Philadelphia Gay News Vol. 34 No. 2
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Equality Advocates leader resigns
Gay Philly native murdered in Midwest
By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer
By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer An openly gay college professor and author with ties to the Philadelphia area was found dead in the kitchen of his Indiana home, the victim of murder. A friend found Don Belton’s body at his house in Bloomington, Ind., Dec. 28. He had been stabbed at least five times in his back and torso. Police that night arrested 26year-old Michael Griffin, who confessed to the murder and alleged that Belton, 53, had sexually assaulted him. According to the affidavit, Griffin told police that Belton, an English professor at Indiana University and a former professor at Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania, made sexual advances toward him twice while the two were intoxicated at a party on Christmas Day, although no details about the nature of the encounters were provided. Griffin, a former Marine who has a young child with his girlfriend, told police he went to the professor’s home Dec. 27 to confront him about the alleged incidents and said Belton “did not show or express any type of feeling that what had taken place was
HEADING TO THE BENCH: Court of Common Pleas Judge Dan Anders and Municipal Court Judge Dawn Segal were among the more-than 25 inductees, including District Attorney Seth Williams, at the 2010 Inauguration Ceremony Jan. 4 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Anders had already served two years on the bench after being appointed in 2007 by Gov. Rendell, making him the first openly gay judge in the state. Both he and Segal, who is also openly gay, were among the top vote-getters in their respective races in last spring’s primary and the November general election. Photo: Scott A. Drake
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Hate crimes, other pro-LGBT bills on PA horizon By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania could consider numerous pieces of pro-LGBT legislation in 2010, and activists are hoping that, this time, such measures will see success. The state legislature has not approved LGBT-specific legislation since 2002 — when it enacted a statewide hate-crimes law inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity that was later repealed — but such a bill is again wending its way through the legislature. The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court overturned the 2002 law on a technicality in 2007, a ruling that was upheld the following year by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Rep. Josh Shapiro (D-153rd Dist.) proposed a measure in March to reintroduce sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as gender, ancestry and mental and physical disability, DON BELTON as protected classes under the state’s Ethnic
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The executive director of Equality Advocates Pennsylvania stepped down late last month after less than a year in the position. Lynn Zeitlin resigned as head of the agency and served her last day in the position this week. Zeitlin, a former board member of Equality Advocates, began as executive director Feb. 9, about six months after the abrupt resignation of former executive director Stacey Sobel. Two of the agency’s board members also recently resigned. Board president Brian Sims declined to divulge their names, but said, “In July, Lynn was instrumental in bringing in two board members she’d known and had worked with for years, and they have both stepped down.” However, he said he didn’t believe their resignations were related to Zeitlin’s leaving. Last summer, nearly all of the board members resigned, and the organization’s search for a new statewide board was led by a steering committee of Sims, Ann Loftus and Jay Meadway, nei-
ther of whom responded to calls for comment. Zeitlin’s and the board members’ resignations are the latest in a series of tran- LYNN ZEITLIN sitions for the organization. Equality Advocates launched its 501 (c)(4) lobbying component, Equality Pennsylvania, in the past year and also discontinued its legal department, which is now being run by Mazzoni Center, so the organization could focus solely on education. In the fall, the group announced several new board members. Sims said more members, who will represent LGBT communities throughout the state, will be announced in the next few weeks. “It’s been no secret to anybody that this has been a huge year of transition for Equality Advocates,” he said. “When I stepped into the board position, Lynn had been here for about six months, and I
Intimidation Act. The bill passed out of the House Judiciary Committee in an 18-8 vote in November and a full House vote is expected in the near future. “The vote in the committee was so exciting because it was such a large bipartisan majority,” said Jake Kaskey, policy and programs director at Equality Advocates Pennsylvania. “I think it bodes really well for future votes in the House and Senate. I think the votes are there; we just have to make sure activists are speaking to legislators and that the legislators understand how important this is.” Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-39th Dist.) also introduced a companion hate-crimes bill in the Senate, which is awaiting a vote in the Judiciary Committee. Steve Glassman, chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, said House Bill 300, which would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, public accommodations and
housing, could also see movement in the next few months. “We hope to be able to move this bill forward in the House early in the session,” Glassman said. “We’re certainly going to continue to push to see nondiscrimination protections in place, but it will become increasingly difficult after the early part of 2010 as we approach the primaries and the general election.” The nondiscrimination bill, sponsored by Rep. Dan Frankel (D-23rd Dist.), was approved by the House State Government Committee in March, marking the first time such legislation passed out of committee. “There are a lot of hurdles to overcome, but it’s heartening that we’ve had thousands of people e-mailing, calling and meeting with legislators,” Kaskey said. “We had more than 300 people come to a rally last spring about the legislation and we’re having another lobby day See PA HORIZON, Page 6
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HIV travel ban officially lifted By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer The ban that prevented HIVpositive travelers from entering the United States for more than two decades came to an end this week. A regulation proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services last summer to reverse its longstanding prohibition went into effect Monday. “The United States has moved one step closer to helping combat the stigma and ignorance that still too often guides public-policy debates around HIV/AIDS,” said Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, in a statement Monday. “Today, a sad chapter in our nation’s response to people with HIV and AIDS has finally come to a close and we are a better nation for it.” Solmonese added the ban was “unnecessary, ineffective and lacked any public-health justification.” HHS initially included HIV on its list of communicable diseases
that would prevent entry to the United States, alongside leprosy and active tuberculosis, in 1987. In 1993, Congress followed suit and incorporated the HIV travel ban into the Immigration and Nationality Act, making it the law’s only disease to bar visitors from coming into the country. Congress struck the travel ban from the law in 2008, but it could not be completely repealed until HHS modified its travel regulations. The department issued the new regulation to reverse its ban in the Federal Register in July, and it was opened for a publiccomment period in the fall. President Obama announced the adoption of the regulation in October, stating the original restrictions were “rooted in fear rather than fact.” South Korea ended its own HIV travel ban on Jan. 1, and Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general for the United Nations, congratulated both countries for their actions and called on the morethan 50 nations with similar bans, which he termed “discrim-
inatory,” to take steps to reverse them. UNAIDS executive director Michael Sidlibé echoed Kimoon’s sentiments. “I call for global freedom of movement for people living with HIV in 2010, the year when countries have committed to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support,” Sidlibé said. “Let no country obstruct someone because of their HIV status. Such discrimination has no place in today’s highly mobile world.” After Obama announced the new regulation would go into effect after the new year, the International AIDS Society declared in November that it would hold its 2012 conference in Washington, D.C., an event that has not taken place in the United States since 1990. The 1992 conference was scheduled for Boston but was moved to Amsterdam because of the travel restrictions. n Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.
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Fundraiser for women’s conference T h e L G B T Q Wo m y n o f C o l o r Conference will host “A Winter Hot Chocolate” from 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Jan. 17 at Raven Lounge, 1718 Sansom St., to raise funds for the organization. Tickets to the party are $7 and include complimentary hot chocolate and admission to exotic dancing on the upper floor. Last year’s inaugural conference brought together women from throughout the nation to the William Way LGBT Community Center to discuss the issues facing the female sexual-minority communities.
HAPPY BLUE YEAR: The Blue Redo Galz — Azure (from left, aka Dirk Allen), Perriwinkle (Glenn Sykes) and Cobalt (Dave Rumsey) — donned blue wigs to present two local LGBT organizations each with a check for $2,500 on Dec. 30. The donations were proceeds from the be-wigged trio’s fundraiser, Blue Redo Reprise, held in November at the Trocadero Theater. Accepting the checks on behalf of the agencies were Dan Costa (second from left), Sapphire Fund board treasurer; and Dave Puyear, Mazzoni Center board member. Photo: Courtesy of Dave Rumsey
Activists await gay-marriage vote in New Jersey By Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. — Gay-rights advocates in New Jersey made what could be a lastditch push Monday to persuade lawmakers to legalize gay marriage quickly. Senate President Richard Codey said Tuesday the body would vote on the measure Thursday. “Given the intensely personal nature of this issue, I think the people of this state deserve the right to a formal debate on the Senate floor,” Codey said. With many legislators refusing to say where they stand, Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), a sponsor, said the vote forces them to “stand up and be counted on how they feel about equal rights.” In a time when lawmakers are calling the issue a matter of conscience, activists have been pushing the idea that some religious leaders are accepting of same-sex marriage. That argument was a main thrust of a rally outside the State House on Monday that attracted 150 people, a modest crowd for a State House rally.
“It’s not about religion,” said the Rev. Joseph Harmon, pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Jersey City. “People who won’t want to do it for religious reasons don’t have to.” A group of some 150 clergy of various faiths sent lawmakers a letter Monday making a similar argument and asking them to support gay marriage. Social conservatives, including the New Jersey Catholic Conference and a group of Orthodox Jewish rabbis from Lakewood who usually avoid statewide political issues, have led the opposition to the bill. The rally was quiet, perhaps because the activists are aware that the chance for the law to pass is slipping away. Last month, the legislation’s sponsors in the state Senate, sensing there wasn’t enough support from the upper-House colleagues to pass it, asked the Assembly to try to pass it first. Last week, Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts deferred back to the Senate. Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, has said he would sign a law to legalize gay marriage. But time is running out. He will be replaced on Jan. 19 by Gov.-elect Chris Christie, a Republican who says he’ll veto
the bill. Lawmakers could technically approve a law by noon Jan. 19 and see it signed. But given the Legislature’s schedule, it would probably have to happen by Jan. 11 if the bill is to be passed. Most arguments from the pro-gay-marriage groups are trying to change the minds of a group of Democratic lawmakers who have opposed it. On Monday, Assemblyman John McKeon, a Democrat from South Orange, called on colleagues in that category to support the bill. “Twenty years from now, we’ll all look back at this time and say, ‘What were they thinking?’” if the law isn’t adopted. Steven Goldstein, chair of gay-rights advocacy group Garden State Equality, said he expected more than 1,000 supporters would rally Thursday at the State House for the vote. Only five states — Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont — now recognize gay marriage. New Jersey has a civil -unions law, which gives gay couples the benefits of marriage but not the title. n
Penn event to focus on out civil-rights leader The University of Pennsylvania’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium on Social Change will focus this year on the legacy of Bayard Rustin, the late openly gay civil-rights activist and advisor to King. The event will run from 47 p.m. Jan. 19 at Penn Nursing School’s Claire M. Fagin Hall Auditorium, 418 Curie Blvd. The symposium will feature a screening of “Brother Outsider,” an award-winning documentary about Rustin’s life, as well as a panel discussion with Heather Love, associate professor of English at Penn; Jesse Salazar, special assistant to U.S. Sen. Bob Casey; and Damon Freeman and Toorjo Ghose, Penn School of Social Policy and Practice assistant professors. The discussion will center on the advancement of LGBT rights in the Obama administration. There will be a wine-and-cheese reception hosted by Penn’s Office of Alumni Relations and the Penn Alumni Club of Philadelphia after the program. For more information or to register for the free event, visit www.sp2.upenn.edu/ mlk.
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acteristics, like race, ethnicity and disability,” Kaskey said. “If you look through the statistics on this — 88 percent of LGBT students were victims of verbal abuse, 19 percent were harassed because of their perceived sexual orientation and in just one month, 39 percent of LGBT students skipped class at least once because of safety issues — the need for this is obvious.” Kaskey said he could not disclose which lawmakers would be leading this initiative, but that it would be introduced this spring. n Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.
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Salt Lake City Council swears in gay man Salt Lake City’s ABC News 4 reports that Stan Penfold, an openly gay man, was sworn in Jan. 3 as a Salt Lake City councilperson. Penfold said the council has done a “remarkable job’” on social issues and he doesn’t intend to become a lightning rod for gay rights. The council recently passed ordinances banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment. Penfold said he will focus on grassroots issues such as affordable housing and improving neighborhoods’ quality of life.
