of the can-
didates, including the party-appointed in-
cumbent enjoying frontrunner status, have
rankled and resulted in a rebuke by the
Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance coupled
with a request for an apology.
The suspicion that yet another can-
didate masks her outdated tax-and-
spend intentions with political bromides
were conrmed for some with news re-
ports of the candidates surprising dec-
laration that residents enduring taxation
levels among the nations worst dont
mind paying taxes. The contrast with
D.C. Council member David Catanias
blunt reminder the following day at a
budget brieng that city spending has
increased 23 percent in the past two
years could not have been starker.
Despite these depressing develop-
ments, a leading contender in what is
expected to be a dual contestant race
has remained as above the fray as pos-
sible amid campaign-closing histrion-
ics. While others have concentrated on
besmirching him due to party afliation,
such antics have proven ineffective.
Its also not resonating among those
weary of the self-protective and ever-
forgiving political culture downtown that
has created a dismaying level of toler-
ance for malfeasance by colleagues. An
independent progressive perspective
not beholden to the prevalent politics
and policies as usual seems downright
desirable for many.
The horse race appraisal by knowl-
edgeable observers suggests that the
contest is trending toward an ultimate
battle for votes between two candidates
incumbent Anita Bonds and reformer
Patrick Mara.
Interim Council member Bonds un-
doubtedly hopes that a divided eld of
opponents will result in splitting reform-
minded voters looking for less of the
same. Maras narrow loss when nishing
second in a similarly crowded eld in a
2011 special election illustrates that po-
tential outcome.
When several Council members who
have endorsed Bonds held a news con-
ference on Monday to encourage votes
predicated on same-party designation,
Mara responded by stating the D.C.
Council is broken and too many politi-
cians like it that way. Six Council mem-
bers have endorsed the incumbent. This
is the same Council that hardly punished
one of its own for ethics violations. This
is the same Council that largely sat quiet
while two members, now convicted fel-
ons, voted on ethics reform laws.
Likewise, when the D.C. Fraternal
Order of Police endorsed Mara last
week, he quipped that voters tell me
they worry about two kinds of crime in
the District: the rst is in their neighbor-
hoods, the second occurs in City Hall. If
elected, I intend to ght crime on our
streets and within our government.
This election also marks awareness
by LGBT voters that gay issues are no
longer contestable in local politics. A
collective celebration of a transitional
moment for fully 10 percent of District
residents, the freedom to live our lives
now includes the opportunity to evalu-
ate candidates as other voters do. With
civil equality has come the obligation to
consider a full range of local issues.
We have the chance to elect a long-
time consistent advocate who has de-
fended our rights when it mattered and
worked hard to ensure that congres-
sional objectors of marriage equality
stood aside.
Voters longing for a new standard of
conduct among local politicians, smarter
use of government resources and sen-
sible tax policies, reform of a regulatory
morass thwarting small business growth
and hindering economic vitality and
broader employment opportunities,
investment in affordable housing, im-
provement in school performance en-
couraging better educational outcomes,
and a diversity of voices on a dais long
too chummy, have a simple choice.
Help win reform with Patrick Mara.
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The following was submitted
as a letter to the editor.
In the April 9 edition of The Wash-
ington Post, Tim Craig reported that,
D.C. Council member Anita Bonds
said Monday that the council should
be representative of the people who
live in the District of Columbia and
predicted that African American voters
will elect one of their own in the April
23 special election.
Craig also reported that, the white
candidates in the race Republican
Patrick Mara and Democrats Matthew
Frumin, Elissa Silverman and Paul
Zukerberg largely avoided the topic
of race.
In my memory, only once before has
a prominent candidate raised the issue
of race so explicitly in a District election
and that election was the very rst. On
March 23, 1971, Franklin Kameny was the
rst openly gay candidate for a federal
ofce when he ran for non-voting del-
egate to Congress, the seat now held by
Eleanor Holmes Norton. I was Kamenys
campaign manager. One of the other
candidates in that race was the Rev.
Douglas E. Moore who ran as the black
power candidate. As some may remem-
ber, Moore was also homophobic.
Kameny did not present himself as a
gay candidate, but rather as the per-
sonal freedom candidate. On Election
Day, Frank got 1,888 votes and placed
fourth among six candidates. In con-
trast, Moore ran behind Kameny get-
ting only 1,222 votes. Time magazine
in its story about the election said that
gay power beat black power.
In certain precincts such as precinct
189 on Capitol Hill, Frank had 11 per-
cent of the vote. That election was the
beginning of gay political inuence in
Washington. But the most important
result was that the public and the me-
dia began to speak of homosexuals as
the gay community.
Paul Kuntzler, Washington
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HRC, GetEqual neglect
marginalized people
By DREW AMBROGI
Last month at rallies outside of the
Supreme Court, the Human Rights
Campaign asked protesters to move
their trans pride ag from behind the
podium and censored a speech given
by the Queer Undocumented Immi-
grant Project (QUIP) so as not to reveal
the immigration status of the speaker.
Later, HRC, GetEQUAL and United
for Marriage issued public apologies
for offending those groups, and re-
minded them that they are committed
to their issues. But this is more than a
matter of unintentional offensive inci-
dents. These are people being told that
they must conform or get out of the way.
These are people being told that their
needs and experiences arent relevant
to those making decisions in their com-
munities. Yet this is nothing new for the
mainstream gay rights movement.
Our most effective arguments for mar-
riage equality have been ones that mirror
the values of those who are in a position
to give us access to the rights we seek.
We seem overjoyed to explain time and
time again that, just like them, we too
believe in the supreme value of mar-
riage and the nuclear family. In order to
support this argument and present our-
selves as a non-threatening community
of good citizens, weve actively excluded
and suppressed those of us who depart
from the values of the heterosexual ma-
jority, leaving our most marginalized
brothers and sisters behind.
The actions of HRC, GetEQUAL, and
United for Marriage at the rallies last
month reect these strategies, and re-
mind us that in selecting marriage as its
priority, the gay rights movement has
also told us what issues should take a
back seat.
Talking about marriage as if it is the
most important issue for the LGBT com-
munity silences those of us with needs
that access to marriage will not address.
Marriage wont provide adequate health
care to those of us who are without it.
Marriage wont address the domestic
violence many of us face in our relation-
ships. It wont save the one in four LGBT
youth who are homeless, and it wont
help those of us living with HIV as crucial
assistance programs face budget cuts. It
wont address the routine violence faced
by trans people and it will do little for
LGBT people who are undocumented.
And it will probably make things more
difcult for those of us living outside of
nuclear family formations.
As non-heterosexual people, our ex-
istence is a fundamental threat to the
organization of society. For decades
weve lived in the margins where weve
drawn strength from our difference and
from our diversity as a community. As
we built families on our own terms, we
recognized the necessity of ghting
oppression in all of its manifestations,
and we envisioned radical alternatives
to a society that wanted nothing to do
with us. How have we come to see our
uniqueness and our diversity as blem-
ishes we must cover up while we try to
win the respect of our oppressors?
