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Cop pleads guilty to solicitation By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer A former Philadelphia police officer last week pleaded guilty to charges that he solicited several teen boys for sex. Adrian Makuch, 49, pleaded guilty March 11 to unlawful contact with a minor for the purpose of prostitution and also to charges of luring a child into a motor vehicle and patronizing prostitutes. At the hearing, Common Pleas Court Judge Karen Shreeves-Johns revoked Makuch’s $20,000 bail, and he will be held at CurranFromhold Correctional Facility until his June 16 sentencing. Sentencing was deferred pending the results of a mental-health evaluation. Police arrested Makuch, a 21-year veteran of the force, in December after a several-month sting operation initiated by a 15year-old boy. The teen said Makuch approached him in the Lower Northeast in summer 2008 in a Silver Honda, and allegedly tried to coax the teen to get into his car and asked if he could take nude photos of him. The teen contacted police that fall after again seeing Makuch’s car in his neighborhood. Police conducted surveillance of Makuch and also had a 22-year-old undercover officer pose as a teen, from whom Makuch requested naked pictures. Makuch and the officer traded sexually explicit text messages and phone calls and negotiated a price Makuch would be willing to pay for sex. Makuch most recently worked for the police department’s Crime Scene Unit and, last fall, received a commendation from the FBI for his involvement in a robbery investigation several years ago. Shreeves-Johns could sentence Makuch to seven-14 years in prison, although his attorney has said he’s seeking probation and counseling for his client. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

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OUT FOR SPECTER: Dozens of LGBT community leaders gathered at the William Way LGBT Community Center March 12 to mark the launch of SpecterPride, a coalition of LGBTs backing Sen. Arlen Specter (D) in his reelection bid. “I am proud to have the support of these accomplished LGBT community leaders from across the state for my campaign,” he said. Specter is facing a primary challenge from Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7th Dist.) in May. Photo: Scott A. Drake

LGBT group meets with police, businesses By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer The Police Liaison Committee, which connects the LGBT community and the police force, last week brought concerns about the ongoing prostitution problem in the Gayborhood to a new police representative at a meeting that also allowed members to network with business leaders in another burgeoning LGBT community. The committee’s March 11 meeting was held at Darling’s Diner in Northern Liberties, where the members first met with police representatives and then set off on a tour of area businesses to introduce the committee and its mission to that community. “Everyone was extremely welcoming, and it was great to see so many rainbow stickers,” committee chair Franny Price said, noting the committee is making an effort to represent LGBT issues throughout the city and not just in the Gayborhood. “A lot of the

stores stayed open for us, so it was really impressive.” Before the walking tour commenced, the committee had a discussion with Lt. Rick Lanzetta of the police department’s Sixth District, the new point person for the district’s Patrol Service Area 3. The police department rolled out the concept of PSAs in each of its 23 districts in January. The PSAs, which range in number from two-four in each district, allow police officials to focus on one specific area instead of covering the entire district. The Sixth District, which covers most of Center City east of Broad Street, was divided into three PSAs, with the third stretching from Lombard to Chestnut streets, encompassing the Gayborhood. Each PSA, which is required to hold one community meeting a month, includes a lieutenant, three sergeants and at least 30 officers. See LIAISON, Page 15

In a bipartisan effort, the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee this week voted to table a bill that sought to ban same-sex marriage in the state constitution. The lawmakers took the 8-6 vote Tuesday morning, and the motion to table Senate Bill 707 was proposed by Sen. Daylin Leach (D17th Dist.), the lead sponsor of the state’s marriage-equality bill. Leach’s motion was supported by Democratic Sens. Jay Costa (43rd Dist.), Lisa Boscola (18th Dist.), Michael Stack (5th Dist.) and Wayne Fontana (42nd Dist.), as well as Republicans Mary Jo White (21st Dist.), Jane Earll (49th Dist.) and Patrick Browne (16th Dist.). “This bipartisanship we saw shows that civil rights and equality are not partisan issues and they shouldn’t be and historically they haven’t been,” Leach said Tuesday. “There’s so much partisanship in this country and in Pennsylvania these days, so it’s nice to have one issue, the core

issue of human rights, that’s not viewed exclusively through the lens of Democrat or Republican.” Sen. John Eichelberger (R-30th Dist.) introduced the so-called Marriage Protection Amendment earlier this year after first pledging to spearhead such a measure last spring. Although similar bills were eventually defeated in the past two legislative sessions, the Judiciary Committee did approve the bill two years ago in a 10-4 vote, and there has only been one personnel change in the makeup of the committee since that time. Eichelberger said he learned that the bill was going to fail before the vote. “We knew this was coming in the last couple of days because some of the people had switched their votes,” Eichelberger said, noting that even though the table motion could allow for the bill to be resurrected before the end of this session, that’s not going to happen. “The people who voted for this were voting to kill it. See COMMITTEE, Page 15

SWEET SOUNDS: Hayley Varhol conducts the Philadelphia Freedom Band’s first annual Spring Concert March 14 at Settlement Music School on Queen Street. The LGBT-and-ally band’s concert featured an array of numbers from artists such as Duke Ellington and Moises Simons, and guests enjoyed pie at intermission in honor of the “Pi Day” theme of the event. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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HIV vaccine discussion The Community Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania HIV Research Division invites the LGBT community to a discussion on current HIV vaccine efforts in the city from 7-9 p.m. March 20 at the Ethical Society of Philadelphia, 1906 Rittenhouse Square. The event will also feature food and spoken-word performances. For more information, call Annet at (267) 746-7357 or (215) 280-9145.

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LEADING THE FIGHT FOR GAY MILITARY RIGHTS: Pennsylvania U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8th Dist.) was the keynote speaker at the 14th annual Human Rights Campaign dinner held at Hyatt Penn’s Landing on March 13. In his speech, Murphy pledged to bring an end to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy by the end of 2010. The Military Readiness Enhancement Act — the bill to repeal the ban — currently has 190 co-sponsors. Photo: Scott A. Drake

MCCP, Mazzoni launch LGBT legal workshop By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer The LGBT-affirming Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia has joined forces with health facility Mazzoni Center to offer LGBT individuals legal guidance so they can ensure their loved ones are included in their emergency or end-of-life care. Staff from Mazzoni Center’s legal department will stage a workshop from 9:30 a.m.-noon March 27 and a clinic March 31, with both events taking place at MCCP’s space at University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, 3637 Chestnut St. The time for the second event will be determined after the completion of the first day’s activities. The event is the first quarterly Day of Action of MCCP’s new One Church campaign, which mobilizes community members on different social-justice issues. MCC pastor Jeffrey Jordan-Pickett said he approached Mazzoni Center about offering a legal workshop after seeing numerous members of his church community impacted by homophobia in their time of need. “Over the years as a minister, I’ve seen many different individuals who, when faced with their partners’ sickness or death, have been completely left out of their affairs,” Jordan-Pickett said. He relayed several instances, such as one in which the family of a church member who was in a coma had a woman pose as the individual’s wife and prevented

his actual male partner from seeing him. Recently, another church member’s partner died, and the woman’s family refused to name the partner in the obituary or funeral materials, instead listing the woman’s exhusband. “This woman had been sick with cancer for two or three years, and her partner was the one taking care of her. But the family completely ignored that relationship and it was just so sad,” Jordan-Pickett said. “Ideally, families should work with a surviving LGBT lover, but they don’t always handle it that way, so our community needs to be able to do something.” Amara Chaudhry, director of Mazzoni’s legal department, said the legalities intertwined with end-of-life issues for LGBT people often affect seniors, but few seek out the department’s services to protect themselves from discrimination. “One of the unfortunate things about LGBT seniors is that they’re somewhat of a hidden subset of the community, so it actually doesn’t come up that often with them,” Chaudhry said. “Younger couples have become more aware of these issues and are voluntarily coming to us and seeking out our services, but the senior community really is an elusive population.” Jordan-Pickett said he hopes the legal workshop and clinic attracts LGBTs of all ages and backgrounds, as he noted all individuals should be prepared for emergency situations. On the first day of the event, Katrina Mendoza, a volunteer attorney with Mazzoni’s legal department, will give a

presentation on the myriad legal issues that LGBTs could face and outline the documents that can safeguard one’s wishes, such as wills, powers of attorney, living wills and advanced-care directives. Participants will receive copies of such forms and given instructions on how to fill them out, and can deliver them at Wednesday’s event. Chaudhry said she and several other legal department staffers will be on hand on the second day to answer questions and work with community members on their individual plans. “I really hope that people will realize the importance of creating these documents. They’re really the best way to protect their loved ones and make sure their wishes are fulfilled after they’re no longer here,” she said. “Different-sex couples are able to get legally married and then have these inheritance rights that they get automatically, but same-sex couples need to learn that even if their rights aren’t given automatically, there are still ways to ensure that they exist. People assume that the law doesn’t care about samesex couples and won’t protect you, but there is a means to achieve that end.” “I think people will become empowered by this,” Jordan-Pickett said. “The law may not protect our relationships in the GLBT community, but there are ways we can protect ourselves and the ones we love.” For more information, contact JordanPickett at (215) 873-5719 or RevJJordan@aol. com. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn. com.

Maggie Gallagher, executive director of the antigay National Organization for Marriage, will participate in a marriage-equality debate with Pennsylvania Sen. Daylin Leach (D-17th Dist.) from 7-8 p.m. March 24 at Harrisburg Area Community College, 1 HACC Drive, Harrisburg. Leach, the lead sponsor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, was scheduled to debate Gallagher on the topic last month, but the event was postponed due to snow. For more information, contact M.P. Tomei at (610) 768-4200 or mptomei@pasenate.com.

Dance fundraiser for BEBASHI Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble will hold its annual benefit from 5-7 p.m. March 28 at Painted Bride Arts Center, 230 Vine St. The proceeds this year will benefit HIV/AIDS service organization BEBASHI. “Danse 4 the Cure 2010” will feature performances by Danse4Nia, Smoke, Lilies and Jade Arts Initiative and Pittsburgh-based Dance Alloy. Tickets are $25 and are available by calling the Painted Bride box office at (215) 925-9914 or BEBASHI at (215) 751-8082.

GLSEN award opens The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has opened the nomination process for its 2010 Student Advocate of the Year award. The award is given annually to a highschool student who has displayed a commitment to fostering an LGBT-inclusive school environment. For more information or to access the nomination form, visit www.glsen.org. ■ — Jen Colletta

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added a “Country Line Dancing 102” this semester to satisfy participants who felt they mastered the beginners’ class. “We saw people who were coming back term after term and we’d see all these e-mails back and forth, with people saying, ‘Are you going to register again?’ and ‘You’d better get your registration in.’ It’s really nice to see those conversations among the former participants because it’s great to know that the center helped to facilitate those friendships.” Thompson said Way Gay U brings together LGBTs of all backgrounds in relaxed, welcoming environments. “The people involved are very down to earth, so there’s nothing at all to be intimidated by. It’s a great group of people and we always see people forging great, lasting friendships,” she said. “And they’re able to do so in a gay-focused environment, which is really rare.” Prices for the courses range from $40-$100 for center members, with slightly higher prices for non-members. For more information or to register, visit www.waygay.org or call (215) 732-2220. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

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Media Trail Jail guard fired over antigay remarks The Dallas Morning News reports a Dallas County jail guard who was recently fired for making offensive remarks claims his free-speech rights have been violated. A sheriff’s department review concluded 59-year-old Stephen Johnson persisted in giving his religious opinions and making negative comments against gays. Johnson was fired Jan. 20 for conduct unbecoming an officer and for lying to internal affairs. A sheriff’s department report indicates Johnson in October interrupted a private conversation among jail staff and said gays should be annihilated. Johnson said March 15 that he was fired because he “hurt someone else’s feelings.”

