Volume 43, Issue 42, October 18, 2013

HIV service providers threatened; idle
staffers struggle without paychecks

By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
As the federal governments shutdown entered its
third week on Monday, LGBT and AIDS advocates
expressed alarm that community-based AIDS
service providers in D.C. and across the nation could
be forced to lay off employees and curtail services
if the shutdown and its related funding reductions
continued much longer.
Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate
announced a bipartisan agreement on Wednesday
calling for raising the debt ceiling and ending the
government shutdown. Although political observers
thought there were enough votes to approve the
agreement in both the Senate and the House,
no one was certain whether the GOP-controlled
House would pass the compromise bill initiated
in the Senate as the Blade went to press. Visit
washingtonblade.com for updates.
Leonard Hirsch, president of the LGBT federal
workers group Federal GLOBE, said that, like all
federal workers, thousands of furloughed LGBT
federal employees continued as of Wednesday to
struggle without a paycheck.
The shutdown, which closed many but not all
federal agencies, left more than 800,000 federal
employees furloughed, according to the U.S.
Ofce of Personnel Management. With the federal
government being the largest employer in the D.C.
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Mounting frustration in shutdowns third week
Former Arkansas Gov. MIKE HUCKABEE railed against a
California trans rights law.
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There is no reason that man needs to change the denition of
marriage, BEN CARSON intoned.
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GLENN BECKs audience laughed when he noted that gay
Holocaust victims wore pink triangles.
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Values Voter Summit showcases
GOP hate; audience laughs at
gay Holocaust victims
Some federal workers are troubled over accusations made by
SARAH PALIN and others that the U.S. Park Service is being
disrespectful to veterans by denying access to monuments in
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Committee voids election of
gay ofcial as head of Ward 6 Dems
The D.C. Democratic State Committee ruled on Oct. 11 that the Oct. 1 election of gay
activist and city ofcial Jeffrey Richardson as president of the Ward 6 Democratic Committee
should be voided on grounds that eligible voters were denied the right to vote.
Richardson is director of the Mayors Ofce of Volunteerism and is the former head of the
Mayors Ofce of GLBT Affairs.
The decision calling for voiding the election and calling for a new election came
in an eight-page Report and Order dated Oct. 14 and signed by State Committee
Chairperson and D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D-At-Large). The report says
the ruling was in response to separate challenges contesting the election by gay
ANC Commissioner Alexander Padro and Democratic Party activist Sheila White.
The ruling calls for voiding the election of the entire slate of Ward 6 Democratic
ofcers elected at the Oct. 1 meeting.
Padro and White stated in their challenges that they and others were
misled by public notices announcing the election. They said the notices announced
the election would be held during an Oct. 1 meeting scheduled to take place
between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Instead, according to the ruling, those attending the meeting adopted Rules of the Day
that substantially reduced the anticipated voting time from 90 minutes to approximately 10
minutes. The ruling says the only way potential voters could have known about the restricted
voting time would be for them to have been present at the start of the meeting.
The reduction of voting time unduly disenfranchised Ward 6 Democrats and
ultimately resulted in the denial of the opportunity for certain Ward 6 voters to
exercise their constitutional right to vote, the ruling says.
Charles Allen, president of Ward 6 Democrats up until the completion of the election,
told the Blade the procedures used for holding the election were consistent with the
organizations bylaws. He said the procedures and rules for the election were submitted
to the State Committee in advance of the election and no one raised any objections.
Allen said he chose not to seek re-election. On Tuesday he announced his
candidacy for the Ward 6 D.C. Council seat current held by Tommy Wells, who is
giving up the seat to run for mayor.
Richardson did not respond to requests by the Blade for comment.
Chuck Burger, a Ward 6 Democrats member who won election on Oct. 1 as 3rd
Vice President, disputed the State Committees ruling that the election was awed.
We are standing by our election, he told the Blade. We conducted our election
according to our by-laws.
Those familiar with State Committee rules said the State Committee may not have
authority to force a ward Democratic committee to void an election and hold a new
election. But the State Committee could refuse to certify the election and refuse to
seat Richardson or another Ward 6 Democrats member as a full member of the State
Committee, which serves as the governing body of the D.C. Democratic Party.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.

Former senator to participate
in mock trial of Joe McCarthy

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and gay former Assistant U.S. Attorney
General Robert Raben will be among a cast of prominent attorneys participating in
a mock trial in D.C. of the late U.S. Senators Joe McCarthy (R-Wis.), Styles Bridges
(R-N.H.), and Herman Welker (R-Idaho).
The three deceased senators are to be charged at the trial with blackmailing and
causing the suicide of fellow Sen. Lester Hunt (D-Wyo.) over a 1954 gay sex scandal involving
Hunts son, who was arrested for allegedly soliciting an undercover D.C. police ofcer for
sodomy. The mock trial, to be performed as a readers theater play, is scheduled to take
place Oct. 23 at All Souls Unitarian Church at 16th and Harvard Streets, N.W.
According to a newly published book on which the mock trial is based, Dying For Joe
McCarthys Sins: The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt, McCarthy and the other
two senators hatched a scheme to force Hunt to resign and withdraw from running for
re-election to the Senate. The book says the senators threatened to publicize the arrest
of Hunts son at a time when homosexuality was considered taboo and a mental disorder.
Hunt emerged as a vocal critic of McCarthy and his notorious crusade in the
1950s against what he claimed were communists working in prominent roles in the
U.S. government, including the State Department and the Army, to subvert the
government. In a less publicized crusade, McCarthy also pushed hard for exposing
and expelling gays who worked for the government, according to historians that
have studied McCarthys career as a senator.
Author Rodger McDaniel reports McCarthy and the other two senators wanted
to force the highly popular Hunt into dropping out of his re-election bid at a time
when Democrats controlled the Senate by just one vote. Hunts ouster was expected
to result in the appointment and later the election of a Republican to replace him,
enabling Republicans to gain control of the Senate and strengthen McCarthys hand at
what critics called communist witch hunts.
In addition to Simpson and Raben, others scheduled to participate in the mock trial
are gay Republican attorney and U.S. elections nance expert Trevor Potter, who will
play the prosecutor; D.C. lesbian attorney Mindy Daniels, who will act as the defense
attorney; retired Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Michael Golden, who will preside over
the mock trial; and Verizon legislative affairs executive Ed Senn, who will play McCarthy.
The Mattachine Society of Washington, co-founded by the late D.C. gay rights
pioneer Frank Kameny, is sponsoring the event at the direction of gay rights advocate
Charles Francis. Francis and gay activist Rick Rosendall reinstated the corporate charter
for the Mattachine Society of Washington as a new organization after Kameny allowed
the charter to expire shortly before his death.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Mendelson to back Annies Way
street-naming bill

D.C. City Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large) is expected to back a
bill submitted this week by Mayor Vincent Gray to name a one-block section
of Church Street, N.W., between 17th Street and Stead Park as Annies
Way after initially expressing concern over the legislation, according to
Mendelsons legislative counsel Brian Moore.
James Pittman, director of the Mayors Ofce of Policy and Legislative Affairs,
said the bill seeks to honor Annies Paramount Steak House and its beloved
night manager and bartender Annie Kaylor, who died July 24 at the age of 86.
Kaylor and Annies restaurant have been longtime supporters of the LGBT
community. Kaylor regularly rode in the citys LGBT Pride parade.
Mendelson initially told the mayors ofce he was reluctant to introduce
the bill because of a longstanding city policy and law that doesnt allow the
naming of a street for someone until two years after the persons death,
according to activists familiar with the bill.
But Moore told the Blade on Wednesday that Mendelson would not object to
a bill calling for naming the street after the restaurant widely known as Annies.
He noted that the existing law doesnt restrict naming streets after a business.
We anticipated the Chairmans reluctance to move legislation for the
recently deceased, said Pittman in an email to local activists. Ive been
working with his staff to make clear that we are not technically naming the
street for Annie Kaylor, he said.
We are naming the street for the legacy of Annies Paramount Steak House
(Annies) the business. We are calling it Annies Way and not Annie Kaylor
Way to resolve the Chairmans concern, said Pittman.
Annies has been a xture on 17th Street for 65 years. It was located since it
opened in 1948 at the corner of 17th and Church streets, where the gay bar
JR.s is now located, until it moved in the 1990s to its current location one
block north at 1609 17th St., N.W.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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Defendant claims
shes bisexual, denies
she was shooter
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
A D.C. Superior Court jury last week
found a woman charged in the March
2012 shooting of a gay man inside an
International House of Pancakes
restaurant guilty of aggravated assault
while armed and six additional rearms
related charges.
The verdict followed a four-day trial in
which prosecutors played for the jury a
video obtained from the restaurants security
cameras that they said showed Lashawn
Yvonne Carson, 28, pull out a handgun and
shoot Dante Thomas in the chest.
Thomas has since recovered from
what Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick
Cannon, the lead prosecutor in the
case, said was a gunshot wound to his
liver that could have been fatal if he
had not received immediate medical
attention at a nearby hospital.
Police and prosecutors have said the
shooting took place after two groups of
friends were eating at separate tables
at the restaurant in the citys Columbia
Heights section about 5:30 a.m. on March
11, 2012. An altercation leading to the
shooting started after someone sitting at
Carsons table called Thomas and one or
more of his friends a faggot, according
to testimony at the trial.
The U.S. Attorneys ofce last year
dropped a D.C. police classication of
the shooting as a hate crime, which calls
for a more stringent penalty.
But prosecutors instead obtained a
grand jury indictment against Carson
on the aggravated assault while armed
charge and six other charges, including
assault with a dangerous weapon and
carrying a pistol without a license. When
combined the charges carry a possible
maximum sentence of 77 years in prison.
Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan,
who presided over the trial, scheduled
sentencing for Dec. 9.
Prosecutor Cannon presented to the
jury a separate video showing a police
interview with Carson at the Third District
police station in which she confessed to
having shot Thomas. The interview took
place about two weeks after the shooting
and shortly before her arrest.
That video, which Cannon also played
during closing arguments, shows
Carson sitting behind a table saying she
shot Thomas because he hit me.
Cannon told the jury that Carsons
statement during the police interview
and a similar statement she made
to someone she knew, Norman Lee,
that she shot Thomas because he hit
her during the altercation at the IHOP
restaurant indicated she had a motive
for the shooting.
It couldnt be anybody else that did
the shooting, he said. She is the only one
who can take a shot at Dante Thomas.
Defense attorney Patrick Christmas
disputed the contention by Cannon
that the taped confession by Carson
and the video footage proved Carson
shot Thomas.
Christmas pointed to Carsons
dramatic testimony as the lead defense
witness that she was pressured into
making the confession by a police
detective at a time when she was drunk.
He argued that Norman Lee was an
unreliable witness and should not be
believed. In addition, he called Thomas
a violent person based on a prior
criminal record of acts of violence.
Christmas noted that Carson testied
she, in fact, didnt shoot Thomas. He
noted that she also testied that she is
bisexual and expressed disapproval at
the table where she and her friends were
sitting when one of the friends used the
word faggot to describe one or more
of the men sitting at Thomass table.
He told the jury that based on claims
by several people who thought they
saw a male shoot Thomas during the
altercation at the restaurant they could
not nd beyond a reasonable doubt that
LaShawn Carson shot Dante Thomas.
Christmas also argued that none
of the eyewitnesses, including victim
Thomas, could state denitively on the
witness stand that they were certain who
actually shot Thomas. Christmas noted
Thomas was among the witnesses that
initially told police they thought it was a
male who shot him.
The best witness for my client is
strangely the man who was shot,
Christmas told the jury.
According to a police charging
document, the initial exchange between
the two groups triggered by the anti-
gay slur led to a physical altercation.
As the victim was attempting to walk
to the cash register to pay his bill, Carson
and a male friend inadvertently stood
directly in his way, a statement released
by the U.S. Attorneys ofce says. The
victim attempted to squeeze by and
accidently bumped into Carson. Words
were exchanged and the defendants
male friend used a homophobic slur,
the statement says.
Government witnesses at the trial
testied that a ght then broke out
between the opposing groups of friends
and an off-duty D.C. police detective
who was seated nearby stepped in to
break it up.
At that point, according to the
governments evidence, Carson walked
over, adjusted her hair, pulled out a rearm
and shot the victim once in the chest, the
U.S. Attorneys statement says.
The jury reached its verdict after
deliberating for about three hours
and returned a separate guilty verdict
for each of the seven counts of the
indictment: Aggravated assault while
armed; possession of a rearm during a
crime of violence or dangerous offense;
assault with a dangerous weapon;
possession of a rearm during a crime of
violence or dangerous offense; carrying
a pistol without a license (outside home
or place of business); possession of
unregistered rearm; and unlawful
possession of ammunition.
OBITUARY
RICHARD WALKER
Richard Max Walker died on
Sept. 22 at Holy Cross Hospital,
from end stage liver disease,
according to his friend, Wes
Morrison. He was born on New
Years Eve, 1963 in Bethesda, Md.
Walker grew up in Kensington,
Md., and graduated at the top
of his class from Walter Johnson
High School in 1982. In high
school, he interned at GEICO
and worked there full-time after
graduation. Max also attended
Montgomery College.
Walker and his partner of
seven years, Scutt Nuce, wed
in October 2012. They lived
together in Silver Spring, Md. It
had been a dream of Walkers to
see same-sex marriage legalized.
They enjoyed hosting clever
parties and even nicknamed a
wedding reception they had on
May 11, the Hello Spring and
Wedding Thing.
Walker used his artistic talents
to launch his own company,
Balloons by Max, several years
ago. And he was a certied
balloon artist. He was an
avid animal lover, enjoyed
photography and botany with his
decades-old plants.
Walker worked in the lm
industry for a time in his 20s. He
was a member of the Screen
Actors Guild and had roles in
movies such as Running Man
and the TV series Star Trek: the
Next Generation.
In addition to Nuce, Walker
is survived by his mother, Joann
Hazlbauer, sister Susie (both
in Florida); a brother, Vince, of
Columbia, Md.; an uncle, Roger;
and cousin Sherry Wing.
A memorial gathering is
planned for Saturday from 3-6:30
p.m. at the Fireplace (2161 P St.,
N.W.).
JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
washingtonblade.com
A D.C. woman was found guilty in the March 2012 shooting of a gay man inside an International
House of Pancakes restaurant.
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D.C. woman guilty in
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Akman to become
honorary chair of
administrative medicine
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
mlavers@washblade.com
A prominent gure in the ght against
HIV/AIDS in D.C. will formally become
the honorary chair of administrative
medicine at George Washington
University next week.
