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Lesbian pediatrician accused of attempted murder

A Delaware County doctor allegedly shot her ex partner several times through a car window Monday following an argument over custody of their children. One child was in the car and another stood next to it at the time of the shooting. By Victoria A. Brownworth Special to PGN Just before 7 p.m. on Memorial Day, Dr. Lauren Patricia Daly, a pediatrician at Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital in Wilmington, Del., allegedly shot her former partner in front of their two children. The shooting reportedly occurred in the driveway of Daly’s Media home after a custody dispute over the couple’s son turned rancorous, then violent. According to Pennsylvania State Police in Media, Daly’s former partner, 49, whose name is being withheld by police, was bringing the couple’s 9-year-old daughter to Daly’s from her own Wynnewood home. Also with her was the couple’s 11-year-old son. Daly is the biological mother of the couple’s daughter and the former partner is the biological mother of their son. When the women were partnered, each adopted the other’s biological child. The two have maintained shared custody since their break-up in 2011. According to police reports, the argument began because Daly wanted to speak to the boy, but her partner said she could not. She said Daly would have to call and make arrangements to talk to him, which is their current agreement. According to police, although they share custody, the boy can decide if he wants to see Daly or not. As police tell it, the women got into a heated argument. Daly was standing outside her ex’s car, yelling and smacking the front of the car. The couple’s daughter was outside the car, standing to the side of the vehicle. The boy was in the front passenger seat. According to police, as the argument escalated, Daly pulled a 9mm semi-automatic handgun out of her pocket and fired several times through the windshield. The boy told police he and his mother ducked down in the seat to avoid being hit, PAGE 19 but Daly’s ex was hit

Pittston makes history with nondiscrimination ordinance By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

On May 28, Pittston became the 32nd municipality in Pennsylvania and the first in Luzerne County to pass a nondiscrimination ordinance to protect its LGBT citizens. The historic and unanimous vote will prohibit discrimination based on sexual orienPAGE 16 tation and gender identity

Judge bans antigay demonstrators from private property By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

RUNNING THE RUNWAY: Youth participants from The Attic Youth Center, including Thomas (from left), Noah and Rico, took to the stage May 25 for a Vogue Ball to raise funds for the youth agency. About 70 people turned out for the event, held at The Underground Arts, and which featured a runway competition hosted by Lisa Lisa and a separate 21-and-over cocktail lounge with live performances. “It went really well,” said The Attic executive director Carrie Jacobs. “People felt really good about it and the performances were great.” Photo: Scott A. Drake

A popular retail complex in Center City filed a lawsuit last week against a group of demonstrators that it says uses antigay language on its property. Liberty Place Retail Associates, L.P., which owns The Shops at Liberty Place at 16th and Chestnut streets, filed suit in the Court of Common PAGE 12

Scouts will allow gay youth, not atheists or gay adults By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Last week’s vote by the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay youth into the organization doesn’t impress Adam E. Gersh. “It doesn’t cut any mustard,” said Gersh, 38, who recently started an alternate Scout organization in Cherry Hill, N.J. Gersh is a straight ally of the LGBT community who wants his three young boys to treat everyone with integrity and respect, he said. So last year, he formed the non-discrimi-

natory Pioneer Scout Corps, and about 20 families have joined, he said. The ages of youth participants range from 5-11. Activities include hiking, camping, rock climbing, electric-car racing, disc golfing, swimming, attending a Phillies game, touring a local police station, participating in a corn maze and community-service projects. Gersh said the May 23 vote by the BSA’s national council to accept gay youth beginning Jan. 1 doesn’t go far enough. “They’re bending a little, but they’re really PAGE 17 not doing it in the right

SONGS OF THE ’70s: The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus brought the music of ABBA to life with “ExtrABBAganza,” May 16-18 at the Prince Music Theater, drawing more than 1,200 audience members. This was the first time the group closed its season before Memorial Day and PGMC board president Bradley Hess said the event was an unprecedented success. “Ultimately our experiment was a success, as ‘ExtrABBAganza’ surpassed our expectations to become PGMC’s best-selling show ever.” Photo: Patrick Hagerty

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William Way marks Pride with Homecoming to honor leaders By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com T h e Wi l l i a m Wa y L G B T Community Center is gearing up to celebrate the contributions that seven individuals bring to the LGBT community in Philadelphia. The center will host its annual Homecoming event from 6-10 p.m. June 8 at 1315 Spruce St., the night before Philly Pride. The event will feature a variety of musical artists and a Mediterranean buffet and open bar, as well as a silent auction and top-notch entertainment. “We wanted to bring back all the entertainment that people loved,” said center executive assistant Paul Blore. “In the past, we had drag, burlesque, we had dance last year and we wanted to bring back more vocal, so we packed the lineup and have a lot of different artists that will be performing. We have dance artists, dance theater and vocal, and we have the Philly Roller Girls.” More than 250 people are expected to attend. A centerpiece of the event is

the honoring of the Homecoming Court, “unsung heroes” who are selected by a diverse event committee. “The people on the committee try to think outside the realm of names you normally hear,” Blore said. “We get so entrenched in the people that come through the center’s doors that sometimes we don’t get to meet everyone in the community.” This year, the center will honor GO! Athletes executive director Anna Aagenes, Identity Kit Project executive director Crystal Cheatham, LGBT activist and Community College of Philadelphia GSA president SharRon L. Cooks, Red Paw Emergency Relief Team founder Jennifer Leary and her sister and Sink or Swim Philadelphia founder Marion Leary, Delaware Valley Legacy Fund executive director Samantha Giusti and center archivist Bob Skiba. Each honoree contributes something distinct to the community and to the center. Aagenes, who is also districtoffice director for state Rep. Brian Sims, has volunteered for the

center and was involved in the Homecoming planning committee last year. “She has done a tremendous amount of work in the community,” Blore said. “She is an out bisexual and doing so much on intersection on sports and athleticism and LGBTQ identity,” he said. Development director Michael Pomante said Cheatham, who started the nonprofit IDK Project to help youth come to terms with their religion and sexual orientation and gender identity, is spearheading an innovative project. She teaches the curriculum at The Attic Youth Center and also has developed a kit for distribution. “She helps these individuals feel special and important and know that you can be Christian and still identify as LGBTQ,” Pomante said. Cooks is among the faces guests see when they enter the center. She has volunteered at the center for two years, both at the front desk and as a facilitator of the Transway program. “When people come in, we hear

amazing things about SharRon,” Pomante said. “She is welcoming, thoughtful and helpful. We needed someone to lead the Transway program and she stepped up and did great job. She is a huge advocate for the center.” Blore said the Leary sisters come to the court with a wealth of diverse accomplishments already under their belts. “Both have volunteered with LGBT organizations and charity efforts and both started their own charities,” he said. “It was important for us to recognize that people do not necessarily need to be in the LGBTQ community but in the greater community.” Giusti has volunteered for the center for the past three years, starting as a peer counselor and later becoming chair of the resource-development committee. “She supports the center and is a huge fan of the center, and we recognize her for being a young woman at the head of DVLF and all the amazing work she has done in the community at such a young age,” Pomante said. Blore said Skiba, the longtime volunteer archivist, was long over-

due for a public acknowledgment of his contributions. “We realized that although we on the staff show appreciation for him, we never publicly proclaimed it,” Blore said. “He works hard to get the archives in order and working on the newsletter. He does an LGBT history column every month and always has something up his sleeve for that. He does a lot of work outside of the community as well.” Center executive director Chris Bartlett said the event is designed to show the community that the center is a welcoming hub and to celebrate those who help it accomplish what it does throughout the year. “We strive to make William Way welcoming to the community 365 days a year, and Homecoming is about coming to celebrate center as home for our LGBTQ and allies, and that is what this event highlights,” he said. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.waygayhomecoming.brownpapertickets. com or by calling 215-732-2220. ■

locations in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA — AROUND THE GAYBORHOOD

12th Street Gym, 204 S. 12th St. • 13th Street Gourmet Pizza, 209 S. 13th St. • AACO, 1101 Market St., 9th floor • Action AIDS, 1216 Arch St. • Apt. & Townhouse Rentals, 304 S. 12th St. • ASIAC, 1711 S. Broad St. • The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St. • Bioscript Pharmacy, 1227 Locust St. • Cafe Twelve, 212 S. 12th St. • Charlie Salon, 203 S. 12th St. • City Hall NE Entrance • Club Body Center, 1220 Chancellor St. • Com-Har Living Room, 101 S. Broad St., 14th floor • Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. • Cut Salon, 204 S. 13th St. • Danny’s Bookstore 133 S. 13th St. • Dignity/St. Lukes, 330 S. 13th St. • Dirty Frank’s Bar, 13th & Pine sts. • The Foodery, 10th & Pine sts. • Fusion Gym, 105 S. 12th St., 2nd floor • Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. • I Goldberg, 1300 Chestnut St. • ICandy, 254 S. 12th St. • Independent Hotel, 13th & Locust sts. • Mazzoni Clinic, 809 Locust St. • Midtown II, 122 S. 11th St. • More Than Just Ice Cream, 1119 Locust St. • Pa. AIDS Law Project, 1211 Chestnut St., 12th floor • Paolo Pizzeria, 1336 Pine St. • Parker Hotel Lobby, 261 S. 13th St. • Phila. FIGHT/Aids Library, 1233 Locust St., 5th floor • Phila. Family Planning Commission, 260 S. Broad St., 10th floor • Planned Parenthood, 1144 Locust St. • Sansom Cinema, 120 S. 13th St., basement • Santa Fe Burrito, 212 S. 11th St. • Scorpio Books, 202 S. Juniper St. • Sisters, 1320 Chancellor St. • Spruce Street Video, 252 S. 12th St. • Packard Apartments, 317 N. Broad St. • Safeguards lobby, 1211 Chestnut St. #610 • Salon K, 1216 Locust St. • Sansom Cinema, 120 S. 13th St. • Sante Fe Burrito, 212 S. 11th St. • Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. • Tavern on Camac, 243 S. Camac St. • Triangle Medicine, 253 S. 10th St., 1st floor • Uncles, 1220 Locust St. • Valanni, 1229 Spruce St. • Venture Inn, 255 S. Camac St. • Voyeur, 1220 St. James St. • Westbury, 261 S. 13th St. • William Way LGBT Community Center, 1325 Spruce St. • Woody’s, 202 S. 13th St. •

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Bean Café, 615 South St. • Best Western Independence Park Hotel lobby, 215 Chestnut St. • Chocolate Works Condo lobby, 321 N. Third St. • Copabanana, 342 South St. • Dane Décor, 315 Arch St. • Famous 4th St. Deli, Fourth & Bainbridge sts. • Hopkinson House, 604 S. Washington Sq. • Hyatt Regency Hotel lobby, 201 S. Columbus Blvd. • Independence Place Condos, 241 S. Sixth St., lobby in both towers • Independence Visitors Center, Sixth & Market sts. • Old City Ironworks Gym, 141 N. Second St. • Nationality Service Center, 1216 Arch St. • Packard Apts., 317 N. Broad St. • PGN ofﬁces, 505 S. Fourth St. • Philadelphia Java Co., 518 S. Fourth St. • Reading Terminal Market, 12th & Filbert sts. • Strands Salon, 25 N. Third St. •

PHILADELPHIA — C.C. WEST OF BROAD

Adonis Cinema, 2026 Sansom St. • Art Institute, 1610 Chestnut St. • Art Institute, 1622 Chestnut St. • Art Institute, 2300 Market St. • The Attic Youth Center, 255 S. 16th St. • Bob & Barbara’s, 1509 South St. • Book Bin, 22nd & Market sts. • Dan Tobey R/E, 1401 Walnut St., 8th floor • Dr. Wakefield’s Office, 255 S. 17th St., Suite 2306 • Drexel Partnership, 1427 Vine St., 3rd floor • Latimer Deli, 255 S. 15th St. • L-2 Restaurant, 22nd & South sts. • MANNA, 12 S. 23rd St. • Marine Club Condos lobby, Broad St. & Washington Ave. • Metropolitan, 115 N. 15th St. • Safeguards Lobby, 1700 Market St., 18th floor • Sansom St. Gym, 2020 Sansom St. • South Square Market, 2221 South St. • Titan Room, 22nd & Market sts. • Touraine Building lobby, 1520 Spruce St. • U Do It Laundry, 15th & Spruce sts. • Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, 17th & Race sts. •

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SPOTTED AT QSPOT: The 2013 season of QSpot kicked off May 18 at Broad Street Ministry. The youth drop-in program offered free food and music, as well as connected LGBT youth to area service organizations. On hand to discuss LGBT issues with the youth were former political candidates Michael Williams (back row, fifth from left) and Sherrie Cohen (center, white shirt), as well as Anna Aagenes (back row, fourth from right), district-office director for state Rep. Brian Sims. The next QSpot will be held at 8 p.m. June 1 at 315 S. Broad St. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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History museum to host LGBT exhibit By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The Philadelphia History Museum will celebrate Pride with the launch of a new exhibit that explores LGBT history in Philadelphia. The museum, which opened in the renovated Atwater Kent Museum space last fall, will host “Private Lives in Public Spaces: Bringing Philadelphia’s LGBT History Out in the Open” starting June 5. A reception will be held June 19, and the exhibit will run through October. The collection is drawn from the William Way LGBT Community Center Archives and will be installed in the Philadelphia Voices gallery, which is devoted to community history, and which has so far included exhibits from the Mural Arts Program and the Energy Coordinating Agency. Museum executive director Charles Croce said the space helps tell community stories that are integral to Philadelphia’s history, but that aren’t as widely known. “The idea is to provide a forum of civic, nonprofit or educational

institutions to showcase their histories and contributions to Philadelphia history,” Croce said. “That’s the focus. It’s an important way for Philadelphians and visitors to get to know organizations they may not be familiar

said center archivist Bob Skiba suggested the organization apply for a Philadelphia Voices exhibit after a discussion with the History Museum historian. She said Skiba culled a broad representation of the center’s

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with.” The museum has incorporated LGBT elements into past exhibits but this is the first that will focus exclusively on the LGBT community. Candice Thompson, director of center services at William Way,

archives for the exhibit. It will feature photos of gay bars from the 1970s and ’80s as well as former and longtime community leaders; ephemera such as a denim jacket covered in pins from local leather clubs and LGBT organizations; selections from the James T.