As a goal, marriage equality reects
the needs of the members of our com-
munity with the most power and privi-
lege those who have access to re-
sources that allow them to emulate the
heterosexual lifestyle. As HRC, GetE-
QUAL and United for Marriage dem-
onstrated, the rest of our concerns are
merely distractions.
The priorities of our movements
self-appointed leaders reveal their
self-interested motivations. You cant
help but wonder whether theyll still be
around to help the rest of us out when
marriage equality becomes a reality. In
their apologies, all three groups prom-
ised that they are committed to issues
beyond marriage. In the weeks, months,
and years to come, we must hold them
accountable to this claim.

Council candidate a straight
ally before it was popular
As a long-time resident of the District
of Columbia and an active member of
the LGBT community, it is my honor to
explain why I am voting for Anita Bonds
in the D.C. special election primary on
April 23.
As a member of the Gertrude Stein
Democratic Club since 1978 and as
chairman of the Democratic Commit-
tee, Bonds has been a strong cham-
pion of our issues. Patrick Mara, Elisa
Silverman and Matthew Frumin have all
been supportive. But Bonds has been
a straight ally to our community long
before straight allies were popular. In
addition to being a champion for our
community, Bonds has a distinguished
record promoting the values of equal-
ity and fairness for all residents of the
District, especially those who have been
less fortunate.
To be honest, when I rst heard that
Bonds was running, I wasnt initially a
supporter. In general, I tend to support
candidates who are socially progres-
sive and support sweeping reform as a
way to improve the city. I wondered if
Bonds would be able to champion the
progress that weve made as a city. This
is a legitimate question and after meet-
ing and talking with her, I was convinced
that not only would she be able to move
the city forward, but she would continue
to be a passionate advocate for those
in our city who havent been able to
benet from the rapid progress the city
has made under the Williams, Fenty and
Gray administrations.
Bonds has served the residents of the
District of Columbia in many roles start-
ing with cabinet-level positions for May-
ors Barry and Pratt Kelly. During her ten-
ure with the government, Bonds helped
create the Mayors Summer Youth Job
Program, which provided jobs for the
youth of the city. In 1998, she was ap-
pointed director of neighborhood
engagement for Mayor Williams and
played an integral role in improving
government responsiveness and the de-
livery of services to the neighborhood.
As the four-term chair of ANC 5C,
which included the Bloomingdale, Eck-
ington, Stronghold, Pleasant Hill, Trux-
ton Circle and Edgewood communities,
Bonds spearheaded many projects that
beneted those neighborhoods, includ-
ing the renovation of the Florida Av-
enue Park and the beautication of tree
boxes throughout Ward 5. It was dur-
ing her tenure that crime rates began
to plummet and the property values of
these neighborhoods began to change.
This process that is happening all across
the city has created some very conten-
tious dialogue, which Bonds has tried to
help facilitate.
I had the good fortune to grow up in
Mt. Pleasant. I have seen a great trans-
formation in my lifetime. Despite our
great progress, we are a city of great
economic disparity with a growing
gap between those with resources and
those without. Serving the needs of all
residents is a complex challenge that
faces us. On the one hand, increased
property values provide much-needed
revenue to provide world-class services
to all residents. On the other, some of
this progress has forced poorer resi-
dents out and there is a legitimate fear
of displacement.
As someone who has beneted
greatly from economic prosperity not
of my own doing, I feel that it is impor-
tant to support leaders who understand
that it will take more than putting a logo
on banners and letterhead to make this
one city.
We need leaders who understand
how to make government work for every
resident from Chevy Chase to Congress
Heights. Bonds is the best equipped of
all the candidates running in this special
election to be that Council member and
I strongly encourage you to join me in
supporting her on April 23.
Why Im voting for Anita Bonds
Bonds helped create the Mayors Summer Youth Job
Program, which provided jobs for the youth of the city.
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DREW AMBROGI is a student at American
University.
Who does marriage leave behind?
CHRISTOPHER DYER is the former director of the
Mayors Ofce of LGBT Affairs under Mayor Adrian
Fenty and a longtime activist in the city. Reach him
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events in the coming months
By ERIN DURKIN
Now that spring is here, several cel-
ebrations and festivities are blooming
up around the entire District. Here are
a few selections for those who wish to
celebrate the warmer weather and a
new gardening season.
APRIL
Brookside Gardens (1800 Glenallen
Ave., Wheaton, Md.) holds its Earth
Day Festival on Sunday starting at
noon. The festivities will include a
Green Craft and Vendor Fair, activities
for children and families and a com-
munity art project. The vendors include
local crafters selling items made of re-
used, recycled, organic and sustainable
products. From 12:30-3:30 p.m., there
are walks and tours of the gardens,
which include an Aquatic Garden,
Azalea Garden, Buttery Garden, Chil-
drens Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese
Style garden, Trial Garden, Rain Gar-
den and a Woodland Walk. This event
is free. For details, visit montgomeryp-
arks.org/brookside.
The Book Hill neighborhood of
Georgetown holds its 10
th
annual
French Market today and Saturday
at 10 a.m. About 35 Georgetown bou-
tique and antique shops, restaurants
and galleries participate in the event
offering savings up to 75 percent.
Strolling musicians, mimes, arts and
crafts with Alliance Francais and live
art demos by Art Soiree are included
in the festivities. For more information,
visit georgetowndc.com.
Ladew Gardens ( 3535 Jarrettsville
Pike, Monkton, Md.) offers its own
Earth Day celebration with Storytime
in the Gardens: Earth Day Birthday
today at 10:30 a.m. and again at 12:30
p.m. Admission is $5-$10. Advance
registration is required. To continue
the festival, the garden hosts Com-
post Critters on Saturday at 10:30 p.m.
and invites families to search for critters
in compost piles while learning about
recycling. Attendees will be able to cre-
ate their own mini composter. Admis-
sion is $2-$10 and advance registration
is requested. Visit ladewgardens.com
for more information.
Green Spring Gardens (4603 Green
Spring Rd, Alexandria Va.) holds a Ba-
sic Gardening: Easy Makeover Tips
workshop on April 26 at 1:30 p.m. This
class will help people who want to redo
their gardens and landscapes. Cost is
$10. For more information, visit fairfax-
county.gov/parks/greenspring.
The U.S. Botanic Garden (100 Mary-
land Ave., SW) offers several different
celebrations and tours for the spring
season. Here are a few:
The arcen srarrs sprin rihr wirh
the Earth Day Festival today from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Cooking demonstrations
with seasonal produce will be available
and attendees can mingle with repre-
sentatives of environmental groups. The
celebration will take place on the Con-
servatory Terrace and this event is free.