J. Crew accused of trans discrimination MEXICO CITY MAKES IT OFFICIAL: Gay and lesbian couples celebrate after getting married March 11 at City Hall in Mexico’s capital. The couples wed under Latin America’s first law that explicitly approves same-sex marriage. AP Photo: Eduardo Verdugo

Sestak spearheads LGBT housing bill By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7th Dist.) plans to introduce a bill that would ban discrimination against LGBT individuals in the housing sector. As of Wednesday, Sestak had not officially introduced the Housing NonDiscrimination Act, but a spokesperson for the Congressman said he was expected to announce it this week. The bill would amend the federal Fair Housing Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity among the classes protected from discrimination in housing transactions — such as rentals, sales and financing — which currently include race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status and disability. Sestak said this week that the issue of LGBT housing discrimination first arose during his discussions with the Human Rights Campaign. “We researched it and noticed that [U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development] was moving on their own regulations to make their housing programs open to all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, but that would only take care of the HUD programs. We knew that we wanted this to be a federal effort,” Sestak said. He said his office moved slowly on the

issue to accrue enough research to support the bill’s implementation. Sestak noted that currently 32 states — Pennsylvania included — allow discrimination against LGBT individuals in matters of housing. “We found a study from Michigan’s Fair Housing Center that said that 30 percent of homosexual couples are treated differently that heterosexual couples when they’re attempting to rent or buy a home. And in some cases, people are told they can’t put their partner’s name on a homeowner’s insurance policy, which is important if they’re both trying to share ownership,” he said. There is currently a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people in Pennsylvania in housing, employment and credit, an effort that has failed in the past several legislative sessions. Sestak said that if his bill passes, it could considerably bolster support for statewide bills like Pennsylvania’s HB 300, which he noted wouldn’t necessarily be required if the federal bill is approved, but could reinforce a state’s position on LGBT discrimination. “This is federal, so all states would have to comply, but it’s still good to have individual states speak up and have their own laws that show what that state believes in,” he said. “And even though it may be a bit

redundant for states to speak up and ban discrimination after the federal government has done so, there are insurance companies that are handled by the states, so having a state pass this law really makes sure that insurance companies are on notice that discrimination will not be tolerated.” Sestak said he’s initially pursuing support from allies who have already cosponsored pro-LGBT measures such as the bills to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. He said that while he’d like to fast-track the bill through Congress, lawmakers will likely first focus on healthcare reform and the economy. Sestak noted that while he expects some opposition to his bill from anti-LGBT legislators, he believes the country as a whole “is better than this.” “This is something whose time is way more than overdue: This should have been done way back in the past,” he said. “And I honestly don’t understand why this should even be a question. Let’s just get on with it. It’s just hard for me to understand how people think they can discriminate like this, but we know of quite a few documented cases where this is done, so this is necessary. This is just another piece of the puzzle of what needs to be done for equality.” ■

Advocate.com reports the J. Crew store on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue was barraged March 14 by protesters who accused the store of discriminating against transgender job applicants. Make the Road New York, an advocacy group, claims research indicates a pattern of employment discrimination involving transgender applicants. According to a press release from the group, “[Transgender applicant] Julian Brolaski applied at a Fifth Avenue J. Crew store. He was treated brusquely, told to fill out an application and was never called.” The group claims other testers were interviewed on the spot and offered a job soon after.

Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom The Washington Post reports an 18year-old lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled rather than let the couple attend. The ACLU of Mississippi filed a lawsuit March 11 on behalf of Constance McMillen, who said she faced some unhappy classmates after the Itawamba County School District said it wouldn’t host the April 2 prom. The lawsuit seeks a court order for the school to hold the prom and allow McMillen to escort her girlfriend. The district’s March 10 decision came after the ACLU demanded officials change a policy banning same-sex prom dates because it said it violated students’ rights. ■

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Penn State student receives national award By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer National LGBT student organization Campus Pride last month named the two winners of its annual Voice & Action Award — which recognizes exemplary LGBT student leaders — and one is making a difference here in the Keystone State. Stephen Lucas, a senior at Pennsylvania State University, was selected along with George Aumoithe Jr., a junior at Bowdoin College, for the honor, among the pool of more than 30 applicants nationwide. Lucas, 22, hails from Leechburg, just outside of Pittsburgh, and is majoring in English and writing. In addition to his studies, Lucas is an active member of the LGBT community at the University Park

campus. Lucas is the only undergraduate member of the executive board of the Penn State Commission on LGBT Equity, an entity that reports directly to the president of the school, and also serves as the president of Rainbow Roundtable, the umbrella agency that oversees the university’s nine LGBT student agencies. “I basically look at the community at large and see what needs are being met by our organizations themselves and work on programming to ensure that we address whatever needs are not being met,” Lucas, who served as Rainbow Rountdable’s vice president last year, explained of his duties as president. “We also try to look at leadership within the organizations and see what kind of support they could use from us and other

leaders on campus and try to facilitate that.” Lucas first got involved in the LGBT campus community in h i s s o p h o - STEPHEN LUCAS more year as a member of the College Democrats. “I went to the LGBT[A] Student Resource Center and got connected with them and told them I had this idea of the College Democrats working with them on some kind of event with LGBT rights because National Coming Out Week was coming up,” Lucas said. “So I told them my ideas and they asked me to get involved in planning it, and I ended up speaking at the rally we had. It was pretty awesome.” Lucas, who interned at the LGBTA Student Resource Center

this year and last, has also been involved in the executive board of the school’s Student Government Association, but said he had to cut down on his work for that organization in order to step up as president of Rainbow Roundtable. With his litany of LGBT work on campus, Lucas has been able to gain insight into the atmosphere LGBT students face, which he said is most positive when the students are truthful about their sexuality. “It’s somewhere you can pretty much be whoever you want, especially if you’re willing to put yourself out there. It’s not the most liberal environment, but it’s also not the most conservative environment. A lot of people have the mindset of live and let live, but I’ve seen that if you’re open and honest about it and not apologetic, that’s when people are most cool about it.” Lucas, who’s planning to go to graduate school for public health and hopes to use his education to

work with socially and economically marginalized communities, said he believes LGBT students like himself should continue to take on leadership roles and be open about their sexuality in order to help their peers shed any misconceptions they may have of the community. “I think we need to be out and open and visible not just to make gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual people part of people’s lives, but to show people that we’re actually leaders; otherwise, I don’t think people will understand how many of us are out there. For my generation of LGBT folks, we need to do this in order to keep moving forward in the movement,” he said. “We’re still not 100-percent accepted in the public, especially in different geographic locations, but we have so much more social support than the generation before us.” ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

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Lesbian sgt. discharged after police tell military By Timberly Ross The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian. The 28-year-old’s honorable discharge under the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy came only after police officers in Rapid City, S.D., saw a marriage certificate from Iowa — one of the handful of U.S. states that recognize same-sex marriage — in Newsome’s home and told the nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base. Newsome and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint against the western South Dakota police department, claiming the officers violated her privacy when they informed the military about her sexual orientation. The case also highlights concerns over the ability of third parties to “out” servicemembers, especially as the Pentagon has started reviewing the 1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. The law does not explicitly prohibit gays or lesbians from serving in the military but requires them to serve in silence. If they acknowledge their sexual orientation, they can be expelled. “I played by ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’” Newsome told The Associated Press by telephone. “I just don’t agree with what the Rapid City Police Department did. They violated a lot of internal policies on their end, and I feel like my privacy was violated.” The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy has come under renewed debate after Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for a sweeping internal study on the law earlier this year. As the review is under way, officials were also expected to suggest ways to relax enforcement that may include minimizing cases of third-party outings. In particular, Gates has suggested that the military might not have to expel someone whose sexual orientation was revealed by a third party out of vindictiveness or suspect motives. The Rapid City Police Department says Newsome, an aircraft armament system mechanic who spent nine years in the Air Force, was not cooperative when they showed up at her home in

November with an arrest warrant for her partner, who was wanted on theft charges in Fairbanks, Alaska. Newsome was at work at the base at the time and refused to immediately come home and assist the officers in finding her partner, whom she married in Iowa in October. Police officers, who said they spotted the marriage license on the kitchen table through a window of Newsome’s home, alerted the base, police Chief Steve Allender said in a statement sent to the AP. The license was relevant to the investigation because it showed both the relationship and residency of the two women, he said. “It’s an emotional issue and it’s unfortunate that Newsome lost her job, but I disagree with the notion that our department might be expected to ignore the license, or not document the license, or withhold it from the Air Force once we did know about it,” Allender said Saturday. He said his department does not seek to expose gay military personnel or investigate the sexuality of Rapid City residents. Allender said the department was finishing its internal investigation and has determined the

officers acted appropriately. They have not been placed on leave during the investigation. Newsome’s partner is currently out on bail on one felony and three misdemeanor counts of theft stemming from an incident last year, court officials in Fairbanks said. More information was not immediately available, and Newsome said she didn’t know the status of the case and didn’t provide more details about it. In the complaint filed last month with the department, ACLU South Dakota said police had no legal reason to tell the military Newsome was a lesbian and that officers knew if they did, it would jeopardize her military career. Newsome, who was discharged in January, said she didn’t know where the marriage license was in her home when police came to her house Nov. 20, and claims the officers were retaliating because she wouldn’t help with her partner’s arrest. A U.S. Air Force spokesperson, Senior Airman Adam Grant, said Ellsworth follows all laws set out by Congress and the Defense Department, but he would not comment specifically on Newsome’s discharge, citing a privacy policy. ■

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Editorial Survey says This is the final week of PGN’s 2010 reader survey, which you can find on pages 21-22 or at www.epgn. com. If you haven’t done so, we’d like to ask you to fill it out and return it to us. The survey is important for a number of reasons, foremost of which is that it will help us determine if we are meeting the needs of the community we serve. In the survey, we’d like to know a little about you, how you feel about our coverage of topics and issues that are important to you, what you read and what you’d like to see in the paper. And if you think we are doing a poor job in an area, please feel free to tell us why. (Though we appreciate knowing that you disagree with our coverage, if you don’t tell us why, we can’t fix it.) We’ll take compliments too. Your input and feedback really make a difference to us: Even though we know we can’t make everyone happy all the time, we do try to be fair, accurate and balanced. (And not in the Fox News way of “fair and balanced.”) We don’t always succeed, but that is our goal. As editor, it’s my job to make sure the paper is headed in the right direction as far as content and coverage. Since taking the helm in 2006, I’ve reached out to numerous community leaders and members through roundtable discussions. But to really get the input and opinion of the community at large, a survey is the most effective vehicle. In addition to this survey, reporter Jen Colletta will conduct a content analysis, tracking how we have covered age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, geographical location and news issues in the past two years. Though I’m always open to reader input and feedback, a survey like this allows us to cross-reference the data and check in with the readership at large. I hope you take the time to fill out and return the survey. I know the paper’s coverage has evolved in recent years, and I want to continue that. But I can’t do it without your help. PGN is a community newspaper: We serve the community, we support the community. It’s also important that we listen to the community. Here’s your opportunity. Thank you, Sarah Blazucki Editor

