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Calling on Clinton
As gay rights take center stage, some wonder why the popular former
president is seemingly in the wings
President Clinton, during his presidency
by Justin Snow
T
HERE WERE HIGH EX-
pectations for former Presi-
dent Bill Clinton when he
walked out onto the blue-
carpeted stage at the Democratic
National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.,
in September.
The former president had become a
staunch defender of President Barack
Obama, leaving behind perceived ani-
mosity developed over a long and bru-
tal primary ght between Obama and
Hillary Clinton in 2008. With Hillary
Clinton serving as secretary of state
and Obama in a heated race against
Republican presidential candidate Mitt
Romney, all eyes were on the great
communicator Sept. 5, with supporters
hoping Clinton could lend his charisma
and ght to a president sometimes per-
ceived as distant.
Were here to nominate a president,
and Ive got one in mind, Clinton said
to cheers from the packed Time Warner
Cable Arena.
For 50 minutes Clinton spoke about
the economy in a policy-heavy speech
that ran 10 minutes longer than Obamas
own speech the following night. Often
veering from his prepared remarks,
Clinton dissected Romneys plan for the
economy in a style that reminded many
what made Clinton one of the most
successful politicians of the late 20th
century. Observers declared Clintons
speech a rousing success, but for LGBT
Americans there was no denying what
was left unsaid.
Considered a pillar of the modern
Democratic Party, two of the most last-
ing legacies of Bill Clintons presidency
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were anti-gay policies that have taken
nearly two decades to undo, and whose
undoing has been largely assisted by the
president Clinton went to Charlotte to
help re-elect.
Despite campaigning a year earlier
on the promise that gay and lesbian
Americans would at last be allowed to
serve openly in the American military,
Clinton and Congress approved Dont
Ask, Dont Tell in 1993 as a compro-
mise to the full ban on gay servicemem-
bers that existed when Clinton entered
the White House. Gay people would
be allowed to serve under Clintons
compromise, but by sharing their sex-
ual orientation they faced discharged.
And discharged they were, with more
than 14,500 LGB servicemembers red
under the discriminatory ban before its
repeal in 2011.
He probably should have men-
tioned it, gay retired Army Gen. Keith
Kerr told Metro Weekly in a phone
interview from his California home
shortly after Clintons speech last Sep-
tember.
The 81-year-old Kerr, who worked
for years to repeal DADT and was a
member of Hillary Clintons 2008 cam-
paign for president, said acknowledg-
ment by Bill Clinton of the policy he
signed into law could have sent a strong
message more aligned with a party
convention that highlighted Obamas
repeal of the discriminatory policy mul-
tiple times.
Although Kerr said he initially sup-
ported DADT as a compromise when
it was implemented in 1993, he quickly
grew wary of its misuse as it became a
weapon of vengeance anytime some-
one had a gripe against a gay service-
member.
Sue Fulton, an out gay veteran and
graduate of West Point, added that Bill
Clinton is probably sick of being blamed
for DADT and the corner he was pushed
into by congressional Republicans.
Too many people in the gay com-
munity blame him for a policy that
was in principal a decent compromise.
The problem was that the policy wasnt
implemented as promised, said Ful-
ton. Perhaps hes more culpable for
DOMA than DADT, but its hard now
to remember the political climate of
that time and how much things have
changed.
Indeed, while the political climate
of the 1990s has been blamed more
than Clinton for the implementation
of DADT, it is his signing of the 1996
Defense of Marriage Act for which he
has faced continued criticism.
It was shortly after midnight, Sept.
21, 1996, when Clinton signed DOMA
in what was a highly expansive and
intrusive federal power grab that for-
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happened, it was a Republican campaign
tactic and there was no opposition to it
in the Congress, so had he vetoed it, it
would have passed again.
With more Americans accepting gay
and lesbian couples as the norm in mod-
ern America, Clinton appears well aware
of the stain DOMA has left on his legacy.
His decision not to mention DOMA in
his convention speech puzzled some and
angered others.
Wheres your apology for signing the
Defense of Marriage Act? asked New
York Times columnist Frank Bruni in
an open letter to Clinton published in
December.
At the Democratic National Conven-
tion, on the campaign trail, in speeches
aplenty and during interviews galore, you
spoke eloquently about what this country
should value, and you spoke unequivo-
cally about where it should head, Bruni
wrote. Such a bounty of convictions,
such a harvest of words, except for one
thats long overdue: Sorry.
Writing in New York magazine last
February, Frank Rich noted that Clin-
ton made no mention of DOMA in his
thousand-page memoir, My Life.
While dont ask, dont tell can be
rationalized (by some) as a bungled rook-
ie effort at compromise during his early
months in ofce, DOMA is indefensible,
Rich wrote.
Clinton has never wholly owned up
to approving DOMA, as Bruni put it,
although he has afrmed his support
for marriage equality since then. Dur-
ing an interview with CNNs Anderson
Cooper in 2009, Clinton admitted that
he was wrong about same-sex marriage
and he has lent his voice to some mar-
riage-equality efforts in recent years. In a
statement released by the Human Rights
Campaign in May 2011, Clinton endorsed
New Yorks same-sex marriage bill. The
following May, Clinton recorded an audio
advertisement opposing North Carolinas
proposed constitutional amendment ban-
ning same-sex marriage, which was ulti-
mately approved by voters.
I think that President Clinton has
done a lot and I think hes pretty much
done everything anyone has asked him
to do, said Socarides. Considering its
fairly rare for a former president to say
that he regrets an ofcial action he took
during his presidency, that is a fairly sig-
nicant concession or admission and has
helped affect public opinion in a positive
way.
For me personally, saying that a law
bid federal recognition of same-sex mar-
riages in all states.
In a statement released one day before
signing DOMA into law, Clinton hinted
at his qualms with the bill.
Throughout my life I have strenu-
ously opposed discrimination of any kind,
including discrimination against gay and
lesbian Americans, Clinton said. I have
long opposed governmental recognition
of same-gender marriages and this leg-
islation is consistent with that position.
In the same statement, Clinton
afrmed his support for the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act and urged Con-
gress to pass that legislation.
I also want to make clear to all that
the enactment of this legislation should
not, despite the erce and at times divi-
sive rhetoric surrounding it, be under-
stood to provide an excuse for discrimi-
nation, violence or intimidation against
any person on the basis of sexual ori-
entation, Clinton said. Discrimination,
violence and intimidation for that reason,
as well as others, violate the principle of
equal protection under the law and have
no place in American society.
It was not popular to oppose DOMA
in 1996. Congress approved the bill over-
whelmingly with only 14 Democrats
voting against the bill in the Senate.
Although the act was largely meaning-
less at rst, that changed as the ght for
marriage equality expanded. When Mas-
sachusetts became the rst state to issue
marriage licenses to same-sex couples in
2004, those couples were denied more
than 1,000 benets enjoyed by married
straight couples because of DOMA.
Interrupted by a question from gay
blogger Lane Hudson during a speech
at the 2009 Netroots Nation conference,
Clinton said signing DOMA was meant to
head off an attempt by the Republican-
controlled Congress to pass a consti-
tutional amendment banning same-sex
marriage.
I didnt like signing DOMA, and I
certainly didnt like the constraints it
would put on benets, and Ive done
everything I could, Clinton said, add-
ing public opinion is shifting rapidly
on LGBT rights. But for advocates that
doesnt make it right.
He should not have signed it, Rich-
ard Socarides told Metro Weekly. Socari-
des, who advised Clinton on gay and
lesbian civil rights issues, urged Clinton
publicly and privately not to sign the bill,
but says those were different times. If
you look at DOMA with respect to what
you signed was wrong and should be
repealed is enough of an apology for me,
Socarides added.
Nevertheless, Clinton has largely been
in the background of the LGBT-rights
movement. And now, with the Supreme
Court set to rule on DOMA and Califor-
nias Proposition 8, questions remain as
to why one of the most popular politi-
cians alive today has not played a more
visible role in the ght for equality.
Just as it helped enormously when
General Powell nally reversed his posi-
tion on DADT, it would be very helpful to
have President Clinton state his support
for the right for civil marriage to be avail-
able to same sex couples, wrote Eliza-
beth Birch in an email to Metro Weekly.
Birch, who led HRC during the
DOMA ght in the 1990s, said that while
DOMA was clearly a strategic move by
Republicans at the time to drive a wedge
between his Administration and LGBT
base, Clintons popularity could lend
even more momentum to the growing
movement for equality.
Given that President Clintons voice
is so vibrant today on all the critical
issues of our time, his support could be a
critical element on our path to full mar-
riage equality. And, of course, Secretary
Hillary Clintons voice carries incredible
authority on any topic. Her global speech
on human rights for LGBT people was
breathtaking, said Birch.
Bill Clinton has yet to comment on
the Supreme Courts decision to consider
the constitutionality of DOMA. Requests
for comment from Metro Weekly were
not returned, although no one doubts he
hopes to see the law bearing his signature
struck down.
Socarides speculates that Clinton will
weigh in, as will Hillary Clinton after
she leaves her post as secretary of state
as the spotlight on DOMA and marriage
equality grows with the Supreme Courts
attention. Traditionally, a standing sec-
retary of state does not discuss domestic
policy.
I will guarantee you that in the briefs
that the Supreme Court is going to get
on our side, including from the Justice
Department and from the plaintiffs, they
are going to have a section in there that
talks about the fact that President Clin-
ton, who signed the law, now thinks it
was a mistake, said Socarides. The fact
that he supports repeal of the law will be
a signicant and important part of the
argument to the justices. And I think it
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DOMA will be heard by the U.S. Supreme
Court in March.
Ryan Wilson, the executive director of
South Carolina Equality and a Maryland
native, echoed Wolvovskys sentiments
on the status of federal recognition of
same-sex relationships, pointing out that
he and his new husband, Shehan Weli-
hindha, will only receive such recogni-
tion if DOMA is repealed or overturned.
Wilson and Welihindha were among
seven same-sex couples who were mar-
ried at Baltimore City Hall at 12:01 a.m.,
Jan. 1, becoming one of the rst same-sex
couples to legally wed in the Free State.
Even though South Carolinas Con-
stitution bans any recognition of same-
sex relationships, including domestic-
partner benets, Wilson and Welihindha
said they began talking about marrying in
Maryland as soon as OMalley signed the
Civil Marriage Protection Act into law.
From far away, they watched the twists
and turns of the marriage equality ght.
As we were watching and celebrating
the election results for the presidential
race, we were also checking the Balti-
more Sun website and refreshing it to see
whether marriage equality had passed,
Wilson recalled. New Years Eve has al-
ways been special for us, so we decided to
get married just after midnight.
The couple will host a reception for
family and friends in South Carolina later
in the year.
More concerning for the newlyweds is
how the federal government recognizes
their relationship, particularly because
Wilson is unable to sponsor Welihindha,
a citizen of Sri Lanka, for a green card as
his spouse. As a result, Welihindha, cur-
rently on a student visa as he pursues his
Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina,
and Wilson are facing a deadline roughly
three years away that could force Weli-
hindha out of the country, regardless of
their Maryland marriage license.
Welihindha said he can apply for one-
year temporary work status as he seeks
to practice in his eld once his student
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AISE A GLASS TO TOAST
marriage equality. As of mid-
night, Jan. 1, same-sex couples
in Maryland could legally mar-
ry, following a decades-long effort to se-
cure the right.
Ten months after Gov. Martin
OMalley (D) signed the Civil Marriage
Protection Act into law, same-sex couples
are now able to marry, le their state tax-
es jointly and place each other on their
health care plans just some of the many
other rights and responsibilities extend-
ed to married couples whose marriages
are recognized by the state.
Despite an intense and closely fought
campaign that saw the Civil Marriage
Protection Act face a referendum on the
2012 ballot, supporters of marriage equal-
ity were ultimately successful in seeing
the law upheld by a 52-48 margin.
Although Marylands Attorney Gen-
eral, Doug Gansler (D), had opined that
same-sex couples could begin obtaining
marriage licenses in December, those li-
censes did not go into effect until Jan. 1.
Eric Wolvovsky, of Silver Spring, and
his husband obtained their marriage li-
cense in December and opted for a small
ceremony, limited to family and close
friends, in their living room Tuesday, Jan.
1. Wolvovsky said that for all the alleged
controversy over allowing same-sex
couples to marry, obtaining the license
even in December was one of the easi-
est parts of getting married. What was
harder, he said, was nding someone to
preside over the ceremony.
The biggest change for Wolvovsky
and his husband will be the ability to le
their state taxes jointly. But the federal-
level benets of marriage are still denied
same-sex couples such as immigration
rights and various tax laws because of
the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). A
case challenging the constitutionality of
visa expires. After such an extension, he
might also apply for a work visa for an ad-
ditional three-to-six years before having
to return to Sri Lanka. Neither of those
options is guaranteed, Welihindha added.
Its not as concerning or pressing
right now, he said. But as we get closer
to that day, its going to become more of
an issue.
The two are especially interested in
the fate of the Uniting American Families
Act (UAFA), which would allow people in
same-sex relationships to sponsor their
foreign-born partners who are seeking to
immigrate to the United States. The act,
which has been sponsored by U.S. Rep.
Jerold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) in various forms since the
106th Congress in 2000, has died in com-
mittee in every subsequent Congress. It
has very little support from Republicans,
and will likely not receive a vote as long as
the GOP controls either chamber.
