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Scouts mum on antigay employment policy By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

SIGHTS ON SUMMER: Philadelphia FIGHT education director Juliet Fink (at microphone) welcomed the nearly 175 guests at the agency’s Jan. 29 largest-ever kickoff planning meeting for this summer’s AIDS Education Month. Held at the William Way LGBT Community Center, the meeting included the announcement that this year’s AEM co-chairs are William Way executive director Chris Bartlett and Mary Harper, coordinator of faith and spiritual affairs in the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services. Leaders from across the HIV/AIDS community organized into breakout groups to brainstorm for the 19th annual AEM, which will be held in June. Photo: Scott A. Drake

The national Boy Scouts of America announced this week that it may stop requiring local councils and units to ban gay members, but the announcement doesn’t address BSA’s antigay employment policy. The employment issue is particularly relevant in Philadelphia, where city officials are trying to evict a local BSA council from a city-owned building due to its exclusionary membership and employment policies. According to court records, the BSA Cradle of Liberty Council uses an employment-application form that expressly forbids the hiring of atheists and “avowed homosexuals.” A copy of the form was entered into evidence in the eviction case, which remains pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Under the national BSA’s proposed policy change, local councils and units would

Two men allege hate crime in Center City

Sick-leave bill back in Council By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com An LGBT-inclusive bill to mandate paid sick-leave time for Philadelphia workers made it back to City Council last week. Councilman-at-Large Bill Greenlee introduced the measure Jan. 24. Council passed the legislation last session but Mayor Nutter ultimately vetoed it. Greenlee, who led the effort last session with Council President Darrell Clarke, said he initially was apprehensive about the measure but ultimately saw its value. “When it first came up, I thought it put too much pressure on businesses, but the more I talked to people, I realized it was a public-health issue,” he said. The measure would allow employees at Philadelphia companies with 12 or more employees to earn one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 PAGE 15

be permitted to accept gay members and select gay leaders, if they so choose. But the statement doesn’t mention the BSA’s ban on hiring atheists and “avowed homosexuals” in certain managerial roles. Deron Smith, a national BSA spokesperson, couldn’t be reached for comment. The policy change could be enacted as early as next week, at the BSA’s regularly scheduled board meeting in Texas. If enacted, it would be a sharp reversal for the BSA, which reaffirmed its national ban on gays six months ago. Cradle spokesperson Kera Armstrong had no comment on whether the local council would stop using the antigay employmentapplication form — regardless of whether the national BSA eases its employment restrictions. Additionally, it remains unclear whether Cradle would extend full membership and employment rights to other groups protected by local antibias rules — including women, transgenders PAGE 17

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WINTER HEAT: It may have been snowing outside, but Voyeur was on fire Jan. 25 for Stimulus’ third annual Winter Wonderland Ball. The party included performers such as fire artists from Cirque Manikk, as well as burlesque and go-go dancers. The event was a fundraiser for the William Way LGBT Community Center. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Two men were attacked last week at a Center City parking garage and believe the incident may have been motivated by their perceived sexual orientation. Timmay Barlow and Scott McCrea say a group of 10 attacked them at about 2:15 a.m. Jan. 24 in the E-Z Park parking garage at 16th and South streets. According to McCrea, the two were coming from Bob & Barbara’s, 1509 South St., where Barlow, who also goes by the stage name “Gio Michaels,” had performed drag that night and still had makeup on. “There was one girl who told us, ‘You are in the wrong neighborhood, I am the only girl here,’”

McCrea said. “She also asked, ‘Where did this freak come from?’ She was making comments on Tim’s makeup.” About 10 people then jumped out of three different vehicles, McCrea said, and attacked the two. McCrea was dragged away from Barlow to a different part of the lot, where his coat was forced over his head and he was beaten. “They kicked me and took my car keys,” McCrea said, noting he suffered two black eyes. Barlow’s wallet was stolen and he sustained injuries to his face, for which he will need surgery. McCrea said the female who made the initial comment was African-American, but he and Barlow did not get a good look at the other attackers. According to PAGE 15

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Rutgers prof conducts innovative study on coming out By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Dr. Michael LaSala, director of Rutgers University’s Master of Social Work program, received a grant two years ago to interview 65 gay and lesbian youth and their parents about the family comingout process — and recently published “African-American Gay Youth and Their Families: Redefining Masculinity, Coping with Racism and Homophobia” in the Journal of GLBT Family Studies. LaSala, who is also the author of “Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child,” had both a personal and professional interest in conducting the study as an openly gay male and as a psychotherapist and social worker. “I have been trained in family therapy and what I understood from my training is as a child goes through adolescence to young adulthood, families need to support a child’s economy and maintain connections, and it needs to be done in a reciprocal way,” he said. LaSala was also interested in exploring potential racial and ethnic differences in the process. “ A lot of the material out there about gay and lesbian folks tends to be about white

families and white LGBT individuals, so I was careful when I was selecting my families to get cultural families,” he said. Among the participants, LaSala studied 17 African-American and six Latino individuals and saw many commonalities among the different ethnic groups and their families. “The parents are often surprised and self-blame no matter what race they are,” he said. “Parents said one of the most helpful things was finding someone to talk to.” In LaSala’s study, he wrote that “when they realized they were gay, but before they came out, African-American youths, like their white counterparts, distanced themselves from their parents for self-protection and to avoid conflict.” LaSala said, however, that young black males also faced double stigma around issues of gender and representation in the African-American community. “According to black parents, gender-role expectations among African-Americans made life particularly tough for black gay men and the families who love them,” he wrote. “It has been asserted that there is great pressure on black men to be ‘hypermasculine.’” Although parents across the racial and ethnic board had similarities in self-blame, LaSala found that “black parents were

less likely than their white counterparts to report that they mourned the loss of a normal life for their children when they initially learned they were gay.” LaSala said that because of the “elevated risk for poverty, illness and incarceration faced by blacks, such a future vision of a ‘normal’ life was perhaps less of a ‘sure thing.’” LaSala said he was surprised to see that when families are willing to face the struggles that accompany the coming-out process, they often get to a point where they build stronger and closer relationships. “If families really work hard at this, stay connected, work at getting rid of the stigma and adjust, they can say that this was one of the best things to happen to their family,” he said. In his study, LaSala said it was important for the correct information to be provided to parents about homosexuality myths and misconceptions, referencing previous studies that found how open discussion about racism can be healing and empowering for African-American families. “In keeping with this idea, a family discussion of expectations regarding masculinity as well as the intersection of racism, sexism and homophobia that includes both mothers and fathers (or father figures) might be helpful to families with a coming-

out African-American son,” LaSala wrote. LaSala said the study showed him that those who are ready to come out to their parents or guardians should be guided by one piece of advice: Consider the potential outcome. “They need to go through their own pace. The coming-out experience is not a race; do it when you are ready,” he said. “If you are thinking about coming out, consider the possible rejection and potential outcome and consequences.” LaSala said youth should be prepared for a variety of reactions and have a plan for potential responses. He also said that during the process, youth need a support network. “They want their parents to say ‘I love you’ and not reject them, but parents may not be available for the reassurance that these kids are looking for. The question is how will the youth take care of their emotional needs while this is happening,” he said, noting that the questions raised and findings identified in his study can fuel discussion on topics not often given adequate attention. “People in the community, such as social workers, educators, psychologists, etc., are hungry for this knowledge. I also hope those who are not therapists and social workers get a lot from reading about these experiences.” ■

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Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. • Bucks County Coffee, 3430 Sansom St. • Bucks County Coffee, 40th & Locust sts. • Fresh Grocer, 4001 Walnut St. • Goodman Hall, 710 S. 42nd St. • International House, 3701 Chestnut St. • LGBT Center at Penn, 3907 Spruce St. • Old Quaker Condos lobby, 3514 Lancaster Ave. • Oslo Hall, 510 S. 42nd St. • Penn Bookstore, 3610 Walnut St. • Sheraton Hotel, 36th & Chestnut sts. • St. Mary’s Church, 3916 Locust Walk • University of the Sciences England Library, 4200 Woodland Ave. • University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St. • Wilson Hall, 708 S. 42nd St. • World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. •

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One year later, sister of slain man looks for closure, justice By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

to promote anti-violence solutions, including a three-day event she hosted last weekend that drew Alex Martinez was a shy man. the support of hundreds, who ralHe liked to go out with his friends. lied for peace and for justice for He was close to his six siblings. Martinez. Martinez’s family accepted his He was an avid artist, drawing and sexual orientation from the start. painting as much as he could. Pichardo said her brothBut the openly gay er’s coming-out process 23-year-old would not was natural. live to see his next birth“We knew, everyone day. knew he was gay,” she But Martinez was a said. “We knew when 23-year-old man who he was young. I espedid not get to see his cially knew when he 24th birthday. was around 8 years old. On Jan. 9, 2012, One day he sat my mom Martinez was gunned down and was really down on the 3500 block nervous to come out to of North Hutchinson her. My mom was like, Street in North Philadelphia while try- ALEX MARTINEZ ‘I already knew.’” Pichardo said that ing to protect his nephew although her father was emotional from a robbery. More than a year later, his kill- when Martinez came out to him, he was also accepting. ers have yet to be identified. “We have a very supportive famMartinez’s sister, Rosalind Pichardo, is not ready to give up ily; we don’t judge. We embraced the search. Pichardo is the founder him for who he was,” she said. According to Pichardo, Martinez of Operation Save Our City, which she launched after her brother’s was a talented budding artist who murder to promote safety and loved fashion and cosmetology. “He was a pretty good artist. He peace in Philadelphia. The group produces marches and camp-outs especially loved to draw. He loved

to design stuff and was especially good at putting an outfit together. He would give me fashion advice and would do hair for his friends. He was very creative.” She said her brother did promotional work for different gay bars in Philadelphia and frequently traveled to New York with his friends. The night he was killed, Martinez was accompanying his 16-year-old nephew to a food store when they were approached by two men who demanded money. According to Pichardo, Martinez stepped in between the two robbers and his nephew, and they shot him in the abdomen. “People have no compassion. My brother didn’t deserve to be shot down like an animal. He was my brother; it doesn’t matter if he was gay or straight,” she said. Pichardo said it wasn’t apparent whether her brother was targeted for his sexual orientation. Police spokesperson Officer Christine O’Brien said there have been no arrests in the case, nor any persons of interest identified. The motive is listed as robbery, and the the case is open and active with the Homicide Unit, she said.