Caulfield and Rafael A. Suarez and an additional 15 percent are collection highlighting the cou- international visitors. ple’s travels and correspondence; He said “Private Lives in Public and a 40-minute video running Spaces” will help visitors get a on a loop from the Robert R. full look at Philadelphia history. Rosenbaum Oral History project, “The objects that you see here among other items. at the museum all tell a story; we Thompson said the exhibit showcase what we call material will be especially educational for culture, which are objects, artinon-LGBT audiences. facts, artwork that tell a story. So “The title is ‘Private Lives these photos, buttons, the jacket, in Public Spaces,’ so this is all memorabilia, they all tell stoabout reaching a broader audi- ries of Philadelphia. It’s imporence,” she said. “We want to give tant that people are exposed to people a glimpse into what it was Philadelphia’s history through a like to come out and live a queer variety of eyes and objects.” life in the 1960s, ’70s, and let For more information, visit them hear directly from the peo- www.philadelphiahistory.org. ■ ple who lived through that time.” In addition to the gallery items, the museum will host the Philadelphia Freedom Band several times throughout the exhibit’s tenure and is also working with William Way on a discussion series, Croce said. Croce noted that about 50 percent of museum visitors live COMMUNITY CENTER MEMBERS JAMEN outside Philadelphia, BUTLER AND TOM MALIM, CIRCA 1971

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Dyke March marches forward with new activities, route By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

munity when she was new to Philadelphia. “I’ve been involved for seven to eight years. I really like being involved in the community and organizing for my community,” she said. “Initially, I was fairly new to Philly. I moved here in 2002 and this was another way to get involved in the community and meet new people.” Hinchey said organizers hope to draw several-hundred participants and have been

The 2013 Philly Dyke March kicks off June 8 with several new features to get dykes and their allies rallying for recognition. The march has been unifying and organizing dyke-identified individuals of all races, gender identities and backgrounds to take to the streets since 1998. This year’s march will begin at 3 p.m. at Kahn Park at 11th and Pine streets with performances, speeches and a first-ever wedding ceremony. The official stepoff is 4 p.m., and participants will march through the Gayborhood and down Broad Street, but will incorporate a new route that will be DYKE MARCH ORGANIZERS MET FOR THE TIME kept under wraps until IN MARCH Photo: Scott A. Drake the march. Kathryn Hinchey, one of the organizers, said it will trying to get the word out in different ways, including through the march’s first-ever be historic. After the march, participants will return to street team, made up of 10 individuals disKahn Park, where they can enjoy free water seminating information in person. An after-party hosted by Stimulus ice, speeches by such leaders as director of LGBT affairs Gloria Casarez and live per- Productions, in conjunction with the formances from folk musicians and others. William Way LGBT Community Center’s This will mark the first year that a hip-hop Homecoming celebration, will be held at Voyuer Nightclub. collective will be introduced. Coutts said the event is a way to bring the The march brings both new and returning community together to focus on more secparticipants and organizers each year. Hinchey, one of the newer organizers, tors of the LGBT community. “I think sometimes people forget that there started as a volunteer for the march about a is a strong dyke community that includes year-and-a-half ago. “I just love the message behind it and cisgender women, transgender women and doing it in response to a space where we are transgender men who have identified as not welcomed,” she said. “Pride is a pre- dykes at some point in their lives. We are a dominately white male event, but the march diverse community and that comes across in just really made me happy to have a place the Dyke March.” For more information on the Philly we could call ours.” For longtime organizer Heather Coutts, Dyke March, visit www.facebook.com/ the Dyke March provided a sense of com- PhillyDykeMarch. ■

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Sexual-violence agency hosts first LGBT summit By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center will host their first-ever summit focused on domestic-violence issues impacting the LGBT community next month. The LGBTQ Summit: Opening Minds, Opening Doors will be held from 8 a.m.4:30 p.m. June 12 at The Community Room at Giant Food Store, 3301 Trindle Road in Camp Hill. PCAR technical assistance coordinator Katie Taylor chairs the internal PCAR/ NSVRC work group that offers assistance to the more-than 50 crisis centers in Pennsylvania and backs the project that examine issues of sexual assault and violence through an LGBT lens. “One of our goals was to hold a summit, a miniature conference specifically for the 50 centers and their staff and affiliated professionals who would like to learn more about sexual violence and the LGBTQ committee,” Taylor said. Planning for the summit began last year and funding has already been secured for next year’s summit by the Office of Violence Against Women, said Taylor. “We hope to expand and grow this into something that is much bigger.” She said there is a 50-participant cap on attendance, but registration is still open until June 5. Taylor said sexual-violence centers, colleges, universities and LGBT organizations have shown interest in the summit. Taylor said she hopes the summit heightens awareness that sexual violence also exists among LGBT communities. “The goal is to put the LGBT community and the issue of sexual violence on the radars of rape-crisis centers and provide a

safe space for allies and folks who identify as LGBTQ to come together to discuss issues relating to sexual violence,” she said. “It is an all-day summit and the focus really is at an introductory/intermediate level and for anyone who wants to learn more.” The summit will feature such sessions as LGBTQ 101, Gender Identity and Sexual Violence against Transgender People, Increasing Agency Capacity to Work With/ In LGBTQ Communities and Serving the Needs of LGBTQ Survivors. The summit will also feature action-planning roundtables on topics such as LGBTQ Youth Engagement, Capacity and Outreach in the LGBTQ Community, Serving LGBTQ Survivors and Transgender 101. Speakers will include Terri Hamrick, a trainer with the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Division of HIV/AIDS; Joyce Lukima, vice president of field services for PCAR/NSVRC; Louie Marven, executive director of the LGBT Center of Central Pennsylvania; Jen Przewoznik, preventioneducation coordinator at North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault; and Jeanine Ruhsam, trans advocate and president of TransCentralPA. Registration for the summit is $40 for for-profit professionals and $35 for nonprofit professionals. Taylor said she hopes the summit educates domestic-violence workers about the work that remains to be done on sexual violence in the LGBT community. “We want to put this on people’s radar and talk about issues, bring people together, collaborate and network. We hope that people invite PCAR staff to come into their organizations and programs to give more pointed, specific long-term training on how they can work with the LGBTQ community.” For more information on the summit, visit www.pcar.org. ■

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News Briefing HRC to be trained in Haverford Members of Haverford’s recently appointed Human Relations Commission will be trained by state officials on their new duties, a township official said recently. “The HRC members will be trained,” said C. Lawrence Holmes, a member of Haverford’s board of commissioners. “The board of commissioners is fully behind this, and we’re looking forward to the ordinance’s implementation.” The ordinance that established the panel was enacted in February 2011. Preparations for the upcoming U.S. Open golf tournament in Haverford have contributed to a delay in the training, and not the legal challenge pending in Commonwealth Court, Holmes said. Seven HRC members, appointed in February, will be trained by the state Human Relations Commission. The legal challenge is being pursued by anti-LGBT activist James D. Schneller. Lou DeVecchis, an openly gay township

resident who advocated for the ordinance, said the training is “long overdue.” “I’m very concerned because there are no openly LGBTQ members on the HRC,” he added. “So the training is absolutely crucial.” DeVecchis also was concerned that Haverford’s police department has no openly LGBTQ officers, to his knowledge. “The HRC will work closely with the police, so there should be a qualified police liaison to the HRC,” he said. The ordinance bans discrimination in employment, housing, commercial property and public accommodations and allows for penalties of up to $5,000 per act. — Timothy Cwiek

Mazzoni starts drop-in art-therapy classes Whether you’re a skilled artist or a beginner, art therapy is something that people of all skill levels can benefit from, and the local community will now have a new outlet for such interests. Art therapists John Lutz and Clint Steib will host open-studio drop-in Creative Art Therapy sessions from 6-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday in June at Mazzoni Center, 21 S. 12th St., on the eighth floor. The classes were previously held in a 10-week cycle for which registration was required, but Mazzoni Center is trying the

open-studio format to allow community members to experience the classes without the longterm committment. The classes are $10. For more information, call Lutz at 215-563-0652 ext. 535.

PGMC hosts fundraiser The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus will present its second annual Pride Drag Revue on June 6 at ICandy, 254 S. 12th St. The event, which will start at 8 p.m., will feature an informal cabaret to celebrate Philly Pride Present’s 25th anniversary. Admission to the fundraiser is $10, and all proceeds will go towards scholarships for PGMC members to cover member dues, concert tuxedos and other expenses. Visit www.pgmc.org.

Stimulus gives back Stimulus Gives Back, the volunteer arm of LGBT-events company Stimulus Productions, is looking for volunteers to assist in a day of service at Cradles to Crayons, which provides essential items for homeless and low-income youth. The group will volunteer from 12:453 p.m. June 1 at 30 Clipper Road in West Conshohocken, sorting and packaging clothing, books, toys and other items. Space is limited for volunteers, so email stimulusphilly@gmail.com to participate.

Drag, fundraising at casino Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance will be the beneficiary of the fundraising “Sugarcoated Celebrities,” 6-9 p.m. June 6 at SugarHouse Casino, 1001 N. Delaware Ave. The event will feature Brittany Lynn and her Drag Mafia performing a diverse selection of pop hits. Admission is $10, with half of the proceeds going to support MANNA’s mission of providing nutritional meals to those with terminal illnesses. Guests will receive one free cocktail and free appetizers, as well as $10 free play for all new members. For more information, visit www.mannapa.org.

GALAEI celebrates sex The Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative is celebrating National Masturbation Month with Philly’s Masturbate-a-thon 2013 and Creamium party from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. May 31 at Ruba Social Club, 416 Green St. Admission is $5-$10 on a sliding scale and all proceeds will go to GALAEI’s PleasureRush! and ScrewSmart. The event will be styled as a sex-positive game show. Email screwsmart@gmail.com. ■ — Angela Thomas

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between May 13-19. Information is courtesy of 6th District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www. phillypolice.com or call 215-686TIPS (8477). INCIDENTS — Between 11 a.m. May 12 and 10:30 a.m. May 13, someone stole a secured bicycle from outside 201 S. 11th St. — At 11:50 a.m. May 13, a man stole a wallet from a woman’s unattended handbag inside Starbucks, 1201 Market St. The suspect was described as a black male, 6 feet, about 200 pounds, with a medium complexion, wearing a white jacket with a backpack. — At 2:40 p.m. May 13, a man left his cell phone on a table inside Cosi, 1139 Walnut St., and went to the counter as a male walked in, stole the phone and fled. The suspect was described as a white male,

