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Senate rejects Pride month resolution, Democratic politicians step up

By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor

for the Rockland AIDS Care Network; John James, founder of AIDS Treatment News and a participant in the first Annual The Pennsylvania Senate has rejected a Reminders protest in front of Independence Unanimous Consent Resolution recogniz- Hall on July 4, 1965; Susan Silverman, a former member of activist group Gay ing June as LGBTQ Pride Month.

Sen. Sharif Street (D-PA), who has put Liberation Front who helped create lesforward similar resolutions in 2017-18, bian-feminist political action group radicalesbians; and David Acosta, founder proposed the resolution.

“I was pleased to be joined by pio- of GALAEI, a queer Latinx social-jusneers of the LGBTQ-plus community on tice organization, who also was the first [June 6] to offer a resolution honoring Latinx man to be appointed to the city’s and commemorating Pride festivities in Commission of Sexual Minorities, where he served from Philadelphia and 1985-89 under across the commonMayor Wilson wealth,” said Street.

Goode. “ U n f o r t u n a t e l y, “In reflecting Republican leaderon having been ship did not see fit to involved in so allow it to proceed.” many things over

A source in so many years, Harrisburg told PGN the most importthat the rejection by STATE SENATOR SHARIF STREET ant thing that I Republican leaderPRESENTS HONORARY RESOLUTION did was I decided ship was “particularly very early on, at insulting because all these people were there. It was like they the age of 17, that I was going to live my authentic life,” Acosta said. “I made a conwere being rejected personally.”

Street said he had hoped the resolution scious decision to live out in the open, and would be adopted this year for the 50th with that comes great risk. But ultimately, anniversary of Stonewall. His guests for having taken that step, I was ensuring as the session, billed as “honorees,” included an out person I could push against the tides LGBTQ pioneers and activists — several that oppress us.” of whom expressed outrage that the Senate Acosta added that activism also has was unwilling to pass a simple resolution been challenging and risky.

“There was a lot of fear stepping out of recognizing their lives and struggles.

Among the honorees were Elizabeth that closet,” he said, “but I wanted to get Coffey-Williams, a transwoman and involved and make an impact, not just for accomplished artist who cofounded and myself but for others who might not have facilitated the Chrysalis Gender Group the courage or privilege. I don’t feel so speand also has served as a board member cial about doing that.”

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Largest-ever Pride celebration fills Philadelphia streets

LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS, ALONG WITH LGBTQ-PLUS HEROES AND ACTIVISTS Photo: Kelly Burkhardt GATHER ON STAGE DURING THIS YEAR’S PHILLY PRIDE.

By Laura Smythe laura@epgn.com Luanda Morris, of the city’s Frankford section, made the trek to last weekend’s Pride with her 14-year-old daughter, a lesbian.

She wanted the event to serve as a living lesson — one that made her child feel accepted and respected while teaching others about love, acceptance and unity.

“Love is love, and I see that reflected in a lot of T-shirts and messages from the artists,” Morris said. “The experience here is that people are very loving and accepting of each other.”

The 31st iteration of the Philly Pride Parade and Festival — the largest ever, with more than

140 participating groups — took over streets from the Gayborhood to Penn’s Landing during an iconic milestone.

The parade, complete with the trailblazing “Philadelphia Pioneers On The Road To Stonewall” float that honored the 50th anniversary of the New York riots, kicked off at 11 a.m.

Sunday at 13th and Locust streets.

Thousands of participants snaked through the Historic District before converging at the festival at Penn’s Landing, where Stonewall activists and Pennsylvania politicians gathered to reflect on LGBTQ civil-rights history.

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Community mourns loss of out deputy sheriff, LGBTQ liaison and activist

By Laura Smythe laura@epgn.com Out Deputy Sheriff Dante Austin, 27, was found dead at his desk in the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office last Friday morning. He died by suicide, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Monday.

“Deputy Austin is believed to have suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Sherrif Jewell Williams said in a statement Friday.

Austin would have been promoted to sergeant July 1, Williams added.

Austin was a well-known activist in Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community. He served as the sheriff office’s LGBTQ liaison and on the board of directors of philanthropy group Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, which provides grants to local LGBTQ nonprofits. In 2018, he received the Individual Hero award from the organization in honor of his activism.

