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Liberty City, Equality PA back Sims over Josephs By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com With the municipal primary just weeks away, an openly gay candidate vying to represent Philadelphia’s Gayborhood in Harrisburg has picked up key LGBT endorsements. Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club voted Tuesday night to endorse attorney Brian Sims for the 182nd District in the Pennsylvania House. Sims is challenging longtime

incumbent and LGBT ally Rep. Babette Josephs (D182nd Dist.). Additionally, Equality Pennsylvania, of which Sims was formerly president, also endorsed him this week. The Liberty City endorsement came after a lengthy debate that split the room at Gershman Y. The endorsement committee, which makes recommendations to the general membership, backed Josephs for endorsement,

but the membership voted down that recommendation, 24-14. Supporters of both candidates took the floor in their favor in a discussion that endorsement committee chair Sara Jacobson said was “spirited but respectful.” “People felt very strongly on both sides,” she said. “People spoke out in support of Babette and people spoke out in support of Brian, so there was a lot of support on both sides.”

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The Scouts ruling By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Last week, U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter upheld a jury verdict that the city placed an “unconstitutional condition” on a local Boy Scouts of America council’s right to exclude gays by allegedly asking it to repudiate the national BSA’s antigay policy to stay in a city-owned building. The judge said the repudiation requirement was an “overly broad speech restriction” on the BSA Cradle of Liberty Council’s firstamendment rights, thus PAGE 14

AN APPLE A DAY: University of Pennsylvania students and supporters got down and dirty at the annual PATH Pride Games March 25, the culmination of Q Penn Week. Fifteen teams of 10 rolled up their sleeves in a series of challenges that included this game, which required competitors to fish M&Ms from a pan of apple sauce — without using their hands — and then consume the sauce in the fastest time. The games were organized by Penn Athletics, Penn Athletes & Allies Tackling Homophobia and other university departments. Photo: Scott A. Drake

The eventual endorsement was made in a 22-12 vote, Jacobson said. Jacobson declined to specify why the committee was favoring an endorsement for Josephs, but said that decision was preceded by an involved and purposeful conversation. “We spent a very long time talking about it, probably as long as we did talking about every other race on the ticket,” she said. “It was a very thoughtful discussion.” A lot of attention was also given to the 188th District race, in which longtime incumbent James Roebuck is being challenged by bisexual candidate Fatimah Muhammad. The endorsement committee made no recommendation in that race, but the membership voted to endorse Muhammad following a

DEMOCRATIC PROCESS: Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club endorsement committee chair Sara Jacobson welcomed members and guests to the group’s endorsement meeting March 27 at the Gershman Y. The approximately 40 members in attendance spent several hours debating the candidates up for election in next month’s primary and voted on a slate that includes out state candidates Brian Sims and Fatimah Muhammad. Photo: Scott A. Drake

debate that Jacobson noted had a different focus than that of the 182nd. “The 182nd debate had more to do with the people involved, with people speak-

ing out in support of Brian or Babette as a person, but the 188th debate was more philosophical,” Jacobson said. “The members talked about the PAGE 15

Landmark priest abuse trial begins By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The trial began this week in the first case in the nation in which a high-ranking Catholic official has been charged with allegedly covering up sexual-abuse complaints against priests. Following opening arguments, the prosecution team began calling witnesses Tuesday in its case against Monsignor William Lynn and the Rev. James Brennan. Lynn is a former aide to the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua and PAGE 15

MANNA IN MOTION: Members of the Pennsylvania Ballet warmed up for the March 24 “Shut Up & Dance” benefit show for Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance, which provides nutritional meals to those with life-threatening illnesses. The 20th annual event drew the biggest crowd yet — upwards of 1,600 people — and raised more than $150,000. MANNA put faces to the fundraising by marking off seats with information about real MANNA clients. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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INCIDENTS – At 5:25 a.m. March 10, complainant was in the PATCO subway concourse, 13th and Locust streets, when a male took her Droid phone from her pocket and fled. The suspect was described only as a black male wearing a teal jacket. – Between 6:30-10 p.m. March 12, a secured bicycle was stolen from outside 1300 Locust St. – Between 7 a.m.-6 p.m. March 14, an apartment in the 1200 block of Chestnut Street was entered without force and a laptop was stolen. Sixth District Officer Pariseau attempted to lift fingerprints. – At 1 a.m. March 15, a guest at a party in an apartment in the 200 block of South 11th Street, argued with another guest who punched and kicked him and took his handbag. The suspect is known to the complainant and Central Detective Division will obtain an arrest warrant for robbery. – Between 11:30 a.m.-8:15 p.m. March 15, an apartment in the 400 block of South Broad Street had the door lock damaged and a laptop and cash were stolen from inside. Sixth District Officer Corrado attempted to lift fingerprints. – Between 12:15-7 p.m. March 15, secured bicycles were stolen from outside 1249 Sansom St., 123 S. Broad St. and 215 S. 11th St. – Between 8:30 a.m. March 16 and 12:15 p.m. March 17, a secured bicycle was stolen from outside 211 S. Broad St. – Between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. March 16, an unlocked 2009 Acura, parked in the 800 block of Walnut St., had an EZ Pass transponder unit taken. This report was received by the DPR Unit via phone, thus police were not dispatched. – At 2:15 p.m. March 17, a woman was conversing with a male at 11th and Ludlow streets when the male ordered her to face a wall and took money from her pocket. The suspect was described as a black male, 45 years old, 6-foot, 200 pounds, with a mustache and medium complexion and wearing a burgundy and white checkered shirt and jeans. – At 7:15 p.m. March 18 while at 13th and Locust streets, a male asked another man for some change. When the man took out his money, the male snatched $20 and fled. The suspect was described as a black male, 30 years old with a beard and a gap in his front teeth and wearing a white shirt, leather jacket and tan boots. NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS – At 10:45 p.m. March 5, 6th District Officers Braceland and Barthelemy responded to calls of vandalism in progress in the 1000 block of Cypress Street. The officers arrived and observed a male and a female spray-paint-

ing cartoon faces with the words “Zulu Kings” on at least two properties in the block. The suspects, both 19 and students at University of the Arts, were charged with criminal mischief and related offenses. – At 8:35 a.m. March 8, SEPTA officers arrested a male wanted on a bench warrant for failure to appear for court outside 1101 Market St. The 24-year-old suspect with a Frankford address was charged with contempt of court. – At 1:45 a.m. March 9 in the 300 block of South 10th Street, a cab driver was threatened with a handgun by another motorist in a road-rage incident. No injuries resulted. The complainant alerted police at 20th Street and Washington Avenue of the incident and a suspect was taken into custody. The gun was reportedly discarded and not recovered. The 32-year-old suspect with a Northeast Philadelphia address was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses. – At 2:15 p.m. March 9, Center City District Officers Moore and Bates observed an illegal narcotics transaction outside 01 N. 10th St. A male was stopped and officers recovered numerous prescription narcotic pills and cash. The 30-year-old suspect with a Mayfair address was charged with illegal narcotic sales. – At 8 a.m. March 10, 6th District Officers DeLuca and McQue responded to a 911 call to the 200 block of South Delhi Street and found a male exiting a residence that had been entered via a window and ransacked. The 36year-old suspect with a South Philadelphia address was charged with burglary and related offenses. Jewelry taken from the residence was recovered. – UPDATE: At 2:25 p.m. Feb. 25, two males took a tip jar from the counter of Capogiro, 119 S. 13th St., and fled north. At 7:05 p.m. March 10, one of the males returned to the store, a witness called 911 and 6th District Officer Chim apprehended a suspect after being identified by the witness. The 23-year-old suspect with a Mayfair address was charged with theft. – At 1:40 p.m. March 13, Center City District Officers Pagan and Bates observed a male sitting on the bench at 1201 Market St. smoking a crack pipe. The male threw the pipe down but was unable to flee. Police recovered two packets of crack cocaine from the male. The 49-year-old suspect with a Germantown address was charged with possession of narcotics. – At 3:55 a.m. March 14, 6th District Officer Hartzel responded to 1112 Sansom St. and was informed a male was attempting to break into the massage parlor. The officer found a male in the drop ceiling of the property. After being ordered to come down, the male fell through the drop ceiling and was arrested. The 21year-old homeless suspect was charged with burglary and related offenses. – At 4:20 p.m. March 15, inside the Gallery Food Court, 901 Market St., six teenagers were confronted by two males, one with a handgun, who took a cell phone and fled. Center City District beats assigned to the Gallery stopped the two suspects, who were positively identified. Both suspects, age 17, were charged with robbery and related offenses. The gun was not recovered. ■

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Out candidate challenges longtime W. Philly incumbent By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Fatimah Lorén Muhammad, an openly bisexual candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, is looking to bring a fresh perspective to West Philadelphia. Muhammad, 27, is challenging Democratic Rep. James Roebuck for his 188th District seat in next month’s primary, which he has held for more than 25 years. T h e University of P e n n s y l va n i a graduate is a native of New Jersey and has lived in West Philadelphia for about 10 years. Raised by a single mother, Muhammad has experienced poverty and FATIMAH LORÉN homelessness, MUHAMMAD which she said has had a lifelong, and motivating, influence on her. “What it created for me was a connection to the suffering that people experience every day,” she said. “I know what it’s like to go to school hungry, to not have food and, knowing what that feels like has compelled me to fight hard in my life and compelled me to serve. I promised myself as a young one that, if I got out of that situation, I would do everything in my power to fight on behalf of people in similar circumstances.” Muhammad studied sociology at Penn and graduated summa cum laude in 2006. She has worked as a community organizer in West Philadelphia and as a teacher at a number of local institutions. She has also served as an anti-bullying facilitator at the local chapter of the AntiDefamation League, confronting an issue with which she is familiar. “I was bullied for being the poor kid. My clothes came from the Salvation Army, and I got one pair of shoes per year that I wore until they were worn out. I got bullied for being the smart kid and for wearing glasses that were broken,” she said. “So when I talk to young people about bullying now, I can share from that place. People are hungry for authenticity, and I am able to say, ‘I’ve been there and I really know what this is like. I know it’s hard but here are strategies to deal with this.’ The ‘It Gets Better’ campaign is great but we also need to be telling kids that they have the capacity, the capability, of working through it.” Education is a cornerstone of

