Philadelphia Gay News Vol. 34 No. 16
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April 16 - 22, 2010
Kutztown protest ruling appealed
LGBT Dems endorse Specter, Hoeffel
By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer A district court judge last month dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Kutztown University police officer who alleged his rights were violated when he refused to remove anti-LGBT protesters from the campus. Judge C. Darnell Jones II dismissed Cpl. Steve Armbruster’s suit March 9, just about a year after the officer filed the motion. Armbruster has since filed an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Named as defendants in the suit and the appeal are chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education John C. Cavanaugh, Kutztown president F. Javier Cevallos and Kutztown Chief of Police William F. Mioskie. Armbruster’s suit alleged that he was unjustly disciplined when he disobeyed a superior’s orders to remove members of antigay group Repent America from the campus of the Berks County university during a demonstration three years ago. Armbruster contended his free-speech rights were violated, as was his right to “refuse to violate others’ constitutional rights.” After lawyers for the defendants filed a motion to dismiss last May, Armbruster filed an amended complaint in July, and the defendants filed another dismissal motion before the court heard oral arguments in the fall. In last month’s opinion, Jones wrote that he was dismissing the case because he found both of Armbruster’s claims to be tenuous. The judge wrote that the free-speech claim was erroneous, as Armbruster disobeyed his supervisor’s order in his official role as a police officer, not in his position as a private citizen. “Armbruster only ‘spoke’ in insubordinate response to a direct order issued to him during the conduct of official police business,” Jones wrote, further noting that “Armbruster’s speech was made to the superior who was directing Armbruster’s official duties, not to any private citizens or in any public context related to the demonstration.” Likewise, Jones ruled that no court of appeals in the past three decades has upheld an individual’s right to refuse to violate others’ constitutional rights, and while there was one such precedent set in a district court case in Pennsylvania in 1979, that principle was never cited by another court decision. According to the suit, Armbruster, a 17-year veteran of the force, was on duty April 18, 2007, when approximately 20 members of Repent America arrived on campus to protest the university’s annual See OFFICER, Page 18
By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer
DIVAS AND DABBERS: The Bingo-Verifying Divas and AIDS Fund executive director Robb Reichard welcomed more than 230 people to the 11th annual Black-Tie GayBINGO at the Crystal Tea Room April 9. This year’s festivities garnered more than $35,000 for the organization, a boost from last year’s $25,000. “It was a delight to see so many people from our community taking a night to have fun for a great cause at Black-Tie GayBINGO,” Reichard said. “We were pleased to see higher attendance and more funds raised at this year’s event for our friends, family and neighbors fighting HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia.” Photo: Scott A. Drake
GAMBLING FEVER: Guests at the April 10 Casino Night at the William Way LGBT Community Center tried their hands at a barrage of games to raise funds for LGBT-grantmaking agency Sapphire Fund. Proceeds from the annual event, which totaled over $10,000, will go to Sapphire Fund’s 2010 beneficiaries: the Drexel University Program for LGBT Health, LGBTQ Womyn of Color, Mountain Meadow and the Smoke, Lilies and Jade Arts Initiative. Photo: Scott A. Drake
The Liberty City Democratic Club held its endorsement meeting last week, with members selecting the slate of candidates they felt would best represent the LGBT community at the state and federal levels. The LGBT political group endorsed U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in his reelection bid against challenger Congressman Joe Sestak (7th Dist.), as well as Joe Hoeffel in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race. Micah Mahjoubian, co-chair of Liberty City, said those two races saw the most debate from the 55 voting members in attendance at the April 8 endorsement meeting, although the disagreement wasn’t as widespread as in years past. “There was definitely support for both candidates in the Senate race and it was between Hoeffel and [Allegheny County Executive Dan] Onorato in the governor’s race, although the winners did win with about 60 percent of the votes,” he said. “But when you compare it to when John Street was running for reelection as mayor, that was very close and there was lots of maneuvering and caucusing from each side, but we didn’t really have that this time around.” Other endorsed candidates include Jonathan Saidel for lieutenant governor, Manan Trivedi for 6th District in the U.S. House and Pennsylvania House candidates Fern Kaufman for the 26th District, who is an open lesbian; Tim Kearney for the 172nd District; Jonathan Ramos for the 180th District; Lewis Thomas for the 181st District; Josh Cohen for the 194th District; and Anthony Ingargiola for the 195th District. The club also endorsed incumbent Reps. Mike O’Brien (175th Dist.), Babette Josephs (182nd Dist.), Kenyatta Johnson (186th Dist.), James Roebuck (188th Dist.) and Vanessa Brown (190th Dist.). An endorsement committee comprised of 10 Liberty City members recently met to review all of the questionnaires completed by candidates seeking endorsements and made recommendations. The committee then put forth motions to endorse each candidate during the meeting and, after debate on some of the candidates, each recommendation was supported by a majority of the voting body. Not making the list were out candidates Daryl LaFountain and Gregg Kravitz, who were challenging incumbents O’Brien and Josephs, respectively. Mahjoubian noted that the club did not make endorsements for all races, such as in the 7th Congressional District, in which none of the candidates completed questionnaires. The club also did not make primary endorsements in uncontested Democratic races, such as incumbent Rep. Patrick Murphy (8th Dist.). The primary election will be held May 18. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.
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By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Up to 15,000 people are expected in the city next week to celebrate the culture and community of LGBT people of color. The 11th annual Philadelphia Black Gay Pride kicks off April 18 and features events throughout the week, culminating in a weekend full of activities. The lead-up to the weekend celebration will feature several hits from previous Prides, such as the third annual Mr. and Miss Philadelphia Black Gay Pride Pageant — an LGBT-themed talent show at 7 p.m. April 18 at Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St. — and the second annual One Night Stand Spoken Word and Poetry Slam, at 7:30 p.m. April 22 at Marathon Grill, 1818 Market St. At 6 p.m. April 19, COLOURS will host its monthly town-hall meeting, which will focus on homosexuality and religion; and also that night, LGBT youth of color and their supporters will participate in a roundtable on black entrepreneurs and professionals from 6-9 at the University of the Arts Hamilton Hall, 320 S. Broad St. The focus on youth will continue April 21 with another roundtable, on cultural competency in the classroom setting, from 4:306 p.m. at 112 N. Broad St., fifth floor. The weekend will head into full swing with the official opening reception at 6 p.m. April 23 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St., the host hotel for the week. PBGP president Chris Alston said the evening will feature live performances by last year’s Sing Out Strong winner Josh Middleton, as well as R&B performer Alyson Williams, and participants can meet and greet the PBGP board of directors as well as special guest Mayor Nutter. Beginning 10 a.m. the following day, participants are invited to a series of free workshops at the hotel that run the LGBT gamut, with topics such as spirituality and sexuality, lesbian issues, LGBTs in Greek campus life, ballroom culture and the transgender journey. Alston said the workshop topics were selected through surveys and conversations with LGBT communities of color, which led to the more “robust roster” this year. From noon-5 p.m. April 24, youth and service providers who work with this community will participate in their own workshops at The Attic Youth Center, 255 S. 16th St., with such offerings as “Sex, Tech and Social Networking” and others that focus on the importance of community service and maintaining multiple identities, such as LGBT, youth and religious. Although PBGP aims in part to raise
PRIDE, NO PREJUDICE: Youth who attended a Philadelphia Black Gay Pride party last year are invited back for more at this month’s 11th annual PBGP celebration, which will feature outlets for people of all ages. The weeklong festival, which launches April 18, will offer dozens of educational, entertainment and networking opportunities for the local and national LGBT of color communities. This year’s events are constructed around the theme “A Deeper Love” and are expected to draw up to 15,000 people. Photo: Scott A. Drake
awareness of the LGBT of color community and empower members, it’s also a time for socializing and celebration, which will be in abundance at such parties as the Fire Island Black Out launch party, 10 p.m.-4 a.m. April 23, and the Decades Dance Party from 10 p.m.-3 a.m. April 24, both at the hotel. After a day full of community discussions on April 24, participants can get to know one another on a more personal level with Speed Dating starting at 5 p.m. in the hotel, which will be open to both men and women and will feature a cash bar. Youth will have their own celebration with the Mini Ball, starting 8:30 p.m. April 24 at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. Alston noted the concept of ballroom culture will be woven throughout many of the youth events this year, and organizers decided to continue that theme through the final youth-centered event. Alston said this year’s PBGP was fueled in large part by the local LGBT community, which pitched in to support the organization despite widespread city funding cuts. “The financial support from the community has been overwhelming,” he said. “When we, along with many other community-based serving organizations, were hit with the loss of city funding due to the many budget cuts faced by the City of Philadelphia, the community stepped up to the plate to help sustain the programming that they have become accustomed to.”
Alston said that enhanced community involvement will give participants an even greater sense of connection with this year’s events. “I think that the way the community has invested in this year’s project, both financially as well as volunteering their time, will make this year the best yet because our patrons will now attend with a feeling of ownership and investment, knowing that it’s because of them and their generosity that Pride 2010 was made possible.” In one of the final events of the weekend, PBGP will pay tribute to a host of LGBT honorees at its annual Legends Awards Ball, 6 p.m. April 24 at the hotel. This year’s Legend Honorees are HIV/ AIDS activist Hassan Gibbs, educator and ally Denise Pressley and community organizers Christopher Hunter and Nate Pace. PBGP will also recognize its Organizational Honoree, The Attic Youth Center; the Business Honoree, The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation; Mother’s Circle Honoree Geneva M. Smith; and the Next Generation Leaders, COLOURS deputy director Robert Burns, Mazzoni Center community-relations manager Tony Daniels, and community organizers Roberta Galloway and Deacon BJ Tillman. For more information and a full listing of events, visit www.phillyblackpride.org. ■
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The federal trial for gay nightclub owner Michael Weiss, who is accused of underreporting income from one of his clubs, has been postponed until this summer. Weiss was indicted in January on several counts of tax fraud and had been scheduled for trial April 12, but Judge John Fullam agreed to a defense request for a continuance at a hearing April 8. Also at the hearing, Weiss’ bail agreement was modified to allow him to travel to the Central District of Pennsylvania and to Delaware. After pleading not guilty to the charges in February, Weiss was released on $250,000 bail with instructions that he could only travel in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of California, where he owns property. The grand-jury indictment alleges that Weiss, who co-owns Woody’s with his brother and is the president of the board of Voyeur, underreported the earnings of Spring Garden Street locale Palmer Social Club, for which he oversaw the financials, by more than $1.6 million between 2004-05.
Sortman heads up PGN ad department Tami Sortman, president of the Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus, has joined the PGN team as the new marketing and advertising director. Sortman, who has 18 years of experience in the field, most recently served as vice president of local marketing-communications agency Altus Group Inc., where she also was the editor of LGBT visitors’ directory the Navigaytour. Sortman currently holds board positions with numerous LGBT groups — including the Mayor’s Advisory Board on LGBT Affairs, Delaware Valley Legacy Fund advisory board and the Gay and Lesbian International Sports Federation (North America and International) — and is also a member of the board of the Washington West Civic Association and the board of directors and marketing board of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, among several other endeavors. Sortman said she’s eager to use her extensive marketing and advertising experiences within the local LGBT community to fuel PGN’s growth. “I am excited about this new challenge at this point in my life, and I look forward to helping take PGN to the next level for the community,” Sortman said. See NEWS BRIEFING, Page 16
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Center looks beyond Bayard to black LGBT history By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Bayard Rustin, a leader in the civil-rights movement of the 1960s and a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., was one of the 20th century’s most prominent African-American LGBT figures. He is also now the centerpiece of a new exhibit at the William Way LGBT Community Center, which details the progression of the black LGBT community in Philadelphia. “ B ey o n d B a y a r d : S t o r i e s from the Black Gay & Lesbian Community” is the latest in a series of quarterly archival exhibits on display at the center, 1315 Spruce St., which opens April 22. The center launched the series in January with the first installment, “Into the Streets,” which detailed the history of LGBT activism in the local area and beyond. Candice Thompson, director of center services, said the exhibit seeks to highlight the myriad communities that have contributed to the rich history of the local LGBT population, and noted that the black community has played an important role in that growth.
from other community Bob Skiba, center groups and members. archivist and the primary researcher for “Right from the “Beyond Bayard,” get go, we sought said the exhibit is to include people especially important from the organizations we were highbecause it tells the lighting, so we got stories of people who in touch with Men of often feel they have All Colors Together little voice in the community. and Jeff Haskins from “What I saw from the Black Gay Men’s reading through the Leadership Council, papers and speeches and each organization for this by black leadpretty much wrote ers, one of the bigthe script for what we gest problems with featured in the exhibit LOCAL LGBT AFRICAN AMERICANS AT THE 1972 on them,” Thompson the black community PHILADELPHIA PRIDE PARADE IN A PHOTO said. is that they feel invisINCLUDED IN THE WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY ible and unlistened to, Local figures such as CENTER’S “BEYOND BAYARD” EXHIBIT so we thought it would authors Joe Beam and most visible activists, and he definitely be important Anita Blackwell will to bring attention to this,” he said. crossed that line of both straight also be profiled, and Skiba noted The exhibit is divided into four activism, in his work for black many of the leaders included in sections — black organizations, civil rights, and gay activism,” the exhibit often used writing to leaders, publications and social Skiba said. communicate the attitudes of their The exhibit, compiled with assis- communities. life — centering on the local tance from curator Rick Bluhm area. “In this show, many of the earliThe figurehead of the exhibit, and student intern John Jackson, est black LGBT activists happened Rustin, was a native of West will feature personal photographs, to be writers and poets. There was Chester, which Skiba said made magazine clippings and other doc- this renaissance in the ’70s where his place in the display even more uments from the center’s John J. people in this community turned Wilcox Jr. Library and Archive, to writing because they needed a relevant. “He was probably one of the and will incorporate contributions voice.”
