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By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The trio accused of attacking a gay couple in Center City this past fall was back in court last Thursday in an attempt to get the charges against them dropped. Attorneys for Kathryn Knott, Kevin Harrigan and Philip Williams submitted a motion to quash to Court of Common Pleas Judge Frank Palumbo, essentially asking he dismiss all charges against the three. Palumbo denied the requests and set another court date next month for continued review of the evidence in the case. The three are charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, conspiracy and recklessly endangering another person in connection with the Sept. 11 attack on Zachary Hesse and Andrew Haught. The couple was walking in Center City when they encountered Knott, Harrigan and Williams at 16th and Chancellor streets. The couple says the three used antigay slurs and
physically attacked them, leaving Haught with multiple broken bones. Pennsylvania does not have an LGBT-inclusive hate-crimes law and Philadelphia has since adopted such a measure, but the three cannot be charged under it since it was passed after the incident. Palumbo scheduled another pretrial “bring back” for 9 a.m. May 21 in Room 902 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. Once the discovery phase is complete, a trial date will be set, pending no plea deal. ■
BELLES’ BELLS: PGN editor Jen Colletta (right) and Ashlee Turturro enter the reception hall to cheers and applause April 18 at Spring Mill Manor. Family and friends joined the couple for a gorgeous afternoon outdoor wedding followed by congratulations and much revelry. The two are currently in Aruba on their honeymoon. Photo: Scott A. Drake
The Nizah Morris case has been thoroughly investigated and there’s no evidence to charge anyone with a crime, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said last week. Williams conveyed that message at an April 15 forum sponsored by the Justice for Nizah committee, entitled “Trans Lives Matter.” About 35 people attended the event, which was held at the William Way LGBT Community Center. Morris was a transgender woman found with a fatal head wound in 2002, minutes after entering a police vehicle for a “courtesy ride.” Her homicide remains unsolved. At the forum, concerns were expressed that police used excessive force on Morris, then made her out to be a slip-and-fall victim. But Williams said there’s no evidence to support that scenario. If there were such evidence, he would prosecute police, he said.
“I don’t have a problem charging police with use of excessive force,” he said. “I don’t give any police officer a free ride.” Throughout his career, he’s prosecuted 52 police officers for use of excessive force, due to sufficient evidence, he added. But Williams declined to say whether he would try to locate missing evidence in the Morris case. Missing evidence includes video-surveillance tapes, police-radio transmissions, medic-radio transmissions, cell-phone records, search warrants, dispatch records and Morris’ clothing and jewelry. Williams also declined to specify measures he would enact to prevent future losses of evidence, nor would he agree to compile a list of evidence misplaced by the D.A.’s Office. But the D.A. said his office would interview Daniel Coll, who was outside the old Key West Bar when Morris was placed inside the police vehicle for the courtesy ride. Williams’ willingPAGE 17
Out candidates receive Liberty City endorsement By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com The Liberty City Democratic Club announced its endorsements for the 2015 primary election. Among the most notable candidates it endorsed were Jim Kenney for mayor and out candidates Sherrie Cohen and Paul Steinke, and outspoken ally Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, for City Council-at-Large. Chris Mallios, Daniel Clifford and Court of Common Pleas Judge Abbe Fletman — all openly gay — were also endorsed for the judicial races. “Philadelphia is the most LGBT-friendly city in the nation and that is due in large part to the hard work and leadership of Jim Kenney,” said Liberty City co-chair Sara Jacobson. “Liberty City members overwhelmingly voted to endorse Jim Kenney and look forward to hitting the streets, neighborhood by neighborhood, to elect
Kenny mayor of Philadelphia.” LCDC also endorsed candidate Helen Gym and current City Councilman Bill Greenlee for Council-at-Large, as well as current councilmembers Kenyatta Johnson (2nd Dist.) and Maria Quinones-Sanchez (7th Dist.). For Philadelphia City Commissioner, LCDC
endorsed Lisa Deeley and Carol Jenkins. LCDC also endorsed Kevin Dougherty and Anne Lazarus for Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Alice Beck Dubow for Pennsylvania Superior Court; R. Todd Eagan for Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court; James Berardinelli, Daine Grey, Anthony Kyriakakis, Brian Ortelere, Rainy Papademetriou, Kenneth Powell, Mia Roberts-Perez, Stephanie Sawyer, Kai Scott and Stella Tsai for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County; and Joffee Pittman and Dan Sulman for Philadelphia Municipal Court. “We had a spirited and robust discussion on which candidates to endorse for such important elected positions — many of which will have a direct impact on the hundreds of thousands of LGBT Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth,” said Liberty City co-chair Tony Campisi. “We will now begin to impleENDORSEMENT VOTE DURING THE LIBERTY ment an aggressive GOTV operation on behalf CITY MEETING APRIL 16 Photo: Scott A. Drake of all our endorsed candidates.” ■
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news Briefing Killer of gay man won’t appeal to Supreme Court Frank R. Chester, who murdered Anthony V. Milano almost 30 years ago, won’t appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for a new trial. In December 1987, Chester and Richard R. Laird escorted Milano out of a Bucks County tavern and kidnapped him to a nearby wooded area. Upon their arrival, Chester kicked and pushed Milano. Then Laird hacked out Milano’s throat with a box cutter, according to court records. Milano was gay, and prosecutors called it an antigay hate crime, though there were no hate-crime protections in place for the LGBT community. In 1988, Chester and Laird were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. But Chester’s first-degree murder conviction was voided in 2011 due to improper jury instructions by the trial judge. Chester requested that his remaining convictions be voided — including second-degree murder and kidnapping — on his claim that his trial attorney had a conflict of interest. Chester’s trial attorney, Thomas F. Edwards Jr., denies having had a conflict of interest in the case. The conflict-of-interest claim stems from a pending DUI charge against Edwards in Bucks County at the time of Chester’s 1988 trial. In January, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Chester’s conflict-of-interest claim. Last week, attorneys for Chester said they won’t appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. “I’m pleased that this chapter of the Anthony Milano case is closed,” said Stephen B. Harris, chief of appeals for Bucks County. “We have a year to retry Mr. Chester for first-degree murder. We’re currently considering all of our options in that regard.” Chester, 46, remains on death row at Graterford State Prison.
City seeks exclusion of Morris evidence City attorneys want a judge to exclude any evidence about the Nizah Morris incident from the upcoming workplace-bias trial of N. Melville Jones, an openly gay police officer. Jones filed suit against the city in 2013, seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages. The officer claims that a supervisor outed him throughout the police department, triggering pervasive harassment and discrimination against him. Morris was a trans woman found with a fatal head injury in 2002, shortly after a Center City “courtesy ride” from Philadelphia police. In a recent motion, the city argued that the
police department’s handling of the Morris incident is irrelevant to Jones’ lawsuit. “[T]here is no plausible connection between the death of a transgender civilian in December 2002 and alleged discrimination against a gay police officer in 2009 (or any date thereafter),” the city stated in its motion. At press time, the motion was pending before Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Idee C. Fox. A non-jury trial is scheduled to begin 10 a.m. April 28 in Courtroom 243 of City Hall. — Timothy Cwiek
Black LGBT film festival still accepting submissions The Black Alphabet Film Festival is still accepting submissions for its 2015 event. The festival will include short films, feature films, panels, workshops and parties that highlight and celebrate the diversity of the black LGBT community. While the regular deadline was April 15, you can still submit your film until May1. Acceptance notifications will be sent on June 1. BAFF is Chicago’s first black LGBT film festival and is dedicated to encouraging storytelling, cultivating new dialogues and educating communities about the cultural and social contributions that black LGBTs have made upon the world. For submission details and more information, visit. www.blackalphabet.org.
Bucks HRC hosts forum on discrimination The Bucks County Human Relations Council will host an educational event designed to address fair housing, hate crimes and police-community relations. The free community education event will take place 7-8 p.m. May 5 in the YardleyLower Makefield Public Library, 1080 Edgewood Road in Yardley. The forum will include a presentation and Q&A with human-relations and anti-discrimination experts. Carl Summerson, permanent hearing officer of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and Tameka Hatcher, the commission’s housing-program analyst, will discuss unlawful discrimination, identifying challenges and strategies for improving fair housing, police-community relations and hate-crime activity. The BCHRC also invites those interested in becoming involved in promoting positive community relationships and working to dismantle discrimination, prejudice and bigotry to apply for open councilmember positions. The BCHRC meets 7 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month at the Northampton Township Public Library, 25 Upper Holland Road in Richboro. More information on the forum and the councilmember applicaPAGE 19
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A page from the past: The 50th anniverssary of a local gay sit-in gets a look as we begin a series leading to the July 4 Remembrance Day.
BRINGING HISTORY OUT OF THE CLOSET: About a dozen transgender and ally LGBT members gathered for some research and socializing April 16 at the William Way Community Center. Boxes of newspaper clippings, flyers, photos and ephemera were browsed and identified for an upcoming exhibit on 50 years of the trans community. Photo: Scott A. Drake
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By pgn Staff PGN has once again earned a prestigious award from the Society of Professional Journalists in recognition of art director and photographer Scott A. Drake’s sports photograph, titled “Almost Home.” Drake, who has worked at PGN since 2008, will receive a SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award in the Sports Photography category. The contest, established in 1932, was open to all media outlets across the country and recognizes excellence in print, radio, television and other media. “I’m always amazed and humbled by any recognition; whether it’s an award or a mention by someone in the community or even sometimes when I just realize the scope of Philadelphia LGBTQ history that I’ve been honored to cover.” said Drake. “To be able to do something you love, to love the work you get to do, is something very special.” This is Drake’s second award for his photography this year. His photograph “Crash Landing,” received second place in the PA NewsMedia Association’s Keystone Press Awards for sports photography.
Drake will be formally recognized for his achievement at the Sigma Delta Chi awards banquet June 26 at The National Press Club in Washington D.C. The image appeared in Drake’s regular sports column “Get Out and Play” in the Oct. 31 issue of PGN. In it, player Matt Simmer is tagged out at home base during the final Fall Ball softball game Oct. 25 in FDR Park. The City of Brotherly Love Softball League championship game was held between the White and Orange teams, with White ultimately winning. More than just a memorable action shot, the photo also captured the spirit of camaraderie that weekend. For the first time, hundreds of athletes, partners and friends from several different sports teams and organizations gathered to compete. At the time, it was the latest initiative to come from OPAL, the new Our Philadelphia Athletic League, which seeks to bring all the LGBT sports teams under one umbrella to better pool resources and reach a wider audience. The orange team may have lost, but the LGBT community in Philly won big time. n
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Fifty years pass since seminal Dewey’s sit-ins History Highlight As the 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder Days approaches, PGN will explore events, ideas and people who had an impact on local and national LGBT history. By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Little Pete’s, at 219 S. 17th St., may soon be history as plans swirl for its possible demolition to make room for a high-rise hotel. But history was already made at that location, where a diner that previously occupied the space served as the setting for one of the nation’s earliest LGBT-rights demonstrations. On April 25, 1965, four people were arrested after a sit-in at Dewey’s Famous, a fast-food chain with eateries around the area, whose 17th Street locale had been denying service to diners who did not comport with gender norms. Fifty years later, the protest is being remembered for the volumes it spoke about 1960s culture — and for securing a win for the LGBT community. “It was highly successful,” Bob Skiba,
archivist at William Way LGBT Community Center, said about the historic event. Skiba noted that local LGBT leaders are planning to submit the former Dewey’s location to the National Park Service for its consideration for a new program highlighting LGBT historic spots. According to archival material documenting the events, the sit-in was prompted after the management at the 17th Street Dewey’s — which also had an LGBT-centric location near 13th and Locust streets — instructed its employees to refuse to serve a group of rowdy, and presumably LGBT, teens who frequented the restaurant. But the staff took that order further and started denying service to diners whose appearances did not conform to gender norms, which led to about 150 people amassing at the diner April 25 in protest. All were turned away but three teens — two boys and a girl — who refused to leave and were arrested on disorderly conduct charges. Clark Polak, then the head of LGBT-rights group Janus Society of America, headed to the scene and also was arrested. “I walked to the patrol car in which they were seated and informed them that JSA
could get them a lawyer if they desired,” Polak recounted in an article in Drum, a magazine published by Janus Society. “An officer came to the car and asked me what I was doing. I told him. Then, I was arrested on disorderly conduct charges.” In the days that followed, Janus Society conducted a leaflet campaign outside Dewey’s. “Since there is no crime of trespass in the commonwealth, we felt the patrons of the restaurant had to be made aware of their responsibilities and rights so if any should decide to protest the denial of service, they would not land in jail,” Polak explained. On May 2, another group was denied service and refused to leave — a sit-in that ended peacefully, with no arrests. In fact, according to the Drum piece, the police were almost apologetic. “It was a far cry from the previous Sunday and I was quite politely told that we could stay in there as long as we wanted as the police had no authority to ask us to leave,” Polak recalled. “Things calmed down after that,” Skiba said. “I can’t find any other references to discrimination there after that. And Janus
looked at it as a big win.” Apart from educating the restaurant and patrons at the time, the sit-in also demonstrated, for future generations, the climate of the time, Skiba said. “The concept of a sit-in was really tied to the 1960s black civil-rights protests that were going on and with the era of civil disobedience,” he said. “Dewey’s kind of happened like early demonstrations out in California, the Compton cafeteria sit-ins; it was spontaneous. But then the Janus Society stepped in and leafleted and it became a peaceful sit-in rather than a riot.” Skiba noted that just a year or two before the events, the city formed a civil-disobedience squad within the police department because such actions were happening so frequently. “There were so many demonstrations around the city, for racial equality and against the Vietnam War,” he said. “So this could be one reason this was handled so well by the police that second weekend.” Marc Stein, author of “City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves: Lesbian and Gay Philadelphia, 1945-72” and “Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement: Historical
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Perspective,” noted that Dewey’s also signified a deviation from some other LGBTrights demonstrations of the time. This summer, Philadelphia will host a large-scale celebration of the Annual Reminder Days, an organized picket calling for gay rights that was held outside Independence Hall each year on July 4, from 1965-69. At those actions, participants were required to conform to gender standards: dresses for women and suits and ties for men. “Frank Kameny was one of the lead organizers of what became the Annual Reminders, and his rules for the picketers weren’t completely at odds with what happened in other social movements in the ’50s and early ’60s about how activists were supposed to comport themselves,” Stein said. “Kameny insisted on an older conception of what a nonviolent protest should look like, and it’s understandable that the homophile movement wanted to counter stereotypes about gays and lesbians. But, that did mean, of course, excluding people who were gender-crossers in one way or another because they didn’t want to challenge the concept of gender.” That was not the case at Dewey’s. Although the three teens who led the
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Dewey’s sit-ins have never been publicly identified, Stein said it’s likely that some of the people involved with the demonstrations might identify as transgender by today’s definitions. “Janus made it clear that the people they were defending were violating conventional gender norms. This isn’t an era yet where they were talking about ‘transgender’ or ‘transsexual’ commonly, but it seems clear to me that at least some of these people were what we consider trans today,” Stein said. “And the group may have included drag queens, butch lesbians, cross-dressers and a whole variety of other people who were one way or another seen as nonconformist.” Stein noted that, while the Annual Reminders deserve a place in LGBT history books, so too does Dewey’s. “The Annual Reminders were significant protests and they did get more attention at the time than Dewey’s did, within the homophile movement as well as the mainstream. They were strategically effective in selecting Independence Hall and using patriotic language to get their message across. It was a breakthrough demonstration for the homophile movement,” he said. “But I think we’re focusing a lot on the Annual Reminders and not Dewey’s because of the same reasons that existed back then: PAGE 13
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— Between 8:15 a.m.-7:30 p.m. April 9, someone broke into a home on the 900 block of Irving Street and stole a laptop and handgun. Sixth District Officer Maiorano lifted fingerprints from the scene. — At 12:30 p.m. April 10, a woman’s handbag was stolen from her on the 800 block of Walnut Street. A male distracted her by asking for directions while a second male snatched her handbag. The pair got into a cab and fled west. The first male was described as 40, 6-foot-1 and wearing a tan coat. The second was described as 40, 6-foot-1, with a thin build and wearing a dark jacket.
other male was about 49, 5-foot-8 and 185 pounds, with a light complexion and cleanshaven. NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS — At 1:20 a.m. April 7, Sixth District Officers Macchione and Cifelli arrested a male outside 1300 Pine St. who was wanted for failure to appear in court. The 29-yearold suspect from Germantown was charged with contempt of court. — At 6 p.m. April 7, a male walked through the metal detector at the Jefferson University Hospital emergency room, 111 S. 11th St., with a pair of scissors. Instead of surrendering them, he threw them at the security officer. The 41-year-old suspect from New York was detained by police and charged with aggravated assault. — At 5:30 p.m. April 8, the Center City District bike patrol was alerted to a male inside the TD Bank, 111 S. 11th St. Armed with a knife, the male threatened the manager, then slashed furniture before fleeing. Sixth District officers apprehended the suspect at 13th and Market streets. He was transported to a mental-health facility for evaluation and treatment. No injuries were reported. — At 10:25 p.m. April 12, a male was walking on 12th Street at Chancellor when another male pulled him onto the alley and started taking items from his pocket. The victim pushed the man off and he fled with the victim’s iPhone, credit card and ID. Sixth District Officer Carey was flagged down by the victim and stopped the suspect outside 121 S. Broad St. The victim’s ID and credit card were recovered. The 48-year-old suspect from Center City was charged with robbery and related offenses.
— At 8 p.m. April 10, a victim’s credit card was stolen at an ATM at 10th and Market streets. The suspect was described as a black male in his 30s, 6-foot-6, medium build, with a dark complexion and wearing a gray hat with fur.
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— At 2:25 p.m. April 12, two men with Jamaican accents confronted a woman outside a diner at 1107 Sansom St. and asked for her jewelry. The victim gave them her jewelry and the men got into a white cab and fled north on 11th Street. Both men were described as black, with one between ages 30-50, 5-foot-6, 300 pounds, with a beard and wearing a white cap. The
— On April 11, Sixth District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 1:40 a.m. outside 104 S. 13th St. and 9:30 a.m. outside 1324 Walnut St.
— On April 8, Sixth District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 11 p.m. outside 201 S. Juniper St. and 11:05 p.m. outside 211 S. 13th St.
— On April 12, Sixth District officers issued a citation for a summary offense at 1:20 a.m. outside 200 S. Camac St. n
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ment Michael Byrne. “This is the biggest Dining Out for Life we’ve ever had.” Last year, DOFL raised $235,000 across The region’s largest AIDS fundraiser is the Delaware Valley, $195,000 of which coming up in just one week. There are no went to Action AIDS in Philly. The event tickets to purchase or gala to get dressed is Action AIDS’ largest annual fundraiser up for. You only need to do one thing: and enables the organization to direct 85 percent of every dollar raised to client serDine out. The 25th anniversary of Dining Out for vices. “Dining Out for Life enables us to deliver Life will be held April 30 at 213 participating restaurants throughout the Philadelphia our services to the people who need them at the best cost ratio. region. To be part It’s a very impressive of this fundraiser, number,” Byrne said. simply eat at a parThe event made a ticipating restaumilestone move when rant. Reservations it sold its trademark are strongly recomto Dining Out for Life mended for this highly International in 1991 popular event. This for $1, which allowed year’s host restauother organizations rant will be Frankford to produce the event Hall, 1210 Frankford around the country. Ave. Up to 33 per“It amazes me that cent of proceeds from this little event, which each restaurant will raised $15,000 its first go directly to Action year in Philadelphia, AIDS. raised over $4 million “It’s stunning. last year in 60 cities I have been at the across the nation,” agency for 15 years said Byrne. and I started on the For a complete 10th anniversary of list of participating the event. I never thought we would be ACTION AIDS EXECUTIVE restaurants and more visit producing the 25th,” DIRECTOR KEVIN BURNS AND information, said Action AIDS DOFL CO-FOUNDER JULIE DRIZEN www.diningoutforlife. director of developPhoto: Scott A. Drake com/Philadelphia. n
Q & A with Julie Drizen, Dining Out for Life co-founder PGN: How did you first come up with Dining Out for Life? JD: My girlfriend at the time worked at Action AIDS and I was a buddy to a 5-year-old boy with AIDS. I recognized that all the other events that were being organized to raise money required a lot more from people; get pledges for a run or walk or bike ride, or other high-end ticket items, like a dance party called Cha-Cha, which was expensive to get into. I thought that the barrier to participate in AIDS funding was too high, too much money or too much effort for people. I wanted to create a way for people to support AIDS without having to do a whole lot and inject a feeling of celebration into it. To get together with friends and loved ones, to honor those who had passed away. I also wanted to tap into the restaurant industry. There has always been a strong connection to the LGBT community. Many restaurant owners, chefs and staff were LGBT. After some brainstorming, this is what we came up with, Dining Out for Life. We would
pick a single day and pick a group of restaurants that would donate a percentage of their profits. PGN: What was the first year like? JD: This was pre-Internet. What I remember was that it was really hard to get the first group of restaurants on board. We put a postcard together with a list of all the restaurants on it so you could call and make a reservation. We broke them down by which region of the city they were in. We had a hotline that we staffed with people to help handle reservations, to see who had space left. This was how we helped pass the word on. There was no open table. The day was really exciting, that evening we dined out and invited the media to cover it, and we ended up on all the local channels. Former Mayor Ed Rendell dined out. A lot of people did. It was an exciting moment; people were in such good spirits, feeling joyful. Because they were in a really busy, vibrant space and they knew. Everyone felt PAGE 13
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Do your part by dining out This coming week, restaurants around the nation will open their doors for a meal with a mission. Dining Out for Life will celebrate its 25th anniversary April 30. The initiative, started right here in Philadelphia, allows eateries of all sizes and shapes to donate a third of their proceeds on a designated day to HIV/AIDS causes. Locally, more than 200 establishments will participate in DOFL, from up-scale restaurants to cafes to pizzerias. Apart from offering something for diners of all tastes, the diversity of the participating businesses illustrates the diversity of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The disease does not see socioeconomic status, age, gender, race, sexual orientation or any other factor that sets us apart from one another; it’s a disease that continues to affect people of all walks of life. As the epidemic has changed in the last 25 years, so too has DOFL, an effort that started small and has now blossomed throughout the country and even overseas. As education and awareness about HIV/ AIDS has increased, so has participation; the more people learn what the disease is, who it affects and what needs to be done to combat it, the more buy-in there is for the fundraiser. Fundraisers are held throughout the year for HIV/AIDS causes — from performance events to happy hours to walks and runs — but DOFL is unique in that it allows an everyday activity to become an opportunity for philanthropy. Businesses will already be serving meals that day, and have to do nothing different to make a difference. Diners as well can participate by simply choosing their meals strategically; many of us go out to eat at some point during the week, so by simply planning ahead and picking a participating eatery, we can turn a normal activity into a meaningful one. No matter how well-intentioned we may be, philanthropy isn’t always easy to practice; busy schedules and tight budgets may limit our commitments. But, DOFL is an initiative that meets us all where we are. While the epidemic of 2015 looks much different than it did when DOFL began in 1991, the reality is HIV/AIDS is still ever-present in our cities and communities. But, by each doing our part to raise funds and awareness about the disease, we can make sure the next 25 years bring us ever-closer to an AIDS-free generation. n
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since he’s speak Before I begin this week’s column I’d ing to a group of like to first offer an apology. You see, I have a bad habit of referring to antigay pol- homeschoolers, said gay married iticians and talking heads using terms like terrorists were “ass,” “asshole,” “dick” and “dickhead” in the pejorative. I’ve done some soul-search- clearly trained in the public schools. ing and realized that I can no longer do this in good conscience and I sincerely Because Cruz apologize to anyone I have offended. After is apparently all, butts and penises serve a legitimate unaware of irony, purpose in the lives of so many people. In after he laments other words: There are plenty of people, the fact that LGBT straight and gay alike, who like backsides people are kickand wieners. Not only for the sexing, mind ing up a fuss over you, but also for the very essential bodily being singled out for discrimination, he functions they allow for. I hope that each then issues a call for unity. Against gay and every booty and schlong and the peopeople. ple who love them can forgive me. “We need to bring people together to Which leads me to this week’s creep: the religious-liberty values that built this U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the first country. It wasn’t long ago when this Republican to throw was an area of biparhis hate in the ring (no, He’s clearly using tisan agreement,” I did not spell “hat” he said. “It used to “jihad” intentionally wrong) to run for presibe Democrats and in order to arouse his dent. Republicans, they On April 9, Cruz might disagree on audience’s inherent spoke in Iowa to a marginal tax rates, but gathering of The when it came to the dislike and distrust in Network of Iowa First Amendment, we Muslims in order to Christian Home all stood together and Educators and — surmake them even more said, ‘Of course every prise! — said someone of us has a Godmad at those “dern thing antigay. given right to seek More specifically, out and worship God homosexers.” And, Cruz was expressand to live according while the definition of to our faith and our ing his support for the so-called “reliand our “jihad” is open to some conscience gious-liberty” laws belief.’” being passed across the debate, no doubt Cruz Mind you, when country, the most nota- and his ilk believe that he’s talking about the bly in Indiana. He also First Amendment, he it means “gay married means the right to the expressed his frustration that anyone would exercise of reliterrorists killing Jesus free dare challenge such gion, which specifilaws just because they cally means the right lovers for sport.” can be used to discrimto discriminate against inate against LGBT people in states where icky LGBT people because Jesus said so. there are no nondiscrimination protections He’s claiming discrimination as a Godfor LGBT people (like in Indiana). given right. “We look at the jihad that is being waged And this is where the old me would have right now, in Indiana, and Arkansas,” he called Cruz a dick. But the new me will said, “going after people of faith who not stoop so low. The new me declares that respect the biblical teaching that marriage Cruz is a cancer. He is a tumor in the assis the union of one man and one woman.” hole of America, full of shit and recklessly It is, of course, a mischaracterization, at multiplying and growing without regard best, to describe the opposition to so-called to his host’s life or well-being. The good religious-freedom laws as “jihad.” But news is that he’s been detected fairly early. there’s no reason to give Cruz the beneThe bad news is that he’s convinced a lot fit of the doubt here. He’s clearly using of Americans, for whom religion trumps “jihad” intentionally in order to arouse his science, that he’s actually good for them. audience’s inherent dislike and distrust in And so he grows. n Muslims in order to make them even more D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since mad at those “dern homosexers.” And, 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe while the definition of “jihad” is open to it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of some debate, no doubt Cruz and his ilk the world, she reviews rock and roll shows in believe that it means “gay married terrorDetroit with her twin sister and teaches writing ists killing Jesus lovers for sport.” And at the University of Michigan.