Muhammad’s campaign. She said she would focus on developing early-education opportunities and would work with educators and parents to “bring a new sense of urgency” to educational-reform efforts. Muhammad joins several other openly LGBT candidates running in the April 24 primary. Pennsylvania has never had an openly LGBT state legislator. Her own coming-out experience went smoothly, she said. “I was in college and had been reading coming-out stories by other people so I just sat down and had the conversation with my mother, and it was actually OK,” she said. “She said that, after all we’d been through, the most important thing to her was my happiness. We cried over that, knowing that we have each other’s backs no matter what. And I have a younger brother who is also affirming, so I feel quite grateful.” Muhammad said there are a number of rights issues facing the state’s LGBT populations — such as youth bullying, health disparities and marriage equality — with homophobia at the root of many issues. Enlisting the aid of LGBT allies can be key to fighting back against such sentiments, she said. “We need to continue to educate folks about who we are and why it’s important that we work together,” she said. “One of the things I love about the LGBT community is that we’re not insular — we do advocacy work across the board, which ensures that we’re connected to folks who may not have the same exact experiences and identities. I’ve really been blown away by our allies. There’s a lot of work to be done, but Philadelphia is a great place to do it.” Muhammad said she’s eager for younger residents in her district and throughout the city to get involved in the work that needs to be done locally and at the state level. She noted that only about 2 percent of Philadelphia residents ages 18-24 voted in the last city election, a statistic she’s looking to change. “We need to engage young people and get them excited about the political process. They need to realize that having a vote and having a voice really does matter,” she said, noting that intergenerational conversations can be integral in that education process. “I’m a facilitator so I’m very passionate about building bridges and having challenging conversations. In our district, there are folks who feel like they’ve been left behind and ignored, so I will be deeply engaged in what’s actually happening on the ground. They need to know they’re being heard and that’s what I’ll bring.” Muhammad said she’s seeking volunteers and donors to assist in the final stretch of her primary campaign. For more information, visit www.electfatimah.com. ■

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New program gives Latino youth an ‘outlet’ By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative has launched a new effort designed to help Latino LGBT young people reach their potential. OUTLET will allow GALAEI to offer both individualized and group services tailored to LGBT Latinos, as well as educational efforts to heighten awareness among Latino-serving organizations. The program is being supported by a $50,000 grant from Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children. Elicia Gonzales, GALAEI executive director, said the impetus for the program came from feedback within the Latino LGBT community about the challenges of marrying their different concepts of self. “A lot of this came from conversations we’ve had with staff and people in the community about the difficulties facing people who have more than one identity,” she said.

“If you’re both Latino and LGBT, often there’s not a place just for us. If I’m walking into a room with LGBT folks, I might be the only person of color in the room, specifically the only Latina. And if I’m in a room of Latinos, I may be the only openly LGBT person in the room. There aren’t many places where we can embrace our multiple identities and we wanted to carve this out, especially for young people, so they can come together and be empowered about being both Latino and LGBT simultaneously.” OUTLET will be divided into four segments — individual, group, community and providers. The individual portion will enable youth to discuss sexuality and sexual health oneon-one with GALAEI counselors, who will work with them to reach goals such as coming out to their families and friends. Group sessions will offer a safe social space where youth can discuss their journeys with others who may be facing similar

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situations, while the community component will allow the youth to collaborate on a community-oriented creative project. “They’ll be able to engage and give back to their community through some sort of art project that they’ll be able to determine what it looks like,” Gonzales said. “We left it vague so they can come up with what they want it to be — an open-mic night, a mural, planting a community garden, a photography exhibit. Some sort of way where they’ll be able to give back to the community.” The final aspect of the program will focus on local organizations that work with Latino youth, with training on “how to make the services they provide more inclusive and embracing of the LGBT community,” Gonzales said. GALAEI is looking to train employees at five agencies and involve about 100 youth in the program. OUTLET will be tailored toward young people ages 13-24. “We defined it that way to be consistent

with how the [Centers for Disease Control] defines adolescence but we also wanted to make sure there was support available for those over 18,” Gonzales said. “Often programs only serve youth until they reach 18, but that’s a critical age — some youth may be stepping away from their families for the first time, getting jobs, going to college — and we wanted to make sure this program was extended to include them.” GALAEI worked with a number of community agencies and leaders to identify youth who would be a good match for the program and will continue to rely on allies to help OUTLET reach its aims. “We’re really looking forward to partnering not only with Latino-serving organizations but also those that work with the LGBT community to make sure we continue to strengthen the bridge between those two communities,” Gonzales said. For more information, call GALAEI youth coordinator Nikki López at 215-8511822. ■

Change championed by chorus By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The myriad life events of LGBT individuals will be traced through song this weekend as the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus continues its 30th anniversary season. PGMC will stage “Changes: In Good Time” in three performances March 30-31 at Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St. The first half of the two-act show will encompass “Metamorphosis,” the final component of a trilogy of pieces on LGBT life — the first two of which the chorus performed in earlier anniversary seasons. “Metamorphosis” pays tribute to the ups and downs LGBT people face, such as the questioning of one’s sexual identity, relationship struggles and the eventual embrace of one’s full self. “‘Metamorphosis’ has to do with the story of growth, of birth and of acceptance, of coming out of the pain and oppression of being gay and all of the steps it takes to get there,” said PGMC artistic director Joe Buches. Ninety singers will be accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra. “Metamorphosis” also includes a dance performance by Smoke, Lilies & Jade Arts Initiative. “It’s been really great to collaborate with another arts organization,” Buches said. “Before now, I hadn’t had much exposure to SLJ but they are a really great dance troupe and bring so much to the performance. The latter portion of the show features lighter, often humorous pieces that focus on everything from coming out to the gay dating scene.

“The whole concert revolves around changes and the effects they have on your life,” Buches said. “We’re telling stories, and all LGBT folks can share at least one of the emotions, if not all, in these songs. And for straight allies, this can help give them a much better understanding of what it means to be LGBT.” With the assistance of a PNC Arts Alive grant, the chorus offered free and discounted tickets to area youth agencies and GSAs — increasing expectations that the audience

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will include more youth than ever. The concert includes a tribute to the role that LGBT choruses play in giving voice to the LGBT experience, especially important for PGMC’s 30th anniversary. As one song says, “We sing for the voices yet unheard in some far distant time. We sing for the voices echoing still of our sisters and brothers left behind.” “I think this brings together why it is we do what we do in LGBT choruses,” Buches said. “It brings home for PGMC what we have done for the last 30 years and what we’ll continue to be doing for the next 30 years.” Tickets range from $20-$30. For more information, visit www.pgmc.org. ■

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Out tourism guru bids adieu to Philly By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com One of the leaders of Philadelphia’s successful LGBT campaign is bringing his years of local tourism expertise to one of the city’s neighbors. Jeff Guaracino, vice president of communications at Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Campaign, will take on the role of chief strategy officer at the Atlantic City Alliance starting mid-April. Guaracino, 38, joined GPTMC in 2001 as director of communications and was promoted to his most recent position in 2006. “I oversaw media relations and social media but also editorial, which is the words, pictures and video we use in media, our website and our advertising,” he said of his job responsibilities. He also worked on the “special markets” segment, with outreach to the Canadian, Hispanic and gay and lesbian communities, and oversaw promotions for special events such as Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve. Guaracino came to the agency just days after the 9/11 attacks, at a time when travel was not high on most Americans’ to-do lists. His first campaign with GPTMC was the “Philly’s More Fun When You Sleep Over” initiative, cited as a highly successful tool to boost the city’s post-9/11 hospitality

industry. “ S e e i n g h ow a d e s t i n a t i o n l i ke Philadelphia can be built up through imagebuilding, how jobs can be created through great tourism marketing, how people can feel better about the city in which they live, is just terrific,” he said. “The huge impact that tourism can have on a city is one of the biggest lessons I learned here.” Guaracino was one of the figures at the helm of the “Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay” effort to attract LGBT travelers to the city. The campaign, launched in 2003 in conjunction with the Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus, of which Guaracino was a cofounder, went on to win awards and allowed the city’s reputation as an LGBT-friendly destination to flourish. “We’re on the map now,” Guaracino said. “Before we weren’t on the top-20 list of most-visited LGBT destinations and today we’re in the top-10 as most visited for leisure and business, which is terrific. No matter where people go in the world, in terms of gay tourism, Philadelphia is always mentioned.” Guaracino said Philadelphia is often used as a case study for other cities interested in attracting LGBT travelers, such as Tel Aviv, Israel, which cited the local tourism initiative when it launched its own campaign three years ago.

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In 2007, Guaracino authored a book on LGBT tourism and is currently vice chair of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association. “I didn’t get just a job from GPTMC, I got a career,” he said. “I feel like I’ve grown up here in a lot of ways. I’ll miss the people very much but I feel like I’m not necessarily leaving them behind: The people I’ve worked with and all that I’ve learned and all that people have taught me will be a part of helping me shore up the Atlantic City shore’s tourism efforts.”