30, 5-foot-9, about 160 pounds, with blonde hair and wearing a red shirt and jean shorts. — Between 10 a.m. May 7 and 9 a.m. May 14, someone stole used cooking oil from a secured container in the rear of 121 S. 13th St. — Between 10 a.m. May 14 and 5 a.m. May 15, someone smashed the window of a 2008 Nissan that was parked in the paid garage at 800 Delancey St. and stole a GPS. — At 1:10 a.m. May 18, a man was accosted in the 900 block of Spruce Street by a male who demanded and stole his cell phone and money. The suspect was described as a black male, 30, 6 feet, 150 pounds, with facial hair and wearing dark clothing. — At 4:40 p.m. May 18, a woman was in the 800 block of Walnut Street and bumped into a male. Shortly after, she noticed her wallet was missing from her handbag. The suspect was described as a black male in his 50s, 5-foot-6, with a thin build and wearing a black jeff cap and a black coat. — At 2:30 a.m. May 18, a man returned to his apartment in the 1000 block of Clinton Street and

didn’t notice anything wrong until he woke up at 9:30 a.m. to discover a laptop, iPad and iPhone missing. There were no signs of any forced entry and the complainant cleaned up before police arrival, therefore no fingerprints were lifted. — Between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. May 19, someone stole a secured bicycle from outside 101 S. 11th St. NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS — On May 15, 6th District plainclothes Officers Ferrero and Hill set up surveillance in the area of Juniper and Walnut streets and, at 8 p.m., observed a male steal a bicycle from outside 200 S. Juniper St. The 48-year-old suspect was charged with theft. — At 11:40 a.m. May 15, the owner of the store at 1039 Chestnut St. was arrested by members of the Major Crimes Unit after an investigation determined that designer items sold at this location were counterfeit. The 46-year-old suspect was charged with trademark counterfeiting and related offenses. — At 12:15 p.m. May 15, 6th District plainclothes officers Seifert and Wenger observed an illegal narcotics transaction out-

side 1000 Market St. They arrested a 23-year-old female for illegal narcotics sales and a 37-year-old male with a Kensington address for illegal possession of narcotics. —At 11:50 p.m. May 15, a man was walking near 12th and Pine streets when a male known to him verbally accosted him, then punched him and took his handbag. The victim was helped by concerned witnesses who called 911. Sixth District Officers Butler and Burrell quickly responded and arrested the suspect at 13th and Walnut streets. The 20-year-old suspect with a West Philadelphia address was charged with robbery and related offenses. — On May 17, officers assigned to the Citywide Vice Unit made two arrests for prostitution: at 9:15 p.m. at 1200 Locust St. and at 9:30 p.m. at 1300 Locust St. — At 9:45 p.m. May 17, 6th District Officers Ferrero and Grant arrested a male outside 1300 Drury St. who was wanted for probation violations. The 37-year-old suspect with a Tacony address was charged with escape. SUMMARY ARRESTS — On May 13, 6th District offi-

cers issued citations for summary offenses at 7:30 a.m. outside 1200 Chestnut St., at 8:30 a.m. outside 1300 Locust St. and at 10:25 a.m. outside 1300 Chestnut St. Center City District officers issued a citation at 2:35 p.m. outside 1300 Market St. — At 9:45 a.m. May 14, 6th District officers issued a citation for a summary offense outside 1001 Market St. — On May 16, 6th District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 9 p.m. outside 1200 Chestnut St., at 9:45 p.m. outside 1300 Chestnut St. and at 11:20 p.m. outside 200 S. 13th St. — On May 17, 6th District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 1:50 a.m. outside 1301 Lombard St., as well as one at 1:30 p.m. outside 1300 Drury St. and at 8:40 p.m. outside 1300 Walnut St. — On May 18, 6th District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 3 p.m. outside 1300 Drury St. and at 8:45 p.m. outside 1300 Walnut St. — At 5:40 p.m. May 19, 6th District officers issued a citation for a summary offense outside 1200 Chestnut St. ■

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Being other in Philly PGN was invited to participate in a panel discussion Tuesday evening entitled “Being Other in Philly,” an event that produced fruitful, meaningful conversation that pointed to the need for vast cooperation among minority communities in order to achieve societal gains that will benefit all populations who feel “othered.” Sponsored by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists and Global Citizen, the discussion was led by journalists at the helm of the city’s leading minority publications. The forum was launched in response to Philadelphia Magazine’s controversial “Being White in Philly” feature this spring, as a way to explore the need for media outlets to address the needs of minority populations. Each panelist and audience member brought his or her own experiences, and those of his or her respective communities, to the table. One participant talked about covering the issue of gun violence in Asian communities; another addressed the complexities of balancing coverage of issues impacting Jewish communities across the political spectrum; and another looked at the need for enhanced coverage of how the city’s schools are meeting the needs of African-American youth. PGN led discussion on the victories that have been won for LGBT rights but the continued need for public pressure to garner full equality. The issues discussed were vast but each person in the room shared one common element: Everyone had felt “other” at some point because of his or her identity. Embracing that commonality enabled all attendees to see how and why they should work together for their respective goals. Just as the labor and immigration-reform movements have become increasingly aligned with the LGBT-rights movement, so too can other populations and movements. Not everyone fighting for equal treatment of African-American, Asian or Jewish communities may share a complete ideology with the LGBT community. None of these populations is monolithic: We each represent a broad swatch of Philadelphians who hail from different backgrounds and have a range of interests and ideals. But, working to enlist allies who personally understand what it means to be a minority, who have faced discrimination and who know the desire and drive it takes to fight for equal rights can be a key tool in achieving advances for each of these groups. Being “other” in Philly is not uncommon. Nor is it something that people should accept. In a city whose diversity is as rich as its history, Philadelphians should not stand for feeling anything less than a full citizen. By joining with communities who are also labeled “other” — by societal prejudices, by mainstream media or by history — LGBTs can gain new allies in their own fight for justice and, perhaps, new perspective and drive to pursue equal rights for all. ■

Oh, Virginia, you crazy. And if you need proof, you need look no further than E. W. Jackson, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. Jackson, along with gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, “are a right-wing blog’s comments sections personified,” according to LOLGOP (which you really should follow on Twitter immediately). And, terrifyingly, they could win. How bad can it be, you wonder? Oh, where to start? Well, how about on Jackson’s campaign website, where he makes his feelings on heterosexual marriage clear? “I strongly support the only true definition of marriage as a sacred union between one man and one woman,” he says. “Any other arrangement will never be a ‘marriage’ no matter what anyone calls it. This has been the definition for thousands of years, and it is disappointing that we have come to a place where radical activists, politicians, lawyers and judges arrogantly seek to change that definition and turn history, biology and reality upside down.” Never mind that the “definition” of marriage has hardly been an unchanging institution for “thousands of years.” One need only comb the Bible for examples. Speaking of upsidedown reality, Jackson goes on to say, “I will defend the rights of Americans who hold to the truth against all efforts to persecute, marginalize and silence them.” Because in Jackson’s world, it’s the antigay Christians who are discriminated against. But wait, it gets worse. In a 2012 interview with Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, Jackson said the kind of thing that makes you wonder if he knew his mic was on: “Liberalism and their ideas have done more to kill black folks whom they claim so much to love than the Ku Klux Klan, lynching and slavery and Jim Crow ever did. Now that’s a fact.” It really makes you wonder how Jackson defines “fact.” I suspect it is not realitybased. There’s also that time when Jackson said that gays are blinded by their one-track

homo-sex-having minds. “Their minds are perverted, they’re frankly very sick people psychologically, mentally and emotionally and they see everything through the lens of homosexuality,” Jackson said in a 2012 interview with LaBarbera. “When they talk about love, they’re not talking about love, they’re talking about homosexual sex. So they can’t see clearly.” In case Jackson’s feelings about homosexuals wasn’t clear, he later said, in the same interview, “Homosexuality is a horrible sin, it poisons culture, it destroys families, it destroys societies. It brings the judgment of God unlike very few things that we can think of.” You know, I’m not a Christian scholar, but can Jackson really only think of a “very few things” that piss God off as much as homosexuality? Off the top of my head I can think of a few things that should be higher on God’s priority list: genocide, slavery (not a thing of the past, folks), rich people getting richer while the poor starve to death, rape, torture, pedophilia. Oh, but wait. Jackson thinks that homosexuality and pedophilia are the same thing. In 2010 he said, “I know there are people who say it’s unfair to associate homosexuality with pedophilia ... but I believe there is a direct connection because what they really want is absolute, complete and total sexual freedom.” But, hey, he said that three years ago. And we all know how quickly attitudes toward LGBT people are evolving, right? Then again, Jackson doesn’t strike me as the type to believe in evolution. Please, Virginia, just say no to this guy and his buddy Cuccinelli. Be better than this. ■

“Homosexuality is a horrible sin, it poisons culture, it destroys families, it destroys societies; it brings the judgment of God unlike very few things that we can think of.”

D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world, she reviews rock ’n’ roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister.

Correction In the caption for a photo of the Mazzoni Center Elixir fundraiser in the May 24-30 issue, PGN incorrectly identiﬁed the attendance estimation. About 225 people attended the event.

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Making the time for seniors I recently had what was sort of a clancounseling, organizations focusing on trans destine meeting in New York across from health and safety, endangered youth, help for LGBT homeless and the last pioneering City Hall with a group of individuals from the LGBT community who realize the need issue — senior social services and living. Of all the issues, list which one you think for an LGBT-friendly senior living facilhas the least demographic studies? Seniors. ity similar to the one we are building in Philadelphia. We literally toss them aside. We are an As president of dmhFund, I ageist community. have had previous invites from Of the studies of LGBT other cities to assist with their seniors done thus far, the numplans. We’ve been judicious ber-one item of need is housing. in choosing which ones we’d To that effect, Los Angeles has spend our limited time on. This one senior residence, Philly’s opens this coming January and group seems to have the background and the fire in their belly only two others have it in sight. to actually get it done. All they Even San Francisco, often seen need is the direction and guidas the gay mecca, won’t break ance, and maybe a kick in the ground until at least 2015. You ass along the way. often hear that we have no time Listen up, LGBT America, to wait to assist our endangered here are the simple facts. Your gay youth. That line is even city is not on the map of being truer for our seniors. We don’t an LGBT-friendly city until have the time: They literally are Mark Segal dying. ■ your community can state that it is taking care of the needs of Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the its own community. Those needs should nation’s most-award-winning commentainclude social organizations likes sports tor in LGBT media. He can be reached at leagues, musical organizations, religious institutions, community centers, politimark@epgn.com. cal organizations and, more importantly, LGBT medical clinics, legal advisors, peer

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Street Talk Were the recent hate crimes in New York City a backlash against LGBT advances? “No. People who commit hate crimes are ignorant. They probably aren’t even aware of advances achieved by Torah Brand the LGBT student community. King of Prussia They’re in their own little world. I just think hate crimes are a reflection of people’s ignorance.”

“Yes, because LGBT issues have gotten so much attention recently. It’s radically polarizing people on Mattie Dimler both sides. professor Extremists on East Falls the fringe are being affected by this attention and acting out their beliefs in a violent manner.”

“Yes. There’s been so much publicity. When you shine a spotlight on something, you’re stoking the flames. The Nicole Hopkins backlash is salon owner definitely to Society Hill be expected. The same thing happens in the African-American community, unfortunately. It’s just human nature.”

“Yes, because a lot of people are against gay rights. The more you push for something, the more you Lisa Stefaesen antagonize chef folks. People Camden, N.J. are getting intimidated because gayness is becoming the norm. So you’re getting more and more nutcakes committing hate crimes.”

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Cuba, I’m proud of you! In the information packet for my recent trip to Cuba, I immediately noticed this small caveat: “While Cuba is becoming more and more open-minded with regard to cultural diversity, same-sex partners may not feel as open to express themselves. Havana is quite cosmopolitan in this regard, but smaller villages are not as accustomed to open expression or affection by LGBT community members.” It must have taken some poor soul hours to craft this in a way that didn’t sound like this: “Don’t act too gay in Cuba.” Imagine my surprise when I met our guide for the day in the town of Remedios, four hours from Havana. With his purse and eyeliner, Marco practically floated along as he pointed out the sights. We weren’t on an LGBT-themed tour, but Marco had no problem stopping to admire the male eye-candy (lots of that in Cuba) and answering questions about LGBT rights. I was struck that the tourist office

had no problem sending someone so — shall we say — fabulous to lead a random group of Americans around. I couldn’t see this happening back home. Things have changed a lot in Cuba. Despite the supposed social equality that Cuba’s government has espoused since the 1959 Communist revolution, until only recently, LGBT people have been outright persecuted. It’s ironic that just as McCarthy was rooting out gays and lesbians for being (of course) Communist sympathizers in the U.S., Castro considered homosexuality a decadent product of capitalism. You really couldn’t win. We Americans mellowed out around the pinko/gay thing somewhat, but the Cuban Communist party was calling homosexuality “incompatible with the revolution” well into the ’70s. Many who fled the island were LGBT people escaping brutality and imprisonment. Only in the 1980s did the official

government line begin to change. Even Castro has publically apologized for his homophobia, though he stopped short of starting a PFLAG chapter. You might have heard that Mariela Castro — Fidel’s niece and the daughter of current president, Raul — is a leading LGBT activist and fiercely challenging her father’s own policies. One wonders if, kind of like Republican Sen. Rob Portman, Fidel and Raul’s political positions softened when a family member told them to get over it. Sometimes when it comes to family, human nature trumps political ideology. Over coffee, I asked Marco if he felt he was treated as an equal in Cuba, and he proudly replied, “Sí!” And same-sex marriage? I got a terse, “No.” However, in five years, “és possible.” Same here, I thought, even though I’ve now lost count of how many states got same-sex marriage this year alone. Full equality isn’t quite around the corner for

either of us, but it’s in sight. Later during my trip, another local said, “The successes of the revolution” — and there were some, despite great failures — “had little to do with Communism and everything to do with the Cuban people.” That is a bigger statement than he likely meant. It made me think about our own LGBT revolution — hopefully a more peaceful and inclusive one than Fidel’s — and how it has nothing to do with politics or even national identities. Instead, it has everything to do with each of us being honest about who we really are, doing it with courage and standing together. Happy Pride, everyone, whether you’re in Cuba, the U.S. or anywhere else. ■ Abby Dees is a civil-rights attorneyturned-author who has been in the LGBTrights trenches for 25-plus years. She can be reached through queerquestionsstraighttalk.com.

