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Calcutta House gets $837K grant

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Calcutta House is one of 18 agencies across the nation that will receive a federal grant to provide housing for those with HIV/AIDS. The Housing and Urban Development grant, totaling $837,303, will support the agency’s Serenity Court, a nine-bed resi-

dence.

The funding is for a three-year period.

Calcutta House has received funding through the grant stream since 2003, when the money was used for the construction of Serenity Court, which opened one year later.

Calcutta also operates the 18-room Independence Place.

This latest award is a slight increase over

the previous funding cycle, said Calcutta House director of development and communications Joe Tozzi.

The funding will be used for operational costs — such as building maintenance, housing and nursing supplies and transportation for residents — and support services, which pays nursing, hospice and other staff.

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Health company settles with HIV-pos nursing assistant

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

V FOR VICTORY: University of Pennsylvania’s HIV Prevention Research Division got its new ambassadors last weekend at the Mr. and Ms. Lady V Pageant April 1 at Voyeur. The winning contestants included second runner-up Mariah More Sky (from left), Mr. V Emmanuel Claudio, Ms. Lady V Joy Marnier and first runner-up Karen Vonsay. The winners will help Penn get the word out about HIV vaccine research, including its current study focused on HIV-negative sexually active transgender women and bisexual and gay men. Photo: Patrick Hagerty

COMING OUT AGAINST BULLIES: Councilman Jim Kenney hosted a screening of the film “Bully” March 28 at United Artists Riverview Plaza Stadium. The Lee Hirsch documentary, which examines bullying in American schools, received an “R” rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, causing a backlash from some anti-bullying advocates. The film, which opens in Philadelphia April 13, will be released unrated.

The near-capacity crowd participated in a post-film discussion with Kenney (from left), Safe Schools Advocate Kelley Hodge, WPVI reporter Alicia Vitarelli, Hamels Foundation director of operations G-N Kang and state Sen. Anthony Williams. Photo: Scott A. Drake

A Pittsburgh-based national health-care company last month agreed to settle a suit with a nursing assistant it refused to hire because of the man’s HIV-positive status — which could set an important precedent for HIV discrimination in occupational-licensing requirements.

Capital Healthcare Solutions will pay the plaintiff, identified in court papers as D.B., $20,000 in punitive and compensatory damages, as well as $2,000 for back pay.

The plaintiff was represented by AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Jewish group launches GSA

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Jewish teens from throughout the region will soon have a new safe space.

Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Greater Philadelphia is launching a gay/straight alliance to provide a multipurposed outlet for LGBT youth and their allies.

The group will host its inaugural event, a screening of “Hineini,” from 4-6 p.m. April 15 at 7607 Old York Road in Elkins Park.

The film profiles a lesbian student’s efforts to establish a GSA at a Jewish high school in the Boston area.

Rabbi Elisa Goldberg, director of Jewish Community Services at JFCS, said the film screening will be used to bring together the core group of youth interested in joining the GSA. From there, two rabbis — one of whom is a lesbian and the other who is an ally — will facilitate the group, although the youth will largely be in charge of its direction, Goldberg said.

“We want them to create the group they want,” she said. “We have ideas of what we want it to be, but we’re all of the mindset that we can give the kids who participate ideas about what they can do but we want to let them feel ownership over it. We imagine it being in part a support group, in

part a social community, and it may even become an opportunity for the kids to do some activism in their own communities, but they’ll have a lot of say in that.”

Goldberg said organizers expect most members to be in the high-school age range, although membership is not limited.

JFCS also has counselors on staff who can connect with youth who need additional assistance.

The impetus for the GSA came when JFCS partnered with national LGBT Jewish organization Keshet last spring for a daylong LGBT-awareness program for local Jewish educators.

“From that, we got a sense of the needs of the community, and it became really apparent that we needed a place in the Jewish community where young people who identify as queer, as transgender or who believe in this as an important social issue, can come together,” she said. “In general when young Jews come out, a lot often leave the Jewish community because they don’t think it’s a welcoming space. So we want to educate the Jewish community and also create a space for young people to feel integrated.”

Youth interested in attending the screening or joining the group can email JewishGSA@gmail.com or call 267-2562075. ■

PA school votes down GSA

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A school board in Central Pennsylvania this week voted against allowing its highschool students to form a gay/straight alliance.

The East Pennsboro Area School Board voted 4-4 Tuesday night to reject the application for a GSA at East Pennsboro Area High School in Enola, just west of Harrisburg across the Susquehanna River.

A majority of board members must approve a motion for it to pass.

About 800 students attend the school.

One of the board members cited budgetary concerns as the reason for his “no” vote, although the club is expected to cost the district less than $300.

Jason Landau Goodman, University of Pennsylvania student and executive director of Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition, said the board’s vote sent “a devastating message: LGBT students are not welcome here.”

“East Pennsboro Area School District

has a wealth of wonderful educators and administrators who want success for all their students, and allowing the formation of a GSA is critical to that mission,” he added.

PSEC co-founder Jason Fluke, a graduate of the high school, said he wasn’t surprised by the board’s decision.

“It is a shame because this shows the rest of the nation that even in 2012, people in Central Pennsylvania need to be educated on diversity issues,” he said. “I find it intriguing that the school board, those who are entrusted to have the best interests of the students in mind, voted against the GSA to spite some of their most vulnerable youth.”

The district’s superintendent backs the formation of the GSA and said he will request that the board reconsider its decision at a meeting next month.

The school currently has more than twodozen student organizations, focusing on chess, computers, skiing and art, as well as those devoted to French, German, Italian, Latin and Spanish languages. ■

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SONG AND DANCE: About 90 members of the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus joined in song for “Changes: In Good Times” March 31 at Prince Music Theater.

PGMC staged three performances throughout the weekend in a show that included a collaboration with Smoke, Lilies and Jade Arts Initiative. One of PGMC’s next ventures will be its 30th anniversary extravaganza in June. Photo: Patrick Hagerty

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Drexel med student gets national LGBT award

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A Drexel University medical student has been honored with a national award for his work to heighten awareness on LGBT health issues.

The American Medical Student Association and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association announced last month that Bobby Kelly won its 2012 LGBT Health Achievement Award.

Kelly, 31, is a fourth-year medical student who will graduate next month.

Kelly has been an active member in Drexel’s LGBT health group and was instrumental in launching a coalition for local LGBT medical students.

He is preparing to begin his residency training in family and preventive medicine in New Hampshire, the next leg of his career, at which he arrived by a untraditional route.

Kelly considered a career in pediatric medicine when he was young but eventually majored in math and philosophy at St. Joseph’s University.

Upon graduation, he entered the education field, teaching middleschool math and science for several years while also attaining his master’s in elementary education from University of Pennsylvania.

While he enjoyed working with the kids, he said he was eager to put his problem-solving skills to a more practical use.

“I liked the learning and explaining part of teaching, but the content in an algebra class was just a little too dry for me,” he said.

“There are a lot of things in common between education and medicine — working with people to figure things out and just helping out others — but I wanted to do something that was more relevant to me.”

Kelly got that chance when he entered Drexel.

After the chaos of his freshman year subsided, he took an active role in the university’s LGBT People in Medicine, participating in the club’s lecture, social and community events, and eventually becoming president.

In his third year, Kelly began organizing his fellow students to volunteer at Mazzoni Center, an

DREXEL MED STUDENT BOBBY KELLY VISITING FENWAY HEALTH, BOSTON’S LGBT HEALTH CENTER

effort that inspired the creation of a new citywide LGBT group.

“I started getting volunteers together from Drexel to help out at the adolescent health dropin clinic, but I realized the pool just from Drexel wasn’t quite large enough,” he said. “Most of the medical schools in the Philly region, and there are five or six, have an LGBT health group, so I thought that we could get every-

one together.”

From that idea came the LGBT Alliance of Students Organized for Health, which now meets monthly for panel discussions, workshops and other activities that seek to promote awareness and understanding of LGBT-health issues.

LASOH was one of the primary organizers of last year’s LGBT Health Student Symposium, which brought LGBT medical stu-

dents from around the nation to Philadelphia.

There is a core of 20 very active students, and the entire coalition encompasses about 100 members, Kelly said. The success of the group has inspired similar coalitions in New York and other cities.

While Kelly said he’s honored that his work has been recognized

by AMSA and GLMA, he is even more eager that the award sheds light on the potential that alliancebuilding can have on furthering LGBT health causes.

“It’s a great thing to be recognized by these national groups that do so many awesome things, and it feels good to know that people are acknowledging the fact that this work needs to be done and that it is being done,” he said. “A lot of what I have been trying to do is getting people together and pooling resources and working on collective things. I think that idea sometimes has trouble getting momentum because people tend to stay with their own group and not branch out, but I think collaboration is a great way to get things done.” ■

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between March 19-25. Information is courtesy of 6th District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686TIPS (8477).

DIVAS IN DOLLYWOOD: Dolly Parton was one of the many stars on hand at Voyeur March 31 for “Dragapalooza: Hollywood Divas.” Jason Cozmo, who portrays Parton at Resorts’ “Divas in a Man’s World” in Atlantic City, was joined by 21 other drag performers and singers for the show, organized by Nightlifegay. com. The second-annual event drew about 300 people. Photo: Patrick Hagerty

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INCIDENTS — At 4 a.m. March 18 (reported March 19), a man was accosted from behind by another male in the 1000 block of Spruce Street, who took his wallet and iPhone and fled. The victim could not provide any description of the suspect.

— At 8 p.m. March 18 (reported March 19), a man was outside 12th and Locust streets when a male snatched his wallet and fled. The suspect was described as a black male, 2025 years old, 5-foot-8 and wearing all black clothing.

— Between 7:30 p.m. March 18 and 7 p.m.

March 19, a secured bicycle was stolen from outside 1200 Locust St. — Between 12:10-12:30 a.m. March 19, two secured bicycles were stolen from outside 120 S. 13th St. — At 10:10 p.m. March 20, a male snatched a woman’s handbag while she was standing at 13th and Chancellor streets. The suspect fled

east on Chancellor and was described as a white male, 20 years old with a thin build and wearing a gray hat with fur and a gray jacket.

— Between 1:30-3:30 p.m. March 21, a secured bicycle was stolen from outside 221 S. 11th St. — Between 5-6 p.m. March 21, a secured bicycle was stolen from outside 810 Locust St. — Between 10:30 p.m. March 21 and 8 p.m. March 22, a secured bicycle was stolen from outside 1300 Locust St. — At 2 p.m. March 23, a male took a woman’s wallet from her handbag hanging on the back of her chair inside the Capital Grille, 1338 Chestnut St. The suspect was described as a black male in his 40s, 5-foot-11, 160 pounds with a thin moustache and glasses, and wearing a blue polo shirt and dark pants.