The Painting Orchids in Pencil
and Watercolor workshop with artist
Carol Beach is Saturday and Sunday
at 9 a.m. The class will create a large
painting of the anatomy of the orchid.
Cost is $150-$175. For more informa-
tion, visit usbg.gov.
En|oy |azz anc Llues ar rhe ninrh
annual Big Band Jam with Harry Sch-
nipper and the Blues Alley Jazz Society
from April 23-26, starting at noon. This
event is free and will take place in the
National Garden Amphitheater.
The arcen hosrs rhe rour Ex-
ploring Culinary and Medicinal Af-
rican Plants on Thursday at noon.
The tour explores the several different
foods and crop grown in Africa, such as
cocoa and other foods used for medi-
cine or even sweet foods. This tour is
free and will meet in the Conservatory
Garden Court.
The arcen hosrs rhe lecrure Me-
dicinal Plants of Central Asia: Moun-
tains, Deserts, the Silk Road and Sovi-
et Astronauts on April 26 at noon in the
Conservatory classroom. Lecturer Sasha
Eiserman, professor at Temple University,
will talk about the history of the medici-
nal plants in this region. This event is free
but pre-registration is required.
Writer Melanie Choukas-Bradley,
author of City of Trees, gives a work-
shop about identifying trees in the eve-
ning on April 26 at 6:30 p.m. and again
the following morning at 10 a.m. Cost
is $15-$20.
For more information about any of
these events, visit usbg.gov.
MAY
The National Cathedral (3101 Wis-
consin Ave., NW) holds its annual
Flower Mart on May 3-4 at 10 a.m. The
festival features annuals, perennials,
landscape exhibits, Olmsted Woods
and garden tours, musical entertain-
ment, gourmet food, a book sale and
activities for children. The festival also
includes at least 50 booths with gar-
dening items, handbags and jewelry.
Floral designers and embassies will de-
sign beautiful oral arrangements. For
more information, visit cathedral.org.
Ladew Gardens ( 3535 Jarrettsville
Pike, Monkton, Md.) presents its Gar-
den Festival on May 4 beginning at 8
a.m. with priority preview and lecture
with Allan Armitage, a famous horti-
culturalist. This includes chances to
shop rst at the different venders and a
continental breakfast. Tickets to these
particular event costs $75-$100. At 10
a.m. general admission sales begins
which includes admission to the festival
as well as different tours. Admission to
this is $15-$45. Visit ladewgardens.com
for more information.
The Green Spring Garden (4603
Green Spring Rd, Alexandria Va.) hosts its
Spring Garden Day on May 18 at 9 a.m.
The even features 40 vendors of rare and
unusual plants. For more information, visit
fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring.
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But with spring, comes spring clean-
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mops, buckets and brooms brings on
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that a few tricks and some great tunes
can make cleaning easier and perhaps
even fun.
SET THE MOOD
There are work playlists, workout
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preferably upbeat tunes to motivate
you while youre working and keep
that music playing when youre moving
from room to room.
Give your nose some sensory moti-
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remind you of whats to come when the
work is done.
SIMPLIFY
The soups, stews and heavy cook-
ing of winter earn kitchen appliances
everywhere a little tender loving care.
While the task of cleaning accumu-
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sound overwhelming, there are cleans-
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You can clear the cutter of your cabi-
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For example, affresh Kitchen & appli-
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you can simply spray and wipe down
without rinsing.
RENEW THE REFRIGERATOR
Its easier to clean the fridge with
less in it, so prior to starting, throw out
whats old, pull out what stays and roll
up your sleeves.
Clean door gaskets, racks and draw-
ers with warm water and mild dish deter-
gent. Dont forget to clean underneath
the refrigerator and the vent of the ap-
pliance. Proper air ow provides better
performance and optimum efciency.
Once its all sparkly clean, admire
your handiwork. Then put your food
back inside before it spoils.
MAINTAIN
The dishwasher cleans dishes. What
cleans the dishwasher? Dont stress!
Cleaning the dishwasher may be one
of the easiest tasks on your checklist.
Just run a normal wash cycle and add an
easy-to-use tablet, such as affresh Dish-
washer cleaner, to the bottom of the tub
to help clean and remove residue.
Likewise, you can clean your washing
machine by running a normal cycle with
hot water and a washer cleaner tablet.
A formulated tablet designed to pen-
etrate, dissolve and help remove odor-
causing residue from the inside of the
machine will give your washer and your
clothes a fresh scent.
Dont forget to check washer and
dryer drains and pipes for blockages
such as lint or the infamous missing
sock to improve optimum water and
air ow. Clean the dryers outside ex-
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Its an exciting time for Ks Choice
fans. The brother/sister alt rock band
that came to international fame in the
90s with hits like Not an Addict,
Believe and Almost Happy while
touring with Alanis Morissette and the
Indigo Girls, are back with the U.S.
release of their rst album in a decade,
Echo Mountain.
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On Tuesday they play Rams Head Live
in Annapolis.
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Belgian band with her brother Gert,
spoke to the Blade from her home in
Johnson City, Tenn., (about four hours
from Nashville) where she moved to be
with her partner 10 years ago about the
time Ks Choice opted for a long hiatus.
Its near the North Carolina/Virginia
border, she says, admitting its a much
different place to live than her native
Belgium where most of her family still
resides within about a 15-mile radius.
Yes, it is a lot different, but that
being said, it has changed a lot in the
last 10 years. There was just an article
in the local newspaper about two guys
looking to adopt. It was on the front
page and I remember thinking, Ten
years ago, this would never have been
in the local newspaper. Some, Im sure,
were offended by it, but more and
more, theyre in the minority. People
seem to care less and less. It was
an adjustment at rst, but everywhere
you go, youre able to nd like-minded
people. We have good friends here and
were happy.
Of the four kids Bettens and her
partner are raising, she says theyre,
actually very respectful of her music.
Its always a bit of a surprise that
theyre respectful about anything at that
age, but when I play locally, which is only
maybe once every two years, they come
and feel proud.
Sarah and Gert have one older
brother. She says hes a music lover, but
not musically inclined. She says hes
always been supportive of Ks Choice,
whose hiatus, she says, was a very
conscious thing.
In the time between the last Ks
Choice album, Almost Happy in
2000, Bettens, 40, has released three
solo albums and an EP and has also
contributed her husky, haunting vocals
to several movie soundtracks. Gert, 43,
also did solo work in the meantime.
We always said one day wed get
back together when we were ready
and we knew it would be great fun,
but we also considered the hiatus a
true hiatus, she says. We needed to
work with some other people, do some
other things. Wed never really worked
with anybody else because wed kind of
grown up in our own band so that kinda
kept us from experiences with other
musicians. That just had always been
the way it was right from the beginning,
so it was healthy and fun for us to go our
own ways for awhile.
