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Housemate, friend of 19 years was family member unknown

to gay leaders associates


By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Editors note: This is the rst installment of a two-part report. Next week: More on Timothy Clark and his long
association with Frank Kameny.
While nationally acclaimed gay rights pioneer Franklin E. Kameny collaborated in his later
years with fellow activists and national politicians and attended events at the White House,
Timothy Lamont Clark says he prepared Kamenys breakfast and dinner in the privacy of
Kamenys home.
Virtually unknown to Kamenys circle of friends and political associates in the LGBT rights
movement, Kameny named Clark, 35, in his will as the sole beneciary of his estate except for
his papers, which he bequeathed to the Library of Congress.
He also named Clark in the his will, led in 2007, as the personal representative of his estate,
a position similar to an executor that has full authority to decide how the estates assets and
possessions should be managed.
Kameny died in October 2011, leaving behind what LGBT activists and civil rights leaders
who knew him called a 50-year legacy as one of the nations preeminent architects and
advocates for LGBT equality.
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By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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The Feceral FuLlic Delencer lor rhe
Disrricr ol ColumLia has alleec rhar D.C.
police and the U.S. Attorneys ofce have
unfairly targeted gay men in an Internet
sting operation seeking to arrest men who
entice or persuade juveniles for sex.
In a little noticed brief led in federal court
lasr May, Assisranr FuLlic Delencer lor D.C.
Jonathan Jeffress said that with full approval
lrom rhe .S. Arrorney's ollce, a D.C. police
detective posing undercover as an adult
gay man has targeted gay men for sex-with-
minor arrests on adult gay websites that
have no history or reputation as locations
where minors go online.
The brief was led under Jeffress name
along with the name of A.J. Kramer, the
Feceral FuLlic Delencer lor D.C., who is
responsible for managing a staff of public
defender attorneys that represent indigent
clienrs Lelore rhe .S. Disrricr Courr lor rhe
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Jeffress told the Blade that among the
sites targeted in the sting are Gay.com,
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TIMOTHY CLARK, 35, was named the sole beneciary of Frank Kamenys estate
except for his papers, which Kameny bequeathed to the Library of Congress.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
D.C. police target gay
men in online sting
Maryland Votes
The Senate was expected
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Frank Kamenys sole heir speaks out
Sheriff Outed
Paul Babeu nds support
from fellow gay Republican
after newspaper outs the
congressional candidate.
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Supporters hope to
send measure to
governor this week
By PHIL REESE
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. The Maryland
Senate was expected to vote on a bill
to extend marriage rights to same-
sex couples as the Blade went to press
Thursday, after a committee approved
the bill in a 7-4 vote earlier this week. Visit
washingtonblade.com for updated news.
Debate was delayed on Wednesday
after a routine request by opponents and
was set to resume Thursday, according to
Sen. Roger Manno (D-Mont. Co.).
Last year, the Senate passed the
marriage bill before it was scuttled in the
House. Supporters expect passage again
this year.
Kevin Nix, communications director of
Marylanders for Marriage Equality the
coalition of LGBT rights groups that led
the lobbying effort on the bill said he
expects the Civil Marriage Protection Act
to be sent to Gov. Martin OMalley for his
signature by the end of this week.
OMalley has pledged to sign the bill
should it pass the Senate as expected.
Once signed, the law would not go into
effect until January of 2013, but it will most
likely have to withstand a ballot referendum
challenging the law. Opponents would
have until May 31 to collect 55,736 valid
signatures to qualify a measure for the
November ballot. Sen. Manno expressed
condence that state voters would
ultimately decide to uphold the law.
I think if everyone does their part to
talk about this issue and to get beyond the
garbage, the confusion and smoke its a
very simple, clear, concise issue, said Sen.
Manno. And our job as advocates is to
make that issue widely known. I think the
voters of Maryland will decide to be on the
right side of history and the side of love.
On Friday, the Civil Marriage Protection
Act passed the House of Delegates 72-63,
after an emotional day of amendments
and oor speeches.
The dramatic outcome the bill passed
by two votes triggered a raucous cheer
in the chambers.
I didnt do anything, we all did it, Del.
Luke Clippinger (D-Baltimore) said after
the historic vote. And now were sending
this bill to Sen. Madaleno in the Senate,
and we believe well get this bill passed,
and get it to the governors desk, and hell
sign it right away.
As a big baseball fan, Im guessing
this is what it feels like to win the World
Series, Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Takoma
Park), a lesbian, told the Blade.
Clippinger became emotional as he rose
to encourage his colleagues to support
extending marriage rights to himself, the
six other openly gay and lesbian delegates
in the Maryland House, their colleague
Sen. Richard Madaleno, and thousands of
same-sex couples throughout Maryland.
I ask you to vote yes because the
joy felt by two parents raising children
shouldnt be overshadowed by fear that
the other parent might not be able to care
for that child in a time of crisis, Clippinger
proclaimed to his fellow legislators. But
more, Im here tonight to ask you to
vote yes, as I have before. Because I
am here as a child of God, perfect in my
imperfections. Because I am here not
less than any other person but a full
beneciary to all of Gods innite love, just
as each and every person is. Because I am
here as a Marylander.
The nal oor speech before the close
vote was delivered by Del. Tiffany Alston,
who angered many LGBT advocates in
2011 when she pulled her support for
the bill. Alston spoke to the delegates
about the difculty she had coming to her
decision to once again support gender
neutral marriage in Maryland.
I can say that my religion still tells me that
marriage is between a man and a woman,
Alston said in a shaking voice, clearly
emotional. And I can tell you I still believe
its OK for people of the same sex to get
married. But what I know, is that as a state
its time for us to move beyond this issue.
Today, Im going to cast a green vote in
support of the bill. Alston adding, noting
that she supports a referendum on the issue.
Upon her proclamation, many of the
gay and lesbian lawmakers including
Clippinger, who had been a driving force
behind the bill became visibly emotional.
Alston offered one of two amendments
that was accepted by the legislature earlier
in the afternoon, which would ensure that
the law could not take effect until all legal
challenges to the law and any possible
referendum were settled. However,
according to the Maryland Constitution, a
law cannot take effect until any referendum
challenge has been settled in any case,
meaning the Alston amendment merely
restated existing state law.
Supporters of same-sex marriage were
happy to back Alstons amendment if it
provided comfort to those lawmakers
hesitant to support the bill because they
feared a referendum would be blocked.
It was something that could add a
level of comfort for some people, Del.
Mary Washington (D-Baltimore), a lesbian,
told the Blade, after the amendment was
accepted 81-52. This is something that
we could negotiate on.
Mizeur told the Blade that the fate of
Alstons vote on the bill itself was in the
balance up to the afternoon of the vote.
Throughout the proceedings, Alston
seemed emotional, often resting her head
in her hands as she sat at her desk, and
looking around the room at her colleagues
as they delivered their speeches for and
against the bill.
We talked about it as a possibility
yesterday, and we were putting things in
play to see if it would work, Mizeur said.
By this morning, I was told 50/50, and we
didnt exactly know for sure when we were
heading into the oor. It was that close.
The bills supporters were grateful for
Alstons vote, as her change of heart in
March 2011 elicited a backlash from many
in the LGBT community.
Another amendment that the delegates
passed was a measure that would have
changed the date that the law went into
effect from October to January.
A rejected amendment would have
changed civil marriage to civil unions,
in the law, a change that at least four of
those who eventually voted against the bill
said would have helped persuade them to
support the measure, including former
National Football League quarterback,
Del. Jay Walker, who cited his fellow
former NFL player, gay defensive tackle
Esera Tuaolo in his remarks.
Another rejected amendment would
have changed the legal age of consent
for same-sex marriage to 18, and a fourth
would have allowed parents to opt their
children out of same-sex marriage related
curriculum that they found offensive,
which lesbian Del. Anne Kaiser argued the
law already allows.
On Friday night, Del. Maggie McIntosh
(D-Baltimore) delivered a moving oor
speech about making history in 2001 when
she came out as a lesbian to her fellow
lawmakers the same year that the House
voted to enact a non-discrimination law
covering gays and lesbians in employment.
In 2001, I became legal, McIntosh
said of the vote, calling it a great moment
in history.
Throughout the oor speeches, many of
the opponents of the same-sex marriage
bill began to move on from discussing the
impending vote, to instead rallying for the
expected ballot referendum, indicating
that at least some of the opponents were
expecting the bill to pass.
It aint over til its over, Del. Emmett
Burns told the legislature, referring to the
referendum, and insisting the voters must
have their say. The battle is not over.
Same-sex marriage no!
Many of the opponents referred to a
legal ght over an immigration-related
referendum that opponents attempted
to block in Maryland. A judge has
recently allowed that referendum to move
forward. Referendum supporters wanted
to be assured that there would be no
impediments to giving Maryland voters an
opportunity to overturn marriage, should
it pass the Senate.
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Maryland lawmakers celebrated after last weeks emotional House vote to approve a same-sex
marriage bill.
WASHINGTON BLADE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Marriage bill advances in Maryland
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D.C. Congressional Del. Eleanor
Homes Norton and Ward 4 D.C. Council
member Muriel Bowser on Feb. 16 won
the endorsement of the Gertrude Stein
Democratic Club for the citys April 3
Democratic primary.
The Stein Club, the citys largest LGBT
political organization, also endorsed
Democrat Nate Bennett-Fleming for the
post of U.S. shadow representative.
The city created one shadow House seat
and two shadow Senate seats in the early
1980s as nonpaid positions with no voting
authority for the purpose of advocating for
D.C. statehood and D.C. voting rights in
Congress.
The club didnt approve an endorsement
for the shadow U.S. Senate seat up for
election this year after incumbent Michael
D. Brown fell short by less than 1 percent
of the required 60 percent vote of the club
membership needed for an endorsement.
Stein President Lateefah Williams said
Brown received just over 59 percent of the
vote, with the balance of the votes going
to challenger Pete Ross and for the ballot
option of no endorsement.
Williams said Bowser, a long-time
supporter of LGBT rights who voted in
2009 for the citys same-sex marriage
law, won the club endorsement with 72
percent of the vote.
Bennett-Fleming and Norton are
running unopposed in the primary, with
Bennett-Fleming also running unopposed
in the November general election.
Bowser faces ve opponents. Three
of them, along with Bowser, Norton, and
Bennett-Fleming, attended and spoke
at a club meeting at the Metropolitan
Community Church on Ridge Street, N.W.,
where the endorsement votes took place.
The three challengers to Muriel Bowser
who attended the meeting Renee L.
Bowser, Judi Jones and Max Skolnik
and the other two Calvin Gurley and
Baruti Jahi submitted responses to
a Stein Club questionnaire expressing
support for LGBT related issues, including
the citys same-sex marriage law.
The candidates questionnaire
responses are available for viewing on the
Stein Clubs website, steindemocrats.org.
No Republican led to run against Norton
in the November election. Statehood-
Green Party candidate Natale Lino Stracuzzi
is expected to run against Norton in the
November general election. Political
observers consider Norton the odds on
favorite to win another term in Congress.
LGBT activists, along with the Stein Club,
the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, and
other groups consider Norton one of the
strongest LGBT advocates in Congress.
Williams said the Stein Club will vote on
endorsements for the Ward 7 and Ward
8 Council seats this week (on Thursday
after Blade press time) at a location to be
announced. She said the club would vote
on endorsements in the At-Large Council
race on March 1 at the Democratic National
Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill.
Ward 7 incumbent Yvette Alexander and
Ward 8 incumbent Marion Barry were the
only two Council members to vote against
the same-sex marriage law but have
otherwise supported LGBT-related issues
during their tenure in ofce. Alexander
faces seven opponents in the April 3
primary. Barry faces four opponents.
In the At-Large Council race, incumbent
Vincent Orange, who captured the seat
in a special election in 2011, faces three
opponents. One of the opponents, Sekou
Biddle, ran and lost against Orange in 2011.
All four candidates running for the seat in
the primary have expressed support on a
wide range of LGBT related issues, including
the same-sex marriage law.
Norton, Bowser win Stein Club endorsement
Colleagues, former
friends denounce Md.
Del. Arora; aide resigns
in protest
By KEVIN NAFF
knaff@washblade.com
Maryland Del. Sam Aroras decision to
vote against the same-sex marriage bill last
week proved unpopular with many in his
progressive Montgomery County district,
but no one was more disappointed than
Aroras own state senator, Roger Manno.
Sen. Manno (D-District 19), in a lengthy
interview with the Blade, recalled his
ultimately unsuccessful efforts to persuade
Arora to support the bill, stretching back
to last year.
Its a very tough situation, Manno said.
Im extremely concerned and disappointed
and have spoken to constituents who are
confused and concerned. Im so deeply
disappointed and sad that Sam could not
get there for whatever reason.
Manno said he began meeting regularly
with Arora shortly after he was elected
in 2010 and heard that the freshman
delegate was struggling with the marriage
issue. Arora had campaigned on a pledge
of support for the bill and even co-
sponsored it initially before changing his
mind last year.
I could sense there could be a
problem, Manno said. And I tried to
mentor him. Freshmen make mistakes here
and its easy to do things that are damaging
to your career and that hurt people.
So Manno and several other members
of the Montgomery County delegation
to Annapolis tried to get him to see the
issue as we saw it.
In my heart, marriage equality is an
important and timely issue of emancipation
for loving families who happen to be of
the same sex, Manno said.
After the marriage bill died in the House
last year and the session ended, Manno
said Arora took time off to study for the
bar exam. Then last summer the two
colleagues met again to discuss marriage.
We sat for several hours and talked
about his thoughts on marriage equality and
where he was on the bill and he represented
it was a crisis of faith, Manno said.
At that point, Arora expressed a
range of concerns about the bill, Manno
said, including religious, moral and
constitutional objections. Still, Manno
urged Arora to keep an open mind
because he knew that Gov. Martin
OMalley was planning to introduce the
marriage bill in 2012. In late summer,
Manno asked Arora to join him at a press
conference where OMalley announced
his plans for the marriage bill, but Arora
failed to show up.
When the 2012 session started last
month, Manno said he continued to reach
out to Arora, culminating with an hour-
long meeting last week before a joint
committee vote on the marriage bill; Arora
serves on the Judiciary Committee, which
was considering the measure.
I didnt know where he was going to go
that week, Manno said. Arora ultimately
abstained from voting in committee at
which point, I put my head in my hands
and said, oh no, Manno said. After the
committee sent the bill to the House oor,
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Del. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, pictured with Council members Kwame Brown and David
Catania, is backed by the Stein Club.
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Disbelief, backlash after vote against marriage
Del. SAM ARORA changed his mind on the
marriage bill, which he once sponsored, and
voted against it last week.
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CNNs Roland Martin meets with GLAAD
LOS ANGELES CNN contributor Roland Martin who, on Super Bowl
Sunday, posted controversial comments considered homophobic to his prole on
Twitter met with representatives from an LGBT media watchdog organization
this week to discuss the impact of homophobia.
Prior to the game, Martin tweeted If a dude at your Super Bowl party is
hyped about David Beckhams H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him!
#superbowl. Martin initially denied his posting was meant to be homophobic,
but eventually acknowledged that it could be construed as such.
Following the meeting with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation,
Martin took to his show Washington Watch to speak out against anti-LGBT
violence and bullying, and to acknowledge the negative impact his words had.
It was a discussion that touched on many other areas, and as GLAAD
expressed in a statement afterwards and a sentiment with which I concur Both
parties came away with a better understanding of one another and look forward
to continuing this dialogue, Martin said.
Minn. Evangelical Lutherans oppose marriage ban
MINNEAPOLIS Members from 160 Minnesota Evangelical Lutheran churches
overwhelmingly approved a resolution opposing a proposed ballot measure to
ban same-sex marriage in the state Constitution, according to ABC afliate KAAL.
Jesus has no barriers in loving his children, Karen Johnson, one of 700 voting
members, told colleagues. Education brings knowledge and knowledge brings
healing. Im passionate in the knowledge that his love is for all our children.
Five other Evangelical Lutheran synods in Minnesota are expected to vote on
similar resolutions soon.
Janet Mock honored by black news site
NEW YORK Transgender People Magazine editor Janet Mock was included
among the top 100 most inuential African Americans by video news website, The Grio.
Raised in Hawaii, Mock bucked societal norms early on; rst putting on a dress
as a dare when she was a child, and later wearing makeup and platform shoes as
a teen, the site wrote of the celebrated writer.
I was very conscious of the fact that I was supposed to be a boy, Mock said
in a video posted to the site. But very early on I also fought back against those
norms that my father wanted his son to [follow], and I didnt want to be his son, I
wanted to be me, and me was being a girl.
Gay couple leads TV stations wedding contest
ATLANTA After winning more than 50 percent of the votes cast in a poll this
week, Ronnie Mallette and Brent Ferricci were in rst place among four couples
competing for a dream wedding from an Atlanta television station.
The nal decision will be made by a panel of judges, but at the moment a
majority of voters in the 11 Alive Wow Wedding Contest, which annually delivers
a dream wedding to one lucky couple, is supporting the two men who have been
together for 11 years, according to their prole.
Dont forget how much you love each other, said Jonathan Howard, who with
his now-husband Gregory Jones took second place two years ago in a similar
contest sponsored by Crate & Barrel. The love you have for each other is very
visible to everybody.
And when all is said and done, win or lose just putting yourself out there in
this contest is making a difference, Howard continued, saying the couple ought
to reach out to friends and loved ones to help tell their story. Words and images
really do matter and being out there is making a difference.
Guv rejects marriage
bill, calls for civil
unions ombudsman
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Gay rights groups are pinning their hopes
on litigation and a possible override vote in
the aftermath of Gov. Chris Christies veto
of a bill that would have legalized same-sex
marriage in New Jersey.
Christie vetoed the marriage bill last week
after the State Assembly passed it by a vote
of 42-33 and the State Senate approved it by
a vote of 24-16 earlier in the week.
The governors veto of the marriage bill
was expected. Christie had pledged to
reject the bill and called for a referendum
to decide the issue.
According to the Associated Press,
Christie said in a statement accompanying
his veto that hes adhering to what Ive
said since this bill was rst introduced
an issue of this magnitude and
importance, which requires a constitutional
amendment, should be left to the people
of New Jersey to decide.
I continue to encourage the legislature
to trust the people of New Jersey and seek
their input by allowing our citizens to vote
on a question that represents a profoundly
signicant societal change, Christie said.
This is the only path to amend our state
constitution and the best way to resolve the
issue of same-sex marriage in our state.
LGBT groups condemned Christie
in response to his veto and pledged to
continue their ght.
Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to
Marry, said Christie planted his feet rmly
on the wrong side of history.
Fortunately, his no will not be
Americas or New Jerseys last word,
Wolfson said. It is simply an obstacle we
overcome as we continue on the road to
liberty and justice for all.
Steven Goldstein, head of Garden State
Equality, issued a statement just prior to
Christies veto, saying he personally likes the
governor, but suspects he vetoed the bill
because of his national political ambitions.
He wont veto the bill because hes
anti-gay, Goldstein said. Hell veto
the bill because the 2016 South Carolina
Republican presidential primary electorate
is anti-gay.
Goldstein also lambasted Christies call
for a referendum, which he said everyone
knows will never happen in New Jersey.
A poll published Tuesday by Rutgers-
Eagelton found 54 percent of New Jersey
residents favor legalizing same-sex marriage.
At the same time, 53 percent say they back
the idea of bringing marriage to a vote, while
40 percent said marriage is a civil rights issue
that shouldnt be decided by voters.
But Christies veto of the bill was
conditional. It included the creation of
what he called an ombudsman for civil
unions that he said would carry on New
Jerseys strong tradition of tolerance and
fairness.
Christie maintained in his statement
that hes been adamant that same-sex
couples in civil unions, which are legal in
New Jersey, deserve the same rights and
benets as married couples.
Discrimination should not be tolerated
and any complaint alleging a violation of a
citizens right should be investigated and,
if appropriate, remedied, Christie said.
But Goldstein criticized the idea that a
civil unions ombudsman would strengthen
the states civil unions law, calling it the
very essence of the political theater
decried by Christie.
A civil union ombudsman might well
be the countrys rst-ever Enforcer of
Discrimination and worse, Goldstein
said. A civil union ombudsman is nothing
more than the shameless dressing up of a
veto of peoples dignity and equality the
equivalent of gold-plating a separate water
fountain for a specic class of people.
One option to get around Christies
veto of the marriage bill is an override
vote in the legislature. An override would
require 12 additional votes to reach the 54
needed in the Assembly. In the Senate,
three more votes are required to reach the
necessary 27.
Goldstein said hes put his organization
immediately to work to achieve an
override of Christies veto, noting advocates
have nearly two years to do the job.
The great news is, we have until the
end of the legislative session, in January
2014, to do it, Goldstein said.
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08 FEBRUARY 24, 2012 NATlONAL NEWS
New Jersey Gov. CHRIS CHRISTIE vetoed a
marriage bill last week.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTIE
N.J. advocates hope to
override Christie veto
Arora received multiple calls from senior
Democrats seeking his support, including
OMalley and former President Bill Clinton.
When he went to the oor, I was there
in the House chamber to give him a hug
and let him know he had my support
to vote for equality, Manno said. The
vote came Friday, I was on the oor,
I sent him a text a minute before the
vote. I believed at the end of the day
he would put a green vote on the board
and he didnt. The chamber erupted in
jubilation, rightfully so, but I was standing
on the oor with my head hung because
Sam had disappointed a lot of people.
Arora has yet to publicly disclose his
reasons for opposing the bill after once
sponsoring it. He has refused repeated
interview requests from the Blade and
other media outlets since last year.
Joshua Lapidus, Aroras legislative
director, quit in protest Friday night just
after the marriage vote in a scathing
resignation letter obtained by the Blade.
I respect you and your beliefs,
however I cannot respect your decision
to place personal religious belief over
the roles and responsibilities of the
stewardship the people of District 19
entrusted unto you, Lapidus wrote.
He added, It saddens me that you are
standing against the tide of history and
ending your career over an issue that will
no doubt be decided in the afrmative,
with or without your vote, over the next
couple years. So, I write this letter to
inform you that if you vote dont vote for
HB 438 l can no longer work under your
employ.
Arora issued a brief statement to
the Blade in response to Lapiduss
resignation.
I dont comment on personnel issues,
Arora wrote. That said: Josh continues
to be a friend, and I wish him well.
Another one-time friend of Aroras,
columnist and Democratic strategist
Karl Frisch, praised Lapidus for
stepping down.
I think its gutsy, Frisch said. Its the
right move and shows that we had allies
working on our behalf in his ofce.
Frisch, a D.C. resident, donated $100
to Aroras campaign in 2010 and said
he knew Arora socially for several years.
But after rumors emerged that Aroras
marriage position was changing, Frisch
said his calls and emails went unreturned.
I feel personally betrayed, Frisch
said. I dont take candidates word for
it he was listed as a co-sponsor of the
bill and lled out an Equality Maryland
questionnaire [on marriage]. Im used
to politicians lying, Im not used to being
lied to by a friend.
After Fridays vote, Frisch said he took
part in a conference call with a group of
national and Maryland-based political
operatives to discuss every tool we can
deploy to send Sam packing in 2014.
Manno said he wasnt on that call but
noted that politicians have to answer to
their constituents.
A former boss of mine once said that
politics is about loyalty to people,
ideas, communities. At the end of the
day, thats really what we do, Manno
said. Politicians have to answer for what
we do in the next election and we all have
to answer for what we do in the next life
and I try to keep that in the forefront of
my thoughts everyday.
Manno, 45, is straight and married but
credits his upbringing in the diverse and
gay-friendly neighborhoods of Chelsea
and Greenwich Village in New York for
inuencing his views on marriage. He
once interned in the Clinton White House
for Richard Socarides, who advised
Clinton on gay-related issues.
Marriage is a terribly uncomplicated
issue, he said. If you love people and
want to see that spark ignite, you have to
love everyone.
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After years of ghting
anti-gay forces, has the
tide turned?
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The issue of same-sex marriage has
returned to the national stage in an
unprecedented way as numerous states
throughout the country are seeing action
on the issue.
In the past week, several states
have seen developments on marriage.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed
into law marriage legislation, while New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a similar
bill that reached his desk. The Maryland
House voted to approve marriage
legislation by a vote of 72-67, clearing
what is seen as the most difcult hurdle
in getting the legislation to Gov. Martin
OMalleys desk.
A surprise development in Hawaii
was also announced on Wednesday.
According to Hawaii News Now, Gov. Neil
Abercrombie (D) announced he would no
longer defend in court a state constitutional
amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage
against federal legislation, while Health
Director Loretta Fuddy said shed continue
defending the amendment.
These actions come on the heels of
a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against
the constitutionality of Proposition 8,
Californias ban on same-sex marriage.
Anti-gay forces this week appealed the
ruling to the full appellate court.
The issue is also at the ballot. Advocates
in Minnesota and North Carolina are
working to beat back anti-gay marriage
amendments, while advocates in Maine
are preparing to push the rst ever pro-
marriage equality ballot in their state.
Meanwhile, anti-gay forces continue
threatening to take away marriage rights in
New Hampshire through repeal legislation.
M.V. Lee Badgett, a lesbian professor
of economics and director of the Center
for Public Policy & Administration at
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
said shes struck by the tipping of the
balance toward the proactive and positive
side of the debate on same-sex marriage.
In previous years, the issue of same-
sex marriage has predominately seen
activity in terms of anti-gay marriage ballot
initiatives that with the exception of
Arizona in 2006 have all been approved
by voters, but that situation has changed.
In four states, the marriage equality
forces are on the offensive, with one new
victory and others in sight, Badgett said.
In a fth, New Hampshire, the effort is more
defensive to preserve an earlier win, and a
sixth, Maine, is led by people determined to
get back the right granted by the legislature
but taken away by voters.
Badgett, also research director at the
Williams Institute at the University of
California, Los Angeles, noted only two
states, North Carolina and Minnesota,
have situations like the old model
of efforts to institute a ban on same-sex
marriage in state constitutions.
That political progress is very
likely to reect a growing cultural
acknowledgement that same-sex couples
can have the same kind of loving,
committed relationships as different-sex
couples, so they should also have the
same right to marry, Badgett said.
The issue is already playing out in
the 2012 presidential election as the
candidates vying for the nomination
have adopted positions against marriage
equality as part of their campaigns.
Just after the marriage legislation
was signed in Washington, former U.S.
Sen. Rick Santorum made a campaign
appearance in the state, saying Gregoires
signature isnt the nal word and
urging opponents of same-sex marriage
to take action. Anti-gay forces have the
opportunity to bring the measure to
the ballot if they collect 120,577 petition
signatures and deliver them to state
ofcials before the June 6 deadline.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt
Romney has taken an interest in the
marriage issue as well. Prior to the New
Hampshire primary, he said he supports
the repeal of the same-sex marriage law
in the state. Both Romney and Santorum
have also decried the Ninth Circuit panels
ruling against Proposition 8 in California.
But what about President Obama?
Sixteen months after rst saying he could
evolve on the issue, the president has
yet to publicly endorse same-sex marriage,
despite other work his administration has
done on behalf of same-sex couples,
including calling for repeal of the Defense
of Marriage Act and declaring the anti-gay
law unconstitutional.
Last week, White House Press Secretary
Jay Carney said on Air Force One that he
wouldnt weigh in on individual states
actions on marriage and reiterated
comments he previously made on the
issue, saying Obama believes states
should decide the issue and the president
opposes taking away already established
rights from couples.
I would say only broadly, as I have
said in the past, without weighing into
individual states and their actions, that this
president strongly supports the notion that
the states should be able to decide this
issue, and he opposes actions that take
away rights that have been established by
those states, Carney said.
Pressed on whether Obama is still
evolving on same-sex marriage, Carney
said has no update on Obamas views
on the matter.
Richard Socarides, a New York-based
LGBT advocate and former president
of Equality Matters, said Obama should
endorse same-sex marriage before
Election Day.
I do still believe its a good idea
politically and I do still believe that he will
cross that path and end up announcing
his ofcial support for it, but beyond that
I dont have any serious predictions,
Socarides said.
Socarides said an endorsement from
Obama would energize progressive
Democrats in an election year and remind
them that hes a president who stands
strongly with the LGBT community as
well as increase the support among the
majority of Americans who support same-
sex marriage.
Additionally, Socarides said anyone
who wouldnt support Obaman because
he endorsed same-sex marriage wouldnt
support the president anyway in an election.
He kind of has the worst of both worlds
now because no one thinks he doesnt
support same-sex marriage, and the
people who want him to be more vocal in
this regard arent satised, Socarides said.
LGBT advocates are also seeking help
from the Democratic National Committee
on the issue of same-sex marriage on
two fronts: an endorsement of same-
sex marriage in the Democratic Party
platform, which will be issued in the fall,
and nancial resources to assist pro-LGBT
advocates with ballot measures in the
various states.
Last week, Freedom to Marry launched
a campaign to encourage members of
the Democratic Party platform drafting
committee to adopt an endorsement of
same-sex marriage in the document as
well as support for measures overturning
DOMA and opposition to anti-gay marriage
amendments. As of Wednesday, the
organizations petition had 15,528 signatures.
The proposed platform language has
already seen endorsements from House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.),
co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive
Caucus Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and
Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), and, just this week,
Emily Tisch Sussman, executive director of
the Young Democrats of America.
During a news conference last week,
Pelosi expounded upon her endorsement
of adding marriage equality to the
Democratic Party platform.
What I, as one person, say that I
support, is not necessarily what the
consensus document of the platform
is, so I was just talking about me when
I said that, Pelosi said. In fact, in my
platform in 1982, it was a midterm
platform for our convention in California.
We respected the denition of family
that worked for people, where they
found their support, their loving system,
and their opportunity to raise a family or
to be a family.
As for contributing money to the ght
for same-sex marriage at the ballot, the
DNC has made no announcement about
nancial contributions to pro-LGBT
forces in states where itll be an issue.
According to The Advocate, Jeremy
Kennedy, campaign manager for the
Coalition to Protect All North Carolina
Families, had a meeting with DNC ofcials
to ask for help in defeating the anti-gay
marriage amendment in North Carolina,
but hasnt heard a response.
The DNC didnt respond on short notice
to the Blades request for comment. During
an LGBT fundraiser in D.C. in October,
DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
told the Washington Blade shed certainly
consider spending money to combat anti-
gay constitutional amendments.
In a separate interview in January,
Wasserman Schultz deferred to the
platform committee on whether same-
sex marriage will be included in the
Democratic Party platform, although she
said shes supports marriage equality.
washingtonblade.com
10 FEBRUARY 24, 2012 NATl ONAL NEWS
Washington Gov. CHRIS GREGOIRE signed a marriage bill into law last week, one of a handful of
positive developments for same-sex marriage advocates.
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Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking the following medicines:
s other HIV medicines (COMPLERA provides a complete treatment for HIV infection.)
s the anti-seizure medicines carbamazepine (Carbatrol

