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Joining Hearts’ annual Main Event started as a formal affair with dapper gentlemen dressed in tuxedos and elegant ladies clad in stylish gowns, but now its attendees wear hardly anything at all. At the 26th Main Event (aka Joining Hearts 26) this year, you’re more likely to see speedos and bikinis than cufﬂinks or a bowtie. “Over the years the event has grown and changed from a black-tie cocktail party, to an evening dance party, into the pool party it is today. Joining Hearts, like so many other events, has grown and changed to reflect the tastes of our event guests,” Heath Loupe, director of events for Joining Hearts, tells FENUXE. “We have evolved with the community response, even adding other events over the years, like the Wish List Party, Love on the Rocks, and the Change of Seasons Tea Dance. As Joining Hearts continues to evolve with the times, we continue our mission of providing housing for those men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS in our Atlanta community.”

THE dETAiLs WHAT: Joining Hearts 26 WHEN: Saturday, July 20, 4-11 p.m. WHErE: Piedmont Park Aquatic Center HOW: Purchase tickets at joininghearts. org. General admission tickets are $95; VIP tickets are $175. 22 : June 20, 2013

Out of all the fundraising events Joining Hearts holds throughout the year, the pool party consistently brings in the largest amount of donations for beneficiaries Jerusalem House and AID Atlanta. “With 100 percent of all tickets sales and bar tips going directly to our annual donation to our beneficiaries, our Main Event contributes more than 50 percent of our annual donation amount,” says Loupe. “While we did increase our general admission and VIP ticket prices this year, we know that not even that difference will be able to fill the void for our beneficiaries who provide these much needed housing services. We rely on our patrons and corporate sponsors to help fill in this void and for our guests to tip our bartenders generously the day of the event.” General admission tickets include access for the full seven-hour party along with complimentary cocktails and food. Smirnoff is providing cocktails and Bridge Catering is providing the food. DJ Luis Perez and DJ Joe Gauthreaux will spin upbeat dance music. The VIP tickets include all the benefits of general admission plus premium spirits, a private air-conditioned VIP lounge, gourmet food, and some limited edition Joining Hearts 26 keepsakes. Tickets sold out last year, so visit the Joining Hearts website to get yours before they’re gone!

The venue for Joining Hearts 26, Piedmont Park Aquatic Center, is a favorite of guests who have attended Main Events in the past. “Our guests have repeatedly requested that we return to the pool as our venue space each year in our annual event survey,” Loupe says. “We have a great working relationship with the Piedmont Park Conservancy, the City of Atlanta, and the Mayor's office over our 26 year history — partners really. They have all been very good to Joining Hearts, they believe in and support our mission. They invite us back every year and commend Joining Hearts for providing a much needed service to our community and for producing an exceptionally well run event.” Throughout its 26 years, Joining Hearts has donated more than $1,589,500 to its beneficiaries. According to Loupe, Joining Hearts donated a record-breaking $250,000 to their beneficiaries last year. “We are hoping that with the support of our community and generous patrons and corporate sponsors to surpass that number this year,” he adds. “With the cost of providing housing increasing and the number of grants that our beneficiaries receive decreasing, our work in fundraising for them has never been more important.”

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chutneys. The puris are surprisingly cold inside and spectacularly different. “It's the dish that Indian people are surprised to see on the menu and are happy they ordered,” Files says. “They tell me it actually tastes like what they can get at home.” The main dish was a Thali, which is a traditional dish of many facets, served with basmati rice, a soup-style daal, sabji (a sort of Indian potato salad), raita (an herb-laden yogurt that cools the tongue), and roti, as well as kachumber and papadum. Not sure what the last two are? Good! You should head down there and find out. Chef Daniel likes to switch it up, though. “Every night on the Thali, we do something different,” he notes, so what you’re reading now might now be what’s presented.

