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Clerk seeks to appeal PA marriage ruling By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A clerk of courts in Northeastern Pennsylvania is looking to overturn last month’s federal court ruling that granted marriage equality in the Keystone State. Theresa Santai-Gaffney, register of wills and clerk of Orphan’s Court in Schuylkill County, filed a motion of intervention June 6 in Whitewood v. Wolf, filed last summer by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a group of same-sex couples. On May 20, U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones 3d ruled in that case that the state’s ban on marriage equality was unconstitutional. The following day, Gov. Tom Corbett declined to appeal, and Pennsylvania became the 19th state to sanction same-sex marriage.

With no state official taking on the appeal, Santai-Gaffney is now seeking to step in to take the case to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Any appeal would need to be filed within 30 days of Jones’ ruling. Intervenor status can be granted to parties who demonstrate that their intervention is timely, that the party has a sufficient interest in the litigation, that the interest is affected or impaired by the issue at hand and that the interest is not currently represented by an existing party. The same day she filed her request for intervention, Santai-Gaffney also requested a stay — which, if granted, would halt same-sex marriages — and noted her intention to file the formal appeal. Santai-Gaffney argued that she has “myriad significantly protectable interests” that would qualify her to PAGE 18

Grindr suspect arrested By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Police this week arrested a Frankford man suspected in a rape and robbery allegedly stemming from an online gayhookup site. Douglass Spady, 26, was arrested June 7 for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, robbery, theft, sexual assault and kidnapping. On April 9, a 34-year-old Canadian tourist, attending an education conference and staying at the Hilton Home 2 Suites at 12th and Arch streets, invited Spady to his room through the gay male dating app Grindr.

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Upon arrival, Spady pulled a gun on and allegedly sexually assaulted the victim before forcing him by gunpoint to withdraw $2,000 from five ATMs and purchase four $500 Visa gift cards. Spady, of the 5200 block of Cottage Street, is set to appear in court June 26 and is being held on $1-million bail. Spady has an arrest record that includes harassment, making terroristic threats, theft and possession of marijuana. Grindr may have also played a role in the April murder of a 25-year-old Philadelphia man. Police spokesperson Lt. John Stanford said investigators “will look into any possible connection to any other incidents, but at this time they don’t appear to be connected. However, our Special Victims Unit will work with Chester authorities if needed during that investigation.” ■

Lehigh Valley to get first LGBT center By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

The Pennsylvania Diversity Network this week announced the launch of a campaign aimed at opening the first LGBT community center in the Lehigh Valley. The planned Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center — named for longtime Lehigh Valley LGBT activists Liz Bradbury and Dr. Patricia Sullivan — will be located in downtown Allentown. A timeframe for its opening has not yet been announced. Center founding director Adrian Shanker said organizers are working closely with Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski and the Allentown Redevelopment Authority to redevelop the building, the exact location of which will be announced at a later date. There are only five other LGBT community centers in the state — in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and Milford. “Where there are community centers across the state that have permanent spaces, they have been able to create almost-daily programming for people who really want to participate in the LGBT community,” said Bradbury, PDN executive director. She noted that PDN has operated an information telephone line for 10 years and about half of the calls are from individuals looking for support groups and opportunities to connect in person with other LGBT people in the area. “We have a wonderful Pridefest here where there’s opportunities for people to meet lots of other people in the community, but that’s one day a year. When you

TOP: Judges Ann Butchart and Dan Anders with the 12 same-sex couples married in front of Independence Hall during the Philadelphia Pride parade. More photos and recap in our Pride center-spread scrapbook.

don’t have a physical space, it’s very hard to create programming that will allow people to come together and celebrate the culture of the LGBT community.” Shanker said the center will offer an array of comprehensive LGBT resources. “Since Pennsylvania Diversity Network doesn’t have a physical space, we’re limited in terms of the programs and services we can offer,” Shanker said. “There’s a lot we do but there are things we can’t do that involve having a regular physical space.

PA DIVERSITY NETWORK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LIZ BRADBURY (LEFT) AND PRESIDENT DR. PATRICIA SULLIVAN AT TUESDAY NIGHT’S UNVEILING

Having this space will allow us to offer better programming for LGBT seniors, better programming for LGBT youth, more direct services to, for example, low-income members of the LGBT community who really need these services. We’re looking forward to being able to do that.” Center advisory board member and Bethlehem resident Barb Baus said that, while there are a number of PAGE 18

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News Briefing City gives cop Morris records City attorneys have provided police officer N. Melville Jones with a copy of the Police Internal Affairs investigative file relating to the unsolved homicide of Nizah Morris. Jones, who is gay, is suing the city for pervasive anti-LGBT workplace bias. Several months ago, he requested the Internal Affairs Morris file to bolster his point that antiLGBT bias within the department isn’t investigated properly. But city attorneys declined to provide the file, citing state laws that protect ongoing criminal investigations. Morris was a transgender woman who sustained a fractured skull in 2002, shortly after a police courtesy ride. On June 10, city attorneys provided a copy of the Internal Affairs Morris file to Jones, thus avoiding the need for a hearing before Common Pleas Judge Idee C. Fox. In a related matter, Fox ordered Jones to turn over his medical records to city attorneys by June 22. She also ordered him to submit to a mental-

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health examination by a doctor of the city’s choice to ascertain whether Jones suffers from any “mental injury, illness or disorder.” Jones’ attorneys initially declined to turn over his medical records to the city, citing confidentiality concerns. But city attorneys maintained they were entitled to the records. The officer is seeking an unspecified amount in monetary damages, and a non-jury trial is expected in November.

Gayborhood Crime Watch

The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between May 26June 1. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686-TIPS (8477). Follow the Sixth District on Twitter A federal judge has ordered both sides in an @PPDBrianKorn. anti-LGBT bullying case to appear for a private conference in August. INCIDENTS In 2012, Thomas Vandergrift filed suit on behalf of his teenage nephew, who allegedly experienced — Between 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. May 27, pervasive anti-LGBT bullying in the Pennsauken someone entered two apartments in the public-school system. 1200 block of Chestnut Street, prying Earlier this month, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel open one door and entering the other Schneider ordered both sides to appear 11 a.m. without force. The culprit stole two Aug. 7 in his chambers at the U.S. Courthouse in watches from the first residence and an Camden. In a previous order, Schneider said all iPad and leather bag from the second. factual discovery relating to the case must be completed by Dec. 31. — At 2:25 a.m. May 29, a man was A jury trial has been requested, but a date hasn’t walking in the 1300 block of Market yet been set. Street when a male attempted to snatch The child, identified in court papers as D.V., was his cell phone from his hand. The sustransferred out of the Pennsauken school district to pect was described as a 40-year-old, 6a private school in 2012. ■ foot-2 black male with a medium build, wearing a black T-shirt. — Timothy Cwiek

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NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS — At 9:50 p.m. May 29, Sixth District bike patrol Officers Kovach and Calhoun arrested a male outside 251 S. 13th St. who was wanted for failure to appear for court. The 52-yearold suspect with a homeless-shelter address was charged with contempt of court. — On May 30, a citizen flagged down Sixth District bike patrol Officers Sprouls and DeLuca and informed them that a male outside the Parker/ Spruce Hotel tried to sell him marijuana. The officers went to 261 S. 13th St. to investigate and found a male outside that location in possession of a quantity of marijuana. The 46-yearold suspect was charged with possession of marijuana. — At 1:25 a.m. May 31, a man stole another man’s cell phone that had been sitting on top of his suitcase at 800 Market St. The Delaware River Port Authority Police were alerted and apprehended a 25-year-old suspect with a Camden, N.J., address. He was charged with robbery and related offenses. ■

locations in Pa. outside of Philadelphia Allentown • Allentown Brew Works, 812 Hamilton St. • Candida, 247 N. 12th St. • Stonewall, 28-30 N. 10th St. • Annville • Lebanon Valley College, Sheridan Ave. • Ardmore • Ardmore Station, Anderson Ave. near Coulter Ave. • Bethlehem • LGBTQ Services Lehigh U, 25 Trembley Dr. • Bloomsberg • Bloomsberg University LGBTA Center, 400 E. Second St. • Bristol • Bristol News World, 576B Bristol Pike • Freddie’s Bar, Pond St. • Bryn Mawr • Bryn Mawr College, Canaday Library • Bryn Mawr Station, Morris Ave. near Bryn Mawr Ave. • Fox & Roach Realty, 763 Lancaster Ave. • Chester • Harrah’s Chester Casino, 777 Harrah’s Blvd. • Widener University, 1 University Place • Collegeville • Adult World, 3975 Ridge Pike • Devon • Devon Station, Devon State Road & Lancaster Pike • Doylestown • Darkanyu, 504 Eagle Lane • Doylestown Bookshop, 16 S. Main St. • Siren Records, 25 E. State St. • East Stroudsburg • Rainbow Mountain Resort, 210 Mt. Nebo Road • Easton • Lafayette College, 101 Hogg Hall • La Pazza, 1251 Ferry St. • Gibson • Hillside Campground, 1 Creek Road • Glen Mills • Imago Dei MCC, 1223 Middletown Road • Glenside • Keswick Cycle, 408 N. Easton Road • Hanover Township • Venture Lounge, 1266 San Souci Parkway • Harrisburg • AIDS Community Alliance, 100 N. Cameron St. • Brownstone Lounge, 412 Forster St. • MCC of the Spirit, 2973 Jefferson St. • Stallions, 706 N. Third St. • Haverford • Haverford Station, Haverford Station Road near Lancaster Ave. • Hulmeville • Hulmeville Inn, Trenton and Hulmeville Road. • Huntington • Huntingdon Valley Library, 625 Red Lion Rd. • Kutztown • Kutztown University, 15200 Main St. • Lancaster • Downtown Books, 227 N. Prince St. • Sundown Lounge, 429 N. Mulberry St. • Tally Ho Tavern, 201 W. Orange St. • Lansdale • Gwynedd Vet Hospital, 1615 W. Pointe Pike • Lehighton • Woods Campground, 845 Vaughn Acres Road • Levittown • Diamond Check Cashing, 5 Points• Hurricane Jack’s, 7759 New Falls Rd. • Levitt Books, 7406 Bristol Pike • Levittown Gas, Green Lane and Mill Creek Road • Mailbox Unlimited, 922 S. Woodbourne Rd. • Malvern • Malvern Station, King St. & Warren Ave. • Media • Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road • The Media Theater, 104 E. State St. • LGBT Alliance Group, Delaware Co. Campus, Penn State Univ., 901 Media Line Road • Moosic • 12 Penny Saloon, 3501 Birney Ave. • Narberth • Narberth Station, Haverford & Narberth avenues • New Hope • Bowman’s Tavern, 1600 River Rd. • Cornerstone Gym, 419 York Road • Eagle Diner, 6522 York Road • John & Peters, 96 S. Main St. • Karla’s Restaurant, 5 W. Mechanic St. • La Chateau Exotique, 31A W. Mechanic St.• The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St. • Sandbar, 90 S. Main St. • Triumph Brewing Co., 400 Union Square Drive • Wishing Well Giuest House, 114 Old York Rd. • New Milford • Oneida Campground, 2580 E. Lake Road • Newportville • Road House Inn, 220 New Falls Rd. • Newtown • Bucks Co. Community College, 275 Swamp Road • Norristown • Beagle Tavern, 1003 E. Main St. • North Wales • Adult World, 608 Upper State Road • Paoli • Paoli Station, North Valley Road & Lincoln Highway • Penndel • Selecto Food Market, Route 413 • Penns Park • United Methodist Church, 2394 Second St. Pike • Plains Township • Twist Bar, Fox Ridge Plaza, Rte. 315 • Quakertown • Adult World, 880 S. West End Blvd. • Reading • Berks Aid Network, 429 Walnut St. • Reading Adult Center, 316 Penn St. • Rosemont • Rosemont Station, Airdale Road & Montrose Ave. • Spring Grove • Atland’s Ranch, RR6, Box 6543 • Swarthmore • Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Parrish Hall • Temple • Naughty But Nice, 4502 N. Fifth St. • Upper Darby • Honor Box, 69th Street Station • Villanova • Villanova Station, Spring Mill Road near County Line Road • Warminster • Darkanyu, Bux Mont Unitarian Church, Street Road at Rt. 611 • Planned Parenthood of Bucks Co., 610 Louis Dr. • Wayne • Central Baptist Church, 106 W. Lancaster Ave. • Stafford Station, Old Eagle School & Crestline roads • Wayne Station, N. Wayne & West Ave. • West Chester • Chester County Books, 975 Paoli Pike • Williamsport • Peachies, 144 E. Fourth St. • Willow Grove • Barnes & Noble, 102 Park Ave. • Wynnwood • Wynnwood Station, Wynnewood & Penn roads •

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An Italian fashion magazine just launched in the past year is already planning fashion shows for Philadelphia and NYC. WHAT NOW?: Local LGBTs and allies assembled June 4 at William Way LGBT Community Center to learn the ins and outs of marriage equality in Pennsylvania. The town-hall discussion was organized by the center, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Mazzoni Center, the Philadelphia Bar Association LGBT Rights Committee and the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. Topics included logistics of obtaining marriage licenses, the new law’s effect on parenting and divorce, and the rights and responsibilities of marriage. Panelists included Helen Casale (standing) of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, which represented the plaintiffs in the marriage-equality case along with the American Civil Liberties Union; R. Barrett Marshal (left) of Mazzoni Center; Rebecca Levin of Jerner & Palmer PC; Mary Catherine Roper of the ACLU of Pennsylvania; Margaret Klaw of Berner Klaw & Watson, LLP; Reynelle Staley of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations; and David Cohen of Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law. Photo: Patrick Hagerty

This week in PGN Don’t cry for him — he’s on the road touring in’Evita’

6 — Name-change bill seeks to ease restrictions 7 — Social Security becomes LGBT friendly Seattle youth shift to alternate Scouting group

Center spread — Pride scrapbook: Photos, recaps from Pride weekend 28 — Philly filmmakers begin fundraising campaign 31 — ‘Ritu Comes Home’ gives humorous take on meaning of ‘home’

“Every dream comes with hard work and struggle, especially building a reputation and recognition of a brand. The biggest challenge in getting the magazine off the ground is becoming known.” ~ Francesco Di Maio, publisher/editor of ‘Uomo Moderno,’ page 8

Next week Gettin’ On Outward Bound Paw Prints

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National trans leader brings message of unity to Philly By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com National Center for Transgender Equality director of policy Harper Jean Tobin is ready to bring a message of progress and strength to this year’s Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference. Tobin, NCTE director of policy since 2009, will serve as a keynote speaker for the conference, delivering her address at 1 p.m. June 13 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Tobin has attended the conference since 2010 and previously conducted workshops, and said she was humbled to deliver the keynote along with opening keynote speaker Janet Mock. She said she hopes they both will bring a message of unity and empowerment. “As a community and movement, we have made and are making tremendous, unprecedented progress,” she said. “We still have so far to go and, to get there as a community and movement, we have to go further, think bigger and make ourselves stronger, louder and more inclusive.” Tobin grew up in Louisville, Ky., and said both her family and hometown were progressive in their views. Her sister, Shannon Fauver, is serving as lead attorney in the case challenging Kentucky’s

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ban on marriage equality. “I grew up in an environment and then went to college in an environment where I had a lot of freedom and support to be myself and to live an authentic life,” she said. “I’ve always known how lucky that has made me and even so, how long it

still took me to come out and come to say who I am. And even as fortunate as I have been, I still faced some prejudice along the way.” Tobin received degrees in law and social work from Case Western Reserve University. She said she wanted to make a difference in social and legal services for marginalized communities. “I asked myself what piece of the puzzle can I be to make that change I want to see in the world and, for me, that was working in public policy, working to change laws and educating people in government about trans people and our loved ones and the challenges we face,” she said. Tobin had been working at a healthcare nonprofit when the NCTE opportunity arose. She said the organization has been integral in providing direct support to trans individuals who have faced discrimination and in advocating for more endemic issues, such as pressing for reforms in the criminal-justice system. While she found her calling at NCTE, Tobin said she believes all LGBT people should find the opportunity to take a stand for themselves and their community. “I really believe that everyone in our community has to be a part of making that change in the world and our own

lives,” she said. “No matter where we come from or do for a living, all of us can make a contribution and take some action towards that world we want to see.” Tobin said PTHC is critical in helping people realize their potential, while also giving them vital information. “Trans people are in many ways a big and diverse community but we are also very spread out, invisible, marginalized and isolated,” she said. “The PTHC has been critical for trans people and their loved ones, partners, parents, professionals, allies and activists who work on issues that affect trans people.” Witnessing that unity, she said, is powerful. “If you come to PTHC, it is the most wonderful thing because you see the diversity of the trans community and you see people from all types of backgrounds and of all ages, parents with young trans kids and trans seniors who are just coming out later in life, and community elders who have been around for decades,” she said. “It can be difficult to find somebody else to talk to and find a place not just on the Internet. PTHC is a place to come together and share. It is about building relationships and policies, and all of that happens at PTHC.” For more information, visit www.transhealth.org. ■

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Name-change bill seeks to ease restrictions By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

BEST FOOT FORWARD: More than 200 people participated in Philadelphia FIGHT’s inaugural stepping showcase, Step Up Against AIDS, June 5 at Temple University Performing Arts Center. More than 40 people, largely between ages 18-24, were tested for HIV during the event, said showcase co-chair Megan Threats, FIGHT public-services and reference librarian. “It was phenomenal,” Threats said, noting that host DJ Diamond Kuts communicated the mission of the event. “Our host did a really good job of reinforcing messages about safe sex, reducing stigma in the community and that HIV/AIDS is a very real thing that affects people in that age group. I think the message was very well-received.” Threats noted that the event drew a large contingent of college students, particularly from fraternities and sororities, a previously untapped audience for FIGHT. “This was a brand-new audience. The majority of these folks were people FIGHT had never worked with before, so it was really exciting to be reaching new communities.” Photo: Scott A. Drake

A state representative last week introduced a bill that would facilitate the namechange process for Pennsylvanians, which could impact transgender individuals. On June 6, Rep. Mark Cohen (202nd Dist.) introduced House Bill 2321, a namechange reform bill. The bill has been referred to the judiciary committee and currently has nine co-sponsors. The legislation seeks to make four changes to the current name-change process. It would move the court venue to the Orphan’s Court division within the Court of Common Pleas. It would remove the requirement that the name-change announcement be published in two newspapers of general circulation and would also remove the stipulation that the petitioner asking for a name change has to pay for his or her own judgment search. Currently, petitioners are required to submit judgment searches, which provide a history of legal judgments involving the petitioner, from each county he or she lived in in the past five years, which could cost more than $100 each.