Bettens U.S. residency did make for
a few slight challenges when it came
time to reunite for Echo Mountain,
which has earned strong reviews with
All Music Guide calling it a simple but
mature and ller-free alt-rock album
thats more nostalgic and downright
fun than angsty.
For a long time, I would only see
him when I was doing my solo tours,
she says. We sent some MP3s back
and forth but eventually we did have to
sit down in the same room and decide
what kind of record we wanted to make.
It was very hard to get direction until we
did that.
Bettens says theres not ordinarily
a huge distinction between the songs
she writes for her solo projects and Ks
Choice material though the material
for her rst solo album around the
time she came out as a lesbian in the
early 00s was more personal than Ks
Choice material had typically been.
She came out to her family as soon
as I was out to myself, but waited to
come out publicly.
I didnt wait around with a big secret
for years and years, she says. I just
kind of discovered it myself, for some
reason I havent fully gured out yet, at
a very late age. I was 28. Looking back, I
really wonder why I didnt see the 25,000
signs there were from the age of 5. But
for some reason it took me til age 28
to fully gure it out. I didnt come out
to the rest of the world right away, not
because I was scared of some backlash,
but I knew I would quickly become some
sort of spokesperson and I really felt I
had nothing much to say about it yet. It
was all so new to me that I didnt want
to have to speak for the gay community.
I didnt think I had anything interesting
to share.
Being outed in a magazine shortly
thereafter was ne, she says.
It was probably supposed to happen
that way, she says. It was good to
show young people that lesbians are
normal people too.
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How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
I started the coming out process when
I was 17. The hardest person to tell turned
out to be the person who has been my
strongest advocate and one of my best
friends, my mother.
Whos your LGBT hero?
I admire Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin
and RuPaul so much it is hard to only pick
one. I am inspired by each of them in
different ways.

Whats Washingtons best nightspot,
past or present?
Yesterday, today or tomorrow, the best
place to have a good time is anywhere
your friends are.
Describe your dream wedding.
My dream wedding is a quiet intimate
ceremony with family and close friends
who have come together to see me marry
a man that is both my lover and best friend.
In contrast, the evening reception
will be loud and lively, with love,
jazz and glamour woven into every detail.
Dreams do come true!
What non-LGBT issue are you most
passionate about?
I believe that all social justice issues are
LGBT issues because LGBT people and
our families, friends and communities
we live in are diverse. With that said, I am
particularly passionate about access to
quality education and support for boys and
young men of color.

What historical outcome
would you change?
In recent history, Al Gore would have
been sworn in as president of the
United States.

Whats been the most memorable pop
culture moment of your lifetime?
The most memorable pop culture
moment of my lifetime to date has been
the death of Michael Jackson. He was a
legend and his legacy and inuence will be
felt for generations in art,
music and culture.
On what do you insist?
I insist on kindness. To give and be open
to receiving kindness is a way of life.
What was your last Facebook
post or Tweet?
Its not what you look at that matters, its
what you see. (Henry David Thoreau)
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
I am currently working on a memoir that
explores my relationships with African-
American men, straight and gay, and the
roles they played in shaping my identity.
The manuscript title is
Walking Like A Man.
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
Nothing
What do you believe in beyond the
physical world?
I know there is a God. I believe that we
are all Gods children and in us, we house
beautiful spirits. It is our responsibility to let
that spirit shine for others to see.

Whats your advice for
LGBT movement leaders?
Spend some time with Dr. Kings Letter
from a Birmingham Jail, the whole thing
not just the one quote everyone cites in
speeches and uses on plaques.

What would you walk
across hot coals for?
Student loan forgiveness.

What LGBT stereotype
annoys you most?
That the LGBT community isnt diverse.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
My favorite LGBT movie is Punks
written and directed by Patrick Ian Polk. It
was the rst lm I ever saw that showed a
romantic relationship between two young
black gay men. I fell deeper in love with
love after seeing it.
Whats the most
overrated social custom?
I champion more social customs and
traditional etiquette than less.

What trophy or prize
do you most covet?
To be old and gray and
proud of the life I lived.
What do you wish youd known at 18?
I wish I had been more aware then of just
how much strength I had inside myself.
Why Washington?
We seem to have a fondness for
each other.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
[email protected]
Clarence Fluker came to Washington in summer 2001 to start a masters
program at American University and never left.
The Cleveland native started college in Cincinnati but after two years
transferred to nish his undergraduate degree in Baltimore. Hes been
active in LGBT activism work nearly his entire time in Washington. It includes
everything from volunteering on the Mayors Ofce of GLBT Affairs in the
Williams administration, being a former Black Pride president and board
member, to eventually taking full-time work in the Fenty administration and
now in Mayor Vincent Grays administration where hes communications and
special initiatives director at Serve D.C. the Mayors Ofce on Volunteerism.
For his years of work, hes being honored by the Gay and Lesbian Activists
Alliance at its 42nd annual anniversary reception slated for Thursday night
at 6:30 p.m. at Washington Plaza Hotel (10 Thomas Circle, N.W.) (get tickets
online at glaa.org/anniversary).
I felt humbled, surprised and excited, all those things at once when I
heard, Fluker says. Its humbling because I know many people who have
received it in the past and Ive always admired them. Its very humbling
to know that my name would be on that list of names, especially because
of the work GLAA does. Theyre really about the business of promoting
equality in the District in a serious and meaningful way. Theyre one of
the groups I most respect because of the way they push forward. They
really get into the nitty gritty.
Fluker considers himself fortunate to have worked in various mayoral
ofces. He says its not terribly unusual but neither is it common.
I dont think of it as transferring allegiances because I know former
Mayor Fenty and Mayor Gray both had one thing on their mind when they
got up each morning and that was to push the city forward in the best way
possible, he says.
Fluker lives in D.C.s Eckington neighborhood in Ward 5 (where hes lived his
entire time in Washington) and is single. He enjoys theater, museums, reading
biographies, keeping up with politics and pop culture, volunteering, NFL and
NBA sports, working out and spending time with friends in his free time.
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It feels hard to imagine the musical
Hello, Dolly! without Carol Channing
in the title role. After originating the
part on Broadway in 1964 and starring in
two revivals, she made the part her own.
Yet director Eric Schaeffers new
version now playing at Fords Theatre
puts the raspy voiced blonde out of
mind almost entirely. OK, maybe once
or twice, you might momentarily miss
Channings googly eyed mugging and
over-the-top entrances, but on the
whole, this charm-lled production
(presented by Fords and Signature
Theatre) fares splendidly despite the
absence of Channings star wattage.
As the ever-resourceful Dolly
Gallagher Levi, Broadway veteran
Nancy Opel delivers presence, an
appealing voice and honed comedic
skills best demonstrated when shes
happily bulldozing the bad-tempered
half-millionaire Horace Vandergelder
(played by an aptly grouchy Edward
Gero) into a marriage he doesnt yet
know he wants. Opels Dolly is less
loopy than Channings syrupy sweet
yenta, but shes denitely entertaining.