But despite lingering concerns and
questions over federal recognition, many
Maryland same-sex couples are eagerly
running down the aisle. Theyre receiv-
ing plenty of support from their chief al-
lies, particularly organized labor, which
was a major part of the Marylanders for
Marriage Equality coalition that success-
fully lobbied for the passage of marriage
equality at the legislative level and at the
ballot box. One of the local union chap-
ters of the United Food and Commercial
Workers (UFCW) International Union
was planning to celebrate same-sex mar-
riages at the Rockville Courthouse on
Jan. 2, after Metro Weekly deadline. The
unions president, Joe Hansen, has been a
vocal supporter of LGBT rights and mar-
riage equality.
According to lead organizer Jay Pas-
cucci, a member of UFCWs strategic
resources department, several members
of the union are planning a show of sup-
port outside of the courthouse for sev-
eral couples who are getting married Jan.
2, even though the union members dont
personally know the spouses.
We just felt we wanted to show them
we support them, Pascucci said. I told
the others to bring some poster board,
and Id supply the markers to make signs.
Were going to be dressed in wedding
wear. This support absolutely carries
over to the rank-and-le members.
But Pascucci has another reason to
celebrate the passage of marriage equal-
ity: On Feb. 10, he and his partner of 15
years, David Robinson, will be married in
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Effective Jan. 1, same-sex couples can now wed in the
Free State, though federal roadblocks remain
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers for Food & Friends, and
for Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation at Falls
Church PetSmart. burgundyscrescent.org.
CHRYSALIS ARTS & CULTURE GROUP
attends symposium on 150th anniversary of
the Emancipation Proclamation. 1-4 p.m. Free.
Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Room A-5
(basement), 901 G St NW. Craig, 202-462-0535,
craighowell1@verizon.net.
ADVENTURING OUTDOORS GROUP hikes 5
easy miles from Bethesda to Silver Spring via
Georgetown Branch Trail. Bring beverages, snack,
$2 fee, money for lunch at Panera. Meet 9 a.m.
atop Bethesda Metro escalators. Lunch ends by
12:30 p.m. Craig, 202-462-0535. OR bike 30-mile
roundtrip to Vienna via Nellie Custis and W&OD
Trails. Depart 10:30 a.m. from Columbia Island
Marina, GW Parkway, Arlington. Bring helmet,
water, $2 fee. Jerry, 703-920-6871.
adventuring.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by members of
the LGBT community, holds Saturday morning
Shabbat services, 10 a.m., followed by kiddush
luncheon. Services in DCJCC Community Room,
1529 16th St. NW. betmish.org.
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including others
interested in Brazilian culture, meets. For
location/time, email braziliangaygroup@
yahoo.com.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at
Marie Reed Aquatic Center, 2200 Champlain St.
NW. 8-9:30 a.m. swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social
club welcomes all levels for exercise in a fun and
supportive environment, socializing afterward.
Meet 9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a walk;
or 10 a.m. for fun run. info@dcfrontrunners.org or
dcfrontrunners.org.
DIGNITY NORTHERN VIRGINIA sponsors
Mass for LGBT community, family and friends.
6:30 p.m., Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606
Seminary Road, Alexandria. All welcome. 703-
912-1662, dignitynova@gmail.com.
DC SENTINELS basketball team meets at Turkey
Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Ave.
NE, 2-4 p.m. For players of all levels, gay or
straight. teamdcbasketball.org.
IDENTITY offers free and condential HIV
testing in Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire
Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins 12-3 p.m. For
appointments other hours, call 301-422-2398.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 6
WEEKLY EVENTS
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW.
9-10:30 a.m. swimdcac.org.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4
NOVA GAY AND LESBIAN PROFESSIONALS
hosts LGBT community social. 6-8 p.m. Kora
Restaurant, 2250 Crystal Drive, Arlington. All
welcome. meetup.com/novaglp.
ADODI-DC BLACK SAME GENDER
LOVING MENS SOCIAL/SPIRITUAL GROUP
hosts bimonthly potluck discussion, Whats new
for you in 2013 and how to keep it. 7 p.m. MCC-
DC, 474 Ridge St. NW. Bring a dish to share.
Larry, 202-360-1143, ldd0502@yahoo.com.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV
services (by appointment). 202-291-4707,
andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by members of the
GLBT community, holds Friday night Shabbat
services followed by oneg social hour. 8-9:30
p.m. Services in DCJCC Community Room, 1529
16th St. NW. betmish.org.
GAY DISTRICT, a non-church-afliated
discussion and social group for GBTQ men, 18
to 35, meets 8:30 p.m., St. Margarets Episcopal
Church, 1820 Connecticut Ave. NW. gd@
gaydistrict.org or gaydistrict.org.
GAY MARRIED MENS ASSOCIATION
(GAMMA) is a peer-support group that meets in
Dupont Circle every second and fourth Friday at
7:30 p.m. gay-married.com or GAMMAinDC1@
yahoo.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health,
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St.
NW, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 202-745-7000,
whitman-walker.org.
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides a social
atmosphere for GLBT and questioning youth,
featuring dance parties, vogue nights, movie
nights and game nights. catherine.chu@smyal.org.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-6 p.m., by
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and
younger. Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-
3155 or testing@smyal.org.
TRANSGENDER HEALTH EMPOWERMENT
Diva Chat support group. 6-8 p.m., 1414 North
Capitol St. NE. Snacks provided. 202-636-1646.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MAUTNER PROJECT, The National Lesbian
Health Organization, is seeking silent-auction
donations for its March 9, 2013, spring gala. gala.
mautnerproject.org, 202-332-5536
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3
WEEKLY EVENTS
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session
at the Takoma Aquatic Center, 7:30-9 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and lesbian square-
dancing group features mainstream through
advanced square dancing at the National City
Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30
p.m. Casual dress. Email info@dclambdasquares.
org, call 301-257-0517 or visit
dclambdasquares.org.
The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern Virginia
social group meets for happy hour at Sheraton
in Reston, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, second-
oor bar, 7-9 p.m. All welcome. Email info@
dullestriangles.com or visit dullestriangles.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health. The
NW, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center,
2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call 202-
745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
IDENTITY offers free and condential HIV
testing in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave.,
and in Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave.,
Suite 411. Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments
other hours, call Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978 or
Takoma Park at 301-422-2398.
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and
younger. 202-567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE presents
Young LBTQ women interested in leadership
development. 5-6:30 For youth 13-21. SMYAL
Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3163 or
catherine.chu@smyal.org
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics Anonymous
Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW.
The group is independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in the
gay community, from alternative social events to volunteer opportunities.
Event information should be sent by e-mail to calendar@metroweek-
ly.com; by fax to 202-638-6831; or by mail to Metro Weekly, Attn:
Community Calendar, 1012 14th Street NW, Suite 209, Washington, D.C.
20005. Deadline for inclusion is noon on the Friday before publication.
Announcement submissions that are not date-specic may run for two
weeks, with the option for listing organizations to resubmit if appropriate.
Questions about the calendar can be directed to the Metro Weekly ofce
at 202-638-6830.
LGBTCommunityCalendar
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS MEMORIAL
EPISCOPAL CHURCH celebrates Low Mass at 8:30
a.m., High Mass at 11 a.m. 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW.
202-232-4244, allsoulsdc.org.
BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive and radically
inclusive church holds services at 11:30 a.m. 2217
Minnesota Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.
DIGNITY WASHINGTON offers Roman Catholic
Mass for the LGBT community. 6 p.m., St.
Margarets Church, 1820 Connecticut Ave. NW. All
welcome. Sign interpreted. 202-546-2235, dignity@
dignitywashington.org, or dignitywashington.org.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST welcomes all to 10:30 a.m. service, 945 G
St. NW. rstuccdc.org or 202-628-4317.
FRIENDS MEETING OF WASHINGTON meets for
worship, 10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW, Quaker
House Living Room (next to Meeting House on
Decatur Place), 2nd oor. Special welcome to
lesbians and gays. Handicapped accessible from
Phelps Place gate. Hearing assistance.
quakersdc.org.
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes
GLBT community for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130 Old
Telegraph Road, Alexandria. hopeucc.org.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF REFORMATION invites
all to Sunday worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare is
available at both services. Welcoming LGBT people
for 25 years. 212 East Capitol St. NE.
reformationdc.org
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA services at 11 a.m., led by
Rev. Onetta Brooks. Childrens Sunday School, 11
a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax. 703-691-0930,
mccnova.com.
NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, inclusive
church with GLBT fellowship, offers gospel
worship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional worship, 11 a.m. 5
Thomas Circle NW. 202-232-0323,
nationalcitycc.org.
RAINBOW FAMILIES DCs Maybe
Baby series for LGBT singles and couples
considering parenthood meets 3-5 p.m. info@
rainbowfamiliesdc.org.
RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, a Christ-centered,
interracial, welcoming-and-afrming church, offers
service at 10 a.m. 680 I St. SW. 202-554-4330,
riverside-dc.org.
ST. STEPHEN AND THE INCARNATION, an
interracial, multi-ethnic Christian Community
offers services in English, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and
in Spanish at 5:15 p.m. 1525 Newton St. NW. 202-
232-0900, saintstephensdc.org.
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ARLINGTON, an
LGBTQ welcoming-and-afrming congregation,
offers services at 10 a.m. Virginia Rainbow UU
Ministry. 4444 Arlington Blvd. uucava.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF
SILVER SPRING invites LGBTQ families and
individuals of all creeds and cultures to join the
church. Services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. 10309 New
Hampshire Ave. uucss.org.
UNIVERSALIST NATIONAL MEMORIAL
CHURCH, a welcoming and inclusive church. GLBT
Interweave social/service group meets monthly.
Services at 11 a.m., Romanesque sanctuary. 1810 16th
St. NW. 202-387-3411, universalist.org.
MONDAY, JANUARY 7
WEEKLY EVENTS
Michael Brazell teaches BEARS DO YOGA, a
program of The DC Center. 6:30 p.m., Green
Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW. No cost,
newcomers welcome. 202-682-2245,
thedccenter.org.
GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Quaker House,
2111 Florida Ave. NW. getequal.wdc@gmail.com.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY (K.I.) SERVICES,
3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV
testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 703-823-4401.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay mens evening
afnity group. 3636 Georgia Ave. NW.
202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS Water Polo Team
practices 7-9 p.m. Takoma Aquatic Center, 300
Van Buren St. NW. Newcomers with at least basic
swimming ability always welcome. Tom, 703-299-
0504; secretary@wetskins.org; or wetskins.org.
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HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health. D.C.:
NW, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center,
2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an
appointment call 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-
walker.org.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8
WEEKLY EVENTS
A COMPANY OF STRANGERS, a theater chorus,
meets 7:30-9:30 p.m. A GLBTA and SATB looking
for actors, singers, crew. Open Hearth Foundation,
1502 Massachusetts Ave. SE. Charles, 240-764-
5748. ecumenicon.org.
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV
services (by appointment). 202-291-4707,
andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly happy hour, with
dinner afterward, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Cobalt/30
Degrees Lounge, 1639 R St. NW. afwashington.net.
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW.
7:30-9 p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC FRONTRUNNERS running/walking/social club
serving greater D.C.s LGBT community and allies
hosts an evening run/walk. dcfrontrunners.org.
Whitman-Walker Healths GAY MENS HEALTH
AND WELLNESS/STD CLINIC opens at 6 p.m.,
1701 14th St. NW. Patients are seen on walk-in basis.
No-cost screening for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and
chlamydia. Hepatitis and herpes testing available
for fee. whitman-walker.org.
THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE DC CENTER
hosts Packing Party, where volunteers assemble
safe-sex kits of condoms and lube. 7 p.m., Green
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Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW. thedccenter.org.
IDENTITY offers free and condential HIV testing
in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave., and in
Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.
Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments other hours,
call Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978 or Takoma Park
at 301-422-2398.
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger.
Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or
testing@smyal.org.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ YOUTH ages 13-21
meets at SMYAL, 410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m. Cathy
Chu, 202-567-3163 or Catherine.chu@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a support group for black
gay men 40 and older. 7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave.
NW. 202-446-1100.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9
THE BIG GAY BOOK GROUP discusses On Being
Different: What It Means to a Homosexual. 7 p.m.
1155 F St. NW, Suite 200. biggaybookgroup.com.
THE LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB meets for Duplicate
Bridge. 7:30 p.m. Dignity Center, 721 8th St. SE. All
welcome. Partner needed. lambdabridge.com.
WEEKLY EVENTS
AD LIB, a group for freestyle conversation, meets
about 7:45 p.m., covered-patio area of Cosi, 1647
20th St. NW. All welcome. Jamie, 703-892-8567.
THE GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses critical
languages and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Dupont
Italian Kitchen, 1637 17th St. NW, ground level.
RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@gmail.com.
Marie Reed Aquatic Center, 2200 Champlain St.
NW. 8-9:30 p.m. swimdcac.org.
HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH offers Wednesday
worship 7:15 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. All welcome.
118 N. Washington St., Alexandria. 703-549-1450,
historicchristchurch.org.
IDENTITY offers free and condential HIV testing
in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave. Walk-
ins 2-7 p.m. For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health. D.C.:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-6 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, 2301
MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 202-745-7000,
whitman-walker.org.
PRIME TIMERS OF DC, social club for mature gay
men, hosts weekly happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,
Windows Bar above Dupont Italian Kitchen, 1637
17th St. NW. Carl, 703-573-8316; or Bill,
703-671-2454. l
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WHILE 2012 WAS
a bit of a mixed bag
for me from a per-
sonal perspective,
it was undeniably a
remarkable year to
be a gay man in the
LGBT community,
from celebrating
the one-year anni-
versary of repealing Dont Ask, Dont
Tell to re-electing the most pro-gay
president weve ever seen to celebrating
our own homegrown marriage-equality
victory in Maryland.