“The judgment-search requirement, which is not only redundant but is only done in Pennsylvania, was a major barrier for me, having lived in four counties in three states over the preceding five years,” said trans activist Jordan Gwendolyn Davis. Cohen’s bill would also allow ex-offenders to apply for a name change after one year from the completion of their sentence, lessening the requirement from the current two years. Davis said the bill would particularly help those who live in poverty and ex-offenders. “While this legislation is not specific to any community, there are many trans people who live in poverty and/or have been criminalized, and considering that most transgender people will have to change their name in their lifetime, [the current law] creates a discriminatory condition for transgender and gender-variant people,” she said. Current co-sponsors include Reps. Dan Frankel (D-23rd Dist.), Thaddeus Kirkland (D-159th Dist.), Mike O’Brien (D-175th Dist.), Michelle Brownlee, (D-195th Dist.), Michael Schlossberg (D-132nd Dist.), James Roebuck (D-188th Dist.), Jordan Harris (D-186th Dist.), Steve McCarter (D154th Dist.) and Mary Jo Daley (D-148th Dist.). ■

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Social Security now a family benefit for PA couples By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Last month’s landmark marriage-equality ruling in Pennsylvania brought a sea change to the state’s marriage laws. Among the differences is that same-sex married couples will now be treated equally for the purposes of Social Security. Webster Phillips, senior legislative representative of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security, explained that last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling began the process of extending Social Security benefits to same-sex married couples. “Since the beginning of the Social Security program in the 1930s, Social Security has been a family benefit. That means if you’re a worker and you become

covered for Social Security benefits, the benefits package you receive doesn’t just provide protection for you, it also extends to your spouse and children,” Phillips said. “Until the Windsor decision was handed down, the Social Security package made available to same-sex married couples was quite a bit different than the package available to heterosexual families; it basically didn’t extend spousal benefits, widow benefits, there were limitations on the benefits for children, in particular for stepchildren. But all of that was swept away by the Windsor decision to some extent.” But, because the Social Security Administration recognizes couples based on their state of residence, rather than the state in which their marriage was celebrated, couples who live in non-recognition

states were excluded. The May 20 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, however, made local couples eligible to file. Phillips, who worked for more than 30 years at the Social Security Administration, including almost a decade leading the agency’s Office of Legislative Development, noted that couples who are already married out of state, or couples who are getting married, and are of the eligible ages should apply immediately. “Time of the essence because the benefits can start as soon as you make the application,” Phillips explained. “If they’re of that age, if they have children or if the person they’re married to is deceased, they need to go to a Social Security office and find out if they qualify for benefits, or if they qualify

for new benefits if they’re already receiving benefits. Social Security was just seen by the community as a retirement or disability benefit, but this is now a family benefit, and that’s really the key thing that needs to be on the radar of the community.” Phillips cautioned that applicants should consult Social Security representatives instead of trying to figure out eligibility themselves to get the process started as quickly and efficiently as possible. “It’s really important to not try to be your own claims representative. You have to go down to the office and begin filling out an application. That starts the whole process. Without it, no benefits can accrue. Accrual begins with the application.” For a listing of local Social Security offices, visit www.ssa.gov/phila/. ■

Seattle youth transition to alternate Scouting group By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Eighteen Seattle youths whose Scouting experience was disrupted when their openly gay Scoutmaster was ejected have transitioned to a new youth group. Last year, Geoffrey C. McGrath organized a Boy Scouts of America troop and pack, connected to the Rainier Beach United Methodist Church in Seattle. But in April, after McGrath confirmed to a news reporter that he’s gay, he was abruptly ejected from Scouting. Sixteen days later, the affiliated church lost its BSA charter, after its pastor and congregants declined to sever ties with McGrath. McGrath said the BSA’s actions caused some initial turmoil among participants. But they’ve rebounded nicely by transitioning to the Baden-Powell Service Association, an alternate Scouting group that meets at the church. “We’re very happy to partner with BadenPowell for materials, handbooks, uniforms and other traditional Scouting paraphernalia and programming,” McGrath told PGN. Recent activities of the new group include hiking, a marshmallow roast, mountain climbing, camping and participating in an emergency-disaster drill, he said. McGrath praised the Baden-Powell Service Association. “It’s a fantastic alternative to the BSA, with 200,000 members worldwide,” he noted. “The organization welcomes everyone, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and other irrelevant factors.” McGrath said he did his best to ensure a smooth transition, and noted the harmony and safety the youth members feel within the new group. BSA officials never attempted to determine their emotional well-being before dechartering the church, he added.

Deron Smith, a BSA spokesperson, had no comment for this story. The Rev. Monica Corsaro, pastor of Rainier Beach United Methodist Church, said the transition has been almost seamless. “We just missed one [youth] meeting, because we had to have a meeting with parents,” she said. She said the youth participants come from a variety of socio-economic strata and represent a “rainbow” of diversity. “There’s been an outpouring of support from the community,” she added. “This is what Scouting should be all about — teaching survival skills, building community.” Corsaro expressed disappointment with the BSA’s decision to de-charter the church, without any personal consultation with her. “They called us a charter partner and yet we got no communication, just punitive emails,” she said. “I’m sorry, but when I’m working collaboratively or in a partnership, that’s not what I do.” She also questioned the BSA’s stated policy of respecting people’s religious beliefs. “[BSA officials] aren’t supposed to be infringing on the religious beliefs of the sponsoring organization. We made it very clear that we would stand with Geoff. Why did they disrespect our beliefs? I’m pretty clear it’s only certain religious beliefs that are respected.” Corsaro said she’s particularly impressed that so many parents are taking an active role in the new youth group. “The parents have been extraordinary,” she said. McGrath, 49, a software engineer, said he’ll still strive to ensure the BSA becomes more accepting of diversity. “I remain engaged in the effort to right the ship,” he said. For example, he’s urging Amazon.com to remove the BSA from its charitable-giving program until the BSA ends its anti-LGBT

bias. “Sometimes you need to apply strong medicine to change an institutional policy,” McGrath noted. He’s also offered to help with an effort to recall new-elected BSA president Robert Gates, because Gates hasn’t shown enough support for ending anti-LGBT bias. “Gates has announced that he intends to do nothing more to end anti-LGBT dis-

crimination in the BSA for the [remaining] two years of his term,” McGrath said. But for the most part, McGrath is focused on ensuring the youth he brought into Scouting are continuing to learn and grow within the alternate program. “I’m committed to delivering excellent services to the youth of our community. The Rainier Beach congregation takes a lot of pride in the services we’re providing.” ■

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Philly resident launches Italian fashion mag By Daniel Poellntz PGN Contributor Philadelphia resident Francesco Di Maio has introduced a new Italian-style magazine to the World Wide Web — and it is the first and only of its kind. “Uomo Moderno” offers fashion, lifestyle, cuisine, culture, sports and fitness. All of these ingredients make for a wholesome, clean page-clicker. But where does all this inspiration come from? Francesco and his family are from an island in the Bay of Naples called Ischia. Often referred to as the “Emerald Island,” Ischia is situated near the island of Capri. After being DNA-tested, Francesco learned his family dates back thousands of years to the Arabs of Yemen and the Phoenicians (current-day Lebanon). His family was not wealthy but was privileged enough to travel throughout “the Italic boot,” whose history, art, fashion, design, cuisine and regional dialects fascinated him from a very young age. This inspired Francesco to take up painting, pottery and music. But swimming soon took

precedence over his time for the arts. He wanted to attend the University of Rome, but his father persuaded him to pursue an education in a university known for foreign languages, such as Columbia or Georgetown. Eventually he was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in Russian and Chinese languages and area studies and earned a master’s in educational linguistics. There, for the first time, he was challenged to come to grips with his sexual orientation, which he initially rejected by turning to conservative religion. After graduation, his religious convictions inspired him to embark on a long journey of international development, education and publishing — all of which he described in great detail in his autobiography “Trapped No More” (under pen name Kekko Manna). This venture allowed him to tell his story, and to help him deal with self-discovery. After about 20 years, however, he said he could no longer deny his identity. He remembered from his college days that Philadelphia had a vibrant gay community, so he boarded a plane and returned to the City of Brotherly Love. After reading an ad in the PGN about counseling, he phoned the William Way LGBT Community Center and began meeting with a counselor. In one session, he learned about the Philadelphia Fins swim team, which provided him with the emo-

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tional support he needed and desired. Francesco said that throughout his coming-out process, his childhood passions were reignited, particularly in fashion and design. After several years of trial and error, he began doing what became natural to him — writing. He started with a blog, then an e-magazine and then began to bring “Uomo Moderno” to fruition last year, which the Italian government deemed the “Year of Italian Culture in the United States.” Over the years, Francesco said, he had been deeply saddened by Italy’s economic collapse, which prevented him from establishing a lasting career in the country. Additionally, he was discouraged by the misconceptions and stereotypes of Italy by Americans (especially Italian-Americans). Finally, the prevalent lack of style among men in the United States — “only God can forgive them!” he joked — stirred him to decisive action. “Every dream comes with hard work and struggle, especially building a reputation and recognition of a brand,” he said. “The biggest challenge in getting the magazine off the ground is becoming known.” To that end, Uomo has spearheaded a series of events, such as New York Fashion Week’s Italian Collections. “Uomo Moderno,” which means “modern man” in Italian, is the first and only all-Italian men’s fashion and lifestyle magazine, according to its founder. Francesco

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Kevin D. Williamson

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Investing in Philly and beyond Philadelphia Pride showcased the best of the best of our community — from the nonprofit groups to the political leaders to the businesses to the bars to the allies, Philadelphia’s LGBT pride was brighter than ever last weekend. While Philly continues to be a bastion for equality in the Keystone State, residents can’t forget that Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania’s LGBT community, encompasses far more than what exists within our city limits. In the majority of the state, you can still get fired for your LGBT identity. Just last month, out Republican state Rep. Mike Fleck lost his primary (but won the Democratic primary as a write-in candidate), in what many suspect was backlash for his coming out. Last week, a clerk averse to issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Schuylkill County sought to appeal the state’s marriage-equality ruling, while legislators introduced resolutions urging the governor to do so. Pennsylvania may have marriage equality, but in large portions of the state, equality is just a goal, not yet a reality. LGBT history has shown that the strength and potential of the community lies in the word itself; by organizing around our common ideals and ideas, we can move our issues forward, as well as foster individual empowerment. Those are among the goals of a project announced this week: the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center. The center, to be located in downtown Allentown, will be the first LGBT community center in the Lehigh Valley; only five others exist across the state. Organizers note that, without a physical space to offer programming, services and resources, LGBT activities in the area have been fragmented, and needs have gone unmet. But, with a homebase of sorts, LGBT individuals will be able to access the resources they need more readily and efficiently, and the community, an alreadyflourishing and quickly growing entity, will have a building block to move it forward. The campaign to bring the building to fruition needs the support of LGBTs and allies beyond the Lehigh Valley. Its opening will not just be a boon for residents of that area, but the entire state. The more we can strength and organize LGBT communities in all corners of the state, the more successful our entire fight for full LGBT equality in Pennsylvania will be; having equality in Philadelphia should not preclude local LGBTs from being invested in the fight for equality of our neighbors. We need to look beyond the borders of Philadelphia to support efforts ongoing in towns large and small in our state. Pennsylvania recently won a monumental victory for LGBT equality, but having a law on the books doesn’t necessarily eradicate the homophobia and discrimination LGBT Pennsylvanians face daily. Those ills, instead, are combated by LGBT community groups like those whose work will be strengthened by the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center. ■

Whooo-oooo-whooo-oooo! It’s the gender police! Chief Inspector Kevin D. Williamson has put a warrant out for Laverne Cox because she isn’t taking the Cox part of her name literally enough. Williamson laid out his case against Cox in a May 30 diatribe on National Review Online titled, dickishly, “Laverne Cox Is Not a Woman.” As you know, Cox, who stars as Sophia Burset on “Orange is the New Black,” appeared on the June 9 cover of Time magazine next to the headline, “The transgender tipping point.” Williamson will simply not stand for this. “Cox, a fine actor, has become a spokesman — no doubt he would object to the term — for trans people,” Williamson writes. Note Williamson’s flagrant use of the male pronoun, a fine way to tell a trans person, “I completely reject your existence and your right to your own identity” and also, “Fuck you.” And, yes, I’m sure Cox would object to the term “spokesman,” you asshole, since she’s a woman. Also Cox has been clear in talking about her experience that every transgender person’s story is different, so she’s hardly claiming to be the endall, be-all of trans folks. According to Williamson, it all comes down to semantics. “The infinite malleability of the postmodern idea of ‘gender,’ as opposed to the stubborn concreteness of sex, is precisely the reason the concept was invented,” he writes. “For all of the high-academic theory attached to the question, it is simply a mystical exercise in rearranging words to rearrange reality.” In other words, “sex” is real, “gender” is some kind of liberal psychobabble. So if you’re born with a penis, you’re a man. End of story. Amen. Cox has elected not to talk publically about her genitals, as it’s her business. But some people simply don’t know what to do with not knowing. It’s the classic Schrödinger’s penis experiment. If you don’t know whether or not she has a penis, how do you know whether or not she’s a he? Williamson skirts the issue by declaring,

“Regardless of the question of whether he has had his genitals amputated, Cox is not a woman, but an effigy of a woman.” In other words, Cox is pretend. A department-store dummy. A man playing dress-up. And let’s talk about the use of the word “amputated” here. It’s clear Williamson has no tolerance for ambiguity and, indeed, rejects any and all ambiguity in the realm of sex and gender, but a man does not magically become a woman via getting his dick chopped off. Only the willfully ignorant think of a so-called “sex-change operation” this way. Just like only the willfully ignorant argue that a man or woman must have “the right” genitals in order to identify as a man or a woman. It’s a shitty position to put trans folks in. The prevailing attitude is, if a woman has a penis, then she’s not really a woman. But if a woman used to have a penis, then she’s a man who chopped off his dick. And if a penis is truly the mark of what makes a man a man, what of men who have lost their penises via car accidents or cancer or botched surgeries? Do they automatically become female? Obviously not. And I suspect Williamson would agree and that he would also argue that men who lose their penises involuntarily are in no way similar to someone who elects to have gender-reassignment surgery. Those people, he says, are sick. He writes, “[T]o amputate healthy organs in the service of a delusional tendency is the moral equivalent of meeting a man who believes he is Jesus and inquiring as to whether his insurance plan covers crucifixion.” Zing! Translation: Transgender people are just crazy! If Williamson believes that the genitals you were born with hold the key to your sex, then there’s no way for me to tell if he’s really a man until he Snapchats me some dick pics. ■

In other words, “sex” is real, “gender” is some kind of liberal psychobabble. So if you’re born with a penis, you’re a man. End of story. Amen.

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

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A surprising political twist The sentence that is about to be put into ago, thereby saving the state a mucho print is one that should surprise members waste of tax dollars and allowing LGBT of the LGBT community: The Republican people to marry now, rather than months candidate for governor of Pennsylvania or even years from now after a lengthy has a more established record on LGBT legal battle. On LGBT and HIV/AIDS issues than the Democrat. causes, funding continues to be on a level An amazing statement, but facts speak with the Rendell administration, and for themselves. And in Pennsylvania, Corbett followed through by signing the politics can sometimes be ... final paperwork on funding for strange. the largest LGBT-friendly projOn talking the talk, Tom ect in state history, the John Wolf, the Democrat, is well C. Anderson Apartments for seniors. ahead. In an interview with PGN, he said he strongly supSo for the first time in ports marriage equality and Pennsylvania that I can recall, nondiscrimination, and he has the Republican gubernatorial met with LGBT leaders. candidate has a more established LGBT record than the On talking the talk, Tom Corbett, the Republican, has Democrat. We are only talking been embarrassing on his on one issue — LGBT rights statements on marriage equal— no other issues. You might ity. But, his actions give him not like the messenger, but you a mixed record: He supports may like the results. This is clearly not an LGBT nondiscrimination legMark Segal endorsement; to me this is a islation. He also has met with gay leaders. But he has not fun-facts column. We have been interviewed by LGBT media. much time to go before the election. On delivering: Wolf has created LGBTAnd it is my hope that our issues will be inclusive nondiscrimination policies in the brought up at the debates. Here’s my personal point to all this company he runs and offers his workers and what I’m looking for: The unfinished domestic-partner benefits. business in this state since the 1970s is On delivering: Corbett hired open LGBT nondiscrimination. To both canLGBT people in major positions before didates, here’s my challenge: Show us taking office. The chair of his transition a path that you will pursue to assure the team was a gay man. He issued an executive order stating that there would be no passage and enactment of nondiscrimination in Pennsylvania. ■ discrimination in hiring in his administration, similar to former Gov. Ed Rendell’s Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the at the beginning of his term. On marriage nation’s most-award-winning commentaequality, while at times his statements were an embarrassment, he decided to not tor in LGBT media. He can be reached at mark@epgn.com. appeal Judge Jones’ ruling a few weeks

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Letters and Feedback Editor: June is AIDS Education, LGBT Pride and Men’s Health Month. The Centers for Disease Control announced the so-called Gay-related Immune Deficiency June 5, 1981, during the Reagan administration. Reagan remained silent about HIV/AIDS. He died June 5, 2004. Ironically, the next day is the anniversary of D-Day. Reagan was virtually silent during the seven-and-a-half years remaining in his administration after the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It would have been a huge splash in all media had he died on the anniversary of D-Day. Personally, it’s poetic justice. For those who died, justice was not served. Living with HIV since testing positive Sept. 27, 1988, has nonetheless been devastating. Will the media ever be vocal and inform the public about the irony of his death anniversary? After all, Reagan per-

sonified Silence=Death about our D-Day! I remain positive, living in Philadelphia. — Mark A. Davis Philadelphia In response to “Philly Archdiocese only one in nation to sponsor antigay D.C. event,” June 6-12: I am writing to offer an additional perspective to those mentioned in the PGN’s article concerning the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s sponsorship of the March for Marriage. The perspective that I share is based on my role as the 2014-15 president of Dignity Philadelphia, the religious organization for LGBT Roman Catholics and our allies. While the March for Marriage may be trying to promote the established church’s commitment to promote its understand-

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Street Talk Is America ready for an open lesbian or gay president? “Yes. I think society doesn’t get the credit it deserves. People are more openminded than we’re led to believe. The Eliza Hastie voices of hate server tend to get West Philadelphia amplified. But I have more faith in people. There’s a lot of support out there for the LGBT community.”

“Yes. There’s always time for change. We never thought there would be a black president, then Obama Krystal Narcise got elected. cashier Things have South Philadelphia gotten better. But a lesbian will probably get elected before a gay man. That’s because it’s more acceptable for two women to be together [rather] than two men.”

“Definitely. The shock value [of being lesbian or gay] is gone. The stigma has greatly lessened. That’s my Christina perception, Overbagh living in business owner Philadelphia. Queen Village I can’t speak for Middle America. But for most of the country, I don’t think it would be an issue.”

“Sadly, no. I’d give it 20 years. Too many people have a hard time with the subject. It’s silly that people still Dee Rafferty link sexual horticulturalist orientation Port Richmond with job performance, but they do. They still think someone’s sexual orientation matters. It’s just ignorance.”

ing of marriage, it is not promoting the understanding of marriage shared by all Catholics. The members of Dignity Philadelphia believe that we are all children of God and that we are all entitled to have our committed relationships recognized by a loving God. There are many instances in the Bible which do not comport with the “traditional” definition of marriage as asserted by many anti-marriage equality groups. Recently, U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb, who struck down the marriage-equality ban in Wisconsin, noted that, “throughout history, the most ‘traditional’ form of marriage was not between one man and one woman, but between one man and multiple women.” Further, the focus on protesting against what is now settled law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is contrary to the statements by Pope Francis. Pope Francis has denounced the estab-

lished church’s fixation on issues such as same-sex marriage. The pope has stated, “If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?” Members of the LGBT community of faith who have found someone with whom they want to spend the rest of their lives do not want to be judged. We want to be afforded the same legal rights and responsibilities as our non-LGBT friends and family members. We can agree with [Archdiocesan spokesperson] Mr. [Ken] Gavin that, as Catholics, we believe marriage needs to be strengthened. However, the members of Dignity Philadelphia and many members of the LGBT community believe that marriage is strengthened by allowing more people to enter into that relationship, not by excluding people. — Mike Viola President, Dignity Philadelphia

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was apparently responding and I wasn’t getting them for weeks. Then all of a sudden there was this flood of emails from him.” They made plans for a first date — dinner at Philadelphia’s former Astral Plane on June 7, 2002. “It was a wonderful dinner, and that was the beginning of everything,” Burns said.