Dr. Jeffrey Akman on Oct. 23 will be
formally conrmed as the Bloedorn Chair
of Administrative Medicine named in
honor of former George Washington
University School of Medicine Dean Walter
Bloedorn who held the position from 1939-
1957. Bloedorn also served as the George
Washington University Hospital Medical
Director from 1932-1957.
This appointment comes less than
a year after the GW Board of Trustees
appointed Akman as the vice president
for health affairs and the dean of the
George Washington University School
of Medicine and Health Sciences.
To me its the best job I could ever
have, Akman told the Washington
Blade during a recent interview.
A native of Baltimore, Akman enrolled
in the GW doctoral program in 1977
after he graduated from Duke University.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in 1981 reported the rst
cases of what became known as AIDS
Akman graduated from GWs M.D.
program the same year. D.C. health
ofcials observed the rst known AIDS
case in the city in 1983.
We were really not prepared in terms
of medical knowledge at that time,
Akman, who was a psychiatry resident at
GW in 1983, recalled. [We] really became
aware of these young gay men coming
into our hospital with this unknown awful
illness that people were dying from very
rapidly. I was just compelled to go into
their rooms and sit and talk to them and
nd out what was going on.
Researchers did not discover an AIDS
anti-body test until 1985, but doctors in
the Dupont Circle area soon began to
refer their patients with the virus to GW
Hospital once they diagnosed them
with the virus after they came down
with pneumocystis pneumonia, Kaposis
sarcoma or what Akman described as
some awful opportunistic infection.
Akman said a signicant portion of
his work at the time was talking with his
patients about death and dying, AIDS-
related dementia and the stigma and
fear and anxiety associated with the
virus. He also began to receive referrals
from infectious disease experts and
other D.C. doctors as the number of
people with AIDS continued to grow.
Some of Akmans friends were also
Papers Oct. 9 pro-Russia
supplement lacks references
to nations anti-gay record
By MICHAEL K. LAVERS
The Washington Posts Oct. 9 print
edition included a paid supplement
produced by a Kremlin-backed
newspaper that lacked any references
to the ongoing controversy over Russias
LGBT rights record.
Rossiyskaya Gazet produced the
insert Russia Beyond the Headlines
that contained, among other things, an
op-ed from Jeffrey Mankoff of the Center
for Strategic and International Studies
in D.C. He cited portions of the speech
that Russian President Vladimir Putin
delivered during a meeting of the Valdai
International Discussion Club, a Russian
think tank, that took place last month.
Discussing his own view of Russian
identity, Putin criticized the West for
abandoning its Christian roots and
placing on the same level families
with many children and single-sex
partnerships, belief in God and belief
in Satan, Putin said, according
to Mankoff. This cultural relativity,
according to Putin, is a direct path to
degradation and primitivization, to a
deep demographic and ethical crisis.
The Oct. 9 supplement is not the rst
time the Washington Post has published
a Russia-specic insert.
The newspaper rst published a
Russia-themed supplement Russia
Now in 2007.
Russia Beyond the Headlines said in
a press release last month it decided
earlier this year to redesign and
revamp the supplement. It reappeared
under the aforementioned name in
the Washington Posts Sept. 11 issue
with a lead story that focused on the
controversy surrounding the Russian law
that bans gay propaganda to minors.
The article quoted Lyudmila Alexeyeva
of the Moscow Helsinki Group, an
organization that monitors human rights
in Russia, as describing the statute that
Putin signed in June as a step toward the
Middle Ages. The Sept. 11 supplement
reported Kirill Kobrin of Radio Free
Europes Russia Service said he feels it
was unthinkable to even discuss these
issues 20 years ago in Russia.
Under the Kremlins lead, LGBT
rights are the focus of public attention
and debate in Russia albeit censored
debate, the Russia Beyond the
Headlines article reads.
The New York Times on Sept. 18
published an eight-page Russia Beyond
the Headlines supplement that contained
articles about the gay propaganda law and
coming out in the country. Putin reiterated
his opposition to air strikes in Syria in an
op-ed that ran in the newspaper less than
a week earlier.
Ketchum PR, a public relations rm
that represents Putin, placed it in the
New York Times. Pro Publica reported
the New York-based company received
more than $1.9 million in fees and
expense reimbursements from the
Russian government from December
2012 through May.
The New York Times included another
Russia supplement in its Oct. 16 print
edition that contained an article on the
arrest of 30 Greenpeace members last
month who tried to board a Russian oil
platform. The insert also contained a
reference to the LGBT advocates who
protested Russias gay rights record
during the Metropolitan Operas opening
night gala in New York last month.
Washington Post spokesperson
Jennifer Lee declined to tell the
Washington Blade how much the Russia
Beyond the Headlines insert cost, but
she conrmed it was a paid supplement
and the advertiser provided the content.
It contained a disclosure on the front
page that said it did not involve the
news or editorial departments of the
Washington Post.
The top margin of each subsequent
page contained a disclosure that stated
the insert was a paid supplement to
the Washington Post.
Observers and even journalists
themselves have questioned the way
Russian media outlets have covered
the gay propaganda law, Russias LGBT
rights record and the controversy
surrounding it.
Gay American journalist Jamie
Kirchick on Aug. 21 challenged Russias
LGBT rights record during an interview
with the Kremlin-backed television
network RT on the sentencing of former
U.S. Army private Chelsea Manning to
35 years in prison for leaking classied
documents to Wikileaks.
Being here on a Kremlin-funded
propaganda network Im going to
wear my gay pride suspenders and
Im going to speak out against the
horric anti-gay legislation that Vladimir
Putin has signed into law, that passed
unanimously by the Russian Duma that
criminalizes homosexual propaganda,
Kirchick told anchor Yulia Shapovalova.
It effectively makes it illegal to talk
about homosexuality in public. Weve
seen a spate of violent attacks on gay
people in Russia.
RT aired a segment on calls to boycott
the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,
Russia, in response to the countrys LGBT
rights record less than two weeks before
Kirchick appeared on the network to
discuss Manning. The journalist further
criticized Shapovalova and her colleagues
before RT took him off the air.
Anton Krasovsky, the former editor-
in-chief of the pro-Kremlin Kontr TV,
said the television station red him in
January after he came out as gay during
a segment on the gay propaganda law.
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The Washington Post on Oct. 9 ran a paid
supplement from a Kremlin-backed Russian
newspaper.
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Commemorative stamp to honor Milk
SAN FRANCISCO The Harvey Milk
Foundation on Oct. 10 announced the
U.S. Postal Service will honor the late-San
Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk with a
commemorative stamp next year.
Were excited, Milks nephew, Stuart
Milk, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
We think this will represent my uncles
message, which is hope and courage and
authenticity, very well.
The Harvey Milk Foundation and other
LGBT advocacy groups had lobbied the
U.S. Postal Service for years to honor
Milk, who became the states rst openly
gay elected ofcial in 1977, with a stamp.
Supervisor David Campos in May ended
his effort to rename a terminal at San
Francisco International Airport after Milk.
Former Supervisor Dan White
assassinated Milk and then-Mayor
George Moscone inside San Francisco
City Hall on Nov. 27 , 1978.
N.C. ofcial issues marriage licenses
ASHEVILLE, N.C. A North Carolina county ofcial on Tuesday accepted
marriage license applications from 10 same-sex couples.
The Citizen-Times newspaper reported that Buncombe County Register of Deeds
Drew Reisinger accepted the applications and told the couples who submitted them
that he would hold them. The ofcial said in a statement the Campaign for Southern
Equality, a same-sex marriage advocacy group, distributed to the media on Oct. 15
that he would push the issue with Attorney General Roy Cooper.
I will let each couple know that it is my hope to grant them a license, but I
need to seek the North Carolina attorney generals approval, Reisinger said.
North Carolina voters in May 2012 approved a state constitutional
amendment that denes marriage as between a man and a woman.
The U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled a portion of the Defense of Marriage
Act is unconstitutional.
Cooper, a Democrat, told the Associated Press over the weekend he
personally supports marriage rights for same-sex couples. He said during the
same interview he would defend the states gay nuptials ban in a recently
expanded federal lawsuit that now challenges its constitutionality.
Married couples receive special tax forms
BISMARCK, N.D. North Dakota ofcials have issued a form that will
allow legally married same-sex couples to le their state income taxes as
individuals. Lorie Bowker of the Ofce of State Tax Commissioner told the
Grand Forks Herald the Internal Revenue Services August announcement
that it would recognize legally performed same-sex marriages for federal tax
purposes prompted the new form. North Dakota is among the 35 states that
constitutionally ban nuptials for gays and lesbians.
Greg Louganis marries partner
MALIBU, Calif. Olympic diver Greg Louganis on Oct. 12 married his
partner. It was amazing because I have so many people from all facets of
my life here tonight and they are all here and celebrating it is all wonderful,
Louganis told People after he and Johnny Chaillot exchanged vows at a
Malibu restaurant. I already feel different.
Louganis won two gold medals in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
and in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won a silver medal in
the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, but was unable to compete in the
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because the U.S. boycotted them over
the Soviet Unions invasion of Afghanistan the previous year.
Decision could
immediately follow oral
arguments this week
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
EDITORS NOTE: This story was breaking as the
Blade went to press Wednesday. The Blade has a
reporter in Michigan covering the oral arguments;
visit washingtonblade.com for updates.
The national landscape for marriage
equality could change abruptly
following oral arguments in a Michigan
lawsuit on Wednesday if the federal
judge presiding over the case issues a
decision saying gay couples should be
able to wed in the state.
The U.S. District Court for Eastern
District of Michigan is set to hear
arguments in the case of DeBoer
v. Snyder, a lawsuit led by private
attorneys that seeks to overturn
the constitutional ban on same-sex
marriage approved by Michigan voters
in 2004.
Because requests for summary
judgment were led by both the
plaintiffs and the state, U.S. District
Judge Bernard Friedman could issue
a decision immediately after he hears
arguments in the courtroom.
Dana Nessel, one of four private
attorneys representing the lesbian
plaintiff couple in the lawsuit, said shes
very hopeful at the end of arguments
Friedman will issue a ruling against the
marriage ban in Michigan.
We dont know that thats going to
happen, but certainly, wed be thrilled
to have a resolution to this case as early
as possible, Nessel said. This case
has been pending for a very long time,
and there are hundreds and hundreds,
maybe thousands, of LGBT couples
in this state that have been awaiting a
ruling in this case.
The case was led in January 2012
by a lesbian couple, April DeBoer and
Jayne Rowse, in Hazel Park, Mich., who
were seeking a ruling granting them the
ability to adopt their three children.
Michigan law has no explicit ban on
gay adoption, but restricts adoptions
to either single persons or married
couples. Meanwhile, the Michigan
marriage law restricts the states legal
denition of marriage to opposite-sex
couples. Some judges have interpreted
that to mean gay couples cant adopt
because theyre unable to marry.
After Friedman reviewed the case last
year, he suggested to the couple that
they were actually seeking the right to
marry because the right to adopt in the
state was tied to marriage. The couple
amended their case in March to seek
marriage equality in Michigan, while
still pursuing their goal of adoption
rights, on the basis that the marriage
ban violates the due process and equal
protection clauses of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Jay Kaplan, a staff attorney at the
ACLU of Michigan, said the judge may
decide to wait beyond the day of oral
arguments perhaps indeterminately
to issue a decision on marriage, and
could ultimately avoid the marriage
issue altogether in his decision.
There are many different scenarios that
could happen here, Kaplan said. The
judge could decide maybe just to focus
in terms of the right to jointly adopt, and
he could say thats separate from the issue
of marriage, or he could decide its tied
to the issue of marriage and could also
then decide to deny the right to marry is
unconstitutional in the state of Michigan.
Its the rst oral arguments in federal
court after the U.S. Supreme Court
decision striking down the Defense
of Marriage Act. Presenting the oral
arguments on behalf of the plaintiff
couple will be private attorney Carole
Stanyar. The attorney arguing in favor of
the ban will likely be the lead counsel
representing the state, Assistant
Attorney General Kristin Heyse.
One thing to watch is whether the
decision in United States v. Windsor will
have bearing on the judges questioning
or any decision he issues. Although that
decision struck down a law prohibiting
federal recognition of same-sex
marriage, state courts and attorneys
general have already drawn on the
language in that decision to determine
that state bans on marriage equality are
unconstitutional.
Nessel said the decision would be
a tremendous benet in efforts to
lift the ban on same-sex marriage in
Michigan because of Associate Justice
Anthony Kennedys language in the
ruling expressing concern for children
raised by gay couples.
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HARVEY MILK was shot to death
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Will Mich. judge make
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Gay lawmaker married
partner last week
By CHRIS JOHNSON
A gay congressional candidate lost his
bid on Tuesday to claim the Democratic
nomination to represent Massachusetts
in the U.S. House.
Massachusetts State Rep. Carl
Sciortino, who was running to ll the
seat Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) vacated
in Massachusetts 5th congressional
district, came in third in a crowded
Democratic primary contest.
In a message via Twitter, Sciortino
congratulated State Sen. Katherine
Clark on her victory in addition to thanking
the team that helped his campaign.
According to a tally from the
Associated Press, Clark came in rst
with 32 percent of the vote, followed
by Middlesex County Sheriff Peter
Koutoujian with 22 percent of the vote,
then Sciortino with 16 percent. Clark is
favored in the general election in the
heavily Democratic district.
Endorsed by the Human Rights
Campaign and the Gay & Lesbian
Victory Fund, Sciortino emphasized
his progressive values in his bid for
Congress. A web campaign video of
him coming out as a progressive to his
Tea Party father went viral and garnered
national attention for his campaign.
As a state lawmaker, Sciortino is
credited with helping beat back a state
constitutional amendment banning
same-sex marriage in Massachusetts
and guiding a transgender civil rights
law toward passage.
Last week, Sciortino married his partner
of more than ve years, Pem Brown,
in a ceremony in Boston at the Old
South Meeting House, where people
came to celebrate in 2003 following the
Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling in
favor of same-sex marriage.
Marc Solomon, national campaign
director for Freedom to Marry, praised
Sciortinos campaign.
Carl had a strong showing in a
race that was an uphill battle from the
get-go, Solomon said. Even though
he didnt win, he inspired people all
across the state and the country with
his passion for liberal ideals and his
decency and goodness. He has a
great future in front of him as a leader
advancing equality for the LGBT
community and justice for us all.
Its possible that Clarks victory could
open a new opportunity for Sciortino.
As Daily Kos pointed out, the district
he represents in the state House,
which consists of parts of Malden
and Medford, lies within the district
she represents in the state Senate.
Sciortino could seek to run for the ofce
shes vacating. His campaign didnt
immediately respond to a request for
comment on his future plans.
living with AIDS.
