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Pride preview with Deborah Cox

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Pride returns to Philly with larger parade

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Pair accused in Maya Young murder to stand trial

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com The 28th-annual Philadelphia Pride will have its largest parade yet.

There will be 75 groups marching, up from 61 last year. Up to 5,000 people will march in the parade that starts in the Gayborhood and makes its way over Seventh, down Market and over Front streets before ending at Penn’s Landing.

The parade starts at 11:30 a.m. June 12 and reaches the festival grounds around 1:30 p.m., where 165 tables will be set up to help people link with programs and services. The theme for this year’s Pride is “Are You Connected?”

“It’s supposed to be a loaded question,” said Franny Price, executive director of Philly Pride Presents. “Our Pride event is a networking day.”

LGBT city employees will serve as grand marshals of the parade. After a petition last month, the Greater Philadelphia Gay Officer Action League for LGBT law-enforcement officials and emergency responders withdrew as co-grand marshals. Pride programs will still list both as marshals because it would’ve cost $7,000 to reprint them, Price said.

Deborah Cox, known for her R&B hit “Nobody’s Supposed to be Here,” will headline Pride.

It costs $15 to attend, or $10 for anyone who gets a wristband at the Pride Kickoff Block Party in the Gayborhood from 6-11 p.m. June 10. The party includes a mechanical shark and a rock wall, in addition to dance parties at Woody’s, Tabu and ICandy.

Chuck Volz, senior advisor to Philly Pride Presents, described the day as a “whirlwind of action.”

He gets up at 5 a.m. to put up signs, then hops in a golf cart to start selling wristbands to people along Second and Market streets.

“It’s like hosting a wedding,” Volz said.

“You plan and plan and the day of the event, it’s over before you know it. It’s really fun.”

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Film of N.J. couple: “Love Wins”

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com

FESTIVE IN PHOENIXVILLE: Hundreds gathered June 4 for Chester County Pride Fest at Reeves Park in Phoenixville. It was the county’s first Pride festival in more than a decade and featured dozens of vendors, live entertainment, games and food.

Sunday included a Pride gala at Spring Hollow Golf Club. For more coverage, see page 24. Photo: Scott A. Drake

New state guidelines recognize lesbian couples on birth certificates

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com The state Department of Health has issued new guidelines that allow two wives to be listed as parents on the birth certificate of their child without getting a court order to do so.

The guidelines, which were issued May 31, have been conveyed electronically to hundreds of hospitals throughout the state.

The guidelines specify that women who are married prior to the birth of their child may have both of their names appear on the child’s birth certificate, as long as one of the women gave birth.

Molly Tack-Hooper, a staff attorney with the ACLU of Pennsylvania, applauded the new guidelines.

“Hopefully this official guidance will give many LGBT parents peace of mind they didn’t necessarily have before this,” she said. “Gender is no longer part of the equation as far as what you have to do to have your name appear on your child’s birth certificate.”

Prior to the new guidelines, many

Pennsylvania hospitals weren’t clear on whether two married women had a right to have their names appear on their child’s birth certificate when one of them gave birth, she noted.

“We’ve been in discussions with the state about enacting new guidelines since Pennsylvania became a marriage-equality state in 2014,” Tack-Hooper explained.

The guidelines don’t make any changes for parents who use a gestational carrier, including gay-male couples.

The nonbiological parent in a gay-male marriage must still obtain a court order to have his name appear on his child’s birth certificate, the guidelines state.

“Male-parenting couples have to do the same thing now that they had to do before marriage equality because they’re using a gestational carrier, and that changes the equation,” Tack-Hooper explained.

She noted that simply having your name listed as a parent on a birth certificate doesn’t ensure that your rights as a parent will be fully protected.

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The fatal February stabbing of transgender woman Maya Young in Frankford stemmed from an argument over a man, according to the summary of a statement that defendant Jose Pena gave to investigators.

Pena’s codefendant, Tiffany Floyd, told investigators that she felt Young had used “voodoo” to “cast a spell” on her boyfriend, according to her lawyers.

Both Pena, 19, and Floyd, 25, will face trial on charges of murder, conspiracy and related offenses. Judge Teresa Carr Deni held them for court after an hour-long preliminary hearing June 7.

Philadelphia Homicide Det. James Pitts was the only witness. He read summaries of both defendants’ JOSE PENA statements into the record. Investigators have about 24 hours of footage with Pena and about three hours w i t h F l oy d , s a i d Assistant District Attorney Chelsea Lightsey. Lawyers for both defendants have not seen all the footage. They will TIFFANY FLOYD be able to review it during discovery before the trial gets underway.

Pena and Floyd appeared in court separately to hear evidence against them. Both stared at the table and didn’t speak during the hearings. They were denied bail and remain in custody until their next court date June 28. Pena is in Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, while Floyd is in Riverside Correctional PAGE 42

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Casey backs Equality Act

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com As Pride month begins, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. decided to sign on as a cosponsor of the Equality Act, which would include LGBT people in federal protections from discrimination in employment, public accommodation and housing.

When the bill was introduced last summer, Casey, a Democrat, said he was taking time to evaluate it. He pointed to an increased sense of urgency around the Equality Act after anti-LGBT state laws passed in North Carolina and Mississippi.

“Much of the discussion about these laws has centered on public restrooms,” Casey said in a June 2 statement. “These laws are about much more than that: They are a license to discriminate in all aspects of our society like the workplace and in housing.

These laws are contrary to the values of our nation and make clear the need for the Equality Act. “At its core, this bill will ensure LGBT Americans are treated fairly,” he added.

Ted Martin, executive director of Equality Pennsylvania, commended Casey.

“Having a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, a very large and diverse state, join in support of these protections is very significant,” Martin said.

He added Pennsylvania’s other sena-

tor, Republican Pat Toomey, has met with LGBT Pennsylvanians throughout his time in office and heard their concerns. Martin said he could see Toomey eventually supporting the Equality Act. “I don’t think it’s a hard lift,” Martin said.

Toomey is still evaluating whether he will support the Equality Act, according to his press secretary, Melissa Ferdinand.

“Sen. Toomey believes every person should be judged on his or her own merits as individuals,” Ferdinand wrote in a June 2 email to PGN. “He has long opposed discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Twenty years ago, in 1996, he voted for an ordinance banning Allentown government from discriminating based on sexual orientation.”

Ferdinand said Toomey also called for an end to the military policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which had prevented gay people from serving openly until it was repealed in 2010. He voted for the federal Employment Nondiscrimination Act, called ENDA, in 2013.

“With that long record in mind,” Ferdinand said, Toomey would review the Equality Act. The bill currently has 40 cosponsors in the Senate, with Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois as the only Republican. There are 174 cosponsors in the House, with Rep. Robert J. Dold of Illinois as the only Republican. n

Discovery continues in psychiatrist murder case

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com

The defense for a homeless man accused of strangling a psychiatrist in a hotel near the Gayborhood last year is still working on completing evidence discovery with the commonwealth.

Public defender Francis Carmen told a Philadelphia County judge at a pretrial conference June 2 that he was awaiting video evidence, crime-scene paperwork and DNA. He added he and Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore have talked openly about the case since its inception.

He anticipated not needing more than 30 days to complete discovery.

The next court date is set for July 7.

Manuel Baez, 27, faces charges of criminal homicide, robbery and related

offenses. He was denied bail and is being held in the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.

Baez was arrested in connection with the Dec. 21 death of Dr. Howard Baker, 75, of Lower Merion Township.

According to authorities, Baker was staying at Rodeway Inn at 12th and Walnut streets, a couple blocks from his psychiatric practice in the 1400 block of Walnut Street. A housekeeper at the hotel discovered Baker’s body. He was naked on the floor with a belt wrapped tightly around his neck.

Investigating officers determined two males visited Baker’s room separately the evening before his body was discovered.

The second was seen leaving the room just after midnight with Baker’s wallet and backpack. Authorities contend this person was Baez. n

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Penn part of first international HIV vaccine study to recruit trans men

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com Marc Walker had many worries in April when he first stepped into the manila office building above a FedEx on Market Street in University City.

He’d recently stopped taking pre-exposure prophylaxis, called PrEP, a daily pill regimen shown to be effective at preventing HIV. He got nervous about the chance of a side effect that might damage his liver.

Walker, who does not have HIV, wondered whether researchers at the University of Pennsylvania would give him a high dose, low dose or a placebo of an antibody that has controlled the virus in another man.

But he won’t find out for two years.

Having read a packet in preparation, he’d learned that researchers didn’t know if the antibody — which they would deliver via infusion over the next two hours — would prevent HIV. If it does prove effective, the goal is to reverse-engineer a vaccine that would trigger the body to produce on its own the same kind of protective antibody.

“I had a lot of questions, but they answered all of them,” said Walker, who is gay, a couple weeks after his first infusion. “You’re going to have a guinea pig for everything. Every drug that’s out there, there had to be human guinea pigs that had to try it … If I could prevent HIV without having to think of taking something daily, then yeah, I’d take a vaccine.”

Study design Walker is one of 27 participants Penn has enrolled so far in a new study called the AMP study for antibody-mediated prevention. Four participants are transgender women. Recruiters are also looking for trans men. It’s the first time they will be included in an HIV vaccine study.

Deb Dunbar, clinic coordinator for Penn’s portion of the study, served on the team through the National Institutes of Health that designed the study. She called it a “benign oversight” that trans men had not previously been asked to participate. Because estrogen has some impact on HIV susceptibility, it took time to include trans women who were taking hormones in HIV studies. Once trans women were included, Dunbar said, it naturally followed to include trans men.

There are 125 people enrolled so far in North America for the AMP study, which will eventually become a 4,000-participant international study funded by the NIH. It opened in April after being developed for just over a year by a 30-person team of scientists, physicians, regulatory and laboratory experts working with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the NIH. The institute’s HIV Vaccine Trials Network and HIV Prevention Trials

Network collaborated on the AMP study.

The study uses antibodies that have all been cloned from one man with HIV whose body naturally produced an antibody that controls the virus. Participants alternate every four weeks between getting an infusion, which comes with $100 compensation, and getting an HIV test, which comes with $50. The process lasts for 20 months.

“We try to enroll the highest-risk folks,” Dunbar said. “Sometimes that means people who do a little sex work. If they can make more money doing sex work than coming here, we want to be competitive with that.”

Multiple strategies welcome Tyler Doppelheuer, another study participant, brought his laptop with him to take care of some business during his first infusion this spring. The health-care consultant said he’s long been interested in HIV prevention and participated in several Penn studies in that vein.

“A lot of the materials and results that I receive, I send over to my primary [doctor],” said Doppelheuer. He added participating in the vaccine study has made him talk more about PrEP, which he takes, with his friends. It has opened the doors for wider conversations about sexual health and HIV prevention, he said.

Doppelheuer said he has a very regimented morning routine that makes it easy for him to remember to take PrEP daily, but he liked the idea of participating in research that could one day make vaccines a viable preventative option for those who would prefer a long-acting strategy.

Dr. Ian Frank, principal investigator for Penn’s portion of the study, said vaccines and PrEP could be combined with other prevention strategies in the way diet, exercise and cholesterol medication can be variously combined to prevent heart attacks.

“This is not this or that,” Frank said. “It’s an and.”

He added researchers would like to reverse-engineer a vaccine because it would be cheaper and could last for years, instead of months, like an antibody infusion, should it prove effective.

“Maybe it isn’t too expensive to use in the United States,” Frank said. “But in South Africa, people are not going to be coming in for infusions every two months.

In South Africa, 20 percent of the population is HIV-infected. People are going to have contact with people who have HIV. You can’t have the whole sexually active population coming in for infusions.

“You want an inexpensive approach to prevention,” he added. “One that doesn’t cause a lot of side effects and one that doesn’t require somebody to strictly adhere to some kind of a prevention regimen.”

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Lesbian inaugural head of Office of Open Records wins award

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com When Gov. Ed Rendell phoned Terry Mutchler in 2008, he told her, “You’re either up for a really incredible challenge or you’re a little bit crazy.”

The statute establishing the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records was about to become law, and Rendell wanted Mutchler, a former journalist and lawyer, to lead it.

“I think it might be a little mix of both,” Mutchler told a packed dining room June 7 at the Pyramid Club, on the 52nd floor of the Mellon Bank Center on Market Street with sweeping views of City Hall and the Ben Franklin Bridge.

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Mutchler, who grew up in the Poconos, served as the executive director of the Office of Open Records for seven years.

She now leads the transparency practice within Pepper Hamilton’s media and communications practice group. Mutchler also worked as Illinois’ first Public Access Counselor and wrote the acclaimed memoir, “Under This Beautiful Dome: A Senator, A Journalist and the Politics of Gay Love in America,” about her relationship with state Sen. Penny Severns.

Also receiving the public-service award that night was John Bogle, founder of Vanguard, the first mutual-fund firm owned by its clients.

Barry Kauffman, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, commended both honorees for making

Pennsylvania a model state in accountability. The commonwealth used to have a hostile reputation when it came to facilitating transparency.

Of Mutchler, he said she “became the engineer given the daunting task” of building the state’s Office of Open Records from scratch.

“You assembled a top-notch staff, you created clear guidelines, you created effective communication systems and educational programs ... ,” Kauffman said. “Your underlying efforts gave Pennsylvanians true ownership of the access to public records and then you ensured that those rights were defended.”

Mutchler said when she started the Office of Open Records, she was given a copy of the new law and stuck in a cubicle.

By the time she hired her first staffer, they had temporary office space in the back of a dismantled library.

“We started this endeavor for transparency in government with folding tables and a landline,” Mutchler said. “What we were facing was a tremendous kind of a philosophical fight.”

She said government officials didn’t trust her because she was a former reporter, and they worried about having to share more than they wanted. Mutchler’s pals in the press didn’t trust her either because she was now a government official, a position they presumed came with a less-than-forthcoming agenda.

Rendell, by way of introducing Mutchler at the award ceremony, said he told her she would be the loneliest person in the commonwealth if she agreed to lead the Office of Open Records.

“Nobody is going to like you, myself included,” Rendell remembered telling Mutchler. “But you will do the right thing.”

“Not only did I complain about Terry,” Rendell joked, “but I had to listen to everyone in the legislature calling me and saying, ‘Why did you appoint that woman?’ I knew by the calls they were generating that Terry was doing a good job. I knew by the angst that she caused our administration, she was doing a good job.”

Mutchler called Rendell a champ for handling their interactions with grace, even when she had to call him for the release of emails or other documents to everyone from interested citizens to reporters with The New York Times.

Mutchler closed by commending Erik Arneson, the current executive director of the Office of Open Records.

“If I’ve laid the proper vision … what that will mean is every [director] is better than the one before,” she said. “Someday, someone will stand at a Common Cause platform and say Terry Mutchler was the worst executive director of the Office of Open Records.” n

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Panelists discuss black trans lives at AIDS Education Month kickoff

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com A. Dionne Stallworth, founder of GenderPAC, sat on a June 2 panel for AIDS Education Month wearing a T-shirt that said, “I am black sci-fi.”

“There is extreme diversity of what trans feels like … what trans manifests as,” she said. “One of the biggest things is people find out we exist other than just as statistics and cadavers.”

Stallworth spoke at an hour-long panel called “Movements of Change,” hosted by Philadelphia FIGHT, at the William Way LGBT Community Center. FIGHT has AIDS Education Month activities planned through the rest of June.

The kickoff panel aimed to create space for black trans people to enter the conversation. It focused mostly on their lived experiences, but touched briefly on HIV/ AIDS in response to an audience question at the end. About 100 people attended.

The Black and Brown Workers Collective is currently protesting FIGHT for what the group has called racist practices. But Stallworth commended FIGHT “for actually taking the time to provide a forum to discuss our issues outside of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.”

“I’ve waited 30 years for this,” she said.

Stallworth was joined on the panel

by Kaleia Brown, a singer and winner of Miss Songbird of Philadelphia 2015; Najee Gibson, a fashion designer; and Ja’Nae Tyler, an HIV/AIDS advocate.

Katrina Roninson, founder of Sisters United and the police LGBT liaison committee in Philadelphia, moderated.

Tyler said the biggest thing allies can do for black trans people is to get them to the decision-making table. From there, black trans people can do the work themselves.

“We do not need you at the table for us,” she said. “We can be at the table for ourselves. We have enough representation.”

Brown remembered having to overcome challenges when she started her transition at the beginning of her recording career.

“I was told that if you transition, it’s going to be a big mistake,” she said.

“People are not going to want to buy your music … You’re not going to go far. I kind of let that get in my spirit for a while.”

Ultimately, Brown decided to embrace her gender identity. She did experience some setbacks at venues where she wanted to perform. But she said she also reached many career milestones.

Gibson said they feel things will continue to improve because young trans people refuse to be invisible.

The panel members further discussed

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the need to bridge the gap between the older and younger generations in trans communities. They also talked about wanting to share information with the community outside of social media, which they noted can come with a negative or

gossipy bent.

“We need to inject more support in the community,” Roninson said.

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Trans woman claims bias at Walmart

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

SOUTH STREET SCENERY: Matt Rader (right), the out president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, with partner Michael Smith, attended the opening party for the PHS Pop-Up Garden at 15th and South streets June 1. This marks the third year for the pop-up venue, operated by Khyber Pass Pub, and which features a new design by Karen Regan of Tallulah & Bird. Another pop-up garden at 10th and Hamilton streets opens June 10. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Kate Lynn Blatt, a Pottsville trans woman, says anti-trans bias by a Walmart employee prevented her from accessing a female fitting room at the store.

On May 28, Blatt was shopping for clothes with her wife, Lindsey Nowak, at a Walmart store in Saint Clair when the alleged incident took place.

Blatt said a female attendant refused to allow her to try on a pair of shorts in a female fitting room. Instead, Blatt allegedly was directed to a “unisex” fitting room closer to the male fitting rooms.

Walmart fitting rooms are single-occupancy.

Blatt, 35, initially was interested in purchasing the shorts for an upcoming Memorial Day event. But due to the alleged mistreatment, she no longer was interested in the sale, and handed the item to an attendant.

A disturbance allegedly ensued, and Walmart personnel summoned Saint Clair police.

Onlookers allegedly became involved, hurling obscenities and death threats at Blatt.

“One man in a yellow shirt threatened to stick a knife in my face and ‘roll’ me in the parking lot,” Blatt said.

According to Blatt, a Saint Clair police officer arrived, but did nothing to stop the obscenities and death threats hurled at her. Instead, Blatt said, the officer told her that she may receive a criminal citation in the mail.

Blatt said she was left upset and shaken by the incident.

“It was awful. [The staff and patrons] were blocking my exit and I was terrified.”

Saint Clair Police Chief William M. Dempsey told PGN the responding officer, Bryce Lewis, was unavailable for comment.

Dempsey said witness statements are being reviewed, and it may be necessary to consult with the Schuylkill County District Attorney’s Office prior to deciding whether to issue any criminal citations.

Dempsey declined to say whether LGBTsensitivity training would be offered to police officers on the Saint Clair force.

Dempsey released this written narrative of the incident: “On 05/28/2016 @ approximately 13:23 HRS, the Saint Clair Police were dispatched to respond to Wal-Mart Supercenter #2535, located at 500 Terry Rich Blvd., Saint Clair, PA 17970. Police were contacted by the Walmart for a report of a disturbance/assault.

Several Walmart employees related to police that an individual assaulted an employee. This investigation is still under investigation.”