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Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

Itawamba County School Board When I was in high school, I did not take my girlfriend to prom. It didn’t even seem remotely possible. Instead I took a boy, who turned out to be gay. And my girlfriend took a boy, who turned out to be gay. And my twin sister who also had a girlfriend at the time took a boy, who also turned out to be gay. My point is that maybe if my sister and I had felt welcome to bring our girlfriends to prom, we wouldn’t have made all of those boys into homos. But we did it. For revenge. That was 14 years ago. And though I wish gay and lesbian students had an easier time today bringing their boyfriends and girlfriends to prom, that’s sadly not the case in many places. Case in point: Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., which has chosen to cancel prom entirely rather than let IAHS student Constance McMillen bring her girlfriend to prom. The school told 18-year-old McMillen it won’t let same-sex couples buy the less-expensive date tickets because they don’t want students without dates to pair up to save a few bucks. This is a lame justiﬁcation, not just because the policy discriminates against gay prom-goers,

but also because it’s really shitty to say to people who don’t have a date, “Oh, we’re going to charge you more so we can pay the janitor who has to mop up your tears from the gym floor.” But when it turned out that McMillen wasn’t allowed to bring her girlfriend at all, or wear a tux for that matter, McMillen didn’t just sigh and take a soon-to-be-gay boy instead. No. McMillen called the ACLU. And they filed suit, saying that district officials violated McMillen’s First Amendment right to freedom of expression. Which is when the district canceled prom. Because adults are in charge and that is a totally grown-up thing to do. McMillen called bullshit. “A bunch of kids at school are really going to hate me for this, so in a way it’s really retaliation,” she said. McMillen’s case has garnered national attention. She’s been all over TV, including on “The Joy Behar Show,” “The Early Show” and “The Wanda Sykes Show.” The Facebook page “Let Constance Take Her Girlfriend to Prom!” is rapidly approaching 300,000 fans. So much for the school district’s claim that they canceled prom because of

“distractions to the educational process.” They apparently had no idea what they were getting themselves into when they went up against an out and proud 18-year-old. The case has far-reaching implications. “This is about vulnerable LGBT high-school and middleschool students all over the country,” Dan Savage posted on The Stranger’s blog. “By coming down on the Itawamba County School system ... we’re not just sending a message to the bigots running a high school in a corner of Mississippi. We’re sending a message to school boards and superintendents and principals all over the country: ‘You will pay a price if you discriminate against or encourage other students to retaliate against LGBT youth.’” I hope McMillen and her girlfriend get to go to prom together. And I hope the ACLU kicks the Itawamba County School Board’s ass in court. ■ D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world, she reviews rock ’n’ roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister.

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Mark My Words

Street Talk

Mark Segal

65 LGBT leaders endorse Sen. Specter Abbe Fletman and I are getting to be some team. Last Friday, we acted as co-chairs at a press conference to launch SpecterPride. Here’s one of those behindthe-scenes tidbits. Before we strolled to the podium, we were huddled in a room to greet Sen. Arlen Specter. When he arrived, someone had a photo for him to autograph. He looked at the old photo and started to chat about it. The photo was taken during the Warren Commission’s recreation of President Kennedy’s assassination. It was during that recreation that Specter came up with what’s now known as the single-bullet theory. At that point, he clutched me and all of a sudden he had me acting the part of JFK as he demonstrated the single-bullet theory, tracing the bullet. It was chilling, and CNN was taping it, no less. At the start of the press conference of LGBT leaders, it was important to put Specter’s support of this community in perspective. A headline from the Philadelphia Inquirer Oct. 10, 1973, read: “Gay Raiders storm District Attorney Arlen Specter’s office with free coffee and doughnuts, Specter shakes their hand.” Well, I was that Gay Raider and, in 1973, an elected official just shaking the hand of a gay man was news. Specter was one of the first. Today, an overwhelming majority of LGBT leaders endorse our friend, Sen. Specter. We do so for many reasons, chief among them his long-standing support for equality as far back as 1973. No other elected official in all of Pennsylvania has such a long record of accomplishments on LGBT issues.

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Stopping police harassment and extortion in the early 1970s. Testifying for nondiscrimination legislation in Philadelphia and getting the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association to support a statewide gay-rights bill. Nationwide, there are elected leaders who have stood tall with this community. Chief among them was Sen. Ted Kennedy, and by Kennedy’s side from the very beginning was Specter. Together, they introduced the Kennedy-Specter Hate Crimes Bill, which after years of hard work was finally signed into law a couple of months ago by President Obama. He’s been a co-sponsor of legislation to end discrimination and, a couple of weeks ago when legislation to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was introduced, he was a co-sponsor once again. Our support is meant to send another message. We believe strongly that the threat from the Republican candidate, a candidate who is far more conservative than ousted former Sen. Rick Santorum — a candidate who won’t even shake the hand of a gay man, and how can you govern if you won’t even meet your own citizens? — we believe that challenge can only be answered by the strongest Democratic candidate, who has a record of speaking for all Pennsylvanians. We stand with our friends in labor, those fighting for health-care reform, progressives, educators and those who feel strongly about civil rights. In 1973, at a time when most gay lawyers were in the closet, the District Attorney of Philadelphia was embracing and working with this community. And I’m proud to say that one of those gay men endorsing Specter is the former Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, its first openly LGBT chancellor, Andy Chirls. ■

What are you looking forward to this spring?

Aileen Gardner student Bala Cynwyd

Henry Kountz barrista Queen Village

“Tweeting birds when I wake up. It’s easier getting out of bed in springtime because of that sound. Also, Mother’s Day. My mother and I are best friends. Mother’s Day gives me another opportunity to honor that relationship.”

“Fewer clothes, less layers. More joie de vivre in the air. Flowers. The smells definitely change for the better. And daylight-saving time, so I have more sunlight to do things.”

Lisa Jo Nicolo Bartender Queen Village

Jean Suivan barrista/artist Italian Market area

“Walking my dog Morrison. He’s been sort of cooped up this winter, with all the snow. He doesn’t do well in the snow. The salt irritates his feet. Spring weather is perfect [for Morrison]. Summer is too hot, because he has a dark coat that absorbs the sun.”

“Fresh air inside my apartment. I have lots of green plants that help oxygenate the place. But there’s nothing like fresh air through open windows. It has a cleansing effect.”

Mark Segal is PGN publisher. He can be reached at mark@epgn.com.

Letters and Feedback In response to “Local Army chaplain facing ‘Don’t Ask’ discharge,” March 12-18: If you want more information on this situation, take a look at David Romano’s Web site, Bone Yard: http://daveybones. wordpress.com/2010/02/21/ dont-ask-dont-tell-hits-homefor-me/ If you care to speak up about Aris’ case and/or help to abolish [“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”], write to Gov. Rendell, Sens. Specter and Casey and your district’s U.S. congressman in the House of Representatives. — Axios In response to “HIV numbers reveal impact on MSM community,” March 12-18:

There is some other important context here that needs to be addressed, and helps explain these appalling disparities. Nationally, public health entities have provided inadequate HIV-prevention services for gay/bi men. Historically inadequate, disproportionate resources directed toward gay/bi/MSM are a contributing factor to the general gay/bi/MSM disparities, and particularly impact gay/bi/MSM of color. For instance: Centers for Disease Control spends approximately $650 million per year on HIV-prevention activities. Approximately $300 million of that goes to state and city health departments that have consistently under-funded ser-

vices targeting gay and bisexual men. Between 2005-07, only 29 percent of federal risk-reduction funding managed by state and local health departments supported services for gay/bi/MSM. For federally funded counseling, testing and referral services (CTR), state and local health departments directed only 11 percent of the total funds distributed during the same period toward gay/bi/MSM. Most of the CTR allocation went to the general population and the majority of that money was directed to low-risk heterosexuals, according to the CDC. In 2009, only 20 percent of gay/bi/MSM had access to HIVprevention services, according to the CDC. — Jim Pickett

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PGN staff brings home gold, silver and bronze! Mark Segal First place, Best Column Writing, Non-Daily “Mark My Words”

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Congratulations on winning four awards in the 2009 Suburban Newspaper Association Editorial Contest, the best out of more than 2,000 U.S. and Canadian publications.

Scott A. Drake First place, Best Feature Photo, Non-Daily “Love Park”

Larry Nichols Third place, Best Arts & Entertainment Writing — Feature “Reality TV comic to get real live in New Hope”

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Feb. 28 and March 4. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center

City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. REPORT: Between 8 p.m. Feb. 28 and noon March 1, complainant had two secured bicycles taken from the 400 block of South 13th Street.

REPORT: Between 10:30 p.m. March 1 and 1:10 a.m. March 2, out-of-town complainant’s 2008 Honda, parked in the 300 block of South 12th Street, had a window smashed and an iPod taken. Sixth District Officer McCauley attempted to lift fingerprints. ARREST: At 12:05 p.m. March

4, Sixth District Sgt. Newsome observed a male in the 1200 block of Latimer Street smoking a marijuana blunt. The male was arrested and recovered was the blunt and a bag of marijuana. The 31-year-old alleged offender with a Philadelphia address was charged with possession of marijuana.

ARREST: At 1:55 a.m. March 4, Sixth District Sgt. Burton was flagged down by a complainant at 300 S. 12th St. and informed that males were in a car in the 1200 block of Cypress and, in full view of the public, engaged in sexual activity. The sergeant observed the behavior and both males were arrested and charged with open lewdness. REPORT: At around 1:30 p.m. March 4, complainant’s wallet was taken from an unlocked locker inside 12th Street Gym, 204 S. 12th St. by person(s) unknown. ■

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LIAISON From Page 1 “If I have an Officer Sweeney who’s in PSA3, I don’t send him to PSA1 or PSA2 unless it’s something really serious, so that way he can become more familiar with this individual community, with the bad guys, with the layout of the land,” Lanzetta said. “We’re focusing our attention on these limited spaces so NEWS we can PHILADELPHIA GAY

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become more familiar and serve these communities better.” During the meeting, the committee members raised the issue of prostitution, which Price said has been a longtime problem in the 12th and 13th Street corridors but has seen a recent upswing. “What the committee was most concerned about was the qualityof-life issues, mainly prostitution, so that’s now going to become one of our priorities,” Lanzetta said.

He noted that each PSA has to have a minimum number of officers deployed in the area at certain times, which frees up other officers to concentrate on areas they identify as trouble spots. “If the minimum number of officers was for instance three, and I have five on at one time, then that gives me two more people to focus directly on a specific area, like 12th and 13th streets,” Lanzetta said. “And then I can also go 15 to PAGE

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my captain and say, ‘We have this problem,’ and then he can give me more tactical people — bike cops, plainclothes officers. There are resources we can plug into to take care of this.” Rick Lombardo, vice president of the committee, said the new PSA format will make the police more aware of systemic issues

plaguing the Gayborhood. “The great thing is they’re responsible for what goes on in their specific areas for 24 hours a day,” Lombardo said. “It allows for much more accountability and responsibility.” ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

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Westenhoefer to get ‘inappropriate’ in A.C. By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer “Tell the gay guys to come,” out comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer said. “They come and they love it and then they go, ‘We didn’t know we could come because we thought it was a lesbian event.’ I’ve been putting up with that for 20 years and have had enough. Tell the fags to get in the front seat. That’s where I need them.” The show she’s referring to is the Atlantic City stop of her aptly named “Totally Inappropriate Tour.” “To me, it doesn’t seem that,” Westenhoefer, 48, said about the tour’s title. “That would be what other people say.” No matter what other people call it, Westenhoefer’s new show will continue her tradition of working mostly unscripted, and promises every night on the tour will feature new material inspired by her experiences in that particular city.