We as a medical center we were
incredibly responsive, he told the
Blade, discussing stories of doctors
refusing to treat people with the
virus and nurses and other hospital
staff leaving trays of food outside the
rooms of their patients with AIDS that
emerged at the time. That really was
not the case here. There was a lot of
work done internally... we really felt very
good and had very strong connections
in the community.
Akman began to volunteer at
Whitman-Walker Clinic in the mid-1980s
as the epidemic in D.C. and elsewhere
continued to expand. He served on the
organizations board of directors for
10 years and was its president when
Whitman-Walker opened the Elizabeth
Taylor Medical Center on 14th Street,
N.W., in 1993.
Akmans late partner, Steven Dixon,
who was a physician and fellow GW
alum, chaired some of the organizations
rst AIDS Walks. They also supported
Food and Friends.
I lost a lot of friends during the time,
Akman told the Blade. All of us in our way
kept lists of who died. We were caregivers.
We were building a community response.
We were fundraising.
Akman, who is a member of the D.C.
Mayors Commission on HIV/AIDS, spoke
to the Blade a day after city ofcials
released an annual report that documents
the epidemic in the nations capital.
The report noted 15,056 D.C. residents
or 2.4 percent of Washingtonians
were living with HIV at the end of
2011. Men who have sex with men and
heterosexual sexual contact were the
two leading modes of transmission
among newly diagnosed HIV cases,
but the report found they decreased 46
percent from 2007.
The report also found the number
of HIV/AIDS-related deaths in D.C.
dropped from 425 in 2007 to 251 in
2011. And 80 percent of those who
learned they were living with the virus
in 2011 were linked to care within three
months of their diagnosis.
My sense is that were moving in
the right direction, Akman said. The
numbers of are denitely improving.
Akman applauded the way he says
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has focused on
getting people with HIV into treatment,
expanding testing, training health care
providers and ensuring there is not a
waiting list in the nations capital for
people who seek access to anti-retroviral
drugs. He also praised the way former
D.C. mayors responded to the epidemic
within the context of the information,
research and other resources that were
available to them at the time.
It feels like were turning the corner
in the District of Columbia, Akman
said. Weve still got work to do, but the
trends are all looking good.
HIV/AIDS service providers with whom
Akman worked applauded his recent
appointment and his advocacy on behalf
of people with the virus in D.C.
Through his leadership of Whitman-
Walkers board of directors in the early
1990s, we witnessed rsthand his strong
clinical leadership, his unwavering
commitment to ghting HIV/AIDS in D.C.
and his tremendous compassion for those
most in need of high-quality health care,
Whitman-Walker CEO Don Blanchon told
the Blade. He is a servant leader in every
sense of the word.
Jeff is a strong consensus builder
on this campus, dedicated to the GW
community and is committed to dening
the future of medicine here at GW, GW
Hospital CEO Barry Wolfman said in a
January press release that announced
Akmans appointment as the vice
president for health affairs and dean of
the universitys School of Medicine and
Health Services
Akman was the assistant dean for
student educational policies at the GW
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
from 1991-2000. He chaired the universitys
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences from 2000-2010.
Akman told the Blade his new position
allows him to continue the ght against
HIV/AIDS he joined more than three
decades ago.
It gives me a brand new platform to
deal with HIV/AIDS, he said. Its a new
platform for me to bring the schools
resources to bare.
Sciortino loses bid for Congress in Mass.
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Longtime AIDS activist to assume GW medical post
Dr. JEFFREY AKMAN, dean of George
Washington University School of Medicine and
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Gay Massachusetts State Rep. CARL
SCIORTINO lost his bid to represent
Massachusetts in Congress.
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metro area, the area is said to have been
affected the most by the shutdown.
Everyone that I know in the federal
workforce is very frustrated that theyre
not allowed to be getting work done,
that things are piling up, that their clients
are not being served, said Hirsch,
who has worked at the Smithsonian
Institution for 24 years.
Hirsch said he and nearly all the
federal workers he knows LGBT and
straight are especially troubled over
accusations by Obama administration
critics, including former GOP vice
presidential candidate Sarah Palin,
that the U.S. Park Service is being
disrespectful to veterans and other
citizens by denying them access to
the World War II Memorial and other
monuments in Washington.
The law is clear, he said. If
Congress has not appropriated money
you cannot work on things and do
things. And so we cant open parks. We
cant open museums and monuments
because Congress has not appropriated
the money.
Added Hirsch, I dont know a single
person at the Park Service who is happy
about closing doors, and I know a lot of
people at the Park ServiceIts putting
the federal worker in this horrible bind
to say we cant do these things and
being abused for following Congresss
direction.
Don Blanchon, executive director
of Whitman-Walker Health, the D.C.
areas largest private agency providing
medical and social services to people
with HIV and the LGBT community, said
Whitman-Walker has weathered the
federal shutdown so far largely because
it accumulated a substantial reserve
fund over the past several years.
By and large, the impact of the
shutdown directly on our operations
and patient care is minimal, he told
the Blade on Monday. Were open.
Were serving patients. And for the
foreseeable future we dont see this
shutdown causing us a tremendous
amount of difculty right now, he said.
But Blanchon noted that Whitman-
Walker along with other D.C.
community-based health groups
serving people with HIV has been hit
by D.C.s inability to pay its Medicaid
reimbursements. Under a federal law,
D.C. is prohibited from spending its
own money obtained through local tax
revenue if Congress doesnt approve
the citys annual budget.
With Congress deadlocked over the
federal budget, under which the D.C.
budget falls, the city has been unable
to spend much of its own funds since
the federal shutdown began on Oct. 1
at the start of the new scal year. Since
D.C.s budget is intertwined with the
federal budget, D.C. has been impacted
by the shutdown in a way that no other
city or state has, a development that has
infuriated D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray.
At an Oct. 11 town hall meeting Gray
said the shutdown has forced the city
to tap into its reserve funds to keep
city agencies open and to continue city
services through the end of this week or
next, at which time he said the usable
portion of the reserve fund would be
depleted.
But Gray said the reserve fund wasnt
large enough to enable the city to cover
$90 million in Medicaid reimbursement
payments to the citys private clinics and
medical providers that take Medicaid
patients during the previous week.
Blanchon said the delay in the
Medicaid payments resulted in
Whitman-Walker not receiving about
$70,000 in reimbursements for its
Medicaid patients.
While Whitman-Walkers reserve
fund will enable the LGBT health
provider to weather the storm for the
time being, as Blanchon put it, other
community-based health providers
dont have such a nancial cushion,
ofcials with those groups have said.
Some of them have already been
forced to lay off employees and curtail
services, including HIV-related services,
the ofcials have said.
Were already seeing services cut
back for LGBT and Latino community
clients, said Ruby Corado, director
of the LGBT community center Casa
Ruby. Corado said Casa Ruby, which
is funded largely by private donors,
wasnt immediately affected by the
shutdown.
Ron Simmons, executive director of
Us Helping Us, a D.C.-based HIV service
provider that reaches out to black gay
men, said his group has also managed
to get by for the past two weeks
without any noticeable impact.
But Simmons said Us Helping Us
wont be able to operate without
possible service interruptions if the
federal shutdown continues indenitely.
Although his organization doesnt have
the type of reserve fund that Whitman-
Walker has, Simmons said much of the
groups federal funding for the scal
year has already been appropriated by
Congress through various grants. He
said the payments through those grants,
including one from the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, have
continued uninterrupted during the
shutdown.
Similar to other HIV service providers
in D.C. and across the nation, funding
from the Ryan White federal AIDS
program also had been appropriated
by Congress prior to the shutdown,
enabling groups receiving Ryan White
grants to continue to receive the funds
through the rest of the scal year,
according to Carl Schmid, deputy
director of the AIDS Institute, a national
HIV/AIDS advocacy organization.
Luckily, the grants went out in April,
said Schmid in referring to the Ryan
White program, which he said provides
millions of dollars to AIDS groups across
the country.
But Schmid cautioned that if the
federal shutdown were to continue,
AIDS service providers would be
adversely impacted in a number of
ways.
One immediate effect, he said, was
federal ofcials who provide support
for the processing of Ryan White grant
applications were furloughed as soon as
the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
The new grant applications are due
Oct. 31, he said. So what if people
have questions about putting their
grant applications together in the cities
and states? Right now theres no one to
turn to.
Schmid noted that most of the
federal ofcials that administer the
Obama administrations national AIDS
strategy program as well as the White
House Ofce on AIDS Policy were also
on furlough since Oct. 1.
One or two days are one thing,
said Schmid. But now this is going on
too long and were denitely going to
have ramications. Lets hope this gets
solved soon.
Michael Cole-Schwartz, a
spokesperson for the Human Rights
Campaign, told the Blade that LGBT-
related implications of the shutdown
could, among other things, include
a cutback in the enforcement of the
federal hate crimes act that covers hate
crimes targeting LGBT people.
Cole-Schwartz said the furloughing
of Justice Department personnel could
negatively impact enforcement of both
the hate crimes law and Title IX of an
existing civil rights statute that protects
women and transgender people from
gender-related discrimination.
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By CHRIS JOHNSON
Anti-LGBT views were on display last
week during an annual gathering for
social conservatives.
Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon
at Johns Hopkins University who
was recently hired by Fox News as a
commentator, echoed his previous
opposition to change the denition of
marriage to include same-sex couples
during the Values Voter Summit, which is
hosted by the Family Research Council.
We need to recognize that God
created the family structure for a reason
and marriage is a sacred institution from
God himself, and there is no reason that
man needs to change the denition of
marriage, Carson said.
Carson said it is true that people
should be respectful of everyones
rights and expressed support for some
kind of contractual agreement between
same-sex couples, but drew the line at
marriage equality.
And I personally believe that any two
adults have the right to bind themselves
legally in such a way that they have
visitation rights, property rights,
various other rights, Carson said. But
that does not require to change the
denition of marriage.
But the most extreme anti-gay
sentiment on stage came from Sandy Rios,
host of the American Family Associations
Sandy Rios in the Morning, who railed
against what she called health risks of
homosexuality taking note of the high
rate of HIV infection in the gay community
as well as relationship issues she says
gay men face.
Because the love is misplaced
they nd themselves in a series of
heartbreaking situations, Rios said. In
the homosexual life, especially with men,
there are so many partners, theres so
much heartbreak and rejection. You think
youth is worshipped in heterosexual sex?
It is top of line. And they like young men,
young virile men. When you get older
when youre a gay man, theres so much
rejection, theres heartache.
Further, Rios dismissed the notion that
the death of Matthew Shepard in Laramie
Wyo., in 1998, was a bias-motivated
crime, and said it was instead the result
of a drug deal gone bad, pointing to a
recent book by gay journalist Stephen
Jimenez to back up her claims.
Rios said social conservatives will
continue to offer gay people hope and
redemption, pointing to those who
identify as ex-gay as examples. She
said gay people who have undertaken
ex-gay sexual orientation conversion
therapy a practice debunked
and condemned by mainstream
psychological groups are unable
to tell their stories because theyre
maligned and threatened.
There are tons of ex-gays with
fabulous stories that the American people
dont even know about, Rios said.
Carson, whos black, won signicant
media attention and applause for
comparing the health care reform law
to slavery.
Obamacare is really, I think, the worst
thing that has happened in this nation
since slavery, Carson said. And it is
in a way, it is slavery, in a way because
it is making all of us subservient to the
government.
More than 2,000 people were
estimated to have registered for
the summit, according to the Family
Research Council. Thats slightly less
than the estimated 2,500 people who
attended the summit last year during a
presidential election.
Republican commentator Mike
Huckabee railed against a pro-
transgender student law in California to
re up his audience.
The former Arkansas governor urged
attendees to oppose the School Success
& Opportunity Act, which enables
transgender students in California to
participate in programs and athletics
consistent with their gender identity, during
his speech at the Values Voter Summit.
So, Jerry Brown, the governor of
California, this week signed a bill
by the same legislature that passed a
bill that said if six-year-olds, who are
biologically boys think that they are really
girls, that they should be able to go to
the girls restroom, Huckabee said. And
if theyre 16 and they really maybe
youre biologically all male but they
identify as female, they should be able to
go to the locker room with, shower with,
and play on the sports teams of the girls.
And, to those of us who believe that
there is a difference between male and
female, we would say We have been
told youre on your own.
Huckabee continued to jab at the
law by envisioning a scenario in which a
transgender student would shower with
boys on a sports term.
And by the way, it is a good thing
that that didnt come up when I was in
high school cause Im pretty sure that
every boy in my high school would have
suddenly felt like that he was just a
little more comfortable showering with
the girls no matter how uncomfortable
the girls might have been with it,
Huckabee said.
Mara Keisling, executive director of
the National Center for Transgender
Equality, criticized Huckabees remarks.
The School Success & Opportunity
Act is simply about making all school
programs accessible for all students,
Keisling said. Thats all and Mr.
Huckabee should be extremely
supportive of that. This is about boys
being in boy space and girls being in
girl space, and everybody being able to
participate.
Glenn Becks 50-minute presentation
included references to the Holocaust
during which he displayed concentration
camp badges and explained which
group wore which colored badge.
When he asked if the crowd knew which
detainees wore the purple badges, an
audience member guessed it was gay
victims. When Beck said that the gay
Holocaust victims wore pink triangles,
there was audible laughter in the room.
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Police commissioner
meets residents
Baltimore City Police Commissioner
Anthony W. Batts along with several
ofcers from the department met with
members of the LGBT community
on Oct. 10 at the Waxter Center.
The meeting was arranged by the
departments LGBT Advisory Council
and FreeState Legal.
The forum, which was scheduled as
part of Baltimore Black Prides weeklong
celebration, was aimed at opening lines
of communication and to improve
relations between the department and
LGBT residents.
It also focused on alleged hate crimes
as well as proling and harassment by
police that targets community members.
In addition, the manner and tone in which
police ofcers have spoken to members
of the public was discussed.
Were here to be open, were
here to engage, were here to be
part of the community all parts
of the community, Batts said. The
commissioner, who said he grew up with
a gay uncle, saw the high-prole beating
of gay man Kenni Shaw last Christmas as
the catalyst to improve communication.
This led to the establishment of the
LGBT Advisory Council.
Shaw and his supporters believe the
attack outside a corner store in East
Baltimore was a hate crime given Shaws
sexual orientation and the fact that no
robbery was committed. Batts indicated
that the police have not reached the
conclusion that it was a hate crime and
no such charges were led.
Other issues addressed included the
handling of same-sex domestic violence
situations between same-sex couples, the
procedures in place to deal with proling
complaints, crime in the area and the
success so far of the Public Enemy No.
1 campaign. The police touted statistics
indicating a decline in violent and property
crime from the previous year.
