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Lesbian lawmaker says she would
make a good chief executive

By KEVIN NAFF
knaff@washblade.com
Heather Mizeur, a lesbian member of the Maryland
House of Delegates, said shes seriously considering
a run for governor in an exclusive interview with the
Washington Blade this week.
Im taking a very serious look at it, Mizeur said. I
cant say for sure what 2014 is going to bring but I
know that I would make a good chief executive. I have
good ideas for keeping Maryland moving forward.
A run by Mizeur would mark another key milestone
in the LGBT rights movement. If successful, she would
be the rst to win election as an openly gay candidate
for governor in the country. Former New Jersey
Gov. Jim McGreevey announced he is gay and then
promptly resigned from ofce in 2004 after disclosing
hed had an extramarital affair with a male adviser.
Mizeur said she only recently began thinking of running
and was inspired by the results of last weeks elections.
Right now were taking stock of what happened
in the last election, she said. It was incredible to
see a big win with Tammy Baldwin being elected the
rst openly gay senator and Kyrsten Sinema making
history in Congress. It really has inspired us to keep
pushing forward. So, yes, Im seriously considering
running for governor because we need more diverse
voices at that level of government.
Mizeur, who turns 40 in December, is a Democrat
who represents the 20th District, which includes
Silver Spring, Takoma Park, White Oak and other
areas in progressive Montgomery County. She was
rst elected to the legislature in 2006.
Marylanders will elect their next governor in
November 2014. Democratic Gov. Martin OMalley
is serving his second and nal term. Several high-
prole gures are expected to run for the ofce,
including Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Attorney General
Douglas Gansler, Comptroller Peter Franchot and
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman.
Mizeurs potential competitors have a signicant
advantage when it comes to cash on hand. Gansler
has more than $4 million in cash on hand as of an
April report; Ulman had $1.3 million as of June; and
Brown had $810,841 according to a January report.
Records show Mizeur had about $216,000 in cash on
hand, according to a January report.
Thats one of the biggest things Im weighing
in deciding to get in the race, she said regarding
fundraising. I only started thinking about this race
recently and the other candidates planning to run have
been planning to do this for a really long time so they
have a head start in the money chase. I also spent 2012
raising money and working on winning Question 6,
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Shakeup leads to hope about
achieving another LGBT rst
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
As President Obama makes his transition to a
second term in ofce, talk has already begun about
building on the excitement from Election Day
successes for the LGBT community with additional
milestones: the rst-ever appointments of an openly
LGBT Cabinet member and G-20 ambassador.
LGBT advocates see the planned exodus of many
high-ranking ofcials from the Obama administration
at the start of the second term as an opportunity for
Obama to replace ofcials with high-prole LGBT
appointments.
Fred Sainz, vice president of communications for
the Human Rights Campaign, said Obama has an
opportunity to represent the diversity of our great
country by appointing qualied LGBT people to
high public ofce.
Our community is rightly interested in the
Cabinet and a G-20 ambassadorship, Sainz said.
This president has been committed to ensuring
that his administration is inclusive of all Americans
and a second term gives him an opportunity to
continue this progress.
No president has ever appointed an LGBT person
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HEATHER (right) and DEBORAH MIZEUR at their Takoma Park
home. Heather is contemplating a run for governor.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Mizeur eyeing run for Md. governor
OMalley 2016?
Md. guv talks marriage
and higher ofce. Plus:
Who gets credit for
approval of Question 6?
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Freedom to Marry
blasted for taking credit
for Election Day victory
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
Freedom to Marry President Evan
Wolfsons post-Election Day comments
about the role his organization played in
the pro-Question 6 campaign raised more
than a few eyebrows among Marylands
same-sex marriage advocates.
We took the lead on raising early
money for three of the four states and
left others to do the same in Maryland,
he told the Baltimore Sun in an article
published on Nov. 10. When it became
clear that others had not stepped up,
Freedom to Marry stepped up again. We
always thought Maryland could do it.
One advocate familiar with the
Maryland campaign, who spoke to the
Blade on condition of anonymity, blasted
Wolfsons remarks.
That quote was a big fat lie, the
source said. Evan did everything
within his power to make fundraising for
the Maryland campaign difcult if not
impossible. He was constantly speaking
to national donors telling them that the
Maryland campaign couldnt win. So for
him to now recreate history is the height
of hypocrisy.
Freedom to Marry said in a Nov. 7 press
release it had contributed $7 million to
the four statewide marriage campaigns
during this election cycle. This gure
includes $4.6 million in cash and in-kind
contributions and $2.4 million that funded
public education efforts.
A campaign nance report led with
Maine election ofcials on Oct. 24
indicates the Freedom to Marry Maine
PAC gave $1,201,104.84 in cash and
$34,645.19 in in-kind donations to the pro-
Question 1 campaign. Freedom to Marry
Minnesota PAC donated $866,406.56 in
cash and $26,838.51 in-kind donations
to the campaign opposed to a state
constitutional amendment that would
have dened marriage as between a man
and a woman, according to an Oct. 24
campaign nance report.
A series of National Engagement
Parties that took place in D.C., New York,
San Francisco and other cities across the
country last month raised $500,000 for the
statewide marriage campaigns in Maine,
Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.
Freedom to Marry initially declined to
join the coalition of groups defending
Marylands same-sex law, but it formed a
political action committee in September
that allowed it to contribute to the pro-
Question 6 effort.
A campaign nance report led with
Maryland election ofcials on Oct. 13
indicates the Freedom to Marry Maryland
PAC gave $30,000 to the NAACP National
Voter Fund for Question 6. Josh Levin,
campaign manager of Marylanders for
Marriage Equality, acknowledged to
the Washington Blade during a post-
election interview the $70,000 Freedom to
Marry contributed in the nal days of the
campaign allowed a radio ad highlighting
President Obamas support of marriage
rights for same-sex couples to air.
The Human Rights Campaign
contributed more than $1.5 million in
cash and in-kind contributions to the pro-
Question 6 campaign.
Certainly we had been in touch with
them all year and I was glad that they
did decide to come in and make some
contributions at the end, Levin said
when asked about Freedom to Marrys
contributions to Marylanders for Marriage
Equality. There are folks over there who
have been working on this issue for a long
time, but I think what we realized early on
was that we were going to have to chart
our own path here in Maryland and we
were going to have to raise much of the
money in-state, which we did.
And I think we realized too that the
message that Freedom to Marry was using
and that they used successfully in the
other three states was not quite the right
one for Maryland. And I think the results
bear that out. We focused on doing our
research and we had a team of folks who
really knew Maryland, but who also had
been working on marriage and equality
issues for a long time, but who also knew
Maryland. And I think because of that we
were able to come up with a strategy that
worked here. Im very glad that we did
because we saw it resonate.
Gay state Sen. Rich Madaleno
(D-Montgomery County) echoed Levins
remarks. He noted to the Blade that
Freedom to Marry contributed about 2
percent of the resources that we had.
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Freedom to Marry President EVAN WOLFSON
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Wolfsons comments on Md. marriage a big fat lie
Md. guv applauds
Question 6 campaign,
downplays 2016 race
Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley this
week said he felt condent going into
Election Day that the referendum on the
states same-sex marriage law would pass.
I had a pretty good sense in the
course of those last 10 days that it was on
a good positive trajectory, he told the
Washington Blade, recalling how delayed
election results from Montgomery County
prompted Marylanders for Marriage
Equality not to declare Question 6 had
ofcially passed until more than four hours
after the polls had closed. Once we
gured that out then I started breathing
a little more deeply. And then when the
Montgomery County numbers came in
and we were up to 51 [percent,] the night
seemed to be coming into perspective.
Question 6 passed by a 52-48 percent
margin with Montgomery County voters
supporting it by nearly two to one. Baltimore
voters backed it by a 57-43 percent margin,
while Question 6 lost in Prince Georges
County by less than 4,000 votes.
OMalley told the Blade he feels one of
the campaigns turning points came when
Rev. Delman Coates of Mount Ennon
Baptist Church in Clinton and Rev. Dont
Hickman of Southern Baptist Church in
Baltimore publicly supported the law he
signed in March.
There are lots of differences of opinion
among clergy about this issue and some
are in favor of civil marriage equality, some
are opposed, said the governor. For those
guys to not only come to the conclusion
personally and as citizens that civil marriage
equality is the right change of law, but also
to be willing to step up and speak to that in a
public way allowed us to have a much more
positive dialogue than the usual fear-based
frames that have doomed these referenda
in other states in the past.
OMalley also cited President Obamas
public support of marriage rights for
same-sex couples during a vulnerable
election year as another turning point for
the pro-Question 6 campaign in Maryland.
The governor also applauded him for
statements in support of both nuptials for
gays and lesbians and the Dream Act that
will allow public colleges and universities
to offer in-state tuition to undocumented
immigrants during the Democratic
National Convention.
The governor played an increasingly
important role in Marylanders for Marriage
Equality fundraising efforts in the weeks
leading up to Election Day.
He headlined a star-studded New York
City fundraiser gay former Republican
National Committee Chair Ken Mehlman
co-hosted on Sept. 13 that raised more
than $100,000 for the pro-Question 6
group. The governor also attended an
Oct. 2 fundraiser for Marylanders for
Marriage Equality that D.C. Mayor Vincent
Gray, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer
(D-Md.,) lesbian state Del. Heather Mizeur
(D-Montgomery County) and others
attended at gay Democratic lobbyist
Steve Elmendorfs Washington home.
OMalley spoke at the Human Rights
Campaigns Chefs for Equality
fundraiser at the Ritz-Carlton in Foggy
Bottom on Oct. 25 that raised funds for
the groups pro-Question 6 efforts.
We had a very good campaign by the
end, he said. We continued to grow and
evolve and become stronger every day.
And it was a very well-run campaign. Josh
Levin[ campaign director for Marylanders
for Marriage Equality,] did a good job.
When asked whether gays and lesbians
were visible enough during the campaign,
OMalley said the pro-Question 6
television and radio ads that ran in the
Baltimore and D.C. media markets were
very effective.
OMalley on marriage, presidential aspirations
Maryland Gov. MARTIN OMALLEY is widely
expected to run for president in 2016.
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Estate to create Kameny Foundation
The estate of the late gay rights leader
Frank Kameny is taking steps to create a
non-prot foundation to promote LGBT
rights causes, provide scholarships
to LGBT young people and establish
guidelines for using Kamenys Gay is
Good slogan, according to an attorney
representing the estate.
The estate is in the process of
organizing the Franklin E. Kameny
Foundation for the purpose of
preserving Dr. Kamenys legacy and
promoting public awareness of the
need for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender equal rights, said attorney
Glen Ackerman.
The announcement of the creation
of the Kameny Foundation came less
than a week after the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Ofce issued a preliminary
denial of an application by the Kameny
estate for a trademark to restrict the
use of the Gay is Good slogan, which
Kameny coined in 1968 to promote gay rights causes.
Several gay activists have raised objections to the idea of placing a trademark on
the well-known slogan, saying Kameny intended the slogan to be used by the LGBT
community without restrictions.
In a written notice, which is part of the public record, a USPTO ofcial said the trademark
application failed to properly demonstrate how the phrase would be used in interstate
commerce, as required under the U.S. trademark law.
A USPTO spokesperson told the Blade the trademark law has been interpreted broadly
to allow non-prot organizations to obtain trademarks for non-commercial use as long as
such organizations engage in activities or provide services that cross state lines and fall
under the denition of commerce.
The estate has six months to revise and resubmit its application under USPTO rules.
Ackerman said the Kameny estate is committed to working with the USPTO to obtain
a trademark for the Gay is Good slogan.
According to Ackerman, the estate will or has invited at least six prominent gay rights
leaders or academic experts to serve on the Kameny Foundations board of directors.
Among them, he said, are Christopher Dyer, former director of the citys Ofce of GLBT
Affairs; Charles Francis, founder of the Kameny Papers Project, which facilitated the
sale and transfer of most of Kamenys historic papers and other items to the Library of
Congress and the Smithsonian Institutions American History Museum; Timothy Patrick
McCarty, lecturer and director of the Human Rights and Social Movement Program at
Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government; Richard Rosendall, longtime D.C.
gay rights advocate and an ofcial with the Kameny Papers Project; and Joe Solmonese,
former executive director of the Human Rights Campaign.
He said Timothy Lamont Clark, whom Kameny named in his will as his heir and the
executor of his estate, will also serve on the foundation board along with Ackermans law
rm partner, J. Max Barger, the estates legal representative.
Ackerman said the foundation would be charged with establishing guidelines for use of
the Gay is Good slogan by organizations and individuals working to advance LGBT equality.
Dyer, who called the creation of the Kameny Foundation a great idea, said he was
uncertain whether other work-related commitments would allow him time to serve on the
foundations board. He said he was troubled over a dispute between the estate and the
local group Helping Our Brothers and Sisters, which has resulted in a delay in the burial of
Kamenys ashes, and isnt inclined to join the board until the dispute is resolved.
Rosendall said he has declined the estates invitation to join the foundation board. The
others named as possible board members couldnt immediately be reached.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Anti-gay hate crime in Columbia Heights
D.C. police have listed an Oct. 27 beating of a 23-year-old gay Latino man outside his
apartment in Columbia Heights as a hate crime based on the victims sexual orientation
and ethnicity.
The victim, who asked not to be identied, told the Blade four or ve males appearing
in their 20s shouted anti-gay and anti-Latino slurs at him before one of the men assaulted
him and knocked him unconscious.
The incident occurred about 3 a.m. a short time after the victim noticed the men were
following him as he was walking from a bus stop near 16th and Lamont Sts., N.W. to his
residence on the 1400 block of Meridian Pl., N.W.
It happened right outside my building, he said.
He said he suffered broken teeth, a facial wound, and a concussion.
David Perez, president of the D.C.-based Latino LGBT History Project and a friend of
the victim, told the Blade in an email message that he contacted the police Gay & Lesbian
Liaison Unit after learning that an initial police report didnt list the attack as a hate crime.
Perez said the attackers called the victim a fag and a spic at the time of the incident.
The victim told the Blade he was concerned that ofcers taking the report at the scene
of the beating didnt ask for many details. However, he acknowledges that he isnt certain
whether he told the ofcers responding to his call for help that the attackers called him
anti-gay and anti-Latino names.
I was in pain and badly shaken up, he said. He said he called for an ambulance to
take him to the hospital after he talked to the ofcers.
He said that although the attackers took a messenger bag from him they made no
attempt to rob him of his wallet and cell phone, which he was holding at the time of the
attack. He said he learned later that the attackers discarded the bag in someones yard
about a block from where the attack occurred and didnt remove any items inside the
bag, leading him to believe robbery wasnt the motive for the attack.
Perez said in his email that GLLU Ofcer Joseph Morquecho, who interviewed the victim
a few days after the attack, amended the police report by listing the incident as a bias crime.
Police, meanwhile, are looking for witnesses that may have seen the incident or who
may know the identity of one or more of the men who participated in the attack. The
victim described the attackers as black males appearing in their early to middle 20s. He
said just one of the young men physically assaulted him and he would recognize that
person if he were to see him again.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Popular Rehoboth bar closes
Cloud 9, a popular LGBT restaurant, bar and dance club in downtown Rehoboth
Beach, closed its doors for the last time on Oct. 28. The Rehoboth Avenue establishment
opened in 1993 when John Berdini, a popular Blue Moon bartender and manager, and
several partners saw a business opportunity on Rehoboth Avenue. The business was
owned by Glenn Thompson until Berdini and his partners bought it in the mid 1990s.
Thompson was also the owner of the popular Renegade, a dance bar on Route One, and
several bars in D.C.
Because the new owners are expected to change the building, it will lose its dance hall
license. It is not clear what the new owner will do with the space.
Berdini, who is straight, saw Rehoboth as a blossoming gay resort in need of an in-town
venue for the LGBT community. Richard Barnett, author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois
Beach Town, said that Cloud 9 restaurant, which catered to straight as well as gay patrons,
played a great role in making the straight community more accepting of the LGBT community
during a period when a number of people in town, including the mayor, were concerned about
the presence of a gay establishment right across the street from Town Hall.