, Equetro

, Tegretol

,
Tegretol-XR

, Teril

, Epitol

), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal

), phenobarbital (Luminal

),
phenytoin (Dilantin

, Dilantin-125

, Phenytek

)
s the anti-tuberculosis medicines rifabutin (Mycobutin), rifampin (Rifater

,
Rifamate

, Rimactane

, Rifadin

) and rifapentine (Priftin

)
s a proton pump inhibitor medicine for certain stomach or intestinal problems,
including esomeprazole (Nexium

, Vimovo

), lansoprazole (Prevacid

),
omeprazole (Prilosec

), pantoprazole sodium (Protonix

), rabeprazole (Aciphex

)
s more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone
sodium phosphate
s St. Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum)
s other medicines that contain tenofovir (VIREAD

, TRUVADA

, ATRIPLA

)
s other medicines that contain emtricitabine or lamivudine (EMTRIVA

, Combivir

,
Epivir

or Epivir-HBV

, Epzicom

, Trizivir

)
s rilpivirine (Edurant

)
s adefovir (HEPSERA

)
In addition, also tell your healthcare provider if you take:
s an antacid medicine that contains aluminum, magnesium hydroxide, or calcium
carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you
take COMPLERA
s a histamine-2 blocker medicine, including famotidine (Pepcid

), cimetidine
(Tagamet

), nizatidine (Axid

), or ranitidine hydrochloride (Zantac

). Take these
medicines at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA
s the antibiotic medicines clarithromycin (Biaxin

), erythromycin (E-Mycin

, Eryc

,
Ery-Tab

, PCE

, Pediazole

, Ilosone

), and troleandomycin (TAO

)
s an antifungal medicine by mouth, including uconazole (Diucan

), itraconazole
(Sporanox

), ketoconazole (Nizoral

), posaconazole (Noxal

), voriconazole (Vfend

)
s methadone (Dolophine

)
This list of medicines is not complete. Discuss with your healthcare provider all
prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements you
are taking or plan to take.
INDICATION
COMPLERA

(emtricitabine 200 mg/rilpivirine 25 mg/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate


300 mg) is a prescription HIV medicine that contains 3 medicines, EMTRIVA


(emtricitabine), EDURANT

(rilpivirine), and VIREAD

(tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)


combined in one pill. COMPLERA is used as a complete single-tablet regimen to treat
HIV-1 infection in adults (age 18 and older) who have never taken HIV medicines before.
COMPLERA does not cure HIV and has not been shown to prevent passing HIV
to others. It is important to always practice safer sex, use latex or polyurethane
condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any body uids, and to never
re-use or share needles. Do not stop taking COMPLERA unless directed by your
healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you get the following side effects
or conditions while taking COMPLERA:
s Nausea, vomiting, unusual muscle pain, and/or weakness. These may be
signs of a buildup of acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious
medical condition
s Light-colored stools, dark-colored urine, and/or if your skin or the whites of your
eyes turn yellow. These may be signs of serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity),
with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly), and fat in the liver (steatosis)
s If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), your liver disease may suddenly
get worse if you stop taking COMPLERA. Do not stop taking COMPLERA without
rst talking to your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider will monitor
your condition
COMPLERA may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may
affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects.
COMPLERA is a prescription medicine used as a complete
single-tablet regimen to treat HIV-1 in adults who have
never taken HIV medicines before. COMPLERA does not
cure HIV or AIDS or help prevent passing HIV to others.
Learn more at www.COMPLERA.com
Before taking COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
s have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection
s have kidney problems
s have ever had a mental health problem
s have bone problems
s are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if COMPLERA can harm
your unborn child
s are breastfeeding; women with HIV should not breast-feed because they can pass
HIV through their milk to the baby
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you experience any of the
following serious or common side effects:
Serious side effects associated with COMPLERA:
s New or worse kidney problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA.
If you have had kidney problems in the past or take other medicines that can cause
kidney problems, your healthcare provider may need to do blood tests to check your
kidneys during your treatment with COMPLERA
s Depression or mood changes can happen in some people who take COMPLERA.
Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms:
feeling sad or hopeless, feeling anxious or restless, or if you have thoughts of
hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself
s Bone problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA. Bone problems
include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your
healthcare provider may need to do additional tests to check your bones
s Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine. These changes
may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump),
breast, and around the main part of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs,
arms and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effect of these
conditions are not known
s Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen
when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and
begin to ght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell
your healthcare provider if you start having new symptoms after starting your
HIV medicine
Common side effects associated with COMPLERA:
s trouble sleeping (insomnia), abnormal dreams, headache, dizziness, diarrhea,
nausea, rash, tiredness, and depression
Other side effects associated with COMPLERA:
s vomiting, stomach pain or discomfort, skin discoloration (small spots or freckles),
and pain
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that
does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of COMPLERA. For more
information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your healthcare provider
for medical advice about side effects.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the
FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it
s Always take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important to
help get the right amount of medicine in your body. A protein drink does not replace
a meal
s Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with
COMPLERA and see your healthcare provider regularly
Please see Patient Information for COMPLERA on the following pages.
Patient model. Pill shown is not actual size.
COMPLERA. A complete HIV treatment in only 1 pill a day.
Ask your healthcare provider if its the one for you.
one
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FDA-Approved Patient Labeling
Patient Information
COMPLERA