From that perspective, 2012 may
seem hard to top. In fact, as we look
ahead to the newly minted 2013, with
the Supreme Court looming over us
deciding the future of marriage equal-
ity, its likely that this year will be every
bit as historic for our community for
good or for ill. But thats mostly out of
our hands until the court reaches its
expected decisions this spring.
With the victory on DADT, marriage
has come to dominate our discussions
of LGBT issues. As important as mar-
riage is it would be a literal dream
come true for many of us there are
other issues and other LGBT people
that need our attention. So there are
two things I hope to see in 2013.
First, I want to see President Obama
stop ddling around on an executive
order to require employment nondis-
crimination policies for federal contrac-
tors. Along with the usual hemming and
hawing, the administration keeps tack-
ing back to the idea of pursuing a leg-
islative strategy for anything involved
with employment discrimination.
That approach might barely have
worked back before intransigent far-
right Republicans took over the House
for the foreseeable future, in the days
when DADT repeal was a skin-of-the-
teeth legislative victory. But today there
is no legislative path to victory on this
and the president knows it. For the
White House to continue telling LGBT
people that we should look to Congress
for leadership on this is willful igno-
rance and rather insulting. The White
House needs to explain why the presi-
dent has used his executive powers in
numerous other cases to improve the
status of LGBT people but refuses to do
so with this executive order.
Better, he should just sign the order
this month and be done with it. Dont
wait to make it a present for this years
Pride celebration. We dont need a six-
month delay in service of achieving a
particular photo-op.
Second, I want to see all of us do a
better job remembering the T that
follows the LGB. Eagle-eyed readers
of our print edition may have already
noticed that this rst issue of the year
marks a change in our tagline, from
Washingtons Gay and Lesbian News-
magazine to Washingtons LGBT
Newsmagazine. This one change isnt
the parting of the Red Sea or Martin
Luther King Jr. speaking from the steps
of the Lincoln Memorial. It is a small
change I know many who would say
a too-long-delayed change but small
changes from each of us are needed
to reach the bigger goal of making our
transgender brothers and sisters a full
part of the community.
Im still surprised at the depth of
apathy among many gays, lesbians and
bisexuals when it comes to transgender
people, and sometimes even outright
bigotry. But the trans community has
been there for us on DADT and mar-
riage; its time for us to be there for
them on military service, employment
discrimination and the violence that
still threatens and claims too many.
So press for that transgender-inclu-
sive executive order from the White
House. Give your support to Maryland-
ers looking to pass transgender protec-
tions through the Legislature. Donate to
or volunteer for groups like Transgen-
der Health Empowerment and SMYAL
who do the daily work to make life bet-
ter for all LGBT people and youth.
If were able to that, Im sure well
remember 2013 as a mighty ne year. l
A Wish for 2013
After a historic year for marriage equality, we need to look ahead to
making the coming year historic for all LGBT people
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by Sean Bugg
THE FIGHT TO
expand the defi-
nition of fam-
ily to encompass the
diversity of actual
families continues
in 2013. Legislators
in Illinois, Minneso-
ta and Rhode Island
are preparing marriage-equality bills.
On another front, Immigration Equal-
itys efforts paid off recently when the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in
a move praised by the White House,
included protections for binational gay
couples in its guidelines for comprehen-
sive immigration reform. That effort has
gained new traction as the GOP tries to
mend its disastrous alienation of His-
panic voters.
The years top billing in the struggle
for gay families goes to the Supreme
This array of options is a bit scary with
such a closely divided court. At the same
time, a sign of our growing success is the
fact that David Blankenhorn, an expert
witness for Prop. 8s proponents in 2010,
has changed his mind and now accepts
gay marriage.
A key question raised by the high
court in both cases concerns Article III
standing whether Prop. 8s proponents
have the right to appeal Perry (state
ofcials having declined), and wheth-
er House Republicans have the right to
appeal Windsor (President Obama having
refused to continue defending DOMA).
If the appellants lack standing, the case
is thrown out and the pro-gay trial court
ruling stands.
I agree with marriage-equality advo-
cates who favor upholding the Second
Circuit on DOMA and either upholding
the Ninth Circuit on Prop. 8 or deny-
ing standing. This gets federal recogni-
tion for gay marriages in states that allow
them, without compelling other states. If
the court imposes marriage equality on
all the states now, the resulting backlash
could keep dozens of state legislatures in
obstructionist hands for a long time. Many
liberal jurists warn against getting ahead
of ourselves. A more modest ruling afrm-
ing states rights would allow the political
process more time to work. After another
decade of rising public support for equal-
ity, a SCOTUS ruling granting equality
nationwide would be less of a provocation.
This high-stakes court battle occurs
against a broader backdrop. Despite the
election, Republicans continue pursuing
their alternate America in which pluto-
crats replace the middle class with a fend-
for-yourselves feudalism; white heterosex-
ual men claim a divine right to perpetual
dominance; the bossiest form of Christian
fundamentalism is the state religion; and
know-nothingism cripples our ability to
compete internationally in industries that
depend on science and its application.
Endurance was a crucial virtue in
carrying us this far. We must remain
engaged and clear-eyed for the battles
ahead, even as we represent our families
in the public arena. Those committed to
a more intolerant America have not laid
down their weapons. As I nished writ-
ing this, I read that the Kansas Depart-
ment of Children and Families has sued a
sperm donor for child support because it
doesnt recognize the relationship of the
childs lesbian parents. Happy New Year.
Richard J. Rosendall can be reached at
rrosendall@starpower.net. l
Court of the United States (SCOTUS),
which in March will hear oral argu-
ments in two marriage cases: Holling-
sworth v. Perry (California Proposition
8), appealed from the Ninth Circuit; and
United States v. Windsor, appealed from
the Second Circuit, which knocks down
the one-man-one-woman denition of
marriage in Section 3 of the Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA).
The Ninth Circuit, instead of endors-
ing U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walkers
sweeping 2010 decision that Prop. 8 was
unconstitutional under both the Due Pro-
cess and Equal Protection Clauses of the
14th Amendment, narrowed it to declare
that rights previously granted cannot be
taken away. SCOTUS could uphold this,
which would not affect states that have not
allowed gay marriage. Or it could sweep
away all 31 state constitutional amend-
ments barring gay marriage, and impose
marriage equality nationwide. Or it could
rule that there is no constitutional right for
same-sex couples to marry.
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Courtside for Marriage
A SCOTUS ruling could help or hinder in 2013
by Richard J. Rosendall
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JANUARY
TUESDAY, JAN. 8
Launch party for Center Global, a program
of The DC Center
(Money raised goes to supporting LGBT
asylum seekers in D.C.)
Mova Lounge
2204 14th St. NW
5 to 8 p.m.
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
THURSDAY, JAN. 10
Equality Maryland presents To Marriage
Equality and Beyond celebration
Chase Court
1112 St. Paul St., Baltimore
6 to 9 p.m.
Tickets $50, or $25 for students
410-685-6567
equalitymaryland.org
FRIDAY, JAN. 11
Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM)
presents The Full Monty Fundraising Event
The Little Theatre of Alexandria
600 Wolfe St., Alexandria
Reception and silent auction, 7 p.m.
Show, 8 p.m.
Show tickets $35
703-533-5505
novam.org
FRIDAY TO MONDAY, JAN. 11 TO 14
Centaur MC presents Mid-Atlantic
Leather Weekend
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Ave. NW
Registration $180
(Many ancillary events)
leatherweekend.com
FRIDAY, JAN. 18
SMYAL presents the Youth Inaugural Ball
THEARC
1901 Mississippi Ave. SE
6 to 9 p.m.
For ages 13 to 21, admission free
202-546-5940
smyal.org
SATURDAY, JAN. 19
The DC Center organizes an LGBT
contingent for the annual Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Holiday Parade
Details TBA
Organizations or individuals interested
in joining are invited to contact The DC
Center
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
MONDAY, JAN. 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
mlkday.gov
Out for Equality: The LGBT Inaugural
Celebration of Barack Obama & Joe Biden
Mayower Renaissance Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave. NW
8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tickets $375
800-494-8497
hrc.org
MONDAY TO FRIDAY, JAN. 21 TO 25
No Name-Calling Week
nonamecallingweek.org
THURSDAY, JAN. 24
Pride Reveal
W Washington D.C.
P.O.V.
515 15th St. NW
6 to 9 p.m.
202-719-5304
capitalpride.org
SATURDAY, JAN. 26
Brother, Help Thyself holds its annual
Grants Award Reception
Grand Central
1001 N. Charles St., Baltimore
2 p.m.
(Snow date Saturday, Feb. 2)
brotherhelpthyself.net
SUNDAY, JAN. 27
Team DC holds the Night Out Series
Kick-Off Party
Nellies Sports Bar
900 U St. NW
4 to 7 p.m.
teamdc.org
TUESDAY, JAN. 29
Equality Virginia holds Day of Action 2013
Library of Virginia
800 E. Broad St., Richmond
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(Legislative Reception follows,
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
804-643-4816
equalityvirginia.org.
FEBRUARY
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
THURSDAY, FEB. 7
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
blackaidsday.org
FRIDAY, FEB. 8
Team DC presents Night Out at the
Wizards, vs. Brooklyn Nets
Verizon Center
601 F St. NW
7 p.m.
Tickets $20
teamdc.org
SUNDAY, FEB. 10
Equality Virginia presents Love Unites
Virginia: A Night Our for Marriage Equality
Anchor event in Richmond at Bistro 27
(with house parties statewide)
27 W. Broad St.
Times vary
Tickets $50
804-643-4816
equalityvirginia.org
Scarlets Bake Sale
DC Eagle
639 New York Ave. NW
Times and beneciaries TBA
202-347-6025
dceagle.com
W
ELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR. IF YOUVE MADE
some resolutions, best of luck in keeping them. They
likely have to do with health and wealth. If thats the
case, this calendar is for you.
As social creatures, being engaged in our
communities has tangible health benets. A large
network of friends may actually extend ones life. There are loads of social
events already on the 2013 calendar. Gamblers might try a Team DC casino
night. The LGBT benevolent might nd a lobby day or a DC Center effort
that lls the bill.
As for wealth, the value of networking is incalculable better put a circle
around the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Mega
Networking event on March 13.
If youve got no resolutions for 2013, youll still need diversions. Youll be
glad to know the coming year has got em. Keep in mind, however, that no
future is certain. Accordingly, all dates listed are subject to change. Should
another superstorm threaten to blow down the high-heel racers come
October, for example, rest assured that Metro Weekly will keep you posted.
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TUESDAY, FEB. 12
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence
(GLOV) holds its annual Happy Hour and
Reception
Mova Lounge
2204 14th St. NW
5 to 8 p.m.
202-682-2245
glovdc.org
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13
Equality Maryland Lobby Day Rally
Lawyers Mall (facing Capitol)
Annapolis
6 p.m.
410-685-6567
equalitymaryland.org

SATURDAY, FEB. 16
Team DC holds a Casino Night
Buffalo Billiards
1330 19th St. NW
8 p.m.
teamdc.org
Gay Mens Chorus of Washington presents
My Big Fat Gay Wedding, featuring an
onstage wedding
Lisner Auditorium
730 21st St. NW
8 p.m.
Tickets $25 to $50
202-293-1548
gmcw.org
SUNDAY, FEB. 24
The DC Center presents its 8th annual
Oscar celebration: Glamour, Glitter and
Gold
Venue and time TBA
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
Making
History
For better or worse,
Supreme Court is set for a 2013 date
with marriage
support advocates have long sought.
Just as easily, though, the court could rule that states
have a right to limit marriage between a man and a woman,
even if states cannot repeal marriage equality once granted.
A ruling that the Constitution does not guarantee same-sex
couples the right to marry would be a major setback for a
movement that has enjoyed momentous victories recently.
When oral arguments on DOMA and Proposition 8
begin in March, it will likely be one of the most high-prole
Supreme Court cases in recent history. With about 150 rst-
come, rst-serve public seats in the courtroom, the editors
of SCOTUSblog predict some of the courts longest lines
ever, forming as many as three days in advance.
The hopes of millions of same-sex couples will be in the
hands of the courts justices. Although some remain ner-
vous, others are condent equality will prevail.
We are now literally within months of getting a nal
resolution of this case that began three-and-a-half years
ago, said David Boies, one of the lead attorneys on the case,
adding that he and co-counsel Ted Olson are hopeful the
justices will address the fundamental issue of whether it is
unconstitutional to discriminate against same-sex couples
right to marry.
And if they decide that as were condent they will
if they reach that issue our way, that would mean there
would be a fundamental right to marry in every state in the
country, because obviously the federal Constitution applies
to every state in the country. Justin Snow
B
Y JUNE 2013 THE SUPREME COURTS NINE
justices will determine the constitutionality of the
federal Defense of Marriage Act as well as Cali-
fornias Proposition 8 in two decisions that could
be just as sweeping in scope as halting to a movement with
the wind at its back.
Many suspect a favorable ruling in United States v. Wind-
sor, which targets Section 3 of DOMA for denying same-sex
couples rights and benets enjoyed by straight couples.
However, the Supreme Courts decision to hear the Prop-
osition 8 case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, could have ground-
breaking ramications in the ght for marriage equality.