Steve Fallon, owner of the retro gift shop, Gidgets Gadgets, said that the closure
of Cloud 9 reects a change in Rehoboth, in which more and more establishments are
catering to the LGBT community on Route One.
PETER SCHOTT
Gay journos honor NPRs Martin
The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Associations D.C. chapter bestowed
its inaugural Randy Shilts Award for LGBT Coverage on NPRs Michel Martin at
an event this week. Martin hosts the Tell Me More program on NPR and has
covered LGBT rights issues extensively on the show. The award is named for
Shilts, who is credited with being the rst to cover the gay beat for a major
metropolitan newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Elmo puppeteer cleared of allegations
NEW YORK Kevin Clash the voice of Sesame Streets Elmo has cleared
his name after a 23-year-old man recanted allegations that Clash and he had a
sexual relationship starting when he was 16.
He wants it to be known that his sexual relationship with Mr. Clash was an adult
consensual relationship, according to a statement issued by the unidentied
mans representative, Andreozzi & Associates, according to ABC News. He will
have no further comment on the matter.
On Monday, Clash who is now 52 announced a leave of absence from the
show and released a statement acknowledging that he is gay and that hed had
a relationship with the accuser, but only after hed reached the age of consent.
I am a gay man, Clashs statement read. I had a relationship with the accuser.
It was between two consenting adults, and I am deeply saddened that he is trying
to characterize it as something other than what it was.
UPS pulls funding for Boy Scouts
ATLANTA LGBT activists claimed victory after the United Parcel Services
yanked its nancial support of the Boy Scouts of America in excess of $167,000
over anti-gay policies.
More and more corporate leaders are enacting strong non-discrimination
policies for practices including grant funding and hiring, said Gay &
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President Herndon Graddick upon the
announcement. The time is now for the BSA to end this outdated and unpopular
ban before other corporate funders pull dollars and scouting families drop their
support.
In September, Intel announced it would not renew the nearly $700,000 it
contributed to the Boy Scouts in 2010 over policies that bar participation of
openly gay scouts and troop leaders. GLAAD has worked with Eagle Scout and
son of lesbian moms, Zach Wahls, to pressure companies to cease Boy Scout
support until the ban is ended.
Half dozen states next in marriage ght
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. After Election Day, when Maryland, Maine and Washington
became the rst three states to approve same-sex marriage at the ballot box,
advocates of extending marriage rights to same-sex couples are eyeing Illinois,
Delaware, Rhode Island and New Jersey as the next battlegrounds on the matter.
In Rhode Island, advocates tell the Associated Press that after the election
of three additional yes votes to the state Senate, and several new marriage
supporters elected to the state House, where openly gay Democrat Gordon Fox
is speaker, a Gov. Lincoln Chafee-backed marriage bill is likely to succeed.
This election shows theres been a real change on this issue, Speaker Fox told
The Associated Press. Im hopeful. Theres denitely a trend here. Theres a wave
and we should ride it.
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell said marriage which he calls inevitable will
be taken up in 2013. Illinois same-sex marriage supporters announced last week
that momentum from Election Day victories would lend a hand to efforts
there to win, while the Chicago Tribune called the momentum for same-sex
marriage unstoppable.
It looks like the tides probably have shifted and so the real question should
be put to [Gov. Chris] Christie and [state Sen. Christopher] Bateman, gay New
Jersey Assemblyman Reed Gusciora told politics blog njspotlight.com regarding
marriage prospects in New Jersey after the election. Do they see the tides
changing and are they willing to change their view?
In addition, a New York Times analysis names as other possible bright spots
in the future of same-sex marriage, Minnesota where an anti-gay marriage
amendment was rejected by voters Oregon where voters may overturn
a 2004 constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage and Hawaii
where a judge, in August, rejected a lawsuit over same-sex marriage.
The puppeteer who voices ELMO is a gay Maryland native.
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NATI ONAL NEWS NOVEMBER 16, 2012 09
Ballot wins could impact
marriage cases before
Supreme Court
Justices expected to
announce by Dec. 3 whether
they will take up issue
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Legal experts agree the Election
Day victories for same-sex marriage in
four states will have an impact on the
Supreme Court as it weighs challenges to
Californias Proposition 8 and the Defense
of Marriage Act although just how the
outcome of those ballot questions will
inuence justices remains under debate.
Following election results in which
voters in Maine, Maryland and
Washington legalized same-sex marriage
and Minnesota rejected a constitutional
amendment banning same-sex marriage,
the Supreme Court determined a new date
Nov. 30 for deciding whether to take
up the cases as opposed to deliberating
them during its Nov. 20 conference. That
means an ofcial announcement on
whether the court will take up the litigation
will be made by Dec. 3.
In addition to the case challenging
Prop 8, Hollingsworth v. Perry, four
cases challenging DOMA are pending
before the court: Windsor v. United
States, the consolidated case of Gill
v. Ofce of Personnel Management
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
v. Department of Health & Human
Services, Golinksi v. Ofce of Personnel
Management and Pedersen v. Ofce of
Personnel Management.
Jon Davidson, legal director for Lambda
Legal, said the legalization of same-sex
marriage at the ballot in three more states
makes the court more likely to take up the
constitutionality of DOMA and for the
court to strike it down because now
additional states will be impacted by the
federal ban on the recognition of same-
sex marriage.
I believe that they have to do that
because of the rules of the First Circuit
and the Second Circuit, Davidson said.
If the court doesnt take up DOMA, those
decisions will go into effect at the federal
level and the federal government would
have to start honoring marriages entered
into New York and New England, but not
elsewhere, and thats not really a tenable
situation.
But the impact the results will have on
the Prop 8 case seems murkier. Some
experts say it could prompt the court to
allow a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
striking down the measure to stand and
others say it prompt to justices to take up
the case to uphold the measure.
Doug NeJaime, a law professor at
Loyola Law School, said the election
results may prompt the Supreme Court
to decline the Prop 8 challenge because
theyll want to wait to hear a marriage case
after more states have decided the issue.
I think the court could think were going
to let this keep happening, were eventually
going to get a case like this and wed rather
take it after more states have voted for
same-sex marriage, NeJaime said.
John Eastman, chair of the anti-gay
National Organization for Marriage,
said he doesnt think the four wins for
same-sex marriage will be favorable to
Prop 8 opponents because they pale in
comparison to 32 previous victories in
favor of marriage as one man, one woman.
What weve now got is three states in
other direction, which are still the outliers,
Eastman said. At least under what Justice
Kennedy has said before. Thats not the
kind of overwhelming trend that would
suggest he might weigh in differently. You
might also say that the fact that a couple
of states have gone the other direction
shows that there is a political process
option to work this thing out.
The courts decision on whether to
take up the Prop 8 case is particularly
signicant because if justices declined
to do so, same-sex couples would be
able to marry again in California almost
immediately just as soon as the U.S. Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals issues a mandate
saying its earlier ruling striking down the
amendment is now in effect.
In addition to the marriage cases, the
Supreme Court has also rescheduled
for Nov. 30 a discussion on whether it
will take up another LGBT-related case:
Brewer v. Diaz. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewers
(R) appealed to justices a federal district
court injunction prohibiting her from
enforcing a law that took away domestic
partner benets from state employees.
Plans surface for
incorporating LGBT
language in non-LGBT bills
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
With free-standing LGBT supportive
bills having little or no chance of passing
in Congress next year due to the
Republican-controlled House, advocates
are developing plans to push for inserting
LGBT-supportive language in broader,
non-gay bills that enjoy bipartisan support,
according to Capitol Hill insiders.
One bill under consideration for
inclusion in a broader, non-LGBT measure
is the Uniting American Families Act,
which would provide equal immigration
rights to foreign nationals who are same-
sex partners of American citizens.
Another bill under similar consideration
is the Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneciaries
Act, which would allow domestic partners
to obtain the same tax exemption for
health insurance and other health benets
provided by employers that married
opposite-sex couples now enjoy.
There are lots of ways you can do this,
said Allison Herwitt, legislative director of
the Human Rights Campaign, which is
mapping strategy for LGBT-supportive
legislation in the 113th Congress, which
convenes in January.
You can do it in committee. You could
try to get it put in the bill as the bill is
being written, Herwitt said. Its always
better to have the pro-equality language
that we want put in the bill before it gets
to the oor because its easier to protect
your language from being stripped than it
is to afrmatively add language.
Herwitt and representatives with other
LGBT advocacy groups say that despite
the positive developments for the LGBT
community in the Nov. 6 election, the
makeup of Congress has remained largely
the same in terms of the support for at
least seven LGBT related bills.
Among them is the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act, or ENDA, which calls
for banning employment discrimination
based on sexual orientation and gender
identity, and the Respect for Marriage Act,
which would repeal the anti-gay Defense
of Marriage Act, or DOMA. DOMA denes
marriage under federal law as a union only
between a man and a woman.
Steve Ralls, a spokesperson for the
national LGBT group Immigration Equality,
said the group is highly optimistic that
the Uniting American Families Act will
pass in the rst half of next year as part of
a broader immigration reform bill.
Ralls notes that President Obama,
most Democratic lawmakers, and some
congressional Republicans support an
immigration reform measure. With the
Hispanic vote going overwhelmingly to
Obama and Democratic congressional
candidates in the election two weeks
ago, Republican leaders are much more
likely to go along with a comprehensive
immigration bill thats strongly supported
by the U.S. Latino community, Ralls said.
He said Immigration Equality is condent
that the Senate, under the leadership of Sen.
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who chairs the Senate
Judiciary Committee, will support the inclusion
of language from the Uniting American
Families Act in an immigration reform bill.
I am very hopeful that by next summer
we could have a very signicant win on
this, Ralls said.
Herwitt said she is similarly hopeful
that the House and Senate will go along
with including the tax parity measure
for employer health benets aimed at
same-sex partners within a tax-related bill
expected to come up next year.
R. Clarke Cooper, president of the Log
Cabin Republicans, has said an LGBT-
related bill most likely to gain Republican
support in Congress is one that would
redress unfair taxation on Americans,
including LGBT Americans.
While HRC and Immigration Equality
expressed optimism over the strategy of
seeking to add gay bills to broader non-LGBT
legislation, gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.),
whos retiring from Congress in January, said
hes far less optimistic about the prospect of
any LGBT legislation while Republicans control
the House for at least the next two years.
The Republicans continue to be
opposed to everything, he told the
Blade. Look at the Republican platform.
We certainly can block any negative stuff
they may try to do, he said.
But with the Republicans controlling
the House theres zero chance of anything
good happeningTheyre negative on
everything. They voted 98 percent against
us on everything that came up, he said.
They voted 90 some percent to reafrm
the Defense of Marriage Act. So theres
zero chance of them allowing anything.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), one of the
strongest allies of the LGBT community in
Congress, while agreeing that the GOP
majority in the House remains ercely
opposed to LGBT rights, is optimistic
about possible advances for LGBT
equality in Congress next year.
On the heels of tremendous momentum
nationally with the recent victory of marriage
equality in four states, the presidents explicit
support for LGBT rights, the tide of federal
court cases backing equal protection for
LGBT Americans, and a rapidly growing
acceptance of the LGBT community we
have a great deal of validation to take with
us into the 113th Congress, Nadler said in a
statement to the Blade.
Nadler said he, too, is optimistic about the
prospects passing the gay immigration and
tax parity measures as part of broader bills.
We must prepare to work together,
with Democrats and our GOP allies, to use
every tool available to us to advance pro-
equality legislation now, he said.
HRCs Herwitt, however, points out that
the breakdown in the House between
LGBT supportive and anti-LGBT members
in the 113th Congress will make it difcult
to pass LGBT legislation in any form.
If you look at the makeup of the 113th
Congress, they are going in with about
225 members who are solidly anti-LGBT,
she said, noting that most in this group are
Republicans but some Democrats. About
225 House members, most Democrats,
are supporters of LGBT equality and are
expected to vote for LGBT bills, Herwitt said.
The remaining 26 are in the middle,
with HRC and congressional allies
uncertain how they will vote.
With 218 being the magic number
needed to pass a bill, an amendment, or
a discharge petition that could force GOP
House leaders to bring a bill to the oor
for a vote, LGBT advocates are not too far
away from reaching that number, Herwitt
and other advocates said.
But even if they were to convince
House GOP leaders to allow an LGBT bill
like ENDA to reach the oor for a vote,
supporters dont think they have the votes
now to pass such a bill.
Clearly, what we need to do during
these next two years is work like hell to
change the hearts and minds of the voters
to make sure we have the support we need
in the next election in 2014,said Maryland
transgender rights advocate Dana Beyer.
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14 NOVEMBER 16, 2012 NATI ONAL NEWS
Rep. JERROLD NADLER (D-N.Y.), one of the strongest allies of the LGBT community in Congress, is optimistic about possible advances for LGBT equality
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mulls bid for Democratic
caucus vice chair
By CHRIS JOHNSON
A Colorado congressman whos set
to become the most senior openly gay
member of the U.S. House is pledging to
take the lead on perhaps the most high-
prole piece of pro-LGBT legislation: the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) said during a
Washington Blade interview on Tuesday
that he intends to become the chief
sponsor of ENDA following the retirement
of gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), whos
championed the bill since 2007.
I plan on introducing the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act in the next session,
Polis said. Across our country, gays and
lesbians face discrimination in the workplace
and lose their jobs and their livelihood. Its
wrong and its got to end. People shouldnt
be red in this country just because of who
they date in their private life.
In addition to taking the lead on ENDA,
Polis said hell remain the chief sponsor
of another pro-LGBT measure called
the Student Non-Discrimination Act
legislation based on Title IX that would
prohibit the bullying and discrimination of
LGBT students in school.
Polis said he still wants to see President
Obama issue an executive order requiring
federal contractors to institute LGBT-inclusive
non-discrimination policies. The White House
said Obama wouldnt issue the directive at
this time in April, but its unclear where that
stands in the wake of Election Day.
I, of course, believe that the White
House should move forward with
preventing discrimination toward
contractors, Polis said. Thats always
been my position.
Polis became the rst public ofcial to go
on record in support of the executive order
when he told the Blade during an interview
in March 2011 that hes behind the idea.
And Polis has other goals. Hes weighing
a run for a seat in the House Democratic
leadership as vice chair of the Democratic
caucus and his win would be another
milestone because no member of the
LGBT community has ever been elected
to House leadership.
Im still looking at doing that, Polis
said. I think it would be great to have
more diversity in our caucus leadership.
Theres never been a member of the LGBT
community in caucus leadership.
But Polis said he isnt certain if hell make
the bid and is waiting to see what positions
other House Democrats are seeking.
One lingering question is whether House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will
continue her role as head of the caucus.
A lot of members of the caucus are
waiting to see whos returning and whos
running for the different positions, so until
thats known, theres no denitive candidacy,
but I certainly have been talking to a lot
of members about it and Ive got a lot of
encouragement from them, Polis said.
House Democrats are set to vote on
caucus leaders on Nov. 29. The vice chair
ranks just below the House Democratic
caucus chair. In addition to other duties,
the vice chair has a seat on the Steering
& Policy Committee, which assigns
committee membership to Democrats
and advises them on policy decisions.
The current vice chair of the House
Democratic caucus is Rep. Xavier Becerra
(D-Calif.), but hes expected to leave that
role to pursue the position as caucus chair.
Polis may have competition if he launches
a bid to replace him. Other names that
have been mentioned as possibilities as
vice chair are Reps. Joe Donnelly (D-N.Y.)
and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.).
But as far as movement on pro-LGBT
bills, Polis was pessimistic either during
the lame duck session or next year at the
start of the 113th Congress as long
as Republicans remain in control of the
House. Polis said the votes may actually
be present in the Republican-controlled
House to pass LGBT bills, but the problem
is Republican leadership prevents the
measures from coming to the oor.
We have bipartisan support whether
its ending workplace discrimination or my
Student Non-Discrimination Act or housing
non-discrimination, Polis said. Those
would be very close votes if they were put
to the House as a whole, but Republican
leadership has refused to allow those bills
to even advance to the oor.
One possible way to skirt House
leadership would be to move pro-LGBT
bills to the oor via a discharge petition.
If a majority of House members sign
a discharge petition for any particular
bill, it would go to the oor regardless
of the desire of House leadership. Polis
acknowledged that route as a possibility,
but was skeptical about its chances.