Plus, her Dolly is a woman you might
actually recognize.
Based on Thornton Wilders play The
Matchmaker, Hello, Dolly! celebrates
the possibility of happiness and new
beginnings. Its very American. Set in 1890s
New York City and Yonkers, the musical
(book by Michael Stewart; music and lyrics
by Jerry Herman) follows the maneuvers
of life-loving Dolly as she improves her
circumstances and along the way brings a
little joy to those around her. Among those
beneting from Dollys machinations is
widowed milliner Irene Molloy (Tracy Lynn
Olivera) who with Dollys assistance
nds love with never-been-kissed shop
clerk Cornelius Hackl played by boyish
blonde actor Gregory Maheu. Oliveras
gorgeous rendition of Ribbons Down My
Back is one of the shows high points.
Similarly, Dolly bolsters love matches
involving Irenes young assistant Minnie
Fay and Cornelius self-conscious
co-worker Barnaby Tucker (Lauren
Williams and Zack Colonna), as well as
Vandergelders hilariously miserable
niece Ermengarde (Carolyn Cole) and
her artist boyfriend Ambrose (Ben Lurye).
When Jerry Herman came to
Washington to receive a Helen Hayes
Tribute in 2005, the famed gay composer
shared that his goal has always been
to make audiences happy. Hermans
score indeed does just that lled with
hummable, enduring classics like Put
on Your Sunday Clothes, Elegance,
Hello, Dolly! and the stirring Before
the Parade Passes By, it has long been
an audience favorite. Herman also wrote,
among others, the scores for megahits
Mame and La Cage Aux Folles.
Celebrated for streamlining big
musicals, Schaeffer (who is gay) has
pared down his Dolly to a comparably
small cast of 16, concentrating more on
the shows story and strong characters
rather than spectacle. Adam Kochs set
is a rust-colored train station, the well-
used link from Yonkers to the city and
back, and though his set is spare, its
lled with many beautiful things like
Wade Laboissonnieres gorgeous period
costumes plaid suits, bowlers, corseted
slim silhouettes, outlandishly large hats
all realized in mostly muted tones; Karma
Camps inventive, athletic choreography
performed by an ensemble of graceful,
top-notch dancers; the melodic strains of
an on point, eight-man band led by the
shows musical director and keyboardist
James Moore; and a spirited cast
featuring a lot of local talent.
HELLO, DOLLY!
Through May 18
Fords Theatre
511 Tenth Street, NW
$15-90
800-982-2787
fords.org
NANCY OPEL, center, as Dolly Levi with (from left) JP QUALTERS, HARRIS MILGRIM, KYLE VAUGHN
and ALEX PUETTE in the Fords/Signature co-production of Hello, Dolly!
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New Astro Doughnuts
& Fried Chicken uses
unexpected avors
By JONATHAN HOWARD
The long awaited opening of Astro
Dougnuts & Fried Chicken (1308 G
Street N.W.) arrived last week.
Astro Dougnuts had been operating
over the past few months as a catering
and pop-up establishment but
now it has a permanent home. This
establishment was co-founded by Elliot
Spaisman and Jeff Halpern, the rst
native Washingtonians to play for the
Washington Capitals. They brought on
gay pastry chef Jason Gehring to help
them deliver fun interpretations of two
well-known comfort foods. Gehring will
be serving up a rotating array of gourmet
doughnuts as well as his familys fried
chicken recipe. I had the pleasure of
asking Gehring some questions, as well
as bringing some of Astros doughnuts
to work to share with some of my
employees. Both were enjoyable.
Gehring enrolled in culinary school
with the intention of becoming an
executive chef specializing in savory
food, however, a few weeks into culinary
school they started doing pasty, and
when he made a beautiful vanilla chiffon
cake he knew he had found his calling.
He immediately switched over to the
baking and pastry program. Some of
Gehrings favorite dessert avors are
salty with sweet and sometimes a little
smokiness, and his favorite doughnuts
on the menu are the Lemon Passion
Fruit and the Crme Brulee. I had the
passion fruit doughnut and thought
that the simple sweet and tart avors
were delightful; it was even enjoyable
the next day after a few seconds in
the microwave. One of my co-workers
enjoyed the creative presentation of the
crme brulee doughnut and she loved
the delicious surprise when she hit
the cream lled center.
Gehring has a simple philosophy
behind all the food he serves: to make
people happy. There is a look people get
when they bite into something that is truly
delicious, Gehring says. This glimmer
of ecstasy is what I want everyone to
experience when they eat my food.
A majority of the feedback regarding
Gehrings creations was positive, and
my employees enjoyed these special
sugar lled treats. Several enjoyed the
Maple Bacon Doughnut (which was one
of Gehrings challenges when opening
Astro because he kept eating the bacon
before it made it onto the doughnut).
Others popular are the vanilla
bourbon glaze doughnut and the pecan
with butterscotch glaze.
With about 30 varieties on the menu
now, theres always a reason to go to Astro
Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, and that is
just with the doughnuts; add in the fried
chicken varieties and there is a reason to
be there daily. And it seems that the Metro
Center area is happy to line up, even in the
rain, to try Gehrings treats since there was
a line out the door as I turned around with
my boxes of doughnuts, and man did I get
angry eyes from customers who must have
been afraid that I had taken the last of their
favorite doughnut. I am personally going
back Thursday when Gehrings take on a
certain black and white cookie is available.
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Metropolis
screening with
live organ
accompaniment
The D.C. chapter of the
American Guild of Organists is
hosting a free screening of the
silent lm classic Metropolis
Sunday evening at 7 p.m. at
National City Christian Church
(5 Thomas Circle, NW) with
live organ accompaniment by
organist Peter Krasinski. National
City is a gay-welcoming church.
Considered one of the most
notable lms of the silent
era, the Fritz Lang classic will
be presented with a live and
improvised accompaniment on
National Citys famed Moller
pipe organ. The lm which
was used as an inspiration for
Madonnas famed Express
Yourself video tells an
allegorical tale of masters
enjoying leisure and luxury while
workers toil away beneath the
city. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For
more information, call Charles
Miller, minister of music at the
church, at 202-797-0103.
Good food, good cause
Food and Friends hosts its 17th annual Dining Out for Life on Thursday night
at 7 p.m.
More than a 100 restaurants throughout the Washington region will donate 25-110
percent of their proceeds to the organization. This fundraiser is in conjunction with a
larger national movement that will raise money to ght HIV/AIDS, cancer and other
life-threatening illnesses. Restaurants in the metropolitan area that are donating
their entire proceeds include Freddies Beach Bar & Restaurant, Annies Paramount
Steak House and Ristorante Tosca.
Visit foodandfriends.org/dol for a complete list of participating restaurants.
Dance to help the Center move
The D.C. Center hosts Lets Move! Dance-A-Thon and Daytime Party Saturday
at noon at Cobalt (1639 R St., NW).