But the black LGBT community was mobilizing long before the 1970s, Skiba said, as he found a mention of a social group serving this community from a newspaper printed in 1937. The conversation on black LGBT issues that has evolved over the past century will continue not only with “Beyond Bayard,” but also with a series of supplemental events at the center. Skiba will host a community discussion on the exhibit and the intersection of the blackand LGBT-rights movements at 11 a.m. May 1 at the center. The following week, the center will host a screening of a film by local African-American filmmaker Tiona McClodden, “black./ womyn.: Conversations with lesbians of African descent,” at 6:30 p.m. May 8. Both events are free, and Thompson said more programs are expected this summer. There will be an opening reception for “Beyond Bayard” from 68 p.m. April 22, with the exhibit will be on display through June. ■
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SOCIAL INSECURITY: Robyn Meresman and her stepson Yashaya Marquez, 4, join a rally April 11 in Hollywood, Calif., to demand an end to Social Security discrimination against taxpaying couples of the same sex, estimated to cost surviving partners an average of $5,700 per year. The event, which drew about 700 peaceful demonstrators, including U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D), included a march on Hollywood Boulevard to the Social Security Administration office. AP Photo: Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco
Calif. assembly considers repealing 1950s law to study, ‘cure’ gays By Cathy Bussewitz The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers narrowly advanced a bill last Tuesday that would repeal a state law designed to find the causes and cures of homosexuality. The law, written in 1950, classifies homosexuals as “sexual deviants” and requires the state Department of Mental Health to conduct research on “deviations conducive to sex crimes against children.” The research would be used to help identify potential sex offenders. The bill moved out of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety on a 4-0 vote, with one Democrat and two Republican members abstaining from voting. They said the law’s reference to homosexuality should be removed, but that the state should continue researching sex crimes. California put the law on the books as a response to public outcry after a series of sex crimes in Los Angeles, which included the rape and murder of a 6-yearold girl. The murderer, who openly confessed his crime, was not gay. “Even then, there was no legal justification to say that gay people needed to be understood and cured in the exact same way as sexual predators who rape and kill children,” said Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), who sponsored the bill. “For us to leave it there would be wrong,” she said. Lowenthal said California has not con-
ducted research into homosexuality for decades, but did release several reports that examined hormone levels, physical characteristics and parental relationships of its subjects. The American Psychiatric Association listed homosexuality as a mental disorder until 1973. “This code simply mischaracterizes and institutes bigotry against the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community,” said Mario Guerrero, a director of Equality California, a gay-rights group. Guerrero stressed that his organization supports child safety and credible research, but not the research that was brought about by the law. The legislators who withheld support last week said they preferred to strip the language about homosexual behavior from the law and leave in the provisions requiring the state to conduct research into the causes of sex crimes. “This is probably one of my saddest moments as a legislator, because you know where my heart is on what you’re trying to do,” said Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena), who abstained from voting. “It’s offensive that somebody 60 years ago would try to include that as a disorder when we know it’s not.” Assemblymen Curt Hagman (RDiamond Bar) and Danny Gilmore (RHanford) abstained from voting for similar reasons. Lowenthal said that the research would be better left to universities than the state.
“At this time, we certainly don’t need to be spending the money,” she said. Aside from the lawmakers who abstained, no one voiced opposition to the bill. But a group called Parents and Friends of ExGays and Gays, also known as PFOX, sent a letter to Lowenthal stating that research into the causes of homosexuality is a legitimate form of science that benefits both “ex-gay” and gay communities. The national organization advocates for the ex-gay community, stating that no one is born homosexual. They distribute religious and scientific information on the topic. “Being able to research the cure for those types of emotions is the way we have hope,” said Jeralee Smith, the PFOX California Educational Director, in a phone interview. Smith, 61, believes research into the causes and cures of homosexuality should be continued, and called the move to end funding offensive. Smith said she was molested by a woman when she was 16. She added that she spent most of her life in same-sex relationships, found it very painful and later reoriented her thought patterns to what she called healthier ways. Smith said she doesn’t believe sex offenders are predominantly homosexuals, but that she doesn’t think they should be excluded from research on the topic. “I just don’t think any door should be closed when we’re trying to stop attacks on children,” she said. ■
Fox News reports a South Dakota police department has changed its policy for releasing information to the military following its outing of a lesbian Air Force sergeant that led to her discharge. The Rapid City Police Department will now require its records custodian to review reports before they’re released to military officials. Previously, any officer could release information. Chief Steve Allender says he still believes his officers acted appropriately in sharing information about Jene Newsome with nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base. Newsome was discharged from the military in January under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” after officers had seen an Iowa marriage certificate in her home and told Ellsworth officials. The ACLU filed a complaint claiming the officers violated Newsome’s privacy.
Gay newspaper to be revived in Atlanta The Savannah Morning News reports the new owner of a longtime weekly gay newspaper in Atlanta said the shuttered publication will reopen. Southern Voice shut down in November because parent company Window Media LLC in Washington, D.C., filed for bankruptcy. New owner Matt Neumann, publisher of Gaydar Magazine LLC, says he’s going to start publishing the newspaper again on April 14. Neumann said he plans to print about 10,000 copies with a goal of eventually growing to 20,000. He also plans to distribute copies in Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama.
$2-million fund to help gay students Advocate.com reports a former student of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University has bequeathed $2 million to the music school to help gay and lesbian students who are marginalized and lack support. The bequest, one of the largest commitments made to Peabody, will create the Tristan W. Rhodes Scholarship Fund for the benefit of students who are gay or lesbian and have been disenfranchised by their families. The bequest will take effect after Rhodes, 62, dies. A choir director, pianist and organist, he attended the school but left before he could graduate in 1962. He said the gift was inspired by a friend whose potential literary career suffered after she came out to her family. The bequest will also permit scholarships to be awarded to gay and lesbian students who need financial help. ■ — Larry Nichols
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Community, police continue crime conversation By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer
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The Police Liaison Committee, which serves to connect the LGBT community and the local police force, met last week to discuss ongoing crime and policing issues in the Gayborhood and beyond. In last month’s meeting, the committee addressed the increasing prostitution problem in the 12th and 13th street corridors. Lt. Rick Lanzetta, the newly assigned head of the Patrol Service Area that covers the Gayborhood, said the discussion continued at the April 8 meeting, with committee members and police addressing ways to stem the problem. “We were able to get the opinions of the people directly in that community,” Lanzetta said. “We got guidance on who’s where during what hours and where the complaints are coming from, and we talked about the possibility of doing outreach work with AIDS info and things like that, so the discussion was very, very helpful. It was, ‘You live here, and you work here, so tell me what it looks like and what’s going on.’ And we got a lot of information from that conversation.” Franny Price, committee chair, also noted that Chief Inspector James Tiano, the police liaison to the LGBT community, emphasized that individuals who’ve been the victims of a crime but who may have bench warrants out for them — often for prostitution or other charges — should not fear for their welfare by reporting the offense. “If you have a warrant, you have every right to be protected. When something happens, you shouldn’t be afraid to call the police,” Price said. “Police will not investigate the [victim], so people need to know that they can and should get help if they’ve been violated in any way.” Tiano said that while it’s possible police could recognize someone who is wanted for serious crimes, police do not typically check for outstanding warrants for people who are reporting a crime. “We’re looking to help victims, not to run them [in the system].” Tiano said. “Now it’s not neces-
sarily open show, but it’s kind of the same thing we tell people in the immigration world: We don’t bother them for immigration and go looking for that, that’s something we don’t do, and it’s the same way with victims. We’re not looking to hurt somebody who’s already been a victim of a crime.” At the meeting, the committee members also spent time discussing a recent incident in which a gay man was assaulted around Second Street and Girard Avenue, and his perpetrator allegedly used antigay epithets. The man called police, but Lanzetta said the crime was recorded as a report of an assault, rather than an assault in progress, which lowers its priority level on the police radar and which led to a longer wait time for police to arrive on the scene. Police have to respond to the calls that come through the radio as they’re reported in terms of urgency, Lanzetta said, noting that both police dispatchers and those making complaints need to be clear in their communication so that police can properly respond. He also suggested that, in the event police cannot immediately respond to a situation, community members should be aware of where the closest police stations are — something Price said could have been beneficial in the Girard Avenue incident. “Police weren’t able to come out instantly, and it turns out that he was only four blocks from the police station, and he just didn’t realize it,” she said. “A lot of people don’t know where the stations are, and it’s really important just in case you find yourself in a situation where you might need to get there.” The Sixth District headquarters is located at 235 N. 11th St. and can be reached at (215) 686-3060. The Ninth District is at 401 N. 21st St. and can be reached at (215) 686-3090. The Third District is at 11th and Wharton streets and can be reached at (215) 686-3030. The 17th District is located at 20th and Federal streets and can be reached at (215) 686-3170. Tiano’s office is at (215) 6853655. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.