ROSALIND PICHARDO (LEFT), SISTER OF MURDER VICTIM ALEX MARTINEZ, AND THEIR MOTHER BRAVED THE SNOW JAN. 25 FOR THE START OF A THREE-DAY CAMPOUT ON ALLEGHENY AVENUE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CITY VIOLENCE Photo: Scott A. Drake

But the family questions the thoroughness of the investigation. “When [Martinez] was murdered, the detectives and the officers did not make an effort to find out who he was. The day they came out to do the investigation, they were rushing. I felt like they wanted to go,” Pichardo said. Pichardo said she has called and visited the police station and has

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appellate brief in job-bias case By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

Janis Stacy continues to fight for her day in court. Three years ago, the transwoman sued LSI Corporation, where she worked as an engineer for about 10 years, prior to her termination in 2008. She claims the Allentown-based electronics firm terminated her because of her gender, gender identity and disability. This fall, U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno dismissed the case as meritless. Last week, Stacy’s attorneys filed their opening salvo in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, where Stacy seeks a court order paving the way for a jury trial in her case. The 60-page appellate brief, filed Jan. 24, urges that a jury should decide the case. Robreno “resolved numerous factual disputes in favor of LSI, gave LSI the benefit of reasonable inferences of fact and failed to mention many important facts favorable to Stacy,” according to the brief. In 2002, Stacy was diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder, and in 2005 disclosed her identity at work, presenting as a woman. She was terminated in 2008, weeks after the company adopted an antibias policy that doesn’t include gender identity as a protected category, according to the brief. Prior to her transition, Stacy had a successful career at the company and received periodic salary increases and bonuses, according to the brief. But that changed after her transition. For example, the brief said Stacy’s workgroup director immediately began shunning her, and continued to refer to her as a male. Stacy’s next work-group director told coworkers he’d been a “bigot” in the past, without clarifying that he no longer held bigoted attitudes, according to the brief.

He also allegedly suggested to Stacy that she leave LSI to be free of the problems she encountered with her prior director. When Stacy declined, the brief stated, the director dismissed her, despite protests from her immediate supervisor, who the brief says was threatened with dismissal if he continued to advocate for her. The director who terminated Stacy later claimed he had to downsize his group. But, according to the brief, Stacy was replaced with a lesser-skilled engineer shortly after she left. In court papers, LSI maintained that Stacy was terminated due to workforce reductions, and because she lacked the requisite skills to help move the company forward. LSI officials pointed to a skills assessment involving three engineers in Stacy’s work group, in which Stacy scored lowest. But Stacy’s brief alleges that the skills assessment was “a sham to mask an ulterior motive” of dismissing Stacy — and wasn’t done until after Stacy was terminated. In his ruling, Robreno said he wouldn’t “second-guess” the skills assessment and resulting business decisions on the part of LSI. Stacy’s brief says Robreno should have considered whether the assessment was a ruse to cover up job discrimination. The brief also argues LSI gave conflicting reasons for Stacy’s termination, thus raising credibility issues for a jury to sort out. Stacy is seeking an unspecified amount in compensatory and punitive damages. Robert W. Cameron, an attorney for LSI, couldn’t be reached for comment. Scott B. Goldshaw, an attorney for Stacy, declined to comment, citing the litigation. LSI has 21 days to respond to Stacy’s brief. Then, attorneys for Stacy have 14 days to file an optional reply brief. Then a three-judge panel will be selected to rule on the matter. ■

Locals attend White House briefing

A number of representatives from local LGBT-equality organizations attended the 2013 White House LGBT Policy Briefing in Washington, D.C., just three days before President Obama’s inauguration. The Jan. 18 meeting included conversations with top federal officials on progress made in the past few years on LGBT issues and advances in the coming years. Equality Pennsylvania president Adrian Shanker said the occasion stood out for its hopeful message. “The unique thing is the meeting talked about looking forward in the second term and what the second term might bring in terms of equality,” he said. Other local guests included PGN publisher Mark Segal and Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition executive director Jason Landau Goodman. Shanker said the event provided guests an opportunity “to hear from the admin-

istration about what they are proactively doing for LGBT equality. We were able to spend our energy in communicating what we want. We don’t have to fight against bad policy anymore.” Landau Goodman said he especially appreciated that the administration addressed issues surrounding LGBT youth. “The administration highlighted homeless youth, specifically LGBT youth, who are estimated to be 40 percent of homeless youth in the United States,” he said. Shanker said the briefing communicated that the administration will continue to build on the work that has already been done. “The White House is prioritizing LGBT health and human rights abroad and looking forward to any immigration-reform package that would be LGBT-inclusive,” he said. ■ — Angela Thomas

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T. Desiree Hines, organist and trans activist, 33 By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com T. Desiree Hines, a former Philadelphian and renowned organist who pioneered the way for transgender inclusion in the classical-music world, died Jan. 19 after a battle with cancer. She was 33. Hines was born in Jackson, Miss., and discovered her passion for music at a young age, working after-school jobs as a teen to afford lessons on the pipe organ. She left Mississippi in 2001 to study at Pacific Lutheran University in Washington — and to be able to live freely as a woman, which wasn’t always possible in her hometown. Hines faced institutionalized discrimination at the school, such as her appointment to a male dorm, and went on to leave the school and struggle with homelessness, living for months in a shelter in Chicago. But she overcame her obstacles by remaining committed to pursuing a career in music, studying in New York City before arriving in Philadelphia in 2006. She took on work as a caterer and as manager of the subscription campaigns at the Kimmel Center and Wilma Theater, all while developing her craft as an organist. She worked as the organist in residence, program coordinator and director of festivals at Traverse Arts Project from 2007-11. TAP founder Mark Dahl met Hines during their work at Kimmel and was eager to bring her talent to his nonprofit arts organization. Hines was the driving force behind TAP’s International GLBT Arts Festival that launched May 2009 and ran for two subsequent years. Dahl said Hines was intent on the festival being inclusive. “She had the idea for an LGBT artists festival and really wanted it to encompass all sorts of art mediums and the entire LGBT

community, which was a huge feat,” Dahl said, noting that Hines accomplished that goal, with the inaugural festival offering 35 different types of performances showcasing all sectors of the LGBT community. Hines secured a venue for the two-week festival and helped build four theaters inside the spot. Dahl said her work on the festival and other pursuits was driven by her passion for advancing the work of LGBT artists, especially those who faced discrimination. “She just had a fi e r c e d r iv e for equality, she couldn’t stand bigotry or inequality in any way,” he said. Thom Cardwell, development director for the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance, met Hines shortly after she came to town, as she sought to immerse herself in the local LGBT arts community. “She was unusual because she was an emerging artist herself, but she was always talking not just about her first love, music, but she really wanted a festival that included visual arts, dance, sculpture, performance arts, comedy, literature, poetry,” Cardwell said, adding that she was also invested in helping advance the younger community of artists. “She wanted to be a mentor to people. She had achieved certain accomplishments in her own music career and was hoping to achieve more, but it always touched me that she was always talking about younger artists, what they needed and that she wanted to see them succeed. She was very supportive of other artists in an unusual, unique way

that we don’t always see in people with artistic temperaments.” Hines also had an acumen for business, Cardwell said. She was especially successful at garnering new funding when getting TAP off the ground. “She was a one-woman show. She’d say, ‘OK, we’re going to apply for the n o n p r o fi t t a x exempt status with the IRS and we’re going to get support from this foundation and get money from this group of business people,’” Cardwell said. “She’d come back from lunch with donors and say, ‘That went well. They took me to lunch and we got $3,000 from them.’ And I think that was because of her personality. She was so energetic, so passionate, so genuine, so driven. That was very catchy. People caught that fervor and fever she had.” Hines also served on the boards of the Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus and The SafeGuards Project. She was also a longtime volunteer for LGBT grantmaking agency Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, whose former executive director Perry Monastero said Hines was a “positive, inspiring, tenacious spirit.” DVLF board chair D. Mark Mitchell met Hines when he was vice chair of the board and said she loved volunteering at the agency’s HEROES event, and was the best volunteer bartender at the annual TOY. Mitchell said Hines was so committed to the local LGBT community because of the love that the community showed her during

her time in Philadelphia. “I think it was the acceptance that she found, being accepted into this community here,” he said. “Both of us were from the South, so that was something we would talk about and that was hard for her, but she found everyone here in Philadelphia so accepting of who she was. And that was easy to do because she was just bigger than life and let everyone know that as soon as she walked through the door.” While Hines had a deep love and aptitude for Southern cooking — and would banter with Mitchell about whose macaroni and cheese recipe was superior — she was most well-known for her musical talent. From 2007-11, she worked as the director of sacred music and organist at Holy Innocents St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Dahl said Hines, a member of the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, was let go from a number of former church organist positions when churches learned that she was trans — but that didn’t shake her faith. “She was a black transsexual living in the Baptist-church world. She got fired from a lot of jobs but she had church music in her,” he said. “It sounds weird how someone could be so Christian but be in one of the most marginalized parts of society, but she was fiercely religious. She fought against bigotry every day, from the churches she worked in to just everywhere she went.” And her work led to major inroads for trans musicians. Hines was invited to perform as the soloist on the Kimmel Center’s Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ at the venue’s 2008 Summer Solstice Celebration, which Dahl said was a major highlight in her musical career. She was also invited by LGBT Academy of Recording Arts to perform at the OUTMusic Awards in December 2010, the first time a classical musician was asked to participate. She played alongPAGE 14

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Obituary Sally Star, performer and LGBT ally, 90 By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Local TV icon and ardent LGBT supporter Sally Starr died Jan. 27, two days after her 90th birthday. Starr hosted “Popeye Theater” from 1950 through the ’70s on WFIL, the predecessor to WPVI, solidifying her cowgirl persona and nickname “our gal Sal.” The recording artist also hosted her own country-music show based out of New Jersey until two years ago. She was a longtime supporter of the LGBT community. She hosted PGN’s Lambda Awards, appeared at Henri David’s Halloween ball and at LGBT rodeo events. She was a speaker at the Philadelphia Pride celebration most years from the early 1990s until her most recent appearance in 2010. Philly Pride Presents executive director Franny Price said she once asked Starr why she was so invested in the LGBT community. “She told me that the children who watched her on TV were everybody — white, black, Asian, Spanish, gay, straight — and she loved all her fans,” Price said. That feeling was reciprocal, she added. Each year, the line to meet Starr was lengthy. “No matter how many times she came and spoke at Pride, the lines were never less than 300-people deep of people wanting her autograph,” Price said. “One year she brought copies of a book she wrote and she sold out. Police who were on duty would come up to me and say, ‘Can you get me an autograph for my mom?’ And this was every year. People just loved her. For this generation, this is who we grew up with, and it’s exciting to have a TV celebrity like this who supports you.”