(kom-PLEH-rah)
(emtricitabine, rilpivirine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) Tablets
Important: Ask your doctor or pharmacist about medicines that should not be
taken with COMPLERA. For more information, see the section What should I tell my
healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
Read this Patient Information before you start taking COMPLERA and each time you
get a rell. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of
talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?
COMPLERA can cause serious side effects, including:
1. Build-up of an acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis can happen in
some people who take COMPLERA or similar (nucleoside analogs) medicines. Lactic
acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death.
Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify early, because the symptoms could seem like
symptoms of other health problems. Call your healthcare provider right away if you
get any of the following symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis:
s feeling very weak or tired
s have unusual (not normal) muscle pain
s have trouble breathing
s have stomach pain with
- nausea (feel sick to your stomach)
- vomiting
s feel cold, especially in your arms and legs
s feel dizzy or lightheaded
s have a fast or irregular heartbeat
2. Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems can happen in people who take
COMPLERA or similar medicines. In some cases these liver problems can lead to death.
Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver
(steatosis) when you take COMPLERA.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms
of liver problems:
s your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice).
s dark tea-colored urine
s light-colored bowel movements (stools)
s loss of appetite for several days or longer
s nausea
s stomach pain
You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are
female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking COMPLERA or a similar
medicine containing nucleoside analogs for a long time.
3. Worsening of Hepatitis B infection. If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
and you stop taking COMPLERA, your HBV infection may become worse (are-up). A
are-up is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before.
COMPLERA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so you must discuss your HBV
therapy with your healthcare provider.
s Do not let your COMPLERA run out. Rell your prescription or talk to your healthcare
provider before your COMPLERA is all gone.
s Do not stop taking COMPLERA without rst talking to your healthcare provider.
s If you stop taking COMPLERA, your healthcare provider will need to check your health
often and do regular blood tests to check your HBV infection. Tell your healthcare
provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking
COMPLERA.
What is COMPLERA?
COMPLERA is a prescription HIV (Human Immunodeciency Virus) medicine that:
s is used to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV medicines before. HIV is the
virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeciency Syndrome).
s contains 3 medicines, (rilpivirine, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
combined in one tablet. EMTRIVA and VIREAD are HIV-1 (human immunodeciency
virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and EDURANT is an
HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI).
It is not known if COMPLERA is safe and effective in children under the age of 18 years.
COMPLERA may help:
s Reduce the amount of HIV in your blood. This is called your viral load.
s Increase the number of white blood cells called CD4+ (T) cells that help ght off
other infections.
Reducing the amount of HIV and increasing the CD4+ (T) cell count may improve your
immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or infections that can happen when
your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections).
COMPLERA does not cure HIV infections or AIDS.
s Always practice safer sex.
s Use latex or polyurethane condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any
body uids such as semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
s Never re-use or share needles.
Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about how to prevent passing
HIV to other people.
Who should not take COMPLERA?
s Do not take COMPLERA if your HIV infection has been previously treated with
HIV medicines.
s Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking certain other medicines. For more
information about medicines that must not be taken with COMPLERA, see What
should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
Before you take COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
s have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection
s have kidney problems
s have ever had a mental health problem
s have bone problems
s are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if COMPLERA can harm
your unborn child
Pregnancy Registry. There is a pregnancy registry for women who take antiviral
medicines during pregnancy. Its purpose is to collect information about the health
of you and your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about how you can take part in
this registry.
s are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommends that mothers with HIV not breastfeed because they can pass
the HIV through their milk to the baby. It is not known if COMPLERA can pass through
your breast milk and harm your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best
way to feed your baby.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription
and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
COMPLERA may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may
affect how COMPLERA works, and may cause serious side effects. If you take certain
medicines with COMPLERA, the amount of COMPLERA in your body may be too low and
it may not work to help control your HIV infection. The HIV virus in your body may become
resistant to COMPLERA or other HIV medicines that are like it.
Do not take COMPLERA if you also take these medicines:
s COMPLERA provides a complete treatment for HIV infection. Do not take other HIV
medicines with COMPLERA.
s the anti-seizure medicines carbamazepine (CARBATROL

, EQUETRO

, TEGRETOL

,
TEGRETOL-XR

, TERIL

, EPITOL

), oxcarbazepine (TRILEPTAL

), phenobarbital
(LUMINAL

), phenytoin (DILANTIN

, DILANTIN-125

, PHENYTEK

)
s the anti-tuberculosis medicines rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN

), rifampin (RIFATER

,
RIFAMATE

, RIMACTANE

, RIFADIN

) and rifapentine (PRIFTIN

)
s a proton pump inhibitor medicine for certain stomach or intestinal problems,
including esomeprazole (NEXIUM

, VIMOVO

), lansoprazole (PREVACID

), omeprazole
(PRILOSEC

), pantoprazole sodium (PROTONIX

), rabeprazole (ACIPHEX

)
s more than 1 dose of the steroid medicine dexamethasone or dexamethasone sodium
phosphate
s St. Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum)
If you are taking COMPLERA, you should not take:
s other medicines that contain tenofovir (VIREAD

, TRUVADA

, ATRIPLA

)
s other medicines that contain emtricitabine or lamivudine (EMTRIVA

, COMBIVIR

,
EPIVIR

or EPIVIR-HBV

, EPZICOM

, TRIZIVIR

)
s rilpivirine (EDURANT

)
s adefovir (HEPSERA

)
Also tell your healthcare provider if you take:
s an antacid medicine that contains aluminum, magnesium hydroxide, or calcium
carbonate. Take antacids at least 2 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take
COMPLERA.
s a histamine-2 blocker medicine, including famotidine (PEPCID

), cimetidine
(TAGAMET

), nizatidine (AXID

), or ranitidine hydrochloride (ZANTAC

). Take these
medicines at least 12 hours before or at least 4 hours after you take COMPLERA.
s the antibiotic medicines clarithromycin (BIAXIN

), erythromycin (E-MYCIN

, ERYC

,
ERY-TAB

, PCE

, PEDIAZOLE

, ILOSONE

), and troleandomycin (TAO

)
s an antifungal medicine by mouth, including uconazole (DIFLUCAN

), itraconazole
(SPORANOX

), ketoconazole (NIZORAL

), posaconazole (NOXAFIL

), voriconazole
(VFEND

)
s methadone (DOLOPHINE

)
Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you are not sure if your medicine is
one that is listed above.
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your
healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. Your healthcare
provider and your pharmacist can tell you if you can take these medicines with
COMPLERA. Do not start any new medicines while you are taking COMPLERA without
rst talking with your healthcare provider or pharmacist. You can ask your healthcare
provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that can interact with COMPLERA.
How should I take COMPLERA?
s Stay under the care of your healthcare provider during treatment with COMPLERA.
s Take COMPLERA exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.
s Always take COMPLERA with a meal. Taking COMPLERA with a meal is important
to help get the right amount of medicine in your body. A protein drink does not
replace a meal.
s Do not change your dose or stop taking COMPLERA without rst talking with your
healthcare provider. See your healthcare provider regularly while taking COMPLERA.
s If you miss a dose of COMPLERA within 12 hours of the time you usually take it, take
your dose of COMPLERA with a meal as soon as possible. Then, take your next dose
of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time. If you miss a dose of COMPLERA by
more than 12 hours of the time you usually take it, wait and then take the next dose
of COMPLERA at the regularly scheduled time.
s Do not take more than your prescribed dose to make up for a missed dose.
s When your COMPLERA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider
or pharmacy. It is very important not to run out of COMPLERA. The amount of virus in
your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time.
s If you take too much COMPLERA, contact your local poison control center or go to the
nearest hospital emergency room right away.
What are the possible side effects of COMPLERA?
COMPLERA may cause the following serious side effects, including:
s See What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?
s New or worse kidney problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA.
If you have had kidney problems in the past or take other medicines that can cause
kidney problems, your healthcare provider may need to do blood tests to check your
kidneys during your treatment with COMPLERA.
s Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have
any of the following symptoms:
- feeling sad or hopeless
- feeling anxious or restless
- have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself
s Bone problems can happen in some people who take COMPLERA. Bone problems
include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your
healthcare provider may need to do additional tests to check your bones.
s Changes in body fat can happen in people taking HIV medicine. These changes may
include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (buffalo hump), breast,
and around the main part of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms and
face may also happen. The cause and long term health effect of these conditions are
not known.
s Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen
when you start taking HIV medicines. Your immune system may get stronger
and begin to ght infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time.
Tell your healthcare provider if you start having new symptoms after starting your
HIV medicine.
The most common side effects of COMPLERA include:
s trouble sleeping (insomnia)
s abnormal dreams
s headache
s dizziness
s diarrhea
s nausea
s rash
s tiredness
s depression
Additional common side effects include:
s vomiting
s stomach pain or discomfort
s skin discoloration (small spots or freckles)
s pain
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does
not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of COMPLERA. For more information, ask your
healthcare provider or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to
FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088).
How do I store COMPLERA?
s Store COMPLERA at room temperature 77 F (25 C).
s Keep COMPLERA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed.
s Do not use COMPLERA if the seal over the bottle opening is broken or missing.
Keep COMPLERA and all other medicines out of reach of children.
General information about COMPLERA:
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient
Information leaet. Do not use COMPLERA for a condition for which it was not prescribed.
Do not give COMPLERA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have.
It may harm them.
This leaet summarizes the most important information about COMPLERA. If you
would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your
healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about COMPLERA that is written
for health professionals. For more information, call (1-800-445-3235) or go to
www.COMPLERA.com.
What are the ingredients of COMPLERA?
Active ingredients: emtricitabine, rilpivirine hydrochloride, and tenofovir disoproxil
fumarate
Inactive ingredients: pregelatinized starch, lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline
cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, povidone, polysorbate 20. The
tablet lm coating contains polyethylene glycol, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate,
triacetin, titanium dioxide, iron oxide red, FD&C Blue #2 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow
#6 aluminum lake.
This Patient Information has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Manufactured and distributed by:
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Foster City, CA 94404
Issued: August 2011
COMPLERA, the COMPLERA Logo, EMTRIVA, HEPSERA, TRUVADA, VIREAD, GILEAD, and
the GILEAD Logo are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. or its related companies.
ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. All other
trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.
2012 Gilead Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Patient Information
COMPLERA