Although the Supreme Court could rule narrowly, it could
also rule sweepingly in a decision reminiscent to the 1967 deci-
sion in Loving v. Virginia, which declared that laws restricting
interracial marriage violated both the Due Process Clause and
the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Should the high court take the sweeping route and make
a ruling similar to that by the district court in 2010, constitu-
tional statutes in states across the country prohibiting same-
sex marriage could be rendered void. Such a decision would
be not only be revolutionary, but the national declaration of
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MARCH
WOMENS HISTORY MONTH
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
Mautner Project, The National Lesbian
Health Organization, holds its annual
Gala & Dance
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert St. NW
Times TBA
Tickets $225
202-332-5536
mautnerproject.org
OutServe-SLDN presents its 21st Annual
National Dinner
National Building Museum
401 F St. NW
Tickets $225
6:30 to 11 p.m.
sldn.org
Team DC presents its annual Fashion Show
and Model Search
Town Danceboutique
2009 8th St. NW
8 p.m.
Admission $10
teamdc.org
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
Launch party for Center Military,
a program of The DC Center, and
VetCorps partnership
Mova Lounge
2204 14th St. NW
5 to 8 p.m.
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
CAGLCCs Fifth Annual Mega Networking
and Social Event
Town Danceboutique
2009 8th St. NW
6:30 p.m.
caglcc.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 16
7th annual Capital Queer Prom
Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel
1143 New Hampshire Ave. NW
7 p.m.
Tickets $65
capitalqueerprom.com
SUNDAY, MARCH 17
The DC Center plans to bring an LGBT
contingent to the annual St. Patricks Day
Parade
Details TBA
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 23
Miss Gay DC America Pageant
Town Danceboutique
2009 8th St. NW
6 p.m.
Tickets $10
missgaydcamerica.com
APRIL
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
Equality Virginia holds its 10th Annual
Commonwealth Dinner
Greater Richmond Convention Center
403 North 3rd St., Richmond
Times and tickets TBA
804-643-4816
equalityvirginia.org
TUESDAY, APRIL 9
The DC Centers Youth Working Group
holds its annual reception
Mova Lounge
2204 14th St. NW
5 to 8 p.m.
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
Team DC presents the Spring SportsFest
Room & Board
1840 14th St. NW
7 to 9 p.m.
Contribution of $10 for three drink tickets
teamdc.org
THURSDAY, APRIL 18
Whitman-Walker Health presents the Be
the Care fundraiser
National Museum of Women in the Arts
202-745-7000
whitman-walker.org
FRIDAY, APRIL 19
Day of Silence
dayofsilence.org
CAGLCC holds its Annual Awards Dinner
Mayower Renaissance Hotel
caglcc.org
TUESDAY, APRIL 23
Special Election for D.C. Council At-Large
Vacancy
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance holds its
42nd Anniversary Reception
6:30 to 9 p.m.
Location and tickets TBA
glaa.org
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Gay Mens Chorus of Washington presents
its Spring Affair 2013: Disco Inferno
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H St. NW
6:30 p.m.
Tickets $175 to $300
202-293-1548
gmcw.org
MAY
ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
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SATURDAY, MAY 4
Buffalo Billiards
1330 19th St. NW
8 p.m. to midnight
teamdc.org
THRUSDAY, MAY 9
Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards
Location TBA
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
MetroWeekly.com
TUESDAY, MAY 14
DC Queer Theater Festival holds its 2nd
annual reception
Mova Lounge
2204 14th St. NW
5 to 8 p.m.
dcqueerthetrefest.org
THURSDAY, MAY 16
Team DC presents its annual Embassy Wine
Tasting
Embassy of Argentina
1600 New Hampshire Ave. NW
6 to 8 p.m.
Tickets $30 in advance, $35 at the door
teamdc.org
Whitman-Walker Health honors the legal
industry with Going the Extra Mile
House of Sweden
2900 K St. NW
202-745-7000
whitman-walker.org
SATURDAY, MAY 18
Capital TransPride
Location TBA
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
capitalpride.org/transpride
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
bethegeneration.nih.gov
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FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, MAY 24 TO 26
DC Black Pride 2013
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Ave. NW
Full schedule and registration TBA
dcblackpride.org
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29
Capital Pride presents its annual Heroes
Gala
Location TBA
6 to 9 p.m.
capitalpride.org
THURSDAY TO SATURDAY, MAY 30 TO
JUNE 1
The DC Center presents the 2nd Annual DC
Queer Theatre Festival
Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
916 G St. NW
8 p.m.
Tickets TBA
202-682-2245
dcqueertheatrefest.org
JUNE
DATE TBA
The DC Center presents Capturing Fire
Spoken Word Summit and Slam
Times and location TBA
capturingre.org
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
Capital Pride presents a Day in the Park
picnic and movie
Stead Park
1625 P St. NW
6 to 10:30 p.m.
capitalpride.org
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
Stonewall Kickball holds its annual Drag
Kickball fundraiser for The DC Center
Time and location TBA
stonewallkickball.org
THURSDAY, JUNE 6
Latino GLBT History Project presents the
7th Annual DC Latino Pride
Town Danceboutique
2009 8th St. NW
Times TBA
latinoglbthistory.org
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
Capital Pride Parade
Dupont Circle to Logan Circle
4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
capitalpride.org
SMYAL presents the Youth Dance for
Capital Pride
Ages 13-21
Free admission
Time and location TBA
202-546-5940
smyal.org
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FTER YOUD GOTTEN YOUR DOSE OF DEB-
orah Cox, once the beer garden ran dry, it
mightve seemed as though Capital Pride 2012
was packing up and going home. Its a nice
thought, but not the case. Pulling off one of Washingtons
largest annual events means the folks behind Pride are
short on downtime.
Since the end of the 2012 celebration in June, weve
been meeting monthly, conrms Ryan Bos, Capital Prides
executive director. We never stopped.
While all that work paves the way to all that fun in late
spring, it also leads to new ideas one of which makes its
debut Thursday, Jan. 24.
We will unveil the theme of the 2013 Pride celebration,
says Bos of the new January Pride Reveal event, granting
that some folks may have already guessed the theme. Still,
who doesnt appreciate an excuse for a party? And this one
is pretty swanky, providing a beautiful view from atop the
W Washington D.C., in the hotels P.O.V. venue.
High above the District, along with the unveiling of the
2013 Capital Pride theme, Bos promises a full evening of
festivities, with other news of whats in store for this years
Pride
Surprise
Capital Pride kicks off
2013 with an unveiling
event, culminating in the Capital Pride Parade, Saturday,
June 8, and the Festival, Sunday, June 9.
Its going to be a combination of things cocktails, mix
and mingle, hors doeuvres and our Pride Partners will
have the opportunity to highlight what they have in store.
Just as Washington has come to count on Capital
Prides June events, Bos says the January unveil may
become a permanent xture of the annual calendar.
This is completely new, he says. Our hope for the
event is to get people excited for the upcoming year. Quite
likely for years to come. Will OBryan
Join Capital Pride Thursday, Jan. 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. at
P.O.V. at the W Washington D.C., 515 15th St. NW. For more
information, call 202-719-5304 or visit capitalpride.org.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 9
Capital Pride Festival
Pennsylvania Avenue,
between 3rd and 6th Streets NW
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
capitalpride.org
TUESDAY, JUNE 11
Center Careers, a program of The DC Center,
holds its Networking Reception
Mova Lounge
2204 14th St. NW
5 to 8 p.m.
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
TUESDAY, JUNE 25
Nationals, vs. Colorado Rockies
Nationals Park
Pre-party 5:30 p.m., game 7:05 p.m.
Tickets $16 to $25
teamdc.org
THURSDAY, JUNE 27
National HIV Testing Day
napwa.org
JULY
DATE TBA
Team DC presents Night Out at the Kastles
Kastles Stadium
800 Water St. SW
teamdc.org
THURSDAY TO SATURDAY, JULY 18 TO 20
Team DC kicks-off Freedom Sports Festival
with Champions Awards
Times and locations TBA
teamdc.org
SUNDAY, JULY 21
Team DC and Capital Pride present the
Water Park Festival
Six Flags America
13710 Central Ave., Mitchellville, Md.
Times, tickets TBA
teamdc.org
AUGUST
DATE TBA
Team DC presents Night Out at the Mystics
Verizon Center
601 F St. NW
teamdc.org
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, AUG. 2 TO 4
The DC Center presents the OutWrite LGBT
Book Festival
Reeves Center
2000 14th St. NW
Times TBA
outwritedc.org
SATURDAY, AUG. 3
Chesapeake Pride Festival
Mayo Beach Park
4150 Honeysuckle Drive, Edgewater, Md.
Noon to 6 p.m.
chesapeakepridefestival.org
TUESDAY, AUG. 27
Nationals, vs. Miami Marlins
Nationals Park
Pre-party 5:30 p.m., game 7:05 p.m.
Tickets $16 to $25
teamdc.org
SEPTEMBER
NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH,
SEPT. 15 TO OCT. 15
DATE TBA
Brother, Help Thyself holds its annual Gay
and Lesbian Night at Kings Dominion
16000 Theme Park Way, Danville, Va.
brotherhelpthyself.net
Team DC presents DC United Night Out
RFK Memorial Stadium
2400 East Capitol St. SE
teamdc.org
SUNDAY, SEPT. 15
The DC Center presents the local observance
of LGBT Center Awareness Day
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY,
SEPT. 18 TO 21
National Black Justice Coalition holds
its annual Out on the Hill Black LGBT
Leadership Summit
Times, location and registration TBA
202-319-1552
nbjc.org
FRIDAY, SEPT. 27
National Gay Mens HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day
napwa.org
OCTOBER
DATE TBA
The DC Center holds its annual
Fall Reception
Times, location and tickets TBA
202-682-2245
thedccenter.org
HRC 2013 National Dinner
Time, location and tickets TBA
hrcnationaldinner.org
FRIDAY, OCT. 11
National Coming Out Day
TUESDAY, OCT. 15
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
latinoaids.org
SATURDAY, OCT. 26
Whitman-Walker Health presents
AIDS Walk Washington
Freedom Plaza
Times and registration TBA
202-332-WALK
aidswalkwashington.org
TUESDAY, OCT. 29
27th Annual High Heel Race
17th Street NW, between
Church and S Streets
6 p.m., race at 9
highheelracedc.com
NOVEMBER
DATE TBA
CAGLCC presents the
2nd annual g.life Expo
caglcc.org
TUESDAY, NOV. 5
Virginia Gubernatorial Election
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
Buffalo Billiards
1330 19th St. NW
8 p.m. to midnight
teamdc.org
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20
Transgender Day of Remembrance
transgenderdor.org
DECEMBER
DATE TBA
Team DC presents Night Out at the Capitals
Verizon Center
601 F St. NW
teamdc.org
SUNDAY, DEC. 1
World AIDS Day l
SPOTLIGHT
APPLES FROM THE DESERT
Theater J presents Savyon Liebrechts poignant
drama about love and reconciliation, which was a hit
in Israel. The play, directed by Johanna Gruenhut,
follows the young Sephardic Rivka, a religious
teenager, who falls for Dooby, a secular kibbutznik,
at a dance class in Jerusalem. Sarah Marshall and
Jennifer Mendenhall lead the cast. Closes Sunday,
Jan. 6. The Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater,
GOMEZ, DARLING
Marga Gomez returns to D.C. for a
politically inspired show
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HEN MARGA GOMEZ DANCES, PEOPLE THINK SHES
just trying to be funny.
I dance really terribly, admits Gomez, whose own mother was
a professional dancer. I belong to a minority of Latinos who cant
dance. When I go out to the club, suddenly I forget and I think that
Im goodand I just start going for it. And then the people Im danc-
ing with will look at me, then imitate me. They think Im joking.
Usually, Gomez is joking. One of the rst openly gay comedians,
the New York-born, San Francisco-based Gomez followed in her
fathers footsteps, making comedy her career many decades ago.
One day, she may even nod to her mother and dance during her act.
On my list of projects that I still want to do, I do have a show where
I want to dance in it, she says.
Until then, Gomezs comedy focuses on her life being a soft
butch in our L Word world, and the joys and pain of being single
at a time when even God is selling relationships via the dating site
Christianmingle.com. Their slogan is, Find the mate that God has
planned for you, Gomez says. So when we wonder: How are all
these atrocities happening the world? Where is God? [The answer
is] God is working on a cheesy dating site.
Next Sunday, Jan. 13, Gomez returns to D.C., a decade after her
Woolly Mammoth-presented show Los Big Names at the Kennedy
Center, and a couple months after a joint show with gay comic
Mike Albo at LEnfant Caf. Her new, politically inspired show at
Busboys & Poets is called Laughterglow.
Theres not that much politics [in the show], she says. Its
really just a feeling of being ecstatic and happy [with President
Obama winning re-election]. As crazy as our economy is, and as
serious as the world situation is, its still like, Oh, our side won.
Naturally, the First Family is welcome at her show. I think that this will be a great way for the Obamas to relax a week before
the Inauguration, she says, adding with a laugh, And Barack can come, too. Doug Rule
Marga Gomez performs Sunday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m., at Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. Tickets are $10 and available at margogo-
mez.eventbrite.com. Call 202-387-POET or visit busboysandpoets.com.
Washington, D.C.s Jewish Community Center, 1529
16th St. NW. Call 202-518-9400 or visit theaterj.org.
BLOC PARTY
The British indie-rock band took a hiatus for a few
years, a time when its lead singer and rhythm guitarist
Kele Okereke who goes by just his rst name
released a stunning dance-pop solo album, 2010s
The Boxer. But the quartet is back together now,
touring in support of its rst studio album in four
years, Four, released last fall. Concert co-presented
by IMP. Saturday, Jan. 12, at 9 p.m. Rams Head Live!,
20 Market Place, Baltimore. Tickets are $35. Call 410-
244-1131 or visit ramsheadlive.com.