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THE THING I ADORE ABOUT INDIAN RESTAURANTS IS THE INTENSE AROMAS OF CARDAMOM, TURMERIC, AND CORIANDER THAT ENVELOP YOU THE MOMENT YOU OPEN THE DOOR. IT’S A DISTINCT (AND WELCOME) SMACK ACROSS YOUR SENSES THAT GEARS YOU UP FOR THE EXPERIENCE. IN GOOD FORM, CHAI PANI IS READY TO SMACK YOU ... AND YOU’RE GONNA LIKE IT. Chai Pani doesn’t just want you to experience Indian food — they want you to experience Indian street food. The casual Decatur eatery takes diners on a seated promenade through the vibrant streets of India — Royal Northern India, specifically — and in their surging miasma of beans, broths, and breads, you can almost see streetside sari-clad women stirring piquant, highly palatable delights. Michael Files, a partner in the restaurant, tells FENUXE: “There isn’t much of what I’d consider ‘fusion’ here, but the closest we come is the kale pakora.” A fantastic chaat (street snack), their take on kale is an atypical (but marvelous) way to go about the green stuff. Kale is naturally thick and with the added crisp shell of a curried chickpea batter, its crunch has no rivals. Served with a green chutney that’s herbal and sweet, I honestly asked if they bottled or sold it. (Chai Pani, are you listening? You could sell that stuff.) The chef de cuisine, Daniel Peach, is surprisingly young for his role at Chai Pani, but once you 24 : June 20, 2013

try his dishes you realize that he’s culinarily far beyond his years. The fresh-faced cuisiner spent years in India, teaching himself Hindi and delving into all facets of the culture. “With the exception of maybe one or two simple things, I make everything from scratch,” he tells FENUXE. Naturally, Chai Pani offers a mélange of curried delights, but this isn't just a place where you get curry, no sir. Their Tomato & Cheese Uttapam (like an Indian version of pizza almost, but on a crêpe) is sumptuous. With ingredients baked right into the batter, the flavors seep into the crêpe. The food is served in silver tins, as it would be in India. The spirited décor is awash in color. Photography of street scenes spackle the walls and the upbeat music is a background player, allowing diners to talk in “inside voices.” The Sev Potato Dahl Puri are crisp globes stuffed with potato, cilantro, onion, and chickpea noodles tossed with green and tamarind

A rava (dessert) comes with the Thali dishes during dinner shifts. Their Indian Semolina pudding (think Cream of Wheat) is tinged with hints of saffron, cardamom, and a secret ingredient so refreshing, it could almost be mint. There’s an old tale that comes out of India that goes something like this: When a group of Parsi immigrants were trying to board land in Maharaj territory, they were presented with a full bowl of milk and told: “Our land is like this bowl — there is no room for anything else.” One of the Parsis approached the bowl and stirred in a spoonful of sugar, shrinking the mixture and turning it into something sweet, proving that not only was there room for more, but that the union would create something even better than before. With Chai Pani’s addition in Decatur, I feel they’ve done that very thing. CHAI PANI 406 W Ponce De Leon Ave. Decatur, GA 30030 (404) 378-4030 chaipanidecatur.com

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“It was certainly a grim day. We were disappointed, but we remain steadfast. It was deeply, deeply disappointing, but it means we continue to press forward for the best bill for LGBT undocumented immigrants and their families.” - Stacey R. Long, Esq., director of Public Policy and Government Affairs with the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.

“Honestly, [we’re] talking about around 38,000 same-sex couples. We’re talking about equality.” - Maya Rupert, policy director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. “It’s a simple inequality, and it should be addressed. The time is now for such legislation that recognizes the same-sex bi-national couples because now more states recognize same sex marriage.” Gregory T. Angelo, executive director of Log Cabin Republicans.

“Not providing some relief to siblings who face extreme hardships because of their separation and not ending the discrimination against same-sex couples legally married in the United States is short-sighted and bad policy. Many amendments added during the mark-up will strengthen the bill in the areas of highskilled immigration, protections for vulnerable groups, and due process. However, other amendments, like those attempting to deny citizenship, may have been driven more by rhetoric than reality.” - The Immigration Policy.