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16 NOVEMBER 16, 2012 NATI ONAL NEWS
Rep. JARED POLIS has pledged to become the
lead sponsor of ENDA in the next Congress.
Polis pledges to take the lead on ENDA
Laughton wins race for
seat in state House
A New Hampshire Democrat on Tuesday
became the rst openly transgender
person elected to statewide ofce in the
country.
Stacie Laughton, a Nashua selectman,
will represent portions of the states second
largest city located on the Massachusetts
border in the New Hampshire House
of Representatives. She and two other
Democrats defeated two Republicans
who had also run.
The N.H. House has 400 members
from 103 districts. Each lawmaker has an
average of 3,300 constituents, but the
most populated districts can have up to
13 representatives.
Laughton did not immediately respond
to the Washington Blades request for
comment, but she said in a campaign
video she would always ght for the
rights of the LGBT community. New
Hampshire lawmakers in 2009 rejected
a bill that would have added gender
identity and expression to the states non-
discrimination law.
Laughton told the [Nashua] Telegraph
newspaper she hopes her election will
inspire other LGBT people to seek political
ofce.
I believe that at this point, the LGBT
community will hopefully be inspired,
Laughton told the newspaper on Nov.
8. My hope is that now maybe well see
more people in the community running,
maybe for alderman. Maybe in the next
election, well have a senator.
Gay former state Rep. Ray Buckley, who
chairs the New Hampshire Democratic
Party, welcomed Laughtons election.
Serving in the N.H. House is an
extraordinary experience because it
brings together 400 citizens from all
walks of life to work together, he told
the Blade. Having a transgender person
as a member of the House will bring a
unique experience and perspective to the
challenges facing the state.
Joelle Ruby Ryan, a transgender activist
who is also a professor at the University of
New Hampshire, agreed.
Words cannot express how excited I am
about the election of Ms. Stacie Laughton
to the N.H. House of Representatives, she
told the Blade. As a transgender activist
in N.H. for 20 years now, I can honestly
state that this is a pivotal milestone in
our long struggle for full equality and civil
rights.
Mara Keisling, executive director of the
National Center for Transgender Equality,
also described Laughtons election as
historic.
Were thrilled she was elected, said
Keisling. She did it the grassroots way
you have to do it in New Hampshire. Shes
part of the community and clearly did
it right, so its pretty impressive she got
elected.
Nashua voters elected Laughton
on the same night former state Sen.
Maggie Hassan defeated Republican
Ovide Lamontagne to become New
Hampshires next governor. The states
next congressional delegation will be all
women after former Congresswoman
Carol Shea-Porter and Ann McLane Kuster
defeated incumbent U.S. Reps. Frank
Guinta and Charlie Bass respectively.
House Minority Leader Terie Norelli
(D-Portsmouth) could also potentially
become the next speaker of the N.H.
House after Democrats regained control
of the chamber.
N.H. elects rst out trans statewide ofcial
STACIE LAUGHTON will represent portions of
the states second largest city in the N.H. House.
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rather than raising money for myself.
She added that she wont get in the race
unless she can be competitive nancially.
Mizeur would certainly tap a national
network of donors from her seven years
as a Democratic National Committee
member and experience working on
the Hill and on political campaigns. She
worked for former presidential candidate
Sen. John Kerrys campaign and famously
endorsed Barack Obama for president in
2008 after attracting national attention
over whether shed back him or rival
Hillary Rodham Clinton. Additionally, a
Mizeur candidacy would likely attract
support from the Gay & Lesbian Victory
Fund given the opportunity for a barrier-
breaking race and from EMILYs List
considering there is only one Democratic
female governor currently in ofce in the
country. The Victory Fund endorsed her in
2006 and 2010 but said it is premature to
discuss another endorsement at this time.
At this point, our work to grow the
number of out elected ofcials in America
involves a lot of rsts, a lot of milestones,
said Victory Fund President and CEO
Chuck Wolfe, when asked about a potential
Mizeur run for governor. One of those
would obviously be helping to elect an out
candidate as a governor, which has never
happened. With more than 100 openly
LGBT state legislators now in ofce, and
the most-ever out members of Congress
preparing to be sworn in, that day may
come sooner than many imagine.
When asked whether he had any
thoughts about Mizeurs potential
gubernatorial campaign, OMalley told
the Blade on Tuesday, Not really, Im
supporting Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown
wholeheartedly for governor of Maryland.
Mizeur declined to say when she
expects to make a nal decision on
the race, noting that right now shes
dedicated to preparing for the upcoming
legislative session in Annapolis. But to
be competitive, she would likely need to
make a nal decision by early spring, just
after the session ends.
We have a robust slate of issues to
address next year, including fracking, paid
sick days for employees and job creation
efforts, she said.
Given the expected competition from
a sitting lieutenant governor backed by
the popular OMalley not to mention
Gansler, who has long been vocal about
his support for marriage equality what
makes Mizeur think she can compete?
Im out giving speeches and working
with people across the state and theyre
encouraging me to get in this race, she
said. Theyre telling me we need your
passion and message Im not the
candidate thats just next in line or seeking
a professional promotion; Im out there
expressing what I believe and trying to
rally communities around those ideas and
common purpose. And thats where this
came from from the ground up.
Some have speculated that Mizeur
is positioning herself for lieutenant
governor, a rumor that she dismissed with
a curt, Im usually not a plan B person.
Mizeur said Marylands next governor
must focus on jobs and the economy. In a
high-prole split with OMalley earlier this
year, she came out against ballot Question
7, which ultimately passed and allows for an
additional casino to be built and for table
games at existing casinos in the state.
I spent a lot of time speaking against
gaming as a failed form of economic
development for the state and instead
talked about a range of ideas for
job creation rebuilding schools,
transportation is at a crisis point in the
state workforce development. She
said that construction of the Purple Line
in the D.C. suburbs would create 27,000
jobs while Baltimores proposed Red Line
would create another 15,000. She also
noted that the states health care needs
should bring another 120,000 related jobs
over 10 years to the state. She has long
worked on health-related issues and looks
forward to playing a role in implementing
the federal health care reform law.
Mizeur married her spouse, Deborah
Mizeur, in 2005 at a ceremony along the
Chesapeake Bay.
We married in front of family and
friends and God; we just didnt get any
rights associated with it, she said. Seven
years later, here we are.
The couple traveled to California and
were married just before voters there
enacted Proposition 8 in 2008, which
ended same-sex marriage, though
couples already wed remained legally
married. She said they wont have
another ceremony now that Maryland has
approved marriage equality, because their
California marriage is now fully recognized
here. The two live in Takoma Park with a
dog, Chester, and two cats and own a
consulting business, the Mizeur Group,
which does federal policy analysis work.
They also own an organic herb farm in
Chestertown, Md.
She and Deborah spent election night
at a Baltimore celebration along with
OMalley and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake.
Deb and I were all smiles we hugged
and embraced and said this is what a happy
legally married couple looks like, she said,
upon hearing that Question 6 passed. Its
still hard to put into words. You never want
to have your civil rights put to a majority
vote but it was incredibly fullling knowing
that Marylanders across the state stood
up to do the right thing.
The battle over Question 6 was a
contentious one with a diverse coalition of
in-state and out-of-state groups claiming
a piece of the credit for its passage,
sometimes leading to heated accusations.
One advocate, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, accused Freedom to Marrys
Evan Wolfson of telling a big fat lie when
touting his organizations contributions to
the ght. Josh Levin, campaign manager
of Marylanders for Marriage Equality, said
that although Mizeur was helpful, she
could have done more.
Del. Mizeur helped raise some money for
the campaign, but wasnt closely involved,
Levin said. She helped with a few events,
but others did far more and her attention
was clearly more focused on other priorities,
including a potential statewide run.
Mizeur disputes that characterization,
noting her participation in fundraising
events, testifying on behalf of the bill and
delivering an emotional oor speech prior
to the vote. Mizeur said she and the other
seven openly gay and lesbian members
of the state legislature devoted much of
2012 to the marriage cause.
Each of us was working hard in our own
way, she said. My entire public schedule
was Question 6-related for months.
With that ght over, she said the next
job for the states LGBT advocates is to
push for non-discrimination protections
based on gender identity and to work on
causes important to those who joined the
coalition for marriage equality.
Its important for our community to be
seen as coming together to work on issues
that are outside LGBT priorities, she said.
We only won Question 6 because we had
an amazing coalition that crossed party
lines, age, race. We cant just be seen
as ghting for this form of equality and
turning a blind eye to other causes. She
cited hunger, school achievement gaps,
living wage and reforming the criminal
justice system as priorities.
Mizeur talks openly about her Catholic
faith but said she did not encounter any
anti-gay sermons over the marriage issue
this year because she goes to parishes
run by Jesuits who are more progressive.
Despite the Catholic Churchs prominent
role in funding anti-gay causes around the
country, Mizeur contends its important
not to abandon the church.
We have to ght for change from
within, she said. If all progressive
Catholics left, thered be no reason to live
up to the churchs potential.
Mizeur was raised in a tiny farming
community in rural Illinois called Blue
Mound, population 1,100. Shes from a
fth generation farming family, but her
father was a factory worker and UAW
member his entire career. She spent time
with him on picket lines, which helped
inspire her pursuit of public service.
The experience of walking picket lines
taught me the value of sacrice and hard
work and standing up for the courage of your
convictions, she said. Catholic teachings
on social justice also inspired me.
Michael K. Lavers
contributed to this report.
washingtonblade.com
18 NOVEMBER 16, 2012 COVER STORY: LOCAL NEWS
If she runs and wins, HEATHER MIZEUR
would be the rst openly gay person to win a
governors race in the country.
Mizeur closer to run for Maryland governor
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to the Cabinet before. Two individuals who
already have high-ranking positions in the
Obama administration have emerged as
potential openly LGBT Cabinet members:
John Berry as secretary of the interior and
Fred Hochberg as commerce secretary.
Berry currently serves as director of the
U.S. Ofce of Personnel Management
and Hochberg is chair of the U.S. Export-
Import Bank.
Berry has experience that would
be relevant to heading a department
charged with managing federal parks and
natural resources. Most notably, he was
head of the National Zoo in D.C. prior to
his appointment as OPM director. Under
the Clinton administration, Berry was
assistant secretary of the interior for policy,
management and budget and at the start
of the Bush administration was director of
the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.
In addition to being head of the export
credit agency for the United States,
Hochberg also has a background that
would make him a possible candidate
for commerce secretary. Under the
Clinton administration, Hochberg
was deputy administrator of the Small
Business Administration and later became
the organizations acting administrator.
An appointment of an openly LGBT
person as U.S. ambassador to one of the
countries in the G-2o, or countries with
the 20 largest economies, would also
be historic because no such nomination
has happened before. However, three
openly gay people have served as U.S.
ambassadors. Former President Clinton
made the rst such appointment in 1997
when he named James Hormel as U.S.
ambassador to Luxembourg. Former
President George W. Bush named Michael
Guest as U.S. ambassador to Romania and
President Obama named David Huebner
as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand.
Denis Dison, spokesperson for the
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, said his
organization continues to push for
LGBT appointments at all levels of the
administration as it has done since 2008
through the Presidential Appointments
Project, a joint project led by the Victory
Fund that serves as a talent bank for LGBT
people seeking appointments in the
administration.
That obviously has been a great
success, Dison said. The Obama
administration has more out LGBT people
than any other president in fact, all
presidents combined before him. So,
were certainly going to continue with
the project and making sure people
understand that the project exists ... and
working with the White House Ofce
of Presidential Personnel to make sure
that they have the resources that were
building here to provide those resumes.
Dison said the Victory Fund has no
specic goal for the appointment of
an LGBT person to a specic ofce
such as a Cabinet-level position or
an ambassadorship, although he
acknowledged such an appointment
would be absolutely historic.
Shin Inouye, a White House
spokesperson, said in response to a
Washington Blade inquiry, I have no
personnel announcements to make.
In addition to the appointment of LGBT
people to the Obama administration,
advocates are also mindful about the
impact of Cabinet-level departures on
LGBT issues. One such departure is
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, whos
expected to step down.
That position is important to the LGBT
community because the defense secretary
can implement openly transgender
service and administrative changes to
provide gay service members spousal
benets afforded to straight troops
which include joint duty assignments,
issuance of IDs, use of the commissary
and family housing. Health and pension
partner benets cant be afforded to gay
service members because of the Defense
of Marriage Act.
Zeke Stokes, spokesperson for the
LGBT military group OutServe-SLDN,
said his organization wants Obama to
nominate a defense secretary who has an
unequivocal commitment to fairness and
equality.
Should it not happen before he
or she takes the helm of the Defense
Department, the new Secretary should
immediately use his or her authority to
the extent possible under existing law to
provide support and recognition to gay
and lesbian military families, who today
are being treated as second-class citizens
by our military, Stokes said.
According to a report from the
Washington Post published on Monday,
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chair of the
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee,
is being considered for the role of
defense secretary. The 2004 Democratic
presidential nominee voted against
DOMA in 1996 and in recent years has
been an LGBT advocate and has come
out for marriage equality. Another name
that has been oated is former Sen. Chuck
Hagel, a Republican.
Another departure that will be noted by
the LGBT community is that of Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton. Her most high-prole
pro-LGBT act was speaking to the United
Nations in Geneva last year against LGBT
human rights abuses, telling LGBT people
across the globe who feel isolated in their
countries, You have an ally in the United
States of America and you have millions of
friends among the American people.
Other accomplishments include
providing global benets to LGBT
employees and diplomats representing
the country overseas and leading a
department that has spoken against
LGBT human rights abuses overseas, such
as the proposed anti-homosexuality bill
in Uganda. But shes among a few high-
prole Democrats who hasnt publicly
endorsed marriage equality.
The Washington Post report from
Monday said Obama is considering
naming Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador
to the United Nations, as Clintons
replacement. Kerry is another name that
has been oated for the position.
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Will Obama name LGBT appointees in Cabinet shakeup?
Chair of the Export-Import Bank FRED
HOCHBERG is among the names rumored for a
Cabinet-level position.

Joins six other openly LGB
politicians in Congress
By CHRIS JOHNSON
A former state lawmaker made history
on Monday by becoming the rst openly
bisexual person elected to Congress
after being declared the winner in a tight
Arizona congressional race.
Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat who had
served for seven years in the Arizona
state legislature, won in her race against
Republican candidate Vernon Parker, a
former Department of Agriculture ofcial
in the Bush administration. Sinema will
represent Arizonas 9th congressional
district in the U.S. House.
The Associated Press called the race for
Sinema on Monday afternoon. According
to an ofcial state website, Sinema claimed
48.1 percent of the vote while Parker had
45.4 percent.
The race wasnt called until six days after
the election because Sinemas apparent
margin of victory was so slim on Election Day.
But her lead grew to a margin of more than
6,000 votes after absentee and provisional
ballots were counted, prompting the AP to
declare her the winner.
Robyn Ochs, a Boston-based bisexual
activist and educator and editor of Bi
Women, called Sinemas victory a
milestone for bisexual Americans.
Im doing the happy dance, Ochs
said. As someone who has identied
as bi for 36 years, its about time there is
nally someone in Congress who shares
my sexual orientation label. Weve made
a lot of progress as a society in terms of
electing out lesbian or gay ofcials, and
I hope were approaching a time when
bi or trans identities also cease to be
remarkable.
In addition to being the rst openly
bisexual member of Congress, Sinema will
be the rst openly LGBT woman elected
to Congress since the election of Rep.
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) to a U.S. House
seat in 1998.
Sinema will join six other openly LGBT
candidates elected to Congress. Baldwin
became the rst openly gay person elected
to the U.S. Senate while Reps. Jared Polis
(D-Colo.) and David Cicilline (D-R.I.) won
re-election to the U.S. House. Sean Patrick
Maloney, Mark Takano and Mark Pocan won
U.S. House seats for the rst time.
Bisexual woman wins Arizona House race
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shines in victory
Following two-dozen similar events that
had taken place throughout Baltimore
and neighboring counties, Light Brigade
Maryland shined one more time the evening
after the historic referendum victory that
legalized same-sex marriage in Maryland.