(kom-PLEH-rah)
(emtricitabine, rilpivirine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) Tablets
Important: Ask your doctor or pharmacist about medicines that should not be
taken with COMPLERA. For more information, see the section What should I tell my
healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
Read this Patient Information before you start taking COMPLERA and each time you
get a rell. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of
talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is the most important information I should know about COMPLERA?
COMPLERA can cause serious side effects, including:
1. Build-up of an acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis can happen in
some people who take COMPLERA or similar (nucleoside analogs) medicines. Lactic
acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death.
Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify early, because the symptoms could seem like
symptoms of other health problems. Call your healthcare provider right away if you
get any of the following symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis:
s feeling very weak or tired
s have unusual (not normal) muscle pain
s have trouble breathing
s have stomach pain with
- nausea (feel sick to your stomach)
- vomiting
s feel cold, especially in your arms and legs
s feel dizzy or lightheaded
s have a fast or irregular heartbeat
2. Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems can happen in people who take
COMPLERA or similar medicines. In some cases these liver problems can lead to death.
Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver
(steatosis) when you take COMPLERA.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms
of liver problems:
s your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice).
s dark tea-colored urine
s light-colored bowel movements (stools)
s loss of appetite for several days or longer
s nausea
s stomach pain
You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are
female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking COMPLERA or a similar
medicine containing nucleoside analogs for a long time.
3. Worsening of Hepatitis B infection. If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
and you stop taking COMPLERA, your HBV infection may become worse (are-up). A
are-up is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before.
COMPLERA is not approved for the treatment of HBV, so you must discuss your HBV
therapy with your healthcare provider.
s Do not let your COMPLERA run out. Rell your prescription or talk to your healthcare
provider before your COMPLERA is all gone.
s Do not stop taking COMPLERA without rst talking to your healthcare provider.
s If you stop taking COMPLERA, your healthcare provider will need to check your health
often and do regular blood tests to check your HBV infection. Tell your healthcare
provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking
COMPLERA.
What is COMPLERA?
COMPLERA is a prescription HIV (Human Immunodeciency Virus) medicine that:
s is used to treat HIV-1 in adults who have never taken HIV medicines before. HIV is the
virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeciency Syndrome).
s contains 3 medicines, (rilpivirine, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
combined in one tablet. EMTRIVA and VIREAD are HIV-1 (human immunodeciency
virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and EDURANT is an
HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI).
It is not known if COMPLERA is safe and effective in children under the age of 18 years.
COMPLERA may help:
s Reduce the amount of HIV in your blood. This is called your viral load.
s Increase the number of white blood cells called CD4+ (T) cells that help ght off
other infections.
Reducing the amount of HIV and increasing the CD4+ (T) cell count may improve your
immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or infections that can happen when
your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections).
COMPLERA does not cure HIV infections or AIDS.
s Always practice safer sex.
s Use latex or polyurethane condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with any
body uids such as semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
s Never re-use or share needles.
Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about how to prevent passing
HIV to other people.
Who should not take COMPLERA?
s Do not take COMPLERA if your HIV infection has been previously treated with
HIV medicines.
s Do not take COMPLERA if you are taking certain other medicines. For more
information about medicines that must not be taken with COMPLERA, see What
should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking COMPLERA?
Before you take COMPLERA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
s have liver problems, including hepatitis B or C virus infection
s have kidney problems
s have ever had a mental health problem
s have bone problems
s are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if COMPLERA can harm
your unborn child
Pregnancy Registry. There is a pregnancy registry for women who take antiviral
medicines during pregnancy. Its purpose is to collect information about the health
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Washington
Blade
Washington
Blade
Kolbe endorses Babeus
run for Congress
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
A gay former congressman is throwing
his support behind Pinal County Sheriff
Paul Babeu, days after the congressional
candidate came out as gay.
In an interview with the Washington
Blade, former Rep. Jim Kolbe, who
served in Congress from 1985 to 2007,
endorsed the candidacy of his fellow
Arizonian Republican, who came out over
the weekend after he was outed by the
Arizona New Times.
I endorse Paul Babeu based on his
distinguished record of service to his
country both in the military and as a law
enforcement ofcer, Kolbe said. I think
he has a solid understanding of the short
and long-term economic problems that
face this country and is willing to make the
necessary, tough decisions to tackle them.
In the New Times piece, Jose, whose
last name wasnt disclosed, alleged
Babeu threatened him with deportation
after their relationship soured. The article
included shirtless photos of the candidate
allegedly sent to Jose and a picture that
appeared to be his adam4adam prole.
But Babeu denied the allegations against
him at a news conference held on Saturday
except the news about his sexual
orientation and came out as gay. In a
later interview Monday on CNN, Babeu
admitted to dating Jose, but said the
allegations about deportation threats arent
true because he doesnt have the authority
to deport undocumented immigrants, only
the authority to arrest them.
Kolbe, now a fellow at the German
Marshall Fund think tank and a consultant
at Kissinger McLarty Associates, came out
as gay himself in 1996 after LGBT rights
groups criticized him for voting in favor of
the Defense of Marriage Act.
But Kolbe said he wouldnt draw a
comparison between his coming out and
Babeus announcement because every
person has a different story of coming out.
The obvious similarity for Paul and
myself is that we are both in public ofce,
while the obvious difference is that I was
already in Congress, while he is seeking
election to the Congress, Kolbe said.
Beyond that, every person faced with a
similar situation has a unique story of how
and when they decide to come out and
how it is dealt with.
Kolbe said he knew about Babeus
sexual orientation prior to the candidates
announcement on Saturday based on
conversations the two had previously.
I knew he was gay, Kolbe said. That
is the only thing that I can say that I knew.
We had several little discussions about
that in my conversations with him. Thats
all I would say about that.
Even though he was in a relationship
with an immigrant, Babeu has taken a hard
line on the issue of immigration during his
political career. During an appearance
at the 2012 Conservative Political Action
Conference, Babeu criticized the Obama
administration for ghting in court the
states strict law against illegal immigration.
Babeu, whose campaign didnt
respond to an interview request from
the Washington Blade, could break from
conservative ranks on LGBT rights if
elected to Congress. He suggested that
he supports same-sex marriage during his
CNN interview, saying this is where I go
Ron Paul on people and adding that the
issue should fall to the states.
This is where our government needs
to get the heck out of the way, and if its
not harming somebody, then what does
it matter? Babeu said. And you cant
legislate love.
Babeu added that he believes in
freedom of religion and there are
faiths and religions that our government
shouldnt get involved in that absolutely do
not condone gay marriage while saying
he doesnt believe the government should
tell other faiths they cant support it.
The candidates coming out means four
openly LGBT candidates are running for
Congress in Arizona more than any
other state in the country. Besides Babeu,
Democratic Rep. Matt Heinz and state
Sen. Paula Aboud are running to succeed
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Former state Sen.
Kyrsten Sinema, whos bisexual, is also
running. On Tuesday, the Human Rights
Campaign and the Gay & Lesbian Victory
Fund endorsed Sinema.
Whether Babeu, elected as sheriff in
2008 and once considered a rising star
within the GOP, can remain viable is an
open question. In a conservative state
with a large evangelical Christian and
Mormon population, hes come out, faces
allegations that he tried to deport someone
and has acknowledged being in a same-
sex relationship with an immigrant. Babeu
stepped down from his position as co-chair
of Mitt Romneys presidential campaign in
Arizona after the allegations broke.
Sean Theriault, a political scientist at
the University of Texas, Austin, said Babeu
faces difculties because of the allegations
against him in addition to being an openly
gay candidate, but said Arizona has a
surprising track record on LGBT issues and
candidates.
Im not sure I would make the same
assessment in other states, but Arizona
Republicans have a record with the gays,
Theriault said. At the end of his life, Sen.
Barry Goldwater was a big proponent
of gay rights and Jim Kolbe, a gay
Republican, represented Gabby Giffordss
district before she did.
When asked during the CNN interview
whether he would become active with the
Log Cabin Republicans, Babeu replied,
Im sure.
R. Clarke Cooper, executive director of
Log Cabin, said he has spoken with Babeu
as he has with other Republicans seeking
election to Congress.
We had a relationship with the
candidate and the campaign prior to him
coming out, so theres no change there,
Cooper said.
Cooper said his group doesnt endorse
candidates in the primary season. After
the nominees are decided, Cooper said
Log Cabin will announce its endorsements
in the fall.
Asked where Babeu stands on LGBT
issues, Cooper pointed to an editorial
he wrote for The Washington Times. The
piece says Babeu is already making the
case for equality in a way that resonates
with Republicans by being openly gay and
notes his service in the armed forces while
serving under Dont Ask, Dont Tell.
Chris Barron, chief strategist of the gay
conservative group GOProud, said he
isnt aware of his organization having had
any conservations with Babeu and said
his campaign hasnt reached out to the
organization.
Our efforts here have been on the
presidential election, not on reaching out
to congressional candidates, Barron said.
We hear from candidates all the time,
and its very early in the election season
to be talking about House and Senate
candidates, especially with a presidential
election going on.
Denis Dison, spokesperson for the
Victory Fund, said his organization hasnt
had any conversations with Babeu and
that he wouldnt be able to talk about any
interactions the candidate would have
with the organization at a later time.
If we do work with him, wed do it
privately and we wouldnt be able to talk
about it in the press, but I can conrm that
we have not talked to him, Dison said.
Asked whether Babeu would be eligible
for a Victory Fund endorsement, Dison
pointed to the criteria on the organizations
website, which states candidates the
organization supports must be openly
LGBT; demonstrate community support
and a realistic plan to win; show support
for efforts to advance LGBT rights;
and demonstrate support to safeguard
privacy and reproductive freedom.
HRC declined to comment for this
article. If the group is interacting with
Babeu, it wouldnt be the rst time it has
helped a public ofcial with the coming
out process. In 2004, then-New Jersey Gov.
Jim McGreevey reportedly sought HRCs
advice when writing his coming out speech.
Kolbe said he wasnt aware of contact
between LGBT advocacy organizations
and Babeus campaign.
Thats a decision that those organization
have to make and he has to make
whether he wants that coordination or not,
or that assistance, Kolbe said. I think hes
quite capable of putting together a pretty
substantial campaign on his own with the
people and the volunteers that hes got.
washingtonblade.com
1 FEBRUARY 24, 2012 NATl ONAL NEWS
Republican congressional candidate PAUL BABEU was outed last weekend by an Arizona newspaper.
PHOTO BY GAGE SKIDMORE; COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA.ORG
Outed GOP sheriff nds gay support
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
The Obama campaign has tapped
Human Rights Campaign President Joe
Solmonese for a position as a national co-
chair to advocate for the president based
on his work for the LGBT community and
the country as a whole.
On Wednesday, the Obama campaign
issued a statement saying Solmonese
had been selected for the role as part of
a group of 35 individuals who had been
chosen as national co-chairs.
In a statement, Solmonese praised
Obamas work on LGBT issues over the
course of the more than three years the
president has been in ofce, saying the
presidents leadership has brought about
great change for LGBT Americans.
From ending Dont Ask, Dont Tell,
to prohibiting discrimination based on
gender identity in the federal government,
to signing the hate crime prevention act
into law, the Obama administration has
improved the lives of LGBT Americans
more than ever before, Solmonese said.
President Obama has made it clear that
LGBT Americans deserve a fair shot and
has taken steps across his administration
to make the lives of those most in need in
our community better.
Others on the list include Senate
Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin
(D-Ill.), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.),
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and
actress Eva Longoria, who stars on ABCs
Desperate Housewives.
In a statement, Jim Messina, Obama
for Americas campaign manager, said the
national co-chairs will be tremendous
assets on the ground as we build the
biggest grassroots campaign in history.
They each share the presidents vision
for a future where every American can have
a fair shot at success, where hard work
pays off and responsibility is rewarded,
Messina said.
According to the Obama campaign
statement, the national co-chairs are
charged with serving as ambassadors for
the president, advising the campaign on
key issues and helping to engage and
mobilize voters. The positions are unpaid.
Fred Sainz, vice president of
communications for the Human Rights
Campaign, said Solmoneses role with the
Obama campaign wont be LGBT-specic
and hell advocate for the president based
on the entirety of his work.
I think that Joe, obviously, will be most
impactful in terms of speaking on behalf
on the issues important to our community,
but Joe will be able to speak to the entirety
of the presidents record, Sainz said.
Solmonese is slated to leave his post as
HRC president when his contract expires on
March 31, 2012. Sainz said Solmonese will
begin his role with the Obama campaign
immediately and continue his role for the
president after hes left the organization.
washingtonblade.com
NATI ONAL NEWS FEBRUARY 24, 2012 17
JOE SOLMONESE is stepping down as HRC
president next month.
WASHINGTON BLADE FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL KEY
Solmonese joins Obama campaign as national co-chair
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Clark says he began a 19-year friendship
with Kameny when he was 15 years old,
after calling the Gay Information hotline that
Kameny operated out of his home in 1991.
Clark says he was living with his
grandmother in Southeast D.C. at the time
and was struggling to come out as gay in a
deeply religious extended family. Through an
odd turn of events, his grandmother learned
that Clark had been speaking to Kameny by
phone on a regular basis a few months after
Clark rst called the hotline, which he had
discovered in the Yellow Pages.
Thats when my grandmother called
Frank, he said in an exclusive interview
with the Washington Blade on Tuesday.
At rst it was a heated conversation.
But then once they got past that, my
grandmother said on no uncertain terms
you will not be able to see my grandson
until his 16th birthday.
He continued to speak with Kameny by
phone in what he describes as a counselor
and mentor type relationship. Shortly
after his 16th birthday Clark says he met
Kameny in person for the rst time in a
public library while accompanied by his
grandmother.
After that, my grandmother allowed me
to talk to Frank, Clark said. It was nothing
that was hidden anymore And Frank has
been part of my life ever since then.
Clark added, And thats when my
grandmother started asking him, do you
think that him being this way, is it safe for him
to go to Anacostia High School? And Frank
said yes. It was like everything had collided
in a good way between all parties involved.
Among the things Clark talked to
Kameny about in the ensuing years was
his relationship with his boyfriend, who
moved in with him at his grandmothers
house around 1997 after the boyfriend
encountered problems with his parents,
who were members of the Jehovahs
Witness faith.
Although his grandmother was gradually
becoming more accepting of him being
gay, Clark said she wasnt quite ready for him
to cohabitate with a boyfriend in her house.
With his grandmothers consent, Clark
accepted an offer by Kameny to move into
Kamenys basement apartment at Kamenys
house on Cathedral Avenue, N.W.
In addition to being a good friend, Clark
knew that, unlike his grandmother, Kameny
would have no problem accepting Clarks
boyfriend.
So I moved over there in his basement
until 1999 and then me and my boyfriend
moved out to Centerville, Va., Clark said.
So I was there from 97 to 99 before I
moved out.
Clark said he moved back into Kamenys
house between 2002 and 2003 after having
moved from Centerville to an apartment
in D.C. By then his friendship with Kameny
deepened and evolved into a family type
relationship, with Kameny spending time
at his grandmothers and relatives homes
on holidays, including Christmas and
Thanksgiving dinners, Clark said.
Frank was a part of my family, he said.
Frank was like a grandfather to me. My
grandfather passed away when I was little,
but Frank was literally like a grandfather to
me. We had our ups and downs, but thats
what families do.
Clark said his return to Kamenys house
came at Kamenys request and caused a
strain on his relationship with his boyfriend.
He just called me and said that he was
getting older and he missed me living there
and he would like for me to come back,
Clark said. So thats when my aunt, who
knew Frank, thats when she got someone to
redo the basement because the basement
by then was in horrible condition and I
couldnt come back there like that.
As the basement was being xed up
through contractors hired and paid for by
his aunt, Clark said Kameny sat him down
to discuss the situation.
He said Timothy, you know Ive always
been self-sufcient and I never needed
anybody around, but when you were here
I found comfort and I would like to have
you back if youre willing to come back.
While mulling over Kamenys invitation
to return, Clark said he and his boyfriend
had a separate conversation. Thats when
my partner said, well, its me or the old
man. I chose Frank because Frank was
very important to me, said Clark. He
helped me get over things in my personal
life, you know, a lot of things. He helped
me get through the anger I had towards
a lot of the women in my family, whose
religious beliefs often were at odds with
his sexual orientation, Clark said.
Frank really helped me get past all of
that. Pausing and appearing to hold back
tears, Clark said, Frank is oh he was
just awesome.
Clark lived in the basement apartment
until after Kamenys death.