— At 8:50 p.m. March 25, a woman was approached from behind while at 1200 Spruce St. by a male who slapped her wallet from her hand, picked it up and fled east on Spruce.

The suspect was described as a white male, aged 30-35, 6-foot-5 and wearing a red hat, a multi-colored jacket and jeans.

SUMMARY OFFENSE ARRESTS — On March 20, police issued a citation for a summary offense at 11:55 p.m. outside 200 S. 13th St. — On March 24, police issued a citation for a summary offense at 8:35 p.m. outside 1222 Locust St. ■

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Casey signs on to federal benefits bill

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A Pennsylvania U.S. senator and other supporters last month lined up behind a bill that would mandate the availability of domestic-partner benefits for the same-sex partners of federal employees.

Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D) was one of 21 lawmakers among the first round of supporters to sign on as cosponsors to the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act. Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (RMaine) introduced the measure in November, and the cosponsor list was announced at the end of March.

Casey also cosponsored the legislation in the previous session.

Late last month, a coalition of 35 organizations from across the nation authored a letter to Congressmembers from both chambers to urge their support for DPBO. Among the signatories was the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Log Cabin Republicans, People for the American Way, Service Employees International Union and unions representing federal workers, state employees and postal workers.

The measure would extend health and life insurance, long-term care benefits, pensions and other benefits to same-sex partners who live in a committed relationship with a federal employee.

“This legislation is about equality for the gay community, pure and simple,” Lieberman said

in a statement. “I am pleased that so many of my colleagues are showing their support, as are a growing number of civil-rights groups, labor groups and businesses. We want to attract the best people to serve in the federal government and one way to do that is by offering their families the same benefits as their heterosexual colleagues, as businesses across the country are already doing.”

More than half of Fortune 500 companies, as well as 24 states and several-hundred local governments — Philadelphia included — offer domestic-partner benefits.

This is the fourth time Lieberman has introduced the measure, and the second for Collins.

Collins called the measure “fair policy and good business practice.”

“The federal government must compete with the private sector when it comes to attracting the most qualified, skilled and dedicated employees,” she added.

Other cosponsors include New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) and Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D).

The bill was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which Collins chairs. A hearing date has not yet been set.

In the House, out Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) is spearheading the companion bill along with 83 cosponsors. That version has support from Pennsylvania Reps. Michael Doyle (D-14th Dist.) and Chaka Fattah (D-2nd Dist.). ■

HITTING A HIGH NOTE: Performers such as singer Natasha Redd wowed the crowds at the first-ever “Stimulus Got Talent” March 30 at Voyeur, staged by Stimulus Productions. “It was probably one of the best events we’ve ever thrown,” said Stimulus co-founder Morgan Levine, adding that about 275 people turned out. “In terms of the performances and the vibe, everyone just had wonderful things to say.”

Since it was Stimulus’ first venture into the realm of talent-themed events, Levine said organizers kept it competition-free, but will likely introduce a voting structure for future events. Photo: Tara Lessard

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News Briefing LGBT Advisory Board urges appeal of Scouts ruling The Mayor’s LGBT Advisory Board agreed unanimously last week to urge the Nutter administration to appeal a recent ruling in the local Boy Scouts dispute.

Since 2008, the city has been trying to evict the BSA Cradle of Liberty Council from a city-owned building at 231-251 N. 22nd St. on the Parkway.

In June 2010, a federal jury ruled the city placed an “unconstitutional condition” on the council by allegedly requiring it to renounce the national BSA’s antigay policy to stay in the building.

On March 20, U.S. District Court Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter issued a 34-page ruling, upholding the jury verdict.

In a separate ruling, the judge ordered the city to pay Cradle $877,000 in legal fees.

The Mayor’s LGBT Advisory Board met March 28 and agreed unanimously to send a letter to Nutter in support of an appeal of Buckwalter’s ruling, said Gloria Casarez, the city’s Director of LGBT Affairs.

The deadline for an appeal is April 20.

No legal fees must be paid to Cradle while an appeal is pending.

In his ruling, Buckwalter stated that the city placed an “overly broad speech restriction” on Cradle by allegedly conditioning its continued occupation of the building on the repudiation requirement.

But critics of Buckwalter’s ruling say it didn’t give enough weight to a rental-payment option the city also offered Cradle.

At press time, Nutter spokesperson Mark McDonald had no comment on whether the city would appeal the ruling.

Antibias ordinance challenged, again James D. Schneller, co-founder of the anti-LGBT Philadelphia Metro Task Force, asked a Montgomery County judge this week to reinstate a legal challenge to Conshohocken’s LGBT antibias ordinance.

Enacted in April 2011, the borough ordinance extends antibias protections to LGBTs in the areas of housing, employment, public accommodations and public education.

Discriminators face up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine for each violation.

But last year, Schneller filed a legal challenge to the ordinance, contending it allegedly infringes on protected religious freedoms, causes harm to children and fosters the spread of diseases.

On March 12, Judge Bernard A. Moore dismissed Schneller’s complaint on the basis that it lacks legal standing.

On April 2, Schneller filed a motion asking Moore to reconsider the dismissal and requests that a resident of Conshohocken be named as a plaintiff in the case.

Schneller, a resident of Radnor, could not be reached for comment at press time.

There is no deadline for Moore to rule on Schneller’s motion.

Michael J. Savona, the borough solicitor, expressed hope that Schneller’s motion will be denied without delay.

“It’s unfortunate that Mr. Schneller keeps perpetuating this meritless litigation at the expense of the residents of the borough of Conshohocken,” Savona said.

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MCCP to protest at Hershey The Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia will head to Hershey Park next weekend to speak out on behalf of a boy denied admission to a Hershey-affiliated school because he is HIV-positive.

Supporters will set off at 9 a.m. April 15 from 3637 Chestnut St. and return to the city at 5 p.m.

The situation arose last year after the Milton Hershey School, a boarding school that educates disadvantaged youth, rejected a 13-year-old boy, saying his HIV status put other students at risk.

The boy and his family, who are being represented by AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, filed a federal lawsuit against the school in December.

The MCCP bus trip, which can accommodate 56 people, is being funded by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which is encouraging a boycott of Hershey.

The Rev. Jeffrey Jordan, pastor of MCCP, noted proceeds from Hershey Park and from the sale of Hershey candy go to the Hershey Foundation, which supports the school.

Jordan said protestors will call on the school to reverse its admissions decision and to adopt a nondiscrimination policy in regard to HIV-positive students.

For more information or to register for the trip, visit http://www.facebook.com/eve nts/257484204343624/.

LGBT prom in Bucks Co. The Open Door Club at Bucks County Community College will host its annual LGBT Prom from 6-10 p.m. April 13 at the college’s Newtown campus.

The event is open to LGBT and ally college and high-school students.

The theme will be “Classic Hollywood” of the 1930s-’50s, and formal wear is welcomed but not required. The competition for king and queen is open to all youth.

Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. A portion of the proceeds benefits LGBT program Rainbow Room at Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County.

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/268745113205679/. ■ — Jen Colletta

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Taking a bow Last week, the Local Media Association, a trade group for community newspapers, released its 2011 editorial award winners, giving PGN 10 honors.

This is the highest number of awards a mainstream journalism organization has given an LGBT publication, ever.

This also placed PGN second in the nation for the number of awards given

by LMA. (The Howard County Times of Maryland topped PGN with 11 awards.)

For some, this might not be a significant accomplishment. How many awards does The New York Times win each year?

Or the Daily News or The Inquirer?

The significance is this: PGN fought for years to be accepted as a peer by mainstream media; it was only after leadership at the Daily News and the Inquirer advocated for PGN that it was allowed admittance to the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. It took 10 years for PGN to be allowed into Suburban Newspapers of America, LMA’s previous moniker.

While it certainly is an honor to be recognized by peers in LGBT media, it marks progress when mainstream organizations also recognize your work and judge it on an equal playing field.

The other significant aspect of these particular awards is that, while PGN was competing among papers of similar circulation and frequency, many of the papers are part of larger publishing companies — and have more resources than an independently run paper such as PGN. Additionally, PGN won for editorial content and design; again, another sign of LGBT acceptance. (Yes, gays can design.

But we can also write hard-hitting news stories.)

Here are the awards: — 1st Place, Best Continuing Coverage: Stacey Blahnik murder by Jen Colletta — 1st Place, Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Section: Arts & Culture Section — 1st Place, Best Column Writing: Millennial Poz by Aaron Stella — 1st Place, Best Graphic Artwork: Election 11/10, Regional Civil Unions/ Marriage Laws, 35 Years of PGN timeline

by Scott Drake and Sean Dorn — 1st Place, Best Non-Page One Layout: Arts & Culture Feature Story Covers by Sean Dorn — 3rd Place, Best Opinion Column: “Mark My Words” by Mark Segal — 3rd Place, Best Arts & Entertainment Criticism/Commentary: “These Women Want to Rock You with New Music” by Larry Nichols — 3rd Place, Best Special Section: “World AIDS Day” by PGN Staff — Honorable Mention, Best Arts & Entertainment Writing-Feature: “Author Brings Her Story to the Stage in Philly”

by Larry Nichols — Honorable Mention, Best In-Depth Reporting: “Crystal Meth: Clubs, Culture and the Gay Community” by Jen Colletta Congratulations to the winners, and to everyone on the PGN team — editorial, production, advertising and administration. It can be a challenge to put out a weekly newspaper — thank you for your dedication and hard work. And thank you to the community who reads and supports us every week. We couldn’t do it without you either. ■

Hey girlfriend, what are you wearing to the race war? Some sexy camouflage chaps, perhaps? A rainbow-striped Kevlar vest?

Wait, haven’t you heard? The National Organization for Marriage is sponsoring some big gay people vs. black people thing. I hear it’s going to be all the rage.

Like, literally, all of the rage.

How do I know this? Recently uncovered court documents outline, in writing, NOM’s national antigay marriage strategy to “drive a wedge between gays and blacks.”

Now why would they want to do such a thing? Well, because gays and blacks happen to be “two key Democratic constituencies.” So, you know, it’s nothing personal.

It’s just politics.

The document reads, “We aim to find, equip, energize and connect AfricanAmerican spokespeople for marriage; to develop a media campaign around their objections to gay marriage as a civil right; and to provoke the gay marriage base into responding by denouncing these spokesmen and women as bigots. No politician wants to take up and push an issue that splits the base of the party. Fanning the hostility raised in the wake of Prop. 8 is key ... ” Oh, how clever. How nice. Especially the “fanning the hostility” part. If there’s one thing America needs when it comes to the issue of race, it’s a hostility fan.

Some people are, for some reason, upset about this. One of those people is Julian Bond, former chair of the NAACP. During a recent interview with Anderson Cooper, Bond said, “It’s one of the most cynical things I’ve ever heard of or seen spelled out in this way.”