More than 25 people backed by large
rainbow ags braved the chill and dampness
as well as a massive water main break in
Midtown to gather at McKeldin Square at
the Inner Harbor. The diverse crowd held up
lit panels spelling out MARRIAGE VICTORY
6 denoting the victory on Question 6 on
Election Day. Del. Mary Washington and
GLCCB Board President Bud Beehler were
among the celebrants.
As trafc meandered through the busy
intersection of Light and Pratt Streets,
many motorists honked their horns as a
gesture of support and to cheer the victory.
These events, inspired by a similar
group in Wisconsin during the governor
recall election earlier this year, garnered
national exposure in blogs and news
outlets. Using lit panels, volunteers
held up individual letters on highway
overpasses, bridges and other venues
to spell out assorted slogans advocating
marriage equality. The groups Facebook
page with 735 members is the primary
source for disseminating information and
posting photos from the events.
I have heard from many people that
they think Light Brigade Maryland has had
a positive impact. I tend to think the Light
Brigade Maryland project worked to get
people excited and keep them engaged,
Mark Patro, the founder and principal
organizer of Light Brigade Maryland, told
the Blade.
Following the victory on marriage
equality, the Light Brigade is considering
joining the Moving Maryland Forward
Network, which works to support
progressive social justice issues. The
lights may keep on shining.
Movie night at
PFLAG-Baltimore County
On Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. a screening of
the lm Anyone and Everyone will be
featured at the general meeting of the
Baltimore County chapter of PFLAG. It
will take place at the Towson Unitarian
Universalist Church, 1710 Delaney Valley
Rd. in Lutherville.
The lm is a documentary that depicts
families from all walks of life. Individuals
from such diverse backgrounds as
Japanese, Bolivian, Cherokee as well as
various religious denominations such as
Mormon, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Hindu
and Southern Baptists share intimate
accounts of how their children revealed
their sexual orientation and discuss
their responses. The parents talk about
the struggling with pain of their sons
and daughters dealing with not being
accepted by relatives and friends and
ostracized by religious congregations.
Following the lm there will be a
discussion period.
New Wave Singers
to perform at benet
The New Wave Singers of Baltimore
(New Wave) will honor World AIDS Day
with concerts on Dec. 1 and 2 to benet
Moveable Feast, a Baltimore-based non-
prot that helps provide food for those
who have AIDS and cancer.
The rst concert will take place on Dec.
1 at 8 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church of
Baltimore, 12 West Franklin St., Baltimore.
The second is scheduled for Dec. 2 at 4
p.m. at the Govans Presbyterian Church,
5828 York Rd., Baltimore.
Tickets are $20 (free for youth age 17 and
under) for each performance, and New
Wave will donate half of the proceeds to
Movable Feast. Tickets may be purchased
online at newwavesingers.org.
New Wave is a community of gay,
lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and
straight people making music since 1985.
STEVE CHARING
Members of LIGHT BRIGADE celebrate the passage of
Question 6 last week.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY STEVE CHARING
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Chef Bourdain at the Hippodrome
Hippodrome Theatre (12 N Eutaw St.) presents an evening with Anthony
Bourdain in his tour Guts & Glory tour Saturday night at 8.
Bourdain is an internationally renowned chef, author and television host. His
most recent culinary-themed graphic novel Get Jiro! is on the New York Times
bestseller list. The night includes stories about his lifes work and travels, which
includes a question-and-answer session with the audience.
Tickets are $55-$150. For more information, visit france-merrickpac.com.
Trans Day of Remembrance on Tuesday
The First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (Charles and Franklin St., Baltimore)
holds a service for the Transgender Day of Remembrance on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
The day was started in 1998 with the kick off of Remembering Our Dead to
commemorate the murder of Rita Hester who was killed for being transgender.
The day has been extended to memorialize everyone who has been killed out of
anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
The day is to help raise awareness to the prejudices transgender people still
face. For more information, visit rstunitarian.net.
Frontrunners have Saturday meet planned
Baltimore Frontrunners and Walkers run on Saturday morning at 8:45 starting at
Panera (3600 Boston St.).
The organization is a running and walking club for LGBT runners and friends.
They welcome runners and walkers of all levels, including any four-legged friends
who would like to join the run.
The route for the run will include going to the Inner Harbor World Trade Center
or the Maryland Science Center. Afterward, the group reassembles for brunch at
10.
This event is free. Direct inquiries to baltimorefrs@yahoo.com or call 410-662-
2887. For more information, visit baltimorefrontrunners.org.
Bump, set, spike with Charm City
Charm City Volleyball is hosting social play for volleyball players of all levels
Wednesday evening starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Mount Royal Recreational Center
(137 McMechen St.).
The group is an LGBT volleyball organization. The weekly social play is to
promote volleyball in the community. Charm City Volleyball hosts competitive
events and social clinics.
The sessions are $3 each and $30 for the fall season. There are discounts for
students. For more information, visit volleybaltimore.org.
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A previous Transgender Day of Remembrance in Washington. Events are slated Tuesday for both D.C. and
Baltimore.
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Upholding marriage law
shows we are moving in
right direction
African Americans played a key role in
ensuring the passage of marriage equality
in Maryland. On Nov. 6, Maryland, Maine
and Washington became the rst states to
conrm marriage equality at the ballot box.
On the surface, you might suspect that if
voters are going to vote in support of mar-
riage equality, then it would obviously be
in states that supported President Obama
in national elections. When you dig deeper,
however, there is a much different story that
dees what has been passing as conven-
tional wisdom.
In previous elections, the theory has been
that marriage equality couldnt pass at the
ballot box in elections with heavy turnout
among African Americans and other com-
munities of color. This theory was particularly
pronounced in California, a progressive state
that voted against marriage equality in 2008.
Thus, in Maryland, a state in which the
percentage of African Americans is the fourth
largest in the nation, passing marriage equal-
ity is particularly notable. In Maryland, nearly
one in three voters is African American. As
in 2008, African-American turnout was high
in this election because President Obama,
who is very popular with African Americans,
was on the ballot. Thus, it was not possible
to win marriage equality in Maryland without
signicant African-American support. The
campaign did a great job of getting high-
prole African Americans to publicly speak
in support of marriage equality. President
Obama, Prince Georges County Executive
Rushern Baker, civil rights leader Julian Bond,
actress MoNique, Baltimore Raven Brendan
Ayanbadejo and the NAACP are just a sam-
pling of some of the high-prole support.
Equally as important, Rev. Delman Coates
of Prince Georges County and Rev. Donte
Hickman of Baltimore, who both lead large,
inuential congregations in their respective
districts, provided high-prole religious sup-
port, which was particularly important be-
cause many African Americans who oppose
marriage equality base their opposition on
religious beliefs.
Out of Marylands 24 counties, predomi-
nantly African-American Baltimore City had
the third highest percentage of those in fa-
vor of marriage equality with 57.5 percent.
Predominately African-American Prince
Georges County had the 8th highest per-
centage in favor of marriage equality with
48.9 percent. Contrast that with majority
white Caroline County, where only 37 percent
voted in favor, Dorchester County, where only
36.9 percent voted in favor, and Somerset
County, where 34.1 percent voted in favor.
African Americans have a long history of
being discriminated against and, as a result,
most of us usually go out of our way to en-
sure that we are not discriminating against
others. Messaging that took this into account
is the main reason the measure passed. In
past campaigns, there was not as much of a
concerted effort to directly target messages
toward African Americans or, if there was,
the messages were not as effective because
there were not as many African Americans
playing lead roles in the campaign as there
were in Maryland.
While marriage equality has an enormous
impact on all gays and lesbians who hope to
marry, in some ways, its impact can be even
larger on many LGBT African Americans who
desire to do so. While many LGBT African
Americans have a myriad of issues to be con-
cerned about, such as economic issues and
youth homelessness, for those who desire
to get married, having that right available in
ones home state can make a difference in
having a ccess to marriage.
Several states have performed same-sex
marriages for years. Until Washington, D.C.
started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex
couples in March 2010, the closest state that
would perform same-sex marriages was Con-
necticut. Thus, the ability to access the insti-
tution of marriage became one of nances.
Lower income couples in Maryland simply
could not afford to travel to Connecticut or
one of the other equal-marriage states prior
to 2010 to get married. Since there is still a
large economic gap in this country that corre-
sponds with race, this lack of access adversely
impacted LGBT African Americans and other
people of color.
Although I now live in D.C., I was raised
in Prince Georges County, and the electoral
results in Maryland are particularly promising
to those of us who are both African American
and LGBT. Often ghting for visibility in both
the mainstream African-American commu-
nity and within the larger LGBT community,
those of us with dual identities nd the sup-
port of high-prole African Americans per-
sonally afrming. Thus, these election results,
which would not have happened without
a strong coalition of people of all races and
sexual orientations, are just another example
that we are moving in the right direction.
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Lateefah Williams is president of the Gertrude Stein
Democratic Club, the Districts largest LGBT political
organization. She is the rst African-American woman
to serve in the position.
David von Storch bringing
lifestyle enterprises to
diamond of a destination
D.C.s Capitol Riverfront isnt only about
baseball anymore.
The rapidly evolving area is increasingly
prompting the same level of hometown inter-
est and excitement as the team that hits the
eld at its signature waterfront stadium.
A tantalizing assortment of well-known
stars of commerce has been recruited for
a deep bench fueling the resurgent near-
Southeast Washington neighborhood. The
news parallels the twin announcements this
week that Bryce Harper had been named
National League Rookie of the Year and
Davey Johnson was designated league
Manager of the Year.
Prominent on that roster is successful lo-
cal entrepreneur and longtime community
businessman David von Storch, president
of Urban Adventures Companies, which he
founded in 1986.
The late October conrmation
that von Storch had committed to a
28,000-square-foot VIDA Fitness facility with
a 10,000-square-foot Penthouse Pool Club
and Lounge, also including his companion
businesses Bang Salon and Aura Spa, at The
Yards planned mixed-use residential, hospi-
tality, retail, ofce and hotel development
project was yet another signal that an urban
homerun was in the making. The popular
businesses will form the anchor of the initial
phase of a multiple-component undertak-
ing eventually spanning several blocks be-
tween Nationals Park and the Washington
Navy Yard.
When completed, The Yards will feature
2,800 residential units, 1.8 million square feet
of ofce space and nearly half-a-million square
feet of retail, restaurant and bar, entertain-
ment and service businesses. This cityscape
collaboration is an undertaking of Forest City
Washington, the local project subsidiary of the
well-regarded national real estate develop-
ment and management rm. The large-scale
project represents a major commitment to
providing a leadership role in the design of the
Capitol Riverfront.
The company recently completed the
Foundry Lofts, transforming a former Navy
Yard industrial building into 170 distinctive
luxury apartment units. Indicating how popu-
lar a residential locale the area has already
become, the lofts fully leased at an industry
record-setting pace.
A number of new construction midrise and
townhome residential and commercial proj-
ects have recently risen on the largely repur-
posed atland area alongside limited existing
structures. Together they offer a complement
of variable housing options for a range of in-
come levels from modest to market, resident
types including singles, couples, families and
empty-nesters, and accommodation of city
agency workforce employees. A diversity of
nancial and household constructs distin-
guishes the area.
A dizzying range of development projects
is underway or planned for the near-term. A
continuous stream of project announcements
are promulgated by the growth instrumental
Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement Dis-
trict (BID) regarding soon-to-come construc-
tion projects, neighborhood businesses and
community amenities. A Harris Teeter grocery
is among the coming wave of new businesses.
Referring to the Capitol Riverfront district
as the citys fastest-changing neighborhood is
an understatement as colossal as the progres-
sively evolving urban environment itself.
This weekend the sleek Canal Park and its
ice skating rink will rst welcome the public,
surrounding the nearly-ready Park Tavern res-
taurant only one of a number of restaurants
and bars slated to soon open. The elongated
park is symbolic of the waterway once con-
necting the Potomac River with the clean,
crisp and surprisingly beautiful Anacostia River
that runs along the entire southern edge of the
neighborhood enclave.
Strolling the minimalist yet dramatic
The Yards Park at the rivers edge, the site
of outdoor events and evening concerts
and serving as a community gathering spot
and green space, a beautiful new board-
walk overlooks what will become a marina
and pier. Located only ve blocks south of
the U.S. Capitol, the area is bounded to the
north by an elevated freeway separating
the adjacent Capitol Hill neighborhood but
serving as merely an architectural gateway
from a street level perspective.
The impressive contemporary design of
the end-space that the VIDA complex will
occupy in the initial-phase Twelve12 project,
situated at 4th and Tingey streets, S.E., is
scheduled for phased completion beginning
early 2014. The complex is the rst of seven
structures planned for an aggressively paced
construction schedule.
Since emerging in the late 1980s as a high-
prole hospitality and nightlife innovator, von
Storch opened Washingtons rst brewpub
since Prohibition in 1992. Capitol City Brewing
Company continues to operate at its original
downtown location as well as in Arlington, Va.
Employing 1,700 at the microbrewery
pubs, ve VIDA Fitness venues along with the
dramatic rooftop Penthouse Pool and Lounge
at the recently renovated and expanded VIDA
U Street facility, companion Bang Salon and
Aura Spa locations, and the 901 Restaurant
and Lounge in Penn Quarter, von Storch over-
sees an array of lifestyle enterprises earning a
well-deserved national reputation.
Emblematic of the housing and commer-
cial projects popping up across the city, the
Riverfront district presents a unique blank
slate opportunity for thoughtfully planned
development with neither the limitations of
existing structural commitment or the burdens
of entrenched litigating of the preservation of
the familiar. Yet the neighborhood has magnif-
icently large-scale legacy structures, nuanced
architectural elements, a captivating water-
front setting, and a rich history as primary as
that of anyplace in Washington.
More than anything else, that is what ex-
cites von Storch about becoming a part of one
of the most dynamic developing neighbor-
hoods offering a fresh new future in the na-
tions capital.
An urban adventure taking shape on the riverfront
Mark Lee is a local small business manager and long-
time community business advocate. Reach him at
OurBusinessMatters@gmail.com.
washingtonblade.com
OUR BUSI NESS MATTERS NOVEMBER 16, 2012 25
VIDA Fitness with Penthouse Pool Club and Lounge will be joined by companion businesses Bang Salon and Aura Spa at The Yards mixed-use
waterfront development, opening in early 2014
ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF FOREST CITY WASHINGTON
Urban Adventures Companies president DAVID VON STORCH recently announced expansion
plans for three of his businesses in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood near Nationals Stadium
Some concerns about
organizations direction
There is no question that the Gay & Lesbian
Victory Fund had a great election cycle and the
LGBT community had a fantastic night on Nov.
6. But as we build for the future and look to
many more such cycles some would question
whether the Victory Fund has retreated a little
from what many believe was its initial mission.
It was seen as the organization supporting and
promoting LGBT candidates even when other
organizations wouldnt because they didnt
see the value in promoting them. The Victory
Fund was building a strong bullpen of LGBT
candidates the future leaders at all levels of
government.
Today the Victory Fund coordinates with
and sometimes determines whether to sup-
port candidates partially based on what groups
like the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee (DCCC) do. I would assume since
they are non-partisan they look at what the
Republican Congressional Campaign Com-
mittee thinks as well. It appears they may be
more concerned with their percentage of win-
ning candidates rather than building for the
future. Many of our nest politicians lost their
rst campaigns and went on to have stellar
political careers. First time potentially viable
LGBT candidates need our support and most
believe it is the Victory Funds mission to pro-
vide that support and encouragement.
A recent congressional race in Michigans
3rd District is a prime example of where the
Victory Fund has gone astray. Trevor Thomas,
a gay man running in the primary asked for a
Victory Fund endorsement early in his cam-
paign. The Victory Fund turned him down
suggesting that if he could raise $100,000 on
his own and prove he was a viable candidate it
would reconsider. Trevor did that and the Vic-
tory Fund turned him down again. A Victory
Fund board member recently told me that the
group decided not to endorse Thomas be-
cause they thought even if he could win his pri-
mary he couldnt win the election. That board
member also told me that the Victory Fund
looked at the DCCC and saw that it wasnt
supporting Trevor in the primary but instead
supported a self-funded candidate.