Collard greens and chitlins
Describing himself as a very private
person, Clark said he shunned the political
and LGBT activist world that Kameny
relished, despite Kamenys frequent
requests that he attend various events
and celebrations. It was only in the last
few years of Kamenys life that Clark said
he began attending the citys LGBT Pride
parade as it passed around Dupont Circle.
Instead, he says he has fond memories
of Kamenys participation in his family
events, including holiday dinners.
When my grandmothers sister from
North Carolina came up he went over
there to meet her with me at my cousins
house, Clark recalls. It was just so funny
because he knew my grandmother but
when he rst came to one of the dinners
and my grandmother had collard greens
and chitlins, I said Frank I want you to nish
your plate for everything, Clark said.
My grandmother asked him to call her
by her rst name, Lena, he said. And Frank
said, Lena, what is this? And she said chitlins
[pig intestines prepared in a traditional
Southern recipe]. And Frank sat back and
said Lena what does an old Jew from New
York know about this? We all just laughed,
and he ate the chitlins. And ever since then
he would always ask if my grandmother was
making chitlins for the holidays.
Clark said his fond memories of Kamenys
role as a welcomed member of his family
became marred to some degree following
Kamenys death when rumors began
circulating among some of Kamenys
political friends and acquaintances over
the nature of his relationship with the
famed gay rights leader. Some wondered
why he would be named as the main
beneciary in Kamenys will, giving him
Kamenys house, which the citys tax ofce
says has an assessed value of $730,880.
Clark said earlier rumors that surfaced in
the year prior to Kamenys death were even
more unsettling. Clark said he was stunned
last year when two D.C. police ofcers,
a staff member from gay D.C. Council
member David Catania (I-At-Large), and
a D.C. government ofcial specializing in
senior citizen services came to Kamenys
house to talk to him and Kameny separately
over concerns by people who knew
Kameny that Clark was abusing him and
may have been arrested in the past for
allegedly assaulting Kameny.
Glen Ackerman, who is serving as Clarks
attorney on matters related to Kamenys
estate, said he conducted a search of
D.C. court records and conrmed there
is absolutely no truth whatsoever to these
ugly rumors.
The Blade also checked court records
and determined Clark had never been
charged with an offense in connection
with his relationship with Kameny.
Ackerman said that as hurtful as the
rumors are to Clark, he believes they
were spawned, in part, over the fact that
Clark was an unknown gure to virtually
all of Kamenys activist friends and
acquaintances. He said he advised Clark to
speak to the Blade, among other things, to
dispel the mystery surrounding him.
The only story thats relevant here is that
out of everyone that Dr. Kameny knew in
his life, he only trusted one person in terms
of his estate and thats Timothy Clark,
Ackerman said. With everyone in his life,
he trusted this one man to be his personal
representative at his death and to leave
him basically all of his earthly possessions,
including but not limited to his home, his
automobile and all of his possessions with
the exclusion of his papers that would go
to the Library of Congress.
Ackerman said that ofcials with the
Kameny Papers Project, who had helped
arrange for the donation of Kamenys lifes
work writings on behalf of LGBT rights to
go to the Library of Congress, initially had
not consulted Clark about plans to have
Kamenys ashes buried on March 3 in D.C.
Congressional Cemetery.
He has the sole authority to decide the
destiny of all of Dr. Kamenys possessions,
including his ashes, Ackerman said.
Clark, who initially planned to take
possession of Kamenys ashes, said he has
agreed to allow half of the ashes to be
buried in the planned March 3 memorial
ceremony at Congressional Cemetery
while keeping the remaining half to
cherish for the rest of my life.
Clark said his grief over Kamenys death
brought back memories of the death of
his grandmother in 2008, who Kameny
knew and loved. When he received a
phone call while at home with Kameny
that his grandmother had died, Clark said
he walked outside on the front lawn to
collect his thoughts.
Frank came downstairs and outside,
he said. I was standing on the grass. He
came out and hugged me and said Im still
here for you, Im still here. Ill never forget
that day.
He said he and several of his relatives
plan to attend the March 3 burial ceremony
for Kamenys ashes.
Kameny heir talks about life with pioneering activist
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BarebackRT.com, and SexPigs.com,
which are widely known as dating and
sex hookup sites for adult gay men. He
said he knows of at least 20 arrests of
gay men in the sting operation in which
the undercover detective met the men
through these websites.
These gures are far lower than the
actual numbers of arrests through this
sting, Jeffress said, because many of the
arrested men likely retain private attorneys
and their cases dont pass through the
Federal Public Defenders ofce.
The Blade has asked the U.S. Attorneys
ofce to disclose the number of arrests
made in this sting operation over the past
four years. The ofce did not immediately
respond to the request.
Jeffress said D.C. police Det. Timothy
Palchak has made nearly all of the arrests
in the sting operation.
According to court records and police
charging documents, the undercover
detective posts a prole on one of the
websites indicating his interest in meeting
someone for sex, describing himself as
40 years old, athletic, 6-feet-2 inches
tall, 200-209 pounds, and versatile. In
at least one case, he described himself as
a no limit perv into taboos, including
yng, meaning young people.
Court records show the detective informs
those who respond to his posting through
emails or instant messages using known
code words or abbreviations that hes into
drugs, including crystal meth, and invites
the men to his place for sex with him.
A police charging document for one of
the cases says the detective mentioned to
one of the men responding to his prole
that he has available to him a 12-year-old
perv boy who loves to be penetrated
in anal sex.
Police and prosecutors have said in
court papers the boy is ctitious and
that the men targeted in the sting have
never been in contact with an actual
juvenile or with the ctitious boy only
with the detective posing as an adult who
claims to have access to the boy.
In his court brief, Jeffress said many of
the men arrested in the sting are heavy
drug users, including crystal meth addicts,
and have consented to engaging in sex
with the detective and the juvenile for
the purpose of going along with the
detective, who they think is a willing adult
sex partner, as a means of obtaining drugs.
Instead of apprehending the Internet
predator who is actively seeking children
online such as the kind of defendant
one sees time after time in the cases from
other districts the U.S. Attorneys Ofce
is instead arresting gay men interacting
in adults-only chat rooms that have no
history or reputation as locations where
minors go online, Jeffress said in his brief.
Moreover, instead of arresting
individuals who have attempted to
persuade minors, the arrests are of
defendants who have been persuaded
by the UC [undercover detective] to meet
him and the ctitious minor for drugs and
sex, the brief says.
The brief adds, [A]s the government is
fully aware, the defendants in these cases
are often struggling with meth use, and are
therefore agreeing to the UCs propositions
not because they are pedophiles but
because they are compulsive and
exceedingly susceptible to the power
of the UCs suggestions, particularly on
sexual matters. These defendants are also
powerfully motivated by the UCs dangling
of meth as a carrot to reward their travel to
the meeting place.
By meeting place, Jeffress was referring
to a place that Det. Palchak arranges for
the men targeted in the sting to meet
him and the ctitious juvenile for sex and
drugs. The targeted men are arrested
immediately or shortly after they arrive
at the designated meeting place, court
records show.
Jeffress brief, led in U.S. District Court
for the District of Columbia, called on a
federal judge to dismiss a charge against a
Canadian gay man ensnared in the sting in
March 2011 during his visit to D.C. on the
way home from Fort Lauderdale. Police
and prosecutors charged Ivan Nitschke,
47, under a federal anti-pedophile statute
that calls for a mandatory minimum
sentence of 10 years in jail and a maximum
sentence of life in prison.
The statute, referred to in court
documents as 18 U.S. Code, Sec. 2422(b),
is aimed at apprehending online predators
who seek out sex with minors.
U.S. District Court Judge James
Boasberg agreed to a pre-trial defense
motion to dismiss that charge against
Nitschke last May. Following a non-jury
trial last month, Boasberg found Nitschke
not-guilty on a separate charge of
traveling with the intent to engage in illicit
sexual conduct.
Boasberg ordered Nitschke released
from jail, where he had been held without
bail since his arrest on March 24, 2011.
The brief says Nitschke, an admitted
methamphetamine addict, was arrested
after he responded to a posting by Det.
Palchak on BarebackRT.com.
In delivering his verdict in the Nitschke
case, Judge Boasberg said he found the
defendant, who testied at the trial, to
be credible and honest in admitting to
his addiction to crystal meth and being
into promiscuous sex with multiple adult
partners during his visit to D.C.
Boasberg said the defense proved
beyond a reasonable doubt that
Nitschke was not a pedophile and his
stated agreement to join the undercover
detective in a sexual encounter with the
ctitious 12-year-old boy was motivated
by his desire to obtain drugs from the
detective posing as an adult sex partner.
So at the end of the day, for all these
reasons, in this case I strongly question the
government, whether the government has
even met the preponderance standard
here, Boasberg said from the bench. And
I thus have no hesitation in pronouncing a
verdict of not guilty for the defendant.
William Miller, a spokesperson for the
U.S. Attorneys ofce, said the ofce has
no comment on the verdict in the Nitschke
case. He said he would make inquires
about the allegations by the Federal
Public Defenders ofce that gay men are
being unfairly targeted in a pedophile
sting operation.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, when
asked about the sting, told the Blade she
is aware of it and supports it through the
departments participation in an Internet
Crimes Against Children Task Force created
by the U.S. Department of Justice. The FBI
is also a participant in the Task Force.
The goal of the unit is to protect
children against predators, Lanier said,
in referring to a D.C. police Internet
Crimes Against Children unit to which
Det. Palchak is assigned. The group
that is targeted is pedophiles, she said.
Anyone that agrees to have sex with a
child should be arrested and prosecuted.
Lanier said Palchak and the ICAC unit
looks at several websites and does not
target any one in particularNo one website
is targeted, she told the Blade in an email.
In a police charging document against
Nitschke, Det. Palchak said that Nitschke
initiated a private email chat with the
detective in response to the detectives
prole on the website, which has since
been identied as BareBackRT.com. In
one of his messages, Palchak said he was
getting off work at 3 p.m. and meeting my
lil perv boy that I met over the summer for a
few hours. He is young so if that is not your
thing we can hook up after he leaves.
In his charging document, Palchak
quotes Nitschke as responding, Hey
budsaid I was into that in my rst
messagefuck yeahhow old is he?
Palchak responded that the boy had not
yet turned 13 and added that the boy was
very cool, vers and freaky and loves
to be fucked and bred, the charging
document says.
It says Nitschke responded, yeah
into all thatand ready to join in.
In explaining his not-guilty verdict for
Nitschke, Judge Boasberg said this type
of dialogue, standing alone, suggested
Nitschke may have been interested in
sex with the ctitious boy. But the judge
said the preponderance of evidence
established a context showing that
Nitschke was not into sex with minors and
that his overarching aim was to seek out
drugs from the detective.
Boasberg noted that evidence
submitted by the defense showed that he
had been in online chats with half-a-dozen
or more other men during the days prior
to his online meeting with Det. Palchak.
In all of those exchanges the defendants
interest was sex with people around his
age and drugs, not sex with a juvenile,
Boasberg said in his lengthy verdict, which
has been transcribed.
[H]is actions show that meeting
Detective Palchak is something he is
barely interested in, Boasberg said in
explaining his verdict. If you look at his
actions, not what he said in the chat,
but what he did, said the judge, it just
doesnt show someone who is interested
in sex with children.
It could not be immediately determined
whether the U.S. Attorneys ofce has
asked Det. Palchak to change his tactics in
communicating with men on the gay adult
websites as a means of carrying out the
sting operation following Boasbergs not-
guilty verdict in the Nitschke case.
The concerns raised by the Federal
Public Defender about the possible
targeting of gay men in a child-sex sting
come at a time when LGBT activists have
complained that the U.S. Attorneys ofce
has lowered charges in plea bargain
arrangements for people arrested for
committing violent crimes against LGBT
people, especially transgender women,
during the past several years.
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Democrats voted in favor of the measure.
Its highly signicant in that 800,000 people in Baltimore County are now
covered, said Dana Beyer, executive director of Gender Rights Maryland. That
brings the total in the state to 2.5 million or over half the population of the state.
Its also indicative of the momentum were building for trans protections in that
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similar laws have been passed.
But when the hearing took place on Feb. 14, supporters of the bill outnumbered
opponents 44-14. And the day before the vote only a dozen or so, including
Republican Rep. Andy Harris, demonstrated outside Quirks Catonsville ofce.
There had been fear on the part of the bills supporters that an amendment
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Quirk acknowledged that the beating of transgender woman Chrissy Lee Polis
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County (UMBC) on Feb. 18. They gathered for the third annual Bmore Proud
Intersections Conference in which they participated in breakout sessions covering
a wide range of topics, listened to presentations by community leaders, such
as Del. Mary Washington who delivered the keynote address, obtained related
resource materials, networked with other campus leaders and organizations, and
socialized with their peers.
This leadership summit, under the umbrella organization the Bmore Proud
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on college campuses. Breakout sessions included workshops on such topics as
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Gendered Revolution, Sexual Assault 101, The Trevor Lifeguard Workshop,
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Lawmakers celebrate win with karaoke
Three gay House delegates, along with members of Equality Maryland,
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entourage that included Dels. Luke Clippinger, Maggie McIntosh and Mary
Washington hit such watering holes as the Laughing Pint, Grand Central and Club
Hippo.
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delight of the patrons. The 1964 pop song made famous by the Dixie Cups is
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Club Hippo hosts two parties
Club Hippo (1 West Eager St.) has two large events going on this weekend.
On Friday, the Ladies of LURe present Lust, celebrating LGBT history with the
Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore.
DJ Rosie will be providing music and Dystruxion dancers will be there. There
will also be a rafe for Club Skirts Dinah Shore tickets.
Admission is $5 before midnight and $7 after.
On Saturday, Bellezza Entertainment and Club Hippo present their rst major
event of the year with Winter Pride.
This event will feature drink specials, give-a-ways, live performances by the
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Admission is $10 and doors open at 10 p.m.
Both events are for 21 and older only.
Agnes of God production opens
Spotlighters Theatre (817 Saint Paul St.) presents Agnes of God starring Joan
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Agnes tells the story of Dr. Martha Livingstone and how she assesses the
sanity of Sister Agnes after shes accused of murdering her newborn.
The show will run through March 18 with Friday and Saturday performances at 8
p.m. and Sunday performances at 2 p.m. There will be a talk back session with
the cast and director on March 11 following the show.
Tickets range from $16 to $20 and can be purchased online at spotlighters.org.
There will also be a special performance on March 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets for this
performance are $10.
Oscar night fundraiser for homeless youth
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(1425 Aliceanna St.) starting at 6 p.m. with dinner, cocktails and a short program
followed by the Oscars.
Tickets are $125 and can be purchased online at oscarnightbaltimore.
ocharityhappenings.org. Proceeds benet CitySteps, a supportive housing
program for homeless and unstably housed youth from ages 14 to 24.
AIRS is an organization founded as the faith communitys response to the AIDS
epidemic and has been helping individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS since 1987.
For more information on AIRS and CitySteps, visit airshome.org.
Two diverse groups set to play France-Merrick
The France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (12 North Eutaw Street) presents
Darwin Atwaters Evolution of a People on tonight at 8 p.m. and the Peking
Acrobats on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Evolution is a musical monument to the varied aspects of African-American
life, including business, sports, politics, cowboys, religion, fashion and more.
Atwater has taken an entire culture and set it to music accompanied by a
photographic narrative by Ellis Marsalis III.
Tickets range from $30 to $65.
For more information, visit soulfulsymphony.org.
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jugglers, cyclists and gymnasts complemented by live musicians playing traditional
Chinese instruments.
Tickets range from $20 to $55.
All tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com.
JOAN CROOKS (right) plays Dr. Livingstone, a psychiatrist who puts Sister Agnes, played by JULIE MILILLO,
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Kudos and criticism
after historic House vote
on marriage
What a difference a year makes. Just 11
months ago, the hopes of Marylands gay
rights advocates were dashed when the
House of Delegates yanked a bill to legalize
same-sex marriage after support for the mea-
sure crumbled.
But last Friday, after a long week of tes-
timony, amendments and emotional oor
speeches, the House approved the bill by
two votes and found support from a few un-
likely voices.
Republican Dels. Wade Kach and Robert
Costa cast votes in favor, joining fellow Re-
publican Sen. Allan Kittleman, who voted for
it last year. Then in another surprise move,
Del. Tiffany Alston, who was widely criticized
last year for changing her mind on the bill,
changed it again. She voted against the bill
in committee on Tuesday, then for it on the
House oor on Friday after offering a friendly
amendment that was accepted. Unfortunate-
ly, she supports a referendum on the issue. In
an odd twist, Alston was indicted last year on
charges that she used campaign funds to pay
for expenses related to her wedding, includ-
ing her dress.
Kach, from Baltimore County, switched
his vote from last year and said he received
threats as a result. He was shadowed by state
police ofcers in Annapolis on Friday.
Costa announced his support in advance
of the vote last week.
I think its not a state function to decide
who can marry, the Annapolis Capital quot-
ed Costa as saying. I do what I believe is
right for people. I dont think that matters. I
represent constituents and not a party.
A conuence of factors brought about
this historic outcome, from the aggressive
support of Gov. Martin OMalley, to the pas-
sage of similar laws in New York last year
and Washington and New Jersey earlier
this month. Even former Vice President Dick
Cheney got involved in the Maryland ght,
placing calls to fence-sitting Republicans ask-
ing them to vote for the bill, according to a
Baltimore Sun report. That little gem puts
President Obama in an awkward position
to the right of Cheney on marriage.
Another little noticed development
came during a town hall-style meeting with
OMalley sponsored by the Baltimore Sun
last week. During the meeting, OMalley
acknowledged that he sacriced his private
support for marriage for political gain.
I was mayor of the city of Baltimore then
and my political advisers and friends went
absolutely nuts and said There is no such
term as civil marriage if you use the term
civil marriage you are going to jeopardize
whatever hope we have to defeat the current
ofceholder and make the sort of strides, in
any number of areas, that [then-Gov. Robert
Ehrlich Jr. is] opposed to on these things,
OMalley said.
It was a stunningly candid admission,
though a fact that most of us assumed. Like
so many other politicians Democrats and
Republicans alike OMalley privately sup-
ported same-sex marriage all along but was
afraid to say so publicly. Its the same position
Obama nds himself in now. No one believes
that Obama opposes marriage equality and
hell certainly express his support after the
November election. Kudos to OMalley for
nally going public and for his important tes-
timony in support of the bill and his staffs be-
hind-the-scenes lobbying that helped bring
about the positive outcome Friday.
There are many others who deserve credit
and our gratitude for the House vote: Kittle-
man for demonstrating that this isnt a par-
tisan issue; the Assemblys openly gay and
lesbian members for their visibility and pas-
sion; the supportive clergy who went public
and testied for the bill; Equality Maryland
staffers and board members past and pres-
ent for never giving up; the Marylanders for
Marriage Equality coalition led by HRC; and
the couples who sued unsuccessfully for mar-
riage rights in a case that culminated in 2007.
One of those couples, Lisa Polyak and Gita
Deane, has remained a key part of the ght
ever since. Polyak serves as board chair for
Equality Maryland, an organization that was
on the verge of total collapse when she took
over last year. Since then, thanks in large part
to her smart leadership, the statewide LGBT
advocacy group is back on its feet with a ca-
pable new executive director in Carrie Evans.
Polyak and Deane bravely put their family in
the public spotlight in the name of equality
and justice. Its a scary thing to do when you
have children and Marylands LGBT residents
owe them a huge debt of gratitude for their
sacrice and courage.
The news, of course, isnt all good. In all
the seesawing that went on with the marriage
debate, no one proved more disappointing
than freshman Del. Sam Arora, a Democrat
from progressive Montgomery County, who
campaigned in support of marriage equality
and took LGBT votes and money as a result,
then stabbed his constituents in the back by
changing his position. He is a slimy, two-faced
politician of the worst order who should qui-
etly slink away from public life when his term
expires. If not, the challengers are already
lining up to take him out. One and done for
Sam Arora.
And the ght goes on, rst to the Senate,
which is expected to pass the bill as it did last
year, then to state voters in a likely November
referendum. No matter the outcome of that
referendum, the tide has turned in Maryland
and marriage equality for state residents is a
matter of when, not if. Supporters should cel-
ebrate this historic moment, condent that
we are on the right side of history.
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From dazzling fashion
to celluloid worship,
Academy Awards still thrill
Lately, Ive been rushing to cineplexes
and studying critics picks so that Ill be
in shape for the 84th Academy Awards
show, which airs from the Kodak Theater
in Los Angeles on Sunday.
People all over the world will watch as
winners and losers dressed to the nines,
walk the red carpet, muster up smiles for
the cameras even when they havent won
a coveted statue and try to thank every-
one theyve ever known before the music
begins playing telling them to get off the
stage. But for me and other LGBT view-
ers, this isnt just another awards show.
The Oscars are our Super Bowl. With
stars glittering in glam, dazzling divas
and a long homage to all things celluloid
from costumes to acting, the Academy
Awards packs a powerful queer quotient.
Why is our community so entwined with
Tinseltown? Because historically, movies
have played a vital role in forming the imag-
es that we have of ourselves, and LGBT peo-
ple in front of and behind the camera have
been instrumental in creating Hollywood.
Movies have intersected with the mile-
stones in everyones life (gay or straight),
Id wager. Who hasnt thought of a sigh, a
kiss, a witty line or music from a lm when
falling in love, breaking up with a lover,
mourning a loss or quarreling with a BFF?
This is even truer for LGBT lmgoers.
Often isolated by homophobia, since the
dawn of the silent pictures, weve turned
to movies (even though many lms dont
have openly queer characters) for ro-
mance, camp and beauty. For better, and
until recently often for worse (in such lms
as The Childrens Hour with its stereo-
typical portrayal of lesbians or Tea and
Sympathy with its unmanly teenage
protagonist), movies have cemented
cultural denitions of what LGBT people
are like. As the narrator says in the 1996
documentary The Celluloid Closet,
Hollywood has taught straight people
what to think about gay people and gay
people what to think about themselves.
In 1974, when I was 22, after some
years of timidity, I got the courage to
come out after seeing the 1971 movie
Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Though dated
today, the lms story of a love triangle
involving a bisexual man and his gay
and straight lovers, revealed to me that
I wasnt the only LGBT person in the uni-
verse. The movie showed me that though
being open about my sexuality wouldnt
be easy, I could have a life.
Years later, reel life meeting real life, I
met the love of my life at a screening of
Desert Hearts, a lesbian romance, at a
LGBT lm festival.
When my (late) partner was ill, we
found solace in screwball comedies from
the 1930s like Bringing Up Baby. Even if
youre dying, its hard not to laugh when,
in Baby, Cary Grant (widely believed to
have been bisexual), wearing Katharine
Hepburns bathrobe, exclaims, Ive gone
gay! on being asked why hes wearing
such garb.
A gay presence and sensibility have
long permeated Hollywood. Lots of gay
people worked for the studios during
Hollywoods golden age, writes Scotty
Bowers in his new tell-all book Full
Service: My Adventures in Hollywood
and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars.
Those behind the camera could be
more open, Bowers says, but the actors
and major directors and producers had
morals clauses in their contracts, which
they would have violated by being openly
known as gay or bisexual.
Though until fairly recently, openly
queer characters couldnt be portrayed in
lms, LGBT directors, actors, choreogra-
phers and others involved in production
(including George Cukor, James Whale
and Greta Garbo) infused movies from
The Bride of Frankenstein to Camille
to The Gay Divorcee with fabulous
beauty, camp and wit.
True, homophobia still exists in Holly-
wood, and there are far too few lms that ac-
curately portray queer life. But where would
we be without the movies? Watching the
Oscars, lets say, Hooray for Hollywood.
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Population growth, rising
incomes drive demand for
urban amenities
D.C. is growing larger and getting livelier.
The citys rising population growing
faster than any state during the most re-
cent Census Bureau annual data reporting
period will continue to alter the land-
scape across a broad and ever-expanding
swath of the District. It will also accelerate
the curtailment of the inuence and power
of anti-growth neighborhood nannies and
anti-business Advisory Neighborhood
Commission (ANC) members.
The number of city residents is grow-
ing throughout the city and intensifying
in the Logan Circle, U Street, Shaw and
Petworth neighborhoods, NoMa and
the rapidly developing H Street, N.E.,
area, as well as the Nationals stadium
and Navy Yard waterfront location. This
expansion continues to be most evident
along the commercial corridors of 14th
and U streets.
On the heels of explosive popula-
tion and housing growth in recent years,
nearly 1,300 new housing units are either
currently under construction or planned
for coming months along 14th Street be-
tween Thomas Circle and Florida Avenue.
Upwards of 2,000 additional residents will
soon become the newest faces of this
continued transformation signicantly
increasing the population in the area as
they quickly snatch up soon-to-be-avail-
able new housing.
Nearly all of this new construction
multi-unit housing will be apartments,
with several planned condominium proj-
ects having converted to rentals prior to
construction. Reecting the seemingly in-
satiable demand by young professionals
and older singles and retired couples for
housing in the area, these units are pre-
dominantly studios and one-bedrooms
averaging less than 650 square feet.
These contemporary light-lled residenc-
es comport with strong marketplace pref-
erences for less space and high-end n-
ishes for the modern life-on-the-go lived
substantially outside the home.
The already unmet desires of current
city residents in high demand areas for
neighborhood hospitality and retail busi-
nesses primarily places to eat, drink and
socialize will fuel intensifying demand
for additional venues. On many evenings,
existing restaurants and bars are insuf-
cient to meet the demands of space and
desires for a diversity of options.
These recent and new arrivals paying
premium prices for their preferred urban
lifestyle expect the convenience of having
ready access to these social destinations.
They dont take well to suggestions by
ANCs or licensing and zoning opponents
that development should be restricted or
amenities limited. Easily ummoxed by
not being able to walk out the door and
onto the street to enjoy a full complement
of dining, drinking and entertainment op-
portunities, they will continue to drive the
development of our neighborhoods in
ways not yet fully recognized.
This requires only that they both over-
come their astonishment at the undue inu-
ence small numbers of development-averse
residents have historically wielded and are
able to trust that the city government in-
creasingly weighs economic development
considerations in adjudicating such matters.
Area blogs and news reports announce
on an accelerating frequency the planned
opening of new restaurants, bars, lounges
and other gathering spots in the immedi-
ate and surrounding areas. The reaction of
most neighborhood residents is one of de-
lighted appreciation and excitement.
Although there will be transportation,
parking, infrastructure and business de-
velopment pressures and conicts for the
foreseeable future as a result of this con-
centrated growth, the popularity of D.C.
city living will dictate the growing irrele-
vance of those who seek to eliminate the
casual cacophony of a vibrant urban life.
Over time this will further enhance the
District as a world-class environment and
allow it to evolve from its long-held repu-
tation as a sleepy Southern river town.
D.C. FOOD TRUCK UPDATE
The D.C. Department of Consum-
er and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) an-
nounced last week that the agency has
extended the period for public comment
on proposed regulations governing local
food trucks and their operation to March
1 at 5 p.m., an extension of 12 days.
The news appears to have excited Bar-
bara Tomlinson of Seattle, Wash., who on
Feb. 19 sent a message to DCRA among
her 4,005 other signed online petitions re-
garding a wide variety of issues from across
the country available on the national peti-
tion website being utilized by the D.C.
Food Truck Association (DCFTA) to gather
signatures concerning this local issue.
Thank you, Ms. Tomlinson, for playing
the game all the way from the American
Northwest now put away the keyboard
and go get something to eat!
Density, demographics derail NIMBYs
Mark Lee is a local small business manager and long-
time community business advocate. Reach him at
OurBusinessMatters@gmail.com.
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Opposition runs
counter to tenets of
Civil Rights Movement
Last month, we celebrated Martin Lu-
ther King Jr.s birthday, commemorating
his visionary spirit and legacy. We are now
wrapping Black History Month in which
we celebrate the signicant accomplish-
ments and contributions of African Amer-
icans to American culture, a keystone of
which is Kings non-violent Civil Rights
Movement for equality. King and his
movement eviscerated the very tenants
of separate but equal.
Therefore, in the spirit of Black History
Month and the moral principles and im-
peratives of the Civil Rights Movement,
what better overture than to become a
society that embraces civil rights for all
by recognizing the right of same-sex cou-
ples to marry? Kings society would be
one of equality a sex-positive utopia
that embraces diversity in all its forms.
Same-sex marriage and interracial
marriage have historic parallels in gain-
ing public support and legal recognition.
At one point interracial marriage the
legality of which was birthed during the
Civil Rights Movement was considered
taboo, illegal, and indeed un-American
and a sacrilege. That was until Richard
and Mildred Loving a white man and
black woman from Virginia put their
loving to the test by taking their case
to the Supreme Court, which 1967 over-
turned laws barring interracial marriage.
While interracial marriage is now recog-
nized in every state, and no longer consid-
ered taboo by the vast majority of Ameri-
cans, the ght for same-sex nuptials is still
seemingly an uphill battle. According to
NPR, New Yorks legalization of same-sex
marriage effectively doubled the number
of Americans living in states where gays
can marry. However with legal challenges
afoot, the legalization of same-sex mar-
riage may hinge on the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie last week vetoed a same-sex
marriage bill and opponents in Maryland
are gearing up for a referendum ght in
November if the General Assembly pass-
es a bill as expected.
As someone who has had two hetero-
sexual marriages, I nd it laughable that
social conservatives who oppose same-
sex marriage think that heterosexuals are
better equipped to honor and uphold the
civil institution of marriage any more than
same-sex couples. With the high rates of
indelity, divorce and acrimony among
heterosexual married couples, the institu-
tion has already lost much of the sanctity
those in opposition protest to uphold.
From news coverage, many of those
opposing the legalization of same-sex
marriage in Maryland appeared to be
the religiously faithful and many African
Americans. A Washington Post poll con-
rms that a slim majority of African Ameri-
cans in Maryland oppose same-sex mar-
riage, while a vast majority of whites in
the state support same-sex unions.
As someone of African-American de-
scent, albeit who opposes labels, I nd it
highly ironic that such a large contingent
of my fellow African Americans would
have drifted so far toward social conser-
vatism as to oppose another minority
those who identify as gay and lesbian
having the right to marry and access all
of the benets and rights this institution
confers. Such opposition runs counter
to the basic tenants of King and the Civil
Rights Movement, which emphasized
equality and human rights.
Marriage is an institution embedded
into the fabric of our culture and society
and has assumed broader signicance
than being a holy Sacrament. As a libertar-
ian and a lawyer, Id argue that marriage
is a contractual matter between individu-
als that should be free from religious and
governmental interference. As a pacist
and civil rights proponent, Id argue that
marriage is a fundamental, universal hu-
man and civil right that should not be
denied to individuals based upon race,
gender or sexual orientation.
So in the spirit of King, Black History
Month, and the Civil Rights Movement,
lets continue the progress that Mildred
and Richard Loving so bravely began de-
cades ago, and impart the right to marry
to all individuals regardless of gender
and sexual orientation.
Marriage ght consistent with MLKs ideals
Joy Freeman-Coulbary is a D.C.-based blogger
and lawyer. Reach her at freemancoulbary@gmail.
comand or @enJOYJFC.
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Gay writer Christopher Bram knew in
researching his new book, which involved
excavating ancient reviews of the work
of prominent queer authors of the mid-
20th century and beyond, hed nd ugly
instances where homophobia colored
the various assessments he just didnt
realize how unrelenting and vitriolic it
would be.
I just wasnt prepared for how mean
and ugly and vicious the reviews could be of
anything gay from the 50s well into the 80s,
Bram says during a phone chat from San
Francisco. The amount of anti-gay feeling
among literary straight people just oored
me. Even from people who were more on
our side, the amount of condescension and
this sneering, snickering tone, it got quite
tiring and I only ended up quoting about
half of what I found.
The book, out this month, is Eminent
Outlaws: the Gay Writers Who Changed
America (Twelve Books, $27.99). Brams
premise is that the work of mid-century
gay writers such as Truman Capote, Gore
Vidal, Tennessee Williams and others, on
through to later novelists and playwrights
such as Edward Albee, Edmund White,
Armistead Maupin, Mart Crowley and
Tony Kushner, was a literary revolution that
laid the post-World War II groundwork for
the modern gay rights movement. Bram,
author of The Father of Frankenstein
(adapted for the screen as the Oscar-
winning lm Gods and Monsters) and
eight other novels, says the writers he
includes in the book introduced America
to gay experience and sensibility and
changed our literary culture.
Its a weighty thesis that unleashes an
ocean of questions, some covered in the
book, others pitched at Bram during this
weeks Blade interview. And with Oscar
season upon us (theyll be handed out
in Los Angeles Sunday evening), its an
especially timely moment to consider the
seemingly disproportionate contributions
of gay writers to the arts. Nearly all the
writers he covers have had work adapted
to the big screen so their cultural reach is
far-ranging and every bit as considerable
as their straight counterparts.
Bram was a fan of these writers for
decades. About three years ago he
was approached by another writer, Sam
Wasson, who was researching a book
about the lm Breakfast at Tiffanys
(based on a Capote novel), and contacted
Bram for literary context. After rifng on
the state of gay life and gay writing in the
50s and thereafter in the U.S., it occurred
to Bram that while nearly all the writers he
focuses on had been written about, there
was no single book that explored how
their lives and work many of them knew
each other overlapped and t into
the cultural norms of the day while also
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Vanessa Holmes is starting a new chapter in life in May, shes scheduled
to nish a bachelors degree in criminal justice and in March, she and partner
GiaDonna Nichols will tie the knot.
This is denitely a new chapter, the 55-year-old Lanham, Md., native says.
I feel like I could write a book right now. This year is very key to me feeling
settled and nally some things are coming together that Ive long awaited.
Holmes, a 12-year Air Force veteran who works as a business manager at
University of Marylands College of Journalism, met Nichols at Metropolitan
Community Church of Washington (MCC-D.C.) where Holmes recently returned
to the choir after an 18-month break. Shes singing in Sundays 2:30 p.m. Black
History Month concert at the church (474 Ridge Street, N.W.) thats dubbed
A Myriad of Sound. Its a new era for the churchs music program as its
establishing itself under new direction. The concert will feature a variety of
African-American musical styles.
Holmes says its important to honor Black History Month.
If anyone knows our history, theyll know that going way back to the way the
slaves communicated, it was through singing, she says. Many times they werent
allowed to speak, even their movement was controlled, but they sang while they
worked. Sang negro spirituals and many songs written in those days reected the
struggles people had. Its very important for us to continue to sing so we remember
the struggles they faced and the struggles our community is still facing. I see lots of
correlations. For me singing is a relief and a wonderful form of worship.
Holmes has one adult son, Asa, a Baptist minister. She enjoys bowling,
watching movies and quiet evenings at home with Nichols. Holmes lives in
Hyattsville, Md.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT
AND WHO WAS THE HARDEST
PERSON TO TELL?
Since 1982. I was outed by my mother
to my sister and that never felt right to
me. Im happy that we have a good
relationship now.
WHOS YOUR LGBT HERO?
My GiaDonna for her strength and
belief that all people are equal and all
of the pastors within the Metropolitan
Community Churches who continue to
ght for equality.