Created through legislation approved last year, the nonprofit Atlantic City Alliance aims to enhance awareness of the city’s offerings to potential travelers. Guaracino said its structure is modeled in part after GPTMC, and its sister organization, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, is loosely based on Philadelphia’s Center City District. “Our whole idea is to begin marketing Atlantic City as a year-round destination, both inside the casinos and outside,” he said. “It’s very much like what we’ve done at GPTMC: We’ll be working on advertising, public relations, through social media like Facebook, which wasn’t around when GPTMC started. We’ll be shining a spotlight on the gay scene in A.C., the dining, the shopping, the businesses, the beaches.” The Alliance’s inaugural campaign will debut next month. Guaracino will live in Atlantic City but will also maintain a residence in Philadelphia. “I’m not completely leaving Philadelphia but I do feel it’s important to be in Atlantic City to understand how the city works,” he said. “When you really believe in a place, you move there and you become a part of the community. I’m really looking forward to staying part of the Philadelphia GLBT community, but also being a part of Atlantic City’s GLBT community.” ■

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Pioneering gay prez candidate talks activism in Philly By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The first openly LGBT candidate for president of the United States will impart the lessons he gleaned from his decades of activism to a Philly audience this weekend. David McReynolds will speak to the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia at 11 a.m. April 1 at 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square. In the address, themed “Looking Back: What Has Been Won, What Remains To Be Done,” McReynolds will tap into his social-justice and civil-rights activism, which began in the 1940s, to explore the challenges to freedom today’s society faces. McReynolds, 82, has the distinction of being the first out candidate to pursue a bid for the White House: He ran as a Socialist candidate in 1980 and 2000. A staunch pacifist, McReynolds spent several decades working with the War Resisters’ League and served as a writer and editor for its Liberation magazine. While most of his activism focused on anti-war and other social-justice efforts, as opposed to the gay-liberation movement, one of his defining LGBT activism moments came in 1969 when he authored a Liberation column about his sexual orientation. “We did a gay-liberation issue that year and Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman and myself wrote articles,” he said. “Mine was a

coming-out article which at that time was really very rare. Almost no public intellectuals had selfidentified as being homosexual.” McReynolds was a close friend of Bayard Rustin and spent decades spearheading peace work both domestically and internationally. Throughout his career, he said his approach to activism hasn’t wavered much. “I still believe in the need for education, for nonviolent direct action. That all still makes sense to me,” he said, noting, however, that his brand of activism doesn’t rely on today’s technology. “I don’t take part in the whole business of texting, I don’t like Facebook and I don’t use my cell phone. There’s this cloud of electronics that floats over the heads of the young that didn’t used to be there.” While today’s activism now includes social-media techniques, the environment for openly gay candidates is also quite different from McReynolds’ last run. However, McReynolds said he doesn’t believe a gay person will be helming the country for some time. “I put it in the same category as the first woman president,” he said. “The United States is unique in our reluctance to seeing a woman as the head of state. It will happen eventually but, unlike in Europe, we just aren’t up to it at this point; maybe we will be in four or eight years. It’s the same

thing for a gay president: I think we could have a gay president in eight or 12 years, but even that could be a leap because that person would automatically lose the support of the entire evangelical population.” In his discussion this weekend, McReynolds plans to examine the history and future of some of the nation’s most disenfranchised populations — including the LGBT community, women and racial minorities — to analyze the work that still needs to be undertaken to achieve equality. “I want to look at some of the disasters that we survived and the changes that we thought would never occur. People often aren’t as aware as they should be of how recently some of these changes happened,” he said, noting that a woman’s right to vote was only secured nine years before he was born. “I think many women don’t realize how recently women were totally circumscribed in our society. And in terms of segregation, many black kids today don’t realize that it wasn’t all that long ago that if they crossed the MasonDixon Line on a train, they would have had to have moved to a different car or to the back of a bus. So there have been major, major changes. But we also have many new problems that we don’t have solutions for.” The Ethical Humanist Society event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.phillyethics.org. ■

Media Trail ‘Mass wedding’ held in Ohio Cleveland.com reports that while Ohio doesn’t legally recognize same-sex marriages, that didn’t stop more than 200 gay and lesbian couples from participating in a Cleveland event they dubbed an “illegal mass wedding.” Priests and ministers were on hand March 24 at a shopping center as couples from around Ohio said vows in front of family and friends. It was part of an event advocating for the state to recognize samesex marriages. Advocates said the ceremony could provide paperwork required to get a marriage license if Ohio law were changed to include gay marriage.

Prom policy draws school ire, lawsuit According to the Washington Post, a suburban Atlanta high-school student says in a federal lawsuit that administrators removed him as student-body president after he promoted changes to make the prom more inclusive to gay students. Reuben Lack, an 18-year-old senior at Alpharetta High School, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court asking a judge to issue an injunction reinstating him as student-body president. Lack said he introduced a resolution at a January student coun-

cil meeting to modify the school’s “prom king and queen” tradition to make it more inclusive to gay students. Lack said he was told by school officials Feb. 8 that he was immediately removed from his position for “pushing personal projects” and advocating policy changes. Lack’s attorney, James Radford Jr., said, “They’ve never given him a specific reason why he’s been removed and why they’re not willing to work with him to bring him back.”

Miss Universe Can. ousts transgender contestant Canada’s CTV reports the national director of Miss Universe Canada says pageant organizers were simply following the rules when they pulled a transgender finalist from the competition, denying Jenna Talackova’s claim that she was a victim of discrimination. The Vancouver native was born a male, which she did not note on her entry form for this year’s Miss Universe Canada pageant. The rules for the pageant franchise state that each contestant must be a “naturally born female.” Talackova claimed she was born a female, but an organizer grew suspicious and confronted her. When she admitted her birth gender, she was disqualified. Talackova is expected to consult a lawyer. The 23-year-old’s photos and profile have been scrubbed from the Donald Trump-owned pageant’s website. ■ — compiled by Larry Nichols

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Swarthmore to display LGBT acceptance By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

Swarthmore residents conducting business in the borough’s government building next month will get a dose of LGBT education. “Love Makes a Family,” a traveling LGBT photo exhibit, will be on display in Swarthmore Borough Hall April 1-24. T h e e x h i b i t , w h i c h w a s c r eated by Family Diversity Projects in Massachusetts, includes photos and bios of LGBT-headed families of all walks of life. Along with the display will be a copy of the borough’s LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance, passed in 2006 to protect residents from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment and public accommodations. Swarthmore LGBT/Straight Network conceived of presenting the exhibit along with the local angle. “We want to make sure that the people of Swarthmore know that there’s this human-rights ordinance because we realized a lot of folks in the area weren’t aware that these protections exist,” said Deb Dunbar, a member of the organization. “Borough Hall has a regularly scheduled rotation of art exhibits so we thought it’d be a great way to get people’s attention, by featuring all of these photos along with a framed copy of the ordinance.”

The exhibit’s location is ideal, Dunbar noted, as it is connected to an annex of the borough’s library and sees a fair amount of foot traffic on a daily basis. Dunbar said Swarthmore officials were very supportive of the initiative, which is being cosponsored by Swarthmore Friends of the Arts and Swarthmore United Methodist Church. As a lesbian mother, Dunbar said the exhibit has personal significance for a number of reasons — including as a tribute to her daughter’s donor, Alan Barman, who passed away in 2010 and who was one of the activists who led the fight to pass the Swarthmore ordinance. “It means so much for me to see this because if he were alive, he would be so happy to see that the ordinance will be out there getting attention and educating people,” she said. Its relevance extends to all residents of the borough, however, she noted. “We want everyone who comes through the building, who has business in Borough Hall, to stop and have a look,” she said. “This targets all Swarthmorians. If anyone is discriminated against, it affects everyone else, and the people in Swarthmore do live by that belief.” Organizers will host an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. April 13 at Borough Hall, 121 Park Ave., during Swarthmore’s Gallery Night. For more information, contact Dunbar at ddunbar@mail.med.upenn.edu or exhibit chair Michele Southworth at msouthworth@verizon.net or 610-5431108. ■

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Creep of the Week

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Scouting injustice out Last week’s ruling in the City of Philadelphia’s efforts to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts of America, in which the judge determined the city owed the council $877,000 in legal fees, reeks of judicial bias and homophobia. Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter handed down his decision on the legal fees March 20, following a jury’s 2010 determination that the city had placed an “unconstitutional condition” on the BSA council, but had not violated its First Amendment free-speech rights through viewpoint discrimination nor violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment by treating it differently than other groups. To start, it seems unreasonable that the city would be responsible for the council’s full legal costs when the jury only found the city at fault on one of three counts. Common sense would dictate that the city would only be liable for onethird of the total costs. Further, the judge — or whoever wrote the memorandum — predominately uses the term “homosexual,” only occasionally using “gay,” as in, “Plaintiff denies membership to openly homosexual men ... ” Delving into the case, the Scouts do more than deny membership to gay men — actually kicking out gay teens and atheists, a fact the judge (and the city’s case) apparently ignores. The judge compares the situation to two Supreme Court cases, finding “The Boy Scouts of America v. Dale” to be related and “Christian Legal Society v. Martinez” to have no bearing. In Dale, the Supreme Court ruled that BSA was exercising its “freedom of association” when it kicked out Scoutmaster James Dale for being gay. In Martinez, the Supreme Court ruled that a college wasn’t obligated to provide funding or benefits to a student group that excluded gay members in violation of the school’s nondiscrimination policy. Here, Buckwalter found that this case differed because the city placed too broad of a condition on the council — essentially finding that attempting to enforce the city’s nondiscrimination policy on city property by trying to work with the council to end its practice of expelling gay Scouts was unconstitutional. In this sense, this argument is not just about free speech and freedom of association. The city was, rightly, trying to end discriminatory practices on land it owned by an avowed discriminator who occupied the space rent-free. (Following the precedent in Dale, one can assume that regardless of state or municipal nondiscrimination laws, an organization would be allowed to discriminate against an unprotected class such as gays.) Put another way, the city should be allowed to end its subsidy of an organization who is in violation of its laws, especially considering it had (and has) the right to evict the Scouts from the building per the original 1928 statute granting them use of the land. ■