Unfortunately, there were more
police and city ofcials there than
actually community members and
stakeholders, activist Rev. Meredith
Moise said of the surprisingly low turnout.
It is great to see the commissioner and
his staff reaching out to the Baltimore
LGBT community. However, we, as a
community, need to show up and be
present for these events. A relationship
is a two-way street. Hopefully more folks
will show up to the next event.
Queer lm festival begins
The rst screening of Baltimores
QUEER Film & Media Festival or
BmoreQFest will take place Nov.
2 at Universal Catering & Events, 6809
Blair Rd. in Baltimore. The screening,
Married & Counting sponsored by
Del. Maggie McIntosh, is one of a series
of events that will consist of lms, a
discussion panel and fundraising events
to benet the festival in June 2014. A
meet and greet with the lmmaker, Allan
Piper, will take place at 5 p.m. followed
by the lm at 6 p.m.
After more than a decade without
one to call its own, Baltimore will once
again host a signicant and larger
international LGBT lm Festival, said
Chris Lines, the festivals director and a
former lmmaker as well as a fundraiser
who founded Baltimores Queer
Film and Video Festival in 1998 and ran
it through 1999.
For more information about this and
upcoming screenings and the festival
itself, visit bqfmfestival.org.
STEVE CHARING
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Streamlining LGBT enrollment in Obamacare
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insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, CNN reports.
In honor of National Coming Out Day last week, Out2Enrolls Be Out, Be Healthy,
Get Covered campaign launched an LGBT-friendly website with advice about how
to navigate the insurance marketplace.
Kellan Baker, who heads the program, did focus groups and surveys with hundreds
of LGBT people and heard many concerns, CNN reports.
Increased health challenges for LGBT people have been widely documented. Last
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the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the community, CNN said.
Out2Enroll worked with the administration to ensure the new law is LGBT-inclusive.
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Open enrollment for the Obamacare insurance marketplaces runs through March
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insurance one must pay for a policy by Dec. 15.
Senior LGBT care law signed in Calif.
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aims to ensure that the states LGBT seniors get respectful and competent elder care
by integrating LGBT cultural competency instruction to the training received by care
facility administrators, LGBTQ Nation reported.
Assembly Bill 663 was authored by state Rep. Jimmy Gomez and sponsored by
Equality California and the California Senior Legislature, the article said.
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will be an estimated 3 million LGBT seniors in the United States, Gomez said in a
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Wayne County outside of Detroit ranks as the sixth-highest county. Health ofcials
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percentages, the article noted.
Calif. GOP opposes trans student law
SAN FRANCISCO Californians could face another divisive, expensive
battle over LGBT rights now that a coalition of conservative groups has hired
the veteran GOP strategist behind Proposition 8 and raised hundreds of
thousands of dollars to qualify a ballot measure that would repeal a new
law requiring schools to make accommodations for transgender students,
the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The law, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed in August, says schools must allow
transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms and play on
sports teams that match their gender identication, the Chronicle article said.
Frank Schubert, the Republican political consultant behind both Prop. 8
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because it opens up the most sensitive areas of public schools and
threatens parental rights, the Chronicle said.
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invalidating legislation that conservatives have dubbed the transgender
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Its goal is to gather 505,000 valid signatures by Nov. 12, which supporters
say would stop the law from taking effect in January and allow Californians to
vote on the issue in November 2014, the Chronicle reported.
The referendum drive was ofcially endorsed by California Republican
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rhetoric on the transgender student law, according to the Chronicle article.
He called it alarming and disappointing that ... part of the (Republican)
Party would follow fringe hate groups leading this effort.
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Cranberries, apples and
pumpkin can be used
in all kinds of recipes
With fall comes the crispy cool air,
hay rides, pumpkin spice lattes, warm
sweaters, hiking, camping and best
of all, the avors, textures, colors and
health benets that fall foods have to
offer.
While I could go on for days about my
favorite foods and dishes for fall and why
they are so healthy for you, Ive narrowed
it down to three of my favorites: apples,
cranberries and pumpkin.
CRANBERRIES
Bright red, shiny, tart and tangy
what is there not to love about
cranberries? I love cranberries because
theyre super healthy and packed with:
Vitamin C that helps protect us from
everything from heart disease, immune
system deciencies to eye disease.
Antioxidants that help prevent
heart disease and keep our LDL (bad
cholesterol) low, while increasing our
HDL (good cholesterol).
Dietary ber that helps ght against
cancer, diabetes, inammation and
bacterial infections.
Cranberries are generally available
from October to December. Look for
berries that are bright red, rm to the
touch and with the skin intact. The
brighter the cranberries, the more
antioxidants and avor they have.
CRANBERRY/AVOCADO SALAD
This simple recipe consists of two
ripe avocados (diced), cup of dried
cranberries (no sugar added), cup
of red onion (diced) and 2 tablespoons
of chopped of cilantro.Add in 2
tablespoons of fresh lime juice and
honey and pinch of salt and black
pepper for extra avor. Mix all these
ingredients in a large bowl and enjoy
this beautiful, colorful salad.
APPLES
From granny smiths to gala apples, you
cant go wrong with all the healthy options
you have when it comes to apples.
Apples have something called Pectin,
which in short, limits the amount of fat
that can be absorbed into your cells
and therefore, results in a fat ashing
response in the body.
If you want to boost your endurance
while working out, be sure to eat an apple
beforehand. Apples have this unique
antioxidant called quercetin, which aids
in endurance by making oxygen more
available to the lungs while working out.
Apples are packed with polyphenols,
which have a variety of benets some of
which include anti-inammatory/anti-
aging properties that keep our joints
happy and our bodies looking youthful.
Although fresh apples are available all
year long, I nd the varieties (granny smith,
macintosh, red delicious) that are best to
cook with are more readily available during
the fall. Be sure to look for apples that
are brightly colored, rm and that arent
bruised, soft to the touch or brown in color.
APPLE-CRANBERRY GRANOLA
This simple recipe consists of three
apples of your choosing (diced) with
cup of fresh or dried cranberries/cherries
and 1 cup of rolled oats. Mix ingredients
into a large bowl with 1 tablespoon of fresh
lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of real butter,
cup of agave nectar and 1 teaspoon of
ground cinnamon. Spread ingredients out
on a large cookie sheet in a 375-degree
oven until the oats are golden and the
apples are dry. Serve over some Greek
yogurt for a great morning snack.
PUMPKIN
To me there is no better, warmer,
richer fall avor than pumpkin.
Pumpkin is rich in vitamin A, which not
only helps us keep the youthfulness and
vitality of our skin, but it also keeps our
eyes and vision strong.
The seeds in pumpkin contain an
amino acid called tryptophan. While
tryptophan is known for making us sleepy,
it also helps in producing serotonin in
our body, which stabilizes our mood and
makes us happy and calm.
If youre feeling a little tired after you
workout, be sure to have a little pumpkin soup
or a pumpkin bar. Pumpkin is backed with
potassium and gives you a boost in energy!
Pumpkins are available all year long.
Mature pumpkins should feel and look heavy
to the touch. If you tap on the pumpkin, it
should make a nice sound. Avoid pumpkins
that look wrinkled, bruised or cut.
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Youve probably
never heard of it
Were you to imagine the most important
AIDS conference in the world, you probably
would picture a meeting of world-renowned
scientists and researchers rubbing elbows
with the top brass of pharmaceutical
companies and coexisting with the most
prominent leaders of the AIDS community.
Youd probably assume the conference
takes place in a major U.S. or European city
or at some high-prole resort where your
meeting also can serve as a luxury vacation.
You perhaps also picture a conference
during which groundbreaking research is
presented for the rst time, amid a urry of
press releases and media alerts.
Youd also expect the conference to
feature businesses seeking AIDS-related
dollars promoting themselves with seven-
gure mega booths hoping to attract new
sources of prot as they spread the word
about their antiretroviral brands and other
AIDS-related products and drugs.
But instead, what if I were to tell you the
most important AIDS conference takes
place in a small town on the panhandle of
Florida, on an island with fewer than 20,000
residents known as the Redneck Riviera?
Im referring to an area that was one of the
hardest hit by the BP oil spill shortly after
Barack Obama took ofce. The area, also
hit many times over the years by hurricanes,
is still recovering from the BP destruction.
The islands name is Okaloosa Island
and its located in a region of the country
where HIV and AIDS cases are on the rise
yet supported by only a single AIDS
organization, OASIS.
The conference, which is hosted by
OASIS, called Positive Living, marked its
16th annual gathering. At one point several
months ago, Butch McKay, the long-time
executive director of OASIS, considered
cancelling the meeting altogether.
Fortunately, Butch was able to pull together
sufcient resources to keep the conference
going once again.
So why is Positive Living most important
AIDS-related gathering?
It is the only conference in the United
States that caters almost exclusively to
people who are HIV positive or living with
AIDS. It is a conference that shuns AIDS-
related stigma and whose attendees
embrace their HIV status, sharing common
experiences in hopes their openness can
help others who live with HIV or AIDS and
reverse the spread of HIV.
Positive Living focuses on people who
must live with the AIDS virus, both those
just diagnosed and those with years under
their belts. Leaders in the eld of AIDS
from all over the country and the world,
including Africa, spoke on critical AIDS- and
HIV-related issues. Attendees travel to the
conference from all around the country,
many carpooling from southeastern states.
To me the most important focus of the
conference, conrmed by many attendees
I met during the weekend, is the social
component: the opportunity for people
living with HIV and AIDS to feel free to talk
openly about what it means to be living
with the disease. At one point, I saw a
group of attendees spread out around the
conference to try to nd AIDS medication
for a fellow attendee who had inadvertently
misplaced this life-saving treatment.
Unfortunately, the medication was an older
antiretroviral that few patients take today.
The solution? Hey, I will give you some of
my meds (the same medication), a seless
attendee said in a hushed voice, and I can
spread mine out over six days instead of
taking them three days in a row.
This action would, of course, be frowned
upon by the pharmaceutical industry and
AIDS doctors and even by some activists,
yet it could be critical to the patient who
needs the medication immediately. Risky?
Perhaps, but what a tremendous show of
support for those in need. Regrettably, over
the years, this is something we seem to
have lost as a community.
The idea that the group and its members
are more important than the individual
resonates with me. I believe most people,
HIV positive or not, would nd this one act
of kindness extraordinarily compelling.
The pharmaceutical industry wields
enormous power in the AIDS community,
more today because of the economic
downturn than it did in past years. However,
I guarantee you sales of AIDS drugs are
increasing, not dropping. In fact, prots
never have been higher, propelled by the
growing number of infections. Sadly, HIV
infections havent gone down in the almost
33-year history of this pandemic.
It is my sincere hope that potential
funders, especially the pharmaceutical
companies, will fully support next years
Positive Living conference. It may take
place on a small island on the panhandle
of Florida, yet it very well may be the most
important AIDS conference in the world.
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haste to act without fully
evaluating impact
D.C. Council member Tommy Wells is
impatient to raise the local minimum wage.
He hopes his colleagues will move quickly
to enact an additional local hike above the
national rate.
A hasty and haphazard decision, how-
ever, will harm those he hopes to help.
Were going to get a minimum wage in-
crease, Wells predicted in an interview last
Friday. On that, there is little doubt and
scant opposition. Controversy centers on
what constitutes a reasonable amount.
Wells indicated that he is not wedded
to a pride of ownership on the issue. Re-
gardless, his legislative proposal, one of
three and enjoying the sponsorship of a
majority of his colleagues, will likely be the
framework for Council consideration.
Wells wants to raise the local rate by an-
other dollar in each of the next two years,
to a total of $10.25 beginning July 31, 2015.
The current $8.25 is a dollar higher than the
federal rate and in both neighboring Mary-
land and Virginia. Subsequent automatic
annual increases would be tied to the higher
urban Consumer Price Index. Wells also
provides for a partially mitigating employer
credit up to 25 percent of assessed property
taxes for small businesses with annual gross
revenues up to $2.5 million.
Wells has crafted an outline that, with
modest downward revision in amount, a
more measured implementation sched-
ule and additional business offsets, mer-
its approval. As offered, it would exceed
the few elevated state rates nationwide,
most by much.
Smarter in approach is that already
initiated by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray,
who advocates a reasonable minimum
wage increase. Gray has launched an ex-
pedited yet thorough examination of the
scope and impact of variable increases.
D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser has
introduced legislation to create a Mini-
mum Wage Revision Commission com-
prised of stakeholders and economists to
fully assess the implications.
The mayor is correct to have undertaken
assemblage of facts to inform action. Oth-
erwise the unintended consequences and
counterproductive results of too high an
increase, too rapid a schedule or insufcient
business offsets are a risk. Likewise, Bowsers
instinct to know-before-voting is deserving
of Council approval.
Only 0.005 percent of those employed
at District jobs, or approximately 4,000
workers, are paid the hourly minimum. Ac-
cording to the most recent Bureau of Labor
Statistics report, 12 percent of D.C. jobs are
hourly compensated.
The D.C. Council has not identied the
demographics, skills, occupations or indus-
tries of hourly-wage jobs or determined the
range and prevailing hourly amount paid.
Nor have they appraised the likely effects
on employment or net wages and benets,
or other factors. They have not considered
the impact that upward pressure on hourly
wages for those currently paid above the
minimum will have on net employment.
Theyre ying blind.
Wells would also admirably increase per-
sonal income tax standard deductions, but
in advance of Council review of tax reforms
recommended by the D.C. Tax Revision
Commission, chaired by former Mayor An-
thony Williams. Again, he wants to drag the
cart up ahead of the horse.
A city desperate for new entry-level
jobs with unemployment near 9 percent
that graduates only 60 percent of high
school students cannot afford to en-
danger the creation and availability of
low-skill modest-wage employment op-
portunities. More than 11,000 applied in
the rst week for 1,800 jobs at planned
Walmart stores following recent defeat of
a large retailer minimum wage mandate
of $12.50 an hour.
A sensible minimum wage adjustment
must factor prevailing wages for hourly
workers to prevent potential job losses
or a net reduction in employment. Too
steep an increase will result in reluctance
to hire or the retention of existing em-
ployees for maximum stafng exibility
with a roll-back in hours to manage rising
costs, or a reduction in benets particu-
larly at small businesses.
Broad agreement exists for a reason-
able and responsible increase in the local
minimum wage. The D.C. Council needs
to steady the rush to passage to ensure
that it is both.
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By PHILIP CLARK
I was pleased to see multiple pieces
of coverage of GLBT history in the Oct.
4 issue of the Blade, from St. Sukie de la
Croixs remembrance of Chicagos early
gay rights activist Henry Gerber to Chris
Kanes column about the potential cre-
ation of the Velvet Foundations Nation-
al LGBT Museum. This museum project,
in development for some time, shows in
particular a desire to construct and me-
morialize a narrative about LGBT lives
and their place in national history.