WHATS WASHINGTONS BEST
NIGHTSPOT, PAST OR PRESENT?
We spend a lot of time at Annies and
Busboys and Poets.

DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING.
Funny you should ask. We are about
to make our dream come true. We are
being married in our church, MCC-D.C.,
followed by a beautiful reception at the
Oxon Hill Manor. The only thing better
would be to be able to be married in our
home state of Maryland.
WHAT NON-LGBT ISSUE ARE YOU
MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?
Equality for all and nding a way
to stop bullying, protecting the poor
and underprivileged, getting guns and
criminals off the streets.
WHAT HISTORICAL OUTCOME
WOULD YOU CHANGE?
I would love to have seen what impact
President Kennedy and Martin Luther
King would have had on the world
had they not been assassinated. I wish
that slavery never happened and the
destruction by Hitler, all wars, 9-11.
WHATS BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE POP CULTURE
MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME?
The election of President Obama, the
death of Michael Jackson and the recent
death of Whitney Houston, wow!
ON WHAT DO YOU INSIST?
Equal and fair treatment

WHAT WAS YOUR LAST FACEBOOK
POST OR TWEET?
A happy birthday message to a friend

IF YOUR LIFE WERE A BOOK, WHAT
WOULD THE TITLE BE?
Gods Not Done With Me Yet!

IF SCIENCE DISCOVERED A WAY TO
CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Nothing. I love me just the way I am.

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEYOND
THE PHYSICAL WORLD?
I know there is a God somewhere that
watches over all of us.

WHATS YOUR ADVICE FOR LGBT
MOVEMENT LEADERS?
Continue to ght and keep people
informed about what you need from us.
WHAT WOULD YOU WALK ACROSS
HOT COALS FOR?
GiaDonna and my granddaughters.

WHAT LGBT STEREOTYPE ANNOYS
YOU MOST?
That people dene us by what they
believe we do in the bedroom. We are
a strong people that want equality and
freedom to live our lives like everyone else.

WHATS YOUR FAVORITE LGBT
MOVIE?
I really dont have a favorite but really
enjoyed a great love story, Hannah Free.

WHATS THE MOST OVERRATED
SOCIAL CUSTOM?
I dont know about overrated. I wish
people would use the courteous ones
more often like, saying excuse me,
please and thank you when appropriate.

WHAT TROPHY OR PRIZE DO YOU
MOST COVET?
My life

WHAT DO YOU WISH YOUD KNOWN
AT 18?
Everything I know now. Not sure I
would do anything different but life sure
would make a lot more sense!