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RINGING IN EQUALITY: Couples wait to be wed on the steps of New Hampshire’s State Capitol New Year’s Eve as the historic marriage-equality law takes effect at midnight in Concord, N.H., Jan. 1. New Hampshire same-sex couples can now officially marry or convert their vows from a civil union to a state-recognized marriage. AP Photo: Cheryl Senter
By Norma Love The Associated Press FRANCONIA, N.H. — Jeffry Burr and Neil Blair are just hours from their wedding, but there are no typical prenuptial jitters. After all, this is the third time they’ve exchanged vows. They first committed to each other before scores of relatives and friends on June 24, 2006, in an emotional ceremony that didn’t even count under New Hampshire law. Then, at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1, 2008, the first moment they were legally able to do so, they became civilly committed in a more subdued ceremony. This time, the two finally became legally married New Year’s Day, when New Hampshire became the fifth state to allow gay couples to wed. Instead of a $5,000 weekend celebration like they had in 2006, they planned to have a brief rereading of their earlier vows, pop the cork on some champagne and have dinner together. “It’s the third time,” Blair said. “How excited are you supposed to be?” The ceremony is more about pronouncing their civil equality than restating their commitment to each other, they say. “It’s a right that’s been afforded to us, and it’s our responsibility to take advantage of it,” Blair said. Burr and Blair, of Franconia, don’t legally need to hold a marriage ceremony. By law, their civil union — and any other civil unions still valid — would convert to a marriage in 2011 if they did nothing, or they
could expedite the status change by filing marriage paperwork with their town clerk during 2010. The marriage law grants no new rights to gays and lesbians, who two years ago won the right to civil unions, but it eliminates the separate status so both heterosexual and homosexual couples will be considered married. Democratic Gov. John Lynch, who personally opposes gay marriage, signed the legislation after lawmakers passed key language affirming religious rights. The law spells out that churches and religious groups can’t be forced to officiate at gay marriages or provide other services. Through late December, 40 gay couples had applied for marriage licenses valid for 90 days, said Stephen Wurtz, acting director of the state division of vital records. In 2009, 188 civil unions were performed with eight licenses still outstanding. Forty-two civil unions have been dissolved, though some were performed in Vermont. In 2008, 621 civil unions were performed. Some couples — like Burr, 51, and Blair, 46 — planned to wed quickly. A couple dozen gathered at the Statehouse to ring in the New Year by exchanging vows in a general celebration. Others expressed wanting to wait to honor non-legally binding commitment anniversaries from years past. Canterbury residents Beth McGuinn and Ruth Smith, like Burr and Blair, spent thousands of dollars on a commitment ceremony in 1993, then exchanged civil-union vows right after midnight Jan. 1, 2008, wearing mittens and caps around a campfire. Smith,
46, remembers getting goose bumps, not from the cold but from watching state Sen. Harold Janeway, a justice of the peace, sign the paperwork making their union official. They plan to get married, but not until Oct. 2, the date of their original commitment ceremony. “This is big. It may not give us anything more, but we have fought almost two decades for this,” said McGuinn, 48. “The word marriage means a lot. It’s universally recognized. It’s not about rights. It’s about being accepted. It’s about being part of the community and part of society.” The retired Rev. Eleanor McLaughlin and her partner of 19 years, Elizabeth Hess, of Randolph, climbed a mountain and exchanged rings the summer of 1991 but didn’t enter a civil union. They waited for marriage. Both devout Episcopalians, they designed their ceremony last Saturday to reflect the state’s role in civil marriage and their church’s role in blessing the union. McLaughlin, 74, and Hess, 62, planned on exchanging marriage vows in the vestibule of St. Barnabas Church in Berlin, followed with a church ceremony at which Episcopal Bishop Gene V. Robinson, who is openly gay, blessed the union. New Hampshire joins Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and Iowa in allowing gay marriage in a move that reflects the state’s changing demographics from reliably Republican and conservative to younger and more liberal. Also in December, the District of Columbia’s city council voted to legalize gay marriage. n
Yahoo News reports that the warden at Virginia’s largest women’s prison is retiring amid allegations the prison discriminated against lesbian inmates. Department of Corrections spokesperson Larry Traylor said Dec. 28 that Barbara Wheeler will retire as warden of Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. State Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Mecklenburg) asked the department in June to look into allegations that the prison separated masculine-looking prisoners from the rest of the population. His request followed an Associated Press report in June that inmates — mostly lesbians — who had short hair and more masculine features had been segregated in a wing referred to as the “butch wing” or “little boys’ wing” for more than a year. Inmates and guards said the practice stopped after the AP questioned Wheeler about it.
Televised Prop. 8 trial possible 365gay.com reports that the federal judge presiding over an upcoming trial on California’s same-sex marriage ban said he is considering seeking permission to broadcast the proceedings. The governing body for federal courts in Western states recently approved a pilot program that would allow cameras in civil trials being decided by judges. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker said he wanted to record or Web cast a Jan. 6 pretrial hearing as a test run for the trial, in which he’ll consider a constitutional challenge to California’s voter-approved gay-marriage ban, Proposition 8. Lawyers representing sponsors of the ban said they oppose having the trial broadcast outside the courtroom. n — Larry Nichols
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BELTON From Page 1 a mistake.” A scuffle ensued during which, Griffin told police, he “stabbed [Belton] until he quit moving” and then changed into a set of spare clothes in his girlfriend’s truck, which he drove to Belton’s home. According to the report, Griffin then ran errands and deposited the soiled garments in a Dumpster, which police said had already been emptied when they searched it. Griffin’s girlfriend contacted police the day after the murder to report that her boyfriend may have
been involved. Police recovered a 10-inch knife believed to be the murder weapon at the scene and also obtained Belton’s journal, in which he wrote about an individual named Michael that he was “very happy” had entered his life. Police also found an index card in Belton’s home containing a phone number, e-mail address and directions to a house next to the word “Griffin,” which they determined was contact information for the defendant. During his Dec. 30 arraignment, Griffin pleaded not guilty and was denied bail. Several-hundred IU students,
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faculty and staff and Bloomington residents gathered in the town for a candlelight vigil New Year’s Day to remember the popular professor. Belton was born and raised in Philadelphia and attended Strawberry Mansion High School. He grew up in North Philadelphia but, before leaving the city, had lived in the Germantown section. He graduated from Bennington College in 1981 and received his master’s degree from Hollis College the following year. Belton had written for Newsweek, The Advocate and The Philadelphia Inquirer, penned the novel “Almost Midnight” in 1986, had his short stories included in several publications and edited the 1997 anthology “Speak My Name: Black Men on Masculinity and the American Dream.” Local storyteller and author Linda Goss said she met Belton several years ago at one of his favorite hangouts, Point of Destination Café in Germantown, and the two became fast friends. She said Belton, whose writing projects took him around the world, frequented Giovanni’s Room while he was in Philadelphia and traveled in literary circles with such writers as James Baldwin, Melvon Dixon and Randall Kenan. Belton served as an adjunct and later a full-time professor in Temple’s English Department from 2002-06 and was also a parttime professor at Penn. Two years ago, he moved out of the city to take a position at Shippensburg University and, in the fall of 2008, moved to Bloomington to become an associate professor of English at IU. “Don Belton’s friends, colleagues and students in the English
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Department are shocked and terribly saddened by the news of his death,” said Jonathan Elmer, chair of the IU Department of English. “His great talents as a writer, his extraordinary generosity to his students and his warmth of personality were gifts to us all. We will miss him terribly.” Goss said she and Belton often attended cultural events in the city or met at the café or his apartment, and said his intellect was impressive and always apparent. “He was such a great conversationalist,” Goss said. “He could talk about food, travel, literary writers, about how people don’t read like they used to, about great films, politics — he would just be able to talk for hours about a variety of things he was passionate about, and I think that’s really rare. He had so much to offer his students and I learned so much from him just from hanging out together and talking.” Goss said Belton often discussed the intersection of homophobia and racism and shared stories of his own experiences with intolerance. “He talked a lot about how many African Americans who’ve been raised in Christianity are taught to really condemn homosexuality and that really hurt him because he believed in God, he was a very spiritual person. When he came out with his book, some people in his family really turned against him and tried to turn his mother against him, but she wouldn’t do it. He wasn’t ashamed of who he was and what he was. He was always analyzing being a gay black man in America and confronted racism and homophobia head on.” John-Derrick Johnson, an English professor at Temple who
knew Belton, said he possessed an unmatched and unusual courage. He recounted that one weekend Belton was headed to his campus office when he came upon a group of teens attempting to rob another boy. “Don interceded with the most unusual tactic I’ve ever heard anyone use: He told the wouldbe robbers, ‘Why are you doing this to him? You’re only going to end up in jail. I care about you, and I don’t want to see you go to jail,’” Johnson said. “The young robbers must have been as stunned as I was to hear such a plea because they let their victim go free. But that was Don — his courage was subtle and steady and calm. He told me that as he and the potential robbery victim left the scene he was trembling; I guess Don’s natural instinct to do right and help a stranger in distress was stronger than any fear for his own safety. He was brave, a very brave gay man.” Goss said the last time she saw Belton in person was during a trip the two took before he left for Shippensburg to a park in West Philadelphia that honors those who have been lost to violence. “We went there and walked around and just both cried and Don was singing ‘Precious Lord, Take My Hand.’ And that was the last time that I saw him,” she said. “He had so much potential and I’m so saddened at his loss, and I feel that the world should be saddened.” Goss said Belton recently told her that he’d met someone, but she was unsure if he was referring to Griffin. She added that she doesn’t believe Griffin’s claims about the alleged sexual assault, saying Belton was a “gentle” person opposed to violence. “He was actually a kind of cautious, fearful person,” she said. “He was not violent, and we used to often talk about the issue of hate in our society and how damaging it is when people won’t accept others for who they are.” A memorial service will be held Jan. 15 at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Bloomington. Goss said Belton’s friends and former colleagues in Philadelphia are planning a local memorial. Friends of Belton have set up a blog, www.justicefordonbelton. com, with information about his life and death. n Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.
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ADVOCATES From Page 1 think when she looked at the year we had with 2009 — between dealing with the economy and the transition of the legal services and the creation of a truly statewide board — she decided that she’d done what she wanted to when she stepped in, and that was to leave the organization in a better position than it was in when she found it.” Sims said the board had been discussing its options for its future growth over the last few weeks, but that Zeitlin initiated the resignation. “The board did not vote to ask Lynn to resign,” Sims said. “I met with Lynn personally last week to discuss it. She and I had never discussed her resignation before that. But all of us who’ve been involved in the organization have been looking critically for months as to what we can do different and what we can do more of, and when she and I sat down to talk, that was what was discussed.” Zeitlin said she stepped down after accomplishing the immediate goals she’d set for herself and the organization, namely the launch of the lobbying group and the expansion of the board to include members from throughout the state. “I thought it was time. I’d been there almost a year and accomplished a great deal of what I set out to do, so I thought it was time to move on,” she said. “I didn’t know how long I was going to stay, but I knew there were some immediate critical needs and I believe we accomplished a great deal in a short space of time.” Board member Jeffrey Brauer said Zeitlin’s stepping down is part of the agency’s evolution. “This past year we’ve been trying to restructure and transform the whole organization to really make it the premiere statewide LGBT civil-rights organization, so this resignation is just part of that transition as the board moves in a new direction,” Brauer said. “Certainly Lynn did some amazing things while she was here — particularly transferring the legal services over to Mazzoni Center, she did an excellent job with that — so it wasn’t so much Lynn herself or the job she did, but we want to move into a new direction. “Our main focus is now going to be fundraising so we want to move to where we can put ourselves in a position to become a major player in the fundraising game, and the executive director is a big part
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of that. Fundraising is not necessarily one of Lynn’s interests or strengths, so we decided that it was important that we move in the direction where we look for someone who has a strong development background.” Zeitlin said she’s confident the board will continue her goal of making Equality Advocates and its lobbying counterpart viable agencies that address the needs of LGBT residents statewide. “I fully expect that the officers and the board will be able to continue what I got going in that same vein and move it along the way they want to do,” she said. “And I will continue to support the organization because I believe it’s very vital to our community. I care a great deal about the mission of the organization, and I hope they can accomplish great things. I wish the organization nothing but the best.” Zeitlin said she’ll be available as a consultant for Equality Advocates and plans to resume her political-action work on behalf of such organizations as the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. An interim executive director has not yet been named, Sims said.