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The most important LGBT history column you’ll ever read There is a national spotlight on the 50th around in 1924. Also, there were street anniversary of the first LGBT demonstraprotests in Los Angeles and San Francisco tions in front of Independence Hall that prior to 1965, and in 1964, Randy Wicker took place every July 4 from 1965-69. organized a picket of the Whitehall Street While it was a pivotal change in military induction. These instithe struggle for equality, some tutions and events had differare revising our history out of ent flavors, but they all qualify context by stating it is the 50th as parts of a movement, even anniversary of the LGBT movethough an evolving one. A ment. That simply is not true. movement doesn’t consist of As the coordinator of the street demonstrations only.” National LGBT History Project Another way to judge our along with many of the nation’s struggle is from court cases local LGBT media, we need to and what the public knew or ensure that our community’s hissaw about our community tory struggle be preserved, not before Stonewall, when our revised. Likewise, many LGBT community was transferred historians are beginning to speak from a mild-mannered, polite up. one to an OUT and PROUD In a chat with William Kelly, in-your-face struggle. That is who was one of those marchers Mark Segal the basis of the historic exhibit outside Independence Hall, he that will open at the National reminds people of the earlier Constitution Center on June 5 struggle. He says: “Frank Kameny and for a summer run. The exhibit will show associates formed the Mattachine Society how, in many ways, court cases were the of Washington, an independent organifirst line of defense in breaking that wall of zation, in 1961. Harry Hay and others invisibility that the LGBT community had. formed the original Mattachine group even And making the law the issue comes at a earlier, in 1950. ONE, Inc., got its start perfect time, as the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1950s and successfully took a case will rule on marriage equality in late June. to the Supreme Court while producing a This exhibit is one of the few ways you’ll pioneer newsstand-distributed periodical, get a chance to understand their ruling, “ONE.” Daughters of Bilitis was formed in and it’s all based on history and those laws 1955. San Francisco’s SIR was quite active used in the past against our community. n already in 1965 when I first got involved in the movement. Lisa Ben was putting Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s out “Vice Versa” in carbon-copy form in most-award-winning commentator in LGBT the late 1940s. And, of course, granddaddy media. You can follow him on Facebook at of them all though extremely short-lived, www.facebook.com/MarkSegalPGN or Twitter at https://twitter.com/PhilaGayNews. Chicago’s Society for Human Rights was
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Street Talk Would you stay away from a state that accepts religion as an excuse for anti-LGBT discrimination? "I wouldn't move to that state, because its policies would be so antithetical to my beliefs. I wouldn't want my Jesse Cord tax dollars graphic designer supporting New Haven, Conn. the state. If I had to pass through it, I'd avoid purchasing anything, or I'd limit my purchases to the bare essentials."
"If a state makes it clear that LGBT folks aren't welcome, then as an LGBT ally, I'd also feel unwelcome. I Susannah Frew wouldn't feel sales clerk comfortable Queen Village spending any time or money in the state. Going there would be like stepping back in time to the Jim Crow era of the 1950s. It's crazy and ludicrous."
"Yes, I'd do my best to avoid the state. If I had to travel through it to get to my destination, I'd spend as little time Alex Jones there as server possible. I'd Northeast Philadelphia be eager to get out. As long as people aren't hurting anyone, and they're doing what makes them happy, they should be free to do so."
"Yes, I'd definitely avoid visiting that state. Most of my travel is out of the country, so it wouldn't be a big sacrifice Miah Shahene for me. And student the states Northeast I do like to Philadelphia visit wouldn't do such a thing, states like California and New York. I believe strongly in equality. If a state can do that to LGBT people, we're all at risk."
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Meanness and meaning We are living in very mean times. The news is filled with police assaults and murders of people of color. Congress is continuing to try to gut health care and other social safety nets. Certain elements of the media continue to blame women, immigrants, the poor, religious minorities and people of color — amongst others — for all of society’s ills. In the way of all this, the religion right — presumably feeling that the writing is on the wall for the marriage battle they’ve fought since the 1990s — is looking for new avenues that will allow them to continue to discriminate against LGBT people. With a stroke of Gov. Mike Pence’s pen, Indiana became the most recent state to pass a “religious-freedom bill.” The bill, SB 101, opens the door for discrimination against LGBT people in the Hoosier State based on one’s religious beliefs.
The Indiana law, which has since been amended but not to the level LGBT advocates say is necessary, is one of 21 laws enacted by states after the Federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 was held as unconstitutional as applied to states in 1997. The push for these bills has ramped up, too, in the wake of the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., the case that allowed that company to not cover contraception for its employees under the Affordable Care Act based on the corporation’s religious beliefs. As the wildfires that are these “religious-freedom” bills continue to spread, this is not the only tack the right is taking. Within the transgender community — as I have discussed more than a few times — the fight is on to bar transgender people from restrooms and other public facilities under the guise of “public safety” and a
mythological fear that sexual predators will use such bills to commit crimes. Bills continue to proceed in Texas and Florida. A third bill, in Kentucky, has thankfully failed to pass a Democratcontrolled House, but not without a good fight. A pair of Missouri bills provides an additional wrinkle: One will disallow bathrooms that aren’t single-stall to be gender-neutral, while another would disallow state revenue to be used to help create a “gender-neutral environment.” I’m trying to figure out how removing gender-neutral bathrooms can be really covered under this veneer of “public safety.” It can only be assumed to be squarely to disallow transgender people equal access to public facilities. A recent case in Midland, Mich., may be a new flashpoint in this battle. A Planet
Fitness location canceled the membership of one of its users, Yvette Cormier, who had stated that a “man” — in actuality, a transgender woman — was using the facility, and complained to several other customers about it. Planet Fitness, citing its policy as a “judgment-free zone,” canceled her membership. Cormier is not going quietly. Indeed, she is suing Planet Fitness for more than $25,000, claiming “embarrassment, humiliation and severe emotional distress” from “a man [using] the locker room” while Cormier did. Her counsel, the Kallman Legal Group, has a history of anti-LGBT causes. I want to share one more story, though, perhaps in contrast to the above. Planet Fitness is not the first gym to face a similar issue. Some months back, a PAGE 17
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designated as “Miriam’s Cup,” in honor of I’ve been celebrating the spring holidays Moses’ sister, considered a prophet whose with my interfaith family and reflecting that miraculous well and spirited songs helped Passover and Easter this year came in the sustain them in the desert. Women, LGBTQ shadow of new, spiteful “religious-freedom” people and others often marginalized are laws in Indiana, Arkansas and potentially also sometimes recognized by the addition other states. These laws, widely seen as targeting the LGBTQ community, would allow of an orange — a very nontraditional item — to the seder plate of ritual foods. people to cite their religious beliefs as a reason to discriminate against others. I have to While we all use a similar framework to tell the Passover story, therefore, there remind myself, however, that we shouldn’t are ultimately as many ways of holding a set religion and LGBTQ equality as necesseder as there are families. Each sarily opposing forces. family has its own style and My family is minimally obserchooses which parts of the story vant, but in the past several years to emphasize and which to use as we have held enthusiastic, if a springboard for further discusinformal, Passover seders — the sion. The common pieces of the traditional meal during which we retell the story of the exodus ritual unite us, while the diverse from Egypt. Even as some try manifestations of our storytelling to position freedom of religion reflect our diversity as a commuas a tool for oppression, the holnity. iday for me carries lessons that One common component reinforce my LGBTQ advocacy of all seders is asking questions work. — traditionally, four questions At its heart, Passover is about children are prompted to ask Dana Rudolph that a triumph of social justice — about the holiday, but expanded the freedom from slavery. It is a by many families to include story of remembering the survival and deter- questions about the deeper meaning of the mination of a people and a reminder of the observance and what we can do about injusmodern freedoms that so many around the tices in the world. Questions are the first step in finding answers and in changing the world are still trying to achieve. It is also a holiday of participatory stostatus quo. rytelling. Jewish law mandates that we tell A seder is, however, not only for reflecthe Passover tale to our children. A Passover tion, but also for celebration, when the chilseder involves the narration of the long-ago dren embark on a hunt for a hidden piece of exodus — Moses’ demand for freedom for matzo, and everyone imbibes four glasses his people, aided by his sister and brother, of wine (or grape juice) as part of the meal. the 10 plagues that convinced the Egyptian Several traditional songs involve rollicking, pharaoh to let them go and their hasty depar- repetitive verses that can get rather rowdy ture — guided by a text called a Haggadah. after the wine. Personally, I always ask my Usually everyone at the table, including the son to collect props representing the 10 children, takes some part in the reading or plagues, which usually means plastic locusts responses, making it an interactive storytelland rubber frogs get flung across the table ing experience for all. It reminds me that so at some point. We celebrate survival, springmuch of our power as an LGBTQ commutime, family and community. We celebrate the triumph over oppression, not denying that nity also comes from telling our stories — and giving everyone in the community the there are still oppressions to be overcome. This year, two days after the start of opportunity to participate in that process. Passover, we hid Easter eggs in the back Passover also represents adaptability, yard in acknowledgment of my spouse’s embodied by the many different Haggadahs tradition and her faith’s message of hope that exist today. Although all have the same basic elements, each sets out the story, bless- and rebirth. We know that different faiths have their own ways of capturing similar ings, songs and ritual questions in slightly concepts and instilling values of justice and different forms, often with additional readings and commentary. There are Haggadahs love in their children. That’s what makes and supplements geared towards children, as me the most upset when I think about those well as ones offering readings and discusof any religion who try to use it to restrict sion questions related to women’s experiothers. Religion should help us overcome ences, the experiences of Jews of color, the oppression, not to increase it. Most people LGBTQ experience and more (and one can of all faiths, I believe, realize that. A vocal mix and match as those identities overlap). minority, unfortunately, do not. Many Haggadahs ask us to reflect on how At this time of holiness for so many of the Passover story can help us understand us, then, let those of us who profess a faith, and address modern oppressions and plagues whether in a higher power or in our own and assist those still struggling for freedom. human selves, recommit to using it to create An increasing number also include elements a more just and equitable world. n recently introduced to the seder to acknowledge traditionally overlooked groups. Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher Women’s roles in the freeing of the Israelites of Mombian (mombian.com), a GLAAD — and women’s roles today — are now Media Award-winning blog and resource often recognized through a glass of water directory for LGBTQ parents.
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Richard Avedon: Family Affairs is based on a 2014 exhibition organized by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Major support for this exhibition has been provided by The David Berg Foundation, The Director’s Fund, and Lynne and Harold Honickman. Additional support has been provided by The Abstraction Fund, Gagosian Gallery, Macy’s, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Annette Y. and Jack M. Friedland, the Consulate General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic Region, Gwen and Alan Goodman, and Marsha and Stephen Silberstein. Image: Allen Ginsberg’s Family, Paterson, New Jersey, May 3, 1970. Photograph by Richard Avedon. © Richard Avedon Foundation. Gift of the American Contemporary Art Foundation, Leonard A. Lauder, President, to American Friends of the Israel Museum. Images clockwise from top left: Walter Annenberg, publisher, Radnor, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1976. Katharine Graham, Chairman of the Board, The Washington Post Company, Washington D.C., March 11, 1976. Jerry Brown, Governor of California, Sacramento, California, March 20, 1976. Bella Abzug, U.S. Congresswoman from New York, New York, June 19, 1976. Barbara Jordan, U.S. Congresswoman from Texas, New York, July 14, 1976. George H.W. Bush, Director, CIA, Langley, Virginia, March 2, 1976. Photographs by Richard Avedon. © The Richard Avedon Foundation. From the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Joint gift of Gagosian Gallery and the American Contemporary Art Foundation, Leonard A. Lauder, President, to American Friends of the Israel Museum.
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The Annual Reminders fit in more with mainstream ideas about American values and gender norms while Dewey’s was more confrontational. And Dewey’s addressed the rights of more transgressive members of the LGBT community, and I think there’s still elements of marginalization and anxiety associated with those members of our community.” While the Stonewall riots of 1969 are often thought of as the birth of the modern LGBT-rights movement, Stein noted that both the Annual Reminders and the Dewey’s sit-ins illustrate the lengthy and ever-evolving history of the fight for LGBT rights. “The movement clearly mobilized and radicalized to an unprecedented degree after Stonewall in 1969, and I think the Annual
Reminders and Dewey’s show us there was a much longer tradition of political organizing and political protests that really stretch back to the founding of the Mattachine Society in the early ’50s,” he said. “But the Annual Reminders and Dewey’s signal that the movement was transitioning in the mid-’60s. Too many historians and journalists have been wrong to present the homophile movement as conservative, accommodationist and ineffective throughout the 1950s and ’60s. That transition and radicalization in the mid-’60s shows us that the movement has long been divided; we’ve long had diverse politics. And Dewey’s reminds us to recognize that there was a part of the movement before Stonewall that was committed to addressing gender diversity, as well as sexual diversity.” n
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cially when they are still using the original logo. Any time you can organize a whole industry to pause and say, “This is important. We are going to rally around a cause that isn’t just our bottom line,” that’s huge. The nonprofit sphere has picked up on this and there are now other Dining Out for Life events and events like it. We were the first to do this and so many other causes have followed suit.
good. They were eating and drinking and donating and they were supporting business. PGN: How many restaurants did you have the first year? JD: It was something like between 30-40. Then it seemed to double in the coming years. I organized it for three years. It jumped to 80-90-100, and then we branched out into the suburbs as well.
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PGN: What impact do you think Dining Out for Life has had over the years? JD: I know that it has raised millions of dollars. It’s a highly visible, national event now. I have seen Dining Out for Life posters in other cities that I have visited, and it always gives me a thrill to see that, espe-
PGN: When you started Dining Out for Life, did you ever imagine it would grow as much as it has? JD: No, there aren’t very many things that would last 25 years as an event. I intended for it to grow. Being a Philadelphian, my focus was always on this city and this community, but after we did the event two times, we created the first How-To manual. And we started to market the event to other AIDS service organizations to see if they wanted to do it. The idea was always to create a way to empower AIDS service organizations to take what we had done and make it successful for them. I had no idea it was going to become such a huge global phenomenon. It’s exciting to see. A lot of people have managed the event over the years and each person has taken it upon themselves to grow it. n
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Looking back on 35 remarkable years When I first walked through the doors, I There were many difficult, even heartto impress me with their dedication to and services being added all the time. faced a daunting challenge. The year was breaking moments. We lost some incredihelping others. Since we launched the drop-in program, 1995. I had recently relocated from Los ble individuals — some of them celebrated we’ve seen well over 2,000 youth come I’m also excited about our future, espeAngeles to the East Coast with my wife to figures, others not as well-known but just cially about our plans to move in 2017 to through the doors on Wednesday nights. be near family. I was approached about the as well-loved by those close to them. We Several years ago, we realized there a new facility at Broad and Bainbridge opportunity to lead an organization that lost several members of our own staff and were many shortcomings in services for streets. The move will bring all our proprovided vital health care and HIV-related our “extended family” of volunteers. Even trans-identified individuals, so we set grams together under one roof, dramatservices to Philadelphia’s LGBT commutoday it is shocking to consider the magabout making sure our practice would be ically increase our capacity for primary nity. nitude of loss that HIV/AIDS dealt to the welcoming and culturally competent, a care and behavioral-health services and At the time, it was known LGBT community. place where trans or gender-nonconformmake a strong statement about the imporas Philadelphia Community Then in the mid- to late ing people would receive excellent treattance of LGBT health in the city of Health Alternatives. (We would 1990s, the appearance of proment and be respected for who they are. Philadelphia. officially change our name in tease inhibitors to treat HIV/ These days, trans patients make up about As always, we will continue to ask our2003 to honor the memory of AIDS brought the first signs 20 percent of our overall patient base, and selves: How can we address the diverse a longtime volunteer and board of real hope. the addition of pediatric trans care two community of LGBT individuals with the member, Peter Mazzoni, MD). As HIV/AIDS increasyears ago has been embraced by many full range of services each of them might It seemed like the perfect match ingly became a managerequire? Are we doing enough to meet for me. able disease, we were able the needs, and intersections, of queer As always, we will continue As I settled into the new job, women, LGBT youth, trans individuals, to take a broader view of the scale of difficulty quickly gay men of color? LGBT health needs and start to ask ourselves: How can we became apparent. I had inherited Today, Mazzoni Center employs to realize the vision I had of address the diverse community 130 people. At monthly staff meetings, an organization that was saddled moving to a more compreof LGBT individuals with the full we have a tradition of sharing “mission with enormous debt and, frankly, hensive continuum of care. — those interactions when was unsure of its future. The Steady and determined, we range of services each of them moments” a staffer is reminded about why they challenges of supporting and carbegan to build. Nurit Shein We added menmight require? Are we doing work at Mazzoni, and about the real ing for people with HIV/AIDS at tal-health counseling and we have. It’s a wonderful and the time were significant enough, enough to meet the needs, and impact humbling experience to hear these stowithout adding financial duress to the mix. recovery programs, knowing that LGBT individuals had particular need for I knew the only things we had going for intersections, of queer women, ries. It reminds me that the successes we’ve had are shared by many of you. us were the quality of our services and our counselors who understand their expeLGBT youth, trans individuals, We exist for, and because riences and accept them for who they dedicated staff — which at the time conof, everyone who has ever made an are. We worked with the Philadelphia sisted of just 13 people. gay men of color? Fortunately for me, the organization also School District on anti-bullying proappointment, brought a friend to get tested, volunteered, made a conhad a legacy of innovation and excellence, grams to create safer, more-inclusive families from the region and beyond. tribution, attended the Trans-Health a solid base of community support and tre- school climates. In 2006, we introduced a The Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference or told someone they know to mendous volunteer participation. In 1985, primary-care practice where LGBT folks, Conference — which made its debut as check us out. the FDA had approved the first test to and others, could access quality care by a small gathering of community activists I’m thrilled to be celebrating Mazzoni’s screen for antibodies of HIV. Shortly after providers who were well-versed in their 35th anniversary at our annual fundraiser that, Mazzoni/PCHA established the first health concerns, and in a respectful and at a Quaker meetinghouse in 2002 — has and celebration, “Elixir,” on May 15 at community-based HIV testing site in the welcoming environment. Our practice now grown into a major international event the Water Works. And we’ve got more to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (and only sees 15,000 patient visits per year. with more than 3,500 attendees last year. As much as possible, we’ve tried to In 2010, we added LGBT legal services, look forward to: The 14th annual Transthe fourth in the entire United States). In anticipate needs and recognize where because we recognized the connection Health Conference (June 4-6), followed 1986, the agency launched a housing-subby Philadelphia’s first-ever Youth Pride sidy program for people living with HIV/ we are falling short. When staff noted a between a person’s sense of health and event on July 5. significant “no-show” rate among youth well-being and their access to basic civil AIDS, and in 1989 opened the first area Our work is far from over, and I look rights and protections. food bank for individuals living with HIV/ patients at our primary practice, we And that’s just to name a few things. It forward to many more milestones. Here’s decided to experiment with a drop-in eveAIDS. Over the years, our staff built a track seems hard to believe that some of these to your health! n ning one night a week, with no appointrecord of developing and delivering proprograms were launched decades ago. But ment needed, for those ages 14-24. The For more information about Mazzoni Center, grams that could meet the specific needs I am proud to see that our staff continues idea took off and has been going strong visit mazzonicenter.org or call 215-563-0652. of our clients. for more than five years, with more staff to innovate, to explore new initiatives and
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Recovery in spring With the emergence of spring comes brighter days in both the literal and metaphorical senses. Those of us who suffer from seasonal mood issues find ourselves in bloom right along with the crocuses and the dogwoods. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and so many of us are thinking about Jessie … relapsing? Timmons That’s right, you aren’t alone: Many people with addictive issues find themselves challenged at this time of year by the sense of good times and nostalgia that can become infectious. How unfair that we have to worry about feeling “too good!” And yet, if recovery is to continue, it is all too important to be mindful of triggers, even the most totally unfair ones. I am speaking particularly of substance-use issues, but these concepts apply to many different problems that are all too similar, from gambling to eating issues to sex and shopping. If you have any familiarity with recovery, you might be well acquainted with the HALT concept: To avoid relapse, don’t let yourself get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. I’d like to add the letter “O” for Oblivious. I wonder if what happens with the “feeling-too-good” trigger isn’t that we feel so good we become oblivious to the reality of our past issues; we start thinking maybe we were crazy to imagine that “problem” was really a problem at all – didn’t it make life more fun? Wouldn’t this great time I am having be that much better if I just brought that old frenemy back into the picture? You can probably guess from the tone of this article that the answer to that last is a resounding “no.” All that good you’re feeling? You owe that to the hard work you have put into your recovery, and you owe it to yourself to enjoy the fruits of that very worthwhile labor. This is the way I think about combatting the “O.” It doesn’t have to be a matter of refusing to feel too good, but rather of never failing to remember the hows and whys of getting to this point. Spring can be another (or a first?) season of feeling healthy and happy and full of promise in all the very best ways, if we remember to keep doing the things we do to keep ourselves well. Enjoy! n
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of view, the right thing to do is to bring ness to have Coll interviewed offered the as much into the light as we can, so we J4N committee a glimmer of hope that a can understand what happened to Nizah homicide detective would be assigned to Morris.” Also in attendance was Helen “Nellie” the case and can respond to questions. Williams was asked to lift a nondisclo- Fitzpatrick, director of the city’s Office of sure agreement with the Police Advisory LGBT Affairs. Fitzpatrick said she would Commission that blocks public access to do what she could to facilitate the release of numerous Morris records generated by the the police Internal Affairs file on the Morris incident. D.A.’s Office. After the forum, J4N member Rich Williams declined to do so, but said Wilson expressed hope City Councilman Mark that Williams would Squilla intends to nom- “A goal of J4N is to take discernible steps inate a transgender toward transparency. woman to the PAC increase dialogue and “Seth needs to make and that she would be trust between law available the materials welcome to review the that he has, and find D.A.’s Morris records. enforcement and the out what happened to Tenika Watson, a LGBT community. The the missing materials,” longtime friend of Wilson said. “We’re the Morris, was a panel- panel discussion was public and he serves ist at the forum. She an important step in the public. He needs to described Morris as a follow up with tangible “lovely girl,” whose the right direction.” action.” death was devastating Former state Rep. to family and friends. — Babette Josephs Babette Josephs, who Twelve years ago, moderated the panel Wa t s o n s a i d , s h e wasn’t surprised to learn of Morris’ death discussion, said it was productive. “A goal of J4N is to increase dialogue shortly after her friend had been inside a and trust between law enforcement and police vehicle. “I know about those courtesy rides,” she the LGBT community,” Josephs said. “The said. “I’ve had a few of them myself. But panel discussion was an important step in the right direction. We’re very grateful I’ve survived them.” Another panelist, attorney Charles P. to Seth Williams, Nellie Fitzpatrick and Wilson, said the Morris case embodies everyone else who seeks justice for Nizah Morris.” n important societal issues. “The truth about the past is something that matters to the present,” Wilson said. Editor’s note: PGN writer Timothy Cwiek “From a political, social and moral point also was a panelist at the forum.
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transgender woman by the name of Tammy Powers was at a 24 Hour Fitness location in San Francisco. She had been using this facility for just over a year. Much like the Planet Fitness incident, Powers was in the changing room when another woman started shouting. “There’s a man in here,” she called. The two of them exchanged words, making their way to the front desk to complain about each other. The staff of 24 Hour Fitness took them both aside to get their individual accounts. At the end of this, Powers was told that this situation would not happen again. Powers did not ask what the staff had done, deciding that it was over and time to just “move on.” There’s more to this story. Months later, a woman approached Powers at the gym, saying, “Hi, remember me?” It was the woman who had called her out. She continued, “I really need to apologize to you.” She added that she had no real information about transgender people, and did not understand what Powers was going through. She had since learned more. At the end, they hugged. I spoke to Powers before finishing this column, and we discussed how this contrasted with what happened at Planet Fitness. It reminded me of an important
part of all of these bathroom bills, and one I’ve addressed before. Many people out there, even now, do not understand us. They may not even realize they know any transgender people. We’ve not been a part of their experience. When their lawmakers push for these anti-transgender “bathroom bills,” people don’t see how this will harm anyone — and they may truly believe that anyone who is transgender is a potential predator. Perhaps I’m overly optimistic, especially in the wake of all this anger, hate and general meanness in the air. We can hardly claim to be this modern, enlightened society we often claim to be while blacks are still being lynched in Mississippi, or while women still get blamed for helping to “cause” their own rapes. As we gain a voice, and as we continue to gain visibility, we become harder to demonize. People begin to see transgender people not as some faceless “other” in the world, but as their coworker, family member, friend. We become human. Sometimes the greatest change will not come from policy or law — but from people losing their fear through familiarity. That, too, will beat any meanness. n Gwen Smith is the change she wants to see in this world. You can find her on Twitter at @gwenners.
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Renowned pastor hosts conference The Rev. Frank Schaefer, the Methodist pastor who was defrocked for officiating his son’s same-sex wedding in 2007 but later reinstated, will host a one-day conference at a local church. “Choosing Love: A Parent’s Story” will take place 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. May 2 at Gloria Dei Church, 570 Welsh Road in Huntingdon Valley. Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for students and include a boxed lunch. Proceeds benefit The Attic Youth Center. In addition to sharing his compelling personal story, Schaefer will cover topics including love, family, inclusivity, the Bible and homosexuality and the path to marriage in Pennsylvania. Schaefer’s book, “Defrocked: How a Father’s Act of Love Shook the United Methodist Church,” will be available for sale and signing. To register for the event, visit www.tinyurl. com/chooselovemay2. For more information, contact Patty Burger, pburger@gloriadei.com.
Self-defense class benefits officer’s family Want to learn self-defense? The experts from Israeli Krav Maga in Cherry Hill will teach you the basics at a fundraiser benefiting the family of fallen Philadelphia police officer Robert Wilson III. The complimentary nightclub safety session will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 28 at ICandy, 254 S. 12th St. The self-defense class is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted for Officer Wilson’s family. The 30-year-old officer. an eight-year veteran of the force, was shot to death March 5 during an attempted robbery of a GameStop store at 22nd and Lehigh streets.
PGMC hosts cabaret fundraiser Join the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus for a drag- and dance-filled cabaret fundraiser 7-10 p.m. May 2 at the William Way LGBT Community Center Ballroom, 1315 Spruce St. Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door. Admission includes a buffet dinner and open bar. The event, hosted by the fabulous Stella D’Oro, includes individual cabaret performances from members of PGMC, several of whom will be in drag as well as guest performances by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret from the Wilma Theater. Proceeds will also go to supply musical instruments for Philadelphia public-school students. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit www.pgmc.org/cabaret.html. n — Ryan Kasley
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here are a few things Philly’s newest super PAC wants us to know about them (from their website): “Our mission is to engage new audiences and bring new voices into the city’s political discussions. To increase civic participation and voting rates … Our goal is to create the opportunity for new civil servants to be elected and smart policy to win out … We are seeing real change in this city. Let’s create a council that can keep up.” Super PACs typically operate in the world of political dark money — a world created by the U.S. Supreme Court in its Citizens United decision that cloaks large donors in a constitutionally protected veil of secrecy. And make no mistake about it. Philly 3.0 intends to stand as far behind that veil as possible. When former LibCityPress writer Patrick Kerkstra asked its Executive Director Alison Perelman to disclose its donors, her response was: “As an organization it’s our policy: we do not discuss donors. We don’t want to be focused on individuals but on the collective issues.” When asked how much Philadelphia 3.0 might spend, she demurred
again. “We are not talking about any of our fundraising goals, but we are hoping to be a strong voice in this election.” When Kerkstra pushed back, Perelman’s responded, “We are not going to be focused on the labels that people ascribe to our organization, because we do feel so strongly that there is this glaring need for comprehensive and specific conversation over those issues that council has authority.”
We don’t want to be focused on individuals but on the collective issues… If I were Philly 3.0, I wouldn’t want anyone focused on their individual donors or the labels ascribed to the organization either. Why? Because the guys allegedly funding Philly 3.0 are the very last folks you would attach to forward-thinking public policy in Philadelphia. Meet the Zuritskys: Joe, the Philadelphia parking lot king and his son, Robert,
the heir apparent. A 2008 Philly Mag profile of the Zuritskys’ reads like a chapter out of a Boss Tweed novel. “Zuritsky has gotten involved in politics in recent years, backing both Mayor John F. Street and former Mayor Ed Rendell. His detractors whisper that such involvement has won him special favors in the permitting process.” “Zuritsky shrugs it off. ‘The press will always add up two and two and somehow get five,’ he said. Moreover, he added, his political activities have, in fact, been a form of self-defense. Philadelphia parking garages have been getting hammered by the city since the early 1980s, especially when the city’s parking tax jumped from 10 percent to 20 percent of gross receipts. ‘We were a handful of businessmen talking to the wall. They didn’t know us, they didn’t
care, and because parking garages are never popular, we were an easy target,’ Zuritsky recalled. He decided to get political when he realized that he simply had no City Hall contacts to whom he could turn. ‘These people have to at least recognize you so that you can talk to them,’ he said.” More recently, in 2011, Zuritsky’s son Robert gave an impassioned plea before City Council. Was it for school funding? Pension reform? Safer streets? No, no, and no. It was for rolling back the tax on, you guessed it, parking lots. The more light you shine on Philly 3.0, the more it looks like a super PAC for the 1 percent posing as a millennial empowerment group. You see Philly 3.0 was initially a Zuritsky-funded breakaway PAC from the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Continued on page 2 APRIL 19-26, 2015
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Philly 3.0 Looks Like Philly 1% Continued from page 1 Commerce called Philly Rising. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Sources familiar with the group’s intentions said that a key reason for its formation is that the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce does not always advocate for Philadelphia’s business community.” The Inquirer expose continued, “At least two Council hopefuls [Philly 3.0] approached were quizzed on, of all things, their support for reducing the city’s parking tax, a source
told us. Maybe it’s not surprising — the asphalt kings have written editorials opposing hikes to the tax and even lobbied Council to reduce the levy by 25 percent. Parkway Corp. allegedly left the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce over its wavering support for tax cuts.” Philly 3.0’s intentions seem to be as dark as its money — as dark as the asphalt paving the parking lot kingdom.