In 1998, Starr brought a defamation suit against a New Jersey radio station after an on-air host referred to her as a “lesbian cowgirl.” Starr told the Inquirer that year that she wasn’t offended by the label but rather by the host’s intentions. “If I was a lesbian, I’d say so because that’s no big deal,” she said. “But to me it was an out-and-out lie, a way to boost his ratings.” And, Price said, Starr took a lot of flack because of the host’s comment — including the loss of bookings that resulted in a serious financial hardship. “She could have stopped all association with us so she had a stronger case to prove she wasn’t a lesbian, but she didn’t. She was very loyal to this community,” Price said. “I admire and respect Sally so much because I know what a genuine person she was. She loved her fans and didn’t care who we were and, in a sense, that cost her her livelihood. She showed me how important it is to support our allies for supporting us.” A viewing will be held from 5-8 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Constantino Funeral Home, 231 W. White Horse Pike in Berlin, N.J., with a funeral service immediately following. Burial will be private. ■

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Creep of the Week

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Peter Sprigg

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Maximizing on the Bowl This weekend, the greatest confluence of the professional sports world and American commercialism — the Super Bowl — will return, presenting myriad opportunities for pro athletes to continue to use their influence for product sales. But one star football player will use the chance to sell something greater than shoes, beer or Gatorade. Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendan Ayanbadejo reached out to leading LGBT advocates shortly after his team secured its spot in the Big Game to brainstorm on how to further marriage equality and anti-bullying initiatives through the publicity afforded him by his Bowl appearance. In interviews, Ayanbadejo has said he is a longtime supporter of the LGBT community after being raised in an open-minded, diverse family. This past fall, he made a video to support the marriage-equality fight in Maryland and was even called out for his advocacy to the Ravens owner by an antigay Maryland legislator. Regardless of whether you’re donning your purple and black or are bound by your Golden Gate loyalty, Ayanbadejo’s advocacy should be cheered by fans from both sides of the stadium. The sports world is often — whether deserving or not — thought of as the last bastion of homophobia. Perhaps it is the hyper-masculine attitudes that permeate the pro-sports industry, further reinforced on Super Bowl Sunday by commercial after commercial featuring scantily clad women, beerslinging muscle men and all-around aggressive behavior. But Ayanbadejo and likeminded progressive athletes are showing that not all sports personalities fall under that cloak (or, even if they do enjoy scantily clad women, beer-slinging and aggressive behavior, they also have more forward-thinking, enlightened sides). While it is yet to be seen how Ayanbadejo will use his Super Bowl trip to further LGBT causes — whether through a game-day advertisement, pre- or post-game interviews or the like — the fact that he’s willing and eager to do so, is in and of itself, an advancement for the community. His leadership illustrates to the nonenlightened sector of the football fan community that the LGBT world and the sports world do not, and should not, exist as mutually exclusive. And that advocates for LGBT equality do not all fit into the often-stereotyped boxes assigned to them. Most importantly, visible allies such as Ayanbadejo pave the way for future generations of LGBT athletes and sports fans. Countless young sports enthusiasts may shy away from trying out for their schools’ teams, or from cheering on their favorite team from the stands, because of the perceived incompatibility with their budding orientation or identity and the sports world. But, with the backing of a major Super Bowl player, those youth may get one step closer to their goal. ■

As I write this, gays and lesbians are celebrating the fact that President Obama called for equal rights for everyone, not just straight people, during his inaugural address. This was the first time a president has expressed his support for gays and lesbians at this event. Conservatives, on the other hand, are sad bastards. Scrolling through conservative social-media feeds, you’d think the #tcot (that’s “Top Conservatives on Twitter”) were live-tweeting a funeral. Or they were just bitching. The Young Cons, a “Christian and Conservative Duo from Dartmouth College,” wrote, “The poem Obama wanted to read: ‘Roses are red, violets are blue, I won reelection, now I’m ready to screw you.’ #tcot.” Whatever, Young Cons. That doesn’t even scan. The poem that actually was read at the inauguration was “One Today” by Richard Blanco, a known gay whose selection as inaugural poet must have felt to conservatives like Obama just rubbing his pro-equality message in. Speaking of that message, during his address Obama said, “We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone, to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.” In case you didn’t catch how gay that was, let me spell it out for you: He name-dropped Stonewall, the historic rising-up of LGBT people against police harassment in New York in 1969, considered to be the birth of the LGBTrights movement. Not only did he name it, but also he put it in the company of the women’s-rights (Seneca Falls) and civil-rights (Selma) movements. To say that’s a rousing endorsement for LGBT rights is an understatement. Obama continued, “It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. For if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one

another must be equal as well.” Beautifully put, if I do say so myself (and I do). But not everyone was so moved. Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council took issue with a tweet from the American Foundation for Equal Rights that quoted Obama: “for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.” Sprigg graciously responded, “All PEOPLE are equal; all conduct, relationships are not.” Sprigg then retweeted a post from Gina Dalfonzo, who is affiliated with the Break Point Blog, which promises “a conversation on current events and Christian worldview.” Sprigg’s tweet read, “Exactly. RT @ginadalfonzo: Um, Mr. President, our gay brothers and sisters ARE treated like every other citizen under the law.” This is, of course, a favorite line of argument against marriage equality: That gays and lesbians have the same rights as everyone else to marry someone of the opposite sex. Sprigg even took time out to make fun of Bishop Gene Robinson. Sprigg responded to Robinson’s tweet: “Invited by POTUS to sit in the presidential viewing stand. Practicing my queenly wave!” by tweeting, “Real tweet. No comment.” Get it? Because, OMG, Obama is letting a gay homo sit with him and that gay homo is being all gay about it. Eww! Bottom line, regardless of the conservative bellyaching, Obama’s speech was nothing short of historic, and progressives are hoping the sequel term is even better than the original. ■

Sprigg graciously responded, “All PEOPLE are equal; all conduct, relationships are not.”

D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world, she reviews rock ’n’ roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister.

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Out with the upper crust Even I’m amazed at times at how far never discriminated. When LGBT legislathe LGBT community in Philadelphia has tion is in City Council, it passes unanicome, to lead the nation in showing how mously. All citywide political candidates, we can work in harmony to increase equal- from both the Democratic and Republican parties, support marriage equality — and, ity and build a first-rate city. by the way, I know it is not often, but Last Saturday, my partner Jason and this is a reason to applaud I were the guests of The Philadelphia Inquirer at the Republicans. Philadelphia Republicans are accepting Academy of Music’s 167th of our community. In fact, annual Ball. The ball — a highpriced, high-society (read: Philadelphia is a city that celupper-crust) event — is one of ebrates its diversity, and you’d the last of its kind in the nation. find it difficult to find anyone who does not support LGBT It’s strictly white tie and tails equality. for men and glamorous gowns It would be easy to list so and shoes for women. many other examples but, The annual ball is a fundraiser for the historic Academy the truth is, I don’t have to. of Music itself and the If you’re LGBT, you know it Philadelphia Orchestra. I’ll skip and I’m preaching to the choir. Human Rights Campaign rated the show — an incredible live performance by Hugh Jackman us (with bonus points) more — and get right to the point. Mark Segal LGBT-friendly than New York Even at an event at the pinnacle City, Los Angeles and even San of U.S. upper-crust society, you not only Francisco. And they surveyed 137 cities ... see LGBT people, but you see them being I’m a Philadelphia chauvinist. I love very out. It was not uncommon to see, on this city and I love our community. I’m so one of the dance floors, LGBT couples ... proud of what we have built, and I’m also proud of all those leaders who help a city and not one of the upper crust gave a double look. learn to embrace our community and welIt made me look back and recall the come us to build a great city. ■ African-American church-sponsored Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the American Legion that honored the nation’s most-award-winning commentaLGBT community, or the Southeastern tor in LGBT media. He can be reached at Pennsylvania Girl Scouts issuing a statemark@epgn.com. ment at the height of the Boy Scouts discrimination hype that they do not and have

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Street Talk Should President Obama have mentioned transgender rights in his inaugural address? “Yes. Leaving that out gave the wrong impression. Obama is the president of the United States. He’s supposed to stand up for Tanner Arroyo everyone’s deliveryman rights, Newark, Del. including transgender people. If he truly believes in equality, he should have specified that transgenders have rights, too.”

“Yes. He should have added that. He could have made his point about equal rights more clearly if he Nathan Beck mentioned security trainee the transNewark, Del. gender community. By not doing so, he offended a lot of people. That could have been easily avoided.”

“Sure. Why not? I appreciate the fact that Obama mentioned gays. But he should have used the inclusive Amanda Marshall acronym store clerk LGBT. It’s Washington Square West a wellestablished acronym. Most people would have understood what he meant.”

“It would have been nice if he hadn’t overlooked that group. However, it was a step in the right Daniel Panichelli direction for information techniPresident cian Obama to Chinatown mention gays. He deserves credit for that. I wouldn’t criticize him because he took such a big step by mentioning gay rights.”

I’ve written to the higher-ups in Chicago but never got a reply. I bankrupted myself financially and physically for OFA-PA and got nothing back. I’m really sorry I ever did it. They should be ashamed of themselves. When they needed us, they were all smiles. Now that the election is over and they don’t need us anymore, it is nothing but silence. Shame on them.

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Letters and Feedback In response to “Inauguration Day historic for LGBTs, local musicians,” Jan. 25-31: I would also point out that members of the OFA-PA LGBT Outreach Office have been forgotten since the campaign ended. I worked for six months without pay or benefits. OFA-PA consistently claimed they didn’t have the “budget” to pay any LGBT staffers. Since the campaign ended, the paid OFA-PA staff got a smorgasbord of things to help their transition to the “regu-

lar” workforce: new email accounts, free iPhones, low or no-cost laptops, unemployment benefits and other things denied to the unpaid staff. To add insult to injury, we also weren’t given tickets to the inauguration events such as the swearing-in or the Staff Ball held [that] Tuesday night. It is heartbreaking to see OFA-PA bigwigs bragging online about the parties they went to while I and my friends weren’t even invited. When I did complain to my former boss, I was told to stop “the drama.”