June 7 is a significant day for Kevin Burns and Jamie Rayner: Twelve years ago, it marked their first date; five years ago, it was the date of their religious wedding; and this year, it served as their legal wedding date. The couple wed last weekend in the Center City chambers of The Hon. Ann Butchart. Burns, 58, is the executive director of ActionAIDS and a native of Pottsville, while Rayner, 59, is a US Airways flight attendant and Navy veteran who grew up throughout Maryland and Virginia and moved to the Philadelphia area in 1998. The couple now lives in Media. They met in 2002 through an online dating site. THE REV. RON HOSKINS (FROM LEFT), BURNS, THE HON. Burns signed up for the service when he ANN BUTCHART AND RAYNER AT THEIR JUNE 7 WEDDING was ready to start dating Rayner was living in Brookhaven at again after the passing of his partner of 23 years and was matched with Rayner the time and Burns in Philadelphia, but in — although technology almost interfered September 2003 they bought their home in Media. with their meeting. Over the years, Rayner said he and “It’s a funny story. I had signed up to start dating again and Jamie’s profile Burns learned to unite both their similarikept coming up and I just kept deleting ties and differences. “Kevin’s a real A-type personality — it and then it would pop up again. And I was just like, Oh, you know what, I’ll I’m very proud of all the work he does just send him an email,” Burns said. “But and he’s very humble and doesn’t take a there was some sort of IT glitch and he lot of credit for it, which aggravates me — and I’m a real B-type; we joke that if I got any more laidback, I’d be in a coma,” Rayner laughed. “He’s obsessive and I’m oblivious. We couldn’t be more different in many respects but in the important areas we’re very similar. And that’s what really feeds and keeps our relationship going strong.” Burns agreed, noting that they both have been willing to confront obstacles. “It’s about having the base commitment of love and respect and then being willing to do the work to work through all the issues that come up in order to increase that intimacy and help your relationship to grow,” he said. On June 7, 2009, the couple celebrated their relationship with family and friends in a ceremony at their home, officiated by Dignity Philadelphia’s the Rev. Ron Hoskins, in tribute to Burns’ Catholic faith. They also had a Quaker wedding certificate, which, following Quaker tradition, was signed by all of their guests. Prior to the ceremony, a news crew from the local CBS affiliate stopped by for an BURNS (LEFT) AND RAYNER AT impromptu interview for a story the staTHEIR 2009 CEREMONY

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Kids and money: Nurturing your child’s financial growth Q: My partner and I have two young children. When we were young, we were never taught about money or saving/budgeting. How can we make sure our children are better informed than we were at their age? A: Thanks for your question. It makes me smile to hear from parents who want to help provide some financial education in the home. While families may teach and learn differently, here are some approaches that have been successful. “Reading, writing, arithmetic” — too bad that list doesn’t include personal finance. Most kids learn the basics of money and making change in elementary school, but probably won’t learn how to manage money unless they choose finance as a career path. That means it is up to all of us to see that our children reach adulthood prepared to face life’s fiscal challenges.

collect your thoughts. This situation presents a great opportunity to teach another important lesson about personal finance: savings and interest. Explain that people often save their money for items they want to buy. A simple savings lesson involves using a piggy bank, shoebox or empty peanut butter jar. Make the lesson fun by having your children decorate the “bank,” while explaining to them how you also use a real bank to save your money. Encourage your children to save a portion of their allowance for a special goal. As they save money, you might reward them with a small additional amount, just like a bank pays interest. At the end of each month, calculate how much they have saved and then chip in a certain percentage as interest. Last, to further encourage the learning process, you might consider plotting a visual chart Jeremy of their savings (include the so they can easily see Gussick goal) their savings grow. Remember to keep it as simple as possible, geared toward each child’s level of understanding.

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Earlier is better The benefits of teaching children about money early on are both immediate and long-term. In the short term, they may develop strong saving habits, learn how to make smart purchases, begin to understand the true meaning of “investment” and perhaps even learn why they can’t always get everything they want. In the long term, you can help them avoid accumulating debt. And by teaching the value of saving for the future, you can help them plan for financial security. Where does money come from? Even very young children can begin to understand the concept of earning money. Explain that money is earned by working, and that you can only spend what you earn. To help them understand what it is like to get paid on a schedule, begin paying an allowance. Then help them to set goals for spending and saving their money. It is important, however, to make sure that you stick to the payment schedule; otherwise, the lesson may be lost. Experts differ on whether or not allowances should be tied to household chores. Although many people say children will learn more about personal responsibility if they do not receive money for pitching in around the home, others feel paying an allowance teaches them valuable lessons about working and earning. You also might consider paying your child for “extra credit” chores that they complete outside of their daily duties, such as helping out in the garden or washing the family car. Make saving interesting You hear it when you enter a store with your child: “I want ... Buy me this ... !” Before reacting, pause and take a minute to

Banking and investing Once your children have been saving enough to accumulate $50 or $100, take them to the bank to open their first savings account. Most community banks will allow children to open accounts with low minimum deposits. Some even have accounts especially marketed to kids to make the learning process fun. Make sure that your children receive a passbook so they can see the progress of their savings efforts, as well as the interest that accrues. Once they have mastered banking with an institution, you can begin to teach kids about investing. For instance, when your child wants something that he or she can’t quite afford, discuss the value of saving versus borrowing. If you do extend credit, use a written IOU, establish a repayment schedule and charge interest. By doing this, you establish the framework for teaching your children that bonds and certificates of deposit are IOUs representing loans from investors to institutions. Compounding As your children get older and perhaps take on part-time jobs, their savings will likely amass at a quicker rate. Now is the time to review the lesson of compounding, or the ability of earnings to build upon themselves. Explain how compounding can be more dramatic over time; the longer money is left alone, the greater the effect. This can lead into a discussion about investing and how certain investments can have a greater ability to compound over

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time. Giving a gift of stocks of well-established or kid-oriented companies can be an ideal way to teach your children about investing.1 Most children would love to think of themselves as owners of McDonald’s, Disney or Toys “R” Us. Some companies even have shareholder meetings directed to children.

Commerce. OutMoney appears monthly. If you have a question for Jeremy, contact him at Jeremy.gussick@lpl.com. LPL Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor. Member FINRA/SIPC.

A little learning can pay off Teaching your children about our complex financial system may seem daunting, but you can help put them on the right track by encouraging smart habits now. Is it worth your time and effort? As Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Answering your children’s questions honestly and in terms they will understand may set the stage for a lifetime of smart financial moves.

The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. We suggest that you discuss your specific situation with a qualified tax or legal advisor.

The Lesson Plan • Ages 4-6: Introduce the concept of value — how money buys things. Point out the difference between nickels, dimes and quarters. • Ages 7-9: Expand the money discussion with the notion of having short- and long-term savings goals. • Ages 10-12: Consider opening a savings account in your child’s name. By this age. most kids are able to calculate interest and make a simple budget. • Ages 13-15: Discuss the difference between saving and investing. Reward avid savers with a “grown-up” investment in a kid-friendly stock.1 • Ages 16-plus: Get serious about checking accounts and possibly credit cards. Make sure your kids understand the difference between debit-card and credit-card transactions. ■ Jeremy R. Gussick is a financial advisor 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 2013 FIVE STAR Wealth Manager by 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

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tion was running in conjunction with the effort at that time to ban same-sex marriage in the state constitution. “The interviewer asked me, ‘Why now?’ and my response was that I was 54, when was the right time?” Rayner said. Even though the union carried no legal weight at that time, Burns said the incorporation of their loved ones into the service made it just as meaningful. “We could have gone out of state to do it but we wanted to do something where we live, in the community we’d chosen to invest in, with all of our friends and family,” Burns said. “From that day on, we considered ourselves married.” After the fall of the federal ban on same-sex marriage, the couple had been considering marrying out of state sometime soon for practical purposes — a plan that was fast-tracked after last month’s ruling that brought marriage equality to Pennsylvania. “We talked about going to New York or Delaware and doing it on June 7, our anniversary. And when it happened here May 20, it was like, ‘Holy schmoly, let’s

It felt like we were finally on equal footing and were full citizens with the right to get married and have our unions recognized.” scramble,’” Rayner said. “I was really shocked,” Burns added about the ruling. “All of a sudden it was this realization that, Wow, we can get married. Then to hear the next day that the governor wasn’t going to appeal was even more of a surprise. It was a little bit surreal and very joyous. It felt like we were finally on equal footing and were full citizens with the right to get married and have our unions recognized.” The couple applied for a license at the courthouse in Media and asked Butchart, the city’s first openly lesbian judge, to officiate, which they said she was happy to do, even on her Saturday off to keep their anniversary date. The couple said they didn’t want much fanfare, since they had already held their 2009 ceremony and reception, but commemorated the occasion with small gestures like purchasing matching ties from Tie the Knot, a nonprofit started by actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband to raise funds for LGBT-equality efforts. Rayner’s niece and Burns’ niece both witnessed the ceremony, held in Butchart’s chambers, as did Hoskins. “We kept it very simple,” Burns said. “Judge Butchart read really lovely vows that we repeated to each other. And I was crying like a fool, over everything.” “But it was the best kind of tears,” added Rayner. “The most incredibly happy, moving tears.” ■

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organizations working on behalf of the LGBT community in the area, having one central hub will help with cohesion. “There are a lot of agencies, groups and organizations in the Valley that serve the GLBT community, but we’re not coordinated and don’t always work together because the right hand doesn’t always know what the left hand doing,” Baus said. “I think a community center will be very helpful in that area, as a resource, a focal point for all GLBT activities, agencies and resources so people can go to one place and find out what’s going on in whatever area they’re interested in.” Shanker noted that it’s an effort that is sorely needed in the Lehigh Valley. He said that, according to the 2010 Census, Allentown has the state’s third-largest LGBT population, yet lacks a stable community meeting space. “This is an important thing for the LGBT community here but also something that can be a benefit to the region as well, in terms of having an anchored nonprofit in an area that really needs it,” Shanker said. “We’re the largest LGBT community in the state that doesn’t have an LGBT community center. This is definitely something our community needs. But it’s going to take a lot to get there.” At PDN’s 2014 Community Leadership Awards Ceremony Tuesday night, organizers announced the Campaign for Community, which seeks to raise $75,000 by the end of September for the center. Shanker said that will just be a start of the overall fundraising needed, but will illustrate to potential donors the need for the project. “We want to demonstrate momentum and show the community support for this space throughout the summer so that way we can raise the money that’s APPEAL from page 1

become an intervenor, namely that her office issues marriage licenses for the county. ACLU of Pennsylvania senior staff attorney Mary Catherine Roper said her agency plans to file a motion this week asking Jones to deny SantaiGaffney’s request. “I don’t think she’s a proper litigant to try to intervene,” Roper said, noting that intervenor efforts are not rare in cases such as this. “These are pretty common in many of these suits, where people other than government officials — who are actually the

needed from the larger funders,” Shanker said. There will be incentives for donors, including pre-opening tours of the property and a preview party for donors who give $500 or more. Donors who give more than $1,000 will have their names listed on a plaque at the center. Shanker said organizers are also looking for professional services to be donated in-kind. Both the renovation team, led by Kohn Engineering principal Don Kohn, and architect Robert Sandoval are donating their services. Seven Points Consulting donated graphic-design services to create the center’s logo, designed by Alison Fleck. The progression of the project will be overseen by the center advisory board, consisting of Baus, Peter Lewnes, Pat Fligge, Kari Kirchgessner, the Hon. Basilio Bonilla, Stephen Libby and Janet Ney. Shanker, the former board president of Equality Pennsylvania, said his own background will be helpful in moving the project forward. He previously served as fundraising director for an Allentown nonprofit communiy theater and, during his two years as Equality PA president, the operating budget more than doubled and the staff more than tripled. “I have that background and experience and I’m looking to bring that energy with me to this campaign so we have a viable, sustainable LGBT community to serve our growing, vibrant and diverse community,” Shanker said. Bradbury said she and Sullivan were humbled to have their names tied to the proposed center. “Patricia and I are very honored to have our names associated with the center as long as it exists,” she said. “We know it represents the future of our community.” For more information, visit www.bradburysullivancenter.org. ■ ones who make decisions about the law — try to intervene. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t; it really depends on the legal position of the person trying to intervene. But we don’t think she’s the right kind of person to do that.” James Schneller, president of antigay Philadephia Metro Taskforce, has also been trying to intervene throughout the duration of the Whitewood case, to no avail. Schuylkill County is located about 50 miles northeast of Harrisburg in the state’s coal region. The county seat is Pottsville. ■

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William Way LGBT Community Center served as the backdrop for a number of wedding ceremonies last month, days after marriage equality became a reality in Pennsylvania. Wil and Brandon Cohen were among several couples who took advantage of a day of free wedding ceremonies offered at the center on Memorial Day by Journeys of the Heart, with the support of American Civil Liberties of Pennsylvania and Equality Pennsylvania. Wil, 34, and Brandon, 37, have been together for nearly 16 years. The Bensalem couple was set up on a blind date by a mutual acquaintance. “An old high-school friend of mine called me up and told me she had somebody at her place she wanted me to meet and I had to get over right away to meet this guy,” Wil said. “I had recently come out and hadn’t dated a guy before, so I figured OFFICIANT BOB PILEGGI (FROM LEFT) WITH WIL I’d give it a shot.” AND BRANDON COHEN Brandon said the attraction license and the legal rights.” was instant. When they heard about Journeys of the “I thought he was really cute and he had this innocence about him that I just took to,” Heart’s plan to perform free ceremonies the Monday following the ruling, they decided he said. Wil added that Brandon’s brother warned to take the nondenominational officiant him he might need to be the one to pursue a group up on its offer. “We’re not wealthy people and didn’t relationship. “He was very shy,” Wil said. “His brother exactly have much money for a wedding. pointed out to me that, if I wanted a good- But we saw that Journeys of the Heart was night kiss at the end of the date, I’d have to going to be officiating free weddings at make the first move because Brandon was William Way, and everything fell into place, terribly shy. But I had no problem oblig- which was really awesome,” Wil said. Wil brought his mother and stepfather and ing.” The couple became official July 19, Brandon brought his father, sister, brother and sister-in-law. 1998. The couple gave Journeys of the Heart Wil said that they committed early on to investing the work it takes to make their officiant Bob Pileggi background on themselves and their relationship, and he cusrelationship successful. “We got into it with the mindset that tomized their ceremony. They wrote their own vows, and Brandon we’re not going to give up on each other,” Wil said. “We both came from households said that, while he was initially apprehenwhere our parents are divorced so we came sive about reciting them, the ceremony went to this knowing that we didn’t want to cut seamlessly. “I’m not much of a public speaker and and run; when we have a problem, we tackle it head on and are extremely open and hon- was worried about tripping up on my words, but Bob made everything really comfortable est with each other.” “One of the first things he told me when and put us at ease,” Brandon said. Once the knot was tied, the couple said we started going out was that if we wanted to both make this relationship work, it the reality of being legally wed was hard to would,” Brandon added. “That stuck with digest. “Right after, it was very surreal,” Wil me.” That early dedication led Wil to propose said. “I’d always hoped it would happen to Brandon just a month into their relation- but I’m sometimes a pessimist and wasn’t ship; at that time, marriage equality wasn’t sure it was something that would happen legal anywhere in the country, and he said in Pennsylvania in my lifetime. But we’ve the gesture was more of a symbolic pledge. been together almost 16 years and now But, as state after state began sanction- we’re finally married, and he’s my husband. ing same-sex marriage, they began thinking We’re enjoying the moment.” ■

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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 10:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE

Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned �� check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, �� of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at �� attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certi�� money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest �� within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly �� does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. �� each property shall be a sum suf��cluding advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadel-

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phia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly. No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in �� checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered �� discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration �� be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-6861483 and to its website philadox. phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each �� the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006

(30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are �� thereafter. �� non-professional readers who do not understand the meaning of the �� defendant’s names, we make the following. EXPLANATION �� each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the �� of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July �� properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

�� C.P. April Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-303 �� Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1407-304 �� C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-305 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� administratrix and heir of the �� in her capacity as adminstratrix and heir of the estate of �� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under �� C.P. April Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-306 3329 North Howard Street 19140 7th wd. 1200 Sq Ft �� (mortgagor) and Francesco �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-307 �� 62nd wd. 1237.27 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Edward Wisher, solely in his capacity as heir of Elizabeth H Wright, deceased C.P. November Term, �� 1407-308 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Mannella, Diane Mannella C.P. January Term, 2011 No. �� 1407-309 �� PROPERTY The unknown heirs of Jacob C. Neupauer, deceased and Jeanette Parra, solely in her capacity as

heir of Jacob C. Neupauer, deceased. C.P. April Term, �� 1407-310 6027 Frontenac Street 19149 �� deceased C.P. August Term, �� 1407-311 �� PROPERTY Jewlette Samuels, as Sole Owner C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02122 ��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-312 �� PROPERTY William J. �� 2013 No. 01706 $124,497.97 �� 1407-313 �� PROPERTY Theresa Noel �� 1407-314 �� C.P. February Term, 2013 �� 1407-315A �� PROVEMENTS: COMMER�� C.P. January Term, 2013 No. �� A. Dietterick, Esq., and/or �� 1407-315B �� PROVEMENTS: COMMER�� C.P. January Term, 2013 No. �� A. Dietterick, Esq., and/or �� 1407-316 194 West Widener Street 19120 61st wd. 1037.40 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� Douglas C.P. August Term, �� 1407-317 �� 1211 62nd wd. 1196 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Emellen Wadley C.P. April Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-318 �� 19144 12th wd. 906 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Yuco Spicer C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Osborne 1407-319 1230 North Front Street �� Mortgage None other than the mortgage foreclosed by �� IMPROVEMENTS: SEMIDETACHED, ONE-STORY, �� April Term, 2012 No. 00931 �� 1407-320 1914 South Norwood �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-321 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Ellis C.P. February Term, �� 1407-322 �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� J. Osborne 1407-323 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Colon C.P. June Term, 2013 �� 1407-324 6600 North 20th Street �� wd. 1337.49 Sq Ft ��

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www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, July 1, 2014 1407-301 �� 21st wd. 1479 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY John H. Righter, Jr C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-302 �� 19122 9360 Sq Ft, exclusive right-of-way at North Front ��ject To Mortgage None other than the mortgage foreclosed �� N.A. IMPROVEMENTS: ��

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1407-325 �� 19107 7th wd. 640 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY The unknown heirs of Nadine H. Mitchell, deceased and Howard Mitchell, Jr., solely in his capacity as heir of the estate of Nadine H. Mitchell, deceased C.P. March Term, �� 1407-326 �� 1407-327 �� PROPERTY Helen R. Herbert C.P. February Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-328 3714 Richmond Street 19137�� PROPERTY Donna M. Flade C.P. October Term, 2010 No. �� 1407-329 �� C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-330 2237 Disston Street 19149�� PROPERTY Jefferson Sylvestre, in his capacity as heir of Marie �� Sylvestre, in her capacity as heir of Marie M. Scott, deceased. Alain Sylvestre, in his capacity as heir of Marie M. Scott, deceased. Felix Charles, in his capacity as heir of Marie �� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Marie M. Scott, deceased. C.P. June Term, �� 1407-331 320 Federal Street 19147 2nd �� Devon Dresing aka Devon Anne Dresing aka Devon A. Dresing �� fices, P.C. 1407-332 162 West Champlost Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� Emfinger, John C. Emfinger �� 1407-333 4729 Shelmire Avenue 19136�� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04000 �� 1407-334 �� PROPERTY Thomas Payne, �� as administrator and heir of �� in his capacity as adminstrator and heir of the estate of �� successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest �� deceased. C.P. June Term, 2013 �� 1407-335 4627 East Howell Street �� PROPERTY Zainab Conteh, Mohamed Conteh aka Mohamed M. Conteh C.P. July Term, 2012 �� 1407-336 �� aghty C.P. March Term, 2010 �� 1407-337 �� PROPERTY Rosalind McCrea aka Rosalind C. McCrea C.P. �� 1407-338 �� June Term, 2012 No. 02223 $431,422.44 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1407-339 �� PROPERTY Donnell D. Seals, Tammy Seals C.P. March Term, �� 1407-340 ��

PROPERTY The unknown ��er, deceased C.P. April Term, �� 1407-341 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Moore C.P. November Term, �� 1407-342 �� PROPERTY Xuong V. Danh C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-343 �� 60th wd. (formerly part of �� PROPERTY Wanda Scriven C.P. February Term, 2011 No. �� 1407-344 4004 I Street 19124 �� sole owner C.P. October Term, �� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, �� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1407-345 �� PROPERTY Marion Alston C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-346 442 East Eleanor Street 19120 �� PROPERTY Jose A. Serrano C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-347 6639 North Fairhill Street �� PROPERTY Jeanette Wideman C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-348 �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. ��

1407-349 �� 17th wd. (formerly part of �� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-350 1970 Devereaux Avenue �� PROPERTY Hoang V. Ngo C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-351 �� PROPERTY Steven P. Mallon C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-352 �� PROPERTY Ann Manuella, ��ella and William Manuella C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-353 �� PROPERTY Amanda Aslansan C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� Osborne 1407-354 �� PROPERTY David E. Player, �� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under �� August Term, 2012 No. 3399 �� 1407-356 6147 Pine Street 19143 3rd wd. (formerly part of �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1407-357 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Pope, Jr; Sheila A. Pope C.P. November Term, 2009 No. �� 1407-358 �� 1923 10th wd. 1320 Sq Ft ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��

heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Diane Robinson deceased. Troy Robinson, in his capacity as heir of Diane Robinson, deceased. C.P. June Term, �� 1407-359 �� PROPERTY Raymond V. Delagol, Jr; Diana Delagol C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-360 926 Tustin Street 191111431 63rd wd. 4100 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Andrew Yaremchuk C.P. March Term, �� 1407-361 6062 Alma Street 19149�� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Acevedo aka Jeannette Acevedo C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 04313 $103,794.20 �� 1407-362 �� PROPERTY Curtis T. Johnson aka Curtis Johnson C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02467 $139,761.22 Phelan �� 1407-363 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� James C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1407-364 �� PROPERTY David J. Williams C.P. January Term, �� 1407-365 �� PROPERTY Howard M. Seon, Eudene E. Seon C.P. September Term, 2009 No. �� 1407-366 �� PROPERTY Richard Santiago C.P. November Term, ��

�� 1407-367 300 East Elwood Street aka 300 Elwood Street 19144�� PROPERTY Stephanie Sanders C.P. October Term, 2013 �� 1407-368 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 2012 No. 02129 $166,732.32 �� 1407-369 �� PROPERTY Tiffany McClintock, Ryan McClintock C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 04921 $179,969.63 Phelan �� 1407-370 �� wd. (formerly 66th wd.) �� May Term, 2009 No. 02467 $126,730.90 Phelan Hal�� 1407-371 �� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or �� 1407-372 2240 Pratt Street 19137 �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-373 �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-374 �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-375 ��

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�� September Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-376 3429 Fitler Street 19114 �� and Flavius D. Prodea C.P. �� Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1407-377 �� PROPERTY Donald A. De �� Martin, by his attonrey in fact, Ellen S. Tidman C.P. October Term, 2010 No. �� Osborne 1407-378 �� ton and Tanya Covington, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. May Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., �� Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1407-379 2122 Ellsworth Street 19146 �� 1-0196-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 3 STORY, MASONRY ROW �� September Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-380 2912 Rawle Street 19149�� PROPERTY Robert Sullivan, as sole owner C.P. January Term, 2013 No. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1407-381 3101-3103 Frankford Avenue �� Ft and 3300 Sq Ft (respec�� tively) IMPROVEMENTS: �� ESTATE Jose Cedeno and Ali �� C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� Eisenberg, PC

1407-382 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Miller C.P. February Term, �� 1407-383 �� Situate on the North side of Wilder Street at the distance of Three Hundred Sixty Seven (367’) feet eastward from the East side of Twenty-first �� IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Doris Edwards C.P. December Term, �� Robert W. Cusick 1407-384 �� Xia Chen C.P. January Term, �� 1407-385 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Redhead C.P. February Term, �� 1407-386 �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. February Term, 2013 �� A. Elia, Esq. 1407-387 �� 24th wd. 1234.74 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3STY MASONRY Denise Hiller and Sandra Pearson Colter C.P. October Term, 2009 No. �� 1407-388 �� PROPERTY Rosemarie Morrell and Richard A. Morrell C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-389 �� May Term, 2013 No. 01326 �� P.C. 1407-390 1730 Rhawn Street 19111 �� -

�� PROPERTY Matthew J. Schoeniger C.P. July Term, �� 1407-391 �� PROPERTY William Rodriguez Jr aka William Rodriguez C.P. August Term, �� 1407-392 �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-393 �� and Janice V. Scott C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 03346 �� 1407-394 1936 East Willard Street �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-395 �� C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-396 �� PROPERTY Avraham �� $164,310.12 Phelan Hal�� 1407-397 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1407-398 �� wd. 1730.62 Sq Ft �� Austin C.P. March Term, �� 1407-399 643 Jamestown Street �� PROPERTY An Nguyen and

�� 1407-400 123 Sparks Street 19120 �� PROPERTY Harold T. Seamon C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 02994 �� P.C. 1407-401 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. January Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-402 �� wd. 1197.49 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY James D. Murphy, in his capacity as administrator of the estate of �� in her capacity as heir of the Estate of Robert M. �� assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Robert M. �� deceased. C.P. January Term, �� 1407-403 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. March Term, 2010 No. �� 1407-404 �� PROPERTY Yamira Quinones C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00204 $104,494.46 �� 1407-405 120 East Eleanor Street 19120-3906 42nd wd. 2103.2 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Williams C.P. April Term, �� 1407-406 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Washington C.P. May Term, �� 1407-407 ��

IMPROVEMENTS: RESI��resa Purcell aka Theresa J. Purcell C.P. November Term, �� 1407-408 �� 19144-3620 12th �� PROPERTY Hernan Font, �� 1407-409 2623 South Juniper Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� R. Ficchi C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02619 �� 1407-410 �� August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-411 322 Reed Street aka 322 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 2013 No. 02067 $99,414.71 �� 1407-412 �� 1407-413 4203 Chippendale Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Term, 2013 No. 00137 �� 1407-414 �� Francois Amoussou C.P. �� 1407-415 �� PROPERTY Maria McCauley and James J. McCauley C.P. August Term, 2013 No.

�� 1407-416 �� 44th wd. 1392 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Deborah M. �� C.P. March Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-417 �� 41st wd. 1241.24 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Noemi Morales C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-418 4600 Oakmont Street 19136�� C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 04630 $147,206.32 Phelan �� 1407-419 2134 Anchor Street 19124 �� derman and Theresa R. Middleton C.P. November Term, �� 1407-420 1117 Wellington Street 19111 �� C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-421 �� PROPERTY Thomas H �� 1407-422 �� PROPERTY Carina Dean, Sharoon Dean C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 01921 �� 1407-423 �� PROPERTY Darlene Moragne C.P. August Term, 2009 �� 1407-424 �� -

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�� PROPERTY Joyce D. Rogers C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-425 1332 Faunce Street 19111�� PROPERTY V Samuel aka Varghese Samuel C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-426 �� 19144 13th wd. 3960.72 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Mcaleer C.P. October Term, �� 1407-427 6647 Horrocks Street 19149 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Term, 2013 No. 00467 �� Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1407-428 �� vitt C.P. November Term, �� Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1407-429 3623 North 21st Street 19140 13th wd. (formerly part of �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-430 6916 Oakland Street 19149 �� C.P. January Term, 2009 No. �� 1407-431 �� ROW 2 STY MASONRY �� $160,642.06 Milstead & �� 1407-432 7314 Palmetto Street 19111 �� PROPERTY Melvin T. �� 1407-433 ��

�� September Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-434 4636 Milnor Street 19137 �� the 23rd wd.) 2600 Sq Ft �� Hengy, solely in her capacity as heir of Andrew J. Hengy, deceased, Edward J. Hengy, solely in his capacity as Heir of Andrew J. Hengy, decased and unknown heirs of Andrew J. Hengy, deceased. C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-435 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McDermott C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00404 �� 1407-436 �� Montijo C.P. October Term, �� Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1407-437 �� 17th wd. 1760 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� III C.P. January Term, 2014 �� 1407-438 916 West Fisher Avenue 1460.17 Sq Ft �� David Steiner C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00717 �� 1407-439 929 East Russell Street �� and Policarpio Castro C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-440 243 Wellens Avenue 19120 42nd wd. 903 Sq Ft �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04462 $63,903.46 Powers, ��

1407-441 �� St. 169 ft 0 in Southward �� St. Front: 14 ft 0 in Depth: �� IMPROVEMENTS: ��ERTY Sherah D. Freeman and Sherah D. Fowler C.P. �� Esq. 1407-442 432 North Daggett Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1407-443 226 West Rittenhouse �� PROPERTY Donald N. Douchkess C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03139 �� 1407-444 �� PROPERTY Antonina Screnci, solely in her capacity as heir of Antonio Screnci, deceased, Elizabeth Screnci, solely in her capacity as heir of Antonio �� Screnci, solely in her capcity as heir of Antonio Screnci, deceased and Star Screnci, solely in her capacity as heir of Antonio Screnci, deceased C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-445 �� PROPERTY Nafez Samara C.P. October Term, 2009 No. �� 1407-446 3723 Frankford Avenue �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Crompton, individually and in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of Stephen A. Crompton, deceased C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 03732 �� P.C. 1407-447 437 East Mount Pleasant Av�� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Abdus-Saboor and Rashida Patience C.P. August Term, ��

1407-448 3473 Helen Street 19134�� PROPERTY Judith Weinberg C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-449 �� Avenue 19120-2927 42nd wd. 1090.74 Sq Ft ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Term, 2013 No. 01402 �� 1407-450 �� Policino, John J. Policino C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03923 $63,671.90 Phelan �� 1407-451 934 West Fisher Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Culbreth C.P. June Term, �� 1407-452 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Harris, Raymond Harris, Jr C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-453 �� tarovich C.P. March Term, �� 1407-454 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Howard Debro, Pauline E. Debro C.P. April Term, 2013 �� 1407-455 �� C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-456 �� 19144-3103 22nd wd. 14,040 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Davis C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01999 $391,296.23 ��

1407-457 �� 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft �� December Term, 2012 No. �� Eisenberg, PC 1407-458 �� 44th wd. 1071.6 Sq Ft �� Small C.P. October Term, �� Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1407-459 1344 Robbins Street 19111 �� Simpson Stapleton Fires & �� Esq. 1407-460 �� Arrington C.P. August Term, �� Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1407-461 7126 Akron Street 19149 �� PROPERTY Ord Singkhumkhong and Justin Zodkoy C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-462 2066 East Fletcher Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00926 $143,207.70 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1407-463 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� June Term, 2013 No. 002403 �� Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1407-464 4027 Maywood Street 19124 33nd wd. 900 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jose Melendez aka Jose I. Melendez C.P. December Term, 2006 No. �� 1407-465 ��

�� PROPERTY Sharrod Davis C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-466 3164 Jasper Street 19134 �� PROVEMENTS: 3 STORY MASONRY ROW HOME WITH OFFICE/STORE Asif Qureshi and Shari Adnan Malik C.P. December Term, �� 1407-467 949 Scattergood Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Antonyuk C.P. May Term, �� 1407-468 �� PROPERTY Stephen J. Hill C.P. June Term, 2009 No. �� 1407-469 3327 Fitler Street 19114�� PROPERTY Samuel Turkson aka Sam Trukson, Joyce Turkson C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00014 $196,649.04 �� 1407-470 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Merritt C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1407-471 44 West Pomona Street �� ber Term, 2013 No. 02461 $149,604.41 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1407-472 1607 Harrison Street 19124�� dez C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-473 1372 Dyre Street 19124�� C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-474 2031 West Tioga Street ��

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��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1407-475 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� vember Term, 2011 No. 0269 $102,199.16 Scott A. Dietter��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-476 1400 South Vodges Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� December Term, 2011 No. 00120 $43,227.94 Phelan �� 1407-477 �� PROPERTY Edward Vescio �� husband and wife, as tenants by the entireties C.P. �� ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-478 2619 S. Hutchinson �� MENTS: ROW 2 STY �� 1407-479 �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Eisenberg PC 1407-480 �� chael Stokely C.P. July Term, �� 1407-481 19 Christian Street 19147��

�� PROPERTY John Palumbo C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-482 240 Rosemar Street 19120�� PROPERTY Tammy Mccall C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-483 �� Hatton, Jr. aka Wiliam Hatton C.P. March Term, 2012 �� & Eisenberg PC 1407-484 �� 2130600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1407-485 1412 S. 17th Street 19146�� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� April Term, 2012 No. 002269 �� 1407-486 7333 North 21st Street �� successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Ruth Washington C.P. July Term, �� 1407-487 3012 North Ringgold Street �� PROPERTY Steven M. Adams, executor of the estate of Ruby Adams C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� J. Osborne 1407-488 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Rodriguez C.P. August Term, �� 1407-489 �� PROPERTY Cheryl Smink, Steven Smink C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 02647 ��

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1407-490 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Vinson C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01777 $67,902.66 �� 1407-491 �� ber C.P. October Term, 2013 �� 1407-492 �� PROPERTY Mildred Vargas C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� Osborne 1407-493 �� C.P. October Term, 2010 No. �� 1407-494 �� 19124 23rd wd. 1919 Sq Ft �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1407-495 �� PROPERTY Josephine Rouse C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1407-496 3131 Rawle Street 19149�� Schofield C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 00036 $111,079.97 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1407-497 �� May Term, 2013 No. 03721 �� 1407-498 �� PROPERTY Catherine �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. ��

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1407-499 �� PROPERTY David Odom, �� Spinks-Odom C.P. July Term, �� 1407-500 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. September Term, 2010 �� 1407-501 �� November Term, 2013 No. �� Osborne 1407-502 �� 32nd wd. 1124.93 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Robert E. French C.P. August Term, �� 1407-503 �� PROPERTY Shawn W. Artis aka Shawn Artis C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-504 1013 South 47th Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McEwan aka Nicole D. McEwan C.P. October Term, �� 1407-505 1227 West Porter Street aka �� PROPERTY John Martini, Rosemarie Martini C.P. December Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-506 �� esare C.P. November Term, �� 1407-507 6611 North 13th Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� Roberson, Jr C.P. April Term, �� 1407-508 ��can Street 19120-3324 �� PROPERTY Margaret Phillips-Richardson, in her capacity as administratrix heir of the estate of Andrew �� successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Andrew Phillips, Jr., deceased. C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-509 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Taylor C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1407-510 �� C.P. June Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-511 167 East Herman Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1407-512 1907 Conlyn Street 191411206 17th wd. 1346.01 Sq Ft �� C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-513 �� Packel and Viviana E. Packel C.P. February Term, 2014 �� 1407-514 �� PROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 �� $110,429.43 Milstead & �� 1407-515 �� to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: YES ��gan C.P. May Term, 2012 No. ��

�� 1407-516 2146 Conyln St 17th wd. �� ROW 2 STY MASONRY �� 1407-517 164 West Wyoming Avenue 42nd wd. 1073.1 Sq Ft ��MENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Joseph Hogue and Howard Hogue, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-518 1422 North 12th Street 20th wd. 1602 Sq Ft ��MENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Vanessa S. Edwards aka Venessa S. Edwards and Willie Sanders C.P. November Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-519 �� C.P. December Term, 2013 �� A. Elia, Esq. 1407-520 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Harrell C.P. August Term, �� 1407-521 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Muse C.P. February Term, �� 1407-522 �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-523 3914 West Warren Street aka 3914 Warren Street 19104�� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-524 273 Rubicam Street 191203316 42nd wd. 910 Sq Ft ��

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Quinn C.P. July Term, 2012 �� 1407-525 3427 N. 2nd Street 19140 �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire �� Esquire 1407-526 12603 Dunks Ferry Road �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Shorten and Robin Shorten, husband and wife C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 3697 $209,242.19 Scott A. Dietter��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-527 117 West Hortter Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Wyche, Jr; Phyllis Wyche��visee of the estate of Samuel Wyche, Sr; Herbert P. Wyche, in his capacity as devisee of the estate of Samuel Wyche Sr; Nancy Wyche-Morgan, in her capacity as devisee of the estate of Samuel Wyche Sr; Adrienne Wyche-Thomas, in her capacity as devisee of the estate of Samuel Wyche, Sr C.P. April Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-528 �� Term, 2013 No. 02441 �� 1407-529 1747 South Chadwick Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Pandika, Aster Setiadi C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-530 �� PROPERTY Tracy Foggie, Jonathan W. Foggie, Sr C.P. �� 1407-531 ��enue 19143-1024 46th

�� C.P. September Term, 2012 �� 1407-532 2924 Rawle Street 19149�� PROPERTY Ethel Thomas C.P. September Term, 2012 �� 1407-533 �� 1407-534 �� PROPERTY Anthony S. Smith C.P. February Term, �� 1407-535 �� 1021 17th wd. 1730 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Jennifer Hand C.P. December Term, 2013 �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1407-536 7209 Hanford Street 19149�� sole owner C.P. Decem�� ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-537 7143 Rutland Street 19149�� PROPERTY Jerome Sackor and Naomi C. Sackor as tenants by entirety C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 0134 ��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., ��

�� 1407-538 �� cas, executor of the estate of �� Elizabeth Stokes aka Donna E. Stokes aka Donna Collins �� Donna Elizabeth Stokes aka Donna E. Stokes aka Donna �� C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 4367 $402,774.32 Scott A. �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1407-539 �� 19131 4th wd. 1932 Sq Ft �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� Vaughn A. White C.P. Sep�� ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-540 2761 Maxwell Street 19136�� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1407-541 �� 19141-3602 49th wd. 1440 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Ambrose C.P. October Term, �� 1407-543 607 East Hortter Place aka 607 Hortter Place 19119 22nd wd. 6293 Sq Ft �� 03071 $194,932.23 Phelan �� 1407-544 �� Scott C.P. June Term, 2013 �� 1407-545 ��

�� PROPERTY Olga Morris C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-546 �� PROPERTY Joann Henderson aka Joanne Henderson C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-547 �� 19122 14th wd. 2392.20 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI��lisa Mitchell and David W. Mitchell C.P. January Term, �� 1407-548 6229 Homer Street 19144 �� deceased; Charles Hamilton, Sr., Solely in his capacity �� ilton, solely in his capacity �� deceased. C.P. July Term, �� 1407-549 �� PROPERTY Ashlee Franklin and Isiah Franklin III C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02600 �� 1407-550 4239 Tudor Street 19136 41st wd. 1460 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Michael J. Joner C.P. December Term, 2013 �� 1407-551 1923 Pratt Street 19124 �� man C.P. August Term, 2013 �� 1407-552 �� PROPERTY Ali R. Nassiripour C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-553 �� Subject To Mortgage 1,736.32 IMPROVEMENTS: ��

April Term, 2011 No. 01161 ��fices, P.C. 1407-554 3711 West Country �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-555 �� aka Robert D. Thomas aka Robert Delroy Thomas C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1407-556 �� PROPERTY Darryl V. Miller C.P. January Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-557 �� PROPERTY Douglas J. ��bell C.P. October Term, 2013 �� 1407-558 11990 Audubon Place 19116��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� J. Prinos, Sherri M. Prinos C.P. April Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-559 2914 Rorer Street 191343019 37th wd. 901 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Murad Peygumbari aka M Peygumbari C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-560 �� C.P. March Term, 2010 No. �� 1407-561 �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-562 �� PROPERTY Duane S. Horne

C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-563 �� successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Stefano Russo, deceased. C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-564 �� 1407-565 4732 Rosehill Street 19120 �� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 2299 $61,317.02 Weber �� A. Elia, Esq. 1407-566 �� Term, 2011 No. 00616 �� 1407-567 �� successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Jessie M. Owens, deceased C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� J. Osborne 1407-568 �� 19143 3rd wd. 1640 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Claud Johnson C.P. April Term, 2011 No. �� J. Osborne 1407-569 �� man C.P. February Term, �� Martha E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1407-570 ��

2014 post-Pride souvenir section GALAEI leader pops the question at Pride By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

Last year, Philadelphia Pride brought one local couple together — and this year’s Pride helped take their relationship to the next level. GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Movement executive director Elicia Gonzales proposed to her partner of one year, Megan Hannah, during GALAEI’s parade performance in front of Independence Hall — ultimately stealing the show and coincidentally helping GALAEI win the title of Best Nonprofit at the parade. It was at Pride 2013 when Gonzales, 39, and Hannah, 30, decided to take their long-term

ship was effortless. “The thing we kept saying is, it is weird that this is not weird,” she said. “It was an easy and organic transition.” The pair met several years ago while both were working at Congreso. Hannah said the two hit it off from the start. “We shared similar interests and shared the same beliefs and compassions for the kids we served,” she said. “We had such a great time together just as friends.” Gonzales, however, said she was a bit intimidated by Hannah’s “Philly” tough attitude. “She is like Philly through and through but I soon realized that was for show. She is the kindest,

Record crowds celebrate Pride in Philly

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By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

ELICIA GONZALES (LEFT) AND MEGAN HANNAH

friendship to the next level. “It was crazy. We both were at Woody’s and we‘ve been there before and have gone out dancing but something was in the air that night,” Gonzales said. Gonzales added that the transition from friendship to relation-

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sweetest person I know,” she said. They remained close over the years, building a foundation of friendship — something Hannah said has helped make their current relationship stronger. “There is just an undeniable chemistry there. We didn’t know it was there for the seven or so years we were friends but Pride last year unleashed it all,” she said. “We have fun together, we can be silly and serious and there are no secrets. What I love about her is she is just a pure soul and down to earth.” Gonzales and Hannah had talked about marriage a few months after their relationship. The conversations evolved into a humorous competition over who would propose first. “In my mind, PAGE 6

Last Sunday’s Pride was one for the history books. Philly Pride Presents executive director Franny Price said more than 16,000 people turned out for the 26th annual Pride festivities, the largest crowd to date. Price said the great weather was just one of a number of factors contributing to this year’s success — including Pennsylvania’s recent marriage-equality victory and headliner The Village People. “With marriage equality in the state, people had even more of a reason to celebrate,” she said.

