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Event to help LGBTQs ‘Connect’ by Seth Hemmelgarn

ity officials and service providers in fields ranging from housing to dentistry are encouraging LGBTQ people to attend an event offering services they may be reluctant to seek out. LGBTQ Connect is set for Monday, October 7 at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center. Organizers hope to see people who don’t always know where to get help, or who fear they’ll be shunned if Rick Gerharter they ask for it. Bevan Dufty Pre-registration is encouraged but not required for the event, which will also include services such as legal assistance and sexuallytransmitted infection testing. Planners have been influenced by local statistics. In late June, the biennial San Francisco Homeless Point-In-Time Count and Survey was released and, for the first time, included statistics on LGBT people. The report found that out of a total of 7,350 homeless people, more than one in four (29 percent) identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or “other” for a total of 2,132. Bevan Dufty, a gay man who serves as director of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships and Engagement for Mayor Ed Lee, was among those who cited the survey when talking about the need for LGBTQ Connect. The event is modeled after the city’s ongoing Project Homeless Connect, but the title’s been altered because some people “have difficulty defining themselves as homeless,” said Dufty. That includes people who are couch surfing or people who are worried about losing their rent-controlled apartments. “If you question the strength of your safety net,” LGBTQ Connect is an appropriate venue, he said. “Traditionally, there are not many LGBT service agencies that have come” to Project Homeless Connect, and “having this connect enables us to craft a day which is maybe more relevant for LGBTQ persons,” said Dufty. Based on the homeless report’s findings and estimates that at least 94,234 LGBT people live in San Francisco, LGBT housing activists estimate that 2.3 percent are homeless, compared to less than 1 percent for the general population. Brian Basinger, director of AIDS Housing Alliance/San Francisco, who noted the disproportion, said, “The city historically has not invested in homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing for LGBT people, and it’s that lack of investment that has caused these outrageous rates of homelessness.” Basinger added, “There’s a perception of discrimination in city services, or a fear of discrimination. It doesn’t matter whether discrimination is happening or not. These are people’s feelings, and those feelings and fears are creating barriers to homelessness prevention work for the community with the highest need. The system isn’t working as it’s currently constructed.” Representatives from agencies that address complaints about services, such as the city’s Human Rights Commission, are among those expected to be on hand at LGBTQ Connect. Dufty said officials want to survey participants and have a policy forum within weeks of the event to share insights. He said he hopes to have “a discussion about ways in which the city See page 12 >>

Vol. 43 • No. 38 • September 19-25, 2013

New Pride board expected to be named

by James Patterson

late if past elections using the bad formula gave bad results. he San Francisco Pride The incorrect formula was elections committee was discussed Sunday by memexpected to announce bers, board candidates, and new board members Wednesday SF Pride’s election commitevening following a brief meettee but no one could figure ing to complete the final calcua way around it in the highly lation process that was marred charged atmosphere. by a formula error at Sunday’s The Wednesday meeting, marathon annual meeting where according to Chin, was exno winners were announced. pected to last “about 30 minThe elections committee’s utes” and be “a very smooth meeting was scheduled after the process.” Bay Area Reporter went to press, Of the 14 board candidates, but a letter from the Pride board it is expected that most of the Rick Gerharter Tuesday seemed likely to end a newly elected board members controversial 72 hours that saw Pride board President Davace Chin, with the board of directors in will be from the accountabilPride board President Davace the background, spoke to members at the beginning of the annual ity slate. Based on unofficial Chin briefly hospitalized fol- general meeting Sunday, September 15. returns compiled by election lowing his collapse near the observer and Pride member end of Sunday’s meeting and a issue an announcement of the 2013-14 board Paul Quick, the winners on chaotic end after Vice President Lou Fischer of directors,” the board’s statement read. Sunday were Gary Virginia, Jose Cital, Joey declared there were no winners. According to Chin, the “incorrect formuCain, John Caldera, Marsha Levine, and Chin cited “dehydration, lack of food, and la” subtracted “against” votes from the “for” Jesse Oliver Sanford. Accountability slate lots and lots of stress” for his fainting spell. votes for the candidates. Only abstentions candidate Kevin Bard did not appear to have “We can disclose that as a result of a mathshould have been subtracted, he said. been elected. The sole board incumbent reematical error in the formula used in the calIn a telephone interview, Chin said the inelected appears to be Justin Taylor. culation of votes, the election officers will be correct formula had been used for past elecQuick shared his totals with the B.A.R. reconvening ... to complete the final calculations, he assumed it correct and he approved Sunday night. tion process, officially certify the election, and it for the 2013 election. He would not specuSee page 13 >>

Advocates seek to empower LGBT immigrants

by Chris Carson

hen Amy Lin pulled her mother aside and said, “I like girls too, are you okay with that?” her mother, who moved Lin to the U.S. from Taiwan when Lin was 12, looked at her and said, “It doesn’t matter, that’s what America is for.” But when Lin, who is now a student at UCLA and a volunteer for Asian Students Promoting Immigration Rights through Education, or ASPIRE, came out as an undocumented immigrant, she realized it wouldn’t be as easy to find that same acceptance. “I sort of hid my identity in high school,” Lin said last week at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church as part of a panel discussion called “What’s Beyond DOMA in Immigration Reform: The Next Steps for Women and LGBTQ Communities.” “I thought that I can’t be both,” Lin explained. “You’re sort of marginalized as undocumented already, adding that you’re queer, you’re worse.” The discussion, sponsored by New America Media and other groups, also featured Ben de Guzman, co-director of programs for the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance; Gabriela Villareal of the California Immigrant Policy Center; Alex Aldana of East Bay Immigrant Youth Coalition; Stacey Umezu of Community United Against Violence; and Lourdes Perez of Mujeres Unidas y Activas. The panelists attempted to empower “undocuqueers” by informing them on a range of legislation, some of which has passed through the California Legislature, while other proposals are awaiting action in Congress. One such piece, on the state level, is the Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools, or TRUST, Act by gay Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), which would limit excesses by the federal program known as Secure Communities. Under SComm, as it’s known, more than 50,000 contributing Californians have been deported

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Sammie Willis, left, API Equality moderator, confers with May Liang, ASPIRE moderator, at last week’s panel discussion on immigration reform.

though they had not been convicted of any crime, or only minor crimes, according to a statement from Ammiano’s office. “Nobody knows how you get into or out of an ICE database,” Umezu said at one point in the panel discussion, referring to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The TRUST Act passed an Assembly concurrence vote last week and is headed to Governor Jerry Brown, who has until October 13 to sign or veto the legislation. Villareal pointed out another piece of legislation, AB 1195, which she called a “common sense measure.” The bill, which was authored by lesbian Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton), was signed into law by Brown last week. It allows immigrant victims of crimes to access police reports. On the national level, de Guzman said the conflict in Syria has “flipped Congress on its head,” pushing the issue of comprehensive immigration reform down to a lower priority. But, he said “the equality debate is not over,” and “everyone deserves a path to citizenship”

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as a way to be free of what he called “draconian” deportation and detention systems. The Senate approved an immigration reform bill earlier this year, but action is still needed in the House of Representatives, where Republicans are sharply divided on the issue. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman for federal purposes, most conversations on a path to citizenship for LGBTQ people have seen marriage as the best option. Immigration officials have issued green cards to same-sex binational couples who have already married in a jurisdiction where it is legal. “Now you can fix your papers and get married,” Aldana said sarcastically, adding, but “I don’t see that as a solution to my legal status. Not everyone buys the institution of marriage.” He brought up the question of what happens when two undocumented people fall in See page 10 >>

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Supes hear of frustration DOMA IS DEAD! PETITION FOR YOUR PARTNER with SF Pride officials The Supreme Court decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act now opens the door for members of samesex couples to sponsor their foreighn-born partners for green cards.

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee discussed the problems with the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee for three hours last week, learning that some recommendations in a 2010 controller’s report have never been implemented. Gay Supervisor David Campos called the special meeting of the Neighborhood Services and Safety Committee to review San Francisco Pride’s governance and organizational structure, financial standing, and to hear public comment from community members and vendors frustrated for months by inaction and controversy at the organization. Supervisors Norman Yee and Scott Wiener also attended. In 2010 former Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Campos had the city controller’s office audit SF Pride. Its finding was that the organization had “both financial and governance shortcomings.” SF Pride’s financial shortcomings appear to have been successfully addressed by the organization, Campos said after hearing testimony from Pride board President Davace Chin, who told the panel that Pride had $100,000 in cash reserves and had paid off all debts. Chin will leave the Pride board September 30. In addition to Chin, interim CEO Lisa Williams attended the hearing, as did board member Shaun Haines and interim attorney Julius Turman. Three years ago, SF Pride was cited with not filling the 15 maximum allowable seats on its board, inconsistent methodology, outdated and undocumented vendor contracts, and noncompliance with citywide nonprofit monitoring standards. Before questioning Chin, Campos noted the recent departure of Pride CEO Earl Plante, without mentioning him by name. He said it might be necessary to hold an additional meeting in coming weeks. When Chin told Campos he had only a three-day notice to prepare for the hearing, Campos said he called Plante “weeks ago” about the hearing and his staff never got a response. Campos expressed dismay at SF Pride’s turnover of chief executives. Chin noted the board stability while acknowledging the leadership turnover. Prior to Plante, Brendan Behan ran Pride for the 2011 and 2012 events but his contract was not renewed last year. Prior to Behan, who had worked as a deputy director at Pride for several years, Amy Andre was hired for the 2010 event. She resigned before the end of that year. Under questioning, Chin could not explain why the board is not staffed with 15 members as the city recommended. He told the supervisors once the new board members were elected, they could appoint others as needed. Chin did not offer details on SF Pride’s financial situation and treasurer David Currie was absent. Chin told Campos SF Pride made $175,000 in grants to community partners this year. In his 900-word exit letter, Plante said SF Pride made $200,000 in community grants. At the September SF Pride board meeting, then-board President Williams announced it was $176,000. (Williams took over as interim CEO following Plante’s departure.) Chin could not answer questions from Campos on the current state of SF Pride’s bylaws and why it cannot locate them. He suggested another absent unnamed board member might be in a better position to

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Supervisor David Campos, center, is flanked by Supervisors Scott Wiener, left, and Norman Yee as he questioned Pride board members and staff during a hearing on governance issues surrounding the nonprofit.

answer bylaw questions at a future meeting. Yee asked Chin for the date of the last SF Pride audit. Chin stated an audit was conducted in 2011-12 and he agreed to supply Yee a copy. In further questioning, Chin was unaware if SF Pride had done any analysis on past CEO turnovers. Yee suggested it would be “useful” to do this. When Campos invited Williams to speak, she mentioned SF Pride’s improved financial situation and said the board would “likely” add more members after the election. She said consultants have talked with board members about governance and she felt the board was headed in the right direction. She thanked vendors in attendance for their role in making Pride a success.

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During public comment, vendors and members expressed longstanding frustrations with SF Pride and many mentioned the Chelsea Manning controversy. After initially naming Manning as a grand marshal in late April, the Pride board reversed itself two days later. Initially Williams, in a statement, said that it was a “mistake” to name Manning a grand marshal. Later, the board came out with a second statement that said Manning couldn’t be considered for a community grand marshal slot because she is not local. Manning was convicted last month of leaking classified government documents to WikiLeaks and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Audrey Joseph said SF Pride’s staff was not well managed and it hurt her work as a contractor and main stage producer. Parade manager Marsha Levine said she had been with SF Pride for nearly three decades and considered leaving but is “open to staying now” with the “difficult” CEO gone. Levine also ran for a seat on the Pride board and was among the top vote-getters in the September 15 election, which is still disputed. Former beverage manager Andy Copperhall said, “SF Pride is in turmoil” and has “lost its vision, focus, and drive.” He said the much smaller Folsom Street Festival gives twice as much to community partners as does SF Pride. He said SF Pride was managed by “self-serving individuals who attack their community.” He called Pride “a multi-million dollar generator for the city” and its management was “reprehensible.” Copperhall, who was a contractor

from 2001-2012, ended his blistering remarks by saying, “SF Pride was the laughingstock of all Pride events in the country.” Former SF Pride attorney Brooke Oliver commended Williams for “reconstructing” SF Pride. She said the organization was like “the Golden Gate Bridge, an institution.” “San Francisco has never done an economic impact study of SF Pride for the city,” Oliver said. She suggested if such an analysis were done it would show “$500 million to $800 million in economic activity to the city over a three-year period.” If this economic impact were known, Oliver said, the city would be more supportive of SF Pride. Campos agreed but stopped short of pledging an economic impact study. San Francisco Veterans Affairs Commissioner John Caldera angrily blasted Plante for stating in his letter that “racist politics of personal destruction” were behind his decision to resign. “When was the last time there was a Latino on the SF Pride board of directors?” Caldera, also a top votegetter in the board election, asked. Thomas Plagemann said Plante was “arrogant” and there was “no justification” for Plante’s statement about “racist politics.” He said he “expected him to bring [race] up due to the specious assault charge.” At a May 7 SF Pride board meeting, Plante claimed an unknown assailant, angered over the Manning controversy, assaulted him. No charges were filed. He later accused a board candidate of assaulting him and it was that email, sent from his work account, that apparently led to his forced resignation. The candidate, Jesse Oliver Sanford, was among the top vote-getters in Sunday’s election. Pat Keenan, a “mostly retired” doctor of Chinese medicine from the East Bay, said Pride began due to oppression and when Manning was oppressed, SF Pride should have supported her. At the end of comments, Campos called Chin back to the podium. Chin said he was concerned over the comments and he would share his notes with his SF Pride colleagues. Williams was not called back as she had left early. Campos, directing his comments to Chin, noted SF Pride’s frequent excuse for inaction on multiple matters, according to public comments, was “short staff ” and “not enough volunteers.” “More board members means you can do more work so you need more members,” he told Chin.t

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Diversity forum celebrates and continues JFK’s legacy by David-Elijah Nahmod

ay basketball player Jason Collins was one of several speakers at a recent forum that paid tribute to the late President John F. Kennedy and highlighted diversity. Collins, a free agent, has yet to be signed to an NBA team for the coming season. He said that he was getting more comfortable with being a role model to other LGBTs. “JFK 50: Justice for All,” was the title of the forum, held September 10 at the new San Francisco Jazz Center. It brought together notables like Collins, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, former Clinton cabinet secretary Thurgood Marshall Jr., and Raytheon Corporation CEO William H. Swanson. The panel was moderated by out NBC News correspondent John Yang. The event commemorated the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination, which occurred November 22, 1963. Topics included a look back at racial segregation, the closet that LGBTs were forced to live in, the gains that had been made since the Kennedy administration, and what still needs to be done. Rice opened the discussion by recalling her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, which she said was sometimes referred to as “Bombingham,” due to the number of African American churches and businesses that were targeted for bombings by white supremacist groups. “Why do they hate us so much?” Rice, who is African American, remembers asking her parents. She said that as secretary of state, she would talk about those bombings during her attempts to broker a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. There were a few gasps from the audience when she revealed that she knew one of the four African American girls who were killed in the infamous 1963 bombing at Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, the 50th anniversary of which was recently marked. “It was a deeply personal attack,” Rice said. “Everyone knew at least one of the girls. The U.S.A. has to be what it says it is.” Collins spoke of how liberating it was for him to come out, which he did earlier this year in a piece for Sports Illustrated. “As you tell each person it feels better and better,” he said. “It feels good not to have that censor.” Collins addressed his unexpected new status as a role model. “A high school teacher said thank you to me, and by the way, I’m gay,” Collins recalled. “A 51-year-old man came out to me. My goal now is to help others. I had a role model who helped me and now it’s my turn to pay it forward.” “I’m so proud of you, Jason,” said Rice. Cantil-Sakauye, the first Filipina to head the state Supreme Court, talked about the importance of the court system to represent the communities they serve. “Diversity isn’t just about race and gender, it’s about experience,” she said. As a college student, she was a blackjack player. “It helped me when I was a prosecutor,” she said. “I could read people – blackjack teaches you to read a person’s body language, you read the body language.” Swanson spoke of what was being done at Raytheon to improve the diversity demographics at his company. “You don’t just treat people the way you want to be treated, you treat them the way they want to be

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Pro basketball player Jason Collins and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed diversity and being role models at a recent forum in San Francisco.

treated,” he said. He recalled addressing a women’s group is Tucson, Arizona where he was the only man in the room. “It made me understand how a woman walking into a boardroom with 20-30 men might feel,” he said. “I promised the women they’d never feel that way at Raytheon. We hold our leaders accountable. I want my leaders to feel uncomfortable with diversity. If they’re comfortable they’re not learning. I would never have learned what I needed to learn had I not addressed the women’s group in Tucson. I worry about complacency.” It was pointed out that 27 percent of Fortune 500 companies have no women executives. There were only 1.2 percent black CEOs, though the percentage is higher among Asian and Latino CEOs. “It’s a tough problem,” Swanson said. “Leaders tend to pick leaders who look like them. As the leader I have to make things happen. I see changes, but it’s not happening at a pace I’m satisfied with.” “If I waited for role models who looked like me, I’d still be waiting,” observed Rice, now a faculty member at Stanford University. She pointed out the importance of education. “It’s the civil rights issue of our time. Who’s stuck in failing neighborhood schools? It’s poor people. The fact that I can look at your ZIP code and see whether or not you’re going to get a good education is a civil rights issue.” “We could be doing a lot better,” said Marshall, the son of the late U.S. Supreme Court justice, who works as a consultant for major corporations and law firms. “But we’re doing pretty good at entry level hiring because our diversity inclusion has improved. Our clients demand to see diversity.” As the discussion concluded, the audience was introduced to the next

Clarification In the September 12 article, “Chocolate lovers can rejoice at festival, help nonprofit,” it should have been noted that Project Open Hand runs less then half of the congregate senior meals sites in the city. The other meal programs are run by various other agencies. The LGBT Aging Policy Task Force survey that was referenced in the story was a snapshot of the 600-plus people who responded and is not considered a representative sample of LGBT seniors in San Francisco. The online version has been updated.

generation. Sixteen-year-old Emerson Herrera, a Guatemalan immigrant who is getting his education courtesy of the San Francisco Smart Program, took to the podium. Smart provides mentoring, financial assistance and scholarships to low-income students, helping them to elevate themselves. “I never knew I had choices in my educational pursuits until Smart,” said Herrera. “I can never go wrong when Smart is by my side. Now I am determined to be an advocate and leader for my community. I want to ask all of you to honor the legacy of President John F. Kennedy so that I am no longer an exception.” The audience, and the panelists, gave the young man a standing ovation.t

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Seat the Sunday seven

e had every intention of being able to report that last Sunday’s San Francisco Pride board elections went smoothly and that a new board was seated. Instead, members who showed up at a local hotel to cast ballots were there for hours waiting for the results. Then, board secretary Lou Fischer, using some convoluted tabulation system, announced that there were no winners when in fact it was later shown that seven candidates had indeed achieved the 50 percentplus-one threshold required. No winners? Unbelievable. Fortunately, as we write this, it appears that saner heads are prevailing. The bottom line is that the seven winning candidates from Sunday’s election should be seated immediately. According to an update from board President Davace Chin, there was a formula error during Sunday’s vote count and he plans to reconvene election officers Wednesday evening (after we go to press) to complete the tabulations, certify the election results, and announce the new board. A letter that was sent to Pride members Tuesday evening confirmed the “mathematical error in the formula used in the calculation of votes.” This frank acknowledgment opens a new chapter for Pride in which the board is being upfront about the organization’s problems. That is welcome news, and for Chin, who collapsed during Sunday’s marathon meeting, we wish him a speedy recovery. He plans to step down at the end of this month, and we’ve been impressed with his brief tenure as board president, which resulted from the leave of absence Lisa Williams took to become interim CEO following the abrupt resignation of Earl Plante. We know Chin didn’t ask for what’s become a thankless job, due to the board’s stumbles this year, but he’s made the best of the situation and promptly responded to the candidates by explaining what happened and what will be done. According to unofficial returns from an election observer, Sunday’s balloting produced six victorious candidates from the accountability slate: Gary Virginia, Marsha Levine, Jesse Oliver Sanford, Joey Cain, Jose Cital, and John Caldera. One Pride board incumbent, Justin Taylor, won re-election. If those vote totals hold, as we

suspect they will, the new Pride board will have a very different make-up. The election sends a strong message to the rest of the board and Pride’s staff that change is coming, and hopefully ushers in a new era of transparency and accountability that has been missing the last few years, and especially, in the last several months. We welcome that development. At the same time, as was discussed during a hearing before a Board of Supervisors committee last week, there will still be a few vacancies on the Pride board. The new board should move swiftly to fill those positions, and not with any of the incumbents who lost their seats. It’s time for new leadership; the community can’t afford to take a step backward by appointing former Pride members who lost their re-election bids. When the Pride board holds its next scheduled meeting in October, there should be plenty of new faces around the table. There is much work to be done, including hiring a capable executive director who can build bridges rather than blow them up.