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Pleas May 21 against the Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge. The suit said the demonstrators have conducted rallies and protests on the property that are “highly offensive to many of the patrons and retail tenants of The Shops” without obtaining legal permits. On May 23, Common Pleas Judge Ellen Ceisler ruled that the group could not demonstrate at the sidewalk in front of One Liberty

Place as it is private property. The judge did say the group could utilize nearby public sidewalks, as long as it applied for a permit for demonstrations involving audio equipment. About six-10 group members have rallied at the location on Friday afternoons since November, the suit says. The suit describes that the ISUPK demonstrators often spoke out against the LGBT community, women and whites. The lawsuit excerpted state-

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with surround sound and give speeches to passersby,” he said. “The place they were setting up is private property. It is space that The Shops would rent out to different organizations. They typically charge a fee, require users to have insurance and sign an agreement with the shops.” In a statement to PGN, ISUPK said the injunction was “not necessary.” “It has always been the opinion of the ISUPK to abide by the laws of the land,” the group said. “We

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moved to that area of the street because we were told to do so by a police officer, later to find out that it is considered private property. It should be noted that we are not barred from demonstrating on that corner: We are barred from the private area considered owned by the property.” The demonstrators were at the corner May 3, 10 and 17, and Gosselin said the property owners had anticipated their presence to continue with the warmer weather. During last week’s hearing, ISUPK leaders argued that they received permission from the Civil Affairs Division of the Philadelphia Police to use the corner, but Ceisler said they must obtain a formal permit from the managing director’s office. Gosselin said The Shops have received a number of customer complaints against the group, although it was not possible to determine how much revenue was lost because of their presence. “Yes, probably they have lost some revenue, but quantifying at this point is not easy. The goal of filing the complaint was to get and reclaim their property,” he said. According to the lawsuit, about 15,000 individuals use the entrance at 16th and Chestnut streets on a daily basis. In its statement to PGN, ISUPK said their anti-LGBT messages should be heard. “Just as proponents of gay rights believe they have a right to be heard, the same should always apply to those that are not in favor of a gay lifestyle,” the statement said. “However, there are some in our community that believe that black men should die quietly. One block from this corner, a group of about 100 youths rioted and destroyed property. The members of the ISUPK have spoken on the streets of Philadelphia for 20 years without a single arrest. This society is in desperate need for the men of the ISUPK, even if they don’t know it.” Gosselin said there might be future action if the demonstrators do not abide by Ceisler’s ruling. “We are going to take it one month at a time. As long as they go through the property’s permit process and they demonstrate on a sidewalk and not bothering anybody and exercising free-speech rights, it will be fine,” he said. “But if they are out there on a platform having a rally, with a bullhorn and shouting things deemed offensive, that is another thing. Hopefully this is the end of it. But the case is still there and has not been dismissed yet.” ■

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International Protest in Paris against France’s gay-marriage law Tens of thousands protested France’s new gay-marriage law in central Paris May 26. The law was passed more than a week ago, but organizers decided to go ahead with the long-planned demonstration to show their continued opposition, as well as their frustration with President Francois Hollande, who made legalizing gay marriage one of his keynote campaign pledges in last year’s election. Marchers set off from three separate

points across Paris, and by early evening, they filled the Invalides Esplanade just across the Seine River from the Champs Elysees. Police estimated around 150,000 people took part in the demonstration, but march organizers claimed on their Twitter account that more than a million people did. A similar protest in March drew about 300,000. About 5,000 police were on duty for the event because previous anti gay-marriage protests have seen clashes between farright protesters and the police.

Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally Russian police say they detained at least 30 gay-rights campaigners and their opponents at an unsanctioned rally in Moscow. The campaigners tried to unfurl banners denouncing the Kremlin-backed homo-

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phobic legislation in front of Russia’s lower house of parliament, but were attacked by Orthodox Christian vigilantes carrying icons and crosses. Russia’s lower house of parliament voted in January for a bill that makes public events and dissemination of information about the LGBT community to minors punishable by fines of up to $16,000. The bill still awaits final approval. Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, but homophobia remains strong in the country. Government critics and gayrights activists claim that the Kremlin and the powerful Orthodox Church encourage vigilante groups to attack gay rallies and parades.

Lesbian drama takes top prize at Cannes film festival A film featuring the love story between

two women, and which has shocked some critics because of some graphic sex scenes, has been awarded the top prize at the Cannes film festival. Bookmakers had already named “Blue is the Warmest Color” as the favorite to win the Palme d’Or prize. It was announced May 26 that it had won, beating the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewelyn Davis,” which won the Grand Prix, the runner-up prize. “Blue,” directed by Tunisian-born French director Abdellatif Kechiche, and based on a graphic novel, contains some graphic scenes, and some reviewers have noted that it may need to be edited in order to be widely distributed for cinema showings. It centers around 15-year-old character Adele, played by Adele Exarchopoulos, and her lover Emma, who is played by Lea Seydoux. Kechiche said he would consider cutting some scenes in order to have the film seen by as wide an audience as possible. ■

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in post-secondary education, employment, housing and public accommodations, such as hotels and hospitals. Pittston, which is located in Northeast Pennsylvania, will also have a Human Relations Commission to make sure the ordinance is properly handled, rules are followed and to investigate any violations. The Tuesday meeting drew 30 individuals, most of whom supported the ordinance. The ordinance was largely fueled by Northeastern Pennsylvania Rainbow Alliance, which worked with Pittston lawmakers since February on the measure. NEPA Rainbow Alliance executive director and CEO John Dawe said the city was looking to bring in more LGBT citizens and visitors as part of its downtown redevelopment and revitalization project. “The city is well aware that the thriving LGBT community brings value, art and culture, and they asked how they could attract the LGBT community to come to Pittston,” Dawe said. “There are programs that we do that can help Pittston with the LGBT community, but the first thing I said before we would help them was that we needed to pass a nondiscrimination ordinance for the community to feel safe and protected.” Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition executive director Jason Landau Goodman said the vote sent “a clear message that all members of the community must be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect, and that is an extraordinarily important message for every member of the community to hear from government.” Dawe said his agency reached out to Equality Pennsylvania executive director Ted Martin to put the ordinance together. “John really had the relationships in Pittston,” Martin said. “He knew people in Pittston and introduced them to me and I brought in the experience we had in passing ordinances in other places.” Dawe said Wednesday that the process was a “fairly painless” one. “It was the only thing on the agenda last night and they held a special council meeting, and it was the shortest government meeting I have ever gone to,” he noted. Dawe said the Rainbow Alliance gets one or two calls every month from people who are contending discrimination employment or housing, and added he hopes Pittston’s example will influence other municipalities, as well as the state. “Discrimination is definitely an issue in Luzerne County and up until now, there have been no protections in Luzerne County, so we are thrilled that now we can say if you live and work in Pittston, you are covered. We hope that other municipalities will jump on board and do similar things. And we hope our state legislators will get this done in Harrisburg.” Martin said he often speaks with state lawmakers who say supporting the bill would be unpopular with constituents. But, in a growing number of cases, their district already has an LGBT ordinance in place. “It is getting harder and more difficult for them to say why we shouldn’t have protections statewide.” ■

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spirit,” he said. “Gay adults and atheists will continue to be banned. So it’s a half-hearted change, made under pressure.” Gersh said Pioneer Scout Corps welcomes everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. “The only people who aren’t welcome are jerks,” he said. Gersh, who’s an attorney with the Center City law firm Flaster Greenberg, said he expects Pioneer Scout Corps will be a permanent fixture in Cherry Hill, regardless of how accepting traditional Scouting becomes. He pointed to the Scouts’ long history of discrimination, and noted happily that his group doesn’t carry that baggage. He also said participants of Pioneer Scout Corps get along very well with each other and the larger community. “I don’t see an exodus of members from our group to the Scouts under any circumstances,” Gersh added. Palma M. Rasmussen, a frequent critic of the Scouts, also wasn’t impressed with BSA’s policy change. “The BSA is sending a message that LGBT adults cannot be good citizens or good parents,” Rasmussen said. “It’s outrageous to not allow LGBT parents to participate in their children’s Scouting activities. The Scouts are keeping out healthy adults, while sexual predators who are largely straightidentified continue to molest youth participants.” She said the new policy will be damaging to LGBT families. “What will happen when children ask their parents to come with them on a Scouting event?” she posed. “Will the parents be told no if they’re LGBT? What will happen if a child asks his mom or dad to be a Scout leader for his unit? Will the BSA say no if they’re LGBT? That could be devastating to a child. Leave it to the BSA to create an atmosphere of hate and exclusion. This is not what Scouting was supposed to be. Shame on the BSA.” Next month, the BSA Cradle of Liberty Council will vacate a cityowned facility in Center City, ending a five-year legal fight waged by the council to remain there rentfree. Rasmussen said the move is long overdue. She also renewed her call for the Nutter administration to evict a BSA troop that’s been occupying a cityowned facility in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia since 1987, while paying a nominal rent of $1 per year. ■

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three times, in the face and torso. Neither child was physically injured in the assault. After the shooting, the victim drove herself to the nearby Riddle Memorial Hospital emergency room, where police were contacted. Police reports noted blood in the front seat of the car. A spokesperson at Riddle Memorial said the victim had been transferred to Crozer Chester Medical Center. According to police, her injuries were “potentially life-threatening.” The hospital would not release details of her condition, but she was still in the hospital at presstime. Police went to Daly’s home to arrest her, but did not enter the home. Daly was told to come out by police speaker, and she surrendered without incident. The weapon allegedly used in the attack was found outside the house in the driveway. It is unclear whether or not Daly fired at the other woman as she drove away, but according to police, the boy said he thought his mother had been hit as she drove. Daly was arrested late Monday night and arraigned Tuesday. Magisterial District Judge Walter Strohl charged Daly with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, two counts of recklessly endangering another person — one count for the ex and one for the boy — endangering the welfare of a child and possessing an instrument of crime. Daly was remanded to Delaware County prison after she failed to post bond. Her bail was set at $2 million cash bond. Daly’s specialty at DuPont is emergency pediatric medicine. She also has privileges at Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania and has an office on 34th Street. The victim is reportedly a nurse at DuPont. The couple previously lived in Chester Springs. Details of the shooting came from the 11year-old boy, who was interviewed by police on Monday night and delivered a sworn affidavit. Police did not disclose whether or not there was a history of domestic violence between the women. A preliminary hearing has been set for Daly on June 4. It will be held at the Lima District Court in Media. Calls to Daly’s home on Middletown Road were not answered. Anyone with information on the shooting or other information pertinent to this incident is asked to call the Pennsylvania State Police in Media at 484-8401000. ■

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The must-haves and maybe-nots for the lounge chair With the season for beach vacations and road trips now upon us, what better time to refill your bookshelf — or your e-reader — with the latest LGBT titles. Take a look at some of the works in which we’ve buried our noses to get some ideas. The Elephant of Surprise Brent Hartinger Fiction The fourth volume in Hartinger’s youngadult series, which began with “The Geography Club,” has gay Russell, bisexual Min and the straight Gunnar craving adventure, or what they call the “elephant — er, element — of surprise.” For Russell, this means breaking up with his long-distance boyfriend, Otto, and pursuing his crush on Wade, an African-American “freegan.” Wade introduces Russell to his eco-friendly alternative lifestyle, in which he and others live using only what they need in life, foraging for food in Dumpsters and squatting in abandoned houses. Meanwhile, Min suspects her closeted girlfriend Leah of something hinky and enlists Russell and Gunnar’s help to get answers. “The Elephant of Surprise” breezes along as Russell meets up with Wade to determine if this attractive stranger is equally smitten with him. Their bonding is sweet but somewhat unconvincing; moreover, Wade’s looks seem to appeal to Russell more than his “freegan” lifestyle. Although the subplot involving Min raises some good points about truth and trust in relationships, it also feels a bit false. Of greatest interest is Russell’s consider-

ation of Kevin, his ex-boyfriend from “Geography Club.” Despite its narrative flaws, Hartinger captures his teens well, and fans will look forward to the characters’ next adventures. —Gary M. Kramer In a Queer Voice: Journeys of Resilience from Adolescence to Adulthood By Michael Sadowski Nonfiction “In a Queer Voice” traces the ups and downs of the lives of a series of LGBT people, using their own words to show the transitions they undergo as they struggle for selfand societal acceptance. Sadowski’s book is based on a twopronged study of LGBT teens conducted when they were adolescents and then six years later when they reached adulthood. The writer profiles each subject, detailing the supports he or she has at home, at school and in other contexts. And then, the reader can later see how that person’s life has changed in the intervening period and how his or her own conceptions of sexuality and identity have been shaped in that time. While reading a personal account from an LGBT teen can be enlightening, Sadowski provides added insight by allowing the teens to speak for themselves and analyzing their linguistics to uncover deeper meaning. “In a Queer Voice” is an excellent piece for teachers, mental-health providers or other professionals looking to learn more about the psyche of LGBT youth. It can also be a wonderful resource for teens themselves, or their families, who are in need of hope. — Jen Colletta

The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to their Younger Selves Edited by Sarah Moon and James Lecesne Nonfiction

Think “It Gets Better” only for LGBT writers, and you have “The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to their Younger Selves” by Moon and Lecesne. This book will have readers either in tears, hysterics or both. “The Letter Q” caters to LGBT-identified youth, and the writers featured include stories of heartbreak, inspiration and power. The book features a plethora of stories from LGBTs who come from and have vastly different life experiences, but who ultimately find self-acceptance and success on many different levels. This book is a must-read for LGBT individuals of all walks of life and ages, and can be particularly comforting for youth struggling to believe that it gets better. — Angela Thomas Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional SelfConfidence By Ross Mathews Memoir We’re willing to bet if you like Mathews on television, you will be happy to devour his first book and memoir charting his unlikely path to stardom — going from a

bubbly, bright-eyed child in a small farm community and, through ambition and a series of chance encounters, ending up a celebrity in his own right. Matthews is every bit as ebullient and entertaining in print as he is on television. Along the way, he regales readers with his super-fan perspective of encounters with various celebrities. Plus, there’s the added bonus of a forward written by celebrity gal pal Gwyneth Paltrow and an afterward written by his late-night cohort and benefactor Chelsea Handler. If you’re looking for a quick and entertaining read overflowing with flash, glamour and heart, this is definitely a book you should add to your library. — Larry Nichols Maxie Mainwaring, Lesbian Dilettante Monica Nolan Fiction