Thomas raised a lot of money on his own in
the primary. He received the endorsement of
two current members of Congress early in his
campaign. About a month before the primary,
the DCCC realized that in the pre-primary
reporting period his opponent raised a weak
$4,000, while Thomas pulled in nearly $40,000
in less than 15 days without a single dollar
coming from PACs. The DCCC then gave
the green light for other sitting members of
Congress to endorse, including Barney Frank.
He received endorsements from two former
members of Congress, including Patrick Mur-
phy, the leader in repealing Dont Ask, Dont
Tell. Still, the Victory Fund wouldnt endorse.
Thomas found support from former Michigan
Gov. Jennifer Granholm; from the states for-
mer lieutenant governor who had just run for
governor; a progressive PAC dedicated to vet-
erans issues and Cecile Richards of National
Planned Parenthood. The chair of the Con-
gressional Pro-Choice Caucus, Rep. Diana De-
Gette, along with Frank, started raising money
for him. What he didnt ever get was support
from many big LGBT donors who told him
they only contribute to candidates endorsed
by the Victory Fund.
Trevor Thomas wasnt an unknown quan-
tity. He was deputy communications direc-
tor at HRC and communications director for
SLDN during the nal ght for repeal of Dont
Ask, Dont Tell. The executive director of the
SLDN was an active supporter and fundraiser
for Thomas.
Thomas raised about $400,000 for his cam-
paign and had an independent group backed
by veterans chip in another $150,000. He got
45 percent of the vote against a competitor
not particularly friendly to the LGBT commu-
nity, who spent $700,000. If only Thomas had
had the early support of the Victory Fund,
he might have either kept his opponent out
of the race or gone on TV earlier to get his
message out. Democratic pollster Mark Mell-
man shared a poll early in the campaign with
the Victory Fund showing if Thomas had the
money to get his message out he could win
big with one test showing a win by as much
as 20 percent. Thomass story was compelling,
including the fact that he was a product of the
auto-industry, both his parents working the line
for more than 30 years.
In Trevors case it wasnt the mere $5,000 the
Victory Fund gives to endorsed candidates but
rather making people aware of his candidacy so
they would give. While the Victory Fund wasnt
even interested in listing him on its website,
National Planned Parenthood and a national
veterans group, along with Jennifer Granholm,
didnt blink. They knew Thomas, knew his tal-
ents, but then so did the silent Victory Fund.
The time has come for the Victory Fund to
take a look in the mirror and perhaps rethink
their mission. The Victory Fund is based on
ground broken by EMILYs list whose name
stands for Early Money Is Like Yeast. Early
money is often primary money for an LGBT
candidate. It allows them the chance to grow
and get their message out. I fully understand
having a set of criteria for an endorsement but
it is clear that if Trevor Thomas didnt qualify
there is a problem with the current criteria. In
Michigan it was EMILYs List that stood early
with Jennifer Granholm when others stood
with her primary opponent in her race for
governor. The source and power of EMILYs
List is clear; they stand loyal in oftentimes di-
vided primaries, going up against the DCCC if
needed and they ght like hell and win. Thats
a lesson to be learned.
Maybe its time to develop another orga-
nization so LGBT candidates can get their
names out to the broader community; a place
where every out candidate can list them-
selves, their bios, their positions and an analy-
sis of how they see themselves winning. If the
Victory Fund doesnt feel it necessary to review
its current criteria maybe they shouldnt be the
only gatekeeper to funding for LGBT candi-
dates. We need the Victory Fund but if they
dont feel this is their role then we also need an
organization dedicated to building that bull-
pen of LGBT candidates who will become the
leaders of the future.
washingtonblade.com
26 NOVEMBER 16, 2012 I NSI DE LGBT WASHI NGTON
David Lampo is author of A Fundamental Freedom:
Why Republicans, Conservatives, and Libertarians
Should Support Gay Rights (Rowman & Littleeld
2012).
Victory Fund: Rethinking for the future
Peter Rosenstein is a D.C.-based LGBT rights and
Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly for the Blade.
By DAVID LAMPO
This election was a watershed for gay rights
with the successful passage of three state ini-
tiatives (in Maryland, Washington and Maine)
to legalize same-sex marriage and the defeat
of a constitutional amendment in Minnesota
that would have inserted a prohibition on
same-sex marriage into its constitution. The
eight-year-long string of 31 defeats in state
votes on gay marriage is nally over.
But as glorious as these victories are, the
country remains deeply divided on gay rights.
President Obama only narrowly won reelec-
tion after a bitter and divisive campaign. Al-
though the Democrats retain a majority in the
Senate, Republicans remain fully in control of
the House and actually picked up a governor-
ship, giving them a total of 30.
Consequently, one fact about the future
of gay rights and marriage equality remains
crystal clear: Full equality for gay and lesbian
Americans will not come without the support
of more elected Republicans, at both the state
and federal levels. The premise that the sup-
port of just Democrats can bring us full equal-
ity is ludicrous, and any movement built on
such a premise is destined to fail.
The challenges ahead are huge: Even
after the Democratic sweep in 2008, the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act failed
to advance. The Defense of Marriage Act is
still the law of the land. Only nine states and
D.C. have marriage equality, and 31 states
have constitutional amendments prohibiting
gay marriage that will be difcult to undo.
Most states do not have even civil unions,
and adoption by gay couples is prohibited in
some states. Further progress on gay rights
will require a new strategy.
That strategy must begin with the acknowl-
edgement that support for gay rights within
the Republican Party rank and le is far greater
than what most people believe. Recent polls,
for example, show that:
66 percent of Republicans support
employment non-discrimination legislation
(Greenberg Quinlan poll).
57 percent of Republicans support ei-
ther same-sex marriage or civil unions (Fox
News poll).
49 percent of young Republicans (18-29)
support marriage equality (Public Religion Re-
search Institute poll).
If gay rights supporters are interested
in building a lasting and effective coalition
to build on this years victories, it is time for
them, especially their allies in the Democratic
Party, to stop demonizing Republicans and
start crafting a strategy and message that
can help increase the support for gay rights
among both rank and le Republicans and
their leaders in Congress and the state leg-
islatures. Republican attitudes are already
changing very quickly.
Last year, for example, New York passed
same-sex marriage only after the Republican-
controlled state Senate allowed a vote on the
measure: four Republicans then put it over the
top. The overwhelmingly Republican state
legislature in New Hampshire voted in Feb-
ruary to keep that states marriage equality in
the face of a rightwing campaign to repeal it.
And when North Carolina added the anti-gay
Amendment One to its constitution earlier
this year, the states Tea Party Congresswoman
Renee Elmers came out against it, as did Da-
vid Blankenhorn, a popular evangelical leader
who supported Proposition 8 in California but
who now supports same-sex marriage rights.
It is time for gay rights leaders and support-
ers to embrace pro-gay Republicans and work
with them to develop a long-term strategy
that brings the message of freedom and social
tolerance to every Republican leader and can-
didate and does not allow the religious right
to frame these issues to their fellow Republi-
cans through the lens of bigotry and intoler-
ance. Only then can a strong, truly bipartisan
movement for gay rights blossom.
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1400 Decatur Street, NW 202.291.4707
9
a
m
9:00am
James arrives
for his weekly
psychotherapy
appointment to
discuss coping
strategies for
depression,
and will see
his psychiatrist
immediately
following for
medication
management
9:15am
The Director
of Clinical
Operations
circulates daily
census report
for all patient
encounters from
the day prior for
managers to
monitor patient
volume across
WWH
9:30am
The GWU
Mobile
Mammography
Unit arrives at
Max Robinson
Center to provide
mammograms
to prescheduled
clients. A Health
Educator provides
Breast Health
education and
facilitates the
screenings25
patients will be
seen throughout
the day
1
0
a
m
10:00am
John tests
positive for
HIV. Our Red
Carpet Program
is launched
connecting John
with the Medical
Adherence Nurse
Case Manager to
discuss testing
HIV positive and
answer any initial
health questions.
A Public Benets
Coordinator
helps John get
insurance to pay
for his care, while
a Phlebotomist
takes blood for his
HIV conrmatory
test along with
other initial
HIV blood tests.
Afterwards, on the
same day, he
is seen by
Dr. Hennan
infectious disease
physician to
discuss medical
treatment, see
how he is doing
from a mental
health standpoint,
and remind him
there is hope and
many treatment
options for HIV
1
1
a
m
11:00am
The Deputy
Director of
Communications
elds the
organizations
5
th
press call of
the day asking
for explanation
and reaction
to the CDCs
latest report
11:30am
Major gift ofcer
prepares for lunch
meeting with
long time donor,
hoping to secure
long term support
for Peer Group
Support Programs
which serve
over 61 people
11:45am
A group of
10 AmeriCorps
volunteers shows
up to assemble
safer sex kits
1
2
p
m
12:15pm
Darren
receives new
prescriptions
from his
provider and
the pharmacy
tells him his
copayments will
be $100; he
seeks help from
Public Benets
who gets him
approved for
the AIDS Drug
Assistance
Program (ADAP)
to cover his
copayments
12:30pm
Tamika
presents for
an HIV test
and states she
may have been
exposed to HIV
last night. The
Health Educator
and a Medical
Adherence Nurse
Case Manager
offer Tamika
Post-Exposure
Prophylaxis (PEP)
to reduce the
chance she will
become HIV-
positive from
that exposure.
She decides
she would like
PEP and quickly
sees one of the
medical providers
5
p
m
5:00pm
Transgender
Advocate brings
Lola, a trans
woman who was
persecuted in her
home country of
El Salvador for her
gender identity, to
meet with a Staff
Attorney from
Legal Services
to help her
with asylum
A Healthy
Relationships
group begins
where the
participants
discuss
disclosure of
HIV status
5:15pm
Public Benets
completes 35
th

walk-in patient
of the day to
coordinate benet
screenings,
assist in the
applications and
re-certications,
producing new
benets for
patients
5:45pm
George,
one of 8-10
patients in group,
arrives for the
3-hour Intensive
Outpatient
Group Addiction
treatment
1
p
m
1:00pm
Lunch is served
to 59 patients in
our Day Treatment
Centers at
Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center
and Max Robinson
Center
1:15pm
Legal Services
Program offers
a free walk-in
legal clinic to help
patients who are
newly diagnosed
HIV-positive
understand
their legal rights
and help any
patient execute a
healthcare power
of attorney
1:30pm
Medical
Adherence meets
with their 12
th
of
30 HIV-positive
patients that will
be seen today
helping to ensure
that at least 80%
of Whitman-
Walker patients in
treatment have a
suppressed
viral load
1:45pm
Community
Health
representatives
and WWHs
graphic designer
nish a concept
meeting for
creating ads for
Breast Cancer
Awareness Month
2
p
m
2:15pm
Sarah, who
is transgender,
arrives for
primary medical
care, including
her hormone
administration
and monitoring
appointment
2:30pm
Tyrone, one
of 50 dental
patients to be
seen today,
arrives to get a
lling repaired
2:45pm
Human
Resources
forwards
qualied
volunteer
candidates to
the appropriate
departments
and posts a new
vacancy for
a Medical
Assistant on
our website
4
p
m
4:00pm
Rachel arrives
for her annual
womens well care
appointmentthe
15
th
patient seen
by our full-time
gynecologist
per day
4:15pm
Jamal walks
in to WWH
worried about a
notice from his
private disability
insurance
carrier that it is
terminating his
benetshe
immediately
meets with a Staff
Attorney in Legal
Services who will
help him appeal
the termination
4:45pm
Members
of Community
Health and
Medical
Adherence team
present on
a panel
highlighting
successful
HIV treatment
strategies
6
p
m
6:00pm
The Pharmacy
closes for the
day, after lling
423 prescriptions
and elding
350 phone calls
for rells and
information
6:15pm
45 people have
lled the lobby
waiting for the
Gay Mens Health
and Wellness
Clinic, our STD
testing and
treatment clinic,
to begin
6:30pm
A support
group for newly
diagnosed HIV
patients begins
8:00am
The doors open
at Whitman-
Walker Healths
two facilities
Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center
in NW and Max
Robinson Center
in SE
8:30am
The switchboard
prepares to eld
more than 300
calls which will
come into our call
center today
8:30-9:00am
HIV Testing
and the delivery of
primary medical
care and dental
care starts at
both Elizabeth
Taylor Medical
Center and Max
Robinson Center
8
a
m
7:00pm
Mobile
Testing Unit
goes to Giant
Grocery Store in
Columbia Heights
to perform
Outreach and
HIV Testing
7:15pm
The Phlebotomy
Department
sees the last
of 40 patients
served today
7:30pm
Support group
for survivors
of partner
violence/abuse
begins
7
p
m
7:00am
Staff prepares
to manage over
375 patients
who will come
through our
health center
doors today
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a
m
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p
m
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Mobile Testing
Unit goes to
Club Fuego to
perform Outreach
and HIV Testing
and returns to
Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center at
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p
m
3:00pm
A group of
college students
arrive, receive a
tour of our health
center, and hear
a discussion on
HIV prevention
from our Director
of Community
Health
3:15pm
Over 250
pieces of mail
arrive and are
directed to one
of 25 different
departments
3:30pm
Our clinical
Research
department
learns it has
been selected to
participate in a
national study to
evaluate cutting
edge treatment
for Hepatitis C
3:45pm
Earl struggling
with a nagging
sore throat and
worry of a sinus
infection comes
in for urgent
walk-in care
with our Nurse
Practitioner; it is
her 10
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walk in
patient of
the day
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9
a
m
9:00am
James arrives
for his weekly
psychotherapy
appointment to
discuss coping
strategies for
depression,
and will see
his psychiatrist
immediately
following for
medication
management
9:15am
The Director
of Clinical
Operations
circulates daily
census report
for all patient
encounters from
the day prior for
managers to
monitor patient
volume across
WWH
9:30am
The GWU
Mobile
Mammography
Unit arrives at
Max Robinson
Center to provide
mammograms
to prescheduled
clients. A Health
Educator provides
Breast Health
education and
facilitates the
screenings25
patients will be
seen throughout
the day
1
0
a
m
10:00am
John tests
positive for
HIV. Our Red
Carpet Program
is launched
connecting John
with the Medical
Adherence Nurse
Case Manager to
discuss testing
HIV positive and
answer any initial
health questions.
A Public Benets
Coordinator
helps John get
insurance to pay
for his care, while
a Phlebotomist
takes blood for his
HIV conrmatory
test along with
other initial
HIV blood tests.
Afterwards, on the
same day, he
is seen by
Dr. Hennan
infectious disease
physician to
discuss medical
treatment, see
how he is doing
from a mental
health standpoint,
and remind him
there is hope and
many treatment
options for HIV
1
1
a
m
11:00am
The Deputy
Director of
Communications
elds the
organizations
5
th
press call of
the day asking
for explanation
and reaction
to the CDCs
latest report
11:30am
Major gift ofcer
prepares for lunch
meeting with
long time donor,
hoping to secure
long term support
for Peer Group
Support Programs
which serve
over 61 people
11:45am
A group of
10 AmeriCorps
volunteers shows
up to assemble
safer sex kits
1
2
p
m
12:15pm
Darren
receives new
prescriptions
from his
provider and
the pharmacy
tells him his
copayments will
be $100; he
seeks help from
Public Benets
who gets him
approved for
the AIDS Drug
Assistance
Program (ADAP)
to cover his
copayments
12:30pm
Tamika
presents for
an HIV test
and states she
may have been
exposed to HIV
last night. The
Health Educator
and a Medical
Adherence Nurse
Case Manager
offer Tamika
Post-Exposure
Prophylaxis (PEP)
to reduce the
chance she will
become HIV-
positive from
that exposure.