“We don’t have any plans yet until we have the chance to have a full board meeting.” He added that a date for the next board meeting had not yet been scheduled. Sims said the agency is in a “good financial position” heading into 2010 and, just last month, received a $50,000 grant from the Tides Foundation’s State Equality Fund, a national philanthropic partnership that includes the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, the Gill Foundation and anonymous donors. This marks the third year that Equality Advocates received the grant, and Jake Kaskey, policy and programs director for the organization, said the group will use the funding to heighten education about LGBT issues in Pennsylvania, specifically the need for a statewide LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination bill. Kaskey said Equality Advocates may also consider using the grant to fuel a statewide polling project and to support the return of its LGBT summit, the first of which was held last year. n Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.
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Editorial Quiet advocacy Over the past week, the LGBT community witnessed several key events: Houston swore in a lesbian mayor — her partner at her side; same-sex marriages went into effect in New Hampshire; Salt Lake City swore it its first openly gay councilman; and the first transgender individual presidentially appointed to an executive branch position started work. For the LGBT community in Philadelphia, these events should serve as inspiration — particularly the swearing-in of Stan Penfold to the Salt Lake City Council. It’s a testament to progress that Salt Lake — home of the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who contributed heavily to the 2008 campaign to overturn gay marriage in California, and with an estimated 53-percent Mormon population — has elected an out gay man to city council. Philadelphia, on the other hand, has had a gay-rights ordinance in place for over 25 years, but has yet to elect an openly gay or lesbian councilperson; nor has an openly gay or lesbian candidate been elected to the state legislature. A few out candidates have run unsuccessfully for state House seats recently, and there are several openly gay or lesbian candidates who plan to run for City Council and the state legislature. That there are even out candidates running at all is progress: It takes an incredible amount of courage to run for elected office, particularly when you might be the first in your respective legislative body to be openly gay. Electing LGBT candidates to office is imperative to ensuring equal treatment under the law. And that’s not to say that allies can’t effectively advocate for equality or that there’s a “gay agenda” to push. But it is to say that sexual minorities can conduct quiet advocacy, forging alliances over issues and building relationships with colleagues that will allow meaningful conversations to take place, but doesn’t require them. Likewise, having openly LGBT individuals in positions where they can build alliances with other minorities is crucial: While the goals and experiences might not be exactly the same, they are no doubt similar. And when the LGBT community stands with other minorities, it strengthens us all. Two specific areas where alliances with other minorities would be key are the statewide nondiscrimination and hate-crimes legislation — both of which would allow LGBT individuals to engage in quiet advocacy, gaining allies and friends. n
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Creep of the Week
D’Anne Witkowski
Karl Rove How long does a marriage have to last before it’s considered “traditional” to Karl Rove? Well, three years if you’re talking about his first marriage. Twenty-four if you’re talking about his second. Karl “ban gay marriage for political gain” Rove and his second wife have called it quits via the no-fault divorce laws of Texas. I know, it’s hard to believe, isn’t it? Not that Rove is a hypocrite when it comes to the “sanctity of marriage,” but that he was ever married at all. Who would do that to themselves? But as my dad used to say, “It takes all kinds.” And, as long as those “all kinds” are heterosexual, they’re allowed to get married. And unmarried. And then married again. Rinse and repeat. Mind you, the majority of gays in this country can’t even get married once. Rove is, in part, to blame for that. Remember that rash of antigaymarriage ballot initiatives in 2004? Rove’s seal of approval was all over that. Had to get those Jesus-loving gay-hating folks to the polls to vote for Bush, after all. So why not bait the trap with gay folks? Rove is, of course, the man who argued that letting gays marry would
be throwing away “5,000 years” of tradition. As Dan Savage commented, “Traditional marriage is for life. Which means Karl ... shouldn’t have been allowed to get out of [his marriage] alive, right?” Of course, I shouldn’t even be writing about Rove’s divorce, traditional or not. It’s disrespectful. According to spokesperson Dana Perino, “[Karl Rove and his wife, Darby] came to the decision mutually and amicably, and they maintain a close relationship and a strong friendship. There will be no further comment, and the family requests that its privacy be respected.” Of course, in order to respect someone’s privacy, you kinda have to respect them, and respect isn’t a word I associate with Karl Rove. “Revulsion” is closer, tied with “resentment.” Don’t get me wrong. I understand Rove wanting privacy at this time. I mean, divorce is a sad and difficult thing. I hardly expect Rove to be holding press conferences or doing media junkets right now. But what I can’t do is respect his privacy. Because he has no respect for mine. As Joel Mathis wrote Dec. 29 on his Philadelphia Weekly blog,
“Rove made a concerted effort to push the marriage status of hundreds of thousands of Americans to the center stage of the political process. He treated the issue like a political plaything. Which is easier to do when it’s an abstract notion. Only problem is: For each one of those couples, it’s not at all an abstract issue.” Indeed. And by using gays as a political football in order to get George W. Bush reelected, America was freed from what, exactly? What did America gain by denying so many gays and lesbians the right to marry — enshrining homophobia into state constitutions, no less? What, besides the shittiest president we’ve ever had who left messes we’re all going to be cleaning up for decades, if not lifetimes, to come? Bush’s nickname for Rove, Turd Blossom, is more apt than he realizes. n 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 and teaches writing at the University of Michigan.
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Mark My Words
Mark Segal
Cardinal Rigali and LGBT rights Cardinal Justin Rigali and I had an opportunity to chat at the swearing-in of new District Attorney Seth Williams. Rigali and his lobbying group, if you remember, almost single-handedly blocked hate-crimes and nondiscrimination legislation in Harrisburg. Our conversation was polite and direct. The archbishop of Philadelphia was not aware of the statement of the Vatican to the United Nations Human Rights conference on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10. As I was explaining it to him, it finally registered and, after some prodding, he said, “If the Holy See has that position, then we have that position.” Statement of the Holy See Mr. Moderator, Thank you for convening this panel discussion and for providing the opportunity to hear some very serious concerns raised this afternoon. My comments are more in the form of a statement rather than a question. As stated during the debate of the General Assembly last year, the Holy See continues to oppose all grave violations of human rights against homosexual persons, such as the use of the death penalty, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. The Holy See also opposes all forms of violence and unjust discrimination against homosexual persons, including discriminatory penal legislation which undermines the inherent dignity of the human person. As raised by some of the panelists today, the mur-
der and abuse of homosexual persons are to be confronted on all levels, especially when such violence is perpetrated by the State. While the Holy See’s position on the concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity remains well known, we continue to call on all States and individuals to respect the rights of all persons and to work to promote their inherent dignity and worth. Thank you, Mr. Moderator.
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Street Talk What should new District Attorney Seth Williams’ priority be?
The Rev. Philip J. Bené, J.C.D. Legal Attaché Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations Rigali agreed to put me in touch with those he works with to start a dialogue. Communication is where all change begins. And to my knowledge, this is the first time the archbishop of Philadelphia has given his word to start that process. I commend him on that and look forward to working with him on, as the Vatican says, the “dignity and worth” of all people. This will be the first test of these new words from the Vatican. Are they real or just double-talk? Personally, I hope they are real. After all, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has already taken the position supporting nondiscrimination. And they did so in its home city of Salt Lake, Utah. The cardinal told me the number of Catholics in the region who are under his jurisdiction. Your Eminence, some of those individuals happen to be LGBT members of your church, and they deserve your support against discrimination and hate. n
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“Witness protection would be nice. I think it’s important so prosecutors have the ability to secure convictions. Many witnesses are afraid to come forward and testify and cases fall apart, criminals go free.”
“Fight corruption in the city. For years, people have been doing crooked things in high places. That hasn’t been addressed enough in Philadelphia. And [Williams] should go after the dangerous criminals. Don’t clog the courts with petty stuff.”
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“Stop the revolving door of justice. There are too many repeat offenders. I’ve had three breaks-in at my apartment, and I’ve only lived there for two years. Crime is too close for comfort. It’s also bad in West Philly, where I’m a student.”
“Help the courts operate more efficiently. It’s pretty much a crisis. The system is backlogged and justice isn’t being served; violent criminals aren’t getting processed. This adds to the stresses of urban living.”
Mark Segal is PGN publisher. He can be reached at mark@epgn.com.
Letters and Feedback In response to “Person of the Year 2009: ’Dolph Ward Goldenburg,” Jan. 1-7, 2010: Isn’t it funny that the PGN Person of the Year is someone who left Philly! Was the greatest accomplishment for our community the completion of an elevator project that took over a decade? To be fair, ’Dolph is only responsible for six of those 10 years of the center not being accessible, but really, Person of the Year? Congratulations to Dawn Segal and Ron Sy for their hard work. Should have also acknowledged Dan Anders, who ran the most visible campaign we’ve seen in our community, ever. Soda Nobuhle and the Womyn’s Village, though, is another miss. Has anyone ever met another “member” or participant of the Womyn’s Village? Better luck next year, PGN
— but I guess it’s better than recognizing the people who hate us, like last year with the Cardinal. — people of the year State Sen. Daylin Leach would make my list for having introduced a bill to allow gay marriage in Pennsylvania. — rgbgr Rep. Murphy and Rep. Sestak, thank you for your overall support, but we need you to co-sponsor the UAFA H.R. 1024. I am a United States citizen currently living in exile due to the discriminatory immigration laws. Our families are in immediate need of relief with passage of this important legislation or inclusion in any [comprehensive immigration reform] efforts. — C. Yildirim Sen. Specter and Congressman Sestak: Thank you for your support
in LGBT issues. We need all the support we can get. UAFA needs your support too. There are thousands of bi-national same-gender families that need you to co-sponsor the Uniting American Families Act, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Patrick Leahy and in the House by Rep. Jerrold Nadler. — Rob NG When it comes to the term “allies,” anyone who fails to support UAFA by not going on record as a co-sponsor is unentitled. So here is hoping for a commitment from Sestak. Arlen Specter was very supportive at the hearing of UAFA last year. I would take it a step further and ask these allies if they would be willing to support a moratorium and stopgap-visa measure for same-sex spouses and partners separated by country. — Melanie Nathan
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Obituary Bob ‘Brownie’ Brown, 66 By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Longtime Venture Inn employee Bob Brown, known to friends and family as Brownie, died Jan. 3 of heart disease. He was 66. Brown, a native of Philadelphia, was a waiter at Venture Inn for 37 years. “He had been working at Venture Inn since the time that it was a straight bar back in the ’70s, so when he went, a lot of the history of this place went with him,” said Venture Inn manager Henry Brinton. Brinton said Brown’s extensive knowledge about the restaurant and bar, as well as its many loyal customers, proved invaluable to
his own growth at the business. “I started working there a couple years ago and he took a liking to me and managed to help me really thrive,” Brinton said. “He taught me everything.” Brown was born Aug. 16, 1943, and was raised in Southwest Philadelphia, the youngest of three children. He attended elementary school at St. Francis De Sales and went on to graduate from West Philadelphia Catholic High School. Brown moved with his parents to Delaware County for a time but eventually returned to Philadelphia, living at Third and Bainbridge streets and then 10th and McKean. Prior to Venture Inn, Brown’s sister Anne McGarrigle said, her
brother worked for a time as a physician’s assistant. Phil Motlasz, a friend of Brown for 15 years who used to work with him at Venture Inn, found Brown in his home Sunday after Brinton told him that he was late for work — something Brown never was. Motlasz said Brown was an institution at Venture Inn, noting that his “raw” sense of humor and biting sarcasm endeared him to both the staff and customers. “People just loved him,” he said. “A lot of people came in there, even if they weren’t staying, but just popped in to say hi to him. He was a fixture at Venture Inn, and he had a real strong group of regulars.” McGarrigle said her brother was
a “people person” who “could talk to anyone on just about any subject. He was very intelligent and that really helped him to deal with people.” Motlasz said that as much as the Venture Inn community benefited from Brown’s presence, Brown himself enjoyed his work. “He was faithful to his friends and faithful to his work. He just absolutely loved his job,” he said. “He loved his coworkers, and a lot of the guests were regulars since he started working there, so they were like an extended family.” Outside the Venture Inn, Brown was a sports enthusiast and was especially devoted to the Phillies. He also enjoyed gambling, Motlasz said, and they would fre-
quently take trips to Harrah’s in Chester. Motlasz noted that Brown even named his dog Lottery, a mutt who McGarrigle said her brother loved like a member of the family. Brown is preceded in death by his brother Earl and, besides his sister, is survived by three nephews and a niece. Funeral arrangements have not yet been finalized. n
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NEWS BRIEFING From Page 5 religion, disability, gender or sexual orientation. The first hearing will take place from 4-7 p.m. Jan. 28 at Guerin Recreation Center, 2201 S. 16th St. Future hearing dates will be posted on the commission’s Web site, www.phila.gov/humanrelations/.