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I knew as early as 2010 that there could be bipartisan support for comprehensive and inclusive safe-schools [legislation]. I wish I was more involved after 2011, though. I thank Jason [Landau Goodman] and PSEC for putting this out. — JordanGwendolynDavis

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between Jan. 14-Jan. 20. Information is courtesy of 6th District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686-TIPS (8477). INCIDENTS — At 4 p.m. Jan. 14 at 11th and Walnut streets, a man on a bicycle snatched a woman’s gold chain from her neck and fled west on Walnut. The suspect was described as a thin black male wearing a wool cap. — At 8:45 a.m. Jan. 15, used cooking oil stored in containers to be collected by a recycling company was taken without permission from outside El Vez, 121 S. 13th St., by the operator of a white Chevy truck with a Pennsylvania license plate. — At 1:25 p.m. Jan. 15, a man stole two iPad Minis from Springboard Media, 116

S. 13th St. The suspect was described as a black male, 25-30, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, 150-180 pounds, wearing a gray jacket, jeans and a tan baseball cap. — At 10:45 a.m. Jan. 16, a woman was outside 201 S. Broad St. when a man snatched her handbag and fled south on Broad. The only description provided was a male wearing dark clothing. — At 6:45 p.m. Jan. 16, a man left his 2011 Ford with a valet at the 5 Star parking garage at 337 S. Broad St. When he returned, an envelope with cash was missing. — Between 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 17, someone stole a secured bicycle from outside 204 S. 12th St. — At 5 a.m. Jan. 17, a man left his 2003 Subaru running with a male he picked up in a bar outside 1201 Sansom St., and when he returned, the car and the man were gone. — Between 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 17, someone stole a handbag from an unlocked 1990 Ford, parked in the 1000 block of Chestnut Street. The victim did not want the scene

checked for fingerprints. — On Jan. 17, a woman parked a 1997 Nissan somewhere around 1301 Chestnut St., but was not sure exactly where and reported it stolen because she could not find it. — At 1:35 p.m. Jan. 19, a man took a display phone from the wall of the AT&T store at 1206 Walnut St. and fled. The suspect was described as a black male, 25, 6-feet, with a light beard, wearing a blue hoodie and a dark vest. — At 2 a.m. Jan. 20, someone stole a pair of Michael Jackson-autographed shoes up for auction from a second-floor room inside the Loews Hotel, 1200 Market St. The $50,000 shoes were later found in a limousine and returned to the owner. — At 5:55 p.m. Jan. 20, a man was getting into his car in the 1300 block of Chestnut Street when he was accosted by his former partner, who threatened him with a handgun. No injuries were reported. Central Detective Division has the identity of the suspect and will obtain an arrest warrant for assault. ■

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Kelvyn Anderson, interim director of the city’s Police Advisory Commission, has been promoted to the position of executive director, PAC members announced this week. Anderson, 53, was selected in an 8-0 vote prior to the PAC’s Jan. 28 public meeting. “I’m honored that the commission has confidence in my ability to help move us forward,” Anderson said. He’s been with the PAC for about 12 years, and previously served as its deputy director. In July, Anderson began as PAC’s interim director, after executive director William M. Johnson was relieved of his duties. PAC members unanimously re-elected Ronda B. Goldfein as chair, Audrey F. Bronson as vice-chair, James C. Crumlish 3d as parliamentarian and Chuck Volz as secretary. They will serve another one-year term. The PAC has 11 vacancies, but Goldfein said the Nutter administration is expected to appoint three new commissioners shortly. PAC members continue to work on a final report about Nizah Morris, a transgender woman found with a fatal head wound in 2002 shortly after receiving a ride from Philadelphia police, and hope to release it in the coming months. The next PAC meeting will be held 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at a location �� to be announced. ��

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LGBT night at play The LGBT community is invited to a special fundraising performance of “The Mountaintop,” 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. Proceeds from the evening’s production will benefit LGBT grantmaking agency Delaware Valley Legacy Fund. The play follows the last night of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. Equality Forum, Mazzoni Center, QFest and the William Way LGBT Community Center will host the event, which will include a postshow discussion on King’s work and the LGBT-rights movement. Tickets are $50. Visit www. PhiladelphiaTheatreCompany.org/ tickets or call 215-985-0420. Use promo code “LGBT” for the discounted tickets. ■ — Angela Thomas

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clearly fired before,” she said. Pichardo was told the officers would investigate the scene; however, two days later, the casings were still there. “We called the office to see if anything was investigated and they told us we had to bring the bullets to them,” she said. “I feel like we have to do everything. We are the ones on the blocks trying to find out who the killers are.” O’Brien said in a statement that “our Homicide detectives diligently and thoroughly investigate each and every homicide until brought to a resolution.” Pichardo said there is surveillance from a local shop that shows the murder. “The video is kind of clear, but I feel like it could be enhanced, but the police won’t even try and enhance the imaging,” she said. Martinez’s defense of his nephew depicted in the video showed a lot about his character, Pichardo added. “It said that he was strong, which people didn’t know. Even though he was quiet, he would stand up for what he believed in. He was very protective of his family. He was special; he wasn’t the kind of person you forget,” she said. “He had such a good heart.” Martinez’s murder has taken a toll on his family. “My mom has not handled this very well because she feels like the police are not doing anything,” Pichardo said. “My brother did not grow up in a broken family, he grew up in a happy family. There was so much happiness when my HINES from page 5

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side TAP’s annual screening of “Nosferatu,” improvising the score, which Dahl said illustrated her inborn talent. “She could never really get the education she wanted because she had to keep switching schools, but she loved classical music and the pipe organ, and was brilliant at it,” he said. “She would play all day long, whether people were there to hear it or not; she just loved the instrument so much. And people loved her music and her talent.” Hines moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 2011 to study at the University of Missouri. She took on the role of staff organist at the Community of Christ Headquarters in Independence, Mo., and was appointed as the Isabel Curdy Endowed Organ Scholar at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kansas City, the first AfricanAmerican in that position.

brother was around and now my family is so depressed.” But Pichardo’s work with Operation Save Our City has been encouraging. She said the most rewarding aspect of the work is getting youth involved. “It is amazing to see the teenagers come out,” she said. “They realize how much devastation violence can cause a family or how there are other options and people to talk to besides committing violence.” Pichardo said even children as young as 10 are ready to help with the cause. Several-hundred people turned out last weekend for the three-day camp-out on Allegheny Avenue, in which Pichardo and supporters slept in tents despite Friday’s snow and the bitter temperatures. Pichardo said she plans to continue Operation Save Our City and hopes to include more youthfocused events. “We want to have events where kids can come out and we can have plays and skits on how people can deal with violence,” she said. While the agency is focused on curbing crime citywide, Pichardo said an arrest in her brother’s case would be a big sigh of relief for her family and the community. “It would mean that nobody else would have to go through what we went through in the hands of this killer. He won’t take another life. I just want him to be caught and off the streets. I don’t want him dead, I wouldn’t wish that on anybody, but what he did was wrong and he needs to make himself right.” ■ In an interview with PGN shortly before she left the city, Hines expressed optimism for her future music career. “Lately, I feel like I see myself three blocks ahead and I need to catch up. Just the other day I already got a call from a major concert hall. I think there are going to be a lot of good things coming my way,” she said. “I’m so blessed to have come to Philadelphia and get my feet wet, because everything that’s happened here has prepared me for the next stage of my career.” When Hines was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer shortly after the move, Dahl said she retained her optimistic outlook. “I had no idea it was as serious as it was because of her attitude,” he said. “She was so positive, always.” Details on a local memorial are pending. ■

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McCrea, there was no parkinggarage attendant on the scene at the time of the incident. McCrea said the personnel at E-Z Park are not assuming responsibility for the incident and have charged McCrea for holding his car overnight, which he said he can’t move because his keys were stolen. “I had a locksmith come out and it will take two weeks for me to get new keys,” he said. Investigators interviewed McCrea Tuesday. South Detective Division Capt. Laurence Nodiff said detectives uncovered surveillance video of the attack. “Based on looking at interviews and the circumstance here, what I believe is one of the victims was a performer and still had some of his makeup on. There were some slurs verbalized and so, based on the totality of those circumstances, it started initially as a parking dispute and then escalated into inappropriate words and the assault,” he said. McCrea said there wasn’t an issue about parking; rather, the woman who confronted them appeared offended that they were in the parking garage. “It wasn’t anything about parking — but that we were in her parking lot,” he said. Nodiff said investigators are considering the possibility that the incident was a hate crime motivated by the victims’ perceived sexual orientation. “It is something that we are looking into and if we are able to substaintiate that, we will request the appropriate charges from the District Attorney’s office,” Nodiff said. McCrea, originally from Ohio, said he and Barlow, of Media, usually feel safe walking around the city, although he noticed that the parking lot is not well-lit. Philly Pride Presents president Franny Price said she’s concerned that the incident is indicative of a larger trend. “For years, you haven’t heard of major gay-bashing and then all of a sudden within one month, there are two incidents where people get really hurt,” she said, referencing a New Year’s Eve incident in which a gay couple was attacked on Chestnut Street in the Gayborhood. “There are still people in the world that will never understand the LGBT community.” ■

hours worked, capping the earned hours at 56 per year. Businesses with five-11 employees would be required to give their workers up to 32 hours of earned paid sick leave per year. Businesses with fewer than five employees would be exempt from the law. Among the stipulations of the measure, employees could take the paid time off to care for a same-sex partner. The legislation is nearly identical to that of last session, although this version also allows for protections for victims of domestic violence. Greenlee said employees of the housekeeping and restaurant industries are the ones who often work most directly with the public but are typically not granted paid sick leave. “I think the overriding factor to me is the health and fairness of it; the priority of the individual

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themselves, their coworkers and the public,” the councilman said. Greenlee said a paid sick-leave bill was launched in San Francisco with no significant hindrance to businesses. With the recent flu epidemic, Greenlee said many Philadelphians have been unable to stay home and take care of their health because of the lack of paid time off. “If you are sick, it is often a dilemma. They think, is this going t o m a ke a difference if I can pay my bills this week?” he said. Out attorney Sherrie Cohen was involved in the coalition to advance the legislation last session, lobbying for the bill, par-

ticipating in rallies and speaking at a press conference with leaders from LGBT organizations. Cohen said the bill is especially important for LGBT people. “It respects and protects our families by allowing us to take leave to care for our partners and children,” she said. “For example, some people in our community who already have earned sick time cannot use it to care for their life partners; the earned sick-leave bill would ensure that people could use earned sick leave to care for life partners.” Cohen noted that more than 40 percent of the city’s private-sector workers, or about 210,000 people, do not have paid sick days.

“If you are sick, it is often a dilemma. They think, is this going to make a difference if I can pay my bills this week?”