Monica Nolan’s delightful dilettante, the madcap Maxie Mainwaring, is a pleasing and plucky protagonist. In this often-alliterative book, Nolan depicts the title character, an ex-deb who has been cut off from her allowance by her aggravated mother after some bad behavior — a fabulous opening scene of seduction in the Bay City Woman’s Club powder room. Newly broke, Maxie must find employment despite her inability to do anything (much less do it before 10 a.m.). She scrapes by at the Magdalena Arms, where she lives with other lesbians, including Lois Lenz (subject of Nolan’s equally amusing first novel). However, between fighting with her on-again/off-again girlfriend Pamela and trying to keep a series of jobs, Maxie gets embroiled in a mystery that brings her close to an attractive butch named

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Frank Barham, ‘The Religious Right is Wrong’ By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Some of the LGBT-rights movement’s most vocal opponents use religion as the basis for bigotry, but one local author is looking to use years of research to challenge the messages promulgated by the religious right. Dr. Frank Barham’s “The Religious Right is Wrong,” released last month, takes a meticulously researched and measured approach to debunk the notion that homosexuality is decried in ancient religious texts, seeking to demonstrate both to the religious and to LGBTs that those identities do not need to be mutually exclusive. Barham, 75, a native of Tennessee who now lives in Bella Vista, said his interest in the topic germinated from his time growing up gay in the Bible Belt. “For many years I was conflicted about my sexuality and my religious upbringing and, as time went on, I got tired of hearing the religious right make these great pronouncements about the sins of gay people while ignoring the other admonitions found in the Old Testament,” he said. “I began to doubt the veracity of the works the ministers were using and even my own interpretations of the Bible. So I began a search of these admonitions primarily for my own benefit and my interest grew from there, and I decided to dig deeper.” “The Religious Right” has been in the works for about five years, he said. Barham spent his career as a physician and later in health-care administration, and upon his retirement in 2004 turned his attention to his passion for writing. He released his first book — a series of short stories about feral dogs that he assisted in rescuing near his winter home in the Yucatan, with proceeds going to

animal-rescue agencies — in 2010. He currently has two other works in the pipeline. The information-gathering process for “The Religious Right” was an arduous one that included interviews with priests, ministers and rabbis and the translation of Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew texts. Barham said he believes many of the biblical passages that are often used by antigay activists are misinterpreted. “Many of the religious right ignore the context in which the Old Testament was written,” he said. “They ignore the fact that, from what I’ve read and from the people I’ve spoken to, the admonitions against so-called homosexual acts really pertain instead to people practicing a pagan religion. As far as Hebrews were concerned, the acts involved with the pagan religion were ignoring the true god and, therefore, that was the sin and not the act itself.” Barham said his book can be relevant to a vast array of audiences — LGBTs and allies questioning their faith and Christian and Jewish communities looking to gain a deeper understand of their faiths’ tenets on homosexuality. “There are many different ways to interpret much of what has been taught in Hebrew school or Sunday school,” he said. “The gay lifestyle, in my opinion, is not a sin at all. That it has been maligned is because of a misinterpretation of certain words, expressions and the context of the environment in which the old scripture was written.” ■

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Lon, and her ambiguous new fifth-floor neighbor, Kitty. Nolan’s witty, pulpy fiction breezily addresses how women lived in the mid-1960s, and how social norms were enforced at debutante balls, publishing houses and all-female watering holes. The intrigue is as interesting as Maxie’s sexual assignations with various women, but it is Maxie’s restlessness — at work or at play — that keeps the book interesting as the story unfolds right up to the final, satisfying unmasking of a mob queenpin. —G.M.K.

process, but one that should ultimately be strived for. The storybook is a perfect companion for modern families looking to illustrate to their youngsters both the value of diversity and acceptance of people with varying views. However, just as Elly was far more progressive than her grandfather, the book could ultimately prove to be just as educational for adults as it is for kids. — J.C.

My Two Uncles Judith Vigna Children’s

New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut By B. Ruby Rich Nonfiction

In Vigna’s endearing new book, a child struggles to unite her love for her uncles with her grandfather’s homophobia, painting a realistic picture of the modern family from a child’s eyes. The watercolor-illustrated tale follows Elly as she prepares for her grandparents’ 50th anniversary party, depicting her making a party gift with her Uncle Ned and his partner, Phil, as naturally as she would with other family members. However, Elly is confounded when her grandfather refuses to allow Phil at the party, and conflicted about going herself out of loyalty to her uncles, whom she accepts unconditionally. The story includes Elly’s father explaining to her how some people see her uncles as different from other couples, an exchange that highlights the innocent simplicity of youth and the barriers presented by adulthood. Ultimately, the grandfather character begins to warm to the idea of Ned and Phil, impressing upon the reader that acceptance is a gradual

No matter how much you know about queer cinema, we’re willing to bet Rich has you beat. To her credit, Rich, a film critic, journalist and scholar who has written for a number of publications like The Village Voice and The Guardian UK, educates the reader in fine and detailed fashion without ever being in danger of being boring in the process. And given the academic nature in which the subject matter is treated, that is quite the feat. The wealth and density of the information contained in “New Queer Cinema” can at times be a little bit too much for casual fans of queer cinema, but if you really want to delve deep into the leaps and bounds LGBT subject and filmmakers have made in movies since the early 1990s, as well as get some insights into the impact celebrated films like “Brokeback Mountain” and “Milk” had on popular culture, this the book to read. — L.N. PAGE 26

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Bill Whiting, ‘An Early Work Late in Life’ By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A series of happenstances led local artist Bill Whiting to put pen to paper to relive and re-experience years of memories about his late lover and his former life. Whiting’s “An Early Work Late in Life: The Art and Life of Danny Allen” is a memoir-styled work that traces Whiting’s relationship with artist Danny Allen in the late 1960s and early ’70s in Rochester, N.Y., a time rife with free love and cannabis-smoking. The story showcases Allen’s art and writing, which gives deeper insight into the complex and talented artist who readers learn from the beginning took his own life in 1974 at the age of 28. Whiting’s tribute to Allen was rather serAUTHOR BILL e n d i p i t o u s : N e a r l y WHITING 40 years after Allen’s suicide, a friend sent Whiting a forwarded email from an intern at the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, who had found one of Allen’s paintings in storage. The initial email correspondence led the work, “Sunny Ducks,” to ultimately be featured in a collection of rarely seen gallery pieces — and opened a floodgate of memories for Whiting.

Whiting, who operates a political blog and is also working on publishing a series of short stories, started a blog recollecting his life with Allen, in part based on his own journals and featuring Allen’s own works — which the late artist’s family ultimately suggested he turn into a book. “Once I got that first email, I started bringing out Dan’s portfolios and slides of his work and started the blog,” he said. “I got Dan’s family and mutual friends involved so people could comment and share their own recollections. So it was part my journals and also a group effort in a way. People would tweak my memory about something and a whole door would open, and a number of things I’d forgotten would come back to me.” The book tells of all facets of Whiting and Allen’s relationship — playful moments in their apartment, adventures with hippie friends, an eclectic cast of characters involved in their lives — but also the darker issues they dealt with, including Allen’s depression, often evinced through his drawings. Whiting said he dealt with longstanding issues of guilt after Allen’s suicide, which writing the book helped him to again confront. “It took a long time for me to see that Dan’s choices were really his own. For many years, I blamed myself for his decision, which in hindsight is a natural one, although it may not be an accurate one,” he said. “But I’ve forgiven

myself to a large degree. I learned through this process that people admired ARTIST DANNY ALLEN me more Photos: Eva Weiss than I thought, which helped.” Since the book’s publication, Whiting said friends of Allen have continued to contact him with stories and works of Allen, some of which he hopes to include in future reprints. Although Allen lived a short life, Whiting said he saw through the writing of the book that his impact has been lifelong. “I realized how much I loved Danny and still do to this day. I will always miss him and, until this writing came along, I spent a lot of years trying to push him down into a place in my heart and memory where he wasn’t omnipresent. But that didn’t work. He is always going to be on my mind and in my heart, and doing this allowed me to say that that’s OK. He is the love of my life, and I can embrace that and not try to run away from it; I needed to just let that be a part of me and now it is.” ■ Bill Whiting will read from “An Early Work Late in Life” at 5:30 p.m. June 1 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.

Reno Prestige Wright, ‘Making Mr. Wright’ By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Philadelphia native Reno Prestige Wright has been an active LGBT advocate for years and, with his newly published “Making Mr. Wright: Memoirs of a Black Female-toMale Transsexual,” he is sharing his story of transition, faith and community work. Wright, 40, said he knew he liked girls from a young age and came out as transgender at 21. “Growing in North Philly was very difficult, especially as a member of the community and an African-American member of the community because you didn’t talk about this type of stuff, you didn’t talk about being gay and it was a huge taboo if you were,” he said. “You were encouraged violently to a certain extent to suppress those feelings. It was a very unwelcoming atmosphere.” Wright was an avid reader as a child and often escaped from the challenges he faced by reading about historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Joan of Arc. “Being into books and reading as a child was discouraged because in my neighborhood, females were not allowed to display any type of intelligence,” he said. “Everything I did was against what I was supposed to do, including reading, but I loved it. I got lost in the imagination, the history and the different

time periods and, in my mind, I found reading would allow me to display and relate to persons who had the same behaviors that I dreamed of displaying.” Wright said his own writing draws inspiration from the classic Harlem Renaissance writers such as Langston Hughes, James Baldwin and Zora Neale Hurston, as well as mainstream writers like Anne Rice. “These are writers who are in the community, that are tortured souls and the only way to express themselves was through writing,” he said. “Anne Rice is also a remarkable spiritual writer and I was looking for so long for the perspective from which she writes. Her fiction is so real to me.” Wright said he felt he had to publish his story, in part, to help bridge the gap between the LGBT and religious communities. “In my culture, it is very discouraged to be LGBT and religious and most of our black churches are who we are; we are encouraged to be one way in the church and another way outside and that is hypocritical,” he said. “Many of us don’t have a relationship with God because that is how we are taught: that God doesn’t love us, and that is a huge lie that drove me insane.” The narrative focuses on 2007, when Wright was in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation process, through last year, when he says his life began to feel more complete.

Since the book was published, Wright said he has been approached by area universities, as well as members of his own church. “I was at the Philadelphia AUTHOR RENO Library at 28th PRESTIGE and Lehigh and WRIGHT some members of my church actually attended and for those people to tell me that they felt a certain way about the community and the relationship with God, to change their minds, that is true power and that is the Lord telling me that spiritual warfare is what he wants me to do,” he said. In addition to other writing projects, Wright is also working on creating a faithbased LGBT program. “What I want to do is to take what I learned and teach it to other folks, but the main purpose is to change our minds and how we feel about ourselves and change our destructive behaviors and end our horrible tragedies in our community. If we present ourselves as role models, we can turn away from all of those things.” ■

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Oy Vey! I’m Glad I’m Gay By Barry Losinsky Memoir In his first book, Losinsky has managed to create an intimate yet delightful take of coming to terms with one’s sexuality and identity. Losinsky’s memoir takes readers to Baltimore, where the author grew up in a world rich with diversity within the Jewish community. The memoir explores both positive and negative experiences — from instances of sexual assault and near-death experiences to what Losinsky calls “The Perils of Barry” to sexual explorations and his ultimate coming-of-age that leads him to both define and own his sexuality. Losinsky’s brutal honesty about his life and his struggles with his identity is something readers of all backgrounds will appreciate. — A.T. The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame By Gengoroh Tagame, Anne Ishii, Chipp Kidd and Graham Kolbeins Erotic Uh ... wow! This sure as hell ain’t Dragon Ball Z.