Blatt emphatically denied striking or assaulting a Walmart employee.

As of presstime, no citation had been issued to Blatt.

On June 6, PGN filed an open-records request for the official police-incident report pertaining to the incident.

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Editorial What is the PGN staff proud of this year?

Carol: I’m very proud to have a husband who is always there for me. He’s been my rock throughout my recovery from my recent surgery.

Don: I am proud of the amount of inclusion our community has on the national stage.

Greg: I’m most proud of the things I’ve done to honor the people that matter the most to me — particularly my grandmother towards the end of her life. Also, playing in two basketball leagues at the ripe old age of 35.

Jaleesa: I am proud of my resilience. No matter how tough this move has proved to be, I’ve found myself still pushing myself daily to do better, be better, meet new people and really appreciate life.

Jen: I am proud that I bought a house and, two months later, it’s still standing.

I’m also proud of the home-improvement tasks I’ve taught myself.

Larry: I’m proud to live in a city with such a diverse spectrum of people who aren’t shy about voicing their opinions and views about equality, even if it might not be the most popular opinion.

Mark: So much: that my memoir has touched so many people across the nation; that PGN has excelled and our staff has been recognized for that excellence; that we celebrated 40 years of publishing without missing one deadline.

And I’m proud to be able to say I’m a very happily married man.

Paige: I have such pride in the public

schools in our region. Since April, five districts have adopted trans-affirmative student policies, among the first in the state to do so. Students played a part in advocating for these policies, which makes me excited for the next generation of engaged citizens. On a personal level, I’m also proud of Carol for making it through a tough time with her health.

Can’t wait to see her back in the office.

Prab: As an ally to the transgender community, I’m proud that more cisgender people are standing up shoulder-to-shoulder with their trans friends and family in the fight for equality.

Sandy: I’m proud that, for the 10th year in a row, I’ve earned the trophy for “Mom of the Year.” (Just kidding — there’s no such award.) Seriously, I’m proud my daughter already is an advocate for justice and equal rights, and is very compassionate.

Scott: I’m proud of my second Sigma Delta Chi award in as many years; it feels surreal. I’m also proud of my guy Micheal, who is back in college. Mostly, I’m proud I took some time off recently.

Sean: I’m proud at succeeding at my resolution to be a better, more educated musician this year. At least somewhat.

It’s important to always be ready to stretch and expand at the things you enjoy doing.

Tim: My last name means “nail” in Ukrainian. So I’m proud (and humbled) that I inherited a quality of tenacity and staying power when pursuing my dreams. n

OK, I’m not trying to alarm anyone, but I Beck goes on to think Glenn Beck is planning on molesting make a comparison kids at Hershey Park (you know, the amuseto “the gay-marriage thing that was ment park where everything is made of pushed through chocolate, I’m pretty sure).

I know that sounds alarmist. But hear me by the administraout. tion,” adding that in On May 20, Hershey Park announced that “another five or 10 employees and visitors are welcome to use years we would have whatever restroom corresponds to their gen- gotten there anyway. der identity.

It was already on that “(T)he park has and will always strive path.” to accommodate all guests and employ (A personal note: I’m sure as hell glad ees — including members of the LGBT I didn’t have to wait another decade or so community — to ensure those visiting or before Beck decided I was allowed to be working at Hershey Park are comfortable married. Thank you, Supreme Court.) and feel secure,” the statement reads in part.

“Transgender bathrooms have come out “Guests and employees may continue to use of nowhere, and are being jammed down our the restrooms with which they gender-identhroat,” Beck went on. tify, or are welcome to use the many family I’d like to point out that “transgender restrooms available across the destination.” bathrooms” isn’t even, like, the issue. By In a sane country, this would hardly be and large, people aren’t demanding that exceptional. In fact, the statement wouldn’t trans people get their very own bathrooms have needed to be released at all because (though there are some folks who think that of how trans people using bathrooms isn’t banishing trans men and women to some a problem in real life, but it has been made “other” bathroom is a solution to this “probinto a problem by the lem”).

While nobody really bigoted and fantastical But then Beck goes imaginations of our off the rails. “I guarknows what percentantee you,” he says, “I nation’s right-wing age of the population guarantee you the next loons.

And that includes stop on this train is is transgender, Beck Beck. pedophilia. I guarantee In response to it.” seems to be saying Hershey Park’s statewhat? Back up that if a group is small theWait, train. ment, Beck went nuts.

Or nuttier, I guess. enough, then “the peo- There is no logical or “[T]his is not norevidence-based connecple” have no obligamal,” Beck said May tion between transgen23. “The velocity of tion to treat them with derism and pedophilia. the way this is being We’re talking about basic human decency gender identity, not jammed down everybody’s throat is not nor- or allow them basic molesting or raping mal. This isn’t an outcry children. from the people. This is rights like taking a Of course, Beck .3 percent of the popula- leak at Hershey Park. thinks that allowing tion.” trans women to use the While nobody really women’s room is the knows what percentage of the population is same thing as letting any and all men use transgender, Beck seems to be saying that if the women’s room. Men like, um, him? a group is small enough, then “the people” Because, by and large, cisgender men are have no obligation to treat them with basic those most likely to molest kids. human decency or allow them basic rights So really the only way that Beck can like taking a leak at Hershey Park. “guarantee” us that pedophilia comes next is I’d also like to point out that Beck and if he, himself, plans on making it so. people who think like him are the only ones The man has never been of sound mind. trying to jam anything down anybody’s Let’s just hope his “guarantee” is just more throat. The North Carolina law dictating of the wacky hyperbole that he likes to where people can and can’t pee helped spark spout. “the bathroom fight” by addressing a nonex- In the meantime, let’s go buy a Hershey istent problem. And Beck’s right. That’s not bar at Target, everyone! n normal. Places like Hershey Park and Target D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since are merely reacting to this insanity. They 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe didn’t start this fight, but props to them for it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the being unwilling to sit on the sidelines while world, she reviews rock and roll shows in Detroit douchebags with Jesus complexes try to with her twin sister and teaches writing at the bully an already-vulnerable group of people. University of Michigan.

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The Philadelphia soda tax is a local story, captive to Coke or Pepsi, their only option. but it’s also one that is playing out nation As to that health issue that the beverage ally. And, if you haven’t already begun to industry doesn’t mention in their advertispay attention to it, you should. ing, high-sugar beverages can lead to obe At the center is the issue of taxing soda sity and type 2 diabetes, as well as other and other drinks with high-sugar content. health issues. Guess who will pay for those Opponents in the beverage medical bills: taxpayers. So, industry argue that this tax hits in a way, we taxpayers are not low-income communities the only allowing these corporations hardest, but what isn’t being to make a huge profit, but the said is that the beverage induscorporations are also leaving us try has been causing harm to with the additional costs of treatlow-income communities long ing the various health issues that before any talk of a tax procome from lifelong consumption posal. of their products.

We’re talking about name So, back to that tax. brands like Coca-Cola and If it gets people to cross the Pepsi. It just might be that their city line and go to an indepenproducts and marketing, along dent supermarket to save $1.10, with our willing consumption, that’s good competition. Maybe have caused many of us to Coke and Pepsi will lower their become addicted to sugar. But outrageously priced products. let’s stay on the financial end of Mark Segal They’re certainly welcome to this; we’ll get to health ramifiwhatever profit they get, but cations later. business is competitive.

A year ago, a 2-liter Coke or Pepsi could If we can stop even a few from drinking be bought in your local supermarket for these excessive sugary drinks and use the $1.69. Today it’s about $1.99 (thought tax to create better and safer places for chilopponents of the tax use $1.79 in a teledren in poor neighborhoods, that’s a double vision commercial). Compare that with win. And, if it leads to a little inter-product Wegmans or other independent supermarcompetition, a triple win. kets that sell their own similar brands; One last point. The last national health those same flavors are priced at 89 cents. battle against a consumer product was cigYes, almost the same product (though Coke arettes. The same lines were used. That and Pepsi will state different) yet a whopbattle had the right effect, and I believe we ping $1.10 cheaper. Gee, that extra-secret as a nation are, in hindsight, are proud we ingredient that Coke and Pepsi put in their stood up to those corporations that were cola must be gold. giving us false information to bolster their That extra $1.10 they are charging the unhealthy products. Those cigarette compapoor is almost a usury tax, since in poor nies adjusted, as all companies must, when neighborhoods it’s difficult to find indepen- the market changes. I’m sure that Coke and dent supermarkets — or supermarkets at all Pepsi will do so as well. n — and the large beverage producers incentivize the small grocery stores to carry only Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s mostaward-winning commentator in LGBT media. their brands. It’s called product placement, You can follow him on Facebook at www.facealso known as buying shelf space, which book.com/MarkSegalPGN or Twitter at https:// leaves independent beverage producers out twitter.com/PhilaGayNews. of the store and low-income communities

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Should Bernie Sanders stop running for president?

"I'm a Bernie fan. I'm glad he's running and holding Hillary accountable.

She's a powerful lady who needs to be held Stephanie Abraham accountable. professor I'm sure that Northern Liberties within the next few weeks, Bernie will stop running. But for now, his voice is very important."

"Yes, he should stop running. I'm concerned his tough criticism of Hillary is splitting the party.

Conceivably, Antonio Celis that could architect pave the way Northern Liberties for a Trump victory. And I definitely don't want Trump to become our next president."

"No. He's welcome to maintain his commitment to the people who are supporting him. I think that's fine.

But the Samuel Richmond negative personal trainer rhetoric South Philadelphia should end.

It's hurting the Democratic Party. Let him keep running, as long as his message is positive in tone."

"No. Bernie Sanders is amazing.

He's been fighting for civil rights his entire career. I'm holding on to the hope that Lexus Verticelli he gets the nanny nomination.

West Philadelphia Polls show that Bernie has a better chance than Hillary of defeating Trump. So I say to Bernie, 'Go for it.'"

State Rep. Dan Frankel

As Pride celebrations begin, PA Fairness Act remains stalled in Harrisburg As annual Pride celebrations begin, a welcomed summer tradition in many Pennsylvania communities, I again have to report that the state has yet to pass my legislation that will protect the rights of LGBT people by prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.

This time of year always serves as a bittersweet reflection of the best the LGBT community has to offer us through the Pride festivities, juxtaposed with the harsh reality that, at a state level, we still lack full civil rights to protect against discrimination and prejudice.

For more than a decade, I have been the prime House sponsor of what is now the Pennsylvania Fairness Act (H.B. 1510/S.B.

974), which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity. It is entirely consistent with the bans on discrimination based on religion and for other minorities, as well as the actions of 36 municipalities across the commonwealth, which have already extended civil-rights protections to the LGBT community.

The Fairness Act again is stuck in the muck of the House State Government Committee, whose chairman is a wellknown opponent of equality and has so far bottled up the Fairness Act. But we know that public opinion is in our favor: 72 percent of Pennsylvanians believe LGBT residents should be free from discrimination in employment, hous-

ing and public accommodation and more than two-thirds of the nation’s Fortune 500 companies have adopted LGBT protections. Indeed, our own local governments have acted while the commonwealth stands on the sidelines.

Over the years since this bill was first introduced, the attacks against it have taken many forms. Most recently, the attacks are packaged as “religious-freedom” protections or, worse, crude and meaningless names such as the “bathroom bill.” Regardless of how the opposition packages the attacks, they all share the singular aim of defeating LGBT civil rights at any cost.

One popular attack uses the so-called “religious-freedom” bills. Proponents

assert that one’s “sincerely held religious beliefs” compel them to refuse service to a customer in the free market on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

This is a perverse interpretation of the First Amendment and one that now supports using the principles of religious freedom as license to discriminate.

These same religious-freedom arguments have been used to justify slavery, the marginalization of women, enforcement of Jim Crow laws and segregation. Now, opponents of the Fairness Act use religious freedom to deny the equal rights of the law to the LGBT community. It is as true then as it is now: Religious freedom is not a tool of discrimination.

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Lesbian inmate moved to prison near Erie

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Lois J. Farquharson, a lesbian inmate who, at age 91, is believed to be the oldest woman incarcerated in Pennsylvania, has been transferred to a prison in the northwest corner of the state.

For almost 45 years, Farquharson, a psychiatrist, had been incarcerated at the state prison for women in Muncy, which is located in northcentral Pennsylvania. But in February, Farquharson was transferred to a female prison in Cambridge Springs, near Erie.

Her advocates expressed concern that the move took a physical toll on Farquharson. They also noted that she cultivated many longterm friendships at Muncy.

Farquharson was sentenced to life without parole in the 1971 shooting death of Leon Weingrad, a Philadelphia physician, with whom she worked and had disagreements. Prosecutors contend that Farquharson induced her lesbian lover and former patient, Gloria Burnette, to shoot Weingrad.

Farquharson’s advocates deny that accusation but acknowledge Farquharson

didn’t prevent the tragedy. Burnette spent a few years in prison before being released, according to court records.

The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has repeatedly declined to recommend clemency for Farquharson.

Farquharson is wheelchair-bound and was single-celled in Muncy’s infirmary for the past few years. But advocates say she remains vibrant and engaged in life.

Jane Keller, a close friend of Farquharson, expressed concern for her.

“Lois has spent the last 40-plus years at Muncy,” Keller said. “She has earned the respect of administrators, staff and fellow inmates, and the friendship of many. She was named ‘Inmate of the Year’ several years ago, and has been enthusiastically supported by the administration in her numerous quests for clemency. Muncy has, in effect, become her home. She jokes with me, ‘Come and see me any time. I’m always home.’ Now, at age 91, she has been moved to Cambridge Springs and has to adjust to a new home, new surroundings, new caregivers, new routines — a challenge for anyone, especially a nonagenarian.”

Even though Farquharson is located in a remote area of the state, Keller plans to

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visit her.

“I have been visiting and corresponding with Lois for almost 30 years. Her friendship has enriched me in many ways. She is compassionate, intelligent, well-educated, witty and gifted. I am keenly aware that our remaining time together is limited and precious. Since she has been relocated, a visit to her has become a 10-hour round trip instead of a one-hour one. I plan to make the trip soon, knowing full well that, considering the distance, I will be unable to accompany her much longer on her life journey. I hope the separation is not causing her as much heartache as it is causing me. And I pray that she will have adequate and compassionate care, even without my presence, for as long as she remains there.”

Susan McNaughton, a spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections, issued this statement about Farquharson’s transfer: “Lois Farquharson was transferred to SCI Cambridge Springs on Feb. 11, 2016.

Based on bed limitations at SCI Muncy, a small number of inmates were temporarily transferred to Cambridge Springs. These are temporary placements pending the opening of additional beds at Muncy.” n

will recommend that you do an adoption, even if you’re married and even if you’re both on the birth certificate.”

The new guidance asks that every hospital in the state designate a “contact person” to handle questions about the issue.

Tack-Hooper said anyone with questions or concerns about the new policy may contact the ACLU of Pennsylvania at info@ aclupa.org.

“If this process breaks down somewhere, we want to know about it,” she said.

To file a complaint, visit: https://www. aclupa.org/complaint.

Jeffrey Sheridan, spokesperson for Gov. Wolf, issued this statement in response to the new Department of Health guidelines: “Gov. Wolf supports equality for all Pennsylvanians and believes we should extend protections against discrimination to all individuals regardless of sexual orientation, gender or gender identity and expression. The governor also believes we should treat same-sex couples in the same manner as heterosexual couples, and following the 2014 court decision making same-sex marriage legal in Pennsylvania, the Department of Health recently advised hospitals regarding birth certificates for lesbian couples.

The governor is committed to making continued progress on behalf of LGBTQ individuals and looks forward to working with the legislature on nondiscrimination.” n

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LGBT documentary to air on WHYY

Independence Day last year was supposed to be the first day of filming for Ilana Trachtman.

She got the green light from WHYY and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, which was funding the project, for a documentary on LGBT rights pegged to the 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminders, an early gay-rights protest in Philadelphia.

But then, in a 5-4 decision last June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled marriage for samesex couples was a constitutional right.

“We actually had to scramble to get some of the Decision Day rallies covered,” said Trachtman, who produced and directed the documentary. “That was a great gift and makes the film that much more timely.”

Called “The Pursuit: 50 Years in the Fight for LGBT Rights,” the film premieres 9 p.m. June 23 on WHYY. WHYY, Equality Forum

and Independence Visitor Center Corporation will hold the national premiere of the film 5:30 p.m. June 16 at Independence Visitor Center, 599 Market St. Trachtman decided to tell the story in four parts: “Kids Today,” about four kids who are LGBT and homeless; “Out at Work,” highlighting changes in the Philadelphia Police Department; “In a Family Way,” which focuses on LGBT families; and “No Place Like Home,” spotlighting the first out generation growing old.

“To get to these four stories, we probably researched 75,” Trachtman said. “The most challenging thing was trying to be as inclusive as possible of the LGBT community. We sort of lump it together in our consciousness as one monolithic thing. It’s not.”

She said she created an informal team of advisors who recommended readings and films.

“I found the community incredibly generous,” Trachtman said. “Not only did they take my calls, they spent hours with me and recommended other people.”

Trachtman said she was especially moved by the stories of men with HIV who never expected to live more than six months, and now it’s decades later. The stories shared by transgender people also stuck with her. Trachtman talked with one woman who decided to have gender-confirmation surgery in the 1970s, and a man who served 16 years with the Philadelphia police before he came out.

“We really don’t learn about the struggle for gay and trans rights,” Trachtman said. “I hope both LGBT and nonLGBT people have their eyes opened. I hope people have great respect for this journey.” n

— Paige Cooperstein

Faith leaders to screen history film The evolution of the interaction of faith and LGBT issues will be explored in Philadelphia next week.

Following an advanced screening of “The Pursuit: 50 Years in the Fight for LGBT Rights,” the public is invited to a discussion about the role of faith in the LGBT-rights movement. The free event takes place 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 21 at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad St. The event is being organized by Ark of Refuge Tabernacle, pRiSm @ Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Unity Fellowship of Christ Church Philadelphia, Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia and WHYY, which produced “The Pursuit.”

The film, which airs 9 p.m. June 23 on WHYY, focuses on Philadelphia’s role in the LGBT-rights movement, centering on the recent 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder marches at Independence Hall.

Following the screening, a panel will look at the movement in terms of faith issues. “We want to have a conversation about the role of faith and faith institutions during the movement,” said

organizer Heshie Zinman. “Did they serve us well, did they not serve us well? And with all the stigma that went along with HIV/AIDS, did we or didn’t we get the support we needed?”

The discussion will encourage participants to use those lessons to look toward the future, Zinman said.

“Now that we have greater acceptance, we want to talk about how we as diverse faith communities can build toward a more-inclusive faith movement,” Zinman said. “Even though our community is diverse, we’re not always inclusive, so how do we break down those barriers and build a community that is inclusive?”

The panel members include: Tyrone Smith and Pastor Pamela Williams of Ark of Refuge, the Rev. Jeff Haskins of Unity Fellowship, the Rev. Jeffrey Jordan of Whosoever MCC and Jerry Silverman, founding member of pRiSm @ Congregation Rodeph Shalom’s predecessor, Beth Ahavah.

Light refreshments will be served at the event. Parking is free, and guests can enter on Green Street. n — Jen Colletta

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Workers collective expands protest to several AIDS orgs

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Philadelphia Department of Health officials plan to meet with the Black and Brown Workers Collective, a spokesperson said after the group delivered a 13-page document with anonymous testimonials from employees and former employees of AIDS organizations in the city.

