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Initial head counts of senators led supporters to believe they had Sen. Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery County), a supporter of the trans rights bill, disagreed with those who accuse
Senate President Mike Miller of orchestrating the measure’s defeat.
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passed by the Senate but that it got passed by a two-to-one
margin,” said Lisa Goodman, president of Equality Delaware,
a state LGBT group coordinating lobbying efforts for the bill.
“We think that says a lot about what the citizens of Dela-
ware want to see, that the citizens of Delaware are two-to-one
in favor of civil unions,” she said.
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign,
called on the Delaware House to quickly pass the bill and
send it to the governor for signing.
“Today we applaud the Delaware Senate for valuing all
Delaware families,” Solmonese said.
A public opinion poll commissioned by Equality Delaware
and conducted in March by the survey research firm Lake
Research Partners found that 62 percent of voters favor al-
lowing same-sex couples to form legalized civil unions, with
31 percent opposing such a law. Seven percent of the voters
polled were undecided. The poll had a margin of error of plus
or minus 3.8 percent.
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key “We feel very optimistic about getting the bill through the Photo courtesy of Larry Rosen
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray was arrested this week while protesting the House,” Goodman said. “We have all three of the Democratic
budget deal that prevented a shutdown of the federal government. leaders in the House on the bill as sponsors and we’ve been
working very hard with House members.”
obituary
Democrats hold a 26 to 15 majority in the 41-member Dela- Thom Gibb, 60
Mayor, Council members ware House of Representatives. Thom Gibb, a former member of the
arrested in protest Goodman said a debate and vote on the bill in the full Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, died
House was expected to take place April 14. of AIDS-related illnesses Feb. 2 at his
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and several City Council mem- Similar to civil unions laws in other states, the Delaware home in Columbia Heights. He was 60.
bers were arrested Monday at a demonstration called by DC measure, Senate Bill 30, would provide same-sex couples He died at home in his sleep, according
Vote on Capitol Hill to protest a federal budget deal that in- with all of the rights, benefits and obligations of marriage un- to his friend and housemate of almost 30
cluded city funding cuts. der state law but would not provide any federal rights or ben- years, Larry Rosen, who said Gibb was in
What began at 5 p.m. Monday as a noisy demonstration efits related to marriage. relatively good health until his last month
of a few hundred people quickly escalated into a sit-down The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which Congress and “was still making jokes and laughing.”
street protest that closed Constitution Avenue between First passed in 1996 and President Bill Clinton signed, bars same- Gibb spent his entire career with the
and Second streets led by Gray, the Council Chair and five sex couples from receiving federal marriage-related rights or American Red Cross as did his parents.
members of the Council. benefits. He began as a volunteer in his native
The demonstration was called to protest last week’s budget If the Delaware civil unions measure is approved by the Pittsburgh. He earned his bachelor’s de-
deal to keep the federal government open. President Obama legislature and signed by the governor, Delaware would be- gree from Westminster College in Penn-
and Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) accepted House Speaker John come the eighth state to provide marriage-related rights and sylvania and went on to serve the Red
Boehner’s demand for riders on the D.C. budget, angering benefits to same-sex couples – either through either civil Cross in several eastern states and Ger-
many city residents. The budget deal would prohibit city funds unions or comprehensive domestic partnership laws. many before transferring to the D.C. area
to be used to pay for abortions for low-income women and city Two of the other states – Illinois and Hawaii – approved in the late 1970s. He retired in 2008 and
money could not be used to fund needle exchange programs, such laws earlier this year. The Illinois law is scheduled to take immediately became a volunteer again.
a critical component in the fight against HIV. The budget deal effect in June and the Hawaii law goes into effect in January Gibb was a lifelong music lover, espe-
also includes a school voucher program long opposed by 2012. cially of opera and musical theater. He
many city officials, including Gray. LOU CHIBBARO JR. was an ardent devotee of Maria Callas,
The mayor spoke and called for continued demonstrations. Stephen Sondheim and drag shows, and
“I am fed up and we won’t take it anymore,” he told the crowd.