Congratulations, Pat Robertson, for being chosen as Creep of the Week. There were a lot of outstanding candidates this week, but I chose you. Why? Alas, it’s not because you’re special. In truth, it’s because I’m tired. I’ve been reading about racism and homophobia and terrible horrible things all day and your doughy, lemon-shaped head managed to swirl into my field of vision as my deadline was approaching. Or maybe it’s because I thought of you yesterday while I was at the grocery store, walking down an aisle that had all manner of boxed macaroni and cheese and recalled your confusion over this American food staple on a recent episode of “The 700 Club” when you asked if mac and cheese was “a black thing.” I imagined you standing there, amazed, especially as you watched white people throwing that shit into their carts. So I guess you could say, Pat, that you’ve been on my mind. What did you do, you ask? As you know, the list is long. But this time I’m taking issue with your equating homosexuality with demonic possession on your March 26 episode of “The 700 Club.” It was during a segment featuring Shawn Derritt, a Christian recording artist and self-proclaimed “ex-gay.” Here’s how you introduced the segment: “It didn’t matter who he did it with! Because Shawn Derritt wanted it that badly. He was hungry for it. So for seven years, Shawn trolled the streets longing for cheap sex with other men. All the while, Shawn’s wife was at home and completely clueless.” Woah. First of all, I would pay good money to unhear and unsee you talking dirty to me. Secondly, it sounds like you are describing a terrible and sad situation where nobody is happy, and everybody is going to get hurt. I mean, obviously Derritt and his wife aren’t exactly compatible since he’s, well, gay and she’s, well, “clueless.” And even if she weren’t clue-

less, finding out about Derritt’s escapades would certainly be a dealbreaker. (Am I right, ladies?) Unless, of course, we can just remove the part of this equation keeping it from fitting “The 700 Club’s” narrow parameters for acceptable human existence. That’s, of course, the gay part. And so Derritt prays the gay away. And everything is wonderful and he’s totally straight now. For Jesus. Against all odds, am I right, Pat? Here’s what you said: “You know the world today says, ‘OK, Shawn, so you are gay, you want to go out and have affairs with men, that’s cool. You have an absolute right to do that, why not? So you’re married, well, that’s too bad. So your wife doesn’t like it, well tough.’” Took the words right out of the world today’s mouth. Definitely godless heathen gays encourage people to step out on their wives and husbands to engage in clandestine affairs with same-sex partners. No. 1 item on the Homosexual Agenda, in fact. But Pat, this sexy-time moral free-for-all is not cool to you, it turns out. “That’s not the right attitude, the attitude is that this is sin, it’s wrong. And Sean realized it was wrong but he couldn’t control it,” you said. “And it’s time in society we say certain things are wrong. However you look at it, the man is married and he’s got a child and he’s out having multiple affairs with men. He’s picking them up on the streets. So he’s obsessed, he has a compulsion. I would think it is somehow related to demonic possession.” You would think so, eh Pat? Yeah. I guess you would. Crazy talk is one of your specialties. I hope that Mr. Derritt and his family make it through this shit storm OK. But righteous moral judgment isn’t exactly the same thing as sound advice. ■

Definitely godless heathen gays encourage people to step out on their wives and husbands to engage in clandestine affairs with same-sex partners.

D’Anne Witkowski is a freelance writer and poet. 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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justifying the jury verdict. In a separate ruling, Buckwalter ordered the city to pay $877,000 in legal fees to Cradle. According to sources close to the case, attorneys for the city are expected to file an appeal with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals before the April 20 deadline. While the appeal is pending, the city is not required to pay any legal fees to Cradle. Nature of Cradle’s discrimination In 2008, the city gave Cradle two options to avoid eviction from its headquarters on the Ben Franklin Parkway at 231-251 N. 22nd St.: Pay fair-market rent or stop discriminating in the building. The club declined both options. The city emphasized the rental-payment option in court papers, noting its focus was to stop subsidizing discrimination. If the Scouts paid fair-market rent, they could discriminate “to their hearts’ content,” the city said in court papers. Some local activists had expressed hope that any rental money collected from Cradle could be used to help fund city programs for LGBT youth. Thomas W. Ude Jr., senior staff attorney at Lambda Legal, explained the importance of ending Cradle’s subsidy. “The city rightfully sought to end a subsidy of discriminatory practices that cause harm,” Ude told PGN. “We’re not talking about some abstract ideal. LGBT youths are particularly vulnerable to that harm. It’s

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disappointing that [Buckwalter’s] ruling does not discuss or recognize the importance of the city’s interest in ending its subsidy of these harmful practices.” In his ruling, Buckwalter faulted the city for allegedly requiring Cradle to repudiate BSA’s antigay policy “in contexts and locations that were entirely unrelated to the use of the city’s property.” But Buckwalter didn’t specify a single location or context where the city required Cradle to make such repudiations. For its part, the city argued it never required Cradle to say anything about BSA’s antigay policy to avoid eviction. “The city’s laws and policies do not compel the Boy Scouts to make any statement about religion, homosexuality or any speech whatsoever,” the city said in court filings. If Cradle didn’t want to pay rent, it could have signed a lease with antibias provisions that don’t mention the word “gay,” much less anything on BSA’s antigay policy. Cradle was well aware of the lease-signing option, as demonstrated by its attorneys poring through dozens of city leases to see if other tenants signed similar ones. (The bill for that review was part of the legal fees awarded to Cradle.) In the ruling, Buckwalter quoted the trial testimony of former Cradle official William T. Dwyer 3rd to support his assertion that the city placed an overly broad speech restriction on Cradle. However, while Dwyer might have interpreted the lease option as an “overly broad speech restriction,” that doesn’t make it so.

Buckwalter also noted that the city didn’t try to evict the Scouts from a city-owned building in Roxborough. He said the city’s failure to do so indicated it was “selectively enforcing its nondiscrimination laws in a manner that lacked any rational basis.” But in making this point, Buckwalter contradicted his earlier assertion that the city over-reached into locations other than the Parkway building to impose a broad speech restriction on Cradle. During litigation, Cradle was offered a third option: Limit its programming inside the building to Learning for Life, an educational and vocational program that’s purportedly open to all public-school children. “If Learning for Life was the lessee of the city-owed property, and if the Learning for Life program does not, as the Boy Scouts assert, discriminate in violation of the city’s laws and policies, the question of an alleged right to a government subsidy for their discriminatory conduct would not be before the court,” the city stated, in a court filing. In court papers, Cradle said it serves about 50,000 children annually through LFL programs administered in the Parkway building. But it also acknowledged that it administers traditional Scouting programs in the building as well. In his ruling, Buckwalter failed to mention the LFL option for Cradle. Dale decision emphasized Throughout his ruling, Buckwalter emphasized a 2000 Supreme Court decision, “Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale,” which allows the Boy Scouts to set its own membership standards. LGBT advocates were aware of the Dale decision when complaining about Cradle’s discrimination almost 12 years ago. That’s why some of them recommended a rentalpayment option for Cradle — to avoid running afoul of the Supreme Court decision. While Dale allows BSA to eject gay Scouts, nothing in the decision requires subsidy of the Scouts’ discrimination. Others pushed for prompt eviction of Cradle, without offering a payment option. During the trial, Cradle contended the payment option was just another tactic by the city to “coerce” it into repudiating BSA’s antigay policy, which it didn’t have to do under Dale. The jury apparently rejected that contention when it determined the city acted in a reasonable and viewpoint-neutral manner during the eviction attempt. Cradle’s favorable jury verdict resulted from a jury question that asked if Cradle could have avoided eviction if it “repudiated or renounced the policy of the Boy Scouts of America to gays.” The city objected to that question, partly because it didn’t include the rental-payment option for Cradle. But Buckwalter allowed it to be submitted to jurors. In 2010, in “Christian Legal Society vs. Martinez,” the Supreme Court affirmed the right of government entities to condition access to benefits — including use of a building — on compliance with antibias laws. LGBT advocates say the Martinez decision bodes well for a successful city appeal,

noting that the city took the extra precaution of offering a payment option to Cradle — which Martinez doesn’t require. But in his ruling, Buckwalter said Martinez isn’t comparable to the Cradle case, in part because the governmental entity in Martinez didn’t seek an overly broad speech restriction from CLS. Judge criticizes LGBTs The city has a policy against subsidizing discrimination, and Cradle is in conflict with that policy. Instead of praising LGBT advocates for steadfastly opposing the subsidy, Buckwalter faulted them. Buckwalter was particularly critical of Arthur Kaplan, a board member of the national ACLU with a long history of advocating for marginalized people. Kaplan has been honored by many organizations, including Mazzoni Center, Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal. Buckwalter claimed Kaplan led the LGBT Working Group, comprised of private citizens who Buckwalter claimed were “dedicated” to evicting Cradle if it didn’t change its membership policies. Contrary to his assertion, the Working Group was a major proponent of the rentalpayment option, which wouldn’t have required any policy changes by Cradle. Further, the Working Group didn’t have a hierarchical structure of leaders and followers, but was rather a loose coalition of community members who opposed allowing the council to continue receiving a subsidy (remaining in the city-owned building rentfree) while not complying with the city’s nondiscrimination law. Buckwalter also insinuated that former City Solicitor Romulo L. Diaz’s status as a gay man made him incapable of handling the issue impartially. Similar presumptions about LGBTs have been routinely rejected elsewhere. To support his insinuation, Buckwalter quoted from a series of emails between Diaz and Kaplan. He said the emails showed the Working Group had “improper influence” and an “inside track” with Diaz. However, the judge ignored the fact that Diaz reached out to Cradle over the course of several years, trying to reach some type of compromise with the club. Cradle repeatedly rebuffed his outreach. Also, it should be noted that the city never subpoenaed records from Ceisler Jubelirer — a public-relations firm that reportedly lobbied city officials on behalf of Cradle. Such records might have placed the Kaplan-Diaz emails in context. Applying the law to the facts Toward the end of his ruling, Buckwalter referred to the “sweetheart no-rent deal” the city made with the Scouts in the 1920s. But he failed to mention a major provision: The Scouts can be evicted at any time, as long as the city gives a year’s notice. In his ruling, the judge referred to the 1928 ordinance codifying the deal as a “lease.” However, Cradle never signed a city lease or similar documentation — let alone one that contains standard antibias provisions. ■

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was responsible for handling complaints against Archdiocesan priests. Co-defendant Brennan was accused of raping a boy in the 1990s. The trial’s Monday start was dubious up until that morning, as defense attorneys requested a delay, citing a sudden guilty plea from a former co-defendant. Defrocked priest Edward Avery pleaded guilty late last week to several counts stemming from his sexual abuse of a 10-yearold boy. Common Pleas Court Judge Teresa Sarmina sentenced Avery to 30-60 months in prison. His plea deal could have a significant impact on the case against Lynn, as it includes an admission that Lynn was aware of the abuse and allowed him to remain in ENDORSEMENTS from page 1

idea of if Liberty City should support an out candidate or an incumbent who’s been in office for a while, and who’s been supportive of our issues.” There was also some back and forth about Sen. Bob Casey. The committee recommended, and members voted to support, that the agency not make an endorsement in that race but instead will reconsider it in the