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Members of the elections committee and several observers watched the vote count for the San Francisco Pride board of directors at Sunday’s annual general meeting.

It’s also heartening to see the increased interest in the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee. It wasn’t that long ago when hardly anyone wanted to serve on the board. Now, after a contested election, it’s refreshing to see candidates eager to accept responsibility for producing one of the city’s most popular events. With the new board in place, the community can begin to focus on the future, rather than dwell on the past. That’s not to say people shouldn’t learn from their mistakes, it’s to realize that the Pride Committee needs to move on, and so does the community.t

Let us find new ways to love by Jesse Oliver Sanford

the black following years of struggle. On the other hand, the new board very year on Pink Saturday, hunhas our work cut out for us. We have dreds of thousands of people to focus on healing from this year’s flood the street outside my front conflicts, regaining the trust of the door, celebrating their lives and their broader community by operating loves, looking for freedom. I am surtransparently and accountably, and rounded, and I love it. I see the crowd conducting an executive director on the street, and I think of Jose Sarsearch. Far beyond the Chelsea Manria, of Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon, and ning conflict and its aftermath, howHarvey Milk. I think of the fierce ever, there is a spiritual crisis at hand Rick Gerharter queens of ACT UP and Queer Nathat speaks to the purpose of Pride in tion – too many gone now! – who Jesse Oliver Sanford a time when increasing formal recogrefused to be silent until we as a nanition, particularly for marriage and tion began to take responsibility for immigration rights, contrasts our queer brothers and sisters. For me, the hearts with widening economic inequality. of all those visitors are tied to my own, and we I can’t claim to talk for everybody: together are tied to the queer heroes who made I live in the Castro, I’m a white male our lives possible. tech worker, and I’m keenly aware That’s why I stood for election to the San that there are many communities Francisco Pride board of directors this past Sunwith whom I have too little conday. Our annual meeting saw reformers elected tact to know much of anything at by very strong margins. Almost 150 members all. But I have spoken with hunturned out, about 20 percent of the voting memdreds of San Franciscans about the bership. That’s pretty good for an organization Pride parade and celebration. that requires folks to show up in person in order In broad strokes, what I hear from to have their votes counted in the board election. the young is that Pride is largely irrelevant, little Although the results have not been ratified due to more than an excuse to party. The parade itself an error in the election committee’s spreadsheet, is an impossibility, too early on Sunday mornI’m hopeful I will be part of the new board. I look ing for those who were dancing till dawn. From forward to helping ensure that Pride is spirited, the elders, especially longtime San Franciscans, safe, and financially sustainable. I hear that Pride is frustrating: a mass-market, Whatever the final election outcome, it might commercialized parody of what it used to be, a be said that this is the best of times, and this is the bacchanalia for straight out-of-towners. “San worst of times. I am told SF Pride is now CaliforFrancisco’s Lively Gay Parade,” in 1972, was the nia’s largest free public event. Pride may contribfirst in San Francisco to use the term Pride. There ute as much as $100 million to the local economy was an insurgent spirit, an irreverence about the each year. So the show will go on. Fortunately, parade that some find now to be lost. the event’s producers are a group of longstandSan Francisco is changing as the continued ing, trusted contractors who know exactly what tech boom brings new faces from the world over, it takes to make it all happen. Despite all the firedriving up rents and transforming the entire Bay works, the conflicts of the past few months have Area. One might argue that Pride is caught in the nothing to do with the finances or logistics of the middle, a litmus test for the kind of city we are event. That is a major blessing. It would make litbuilding together. Will our city continue to be the tle sense to restructure Pride now, after the largest gay mecca that it is? celebration ever, when the organization is back in At the City Hall hearing on Pride last Thurs-

day, Supervisor Scott Wiener expressed his opinion that Pride doesn’t belong to any one nonprofit, but, he said, to the “people of San Francisco.” Honored supervisor, I agree with you in principle, but I feel you forgot to mention an important detail: Pride belongs especially to the LGBT and queer people of San Francisco, to sexual and gender minorities of this city and beyond, and to the activists and organizers who made our movement possible. This past year’s celebration was exceptional. The timing with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 meant tremendous enthusiasm for gay rights and larger-than-usual crowds. Though gay marriage is still legal in only a fraction of the 50 states, many view the past few years as a turning point, arguing that the goals of the LGBT rights movement are largely achieved. I beg to differ. If you’re a refugee from someplace more homophobic, Pride offers you the opportunity to find people who share your heart and spirit. By throwing the United States’ largest Pride celebration, we are saying to queers the world over: you can come home to San Francisco, and we will welcome you. Pride is thus an incredibly valuable tool. It’s one of the key means by which we can demonstrate San Francisco values, teach our history, and – for a little while, at least – liberate our people. Even if half of Pride’s attendees are straight, we should welcome them. My hope is that they will discover something precious in the values of LGBT liberation. Those straight folks may be looking for something that queerness can offer them, a certain freedom they can allow ourselves, or not. It is a freedom of sexual and gender expressiveness, a freedom to accept our bodies and their desires, a freedom to experiment, adapt to change, and find new ways to love. Jesse Oliver Sanford is a San Francisco resident.

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Pride election observer weighs in

On Sunday, September 15, I attended the Pride annual general meeting and voted in the board election. Each voting member received a ballot with 14 nominees and spaces for “In Favor,” “Against,” and “Abstain.” After voting, I exercised my right as a member to observe the entire vote counting process. Six members of the accountability slate, along with the supremely well-qualified and respected incumbent Justin Taylor, won clear majorities of votes in the election. Under the existing rules of the election, they should be certified and seated on the board. All winning candidates received totals between 54 percent and 73 percent of non-abstained votes cast. Unfortunately, Pride officials used a flawed spreadsheet with formulas not in accordance with the rules of Pride to determine that no one “won.” After the error was pointed out to the election officials, they retreated to a distant corner of the meeting space to deliberate in secret for about an hour and a half, before returning to announce that they would be sticking with the spreadsheet result and not declaring winners. All were saddened when the chair of the elections committee, who had worked diligently through the afternoon and evening to count the votes with no breaks for food, water, or rest, fell ill and collapsed. Everyone present appreciated his hard work despite our obvious disagreements, and hopes for his speedy recovery. Certification of the results of the election was deferred by vote of the membership until the next general membership meeting. In accordance with Pride’s bylaws, directors can only be elected at general membership meetings or by written ballots of the membership (presumably by mail). It is vitally important that all members of the SF Pride community, including all our elected officials, attend the next Pride meeting on Tuesday, October 15 (location TBA) to ensure that the duly elected directors of Pride have their clear victories certified and that they be allowed to take their rightful seats on the board. Paul Quick San Francisco

Pride goeth before the fall

The Sunday, September 15 Pride meeting to vote for candidates for the Pride board brought out some interesting dilemmas facing new board members. Some questions to candidates covered whether we should continue

to have corporations support the Pride parade. One audience member was concerned about the board meeting serving Coke because of its history in environmental destruction and poor employee relations. Corporations are destroying our democracy, so why are we supporting them by allowing them to sponsor our Pride parade? It is little cynical to say, “We’ll take the money and run” as one candidate expressed. Unfortunately, we cannot run away from our obligations to other people (especially LGBTQs) around the world who are suffering discrimination, torture, and death because of corporations’ control over foreign policies, including propping up dictators. If we begin to choose between one company and another based on current tragic events such as the BP oil spill it is a foolish tact when all oil companies are complicit in destroying our environment simply by producing its product. Shell Oil was complicit in the murder-by-hanging of four environmental activists in Nigeria (and paid about $15 million to settle a lawsuit). The list of corporate crimes and worker abuses is endless. We choose to ignore corporations’ crimes simply because, unfortunately, we rely on some of their products to survive. However, to highlight these criminals at a parade that hosts a million people is a crime in itself. The solution to funding the Pride parade will take a little imagination. For instance, we could ask the city to give more money for this event since it is the ultimate beneficiary of the thousands of attendees. We could ask the hotels, bars, restaurants, and taxi owners to chip in again because of the thousands of attendees visiting from all over the world. We could also pass the hat along the parade route to the many viewers. Denise D’Anne San Francisco

No Willie Brown bridge for him

State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) showed a gross disregard in voting to rename the western span of the Bay Bridge for Willie Brown and has lost my vote in the future. It was an illegal vote. Mr. Leno apparently has lost touch with the folks in San Francisco. I have always loved the bridge. To have that pompous ass’s name on it is disgusting. It will always be the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to many of us. Jerry Royer San Francisco

AEF to honor Marlena, Brunet compiled by Cynthia Laird

he AIDS Emergency Fund will honor Empress XXV Marlena and outgoing Castro Lions President Troy Brunet at its Leather and Feathers anniversary benefit Thursday, September 26 at 6 p.m. at the Kink.com Armory, 1800 Mission Street in San Francisco. Marlena, whose real name is Garry McLain, has been active in the gay and drag communities for nearly 40 years, first as empress of Modesto in 1976 and then as the 25th empress of San Francisco. He is the retired owner of Marlena’s bar, which he sold earlier this year. The bar, now called Brass Tacks, is a gay-friendly establishment. Brunet is a proud member of Sandy “Mama” Reinhardt’s leather family and has been a tireless fundraiser for AEF and other causes. Disabled by HIV/AIDS and a longtime AEF client, Brunet often speaks about his life on disability. Two other people will also be honored at the event. They are: Cynthia Hester, who served for nine years on the AEF and Breast Cancer Emergency Fund board of directors – six as president; and Neil Figurelli, who has led AEF’s Christmas Eve Dinner committee for 25 years, and has recently completed nine years of board service to AEF. AEF/BCEF Executive Director Mike Smith noted that Leather and Feathers is a return to AEF’s community roots, honoring the drag and leather communities that provided the earliest support to the fight against HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. For those in the leather and drag communities, the evening is a chance to proudly show off that heritage. For the less adventurous, it will be a

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Marlena takes the stage during the final weekend of Marlena’s bar earlier this year.

chance to experiment with your inner self and try on a new persona. Tickets, which are $125, include cocktails and appetizers and private tours of kink.com’s porn filming sets. An after-party will take place beginning at 9 p.m. across the street at Kink’s new Armory Club. For tickets, visit www. aef-sf.org/31.

HIV Story Project to show films

The HIV Story Project, in association with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Barefoot Wine and Bubbly, will present two thought-provoking films Thursday, September 19 at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street in San Francisco. Both films focus on the criminalization of HIV. One is Positive Women: Exposing Injustice, a featurelength film produced by the Canadian HIV/AIDS legal Network, and the other is HIV is Not a Crime, a short produced by the Sero Project. The films will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Richard

Castro Lions President Troy Brunet

Elliott, executive director of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Robert Suttle, assistant director of the Sero Project; Jessica Whitbread, global chair of the International Community of Women Living with HIV; and Marc Smolowitz, executive producer of the HIV Story Project. The event is open to the public; tickets are $10 and available at www. eventbrite.com/event/5850875125/.

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Day with HIV returns

Fashion designer and HIV advocate Mondo Guerra and others are joining forces with Positively Aware magazine for its annual A Day with HIV photo essay campaign. On one day, Saturday, September 21, people everywhere, both HIV-positive and -negative, will join in the fight against HIV. The magazine is asking people to take a digital photograph on that day to record a moment that will focus attention on the daily trials and triumphs of people living with HIV and those who care for them. Photos taken on Saturday need to be submitted by Wednesday, September 25 on the A Day with HIV website (www.adaywithhiv.com) or See page 13 >>

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Confabs highlight latest HIV news, research by Liz Highleyman

wo recent medical conferences provided some new information into HIV/AIDS research. The Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy last week in Denver drew nearly 9,000 participants to hear about the latest research on a wide range of infectious diseases. On the HIV front, researchers from Richmond-based Sangamo BioSciences reported the latest findings from their ongoing CCR5 gene therapy study. The company has developed the ZFP Therapeutic technique, which uses a zinc finger protein to disable the gene for the CCR5 co-receptor, one of the gateways HIV uses to enter CD4 T-cells. Normal CD4 cells are taken from study participants, modified in the laboratory, and returned to the patient. The idea was inspired in part by the Berlin Patient, former San Francisco resident Timothy Brown, who received stem cell transplants to treat leukemia from a bone marrow donor lacking CCR5 due to an uncommon natural mutation. Brown appears to still be HIV-free several years after stopping antiretroviral treatment. Researchers have previously reported that study participants showed sustained CD4 cell gains lasting up to three years. But the real test is whether the modified cells (known as SB-728-T) are resistant to infection, which can only be determined with a treatment interruption. Sangamo chief medical officer Dale Ando reported on seven study participants with one normal and one mutated CCR5 gene. Researchers predicted it would be easier for the gene therapy to completely

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knock out CCR5 receptors if nature had already done half the job. At the start of the study all were on antiretroviral therapy with fully suppressed viral load. Eight weeks after receiving a single infusion of nine to 20 billion modified CD4 cells, participants began an antiretroviral treatment interruption. Three participants were classified as responders, meaning they were able to suppress viral load while off antiretroviral drugs. One man has maintained undetectable HIV for seven weeks and remains off treatment. Responders had lower viral set-points and smaller HIV DNA reservoirs in resting T-cells. “The data presented today demonstrate that a single infusion of SB728-T can lead to profound suppression of viral load in the blood and sustained functional control of the virus,” Ando said. “This is the first evidence that sustained functional control of HIV in the absence of antiretroviral therapy is possible.”

Tenofovir and PrEP

Another ICAAC report came from a study comparing Gilead Science’s new formulation of tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) against the current tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), sold as Viread, which is among the most widely used antiretroviral drugs and an ingredient in available single-pill regimens.

TAF, which is given at a lower dose than TDF, reaches five-fold higher concentrations in HIV-infected cells, but with a much lower level in the blood. Gilead has developed a new single-tablet regimen similar to Stribild that substitutes TAF for TDF. Paul Sax from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston reported that while the TAF coformulation was just as effective as Stribild, it causes less kidney and bone toxicity. These side effects are a growing concern as guidelines recommend earlier antiretroviral treatment and as tenofovir is used by more HIV-negative people for pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. In other PrEP news, Gilead researchers conducted an early drug utilization analysis to see who are the “early adopters” using Truvada (tenofovir plus emtricitabine) for HIV prevention. The survey looked at nationally representative prescription data, stripped of personal identifying information, starting from January 2011; the Food and Drug Administration approved Truvada for PrEP in July 2012. The researchers focused on prescriptions for individuals who did not have a diagnosis of HIV infection, AIDS-related opportunistic illnesses, or hepatitis B (also treated with tenofovir). Through the first quarter of 2013, they identified nearly 1,774 people prescribed PrEP, accounting for less than 2 percent of all Truvada prescriptions. Physicians in about 700 cities and towns in 49 states reported prescribing Truvada for PrEP. Nearly half of people using Truvada for PrEP were women and 14 percent were under age 25. Compared with people taking Truvada for HIV treatment, those taking it for prevention are more likely to be female, young, residing in the south, and under the care of general practitioners rather than infectious disease specialists.

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Unopposed SF treasurer focuses on tax change by Matthew S. Bajko

reed from having to worry about a challenger this year, San Francisco Treasurer Jose Cisneros is focused on the more daunting task of implementing the most drastic change in local taxes the city has seen in more than a decade. Cisneros, 57, is the only LGBT person elected to a citywide position at City Hall and ran unopposed four years ago. Initially appointed to fill a vacancy by former mayor Gavin Newsom in 2004, Cisneros a year later defeated three opponents to secure a full four-year term. Because of a voter-approved change to the city’s elections calendar, Cisneros is running for a two-year term this November. In 2015 he is expected to seek a full four-year term, though he has yet to officially confirm his intentions. “I love the job. I foresee doing it in the foreseeable future,” Cisneros, set to be elected the first openly gay president of the League of California Cities as its board meeting Thursday, September 19, told the Bay Area Reporter during a recent editorial board meeting. His more immediate attention

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Minority AIDS Council, also took place last week. This year’s meeting, held in New Orleans, highlighted the burgeoning HIV epidemic in the southern states. These states, which have large African American populations and relatively high poverty rates, accounted for nearly half of all new HIV infections in 2010, according to Paul Kawata of NMAC. Southern states, along with several in the Midwest, are also less likely to adequately fund their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs and are more likely to have indicated that they will not participate in the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. The ACA and how it will impact people living with HIV was a major topic at USCA, including a plenary session featuring representatives from several federal agencies that will play a role in implementing the new law. The ACA promises to provide coverage for many people who previously could not obtain or afford insurance. Insurance companies will no longer be permitted to exclude people with pre-existing conditions or to rescind coverage after someone develops an expensive illness. Depending on the state they live in, people with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (about $15,800 for an individual or $32,500 for a family of four) could potentially become eligible for Medicaid. These provisions will likely be especially beneficial for people with chronic conditions such as hepatitis C or cancer, who do not currently have specific funding, as exists for HIV/AIDS. But the fate of existing AIDS support, including ADAP and other Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act programs, remains unknown. “We now have the tools to end the AIDS epidemic,” said Phill Wilson of the Black AIDS Institute during a plenary on improving engagement in care. “[We have] better diagnostic tools, better surveillance tools, better prevention tools, and now with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, better health care financing tools.”t

is on preparing his office, with a staff of 230 people, and the city’s business community for a coming switch in how San Francisco determines business taxes. Due to the overwhelming passage last fall of Proposition E, which garnered nearly 71 percent of the vote, San Francisco is phasing out its business tax based on the number of employees a company has and instituting one based on gross receipts. Cisneros also serves as the city’s tax collector. With unemployment a key concern, and critics of the payroll tax arguing it was a jobs killer, city officials and business leaders worked together to adopt the gross receipts tax. It will be phased in over a five-year period, starting with 2014. Next year 10 percent of the taxes a business owes to the city will be based on its gross receipts and 90 percent will remain payroll based. The percentages for gross receipts will increase each year from 25 to 50 to 75 to eventually being 100 percent in 2018. Due to a small business exemption, less than 10 percent of the 90,000 businesses registered in the

need to determine which of eight business categories they fall into, as there are different tax rates for each. “This is a huge change to taxes. Before it was simple to figure out,” he said. “Now the gross receipts could not be more complicated. We are saddled with the implementation of it.” To prepare, Cisneros’s office has been working to update its computer infrastructure to deal with the new system and meeting with business groups to begin explaining the upcoming tax change. “This is a huge ramp up. There is a lot of work and we have added additional staff,” said Cisneros. Rick Gerharter