Austin and his partner Tito Valdes, an assis-

tant city solicitor, were named the first grand marshal couple in Philadelphia’s 2018 Pride parade. Austin was also a military veteran, having served during the era of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a discriminatory ban on gay and lesbian service members, according to past PGN coverage.

Austin earned the highest score on the Deputy Sheriff’s exam when he joined the force in November 2013, according to the sheriff’s office. He was the city’s first openly-gay deputy

and assumed the role of LGBTQ community liaison in May 2017.

“Dante was a person who believed in and cared about everybody,” Williams said.

Austin was committed to informing Philadelphia’s police force on LGBTQ issues and improving officer relations with the city’s gay community. “[Out officers] share our knowledge with our fellow officers for them to use to help those in need,” Austin told PGN in a June PAGE 17

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Resource listings Legal resources • ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215-592-1513; aclupa.org • AIDS Law Project of PA: 215-587-9377; aidslawpa.org • AIDS Law Project of South Jersey: 856-784-8532; aidslawsnj.org/ • Equality PA: equalitypa. org; 215-731-1447

• Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations — Rue Landau: 215-686-4670 • Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-7603686; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com • SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-920-9537

• Office of LGBT Affairs — Amber Hikes: 215-686-0330; amber.hikes@phila.gov

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.

• LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania; 3907 Spruce

St.; 215-898-5044, center@dolphin.upenn.edu.

• Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center

Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org.

• William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org.

Health and HIV testing • Action Wellness: 1216 Arch St.; 215981-0088, actionwellness.org • AIDS Healthcare Foundation: 1211 Chestnut St. #405 215971-2804; HIVcare.org • AIDS Library: 1233 Locust St.; aidslibrary.org/ • AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800-6626080 • Bebashi-Transition to Hope: 1235

Spring Garden St.; 215769-3561; bebashi.org • COLOURS: coloursorganization.org, 215832-0100 • Congreso de Latinos Unidos; 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-7638870 • GALAEI: 149 W. Susquehanna Ave.; 267-457-3912, galaei. org. Spanish/English • Health Center No. 2: 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1821

• Mazzoni Center: 1348 Bainbridge St.; 215-563-0652, mazzonicenter.org • Philadelphia FIGHT: 1233 Locust St.; 215-985-4448, fight.org • Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center: 1201 Locust St.; 215985-9206 • Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207

Other • Independence Branch Library Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection: 215-685-1633 • Independence Business Alliance; 215-557-0190, IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com

• LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK • PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 • Philly Pride Presents: 215-875-9288

LGBTQ activist hopes attack, liaison committee can unite community

By Laura Smythe laura@epgn.com As thousands of festivalgoers made their way home from last weekend’s 31st-annual Pride festival, Rizzo Mertz’s day of celebration took a turn for the worst.

On the 300 block of Chestnut Street, not far from where Pennsylvania politicians and residents had gathered at Penn’s Landing hours before to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, a group of teenagers physically attacked Mertz on his way to his South Philadelphia home and attempted to steal his backpack.

The assault left Mertz, 34, with a broken jaw, fractures throughout his nose and face and a gash above his left eye that called for stitches. The robbery was unsuccessful, and Mertz said he clung to his bag throughout the attack because he didn’t want to give up his Pride flag — the same one he proudly touted during last year’s festival.

“That flag meant more to me in that moment,” said Mertz, a gay man who serves RIZZO MERTZ as a committee member on Philadelphia’s LGBT Police Liaison Committee.

“To have someone as amazing as Dante [Austin] leading this community, then on Pride to have this kind of event happen, I wasn’t about to have my Pride flag stolen from me.”

Dante Austin, out deputy sheriff and fellow LGBT police liaison, died by suicide last Friday, rattling Philadelphia’s queer community in the days leading up to Pride.

Police did not immediately return PGN’s request for comment Wednesday on whether the assault is being investigated as a hate crime.

Mertz said he doesn’t believe homophobia motivated the attack.