“As a result, people are forced to go to work when they are ill because they cannot afford to lose pay or to risk losing their jobs,” she said. Greenlee said the bill has helped educate Philadelphians about the realities many local workers face. “I’ve even had people in my neighborhood who said it was a good idea. People had no idea that a lot of individuals do not have paid sick leave. I think it will be the social-justice issue of the next decade and will have Philadelphia more out and front,” he said. Greenlee introduced the measure with eight cosponsors. The bill will need nine votes to pass and 12 to stave off a potential mayoral veto. “It is going to be tight,” he said. “I am confident, but not overconfident. I will have to keep working on it and enforcing its importance.” ■

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and the disabled. According to court records, Cradle has consistently declined to sign an antibias agreement covering those groups. The case awaits a briefing schedule for Cradle to answer the city’s November appellate brief. Cradle contends the city owes it about $1 million in legal fees, but if the city’s appeal prevails, it won’t be required to pay those fees. Meanwhile, Cradle continues to occupy the building on 22nd Street, near the Ben Franklin Parkway. Gregg A. Kravitz, an LGBT activist who has followed the litigation, expressed mixed feelings about BSA’s announcement. “It’s great the Scouts apparently will allow individual councils and units to accept gay members,” he said. “But if discrimination exists in employment practices, it’s sending a mixed message. The litigation should proceed until there’s no discrimination inside the building, period.” He added the city shouldn’t settle if Cradle agrees to stop seeking legal fees from the city yet continues to discriminate in the building. “That puts a price tag on civil rights, and I don’t believe we should do that,” Kravitz said. Margaret A. Downey, president of the Freethought Society, an advocacy group for the nontheist community, echoed Kravitz’s sentiments. “It’s of the utmost importance for the city to continue with the litigation until there’s no discrimination whatsoever in that building,” Downey said. “If it means Cradle’s eviction, so be it.” Published reports state that the BSA’s proposed membership change doesn’t extend to atheists, because the BSA continues to view “duty to God” as a core principle. Downey said the rights of everyone should be protected. “We don’t want the city to throw nontheists aside as unimportant,” she added. “I just hope the LGBT community will fight for our rights. We have a long history of fighting for LGBT rights.” Mark McDonald, a spokesperson for Mayor Nutter, said the city is closely monitoring the situation. “The [eviction] case remains on appeal,” McDonald said in an email. “We are watching carefully what the national [BSA] organization is proposing.” The national BSA has engaged a firm to receive and tally public opinions about the proposal. The number to register your opinion is 972-580-2330. Emails may be sent to nationalsupportcent er@scouting.org. ■

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nique of printmaking I had a harder time discussing with the students what they were trying to express in their work and trying to Art enthusiasts of all kinds have a number find the words in their vocabulary to articuof opportunities to expand their horizons, late the underlying meaning in their work. I thanks to new programs from local organiza- was struggling with this and somebody suggested to me that I should take the Violette tions. de Mazia Foundation courses because it would help in finding the right words to help me with the critiques. So I started taking courses and I got hooked. I continued with them for a number of years and then they asked me to start teaching for them.” Stoughton said the course focused on “The Female Gaze” as an opportunity for pupils to see and get insight on the diverse selection of work by known and unknown female artists. “I’ve never seen so many works by female artists in one setting,” she said. “I think the sheer diversity of the work we will be looking at will dispel any preconceived notions of what female art is as opposed to male art. I’m looking forward to looking at that question, looking at the work and doing some myth “HEREDITARY UNCERTAINTY” BY CHRISTINA RAMBERG AND “AMPLIFYING busting. There are so many works THE OBVIOUS” BY EMMETT RAMSTAD that we won’t be tackling all of them. This will be an introduction to the method that we teach. The Violette de Mazia Foundation is about But I think what is unique about this is that to embark on a series of classes, programs we will be looking at the works of female artand walking tours focusing on art appre- ists in a great variety.” While “The Female Gaze” will present ciation, and one of the more unique classes involves and exhibition called “The Female contemporary work with a number of differGaze: Women Artists Making Their World,” ent media included, a companion exhibit will at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine also be on display that will include some of the more historic pieces by female artists. Arts, Feb. 13-27. Stoughton said course participants will be Artist Christine Stoughton, the instructor for the class — which will run Wednesdays able to explore links among the work through in February — said she became involved the two exhibits. “We’ll be able to look at it somewhat hiswith the foundation after taking a number of torically to see what influences may have its courses. “I was a teacher and a psychologist in affected the contemporary work we’re lookmy former life and then I went back to ing at.” Stoughton pointed out that one doesn’t the Academy, and after I graduated from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts I started have to be an art expert for the courses at the teaching again,” she said. “I was teaching Violette de Mazia Foundation, as they require studio courses in printmaking, and I found nothing more than curiosity and a sincere that while I was great at teaching the tech- interest in learning. PAGE 24

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“They are very universal,” she said. “Most of our students are just interested in understanding art better, but they come from very diverse professions and ages. They come from different walks of life. We teach courses all the way from grade school to seniors, so there’s no one type of student. We have a very large return rate. Most people come to us confused about how to think about and approach art. They have some ideas but aren’t very confident in their own abilities. They think they need to rely on art historical perspectives of what other peo“LOCKS. CURLS. TRESSES. MANES. ple have written about. But we give them MOPS. SHOCKS. RINGLETS. STRANDS. tools that make them more independent in SNIPPETS. COATS. TRIMMINGS. BITS.” looking at the works themselves. So it’s a BY EMMETT RAMSTAD very empowering feeling and, once people collection the center has amassed over the get hooked, we have a very large returning years, we were really committed to it being group of students. They always want more.” Stoughton added that in her experience, a diverse representation of the artists who have contributed their works to the collectaking the courses made her a better artist. “What we teach is how to see more,” she tion and who have exhibited in the gallery,” explained. “Once you start that process of she said. “Over the course of a weekend, a seeing more, you become more open to the small group from the committee met and world outside of art and to your everyday walked the building, examining the pieces existence. What art is, is teaching people that were installed in public spaces throughto see things in new and exciting ways. So out the center and the pieces that were in storage. We felt like it was also important to highlight new additions to the collection and to include pieces that the community doesn’t see as often because they are in storage.” Thompson added there will be more exhibitions from the archives later this year. “The next show in the gallery beginning in March is our Eighth Annual Juried Art Competition and is a great opportunity for artists to exhibit in the space,” she said. “It’s an open call to all LGBTQ artists in the tristate area, and this year we are very excited to welcome Amy Sadao, the new director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, as our guest juror.” For those who want to go beyond just viewing the art the center has on display, there is much more that supporters can do, Thompson said. “One of the most important ways the community can support the gallery is by becomARTIST AND INSTRUCTOR CHRISTINE ing involved in the work we do to support STOUGHTON local LGBT artists,” she said. “There are by the sheer amount of art that I look at, opportunities to become involved by donatit continually feeds my creative juices and ing your time and talents through volunteermakes me braver in what I attempt in my ing at the center, which is priceless. Become a donor and help to fund the great work that own work.” People looking for works by LGBT art- we do. Those unrestricted dollars make such ists can also head over to the William Way a difference. You can also consider donatLGBT Community Center, which currently ing your artwork to the center to help build the collection. We are focused on collecting has two exhibitions on display. Its Art Gallery features more than 100 LGBTQ artists specifically. We also host pieces from the center’s permanent art col- artist receptions about six times a year, so lection through Feb. 22, and “Intimately please consider coming out to support our Preserved” is a solo exhibition of artwork artists and help spread the word about the by Emmett Ramstad inspired by historical local LGBTQ artistic community, which is research at LGBT archives in Philadelphia, so amazing.” ■ San Francisco and Bloomington, Ind., For more information on the William Way through March 29. Candice Thompson, director of center LGBT Community Center’s art exhibitions services, said the center’s committee of vol- visit www.waygay.org. unteers decides which pieces from their col- For more information on the Violette de Mazia Foundation and their classes, call lection go on display. “When the committee decided it was 610-971-9960, e-mail LFishel@demazia. time to highlight the tremendous permanent org or visit www.demazia.org.

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Local musicians to power up a new cabaret By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Two out Philadelphia artists are getting together to present something electrifying in the city’s cabaret scene. The duo, Sebastian & Storey, will team up to perform alongside other artists in “Plugged Inn: An Electric Cabaret,” Feb. 67 at The Trestle Inn. Sebastian Cummings and Ben Storey were introduced to each other not as musicians but as actors. “We met doing a show together, ‘The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later,’”

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Cummings explained. And it was at another show where the two discovered they shared similar musical interests and a desire to put on a cabaret show. “Brat Productions had a festival call ed ‘Brat. Shit. Crazy.’ and we performed a dance piece at The Trestle Inn,” Cummings said. “After we did that, we thought to ourselves, Hey, we could do this ourselves

if we wanted to, and we did.” Storey said Plugged Inn will differ from what people have come to expect from a cabaret show. “The energy you get will have a feel that changes throughout the night, from a theatrical experience to a concert to a party,” he said. “And it has a very young feel to it. We were just talking about music and how we wanted to put on our own show that was different from a lot of stuff we see around town.” And just as Plugged Inn is a different animal from your standard cabaret, Cummings and Storey each bring a different musical focus to the show. “We both make electronic music. Sebastian does more of a pop-dance style and I play in a band with my roommate [Mixed Signals with Anne Marie Drolet],” Storey said. “We do an eight-bit electronic different style.“ “I have produced sound, if that means anything,” Cummings added. “We have a very video-gamey sound. It’s fun and kind of silly and playful, where Sebastian’s music is definitely fun but has more of a dramatic tone,” Storey continued. “He does a theatrical performance with a lot of choreographed dances. When we perform, it’s more laidback and casual and playful.” Storey said if “Plugged Inn” works out, you can expect to see more of their collaborations around town. “Depending on how this goes, we’ve talked about the idea of doing the show again with different acts. We’re also both working on some writing projects and our main background is in theater so we’re talking about collaborating on new plays.” ■ Catch “Plugged Inn: An Electric Cabaret” 7 p.m. Feb. 6-7 at The Trestle Inn, 339 N. 11th St. For more information or tickets, call 267-239-0290 or visit www.playsandplayers.org.