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active ministry. However, Sarmina rejected the defense’s request for a preemption. The judge and both prosecution and defense attorneys met with the jurors and alternates prior to the start of the trial to ensure none had their views on the defendants influenced by Avery’s plea. Two jurors said they had and were replaced by alternates. Both Lynn and Brennan have pleaded not guilty. Lynn’s attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, said in his opening statement that it was Bevilacqua, who died in February, one day after Sarmina found him competent to testify in the case, and not Lynn who was responsible for any cover-up. The prosecution began its case Tuesday

with the introduction into evidence of a number of confidential church documents. Among them was a list of 35 active-duty priests that Lynn had compiled who were facing credible abuse allegations. Defense attorneys argued Lynn followed protocol and sent the list to Bevilacqua, who Bergstrom said ordered it shredded. Prosecutors contend Lynn should have reported those allegations to police. Other documents included a memo from a counselor Avery worked with following initial abuse allegations who cautioned Lynn that the priest may have had more victims, as well as letters from Lynn to parishioners explaining that Avery was dealing with “health” issues, when he was on leave seeking treatment following the allegations. Prosecutors sought to put a face to the

abuse Wednesday as an alleged victim of an Archdiocesan priest took the stand. The 36-year-old man testified that he first met the Rev. Francis Trauger in 1991 in a Center City bookstore, when he was 15, and had been looking at gay pornography. He testified that Trauger began stalking him and sexually assaulted him at St. John Neumann High School, and also threatened his family. Although the witness said his family reported the incident to school officials the following day, he wasn’t contacted by the Archdiocese until more than a decade later. Trauger’s was one of the cases Lynn was responsible for reviewing. The trial is expected to last several months. ■

fall. Jacobson said that, while the senator has supported the community in many instances in the past, there were a number of issues that gave the organization “pause” — such as his lack of support for marriage equality and for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, as well as his recent backing of an anti-birth-control measure. Endorsement committee member Jason

Lewis said that, even if the lack of endorsement in the primary “moves the senator a centimeter” forward on LGBT issues, it would be successful. Liberty City, as well as Equality PA, also endorsed President Obama for reelection, former U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy for Attorney General and Eugene DePasquale for Auditor General. Other state candidates endorsed by

Liberty City were incumbent Sen. Larry Farnese (1st Dist.); incumbent Reps. Mike O’Brien (175th Dist.), Vanessa LowryBrown (190th Dist.), Cherelle Parker (200th Dist.) and Mark Cohen (202nd Dist.); challengers Andrew Kleeman (195th Dist.) and Malik Boyd (198th Dist.); and Steve McCarter (154th Dist.) and Jordan Harris (186th Dist.), who are seeking to fill recent vacancies. ■

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Angelo Becker, bartender, 46 By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Former Gayborhood bartender Angelo Becker died earlier this month after a battle with skin cancer. Becker, 46, was a native Philadelphian and grew up in the Kensington section. He was a popular figure in the Gayborhood, having bartended at Uncles and 12th Air Command. Most recently, he was working as a server at Main Line restaurant Chops. Becker studied information technology and worked in that field at Cigna before being laid off and entering bartending fulltime. Friend and former roommate Jim McLaughlin said Becker’s personality was well-suited for that industry. “He was very charismatic,” McLaughlin said. “He drew people to him because he was so outgoing and friendly.” Friend Tom Quicksell echoed McLaughlin’s sentiments, noting that Becker’s sociability knew few barriers. “ We t r ave l e d t o E u r o p e together and, no matter where in the world he was dropped, he would find someone he already knew and also walk up to anyone and be able to start a conversation,” Quicksell said. “Most people are reserved or shy around new people but he never was, and I admired him for that. He’d always be the one in the middle of a crowd telling stories and entertaining people.” Becker used his outgoing nature

to forge many new friendships through the City of Brotherly Love Softball League, where he played for teams organized by 12th Air and Key West. He was also an avid tennis player and video gamer and bowled for Philadelphia Gay Bowling League. “He was a very competitive person by nature,” Quicksell said. “Our whole group of friends was always competitive with each other, just friendly competition amongst ourselves. He was a mean card player; we would spend many long weekends playing cards all weekend long.” Becker is survived by a wide group of friends, who McLaughlin said meant everything to him. “He would do anything for his friends as long as it was within his power to do it,” he said. “He would just bend over backwards to make his friends happy.” Friends are planning a memorial for Becker in April. ■

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12 tips for a better body — and a balanced life My 20 years of personal training have proven to me and my (now thinner and happier!) clients that success in losing weight and a fit lifestyle is not just about counting calories and exercising. Here’s 20 years of skill, knowledge and experience boiled down to the most important strategies for achieving a fit and balanced life — whether through focused personal training with a professional or on your own facing the challenges of everyday life!

proud that you found what works well for you! The opposite of courage is not cowardice; it is conformity If you follow the herd, you are going to have to step through a lot of manure. Have the courage to trust in yourself and follow your own path. This is true with fitness “fads” and a healthy lifestyle in general!

Consistency is king The best of plans and strategies will be sabotaged by inconDo whatever works sistency. It’s not what you do once in a while for you that counts — it is the Formulas and systems in training and small things you do life are helpful and each day that really provide structure, but make a difference over if they become sacred the long haul. Exercise and eating well is a cows and are followed Jim Hart lifestyle of positive even after they stop actions repeated daily working, they will — not something you do the inhibit creativity and guarantee week after New Year’s! mediocrity. Do whatever works and is useful for you. Getting results is more important than Choose your friends wisely loyalty to a system or a guru. You become like those you spend your time with. Get out of There is no failure, only feednegative, draining relationships back as fast as you would a burning house. Find people who supAs long as you are taking action in pursuit of your goals, port your fitness lifestyle and are you cannot fail — as striving walking the same path of health and wellness. Spend less time individuals (and as trainer/client), our actions simply produce with friends engaged in destrucresults and it is up to each of us tive habits. how we interpret them. Partial Compete with yourself and be success is not failure and it’s the best “you” you can possibly valuable if you reframe it as a be learning experience. The only Don’t try to be better than othway to really fail is if you quit. ers — be better than you used to Keep trying and keep learning. be! Success isn’t beating someone else, it’s the satisfaction that Keep your plans flexible comes from knowing you did the The person with the most flexibility is the person with the most best you could with what you are given. You will never be happy power. You limit yourself when you believe there is only one way. wanting to look like your favorite actor or fitness model if you don’t Find out what works and then have the right genetics to get that look. Get your look and do it keep doing more of it really well: Work with what you If what you are doing is not have and maximize that. working, do something else! If what you are doing is working, Focus on what you want not on don’t second-guess yourself; stay what you want to avoid the course and keep on doing it, What you think about, talk regardless of what anyone else says. If you find a combination of about and focus on is attracted strength training, cardio workouts to you. When you focus on the things you are trying to avoid, and nutrition strategies that get you attract those things into your you what you want — the right weight, good health — pursue life by allowing them to have them with a vengeance and be energy and space in your mind.

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Focus on being healthy and eating delicious food in moderation and weight loss will effortlessly follow. To grow, you must step out of your comfort zone The easiest thing for us to do is to stay with the familiar pull of our own safety net of comfort and security. Nothing great was ever achieved by staying inside our comfort zone. All great advancements occur by stepping outside your comfort zone. Try a new fitness class, take an adventure vacation, run a race or join a sports team. Work hard and earn your just rewards There is no such thing as something for nothing. There will never be any scientific breakthrough or magic bullet that will replace hard work. Continuously seek more knowledge, a better way to do things and increased efficiency, but avoid quick fixes like magic fat-burning supplements, gurus and infomercial gadgets. Balance work and stress with recovery Hard work and a moderate amount of stress are not bad things: They give us a certain amount of stimulation that is essential for growth and advancement. Non-stop stress and work-aholism will ultimately cause a breakdown. Don’t be afraid to push yourself but remember to balance it with planned vacations, recovery breaks and recreational activities that are fun and stimulating. Use these tips and I guarantee you will feel better about your journey toward a better body and better health. ■ Jim Hart, author, chef and registered personal trainer at Philadelphia’s 12th Street Gym, was voted as one of the top 100 trainers in America by Men’s Journal magazine. For more information about Jim and more than 30 other top trainers at 12th Street Gym, visit www.12streetgym.com. For more information on fitness coaching, nutrition or to purchase one of Jim’s books, go to www. hartbody.com or contact Jim at Hartbody@aol.com.

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This past week, March 26-30, behavioral health and related sermarked the annual observance of vices for the LGBT population. The second core theme for this LGBT Health Awareness Week, year’s LGBT health awareness presented every year at this time by the National Coalition for week is “Culturally Competent LGBT Health. LGBT Health Services,” which the coalition supports by directing health-care Awareness Week is a call to action for community memproviders to resources on how to become a culturally competent bers, advocates, service providsource of services for the LGBT ers and governmental officials to recognize health community. What and wellness as an does that mean, in essential part of the practice? Culturally competent health prosocial justice movement for lesbian, viders are those who are open and welcomgay, bisexual and ing to LGBT patients. transgender individuals, families and the They do not make assumptions about wider community. As the sexuality of any the executive direcpatient without asking tor of an organization dedicated to our comappropriate questions. munity’s health care They take histories and wellness, and a and do examinations board member of the that are appropriate National Coalition for to the needs of the LGBT Health, this is Nurit Shein LGBT patient. They a subject close to my are knowledgeable heart. about and open to discussing a The 2012 awareness campaign variety of types of families and is focused on four core LGBT include all caregivers and partners in health discussions as health principles. The first is necessary. If they make mistakes “Consumer Empowerment,” in understanding, they apologize which the coalition works to and are open to learning. achieve by making resources In addition to Mazzoni available to LGBT individuals Center Family and Community on how to approach their healthMedicine, which offers primary care providers about their sexual care for LGBT individuals of all orientation and gender identity. ages at 809 Locust St., there are That’s because coming out to an increasing number of culturyour health-care provider is among the most important steps ally competent providers workyou can take to ensure you are ing in our region (and around receiving the best advice, the the country) today. One way most appropriate screenings and, to find an LGBT-friendly and ultimately, the most effective competent provider is to ask for medical care. recommendations from friends By far the largest impact on or colleagues. Also, the Gay and lesbian health comes from the Lesbian Medical Association has tendency for lesbian or bisexual a “find a provider” feature on its women to avoid regular health website, www.glma.org. care or fail or delay returning for Before you chose a primary follow-up care. The same can be health-care provider, take the time to ask some questions. Do said for gay and bisexual men they have other LGBT patients in and transgender-identified individuals. Ideally, doctors would their practice? (You can usually tell by the response where the understand the issues we face office stands on the issue. If you — and one way we can encourage understanding is by choosing don’t like the answer, move on. to come out. If you get a pleasant or thoughtOnly by making ourselves vis- ful “yes,” then you may have ible can we work to increase the found your doctor.) body of knowledge about health Take a look at the intake issues affecting the LGBT popu- forms: You can tell a lot from lation. Visibility is also a critithe kinds of questions they ask cal step if we hope to increase of potential patients. Sometimes the availability of, access to and the physical environment of the quality of physical, mental and doctor’s office can help LGBT