“We will meet with the group,” Jeff Moran, a spokesperson for the department, wrote in an email to PGN. “However, the health department is not involved in personnel issues at provider agencies and has no authority in these matters. Provider agencies are governed by their own board of directors.”

Moran added Philadelphia FIGHT’s board of directors would most be able to help the workers’ collective address its concerns.

The collective delivered a letter June 1 to the AIDS Activities Coordinating Office, which is housed in the health department, because it had not heard back after a letter was delivered to FIGHT executive director Jane Shull. The May 18 letter gave a June 1 deadline for FIGHT to address what the workers’ collective said were racist practices.

Shull was added June 1 to the list of officials the workers’ collective wants fired.

The group said it was because she did not respond to the letter.

After delivering the document to AACO, the workers’ collective marched to locations of AIDS organizations in Center City.

“It’s a new day,” Shani Akilah Robin, a former employee of FIGHT who was fired in March, said outside the organization’s location at 13th and Locust streets. “It is not enough to open up a nonprofit and run it. You need to provide positions of power for people of color. You need to look at your hiring and firing practices.”

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Robin said the Black and Brown Workers’ Collective is interested in exploring options for collective bargaining.

The collective expanded its protest to include Mazzoni Center, GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization and COLOURS. AACO provides some funding to these groups.

Mazzoni Center CEO Nurit Shein said in a statement to PGN that her organization looks forward to having “a productive dialogue.”

“We will continue our work to deepen the conversation around intersecting identities and on diversity in every sense of the word,” she said. “We look forward to having a productive dialogue, internally and externally, on ways we can ensure a safe, healthy and positive atmosphere for everyone who works with us.”

Shull of FIGHT said in a statement to PGN that FIGHT “support[s] people’s right to protest nonviolently as long as it does not disrupt program activity.”

When asked if the collective’s march disrupted any programs, she had no further comment.

FIGHT cancelled its June 1 reception for the kickoff of AIDS Education Month that was originally scheduled to take place at the Independence Visitor Center in Old City.

FIGHT declined to comment on the reason for cancelling the event.

The collective march through the middle of the streets included six to 12 people at various points throughout the hour-long action. The group stopped at two locations of the Mazzoni Center — someone at the Washington West Project took a copy of the document that the collective delivered to AACO — two locations of FIGHT, and Knock, an LGBT bar that members of the collective said lacked black employees.

At one point, traffic backed up behind the marchers on Locust Street between 10th and 12th streets. n

breast and other cancers than heterosexual women — an issue that will be explored next week at a free awareness-raising event.

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper is partnering with Mazzoni Center to present “Breast and Gynecologic Cancer in the LGBT Community: Lowering the Risk” from noon-2 p.m. June 16. The lunch and lecture will be held at Adventure Aquarium, 1 Riverside Drive in Camden.

While all guests are welcomed, including women who have been diagnosed with can-

cer, the information will be tailored to those looking to lower their risk for cancer, said Evelyn Robles Rodriguez, the director of MD Anderson Cooper’s Cancer Outreach and Screening Program.

“There are some risk factors that are more common in the community that puts women at higher risks for cancers like breast cancer and GYN cancers,” Rodriguez said. “We want to better educate the LGBT community and promote awareness about the cancers that may have more of an effect than others on the community.”

Speakers include Dr. Generosa Grana, head of the Division of Hematology/ Medical Oncology; Dr. David Warshal, head of the Division of Gynecologic

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Oncology and director of the Gynecological Cancer Center; Dr. Pallav Mehta, director of Integrative Oncology; Dr. Katherin Hansen, breast surgeon; and Dr. Wendy Martinez, obstetrician/gynecologist at Advocare.

“There will be not only information about cancers, but also about how to stay healthy in general,” Rodriguez noted about the program.

After the presentations, guests will have a chance to ask questions of the experts as well as of a cancer survivor.

Rodriguez said MD Anderson Cooper is interested in continuing to dialogue with the LGBT community to ensure their health needs are being met.

“We may do focus groups or meet with some of the women who come to the conference to say, ‘Hey, what is the need that you see is prevalent in the community, and how can we help meet this need?’”

Registration is required for the event.

Register by calling 800-826-6737 or visiting www.events.cooperhealth.org.

The event features a free buffet lunch.

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and affirmatively discriminatory actions like H.B. 2 in North Carolina, opponents of full equal rights have found their newest target: the transgender community. We’re now seeing nondiscrimination bills labeled as “bathroom bills” by people who would have us believe that there is some kind of correlation between equal access to public accommodations for transgender people and sexual assault or a lack of privacy.

Let’s be clear: The bathroom scare is a red-herring argument without one shred of real evidence. Nothing in the Fairness Act would change current law for crimes committed in a bathroom. If anyone enters a bathroom or locker room and commits a crime, that person will be charged with breaking the law. Any claim that our legislation changes the rules for bathrooms in a dangerous way is unequivocally false.

In addition, states that promote discrimination have seen economic backlashes — instead, we should move our economy forward with an expanded nondiscrimination law that would make Pennsylvania a more attractive and welcoming place for residents and businesses, like four of our six neighboring states and all other northeastern states.

Regardless of the exact nature of the attacks over the years, we know that opponents of the Pennsylvania Fairness Act have one simple goal: Use any means necessary to stop the movement for LGBT civil rights. In the face of that opposition, I remain committed to seeing the Fairness Act become law in Pennsylvania and for us to once and for all end the last vestige of legal discrimination remaining in the commonwealth.

If you want to help get the Fairness Act moving in Harrisburg, visit www.legis. state.pa.us and let your state representative and senator know you support it. n

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organizations, survivors and their supporters are uniting, they are much harder to ignore. The bottom line is whether lawmakers will protect children — or perpetrators and their enabling institutions. The June 5 march sent a clear message that is the choice survivors are putting to legislators.”

— Timothy Cwiek

’20s theme for GayBINGO’s 20th anniversary Walmart suit withdrawn An antibias lawsuit filed by trans woman Samantha Azzarano against Walmart Stores Inc. has been withdrawn.

Azzarano worked at a Walmart store in Deptford, N.J., as a service associate from 2012-14. She claimed wrongful termination after enduring anti-trans harassment at the store.

In October, Azzarano filed suit against Walmart in New Jersey Superior Court. But last week, Kevin M. Costello, who served as an attorney for Azzarano, confirmed the suit was withdrawn in November. Costello declined additional comment.

D.A. drops charges in sex case The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office recently dropped all criminal charges against Percival Outland, who was accused of inappropriately touching a boy at the Kimmel Center in 2015.

Outland had been charged with unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of a minor, indecent assault, simple assault and related offenses.

The criminal case against Outland was officially concluded on May 31, when his bail money was returned to him.

J. Michael Farrell, an attorney for Outland, said: “We praise the D.A.’s decision.”

Cameron Kline, a spokesperson for the D.A.’s Office, declined to comment.

Outland still faces a civil suit filed by the boy’s mother, who seeks in excess of $50,000 from him and/or the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia. Outland was employed as a counselor at BGCP at the time of the alleged incident.

In the civil case, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Shelley Robins-New recently ordered attorneys for the boy’s mother to produce discovery items by June 12, or face sanctions.

Demonstrators urge legal reform for child sex cases Dozens of people from the region participated in a 2-mile walk in New York June 5, urging legal reform in the area of child sexual abuse.

“We had survivors from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, who joined forces in New York to support this vibrant movement,” said Marci A. Hamilton, academic director of CHILD USA, a new thinktank to deter and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Hamilton said about 300 marchers crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan, where they held a rally at Pace University.

She said the event added momentum to a growing call for the enactment of legislation in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania easing time limits for filing civil suits regarding child sexual abuse.

“It was easier to ignore victims when they stood alone in their solitary misery,” Hamilton said. “But now that

AIDS Fund will celebrate the 20th anniversary of GayBINGO at 7 p.m. June 11 with a Roaring ’20s theme.

The games takes place at the Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St. Tickets cost $25 for reserved seats on the floor or $20 for general admission in the balcony. The money supports HIV/AIDS services in the Delaware Valley.

“AIDS Fund is so grateful to the approximately 25,000 people who have supported GayBINGO over the last 20 years,” said Robb Reichard, executive director of AIDS Fund. “We never could have imagined this fun event could have raised so much money and awareness around HIV/ AIDS.” GayBINGO has raised $3.3 million in the last two decades, not counting this season. Each season typically brings in $125,000-$150,000, Reichard said in September.

For more information about the 20th anniversary GayBINGO or to purchase tickets, call 215-731-9255 or visit www.aidsfundphilly.org/gaybingo.

Obergefell to speak at Constitution Center ahead of book release Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the case that affirmed marriage equality nationwide, will speak at the National Constitution Center next week alongside the journalist who chronicled his story in a new book.

The event takes place at 6:30 p.m. June 16 at the Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. It costs $20 for members, students or teachers or $25 for non-members. Admission includes a copy of the book “Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality,” by Debbie Cenziper of the Washington Post.

Carrie Johnson, justice correspondent for NPR, will moderate the discussion between Obergefell and Cenziper.

A book signing will follow the discussion.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www. constitutioncenter.org.

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Fina leaves D.A.’s Office

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Frank G. Fina, an attorney who sent and received numerous anti-LGBT emails while a state employee, no longer works at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.

Cameron Kline, a spokesperson for the D.A.’s Office, issued this statement about Fina’s departure: “I can confirm that the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office accepted Mr. Frank Fina’s letter of resignation which was dated May 9, 2016, and his last day with the office was Tuesday, June 1, 2016. District Attorney R. Seth Williams wishes Mr. Fina the best after his many decades of service to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia.”

Fina, 52, began working at the D.A.’s Office on Jan. 22, 2013. His annual salary was $124,200.

Several years ago, when Fina worked at the state Attorney General’s Office, he sent and received numerous anti-LGBT emails.

In 2015, after Fina’s emails became public, many community leaders and the National Organization for Women called for his ouster from the D.A.’s Office.

Williams refused to fire Fina, but said he received sensitivity training along with other staffers at the D.A.’s Office.

City Councilwoman Cindy Bass issued this statement about Fina’s resignation: “Fina’s circulation of racist, sexist and homophobic materials on the taxpayers’ dime is finally resolved by his own resignation. His actions have left a trail of anger and outrage, as well as a lack of confidence in our district attorney and the entire office — which is charged with serving our citizens. The revelations of how widespread this activity was among prosecutors, judges and attorneys was brought to light and is now being extinguished. But there is still much work to be done, as we ensure that those charged with fighting for justice represent our citizenry in a way that is respectful and honorable.”

Fina couldn’t be reached for comment.

The email scandal was uncovered by Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane while reviewing a previous administration’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child-molestation case.

Kane’s office is expected to issue a report about the email scandal within the next several weeks. n

Reading Pride marks 10th year in July Pop singer-songwriter Tom Goss will headline the 10th-annual Reading Pride, set to take place from noon-6 p.m. July 17 at Centre Park, 733 Centre Ave., Reading.

Tickets cost $5. Children 12 and under can attend for free. Reading Pride plans to put the proceeds toward organizing next year’s festival.

Reading Pride is smoke-free this year, in response to an LGBT health survey that showed LGBT Pennsylvanians smoke at significantly higher rates than non-LGBT residents.

The pre-Pride pool party takes place at the Crowne Plaza, 1741 Papermill Road, Wyomissing. It costs $5 to attend, or free for children 12 and under. The post party takes place in the ballroom at the Double Tree, 701 Penn St., Reading. It’s also $5 to attend.

For more information, visit www.readingpridecelebration.org. n — Paige Cooperstein

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ChesCo Pride returns with tribute to founders Supporters wear Colors” in tribute to Viera and Rudd; fol- his grand-marshal title. He anticipates

By Paige Cooperstein lowed by Grant Holcomb, a middle-school keeping in his office the gold and purple paige@epgn.com purple shirts at student from the Downingtown School sash that came with the recognition.

Frank Viera served in the Vietnam War District, who sang “Somewhere Over the “I hope this is going to turn out to be an inaugural Southwest annual event for us,” Speck said. and earned a Purple Heart. His partner, Rainbow” in an impressive baritone.

Jeff Rudd, had a reputation for cook- “I did come out two months ago, so I He also shared a story that Bill Davidson, ing Thanksgiving dinner for anyone who thought it would be cool to sing here,” a former president of Chester County Senior Center Pride Pride, told him. Back in 2004, organizers didn’t have it and once helping an older Holcomb said. man get his driver’s license.

Together, the two opened Frank Jeffrey’s, the only gay bar in Phoenixville while it was open, and started Chester County Pride in 2004. It was considered a bold move at the time.

“We honor both of these men today for their vision of what we’re celebrating today,” Eileen Salmon, a friend of the couple, said June 4 at the return of Chester County Pride in Reeves Park, just a couple blocks east of Gay Street. Both men have since died.

Rachel Stevenson, founder of LGBTea Dances in the borough, revived the tradition, which last took place 11 years ago.

The Pride was free to attend, but people had made donations throughout the week.

The organization collected about $40,000 total from gala tickets, silent-auction items, sponsorships, vendor table fees and donations. After paying expenses for Pride weekend, LGBTea Dances walked away with more than $28,000 to put toward programs, services and scholarships.

Dozens of young people attended Pride.

Lindsey Fitting and Jordan Mudd, both students at Phoenixville High School, performed the Cyndi Lauper song “True

Hannah Morris and Linda Mintzer, students from Owen J. Roberts High

“Today it’s a new day, a new era. Phoenixville has always been diverse.

What we’re doing now is getting everybody to accept the diversity.” ~ Mayor Mike Speck School, decided to spend the afternoon in Phoenixville because they had never been to a Pride before. They saw a flier for the event at their school, where they participate in a GSA. The two had flags with them, one for transgender pride and one for asexual pride.

“I think it’s a really great turnout,” Morris said.

Phoenixville Mayor Mike Speck took the stage early in the afternoon to accept

had asked the then-mayor to participate, but he hedged and ultimately declined.

“It was a different time,” Speck said. “Today it’s a new day, a new era.

Phoenixville has always been diverse.

What we’re doing now is getting everybody to accept the diversity.”

Only about five people stood near the front of the park with anti-LGBT religious literature. Otherwise, a couple-hundred people milled about enjoying the warm, sunny day and the vendors.

Joe Cairo, president of the LGBT Qmunity Center in Montgomery County, said he was hoping to grow awareness for his organization, which is still looking for a permanent home. The center hosted its first gay Bingo fundraiser at the end of April to support the cost of a space.

Although many people from suburban Philadelphia do enjoy the annual trek to the city for its Pride, Cairo said it’s also important for LGBT people to celebrate in their hometowns.

“There are so many of us out here in the ’burbs and we’re like family here,” he said.

Cairo added he would love for Montgomery County to work on developing its own Pride. n

Out & About Pride Weekend National Park Service LGBT Program 3 p.m. June 9-11 Independence Visitor Center, Sixth and Market streets NPS Ranger Mike Doveton, along with WXPN’s Deb D’Allesandro on June 9 and William Way archivist Bob Skiba June 10-11, will present a free program on the history of the local LGBT-rights movement.

Pride Kick-Off Party 6-10 p.m. June 10 12th and Locust streets The annual block party will feature refreshments, food, games, amusements and discounted Pride festival wristbands at $10.

Born This Way 8 p.m. June 10 Boxers, 1330 Walnut St. The LGBT sports bar kicks off Pride weekend with music by DJ Paulie Paul, a performance

by Omyra Lynn and a vogue battle.

William Way LGBT Community Center Homecoming 11 a.m.-2 p.m. June 11 1315 Spruce St. The annual fundraising event returns at a new time and as a brunch, featuring a silent auction and live entertainment.

Philadelphia Dyke March 3 p.m. June 11 Kahn Park, 11th and Pine streets Hundreds will set off through Center City to raise visibility of the dyke community. The march steps off at 4 p.m., and speakers and performers will entertain in the park after.

GayBINGO! 7 p.m. June 11 The Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St. GayBINGO! turns 20 in style at this campy BINGO tournament that raises money for AIDS Fund.

Back 2 Basics: Philly Dyke March After-Party 10 p.m.-2 a.m. June 11 Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. The official Dyke March after-party features drink specials, music by DJ NiiLo and DJ Ka$h. Cover is $10.

Pride Parade 11:30 a.m. June 12 13th and Locust streets The parade kicks off a half-hour earlier than usual this year and heads from the Gayborhood to Penn’s Landing.

Pride Festival Noon-6 p.m. June 12 Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing The festival will feature more than 160 organizations, artisans, food and drink vendors and more, while singer Deborah Cox and others take the stage.

Queer as Philly 4-9 p.m. June 12 Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. The Pride tea-dance party features house music and today’s hits. Cover is $5.

ICandy Pride After-Party June 12 254 S. 12th St. The official Pride after-party features no cover, drink specials and three DJs. n

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com When Pastor Pamela K. Williams’ mother was dying last spring, the woman called her daughter to her bedside.

“Can you forgive me?” she asked. “I let people say things about you … I didn’t stop it.”

Williams, who is a lesbian, assured her mother that she had nothing to apologize for.

She wished she could repay her mother for the sacrifices she made to help her children lead successful lives.

“I stand before you now as an unapologetic lesbian Baptist preacher in the city of Philadelphia,” Williams told a roomful of older adults June 3 at the Southwest Senior Center on Elmwood Avenue. More than 50 people attended the first Pride at a city senior center. Many wore purple shirts that said, “LGBT Supporter.”

“God couldn’t use me while I was living a lie,” Williams said of the need to come out.

She has now been married two years to the woman she met 20 years ago.

Williams, who leads the Ark of the Refuge Tabernacle in West Philadelphia, received a standing ovation. Other speakers included two women from PFLAG, a group for parents of LGBT kids; Paulette Cunningham, director of the Southwest Senior Center; and Terri Clark, who leads intimacy-in-aging workshops.

“LGBT Pride is the positive stance against discrimination,” Clark said while explaining the history of the Stonewall Riots in New York City and the evolution of Pride celebrations.

The William Way LGBT Community Center, LGBT Elder Initiative and Free Library of Philadelphia also had tables at the event, which concluded with lunch and socializing.

Linda Marucci, a social worker at the senior center who recently came out to her coworkers, is planning to start an LGBT book club at the center. In collaboration with the city library system, Marucci would like to design an intergenerational book club that could meet monthly at different venues. It’s expected to start in October to coincide with LGBT History Month.

Marucci worked with Clark to plan the first Pride at the Southwest Senior Center.

In 2013, Clark received a grant from the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging that allowed her to present workshops on sexual education and health at select senior centers.

The funding has since concluded, but Clark continued the work.

During one workshop in the fall at the Southwest Senior Center, Clark said members had questions about LGBT people.

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First Person Arts seeks stories about pride In its 15th season, First Person Arts wants to hear stories of LGBT pride.

While LGBT people have told their stories at other StorySlams, a program of First Person Arts, this is the first time Pride will serve as the official theme — chosen to celebrate LGBT Pride Month.

The Pride Story Slam takes place 7:30 p.m. June 13 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. It’s for all ages. Tickets cost $10 and can only be purchased at the door.

Dinner reservations are recommended to get a seat.

Each story lasts five minutes and the winner walks away with $100.

Chris Lundy will host the event. PGN is a sponsor.

StorySlams are held the second Monday of each month at World Cafe, as well as the fourth Tuesday at L’Etage.