“It’s different,” she said about the tour. “It’s hard to explain. It’s not exactly different every night. No comedian could achieve that. I tend to talk very much off the top of my head and go with what’s going on in the world and my life at that time. So no two shows are identical.” She added that the subject matter on this

tour will be a little broader than what she covered on her previous “Finally Legal ... in a Few States” tour. “I can’t remember what I was talking about last year because I’m talking about [something else] this year,” she said. “Gay marriage is still in the act. But obviously I’ve been married for a year [to long-time

THE CAST OF “WE HAVE TO STOP NOW” INCLUDES JILL BENNETT (TOP PHOTO, FROM LEFT), SUZANNE WESTENHOEFER AND CATHY DEBUONO. Photo: Judy Francesconi

partner Jennifer Houston] and stuff has changed and now we’re not legal anymore. We were and then we aren’t. But now we might be, now that it is in D.C. You have to keep up.” Fortunately for Westenhoefer, keeping up is not something she has to work hard to do. “It’s one of those things that if you’re an activist and you’re gay and you’ve been in the community long enough, you can’t open your e-mail or your Facebook or turn on your phone without someone telling you or hearing about what’s going on in the gay community,” she said. “I would have to throw away my phone and never go near my computer or television if I wanted to be unaware of what’s going on in the gay community now, which was so not the truth 20 years ago. Remember when it took forever for us to get the information out there? We would sneak it to you in a piece of paper in the park.” Speaking of 20 years ago, Westenhoefer

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will mark 20 years as a stand-up comedian in July. After taking the stage to tell jokes on a dare, Westenhoefer went on to build a career delivering gay material in mainstream clubs as well as performing for the LGBT community. She was the first openly lesbian comic ever to appear on television in 1991, and the first openly gay comic to host her own HBO Comedy Special in 1994. Most comedians with 20 years under their belt are trying to avoid the grind of touring and move up the industry food chain into endeavors like managing upand-coming talent or more television work. But Westenhoefer said she’s still content being a performer. “I can’t see me as a manager because I need management myself, badly,” she said. “If they gave me my own TV show, I would take that. But that’s not going to happen.” LGBT representation may have come a long way on television since Westenhoefer started, but she said there are still unspoken limitations to the opportunities for LGBT talent. “I think it’s why Logo and Here are struggling, because it’s almost like, ‘Isn’t Bravo doing that?’ There’s so many of us but we’re not one individual who wants to watch one kind of programming. I think someone will hit the marketing genius of finding the core and the majority of the gay community. Then everyone will follow, because it’s not happening yet.” Westenhoefer added those limitations are usually why a lot of gay and lesbian TV personalities choose to stay in the closet until later in their careers. “I think they stay in the closet because they are terrified,” she said. “They are being told — and shown — that they will not get work, get famous or have the power that they have because they are openly gay. Once they have the power and they know that they’ll have the freedom and they feel secure, then they come out. That’s it. Period. And who can blame them, really? I made a career and I’ve been openly gay the whole time, but you and I both know that there are a whole lot of opportunities that have not been offered to me because I’ve been queer forever.” Hopefully that will change with her latest project, the popular Web drama “We Have to Stop Now.” The series stars out actresses Cathy DeBuono and Jill Bennett as lesbian therapists trying to keep their crumbling marriage from showing as a documentary film crew follows them after the success of their book, “How to Succeed in Marriage Without Even Trying.” Westenhoefer plays the couple’s therapist and, while she is considered a star on the show, she thinks of herself as just another member of a talented cast. “That’s me as an actor, though, with a cast,” she said of her role. “I think that the

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executive producers, writers and the stars would hear anything I have to say. But do I do that? No. These are really creative, smart people. I enjoy being directed and this is one instance where I’m being told what to say, so it’s quite freeing. Normally, I am in control of all the things that are getting said and it’s all my choice and responsibility. In ‘We Have to Stop Now,’ I have no responsibility. It’s just my own art and craft and what I’m bringing to it. Which sounds very Hollywood — and I hate even the way it sounds when I say it — but it’s really true. I show up and do my work.” Television series have an established method of gauging how successful a show is, but how does the success of a Web series get measured? “For me, because I am very shallow, if people say to me after my shows or put on my Facebook, ‘We saw it and we loved it,’” Westenhoefer said. “But I’m sure the executive producers and the marketers are trying to find ways [to measure the success of the show]. It’s pretty grassroots right now. Even in the second season, which hasn’t premiered yet, it’s so different from the first season. The first season we had like $8 and everyone was doing it out of love and all that other warm, gushy stuff. This past season we just did, we had more people involved technically, a little more money. Meredith Baxter joined us. And that made a difference. They’re writing season three right now and there are already established actors and actresses approaching us and saying we want to be in it. It’s changing so quickly that, the first season, which some people are watching right now, seems almost like years ago to me. Although, my hair is really different. I’m letting it grow.” Since she brought up her hair, we had to ask if Westenhoefer will ever let it grow back to her crimped and massive, early1990s proportions, when she first started out in comedy. We received a terse “no.” But we inadvertently triggered some nostalgia. “I grew up in Lancaster County so I’ve actually seen PGN forever and ever and ever,” she said. “Back when you can just get it on the floor when you walked into Giovanni’s Room. You guys probably have a picture of every possible hairstyle I’ve ever had.” Oh, we do. We were thinking of trying to trade those old photos in exchange for Westenhoefer performing in Philadelphia instead of the hour-plus-outside-of-town locations her tour seems to favor. But Westenhoefer said those decisions are out of her hands. “I would love that,” she said about doing a show in Philadelphia. “We haven’t had a producer in Philly. You have to have someone who makes that whole thing happen. Someone who either loves comics or loves performers or is big in the gay community. It’s hard to rustle up a live performance.”

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[Editor’s note: I think we know someone who could make that happen.] She continued, “It’s been a struggle in these past years. People have access to everything you could think of at their fingertips on the computer. It’s one of the reasons I love doing an Internet series.” And who knows. If the series keeps up in popularity, it might make the jump from the computer screen to the small screen. “I think it would make the jump to television very easily because it’s an actors’ and writers’ series,” Westenhoefer said. “So it’s not like we’re doing something that can only be enjoyed on the Internet. It’s on the Internet because a whole lot of really smart and creative people wanted to create their own series and getting on television is damn near impossible. Think about every series that you see on television. There are 1,500 more that were

rejected. It’s a miracle to be on TV.” Westenhoefer added that starting out on the Web has given the show the freedom to develop on its own terms. “We realized we don’t have to answer to anybody but the people watching, so let’s go for it,” she said. “It’s like cable was in the early 1980s.” “We Have to Stop Now” can be viewed online at www.wehavetostopnow.tv. Suzanne Westenhoefer performs at 9 p.m. March 27 at Trump Taj Mahal’s Xanadu Theater, 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City. Westenhoefer will also appear at Red Ribbon Gay Bingo to benefit the South Jersey AIDS Alliance at 3 p.m. March 28 at Xanadu Theater. For more information or tickets, call (609) 449-1000 or visit www.suzannew.com. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.

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Outward Bound Jeff Guaracino Take your Pride on the rainbow road We are about to enter the region’s festival and event season, celebrating our culture and demonstrating our pride with friends and family. As locals, we are participants, volunteers and also hosts to visitors who travel here to join us for Pride. If you are thinking about supporting another city’s Pride this summer, here are three gay best bets for your travel dollar. Manchester, England The not-to-miss Pride event outside Philadelphia is Manchester Pride 2010. Home of the original “Queer As Folk” series, the festival along scenic Canal Street is memorable and fun. Plan your trip for “The Big

Weekend” — Aug. 26-30 — for 78 hours of live music, celebrity performances, a Pride parade, lifestyle expo, special events and lots of people. Don’t leave early! The closing event is the HIV Candlelit Vigil in Sackville Park, a deeply moving, spiritual ceremony that brings revelers together. The city has plenty of culture, a gay-history walking tour and fine dining. And, for all you “AbFab” and shopping fans, don’t miss the Bellini Brunch at Harvey Nichols. Fabulous, sweetie. Insider tips: Get the Platinum Pass, which includes credentialed access to the VIP Tent at the main stage with free drinks (it rains a lot in Manchester) and

stay at the Malmaison Hotel or the City Inn Manchester — both within walking distance of Canal Street. A current search of roundtrip airfares for late August shows an average of $1,000 from Philadelphia on US Airways or American Airlines. For more information, visit Manchester. com and Manchesterpride.com. Tel Aviv, Israel Being openly gay or lesbian in the Middle East is always reason to celebrate, so travel any time to Israel. US Airways offers a nonstop (but very long) flight to Tel Aviv from Philadelphia. The local LGBT community is active, visible and welcoming. Don’t let Tel Aviv’s warm Mediterranean Sea or the incredible food and amazing beauty distract you from the history and culture in Jerusalem,

Jaffa, Haifa and the Judean desert along the shores of the Dead Sea. Insider tips: Plan your travel carefully. Thursday and Friday nights are the big party nights in Tel Aviv. The Art Plus Hotel offers complimentary breakfast and evening cocktails; also check out the brand-new Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem, with incredible views of the Old City. Be sure to plan a trip with a reputable tour company, such as Kenes Tours. In a recent search around the dates of Tel Aviv Gay Pride in early June, roundtrip airfare ran about $1,200 on US Airways. Dallas, Texas Get out your cowboy boots and head south for the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade on Sept. 19. This year’s theme is “One Heart, One World, One Pride.”

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The weekend includes Gay Days at Six Flags, special events and parties for men and women, a parade with more than 100 expected entries and the closing Festival in Lee Park. Insider tips: The Warwick Melrose Hotel is along the route with the best viewing areas and is close to all the nightlife activities. You can get a great map to the gay bars at www.dallastavernguild.org. ■ Jeff Guaracino is a vice president for the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation and author of “Gay and Lesbian Tourism: The Essential Guide for Marketing.” He tracks down the best deals and travel resources for the LGBT community. If you’re traveling locally, check out visitphilly.com.

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‘Girl’ not marked for extinction By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor Swedish actress Noomi Rapace gives a star-making performance as Lisbeth, the title character in the film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” She provides this dazzling thriller — based on the late Stieg Larsson’s international bestseller — with a visceral kick. As Lisbeth, the actress gets to sleep with both men and women and mete out her own sense of justice. This includes punishing her rapist in one memorable sequence. The story concerns Mikael (Michael Nyqvist), a journalist facing a prison sentence. He is summoned by a powerful man to solve the mysterious, decades-old death or disappearance of a teenage girl. Lisbeth, who is secretly following Mikael’s moves via electronic surveillance, stealthily provides him with a clue or two. Eventually, she reveals her identity and works with him in earnest. In a recent phone interview, Rapace claimed she was nervous to take the role because of the immense popularity of Lisbeth.