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patients feel more comfortable. A posted antidiscrimination statement, a unisex bathroom, diverse magazines and brochures with LGBT-specific health issues are signs of a safe environment. And don’t be afraid to point out to your health-care provider if you feel their intake forms, interview questions and/ or the office space are not reflective of an LGBT-friendly and welcoming environment. The third goal of this year’s LGBT Health Awareness Week is creating “Engaged Communities.” This is an ongoing priority for the coalition, which they support by providing outreach materials to a variety of organizations to encourage participation in LGBT Health Awareness Week, and helping them to spread the word about key issues impacting our communities. Lastly, the National Coalition on LGBT Health, in partnership with the Family Equality Council, Center for American Progress, Human Rights Campaign and GLMA, addressed the issue of “Inclusive Policymaking” at a Congressional briefing on “The Health and Well-Being of LGBT Families,” March 28. A distinguished panel of health-care providers and public-policy experts explored the unique social, economic and legal impediments to LGBT family health and wellbeing in the United States. The goal was to provide lawmakers with a greater appreciation of the day-to-day hurdles our families face in accessing health insurance, health care, fair tax treatment, hospital visitation and medical decision-making — to name a few. Against this backdrop, the panel highlighted a series of introduced legislative remedies

— including the bipartisan Every Child Deserves a Family Act (H.R.1681 and S.1770), which had 100 cosponsors in the House of Representatives as of last week. The bill, if passed, will eliminate state laws, policies, practices and procedures that “exclude potential adoptive and foster parents because marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity.” They brought up the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act (H.R.3485 and S.1910), which would provide domestic-partnership benefits to all federal civilian employees on the same basis as spousal benefits. This is significant because the federal government employs about 2 million people, making it the nation’s largest civilian employer. The panel also highlighted the Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act (H.R.2088 and S.1171), which would end the taxation of benefits provided for domestic partners and other non-spouse beneficiaries under employers’ health plans. Clearly there is work to be done in addressing LGBT health disparities, both at the individual and the public-policy levels. That’s why LGBT Health Awareness Week remains an important reminder. All of us can play a role in making things better — whether by coming out to our health-care providers, helping them to improve their cultural competency or supporting public policies that will impact our access to quality care. ■

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Del. church honors civil unions, youth The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Wilmington will host a GAYLA Dance this weekend to celebrate Delaware’s recent adoption of a civil-union law. The dance will be held from 8 p.m.-midnight March 30 at Sheraton Wilmington South Hotel, 365 Airport Road in New Castle. All proceeds benefit the church’s LGBT youth program. The event will feature a cash bar, hors d’oeuvres and live entertainment by Brandywine Swing and DJ Matt from Entertainment Factory DJs. Tickets are $10 for teens, $25 for individuals and $45 for couples. For more information or tickets, contact the Rev. Alison Hyder at 302-478-2384 or RevHyder@gmail.com.

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No H8 at Rutgers Rutgers University’s Camden campus will host an open No H8 photo shoot from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 5. The campaign seeks to promote marriage equality by photographing LGBTs and allies proclaiming the message “No H8.” The initiative was created in response to California’s Proposition 8, which overturned same-sex marriage. Solo portraits will be $40 or $25 per person for couple and group shots. Photos will be taken on a firstcome, first-served basis with no reservations required. Participants should wear white to the shoot, and the “No H8” temporary tattoo will be provided on-site. The shoot will be held at Campus Center, 326 Penn St. For more information, visit www.noh8campaign.com. ■ — Jen Colletta

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Israeli Film Festival to screen LGBT title By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com The 16th annual Israeli Film Festival is hosting a screening of the first feature film in Israeli cinema dealing with the subject of parents with a gender-questioning child. “Melting Away” follows the story of a teenager who is kicked out of his family’s house because his homophobic father is in shock when he discovers his son’s cross-dressing and gender-questioning. Years later, the mother hires a private investigator to find her son and tell him his father is dying of cancer and that she would like to reconnect. But the former son — now living as a woman (played by Chen Yani) and performing at a gay cabaret — is unwilling to even speak to her parents, holding a deep resentment toward them for throwing her out when she was a teenage boy. However, curiosity gets the better of her and she decides to dress up as a nurse and visit her father daily. Israeli director and producer Doron Eran said that

while he has been trying to get this script made into a film for a long time, it took a real-life tragedy to inspire him to finally get the story onto the screen. “My wife wrote the script about four years ago and we planned to shoot it in Toronto,” he said. “It’s inspired by a true story of a family that I knew in my neighborhood about 17 years ago. I went to Toronto and I tried to create the production there and the economic downturn destroyed the company in Toronto, so I came back to Israel. I put the script aside and I carried on in other projects. In 2009, a guy came into a workshop of young gays and lesbians [in Tel Aviv] and he shot them. He killed two of them and 15 of them were wounded. It was all over Israeli TV and we sat at home, me and my wife, watching it. It was on all three channels and the country was in shock. But after that the channels went to the hospital and around one in the morning the guy in the television set said that some of the parents don’t want to come and visit their children because they don’t want their neighbors to see on the TV that their kids are homosexuals and lesbians. That was the idea and motiva-

CHEN YANI (LEFT) AND DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DORON ERAN

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tion behind picking up this script again.” their way of thinking, I did it. I believe Eran said that while he believes the movies can change ways of thinking and I attack was an anomaly in Tel Aviv, which hope I did it here. “Two days ago, I got a call from a guy is Israel’s most liberal city, further research found that antigay sentiment outside the late at night and he said, ‘I saw your film with my mother and we cried through the city are far more common. “Even though my motivation was because screening. We stayed for about 20 minutes of this crazy guy who shot these kids, we after everyone left the theater. And I wanted believed there was no problem with the to tell you thanks very much for giving me leaders in Israel. On television, we have this gift of this movie.’ And I said, ‘Thank ‘Israeli Idol’ and one of the jurors there, God you called me because a filmmaker she’s transgender. Everybody told me that needs that sometimes.’” Besides earning there is no problem in Israel because every kid in Israel sees her in prime time. But praise from individual viewers, “Melting Aw a y ” h a s b e e n slowly, when I came and screened at and won did the research, I found acclaim from film festhat outside of Tel Aviv, tivals all over Europe it’s so totally different. and North America, Just like New York in including the Tel Aviv America is quite different from the South in the International LGBT United States. Slowly I Film Festival. Eran, found very sad stories. who has participated One of the saddest stoin Q&A sessions for ries I found through my the film, said he is research was in the north often asked why a of Israel. The youngstraight director and est kid in the family, the screenwriter would father found out that he write and champion a liked women’s clothes film about LGBT subject matter. so he tied him to the bed “People ask me and, for three months, why I made this film he gave him shots of because it’s not my hormones to make him world,” Eran said. “I a man. I thought it was said that I made this one of the most horrible movie for parents. I stories I’ve heard in my knew this family 17 life.” years ago. It is a very Eran added that in good story because those areas, the film it’s a very dramatic often struggles to impart situation. I made this its message even to those willing to understand it. film for parents, not “People ask me if especially for kids the people in Israel are and gays and lesbiready for this kind of AMI WEINBERG (LEFT) AND ans. North of Tel Aviv, movie. And I said yes, LIMOR GOLDSTEIN if two guys are walking holding hands, in of course,” Eran said. “I don’t see any problem. But even now, about half an hour someone will hit them. when I distributed the film in Israel, in Tel There are not one or two days that pass Aviv everybody came to see the film. But without something like that happening. So when I screened it in the north and south it’s a very good idea to make a film on this of Israel, very few people came. It was kind of subject, because I believe that this hard for them to get this story. Even at the film can change people’s ways of thinking. premiere, when the television came and And if we can save some kids that caninterviewed the audience, people said, ‘It’s not get the support from their parents, we a very good movie. We love the movie. We made it. One of the questions in the movie I believed it happened. But until it comes to our family, to our house ... ’ So in the cen- wanted fathers to ask themselves is, when ter of Israel, I don’t see any problem with his own boy decides to change his [genthese kinds of stories but outside of Tel der] and be a woman, what does it mean Aviv, I believe people still don’t get this about him and what he thinks about himself and his sexuality? Sometimes we want and they don’t want to understand this.” But Eran said he wasn’t frustrated by the to control a kid’s life so much and so hard lack of empathy some audiences had after that we forget that when we make a child and we give them life, it’s his life. It’s not viewing the film. “It is because of that I made this movie,” our life. So we have to respect that.” ■ The 16th annual Israeli Film Festival he said. “I have three children and I think that a parent, when you decide to make a runs through April 1. “Melting Away” is kid, you must understand that you must screened 8:45 p.m. March 31 at Mitchell love them with no conditions. That is what Auditorium, 3128 Market St., followed by the film is about. If one parent would see a reception with a guest appearance by this movie and they had a problem like that lead actor Chen Yani. For more informain their home and if this movie changed tion or tickets, visit www.iffphila.com.