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Rosalee Lacy, president of the center’s advisory council, said the Pride program was very moving. She said she and the women she was sitting with talked about the things they learned.

“What made me cry is how that mom’s son didn’t tell her he was gay for so long,” said Joyce Coleman, a volunteer and member of the center. She was referring to a story told by Barbara Klinman with PFLAG. Klinman remembered that her son Jason came out to her and her husband when he was 29. He said his brother already knew, as did some of his high-school friends and their parents.

“I think about people in my family who’ve suffered in silence,” Coleman said, adding she was glad to have the Pride program at the senior center. “It was great exposure. I think it’s been a long time coming.” n

“Older adults are thinking about these issues,” she said. “They want permission to ask questions.”

From there, Pride at Southwest Senior Center developed. Clark said she hoped it would become a catalyst for more programs and conversations.

“As people become more knowledgeable, they’re more loving,” Marucci said.

Priscilla Walters, who attended the senior center’s Pride, took charge of distributing the purple shirts. She said her niece is gay.

Walters said it really hit home for her when Williams, the pastor, spoke about families not banishing their LGBT relations from their homes or gatherings.

“I invite my niece to my house and I say, ‘Bring your friends with you,’” Walters said. “We need to support them.”

— Paige Cooperstein

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Media Trail 40 years ago in PGN Activists stage demonstration against Sen. Jackson Adapted from reporting by Harry Langhorne In response to Sen. Henry Jackson of Washington saying he did not want gay votes in his bid to become a presidential nominee, Gay Activists Alliance of Philadelphia staged a demonstration outside his campaign headquarters in the city.

About 30 gay men and women picketed and chanted while handing out leaflets to passersby.

City Councilman Louis Johanson, head of the Jackson campaign for the Philadelphia area, solidly bumped into several demonstrators as he made his way into the headquarters building during the April 23 protest. A plainclothes police officer from the Civil Disobedience Squad intervened in the incident.

Otherwise, the demonstration proceeded peacefully.

This was the second demonstration in the Philadelphia area against Jackson, a Democrat. Previously, gay student groups gathered at Bryn Mawr College to protest Jackson’s remarks on the campaign trail, including that gay people do not need job protections because they have their own “gay jobs” and should stick to themselves.

Jackson also said that gay people would be the downfall of Western civilization.

March, rallies planned for Philadelphia Gay Pride Day Adapted from reporting by John Parker The fourth-annual Gay Pride Day was set to include a march starting in Rittenhouse Square June 12, 1976, followed by speeches and entertainment throughout the weekend.

Activities at Rittenhouse Square were scheduled to start at 3 p.m. with speakers including former Air Force T/Sgt. Leonard Matlovich and the Rev. Freda Smith.

Gov. Milton Shapp was to be represented by Tony Silvestre, who chaired the Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorities.

Other activists expected to attend were Dr. Frank Kameny, Dave Kopay, Kate Millet and Rita Mae Brown.

A rally was scheduled to be held at the new Gay Community Center on Kater Street, and a Gay Pride Dance was to take place at Griffin Hall on 21st and Chestnut streets.

A Philadelphia coalition was also being organized to participate in the New York Christopher Street Liberation Day March on June 27. n — compiled by Paige Cooperstein

Attorney: Mississippi can’t block gay marriage The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports an attorney argued in court papers that Mississippi cannot be allowed to constantly put up new barriers to same-sex marriage.

Roberta Kaplan represents the Campaign for Southern Equality and two lesbian couples. They are trying to block an incoming state law that lets clerks cite their own religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex partners.

Kaplan and her clients filed a federal lawsuit in 2014 that helped overturn Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Now, they are trying to reopen that lawsuit so they can prevent the religious-objections measure from becoming law July 1.

State attorneys argued in papers filed May 24 that the lawsuit should remain shut.

In a response filed June 1, Kaplan argues the new law subjects gay couples to “second-class citizenship.”

Measure bucking guidelines on trans bathroom use fails According to the Lincoln Star Journal, a proposed Nebraska Board of Education resolution that would have pushed back against a federal directive to let transgender students use bathrooms that match their gender identity has failed.

The resolution failed June 3 on a tied vote of 3-3. Two board members were absent.

The resolution would have let school districts “use their best discretion” in deciding whether to adopt the guidelines, and to do so only after “gathering input from teachers and parents whose children will be affected.”

Omaha board member Pat McPherson drafted the resolution in reaction to guidelines recently released by the Obama administration that say schools receiving federal education funding must allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms according to their expressed gender.

Arrests made in trans man’s beating at homeless camp The Burlington Free Press reports four people wanted in the fatal beating of a transgender man at a Vermont homeless encampment were arrested in San Diego following a nationwide manhunt.

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San Diego Police Sgt. Michael Tansey said the four suspects, who were wanted on suspicion of second-degree murder in the May 23 attack on Amos Beede, were apprehended late June 2.

Burlington police publicly identified the suspects as Erik Averill, Myia Barber, Allison Gee and Jordan Paul on June 2.

Tansey said the group will be held until authorities in Burlington bring charges against them and seek their extradition from California. They have yet to be assigned attorneys who could comment.

Tips provided by Burlington police led San Diego detectives to the suspects, who were found at a park in the city.

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According to the Tampa Bay Times, Florida taxpayers are going to pay nearly $500,000 for the state’s losing battle to keep intact a voter-approved ban on gay marriage.

State officials have now reached settlements with two separate groups of attorneys representing same-sex couples who challenged the state’s ban. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office reached a final settlement on June 1 that brought the total to $493,000.

Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ordered the state to pay the fees of attorneys who filed federal lawsuits challenging the ban.

Hinkle ruled the ban unconstitutional in August 2014, but he postponed implementing the ruling pending appeals that were further along in other federal courts.

Same-sex couples started getting married throughout the state in January 2015, six months before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across the country.

Appeals court refuses to rehear transgender restroom case The Washington Post reports a federal appeals court won’t reconsider a threejudge panel’s ruling that a transgender teen must be allowed to use the boys’ restroom at school.

The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Gloucester County School Board’s appeal May 31.

The school board had asked for a fullcourt review after a three-judge panel said schools are bound by Department of Education guidelines, which say students must be allowed to use restrooms corresponding to their gender identity.

The sex-discrimination claim was brought by Gloucester High School student Gavin Grimm, who was born female but identifies as male.

In a dissent of the May 31 decision, Judge Paul Niemeyer said the “momentous nature” of the issue deserves consideration before the U.S. Supreme Court. n — compiled by Larry Nichols

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New program unites Philly, Camden in HIV prevention, care

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Three local organizations are teaming up to provide wide-ranging HIV prevention and outreach efforts on both sides of the Delaware River.

AccessMatters, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc. and the Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey, Inc., received a five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control that they are putting toward the creation of Brothers United. The program — funded through CDC’s “high-impact prevention” dollars made possible through the revamped National HIV Strategy — targets African-American and Latino men, including men who have sex with men, high-risk heterosexual men such as intravenous-drug users and their sexual partners, in both Philadelphia and Camden.

“We’re trying to keep those who are HIVpositive linked to care and those who are HIV-negative given enough information to prevent transmission,” explained Rashidah Abdul-Khabeer of AccessMatters.

The program will get underway with a

focus on outreach and community engagement, with the three collaborating organizations working to get the word out in their respective communities.

“One of the most important parts of this program is making sure that people at the community level really understand the availability of services,” Abdul-Khabeer said. “The National Strategy has been reworked to encourage providers to get close to people at the community, neighborhood level. Each of these three organizations has some similarities but we’re each going to be very much managing and navigating cultural issues and norms in each of the service areas. We’re literally going to be going out, finding partners, canvassing and handing out pamphlets and brochures.”

Abdul-Khabeer said program organizers have developed promotional materials to distribute in local neighborhoods with the intent of connecting people to counseling and testing at the partner organizations.

The program will also include navigation services, such as connecting clients to health care and helping them develop prevention plans using condoms of pre-ex-

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posure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Lizette Torress, assistant program director for the Family Resource Center and health-education department at HFC, headquartered in Camden, said this marks the first time the organization will be doing targeted outreach efforts to MSM, who have previously been included in their wider HIV work.

“We’ll be reaching out to communities with Camden city and throughout Camden County and Southern New Jersey,” Torress said. “We want to reach men who are at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS, which includes MSM, IV-drug users and those who may have multiple partners within a year.”

HFC has hired a staffer to oversee its Brothers United program and is planning to bring on a part-time employee, as well as utilize existing staff for HIV testing.

Congreso director Lorett Matus said the program was a natural fit for her organization.

“The statistics are very high for men of color acquiring HIV and AIDS, even though

“We want to reach men who are at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS, which includes MSM, IV-drug users and those who may have multiple partners within a year.” it may be off the national radar,” Matus said.

“Given the community we work with, it makes sense to partner with these two agencies to produce what we think is going to be historic, impactful programming.”

Congreso brought on two full-time personnel to manage its portion of the program.

Brothers United will be rolled out in time for Men’s Health Week next week.

HFC will host a health fair 1-7 p.m.

June 10 at 29th and Federal streets in Camden, providing health information and testing, education and access to services and resources. The organization will also hold expanded testing hours the week of June 13, until 7 p.m. For more information, contact Adonis Banegas at abanegas@hispanicfamilycenter.com or 856-963-0270.

AccessMatters will also offer extended testing hours during Men’s Health Week, including late-night and weekend testing.

For more information, contact the organization’s information hotline at 800-662-6080 or text “GOTEST” to 66746. AccessMatters recently launched a mobile app, “It Matters,” focused on sexual and reproductive-health services for youth. For more information, visit www.itmatters.me.

Congreso will offer testing at the June 12 Philadelphia Pride and will be the sole testing provider at the All White Party with a Touch of Gold, 9 p.m.-3 a.m. June 17 at the African American Museum, 701 Arch St. Tickets are $25: http://ow.ly/LBH23010nSj. For more information about Congreso, visit www.congreso.net. n

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--ABC-TV “Mark Segal is one of the major actors in the struggle for LGBT equality in the U.S....A life as eventful as Segal’s demands that a book be written about it.”

--South Florida Gay News “Segal’s And Then I Danced harkens back to the glory days of the gay liberation era. Current activists could learn a lot of useful lessons from reading this memoir, and any American who reads it will learn about some interesting chapters in our nation’s ongoing struggle to form a more perfect union.”

--David Carter, Author of Stonewall, The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution “And Then I Danced is more than a memoir; it’s a revelation……….and that’s a huge part of why this book is so vital. Equally important is how Segal shatters mistaken beliefs about queer history. Segal really puts the movement in context for the post-Stonewall generation.”

--Lambda Literary Review “Read Mark Segal’s memoir and you’ll get the inside story of how and why he interrupted a live broadcast of The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. What happened afterward will surprise you. It’s one of many surprises in this must-read first-person account of LGBT history as it unfolded after Stonewall. Segal was a witness to that history, and he made some of it happen, changing our country and our lives for the better.”

—Louis Wiley, Jr., executive editor, Frontline (PBS)

“I have read about Segal in other places but nothing is like reading about it as he tells it....Because of Segal and others we have openly LGBT people working in the White House and throughout corporate America.

He has helped make it possible for an entire community of gay world citizens to finding the voice that they need to become visible.”

--Reviews by Amos Lassen “Segal’s writing style is engrossing and never ponderous....And Then I Danced is highly recommended for all LGBT history collections and especially for readers with interest in Pennsylvania/Philadelphia politics.”

--American Library Association’s GLBT Round Table “And Then I Danced is a fascinating page-turner that prompted my tears, laughter, envy, and astonishment--but most of all left me feeling very proud of what our community has accomplished and grateful to Mark for sharing his intimate memoir. While there are many who have witnessed the extraordinary history of the LGBT community, few have played as major a role in creating it as has Mark. It is no exaggeration to say that there is no person alive today who has been a more central participant in as much of the contemporary LGBT rights struggle than Mark Segal.”

--Sean Strub, author of Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival “Mark Segal has for decades been a pathfinder for LGBT journalists of all stripes. We’re indebted to him for his years of radical activism, helping to foster a movement for change that has had a dramatic and positive impact for millions.”

--Michelangelo Signorile, author of It’s Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality “Real change never comes without real guts and real vision and real leaders.

Mark Segal is the real deal.”

--Robert Moore, cofounder of Dallas Voice “Mark Segal’s ideas run from the alpha to the omega. Sometimes I think there’s got to be more than one Mark Segal: he has done way too much for one lifetime. I highly recommend this book. If you can’t get to meet Mark in person, this is the next best thing!”

--Michael Luongo, author of Gay Travels in the Muslim World “Before there was Ellen, Will, Grace, Rosie, Andy, and Anderson, Mark Segal was the squeaky gay wheel of American television, pulling stunts that forced the medium to open its closet door. If Walter Cronkite were still alive, he’d say: Not HIM again! And that’s the way it is. And was. Read all about it.”

--Bruce Vilanch, Six-Time Emmy Award Winner “Mark Segal has taken the LGBT aging world by storm, and in the process has made a remarkable difference for our community’s courageous pioneers. We’ve all learned so much from him.”

--Michael Adams, executive director, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders “With gentle humor and the slightest touch of sardonicism….Segal lets readers into his personal life: his loves, losses, and (spoiler alert!) a very happy ending. “Drama seems to follow me,” he writes, and readers will be glad for it.”

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International 200K party at Tel Aviv Pride Colorfully dressed drag queens and bare-chested muscular men on floats partied alongside thousands of others from the LGBT community at Tel Aviv’s annual gay Pride parade, the largest event of its kind in the Middle East.

Israeli media said 200,000 people joined the festivities June 3.

Tel Aviv has emerged as one of the world’s most LGBT-friendly travel destinations. The city stands in sharp contrast to much of the region, where people are persecuted and may even be killed because of their sexuality.

But homosexuality is often shunned in religiously observant Jewish and Muslim communities in Israel.

Greece rejects asylum for gay Syrian refugee Greece has rejected an asylum claim from a gay Syrian refugee.

An appeals board ruled that the man should return to Turkey because claims that he could be persecuted for his sexual orientation if he was returned to Syria were deemed “unreliable.”

The asylum seeker arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos, but after a board of appeal ruled on his case, they said he should return to Istanbul.

According to the man, he had been threatened by two members of ISIS while living in Istanbul, where he had been for several years.

The board had previously granted asylum to Syrians, saying Turkey is not a safe country in which they should be placed.

Under a EU-Turkey migration deal which was reached in March, no previous asylum seekers have been returned to Turkey.

A nonprofit in Greece, the Council for Refugees, has said it plans to appeal the decision on behalf of the man.

According to a report by Amnesty International, refugees are “denied effective protection” in Turkey.

“The EU-Turkey deal is reckless and illegal,” said John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s director for Europe and Central Asia. “Amnesty International’s

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findings expose as a fiction the idea that Turkey is able to respect the rights and meet the needs of over three million asylum-seekers and refugees.”

Meanwhile, a gay asylum seeker in the United Kingdom has said he is facing deportation to Malawi because he doesn’t have enough “proof” of his sexuality.

And a Zimbabwean lesbian asylum seeker also claimed she was told to hand over naked pictures to “prove” her sexuality to U.K. authorities.

demn in the strongest terms the apparent murder of Rene Martinez,” the statement read. “A leader in the LGBTI community in San Pedro Sula and a rising political figure in Honduras, his death comes as a great shock. We offer our condolences to his friends and family, and expect a full and thorough investigation into the circumstances of his death. The United States has already offered our assistance to Honduran authorities working to bring justice in this case.”

Denmark to delist trans identity as mental issue

Russian gangs target gays

Denmark is preparing to change the law so that being transgender will no longer be considered a mental disorder.

Flemming Moeller Mortensen, deputy chairman of Parliament’s Health Committee, says all nine parties in the Assembly have agreed to change the law

by Jan. 1 next year.

The May 31 agreement clears the way for the government to submit a formal proposal to change the Health Ministry’s guidelines.

Moeller Mortensen said Denmark has lost patience with the World Health Organization, which has come under pressure to stop classifying transgender identity as mental disorder in its clinical guidelines.

He said Denmark will go it alone because it “wants to be a front-runner like when we became the first country in the world to recognize same-sex partnerships” in 1989.

Honduras activist kidnapped and murdered An LGBT-rights activist in Honduras has been found dead, days after he was kidnapped outside his home.

Gay activist Rene Martinez, 39, was kidnapped June 1 as he was arriving home from work. Unknown men forced him into a vehicle.

His body was found two days later in a nearby neighborhood. Martinez appears to have been strangled.

The activist was president of San Pedro Sula-based rights group Comunidad Gay Sampredrana, and worked for an anti-violence program developed alongside the U.S. Agency for International Development.

In a statement, the U.S. Embassy in Honduras condemned the murder.

“On behalf of the people and the government of the United States, we con-

Criminal gangs in Russia, operating through gay dating sites, have found a lucrative new blackmail target: gay men.

A St. Petersburg economist, one of their latest victims, said several men burst into the apartment where he was meeting his date. Claiming that his date was underage, they threatened to call the police and to release a video they had secretly filmed unless he paid up.

The gay-rights group Vykhod, or Coming Out, said it registered 12 such attacks in St. Petersburg in 2015 and at least six more gay men have come to them so far this year. LGBT activists believe the real number is far higher and say the attacks have increased in the past two years.

Since homosexuality finds little acceptance in Russian society, many gays keep their sexual orientation hidden from their families, friends and co-workers. This makes them easy extortion targets for criminals.

Vykhod spokeswoman Nika Yuryeva said most of the recent attacks have followed the same pattern as the one seen by the St. Petersburg economist.

Alexander Loza, a legal adviser at Positive Dialogue, an organization that provides consulting services for gays, particularly those living with the HIV virus, has heard similar stories.

“Many gay people in Russia lead a double life, unwilling to disclose their sexual orientation to their family or at work,” Loza said. “In the case of such setup dates, they are afraid to disclose their status, to be accused of pedophilia and therefore they are afraid to appeal to the police.”

The activists said Russian criminals have been emboldened by a 2013 law that made it a crime to expose children to gay “propaganda,” part of a Kremlin-backed effort to defend traditional family values and counter the influence of what it considers a decadent West. n — compiled by Larry Nichols

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Lightsey presented a report by Dr. Daniel Brown, Philadelphia associate medical examiner, which ruled Young’s cause of death as stab wounds and the manner of death as homicide. Brown’s report said there were two stab wounds: one to the front chest, injuring the right lung; and one to the left upper back, puncturing the thoracic cavity, which protects the heart and other organs.

The wounds were up to 5-inches deep.

According to the summary of Pena’s statement, Floyd told him of an ongoing fight with Young over a man. She asked Pena to help her kill Young. On Feb. 20, Floyd and Pena met up with Young. They purchased two dime bags of crack and, Pena said, Floyd and Young smoked at a park in Frankford while he did not.

Pena stated that Floyd used a knife to stab Young at the park. When Young fled, Pena said Floyd told him he had to “finish” Young or Floyd would have him killed.

“It was my life or hers,” Pena said in the statement.

Pena caught up with Young near Penn Street and stabbed her in the back.

Pena’s attorney, David Michael Walker, argued that Pena acted out of fear for his life.

Walker said Pena’s murder charge should be downgraded to third degree instead of first.

Carr Deni upheld the first-degree charge for trial.

According to the summary of Floyd’s statement, she did not plan to kill Young.

She said in a portion of the interrogation video that Young “used to follow me around all the time.”