Available for the first time in the United States translated in English, the collection of gay manga works by Tagame (described as the “Tom of Finland” of Japan) probably isn’t something you want to crack open in public. The artwork is superbly skilled and detailed. The stories oftentimes are very, very, very hardcore, with hyper-masculine characters and seemingly endless explorations of themes like bondage, sadomasochism, torture, humiliation and other fetishes that make the aforementioned kinks seem super-vanilla by comparison. We’re not kidding here, this is some seriously graphic and sometimes sadistic action that really goes to the edge and beyond. If you are already a connoisseur of gay erotic graphic novels and are looking for something darker and more extreme, this is probably your Disneyland. But if you still have your training wheels on, hold off. There are things you can’t un-see, and this book is like a branding iron to brain in that respect. — L.N. PAGE 28

Duncan More: “The Epiphany of Hunter Dixon” By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Pennsylvania native Duncan More is a former gay lounge owner, theater actor and director, musician and teacher who now spends his time writing and self-publishing erotic fiction based in places he has lived — which include Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. But Pennsylvania is where he was born and AUTHOR DUNCAN where he lives MORE now. “I’m living outside of Williamsport now but I grew up and did all my early teaching right outside of Wilkes-Barre,” he said. “I find inspiration in places I’ve lived and experiences I’ve had taken to the fantasy level.” More’s latest work, out earlier this

year, is “Sidney in S y d n ey,” based in Australia. But, if you are unfamiliar with More’s works, he suggests starting with one of his later novels like “The Epiphany of Hunter Dixon,” set in Pennsylvania. “‘The Epiphany of Hunter Dixon’ is the best,” he said. “As you write, you get better.” More is also penning a new, as-yet untitled book to be released later this year. “The new book is about an artist in North Carolina on the Outer Banks,” he said. “It’s about the time I was down there teaching. I retired from teaching last June, so now writing is full-time.” For more information on Duncan More, visit duncanmore.com or gayfictionwriter.com. ■

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Tom used to be with Jerry. Jerry is now with Stanley. Tom and Stanley’s brother, Frank, have social anxiety disorder. So Jerry and Stanley hook the two up — not because they’re nice guys and want to help them. No, they bring them together via an invite to their house, not telling them there is a huge party going on, just to be assholes. Some of the descriptive passages of the ordeal are absolutely hysterical, as is most of the book. Tom and Frank hit it off and quickly become a couple. They settle into Tom’s San Diego apartment while Frank looks for work until a few phone calls from Frank’s sick dad back in Indiana prompt the two

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to drive from California to Indiana and help out. Tom is a city boy who hates everything that goes along with farming, but his love for Frank carries him through the first few days, albeit not unscathed. At the end of the first day in Indiana, he has blisters from hoeing, a black eye from getting kicked by a pig, a bloody, wounded arm from a chicken attack, a swollen ear from a bee sting and a Mercurochrome-slathered foot from where Frank removed a leech. But, he did get to help deliver some piglets in a muddy pen, so it wasn’t all for nothing. And it just gets funnier and funnier. Mix in a 1,400-pound hog named Samson, an always horny, leg-humping chihuahua named Pedro and a few other oddball humans and you have acres of burst-out-laughing chuckles. — Scott A. Drake

Strength of the Pack: The Tameness of the Wolf By Kendall McKenna Fiction/fantasy If there is anything hotter than a marine, it’s one that’s an animal. Noah is literally an animal during the full moon. More than that, Noah is an Alpha werewolf. The Marine Corps is taking advantage of shifters — men who shape-shift into werewolves during the full moon — and utilizing them in special ops. As the Alpha, Noah is in charge of all the other shifters in his unit, although he is not in charge of the unit itself. Lucas has had commands with shifters before and, when Noah is transferred into Lucas’ unit, the two are pitted in a struggle of the Alpha werewolf and the ranking human superior.

Bee Ridgeway: “River of No Return” By Scott A. Drake scott@epgn.com Imagine being in a situation where you face almost certain death and at that instant you feel the very essence of yourself pulled away, landing you 200 years in the future. You are told by others like you that you can never return to your own time, so you get acclimated and resettled. But one day you learn otherwise. You can return to your time. And when you do so, many of your new sensibilities, customs and mannerisms return with you, making it difficult to see the world the same as you once did. Bee Ridgeway is a professor of 19th-century literature at Bryn Mawr University and “The River of No Return” is her first novel — a story of love and conflict and being in the right place at the right time. PGN: Why write a book about time travel? BR: Part of my inspiration was my stu-

dents. Not everyone chooses to come to an all-women’s school in 2013. Many of them just want to do something different but many of them maybe aren’t prepared to read 19th-century literature when they get here. And then I love that moment when they come in and they love it. They get it. It is like they performed time travel, because that’s what really good books do to the reader. PGN: Did you deliberately choose to not have gay characters? BR: Now that’s an interesting question. When I started writing it, it was a huge deep, dark secret. I only told my girlfriend and my brother. I did not tell my parents. I told no friends until basically a year and I had sold it. And then it gained momentum and I got an agent and it started being a big deal. It was so exciting. Eventually I thought, Why are there no gay characters? I’m totally, like, lesbian about town, I teach gay stuff, you know at the college, and a lot of my friends are queer and it was like, What’s wrong with me? And then I realized, I kind of wrote it in the closet! You know what I mean? It was a really important secret to me. It was also writing about my own happiness and being queer. It was also a beautiful secret aspect. It was a secret pleasure, like queerness is a secret pleasure. PGN: Tell me about the characters. BR: Well, the main character is a man. He’s very much my character. I don’t think I’m him, but he’s the one who first came into my head, he’s the type of

character I always said I would have if I ever returned to writing. There’s a way the gender differences, including his own mascuAUTHOR BEE RIDGEWAY linity in the 19th century, is different than in the present, which makes it a kind of a gender study than anything about sexuality. Masculinity in the 19th century was more violent and more effeminate. He could beat the shit out of someone and then walk out in the open carrying, like, purses or something. It’s a weird kind of perversity, but in a good way. PGN: You said you are going to write a sequel. What can we expect? BR: I am going to introduce some new characters and I think I might include some gay characters, I don’t know yet. I know I will bring some of these characters back as part of the story because they are part of the time travel family. There are a lot of loose ends and unresolved pieces and I have a couple of characters that need to play a bigger role in the next one. ■

Eventually, Lucas proves to Noah he is the dominant of the two. Throughout the following days, weeks and month, the two get more involved and animal instincts take control. How these two interact professionally and personally is as intoxicating as the scent of Lucas is to Noah when they are both sexually aroused. Do not be lulled into thinking this is a typical werewolf story. It is anything but. And fortunately, this is being billed as the first of a series, so there could be much more intensity to come. — S.A.D. The Wild Beast of Wuhan By Ian Hamilton Fiction “The Disciple of Las Vegas” was the engrossing first book in the Ava Lee mystery series, featuring a lesbian ChineseCanadian forensic accountant. The next installment, “The Wild Beasts of Wuhan,” due out in June, may not be as strong as Ava’s debut, but it is still compelling. Here, Ava investigates an art forgery case — the “Wild Beasts” of the title — a collection of fake Fauvist paintings. Wary of accepting the case, the globetrotting Ava follows the money from China to London to the Faeroes Islands and beyond. Curiously, most of the information Ava needs comes to her with only mild difficulty; she only once has to resort to her bak mei martial arts and is rarely placed in danger. Instead, Ava displays her mental acuity manipulating the people she encounters — clients and criminals alike—to her advantage. But as fascinating as Ava’s work is, “The Wild Beasts of Wuhan” concentrates too much on it, her appearance (Brooks Brothers shirts) and coffee habits (Starbucks VIA). Meanwhile, her personal life — a girlfriend back in Canada, her family on a cruise — is mostly relegated to the back burner, even if it is meant to flesh out one of the more appealing heroines in print today. ■ — G.M.K.

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Peter Hiler: Stellar book seller Cicero said, “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Well, for this week’s reading issue, I have a whole building full of books for you. That’s a lot of soul. Book Traders on Second Street is a gem of a place, a two-story affair literally packed to the ceiling with more than 250,000 books of all types. I’ve been a customer since their location on South Street, where I, as a budding lesbian, found myself furtively rummaging in the LGBT section. It’s the kind of place where they remember your name and what book you were looking for on your last visit. As I was setting up my computer, storeowner Peter Hiler started right off ... PH: I was just thinking about how, when I first came to Philadelphia, I had a night job at the Philadelphia College of Art Library and I used to walk home past the Engineer’s Club. Now it’s the gay community center. We never had anything like that back then. It’s a whole other world now. PGN: I can imagine. Where did you come here from? PH: I was born outside of Boston before our father dragged us west to Dansville, a little town in upstate New York which I had a hell of time with. When I was 21, I ran away to Cape Cod and got a taste of the real world and from then on, I spent my summers there. I love the Cape; I still have friends that I met there back in the day. Then around 1966, I came to Philadelphia. I had a gay roommate from college who’d moved here to study and I came to visit and never left. PGN: Where did you go to college? PH: Holton College, a small liberal-arts college. I majored in English and history. PGN: So being a bookstore owner makes sense. PH: [Laughs.] What else would you do with an English degree? PGN: So why did you have a hell of a time with Dansville? PH: It was pretty restrictive. I think there were only three known gay people and I wasn’t one of them! It was tough but when I moved to Philadelphia, everything was better. To give you an idea of the smalltown climate there, when we had a 20thanniversary reunion, my mother begged me not to come. She knew that they knew and she was worried about how I would be received as an out gay person. So I didn’t go. But that’s how things were. Here I felt all of the liberality, but there was still a fear there. PGN: What were you like as a kid? PH: My mother’s version or my version?

My mother would tell you I was the perfect kid until I turned 13! I was pretty quiet. I went to a WMCA camp where I met lots and lots of people of all sorts, which helped bring me out of my shell. PGN: What did the parents do? PH: My father was a teacher, my mother was a housewife. PGN: Any siblings? PH: I had two brothers, one of whom was gay. He died in 1987. He was living here when it happened. My other brother is married and living in Florida with a couple of kids. I’m the oldest of the three. PGN: Any hobbies back then? PH: Not really, I still don’t. People come in the store and say, “You must have read so many of these books,” but I haven’t. They say never ask a bookseller what they’ve read because they’re so busy selling them, they don’t have time to read. I try to buck the system and read what I can but I don’t always make it to the end of the book! I have this store on Second Street and I also have a second store in Cape Cod.

PGN: How did Steve die? PH: He was a war veteran and had a lot of injuries, mostly from shrapnel, and his heart was not strong. He died at 38. He was such a wonderful person who, as my mother put it, only got to live half his life. But he made an impression. He was very kind and made a lot of friends at the store. PGN: What’s a historical moment that stands out for you? PH: I remember the night of Stonewall. I was right down the street and heard a commotion but didn’t know what it was. I could have easily been in the middle of it. PGN: Wow. And what was your early time in Philly like? PH: Well, in the early ’70s, I was working for Steve Poses at the Frog, which was the first nationally recognized restaurant in Philadelphia and was the start of the restaurant renaissance in the city. They had a lot of artists working there, some gay, some straight, and it was a fabulous place

PGN: I didn’t know that! PH: Yes, it’s in Wellfleet, about 13 miles from Provincetown. I bought it in 1992. It’s only open for a few months each year but it gives me a way to stay connected up there, to keep my feet in the water, so to speak. PGN: When did you first figure out that you were gay? PH: Like so many of us, I think I always knew. I told my mother when I was 20. My father of course thought it was a phase, but they were both kind enough. I never had any of the awful experiences so many of us have had. PGN: And your brothers? PH: I didn’t even know my brother Steve was gay until he came here to help me with the store and he announced on the eve of his arrival that he was having an affair with someone in Washington and that it was a man. I’d always thought he was straight and when he said that during my dinner, my steak went right off the table! I was shocked. I didn’t tell my brother Neal until I was about 65. It was so different for us, you didn’t discuss it. I had a friend who was in therapy for several years and never once told his therapist that he was gay. We were so afraid. It’s hard to see people so liberal now, like in Provincetown; you see couples go hand-in-hand and it’s a little startling. You smile and think, Oh my, this is so different than it used to be. And better. Once I did tell Neal, it was fine. Like my parents, he was very kind.

to be. The place was cool, the people who worked there were cool and I was a part of that! We still all know each other. PGN: And when did you start in the book business? PH: I got started in books back in 1975. For the first 29 years, we were located on South Street. PGN: I lived on Pine Street and remember fondly sitting in your upstairs window leafing through books.

PH: Oh yes, we have a lot of good memories from that store — people gathering when Elvis died and again when Lennon died. We had a whole cast of interesting characters who used to hang out at the store. PGN: What do you think made it such a destination for so many people? PH: The freedom to be yourself and the fact that we were open all the time. South Street was the place to be back then and we’d hang out at the store at all hours. I’ve made sales at 3 in the morning. It’s different now, we close at 10 p.m. PGN: What was your best celebrity encounter at the store? PH: One day Susan Sontag came into the store and she was with her companion — I didn’t know she was gay at the time, not that it mattered — and she needed to make a phone call. This was way back before cell phones or Internet, so she and her friend used my office for about three or four hours. I didn’t mind at all, she could make whatever calls she wanted to make, she was my hero! That was a thrill. And when Fred Oster from the Philly Folk Festival was at The Main Point, he booked Allen Ginsberg to recite poetry. My friend, Ralph, who at the time was the manager of the store, got to pick Allen Ginsberg up from the airport. He picked him up in an old Volkswagon and Allen was in the back seat with his lover Peter Orlovsky. They were in the back playing an accordion that Allen used as he was doing readings. Before the Internet, if you wanted to find a particular book, the only way to do it was through a bookseller, so we had quite a correspondence with him and other people over the years helping them find certain Photo: Suzi Nash books. PGN: OK, you said never to ask a bookseller what they read, but I’m going to do it anyway! What’s a favorite read? PH: Well, I always recommend Tolstoy but I love children’s stories. I love the simplicity of them, so I’ll say, “Wind in the Willows.” PGN: And do you have a partner? PH: Yes, the store! It’s my longest-running relationship. My friends used to tease me because after an PAGE 36