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Heshie Zinman: Activism, puppets and Nik Nik shirts While I was waiting in the lobby of the William Way LGBT Community Center to do this week’s interview, I ran into the center’s executive director, Chris Bartlett. “You’re doing Heshie? Do you do quotes? I want to say that Heshie loves the gay community more than anyone else I know. When people started dying of AIDS, he started the SafeGuard Gay Men’s Health Project to teach gay men how to protect themselves from the virus. When I became a staff member there, he told me that he did it because he loved his people so much, he wanted to make sure they could get the information they needed. He was there at the start of many of the organizations that are still around today, like the AIDS Library of Philadelphia. He helped found or has served on the board of several organizations, including ActionAIDS, Mazzoni Center, The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, the AIDS Information Network and SafeGuards. He knows how to inspire people to get involved. He’s a mensch.” PGN: Where are you originally from? HZ: My roots are in Northeast Philly, I’m an Oxford Circle boy and I went to Northeast High, class 122. It was great ... I’m sorry I just saw a picture of me on the Radical Faeries wall in a dress. [Laughs.] I think that was first and last time I wore a gown. PGN: Oh, how was your first time in a dress? HZ: It was wonderful. I was wearing a beaded gown with a beautiful butterfly on the front. I thought it symbolized growth. I have no issues expressing my feminine side. I don’t see myself doing serious drag because I’ve seen some people do it so well, it’s like, “No way, you’re not a guy.” They’re just great and I couldn’t ever pull it off that well. I’d be ghastly. PGN: That’s funny! Back to your childhood ... HZ: I was the baby of the family and I have an older brother and sister. My father worked in haberdashery as a salesman. He worked for various companies and at one time had his own store. My mother was a career counselor. I had a very hardworking, middle-class upbringing. PGN: Were they very progressive? HZ: I don’t know that my father was, but my mother was. I learned some of the most seminal lessons regarding race from my mother. I was very naïve having grown up in a very white, Jewish neighborhood. I remember in elementary school they were busing in students from Germantown. Somewhere along the way, I must have heard the “N” word, though I had no idea of the meaning. I must have said something to my mother like, “We’re going to

have n____s coming to our school.” My mother got this very serious look on her face, and she leaned down and said to me, “And you’re nothing but a kike.” Well, I knew what that word meant. I was horrified that she would call me that, it was just such an offensive word. My mother said, “As offensive as that is to you, that’s how offensive the ‘N’ word is and you will never, ever use that word again. Do you understand?” I got it. In that one moment, racial prejudice and the use of hate speech became crystal clear to me. PGN: That was smart of her not just to say “Don’t use that word,” but to make you feel why it was bad. HZ: Yes. Especially growing up in a Jewish household, in a Jewish neighborhood with mostly Jewish schoolmates, though my close circle of friends were not Jewish. I loved to dance and the best dances were at the Catholic schools, so I’d go to St. Timothy’s on Friday nights, on Saturdays it would be Our Lady of Ransom or wherever they had the best music. PGN: Other than the incident with your mother, have you experienced antiSemitism? HZ: There was one instance where I was beat up pretty badly. I was in high school and I was dating someone who kind of lived on the border up in the Northeast. I was waiting for the bus one evening about 11 at night and a car full of guys drove by and called out some anti-Semitic epithets. They circled around again and got out of the car and beat me to a pulp. I was chased and called a Jew bitch and other things. I wound up in the hospital but, aside from that one incident, I don’t recall ever experiencing anything directed at me. PGN: What were you like as a kid? HZ: I was very bookish. I was into art and puppets. I used to set up a theater in our garage and the neighborhood kids would come and I’d do little puppet shows. [Laughs.] I should have known where that was heading! PGN: What was your favorite TV show as a kid? HZ: “Mr. Rogers,” “Howdy Doody,” “Mr. Wizard” and of course I loved “Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop.” And Sally Starr, loved her! Our gal Sal. PGN: Where did you go for college? HZ: I went to Penn State. I’m a real history buff and I studied 19th and 20th century European history and did an honors program in pre-revolutionary Russian history. My grandparents were from Kiev, so I always had an attraction to all things Eastern European. I had my sense of iden-

tity from being Russian and Jewish and needed to know about the Holocaust and how it happened. To learn about the events that allowed such hatred and destruction. I think some of it ties back to the recognition of hate speech and anti-Semitism and prejudice that I learned from my mother. PGN: How did you get started as an activist? HZ: My mantra, even when I was a kid, was take care of our own. As I became aware of the injustices that befell the Jews even before the Holocaust and in the Diaspora after the Holocaust, I came to understand that if we don’t take care of each other, who will? When I was in college, I marched against the Vietnam War and then, fast forward, after coming out, I watched AIDS devastate my community. I actually worked as a bartender — I have a very checkered past — at the 247 (not to be confused with the 2/4). It was at 247 S. 17th St. and was kind of the precursor to The Bike Stop. Lo and behold, this thing

reading every article I could find about the “gay plague” or the “gay cancer.” I slowly but surely built of a collection of 14 large cardboard boxes full of information. I kept them housed in my teeny apartment so eventually I went to John Cunningham, who was involved with the library, and we were able to find people to help take the collection of random information and organize it to create the first AIDS library in the United States. PGN: I can’t imagine how terrifying those early days must have been. HZ: It was horrifying, partly because I saw up close what was happening to people I really cared about and also because, as a bartender, I observed people’s attitudes and behaviors and then was able to connect them to what was happening. I saw people go from just wanting to come into a bar and have a good time to being on oxygen and dying. I had a small group of personal friends, there were about 17 of us, and we would all hang out together and party and dance and frolic and be gay — and out of that group, only two of us survived. So not only was it horrifying to see what it looked like to die of AIDS, with all the health issues, but just to be around as lives were cut down all around you. It was horrifying to see the fear in people’s eyes. The party was over.

PGN: I’m guessing the fear was not only of the disease but of people’s reactions. I know a lot of people who were outed because of it. HZ: Yes, the stigma and prejudice that surrounded AIDS was terrible. The fear felt as if the lights had been turned off and we were walking around in a room in the dark. Not knowing when you were going to bump into the wall or somebody else, there was just that incredible fear. There was AIDS-phobia Photo: Suzi Nash and homophobia and sexphobia and so in the midst started to happen and these handsome, of it I started to volunteer. I beautiful men who would come to my think some of the motivation was because bar started to disappear. That sense of if I stopped to think about what was haphaving to take care of our own just took pening — the loss and the grief and the over and caused me to spring into action. fear — I would have gone crazy. At the People were getting infected and being time there was no such thing as an HIV thrown out of their apartments and homes test, so one could only guess at what point and I watched the scourge just getting bigyou were going to get sick. So I threw ger and bigger. It was a nightmare. Since myself into AIDS activism and, along with I had my days free, I started to volunteer the AIDS library, I founded the SafeGuards for the AIDS Task Force. Because of my with Anna Forbes sense of history, I started clipping out and

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BEST MEN AND WOMEN: The gang — Eliza Coupe (from left), Damon Wayans Jr., Adam Pally, Elisha Cuthbert and Casey Wilson — find themselves at yet another wedding, this time the nuptials of Derrick (Stephen Guarino, reprising his role) and Eric (Nate Smith), while out character Max (Adam Pally) tries to find the courage to perform with his old all-male Madonna cover band, on a new episode of “Happy Endings,” 9:30 p.m. April 4 on ABC.

IT WAS ALL A DREAM: Get ready for the glitter and the glam when the big-screen adaptation of the stage classic “Dreamgirls,” starring Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, Eddie Murphy and more, airs, 8 p.m. March 31 on BET.

WHO’S YOUR DADDY?: Jessie Tyler Ferguson from “Modern Family” guest judges on a new episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, for which the queens are paired up with sexy dads for a drag runway makeover, 9 p.m. April 2 on Logo.

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SHOWING OFF: Damn! Logo goes all out for April Fools’ Day, airing the campy and decadent classic, “Showgirls,” starring Elizabeth Berkley and Gina Gershon trying to one-up each other in the cutthroat world of Vegas strippers, for 24 hours straight beginning at midnight April 1.

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PORTRAIT from page 27 and John White. The SafeGuards motto, by the way, was “Taking care of our own.” So it was going back to those roots and the words of Rabbi Hillel, “If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” PGN: Tell me a little about coming out. HZ: It’s interesting because I often hear stories of people coming out and the oppression and stigma that they faced. I don’t remember experiencing that. But then I remembered that I got married right out of college and experienced an idyllic life as a hetero-normative male who had this dark secret. PGN: You oppressed yourself! HZ: I did. Being gay wasn’t something you did, it was just a phase I figured I would get over as soon as I got married. But in my heart I knew and when the discussion turned to having children, I realized I couldn’t do it and made the decision to leave my wife and come out to my family. PGN: How did that go? HZ: Wife was naturally very hurt. Everyone was shocked. PGN: Even with the puppet shows? HZ: [Laughs.] Yes, even with the puppet shows and the singing and dancing! I was very good at living a dual life. My family didn’t actually find out until they read about it on the front page of The Inquirer! They interviewed me because I worked at a gay bar and because of my activism in the AIDS movement. They told me that it probably wouldn’t be printed for weeks and if it did, it would be buried on a back page. Over a month later, I got a call at 8 a.m. from my cousin who said, “Cuz, you’re on the front page of The Inquirer!” I said, “What are you talking about?” and he said, “There’s a story called, ‘How AIDS had changed the nature of being gay’ and you’re featured.” And so I was out. My family was great and told me how incredibly proud they were of me for the work that I’d been doing. They said that they’d had a suspicion only because of the fact that my wife and I had been so very happy, that the only reason I would have left her was for something like this. PGN: What’s on your book list? HZ: I love thrillers and espionage, so anything by Daniel Silva, who writes about the Israeli secret service and the Mossad. I love authors like David Ignatius from the Washington Post, I love historical biographies and literature. Growing up, I liked Huck Finn and “Tom Sawyer” and the Hardy Boys. I’m an avid reader: I’ll read anything. PGN: Have you heard about the movement to take the N-word out of new editions of “Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” etc., for schools? HZ: It’s crazy. History and literature have to reflect the time in which the story takes