All the proceeds go to the D.C. Center Relocation Fund. During the summer, the
Center will be moving to a new space at the Reeves Center, and renovation and
other costs are estimated to total around $75,000.
Tickets bought in advance cost $10-$25. Visit thedccenter.org for more information.
GMCW ensembles showcase diverse selections
The Gay Mens Chorus of Washington hosts the show Side By Side, where its
two vocal ensembles, Potomac Fever and Rock Creek Singers, perform together on
Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Church of the Epiphany (1133 New York Ave., NW).
Genres featured in the performance include a cappella, pop, Broadway-style,
classical and world music. Potomac Fever will perform a cappella versions of pop
favorites including Taylor Swifts Mean, Colbie Caillats I Do and No One Is
Alone from Into the Woods. Rock Creek Singers perform rich pieces such as
Dentro Il Mio Cor, Sure On This Shining Night and Tres Cantos Nativos Dos
Indios Krao.
Tickets are $35. For details, visit gmcw.org.
Feinstein returns with Gershwin show
Michael Feinstein performs his show The Gershwins and Me at the Strathmore
(5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, Md) on Saturday night at 9 p.m.
The evening will celebrate the legacy of George and Ira Gershwin, and Feinstein
will reveal personal stories about his six-year collaboration with Ira in his early career.
Feinstein, who is openly gay, has been dubbed ambassador of the great American
songbook and has received national recognition for his dedication to preserving
and celebrating Americas popular music.
Tickets are $40-105. For more information, visit Strathmore.org.
A scene from Fritz Langs 1927 silent masterpiece
Metropolis.
By ERIN DURKIN
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Grammy winner Gladys Knight has packed many lifetimes into a career that
has embraced gold records, sold-out concerts, lm performances, and most
recently a spin on Dancing with the Stars.
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APR 19 - APR 21
GMU CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 703-993-2787. CFA.GMU.EDU.
Mozarts delightful opera buffa nds those beloved characters from The
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a single day of lunacy.
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MUSEUM. 202- 633- 3030. RESI DENTASSOCI ATES. ORG.
In a brilliant exhibition of creativity, innovation, and technical mastery, 121
distinguished craft artists, 44 of them new to the show this year, show one-
of-a-kind and limited edition work in 11 mediafrom furniture and basketry
to wood and wearable art.
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OPENINGS
WED, APR 24
Pas de Deux (Skin Tight and 2-2
Tango), Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
THU, APR 25
Optimism! or Voltaires Candide, Spooky
Action Theater, UNMC. 202-387-3411.
spookyaction.org.
The Elder Statesman, Washington Stage
Guild, Undercroft Theatre.
240-582-0050. stageguild.org.
LAST CHANCE
SAT, APR 20
NSO Pops: Chris Botti, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Meerkats 3D, National Geographic.
202-337-3050. nglive.org/dc.
Maryland Opera Studio: Idomeneo,
Clarice Smith. 301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
SUN, APR 21
American Utopias, Woolly Mammoth.
202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net.
Exhibition Shooting Stars, Corcoran
Gallery of Art. 202-639-1700.
corcoran.org.
Maryland Opera Studio: La Bohme,
Clarice Smith. 301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
APR 20 - APR 21
Cabaret Latino: Five Stars, In Series,
Source Theatre. 202-204-7763.
inseries.org.
Karen Sherman, Dance Place.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
Sleepout: WPA Housewarming and
Poolside Slumber Party, WPA, Capitol
Skyline Hotel. 202-488-7500.
wpadc.org.
Elizabeth Pitcairn, Alexandria Symphony
Orchestra, Schlesinger Concert Hall.
703-845-6162. alexsym.org.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
FRI, APR 19
Dumbarton House Jazz Soiree,
Dumbarton House. 202-337-2288.
dumbartonhouse.org.
Improvised Shakespeare Company,
Artisphere. 888-841-2787.
artisphere.com.
Paula Cole, The Barns.
1-877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
SAT, APR 20
Andrea Marcovicci, The Barns.
SUN, APR 21
Walking Tour - Mr. Nourses
Neighborhood: Georgetown c. 1800,
Dumbarton House. 202-337-2288.
dumbartonhouse.org.
MON, APR 22
The Flat (Die Wohnung), Goethe-
Institut. 202-289-1200. goethe.de.
TUE, APR 23
Visiting Artist: Simon Reynolds,
Corcoran Gallery of Art. 202-639-1700.
getinvolved.corcoran.org.
WED, APR 24
Joe Sample, The Barns.
THU, APR 25
A Different World: Polands Jews 1919-
1943, Goethe-Institut. 202-289-1200.
goethe.de.
Natalie Wexler: From Obedient Wives
to Fierce Furies, Tudor Place.
202-965-0400. tudorplace.org.
Free Live Jazz + Mixer Thursdays: Sarah
Hughes Trio, Artisphere. 888-841-2787.
artisphere.com.
John McCutcheon, The Barns.
Marian Anderson String Quartet,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
ONGOING STAGE
Oxygen, Taffety Punk Theatre
Company, CHAW. 800-838-3006.
taffetypunk.com.
Hello, Dolly!, Signature Theatre, Fords
Theatre. 703-820-9771.
signature-theatre.org.
Nevilles Island, Olney Theatre Center.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
How to Write a New Book for the Bible,
Round House Theatre Bethesda.
240-644-1100. roundhousetheatre.org.
4000 Miles, Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Cynthia
Connolly: Letters on Top of Buildings.
202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Kreeger Museum. Sculpture on The
Grounds, 2011 Invitational.
202-337-3050. kreegermuseum.org.
National Gallery of Art. Faking It:
Manipulated Photography before
Photoshop, Ellsworth Kelly: Colored
Paper Images, Pre-Raphaelites and the
Book. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
National Geographic. Birds of Paradise:
Amazing Avian Evolution, Beyond
the Story: National Geographic
Unpublished 2012, Real Pirates: The
Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave
Ship to Pirate Ship. 202-337-3050.
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By JOE PHILLIPS
Minivans. Stations wagons. SUVs.
Buying a practical hauler is like having
to eat all your vegetables then not
getting any dessert.
Yet it doesnt have to be that way.
Todays crossovers built on nimble,
sedan-based platforms now boast
trendy, tuner-car styling and the latest
high-tech gadgetry. Add in some pretty
powerful (yet fuel-efcient) engines, and
its easy to see how crossovers can let you
have your cake and eat it, too.
MAZDA CX-9
$30,000
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CARGO SPACE: 101 CU. FT.