“It was a suicide mission in a goal was to become fit enough to to be extreme and odd in a way. We way, because everybody has so do her own stunts, such as driving didn’t want a cliché.” Likewise, the dragon tattoo of many feelings about who she was. a motorcycle. Yet Lisbeth’s multiple pierc- the title was a very specific element I had to force away the outside world — close my eyes and ears ings — which give the character for the character’s identity. “We — and focus on what I thought her distinctive punk look — gave worked on the tattoo for months. and what I wanted to do. I had to the actress pause. “I couldn’t take I wanted it to be really aggresfind my own personal Lisbeth.” all of them at the same time,” sive and brutal. It’s a message to The actress did a remarkable she admitted sheepishly. “I had the world to stay away. Her whole job. She saw the character as two done at a time over seven outfit is a uniform,” Rapace said “a fighter, and a survivor ... but months.” Meanwhile, she worked — disclosing she actually has no someone who never sees herself with makeup and costume design- tattoos. The actress worked equally hard as a victim and finds a way to fight ers along with film director Niels back. Lisbeth takes the law in her Arden Oplev to grow and cut on Lisbeth’s mindset, shaping her own hands because she doesn’t her hair to create Lisbeth’s look. character’s inner thoughts as caretrust society. She has her own way Rapace recalled, “We wanted her fully as she developed her outer shell. of thinking and handling things.” “I think that she’s afraid The character is very of love. She is beaten and empowered, and Rapace raped, but she can find had to suit up in a kind of strength again. With love, armor to become Lisbeth. she doesn’t know how to To accomplish this, the behave, and it’s dangerous actress channeled her inner for her.” tomboy. She said she pracRapace continued to ticed Thai boxing five times describe how she saw the a week for six months, and character’s sexuality: “I dieted to develop a “more don’t think Lisbeth is bisexmasculine” look. ual. She’s a sexual spirit and “I wanted to be more fucks whomever she wants like a boy in my body, but I to fuck. I don’t think she didn’t want to starve myself NOOMI RAPACE IN “THE GIRL WITH THE ever analyzes herself. She DRAGON TATTOO” follows her impulses and to be skinny,” she said. Her

does what she wants to do.” While Lisbeth’s lesbian relationship is more implied than her moreexplicit affair with Mikael, Rapace threw herself into the sex scenes. “I had to put away my vanity. We needed those scenes to understand Lisbeth; it was an important puzzle piece.” Yet it was the film’s rape scene that really tried the actress’ mettle. “I had nightmares for weeks after [filming] the rape scene. It affects you. I hate when you see rape scenes on the big screen and it’s ‘entertainment.’ For me, it was extremely important that the audience can feel Lisbeth’s panic and that she’s stuck in this situation — tied up and being [abused]. Shooting it was [us] going to hell for a week. But we came out of it.” Viewers will come out of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” wowed by Rapace and feeling exhilarated. With two more installments in Larsson’s “Millennium” trilogy forthcoming — and an American remake already in the works — it will be interesting to see where Lisbeth goes from here. And how far Rapace will go to portray her. ■

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Pop star to perform, speak at wellness event By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Award-winning singer and actress Olivia Newton-John (“Grease,” “Xanadu,” “Sordid Lives”) is lending her star power to “Olivia: Voices for Healing ... Our Planet ... Ourselves,” a twoday event focusing on health, wellness and environmental conservation March 26-27 at West Chester University. The event features sessions on cancer prevention and treatment and benefits a number of organizations, including Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research, the College of Health Sciences Annual Integrative Health Conference and Masters of Public Health, and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal. Newton-John, 61, a breast-cancer survivor and advocate, will kick off the event March 26 with a keynote address and perform the following day at Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall. Newton-John spoke to PGN about what participants can expect. PGN: What are some of the issues you’re planning to address in your speech? ONJ: I’ll be talking about breast cancer and my experiences with it. I’m building a hospital in Australia that will be a potential wellness center.

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PGN: What can you tell us about ACEER, one of the organizations this event is benefiting? ONJ: My husband has a wonderful company called Amazon Herb and he’s been going down to the Amazon for 30 years. He’s been very interested in educating people down there and has done a lot to help the indigenous peoples get the titles to their land. ACEER got in touch with us and we felt a great affinity between Amazon Herb and ACEER. We’ve been supporting them and publicizing their cause. This will be the second concert I’ve ever done for them. The two things go together. PGN: Do you think environmental and wellness issues are closely related? ONJ: I think a healthy environment is obviously better for our health. The situation with the rain forest is going to affect our oxy-

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gen and the condition of the soil. All of these things are related. A certain amount of awareness of that is really important. There are more species of plants and animals in the Amazon than anywhere in the world. It is so important to preserve the Amazon and to raise awareness with the local people so they realize how important it is to keep it that way. PGN: Are there any issues important to the LGBT community that will be addressed at this event? ONJ: Everything affects them the same. Lesbians get breast cancer. Men get breast cancer. I just did a Susan G. Komen walk and there were three or four men walking. It was the first time that I have ever seen that. PGN: Does staging this event at a college campus mean that it is aimed at a younger audience? ONJ: I don’t know, truthfully. But Roger Mustalish, who heads up ACEER, that is where he’s based. The concert that I’m doing is something that I’ve never done before. I am doing songs from an album of mine called “Grace and Gratitude” and I’ve never done only those songs in concert before. It’s a healing CD, a journey through the chakras of the body and the emotional body. ■ “Olivia: Voices for Healing ... Our Planet ... Ourselves” runs March 26-27 at West Chester University, 700 S. High St., West Chester. For more information, visit www.wcupa.edu/ VoicesforHealing. Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.

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Lesbian on the Scene Tracy Buchholtz

New parties, comedy and more This weekend is chock full of women’s events throughout Philadelphia and we’re stoked. The weekend promises to be beautiful so we know these parties will be packed. Looking for something different? Pulling a diverse crowd is the weekly Thursday Pride party at Q-ba Lounge, Third Street and Girard Avenue. The party kicks off at 10 p.m. with DJ Lioness and will feature $4 drinks all night. Dress code is stated as relaxed and sexy, with a $5 cover until 11, $10 after. For more information, call (215) 237-3087. Celebrate the end of your workweek by hitting up Stimulus at Marathon Grill, 929 Walnut St., tonight. This month, special guest New York City female DJ Nikson joins DJ Sparkles for a night to remember. Five dollars gets you in the door, but make sure you get there early: Rumor has it they’ve had to turn people away from this filled-to-the-brim party. Definitely the place to be if you want to mingle with a young crowd of ladies from Philly, Baltimore, New York and D.C. On Saturday, we’re hopping in the car and heading to New Hope to see the hilarious Jackie Monahan perform at the Nevermore, 6426 Lower York Road. Monahan is on a national club/college tour and is taking the country by storm. Her hilarious jokes have been heard on Sirius and seen on VH1, and she’s also been on the Lesbians of Laughter tour. The show kicks off at 9 p.m. and tickets are $20; call (215) 862-5225. On Sunday, we’re heading over the bridge and into Jersey to Club In or Out, 19 N. Egg Harbor Road in Hammonton. The party, LesBe Merengue Mania, kicks off at 5 p.m. with DJ Bebo and the MIXX female dancers. Cover is $10 but includes light fare, $3 Coronas and $5 mixed drinks all night!

For more info, visit www. clubinorout.com. On Wednesday, March 24, we’re gonna celebrate Hump Day and check out OurNightOut hosted by Team Philadelphia. This LGBTQ happy hour kicks off at Ladder 15, 1529 Sansom St., and promises door prizes, drink specials and complimentary appetizers. This event is free and a great way to mingle with the sexy and talented athletes before they head off to Germany to compete in the Gay Games. Stir, 1705 Chancellor St., is the new home for Authentic, the weekly Thursday dance party with DJs Sherock and Jalen. The party starts at 10 p.m. and is free all night, with $3 domestics and wells until midnight. Music promises to be a blend of hiphop, house and reggae. For more information on the party, check out www.stirphilly.com. The Scene party takes over Philadelphia on March 27. Last month, more than 400 women came out for this mega dance party. The $3 drinks from 9-11 p.m. promise an early crowd and, this month, sexy dancers from Atlantic City promise to provide mouth-watering entertainment. With DJ Carl Michaels on the main floor and Lil Sis upstairs playing hip-hop, you’ve got options. Also on hand will be various LGBTQ vendors with loads of cool merch. Five dollars gets you in before midnight. Plus, this is the last party before June, so this one promises to be hot. For more information, check out www.facebook.com/tlbtbproductions. Next column, we’ll have all the information you could want on Emerge, the annual dance fundraiser for women, by women. The party is set for April 30 and, if you’re like us, you can’t wait to check out the DJ lineup, learn about the beneficiaries for 2010 and check out where to buy tickets! ■ Tracy Buchholz is an LGBTQ party producer-promoter in Philadelphia. She can be reached at tracy.buchholz@gmail.com.

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Family Portraits Our recent record-breaking snowfalls must have really made Tyler Vaughn feel at home. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Vaughn has been through a few rough winters, though he prefers balmy weather. I talked to the ex-Air Force man about life in Philadelphia and what makes him one of Woody’s most popular bartenders. PGN: I get cold just thinking about Buffalo. What was the worst thing about the weather there? TV: Waiting for the school bus in snow up to your thighs with a wind-chill factor of minus-15 degrees. You’d try to wait in the house for as long as you could before running outside. PGN: When did you get out of there for warmer weather? TV: At 18, I enlisted in the Air Force where I ended up in Dover, Del. After the Air Force, I went back and attended the University of Buffalo for a bit before transferring to Temple and moving back down here. I’m going to graduate in May. PGN: Family?

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Suzi Nash TV: I have a sister who’s a year older and a brother who’s a year younger. PGN: What do your parents do? TV: My dad’s a fireman and my mother does administrative work for a defense contractor: I’m not sure exactly what she does, but I know she works with secret documents. PGN: That’s pretty cool, a dad who is a firefighter and a mother who keeps government secrets! TV: Yeah, I really looked up to them. I always thought of my father as a hero. Anyone who’s willing to run into a burning building to help someone is pretty special. For a while I wanted to be a fireman and even thought about it again recently, but figured I should put my degree to work after all I’ve put into it. PGN: Yeah, the idea of running into a burning building while being hosed with water in Buffalo in the winter doesn’t seem too appealing. TV: I know. It’s definitely not something most people could or would want to do, which is what

makes me admire my dad even more. You need heart for that. PGN: What’s your ethnic background? TV: My mom is German, French and English. She’s blond-haired with green eyes and freckles head to toe. My dad is African American. I always joke because my dad’s really dark and my mom’s really pale, so I guess I fell somewhere in between. PGN: I’m mixed too, but apparently got the paler side of the gene pool. TV: That’s funny. My sister just married a white guy with blond hair and blue eyes and she’s had three kids. The first one is a little lighter than me with brown eyes and brown hair, the second child is pale with blue eyes and blond hair and her third child is like the first one, brown eyes and brown hair. PGN: [Laughs.] Yeah, my older brother is darker than you and used to have a huge ’fro and my younger brother is light with blue eyes, so people would always ask if we were from the same family.