place — the whole atmosphere. So to take that out assumes that people weren’t using that language and that is really clouding history. PGN: Whitewashing it, one could say. Plus including the original language opens dialogue and creates teaching moments like you were able to have with your mother. HZ: Yes, and as a history buff I believe in as much historical accuracy as possible. PGN: Which sport would you want to compete in during the Summer Olympics? HZ: Yoga. PGN: I don’t think that’s an Olympic sport. HZ: No, I just read they are going to have yoga at the Olympics this summer. PGN: What are your hobbies? HZ: I love reading and I love my pets. I have a Maine Coon cat named Bubby and a Jack Russell-Schnauzer named Hamlet. PGN: Do you have a human companion too? HZ: Yes, David Fischer. I love him. He’s currently finishing up his Ph.D. in math education. He’s doing a dissertation on the intersection of queer identity and mathematical identity. A lot of queer kids are bullied and are afraid to ask for help in certain subjects. But if you don’t study higher math, there’s a statistical correlation in your ability to do well and make money. PGN: What would people be surprised to know about you? HZ: I think people have a sense that I’m tough. I’m tall and I can be loud but I’m actually a bleeding heart. I cry at the drop of a hat — “Terms of Endearment,” “The King’s Speech” — I cry at all those movies. I even cry at the Oscars! Just to see that people are acknowledged for working so hard makes me weep. PGN: Worst fashion item? HZ: My orange polyester Nik Nik disco shirt! It’s not good to wear anything that will melt on you in a fire! PGN: Before we wrap up, tell me about the senior project you’re working on. HZ: This year, there are more people turning 65 than ever before and a great number of them are LGBT folks. There is an absolute lack of culturally competent services and resources for LGBT elders. All of our energy for the past several decades has been to create support services around HIV/AIDS and we’ve never really focused on health and wellness in general and especially not for our elders. We need to help people who are getting older and whose families of choice are getting older too. We need a system of services to help people grow old vibrantly. It goes right back to my motto of taking care of our own. ■ To suggest a community member for “Family Portrait,” write to portraits05@aol.com.

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

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851

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

■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 1800-662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 112 N. Broad St., third floor; 215-496-0330 ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org ■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

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

Health

AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 340 N. 12th St., Suite 205; 215-629-2300. www.asiac.org Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; 12-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St. 215851-1822 or 866-222-3871. www.galaei.org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1803. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing

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

■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 267-216-6606; ppd. lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

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

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

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

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Stephen Johnson: 215-683-2840

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

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

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

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■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St.; 215-898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu, Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday

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

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■ The Attic Youth Center: For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-8 p.m. MondayFriday; case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday. See the Youth section for more events. 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 03/30 Jordan Knight The singer from New Kids on the Block performs 7:30 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Andrew WK The rock singer performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. English Beat The new-wave band performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. PGMC presents Changes: In Good Time Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus performs 8-10 p.m. at Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St.; www. pgmc.org. Lewis Black The comedian performs 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino &

Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Sat. 03/31

The Fab Faux — The White Album The Beatles tribute band performs 8 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215572-7650. PGMC presents Changes: In Good Time Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus performs 8-10 p.m. at Prince Music Theater 1412 Chestnut St.; 215569-9700.

LGBT Adoption Café Learn about the adoption process, listen to a panel discussion with adoptive parents from the LGBT community and meet with adoption agencies to learn more about children waiting for families at this free event, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Collingswood Community Center, 30 Collings Ave., Collingswood, N.J.; To RSVP, contact Beth Vogel at 215-7359988 ext. 304 or bvogel@adopt.org.

Melting Away The 16th annual Israeli Film Festival screens a film about a gay teen cast out by his family 8:45 p.m. March 31 at Mitchell Auditorium, 3128 Market St., followed by a reception with a guest appearance by lead actor Chen Yanni; www.iffphila.com.

Dead On The Grateful Dead tribute band performs 7:30 p.m. at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808.

Lewis Black The comedian performs 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

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Sugar Town The monthly night of Lady DJs and rockers features Gang, Sgt. Sass, Violent Vickie and DJ Nasty Sinatra, 9 p.m. at Kung-Fu Necktie, 1248 N. Front St.; http:// kungfunecktie.com. Whip & Strip DJ mixes and whipped cream abound, 9 p.m.2 a.m. at Sisters Nightclub, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215735-0735.

Sun. 04/01 Philly Farm & Food Fest Over 100 regional farmers, food producers and sustainable goods makers will be on hand 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St.; www.phillyfarmfest.org. High Noon The classic western is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Mon. 04/02 Groove Night Local musicians

join forces to bring the R&B, soul, jazz and funk, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Titanic The film is screened 7:30 p.m. at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. Hesher The offbeat film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Lipstick Mondays A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-8622081.

Tue. 04/03 Unlabeled: The Acoustic/ Electric Open Mic for Up and Comers Sign up and play, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

An Acoustic Evening with Shelby Lynne The singer-songwriter performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Wed. 04/04 4W5 Blues Jam Local musicians get down 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Boheme The singer-songwriter performs with Cassidy from Antigone Rising at 8 p.m. at Tin Angel, 20 N. Second St.; 215928-0770. Juan of the Dead The Spanish action film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret Does An Early Show The drag show commences 8 p.m. at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-5920656.

WORKING FOR THE ‘WKND’: Globally renowned trance artist and DJ Ferry Corsten is on the road in support of his latest album “WKND.” Catch him in Philly performing 8 p.m. April 6 at TLA, 334 South St. For more information or tickets, visit www.ferrycorsten. com or call 215-922-1011.

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Queerly Reading The book club discusses “Gravity,” by Leanne Lieberman, 7 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960.

Joan Osbourne The rock singer performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-2221400.

Ferry Corsten The electro-dance artist performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-9221011.

From Dusk Till Dawn The violent horror film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

Rosamond Bernier The author of “Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341. Wynton Marsalis The acclaimed jazz musician performs with violinist Leila Josefowicz through March 31 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215790-5800.

‘VANITY’ FAIR: Quince Productions, known locally for compelling gay- and lesbian-themed theater, is hosting an LGBT preview week with a reprise of its recent production “Overexposed: A Slightly Awkward Peep Show,” the multi-sexual and revealing storytelling show, March 31April 1. Then the company will premiere its newest show, “Vanities,” a comedy following the lives of three young women from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, April 4-21. Both shows will run at Walnut Street Theatre’s Studio 5, 825 Walnut St. For more information or tickets, visit www.quinceproductions.com or call 215-627-1088.

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Opening The Golem EgoPo Classic Theater and the Festival of Jewish Theater present the greatest Jewish monster tale ever told, March 30-April 15 at Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St.; www.egopo.org. Tap Tap Revolution The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the Soundworks Tap Factory tappers, March 30-31 at Harold Prince Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.

Continuing Collab: Four Decades of Giving Modern and Contemporary Design Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition that includes some of the finest examples of European, American and Japanese design, through fall 2012, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Cyrano Arden Theatre Company presents the story of the most famous nose in literature in the American adaptation of the French classic, through April 15, 40 N. Second St.; www. ardentheatre.org. Doubt — A Parable Walnut Street Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning drama, through April 15 at Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

Eric N. Fausnacht Solo Gallery Show Twenty-Two Gallery presents original paintings and new silkscreens and painted furniture through April 8, 236 S. 22nd St.; 215-722-1911. From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen The National Constitution Center presents an exhibition giving a comprehensive look at The Boss’ entire career, with numerous items never before seen by the public, through Sept. 3, 525 Arch St., Independence Mall; 215-409-6895. God of Carnage Walnut Street Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning comedy, through April 29, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. Shagging The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts an exhibition of works by textile artist K. Pannepacker and more, through April 27, 1315 Spruce St.; 215732-2220. Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival The Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia presents a series of events celebrating traditional and contemporary Japanese entertainment, through April 21, various locations; www.subarucherryblossom.org. Van Gogh Up Close Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works by Vincent van Gogh, through May 6, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. West Side Story The Tony Award-winning classic Broadway musical is on stage though April 8 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

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LUCKY NUMBERS: Out author, journalist and poet Gregg Shapiro hosts a reading from his new book “Gregg Shapiro: 77,” 5:30 p.m. April 4 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. For more information, visit http://voices.e-poets.net/ ShapiroG or call 215-923-2960.

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Send notices at least one week in advance to: Out & About Listings, PGN, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 fax: 215-925-6437; or e-mail: listings@epgn.com. Notices cannot be taken over the phone.

LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE: “West Side Story,” the Tony Award-winning classic Broadway musical about two star-crossed lovers caught between rival gangs, hits the stage through April 8 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-790-5800. Photo: Carol Rosegg 2011

Zoe Strauss: Ten Years Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a mid-career retrospective of the acclaimed out photographer’s work and the first critical assessment of her 10year project to exhibit her photographs annually beneath a section of Interstate95 in South Philadelphia, through April 22, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.

Closing Debussy’s La Mer The Philadelphia Orchestra performs with violinist Leila Josefowicz, through March

31 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Hope Street and Other Lonely Places Azuka Theatre presents the story of five individuals struggling to cope with love, loss and addictions both physical and emotional, through April 1 at The Off-Broad Street Theater at First Baptist Church, 1636 Sansom St.; 215-563-1100. Romeo and Juliet Lantern Theater Company presents the tragic love story by William Shakespeare, through April 1, 923 Ludlow St.; 215-8290395. ■

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Saturday, April 14th, 2012 • TIME:11pm-3:30am

WHAT TO EXPECT: * DJ Dutch * Food Catered by 13th St Pizza * OPEN BAR * Men of Magnum Erotic Dancers ($20- PRIVATE lap dances upon request) * A Full House of Guys To Choose From & Soo Much More... ROOMS: Members: $25.00 & Non- Members: $35.00 LOCKERS: Members: $18.00 & Non- Members: $28.00 -Rooms go quickly and are on a 1st Come, 1st Served Basis. So Check In Early if you want a room...-

WEEKLY SPECIALS BUSINESS MANS 4HR LOCKER SPECIAL Mon. thru Friday (8am-4pm) Members: $5.00 & Non-Members: $15.00 $12 LOCKER WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY 4PM-12 MIDNIGHT

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