It is easy, though, in the excitement of
creating a national story, to forget about
local LGBT histories and the battles for
respect and equality that are fought and
won on a personal, local level. It is or-
ganizations like D.C.s Rainbow History
Project (for which I am a board member)
that work to preserve these place-spe-
cic stories and memories. Since 2000,
Rainbow History has been collecting
oral histories of D.C.-area LGBT people,
guiding walking tours of neighborhood
sites, researching local LGBT gures
and organizations, and through public
events and the archives on its website
(rainbowhistory.org), working to pro-
mote a knowledge and understanding
of what being LGBT in Washington D.C.
has meant to its residents.
Our archival partnership with the
Historical Society of Washington also
provides a place where researchers or
community members can go to view
documents, publications, and objects
related to D.C.s rich LGBT history.
The Rainbow History Project encour-
ages all Blade readers to check out our
website to see our online archives, learn
about our upcoming events, and even
get involved with the organization and
its efforts. We are interested in working
with organizations and individuals in the
community to get their paperwork sort-
ed, preserved and made accessible to
scholars and future generations. If you
are interested in donating materials,
or volunteering to assist in this effort,
please contact us.
As national LGBT history gets its due,
lets not forget about the existence and
the importance of the history right out-
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Preserving local LGBT communitys stories
As mayor noted, city
is not a federal agency
Mayor Vincent Gray spoke clearly to
President Obama and Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) about what
not agreeing to exempt the District of
Columbia from the federal shutdown
meant to the most vulnerable living
here. He reiterated what they already
know, The District of Columbia is not a
federal agency.
When the federal government shut
down in 1995 and 1996, the District
was exempted from the prohibition on
spending its own money after ve days.
As the mayor spoke, we were entering
the 11th day of the current shutdown.
Some have suggested that as a Demo-
crat the mayor should not challenge
the policy of the president and Senate
Democrats to not pass any piecemeal
bills to open federal agencies even
knowing they already made some ex-
ceptions. New York was even allowed
to pay federal personnel to open monu-
ments like the Statue of Liberty. The
District was not asking to spend federal
money but rather to spend the money
its own residents pay in local taxes to
their own government.
The mayor gave clear examples of
how the shutdown impacted the needi-
est of our residents. He explained the
impact of inaction:
Services like reimbursing Med-
icaid providers who care for people
who are poor and disabled, or paying
our public charter schools, or collect-
ing our garbage services that the
residents of every other city and state in
America take for granted, because they
are services that will continue for every
other city and state in our country dur-
ing a federal shutdown. He explained,
Weve already delayed one $90 mil-
lion payment to our Medicaid providers
that was due last Friday. This is causing
serious problems for these providers,
with the potential to cause catastrophic
problems if we are forced to delay these
payments much longer. Ruth Joseph is
a nance ofcer with Health Manage-
ment, Inc., which employs personal care
aides who assist people who are blind,
homebound and bedridden as well as
those who need rides to doctors ap-
pointments. Their last payroll was today.
If they dont receive their Medicaid pay-
ments soon, they wont be able to keep
their doors open much longer. Laura
Nuss is the director of the Districts De-
partment of Disability Services. She said
her agency has about 500 homes and
other 30-day programs and vocational
programs that serve people with dis-
abilities. She is concerned about the
ability of all these providers to keep
appropriate amounts of food supplies
on hand if we are forced to delay pay-
ments to them much longer. Shes also
worried about these providers ability to
pay their staff to maintain appropriate
levels of supervision and support. And
their ability to continue delivering clini-
cal therapy services on schedule, and
the ability of clients to keep medical ap-
pointments and get tests at the proper
frequency during a lapse in Medicaid
funding.
Its not only Medicaid payments that
are being held up by the Districts unjust
and unique lack of authority over our
own budget, the mayor explained. The
city was forced to delay a multi-million
dollar payment to the Washington Met-
ropolitan Area Transit Authority to help
keep Metro running, forcing it to oper-
ate on its own cash reserves. The mayor
talked about not being able to make
a $150 million quarterly payment to the
Districts 66 public charter schools and
they will begin delaying paychecks to
teachers and principals. Some have said
they will have to close and some may
even take a nancial hit from which they
wont recover.
He went on to say that, Our entire
regions public safety is being compro-
mised by the shutdown. The federal
shutdown prohibits the District from dis-
tributing Urban Areas Security Initiative
funding to neighboring states, counties
and cities. This funding supports the
protection of high-visibility potential
targets in the entire metropolitan area.
The mayor reported that, Fairfax Coun-
ty Fire Chief Richie Bowers explained
how the inability to use those funds has
forced him to delay implementation of
projects that would help protect the
people of Fairfax County from terrorist
attacks.
The Federal City Council said, The
District of Columbia is self-evidently dis-
tinguishable from a federal agency. We
are a living, breathing city with residents
who work hard, pay taxes and participate
in our local democratic process. Residents
of the District of Columbia deserve to
decide how to spend their locally raised
dollars. The president and the Congress
should do what is fair and exempt the city
from the federal shutdown.
When the mayor spoke it was past
time that the Senate pass and the presi-
dent sign the bill the House had already
passed with 34 Democratic votes in-
cluding Moran and Connolly of Virginia,
to exempt the District from the shut-
down. They should have acted to pre-
vent the dire consequences that could
have been faced by the 632,000 people
in the District. With all due respect Sen.
Reid, If there is another shut down,
Dont screw it up.
D.C. should be exempt from federal shutdown
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PHILIP CLARK is a board member of the Rainbow
History Project. Reach him via rainbowhistory.org.
PETER ROSENSTEIN is a D.C.-based LGBT rights
and Democratic Party activist. He writes regularly for
the Blade.
As national LGBT history gets its due, lets not
forget about the existence and the importance of the
history right outside our own windows.
VI EWPOI NT
We must provide students
with a variety of options
in education
By JEROME HUNT
Lets face the facts: We live in a changing
world where the road to economic stability
and success is closely tied to quality educa-
tion. Quality education means providing
students with the tools and knowledge to
be able to make a difference and fulll the
needs within our society. This can occur
immediately after high school, college or
graduate or professional school.
Not everyone who is economically stable
or successful has attended a top-ranked uni-
versity, college or community college. Nor
does every profession require our youth to
take one of the aforementioned roads. But
the Career Academies that were introduced
recently provide students with the neces-
sary tools to directly enter the workforce or
continue their education after high school.
D.C. Council member David Catania
has called funding for the plan anemic
in comparison to the youth of the city who
have dropped out or are unemployed, the
Washington Post reported. He told the Post
that, if this city can nd $150 million to build
a soccer stadium, we can certainly nd mon-
ey to make a commensurate investment in
our young people.
Well, Mr. Catania, arent we investing in
some of these students with this program?
It may not be the equivalent of soccer sta-
dium funding, but $2.8 million is at least a
start. Its funding that will be used to prepare
students in three areas of demand in which
the District needs workershospitality, en-
gineering and information technology. It
will in no way solve all the problems of the
educational system, but it is certainly a step
in the right direction.
For this reason, I agree with Mayor Vin-
cent Grey who supports the program and
has stated, Our goal is to be able to get
people to work and reduce our unemploy-
ment levels over time. A lot of talk is al-
ways had about the bad reputation of D.C.
schools and how test scores dont reect
the money poured into the system. How-
ever, when an innovative or new program
is introduced some run for the hills scream-
ing about why the program wont work and
how money could be spent more wisely.
Moreover, many residents of this city and
outsiders complain that the youth of D.C.
are inadequately prepared to work or pur-
sue higher education. Programs such as the
career academies help to resolve this issue
and provide youth with opportunities for
a great future. The programs help to fulll
desperately needed jobs within the city.
And this provides an alternative career path
for those students who feel that college is
not the route they want to take immediately
and gives them the skills necessary to en-
ter into elds immediately following high
school. Finally, it will allow those who want
to continue their education to be able to do
so with the skills necessary to have success
in college and beyond.
There is no harm in providing students
with a variety of options and the ability to
take their economic stability and success
into their own hands. Isnt it better to have
another option available to students who
would otherwise drop out because they
dont feel that the school system is prepar-
ing them to enter the workforce or obtain
higher education?
Instead of being quick to already
doom the program as a waste of money
or not enough to solve the problem, we
need to give it a chance to see if it will
indeed work. Lets take all of that nega-
tive energy and put it into xing other
parts of the school system so it is effec-
tive as a whole and not just in parts. We
owe that to the youth of this city.

Career academies a good move for D.C. schools
VI EWPOI NT
A desire to not be dened by
inexible terms
Bisexual women face unique challeng-
es in both dating and advocacy within
the LGBT community. Even the term bi-
sexual itself is loaded and some women
who others may consider bisexual prefer
to identify in other terms due to negative
connotations that are sometimes associ-
ated with bisexuality.
Jimmie Luthuli, a D.C. resident and sec-
retary of the Gertrude Stein Democratic
Club, is bisexual, but prefers to identify as
queer. I feel queer is more useful than bi-
sexual because it allows for more diversity
and solidarity in the community, Luthuli
said. It doesnt separate me from lesbians
in the quest for equality. Queer gives us a
sense of camaraderie. Queer leaves room
for the fact that human sexuality is diverse
and uid. The terms lesbian and bisexual
are limiting.
Anna Bavier, a D.C.-based event plan-
ner, also prefers the term queer over bi-
sexual because its a broader term that she
says describes her more accurately.
Queer is more encompassing of the
different types of people Im attracted
to, Bavier said. Lesbian is limiting be-
cause its not just women and bisexual is
limiting because its not just women and
men because I have dated trans men
and Im in a relationship with a trans
man now.
Bavier also sometimes refers to herself
as a lesbian-identied bisexual because
she is much more comfortable in les-
bian spaces since [she has] mainly dated
women. Its a more welcoming space. Up
until the last couple of years, bisexual was
a negative term, she said.
Both women have encountered preju-
dice from being bisexual. Many bisexuals
face stereotypes from both the hetero-
sexual and the gay and lesbian commu-
nity. Luthuli has encountered both men
and women who have refused to date
her when she tells them that she is bisex-
ual. She says that she often has to battle
stereotypes that bi women are promis-
cuous, disease ridden, untrustworthy,
confused and unable to be in a commit-
ted relationship. She mentioned that
she faces some of the same discrimina-
tion that lesbians face from heterosexu-
als, but also encounters bigotry from les-
bians as well.
The difculties are not just limited to
dating. The LGBT activist community often
neglects to put bisexual women and men
in the forefront.
Bisexual voices are silenced by the
mainstream LGBT community and our
voices are not seen to be urgent to be put
front and center. The legacy organizations
have advocated for gay and lesbian rights.
They have prioritized issues of the exclu-
sively gay male and lesbian woman over
issues exclusive to bisexuals, Luthuli said.
Bavier agreed that being bisexual pres-
ents unique challenges.
Women ask me when was the last time
I slept with a man, some have said that I
wasnt real, and some ask why I throw les-
bian parties, she said. Ive had to come
out twice. I had to come out as dating
women and I had to come out as bi.
In this area, its more challenging to
say youre bi both for women and men
than in other places Ive lived, Bavier
said. As an example of the regions rigid
nature, Bavier noted you dont see many
couples where two masculine or [domi-
nant] women are dating here. Even
women who have recently been in rela-
tionships with men have questioned her.
I have tried to date women who have a
child under 2 with an ex-husband or boy-
friend and theyre challenging me on how
real I am. People need to check their dis-
crimination or aversion to someones self-
proclaimed label. Its ridiculous. I didnt
date men for many years and still claimed
that I was bi.
Bavier has also had heterosexual non-
transgender men that she has dated
overstep their boundaries. I have had
someone say some derogatory things
about lesbians and I had to let him know
that just because Im dating you doesnt
mean Im any less involved in the com-
munity. The one group that she dates
and has never faced discrimination from
is transgender men.
One takeaway from the bisexual or
queer women proled here is the desire
to not be dened by inexible terms that
do not fully capture the spectrum of hu-
man sexuality. Bisexual women are out
here and they are a key component of
the LGBT community. The community, as
a whole, needs to do a better job of em-
bracing these women and understanding
their issues.
washingtonblade.com
24 OCTOBER 18, 2013 LI FE I N THE I NTERSECTI ON
Bisexual women seek to dene themselves
JEROME HUNT, Ph.D., is a visiting assistant
professor of political science at the University of
the District of Columbia. His research focuses on
post-racial black leaders and the black LGBT
community. The views expressed in this article are
his own. Reach him at Jerome.r.hunt@gmail.com
or on twitter @jeromehuntphd.
LATEEFAH WILLIAMS biweekly column, Life in
the Intersection, focuses on the intersection of
race, gender and sexual orientation. She is the
immediate past president of the Gertrude Stein
Democratic Club. Reach her at lateefah4@hotmail.
com or follow her at twitter @lateefahwms.
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fans. Famous for his Oscar jokes and appearances
on Hollywood Squares, we caught up with him by
phone two weeks ago where he was in a jovial mood,
cracking jokes the whole time. His comments have
been slightly edited for length.
WASHINGTON BLADE: Is it harder to make
people laugh in the Internet age? How do you still
make people laugh when theyve seen it all?
BRUCE VILANCH: Well yeah, its harder to come
up with original stuff because someone will write
something, post it online then its out there before
its even been performed. Its like instantaneous. So
its harder now to surprise people. But on the other
hand, people are so much more connected now
that they get every joke. Things are in touch almost
to a sickening amount so that by the time you try
something live, they get every reference because
theyve had a chance to be exposed to it. I guess
there are plusses and minuses. I think also the
chances of offending somebody have quadrupled.
BLADE: Why?
VILANCH: Everybody feels their opinion is valid
and they have a place to post it publicly now. It used
to be reserved for the people who had the platforms
but now anybody can post their opinion.
BLADE: Is it hard to keep doing it? I think many of
us outside of Hollywood imagine it must be constant
pressure.
VILANCH: Well, you have to keep working at it.
Fortunately as a writer, you can generate your own
work. Actors have a hard time doing that. But then
you have to go off and try to sell it. You can never
afford to be asleep at the switch, unlike the people
who run trains in Chicago. But thankfully there are no
real term limits on these kinds of things. I guess at
a certain point you start ghting a creeping ageism
but if youre distinctive enough, people dont mind.
Everybody loved Rodney Dangereld and now hes
up there with God. God must be happier now.
BLADE: What brings you to our fair city?
VILANCH: Ill be in town to be part of the Mark
Twain Prize ceremony to Carol Burnett at the
Kennedy Center (on Sunday), so while Im here Ill be
making a little appearance at Cobalt as well.