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Ross Mathews opens up in new book and live shows By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com After making his mark on shows like “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Chelsea Lately,” out TV personality Ross Mathews is tackling new ventures with the launch of his memoir, “Man Up: Tales of My Self Delusional SelfConfidence,” and the kickoff of a series of live shows. “Man Up” takes readers inside Mathews’ personal journey as a super fan and how he managed to turn an obsession with pop culture into one-on-one interactions with celebrities. “This is about me growing up in a small farm town, always being an oddity and embracing that,” he said. “It’s about going to Hollywood, how ‘The Tonight Show’ internship happened and the crazy celebrities I’ve met. It’s hilarious, embarrassing stories, but there’s this message that is all about, man up. You are what you are. You have to love what you do and use it to make you stand out in a crowd. There’s a nice sweetness throughout the book without being cheesy.” Comedian Chelsea Handler from “Chelsea Lately” put out Mathews’ book on her own publishing imprint, so it’s safe to assume she gave her blessing for all the projects Mathews, a frequent and favorite guest on her show, is taking on. “She read my treatment and said, ‘I want to publish this book,’” Mathews said. “She’s been so supportive. She loved the book and I’m thrilled. She’s producing my talk show. I feel like I’ve had two real game-changers in my life and my career: Jay Leno and Chelsea Handler.” Speaking of game-changers, Mathews said he accepts his position as a role model for the community in mainstream entertainment — if that’s what people want from him. “This book is dedicated to anyone who ever felt different from everyone else,” he said. “I feel like I’m a role model. If people need or want that, I will be that for people. I have the passion to put something out in the world that was something good — funny — but really good. If this serves the purpose of people who need that, it’s good.” While the show, June 2 at TLA, is a comedy, Mathews said it’s going to involve more than just jokes and stories. “It’s a one-man show,” he said. “It’s ‘Liza with a Z’ but it’s Ross with an S. I will talk pop culture, bring some of the stories in the book to life, tell stories that aren’t in the book. We’re going to play a game show with the audience. I’ll be in the audience for a Q&A and then I’ll stay afterwards and sign everybody’s book.” Live shows are a different animal compared to the moreregimented arena of television, but Mathews said he is looking forward to the off-the-cuff energy of a live audience. “Everything I do always has the potential to go anywhere,” he said. “There’s a lot of spontaneity, but the way this is similar is that I love going into the audience when I’m on a TV show. What’s great about these live shows is we’re not on the clock. I don’t have to go to commercial. If I want to go on a tangent with someone in the audience, we can do that. Nothing is off-limits. At the end of the day, it’s about connecting with people, whether it’s on TV or in a theater.” With all of his TV-show guest appearances, a book, a tour and his own upcoming talk show, we’re guessing Mathews either doesn’t sleep or has an extra few hours in his day. But he relishes his busy, busy schedule. “I’m not complaining. I would never complain. But it’s a lot of work to get here and to be here. Every day I never complain. I just go to gratitude. I’m so happy and thrilled that I get to do this for the rest of my life.” ■ “Man Up: Tales of My Self Delusional Self-Confidence,” is in stores now. Mathews performs 8 p.m. June 2 at TLA, 334 South St. For more information or tickets, call 215-922-1011.

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Athletics and homosexuality: mutually exclusive We have all heard the coach say, “There is no ‘I’ in team.” I remember being taught in middle and high school that sports are a team effort, that bonding on the playing field and being in tune with your teammates is essential in successfully conquering another team. Does being gay impact team play? The U.S. military doesn’t think so, and they play with life and death. Other countries’ military and sports organizations agree. Being gay doesn’t change squat about ability or desire to play sports. And if Robbie Rogers of the Los Angeles Galaxy, our most recent out athlete, can play gay, adding to the long list of out swimmers and divers and basketball’s Jason Collins, then apparently being gay doesn’t mean you can’t play. Nor does it mean that gay people collectively do not want to play. After a long weekend of registration for gay soccer and softball tournaments, attending a couple of softball games, having chats with gay tennis players, gay bowlers and running into some gay runners and flag-football players out at the bars, I have to ask myself, Why would anyone think that sports can cure homosexuality? But St. Charles Borromeo Seminary thinks that LGBTs: 1. can’t play sports; 2. don’t like sports because they aren’t good at them; or 3. would play sports if they weren’t gay. This is the starting point for their sports-therapy program held this past Memorial Day weekend. Using sports as its therapy centerpiece instead of Biblebeating theological argument or water boarding is only a smoke screen to the true nature of their mission: conversion. Leaving the debate on the sidelines on conversion’s success rate, its legality or even its ethicality, using sports is misleading and manipulative. Popularity contests in school centered on athletic prowess. Being a sports fan in a large sports town like Philadelphia gives everyone a sense of popularity, a sense of belonging. If you don’t watch sports or like sports, some people will react as if you were threeheaded. Is it the Christian thing to do to make people feel inferior? Because that’s all this sports therapy is doing — examining gay men and finding something about them that has nothing to do with sex, but that they all have in common. They do this to pull them in and try to change behaviors. More than that, this program is telling gay people that sports are for the masculine or straight community only. I have news for you, St. Charles. There are thousands of LGBT sports participants in Philadelphia and the tri-state areas

alone. And I can say with great certainty that playing sports is not curing anyone of anything. Maybe you guys should try prayer. Maybe that would cure you of homophobia and bigotry. Statistics Liberty Bell softball tournament firstplace teams were the N.J. Gems in the women’s competitive division; N.Y. Long Island Role Models in the women’s recreational division; Outlaws of Knock Bar in the B division; Boston Rebels in the C division; and the N.Y. Rams in the D division. Also placing in the top three locally were the Sunday Hangovers in the women’s competitive division; 369 Bar and Grille in the women’s recreational division; PHL Westbury 4-Play in the recreational division; and Tabu Triple Play and Tavern on Camac Wolves in the C division. Regular-season play continues April 2. For more information, visit www.CBLSL. org. Football Games By Michael Donovan Fiction What’s this? A gay athlete who refuses to come out? Michael Donovan’s “Football Games” takes widely recognized sports homophobia from the sidelines onto the field with this story of a football player who values his privacy more than his partner. The story involves a black pro-football player who is only out to his boyfriend and sister. Envy rears its ugly head when a teammate’s girlfriend works to out the player so her man can get a better chance to play. While this may have been a novel more poignant a few years ago, it is less interesting now. The writing is choppy and at times the writer forgets how his characters speak, either standard English or ghetto English. Sentence structures are rudimentary and it at times the book reads like a screenplay, but without the action or character development. ■ Countdown to Gay Games 9: 448 days. Email your local game, tournament and fundraising info to scott@epgn.com.

IT WAS A BREEZE: We may not be the windy city, but nature sure gave us a good blow over the Memorial Day weekend, causing all kinds of adventures on the fields for the City of Brotherly Love Softball League’s Liberty Belle Classic. Depending or which field you played, the wind could help the batter or the pitcher, but in all cases the outfield was running around like crazy trying to catch fly balls. Tournament winners are below. Photos: Scott A. Drake

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MEMORIAL DAYS: Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk in “Milk,” the acclaimed biopic about the first openly gay man to be elected to major public office, 8 p.m. June 1 on USA. Photo: Phil Bray

KITCHEN DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: The culinary drama of the reality show “Chef Roblé & Co.” returns for season two with Roblé Ali and his Brooklyn-based catering company growing by leaps and bounds with high-end clientele, 10 p.m. June 4 on Bravo. Photo: Bravo/Alex Martinez

SPICED UP: “America’s Got Talent” returns 9 p.m. June 4 with former Spice Girl Mel B joining supermodel Heidi Klum as the newest judges alongside comedian Howie Mandel and radio personality Howard Stern. Nick Cannon returns as host. Photo: Virginia Sherwood

THE YOUNG & THE WORTHLESS: It must be summertime, because a new crop of vapid reality shows featuring the pretty and pampered is in bloom. “Princesses: Long Island” documents the lives of six college-educated young women from affluent areas of “Longuyland” who live pampered lifestyles in the comfort of their parents’ homes—and at the expense of their bank accounts, 9 p.m. June 2 on Bravo. Photo: Bravo/Alex Martinez

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 05/31 Portrait of Jason Shirley Clarke’s feature-length portrait of Jason Holiday, in which he recounts charming anecdotes from his past and opens up about the harsh realities of being black and gay in 1960s America, 7 p.m. at Ibrahim Theater at International House, 3701 Chestnut St.; 215387-5125. Christine Havrilla The out singersongwriter performs 8:30 p.m. at Tin Angel, 20 N. Second St.; 215928-0770.

Kelly Rowland and The Dream The hit-making R&B singers perform 9 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

Sat. 06/01 Roots Picnic The Roots, Naughty By Nature, Solange and many more artists perform starting at noon at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, 121 N. Columbus Blvd.; 215-569-9400. Bill Whiting The author of “An Early Work Late in Life: The Art and Life of Danny Allen” hosts a reading 5:30 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960.

Good Happens: Honoring Our Ordinary Heroes Anna Crusis Women’s Choir performs 7:30 p.m. at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut St.; 215563-3980. Bill Burr The comedian performs 8 and 11 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Gov’t Mule The rock band performs 8 p.m. at House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-343-4000.

Sun. 06/02 Bringing Up Baby The 1938 comedy is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre,

227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223. Good Happens: Honoring Our Ordinary Heroes Anna Crusis Women’s Choir performs 2 p.m. at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut St.; 215563-3980. Chikara Pro Wrestling The all-ages Mexican wrestling event, 4 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Ross Mathews The TV personality performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

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THE DREAM TEAM: R&B stars Kelly Rowland and The-Dream team up for an intimate club show 9 p.m. May 31 at TLA, 334 South St. For more information or tickets, call 215-922-1011.

p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. The Flobots The alt-hip-hop/ rock group performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Kick-Ass The action film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Lipstick Mondays A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-8622081.

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Samuel R. Delaney The science-fiction author of “Phallos” hosts a reading 5:30 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960. Jessica Wapner The science journalist and author of “The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level”

hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322.

Wed. 06/05 4W5 Blues Jam Local musicians get down, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Thu. 06/06 Patty Griffin The singer-songwriter performs 7:30 p.m. at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.

Fri. 06/07 Anthony Hamilton The R&B singer performs 8 p.m. at House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-343-4000. The B-52s The rock band performs 8 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-5727650.

Jay Mohr The comedian performs 8 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Grizzly The 1976 horror film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Queensryche w/Geoff Tate The progressiverock band performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-9221011. The Burlesque Show The new event kicks off 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215-545-4511.

NEW AND OLD FRONTIERS: Out science-ﬁction author Samuel R. Delaney hosts a reading from the new edition of his historical novel, “Phallos,” 5:30 p.m. June 4 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. For more information, call 215-9232960.

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Opening I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change The musical comedy runs May 31-June 22 at the Barley Sheaf Players, 810 N. Whiftord Road, Lionville; 610-363-7075. Jon Dore The comedian seen on “Canadian Idol” performs June 5-8 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. Powder Her Face Opera Philadelphia performs June 7-16 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.

Continuing Ragtime The Centre Theater presents the musical written by Terrence McNally with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, through June 23, 208 DeKalb St., Norristown; 610-279-1013.

dress costumes from the museum’s collection, through Nov. 17, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Come See About Me: The Mary Wilson Supreme’s Collection The African-American Museum in Philadelphia presents an exhibition of the iconic group’s gowns as well as rarely seen video footage, gold records and album covers, historic photographs, and contemporary magazine and news articles, through Aug. 18, 701 Arch St.; www.aampmuseum.org. Design for the Modern Child Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition featuring some of the latest furniture, toys, tableware, wallpaper and textiles designed in Australia, Asia, Europe, Great Britain and the United States, along with classics from the museum’s design collection, through Oct. 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. DINO! An Evening with Dean Martin at the Latin Casino Walnut Street Theatre presents a recreation

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Heroes Lantern Theatre Company presents the Philadelphia premiere of the comedy about vets plotting to escape from a retirement home, through June 9, 10th and Ludlow streets; 215-829-0395. Inherit the Wind Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the courtroom drama about creationism vs. evolution, through June 9, 120 Radcliffe St.; 215-7850100. In Visible Skin: Portraits of Transgender Philadelphia The William Way LGBT Community Center hosts an exhibition by artist Emily Smith Satis, through June 28, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220.

Closing MAME Bucks County Playhouse presents Andrea McArdle and Lea DeLaria in the popular musical, through June 9, 70 S. Main St.; 215-862-2121. Pinocchio The children’s tale comes to life through June 23 at Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second St.; 215-922-1122.

ALL ‘SHACKED’ UP: The always-energetic and entertaining B-52s are set to rock the house (or the Love Shack) 8 p.m. June 7 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave. For more information or tickets, call 215-572-7650.

All Dressed Up: Fashions for Children and Their Families Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of clothing from the late-18th through mid-20th centuries, comparing and contrasting adults’ apparel with children’s smaller styles, through Dec. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

of a legendary Dean Martin concert, through June 30 at Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

The Art of Golf Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of paintings celebrating the sport, through July 7, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Great and Mighty Things Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of outsider art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection, through June 9, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Bootycandy The Wilma Theater presents the production of sketches that interconnect to portray growing up gay and African-American, through June 16, 265 S. Broad St.; 215-546-7824. Candy Coated Wonderland Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition by Philadelphia-based multimedia artist Candy Coated (formerly Candy Depew) reinterpreting children’s fancy

Grease Walnut Street Theatre presents the classic musical through July 14, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

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Kevin Pollack The comedian seen on “The Usual Suspects” performs through June 1 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. ■

ROCK ’N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL: Walnut Street Theatre presents the classic musical “Grease” through July 14, 825 Walnut St. For more information or tickets, call 215-574-3550.