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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Feb. 28 and March 4. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. REPORT: On March 23 (reported March 29), complainant was punched and kicked, causing a fracture to her jaw while she was in the Broad Street subway station, 201 S. Broad St., by a male known to her after she had an argument with the suspect’s sister. Central Detective Division is investigating to obtain an arrest warrant. ARREST: At noon April 1, a male was arrested for prostitution in the 1200 block of Locust Street by the City Wide Vice Unit. REPORT: On April 3, complainant walked into Jefferson Hospital at 4 a.m. with a stab wound to the leg. The hospital staff called the police on behalf of the complainant, who stated he was in the 300 block of South 11th Street at 1:30 a.m. when two males took his wallet and stabbed him in the leg. The offenders were described as black
males in their 20s, the first being 5-foot-11 with a medium build, the second 6-foot-1 with a thin build, both wearing dark clothing. The complainant was uncooperative and did not want any police involvement. A check for a crime scene in the 300 block of South 11th Street was negative. REPORT: Between 11 a.m.-8:45 p.m. April 3, complainant’s apartment in the 1300 block of Locust Street was entered without force and a laptop was taken. Sixth District Officer Kelly lifted prints from the scene. ARREST UPDATE: At 12:41 p.m. Jan. 3, complainant was inside her residence in the 200 block of South Sixth Street when a male entered her unlocked apartment door, took jewelry and cash and fled after complainant yelled “get out,” using the fire exit to leave the building. The offender was only described as a black male, 40 years old, wearing a black wool jacket. Central Detective Division processed the scene for evidence and latent fingerprints. On April 5, Sixth District Officer Saravello responded to a call at 850 Locust St. and stopped a male for investigation. The male was identified as the same male wanted on an arrest warrant for the above incident as
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Editorial
Let the gay season commence ... Starting this weekend, there are about a million LGBT events in the city. OK, that’s an exaggeration, but it really does seem like this is the start of the gay season. On Friday, there is the Gay and Lesbian Latino Education Initiative fundraiser. Gay Day at The Zoo, The Attic Youth Center fundraiser and the Mr. Gay Philadelphia contest are on Saturday and opening day of the City of Brotherly Love Softball League is on Sunday, along with the Mr. and Miss Philly Black Gay Pride contest, which is the start of Philadelphia Black Gay Pride week. The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus is performing on Friday and Saturday, The Bike Stop is holding a Kinky Carnival on Saturday, there are more events than this and I’m tired already. There’s GayBINGO on Saturday. The sports teams are gearing up and practicing. There are dance parties (Stimulus, Ultra and more). And we haven’t even started on Equality Forum and Pride events, which are coming in the next few months. If you can’t find something to do with/for/in the community, you aren’t looking or you aren’t interested. (And that’s OK too.) And if ever a member of the LGBT community doubted the vibrancy of said community, take this weekend as a formal rebuttal to that. After the winter’s record-setting snowstorms, the prospect of getting out and about is exciting. Sometimes, after being in the cold and dark for so long, one forgets how nice spring is and how much we enjoy warm weather. (We reserve the right to retract this statement if summer is ridiculously long, dry and hot.) Now that the weather is warming (and cooling and warming ... ), everyone can think about putting away the winter sweaters, hats and scarves and spending time outside in the sunshine. If you have a garden, planting season is fast approaching. If you have a backyard, grass cutting is still a ways off. Tax season is (technically) over, and the primary still a month away. Like your mom used to tell you, go outside and play. ■
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Traditional Values Coalition Did you hear the news? Nancy Pelosi wants you to have sex with your dog. And President Obama wants you to do it with your underage cousin for money. It’s all right there in the fine print of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Or at least the version the Traditional Values Coalition made up. It’s no surprise, of course, that a bill that would make it illegal to fire someone just because he/she is gay is something TVC would not want to see passed. They are, after all, committed to portraying LGBT folks as depraved monsters. And so they’re going balls-out against ENDA. On April 8, TVC pleaded for donations online by declaring that ENDA “normalizes and provides special federal protection for 30+ bizarre sexual orientations listed by the American Psychiatric Association — the socalled ‘Dirty 30.’ These 30+ fetishes include behaviors that are felonies or misdemeanors in most states (including) such bizarre criminal acts as incest, pedophilia, prostitution, beastiality and cross-dressing. If we don’t act today, Obama and Pelosi will normalize these disorders by federal law on April 21!” I can see it now: TVC readers yelling, “Holy mackerel, honey, get the credit card! I knew Obama was the anti-Christ, but this is too horrible for
words!” And it would be. If any of it were true. TVC is blatantly lying about ENDA and took a quote by Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) completely out of context to get the federal protections for the “Dirty 30” bullshit. According to TVC, “In a moment of candor, liberal Rep. Alcee Hastings openly admitted on the House floor that the ‘Dirty 30’ would be covered by federal law. In fact, he wants the Dirty 30 to be given special protection! In his own words: ‘all of these -philias and fetishes and -isms that were put forward — need not live in fear because of who they are.’” TVC makes it sound like Hastings quite recently celebrated all the perverts who would get to be legally pervy once ENDA is passed. Not so. In reality, the quote is from last year when Hastings read a proposed amendment to the hate-crimes bill out loud on the House floor. The amendment included a slew of sexual “-isms” and such, including old standbys like pedophilia and incest, as well as lesser-knowns like gerontosexuality and autogynephilia. Hastings was by no means endorsing the list, as TVC claims. He was, in fact, pissed off about the amendment and wanted to enter the ridiculousness of it into the record. What he actually said was, “This
bill addresses our resolve to end violence based on prejudice, and to guarantee that all Americans, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability — or all of these -philias and fetishes and -isms that were put forward — need not live in fear because of who they are.” Granted some of the “-philias and fetishes and -isms that were put forward” are illegal. And should be illegal. Hastings may be guilty of clumsy speech. But he didn’t advocate for protecting child molesters. But that’s all LGBT folks are to groups like TVC. And they want their members to be scared shitless that some tranny child rapist is going to teach their son or daughter’s kindergarten class once ENDA passes. “If Obama, Pelosi, Hastings and the Congressional Democrats pass ENDA, coworkers will be forced to work alongside individuals with these bizarre sex fetishes,” TVC claims. Look, TVC folks, sex fetishes aren’t necessarily “bizarre” and they aren’t limited to homos. You are probably already working with these people. And some of them even go to your church. ■ D’Anne Witkowski is a Detroit-based freelance writer and poet.
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APRIL 16 - 22, 2010
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LGBT Vatican talking points There are 4,392 priests and deacons in the U.S. Catholic Church alone who have been charged with allegations of sexual abuse from 1950-2002. As of last week, the Vatican has attempted, at my count, six different public-relations campaigns to deflect any blame away from Pope Benedict XVI on the stonewalling of the church regarding priest sexual abuse. Then came the smoking gun: A letter surfaced, signed personally by Pope Benedict when he was a cardinal, refusing to take action against a pedophile priest. The church’s latest attempt is to blame “gay priests.” In other words, try and blame it on those gays, who we all know abuse little boys. That’s the hidden message, a hate campaign just like the ones we’ve seen from the Republicans. If you are having this conversation with those defending the church, here’s your strategy. First, do not try to explain why blaming “gay priests” is wrong. If you do, then you are taking the bait and allowing them to keep the focus on gays rather than child abuse, which will delight them since it deflects from the church scandal. Rather, keep the focus on them — where it belongs. When they use that line, immediately take it back to the church by saying: The church should be protecting children rather than the priests who sexually abuse them. Regardless of what sexual orientation the priest is, he should be dealt with as a man who has raped/abused a child. Instead, the church hides the abusing priest behind bishops, cardinals and, now it has been proven, even the (future) pope. As you will see, this approach will leave the church apologist in a rush to defend the organization. After he or she does, you should give the figures.
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Allegations of sexual abuse have been made against 4,392 priests and deacons in the U.S. This distinguishes the church as the No. 1 child sexual abuser in the nation. Shame on you. If a major corporation, like ExxonMobil, had 4,392 employees abusing children, what do you expect the reaction would be? By this point, you’ve already won the argument with the child-rapist apologizer. Sounds like a tough line, but that’s what he is. It’s time to make the populace aware of how it’s affecting them. Have you told your parishioners that the money they put into the Sunday plate that has gone to settle lawsuits and legal fees has climbed to $1.5 billion, and that was only until 2006? Until the church stands with morality and takes responsibility rather than blaming the media, dead clerics and now, shame on you, even the victims themselves, the price will continue to climb and, unfortunately, good schools and churches will continue to be shuttered. Not only have you ruined children’s lives by continuing to not take responsibility, you are destroying the very Catholic communities you serve. At some point in this debate, your opponent will attempt to say you are anti-Catholic. Just tell the truth: No, I’m anti-child abuse and organizations that cover it up. Look at your debating partner and say, “Let me ask you, hypothetically, if 4,392 employees of ExxonMobil abused children and the CEO of ExxonMobil covered it up, I’m sure you’d expect him to answer to at least his stockholders, if not law enforcement.” It’s not about how much money the company makes or how good the product is, it’s about those 4,392 abusing employees and the CEO who is covering the abuse up. In the case of the Catholic Church, the CEO is Pope Benedict. ■
Will there be a gay president in your lifetime?
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“It’s a nice dream. I would feel accepted. But it won’t come true. The country will never be ready for it in my lifetime. That doesn’t mean I’m not hopeful.”
“We have so few rights now, it’s hard to imagine it could happen before I’m 100. It will take that long for the country to be truly open to equal opportunity and diversity.”
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“No, too many rightwing bigots are gaining power. They’ll prevent that possibility. If anything, we’re moving in the direction of having a dictator. And he won’t be gay. At least not openly gay.”
“I really don’t think so. Gays can’t even get married, let alone be president. Frankly, I’m shocked that we have a black president. I think he’ll be the first and last. It’s a once-in-alifetime thing.”
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Letters and Feedback In response to “Out green expert to head PHS,” April 9-15: This can’t be true — no gay man in his right mind would quit working for Bette Midler! — L-P In response to “Judge: Scouts must post $1 bond,” April 9-15: Big surprise the city is catering to a loud special-interest group. Every member of the city government should be ashamed of how the city is behaving! We’re talking about the Boy Scouts, which has inarguably done more to help produce men of character than any other group in this or any other country! Shame, shame, shame on
City Council for aiding and abetting in such an attack! — Greg S. On the Pacific coast in Portland, we have a trial charging the BSA with not policing its adult membership and allowing gays to serve, while on the Atlantic coast we have a suit trying to open the membership to anyone regardless of their values or lifestyle. What a country! — Mr Bill Bigots shouldn’t get tax support for bigotry, although it looks as though this judge is sympathetic to bigotry. If other organizations receiving below-market rental rates in city-owned buildings simi-
larly discriminate against groups protected by federal, state or city law, then those groups should be likewise charged market rental rates. It’s terribly simple, even for a caveman bigot. — corrective_uncons I don’t think it’s about the gay issue really. I think the city is just using that as an excuse to get them out of there. If you think about it, they’re in the Parkway Museums District in a location that would be better served by an actual museum. It’s so unfortunate that the Please Touch Museum had to move off of the Parkway but the Boy Scouts are still there. — Chris Benson
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Obituary The Rev. Christine Paules, 53 By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer The Rev. Christine Paules, an openly lesbian pastor who served several congregations in Philadelphia, died March 31 at Bryn Mawr Hospital after a battle with breast cancer. She was 53. At the time of her death, Paules was pastor of St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in the Northeast, a position she held for the past eight years. Known as “Pastor Chris” to her congregants, Paules graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1985 and was ordained that year by the Presbyterian Church (USA) of Pluckemin, N.J. From 198895, Paules served as the pastor of Mayfair Presbyterian Church and, before coming to St. Luke’s in 2002, worked for several years as a pastoral associate of Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church. A native of Red Lion, Paules graduated from Red Lion High School in 1974 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Lebanon Valley College four years later. After college, Paules was working at her father’s business in Red Lion and attending church at a Presbyterian congregation in nearby Crossroads when she first considered a career in the ministry. “They had just gotten a woman pastor at the time and that was a real eye-opener for Chris,” said Dr. Carol Radich, Paules’ partner of 15 years and a professor emeritus at West Chester University. “She got to know this woman and she gradually discerned a call, basically.” After graduating from Princeton and serving seven years at the Mayfair church, Paules stepped down because she felt limited by the Presbyterian policy of not ordaining out ministers Radich said. “She worked very hard in the Philadelphia Presbytery during the early ’90s, when they were voting on whether openly gay and lesbian people should be ordained. She worked to advocate for that position, and since it still wasn’t bearing fruit, she felt that she could no longer be a pastor if she couldn’t really show and be
all of who she was. It was a matter of integrity.” F o r six years, P a u l e s worked in the mentalhealth field for such agencies as United Behavioral Health, where she started as an intake worker and moved up to become the manager of a regional providers’ network. Paules had attained her master’s degree in pastoral counseling from La Salle University in 1994
and still felt drawn to that field even during her lay work, Radich said. “Even in that setting, she still felt like she had the call to be a pastor, so she applied to the UCC to switch her denomination and was accepted, and then was called to be the pastor of St. Luke’s.” Radich said Paules blossomed at St. Luke’s and brought a renewed sense of acceptance to the church community. “She always felt the church, of all places, should be a place of wholeness, and if she couldn’t be all of who she was, then she couldn’t function as a pastor, so when she did find that possible at St. Luke’s, she just really opened up. The whole theme of her min-
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She wasn’t a half-measures type of person. She put her whole self into whatever she was doing.” In addition to Radich, Paules is survived by her father, Elwood Paules; brother Ken Paules; sister Nancy Kauffman; three nephews and one niece. A life celebration will be held at 2 p.m. May 15 at St. Luke’s, 11080 Knights Road. Memorial gifts can be made in Paules’ name to the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, a national breast-cancer agency, at www.drsusanloveresearchfoundation.org, or to Habitat for Humanity, www.habitat.org. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.
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Jaruga-Nowacka spoke out at a banned event in 2005. “I am here to express my protest against the mayor’s decision, which is a violation of the Polish constitution and of civic rights,” she said. “I am here to show my respect for the Polish tradition of tolerance.” Jaruga-Nowacka regularly spoke at other gay-rights rallies, where she suffered verbal abuse from extremist nationalists and Christian groups. She was traveling with the president to an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, where Soviet troops killed thousands of Poles, when the plane they were traveling in crashed near Smolensk Airport. All 96 people aboard the plane died in the crash, including the pilots.
has claimed that Terre’blanche attempted to have sex with at least one of the defendants. Police in Johannesburg had earlier claimed an unspecified pay dispute was at the heart of the slaying. Officials have not commented on the defense lawyer’s account. A leader long on the margins of South African politics following the end of apartheid, Terre’blanche was known for his racist and homophobic diatribes as founder of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement. He served six years in prison beginning in 2001 for assaulting a gas-station worker and for the attempted murder of a security guard in 1996. Terre’blanche was found halfstripped and beaten to death on April 3 at his family farm near Ventersdorp, 60 miles west of Johannesburg. Thousands of his followers waved apartheid-era flags at his funeral last Friday.
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The couple is behind a campaign, “Same Right, Same Names,” by the LGBT Argentine Federation to bring about marriage equality. Two gay male couples have married in Argentina since December, when the high court ruled in their favor to allow them to wed. Liberatori also performed the ceremony for Damian Bernath and Jorge Salazar in March.