COLIN WINTERBOTTOM
AT LONG VIEW GALLERY
Gothic Resilience is a sneak peek of an exhibition
of gay artist Colin Winterbottoms photographs
documenting the restoration of the Washington
National Cathedral after extensive damage from the
August 2011 earthquake. A full, long-term exhibition,
with even more photographs, will go on display at
the cathedral in the spring. Opening reception is
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Thursday, Jan. 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. To Feb. Long
View Gallery, 1234 9th St. NW. Call 202-232-4788 or
visit longviewgallery.com.
CONTRACTIONS
Studio Theatre offers the U.S. premiere of
Contractions, a satire about the politics of ofce
romance by British playwright Mike Bartlett, best
known for Cock, the Olivier Award-winning play
and 2012 Off-Broadway sensation about a gay man
who falls for a woman. Duncan Macmillan directs
Studios production of Contractions starring Holly
Twyford and Alyssa Wilmoth-Keegan. Now to Jan.
27. Studio Theatre, 14th & P Streets NW. Call 202-
332-3300 or visit studiotheatre.org.
DELTA RAE
Billed as Mumford & Sons meets Fleetwood Mac,
the alt-pop North Carolina-based Delta Rae offers
four-part harmonies and an intriguing mix of all
aspects of Americana. Saturday, Jan. 5. Doors at 7
p.m. Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets are $15.
Call 202-265-0930 or visit 930.com.
NOT FADE AWAY
The Sopranos writer and director David Chases
latest drama focuses on the inuence of the Rolling
Stones on American youth in particular three
Jersey boys who form a rock band and chase their
rock star dreams. Opens Friday, Jan. 4. Area theaters.
Visit fandango.com.
PULLMAN PORTER BLUES
HHHHH
Arena Stage now offers Cheryl L. Wests transporting
new play with music lots and lots of music,
more than enough to satisfy any musical end,
and everyone else besides. The show, ably directed
by Lisa Peterson and her sharp, stylized creative
team, offers a rare, entertaining look into a slab of
history little known: The African-Americans who
did grueling work, only a step or two removed from
slavery, on the all-luxury Pullman trains in the post-
Civil War generations. The Pullman porters, those
traveling from Chicago to New Orleans in particular,
helped spread the blues as a musical genre just as
they also helped pave the way for later generations
of African-Americans to succeed in other pursuits
including playwright West, whose own grandfather
worked the rails. The highlight of the play is the
character of wild woman blues singer Sister Juba, as
portrayed by E. Faye Butler. Butler puts her all into
the role and steals attention with her every move.
Closes Sunday, Jan. 6. Arena Stage Mead Center
for American Theater, 1101 6th St. SW. Tickets are
$45 to $94. Call 202-488-3300 or visit arenastage.
org. (Doug Rule)
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK!
40TH ANNIVERSARY SING-A-LONG
The Kennedy Center toasts the hit educational
TV series as part of its free Millennium Stage
programming. Bob Dorough, the shows former
musical director, and D.C.-based childrens band
Rocknoceros perform for the celebration, which also
includes a sing-a-long with fans. Monday, Jan. 6, at 6
p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Tickets are
free. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
SPEAKEASYDCS TOP SHELF
A showcase of the best true tales told in 2012 by
guest storytellers at the regular events hosted by
D.C.s leading storytelling organization. Eight stories
were picked out of a pool of roughly 150 by local
judges for this third annual showcase, as good an
introduction to the organization and its art form
a combination of stand-up comedy, theater and
memoir as youll nd. Sunday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m.
Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets are $20. Call
202-265-0930 or visit 930.com.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Glees Chris Colfer will participate in a live simulcast
Q&A from the Los Angeles red carpet premiere of
his lm debut this Sunday, Jan. 6. Colfer wrote and
stars as a high school senior whose big-city dreams
are shattered in Struck By Lightning, directed by Brian
Dannelly and starring Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids) as
Colfers characters best friend, Allison Janney (TVs
The West Wing) as his alcohol-addled mother and
Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friends Wedding) as his
estranged father. The lm will see national release on
Friday, Jan. 11, but the special screening and Q&A is
Sunday, Jan. 6, at 8 p.m. West End Cinema, 2301 M St.
NW. Tickets are $10.34. Call 202-419-FILM or visit
westendcinema.com. Also AFI Silver Theatre, 8633
Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Tickets are $12 general
admission. Call 301-495-6720 or visit a.com/Silver.
VERY LIKE A WHALE
Very Like a Whale explores the interplay between
the real world and the world of the Renaissance
imagination, a collaboration between the Folger
Shakespeare Librarys Michael Witmore and artist
Rosamond Purcell. The exhibit, which takes its title
from a cloud-reading episode in Hamlet, juxtaposes
books and manuscripts from the Folger collection,
natural history objects, Purcells photographs and
passes from Shakespeare and other early modern
thinkers. Closes Sunday, Jan. 6. Folger Great Hall, 201
East Capitol St. SE. Call 202-544-7077 or visit
folger.edu.
FILM

LES MISRABLES
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Director Tom Hooper hasnt made a run-of-the-mill
musical, as you might already suspect. This is his
bold attempt to make the denitive version of Les
Misrables, and as a result, its one of the most earnest
lms made in recent memory. (Even more so than last
years Oscar-winning treacle The Kings Speech, another
Hooper lm.) Theres nothing too over-the-top or too
momentous in this behemoth. Its a massive, bold,
shamelessly ambitious crowd-pleaser that hoists itself
to an almost scandalous level of congratulation. It lives
and dies by its arrogance. Hoopers lm, perhaps more
than any other modern musical adaptation, captures
the spirit and emotional power of a staged vocal
performance. The live-singing method yields some
brilliant performances, most famously with Anne
Hathaways spectacular rendition of I Dreamed A
Dream. Now playing. Area theaters. Visit
fandango.com. (Chris Heller)
LINCOLN
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Lincoln is why Hollywood should exist. Steven
Spielbergs wonderful lm about our 16th president
isnt a war epic or a maudlin biography. The lm
only follows Abraham Lincoln for a few months;
the earlier details of his political and personal life
largely have to be intuited through his dialogue. And
yet, Lincoln seems wholly complete, an emotionally
satisfying retelling of an incredibly monumental part
of American history. I struggle to think of another
director who could have pulled it off with Spielbergs
wit, condence and utter mastery as a storyteller.
Now playing. Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
(Chris Heller)

SKYFALL
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Director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, The Road
to Perdition) tugs at the seams of the James Bond
formula, cleverly pulling apart each trope, only to
reshape it slightly askew. Hes made a movie thats
a friendly criticism of its own genre. Its a Bond ick
about Bond icks. Despite accomplishing everything
that the likes of Goldnger or From Russia With Love
did so well, the latest chapter signals a fascinating
evolution for the decades-old franchise. Skyfall will
be remembered as one of the best Bond movies, in
no small part because of Roger Deakinss splendid
cinematography and Javier Bardems uncanny turn
as Raoul Silva, a homoerotic spy-turned-criminal
mastermind. Now playing. Area theaters. Visit
fandango.com. (Chris Heller)

STAGE
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
Ethan McSweeny directs a fresh production for
the Shakespeare Theatre Company of one of
Shakespeares most beloved plays, focused on
mismatched lovers Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and
Helena in a supernatural squabble that will alter their
destinies forever. The show promises a feast for the
imagination, and certainly the eyes its billed as a
three-ring circus of a play with a stage-within-a-
stage, intricate costumes and innovative use of props.
Sounds pretty dreamy to any theater queen. Closes this
Sunday, Jan. 6. Sidney Harman Hall, Harman Center
for the Arts, 610 F St. NW. Tickets are $43 to $105. Call
202-547-1122 or visit shakespearetheatre.org.
A TRIP TO THE MOON
Inventive theater artist Natsu Onoda Power adapted
the 110-year-old silent lm by Georges Mlis for
Synetic Theater. A Trip To The Moon focuses on six
astronauts sent to the moon by way of a cannon. On the
moons surface they embark on a haywire adventure,
awakened by a moon goddess and pitted against a
throng of insect-like Selenites. Jared Mezzocchi
created projections for the show, which includes a
cast of 10, music by Konstantine Lortkipanidze and
choreography, as usual, by Synetics Irina Tsikurishvili.
Closes this Sunday, Jan. 6. Synetic Theater, 1800
South Bell St., Arlington. Call 800-494-8497 or visit
synetictheater.org.
CINDERELLA
Before Broadway offers a new production of Rodgers
and Hammersteins version of the classic fairy tale,
Marylands Olney Theatre presents Bobby Smiths
version, starring Jessica Lauren Ball and Matthew
John Kacergis, with original puppets created by Eric
Brooks. Extended to Jan. 13. Olney Theatre Center,
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md. Call 301-
924-3400 or visit olneytheatre.org.
DIZZY MISS LIZZIES ROADSIDE REVUE
Named after a 50-year-old song and a perennial favorite
at the Capital Fringe Festival, actors/musicians Debra
Buonaccorsi and Steve McWilliams started Dizzy Miss
Lizzies Roadside Revue as a way to combine their
love of theater shows and music concerts. The groups
latest rock n roll satire The Brontes led by Emily
and Charlotte, directed by Rick Hammerly and praised
during its run at last years Fringe by the Washington
Posts Peter Marks for its wit and panache gets
staged for one night at the Kennedy Center as a
Millennium Stage Theater Lab performance. Monday,
Jan. 7, at 6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.
dining
Tickets are free. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
FOURSOME
Bay Theatre Company offers Canadian Norm
Fosters smart comedy about the ravages of time
and memory and focused on a round of golf among
four old buddies after a class reunion. To Jan. 13.
Bay Theatre Company, Lower Level of 275 West St.
Annapolis. Tickets are $35 to $45, or $55 for Opening
Night with Reception. Call 410-268-1333 or visit
baytheatre.org.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Co-directed by Signature Theatres Eric Schaeffer,
Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escotts hit Broadway
musical Million Dollar Quartet was inspired by the
true story of the time Sam Phillips assembled Elvis
Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl
Perkins for a famed recording session. You can
expect to hear many of these artists hits, which
have become standards, from Hound Dog to I
Walk The Line, Great Balls of Fire to Blue Suede
Shoes. Closes Sunday, Jan. 6. Kennedy Center
Eisenhower Theater. Tickets are $70 to $160. Call
202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
MY FAIR LADY
HHHHH
Funny, joyful and generally festive, Arena Stages
My Fair Lady is a pleaser. Carrying the production
as any Higgins must, Benedict Campbell delivers
his grouchily irrepressible man with excellent
comic timing and an authenticity that starts with his
mannerisms and ends with his accent. Those who
know this musical like the back of their hand will be
pleased to know that in this production the famous
lines are delivered with spirit and the songs y.
Whatever thoughts may be provoked by questions of
class, sexism or confusing accents in this production,
before long someone is breaking into song, dance or
both, and for those who are here for their x, its all
about the joy. Closes Sunday, Jan. 6. Arena Stage
Mead Center for American Theater, 1101 6th St. SW.
Tickets are $64 to $109. Call 202-488-3300 or visit
arenastage.org. (Kate Wingeld)
THE PAJAMA MEN: IN THE MIDDLE OF NO ONE
The Pajama Men is a duo originally from Albuquerque,
N.M., who took the U.K. by storm a couple years ago
with a delightfully silly comedy thriller about love,
alien abduction and the spirit of adventure all told
through quick character switches and plot twists.
Just where would such a quirky show, the highest-
rated show at the Edinburgh Fringe, nd a theater
home in Washington? Why, Woolly Mammoth of
course, where the duo is accompanied by guitarist
Kevin Hume. Closes this Sunday, Jan. 6. Woolly
Mammoth, 641 D St. NW. Tickets range from $35 to
$55. Call 202-393-3939 or visit woollymammoth.net.
WE TIRESIAS
A hit at the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival, Stephen
Spotswoods play We Tiresias gets re-staged for a
short run by Forum Theatre. Matt Ripa directs a cast
featuring Bill Aitken, Melissa Hmelnicky and Chris
Stinson, fresh off his star turn in Scena Theatres
A Clockwork Orange. Now to Jan. 13. Round House
Theatre-Silver Spring, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver
Spring. Tickets are $15. Call 240-644-1100 or visit
roundhousetheatre.org.
MUSIC
BEAU SOIR ENSEMBLE
A ute, viola and harp trio plays both standard and
contemporary pieces from a variety of genres. The
local trio stops by for a free, lunchtime Happenings
at the Harman show. Wednesday, Jan. 9, at noon.
The Forum of Sidney Harman Hall, Harman Center
for the Arts, 610 F St. NW. Tickets are free. Call 202-
547-1122 or visit shakespearetheatre.org.
CORNELIUS DUFALLO
A member of the world-renowned amplied string
quartet ETHEL, musician/composer Cornelius
Dufallo plays both acoustic and electric violin in a
solo performance that veers from classical to pop
to jazz. The New York Times calls Dufallo one of
the new faces of new music and praises him as
alluring and imaginative. Saturday, Jan. 12, at 8
p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE.
Tickets are $15 to $25. Call 202-399-7993 or visit
atlasarts.org.
DJ LILES DIVAS DANCE PARTY
DJ lile (nee Erin Myers) continues to tweak her
popular divas dance party. For its latest iteration at
the 9:30 Club, its a battle between Lady Gaga and
Madonna and Boy Bands, from New Kids on the
Block to Backstreet Boys to One Direction. It may
not be much of a contest, but that of course is the
point: Its all meant to be a fun night of pop, with all
billed acts getting fair share of play. Friday, Jan. 4.
Doors at 9 p.m. Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets
are $15. Call 202-265-0930 or visit 930.com.