Donofrio Classic Still Has Caché Continued from page 12 led the area in three-point shots. All the guys on my team play so hard and want to represent their schools and families and the city as well.” Sample said that he never expected to coach when he was a high school player in the 1990s, nor achieve this success. “Furthest thing from my mind,” he said. “But I always loved the game and I think I saw the game so well from being a point guard.” One of the other squads that shined in the Donofrio is the Bucks County all-stars, led by Lowe, and the Pennsbury duo of Cameron Jones and Derrick Woods (St. Bonaventure.) “I’m really excited that we made it into the Final Four for the second straight year,” said Jones. “Last year I was excited to get this far and this year I am even more excited. The community has actually surprisingly given us great feedback after all these games even though we are so far away from [Conshohocken],” he added. “The fans in Pennsbury know how big the Donofrio Classic is but
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I never knew how many people followed it from my area. Many people from my school came up to me and asked me about the tournament and all the players and the history, and I was very surprised they knew so much about it.” Jones, Woods and company were close to winning their first PIAA AAAA title in 2015. Pennsbury lost to eventual champion Roman Catholic by one point in the quarterfinals. “I think we proved a lot this year and in the state playoffs because, though we didn’t get any medals or banners, we proved a lot of people wrong who doubted us and made a lot of noise in the state of Pennsylvania.” Jones added that his high school career meant a lot to him, having been a four-year varsity player. “I think the experience I learned from my parents and coaches will benefit me a lot as I go through college because they all have prior knowledge and will only lead me in the right direction as I move on in my basketball career.”
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n a sunny Saturday morning, Gary White, president of GermanGermantown for Better Fathers organizers meet at the start of a parade in town for Better Fa- Germantown honoring the Philadelphia Raiders Pop Warner football team. thers, bustles around a parking lot Photo by Sarah J. Glover on Chelten Avenue, assembling a group of men and children around the organization’s Joseph Martin, a board member for the services banner. district, this month told Philadelphia Daily News Then the group merges into a parade line-up with reporter Lara Witt, “The biggest change since the Summerville Second Chance, two drill teams, cars cleanups started is the change in the community’s atdecorated with blue and yellow paper streamers and titude. There is a significant rise of hope, and I think a trolley carrying proud members of the Northwest that people are starting to believe that Germantown Raiders football team. is going back to days of glory.” They’re all part of a neighborhood gaining footGermantown lost its luster in comparison to ing as community partners and collaborators in a its more affluent neighbors of Chestnut Hill, West neighborhood where much seemed to operate under Mount Airy and parts of East Falls. It was hit with the umbrella of Germantown Settlement, a 125-yearan influx of lower-income African-Americans in the old social service and housing agency that also mid-1950s that spurred “white flight” and declining worked in real estate developments, ran a charter investment in the community, followed by drug-reschool and absorbed hundreds of millions of dollars lated violence of the 1980s, recession of the 2000s in public and private funds over past decades. and unrealized investments. Germantown Settlement was forced to liquidate But more recently, it can point to groundbreaking in 2010, after bankruptcy and accusations of misuse for a $1.2 million make-over of Vernon Park and $4 of funds. In its absence, other faces and voices of million in commitments from Eighth District City Germantown are sprouting up and taking root. Councilwoman Cindy Bass and the Philadelphia “The men and women of Summerville started Redevelopment Authority for the long-troubled Gertalking about the real need for community members mantown YWCA site. And on this day, it celebrates to begin giving back to this community. So a call was the Division 1 Midget National Championship team made for residents with organizing skills to come from last December’s Pop Warner Super Bowl. together and create a vehicle and an action agenda The group’s celebratory parade culminates at … for broad community-wide engagements,” offers the Lonnie Young Center, where Guardian Civic one group, Summerville Second Chance, which inLeague, Villa, Save Our Sons and other organizacorporated about a year ago. tions distribute materials, and where Councilwoman Meanwhile, the Germantown Special Services Bass, Judges Frank Doughtery and Jackie Frazier, District was revived in late 2013 and is now contractState Rep. Stephen Kinsey and former Eagle Jason ing with the group Ready, Willing and Able to clean Avant sing the team’s praises. Chauncey May, one of out front of commercial properties along parts of the organizers for the event, offers, “We wanted to Germantown, Chelten, Wayne, Pulaski and Maplewood avenues and Greene Street. show the Raiders the community really does care.”
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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 10:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE
Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be a sum sufficient to pay all Sheriff’s costs including advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadel-
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phia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly. No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-686-1483 and to its website philadox.phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox. phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006
Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter. N.B. - For the benefit of our non-professional readers who do not understand the meaning of the letters and figures following the defendant’s names, we make the following. EXPLANATION The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia
C.P. No. 00651 $149,878.62 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-303 2514 South Berbro Street 19153-2202 40th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#40-4100600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kimika Williams, Executrix of the Estate of John Williams, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 00563 $71,763.81 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-304 1732 Vista Street 19111-3828 56th wd. (formerly part of the 35th wd.) 1296 Sq Ft BRT#561316300 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W B/G 2 STORY MASONRY Chin Cheung C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 001614 $170,768.05 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1505-305 1347 East Eyre St 19125 18th wd. 1168 Sq Ft BRT#181156500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Elizabeth Golden C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 03568 $142,888.43 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-306 1970 Devereaux Avenue 19149 62nd wd. 1202 Sq Ft BRT#621215500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hoang V. Ngo C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01388 $174,673.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-307 807 North 66th Street 19151 34th wd. 1350 Sq Ft BRT#344357100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Gray C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 00761 $75,699.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-308 1833 Tustin Avenue 191521822 56th wd. 1000 Sq Ft OPA#562236600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Migdalia Matos C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01686 $70,865.70 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-309 5428 Torresdale Avenue 19124-2045 41st wd. 1076 Sq Ft OPA#411278600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cesar O. Rivera C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00051 $59,096.19 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-310 111 Roselyn Street 191201913 61st wd. 1140 Sq Ft OPA#612192400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lisa Kittrell C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02061 $93,159.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-311 1737 Naudain Street 191461522 30th wd. 1380 Sq Ft OPA#303021600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Allison Whit-
tenberg C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00698 $79,098.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-312 7342 Rockwell Avenue 19111-3006 63rd wd. 1368 Sq Ft OPA#631102800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Khalif G. Dennis C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01733 $172,706.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-313 6133 Carpenter Street 191432904 3rd wd. 1922 Sq Ft OPA#033086400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John W. Lewis, III C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02913 $112,435.72 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-314 2673 Almond Street 191253827 31st wd. 2213 Sq Ft OPA#312093100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sabrina Gonzalez C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 03371 $153,767.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-315 3117 North 17th Street 19132-2358 11th wd. 1084 Sq Ft OPA#111206100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Beatrice Hawkins C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00567 $20,180.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-316 6230 Algard Street 191353502 55th wd. 1136 Sq Ft OPA#552343200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Khadija Sines C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00778 $157,746.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-317 4300 L Street 191244324 33rd wd. 720 Sq Ft OPA#332394000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wilson Barreto a/k/a Wilson Barreto, III C.P. June Term, 2010 No. 02909 $118,091.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-318 601 Gilham Street 191115310 35th wd. 1350 Sq Ft OPA#353093200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lesley Bates a/k/a Lesley Hawes C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03560 $153,648.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-319 7335 Woodcrest Avenue 19151-2214 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#344124100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William C. West, Jr. a/k/a William C. West C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03564 $75,682.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-320 4528 Aberdale Road
19136 65th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#652109000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angel I. Hilbert a/k/a Angel L. Hilbert C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 000590 $144,394.39 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-321 5614 Loretto Avenue 191241013 35th wd. 1322 Sq Ft OPA#351391900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sylvester Mobley; Simeng Yang C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02965 $139,146.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-323 3003 Tulip Street 19134 25th wd. 784 Sq Ft BRT#252355000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NPG Venture Two Limited by Yevgeny Komar C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 000445 $93,489.88 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-324 3732 North 19th Street 19140 13th wd. 2980 Sq Ft BRT#13-1-2795-00 Subject to Mortgage Heavenly Properties, LLC and Leon B. Buie, III C.P. July Term, No. 02046 $53,323.87 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1505-325 3034 East Street 19134 7th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#071556700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darlene Cash C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 002421 $30,144.71 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-326 1514 South 53rd Street 19143 51st wd. 1622 Sq Ft BRT#512014600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marilyn J. Parker C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02233 $38,603.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-327 2402 East Clearfield Street 19134 25th wd. 1190 Sq Ft BRT#251107600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sarah E. Holmes C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 000438 $171,949.39 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-328 5953 Malta Street 19120 35th wd. 1058 Sq Ft BRT#352286200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY German Lee C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00165 $92,750.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-329 6521 Torresdale Avenue 19135 41st wd. 1216 Sq Ft BRT#411320600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Saddel Senat C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02982 $105,683.20 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-330 4459 North 19th Street 19140 13th wd. 1250 Sq Ft BRT#132205300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL
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www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1505-301 5026 Locust Street 191394235 60th wd. 1760 Sq Ft BRT#602080800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lakeasua Ann Whittington and All Other Heirs of Annamarie Tate, Known or Unknown C.P. April Term, 2008 No. 00675 $100,520.51 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-302 3334 Cottman Avenue 191491601 55th wd. 1548 Sq Ft BRT#551515400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rose Tomberlain
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PROPERTY Eric D. Gordon C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 001090 $40,373.30 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-331 3211 Aramingo Avenue 19134 45th wd. 1168 Sq Ft BRT#451392300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Arminda L. Paz C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 00712 $122,726.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-332 151 North Edgewood Street 19139 34th wd. 1088 Sq Ft BRT#341093200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jean Smith C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 2160 $28,108.80 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-333 75 Church Lane 19144 12th wd. 1818 Sq Ft BRT#122039400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pamela M. Brown C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01494 $104,529.18 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-334 1706 Wagner Avenue 19141 17th wd. 1002 Sq Ft BRT#171028000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Monique Wells C.P. September Term, 2008 No. 004422 $84,915.05 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-335 1603 Mohican Street 19138 10th wd. 1364 Sq Ft BRT#102245500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Gaskin C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 002720 $109,215.85 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-336 3420 Helen Street 19134 45th wd. 942 Sq Ft BRT#452353600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jennifer Mendez C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 02111 $88,419.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-337 7050 Van Dike Street 19135 41st wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#412423300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terrance Berkery C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 1303 $148,945.91 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-338 5316 Wingohocking Terrace 19144 12th wd. 1142 Sq Ft BRT#122183600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Joette Davis, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 002346 $78,272.87 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-339 5402 Tennis Avenue 19120 42nd wd. 1102 Sq Ft BRT#422340400 Subject to Mortgage Lucephus Tate C.P. February Term, 2013 No.
00814 $97,458.32 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1505-340 6948 Fowler Street 191284407 21st wd. 1992 Sq Ft BRT#212454500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kimberlie Ann Rolek C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00852 $62,854.58 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-341 4740 Shelmire Avenue 19136 65th wd. 1290 Sq Ft BRT#651039800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Henry Narvaez a/k/a Henry Narvaez, X C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01137 $101,935.04 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-342 108 North 54th Street 19139 4th wd. 1036 Sq Ft BRT#041098300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Allise Jones C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02372 $78,742.30 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1505-343 7601 Crittenden Street, Apartment F2 a/k/a Unit F-2 19118-3225 9th wd. 1566 Sq Ft OPA#888200574 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pamela D. Shaw C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04629 $118,089.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-344 1403 E. Weaver Street 19150 50th wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#143N2/BRT#501469900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Raymond Blue a/k/a Raymond F. Blue a/k/a Raymond T. Blue; Veronica Blue a/k/a Veronica I. Blue C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02829 $184,731.87 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-345 1840 East Thayer Street, a/k/a 1840 North Thayer Street 19134-2510 45th wd. 1144 Sq Ft OPA#452063800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yolanda Beauchamps C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01864 $23,060.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-346 3012 Gilham Street 19149 55th wd. 1170 Sq Ft BRT#551-0607-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kathleen Illich; Nicholas Illich a/k/a Nick Illich a/k/a Nick M. Illich C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02908 $199,663.92 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-347 409 W Ellet Street 19119 22nd wd. 2050 Sq Ft BRT#223156300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Alston a/k/a David A. Alston; Tiffini Alston a/k/a Tiffini K. Alston
C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00620 $158,756.35 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-348 2514 Dickinson Street 19146 36th wd. Land Area: 750 Sq Ft; Improvement Area: 1320 Sq Ft BRT#364037714 Subject To Mortgage Yes; Plaintiff ’s is 1st mortgage -- 2nd mortgage of record belongs to EPIC Mortgage and Funding, LLC. IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL/ RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE Epic Mortgage and Funding LLC C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01307 $141,473.91 Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire, Kathryn L. Mason, Esquire, James D. Young, Esquire 1505-349 4620 Pennhurst Street a/k/a, 4620 Penhurst Street 191243828 42nd wd. 1242 Sq Ft OPA#421614100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sonia Fonseca C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03093 $38,888.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-350 2615 S. Titan Street assessed as 2615 Titan 19148 36th wd. 766 Sq Ft BRT#362063300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charmine Johnson C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 004076 $94,185.71 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-351 2421 Memphis Street 191252122 31st wd. 990 Sq Ft OPA#312021000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Guidice; Courtney Alston C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02218 $108,968.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-352 1109 East Mount Pleasant Avenue 19150 50th wd. 1410 Sq Ft BRT#502444400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenneth J. Orange, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Willamae Orange, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 1822 $176,307.81 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-353 2013 East Dauphin Street 19125 31st wd. 1790 Sq Ft BRT#313082400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dave Steiner a/k/a David Steiner and Karen Steiner C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02594 $170,355.43 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-354 1208 East Susquehanna Avenue 19125 18th wd. 1100 Sq Ft; Approximate Size: 19’ x 77’ BRT#18-1-2374-00 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY FRAME Marc Schlesinger, Louis Moore, and Christie Moore C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02303
$214,891.73 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1505-355 6225 North 18th Street 19141 17th wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#172267700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Delzora White Poe C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03681 $47,117.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-356 1742 S. Orianna Street 19148 1st wd. 1530 Sq Ft BRT#01-1-4246-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW HOME 600 Avon, LLC C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03221 $1,288,014.33 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1505-357 808 East Madison Street a/k/a, 808 Madison Avenue 19134-1920 33rd wd. 1197 Sq Ft OPA#331067200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Adelina Perez C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01054 $25,800.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-358 4125 Aspen Street 19104 6th wd. 3320 Sq Ft BRT#061152300/ BRT#871067050 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LUTHER DAVIS & GWENDOLYN C DAVIS C.P. February Term, 2009 No. 00629 $225,396.39 Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire and/or Kathryn L. Mason, Esquire 1505-359 5114 North 9th Street 19126 49th wd. 1452 Sq Ft OPA#492143800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tila W. Scott C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03527 $73,668.70 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-360 1616 Catharine Street 191462021 30th wd. 1324 Sq Ft BRT#301132200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY Astrid Befumo C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00679 $330,693.24 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1505-361 7319 Garman Street 19153 40th wd. 1728 Sq Ft BRT#404304400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Florette Jean Charles C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01928 $107,704.60 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-362 6851 Guyer Avenue 19142 40th wd. 992 Sq Ft BRT#406316900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas P. Doyle and Maria P. Doyle C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 003500 $60,380.85 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-363 5315 Akron Street 191241219 62nd wd. (formerly ward of the 23rd wd.) 1230 Sq Ft OPA#621435100 IM-
PROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Altagracia D. Lopez C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02425 $132,231.82 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-364 1010 East Luzerne Street 19124 33rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#332009000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Violet Bauer, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 0902 $48,986.11 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-365 6516 Saybrook Avenue 19142 40th wd. 1044 Sq Ft BRT#403156300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard Dereef C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 001740 $12,436.75 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-366 3319 Saint Vincent Street 19149 55th wd. 1472 Sq Ft BRT#551448700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Belmis Montero C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 001398 $190,590.39 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-367 2413 Grays Ferry Avenue 19146 30th wd. 1740 Sq Ft BRT#302176000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Primiano C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 4755 $250,220.45 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-368 6634 Marsden Street 19135 41st wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#411-2602-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY 2 STORY ROW HOME George W. Logan, Deceased and Joanne M. Logan C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 000066 $68,770.62 Craig H. Fox, Esquire 1505-369 7008 Reedland Street 191421716 40th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#406215600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa Bolton C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02924 $45,670.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-370 2930 North Ringgold Street 19132 38th wd. 840 Sq Ft BRT#381024905 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Belinda Whitfield a/k/a Belinda R. Butler C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01194 $30,502.32 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-371 5124 D Street 19120 42nd wd. 1516 Sq Ft BRT#421463400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bruce Sloan as the Executor of the Estate of Barbara Sloan a/k/a Pauline Barbara Sloan a/k/a Pauline B. Sloan C.P. October Term,
2014 No. 000439 $94,069.99 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-372 6910 Sylvester Street 191491821 54th wd. 1716 Sq Ft BRT#542364200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Amzad Hossain and Abul Kashem C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00330 $236,103.46 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1505-373 153 East Walnut Park Drive 19120-1024 61st wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#611360300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Isaac Kornegay C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03330 $158,992.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-374 6830 North Gratz Street 19126 10th wd. 1368 Sq Ft BRT#101108900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Monroe L. Garms C.P. September Term, 2008 No. 04373 $58,975.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-375 4722 Darrah Street 19124 23rd wd. 1443 Sq Ft BRT#232240000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lenny Sapozhnikov and Zinaida Sapozhnikov C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01967 $89,279.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-376 2937 Robbins Avenue 19149 62nd wd. 1068 Sq Ft BRT#621286400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony Cancelliere C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02266 $106,242.91 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-377 1029 East Shelmire Street 19111 56th wd. 1500 Sq Ft PRCL#561349300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Izhar Atzmon C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00142 $171,869.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-378 6100 Walker Street 19135 55th wd. 1071 Sq Ft BRT#552307400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Julio C. Peralta a/k/a Julio Peralta C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01680 $130,820.64 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-379 6964 Weatham Street 19119 22nd wd. 1552 Sq Ft BRT#223210800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Allen E. Brisbane a/k/a Allen Stephen, in his Capacity as Surviving Heir of Virgie Stephen, a/k/a Vergie Stephen, a/k/a Virginia Stephen, Deceased; Sandra Dorsey a/k/a Sandra Gail Dorsey a/k/a Sandra Dorsay, in her Individual
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Capacity and as Surviving Heir of Virgie Stephen a/k/a Vergie Stephen a/k/a Virginia Stephen, Deceased; Unknown Heirs of Virgie Stephen, a/k/a Vergie Stephen, a/k/a Virginia Stephen, Deceased and Joella V. Stephen, in her Capacity as Surviving Heir of Virgie Stephen, a/k/a Vergie Stephen, a/k/a Virginia Stephen, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00741 $173,966.10 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-380 4227 Mill Street 19136 65th wd. 986 Sq Ft BRT#652010700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda M. McTamany and Timothy T. McTamany C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03841 $96,096.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-381 177 Rosemar Street 191201942 61st wd. 1020 Sq Ft OPA#611243600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joimarie L. Beaver C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01384 $79,477.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-382 2002 S. Norwood Street 19145-2718 48th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#482153700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY Tesfaye Mekbeb C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00397 $80,691.17 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1505-383 5244 Arbor Street 19120 42nd wd. 3070 Sq Ft BRT#421388000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Laurette Felix and Ulysse Felix C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00164 $80,143.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-384 1011 Lorraine Street 19116 58th wd. 1652 Sq Ft BRT#582213000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kristen Sanchez and Michael J. Sanchez C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 2337 $267,570.44 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-385 1325 South 54th Street 191434801 51st wd. 1356 Sq Ft OPA#511253300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Byrd C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02663 $46,955.72 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-386 7544 Brentwood Road 19151 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#343222400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janella L. Rodgers C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00948 $130,722.44 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1505-387 1216 Magee Avenue 191114942 53rd wd. 1230 Sq Ft OPA#531184000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Simone Morgan a/k/a Simone Wright C.P.