Malaysia could see first gay film Cinema audiences in Malaysia could soon see the country’s first gay-themed film after censorship guidelines were eased. “Dalam Botol,” or “In a Bottle,” is about a man who undergoes gender reassignment to the detriment of his relationship with his male partner. The film will not show kissing or nudity, which are banned. However, producer Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman said she hoped to show scenes of the male leads cuddling at international film festivals. Those scenes are unlikely to pass censors in Malaysia and are expected to be cut for versions shown there. Previously, gay characters in films were completely banned and Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest film “Bruno” fell afoul of censors last year. But recently the Malaysian Film
Producers Association announced changes that would allow gay characters to be shown as long as filmmakers imply that homosexuality is wrong and has negative consequences. Malaysia has strict rules on public morality. Homosexuality is not specified as a crime, but Section 377 of the penal code prohibits sodomy, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Malaysia also has a prohibition on “gross indecency with another male person,” with up to two years in prison for those found guilty.
Philippines OK gay political party A gay political party in the Philippines has won the right to be recognized as a legitimate party for the first time. The Philippine Supreme Court recently overturned a ruling barring Ang Ladlad (Out of the Closet) from contesting national elections in May. The Elections Commission denied the party, made up of LGBT members, accreditation on the grounds that it is immoral and offensive to Christians and Muslims. The party seeks antidiscrimination laws and support for gayrelated businesses, among other things. Judges said the party had complied with all legal requirements
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body had only been in the ground for a few hours when the mob descended on the cemetery with shovels. They dug up his corpse, spit on his torso, dragged his body away and dumped him in front of his elderly parents’ home. Homosexual acts are punishable by imprisonment of between one and five years in Senegal. In Africa, 37 countries have laws against homosexuality and cam-
paigners say a wave of homophobia is spreading across the continent. At least four incidents of gay men’s bodies being exhumed in Senegal have been confirmed in the last two years, despite the country’s reputation for tolerance. ■
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Gay victims desecrated A report claims the bodies of dead gay men in Senegal are being unearthed by homophobic mobs and, in some cases, left on their families’ doorsteps. The Associated Press reports there have been a number of such incidents in the last few years. Last May, the body of Madieye Diallo, who died of HIV/ AIDS, was exhumed from a cemetery. The process was filmed on a mobile phone and the footage was sold in the market in the town of Thies, where he lived. The report said Diallo’s
ELUSIVE PEACE: This Feb. 5 photo shows Ousmane Diallo holding a picture of his son, Madieye Diallo, at his shop in Thies, Senegal. The younger Diallo’s body had only been in the ground a few hours when a mob descended on the cemetery with shovels, pulling out his body, desecrating him and dumping him in front of his parents’ home. A wave of intense homophobia is washing across Africa, where homosexuality is already illegal in at least 37 countries. AP Photo: Ricci Shryock
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Walk against sexual assault Women Organized Against Rape will hold a walk and education fair April 24 to raise awareness about sexual violence. Walkers will depart from the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut St., at noon and head to Speak Out, an event in the second-floor Independence Ballroom of the Independence Visitors Center, Sixth and Market streets. Speak Out, which will run from 12:30-3 p.m., will feature informational booths from anti-violence organizations, survivor speakers, live music, raffles and children’s activities. For more information, e-mail Jill Maier at jill@woar.org. ■ — Jen Colletta
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Day of Silence, which commemorates victims of anti-LGBT hate crimes and harassment. Some 300 counter-demonstrators from the university gathered in response, and Armbruster and another officer asked Repent America to move away from certain buildings. Several students contacted university police to lodge complaints about the antigay rhetoric being communicated by Repent America, and Mioskie, other officers and Cevallos arrived at the protest. C eva l l o s a l l eg e d l y a s ke d Armbruster to “push” the Repent America members off campus, which Armbruster did not do. The suit states that Cevallos then took this request to Mioskie, who, according to the suit, saw the situation becoming disorderly, as the counter-demonstrators were growing increasingly agitated with Repent America’s presence. Mioskie instructed Repent America president Michael Marcavage to leave campus and told Armbruster to enforce that directive. But Armbruster refused, saying he felt it would be a violation of the Repent America members’ right to free speech and could subject him to liability. Mioskie relieved Armbruster of his duties and ordered him to leave the scene. Two days later, Armbruster was placed on paid administrative leave and at a prediscipline conference April 23, was placed on suspension without pay for five days, which amounted to a loss of approximately $600 in wages for Armbruster. Randall Wenger, Armbruster’s attorney, said his client is not appealing because of money, but rather wants to secure his job and argue for the “general principle” involved. “We’re very disappointed [in the dismissal] because we believe it sends the wrong signal to police officers,” Wenger said. “It essentially tells them that a safe thing to do is violate constitutional rights when they’re told to do so and if they don’t, they have no recourse in federal court to protect themselves.” The appeal was filed April 8, and attorneys will have about 12 weeks to file briefs, Wenger said, before oral arguments are scheduled. Cevallos said he could not comment on the case because of the pending appeal. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.
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DISCUSSION
A ‘FRANK’
A departure from the ordinary
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DeCaro to co-host Mr. Gay Philadelphia By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Frank DeCaro could be the king — or queen — of all media. That is, of course, if Oprah, Tyra, Martha, RuPaul and few dozen other entertainers fell off the face of the earth at the same time. But it’s still nice to be in the running. The performer, writer and pop-culture commentator, 47, has had quite the career, making his unique presence felt in the worlds of television, print, radio and theater. His campy brand of humor has graced the pages of publications such as The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and The Advocate, as well as his books, “A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoir” and “Unmistakably Mackie: The Fashion and Fantasy of Bob Mackie.” DeCaro has also been all over the small screen, appearing on numerous TV networks on shows like “The Daily
Show,” “E! True Hollywood Story” and the Game Show Network’s “I’ve Got a Secret.” Currently DeCaro can be heard on his eponymous daily radio show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s OutQ channel, and seen hosting gay comedy nights and cabarets in New York City clubs. DeCaro will be in Philadelphia April 17 for a return engagement as co-host of Mr. Gay Philadelphia w i t h B r i t t a ny Lynn and special guest judges Jonny McGovern, Michael Musto and Sandy Beach. He discussed what it is about Philadelphia and the Mr. Gay competition that lures
him away from everything he has going on in New York City. PGN: What keeps bringing you back to host Mr. Gay Philly? FD: Any excuse to come to Philadelphia is a good excuse. We are always treated so beautifully when we are there. We always have such a great time when we’re there. Mr. Gay Philadelphia is a hoot. It’s a fun thing to be a part of, and any chance to work with and get hammered with Brittany Lynn is a fun idea. PGN: Is there anything that happened in previous years
that sticks out in your mind? FD: I was blown away when they brought in the Cher impersonator. Basically, if you squint a little bit, you really do feel like you met Cher. This young man came in nondescript and suddenly, give him a couple of hours in the makeup chair, and he was Cher. I had pictures taken, so basically I told people I was with Cher in Philadelphia. PGN: Are you going to do anything else in Philadelphia? FD: We stay as long as we can. Usually we bring our dog. There’s so many dog-friendly hotels. So we bring our dog and then we make sure we get a cheesesteak. The last time we were there, we saw amazing art. We went to the Picasso show and we went to The Flower Show. The food is great, the people are terrific and hanging out in the Gayborhood is totally groovy. You really can walk to everything and do a pub crawl as opposed to going here then
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getting a taxi and going there. You can just wander around in your stupor and have a good time. PGN: What are you looking for in a winning contestant? FD: Someone who embodies all the deliciousness of being a gay man in 2010. I’m glad I don’t have to judge. I just have to highlight them. They not only have to be cute, they have to have a lot going on as well. Time was you could just be cute, but it’s not enough anymore. PGN: How are things going at OutQ
Radio? FD: We’ve been having a really fun time on OutQ. My co-host [show producer Doria Biddle] is all giddy because the Dinah Shore weekend is coming up [the first weekend in April]. I’m giddy because she’s not doing the show with me tomorrow. But we’ve been having a lot of fun. OutQ has grown so much. In the early days, we’d just sit on our thumbs. Now it’s pretty amazing the number of people who are out there listening. PGN: Who is on your list of dream
guests on the show? FD: I think I’d love to chat with Elton John on the show. We’ve had Bette Midler and tons of mega-stars who only need one name. Elton John or Cher would be my two legends that I would like to get on the show. PGN: Have you ever had someone on the show where you thought, We are never having them back again? FD: Once in a while, you get someone who’s a total washout. Usually that has not been the case; I can count on three fingers the times where we were like, “God, that was horrible!” We’ve been fortunate to have really wonderful people. I like when they come back because they really know what they’re getting into. It’s sort of a vote of confidence. PGN: Having been on so many television shows, are all these projects things you created or were you sought out for them? FD: My whole career I’ve always kind of fell into things. This radio gig was
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no exception. I rode a wave and happened to be in the right place at the right time. I’m good at happening into stuff. We’re working on stuff going forward. I’m itching to get back on television. PGN: Why did you stop doing “The
Daily Show”?
FD: They told me to stop. They said,
“Could you leave?” And I said, “Do I have to?” They said, “Yes, you do.” So I did. I‘d still be there, I guess, if they’d have me, but they were becoming a political show and my silly little movie reviews didn’t fit with what they were doing.
PGN: Would you have adapted to
politics if they had asked you to?
FD: We tried but we really couldn’t
see a way to do it. That is so not my bailiwick. There really was no way to save it. But I had a good long run, about six-and-a-half years. And if you’re going to start television, starting on “The Daily Show” is about as good as it gets. PGN: Given your experience on the
Game Show Network, which do you prefer: new game shows or remakes of old game shows? FD: I think I like remakes of old game shows, but what I really would have liked is if they would have renewed “I’ve Got a Secret.” We did our 40 episodes and had a great time, but it didn’t go anywhere. They didn’t promote it or throw any money behind it. Then they just canned it. I did get a wardrobe that I’ve been working on for years. My gay super-villain wardrobe is completely from the wardrobe closet at “I’ve Got a Secret.” It pays to be a perfect double extra large, I tell you. PGN: Do you have
any plans to write any more books? FD: I’d like to. I have plans but I don’t know if I have the discipline to write another book. I’m kind of itching to do it. It’s been long enough now. PGN: What do you enjoy more, writ-
ing or performing live?
FD: I think I like performing better.
The immediacy of it and the feedback is very appealing to me. It’s easier, to be honest with you. It’s much easier
THE MANY MOODS OF FRANK DECARO: Opposite left, in the studio for the Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s OutQ channel; bottom left, partying with Pee Wee Herman. Photo upper left: Bradford Noble
to perform than it is to write. When you perform, when the show is over, you’re out of there. That’s much less work to me than having to think something through. Each story you write or each book you do is two big projects: the reporting of it and the writing of it. Then there’s the selling of it. Performing is just the selling of it. It’s just easier. PGN: Michael Musto and Jonny
McGovern are also scheduled to attend Mr. Gay Philadelphia. With all of you working and living in New York City, do you get a chance to work together? FD: We do see each other a lot. Michael Musto just gave a party for his 25th anniversary at the Village Voice. That was one of the most fun parties I have been at in ages. And Jonny McGovern is a walking good time. He’s a very tall party in himself. He’s an awful lot of fun to be around. I love that the folk from “The Big Gay Sketch Show” are going to be
a part of the event. That show really came into its own. The first season it felt kind of hamstrung by “Oh, let’s not offend anybody.” But once they let loose, boy, did it get funny. I have to say, Brittany Lynn, I love that girl. She’s my favorite. As a boy and as a girl, I’m crazy about Brittany. I think she’s an awful lot of fun to work with and even more fun to have her tell you, “Taste this, I just made it.” It’ll be some crazy shot that she just came up with. I’ll be knocking them back with her, ruing the day she became a bartender. ■ Frank DeCaro and Brittany Lynn host the fourth annual Mr. Gay Philadelphia contest, 8-11:30 p.m. April 17 at Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 St. James St. For more information, visit www.frankdecaro.com or www.nightlifegay.com/tickets, or call (215) 7355772. Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.