Bond also decried the idea that “these people are just pawns that can be played with, the black people who oppose gay marriage, and the black people who support gay marriage, just can be moved around like pieces on a chessboard.”

So if I understand correctly, Bond is saying that black people don’t appreciate being pawns and having their beliefs exploited? Huh. You’d think a group like

NOM, always so forward-thinking and considerate of each person’s inherent dignity, would have seen that coming.

NOM is, of course, banking on the argument that some people make against calling the fight for LGBT rights a civil-rights movement. When Cooper asked about this, Bond said, “It is exactly the same. It’s a right that all Americans have, and no reason why gay and lesbian people ought not to have these rights, too. These are universal rights.”

Bond is, obviously, proof that not all black people are antigay. In fact, some black people are actually gay. Which means not all gay people are white. Which makes this whole race war idea pretty convoluted.

But it is worth noting that gay Americans are not immune to racial divisions. A commentator on AmericaBlogGay wrote, “It’s all good and well to pretend that these divisions aren’t there while the mainstream is watching, but those among us who are black and gay know good and well that they are.”

In other words, yeah, it’s easy to point fingers at NOM’s indisputably racist strategy, but let’s not allow NOM’s horribleness to keep us from seeing that the fight against racism is no more a thing of the past than the fight against homophobia.

As Bond told the Human Rights Campaign, “NOM’s underhanded attempts to divide will not succeed if black Americans remember their own history of discrimination. Pitting bigotry’s victims against other victims is reprehensible; the defenders of justice must stand together.”

Of course, NOM would be the first to declare themselves as the victims in this rigmarole. And I’m sure this is all some kind of big misunderstanding. Hey, some of NOM’s best friends are black! But definitely not gay. ■ D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world, she reviews rock ’n’ roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister.

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Keeping the presses humming It’s Tuesday and my column is still sits directly in front of me, I ask her: Carol what should I write about this week? She unwritten. At times like this, the best way to accomplish the mission of choosing a replies, “Write about what a great executopic is to ask the people around the office tive assistant you have.” Translation: Write for suggestions. As I stroll from departabout her. ment to department and watch the daily She’s right: She is special. And so is grind of putting out a weekly everyone here at PGN. It takes a special person to be on constant newspaper, it takes my breath deadline and deal with the stress away. of breaking stories, keeping In the editorial offices, Scott accounts happy, keeping graffiti is busy laying out the paper, blocking blank spaces on blank off our vending boxes, chasing pages where pictures and/or someone for that special picture, copy will go, while Sarah is planning and delivering features, deciding which stories and piclaying it all out and analyzing tures will make the final cut. complex issues facing the community.

Jen is working on a complex story on the death of a historic Maybe I’ll have better luck Philadelphian, while Tim is tomorrow, Wednesday. We go out chasing the Boy Scouts to press on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Sarah hates when I get her my story. Sean is busy designing the house ad to announce that column late. She also gets cross PGN has been named one of a major story breaks late Mark Segal when the best weekly newspapers in on a Wednesday and they have to change the entire layout of North America by the Local the paper. [Editor’s note: Don’t they know Media Association, a mainstream journalism organization of more than 2,000 news- we go to press on Wednesday? And that the paper members. I wanted to ask Larry, but world revolves around us?] he’s preparing for an interview with Dan Looking at my computer, I note there is Savage, so he’s a little busy. an email from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Heading upstairs, I checked in to the Association that needs my attention. As business department here at PGN. Dan, I respond to that, there’s another. This our marketing and advertising director, is time, it’s the Philadelphia Multi-Cultural having a meeting with his sales team, look- Newspaper Association and a meeting to ing at future issues and strategizing. Don, plan our launch party. office manager and circulation guru, is Just another day in the trenches. ■ preparing to order 20 new vending boxes Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the for our distribution center. Don is always nation’s most-award-winning commentahappy when we plan for PGN’s future. tor in LGBT media. He can be reached at And Carol is busy working on accounts mark@epgn.com. payable and receivable — and, since she

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Street Talk

Is it appropriate to boycott Hershey because the Milton Hershey School denied admittance to an HIV-positive boy?

“I’d support a mini-boycott.

I do like Hershey’s chocolates. I couldn’t stop eating them indefinitely.

But I’d do a mini-boycott Ann-Marie Gover for a limited dance student period of time. Center City Especially when I’m feeling socially conscious. It’s absolutely wrong to deny admittance to the young man.”

“No. Let the students boycott the school, if they feel that’s appropriate.

I think it should be Zachary Hardy a local student effort, not Logan Square something spearheaded by outsiders.

Personally, I love Hershey Cookies ‘n’ Creme candy bars. I can’t stop buying them.”

“I wouldn’t force a boycott on anyone. It’s a personal preference as to whether or not people participate.

I personally Evan Turner feel it’s unfair student what they did Center City to the boy. I’ll try to avoid Hershey chocolates in the future. But it would be a sacrifice for me.”

“No. The activists should find a way of protesting that doesn’t harm the current students. I fully support Rebecca Wells student the right Pennsport of the HIVpositive student to attend the school. But boycotting Hershey could hurt the other students.

The activists should find a different way of attracting attention to the issue.”

Letters and Feedback In response to “Liberty City, Equality PA back Sims over Josephs,” March 30-April 5: As secretary of the Liberty City [Democratic Club] board and chair of the membership committee, I want to be clear that no candidate can “stack the room” in their favor. Everyone who participated in the discussion and voted was eligible to do so under our eligibility guidelines.

Our guidelines are specifically designed to prevent stacking the room. To be eligible, members must pay dues at least 45 days prior to the endorsement meeting, except for members in good standing from the previous year, who shall be permitted to pay their dues up until the start of the endorsement meeting; and have attended or participated in at least two Liberty City-sponsored meetings, events, functions or other such activities deemed appropriate by the board, within the previous 12 months.

As always, Liberty City welcomes broad participation from the community in our democratic process.

— StephanieCH In response to “Out candidate challenges longtime W. Philly incumbent,” March 30April 5: I was frustrated by the lack of content to this political puff piece. While I understand the interest in profiling out queer candidates, I would appreciate if PGN would look into what Fatimah stands for — in terms of actual policy, not just platitudes.

Her candidacy appears to be part of a concerted effort on the part of the Anthony Williams machine to take down James Roebuck for his opposition in Harrisburg to Williams’ pet project: school vouchers.

For actual reporting on this, see the City Paper’s analysis on the anti-Roebuck (and thus pro-Fatimah) propaganda that’s been blanketing West Philly. Readers of PGN might be critical of the voucher movement for many reasons, but foremost for those with an interest in queer rights, it should be noted that vouchers drain money from pub-

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lic schools to fund, among other schools, parochial schools, many of which teach close-mindedness and hate.

— Ben R This article and the focus on Fatimah Loren Muhammad’s sexual orientation shows the dead end of identity politics.

Ms. Muhammad is being heavily funded by right-wing political organizations that are out to privatize public education. The organization Students First, for example, has given her campaign $25,000. This is an organization founded by former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, a major supporter of privatization of public schools. Students First has spent $590,682 on pro-voucher candidates all over the state in 2012.

State Sen. Roebuck is a leading member of the House Education Committee. He has opposed vouchers as unconstitutional because they undermine public schools and violate separation of church and state, a violation of the state Constitution.

The push for vouchers has been repeatedly voted down in the state Legislature because of overwhelming opposition in the state. It was voted down last fall even though Gov. Corbett had made vouchers one of his major objectives as part of his campaign to privatize schools.

One of Ms. Muhammad’s backers, state Sen. Anthony Williams, received over $5 million from right-wing forces, including three right-wing Bala Cynwyd-based hedge fund managers, for his campaign in his 2010 run for governor because he was provoucher.

Removal of state Rep. Roebuck from the Legislature would strengthen the right-wing forces that threaten the rights of LGBT citizens in Pennsylvania.

— Tom Bishop [Editor’s note: PGN has submitted questionnaires to Democratic Legislature candidates, including Fatimah Loren Muhammad, on LGBT issues. Their responses will be published April 20.]

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In another groundbreaking victory for the LGBT ried heterosexual individuals from being singled community, the U.S. Department of Housing and out and discriminated against by any HUD-assisted Urban Development announced a finalized veror Federal Housing Authority-insured housing prosion of a long-awaited rule against LGBT housing viders, as well as FHA lenders. It has five major discrimination, which went into effect on March 5. components: definitions of sexual orientation and The new rule, “Equal Access to Housing in HUD gender identity; a general equal access provision; Programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender clarification of HUD’s family definition; prohibition on inquiries related to sexual orientation and identity” or “the LGBT rule” for short, will extend gender identity; and the addition of sexual orienalready-existing protections to the LGBT community, as well as our non-married heterosexual countation and gender identity to existing FHA equalterparts. This new rule is in large part a reaction of access regulations. Essentially, by clarifying the the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity definitions of family, sexual orientation and gender to studies performed by groups such as the National identity, and then weaving them into pre-existGay and Lesbian Task Force, as well as their expeing legal protections, HUD expanded coverage riences at LGBT housing discrimination to LGBT individuals. Clarification of forums around the country. “family” is particularly important, as this Attorney-at-Law In describing the impetus behind the definition directly affects who is eligible LGBT rule, John D. 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There is no exemption for religious housing providers, but private housing providers who also showed a high rate of differential treatment neither receive HUD funds and nor have a Federal toward same-sex couples. Participants posed seeking housing as either same-sex couples or oppoHousing Authority insured loan are not subject to site-sex couples. In 32 out of 120 tests, same-sex the new regulations. couples received discriminatory or differential While the LGBT rule will have sweeping effect treatment as to whether housing was available, the nationwide, there will be individuals in small and rental price of the housing, the price of application big towns alike who will continue to face discrimifees and the levels of encouragement. Additionally, nation. If you experience this type of prohibited same-sex couples were often subject to offensive discrimination, contact your local HUD office. A commentary by the housing providers. list of offices can be found at www.hud.gov/localoffices. The LGBT rule is a start to gain protection at The LGBT rule cites both studies as proof of its the federal level, and hopefully HUD is the first of necessity, also acknowledging that the new protections help further HUD’s organizational mission. many federal agencies to begin implementing such HUD aims to create strong, sustainable and inclusafeguards for the LGBT community. ■ sive communities and quality affordable homes Angela D. Giampolo, principal of Giampolo Law for everyone. Congress has given HUD the legal Group, maintains offices in Pennsylvania and authority to fulfill this mission through numerous statutes, mandating that HUD should work to New Jersey and specializes in LGBT law, business address the needs and interests of the nation’s com- law, real-estate law and civil rights. Her website munities and the people who live and work in them. is www.giampololaw.com and she maintains two Without much-needed protection for LGBT indiblogs, www.phillygaylawyer.com and www.lifeinviduals, this cannot be accomplished. house.com. Send Angela your legal questions at The LGBT rule will protect LGBT and non-marangela@giampololaw.com.