Treasurer Jose Cisneros

city pay the payroll-based tax, which generated $450 million for the general fund. It remains unclear how many businesses will be required to pay under the new system, though it is expected that more than twice as many will do so. Any business with $1 million or more in gross receipts will have to pay the tax, and Cisneros estimated the number could total 20,000 or more. Those impacted will first

Midwest roots

Cisneros grew up in a small Michigan town. His father is of Mexican ancestry and was born and raised in Texas; his mother grew up in the Wolverine State with parents whose families settled there from England. After being accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cisneros relocated to Boston and earned a management degree. A training program with the Bank of Boston led him to frequently travel throughout Latin America. Software company Lotus then hired him, and after being trans-

ferred to its Mountain View offices, Cisneros moved to the Bay Area in 1993 with his partner, Mark Kelleher, a current San Francisco human rights commissioner. An appointment in the late 1990s by then-Mayor Willie Brown to the city’s parking and traffic commission eventually led Cisneros to again change jobs. He was hired as the deputy general manager at the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency overseeing planning and government affairs. He remained at the MTA until being tapped to become the city’s treasurer. Cisneros’s salary for the 2013-2014 fiscal year is $173,057. He has helped institute programs to encourage low-income earners to open bank accounts rather than using costly check-cashing services and oversees a city-funded program that opens a $50 college savings account for every child enrolled in public school kindergarten. “No San Franciscan should feel they are alone in managing their finances and planning for a successful future, and my Office of Financial Empowerment stands ready to assist residents in achieving their financial goals,” Cisneros wrote on his canSee page 13 >>

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New Waddell health clinic officially opens by Seth Hemmelgarn

San Francisco health clinic that provides care to some of the city’s poorest residents, including transgender patients and people living with HIV, recently marked some upgrades in services and its physical space. Primary care services from the Tom Waddell Health Center, named after the late physician and founder of the Gay Games, and the Housing and Urban Health Center have been combined, renamed, and moved into a new location at 230 Golden Gate Avenue. Mayor Ed Lee and others marked the grand opening at a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, September 11. The new agency is the Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic. “The Tom Waddell staff has been a national leader in providing homeless/HIV and transgender primary care services for many years,” Health Director Barbara Garcia said in a statement. “We are proud to provide our clients with this beautiful, stateof-the-art facility and health clinic. Our patients deserve it and our committed employees deserve it.” Dr. Joseph Pace is director of primary care homeless services for the Department of Public Health, which

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Mayor Ed Lee, third from left, cuts the ribbon signaling the official opening of the new Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic. Joining the mayor at the September 11 ceremony were, from left, Supervisors David Campos and Jane Kim, medical director Dr. Joseph Pace, Health Director Barbara Garcia, and health department officials Marcellina Ogbu and Mark Alstead.

operates the clinic, and also serves as Tom Waddell’s medical director. Pace called the new space “stateof-the-art,” and said the upgrade is meant to demonstrate the city and health department’s “commitment to providing high quality care to this

vulnerable population,” and to offer an environment that is “healing and welcoming” and acknowledges people’s dignity “no matter who they are. “The biggest change” at the clinic “is the move toward team-based care, which means that a patient is linked

to a team of staff that includes the medical provider, nursing staff, medical assistant, and behavioral health specialist,” he said. Before, “We weren’t always as coordinated as we could have been,” he said, and each patient now works with the same team throughout their care process. The model “highlights that the relationships we build with our clients are really at the center of the healing process, because often, our patients are socially isolated, have been estranged from their families, and because of their multiple medical, mental health, and substance abuse issues, have often been shunned or marginalized in their experiences to navigate systems of care,” said Pace, who is gay. The clinic, which has a budget of about $10 million and approximately 4,500 to 5,000 patients, has also brought together a psychiatry team and social work team and integrated those providers into its primary care services. Behavioral and mental health issues are central to many of the problems that patients cope with, said Pace. Among things that aren’t changing, dental and urgent care services will continue to be available at 50 Ivy (Lech Walesa) Street, the Tom

Waddell clinic’s former home. Additionally, Tom Waddell has approximately 15 community sites through which it offers services at homeless shelters and other community-based organizations. More developments lie ahead for the agency. The clinic is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of its transgender care clinic. Pace said Tom Waddell received two new federal grants this year. He said one focuses on transgender women of color, and the other is meant to expand engagement with “hard to reach” people who are living with HIV and homeless. Full services began July 9, but the grand opening was held last week so that painting and other work could be done, and so that as many people could attend the ceremony as possible. In a bulletin explaining the changes that was released this summer, clinic officials stated, “Our staff will be the same and we will continue to provide outstanding care services.” They also pledged to make it easier to get an appointment and shorter wait times. Drop-ins are accepted but appointments are encouraged. The clinic can be reached at (415) 355-7400.t

Seniors, disabled face Medi-Cal asset caps by Seth Hemmelgarn

nder the Affordable Care Act, seniors and people with disabilities who receive Medi-Cal will continue to have to meet asset limits that can force them to deplete their savings. Through the national health care reform law, much of which goes into effect January 1, some non-disabled people between the ages of 19 and

64 whose income isn’t more than 138 percent of the federal poverty guideline are exempt from the caps. However, others, including many people who are living with AIDS, will continue being subjected to caps of $2,000 in assets for individuals and $3,000 for married couples. The federal poverty guideline for individuals is $11,490. Brian Basinger, director of the AIDS Housing Alliance-San Fran-

cisco, said the caps create “a structural barrier to these vulnerable populations being able to have a nest egg to fall back on when they experience hard times.” But Basinger was optimistic that lawmakers could be persuaded to change the policy. “This is just a law that was conceived and crafted by our elected officials in Washington,” he said. “It is ink on a piece of paper, and so what-

ever has been done can be undone. This does not have to be our reality, and we have to push back and get them to change it, say, ‘We’re sorry, this is a mistake,’ and do it over.” Andy Chu, managing legal director for Positive Resource Center, a San Francisco nonprofit that provides benefits counseling and employment services for people with or at risk for HIV/AIDS, expressed some hope that change was possible, as well. “What we don’t know is whether people can transition” into the section of Medi-Cal that doesn’t take into account peoples’ assets, he said. If the caps do stay in place, “The impact will be that people who are disabled and seniors will still have to live in poverty in order to have health insurance,” said Chu. Basinger reached out to the staff of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), a longtime advocate for people with HIV and AIDS, and warned that keeping the limits could help lead to more people becoming homeless, since they’re “not allowed to have any cushion.” Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill gave no indication that there would be change any time soon. “While we are always looking for ways to strengthen” the Affordable Care Act, “Medicaid has always had strict assets tests,” said Hammill in an email exchange with the Bay Area Reporter. “The Congress took steps in the law to try to diminish gaps in coverage, but we were not able to end asset tests for the elderly and disabled, including those living with AIDS.” (Medi-Cal is the California version of the federal Medicaid program for poor people.) Hammill blamed the GOP for the limits remaining. “House Republicans have stated repeatedly that their number one legislative priority is to repeal the Affordable Care Act – not strengthen it,” he said. “As you know, they are in the majority in the House.” One group the limits are troubling for is people with disabilities who are considering returning to work and have to look at whether their paycheck plus their disability check will put them over the $2,000 asset cap. “When you look at them from a logical point of view,” these factors

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AIDS Housing Alliance director Brian Basinger

“are things that can be managed,” said Basinger. “But what people don’t necessarily understand is how the fear of making a mistake that can cause you to lose your Medi-Cal that you need to stay alive ... reverberates and affects people emotionally. That fear paralyzes people and keeps them stuck in ways that maintain their vulnerability.” Basinger’s had at least one client spend money on a TV and shoes in order to be able to hold onto his benefits. Chu has reached out to the city for an interpretation of whether people will be able to transition into the non-asset cap part of Medi-Cal, but he said he hasn’t received an official answer. A call to San Francisco’s Human Services Agency, which is responsible for enrolling people in Medi-Cal in the city, wasn’t returned. Hammill sought to remind people of some positive developments related to national health care reform. Among other benefits, the act “will provide significant protections for those living with HIV/AIDS by dramatically increasing access to Medicaid,” which “will no longer demand that you meet the strict tests to prove disability status or that you have children. Single and childless couples will be eligible for Medicaid,” he said, adding, “We will continue to work to strengthen the Affordable Care Act.”t

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t Going the distance in mid-size cars by Philip Ruth

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his month we’ll be looking at three mid-size cars: the Honda Accord Sport Sedan (191-inch length, $25,305 as tested); the Honda Accord EX-L V6 Coupe (189-inch length, Philip Ruth $33,140 as tested); and The Ford Fusion Titanium has an Aston the Ford Fusion Titanium AWD (192-inch Martin-inspired nose for a racy look. length, $37,670 as tested). Size queens, control yourselves: mid-size cars are about as long as you want to go if you do a lot of street parking. That about190-inch length includes lots of popular vehicles – Camrys, Volvos, Outbacks, Explorers, Durangos, Philip Ruth and ML350s. Scads of cars are this The new Honda Accord EX-L V6 size; you realize that when you jump Coupe has hard-edge styling. to 200 inches in, say, a Tahoe or BMW 7-series; all those spaces you have to pass up indicate that you got too greedy. In automotive terms, going above mid-size means you’ve left the mainstream. And the mainstream is what this week’s Fusion and two Accords are about, with each version aiming to carve out its own niche within the market’s vast middle landscape. All Philip Ruth three are well-engineered and fun to The Honda Accord Sport Sedan drive. And one in particular reached has a marginal gain in horsebeyond its level to rival the roadgopower and comes with other ing sparkle of sport sedans that cost small upgrades. a few gay cruises more. First, a quick overview: buy a new foot, but this Accord ends up feelcar with an Accord or Fusion name ing less than cohesive. on it, and you’ll spend somewhere The coupe’s hard-edged styling between $20-40K with a wide range trowels on the sport, but my eleof options. If you’re a commuter mentary-teacher straight gal who needs access to the diamond pal said it best: “I see lane, go to the top: the Fusome L.A. Law here.” sion Energi SE checks in You mean, like a at $39,495, and the newdash of douchebag? for-2014 Accord plug“No, not that bad. in hybrid is $40,570. Just like it’s an AcForty Gs can buy a cord trying to be lot of car – or a lot of all macho. I want to cars, for that matter say, ‘You’re okay, just – but these two have be an Accord, you don’t have anya special purpose. If you have a long thing to prove.” Another friend said commute and place a professional it looked “durable,” which is just value on your time, access to the diaabout the worst thing you can say mond lane will amortize the plugabout a car with fancy aspirations. in’s upfront expense in short order. Fancy is a word that applies to the Then down at the bottom of the Fusion Titanium AWD tester, which range are the $22,745 Accord LX at just under $38K had tech and feasedan and the $22,695 Fusion S, tures out the wazoo. And ironically, again just a few dollars apart, which its coupe-like styling, with a roofline is another indication of how fiercely that’s pulled almost to the tailights, these two cars compete. There is no looked more committed and intense coupe version of the Fusion, and than did the Accord coupe’s. Racy the Accord coupe starts higher than lines usually demand some kind of the sedan, at a bit under $25K. user compromise, and here we see it Of the three I tested, I was certain with the Fusion’s trunk: the cavity is that Accord Coupe V6 EX-L, with long and very deep, but access to it its powerful engine and six-speed is massively hindered by that raked manual transmission, would be my rear glass. Instead of a lid with a long favorite, but it was not. Main reason horizontal plane, you get a stub that is the V6’s extra mass over the front opens just at the end, so it’s like loadwheels changes the overall handling ing a cardboard box from the side. from nimble to deliberate. Then, Not a deal-breaker, but you will do when you nail the gas, the steering a lot of bending and reaching when goes vague as the front wheels focus loading and unloading the Fusion, on laying down the torque you’ve especially with the water bottles ordered. It’s a thrill blasting around with 278 horses under your right See page 12 >>

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love, bringing up what he called a “flaw in this concept” of marriage as best solution. “Our community colonizes this idea of Americanization,” Aldana said. “I never want to sacrifice my indigenous identity, my Mexican identity.” Aldana sees the best way to enact change for immigration reform is to put pressure on lawmakers through acts of civil disobedience. For Perez, reform can’t come soon enough. Speaking through a translator, Per-

ez told the audience that her son was beaten up once, and she was afraid to call the police to report the crime. “Will they help me, or will they detain me and deport me?” she wondered. “My decision was to not call because I didn’t trust the police,” she said. “We want to be able to go out and ask for help when we are in danger,” Perez said of undocumented women. “We want reform for everybody, we don’t want to exclude anybody.”t Forum organizers urged people to call Brown’s office at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to sign the TRUST Act, AB 4, into law.

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Gay gearheads show off their wheels by Matthew S. Bajko

ruising down Howard Street in his baby blue 1964 Lincoln convertible last Friday, Michael Sousa explained why the vehicle fulfills his love for vintage wheels. “It’s just a piece of Americana for me,” he said. While Sousa is stopped at a traffic light waiting for it to turn green, the driver of a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV pulls alongside and exclaims, “Now that’s a car. That rocks!” A few minutes later a female panhandler in the median of Market Street near the LGBT Community Center shouts out, “I like your car. Can I have it?” as Sousa headed toward his home in the Castro. His car regularly evokes such reactions from fellow drivers and passersby, noted Sousa. “I always get a thumbs up. It’s great; I love it,” said Sousa, 45, who works as a loan officer. His classic car will be among the 54 automobiles featured during the Freewheelers Car Club’s 29th annual benefit car show this Sunday in the Castro. Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, the world’s oldest gay car club is returning to the heart of the city’s gayborhood after a five-year absence. It previously had held the event on the ball field at Collingwood Park but was evicted from the space when the city’s Recreation and Park Department renovated the outdoor facility. Since 2009 the fundraiser for local nonprofits has been held in the parking lot at Everett Middle School off 17th Street. Attendance there has dwindled over the years, partly due to the cars not being visible from the street, so the car club members decided to seek permission this year to close down sections of Collingwood and 19th streets for their event. While it cost the club $3,000 for the needed permits, the expense has been worth it, said Eric Whitney, 52, a board member and the club’s registration director, as “there is so much excitement” about the show returning to its old location. All of the money raised from the $5 suggested donation at the gate is to be donated to the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, an alternative public elementary school that was recently vandalized. To date, community fundraising efforts have raised more than $25,000 for the school to help pay for repairing the damage and buying school supplies. The car club has more than 200 members scattered throughout northern California, from San Jose to Sacramento. Less than 10 percent of Freewheelers live in San Francisco. The club dates its start to May 1978 when Sunnyvale residents Tim Van Nattan and Van Rojas came together with 14 other car lovers “to create an enjoyable social setting for people to meet and exchange ideas and information about their automobiles.”

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Freewheeler Car Club members Michael Sousa, left, and Eric Whitney stand next to their cars, a 1964 Lincoln Continental that Sousa has nicknamed Mrs. Kennedy, and a 1986 Mercedes 560 SL belonging to Whitney.

It started as a place for gay men with a love of cars to connect with one another in a welcoming environment, as they were often shunned by straight car clubs, said Concord resident Larry Salvador, the club’s co-president and a 33-year member. “At that time gay guys weren’t comfortable in the other car clubs,” recalled Salvador. To be a member, said Salvador, who is in his 50s and owns a 1969 bronze Imperial LeBaron, one merely must possess “a genuine interest in the hobby and collection of classic and collectible automobiles.” And if you like “hunky guys into cars, our club is for you,” added Whitney, the owner of a 1986 MercedesBenz 560 SL two-door white convertible with a blue wool collapsible roof that he bought at auction more than a year ago for roughly $20,000. Ownership of a vintage vehicle, defined as being more than 25 years old, is not required to join the Freewheelers. Nor does the club discriminate based on sexual orientation, as there are several straight members, or gender, as there are a few female Freewheelers. “I don’t think being gay was ever a requirement,” said Salvador. Non-gay membership is likely to grow, predicted Salvador, due to the demise of straight car clubs in the Bay Area. “Other car clubs are falling by the wayside because the members are older and dying off. And younger people aren’t into cars as they once were,” he said. “With the Freewheelers, we are still fun to hang out with.” That was what drew Whitney to join in early 2012, as his partner of close to 10 years, Richard Bae, supports his car hobby but does not share in it. “It’s growing on him,” said Whitney, who now counts Sousa as a close friend. Sousa’s husband, Mark Culbert, also is supportive of his “internal combustion habit” but does not share in his love for old cars. “It is really hard to find guys in my age bracket who really like to wrench, get into cars and appreciate them,” said Sousa, who also owns a 1978 Mark V Lincoln two-door hard top. “I am a total gearhead.”

Obituaries >> Robert J. Wdowiak January 20, 1942 – May 20, 2013

My best friend Bob Wdowiak took his life on early Monday morning May 20, 2013. I am still mad at him; we had promised each other that we would grow old together. He was a long-term AIDS survivor, with minimal health problems over 33plus years (his T-cells dipped below 200 once). But Bob did suffer from depression, with a lifelong bipolar condition, and his mood swings made relationships very difficult for him to maintain

at times (I know, I was one of them). Bob was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is preceded in death by mother and father, Genevieve and Leo, as well as older brother, Len. Bob is survived by younger brother Don, who lives in Australia with his wife, Anita, and by his loving sisterin-law Elizabeth Wdowiak of Albany. Bob had many jobs in the city over the years, most recently at Many Moons on Market Street. His main line of work was as a legal secretary for Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, and O’Melveny and Myers, among others. A memorial service will be held at the National Memorial AIDS Grove in Golden Gate Park, Sunday, September 29, at 2 p.m. For more information call Peter Groubert at (415) 861-7138.