July Term, 2014 No. 01832 $116,240.97 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-388 818 Levick Street 19111 35th wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#353039740 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Webb C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 00567 $142,380.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-389 1025 Tyson Avenue 191114414 53rd wd. 1170 Sq Ft OPA#532235600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Pamela French and Beth French C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 03451 $67,616.03 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1505-390 2013 Dennie Street 19140 13th wd. 936 Sq Ft BRT#131373100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald W. Holbrook and Sylvia Y. Holbrook C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01810 $11,916.30 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-391 6947 Theodore Street 191422106 40th wd. 1170 Sq Ft OPA#406242400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louella Spencer C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00372 $77,842.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-392 1404 Knorr Street 19111 53rd wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#532128000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Travis J. Wilcox and Michael C. Wilcox, Sr. C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00747 $192,958.75 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1505-393 4155 Hellerman Street 19135 55th wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#552112300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Victor Szarek C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00603 $73,377.40 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-394 1331 W. Silver Street 191322717 37th wd. 1084 Sq Ft BRT#372312900 Subject to Mortgage Lawrence E. Waters C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01494 $48,356.12 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1505-395 5751 North 6th Street 19120 61st wd. 1310 Sq Ft BRT#612285300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sheena M. Washington C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01480 $119,848.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-396 1822 South 27th Street 19145 48th wd. 810 Sq Ft BRT#482333300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
John F. O’Neill a/k/a John F. O’Neil as trustee of the John F. O’Neill Trust dated 04/09/1996 C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04096 $25,736.46 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1505-397 5603 Sprague Street 19138 12th wd. 1697 Sq Ft BRT#122271900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Denise Gill C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01088 $111,938.40 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1505-398 1800 Danforth Street 191521820 56th wd. 1236 Sq Ft OPA#562212800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark Citron C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00857 $177,755.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-399 9620 Dungan Road 19115 58th wd. 1135 Sq Ft BRT#581-3728-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY 2 STORY DWELLING WITH 2 CAR GARAGE John Philipose and Gracycutty John C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 001897 $458,851.87 Craig H. Fox, Esquire 1505-400A 607 East Westmoreland Street 19134 33rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#33-1-1024-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400B 647 East Cornwall Street 19134 33rd wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#33-1-1211-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400C 1532 North Edgewood Street 19151 34th wd. 1000 Sq Ft BRT#34-2-2328-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400D 2045 Bonaffon Street 19142 40th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#40-3-0550-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400E 3205 West Arizona Street 19132 28th wd. 958 Sq Ft BRT#28-2-3360-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400F 3255 North 13th Street 19140 43rd wd. 1500 Sq Ft BRT#43-1-1622-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY
MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400G 4934 Boudinot Street 19120 42nd wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#42-1-4202-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400H 4989 North 2nd Street 19120 42nd wd. 1160 Sq Ft BRT#42-2-3982-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400I 7020 Saybrook Avenue 19142 40th wd. 1268 Sq Ft BRT#40-3-3074-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-400J 7029 Upland Street 19142 40th wd. 816 Sq Ft BRT#403257401 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STORY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $525,487.18 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1505-401 594 East Carver Street 19124 35th wd. 984 Sq Ft BRT#351235900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sunkanmi Iyiola C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00872 $71,384.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-402 1100 South Broad Street Apt 305B, a/k/a 1100 South Broad Street #305B 191465029 36th wd. 687 Sq Ft OPA#888113656 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Todd Facenda C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 00583 $248,270.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-403 10825 Heflin Road 191544039 66th wd. 850 Sq Ft OPA#662069800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Petrovich C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01842 $203,002.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-404 5841 North Howard Street 19120-2415 61st wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#612457100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gamel A. Oden C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01398 $82,758.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-405 1330 N Taney Street 19121 29th wd. 958 Sq Ft BRT#291372800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jean Lucas; John Lucas a/k/a John F. Lucas
C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02455 $52,849.61 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-406 303 East Roosevelt Boulevard 19120-3936 42nd wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#421138100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Savaun Nuon and Vanna Seng C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03023 $113,994.11 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-407 2343 East Boston Street 19125-3014 31st wd. 956 Sq Ft OPA#313184000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William J. McElroy; Dolores F. McElroy C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01433 $188,627.63 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-408 4347 Malta Street 191244344 33rd wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#332143400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bilal E. Mohammad C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02811 $121,042.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-409 433 East Walnut Lane 191441035 59th wd. 2700 Sq Ft OPA#592075600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tajuan Jones; Nakisha Jones C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01867 $175,993.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-410 2237 South Hobson Street 19142-1804 40th wd. 1008 Sq Ft OPA#403062300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George O. Akanno C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 02250 $35,837.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-411 2011-13 Griffith Street 19152 56th wd. 1598 Sq Ft BRT#561543200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Denise M. Speece a/k/a Denise M. Cebollero C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01202 $98,235.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-412 3222 North Spangler Street 19129-1209 38th wd. 1264 Sq Ft OPA#382194900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jonathan Philson C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03887 $92,590.56 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-413 1320 Friendship Street 19111-4206 53rd wd. 1449 Sq Ft OPA#532298900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Juan Caceres C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00979 $199,291.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-414 9212 Annapolis Road 19114 57th wd. 1717 Sq Ft
BRT#572252300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wilfredo Santiago C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 02572 $318,393.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-415 4526 Milnor Street 19124 23rd wd. 1590 Sq Ft BRT#231041600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gabriel Cabrera and Elsa P. Ortiz C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02587 $82,619.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-416 4627 Benner Street 19135 41st wd. 1240 Sq Ft BRT#411140900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charlotte C. Davis and Ernest J. Davis C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02541 $40,833.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-417 1926 Independence Street, a/k/a 1926 Independence Avenue 19138 10th wd. 1032 Sq Ft OPA#102102400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa White Hewlett a/k/a Theresa W. Hewlett C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02167 $43,745.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-418 810 West Roosevelt Boulevard 19140-1324 49th wd. 1872 Sq Ft OPA#491078700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kirton De Shong C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02236 $74,563.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-419 1719 Sigel Street 19145 48th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#481032000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda Rogers C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01172 $38,027.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-420 910 East Dorset Street 191503602 50th wd. 1876 Sq Ft OPA#502364600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Howard M. Soloman, in His Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Andre James Griffin; Brianne C. Lloyd, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Andre James Griffin; Anton C. Griffin, III, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Andre James Griffin; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Andre James Griffin, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04241 $139,916.33 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-421 934 West Fisher Street, a/k/a 934 West Fisher Avenue 19141-4034 49th wd. 1420 Sq Ft OPA#492043900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
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TIAL PROPERTY Donna Culbreth C.P. June Term, 2009 No. 02124 $58,849.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-422 628 East Annsbury Street a/k/a, 628 Annsbury Street 19120-4602 42nd wd. 800 Sq Ft OPA#421008600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Oluwatoyin Fawole C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01217 $32,401.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-423 5550 Belmar Terrace, a/k/a 5550 Belmar Street 191434702 51st wd. 1062 Sq Ft OPA#514104100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela Murphy C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 03392 $121,672.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-424 7032 Souder Street 191491728 54th wd. 1138 Sq Ft OPA#542306200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ling Duo Guan a/k/a Duo Ling Guan C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00405 $49,931.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-425 2031 East Venango Street 19134-2121 45th wd. 1136 Sq Ft OPA#452153500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daniel Daehling C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02126 $44,546.79 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-426 5813 North American Street 19120-1862 61st wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#612404400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wanda Saunders C.P. June Term, 2007 No. 02491 $121,135.47 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-427 1830 West Erie Avenue 19140-3523 13th wd. 2475 Sq Ft OPA#131048600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kevin R. Hudson C.P. March Term, 2009 No. 03235 $17,444.94 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-428 1533 West Butler Street 19140-3635 13th wd. 1374 Sq Ft BRT#131084400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith A. King C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01874 $23,304.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-429 7107 Torresdale Avenue 19135-1312 65th wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#651256200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph L. Micsko a/k/a Joseph Micsko; Agnes D. Staley C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02464 $86,569.30 Phelan Hallinan
Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-430 1107 Glenview Street 19111 53rd wd. 1426 Sq Ft BRT#532158900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa Blackwell C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01451 $151,511.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-431 9951 Verree Road 19115 58th wd. 1714 Sq Ft BRT#581256000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marcelo Gisone and Lazara Rojas C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03967 $202,024.59 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-432 2435 South Darien Street 19148-3717 39th wd. 940 Sq Ft OPA#393389100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Victoria M. Rizzo a/k/a Victoria Rizzo; Vincent J. Rizzo a/k/a Vincent Rizzo C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00570 $124,580.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-433 4704 Tacony Street 19137 45th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#453425800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline Castillo C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02923 $104,531.83 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-434 1381 Dyre Street 19124 62nd wd. 1344 Sq Ft BRT#621009500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Erin Keith English and Sean Nyle English C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01906 $62,709.20 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-435 3022 Janney Street 191343716 25th wd. 966 Sq Ft OPA#252413300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathryn M. Hall; William T. Hall a/k/a William Hall a/k/a Wm T. Hall C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 03095 $66,086.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-436 6121 Loretto Avenue 19149 53rd wd. 1520 Sq Ft BRT#531323800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wang Zi Kai C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 003601 $78,843.56 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-437 5839 Ludlow Street 19139 60th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#604146400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tammi N. Washington C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 4487 $75,705.16 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-438 4807 Vankirk Street 19135 41st wd. 1207 Sq Ft BRT#411099700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephanie Lentz
C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03105 $142,783.01 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-439 3532 Kensington Ave 191341539 33rd wd. 2920 Sq Ft BRT#331443700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gregory Stanislaus C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02127 $91,589.30 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-440 1832 Green Street Unit C 19130-4143 88th wd. 562 Sq Ft OPA#888154074 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Mark W. Totten C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00491 $184,483.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-441 2633 South 69th Street 19142-2111 40th wd. 1072 Sq Ft OPA#406129500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Willie J. McKnight; Patricia M. McKnight; Helen E. Mack, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of the Estate of Patricia Jefferson C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00272 $79,411.72 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1505-442 30 North Wiota Street, a/k/a 30 Wiota Street 191042213 24th wd. 1194 Sq Ft OPA#061174000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mohamed Ali Hammi C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02249 $166,995.73 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-443 1547 West Seltzer Street 19132-2220 11th wd. 970 Sq Ft OPA#111013400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maxine M. Phillips C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01729 $32,751.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-444 1820 Strahle Street 191522323 56th wd. 1234 Sq Ft OPA#562154600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian J. Landis C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 03856 $237,069.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-445 3054 N. Bonsall Street 19132 11th wd. 905 Sq Ft BRT#111408100 Subject to Mortgage Abdur Rahman Syed (deceased) C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02344 $46,412.51 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1505-446 2074 Albright Street 191342102 45th wd. 1158 Sq Ft OPA#452184800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald A. Paulin C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04802 $34,485.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1505-447 356 Snyder Avenue 191482634 39th wd. 1080 Sq Ft; Located on South Side of Snyder Avenue 161 ft. East of 4th Street; Front: 27’ 2/3”, Depth: 43’ 1/100” OPA#392072405 Antonia Lannutti, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Reynold Lannutti, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00092 $197,399.65 Phillip D. Berger, Esq., Berger Law Group, PC 1505-448 5948 Loretto Avenue 191493705 53rd wd. 1312 Sq Ft OPA#531310800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Fatima V. Hopkins C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01893 $66,080.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-449 2833 W. Girard Avenue 19130-1214 29th wd. 3256 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#882008010 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL BUILDING Heidi Won Lee and David Lee C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 0266 $78,697.29 Elliot H. Berton, Esquire 1505-450 4028 Lansing Street 191363116 65th wd. 1234 Sq Ft OPA#651168200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole Webb C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02137 $82,074.94 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-451 1318 Lafayette Place 19122 14th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#141141800 Subject to Mortgage Donel Blacks C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03353 $138,596.76 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1505-452 3616 Academy Road 191542026 66th wd. 1098 Sq Ft OPA#663351900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Deborah Mattiacci C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 02378 $175,458.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-453 6411 Dorel Street 191423020 40th wd. 900 Sq Ft OPA#406332200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa Elliott C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01341 $38,419.45 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-454 6931 Forrest Avenue 191382003 10th wd. 1146 Sq Ft OPA#102528900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Natalie Seymour; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Ann Seymour, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03747 $107,435.10 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-455 1004 Bingham Street 191153721 63rd wd. 1008 Sq Ft
OPA#632119300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melissa Green C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00027 $121,918.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-456 4639 Germantown Avenue 19144-3032 12th wd. 1860 Sq Ft BRT#121145800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard T. Ross, Jr. C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02685 $61,190.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-457 6602 Erdrick Street 191352602 55th wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA#552262800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian P. Knuettel; Kathleen M. Beaver C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 00426 $108,869.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-458 7519 Tulpehocken Street a/k/a 7519 East Tulpehocken Street 19138-1410 50th wd. 1472 Sq Ft BRT#501372100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Myra Y. Forrest C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02964 $68,692.47 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-459 1213 South Greylock Street, a/k/a 1213 Greylock Street 19143-5111 27th wd. 1008 Sq Ft OPA#27-3-0632-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Oleg Eidelman; Irena Eidelman C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01558 $69,583.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-460 1908 North Judson Street, a/k/a 1908 Judson Street 19121-2029 32nd wd. 2168 Sq Ft OPA#322130901 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tiere Waller C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01014 $47,306.69 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-461 6814 Horrocks Street 191492212 54th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#542334500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Saida Kodra; Andres F. Nieto C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00031 $111,643.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-462 1322 McKinley Street 191115820 53rd wd. 1250 Sq Ft OPA#531021000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tania Boozer C.P. June Term, 2011 No. 03188 $97,786.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-463 5004 North Hutchinson Street 19141-3917 49th wd. 1300 Sq Ft OPA#491326600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kaythee
Barnes C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 02226 $69,818.76 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-464 654 North 56th Street 191314802 4th wd. 1610 Sq Ft OPA#043048300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pamela Ester C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04635 $61,042.82 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-465 2140 South Philip Street 19148-3317 39th wd. 863 Sq Ft OPA#391307500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda A. Fuerst a/k/a Linda Fuerst; Brian Orr C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02476 $62,019.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-466 5738 Pentridge Street 19143 51st wd. 1024 Sq Ft PRCL#513240000 Subject to Mortgage John H. Smalls (deceased) C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 04158 $112,679.24 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1505-467 7169 Andrews Avenue 191382111 10th wd. 1194 Sq Ft BRT#101139800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APT 2 STORY MASONRY Dennis D. Bolden C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03730 $99,283.94 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1505-468 3172 Amber Street 19134-3838 25th wd. 1140 Sq Ft OPA#252452400 Juan Calderon C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01746 $107,509.91 together with continuing interest at the rate of $18.36 per diem and after June 14, 2014 through the date of sheriff�s sale Fred W. Hoensch, Esquire; Schnader, Harrison, Segal, and Lewis LLP 1505-469 2218 Bryn Mawr Avenue 19131 52nd wd. 1832 Sq Ft BRT#521270300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephen Byron C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02923 $79,443.39 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-470 6145 Master Street 19151 34th wd. 922 Sq Ft BRT#342031200 Subject to Mortgage Clayton C. Kimbrough (deceased) C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00581 $59,514.28 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1505-471 2021 East Westmoreland Street 19134-3224 45th wd. 1074 Sq Ft BRT#452040500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Miosotis Jaime C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03232 $61,021.24 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-472 201 North 8th Street, Unit 804 19106-1005 5th wd. 1009 Sq Ft BRT#888037290 Sub-
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Y-HEP celebrates its 20th anniversary
Exploring LGBT representation in media
By Abe Myrick Age: 26
By Sean Morris Age: 17 Here’s the thing with representation of any kind: Not everyone is going to be happy. People will analyze characters for any type of stereotypes and there’s always someone of a certain “category” left out of the picture, meaning there’s always room for expansion. Nowadays, however, it is refreshing to see a number of LgBT characters represented in the media, especially without their major character arc being “coming out.” It’s just simply a factor in their life. This article will be used to scratch the surface of some of the media representation around today (that this writer has personally seen and can report) and where it can go moving forward, and even where it has taken steps back. Years ago, a little show started called “glee,” which many might say was able to bring some of the struggles of gay youth to conventional young audiences, in the form of the likable, fashionable Kurt Hummel. While gay characters were hardly nonexistent from television before, it was still a rare occurrence to see them on the TV screen, particularly on a show aimed at a more youth-driven audience. However, it’s funny to think, as one article also mentioned, how seeing a gay character like Kurt nowadays might be considered more of a step back, showing a more stereotypical gay. While I don’t 100-percent agree with that point, I see where he was coming from. Leading from that, I’d like to discuss one show with the least amount of stereotypical gay men you could find: HBO’s (very unfortunately canceled) gay-centered series “Looking.” The show followed three gay men in San Francisco through their romantic and professional ups and downs. What I loved about that show, at least personally, was its ability to reflect a modern gay experience that was funny, thought-provoking and seemed genuine. Nobody was perfect but they weren’t
FUNDING THE FUTURE: Drexel University sophomore Robert Reid (center) accepted a scholarship check from Delaware Valley Legacy Fund executive director Samantha Giusti and Independence Business Alliance president Richard Horrow at an April 8 ceremony. The joint IBA/DVLF scholarship is presented annually to a local LGBT or ally student pursuing a business degree. Reid intends to work in the management-consulting field.
exactly bad people — just people who made some bad decisions. But it’s that word — “people” — that made me fall in love with it so much. It didn’t stereotype but it didn’t take itself too seriously and brought out some wonderful characters, including some rarely found ones, most notably the HIV-positive bear eddie, who was funny, flirty and a joy to have on screen. While, yes, I think it could have been perhaps done a
I mean, is five hours of a couple of gays in San Francisco really going to cost more than five minutes of dragon battles? bit more in the way of diversity, “Looking” spent so much time developing these people that I could forgive it. What I can’t really forgive is HBO’s decision to end the show, which leaves, quite frankly, a gaping hole in LgBT representation in media. While HBO said the show was cancelled because of low ratings, I’d like to think that the money and revenue brought in from “game of Thrones” alone would be able to keep several smaller shows of HBO’s afloat, particularly as it wasn’t that expensive to make. I mean, is five hours of
a couple of gays in San Francisco really going to cost more than five minutes of dragon battles? C’mon, HBO. Now they are making a televised movie to wrap up everyone’s stories; as a viewer, I feel as though they may not bring it to a satisfying conclusion and instead it will be rushed. Nowadays we are able to enjoy and have new complex and layered characters whose sexuality is of a secondary nature. Like in the wonderful (and yet canceled) show “In the Flesh,” where the main character is a zombie and gay — but mostly focused on the former. gay characters, especially gay leading characters, are rare to find in the horror genre (gay leading characters themselves are a dime a dozen) and yet it is such a minimal part of his identity. In fact, when the main character brings his boyfriend home to his parents, the tension arises not from homophobia but instead from prejudice against zombies (the concept of the series takes a bit to explain. google it — you won’t regret it). We also have Cyrus Beene from “Scandal,” the White House’s gay Republican chief of staff whose brutal, and many times immoral, methods make him one of the most interesting characters on the show. Then there’s Connor Walsh in “How to get away with Murder,” whose cocky, flirty attitude makes him an easy fan PAGE 8
Philadelphia FIgHT’s Youth Health empowerment Project has been helping youth and young adults for the last 20 years. On March 20, Y-HeP held “This is How We Do It,” a ’90s-themed gala to celebrate its milestone anniversary and to raise funds to support its services. Many people ask, What is Y-HeP and what do they do? Y-HeP is a trauma-informed, comprehensive adolescent and young-adult program that offers holistic health services to more than 3,000 high-risk and high-promise urban youth ages 13-24 living in Philadelphia. although Y-HeP is now a large and dynamic organization, it had very humble beginnings. Y-HeP’s founding director, Jacqui
ambrosini, started Y-HeP in the basement of her Philadelphia apartment in the spring of 1995. “I wanted to create a place where young people could interact with other youth who were from different backgrounds — race, class, sexual orientation — so they could learn about each other and become critical thinkers, develop leadership skills, get exposed to new ideas and experiences and have an opportunity to grow,” ambrosini said. and grow it did. Y-HeP soon found itself supporting a large number of at-risk Philadelphia youth. “They always needed information and resources and a place to be themselves. Over time, we were able to expand our services by adding a drop-in center, activities, counseling, PAGE 4
Y-HEP DIRECTOR TIFFANY THOMPSON (FROM LEFT), LOU BERRIOS, MOLLY BERGAM AND EMILY RAMSEY-NORTH
What’s inside
community: page 4
— Closet lookout: page 2
— Morris House event: page 5
— Trans-Jenner, Coming out with some help: page 3
— Poetry, Youth Art and Activism and Alternate Prom: pages 6, 7
— Sexual misconduct in the
— LGBT studies at Temple: page 8
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Polyamory peeking out of the closet? By Alice Wills Age: 22 Amy leaves work early, on a mission to once and for all fulfill her deep suspicion of her husband cheating on her. Several months earlier, Amy and Ted had a threesome with Amy’s longtime friend and college roommate, Zeana, to satisfy Ted’s desire of another woman, as well as Amy’s. After a few bitter months of failed “sharing,” exclusion, sexual ping pong on both parts and dangerous jealousy threatening to end the marriage, Ted forbid Amy from ever seeing Zeana again due to insecurities that she would run off, becoming a lesbian, and they agreed to close the “Triad” and keep their marriage a fully committed, straight, monogamous relationship, devout to honoring each other. Arriving home, Amy pushes open the door to her living room to reveal quiet whimpers and gasps of passion — her husband engaged in a sexual act with neighbors Tanya and Zeana. Amy stares at the three in anger and betrayal, hardly in shock because she has always known Ted as a cheater and is beginning to believe that he simply is not a one-woman man. Now pause. This is a mess — no consent, no communication — and betrayal and lust are not at all what a marriage, or relationship, should consist of. Couldn’t this somehow have been avoided? Aren’t there ways to have these sexual fantasies fulfilled … ethically? Some people just are the round-peg-in-the-square hole in every aspect of life, including the bedroom. Some people are so deathly afraid of the words “normal,” “traditional” and “routine” that they can’t even climax in “boring” positions during sex; any and everything they do must be an experiment or statement as an extension of the person they are — forever seeking what is missing in people, art and general fulfillment. Some realize late in life that, rather than be in a straight, traditional relationship, they want a member of the same sex or another gender-bent
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member to supplement what their partner can’t seem to understand about their bodies and will more suit their taste. Even longtime gays and lesbians realize they can and would like to sleep with the opposite sex but are afraid of the flack they will receive. Some people simply crave more emotional attention and would like to do activities their partners can’t/won’t, like seeing an opera in Italian when that would bore their lover to tears. This is often the case in marriages and newly committed relationships when couples — gay, straight and other alike — are confronted with questions like, “Will this be the one, only and last person I ever have sex with? I feel like this person doesn’t fully understand me although they are the love of my life,” or “Who can I talk to and be stimulated by when they’re not around?” or “I’m bisexual; why exactly can’t I enjoy both — why am I limited?” And some realize that they’re just not a one-woman/man band and would like more than one partner because each person they’re interested in brings out something different in them. That’s when the wonderful alternative of leaving monogamy behind to answer the question of what else is left out there waving in the air — that’s when polyamory takes a step out of the closet. Wait, you mean go drop my keys in a fish bowl at a swingers’ party or swap my girlfriend out for a boyfriend for the night? No, those are clichés and insane situations even the most emotionally stable couldn’t handle. Now what exactly is polyamory? Why is there a whole population of people practicing what no one seems to know about? For starters, let’s begin with what polyamory is not. I am no expert but am a humble human merely looking to expose and pass along my findings on the matter. Anyone who chooses to practice polyamory should have excellent communication and relationship skills, very strong personal integrity and a desire for personal growth. Already,
it’s extremely hard to have one relationship but to maintain multiple consensual relationships requires time, patience and energetic willingness to have the necessary dialogue and fullout arguments that may come along with it. Ted not only was a hypocrite in going behind the marriage but also in not following up with his agreement with Amy to stay monogamous. Amy, instead of confronting Ted with open dialogue and sharing her suspicion with him, decided to sneak up on him. Who is this third unknown party that Ted and Zeana are swapping germs and endangering Amy with? And why was Amy not asked to consent to this little rendezvous in her apartment? Why was Ted so insecure in banning his wife to sleep with women, yet sought to satisfy himself with two of them? Polyamorists are not people who are fatally insecure, emotionally immature and non-consensual sexual thrill-seekers or conquerors. They are people who take commitment seriously and aren’t seeking to hurt partners but rather let them express themselves and explore new worlds without rigid, old-fashioned boundaries. Polyamory, not to be confused with polygamy (having multiple spouses, which is practiced in many cultures worldwide including heterosexual, religious-based and patriarchal cultures, sometimes involving teen girls marrying older men who have more than one wife), simply put is to have many loves. It has many benefits and takes different forms. It’s practiced by all orientations: gay, straight and the spectrum between the two. It’s practiced by people who desire to be emotionally intimate with more than one partner in a fully honest, maturely consensual manner. Is Kayne West right in saying, “Love is cursed by monogamy”? By the way he defends Beyoncé and is open to his wife Kim being known for her body all over magazines, I doubt he really believes this. Monogamy offers most a certain security, the idea of no STDs or jealousy, but considering the rates of divorce
and adultery, one has to wonder how secure monogamy really is. In polyamory, people often ask, “Don’t you get extremely jealous?” But, don’t you in a closed relationship? Or they ask, “How do you deal with anger and neglect from each other?” The same way you do in a “normal” relationship: Communicate. Yes, wild situations like Amy and Ted’s could arise, but instead of sneaking around and catching one another in the act, everyone can actually be informed of each other’s whereabouts and plans and interact with each other’s partners. One big happy family. Instead of Amy going to bed dreaming of being with a woman and under-satisfied with Ted, they can decide to bring a third party in or individually have second partners. Poly relationships are definitely eye-opening and not for the faint at heart or immature, looking to satisfy a sexual itch. Love is overflowing and abundant, not limited like a rationed dish at dinner with five siblings in an impoverished home. Realizing that you can love people differently and wholly will open a new world for most. Those who have attempted it say it’s for the sexually bored and those truly in love cannot share nor be “in” love with more than one. Shows like “Polyamory” on Showtime and books like “The Ethical Slut” are helpful guidelines for anyone looking to branch out and see what the hype is all about. Not everything is for everyone and no one can tell anyone the way they live is wrong. Open minds and hearts aren’t all about sex, and should lead to open dialogue. Don’t be anyone’s Tanya, Zeana, Amy or Ted; be ethical and consensual and unafraid of setting boundaries if and when you decide to go down this rabbit hole. N Alice Wills is an ever-curious freelance actress, writer and consultant looking to expose and change traditional thinking. Catch her in local indie films, print and promotional work, and watch her host the Independent Film Awards May 22 at International House in Philadelphia.
The next Youth Supplement will be July 31. If you are interested in participating, contact Jen at editor@epgn.com
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College GSAs Bucks County Community College — Gay/Straight Alliance: Provides a safe haven for LGBTQA campus community members and works to combat stigma on campus; fratrikc@bucks.edu or altemose@bucks.edu. Cabrini College — Sanctuary: Offers affinity groups, peer support and educational activities to promote a greater understanding of the LGBT community. Chestnut Hill College —
H.E.R.O.: Promotes awareness of and appreciation for the LGBTQQIA community and works to instill a sense of unity between the community and allies; kociszewskim@chc.edu.
Community College of Philadelphia — Gay/Straight
Alliance: Advocates for LGBT inclusion and acceptance on campus with programming and events, and offers resources for LGBT and ally campus communities; scooks1@ccp.edu.
Drexel University —
LGBTQA Student Center: Supports the development, growth and education of Drexel students with a safe and inclusive campus location for the community and allies on campus; Creese Student Center Room 48-C.
Holy Family University
— The Alliance for Student Equality: Works to recognize the respect and dignity of the whole person in support of promoting the development of personal identity and social equality on campus; drafter@ holyfamily.edu or mmbobholz@ holyfamily.edu.
La Salle University — The Alliance: Pledges to provide a safe place and support for the LGBT members of the community; http://studentaffairs.lasalle. edu/umas/service-opportunities/ advocacy-groups/the-alliance/; alliance.lasalle@gmail.com.
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Philadelphia University
— Gay/Straight Alliance: Connects LGBT campus community with resources throughout the university and region; caulford4949@mail.philau.edu or horowitzh@philau.edu.
Saint Joseph’s University
— The Alliance: Fosters open and honest discussion about diversity and LGBT issues and works to affect an environment where homophobia and hatred are replaced by mutual understanding and respect; www. sju.edu/int/resources/alliance/ about.html; gsa@sju.edu.
Temple University — Queer
Student Union: Strives to provide a safe social space to LGBTQIA students while exploring issues relevant to the larger community; https://twitter.com/TempleQSU; nurodney. prad@temple.edu.
University of the Arts — OUT@UArts: Through discussion, cultural events and outreach through art, seeks to make a difference for LGBTQ individuals at UArts and beyond; www.uarts.edu/ students/outuarts; cfreeman@ uarts.edu. University of Pennsylvania — LGBT Center: More than 20 undergraduate and graduate LGBT student groups abound at Penn, with meetings and community events held at the Center, 3907 Spruce St.; www.vpul.upenn. edu/lgbtc/; center@dolphin. upenn.edu; 215-898-5044. University of the Sciences — Alliance: Increases awareness of LGBT issues on campus and provides support for LGBT students, faculty, administration and staff; http://orgs.usciences.edu/alliance/; alliance@mail.usciences.edu. West Chester University — LGBTQQA Services: Provides information, resources, support and programming for the campus community and is home to the LGBTQA Student Organization; LGBTQA@wcupa.edu; www. wcupa.edu/_services/stu.lgb/. N
In defense of the man who helped me come out: Mr. Russell Tovey By Sean Morris Age: 17 Recently, the actor Russell Tovey, star of HBO’s “Looking,” drew some criticism for comments that were construed as being phobic toward effeminate gay men. They weren’t. All he basically said was that he could have ended up effeminate but he’s glad he didn’t, which makes sense when you think: A. Growing up in the 1980s and ’90s and hearing about the AIDS crisis must have bred a surge of homophobia; B. From interviews, it seems like his father hasn’t always been the most forward with gay acceptance; and C. His “butchness” has probably been able to land him more roles in his career and enabled him to be adaptable to many parts. And yet, people are branding him the worst gay ever (hello, Log Cabin Republicans, anyone?) after one “inarticulate quote” — and come on, who hasn’t had one of those? A little background on me and why I wanted to write about this: Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of gay people — fictional or otherwise — whom I could see as positive examples or who resonated with me; they were just unintentionally absent. When I first started to come to terms with the fact that I could be gay, I didn’t see anyone after whom I could particularly feel comfortable modeling myself. Most were uncomfortably flamboyant (there’s nothing wrong with that; I’m one of the most flamboyant gays you could meet — but, at 13, that was a little much for me to be comfortable with). That is, until I researched a cute British actor whom I had seen once on “Doctor Who,” and who was starting to get into his wonderful series “Being Human.” In his Wikipedia article, I found out he was gay. But what was more interesting and oddly potent was his advice to young gay people: “The only thing I can give to young gay people is that, when I was growing up, there were no role models that were blokey, that were men. Everybody was flamboyant and camp, and I remember going, ‘That’s not me, so even though I think I am gay, I don’t think I fit into this world.’” And I started to feel 1,000-percent more comfortable in my skin.
Representation, of any format, is immensely important to every group of people. From seeing Lt. Uhura in “Star Trek” to having the first female black astronaut to any number of nameless empowering tales, representation is never something to be underestimated. Before my suits, before my flirtiness, before me as I am, I wanted — no, needed — to know I didn’t have to necessarily stand out to be me. And here was sexy, at-first-glancestraight-seeming Russell Tovey, who gave me the confidence not to conform to what society expected of me at a time when I felt like I only had a limited view of what I could be. He gave me a world of confidence and helped me come out. Tovey was hardly being fem-phobic. I just see it as: “I’m butch and glad.” And guess what? So am I. Why shouldn’t the morebutch have a Russell Tovey to look up to? While the LGBT community does have a right to keep on the lookout for phobias and bigotry, we shouldn’t be making snap (and these were very snap) judgments about not only our allies, but also our own community members, especially ones who have done nothing but spread nice things and support through social media. There are people in this world whose greatest joy would be to ruin the lives of people in the LGBT community — and they deserve having our frustration vented toward them. Look at the god(ha!) awful “religious-freedom” law in Indiana, or even anyplace else in the world (and that’s a lot of places) where just being gay can make you lose your job or is even a crime. These are the things we should be attacking — not a strong, inspiring ally who had a self-admitted “inarticulate quote.” I know we’re tired of hearing Bible quotes, but “let he who is without sin, cast the first stone” seems to apply. And to Mr. Tovey, if you are reading this: Thank you for being my role model. Thank you for helping me to be comfortable in my own skin. Thank you for showing me that I could be gay, happy, sexy and whomever I want. You changed this dapper, suited, out-there gay’s life for the better. Please keep being your bull-dogloving you — to inspire others, as you have inspired me. Thank you. N
Sean Morris is a junior at Science Leadership Academy.