WHY WASHINGTON?
I grew up just six miles away and
never really appreciated what the city
has. Im close enough now to visit
when I want, to enjoy everything the
city has to offer and I cant imagine
living anywhere else. Im close to
family and friends and its a central
location for travel.
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32 FEBRUARY 24, 2012 QUEERY: 20 QUESTI ONS FOR VANESSA HOLMES
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Historical play gets brisk,
brave local production
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
Terror is not for the tender, says
Stepan, a hardened revolutionary in WSC
Avant Bards tight production of Albert
Camus Les Justes (The Just Ones).
When young Yanek (James T. Majewski)
balks at blowing up the Grand Duke
because the Russian royals entourage
includes two children, Stepan (John
Stange) sneers. Its better to kill blue-
blooded parasites no matter the age, and
save the starving masses. According to
him, Yanek is too soft.
Based on the true story of a group of
Russian socialist-revolutionaries who
assassinated the Grand Duke Sergei
Alexandrovich (uncle to the Tsar) in 1905,
Les Justes in true Camus fashion
grapples with matters of morality, in this
case the ethics of revolution. While most
of the action takes place offstage in the
muddy streets of Moscow, the audience is
primarily privy to the interior of the terror
cells apartment headquarters a shining
world of ideas beautifully imagined by set
and lighting designer David C. Ghatan as a
bright white hexagonal platform encircled
by four suspended white woodcut panels
that allude to the socialist struggle.
Its here that the groups philosophies
are heatedly debated and forged. Yanek,
a poet who gave up a cushy life to join
the revolution, yearns to be accepted by
his fellow rebels as a true militant. Their
decision to assassinate the Grand Duke
presents an opportunity for Yanek to prove
himself. He argues with Stepan and others
about the best way to carry out the plan.
He also debates love with sweet but dour
Dora (Nora Achrati), a young chemist whos
been recruited to make bombs. Rounding
out the opinionated crew are its leveled-
headed leader Annenkov (Frank Britton)
and a more tremulous member, Voinov
(Theo Hadjimichael), who ashamedly
admits he is unt for violent rebellion,
opting instead to join the budding partys
propaganda wing.
A second (and more successful)
assassination attempt lands Yanek in prison
where he meets cellmate Foka (Brian Crane),
a convicted murderer/hangman who
believes justice is reserved for the afterlife.
Yaneks visitors include Skuratov (Graham
Pilato), a private investigator who comes
seeking a confession; and the aristos widow,
the Grand Duchess (Karen Novack) whose
burgundy gown (compliments of costume
designer Jen Bevan) contrasts sharply with
the revolutionaries black-and-white period
costumes. She conveys to Yanek that while
her late husband was no saint, he wasnt
entirely bad either. Neither Camus terrorists
nor his tyrant come off as villains.
Translated and adapted by D.C. actor/
director Rahaleh Nassri, the productions
script remains faithful to the 1949 source
while sounding completely contemporary.
Director Jay Hardee (whos gay) puts the
diverse nine-person cast through the
paces in this brisk 90-minute production.
Here and there, performances might
ring a little one note in their intensity, but
overall theyre more nuanced than not.
A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature,
Camus works reect his life experience,
and what he, no doubt, questioned in his
life. A product of French Algeria, Camus
joined the French Communist Party in
a reaction to the inequalities between
Europeans and indigenous Algerians.
During World War II he joined the French
R esistance. Long after his death (a car
crash in 1962), Camus questions about
political murder feel as relevant as ever.
Red revolution
LES JUSTES (THE JUST ONES)
Through March 11
WSC Avant Bard
Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Rosslyn
$25-$30
888-841-2787
wscavantbard.org
JAMES T. MAJEWSKI in the WSC AvantBard production of Les Justes.
PHOTO BY C. STANLEY PHOTOGRAPHY; COURTESY OF WSC AVANTBARD
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David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of WNO.
The Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program is made possible through
the generous support of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna
Presenting Underwriter HRH Foundation
Additional support is provided by
Nomi and Michael Neidorff and the Centene Charitable Foundation,
The Honorable Nancy G. Brinker, and State Plaza Hotel.
International Programming at the Kennedy Center is made possible through
the generosity of the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.
In Italian with English supertitles
Fiordiligi Elizabeth Futral
(Feb. 25, 28, Mar. 2, 4m, 7, 10, 12, 15)
Mara Eugenia Antnez
(Mar. 9, 11m)
Dorabella Renata Pokupic
(Feb. 25, 28, Mar. 2, 4m, 7, 10, 12, 15)
Sarah Mesko
(Mar. 9, 11m)
Ferrando Joel Prieto
(Feb. 25, 28, Mar. 2, 4m, 7, 10, 12, 15)
Gregory Warren
(Mar. 9, 11m)
Guglielmo Teddy Tahu Rhodes
(Feb. 25, 28, Mar. 2, 4m, 7, 10, 12, 15)
Aleksey Bogdanov
(Mar. 9, 11m)
Don Alfonso William Shimell
(Feb. 25, 28, Mar. 2, 4m, 7, 10, 12, 15)
Kenneth Kellogg
(Mar. 9, 11m)
Despina Christine Brandes
(Feb. 25, 28, Mar. 2, 4m, 7, 10, 12, 15)
Jegyung Yang
(Mar. 9, 11m)
Conductor Philippe Auguin Director Jonathan Miller
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Gay civil rights leader honored with screening
In honor of Black History Month, SAGE Metro D.C., the D.C. Center and AARP are
hosting a screening of the lm Brother Outsider on Monday at AARP (601 E St., N.W.)
at 6:30 p.m.
The lm celebrates out civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will provide opening remarks and Ron
Simmons of Us Helping Us will moderate a discussion following the lm. Light refreshments
will be served and RSVP is required.
For more information on the lm, visit rustin.org.
Classical ensemble plans weekend concert
Left Bank Concert Society has a performance at the Katzen Arts Center at American
University (4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.) Saturday at 8 p.m.
The performance will feature the Left Bank Quartet, comprised of David Salness, whos
openly gay, and Sally McLain on violin, Katherine Murdock on the viola and Evelyn Elsing
on the cello, with Jonathan Richards on the viola.
The artists will perform Johannes Brahms String Quartet No.1 in C Minor, Op. 51, No.
1, Anton Weberns Sechs Bagatellen, Op. 9 (1911 and 1913) and Max Bruchs Viola
Quintet in A Minor, Op. posthumous (1918).
Tickets range from $10 to $30 and can be purchased online at leftbanksociety.org.
Indie lm festival kicks off next week
The 2012 D.C. Independent Film Festival starts on Wednesday and runs through March 4.
The festival will have screenings of feature lms, documentaries, short lms, animated
and experimental lms, including horror lm The Big Bad, documentary Patriot Guard
Riders and more.
The festival will also have workshops about lmmaking, nancing, distributing and
more, as well as other events for attendees, including a wine tasting.
All events will be held at the U.S. Navy Heritage Center (701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.)
except for Wednesday, which will be at the Landmark E Street Cinema (555 11th St.,
N.W.). Tickets range from $7 to $16.
For more information and a complete list of lms and workshops, visit dciff-indie.org.
Tomlin to perform at Strathmore
Oscar-nominated actress Lily Tomlin, a lesbian, is performing at the Music Center
at Strathmore (5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda) on Sunday at 7 p.m.
Tomlin has won many awards for her work including two Tonys, two Peabodys,
six Emmys, a Grammy, awards from the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle and
the Mark Twain Prize for American humor.
Tickets range from $35 to $75 and can be purchased online at Strathmore.org.
washingtonblade.com
34 FEBRUARY 24, 2012 OUT & ABOUT
Comedian Lily Tomlin plays the Strathmore Sunday at 7 p.m.
FHOTO COURTESY OF STRATHMORE
By JULIETTE EBNER
AF FHOTO USED WlTH FERMlSSlON OF OUESTlON WHY FlLMS
Actor-turned-director gives
bold, homoerotic spin on
Shakespeare classic
By BRIAN T. CARNEY
The nal image in Ralph Fiennes ne
adaptation of Shakespeares Coriolanus is
riveting two men in a war-torn landscape
locked in a deadly embrace. Their nal
coupling sums up the passionate love-hate
relationship and the series of personal and
political betrayals that have led them to this
fatal climax.
One of the men is the Roman general
Caius Martius (played by director Fiennes)
and the other is his sworn enemy, the Volscian
leader Tullus Audius (played with brooding
intensity by Gerard Butler, probably best
known to gay audiences as the title character
in the movie version of The Phantom of the
Opera and the buff, scantily clad Spartan
general in 300.) When the movie opens,
Martius is at the top of his game. He brutally
but effectively suppresses an uprising by the
starving plebians and almost single-handedly
halts an attack on Rome by the Volscian army.
(He is given the honoric Coriolanus to mark
his conquest of the Volscian city of Corioles.)
The tables turn, however, when his mother
and their well-meaning patrician friends try
to push the warrior into a political career. The
skills that serve him so well on the battleeld
(rage, invective, decisive action, foolhardy risk-
taking) fail him in the public sphere. The fallen
war hero is banished from Rome and joins
forces with his former Volscian enemies.
Screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator) does
an excellent job of streamlining and updating
Shakespeares timeless and timely tale. He
and Fiennes present the story in a modern-day
setting yet retain the richness of Shakespeares
language, story and characters. The text is
tidily trimmed throughout, but the only major
excision is the famous fable of the belly, a
charming parable used to keep the lower
classes in check. Several expository scenes
and messenger speeches are transferred
with great facility to television anchors and
pundits (on the wittily named Fideles TV).
Battle scenes were shot in Belgrade and most
of the secondary roles are lled by Serbian
actors. Cinematographer Barry Atkinson (who
worked with Fiennes on the award-winning
The Hurt Locker) captures the noise, rage,
terror and brutality of contemporary warfare
in horribly effective detail. The savage intensity
of the battle scenes contrasts nicely with the
suave treachery of the political scenes.
Fiennes and Logan also follow
Shakespeare in highlighting the homosocial
bonds between the politicians and the
soldiers and the explicitly homoerotic nature
of the relationship between Coriolanus and
Audius. Soldiers routinely greet each other
by declaring they are happier to see their
returning colleagues than they ever were to
see their wives. Politicians taunt each other
with charges of feminine or boyish behavior.
Audius declares that Coriolanus is his enemy,
yet welcomes him gladly to the Volscian
camp. Under Fiennes assured direction, the
two men literally cannot keep their hands off
each other, yet they cannot stop battling for
dominance. Their smoldering glances burn
up the screen and their scary ght scenes
only stop when one of the participants loses
consciousness.
Fiennes focus on the homosocial and
misogynistic world of the battleeld and
the halls of power (in this case, smoke-lled
bars, marble hearing rooms and brightly lit
television studios) give a clear context for
Vanessa Redgraves chilling performance of
Coriolanus monstrous mother Volumnia,
clearly one of the most intelligent people
in this Rome, but there she has no effective
outlet for her brains or passion. Instead of
participating in the great events at the Capitol,
she is forced to watch them unfold on TV. Her
thwarted ambition is poured into her son, an
inadequate vessel for her grand dreams, and
the result is tragedy. Redgrave shines in every
scene, whether chastising her daughter-in-
law for her fears, tenderly dressing her sons
wounds, attacking the opposition or pleading
with her son to return to Rome. The picture
of Redgrave as Volumnia giddily applauding
her warrior son while wearing the same junior
military uniform as her young grandson is an
unforgettable image of the societal price of
sexism.
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GERARD BUTLER, left, as Tullus Audius and RALPH FIENNES as Caius Martius in Coriolanus.
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FRI, FEB 24
Charly Palmers What is your Tar Baby?
Joan Hisaoka Art Gallery. 202-483-8600.
smithcenter.org.
Shufe to Showboat, In Series, Atlas.
202-204-7763. inseries.org.
SAT, FEB 25
WNO: Cos fan tutte, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Husbands & Lovers, Washington Stage
Guild, Undercroft Theatre. 240-582-0050.
stageguild.org.
WED, FEB 29
Art Sparks, Washington
Printmakers Gallery. 301-273-3660.
washingtonprintmakers.com.
New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of
Baruch de Spinoza, Theater J.
202-777-3214. washingtondcjcc.org.
Precious Metals, Gallery plan b.
202-234-2711. galleryplanb.com.
Sucker Punch, The Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
THU, MAR 1
Family Under Construction / Familia
en Construccin, Teatro de la Luna,
Gunston Theatre Two. 703-548-3092.
teatrodelaluna.org.
LAST CHANCE
The Immigrant / El Inmigrante, Teatro de
la Luna, Gunston Theatre Two.
703-548-3092. teatrodelaluna.org.
Years End / New Beginnings, Zenith
Gallery, Chevy Chase Pavilion.
202-686-5335. zenithgallery.com.
SUN, FEB 26
Next Fall, Round House Theatre
Bethesda. 240-644-1100.
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LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
FEB 24 - FEB 26
8th Annual Showcase of Academy
AwardNominated Documentaries and
Shorts, National Archives. 202-357-5000.
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FEB 25 - FEB 26
Fortunes Bones, Clarice Smith.
301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
FRI, FEB 24
Chamber Music Concert: Bach &
Mendelssohn, Dumbarton House.
202-337-2288. dumbartonhouse.org.
Friday Night Eclectic: Junkyard Saints,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
SAT, FEB 25
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, GMU Center
for the Arts. 703-993-2787.
eagle.gmu.edu.
MON, FEB 27
Food as a Symbol in Art History,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
strathmore.org.
WED, FEB 29
Doug Levitt, Kennedy Centers Millennium
Stage. 800-444-1324. kennedy-center.org.
Gala Flamenca, Lisner Auditorium.
202-994-6800. lisner.org.
The Ledge, National Geographic.
202-857-7700. nglive.org/dc.
THU, MAR 1
Max Raabe und das Palast Orchester,
Strathmore. 301-581-5100.
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ONGOING STAGE
Civilization (all you can eat),
Woolly Mammoth. 202-393-3939.
woollymammoth.net.
Albert Camus Les Justes (The Just Ones)
a new translation by Rahaleh Nassri, WSC
Avant Bard, Artisphere. 888-841-2787.
wscavantbard.org.
Astro Boy and the God of Comics,
The Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
New Movements: Genesis Reboot, Synetic
Theater, Crystal City Theatre.
800-494-8497. synetictheater.org.
Blood Wedding, Constellation Theatre
Company, Source Theatre. 800-494-8497.
constellationtheatre.org.
The Water Engine, Spooky Action Theater,
Universalist National Memorial Church.
301-920-1414. spookyaction.org.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
National Gallery of Art. Picassos
Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing
Tradition, Antico: The Golden Age of
Renaissance Bronzes, A New Look:
Samuel F.B. Morses Gallery of the
Louvre, The Baroque Genius of
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Special
Installation: Mark Rothko: Seagram
Murals. 202-737-4215. nga.gov.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Claire Healy &
Sean Cordeiro: Are We There Yet?, Tim
Hetherington: Sleeping Soldiers,
202-639-1700. corcoran.org.
National Geographic. Anglo-Saxon Hoard:
Gold from Englands Dark Ages. 202-857-
7588. nglive.org/dc.
ONGOING GALLERIES
You Are What You Eat, Strathmore.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
Amy Hughes Braden: Too Extroverted
To Paint, Artisphere. 703-875-1100.
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Pulitzer prize winning play about the transformative power of art in a landscape
that pits old traditions against changing economic realities.
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Beaten daily by his
father, author reveals
pain of abuse
When you were very small, there wasnt
much you wanted.
Clean diapers, a cuddle and food made
the shortlist early on. Stuffed animals were
slowly added, then siblings, books and
anything you could climb on.
By the time you hit school, your wants
became more complicated. You wanted
to be somehow famous. You wanted
to stay up late, snack before dinner and
possess that cool toy you saw on TV. You
wanted to grow up fast.
Author Mikey Walsh wanted those things,
too, but he never wanted to become a
ghter. As youll see in his memoir, Gypsy
Boy, his father had other ideas.
Mikey Walshs father was ercely
determined to have a son.
In Romany culture, having a male
child was everything even more so for
the Walsh family, which was known for
generations of manly men who were good
with their sts. So, even though his mother
was told that her heart condition precluded
having a second child, Mikey followed his
sister in succession. Upon the happy event,
Mr. Walsh hung golden boxing gloves
around his newborn sons neck.
Growing up, Mikey loved the dramatic.
He and his older sister, Frankie, enjoyed
dress-up. They loved watching TV and,
largely unsupervised, they played outside
with their cousins, who lived on the same
compound.
It was an idyllic early childhood but at
age 4, Mikeys destiny caught up with him.
His father decided that it was time to start
ght training, and the best way to do it
was to beat the boy. His disgust at Mikeys
cries meant more punches.
By age 7, Mikey was being hidden in
school, by his mother, which was an unusual
move. Gypsies were mostly forbidden to
mingle with Gorgias, and sending a child
to a Gorgia school was scandalous. It was
her way of keeping Mikey safe, though,
and it gave him a chance at an education,
which was something she didnt have. Yet,
the beatings continued daily, sometimes
more.
By age 13, Mikey realized that he was
gay, which, he knew, would enrage his
father. He also knew that he needed to
escape before it cost him his life.
Stunned. That was my reaction at the
end of this book.
Pseudonymous author Mikey Walsh
lulls his readers into rst believing that
theyre reading a droll memoir lled with
quirky relatives and a secret world that
few have dared write about. Walsh busts
a few myths about Romany culture, pokes
gentle fun at his family and makes us laugh
out loud while hes doing it.
But much like a cur that cant be trusted,
Gypsy Boy turns quick and bites. Walsh
takes the laughter and, two pages later, spins
it with horror and a painful void of emotion
that only serves to underscore the brutality
he describes, which ultimately leads to an
end that shimmers like a tambourine.
Published in Europe three years
ago, Gypsy Boy is new stateside and
absolutely cant be missed. If youre up for
a funny, brutal, sharp memoir, this is the
book you want.
Gay life in a brutal
gypsy home
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GYPSY BOY
By Mikey Walsh
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The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) is
hosting a community conversation on
the National Strategy for Black Gay Youth
tonight at 6:30 p.m. with featured guests
Frank Walker and Ezra Littleton from Youth
Pride Services.
Busboys & Poets will be hosting ASL open
mic poetry tonight at 11 p.m. in the Langston
Room at its 14th and V streets location (2021
14th St., N.W.). Anyone with sign language
knowledge may sign up to recite a poem or
sign a song by e-mailing djsupalee@aol.com.
There is a $5 cover.
D.C. Women4Women presents Tryst,
a monthly professional lesbian happy
hour at its new location, Topaz Bar (1733
N St., N.W.) tonight from 7 to 10 p.m.
Fab Lounge (1805 Connecticut Ave., N.W.)
presents Honey, I Shrunk the Queers!
tonight from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. featuring
music from the 80s and 90s. All attendees
to this free event must be 21 or older.
Phase 1 of Dupont (1415 22nd St., N.W.)
presents Talkin Bout Dub, a queer
dubstep night featuring DJ Encryption
from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Attendees must be
21 and older and there is a $10 cover.
DJ Chad Jack will be spinning at Town
(2009 8th St., N.W.) tonight. Cover is $8
before 11 p.m. and $12 after. Attendees
must be 21 or older. Doors open at 10 p.m.
Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) is having a
military party tonight with DJ Sean Morris
on the main oor and DJ Keenan Orr in
the 30degrees lounge. Doors open at 10
p.m. and the open vodka bar starts at 11.
SATURDAY, FEB. 25
SpeakeasyDC is performing as part
of Intersections tonight at the Sprenger
Theater at Atlas (1333 H St., N.E.) from 7 to
9:30 p.m. SpeakeasyDC will be exploring
the impact of queer culture featuring
Regie Cabico, Andrew Korfhage, Natalie
E. Illum and Sandra Faria.
Irish music ensemble Cherish the Girls
plays Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd., Vienna)
tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and
available online at wolftrap.org.
Tom From Prague brings Tainted Love:
An International 80s Dance Party to
Green Lantern (1335 Green Court, N.W.)
tonight from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. There is a
$5 cover.
Several Species: The Pink Floyd
Experience is at Rams Head Live (20
Market Place, Baltimore) tonight at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20 in advanced, $25 day of
show and can be purchased online at
ramsheadlive.com.
Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.)
presents Hellmouth Happy Hour where
every week an episode of Buffy the
Vampire Slayer will be screened and
drink specials will be offered. This week
the episode is Consequences.
The Duke D.C. LGBT Network is
hosting a networking social at Nellies
(900 U St., N.W.) today at noon as the Blue
Devils take on Virginia Tech.
SUNDAY, FEB. 26
Busboys & Poets presents Mature
Voices, an open mic for performers 55
and older, hosted by Saleem Wayne Waters
tonight in the Zinn room of its Hyattsville
location (5331 Baltimore Ave., Suite 104)
at 6 p.m. There is a $5 cover. For more
information, visit busboysandpoets.com.
The Washington Ballet honoring
choreographer Twyla Tharp is at the
Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.) tonight
at 8 p.m., in a program showcasing her
work spanning two decades. It will include
performance of Tharps Nine Sinatra
Songs, Push Comes to Shove and