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Or they would tell me my brother had an awfully good tan for the winter. TV: That happens to my sister all the time. She had one woman question that her son belonged to her! PGN: And what did you like to do as a kid? TV: Play sports. Sports and video games. PGN: Was your sister a good big sister? TV: Yeah, she took on a lot of the mothering duties since my parents both worked. She’d fix us snacks after school and tried to keep us in line. PGN: What was the worst thing you boys did to your sister? TV: Probably not minding her. She’d tell us to do something and we’d ignore her when she threatened to tell our mother. PGN: Were you and your brother close? TV: Yeah, the Vaughn brothers. We both played a lot of sports and shared a lot of the same friends. Sometimes people thought we were twins or would get us mixed up. PGN: What sports did you play? TV: I ran track and wrestled and I was a running back and a linebacker on the football team. PGN: Those are two distinctly different positions. TV: Almost opposites. I loved playing running back — it’s a fun

position. PGN: Any sports now? TV: I’m on the Philadelphia gay rugby team, the Gryphons. I still like to run; I’ve been doing the Broad Street Run for the past two years and I’m going to do it again. PGN: What’s your best time? TV: The first year I ran the race in about one hour, seven minutes. Last year, I went slower because a friend of mine was running for the first time and I slowed to keep pace with him and help him finish. My goal is to do it in under an hour. PGN: What books do you like to read? TV: Well, now it’s mostly textbooks for school, but when I can, I enjoy reading Greek mythology. As soon as I graduate, I’ll probably go back and reread the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey.” PGN: Most dangerous stunt? TV: I went on vacation a while ago to Costa Rica and we went white-water rafting. I’m a little bit of an adrenaline junkie so when the rapids weren’t that big, we got a little bored. We went under a bridge and our guide pulled the raft over and said, “Let’s go jump off the bridge.” I’m weird about jumping into water I don’t know, but I let him talk me into jumping. PGN: Didn’t your mother teach you the lesson about what not to do if your friends jumped off a

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bridge? TV: I know! But I’m here today, so all’s well that ends well. PGN: Any pets? TV: Yes, an English bulldog named Tank. I love him to death. PGN: Favorite season? TV: Summer by far. I love the summer. If I could live on the beach, I would. PGN: Favorite cartoon as a kid? TV: “Transformers.” PGN: Any tattoos? TV: I have one on my shoulder of a tiger. It’s my favorite animal. PGN: What actor would you want to do a love scene with? TV: Gerard Butler, from “300” and “Bounty Hunter.” PGN: I’m so gay ... TV: I love Tina Turner! PGN: What made you decide to join the Air Force? TV: My family has a history of military service. Both of my grandparents were in the service, my mother was in the Air Force, my dad was in the Navy, my brother was in the Air Force, my sister’s still in the Air Force. On my mom’s side, all of her uncles were in the Air Force and some of them died in WWII. PGN: What did you like most about the military? TV: It was the best job in the world. I was a loadmaster, so I was in charge of loading up and balancing the cargo planes and

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Across 1. Joe of “JFK” 6. Harmony, informally 10. Drag queen on the make 14. Swear words 15. Game played astride the wellhung 16. Bangkok continent 17. One goes from here back into the closet 18. Field of study 19. “Angels in America” writer Kushner 20. Movie of 51-Across, with “The” PGN: What was the worst part of 23. Caboose’s spot 24. Muscle problem the military? 25. “Julia” costar Maximilian TV: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” It’s 28. Gets touched by a rubber a shame: It’s one of the reasons I 33. One-woman show of 51got out. I got tired of leading two Across, with 43-Across lives. 35. Seminal computer 36. Rimbaud’s king PGN: Did you ever have a scary 37. “Frasier” pup moment when you thought you 39. Code-breaking org. might be discovered? 40. Senatorial staffers TV: Oh, all the time. In the mili43. See 33-Across tary, you mostly hang out with 46. Future queen your buddies in the military. I 48. Makes invalid used to come up to Philly or D.C. 49. McCullers’ “Ballad of the ___ Cafe” to hang out and meet people. 50. Jermaine’s brother If I started dating someone and 51. “Hot Flash” performer they were at my house when 57. Catch at Cape Cod my buddies from the Air Force came around, it was tough trying 58. “Show Boat” bundle 59. Place for a G-string See PORTRAIT, Page 29 61. Lysol target

PGN: A favorite place? TV: Tokyo, Japan. I love the Japanese culture. It’s so rooted in history and tradition. People are respectful and calm and very peaceful. Also, when I first went there, the biggest city I’d ever seen was New York. I’ll never forget riding the train in and going past never-ending tall buildings with flashing lights. It looked like one giant Times Square.

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62. Green fruit 63. Of noble bearing 64. Obey a court order 65. Boy with a bow 66. Make noise in bed Down 1. Place to take a pea 2. Lawman Wyatt 3. Direction from Susan Feniger 4. Rooted in the stands 5. One from the land of the circumcised 6. Jane of the cloth 7. Time of “Camelot” 8. NY Met, for example 9. Bikes without pedaling 10. Area around St. Peters 11. Starting from 12. Fielder’s call, to Bean 13. Take care of the bill 21. Have a cow 22. Like three men that visited Mary 25. Subway hanger 26. Church singers 27. Swiss miss 28. Thigh-length skirts 29. Early AIDS play 30. Big name in cutters

31. Stand next to O’Keeffe 32. Loads 34. Computes the bottom line 38. AOL offering 41. Rope in 42. Give the once-over 44. Visibly moved 45. Figures who get cold-cocked? 47. Safe to swallow 50. Family diagrams 51. Dench of “Notes on a Scandal” 52. Grandson of Eve 53. Exhibition event 54. Sailor’s patron 55. “Otello” villain 56. It comes before 69 57. Hard top 60. Suffix with project

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PORTRAIT From Page 27 to explain how I knew them or where we met. And it was hard to not slip when someone caught you off-guard just asking what you did for the weekend. It was difficult. PGN: How old were you when you first figured out you were gay? TV: I’d say when I was about 15 or 16, as I hit puberty. Once I got away from home, I started exploring it. PGN: That was right when you entered the Air Force; how did you find yourself? TV: I used the Internet. It was a good way to talk to people and ask questions and find out places where I could later go to meet other gay people. Also, a good friend went to basic training with me in Texas. We both ended up getting different jobs and going to different tech schools, but we then both ended up back together at Dover. It turned out that he was gay as well and we became best buddies. PGN: So you’re an ex-football player, ex-Air Force guy … You must get hit on a lot at Woody’s. TV: [Laughs.] Uh, I do. It comes with the job. I just go home and tell my boyfriend the crazy stories of the day. PGN: How long have you been at Woody’s? TV: I have been working at Woody’s for about a year. PGN: Do you think being racially mixed makes you more open to all different types of people? TV: I think so, and it’s a good conversation starter. People will see my freckles and ask about my background. It intrigues people and starts a dialogue. PGN: What is one thing that you would really like to learn to do? TV: I want to learn how to play the piano. That’s one of my goals for this year. That and I’d like to learn a second language.

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see them with the naked eye, like different enzymes that are microscopic, but without them you wouldn’t survive. Just learning how things work, I guess that’s my real drive. It gives you a better understanding of all living things. PGN: What’s the worst job you’ve had? TV: Waiting tables in a restaurant. Some people get really ugly. People are generally happy when they come to a bar; not so much in restaurants. PGN: What’s the most difficult thing about being gay? TV: To be honest, I don’t find anything difficult about being gay. I think it’s easy. The hard part was when I was trying to keep it secret, but now that it’s out, nothing is hard. PGN: How was your family with it? TV: They are very accepting. They’re very loving parents. And two of my mother’s sisters are lesbians, so we’re a pretty open family. PGN: My first kiss was with ... TV: Michelle Bonds. She was my first girlfriend in high school. PGN: Favorite poem? TV: Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” PGN: What makes you a good bartender? TV: I’m friendly. I think the key is to smile and be kind to every customer. Some people are coming in to have fun, or some people because they’re not having the greatest day, and it’s your job to cheer them up and make sure they have a good time. ■ To suggest a community member for “Family Portraits,” write to: Family Portraits, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 or portraits05@aol.com. SOLUTION

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Leather Lookout Jim Kiley-Zufelt Beyond winter’s final blast After this record-breaking winter, how many people can say they still love snow? I can! I know the rapidfire, non-stop Nor’easters got on almost everybody’s nerves, but I loved it. I hope we get more next year! The only real bummer was how many events had to be postponed or canceled due to bad weather. Last month, the Pocono Warriors’ 32nd-anniversary weekend and the Liberty Bears Art Show fell victim to storms. The Bears were able to reschedule for this month, but no word yet from the Warriors. Liberty Bears Art Show For the fifth year in a row, the Liberty Bears transformed the third floor of The Bike Stop into an exciting display of art created and/or inspired by bears. Once again, the artists were a mix of new and familiar faces. Artistic media at the show included photography, painting, illustration, jewelry, multimedia and even cake. Yes, one of the artists contributed an artisan cake — a delicious chocolate-cherry butt-shaped cake! I was lucky enough to get a slice and it was very tasty indeed. Chaired by the incomparable Veronica Bound, the event was bigger than ever. All money raised this year will benefit Camp Brightfeather, for children whose lives are affected by HIV. Excelsior MC brings circus The men of Excelsior MC, based in New York City, braved the rain and the turnpike to visit The Bike Stop last Saturday night. On a tour to promote their upcoming 35th-anniversary run, “Lust for Life: Under a Big Top,” they served draft beer and had a doctor roaming the crowd serving syringe shots to willing patients. If you missed the fun during their visit, check out their Web site at www.excelsiormc.org for information on the anniversary run in May. Capitol City Bus Crawl On April 10, Ms. Capital Pride

Leather 2009 Jackie Thompson will drive her one-of-a-kind party bus from the EFN Lounge in Washington, D.C., to the Baltimore Eagle and then to The Bike Stop. When it reaches The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St., Thompson will host “Take it Off,” a Kinky Carnival and dance party to raise money for charities in the Baltimore/D.C. metro area. Packed in among Thompson’s bus full of hot men and women from D.C. will be none other than Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2010 Matt Bramford — your chance to meet him in person! See www. capitolbuscrawl.com for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS: — WOOF! PHILLY AND LAID: Sunday at 5 p.m., 1416 Chancellor St. See www.woofphilly.com or www.laidsaturdays. com for DJ and dancer schedules. — LIBERTY BEARS MEETING AND SOCIAL: On April 3 at The Bike Stop, meeting from 6-7 p.m. in The Pit; social from 7-10 p.m. on the main floor. — CAPITOL CITY BUS CRAWL: From 9 p.m.-1 a.m., April 10 at The Bike Stop. Suggested donation is $5. ■ Questions? Comments? Spring motorcycle tune-up tips? E-mail Jim at LeatherLookout@gmail.com.

ART SCHOOL BEARS ... OF DOOM!: The Liberty Bears’ amazing art show featured the works of Rob Harmon (from left), David Stevens, Adam Cusack, Jason Kraley, Angel Caron, Ren Clark and Mina Mark. Not pictured are Charles Burris and Jonathan Blount. Photo: Jim KileyZufelt

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Your guide to arts and entertainment

Theater

Blue Door Arden Theatre Company presents the story of a successful mathematics professor experiencing a sleepless night where a series of ancestors visit to reveal the hardships and victories that have shaped their lives, through March 21, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 922-1122. Broken Glass The Walnut Street Theatre’s Studio 5 presents Arthur Miller’s exploration of what it means to be Jewish and American in 1938, through April 4, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 5743550. Everything Between Us The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents a darkly comic play set in the political intrigue of Northern Ireland, 8 p.m. March 1920 at Bruce Montgomery Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; (215) 898-3900. Happily Ever After 1812 Productions presents four-time Barrymore Award-winner Mary Martello in her new cabaret about the lives of aging fairy-tale princesses, through March 28 at Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St.; (215) 5929560. Language Rooms The Wilma Theater presents a black comedy that exposes the divided loyalties among today’s immigrants, discovering the rising cost of the American dream, through April 4, 265 S. Broad St.; (215) 546-7842. The Lion King The Kimmel Center’s Broadway Series presents

the wildly successful stage adaptation of the hit animated ﬁlm, March 23April 24 at the Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.