Fins fundraise for LGBT youth The Fins Aquatic Club, the city’s LGBT swim team, will host its annual Postal Swim fundraiser later this month, with proceeds benefiting The Attic Youth Center. The competition will run from 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 31 at Friends Select School, 1651 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The annual event challenges Fins swimmers to complete as many laps as they can during the competition, and the team’s statistics will then be sent — via the U.S. Post Office — to the United States Masters Swimming, which will compare the results to other teams who held Postal Swims and present awards accordingly. Community members can sponsor individual Fins swimmers and also contribute via donation jars at the event. For more information, visit www.philadelphia-fins.org. n — Jen Colletta
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Mauckingbird focuses on two gay literary icons By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer
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JAMES IJAMES AS JAMES BALDWIN
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Mauckingbird Theatre Company is continuing its mission to produce thought-provoking LGBT-themed theater with productions of “The Threshing Floor” and “TRU,” two one-man shows about the lives of iconic gay writers James Baldwin and Truman Capote, respectively. “The Threshing Floor” is a world-premiere production about Baldwin (1924-87), a writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil-rights activist who was born in Harlem. He resisted categorization, both as a gay novelist and an African-American writer. His major works include “Go Tell it on the Mountain” and “Giovanni’s Room,” the latter of which generated a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1956 due to its homoerotic content. James Ijames’ one-man show is based on an imagined encounter with the author and a fictional graduate student who comes to interview Baldwin at his home abroad in France, which he relocated to in 1948. Out playwright and actor Ijames, who wrote and stars in “The Threshing Floor,” said he has been working on the play since he was in college. “I had a professor that told me that I favored James Baldwin,” the 29-year-old said. “For an honors project in college almost seven years ago, I wrote a 15-minute version of [the play] that I just built on. It was always the intention for me to play James and the other characters in this piece.” Ijames added that certain characters in the show are more difficult to portray than others. “Aside from Baldwin, who is an enigmatic person in general, I would say the characters that don’t have personalities that precede them [are the most difficult],” he said. “Eldridge Cleaver, you have an idea of who he is. You have an idea of who Josephine Baker is. [Characters like] his mother, the people that you want to honor, but you have to find a truthful way of presenting them to the audiences. His father in particular was very difficult to bring to life because he’s basically going mad at the point we meet him in the play.” Given the current state of racial and sexual politics in the United States, Ijames said the timing is perfect for a production about Baldwin. “A lot of what Baldwin talked about in terms of race, gender and sexuality, we’re dealing with those things in a very real way,” he said. “It was almost prophetic in the way that he talks about how America will evolve. We are sort of moving in that direction in terms of racial tolerance and tolerance of different sexual orientations. He’s a good voice to listen to right now and to remind ourselves of where we come from.” True. But let’s not forget that Baldwin moved to Paris because he was weary of American prejudices. Is that in itself a message for this generation? “It’s clear in his writing that he always had this aching for America,” Ijames said. “If you grow up with a parent that is absent, you always ache for that parent. It’s sort of the same thing with Baldwin and America. He recognizes that America isn’t a place where he can truly be who he is, but he longs for the day that it is true. That’s definitely apparent in the piece.” “TRU” offers a glimpse into the life of Capote (1924-84),
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CHRIS FAITH AS TRUMAN CAPOTE
the influential author of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “In Cold Blood,” during a particularly dark chapter in his life, when he is shunned by elite social circles following the publication of a tellall chapter from his unfinished book, “Answered Prayers.” Chris Faith, who portrays Capote, described the overall tone of the production as “extremely bittersweet.” “Sweet in that I think it’s charming, hysterical and heart-warming,” he said. “And then it’s also very, very sad because you’re kind of seeing this genius unravel before your eyes. I think the script does a very good job in painting that picture with being overly didactic.” Tony Braithwaite, director of “TRU,” described the production as “charmingly confessional.” “He’s a raconteur, a storyteller,” he said of Capote. “There are these moments of wonderful storytelling about himself and other aspects of his life. He’s a bit of a social pariah at the time we meet him after being way on top and being the toast of New York.
It hurts. It cuts him to the quick. Those demons of being unaccepted and unloved go back to his family and growing up, issues with his physical appearance and sexuality. In the play, he’s confessing how he feels about this situation to us.” Unlike “The Threshing Floor,” “TRU” is not a new play: It was originally written by Jay Presson Allen and opened on Broadway in 1989, where it ran for nearly 300 performances. Braithwaite said Faith was instrumental in getting the dormant show going again. “Chris obviously looks so much like Truman Capote,” Braithwaite said. “He woke one day and said, ‘I should really look into trying to play Truman Capote at some point.’ He knew of this oneman show that existed in New York in the ’90s that nobody seemed to do anymore. He and I had worked together a lot. [Mauckingbird Theatre Company producer] Peter [Reynolds] happened to get the idea around the time Chris and I were talking about it.” Seeing as Capote is the more documented of the two authors in terms of his public persona, both Braithwaite and
Faith said there were some difficulties in figuring out how to portray Capote on stage. “This character is very iconic to a whole group of people. It’s difficult to honor his idiosyncrasies and mannerisms without it becoming a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch,” Braithwaite said. “Also, making this story — the text of which can often presume some knowledge — accessible to an older generation that knows him and a younger generation who might not know who Truman Capote is [was difficult].” Faith said that, for him, the most difficult part of portraying Capote was not being afraid to let the voice and body go where they want. “When I was trying to get his voice and his mannerisms down, basically you’re seeing him in a relatively sober state,” he said. “But then to allow yourself to veer from that and take an emotional journey, you kind of come up with your own voice and body movements using your imagination.” He added that Braithwaite helped him avoid becoming a caricature of Capote.
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“He’s very languid, so it was easy to kind of rest into that and not think about things in terms of theatricality,” Faith said. “Tony was very wise in saying you’ve got the languidness down but for the sake of theatricality, let’s play with more vocal and physical variations, all the while staying within the parameters of a believable Truman Capote.” Both Braithwaite and Faith said while Capote has been portrayed on stage and screen many times, there’s one particular portrayal they heed the most. “I saw [2005’s] “Capote” with Phillip Seymour Hoffman when it first came out,” the actor said. “It’s still a little vague right now in my mind, which is a good thing. I’ve been very cautious not to watch somebody else’s interpretation and stick only with the real deal watching old video clips and interviews of Truman.” “It’s the Phillip Seymour Hoffman role that makes it tough because it was an Oscar-winning performance,” Braithwaite added. “That is the only thing we’re up against. But the timeline for that movie and the timeline for this production is at two different points in Truman’s life. We got lucky in that it’s two different time periods.” Since “The Threshing Floor” and “TRU” are running concurrently, those involved with the plays are hopeful that audiences will take in both productions. “James Baldwin and Truman Capote did cross paths at least on one occasion,” Faith said. “Truman is spoken about in ‘The Threshing Floor.’ It would be nice for people to see both and see two different viewpoints from these two geniuses about life.” Ijames added that the two authors were very aware of each other’s careers. “[Baldwin and Capote] complement each other well because they really respected each other’s writing and they were writing at the same time,” he said. “But they disagreed about how to write and what good writing was. Baldwin clearly respects Capote, but on some level doesn’t like him. It wasn’t necessarily a personal dislike, but Baldwin felt like you should be trying to say something to advance the society through writing and Capote was like, ‘I’m just a writer. I write the things that mean something to me.’ Baldwin felt like there should be a mission behind it.” “The Threshing Floor” and “TRU” run through Jan. 31 at Adrienne Theatre’s Second Stage, 2030 Sansom St. For more information or tickets, visit www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org or call (215) 923-8909. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.
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Professional Portraits The New Year is the time when many of us take stock of where we’ve been and where we’re going. It’s a time to reflect upon the way things have been and create a new plan for the future. In that respect, Denise Lehmann is way ahead of the game: For years, she has been looking ahead. As an environmentalist and builder, she and business partner Alex Plessant have been building the homes of the future. The two are spearheading the creation of Sheldon Crossing, a 16-unit carriage-home development in Manayunk (www. sheldoncrossing.com). Described as “eco-passionate,” Lehmann and Plessant are committed to building homes that are not only luxurious and stylish, but environmentally friendly too. “Our homes will not only save energy and cost less to operate and maintain, but they will be healthier, more comfortable and durable, and have less impact on the environment,” Lehmann said. The homes will feature everything from photovoltaic solar panels, vegetative green roofs and charging stations for electric or hybrid vehicles to fireplaces and 18-foot decks. PGN spoke to Lehmann as the new
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decade got under way. PGN: Tell me a little about yourself. DL: I was born in Hackensack, N.J., and I am the middle child of three girls. I have a sister who is three years older and one who is eight years younger than me. I’m the only one who moved away. I came to Philly about 17 years ago, but the rest of my family still lives in North Jersey. PGN: What did your parents do? DL: My mom was a stay-at-home mom and my dad had a painting and wallpapering company. PGN: Do you think that influenced your desire to get in the housing business? DL: You know, I think that it probably did. And my mom, although she didn’t have a formal profession, was really into decorating. She is very talented and has a great eye and passion for it. Her friends were always asking her to help design or fix up their homes. My father was into it as well: They were always working on our house. In fact, I remember when I was really little suggest-
ing to my parents that they open up a shop together where he could sell paint and wallpaper and she could do interior design work. I didn’t understand how difficult it was to run a business. PGN: What were you like as a kid? DL: I was a tomboy. I loved to be outside. I was always creating and building things. I would create forts out of boxes in the summer and build igloos in the winter. I’d put carpeting inside and make a mock sofa, really fix it up so I could hang out in comfort. I never really thought about it until you asked that question, but I guess I’ve been building things since I was a kid. I used to build go-carts and all sorts of stuff. PGN: It seems like you were good with mechanical things. Most little girls at that age were busy playing with Barbie’s Dream House and you were building your own out of cardboard. DL: I guess I was! [Laughs.] PGN: So other than building go-
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carts, what was an early sign you were gay? DL: I just remember early crushes on teachers, and that’s not to say that I didn’t have crushes on male teachers too. I had plenty of boyfriends and, in fact, was engaged twice. But when I think back, I always knew that I felt a little bit different. Obviously, we don’t recognize what it is a lot of times until we’re older. I didn’t officially come out until I was 24, but I did have some early experiences with women. PGN: When was that? DL: When I was 17. I was dating this guy and back then we were close to the New York state border, where you could drink at a much younger age. We went to a bar in New York and I found myself very attracted to the female bartender. We became friends and eventually one thing led to another. At the time, I thought maybe it was just a singular event and that it was just a passing phase, but I continually found myself attracted to women. Then when I was 24, I was dating this guy and we were going on vacation. We started taking scuba-diving lessons and the scuba-diving teacher was very attractive. [Laughs.] I ended up breaking up with him and dating the diving teacher! After that, I never looked back. We were together for three years and that’s when I came out to my friends and family. PGN: How did the family handle it?