The two had ongoing issues, Floyd said.

In the summary of her statement, she added that she, Young and Pena did meet at a park near Arrott Street on Feb. 20. She said they were all smoking crack when she decided to stab Young.

Floyd’s statement summary said she knew that Pena had a “butcher-type knife” with him and that’s what she used to stab Young.

When Young fled, Floyd contends Pena followed Young on his own. She said Pena told her he stabbed Young twice in the neck, a detail which is inconsistent with the report from the medical examiner’s office.

In the summary of her statement, Floyd said she remembered Pena telling her, “There’s no way [Young] survived.” n

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Pride 2016: What a difference a year can make Last year was the first Philly Pride pening societally, causing them to spring where we were able to celebrate national into action (in order to help to tolerate the marriage equality. And it was a really discomfort). great Pride: triumphant and joyous. This In light of all of this negativity, it can year, as we find ourselves in the midst be very easy to become discouraged, but of Pride week, we are living in a counit is more crucial than ever to rally beyond try where conservatives have been and those disheartened feelings and continue continue to launch bill after to increase our visibility on bill aimed at tearing away the local and national levels. When progress made toward LGBT we are visible, more and more equality. Since the adoption people existing within a comof marriage equality in June pletely heteronormative expe2015, literally hundreds of antirience have the opportunity LGBT bills have been proposed to realize that we are all just in states across the country, and people with the same overinclude everything from trans all desires as everyone else: men and women not being able to be happy, to be loved, to to urinate in the appropriate be treated justly. As such, it bathrooms to businesses having is our obligation to continue the privilege to deny service to have as many fabulous and to same-sex couples. In short, impactful Pride celebrations as there have been many ludicrous possible and to not fall prey to stances taken in an effort to the notion that these sorts of justify the removal of rights for Kristina Furia events are not as necessary as LGBT individuals and couples. they used to be. They are nec Unfortunately, this backlash isn’t essary and we have to continue to support exactly surprising from a psychologitheir successes and applaud smaller cities cal perspective for a few reasons. First, and counties who are just starting out, like the legalizing of marriage equality, as Chester County, which just hosted its first well as the drastically increased visibilPride celebration in more than a decade ity of trans individuals, have brought all last weekend. Every Pride week, parade, of the ultra-conservative homophobes festival and block party is helping us to out of dormancy. Just like a virus resting advance our movement. quietly within us until something acti So this weekend, as we celebrate and vates it, these two major changes within rejoice in our amazing, glittery history, mainstream society have launched these let’s do so with the knowledge that it’s not folks into a fit of anti-LGBT rage. What’s just for fun (even though much fun will be behind it? had), and that it is a meaningful and even In my personal opinion, I believe that essential celebration of how far we’ve many of the most enraged anti-LGBTcome and how far we still have to go. This ers are struggling with a lot of repressed year is an important one so let’s show up, same-sex attraction, and thus, internalized have fun and be proud of who we are and homophobia. Additionally, and perhaps the courage it takes to be visible and stay more generally, marriage equality has visible. caused right-wing, religious Americans to Thank you, guys, for being out and believe that they have to fight to protect proud with me. n the country from what they view as shifts toward an immoral, Godless society. It Kristina Furia is a psychotherapist comis also highly likely that, on an individmitted to working with LGBT individuual level, many of those at the forefront als and couples and owner of Emerge of this hateful movement are reacting to Wellness, an LGBT health and wellness their inability to tolerate the dissonance center in Center City (www.emergewellbetween their own beliefs and what’s hap- nessphilly.com).

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Investment Math 101: Calculating your own performance Q: I’ve been investing for a few years now and I find it challenging to really understand how my investments have actually performed. And the statements I get from my advisor are a bit confusing. How can I calculate my actual investment returns?

A: Tracking the performance of your investments is not as difficult as you might assume. Once you understand a few simple formulas, you can use a calculator or spreadsheet software to determine common metrics, such as annual rate of return or after-tax return.

Using this formula to calculate Joe’s annual compound return, we take $12,000/$10,000 = 1.2. Then, we raise 1.2 to the 1/5 (or 0.20) power, giving us 1.03714. Subtract out 1, and we have 0.03714, or 3.714 percent, which is Joe’s annualized return. Jane’s portfolio, on the other hand, performed much better, earning 9.54 percent on average every year. Of course, two different investments should not be judged solely on performance results for short periods of time or for different time periods. The risk of the portfolio must also be considered.

Determining rate of return

The Rule of 72

Probably the most basic calculation for investors is return on investment. Total return includes capital appreciation and income components, and assumes all income distributions are reinvested. If you automatically reinvest distributions such as interest or dividends, but added no other new funds to the account, total return is calculated by taking the difference in an investment portfolio’s ending and beginning balance, and dividing that difference by the beginning balance. In formula format, it would look like this:

If you need to estimate how your nest egg might grow, you might want to use the Rule of 72. This can reveal how long it could take your money to double at a particular rate of return. To calculate this measurement, you would use the following formula:

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Total Return: (Calculator or Spreadsheet:) (Ending Balance [EB] - Beginning Balance [BB]) Beginning Balance For example, Joe started with an investment of $10,000. After five years, his portfolio’s value increased to $12,000. He can determine his portfolio’s total return as follows: ($12,000 - $10,000)/$10,000 = 0.20, or 20 percent. Therefore, Joe can say his $10,000 has increased by 20 percent.

To annualize this total return, you’ll need to calculate the compound annual return.

For example, Jane also originally invested $10,000. However, it took her portfolio only two years to grow to $12,000. If you measure the performances of both Joe’s and Jane’s portfolios by using the formula above, both increased by 20 percent. To take the difference in time into consideration — i.e., to calculate the compound annualized rate of return — you would need a calculator that can raise to powers. Here’s what the formula would look like: Compound Annualized Rate of Return: Calculator: [(EB/BB) ^ (1/# of years) 1] Spreadsheet: [(EB/BB) ^ (1/# of years)] - 1

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72/Annual Rate of Return = Number of years it will take for your money to double at a particular rate of return For example, Jane and Joe want to figure out how long it will take their $10,000 investments to double to $20,000. They would use their compound annual rates of return (as explained above) to estimate how many years it will take to double their money. Joe estimates it will take over 19 years (72/3.71 percent = 19.4 years). However, Jane’s portfolio could grow to $20,000 in less than eight years (72/9.54 percent = 7.55 years).

It is important to note that the Rule of 72 does not guarantee investment results or function as a predictor of how your investment will perform. It is simply an approximation of the impact a targeted rate of return would have. Investments are subject to fluctuating returns, and there can never be a guarantee that any investment will double in value.

Remember taxes and inflation You should always take into consideration the effects of taxes and inflation when constructing an investment plan to meet your financial objectives. After all, even though Jane earned an average 9.54 percent on her investments every year, her “real” rate of return will be reduced by taxes and increases in the cost of living.

Depending on Jane’s situation and income-tax bracket, as much as 39.6 percent of her 9.54-percent compound annual return could be paid in federal taxes, leaving her with [9.54 percent x (1 - 0.39.6)], or 5.76 percent.

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Then, Jane must figure in the effects of inflation on her earnings. For example, assume inflation averaged 3 percent over the two years that Jane invested her $10,000, and that she earned a 5.76-percent compound annual return after taxes, but before inflation. Now, Jane must adjust her after-tax return for the loss of purchasing power caused by inflation. To determine an inflation-adjusted rate of return, use the following formula: Inflation-Adjusted Return: (Calculator or Spreadsheet:) [(1 + Rate of Return) / (1 + Inflation Rate) - 1] x 100 Jane’s inflation-adjusted, after-tax rate of return is [(1.0576)/(1.03) - 1] x 100, or 2.68 percent. Keep in mind that we’ve assumed the highest federal income-tax bracket (which does not apply to every investor); however, the example does show the impact that taxes and inflation can have on your return.

No substitute for understanding No matter what your level of investment experience or sophistication, you may benefit from developing a relationship with a financial advisor. Why? For starters, a qualified financial professional can help you understand your investments’ performance, so you don’t have to do these calculations yourself. While it is still your responsibility to know what it all means, a trusted financial

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professional can make sure you grasp what the numbers are revealing.

From a “big picture” perspective, a financial pro is also trained to analyze your personal financial situation and prepare a program designed to help you address your financial goals and objectives. n Jeremy R. Gussick is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional affiliated with LPL Financial, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.* Jeremy specializes in the financial planning needs of the LGBT community and was recently named a 2015 FIVE STAR Wealth Manager as mentioned in Philadelphia Magazine.** He is active with several LGBT organizations in the Philadelphia region, including the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund and the Independence Business Alliance, the Philadelphia Region’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce. OutMoney appears monthly. If you have a question for Jeremy, you can contact him via email at Jeremy@RetirementRefined.com. Securities and Advisory Services offered through LPL Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC. *As reported by Financial Planning magazine, 19962015, based on total revenues. **Award based on 10 objective criteria associated with providing quality services to clients such as credentials, experience, and assets under management among other factors. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be con-

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locations in Philadelphia CENTER CITY — 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. • The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St. • Bioscript Pharmacy, 1227 Locust St. • Boxers PHL, 1330 Walnut St. • Cafe Twelve, 212 S. 12th St. • Charlie Salon, 203 S. 12th St. • Charlie was a Sinner, 131 S. 13th 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. • GALAEI, 1207 Chestnut St. • ICandy, 254 S. 12th St. • Independent Hotel, 13th & Locust sts. • John C. Anderson Apts., 249 S. 13th St. • Mazzoni Clinic, 809 Locust St. • Midtown II, 122 S. 11th St. • More Than Just Ice Cream, 1119 Locust St. • Nationality Service Center, 1216 Arch St. • Optimal Gym, 1315 Walnut St. • Paolo Pizzeria, 1336 Pine St. • PAT@Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. • Phila. FIGHT/ Aids Library, 1233 Locust St., 2nd floor • Planned Parenthood, 1144 Locust St. • Reading Terminal Market, 12th & Filbert sts. • Salon K, 1216 Locust St. • Scorpio Books, 205 S. Juniper St. • Spruce Street Video, 252 S. 12th St. • Square One, 249 S. 13th St. • Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. • Toast, 12th & Spruce sts. • Triangle Medicine, 253 S. 10th St., 1st floor • U Bar, 1220 Locust St. • Valanni, 1229 Spruce St. • Venture Inn, 255 S. Camac St. • William Way LGBT Community Center, 1325 Spruce St. • Woody’s, 202 S. 13th St. •

CENTER CITY OTHER — EAST OF BROAD

Bean Café, 615 South St. • Best Western Independence Park Hotel lobby, 215 Chestnut St. • Bodhi Coffee, 410 S. 2nd St. • Bridgeview Place, 315 New St. • Cedrone’s Flowers, 800 Lombard St. • Class Act Auto Repair, 2042 S. Bancroft St. • Copabanana, 342 South St. • Dane Décor, 315 Arch St. • Filter Coffee Co., 331 Race St. • 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, 6th & Market sts. • Modish Hair Salon, 640B South 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. • Two Independence Place, 233 S. 6th St. •Ultimo Coffee, 1900 S. 15th St. • Wireworks, 301 Race St. •

CENTER CITY OTHER — WEST OF BROAD

Adonis Cinema, 2026 Sansom 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. • Dan Tobey R/E, 1401 Walnut St., 8th floor • Dr. Wakefield’s Office, 255 S. 17th St., Suite 2306 • Drucker & Scaccetti, 1600 Market St., Suite 3300 • Drexel Partnership, 1427 Vine St., 3rd floor • Latimer Deli, 255 S. 15th St. • MANNA, 12 S. 23rd St. • Marine Club Condos lobby, Broad St. & Washington Ave. • Metropolitan, 115 N. 15th St. • PA Law Project, 2122 Chestnut St., Suite 1600 • Phila. Daily News, 801 Market St. • Safeguards Lobby, 1700 Market St., 18th floor • Sansom St. Gym, 2020 Sansom St. • South Square Market, 2221 South St. • Stir, 1705 Chancellor St. • U Do It Laundry, 15th & Spruce sts. • Westminster Arch Apts., Vine St., 3rd floor •

PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS — OTHER

Almost Paradise, 742 Frankford Ave. • Awbry Aboretum, 1 Awbry Rd. • Caribbean Pharmacy, 3825 N. 5th St. •Elfant Wissahickon Realty, 8962 Ridge Ave. • Fantasy Island Books, 7363 State Road • Harry’s Natural Foods, 1805 Cottman Ave. • Infinity Jewelers, 3528 Cottman+ Ave. • Infusion Salon, 7133 Germantown Ave. • Morris House, 5537 Woodland Ave. • One Day At A Time, 2532 N. Broad St. • Philadelphia University KANBAR Center, 4201 Henry Ave. • Philly Pharmacy, 9475 Roosevelt Blvd. • WCAU TV lobby, City Line Ave. & Monument Road • Weaver’s Way, 559 Carpenter Lane • Welker Real Estate, 2311 Fairmount Ave. • WPVI TV lobby, City Line Ave. & Monument Road •

SOUTH OF CENTER CITY

Bethel Community Home, 933-935 S. Third St. • Black N Brew, 1523 E. Passyunk Ave. • Essene, 719 S. Fourth St. • Famous 4th St. Deli, Fourth & Bainbridge sts. • Fuel, 1917 E. Passyunk Ave. • Jackson Place, 501 Jackson St. • Rockerhead Salon, 607 S. Third St. • Wedge Medical Center, 1939 S. Juniper St. •

NORTH OF CENTER CITY

1 Shot Coffee, 1040 N. Second St. • 2601 Parkway Condos lobby, 2601 Pennsylvania Ave. • Barnes & Noble, 1700 N. Broad St. • Bebashi, 1217 Spring Garden St. • Beth Ahavah, 615 N. Broad St. • Bridgeview Place Condo lobby, 315 New St. • Colonnade Condos lobby, 1601 Spring Garden St. • Community College CCP Lambda, 1700 Spring Garden St. • Congresso de Latinos, American St. & Lehigh Ave. • Darling’s Diner, 1033 N. Second St. • Girard Vet, 28th St. & Girard Ave. • HIV Early Intervention Clinic, St. Joseph’s Hospital, 16th St. & Girard Ave. • Logan View Apts. lobby, 17th & Callowhill sts. • Northern Liberties Iron Works, 821 N. Second St. • One Day At A Time, 2532 N. Broad St. • Packard Apts., 317 N. Broad St. • Philadelphian Condos lobby, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. • PYT Restaurant, 1050 N. Hancock St., at the Piazza • Sammy’s Place, 1449 N. Fifth St., 1st floor • SILOAM Ministries, 1133 Spring Garden St. • Temple University Student Activity Center, 1755 N. 12th St. • Vice Coffee, 1031 Spring GardenSty. • Welker Real Estate, 2311 Fairmount Ave. • Whole Foods Market, 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. •

UNIVERSITY CITY

Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. • Bucks County Coffee, 3430 Sansom St. • Bucks County Coffee, 30 S. 33rd St., Rom. 113 • Christian Association, 3627 Chestnut St. • Drexel University, 4001 Walnut St. • Fresh Grocer, 4001 Walnut St. • Goodman Hall, 710 S. 42nd St. • International House, 3701 Chestnut St. • LGBT Center at Penn, 3907 Spruce St. • Metropolitan Community Church, 3637 Chestnut St. • Old Quaker Condos lobby, 3514 Lancaster Ave. • Oslo Hall, 510 S. 42nd St. • Penn Bookstore, 3610 Walnut St. • Sheraton Hotel, 36th & Chestnut sts. • St. Mary’s Church, 3916 Locust Walk • University of the Sciences England Library, 4200 Woodland Ave. • Wilson Hall, 708 S. 42nd St. • World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. •

Honor boxes and free library locations 2nd & Chestnut sts. • 2nd & Fairmount sts. • 2nd & Market sts. • 2nd & Poplar sts. • 2nd & South sts. • 2nd & Walnut sts. • • 2nd & Wildey sts. • 3rd & Arch sts. • 3rd & Race sts. • 3rd & Chestnut sts. • 3rd & Market sts. • 3rd & South sts. • 3rd & Spruce sts. • 4th & Bainbridge sts. • 4th & Chestnut sts. • 4th St. bet. Arch & Market sts., by Holiday Inn • 5th & Chestnut sts. • 5th & Spring Garden sts. • 5th & Spruce sts. • 6th & South sts. • 7th & Pine sts. • 8th & Market sts. • 8th & South sts. • 8th & Walnut sts. • 9th & Market sts. • 9th & Pine sts. • 10th & Market sts. • 10th & Pine sts.

• 10th & South sts. • 10th & Spruce sts.• 10th & Reed sts. • 11th & Arch sts. • 11th & Locust sts.

• 11th & Pine sts. • 11th & Walnut sts. • 12th & Filbert sts. • 12th & Locust sts. • 12th & Manning sts. •12th & Spruce sts. • 12th & Walnut sts. • 13th & Arch sts. • 13th & Chestnut sts. • 13th & Locust sts. • 13th & Pine sts. • 13th & Sansom sts. • 13th & Spruce sts. • 13th & Walnut sts. •15th & Spruce sts. • 16th & Chestnut sts. • 16th St. & JFK Boulevard • 16th & Market sts. • 17th & Lombard sts. • 17th & Pine sts. • 17th & Spruce sts. • 18th St. & JFK Boulevard • 18th & Locust sts. • 18th & Market sts. • 19th & South sts. • 20th & Fitzwater sts. • 20th & Locust sts. • 20th & Pine sts. • 20th & Sansom sts. • 20th & Vine sts. • 21st & Walnut sts. • 22nd & Chestnut sts. • 22nd & Market sts. • 22nd & South sts. • 22nd & Walnut sts. • 23rd St. & Fairmount Avenue • 27th & Poplar sts. • 28th & Girard sts.• 29th & Girard sts. • 30th & Market sts. • 34th & Spruce sts. • 34th & Walnut sts. • 36th & Walnut sts. • 37th & Spruce sts. • 38th & Chestnut sts. • 38th & Spruce sts. • 38th & Walnut sts. • 40th & Walnut sts. • 40th & Spruce sts. • 63rd St. & City Ave. • 69th St. SEPTA station • 505 S. Fourth St. • Broad & Chestnut sts. • Broad & Ellsworth sts. • Broad & Race sts. • Broad & Spruce sts.

• Broad & Walnut sts. • Front & Girard sts. • Germantown & Girard sts. • Juniper & Market sts. • Main & Cotton sts. • Main & Levering sts. • Passyunk Ave & 10th & Reed sts. • Passyunk & Mifflin sts. • South & Delhi sts. (front door of Whole Foods) • University City SEPTA Station • Walnut & Dock sts.,

by Ritz Movies • Welsh Road & Roosevelt Boulevard • Wyndmoor SEPTA Station • Andorra Branch, 705 E. Cathedral Road • Blanch A. Nixon Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway • Bustleton Branch, 10199 Bustleton Ave. • Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale Ave. • Fishtown Branch, 1217 E. Montgomery Ave. • Frankford Branch, 4634 Frankford Ave. • Independence Branch, 18 S. Seventh St. • Joseph E. Coleman Branch, 68 W. Chelten Ave. • Kingsessing Branch, 1201 S. 51st St. • Lehigh Branch, 601 W. Lehigh Ave. • Logan Branch, 1333 Wagner Ave. • Lovett Branch, 6945 Germantown Ave. • Main Branch, 1901 Vine St. • McPherson Square Branch, 601 E. Indiana Ave. • Northeast Regional, 2228 Cottman Ave. • Oak Lane Branch, 6614 N. 12th St. • Ogontz Branch, 6017 Ogontz Ave. • Olney Branch, 5501 N. Fifth St. • Thomas F. Donatucci Branch, 1935 Shunk St. • Richmond Branch, 2987 Almond St. • Rodriguez Branch, 600 W. Girard Ave. • Roxborough Branch, 6245 Ridge Ave. • Southwark Branch, 932 S. Seventh St. • Welsh Road Branch, 9233 Roosevelt Blvd. • West Phila. Branch, 125 S. 52nd St. • Wynnefield Branch, 5325 Overbrook Ave.