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Philadelphia Gay News M A K E S

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PGN won 10 awards from the Local Media Association for news, entertainment and column writing, page and graphic design and sections.

— Highest number of awards for an LGBT publication from a mainstream journalism organization ever — PGN ranked second in the nation among weekly newspapers

PGN won the following 2011 LMA editorial awards: • • • • •

1st Place, Best Continuing Coverage: Stacey Blahnik murder by Jen Colletta 1st Place, Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Section: Arts & Culture Section 1st Place, Best Column Writing: Millennial Poz by Aaron Stella 1st Place, Best Graphic Artwork: Election 11/10, Regional Civil Unions/Marriage Laws, 35 Years of PGN timeline by Scott A. Drake and Sean Dorn 1st Place, Best Non-Page One Layout: Arts & Culture Feature Story Covers by Sean Dorn

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3rd Place, Best Opinion Column: “Mark My Words” by Mark Segal 3rd Place, Best Arts & Entertainment Criticism/Commentary: “These Women Want To Rock You With New Music” by Larry Nichols 3rd Place, Best Special Section: “World AIDS Day”

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Honorable Mention, Best Arts & Entertainment Writing-Feature: “Author Brings Her Story to the Stage in Philly” by Larry Nichols Honorable Mention, Best In-depth Reporting: “Crystal Meth: Clubs, Culture And The Gay Community” by Jen Colletta

The Local Media Association serves over 2,000 member North American newspapers. With this year’s recognition, PGN is the most award-winning LGBT newspaper in the country, and in LGBT media history.

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Obituary Dennis Rubini, professor, activist, 72

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Longtime Temple University professor Dr. Dennis Rubini died last month. He was 72.

Rubini was found deceased in his Society Hill residence March 23, and the Medical Examiner’s office determined the cause of death to be arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Rubini, a native of New York, was very active in the LGBT community at Temple and citywide.

He taught history at Temple from 1969-99.

“He was very blunt and forward about things — he didn’t bullshit,” Tommi Avicolli Mecca, a former student and associate of Rubini, said about his teaching style.

“When we’d cover popes, he’d tell us frankly about the popes who had sex, who had kids, and he would talk about these things in a very matter-of-fact way. He wouldn’t try to skirt certain issues but would tell students exactly the truth about history and about the country. We were eager for that.”

Another former student and friend, David Rosenblatt, said Rubini excelled at connecting with his pupils.

“He had a way of engaging with the students with the knowledge he had but at the same time he could bring it down to their level and make it palatable and fun,” he said.

Some of Rubini’s classes sought to bring history into the present, such as those that focused on the gay-liberation movement.

Rubini was one of the first openly gay professors on campus, Avicolli Mecca said, and was unapologetic about that, which didn’t win him favor with some of his colleagues.

“He was out at a time where it wasn’t acceptable to be so,” he said. “Most professors would never have done that because they would be too worried about not being eligible for tenure or about losing their tenure. But he was very out and was teaching courses that weren’t the mainstream history courses that professors go for to get tenure or to be ‘respected’ members of a history department.

But that didn’t stop him.”

He was also a helpful resource for the gay-liberation group on campus, of which Avicolli Mecca was a member.

In 1973, the organization set up a “Kiss the Queer” kissing booth on campus, an action that was met by strong and nearly violent resistance from some students. The administration also had a critical response, but Rubini intervened to keep the club and its members from punishment.

“We would sometimes do controversial things that the administration would freak out about because they were worried about legislators in Harrisburg cutting off funding,” Avicolli Mecca said.

“So after the kissing booth, the administration was threatening me with expulsion and Dennis went in and put in a good word for us with the board of trustees and others and smoothed things over for us. That was a really valuable role he played in the early gayliberation days; it was great for us to have an ally on the faculty who was willing to stand up for us.”

Outside the Temple community, Rubini also took a stand in the LGBT-rights movement as a member of the Gay Activist Alliance, of which he served as president in the early 1970s.

Former GAA member and longtime friend Larry Wexler said Rubini’s passion for teaching spilled into his activism work.

“He was extremely knowledgeable about almost everything,” he said. “He was very well-educated and well-spoken and a great lecturer and teacher. I never took one of his classes but he taught me more about more things than anyone else ever has.”

One of Rubini’s areas of familiarity was health. A lifeguard in his youth, Rubini was an avid fitness and exercise buff, and would ride his bike throughout the city.

“He was really a character,” Avicolli Mecca said. “He was strong-willed, stubborn and extremely dedicated to the struggle for gay liberation.”

A memorial service for Rubini is pending. ■

PGN NEWS CALCUTTA from page 1

has received for more than a decade from the state Department of Public Welfare may be in jeopardy.

If that funding is eliminated, Tozzi said the agency is not in a position to lay off workers — as DPW requires a certain number of nursing staff for Calcutta House to maintain its license.

“Even if the money isn’t there, we can’t lay off any direct-service staff,” he said. “So it would be quite a problem for us if we don’t get that funding or even if it’s a reduced amount.”

The uncertainty of that funding stream highlights the importance of the renewal grant.

“It’s crucial,” Tozzi said. “It’s really the main source of support.”

Calcutta House just entered its 25th year, and Tozzi said the agency hopes to be thriving as long as there is a need for its services.

“While we would hope that the epidemic would not be around for another 25 years, the city’s HIV infection rate is five times the national average, so we hope to still be here serving those who are in need for another 25 years,” he said. ■

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rescinded that offer after learning he was HIV-positive.

The man’s status came to light during a pre-employment health screening that asked in part whether the applicant had any “communicable” diseases. D.B.’s doctor listed HIV, but noted that the disease would not prevent him from fulfilling his job responsibilities.

D.B. filed suit in September 2011.

The company, which has not admitted to any wrongdoing, also agreed that it would not discriminate based on real or perceived disability, would provide employee training and develop internal policies to prevent future instances of discrimination.

The suit focused on the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, which includes HIV/AIDS as a protected disability.

“The ADA and other antidiscrimination laws make it clear that you need to assess each person based on his or her own ability or limitations,” said AIDS Law Project executive director Ronda Goldfein.

“You can’t simply say, ‘This person has diabetes, so therefore all people with diabetes are limited in this way.’ The goal is individual assessment.”

However, the case also incorporated issues surrounding discrimination in occupational-licensing requirements.

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Goldfein explained that many occupational licenses use language predating the ADA that prevents applicants from attaining a license if they have “contagious, communicable or infectious diseases.”

“They’re often used interchangeably and there’s very little clarification as to what those terms mean,” Goldfein said. “So we’ve seen that prospective employers, school owners — anyone concerned with jobs for which licenses are required — are confused about whether these terms exclude a person with HIV. It’s hard to say a person with HIV doesn’t have an infectious disease but yet we know that transmission doesn’t occur in a casual setting. It has to be under the right conditions.”

Goldfein said AIDS Law Project found that about 50 occupations in Pennsylvania require a license for which a clause about communicable diseases is utilized.

A few years ago, one of the agency’s clients was denied entry into a cosmetology school because the institution didn’t believe the man would be eligible for an occupational license on account of his HIV status. AIDS Law Project secured a clarification from the State Board of Cosmetology that HIV would not preclude an applicant from attaining a license.

During the settlement process between D.B. and Capital Healthcare Solutions, AIDS Law Project sought further state support that HIV should not be considered an impediment to attaining an occupational license.

With the backing of thenGov. Ed Rendell, the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs released a statement that “diseases, such as HIV, that are not transmitted through casual contact or through the usual practice of the profession or occupation for which a license is required” should not prevent an applicant from being considered for a license.

“We now have strong federal law and a clarification on our state law, but there are still people being jammed up by this,” Goldfein said.

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The SPLC said the ban and the removal of the sweatshirt violated Garrett’s constitutional rights of free speech and equal protection.

Miss Universe Canada OKs transgender contestant

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MSNBC.com reports the Miss Universe organization will allow Jenna Talackova to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant after all, provided that she meet the legal requirements for being a woman in Canada.

The head of Miss Universe Canada kicked her out recently after discovering that she is transgender. The official said Talackova had to have been born a female to participate.

At the time, a brief statement on the front page of the website for Beauties of Canada, the company that oversees the Miss Universe Canada pageant, stated that Talackova had been removed from the competition “because she did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form.”

Proving one’s gender varies by province in Canada and may require medical documents.

GLAAD said that Miss Universe had taken an important first step.

The group said in a statement: “The Miss Universe Organization should look to state non-discrimination laws and institutions including the Olympics, NCAA and The CW’s ‘America’s Next Top Model,’ which do not discriminate against transgender women.”

My Fox Atlanta reports a federal judge has rejected a high-school student’s request to be reinstated as student-body president of his suburban Atlanta school.

U.S. District Judge Richard Story ruled March 30 that Reuben Lack couldn’t prove Alpharetta High School administrators removed him solely because he promoted changes aimed at making the prom more inclusive to gay students.

Story said he admired Lack’s “zeal for change” and his effort to champion the inclusion of all students in school functions. But he cited affidavits by students and administrators who noted concerns about Lack’s leadership style.

Lack said he was ousted after introducing a resolution to make the school’s “prom king and queen” tradition more inclusive to gay students.

The school’s lawyers say he was removed because he performed below expectations.

Ala. school district allows same-sex prom dates

The Houston Chronicle reports a 71-year-old suburban Ft. Worth, Texas, woman has been charged with a hate crime for beating a man with a wooden cane because she believed he was gay and had AIDS. Police in Richland Hills said Wanda Derby assaulted the man March 28 as her son was moving into the man’s apartment. She apparently was upset with her son’s decision to move in with him.

Derby posted $11,500 bond and has been released from jail.

She’s charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and the charge is enhanced as a hate crime. She’s also charged with assault causing bodily injury. ■

According to the Montgomery Advertiser, the Southern Poverty Law Center said an Alabama school district will allow samesex couples to attend prom.

The civil-rights center announced on March 29 that the Tuscaloosa County School System will let LGBT students attend prom with same-sex dates.

The issue arose when Brookwood High School sophomore Elizabeth Garrett was told by an administrator to remove a sweatshirt with the words “Warning, this individual infected with ‘the gay,’ proceed with caution.” The administrator had also

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The art of storytelling is in the spotlight this month at InterAct Theatre with an inaugural festival that will share a bevy of original works never before seen by local audiences — including performances that examine both the private and community struggles of the LGBT life.

“Outside the Frame: Vo i c e s from the O t h e r America,” running through April 22, will feature a collection of nationally renowned monologists and solo artists, including transgender playwright Deen and out storyteller Tim Miller.

D e e n will present “Draw the Circle,” a work that details his journey as a transman, through April 8 at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. Deen created the piece during Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group in 2009 and has fleshed it out with a series of staged readings since, presenting the world premiere this week.