DL: I think it took most people off guard — friends, family and certainly my parents, but for the most part it went very well. I think my sisters were a little shocked, but they were very accepting. My parents were the last to find out and it took them a little while to come around but they did eventually get there and they’re now very supportive. PGN: Where did you go to school? DL: I went to St. Thomas Aquinas College in New York for two years but I dropped out to work at an Austrian eyewear manufacturer. I started working for them when I was 16 years old in high school and part-time while I was in college. After I dropped out, I worked for them full-time. I moved up in the company and got a position with them that brought me to Philadelphia. In 2000, I started investing in real estate and started my own company renovating and rehabbing homes. It naturally progressed into building new housing. Sheldon Crossing is my largest project and my baby. PGN: How did you get from working for an eyewear company to building and construction? DL: The truth of the matter is that there is no direct correlation, but the indirect correlation is that the skills that I learned in the corporate world laid the foundation for me to run and market my own business. What brought me into home building was my deeply rooted passion for
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it, which I think I’ve had since childhood. I always loved the warm and inviting home environment that my parents created and enjoy sharing that passion. I’m not an architect, but I’m heavily involved in the design process. It’s in my blood. I know what it is that I want to create. I think what makes you successful — what makes anyone successful in life — is if you can find what you love and make a living at it, big or small, as long as you are doing what you love to do. PGN: When did you develop an interest in the environment? DL: I’m the kind of person who has always been into health and fitness and nature. I love animals and the great outdoors, and it’s always been a part of me. My mother really loved animals, so growing up we always had pets. My grandfather had a farm too, so he bought my sisters and me a horse to ride. PGN: What was your worst riding incident? DL: I was about 7 and my grandfather bought a new pony for us. I got on him and the pony threw me over his head. Right outside the barn was a big cement block with a water fountain, and I missed slamming my head on it by a fraction of an inch. Of course, my mother and everyone was screaming and it was awfully traumatic for a 7-year-old, but my father insisted that I get right back on. Thank God he did. It was the wisest thing, and I think that maybe it instilled in me the drive I have now. There are a lot of things that I might not have done if I didn’t have that capacity to move past the fear. No matter how scared I might be, I always forge forward. PGN: Any other lessons? DL: I also believe that if you’re going to do something, do it well. We’ve always tried to be on the forefront of building in a sustainable and eco-friendly manner, even prior to the U.S. Green Building Council standard ratings. I just believe in building
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well. It’s building in a way that creates a healthy home while minimizing the negative effects on the environment. I mean it’s where we spend most of our lives, so it should be someplace that nurtures us. PGN: Tell me about the “Tree of Life.” DL: We were in a meeting trying to decide what to do with the debris that was leftover from the construction. Alex has an artist friend, Mari Skarp, that he went to school with. He called her and she gathered almost 800 pounds of leftover wood, metal, iron, wires and plastic and is going to construct a statue called the Tree of Life, that will symbolize the interconnectedness to the earth and living green that we are trying to create with Sheldon Crossing. We’re really excited about it. PGN: What is the Home Grown Manayunk Fall Festival? DL: It’s a festival that brings together a lot of different artists and vendors from the Manayunk area. Almost all of the work I have done has been in this area, so when they contacted us, we were happy to sign on as the main sponsors. I really believe in giving back to the community and this was a great way to do it. We’re hoping that it will someday be as big as the Manayunk Arts festival. PGN: What makes it home grown? DL: The festival is all about being local, sustainable and green. Last year we had a CD signing with the Bacon Brothers and live music on two different stages. We even had a Mummers string band performing. There’s also a farmers’ market and local foods are featured at participating restaurants. There is also a sidewalk sale with merchants selling locally produced items, organic foods, environmentfriendly and recycled products and services. PGN: Switching gears, did you play any sports? DL: I was in track and field in high school and I play tennis now, but I was never
really into organized sports. But I like to be active and stay fit and I am the kind of person that if someone called me and said, “Let’s go throw a football around or play some softball,” I’d do it. I’m game for most things.
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1. You can have them in your pants PGN: Which personal trait 5. Composer Ned has gotten you into the most 10. Refuse hauler trouble? 14. Strip a fruit DL: I’m going to say the 15. Madonna title role fact that I can be a bit flir16. “What fun!” 17. Novel of 34-Down or tatious. By nature, I’m a warm, touchy-feely type of movie directed by 25Down person and I can be flirtatious, which can be miscon- 19. They move your dinghy 20. Von Trapp’s rank in the strued at times. navy 21. House that Shakespeare PGN: What’s the worst worked under hairstyle you ever had? 23. Above-ground trains DL: Well, I’m a Jersey girl, 24. Silence for Bernstein so you know that I had to 26. Bridal paths have big hair at one time or 29. “ ___ De-Lovely” another. That bad perm from 3 0 . R o d g e r s a n d Hammerstein title song the early ’80s. 32. Pop artist Haring 35. Notice a cologne PGN: How did you meet queen your current partner? 36. Corinthian consonant DL: We met at the New 37. Bringing up the rear Year’s Eve party at the 238. Sentimental sort 4 Club three years ago. I 39. Working hard hate to say that we haven’t 40. Language suffix been back since. We’re both 41. Earhart, for one 42. Fred’s first partner homebodies! 43. Hazel, for example 45. ‘60s radical org. PGN: Something great 46. Bodywork place about her ... 47. Style of many South DL: She keeps me in balBeach buildings ance. She’s the kind of 49. Summer D.C. setting person who keeps things 52. Incorrect simple, which I really love 54. Comic Lea and really need. I tend to 56. Where a cobbler puts complicate my life and take the tongue 58. Por trayer of George on more than I should and, Falconer in 17-Across as a workaholic, will do everything I can to complete 60. Owl sound 61. How Homo sapiens the things I take on. She is stands very centered and helps me 62. Old photo print slow down. 63. Means justifiers, at times PGN: Any hobbies? 64. Leases out DL: I enjoy gardening 65. Fruit flavor for gin
and, if you ask any of my friends, they’ll tell you renovating and redoing my house, which I have done over and over again. When I’m not building, I’m doing something to my house. Honestly, that’s what I love about my job, because what I do for a living is what I love to do in my life. If I wasn’t doing it for a living, it would be my hobby. ■ To suggest a community member for “Professional Portraits,” write to: Professional Portraits, 505 S. Fourth St.,
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3. Vacation excursions 4. Put out 5. Depends [on] 6. Hot spots 7. Type of job 8. State in French 9. How to compensate for your lover’s absence? 10. Nike logo 11. Julianne’s role in 17Across 12. Finish’d 13. Craven of “Cursed” 18. “Friends in Low Places” singer Brooks 22. Rotary phone feature 25. Fashion designer who just debuted as a film director 27. Response to an online personal 28. Stir-fry 29. Electronics co. 31. “Etta ___ ” (old comic strip) 32. Kind of light for Joel Schumacher 33. Cinch course 34. Novelist Christopher 35. Opera highlight 38. Rod accessory for a hit man 39. They may be personal 41. Type of stick held between the legs 42. Brewmaster Coors 44. Insertion marks
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Lesbian on the scene
Tracy Buckholz
Beating the winter blues
Dining Guide...this week in
The holidays are over: Thank God we all survived! Now it’s time to use those new gift cards you got for Christmas to find a new outfit, gather up your friends and head out to some of these great events. January events are always packed, as boredom and winter blues threaten to take over. If you’re single, this can be an especially great time to make some new friends. First up, I’m definitely stoked for the Beyoncé, Britney and Gaga dance party Jan. 8 at Sisters Nightclub, 1320 Chancellor St. What greater way to spend your night than listening to three of today’s hottest female — not to mention sexy — performers? DJ Deejay brings the party from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. with a $5 cover. One of my new favorite Web sites is Meetup.com. This site is great for non-bar-related activities, and as you might still be recovering from New Year’s Eve, I found a few events that are in the city, sound like a blast and provide great opportunities to meet new people.On Jan. 9, join members of Philadelphia Professional Lesbians as they gather for a night of laughter at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St. This is a group primarily geared toward women in their 20s and 30s, and the comics for the night are Matt Braunger and Kurt Metzger. The show starts at 7 p.m.; more information can be found at www.meetup.com/PhiladelphiaProfessional-Lesbian-20-s-and30-s/ or purchase tickets at www. heliumcomedy.com. Next, check out the women’s monthly mixer, Unwind, Jan. 12 at Q Lounge, 1234 Locust St., a favorite for those looking to relax and mingle in the comfort of a sleek and sexy lounge. This is also a great night for anyone seeking midweek drink specials, a lesbian theme on the various television screens plus The Baraness spinning. And there’s no cover for this mixer. Join the mailing list by emailing scenephilly@gmail.com. If you’re looking for a night out
of the city, head to the Nevermore, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, on Jan. 14. Acclaimed singer-songwriters Christine Havrilla and Christine Martucci lend their talents to a night celebrating the “Embraceable You” project. The documentary focuses on New Hope and its dedication to embracing diversity. The screening and concert take place at 7:30 p.m. and cost $20 for both. For more information on the documentary or show, visit www. harlanscabaret.com. On Jan. 15, Meetup group GLBT Singles is taking over the Philadelphia Art Museum, 26th Street and the Parkway, for its Art After 5 event. Cost of admission is $14, but Friday nights offer something really special! At 5 p.m., the museum transforms into a great social-gathering venue, offering both live music and a cash bar. Rest assured, if there’s a Meetup group being hosted here, there will be tons of queers to mingle with. That night, famed Cuban pianist Manuel Valera will entertain visitors from 6-8 p.m. For more information, visit www. meetup.com/philadelphiaLGBT singles. This last event isn’t for a few weeks, but mark your calendars now: You don’t want to miss it! The Scene one-year anniversary party is coming up Jan. 23 at its new home, Voyeur, 1221 St. James St. Think new year, new party. With DJ Carl Michaels on the main floor and Lil Sis spinning hip-hop upstairs, it’s guaranteed you’ll be dancing the night away. This is a hot venue with plenty of dance and lounge space right in the heart of Philly’s Gayborhood. There will be giveaways to celebrate the anniversary plus more surprises to say thank you. Doors open at 9 p.m., with $3 drinks from 9-11 and a $5 cover until midnight. There’s karaoke downstairs for all you “American Idol” wannabes and hot female bartender eye candy all night long. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/tlbtpproductions. ■ Tracy Buchholz is an LGBTQ party producer-promoter in Philadelphia. She can be reached at tracy.buchholz@gmail.com.
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Testing the waters with new singles By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Many current, classic and aspiring divas wisely chose to sit out the glut of holiday releases and instead released singles to tease us while we await their new albums. And if these singles are any indication, it’s going to be an interesting year. High on the anticipation meter is the eternally sexy siren Sade, who is about to release her first studio album since 2000’s “Lover ’s Rock.” How many artists can spend the better part of a decade out of the spotlight and still have a rapturous following waiting and salivating for a new album? It’s good to see Sade doing what she does best and not leaning toward the gimmicks
and styles many of her contemporaries are adopting. The title track from the upcoming “Soldier of Love” album is a sparse but ultimately satisfying track, short on synthesizers, electronics and strings but thick with distorted guitars and percussion. The result is a surprisingly urgent but still sexy track that is more aggressive and peppery that what most have come to expect from the soulful icon. Holding everything together is Sade’s voice, which sounds as sultry and effortless as ever. Welcome back! Given the recent ups and downs in her personal life, we can forgive the always-interesting Kelis for not putting anything out since 2006. But it seems as though new motherhood and a recent divorce from rapper Nas hasn’t dulled her edge.