He has owned his Continental – President John F. Kennedy rode in the same model of vehicle when he was assassinated – for four years and spent two years repairing it with a friend. Its license plate “MRS KNDY” is also the car’s name, and Sousa affixed a “Kennedy-Johnson” bumper sticker to its rear fender. “It’s never been out of California,” said Sousa, the third person to own the car, which can sell for $40,000 to $85,000 depending on condition of the vehicle. He joined the Freewheelers nine years ago not only to support LGBT charities but also to meet other car enthusiasts. “It’s a thrilling thing for me,” said Sousa, who won the Lavender Dipstick award, given to the car owner with the “cleanest, prettiest engine,” at this year’s West Coast meet-up for gay car clubs. The Freewheelers’ car show takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, September 22. For more information about the car club and its events, visit http://www. thefreewheelers.net/.t

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Transipedia by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

ne day after she was sentenced following her conviction in a court-martial for leaking sensitive government documents, Army private Chelsea Manning publicly declared that she was a woman and requested that she be called by her new name and feminine pronouns. In light of this, media outlets and others were forced to decide how they would handle this change: should they continue to refer to her by her birth name and gender, or change to the one that she requested. It’s a complex issue of sorts, and one that transgender people face any time their lives are reported on. Reporters in particular seem to relish including long-since-unused names of transgender people within stories, claiming that this gives a “full picture” of the transgender person in question, among other reasons. In some of my own experiences with reporters and documentarians, they have been flat out shocked that I was not forthcoming with my birth name. It was as if I was deliberately obfuscating the supposed truth they sought to share with their audience. When a transgender person is misgendered, and when an old name is used in place of the one of

their choice, you will often see people pointing to the Associated Press Stylebook. For more than a decade, the media has been directed to the stylebook – used by many news organizations – which explains exactly what to call a transgender person, sometimes with success. Here’s the APs guidance, as of 2011: “Transgender: Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics of the opposite sex or present themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth. If that preference is not expressed, use the pronoun consistent with the way the individuals live publicly.” Yet things became infinitely more complex with Manning. For one, the issue of gender identity, as implied in the AP Stylebook, means the individual in question may have to have started a physical transformation. This is a challenge for Manning, who is now in a military prison and may not be able to get any sort of treatment. While I take exception, many in the media are resistant to simply taking a person’s word for it. On top of that, Manning is a controversial figure. The nature of her crime inflames people on all sides of the political spectrum, and

many would opt not to respect her wishes as a result. Those who might otherwise have no problem tearing her down by calling her effeminate (at best), would now never call her anything but male. There are others, too, who feel that Manning’s declaration is somehow a dodge, perhaps related to an attempt to get a pardon for her crimes, or otherwise get preferential treatment. Her defense team has also tried to excuse what she did based on her gender identity disorder – a move that has done little to make many within the transgender community and elsewhere embrace Manning. The AP, regardless of the guidelines in its own stylebook, had to release an announcement to its editors to use the preferred name and gender after a period of confusion about how to refer to Manning. The New York Times issued its own directive, much in line with the AP. NPR also went back and forth on pronoun and name usage. But the biggest issues have been with the free, collaborative encyclopedia known as Wikipedia. It is one of the most used websites in the world. Almost immediately after Manning released the aforementioned statement, Wikipedia redirected users searching for her birth name to one for Chelsea Manning. It was a bold and supportive move, not only welcoming for Manning herself, but

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any transgender person who may use Wikipedia. This sent a clear message that one’s identity would be accepted. This change was also in line with previous cases of celebrities coming out as transgender, such as Chaz Bono or Lana Wachowski. This, unfortunately, is not the end of the story: after a week of discussion, repeated attempts to move the page, and an administrative lockdown of the page, this change was reverted back to Manning’s birth name. As noted above, Wikipedia is collaborative. After the page was locked down, the discussion kept to the “talk page.” A heated, sometimes transphobic, discussion continued, with comments such as “If I had a Wikipedia article and then I sud-

denly claimed to be a dog, or a cat, would they change it to reflect such a nonsense? Biologically he is a man and will die a man (check his chromosomes XY), and legally he is a man (he even asks to be called by his male name in official stuff).” Some even noted that other editors were threatened with being outed or having their own birth names exposed. Some also called for transgender editors and administrators not be allowed to be involved in the discussion, for fear that they would somehow be too passionate about the issue. As of this writing, the page can be found under either name in the URL, but with a subject line reflecting her birth name. The article itself tends to reflect her name and gender of choice, but also provides her birth name and old photos. It is a bit of a muddle overall, a fine example of design by committee in which few will be truly happy with the final result. I would like to call on Wikipedia officials to look closely at their established policies. If it is good enough for other transgender entries to be so updated, it is okay for Manning regardless of her crimes or any editor’s transphobia. Let Chelsea be Chelsea.t Gwen Smith has no Wikipedia entry, but you can find her online at www.gwensmith.com.

Freedom band hires new artistic director by David-Elijah Nahmod

former beauty and orange juice queen Anita Bryant infamous. Bryant’s homophobia ultimately cost her her career, while the band, the first openly gay musical group in the world, flourished. The band has been a fixture at SF Pride parades and performs in concert throughout the year. “How does the band continue to fulfill its social and political mission?” Nowlen asked. “Thirty years ago being on stage was political enough. We’ve reached a point where that’s no longer an issue. We’ve taken time out from our rehearsals to discuss how to fulfill our social mandate.” The answer quickly came to band members. “Not every place is San Francisco,” Nowlen said. “We do go to other places where being visible is not so safe. We try to build partnerships. We support transgender people and youth: transgenders are not yet as accepted as gay men and lesbians are. Being trans is still somewhat of a frontier. We are also working toward

lessening the isolation of gay seniors. These are some of the issues that came out of our initial discussions.” Whether its building bridges or performing the classical pieces so near and dear to his heart (he named Strauss as his favorite composer), Nowlen accepted his position with the band at a rate of pay much lower than what he usually gets. “I’m getting $1,000 per month,” he said. “The job has enough meaning to me so I do it for less. I still do other gigs.” The band’s operating budget is also quite low, around $250,000 per year, he said. “Nurturing our own community is a constant function of the band,” said Nowlen. “We are a place for people to find a welcoming community.”t

Nowlen was, he admits, a bit late in coming out. “I came out at 27,” he said. “I started studying music when I was

in the eighth grade. When you become a musician, it makes it easier to suppress yourself because you do something else. But I sensed that my life was not in balance and I needed to take care of that part of my life.” Coming out was a liberating experience, Nowlen recalled. “It was great. I didn’t have the usual excuses,” he said. “I knew my family would be accepting, and I had gay friends, so it was a fairly easy process. Until I came out I was an observer and not a participant in my life.” The world has changed dramatically in the ensuing two decades. In this era of marriage equality and matter-of-fact acceptance of LGBT people, Nowlen has questioned if the band is still needed. He reports that the band has raised this issue at its board meetings. Founded in 1978 by the late Jon Sims, the band was originally called San Francisco Gay Freedom Band and Marching Corps. Sims formed the band as a direct response to the anti-gay campaigns that made

Tauruses might make that seem farfetched, but this Fusion is swinging for the fences, with an Aston Martin-inspired nose and an interior dappled with rich materials and careful detailing. It impressed all my clients, and with the 240-hp, 2.0-liter EcoBoost turbo engine, it gobbled miles with tireless confidence. At long last, we’re seeing American cars you buy not because they’re cheap, but because you like them.

The Accord Sport Sedan turns that “like” to “love.” Above the base fourcylinder Accord LX, the Sport brings a marginal gain in horsepower (to 189 hp) and adds paddle shifters, a stiffer suspension, and butch 19-inch alloy wheels (which also widen the turning radius by a couple inches, unfortunately). You can get it with a six-speed manual, but the tester’s continuously-variable (CVT) automatic was on the ball with a crisp

response, which is more than you can say for the muddiness of Nissan’s CVTs, for example. The Sport’s small upgrades take the Accord from nimble to enervating. The balance I mentioned earlier makes each one of those big tires feel like they’re here to help, and the Sport’s relatively light weight and rev-me-up engine had this moderately-priced sedan’s keys burning a hole in my pocket as much as any sports car’s ever had.

Because like other things you might find in a pocket, holding the Accord Sport’s key is a promise of fun and an invitation to play. All three of these mid-sizers are fine choices, and it’s neat that the least expensive one feels the most like your partner in crime.t

more affordable housing, “and maybe more places that have clothing for people that are homeless.” Tone, who gets foods stamps and has done babysitting and other odd jobs, said she’s gone to Project Homeless Connect and indicated an interest in LGBTQ Connect. Denny David, deputy director at Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center, one of the agencies helping pre-register people for the October event, said about 35 percent of the youth his agency works with are homeless or marginally housed.

One of the biggest needs youth have “is the chance to connect with a compassionate staff member who deeply cares about that LGBTQ young person and what they’re experiencing, and listening to what their needs are,” said David. LYRIC, which is based in the Castro neighborhood and will be represented at LGBTQ Connect, offers services including helping people obtain identification documents and assisting them with job searches. Dr. Veronika Vazquez, a San Francisco dentist, will also be at the event.

Vazquez, who became involved after Dufty reached out to her, said, “Service in general for me has always been a huge part of why I became a dentist.” She said as a Hispanic female trying to succeed in a field dominated by white men, “I can relate” to other people facing discrimination. “It’s close to my heart,” said Vazquez. Basinger said that he didn’t know how many events like this there would be, but he said, “We’re going to have as many LGBTQ Connects as required to reduce LGBTQ homelessness by 50 percent in five years, whatever it takes,

and the city needs to marshal the resources to make that happen.” Dufty said organizers are looking for a range of service providers, including barbers, podiatrists, dentists, and other volunteers. Those interested can contact Christine Keener at (415) 554-6164, Dufty at bevan.dufty@ sfgov.org, or visit http://www.projecthomelessconnect.com.t

his Friday’s free concert by the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band will mark the debut of its new artistic director and 11th conductor, Pete Nowlen. Nowlen, 51, brings a long musical resume to the table. For 10 years he performed with the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, and has also appeared on stage with the International Orchestra of Italy, among others. French horn is his primary instrument. He replaces Jadine Louie, who left a little over a year ago. Nowlen continues to reside in Sacramento with his husband David, with whom he has a 24-year-old son. In a telephone interview with the Bay Area Reporter, he said that the drive to and from Sacramento would not be an issue for him. “The driving works out all right,” he said. “I have a great life in Sacramento, but I don’t rule out moving to the city.”

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and paper towels that roll back and wedge up against the rear seatbacks. There are no all-wheel drive versions of the Accord sedan or coupe, so the Ford has an advantage there. And there have been no Fords like this current Fusion; it is a family car that has a genuinely upscale feel to it. Your memories of plasticky rental

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may need to be more adroit at how we’re responding” to people’s needs.

Varying needs

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Susan Tone, who’s 60 and identifies as bisexual, was outside the Walgreens on Castro Street trying to collect change. Tone has been homeless for about two years. She sometimes sleeps in Golden Gate Park, and she’d like to see

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Pete Nowlen is the new artistic director and conductor of the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band.

The Friday, September 20 concert, featuring wind and percussion ensembles, begins at 8 p.m. at Ebenezer/HerChurch Lutheran, 678 Portola Drive. For more information, visit www.sflgfb.org.

Philip Ruth is an automotive journalist and consultant at www.gaycarguy.com. See the online version for Mazda reviews.

The October 7 LGBTQ Connect takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street.

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Berkeley holds off on student council district by Elliot Owen

he Berkeley City Council has postponed a resolution that would adjust City Council district lines to reflect population changes documented in the 2010 census and include a district with a heavy population of UC Berkeley students. Proponents for the redistricting ordinance support the idea of a student-majority District 7, currently represented by gay councilman Kriss Worthington, to more accurately integrate UC Berkeley student voices into city governance; a Cal student could represent the new district on the City Council. During a 45-minute discussion on the matter at its September 10 meeting, council members heard nearly 20 students call for more time to create the most inclusive map possible. Proposed by the Berkeley Student District Campaign, a coalition of students brought together in 2011 to draw out a campus district,

the map under consideration excludes Northside student housing and Unit 4 residence halls. “The reason this is so important to us,” one student said during public comment, “is nine cooperative houses, which is about 50 percent of the student cooperative housing community, and three dorms, are currently excluded ... “ To address the omission, Berkeley students have been working since July on an amended option called the United Student District Amendment. While the USDA map addresses the issue of Northside exclusion, it comes with its own set of drawbacks. “There’s a whole area ... that’s being proposed to be in District 8, not in District 7, so we’re sacrificing one group of students for another group of students,” said Councilwoman Susan Wengraf. “I’m not very happy about this configuration.” Both redistricting options cause concern among Berkeley residents who fear that historic neighbor-

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A Berkeley student expresses her support for a continuance on the redistricting ordinance at last week’s City Council meeting.

hood groups will be split across new district lines. “Our City Council should have a representative for majority-student district,” said Berkeley resident Jacquelyn McCormick, “but the proposal by the students would divide many established neighborhood as-

sociations into different districts. ... Neither of the student groups who are presenting maps tonight have attempted to collaborate with the neighbors in presenting an optimal map.” Worthington, a progressive who has long supported student issues,

told the East Bay Express this summer that he would step down only if he feels that the student candidate is fully qualified for the job. The move to create the district is driven by passage last year of Measure R, which gave the council the power to create a new student district, the Express noted. The Berkeley city charter mandates that a redistricting ordinance must be in place 30 days before the redistricting deadline, which is December 31. The council will take additional time to analyze the USDA option and conclude if it’s a better choice than the BSDC option. “In the interest of getting it done, I think we’re down to these two,” Mayor Tom Bates said during the meeting. The exact timeline for the adoption of a redistricting map is dependent on how quickly the city clerk’s office can conclude that the USDA map is consistent with local and state regulations.t

Gay man sworn in as ambassador to security group by Heather Cassell

aniel Baer, former State Department official on international LGBT issues, was recently sworn in as U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Baer was sworn into the Vienna-based position by Uzra Zeya, acting assistant secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, during a September 10 ceremony in the Benjamin Franklin room of the State Department. Baer’s partner, Brian Walsh, stood at his side.

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didate questionnaire this year for the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club. Acknowledging that he is “excited obviously” not to be opposed this

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The SF Pride Members for Democracy, Accountability, and Transparency formed in July to address governance issues raised over the Pride board’s withdrawal of grand marshal status for transgender WikiLeaker Army private Chelsea

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emailed to photo@adaywithhiv.com. The project will also have a social media presence on Facebook, Twitter (hashtag @A_Day_With_HIV), and Instagram. For more information check out the aforementioned website.

Brunch and bowl in Alameda with LGBT Dems

The East Bay Stonewall Democratic club will hold its first Brunch and Bowl event Sunday, September 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at AMF South Shore Lanes, 300 Park Street in Alameda. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend. The cost is $35 per person ($25 for club members) and includes shoes, two games, and refreshments. There will be trophies, a cash bar, and raffles. Tickets can be purchased online at www.eastbaystonewalldemocrats.org.

do,’ but they’re ‘must haves’ for the sustainable advancement of U.S. national interests abroad,” Zeya said. Baer was surrounded by his family, colleagues, and officials as well as fellow gay nominee Jeff Marootian, former director of LGBT outreach for the Democratic National Committee. Marootian was sworn in as the new White House liaison to the Department of Transportation, reported the Blade. Baer’s appointment is one of five high-profile diplomatic positions awarded to openly gay men by the Obama administration during the president’s second term.t

President Barack Obama nominated Baer as ambassador to the organization in June. The Senate confirmed his ambassadorship along with other openly gay nominees by voice vote last month, reported the Washington Blade. “Working on advancing human rights and democracy around the world, is, among other things, supporting the efforts of people elsewhere to leverage the fundamental building blocks of our nation’s success – and working to uphold these principles at home is an ongoing project that demands constant work and reinforces the source of strength and comparative

advantage in the world,” logue among countries Baer said. working toward a comThe OSCE was set mon goal. That its founup during the Cold War dation and objectives as a forum where the – “empirically demonU.S. could raise human strative truth that true rights and security issecurity must be comsues with Soviet allies. prehensive, that security The organization, with from violence and war, 57 member states, now security from violations serves as a pan-Atlantic Courtesy U.S. State Department of human rights and deforum to create dialogue nial of other freedoms, around issues such as Ambassador and economic and enearly warning, conflict Daniel Baer vironmental security” prevention, crisis man– are distinct, but “not agement, and post-conflict rehabiliseparable,” he said. tation, according to its website. Zeya praised Baer. Baer noted that the OSCE is rel“For Dan, the right to connect, the evant today as it was when it was right to love, and other fundamental formed in maintaining an open diahuman rights are not just ‘nice to

year, Cisneros added that he is not resting on his laurels and intends to mount a limited campaign to meet with voters and explain his role at City Hall. “It is kind of a once-every-fouryears opportunity to introduce who I am and what the office does.

I would like to take advantage of that,” said Cisneros, who will be feted Thursday by the League of California Cities’ GLBT Local Officials Caucus, which he formerly chaired, at an event in Sacramento where the league is holding its quarterly meeting.t

Manning, currently serving a 35year sentence for espionage. The election, it is believed, has removed board members who outraged many in the community over the Manning controversy. Returning incumbent Taylor was not seen as part of the SF Pride cabal against Manning. All of the accountability slate candidates supported honor-

ing Manning and consider her a hero for exposing what they believe are U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Regarding the incorrect formula, Cain, called “the Jerry Brown of SF Pride” due to his recurring role in the organization over the years, said in an email that he felt Fischer was responsible for it.

Gay Supervisor David Campos, concerned over Sunday’s election based on the B.A.R.’s Monday blog report, offered his office and mediation skills to broker a resolution. Chin, by phone, said SF Pride “appreciated his leadership” but had reached a resolution. Chin, who is leaving the Pride board September 30, likely will have

the goodwill of many community members, including some of the expected incoming board. “Davace is great,” said Cain. “I wish he had been president of Pride for the last year.”t

Library book sale coming up

For more information, visit www. friendssfpl.org or call (415) 626-7500.

tember 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street. Themed “Out and Around,” the event will showcase queer leaders using communication skills to work for LGBT equality around the world. It will feature Lisa Dazols and Jenni Chang, world travelers who are searching for “supergays,” showing footage from their upcoming documentary, Out and Around, which showcases the exciting people they’ve met and important activities during their travels. Speakers from the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance will share personal life experiences in some of the same regions. Rainbow Toastmasters is a San Francisco-based club within Toastmasters International, and develops speaking and leadership skills in the LGBT and larger communities. Club members will be available to answer questions from people interested in the organization. Light refreshments will be provided

by Whole Foods. Admission is free.

The West Coast’s biggest used book sale is returning to San Francisco with prizes for clever book lovers who unlock daily clues through social media. The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s 49th annual Big Book Sale takes place September 25-29, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a members-only preview September 24, from 4 to 8 p.m. The sale takes place at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason. The Friends organization has teamed up with various arts organizations, businesses, and restaurants to provide prizes to those lucky enough to find them. Every day of the sale, Friends will send out clues via Twitter and Facebook hinting at where shoppers might find prizes hidden among the thousands of books at Fort Mason. The sale is expected to feature nearly 500,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl, and other forms of media, in over 100 categories.

National Gay Men’s HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will mark National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Wednesday, September 25, at 11 a.m. (Pacific time) with a Google+ Hangout to provide the latest updates from the CDC’s HIV prevention experts. Participants will also share information about the latest HIV testing strategy for couples; the use of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention; and the CDC’s new Reasons/Razones campaign for Hispanic/ Latino gay and bisexual men. The event can also be viewed live on the CDC’s YouTube channel.

Rainbow Toastmasters’ anniversary event

Rainbow Toastmasters is celebrating its eighth anniversary with a multi-media event Thursday, Sep-

Keep abreast of the latest LGBT political news by following the Political Notebook on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/politicalnotes. Got a tip on LGBT politics? Call Matthew S. Bajko at (415) 8615019 or e-mail m.bajko@ebar.com.

A longer version of this column is online at ebar.com.

On the web

Online content this week includes the Bay Area Reporter’s online column, Political Notes; the Jock Talk column; and an article about the death of gay philanthropist Thomas White. www.ebar.com.

The B.A.R.’s online version of this story will be updated with results from Wednesday’s meeting.