“I don’t want them to feel that they can’t celebrate a day like Pride or the community itself,” he said. “I don’t want people to fear that Philadelphia’s a dangerous place. We just need to understand the causes of these issues and why these random acts of violence do occur, especially when they’re perpetrated by young individuals.”

Another LGBT Police Liaison committee member, Patrick Hagerty, initially contacted the police about the assault, Mertz said.

The committee serves as a resource for members of the LGBTQ community hesitant about contacting police. Deja Lynn Alvarez, a trans activist, and BJ Jones, Philadelphia native, serve as co-chairs and aim to use their own experiences with police as people of color to inform the committee’s support and outreach services.

“We need to make sure the community understands that we understand them, because we come from that same place of the horrible relationship between the Philadelphia Police Department and the Philadelphia LGBTQ community, particularly the LGBTQ communities

of color,” Alvarez said. “We recognize that firsthand, which is why we want to do this work.”

LGBTQ people who are victims of crimes and are fearful to call the police can call members of the LGBT Police Liaison committee instead, she added. Committee members will help them decide whether to contact the police, walk them through the process, arrange for statements to be taken at another location besides a police station or take a statement and provide it to police themselves.

“If they come to us and decide they don’t want to go any further, that’s fine, they don’t have to go any further. … If it’s a situation where they don’t want to meet with the police at all, we can still report the crime and at least let the police know what happened,” Alvarez said. “We’ll never push anyone into a situation where they have to make themselves even more vulnerable than they already are because many of our community members are vulnerable just for existing. We want to make sure that our priority is the community, not the Philadelphia Police Department.”

More than 57 percent of transpeople feel unsafe calling the police, according to a 2015 report from the National Center for Transgender Equality. In 2013, LGBTQ crime victims represented the highest percentage of total hate violence reports, a National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs report published the same year states.

The liaisons work closely with Deputy Commissioner Joseph Sullivan, Inspector Altovise Love-Craighead and Sergeant Nicholas Tees. While the committee has existed for years, it is now buckling down on community outreach and education, Jones said. The group had an information table at Pride and plans to bring on board new independent members of the city’s LGBTQ community soon.

Jones grew up in North and West Philadelphia, where he and his family were part of communities that were fearful and critical of police, he said.

“I have that first-hand experience, that firsthand knowledge of how things happen in reality here in Philly,” Jones added.”So...I can actually help bridge the gap between my community and the Philly police.”

Jones noted the committee acts as a “comfort place” to kickstart the process of reporting a crime. It also helps those who have committed crimes, are wanted by the police or have been mistreated by officers when arrested because of their LGBTQ identity.

Moving forward, committee members want the LGBTQ community to know it’s committed to helping people report crimes from all over the city, not just in the Gayborhood, Alvarez said, and the committee’s leadership understands the “fractured relationship between the community and the police department.”

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Alternative Pride events across Philly drew big crowds and big names

By Josh Middleton PGN Contributor

A host of fringe Pride events drew large crowds last weekend while offering inclusive celebrations for minorities within the LGBTQ community — namely women and queer and transgender people of color.

After 21 years, the Philadelphia Dyke March remains a trailblazer on the local alternative-Pride scene — and a reminder that the community still has a fight on its hands.

Lead PDM organizer Stephanie Chando said the event aims to maintain a political presence during Pride weekend but, first and foremost, it’s a demand for equality and increased visibility for dyke-identified members of the community.

“Our Pride remains political for a purpose,” she said. “Without non-corporate-sponsored events like the Philly Dyke March, we fail to respect what our founders, including Gloria Casarez, fought to create: a space to protest our right to exist — a protest cry that is still incredibly necessary.”

Chando estimated that 500 people participated in the march this year — “definitely more than what we estimated in the past two years.”

The route was 2 miles long, taking rioters along major thoroughfares like 11th Street, around City Hall and south on Broad Street — a location that Chando said was particularly meaningful this year.

“We were unable to take Broad Street last year due to the PIFA Street Fair, so reclaiming [that] and marching our beautiful dyke selves around City Hall was especially empowering.”

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He pointed to the state Senate’s refusal to pass an LGBT resolution during a historically relevant month for the community — and while the administration attempts to curtail LGBT rights — as an example of why activism remains urgent.