FOLGER CONSORT
The Folger Consorts new season, focused on early
music from specic European cities, continues with
the music from the outskirts of Paris as part of
Louis XIVs Chapelle Royale. The grand ceremonial
pieces and sublime motets for choir written by
Lully, Charpentier, Couperin and others will be right
at home performed inside the grand Washington
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National Cathedral by instrumentalists with the
Consort as well as the cathedrals chamber vocal
ensemble Cathedra Choir. Friday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m.,
and Saturday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. Washington National
Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues
NW. Tickets are $30 to $50. Call 202-544-7077 or
visit folger.edu.
JAMMIN JAVAS BAND BATTLE VIII
Bands from all genres of music and from up and
down the East Coast compete in Jammin Javas
eighth Mid-Atlantic Band Battle, with the top act
earning $2,500, a headlining show at Jammin Java,
studio time and more. The nals arent until Feb. 22,
but preliminaries start Monday, Jan. 7, at 7:30 p.m.,
and run all next week. Jammin Java, 227 Maple Ave.
E. Vienna. Tickets are $10. Call 703-255-3747 or visit
jamminjava.com.
JUSTIN TRAWICK
AND THE NINE SONGWRITER SERIES
Folk-rock songwriter Justin Trawick formed the
collaborative the 9 Songwriter Series in 2008 as a
means to book larger venues for shows featuring
Trawick and eight of his fellow local singer-
songwriters, giving them a bigger audience and
giving audiences an easier way to discover a
songwriter or three they love. Sunday, Jan. 6, at 7:30
p.m. The Hamilton, 600 14th St. NW. Tickets are $12.
Call 202-787-1000 or visit thehamiltondc.com.
MOSAIC HARMONY
Mosaic Harmony, a multi-faith, multicultural
community choir, which draws on the rich heritage
of African-American inspirational music, performs
at First Congregational United Church of Christ
for the gay-friendly venues next edition of First
Thursdays @ First Church. Billed as a different
kind of happy hour, featuring music, art, drinks
and conversation, the event is just one among a slate
of increasing arts and music events at the church.
Thursday, Jan. 3, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. First
Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St.
NW. Call 202-628-4317 or visit rstuccdc.org.
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
Piotr Gajewski conducts Strathmores house
orchestra and guests violinist Nurit Bar-Josef
and violist Victoria Chiang in a program that
includes Mozarts masterful Sinfonia Concertante,
Mendelssohns viola showpiece String Symphony
No. 9 and Telemanns Concerto for Viola. Saturday,
Jan. 5, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 6, at 3 p.m. Music
Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North
Bethesda. Tickets are $37 to $84. Call 301-581-5100
or visit strathmore.org.
SLIGO CREEK STOMPERS
This D.C.-based aims to keep the string band
tradition alive with its raucous but rened blend of
traditional roots music, from Irish ddle tunes and
Appalachian bluegrass to Texas country and New
Orleans jazz. Saturday, Jan. 5, at 8 p.m. Sixth & I
Historic Synagogue. 600 I St. NW. Tickets are $10
in advance or $12 day-of. Call 202-408-3100 or visit
sixthandi.org.
TYLER HILTON,
TEDDY GEIGER, RYAN CABRERA
Sometime actors Tyler Hilton (CWs One Tree Hill,
and lm Walk The Line) and Teddy Geiger (the
lm The Rocker) are chiey singer-songwriters, and
they team up with Ryan Cabrera for a night in
which theyll perform songs from their respective
repertoires. Saturday, Jan. 5, at 8 p.m. The Hamilton,
600 14th St. NW. Tickets are $19.50 in advance,
or $22.50 at the door. Call 202-787-1000 or visit
thehamiltondc.com.
Let My People Go!
MAZEL TOV
Toasting this years LGBT highlights at the
Washington Jewish Film Festival
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ELEBRATED SPANISH ACTRESS CARMEN MAURA PLAYS A DITZY
MOM in Mikael Buchs new gay romantic comedy Let My People Go!
Maura, you may recall, was the unforgettable lead in gay Spanish auteur Pedro
Almodovars unforgettable hysterical farce from 1988, Women on the Verge of a
Nervous Breakdown. That was Maura as Pepa Marcos, the pill-popping voice-
over actor with the intensely colorful apartment. Certainly, a role as a Jewish
mom in a zany family, including a gay son with a gorgeous Nordic boyfriend,
sounds like a pretty perfect vehicle for more Maura.
And Let My People Go! is also just the cream of the gay crop at this years
Washington Jewish Film Festival, one of the worlds oldest and largest Jewish
lm festivals. The 23rd annual festival presents 55 lms over 11 days, ending
Sunday, Jan. 13, at the Washington DCJCC with Hava Nagila (The Movie).
Oscar-nominated director Roberta Grossmans documentary focuses on the
classic Jewish song and includes interviews with everyone from Harry Bela-
fonte to Leonard Nimoy to LGBT-popular artist Regina Spektor. The French-
language Let My People Go! screening Thursday, Jan. 10, at the French
Embassy and Saturday, Jan. 12, at the DCJCC is just one in a special focus
on French cinema, which includes the Thursday, Jan. 3, opening night lm
Paris Manhattan by Sophie Lellouche, screening at the United States Navy
Memorial.
Other lms of interest to LGBT lmgoers include: Bill Shelleys curated
show of rare archival clips, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, Nico, Andy
Warhol and the Sounds of Dissent, set for Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the DCJCC;
and Israeli gay lmmaker Tamar Tals award-winning family documentary
Life In Stills, screening Monday, Jan. 7, and Sunday, Jan. 13, at the DCJCC.
This years WJFF also includes a novel pub crawl on Sunday, Jan. 6, with
nine short lms being screened over drinks at three bars on U Street, and all
for just $30 including one drink at each bar. One short being screened is Shab-
bat Dinner, in which two gay boys explore their sexuality while their families
argue over politics. Doug Rule
The Washington Jewish Film Festival runs to Jan. 13 at various locations.
Ticket prices vary, while a festival pass runs $75, or $30 for those under 30. Call
202-777-3231 or visit wjff.org.
DANCE
DEEP VISION DANCE COMPANY,
WITHHART.DANCE.PROJECTS
Two modern dance companies team up for an
eclectic performance. Deep Vision debuts heady
collectables, a lighthearted, candid and witty work
focused on movements of the human head, while
withhart.dance.projects presents Rite, a visually
provoking work examining identity, territory and
sacrice and inspired by Stravinskys ballet The
Rite of Spring. Saturday, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m., and
Sunday, Jan. 13, at 4 p.m. Dance Place, 3225 8th
St. NE. Tickets are $22. Call 202-269-1600 or visit
danceplace.org.
HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY
Hong Kongs agship arts company, featuring 100
dancers and creative personnel, performs Qingming
Riverside, a grand dance poem that depicts the lives
of citizens on the Bian River during the Northern
Song Dynasty from over a millennium ago. The piece
was presented during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Friday, Jan. 11, and Saturday, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. Tickets are
$10 to $180. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
COMEDY
DAVID ALAN GRIER
Two snaps and a twist: David Alan Grier may
have gotten his start on Broadway, where hes
earned three Tony nods, including in 2012 for The
Gershwins Porgy and Bess, and done plenty of work
in lm and TV over the past couple decades. But hes
still best known for his leading role on the early Fox
sketch comedy show In Living Colour, and especially
his portrayal of a supremely queenie cultural critic
in the hilarious Men on series. Friday, Jan. 4,
and Saturday, Jan. 5, at 7:30 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.
Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia
Pike, Arlington. Tickets are $25. Call 703-486-2345
or visit arlingtondrafthouse.com.
TIM LEE
Billed as a cerebral blend of stand-up comedy with
science, Ph.D.-wielding scientist-cum-comedian
Tim Lee returns to the Atlas for a popular annual
turn-of-the-new-year series of shows. Friday, Jan. 4,
at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Jan. 5, at 8:30 p.m. Atlas
Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are
$10 to $25. Call 202-399-7993 or visit atlasarts.org.
GALLERIES
AI WEIWEI EXHIBITS
Chinas most famous international artist the
designer of Beijings Birds Nest stadium built for the
2008 Olympics is the subject of three exhibits right
now in D.C. The Hirshhorn presents two: Its major
survey of the artists work, Ai WeiWei: According
to What?, and the artists monumental outdoor
installation, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,
showcasing the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, both
through Feb. 24. Hirshhorn Museum, Independence
Avenue and Seventh Street SW. Call 202-633-1000
or visit hirshhorn.si.edu. Meanwhile, in conjunction
with the Hirshhorn, the Smithsonians Asian Art-
focused Sackler Gallery presents, in a Perspectives
exhibit, WeiWeis 2005 monumental installation
Fragments. A seemingly chaotic, all-wood
structure that the artist has called an irrational
structure, the installation, when viewed from
above, actually demarcates the borders of a map
of China wry commentary on the bewildering
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
Window to Washington: The Kiplinger Collection at
HSW is a new exhibition that traces the development
of the nations capital from a sleepy Southern town
to a modern metropolis, as documented through the
works of artists. The exhibition was made possible
by a donation from the Kiplinger family. Its also an
early step in a reorganization effort by the society,
which has struggled to revive ever since its short-
lived effort a decade ago to run a City Museum of
Washington proved far too ambitious. Exhibition
on display now through May. Open Mondays and
Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursdays 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. The Historical Society of Washington,
D.C., at the Carnegie Library, 801 K St. NW. Call 202-
393-1420 or visit historydc.org.
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
Dragons, Nagas and Creatures of the Deep is
a playful, colorful exhibition presenting a global
selection of textiles depicting dragons and related
fantastical creatures of legend, all in honor of
2012 being the Year of the Dragon on the East
Asian calendar. Closes Sunday, Jan. 6. The Textile
Museum, 2320 S St. NW. Suggested donation of $5.
Call 202-667-0441 or visit textilemuseum.org.
TOUCHSTONE GALLERY
Politics as UN-usual features works by Touchstone
Gallery artists celebrating the Presidential
Inauguration. Opening reception is Friday, Jan. 4,
from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. On display through Jan. 27.
Touchstone Gallery, 406 7th St. NW Call 202-347-
2787 or visit touchstonegallery.com.
ABOVE AND BEYOND
22ND ANNUAL TRIBUTE
TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Three days before his actual birthday and more than
a week before his birthday is ofcially observed, the
late, great civil rights leader is honored by the City of
College Park with its 22nd annual tribute, Promises
to Keep, A Dream to Realize. The grassroots,
community-based event highlights the extraordinary
talent in the area, offering musical, dance and
literary reections on Dr. Kings dream of peace
and unity. Saturday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Centers Ina and Jack Kay Theatre,
University of Maryland, University Boulevard and
Stadium Drive. College Park. Tickets are free. Call
301-405-ARTS or visit claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
OPERA IN CINEMA: CARMEN
Opera In Cinema offers opera lovers select screenings
of some of the most notable current productions at
venerable opera houses across Europe, with some
of todays greatest stars. Next up: The Royal Opera
Houses Carmen, George Bizets famous opera in
four acts. Francesca Zambello, who just started
her work as artistic director of the Washington
National Opera, directs the French-language
production starring Anna Caterina Antonacci and
Jonas Kaufmann. Sunday, Jan. 6, at 11 a.m., and
Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 1:30 p.m. AFI Silver Theatre,
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Tickets are $12
general admission. Call 301-495-6720 or visit
a.com/Silver. l
centuries in the Middle East, all of which have had
a huge but hidden impact on the modern world.
Through Feb. 3. National Geographic Museum,
1145 17th St. NW. Free. Call 202-857-7588 or visit
ngmuseum.org.
NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
A Song for the Horse Nation presents the epic
story of the horses inuence on American Indian
tribes, beginning with the return of horses to the
Western Hemisphere by Christopher Columbus, up
to the present day. Closes Monday, Jan. 7. National
Museum of the American Indian, Independence
Avenue at 4th Street SW. Call 202-633-1000 or visit
nmai.si.edu.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power charts the
often-minimized inuence and impact women have
played in pop music over the past century. Featuring
more than 250 artifacts and videos, the exhibit,
organized by Clevelands Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame and Museum, documents the divas, from early
blues pioneers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, to R&B
hitmakers Shirelles and the Supremes, to todays
mainstream pop chart toppers Rihanna and Lady
Gaga, whose infamous 2010 raw meat dress, since
turned into jerky and preserved, is on display. Closes
Sunday, Jan. 6. National Museum of Women in the
Arts, 1250 New York Ave NW. Admission is $10. Call
2020-783-5000 or visit nmwa.org.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
One Life: Amelia Earhart features portraits of the
aviator in all artistic media, with a focus on her role
in breaking barriers for women. Through May 27.
National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Streets. NW. Call
202-633-8300 or visit npg.si.edu.
state of a rapidly changing society. Through April 7.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave.
SW. Call 202-633-4800 or visti asia.si.edu.
ATHENAEUM
Frances Seeger: People features large, vibrant
gural paintings by this Alexandria artist, whose
subjects often appear to be waiting for time to
pass, expressing just a touch of boredom. Opening
reception Sunday, Jan. 13, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. On
display Jan. 10 through Feb. 24. Athenaeum, 201
Prince St., Alexandria. Call 703-548-0035 or visit
nvfaa.org.
HILLWOOD MUSEUM
Prt--Papier: The Exquisite Art of Isabelle de
Borchgrave focuses on the art the Belgian
artist makes from ordinary paper. By crumpling,
pleating and painting the medium, de Borchgrave
reconstructs dresses from key periods in fashion
history over the centuries creating the illusion of
haute couture. Through Jan. 20. Hillwood Estate,
4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Suggested donation is $12.