Transbay project hosts LGBT outreach event

The Transbay Transit Center Project invites LGBT business owners and employees in the construction, architectural, engineering, trades, and professional services industries to a unique outreach event to learn more about upcoming contracting opportunities. The session takes place Thursday, September 26 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture Project offices, 175 Beale Street (at Howard) in San Francisco. The agenda will include information on getting your business certified, preparing your statement of qualifications, and the schedule for contracting opportunities. For more information, contact Paul@pendergastconsultinggroup. com or (415) 621-0600. To RSVP, email info@pendergastconsultinggroup.com.t

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Type of license applied for 41 - ON-SAlE BEEr & WINE - EATINg plACE SEpT 12, 19, 26, 2013 OrDEr TO ShOW CAUSE FOr ChANgE OF NAME IN SUpErIOr COUrT OF CAlIFOrNIA, COUNTy OF SAN FrANCISCO FIlE CNC13549757 In the matter of the application of: GARRETT ALLEN ROSS, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner GARRETT ALLEN ROSS, is requesting that the name GARRETT ALLEN ROSS, be changed to GREG ALLEN ROSSCUP. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Rm. 514 on the 5th of November 2013 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 OrDEr TO ShOW CAUSE FOr ChANgE OF NAME IN SUpErIOr COUrT OF CAlIFOrNIA, COUNTy OF SAN FrANCISCO FIlE CNC13549761 In the matter of the application of: TOBI AMYLYNN HARPER, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner TOBI AMY-LYNN HARPER, is requesting that the name TOBI AMYLYNN HARPER, be changed to TOBI LYNN HARPER. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 514 on the 24th of October 2013 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035349600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DREAM STATE TRANSPORTATION, 1147 OZBOURN CT. #C, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94130. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SIARHEI KULBEDA . The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/06/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/06/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035335200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SKINLOGIC, 360A WEST PORTAL AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127 . This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SHIH YU CHANG . The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/29/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013

SUMMONS (FAMIly lAW) SUpErIOr COUrT OF CAlIFOrNIA, COUNTy OF SANTA ClArA NOTICE TO rESpONDENT: ABDElhAKIM BENghArBIA, yOU ArE BEINg SUED. pETITIONEr’S NAME IS ChANEl NICOlE SEpUlvEDA CASE NO. 112Fl-161263 You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, 170 PARK AVE., SAN JOSE, CA 95113. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, is: CHANEL NICOLE SEPULVEDA, 3827 NASH CT., SAN JOSE, CA 95111; (408) 712-2280. Date: APR 02, 2012. Clerk of the Superior Court, by TRANG VU, Deputy. SEpT 05, 12, 19, 26, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035327100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OCEAN SPA, 1608 OCEAN AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JING YI WAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/23/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035340200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: R2 CATERING, 416 BEACH ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RITA RABINOVICH. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/30/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/30/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035353500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TONY D, 3150 18TH ST. #310, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ANTHONY M. DICARO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/09/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035353300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FOR REAL FOOD, 4672 18TH ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DANIEL S. WIESE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/07/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/09/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035342400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAPPIER HUMAN, 250 HEARST AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed AMIT P. AMIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/03/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035346300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PRIVATE RENDEZVOUS, 427 METRO WALKWAY, RICHMOND, CA 94801. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LENORIS WALSH III. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/05/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035351600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FIVE PINS PROJECT, 491A GUERRERO ST., SF, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ELISABETH GOLDSCHMIDT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/24/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/09/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035342500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GRANDE MAISON DE BLANC, 340 SUTTER ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed GRANDE MAISON DE BLANC, INC (OR). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/03/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035356200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HENRY’S HUNAN NORTH RESTAURANT, 1398 GRANT AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DUPONT THAI, INC CA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. 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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035353400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BURKE’S GREEN LANDSCAPING, 970 GEARY ST. #44, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DENNIS BURKE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/08/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/08/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035351100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MUDPUPPY’S, 2414 CHESTNUT ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JOBETTY, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/09/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035345400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LEADER HOUSE, 1409 SUTTER ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed LEADER MANAGEMENT LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/04/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/04/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035336100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCYCLE, PIER 54 #210, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94158. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed APPAREL SOURCING AND PRODUCTION LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/29/13. SEpT 12, 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 NOTICE OF ApplICATION FOr ChANgE IN OWNErShIp OF AlCOhOlIC BEvErAgE lICENSE Dated 09/11/2013 To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: HO YONG CHONG. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at 33 New Montgomery St. #1230, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 to sell alcoholic beverages at 4828 GEARY BLVD., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118-2911. Type of license applied for 41 - ON-SAlE BEEr & WINE - EATINg plACE SEpT 19, 2013 NOTICE OF ApplICATION TO SEll AlCOhOlIC BEvErAgES Dated 09/12/13 To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: BAI SEN MA, SHAO YU MA. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at 33 New Montgomery St. #1230, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 to sell alcoholic beverages at 4012 GEARY BLVD., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118-3106. Type of license applied for 41 - ON-SAlE BEEr & WINE - EATINg plACE SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 NOTICE OF ApplICATION TO SEll AlCOhOlIC BEvErAgES Dated 09/04/13 To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: BAY BREAD LLC. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at 33 New Montgomery St. #1230, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 to sell alcoholic beverages at 1266 9TH AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122-2307. Type of license applied for 41 - ON-SAlE BEEr & WINE - EATINg plACE SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 NOTICE OF ApplICATION TO SEll AlCOhOlIC BEvErAgES Dated 09/04/13 To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: BAY BREAD LLC. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at 33 New Montgomery St. #1230, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 to sell alcoholic beverages at 16 W. PORTAL AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127-1304. Type of license applied for 41 - ON-SAlE BEEr & WINE - EATINg plACE SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 NOTICE OF ApplICATION TO SEll AlCOhOlIC BEvErAgES Dated 09/10/13 To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: JEFFREY ZHIGUAN LI. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at 33 New Montgomery St. #1230, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 to sell alcoholic beverages at 646 WASHINGTON ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 941112106. Type of license applied for 41 - ON-SAlE BEEr & WINE - EATINg plACE SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 2013 OrDEr TO ShOW CAUSE FOr ChANgE OF NAME IN SUpErIOr COUrT OF CAlIFOrNIA, COUNTy OF SAN FrANCISCO FIlE CNC13549788 In the matter of the application of: NANCY JEAN COOPER, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner NANCY JEAN COOPER, is requesting that the name NANCY JEAN COOPER, be changed to MCKEE TODD ADDAMS. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Rm. 514 on the 5th of November 2013 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035373400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HANDS, 110 PACIFIC AVE. #256, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed POLYANA FERNANDES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/17/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035369700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PUGNACIOUS PR, 555 FOURTH ST. #845, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SPENCER MOORE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/16/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035357200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE SOURCES, 2358 MARKET ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed BETH M. HOFFMAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/01/86. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/10/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035364600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CCSF OCEAN CAMPUS BOOKSTORE #1325, 50 PHELAN AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed FOLLETT HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP INC (IL). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/22/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/13/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035364700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CCSF DOWNTOWN CAMPUS BOOKSTORE #1326, 84 FOURTH ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed FOLLETT HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP INC (IL). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/22/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/13/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035364800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CCSF MISSION CAMPUS BOOKSTORE #1327, 1125 VALENCIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed FOLLETT HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP INC (IL). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/22/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/13/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035365000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CCSF ANNEX OCEAN CAMPUS BOOKSTORE #1328, 11 PHELAN AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed FOLLETT HIGHER EDUCATION GROUP INC (IL). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/22/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/13/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035363800 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MILO LOUNGE, 1706 POST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115 This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed HENRY H AND ANDY H INVESTMENT INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/12/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/12/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035347500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FITNESS SF FILLMORE, 1455 FILLMORE ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed FILLMORE FITNESS INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/05/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035363900 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KT’S FILLMORE, 3231 FILLMORE ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed BOUSSINA P&J LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/09/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/12/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035375000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALPAC; CALPAC MORTGAGE; CAL PACIFIC MORTGAGE; 100 CALIFORNIA ST. #1100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed BAY EQUITY LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/01/09. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/18/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE A-035369400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HURTUBISE WEBER LAW LLP, 201 SPEAR ST. #1100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by a limited liability partnership, and is signed NICOLE ABRAMOWITZ WEBER & ISABELLE HURTUBISE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/16/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/16/13. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FIlE A-033160600 The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: MILO LOUNGE, 1706 POST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business was conducted by a corporation and signed by HENRY HU, ANDY HO & KEN CHEN. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/22/2010. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FIlE A-033160600 The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: MILO LOUNGE, 1706 POST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business was conducted by a corporation and signed by YOUNG LIFE GROUP INC (CA). The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/22/2010. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013 SUMMONS (FAMIly lAW) SUpErIOr COUrT OF CAlIFOrNIA, COUNTy OF SAN FrANCISCO NOTICE TO rESpONDENT: hUSEIN ShAKArA, yOU ArE BEINg SUED. pETITIONEr’S NAME IS KArA C. DAvIS CASE NO. FDI-13-780061 You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnerships, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE: The restraining orders following are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 400 MCALISTER STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102; the name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, is: KARA C. DAVIS, 2021 15TH ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114, (415) 509-2124; SEPT 09, 2013 WARNING: California law provides that, for the purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS: Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor child or children of the parties, if any, from the state without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor child or children; 3. Transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in the manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. SEpT 19, 26, OCT 03, 10, 2013

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Vol. 43 • No. 38 • September 19-25, 2013

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Through the Bay Area Cabaret series, Marilyn Levinson brings veteran and upcoming performers to the Fairmont Hotel’s Venetian Room.

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by Richard Dodds

ike Sarah Palin, cabaret presenter Marilyn Levinson had to go rogue. That wasn’t her plan when, as a lawyer in the tech world sidelined by a bad back, she decided to reboot her life by giving the gift of cabaret. Launching its 10th season with Broadway and TV star Megan Hilty (Wicked, Smash) on Sept. 21 in the Fairmont’s Venetian Room, Levinson’s Bay Area Cabaret series began humbly at a restaurant in Marin, and then quickly found itself at Davies Symphony Hall.

When Levinson approached Barbara Cook’s manager in 2004 about bringing the Broadway and concert legend back to the Bay Area, she got a “yes” within five minutes. “But I didn’t realize they had Davies in mind,” Levinson said. She fronted the money for the booking, and approached a “critical” member of the local news media for coverage of the Cook performance. “Honey, I was over her years ago,” she recalls hearing from a journalist she declined to further identify. “You do feel desperate when that is the only response on this risk you are taking to try See page 26 >>

Bicycle dreams Waad Mohammed as the title character in director Haifaa Al Mansour’s Wadjda.

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n Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean’’s still-revelatory masterpiece about the foundation of today’s Middle East morass, not a single live woman appears onscreen during nearly fours of sand opera. In what one might dub Wadjda of Arabia, first-time Saudi female filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour’s profoundly moving first Saudi-shot film, a spunky 10-year-old girl attempts to ride her same-age boyfriend’s training-wheels bicycle while wearing designer sneakers and sporting hand tattoos. Right out of the box, we witness a budding if dangerous friendship between Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) and slightly haughty rich boy Abdullah (Abdullrahman Al Gohani). In a deeply conservative yet insanely wealthy Islamic society, the thought that a man hearing a female’s voice is seeing her naked seems over-the-top, but such is the reality that Wadjda and Abdullah face a few years down the road if their friendship persists despite a million brutal barriers.

“Cover your face. I’ll say you’re my sister.” “No one will believe you. I’m too goodlooking to be related to you. If I get my bike, I’ll beat you in a race.” “You don’t realize that girls don’t ride bikes. Losing to a girl would be a double loss.” A sign of how smart this movie is: a slippery subplot has Wadjda getting her boy to do her bidding, even when it comes to confronting one of her mom’s surly drivers. Director Al Mansour confesses that she herself was granted the perk of a green bike, as well as TV movies, by an unusually liberal dad. But she is careful to stick to the benign business of a mildly rebellious girl’s small pranks and deceptions in pursuit of just how big a tent her personal freedom can fill. Alongside Wadjda’s story is the discreetly told tale of her mom’s (acclaimed TV actress Reem Abdullah) struggle to prevent Wadja’s father (Sultan Al Assaf) from taking a second wife to get a male heir. See page 21 >>

hirty-five and looking a good 10 years younger, photographer Ryan McGinley epitomizes downtown cool while being about as hot as a young New York City artist can be. His preferred subjects, people in their 20s, many of whom he met on road trips and at music festivals, are unabashedly naked, sometimes tattooed, photographed astride wild animals, adrift in the American landscape or in the woods like Adam and Eve before the fall. His latest installation, Yearbook, is comprised of 550 individual full-color (unposed) portraits of unofficial members of McGinley’s young, hip downtown art crowd, for whom he’s something of a pied piper. Shot in a studio against monochrome backdrops, they paper the walls, floor to ceiling, of Ratio 3 Gallery in the Mission. Standing amidst this class portrait of a thriving, ebullient subculture, it’s hard to feel either alone or apprehensive about the viability of the creative community. McGinley appears remarkably untarnished by the early success and recognition he encountered right out of the starting gate; at 24, shortly after graduating from Parsons School of Design, he became the youngest artist to get a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum. “That show really opened up so many possibilities for me,” he recalled during a break between completing a hectic installation of his show and an opening bash at the gallery that brought together friends and admirers, who flew in from L.A. and N.Y., and an edgy local contingent that coasted onto the premises to a gathering whose vibe reflected the scenery. Tall with pale blue-green eyes, and impossibly slender in black pants and sneakers, McGinley,

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who’s gay, seems more like your best friend’s kid brother than an art star. He has surprisingly little of the underground too-cool-for-you attitude or swagger one would expect from an artist whose rise has been meteoric and sustained, and who’s supported by a crew that includes a casting director and a studio manager. But when you see the work – anarchic, exuberant, occasionally exotic, and just this side of subversive, an expression of hedonistic spirit harnessed by discipline and technique – you can understand why key players were moved to launch and nurture his career. Yes, we’ve seen candid nudes before and kinkier portraits than these, but McGinley, who conveys what’s in his mind’s eye with self-assured directness, has that indefinable something plus a low-key charisma and disarming sweetness that, as one writer put it, make him “captivating both artistically and as a person.” The following are excerpts from our conversation the evening of the opening. Sura Wood: Is it true that you seek out models that resemble your older siblings when they were kids? Ryan McGinley: Yeah, I’m one of eight children, and I’m the last. My mother had me 11 years after she had all my brothers and sisters. So I was kind of raised by teenagers. In a way, a lot of people in my photographs resemble what they looked like when they were younger. How do you choose your models? My casting director knows who I’m interested in. Then there are recommendations from friends of friends, interesting people I meet See page 26 >>

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Napa Valley R&R by Roberto Friedman

ut There loves trains, and Out There loves wine. So when we were invited to take a trip on the Napa Valley Wine Train, “All aboard!” was pretty much a no-brainer. The Wine Train is an antique train that takes a 25-mile route through the Valley, from Napa to St. Helena and back. It boasts two engines, three kitchens, and a diverse collection of early-20th century railcars. We had a luscious lunch and wine onboard, then disembarked for a tour of the Grgich Hills Estate Winery. Founder Milijenko “Mike” Grgich was the winemaker who created the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that bested France’s White Burgundies at the historic 1976 Paris Tasting that put California wines on the map. His winery is big on natural grape-growing and sustainability. We toured the facilities, which was in the throes of fall harvest, then repaired to the VIP tasting room to sample the wares. Then we were back on the rails for dessert, the train’s return trip to Napa, and more fruit of the grape. We loved walking the length of the train and scoping out the various examples of Pullman car design. We loved the ever-changing view of the beautiful Valley. And mostly we loved our reason for being there: a JONATHAN

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relaxing, restorative sojourn out of the city with our main man Pepi. Each March the Napa Valley Wine Train becomes the Big Gay Train, an LGBT winemakers’ dinner on board. This special event, hosted by Out in the Vineyard, includes a multiple-course meal designed to pair with wines from prominent LGBT winemakers in Wine Country. The winemakers join guests on board to socialize and answer questions. The Big Gay Train is a seated-with-others event, which helps with meeting new people and mingling. We hear it’s fun and popular, and sells out every time. Go to winetrain.com/big-gaytrain. That night, chef Ken Frank, owner of La Toque, the Michelinstarred restaurant in the Westin Verasa Napa hotel, invited us to sample the chef ’s table menu. The offerings turned out to be spectacular: rosti potato with California white sturgeon caviar, served with Verve Cliquot; big eye tuna, kampachi, spot prawn and ankimo, paired with sake; sablefish and matsuake in seafood broth, with Vouvray; sweet corn with Maine lobster, chanterelles and Australian black winter truffle, with Ramey Chardonnay; rabbit ballotine with beans and morels, paired with Premier Cru “Les Epenottes”; beef tenderloin with

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bone marrow and red wine sauce, avec cabernet sauvignon; ending with a cheese plate, salted caramel chocolate pot de crème, and figs with brown sugar crème fraiche sherbet. This sounds like a boatload of food, but the courses were portioned so that we never felt overfed. The wine pairings were skillfully chosen and presented by sommelier Richard Matuszczak so that there was always a surprising but well-coordinated sip to follow up a bite. The seasonal, fresh produce and organic meats sourced from local farmers and purveyors always hit their mark. La Toque is an elegant destination for dining in Napa town. We stayed at the equally elegant Churchill Manor Bed and Breakfast in a quiet residential district of Napa. So we were treated to not only a delicious breakfast, but baked cookies in the afternoon, and evening wines and appetizers. Pepi and OT lazed happily on the mansion’s wrap-around veranda, enjoying wine and each other’s company. Pepi rolled around on the perfectly manicured lawn like a puppy cocker spaniel, then set up the house croquet set and knocked balls around solo when OT couldn’t be bothered. The Churchill Manor, the largest residence built in Napa Valley during the 19th century, was the first house in the Valley to be listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. It feels distinctive. All of the interior woodwork is original and unpainted, including six solid redwood Corinthian columns. Our room had a king-size bed, a loveseat and a working fireplace. The place is a Victorian marvel. More info at churchillmanor.com.

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The new album by all-male a cappella chorus Chanticleer will be released on Oct. 1. Someone New is something they’ve never done before in their first 35 years, an all jazz/pop album of new a cappella arrangements made just for them. Songs are by composers Jobim, Dave Brubeck, Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Keane, Elbow, M83, Paul Simon, Gotye, Tom Waits, Jaco Pastorius, Kern, and Ravel. There are two grand old arrangers at work, but also new, “virgin” arrangers in composers Michael McGlynn and Mason Bates. Out There attended the album’s launch party on Monday night at

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the sparkling new SFJAZZ center, a gathering enlivened by the group’s performance of disc selections. Our favorite sequence on Someone New is Waits’ “Temptation” leading into “Ring of Fire,” by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore. In liner notes, the producers note the album’s inspiration “came from listening to our basso profondo Eric Alatorre improvising low notes and bass lines to the car radio while on tour.” These are new, enticing sounds from talented voices.

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Maestro Marin Alsop became the first woman to conduct the prestigious Last Night of the Proms, the BBC’s annual late-summer music bash, on Sept. 7. It’s a concert of British-themed revelry, making it the more remarkable that the two stars of the occasion were fellow Americans Alsop, a lesbian, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, the girl from Kansas who now rules the world of opera and whose new best-hits release ReJoyce is making

her an Internet sensation. DiDonato capped her performance with a righteous “Over the Rainbow,” her thank-you to all the LGBT people who have helped make her career sensational and, more politically, her way of giving voice to those whose calls for gay rights have been silenced, a reference to the grim news of homophobic aggression in Russia. In a Tweet from backstage, she proclaimed: “Sending this up for all the brave LGBT warriors, recluses, fearful, fearless, fabulous, voiceless and out & proud souls – love you!” Alsop, in her final remarks from the stage, capped her expressions of gratitude with a zingy comment of her own: “I’m shocked that it can be 2013, and there are still firsts for women.” Quickly, three cheers for the 18th Annual Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival. It got Pepi y OT up to Fisherman’s Wharf, who knew there was such a thing as double chocolate vodka (360 Vodka)?, and 100% of profits were donated to Project Open Hand. Hot chocolate!t

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As the Castro calendar turns by David Lamble

peek at the Fall Castro Theatre schedule shows how far the theatre’s dynamic new programming team has come to revisiting the peaks of the theatre’s heyday as America’s foremost repertory cinema. Gomorrah (2008) Matteo Garrone’s harrowing survey of today’s Italian gangsters takes 45 minutes to deliver its most explicit homoerotic beat: the sight of two petty hoods, the wafer-thin Ciro and his torrentof-rage buddy Marco, clad in briefs, ejaculating clips from their machine guns stolen from the mob. This breathtaking kinetic moment where the boys are the freest, close to both their impossible dream and their doom, echoes the pistol-swaggering scene between Montgomery Clift and John Ireland in Howard Hawks’ Red River. Ciro and Marco are poster boys for doomed youth. Their naïve refusal to roll over and take it up the ass for the local Don becomes the basis for Gomorrah’s brutal epilogue. Plays with Vittorio De Sica’s classic take on the perils of Italy’s postWWII economic miracle, Umberto D. (9/19) The Rules of Attraction (2002) With the passage of time plus gay marriage and gay soldiers, what was once soft-core titillation starts to take on the sheen of a minor classic. Rules, Roger Avary adapting Bret Easton Ellis’ shameless bestseller, is the story of queer undergrad Paul Denton (doe-eyed beauty Ian Somerhalder, late of ABC’s Lost), who has a book-length affair with drama student and campus cocaine dealer Sean Bateman (once-superhot James Van Der Beek of Dawson’s Creek), who, in turn, is pursuing the elusive and slightly dykey Lauren (Shannyn Sossamon), who could care less. Paul muses, as he seeks to bed Sean for the first time, “I wondered suddenly if he was Catholic. My spirits rose: Catholic boys will usually do anything.” Faye Dunaway, Swoozie Kurtz and Capote’s Clifton Collins, Jr. top off an eye-popping ensemble. Plays with Can’t Hardly

Scene from director Matteo Garrone’s Italian-gangster film Gomorrah.