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The Rear Column Iron Age Theatre Productions presents the story of explorer H.M. Stanley and the fate of the ﬁve men he left behind in Africa, through March 21, The Centre Theater, 208 DeKalb St., Norristown; (610) 279-1013. Respect: A Musical Journey of Women Society Hill Playhouse presents an exuberant musical that recounts the journey of women in the 20th century with popular music, through April 18, 507 S. Eighth St.; (215) 923-0210. Take Me Out Plays and Players looks at what happens when the star player of a professional baseball team suddenly announces his homosexuality, and the ripple effect it has on the team over the course of a season, through March 27, 1714 Delancey Place; (215) 735-0630. Waiting for Godot EgoPo Classic Theater presents an imaginative and unique staging of Samuel Beckett’s classic play, through March 28 at The Latvian Society, 531 N. Seventh St.; (800) 5954849.

Music classical

Beethoven’s “Eroica” The Philadelphia Orchestra performs with Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski, 2 p.m. March 19 and 8 p.m. March 20 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.

Play Mate The James Oliver Gallery presents an exhibition of whimsical works by Darla Contemporary Folklore Jackson, Gretchen Diehl and Sienna Freeman, The James A. Michener through March 23, 723 Art Museum presents an Chestnut St., fourth floor; exhibition featuring the (215) 923-1242. works of four regional artists, mining both Of This Century collective and personal stories to create sculptures The Clay Studio presents an exhibition of works that retell new histories, by select guest artists, through June 13, 138 S. through May 2, 139 N. Pine St., Doylestown; Second St.; (215) 925(215) 340-9800. 3453. Chromatic Alchemy AxD Gallery presents an exhibition of paintings by Autumn Skin: Journey John Clark and Gabriel of East/West Turner Byrne, through Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers April 3, 265 S. 10th St.; perform an evening of (215) 627-6250. new works at 8 p.m. March 19-20 at Painted The Hermaphrodites: Bride Art Center, 230 Vine Living in Two Worlds St.; (215) 925-9914. Wexler Gallery presents a group show Sparks Rocks the House! focusing on figural The Annenberg Center sculptures that embody for the Performing Arts the literal definition presents a performance by of hermaphrodites Sparks Dance Company, (encompassing both 8 p.m. March 19-20 at genders) and the Harold Prince Theatre, conceptual nature of the 3680 Walnut St.; (215) term, through May 1, 201 898-3900. N. Third St.; (215) 9237030. March 21 at Painted Bride Art Gallery, 230 Vine St.; (215) 925-9914.

Dance

Catch Jay Michaelson when he hosts a reading at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St., for his first poetry collection, “Another Word for Sky.” Michaelson, a columnist for The Huffington Post, the Forward and Tikkun and author of “God in Your Body” and “Everything is God,” founded Nehirim, a national organization for LGBT Jews. For more information, call (215) 923-2960.

San Francisco Symphony The Kimmel Center presents the symphony led by Michael Tilson Thomas, 8 p.m. March 23 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. The Stage Door Canteen: Lynn Roberts Returns Peter Nero and the Philly Pops perform an evening of USO songs, 8 p.m. March 24 and 26 and 3 p.m. March 27-28, at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. Mozart and Elgar The Philadelphia Orchestra presents the debut of the stellar American violinist and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Stefan Jackiw, 8 p.m. March 25 and 27 and 2 p.m. March 26 at Kimmel’s Verizon

Hall, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.

Music other

Alicia Keys The R&B singer performs at 8 p.m. March 20 at Mark G. Etess Arena, 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City; (609) 449-5150. Anne McCue The out singer-songwriter performs with her band at 8:30 p.m. March 25 at Triumph Brewing Co., 400 Union Square Drive, New Hope; (215) 8628300.

Exhibits

Benjamin Pierce’s Transﬁgure InLiquid presents an exhibition of photographs escaping the bounds of traditional ﬁgure photography, where the human body takes on myriad forms, through

Inspiring a Nation The National Constitution Center hosts an exhibition featuring World War I posters created by Philadelphia Sketch Club artists, through April 25, 525 Arch St.; (215) 4096700. The Peaceable Queendom Wexler Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Adelaide Paul exploring the alternately sentimental and callous relationship between humans and both domesticated and wild animals, through May 1, 201 N. Third St.; (215) 923-7030.

Film

Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives The Flickering Light hosts a screening of the 1978 documentary featuring conversations with 26 gay and lesbian Americans about their lives and exploring experiences across generations, geography, class and race, 6:30-10 p.m. March 20, 542 W. Carpenter Lane; (717) 926-0790. Pink Flamingos Bryn Mawr Film Institute presents the John Waters ﬁlm, 7:30 p.m. March 20, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; (610) 5279898.

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Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts Bryn Mawr Film Institute presents a program of the short-subject animated ﬁlms nominated at this year’s Academy Awards, 7:30 p.m. March 24, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; (610) 5279898.

Books

Troilus and Cressida The National Constitution Center and the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective will present a free reading of Shakespeare’s poignant account of the Trojan War. 6:30 p.m. March 22, 525 Arch St.; (215) 409-6700.

Opera

Antony & Cleopatra Curtis Opera Theatre presents the story of Marc Antony and Cleopatra as they weave their way through deception, political intrigue and passions as hot as the sands of Egypt, 8 p.m. March 19 and 2:30 p.m. March 21 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.

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Cabaret

Sex and the Single Singer Cabaret performer Karen Gross sings at 7:30 p.m. March 19 at Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St.; (215) 928-0770.

Etc.

Jackie Monahan The out comedian performs at 8:30 p.m. March 20 at Harlans Cabaret, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; (215) 8625225. The Rev. Cameron Partridge Bryn Mawr College hosts the alum trans man and Episcopal priest for a discussion from 8-10 p.m. March 25 at the Campus Center, 101 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr; (610) 526-5000. ■

Notices Send notices at least one week in advance to: Diversions, PGN, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19147; fax them to (215) 925-6437; or e-mail them to diversions@epgn.com. Notices cannot be taken over the phone.

VIVA WOMEN!: Vivant Art Collection hosts a special artists’ reception from 4-7 p.m. March 20 for “La Femme Mystique: A Tribute to Women’s Month.” Curated by Simone E. Banks, the exhibition features works exploring femininity, such as “Loza” by Frances Bradley, through March 30, 60 N. Second St. For more information, visit www.vivantartcollection.com or call (215) 9226584.

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Meeting Place A community bulletin board of activities, facilities and organizations

Community centers

Religion/Spirituality Arch Street United Methodist Church Services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. at Broad and Arch streets; (215) 568-6250.

First United Methodist Church of Philadelphia Inclusive, welcoming and progressive congregation worships at 11 a.m. Sundays at 6023 Germantown Ave. Lunch follows; childcare is provided; (215) 438-3677.

Bethlehem-Judah Ministries Open and afﬁrming congregation holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 3847 N. Dupont Hwy., Kent Plaza Suite #2, Dover, Del.; (302) 734-9350.

Gay Christian Singles Philly Burbs Provides support and fellowship for GLBT singles through discussion groups and social events; (610) 457-2081; gcsphillyburbs@aol.com.

BuxMont Unitarian Universalist Church Hold services at 10:15 a.m. at 2040 Street Road, Warrington; (215) 343-0406.

Global Heart Spiritual Center Holds services at 10:30 a.m. at 1812 HaddonﬁeldBerlin Road, Cherry Hill, N.J.; (609) 868-2372.

Calvary United Methodist Church Reconciling, welcoming and afﬁrming church holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue; (215) 724-1702.

Grace Epiphany Church A welcoming and diverse Episcopal congregation in Mt. Airy, holds services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays, at 224 E. Gowen Ave., Mt. Airy; (215) 248-2950; www.grace-epi.org.

■ 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

Central Baptist Church Welcoming and afﬁrming church holds services at 10:45 a.m. Sundays at 106 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne; (610) 688-0664.

■ 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.

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church Services at 11 a.m. and Spirit at Play, an arts-based Sunday school for children, at 9:30 a.m. at 8812 Germantown Ave.; (215) 242-9321.

■ 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.

Church of the Cruciﬁxion Inclusive Episcopal community holds services at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sundays at Eighth and Bainbridge streets; (215) 922-1128.

■ 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.

Church of the Trinity Lutheran Reconciling in Christ parish holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 18th and Wolf streets; (215) 334-6656.

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.

Key numbers

Dignity Metro NJ An organization for sexual-minority Catholics meets at 4 p.m. Sundays at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 550 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood, N.J.; (973) 857-4040.

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.

Dignity Philadelphia Holds Mass at 7 p.m. Sundays at 330 S. 13th St.; (215) 546-2093; dignityphila@aol.com.

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.

Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: (215) 686-2555

■ 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

■ 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.

Dignity Jersey Shore An organization for sexual-minority Catholics meets ﬁrst Saturday of the month in Asbury Park. For time and location, call (732) 502-0305.

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.

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.

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Chief Inspector James Tiano: (215) 685-3655 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: (215) 600-0627; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ 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)

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Holy Communion Lutheran Church (ELCA) Reconciling in Christ congregation worships Sundays at 9 a.m. at 2111 Sansom St. and 11 a.m. at 2110 Chestnut St.; (215) 569-1840; www. centercitylutheran.org. Hope Ministry Family Fellowship Afﬁrming Christ-centered church meets at 11 a.m. Sundays in Allentown; (610) 791-0716; hmff2001@aol.com. Imago Dei Metropolitan Community Church Sexual-minority congregation worships at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 1223 Middletown Road (Route 352), Glen Mills; (610) 358-1716; www. ImagoDeiMCC.org.

St. John’s Lutheran Church (ELCA) Reconciling in Christ congregation holds services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 24 N. Ridge Ave., Ambler; (215) 646-2451; www.stjohnsambler.org. St. Luke and The Epiphany Church Open and welcoming church holds liturgy at 9 and 11 a.m. Sundays fall through winter and “Prayer Around the Cross” at 7 p.m. ﬁrst Friday of the month at 330 S. 13th St.; (215) 732-1918. St. Mary of Grace Parish Inclusive church in the Catholic tradition celebrates Mass at 6 p.m. Sundays in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County, 145 W. Rose Tree Road, Media; (610) 566-1393; www. inclusivecatholics.org.

Tabernacle United Church Open and afﬁrming congregation holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 3700 Chestnut St.; (215) 3864100.

Kol Tzedek Reconstructionist Synagogue committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community meets at Calvary Center, 801 S. 48th St.; (215) 764-6364; www. kol-tzedek.org.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County Welcoming congregation holds services at 10:30 a.m. at 145 W. Rose Tree Road, Media. Children’s program (pre-8th) 10:30 a.m.; youth programming 6 p.m. Sunday; (610) 566-4853; www.uucdc.org.