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Trans-Jenner By: Rachel Levin Age: 16 A beloved national icon and reality-television star, Bruce Jenner, has recently come forth as one of the LGBTQ community’s own. Jenner, having lived 65 years of her life as a man, came forth to the world in January with her true identity, Ms. Belinda Jenner. While the LGBTQ community welcomes a new member to its ever-growing family, and the Kardashians and Jenners are showing their unconditional love and support, the media has not exactly been quite as supportive. Large, well-renowned news sources such as People, Time and Hollywood Life continue to misgender Jenner, despite recognizing the fact that she is currently going through a transition. US Weekly has even gone as far as to fabricate a false, inaccurate account of an interview with Jenner’s daughter, Kendall. She was “quoted” backstage at Comedy Central’s roast of Justin Bieber as having said, “He’s a wonderful man. And just because he’s changing shoes now, so to speak, doesn’t make him less wonderful. I will always love my dad, whether he’s a man or a woman.” This statement, however, was proven inaccurate when Kendall tweeted denying she had ever talked to an interviewer from US Weekly. While mass-media outlets and news sources are creating false propaganda relating to Jenner’s transition, this does not change the fact that Jenner’s realization has created a place for the transgender and transsexual community in today’s media. Identifying as trans up until fairly recently has been considered a taboo by most. Despite trans people’s inclusion and grouping with the LGBTQ community, for some reason society fails to recognize them as existing on the same plane as your average gay, lesbian or bisexual person. This makes little to no sense,
however, considering trans people face the same oppression and cruelty that other queer people face regularly. Sexuality and gender are issues that do, in fact, go hand in hand. They are both subgenres of an identity, just as race, ethnicity or religion. Each of these aspects, among others, are what makes human beings who they are. Each of these aspects, as well as the oppression following them, builds a character and a personality. If you think about it, would you quite actually exist as you if you were, for example, not queer, but straight? (Or vice versa). Would you really be you if you were not black, but Asian? This is why Jenner’s transition holds itself as such an important victory for the trans community. Many of the aforementioned identity groupings already have representation in global media. The trans community, however, lacks significant representation. There are not many trans celebrities in today’s media, and those who are, are known mainly for being trans. It has not really been until now that the trans community has witnessed a celebrity with an alreadyamassed following come out to the world with her true identity. This is why Jenner’s coming out holds such a beauty that gossip-rag fans and the media are failing to recognize. With the emergence of her identity will possibly come the emergence of others; with that will in turn come the acceptance and solidarity of trans people. And with that, hopefully with time, will come the acceptance and solidarity of mass amounts of varying other identity groupings. People are failing to see the big picture of Jenner’s transition. While it definitely in itself will not be the tipping point, it is indeed a step in the right direction to a beautiful, wonderful communalized world. N
It has not really been until now that the trans community has witnessed a celebrity with an already-amassed following come out to the world with her true identity.
Rachel Levin is a sophomore at Abington Senior High School.
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Addressing sexual misconduct in our community By Katy Santa Maria Age: 20 “I just wanna try something, is that OK?” she asked, as she gripped my hips and started to turn me on my stomach. Quite drunk, I mumbled “OK” just before her fingers penetrated my space and left a painful throb that I awoke to the next morning. Today, I do not consider myself a victim of sexual assault, but that has mostly to do with my positive feelings surrounding the other, non-sexual experiences I have had with this individual. Months before our one-night stand, we shared laughs over pancake breakfasts in our campus’ LGBTQ house. Every so often, we would go on walks together to listen to each other’s love lives. We were intertwined in our college’s queer scene and found trust and unity there — so why did I feel completely uncomfortable after we had sex? Am I excusing her actions solely because her fingers were not a penis, although both are capable of the same motion? Can people who avidly support one another in a sexual-minority community still betray each other’s trust? Unfortunately, sexual assault occurs in all communities, regardless of sexual orientation. The National Center for Lesbian Rights has recently found that “one in eight lesbian women and nearly half of bisexual women experience rape in their lifetime.” However, like much of the research on this matter, it is difficult to gather statistics on who specifically is sexually harming lesbian and bisexual women when we still struggle to define same-sex intimacy in the first place. The majority of our public schools do not educate students about same-sex sexual practices — which isn’t surprising, considering many continue to avoid teaching adolescents about conventional heterosexual sex, even. However, when teenagers who may be questioning their queer identities are not educated on the ins and outs of what is considered “standard” in same-sex intimate interactions, how can they go to college, confident that their sex lives will be safe there? Our education system isn’t the only root of the problem here. Society already perpetuates a deep-seeded myth that women are not capable of hurting other women and, when combined with the popular stereotype that queer women are inherently more sexually “deviant” — thanks to the porn industry and other media that portray them as such — lesbians are essentially destined to have their sexual-misconduct truths silenced before they are even voiced, let alone conceived as “misconduct” in the first place. Addressing one’s assault, and how to go about healing from it, varies from victim to victim too. As the University of Michigan’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center outlines, LGBTQ survivors “may
feel punished for acting outside of society’s prescribed gender roles,” therefore feeling shame and understanding their assault as a deserved consequence of their unconventional sexual preferences. Pile these factors onto a situation for many of us young, academic queer women —residing in a small community space, such as a college campus. I go to a college in rural Ohio with a student population of about 1,600. Colleges in Philadelphia and its surrounding area that also have tiny student bodies include Haverford College, Chestnut Hill College and Swarthmore College, to name a few. When those in a small population of young and sexually active people are inevitably sharing the same classrooms and dining halls, they are bound to be even more uncomfortable with the idea of reporting their sexual assaulters, as recent national cases have shown. One such case is at small, progressive Grinnell College, where the Huffington Post reported that “in some cases, [the college] forced students to attend class with men the school acknowledged to have sexually assaulted them.” The victims at Grinnell were identified as cis females. If a widely respected, highly acclaimed college such as Grinnell has failed its heterosexual student survivors in such a way, what hope is there for queer youth on small campuses? It should be acknowledged that the efforts that are happening — such as those of the NCLR — even to simply raise awareness about sexual assault existing among all sexual orientation groups, are profoundly helpful. Collegial discussion of LGBTQ sexual assault is on the rise, as general acceptance of queer practices is growing with the times, as well. But we, the queer youth, cannot continue to wait for society to first consider us as equals before we receive the equal justice for the sexual wrongdoings done to us — before we can feel safe enough to address and talk about our experiences with same-sex misconduct in the first place. I do not feel scarred from my unwanted sexual experience. But my remaining mixed feelings about it certainly do not provide any clearer insight into the amount of respect I was given, or the amount of trust that I felt was lost between my friend and me that night. What gives me solace are opportunities like this to share the confusion that I and others hold after these experiences and, ultimately to bring knowledge to those in our community who may have otherwise felt alone and unheard. Keep your chin up — your experiences are real and your emotions are valid, just like your unique and most colorful sexual identity. N Katy Santa Maria is a third-year student who attends Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. When she is not a full-time student there, she resides in Wallingford, a suburban town outside of Philadelphia.
STANDING TALL: Micah Rodriguez (left) receives the 2015 Youth HERO Award from DVLF board member John Cunningham at the annual event April 12 at the Hotel Monaco. The 20-year-old Puerto Rico native was honored for her selfless commitment to The Attic Youth Center and her efforts to create a safe and supportive city for LGBT youth. Photo: Scott A. Drake Y-HEP page 1
case management and a family-planning clinic,” said Ambrosini. Services offered at Y-HEP include: rapid HIV testing, a health and wellness program for young men who have sex with men, a computer lab that offers job search and résumé assistance, hot meals five days of the week and a health center that provides primary care. If a youth doesn’t have health insurance, the health center has a full-time benefits coordinator to assist them in getting health insurance in no time. Y-HEP doesn’t change youth, but meets them where they are and provides participants the knowledge and skills to make positive decisions about their futures. Y-HEP director Tiffany Thompson has been a part of the organization for five years. She said she joined because she “wanted to help folks that were more like me growing up, who I could have easily been.” “Y-HEP to me is a place like no other, where you can see smiles, tears and anger in one place,” she added. “It’s the place [YHEP youth] feel safest to express themselves.” Since her time began at Y-HEP, Thompson has seen a great deal of change. “I saw Y-HEP go from being a room in a building to a holistic program that has so many services and does so many things.” Two decades of service, activism and ■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331; atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday. See the Youth section for more events.
education were celebrated when Y-HEP staff members and supporters gathered at the Moore College of Art and Design to honor the work of Ambrosini and Y-HEP’s accomplishments. The ’90s theme was carried throughout the party. Highlights included a photo booth with classic ’90s memorabilia for props, specialty cocktails such as “Nothin’ But A G-Thang” and an impromptu breakdance battle as legendary DJ Spinderella played the top hip-hop jams from the era. With 20 years under its belt, Y-HEP and its staff have accomplished great things, but Thompson knows their work is far from over. “Our goal is to see the end of the AIDS epidemic, that’s the mission always,” she said. And it’s a mission that Y-HEP is furthering with the introduction of the Y-HEP Health Center’s PrEP program. “With PrEP, we’re one of the only places in the city doing this and doing it so well. In 20 years, I think that we will be the experts. I’d love to see [the PrEP program] grow and for Y-HEP to play a role in ending the AIDS epidemic.” Given Y-HEP’s knack for growth and expansion, Thompson’s plans for the future are sure to come true. “It’s the hardest job, but it’s also the best job in the world.” N Abe Myrick is a Philly native, music lover and member of Y-HEP’s volunteer program.
■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065 rainbowroom@ppbucks. org.
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Temple honors society holds fundraiser for Morris Home By Matty Bennett Age: 24 Lambda Pi Eta, a national honors society at Temple University with chapters across the country, this spring sponsored a fundraising drive for Morris Home. The fundraiser sought to bring awareness and visibility to trans issues on Temple’s campus, while also benefiting a local Philadelphia organization. Morris Home is a recovery facility for transgender and gender-variant individuals that seeks to provide a safe environment in which program participants can pursue sobriety, healthy lifestyles and improved relationships. Julie Seidman, co-president of Lambda Pi Eta, explained why this particular fundraiser for Morris Home was so important. “We are hoping to positively benefit a
community that often goes overlooked,” Seidman said. “We also want to start the conversation about gender-nonconformity on campus, to make people think about how entrenched our lives are in gender norms, and why it makes people feel so uncomfortable when they are not followed.” ■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221 ■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 n The COLOURS Organization, Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison:Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-686-9980, helen.fitzpatrick@ phila.gov
This is the second year Lambda Pi Eta has held a fundraiser for Morris Home. Seidman noted how the fundraiser allows students on campus to get involved with social-justice issues. “The drive creates a space for students who want to do more to promote social equality, but don’t know how or are discouraged by what seems to be insurmountable obstacles,” she said. “My hope is that the drive will set an example to others to do similar projects, especially on college campuses.” In fact, Lambda Pi Eta has already influenced other groups on campus to hold similar fundraisers and to reach out to the Philadelphia community. “A fraternity at Temple, Phi Sigma Pi, now donates clothing to Morris Home every semester, because our honors society’s co-president brought the idea to them and they loved it. It’s things like this that I want to leave behind when I graduate from Temple.” The fundraiser started in mid-March and continued through midApril, with Lambda Pi Eta collecting used clothing, art supplies, books and toiletries for Morris Home. They also fundraised to buy wigs and make-up for the residents as well. N Matty Bennett is a graduate student at Virginia Tech, pursuing his master of fine arts in creative writing.
Key numbers ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org ■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378 ■ GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization: 215-8511822 ■ LGBT Elder Initiative: 267-5463448; info@LGBTEI.org
■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 ■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670 ■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 1-877-pride-2000 ■ Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-686-3318
■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK
■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com
■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov;
■ Philly Pride Presents: 215-8759288
■ Mazzoni Center: 215-5630652; Legal Services: 215-5630657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-5630658
■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-920-9537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)
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Upon A Time
Dear Us
By Adrianna Branin Age: 16
By Shane MilleR Age: 18
Goodbye to the breath of nothing a once upon a time something; whispers in the unknown
We say goodbye to the breath of nothing breathe in deadly art of imagination and hope for something
Goodbye to the breath of nothing can’t believe my lungs expanded for you much more than they could handle nothing gentle; but I chose you
We say goodbye to the breath of nothing so that we can build our own wage, have enough to pay ourselves the compliment of not quitting
Goodbye to the breath of nothing an incomplete dream on soft clouds woke me at 3 am kissed me harder than rain but your insides; a drought in need of hydration Goodbye to the breath of nothing if I revolve around you, then what? a universe consisting of you as the predominant source of life I am nothing but dust? Goodbye to the breath of nothing let me burn my memories will disintegrate you’ll be free I’ll rise from my own ashes; name me Phoenix Goodbye to the breath of nothing neurons exhausted by your abuse lost too much of mind; it’s evicting you Goodbye to the breath of nothing boys working in infinite erg to entertain me flirting with someone new, “he has your laugh ... does it bother you?” Goodbye to the breath of nothing my path of evolution is forced if I called you mine and you stayed silent than what the hell was I? was I ... am I ... your once upon a time? N
We say goodbye to the breath of nothing strap the ankles of lover, flirt to capture someone ... anyone so we don’t feel incomplete, make us feel like the sun, something just for us We say goodbye to the breath of nothing so we can do our best all we got is all we get we are full of erg not to live life as if we were preassembled in a factory on conveyer belt inspected by general assembly Goodbye to the breath of nothing to predominate the dominant blame gravity for keeping us down Say goodbye to the breath of nothing give back breath to the homeless who risk their life by day only to die from starvation by night Say goodbye to the breath of nothing because letting go doesn’t mean you’re weak; you’ve just been strong too long So say goodbye to the breath of nothing, for all the people who can’t who can’t... who can’t... ...breathe! N Shane MilleR is a senior at Roxborough High School.
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LGBTQ youth prom to celebrate two decades By Lucky Fischer Age: 23 Sit back and think for a minute. Besides walking across stage (and shaking hands with your principal for what will probably be the last time in a while) and finally getting your hands on that long-awaited diploma you’ve worked so hard for, what else do most teens look forward to once they step foot in high school? From deciding on color schemes, to which IHOP is closest to crash, they’re probably excited to be getting ready for one of the most memorable nights of their teenage existence … prom! On June 19, GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization will stage its annual Alternative Prom for LGBTQ youth from across the city and surrounding areas. “This year is going to be a really special year because we’re actually going to be celebrating our 20th anniversary,” said GALAEI youth-program coordinator Fran Zavala. “We really want to create an awesome prom this year. Throughout the years, our expectations have increased and we actually have had the attendance increase as well. This affirms why this event is so important.” The Alternative Prom, which happens to be the longest-running of its kind in the country, was created by humanitarian and activist David Acosta as a way
to ensure that all LGBTQ youth who could not or did not attend their own proms would have the opportunity to do so, “freely,” just as everyone else. Over time, members of GALAEI and Acosta himself heard handfuls of accounts where young adults were being denied access to their own proms simply because of whom they decided to bring. That won’t be the case at Alternative Prom — everyone from ages 13-21 are welcome to come and celebrate among their peers. “It’s important because the Alternative Prom creates a space to support and empower marginalized youth who don’t get the space any other time of the year unfortunately,” Zavala said. “They’re given this one opportunity, this one day where they can come in and be as they are and have a fun time while being supported.” Recognized throughout the LGBT community for his passion and dedication on many social fronts, Acosta set the tone that would live on well into today. The venue for the 20th-annual Alternative Prom has yet to be announced, but updates will be arriving in the next few weeks. Who’s ready for prom?! N Lucky Fischer is a 23-year-old Philadelphia native and graduate of Temple University with an educational background in public relations/strategic communication.
Adrianna Branin is a junior at Franklin Learning Center.
Spring Out & About Dining Out for Life April 30 Dine with a purpose at one of the more-than 150 restaurants across the region participating in this year’s Dining Out for Life to raise funds for HIV/AIDS causes. Check out the full list of participating eateries at diningoutforlife.com/ Philadelphia. New Hope Pride May 10-16 New Hope, Pa. Check out our northern neighbor’s week of Pride festivities, including socials,
shows and more. The event concludes with the annual parade, vendor fair and block party May 16; newhopecelebrates.com.
Philadelphia FIGHT will stage testing, prevention and awareness activities. See a full schedule at aidseducationmonth.org.
Elixir 6 p.m.-11 p.m. May 15 Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive The annual Mazzoni Center fundraiser features live music and dancing, food and an open bar; mazzonicenter.org/elixir2015.
Trans-Health Conference June 4-6 The 14th-annual conference will include panel discussions, workshops and other activities; trans-health.org.
AIDS Education Month June Throughout the month,
HOMO-sapienism: Learning to Mind our LGBTQs 7 p.m. June 5 Spring Run School, 11 Minneakoning Road
Flemington, N.J. LGBT-youth speaker Pandora Scooter mixes poetry, spoken word and other artistries to raise funds for youth-organization GLBT of Hunterdon County; pandorascooter. com. Philadelphia Dyke March 3 p.m.-7 p.m. June 13 The annual march, which amasses dykes and supporters, sets off from Kahn Park at 4 p.m. for a tour through Center City before returning to the park for live entertainment, speakers
and more; phillydykemarch. com. Philadelphia Pride Noon-6 p.m. June 14 The parade kicks off in the Gayborhood and heads through Center City to the Penn’s Landing festival; phillygaypride.org. Know Your Status Concert June 20 BEBASHI presents Philly native Chill Moody at First District Plaza, 3801 Market St. The concert, geared toward youth, is free to any-
one who gets an HIV test at BEBASHI. Call 215-7693561 for more info. Annual Reminder Day 50th Anniversary July 2-4 Be a part of history as the community comes together to remember the first public group LGBT-rights demonstrations, which began outside Independence Hall July 4, 1965. Activities will take place throughout the holiday weekend and some historical exhibits run throughout the summer; lgbt50.org.
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Building the Youth Art & Activism Committee By Emmanuel Coreano Age: 18
In a small conference room at the office of GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization sat 10 very unique individuals. Excited to learn about LGBT history, the youth inquisitively asked questions and provided feedback. GALAEI youth coordinator Francisco Zavala Cortes, accompanied by intern Sara Helen-Long, discussed the future and purpose of the program with the youth. The room slowly began to fill with laughter as they played an icebreaker where youth had to draw images that described themselves and the rest of the youth had to guess who drew what. With different aspects of art soon to be covered in the program, the youth were all excited to show off their talent. The program was unanimously voted to be named YAAC, an acronym that stands for the Youth Art & Activism Committee. The program aims to show a more broad variety of art that highlights the importance of LGBT issues and history, especially in Philadelphia and the Latino community. The group of creative individuals meets bi-weekly, and with each meeting there is always something new on the plate. Guest speakers from all forms of artistic backgrounds are set to speak about their skills. The professionals inform the youth of their artistic specialties and how they could learn them, whether it be photography, music, dance or other forms of art. With different exposure to these creative guest speakers, the leaders of the program want to give the youth of YAAC a spark of inspiration to create a special creative-art piece, planned to be unveiled at the 20th Annual Alternative Prom on June 19. Throughout the weeks of the program we will be making informational stops at LGBT historic sites, as well as murals around the city to get the participants’ creative juices flowing. Believing that showing youth hands-on the impact that one person or one piece of art can have on the community is important to motivate them. YAAC aims to explore the issues that impact the youth as well, so they can reflect on their own personal artwork and in time for their final piece. YAAC is giving youth the creative freedom they so desperately need. Zavala is allowing the youth to pick anything they want for their final art piece — whether that piece be a selfie, short film or drawing. “So I can take a picture on the train tracks?” asked one youth. “Yeah, if that piece is something personal to you, go for it!” Zavala replied to the youth’s excitement. Learning the valuable skills needed will allow the youth from YAAC to make their artwork mean something special to them. N
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Coming back together
Standing strong By Timothy Wayne Moore Age: 27
By Timothy Wayne Moore Age: 27
In a world so heavy with opinion outside pressure adds to the confusion making it hard to hear that voice within can’t seem to hold onto confidence
Sifting through the pain and confusion this sometimes defines living knowing the heart needs attending while working through reality and illusion
Though staying with the herd presents safety it takes bravery to stay true to your own word
not stuck in the falling but focused on the rising one can attach awareness to decisions to create the healing needed to move forward
standing up for your story through the storms and through lonely there comes a time to mend battle wounds that won’t hide or pretend
coming back together still may fall but will remember the center of truth and being authentically driven
Winning comes in the courage to infuse healing with compassionate knowledge to try again and again to fill the voids and let go of the pain N
living away from pain can be a great change a chance to overcome once firm limitations with love and dedication N
Timothy Wayne Moore is pursuing a master’s of leadership from Rosemont College.
Timothy Wayne Moore is pursuing a master’s of leadership from Rosemont College.
MASTERPIECES By Matty Bennett Age: 24
—lost in the snowbanks of a Syracuse winter, he waved a flag above his head to be seen by the bus driver
Tom took a picture of me on his rooftop the Philadelphia skyline blazing behind me man’s attempt to rival God’s scenic brilliance
Lost somewhere before the flames of Stonewall ignited a conversation, a passion within eventually uttered in John, in music, in us watching Shakespeare in the park
Liberty One and Two float in the background while Tom’s penthouse apartment from years ago rests on my shoulders reminiscing the past
And in these newfound friendships, a peace is achieved in the recognition that we will never be alone that the masterpieces we create to match God
Tom—young and in love, naked in his bathtub laughing with John, leaning against him, holding him a black and white photograph hanging in his hallway
are really manifestations of our love for one another of a bond that allows us to conquer the sky N
Captured memories, like the ones Tom passes on to me
Matty Bennett is a graduate student at Virginia Tech, pursuing his master of fine arts in creative writing.
Emmanuel Coreano is a junior at El Centro de Estudiantes.
Philadelphia HIV testing sites Center City ActionAIDS 1026 Arch St. 267-940-5515 Mon. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tues. 10 a.m.-noon Wed. 1-4 p.m. Thur. noon-2 p.m. ActionAIDS North Office 2641 N. Sixth St. 215-291-9700 Third Tuesdays 1-4 p.m. The Attic Youth Center 55 S. 16th St. 215-545-4331 Mazzoni Center and GALAEI’s Washington West
Project 1201 Locust St. Mon.-Thur. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sat. 1-5 p.m. 215-985-9206 Planned Parenthood Elizabeth Blackwell Office 1211 Chestnut St. Suite 405 215-496-9696 Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thur. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Planned Parenthood Locust Office 1144 Locust St. 215-351-5560 Mon. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues. and Thurs. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce St. 215-732-2220 Mon. 4-7 p.m. Youth Health Empowerment Project 1417 Locust St., third floor 215-564-6388
South/West Philadelphia CHOP 3550 Market St., fourth floor 215-590-3537 Health Center #3 555 S. 43rd St. 215-685-7504 Health Center #4 4400 Haverford Ave. 215-685-7601/7654 Urban Solutions 1408 S. Broad St., first floor 215-755-0700
North Philadelphia Congreso 216 W. Somerset St. 215-763-8870 Walk-in hours Wednesdays and Thursdays Covenant House Health Services 251 E. Bringhurst St. 215-844-1020 GALAEI 149 W. Susquehanna St. fifth floor 215-851-1822 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Maria de los Santos Health
Center 425 W. Allegheny Ave. 215-291-2500 PHMC Health Connection 1035 W. Berks St. 215-765-6690 Planned Parenthood Far Northeast 2751 Comly Road 215-464-2225 Mon. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues. and Thur. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed. and Fri. noon-3 p.m. Sat. noon-2 p.m. St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children 3601 A St. 215-427-5000
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From academia to advocacy: Temple’s LGBT Studies minor By Julie Seidman Age: 22 Since 2004, Temple University has offered a unique interdisciplinary minor in the Women’s Studies Department of its College of Liberal Arts, known as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies minor. The LGBT Studies minor incorporates classes from multiple departments outside of Women’s Studies, including political science, religion, history, sociology, public health, media studies and production. The minor effectively combines theory with history, literature and politics to give students a broad overview of issues concerning the LGBT community. One of the founders of the minor, Dr. Patricia Melzer, who teaches the courses “Sexual Differences in the Cinema” and “Gay and Lesbian Lives,” discussed the significance of such a minor for students. “[Sexuality] is of considerable value to understanding how desire not only shapes our personal interactions, but how various manifestations of human sexuality are viewed and at times judged by our communities more broadly,” Melzer said. “How in particular non-normative sexualities are marginalized is important to examine if we want to assess how this affects important social areas such as education, health care and, ultimately, policy-making regarding social services and permissible public behavior.” When Melzer and other faculty began to implement the minor more than a decade ago, it was one of the first minors offered at an American university that dealt directly with sexuality studies, without being an attachment to a Women’s or Gender Studies curMEDIA page 1
favorite who is able to do something that many gay characters don’t — use their sexuality as a weapon for them, instead of it being seen as a weapon against them. A truly great example is Omar Little in “The Wire,” who breaks many stereotypes of gay men, as he is a tough street gangster whose very presence sends people running. And let us not forget the many members of the cast of “Orange is the New Black,” whose different backgrounds and ethnicities are able to show a
riculum. There are approximately 30 students in the minor currently, many of whom identify as LGBT, but this number also includes allies. Why do students choose this minor? Dr. Rujuta Mandelia, advisor to all students in the Women’s Studies Department, said the minor “gives [students] an edge in the political and social climate, especially if they are interested in social causes. If they identify as any of the sexualities on the spectrum, this also becomes a safe space for them.” The safe space that this minor provides to its LGBT-identifying students evidently extends far outside of the classroom, in that many of its students aspire to be involved in advocacy work in the future, if they are not involved already. Riley MacDonald, a junior Women’s Studies major with the LGBT minor, said: “I know that whatever route I take professionally will involve activism, and it is important to remember that the ‘trickle-down’ method doesn’t work and that we have to start from the bottom up. Additionally, I’ve learned many important lessons about how systems — not individuals — marginalize people.” Ian Watson, a self-proclaimed “super-duper senior” and photojournalism major, explained what brought him to the minor. “I grew up in a very socially conservative area, and a lot of LGBT topics were very lost on me,” he said. “A lot of my LGBT friends were bullied growing up, and I fear that my ignorance on some issues may have made me less able to help. I didn’t want to contribute to that any more, and the social circle that I was in that discussed these issues was also
problematic in its own way, so I sought academia’s help.” Yet the most direct correlation the minor provides between students’ studies in the classroom and the advocacy track is the minor’s required internship. Watson, for instance, uses the skills he has acquired in photojournalism to teach the art of self-expression through photography at Morris Home, a Philadelphia shelter for trans individuals. Harmony-Jazmyne Samira Rodriguez, a Women’s Studies major who plans to work for a nonprofit in the future, said: “There have been many trans women who’ve fought for the community despite hardships during their activism and that’s been what’s inspiring me to continue on — that I can break new ground and be as helpful to trans women who come after me as they have been to trans women who went after them.” The Women’s Studies Department at Temple has clearly found a direct way to incorporate LGBT studies with activist work. Besides the required internship, other courses students may take include “Queer Theory,” “Trans Theory,” “AIDS and Society,” “LGBT Representation” and “American Sexuality,” among many others. “We are on the rise within the College of Liberal Arts; our enrollments are up,” Mandelia noted. “We have a large group of students who are coming in that are extremely enthusiastic and want to know more about LGBT studies.” N
diversity of experience befitting the LGBT community in general. In terms of moving forward, I think the trans movement needs to have a bigger presence on the screen. While we do have some great characters and representation, like in the TV series “Transparent” and Laverne Cox on “Orange is the New Black,” they are still Internet-provided shows and haven’t hit more cable-network roles that would reach out to wider audiences. I also think more diversity is a key factor, in being able to showcase a wider circle of characters of
backgrounds and diversity, like for example more positive HIVpositive characters. Diversity and representation are part of a long hill, with different paths that aren’t always taken. We can hope and look for examples and do our best to show support for different stories to be told. And we can work to allow not only our own voices to be heard but also those whose stories haven’t been given the opportunity to shine. N
Julie Seidman is a senior at Temple University, studying Russian and communication studies.
Sean Morris is a junior at Science Leadership Academy.
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Are you between ages 14-18? Apply for a paid internship at The Attic this summer! The Attic is now accepting applications for its summer internship program. The Attic’s internship program empowers LGBTQ youth and youth allies to work toward safety and visibility for LGBTQ youth in Philly. This opportunity is specifically for youth who are Philadelphia residents between the ages of 14-18. The internship is for six weeks, from early July to mid-August. Interns work 20 hours a week, Monday-Thursday, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.. They are paid $7.25 an hour. To apply, please set up a time to come to The Attic and fill out an application. More information can be found at www.atticyouthcenter.org.