Wait (1998) on the Midnight for Maniacs program. (9/20) Drive In this high-octane noir bloodier than it has to be, Gosling is a cross between Clint’s Deadly Stranger and Steve McQueen’s cop with a code (Bullitt) as a young film stuntman who moonlights as LA’s top getaway driver. His code is enforced with a stopwatch. “If I drive for you, give me a time and place. I give you a five-minute window: anything happens in that five minutes and I’m yours, no matter what. I don’t carry a gun. I drive.” Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, whose oeuvre is splatter-bent, provides honest thrills in the driving sequences, particularly a spellbinding opener where The Kid is carefully reckless evading the cops to deliver holdup goons safely into the belly of the Staples Center before blending into a Lakers crowd. Drive’s guiltiest pleasure is seeing the satirical gifts of Albert Brooks reduced to a Eugene

Roche-worthy villain. Only God Forgives Refn returns with Gosling in a Bangkok-based, revenge-fueled melodrama that is so weirdly and repellently violent that it would be funny if it weren’t so dull. Gosling’s loner is running a kickboxing club with his brother as a front for a nasty drug cartel. His bro’s murder at the hands of a corrupt cop leads to a gusher of bloodletting that reaches its apex upon the arrival of the boys’ tough-as-nails momma, a Kristin Scott Thomas turn that redeems this mess for some. (both 10/3) 3:10 to Yuma This 1957 adaptation of an Elmore Leonard story about a small-time farmer (Van Heflin) out for the price on the

head of a convicted killer (Glenn Ford) is deftly “old school.” As in the 2007 remake with Russell Crowe, it hinges on a suspenseful series of mind games by the outlaw. Plays with Out of Sight, the 1998 Steven Soderbergh-helmed Leonard story converted into a George Clooney/ Jennifer Lopez caper. (10/1) Swimming to Cambodia (1987) Jonathan Demme’s astonishingly intimate film of Spaulding Gray at the peak of his solo monologue career is insanely better than any summary can suggest. Sitting at a desk with a microphone and a glass of water, Gray spins a riveting tale of how the Cambodian genocide, as depicted in The Killing Fields, became a catalyst for enormous changes in his love

life, based on a widely held view that with the right mantra one can connect the dots on any of life’s exasperatingly meaningful-meaningless coincidences. (9/21) Boogie Nights (1997) Paul Thomas Anderson’s sleight-of-hand send-up of the San Fernando Valley 70s porn-film scene becomes a launching pad for a stellar young cast: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, John C. Riley and Philip Seymour Hoffman, as well as an improbable comeback for Burt Reynolds as a grizzled sex-film director who sees his once-stable world spinning out of control under the pressures of fragile egos and quickly-changing technology. Plays with Thank God It’s Friday. (9/28) Mean Streets (1973) The sight of Bobby De Niro blowing up a mailbox is unforgettable in Martin Scorsese’s breakthrough 1973 buddy film. Conscience-plagued hoodlum Harvey Keitel is bedeviled by his Little Italy neighborhood’s “honor code,” while sweet-talking his loose-cannon fuckup best friend (De Niro) into making nice with an insecure goon. Incendiary performances, real settings, and the Stones’ “Jumping Jack Flash” frame a delicious character study that doesn’t date. Plays with Elaine May-directed buddy film Mikey and Nicky, with real-life friends Peter Falk and John Cassavetes. (9/25) House of Wax in 3D (1953) My nine-year-old self learned what scary at the movies means as museum proprietor Vincent Price performs some rather unseemly plastic surgery. Plays with, yes see it for the title alone, Creature from the Black Lagoon. (9/29) The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick lost control of this Stephen King thriller that’s done in by Jack Nicholson’s succumbing to his off-screen rep. “He-e-re’s Johnny!” (9/27)t

The incomparable Janet Baker by Tim Pfaff

here will be as many ways to pile into Dame Janet Baker: The Great EMI Recordings as there are Baker devotees or newcomers. The great mezzo, who turned 80 in August, was, in a sense, a specialist in all of the genres to which she lent her voice – and perhaps more importantly, at the moment of singing a work of any kind, its supreme exponent. Emotionally charged as her singing was, she was also among the most sensible, you could say composed, of musicians, and deliberately stopped performing a quarter-century ago. Yet her currency among vocal artists is as if she last sang last night. Between a quarter and a third of the items in this invaluable 20-disc collection appear on CD for the first time, in exemplary re-masterings. I plowed through the superbly annotated booklet until I found, on disc 11, the four songs from the Geistliche Lieder of Hugo Wolf ’s Spanisches Liederbuch, which Baker recorded in 1967 (prime time) with Gerald Moore and first appeared at the end of a double-LP set of Schubert and Strauss songs. My LPs didn’t make it to Asia with me, but it turns out

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Baker’s achingly beautiful performances of those four songs were exactly as I had remembered them. In “Herr, was traegt der Boden hier?,” I was pierced once again by the thorn in god’s garland. It’s one of the things about Baker’s singing: striking effects are so genuine that they make the same effect no matter how many times you hear them. If you have only one Baker recording, it’s likely to be the Mahler orchestral song cycles with Sir John Barbirolli, still unsurpassed if perhaps equaled by Dietrich FischerDieskau’s. (The set includes all See page 20 >>

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Gloria Swanson still big in two books by James Patterson

Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star by Stephen Michael Shearer, Thomas Donne Books, St. Martin’s Press, $29.99 Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close Up by Tricia Welsch, University of Mississippi Press, 70 b&w photographs, $35

wo exceptional new books celebrate Gloria Swanson on the 30th anniversary of her death, and take readers on a fascinating journey from the Silent era to Sunset Boulevard to Andy Warhol’s Heat. Both books draw on mostly the same materials, yet each adds a newness and freshness to Swanson’s life. Swanson began her career in short comedies in 1915. Seeking bigger roles in bigger films, she found success at Paramount in the early 1920s with Cecil B. DeMille. She wore glamorous gowns and headpieces in screen romances. Some critics charged she was a “clotheshorse,” not an actress. When Swanson got into a dispute over money with DeMille, she left and created Gloria Swanson Productions in 1927. She got approval from movie morals czar Will Hayes to film an unnamed Somerset Maugham short story. When Hayes discovered it was Rain, about a San Francisco prostitute who corrupts a minister, he objected, but did not stop the production. “Filming Rain in 1927 was the maddest idea in the world, but every

other idea seemed dull,” Swanson said. The film was released as Sadie Thompson, and Swanson was nominated for Best Actress, but lost to Janet Gaynor. Swanson felt she lacked the business savvy of other stars, and she had no one to turn to for advice. When Boston financier Joseph Kennedy, of the political dynasty, became her lover, she let him manage her career. His first film gift to Swanson was for her to be Queen Kelly in a film of the same name directed by the eccentric Erich von Stroheim. Von Stroheim explained Queen Kelly to Swanson and Kennedy as the story of a young European convent girl, the 30-year-old Swanson, who becomes madam of an African

brothel. It was to be filmed as a part-talkie, and would end with Swanson singing two Irving Berlin songs commissioned by Kennedy. The Queen Kelly director, “sinking into his own psychological dark, erotic hell,” filmed scenes suggestive of intergenerational and interracial sex, and in one scene filmed an actor sniffing Kelly’s soiled panties. In another scene, Swanson is being married to an elderly diseased man who salivates on her hand as he places the ring on her finger. Disgusted, Swanson fled the set and refused to return. Kennedy hired experts to advise him how to salvage the film “about a nun turned to a whore.” The experts described the uncompleted film as “repulsive,” “revolting,” “repugnant,” and “obscene.” Swanson and Kennedy lost millions on the film, and von Stroheim never directed again. Swanson’s next film The Trespasser earned her a Best Actress nomination, but she lost to Norma Shearer. She transitioned to sound, but her five films during the 1930s and her single film of 1941 were disappointments. Her relationship with Kennedy over, she moved to New York, where she was involved in several business projects and hosted a TV program in the late 1940s when Paramount called with the role of a lifetime: Norma Desmond. One of Swanson’s co-stars in Sunset Boulevard was von Stroheim, who balked at playing “the goddamn butler,” but played it anyway. Swan-

son, outraged she had to test for Desmond, tested anyway, and the deal was set. Ever the director, von Stroheim urged Sunset Boulevard director Billy Wilder to go “darker” with the film, and to include a scene where he, as the “goddamn butler,” strokes a pair of Desmond’s panties. Wilder took the film “darker,” but steered clear of a panty-stroking scene. Sunset Boulevard was publicized as satire, and that killed interest in the production, according to Shearer. “Because Sunset Boulevard satirized Hollywood, there was little written about it in the press.” It won three Academy Awards in 1950, but Swanson lost Best Actress to Judy Holliday. After the film, Swanson returned to New York and other proj-

LGBTunes by Gregg Shapiro

unx (aka Seth Bogart) isn’t through surprising and thrilling us quite yet. From his dark roots in queer electro act Gravy Train!!!! to his solo work (Hairdresser Blues is a queer pop must) to his mindblowing turn as the front man of gay garage band Hunx & His Punx, he has lots of tricks up his leather jacket sleeve. Cranking up the loudness and mood he set on Hunx & His Punx’s lo-fi 2011 debut Too Young To Be in Love, Hunx goes straight for your eardrums on the aptly titled Street Punk (Hardly Art). Reduced to a trio from a quintet, what Hunx & His Punx lack in numbers they make up for in sheer volume and aggression. Hunx shares visceral vocal duties with bass player Shannon Shaw, and over the course of a dozen songs that penetrate the listener like the needle of a tattoo gun, they run through a slew of emotions. From the (ga)rage of “Everyone’s a Pussy,” “Don’t Call Me Fabulous” and “Kill Elaine” to lighter fare such as “Born Blonde” and sophisticated cuts including “Mud in Your Eyes” and “You Think You’re Tough,” Street Punk earns its street cred.

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the duets the two so memorably recorded.) The musical and emotional peak comes in the hauntingly tranquil “Ich bin der Welt abhandeln gekommen” (“I’ve lost track of the world”), and the song reaches a quiet peak with the word “Ruh” (“Peace”), holding absolutely steadily while simultaneously yearning upward. It’s unfair to call it an “effect” if you respond the same way to its unearthly beauty every time you hear it over four decades. Baker erased the line between “live” and “recorded.” To have heard

Michael Stipe of R.E.M., along with Fred Schneider and the late Ricky Wilson of the B-52’s, weren’t the only gay boys in American bands in the heyday of college and alternative rock. Richard Barone of New Jersey’s college rock pioneers The Bongos and Michael Quercio of L.A.’s paisley underground forebears The Three O’Clock made their presence felt as well. Both Barone’s and Quercio’s bands recently reunited for special shows and have released new discs. The Bongos’ unreleased late 1980s album Phantom Train (Jem) is finally seeing the light of day some 25 years after it was recorded. To the band’s credit, the disc is full of timeless tunes, including “I Belong to Me,” which first appeared on Barone’s acclaimed live solo debut Cool Blue Halo, the rhythmic “One Bold Stroke” and a cover of Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman.” The Hidden World Revealed (Omnivore) by The Three O’Clock is a 20-track compilation featuring 10 of the band’s classic tunes, a number of which are drawn from their acclaimed debut

album Sixteen Tambourines. The remainder consists of previously unreleased alternate and demo versions, including the luminous “When Lightning Starts.” In 1984, a pair of well-received independently released EPs by Tommy Keene helped to establish the out singer/songwriter as a strong player in the college rock realm. In the years that followed, Keene released a series of albums on major and highly regarded indie record labels. His new album Excitement at Your Feet (Second Motion) is a reverent set of cover tunes written by an assortment of artists. Keene succeeds

in making the songs, including Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Puppet,” Mink DeVille’s “Let Me Dream If I Want To,” “Catch the Wind” by Donovan (is there a pattern here?), Television’s “Guiding Light,” Big Star’s “Nighttime” and Roxy Music’s “Out of the Blue,” his own. From the sound of it, Susan Werner hasn’t taken off the cowboy boots she slipped on for her 2011 album Kicking the Beehive. The twang is still intact on her latest, the aptly titled Hayseed (Sleeve Dog/Thirty Tigers). Werner, who has a gift for finding a balance between the humorous and the seri-

her in the room was to be, repeatedly, struck dumb. But almost all of her recordings have a comparable presence, and many of them the urgency of the stage. The set is heavy with Schubert Lieder, few of which evoke the response “what pretty songs.” Baker finds the beating heart at the center of each of them and threads its pulse to the listening ear. The threeplus minutes of “Aufloesung” (“Dissolution”) invoke nothing less than the collapse of the spheres to allow fresh feeling to emerge, and Baker sings it as if in one breath, the whole cosmos orbiting around her outcry. Early in my bewitchitude to Baker, I heard her sing Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (arguably the best thing

she sang) in a live broadcast from the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1973. I wish I still had the reel-to-reel tape that confirmed, on countless hearings, that she sang “O sieh! wie eine Silberbarke schwebt der Mond” on a single breath, ecstatically. It shouldn’t be possible, but such was her technique, and breath control in particular. Its equivalent in this collection is in her 1967 recording (again with Moore) of Strauss’ “Befreit” (“Released”). This poignant song relates a spouse’s release of the life partner to the next life, each strophe ending in a bittersweet cry of “O happiness!” The final “O Glueck,” attacked softly, is sustained on a single breath, swelling and fading dynami-

cally twice, for 18 seconds, a direct line to the next life. There’s lighter fare, in much of the English material and, particularly, the Scottish folk song settings of both Beethoven and Haydn. But mostly it’s the big fish that drew her, and that she captured so decisively. Famous for the purity and pith of her French, she sang Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’ete (at least the 1967 version) and Ravel’s Sheherazade as well as any of her colleagues in the studio, and Chausson’s ecstatic Poeme de l’amour et de la mer better than anyone. Her Elgar’s Sea Pictures and Angel in Gerontius are still widely considered unsurpassed. There’s surprisingly little op-

ects including fashions, cosmetics, travel, health foods, writing, and TV. In 1966, PBS broadcast Queen Kelly. In the 1970s, Swanson enjoyed friendships with John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Andy Warhol. Swanson and her gay boyfriend partied with Truman Capote at Studio 54. She had a run of nearly 700 performances as a protective mother in Broadway’s Butterflies Are Free. Swanson was also an early advocate for yet-named marriage equality. She protested unfair IRS tax rates for unmarried couples and became friendly with New York’s gay community. While she declined to appear in Heat, Swanson told Warhol she was flattered by the Sunset Boulevard parody. Both authors have done well by the legendary six-time-married Swanson. Welsch helpfully summarizes plots of what remain of Swanson’s silent films. Shearer, author of books on Hedy Lamar and Patricia Neal, wastes space on memories of Swanson’s co-stars of her later film, TV and stage roles. Those now elderly co-stars contribute little. Onscreen and off, Swanson, who lived to be 84, was colorful and controversial. Shearer, in his book, offers her a warm goodbye. “Truly, before Hollywood created stars, there were stars who created Hollywood.”t The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, in Fremont, will screen Swanson’s The Danger Girl (1916) on Sat., Oct. 5.

ous, continues to do so on this album. Hayseed, with its farmer theme, opens with the sly wink of “City Kids” and then turns more serious on “Snowmobiles.” Werner brings a smile to our lips on “Herbicides,” “Iowa” and “Egg Money,” while songs such as “While You Wait For the Rain” and “Plant the Stars” are good examples of her somber side. Like Werner, lesbian singer/ songwriter Jamie Anderson knows the value of humor and appreciates the impact of the dramatic. “Run,” from Anderson’s latest disc Dare (Tsunami), a song about discouraging a friend from getting involved with the wrong woman (“Listen to us now,/you’ve got to let her go./Yeah, she’s great in bed,/don’t ask how we know”) featuring a petition “signed by everyone” is one of the funniest songs she’s ever written. Humor abounds on “Yoga Teacher” and “Menopause Mambo.” But don’t let the laughs fool you, Anderson knows how to move us, too, on “Mamaw’s Roses,” “The Boy Wanted To Fly” and “Hold Me.”t

era, though the two excerpts from Dido in Les Troyens are scorchers, and the “Disprezzata Regina” and “Addio Roma” from Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea – early entrants into the historical performance movement – have yet to be surpassed. But for Baker at her most dramatic, there are two unforgettable cantatas, Handel’s Armida Abbandonata and Berlioz’s La Mort de Cleopatre. Need more be said about a singer’s range? The flame at the center of Baker’s art could warm, scorch, and brand. It was part of the thrill of being in its presence, listening in awe of it, knowing that at any instant it could burn you – and you’d be grateful.t

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SF Symphony springs eternal by Philip Campbell

he San Francisco Symphony’s 102nd season recently finished week two of regular subscription concerts with the first West Coast performances of a short but fascinating commissioned work, a grand welcome back to a prodigious piano soloist, and a passionate reading of the big and thorny Prokofiev Symphony No. 3. So much for stopping to catch a quick breath! In May 2012, eminent music publisher Boosey & Hawkes, New World Symphony (Michael Tilson Thomas, music director) and the San Francisco Symphony launched New Voices, a collaborative composer project. The first New Voices composer Zosha Di Castri was selected by a panel including composers John Adams, Steven Mackey, Steven Stucky, and conductor Tilson Thomas. MTT has stressed the need to nurture new writers by giving them a chance to join forces with talented musicians, composers and publishers as their works take shape. In a dreamy 11-minute span filled with memorable incidents, the young Canadian composer (currently living and studying in New York) creates in Lineage homage to a folkloric tradition that is second-hand to her, but so deeply ingrained in memory it becomes, finally, a sort of combined reality. The sounds evoked by Di Castri’s lush instrumentation bring to mind everything from gamelan music to a Central European locale, or even an old Russian village. The piece is not terribly difficult to grasp on first hearing, and I found myself wishing it could have been a bit longer. In a short span, Di Castri manages to say rather a lot, and with an original voice. The piece has heart and offers intriguing promise. That is not to say the game and respectful audience felt quite the same. Even with the composer present and MTT’s excellent treatment, Lineage only received a polite ovation. Perhaps a longer work will come our way now that the talented young composer has introduced