She decides
she would like
PEP and quickly
sees one of the
medical providers
5
p
m
5:00pm
Transgender
Advocate brings
Lola, a trans
woman who was
persecuted in her
home country of
El Salvador for her
gender identity, to
meet with a Staff
Attorney from
Legal Services
to help her
with asylum
A Healthy
Relationships
group begins
where the
participants
discuss
disclosure of
HIV status
5:15pm
Public Benets
completes 35
th

walk-in patient
of the day to
coordinate benet
screenings,
assist in the
applications and
re-certications,
producing new
benets for
patients
5:45pm
George,
one of 8-10
patients in group,
arrives for the
3-hour Intensive
Outpatient
Group Addiction
treatment
1
p
m
1:00pm
Lunch is served
to 59 patients in
our Day Treatment
Centers at
Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center
and Max Robinson
Center
1:15pm
Legal Services
Program offers
a free walk-in
legal clinic to help
patients who are
newly diagnosed
HIV-positive
understand
their legal rights
and help any
patient execute a
healthcare power
of attorney
1:30pm
Medical
Adherence meets
with their 12
th
of
30 HIV-positive
patients that will
be seen today
helping to ensure
that at least 80%
of Whitman-
Walker patients in
treatment have a
suppressed
viral load
1:45pm
Community
Health
representatives
and WWHs
graphic designer
nish a concept
meeting for
creating ads for
Breast Cancer
Awareness Month
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Sarah, who
is transgender,
arrives for
primary medical
care, including
her hormone
administration
and monitoring
appointment
2:30pm
Tyrone, one
of 50 dental
patients to be
seen today,
arrives to get a
lling repaired
2:45pm
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Resources
forwards
qualied
volunteer
candidates to
the appropriate
departments
and posts a new
vacancy for
a Medical
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our website
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worried about a
notice from his
private disability
insurance
carrier that it is
terminating his
benetshe
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meets with a Staff
Attorney in Legal
Services who will
help him appeal
the termination
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of Community
Health and
Medical
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successful
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day, after lling
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and elding
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for rells and
information
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waiting for the
Gay Mens Health
and Wellness
Clinic, our STD
testing and
treatment clinic,
to begin
6:30pm
A support
group for newly
diagnosed HIV
patients begins
8:00am
The doors open
at Whitman-
Walker Healths
two facilities
Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center
in NW and Max
Robinson Center
in SE
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more than 300
calls which will
come into our call
center today
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primary medical
care and dental
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both Elizabeth
Taylor Medical
Center and Max
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HIV Testing
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of 40 patients
served today
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for survivors
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Over 250
pieces of mail
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directed to one
of 25 different
departments
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department
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been selected to
participate in a
national study to
evaluate cutting
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Edgewater, Md., residents Adri Eathorne
and Kim-May Hinken arrived at Anne
Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis to visit
their friend, Scott Bowling, shortly before the
polls closed at 8 p.m. on Election Day. The
three of them nervously awaited the results
of the referendum on Marylands same-sex
marriage law as the slowly began to trickle in.
More than four hours later, they learned
Question 6 had narrowly passed.
We closed his hospital room door,
Eathorne, who has been with Hinken nine
years, says. We closed his hospital room
door so we could [yell] Yeah! and high-
ve each other and hug and kiss and cry.
The passage of Question 6 by a 52-48
percent margin on Nov. 6 capped off an
anxious night of waiting for the hundreds
of people and dozens of reporters who had
gathered at the Baltimore Soundstage.
One of Gov. Martin OMalleys staffers
wrote on a napkin during lunch on Election
Day that the referendum would pass with
53 percent support. Congressman Elijah
Cummings made the same prediction
during an interview with the Washington
Blade earlier in the day outside a
Northeast Baltimore polling place at which
the governor, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake and Brendon Ayanbadejo
of the Baltimore Ravens greeted voters.
I had a pretty good sense as we were
heading into Election Day that it was
going to hold, OMalley said in a Blade
interview this week. I had a pretty good
sense in the course of those last 10 days
that it was on a good positive trajectory.
Josh Levin, campaign manager for
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, was
backstage with the governor, Rawlings-Blake
and several other elected ofcials watching the
results come in. President Obama had already
won re-election by the time Politico reported
shortly before midnight that Question 6 had
passed with 84 percent of precincts reporting.
Levin and others remained hesitant
to declare victory because Montgomery
County had yet to report election results.
(Question 6 passed in the county by a 65-
35 percent margin.)
Once we gured that out then I started
breathing a little more deeply, OMalley says.
Then when the Montgomery County numbers
came in and we were up to 51 [percent,] the
night seemed to be coming into perspective.
We were very reluctant to claim a victory of
course until we had enough of the numbers in.
Levin last week, while cleaning out
Marylanders for Marriage Equalitys
Baltimore ofce, says Question 6 was
leading throughout the night.
We watched it grow to 45,000 votes
or so, he says. It shrank at one point to
about 12,000. But right around midnight
we felt like we had a pretty good sense of
where things were. And so I went back to
talk through what still could happen, whats
still out, where do we think thats coming
from and made the decision to go up on
stage and declare victory from there.
There was condence once the results
started to come in, says gay state Sen. Rich
Madaleno (D-Montgomery County.) There
was condence all night long, its just a
matter of when do you say it. And because
we had never won before, theres no desire
to jinx yourself. I think youre more cautious
than you would have ever been.
The Washington Post projected
Question 6 had passed just as OMalley,
Rawlings-Blake, Levin and others took
to the stage to declare victory. Those
gathered inside the Baltimore Soundstage
became euphoric when lesbian state
Del. Maggie McIntosh (D-Baltimore City)
announced the referendum had passed.
People began to cry. Gay state Dels. Luke
Clippinger (D-Baltimore City) and Heather
Mizeur (D-Montgomery County) were
among those who started dancing once
the governor and other dignitaries stepped
away from the podium.
OMalley instrumental in fundraising
Election Day capped off a long and
often tumultuous effort for Marylands
same-sex marriage advocates that began
in 1997 when three state lawmakers
introduced the rst bill that would have
allowed nuptials for gays and lesbians.
Equality Maryland, which nearly closed in
June 2011, and the American Civil Liberties
Union in 2004 led a lawsuit on behalf of
Lisa Polyak and Gita Deane and eight other
same-sex couples and a gay widow who
sought the right to marry in the state. The
Maryland Court of Appeals in 2007 ultimately
upheld the constitutionality of the states ban
on marriage for gays and lesbians.
State lawmakers in 2011 narrowly
defeated a same-sex marriage bill,
but legislators approved it in February.
OMalley signed the law on March 1.
The governor soon emerged as the laws
most prominent supporter, especially after
the Maryland Marriage Alliance collected
more than 160,000 signatures to force a
referendum on the issue. Marylanders
for Marriage Equality turned to OMalley,
among others, in early August to help
bolster their then-anemic fundraising efforts.
We found ourselves in a situation where
polling looked good, we felt good about
what we were building, but we simply werent
bringing in money at the rate that we needed
to, Levin says. We as a campaign and with
our board members we sort of rang the bell
a little bit and talked to the governor, got
Maggie McIntosh more involved. The ACLU
redoubled their efforts. And I think brought
to bear all the efforts that helped us [reach]
the nancial goals that we needed to.
Levin said in June his group could
effectively defend the law with between
$5-$7 million, in spite of some observers
who said Marylanders for Marriage
Equality needed to raise up to $12 million.
OMalley headlined a star-studded
fundraiser gay former Republican National
Committee Chair Ken Mehlman co-hosted
at a New York City hotel in September
that raised more than $100,000 for the
pro-Question 6 group. The governor also
appeared at an Oct. 2 fundraiser with D.C.
Mayor Vincent Gray and House Minority
Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) at gay Democratic
lobbyist Steve Elmendorfs Logan Circle
home. Former National Football League
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and his wife
Chan announced a $100,000 donation to
Marylanders for Marriage Equality during
the fundraiser that Chip DiPaula, Jr., former
Gov. Bob Ehrlich, Jr.s gay chief-of-staff,
attended alongside Mizeur and others.
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Xion Lopez says Transgender Day of Remembrance is a bittersweet
experience. As the names are called and candles lit, she says she feels, so
many mixed emotions a lot of fabulous comes into my heart just hearing
those names. I dont forget any of them but to hear those names again is just a
very emotional process.
Lopez is co-planning this years event, slated for Tuesday at 6 p.m. at
Metropolitan Community Church of Washington (474 Ridge Street, NW). As
a young trans woman herself, Lopez says its important for the community to
remember those sisters who no longer have a voice its a very important day
for me. Visit theindc.org for more information.
Lopez, 21, grew up in Washington. She previously worked at Transgender
Health Empowerment but now volunteers there since she couldnt be both a
client and employee. She started earlier this year as an intern at HIPS (Helping
Individual Prostitutes Survive) and this week became its interim ofce manager.
She has family here but is not in contact with them.
Lopez is single and lives in Deanwood. In her free time, she enjoys movies,
being social, activism, performing and me time no hair, no makeup and just
being centered.
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
I had to come out twice: at 13 as a
gay male and 19 as a trans woman. The
hardest person to tell both times was my
mother.
WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
Debbie McMillian, the CRC specialist
at Transgender Health Empowerment.
For those of you who dont know
Debbie, make it a point to reach out and
take in her awesomeness!
WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
Town. To me, it feels like a different
type of club very loungey.

DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
Ceresville Mansion in Frederick, Md.
Custom made dress. Candles. Flowers.
And HIPS party favors (free dildos,
anyone?). Private and small.
WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
Domestic violence. Being a former
victim of domestic violence, its an issue
close to my heart.
WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Lil Kims plastic surgery. She looked
so much better before.
WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
When people used to put slits in
their jeans and wore two polos. Popped
collars for life!
ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
Respect
WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
#icant take this weather.
Facebook: #girlslikeus (with a picture
of me Kisha Allure)
IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
Xionism
IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
I wouldnt do anything! Its wrong
and Id be lying to myself. I like being
different.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
I believe in a higher power and
centering myself. I want to be at peace.
WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
MOVEMENT LEADERS?
Sometimes its best to get off the seat
they hold and experience the lives of
people on the ground reminds them
what theyre ghting for.
WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS
HOT COALS FOR?
Erykah Badu
WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS
YOU MOST?
That all trans women are sex workers.
WHATS YOUR FAVORITE LGBT
MOVIE?
Rent
WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
I hate when people say, I want to
piggy back off of
WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE DO YOU
MOST COVET?
A Grammy!
WHAT DO YOU WISH YOUD
KNOWN AT 18?
I wish I had known it could get better.
WHY WASHINGTON?
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group has expo Saturday
By SANTIAGO MELLI-HUBER
Two LGBT chamber of commerce
groups are hosting events in the District
this weekend.
The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber
of Commerce will hold its 10th anniversary
national dinner, Beyond Expectations
tonight at the National Building Museum.
On Saturday, the Capital Area Gay &
Lesbian Chamber of Commerce will hold
its rst g.life expo.
The National Dinner begins at 5:30
p.m. and includes a silent auction, dinner,
an awards ceremony and an after party.
About 800 people are expected to attend,
an increase from the 700 attendees the
previous year. Tickets for the event are no
longer available.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
will receive the organizations Pinnacle
Award, given only under exceptional
circumstances. In a press release,
National Chamber President Justin
Nelson cited Clintons 2011 speech to
the United Nations as a moment that
changed the landscape for LGBT people
around the globe. In her speech, Clinton
said, LGBT rights are human rights. The
same year, Clinton launched the State
Departments Global Equality Fund, which
works to promote the rights of the LGBT
community around the world.
Clinton is the third honoree and the rst
individual to receive the Pinnacle Award.
Previous recipients include Wells Fargo
and IBM. Daniel Baer, deputy assistant
secretary for democracy, Human Rights
and Labor will accept the award on
Clintons behalf.
Judith Light will receive the Chamber/
American Airlines ExtrAA Mile Award.
The Tony Award-winning actor is
being recognized for supporting LGBT
legislation and ghting discrimination for
more than 20 years. Light sits on the board
of the Matthew Shepard Foundation and
other LGBT charities.
Shepards family will attend the dinner,
according to Laura Berry, the Chambers
director of communications. D.C. Mayor
Vincent Gray will also attend the dinner
and is expected to declare today National
Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Day in the District.
This is not our annual fundraising
dinner, says Nelson. This is our annual
celebration. This really is about bringing
together our corporate partners, our
afliate chambers, our certied suppliers,
our organizational allies and our elected
ofcial champions to celebrate what weve
accomplished over the last decade.
The following day, CAGLCC will hold its
rst-ever g.life expo, slated for 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday at Washington Marriot
Wardman Park (2600 Woodley Rd., N.W.).
Registration is free (g-life.eventbrite.com)
and open to the public and includes
vendors, seminars, bars and park areas.
One seminar is a boot camp to teach
businesses how to take advantage of their
LGBT certication, which the local chamber
gives to LGBT-owned businesses.
We won the Chamber of the Year
award, says Mark Guenther, executive
director of the local group. Were hoping
to leverage that notoriety at the dinner to
have people come to g.life the next day.
Guenther hopes that in years to come,
corporate partners attending the national
dinner will also participate in g.life.
The Capital-area group has close to 400
members, many of whom are participating
in a pop-up metropolis at g.life, which
includes vendors pitching their products
and services to attendees.
We want to show our vendors that
the LGBT marketplace is a very viable way
to have a great return on their investment,
Guenther says. We hope that people
who come as attendees have a great time
and learn who the LGBT friendly or LGBT
welcoming businesses in town are.
Chance Mitchell, CEO of the National
Chamber, saw the need for an economic
component in the LGBT movement when
co-founding the organization with Nelson.
If you look at what other diverse
constituencies have done, Mitchell
says, theyve really coalesced around
economic empowerment, and we felt that
diversity and inclusion has to be phrased in
that context of economic empowerment.
MARK GUENTHER, director of the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
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Forum managing
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By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Julia Harman Cain vividly remembers
her rst encounter with Forum Theatre.
Not long after moving to D.C. in 2007,
she attended a performance of the Round
House Silver Spring resident companys
production of Stephen Adly Guirgis The
Last Days of Judas Iscariot.
It was a really, really strong production,
she says. I spent the last 10 minutes of
the play crying. And I was seated in the
front row it was a little awkward. Cain
left the theater determined to get to the
know Forum much better.
By the following season, Cain was
working as associate producer on the
companys production of Angels in
America, gay playwright Tony Kushners
Pulitzer Prize-winning opus about AIDS.
And in 2010, Cain (who is gay) was named
Forums managing director.
As managing director, Cain says, shes a
behind-the-scenes person.
She explains: My job is to help make
sure that everything is in place to make
the season go. That includes marketing,
fundraising and nance. Im responsible
for front of house, which includes
everything you experience when you walk
in the door. And operations. I call the
repairman when the copier breaks.
Forum founder and Artistic Director
Michael Dove says Theres very little that
Julia and I do that isnt collaboration. Its
much more a Venn diagram with a lot of
overlap than two sides of an organization. But
beyond her title as managing director, what
may surprise people most is that I trust her
artistic eye as much as any collaborator. She
would make an amazing critic or dramaturg
and keenly understands story. In fact, she has
even brought several plays to me that we
have produced in the past few years.
While Cain concedes being gay
doesnt have a lot of impact on the daily
mechanics of her position, she does view
the arts through an LGBT lter. In fact, she
has a little method she uses to rate the
complexity of LGBT characters in lms
and plays. Based on the Bechdel litmus
test (named for cartoonist Alison Bechdel
creator of Dykes to Watch Out For) which
rates the complexity of female characters
on screen, Cains gay version asks: Is there
an identiable LGBT character? And does
he or she talk with other characters about
something other than their sexuality?
Theater in D.C. scores very well when it
comes to plays with layered LGBT characters,
she says. And Forum in particular has an
excellent track record for producing plays
with LGBT central characters.
Growing up in Needham, Mass., (a
suburb of Boston), Cain, 27, made her
theatrical debut in rst grade as a super
hero in a 10-minute skit about recycling.
She went on to do school shows and
community theater. As a Princeton
undergrad, she majored in comparative
literature and participated in extracurricular
theater, mostly behind the scenes. (Cain
loves stage managing, but reportedly
makes a really bad costume designer.)
After graduating, rather than follow
her theater-focused friends to New York,
Cain moved to D.C. and began a season-
long internship at Woolly Mammoth
Theatre Company where she also worked
as an assistant to the companys artistic
director Howard Shalwitz. Woolly was
my introduction to professional theater,
she says. Being around Howard taught
me so much. Over 30 years, he has
created a successful company and made a
recognizable brand. Although their shows
might sometimes be way out and not well
known, Woollys audiences are willing to
take that dive with them.