The work traces Deen’s transition and the difficult reactions he faced by those in his conservative South Asian-American

family.

While it is a solo piece, Deen takes on the characters of his family and friends, exploring their responses through their points of view, not his own.

That format enabled him to more acutely envision the challenges his family members experienced in coming to terms with his transition, he said.

“It was healing in a way because it showed me that there are no bad guys — this has been hard for everyone and everyone’s doing their best to love each other in the way they’re capable of. Sometimes the way people act that is hurtful to us isn’t done from a bad place but is actually done from love,” he said.

“There’s still part of me that’s mad — mad that my parents don’t go to PFLAG meetings or march in Pride parades — but then, there’s the other part of me, the writer Deen, who can better understand their cultural background and where they’re coming from. I’ve always, in the back of my mind, known that they’re doing the best they can, but I’ve felt that more — it’s been more real — since I’ve been involved in this play.”

Deen will next take the show to Chicago and hopes to eventually bring it to New York City. He has also been invited to present it in India, which he said would be meaningful, as he is eager to introduce the work and its message to the myriad audiences that could be faced with similar situations.

Although “Draw the Circle” focuses on the transgender experience, Deen said the show has a universal message.

“In some of my readings, I’ll have people who are not LGBT, not minorities, not South Asian, come up to me and say that the show reminded them of something that happened with their own mom, or someone else in their family.

At its heart, it’s a show about family.”

Similarly, Miller’s work is a commentary on broader social issues that has been shaped by his identity as an LGBT community member.

“Lay of the Land,” which premieres April 12-15 at InterAct, examines the wide-ranging challenges impacting the LGBT community, and is being billed as the “State of the Queer Union.”

The impetus for the show was the 2008 passage of Proposition 8, which hit home for Miller, a California native and resident.

During the five-and-a-half months marriage equality was legal in the state, Miller attended more than 200 weddings.

“We called it the ‘summer of love.’ It was one of the most joyous times of my life,” he said. “But on Election Day, slightly over 51 percent of the state voted to attack families in my state and, especially within all of the heat a n d p ow e r and hope of Obama being elected, it was quite dramatic. I lived in New York for 10 years, but I grew up in L.A. and spent almost my whole life here, so I was just heartsick. And I decided to take a dose of my own medicine: I challenge people to get out and tell their own stories, and I felt I had to make a piece that responded to this and responded to the idea of if we can really consider ourselves citizens in this country.”

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That question is in part informed by his own experience with such laws as immigration regulations, which have prevented him from sponsoring his longtime Australian partner for citizenship.

While Miller believes he eventually will have to leave the country to remain with his partner, the landscape for LGBT rights isn’t entirely devoid of hope: He said he tries to illustrate that balance in his performance. “[In February] there was a two-week period where so much progress was made, with legislatures in Washington [state], Maryland and New Jersey all passing marriage equality. Of course the unpleasant governor in New Jersey vetoed that legislation, but I think they’ll still take care of that,” he said.

“So much is happening so quickly and, while it’s not enough to help my family and others that are harmed every day by the mean-spirited federal laws, to not acknowledge that things are happening would be false. So I try to walk that tightrope.”

M a ny o f M i l l e r ’s past performances have focused on LGBT themes, often presented in frank, unapologetic formats. He has toured throughout the South and, even at traditionally conservative locales like a Baptist university and among large heterosexual contingents, he said the show was well-received and appreciated.

“A lot of times the audience is just 2-percent lesbian and gay. I go to colleges where there’s not a single out faculty member or student.

But I feel like my work is very connectable and funny,” he said. “I’m approached so many times after a show by straight people who say that they’d never thought about things in this certain way or never really saw how systemic homophobia works. I think it’s just as important to be speaking to an audience of straight people as it is to an audience of LGBT folks.”

One of Miller’s most impactful responses came recently in Philadelphia.

He made headlines in March after Villanova University canceled a performance-art workshop he was scheduled to lead at the campus.

“I now wish I had never heard the word ‘Villanova,’” he said. “That was one of the worst experiences of my life.”

As Miller was scheduled to be in town for the InterAct performance, a Villanova professor worked with him to set up the workshop on campus, which was designed as an academic exercise and, thus, less edgy than some of his performances.

However, the university received intense pressure from conservative religious organizations like antigay Catholic watchdog group Cardinal Newman Society, which also spoke out against Notre Dame University selecting President Obama as its commencement speaker in 2009.

“I think the most negative, bizarre reaction I have ever had was the cowardice of Villanova. People all over higher education can’t believe they would buckle and cancel this workshop,” he said. “They showed absolutely no spine and now embolden these thugs to keep doing the same thing.”

Villanova University president Rev. Peter Donohue said the college experienced a “flood” of negative responses to Miller’s visit and contended the school canceled the event because of its content, not because of Miller’s orientation.

Miller said that Donohue never reached out to discuss the situation with him.

“They completely stonewalled me and lied about me in the media,” he said.

“It shocked me that they would behave so unethically in the media. And this is a real university, not a Bob Jones University, so it was shocking.”

Following the conflict, Bryn Mawr College stepped in to host the workshop, which will be held April 16-20 in collaboration with Muhlenberg College, which will host Miller for a lecture April MILLER 17.

Many Villanova students will take part in the workshop, Miller said.

“I think the real shameful lesson President Donohue taught was that students have no academic freedom at Villanova, so they have to go a mile-and-a-half down the road to Bryn Mawr to find that freedom he denied them,” Miller said. “That will be a powerful learning moment for the students. He didn’t silence me, he silenced the students.”

But, Miller added, he will seek to give a voice to those students, as well as to those who participate in his performance workshop April 9-15 at InterAct. The six-session series will culminate in a production of original pieces by participants April 15.

“It’ll be a gathering of pretty wild queer performers and actor folk from Philadelphia and other parts of the country,” he said. “I want to encourage people to tell the story they need to tell. What is the thing they need to bring form to? People want to get their voice heard, and the workshop will help them find ways to locate the powerful moments in their lives where they’ve transformed themselves or confronted injustices, the moments that have framed who they are. We need to encourage and embolden truth instead of trying to silence and shame it. Solo performance art is one of the most charged spaces where your authentic human selves can come forward.” ■ For more information about “Outside the Frame,” visit www.interacttheatre.org. To register for Miller’s workshop, call 215-5688079.

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Krisi Myers: From pointe to pole At last week’s Stimulus’ Got Talent! show, two young ladies were among the many performers who brought down the house. Dressed in black monokinis with clinking shimmery skirts, Becky Sell and Krisi Myers wowed the crowd with an evocative and athletic performance in one of the country’s fastest growing arts/sports, pole dancing. PGN spoke to Myers about life on and off the pole.

PGN: Where are you from?

KM: I was born in Philadelphia, but my family moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., when I was about 4. Both of my parents work for the University of Michigan. My mom’s a professor of developmental psychology and my dad works in administration for the Institute of Social Research and he also teaches urban planning.

PGN: Any siblings?

KM: I have a little sister. We’re nine years apart and she’s graduating college this year! I’m so excited for her.

PGN: And what do you do?

KM: I work for a company that does language instruction and cultural consulting as well as global leadership training.

PGN: How did you get into pole dancing?

KM: My background is in dancing. I did 13 years of classical Russian ballet. I got into it through Alfie Sosa. I saw him perform and was impressed by how quickly he improved after starting with the sport.

I was looking to find myself and do some kind of dance. Dancing can be very expensive, trying to get rehearsal and/or studio time. Training costs are very high, but the pole studio that we work out of is really accessible. It’s really a sports/dance hybrid and I fell in love with it.

PGN: How much does your previous dance experience help?

KM: Quite a bit. Ballet helps the way I move and my posture and it also gave me discipline that I can now apply to this work. I love the sense of achievement that you get with pole dancing because the stronger you get, the more you can do, so it’s very motivating. I learned in my first class it’s not just spinning around holding on to a pole, not at all. It’s tough work.

PGN: What was a favorite performance?

KM: Doing “The Nutcracker” each year.

Especially the first time I got cast to be a sugarplum fairy. It was my first role “en pointe,” which is a big deal for a classical dancer.

PGN: What was a favorite game as a kid?

KM: I wasn’t much of a game player. I was a little girly-girl and liked to play with my dolls and have little tea parties.

PGN: Any pets growing up?

KM: My father wasn’t really fond of animals. He is kind of a neat freak, so I had several hamsters and Guinea pigs — if it could be contained in a cage, it was OK. I have a dog now, but I’m horribly allergic to cats.

PGN: What’s a good family memory?

KM: We’ve done a lot of traveling and I have a lot of great memories from that.

An experience that sticks out was swimming with the dolphins in the Bahamas.

My sister was terrified because she saw a jellyfish in the water. I held her hand the whole time and it was a great experience.

We always have a lot of fun together. I love it when she comes to visit me.

PGN: What was life like in Ann Arbor?

KM: Ann Arbor is quite different from the rest of Michigan. It’s like a little island.

Because of the university, it’s a very diverse town. For schooling, I went to an international school, so growing up I had friends from all over the world. I think it’s one reason I took to my job so well. I deal with international clientele all the time, so it’s nice to be familiar with other cultures.

It’s also a big arts town. They have a lot of good museums and I’ve seen some worldclass performances there. My sister is a dancer also and she’s studying Javanese dancing, which gives you an idea of the international variety there.

PGN: What school did you go to?

KM: Michigan State. I was an art history major with a minor in business and Russian studies.

PGN: What were you like as a kid?

KM: Um, I was very outgoing ... probably until I became a teenager. I started dancing when I was about 4. I did years of classical and then started branching out into other disciplines — modern, jazz, tap, a little Irish dancing, some hip-hop, pom pom ...

PGN: And what drew you to Russian studies?

KM: Ballet. In school, we had master classes with people coming over from Russia. As a child, I was always fascinated by the people and the culture. You’d have these interesting-looking and -sounding people and they’d be pointing at you and saying something you couldn’t understand.

I always wanted to know, What are they saying? Who are they talking about?

PGN: Pom pom?

KM: Yeah, like the basketball half-timeshow type thing.

PGN: Do you speak any languages?

KM: I learned Russian, which is my favorite. And I was an art history major so I had

to study French and German as well. It’s kind of mandatory.

PGN: Really? For art?

KM: Yes; a lot of the research texts are in French. So I have more of a reading proficiency in the language.

PGN: How did you end up in Philadelphia?

KM: My job. I got transferred and luckily I ended up here. My grandparents and cousins, etc., are here. We came here every summer, but it’s nice to come back as an adult. I’ve been here since 2009.

PGN: Your grandparents were ...

KM: A lot of fun! I was the first grandchild so they spoiled me a lot. I think I learned to love cooking from my grandmothers. They’re both amazing cooks and they’d let me be in the kitchen with them, which looking back probably took a lot of patience!