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MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carlton Fullwood C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01149 $90,730.73 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-512 4051 K Street 191245218 33rd wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#332326200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Julia E. Raymond C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00717 $25,217.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-513 436 Mark Place 191151113 58th wd. 2185 Sq Ft OPA#581094500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Saji Varghese; Abi S. Varghese C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01493 $384,188.79 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-514 2629 South Beulah Street 19148-4514 39th wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA#393204000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Crystal L. Burgess C.P. February Term, 2009 No. 02077 $63,575.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-515 3037 D Street 191342923 7th wd. 840 Sq Ft OPA#071508400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward Daniels, in His Capacity as CoAdministrator and Heir of The Estate of Cathleen Thomas; Curt Thomas, in His Capacity as Co-Administrator and Heir of The Estate of Cathleen Thomas; Terrance Thomas, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Cathleen Thomas; Qudina Anderson, in Her Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Cathleen Thomas; Thomas Daniels, in His Capacity Heir of The Estate of Cathleen Thomas; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Cathleen Thomas, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04240 $49,678.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-516 5254 North 6th Street 19120 49th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#492112600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline Weeks C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00942 $67,371.04 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-517 11875A Academy Road #H7 19154 66th wd. 1326 Sq Ft, together with a proportionate undivided interest in the Common Elements of 1.026% BRT#888660453 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Clarence D. Blair, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 03357 $93,716.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-518 6627 Ditman Street 19135 41st wd. 1344 Sq Ft
BRT#411243804 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terrence Decker C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02907 $98,687.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-519 354 West Duval Street 19144 59th wd. 2656 Sq Ft BRT#593110900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Olivia K. Myers C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 01536 $135,904.17 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-520 547 Van Kirk Street a/k/a 547 Vankirk Street 191201231 35th wd. 1194 Sq Ft BRT#352115600 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STORY MASONRY Tyra Lytes C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01950 $99,444.08 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1505-521 1522 Haines Street 19126 10th wd. 2240 Sq Ft BRT#101262005 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Nathaniel Mays C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00960 $87,443.31 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1505-522 2023 Barlow Street 19116 58th wd. 1554 Sq Ft BRT#582211500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alan J. Quinzan C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03701 $36,623.05 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-523 332 Mercy Street 19148 39th wd. 840 Sq Ft BRT#392057200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda M. Smith C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02808 $170,658.00 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-524 1324 Locust Street #Unit 214 19107 5th wd. 655 Sq Ft, together with a proportionate undivided interest in the Common Elements of 0.34636% BRT#888115238 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janice Ogletree C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 03090 $178,917.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-525 3435 Jasper Street 19134 45th wd. 1312 Sq Ft BRT#452363900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James Sinclair C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00885 $71,625.53 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-526 2448 South 20th Street 19145 36th wd. 1264 Sq Ft BRT#262163600 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY Thomas Defino a/k/a Thomas De Fino and Dina Defino a/k/a Dina De Fino C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02393 $366,365.73 Milstead & Associates, LLC
1505-527 4342 Devereaux Street a/k/a 4342 Devereaux Avenue 19135 55th wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#552023500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hai Min Wu C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02186 $99,222.70 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-528 205-07 N. 36th Street 191042430 24th wd. 5190 Sq Ft; All that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected Situate on East Side of 36th St. 18 ft Northward of north side of Race St. eastward at right angles to 36th Street; Front: 71 ft 1-3/4 in, Depth: 100 ft BRT#881815400 IMPROVEMENTS: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PIECE OF GROUND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED Global Real Estate Sales and Service, LLC C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 000193 $439,240.72 Max L. Lieberman, Esquire 1505-529 9130 Dale Road 191154208 56th wd. 1788 Sq Ft OPA#562376300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Safeer Khan; Grace Khan C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04564 $349,630.28 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-530 1229 Kenwyn Street 19124 62nd wd. 1308 Sq Ft BRT#621013500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colette A. Bass Jones and Lorenzo G. Jones C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01872 $81,842.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-531 49 West Wyneva Street, a/k/a 49 Wyneva Street 191446001 12th wd. 1312 Sq Ft OPA#123027600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alex J. Gross C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00071 $99,124.66 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-532 147 North 62nd Street 19139 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#341210700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Estate of Louise Gurley a/k/a Louise Wilson Gurley, c/o Vanessa Holloway, Personal Representative; Vanessa Holloway, Personal Representative of the Estate of Louise Gurley a/k/a Louise Wilson Gurley; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Louise Gurley a/k/a Louise Wilson Gurley; Yvonne Banker, Known Heir of Louise Gurley a/k/a Louise Wilson Gurley; Bernadette Banker, Known Heir of Louise Gurley a/k/a Louise
Wilson Gurley; Celeste Tabb, Known Heir of Louise Gurley a/k/a Louise Wilson Gurley C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03169 $68,158.82 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-533 5924 Pulaski Avenue 19144 59th wd. 2364 Sq Ft BRT#593204800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bryan E. Garner; Kimberly A. Robinson C.P. October Term, 2006 No. 04642 $286,369.83 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-534 4030 Claridge Street 19124 33rd wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#332338400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angel Rodriguez and Katherine Vazquez C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02044 $56,901.63 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-535 1814 Morris Street 191452115 36th wd. 2164 Sq Ft BRT#363124200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Eartha Smack a/k/a Eartha I. Smack, a/k/a Eartha A. Smack, a/k/a Eartha I. Carson, a/k/a Eartha Russell; Troy Smack a/k/a Troy A. Smack C.P. July Term, 2010 No. 03544 $301,251.84 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-536 5009 Ogden St 191391642 44th wd. 1100 Sq Ft BRT#442023000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Thomas E. Murphy C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01022 $62,049.69 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-537 5349 North Sydenham Street 19141 17th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#172087000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Derrick Ginyard and Carmen Gray C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02056 $50,992.40 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-538 7329 Merganser Place 19153 40th wd. 1660 Sq Ft BRT#406656014 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thanh Huynh and Sky Ly C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00890 $157,112.70 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-539 1501 Widener Place 19141 17th wd. 1760 Sq Ft BRT#171188600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sadiyyah Collins a/k/a Sadiyyah A. Collins C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02103 $120,306.00 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-540 2839 North 26th Street 19132-2508 38th wd. 1476 Sq Ft BRT#38-1139600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or
Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Sharon E. Boykin, Deceased and/or the Estate of Sharon E. Boykin C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 03557 $36,396.57 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-541 370 Milne Street a/k/a 370 West Milne Street 19144 13th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#133003800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yero Carter as Administrator of the Estate of Ollie Carter a/k/a Arley Frances Carter, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00163 $83,647.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-542 161 East 64th Avenue 191201022 61st wd. 1184 Sq Ft BRT#611338300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Edward W. Barge, III, in his Individual Capacity and Edward W. Barge, III, Personal Representative of the Estate of Diane Barge C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02169 $138,872.57 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1505-543 9333 Hegerman Street 19114 65th wd. 918 Sq Ft BRT#652367705 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Jason Harrison a/k/a Jason G. Harrison and Maureen R. Harrison C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01908 $74,904.00 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1505-544 4717 Bleigh Avenue 191364101 65th wd. 1560 Sq Ft OPA#651021900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terrance Cook C.P. January Term, 2008 No. 00988 $127,986.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-545 6929 Lynford Street 191491707 54th wd. 1400 Sq Ft OPA#542209300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY M. Olona a/k/a Musa Allen Olona C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02986 $153,669.94 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-546 6226 Gillespie Street 191353215 55th wd. 1136 Sq Ft OPA#552426000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marcus Salas C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00747 $70,842.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-547 666 East Wensley Street 19134-1828 33rd wd. 756 Sq Ft OPA#331130900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tisha S. Riddick a/k/a Tisha Riddick C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02552 $20,536.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1505-548 4545 Greene Street 19144 12th wd. 2060 Sq Ft BRT#123145800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shanita Outing, in her capacity as Administratrix and Heir at Law of the Estate of Peggy C. Outing, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Peggy C. Outing, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03962 $41,291.04 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1505-549 8012 Terry Street 191362612 64th wd. 914 Sq Ft OPA#642026300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phyllis A. Rubio, in Her Capacity as CoAdministrator and Heir of the Estate of Caroline A. Schrader; Heidi Goodger, in Her Capacity as Co-Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Caroline A. Schrader; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Caroline A. Schrader, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00015 $106,651.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-550 216 S. 52nd Street 19139 60th wd. 1530 Sq Ft BRT#871581380 IMPROVEMENTS: MULTI-STORY OFFICE ARTHUR WILLIAMS C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 03977 $116,807.75 Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire and/or Kathryn L. Mason, esquire 1505-551 5723 Malcolm Street 19143 51st wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#513172500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sonja Hipps and Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Dorothy Stewart Howard, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 000147 $69,264.43 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-552 3973 Lankenau Avenue 19131 52nd wd. 1828 Sq Ft BRT#521437600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kristine F. Peart C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 02462 $153,859.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-553 4661 James Street 19137 45th wd. DET 2 STY MASONRY; 1216 Sq Ft BRT#453417500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph Zwicharowski, Jr. C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00593 $97,277.99 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-554 6119 Ross Street 19144 59th wd. SEMI DET 2 STY
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MASONRY; 1528 Sq Ft BRT#592272200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ursula Evans C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02983 $151,712.35 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-555 2917 Glenview Street 19149 55th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1205 Sq Ft BRT#551237800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Howard DiMartino C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02352 $122,081.67 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-556 5939 B Carpenter Street 19143 3rd wd. APT 2-4 UNTS 2STY MASONRY; 2093 Sq Ft BRT#033082400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Venita C. Rhoads C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04416 $64,284.40 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-557 12202 Academy Road 19154 66th wd. 900 Sq Ft BRT#663345100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brenda Torres C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03154 $167,633.32 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-558 1920 Wharton Avenue 19146 36th wd. 1219 Sq Ft BRT#361116900 Subject to Mortgage Ronald Edward Neely, Jr. C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01921 $125,574.48 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1505-559 5311 Saul Street 191241213 62nd wd. 1180 Sq Ft OPA#621464200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ryan G. Dolby C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00206 $86,729.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-560 1305 West Wingohocking Street 19140-1213 49th wd. 1516 Sq Ft OPA#491014700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dominic Gibbs, in His Capacity as Heir of Brenda Gibbs, Deceased; Zelda Gibbs, in Her Capacity as Heir of Brenda Gibbs, Deceased; Lynaye Gibbs, in Her Capacity as Heir of Brenda Gibbs, Deceased; Kevin Gibbs, in His Capacity as Heir of Brenda Gibbs, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Brenda Gibbs, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03549 $59,042.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-561 1743 West Erie Avenue 19140 13th wd. Land Area: 1600 Sq Ft; Improvement Area:
2704 Sq Ft BRT#131061200 IMPROVEMENTS: THREE STORY ROW HOME Alan Stasson C.P. January 2013 Term, No. 003981 $122,232.08 Lachall, Cohen & Sagnor LLP 1505-562 3208 Englewood Street 19149 55th wd. 1320 Sq Ft BRT#551484300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Amy M. Tippin C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 00164 $136,450.20 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1505-563 2436 East Clearfield Street 19134 25th wd. 1270 Sq Ft BRT#251109200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kathleen M. Wikiera, Personal Representative of the Estate of Grace Wikiera a/k/a Grace M. Wikiera C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00933 $54,437.17 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1505-564 1251 N. Alden Street 19131 4th wd. 1236 Sq Ft BRT#043109400 Subject to Mortgage Mattie Powell C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01660 $85,372.75 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1505-565 225 McClellan Street 191481918 87th wd. 2376 Sq Ft OPA#871501100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Hershman C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00278 $150,111.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-566 602 East Olney Avenue 191202633 42nd wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA#421250500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lois F. Palmer C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02460 $81,169.26 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-567 1331 Tyson Avenue 19111 53rd wd. 1900 Sq Ft BRT#532240200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rafael Marrero C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 003856 $187,438.11 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1505-568 1739 Mohican Street 191381115 10th wd. 1364 Sq Ft OPA#102249600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony A. Staton, Sr., in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Nicola L. Jamison; An’Yea Staton, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Nicola L. Jamison; Anthony A. Staton, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Nicola L. Jamison; Nicola Carter, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Nicola L. Jamison; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Nicola L. Jamison, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02497
$129,495.97 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-569 6633 Vandike Street 191352811 41st wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA#411352400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yischor Friedman a/k/a Yischer D. Friedman a/k/a Yishcor D. Friedman C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01756 $83,048.10 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-570 7600 E. Roosevelt Blvd, Unit 703 19152 56th wd. 712 Sq Ft BRT#888560998 Gerald Donnelly, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02700 $23,008.48 Evan R. Bachove, Esquire, Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C. 1505-571 707 North 64th Street 19151 34th wd. 1438 Sq Ft OPA#344237200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Larry E. Jones; Celia Jones C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04308 $93,866.88 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-572 5032 Cottage Street 191242137 62nd wd. 996 Sq Ft OPA#622375700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Guillermo Alvarado; Audy Bautista C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04749 $69,812.62 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-573 210 Locust Street, Unit 9CW 19106 5th wd. 683 Sq Ft BRT#888052115 Subject to Mortgage Maureen Flanigan, a single woman C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 235574 $6,705.00 Evan R. Bachove, Esquire, Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C. 1505-574 8000 Temple Road 19150 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1364 Sq Ft BRT#501066300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jasen D. Lewis C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 01316 $185,371.79 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-575 2232 Winton Street 191453320 40th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#405753200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony S. Smith C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01616 $68,899.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-576 6147 Pine Street 19143 3rd wd. (formerly part of the 36th wd.) 1122 Sq Ft BRT#032038200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE David Ross C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 3075 $65,981.14 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1505-577 4427 H Street 19124 33rd wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#332128700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria D. Munoz and Luis Payano
C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01151 $107,970.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-578 428 Sigel Street 19148 1st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 800 Sq Ft BRT#011407400 IMPROVEMENTS: MOBILE HOME Christopher J. Leonard C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01179 $107,947.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-579 374 Shurs Lane Apt 202 19128 21st wd. 960 Sq Ft; Being an undivided 11.11 percentage interest in and to the common elements BRT#888211486 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Adam Chubb and Meredith Chubb C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02128 $255,103.93 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-580 2822 North Bambrey Street 19132 38th wd. 940 Sq Ft BRT#381123800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Julia L. Knight C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01076 $25,686.05 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-581 300 East Clarkson Avenue 19120 42nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1334 Sq Ft BRT#421230500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Netra A. Minter C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 01879 $134,271.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-582 318 East Price Street 19144 59th wd. 4753 Sq Ft BRT#591058500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samantha L. Pompey C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01087 $276,002.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-583 641 West Porter Street 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1140 Sq Ft BRT#393120400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Aaron Gelman C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01894 $149,862.61 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-584 4120 West Girard Avenue 19104 6th wd. 2721 Sq Ft BRT#062168400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ketleen Dormeus C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02992 $117,001.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-585 3112 Brighton Street 191492027 55th wd. 1166 Sq Ft OPA#551352200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenneth Sarzynski; Catherine Sarzynski C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01601 $147,313.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-586 3610 Emerald Street 19134 45th wd. 928 Sq Ft BRT#452344600 IMPROVE-
MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Abneesha Jennings C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04082 $46,361.53 KML Law Group, P.C. 1505-587 2540 South Rosewood Street 19145-4631 26th wd. 1044 Sq Ft OPA#261109500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rita Demarco; James Drew Demarco C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01688 $157,925.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-588 1225 East Sydney Street, a/k/a 1225 Sydney Street 19150-2811 50th wd. 1672 Sq Ft OPA#502478800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tania A. Toomer; Terrance T. Toomer a/k/a Terrance Toomer C.P. March Term, 2010 No. 05929 $182,015.52 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-589 1936 Fontain Street 191211510 32nd wd. 1096 Sq Ft OPA#321170200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shelton L. Goodwin a/k/a Shelton Goodwin; Isaiah Pickens; David B. Pickens C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01192 $177,067.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-590 831 South Allison Street 19143 46th wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#463206200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Unknown Heirs, Executors & Devisees of the Estate of Cortest Boyd and Unknown Heirs, Executors & Devisees of the Estate of Clara Boyd C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03135 $38,417.40 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1505-591 249 South 62nd Street 19139-3719 3rd wd. 1200 Sq Ft PRCL#031189300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harriet Dickson C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 04593 $72,555.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-592 7242 Rutland Street 191491128 54th wd. 1088 Sq Ft; on Northwesterly side of Rutland Street 352 ft Northeast from the Northeast side of St. Vincent Street; Front: 16 ft, Depth: 77 ft 6 in OPA#542164500 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Anthony T. Alston C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02915 $107,216.38 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1505-593 3374 Livingston Street 19134-5319 45th wd. 938 Sq Ft OPA#451316600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly A. Flaherty a/k/a Kimberly Flaherty C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00288 $85,998.34
Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-594 9980 Hegerman Street 19114 65th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1404 Sq Ft BRT#652347300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Camelia H. Ionescu C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04381 $188,804.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-595 212 Hickory Hill Road 19154-4328 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#662307700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna Handel C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04222 $156,409.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-596 177 East Street 191271805 21st wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA#211030125 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY Douglas Financial Industries, Inc. C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03314 $191,707.47 together with interest at the per diem rate of $41.08 accruing after May 14, 2012 Frank G. Murphy, Esquire 1505-597 417 East Rittenhouse Street 19144-5743 59th wd. 813 Sq Ft OPA#591126800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leon Stone C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 03221 $119,155.88 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-598 2549 North 17th Street 19132-3928 16th wd. 1504 Sq Ft OPA#161157600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John P. Dennis C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 01191 $70,416.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-599 4927 N. 11th Street 191413505 49th wd. 1500 Sq Ft; on the East side of 11th Street at a distance of 275 feet Northward from the North side Rockland Street; Front 20 ft, Depth: 95 ft OPA#491401200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Jeannette A. Williams a/k/a Jeannette A. Brooks C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 002917 $49,172.30 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1505-600 5542 North Lawrence Street 19120-2808 42nd wd. 1290 Sq Ft OPA#422491900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Garnet C. Muse C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03604 $61,204.47 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-601 7102 Valley Avenue 19128 21st wd. S/D W B/G 2S MASONRY; 2080 Sq Ft BRT#214182400 Subject to
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Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carmen Sierra C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02147 $255,610.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-602 2731 Elbridge Street 191492936 62nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#621304600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gus Bogiatzis, in His Capacity as Heir of Angeliki Bogiatzis, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Angeliki Bogiatzis, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01445 $129,879.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-603 8326 Alma Street 19152 56th wd. 1480 Sq Ft BRT#562374200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith Grabowski C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01118 $86,260.29 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1505-604 4135 East Roosevelt Boulevard a/k/a 4135 Roosevelt Boulevard 19124 23rd wd. 1680 Sq Ft BRT#233017300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas Sloan and Judyth Sloan as tenants by the entirety C.P. February Term, 2010 No. 0902 $81,900.41 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1505-605 4927 Morris Street 191444713 13th wd. (formerly the 22nd wd.) 1302 Sq Ft OPA#133143300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yolanda R. Wansley, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of the Estate of Mary Wansley a/k/a Mary Ruth Wansley C.P. September Term, 2009 No. 00699 $98,012.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-606 417 East Penn Street 191445803 12th wd. 1008 Sq Ft OPA#122004100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Karl Mitchell C.P. February Term, 2010 No. 03379 $37,969.19 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-607 437 East Walnut Lane 19144 59th wd. 2700 Sq Ft BRT#592075800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Frances Ruffin a/k/a Frances C. Ruffin, an unmarried woman C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04136 $189,183.37 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1505-608 6324 Glenloch Street 19135 41st wd. 1040 Sq Ft BRT#411203800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Arjan Gjeci a/k/a Arian Gieci and Anila
Gjeci a/k/a Anila Gieci C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 1550 $94,574.03 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1505-609 7237 Brous Avenue 191491403 64th wd. 1052 Sq Ft OPA#641065100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John T. Concannon, Jr.; Linda L. Concannon C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00979 $151,382.29 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-610 2154 Eastburn Avenue 19138 10th wd. 972 Sq Ft BRT#102114900 Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Annette C. McIntosh C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02354 $75,428.79 Scott A Dietterick, Esq, Kimberly A Bonner, Esq, Joel A Ackerman, Esq, Ashleigh L. Marin, Esq, Ralph M Salvia, Esq, Jaime R Ackerman, Esq, Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq, Brian Nicholas Esq, Denise Carlon Esq, Roger Fay Esq, Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1505-611 821 E Stafford Street 19138 59th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#591045100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tyrone L. Fripps C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01058 $88,105.06 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-612 10803 Stevens Road 19116 58th wd. 1224 Sq Ft BRT#582571100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Margaret Pierre C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 03834 $298,136.47 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-613 6613 Rising Sun Avenue 19111 35th wd. 21000 Sq Ft; All that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, known as the Lawndale Theatre. Situate on the East side of Rising Sun Avenue and the South side of Fanshawe Street, Lawndale, in the Thirty-fifth Ward of the City of Philadelphia. Containing in front or breadth on the said Rising Sun Avenue eighty-four feet two inches and extending of that width in length or depth Eastwardly along the said side of Fanshawe Street, on the North line thereof, one hundred forty feet nine inches on the South line thereof, one hundred forty-two feet two and one-quarter inches. OPA#882051375 IMPROVEMENTS: MISC. DAY CART MASONRY Allegheny Real Estate Associates, LLC C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00923 30196.05 Stuckert and Yates; Steven H. Sailer, Esquire 1505-614 616 Master Street, a/k/a 616
West Master Street 191224317 14th wd. 1252 Sq Ft BRT#141457300 Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eliot Karol and Debra Gardner, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 2574 $188,636.86 Scott A Dietterick, Esq, Kimberly A Bonner, Esq, Joel A Ackerman, Esq, Ashleigh L. Marin, Esq, Ralph M Salvia, Esq, Jaime R Ackerman, Esq, Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq, Brian Nicholas Esq, Denise Carlon Esq, Roger Fay Esq, Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1505-615 2244 South Hicks Street 19145 26th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1042 Sq Ft BRT#261196100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jean M. Masciocchi C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02095 $150,069.28 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-616 2012 Larry Street 19142 40th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 900 Sq Ft BRT#403196700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carolyn Chapman and William H. Chapman C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 04337 $43,866.69 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-617 2749 Island Avenue 19153 40th wd. ROW B/GAR 1STY MASONRY; 860 Sq Ft BRT#406716500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Alfredo Dajer and Valentina Vasquez C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00837 $179,749.72 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-618 1521 South Chadwick Street 19146 36th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1072 Sq Ft BRT#365168300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING All Unknown Surviving Heirs of Privy Flynn a/k/a Privey Flynn, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02583 $39,826.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-619 1815 Elston Street 19126 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1072 Sq Ft BRT#101333900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Surviving Heirs of Vera Lawson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01016 $97,105.87 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-620 8812 Macon Street 19152 57th wd. S/D W B/G 1S MAS. + OTHER; 1125 Sq Ft BRT#571248800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Glenn Brody,
Executor of the Estate of Henry Brody, Deceased Real Owner and Mortgagor C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01815 $162,547.06 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-621 313 Pensdale Street 19128 21st wd. SEMI/DET 2 STY MAS. + OTHER; 1345 Sq Ft BRT#212052400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kathleen Segletes, Administratrix of the Estate of Marie Reidy, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03187 $133,405.87 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-622 3459 Eden Street 19114 57th wd. S/D W B/G 2S MAS. + OTHER; 1224 Sq Ft BRT#572163137 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nicholas R. Kirby, Known Surviving Heir of George Kirby; George A. Kirby, Known Surviving Heir of George Kirby; Unknown Surviving Heirs of George Kirby, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Gina Marie Kirby a/k/a Gina Marie Sciarra Known Surviving Heir of George Kirby, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02972 $245,074.09 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-623 2861 Norcom Road 19154 66th wd. DET 1-1/2 STY FRAME; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#662539200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Surviving Heirs of Robert Goldsmith, once surviving heir of Christine A. Goldsmith, deceased mortgagor and real owner; Robert D. Goldsmith, known surviving heir of Robert Goldsmith, once surviving heir of Christine A. Goldsmith, deceased mortgagor and real owner; Cheryl Cunnane, Known Surviving Heir of Christine A. Goldsmith, deceased mortgagor and real owner; Michelle Hale, Known Surviving Heir of Robert Goldsmith, once surviving heir of Christine A. Goldsmith, deceased mortgagor and real owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Christine A. Goldsmith, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Michael Goldsmith, known surviving heir of Robert Goldsmith, once surviving heir of Christine A. Goldsmith, decease mortgagor and real owner; Diane Goldsmith, known surviving heir of Robert Goldsmith, once surviving heir of Christine A. Goldsmith, deceased mortgagor and real owner and Caitlyn Goldsmith, known surviving heir of Robert Goldsmith, once surviving heir of Christine A. Goldsmith, deceased mortgagor and real owner