Surfer at the Styx River. Tickets range
from $20 to $125 and can be purchased
online at kennedy-center.org.
The Lodge (21614 National Pike,
Boonsboro) presents Saving Grace with
the Draghetti Sisters, starring Araya
Sparxx, Dannica Lauder and Jayden Elyse
with special guest performances by Nicole
James and Chi Chi Ray Colby at 6:45 p.m.
followed by karaoke from 8 p.m to close.
Doors open at 6 p.m. There is no cover.
MONDAY, FEB. 27
Out singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick
plays Jammi Java (227 Maple Ave., E
Vienna) tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
$20 and can be purchased online at
jamminjava.com.
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
GLAA is having a membership meeting
tonight in the second oor community
room at the Reeves Center (2000 14th St.,
N.W.) from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Lace Lounge (2214 Rhode Island
Ave., N.E.) presents Meet the Chef
Tuesdays tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. with
Chef Raymond. There will be cooking
tips, recipes, food samples and live
demonstrations.
The Washington National Opera
presents Cos fan tutte tonight at the
Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.) at 7:30
p.m. The show follows two friends as they
make a bet about their ances delity.
The opera is performed in Italian with
English supertitles. Tickets range from $25
to $300 and can be purchased online at
kennedy-center.org.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29
Singer/songwriter Lauryn Hill plays
Warner Theatre (513 13th St., N.W.)
tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $55
to $150 and can be purchased online at
livenation.com.
Grammy-winning band Buckwheat
Zydeco plays Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd.,
Vienna) tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are $24
and available online at wolftrap.org.
Busboys & Poetss monthly book
club is meeting tonight at its Shirlington
location (4251 S. Campbell Ave., Arlington)
at 7 p.m. to discuss the book The
Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress
in the Age of Obama by Katrina vanden
Heuvel. The book will be available for
purchased in the Global Exchange store.
The Lambda Bridge Club meets tonight
at 7:30 p.m. at the Dignity Center (721 8th
St., SE across from Marine Barracks) for
duplicate bridge. No reservations needed;
newcomers welcome. Visit lambdabridge.
com if you need a partner.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1
Gregory Lawson of Morgan Stanley Smith
will be presenting a seminar in wealth
planning for LGBT couples at the MAA
Carriage House (1781 Church St., N.W.)
tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. with a reception.
Space is limited so attendees are asked to
RSVP to Gregory.lawson@mssb.com.
SAGE Metro D.C. is having a steering
committee meeting today at the D.C.
Center (1318 U St., N.W.) at 12:30 p.m.
The center is also is hosting a transmen
discussion group tonight at 7 p.m.
D.C. Lambda Squares, a local gay
square dancing group, is having its
annual meeting tonight as well as its
weekly club night with mainstream
and plus dancing at the National City
Christian Church (5 Thomas Circle, N.W.)
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
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The Washington National Opera presents 'Cosl Ian tutte' at the Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.) on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
FHOTO BY RlCHARD H. SMlTH FOR THE ROYAL OFERA HOUSE, COURTESY OF THE KENNEDY CENTER
Local gay bowling league
has several opportunities
in the region
By KEVIN MAJOROS
The Capital Area Rainbowlers
Association (CARA) is active year round
and is always looking for people to join its
leagues. A few of the bowling leagues are still
looking for members to sign up for the winter
season, which runs through the end of April.
Rainbowl League: This league bowls
on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at AMF College Park
Lanes. This is a social league composed of
one-person teams. The league has room
to expand and is looking for both new and
experienced bowlers. Every regular league
member will receive bowling shoes and the
winning team will also get United States
Bowling Congress (USBC) championship
rings. therainbowlleague.com
We Are Everywhere: This league
bowls on Thursdays at 7:45 p.m. at AMF
Annandale Lanes. This is a very social/
party league that consists of three-person
teams. weareeverywhere.info
SMACK: This league bowls on
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. at AMF Alexandria
Lanes. Teams are composed of two
people with team members changing
each week. SMACK bowls a four-month
league, from January to April. The shorter
season of about 15 weeks in length allows
for shorter time commitments from
bowlers. carabowling.org/smack.html
CARA bestowed its 2011 Roger
Newman Award, its highest honor, to
Robert Pixie Fontaine in a recent
ceremony. The award is given annually
by the CARA president to someone who
has made a signicant contribution to the
bowling community.
Fontaine has been involved and active
in LGBT bowling since 1982. During the
course of the past 30 years, he has held
the positions of president and secretary
of Pride of Alexandria, president of the
summer duckpin league and has served as
the president of the Friday Free State Mixed
league in Bethesda for the past three years.
Fontaine has also been active for the
past 25 years with a variety of duties for
the annual Capital Halloween Invitational
Tournament, serving as tournament
director for ve years. He was also the
hospitality chairman for the International
Gay Bowling Mid-Year Tournament in
2010. Congratulations Bob!
Coming up for Team D.C. is the annual
Team D.C. Fashion Show and Model
Search. Some of the proceeds from the
event go to fund the Team D.C. Student/
Athlete College Scholarship which is given
each year to an openly gay athlete.
This years event will be held on March
10 at Town Danceboutique with fashions
provided by Universal Gear, The Leather
Rack, Fireboy and others great places. The
winner receives $500 cash, a professional
photography session with Robert Mercer
Photography and several other great
prizes. You can vote online in advance for
the models at teamdc.org.
Each year the District of Columbia
Aquatics Club hosts Swim for Life, a
sanctioned U.S. Masters Swimming open
water event that raises money for local
HIV/Aids programs. You can be a part of
this years event as a swimmer, volunteer
or donor on July 14 on the Chester River.
If youre planning a triathlon at some
point, this is a great chance to get
some open water experience in a safe,
supervised and fun environment. More
information and video coverage are at
swimdcac.org.
The Adventuring outdoors group is
hosting the Chain Bridge-Key Bridge Circuit
Hike on Sunday. The group will start the
9-mile hike near Theodore Roosevelt Island
(a short walk from the Rosslyn Metro Station),
and will follow the Potomac Heritage Trail
along the south side of the Potomac, cross
the river at Chain Bridge and then take the
C&O Canal Towpath to Georgetown.
From Georgetown, the group will cross
the Key Bridge to return to Roosevelt Island.
This is considered an easy hike except for a
few challenging sections such as the rock
scramble over jagged rocks after Donaldson
Run. The group will meet near Roosevelt
Island at 9:30 a.m. Trip fees are $2 and you
should bring a lunch and water. Contact
Jerry at jcowden@earthlink.net to RSVP and
to get the exact meeting location.
Getting in the game
ROBERT PIXIE FONTAINE, winner of the 2011 Roger Newman Award, given annually by the
Capital Area Rainbowlers Association.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CARA
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inuencing those norms often in shocking
ways.
While much of the historical material in
the book has been presented elsewhere
Bram says only a few points required
fresh interviews the overall story, he
says, is not widely known but should be.
There were all these little bits and
pieces like this scattered jigsaw puzzle, but
I really wanted to pull them all together
to form one big picture, he says. What
I did was connect the dots. Nobody had
ever told this as a single narrative. There
were some simple connections I was able
to make, even something as simple and
obvious as the fact that Other Voices,
Other Rooms (a gay-themed Capote
book), The City and the Pillar (from rival
Gore Vidal) and the Kinsey Report all
came out within a few weeks of each other
in 1948, which is surprisingly early and yet
it became really this powerhouse year
where these gay books were suddenly
getting all this attention.
Bram says it was a uniquely American
phenomenon the catalyst of which was the
way World War II had suddenly brought
all these people together in the Army, the
Navy they were exposed to this other
type of sexuality, to bad language and
profanity theyd never heard before and it
didnt take long for this to be reected in
the publishing industry.
The book is setting gay tongues
wagging and even some whove yet
to read the book say Brams premise is
intriguing.
Nicholas Benton, a local gay writer and
founder/publisher of the Falls-Church
News Press whos written at length about
the unique contributions of gays in culture
and society, says that although he takes
issue with some of Brams contextualization
and assessments of some of his subjects
supposed lesser works Bentons about
halfway through Outlaws he calls
it a very important book with a lot of
important information in it.
But did these writers just happen to
be gay or did the pain of being different
inspire them to write?
One of the features of being a gay
person is you cant help but have an
alternate perspective on life, Benton says.
Gay sensibility has something to do with
seeing the plight of people who are often
invisible to the mind of a straight person
we bring an alternate perspective.
Bram has a slightly different take. He
says, One would like to think (being gay)
would create more empathy but maybe
what we can say about homosexuality is
much like what we say about religion
it makes the good people better and the
bad people worse for gays, that could
mean being overly bitchy, negative or
hypercritical of others or full of self pity
that doesnt turn to empathy, it could
affect them in many different ways.
Others say these writers helped
America shed some of its Puritanical
squeamishness toward sex and grow
up. Ginsburgs poem Howl, especially,
is shockingly bold for its time. Its amazing
it got published in 1955.
In the case of Williams, he was
inestimable in helping to hammer the
nails in movie censorship in post-war
America, says Drew Casper, a lm expert
and professor of critical studies at the
School of Cinematic Arts at the University
of Southern California. Whether his
adaptations came through strong or
diluted, no mistaking his championing
the importance of sex in the lives of his
characters, often as a way for them to
touch God. Sexuality is an important
concern in gay life and relationships,
so when gay writers take pen in hand,
sexuality is a concern.
Gay author William J. Mann, who
has a bounty of novels and non-ction
Hollywood-themed books to his credit,
says hes a huge fan of Bram and cant
wait to read Outlaws. Mann says the
topic is fascinating and great.
The role of the arts is always to push
whats expected or whats understood
and certainly when you read the works of
James Baldwin (one of Brams subjects)
for example you have this real sense of
ground being broken and getting people
to really understand the wider experience
of humanity in a way that the world is
much more than just your own little sphere
of existence.
Bram says the writers he covers deserve
enormous credit whether its Vidals
cheeky handling of transsexuality in Myra
Breckenridge or Kushners sophisticated
handling of the AIDS crisis in Angels in
America for getting gay topics on the
cultural radar.
They got the stories out there, he says.
Homosexuality became a subject that
straight and gay people could nally talk
about and once people were talking about
it, other people started talking about it too.
Its an example of where art did a better job
than activism. Boys in the Band was made
into a movie in 1970 and it played in every
major city in the country with prominent
actors just a year after the Stonewall riots.
In my group of friends at the time, none
of us had heard of the Stonewall riots, but
wed all heard of Boys in the Band.
Vidal, Capote, Williams among rst to get
gay-themed books, plays published
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Williams photo by Orland Fernandez; Library of Congress via Wikimedia
Isherwood and Baldwin photos by Allan Warren courtesy Wikimedia
Kushner photo courtesy Wikimedia
Capote photo by Roger Higgins via Wikimedia
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Ice and snow damage to trees
is usually dependent on a few
key factors: the location and
type of plant, the conditions
under which it was planted
and the extremity of weather
during the dormant period.
Other causes include uctuating
temperatures, where mild
winter weather can de-acclimate
plants, leaving them exposed to
extreme temperature drops, and
even low temperatures, where
the plants can be affected if
the weather goes beyond their
tolerance level.
And, while deciduous trees,
or trees that lose their leaves
seasonally, are not as susceptible
to injury, evergreens, or trees
that keep their foliage all year
round, are particularly prone to
winter damage.
Heavy snow and ice
For evergreens like junipers,
arborvitaes and Leyland
Cypress, most injury occurs
from the weight of ice and snow
sitting on their boughs, which
can cause the tree to bend or
break. Pruning these trees in
their dormant period will help
redistribute the weight and
eliminate weak branches. In
the winter, the best prevention
method is usually tying small
trees together with strips of cloth
or nylon to prevent snow and
ice from settling on individual
branches.
Salt damage
Salt damage occurs when
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and sprayed with the deicing
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or yellowing of needles. The
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Frost heaving results when soil
expands and contracts during
a continuous cycle of freezing
and defrosting. The uctuating
conditions can cause the soil
to heave, or lift, creating deep
cracking and possibly uprooting
trees and plants, leaving
their roots exposed to cold
temperatures. Although, with
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may be inevitable, it can be
minimized if properly accounted
for.
Raking or smoothing out
depressions in the ground
before planting will prevent the
creation of water pockets that
may freeze, and applying mulch
where suitable will help insulate
the soil and regulate temperature
uctuations.
Deer damage
Prior to their rutting season
in late summer and early fall,
male deer will rub or batter
their antlers against young trees,
causing tree injury like girdling
and dieback. And although this
will also occur all year round,
during the late fall and winter,
if their meals are also scarce,
the deer will browse, consuming
up to four pounds of twigs each
day.
To control for deer damage on
young trees, it is recommended
to either use a fence with a height
of at least eight feet, or a metal
cage that can fully surround
the tree. Systemic repellents can
also be applied to certain plants,
lasting throughout the entire
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These days, its easy to get inside the
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increase of housing and real estate shows
over the years. The shows allow consum-
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process before they go through it them-
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much staging a home pays off and the
types of things buyers are looking for and
looking to avoid.
For buyers, there are many advantages
especially for rst time homebuyers who
have not gone through the process. It al-
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purchasing a property, types of negotiat-
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table trade-offs they may have to make
on their wish list. The Holmes Report
is also a good reminder to purchasers
of why having a home inspection with a
certied home inspector that has come
highly recommended is essential.
However, viewers in the Washington
area must be aware of several things
when watching some of these shows.
Beware of sticker shock! Most of
these shows explore housing markets
in different parts of the country where
prices are much lower. For $200,000 the
buyers are often looking for a house that
would cost more than $1 million in our
market. If you want to feel better about
prices in our area, watch Selling New
York or Selling L.A.!
Each housing market is different and
has its own quirks. For example in some
parts of the country, furniture will always
convey and in others not even the ap-
pliances will convey. Be aware that each
market has its differences so be sure to
talk to a real estate professional to dis-
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sumptions about any conveyances.
Not all homes need a major over-
haul. Be sure to do an inspection to
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(this will be negotiated between buyers
and sellers prior to settlement). Then any
cosmetic changes can be made as the
budget allows.
There is a market for every home
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perspective. Your local realtor is your best
source for information about your local mar-
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Richard at (202) 319-1333. from 9-5pm,
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needs voices. A Company of Strangers
rehearses every Tuesday night on
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1502 Massachusetts Ave. SE. 7:30 -
9:30 pm. SATB, LGBTQA. Come with
a song, stay to act & sing. Charles
240-764-5748.
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$600-$1100 per week, depending on
dates. Contact: pmantoci@yahoo.com
for information.
COUNSELING
A MINDFULNESS-BASED MENTAL
HEALTH PRACTICE specializing
in a holistic approach to anxiety,
depression, careers, && relationships.
20 years experience helping people
identify & overcome impediments
to a fullling life, satisfying careers,
& healthy relationships. Jonathan
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ITS ALL ABOUT CHANGE! Lesbian
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Assertiveness. Tuesday evenings in
Northwest DC. Call 301-942-3237.
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lgbtc.com. LGBTC.com.
LGBTQ AFFIRMING THERAPY at Dupont
Circle Individuals, couples, families,
adolescents. Over 15 years serving the
community. Mike Giordano, LICSW.
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group of experienced, caring
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reimbursable. Washington
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COUNSELING FOR GAY MEN.
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gaymenscounseling.org. No fees,
donation requested.
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adjust & thrive. Near U Street Metro.
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BOOKKEEPING, ACCOUNTING & TAX
preparation for individuals & businesses
offered by full-service rm. 25 years
experience. Reasonable rates. Call 202-
390-4018 or email PJSumm@aol.com.
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Don t throw your money away, call me! I
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Auto Plaza, in Rockville, (301) 340-1390.
LEGAL SERVICES
FULL SERVICE LAW FIRM Representing
the GLBT community for over 30 years.
Family adoptions, estate planning,
immigration, employment. (301) 891-
2200. Silber, Perlman, Sigman & Tilev,
P.A. www.SP-Law. com.
ADOPTION & ASSISTED
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AUTOS
PORSCHE OF ARLINGTON 2010
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2/13/2012. Plus processing fee $399
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PETS & SUPPLIES
ADOPT AN ADORABLE PUPPY OR
DOG All-breed, non-prot rescue. 100%
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LOOKING FOR THAT special
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cats & kittens waiting to meet
you. Feline Foundation 703-920-
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TOO NEAT GUYS INC. Residential &
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(703) 622-5983.
POWER CLEANERS, LLC. Experienced,
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FERNANDOS CLEANING:
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(202) 234-7050, 202-486-6183.
MAID TO CLEAN. Rated #1 in Metro
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like the services. A Cleaning Service,
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HOME CLEANING, DEEP down, one
time or weekly, bi-weekly. Move-in/
move-outs. Fully licensed & insured,
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PAINTERS
GIL PAINTING COMPANY INC.
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Washing. Carpentry. Roong &
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Com. Walter (301) 370-9940
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FURNITURE REPAIR
ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION.
Broken or old furniture xed &
restored! Cheaper than buying new. 30
years experience. References provided
through The Chevy Chase List.
Bill 703-399-5800.
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BATHROOMS, KITCHENS,
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ROOFING
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this issue. 301-476-8551.
SEEKING HOUSING/DC
20 SOMETHING PROFESSIONAL
seeking housing in DC for Spring.
Close to Metro Green Line. Seeking
calm environment. Non Smokers.
Pets OK. Under $1K in rent.
lookingforhousingdc@yahoo.com.
SHARE / REHOBOTH
SUMMER ROOMMATE, PRIVATE room,
shared bath. House in quiet setting,
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shopping. rbamingo@comcast.net.
SHARE / MD
MUST SEE EXPERIENCE located near
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privileges included. Fully furnished
home a2 rooms available. Call KJ
240-604-3843.
SHARE / VA
ARLINGTON. $725 1 BED/1 BATH.
Cable, Internet, Electric, Water included.
1 mile to Pentagon & Pentagon City
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FALLS CHURCH 2 young men looking
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Contact Wilton 571-357-9151 or Gram
703-398-3736.
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$2000 per month + utilities & security
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A decorators dream. 301-864-1243.
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