Despite the momentum surrounding a comprehensive immigration reform bill that was supposed to include protections for same-sex binational couples, the Senate Judiciary Committee decided not to follow through with the same-sex inclusions during the markup process last month. Sadly, bill number S.744 was passed out of the committee by a 13-5 vote on May 21. Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., prepared the amendments to the bill that would allow gay Americans or U.S. residents to sponsor their partners for U.S. residency in the same manner married heterosexual Americans can. LGBT advocacy groups hoped the addition would address the issues of inequality. Unfortunately, that won’t be the case.

“We are disappointed that certain senators threatened the entire immigration reform bill simply because it aﬀords same-sex binational couples equal immigration rights. At the same time, we thank Senator Leahy for standing up for these families.” - A press release endorsed by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), The National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLAAD, United We Dream, the Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project, Lambda Legal, Equality Federation, and the National Center for Transgender Equality.

“As we come together as a nation to tackle our broken immigration system, it is deplorable that a small number of Senators have been able to stand in the way of progress for lesbian and gay couples torn apart by discriminatory laws. Instead of working to achieve commonsense solutions, Senators Graham, Flake, McCain, and Rubio threatened to derail the entire immigration bill to appease a small but vocal group of antigay social conservatives that will do anything to stop the progress for lesbian and gay couples.” HRC President Chad Griffin.

Although this is a setback, the NGLTF is pleased that the bill does currently address issues that will particularly benefit LGBT people. According to their press release, the provisions will provide protections for undocumented youth, eliminate the one-year bar on applying for asylum, improve conditions for people held in detention facilities, limit the use of solitary confinement, and explicitly prohibit the use of this practice based solely on detainees’ sexual orientation or gender identity. 28 : June 20, 2013

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S. Derek Gage Georgia has enshrined discrimination against the LGBT community in its constitution by defining marriage as between one man and one woman, and the consequences reach far beyond our dreams to have our marriages recognized. This amendment to our state constitution effectively endorses a pattern of bias against gays, lesbians, and the transgendered who come into contact with our judicial system. With this state-sanctioned inequality comes a whole host of legal dilemmas for gay and lesbian individuals and families and puts all of them at the mercy of one judge's interpretation of the amendment and the extent of its reach to critical aspects of our lives. It is essential for us to get creative as attorneys for the LGBT community and to offer practical outcomes for our clients that defy a hostile legal environment and put them on as close to an equal level with our heterosexual friends as possible. While other heroic litigators are fighting to defeat these terrible laws head-on, we attorneys who directly serve the community must, in the meantime, use our skills to create de facto equality through our advocacy and imagination. I offer the LGBT community services in estate planning, as well as criminal defense litigation. Both of these areas of practice present unique challenges to gay and lesbian individuals and families. If you pass away without a valid will in Georgia, and you're gay, the cards are stacked heavily against you. Our laws of intestacy that govern the distribution of our property, our assets, and the fate of our children if we die without having planned our estate don't recognize homosexual relationships of any kind; you might as well not even have known each other in the eyes of Georgia probate courts. Needless to say, this can have a hugely detrimental impact on our families when we pass. My firm offers comprehensive estate planning to LGBT families that will address all of these concerns and provide practical outcomes that avoid the pitfalls of Georgia's discriminatory legal framework. The criminal justice system presents its own problems to gays and lesbians who have the misfortune of being cited or arrested for criminal charges. While many Georgia judges and law enforcement officers are gay-friendly (or gay, themselves), there are countless others who are openly biased against us. We use our experience to help our gay, lesbian, and transgender clients successfully navigate what can be a system tilted against them just based upon their sexual orientation. I love to cook, and it's the closest I come to having artistic abilities. Give me a beer or a glass or wine and a Viking range and I'm in heaven. Just don't hang around to clean up after dinner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; my boyfriend says I can tear a kitchen up worse than anything he's ever seen. 32 : June 20, 2013