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CDs New albums love the ’80s By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Goldfrapp Head First Mute On its last album, 2008’s “Seventh Tree,” Goldfrapp took listeners on a stylistic detour infusing electro-pop with a heavy dose of psychedelic early-1970s soft rock. Listeners were thrown for a second, but ended up loving it. It’s no big surprise that, for the latest album, “Head First,” Goldfrapp leapt into the 1980s for a pleasantly synth-heavy sound. And we love it even more. The group sounds perfectly at home on new-wave leaning tracks like “Rocket,” “Dreaming” and “I Wanna Life,” the latter two being prime candidates for pop radio or the dance floor. “Believer” is a pleasant synth-pop ditty harkening back to early Devo and Depeche Mode. As always, out singer Alison Goldfrapp keeps things interesting. She gives the cold Teutonic groove of “Shiny and Warm” a seductive swagger. Her breathy vocals are in full bloom on the more-hypnotizing standout tracks like “Hunt” and “Voicething.” We’re convinced now that we’d follow Goldfrapp in whatever sonic direction it chooses. Little Boots Hands Elektra
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The more-restrained tracks (midtempo “New In Town” and the poppy “Earthquake”) are far superior to the more-frantic danceoriented tracks like “Meddle” and “Remedy.” Sultry and laid-back tracks like “Hearts Collide” and “Symmetry” work even better, the latter thanks in part to guest vocals by Philip Oakley. Time will tell if, one of these days, Little Boots is going to walk all over you. Ratt Infestation Loud & Proud Finally, an ’80s hair band that gets it! Most of the hit bands that paraded around in drag-queengrade makeup and hairspray back in the ’80s that are still around usually bore the hell out of their remaining faithful because they insist on trying to keep up with what’s going on in popular music. (And some of them can sing — or play — the way they used to back in the day.) This is why, every once in a while, you have to suffer through the pathetic sight of bands such as Bon Jovi and Def Leppard artistically cavorting with country artists, or Poison trying to co-op garage-punk sensibilities and appearing on reality TV shows. Fortunately, that’s not the case with Ratt. This former Spandex posse has figured out that fans actually want to hear it sound like it did in its hedonistic heyday. The production values on “Infestation” are spot-on, transporting listeners back to Southern California circa 1988. The overall sound is confident and boisterous. The guitars are technical, crunchy and slick. The choruses are big and catchy. “Best of Me” sounds just as good and polished as any of Ratt’s big hits. Both “Lost Weekend” and “Take Me Home” are classic-sounding rock anthems. “As Good As It Gets” borrows too much from AC/DC not to be coincidence but, given the alternatives, we aren’t mad. Ratt also gets kudos for not putting a cheesy power ballad on its new record. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.
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Outward Bound Jeff Guaracino Hotels wooing the LGBT traveler The biggest names in the hotel business are now courting our community. Marriott International, Trump Entertainment Resorts, Harrah’s Entertainment and Starwood Hotels and Resorts are now competing with gay-owned and -operated hotels and guesthouses for our business. The question is, how do you make sure your travel dollars are reinvested in our community? The answer is you have to “buy gay” by booking your hotel stay at a designated Web site or by using a special “gay” code. By outing yourself as an LGBT traveler, you can take advantage of special offers and discounts. In return, the companies, in varying degrees, support our community’s events and organizations. While there are hotel chains with a long history of support for our community, notably Kimpton Hotels, here are some of the newcomers: Marriott Earlier this year, Marriott International launched its first gay and lesbian Web site, www.marriottgaytravel.com. You can book almost any room on offer here. There are just a few gay-specific packages, including the “Out In New York” or “Out in DC” hotel deals. Both packages include a slew of extras, including breakfast for two and 5 percent of your room rate being donated to Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Be sure to enter “VIQ” in the corporate/promotional code box. Marriott received a 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index and supports LGBT organizations including PFLAG. Bravo, Marriott. Starwood Some Starwood brands have built a solid reputation for support of the local LGBT community. Check out www.starwoodpromos.com/pride07, as this Web site promises “exclusive pride rates.” Starwood has two incredible new properties in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.: the W Hotel and the Westin Beach Resort. Both have perfect locations right on the beach, and the Westin is also within walking distance of the gay beach at Sebastian Street. The Westin is your best bet,
with ocean views in a gorgeously renovated hotel that is often hundreds of dollars less per night than the close-by Ritz-Carlton Ft. Lauderdale. The Westin is also very active in its local LGBT community, so when you stay there, you’re giving back. Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J., should get a gold star when it comes to wooing our community online. Instead of creating a separate LGBT micro-site, this iconic brand proudly displays its pride with the symbolic rainbow on the homepage at www.trumptaj.com right next to icons for Facebook and YouTube. Recently, the hotel created the “Fun and ‘Gay’mes Weekend,” filled with two days of entertainment including Red Ribbon Gay Bingo, which raises money for our community. The hotel promoted the LGBT weekend with prominent signage throughout the facility. Go Trump! (Splurge for a stunning Chairman Tower suite: They are modern, without any campy décor.) Gay-owned and -operated hotels When choosing where to rest your head, don’t forget to support gay-owned and -operated hoteliers, who have always supported our community. More often than not, your dollars will be reinvested in our community. In Ft. Lauderdale, the five-star Royal Palms Guesthouse is celebrating the return of Richard Gray, the original proprietor and gay-travel pioneer, with a 50-percent discount on all deluxe queen rooms through Oct. 1 (www.royalpalms.com). And don’t forget The Alexander Inn (alexanderinn.com) in Philadelphia, the many gayowned guesthouses in New Hope and Asbury Park’s Empress Hotel. ■
Jeff Guaracino is a vice president for the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation and author of “Gay and Lesbian Tourism: The Essential Guide for Marketing.” He finds the best deals and travel resources out there for the community. For local travel, check out visitphilly.com.
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Exploring Florida’s first coast By Scott A. Drake PGN Contributor Before the French and English overwhelmed the New World, Spanish explorers settled what is now the northeast corner of Florida. Bordered by Georgia to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Jacksonville sprawls more than 840 square miles, making it the largest city in the United States and requiring a vehicle to see the sights. This newly discovered destination has something to offer singles, couples and families of any age. Outdoor adventures Jacksonville boasts more than 111,000 acres of parks and plenty of ways to enjoy them. Visit Kingsley Plantation in the Timucuan Forest Preserve (www.nps.gov/timu), which houses the oldest standing plantation and remnant slave quarters. The river and park provide visitors opportunities to kayak, fish, hike, parasail, canoe, Jet Ski and more. The park and plantation are located on an island, so access is a fun 10-
minute ferry ride across the Ft. George River. Hanna Park is spread over 450 acres and is considered the jewel of the Jacksonville park system, where nature still rules. Visitors can sun, surf, picnic, hike the dunes or play disc golf without feeling overcrowded. Dolphins are frequently spotted near the shore and the warm waters also draw whales with their calves in the spring. The coastline shelf along this part of the state falls off an abrupt 40 feet, yielding two bonuses: hard-packed sand that makes it easy to ride bikes on the beach and great surf. The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (www.jacksonvillezoo.org) has over 1,000 species of plants to complement the animal life. Participation is key here. There is a pond in which to touch stingrays, an elevated platform to feed the giraffes and, in one of the three aviaries, nectar to hand-feed the lorikeets. In the year-old Asian bamboo garden, komodo dragons are only steps away from a tranquil koi pond and meditation garden.
Festivals and culture Like most major cities, Jacksonville boasts hundreds of festivals, sporting events, concerts and cultural events. The primary must-visit event is the Riverside Arts Market (www. riversideartmarket.com), which began its second year on March 6. More than 100 vendors gathered under the Fuller Warren Bridge to offer art and crafts while jugglers, magicians, mimes and musicians perform along the river. Keep your appetite handy, as there are plenty of preserves, produce, fresh breads, cheeses and hot sauces, such as Caribbean Gold Mango and Hot HabaĂąera, bottled locally by Mangrove Island Grille (www.mangroveislandgrille.com) to try and foods such as the Filipino eggroll-like fried meat roll lumpia. The market is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Saturday, March through October, rain or shine. Just a couple blocks from the market is the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens (www.cummer.org), displaying a broad colSee FIRST COAST, Page 29
RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET (TOP) AND A GARDEN AT THE CUMMER MUSEUM Photos: Scott A. Drake
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Professional Portraits This week’s interview just happens to be Mr. Gay Philadelphia 2008 — something I didn’t know until halfway through the conversation, but very timely as tomorrow a new Mr. Gay Philadelphia will be crowned. I spoke with Mr. Philly 2008, Johnny Caputo, during Sunday brunch at Q Lounge and Kitchen, which he manages. May I recommend the Santa Fe crabcake sandwich? PGN: How long has Q Lounge been open? JC: We opened the spot on July 1, 2009. It’s a family-run business. My brother-in-law Steve and his brother Alex and I took it over from the Weiss brothers. I’m the general manager/managing partner. PGN: How did you get into the business? JC: I’ve been in and around the restaurant business for the last 14 years. I worked my way up from barback to server to bartender to manager at various restaurants and clubs, and now I’m partowner of Q Lounge. My last job was at Joe Pesce restaurant, where I worked for a few years. I even represented them in the Mr. [Gay] Philadelphia contest. Before that, I worked at Brasil’s in Old City.
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PGN: What was life like growing up in South Philly? JC: It was great. We had fun in our neighborhood. I went to Catholic school my entire life. PGN: Was that difficult once you began to be attracted to other boys? JC: It was very hard, especially since it was an all-boys’ school, St. John Neumann High School. As soon as I hit puberty, I knew I was different. I was about 13 or 14 and, at first, I didn’t think I was normal until later when I met other gay people, and also there were a lot of things on TV that taught me that being gay was normal and that I wasn’t the only one. PGN: How did the family react? JC: They all said they kind of knew! My mom cried a bit and struggled with it at first, but now she’s the most supportive mom ever. PGN: What did your parents do? JC: My father was a tailor; he died when I was 14. My mother worked in a factory that manufactured Brooks Brothers suits. She’s still in South Philly.
PGN: How do your straight partners like being part of the LGBT community? JC: They love it. They’re very open-minded and have been around the community before. We have a great time.
PGN: So they both were in the clothing biz. Did any of the fashion bug rub off on you? JC: Yes, that’s what I majored in. I went to Philadelphia University and studied fashion marketing. I did that for four years as a buyer for a small boutique in Washington Square called Pileggi.
PGN: Are you from Philadelphia? JC: Yes, I was born and raised in South Philadelphia. I’m firstgeneration American. My parents were from Southern Italy, the [region] of Calabria, and came to the United States in the ’50s.
PGN: What do you remember most about your father? JC: Oh my God, my father was amazing. He was the kindest, loving and most outgoing person. He loved everyone and was accepting of everyone. Anyone was welcomed into our house.
PGN: Any siblings? JC: Yes, I have two older sisters, Angela and Antonella. I was the baby of the family. [Laughs.] A real mama’s boy!
PGN: How did he die? JC: He had Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS [amyotrophic lateral sclerosis].
PGN: So were you your sisters’ real-life dress-up doll? JC: Of course! Dress-up and rag doll! PGN: What was the worst thing they used to do? JC: Tell me I was adopted.
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PGN: What was a favorite outfit or piece of clothing when you were a kid? JC: Well, my father made all of my clothes, all of my suits and pants. I remember he made my communion suit. All white. He’d take my measurements and cut the patterns and let me help him
out. PGN: What’s your middle name? JC: I don’t have one! PGN: Do you remember your first kiss? JC: I was at Woody’s for kiddy night. I was 18 and I met a boy and we kissed right then and there on the dance floor. We dated for quite a while after that. PGN: So from your first kiss at Woody’s to managing Q Lounge … What’s one of the worst things you have to deal with? JC: People throwing up on the floor. PGN: Something that makes you a good businessperson? JC: I’m really good with people. I like the interactions with different people in the club. PGN: Any celebrity encounters? JC: We had Pamela Anderson here at Q Lounge a few months ago. She was in town to promote something and a friend of one of our employees knew the person she was out with, so they brought her here for a minute. She asked people not to take pictures, but she was really nice. We gave her a couple bottles of champagne. PGN: Did she look good up close and in person? JC: Yeah, she did. She was really pretty and had on a cute little white dress. I also met Lorraine Bracco from “The Sopranos.” She came out with a line of wines and she was doing an event at the restaurant where I was working. She
JOHNNY CAPUTO Photo: Suzi Nash
was also very sweet. [Laughs.] The funniest thing is that she kept trying to hook me up with her daughter.
JC: I would take scraps of leftover material from my father and use it as a cape. I’d run around and pretend I was Superman!
PGN: Not the most observant person. JC: Not a clue!
PGN: What’s the best thing you’ve ever won? JC: I guess that would be Mr. Gay Philadelphia.
PGN: Ever play any sports? JC: I played Little League Baseball. I loved it even if I wasn’t very good. PGN: What position did you play? JC: You know, I don’t even know. That was the only time I did any kind of sports. PGN: What was your favorite thing to pretend when you were little?