Wadjda

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It’s at her sexually segregated primary school that Wadja feels the biggest pressure to cover her head and surrender her dreams. The headmistress punishes her classmates for possessing a fan magazine or a makeup kit. Sensing that Wadjda is different, a far greater threat to the system, the head urges her to enter a Koran-reading contest. First prize, as it happens, would buy the cherished bike. While not directly challenging the status quo in a country that lacks cinemas and where adult women must be ferried about by oftenresentful male chauffeurs, Wadjda provides a manual on how to everso-slowly undermine centuries of gender oppression. Hovering in the background is the worrisome reality that the system has ways to inoculate itself against overt rebellion. Fans of Wadjda will also appreciate the acclaimed Iranian cinema of children’s stories: thinly disguised allegories for a host of adult fights over deeply taboo subjects. In particular, find Iranian director Majid Majidi’s 1998 classic Children of Heaven, about a brother and sister’s bid to find a free space in Mullahruled Tehran while sharing a single pair of shoes. You Will Be My Son French director Gilles Legrand’s dark fable concerns the intergenerational fight for power at a prosperous provincial See page 26 >>

Dario Acosta

Pianist Yefim Branfman.

herself, and the subscribers will be more engaged. Immediately following was the return of pianist Yefim Bronfman with the mighty Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor. I had a hunch he would be well-suited for the grand and bold gestures of the piece, but I wasn’t sure how he would handle the quieter moments. Owing a great deal to MTT’s remarkably nuanced orchestral support, Bronfman not only nailed the loud bits, but also managed a very

credible delicacy in the soft passages. You would need a heart of stone to turn from Tchaikovsky’s melodies without some emotion, or not to respond with gooseflesh to the thrilling Finale: Allegro con fuoco (with fire). Bronfman has built a career on such big (some might say heavy) gestures, and as a result, he is often dismissed as unsubtle. An old war-horse like the First Piano Concerto can survive some fairly hard treatment, but to sound fresh again, there has to be some delicacy, especially in the wonderful slow movement. Bronfman managed some real poetry throughout, and his rapport with MTT was pleasing to note. When the audience broke into long and excited applause at the end of the first movement, both conductor and performer looked at each other with an impish acceptance that suggested their agreement with the thunderous crowd; they earned it. The second half of the evening was given to Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 3 in C minor, inspired (some unkindly suggest recycled) from the composer’s opera The Fiery Angel. In four movements that clock in at less than 40 minutes, Prokofiev manages a credible symphonic ar-

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SFS music director Michael Tilson Thomas.

gument that still encompasses the violent episodic nature of the opera, all about repressed sexuality and demonic possession. The composer throws in some of his trademark sweet and sour melodies, and employs some very clever orchestration throughout that shows his appreciation of the musical avant-garde. MTT made a very cogent and, needless to say, stirring case for the work. Some of the audience started heading for the exits early, but most of the crowd enthusiastically en-

dorsed his vision. This may be difficult Prokofiev, but it isn’t really all that tough to understand. With the entire orchestra and especially the strings giving MTT virtuosic response, it was a very satisfying performance. This week the SFS is performing Mahler’s Ninth. It replaces the previously calendared performances of the Third, and will be included in the orchestra’s upcoming tour. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.t

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Thu 26

EmSpace Dance @ CounterPulse

Expansive line-up of solo, one-act and fulllength plays with unusual themes. $10-$75 (10-show pass) Cash only at the door; no late admittance. Various times thru Sept 21. 156 Eddy St. 673-3847. sffringe.org

The dance-theatre trio performs Monkey Gone to Heaven, a work about faith and our primate ancestors. $20. Fri-Sun 8pm. Thru Sept. 22. 1310 Mission St. 626-2060. www.counterpulse.org

Strange Shorts @ Oddball Films

Fall Choreographers Showcase @ Dance Mission Theater

Unusual vintage short films, Thursdays and Fridays. Sept 19, Whacked, an eye-popping collection, including the fave The Cat Who Drank Too Much, homoerotic claymation, and Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp clips! Sept. 20: Animation Infatuations, cartoons about love. Each $10. 8pm. 275 Capp St. 558-8117. www.oddballfilms.blogspot.com

To Sleep and Dream @ Z Below Theatre Rhinoceros’ production of John Fisher’s new play about people struggling with family and romantic entanglements. $15-$30. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 7pm (Oct 6 3pm). Thru Sept. 22. 470 Florida St. at 17th. www.TheRhino.org

Michael Alago’s book party

Tosha Silver @ Books Inc.

Full fall

Michael Alago

by Jim Provenzano

utumn; trees bleed, fairs fill the streets, and my in-box of PR for premieres, openings and amazing events becomes a ripe harvest of entertainments, both homo, hetero and hilariously somewhere in between; so many, actually, that you’ll find a truckload more online.

Thu 19 1776 @ Geary Theatre American Conservatory Theatre’s new production of Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone’s multiple Tony Award-winning 1969 musical about America’s founding fathers and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Bike valet parking Sept. 11. LGBT night with after-party Sept. 25. $20-$87. Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm. Thru Oct. 6. 415 Geary St. 749-2228. www.act-sf.org

Band Fags @ New Conservatory Theatre Center West Coast premiere of Frank Anthony Polito’s stage adaptation of his witty novel about gay teenagers at a 1980s Detroit high school marching band. $25-$45. WedSat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Previews. Opening night Sept. 21. Thru Oct 13. 25 Van Ness Ave at Market. 861-8972. www.nctcsf.org

Bay One-Acts Festival @ Tides Theatre Annual festival presents world premieres of more than a dozen works by local and other U.S. playwrights. $20-$40. Various dates and times thru Oct. 5. 533 Sutter St. 2nd floor. 240-3431. www.BayOneActs.org

Blondie, X @ Masonic Hall The iconic New Wave band performs one of their last concerts before retiring; X opens. $55-$99. 8pm. 1111 California St. www.masonicauditorium.com Also, Sept 20 at the Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. (408) 961-5800. www.livenation.com

Bonnie & Clyde @ Ashby Stage, Berkeley Shotgun Players performs Adam Peck’s dramatic adaptation of the story of the infamous Southern bank-robbing couple. $20-$35. Wed & Thu 7pm. Fri & Sat 8pm. Sun 5pm. Thru Sept. 29. 1901 Ashby Ave., Berkeley. (510) 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org

Buried Child @ Magic Theatre Previews begin for the revival production of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a truly messed up family. $20-$60. Tue 7pm. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm. Opens Sept 19. Thru Oct 6. Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D, 3rd floor, 2 Marina Blvd. 441-8822. www.magictheatre.org

Glamorama @ Orpheum Theatre 31st anniversary of Macy’s Passport fashion show and AIDS/HIV fundraiser features performances by Sheryl Crow, Cirque du Soleil, plus a fashion show of clothes by Calvin Klein, Diesel, Rachel Rachel Roy, Tallia Orange, Tommy Hilfiger, Weekend Max Mara, and Macy’s newest Impulse collection Maison Jules; afterparty at the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St. $75 and up. 8pm. 1192 Market St. (888) 746-1799. www.macys.com/glamorama

HIV Documentaries @ Roxie Theater The HIV Story Project, Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, the Canadian HIV/ AIDS Legal Network (Toronto, Ontario) and the Sero Project (Milford, Pennsylvania) present Positive Women: Exposing Injustice and HIV is Not a Crime, two documentaries on the criminalization of HIV, followed by a Q&A with a panel of experts and an intimate wine reception. $10. 7pm. 3117 16th St. www.roxie.com

Jack Jones @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko Veteran vocalist performs a concert at the elegant cabaret. $35-$60. Thu & Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Thru Sept 21. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. 394-1111. hotelnikkosf.com

Jean-Michel Fonteneau @ SF Conservatory of Music The accomplished cellist performs Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 ; Herzogenberg Legenden for Cello and Piano, Op. 62; Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 with pianist Jeffrey Sykes. $15-$20. 8pm. 50 Oak St. at Van Ness Ave. 503-6275. www.sfcm.edu

The Jill and Julia Show @ Swedish American Hall Comic actress Julia Sweeney and singer Jill Sobule perform their unique duo show. Heather Combs (“Proud”) opens. $20. 8pm. 2170 Market St. 861-5016. jillsobule.com www.cafedunord.com

New and Classic Films @ Castro Theatre Cleverly paired double features include: Sept 19, two Italian past and recent serious classics; Umberto D. (7pm) and Gomorrah (8:45). Sept. 20, Midnites for Maniacs screens Can’t Hardly Wait (7:15) and The Rules of Attraction (9:20). Sept. 21, a Jonathan Demme mini-fest of performance docs; Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2pm), Storefront Hitchcock (4:40), Swimming to Cambodia (7:30), and Stop Making Sense (10pm). Sept. 22, Excalibur (1:45, 6:30) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (4:25, 9:05). Sept 24, Antonioni films L’Avventura (7pm) and Red Desert (4:40, 9:40). Sept. 25, Mean Streets (2:30, 7pm) and Mikey and Nicky (4:40, 9:10). Sept 26, Soylent Green (7pm) and Idiocracy (5:10, 8:55). $8.50-$12. 429 Castro St. www.castrotheatre.com

Thu 19

SF Fringe Festival @ Exit Theatre

SF Examiner’s spiritual columnist discusses her new book, Make Me Your Own: Poems of the Divine Beloved, a new poetry collection. 7:30pm. 2275 Market St. 8646777. www.booksinc.net

Fri 20 After the Revolution @ Aurora Theatre, Berkeley Amy Herzog’s drama about a woman who discovers her family’s history isn’t the proud radical tradition she thought it was. $32-$60. Tue 7pm. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm, & 7pm. Thru Oct. 6. 2801 Addison St., Berkeley. (510) 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org

Arousal, The Lover @ Phoenix Theatre Annex Two one-acts about straight romantic couples with an unusual edge; George Pfirrmann’s new play, and Harold Pinter’s darkly comic piece. $10-$25. Fri, Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru Sept. 28. 414 Mason St. 6th floor. 289-2000. www.viragotheatre.org

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane @ YBCA Exhibit and series of events celebrating the 30th anniversary of the innovative dance company and its diverse collaborators. Included are several offsite performances and discussion panels. Free/$10. Thru Nov. 3. Also, Kota Ezawa’s Boardwalk , an installation tribute to the Seaside Heights boardwalk (which was just destroyed by fire after barely enduring Hurrican Sandy). Thru Nov. 30. Also, Migrating Identities, an eight-artist exhibition visualizing cultural diversity in the U.S. 701 Mission St. 9792787. www.ybca.org

Chanticleer @ SF Conservatory of Music The Grammy-winning men’s a cappella ensemble performs She Said/He Said, a concert of music from their upcoming CD Someone New ; music and texts explore the feminine ideal by Hildegard von Bingen and Tomás Luis de Victoria; the harmony and tension between the sexes by Maurice Ravel, Johannes Brahms, and Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn; and a new arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now.” $20$50. 8pm. 50 Oak St. at Franklin. Also Sept 22 at 5pm. And other Bay Area venues thru Sept 29. www.chanticleer.org

New works by Bollywood Performance Workshop, The Snadels, Vanessa Sanchez, Natasha Carlitz, Rapid Descent Physical Performance Company, Todd Eckert Dance Company, Erica Pinigis and others. $14. 8pm. Also Sept. 21. Different line-up Sept. 27 & 28. 3316 24th St. (800) 838-3006. www.dancemission.com

Macbeth @ Fort Point We Players, the innovative site-specific theatre company, performs an energetic version of Shakespeare’s haunting “Scottish play” at the former military outpost. Be forewarned: this threehour production is mostly outdoors, at night, where it’s cold and damp (how appropriate!), with stairs and multiple locations (special needs/wheelchair access; call in advance). $30-$60. Discounted Thursdays $45. Thu-Sun at 6pm. Extended thru Oct. 13. 1 Marine Drive. 547-0189. www.WePlayers.org

Mefistofele @ War Memorial Opera House San Francisco Opera performs Arrigo Boito’s Italian opera about the man who made a deal with the devil. $23-$385. 8pm. Also Sept 24, 29 & Oct. 2 (various times). 301 Van Ness Ave. 864-3330. www.sfopera.com

Sonia Rao @ Hotel Utah Singer-composer and contestant on The Voice performs music from her new CD, Los Angeles Part 1. $10-$12. 9pm. 21+. 500 4th St. www.hotelutah.com

Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike @ Berkeley Repertory Christopher Durang’s Tony Award-winning comedy about a wacky family’s absurd country weekend includes a mom with a ditzy new boy toy. Previews thru Sept. 29. $29-$89. Tue-Sat 8pm. Sun 7pm. Sat & Sun 2pm. Thru Oct. 20. Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley. (510) 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org

Sat 21 The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond @ de Young Museum New exhibit of 150 pieces of exquisite Italian jewelry made between 1950 and 1990, including gems from Elizabeth Taylor’s personal collection. Thru Feb 17. Also, Eye Level in Iraq : photographs by Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson. $10$25. Tue-Sun 9:30am-5:15pm. (til 8:45pm Fridays) Thru Dec. 30. Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive. 750-3600. www.famsf.org

Can You Dig It? @ The Marsh Berkeley Don Reed’s autobiographical solo show explores the 1960s: Beatles, Black Panthers, MLK, JFK and the KKK. $20-$50. Sat 8:30pm and Sun 7pm thru Oct. 27. 2120 Allston Way. 282-3055. www.themarsh.org

Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike Kevin Berne

Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg @ Contemporary Jewish Museum Enjoy the exhibit of vintage prints, taken by the gay Beat poet, of his friends Jack Kerouac and others. Also, Beyond Belief: 100 Years of the Spiritual in Modern Art, part of the SF MOMA’s off-site collaborative exhibits; thru Oct 27. 2pm-5pm. Free (members)-$12. Thu-Tue 11am-5pm (Thu 1pm-8pm) 736 Mission St. 655-7800. www.thecjm.org

Capacitor @ Aquarium of the Bay Okeanos, an aquatic dance show, is performed by the creative Bay Area dancetheatre team. $15-$30. 7pm. Saturdays thru Sept. Pier 39 at Embarcadero. 6235300. www.capacitor.org www.aquariumofthebay.org

Hedwig and the Angry Inch @ Boxcar Theatre The hit local production of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s popular transgender rock operetta features multiple actor-singers performing the lead. $25-$40. Wed-Sat 8pm. Also Sat 5pm. Extended with open-ended run. 505 Natoma St. 967-2227. boxcartheatre.org

Josh Klipp and The Klipptones @ Condor Club The local jazz crooner and his band perform at the straight strip club (before the gals take to the poles). 3pm-6pm. No cover. 560 Broadway at Columbus. joshklipp.com

Megan Hilty @ The Venetian Room The Broadway ( Wicked ) and TV star ( Smash ) performs several genres of music from her new CD It Happens All the Time. $95. 8pm. Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St. 392-4400. www.bayareacabaret.com

Other Cinema @ ATA Gallery Weekly wacky short film and video screenings. This week, vintage Muybridge clips, 16mm soundies, Tiny Tim on 8-track, Moog tunes and more. $6. 8:30pm. 992 Valencia St. www.othercinema.com

Sammy Obeid @ The Punchline Local comic finishes his amazing recordbreaking title of doing 1,001 consecutive stand-up gigs once a day! $20. 11:30pm. 444 Battery St. 397-7573. www.sammyko.com

SF Hiking Club @ Montara Mountain Join GLBT hikers for a 10-mile hike from San Pedro Valley Park up Montara Mountain and into McNee Ranch State Park for beautiful ocean and coastal views. Bring water, lunch, sunscreen, hat, windbreaker, hiking poles, sturdy boots. Carpool meets 8:30am at Safeway sign, Market & Dolores. 740-9888. www.sfhiking.com

Thu 19

Tour de Fat @ Lindley Meadow SF Bicycle Colaition’s 10th annual park party, with a parade, live music, bike games and valet parking, displays, and delicious New Belguim beer. 10am-5pm. Golden gate Park. www.sfbike.org

Our Vast Queer Past @ GLBT History Museum See the new exhibit, The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Celebrating 35 Years of Activism Through Song, which includes archival materials from the historic chorus, lead-curated by Tom Burtch. Opening reception Sept. 19, 7pm. Also, Be Bad…Do Good: Activism With a Beat, a multimedia exhibit highlighting the history of the Real Bad benefit dance parties. Thru Oct. 27. Other permanent exhibits as well. Reg. hours Mon-Sat 11am-7pm (closed Tue.) Sun 12pm-5pm. 4127 18th St. 621-1107. www.glbthistory.org

Sun 22 Dolores Claiborne @ War Memorial Opera House San Francisco Opera’s world premiere production of Tobian Picker and J.D. McClatchy’s adaptation of the Stephen King novel about the mysterious life of a reclusive woman in rural Maine. $23-$385. 2pm. Also Sept. 25 (7:30), 28 (8pm), Oct. 1 (8pm) and 4 (8pm). 301 Van Ness Ave. 864-3330. www.sfopera.com

Band Fags Lois Tema

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Comedy Bodega @ Esta Noche

Fri 20

Marga Gomez (often) hosts the last of the weekly LGBT- and queer-friendly comedy night at the Mission club. No cover; onedrink min. 8pm. 3079 16th St. www.comedybodega.com

Faculty Recital @ SF Conservatory of Music Ian Swensen (violin) with Paul Katz (cello) and Pei-shan Lee (piano) perform Chopin’s Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8; Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25 and Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 “Gassenhauer.” $15-$20. 8pm. 50 Oak St. at Van Ness Ave. 503-6275. www.sfcm.edu

J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere @ MOAD

Freewheelers Car Club

Freewheelers Car Club @ Collingwood Park 29th annual vintage and classic car show, hosted by the gay car club, with 50 snazzy vehicles. Proceeds benefit the Harvey Milk Civil Roights Academy. $5. 10am-4pm. Collingwood St. at 19th.