Kelis gives Sade some stiff competition in the realm of avant-garde R&B. Her new single, “Acappela,” is a pulsating, electronic-trance rump-shaker made infinitely better thanks to Kelis’ delicate and irresistible vocal harmonies. Her new album, tentatively titled “Flesh Tones,” cannot arrive fast enough. Singer, dancer, actress and all-around marriage carousel Jennifer Lopez gets back into the game with “Fresh Out The Oven,” a bouncy track with overpowered car speakers in mind. Anything that keeps her off the movie screen is OK with us. This spare and convincing bid for club-level credibility is helped by an energetic guest appearance by Cuban rapper
Pitbull. It’s far better than the other recently released (and poppier) single, “Loubotinis.” And for those of you still hung up on “Waiting For Tonight” (has it really been 10 years?), “Oven” translates very well into a plethora of electro-dance remixes. You’ve probably heard popstar-in-training Ke$ha a bunch of places and didn’t even know it. She sang the hook on Flo Rida’s smash single “Right Round” and has done backup vocals on songs with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. She also co-wrote a song for Miley Cyrus. Now with a record deal and an album due out soon, Ke$ha is pushing her way to the front as a solo act. But from the sounds of her first single, “Tik Tok,” it seems being around so many
superstars didn’t rub off on her enough. All the ingredients are there — party lyrics, superfluous A-list cameo (P. Diddy), Autotune, etc. — but the result struggles to be more than the sum of its parts. “Tik Tok” is a step or two behind the pop-music curve, as many have taken this kind of club-leaning pop to the next level. You can tell Ke$ha has superstar aspirations, but this song is more a stab at being a Pussycat Doll than it is at being the next Lady Gaga. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.
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Singing for this Supper By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Judging from the amount of patrons on a Monday night and the expansion of their menu to include lunch, the good people at Supper, 926 South St., have local fans of casual-upscale dining wrapped around their collective finger. And with good reason. Chef Mitch Prensky’s modern American menu many not boast the widest selection, but it’s obvious the goal is to create a handful of items very well, with some surprises and fresh takes on familiar favorites. The deviled eggs of the day ($4 lunch, $5 dinner) can compete with any summer-picnic version. The two standouts — the sweet chili and the sriracha — both benefited from a harmonious blend of spices and creamy egg textures. Still, even with the quality, you might have an effigy of your mother/grandmother/aunt pop up in your head, shouting about how you can get better deviled eggs at her ho use. The dinner menu is divided into for three courses: hors d’oeuvresand first and second plates, each efficient and artful in its presentation. The hors d’oeuvres were impressive. The crab latke ($7) with lemon and capers was crispy and fresh. Heartier taste buds should gravitate toward the crispy squid ($6), which had a surprisingly light touch on the frying and a shockingly spicy but pleasant kick that lingered on the palette.
The duck-fat fingerlings ($5 lunch, $6 dinner) were a treat, but approach the side of truffle mayo with caution as it was very strong. The next course was the highlight of the meal. The Boston bibb and herb salad ($9) was pure enjoyment from the first to last bites, with fresh greens, apple, bacon and cornbread and buttermilk dressing. The cornbread, which looked like a large crouton, was probably the most addictive component of the salad. The sweet and crunchy exterior gave way to a warm, soft interior, making it the star of the salad. If we had a dollar for every time a restaurant told us their butternut squash soup was their most popular dish, the best thing on the menu or the reason people come from miles around ... But, seeing as the staff at Supper was right about everything else, we called them on it. And they were right. Presented in a coliseum-sized bowl, the smoked butternut squash soup ($8) was a rich, sweet and savory wonder, with a toasted cinnamonmarshmallow glaze lining one side of the dish and apples and sage giving it a great crunch. We considered diving and drowning happy. The main courses maintained the high level of quality. The spice-crusted tuna ($17) was excellently cooked — tender on the inside, peppery and crunchy on the outside — and presented with grilled romaine, roasted olives, hard-cooked egg and bagna cauda. The Supper burger ($14) definitely lived up to the
restaurant’s upscale aesthetic. The hand-ground burger was tender and juicy. The bun was perfectly toasted yet soft, and the addition of caramelized onions, roasted tomato, bacon and Gruyérè put the sandwich over the top. Dessert wasn’t the blockbuster the preceding courses were, but did end the meal on a nice note. For one, it allowed us to realize what a damned good cappuccino ($5) Supper makes. The panna cotta ($8) sounded like an adventure waiting to happen with bourbon-soaked cranberries and bacon (yes, bacon!) cookies in the mix. The resulting combination was sweet, but somehow the bold individual components didn’t come through. The banana bread pudding ($8), by comparison, was a class act. The bread pudding was just sweet enough to play well with the streak of Nutella and the modest portion of vanilla ice cream that accompanied it. With menus for lunch, brunch
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Ms. Behavior Meryl Cohn Spill the beans before you reach third base Dear Ms. Behavior: I’m in my 20s and formerly identified as lesbian, but now I’m trans (FtM). I have had top surgery and started taking testosterone nearly a year ago. I definitely pass as a guy. I haven’t had bottom surgery, and I may never do it. I don’t even think genital gender (as opposed to gender identity) really matters, but that’s another discussion. I need advice about when I need to tell people that I am trans. When should I tell a (female) date? Before we go out? Before we kiss? Once we hook up? I don’t have any trans friends and I don’t know who to ask. — Lenny
Dear Lenny: Ms. Behavior’s trans friend Mike puts it simply: “Tell your date before you go to third base.” Although Mike is being slightly funny, you’d be wise to have the gender discussion with a date before anything sexual happens, including kissing. (As you probably know, kissing leads to humping way quicker than pot smoking leads to heroin abuse.) Basically, it’s important to reveal your personal info once you want to take the relationship to a deeper or more intimate level. Indeed, most people are stuck in the “gender binary” way of thinking. So, waiting to have the conversation until you’re about to drop your trousers does seem risky. Obviously, you’re in a tricky spot because you want to get to know your date a bit and see if you really like each other before you disclose, but you have
to weigh that against the risk that she’ll feel that you’ve deceived her if you wait too long. If you meet people in an LGBT environment — particularly if you live in a hip urban area — it will be easier to be out as trans (and get to know more people who want to date a trans man). Dear Ms. Behavior: My older gay brother, Tony, moved to New York City a couple years ago, leaving me alone here in a small town with our mother. For some reason, I’m the only one in the family who knows that Tony is gay. Tony is coming for a visit next month and plans to come out to our mom. I have a few problems with this plan. First, he plans to come out at the only restaurant in town, which is where we always eat. Mom tends to be very dramatic, and I’m sure that after Tony
comes out to her, she will have a negative association to the restaurant and refuse to ever eat there again. Also, once Tony goes back to New York City, I’m the one who will have to deal with our mother’s big feelings about having a gay son. How can I convince him not to come out? — Tony’s Brother Dear Tony’s Brother: If you think Tony’s coming out will really destroy your family’s chances of ever again eating out in Mayberry, you could offer to cook dinner at home for Tony’s big moment. But if your mother is a Drama Queen as you suggest, she may develop a negative association to her own kitchen. Perhaps the best strategy would be for you to organize an unappealing picnic on a disposable blanket in an ugly public park that you wish to never again see.
After Tony comes out to your mother, you can wad up the picnic blanket like a dirty diaper and you and Mommy can forget the whole thing ever happened. In all seriousness, it’s not your job to protect your mother from Tony’s news or to control her reaction. She’s an adult: If she needs help sorting out her feelings, she can go to PFLAG meetings or a therapist. Try to remember that coming out isn’t really a crisis, even within the families that initially act like it is. It also sounds like you need to graduate from high school and fly away from Mommy’s little nest and your little town, ASAP. ■ Meryl Cohn is the author of “‘Do What I Say’: Ms. Behavior’s Guide to Gay and Lesbian Etiquette.” E-mail her at MsBehavior@aol.com or visit www.msbehavior.com.
worth watching: FRIDAY Bump! 3 The LGBT travel show visits Toronto, Ft. Lauderdale, Philadelphia and Provincetown in this mini-marathon. 7 p.m. on Logo.
Brothers & Sisters Matthew Rhys plays gay character Kevin Walker, Luke Macfarlane as Kevin’s husband, Scotty Wandell, and Ron Rifkin as Uncle Saul Holden. 10 p.m. on ABC.
SATURDAY Suze Orman Show The out money expert gives advice. 9 p.m. on CNBC.
MONDAY How I Met Your Mother Openly gay Neil Patrick Harris stars as skirt-chaser Barney in this new episode, in which he has to choose between his fashionable suits and his latest girlfriend. 8 p.m. on CBS.
Graham Norton Show The out personality hosts his own talk show. 10:30 p.m. on BBC America. The Wanda Sykes Show The out comedian stars with drag sidekick Porsche. 11 p.m. on Fox. Saturday Night Live Charles Barkley hosts and Alicia Keys performs. 11:30 p.m. on NBC. SUNDAY Desperate Housewives A new episode. Look for a gay character on roller skates. 9 p.m. on ABC. Cleveland Show Comedian Margaret Cho has a voice cameo as herself in this animated show. 9:30 p.m. on Fox.
The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price The out design guru’s reality show spruces things up. 10:30 p.m. on Logo. TUESDAY American Idol Season premiere. The hit show is back with Ellen DeGeneres as a judge. 8 p.m. on Fox. Reno 911! Look for Lt. Dangle. 9 p.m. on Logo. WEDNESDAY American Idol Part two of the season premiere.
Ellen DeGeneres as a judge. Expect to see some train wrecks on the first few episodes. 8 p.m. on Fox. The New Adventures of Old Christine Eric McCormack (“Will & Grace”) is back as Christine’s therapist. Out comedian Wanda Sykes co-stars. 8 p.m. on CBS. Modern Family Watch for gay couple Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) in this repeat. 9 p.m. on ABC. Ugly Betty The fashion industry comedy/ drama. Look for gay character Marc (Michael Urie). 10 p.m. on ABC. THURSDAY Mambo Italiano Angelo, an aspiring television writer in his 20s, decides to move out of his Italian-immigrant parents’ home, much to their disappointment. But when his parents find out he’s gay and has moved in with his policeman boyfriend, Nino, they react with excessive drama and hysteria. 8 p.m. on Logo.
SKATELAND: The drama of Wisteria Lane is back with new episodes. We don’t know why gay neighbor Lee McDermott (Kevin Rahm) is on roller skates this week, so tune in at 9 p.m. Jan. 10 to “Desperate Housewives” and let us know. Photo: ABC/Ron Tom
Queer TV you can always see: One Life to Live
Look for Kyle and Fish. Monday-Friday, 2 p.m. on ABC. Ellen
Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. on NBC. The Rachel Maddow Show
Monday-Friday, 9 p.m. on MSNBC.
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Diversions
JAN. 8 - 14, 2010
Your guide to arts and entertainment
Theater
Almost, Maine The Players Club of Swarthmore Theater presents an off-beat comedy where love takes some surprising turns for folks in a tiny northern town, Jan. 1430, 614 Fairview Road, Swarthmore; (610) 3284271. Becky Shaw The Wilma Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize finalist and off-Broadway hit comedy from Obie Award-winner Gina Gionfriddo about a woman who sets up her best friend on a blind date with her husband’s mysterious coworker, through Jan. 31, 265 S. Broad St.; (215) 546-7824. Blue Door Arden Theatre Company presents the story of a successful mathematics professor experiencing a sleepless night, during which a series of ancestors visits to reveal the hardships and victories that have shaped their lives, Jan. 14-March 21, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 9221122.
at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
affectionate history of the Irish in America uses classical songs and stories as told by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Frank McCourt, through Feb. 28 at Kimmel’s Innovation Studio, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
Franz Schubert Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents an evening of music by Franz Schubert spanning his entire compositional career, 8 p.m. Jan. 11 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
Oliver! Walnut Street Theatre presents one of the world’s most-beloved musicals, through Jan. 10, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 5743550. The Moon is a Mirror Within Me Firebird-Light Productions presents a series of dramatic readings both ancient and contemporary, through Jan. 10 at Walnut Street Theatre’s Studio V, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 5743550. Peter Pan The timeless story of Peter, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook and the Lost Boys hits the stage through Jan. 31 at Arden Theatre Company’s F. Otto Haas Stage, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 922-1122.