Forum is a big small company and I like
that, says Cain, who lives with her girlfriend
in Takoma Park. Because were not too
big, it allows us to take risks and not deal
with a lot of red tape. At Forum, we like to
do shows that are conversation starters, to
do plays that deal with social, political and
spiritual themes, that are engaged with
contemporary life. Most political theater
has a reputation for being overly didactic.
It doesnt have to be that way.
A couple of examples supporting
Crains claim include Forums season
opener Kara Lee Corthrons Holly Down
in Heaven, the story of a pregnant, born-
again Christian teen who seeks solace from
her eclectic talking doll collection; and
Forums upcoming production 9 Circles
by playwright Bill Cain (no relation to Julia)
to be staged by Jennifer Nelson. Its a play
based on real events about an American
soldier who kills a family while serving in Iraq.
Ive always wanted Forum to be a
service organization that spoke to a diverse
community and to be a gathering place
for ideas, discussion, and discourse. Julia
brought the ideas and tools to start that
process, Dove says. Julia transformed
Forum from a rag tag group who put on plays
into a functioning organization that better
serves a community and grows responsibly.
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Gay writer explores
Aretha, gays in black
gospel and more
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
In a roundabout way, thered be no rock
music without gays and lesbians.
Thats the assertion of gay New York-
based writer/historian Anthony Heilbut. In a
sprawling, juicy tome thats as gossipy and
anecdotal as it is academic, he writes in The
Fan Who Knew Too Much that there would
have been no golden age of black gospel
music (roughly1945-1960) without gays. He,
and other rock historians also assert thered
be no mainstream rock and roll without
classic black gospel inuence.
It means a lot to me that gay people
know about this, Heilbut says during a
lengthy phone chat last week. Gospel
is really the most essential American
music. Everyone sort of understands that
black church singing, its really been the
center of American singing since the 19th
century. It follows through in jazz as well.
Its a great gay contribution.
Though white and an atheist, as a teen,
Heilbut went to hear the great R&B and soul
acts of the day at the Apollo in New York. He
was often the only white person in the room.
He got a heads up from the ushers.
I think they kind of took pity on this
lone white boy, he says. They said, if
you dig this, you aint heard nothin yet,
the gospel shows are so much better. The
showmanship, the vocalism. I came to
know almost all the singers and became
absolutely enthralled. They were so
much more dynamic than their secular
counterparts. You just cannot imagine
rock n roll and R&B without the inuence
of these singers.
Heilbuts book, out earlier this year, is
a collection of lengthy essays. Subtitled
Aretha Franklin, the Rise of the Soap
Opera, Children of the Gospel Church and
Other Meditations, it includes a lengthy
essay on how many black gospel legends
gures like James Cleveland, Clara
Ward and others were either gay, lesbian
or bi. In the essay Aretha: How She Got
Over he explores how the soul legend
in town this weekend for a concert at
DAR Constitution Hall integrated the
styles of the gospel legends she admired
as a teen into the hit secular records she
later recorded at Columbia and Atlantic.
Though Franklins gospel roots are well
known, Heilbut extrapolates the richness
of those inuences in unprecedented ways.
Other essays explore writer Thomas
Mann (The Magic Mountain), the
phenomenon of the male soprano and
late soap opera maven Irna Phillips.
One senses, however, that despite
Heilbuts many interests and decades
hes 71 of following the careers of many,
his heart is most deeply rooted in the
gospel music of his youth. He eventually
produced records for some of his favorites
and writes and shares movingly of not only
their great talent, but the hypocrisy with
which the church has dealt with often
with scorn and outright condemnation
the contributions of its gay musicians.
Typical of many of the old school black
gospel establishment, Heilbut quotes the
legendary Shirley Caesar as beseeching
the sissies and bull daggers to come
up and be saved, and warning that
homosexuals were stealing our children.
More analysis than biography, though,
Heilbut illustrates how a lifetime of
following a singer or musical phenomenon
can result in an uncanny insight that the
subjects themselves are often loathe to
discuss Franklin, as journalists and
long-time fans know, is famously prickly
and evasive on many topics.
For the record, Heilbut says Franklin
and her legendary father, Rev. C.L. Franklin
who became a mid-century legend as
pastor of Detroits New Bethel Baptist
Church were much more accepting of
gays than many others in the era.
Heilbut says Franklin, though not as
vocal as some, has made her gay support
known in several ways from singing at
a recent same-sex wedding to inviting
gay-welcoming clergy (Bishop Carlton
Pearson) to comment during a Whitney
Houston tribute she hosted during a
concert at Radio City Music Hall while
Houstons mother, Cissy, stuck with old
school, anti-gay leaders (TD Jakes, Donnie
McClurkin) at her daughters funeral.
Aretha does these little things without
really saying a word, Heilbut says.
LEFT: Vintage early 60s promo still of Aretha Franklin during her Columbia Records years. Gay author Anthony Heilbut says her underrated work there
is her best, contrary to popular opinion, which venerates her later Atlantic Records period. RIGHT: Cover art of Anthony Heilbuts new book.
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The Kennedy Center (2700 F St., NW) presents Broadway singer/actress Linda
Lavin as part of Barbara Cooks theater cabaret series tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Lavin is known for winning a Tony for the show Broadway Bound. She also starred
in shows such as Gypsy, The Sisters Rosenweig, The Diary of Anne Frank,
The Tale of the Allergists Wife and Collected Stories. The rst season of her
hit 70s-80s sitcom Alice is nally out on DVD. For years, the only thing available
was a single paltry sampler disc. This is Lavins rst time back at the Kennedy Center
following a successful run last year in Follies with Bernadette Peters.
Tickets are $45. For more information, visit kennedy-center.org.
Gargantuan craft show invades Convention Center
The 25th annual Washington Craft Show starts today at 10 a.m. and continues
throughout the weekend at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount
Vernon Place, NW).
This annual craft show is a showcase of contemporary craft in America. Around 200 of
the nations top contemporary craft artists will be present with their pieces. There will also
be special exhibitions, artists talks and fashion shows.
Admission is $15. For more information visit craftsamericashows.com.
Different Drummers offer American Salute
D.C.s Different Drummers Capital Pride Symphonic Band is holding a fall concert
dubbed American Salute at the Columbia Heights Education Center/ Bell High School
(16th & Irving St., NW) Saturday night at 7:30.
D.C.s Different Drummers is the areas music organization for the LGBT community
and their friends and family. The concert features pieces by famous American composers,
including Bernstein to Copland.
Tickets are $21. For more information, visit dcdd.org.
Casino Night benets area LGBT sports leagues
Team D.C. presents Casino Night Saturday night at 8 p.m. at Buffalo Billiards (1330
19th St., NW).
The night will include great prizes, gifts, drinks and food specials all night. Proceeds
benet D.C.s LGBT sports teams.
The $10 entry gets attendees chips to play games and enters them into rafe prizes.
For more information, visit teamdcsports.com.
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Looking to enjoy a Thanksgiving feast
without the hassle of spending hours in
the kitchen cooking and cleaning up?
Then, a number of D.C.s nest and most
popular restaurants will be the most
welcome Thanksgiving day sight since the
Pilgrims rst spotted Plymouth Rock.
On Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22) dozens
of area restaurants will be serving up
menus ranging from traditional to
innovative holiday meals.
Heres a list of what some will be offering:
Ardeo Bardeo Restaurant
Celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving
meal or enjoy one of Chef Nate Garyantes
dinner specials at Ardeo Bardeo from
5-11 p.m., which features everything from
butternut squash soup to wild mushroom
risotto to ricotta agnolotti. Turkey of
course will be served but other dining
choices include grilled swordsh, seven
hour-braised Shenandoah lamb shoulder
or grilled beef strip loin.
Art and Soul
Executive Chef Wes Morton will pull
out all the southern-inspired stops with
his Thanksgiving buffet menu, featuring
house-made maple ham, a roast of local
heritage turkey and all the best holiday
favorites. Seatings are available from 11
a.m. to 9 p.m. Adults are $55 per person
and children ages 6 to 12 are $25. All
customers will receive a leftover roast
turkey sandwich complete with cranberry
sauce and gravy to take home.
Beacon Bar and Grill
Chef Steven Hunter will welcome all
to Beacon Bar and Grills Thanksgiving
Day dining celebration with traditional
holiday fare and great seasonal
alternatives. The three-course dinner
is available from noon to 7 p.m. Adults
$34.95, children $15.95.
Bistro Francais
This Georgetown French eatery will
be offering a traditional three-course
Thanksgiving meal, as well as an a la
carte option from 11 a.m. to midnight.
Lunch begins at $29.95 for adults,
$19.95 for children, with dinner fetching
$10 more.
Brasserie Beck
Chef Brian McBride will prepare
Brasserie Becks rst Thanksgiving Day
feast with seatings from noon to 9 p.m.
This contemporary Belgian brasserie will
also offer special holiday desserts.
Caf Berlin
This German-themed restaurant will
be offering menu choices from its regular
and special Thanksgiving Day menu from
1 to 8 p.m. The holiday meal begins with
pumpkin soup and is followed by roasted
turkey with all the trimmings and choice of
dessert. Cost is $27 per person.
Darlington House
Owners Fabio and Patricia Beggiato
invite Thanksgiving revelers to head
to their Italian eatery for a special
holiday meal, that starts with a glass of
prosecco. Traditional offerings will be
available from 2 to 11 p.m. Adults cost
$49, children $25.
Freddies Beach Bar & Restaurant
The restaurant will be offering its annual
Thanksgiving all-you-can-eat buffet from
noon to 7 p.m., featuring a traditional
menu of turkey, stufng, yams plus
pumpkin pie and other dessert favorites.
Cost is $19.99 per person.
Palm Restaurant
Looking to give thanks in style? This
Dupont Circle steakhouse is offering a
three-course Thanksgiving prix xe menu
featuring slow-roasted hand carved turkey
with all the trimmings. Dinner is served
from 2 to 8 p.m. at $45 for adults and $19
for children under 12.
Rasika West End
This contemporary Indian restaurant will
be serving turkey in addition to its regular
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By JOE PHILLIPS
Some gays and lesbians just never
outgrow their love for Hot Wheels and Tonka
Toys. And with all the awesome automotive
gifts this season, its easy to see why.
Fiat 500 by Gucci
Slightly larger than a Matchbox car, the
Fiat 500 comes in a special Gucci edition
priced at $23,500 with special
lettering on the B-pillar, double-G logos
on the hubcaps and the iconic green/red
striping down the middle of the roof fabric.
Inside, theres Gucci embroidery and trim.
Optional Gucci gear: travel accessories,
driving gloves and sunglasses.
Mustang luggage
If Guccis not your bag (pun intended),
then try Mustang luggage. Made of sturdy
polycarbonate, this suitcase has multidirectional
wheels and a liner with separate shoe and
accessory panels. At 20-inches long, its also
carry-on friendly. The Mustang logo is subtle,
but no one will miss this cherry-red suitcase at
the luggage carousel.
Ford Shelby Cobra
For road trips, theres the Ford Shelby
GT 500 Cobra a feisty Stang from famed
auto designer Carroll Shelby. This is a
no frou-frou couture car, though there is
some fancy trim-work: racing stripes on the
rocker panels, embroidered Cobra logo
on the seats and a white cue ball shifter
knob. Wickedly fast, this $49,000 muscle car
blasts from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.4 seconds.
Sure, the 10-speaker, 1,000-watt stereo is
impressive, but its the sidewalk-shaking
exhaust growl youll want to hear most.
BMW bicycle
The only sound youll hear from the BMW
M Bike Carbon Racer is a gentle shifting of
Shimano gears. With its carbon frame, this
$3,600 racing bike weighs just 16.3 pounds
and has a chic anthracite-colored nish, a
subtle BMW M logo on the straddle bar
and bright-red accents on the high-end Fizik
seat, Blackjack wheels and handle bars.
Camaro kiddie car
Adults wish they could t in this black
Camaro kiddie car ($360), with its real FM
stereo, MP3 outlet and impressive sound
effects. At 75 pounds, this electric Camaro
two-seater is 61 inches long by 23 inches
wide, can support up to 130 pounds and
will run for an hour on a full charge.
Chevy seatbelt belt
Yes, this seatbelt with the Chevy bowtie
emblem is an actual belt for your pants.
Its made from an authentic metal seatbelt,
measures 1.5 inches wide and ts 24- to
38-inch waists.
Audi teddy bear
The Audi teddy bear comes with baseball
cap, eece pullover, cargo shorts and hiking
boots. This is no butch Smokey the Bear, but
its great for cubs and others on your list.
Ferrari model car
Heres your chance to live like Ferris Bueller
in miniature. The 1960 Ferrari California
Spyder model car ($360) handmade with
1,634 parts is almost as good as the original,
thanks to the leather interior, carpeting and
fully workable steering, suspension, doors
and hood/trunk lids.
Honda scooter
With a top speed of 70 mph and
impressive 100-mpg fuel efciency,
Hondas new PCX150 scooter is no crotch
rocket but it sure looks like one. The low-
slung PCX150 ($3,500) is plenty nimble,
thanks to the 286 pound weight, 14-inch
wheels and superb braking.
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KREEGER MUSEUM. 202- 337- 3050. KREEGERMUSEUM. ORG.
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with Washington artists and organizations, Sculpture on the Grounds features
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OPENINGS
FRI, NOV 16
A Christmas Carol, Fords Theatre.
800-982-2787. fords.org.
SAT, NOV 17
79th Annual Fine Art in Miniature &
Grayscale, Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
TUE, NOV 20
Jekyll & Hyde, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
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SAT, NOV 17
First Time Mother [Madre Primeriza],
Teatro de la Luna, Gunston.
703-548-3092. teatrodelaluna.org.
SUN, NOV 18
San Francisco Ballet, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Pygmalion, Washington Stage Guild,
Undercroft Theatre. 240-582-0050.
stageguild.org.
Mobile Works, Workhouse Arts Center.
703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
This Is Not A Photo, Corcoran Gallery of
Art. 202-639-1700. corcoran.edu.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
NOV 16 - NOV 18
The Jungle Book, Synetic Theater.
800-494-8497. synetictheater.org.
NOV 16 - NOV 20
Maryland Opera Studio: The Magic
Flute, Clarice Smith. 301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
NOV 17 - 18
Nuclear Quest: Journey to the Core, Joes
Movement Emporium. 301-699-1819.
joesmovement.org.
Vincent E. Thomas/VTDance, Dance Place.
202-269-1600. danceplace.org.
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Howard Levy, The Barns at Wolf Trap.
1-877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
Man 1, Bank 0, Artisphere. 703-418-4808.
artisphere.com.
SAT, NOV 17
Edgeworks Dance Theater, JCCNV.
703-537-3000. jccnv.org.
Afoot In Vienna, Bowen McCauley Dance,
Artisphere. 703-418-4808. artisphere.com.
Hot Club of San Francisco: Cinema Vivant,
The Alden. 703-790-9223.
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Kelin, Goethe-Institut. 202-289-1200.
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SUN, NOV 18
Lune and Beyond, GMU Center for the
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The Jazz Professors, Clarice Smith.
301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
MON, NOV 19
DC Improv Comedy Club, Kennedy
Centers Millennium Stage. 800-444-1324.
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ONGOING STAGE
Six Characters in Search of an Author,
WSC Avant Bard, Artisphere.
703-418-4808. wscavantbard.org.
The Aliens, Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
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You For Me For You, Woolly Mammoth.
202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net.
Pocket Opera Double Bill: Love &
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202-204-7763. inseries.org.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Ivan Sigal: White
Road. 202-639-1700. fotoweekdc.org.
Kreeger Museum. Dan Steinhilber:
Marlin Underground, Sculpture on The
Grounds, 2011 Invitational. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Archives. To the Brink: JFK and
the Cuban Missile Crisis. 202-357-5000.
archives.gov.
National Gallery of Art. Roy Lichtenstein:
A Retrospective, Shock of the News,
The McCrindle Gift, The Serial Portrait:
Photography and Identity in the Last One
Hundred Years. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion,
Power, High Fiber--Women to Watch
2012, Fabulous! Portraits by Michele
Mattei. 202-783-5000. nmwa.org.
Smithsonian Anacostia Community
Museum. Reclaiming the Edge: Urban
Waterways and Civic Engagement.