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Rehoboth Beach • Canal Side Inn, 34 Sixth St. • Proud Bookstore, 149 Rehoboth Ave. • Rams Head Inn, 35006 Warrington Ave. • Rigby’s Bar & Grill, 404 Rehoboth Ave. • Shore Inn, 37239 Rehoboth Ave. • Wilmington • AIDS Delaware, 100 W. 10th St. • Crimson Moon, 1909 S. Sixth St. •

MARYLAND

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NEW JERSEY

Asbury Park • Georgie’s, 812 Fifth Ave. • Paradise, 101 Asbury Ave. • Atlantic City • Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, 1 Borgata Way • Oasis, 32 S. Tennessee Ave. • Ocean House, 127 S. Ocean Ave. • Rainbow Room, 30 S. Florida Ave.• Ritz Condo lobby, 2715 Boardwalk • South Jersey AIDS Alliance. 10 Gordon’s Alley • Bordentown • Shoppe 202, 202 Farnsworth Ave. • Camden • Honor Box, PATCO Ferry Ave. Station • Cape May • Sunshine News, 7 Gurney St. • Cherry Hill • Unitarian Church, 400 N. Kings Hwy. • Collingswood • Honor Box, PATCO Collingswood Station • Groove Ground, Haddon Ave. • Egg Harbour City • Red Barn Books, 1204 White Horse Pike • Egg Harbour Twp. • Atlanticare, 6550 Delilah Ave. • Galloway • Pride Alliance Stockton College, 101 Vera King Farris Dr. suite 240 • Gloucester City • Red Barn Books, 600 Rt. 130 South • Haddonfield • Honor Box, PATCO Haddonfield Station, PATCO Woodcrest Station • Hammonton Club Revolution, 19 N. Egg Harbor Rd. • Highland Park • Pride Center of NJ, 85 Raritan Ave. • Lambertville • Buck’s Ice Cream, 25 Bridge St. • Lebanon • LGBT of Hunterdon Co., 126 Petticoat Lane • Lindenwold • Honor Box, PATCO Lindenwold Station East • Honor Box, PATCO Lindenwold Station West • Morristown • Gay Activist Alliance, Unitarian Church, 29 Normandy Heights Road • Mountainside • Rivendell Media, 1248 Rt. 22 West • Oaklyn • Sacred Green Earth, 511 Whitehorse Pike • Princeton • LGBT Center, Princeton University, 246 First Campus Center • Vineland • J&J News, 729 N. Main St. • West Berlin • Red Barn Books, 597 Route 73 North • West Cape May • Gables of Cape May, 600 Park Blcd. • Westmont • Honor Box, PATCO Westmont Station •

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R&B star Deborah Cox to headline Philly Pride

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In between starring roles in high-profile stage play “Josephine” and a touring musical adaptation of “The Bodyguard,” Grammynominated, platinum-selling recording artist and actor Deborah Cox is set to headline this year’s Philly Pride.

Cox is no stranger to Pride festivals, having performed at numerous LGBT events including WorldPride in Toronto in 2014.

“It was amazing,” Cox said about performing at the global LGBT event. “The first [WorldPride] I did was in London and then there was one in Toronto. It’s the ultimate Pride of Prides because it’s all of the c o u n tries coming together to celebrate one’s individuality and being free, celebrating all the rights of LGBT activism. It was an amazing homecoming for everybody, seeing people from all over the world being represented and feeling liberated and free.”

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towards the hits from her solo albums, rather than her stage work, when she performs at festivals.

“For Prides, it’s always four-onthe-floor, up-tempo music and the remixes,” she said. “Those seem to be the records that have resonated in the community. It wasn’t until I starred on Broadway doing ‘AIDA’ and ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ that I realized people would respond to those songs as well.

But it’s almost always expected when I perform I’ll be doing the remixes of the songs from the early 1990s: ‘Who Do U Love,’ ‘Things Just Ain’t the Same’ and ‘Mr. Lonely’ for some reason resonated, and of course, ‘Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here.’”

Cox’s acting has found her portraying and recreating roles made famous by performers like Jospehine Baker and Whitney Houston. She said walking in the footsteps of such iconic performers is somewhat intimidating, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“That’s the fun part and part of the reason why I want to do it,” she said.

“If I don’t fear what I’m getting into as far as projects, it’s not really worth

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it to me. I feel like you have to be scared just a little bit when you are venturing off into something new. Stepping into Josephine Baker was the toughest role in my life. It encompassed singing, dancing and full-on acting. It’s a very complex character and role, and it was emotionally draining. But I feel so triumphant in what was accomplished. It was a sold-out run and I had such an amazing cast and crew of people who helped to pull the show off. It was really one of those liberating moments because it showed me I have a lot more range than I dreamed of having. So now when I step into ‘The Bodyguard,’ I’ll feel that much more comfortable having been able to play such a complex character in ‘Josephine.’ One of my jobs is to bring the essence of these women to life on stage and I just hope that people can feel the performance and be inspired by what I do. That’s all one hopes for as an artist.”

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“It’s definitely busier because it’s on top of everything else that I have to do, and I’m just one person,” she said. “And I’m a person of integrity, where the project has got to be right in its entirety. I don’t like to do things prematurely or do things just to rush them because there is a demand. I know people have been waiting on new recordings but I’m working on that and I’ll get around to it. In the between time, come to the shows and party with me live or check out one of the Broadway shows. But soon enough, there will be some new recordings.”

Balancing her recording and acting careers is nothing new for Cox, who said she’s being accustomed to juggling both for 20 years.

“It’s not that much different from what I was doing before I became a recording artist,” she said. “I had done musical theater.

I had done acting before I got my record deal. So a lot of people don’t know that side of me and they think it’s new. I like to be able to introduce this side of myself to the audience. As an artist, it also serves me very well. It gives me a lot more depth, and creatively, it gives me a lot more to pull from because the world of musical theater is so vast in the way that it can be done.

It’s great for me to be able to show that side to my audience as well and still have records to put out. I know the fans want the records to happen faster, but it’s a process.

Thankfully the fans are patient and still support me through it all.”

A native of Canada, Cox grew up accustomed to the accepting and tolerant social atmosphere of her home country.

She said she became more aware of how culturally divided people are once she moved to the United States.

“When I moved to L.A. in 1995, I was like, Wow, there is a lot of crazy segregation and racism going on here,” she said.

“In Canada, there is a level of it as well but it’s certainly not as overt as here. I myself experienced it living in the U.S. I’m in Florida now and have been living here for over 10 years, and I see it. Now, having my own family and my own kids, there’s a lot of things that I’ve experienced and it’s

DEBORAH COX IN “JOSEPHINE” really sad. The city I grew up in, Toronto, is a melting pot of different religions, nationalities and people who have adopted the Canadian way as their own, even if they are immigrants. I feel like you should be able to be who you are in whatever capacity that is.

Unfortunately, there is still so much injustice going on. But that is part of my journey as an artist. I can raise a level of awareness to help bring change, much in the way that Josephine Baker had to do it in her time.

I feel like in the present day I’ve taken the torch and done that too for the LGBT community. I just try to bring some kind of awareness with the platform that I have to some of these things that are going on and keep people open-minded.” n Deborah Cox headlines Philly Pride June 12. The parade leaves 13th and Locust at 11:30 a.m., and festival gates at the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing open at noon. The festival is $15.

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Arielle Catron: Taking queer social justice to the streets This is Pride weekend and there will be plenty of it displayed at the annual Philly Pride parade and festival. The festival is sure to be great fun — I’m definitely looking forward to hearing Deborah Cox perform. I can (barely) recall many a time in my youth belting out her hit “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here” with a slightly inebriated group of friends.

There’s also another event this week for friends to gather and celebrate our pride: the volunteer-driven annual Philly Dyke March — PDM if you’re hip like me.

Although celebratory in nature, this is not just a chance to break out your rainbow fedora and dance; the Dyke March is not a parade, but a grassroots march, unsanctioned and free, that starts and ends at Kahn Park (11th and Pine streets). This week we spoke to PDM organizer Arielle Catron.

PGN: How and when did your little brother come out to you?

AC: He came out when he was about 10.

Our family has always been very supportive of both of us.

PGN: You’ve been with the Philly Dyke March for five years. Are you from here?

AC: Nearby. I grew up in Collingswood, N.J., but have lived in Philly for about 10 years. I went to Temple undergrad and I’ve been here since then. Right now I live in South Philly with my partner, Mary McMullen.

PGN: Artist as in painter?

AC: Yes.

PGN: Collingswood is such a quaint little town. Was it like that when you were growing up?

AC: No, it’s transitioned from a basically middle-class, working-class town to the boutique town that it is now. I have to say Haddon Avenue is really cute now.

PGN: Did you grow up as an only child or with siblings?

AC: I have two little brothers, half-brothers. They’re both 10 years younger than me and graduating high school this year. One of them, Zack, has come out; in fact, he’s going to be with me over Pride weekend. It’s also his birthday weekend so we’re going to have a lot of fun. My other little brother, Tim, is straight. He has a girlfriend but he’s a great LGBT ally. They’ve both always been really supportive of all my activism and feminism and that kind of stuff.

PGN: I have a nephew who came out to me when he was in high school. I was/ am the only out person in the family so I got to be a bit of a role model for him.

AC: Yeah, I was very lucky that I got to grow up with a lot of gay role models. My favorite aunt has been with her partner for 35 years and I went to an Episcopal church that was really gayfriendly so a lot of the priests and other church figures that I grew up with were out. There was a lot of support around me.

PGN: Did you have any inkling?

AC: [Laughs] Yeah, I knew. I think the whole family did. He used to ice skate when he was little. At the time, they gave the boys a choice between ice hockey and figure skating and he was the only boy who chose figure skating! We were like, “OK, we get it.”

PGN: What do the folks do?

AC: My mom worked at TD Bank in New Jersey and my dad’s been retired for a while. He’s an artist and theater director in North Jersey. They’ve been divorced for, like, 25 years.

PGN: What was a favorite TV show as a kid?

AC: Probably “Clarissa Explains It All.” Do you remember that show?

PGN: No, though I’ve heard of it. I was more the “Scholastic Rock” era. Did Clarissa explain it all?

AC: Yes! She did. She was so cool to me because she was a teenage girl who had her head on straight, she knew and did what she wanted and she wasn’t obsessed with boys. She liked to learn things and was kind of a feminist figure for me growing up.

PGN: Did that pave the way for your activism?

AC: Yes, I think so.

PGN: So segueing into that, what activist-type work have you done?

AC: As an undergrad at Temple, I was in the Queer Student Union and after that I worked with Women Against Abuse for two-and-a-half years. I did domestic-violence counseling and coordinated with the police to help work with police response to domestic violence. It was a great project that I was excited to work on. From there, I went to the Women’s Law Project while I was in school for my master’s in social work. I worked on campus safety and campus response to sexual assault. So I’ve done a mix of women’s activist and LGBT activism.

PGN: What was the most surprising thing you learned working with the police and what was the most egregious thing?

AC: One of the most surprising things was that the police, at least the leader-

ship, were more open to collaboration than I’d anticipated. It was clear that they wanted things to get better. The most egregious thing was just being aware of how serious domestic violence still is today. The cases that I would read and the victims I would talk to and the stories I would hear make it clear. I think people sometimes feel like domestic violence is something that’s slowly gone away over time and in some ways it has, as women have more support and choices, but it’s still very much a part of our society in all walks of life. Some of the stories I heard were worse than I’d ever imagined.

PGN: I imagine that it’s frustrating when the knee-jerk response from a lot of people is, “Why doesn’t he or she or they just leave?”

AC: People think that domestic violence is just one partner hitting another partner so why doesn’t that person just leave, like you said. But it’s so much more than

PGN: And there’s the psychological-dependence and games as well. When I was a kid, my favorite aunt married an outwardly charming but abusive man.

After years of abuse, she finally divorced him and was granted custody of their two kids and the car. When she went to pick up the car he kidnapped her, dragged her into the attic and ended up in a five-hour standoff with the police. It ended when he murdered her and killed himself, so I’m well aware that it’s no joke.

AC: Oh my God, that’s awful.

PGN: Yeah, it had a big impact on the whole family, especially the kids left behind. I was young so I don’t remember much. But back to you, what do you do now?

AC: I’m the admissions coordinator for the Center for Social Work Education at Widener University. I have a master’s in social work and I’m a licensed social worker but my focus in school was in macro social work and organizing so my job is perfect because I get to organize the next wave. I get to meet a lot of people who are interested in the field and help them navigate the process of getting into the program and beyond.

PGN: [Laughs] OK, why are so many lesbians drawn to social work? It seems half the women I know are either social workers or photographers/ filmmakers!

AC: I know! Good question. I think we’re very empathetic and many of us have dealt with social issues ourselves so we want to make an impact on social justice. I guess that’s why we’re attracted to it.

PGN: Speaking of impact, the Dyke March has grown exponentially each Photo: Swiger Photography that. It’s a grooming process year. How long has it that involves cutting the other been around? person off from their resources, cutting AC: I think this is the 19th year. It’s my them off from their families and friends, second as an organizer and I love it. But sometimes even impregnating them so I’m going to have to step down after they have to rely on the abuser for finan- this year because I’m starting to work cial support. It’s truly a calculated plan for my Ph.D. and something’s got to of “How can I make this person depend give. I’m going to miss it because it’s on me so that they can’t leave me?” It’s a great group of women — make that a not just about hitting someone, it’s much great group of dykes — to work with. more planned and deliberate than people It’s frustrating and stressful and totally realize. worth it. It’s a great PAGE 86

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Dance troupe and reality TV stars The Prancing Elites are set to storm the Philly Pride stage this year for what is sure to be a show-stopping performance.

The gay and gender-nonconforming dancers from Mobile, Ala., star in their own reality-TV show, “The Prancing Elites Project,” on Oxygen. The five members of the group — Adrian Clemons, Kentrell Collins, Kareem Davis, Jerel Maddox and Tim Smith — deal with the realities of being out performers in often-hostile environments.

Collins, the group’s leader and founder, said the group started out performing at sports events and parades in the Deep South, where they often were the target of bigoted comments.

“In the beginning we were scared to do those types of events. I guess after gaining popularity, it hasn’t been as scary as it was before,” he said. “[The TV show has] definitely increased our popularity locally and nationally. Any time we go out of town, people recognize us. It’s opened doors for people from the South who struggle with being homosexual or transgender.”

The group’s increased visibility also means that aspiring performers want to be a part of it.

But Collins said that being a Prancing

Elites member takes a lot more effort than most people expect.

“There are a lot of people that want to be a part of it but they don’t want to put in the work, or they don’t want to go through the things that we go through,” he said. “They just want to perform. But all of that comes along with it.”

The group’s heightened profile has also given its members a unique platform to reach struggling youth.

“I have noticed a lot of teens that reach out and say they’re going through the same things we go through growing up,” Collins said. “I think for me, I can’t speak for anybody else, I just realized that at one point in my life you have to just live for yourself. Either friends or family members are going to accept it or they are not.

It’s not one of those things where you have to force it to make them accept it. They either will or they won’t.” n The Prancing Elites perform at Philly Pride June 12. For more information, visit www.phillypride.org or www.facebook.com/prancinge.

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By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Out writer and playwright Kathy Anderson with read from her debut shortstory collection, “Bull and Other Stories,” Pride weekend at Giovanni’s Room. Her short stories have appeared in numerous online literary reviews, literary journals and anthologies.

“Basically, I write about real people caught up in the drama of everyday life,” Anderson said about her works. “I have characters like a funeral-home driver, a teenage boy faced with a dad who is transitioning and a corporate couple who is tormenting their Realtor by not buying a house and visiting many, many houses.”

The title story of her collection, “Bull,” centers on a teenage boy who isn’t the most likable character, as he unsuccessfully comes to grips with his the shifting sexual landscape that his parents are going through.

“It’s a great example of my writing,” she said. “It’s not 100-percent a gay story.

The teenage boy is a straight kid and he’s just going through puberty, but yet he’s

faced with his dad who is transitioning.

But the whole story isn’t centered on that.

It’s about his attempts to get his parents to agree to let him get a tattoo. He’s a typical teenage boy trying to get what he wants. It’s unexpected. That’s what I try to do, set up situations where surprising things happen. I think people just appreciate unique characters that are real people.”

Anderson said that while her characters aren’t based on actual people, she is inspired by reallife stories.

“I worked for a long time as a librarian in South Jersey so when you talk to the public you hear a lot of amazing life stories, and that’s the source of some of the tiny sparks that then turn into a totally different story,” she said.

“Life is full of a lot of wonderful material. It’s not hard to come up with. The hard thing is to make it something that is a moment for you in a short amount of pages that moves you, makes you laugh or makes you cry.” n Kathy Anderson host a reading and signing with Nikka Harmon 6:30-8 p.m. June 11 at Philly AIDS Thrift at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. For more information, call 215-9232960 or visit www.kathyandersonwriter.com.

Philly native revisits gay-liberation roots in new book

By Bobby Brier PGN Contributor In “Stand By Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation,” historian and author Jim Downs sets out to prove there was a more intricate historical narrative to the gay-liberation movement of the 1970s and the subsequent AIDS epidemic of the 1980s than gay men having sex. His extensive research, which began at the William Way LGBT Community Center in Philadelphia in 2005, helps to further prove his argument that gay men were involved in a wide variety of community events that allowed them to explore their identities beyond their sexual lives.

From Craig Rodwell’s opening of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York City in the late 1960s to the formation and proliferation of the Metropolitan Community Church, Downs explores a wide range of historical points that have proven to be watershed moments for the Gay Liberation Movement of the ’70s.

PGN had the opportunity to speak with the Philadelphia native about his motivation for writing the book, his writing and research methods, his inspiration for becoming a historian and what he hopes readers will take away from the book.

PGN: What was your inspiration for writing this particular book, “Stand By Me?” JD: I guess my inspiration was I had actually seen a documentary, it was called “Gay Sex in the ’70s.” I decided to write a response to it. I wrote an article for the Gay and Lesbian Review that got published and after writing it I continued doing the research. I thought, Wait, there’s a history in just the fact that gay people felt the need to create newspapers for themselves. It creates a sense of community. I just felt, we just shouldn’t take it for granted. And so I just started finding all of these other kinds of moments and I wanted to write about them.

PGN: What was the writing process like for you? Did you have a certain schedule that you stuck to every day or was it more open-ended?

JD: As far as the writing process is concerned, I wanted to first really immerse myself in the archives and do the research.