Call 202-686-5807 or visit HillwoodMuseum.org.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers
Observe the Environment features 15 cartoons
and 17 photographs highlighting the late four-time
Pulitzer Prize winners longstanding support for
protecting the environment. Through March 23.
Ground oor of the Library of Congresss Thomas
Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. Call 202-707-
8000 or visit loc.gov/concerts.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
1001 Inventions: Discover the Golden Age of
Muslim Civilization focuses on the advances made
in science and technology between the 7th and 17th
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ERE COMES QUEN-
tin Tarantino, gal-
loping into the terri-
ble history of Ameri-
can slavery with a shotgun in his
hands and a bundle of dynamite
slung across his chest. He wont
indulge a lick of sensitivity, accu-
racy, or brevity along the way
unlike just about every other lm-
maker whos tackled the subject
but hes more than willing to
splatter gallons of blood in lieu of
decency. Slavery was an indecent
atrocity, so in a deeply uncom-
fortable way, doesnt it deserve at
least one indecent storyteller?
Thats the rub of Django
Unchained, Tarantinos latest and
angriest lm. In equal measure
both nauseating and beautiful,
its a lm entirely deserving of
the controversial aura that sur-
rounds it and its easy to sus-
pect thats the intended effect.
Like Inglourious Basterds, Django
Unchained takes signicant liber-
ties with the historic record to
create a lusty revenge fantasy rife
with punishment for evil men and
women. Unlike Basterds, though,
Tarantino dares this time to show
what the sinners did to invite such
violent retribution. And those
crimes, as gruesome as they may
be to us, are far closer to the truth
than America is willing to admit.
Django Unchained is, among
many things, a straightforward
description of the lm. Its the
story of Django (Jamie Foxx),
a slave bought and freed by the
German bounty hunter Dr. King
Schultz (Christoph Waltz), who
CHRIS HELLER
enlists his help to hunt down a
trio of wanted criminals. After
Schultz takes Django under his
wing, training him in the art and
morality of killing, he agrees to
help save his wife Broomhilda
(Kerry Washington) from a despi-
cably genteel plantation owner
named Calvin Candie (Leonardo
DiCaprio). As the two men plunge
further and further into the Deep
South, they forge a tight bond
over their mutual disgust for the
racism the fuels slavery.
With that plot architecture,
Tarantino stuffs mouthfuls of
his trademark banter and social
critiques, albeit in a surprisingly
tempered manner. His criticism,
delivered by way of Django and
King, is more pointed than usual,
signaling a kind of maturity that
his previous lms simply avoided.
Theres an acidic bite to Django
Unchained, a concentrated out-
rage that erupts whenever evil
blood is splashed on screen.
(Which is ... often.) Tarantino isnt
simply trying to show us that slav-
ery was bad. Hes created, in vivid
detail, a revisionist history of the
American South that focuses on
the violent nature of intolerance.
Its got no interest in historical
accuracy. Only honest outrage.
So, just what exactly is Tar-
antino trying to say? Django
Unchained seems to draw inspi-
ration for its cartoonish revenge
story from a blend of blaxploita-
tion lms and spaghetti westerns,
repurposing the social indigna-
tion of the former to emphasize
the stylized violence of the latter.
Before Django and King kill, were
shown the deep roots of bigotry
that arguably justify the punish-
ment. Those roots even transcend
the color of a persons skin; the
lms most fascinating charac-
ter, Stephen (Samuel L. Jack-
son), is a slave who subscribes to
racial oppression more than any
other. By Tarantinos judgment,
it seems, both the perpetrators
of bigotry and those who benet
from it deserve to be killed.
That kind of message makes
for an awfully dour movie, of
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AR IS A DRUG ON WHICH HUMAN
society appears to be hopelessly
addicted.
That, at least, is the sad essence of
An Iliad, Lisa Peterson and Denis OHares intrigu-
ing contemporary adaptation of Homers three-mil-
lennia-old epic poem. Though mostly focused on the
key players, causes and events of the great, decade-
long Trojan War, An Iliad veers from the outlines of
Homers script long enough to link that bloody past
to our war-torn worlds present. At one point Scott
Parkinson, serving as the shows storytelling Poet,
even spends a few minutes calling out the names of
every major war that has aficted Earth since the
days of ancient Greece all the way up to todays
multiple conicts in the Middle East.
That might sound uninvitingly didactic and
heavy-handed on paper, but as performed at Studio
the play is surprisingly compelling, even occasionally
stirring. Naturally, as a one-man play with inci-
dental musical accompaniment by Rebecca Landell
such a feat is largely a credit to Parkinson. The
Shakespeare Theatre Company veteran invests so
much of himself in the role, youd be forgiven for
thinking he originated the part, or perhaps devised it
as a star vehicle to effectively show off his full arse-
nal of actorly chops. Parkinson portrays 11 different
classic characters throughout the 90-minute play,
from a amboyant Hermes to an honorable Hector
to a seductive Helena.
But certainly co-adaptor Denis OHare also
deserves a fair share of credit. A regular on HBOs
True Blood who years ago won a Tony Award for
playing the lead in Take Me Out, OHare was An Ili-
ads original actor when the show was rst staged in
New York last year. In adapting Homers Iliad with
An intriguing contemporary adaptation of Homers poem, An Iliad is surprisingly
compelling and occasionally stirring
Parkinson and Landell
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course. In Tarantinos hands, however,
Django Unchained is more an exploita-
tion comedy than an anti-bigotry drama.
A nighttime lynching scene that features
Don Johnson in a Klu Klux Klan out-
t is uproarious, while Waltzs clipped
delivery and comic timing lends an air of
absurdity to the outrageous violence that
trails Dr. Schultz like a foul odor. On the
Candieland plantation, DiCaprio chews
scenery with an unnerving ferocity and
Jackson oozes contempt as his favored
house slave; in a lm lled with bold
performances, those two stand out as the
most audacious.
Most of the credit for Django
Unchained, nonetheless, deserves to go to
the madmen behind the scenes. Cinema-
tographer Robert Richardson captures
action sequences with an impressive clar-
ity that doesnt sacrice Tarantinos bru-
tal, violent style. (Djangos nal shootout
is a masterpiece on both accounts.) Even
when the bullets arent ying, though,
Richardson frames gorgeous shots
that contrast the diversity of the South
against the ever-present bigotry Django
faces wherever he goes. And, naturally,
Tarantino tops it all off with a brilliant
soundtrack that pulls from musicians as
dissimilar as Jim Croce and Rick Ross.
Contrary to what his critics might believe,
Tarantino isnt simply repurposing genre
or style. Hes stripping down these pieces
and reconstructing them into an entirely
new piece of art.
This is not Tarantinos best lm. Far
from it. And yet, it seems like a tre-
mendous shift in his lmmaking. Hes
matured from stylized gangster icks to
pragmatic revenge fantasies to, nally,
a full-throated attack on social injustice
and evil. Hollywoods wild-eyed son has
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Peterson, OHare helped incorporate
enough action so that it didnt become
simply a dry recitation of an unwieldy
story. For example, the plays actor is
instructed to get as carried away with
rage as Achilles was while relating a cou-
ple of the Greek warriors key battles. In
those moments, youre not just asked to
imagine some distant, remote, mythologi-
cal scene you are there. You sense just
how heady war can be, and just how ugly
war can make a man.
Here and there An Iliad overdoes it
pandering to its audience most egre-
giously by equating modern road rage
with the quick-re rage that fueled
famous Greek quarrels. Cant the average
theatergoer be trusted to see the similari-
ties on her own?
At other points, Studio and direc-
tor David Muse assume maybe a tad too
much. You cant help but wonder, for
instance, if a more truly theatrical produc-
tion would make An Iliad that much more
powerful. Luciana Stecconi on the set and
Colin K. Bills on lights prove themselves
evocative designers, and Landell proves
herself a capable musician. But instead of
stripped down staging and soundtrack-
ing, what if these three, as well as the oth-
ers on the creative team, had been given
more leeway to convey some actual sights
and sounds of war?
In any case, you wont leave An Iliad
wishing for more violence and bloodshed.
The play, as with Homers poem, is both
comforting and discomting at the same
time as it relays some universal truths
about war and the human condition. We
may be doomed to always rage and ght.
But then what is it they say? The rst
step is admitting you have a problem.
And plays like An Iliad can only help us
see just how serious and extensive our
problem is. l
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THURSDAY, 01.03.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, games, football on
Sundays VJ Expanded
craft beer selection No
cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour,
4pm-7pm $4 Small
Plates, $4 Stella Artois,
$4 House Wines, $4
Stolichnaya Cocktails, $4
Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
DC EAGLE
Men in DC Eagle T-Shirts
get $3 Rail and Domestic,
9pm-midnight Club Bar:
DC Boys of Leather Boys
Night Out
FIREPLACE
Any Absolut or Bacardi
$4 from 10pm-Midnight
VJ Dina
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Shirtless Men Drink Free,
10-11pm Best Of
Contest, 11:30pm DJ
Back2bACk
JR.S
Happy Hour, 5-8pm $15
All You Can Drink Rail
Highballs and Domestic
Drafts ($22 upgrade for a
step-up from rail), 4-8pm
$5 Rail, $2 JR.s drafts,
8pm to close
LISTINGS
Destinations on page 44
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Dancing isnt just a booty-shaking pastime for Coverboy Christian, its art. Raised
with a sister whos a photographer, this 22-year-old Yorktown, Va., native often found
himself on the other end of the camera lens. After trying his hand at modeling and
acting, Christian feels most comfortable shedding his clothes and dancing at Zieg-
felds/Secrets, where his performances allow him the freedom to express himself,
both through his costumes and by contorting his body into various positions as part
of an exhibition of acrobatic feats. But even the guy in the spotlight needs what he
calls his Joni Mitchell time, when he sips coffee and writes poetry in the comfort
of his Manassas, Va., home. With two books of experimental poetry already pub-
lished under a different name, this George Mason grad student is hoping to derive
inspiration for his third book from his experiences as a male entertainer.
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Photography by
Julian Vankim
For addresses, phone numbers and locations of individual clubs, bars, parties,
and special events, please refer to our Destinations on page 44.
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Thursday
DJ Steve Henderson in
Secrets 9pm Cover
21+
FRIDAY, 01.04.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
TVs showing movies,
Sundays VJ Expanded
cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis Upstairs open
5-11pm
MOVA LOUNGE
Complimentary
champagne, 5-6pm Half
Price Happy Hour until 8
College Night, open bar
from 9-10pm with college
ID $3 PBR, $5 Finlandia
vodka 18 to enter, 21 to
drink No cover
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Active Duty Military Night
Beat The Clock Happy
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
PHASE 1
Karaoke, 9pm Drink
Specials No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
9855 Washington Blvd. N
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Karaoke in the Lounge
DC BEAR CRUE
@Town
Bear Happy Hour, 6-11pm
$3 Rail, $3 Draft, $3
Bud Bottles Free Pizza,
7pm Hosted by Charger
Stone No cover before
9:30pm 21+
DC EAGLE
New Happy Hour Specials,
$2 off regular prices,
4-9pm Otter Crossing
FIREPLACE
DJ Keith Hoffman

FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
FUEGO SALVAJE
@Cafe Asia
720 Eye St. NW
Open 10:30pm-3am
fuegosalvaje.com
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm All-
You-Can-Drink-Smirnoff,
$16, 10-11:30pm
HIPPO
Baltimore, Md.
Drag Show Cover
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1,
11pm-midnight Happy
Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm $5
Coronas, $8 Vodka Red
Bulls, 9pm-close
MOVA LOUNGE
Complimentary
Fresh Fridays, 9pm
No Cover
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
DJ Della Volta Videos,
Dancing Beat The Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PHASE 1
DJ Styalo Dancing
$5 cover
PHASE 1 OF DUPONT
1415 22nd St. NW
For the Ladies DJ Rosie
Doors at 9pm 21+
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Drag Show in lounge
Half price burgers and
fries
TOWN
Upstairs: DJ Wess
Downstairs: DJ
BacK2bACk Go Go
Boys Doors open 10pm
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by
Lena Lett and featuring
Tatianna, Shi-Queeta-
Lee, Jessica Spaulding
Deverreoux and BaNaka
Doors open at 10pm For
those 21 and over, $5 from
10-11pm and $10 after
11pm For those 18-20,
$10 all night 18+
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Ladies of Illusion with
host Kristina Kelly, 9pm
Cover 21+
t
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SATURDAY, 01.05.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
TVs showing movies,
Sundays VJ Expanded
cover
DC EAGLE
$2 off for men with Club
Mugs, Leather Vests,
Harnesses or Chaps
FIREPLACE
DJ Vesper Absolut and
Bacardi (any favor), $5,
10pm-midnight
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Diner Brunch, 10am-3pm
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke and/or live
entertainment, 9pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm with
Beat the Clock Specials
on Rolling Rock and Rail
Vodka starting at $1
All-U-Can-Drink Bacardi
Buffet, $18, 10pm-11:30pm
HIPPO
Baltimore, Md.
DJ, 10pm Karaoke,
Video Bar, 10pm
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka
highballs, $7 Vodka Red
Bulls
MOVA LOUNGE
Complimentary
$4 vodka until midnight
No Cover
NELLIES
Zing Zang Bloody Marys,
Nellie Beer, House Rail
Drinks and Mimosas, $4,
11am-5pm Buckets of
Beer, $15
Whats on your
nightstand?
A toy of Allen Ginsberg, a toy of E.T. dressed as a
woman, an alarm clock and a postcard from Hungary.