PGN: Coming out was ...

KM: Quite a process. I think I probably knew that I was gay when I was about 12 but having been the “girly-girl,” it was very challenging for me. I tried to convince myself that I didn’t “like” certain girls, I just wanted to emulate them. But I knew in my heart it was more than that. I used to cry every night and prayed to God that he would take it away. I felt that he’d made a mistake because in my mind, lesbian meant combat boots and flannel shirts and that was soooo not me. Back then, it wasn’t as exposed as it is now to know that there were all sorts of ways to be gay. So I really struggled with it. I didn’t come all the way out where I told my family and friends until I was 25. I’ve been out for six years now. Telling my parents was probably the hardest but my mom has been just amazingly supportive! I was in tears but she found a way to make me feel comfortable. There’s a gay-owned restaurant in Ann Arbor and, when I told her I was gay, the first thing she said was, “Yeah! Now we can go to Outbar!”

[Laughs.] Then she went and got ally training!

PGN: Are you seeing anyone?

KM: No, it’s just me and the boys. I have two dogs, including a Chihuahua named Ricky Bobby. He’s quite a character. He’s very attached to me and acts more like a jealous ex-boyfriend than a dog. [Laughs.]

PGN: What about the negative connotations of the term “pole dancer”?

KM: There’s that! It’s changing, but many people still aren’t aware of the athletic and artistic aspects of it. It still has the stigma of adult or erotic entertainment, and it can be beautiful that way, just as it can be beautiful as a sport. I think people have to see what we do to appreciate it. When I first told my Photo: Suzi Nash PGN: Any hobbies? mother what I was doing, KM: I love art so I enjoy walking the she was like, “Wait, galleries a lot. And I still love to cook. It’s what’s going on down there?” But once one of my favorite things to do. I have a I sent her pictures and videos she was Twitter blog kind of thing where I post the able to understand what it was. food that I do. It’s kpixicooks.

PGN: Random questions. My parents PGN: What’s your best dish? told me that I was a ____ baby.

KM: I love cooking gourmet and ethnic KM: A good baby. They said I didn’t foods from around the world. I seem to cry a lot even though I was sick all get compliments on my Indian dishes the the time. I was a teeny, skinny kid and most. sickly.

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1961, the society had splintered into regional groups.

“I was obviously very interested Mauckingbird Theatre Company is in telling the story of the Mattachine bringing another compelling LGBT- Society, but I was even more interested themed production to the stage with in when these five guys found each the Philadelphia premiere of “The other,” Marans said. “It’s very much sort of a ‘Mission Impossible’ story in the Temperamentals” April 11-29.

Set against a backdrop of the anti- beginning, because nobody in their right communist hysteria at the height of mind in 1950 would be this crazy to start McCarthyism in the 1950s, “The a gay political organization during a time Temperamentals,” named for a code gay when communists were being hunted men used to refer to themselves, reveals down and homosexuals didn’t come out. the courageous men of the Mattachine It was a dangerous time. So for five gay Society, the first viable gay-rights move- communists to have the balls to come out ment in the United States, and explores was significant. Gay men had never gotthe secret love story that unfolded ten together politically before. So when between the communist Harry Hay and they got together, they discovered they had to write a manifesto the Viennese refugee and about who they were and designer Rudi Gernreich. what they stood for. A lot Openly gay playwright of the play is the journey Jon Marans said he hapof these five men as they pened upon the story of form this organization pioneering gay-rights and build it, then changactivist Hay while working and discovering who ing on another project. they are and what is “I had been hired to important to them.” write the book to a musiMarans added that while cal based on a book called the Mattachine Society ‘Coming of Age,’ which was an important orgais a series of interviews a b o u t t h e s e p o l i t i c a l PLAYWRIGHT JON MARANS nization in the history of LGBT rights, it doesn’t activists and anarchists get nearly the same attenwho are all over the age of 70,” Marans said. “One of the inter- tion as events such as the Stonewall riots views was with Harry Hay. And I had and the organizations that came in their never heard of him, to be honest, which wake.

“They did form the organization but I am embarrassed to say now. So I put the character into the show. He was only at the end of the day, it did fall apart, at in a few scenes, but every time he was least in Los Angeles,” Marans said. “It in the musical, he stole the show. Harry slowly started cropping up in other parts was a visionary and he saw the world in of the country because of what happened a way that I think no one else had seen at in L.A. But I think in some people’s eyes, that point. It was exciting to an audience they didn’t achieve what they wanted and certainly to me. The other part about to.”

Marans said the story of the Mattachine Harry that appealed to me is that he was joyously unapologetic about who he was, Society resonates with audiences who which I found to be incredible back then. recognize the parallels between the McCarthyism of the 1950s and the politiEven today it can be difficult.”

Marans said he was inspired to learn cal climate of today.

“It’s pretty apparent right now, isn’t more about the life and times of Hay. “I started reading more about him and it? With people like Rick Santorum, it’s I found this book by Stuart Timmons almost like you can’t believe you’re hearcalled ‘The Trouble with Harry Hay,’ ing what you’re hearing. And he says it which is an astounding book,” Marans without any embarrassment at all. There said. “Then when I found the story about was a couple that saw the show and one the Mattachine Society, then I had found of them said, ‘Oh my God, we’ve come so far. It’s really amazing.’ And the other my hook.”

The Mattachine Society, founded in guy said, ‘I don’t think we’ve come far at 1950, was one of the earliest gay-rights all.’ I think that’s what the play is saying. organizations in the United States, started We’re still where we were.” ■

by Hay and a group of Los Angeles Mauckingbird Theatre Company presmen. Early on, the group adopted the cell organizational structure used by ents “The Temperamentals” April 11-29 the Communist Party. As the movement at Skybox at The Adrienne Theatre, 2030 grew, the membership replaced the early Sansom St. For more information or Communist model with a more tradi- tickets, call 215-923-8909 or visit www. tional civil-rights leadership style. By mauckingbird.org.

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Scott A. Drake

Start your engines First, thanks for all of the great email, website and Facebook comments about PGN’s new sports column. To answer a couple of questions: Yes, we will have at least one photo regularly. Yes, we will keep you updated on other events that have LGBT participants, such as the Broad Street Run. Yes, we are going to cover all sports, outdoor and in.

In fact, one of our favorite indoor sports organizations is the Spartan Wresting Club of Philadelphia. The Spartans just celebrated 20 years in January and show no signs of slowing down. Men and women of all skill levels are welcome to participate. In addition to grappling together, they occasionally put on demonstrations.

Stop in sometime and try it out.

Practices are Monday nights and Saturday

mornings at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St. For more information, go to www.phillyspartans.com.

Games after dark Not those games; we’re talking about flag football here. Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League is diverging from its regular Saturday play for a special Friday Night Lights on April 13 at Columbus Playground, 12th and Wharton streets. The league has grown to eight teams and that means there are eight games played, two games at a time on side-by-side fields. The first four teams pair off rain or shine at 6:45 p.m.

The Philadelphia Freedom Band’s first GPFFL half-time show has been canceled, but the game’s the thing so pack some

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES: Zeke Hernandez (left) and Joseph Matthews show their stuff at the final GPFFL open play day and tryouts March 24 at Columbus Playground. Opening day was March 31. Photos: Scott A. Drake

snacks, bring a lawn chair or hang out in the bleachers.

Calling all strokers Local sports umbrella organization Team Philadelphia is looking for people who want to paddle their way down the Schuylkill River in the sixth annual Independence Dragon Boat Regatta on June 2. A team has 21 participants with a minimum of eight women and competes in three 500-meter races. No experience is necessary and there will be three one-hour practice sessions. Email Bob Szwajkos at rszrun2@aol.com for more info.

gymnasium next weekend. Beginning April 14, the Falcons hit the grass from 10 a.m.-noon every Saturday at Edgely Field in Fairmount Park; www.falconssoccer.org.

• Philadelphia Liberty Belles’ home opener is April 21 at Northeast High School’s Charlie Martin Memorial Stadium, Bleigh and Glendale avenues; www.phillybelles.com.

• City of Brotherly Love Softball League’s opening day is April 22 in Fairmount Park. Opening day ceremonies start at noon; www.cblsl.org.

Coming up • Falcons Soccer leaves the winter

That’s it for this week. Until next time, get out and play! ■

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PORTRAIT from page 23

PGN: You’re still a teeny, skinny kid! A celebrity you’d want to pole dance with?

KM: Elena Gibson. She’s a famous pole dancer out of London who also had a ballet background. Or Baryshnikov! Or anyone from Dance Theater of Harlem!

PGN: Ever play any sports?

KM: I did some cross-country track and a little gymnastics but that’s about it. I’m athletic but I don’t like competitive sports.

PGN: If you could journey into the land of any book, where would you go?

KM: “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” without a doubt. I love Savannah. I love noir-type books and books about different cultures. I’ve traveled quite a bit so I like books that are about places I’ve been.

PGN: The farthest and favorite place you’ve traveled?

KM: Well, I took a break in the middle of college and became an international flight attendant. My first flight was on the first anniversary of 9/11. One year to the day! Can you say nervous? I worked for a company that did a lot of private charters and government contracts. At that time, obviously, there was a lot of troop movement so I went to all of the places that I

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1. Climb, as a tree 2. Top of the head 3. Lots of people go

down on them 4. D.H. Lawrence novel for which 10-Down wrote a screenplay 5. One of TV’s “Bosom Buddies” 6. Now and again 7. Novel by 10-Down 8. Young Michelangelo 9. Jennifer Lien’s “Star Trek: Voyager” role 10. Gay Men’s Health Crisis cofounder 11. Singer Melissa 12. “Peter Pan” critter, for short 13. Doest own 21. Michael Nava’s lawyer Henry 23. Petrol station choice 27. Not elite 28. Russian sea

never would have expected to go at that time. I think the farthest was Kyrgyzstan.

My favorite place without a doubt is Ireland. I admit, I had no interest in going.

I didn’t think there would be anything that I’d be remotely interested in — I hadn’t learned Irish dance yet — but it was the most beautiful country I’ve seen. You get off the plane and it’s like you opened up a storybook. It’s more beautiful than you can describe. The green is like it’s in HD! And the people are so warm and friendly — people stop you on the street and start talking to you. In the pubs, old men would sing to me and do little jigs! It was extraordinary. I’d love to retire there.

PGN: What are you most afraid of?

KM: Oh god, this is embarrassing! OK, intellectually I know they can’t hurt me and they don’t have big scary teeth or anything, but I’m terrified of earthworms!

PGN: Were you ever bullied?

KM: Yes. When I was in middle school we moved from Michigan to North Carolina for my mother’s post-doctoral work. We weren’t there for long but I guess I was very different from the other kids, especially the African-American kids, and I didn’t understand why but they hated me.