“But The Village People stole the show. Nobody left until they stopped performing.” Price added that she expects this year’s record success to spill into future Prides. “When people have a good time one year, they remember that for the next year and you keep growing every year.” Price said 147 vendors set up shop at Penn’s Landing, with the organization having reached capacity two weeks before the festival. Philly Pride Presents sold more than 13,000 wristbands for the festival. Before the history-making crowds reached Penn’s Landing, history was made in the parade.

Pride Parade Winners

Bar: ICandy Business: Chipotle Nonprofit group: GALAEI Float: Wells Fargo Vehicle: Philadelphia Fins Female impersonator: Tabu Individual or duet: The Goddess Isis Performance: The Attic Youth Center Public statement: Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia

Theme: American Civil Liberties Union Marching with music: Flaggots Marching without music: PECO/Exelon Nonprofit (not from Gayborhood): Cheers New York Bar/business (not from Gayborhood): Campbell Soup Float (not from Gayborhood): Prysm Youth Center of Delaware County Spectator favorite: Venture Inn

Three weeks after Pennsylvania legalized same-sex marriage, 12 same-sex couples married in front of the reviewing stand before Independence Hall on Market Street. The couples were joined by out Court of Common Pleas Judges Dan Anders and Ann Butchart. Price said the weddings were one of the day’s highlights. “It’s something that I will remember for the rest of my life because it was done so tastefully and beautifully,” she said. “It made you want to get married. You could see the tears coming down, not only from those who were getting married but also from spectators. You could hear a PAGE 3

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Dozen couples wed at Pride By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com This marked the first Philadelphia Pride at which marriage equality was legal in Pennsylvania, and organizers decided to celebrate that freedom in front of the birthplace of the nation’s freedom. Philly Pride Presents hosted a mass wedding ceremony in front of Independence Hall June 8, offi-

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ciated by out Court of Common Pleas Judges Dan Anders and Ann Butchart. Twelve couples tied the knot, among them Philadelphia residents Anthony Purnell and Ray Robinson. The couple, together for about nine months, had plans to marry in Maryland but decided to wait once they heard a Pennsylvania decision was forthcoming. After the decision, they jumped at the opportunity to be part of the history-making weddings at Pride — which would mark their first time at the festivity. “The idea of doing it at Pride and in front of all those people was exciting,” Purnell said. “We PRIDE from page 1

pin drop, that is how overwhelming it was. It is something you would see in the movies and it was in front of the most historical spot in the whole country.” Price said there were no reports of antigay protestors and no arrests or other incidents. She said the entertainment line-up — which, along with The Village People, included comedian Lynne Koplitz, Ariana & The Rose, Betty and Well-Strung — was one of the best Pride has

wanted to represent the pride we ing the ceremony. “We had gone into it thinkhave. I had never been to Pride and neither had he so we decided ing this was a personal, legal to do it then; when the Pride coor- step in our relationship, having dinators contacted us, we rushed already married with our family and friends as witnesses years and got our marriage license.” Purnell added that the expe- ago,” O’Brien said. “We realized rience was nerve-wrecking but the gravity of what was transpiring as we stood on Market Street exhilarating. “I was the most nervous I had with these other couples, 30 of our ever been in my life but we were both trying to hide our tears and emotions,” he said. Sharing in that emotion was Elizabeth O’Brien and wife Nichole Prendergast. “It wound up being much more emotional than expected,” O’Brien said. The couple, together ELIZABETH O’BRIEN AND NICHOLE for 15 years, had a comPRENDERGAST mitment ceremony 10 years ago in New Jersey, where they lived at the time, and family and friends that joined us later were joined in a civil union including our two young children in the state. as well as all the Pride parade supNow residents of Philadelphia, porters. It was so nice meeting some of the other couples, hearing their stories. We thought the vows that we exchanged strongly reflected our feelings towards each other.” LaShauna Marie Thomas and April Lea Elissa-Kiah also married, after eight years together. The couple, who met at Rosemont College, had a commitment ceremony in 2012 at the Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. Thomas said she and her wife were honored to be part of the effort, which allowed the 12 couLASHAUNA MARIE THOMAS ples to wed in a unique, yet still AND APRIL LEA ELISSA-KIAH meaningful, way. “ We l ove d i t ,” s h e s a i d . they were considering having a “Weddings can be stressful and it legal marriage in New Jersey to cel- was something we wouldn’t have ebrate their anniversary but were to stress about. It was nice to do holding off in case Pennsylvania something that was laidback. We adopted marriage equality. had our family out there and it was O’Brien said the significance of nice to see everyone supporting the wedding became apparent dur- us.” ■ had in years. “When I was backstage and I looked up, I could see generations of people of all ages singing ‘Macho Man’ and ‘Y.M.C.A.’ To see so many people doing the ‘Y.M.C.A.’ was amazing,” she said. “The Village People are iconic and the energy they had was amazing. I received so many messages from people telling me how happy they were to see them. There was not one empty space — all the walkways were blocked and there were a sea of

people dancing along to their music.” Price said this year’s Pride exceeded expectations on all levels. “I think this has been the best Pride yet,” she said. “When I was at the stage and looked up, I could see people lined up to get in, and there were so many people. There was something at this year’s Pride that everyone was into.” For more information, visit www.phillypride.org. ■

MOMENTOUS MARCH: The 15th annual Philadelphia Dyke March drew its largest crowd yet last Saturday, as LGBTs of all stripes marched through the Gayborhood and down Broad Street demanding equality. Organizers say about 800 people turned out for the event. “By far, it was the largest march we’ve had,” said organizer Kim Gana. “We are so humbled, as well as eager to keep growing each year.”

KINGS AND QUEENS: Jasper Liem (from left), Elizabeth Coffey Williams, Jeff Shablin, Heather Coutts, Eric Ashton and Meg Rider comprised the 2014 Homecoming Court at William Way LGBT Community Center’s annual fundraiser. The festivities were held June 7 at the courtyard at John C. Anderson Apartments, marking the first time the event moved out of the center. William Way executive director Chris Bartlett said the event netted about $20,000 for the center and drew about 200 guests. “It was fantastic,” he said. “I had always wanted to do a garden party and it was the perfect place. It set a magical atmosphere for celebrating gay Pride, the community center and introducing the John C. Anderson Apartments to the community.”

SPRUCED UP: The Attic Youth Center was one of four local organizations honored by youth-focused philanthropic group The Spruce Foundation June 7 at its annual gala, held this year for the first time at Union Transfer. Accepting the honor was The Attic Youth Center’s Alyssa Mutryn (second from left), pictured with girlfriend Shay Orielle and Spruce Foundation co-president J. Rudy Flesher (left) and state Rep. Brian Sims. The Spruce Foundation gave The Attic and the other three beneficiaries a $5,000 grant each. Photos: Scott A. Drake

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DANCING IN THE STREETS: 12th Street was packed Friday night with revelers kicking off Pride weekend. The third-annual Pride Kick-Off Block Party, organized by Philly Pride Presents, closed down 12th from Walnut to Spruce for outdoor food and drink, dancing, games and even a mechanical shark, which drew large crowds of partiers trying to test their balance. Photos: Scott A. Drake

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I wanted to be the one to ask first and I was getting some beautiful suggestions from people on how to propose but none of them STAGE SUGAR: Miss Venture Inn Iris Specter was one of a sea of seemed to fit us,” Gonzales said. local drag performers to grace the stage at The Candy Shoppe, a June “Then I had the idea that Pride 5 benefit that raised about $300 for Metropolitan Area Neighborhood is our anniversary and we would Nutritional Alliance. Hosted by Brittany Lynn at SugarHouse Casino, �� both be there and GALAEI will the second-annual event drew about 100 audience members, who be walking in the parade. I knew it were treated to performances by about two-dozen drag entertainers. All guests also were given $10 of free play at the casino. would capture her off-guard.” Gonzales said GALAEI coworker Nikki Lopez helped with the planning, and she also got permission from Philly Pride Presents executive director Fanny Price, but few others knew about the surprise proposal until it happened. Despite being prepared, Gonzales said she was still nervous for the moment. “I was surprisingly calm through most of the day but I didn’t start getting nervous until we turned at Seventh and Market streets and my heart started to race because I could feel the moment coming,” she said. “When I got down on one knee, I was trembling and afterwards Megan commented on how shaky my hands were and that she had never seen me like that before. But the excitement overshadowed the nervousness.” Hannah said Gonzales pulled the surprise off. “I was elated,” added Hannah. “We talked about it for a while and PARTYING WITH PRIDE: Patience (from left), Morgan, Timaree, Amber and Sara welcomed partiers to we went back and forth to see who the Stimulus after-party for the Dyke March and Homecoming June 7 at Voyeur. The party offered discount got to be the first one. Obviously admission to guests who participated in the march and the Homecoming festivity. This marked Stimulus’ she takes the win for this one.” last party at Voyeur until September. Hannah said the proposal’s tim-

ing could not be any better, coinciding with their anniversary and the recent victory for marriage equality in Pennsylvania. “All of those things put together make it a magical moment,” she said. “We were pumped up for the weekend in general because it is our one-year anniversary together and with love winning obviously it is great because our marriage can be official and we don’t have to put any other names on it.” Gonzales has, however, jokingly started referring to Hannah as her “booyance” — due to the pair’s knack for calling each other their “boos.” The couple said friends and family have been joyous about the engagement. They haven’t set a date but know they want to get married on the beach. Gonzales said the thrill of their Pride engagement embodies who the couple is, and the future they plan to have together. “Megan isn’t someone who tries to change who I am or censor me or take some of the zest out. She encourages me to be me. We have the same philosophy about living life to the fullest. We are always having adventures and being silly and goofy,” she said. “Once you are looking at the world in the same view, it seems less scary and more clear. With her, there is nothing we can’t do or achieve and it doesn’t have to be hard to be real. It is just simple and enjoyable and we are simple with each other.” ■

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�� Moore aka Paula MooreSmith C.P. October Term, �� Stern & Eisenberg, PC 1407-571 �� PROPERTY Harold Ford C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-572 �� Stern & Eisenberg PC 1407-573 �� J. Heller C.P. August Term, �� Stern & Eisenberg PC 1407-574 1776 Plymouth Street 19126 10th wd. 1900.01 Sq Ft �� N. Williams C.P. Novem�� berg PC 1407-575 �� 1407-576 �� 3140400 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Dao Pham aka Dao D. Pham C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-577 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Diaz C.P. June Term, 2011 �� 1407-578 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Sanford, Pat Alexander Sanford C.P. November Term, �� 1407-579 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��

heirs, successors, assigns and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Anthony Whitfield aka Anthony M. Whitfield, deceased. Serena Hill Whitfield, personal representative of the estate of Anthony Whitfield aka Anthony M. Whitfield. Estate of Anthony Whitfield aka Anthony M. Whitfield c/o Serena Hill Whitfield, personal representative C.P. January Term, 2011 No. �� 1407-580 �� Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 02023 $16,421.43 Samantha D. Cissne, Esquire 1407-581 �� Together with a proportionate undivided interest in the common elements as defined in such declaration of .371 �� IMPROVEMENTS: CONDO�� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1407-582 3210 Hurley Street 191341719 7th wd. 660 Sq Ft �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-583 �� PROPERTY Matthew I. Mehrman aka Matthew Mehrman C.P. June Term, 2013 �� 1407-584 3322 Primrose Road 11914�� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Term, 2012 No. 01140 �� 1407-585 4127 M Street 19124�� C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-586 4914 Parrish Street 191391720 44th wd. 1266.4 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Chereen Hen-

derson C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01612 $31,094.69 �� 1407-587 �� 19142-2109 40th wd. 1264 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Fain C.P. April Term, 2013 �� 1407-588 �� 42nd wd. 1223.47 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Carla Thornton, in her capacity as Executrix as devisee of the estate of �� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Allan J. Smith, deceased devisee of the Estate of James O. Smith. C.P. April Term, �� 1407-589 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1407-590 �� PROPERTY Syeda J. Nahar, Jasmin S. Iqbal C.P. July �� 1407-591 �� Avenue 19124-1133 62nd wd. 1244.64 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Frank J. Puntel C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-592 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Ichigui C.P. April Term, �� 1407-593 1116 East Susquehanna �� PROPERTY Howard Scott Stein, John Moffo C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02426 �� 1407-594 �� November Term, 2013 No.

�� 1407-595 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Noble C.P. July Term, 2012 �� 1407-597 4702 Tacony Street 19137�� PROPERTY Ramon Rios, Mary Alice Rios C.P. May �� 1407-598 �� PROPERTY Aisha M. Ndaloma C.P. October Term, �� 1407-599 �� C.P. July Term, 2007 No. 03440 $73,349.30 Phelan �� 1407-600 �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-601 3439 Jasper Street 19134�� PROPERTY Michael A. Sinclair aka Michael Sinclair C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-602 9431 Woodbridge �� PROPERTY John Patrick Prior, Dorothy Prior C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-603 630 Naomi Street 19144�� Pritchard C.P. May Term, �� 1407-604 �� PROPERTY Jessica Eastwood C.P. October Term, ��

1407-605 1717 West Ritner Street aka �� 4333 26th wd. 960 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY CMC Investments �� 1407-606 �� PROPERTY Shai Menashepur C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-607 �� 2730 10th wd. 1264.69 Sq Ft �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-608 112 North 2nd Street 2d, aka �� IMPROVEMENTS: CONDO�� 1407-609 �� 4-1794-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Daniel Velez C.P. June Term, �� 1407-610 �� designated in such declaration �� proportionate undivided interest in the common elements, as defined in such declaration and any and all amendments thereto, as the same may change from time to time. �� Michael Mcgowan C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02720 $109,460.06 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1407-611 417 East Rittenhouse Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. February Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-612 �� erson C.P. January Term, 2014 �� 1407-613 �� Chestnut Street and 32-34

�� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Anderson, Albert Paris C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02320 �� 1407-614 2419 Turner Street 19121��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Alicia Realty Company, Inc. C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-615 �� PROPERTY Samantha Ho aka Samatha Ho C.P. July �� $111,604.20 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1407-616 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� his capacity as administra�� Wheeler aka Ella Wheeler. Cheryl A. Furey, Esquire, in her capacity as administra�� Wheeler aka Ella Wheeler. �� capacity as heir of the estate �� successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Ella �� deceased. C.P. August Term, �� 1407-617 �� 19119-1330 22nd �� PROPERTY Alonzo Pickeron C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-618 �� 19142-2114 40th wd. 1232 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1407-619 340 North Horton Street aka 340 Horton Street 19139��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Waddell C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02133 �� 1407-620 ��

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��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. March Term, 2009 No. �� 1407-621 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Shelton C.P. February Term, �� 1407-622 632 Alcott Street 19120�� PROPERTY Nicole V. Smith C.P. March Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-623 610 Allengrove Street 19120��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Saludez aka Arnold Saludez C.P. December Term, 2011 �� 1407-624 716 Chandler Street 19111�� PROPERTY Allison CoteDonovan, in her capacity as adminstratrix and heir of the estate of Robert Cote, aka Robert W. Cote, Robert J. Salamone, in his capacity as heir of the estate of Robert Cote aka Robert W. Cote. Sarah A. Cote in her capacity as heir of the estate of Robert Cote aka Robert W. Cote. �� assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Robert Cote, deceased. C.P. October Term, �� 1407-625 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under �� July Term, 2012 No. 03003 �� 1407-626 1700 Webster Street 19146�� PROPERTY Jerome Whack C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-627 �� PROPERTY Christopher J.