PGN: How’d that come about? JC: Bruce Yelk [organizer of Mr. Gay Philadelphia] and some friends of mine really pushed me to do it. I had a good time — my whole family came to the competition and supported me. My sister had a big sign and everything. PGN: And what does the competition consist of? JC: It’s fun. We have a swimsuit segment and a formal-wear seg-
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ment and if you get to the top five, there’s a Q&A from the judges. PGN: What are your duties? JC: I do a lot of LGBT events around town and I represent the city at the national competition in San Francisco. PGN: Did you make friends with any other Mr.’s? JC: Yeah, I got to be friends with Mr. Alabama. I made friends with people from lots of cities, but we still keep in contact. PGN: So is Mr. 2008 with a steady date? JC: No, I’m single right now. PGN: Now to bar stuff. What alcohol can you never drink again? JC: Jägermeister. Not good. It’s like drinking cough syrup. I get sick. PGN: What’s your drink of choice? JC: Vodka on the rocks, preferably Stoli Orange. If I’m going easy, it’s vodka and club soda. PGN: Do you believe in ghosts? JC: I think there’s one at Q! I was in my office one night and suddenly the radio started playing. It was kind of freaky, because it wasn’t on but it was still playing by itself. PGN: Do you speak Italian? JC: Yes, I do. PGN: Ever use it to listen in on conversations? JC: Yeah, just last night there was a guy at Q speaking Italian. I was listening to his conversation and then I started talking to him. He was surprised to find out I could understand. PGN: Food you’d eat if you couldn’t get fat? JC: Cheeseburgers. I love cheese-
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burgers. PGN: Favorite movie? JC: “The Notebook.” I’ve watched it about 10 times and I cry every time I see it. PGN: Hobbies? JC: I love working out and bike riding in the summer. And I love to cook, love to cook. PGN: What’s your best dish? JC: My meatballs. I use my mother’s recipe. PGN: What’s the farthest you’ve traveled? JC: All over Europe. Italy of course, and London, Amsterdam, Belgium, Paris, all over the place. I studied for a year abroad when I was in school for fashion and I back-packed all over the continent. It was a great experience, meeting people from all over. PGN: Was it scary at all traveling by yourself? JC: No, I felt pretty comfortable most places. The only thing that scares me are heights, so going up onto the Eiffel Tower and places like that were fun, but I couldn’t look over. PGN: If you could go back in time, which period would you choose? JC: It would have to be the ’70s. I love the disco music of that era and the idea of partying at Studio 54 and all those great clubs from back then would be amazing. I love the clothing, the music, everything. PGN: Boxers, briefs or commando? JC: Uh, briefs. PGN: Any tattoos or piercings? JC: I have two tattoos. I have a cross on my back in memory of my dad and a zodiac sign on my arm. PGN: What sign are you and do
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you fit the description? JC: I’m a Sagittarius. It’s a fire sign and we’re supposed to be very loyal and very outgoing, but we can be all over the place at times, which fits with the bar business.
Q Puzzle
PGN: What’s a quality you admire in a man? JC: A good personality, someone who can make me laugh. Someone who is giving and loyal. Tall, dark and handsome doesn’t hurt either!
Across
PGN: Two sounds you love and one you hate? JC: I love the sound of the ocean and of birds chirping in the spring. I hate the sound of something scraping on a chalkboard. Brrrrr. I don’t even like to think about it. PGN: If you could be an animal, what would you be? JC: A horse. I love horses. When we used to visit my grandparents in Italy, we stayed on their farm and got to play with and ride the horses. And a Sagittarius is half man, half horse so I’m already halfway there. PGN: Last time you laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose? JC: We have a drag show on Wednesday nights and our MC is Mimi Imfurst and she’s hilarious. I don’t know about soda out the nose, but she makes me laugh until I pee my pants. PGN: So are you going to the Mr. Gay Philadelphia contest tomorrow? JC: Yes, I’m one of the judges. May the best man win. ■ To suggest a community member for “Professional Portraits,” write to: Professional Portraits, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 or portraits05@aol. com.
Sliced Fruit 1. Able to bend over 6. Big swallow 10. Poke with a stick 14. Fruit sliced in 55-Across 15. “Hi” to Lorca 16. Round dance 17. Split from between the sheets 19. Fail to include 20. Prefix in a kids’ clothing line 21. Carefree adventure 22. Thick soup 24. Toward writer Harper? 26. Bean of “Desperate Housewives” 27. Lodging place 28. Pink symbol 31. Prop department jewelry 34. TV bunch member 35. Brit. word ref 36. Publisher Adolph 37. Cook in butter 38. Greeting for a mate 39. One of “Fifty Million Frenchmen” 40. Subway token taker 41. Luxuriates at South Beach, e.g. 42. Columbus blowout 44. Fuel up 45. Inspiring city for Van Gogh 46. Diana, to the Greeks 50. Chevy Chase and others 52. “Gone ___ the Wind” 53. Tattoo’s place, often 54. Presbyterian activist Michael 55. Ran off with some big bucks 58. Fruit sliced in 17-Across 59. Emerald isle 60. Drama queen’s emotion, perhaps 61. They move your dinghy 62. Title document 63. Zipper piece
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3. Cho’s “___ One That I Want” 4. Bud’s comic bud 5. Start, like Earhart 6. Small fragment 7. Operate properly 8. Kind of will 9. A rainbow flag symbolizes this 10. Type of torpedo, to Odo 11. Caesar worshipped them 12. First ed. 13. Fruit sliced in 33-Down 18. Pull down 23. Key opening 25. Mental acuity 26. Take the soapbox 28. In all honesty 29. Dike problem 30. Maker of some fruity flavors 31. Come down in buckets 32. Problem for skin 33. Rust, like the Tin Man 34. Prepares to cast 37. Under pressure 38. Peter’s place 40. Barneys event 41. Where you can stand to be naked 43. Busybodies 44. Art deco illustrator 46. Felt bad 47. Fruit sliced in 11-Down 48. Start of a legal conclusion 49. “March of the Women” composer Ethel 50. Melissa may attach one to her neck 51. Conception 52. Tested, to Marc Jacobs 56. Neither a win nor a loss 57. “Double Fantasy” artist
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Leather Lookout Jim Kiley-Zufelt And through it all, Madonna Jacob and David, the boys behind the CODE party at the EFN Lounge in Washington, D.C., brought their amazing party up I-95 last weekend and took over the top floor of Voyeur Nightclub. With hot beats, hotter demos and one of the hottest bootblacks I’ve seen in years, these boys did the impossible and actually revived the spirit of the old Cell Block, the after-hours leather club that once thrived in that same space, while injecting it with a brand-new energy. Over in the side bar, in the shadow of the old men’s room — which had a pissing trough that
was notoriously large enough for someone to climb into — Daniel the bootblack was giving loving attention to beat-up boots and doing everything he could to shine them back up. On the other side of the floor, where there was once a pool table and an actual truck cab that was home to many a late-night fisting session back in the day, members of Keystone boys of Leather, Philadelphians MC and a host of GDIs (God-Damned Independents) hung out and shared some laughs. It goes without saying that the CODE party didn’t get anywhere near as wild as things used to get in the old Cell Block. That was a different time and a different era and everyone knows you can’t really turn back the clock. But CODE did recapture part of the magic of those bygone times, and
I can’t tell you how great it felt just to be standing in that same space, surrounded by all those guys decked out in their hottest gear. Want to know one thing that hasn’t changed? Madonna. They played her at the Cell Block and they played her at CODE (only difference is back then it was “Open Your Heart”). So whether you like Madonna or not, CODE is for more than just the leather guys. It’s for anyone who gets off on hot gear — whether it’s leather, rubber, latex, neoprene, sports gear, jocks, or just a rope harness with a few large and strategically placed knots. They even allow smoking, since it’s a private club, so bring your cigars, guys. Starting in May, they’re going monthly, so you can catch them every second Saturday for the
rest of the year. Watch their Web site (www.codedc. com) or become a fan of their Facebook group (“Code”) for more info. PIT CREW BOYS Don’t miss the next Keystone boys of Leather party, Pit Crew Boys at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St., on April 16. They’ll have a bootblack, an ice luge, hot boys and more. Did I mention the hot boys? Check o u t t h e i r We b site (www.key- DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME: Martin and stoneboysoflea- David enjoy Daniel’s bootblacking expertise durther.org) or their ing CODE Philly on April 10 at Voyeur. Photo: Jim Facebook group Kiley-Zufelt for more informasites. Some even have the Twitter, tion. so there’s no excuse any more for not knowing what’s going on (but PHILADELPHIANS MC none of them are on FourSquare, KINKY CARNIVAL because frankly that one’s just On April 17, join Philadelphians dumb). Point your browser or MC at The Bike Stop when they your phone to the Internets to get throw a Kinky Carnival to raise all connected and stuff. money for William Way LGBT Community Center. Come ride UPCOMING EVENTS: the rides, including hot waxings, floggings, buzzcuts and electro- — WOOF! PHILLY & LAID: play, while enjoying the music of Every Sunday at 5 p.m. at 1416 DJs Harley and Rick. A $5 dona- Chancellor St. See www.wooftion at the door gets you five car- philly.com or www.laidsaturdays. nival tickets and great draft-beer com for DJ and dancer schedspecials. For more information, ules. check out www.philadelphiansmc. org or their Facebook group. — LIBERTY BEARS MEETING & SOCIAL: May 1 at The Bike MAYDAY! BEARS GOING Stop, meeting from 7-8 p.m. in DOWN! The Pit and social from 8-11 p.m. The Liberty Bears have made on the main floor. www.libertysome minor adjustments to their bears.net and on Facebook. meeting schedule. They still meet on the first Saturday of — B E A R S O N L I B E RT Y every month, but now the busi- WEEKEND 8: MAGIC EIGHT ness meeting runs from 7-8 p.m. BALLS: Hosted by the Liberty and the social runs 8-11 p.m. All Bears, Oct. 15-17. meetings and socials are open to the public. For more information, —TRI-CEN XX: ANIMALS, see www.libertybears.net or join ANIMALS, ANIMALS!: Hosted their Facebook group. by Philadelphians MC, Dec. 31, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011. ■ MYTWEETFACE Sensing a pattern here? Yep, Questions? Comments? Contact all these clubs have Facebook Jim at LeatherLookout@gmail. groups to go along with their Web com.
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FIRST COAST From Page 25 lection of art from ancient Greece and Egypt along with modern art, in addition to local artists. The gardens extend from the museum to the river and offer a haven from the fast-paced city outside its walls. An interactive room where kids can create their own digital art and make rainbows through dance is just as fun and interesting for adults. Notably, a photo and replica of Philadelphia’s Clothespin sculpture by Claes Oldenburg is on display here. Jacksonville Beach This beach is a great alternative to staying downtown and is less developed than many of Florida’s other coastal communities. The oldest continuously operating Red Cross lifeguard house is here. An outdoor amphitheater regularly hosts concerts and movies under the stars, while across the street is Freebird Live, a concert venue owned by the widow of the lead singer of native Jacksonville icon Lynyrd Skynyrd. If spending time on the beach is one of your passions, Rent Beach Stuff (www.rentbeachstuff. com) is your local csupplier, and will deliver and pick up everything to make your stay easybreezy. You can rent bikes, beach umbrellas, boogie boards, skates, towels and just about anything else for your time on the sand. For an alternate afternoon or evening, head over to Adventure Landing (www.adventurelanding.com), where laser
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tag, arcade games, miniature golf and a water park provide diversion for any age. Jacksonville Beach is also home to the oldest gay bar in northern Florida. Bo’s Coral Reef, 201 N. Fifth Ave. (www.bosclub.com) has been at its current location for 30 years, but originally opened in 1968, when local restrictions kept the bars in Jacksonville closed on Sundays. Only one block from the beach, it instantly became a popular respite. A dance floor, regular drag shows, pool tables and a grill make Bo’s a great spot to visit any evening. (The owner, Roverta “Bo” Boen, died March 9 at age 86. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the staff and patrons.) City number one We would be remiss not to recommend a day trip to the country’s oldest city, St. Augustine. Just
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30 miles south of Jacksonville Beach on Highway A1A, St. Augustine is the home of the Castillo de San Marcos, Lions Bridge and the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum. The Castillo de San Marcos, completed in 1689, is the oldest masonry fort still standing in the country and is now part of the National Park Service (www.
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nps.gov/casa). There are tours by guides in period clothing, reenactments, cannon-firing demonstrations and a fife-and-drum color guard that performs regularly. The once-walled city is very walkable and boasts shops with everything from handmade soaps, hot pepper sauces and clothing to cigars and jewelry.
Also, check out the Lightner Museum (www.lightnermuseum.org), where you can see three floors of antiques from the gilded age, including a sizable collection of Tiffany glass and lamps. Northeast Florida may not come up much in travel conversation — which makes it the perfect place to visit. ■
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Your guide to arts and entertainment
Theater
Alice in Wonderland Media Theatre presents Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, through April 24, 104 E. State St., Media; (610) 8910100. Fallen Angels Walnut Street Theatre presents a comedy about bored wives, old flames and high society, through May 2, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 574-3550. Girls Night: The Musical Follow five friends as they relive their past, celebrate their present and look to the future on a hilarious karaoke night out, April 20-May 23 at Kimmel’s Innovation Studio, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Arden Theatre Company presents an adaptation of Laura Joffe Numeroff’s bestselling children’s book about the chaos a demanding mouse can create, through June 13, on Arden’s Arcadia Stage, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 9221122. The Lion King The Kimmel Center’s Broadway Series presents the wildly successful stage adaptation of the hit animated film, through April 24 at the Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. A Queer Divine Out performance artist and juggler Sara Felder stars in a new solo comedy, 7 p.m. April 20 at the Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St.; April 22 at International House, 3701 Chestnut St.; April 24 at The Wilma Theatre, 265 S. Broad St.; and April 26 at Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St.; www. sarafelder.com.
Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Kathleen Turner starring in this world-premiere play written by noted journalists and twin sisters Margaret and Allison Engel, celebrating the life of the acclaimed columnist, through April 25, 480 S. Broad St.; (215) 985-0420. Respect: A Musical Journey of Women Society Hill Playhouse presents an exuberant musical that recounts the journey of women in the 20th century with popular music, through May 23, 507 S. Eighth St.; (215) 923-0210. Romeo and Juliet The Acting Company and the Guthrie Theater combine forces in this production of the classic love story, April 20-24 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; (215) 8983900. Rooms 11th Hour Theatre Company presents the story of two ambitious artist trying to stay together through the punk and new-wave explosion of the late 1970s-early ’80s, through May 2 at the Independence Black Box at Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St.; (267) 987-9865. Shining City Plays and Players Theatre presents the story of two men in Dublin dealing with the ghosts of their pasts and seeking redemption, through April 25, 1714 Delancey St.; (215) 218-4022.
historical play, through May 2 at St. Stephen’s Theater, 923 Ludlow St.; (215) 829-0395.
Music classical
Ax Plays Beethoven American pianist Emanuel Ax joins Maestro Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra for Beethoven’s B-flat-major Concerto, 8 p.m. April 16-17 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
SILVER-SCREEN FASHION: The James A. Michener Art Museum hosts “Icons of Costume: Hollywood’s Golden Era and Beyond,” an exhibition of over 50 items selected from one of the most extensive collections of movie memorabilia, through Sept. 5, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown. The throwback glam fashion includes Richard Chamberlain’s getup from “The Man In The Iron Mask” to the opulent ball gowns worn by Barbara Stanwyck in “The Great Man’s Lady” and Marlene Dietrich in “Shanghai Express.” There are also rare studio publicity stills, lobby cards and film props on view, while an interactive “screen test” area allows visitors to act out their favorite scenes, which can be uploaded to the museum’s channel on YouTube.com. For more information, call (215) 3409800. Photo: Todd Trice
a dark comedy about one family’s attempts to keep out the “sickness” of the world by isolating itself in a house where all the windows are covered with plastic, through May 2, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 5743550.
Travels With My Aunt The Walnut Street Theatre’s Independence Studio 3 presents the adventures of retired bank employee Henry Pulling and his effervescent aunt Augusta as they travel around the world, through Sick April 18, 825 Walnut St.; The Walnut Street Theatre’s Studio 5 presents (215) 574-3550.
When We Go Upon The Sea InterAct Theatre Company presents a world-premiere production written by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-nominated playwright Lee Blessing, imagining George W. Bush at a hotel in The Hague the night before going on trial for international war crimes, through May 9 at the Mainstage of The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St.; (215) 568-8079.
The Great American Tenor Peter Nero and the Philly Pops perform a tribute to Mario Lanza, 8 p.m. April 21 and 23 and 3 p.m. April 24-25 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
Music other
Angie Stone and Leela James The R&B singers perform at 8 p.m. April 16 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; (215) 572-7650. PGMC: Here & Now The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus performs a concert examining the importance of friends, lovers and others who are there in time of need, 8 p.m. April 16-17 at Arden Theatre, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 731-9230. Sugar Town Humble Tripe and DJ Kit perform, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Girls Rock Philly, at 9 p.m. April 16 at Tritone, 1508 South St.; (215) 5450475.
Jen Foster The lesbian singerWilliam Shakespeare’s songwriter performs at Henry IV, Part I 7:30 p.m. April 18 at Tin Lantern Theater Company Angel, 20 N. Second St.; presents Shakespeare’s (215) 928-0770.
One Night of Queen The Queen Tribute band performs at 8 p.m. April 22 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; (215) 572-7650.
Exhibits
Contemporary Folklore The James A. Michener Art Museum presents an exhibition featuring the works of four regional artists mining both collective and personal stories to create sculptures that retell new histories, through June 13, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; (215) 340-9800. The Hermaphrodites: Living in Two Worlds Wexler Gallery presents a group show focusing on figural sculptures that embody the literal definition of hermaphrodites (encompassing both genders) and the conceptual nature of the term, through May 1, 201 N. Third St.; (215) 923-7030. Inspiring a Nation The National Constitution Center hosts an exhibition featuring World War I posters created by Philadelphia Sketch Club artists, through April 25, 525 Arch St.; (215) 4096700. Moore Adventures in Wonderland The Rosenbach Museum presents a Marianne Moore and “Alice in Wonderland”inspired installation, created by Rosenbach artist-in-residence Sue Johnson, through June 6, 2008-2010 Delancey Place; (215) 732-1600. Of This Century The Clay Studio presents an exhibition of works by select guest artists, through May 2, 139 N. Second St.; (215) 925-3453.
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Other Worlds AxD Gallery presents an exhibition of graphite-and-ink work by Greg Brellochs and sculpture and prints by Allen Linder, through May 8, 265 S. 10th St.; (215) 627-6250. Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works from the influential artist from the period between 1905-45, through May 2, 26th Street and The Parkway; (215) 763-8100. The Souvenir Shop ArtStar Gallery presents an exhibition of works from ceramic artists from all over the country, through April 25, 623 N. Second St.; (215) 238-1557.
Opera
Belisario Amici Opera Company presents Donizetti’s opera for the first time in the United States, at 2:30 p.m. April 18 at The Garden Church, 82 N. Lansdowne Ave.; (215) 224-0257.
Dance
Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents a troupe of versatile male dancers, some seen on “So You Think You Can Dance,” through April 17 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; (215) 898-6791.
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Philadanco: 40th Anniversary Philadanco presents a historical reflection set to the music of the Funkadelics, through April 18 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
Film
Forbidden Planet The classic sci-fi film is screened at 7:30 p.m. April 16 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; (610) 917-0223. Pulp Fiction The noir-ish Quentin Tarantino film is screened at 8 p.m. April 19 at Trocadero Theater, 1003 Arch St.; (215) 922-6888. Earth Day Film Festival Bryn Mawr Film Institute screens a wide range of fare aimed at raising environmental awareness beginning at noon April 22, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; (610) 527-9898.
Books
Open Mic Anyone can perform or read at 6:30 p.m. April 17 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; (215) 923-2960. Book Club: “Push by Sapphire” The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts a book -club discussion of the book that inspired the Oscar-winning “Precious,” 7 p.m. April 21, 1315
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Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220.
Cabaret
Chantel’s Fantasy Factory The erotically charged show kicks off at 10 p.m. April 17 at Harlans Cabaret, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; (215) 862-5225. Justin Bond The out entertainer, best known for his work as half of Kiki and Herb, performs at 8 p.m. April 24 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; (215) 592-0656.
Etc.
The Hollywood Sell Out actor and producer Howard Rosenman (“Milk,” “The Celluloid Closet”) hosts a seminar about how to get a foothold in Hollywood, 10 a.m.2 p.m. at Drexel University’s Nesbitt Hall, 3215 Market St.; (215) 895-6896. Mr. Gay Philadelphia Frank DeCaro, Brittany Lynn, Sandy Beach, Michael Musto and more will be on hand for the fourth annual Mr. Gay Philadelphia contest, 811:30 p.m. April 17 at Voyeur Nightclub. 1221 St. James St.; (215) 735-5772. A Penny For Your Thoughts The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts a guided discussion to provide an opportunity to address a variety of topics, including but not limited to sexuality, role-playing, politics, relationships, etc., 4-7 p.m. April 17, 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220. Paula Poundstone The comedian performs at 6 and 9:30 p.m. April 17 at Sellersville Theater 1894, 136 N. Main St., Sellersville; (215) 257-3000. Mr. & Miss Philly Black Gay Pride Gershman Y hosts this event to help foster the visibility of Philly Black Pride and the LGBT community, 7-11 p.m. April 18, 401 S. Broad St.; (215) 545-4400. ■
Notices Out singer-songwriter Nicole Reynolds is back with yet another excellent batch of defiant folk songs, ranging from the melancholy (“Like the Ocean”), to the rootsy (“Ghost Dance” and “We Could Stay”), to the fiery (“Crazy As You”). She celebrates the release of her latest, “A Fine Set of Fools,” with a performance at 7:30 p.m. April 17 at Tin Angel with transgender performer Athens Boys Choir opening, 20 N. Second St. For more information, visit www.nicolereynoldsmusic. com or call (215) 928-0770.
Send notices at least one week in advance to: Diversions, PGN, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19147; fax them to (215) 925-6437; or e-mail them to diversions@epgn.com. Notices cannot be taken over the phone.
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worth watching: FRIDAY Saturday Night Fever The disco-era blockbuster. 9 p.m. on TV Land. SATURDAY Bear Run This documentary tracks the contemporary rituals, language, values and evolving aesthetic of bear culture, following three sets of characters as they romp through the 2006-08 event circuit. 9 p.m. on Logo. Suze Orman Show The out money expert talks about finances. 9 p.m. on CNBC. The Wanda Sykes Show The out comedian hosts her outrageous talk show. 11 p.m. on Fox. Saturday Night Live Ryan Phillippe hosts and Ke$ha performs. 11:30 p.m. on NBC. SUNDAY Brothers & Sisters Look for out characters Kevin and Scotty. 9 p.m. on ABC. Celebrity Apprentice Cyndi Lauper competes to raise money for her charity, the True Colors Fund of Stonewall Community Foundation. 9 p.m. on NBC. MONDAY How I Met Your Mother Out actor Neil Patrick Harris stars as womanizer Barney. 8 p.m. on CBS. RuPaul’s Drag Race The final four queens hit the red carpet. 9 p.m. on Logo. Trauma Look for gay character Tyler in this medical drama. 9 p.m. on NBC.
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TUESDAY American Idol Out comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres judges. 8 p.m. on Fox.
DADDY’S HOME: Things are bound to get messy on “Desperate Housewives” as Angie’s son Danny meets Patrick Logan (pictured, played by out actor John Barrowman), his father and the man Angie has been on the run from for years, 9 p.m. April 18 on ABC. Photo: Ron Tom
Queer TV you can always see: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. on NBC. The Rachel Maddow Show
Monday-Friday, 9 p.m. on MSNBC.
cohorts Jay Hernandez and Miss J. Alexander run this reality competition. 8 p.m. on CW. The New Adventures of Old Christine Out comedian Wanda Sykes co-stars. 8 p.m. on CBS. Modern Family Look for gay couple Mitchell and Cameron. 9 p.m. on ABC. Law & Order: SVU Look for out actor B.D. Wong. 10 p.m. on NBC.
The Big Gay Sketch Show Season 3 is in full swing. 10 p.m. on Logo.
THURSDAY The Cho Show Catch the entire first season of Margaret Cho’s reality show. 2:30-6 p.m. on Logo.
WEDNESDAY America’s Next Top Model Tyra Banks with out fashion
Grey’s Anatomy Look for out characters Callie and Arizona. 9 p.m. on ABC.
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Meeting Place A community bulletin board of activities, facilities and organizations
Community centers ■ The Attic Youth Center: For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday through Friday. See the Youth section for more events. 255 S. 16th St.; (215) 545-4331 ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St.; (215) 898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu, Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Doylestown Planned Parenthood, The Atrium, Suite 2E, 301 S. Main St., Doylestown; (215) 348-0558 ext. 65; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. ■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220; www.waygay.org. Peer counseling: Monday through Friday, 6-9 p.m. Library hours: Mondays 3-9 p.m., Tuesdays 3-6 p.m., Wednesdays 3-9 p.m., Thursdays 3-9 p.m., Fridays 3-9 p.m., Saturdays noon-6 p.m., Sundays noon-6 p.m. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.; Volunteer Velada, third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
Health Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 166 W. Lehigh Ave.; (215) 763-8870 ext. 6000. AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 340 N. 12th St., suite 205; (2215) 536-2424. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; (215) 851-1822 or (866) 222-3871. Spanish/English. HIV testing Free, anonymous testing and counseling is offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment at AIDS Resource, 520 W. Fourth St., suite 2A, Williamsport; (570) 322-8448.
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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, confidential HIV testing available at 17 MacDade Blvd., suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; (610) 586-9077. Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 1201 Chestnut St.; (215) 563-0652. www. mazzonicenter.org. Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; (215) 985-9206.
Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: (215) 686-2555
■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: (215) 587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: (856) 933-9500 ext. 221
■ Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine: (215) 563-0658
■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: (215) 592-1513
■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): (215) 572-1833
■ AIDS Treatment hot line: (215) 5452212
■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: (215) 686-4670
■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: (215) 685-1633
■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: (215) 772-2000
■ The COLOURS Organization Inc. 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; (215) 4960330.