BLADE: Will you be performing at Cobalt?
VILANCH: Not really a performance. More of a
meet-and-greet and maybe answer some questions.
And getting some phone numbers hopefully.
Facebook is unreliable. You have to save them in
your phone.
BLADE: Did you do any writing for Carols show
back in the 70s?
VILANCH: No, I never did. She and her husband
at the time believed in hiring writing teams. They
seemed to like what they were getting with the
contracts for a writing team and I didnt have a
writing partner. I had a sex partner, but thats not
what they were interested in. Later I worked with her
on some specials and some personal appearances
but not anything where she was in character.
BLADE: What was the show she did in the early
90s on NBC?
VILANCH: Oh yeah, Carol & Company I think.
It did fairly well I think, but she stopped because she
said it was like shooting a new pilot every week. Each
episode was like a one-act play and thats very hard
to pull off on a weekly basis. I think she had some
success with it but she just didnt want to work that
hard all the time.
BLADE: The Screen Actors Guild just came out
with a study on actors and anti-gay discrimination.
It seemed a little surprising considering how many
power gays we have in Hollywood like Ellen and Neil
Patrick Harris.
VILANCH: Who look remarkably similar, dont they?
BLADE: We see lots of LGBT actors, but is it still
squeamish in the boardrooms? Whats been your
experience?
VILANCH: I think its a lot less squeamish than it
was. Im not really in the boardrooms, so I cant really
comment on that. Its just like every place generally.
Weve become part of the mainstream. Were
probably getting very close to having a big male
action or romantic star whos gay. I dont know who it
would be. Maybe if Cheyenne Jackson got a big role
or something we could test the long-held theory that
they wont buy you in a big action or romantic role
if youre gay. Its happening more in pro sports.
Maybe someday well have somebody say, Yes, Im
James Bond. And I enjoy a good old fudgepacking.
BLADE: Of course we have to talk about the
Oscars. The host job seems notoriously brutal. The
critics seem like they cant wait to hate anybody new
who tries it. Yet you always seem to come out smelling
like a rose. Is it because youre not out there on stage?
VILANCH: Im attered you think that but obviously
BRUCE VILANCH is in town to honor Carol Burnett at the Kennedy
Center this weekend. Hes at Cobalt tonight.
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How long have you been out and who
was the hardest person to tell?
Since 1970 and the hardest person to tell
was my sister since my parents were both
deceased.
Whos your LGBT hero?
That one is easy my drag mother,
Mame Dennis because she helped start
the Academy almost 51 years ago.
Whats Washingtons best
nightspot, past or present?
Black Fox Lounge
Describe your dream wedding.
Place doesnt really matter as long as my
friends are there and theres a groom.
What non-LGBT issue
are you most passionate about?
Helping senior citizens get out of
poverty and immigration laws.
What historical outcome
would you change?
The Citizens United ruling.
Whats been the most memorable pop
culture moment of your lifetime?
Being able to do drag the way I want.
On what do you insist?
Treat old people with respect because
we will all be there one day.
What was your last
Facebook post or Tweet?
Not on Facebook too much drama.
If your life were a book,
what would the title be?
The Ups and Downs of Chris Monroe
If science discovered a way to change
sexual orientation, what would you do?
Nothing
What do you believe in
beyond the physical world?
That there is life after death.
Whats your advice for
LGBT movement leaders?
Continue to stress the importance of
safe-sex practice among young gays
because they are our future.
What would you walk
across hot coals for?
My best friends as well as family.
What LGBT stereotype
annoys you most?
How people describe gays in
general and that were supposedly trying
to convert young people into the gay
lifestyle.
Whats your favorite LGBT movie?
Brokeback Mountain
Whats the most
overrated social custom?
Feeling guilty for not remembering
dates in general and forgetting to send
birthday cards.
What trophy or prize
do you most covet?
I have so many but the one that stands
out the most is my retirement certicate for
years of hard work and dedication.
What do you wish youd known at 18?
To start saving more money toward
retirement.
Why Washington?
Why not? Its a beautiful city with so
much to do and see.
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
Performing as his drag alter ego Chris Monroe, Leon Hargraves has
won so many titles and awards in the Drag Academy of Washington, he
eventually removed the engraved plates to keep and gave the trophies
themselves back to Academy head Mame Dennis to recycle.
Best Actress in 2002, Miss Gaye Universe in 1998 are just a couple that
Hargraves has won as an Academy Member since 1978. Miss Gaye America
is one of the few contests he hasnt won. Coming as close as rst runner up
in six previous tries, Monroe will try again Saturday. The contest will be held
at Town at 4 p.m. (doors open at 3). Admission for Academy members is
$15; $20 for guests. Details at thewashingtonacademy.com.
Despite his willingness to recycle, Hargraves says the awards are still
special.
Its wonderful because these titles arent just given out, you have to
work and earn them, he says. You cant just come into the Academy and
sit there. Theres a job to do and you have to get in line.
Hargraves started drag in 1970, like many, at Halloween.
Before I knew it, I was hooked, he says.
The Waycross, Ga., native came to Washington in 1977 after a 10-year
Army career. He retired last year after 42 years working in the Department
of Defense.
He now enjoys more free time and says its refreshing not to have to
watch the clock. Hargraves also performs in Tulas Drag Show at Black
Fox Lounge every Sunday night.
Hargraves is single and lives in Alexandria. He enjoys running, working
out, movies and of course drag in his free time.
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Washington National Operas
modern production restores
a Verdi classic
By GREG MARZULLO
As conductor Xian Zhang mounted
the podium Saturday evening for the
Washington National Operas opening
night of The Force of Destiny, the
audience seemed to lean in, eagerly
anticipating the driving overture that
is the works most recognizable calling
card. Yet, only silence remained. The
curtain rose on a dumb-show dinner
scene in a luxurious home, where a
family broke bread and a maid stood
anxiously by the large window, looking
out into the blackest of nights.
Like the unsuspecting characters
of Giuseppe Verdis sweeping work
La Forza del Destino (WNO oddly
translates the title into English), the
audience would have to wait for
destiny to come to us on its own terms.
Director Francesca Zambellos creative
opening gave the story an unexpected
immediacy, especially as the tragic
events surrounding the heroine Leonora
(Adina Aaron) and her lover Don Alvaro
(Giancarlo Monsalve) unfolded in the
rst scene. Once the die was cast,
however, the overture blared from the
pit as an interlude between the life
the protagonists dreamed of and the
tumultuously bloody years ahead.
Zambello, a lesbian, moved the drama
from the mid-1800s to the present day,
complete with signs advertising sex,
pole dancers displaying their wares
outside a club and costumes evoking a
citys downtrodden, but this change of
scene isnt done thoughtlessly to bring
in new opera fans. It actually works
beautifully at times.
Leonora, costumed as a vagrant, ees
her broken family home and the wrath
of a brother hell-bent on killing her, and
lands outside an urban monastery, with
grafti scrawled on its walls and a neon
cross over the door. Yet, as she drops
to her knees and begs God to rescue
her from this miserable life, the plight
of the modern-day heroine seems less
antiquated and more real, reminding us
of our own dark nights of the soul when
weve turn to a God we may or may not
believe in to see us through til dawn.
The vision doesnt always work
seamlessly penitent monks
wandering through a raucous, sex-
crazed street crowd seems more tting
for an earlier era but the production
takes what can be a tottering opera and
restores it to a seat reserved for Verdis
best musical and dramatic writing.
Forza is not an easy work to
cast, given the intense demands for
protagonists and chorus alike, but
under Zhangs evocative baton, the
artists delivered crackling, if not always
subtle, performances.
Aaron was an electrifying presence,
her body trembling with pathos, almost
as if she was unable to control the
power coursing through her. Her nal
act aria, the famed Pace, Pace, mio
Dio, was simply perfect in both vocal
and dramatic delivery. It may have been
opening night nerves, but elsewhere
in the opera, she sometimes sped
through passages that required focused
negotiation between a marvelously dark
chest voice and her more velvety middle
register, and a couple of notes sounded
a hair off-pitch. Hopefully, these kinks
will iron themselves out, because her
overall performance is spectacular.
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Takei to speak at Press Club luncheon
Actor and gay right activist George Takei discusses the growing momentum
for legalizing same-sex marriages in his speech Embracing Change at The
National Press Club (529 14th St., N.W.) today at 12:30 p.m.
Takei is best known for portraying Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu on the original
Star Trek T.V. series and in the lm franchise. He will star in the upcoming
Broadway musical Allegiance. He is also a longtime LGBT rights activist.
There will be a press luncheon beginning at 12:30 p.m. Remarks are from
1-2 p.m. Tickets for luncheon admission are $21 for National Press Club
members and $35 for non-members. For more details and to purchase
tickets, visit press.org.
Sedaris brings humor to Lisner Auditorium
Bestselling author David Sedaris speaks at the Lisner Auditorium at George
Washington University (730 21st St., N.W.) tonight at 8 p.m. The sold-out
event is part of Lisners LisnerTalks series.
Sedaris frequently discusses his personal life in his books focusing on his
middle class upbringing, Greek heritage, drug use and obsessive behaviors
with a humorous approach. His latest book Lets Explore Diabetes with
Owls debuted this past spring at number one on The New York Times
Bestseller list.
Tickets range from $35-$45. For more information and to purchase tickets,
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The Cliks return to Phase 1 this weekend
Canadian rock band The Cliks perform at Phase 1 (525 8th St., S.E.) Sunday
at 7:30 p.m.
The Cliks have toured alongside acts such as Cyndi Lauper, The Cult and
Debbie Harry. They have also performed on late night television programs
like The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Front-man Lucas Silveira is also the rst transman to win Chart Magazines
Sexiest Canadian Man.
Cover for the show is $5. Admission is limited to guests 21 years and older.
For more details visit phase1dc.com.
Beijing Symphony
Orchestra known for
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ensemble the Beijing Symphony
Orchestra premieres at the Music
Center at the Strathmore (5301
Tuckermane Lane, North Bethesda,
Md.) Sunday at 7 p.m.
The orchestra was established in
1977 and is known for its combination
of performing different interpretations
of standard music and premiering the
works of Chinese composers. Maestro
Tan Lihua will lead the orchestra in
performing two works by Chinese
composer Guo Wenjing. Wenjings
The Lotus Overture was written in
honor of the London 2012 Olympic
games has received international
media attention. Chou Kong Shan
(Desolate Mountain) is a concerto that
blends bamboo utes and orchestra.
Tickets range from $23-$79. For more
details and to purchase tickets, visit
strathmore.org or call 301-581-5100.
Gay Catholic group
to hold lecture series
Dignity Washington, an LGBT
Catholic group, will host a presentation
Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Dignity
Center (721 8th Street, S.E.) when
Hunter OHanian, director of the Leslie/
Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian
Art in New York City, will speak on the
importance of queer art and on his
museums role in rescuing and fostering
LGBT artists.
The series will continue on Nov.
17 with a presentation from Renato
Lings, a Danish theologian, who wrote
the book Love Lost in Translation:
Homosexuality and the Bible. He
will speak at 3 p.m. at St. Margarets
Episcopal Church (1830 Connecticut
Ave., N.W.).
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Former competitive gure
skater found home with
Disney on Ice
By KEITH LORIA
When he was 10 years old, Joshua
Flores laced up a pair of ice skates for the
rst time and knew skating was something
he wanted to do for a long time.
I always loved the music that came
with gure skating as well as the
movement and gracefulness, he says.
I loved to jump and spin. I remember
being little and pretending to skate with
my socks on, on the living room oor
when I rst saw gure skating on TV.
Almost two decades later, the out and
proud young man continues to live his
dream as part of the Disney on Ice tour.
I competed in gure skating until
I was 18 and then when it was over, I
wanted to nd something that would
still let me do what I loved, he says. My
coach suggested I send in a videotape
to Disney on Ice and see what happens,
and I lmed me doing all my tricks and a
week later they called me.
That was 10 years ago, and Flores
has traveled the globe as he skates in
productions all over the world. Its more than
the Rockford, Ill., resident ever imagined.
Ive been to Japan, Australia, Europe,
South America its hard to keep track
of all the places I have been, he says.
The traveling is awesome because I
get to experience cultures around the
world, and Im a huge food person. I
love tasting food from everywhere.
Currently, Flores skates as The Jungle
Books Mowgli in a Disney on Ice
production entitled, Lets Celebrate!
but hes also seen time playing John
Darling from Peter Pan, a turtle in
Finding Nemo and a student in High
School Musical.
At rst, it was difcult to get used to
skating with a mask or in costume, but you
get used to it and learn more about your
skills, he says. I love the rush of adrenaline
when I skate out and see a huge audience
screaming with smiles and laughter. I
always like performing to a crowd.
The best thing thats come from being
with Disney on Ice, he says, it that he met
his boyfriend (Nicholas Kelly, also a skater
in the show) ve years ago and theyve
been able to travel the world together.
We work together and are around
each other 24/7 because of our jobs,
and we learn so much about each other,
nothing can really break us apart, Flores
says. Touring the world together is
amazing and I am very lucky, denitely.
Being gay has never been a problem
for Flores in his dealings with Disney or
the other skaters. There are a number
of ice skaters working for the company
who are part of the LGBT community.
We have a huge, diverse group with
people from around the world so everyone
gets used to each other, and Ive never
experienced any problems on tour, he
says. Were one big happy family.
Flores calls Lady Gaga one of his
role models because she is a constant
reminder to him that you can be
completely different in so many ways.
You should love yourself for who you
are and enjoy and love life, he says.
Lets Celebrate, which plays the Patriot
Center from Oct. 23-27 and the Baltimore
Arena from Oct. 30-Nov. 3, features
50 Disney characters paying tribute to
different holidays around the world.
Its kind of like walking into
Disneyland and seeing all the characters
on the ice right at the opening of the
show, Flores says. We have a Tea
Party with the Mad Hatter, Mickey and
Minnie are there of course, and we all
help to clean up the party with Fantasia
Mickey. Its so much fun.
Flores is on the road 10-11 months
each year, and while he misses his
family, they understand that hes doing
something he loves.
When he nally does hang up the skates,
Flores hopes to stay with the company
and explore the wardrobe- and character
development-side of productions.
There are people who have been
here almost 20 years, and Im going to
stick with it until my body gives out to
the very last piece of the music, he says.
Tickets for Disney on Ice range from
$20-$75 and can be purchased at all
Ticketmaster outlets via charge by phone
at 1-800-745-3000; via ticketmaster.com;
and at the Patriot Center box ofce.
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OUT & ABOUT OCTOBER 18, 2013 33
JOSHUA FLORES as Mowgli from The Jungle Book in Disney on Ice, which opens at the Patriot
Center next week.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DISNEY ON ICE
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YOUR LI NK TO THE ARTS I N METRO D. C.