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Northward of Oxford St. Front: 16 ft 0 in, Depth: 90 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Stith C.P. August Term, 2013 �� legal interest in the amount �� man, Esquire 1407-636 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Ringgold C.P. November �� fices, P.C. 1407-637 �� and Michael J. Sanchez C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� Osborne 1407-638 909 East Tioga Street 19134 �� ferson, Rose T. Tuggles C.P. �� Esq. 1407-639 �� PROPERTY Caretha Tarver C.P. May Term, 2010 No. �� 1407-640 �� Term, 2013 No. 01727 �� 1407-641 1700 Reed Street 19146 36th �� Arline R. Roberts C.P. April �� Esq. 1407-642 242 West Thayer Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� 1407-643 3937 Elsinore Street 19124 �� draw C.P. December Term,

�� 1407-644 �� PROPERTY Felix T. Hammond aka Felix Hammond C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03142 $63,134.24 Phelan �� 1407-645 �� PROPERTY Hector Santiago, as sole owner C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 00420 ��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-646 264 Felton Street aka 264 South Felton Street 19139 3rd wd. 960 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Cleo Horton C.P. December Term, 2010 �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1407-647 �� C.P. May Term, 2011 No. �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1407-648 �� C.P. October Term, 2006 No. �� 1407-649 �� 19141-1930 17th wd. 2221 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Pericles C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02111 ��-

ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-650 2770 Emerald Street �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� Robert Derr C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 0124 ��ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-651 199 West Annsbury Street �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� Pamela Rachil, as sole owner C.P. April Term, 2011 No. �� Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., �� 1407-652 163 Roselyn Street 19120 �� PROPERTY Roslyn Mason C.P. February Term, 2012 �� 1407-653 2220 Cantrel Street �� PROPERTY Percy A. Roland C.P. September Term, 2009 �� 1407-654 �� Vonclef C.P. December Term, �� 1407-655 �� right, titled and interest be�� of, in and to the common elements as set forth in the aforesaid Declaration of Condominium. 1664 Sq Ft ��

1407-656 �� Diabate Mamadou aka Ma�� C.P. May Term, 2010 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1407-657 �� C.P. September Term, 2012 �� 1407-658 �� 62nd wd. 1237.27 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY The unknown heirs of William C. Plummer, deceased and Susan Sorensen, solely in her capacity as heir of William C. Plummer, deceased. C.P. April Term, 2013 �� 1407-659 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Edward Donlon aka Robert Donlon C.P. October Term, �� 1407-660 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1407-661 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Ricardo Hurtado and Claudia Ruiz Morales C.P. May Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-662 301 East Vernon Road 19119 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� T. Smith C.P. February Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-663 �� 17th wd. 1600 Sq Ft; s/d conv. Apt 2sty masonry �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00791 $131,636.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-664 1033 East Rittenhouse Street ��

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Ft; s/d w b/g 2s masonry �� Harris C.P. September Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-665 �� row conv/apt 2sty masonry �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-666 �� 1260 Sq Ft; row b/gar 2sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI��thony Parks, Executor of the estate of Mary A. Williams, deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. April Term, 2011 No. 00607 $72,416.91 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-667 �� Ft; semi/det 3sty masonry �� Phillips C.P. March Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-668 4611 Wayne Avenue 19144 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Hickson C.P. April Term, �� 1407-669 �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-670 106 West Wishart Street 19133-4227 7th wd. 660 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1407-671 �� of the 44th wd.) 1424.00 Sq ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Coates C.P. July Term, 2013 �� 1407-672 1901 Walnut Street 19103 279,109 Sq Ft; apts 100 + units masonry ��

�� Sheikh and Jason Sheikh C.P. December Term, 2009 No. ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-673 �� 19127 21st wd. 1440 Sq Ft �� Term, 2013 No. 01931 $164,426.26 Phelan Hal�� 1407-674 �� 19140 11th wd. 2200 Sq Ft; row 3 sty, masonry �� C.P. September Term, 2013 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-675 10229 Ambridge Place �� Sq Ft; row b/gar 2sty ma��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Rehell, known surviving heir �� deceased mortgagor and real owner, Michael Donnelly aka Michael Donnelly, Sr., known surviving heir of �� deceased mortgagor and real �� surviving heir of Raymond �� rick, deceased mortgagor and ��rick, known surviving heir �� deceased mortgagor and real owner, all unknown suriving ��rick, deceased mortgagor and real owner, AnneMarie �� rick, deceased mortgagor �� Donnelly, known surviving ��rick, deceased mortgagor �� Pinkos, known surviving heir �� deceased mortgagor and real owner and Stephen Donnelly, known surviving heir of Ray�� mortgagor and real owner C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-676 �� Sq Ft; row 2sty masonry �� and James R. McDuffie, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

1407-677 �� 1664 Sq Ft; res condo 2sty mas ��ject to Mortgage IMPROVE�� Pantsulaia C.P. January Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-678 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-679 �� 49th wd. 1410 Sq Ft; row 2sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Aranas C.P. October Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-680 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-681A �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� and Van Nguyen by deed from Jamil Cooper, dated �� November 4, 2004 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Philadelphia County �� June Term, 2013 No. 01220 ��berg, Esquire 1407-681B �� PROVEMENTS: COMMERI�� Nguyen, husband and wife, as tenants by entirety, by deed �� in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Philadelphia County as Instrument �� Martin S. Weisberg, Esquire 1407-682 �� 1204600 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Victor Akinyemi and Olusola Akinyele by deed from Michael Squillacioti, dated November 13, 2007 and recorded

November 20, 2007 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Philadelphia County �� September Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, Esquire 1407-683 �� 66th wd. 2640.00 Sq Ft ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Mcnamee, Mark Mcnamee C.P. October Term, 2007 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1407-684 �� 331400 IMPROVEMENTS: �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1407-685 �� successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Romaine J. �� ity as administratrix of the �� ity as heir of the estate of �� successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Hu �� C.P. December Term, 2012 �� 1407-686 �� 19126-3339 61st wd. 9142 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. February Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-687 �� PROPERTY Tina R. Wise, Andre V. Wise C.P. August Term, �� 1407-688 �� 2221 41st wd. 1720 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Miguel Hernandez, Sonia Hernandez C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00994 $76,099.27 Phelan Hal�� 1407-689 4726 Sheldon Street 19127��

�� PROPERTY Joseph Walls C.P. December Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-690 2312 Dickinson Street �� PROPERTY Aisha Niang C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02460 �� 1407-691 �� aka 6421 North Camac Street 19126-3644 49th wd. 3192 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Hughes C.P. October Term, �� 1407-692 �� Together with a proportionate undivided interest in the Common elements (as defined in �� Saddick C.P. August Term, �� 1407-693 1429 Englewood Street 19111 �� $202,217.23 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1407-694 �� PROPERTY Rifka Herz C.P. �� $61,900.62 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1407-695A �� To Mortgage none other than the mortgage foreclosed by the Plaintiff, Wells �� , NA IMPROVEMENTS: �� Realty Partnership C.P. No�� 1407-695B 1743-63 North American �� Mortgage none other than the mortgage foreclosed by the Plaintiff, Wells Fargo ��

NA IMPROVEMENTS: �� Drexel Realty Partnership C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-696 �� 29th wd. 1072 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� 2013 No. 02094 $96,921.74 �� Javardian 1407-697 �� row b/gar 2sty masonry �� C.P. February Term, 2012 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-698 207 West Chew Avenue 19120 42nd wd. 1620 Sq Ft; semi det 2sty masonry �� Simmons C.P. May Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-699 �� Ft; s/d w b/g 1 sty masonry �� nik C.P. April Term, 2011 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-700 7241 Rutland Street 19149 �� row b/gar 2sty masonry �� C.P. November Term, 2013 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-701 �� apt 2-4 units 2 sty masonry �� ruso, Jr. C.P. October Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-702 706 Saint Andrews Road �� Det w/det gar 2sty mas + �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� man and Michael A. Feagans C.P. March Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

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1407-703 �� 33rd wd. 1460 Sq Ft; row 3 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Shvartsovski aka Yakov Shartsovskiy C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02096 �� & Conway, P.C. 1407-704 �� wd. 1126 Sq Ft; row b/gar 2sty ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Singh Sandher C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00417 �� & Conway, P.C. 1407-705 13042 Trina Drive 19116 �� PROPERTY Manju Varghese and Zachariah Varghese C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-706 4217 Chippendale Street �� Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� ing, Jr. C.P. October Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-707 �� Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� aka Jamal D. Arthur C.P. September Term, 2009 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-708 �� 66th wd. 1242 Sq Ft; row b/gar 2sty Mas + other �� berg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-709 �� C.P. December Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-710 166 West Walnut Park Drive �� Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

1407-711 �� semi/det 2sty mas + other �� Cullough and Jerry Prokopowycz C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-712 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� February Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-713 403 South Croskey Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Schneiman and Erik Schneiman aka Erik Reid Schneiman C.P. December Term, 2011 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-714 1167 Windrim Avenue 19141 49th wd. 2400 Sq Ft; det off/str 1sty masonry �� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-715 �� Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� C.P. December Term, 2011 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-716 �� 41st wd. 990 sq ft; row b/gar �� Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-717 �� 19119 9th wd. 2467 Sq Ft; det w/b gar 2sty masonry �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� September Term, 2011 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-718 7936 Provident Street �� Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

1407-719 �� wd. 1600 Sq Ft; apt 2-4 units �� Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Feinberg C.P. August Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-720 �� row conv/apt 2sty masonry �� Williams C.P. March Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-721 2323 South Mildred Avenue �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Canning C.P. August Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-722 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��pers C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 03002 $79,090.64 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-723 3049 Tulip Street 19134 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-724 �� 30th wd. 1206 Sq Ft; row 2sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� J. Cheatley C.P. June Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-725 323 North 34th Street 19104 34th wd. 2394 Sq Ft; row 3sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-726 �� 4321 66th wd. 900 Sq Ft; row b/gar 1sty masonry �� Tepper C.P. October Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-727 2760 Willits Road 19136 ��

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Nanopoulos C.P. June Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-728 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Orocofsky C.P. June Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-729 2327 Catherine Street 19146 �� conv/apt 3sty masonry �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Jamillah Washington and John Washington C.P. July Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-730 2131 West Master Street 19121 29th wd. 2319 Sq Ft; s/d conv apt 3 sty stone �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-731 1424 East Johnson Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� deceased Mortgagor and real owner C.P. December Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-732 �� row conv/apt 2sty masonry �� berg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-733 6062 Chester Avenue 19142 40th wd. 1404 Sq Ft; row 2sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-734 �� 19121 47th wd. 3240 Sq Ft; s/d conv apt 3sty masonry �� berg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-735 �� 10th wd. 1224 Sq Ft; row b/gar ��

IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Jr C.P. May Term, 2011 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-736 �� det w/bas gar 2sty frame �� and Mary Apostolidis C.P. �� berg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-737 �� wd. 1120 Sq Ft; _row b/gar �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-738 119 Wharton Street 19147 2nd wd. 1272 Sq Ft; row 3sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� $77,992.42 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-739 �� 39th wd. 920 Sq Ft; row 2sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Sheppard C.P. November Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-740 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Compton C.P. June Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-741 �� 41st wd. 1344 Sq Ft; row 2sty �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Zamorano C.P. August Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-742 �� aka Edward F. Chase C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01201 $123,362.31 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-743 �� 4th wd. 990 Sq Ft; semi det �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI��

�� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-744 �� PROPERTY The unknown �� solely in her capacity as heir �� C.P. September Term, 2012 �� 1407-745 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Pothen C.P. November Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-746 �� zyk C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-747 �� 4122 60th wd. 2400 Sq Ft; apt 2-4 units 2sty masonry �� and Julius W. Thigpen C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03024 ��berg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-748 1926 South Woodstock Street �� Sq Ft; row 2sty masonry �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� ber Term, 2013 No. 02643 �� & Conway, P.C. 1407-749 3276 East Thompson Street �� Stephen Taylor C.P. June Term, �� 1407-750 3622 East Allen Street �� PROPERTY Carl Wescott C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-751 2113 East Somerset Street �� PROPERTY Raymond Camacho, as administrator of the estate of Rafael Camacho, deceased C.P. July Term, ��

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1407-752 �� Ft; semi det 2sty masonry �� C.P. September Term, 2013 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-753 �� 23rd wd. 1433 Sq Ft; semi det 2sty masonry �� man C.P. July Term, 2012 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-754 �� 3237 21st wd. 1110 Sq Ft; s/d w b/g 1sty masonry �� and Emily J. Carter C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-755 316 Devereaux Avenue 19111 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Scutt C.P. December Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-756 �� Ft; row 2sty masonry �� C.P. September Term, 2013 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-757 1169 South Clarion Street 19147 26th wd. 702 Sq Ft; row 2sty masonry �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-758 �� row b/gar 2sty masonry �� elroy and Syeed A. Smith C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-759 �� row b/gar 2sty masonry �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

1407-760 �� Ft; s/d w b/g 2s masonry �� C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-761 �� PROPERTY Joseph Patanovich, as co-administrator ��erine Patanovich, deceased, Michael Patanovich, as co-administrator of the �� Patanovich, deceased and Theresa A. Weissinger, as coadministrator of the estate of �� deceased C.P. April Term, �� 1407-762 �� PROPERTY The unknown ��chow, deceased and Donald �� capacity as heir of Joseph �� April Term, 2013 No. 02649 �� P.C. 1407-763 �� PROPERTY Maria Viray and Romeo Viray C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01069 �� 1407-764 �� PROPERTY Wanda Hargrove �� 1407-765 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1407-766A �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� A. Elia, Esq. 1407-766B �� IMPROVEMENTS: ��

Richard Sites C.P. July Term, �� Stapleton Fires & Newby, �� 1407-766C �� 36th wd. 920 Sq Ft �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� A. Elia, Esq. 1407-766D �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� A. Elia, Esq. 1407-767 �� PROPERTY Juan C. Colon C.P. August Term, 2011 No. �� 1407-768 2740 Oakford Street 19146�� PROPERTY Alicia C. �� January Term, 2014 No. �� 1407-769 �� 66th wd. 3644.69 Sq Ft �� mi C.P. September Term, �� 1407-770 �� PROPERTY Joshua J. Triestman C.P. April Term, �� 1407-771 �� PROPERTY Migdalia Palacios C.P. March Term, �� 1407-772 1426 West Nedro Avenue �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� West C.P. January Term, �� 1407-773 ��

�� Herman C.P. December Term, �� 1407-774 �� MCANDREWS C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03743 �� Mason, Esquire 1407-775 10301 Hoff Street 19116 �� PROPERTY Vyacheslav Migachev C.P. Decem�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1407-776 1327 South 29th Street 19146�� and Juanita Moment C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 3627 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1407-777 4933 Ormes street 191203919 42nd wd. 1140 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Carmen I. Mendez and Ramon Avila C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 3737 $43,217.17 Scott A. Dietterick, �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1407-778 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Pender C.P. September Term, �� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1407-779 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

��dez C.P. September Term, �� Richard M. Squire & Associ�� 1407-780 �� 2nd wd. 1343.70 Sq Ft �� 3STY MASONRY Dominic Ward and Sarah Ward fka �� $1,026,416.01 Milstead & �� 1407-781 �� MENTS: ROW W-OFF/ STR 2STY MASONR Andre H. Mitchell C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 02241 �� 1407-782 �� IMPROVEMENTS: DET 3 STY MASONRY Carlton Wills, Stephanie P. Wills and �� C.P. June Term, 2011 No. 02011 $134,069.01 Milstead �� 1407-783 6137 Castor Avenue 19149 �� and Cung Joseph Nguyen C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1407-784 �� Cabrera under the Pennsyl�� Minors Act C.P. July Term, �� 1407-785 �� PROPERTY Mathew McCabe C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-786 �� Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-787 �� Parker and Joseph Parker,

aka Joseph Parker, Jr. C.P. �� berg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-788 �� PROPERTY Joshua C. Felzer, Jason Zeisler C.P. November Term, 2009 No. �� 1407-789 �� Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� viving heirs of Susan Emma �� deceased mortgagor and �� Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, ��viving heir of Susan Emma �� and real owner and Wendy �� deceased mortgagor and real owner. C.P. April Term, 2013 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-790 �� res condo 2sty masonry �� for the Eastern Distric of Pennsylvania and Clarice �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-791 �� row b/gar 2sty masonry �� C.P. February Term, 2012 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-792 4220 Claridge Street 19124 33rd wd. 1136 Sq Ft; row b/gar 2sty masonry �� son aka Yolanda Hayden C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-793 1307 North Frazier Street �� Ft; semi det 2sty masonry ��

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�� and real owner and Shirley Miller, only known surviv�� deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. September Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-794 3921 Fairmount Avenue �� Ft; row 3 sty masonry �� Jones, only known surviving �� deceased mortgagor and real owner and unknown surviv�� deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. July Term, 2009 ��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-795 �� row b/gar 2sty masonry �� Tausendfreundt and Catherine Tausendfreundt C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-796 �� Ft; row 2sty masonry �� Jr, administrator of the estate �� deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. November Term, �� McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-797 �� conv/apt 2sty masonry �� known surviving heir of Janice Rose, deceased mortgagor and Real owner and all unkown surviving heirs of Janice Rose, deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. October Term, 2012 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-798 �� det w/gar 2sty masonry �� and Seth Primosch C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-799 �� s/d conv apt 2sty masonry �� C.P. September Term, 2013

��Cabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1407-800 �� and Market Condominium 1st �� PROVEMENTS: 12-STORY �� 1407-801 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1407-802 �� wea C.P. September Term, �� 1407-803 �� sho Watson C.P. July Term, �� 1407-804 323 South 46th Street 19143�� PROPERTY James Martin C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� 1407-805 �� ley, in her capacity as adminstratrix and heir of the estate �� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Troy Q. Harley, deceased. C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 02607 $130,910.09 �� 1407-806 �� wd. 1299.11 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Shanee Mitchell C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1407-807 �� 19120 42nd wd. 910 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Christopher

�� 1407-808 3900 Ford Road, Apartment �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI��known heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Dic McClarin, deceased C.P. September Term, �� 1407-809 4741 North Mascher Street aka 4741 Mascher Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Term, 2013 No. 02626 �� 1407-810 �� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under �� November Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-811 �� Sq Ft; improvement area �� 00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� M. Tram C.P. February Term, �� 1407-812 639 Fitzgerald Street �� heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Anthony J. Rongione, IV, deceased. C.P. January Term, �� Caitlin M. Donnelly, Esquire 1407-813 �� Waters C.P. September Term, �� Stern & Eisenberg PC 1407-814 �� C.P. February Term, 2014 �� & Eisenberg PC

1407-815 �� Cirano C.P. July Term, 2013 �� & Eisenberg PC 1407-816 7016 Ogontz Avenue �� & Eisenberg, PC 1407-817 �� PROPERTY Dwain Hatmil C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� J. Osborne 1407-818 2707 West Thompson Street 19121 29th wd. 1143 Sq Ft �� PROPERTY Mardella Marshall (mortgagor and real owner) and Marvin Atwell (mortgagor) C.P. April Term, �� 1407-819 �� 41st wd. 14’ frontage x �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Yischor D. Friedman C.P. December Term, 2013 No. �� 1407-820 260 Wilton Street aka 260 N. Wilton Street 19139 44th wd. �� PROPERTY John Clements C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1407-821 �� 19149 62nd wd. irregular �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01773 $30,296.71 Richard M. �� 1407-822 �� Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: NONE Michael Frost C.P. August �� Snow, Esquire 1407-823 �� PROPERTY Moshe Howze C.P. February Term, 2012 No. ��

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Tony-winning musical returns to Philly By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com A musical slice of Argentina will take root in Philadelphia when “Evita,” the worldrenowned Tony Award-winning production by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, comes to town for a run of performances June 17-22 at the Academy of Music. The story follows the rise to power of Eva Perón, who used her beauty and charisma to climb socially and politically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady, where she went on to become beloved by her people as a champion for the poor. Her greed and ambition made her a controversial figure, and her fragile health and untimely death made her a tragic figure as well. In the nearly 40 years since the musical first debuted, it has been performed in theaters all over the world and attracted some of the stage’s biggest names to portray the main roles, as well as Hollywood superstars to play them on the big screen. Actor Josh Young, who plays the role of Che Guevera, said that having to take on

roles played so famously by the likes of Mandy Patinkin and Antonio Banderas did not give him any worries. “I wasn’t really intimidated,” he said. “A long time ago, I came to grips with the fact that all I can do is be in the part and people

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can take it or leave it. Mostly I think they are taking it. That’s all we can do: Throw ourselves out there and be accepted or not and have fun with what we are doing. The guy who originated this role is one of my role models. Mandy Patinkin originated the role in New York City and I met him last year. It was pretty cool. I sang at his lifetime-achievement award ceremony. I’ve met both actors who originated the role and they couldn’t have been nicer. I’m thrilled to follow in their footsteps. I still wasn’t intimidated by the role. I took it as an opportunity and had great fun with it.” Young added that it also helped that he has not seen “Evita” on stage or on screen before being cast in touring productions of the classic musical. “I’ve actually never seen ‘Evita,’” he said. “I’ve been in two separate productions but I’ve never seen it. I’ve definitely worn out some recordings [of the show’s soundtrack] and I think it is to my benefit that I have never seen it because I might be inclined to copy, whereas I‘m able to make it completely my own because I‘ve never seen anyone do it.”