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FUN PGN & GAMES

Q Puzzle South Park saying Across

1. “South Park” cocreator Stone 5. Cosby’s “I Spy” costar 9. Crack the whip at, e.g. 13. Precollege ed 14. First shepherd 15. Club for SpencerDevlin 16. Supporter of two plastic brides 17. Mall bag 18. Personality parts, to Frasier 19. With 37-Across, what you can’t do with a canine, on “South Park” 22. Routine 23. One having an orgasm? 26. Vital fluid 30. “Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof” 31. Stationery in “Aida”?

36. “The Simpsons” storekeeper 37. See 19-Across 40. Rock that’s easily split 41. Stats on a stallion 42. “Six ___ Under” 43. Marlon Brando’s hometown 45. White as a ghost 46. 1 of 100 in D.C. 47. Women who date men who date men 52. Quit, with “out” 53. Co-creator of “South Park” with 1Across 56. You might see a polar bear there 58. Paul of “Little Miss Sunshine” 59. Cruising 62. Actress Skye 63. Caspian Sea land 64. “___ in the Clowns” 65. “Gay Priest” author Malcolm 66. Novel conclusion 67. Poet ___ Wu

PROFILE from page 29

event they’d ask, “Can we drop you off at home?” and I’d say yes and have them drop me at the bookstore. PGN: I read they filmed a movie here. PH: Yes, it was called “The Answer Man” with Jeff Daniels. It was fun, they closed the bookstore for nine days. PGN: Did you get a cameo? PH: No, no. But when I went to see the film, there’s a scene where he mentions our name. I’d assumed they’d make up a fake bookstore for the movie but in one scene he says, “I’m here in the Book Trader, the best used bookstore in Philadelphia.” I practically fell off my chair! PGN: Well you certainly are the best in town. PH: Thank you. With so many bookstores going out of business, we’re proud to be going strong. Even with all the Kindles, etc., people still like to hold a book in their hands and there’s something especially compelling about an old book. A librarian once told me, “Don’t worry about it, people have been holding books for 2,000 years; it’s part of our genetics and it’ll be a while before that desire wears out.” I love it: You sell books and you never know what they are going to do for people, and it’s amazing to hear how they can influence people. People will tell us about adventures they’ve had or careers they’ve started all because of our books. PGN: Something else you’re proud of? PH: Starting Philly AIDS Thrift — both the first incarnation and the current one. We’re doing fabulously,

Down

1. “Never ___ Picasso” 2. Hit the ground 3. Pronoun for King James 4. Tongue-lashing 5. Neurotic comics woman 6. One that lies on the bottom 7. “Take your mitts off!” 8. Ask from one’s knees 9. Colorful T-shirt 10. Movie about a CIA rescue mission 11. Electronic synthesizer 12. Madonna’s pair 20. Traditionally limp joints 21. Former PLO leader Arafat 23. The whole shebang 24. How punctual people come 25. Eulogist for Caesar

27. Jockey carriers 28. Maintenance cost 29. “___ touch!” 32. Earlier 33. Third degree, often 34. From Jan. 1 until now 35 ACLU concerns 38. Postcoital sigh 39. Hypotheticals 44. “Guys and Dolls” co-creator Burrows 45. Part of DADT 48. Partner of Steve, but not Adam 49. Like unhappy lovers, maybe 50. Tried to tackle tight ends 51. One that mates with a queen bee 54. Robert of “The Brady Bunch” 55. “ ___ of Eden” 56. “This is my first time,” often 57. Gielgud’s john 60. Old Spanish queen 61. Hoopla

PGN: I had no idea. PH: Yes, I’d lost a friend to AIDS and wanted to do something. I joined MANNA and was chopping vegetables. I was terrible at it and thought, There has to be something else I can do. I saw the idea for a fundraising thrift shop in New York and thought, We could do that. So I called Michael Axelrod and got a place rent-free for three months. I got a board together with people I knew and some college friends, and we did very well for a time. Then we had some management problems and eventually had to fold. In 2005, I called Christina and Tom from the original crew and said, “What do you think about starting again?” They were both on board so we opened up the place I’d just vacated on Bainbridge. It’s done so well, we’ve now moved into a larger place around the corner on Fifth Street. PGN: Random questions. What book or story would you want to live in? PH: Oh jeepers, well, Emily Dickinson, her poetry just makes my head pop. Over the years I’ve had the most fun with her work, there’s just something about it that ... well, it’s hard to describe but it’s fun. PGN: Something people don’t know about the store? PH: We have a very large LGBT collection here. Most people in Philadelphia don’t seem to know it, it’s mostly people from out of town that buy our LGBT books. I’m always thrilled when someone does. PGN: And special holiday memories? PH:I believed in Santa Claus until I was about 12!

PGN: You said your brother served in the war; were you ever in the military? PH: No, I got out of it. My mother had me take a letter down to the recruitment center, and I was excused. I always felt guilty about it but I don’t think I would have survived in the military. Steve got snapped up in the draft, and he had to go. It didn’t destroy his spirit — he was always a wonderful guy, but it changed him irreparably. It was terrible. So sad, because he came back at a time when no one wanted to talk about it. It was like, “You’re home now, let’s just move on.” I was one of those people who wanted to gloss over it. I tried to make up for it later when I realized how much it had hurt him. He was a gay man on the front lines and had to deal with his friends dying in his arms. Thankfully, I got to spend the last years of his life with him and he was able to be himself. He made a lot of friends working at the bookstore. We had the memorial for him upstairs. PGN: What kind of letter did your mother give you to get you out of service? PH: She’d sent me to a shrink. It wasn’t her intention, but she realized that if the therapist gave me a letter saying I was a homosexual, I would be ineligible for service. I remember that day well, I didn’t go in drag like many of my friends did, but I had this yellow-and-black checkered coat which I wore to the induction center. The intake person read the letter and said, “Is this true?” I said “yes,” and he looked at my coat and said, “OK, you can go.” He was kind about it and I remember thinking of the line from the movie “Going My Way”: “If this won’t happen, I’ll get by.” I put my coat over my shoulder and walked out. It was bittersweet, I was embarrassed

but I also knew I’d never make it in the Army. I have a friend whose brother is serving in Afghanistan and on his last trip home he confessed, “When I go back, I hope I step on a bomb. All I want to do is die.” It’s too awful. PGN: Agreed. And finally, something people would be surprised to find out about you? PH: [Smiles.] That I’m much more competent than I appear to be. I was a little kid from a small town and I came here and got this started on my own. With Philly AIDS Thrift, I got the board, the location, the first donations — everything to put my idea in motion. I’m so proud. And I’ve been sober for about 25 years, which I’m very proud of. If everybody would take care of just one issue, we could change the world. ■ To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, write to portraits05@aol.com.

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Real Estate Sale

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Sat., June 15th, 2013 • Time: 11pm-3:30am WHAT TO EXPECT: • DJ David Dutch • Complimentary Food & Beverages • A Full House of Guys To Choose From & So Much More..

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NIGHT OF MAGNUM

Sat., June 22nd, 2013 • Time: 11pm-3:30am WHAT TO EXPECT: • DJ David Dutch • MEN OF MAGNUM ENTERTAINMENT • Complimentary Food & Beverages • A Full House of Guys To Choose From & So Much More..

SIP-N-TWIRL SUNDAY(1st Summer Tea Dance Party) Sat., June 23rd, 2013 • Time: 3pm- 6pm

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BUSY TIMES FOR US:

These our are most popular days when people come-

SUNDAY RELIEF Half Price Rooms (6am Sunday till 8am Monday) Members: $12.50 and Non-Members: $22.50

MONDAY thru FRIDAY: Business Mans Locker Special (8am to 4pm) Members: $5.00 and Non-Members: $15.00

TUESDAYS Half Price Rooms (6am till 12 Midnight)

Members: $12.50 and Non-Members: $22.50

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY NIGHT CRUISE $12 Flat Rate for Locker Admission & Clothing Optional (4pm-12 Midnight) Check out our website for our HOT NEW WEEKLY SPECIALS & JOIN OUR e-mail List to get the latest information on upcoming events.... Also, RENOVATIONS are being done, So swing by & Check Out The Transformation!

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12-step programs and support groups Al-Anon

■

Pennsylvania Al-Anon Alateen Family Groups: Events, meeting times and locations at pa-al-anon.org

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

■ Acceptance meets 7:30 p.m. on Fridays at

Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce streets.

■ Community meets 8 p.m. on Thursdays at

Holy Communion Church, 2111 Sansom St. Gay and lesbian, but all are welcome. ■ Early Night Out meets 5:30 p.m. daily at Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St., second ﬂoor; 215-985-9206. ■ GLBT Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7 p.m. on Sundays and 8 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 100 W. Windsor St., Reading; 484-529-9504. ■ Living Sober meets 8:30 p.m. Saturdays at the William Way Center. ■ No Other Way Out meets 11 a.m. Sundays at the William Way Center. ■ Night Owl meets 11:30 p.m. daily at the William Way Center. ■ Stepping Stone meets 2:30 p.m. Mondays at the William Way Center. ■ Sober and Gay meets 8:30 p.m. SundayFriday at the William Way Center. ■ Young People’s meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St.

Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)

■ Meets 7 p.m. on Sunday, Tuesday,

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the William Way Center.

Emotional Support

■ Pink and Blues, a free peer-run mental-health

support group for LGBT people, meets 7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; 215-627-0424. ■ Survivors of Suicide Inc. meets 7:30 p.m. on ﬁrst Tuesday of the month at 3535 Market St., Room 2037; 215-545-2242; www.phillysos. tripod.com. ■ Survivors of Suicide Inc., Chester County, meets 7:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at Paoli Memorial Hospital, Willistown Room, Medical Ofﬁce Building; 215-545-2242; phillysos.tripod.com.

HIV/AIDS

■ Strength In Numbers

Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ SINPhiladelphia.

Mondays: ■ Positive Brothers, a support group for men of color living with HIV/AIDS, meets 6 p.m. at 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215-496-0330. Tuesdays: ■ A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 1:30-3 p.m. at BEBASHI — Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St., first floor; 215-769-3561; bebashi.org. ■ “Pozitive Light HIV/AIDS Support Ministry,” presented by Unity Fellowship of Christ Church Philadelphia HIV/AIDS Ministry and Girard Avenue Pharmacy, meets 5-7 p.m. at 112 N. Broad St., first-floor group room; 267481-5085; blaclikme@comcast.net. ■ Encuentros, a group for HIV-negative Latino men who have sex with men, meets 6 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at 1201 Locust St. ■ “Feast Incarnate,” a weekly ministry for people affected by HIV/AIDS, meets 5 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St. Bible study follows at 6 p.m.; 215-387-2885. ■ A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Mazzoni

Center; 215-563-0652 ext. 235.

■ Youth Outreach Adolescent Community

Awareness Program’s Voice It Sistah, a support group for HIV-positive women, meets 11 a.m. ﬁrst and third Tuesday at YOACAP, 1207 Chestnut St., Suite 315; 215-851-1898.

Wednesdays: ■ AIDS Services in Asian Communities’ weekly volunteer work group meets 6-8 p.m. at 340 N. 12th St., Suite 205; 215-629-2300. ■ Project Teach, a peer-education and empowerment program for people living with HIV/AIDS, meets at Philadelphia Fight, 1233 Locust St.; ﬁght.org. ■ Positive Effect, for HIV-positive people 18 and over, meets 5-7 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St., Camden, N.J.; 856-963-2432. Thursdays: ■ A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI — Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St.; 215-769-3561. ■ Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for all infected or affected, meets from 7-9 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St.; call Zak, 215-848-4380; azaklad@craftech.com. Saturdays: ■ AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth support group meets during the school year. Call 800-810-6776 for location and time.

Debtors Anonymous

■ Meets 7-8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at the

William Way Center.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

■ Open meeting, Tuesdays, 5:45 p.m., and

7 p.m. Fridays, at Hahnemann University Hospital, 245 N. 15th St.; call Troy for ﬂoor/ room number, 215-514-3065; www.oa.org. ■ Meets 11 a.m.-noon at the William Way Center.

S.A.R.A.

■ Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment; day and

evening hours; 215-563-0663 ext. 282.

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

■ Meets 7:30 p.m.Thursdays at All Saints

Church, 18 Olive Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.; 302-542-3279.

SEPCADD

■ Safe space to meet and discuss substance

abuse problems at the William Way Center.

Health

Alder Health Services provides LGBT health services on a sliding-fee scale; 100 N. Cameron St., Ste. 301 East, Harrisburg; 717-233-7190 or 800-867-1550; www.alderhealth.org. Anonymous, free HIV testing with Spanish/ English counselors, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. MondayFriday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 3439 N. Hutchinson St.; 215-763-8870 ext. 6000. HIV treatment: Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents available 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1803. HIV health insurance help: Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available at 17 MacDade Blvd., Suite 108, Collingdale; 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077. Philadelphia FIGHT provides HIV primary care, on-site lab services, clinical trials, case management, mental-health services and support groups for people living with HIV regardless of insurance status or ability to pay; 1233 Locust St., fifth floor; 215-985-4448; www.fight.org.

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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 48:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available MondayFriday. 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 ■ The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison: Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-686-

■ 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 9980, helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov ■ 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: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: 215-686-2555

■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670 ■ 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, 866-LGBT-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)

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 appoint-

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; 215-627-9090; www.galloplaw. org. ■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, selfemployed 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

ment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1821. 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 events; www.gppn.org; 215-9223377.

■ 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.

■ 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.

■ 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.

Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com May 31 - June 6, 2013

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