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Denise Brown: Using her leeway to back the community, arts Denise Brown’s bio contains so many listings, you would think you were reading about five different women — but it’s all Brown. As if being executive director of the Leeway Foundation wasn’t enough work, Brown is also co-chair of Bread and Roses Community Fund and serves on the advisory committee of Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, as well as the boards of the newly formed Philadelphia Public Access Corporation, Delaware Valley Grantmakers, the Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Fund and Scribe Video Center. She previously served on the board of the Funding Exchange and the Women’s Community Revitalization Project. A graduate of Brown University, she was a film programmer for the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema from its debut until 1998, and has also served as a panelist for the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. She delivered the keynote address at the 24th annual National Women of Color Day and was honored by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. Brown has also been nominated for the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund’s Straight Ally HERO Award. PGN: OK, I’ll start with the fact that I’ve known you for a long time and until I did my research yesterday, I didn’t know that you weren’t a member of the LGBT community. DB: [Laughs.] Ah! Well, you’re certainly not the first person to say they thought I was gay. Or if they find out I’m straight they’ll say, “But I thought you liked women?” And I’ll say, “But, of course I like women. I am a woman, why wouldn’t I like them?” PGN: That’s funny. Tell me about the time and the place you were born. DB: I was born in New Jersey, Beth Israel Hospital in Passaic. PGN: Really? Me too! DB: Stop! How funny is that? Yeah, my mother’s and father’s families all lived in Northern New Jersey. I lived there for the first eight years of my life before my mother remarried and we moved to California. After high school, I returned to the East Coast to go to college. I’ve pretty much been on the East Coast since then. PGN: I didn’t know you were a California girl. What was a favorite thing to do there? DB: I was privileged enough to grow up in Los Angeles and was near the beach, so I loved to swim, both indoors and outdoors. I loved riding my bike and that sort of thing but I never got into organized sports. I tended to be more involved with artistic pursuits like art class or dance. My favorite

thing of all was to read. It’s such a solitary pursuit but I enjoyed it. PGN: Favorite book growing up? DB: Oh boy. “Pippi Longstocking” comes to mind. I also liked Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. I think I read the whole series. I still like mysteries as one of my guilty pleasures. The pulpier the better.

DB: Oh! I’m such a critic. I walk out of movie theaters all the time. “Killer of Sheep” by Charles Burnett and “The Apu Trilogy” by Satyajit Ray.

PGN: Any pets as a kid? DB: I sort of remember having birds. And a poodle named Little Bit and a boxer named Big Boy.

PGN: A favorite moment with the film festival? DB: Being with my coworkers. We did a lot in addition to the film festival, like the Neighborhood Film and Video Project, and one of my favorite things was a series of films I put together called “Blaxploitation and Beyond.” One of our guests was filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles and he was a really gracious and lovely person. And that guy who directed “Putney Swope,” Robert Downey Sr., his son Robert Downey Jr. was interesting. There were a lot of great moments.

PGN: Any siblings? DB: Nope. Only child [laughs], as far as I know!

PGN: I once got into trouble for ... DB: Not calling my mother to let her know I’d be late coming home.

PGN: What did the folks do? DB: My father, through a circuitous route, became an academic. His degree was in African politics and he did a dissertation on the decolonization of African nations. After graduate school he became a dean of student affairs at Brown University, which is where I went to school. My mother was a nurse and a homemaker. She also was an artist but as an avocation, not a vocation. She was a wonderful cook as well.

PGN: That’s it?

PGN: I just saw “Pippi Longstocking” on a list of feminist literature for kids or something like that. DB: Well, no wonder I loved it.

PGN: As a film buff, give me your top-two films.

PGN: Is that the side that walks out of movies? DB: Ha! Yeah! But then there’s a tender, compassionate side of me. I go through periods where I meditate. One time when I was doing a lot of sitting meditation and study, I remember being on the bus and seeing some woman screaming at her child. I found myself reflecting on the fact that she was doing it because someone had probably done it to her and next thing you know I was crying on the No. 2 bus. That’s when I figured I needed too take a break from meditation for a minute. I don’t know that I want to be that compassionate that I’m weeping on public transportation. PGN: What was your first awareness of the LGBT community? DB: When I was a child. My mother was very openminded, and I grew up around a lot of queer and gay folks. It was a time when you gave people honorifics so everyone was aunt and uncle so-and-so.

PGN: What was your very first job? DB: My mother had a friend who was a clothing designer, and she trained me to use her knitting machine and help with some of the larger pieces in her designs that didn’t need as much detail as the rest. It was a great first job. What’s funny is that I was one of those kids who always wanted to work. For years I used to beg my mother to let me get a job. I remember her saying to me, “Niecy, honey, I know you don’t understand but once you start working, you’ll be working for the rest of your life.” So I didn’t babysit or dog walk or work any of those things, though I really wanted to. Now I really appreciate it because she was totally right. PGN: What was a favorite job, not counting Leeway? DB: Working at the International House. I was working with the film festival and Linda Blackaby for about seven years, and I loved that job. It was a job with a framework, but each festival was different. I have the ability to sit inside for long periods of time so I used to watch hours and days of films from around the world to decide what should be in the festival.

PGN: That’s more like it. I was pretty stealthy too. My brothers were the clods who always got in trouble. I did the same things but kept a low profile. So, we all have multiple personalities; tell me about yours. DB: I’m sort of an extroverted introvert. There’s a quiet, contained, book-wormish part of me, there’s a diva part of me. There’s a young and really curious part of me and there’s a really jaded “there’s nothing new under the sun” side.

DB: [Laughs.] Well, that one stands out in my mind because I was on punishment for it for six months. Her mode of punishment was to deny me whatever it was that I enjoyed most at that moment — telephone, TV, etc. I’d already been under house arrest for something else and this was the first time I went out. I got involved with whatever I was doing and forgot to call so I went back on punishment. But for the most part I stayed out of trouble. I was usually pretty covert with my stuff.

PGN: As a straight ally, how do you handle it when you hear antigay sentiments? Can you remember a specific incident? DB: Yes. I was just starting to date someone and I’d introduced him to an artist’s music, which he really enjoyed. We went to see her perform and Photo: Suzi Nash she made reference to her sexuality during her set and suddenly he wasn’t interested in her music anymore. [Laughs.] Needless to say, it didn’t end well. To have been involved with someone who held those views was shocking to me. It just didn’t occur to me that he would be homophobic. I think sometimes I live in rarified space because of the people and communities I normally engage with where it’s never an issue. PAGE 32

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SHE (STILL) BOPS: Pop star Cyndi Lauper heads to the Kentucky Derby, where she’s the grand marshal of the Pegasus Parade. Somewhere along the way her keyboard goes missing and then she drops the F-bomb on live TV on a new episode of her reality series, “Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual,” 9 and 9:30 p.m. Feb. 2 on WeTV. Photo: Courtesy of WeTV

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Best-Sellers Information is courtesy of Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960; www.queerbooks.com. Tenpercent off most hardcover in-store sales. Men’s Books 1. “The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde, edited by Nicholas Frankel (Belknap, $12.95 pb). This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel’s first editor. 2. “Same-Sex Legal Kit for Dummies” (with CD) by Carrie Stone and John G. Culhane (Wiley, $34.99 pb). Grasp the latest legal information for gay and lesbian couples. 3. “Don’t Just Dream

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directed by Rob Williams (2012, 84 min., $24.95). Falling in love with the boy next door? That’s a dream come true. Falling in love with his father, too? That’s just awkward. 8. “The Pretty Boys,” directed by Everett Lewis ($19.95). Sex. Drugs. Rock. The way it was. Los Angeles, 1973. 9. “Gayby,” directed by Jonathan Lisecki (2012, $24.95). A gay guy named Matt and his straight best friend Jenn decide to have a baby together — the oldfashioned way! 10. “Children of God,” directed by Kareem Mortimer (2010, 103 min., $14.95). The gorgeous beaches and towns of the Bahamas are the setting for a strong and tender romantic drama.

Women’s and Trans Books 1. “SameSex Legal Kit for Dummies” (with CD) by Carrie Stone and John G. Culhane (Wiley, $34.99 pb). Grasp the latest legal information for gay and lesbian couples. 2. “Israel/Palestine and

the Queer International”

by Sarah Schulman (Duke, $22.95 pb). Activist and novelist Sarah Schulman describes her dawning consciousness of the Palestinian liberation struggle. 3. “Living Two Lives:

Married to a Man and in Love with a Woman”

($15.95 pb). A guide for married women awakening to their attraction to other women. 4. “Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama,” graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel (Mariner, $15.95 pb). A poignant and hilarious account of Bechdel becoming the artist her gifted mother always wanted to be. 5. “Crossroads” by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes, $$16.95 pb). Dr. Hollis Monroe specializes in shortterm relationships, typically eight months or less. As an obstetrician dealing with

high-risk pregnancies, she cares for women at a nice, comfortable professional distance. They’re happy, she’s satisfied, and no one gets hurt. The perfect relationship. 6. “Seriously ... I’m Kidding” by Ellen DeGeneres (Grand Central, $14.99 pb). Says DeGeneres about her new book: “I’ve experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you’ll take a moment to sit back, relax and enjoy the words I’ve put together for you in this book. I think you’ll find I’ve left no stone unturned, no door unopened, no window unbroken, no rug unvacuumed, no ivories untickled. What I’m saying is, let us begin, shall we?” 7. “Ethical Slut, Revised Edition” by Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy (Celestial Arts, $16.95 pb). This groundbreaking guide navigates the infinite possibilities that open relationships can offer.

8. “How to Be a Woman” by Caitlin Moran (Harper, $15.99 pb). Though they have the vote and the pill and haven’t been burned as witches since 1727, life isn’t exactly a stroll down the catwalk for modern women. Moran interweaves provocative observations on women’s lives with laugh-out-loud funny scenes from her own — from the riot of adolescence to her development as a writer, wife and mother. 9. “Dirty Italian: Everyday

Slang from ‘What’s Up?’ to ‘F*%# Off!’” by

Gabrielle Euvino, illustrated by Lindsay Mack (Ulysses, $10 pb). 10. “Dirty French:

Everyday Slang from ‘What’s Up?’ to “F*% # Off!” by Adrien Clautrier and Henry Rowe, illustrated by Lindsay Mack (Ulysses, $10 pb). Next time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in French with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school.

“I lingered in the shadows of my mind to hide from forces I believed would conjure greater torrents of pathos in my life, as if my fate was to live in perpetual sorrow, and barebacking indiscriminately would keep fate at bay.”

Women’s and Trans DVDs 1. “Pariah,” directed by Dee Reese (2011, 87 min., $19.98). A 17-year-old AfricanAmerican butch lesbian torn between the demands of her conservative family and the comfort of community among her friends in the outside world. 2. “Elvis and

Madonna,”

directed by Marcelo Lafite (2010, 105 min., $24.95). In Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis meets transvestite hairdresser Madonna while delivering pizzas.

3. “Kiss Me,” directed by Alexandra-Therese Keining (2011, 105 min., $24.95). Mia, a 30-something wellto-do architect, finds her life turned upside-down when she unexpectedly falls in love with the free-spirited Frida. Swedish, with subtitles. ■

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Q Puzzle Coming out, of sorts Across

1. Ron Howard film with Ellen DeGeneres 5. Pie fight sound 10. Little fairies 14. Petty of “A League of Their Own” 15. Taking it lying down 16. He cruised for forty days straight 17. Electronic synthesizer 18. Roundup rope 19. Two tablets, maybe 20. Golden Globes honoree 23. Pirates 25. Lesbians in training, e.g.