C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 03580 $234,711.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-624 1626 North 29th Street 19121 32nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1604 Sq Ft BRT#324181000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robert A. Cunningham, a/k/a Robert Cunningham, CoAdministrator of the Estate of Ronald Albritton, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Heron Quadir Jainlett, CoAdministrator of the Estate of Ronald Albritton, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02433 $169,613.46 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-625 4709 Wallace Place 19139 6th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1408 Sq Ft BRT#061103006 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Laverne Brown, Known Surviving Heir of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Marsha E. Brown, Known Surviving Heir of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Julia J. Brown, Known Surviving Heir of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and David Brown, Known Surviving Heir of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00273 $87,648.35 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-626 484 West Clapier Street 19144 13th wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#13-3-058600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING The Estate of Michelle Thomas c/o David A. Williams, Sr., Personal Representative; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Michelle Thomas, David A. Williams, Sr., Personal Representative of the Estate of Michelle Thomas; Zackary Williams (Minor), Known Heir of Michelle Thomas C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00411 $94,325.37 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1505-627A 5334 Reinhard Street 19143 51st wd. 1236 Sq Ft BRT#51-2-0320-00 Subject to Mortgage Almax Homes, Inc. C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02535 $28,598.91 Walter Weir, Jr., Esquire; Ryan N. Boland, Esquire 1505-627B 5777 Stewart Street 19131 4th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#04-3-2190-00 Subject to Mortgage Almax Homes, Inc. C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02522 $41,629.74 Walter
Weir, Jr., Esquire; Ryan N. Boland, Esquire 1505-628 7148 Vandike Street 191351333 65th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#651269000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John J. Misnik; Margaret M. Misnik C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 00731 $129,544.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-629 1217 Spruce Street a/k/a 255 South Camac Street 19107 5th wd. Land Area: 2520 Sq Ft; Improvement Area: 5120 Sq Ft OPA#054151700 Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: BAR AND RESTAURANT Berko Investments, LLC C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01519 $990,634.64 Vincent T Cieslik, Esquire 1505-630 7915 Buist Avenue 191531205 40th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#405755908 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Juanita Underwood, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2006 No. 03377 $90,159.44 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1505-631 4734 Levick Street 191353343 41st wd. 1260 Sq Ft; Beginning Point: Situate on the southwesterly side of Levick Street (sixty feet wide) and beginning at the distance of sixty-four feet six inches southeastwardly from the southeasterly side of Vandike Street OPA#411169600 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Joseph McCorriston and Jeannette McCorriston C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 03831 $57,945.43 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1505-632 2817 North Front Street 19133 7th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#071311000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Miguel Rodriguez Rosado a/k/a Miguel Rodriguez, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03326 $24,937.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-633 1220-28 North Front Street 19122 18th wd. Lot size: 9600 Sq Ft, exclusive of right-of-way at North Front Street BRT#88-3015960 Subject To Mortgage None other than the mortgage foreclosed by the Plaintiff, TD Bank, N.A. IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, CONSISTING OF ONE DETACHED SINGLE STORY OFFICE BUILDING WITH MEZZANINE, GROSS
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AREA 9600 SQ FT 1220-28 N. Front Street, LLC C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 000930 $650,280.02 Christine L. Barba, Ballard Spahr, LLP 1505-634 1135 East Slocum, a/k/a 1135 Slocum Street East 19150 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1073 Sq Ft BRT#502396400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Surviving Heirs of Jean S. Harris, a/k/a Jean Harris, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Lamar B. Burgan, Known Surviving Heir of Jean S. Harris, a/k/a Jean Harris, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Lamont E. Burgan, Known Surviving Heir of Jean S. Harris a/k/a Jean Harris, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00627 $93,261.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-635 1307 North 19th Street 19121 47th wd. ROW 3 STORY MASONRY; 2328 Sq Ft BRT#471322300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jose Maymi C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01222 $90,496.02 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-636 1521 Clearview Street 19141-2303 17th wd. 912 Sq Ft OPA#171110700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robin Johnson a/k/a R. Johnson, Individually and in His Capacity as Heir of Leroy Johnson, Deceased; Unknown Heirs,
Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Leroy Johnson, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 00408 $69,655.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-637 1230 North Front Street 19122 18th wd. 3120 Sq Ft BRT#88-3015970 Subject To Mortgage None other than the mortgage foreclosed by the Plaintiff, TD Bank, N.A. IMPROVEMENTS: SEMIDETACHED ONE-STORY, AND PARTIAL TWO-STORY, COMMERCIAL BUILDING, WITH GROSS BUILDING AREA OF 3120 SQ FT 1220-28 N. Front Street, LLC C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 000931 $256,506.39 Christine L. Barba, Ballard Spahr, LLP 1505-638 105 Rochelle Avenue 191283811 21st wd. 3587 Sq Ft OPA#881083720 IMPROVEMENTS: APTS 5-50 UNTS MASONRY Ronald Kaisen and Karen Tappenden C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03090 $737,324.55 together with interest at the per diem rate of $141.52 accruing after May 14, 2012 Frank G. Murphy, Esquire 1505-639 3306 Amber Street 191343207 45th wd. 1251 Sq Ft OPA#452236300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephan Wheeler a/k/a Stephen Wheeler; Heather Wheeler C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01048 $58,285.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1505-640 1360 Knorr Street 19111 53rd wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1479 Sq Ft BRT#532127200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Idelfonso Castellanos and Carmen D. Castellanos C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01075 $69,949.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-641 1664 South 54th Street 19143-5412 51st wd. 1140 Sq Ft OPA#514156900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Arthur Gaffney C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01755 $115,287.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-642 4214 North 7th Street 191402514 43rd wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA#433314200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sandra Matos C.P. September Term, 2004 No. 03453 $51,558.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-643 4016 M Street 191245326 33rd wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA#332457000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria Rodriguez; Irma M. Ocasio C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 03997 $38,196.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-644 545 North Allison Street 19131-4902 4th wd. 1137 Sq Ft OPA#041197000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline C. Robinson; Gwendolyn Smith C.P. September Term,
2011 No. 03824 $56,463.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-645 1111 Rosalie Street 19149 35th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1160 Sq Ft BRT#352046700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Boris Mkrtichev C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01200 $105,061.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1505-646 2108 West 65th Ave 191382502 17th wd. 1454 Sq Ft OPA#171356200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lynne Michelle Alston a/k/a Lynne M. Alston C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 03077 $57,176.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-647 873 Bridge Street 191241724 35th wd. 964 Sq Ft OPA#351153100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sharon Naomi Ransom C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05730 $93,255.45 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-648 2621 South 66th Street 19142-2802 40th wd. 1012 Sq Ft OPA#406014800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymond T. Carroll C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 03990 $71,968.81 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1505-649 4542 Aldine Street 19136 41st wd. Approximate Size: 1452.8 Sq Ft (land area); 1204 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#412119000 Sub-
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Gladwell at Penn by HughE Dillon The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia earlier this month hosted best-selling author, journalist and nationally recognized speaker Malcolm Gladwell for his presentation “The Art of Battling Giants.” There was an amazing turnout of nearly 800 people for the 10 a.m. event, held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Each attendee received a copy of Gladwell’s book “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants.” 1. Malcolm Gladwell and Amanda Giddings, Capital Grille. 2. Whitney Wolensky and Jodie Stancato, both of Mars Drinks. 3. Caryn TaylorLucia, SEI, Corinne Rumble and Kathleen Keehn, SEI. 4. Rob Wonderling, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and Donna Gentile O’Donnell, Thomas Jefferson University. 5. Tom Updegrove, Internetwork Service and Tommy Up. 6. Stephen K. Klasko, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health System, Karin Copeland, Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, Dave Gloss, Here’s My Chance, Jane Golden, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Stephen S. Tang, University City Science Center. Photos by HughE Dillon
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“There’s just so much tradition here,” said Kyle Sample, the Team Philly coach, who led his team to a Final Four berth at Donofrio for a second straight spring. Sample was a one-time player in the event as a young guard for Cardinal Dougherty and is now an assistant coach at Constitution. This was the second consecutive season he has guided Team Philly to the Final Four. Sample continued, “You walk in here and you see all the pictures of the great players who played in this event like Rasheed (Wallace), Kobe (Bryant) and Kyle (Lowry).” He said, “There are banners and trophies all over the place. It’s hard not to be excited about being a part of it.” Sample is the top spring and summer coach for Team Philly, an AAU organization started by Lowry’s brother Lonnie in the early 2000s. Sample has coached the team for the last several years in the Donofrio Classic and he said this was his best entry yet. His best players were Samir Doughty, who scored 28 points a game with Math, Civics, and Sciences this year, Constitution guard and FIU commit Kimar Williams, and Imhotep senior and Wagner commit Devin Liggeons. Sample assisted Rob Moore in helping Constitution to a PIAA A state title this season, has helped Team Philly advance in many major events in recent years prior to this year’s Donofrio success, and also took Team Skeem, a squad comprised of many former Villanova players like Scottie Reynolds, Reggie Redding and Antonio Pena to a Daniel Rumpf Classic title last summer. “At the end of the day, it’s all family here in Philly,” he said. “I love coaching all these teams at all levels. But this is why Donofrio is so fun. All these guys who play for different high schools and other summer AAU programs can get together,” he said. “I’ll be honest with you, with my schedule and the kids’ schedules, we haven’t even really had a practice for this tournament and we are winning games. We have such a great chemistry. The kids decided that they didn’t just want to play, didn’t just want to compete, didn’t want to win, they decided together they wanted to dominate. There’s bragging rights involved with Donofrio and that’s what we experienced until we lost. In my opinion,” he added, “Samir and Kimar are the best backcourt in all of Philadelphia. I don’t think anyone is better than these two guys. [Ironically, only Liberty City Press had Doughty on first-team all-area this year while Williams made third-team all-area Inquirer only.] In Samir’s case, he kind of gets a bad rap because of the type
of kid he is. He can be outspoken and he isn’t concerned about the politics about what it takes to be ranked here or to get offers from this school. He just wants to play. I know that St. John’s switched coaches recently but he doesn’t seem to care. He is just excited to play and go to New York and put himself on the map. He was the city’s best offensive player this year, and maybe the best overall player, too.” Sample said that Donofrio Classic gives guys a chance to play with people they often play against. “That’s part of the charm,” he said. “I played against Samir four times this year but we’re still close,” he said. “He’s one of the guys who will still text me after a tough Public League game and ask what he did well and what he could do to get better. We’re all family. Donofrio is special in that we are not restricted by age limitations like most AAU events. I had sophomores and juniors on this team as well as seniors and so do most of the teams. We had a junior on this team, Ryan Betley (from Downingtown West), who Continued on page 2
Lamar Kimble of Neumann-Goretti High School lays up two points at the Donofrio Classic. Photo by Sarah J. Glover
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Tony Award-winning ‘Kinky Boots’ steps into Philly By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com The Tony Award-winning smash “Kinky Boots” is runway-walking into town for its Philadelphia premiere April 28-May 10 at the Forrest Theatre. Based on the film of the same name, the Broadway production is written by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and features a score written by singer and pop icon Cyndi Lauper. The story follows Charlie Price, who has reluctantly inherited his father’s shoe factory Northampton, which is on the verge of going under. He meets Lola, a drag performer, on a chance encounter in London. The two strike up an unlikely friendship when she inspires him to take his failing shoe business in a bold and radical direction, making sturdy, high-quality kinky boots for drag performers. Kyle Taylor Parker plays the role of Lola on the touring production of “Kinky Boots” after starting out as an understudy and one of Lola’s angels in the original Broadway production. Parker said he was new to the titular footwear before getting cast in the show, but he was a quick study.
“I had never done drag before ‘Kinky ‘Sweet Charity’ on tour, someone asked Boots,’” he said. “Starting off as an angel, her, ‘Wow, these are really big shoes to step the angels had to do all their own makeup. into. How do you feel about that?’ And she That is not my ministry. In the end, I grew said, ‘Eh, I think I’ll just bring my own up and learned my way shoes.’ That is what I’ve around a makeup brush done every single day and I worked with all of here. There was maybe my girlfriends to learn a second of doubt or how to walk and dance fear but, once I decided in heels. I have so much to just be myself, everyrespect for anyone who thing started to fall into can do it.” place.” Parker took over the Things have role of Lola from Billy been falling into place Porter, who won a Tony for “Kinky Boots” since Award for portraying it hit Broadway as well. Lola on Broadway. While it wasn’t a breakParker said he isn’t out critical success concerned about living when it debuted, the up to the expectations show quickly caught of following in the footon with audiences and steps of a Tony winner. went on to get 13 Tony “I always answer that Award nominations question with a story I and beat out more critigot from Chita Rivera,” cally acclaimed producParker said when asked tions to take home six if he had any trepidaawards. Parker said the tion about playing Lola heartfelt performances after Porter. “When she moved into the role of KYLE TAYLOR PARKER AS LOLA of the cast have been
the key to the show’s success. “You can’t argue with heart and the audiences come to see the show,” he said. “They are moved by every single person on the stage. You see real people accomplish something incredible when they work together. That has really been the thing that had kept the show running. There are people in the Broadway audiences who have seen our show 30 times. So there’s got to be something that keeps people coming back.” Parker said that much of the show’s appeal comes from audiences connecting with the character of Lola. “It is an honor to portray Lola on stage because she represents so much to so many people,” he said. “She’s a superhero. She overcomes feeling of rejection and doubt. She goes from being an outsider to an insider in her own right. That is inspirational. The best part is getting off stage and seeing a black gay man say, ‘Thank you for doing that show. You told my story.’ As actors, sometimes you have the opportunity to speak for people who do not have a voice as public as the show allows you to. So it’s just an honor.” Lola and Charlie couldn’t be more different when audiences first meet them, but as the story unfolds we PAGE 26
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find out they have more in common than most would suspect: They both have deep unresolved issues with their fathers that they have to overcome to find happiness. “The desire to fill your father’s shoes and walk in his shadow lives in all of us,” Parker said. “They both rise to the challenge of their lives to be their own man, to become a man on their Steven Booth AND Kyle Taylor Parker own terms. And they end up Photos: Matthew Murphy becoming not just friends, over the country. but brothers in a way.” Lola and Charlie also have a similar rela- “We’ve got a lot of mainstream attentionship with the character of Don, a factory tion,” he said. “There are people coming worker that initially doesn’t respect either of from all over. In the first two months on Broadway it was Broadway audiences, but them. “What’s magical about what Lola thinks now word of mouth has spread all over of Don is that he is not as enlightened, but the country. When you see men who have Lola has the special ‘love you anyway’ been dragged to the theater by their wives type of gene,” Parker said. “Don is kind of to see the show, and when everyone comes a bully but the end of it is acceptance. By out in their kinky boots you see these men the end I do think they have the same idea: clap and jump for joy rooting for Don, who is wearing the kinky boots, that is the Accept somebody for who they are.” When stories set in England hit the U.S., payoff. Oprah came and saw the show on they’ve usually undergone some changes Broadway and she tweeted about it. She to Americanize the story. But Parker said loved it.” that isn’t the case with the stage version of Another celebrity Parker has had the chance to interact with as part of “Kinky “Kinky Boots.” “The Broadway production does a really Boots” is Grammy-winner Lauper, who good job of honoring the film. The story is wrote the score for the show. He said the same and a few of the jokes from the film Lauper worked closely with the performers are in the musical, but it turns the movie up on the show. a million notches. There is so much energy, “She was very hands-on, watching us and heart and love. By the end, it’s a big party. giving us notes,” he said. “One day I had a It turns up the volume on all the good stuff vocal session with her and we talked about in the movie. When I read the script, I said the meaning of all the songs and why she that this is going to be a huge hit. I knew it wrote them. She’s put so much into the show right away. I do think as Americans we have and loves and cares about it so much.” n a fascination with British culture. It makes it Broadway Philadelphia presents “Kinky instantly cool to me.” The show has become cool with main- Boots,” April 28-May 10 at Forrest Theatre, stream America as well. Parker said that 1111 Walnut St. For more information or “Kinky Boots” is winning over skeptical tickets, call 215-923-1515 or visit www. and sometimes-reluctant theatergoers all kinkybootsthemusical.com.
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The new fight for superiority in the colonies The Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club has been traveling everywhere from Washington, D.C., to Sydney, Australia, to play in tournaments for the last dozen years, and now it’s their turn to play host. The Colonial Cup is the newest International Gay Rugby (IGR) – East Coast region tournament. The Gryphons RFC will hold the first Colonial Cup in Fairmount Park from April 24-26, with invitees from along the East Coast. Planning for the event started last fall and came together over the winter. The Gryphons’ playing seasons are fall and spring, so winter was the perfect time to work toward a spring tournament. Starting in November, the board and co-chairs looked at the calendar, when and where they could get fields and “it all just came together fantastic,” said club president Phil Cochetti. There will be six teams coming in to compete with our hometown lads. The other teams hail from New York, Boston, Atlanta, New England, Washington, D.C., and Charlotte. “We’re calling it the Colonial Cup, so the only teams we invited are from the original 13 colonies,” said Cochetti. The fun starts 8 p.m. April 24 with a meet-and-greet at Boxers and concludes April 26 with a brunch banquet at Field House. Competitions start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, then drink up immediately following — around 5 p.m. — and a bar crawl starting 8 p.m. in the Gayborhood with stops at U Bar, Tavern on Camac, Tabu and The Bike Stop. The pitch is at Edgely Fields in Fairmount Park. Come out and root for your favorite rugger or find a new favorite from out of town. If you like watching rugby on television, it’s much more exciting in person.
Maybe it will inspire you later this year to get out and play! What’s in a name? The City of Brotherly Love Softball League standings after the first week of play put the following teams in the undefeated category. In the open competitive division: Tabu, Philadelphia Freedom, Knock Outlaws and Tavern on Camac Wolves. In the women’s division: William Way Community Center Flying Monkeys, Field House and Space & Co. “Ballers.” In the open recreational division, Boxers 4-Play stands alone as the only undefeated team. Play resumes April 26 and continues every Sunday into summer (except Memorial Day weekend due to a tournament). Grab your chair, a cooler and a friend and hit the fields one Sunday to chill and cheer for your favorite bar, business or organization. See CBLSL.org for schedules and more info. Short Stops • Falcons Soccer has moved to the great outdoors and is playing Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at Edgely Fields. See Falcon-soccer.org. • The next Philadelphia Gryphons RFC First Saturday Social & Fundraiser is at The Bike Stop on May 2. On June 6,, it will be held at ICandy. • Sports and recreation info can be found inside the back page of the PGN every fourth Friday of the month or any time on the PGN website, epgn.com. n Have a tournament, party or potential award-winning-photograph moment in the works? Share it with everyone. Email scott@epgn.com.
CAPED CRUSADERS: Stonewall Sports held its latest fun fundraiser, “Heroes and Villains,” April 18 at Tabu and a plethora of Supermans came out of the Krypton closet to play. Stonewall board members Ben Jones (from left), Justin Nordell, founder and commissioner Adam Beck and party organizer and cheerleader Brittney Lynn were some of the dozens who came out to play. The party raised about $500 for Stonewall Sports Philadelphia. Since arriving in Philadelphia a little over a year ago, Stonewall has raised over $30,000 for local LGBT nonprofits including The Attic Youth Center, AIDS Fund, Philly AIDS Thrift, William Way LGBT Community Center and I’m From Driftwood. The spring kickball season begins April 26 at Marconi Plaza. Photo: Scott A. Drake
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Q Spot tackles HIV awareness in ‘RAW Philly’ By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Q Spot Productions is taking an unflinching look at HIV/AIDS awareness when they bring an adaptation of J.L. King’s play “RAW Philly” to the stage this weekend. The story centers on Jamal, played by Kevyn M, who gives a detailed account of his sexual activities from adolescence to adulthood and his attitudes regarding unprotected sex. The novel the play is based on is controversial to some because it deals with issues of incest and people who are on the down-low. “I don’t think it will take away from the story,” Kevyn M. said. “What makes it controversial is that it’s a real story. It’s something that a lot of people have experienced on some level. A lot of guys who come into their sexuality early on in life experience their first sexual experience
with a family member or trusted friend of the family. So I think that it is real and authentic. It’s not a story that is being told like this. So I don’t think it takes away from the message. I think it actually makes sure that the message hits home.” Kevyn M. said that even though the character of Jamal isn’t particularly likable, he still can relate to him. “I felt personally connected to the character, which sounds really bad knowing the history and experiences this character carries,” he said. “Jamal does not come across as sympathetic, not until he has faced his own demons. Jamal had a level of denial that he was facing. I know that when I got my status I was in denial for a while.” Out director Ngozi Thomas added that the controversy around the story comes from its brutal honesty. “It’s in-your-face,” she said. “It’s an honest, in-your-face message and that’s a thing nobody wants to pay attention to
sometimes.” Thomas said she was drawn to this production because, as a lesbian, she felt this is a story that needs to be heard outside of its original target audience. “Mainly this story is basically about men,” she said. “With an element adding a woman into this play, it made sense for me to be a part of directing it and be able to identify with people who have been exposed to HIV, even though I might not have personally been exposed to HIV or anything like that. I think it bridges a gap between the lesbian community and the gay male community as well.” To that end, Q Spot made some changes to the play to broaden the message and appeal by adding lesbian and heterosexual characters to the narrative. “The original story doesn’t have much to do with lesbian stories and if it did touch on a heterosexual story, it wasn’t much at all,” Kevyn M. said. “We had to change up a little bit
because of adding the lesbian and heterosexual point of view,” Thomas added. “It stays close to the main character but we did add a couple of elements as well, so we can have a voice for all of those who are sexually active. We needed to open up a little more so it would be more inclusive. If it we kept it about the one gentlemen’s point of view, then it would have only reached a certain demographic, especially within the city of Philadelphia. HIV awareness isn’t just for the gay community. It’s for the entire community, the whole spectrum. Being that ‘RAW’ initially is from one man’s point of view, we couldn’t keep it at that point any longer, especially if we wanted to get that point across.” n Q Spot presents “RAW Philly,” 8 p.m. April 25-26 at Rittenhouse Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square. For more information or tickets, visit www.eventbrite. com/e/raw-philly-tickets-16165182496.
Out filmmaker on designing, directing ‘Dior’ By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor “Dior and I,” opening April 24 at The Ritz at the Bourse, is openly gay director Frédéric Tcheng’s third fabulous fashion documentary — after collaborating on “Valentino: The Last Emperor” and “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.” It is also the first he directed alone. This new film observes creative director Raf Simons in 2011 as he prepares his first haute-couture show for the House of Dior. Simons creates designs, chooses fabrics and gets to know his staff, whom he manages well. He also has setbacks; an exquisite, if grandiose, idea on how to stage the fashion show; and a severe case of nerves. Tcheng nimbly edits together the eight intense weeks of Simons and his staff preparing their show. He also seamlessly intercuts archival footage of Christian Dior to give a sense of the fashion house’s history as its future is unfolding. The filmmaker recently spoke via Skype with PGN about making “Dior and I.” PGN: This is your third fashion doc. Why do you have such an affinity for this world, and how did you come to make “Dior and I”? FT: I think it’s just an opportunity, really. I am not particularly fashion-oriented or coming from a fashion background. For me, the most important things are the story and the characters. I don’t go to fashion shows except to film. Olivier Biolobos, the head of communication and public relations at Dior, fell in love with “Diana Vreeland.” I asked him about the future of Dior with John Galiano out. I told Olivier that if it was going to be Raf, I wanted to
document his arrival. Raf’s approach was very different, much more modern. His process was also like that of a painter; his references and collaborations with his models were totally refreshing. This film was a negative mirror of “Valentino.” What happens after the master steps down and the newcomer arrives when there is this strong sense of legacy? PGN: What did you observe about Raf Simons? FT: He’s reluctant to have any public presence and shies away from cameras and public exposure. He was physically uncomfortable being filmed. I was surprised by the level of emotion that Raf brought toward the end of the film. I was praying for that, but I didn’t expect it, knowing his personality and how modest he is. He didn’t like to flaunt his emotions. He’s very thoughtful, generous and understanding of other people’s creative processes and that certainly applied to me. He later told me he didn’t want to be too close during filming because he didn’t want to influence my decisions in the film. When I was [shooting] Raf coming into the building to meet the seamstresses for the first time, that was when I met him. I had to convince him to give [the film] a try. He gave me a one-week trial period, and once we started engaging face to face, it became a very different story. This came at an opportune time. It would not be possible to do it now. PGN: What can you say about filming the fashion shows that end the film? The slow-motion runway was inspired. The models seemed to just float! FT: That happened by chance. I’m very
Dior, but I had to deal with my subject and honor them and find my own voice and do something uniquely mine. His creative struggles mirrored mine. Dior was a late bloomer. He worked for other people for a long time — several designers before he started his own line when he was 40. He had several careers, and he came from somewhat of an architectural background. I started as an engineer and got my Frédéric Tcheng degree in civil engineerhappy with how it turned out. Credit Léo ing (building). He was Hinstin, who is the cinematographer, for reserved, and that’s something I share with the runway segment. He has worked with him and Raf does too. When I read Dior’s fashion runways before. I said I didn’t autobiography, he seemed totally genuine want it to look like a typical runway. I in the way he expressed himself. I liked wanted a slightly different look and he his simplicity. He doesn’t seem self-concame up with slow motion and the low scious about how he comes across. I liked angle that made them look sculptural. the humanity of Christian Dior and how When I got the footage and played it he talked about his collaborators. You get the first time, I started crying, I was so a vivid sense of him and his team from moved by the lightness of the footage. I his book. That’s why I decided to use it couldn’t have dreamt of a better set for the in the film and, after I met Raf, it became final runway show. That was my MGM obvious; there were so many parallels that moment! [Laughs] the process had not changed in 50 years. It was a way of juxtaposing the past and PGN: Raf compares himself to Dior in the the present the way Raf does the same, an film. How are you like Dior? What qualiarchival jacket with pants. The two could ties as a filmmaker do you share with the cohabit and create something new. The famous designer? voice of Christian Dior became a big part FT: I indentified with Raf most — maybe of it as I was researching and, as I was it was my personal journey, as it was the shooting, it became very clear, as a voicebiggest scale and responsibility I have over. In editing, we started building the done. He had to deal with the legacy of film around that. n
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Micah Rodriguez: Coming out as a youth role model, HERO “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” — Arthur Ashe For the past eight years, the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund has been honoring individuals whose work and leadership advance the rights of the LgBT community with the DVLF HeROeS awards. On april 12, DVLF recognized the 2015 slate of HeROeS: Straight ally Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel, Lifetime Legacy awardee gloria Casarez (given posthumously), Community HeRO Ian Morrison, Nonprofit HeRO american Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Business HeRO West Laurel Hill and Youth HeRO, this week’s Portrait, Micah Rodriguez. PGN: Congratulations! That must have been exciting. MR: Yes, it was fun. I wrote like three different speeches. I ended up giving the first one I wrote. I wasn’t really nervous, I was just very emotional. It finally became real once I was there and had the award in my hand and was looking out at everyone. I felt so empowered when I gave the speech. I had a mini revelation that, Wow, this is getting to a lot of people! That I could make a difference by just sitting down and talking to someone. PGN: explain. MR: I have a lot of people who come to me to tell me their stories, who just need someone to listen, to confide in. They want to hear my journey to help them with theirs because I’ve been through a lot. Like not getting along with my dad because he doesn’t understand my lifestyle, doesn’t want to understand it. even though it hurts me, I move on because I know that I can’t change someone’s perspective. I just let it be. I just talk to my peers and people who I meet at work, folks on the street. By me talking to people and listening to friends and strangers alike, I might be the only person that listened to them. I may be the only person that they reached out to and got advice from. I think that’s part of why I was recognized. In the speech, I spoke about giving a piece of my heart to each person I meet, even if I don’t know them. PGN: Tell me a little about you. MR: I was born in Puerto Rico but grew up in New York. Then when I was about 2-and-a-half, we moved to Philly. I have two siblings, a brother who is wholly related to me and a half-sister from my father’s side. My brother and I have always been close, though things have been a little shaky between us lately. I moved out of the house when I was 18 to move in with my girlfriend.