Toyota, Honda and Nissan may be
Japans version of the Big Three, but
Mazda retains its indie-cult status as a
maker of fun cars (hence the smiley-face
grille) with strong build quality. The full-
size CX-9 may have massive amounts of
cargo room this is a seven-seater, after
all yet it feels much smaller. Thats a
good thing, especially when watching
(and cringing) recently as a restaurant
valet made tight U-turns with the CX-9
on a busy city street. Also helpful are the
rear parking sensors, rearview camera and
blind-spot monitoring system. Three trim
levels, and all come with roof spoiler, three-
zone automatic climate control and lots of
tech gear, such as Bluetooth, HD radio and
Pandora capability. Lots of legroom and
headroom, though things seem a bit snug
in the third row. But adding the impressive
rear-seat DVD entertainment system with
11-speaker Bose surround-sound audio
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HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT
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CARGO SPACE: 80 CU. FT.
New sleek styling cues, especially
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street-racer cred. To spice up the lineup
even more, Hyundai now offers two
models: a long-wheelbase seven-seater
or the shorter Sport model, which seats
ve. Both offer plenty of luxe options,
such as heated seats, power liftgate,
windshield-wiper de-icers and heated
steering wheel. But its the large 8-inch
touchscreen (with intuitive controls) and
huge panoramic sunroof that really stand
out. Ditto for the stellar crash-test scores
and surprisingly taut braking, which
came in handy on a long, rainy rush-hour
commute. Another plus: an Audi-like
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not so quiet). While the larger Santa Fe is
just ne, the smaller Sport versionwith
its quick four-cylinder turbois more fun.
MERCEDES GLK
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CARGO SPACE: 54.7 CU. FT.
If gas-guzzling SUVs are so yesterday,
then the GLK is the new normal of A-list
haulers. Pricey? Yes, especially when
adding even basic options. Spacious?
No, with cargo capacity thats almost
half that of the full-size Mazda CX-
9. Yet this Mercedes is less a Costco
hauler than an urban knock-about, with
quick acceleration, sure braking and
an ability to t in tight parking spaces.
And nothing really beats the Euro-like
handling or whisper-quiet interior. The
latest Mercedes safety features are
here, such as adaptive cruise control,
an automatic parallel-parking system
and a lane-departure warning system
that vibrates the steering wheel to
make sure youre not drifting off the
road. For more eco-friendly fare, a
turbo-diesel model arrives later in the
year. Best of all, theres that three-
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Virginia Opera
The Marriage of Figaro
Friday, April 19 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 21 at 2 p.m.
Mozarts characters from The Barber of Seville are once again in
madcap mayhem in an uproarious story of a single day of lunacy
as Figaro tries to marry his beautiful Susanna. Will Figaro and
Susanna become man and wife? Will common sense triumph over
power? Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Friday $44, $72, $86, Sunday $48, $80, $98
The Acting Company
Of Mice and Men
Sunday, April 28 at 4 p.m.
Steinbecks literary masterpiece brought to the stage for a
memorable theatrical experience. Deeply moving, this Depression-
era work explores themes of loneliness and companionship,
the imbalance of power and victimization, and, most of all, the
impossibility of the American dream.
$20, $32, $40 ff
Les Ballets Trockadero de
Monte Carlo
Saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m.
Frilly tutus and man-sized toe shoes. This all-male ballet company
specializes in hilarious twists on ballet classics with equal parts
comedy and technical prowess, playing both male and female roles
with excellent form and skill. Their program of grand ballet is as
much food for the mind as it is for the eye and the funny bone.
(The New York Times)
$24, $40, $48 ff
This tour engagement of The Acting Company is funded through the Mid
Atlantic Tours program of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support
from the National Endowment for the Arts.
TODAY
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., NW)
hosts a silent lunch in honor of
Day of Silence today at noon. Day of
Silence brings attention to anti-LGBT
harassment in schools and those who
participate in the day take their vow of
silence in hopes that their comrades
will address the problem. The lunch
provides a space for those who are
participating and need a silent place
for lunch. The Center will also be
putting together a Wall of Silence,
made of different quotes and pictures
sent in from the community. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
The Capital Area Gay & Lesbian
Chamber of Commerce honors
exceptional business leaders in the area
at the Mayower Renaissance (1127
Connecticut Ave., NW) this evening
at 6:30 p.m. The awards dinner was
created to showcase the impact of
LGBT business and community leaders
in the Washington region. Tickets range
from $175-$465. Visit caglcc.org for
more information.
The Northern Virginia Jewish
Film Festival screens the lm Life
In Stills by Tamar Tal tonight at 7:15
p.m. at the Angelika Film Center and
Caf (2911 District Avenue, Fairfax,
Va.). The lm tells the story of Miriam
Weissenstein and her grandson Ben
Peter as they try to defend their familys
Tel Aviv photo studio from demolition.
Weissensteins late husband was the
unofcial photographer for Israel and
documented the countrys political
and daily life from the 1930s until he
died in 1992. Tickets for this particular
screening is $11. Attendees can also
buy a festival pass for $60. Visit jccnv.org
for more information
The noon-time pipe organ series
Magical, Mystical, Musical Machine
resumes today at National City Christian
Church after going on hiatus in
November. The church had to provide
restoration to its sanctuary and famed
pipe organ as a result of the August
2011 earthquake. This concert will
feature organist Kristine Adamaite and
saxophonist Artis Semanis from Latvia.
This performance is free. For more
information, visit nationalcitycc.org.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today at Lost
Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation at
Falls Church PetSmart (6100 Arlington
Blvd., Falls Church, Va.) starting at
11:45 a.m. For more information, visit
burgundycrescent.org.
The AFI Silver Silent Cinema
Showcase (8633 Colesville Rd., Silver
Spring, Md.) begins today at 2 p.m. and
features silent lm actors Mary Pickford,
Harold Lloyd, Janet Gaynor, Charlie
Chaplin and Laurel & Hardy. Tonights
showcase is Sparrows, with Pickford
starring as the oldest girl of a group
of orphans held as slaves in a child
farm in a Southern swamp. Tickets for
this screening are $7-$11.50. For more
screenings and their tickets, visit a.com.
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
presents CHAWbaret 10: Take
a Chance on Me, an evening
performance featuring pop songs,
standards and show tunes that celebrate
gambling, taking chances and the risks
we face tonight at 8 p.m. and Sunday at
5 and 8 p.m. at CHAW (545 7th St., SE).
The performance features members of
the D.C. Cabaret Network, including
Amy Conley, Tim Gavagan, Maris
Wicker and Dean Reichard. Tickets are
$15 in advance and $20 at the door. Visit
chaw.org for more information.
Filmfest D.C. continues this evening
with the screening of the The Parade
at the Avalon Theatre (5612 Connecticut
Ave., NW) at 4:30 p.m. The lm follows
a gay rights march organizer and the
prejudiced former soldier he hires
to provide security for one of the
events. The lm recently won the
Panorama Audience Award at the Berlin
International Film Festival. Tickets for this
individual screening are $12. Following
it is a screening of Laurence Anyways
at Landmark E Street Cinema (555
11th St., NW) at 6 p.m. The lm follows
Laurence after he tells his girlfriend he
wants to become a woman. Tickets are
$12. Attendees of the festival can buy
individual tickets at each locations box
ofce or may purchase the directors
package, which is 10 tickets for $95,
or the weekday package, which is four
tickets for $39. For show times, locations
and more information about the lms,
visit lmfestdc.org.