28. Kofi of the UN 29. “C’est Moi,” to King Arthur 30. Hosp. honchos 31. More like a metrosexual 37. Pink, for example 38. “Coming out” statement by 20-Across 40. Baldwin’s “The ___ Corner” 43. Fruit in “There Is Nothing Like a Dame” 44. What Sam twitched on “Bewitched” 48. Knot type 50. In general 52. Pears, to Britten 53. Stop on the road

54. With 68Across, honor won by 20Across 60. Brazilian soccer great 61. Shelley Duvall role in “Popeye” 62. Puckered pair 64. At once, to queens of old 65. Carpenter’s tool 66. Villain’s work 67. Cried a river 68. See 54Across 69. Say “She’s just a friend” to a jealous lover, e.g.

Down

1. It spreads its limbs 2. Toon canine

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PGN: Since you’re so involved with folks in the LGBT community, do you get straightphobic comments? DB: Just those who insist that I must be gay. [Laughs.] I’ve had people ask me if I was sure or, better yet, those who tell me I just haven’t figured it out yet or met the right woman.

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Scooby-___ 3. Protection for tight ends at Southern Cal? 4. Abe of “Barney Miller” 5. Shoot, off a larger branch 6. Sticks one’s nose into things 7. Shaped meat dish 8. Playwright Chekhov 9. Give a hard time to 10. Behind with the bucks 11. Like Shakespeare’s Othello 12. Swan Lake step 13. Cho’s “Pink as the Day ___ Was Born” 21. Journalist Minkowitz 22. Work the

baton 23. America’s Uncle 24. Drop the curtain on 26. Meat source Down Under 27. Cole Porter’s “___ America First” 32. BB’s, e.g. 33. Peter I, for one 34. Sardine container 35. “Cunt” author Muscio 36. The I’s have ‘em 38. Still changing, perhaps 39. On the roster 40. Punching tool 41. Geological epoch when mastodons

PGN: Any hobbies? DB: I knit and crochet. I draw and do visually based arts, jewelry-making. I haven’t for a while but for a time I was going on a lot of hiking trips. I’ve been to the Sierras and the Rockies and all sorts of back-country trips. PGN: What was a magnificent moment? DB: Like a lot of people, I enjoy the city and the luxuries of cotton sheets and cocktails at 5, but the price you pay for being in a pristine environment is that few people get to see the magnificent sights you see when you get out of your comfort zone. The price that you pay for seeing those things is having to sleep on the ground and poop in the woods and putting your food in a tree so bears can’t get it. But I’ve seen wondrous sights like a place in the Sierras called the Emigrant Wilderness that’s spectacular or Mono Lake, which, sadly, because of environmental reasons, is receding but the result is amazing rock formations coming out of the water, and you can take a kayak out between them. Part of the beauty of it is being somewhere where you might not see another soul for days and there’s a sense of privacy and freedom. And the sky without light pollution is unlike anything you’ve seen. There are a few trips I’d still like to make. I’d love to hike in New Zealand. I just need to find a way to get champagne in a backpack!

appeared 42. Completely surround 45. Emulate “I Will Survive” singer Gaynor? 46. Catch some extra Z’s 47. Phallic fish 49. Lanka head 51. Mate in Montreal 55. Marlene’s role in _Blue Angel_ 56. Pleasured orally 57. Opera figure 58. At any point 59. Longtime lesbian couples often do this 60. Fondle clumsily 63. Crazy like a fox PAGE 35

organizations that have similar missions of art and social change; figuring out how to encourage others to support this work; a lot of “time to make the doughnuts” administrative stuff; meeting with auditors; doing accounts-payable stuff; coordinating things with the building. Leeway is privileged to have an endowment, so working with our investment managers, doing strategic planning, HR stuff, you name it. With a small organization like this, the ED does a little bit of everything. PGN: It must feel great to be part of an organization that gets to hand out money to people and do great things. DB: [Laughs.] Most of the time! No, I do have a great job. It combines the arts and cultural communities with social change and justice. I get to work with really smart and compassionate people. I’m constantly amazed and honored at the work that’s going on, and if my job is about creating space for those things to happen, which I think it is, it’s a fantastic thing to do. I couldn’t have made up a better job for me.

PGN: Are you with anyone now? DB: No, I’m single. So make sure you get a good picture!

PGN: Do you feel pressure to make sure you keep the vision? DB: Not really; we have a great board and are lucky enough to be fairly well-established. What I feel is external pressure to do more. People love what we do so much, they want us to expand to other cities and take on more. There are a very limited number of organizations that do this kind of work and of those that do, very few support individual artists and concentrate on women and people in the trans community.

PGN: So what are some of your responsibilities as ED? DB: I represent Leeway at conferences and I’m kind of the keeper of the vision of the organization. I manage the board; I’m part of a national working group of

PGN: Who’s an artist who moved you? DB: Aw, come on. Way too many to chose from. I’ll go with a current one that’s on my desk right now. There’s an organization called “Mothers in Charge,” which was founded by Dorothy Johnson-Speight after

her 24-year-old son was murdered over a parking space in December 2001. They’ve partnered with MamaCITA to do an art installation called “One Year.” They’ve created hundreds of sculptural steel-wire vessels — one for each of the more-than 300 murder victims in Philadelphia in 2012 — in order to examine public apathy toward urban violence. They were partially funded by a Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant. There’s a reception for it at the Painted Bride Feb. 1. Things like that move me. Or the stories of individuals like Lois Fernandez, who told me about the time when women weren’t able to get mortgages by themselves, so she had to lie in order to buy a house. I also get emails from people who’ve received awards from us who tell us what it meant to them and what they were able to do with it. PGN: Someone you’d want to interview? DB: That’s funny, I just had to write an essay on who I’d want for a national panel. The person I’d love to get is the writer and activist Grace Lee Boggs, though at 95 she doesn’t travel much anymore so I’d have to go to her. PGN: So what’s your go-to karaoke song? DB: [Laughs.] I don’t do karaoke but my shower song would be “Moon River.” PGN: Who would you bring back for one last concert? DB: Hmm. Jimmy Hendricks. That would be fun. [Sings.] Der, dern der ... Der, dern der ... Foxy lady! ■ For more information on upcoming Leeway grants, visit www.Leeway.org. To suggest a community member for “Family Portrait,” write to portraits05@aol.com.

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Grand Dames & Brassy Broads The Notorious OMG and the Goddess Isis perform 9 p.m.-2 a.m. at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215964-9675.

Fri. 02/01 Grace Potter And The Nocturnals The rock band performs 8 p.m. at House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-343-4000. Hog and Kisses Pig Iron Theater’s annual fundraising fiesta, dedicated to the topic of love, 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Sand Aid NJ Benefit featuring Highway 41 and Friends A fundraiser, 8:30 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Candyman The 1992 horror film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

Sat. 02/02 Groundhog Day The 1993 comedy film is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian The star chef does a cooking demonstration 3 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-3171000.

Monterey Jazz Festival 55th Anniversary Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Benny Green, Lewis Nash, Chris Potter and Ambrose Akinmusire perform 8 p.m. at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Cage Fury Fighting Championships The action begins 7 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-3171000.

Sun. 02/03 To Catch a Thief The 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Margaret Cho The comedian performs 8 p.m. at Tropicana Showroom, 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 800- 8438767.

Free Quizzo & Board Game Night Roll the dice, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

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Notice is hereby given that the City Commissioners sitting as the County Board of Elections, will begin their weekly meetings concerning the May 21, 2013 Primary Election on Wednesday February 6, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in The City Commissioners, 6th Fl. Hearing Room Riverview Place, Columbus Blvd. & Spring Garden Sts. Meetings will continue every Wednesday thereafter until further notice.

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Se avisa que Los Comisionados de la Ciudad de la Junta Electoral del Condado en sesion, comenzaran sus reuniones semanales con respecto al 21 de Mayo de 2013 Elecciones Primarias el Miércoles 6 de Febrero, 2013 a las 11:00 A.M. en Los Comisionados Municipales, 6FL. Sala de Audiencias Riverview Place, Columbus Blvd. & Spring Garden Sts., Reunion continuará cada Miércoles a partir de entonces hasta nuevo aviso.

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GAME ON: Out singersongwriter Rufus Wainwright performs in support of his latest album “Out of the Game” 9 p.m. Feb. 8 at Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-317-1000.

Grilled Cheese & Craft Beer Tasting The popular event kicks off 4 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Flash Gordon The campy sci-fi film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Lipstick Mondays A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215862-2081.

Tue. 02/05 Open Mic: The Best of What’s Next Sign up and play,

7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-9941400. Taylor Branch The author of “The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215567-4341.

Wed. 02/06 4W5 Blues Jam Local musicians get down 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-9941400.

Michelle Rhee The author of “Radical: Fighting to Put Students First” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341.

Thu. 02/07 Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer The authors of “Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery,” a collection of photographs examining the public and private lives of free and enslaved AfricanAmericans during the Civil War era, host a reading 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341.

Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215545-4511.

Fri. 02/08 Blow Me a Kiss! Peek-a-Boo Revue’s burlesque Valentine’s Daythemed show, 9 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Rufus Wainwright The out singersongwriter performs 9 p.m. at Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

ATLANTIC CITY SIZZLES: TV personality and Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian does a live cooking demonstration 3 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-317-1000.

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Opening The Pennsylvania Ballet Feb. 7-10 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Heather McDonald The comedian seen on ”Chelsea Lately” performs Feb. 8-9 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. Mostly Gershwin Peter Nero and the Philly Pops perform Feb. 8-10 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Motionhouse The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the multimedia show featuring film and dance Feb. 7-9 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900. Silent Night The Opera Company of Philadelphia performs the acclaimed new opera Feb. 8-17 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.

Continuing Cy Twombly: Sculptures Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an

exhibition of works from the Swiss sculptor, through March, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Double Portrait Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works from designer Paula Scher and illustrator Seymour Chwast, through April 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts presents more than 150 works from the Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women, through April 7, 128 N. Broad St.; www. pafa.org. The Mind’s Eye: 50 Years of Photography by Jerry Uelsmann The James A. Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of iconic photographs from the famed photographer, through April 28, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-3409800. The Mountaintop Philadelphia Theatre Company presents a re-imagining of the events taking place the night before the assassination of civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., through Feb. 17 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420.