So, for years, I didn’t write anything. And then as far as the writing is concerned, I never want to sit down to a blank screen and just say, “Where do I start?” I always begin drafting what I want to say in my mind. And then, I try to really draft the first sentence, and then kind of have an idea, and then I rewrite PAGE 79

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Thirteen tales that cross time, space and imagination

By Scott A. Drake scott@epgn.com Tom Cardamone has crafted an excellent array of protagonists in wild situations in “Night Sweats: Tales of Homosexual Wonder and Woe,” where guys are looking for love, or living alone, just broken up and exploring fresh sex or living a fantasy.

Not all stories have an obvious gay character, and the ones that don’t can be interpreted as having one easily.

This eclectic mix of tales will engross you, and maybe even gross you out. Set in a wide variety of locations, times and mindsets, “Night Sweats” is a mix of light, fun stories and thought-provoking and creepy tales of the dark.

Imagine being a teen fisherman and you release a creature that looks at you with eyes of understanding, and learning later that you rescued a god in animal form — and the two of you fall in love. In another story, the lead-in sets the main character on a train where the devil is masturbating. Yet another, called “Overtime at the Beheading Factory,” is, well, chilling

because the monotony of beheading people is taken so routinely that the reader feels the entire process is natural.

Or maybe you just broke up with your boyfriend and as a parting gift he leaves you a box of very special chocolates — ones that transport you and a sexual partner into a world of smells, sounds and extreme passion. A super-powered human lures the reader into another story of lust and the lost, while in another, a sky of clouds produces a metaphorical dragon.

Cardamone won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Queer Speculative Fiction in 2012 for his novella “Green Thumb,” and his short stories are miniature masterpieces as well. Short stories are fun because they can be read in a single sitting, but don’t let their length make you believe they are simple and weak. These stories will linger — well into your dreams at night. And maybe into your nightmares. n Tom Cardamone reads from his collection, “Night Sweats: Tales of Homosexual Wonder and Woe,” 6:30 p.m. June 10 at Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room.

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‘Love Wins’ in new documentary about N.J. couple

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“Love Wins” is a sweet documentary short that chronicles the lives and relationship of Emily Sonnessa and Janice Lobravico through interviews and photographs. The film had its world premiere June 2 at House of Independents in Asbury Park.

The couple, who has been together for 45 years, met back when Lobravico was married. One of the highlights in the film has Sonnessa delighting in recounting the story of her first encounter with the woman who would eventually become her wife.

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not safe to be openly gay and the fact that they lived together in Rutherford, N.J., but remained closeted. In fact, they did not even acknowledge their relationship in their own home where they raised Lobravico’s three children.

Director Robin Kampf paints a loving, moving portrait of two octogenarians who went from living in secret to becoming activists, marching on Trenton after moving to the queer-friendly community of Ocean Grove, N.J. With the passage of marriage equality, the women eventually married.

Kampf spoke with PGN about the inspirational couple featured in “Love Wins.”

PGN: How did you meet Emily and Jan and get them to trust you?

RK: I met Emily and Jan through my wife, Luanne, who is an activist (and was a board member) with Garden State Equality. I, too, lived that life behind closed doors, and kept things hidden.

We lived like that for many years. It was through Garden State Equality and marching on Trenton that I met Jan and Emily.

They became activists when they moved to Ocean Grove. When New Jersey finally got marriage equality after a long, hard fight, Jan and Emily sent out their wedding announcements, and they invited Luanne and me. It was the first gay wedding I attended. I’m not someone who cries in public, but I was bawling my eyes out. I was so moved by their story because it resonated with my own. At the reception, I

said I was a filmmaker and I wanted to get to know them and tell their story. I went over to their house, we had cocktails, and I asked if I could tell their story. I spent the next two years with them.

PGN: You chronicle several decades of these women’s lives in 25 minutes. What did you see as the focus of the film?

RK: I wanted to capture what many of us went through. This younger generation won’t have to endure things like we did. I saw what characters Jan and Emily were.

They were the epitome of being in the closet, both in suburban New Jersey, but also inside their own house as well. They did that for 20 years. Once a year, they went off to Provincetown for a week to be themselves.

PGN: What can you say about the transformation of these women, who went from being cautious queer teenagers and young women who went to clubs that were raided, to having a public civil union and marriage?

RK: I knew I wanted to capture going to gay bars and being fearful of police raids.

Jan and Emily would go in to New York and experience the raids in the clubs. I saw the pictures and know the Stonewall history but I never knew anyone who was frisked in a club and told that they might be arrested. If I tell younger kids you couldn’t hold hands in public, they can’t believe it. When I was a kid, there were white water fountains. That’s what I equate this to; it’s the same oppression. To live your life in the closet inside and outside your house must have been horrible!

PGN: Jan and Emily mention some rough periods in their lives. Regarding their kids, one was apparently unhappy with the true nature of their relationship. Yet your film does not dwell on many of their difficulties. Was that a deliberate decision?

RK: Yes. I didn’t want it to be a macabre film. Their story is inspiring and beautiful, so I didn’t want to focus on that negativity. I wanted to emphasize the positive.

They lived with a lot of pain over 45 years together. Now that they are happy and are married, I didn’t want them to relive that pain. I wanted to celebrate their lives.

PGN: Jan and Emily’s story reflects the societal change. To what do you attribute the shift in their experiences?

RK: I thought that given their background and heritage — being Italian-American — their story begins when they were born.

Emily had seven brothers and sisters. They were born into a heritage that was completely counter to the one they have now.

That’s probably why they were able to march on Trenton — because they outlived their parents, sisters and brothers. n

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Roxy celebrates Pride with LGBT flicks

By Gary M. Kramer gary@epgn.com June is Pride Month and The PFS Roxy is celebrating by showing a number of LGBT titles.

Through June 13, moviegoers have the chance to see the fantastic, feel-good British film “Pride,” which chronicles the efforts of an LBGT group in 1984 to raise money to support striking Welsh miners.

This rousing comedy-drama, based on a

true story, shows the power of activism and how the LGBT community found solidarity with — and rallied to support — another oppressed group in Thatcher’s England.

The film, directed by Matthew Warchus and written by Stephen Beresford, has Joe (George MacKay), a closeted 20-year-old student who lives at home, asked by Mike (Joseph Gilgun) to help hold a banner at a gay Pride parade. Joe soon finds a makeshift family with Mike and a ragtag group of queer activists including Mark (Ben Schnetzer), Steph (Faye Marsay), Jonathan (Dominic West) and Gethin (Andrew Scott), who form the group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM).

“Pride” shows, in slick, inspirational-movie fashion, how the LGSM educated the miners and their wives. The bonding of these very different communities illustrates a unity that is heartfelt. There is something undeniably endearing about this story of people becoming empowered. In fact, viewers may find themselves fighting back tears during some of “Pride,” which gets increasingly more emotional as it marches to its climactic gay Pride parade.

On June 15, 18-19 viewers get the oppor-

tunity to see the late Robin Williams as the cross-dressing title character of “Mrs. Doubtfire.” This broad, but at times very funny, comedy has Daniel Hillard (Williams), an actor and a divorced dad, enlisting the help of his gay makeup artist brother Frank (Harvey Fierstein) to help him transform into a British nanny (a terrific comic scene). The reason for Daniel’s subterfuge is that he wants to spend time with his children who are living with his ex-wife, Miranda (Sally Field). The film is best when Williams cuts loose and does some amusing ad-libbing, especially when it involves physical comedy.

The actor’s energetic performance helps balance the plot contrivances that develop when M i r a n d a ’s new boyfriend, Stu ( P i e r c e Brosnan), is introduced.

“Gayby Baby” is Maya Newell’s engaging, observational documentary, which has its Philadelphia premiere June 16-20. The film follows four Australian pre-teens who have same-sex-couple parents: Gus lives with his two mothers, and loves WWE wrestling, much to his parents’ chagrin.

Ebony wants to be a singer and attend a performing-arts high school, but her two mothers are distracted by car trouble and their son who may have epilepsy. Matt, 12, has some conflicts with his mother, who is very religious; he doesn’t believe in God, in part because the Bible says LGBT people are sinners. Lastly, Graham is moving to Fiji with his two adoptive dads. Graham has trouble reading, which is becoming more of a problem as he enters a new school.

“Gayby Baby” shows how the four pairs of same-sex parents navigate the pleasures and pressures of raising children. There are disciplinary matters that arise when Gus roughhouses too much, or when Matt is being selfish. Graham’s efforts to do his schoolwork are contrasted with Ebony’s nerves about performing. The film also

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showcases some political issues. Graham’s dads don’t want him to disclose their relationship in Fiji, a less tolerant society.

Meanwhile, Matt and his two moms get the opportunity to meet with the Australian prime minister to discuss the topic of marriage equality.

Ultimately, “Gayby Baby” dispels any myth that same-sex parents are not suited to raise children. What emerges in these four very different portraits of family is the love and care the parents have for their kids (biological or adopted) and the pride they have in raising them.

Not to be missed is “Valentine Road,” playing June 23-28. This devastating documentary — guaranteed to outrage viewers — recounts the tragic, senseless 2008 death of Larry King, a 15-year-old Oxnard, Calif., student who was killed by his homophobic classmate Brandon McInerney. Larry wore PHILADELPHIA

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heels and makeup to school, and asked Brandon to be his valentine. These factors may have led Brandon to shoot Larry twice in the head during their first-period class.

As the film recounts the shocking crime, director Martha Cunningham investigates bullying and the treatment of trans teenagers, but also shows the flip side: that some folks think Brandon is the victim here.

“Valentine Road” is heartbreaking as it depicts the subsequent trial and reactions to the case. Cunningham addresses debates surrounding juvenile justice, and if Brandon should be tried as an adult.

Nevertheless, this remarkable film deserves to be seen for shedding light on how hate crimes are sometimes treated and tried. n All films will screen at the PFS Roxy Theater, 2023 Samson St. Schedules change daily. Visit filmadelphia.org/nowshowing/ for more information.

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Join the Philadelphia Film Society for Pride Month at the PFS Roxy with LGBTQ stories on screen throughout June.

PRIDE Matthew Warchus In this rousing true story littered with laughs, Welsh miners embroiled in a strike get support from an unlikely source: a band of young, colorful gay-rights activists eager to show their solidarity.

June 9 - 13

GAYBY BABY Maya Newell This charming, family-friendly doc proves there’s more than one way to make a loving family by looking at what it’s like growing up with gay parents from the perspective of four unique kids.

June 16 - 21

VALENTINE ROAD Marta Cunningham This troubling but vital documentary chronicles the brief life and tragic death of 15-year-old Larry King, who was shot dead by a classmate after giving a valentine to his male crush.

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it in my head a couple of times. I’ll just keep writing as much as I can for a particular day and then that evening or maybe the next day or maybe sometimes even the next week I’ll start cleaning it up and editing it a little bit. But I don’t like to do a heavy edit in the beginning because I don’t know where the book is going, so I try to leave it as malleable as possible.

PGN: Was there someone in your life who heavily influenced you to become a historian?

JD: I would probably say that my advisor, Eric Foner, at Columbia was probably the main reason why I became a historian. Eric Foner’s influence is still with me in this book because it taught me that the present does shape how we understand the past.

And we, as historians, have to step outside of that. We have to organize the past by what’s in the archives.

PGN: What do you hope for readers to take away from your book?

JD: One of them is to understand that the moment of gay liberation also included a massive intellectual and literary revolution. It wasn’t just people marching on the streets and having sex, but there was also a revolution in the mind. n Jim Downs will sign copies of “Stand By Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation” at 3 p.m. June 11 at the Barnes and Noble bookstore on Rittenhouse Square, 1805 Walnut St.

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Comedian to make a pit stop at Philly Pride

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Out comedian, writer and actor Jessica Kirson is coming to Philly Pride this year on a mission: to make people laugh their faces off.

And she’s well-equipped to do it, as she’s spent the better part of the last two decades performing in clubs and theaters, on cruise ships and TV shows and at any other venue with a microphone.

Still, an outdoor show in the bright sunshine isn’t the most conducive environment for standup comedy, which thrives in dark, enclosed spaces usually at night. But Kirson isn’t worried.

“It’s always a little weird because not everyone is sitting and paying attention.

People are walking around and talking but I’ve done it so many times that I’m used to it. It’s a very different kind of thing,” Kirson said about outdoor shows. “A lot of people that would do a gig like this that have big names might do their thing whether or not people pay attention and just do their act, whereas I engage the audience and really do every single thing I can to keep people engaged and make them laugh. So I may put a little more effort into that. I’m excited to do it. I love doing Prides because I can be with my people and it’s always such a great crowd.

A lot of times, I do just a regular crowd in comedy clubs or cruises and this is always more fun.”

Kirson’s go-anywhere and perform-for-anybody spirit isn’t always a walk in the park. She said sometimes it’s the most refined and affluent crowds that are the most difficult to perform for.

“A lot of times very, very wealthy people are tough crowds because they are entitled,” she said. “Sometimes people with the most money and the best setups are just horrible. ‘Make me laugh, I’ve

seen it all!’ Sometimes you’re treated like the help.”

And even though Kirson doesn’t get very preachy or issue-oriented with her comedy, she still finds it somewhat difficult to entertain an audience that she’s philosophically at odds with.

“I don’t get political a lot because it’s so disturbing and I don’t find anything funny about it,” she said. “I also don’t want to set myself up for splitting the audience.

I feel like my job is to just give to people and just get them out of their heads and laugh. But it’s very hard when it’s a lot of conservatives and I know that it’s my job to make them laugh, knowing what they feel and what they support.”

If you’d like to see what it’s like for Kirson on the road, you can watch the comedy shorts she posts on her website and on YouTube.

She said that while she does seem a bit world-weary in the comedic travel misadventures she films, she still (for the most part) enjoys the constant motion of being a standup comic.

“I don’t mind traveling,” she said. “It’s the not having balance that is very hard.

It’s a different schedule every day, every week, so it’s hard to have a routine and have balance in my life, but the actual traveling I don’t mind … most of the time.

I’m so used to it for doing it for 17 years.

It doesn’t faze me anymore.”

Kirson will be seen on the big screen next year when she appears in “The Comedian” with Robert De Niro.

“I’m in it and I’m also an associate producer,” she said. “I wrote for the film and worked with [De Niro] side by side. I taught him to be a comic. It was an incredible experience.” n Jessica Kirson performs at Philly Pride June 12. For more information, visit www. phillypride.org or www.jessicakirson.com.

Theater & Arts Always ... Patsy Cline Walnut Street Theatre presents the stories of laughter and heartache that brought together a housewife and a legendary country singer through July 3 at Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215-5743550.

Balanchine and Beyond The Pennsylvania Ballet performs a ballet inspired by the medieval belief that human beings are made up of four different humors that determine temperament through June 12 at Merriam Theatre, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Breaking Ground: Printmaking in the U.S., 1940– 60 Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the ways in which artists in the 1940s and ’50s pushed the boundaries of printmaking through July 24, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Creative Africa Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of photography, fashion, sculpture and architecture by artists from Africa through Sept. 25, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Inside Out Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of large-scale, highquality replicas of favorite works from the museum’s

MEET THE CLINTONS: Philadelphia Theatre Company presents “Hillary and Clinton,” the humorous political fantasy set in an alternate universe where a woman named Hillary is trying to become president of the United States.

The story about gender, power, marriage and possibilities runs through June 26 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-9850420. Photo: Paola Nogueras

collection of local neighborhoods through Nov. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Lloyd Ney: Local Color The Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of works by the American painter, sculptor, writer and artistic innovator known for pushing boundaries, embracing Modernism and stirring up controversy through Sept. 11, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800.

Philadelphia in Style: A Century of Fashion The Michener Art Museum hosts a display of approximately 30 dressed forms and additional accessories spanning a century of high fashion through June 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215340-9800.

Plays of/for a Respirateur Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an installation by Joseph Kosuth that

includes a selection of his work along with a group of seminal works by Marcel Duchamp through the fall, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Sister Act Walnut Street Theatre presents the musical comedy based on the hit film through July 17, at its Mainstage, 825 Walnut St.; 215-5743550.

Steel Magnolias The drama about love and loss in a Louisiana beauty salon, through June 18 at Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St. New Hope; 215-862-2121.

Straight White Men Interact Theatre Company presents the story about a tight-knit family considering the cultural reality underneath their constructed lives through June 19 at The Drake, 302 S. Hicks St.; 215-5688079.

Terry McMillan The bestselling author of “Waiting

to Exhale” host a reading and signing 7:30 p.m. June 13 at Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322.

Tête-à-Tête: Conversations in Photography The Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition celebrating more than 25 years of regional photographic programming through Sept. 11, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215340-9800.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Old Academy Players presents the classic drama through June 26, 3540 Indian Queen Lane; 215-8431109.

Music Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton The rock bands perform 6:30 p.m.

June 10 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215-5467900.

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performance and dance party, 9 p.m. June 17 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888.

Butchqueen The drag show returns 10 p.m. June 17 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

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Paula Poundstone to get up close and personal in New Jersey

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Award-winning comedian and actor Paula Poundstone is bringing her alwaysunique comedy set to the area this summer, with a performance this month at the Levoy Theatre in Millville, N.J. The comedy veteran is known for her

The B-52’s The new-wave band performs 8 p.m.

June 10 at Harrah’s Atlantic City, 777 Harrah’s Blvd., Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-441-5501.

ADVENTURES IN WANDA-LAND: Out comedian and actor Wanda Sykes gives audiences a refreshing blast of her visceral, unfiltered brand of humor 9 p.m. June 10-11 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-317-1000.

Bad Company and Joe Walsh The rock bands perform 6 p.m.

June 12 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 609-365-1300.

Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis The rap duo performs 8 p.m.

June 13 at Tower Theatre, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby; 610-352-2887.

Dolly Parton The country icon performs 8 p.m.

June 15 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215-5467900.

Fiona Fest: A Tribute to Fiona Apple Musicians perform in honor of the 20th anniversary of Apple’s breakthrough album, “Tidal,” 7:30 p.m. June 17 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Nightlife Happy Bear: Philly Pride Weekend The bear-themed happy hour gets super-heroic 5-9 p.m.

June 10 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

Pride Kickoff The annual block party of food, fun and festivities starts at 6 p.m. June 10 at 12th and Locust streets; 215-875-9288.

Homecoming William Way LGBT Community Center kicks off Pride weekend with its annual fundraising party 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

June 11, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220.

Pride and Liberty Freestyle Wrestling Tournament Spartans Wrestling Club of Philadelphia pins down some fun for a four count noon4 p.m. June 11 at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125

Chestnut St.; 215563-3980.

Hooked The disco party turns up for Pride with performances by Michael the Lion and Amy Douglas 10 p.m.

June 11 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215735-0735.

Bare Storytelling True stories of sex, desire and romance 7:30 p.m. June 12 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-592-0656.

Songbird 6 The singing competition returns 9 p.m. June 14 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215964-9675.

Dracula’s Ball The goth/industrial

Wanda Sykes The out comedian performs 9 p.m. June 10-11 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Alysha Umphries The actor and singer performs 7:30 p.m.

June 11 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027.

Don Rickles The classic insult comic performs 8 p.m. June 11 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Cloak & Dagger The kid-friendly spy thriller is screened 9:45 p.m. June 17 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228. n

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wry wit and spontaneous interactions with her audience. In fact, it has been said that Poundstone has never done the same show twice.

“I talk about raising a houseful of kids and animals,” she said of the topics on her mind these days. “My favorite part of the night is just talking to the audience.

What happens is these little biographies of audience members emerge. The truth is everything that gets said reminds me of a little story or something that I might add.

So that is the launching place oftentimes for what direction I go in. There are nights where I don’t do that as much but every night is different.”