Michael N. Miller I am concerned with the way LGBT individuals and families are treated on a daily basis. While we are at the precipice of making significant strides in how we as a community are viewed by the courts and by the legislature, there is still a bias that exists with the legal system when it comes to our community. Change is slow and until people's minds are changed and politicians follow suit, we are left to work within a context that is not geared to our specific needs and the needs of our families. I have always worked to help gay, lesbian, transgendered, and bisexual clients navigate a legal system which was designed to deny them certain basic and fundamental rights while preventing them from being stripped of their dignity and affording them fair and equitable treatment during some of the most trying periods of their life. I am passionate about equality for all people. I believe everyone should be looked at the same, regardless of sexual orientation, race, sex, national origin, religion, etc. Sadly, we all bring our biases to the table, whether as a result of our upbringing, the part of the country we were raised in, our religion, or how we have been treated by others during our lives, yet we are uniquely situated such that we have the ability to choose whether or not to cast those biases aside. I am a proponent for gay marriage. I believe it is a right; not a privilege. However, my partner of 18 years and I have no plans to run out and get married. Our families and friends have always treated us like a married couple and we function as a married couple. My partner, friends, and family are the most important and valuable things in my life. I believe that the people we surround ourselves with and the quality of our friendships in many ways define us. I have always loved cars and driving fast. My parents bought me my first sports car when I left for college and everyday after class I would get out on the country roads and put the car through its paces. I think I am one of the few people who could actually give you the technical specs on the car you are driving and what options you could get on different year models.

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community, along with their partners, are hesitant about coming forward when their lives are negatively affected with sometimes permanent injuries. I get to stand up in our courts and be their voice, without fear or intimidation. For that, I am proud and humbled. I'm passionate about running, lifting weights, any fitness-related activities, and eating healthy (except the occasional Healthy Choice pizza and CarbMaster ice cream). I'm a beach/ocean fanatic and plan to have a home on the beach one day. I also enjoy working with special needs adults throughout the year, including playing Elf/ Bodyguard for Santa for many events during the Christmas season. Another passion is taking fatherson trips every couple of years with my Dad. Last, I have a secret passion for lying in bed in the morning with coffee, glasses on, and reading for hours (I subscribe to over ten magazines from finance and fitness to politics and news).

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I regularly practice in the areas of estate planning and litigation in Georgia. I enjoy serving the gay community by informing people and preventing the consequences of simply failing to do anything. Many view will and estate planning as something that is only for the wealthy. Not true. Without even a basic will, power of attorney, and health care directive, a loving gay partner of many decades could not only be excluded from receiving property from their deceased partner, but decisions regarding their partner's health care and end of life treatment preferences could be left up to others. This is especially true in

Tracie Klinke Immigrants come in all types: Fortune 500 CEOs, researchers at NASA, music students, those just looking for a better job and a better life, and people fleeing persecution because of who they are. My practice focuses on immigrant communities that have had an extraordinarily difficult time in the United States. In the immigration world, LGBT issues are everywhere. If a foreign worker wants to bring his husband to the U.S., can he? Probably not. But can a person file for asylum because of sexual orientation persecution in his home country? Absolutely. Can a U.S. citizen file paperwork to keep his transgendered spouse in the U.S.? It depends. If someone is a victim of a violent hate crime, can he apply for "victim of crime" visa? Probably.

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In June, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on DOMA and Proposition 8. While the Prop 8 decision will likely only impact California, the ruling on DOMA will likely have consequences throughout the country. I hope that the Supreme Court will allow the federal government to recognize lawfully performed same-sex marriages. If we don't get this change this year, I remain hopeful that our immigration policies will soon embrace families in all their various forms. I love going to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and any of our area's great Shakespeare companies (Shakespeare Tavern, Georgia Shakespeare). I like the idea of enjoying music and theater that has entertained people for hundreds of years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it's like a living connection with history.

Georgia, as its laws don't have formal recognition of gay partnerships. Also, I aggressively represent and defend the rights of surviving partners in probate courts in Georgia after their loved ones have departed. I am rather passionate about music, as I am a season ticket holder to the Atlanta Opera, I collect vinyl records regularly (Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald are some of my favorites), and I frequently sing baritone and play trumpet with my church in Midtown. I also enjoy spending my free time with my family, especially my two nephews, who are 8 and 2 years old.