Scapin Lantern Theater Company presents Molière’s classic A Chorus Line farce, through Jan. 10 at The Ritz Theatre Company St. Stephen’s Theater, 923 presents the smash Ludlow St.; (215) 829Broadway musical, Jan. 14- 0395. Feb. 13, 915 White Horse Pike, Haddon Township., The Threshing Floor N.J.; (856) 858-5230. Mauckingbird Theatre Company presents a oneFirst Impressions man performance on an Act II Playhouse presents imagined encounter with out author James Baldwin Tony Braithwaite’s and a fictional graduate hilarious new political student who comes to humor romp, through Jan interview Baldwin at his 17, 56 E. Butler Ave., home abroad, through Jan. Ambler; (215) 654-0200. 31 at Adrienne Theatre’s Second Stage, 2030 The Irish ... and How Sansom St.; (215) 923They Got That Way 8909. The irreverent but
Marc-André Hamelin Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents an evening of music by the acclaimed Canadian pianist, 8 p.m. Jan. 13 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. EMBRACE YOURSELF: Out singer-songwriters Christine Havrilla and Christine Martucci (pictured) perform to celebrate the screening of the documentary “Embraceable You” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at Harlans at The Nevermore, 6426 Lower York Road. A project by Up River Productions, “Embraceable You” focuses on New Hope as a town that embraces differences and diversity from its early days of being a Quaker settlement, to the days when artists, beatniks, hippies and LGBT visitors and inhabitants came seeking an open-minded community. For more information, visit www.up-river-productions.com or call (215) 862-5225.
TRU Mauckingbird Theatre Company presents a look into the psyche of out author Truman Capote as he reels from social shunning by his elite Manhattan friends following Esquire Magazine’s publication of a gossip-filled chapter from his never-to-be-finished work “Answered Prayers,” through Jan. 31 at Adrienne Theatre’s Second Stage, 2030 Sansom St.; (215) 923-8909. When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? New City Stage Company presents the revival of Mark Medoff’s dark
drama-comedy, through Jan. 10 at the Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St.; (215) 563-7500. Wicked The musical based on the untold story of the Wicked Witch of the West from “The Wizard of Oz” returns, through Jan. 24 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
Music classical Morales plays Mozart The Philadelphia Orchestra and principal clarinet Ricardo Morales perform one of Mozart’s most popular works, 8 p.m. Jan. 8 and 9 and 2 p.m. Jan. 10
Mattila Debuts The Philadelphia Orchestra presents acclaimed Finnish soprano Karita Mattila, 8 p.m. Jan. 14-16 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 7905847.
exhibition of works by Edward Dimsdale, through Jan. 23, 339 S. 21st St.; (215) 731-1530. Arabesque Expressionism AxD Gallery presents an exhibition of paintings by Daniel Stuelpnagel and Madeline Adams, through Feb. 6, 265 S. 10th St.; (215) 627-6250. Body Worlds 2 & The Brain The Franklin Institute presents an eye-opening journey through the inner workings of the human body through a broad collection of authentic human specimens, through Feb. 20, 222 N. 20th St.; (215) 448-1200.
Music other
Common Ground: Eight Philadelphia Photographers in the 1960s and 1970s The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition examining a critical period for the art of photography and the Philadelphia art scene, through Jan. 31, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; (215) 763-8100.
Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven The two classic alt-rock groups perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 2221400.
8x10 and Under: Small Landscapes Gallery 339 presents a new photography exhibition, through Jan. 23, 339 S. 21st St.; (215) 731-1530.
New York Songwriters’ Circle Local singer-songwriters perform in the round and discuss their material and songwriting process, 8 p.m. Jan. 14 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 2221400.
Ragas and Rajas: Musical Imagery of Courtly India The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a diverse selection of paintings and sculptures from across the subcontinent, through Feb. 28, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; (215) 763-8100.
Central PA in Philly Bands from central Pennsylvania invade Philly, 8 p.m. Jan. 9 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400.
Exhibits
Agulhas Gallery 339 presents an
Step Right Up Bahdeebahdu presents the talented mixed-media work
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of Ryan Wilson Kelly, Melissa Stern and Ricky Boscarino, each bound by a circle of light to produce a single circus theme, through Jan. 30, 1522 N. American St.; (215) 627-5002. Supergirl! NEXUS presents an exhibition of female video artists who represent themselves as superheroes in their work, through Feb. 5, 1400 N. American St., Suite 102; (215) 684-1946. Twenty-Two Squared Twenty-Two Gallery presents an eclectic offering of affordable original art from 22 area artists, through Feb. 7, 236 S. 22nd St.; (215) 772-1911.
Dance
nEW: Meet the Artists, See the Work nEW Festival 2010 will present the work of Philly’s finest emerging artists, 4 p.m. Jan. 10 at University of the Arts Terra Building, 211 S. Broad St.; (215) 717-6322. River North Chicago Dance Company The jazzy dance troupe kicks off the new year for the Dance Celebration Series, Jan. 14-16 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.;
PGN
(215) 898-3900.
Film
Concrete, Steel and Paint Bryn Mawr Film Institute presents a screening and panel discussion of the awardwinning documentary, taking us behind the walls of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford to reveal the tensions, challenges and rewards of a unique restorative justice project, 7 p.m. Jan. 12, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; (610) 5279898. Embraceable You The documentary about New Hope is screened at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at Harlans at The Nevermore, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; (215) 8625225.
Books
Sonia Sanchez The acclaimed poet reads from her new book, “Morning Haiku,” at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 at Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th St.; (215) 735-9600. Tracy Chavalier The author of “Remarkable Creatures” hosts a reading at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; (215) 686-5322.
Pick
Smoke Lilies and Jade Arts Initiative, founded in 2006 by choreographer and artistic director Zane Booker, maintains a conviction to nurture the values of LGBTQ sexual responsibility and health with “Dance & Discussion 2010: Black Men’s Health Part II: Let’s Focus on the Youth,” 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St. This event includes free testing for HIV/AIDS, condom distribution, dance and spoken-word performances, as well as a panel discussion, all aiming to educate, entertain and explore the experiences of the AfricanAmerican community. For more information, visit www.lilliesandjade.org.
Mika Brzezinski The MSNBC anchor and author of “All Things at Once” hosts a reading at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; (215) 686-5322.
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Beyoncé, Britney, Gaga ... The New Queens of Pop DJ Deejay brings his new dance
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party from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jan. 8 at Sisters, 1320 Chancellor St.; (215) 735-0735. First Person StorySlam First Person Arts Festival hosts the storytelling competition in which audience members share stories from their lives, 8:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400. ■
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Meeting Place A community bulletin board of activities, facilities and organizations
Community centers ■ The Attic Youth Center: For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday through 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, Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Doylestown Planned Parenthood, The Atrium, Suite 2E, 301 S. Main St., Doylestown; (215) 348-0558 ext. 65; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. ■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220; www.waygay.org. Peer counseling: Monday through Friday, 6-9 p.m. Library hours: Mondays 3-9 p.m., Tuesdays 3-6 p.m., Wednesdays 3-9 p.m., Thursdays 3-9 p.m., Fridays 3-9 p.m., Saturdays noon-6 p.m., Sundays noon-6 p.m. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.; Volunteer Velada, third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
Health Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 166 W. Lehigh Ave.; (215) 763-8870 ext. 6000. AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 340 N. 12th St., suite 205; (2215) 536-2424. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; (215) 851-1822 or (866) 222-3871. Spanish/English. HIV testing Free, anonymous testing and counseling is offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment at AIDS Resource, 520 W. Fourth St., suite 2A, Williamsport; (570) 322-8448.
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Activism/Politics
ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) Meets at 6 p.m. every Monday at St. Luke and the Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; (215) 386-1981; www. critpath.org/actup. Delaware Valley Chapter, Americans United for Separation of Church and State Seeks activists and supporters of church-state separation. Holds monthly meetings and events; (856) 863-3061; www.dvau.org. Equality Advocates Philadelphia Holds a volunteer night second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m., 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 605; (215) 731-1447; www.equalitypa.org. Green Party of Philadelphia Holds general meetings fourth Tuesday of each month (except April) at 6:30 p.m., 4134 Lancaster Ave.; (215) 243-7103; www.gpop.org. Log Cabin Republican Club of Philadelphia Meets at 7 p.m. third Wednesday of the month at the William Way Community Center; (215) 465-5677; www. phillylogcabin.org. Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club Meets seasonally; (215) 760-7184; www.libertycity.org.
Arts
Gay Men’s Book Discussion Group Meets at 6:30 p.m. first Wednesday of the month at the Independence Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 18 S. Seventh St.; (215) 685-1633. Library Book Club Meets to discuss a new book at 7 p.m. on third Wednesday of the month at the William Way Center. New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus Chorus rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Mondays in Princeton, N.J.; (609) 675-1998.
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.
Open-mic night An amateur poetry, music and storytelling event sponsored by The Pride Center of New Jersey, meets at 8 p.m. every third Friday at the George Street Playhouse, 1470 Jersey Ave., North Brunswick, N.J.; (732) 846-0715.
HIV health insurance help Access to free medications, confidential HIV testing available at 17 MacDade Blvd., suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; (610) 586-9077.
Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus Chorus rehearses from 7-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays; (215) 731-9230; auditions@pgmc.org.
Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 1201 Chestnut St.; (215) 563-0652. www. mazzonicenter.org. Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; (215) 985-9206.
Philadelphia Gay Men’s Opera Club Meets to share and listen to recordings at 6:30 p.m. on last Saturday of the month; (215) 224-6995. Philadelphia Voices of Pride Philadelphia’s first mixed GLBT chorus rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the William Way Center; (888) 5057464; www.pvop.org.
Center. PhilaVentures Philadelphia’s GLBT outdoor group meets for a hike in Wissahickon Valley Park on Sundays at 2 p.m. at Borders Books, Music and Café, 8701 Germantown Ave.; (215) 271-8822. Rainbow Room A meeting/activity night held for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth and their friends Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. at the Rainbow Room of Planned Parenthood in Doylestown; (215) 348-0558.
Sports
Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club Meets for Tuesday and Thursday practice at Greene Field, Howell Street and Moore Road, West Chester; www. brandywinerugby.org. City of Brotherly Love Softball League GLBT softball league serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Games are played Sundays, beginning in April, in Fairmount Park; (215) 462-2575; www.cblsl.org. Frontrunners Running club meets Saturday mornings at 9:30 for a run and brunch. Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www. frontrunnersphila.org. Gay and Lesbian Bowling League Bowls at 8 p.m. Thursdays in the Norristown area; call Doug Schneidig; (716) 864-4393. Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club GLBT and allied soccer club; practices Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon and Wednesdays 6-8 p.m. at Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park;www.falcons-soccer.org. Philadelphia Fins Swim Team Male and female swimmers meet at 7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. Saturdays in Center City; (610) 564-6661; www.philadelphia-fins.org. Philadelphia Gay Bowling League Meets 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays September through April at Brunswick Zone, 1328 Delsea Drive, Deptford, N.J.; (856) 889-1434; www.philagaybowling.com. Philadelphia Gay Flag Football New group forming. Contact Jered at gayflagfootball@gmail.com or (214) 770-5373. Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club Team seeks players; all skill levels welcome; (215) 9137531; info@phillygryphons.org. Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association Meets at 7 p.m. every third Monday at William Way Center; into@plta.us. Philadelphia Phoenix Women’s football team seeks players; (267) 679-9535; www.philadelphiaphoenix.org.
Queer Writer’s Collective Workshop and discussion group meets 4-6 p.m. on fourth Saturday of the month at the William Way Center.