SUPER CHO WEEKEND: Queer comedian Margaret Cho is back in the area as part of her hilarious “Mother” tour, performing 9 p.m. Feb. 2 at Tropicana Showroom, 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 800843-8767. Photo: Miss Missy Gold

Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband Walnut Street Theatre presents the story of romance and scandal, through March 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

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Live Cinema/Manon de Boer: Resonating Surfaces — A Trilogy Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of a series of three cinematic portraits defined by narratives of time and memory, and structured around the relation between images and sounds, through Feb. 10, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Ronaldus Shamask: Form, Fashion, Reflection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of drawings and sketches by the fashion designer, through March 10, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Closing 22 Artists Twenty-Two Gallery presents an exhibition of 22 local artists, through Feb. 3, 236 S. 22nd St.; 215-772-1515. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The acclaimed dance company performs through Feb. 1 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Chimera The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents a solo show about Jennifer Samuels, who has just discovered that she is her own twin, through Feb. 2 at Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-8983900. ■

FUNNY GIRL: Comedian and “Chelsea Lately” regular Heather McDonald performs in Philadelphia Feb. 8-9 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St. For more information or tickets, call 215-4969001. Photo: Kate Szatmari

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Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia, October Term, 2012, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 15, 2012, the petition of Gabrielle Charmaine Essenthier was ﬁled, praying for a decree to change his name to Caleb Alexander Essenthier. The Court has ﬁxed February 15, 2013 at 12:30 p.m., in Room No. 691, in Philadelphia City Hall for hearing. All persons interested may appear and show cause if they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. ________________________________________37-05

Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia, September Term, 2012, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 24, 2012, the petition of MELINDA MAE SALVINA was ﬁled, praying for a decree to change his name to MICHAEL NICHOLAS SALVINA. The Court has ﬁxed February 15, 2013 at 12:30 P.M., in Room No. 691, in Philadelphia City Hall for hearing. All persons interested may appear and show cause if they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. ________________________________________37-05

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Men Delco Dudes A men’s social and support group meets 7-9 p.m. the ﬁrst Wednesday of the month at Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media; delco.dudes@uucdc.org. Gay Married Men’s Association Meets 8 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays at the William Way Center; www.gammaphilly.com. Men of All Colors Together Meets 7:30 p.m. the third Friday of the month, September through June, at the William Way Center; 610-2776595; www.MACTPhila.org. Men’s Coming Out Group, N.J. Meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at The Pride Center of New Jersey; njwarrior@aol.com. Men of Color United A discussion/support group for gay and bisexual men of color meets 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday at 112 N. Broad St., third ﬂoor; 215-496-0330. Men of Standard Provides a place for gay men of color 21 and older to share issues of concern. Meets 7-9 p.m. Thursdays at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St., Camden, N.J.; 856-963-2432. Philly Dads An association of gay and bisexual fathers supporting each other meets 7:30 p.m. the fourth Friday of the month at the William Way Center; 215-668-5239.

Parents/Families Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Bucks County Meets 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at Penns Park United Methodist Church, 2394 Second Street Pike, Penns Park; 215-3489976. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Chester County Meets 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at the Unitarian Fellowship of West Chester, 501 S. High St.; 484-354-2448. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Collingswood, N.J. Meets 6:30-9 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month at the Collingswood Public Library, 771 Haddon Ave.; 609-202-4622; pflagcollingswood@yahoo.com. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Media Meets 7 p.m. the second tuesday of every month at the Unitarian Universal Church, 145 Rose Tree Rd.; 610-368-2121. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Philadelphia Meets 2-5 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at the LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania, 3907 Spruce St.; 215-572-1833. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Princeton, N.J. Meets 7:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month in the George Thomas Room at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St.; 609-6835155. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Wilmington, Del. Meets 7-9 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1502 W. 13th St.; 302-654-2995.

Philadelphia Family Pride Advocacy, support and social network for LGBT families offers play groups, monthly kids and teen talk groups, activities and outings. Planning meetings held monthly; 215-600-2864; www. phillyfamilypride.org.

Trans Evolutions A drop-in support group for anyone on the transgender spectrum meets 6 p.m. Thursdays at 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652 ext. 235. Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine Primary health care and specialized transgender services in a safe, professional, nonjudgmental environment, 809 Locust St.; 215563-0658. T-MAN People of color support group for transmen, FTMs, butches, studs, aggressives, bois, genderqueer and all female-born individuals with gender questions meets 7:30-9:30 p.m. Mondays, second floor, 1201 Locust St.; 215-834-9063; tmanphilly.com. Transhealth Programming Committee Meets 5 p.m.the second and last Sundays of the month at the William Way Center. Transhealth Information Project Sponsors a weekly drop-in center from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. MondayThursday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays at 21 S. 12th St., 10th floor; 215-568-2221. Transgender Health Action Coalition Peer trans health-advocacy organization; 215-732-1207; www. critpath.org/thac. 1201 Locust street 4th floor. WeXist FTM support group meets 7-9 p.m. the second and fourth Friday of the month at the William Way Center; first hour is open, second hour is for people assigned female at birth who have gender issues; 267-250-1548. Young, Trans and Unified Support group for transgender and questioning individuals ages 13-23 meets from 7:15 p.m. every Thursday at The Attic Youth Center; 215-5454331.

Women Hanging Out With Lesbians A group based in central Pennsylvania that organizes activities such as concerts, camping, golf, picnics, hikes, plays and game nights in nonsmoking environments; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ howlofpa/. Lesbian Community of Delaware Valley Social group meets monthly for activities for gay women of all ages in Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties; http://groups. yahoo.com/group/LCDV/. Lesbian Couples Dining Group of Montgomery County Meets monthly; 215-542-2899. Mt. Airy Lesbian Social Club For lesbians in the Philadelphia area ages 35-plus; www.meetup.com/ mtairylesbiansocial/. Queer Connections Social group for women in their 20s meets weekly; http://groups.yahoo. com/group/queerconnections/. Sistah 2 Sistah A social/support group for lesbian youth of color, ages 13-24. The group offers weekly social events, open discusson and monthly movie/

discussions, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, 112 N. Broad St., third ﬂoor; 215496-0330. Women Coming Out Support Group Women who consider themselves gay, lesbian, bisexual or questioning and are at any stage of the comingout process are welcome. Ages 18 and over. Meets 7:30 p.m. ﬁrst Tuesday and third Thursday of the month at the Pride Center of NJ.

Youth 40 Acres of Change Discussion group for teen and young adults meets 6-8 p.m. Thursdays at The COLOURS Organization Inc., 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215496-0330. You’re Not Alone A group for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth that meets during the school year; sponsored by AIDS Delaware, 100 W. 10th St., Suite 315, Wilmington. Call 800-8106776 for more details. HAVEN For GLBT, intersex, questioning, queer and allied youth ages 14-20; meets 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, 424 Center St., Bethlehem; 610-868-2153. HiTOPS A safe-space support program for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth, meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays at 21 Wiggins St., Princeton, N.J. Call Connie at 609683-5155 (day); hitops.org. Main Line Youth Alliance Meets from 7-9:30 p.m. Fridays at 106 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne; 610-688-1861; info@myaonline. org. Mountain Meadow For youth with GLBTQ parents. Monthly programs for ages 8-16, family programs and parent coffee groups. Residential program offered in August, 1315 Spruce St.; 215772-1107. PRYSM Youth Center For youth ages 14-20. Meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. at center, 126 East Baltimore Pike, Media; 610-3579948. Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center For ages 14-21; meets 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. Social X Change Social activity group for LGBT youth of color ages 13-23 meets 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays at 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215-496-0330. Space to be Proud, Open, and Together Open to all LGBTQ queer youth and allies, ages 14-21, the SPOT meets Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Planned Parenthood of Chester County’s West Chester office, 8 S. Wayne St.; 610-692-1770. Young, Trans and Unified A support group for transgender and questioning youth ages 13-23 meets 7:15 p.m. Thursdays at The Attic Youth Center. Youth Making a Difference For GLBTQ African-American and Latino youth ages 14-24. Meets 5-7 p.m. every Tuesday at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St.; 856-9632432.

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Community Bulletin Board Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center: For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-8 p.m. MondayFriday; case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday. See the Youth section for more events. 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331. ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday.

and Allies Youth Center: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Doylestown Planned Parenthood, The Atrium, Suite 2E, 301 S. Main St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org. Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday through Friday Library hours: 12-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 12-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; 126 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning

■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377

Key numbers

■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221

■ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851

■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: 215-686-2555

■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 112 N. Broad St., third floor; 215-496-0330 ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org ■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; www.mazzonicenter.org. Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBTLAW; legalservices@mazzonicenter. org ■ Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833

Health

AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 1711 South Broad Street; 215-629-2300. www.asiac.org. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St. 215851-1822 or 866-222-3871. www.galaei.org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1803. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing

■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, self-employed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city, invites speakers on various topics, partners with other nonprofits and maintains a Web site where everyone is invited to sign up for email notices for activities and events; www.gppn.org.

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Stephen Johnson: 215-683-2840 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686; ppd. lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670

Anonymous, free, conﬁdential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 3439 N. Hutchinson St.; 215-763-8870 ext. 6000.

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; (215) 6279090; www.galloplaw.org.

■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 215-772-2000

available by appointment at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Ofﬁce Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-5869077.

Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth ﬂoor; 215-563-0652. www.mazzonicenter.org. Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday except for noon-1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m., and 1-5 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups ■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly businesses and professionals. Visit www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com for information about events, programs and membership; 215-557-0190; 1717 Arch St., Suite 3370. ■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association The Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and

students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgjaphiladelphia.org. ■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus A regional organization dedicated to promoting gay and lesbian tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region holds meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; P.O. Box 58143, Philadelphia, PA 19102; www.philadelphiagaytourism.com. ■ Philly OutGoing Professionals Social group for gay, lesbian and bisexual professionals meets for social and cultural activities, 856857-9283; popnews19@yahoo. com.

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The Female Gaze:

Women Artists Making Their World

Join the Violette de Mazia Foundation for a unique perspective on this upcoming exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Led by long-time instructor and artist, Christine Stoughton, P.h.D., this three-session program will focus on understanding the aesthetic qualities expressed in this collection of paintings created solely by women artists. Don’t miss this special journey into The Female Gaze at PAFA or Main Line School Night. Part of the Violette de Mazia Foundation Talk & Tour Lecture Series The de Mazia Foundation offers many unique opportunities to appreciate art. Classes, walking tours and programs are now forming at locations including the Barnes Foundation, Arch Street Meetinghouse, OLLI Philadelphia and the Chester County Historical Society. Once you learn to see, you won’t be able to stop!

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Christina Ramberg, Hereditary Uncertainty, 1977 PAFA, Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter © Estate of Christina Ramberg, courtesy of Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL.

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