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My legal practice is split into two areas. First, I offer domestic partnership packages. This includes a will, a living will, and financial and health care powers of attorney. These are so important for everybody to have, but especially for members of the LGBT community until marriage is recognized in this state and country. It is important to have these legal documents in place to ensure that your decisions will be carried out â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not only concerning who gets your property, but who can visit you in the hospital and make medical and financial decisions on your behalf if you are incapable of doing so. Secondly, I am a bankruptcy attorney. Many people are going through financial hardship and I am there to assist them through this difficult time.

Kenneth Franklin I am an entertainment attorney with The Law Offices of Sandra L. Brown, P.C. (SLBPC) where I have practiced since January 2010. SLBPC is a boutique law firm with 18 years of experience in the entertainment industry. The firm represents a diverse clientele of multi-platinum talent and awardwinning celebrities in all areas of entertainment, including music, publishing, television, motion picture, and new media. As an attorney at the firm, I have negotiated an array of deals for recording artists, producers, songwriters, managers, on-air talent, and independent record labels and publishers.

LGBT community, I look forward to continuing my work in the area and working with more LGBT clients in the coming months and years.

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There is no question that all persons, regardless of their ethnic, racial, or religious background, disability, or gender status or orientation (including LGBT status), deserve excellent legal representation. Here in Georgia, we're collectively making great progress in eroding bigotry and misconceptions about LGBT people. I am proud to have worked with LGBT clients and will continue to do so.

Being a gay attorney and an active member of the LGBT community, I am able to assist my clients with the understanding and knowledge of many situations unique only to our community. One matter in which I am passionate about is the young people of this country, especially those struggling with their sexuality. It is so sad when a young person commits suicide due to the bullying and feeling they are all alone. It is terrible when parents abandon their children when they come out. There are several great organizations that are helping in these areas, but we need more and we all need to do more. I was a big supporter of CHRIS Kids, and I also support The Trevor Project.

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Since I first started practicing law in Atlanta in 1983, I have taken extreme pride in representing people in the LGBT community. For decades, I have handled gay and lesbian financial and domestic legal matters, both litigation and transactional. I have lobbied on gay and lesbian issues in the Georgia General Assembly. I have served on the boards of several community organizations and received awards for my work on gay marriage equality and civil rights from the ACLU of Georgia and the Stonewall Bar Association. I am a trained mediator, with particular sensitivity to and experience with LGBT issues. I and my partner of 21 years, Lee Frush, a financial planner, now work together to provide our mutual clients with collaborative estate planning and wealth management services, in addition to the other legal and financial services which our office provides.

I’ve participated in Pride for the last four years. It’s given me the opportunity to speak with folks about what the LGBT community needs and how I can offer help and services within the family law arena. I offer a wide array of services to our LGBT clients, including traditional family law matters (divorce, custody, child support, etc.) as well as non-traditional family law matters (second-parent adoptions, partnership agreements, estate planning, etc.).

When I started, there were only a very few of us openly practicing as LGBT lawyers in Atlanta. We faced many hurdles as a consequence. But, I am dedicated to the idea that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people are entitled to the same quality of legal representation as the rest of our community. Especially for those of us who are openly visible as LGBT professionals, we need to hold ourselves to an even higher standard of competence and professionalism. Outside of the office and our community work, my partner Lee and I love to ski (we finally got married on the Peak to Peak Gondola at Whistler-Blackcomb Mountain during Gay Ski Week 2009), we are both avid scuba divers (we’ve logged about 75 dives together so far, including several near 200 feet), and we spend many of our weekends working on our cabin in the Cherokee National Forest in East Tennessee.

From my experience I’ve learned many people in the LGBT community aren’t aware of what they can do to protect and preserve their family units. I’ve traveled to Rome, Ga. and metro areas to give presentations to help with awareness. It’s so important that the members of our community do all they can to ensure they are protected. So many people are turned away from attorneys’ offices (or feel they will be) simply because they are gay or transgendered. It is so important to have a safe place all LGBT persons can go to have their legal needs met. I strive to ensure my office is just that place. Right now my passion is my daughter! She’s three months old and the absolute light of my life. My partner and I want to make sure she has every opportunity in life, regardless of having two mommies. Her smile lights up our world!