It was awful. I was told that I talked like a white girl and was constantly taunted,

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“You think you’re special! You wanna be white!” Hearing that from my own people was really, really hard. There was one girl who I think recognized that I had an attraction to other girls. I think she secretly had a crush on me and that fueled her anger, so she was the ringleader of the group. At that time, the schools were very unsympathetic toward bullying.

Teachers would see me in the hallways getting kicked in the back and do nothing. My parents came to the school to complain and they did nothing. The only thing that happened was they made me and the girl sign a contract. On my side, it basically said, “Just please don’t hurt me anymore!” and her side said in essence, “You can’t look at me, you can’t talk to me, don’t make eye contact!” It was crazy.

So for those years, not only was I being tormented internally with the gay feelings, I was being tormented externally by my peers. It really changed my personality. It made me very depressed and was a real challenging time for me.

PGN: If you were Miss America, what would be your cause?

KM: Cooking is something that truly comes from my heart. I think childhood hunger and nutrition is something I’d like to address. No child should have to be hungry and it’s outrageous things we’re

feeding kids in the schools when we do give them something to eat. We need to start teaching healthy habits that will make the healthy adults. Michelle Obama has been doing a good job trying to combat the problem. I just read that these little girls in, I think it’s Chester, were inspired by her to start their own Victory Garden.

They just got to go to D.C. to help in the White House garden spring planting. It’s wonderful.

PGN: First crush?

KM: Ooh, I had a crush on a lot of the older dancers in ballet class, but there was one in particular named Rochelle. She was an amazing dancer and absolutely beautiful with long red hair. Gorgeous — and talented ...

PGN: Which punctuation mark describes your personality?

KM: An exclamation mark! People describe me as always happy and outgoing and bubbly. If you ever get a text from me you’ll see it has smiley faces and hearts and lots of exclamation points. I was that girl in school who dotted all her i’s with little hearts! ■ To suggest a community member for “Family Portrait,” write to portraits05@aol.com.

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Worth Watching LOCO SABADO!: “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara hosts a new episode of “Saturday Night Live,” 11:30 p.m. April 7 on NBC.

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 04/06 Ferry Corsten The electro-dance artist performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215922-1011.

Joan Osbourne The rock singer performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Ozric Tentacles The U.K. alternative-rock band performs 8 p.m. at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808.

Good Friday Comedy Cabaret Teddy Carpenter and other comedi-

ans perform 8:30 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

From Dusk Till Dawn The violent horror film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Sat. 04/07 Stand By Me The 1986 drama is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Girl in a Coma The punk band with out members opens for Blue

October, 8 p.m. at House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-343-4000.

Kevin James The comedian performs 8 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

The Ultimate ’80s Dance Party with DJ Robert Drake The out DJ spins the hits from back in the day 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Bootleg: A Queer Affair The club event that benefits Valley Youth House’s Pride Program kicks off 9 p.m. at

Elena’s Soul, 4912 Baltimore Ave.; 215-724-3043.

Femme Fatale Philly The showcase for female artists, 9 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215222-1400.

Sun. 04/08 Seventh Annual Philly Zombie Crawl The undead spend Easter getting drunk, 6 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

Mon. 04/09 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.

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An Horse The duo featuring out singer-guitarist Kate Cooper performs 7 p.m., opening for Nada Surf at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

The Sitter The comedy film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

First Person StorySlam Spoken-word artists perform 8:30 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

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.

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THE SPY WHO SHAVED ME: The Bearded Ladies attempt to recreate an entire Bond film using only cardboard and a piano, with special guest artists Andrew Nelson and Dito Van Reigersberg of Pig Iron and Martha Graham Cracker fame for the outrageous new show “Beards are for Shaving: A 007 Cabaret,” running April 11-15 at the Wilma Theatre’s Lobby, 265 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215546-7824.

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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.

TuesGAY Nights Lyrics Lounge and DJ June Rodrigues host a weekly night of music and performers for the LGBT community, 8 p.m., 6527

Roosevelt Blvd.; 215-533-5888.

Wed. 04/11 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.

Rita Moreno The acclaimed singer and actor speaks 7:30 p.m. at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-7905800.

hosts a reading 5:30 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960.

Sexing the Trans Man with Buck Angel The transgender adult-film star hosts an audio-visual presentation and Q&A, 6 p.m. at Aphrodite Gallery, 704 S. Fifth St.; http://www.aphroditegallery.us/.

All-American Rejects The rock band performs 8 p.m.

at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

The Ting Tings The rock group performs 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

David Stone: The Johnny Cash Experience The singer-songwriter channels the man in black, 8:30 p.m. at Tin Angel, 20 N. Second St.; 215-928-0770.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Presents How Big Can You Get: 100 Years of Cab Calloway The swing band performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Thu. 04/12 Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215-545-4511.

Fri. 04/13 Hanne Blank The author of “Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality“

BUCKED BY AN ANGEL: Transgender adult-film star Buck Angel hosts “Sexing the Trans Man,” an audio-visual presentation and Q&A about transmasculine sex, along with advice on how to approach, flirt with and get it on with a trans guy, 6 p.m. April 13 at Aphrodite Gallery, 704 S. Fifth St. For more information or tickets, visit http://www.aphroditegallery.us/.

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Opening Beards are for Shaving: A 007 Cabaret The Bearded Ladies combine James Bond and Opera for their new stage show, April 11-15 at the Wilma Theatre’s Lobby, 265 S. Broad St.; 215546-7824.

Bronfman and Petrushka The Philadelphia Orchestra performs April 12-14 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour Cirque du Soleil present the show celebrating the music of Michael Jackson, April 10-11 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543.

Ultimate Pop! Peter Nero and the Philly Pops perform April 11-15 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Continuing Collab: Four Decades of Giving Modern and Contemporary Design Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition that includes some of the fin-

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.

The Golem EgoPo Classic Theater and the Festival of Jewish Theater present the greatest Jewish monster tale ever told, through April 15 at Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St.; www.egopo.org.

Shagging The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts an exhibition of works by textile artists, including Kathryn Pannepacker, through April 27, 1315 Spruce St.; 215732-2220.

IMMORTALIZED: The music and legacy of The King of Pop is celebrated

by Cirque du Soleil in “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World,” a stage spectacular featuring musicians and dancers who have worked on Jackson’s former tours performing to Jackson’s voice, April 10-11 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-389-9543.

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 10-year project to exhibit her photographs annually beneath a section of Interstate-95 in South Philadelphia, through April 22, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

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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.

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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.

FRESH HORSES: An Horse, the indie-rock duo featuring out singer-guitarist Kate Cooper, performs 7 p.m.

April 9, opening for Nada Surf at TLA, 334 South St. For more information, call 215-9221011.

est examples of European, American and Japanese design, through fall 2012, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

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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.

Vanities Quice Productions presents the comedy following the lives of three young women from the mid-1960s to the mid1970s, through April 21 at Walnut Street Theatre’s Studio 5, 825 Walnut St.; www.quinceproductions.com or 215627-1088.

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.

West Side Story The Tony Award-winning classic Broadway musical is on stage through April 8 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. ■

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Community Bulletin Board Community centers

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

255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331 ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St.; 215-898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu, Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday

and Allies Youth Center: 6-8 p.m.

Wednesdays: Doylestown Planned Parenthood, The Atrium, Suite 2E, 301 S. Main St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org.

Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m.

Monday through Friday Library hours: 12-9 p.m.

Monday-Thursday; 12-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; 126 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Key numbers

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

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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 Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Stephen Johnson: 215-683-2840 ■ 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 Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 215-772-2000

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

Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652. www.mazzonicenter.org.

Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658.

Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Monday-Friday except for 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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Gay Married Men’s Association Meets 8 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays at the William Way Center; www.gammaphilly.com.

Evolutions A drop-in support group for anyone on the transgender spectrum meets 6-7 p.m. Thursdays at 21 S. 12th St, eighth floor; 215-563-0652 ext. 235.

Men of All Colors Together Meets 7:30 p.m. the third Friday of the month, September through June, at the William Way Center; 610-2776595; www.MACTPhila.org.

Men’s Coming Out Group, N.J. Meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at The Pride Center of New Jersey; njwarrior@aol.com.

Men of Color United A discussion/support group for gay and bisexual men of color meets 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday at 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215-496-0330.

Men of Standard Provides a place for gay men of color 21 and older to share issues of concern. Meets 7-9 p.m. Thursdays at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St., Camden, N.J.; 856-963-2432.

Philly Dads An association of gay and bisexual fathers supporting each other meets 7:30 p.m. the fourth Friday of the month at the William Way Center; 215-668-5239.

Parents/Families Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Bucks County Meets 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at Penns Park United Methodist Church, 2394 Second Street Pike, Penns Park; 215-5988005.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Chester County Meets 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at the Unitarian Fellowship of West Chester, 501 S. High St.; 484354-2448.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Collingswood, N.J. Meets 6:30-9 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month at the Collingswood Public Library, 771 Haddon Ave.; 609-202-4622; pflagcollingswood@yahoo.com.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Philadelphia Meets 2-5 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at the LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania, 3907 Spruce St.; 215-572-1833.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Princeton, N.J. Meets 7:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month in the George Thomas Room at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St.; 609- 683-5155.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Wilmington, Del. Meets 7-9 p.m. second Thursday of the month at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1502 W. 13th St.; 302-654-2995.

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

Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine Primary healthcare and specialized transgender services in a safe, professional, nonjudgemental environment, 809 Locust St.; 215563-0658.

T-MAN People of color support group for transmen, FTMs, butches, studs, aggressives, bois, genderqueer and all female-born individuals with gender questions meets 7:309:30 p.m. Mondays, second floor, 1201 Locust St.; 215-834-9063; tmanphilly.com.

open discusson and monthly movie/ discussions, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, 112 N. Broad St. third floor; 215496-0330.

Women Coming Out Support Group Women who consider themselves gay, lesbian, bisexual or questioning and are at any stage of the comingout process are welcome. Ages 18 and over. Meets third Thursday of every month, 7:30-9 p.m. at the Pride Center of NJ.

Youth 40 Acres of Change Discussion group for teen and young adults meets 6-8 p.m. Thursdays at The COLOURS Organization Inc., 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215496-0330.

Transhealth Programming Committee Meets 5 p.m.the second and last Sundays of the month at the William Way Center.

You’re Not Alone A group for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth that meets during the school year; sponsored by AIDS Delaware, 100 W. 10th St., Suite 315, Wilmington. Call 800-810-6776 for more details.

Transhealth Information Project Sponsors a weekly drop-in center from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. MondayThursday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays at 21 S. 12th St., 10th floor; 215-568-2221.

HAVEN For GLBT, intersex, questioning, queer and allied youth ages 14-20; meets 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, 424 Center St., Bethlehem; 610-868-2153.