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Young appears to be in good company, as he says a sizable number of the audience members he encounters are seeing “Evita” for the first time as well. “I feel like it’s about 50-50,” he said about the proportion of “Evita” vets compared to newbies. The inspirational story, combined with unforgettable music, keeps winning over audiences both old and new. “The music is really good. It’s got that hum-ability factor that most musicals don’t have. There are so many songs people leave the theater humming and wanting to buy the album. It’s also the universal appeal of a woman inspiring hope in millions. Everybody can sympathize with her story. Everybody has his or her heroes. So there’s the story aspect. Plus there is incredible acting and dancing, and I think the team that the creative staff put together with the cast couldn’t be better.” He added that Lloyd Webber and Rice have an immense talent for bringing timeless stories to the stage. “The shows that Webber and Rice write, they definitely resoPAGE 26

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nate with people no matter when they are performed,” he said. “The first show I did of theirs was ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and that story, although it’s 2,000 years old, it still resonates with people. This story, I mean it’s not the story of Jesus Christ, but this woman is someone people look up to as almost a deity. For that reason, the story is universal.” Having performed in a number of classic musicals over the course of his career, Young ranks “Evita” as one of his favorites — which may have to do with the fact that his character doesn’t die on stage. “This is definitely the most plum for me,” he said. “In ‘Les Miserables,’ the role was kind of lovesick and he ends up getting shot. It’s a beautifully written piece. In ‘West Side Story’ I end up singing my face off and getting shot in the end of it. In ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ I end up committing suicide at the end of it and singing my face off. ‘Evita,’ on the other hand, is a really great place for my voice and the role is just so fun. Of all those shows, I’m just talking about my character and not the show in general; for me it’s just the most enjoyable, and I hope that comes off on stage.” Young added that the role of Guevera is made more appealing by the fact that he is the voice of the people and addresses what many wish they had the courage to say. “Everybody has that cynic inside of them and for sure not everybody voices those opinions,” the actor said. “Half the audience, they may be introverts and they have that person sitting on their shoulder that would say things but doesn’t. Che is that voice, specifically the voice of the people. In our production, Che is specifically a device of

the people Evita called ‘the shirtless ones,’ which means those who roll up their sleeves and get to work.” Young is no stranger to rolling up his own sleeves and working. When he is not performing on stage, he is working on his recording career. “I have two albums of cover songs and some new musical-theater pieces by Philadelphia native Brian Loudermilk,” he said. “He went to high school with me in Wallingford. He’s one of the up-and-coming Broadway composers. We’ve collaborated on these two CDs, along with some pop and rock covers like Joni Mitchell and The Beatles.” Young’s CDs are available online and at his theater shows, which will have to do for his fans for now because he doesn’t plan to perform his music live any time soon. “I would love to but I’m never not performing in musicals,” he said. “I never have any time to do some concerts but I would love to if I had the chance. I’d like to do some film stuff as well but I’m busy.” ■ Broadway Philadelphia presents “Evita” June 17-22 at the Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-893-1999 or visit www.evitaonbroadway.com.

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Christopher Whitney: ‘The Sex Guy’ on health and happiness With his distinguished gray hair and conservative manner, Christopher Whitney seems more like your local church pastor than a person known as “The Sex Guy.” Born in Bucks County, Whitney began working in New York City at the start of the HIV/ AIDS crisis with the National Hemophilia Society, a job that prepared him for 16 years of work as the HIV/AIDS director at the Bucks County Health Department. While Whitney is known for his frank talk about all matters sexual, as well as his musical talents — he’s a fine tenor — we found out about him at a screening of “Anonymous People,” a documentary about the stigma of addiction that he helped bring to William Way LGBT Community Center. PGN: So tell me a little bit about yourself. CW: Well, I grew up in Huntington Valley, which is interesting because my partner, Frank, grew up on the Main Line. We both lived about 30 minutes from Philadelphia, but on opposite sides. We lived in parallel universes until we collided 22 years ago.

venue, I knew I was home. That night, I called my parents and their reaction was, “Do not stay in the Midwest. Get yourself back to the East Coast, where you can be in the New Hope area and meet a variety of professional gay men.” So that’s what I did. PGN: That’s great. CW: Yes, I’ve been very fortunate to have had parents who were always very accepting of the GLBT community. They socialized and did business with them, so there was no hesitation on my part and no reservation on their part when I came out. PGN: How long did you teach high school? CW: Ten years, from 1970-80. I loved teaching and am still in touch with a number of students.

PGN: Where did you go to college? CW: I wanted to see a different part of the country so I did my bachelor’s at Indiana University and my master’s at Notre Dame.

PGN: How did you go from there to the health-care industry? CW: When I returned from Cleveland, it was right at the time the AIDS epidemic was unfolding. I was hired by the National Hemophilia Society Foundation in New York to direct their AIDS education program. I guess they appreciated that I had experience working with young people and school systems. You may remember Ryan White and the tribulations with the schools that he faced. It was interesting because it was a predominantly heterosexual organization. So I was involved in a slightly different approach to the dynamics of how the disease impacted individuals and families. It was very gratifying but extremely upsetting because of the lack of treatment at the time. So many men were dying around me in horrible proportions. At the time I decided to get my own HIV test; I wasn’t as wild as some of the people around me, but I hadn’t been a choirboy either. I had the test done at the Bucks County Health Department and I was so impressed with the quality of the counseling and testing there that, when they had an opening for an education director, I interviewed for and got the job. It was the best move I ever made and I stayed with them for 16 years. It brought me closer to my parents and ultimately led to me meeting Frank.

PGN: When did you realize you were gay? CW: I was a slow learner. Like many men of my time, I went to college, got a job and got married. When my wife initiated a divorce after 10 years, I relocated to Cleveland, where I had extended family, and was offered a job teaching high-school English and European history. After spending some time licking my wounds, a friend asked me if I wanted to accompany him to a gay bar called Traxx. I was 33 at the time. Within 10 minutes of being in that

PGN: And to being known as “The Sex Guy.” CW: [Laughs] Yes! Well, there was another man in town named Chris Whitley who was a wedding photographer and when I first started working at the health department he was getting calls at all hours of the night from people — often under the influence of God knows what — blurting out sexually explicit questions and I was getting calls during the day to photograph weddings and bar mitzvahs!

PGN: Family? CW: I’m an only child. My father was an automobile dealer. My mother was a homemaker. This was back in the ’50s and my parents believed that an educated child needed to learn how to play a musical instrument, speak a foreign language and play bridge. I’ve done all three with measured success. PGN: Which instrument and which language? CW: I started playing piano at 5, then trombone, and I’ve always sung in choirs. For a language, I spoke German. Side note: My father was concerned that, like a lot of kids taking a language in school, I was getting good grades but didn’t really seem to be able to converse with our German neighbors. My As were irrelevant in the real world, so he mandated I spend a semester abroad to truly learn to speak and read the language. It was amazing.

So we met up and agreed that I’d go by Christopher instead of Chris and that soon morphed into “The Sex Guy” or “The AIDS Guy.” PGN: That must be interesting in some of the places you teach. I understand you talk about AIDS health and sex in rotary clubs and schools ... CW: Oh yes, I get a lot of questions: mostly if being gay was a choice or not, and a lot of denial that [HIV/AIDS] could happen in their homes or communities. Also, there was a big failure to realize that alcohol in the suburbs, even more than drugs in the cities, was putting people at risk for STDs of all kinds. And good Lord, I got all sorts of crazy questions too. We had a cashier in New Hope who was afraid that sharing the cash register with an employee she thought was gay would cause her to “catch” AIDS. One just had to suck it up and meet people where they were to start chipping away at all the misinformation.

PGN: Why do you think people are able to relate to you so well? CW: I think I did as much or more listening as I did talking. I also made myself available to people 24/7. I always tried to offer a variety of steps to take and, for those who were already active and put themselves in harm’s way, I focused on risk reduction rather than abstinence. PGN: And for someone whose bio has you listed as a choir singer, church organist and

history teacher, you seem unusually open to speaking frankly and explicitly about sex. CW: Yes, I never minced words, which in part came from my teaching background. It allowed me to strike a tone with whatever audience I was speaking to that kept it professional but opened up discussion. PGN: Changing directions, how did you and Frank meet? CW: We met at a local bar on ladies’ night! I was there to contact a person who’d tested HIV-positive but hadn’t come back to the clinic to get the results. He was there with a lady friend and had made an observation about the way I was dressed because I was in a suit. After I’d made the contact, I was lingering by the piano when his friend came over and said, “My friend Frank plays the piano” and I said something inane like, “Oh, he has a very strong left hand!” That was the beginning of what has been the best adventure in my life. PGN: Now that Pennsylvania has legalized marriage equality, will you tie the knot here? CW: Funny you should ask. We actually just got our marriage certificate from Canada in the mail last week. We were thinking about trying to marry here now but found out we can’t. Since the Canadian marriage is considered valid, we’d have to get divorced first to marry again! PGN: Tell me about “Jeopardy.” CW: Wow, you’ve done your research! [Laughs] Yes, I auditioned for “Jeopardy” and placed second out of 500 in the Philadelphia-region contestant search. It was an absolute hoot. Frank and a neighbor sent in a postcard and I was invited to come in and take a written test. People came from near and far and about 30 of us were invited to play a simulated version of the game in front of the show’s representatives, who assessed our likeability and camera readiness. They monitored everything we did; even if you had to go to the bathroom, you were followed. One guy was so nervous he threw up, but I thought it was fun and something I’d be able to talk about at cocktail parties for years to come. One of the judges said that I was dressed appropriately but thought I was borderline pompous! PAGE 36

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Philly filmmakers driven to launch fundraising campaign By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com

The Bazemore Gallery is excited to share our space and love of art with the community. Our gallery design is based on our intuitive perception of the ﬁve elements of feng shui. The art on our walls is food for the soul. We aim to sell our paintings to new and seasoned collectors, interior designers purchasing for their clientele and buyers for corporate collections.

A group of Philadelphia-based filmmakers are launching a Kickstarter campaign to finish their first feature film and get it on the festival circuit. “Driving Not Knowing,” currently in postproduction, explores the boundaries between friends who are intimately close in work and friendship. Will, a volatile poet, and Lee, a musician with a drug habit, reunite after a year of estrangement and

of wrapped up in the open-ended issues that weren’t resolved, and that is what fuels the story.” While Davis said he has similarities with both of the main characters, one of them is closer to representing his life experiences. “I’d say that it’s a hard split between the two main characters, Will and Lee, because they are based on aspects of myself and the three other co-creators of the film,” Davis said. “I’d say there are bits and pieces in each of them but perhaps more in the character of Will.”

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struggle to overcome and resolve the tension that threatens their friendship. Benjamin R. Davis, the co-director and producer of the film, said the story pulls from his own experiences as well as those of the film’s co-creators. “The story has a lot of autobiographical elements in so many ways, just in the conflicts and instances of not knowing where to go after college and of course the close, intimate working relationships and friendships that kind of fuse,” he said. “It was huge inspiration for the film itself. There are all the elements of the real world and fiction that bleed together so intensely. They kind of disconnect. When Lee abandons Will, it’s because of this misunderstanding of what their relationship is. They’re so close and intimate in their work and friendship that it kind of bleeds over into this romantic aspect that Will is confused about, and he is not sure if he wants to be in a romantic relationship because he values their working relationship so much more. They are both on very different pages. A year later when the characters do see each other again, it’s kind

Davis added that the blurring of lines between work and relationships among people who collaborate artistically is something the film’s creators have experienced, both as filmmakers and artists. “Myself and the film’s co-creators were all poets ourselves,” he said. “The three of them are published poets. I’m an amateur. It’s a huge part of our lives and we wanted to reflect that fusion of things as well.” Davis said while the film is almost finished, the Kickstarter campaign they are launching June 15 will help them complete the post-production on the project and possibly help cover the cost of submitting the film to a number of upcoming film festivals. “We’re going to be trying to set a goal of $20,000-$25,000,” Davis said. “If we can get to $40,000, that is where we will really need to be going to be able to cover all the costs like legal fees and packaging.” For more information about “Driving Not Knowing,” visit www.facebook.com/drivingnotknowing, twitter.com/DNKmovie or drivingnotknowing.tumblr.com. ■

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GG9 — what’s an athlete to do? Gay Games 9 in Cleveland is approaching quickly. If you haven’t registered yet, what are you waiting for? This is a great opportunity to comingle with fellow athletes from around the world, learn about other cultures, share beliefs and issues and show the world (and the sometimes-red/sometimes-blue state of Ohio) that we are unified. And of course have an immense amount of fun. On the other side, let’s be frank: Cleveland is just not a top-10 destination for LGBTs on the East Coast. Part of it might be reputation. Years ago, the Cuyahoga River caught on fire. (True fact. Look it up.) Other things Cleveland is known for are Drew Carey, the Cleveland Indians and, well, that’s about all I can come up with. Yes, they have that museum. There may still be some ill will with locals who thought Philly was the rightful home for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but it should get a mention. And they do have an array of art institutions and a lakefront. The answer to this conundrum lies somewhere between utopia and mundane. First, when are you going to get another chance to compete with world-class athletes in a quadrennial event being held practically in your backyard? The next possibil-

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ity is 2022, and that’s only if a city in the United States gets the nod again — and the chances it will be closer are also slim. I hear “Paris will be more fun in 2018.” Maybe so, but that’s going to cost twice as much, guaranteed. Just the airfare for one person versus two tanks of gas for two, three or four people to share is a big deal. And no one knows what life has in store for them the next four years. Think about that. Second, looking beyond the competitions, it’s a chance to hear about others’ struggles for rights and how our challenges and victories aren’t limited to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the United States or even first-world nations. Think getting fired in Pennsylvania is horrible? Talk to someone who fears for his life every day. Seriously, how well do you think you know how conditions are in 100-plus countries? The Festival Village is a great place for doing all those things and many more, like seeing Scissor Sisters. Lance Bass Detox, for starters. This is the epicenter of all things recreational that you can do in public. “Festival Village is the hub and heart of activities for all Gay Games participants, their friends and families, spectators and members of the general public,” says Brian Thornton, co-chair of the Festival Village committee. “It’s where community and connections will be formed, and where thousands of people will gather to meet up with friends, to meet new people, to celebrate their personal victories, to be entertained, to eat and drink and to otherwise relax and enjoy Cleveland and Akron hospitality.” Third, have some fun. If GG9 is the only reason you think you’ll ever have to go to Cleveland, then why not make the most of it? Yes, the games are incentive, but find your own additional incentives. Make the venture into an adventure. There aren’t competitions and scheduled events 24/7 (though it seems like they’re getting close to that). You can web search for anything that interests you and include that in your trip. Might I add that travel isn’t always just the destination. Think about including a side trip to Jonestown, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, Punxsutawney, the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton or the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh (since it’s not an LGBT mecca either). As for me, well, I would like to attend, participate, commiserate, compete in darts, check out a museum or two, go to the Festival Village, take in an LGBT concert, take a boat cruise on Lake Erie and generally enjoy being away for a week. Maybe I would even go see the river that once burned. You never know. It’s important to get out and play. ■ Countdown to Gay Games 9: 56 days. Let everyone know when you’re playing, what you’re playing and what team you play for; email scott@epgn.com.

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New stage comedy hits ‘Home’ for gay couple By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com InterAct Theatre Company is finishing up its season with the world-premiere comedy “Ritu Comes Home,” which runs through June 22 at Main Stage, 2030 Sansom St. Written by playwright Peter Gil-Sheridan, hilarity ensues when an affluent gay couple, Brendan and Jason, unexpectedly find that the Bangladeshi girl — the titular Ritu — whom they sponsored through a charity, has suddenly shown up on their doorstep. Out actor David Bardeen, who plays Jason, said the couple’s relatively care-free lives are somewhat upended by this turn of events. “We are a fairly normal gay couple living in Bryn Mawr and we are childless,” Bardeen explained. “She just shows up in our lives. Before she shows up, we go out whenever we want. We can go out with our friends. We can travel and go to restaurants. Suddenly she shows up in our living room as a 16-year-old kid. It changes our entire life. We have to adjust in various ways. My character is way more hesitant to her staying for any long period of time and wants her to go back to Bangladesh. My partner wants her to stay and wants us to adopt her.” Bardeen added that, initially, Brendan and Jason have trouble making sense of the situation. “She understands almost no English,” Bardeen said. “So the first part of the show is us trying to figure out how she got there, why she’s there and what we are going to do

about it, without much information from her because she doesn’t speak any English. So there’s a huge culture shock on her part and on ours.” We know, it sounds like a sitcom mashup: “My Two Dads” meets “Perfect Strangers” with a dash of “Webster” for good measure. Bardeen said part of the challenge in bringing this story to life on the stage is making sure that the comedy comes from a genuine place instead of something stereotypical. “There is a delicate balance and we are working our way through that,” he said. “We’re trying to figure out what works. I think it’s on the lighter side comedy-wise. There may be some things that may seem stereotypical but we are trying to ground it in a reality that will at least make sense to us and the audience. It’s difficult but I hope that we will achieve it by the time the show opens.” He added that the cast isn’t out to make a big cultural statement; its goal instead is to make people laugh and have a good time. “It’s a really fun comedy,” Bardeen said. “There’s no big issues. It’s not an idea play. The slight idea is about what is a family now that we are freer and have more rights. What kind of family do we want to create? There is a message there but it’s just a really fun, rollicking comedy.” ■ InterAct Theatre Company presents “Ritu Comes Home” through June 22, 2030 Sansom St. For more information or tickets, call 215568-8077 or visit interacttheatre.org.

JERED MCLENIGAN (LEFT) AND DAVID BARDEEN IN “RITU COMES HOME” Photo: Kathryn Raines, Plate 3 Photography

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“Broken Heart Land,” airing on PBS World June 24, is a poignant, inspiring documentary that shows how Nancy Harrington transformed the grief she experienced from her gay son Zack’s death into activism. Although the Bible Belt town of Norman, Okla., prides itself on being a progressive and inclusive town, talking about LGBT rights is generally met with resistance. A city council meeting where a proclamation was made to declare October LGBT History Month was met with a “mob mentality” from members of the conservative majority. Shortly after the meeting, Zack committed suicide, sending shockwaves through the community. “Broken Heart Land,” from siblings Jeremy and Randy Stulberg, chronicles Nancy’s efforts to speak out about her son and join a PFLAG-like group, MOM — Mothers of Many. She starts campaigning for equal rights for LGBT citizens in Norman. This includes supporting a city council race for the openly gay Jackie Farley against Chad Williams, who spoke out in the meeting that preceded Zack’s suicide. The Stulbergs’ film gets up close and personal with the Harrington family as well as with their supporters and detractors as it shows the impact that one young man’s death has on the community. Scenes of the family experiencing an awkward silence at the dinner table,or commemorating and remembering Zack are touching. Likewise, the scenes of the MOM meetings and campaign battles are compelling. PGN spoke with openly gay filmmaker Jeremy Stulberg about his powerful film. PGN: How did you come to learn of and tell Zack and Nancy’s story? JS: My sister was in Oklahoma at the time when this tragedy happened. We met the Harringtons at a candlelight vigil seven days after Zack died. The Harringtons opened up to us and allowed us to tell their story. They underwent an incredible transformation. Nancy was very quiet at the beginning, but she had to talk, and as the story unfolded, she blossomed. PGN: You get some pretty intense encounters — such as Nancy confronting Chad after a League of Women’s Voters meeting. How did you get the access you did from both sides of the LGBT-rights issue? JS: We were very honest with them. This is a town really grappling with this issue. They had this painful public meeting that was difficult for both sides. The ideas of the townspeople had never come out in a public forum. Then to have Zack’s suicide thrown in was explosive. We were honest about what we wanted to do and present. We wanted to understand their perspective. It’s difficult to hear things that some [interviewees] said about gay people or other minorities, but I would just listen and absorb it and take it in and be a blank slate. They had the opportunity to speak for themselves. Being in close proximity to them and understanding their complexities was very eye-opening. Each side knew we were filming with the others. They respected that and understood it would be more powerful if both sides were represented. We are dealing with this evolution of LGBT rights in this microcosm, where people’s views are in flux, evolving and changing in a very public way.