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THRU DEC 1. FOLGER THEATRE. 202- 544- 7077.
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The perfect poetry of Shakespeares tragedy reveals the heart-breaking loss
of star-crossed love.
HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHI CAGO
THRU OCT 19
KENNEDY CENTER. 202- 467- 4600.
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Chicagos Hubbard Street Dance returns with a mixed repertory program
to include the DC premiere of Mats Eks Casi-Casa, the masterwork of a
supremely keen observer of human behavior (Time Out Chicago).
ART ON THE ROCKS
OCT 23
THE ART LEAGUE. THE ART LEAGUE GALLERY.
703- 683- 1780. THEARTLEAGUE. ORG.
The Art League has challenged ve local mixologists to each select a juried
piece of artwork from the October Body Language exhibit as inspiration for
a new cocktail and then compete at Art on the Rocks. Ticket holders sample
and judge the artful cocktails along with enjoying appetizers and music.
THE FORCE OF DESTI NY
THRU OCT 26
WNO. KENNEDY CENTER. 202- 467- 4600.
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Thrust together by fate, three lives become intertwined on a path to ruin.
WNO Artistic Director Francesca Zambello brings her inventive staging to
this new production of Verdis demanding masterpiece, featuring an exciting
cast of international singers.
IMAGE COURTESY OF FOLGER THEATRE
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34 OCTOBER 18, 2013 THE GUIDE TO ARTS & CULTURE
THEATRE
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.
Oct 20. The Laramie Project. Thru Oct 27.
Fords Theatre. 800-982-2787. fords.org.
This. Thru Nov 3. Round House
Bethesda. 240-644-1100.
roundhousetheatre.org.
Torch Song Trilogy. Thru Oct 27. Studio
Theatre. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
The Sunshine Boys. Thru Oct 19.
Keegan Theatre. 703-892-0202.
keegantheatre.com.
Rancho Mirage. Thru Oct 20. Bedlam
Theatres Hamlet. Thru Oct 26. Saint
Joan. Thru Oct 27. Olney Theatre.
301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
Mayan Fables. Oct 21-Nov 2. GALA
Hispanic Theatre. 202-234-7174.
galatheatre.org.
The Matchmaker. Thru Oct 19.
Clarice Smith. 301-405-2787.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
The Marcy and Zina Show. Oct 19-Oct
20. JCCNV. 703-537-3000. jccnv.org.
Burlesque Classique: All Hallows Eve
Shallow Grave Revue. Oct 18. Capital
City Showcase. Oct 19. Mom Baby God.
Oct 21-Oct 22. Extremities. Thru Nov 3.
DCAC. 202-462-7833. dcartscenter.org.
One Night Stands. Oct 18. Cecil Ray
Comedy Club. Oct 19. Workhouse Arts
Center. 703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
Pride in the Falls of Autrey Mill. Thru
Dec 8. Signature Theatre.
703-820-9771. signature-theatre.org.
Shear Madness. Thru Jan 31. Kennedy
Center. 800-444-1324. kennedy-center.org.
Riot Grrrls: Titus Andronicus. Thru Oct
26. Taffety Punk Theatre Company.
CHAW. 202-261-6612. taffetypunk.com.
International Festival of Hispanic
Theater: Fragrances from the Past
[Agita de Viejas]. Oct 18-Oct 20. Teatro
de la Luna. Gunston. 703-548-3092.
teatrodelaluna.org.
The Two-Character Play. Thru Oct 27.
Spooky Action Theater. Universalist
National Memorial Church.
202-248-0301. spookyaction.org.
MUSIC
Dianne Reeves. Oct 18. The Mancuso-
Suzda Project, avant garde jazz duo.
Oct 23. Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
The Idan Raichel Project. Oct 22. 2
Cellos. Oct 19. GW Lisner Auditorium.
(202) 994-6800. lisner.org.
Mariza. Oct 18. GMU Center for the
Arts. 888-945-2468. cfa.gmu.edu.
Pedrito Martinez. Oct 18. Exotic
Voices. Oct 20. Kronos Quartet. Oct
24. Big Band Pre-Halloween Scream.
Oct 21. Clarice Smith. 301-405-2787.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano The
Discovery Series. Oct 18. Sam Bush.
Oct 24. The Barns at Wolf Trap.
877-965-3872. wolftrap.org.
Jakub Alexander (heathered Pearls):
Vapor Forms. Oct 18. Tal National And
Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang. Oct 19.
Artisphere. 703-875-1100.
artisphere.com.
Art on 8th: Freddie Dun and Carla Perlo:
Live Jazz and Hooping - Art on 8th. Oct
18. Vibe Collective: Afro-Cuban Improv
Jazz. Oct 24. Dance Place. Arts Plaza at
Monroe Street Market. 202-269-1600.
danceplace.org.
Gerdan: Kaleidoscope of World
Music. Oct 24. The Embassy Series.
Embassy of Ukraine. 202-625-2361.
embassyseries.org.
Viva Verdi!. Oct 20. Cathedral
Choral Society. WNC. 202-537-2228.
cathedralchoralsociety.org.
DANCE
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Thru
Oct 19. Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
Dance Theatre of Harlem. Thru Oct 19.
CityDance. Sidney Harman Hall.
202-547-1122. citydance.net.
First Step Iraq. Oct 19. Dance Place.
Edgewood Arts Building. 202-269-1600.
danceplace.org.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble:
Hungarian Rhapsody. Oct 19-Oct 20.
GMU Center for the Arts. 888-945-2468.
cfa.gmu.edu.
MUSEUMS
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Alex Prager:
Face in the Crowd. Thru Mar 9. American
Journeys - Visions of Place. Thru Sep 21.
202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
Folger Shakespeare Library. Here Is A
Play Fitted. Thru Jan 12. folger.edu.
Fords Theatre. Not Alone: The Power
of Response. Thru Nov 3. 202-347-4833.
fords.org.
Kreeger Museum. Mindy Weisel: Not
Neutral. Thru Dec 28. John L. Dreyfuss
Inventions. Thru Apr 1. 202-337-3050.
kreegermuseum.org.
National Geographic. Lions, Tigers, and
Bears. Thru Feb 2. Women of Vision.
Thru Mar 9. One Cubic Foot. Thru Mar
31. A New Age of Exploration. Thru Jun
8. 202-857-7000. nglive.org.
Museum of Women in the Arts.
American People, Black Light: Faith
Ringgolds Paintings of the 1960s. Thru
Nov 10. Awake in the Dream World:
The Art of Audrey Niffenegger. Thru
Nov 10.
The Phillips Collection. Van Gogh
Repetitions. Thru Jan 26. Duncan
Phillips and New York Collections. Thru
Feb 28. phillipscollection.org.
GALLERIES
Artisphere. Becca Kallem: Sweet And
Tough. Thru Oct 19. Andy Warhol:
Silver Clouds. Thru Oct 20. Comics
Making Studio With Members Of The
DC Conspiracy. Thru Nov 3.
703-875-1100. artisphere.com.
Exquisite Doi Moi experience
inspires rhapsodic ode to taste
By JONATHAN HOWARD
Occasionally a restaurant delivers
exactly what you need. The stars align
and in that moment, what youre
encountering is almost indescribable.
I walked into Doi Moi (1800 14th
Street N.W.) expecting phenomenal
things from restaurateur Mark Kuller
head chef Haider Karoum the team
behind Estadio and one of D.Cs top
restaurants, Proof. I was ready for good,
but delightfully got great instead.
This 5000-square-foot restaurant spans
two buildings including a historical portion
that used to house Whitman-Walker
Health. Since Doi Moi does not accept
reservations after 6:30, we walked up to
the hostess stand and were told that the
wait would be upwards of one hour, as
expected. I was taking in the beautifully
modern space with crisp white walls, warm
wood oors and splashes of color brought
in by Asian tchotckes. Meanwhile, my
husband and a friend were making better
use of their time and spotted three open
stools at the bar. Since we could enjoy
the full menu at the bar while getting a
behind-the-scenes look at the restaurant,
we took the stools and were greeted by
two enthusiastic and informed bartenders.
Throughout the meal they offered
recommendations, as well as inside secrets
about the food and drinks.
When we were handed the menus
and our servers continued to excitedly
speak of their favorite dishes, I realized
our meal was going to be special. With
many of the dishes marked as Phet
(spicy) and Phet Mak (really spicy), it was
evident the avor proles were going to
be bold. However, it wasnt just spicy,
every dish had perfectly balanced and
dynamic avors.
Dishes like the Phla Hoi Chell of sliced
raw scallops; chilies, lime, lemongrass,
garlic and cilantro gave these delicate
slices of scallop a powerful but
fresh avor. This delicate yet bold
juxtaposition was beautiful. The Sai
Ouah was Housemade Northern Thai
sausage, which we paired with sticky
rice. The sausage was intricate and
even though it was marked Phet, the
heat from the chilies did not overpower
the dish because the cabbage and
cucumber provided a cool balance. Dish
after dish blew the three of us away. The
Chiang Mai Chicken and noodle curry
with fragrant coconut, egg noodles,
chili oil, crispy noodles and much more
was an absolutely divine dish. The Bun
Bo Xao with beef, cucumbers, daikon,
fragrant herbs and fried garlic may have
been a basic stir-fry, but it was so well
seasoned and prepared, it seemed
almost groundbreaking.
The impeccably prepared meats were
also phenomenal. Simple plates like the
Bo Nuong Xa, beef skewers marinated
in lemongrass and garlic were tender,
juicy and avorful. The Gaeng Ped Yang
is a fragrant red curry with duck breast
prepared with a sweet coconut milk
base, pineapple and cherry tomatoes.
The duck in this dish was astonishingly
good, probably the best duck Ive ever
had. We also ordered the blue crab
fried rice (with extra crab at the advice
of our bartenders), whose rich fresh
avors exploded as they entered the
mouth. The extra crab made this dish
a standout. And after all these savory
dishes, there are still others Im yearning
to try, guaranteeing multiple visits back.
Kuller and Khorum absolutely blew me
away. Sitting at the bar gave us an unltered
experience and revealed that not only is the
food amazing, but the people who work
there really love it as well. Interesting and
dynamic avor proles partnered with fresh
and exquisitely prepared proteins make for
a dont-miss dining experience. Doi Moi
not only lived up to my astronomically high
expectations, but also delivered one of the
best meals Ive ever had in Washington.
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TODAY
DJ Joe Gauthreaux spins at Cobalt
(1639 R St., N.W.) tonight. Free rail vodka
drinks from 11 p.m.-midnight. Cover is
$10. Admission is 21 and up. For more
information, visit cobaltdc.com.
Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) hosts Bear
Happy Hour tonight from 6-11 p.m.
There is no cover charge and admission
is limited to guests 21 and over. For
more information, visit towndc.com.
Bachelors Mill (1104 8th St., S.E.)
holds a happy hour from 5-7:30 p.m.
tonight with all drinks half price. Hip
music begins at 11 p.m. Enjoy pool,
video games and cards. Admission is
$5 after 9 p.m. Must be 21 and over. For
more details, visit bachelorsmill.com.
SATURDAY, OCT. 19
British singer-songwriter Emeli Sand
performs at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
(1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore) tonight
at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $29.60-$40.
For details, visit bsomusic.org.
The Birchmere presents 2CELLOS, a
cellist duo, at the Lisner Auditorium at
George Washington University (730 21st
St., N.W.) tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$55. For more details, visit lisner.org. or
call 202-994-6800.
The Bethesda Row Arts Festival
runs today in downtown Bethesda (4841
Bethesda Ave., Md.) from 11 a.m.- 6
p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Enjoy work from artists and crafters,
listen to local music performances and
participate in kid-friendly activities.
The festival benets NIH Childrens
Charities. Admission is free. For details,
visit bethesdarowarts.org.
Burgundy Crescent, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today for the
Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation
at the Falls Church PetSmart (6100
Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, Va.) at
11:45 a.m. today. You will be paired with
a dog on a leash to walk around and
play with. Wear casual clothes. For more
information, visit burgundycrescent.org.
The Arlington Gay and Lesbian
Alliance (AGLA) hosts its monthly
brunch event at Freddies Beach Bar and
Restaurant (555 S. 23rd St., Arlington,
Va.) today from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The
brunch is an all-you-can-eat breakfast
buffer with made to order omelets and
Belgian wafes with coffee, soda or
juice. Cost is $9.95. Fore details, visit
agla.org.
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
Organist Ken Cowan performs at First
Baptist Church of Washington (1328
16th St., N.W.) today at 4 p.m. Admission
is free but contributions accepted. For
more details, visit rstbaptistdc.org.
Perrys (1811 Columbia Rd., N.W.) hosts
its weekly Sunday Drag Brunch today
from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The cost is $24.95
for an all-you-can-eat buffet. For more
details, visit perrysadamsmorgan.com.
Adventuring, an LGBT outdoors
group, hosts its Great Falls Difcult
Run hike through Great Falls Park
(9200 Old Dominion Dr., Mclean, Va.)
at 9:15 a.m. today. Alternately you can
meet at the Tenleytown Metro (4530
40th St., N.W.) at 8:30 a.m. to carpool.
The hike is 5.1 miles with an elevation
gain of 250 feet. The walk has a view of
the Falls from the Virginia side as well
as the Potomac as it rushes through
Mather Gorge below the Falls. The
Difcult Run Trail has sustained ood
damage and is steep and narrow. Bring
water, snacks and bug spray. Cost is $2
for trip fee, $4 for the park entrance and
$2 to reimburse the driver if you are
carpooling from Tenleytown. For more
information, visit adventuring.org.
Nellies Sports Bar (900 U St., N.W.)
hosts the nal day of its silent shoe
auction today. Come make your nal
bids on sneakers decorated by the
community toe benet the AIDS Walk.
For details, visit nelliessportsbar.com.
Special Agent Galactica is at LEnfant
Cafe (2000 18th St. N.W.) tonight at
7 p.m. with Peter Fields. Details at
pinkhairedone.com.
MONDAY, OCT. 21
Rainbow History Project presents
Prejudice and Pride, a panel
discussion about discrimination against
African Americans in the D.C. LGBT
community in the 1970s and 1980s, at
the Thurgood Marshall Center (1816
12th St., N.W.) today at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free. For more information,
visit rainbowhistory.org.
Us Helping Us (3636 Georgia Ave.,
N.W.) holds a support group for gay
black men to discuss topics that affect
them today, share perspectives and
have meaningful conversations. For
details, visit uhupil.org.