Whats in your nightstand drawer?
An old calendar, a ashlight, a box of cigarettes, a
condom attached to some Mardi Gras beads.
So is that where you keep the condoms
and lube?
No, I stick those in a rainbow-unicorn Pillow Pet. Might
as well be creative about it.
What are your television favorites?
I havent turned on the TV in years. Im kind of
addicted to Netix. I like Oddities.
Crime Solvers is a good one.
What was your favorite cartoon
when you were a kid?
Angry Beavers.
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NUMBER NINE
No Cover
OMEGA
DJ Tre Pool Tournament
at 9pm
PHASE 1
Dancing, 9pm-close
PHASE 1 OF DUPONT
1415 22nd St. NW
(Formerly Apex)
For the Ladies DJ Rosie
Doors at 9pm 21+

PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Karaoke in the lounge
Charity Bingo with Cash
Prizes 3rd Sat. of Every
Month
TOWN
DJ $5 Absolut Drinks
All Night $3 Drinks from
10-11pm Drag Show at
10:30pm Downstairs: DJ
Wess Doors at 10pm
$8 from 10-11pm and $12
after 11pm 21+
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All nude male dancers,
9pm Ladies of Illusion
with host Ella Fitzgerald,
9pm DJ Steve
Henderson in Secrets
DJ Spyke in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SUNDAY, 01.06.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
TVs showing movies,
Sundays Expanded craft
beer selection No cover
DC EAGLE
Bar opens at 1pm New
Happy Hours Specials:
$2 off rail and domestic,
1-9pm Tail Gate Party
FIREPLACE
DJ Vesper Skyy Vodka,
$3 $5 cover with $1 off
coupons
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch
Buffet, 10am-3pm
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Drag Show hosted by
Destiny B. Childs featuring
performances by a rotating
cast, 9pm No cover
Karaoke follows show
GREEN LANTERN
Smirnoff Trailer Park
Karaoke, 9:30pm
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights &
$3 Skyy (all favors), all
day and night
MOVA LOUNGE
Complimentary
Curtain Call Sing Along
until 9pm with half price,
beer, wine and well until
10pm Mova Salutes,
9pm Free cocktail with
military ID
NELLIES
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am-3pm
$20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Happy Hour all night
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
MONDAY, 01.07.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
TVs showing movies,
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
DC EAGLE
Open 4pm $1 Drafts
(Bud and Bud Light)
FREDDIES
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4pm-close
Karaoke, 9:30pm Bears
Do Yoga, 6:30pm
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm
Showtunes Songs &
Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ Jamez $3 Drafts
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Poker Texas Holdem, 8pm
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Buzztime Trivia
competition 75 cents off
bottles and drafts
Whats your greatest fear?
Either losing a limb or not being remembered
for anything. Ive taken great pains
to leave a paper trail behind me.
Pick three people, living or dead, who you think
would make the most fascinating
dinner guests imaginable.
Erica Jong, the Marquis de Sade and Eddie Generazio.
What would you serve?
Either sushi or lobster bisque. Or open-faced
roast-beef sandwiches.
How would you describe your dream guy?
Someone with an intellectual personality, even tem-
perament, focused on social betterment rather than
physical beauty. My dream partner would always be
trying to improve himself, not someone whos held
back by the road kill of the world.
Dene good in bed.
Somebody who can make a dance out of it, who can
work with their partner and submit when your partner
needs to dominate, and dominate when your partner
needs to submit. Just owing with it, not worrying
about looking cool or assuming the right posture.
Who should star in a movie about your life?
Craig Seymour.
Who was your rst celebrity crush?
James Van Der Beek. Or Katie Holmes. I have
a hardon for Dawsons Creek.
Who gets on your nerves?
The leaches of society, in a sense that they are taking
up space. A lot of people are just there. They dont do
anything. They arent driven to do anything.
If your home was burning, whats the rst thing
youd grab while leaving?
My journals and my laptop.
What superhero would you be?
I dont think I really respect any of the superheroes we
know about. I just dont see much conict or adver-
sity, and they just try to hide who they are. Probably
Kiss, the hottest men in the world, because they have
a comic book of their own.
Whos your greatest inuence?
My father and Gene Simmons. Gene Simmons
because hes the master performer and is the most
recognizable icon in rock music. My father because he
taught me to take the initiative to always push the
limit, doing more than your peers are. And because
hes so level-headed. It all ties together, because as a
stripper youre always trying to push yourself to put on
a good performance. What makes a good stripper is
not physical attributes as much as your creativity and
willingness to use your attributes
to put on the best show.
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WED., 01.09.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
TVs showing movies,
ANNIES
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
DC EAGLE
Open 4pm New Happy
Hour specials, $2 off
regular prices, 4-9pm
Wooden Nickel Night,
9pm-close Receive a
wooden nickel for every
drink purchased Club
Bar: Highwaymen TNT
Men in Jocks Drink Free at
club bar, 10-11pm Hot
Jock Contest, Midnight
FIREPLACE
Hump Day $3 Domestic
beer, all night
TUESDAY, 01.08.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
TVs showing movies,
ANNIES
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
No cover 21+
DC EAGLE
Open 4pm $2 Rail and
Domestic, All day Free
pool till 9pm
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour Prices,
4pm-close FUK!T
Packing Party, 7-9pm
(upstairs)
HIPPO
Baltimore, Md.
Showtune Video Madness,
7:45pm-12:30am VJ
Brian Mongeon Best of
Hollywood and Broadway
Showtunes
JR.S
Underground (Indie Pop/
Alt/Brit Rock), 9pm-close
DJ Wes Della Volla
Special Guest DJ Matt
Bailer 2-for-1, all day
and night
MOVA LOUNGE
Complimentary
Just Jack...& Karen,
Will & Grace Reruns all
night $7 Karen Walker
Finlandia martinis and $8
Just Jack Jack Daniels

NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Drag BINGO hosted by
Shi-Queeta Lee, 8pm
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
OMEGA
2 for 1 Drinks, 4pm-close
Bear Night Men of
Omega, 9:30pm $3
Drafts, $4 House Vodka
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
75 cents off bottles and
drafts Movie Night
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm Drag
Bingo, 8pm Karaoke,
10pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour Prices,
4pm-Close
JR.S
Trivia with MC Jay
Ray, 8pm The Queen,
10-11pm $2 JRs Drafts
& $4 Vodka ($2 with
College I.D./JRs Team
Shirt)
MOVA LOUNGE
Complimentary
Women of Mova $4
Miller Lite, $7 Absolut
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
SmartAss Trivia, 8pm
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
OMEGA
2 for 1 Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Shirtless Men Drink Free
House and Domestics,
10-11pm Men of
Omega, 9:30pm Pool
Tournament, 9pm
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Free Pool 75 cents off
Bottles and Drafts
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
New Meat Wednesday DJ
Don T 9pm Cover 21+
Whats your biggest turn-on?
A sense of humor.
Whats your biggest turn-off?
Close-mindedness.
Whats something youve always wanted
to do but havent yet tried?
I want to sing Galileo with Emily Saliers of the
Indigo Girls. Thats the one thing on my bucket list.
Whats something youve tried that
you never want to do again?
Runway modeling and acting.
Boxers, briefs or other?
Other. More like jockstraps, things made of sequins,
decorative underwear.
Whos your favorite musical artist?
Paula Cole. Love her.
Whats your favorite website?
Facebook. I think its a godsend. Social networking is
possibly the best thing that ever happened
to this planet.
Whats the most unusual place youve had sex?
I lost my virginity in a church when I was 14, to a girl.
What position do you play in the big
baseball game of life?
Outeld or the cheerleader.
Whats your favorite retail store?
I get my socks from Dicks Sporting Goods. And I get
my shoes from the Congress website
or from Journeys.
Whats the most youll spend on a haircut?
My hair has suffered because Ive died it so many
times, then shaved it, then dyed it again. I swear, one
day its going to fall off and leave me bald. So $400.
What about on shoes?
$200. If theres one thing I take seriously,
its my costumes for work.
Whats your favorite food to splurge with?
I like to go to an all-American restaurant and get some-
thing really greasy, like a bacon cheeseburger. Greasy
foods and candy.
Whats your favorite season?
Summer. The sun treats me well, and you can do
whatever you want outside.
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THURSDAY, 01.10.13
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
TVs showing movies,
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour,
4pm-7pm $4 Small
Plates, $4 Stella Artois,
$4 House Wines, $4
Stolichnaya Cocktails, $4
Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
DC EAGLE
Happy Hour, $2 off regular
prices, 4-9pm DC
Eagle T-Shirt Thursday,
$3 Rail and Domestic,
9pm-midnight Club
Bar: MAL DC Eagle
welcomes Mid-Atlantic
Leather Weekend
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
$3 Rail Vodka Highballs,
$2 JR.s drafts, 8pm to
close Top Pop Night
MOVA LOUNGE
Complimentary
College Night, open bar
from 9-10pm with college
ID $3 PBR, $5 Finlandia
vodka 18 to enter, 21
to drink
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Active Duty Military Night
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim E in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+ l
What kind of animal would you be?
A beaver or a fox. Beavers are naturally creative.
Theyll make dams out of anything.
What kind of plant would you be?
A dandelion.
What kind of car would you be?
A Hyundai Accent.
What are you most grateful for?
My emotional stability and my career.
Whats something you want more of?
Friends and toys.
State your life philosophy in 10 words or less.
Do something every day that scares you. From
Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune. l
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BARS & CLUBS
MARYLAND
CLUB HIPPO
1 West Eager Street
Baltimore, MD
(410) 547-0069
THE LODGE
21614 National Pike
Boonsboro, MD
(301) 591-4434
PWS SPORTS BAR
9855-N Washington, Blvd.
Laurel, MD
(301) 498-4840
VIRGINIA
FREDDIES
BEACH BAR
555 South 23rd Street
Crystal City, VA
(703) 685-0555
Crystal City Metro
m&w r
V3 LOUNGE
6763 Wilson Blvd.
Falls Church, Va.
301-802-8878

HRC
ACTION CENTER
& STORE
(202) 232-8621
Dupont Circle Metro
THE FIREPLACE
22nd & P Streets NW
(202) 293-1293
Dupont Circle Metro
m v
FUEGO SALVAJE
Cafe Asia
1720 I St. NW
www.clubfuegodc.com
m d t
GLORIOUS
HEALTH CLUB
2120 W. VA Ave. NE 20002
(202) 269-0226
m o s
GREEN LANTERN
1335 Green Court NW
(behind 1335 L St.)
(202) 347-4534
McPherson Square Metro
m l
JR.S
1519 17th Street NW
(202) 328-0090
Dupont Circle Metro
m v
LACE
2214 Rhode Island Ave. NE
(202) 832-3888
w r d

MOVA
2204 14th Street NW
(202) 629-3958
U Street / Cardozo Metro
NELLIES
SPORTS BAR
900 U Street NW
(202) 332-6355
m&w r
D.C.
18th & U
DUPLEX DINER
2004 18th Street NW
(202) 265-7828
Dupont Circle Metro
r
9:30 CLUB
815 V Street NW
(202) 265-0930
BACHELORS MILL
1104 8th Street SE
(202) 546-5979
Eastern Market /
Navy Yard Metro
m d
COBALT/30 DEGREES
17th & R Street NW
(202) 462-6569
Dupont Circle Metro
m d t
CREW CLUB
1321 14th Street NW
(202) 319-1333
McPherson Square Metro
m o s
DC EAGLE
(202) 347-6025
Convention Center /
Gallery Place /
Chinatown Metro
m l
DELTA ELITE
3734 10th Street NE
(202) 529-0626
Brookland Metro
m d
NUMBER NINE
1435 P Street NW
Dupont Circle Metro
PHASE 1
525 8th Street SE
(202) 544-6831
Eastern Market Metro
w d
PHASE 1 of DUPONT
1415 22nd Street NW
(Formerly Apex)
Dupont Circle Metro
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REMINGTONS
639 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
(202) 543-3113
Eastern Market Metro
m cw d v
TOWN
2009 8th Street NW
(202) 234-TOWN
U Street/Cardozo Metro
m d v t
ZIEGFELDS /
SECRETS
1824 Half Street SW
(202) 863-0670
Navy Yard Metro
m d v t gg
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Civil laws that establish same sex marriage create a legal ction.
The State has no power to create something
that nature itself tells us is impossible.
Chicagos Cardinal FRANCIS GEORGE in a pastoral letter opposing the Illinois Legislatures
proposed bill to establish marriage equality.
(USA Today)
Were the president still in the Illinois State Legislature, he would support this measure that would
treat all Illinois couples equally.
White House spokesman SHIN INOUYE on President Barack Obamas stated support for the Illinois marriage-equality bill, the
rst such bill to receive a direct endorsement from the president.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
The gay Masses were an embarrassment,
a relic of old-style gay rights campaigning that scandalised large numbers of Catholics.
Traditionalist Catholic blogger DAMIAN THOMPSON responds to the move by the leader of the British Catholic Church to ban
Soho Masses, special masses for openly gay church members.
(The Independent, U.K.)
Its a lot that going on that the Bible speaks about we should Not be doing.
Weed legal in some places, Gay Marriage Legal
BUT YET IM JUDGED!!!
Im not doing Nothing for you My Life!!!!
The Instagram rant that brought outrage against former American Idol winner FANTASIA BARRINO. She later responded that
she was taken out of context and I support the gay community as they support me.
(Today)
My favorite place to perform is London, because
I have never seen more gay people in my whole life.
MILEY CYRUS on why she loves her concerts in London.
(Bang Media)
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