Transgender Health Action Coalition Peer trans health-advocacy organization; 215-732-1207; www. critpath.org/thac.

HiTOPS A safe-space support program for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth, meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays at 21 Wiggins St., Princeton, N.J.; 609-683-5155; hitops.org.

WeXist FTM support group meets 6-8 p.m. second Friday of the month at the William Way Center; first hour is open, second hour is for people assigned female at birth who have gender issues; 267-250-1548.

Young, Trans, and Unified!

Support group for transgender and questioning individuals ages 1323 meets from 7-8:30 p.m. every Thursday at The Attic Youth Center; 215-545-4331.

Women Hanging Out With Lesbians A group based in central Pennsylvania that organizes activities such as concerts, camping, golf, picnics, hikes, plays, game nights in nonsmoking environments; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ howlofpa.

Lesbian Community of Delaware Valley Social group holds monthly meetings and activities for gay women of all ages in Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties; P.O. Box 962, Phoenixville; http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/LCDV/; marichikogirl@yahoo.com.

Lesbian Couples Dining Group of Montgomery County Meets monthly; 215-542-2899.

Mt. Airy Lesbian Social Club For lesbians in the Philadelphia area ages 35-plus; www.meetup.com/ mtairylesbiansocial/.

Queer Connections Social group for women in their 20s meets weekly; queerconnect@yahoo.com.

Sistah 2 Sistah A social/support group for lesbian youth of color, ages 13-24. The group offers weekly social events,

Main Line Youth Alliance Meets from 7-9:30 p.m. Fridays at 106 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne; 610688-1861; info@myaonline.org.

Mountain Meadow For youth with GLBTQ parents.

Monthly programs for ages 8-16, family programs and parent coffee groups. Residential program offered in August, 1315 Spruce St.; 215772-1107.

Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center For ages 14-21; meets 6-8 p.m.

Wednesdays at Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext.

9065; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org.

Social X Change Social activity group for LGBT youth of color ages 13-23 meets 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215-496-0330.

Space to be Proud, Open, and Together Open to all LGBTQ queer youth and allies, ages 14-21, the SPOT meets Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Planned Parenthood of Chester County’s West Chester office, 8 S. Wayne St.; 610-692-1770.

Young, Trans, and Unified A support group for transgender and questioning youth ages 12-23 meets 7:15 p.m. Thursdays at The Attic Youth Center.

Youth Making a Difference For GLBTQ African-American and Latino youth ages 14-24. Meets 5-7 p.m. every Tuesday at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St.; 856-9632432.

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Dine at a participating restaurant on April 26th, and 33% of your food bill will benefit local services in the fight against AIDS. Event Benefits HIV/AIDS Programs In Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania, Northern Delaware and Southern New Jersey

ART MUSEUM/FAIRMOUNT

CENTER CITY WEST

Jack's Firehouse London Grill* Rembrandt's Rose Tattoo Café* Route 6 Trio

10 Arts by Eric Ripert Alma de Cuba Audrey Claire Barclay Prime Bellini Grill Bistro St. Tropez Butcher and Singer Continental Midtown The Dandelion Day by Day El Rey Friday, Saturday, Sunday Girasole Good Dog Il Pittore Liberte Urban Chic Lounge Matyson Meritage Mexican Post CC* Mexican Post Express My Thai* Nineteen Novita Bistro* Oyster House Parc Prime Rib Seafood Unlimited Square 1682 Tinto Tria Twenty Manning Village Whiskey

215.232.9000 215.978.4545 215.763.2228 215.569.8939 215.391.4600 215.232.8746

CENTER CITY EAST Barbuzzo 215.546.9300 Caribou Café* 215.625.9535 Chifa 215.925.5555 El Vez 215.928.9800 215.545.9600 Fish Garces Trading Company 215.574.1099 Giorgio on Pine* 215.545.6265 Jamonera 215.922.6061 Jones 215.223.5663 Knock* 215.925.1166 Lolita 215.546.7100 215.985.2962 Mercato More Than Just Ice Cream 215.574.0586 Morimoto 215.413.9070 M Restaurant* 215.625.6666 Ms. Tootsies Soulfood Café* 215.731.9045 Opa 215.545.0170 Perch Pub* 215.546.4090 Sampan 215.732.3501 Singapore Kosher Vegetarian 215.922.3288 Restaurant* Tabu 215.964.9675 Talula’s Garden 215.592.7787 terra* 215.545.1102 Time 215.985.4800 Tria 215.629.9200 Valanni 215.790.9494 Varalli* 215.546.6800 Varga Bar 215.627.5200 215.320.7500 Vedge Venture Inn* 215.545.8731 Vintage Wine Bar and Bistro 215.922.3095 Walnut Street 215.923.8208 Supper Club* Westbury Bar* 215.546.5170 Woody’s 215.545.1893 Zinc Bistro á Vins* 215.351.9901

215.523.8273 215.988.1799 215.731.1222 215.732.7560 215.545.1191 215.569.9269 215.732.4444 215.567.1800 215.558.2500 215.564.5540 215.563.3330 215.546.4232 215.732.2728 215.985.9600 215.391.4900 215.569.8300 215.564.2925 215.985.1922 215.568.2667 267.519.3953 215.985.1878 215.790.1919 215.545.4665 215.567.7683 215.545.2262 215.772.1701 215.732.3663 215.563.5008 215.665.9150 215.972.8742 215.731.0900 215.665.1088

CHESTNUT HILL/MOUNT AIRY Avenida 267.385.6857 215.248.2740 Bacio Cafette 215.242.4220 Earth Bread + Brewery 215.242.6666 Geechee Girl Rice Cafe 215.843.8113 Trolley Car Café 267.385.6703 215.242.6470 Umbria

MANAYUNK Adobe Café

215.483.3947

NORTHERN LIBERTIES/ FISHTOWN A Full Plate Café Bar Ferdinand

215.627.4068 215.923.1313

East Girard Gastropub Frankford Hall Johnny Brenda's Koo•Zee•Doo North 3rd Restaurant* Silk City Diner*

267.761.9343 215.634.3338 215.739.9684 215.923.8080 215.413.3666 215.592.8838

OLD CITY Amada Buddakan Continental DiNardo's Famous Seafood Fork Mexican Post Positano Coast

by Aldo Lamberti Race Street Café Spasso Zahav

215.625.2450 215.574.9440 215.923.6069 215.925.5115 215.625.9425 267.923.5225 215.238.0499 215.627.6181 215.592.7661 215.625.8800

SOCIETY HILL/SOUTH PHILADELPHIA Beau Monde 215.592.0656 Bistro Romano* 215.925.8880 Bistrot La Minette 215.925.8000 Cochon* 215.923.7675 Copabanana 215.923.6180 215.271.1222 Izumi The Latest Dish 215.629.0565 Le Virtu 215.271.5626 Mama Yolanda’s 215.592.0195 Paloma Mexican Haute 215.928.9500 Cuisine Paradiso 215.271.2066 Percy Street Barbecue 215.625.8510 215.320.8000 Pizzeria Stella Salt and Pepper* 215.238.1920 Southwark 215.238.1888 Villa Di Roma 215.592.1295

WEST PHILADELPHIA Dahlak* Distrito Gold Standard Café * JG Domestic Landmark Americana Lemon Grass Thai Pod

215.726.6464 215.222.1657 215.727.8247 215.222.2363 215.222.4500 215.222.8042 215.387.1803

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA Kashimir Garden Las Margaritas

215.969.6110 215.969.6600

BUCKS COUNTY Bowman's Tavern* Poco's Restaurant Rick's Restaurant* The Raven

215.862.2972 215.348.3424 609.397.0051 215.862.2081

CHESTER COUNTY Main Line Alfredo Italian byo Bunha Faun Cedar Hollow Inn* General Warren Inne Paoli Saladworks Restaurant Alba West Chester Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House* High Street Caffe Jazmine Authentic Thai Cuisine Kildare’s Irish Pub Market Street Grill Mas Mexicali Cantina Side Bar & Restaurant Three Little Pigs

610.640.2962 610.651.2836 610.296.9006 610.296.3637 610.644.8700 610.644.4009

610.429.4046 610.696.7435 610.696.3332 610.431.0770 610.429.5328 610.918.6280 610.429.8297 610.696.8957

Chester County/Other Catherine’s Restaurant 610.347.2227 Columbia Bar & Grill 610.983.0300 PJ Whelihan’s Pub and Restaurant 610.873.1311 Downingtown

DELAWARE COUNTY 2312 Garrett Bar La Belle Epoque Wine Bistro Lotus Farm to Table Mena’s Kitchen Nais Cuisine Picasso Restaurant and Bar Pinocchio’s Pizza Inc. Super Wok Susanna Foo Gourmet Kitchen The Original Clam Tavern

610.626.9900 610.566.6808 610.565.5554 484.494.0079 610.789.5983 610.891.9600 610.566.4895 610.565.5080 610.688.8808 610.623.9537

MONTGOMERY COUNTY Justin’s Carriage House Roberto’s Trattoria

610.584.5005 215.233.9955

Spring Mill Cafe Trax Cafe White Elephant Restaurant*

610.828.2550 215.591.9777 215.663.1495

DELAWARE Greenville BBC Tavern and Grill 302.655.3785 Cromwell’s Tavern and Restaurant 302.571.0561 Newark Caffe Gelato(lunch only) 302.738.5811 Soffritto Italian Grill 302.455.1101 Timothy’s of Newark 302.738.9915 New Castle Trader’s Cove at Penn’s Place

302.322.6334

Wilmington 302.761.9175 Bellefonte Cafe 302.482.3333 Chelsea Tavern 302.384.8012 Extreme Pizza* Luigi Vitrone’s Pastabilities Restaurant 302.656.9822 302.652.6358 The Melting Pot Stoney’s British Pub 302.477.9740 302.762.9094 Tutto Fresco Ulysses American 302.691.3456 Gastropub 302.654.9780 Union City Grille

SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY Andreotti’s Viennese Cafe 856.795.0172 856.468.3557 Barnsboro Inn 609.383.6150 Cafe Gallery* 856.854.5555 Casona Restaurant 856.751.2800 Dream Cuisine Indeblue Indian Cuisine* 856.854.4633 856.833.9800 Keg & Kitchen Los Amigos Restaurant 856.767.5216 Mt. Laurel Saladworks 856.439.0100 Nunzio Ristorante Rustico 856.858.9840 The Pop Shop* 856.869.0111 856.665.7427 Red Hot and Blue 856.854.7220 Westmont Diner*

* Make an additional donation of $25 or more on April 26th and you will receive a 20% Off Tuesdays card with your thank you letter. This card entitles you to 20% off of your table’s food bill on Tuesday evenings** throughout the year at participating 20% Off Tuesdays Restaurants. Listings with an asterisk* are 20% off Tuesdays participants. **Excluding holidays. Not to be combined with other offers.

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