In addition to her standup shows, Poundstone is also known for commentary on NPR and shows like “CBS Sunday Morning.” While she says she does like to get political with her humor, people should not look to her as an expert or authority on politics.

“I am not a political analyst nor a historian,” she said. “I don’t even always consider myself correct. There are huge gaps in my body of knowledge about lots and lots of things, including politics and policy. But it’s impossible to resist, for me anyways, talking about [Donald] Trump.

It started out really funny and somewhere along the way it jettisoned into something else. We all thought it was so funny in the

beginning and we didn’t realize how high the wire was getting. You don’t even have to be a strong student of history to recognize the similarities of pitting one group against another and really dark parts of history around the world. You don’t have to be a genius to see that it is not a good idea. What’s shocking is to find out how many people do think that is a good idea.

Trump just happens to be the guy carrying the message this time. I try to keep my eye on what’s happening in the world. I think it makes you a better voter and a better citizen.

“I don’t think he should be president but I think he should get himself a better TV show when it’s all over,” Poundstone added about Trump, “because clearly he’s a ratings bonanza and if people like that, then they should have it. He just shouldn’t be president.”

Poundstone also stay busy with voice-acting work, with her most recent and high-profile gig as a small part in the smash animated film “Inside Out.” “Pixar, I have no idea why they called me,” Poundstone said about the film. “But it was so exciting because that is unquestionably the gold standard of animated movies. They’ve done such remarkable work and I was so excited to be even in a teeny part of that film. Me, and the guy who played opposite me, if you blinked you missed us in the film, but we went to the premiere and afterwards we high-fived each other because we knew we were the luckiest two people in that room.”

Besides live performances, Poundstone said she is also working on a memoir, expected out next year.

“I’m in the final throws of finishing a book,” she said. “The grueling writing part of it is over. I’m still recovering from the experience of writing that book.

Oh, my God. I don’t know how anybody writes for a living. It’s called ‘The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search of Human Happiness,’ and it is a book where I did what I or other people thought would make me happy. It’s not just the experience itself or whether or not that thing was uplifting or fun to do, it’s how well does that emotion store when you return to your regular life. It took me far longer than I ever thought it would to write. It crossed quite a swath of my life and my children’s lives and so it ends up being an account of raising my family.” n Paula Poundstone performs 8 p.m. June 17 at The Levoy Theatre, 126 N. High St., Millville, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 856-327-6400 or visit www. paulapoundstone.com.

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Front Street Café: Freshness in Fishtown

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Vegetarians and vegans will have a lot to cheer for at Front Street Café — but hardcore carnivores won’t feel left out of the fun.

The New American restaurant in Fishtown features farm-to-table organic takes on comfort-food favorites, often created as vegan or vegetarian in ways that will fly under the radar (and win over even the staunchest meat fans). But Front Street doesn’t take its health kicks too seriously, as evidenced by the robust bar and drink menu. Definitely check out the unique “root beer” cocktail ($10) featuring Jagermeister, cherry bitters and other heavyweight spirits.

On the food menu, some dishes take an obvious vegetable and finesse it into something familiar like the buffalo cauliflower ($10), a dish with an excellent spicy flavor that goes a long way to bridging the texture gap between cauliflower and chicken wings. The loaded potato wedges ($7) look the part of potato skins but with lentil chili, a dairy-free cashewbased cheese whiz, tomato jam and bacon bits made out of mushrooms and chives.

The combination of veggie elements pulls off the look and feel well enough, and the flavors aren’t too far behind with a nice dash of salt.

The best culinary masquerade is the Fishtown queso ($9), a layered dip of cashew whiz, black beans, salsa and avocado. We dare anybody to be able to tell the difference with any of this dish’s artery-clogging nacho brethren in the city.

Front Street Café also does actual meat dishes quite well. The short-rib sliders ($12) are tender, well-seasoned and tasty.

The buttermilk-fried chicken sandwich ($11) was super-juicy and perfectly crisp and topped with thick bacon and tomato jam on a nice brioche bun. (Yes, our inner flesh-chewing hunter spirit finally got to howl at the moon.)

Back on the vegan/ vegetarian side of LOADED POTATO WEDGES (TOP) AND BUFFALO CAULIFLOWER the menu, Photos: Scott A. Drake Front Street’s replicating the pasta experience, which spaghetti and meatballs ($14) feature spais embedded in every human’s DNA, but ghetti squash, lentil meatballs and romesco it’s still a lovely dish. The squash has a sauce approximating the Italian classic. nice crunch and the meatballs hit the right It’s the least convincing when it comes to spots.

So vegan, vegetarians and other grazers, if you happen to be in Fishtown and you want to try a fun game/experiment with your meat-eating friends, take them to Front Street Café and see how long it takes them to realized the majority of their dishes are meat- and/or dairy-free. Also swing by for breakfast or brunch, which is equally vegan-friendly and a hot ticket in that part of town. n

If you go Front Street Café

1253 N. Front St. 215-515-3073 frontstreetcafe.net Hours: Sun.-Thurs.: 6 a.m.-midnight

Fri.-Sat.: 6 a.m.-2 a.m.

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Prohibition Taproom: roaring in North Philly

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Located in a building that has been a pub since the 1800s, Prohibition Taproom, 501 N. 13th St., brings together the charm of the old-timey speakeasy with the flavors of the modern gastropub — and with solid results.

Chef Val Stryjewski swings for the fences with the dishes, elevating locally sourced, blue-collarlevel concepts into some stimulating fare, without it coming off as pretentious.

The small plates at Prohibition had tons of character. The assorted pickled vegetables ($5) looked like they were fresh out of the garden of some idyllic farm, featuring a colorful crunch and a tasty assortment of carrots, green beans and red cabbage. We had no idea what

rollmops ($6) were, so of course we had to satisfy our curiosity and order them. We’re so glad that we did. The classic European pub dish consisted of pickled herring wrapped around a spicy mixture of chilled, finely chopped potatoes and horseradish salad. The result was powerful and surprisingly bright with a creamy texture.

Back on the vegetarian side of the spectrum, our interest was piqued by Prohibition’s veggie Cuban ($12), which swapped out the ham for Portabello mushrooms and avocado. And while the feel might not be the perfect approximation of

meat, you won’t miss it. The flavors are spot-on with an aggressive mustard that pulls no punches.

Swinging back to the meaty side of the menu, you know half the restaurants in town say they have the best burger in the city, yet a scant few of them are right and Prohibition is one of them. The Pro-Tap Burger ($14) is one damn fine hamburger

PROHIBITION’S VEGGIE CUBAN that is meaty, juicy and uncomplicated with a generous helping of quality beef topped with cheddar, onions and pickles.

Hands down, the best dish we had the whole night was one of Prohibition’s specials, which we hope will become a permanent addition to the menu. The oxtail pierogi ($11), which we found out was from a recipe of Stryjewski’s grandmother, was amazing. The pierogi shells were nicely browned and buttery, the shredded oxtail filling was tender and the savory gravy that covered the dish was pleasantly complex and hearty.

Prohibition Taproom has all the visual charm of a clandestine watering hole, but in the kitchen beats the robust heart and soul of comfort food. n

If you go Prohibition Taproom

501 N. 13th St. 215-238-1818 www.prohibitiontaproom.com Mon.-Sun.: 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

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Guide to the Gayborhood

The Philadelphia Gayborhood is roughly centered at 12th and Camac streets. Look for the rainbow street signs at intersections and remember to be aware of your surroundings wherever you go.

1330 Walnut St. facebook.com/ boxersphl Sports bar with multiple plasma tvs, pool table, brick oven, more!

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1302 Walnut St. 215.336.1335 rosewood-bar.com Elegantlyappointed cozy bar with high-end cocktails

200 S. 12th St. 215.964.9675 tabuphilly.com Sports bar / drag shows and bar food

202 S. 13th St. 215.545.1893 woodysbar.com American-style bar food and large dance floor

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Voyeur

1221 St. James St. 215.735.5772 voyeurnightclub.com After-hours private club; membership required

U Bar 1220 Locust St. 215.546.6660

Relaxing corner bar, easy-going crowd, popular for happy hour and window watching

Tavern on Camac West of Broad Street Stir Lounge

1705 Chancellor St. 215.732.2700 stirphilly.com Fun two-bar lounge, DJ in the back, regular poker games and specials

255 S. Camac St. 215.545.8731 Piano lounge with upstairs dance floor; Tavern restaurant below is open late.

Knock 225 S. 12th St. 215.925.1166 knockphilly.com Fine-dining restaurant and bar, outdoor seating (weather permitting), piano in back room

ICandy

254 S. 12th St. 267.324.3500 clubicandy.com Three floors with a total of six bars; dance floor, lounge and rootop deck.

The Attic Youth Center

255 S. 16th St. 215.545.4331 atticyouthcenter.org Safe space and programs for LGBTs age 16-23 weekday afternoons and evenings

Pa. bars close at 2 a.m. unless they have a private-club license. Please drink responsibly.

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event. Every year we say, in the words of Gloria Casarez, “This is the best one yet.”

PGN: Give me the Dyke March 101 for someone who’s never been.

AC: OK, in 1993 the Lesbian Avengers decided to sponsor a Dyke March the night before the national March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights. More than 20,000 lesbians marched in that first Dyke March and soon after people started organizing marches in places like San Francisco and New York. Philadelphia was hitand-miss until a local college student organized an annual march in 1998 and it’s been going strong ever since. It’s always the day before Pride.

We found that often Pride weekend is a male-dominated space so this is our way of making ourselves visible, making ourselves heard and giving ourselves a physical space to exist. We literally take the streets of Philadelphia as we purposely do it without a permit. We want to make the point that we’re here and we’re going to take over and we don’t need anybody’s permission. You don’t have to identify as a dyke to march with us; everyone is welcome to march. Bring a drum, join the Dykes on Bikes or the Radical Cheerleaders, be a part of the movement!

PGN: In addition to the march, you will also have a number of performers on stage at the rally after the march. Can you tell me some of the people participating this year?

AC: Yes, though the march is open to all, the stage is reserved for dyke-identified people. We have singer-songwriters, spoken-word artists, dancers, we have some burlesque performers, there’s a lot going on!

PGN: I heard that Crystal Cheatham and Ashley Phillips will be performing. Woo hoo!

AC: Yes, there will be a nice variety of different people performing: Mr. Philly Drag King, who this year is Mo’ Betta, along with some of the other contestants from PDK, Chix Without Stix, DJ Kash, Lyfe dancers and a whole lot more.

PGN: What’s a favorite Dyke March moment for you?

AC: It’s when I see someone brand-new who’s never been at a march before. I love seeing the baby gays there, when it’s someone’s first time and you can tell they’re so excited to be there, to find a community that embraces them, a place where they can be themselves. Their excitement makes me happy.

PGN: It always gives me a chuckle that most of the people I know affiliated with the march are not folks I would think of when I hear the word “dyke.” You, Samantha Guisti, Kim Gana, Amber Hikes …

AC: I know, we get that a lot. For a lot of people, the word “dyke” typically has a butch or masculine-of-center image but for us we see it as an umbrella term for queer women, trans women, trans men who still consider themselves dykes … We welcome anyone who would claim the word for themselves and, for those who don’t identify with the term, we welcome you to come be a dyke for a day.

PGN: Cool. So, tell me a little about your partner and how you met.

AC: Her name is Mary and one of my favorite things about our relationship is that we met at Sisters. I’ll always have a place in my heart for Sisters because of it. It was on a Quizzo night and we ended up playing and talking and laughing for six hours.

And now we’re getting married in October. The bartender on that first date, Ashley, is now our wedding planner and she’s even going to officiate the wedding!

PGN: Full circle! And now you’re going to have a blended family: the two of you, a cat, a dog and a snake. Who brought the snake into it?

AC: The snake, Indy, is Mary’s and it was almost a deal breaker for me, but now I’ve come to love him. He’s a Ball Python and he’s about 4to 5-feet long.

PGN: What’s a fun fact about a family member?

AC: Well, I feel like my gay roots run deep because my parents’ first date was to see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

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PGN: What movie could you watch over and over?

AC: Can I pick a TV show?

It would be “The Office.” I must have watched it from beginning to end at least 10 times or more. I often have it on in the background when I’m writing or working. I love the dry comedy and social commentary. It’s my favorite show of all time.

PGN: My go-to karaoke song …

AC: It’s not so much my song, but my go-to karaoke partner is my best friend, Steve. We always have to do R&B duets, preferably from the ’90s or early 2000s, and we are absolutely horrible.

PGN: Oh, there’s no such thing as horrible karaoke if you’re having fun! If you could be a professional at any sport, what would it be?

Why? AC: Ha! As my friends know, I’m the least-athletic person on the planet, but I absolutely love games, and would love to be a professional poker player. I’m trying to have regular poker nights at my house, but everyone’s so busy!

PGN: Deal me in. I used to play with my grandparents when I was a kid. What’s the oldest piece of clothing you still own and wear?

AC: I still have a T-shirt from my church that I got when I was probably 13 that I still wear and love. Even though now I’m an atheist, I’m so appreciative of the community and support I had growing up in the Episcopal Church.

PGN: Describe the feeling you had when you attended your first Dyke March.

AC: The first time I attended Dyke March, I was blown away by the power I felt from all the women in the crowd.

It felt like a space where we could be loud and unapologetic and radical, and I loved that so much. Still do. n The Dyke March begins at 3 p.m.

June 11 at Kahn Park, 11th and Pine streets. For more information, visit www.phillydykemarch. com.

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33. Brian on skates 36. They recently sang for “Pride Night” at Petco Park 40. Some real dickless wonders 41. Chew on

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Religion/Spirituality Arch Street United Methodist Church Services 8:30 and 11 a.m. at 55 N. Broad St.; youth/ adult Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.; 5:30 p.m. prayer service; 215-568-6250.

Calvary United Methodist Church Reconciling, welcoming and affirming church holds services 11 a.m. Sundays at 801 S. 48th St.; 215-7241702.

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church Services 11 a.m. and Spirit at Play, an arts-based Sunday school for children, 9:30 a.m. at 8812 Germantown Ave.; 215-242-9321.

Church of the Crucifixion Inclusive Episcopal community holds services 10 a.m.

Sundays and 6 p.m. Fridays at 620 S. Eighth St.; 215922-1128.

Church of the Holy Trinity Inclusive church holds services 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Sundays at 1904 Walnut St.; 215-567-1267.

Congregation Rodeph Shalom Shabbat services every Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 10:45 a.m. at 615 N. Broad St. ; 215-627-6747.

Dignity Philadelphia Holds Mass 7 p.m. Sundays at 330 S. 13th St.; 215-5462093, dignityphila@aol.com.

Evangelicals Concerned Lesbian and gay Christian counseling; 215-860-7445.

First Baptist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds prayer services 10:30 a.m. Sundays and community worship 11:30 a.m. at 123 S. 17th St.; 215-563-3853.

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia A liberal, welcoming and diverse congregation that affirms the dignity of all. Sunday services at 10 a.m., 2125 Chestnut St.; 215-563-3980, www.firstuu-philly. org.

The First United Methodist Church of Germantown A sexual-minority-affirming congregation holds services at 10 a.m., summer services 11 a.m., Sundays, with lunch to follow, at 6001 Germantown Ave.; 215438-3077, www.fumcog.org.

Grace Epiphany Church A welcoming and diverse Episcopal congregation in Mt. Airy with services 9:30 a.m. Sundays at 224 E. Gowen Ave.; 215-248-2950, www.grace-epi.org.

Holy Communion Lutheran Church ELCA Reconciling in Christ congregation worships 9 a.m.

Sundays at 2111 Sansom St. and 11 a.m. at 2110 Chestnut St. in the main sanctuary; 215-567-3668, www.lc-hc.org.

Living Water United Church of Christ An open and affirming congregation that meets for worship 11 a.m. on Sundays at 6250 Loretto Ave.; 267388-6081, www.lwucc.org.

Kol Tzedek Reconstructionist synagogue committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community meets at Calvary Center, 801 S. 48th St.; 215-764-6364, www.kol-tzedek. org.

Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia Services 1 p.m. Sundays at the University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-2942020, www.mccphiladelphia.com.

Old First Reformed Church

Open and affirming United Church worships at 11 a.m., summer services at 10 a.m, at 151 N. Fourth St.; 215922-4566, www.oldfirstucc.org.

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Progressive and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m. Sundays with Holy Eucharist at 3723 Chestnut St.; 215-386-0234, www.philadelphiacathedral.org.

Rainbow Buddhist Meditation Group Meets 5 p.m. Sundays at William Way. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting worships 11 a.m., summer services 10 a.m, Sundays at 1515 Cherry St.; 215-241-7000, cpmm@afsc.org.

St. Luke and The Epiphany Church Open and welcoming church holds fall liturgy 9 and 11 a.m. Sundays, summer sevices 10 a.m., at 330 S. 13th St.; 215-732-1918, stlukeandtheepiphany.org.

St. Mary’s Church Diverse and inclusive Episcopal church celebrates the Eucharist 11 a.m. Sundays at 3916 Locust Walk; 215386-3916; www.stmarysatpenn.org.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Welcoming and diverse congregation with numerous outreach and fellowship groups holds services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday at Third and Pine streets; 215-9255968; www.stpetersphila.org.

Tabernacle United Church Open and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m.

Sundays at 3700 Chestnut St.; 215-386-4100, tabunited. org.

Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church Sunday worship with nursery care, 10:30 a.m. and fourth Thursday of the month contemporary worship with Communion at 7 p.m. at 2212 Spruce St.; 215-7322515, trinityphiladelphia.org.

Unitarian Society of Germantown Welcoming congregation holds services 10:30 a.m.

Sundays at 6511 Lincoln Drive; 215-844-1157, www. usguu.org.

Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration Welcoming congregation holds services 11 a.m.

Sundays at 6900 Stenton Ave.; 215-247-2561, www. uurestoration.us.

Unity Fellowship Church of Philadelphia Diverse, affirming LGBT congregation holds services 2 p.m. Sundays at 55 N. Broad St.; 215-240-6106.

University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation Welcoming congregation holds services 10:30 a.m.

Sundays at 3637 Chestnut St. preceded by “Adult Forum: Sundays” at 9:30 a.m.; 215-387-2885, www. uniphila.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 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday.

■ 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. MondayThursday; 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

■ Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext.

9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. Activities held 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays.

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

Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m.

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

Monday-Friday Library: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Volunteers: New Orientation, first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Key numbers

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

■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org

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

221

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 n The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330

■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Office of LGBT Affairs — Director Nellie Fitzpatrick: 215-6860330; helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

■ 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 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m.

Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 ■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670

Health

Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870.

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.

GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m.

Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871, www.galaei.org.

Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1821.

HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia Board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; free referral service at 215-6279090, www.galloplaw.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 busi-

108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077.

Mazzoni Center LGBTQ counseling and behavioral health services, HIV/ AIDS care and services, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652, www. mazzonicenter.org.

Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, as well as youth drop-in (ages 14-24) 5-7p.m. Wednesdays; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658.

Philadelphia FIGHT Comprehensive AIDS service organization providing primary care, consumer education, advocacy and research on potential treatments and vaccines; 1233 Locust St.; 215985-4448; www.fight.org.

Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, rapid HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm.

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Sunday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups nesses and professionals; 215557-0190, www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com.

■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgja.org/ philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus Regional organization dedicated to promoting LGBT tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region, meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; 215-8402039, www.philadelphiagaytourism.com.

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