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When was the last time you were tested for HIV? Knowing your status is the first step into taking control of your own health. National HIV Testing Day is June 27. This annual campaign encourages people of all ages and risk groups to be tested for HIV.

Who should be tested? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says testing and screening should be included with routine medical care in all health care settings. The current recommendation is for all persons to be screened once for HIV and any person deemed

high risk for HIV infection should be screened at least annually. Based on that level of risk, more frequent testing should be considered in certain groups. According to the Department of Public Health, Georgia is ranked sixth highest in the U.S. for AIDS cases through December 2009. Statistics in Georgia reveal that in 2010, approximately 40,328 people were living with HIV/AIDS. Of that number, Fulton and Dekalb had the highest HIV prevalence in the state. The rate of new infections among men who have sex with men has increased from 26,700 in 2008 to 29,800 in 2010. African Americans are disproportionately affected, as compared to Caucasians. It is estimated that HIV infections within the African-American population are 7.9 times higher, as compared to Caucasians. The highest rate of new infections is among African-American females.

How are you tested for HIV? There are several technologies available to your care provider to test you for the presence of HIV. Ask which test is available to you: RAPID HIV TESTS: These tests provide you with results in approximately 20 minutes. The rapid HIV test detects the presence of HIV antibodies for both HIV 1 and HIV 2. Rapid HIV tests can be performed with the use of whole blood (usually a â&#x20AC;&#x153;finger stickâ&#x20AC;?) or oral fluids. Recently, ORAQUICK has been approved for home testing with the use of saliva.

ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS is a blood sample that is sent to a laboratory for the detection of HIV 1 and HIV 2 antibodies. The results of this test can take several days depending on the laboratory.

used for data collection only to determine the prevalence of HIV in the state. When this information is shared with the CDC for national health trends, all identifying information is removed.

THE WESTERN BLOT is considered to be a supplemental means of testing to confirm infection by HIV. Western Blot also requires a whole blood sample that is sent to a laboratory for testing and can take approximately 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2 weeks to obtain the final results.

So, circling back to who should be tested: All adults and adolescents between the ages of 13 and 64 should receive an HIV test annually as part of their routine medical care.

HIV VIRAL LOAD: A whole blood sample can also be sent to the laboratory to evaluate the presence of HIV. This blood test detects for presence of HIV in whole blood products and is measured as the number of HIV copies.

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Tattoos glide up both the former Catholic’s olive-complected arms, small trails of music on two sets of staffs. The right arm displays a passage from “Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus” by Messiaen (Praise to the Eternity of Jesus); the left arm reveals a musical notation from Radiohead’s “How to Disappear Completely.” His hair is cut in a modern fashion, bangs swooping to the right above his chic specs. He’s thin, tone, and speaks in a gentle, but assured, timbre. He honestly isn’t the man I visualized on the other end of the phone. Surely the baby-faced gentleman across the table from me wasn’t the former organist of St. Brigid Catholic Church who was given the pinkslip by a temporary pastor because his private Facebook account affirmed he was in love with a man; the same guy who, because of such, was asked to gather his belongings and turn in his keys while being followed by one of the church’s watchdogs, like a thief being shadowed by a suspicious shop owner. This young man with a great smile seemed calm despite being freshly spurned by the very organization he’d devoted his life to. “I love the Catholic church,” Nick Johns confesses. “I grew up with it. I love church music, too, and I’ve always wanted to make the experience beautiful for a lot of people.” Such a shame that the honor (which was also his job) was callously stripped from him a few weeks ago. Let’s go back to how it all happened. Sometime