Philly Gay Hockey Association Philadelphia Phury seeks players; (917) 656-1936; phury@gayhockey.org.
Women’s Book Group Meets first Thursday of the month at 6:45 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; brassygrrl@hotmail. com.
Rainbow Riders of the Delaware Valley Motorcycle club meets regularly; (215) 836-0440; www. groups.yahoo.com/group/rainbowridersdv/.
Recreation
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Diversity Dancers Ballroom dancers meet the first Sunday of the month for tea dance and lessons. Other events scheduled throughout the year; (215) 922-2129; DiversityDancers@aol.com.
Rainbow Rollers Gay and lesbian bowling league meets 9 p.m. on Tuesdays September-April at Laurel Lanes, 2825 Rte. 73 South, Maple Shade, N.J.; (856) 778-7467. South Jersey Gay Bowling League Gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7 p.m. on Fridays September-April at Laurel Lanes, 2825 Rte. 73 South, Maple Shade, N.J.; (856) 778-7467.
■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: (215) 587-9377
■ Mazzoni Center: (215) 563-0652; www. mazzonicenter.org
■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: (856) 933-9500 ext. 221
■ Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine: (215) 563-0658
■ AIDS Library: (215) 985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: (215) 592-1513
■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): (215) 572-1833
■ AIDS Treatment hot line: (215) 5452212
■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: (215) 686-4670
■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: (215) 685-1633
■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: (215) 772-2000
Gay Opera Guys of Philly New group for opera appreciation meets last Sunday of the month at 2:30 p.m. in Roxborough/Andorra area; (215) 483-1032.
■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Chief Inspector James Tiano: (215) 685-3655
Humboldt Society: Lesbian and Gay Naturalists Meets second Thursday of the month at the William Way Center; (215) 985-1456; www.humboldtsociety.org.
■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: (215) 600-0627; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com
Indepedence Squares GLBT square dance club, modern Western square dancing. Monthly open house. Tuesday classes in the fall; Lutheran Church, 2111 Sansom St.; (215) 735-5812; www. independencesquares.org.
AIDS Law Project Provides free legal assistance to people with HIV/AIDS and sponsors free monthly seminars on work and housing; 1211 Chestnut St., suite 600; (215) 587-9377; www. aidslawpa.org.
Male Oenophile Group Male group forming to discuss, appreciate and taste various wines. Will meet once a month to investigate the nuances and glories of the fermented grape. Call (267) 230-6750 for more information.
BiUnity Philadelphia area social and support network for bisexuals, their family members and friends meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the William Way Center; www.biunity.org.
Mornings OUT LGBT Senior Social Activities for sexual-minority seniors are held every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the William Way
BiZone A group open to all bisexual, bi-curious and bi-friendly people and their partners has meetings at 7:30 p.m. the
■ The COLOURS Organization Inc. 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; (215) 4960330. ■ Equality Advocates Pennsylvania: (215) 731-1447; (866) LGBTLAW ■ Equality Forum: (215) 732-3378 ■ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Peer Counseling Services: (215) 732-TALK ■ Mayor’s liaison to LGBT communities: Gloria Casarez, (215) 686-2194; Gloria.
■ Philly Pride Presents: (215) 875-9288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: (717) 920-9537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: (215) 732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays, and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)
Gay Bridge Club Non-beginners group meets Monday afternoons at the William Way Center; (215) 985-4835. Gay-friendly Scrabble Club Meets from 6-11 p.m. in the P.I.C. Building, 42nd and Locust streets; (215) 382-0789. Gay and Lesbian Scrabble Players in the tri-state area gather for socializing and friendly/competitive games; ScrabbleGroup@excite.com.
Spartan Wrestling Club The gay wresting team meets from 7-9 p.m. Mondays at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; (215) 7324545; www.phillyspartans.com. Team NJ Meets at 7:30 p.m. third Thursday of the month at the Pride Center of New Jersey; (908) 234-1481. Team Philadelphia Meets at 8 p.m. second Wednesday of the month at the William Way Center; www.teamphiladelphia.org. Women’s Table Tennis New group forming. Interested women are encouraged to e-mail michelesimone19144@yahoo.com.
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first Wednesday of the month at The Pride Center of New Jersey. Boomers and Beyond A support and event programming group for sexualminority seniors meets at 7:30 p.m. every first and third Monday at The Pride Center of New Jersey. Global A political, community and social group that also works to promote Bordentown as a gay-friendly community meets on the first Saturday of the month at Firehouse Gallery, 8 Walnut St., Bordentown, N.J.; jerseyglobal@yahoo.com. Delaware Pride Meets at 7 p.m. on first Thursday of the month at the United Church of Christ, 300 E. Main St., Newark, Del.; (800) 292-0429. Delaware Valley Pink Pistols For LGBT people dedicated to legal, safe and responsible use of firearms for self-defense; meets at 2 p.m. on third Saturday of the month at Classic Indoor Range, 1310 Industrial Blvd., Southhampton; (267) 386-8907; www. pinkpistols.org. Friday Feast and Fun Dinner hosted by St. John’s Lutheran Church at 6:30 p.m. second Friday of the month, 24 N. Ridge Ave., Ambler; (215) 576-8008. Haverford College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance Open meetings 10-11 p.m. Mondays in the lounge in Jones Basement at Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave.; (610) 896-4938. Latina/o Virtual Community Local listserv offers various information and resources; (215) 808-2493; Zorros_mail@yahoo.com; LatinPhillyLG BT@yahoogroups.com. Lesbians and Gay Men of New Brunswick A social, educational and potluck group meets at 8 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at The Pride Center of New Jersey. LGBTQ and Friends Activity Group Meets at 7 p.m. on third Friday of the month to plan outings and potlucks at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County. Long Yang Club Philadelphia Social organization for gay Asians and their friends holds monthly socials; P.O. Box 401, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105; www.longyangclub.org/philadelphia. Metropolitan Community Church Christian education program is held Wednesdays from 6-10 p.m. at the William Way Center. Our Night Out A casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, allied communities, friends and colleagues meets in a different Philadelphia hot spot each month. To receive monthly event invitations, send e-mail to OurNightOutPhilly@gmail.com; PhillyGayCalendar. com/org/OurNightOut. Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Advice Offered from 5-8 p.m. on third Wednesday of the month; (215) 238-6333. Philadelphia Prime Timers Club for mature gay and bisexual men and their admirers meets regularly; (610) 344-0853; www. primetimersphiladelphia.org. Philadelphians MC Club for leather men and women meets 7:30 p.m. first and third Mondays of the month at The Pit at The Bike Stop, 201 S. Quince St.; (215) 627-1662. Philly Paw Pals Gay and lesbian dog owners and their dogs meet on first Saturday of the month at a dog park; (215) 618-5290; PhillyPawPals@aol.com. Rainbow Amateur Radio Association ARRL affiliated; private; weekly HF nets, monthly newsletter, e-mail server; (302) 539-2392; www.rara.org. Rock ’n’ Roll Queer Bar Party A party for gay and lesbian rockers with host Psydde Delicious starts at 10 p.m. every second Wednesday at N. 3rd, Third and Brown streets; (215) 413-3666. Silver Foxes Social and educational group for gays and lesbians 50 and older meets from 3-5 p.m. on fourth Sunday of the month at the William Way Center. Stonewall Model Railroad Club Meets monthly; (215) 769-4230; k3k@yahoo.com. Temple University Lambda Alliance Meets from 7-8 p.m. on Thursdays at The Village outside the Lambda office, SAC 205, 1755 N. 13th St. Trenton Gay and Lesbian Civic Association Meets at 7 p.m. on third Wednesday of the month at the Mill Hill Saloon, 300 S. Broad St., Trenton, N.J.; (609) 396-9788. Thirsty Third Tuesdays Collingswood Out in the Neighborhood meets at 7 p.m. on third Tuesday of the month for coffee, dessert and conversation at Three Beans, 40 N. Haddon Ave., Haddonfield N.J.; (215) 439-8337.
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Fannie, Freddie proving too big to shrink By Alan Zibel The Associated Press The government’s Christmas Eve pledge of unlimited financial aid to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is aimed at making sure the housing market doesn’t take another turn for the worse and cause the economic recovery to unravel. This insurance policy taken out by the Treasury Department will help keep mortgage rates low, and may wind up being a gift of sorts to struggling homeowners and banks. But there’s a catch: The housing crisis is now likely to cost taxpayers much more. The Obama administration’s latest lifeline to Fannie and Freddie will cover unlimited losses through 2012, lifting an earlier cap of $400 billion. It also eases restrictions on the size of the companies’ investment portfolios. That’s a reversal of the Bush administration’s September 2008 plan to shrink the size of the companies’ holdings of mortgagebacked securities. The action, which didn’t need
the approval of Congress, could position Fannie and Freddie to get more aggressive in dealing with the housing crisis, perhaps taking troubled mortgage investments off banks’ books. “They’ve cleared the decks to use Fannie and Freddie as a vessel for whatever they want,” said Edward Pinto, a housing consultant who served as Fannie’s chief credit officer in the late 1980s. Treasury could also lean harder on Fannie and Freddie to help troubled homeowners avoid foreclosures — and, by extension, the banks and other investors who own their mortgages. Many economists and housing experts say an existing $75-billion government program to prevent foreclosures isn’t working fast enough, threatening the emerging signs of home-price stability in many cities across the nation. Boosting the firepower of Fannie and Freddie, which finance threequarters of all new mortgages, also should help keep rates on home loans low just as the Federal Reserve starts dialing back its separate $1.25-trillion program aimed at doing just that.
That’s good news for the banking industry, which has benefited this year from homeowners refinancing their mortgages, said Jason O’Donnell, senior research analyst at Boenning & Scattergood Inc. “This is an initiative that spreads far beyond just Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” he said. But the trade-off is that the Treasury will have to cover much more than the $111 billion in losses at Fannie and Freddie it already has funded. Barclays Capital predicts the losses will range from $230-$300 billion. Both companies provide vital funding for home loans, buying mortgages from lenders, pooling them into bonds and selling them to investors with a guarantee against default. While they traditionally backed loans to relatively safe buyers, they dramatically lowered their standards during the housing boom, and those loans are now defaulting in higher numbers. If the administration does lean on Fannie and Freddie to expand its foreclosure-prevention program, it would be pricey. If Fannie and Freddie were, hypothetically, to start forgiving
a quarter of borrowers’ mortgage debt, that would cost another $125 billion to help around 2.5-3 million borrowers, estimated Barclays analyst Ajay Rajadhyaksha. The Treasury Department says its only motivation is to make sure investors remain confident that Fannie and Freddie can keep doing their jobs of buying the bulk of mortgages made in the U.S. and turning them into investments. “These measures bring broad benefits to American homeowners and our economy,” said Andrew Williams, a Treasury spokesperson. Fannie and Freddie must convince everyone from the Chinese central bank to hedge funds to individual investors that it is still safe to buy their debt securities, which they sell partly through weekly auctions. The two companies have sold $2.7 trillion in debt this year, according to Credit Suisse calculations. Still, by making the change before year-end, Treasury sidestepped the need for an OK from a bailout-weary Congress, infuriating Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Treasury gave Fannie and Freddie a bigger lifeline “without any involvement, notice [or] dialogue with Congress,” said Rep. Scott Garrett (R), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, who called last Wednesday for an investigation into the Treasury Department’s actions. Fannie Mae was created in 1938 in the aftermath of the Great Depression. It was privatized 30 years later to limit budget deficits during the Vietnam War. In 1970, the government formed its sibling and competitor, Freddie Mac. After the housing market started to unravel in 2006, mortgage defaults soared and the companies’ losses mounted. By summer 2008, the companies weren’t able to raise money and their shares plunged. The Bush administration’s hand was forced. It wound up taking over the pair a week before the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers. The government now has a 79.9percent stake in each company, the maximum amount possible to still keep the companies off the federal budget. ■
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