202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.
ONGOING GALLERIES
WPA, Art Museum of the Americas.
The Ripple Effect: Currents of Socially
Engaged Art. 202-458-6016. wpadc.org.
Artisphere. Alex Braden: Orphan,
Jonathan Monaghan: Rainbox Narcosis,
Roberto Bocci: Streams + Spaces In
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DCAC. Signals. 202-462-7833.
dcartscenter.org.
Joan Hisaoka Gallery. Crime &
Redemption Theatre | Photography
by Clara Vannucci. 202-483-8600.
smithcenter.org.
Art League Gallery. Andrew Zimmermann:
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Washington Printmakers Gallery.
Before and After the Derecho, Line
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washingtonprintmakers.com.
Zenith Gallery at Chevy Chase Pavilion.
Fire, Water, Earth and Wind: The
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Kephart. 202-783-2963. zenithgallery.com.
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Growing up in Iowa City, Iowa, in
pre-World War II years, Charles Rowan
Beye was taught to maintain a genteel
deportment.
His widowed mother insisted that all
six of her offspring dress for dinner and
conversation was never provocative.
Servants were to be ignored and children
werent allowed in certain parts of the house.
Despite that his family was well off, Beye
went to public school and remembers
feeling different from his peers, in part
because of his mannerisms and demeanor.
Still, other boys readily accepted him.
It was with one of them that Beye had
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Though hed kissed girls and paired up
like other adolescents his age, Beye was
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was to girls. He dated girls and they loved
him for his gentlemanly ways. Young men
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But then, in the middle of going to
college and becoming a teacher, Beye fell
in love with a woman.
He met her nine days after his 21st
birthday and they were married four
months later. She knew he was attracted
to men and she accepted it until her death
four years after their wedding. Not quite a
year later, Beye married another woman,
then became a father four times over
while continuing to sleep with men. His
wife also had ings of her own, until she
divorced Beye in about 1976.
I always say to myself, I just cant do
gay, Beye writes. But he nally did and
in 2008, he married the man he hopes to
spend the rest of his life with.
As a look back at small-town gay
America, pre-World War II and pre-AIDS,
My Husband and My Wives is a delightful
(albeit sometimes wordy) surprise.
With droll wit and the teensiest bit of self-
depreciation, author Charles Rowan Beye
writes about a time when homosexuality
was a subject left on the highest shelf
of the deepest closet. Still, despite any
former furtiveness, Beye is unrestrained
and unafraid to tell tales; in fact, he admits
that his graphic remembrances could
make readers uncomfortable.
Hes not far off in that warning, yet
this book is such a perfect look into gay
life gone by, that you almost cant help
but enjoy it. For anyone who craves that
step back in time, if just for a peek, My
Husband and My Wives is a delightful
change of pace.
Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3
years old. She lives in Wisconsin with two dogs and 12,000
books. Reach her at bookwormsez@yahoo.com.
Author CHARLES ROWAN BEYE
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My Husband and My Wives: A Gay Mans Odyssey
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TODAY
Gay Districts hosts its fourth
Thanksgiving potluck dinner at St.
Margarets Episcopal Church (1830
Connecticut Ave., NW) tonight at
8:30 p.m. Attendees are asked to
bring food and drink. For details, visit
gaydistrict.org.
Touchstone Gallery (901 New York
Ave., NW) presents Drag Illusion,
a photo essay about drag queens by
Michael Lang, who focused on Town and
the process the performers go through.
The gallery is opened today from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit
touchstonegallery.com.
The Speakeasy Shorts Film Challenge
ends tonight at the U.S. Navy Memorial
Heritage Center (701 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW). The challenge was to write, shoot
and edit a lm based off of eight local
storytellers in ve days. The rst day is
when the lmmakers learned about their
story. Now it is time to see their product.
Tickets are $20. For more information, visit
speakeasydc.com.
The Music Center at Strathmore
(5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda)
presents Olivia Newton-John tonight
at 8 p.m. In her most recent tour she
is revisiting some her classics such as
Physical and Hopelessly Devoted to
You along with some of her more recent
pieces. Tickets range from $48 to $78. For
more information, visit Strathmore.org.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts Bear
Happy Hour tonight from 6-11 p.m.
This event is for people 21 and older.
There is no cover charge. For details,
visit towndc.com.
The Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
is having its happy hour tonight starting
at 5 p.m. All drinks are half off until 7:30
p.m. After 9 p.m., admission is $10. The
dance oor opens at 11 p.m. with DJ Tim-
Nice and DJ Cameron. For details, visit
thebachelorsmill.com.
Phase 1 (528 8th St. SE) has its weekly
dance party with DJ Jay Von Teese tonight
starting at 7:30. Cover is $10. For more
information, visit phase1dc.com.
SATURDAY, NOV.17
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., NW) holds
Transgender Community Discussion today
at 3 p.m. The goal of the meeting is to discuss
the needs of transgender community. For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, needs volunteers for the
MLK Library (901 G St., NW) in the morning
from 9:30 to noon. Approximately 12-15
volunteers are needed. If volunteers want
to go to lunch at Potbelly or California
Tortilla, they should bring $7-$10. For
more information, visit burgundycrescent.
com. Members also volunteer at Lost
Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation at
the Petsmart (6100 Arlington Blvd., Falls
Church) today from 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m. For
details, visit burgundycrescent.com.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) celebrates its
fth anniversary tonight at 10 p.m. The
club is celebrating with DJ Chris Cox and
performances by its dance troupe The
Dance Camp. Cover is $8 before 11 p.m.
and $12 after. There are $3 drinks before
11 p.m. The drag show starts at 10:30 p.m.
For more information, visit towndc.com.
SUNDAY, NOV. 18
The Washington Chorus presents The
Essential Bernstein today at 5 at Kennedy
Center Concert Hall (2801 Upton St., NW).
The concert is presenting music of the
legendary Leonard Bernstein, featuring
music from Candide, West Side
Story and Chichester Psalms. Tickets
are $15-$65. For more information, visit
thewashingtonchorus.org.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) holds its weekly
Martini Sundays and Homowood Karaoke,
which starts at 10 p.m. No charge for
admission. For details, visit cobaltdc.com.
MONDAY, NOV. 19
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts its
Martini Monday tonight at 10 p.m. There
is no cover charge and martinis are $5. For
more information, visit cobaltdc.com.
Whitman-Walker Health (1701 14th St., NW)
holds its HIV+ Newly Diagnosed Support
Group tonight at 7. It is a condential support
group for anyone recently diagnosed with
HIV and the group welcomes all genders and
sexual orientations. For details, visit whitman-
walker.org.
TUESDAY, NOV. 20
Today is Transgender Day of
Remembrance, a day to commemorate
those who have been killed as a result
of transphobia. It began in 1998 when
transgender activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith
memorialized Rita Hester who was killed for
being transgender. Metropolitan Community
Church of Washington (474 Ridge St. NW) is
holding a service this evening at 6 p.m. For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) hosts its
Martini Monday tonight at 10 p.m. There
is no cover charge and martinis are $5. For
more information, visit cobaltdc.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21
The Tom Davoren Social Bridge
Club meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the
Dignity Center (721 8th St., SE) for social
bridge. A partner is not needed. For more
information, visit lambdabridge.com.
Whitman-Walker Health (1701
14th St., NW) holds its HIV+ Newly
Diagnosed Support Group tonight at
7. It is a condential support group for
anyone recently diagnosed with HIV
and the group welcomes all genders
and sexual orientations. For details, visit
whitman-walker.org.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts WTF:
Thanksgiving in Space party tonight at
10. The celebration includes cosmo-nauts
and pumpkin moonpies. Cover is $5. For
more information, visit towndc.com.
THURSDAY, NOV. 22
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, helps with the Thanksgiving
Dinner for the homeless and needy at
Rosemarys Thyme restaurant (18 & S St.,
NW) today from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. It
is expected that 500-600 homeless and
needy people will be served. For details,
visit burgundycrescent.com.
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The WASHINGTON CHORUS presents The Essential Bernstein Sunday at 5 at Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The late composer/conductor
Bernstein was gay.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WASHINGTON CHORUS
The Human Rights Campaign contributed
more than $1.5 million in cash and in-
kind contributions to the pro-Question 6
campaign. Freedom to Marry, which initially
declined to join the coalition defending the
states same-sex marriage law, said it invested
more than $200,000 into the campaign. This
gure includes the $70,000 it gave that helped
Marylanders for Maryland Equality air their
radio ad highlighting President Obamas
support of marriage rights for same-sex
couples in the days leading up to Election Day.
HRC provided so much of the
backbone to this whole effort, Madaleno
says. They were absolutely critical.
Marylanders for Marriage Equality
ultimately raised $6 million they
consistently outraised the Maryland
Marriage Alliance throughout the Question
6 campaign. The ACLU and other organized
labor groups contributed more than $1
million to Marylanders for Marriage Equality.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
and Republican hedge fund manager Paul
Singer both donated $250,000 to the pro-
Question 6 campaign. The bulk of the 11,000
people who contributed to Marylanders for
Marriage Equality, however, live in Maryland.
We proved from going to the state
that nobody thought could win to being
the second-widest margin after Maine
among the four is pretty cool, Levin says.
And I want to really say the team that
was here through the legislative campaign
that gured out, that believed in doing
Maryland when nobody else did the
leadership of folks like Sultan [Shakir]
and Kevin [Nix], Rich Madaleno and Luke
Clippinger and all the others.
One of the proudest moments of
the campaign for Levin came when
Marylanders for Marriage Equality was able
to counter a Maryland Marriage Alliance
television ad that claimed Question 6 would
force schools to teach same-sex marriage
with their own ad eight hours later that
featured Baltimore County teacher Pamela
Gaddy. Levin showed it to McIntosh, HRC
President Chad Grifn, former OMalley
adviser Joe Bryce and his wife Kristen and
a handful of others shortly after he arrived
at a campaign fundraiser at DiPaulas home
before he put it on the air on Oct. 26.
We were ready and able to do it that
fast, versus the stories that so many other
folks who worked in California [on the
campaign against Proposition 8] told just
having to gure it out there, Levin says.
The lessons they learned they gave us and
we applied. And we took a Maryland angle
on it, putting up an African-American,
Baltimore-area schoolteacher to just go,
Thats not true, you know. When we
looked at it a week later, their argument
wasnt resonating. People just werent
buying it, according to our research.
OMalley, Levin and Mizeur all noted
Obamas public support of marriage rights for
gays and lesbians and his endorsement of the
same-sex marriage law garnered additional
support among black Marylanders.
In addition to the radio ad featuring the
president, Marylanders for Marriage Equality
also sent a mailing that contained his and
rst lady Michelle Obamas statements
in support of marriage rights for same-
sex couples to 200,000 African-American
households in the state. (Baltimore Black
Pride co-chair Meredith Moise was handing
out these iers on Election Day as she spoke
with voters outside a polling place at a
Northeast Baltimore elementary school.)
It was important that we echoed their
support, Levin says.
The NAACPs support of Question 6
and particularly television ads that featured
Julian Bond, the civil rights organizations
chair emeritus, and Revs. Delman Coates of
Mount Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton and
Dont Hickman of Southern Baptist Church
in Baltimore appear to have resonated with
voters in the predominantly black Charm City.
Question 6 passed by a 57-43 percent
margin in Baltimore City. It lost by slightly more
than 4,300 votes in Prince Georges County.
A Public Policy Polling survey in May
found 55 percent of black Marylanders
would vote for the law, compared to 36
percent who said they would oppose it. A
Hart Research Associates survey conducted
in late July found 44 percent of African-
American voters would support Question
6, compared to 45 percent who said they
would vote against it. A Gonzales Research
poll in September noted 44 percent of
black Marylanders backed marriage rights
for same-sex couples, compared to 52
percent who oppose nuptials for gays and
lesbians. An Associated Press exit poll
indicates roughly half of black Maryland
voters voted against Question 6.
Maryland Marriage Alliance Chair Derek
McCoy, Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr., of Hope
Christian Church in Beltsville and others
who opposed the law repeatedly criticized
and even mocked the NAACP, Obama,
Coates, Hickman and other prominent
black leaders who backed marriage
rights for same-sex couples in the state.
Some Question 6 opponents resorted to
increasingly homophobic rhetoric during
appearances at black churches and other
public forums in the weeks leading up to
Election Day. Pastor Luke Robinson of
Quinn Chapel AME Church in Frederick
even suggested during a sparsely attended
rally against the same-sex marriage law at a
city park on Nov. 4 that Superstorm Sandy
struck New York City less than three weeks
after Bloomberg donated $250,000 to
Marylanders for Marriage Equality.
Obama, NAACP support
crucial to Md. marriage effort
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Last weeks business column in the
Blade discussed the developing status
of Washington as a hip place to live, and
certainly the increasing number of young
people between 25-35 moving here
would seem to support that.
One decision faced by these newcom-
ers (and not-so-newcomers) is whether
to rent or buy a place to live. Initially it
makes sense to rent while you get the
feel for different parts of the city where
you might like to ultimately live. But once
you decide youre going to be in Wash-
ington for four years or longer, it prob-
ably makes sense to start thinking about
buying a place even a starter place
from which you might move up.
I say four years because that is the
average amount of time it will take for
you to recoup your initial investment in
buying and later selling a home.
It will cost you around 3 percent in ad-
ditional costs (mainly for title-related ex-
penses) on top of your purchase price to
buy a home. And when it comes time to
sell, it will cost you around 8 percent of
the selling price (mainly for commission
expenses) to sell your home. So its going
to cost you around 11 percent to buy and
sell a home; assuming 2-3 percent a year
in appreciation, you should be able to re-
coup that extra cost in around 4+ years.
One major hurdle in buying your frst
place is to come up with the down pay-
ment. It is a daunting challenge to save
10 to 20 percent of the purchase price
of a home that may cost $400- 500,000.
Even saving 3.5 percent (the minimum
amount required for an FHA mortgage,
now matched by some conventional
mortgage programs) can be diffcult
when you are frst starting out in your
career. You may be fortunate enough to
have a family member who will help you
out with a down payment gift to get you
started (dont forget to get that gift letter
from them). Or you may be able to qualify
for one of the assistance programs like
HPAP, run by the city to help frst-time
and low-income buyers with their down
payments. And once youve put your
chips in the game, you get to continue
to play up as long as your stake increases.
Plus you get a nice bonus every year in
the form of tax credit for the interest paid
on your mortgage.
So lets return to the initial question that
serves as the title of this article: Should I
rent or should I buy? Lets do the math:
Lets say youre paying $1700 a month
for a 1-bedroom/1-bath coop apartment
in a Navy Yard high-rise. In the course of
four years, youd pay $81,600 with no f-
nancial advantage to show, not even a tax
credit. With a purchase price of $239,000
for the same unit and a 20 percent down
payment (to avoid Private Mortgage In-
surance) and a current interest rate of 3.5
percent, you would pay $1772 a month for
principle & interest, coop fees (including
taxes) and homeowner insurance. In the
course of four years, youd pay $85,056
$3456 more than renting, but conser-
vatively assuming 2 percent appreciation
per year, your initial investment would
be worth $259,000 and you would have
paid off $15,479 from your mortgage, so
you would have accrued $35,479 in eq-
uity. Plus you would have received a tax
credit for $25,733 in interest payments,
which at a 22 percent tax rate would give
you credit for $5,661. So, even counting
the fact that you would have paid $3,456
more by buying, you would have earned
$41,140 in equity gain and tax deduc-
tions, for a net gain of $37,684.
Of course, as they say in automobile
ads touting the fuel effciency of a certain
vehicle, Your mileage may vary. And in
the case of considering whether to buy
a home, you should start by consulting
a mortgage professional who will help
evaluate your situation and mortgage-
readiness. But when you are ready to buy,
a home continues to be one of the best
investments you can make, especially
over time and in spite of periodic market
adjustments like the one were just recov-
ering from. And unlike stocks or other in-
vestments, you actually get to live in this
one while your investment appreciates.
Happy hunting.
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Notice of Appointment, Notice to
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Sally S. Harris, whose address is 1832 T
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appointed Personal Representative of
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died on June 03, 2012 without a Will and
will service without Court supervision.
All unknown heirs and heirs whose
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