SUNDAY, APRIL 21
Special Agent Galactica hosts her
show Across the River! at Freddies
Beach Bar (555 S. 23rd St., Crystal City)
from 7-9:30 p.m. tonight. The show
begins in the era of gin and juke joints,
Vaudeville and Sinatra, and ends with rock
and pop acts. Admission is free. For more
information, visit pinkharedone.com.
MONDAY, APRIL 22
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., NW)
holds coffee drop-in for the senior
LGBT community today at 10 a.m.-noon.
The Center will provide complimentary
coffee and a community to chat with. For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
Bears do Yoga is this evening 6:30
p.m. as part of a series at the Green
Lantern (1335 Green Court, NW).
This is part of a basic yoga series
that takes place every Monday and
is open to people of varying body
types and experience. There is no
charge. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
TUESDAY, APRIL 23
Capital Pride and the D.C. Center
host A Toast to Pride Happy Hour
at Lost Society (2001 14th St., NW) this
evening at 6 p.m. The venue evokes an
underground, Victorian atmosphere. For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
Green Lantern (1335 Green Court,
N.W.) hosts its Safer Sex Kit-packing
program tonight from 7-10:30. The
packing program is looking for more
volunteers to help produce the kits
because they say they are barely keeping
up with demand. Admission is free and
volunteers can just show up. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St.,
NW) holds its HIV+ Newly Diagnosed
Support Group tonight at 7. Its a
condential support group for anyone
recently diagnosed with HIV and the
group welcomes all genders and sexual
orientations. Registration is required and
attendees must call 202-797-3580 or email
[email protected]. For
details, visit whitman-walker.org.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Eight-time Grammy winner Gladys
Knight brings her rich soulful voice to
the Strathmore (5301 Tuckerman Lane,
North Bethesda, Md) tonight at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $58-$128. For details, visit
strathmore.org.
Martha Stewart gives a lecture on
learning, teaching and inspiring others
to do what they love and enjoy at the
Smithsonian Craft Show today at 11
a.m. at the National Building Museum
(401 F St., NW). This particular event is
$50 to attend and has limited seating.
The festival continues until Sunday at 5
p.m. General admission is $15, a two-
day pass is $20 and special group rates
are $10. For more information, visit
smithsoniancraftshow.org.
ERIN DURKIN
washingtonblade.com
4 AFRl L 1, 2013 CALENDAR
E-mail calendar items to calendars@washblade.
com two weeks prior to your event. Space is lim-
ited so priority is given to LGBT-speciIc events
or those with LGBT participants. Recurring
events must be re-submitted each time.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MEGAN CHEEK
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop presents "CHAWbaret 10: Take a Chance on Me," a musical show
dedicated to risk taking and gambling, on Saturday evening. Most oI the cast members are LGBT.
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another womans treasure
By VALERIE M. BLAKE
Spring has sprung. The grass has riz. I
wonder where the yard sales iz.
I share my introductory paragraph, of
course, with that great and prolic writer,
Anonymous, whom I have to thank for the
topic of my treatise today.
Despite what they say on HGTV, I dont
know anyone who can Design on a Dime
anymore. Much like our property sales
prices, the cost of decorating our homes
has gone up. No matter how much we can
Cash and Cari, even the low end of The
High Low Project can be beyond the bud-
get of many of us.
So what do we do when the weather
gets warm and we want a new trinket or
objet dart for our home? We go and sift
through other peoples stuff, of course.
We are taught that one womans junk
is another mans treasure, so we wake up
early on a Saturday morning, smell the very
strong coffee and head out with a stack of
small bills in search of a bargain, be it an-
tique or just unique.
A quick glance at the garage sales sec-
tion of Craigslist offers us a variety of items
for the home this week. Some examples
include:
a srainless sreel loncue por wirh six rwo
tined forks for your next Mad Men party;
a Le|ewelec peacock lawn ornamenr,
a woocen cinin chair lor $25 (or rake
all lour lor |usr $80),
an assorrmenr ol kea Malm cressers in
various nishes;
anc a pair ol plasrer aroyles ro wel
come guests as they ascend your front
porch (rhe uesrs, nor rhe aroyles).
Many local community organizations
and neighborhood associations are plan-
ning their annual multi-family yard sales.
Some benet volunteer re departments
and others serve as fundraisers for churches,
schools and veterans groups. You can even
lnc a "Yake Sale" (a comLinarion yarc anc
Lake sale) in Fairlax rhis weekenc, so arrive
hungry for some kuchen to go with that
morning kaffee.
Stay close to town at ea markets in
Georgetown and Capitol Hill or, for a
change of pace, travel a short distance to
check our rhe Fleaaville ncoor Flea Mar
ker in Frecerick, Mc. Serious shoppers can
make a road trip out of it from Aug. 1-4 by
attending The Worlds Longest Yard Sale,
which spans o0 miles ol Hihway 127 lrom
Addison, Michigan to Gadsden, Alabama.
Estate sales promise bargains galore.
They olren Lein on a Thurscay or a Fricay,
so if you can take time off from work, you can
beat the weekend crowd. Some estate sale
rms will only allow a small number of peo-
ple into the home at one time so you must
obtain an entry ticket at the door, much like
taking a number at the deli counter. There
is usually a wide variety of household items
available and sometimes the rms running
the sale will even accept credit cards.
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its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
2013 FEP 40
Date of Death: July 25, 2000
Annie Green McNeil
Name of Decedent
Notice of Appointment of Foreign
Personal Representative and Notice to
Creditors
Ronald G. Flowers and Robert G. Flowers
whose addresses are 3900 16th St, NW
#403, Washington, DC & 743 Madison
St NW, Washington, DC were appointed
Personal Representative of the estate of
Annie Green McNeil, deceased, by the
Circuit Court for Surry County, State of
Virginia, on February 27, 2013.
Service of process may be made upon
Ronald G. Flowers, 3900 16th St, NW, #403,
Washington, DC 20011 whose designation
as District of Columbia agent has been
led with the REgister of wills, DC.
The decedent owned the following
District of Columbia real property: 743
Madison St, NW, Washington DC 20011.
Claims against the decedent may be
presented to the undersigned and
led with the Register of Wills for the
District of Columiba, Building A. 515
5th Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington,
DC 20001 within 6 months from the
date of rst publication of this notice.
Date of First Publication: April 12, 2013. /s/
Ronald G. Flowers & Robert G. Flowers. TRUE
TEST COPY /s/ ANNE MEISTER Register
of Wills, Name of Newspaper: Washington
Blade. Pub. Date: April 12, 2013.
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