“I wanted to be living a life that was free from shame, free from fear,” said Acosta. “I work towards social and economic justice on many fronts. I want to make it a little better so that those that come after don’t have to start from scratch.”

Silverman said she was gratified, if overwhelmed, to be recognized for a half-century of activism.

“I am especially grateful that Sen. Street and [Street policy director] Micah Mahjoubian are fighting so hard to bring legislative protections to the LGBT-plus community of Pennsylvania,” she added.

“While I’ve seen many strides since Stonewall, we still can lose our jobs, lose our apartments and, for some, lose our physical safety and even our lives. The fight goes on.”

Street, for his part, remains committed

Participants carried signs bear- at Center City bar and music venue ing slogans like “Proud Visible Dykes” MilkBoy, drew more than 300 people and “Queer Liberation Not Rainbow during the Pride Parade and Festival at Capitalism.”

Penn’s Landing.

“The first is a message always relevant The affair was hosted by performance to our movement. Being proud and visible artist Icon Ebony-Fierce, who said it was is not something that all of us can cele- created in the spirit of inclusiveness and brate on a daily basis, as many of us still to give queers a “safe(r), air-conditioned” risk our physical, emotional and economic alternative to Pride’s more-hyped events. safety to be out,” noted “I wanted the party to be Chando. “The latter sign an alternative to both Pride is particularly relevant and [the Odunde Festival] this year, when it seems for the multitude of reasons like every company wants people may have [for not to sell rainbows while wanting to attend those],” many within the commuthey said. “It’s vital to have nity are still fighting to an option for people who afford basic necessities.” don’t fit in with the rest of The march began and the crowd.” ended at Kahn Park, The party was free and with a rally featuring offered local vendors — dyke-identified speakers who may not be able to and performers. afford a display table at a Highlights included larger event — the chance to SAPPHO FULTON speaker Sappho Fulton, set up booths at MilkBoy for Photo: Kelly Burkhardt who shared a story about a sliding-scale fee. survivorship and disIt also provided a stage cussed the creation of the Sappho’s and for queer DJs and drag and musical artists, LaRoyce’s Foundation, which provides who performed throughout the day. holistic healing to LBTQ womyn of color.

“The show was very impactful, powBurlesque troupe Sister Bear provided erful and allowed performance artists to an antidote to the more-serious presenta- fully express themselves in their own tions with spirited performances backed way,” Ebony-Fierce said. by music from national hip-hop and soul recording artist Lizzo.

PGN Nonprofit samba reggae percussion 505 S. Fourth St. Philadelphia, PA band Batalá also provided music for the 19147-1506 march, which Chando said “took the protest cries and celebratory dance to a whole new level.”

Publisher On Sunday, GET Milked, a party Mark Segal (ext. 204) to introducing the LGBT Pride resolution until the Senate unanimously adopts it.

“I’m optimistic and hopeful attitudes around the commonwealth and capital are improving, due, in no small part, to the work of our pioneers, which will not be in vain,” the senator said. “Both the LGBTQ community and allies like myself are undeterred and will continue to build upon their great legacy.”

Street was successful getting the initials “LGBT” and the word “gay” on Pennsylvania Senate documentation when recognizing PGN publisher and dmhFund president Mark Segal at Sunday’s Philly Pride.

Gov. Tom Wolf also attended Pride, where he issued a proclamation for Pride Month from the Governor’s Office that stated, in part: “Pride Month is a time to unite and denounce discrimination and violence toward LGBTQ individuals, to promote self-affirmation, dignity and equality and to mobilize communities. The commonwealth is proud to honor the history and contributions of LGBTQ communities within our state and throughout the nation.” n

Sa’mantha Sayten performed a number about trans activism, Damsal presented an anti-Trump number set to metal music and Bugalú Boogie represented the femme, Latinx, nonbinary crowd with a burlesque performance.

PDM and GET Milked were two of a handful of inclusive-minded Pride events that took place last weekend.

Artist collective MOVES Philly threw its annual JUICE Festival in West Philly to “affirm and expand opportunities for QTPOC.” A party hosted by Qunify specifically honored the black, brown and transgender individuals who kickstarted the Stonewall riots. And Stir Lounge hosted a trans and nonbinary drag show called Gender Queery.