PGN: What was childhood like? MR: I got bullied a lot. at first it was because of my size — I was always overweight, I was always a bigger-set person. It never really bothered me, it just bothered me that other people cared about it so much! I was always loving and I didn’t so much want attention as I wanted to be loved back. I wanted understanding and compassion because I love interacting with people, really getting to know them for who they are and not for who they appear to be. So it was a struggle going through that. It started when I was in first grade because of my weight and then starting in sixth grade it was because of my sexual orientation. PGN: In sixth grade? MR: Yes, I came out as bisexual in middle school. I guess you would say I was impulsive. and people immediately started picking on me because of that, saying, “No one’s ever going to love you.” PGN: How did you know that a) you were bisexual and b) what it meant? MR: Well, “bisexual” was the only other word that I knew besides “gay” or “straight.” I knew I wasn’t gay or straight and I didn’t know the word lesbian. I did kind of still like guys so I decided I was bisexual. I heard some girls saying, “Yeah, I’m bisexual, I date guys and girls” and I thought, That describes me!
abilities. The differences didn’t matter to me: They were my friends and they were there for me and vice versa. I didn’t get into extracurricular stuff until high school and then I got into music, singing and playing the piano. PGN: Have you done any of The attic talent shows and, if so, what did you sing? MR: [Laughs] Yes, I have. The last time I participated I did a cover of Rihanna’s song “Stay.” PGN: How did you find The attic? MR: Basically through my sex-ed class at school. They were doing a Q&a and I asked an embarrassing question. They were talking about safe sex and I asked, “What about dental dams?” The class was all female and I was at the time the only “out” female in the class. So of course everyone turned around and looked at me and stared. I got embarrassed and slunk down in my chair and lowered my eyes. But after the class was over, one of the
PGN: How did you come out? MR: I came out to my mom in the kitchen while she was cooking yellow rice and fried chicken — thighs — and I was just looking at her trying to get up the nerve to spit it out. I stood there so long she finally turned around and said, “You’re making me nervous, what’s going on?” I stammered, “Well, I think … that I like girls in the same way that I like guys.” The first thing she asked was if I was sure. When I said yes she said, “I need you to hold on to that.” and here I am at age 20, still holding on, knowing that I’m queer. and I have new words now that I learned at The attic. PGN: Were your parents still together at that time? MR: Yes, they’re separated now. They made it official and moved into separate houses when I was in 11th grade. My sister doesn’t live with us either, she’s a separate-household sibling. She’s the same age as my brother, 11, but a few days apart. PGN: What groups or cliques were you involved with at school? MR: Cliques, not so many. [Laughs] I was in the category of “awkward people.” I didn’t care if people had problems or disabilities, it never bothered me, so I had a lot of friends with physical and mental dis-
facilitators came up to me and said that my question was very brave. She said that she appreciated it and that it was important for everyone to be safe. She told me that she knew of a place that would be good for me to check out. She said that she was co-facilitating a program called “girl Talk” and invited me to go. I said sure and invited one of my best friends, John, because I was scared to go by myself. But as soon as I walked in, I fell in love with the place. The attic is now a second home
to me. No matter what is bothering me, as soon as I step through those doors, my heart gets warmed up. I instantly feel better about whatever is going on. The worst day turns into the best day. PGN: Someone you’ve become close to at The attic? MR: OK, I’m going to try not to cry: Beth Pulcinella. She’s someone I’ve become really, really close to. She recently left for bigger and better things, but we stay in touch. She mentored me and saw me grow so much. When I first came, I didn’t know anything about the great big gender spectrum. I didn’t know about gay history, people like Bayard Rustin. I didn’t feel safe or free at school and didn’t know how to open doors to help other people feel safe or free. She was always there, at my worst or my best, she was at my side. I love her. PGN: You mentioned Bayard Rustin as a hero. How important do you think it is for kids to know our LgBT history? MR: I didn’t know anything about Bayard Rustin but I learned about him in high school. I went to a predominantly africanamerican school, Sankofa Freedom academy Charter. They really focused on civil rights and freedom. What is being free today? I learned in a political-science class that he was the one behind Martin Luther King, Jr. [Hits table for emphasis] an out gay person of color was responsible for the March on Washington! It was motivating for me. even though I’m not african-american, as a minority, a minority among minorities, it was inspiring. It powers me on. even though we’re in a somewhat more liberal time and generation, it motivates me to keep pushing those boundaries that he did. I feel like I have a piece of his spirit. If he could do it at that time, I feel the responsibility to Photo: Suzi Nash carry on his legacy in this generation. I feel blessed to have learned about him and other leaders. PGN: What do you think we can do to make more young people interested in their history? MR: I think the best thing to do is keep talking to them. I feel so bad with what’s going on now in school. The kids are coming out totally unprepared. How are we going to make it at PAGE 38
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THE GLAMOROUS, LIvE!: Pop singer, one-time Prince protégé and legendary drummer/percussionist Sheila E. comes to the area to perform 8 p.m. April 29 at World Cafe Live, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del. For more information or tickets, call 302-994-1400. Photo: Scott A. Drake
By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Star chef Kevin Sbraga made a splash with his first two Philadelphia restaurants, the elegant Sbraga and the more down-toearth The Fat Ham, over the last few years. and his winning streak continues with his latest venture, Juniper Commons, 521 S. Broad St. Sitting at street level with a panoramic view of Broad Street foot traffic, the new restaurant exists somewhere between the fancy, high-concept offerings of Sbraga and the more laid-back, casual paces of The Fat Ham. It also is infatuated with the 1980s in a way that is immediately charming and fun without coming across as campy. It’s more “Dynasty” and “Miami Vice” than Rubik’s Cubes and Nintendo. The décor in punctuated with throwback amber-colored ashtrays (yes, kids … back in the day, you could smoke in restaurants) repurposed as candleholders. The sound system pumps nonstop 1980s-era new wave and alternative hits (Depeche Mode, Til’ Tuesday, Prince, etc.). The television at the bar was playing an ’80s James Bond movie and the bar itself offers a plethora of different gins. In an age with enough different flavors of vodkas to fill three aisles at the liquor store, it’s refreshing to see 100 types of gin in one place and an extensive and diverse menu of drinks featuring them. Oh, and there’s a classic Farrah Fawcett poster in the men’s room. Yeah, they aren’t messing around. The menu takes staples from what were all the rage in the 1980s and gives them inventive modern-day spins. Starters like the fried smelts ($8) came across like a grownup take on fish sticks that were tasty, tender and refined. The backed clams ($12) were made especially bold, generously sprinkled with finely
chopped onions, bacon, pecorino and croutons. The beef fat fries ($8) are easily one of the best plate of fries you can get in the city. The entrees at Juniper Commons go from strength to strength. Kevin Sbraga has always done a bang-up job on fried chicken ($26) at his other restaurants and it’s a standout dish here as well, with the perfect balance of crispiness and flavor. The eggplant fritters ($16) take the idea of eggplant Parmesan and streamline it into an experience not unlike the best mozzarella sticks you’ve ever had. Both the garlic shrimp ($24) and the Maine lobster ($30) had familiar flavors but also had some surprising flourishes that elevated them. The lobster had a decadently flavorful cognac cream sauce heating up the classy feel of the dish. The garlic shrimp had a wonderful bed of gemelli pasta that was every bit as good as the star of the dish. Sbraga has achieved a culinary trifecta with Juniper Commons. If he keeps going at this pace, he’s definitely going to give Jose garces a run for his money when it comes to dominating the city with impressive restaurants. ■
If you go Juniper Commons 521 S. Broad St. 267-417-5210 www.sbragadining.com/ juniper-commons Hours: Sunday brunch: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dinner: Mon.-Thurs.: 5-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat.: 5-11 p.m. Sun.: 5-9 p.m.
Theater & Arts Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None Walnut Street Theatre presents the thriller in which people trapped on an island get picked off one by one, through april 26, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. And the Word Is … The gershman Y hosts an exhibition exploring religious text in contemporary art through May 14, 401 S. Broad St.; 215-5454400. Drawn with Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur from the Joan and victor Johnson Collection Philadelphia Museum of art presents an exhibition of decorated germanic documents featuring brilliant colors through april 26, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.
Hello Dolly Media Theater presents the popular musical through May 24, 104 e. State St., Media; 610-891-0100. Ink and Gold: Art of the Kano Philadelphia Museum of art presents an exhibition highlighting the artistry of the esteemed Kano painters through May 10, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Kate Breakey: Small Deaths an exhibition of hand-colored, oversized images of the birds, flowers and insects that photographer Kate Breakey has memorialized through her work, through July 12 at Michener art Museum, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215340-9800. Kinky Boots The Tony awardwinning musical about a shoe factory that finds a new lease on life making shoes for drag queens, april 28-May 10 at Forrest Theatre,
1111 Walnut St.; 215-923-1515. Peek-a-boo Revue: The Six Degrees of Tease The burlesque troupe performs 8 p.m. May 1 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 arch St.; 215-922-6888. Romeo and Juliet The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Shakespeare’s tragedy through april 25 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215790-5847. Space Jam The animated film is screened 8 p.m. april 27 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 arch St.; 215-922-6888. Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays Quince Productions presents performances on the subject of gay marriage through april 26 at Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St.; www. quinceproductions. com.
The Submission Quince Productions presents a comedy about a young caucasian playwright who pens a play under a pseudonym about growing up poor and africanamerican, and then has to hire an african-american actress to “play” the playwright, through april 25 at Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. A Taste of Italy amici Opera Company presents a concert of arias 4 p.m. april 25 at Redeemer UMC, 1128 Cottman ave.; 215-2240257. vitra — Design, Architecture, Communication: A European Project with American Roots Philadelphia Museum of art presents some of the most innovative designs from the family-owned Swiss company Vitra, through april 26, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.
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The English Beat The ska band performs 8 p.m. April 27 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Sixx A.M. The modern-rock band performs 8:30 p.m. April 28 at The Electric Factory, 421 N.
Bianca Del Rio: Rolodex of Hate The drag queen performs 9 p.m. April 29 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215922-1011. Stone Temple Pilots The alt-rock band performs 8 p.m. April 30 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215922-1011. Ham with a Side of Meth UK drag superstar Meth from the hit TV show “Drag Queens of London” performs alongside Eric Jaffe, Pissi Myles and Lili St. Queer Henaghan, 7 p.m. April 24 at L’Etage, 624 S. Bainbridge St.; 215-592-0626. Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret The drag performer performs 8 p.m. April 24 at Philadelphia Museum of Art,
RIO, SUAVE: Drag queen, comedian and “RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6” winner Bianca Del Rio brings her Rolodex of Hate tour to Philly for a raucous evening of outrageous laughs, 9 p.m. April 29 at TLA, 334 South St. For more information or tickets, call 215-922-1011.
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24 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223. Peek-a-boo Revue The burlesque group performs 8 p.m. April 25 at World Cafe Live, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Randy Graff The Tony Awardwinning singer performs 8 p.m.
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college, how am I going to make it in a career? Especially for middle- or lower-income people, never mind adding being a minority on top of it. I think the best thing we need to do is get the schools to continue to work with groups like The Attic. I know things like that can work. PGN: What do you want to do? MR: I really don’t know, maybe something in the arts. I’m currently working with the Mural Arts Program as an assistant facilitator. But whatever I do, I want to make a difference. I want to make someone change their mind in a positive direction. I want to make people think critically. PGN: What are you doing with Mural Arts? MR: We’re working on a mural at The Attic. And we’re working on an intergenerational project with the John C. Anderson Apartments. It’s cool, part of it asks what being LGBTQIAA means to you and we have young and old people working together. What was it like coming out? Who were your gay icons? That sort of thing, and we have another amazing project called Gay Face. We had a photographer who took two pictures of each person, with their eyes closed and open. The kids painted these big backdrops for people to pose in front of. PGN: You participated on a number of speaker panels with The Attic. What did that mean to you? MR: It was wonderful, to be able to tell my story and have people listen to you
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MR: I was going through a lot: My parents were breaking up and, though I know he didn’t mean to, my dad took a lot of his verbal and emotional anger out on me. I felt alone and wanted a family of my own, something that I knew was always going to be there for me. I was a teenager and thought it would solve everything. So I started talking to this guy and began intentionally having sex with him, trying to get pregnant. It got real really fast because my dad found us in the house and beat the guy up, gave him a bloody nose and it was very scary. I never told my parents, though I think my mom might know because I posted all about it on Facebook and she is Facebook friends with me! I also talked about it in my speech, because it was something that I lost that I thought I’d have forever. It still makes me sad. Every once and a while I’ll think, Wow, they would have been … years old. What changes would it have made in my life? Would I have my partner? Would I have made so much of a change in my life, because of the pain that I felt? PGN: Was that before or after you joined The Attic? MR: After, but I’d only been going off and on. I was going through depression and I didn’t think I could get mental-health care without insurance. I didn’t realize at first that I could go there and get free counseling. And I was scared to ask or try because I didn’t want my parents to know. PGN: Describe a word beginning with the first letter of your name that sums you up?
MR: Magical. I say that because I do a lot of things that just seem like magic to me, things that happen and I don’t know how, they just do. PGN: Why do you think you got the HERO award? MR: It’s still sinking in. This morning I was thinking about the definition of “hero” and it’s someone who gives more than they have, knowing that it will be hard and knowing that there may not be a reward for it. I never thought about getting my name in the paper or being rewarded for it. I just wanted to make a change in the world. If there was one LGBTQIAA life that was not taken by themselves or by someone else because of me and my story, that was reward enough for me. n For more information on The Attic Youth Center, visit www.theatticyouthcenter.org or call 215545-4331.
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Activism/Politics
ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) meets 6-9 p.m. Mondays at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; 215-386-1981, www.actupphilly.org. Delaware Valley Chapter, Americans United for Separation of Church and State seeks activists and supporters of church-state separation. Holds monthly meetings and events; www.dvau.org. Equality Pennsylvania holds a volunteer night 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month, 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 605; 215-731-1447, www.equalitypa.org. Green Party of Philadelphia holds general meetings 7 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month, except August and December; 215-243-7103, www.gpop.org. Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club meets seasonally; www.libertycity.org.
Arts
Library Book Club meets to discuss a new book 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at William Way. Men On Tap, an LGBT group that performs with choirs, organizations and at the Fringe Festival, rehearses 8 p.m. Mondays at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St.; dale@ magicalfantasies.com. Philadelphia Freedom Band, an audition-free LGBT band that does concerts and parades, rehearses 7-9:30 p.m. Mondays; philadelphiafreedomband.com. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus rehearses 7-10 p.m. Wednesdays; 215-731-9230, auditions@pgmc.org. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Opera Club meets to share and listen to recordings 6:30 p.m. the last Saturday of the month; 215-732-7898. Philadelphia Voices of Pride, Philadelphia’s first mixed LGBT chorus, rehearses 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at William Way; www.pvop.org. Queer Writer’s Collective workshop and discussion group meets 3-5 p.m. the fourth Saturday of the month at William Way. Reading Queerly, open to all women and genderqueer/ trans people, meets 6:45 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.
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Gay Bridge Club non-beginners group meets Monday 2-5 p.m. at William Way; reservations required. Call 215732-2220. Gay-friendly Scrabble Club meets 5:30-10:30 p.m. at Abner’s Steaks, 38th and Chester streets; 215-382-0789. Humboldt Society: Lesbian and Gay Naturalists meets 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at William Way; 215-985-1456, www.humboldtsociety.org. Independence Squares LGBT square-dance club, modern Western square dancing hosts an open house and Tuesday classes in the fall at Lutheran Church, 2111 Sansom St.; philadances@gmail.com, www.independencesquares.org. Male Oenophile Group forming to discuss, appreciate and taste various wines. Will meet once a month to investigate the nuances and glories of the fermented grape; 267-2306750. Mornings OUT LGBT Senior Social activities for senior gay men are held 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesdays at William Way. PhilaVentures, Philadelphia’s LGBT outdoor group, meets for hikes in Wissahickon Valley and Valley Forge Park; philaventures.org.
Sports
Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club meets for practice at p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Greenfield Park, West Chester; www.brandywinerugby.org. City of Brotherly Love Softball League serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area with games on Sundays, beginning in April, at the Dairy and Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park; www.cblsl.org. Frontrunners running club meets 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for a run and brunch at Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www.philadelphiafrontrunners.org. Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club, open to LGBT and allies, practices 8-10 p.m. Mondays and 2-4 p.m. Saturdays; www.falcons-soccer.org. Philadelphia Fins Swim Team, open to male and female swimmers, meets 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Friends Select School and 10:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays; www.philadelphia-fins.org. Philadelphia Gay Bowling League meets 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays September-April at Brunswick Zone, 1328 Delsea Drive, Deptford, N.J.; 856-889-1434, www. philagaybowling.com. Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League plays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at FDR Park; www.phillyflagfootball.com
Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club, open to players of all skill levels, meets 7:45 p.m. Thursdays at Columbus Square Park, 1200 Wharton St.; 215-913-7531, philadelphiagryphons.org, becomeagryphon@gmail.com. Philadelphia Liberty Belles women’s semi-pro full-tackle football league holds fall tryouts; phillybelles.com. Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association plays yearround, all skill levels welcome; philadelphialibertytennis. com. Philadelphia Firebirds women’s football team seeks players; www.philadelphiafirebirds.com. Philadelphia Women’s Baseball League seeks players, all skill levels and ages. Practice is 7 p.m. Thursdays at Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 17th and Fitzwater streets, with games at 2:30 p.m. Sundays; 215-991-5995 (day), 301-919-1194 (evening), phillywomensbaseball. com. Philly Gay Hockey Association Philadelphia Phury seeks players; 917-656-1936, phury@gayhockey.org. Philly QCycle LGBT bicycling club promotes organized recreational riding for all levels in the Greater Philadelphia region; contact the organization via Facebook. Rainbow Riders of the Delaware Valley motorcycle club meets regularly; 215-836-0440, www.groups.yahoo.com/ group/rainbowridersdv/. Rainbow Rollers gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Boulevard Lanes in Northeast Philadelphia; rainbowrollers.com. Spartan Wrestling Club gay wrestling team meets 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; 215-732-4545, www.phillyspartans.com.
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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 at 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 600; 215587-9377, www.aidslawpa.org. BiUnity, Philadelphia-area social and support network for bisexuals, their family members and friends; http://biunity. org. Delaware Valley Pink Pistols, for LGBT people dedicated to legal, safe and responsible use of firearms for self-defense, meets 2 p.m. the third Saturday of the month at Classic Indoor Range, 1310 Industrial Blvd., Southampton; 610-879-2364; www.pinkpistols.org. Delaware Pride holds planning meetings 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the United Church of Christ, 300 Main St., Newark; 302-265-3020, delawarepride.org. Haverford College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance holds open meetings 10-11 p.m. Mondays during the school year in the lounge in Jones Basement at Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave.; 610-896-4938. Men and Women for Human Excellence support group meets from noon-2 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of the month at 26th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue; 267-2733513, cmoore8300@yahoo.com. Long Yang Club Philadelphia, social organization for gay Asians and their friends, holds monthly socials; www. longyangclub.org/philadelphia. Our Night Out, a casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, friends and colleagues, meets in a different Philadelphia hot spot each month. To receive monthly event invitations, email OurNightOutPhilly@gmail.com; more information on Facebook. Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Advice offered 5-8 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month; 215-238-6333. Philadelphia Prime Timers club for mature gay and bisexual men and their admirers meets regularly; primetimersofphiladelphia@yahoo.com. Philadelphians MC Club, for leather men and women, meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at The Pit at The Bike Stop, 201 S. Quince St.; philadelphiansmc.org. Rainbow Amateur Radio Association ARRL-affiliated, weekly HF nets, quarterly newsletter; www.rara.org. Silver Foxes, a social and educational group for gays and lesbians 50 and older, meets 3-5 p.m. the fourth Sunday of the month at William Way; 215-732-2220. SNJ Queers meets monthly for queer/queer-friendly folks in South Jersey to mix and mingle; 856-375-3708, wmf69@comast.net.
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Community Bulletin Board Community centers
■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331; atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday. See the Youth section for more events. ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044; center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221 ■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 n The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330
■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065 rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. ■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org. Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday through Friday Library hours: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; noon-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.
Key numbers ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org ■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378 ■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Nellie Fitzpatrick, 215-6860330; helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov; Fax: 215-686-2555
■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 1-877-pride-2000 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288
■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658
■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537
■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833
■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)
■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670
Health
Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215763-8870. ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088; www. actionaids.org. AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 1711 S. Broad St.; 215-629-2300; www.asiac.org. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871; www.galaei.org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at
■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; 215627-9090; www.galloplaw.org. ■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, self-employed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city, invites speakers on various topics, partners with other nonprofits and maintains a website where everyone is invited to sign up for email notices for activities and events; www.gppn.org; 215-922-3377.
Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1821. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. 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; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652; www.mazzonicenter.org. Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronicdisease management, including comprehensive HIV care, 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-noon Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.
Professional groups ■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly businesses and professionals. Visit www. IndependenceBusinessAlliance. com for information about events, programs and membership; 215-557-0190; 1717 Arch St., Suite 3370.
■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association The Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgja. org/philly; philly@nlgja.org. ■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus A regional organization dedicated to promoting gay and lesbian tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region holds meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; P.O. Box 58143, Philadelphia, PA 19102; www. philadelphiagaytourism.com; 215-840-2039.
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Cedar Point Bar & Kitchen 215.423.5400 Fette Sau 215.391.4888 Frankford Hall 215.634.3338 Johnny Brenda’s 215.739.9684 Loco Pez 267.886.8061 North 3rd Restaurant 215.413.3666 Pizzeria Beddia No Phone CENTER CITY EAST Silk City Diner 215.592.8838 Amis 215.732.2647 Yards Brewing Company 215.634.2600 Bank and Bourbon 215.231.7300 Barbuzzo 215.546.9300 OLD CITY 215.625.2450 Barra Rossa 215.644.9074 Amada 215.574.9440 Caribou Cafe 215.625.9535 Buddakan Cheu Noodle Bar 267.639.4136 Continental Restaurant 215.923.6069 El Vez 215.928.9800 DiNardo’s Famous Seafood 215.925.5115 215.625.9425 The Farm and Fisherman 267.687.1555 Fork 267.761.9209 Franky Bradley’s 215.735.0735 Lucha Cartel 215.701.4883 Garces Trading Company 215.574.1099 National Mechanics 215.922.7800 Giorgio On Pine 215.545.6265 Panorama IndeBlue 215.545.4633 Positano Coast by Aldo Lamberti 215.238.0499 Jamonera 215.922.6061 215.627.6181 Jones 215.223.5663 Race Street Cafe 215.923.2267 Knock 215.925.1166 Red Owl Tavern 215.592.7661 Little Nonna’s 215.546.2100 Spasso 215.625.8800 Lolita 215.546.7100 Zahav Mercato 215.985.2962 SOCIETY HILL/SOUTH PHILA More Than Just Ice Cream 215.574.0586 Adobe Cafe 215.551.2243 Morimoto 215.413.9070 August 215.468.5926 New Harmony Vegetarian Beau Monde 215.592.0656 Restaurant 215.627.4520 Bing Bing Dim Sum 215.279.7702 Nomad Roman 215.644.9287 Bistro Romano 215.925.8880 Opa 215.545.0170 Bistrot La Minette 215.925.8000 Pennsylvania 6 267.639.5606 Cafe Nola 215.574.1687 Perch Pub 215.546.4090 Cochon 215.923.7675 Petruce et al. 267.225.8232 Copabanana 215.923.6180 Rosa Blanca 215.925.5555 The Industry 215.271.9500 Sampan 215.732.3501 Le Virtu 215.271.5626 Tabu 215.964.9675 Noord 267.909.9704 Talula’s Daily 215.592.6555 Paloma Mexican Talula’s Garden 215.592.7787 Haute Cuisine 215.928.9500 The Tavern 215.545.1102 Percy Street Barbecue 215.625.8510 Time 215.985.4800 Pizzeria Stella 215.320.8000 Tria Wash West 215.629.9200 Redwood Restaurant 215.238.1512 Valanni 215.790.9494 Southwark 215.238.1888 Varalli 215.546.6800 Taproom on 19th 267.687.7817 Varga Bar 215.627.5200 Villa Di Roma 215.592.1295 Vedge 215.320.7500 UNIVERSITY CITY/WEST PHILA Venture Inn 215.545.8731 215.222.1657 Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro 215.922.3095 Distrito Zinc Bistro a Vins 215.351.9901 Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House 215.382.3474 CENTER CITY WEST The Gold Standard Cafe 215.727.8247 Alma de Cuba 215.988.1799 Harvest Seasonal Grill & Audrey Claire 215.731.1222 Wine Bar 215.662.1100 Barclay Prime 215.732.7560 JG Domestic 215.222.2363 Bellini Grill 215.545.1191 Pod 215.387.1803 Butcher and Singer 215.732.4444 The Restaurant School Continental Midtown 215.567.1800 at Walnut Hill College 215.222.4200 The Dandelion 215.558.2500 BUCKS COUNTY Day by Day 215.564.5540 215.348.3424 El Rey 215.563.3330 Poco’s Restaurant 215.862.2081 Friday, Saturday, Sunday 215.546.4232 The Raven 609.397.0051 Good Dog 215.985.9600 Rick’s Restaurant Il Pittore 215.391.4900 CHESTER COUNTY Matyson 215.564.2925 Avalon 610.436.4100 Meritage 215.985.1922 Barra Rossa 610.269.6000 Metropolitan Cafe 215.545.6655 Catherine’s Restaurant My Thai 215.985.1878 @ the general store 610.347.2227 Oyster House 215.567.7683 Cedar Hollow Inn Parc 215.545.2262 Restaurant and Bar 610.296.9006 The Prime Rib 215.772.1701 Doc Magrogan’s Seafood Unlimited 215.732.3663 Oyster House 610.429.4046 Square 1682 215.563.5008 Éclat Chocolate 610.692.5206 Tinto 215.665.9150 Harvest Seasonal Grill & Tria Rittenhouse 215.972.8742 Wine Bar 610.358.1005 Tria Taproom 215.557.8277 High Street Caffe/ Twenty Manning 215.731.0900 Vudu Lounge 610.696.7435 Village Whiskey 215.665.1088 Jimmy’s BBQ 610.879.8805 XIX Restaurant 215.790.1919 Kildare’s Irish Pub 610.431.0770 Market Street Grille 610.429.5328 CHESTNUT HILL/MOUNT AIRY Bacio 215.248.2740 Olive Branch Tapas Restaurant 610.431.7141 El Poquito 267.766.5372 Red Star Craft House 610.524.5893 MANAYUNK Side Bar & Restaurant 610.429.8297 Adobe Cafe 215.483.3947 Spence 312 610.738.8844 Kildare’s Irish Pub 215.482.7242 Jack’s Firehouse La Calaca Feliz London Grill Rembrandt’s Rose Tattoo Cafe
30 Dine at a participating restaurant on April 30, and 33% of your food bill will benefit local services in the fight against AIDS. EVENT BENEFITS HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS AT ActionAIDS • AIDS Delaware Family & Community Service of Delaware County Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania Camden Area Health Education Center
215.232.9000 215.787.9930 215.978.4545 215.763.2228 215.569.8939
NORTHERN LIBERTIES/FISHTOWN Bourbon and Branch
215.238.0660
DELAWARE COUNTY Asiana Garden
610.293.7500
Bogart’s Bar & Grill 610.544.9200 Diego’s Cantina and Tequila Bar 484.442.8741 La Belle Epoque Wine Bistro610.566.6808 Lotus Farm to Table 610.565.5554 Nais Cuisine 610.789.5983 The Original Clam Tavern 610.623.9537 Picasso Restaurant & Bar 610.891.9600 Pinocchio’s Restaurant 610.566.4895 The Silverspoon Restaurant 610.688.7646 Spasso Italian Grill 610.565.7803 Susanna Foo Gourmet Kitchen 610.688.8808
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar Roberto’s Trattoria Shorty’s Sunflower Cafe Spring Mill Cafe Trax Restaurant and Cafe Viggiano’s BYOB White Elephant Restaurant
DELAWARE
267.460.8986 215.233.9955 610.970.5111 610.828.2550 215.591.9777 484.344.5561 215.663.1495
The Back Burner 302.239.2314 BBC Tavern & Grill 302.655.3785 Cromwell’s American Tavern and Taqueria 302.571.0561 Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House 302.857.3223 Jessop’s Tavern 302.322.6111 Kildare’s Irish Pub 302.224.9330 Krazy Kats 302.888.4200 The Melting Pot, Wilmington 302.652.6358 Santa Fe, Wilmington 302.425.5200 Soffritto Italian Grill 302.455.1101 Timothy’s of Newark 302.738.9915 Traders Cove Coffee Shop at Penn’s Place 302.322.6334 Tutto Fresco 302.762.9094 Ulysses American Gastropub302.691.3456
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
Barnsboro Inn 856.468.3557 Casa Bella Trattoria 856.429.2885 CousCous Moroccan Cuisine 856.427.9994 District Riverton Bistro 856.499.2916 El Sitio Grill & Café 856.240.1217 Filomena Cucina Italiana 856.784.6166 Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar 856.581.0044 Indeblue Indian Cuisine 856.854.4633 Keg & Kitchen 856.833.9800 L’Oceano 856.833.9888 Norma’s Restaurant 856.795.1373 Nunzio Ristorante Rustico 856.858.9840 Oasis Mexican Grill 856.858.1807 The Pop Shop, Collingswood 856.869.0111 The Pop Shop, Medford 609.975.6888 Sapori Trattoria 856.858.2288 Thomas’ Ristorante 856.642.1200 The Tortilla Press 856.869.3345 Tortilla Press Cantina 856.356.2050 The Treehouse Coffee Shop 856.547.3270 Tre Famiglia Ristorante 856.429.1447 Villa Barone 856.858.2999 Villari’s Lakeside Restaurant & Bar 856.228.5244 Westmont Diner 856.854.7220 Zeppoli 856.854.2670 FOOD TRUCK ROUND-UP 11am - 2:30pm 1300 Block of Locust St. Chef Johnny Bravo’s Surf n Turf The Cow and The Curd Cupcake Carnivale The Farm Truck Foo Truck Gigi’s and Big R Mac Mart Schmear It Vernalicious
Make an additional donation of $25 or more on April 30 and you will receive a 20% Off Tuesdays card with your thank you letter. This card entitles you to 20% off of your table's food bill on Tuesday evenings* throughout the year at participating 20% Off Tuesdays Restaurants. Listings with an are 20% off Tuesdays participants. Restaurants with a are donating 33% of food & alcohol *Excluding holidays. Not to be combined with other offers.