TUESDAY, OCT. 22
Genderqueer D.C. holds a discussion
group at The D.C. Center (13181 U St.,
N.W.) at 7 p.m. tonight. The group is for
anyone who identies outside of the
gender binary as bigender, agender,
genderuid or any label outside of
cisgender. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Whitman-Walker holds free HIV
testing at Panam Supermarket (3552
14th St., N.W.) tonight from 7-9 p.m. For
details, visit whitman-walker.org.
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts a Rap
Group today from 5-6:30 p.m. Discuss
stressful issues like school, bullying,
getting into college or nding a job in
this support group. For more details,
visit smyal.org.
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore will
read from her memoir The End of San
Francisco this evening at Busboys and
Poets (1025 5th Street, N.W.) at 6:30 p.m.
in the Cullen Room. More information at
mattildabernsteinsycamore.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23
The Lambda Bridge Club meets
tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity
Center (721 8th St., S.E.) for duplicate
bridge. No reservations required and
new comers welcome. If you need a
partner, call 703-407-6540.
The D.C. Center and Pros in the City
host Forty Plus Gay Men Speed
Dating at Finn and Porter D.C. (900
10th St., N.W.) at 7 p.m. tonight. Speed
dating will last approximately one hour.
After enjoy a mixer with fellow speed
daters. There will be a cash bar. Check-
in is at 7 and dating begins at 7:20. You
will be able to contact anyone you meet
through an exclusive online messaging
system 48 hours after the event. Tickets
are $30. Three hour complimentary
parking offered to guests who purchase
two drinks or other items from the bar
or restaurant. For more details and to
purchase tickets, visit prosinthecity.com.
The HIV Working Group holds a
meeting at The D.C. Center (1318 U
St., N.W.) tonight at 7 p.m. The HIV
Working Group is a volunteer-driven
HIV/AIDS outreach, education, and
advocacy initiative of the Center. For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.

THURSDAY, OCT. 24
Washington Blade hosts its 2013
Best of Gay D.C. Party at The Huxley
(1730 M St., N.W.) tonight from 6-9 p.m.
Winners of the Best of Gay D.C. will
be announced. You can also win a pair
of tickets to see Cher. For details, visit
facebook.com/washingtonblade/events.
Gays and Lesbians Opposing
Violence (GLOV) holds a meeting
at The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.)
tonight from 7-8:30 p.m. GLOV
works to reduce violence against
LGBT individuals through community
outreach, education and assisting
members of anti-LGBT violence. For
more details, visit thedccenter.org.
Rude Boi Entertainment hosts
Tempted 2 Touch, a ladies dance
party, at the Fab Lounge (2022 Florida
Ave., N.W.) Doors open at 10 p.m. Drink
specials $5 and vodka shots $3 all night.
No cover charge. Admission limited to
guests 21 and over. For more details, visit
rudeboientertainment.wordpress.com.
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This years Capitol Pride musical performer EMELI SAND performs at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Saturday.
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36 OCTOBER 18, 2013 CALENDAR
you dont read the same blogs I do. I get
slammed all the time. I get slammed for
Oscar shows I didnt even write, that I had
nothing to do with. People are always saying,
Why dont they get rid of that guy? Im
like, Well, if you stayed to read the credits,
youd see, but I guess nobody is awake
to read the credits at 4 or 5 in the morning
so I really cant blame them. But thats the
hallmark of the Internet really. People
cutting loose with ignorant opinions, so I
continue to get blamed. I feel like I wake up
covered in mud. Even when the shows a hit,
or I win an Emmy, people are saying, Oh,
it was boring, it was horrible. I remember
the producer of the Oscar show used to
have two framed reviews on his ofce wall.
One was a rave from the New York Times
and one was a slam from the Los Angeles
Times. They were as extreme as they could
be and they were about the same show. So
you really never win, except, I guess, when
you do.
BLADE: But why are people so tough
on the host? I remember watching
David Letterman and Jon Stewart do
it and laughing throughout the night.
They may not have been the best ever,
but they didnt seem to me to be as bad
as everybody thought they were.
VILANCH: Well, just by the sheer
numbers you realize that a lot of people
who watch must be unfamiliar with these
hosts beforehand. Suddenly youre up
there in front of 35 million people, so
everybody has an opinion. And theyre
working within a certain limitation, so
they cant just do what they do on their
own shows. And sometimes things play
differently at home but didnt play that
well in the house. Sometimes its just the
wrong energy. With Letterman I think it
was kind of like, OK, we dont need TV
boy here coming out and making fun of
our names. But then he used that as a
running gag on his own show forever.
And a lot of these people who watch
arent even people who go to the
movies. Its like people watching the
Super Bowl who never watch football.
Its just kind of a cultural experience
people feel they have to share in. Its like
the people going out on New Years Eve
and thats the only time they go out. So
youre not always working with the best
possible audience to be honest.
BLADE: You wrote for the Brady Bunch
Hour. Was Robert Reed out to you?
VILANCH: Oh sure. He lived with his
mother but we would go out to clubs
together. He was kind of into rough trade.
But he was afraid to go anywhere much
because he was afraid of being seen. So
we would arrange to sit back in some
dark corner. It was very pre-Stonewall. I
mean, it wasnt technically pre-Stonewall,
but it still felt like pre-Stonewall.
BLADE: What was he like? Was he
fun to hang out with?
VILANCH: Well, he was so deeply
closeted it was hard to get him to let
loose and just have fun. He was always
very nervous about it. A lot of these
people living this kind of big secret tend
to be pretty tightly wound because so
much is at stake. But yeah, once you
broke through all that, he was fun. I was
always out and I was this big amboyant
comedy type and he was comfortable
with me. I kind of helped him lubricate
his way so to speak (laughs).
BLADE: For all the great stuff youve
done, youve also been involved in
some of the most ignominious bombs
in all of pop culture history with stuff like
The Brady Bunch Hour and the Star
Wars Holiday Special. I hope youre
not offended by this question, but did
you have any sense at the time, these
would attain such train wreck status?
VILANCH: Well, you always go into
something thinking its a good idea but
you have to remember, this was the 70s
and so we were all a bit chemically altered
at the time. You have to also realize, like
with the Brady show, this type of variety
show concept was still popular at the
time. We didnt realize it was breathing
its last. Its the kind of thing that could
have been really terric if any of them
could sing and dance. I mean they did a
little on their original show but it became
clear pretty quickly when we tried this
sort of hybrid thing, that it wasnt going
to work. Its still fun to roll the dice. Now
had you told me if would have become
like this kind of cult thing, that would
have surprised me at the time.
BLADE: Obviously when youre writing
an awards show, you have to know the
material thats nominated. How do you
have time to watch whole seasons of TV
shows and all the Oscar nominees?
VILANCH: Well, its a lot easier than
it used to be because they just send you
screeners now and you can sit at home.
It sure beats having to go to screenings,
which were horrible experiences. No
popcorn. But I go to the movies anyway.
To get paid for it just tickles me to no end.
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Beckham in those Armani underwear ads.
And a 310-hp V6 has plenty of pep, even in
eco mode. While Google may be working
on a self-driving car, Acura already has one
(sort of). Adaptive cruise control lets the RLX
follow vehicles at a set distance, starting and
stopping as trafc ebbs and ows. A Lane
Keeping Assist system maintains proper
lane position at freeway speeds, so drivers
could almost take their hands off the wheel
and not worry about drifting across or off
the road. And the nav systems large screen
and rearview camera make parallel parking
easy. But there are some downsides, such
as the too-small sunroof and user-unfriendly
audio system with too many buttons.
BMW 320i
$34,000
Seems simple enough create a more
affordable Bimmer to attract rst-time
buyers. Yet the result is a mishmash of
highs and lows. Yes, there is an all-new four-
cylinder engine with great mpg. An M
Sport package also offers a thick steering
wheel and other niceties. But for drivers
used to BMWs stellar six-cylinder, the power
here is so-so. And too many competitors
(especially VW) know how to package
high-end hoopla in bargain-priced cars.
That means gussied-up interiors and gobs
of gizmos. Unfortunately, hooking up an
iPhone in the 320i was clunky, and a spring-
activated gizmo to adjust the manual seats
was so herky-jerky it felt like whiplash. But
Euro cars are about the driving experience,
and this one is sure and tight, especially on
slalom-like curves. Its just that, in a segment
where even Hyundai and Kia offer luxe
amenities as standard equipment, the 320i
may be too barebones for some drivers.
HYUNDAI EQUUS
$61,000
With the 2014 Equus, Hyundai isnt well
horsing around. Gone is any pretense
the Korean automaker isnt gunning for
Mercedes. Both the rear-wheel-drive Equus
(and its smaller Genesis sibling) have S-Class
styling: wide-mouth grille, arching fender
ares and bug-like headlights. Under the
hood is a throaty 429-hp V8 same as
in a $100,000 Mercedes S550. Punch the
accelerator and the Equus is off to the ra ces.
And yes, its loaded with luxury: 17-speaker
audio, power-folding side mirrors, power-
closing trunk and even a windshield wiper
de-icer. Along with BlueLink telematics,
theres a huge 9.2-inch display. For safety,
theres pre-collision warning and brake-
assist, as well as blind spot and rear cross-
trafc alerts. For $7,000 more, the Ultimate
model has power soft-close doors, head-up
windshield display and front/rear surround-
view cameras. Alas, the only thing missing
is taut Teutonic handling, which many
automakers just cant emulate. Still, at
$61,000, this is one blue-ribbon sedan.
LEXUS LS 460 L
$80,000
The LS 460 L is the long-wheelbase model,
with extra rear-seat leg room thats great
for cross-country jaunts. And a spacious
backseat is perfect for large dogs (trust me,
on a 10-hour trip to Chicago, our Ridgeback
would have let us know otherwise). Theres
also a ginormous trunk and lots of bells
and whistles similar to the Hyundai Equus
above. But steering and cornering are
sharper and braking is top-notch. Bonus: a
nifty Executive-Class Seating package adds
a beverage cooler, DVD entertainment
system (with drop-down screen, no less) and
power ottoman.
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By SUE GOODHART
There are a lot of things to think
about when you consider buying a
home for the rst time, or for that mat-
ter, at any time. When you begin the
process, it is important to take a few
key details into consideration before
you begin your search.
At the beginning, the two most im-
portant things to determine are your
time frame for a move and your price
range. From start to nish, the en-
tire process typically takes about two
to three months. Finding the perfect
home takes some buyers just a few
days but can take others a couple of
months. So be prepared in knowing
that once you nd a home, it can take
anywhere from 30-90 days for the home
to be ofcially yours. If you have a lease
while you are looking for a home, talk
to your landlord to see if they might let
you extend on a month-to-month ba-
sis while you look for a home, or if they
might let you out of the lease early if
you nd a property to give you some
more exibility. We often help our rst-
time buyers negotiate this with their
landlords.
Next up is determining a price range,
which is half the battle. This is a factor
of a combination of things: How much
money you can put into a down pay-
ment, how much do you want to spend
per month on a mortgage payment,
your debt to income ratio and the cur-
rent interest rate. If you are thinking
about buying in the next couple of
years, in addition to saving money it is
a good idea to work on improving your
credit score by paying bills on time and
keeping your credit card bills low.
This will get you better interest rates
compared to someone with poor cred-
it, which can lower your monthly pay-
ment. Refraining from nancing any
big purchases like a new car or other
big-ticket items can also improve your
debt to income ratio. It is important to
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Once your timeline and price point
have been determined, it is time to
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an email. We are always happy to walk
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By MARK LEE
Ted Smith vividly recalls building
matchstick houses as a child and deco-
rating them.
After his parents nished supervising the
building of their home in Pittsburgh, the
family would visit real estate open houses
on weekends. Smith loved walking through
homes and looking at properties, an inex-
pensive form of entertainment in a simpler
era. He found it addictive, and it would spur
an avocational interest in architecture.
Smith never imagined that he would
later nd himself on the business end of this
pastime of his youth. With the easy affability
of a condent and youthful 61-year-old he is
quick to explain, I started everything late.
Delayed college enrollment led to pur-
suing a doctorate in Michigan at 30, the
year he married. It wasnt until the age of 37
that he would come out. After a stint as an
English linguistics professor at the University
of Texas at Austin, he would shift from the
classroom to the life of a consultant and
technical writer. His subsequent engage-
ment with a computer rm specializing in
nonprot training assistance would bring
him to Washington.
Smith was surprised to discover that, un-
derneath the veneer of being a government
town, Washington was nurturing a strong
enterprise environment. Later parachuting
out of the downsizing computer rm, he
had the opportunity to choose his next ca-
reer move.
Thats when Smith returned to the
activity that had enthralled him as a kid.
After completing classes and company
training he joined a busy Long & Foster
real estate ofce on Capitol Hill a little
over two years ago.
Hes now a licensed broker at STAGES
Premier, Realtors and is entering his sec-
ond year working out of the Washington
afliates spacious ofce in a former gallery
space above Ristorante Posto at 1515 14th
St., N.W. Smith has specialized in condo
and home sales in a large swath of mid-city
D.C. since joining the rm.
Noting that real estate agents typically
focus on the neighborhoods they know
best, the 10th St., N.W., resident living near
Blagden Alley is at home in what is quickly
becoming the newest hot development
zone. A devotee of a vibrant urban lifestyle,
Smith grows enlivened when noting the
many new restaurants, bars and shops that
have recently arrived or will soon be open-
ing in the area.
While he dubs the 14th Street corridor
D.C.s new gay main street, he sees the
community rapidly dispersing farther east as
well as populating neighborhoods through-
out the city. There arent really gay neigh-
borhoods anymore, Smith observes, but
neighborhoods with gay residents.
Real estate agents are quintessential
small business owners, Smith points out,
usually working in collaboration with others
within company afliations. His years of in-
dependent consulting proved ideal prepa-
ration for the career he loves.
His passion for his newfound undertak-
ing and commitment to serving his clients
invigorates him as much as time spent as
an avid cyclist on a weekend workout. In
fact, this week Smith is on a four-day Chesa-
peake biking tour. He also performs with the
Washington Mens Camerata.
Smith, recognized by his peers as a con-
summate professional, enjoys the reverse
schedule that allows trips to the gym dur-
ing regular ofce hours. He utilizes this work-
time exibility to offer monthly free seminars
for rst-time homebuyers and organizes
regular Meetup open house walking
tours allowing prospective buyers to fa-
miliarize themselves with neighborhoods. In
addition, Smith pens a periodic real estate
advisory column for the Blade.
More the congenial host of a real es-
tate transaction, Smith brings an infec-
tious spirit to fullling a clients next move.
Hes made many of them himself in his
own life adventures.
MARK LEE is a long-time entrepreneur and com-
munity business advocate. Follow on Twitter: @
MarkLeeDC. Reach him at OurBusinessMat-
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