These alternative events are examples of a shift in the way Philadelphia celebrates Pride, particularly in catering to folx who may not have felt seen or welcomed at Pride events past, said Ebony-Fierce.

“After the iCandy [racial] controversy, we’ve been seeing numerous inclusive events change the scope of what queer Philly really is,” they said. “Numerous people came up to me with emotion expressing that this was their first Pride and they felt at home. Another person told me they’d never seen anything as inclusive [as GET Milked]. That’s important for me.” n Phone: 215-625-8501 Fax: 215-925-6437 E-mail: pgn@epgn.com Web: www.epgn.com

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LGBTQ philanthopist who funded Attic youth program dies

By Laura Smythe laura@epgn.com James “Jim” Hastings Bryson, a pioneering LGBTQ advocate and philanthropist, died Monday from Alzheimer’s disease.

Bryson, 85, was widely recognized in Philadelphia’s gay community for providing funding to create The Bryson Institute for Sexual and Gender Diversity Education at The Attic Youth Center, an organization serving LGBTQ youth. The initiative, which launched in 2001, educates schools, workplaces, faith-based organizations and social service groups across the tri-state region on creating supportive, affirming environments for LGBTQ youth.

“He grew up at a time when it was beyond not OK to be gay, and so he knows what it’s like to have a hard time as a kid,” said Bryson’s daughter, Jennifer BrysonAlderman, 50. “He felt...that there are lots of kids for whom being gay is not OK for them or their families and he wanted them to have support.”

Bryson came out as gay during the 1980s. He is survived by Elizabeth Cecil, his wife before he came out, daughters Bryson-Alderman and Elizabeth Beers, and grandchildren Daniel Alderman, Nora Alderman, Elizabeth Beers and Graham Beers.

Bryson worked as an insurance broker.

In 1977, he founded Bryson Associates, a

company that focused on providing spe- people living with AIDS and established a cialty insurance for high-risk businesses. philanthropic fund benefitting the LGBTQ He also helped establish NAPSLO, the first community at the Philadelphia Foundation, trade association for insurance brokers of Bryson-Alderman said. this type, said Jason Alderman, Bryson’s Born in Chester County, Bryson spent son-in-law. most of his life in the Greater Philadelphia “He was always a very, very involved and area. Visiting the Chesapeake Bay with committed father,” Bryson-Alderman said. his family as a young boy turned into a “When he came out, he didn’t walk away lifelong tradition, and Bryson bought a from that at all, even beach house where though it was chalhe regularly hosted lenging because at friends and family, the time, socially — Bryson-Alderman there weren’t a lot said. He loved sailof other men of his ing and was a “wongeneration who had derful combination of children.” tons of integrity, abil She added that ity to think strategiafter Bryson came cally and also a really out, he grew into his deep, compassionate true self, becoming soul,” she added.

Bryson was a even more generous, kind, understanding 1955 business alumand thoughtful. nus from Smithfeld, Bryson then dedRhode Island’s icated himself to “JIM” HASTINGS BRYSON WITH Bryant College — LGBTQ rights. He SOME OF HIS FAMILY. the original iteration educated politicians of today’s Bryant on issues affecting the LGBTQ community, University. He served in the Navy from gave financial support to LGBTQ organi- 1955-57 before jumpstarting a career filled zations and worked with the Human Rights with vice president and director roles at Campaign in Washington, D.C. during its insurance companies across the Northeast. early days in the 1980s. Bryson also orga- Maureen Caviston worked for Bryson nized a social support “buddy program” for right out of college in 1979. Bryson made

gender neutral management decisions and sent her to New York City in the mid-’80s to open an office for his company, despite negative feedback from others in the industry, said Caviston, now executive vice president for insurance company AmWINS Group, Inc. “He was ahead of his time in how he approached business,” she added. “He was absolutely, incredibly fair and really believed in the team environment that all employees were equal and valued, as opposed to just the top performers, and he made people feel like that.”

Caviston described Bryson as polished, ethical, extremely professional and a pioneer.