SF Album Project @ The Chapel Third in the popular series of drag concerts where an entire classic album is performed by Precious Moments, Nikki Sixx Mile, Raya Light, Jordan L’Moore and others. This time, Prince & The Revolution’s Parade. $15. 8pm. 777 Valencia St. peacheschrist.com/?page_id=10603

Sundance Saloon @ Space 550 The popular country western LGBT dance night celebrates a decade and a half of fun foot-stomping two-stepping and linedancing. $5. 5pm-10:30pm with lessons from 5:30-7:15 pm. Also Thursdays. 550 Barneveld Ave., and Tuesdays at Beatbox, $6. 6:30-11pm. 314 11th St. sundancesaloon.org

Sunday’s a Drag @ Starlight Room Donna Sachet hosts the weekly fabulous brunch and drag show. $45. 11am, show at noon; 1:30pm, show at 2:30pm. 450 Powell St. in Union Square. 395-8595. www.harrydenton.com

Mon 23 10 Percent @ Comcast Cable

Tue 24 Beautiful, The Carole King Musical @ Curran Theatre Song-filled show about the early life and career of the hit-making singer-songwriter. $50-$210. Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm (a few variations). Thru Oct. 20. 445 Geary St. at Mason. (888) 746-1799. www.shnsf.com

Ben Venom, Lucien Shapiro @ Guerrero Gallery The two artists’ solo exhibits of modern takes on occult, ritual and primitive artforms. Reg. hours Tue-Sat 11am-7pm. Sun 12pm-5pm. 2700 19th St. 400-5168. Thru Oct. 1. www.GuerreroGallery.com

Will Durst @ The March Boomeraging: From LSD to OMG, the comic wit’s one-man show about aging Baby Boomers. Tuesdays thru Oct. 29. $15-$50. 8pm. 1062 Valencia St. 282-3055. www.TheMarsh.org

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s 49th annual sale of thousands of books ($3 or less) includes a scavenger hunt for prizes (restaurant gift certificates, theatre, dance and museum tickets worth up to $100 each). Free entry. 10am-6pm. Thru Sept 29. (member preview Sept 24, 4pm-8pm). Festival Pavilion, 1 Marina Blvd. 626-7500. www.Friendssfpl.org

Carl Dobsky, Cuong Nguyen @ John Pence Gallery

Multi-Grammy-winning musician and his band perform blues-jazz-rock music. $68. 8pm. 510 Embarcadero West. (510) 2389200. www.yoshis.com

Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk and the SF Cacaphony Society present an evening of discussion about alternative cultures like Burning Man, flash mobs and Improv Everywhere; with John Law, Carrie Galbraith and moderator Brad Wieners. $15-$75. 6:30 VIP reception, 7:30 program, 8:30 book signing. 429 Castro St. www.castrotheatre.com

World premiere of Hush, a dance-theatre story of inter-related characters whose lives are alternately silenced and silencing; sound score by Sudhu Tewari, music by Ben Juodvalkis. $15-$70. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 3pm. Thru Oct. 5. 450 Florida St. (866) 811-4111. www.joegoode.org

Michael Alago @ Hat Rac Gallery, Oakland Photographer and music industry veteran signs copies of his third coffee table book, Beautiful Imperfections, an eclectic combination of landscapes and tattooed male hunks. 10% of proceeds goes to The Wellness Project. 6pm-10pm. 1714 Franklin St. Oakland. (510) 463-7761. www.hatracfineartgallery.com

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Exhibit of photos from five decades of prints by the fine art photographer and photojournalist. Thru Nov. 30. 49 Geary St. #410. 781-1122. www.roberttat.com

Robert Cray Band @ Yoshi’s Oakland

Thu 26 Bodytraffic @ ODC Theater Los Angeles repertory company performs hybrid dances (ballet meets hip hop!) by Barak Marshall, Richard Siegel, and a preview of a new work by Kyle Abraham. $20-$35. Thu-Sun 8pm. Sept. 29 7pm. Thru Sept. 29. 3153 17th St. 863-9834. www.odcdance.org

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Big Book Sale @ Fort Mason Center

Charles Gatewood: Fifty Years @ Robert Tat Gallery

Creating Culture From Mayhem @ Castro Theatre

Joe Goode Performance Group @ Z Space

Wed 25

David Perry’s LGBT-themed talk show features a variety of local and visiting guests. This week, Perry speaks with Roberto Tiscareno, marketing chair for DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. Perry talks with Brian Andersen, artist and creator of the popular indie comic book series So Super Duper. Rebroadcast various times thru the week. comcasthometown.com davidperry.com

Exhibit of stunning realist paintings and portraits by the two artists. Reg hours Mon-Fri 10am-6pm. Sat til 5pm. 750 Post St. 441-1138. www.johnpence.com

J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday and Gordon Parks: Photographs at His Centennial ; both thru Sept. 29. Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission St. at 3rd. 3587200. www.moadsf.org

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Regina Carter @ SF Jazz Center The prolific violinist performs with guests Jenny Scheinman and Sara Caswell. $25-$55. 7:30pm. 201 Franklin St. (866) 920-5299. www.sfjazz.org

Shocktoberfest 14: Jack the Ripper @ Hypnodrome

Thrillpeddlers’ new show takes on a MY creepy-fun Halloween theme, with Grand Guignol-styled tales of the famous LondonCY serial killer, plus the one-act Salome and CMY more fun. $25-$35. Thu-Sat 8pm. Thru Nov 23. (800) 838-3006. K www.thrillpeddlers.com

Stephen Jimenez @ Books Inc. Author of the controversial The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths about the Murder of Matthew Shepard discusses his book. 7:30pm. 2275 Market St. 864-6777. www.booksinc.net

Tommy Tune @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko

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SF Leather Daddy & Daddy’s boy by Scott Brogan

he SF Leather Daddy and Daddy’s boy XXIX contests took place jointly at the SF Eagle on Sat., Aug. 31. David Hyman, Jason Husted and Eric Burkett vied for the boy title, with Daniel Batt and Brett Brockschmidt going for the Daddy title. Produced by SF Leather Daddy XXVIII David Meyer, the contest was the first in a couple of years. The delay was due chiefly to the debate as to whether the contest would open up the “Daddy” title to female daddies. The decision was made to keep it a male-only title. Yours Truly and SF Leather Daddy 1956 (or something, I can never remember who’s what number) Jason Ladd co-emceed. We had a blast, even if the contest ran too long. Of course, only one person can win each title, and our new SF Leather Daddy and Daddy’s boy are Brett Brockschmidt and Eric Burkett, respectively. Congratulations! I’m glad this SF-only contest is back. It’s a tradition that should continue. The International Leather Sir/boy & Community Bootblack (ILSb/ ICBB) event was held in Dallas over Labor Day weekend. It seemed as though most of San Francisco was there, including Race Bannon, Queen Cougar, Luna, Patrick Mulcahey, and even my husband! Thank you, boy Adam, for taking quite good care of him. The titles owner, the very sexy Jeffrey Payne, produced the weekend of packed events. I tell you, he can cause me some pain any day. That’s a not-sosubtle hint, Jeffrey. The weekend featured a ton of workshops focusing on a slew of subjects ranging from BDSM History to Pup 101 to everything in-between, plus entertainment and parties galore. For the record, the contestants were, for the boy title: boy Mark (Great Lakes Leather boy 2013), boy Don (SE Leather boy), Michael (SW Leather boy 2013), boy quint on (Mid-Atlantic Leather boy 2013), Dom (Eastern Canada Leather boy 2013), boy Ben (Northeast Leather boy 2013), boy max (Florida Leather boy 2013 & Tampa Bay Leather boy 2013), Gator (Central Plains Leather boy), Jean Hardy (NW Leather boy 2013), and Element Eclipse (Northern California Leather boy 2013). For the Sir title: George Saltzman (SW LeatherSir 2013), Sir Papa Bear (Great Lakes Leather Sir 2013), Jason R. Kloss (Gulfcoast LeatherSir), Robert Bowden (MidAtlantic LeatherSir 2013), Brent Michael Ganetta (Northern California LeatherSir 2013), Master R (Eastern Canada LeatherSir), Seth (Northeast LeatherSir 2013), Sir Michael (Florida Regional LeatherSir 2013), and Robert (Central Plains LeatherSir 2013). For Community Bootblack: Kyle (SW Community Bootblack), Girl Amelia (Mid-Atlantic Community Bootblack 2013), Brooklyn Davenport (Gulf Coast Community Bootblack 2013), girl dale (SE Community Bootblack 2013), Scout (Northern California Community Bootblack 2013), Pup Philthy (NE Community Bootblack 2013) and Paul (NW Community Bootblack 2013). The outgoing Sir (Jack Duke), boy (Bamm Bamm) and Bootblack (Ruin) are to be commended for giving us an exemplary year. International LeatherSir 2013 is SW Leather Sir, Sir George (first runnerup is CA Leather Sir, Brent Ganetta). International Leather boy 2013 is Central Plains Leather boy, Gator (first runner-up is SE Leather boy, Boy Don). International Community Bootblack is NW Community

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SF Leather boy and Daddy XXIX: Brett Brockschmidt and Eric Burkett

Bootblack Paul William Grosart (first runner-up is Mid-Atlantic Community Bootblack, Girl Amelia). Congratulations! There’s a story there. Drama, drama, drama! Over the past few weeks there has been a bit of drama happening in our community, and I don’t mean on Facebook! First, as reported here by Seth Himmelgarn on Aug. 22 (see “LeatherWalk changes hands”), Sandy “Mama” Reinhardt has quit producing the SF LeatherWalk after 14 years. The rift happened when, as Reinhardt has alleged, she was pushed out by the folks at the AIDS Emergency Fund. AEF has not addressed the issue, but did laud Reinhardt and her “tireless efforts and heartfelt leadership.” Lance Holman is taking over for this year. The money raised at the LeatherWalk goes to the AIDS and Breast Cancer Emergency Funds. This year’s walk begins this Sunday at Noon at the Jane Warner Plaza on Castro & Market. Second, on the heels of Labor Day Weekend came the news that Glenda Rider has resigned as owner/ producer of the International Ms. Leather (IMsL) organization due

to her mismanagement of money raised by the organization for various charities. Rider issued a public apology, declining the Pantheon of Leather Lifetime Achievement award that she was to receive this October and taking full responsibility for her actions. Rider’s resignation does not stop the organization from continuing. The new owners/producers are Sharrin Spector and Pat Baillie. The weekend is scheduled for April 2427, 2014. The new location for the event is in San Jose, specifically the Doubletree Hotel. Go to www.imsl. org for details. Where is Andy Cross? Andy Cross was recently in Anchorage, Alaska, for their Northern Lights Leather Weekend. Mush! I bet he had quite a few pups jockeying to pull his big sled. He was also in Dallas for ILSb/ICBB and at Southern Decadence in New Orleans. With a busy schedule like this, it’s a good thing he’s young! He’s back in town now, but when this goes to print he’ll be at the Mr. Michigan Leather Weekend and Contest. Folsom Weekend is fast approaching, and he’ll be at his home bar The Powerhouse hosting “Sash Fckr” that Saturday night at 9 p.m. Folsom details are coming in a week, so stay tuned to get your ultimate guide to Folsom Weekend right here!t

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International Leather Sir, boy, and Bootblack 2013: Sir George, Gator, and Paul William Grosart.

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Czech, please! by John F. Karr

zech sexographer Robert Boggs began his career in television production. Influenced by the work of William Higgins, he began producing porn-for-hire for a number of American and European companies during the 1990s. But it was the technical finesse and beautiful models Boggs admired in the films of Bel Ami founder George Duroy that compelled him to found his own company in 2004, AYOR Studios. The name is an acronym for At Your Own Risk, which seems apt to me. Although I have no idea if Boggs meant the name to refer to the oral cum-shots he frequently delivered, they’re what first made me an AYOR fan, and they cannot be considered safe sex – even though HIV transmission through cum ingestion is rare. Boggs’ films are less glossy than Bel Ami product, and that may be their virtue. They have a more homespun quality. I’m presuming most of the guys are G4P; they’re sometimes rote in their endeavors, but Boggs rarely elicits the bumpercar athletics that str8 performers in so much mainstream porn substitute for a genuine same-sex predilection. So the movies are neither as assertive nor as assaultive as most American porn. I find them likable. The AYOR specialty is twinks: smooth-bodied, without facial hair, or indeed, most if not all of their pubic bush. Somehow they seem older than the standard American twink; closer to frat boys. And as we’ve come to expect of Czech performers, they’re hung. Long and thin is the prevailing cock mode, but there’s a lot of thick and fat. Almost without exception, they’re uncut. I was disappointed that oral cum-shots are of no concern in Seduction. There aren’t any. It’s the first AYOR movie I’ve seen in a while, and some of its performers made me want to backtrack to their preceding titles, particularly Tommy Michaels, a hip sorta dirty blond with trendy emo haircut, and James Young, a foxy dude in the Tate Ryder mode. That’s him gazing out upside-down from the bottom of the box cover. You’d have to tilt the photo til he’s looking directly into your eyes to begin to discern his feral sex-hunger and intense gaze. Seduction is only 15 minutes short of two hours, has assured videography and editing, and features 13 guys in its five scenes. I’m amused that there’s a credit for a scriptwriter, since the dialogue isn’t more detailed than “Hello.” And despite the title, there’s very little seduction going on. It’s more like, “I see you, let’s fuck.” The cock on Andreas is so long that Caspar can suck a couple inches into his mouth and leave a couple

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James Young and Jacob Payne sizzle in AYOR Studios’ Seduction.

more for Andreas to jack off. Caspar is a sloppy cocksucker, and every so often, Andreas leans forward and licks the excess spittle off his own dick. It’s always a neat trick to see the tongues of both sucker and suckee dancing on the same cockhead. Like the movie’s second couple, Collin and Jerome, they flip-fuck. Jerome’s long cock is a very watchable bobber when he’s riding Collin’s fat cock, but when they flip, he’s an efficient instead of exciting fucker. Yet you may be amused by the sight of the cum he causes to dribble from the puckered mouth of Collin’s particularly loose overhang of foreskin. The videographer is allowed some creatively revealing shots when Bjorn, Roger and Michael cavort on a ladder. Yet though they’re attractive, and though each takes a turn as bottom, as in the preceding scene, the action is more efficient than exciting. It’s James Young who ratchets up the movie’s effectiveness, with his perfectly sculpted face, sinuous body, and tautly focused sexuality. He’s got a Tate Ryder look and attitude, and a cock that’s almost as electric. His partner Jacob, the movie’s most twink-like twink, gives it a cocksucking that’ll make you wish you were there. James’ full foxiness

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A screen grab of James Young in AYOR Studios’ Seduction.

really comes out when he begins pleasuring Jacob. The intense cunning of his face, the focus of his attack, the fierce fucking all the while he’s caressing and kissing Jacob – all these go way past efficient. The last scene heats up with the all-star pairing of Jerry and dirty blond Tommy, the Czech version of a California surfer boy, complete with seashell choker. I’m all for a JO-only scene, but this time was so hot for Tommy that I was disappointed not to see him fucked. Guess I’ve gotta nose around some other AYOR features.t

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26 • Bay Area Reporter • September 19-25, 2013

Bay Area Cabaret

From page 17

to do something nice,” said Levinson, who does not draw a salary from the not-for-profit BAC. “I stood to lose $60,000, and then you realize, oh my God, we’ve got to go rogue here.” One of her rogue efforts, plastering neighborhoods with posters, earned her a scolding letter from a citizens’ group. Levinson doesn’t need to hit the streets with staple gun in hand anymore, as the Bay Area Cabaret series has continued to gain traction over the years. Moving the series to

the Venetian Room, a storied, starry supper club that closed in 1989, has brought a new allure. “I had been circling the room like a vulture for a few years,” she said. “I do believe that this venue gives expression to our vision for cabaret, because cabaret is the sum of its parts and one of the larger parts being the venue itself.” The new season (a full schedule appears below) offers seven acts, each here for one night only, that range from Broadway to jazz, and from celebrated to those on the verge. “We use a subscription model, so audiences will take a leap of faith on artists they don’t necessarily know,”

Levinson said. BAC currently has 140 subscribers, not quite half of the room’s capacity. “It gives me a little bit of a cushion, because this really is an expensive endeavor.” At several points, Levinson emphasized that BAC offers “curated” seasons, based on the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center, which makes it “somewhat textured and part of a musical journey that we’ve been on with our audiences for 10 years.” With one exception, a performer who wanted the room configured for less intimacy, Levinson said that “most have really thrived on the audience involvement and its energy. When I was starting this, I went to the West Coast Cabaret Convention, and it was sad. It was not well-attended, and I said I’m going to make a promise to myself and to the artists, that every artist is going to have a virtually sold-out house. It’s actually happened.” Seeking out the right performers, some of whom have never played the Bay Area, is a task she shares with Michael Williams of the late, lamented Medium Rare Music in the Castro. Williams is also a big asset, Levinson said, in marketing to the LGBT community that can make up as much as 50% of audiences. “I sometimes feel like a gay man trapped in a woman’s body,” she said with a laugh.

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Megan Hilty, who played an aspiring Broadway performer on TV’s Smash, opens the new BAC season on Sept. 21.

Norm Lewis, Tony-nominated for Porgy and Bess, plays the Venetian Room on Oct. 20.

Levinson has thought about this popularity, especially among gay men. “One of the things that draws me to cabaret is the autobiographical openness of it,” she said. “I think an experience that most members of that community share is the process of coming out and telling their story. There’s something about the vulnerability and frankness of it that touches me deeply.” In addition to Hilty’s opening show, the new Bay Area Cabaret sea-

son includes Norm Lewis, recently on Broadway as Porgy in Porgy and Bess (Oct. 20); pianist Jim Brickman with Broadway’s David Burnham (Nov. 10); celebrated cabaret duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey (Jan. 19); Broadway legend Chita Rivera (Feb. 23); jazz vocalist Stacey Kent (March 15); Motown: The Musical star Morgan James (April 6); and Broadway and cabaret veteran Karen Mason (May 18). For more information, go to bayareacabaret.org.t

Ryan McGinley

From page 17

on the street. Creative people who get what I do intrigue me the most. What’s great about photography is getting to engage with people. I just love talking to them and finding out what’s going on in their lives. In a larger sense, this show is about connections within the creative community. It’s filled with painters, performance artists, musicians, dancers and photographers and actors. Do you give instructions or offer scenarios to your models? I have a hype girl, who stands next to me and talks to them, like the way a rapper would have a hype man, because when you’re photographing somebody, you can get lost in the camera. I don’t want to have that artificial conversation where you pull things out of people. I want it to be real. I set the tone, and then she makes it flow. I’ve heard all about the personal lives of the people in the show. It’s like being a psychiatrist. You were recognized early and young. Has that been a doubleedged proposition? Not really, it’s just given me a lot of opportunities. How do you protect yourself and insulate your work from artworld forces eager to co-opt you? I’m always working, and I have a lot of people who take good care of me. I have a gallery in New York that looks after my best interests and a big team that works with me in my

You Will Be My Son

From page 21

winery. Those in love with movies about mysteries of the grape (Sideways, Bottle Shock) may get pleasantly tipsy as Legrand and co-writer Delphine de Vigan go into the small details that determine the success or failure of a year’s production. There’s a virtual orgy of tasting, sipping, and wild reveries about the aromas wafting from a prized year’s batch. At the story’s core is the attempt of winery owner Paul de Marseuk (Niels Arestrup, seen by queer audiences as the brutal Sicilian prison gang boss in A Prophet) to disinherit his feckless son and heir Martin (Lorant Deutsch). The son’s crime is his lack of passion for the calling.

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Photographer Ryan McGinley at the opening reception for his installation Yearbook (2013) at Ratio 3 gallery.

studio. The machine, the hustle is relentless, that’s the nature of New York. You get it done. I love it there and would never live anywhere else, but I try to do an escape act on these summer trips. Whose career would you most like to have? Berenice Abbott, because she took risks and set herself up for possible failure. I really like how she started out in Paris in the 1930s making portraits of her friends, then moved to New York and photographed the city while it was being built, which was so different. The work evolved and the changes were so drastic that I imagine people at the time didn’t know what to expect next. She kept it new and exciting.

While Martin spends his days jogging and tending to his seemingly infertile wife, Paul sees his precious winery foundering. An emotional father/son moment happens down in the winery’s cellar, as Paul reveals a shocking family skeleton: that Martin’s grandfather drowned in one of the vats. “In a vat?” “That’s right, during fermentation, the carbon dioxide knocked him out, and he fell right in.” “Why didn’t you tell the truth?” “1963 was an average year. It would have sunk the winery. Would you buy a wine that had marinated a stiff?” Paul uses every trick in the book and the Code Napoleon to rob Martin of his inheritance and pass the business on to the son of his trusted

You recently directed a Mercedes commercial. Is that a direction you intend to pursue? No, but it was great to get the offer because when you watch those commercials you never think, I’m going to make one of these things one day. They approached me, gave me carte blanche and of course, with Mercedes, it was an open budget. I got to use helicopters and do things like shoot the beginning of The Shining, which is one of my favorite movies, where Kubrick follows [Jack Nicholson’s] car up [a windy mountain road] to the hotel; I got to make that shot. It was the best.t Through Oct. 19. ratio3.org

estate manager. You Will Be My Son is a stark parable on the viability of French notions of meritocracy and the underlining social contract. Arestrup radiates the diabolical swagger it takes both to do bad things and to feel good about oneself before, during and after. He would be perfect as a Borgia Pope or, say, Vladimir Putin. In the American spin on this father/son shootout, the underrated Bottle Shock, Bill Pullman’s raging Sonoma County wine dad takes out his frustrations on son Chris Pine’s hippie locks and womanizing by daily pummeling the kid in an outdoor boxing ring. After watching how far French dad goes to emotionally and financially castrate his son, I’d prefer an honest punch to the groin.t

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