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PGN: The film shows how personal change becomes political. What can you say about making a gay-rights film in the heartland? JS: There are, in many ways, two different Americas. There are states where LGBT rights are granted (e.g., marriage) but there are shocking oversights that we still have to realize are happening in the heartland. People who live in redstate/small-town America — especially gay people — have a different experience entirely than folks in cities/blue states who take rights for granted. How can we as LGBT people mobilize in areas where it’s really needed? People shouldn’t have to move from their homes and families because they don’t have hospital-visitation rights. That’s shocking to me as someone who lives in New York, but that’s the reality for these people on a daily basis. It is oppressive. PGN: You read Zack’s diary entries and show home movies of Zack to give him a voice and show viewers glimpses of what he was like. That must have been painful. How did you select what images and entries and how much of Zack to show? JS: The Harrington family was incredible, because once we gained their trust — we didn’t ask them for these things — they made a decision as a family. They could have not given us the diary, or home-video footage. It was really a gift. We went through his entire diary and picked out the relevant moments. It’s heartbreaking to read that material. We wanted Zack’s story to intersect with Nancy’s own coming-out to the MOMs. We wanted there to be some synergy between Nancy’s journey and her son’s. PGN: The election campaign is an interesting facet to the story. How did you come to tell this part of the story? JS: It just happened. We wanted to make a character-driven verite documentary. You don’t know what’s going to happen next. We wanted to make a film about this family and what they went through. Nancy became the protagonist, but we also wanted to make a film about this town. It started with this horrific town meeting, and the seeds that were sown became the plot of the film. That became a microcosm of American political process. These were the same themes we were dealing with with Zach and his family. PGN: Nancy asks in the film, “How did I get to this place?” How did you get to the place where you became an activist filmmaker? JS: I don’t think of myself as an activist filmmaker at all, but I don’t think you can witness this story as it unfolds and not be moved by it. This film happens to lend itself to political [action]. There are aspects that resonate politically and it serves as a call to action. ■

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 06/13 Devildriver The metal group performs 6 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-9221011. Willie Nelson The folk-rock icon performs 7 p.m. at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215-5467900. John Waters The out filmmaker host a reading and signing of his new book, “Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America,” 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322.

Kenny Wayne Shephard and Robert Randolph & the Family Band The guitarists and their backing bands perform and host a Q&A, 8 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-572-7650. Peter Murphy The goth/rock singer performs 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888.

Sat. 06/14 Jason and the Argonauts The adventure film is screened 12:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre,

227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223. Widespread Panic & Galactic The rock bands perform 7:30 p.m. at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215-5467900. Antigone Rising The rock band with out members performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Melissa Ferrick, Jill Sobule and Tracy Bonham The singer-songwriters perform 8 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1985 Pennington Road, Ewing, N.J.; 609883-9160.

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The Philadelphia Voices of Pride present Shake, Rattle & Reign The choral group performs 8 p.m. at Trinity Center for Urban Life, 22nd and Spruce streets; www. pvop.org.

ALL ABOARD THE PEACE TRAIN: Out South African activist and songwriter Sharon Katz and her band The Peace Train perform a tribute show inspired by leader Nelson Mandela 8 p.m. June 14 upstairs at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. For more information or tickets, call 215222-1400.

A Tribute to Nelson Mandela: Sharon Katz & The Peace Train The out singer and her band perform 8 p.m. upstairs at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Mr. Gay Tabu The Goddess Isis hosts the competition 7-10 p.m. at Tabu Lounge, 200 S. 12th St.; 215964-9675.

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American Graffiti The comingof-age film is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Free Quizzo & Board Game Night Roll the dice, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Big Trouble in Little China The cult-action film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Lipstick Mondays A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-8622081.

Tue. 06/17 Philadelphia Moth Story Slam Spoken-word artists perform 7:30 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Morrissey The out singer performs 8 p.m. at Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market St.,

Wilmington, Del.; 302-658-7897.

Wed. 06/18 4W5 Blues Jam Local musicians get down, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Thu. 06/19 The Doug Benson Movie Interruption (30th Anniversary Screening of “Revenge of the Nerds”) The comedy film is screened 9 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

Atlantic City, 2100 Pacific Ave., 609343-2535. Live The rock group performs 8 p.m. at Revel’s Ovation Hall, 500 Boardwalk; 855348-0500. Dracula’s Ball The gothic music and dance event, 9 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888.

Rasputin’s Room: One-Year Anniversary Lil’ Steph presents a burlesque show 9 p.m.-midnight at Ruba ClubStudios, 416 Green St.; 215-627-9831. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me The drama film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

The Burlesque Show The naughty fun begins 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215-545-4511.

Fri. 06/20 Diana Ross The iconic R&B/ pop singer performs 8 p.m. at Caesars

REIGNING SUPREME: Pop music icon Diana Ross celebrates her illustrious career in concert, performing 8 p.m. June 20 at Caesars Atlantic City, 2100 Paciﬁc Ave., Atlantic City, NJ. For more information or tickets, call 609-343-2535.

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Opening Bobby Lee The comedian seen on “Chelsea Lately” performs June 19-21 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001. Evita The classic award-winning musical about the life of Eva Peron, June 17-22 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Continuing Artificial Light: Flash Photography in the 20th Century Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of diverse examples of flash photography, which gained widespread use in the 1920s with the invention of the mass-produced flashbulb, through Aug. 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat Arden Theatre Company presents the classic children’s story through June 22, 40 N. Second St.; 215-922-1122.

Picasso Prints: Myths, Minotaurs and Muses Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s response to the world of classical antiquity in nearly 50 prints from four critical decades of his career through Aug. 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Ritu Comes Home InterAct Theatre Company presents the story of a couple who unexpectedly has the third-world child they sponsored show up to live with them through June 22, 2030 Sansom St.; 215-568-8077. That’s So Gay: Outing Early America The Library Company of Philadelphia presents the exhibition exploring gay culture through Oct. 17, 1314 Locust St.; 215-546-3181. Where Children Sleep The James A. Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition of photographs by James Mollison through June 29, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-3409800.

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Closing A Coffin in Egypt Opera Philadelphia presents the East Coast premiere of this haunting tale of memory and murder, racism and recrimination, through June 15 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Dave Matthews Band The rock band performs through June 14 at Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856365-1300. Full House: A Series of Cabarets Quince Productions presents cabaret shows through June 15 at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St.; www. quinceproductions.com. How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying The Walnut Street Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about a lowly window washer climbing the corporate ladder through July 13, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. Rain The Beatles tribute show runs through June 15 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-8931999.

BACK IN ‘BUSINESS’: Out singer and former Smiths frontman Morrissey serenades his fans with songs from his latest album, “World Peace Is None of Your Business,” 8 p.m. June 17 at Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del. For more information or tickets, call 302-658-7897.

Santana The rock guitarist performs through June 14 at Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. ■

100 PROOF: Antigone Rising, the all-female, country-rock band featuring out members, is on the road in support of their latest release “Whiskey,” performing 8 p.m. June 14 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. For more information or tickets, call 215-222-1400.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Walnut Street Theatre presents the hilarious revue about love and relationships through June 29 at Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215-5743550. Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition highlighting the works of the famed fashion designer through Nov. 30, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

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into the closet 25. Ariz. neighbor 26. Filmmaker Nishit 29. Brynner of “The King and I” 30. Fez features 33. Hot temper 34. Murdoch with a flower? 36. Comes to rest 38. When doubled, Mork’s good-bye 39. Start of Maya Angelou’s comment about Albert? 43. “Queen of Country” McEntire 44. Close of “Serving in Silence” 46. Rilke’s I 47. Reef buildup

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PGN: Funny! So let’s talk about your music: You are the current president of the Bucks County Choral Society. CW: Yes, I was going into treatment for alcohol addiction and decided I needed new ways to spend my time and energy. In one week, I auditioned for the choral and for an all-male a-cappella group called Cordus Mundi. The Cordus audition was two hours, involved four languages and I didn’t hear for days. The Choral Society audition was five minutes with an immediate “yes!” God, it’s fun. I’ve been really active in both for 10 years now; Frank too.

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1. Astroglide alternative 2. Kahlo’s that 3. “What’s your sign?,” for example? 4. Support Metropolitan Community Church, e.g. 5. Type of appeal 6. Pick-me-ups 7. Britten’s “Billy Budd” and “Peter Grimes” 8. Elton’s light in the wind 9. Fast food pioneer 10. Last letter for Socrates 11. Party guy, after a night of cruising 12. Warning from Toto 13. Always, to

Shakespeare 21. “Ziegfeld Follies” costume designer 22. The A in GLARP 23. Like faint embers 24. Like Gomer’s Mayberry 27. Caribbean vacation spot 28. Mt. Everest locale 31. Sophie B. Hawkins’ “___ Lay Me Down” 32. “Ben Hur” novelist Wallace 35. Tans at South Beach 37. Shock everyone 40. Do-it-yourselfer’s purchase 41. Sgt. or corp. 42. Bit of resistance on the

functioning at the level I should have been. I was going through the motions and appeared to be functioning. PGN: I would think part of the stigma is created because we picture an alcoholic to be the person with the lampshade on their head or the person asleep in the subway. CW: Yes, yes. And how sad and misinformed it is. Because this is a disease that affects people in all walks of life, but often those of us who are educated and have the benefit of stable jobs are able to maintain a certain daily discipline and disguise our addiction longer. We can mask the chaos within us. When it comes to drugs it’s even more so: We imagine some disheveled, homeless junkie with a needle sticking out of his or her arm, when in reality it may be some high-powered professional or suburbanite abusing prescription drugs or other illegal drugs who’s the addict.

PGN: Tell me a little bit about your addiction and recovery. CW: I was at one time a social drinker who over a period of time created more and more opportunities to be socially drinking. I got to the point where I couldn’t seem to get through the day without the crutch of alcohol. The irony was that at the time I was on the board of the local alcohol and drug dependency organization. I got a DUI and fortunately no one was hurt, but I know Frank and my friends were concerned. That was a wake-up call and my intervention, so to speak. I sought out and benefited from treatment and with a lot of support from a lot of people — and I had the benefit of knowing how and where to access help, which many people don’t — it enabled me to get on a path to health and wellness. That and, as I mentioned, the music and other things I used to channel my energy and passion. I hope that my openness about this will help open some eyes, just as my being openly gay has helped change misconceptions.

PGN: Why was the film important to you? CW: “Anonymous People” is a documentary about the stigma of addiction and how possible sustained recovery can be, that this is a disease, not a case of people who choose to make bad decisions. The film gives voice to people from all walks of life and is very affirming and positive. We hope that it will help people understand that we need to start funding addiction treatment and recovery. With the proper support, the rate of recovery from addiction is quite high, certainly higher than with other chronic diseases such as diabetes or any other disease that doesn’t have the stigma that addiction does.

PGN: So I guess you were ... is it called a “functioning alcoholic”? CW: I suppose that applies, in that I went to work every day, but I wince at the term because, looking back, I certainly wasn’t

PGN: Time for random questions. One time I got in hot water ... CW: Was when I was booked to give the keynote address at an AIDS conference in Louisville, Ky., immediately after being

circuit 45. Enjoy some ladyfingers, e.g. 47. Prompted on Broadway 49. Main argument 50. Garbo, and others 51. Oil source 52. Cicely of “Fried Green Tomatoes” 54. Gore in the library 55. Eat away at 56. George Michael’s band 57. “___ Get a Witness” (Marvin Gaye) 58. “Six Feet Under” creator Ball 59. Type of bang 60. Barrymore of “Boys on the Side”

in Puerto Rico for a similar purpose. I arrived in Louisville wearing floral Caribbean attire in the dead of winter. My suitcase was shipped from San Juan to Salt Lake City. I gave the keynote address in mid-January in a short-sleeved floral shirt and shorts to an audience of “buttoned-up” doctors and nurses from throughout the South and Midwest. PGN: What is your hidden talent? CW: Probably my memory and retention of people’s names and at least one thing important to them. PGN: What I like most about myself is ... CW: Having cultivated a very wide circle of diverse friends — not merely acquaintances, but true friends. PGN: If your cats could ask a question, what would they want to know? CW: I have three cats — Mozart, Cello and Piccolo — and each would probably ask why Frank is so much more attentive to their needs than I. PGN: Describe your best or most memorable Christmas gift. CW: Three winters ago, my dear friend and singing compatriot, Eric Muth, gave me a copy of the one-act opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” as televised each Christmas season back in the 1950s. Black and white, the tape is grainy and an overhead boom mic sometimes appears in the camera shot. It was one of my first introductions to opera, courtesy of my father. I was speechless. And then I wept. PGN: Is a messy desk the sign of a creative person or a lazy person? CW: A messy desk is a sign of a busy person hampered by the lack of a secretary and trying to multitask. Creativity has nothing to do with it.

PGN: What do you have on you that best describes your personality? CW: I always have a couple of pens on my person so I can jot something down or make a list of things to do. PGN: What three singers — alive or dead — would you choose to make up a quartet with you? CW: That’s easy: Beverly Sills, Renée Fleming and Josh Groban. Poor Josh and I would be hopelessly outclassed, but what an image. PGN: What’s the funniest thing you did as a kid? CW: Apparently when I was a little boy (age 4) I pinched the bottom of a fat lady who squeezed in front of me at the local market. The lady was outraged but the store owner said it served her right for butting in line. I was punished — no Nestle’s Crunch candy bar for a week. PGN: Three favorite sounds? CW: That would be well-modulated laughter, a Scriabin chord and my cats purring. ■ To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.

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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. Bethlehem-Judah Ministries Open and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 5091 N. Dupont Hwy., Suite D, Dover, Del.; 302-750-4045. BuxMont Unitarian Universalist Church Services 10:15 a.m. at 2040 Street Road, Warrington; 215-3430406. Calvary United Methodist Church Reconciling, welcoming and affirming church holds services 11 a.m. Sundays at 801 S. 48th St.; 215-724-1702. Central Baptist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds services at 10:45 a.m. Sundays, summer services 9:30 a.m, at 106 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne; 610-688-0664. 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.; 215-922-1128. 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 Jersey Shore An organization for sexual-minority Catholics meets the first Saturday of the month in Asbury Park; 732-502-0305. Dignity Metro NJ An organization for sexual-minority Catholics meets 4 p.m. the first and third Sundays of the month at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 550 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood; 973-509-0118. Dignity Philadelphia Holds Mass 7 p.m. Sundays at 330 S. 13th St.; 215-546-2093, dignityphila@aol.com. Drexel Hill Baptist Church Nonjudgmental Christian congregation affiliated with American Baptist Churches of the USA holds services 11 a.m. Sundays at 4400 State Road, Drexel Hill; 610-259-2356, www.dhbaptist. com. Emanuel Lutheran Church Reconciling in Christ congregation meets at 10:30 a.m. Sundays, summer services 9:30 a.m., New and Kirkpatrick streets, New Brunswick, N.J.; 732-545-2673; www.emmanuelnb.org. 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 Baptist Church of Moorestown Welcoming and affirming congregation holds Bible study and discussion at 9 a.m. Sundays and worship services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 19 W. Main St., Moorestown, N.J.; 856-235-1180; www.fbcmoorestown.org; info@fbcmoorestown.org. First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne Welcoming church holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 140 N. Lansdowne Ave.; 610-622-0800; www.lansdownepresbyterianchurch.com. 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.; 215563-3980, 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.; 215-438-3077, 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.; 215-2482950, 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. Imago Dei Metropolitan Community Church Sexual-minority congregation worships at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 1223 Middletown Road (Route 352), Glen Mills; 610-358-1716, www.ImagoDeiMCC.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.; 267-388-6081, 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. Mainline Unitarian Church Holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon; 610-688-8332, www.mluc.org. Maple Shade Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ Affirming congregation open to all sexual orientations and gender identities holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 45 N. Forklanding Road, Maple Shade, N.J.; 856-779-7739, mapleshadeucc.org. Metropolitan Community Church of Christ the

Liberator Holds services 10:45 a.m. Sundays at the Pride Center of New Jersey; 732-823-2193, mccctl.com. Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia Services 1 p.m. Sundays at the University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-294-2020, 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.; 215-922-4566, www. oldfirstucc.org. Penns Park United Methodist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 2394 Second Street Pike, Penns Park; 215-598-7601. Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Progressive and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m. Sundays with Holy Eucharist at 3723 Chestnut St.; 215-3860234, 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. Resurrection Lutheran Church Services 10 a.m. Sundays at 620 Welsh Road, Horsham; 215646-2597. Silverside Church Services 10 a.m. Sundays followed by a group discussion at 2800 Silverside Road, Wilmington, Del.; 302-478-5921, silversidechurch.org. St. Asaph’s Church Inclusive and progressive Episcopal church holds services 8 and 10 a.m. Sundays, summer services 9:15 a.m., at 27 Conshohocken State Road, Bala Cynwyd; 610-664-0966, www.saintasaphs.org. St. John’s Lutheran Church (ELCA) Reconciling in Christ congregation holds services 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 24 N. Ridge Ave., Ambler; 215-646-2451, www. stjohnsambler.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.; 215-7321918, stlukeandtheepiphany.org. St. Mary of Grace Parish Inclusive church in the Catholic tradition celebrates Mass 6 p.m. Sundays in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County, 145 W. Rose Tree Road, Media; 610-566-1393, www. inclusivecatholics.org. St. Mary’s Church Diverse and inclusive Episcopal church celebrates the Eucharist 11 a.m. Sundays at 3916 Locust Walk; 215-386-3916; www. stmarysatpenn.org. St. Paul Episcopal Church Welcoming and inclusive church holds services 9:30 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays at 89 Pinewood Drive, Levittown; 215-688-1796, www.stpaullevittown.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; 215-925-5968; 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.; 215-732-2515, trinityphiladelphia. org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County Welcoming congregation holds services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. Sundays, summer services 10:30 a.m., at 145 W. Rose Tree Road, Media. Interweave, a group for LGBT parishioners and allies, meets noon the first Sunday of the month; 610-566-4853. www. uucdc.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 Cherry Hill Services 10:15 a.m. Interweave, a group of LGBT Unitarians and their allies, meets at 401 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N.J.; 856-667-3618, uucch.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. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, South Jersey Shore Services 10 a.m. Sundays in Galloway Township; 609-965-9400, www.uucsjs.org. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown Services 10:30 a.m. at 1565 S. Keim St.; 610-327-2662, www. uupottstown.org. United Christian Church Open, affirming and welcoming congregation holds services 10:15 a.m. Sundays, summer services 9:15 a.m., at 8525 New Falls Road, Levittown; 215-946-6800. 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 48:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available MondayFriday. See the Youth section for more events.

■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044; center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221 ■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison: Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-686-

■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065 rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. ■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org. Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday through Friday Library hours: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; noon-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Key numbers 9980, helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org ■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378 ■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: 215-686-2555

■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670 ■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 1-877-pride-2000 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288

■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658

■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833

■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

Health

Anonymous, free, conﬁdential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215763-8870. ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088; www.actionaids.org. AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 1711 S. Broad St.; 215-629-2300; www.asiac.org. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871; www.galaei. org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appoint-

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; 215-627-9090; www.galloplaw. org. ■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, selfemployed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city, invites speakers on various topics, partners with other nonprofits and maintains a website where everyone is invited to sign up for email notices for activities and

ment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1821. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077. Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652; www.mazzonicenter.org. Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronicdisease management, including comprehensive HIV care, 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-noon Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups events; www.gppn.org; 215-9223377.

■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association The Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www. nlgja.org/philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly businesses and professionals. Visit www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com for information about events, programs and membership; 215-557-0190; 1717 Arch St., Suite 3370.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus A regional organization dedicated to promoting gay and lesbian tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region holds meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; P.O. Box 58143, Philadelphia, PA 19102; www. philadelphiagaytourism.com; 215-840-2039.

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