Maple Shade Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ Afﬁrming congregation open to all sexual orientations and gender identities holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 45 N. Forklanding Road, Maple Shade, N.J.; (856) 779-7739; mapleshadeucc.org.

Episcopal Church of St. Paul Welcoming and inclusive church holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays at 89 Pinewood Drive, Levittown; (215) 945-2886; www.saint-paulslevittown.org.

Metropolitan Community Church Holds services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays preceded by a 9:30 a.m. Bible study at The Pride Center of New Jersey.

Evangelicals Concerned Lesbian and gay Christian group meets at 2 p.m. the second and fourth Sundays of the month; (215) 860-7445.

Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia Holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at the William Way Center, 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 735-MCC3; www.mccphiladelphia.com.

The First United Church of Germantown A sexual-minority-afﬁrming congregation holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at 6023 Germantown Ave.; lunch follows; (215) 438-3677.

St. Asaph’s Church Inclusive and progressive Episcopal Church holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays, with a contemplative communion at 8 a.m. at 27 Conshohocken State Road, Bala Cynwyd; (610) 664-0966; www. saintasaphs.org.

LC/NA Delaware Valley chapter A group for Lutherans who are not out in their own congregations meets at 7 p.m. fourth Sunday of the month at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St.; (215) 387-2885.

Emanuel Lutheran Church Reconciling in Christ congregation meets at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at New and Kirkpatrick streets, New Brunswick, N.J.; (732) 545-2673; www. emmanuelnb.org.

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia A liberal, welcoming and diverse congregation that afﬁrms the dignity of all. Sunday services at 10 a.m. at 2125 Chestnut St.; (215) 563-3980; www.ﬁrstuuphilly.org.

Silverside Church Holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays followed by a group discussion at 2800 Silverside Road, Wilmington, Del.; (302) 478-5921.

St. Mary’s Church Diverse and inclusive Episcopal church, with openly gay rector, celebrates Eucharist at 11 a.m. Sundays; adult forum is held at 9:30 a.m.; and evening prayer is at 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 3916 Locust Walk; (215) 386-3916; www.stmarysatpenn. org.

Mainline Unitarian Church Holds services at 9 and 11 a.m. Sundays at 816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon; (610) 688-8332; www. mluc.org.

First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne Welcoming church holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 140 N. Lansdowne Ave.; (610) 622-0800; www. lansdownepresbyterian.org.

Resurrection Lutheran Church Holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 620 Welsh Road, Horsham; (215) 646-2597.

Interweave Organization of LGBT Unitarians and allies meets monthly at Unitarian Universalist Church of Cherry Hill, N.J., 401 N. Kings Highway; (856) 667-3618; www.uucinch.org.

Drexel Hill Baptist Church Non-judgmental Christian congregation afﬁliated with American Baptist Churches of the USA holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at Childs Avenue and State Road, Drexel Hill; (610) 259-2356; www. adhbaptist.com.

First Baptist Church Welcoming and afﬁrming church holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at 123 S. 17th St.; (215) 563-3853.

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting worships at 11 a.m. Sundays at 1515 Cherry St.; (215) 241-7260; cpmm@afsc.org.

New Thought Spiritual Community Nondenominational service is offered at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at Cradle of Liberty Council, 1485 Valley Forge Road, Wayne; (610) 962-9923. Old First Reformed Church Open and affirming United Church worships at 11 a.m. Sundays September through June, and 10 a.m. June through August at 151 N. Fourth St.; (215) 922-4566; www.oldfirstucc.org. Penns Park United Methodist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 2394 Second Street Pike, Penns Park; (215) 598-7601. Rainbow Buddhist Meditation Group Meets at 5 p.m. Sundays at the William Way Center.

Unitarian Society of Germantown Welcoming congregation holds services 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 6511 Lincoln Drive (West Mt. Airy); (215) 844-1158; www.usguu.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Cherry Hill Holds services at 10:15 a.m. at 401 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N.J.; (856) 667-3618. Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration, Mt. Airy Welcoming congregation holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays September through June at 6900 Stenton Ave.; (215) 836-1812; www.uurestoration.us. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, South Jersey Shore Holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays in Galloway Township, N.J.; (609) 926-8890; www.uucsjs.org. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown Holds services at 10 a.m. at 1565 S. Keim St., Pottstown; (610) 327-2662. United Christian Church Open, afﬁrming and welcoming congregation holds servies at 11 a.m. Sundays at 8525 New Falls Road, Levittown; (215) 946-6800. Unity Fellowship Church of Philadelphia Diverse, afﬁrming GLBT congregation holds services at 2 p.m. Sundays at Broad and Arch streets; (215) 222-3180. University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation Welcoming congregation holds services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 3637 Chestnut St. preceded by “Adult Forum: Sundays” at 9:30 discussing religious alienation and struggles of faith; (215) 387-2885.

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worth watching: FRIDAY Thin Ice Figure-skating stars compete. 8 p.m. on ABC.

ing money for her charity, the True Colors Fund of Stonewall Community Foundation. 9 p.m. on NBC.

Who Do You Think You Are? Out actor Dan Bucatinsky executive-produces this show where celebrities look into their family histories. 8 p.m. on NBC.

Desperate Housewives Katherine comes out of the closet in this new episode. 9 p.m. on ABC.

Caprica Look for gay character Sam in this “Battlestar Galactica” prequel. 9 p.m. on SyFy. Spartacus: Blood & Sand Look for gay characters in this gladiator drama. 10 p.m. on Starz. SATURDAY Suze Orman Show The out money expert talks about finances. 9 p.m. on CNBC. Graham Norton Show The gay Brit hosts this talkshow import. 10:30 p.m. on BBC America. The Wanda Sykes Show The out comedian hosts her talk show. 11 p.m. on Fox. Saturday Night Live Sigourney Weaver hosts and The Ting Tings perform in this repeat. 11:30 p.m. on NBC. SUNDAY Thin Ice Figure-skating stars compete, part two. 7 p.m. on ABC. The Amazing Race Root for the lesbian team (Carol and Brandy) and gay competitor Dan with his brother Jordan in this reality-travel competition. 8 p.m. on CBS. Celebrity Apprentice Cyndi Lauper, Sharon Osbourne and a number of others compete for charity. Lauper is rais-

MONDAY Dancing With The Stars Pamela Anderson, Shannen Doherty, Kate Gosselin and more compete in this reality dance show. 8 p.m. on ABC.

The Robert Verdi Show The misadventures of the out celebrity stylist and party planner — and the staff that has to serve his every whim. 10 p.m. on Logo. Law & Order: SVU Philly R&B star Jill Scott guest stars in this episode. Look for out actor B.D. Wong. 10 p.m. on NBC.

Antiques Roadshow People try to find out if their trash is really treasure. 8 p.m. on PBS.

THURSDAY America’s Best Dance Crew Dance crews compete. 9 and 10 p.m. on MTV.

House Look for bisexual character Thirteen in this new episode. 8 p.m. on Fox.

Grey’s Anatomy Callie and Arizona have differing visions of their future. 9 p.m. on ABC.

How I Met Your Mother Out actor Neil Patrick Harris stars as the womanizing Barney. 8 p.m. on CBS. RuPaul’s Drag Race Drag queens compete in this reality show. This week, author Jackie Collins judges. 9 p.m. on Logo. Trauma Look for gay character Tyler in this drama. 9 p.m. on NBC. TUESDAY American Idol Out comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres judges. 8 p.m. on Fox. WEDNESDAY America’s Next Top Model Tyra Banks, Jay Hernandez and Miss J. Alexander put model hopefuls through the paces in this reality competition. 8 p.m. on CW. American Idol Look for Ellen DeGeneres. 9 p.m. on Fox.

Queer TV you can always see: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. on NBC. The Rachel Maddow Show

Modern Family Look for gay couple Mitchell and Cameron. 9 p.m. on ABC.

Monday-Friday, 9 p.m. on MSNBC.

HIGH STAKES ON THE SKATES: Figure-skater Shizuka Arakawa skates on “Thin Ice,” a new competition for the world’s greatest pro figure skaters hosted by Emmy Award-winning talk-show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck (“The View”) and Kurt Browning, four-time world-champion Canadian figure skater, live from the MGM Grand at Foxwoods (Conn.), 8 p.m. March 19 and 7 p.m. March 21 on ABC. Photo: International Figure Skating/Susan D. Russell

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Borrowers await answers on Obama loan plan By Alan Zibel The Associated Press

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners are in limbo waiting to ﬁnd out if they will be accepted for the Obama administration’s foreclosure-prevention program. Nearly 1.1-million borrowers have enrolled in the program since it started a year ago, but so far only about 170,000 have completed the application process, the government said last Friday. At that rate - just 16 percent the program will have a minimal effect on the foreclosure crisis. And many analysts warn that the majority of borrowers will never complete the process — or fall behind again. To receive a permanent loan modiﬁcation, homeowners need to make three payments and pro-

vide proof of their income, plus a letter documenting their financial hardship. To date, about 90,000 borrowers have dropped out. The program is designed to lower borrowers’ monthly payments by reducing mortgage rates to as low as 2 percent for five years and extending loan terms to as long as 40 years. To entice mortgage companies to participate, the government has set aside $75 billion in subsidies, though less than 1 percent has been spent. Homeowners in two California metro areas — Los Angeles and Riverside — have received the most help, with a combined 18,000 homeowners receiving permanent modifications. But only 3,900 borrowers in Las Vegas had completed the program as of last month, a dismal showing in a city hard-hit by the

foreclosure crisis. Housing counselors complain that many homeowners are forced to wait many months for a decision. Allen Pierson, 65, of Alton, Ill., and his wife have been waiting since last summer, when they enrolled in the program and saw their monthly payment drop by about $100 to around $1,040. They needed the help because they were barely scraping by after Pierson retired early from his manufacturing job. They have yet to be approved for a permanent modiﬁcation, despite months of effort by their housing counselor, Clarissa Gaff of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation. She describes the process as “endless” and “Kafka-esque” — involving more than 70 hours of work. Kevin Waetke, a Wells Fargo

spokesperson, acknowledged that “the modiﬁcation process is complex and, at times, can result in poor two-way communication and delays.” He said the company is continuing to work with the Piersons. Wells Fargo says about half of the borrowers who complete the trial phase are able to complete the process. About 30 percent don’t qualify under the rules, and another 20 percent don’t return all of the required documents. Another reason for the delays is that lenders are double-checking calculations on denied applications, added Meg Reilly, a Treasury Department spokesperson. To reduce rampant problems, there have been talks in the nation’s capital about how to make the program more effective.

The best solution, many analysts say, is to reduce the total mortgage amount for borrowers who owe far more on their home loans than their homes are worth. But Treasury ofﬁcials are reluctant to subsidize such an effort with taxpayer money. Nevertheless, some investors in mortgage-backed securities say they are willing to reduce principal balances, even without a government incentive. “We’re in a situation where the needs of the investor and the needs of the homeowner are very much aligned,” said Micah Green, a lobbyist for a coalition of hedge funds and mortgage investors. He recommends those loans could be reﬁnanced and insured by the Federal Housing Administration. But that would put the risk of future defaults on taxpayers. ■

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