The crowd’s chants included “Who owns the streets? We
Stein Club elects often bragged about having seen Katha-
rine Hepburn in “Coco.” He joined the
do!” and “Free D.C. Now!” As the crowd grew the mayor took new president Gay Men’s Chorus in 1990 where he sang
to the street and many demonstrators and Council members baritone. He was on the Chorus board
joined him along with the leaders of D.C. Vote. Then a few pro- The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city’s largest and served one year as vice chair. He
testers sat down in the street and the mayor and Council Chair LGBT political group, Monday night elected local attorney was a member of the Circle of Excellence
Kwame Brown joined them and others soon followed. Capitol and lesbian activist Lateefah Williams as its new president. (1999) and a recipient of the “You Are the
police threatened to arrest those that didn’t leave voluntarily Williams replaces Jeffrey Richardson, who resigned as Light” Crystal Award. His last concert with
and when no one moved the paddy wagons were called. president after being appointed by Mayor Vincent Gray as di- the Chorus was in June 2005.
Among those arrested with the mayor were Brown and rector of the Mayor’s Office of GLBT Affairs. Rosen called Gibb a “kind, generous
Council members Michael Brown, Yvette Alexander, Tommy She becomes the first African-American woman to hold the and caring man.” He was an early volun-
Wells and Muriel Bowser. Sekou Biddle, a candidate for the post of Stein Club president since the club’s founding nearly teer with Whitman-Walker’s AIDS servic-
At-Large seat vacated by Kwame Brown, was arrested, while 35 years ago. es group and managed other volunteer
his opponent in that race, Vincent Orange, remained on the Williams also serves as national committeewoman for the caseworkers. He enjoyed food, cooking
sidewalk. D.C. Young Democrats and is a member of the D.C. Demo- and dinner parties.
Also arrested was Jeffrey Richardson, director of the May- cratic State Committee and the Metropolitan Women’s Demo- “He was best known for his ready
or’s Office of GLBT Affairs. cratic Club. sense of humor and distinctive laugh,”
PETER ROSENSTEIN Career wise, Williams is political and legislative director for Gibb said. “He was always easy to find
Local 689 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. She previously in a crowd just by listening for the sound
worked as a policy analyst for the think tank and government of his laughter.”
Del. Senate passes watchdog group OMB Watch and as an attorney in private
practice for local D.C. area law firms. She holds a law degree
Gibb is survived by David Buntin,
Marc Fallow and Larry Rosen of Wash-
civil unions bill from Georgetown University Law School and is a member of ington and J.R. Yeager of Oakland, Calif.
The Delaware Senate voted 13-6 late last week to approve the bar in D.C. and Maryland. He was cremated. A memorial service is
a civil unions bill that would provide same-sex couples with all “It is truly an honor to preside over an organization with scheduled for April 23 at 11:30 a.m., in
of the rights and benefits of marriage under state law. such a storied history and to follow in the footsteps of the the Hall of Service at the headquarters
LGBT activists were optimistic that the Delaware House of many great club presidents who have preceded me,” she of the American Red Cross, 1730 E St.,
Representatives would approve the bill; a vote was expected said. “I am truly committed to service and l look forward to N.W. Donations in memory of Gibb may
Thursday or Friday, after the Blade’s print deadline. Visit wash- working with our members and the community at large to con- be made to the Gay Men’s Chorus of
ingtonblade.com for updates. The state’s governor, Democrat tinue to advance LGBT equality and Democratic ideals in the Washington, 2000 P St., N.W., Suite 730,
Jack A. Markell, has said he plans to sign the bill. District of Columbia.” Washington, D.C. 20036, or to the charity
“We are delighted that not only did the civil unions bill get LOU CHIBBARO JR. of your choice.
JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
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Lakers’ Kobe Bryant calls referee ‘faggot’
LOS ANGELES — After re-
ceiving a technical foul during a
basketball game this week, Los
Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant
stormed back to the bench and
appeared to call referee Bennie Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
Adams a “fucking faggot,” ESPN House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) directed the House general counsel to take up defense
reported. Bryant’s reaction was of DOMA. A hearing on marriage is scheduled for April 15.
caught on camera on TNT’s na-
tional telecast of the key Western
Conference battle with the San
House to hear testimony on ‘defending marriage’
Antonio Spurs. He hit his seat be- A subcommittee in the Republican-controlled U.S. House is set on April 15 to hear
fore sitting down, threw a towel testimony in a hearing titled “Defending Marriage.”
and then yelled, “Bennie,” toward The hearing, which is set to take place before the House Judiciary subcommittee on
the court. Bryant then leaned back the Constitution, is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in Room 2141 of the Rayburn House
and muttered what appeared to be Office Building.
an anti-gay slur. TNT announcer A witness list wasn’t immediately available, nor was the intent of the hearing im-
Steve Kerr picked up on Bryant’s mediately clear.
outburst and said: “You might Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), chair of the committee, has said President Obama could
wanna take the cameras off of him be impeached for his decision to drop his administration’s defense of the Defense of
right now, for the children watch- Marriage Act in court, and the upcoming hearing would likely represent his views.
ing from home.” “The video from In a March interview with Think Progress, Franks said he supports defunding the
Tuesday’s game is under review Justice Department if it doesn’t defend DOMA and added he would “absolutely” favor
by the NBA,” league spokesman impeaching Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder if doing so “could gain
Tim Frank said to ESPNLosAnge- collective support.”
les.com via e-mail. Bryant was On Feb. 23, Obama announced that DOMA is unconstitutional and notified Con-
not initially available for comment. gress that his administration would no longer defend the statute in court.
“We haven’t seen the video, so it Following the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Committee’s party-line vote of 3-2 in March,
would be inappropriate for us to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) directed the House general counsel to take up
comment on it,” a Lakers spokes- defense of DOMA. He told the Washington Blade during a news conference he doesn’t
Photo courtesy of wikimedia.com
person told ESPNLosAngeles. have an estimate for how much House defense of DOMA would cost the U.S. government.
com on Wednesday. Kobe Bryant on the court. Criticism for holding the hearing came Friday from the Human Rights Campaign
and the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
HRC President Joe Solmonese counted the upcoming testimony as the third anti-
Anti-gay UNC hate crime was faked: officials gay hearing that Republicans have held since they took control of the House — recall-
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A gay student who claimed he was attacked and brand- ing the two hearings that have already taken place on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal
ed in a hate crime wasn’t telling the truth, officials with the University of North Caro- implementation.
lina at Chapel Hill said Tuesday according to a report from WRAL, a regional news “The Republican Party, and House Republicans in particular, seem to be fixated on
affiliate in the state. Chancellor Holden Thorp said freshman Quinn Matney, who beating up on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans,” Solmonese said.
told authorities he was branded with a searing hot object because of his sexual Drew Hammill, a Pelosi spokesperson, similarly criticized the Republican majority
orientation, filed a false police report, according to CBS affiliate WRAL. “The al- for holding the hearing.
leged aggravated assault reported to campus last night (Monday) did not occur,” “From attacks on women’s health care to this ideological ‘hearing,’ Republicans are
Thorp said in a statement. Matney, who is gay, told authorities that on April 5, a man showing that the only thing they are interested in doing is promoting the divisive social
walked up to him near a foot bridge on campus, called him a derogatory name, policy of their extreme right wing,” Hammill said. “Republicans should abandon these
told him “here is a taste of hell,” and held a heated object to his skin for several foolish ideological quests and work on the American people’s top priority: creating jobs.”
seconds, leaving third- and fourth-degree burns. Randy Young, a spokesman for Whether Boehner supports the hearing wasn’t immediately known. A Boehner
UNC’s public safety department, said charges of filing a false police report are spokesperson didn’t respond on short notice to the Blade’s request to comment on
likely against Matney. University officials initially called the assault a hate crime and the hearing.
pledged to “bring the strongest possible charges against the attacker.” CHRIS JOHNSON
Demographer: U.S. has 4 million gay adults RNC removes anti-gay page from website
SAN FRANCISCO — How many gay men and lesbians are there in the United States? The Republican National Committee has removed from its website a page criticiz-
Gary Gates has an idea but acknowledges pinpointing a solid figure remains an elusive ing President Obama for the pro-LGBT advances he’s made over the course of his
task, the Associated Press reported this week. Gates is demographer-in-residence at the administration.
Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, a think tank based at the The link to the page, which was titled “Hope Isn’t Hiring,” now redirects to the main
University of California, Los Angeles. For the institute’s 10th anniversary this week, he took page for the RNC’s website. According to the Human Rights Campaign, a link to the
a scholarly stab at answering the question that has been debated, avoided, parsed and anti-gay page that was on the RNC main page now goes nowhere.
proven both insoluble and political since pioneering sex researcher Alfred Kinsey said Acts in support of the LGBT community were listed among the 10 things the RNC
in the 1940s that 10 percent of the men he surveyed were “predominantly homosexual.” cited on the page as “The Case Against Obama: Social Issues.” The page went online
Gates’ best estimate, derived from five studies that have asked subjects about their sexual the day Obama officially declared his intent to seek re-election in 2012.
orientation, is that the nation has about 4 million adults who identify as being gay or lesbian, The LGBT-related items were “Despite It Being the Law of the Land, Obama Refused
representing 1.7 percent of the 18-and-over population. That’s a much lower figure than the to Continue Defending the Defense of Marriage Act in Court,” “Obama Repealed ‘Don’t
3 to 5 percent that has been the conventional wisdom in the past two decades, based on Ask, Don’t Tell’ While U.S. Troops Are Still on the Battlefield” and “Obama Opposed
other isolated studies and attempts to discredit Kinsey. One reason, according to Gates, is California’s Prop 8 and Has Expanded Government Recognition of Same-Sex Couples.”
that until recently, few surveys tried to differentiate respondents who identified as gay or les- A RNC spokesperson didn’t respond to the Washington Blade’s request for com-
bian from those who sometimes engaged in homosexual acts or were attracted to people ment on why the “Hope Isn’t Hiring” page is no longer active.
of the same sex. All were lumped into the gay category, the AP reported. Gates found, Last week, HRC sent a letter to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus condemning the
for example, that another 1.8 percent of the adult population, or a little more than 4 million anti-gay page. Log Cabin Republican officials said they communicated with the RNC
Americans, identifies as bisexual, according to his research brief published Thursday by that the anti-gay page would hurt Republicans in 2012.
the Williams Institute. He also estimated that 19 million people, or 8.2 percent of the popula- On Tuesday, Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, expressed
tion, have engaged in sex with a partner of the same sex. That includes all groups, such as approval over the RNC’s decision to remove the anti-gay page from its website.
gays, bisexuals and heterosexuals who have experimented with same-sex behavior. An- “Hopefully the Republican Party leadership has come to their senses and realized that
other two studies, conducted by state agencies in California and Massachusetts, yielded attacking LGBT families offends the great majority of Americans,” Solmonese said. “Polling
what Gates thinks is the first credible estimate of the nation’s transgender population. He overwhelmingly shows that Americans support LGBT equality and the Republican Party
puts it at about 700,000 adults, or 0.3 percent of the population. would be foolish to campaign on a platform based on discrimination and ignorance.”
CHRIS JOHNSON
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master’s in early childhood ed- forward with education reform, many of the incumbent Council out any potential divided loyal- joeyd@washblade.com ext. 8081
ucation, with a focus on urban provide needed affordable members. They support him not ties against what this Congress sr. neWs rePOrter
education, from Georgia State housing and ensure a safety because they owe him a favor is trying to foist on the District. lOu ChiBBArO Jr.
University. He began his career net for those in need, including or expect one from him, but be- Sekou will be a welcome inde- lchibbaro@washblade.com ext. 8079
as a teacher, worked with Teach our seniors and people with dis- cause they recognize that a new, pendent new voice on the Coun- neWs rePOrter
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