■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Chief Inspector James Tiano: (215) 685-3655 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: (215) 600-0627; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com
■ Equality Advocates Pennsylvania: (215) 731-1447; (866) LGBTLAW
■ Philly Pride Presents: (215) 875-9288
■ Equality Forum: (215) 732-3378
■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: (717) 920-9537
■ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Peer Counseling Services: (215) 732-TALK ■ Mayor’s liaison to LGBT communities: Gloria Casarez, (215) 686-2194; Gloria.
ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) Meets at 6 p.m. every Monday at St. Luke and the Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; (215) 386-1981; www.critpath.org/actup. Delaware Valley Chapter, Americans United for Separation of Church and State Seeks activists and supporters of church-state separation. Holds monthly meetings and events; (856) 863-3061; www.dvau.org. Equality Advocates Philadelphia Holds a volunteer night second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m., 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 605; (215) 731-1447; www.equalitypa.org. Green Party of Philadelphia Holds general meetings fourth Tuesday of each month (except April) at 6:30 p.m., 4134 Lancaster Ave.; (215) 243-7103; www.gpop.org. Log Cabin Republican Club of Philadelphia Meets at 7 p.m. third Wednesday of the month at the William Way Community Center; (215) 4655677; www.phillylogcabin.org. Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club Meets seasonally; (215) 760-7184; www. libertycity.org.
Arts
Gay Men’s Book Discussion Group Meets at 6:30 p.m. first Wednesday of the month at the Independence Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 18 S. Seventh St.; (215) 685-1633. Library Book Club Meets to discuss a new book at 7 p.m. on third Wednesday of the month at the William Way Center. New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus Chorus rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Mondays in Princeton, N.J.; (609) 675-1998. Open-mic night An amateur poetry, music and storytelling event sponsored by The Pride Center of New Jersey, meets at 8 p.m. every third Friday at the George Street Playhouse, 1470 Jersey Ave., North Brunswick, N.J.; (732) 846-0715. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus Chorus rehearses from 7-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays; (215) 731-9230; auditions@pgmc.org. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Opera Club Meets to share and listen to recordings at 6:30 p.m. on last Saturday of the month; (215) 224-6995. Philadelphia Voices of Pride Philadelphia’s first mixed GLBT chorus rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the William Way Center; (888) 505-7464; www.pvop.org. Queer Writer’s Collective Workshop and discussion group meets 4-6 p.m. on fourth Saturday of the month at the William Way Center. Women’s Book Group Meets first Thursday of the month at 6:45 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; brassygrrl@hotmail.com.
■ Mazzoni Center: (215) 563-0652; www. mazzonicenter.org
■ AIDS Library: (215) 985-4851
Activism/Politics
■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: (215) 732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays, and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)
Recreation
Diversity Dancers Ballroom dancers meet the first Sunday of the month for tea dance and lessons. Other events scheduled throughout the year; (215) 922-2129; DiversityDancers@aol.com. Gay Bridge Club Non-beginners group meets Monday afternoons at the William Way Center; (215) 985-4835. Gay-friendly Scrabble Club Meets from 6-11 p.m. in the P.I.C. Building, 42nd and Locust streets; (215) 382-0789. Gay and Lesbian Scrabble Players in the tri-state area gather for socializing and friendly/competitive games; ScrabbleGroup@excite.com. Gay Opera Guys of Philly New group for opera appreciation meets last Sunday of the month at 2:30 p.m. in Roxborough/ Andorra area; (215) 483-1032. Humboldt Society: Lesbian and Gay Naturalists Meets second Thursday of the month at the William Way Center; (215) 985-1456; www. humboldtsociety.org. Indepedence Squares GLBT square dance club, modern Western square dancing. Monthly open house. Tuesday classes in the fall; Lutheran Church, 2111 Sansom St.; (215) 735-5812; www.independencesquares.org.
PAGE 35 Male Oenophile Group Male group forming to discuss, appreciate and taste various wines. Will meet once a month to investigate the nuances and glories of the fermented grape. Call (267) 230-6750 for more information. Mornings OUT LGBT Senior Social Activities for sexual-minority seniors are held every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the William Way Center. PhilaVentures Philadelphia’s GLBT outdoor group meets for a hike in Wissahickon Valley Park on Sundays at 2 p.m. at Borders Books, Music and Café, 8701 Germantown Ave.; (215) 271-8822. Rainbow Room A meeting/activity night held for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth and their friends Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. at the Rainbow Room of Planned Parenthood in Doylestown; (215) 348-0558.
Sports
Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club Meets for Tuesday and Thursday practice at Greene Field, Howell Street and Moore Road, West Chester; www.brandywinerugby.org. City of Brotherly Love Softball League GLBT softball league serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Games are played Sundays, beginning in April, in Fairmount Park; (215) 4622575; www.cblsl.org. Frontrunners Running club meets Saturday mornings at 9:30 for a run and brunch. Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www.frontrunnersphila.org. Gay and Lesbian Bowling League Bowls at 8 p.m. Thursdays in the Norristown area; call Doug Schneidig; (716) 864-4393. Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club GLBT and allied soccer club; practices Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon and Wednesdays 6-8 p.m. at Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park;www.falconssoccer.org. Philadelphia Fins Swim Team Male and female swimmers meet at 7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. Saturdays in Center City; (610) 564-6661; www. philadelphia-fins.org. Philadelphia Gay Bowling League Meets 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays September through April at Brunswick Zone, 1328 Delsea Drive, Deptford, N.J.; (856) 889-1434; www. philagaybowling.com. Philadelphia Gay Flag Football New group forming. Contact Jered at gayflagfootball@gmail.com or (214) 770-5373. Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club Team seeks players; all skill levels welcome; (215) 913-7531; info@phillygryphons.org. Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association Meets at 7 p.m. every third Monday at William Way Center; into@plta.us. Philadelphia Phoenix Women’s football team seeks players; (267) 6799535; www.philadelphiaphoenix.org. Philly Gay Hockey Association Philadelphia Phury seeks players; (917) 6561936; phury@gayhockey.org.
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AIDS Law Project Provides free legal assistance to people with HIV/AIDS and sponsors free monthly seminars on work and housing; 1211 Chestnut St., suite 600; (215) 587-9377; www.aidslawpa.org. BiUnity Philadelphia area social and support network for bisexuals, their family members and friends meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the William Way Center; www.biunity.org. Global A political, community and social group that also works to promote Bordentown as a gayfriendly community meets on the first Saturday of the month at Firehouse Gallery, 8 Walnut St., Bordentown, N.J.; jerseyglobal@yahoo.com. Delaware Pride Meets at 7 p.m. on first Thursday of the month at the United Church of Christ, 300 E. Main St., Newark, Del.; (800) 292-0429. Delaware Valley Pink Pistols For LGBT people dedicated to legal, safe and responsible use of firearms for self-defense; meets at 2 p.m. on third Saturday of the month at Classic Indoor Range, 1310 Industrial Blvd., Southhampton; (267) 386-8907; www.pinkpistols. org. Friday Feast and Fun Dinner hosted by St. John’s Lutheran Church at 6:30 p.m. second Friday of the month, 24 N. Ridge Ave., Ambler; (215) 576-8008. Haverford College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance Open meetings 10-11 p.m. Mondays in the lounge in Jones Basement at Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave.; (610) 896-4938. Latina/o Virtual Community Local listserv offers various information and resources; (215) 808-2493; Zorros_mail@yahoo. com; LatinPhillyLGBT@yahoogroups.com. LGBTQ and Friends Activity Group Meets at 7 p.m. on third Friday of the month to plan outings and potlucks at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County. Long Yang Club Philadelphia Social organization for gay Asians and their friends holds monthly socials; P.O. Box 401, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105; www.longyangclub. org/philadelphia. Our Night Out A casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, allied communities, friends and colleagues meets in a different Philadelphia hot spot each month. To receive monthly event invitations, send email to OurNightOutPhilly@gmail.com; PhillyGayCalendar.com/org/OurNightOut. Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Advice Offered from 5-8 p.m. on third Wednesday of the month; (215) 238-6333. Philadelphia Prime Timers Club for mature gay and bisexual men and their admirers meets regularly; (610) 344-0853; www. primetimersphiladelphia.org. Philadelphians MC Club for leather men and women meets 7:30 p.m. first and third Mondays of the month at The Pit at The Bike Stop, 201 S. Quince St.; (215) 627-1662.
Rainbow Riders of the Delaware Valley Motorcycle club meets regularly; (215) 836-0440; www.groups.yahoo.com/group/rainbowridersdv/.
Philly Paw Pals Gay and lesbian dog owners and their dogs meet on first Saturday of the month at a dog park; (215) 618-5290; PhillyPawPals@aol.com.
Rainbow Rollers Gay and lesbian bowling league meets 9 p.m. on Tuesdays September-April at Laurel Lanes, 2825 Rte. 73 South, Maple Shade, N.J.; (856) 778-7467.
Rainbow Amateur Radio Association ARRL affiliated; private; weekly HF nets, monthly newsletter, e-mail server; (302) 5392392; www.rara.org.
South Jersey Gay Bowling League Gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7 p.m. on Fridays September-April at Laurel Lanes, 2825 Rte. 73 South, Maple Shade, N.J.; (856) 778-7467. Spartan Wrestling Club The gay wresting team meets from 7-9 p.m. Mondays at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; (215) 732-4545; www. phillyspartans.com. Team Philadelphia Meets at 8 p.m. second Wednesday of the month at the William Way Center; www. teamphiladelphia.org. Women’s Table Tennis New group forming. Interested women are encouraged to e-mail michelesimone19144@yahoo.com.
Rock ’n’ Roll Queer Bar Party A party for gay and lesbian rockers with host Psydde Delicious starts at 10 p.m. every second Wednesday at N. 3rd, Third and Brown streets; (215) 413-3666. Silver Foxes Social and educational group for gays and lesbians 50 and older meets from 3-5 p.m. on fourth Sunday of the month at the William Way Center. Stonewall Model Railroad Club Meets monthly; (215) 769-4230; k3k@yahoo. com. Thirsty Third Tuesdays Collingswood Out in the Neighborhood meets at 7 p.m. on third Tuesday of the month for coffee, dessert and conversation at Three Beans, 40 N. Haddon Ave., Haddonfield N.J.; (215) 439-8337.
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Ex-Fannie Mae execs try to defend track record By Alan Zibel The Associated Press
Two former Fannie Mae executives said last Friday that competitive pressures, combined with the political goal of increasing homeownership, were to blame for the company’s decision to back riskier mortgages that fueled the housing bubble. Daniel Mudd, Fannie Mae’s former chief executive, and Robert Levin, the company’s former chief business officer, testified before a panel examining the roots of the financial crisis. Both executives left Fannie Mae after regulators seized it in fall 2008. Mudd stopped short of a full apology for the company’s collapse and the more-than $75 billion it has cost taxpayers so far. But, he said, “I accept respon-
sibility for everything that happened on my watch.” Just before the housing bust, Fannie Mae executives worried the mortgage-finance company was becoming irrelevant. Wall Street firms had muscled into the mortgage-backed securities business and were stealing its market share, according to a July 2005 internal presentation disclosed by the panel. While executives were aware of “growing concern about housing bubbles,” the presentation said, they also feared the company could become a “niche player” amid competition from Wall Street. “Could we really sit out?” Levin told the panel. “Would we be permitted to sit out? That’s what we were grappling with.” Short-term concerns ultimately prevailed, and Fannie dived
increasingly into riskier loans, like those that didn’t require proof of income. Then, as the market turned down, Mudd noted, “Virtually every other housing-sector investor fled the market.” Fannie and sibling company Freddie Mac “were specifically required to take up the slack.” The inquiry is being held by the congressionally chartered Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Congress created the commission last year to examine the causes of the crisis. Its report is due Dec. 15. Members of the panel blasted the executives for failing to plan for a drop in home prices, and Mudd conceded that the company was consistently surprised as prices fell. Fannie and Freddie buy mortgages from lenders and package
them into bonds that are resold to global investors. As the housing bubble burst, they were unable to raise enough money to stay afloat, and the government effectively nationalized them in September 2008. That has cost taxpayers about $126 billion so far. The role of Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage crisis is hotly debated in Washington. Republicans say the two companies, with the government’s encouragement, deserve most of the blame for inflating the housing bubble. They argue the two companies promoted homeownership to people who ultimately couldn’t afford it, and were required to do so by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which mandated that the companies devote a portion of their business
to affordable housing. But Democrats say Wall Street players were the primary culprits behind shady lending practices that led to the mortgage bust. They argue that a lack of national lending standards allowed shady players to make irresponsible home loans. Also appearing last Friday were James Lockhart and Armando Falcon, both of whom headed up the federal regulator for Fannie and Freddie. Falcon said the companies’ failure “was deeply rooted in a culture of arrogance and greed.” He accused the companies of trying to block the regulator. Lockhart said regulators did not have enough power over the two companies. The level of capital they were required to hold to guard against losses, he said, was set by Congress and was “razor thin.” ■
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