around January, an anonymous individual tipped off Monsignor David Talley — the head of St. Brigid Catholic at the time — that Nick is not only gay, but also supports samesex marriage. Facebook was the source of the information and Nick still isn’t sure whether the individual took screenshots from his account, but the indictment was irrefutable and Nick didn’t deny its truth. Father Talley, not particularly fazed by the news but rather supportive of the young musician, suggested Nick simply make his Facebook account private. After Nick willingly did so, it was never mentioned again. When Monsignor Talley was promoted to bishop, the church appointed a temporary replacement, Father Joshua Allen, a younger man with (according to the church’s website) a penchant for old saints, college football, and Nascar. Father Josh, though brand new and temporary, wasted no time in calling Nick to inform him that he was under suspension and possible termination due to his “moral dissention.” Nick was told to get his things from the church

grounds and turn in his keys. He was taken off the church’s website and locked out of his church email account. After that, radio silence. Nick’s calls to the Archdiocese ’s human resources department were fruitless. They appeared as shocked as he was — odd, considering Father Josh claimed the orders came from HR. Days later, with his fate still hanging in the balance, a choir member called him to let him know the group was told that Nick was no longer with the church and his replacement was being sought. He asked the music director if she knew anything about that, and was informed that she was instructed by Father Josh to relay that message. One would suppose it makes sense when considering this is a temporary pastor who, according to Nick, capriciously injects politics into his homilies; a temporary pastor who received a standing ovation after giving a sermon on how people aren’t true Catholics if they support pro-choice politicians like Obama; one who, in the name of Christ, uses his pulpit privileges to spew conservative talking points. In a post written for the Catholic News Agency last year, Father Josh asserted that “homosexual unions [are] really just the natural progression of a general assault on marriage that has been moving in force” and that his interest “as a priest is fixing the problem.” Apparently, the purging of your own is fair game in Father Josh’s eyes. Nick tells me Father Josh would uncomfortably greet him as they passed each other in hallways, always turning his eyes downward, a complete

shift in the love he felt from Father Talley, who would slip into the church and meditate while listening to Nick practice. “He even said my name six times in a homily,” Nick says of Father Talley. “When you grow up Catholic, you’re told [being gay] is wrong,” Nick tells me. “Being homosexual isn’t considered a sin in itself, but acting on it is.” It was never discussed whether he acted on his urges, though. “It isn’t anyone’s business,” he rightly says. “And besides, some people are quick to forget that Jesus hung around with sinners.” The normal protocol for termination begins with a verbal warning, a written warning, then your removal. Nick had none of these. He just had Facebook. “It wasn't like I was in the church waving rainbow flags — I was just doing my job,” Nick explains. Though not outwardly so, he admits he’s still upset with the decision. “If a Catholic were fired from their job for being Catholic, how do you think they’d react? They’d say their freedom was under attack. My freedom is being openly and blatantly attacked all the time.” To this day, Nick has only heard from his employers at St. Brigid’s once and it was an email that sought his new address to handle the business of his final check. “I’ve been looking on Craigslist for jobs, but …” he starts, but finishes with a head shake. “Music is my passion. There's just something about sitting at an organ, but it’s not like you can get a job playing one for Delta.” We move onto the topic of the scandals that have rocked the Catholic church, such as child-rape and molestation. Nick furrows. “Pedophilia and homosexuality are two different things. [Pedophilia] is a huge ground for getting rid of someone and for prosecuting them, especially,” he says. “But they move these people around to different churches instead of firing them, and I'm fired for being gay and out?” He understands that the church is well within its rights to let him go; he just thinks it was a bad call. “The church teaches us that God is love and God created us all,” he says. “If He made me this way, should I not be able to celebrate the gift to love?” I notice another tattoo on his left calf. When I implore, he tells me it’s an image of the vocal frequency of Luke, his boyfriend of two years, saying “I love you.” Like his other tattoos, it must sound beautiful when played. Letters of support for Nick have hit his inbox, but so have letters praising Father Josh’s decision. “The positive definitely outweighs the negative,” Nick says. Many organists. pastors, and parishioners at other churches have given their support, among them the Catholic Archdiocese, St. John's Lutheran Church, Virginia Highland Church, and a member of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. In a show of solidarity, Nick tells me the Atlanta Chapter of the American Guild of Organists — an organization that finds jobs for church musicians — will not be a resource for St. Brigid.

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