“In 1994, [coming out] was truly a very difficult thing to do and shocked a lot of people,” Caviston said. “He probably knew the pain all that caused for him internally, and that’s why I think he tried to make it better for others. Once he did it, he totally embraced it.”

Jasper Liem, vice president of The Attic’s board of directors, said Bryson’s death was a “huge loss for [the LGBTQ] community.” “[Bryson] was so instrumental in helping fund this institute and develop it in the beginning...and we recognize that we have to do this work not just within the LGBTQ community, but also we live in a larger world,” Liem said. “His legacy continues on by making the larger PAGE 9

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Speaker series explores LGBTQ youth experience in foster care

By Laura Smythe laura@epgn.com A transwoman of color who grew up in foster care, Nia Clark, struggled to have her identity affirmed as a kid.

Various foster parents instructed her to hide her identity in public, rolled eyes at her clothing choices and gave ultimatums between housing and identifying as a woman. Her first foster mom placed her in a mental institution for six months.

“I was in the system for 14 years in 15 different placements in two states,” said Clark, 36, a Boston native. “In that time, it’s just not always safe to be out.”

Clark, now a national trainer and consultant on LGBTQ relations based in Los Angeles, will be the keynote speaker at the final event in Philadelphia Family Pride’s Spring 2019 Speaker Series on June 20.

Taking place at University of the Sciences, Clark will speak about her experience growing up in foster care and educate others involved in the child welfare system on how to provide more welcoming environments for LGBTQ youth and families.

Local LGBTQ organizations that provide youth services, including Mazzoni Center, Galaei and Attic Youth Center, will attend to connect participants with services.

The five-part speaker series, sponsored by the Office of LGBT Affairs, began in

February. The program is meant to elevate the voices of LGBTQ youth in the foster care system, encourage expansion of services for queer foster families and explore best practices within the sector, said Leigh Braden, event organizer and Philadelphia Family Pride board member.

“It’s not really just about training. There have to be policies in place to back up the training that’s being offered,” said Braden, also a social worker. “There have to be true systemic changes. Staff involved in the systems have to be willing and able to be out and be in positions of leadership and to be helping to make big decisions.”

Braden’s own experience as a foster parent alongside her wife inspired her to pen the plans for the speaker series. The couple has fostered LGBTQ-identifying kids who have struggled in the foster care system.

“For LGBTQ youth in our child welfare system, it’s very much like rolling the dice,” Braden said. “If you are lucky, you’ll end up with a good case manager and that person can make a huge difference in your life. … There are a lot of foster homes that say, ‘Look, I don’t care if you’re gay, but just don’t be gay in my house,’ but that is not affirming.”

Almost 400,000 youth across the U.S. are in foster care and members of the LGBTQ youth are overrepresented among the population, though available data is limited,

according to a report from the Human Rights Campaign. The organization cites a recent study in Los Angeles that determined the percentage of LGBTQ youth in foster care is up to two times larger than those living outside the system. A 2014 study in Los Angeles also found LGBTQ youth go through a higher number of home placements than their non-LGBTQ peers.

LGBTQ youth in foster care often experience bias and discrimination, the Human Rights Campaign states. A survey of LGBTQ youth in out-of-home care in New York City found 78 percent were removed or ran away from foster placements after facing hostility toward their identities, 70 percent reported physical violence in group homes and 100 percent indicated receiving verbal harassment in group homes.

Discrimination in the child welfare system also affects queer people and couples looking to foster or adopt, Clark said, including when agencies display heteronormative posters and information and staff responds negatively to potential LGBTQ parents.

“If you’re walking into an environment and it doesn’t look very inviting, is it likely that you’re going to want to continue in the process, already having this fear about the myths and stereotypes that the general population has about LGBTQ adults and children?” Clark added.

State-licensed child welfare agencies in 10 states, including Virginia, Texas and Oklahoma, can refuse to place children with LGBTQ people and same-sex couples if it conflicts with the organization’s religious beliefs, according to the independent data nonprofit Movement Advancement Project.

In March 2018, Philadelphia officials stopped referring foster-care children to Catholic Social Services, a Catholic foster care agency, after reports indicated the agency wouldn’t place children with samesex couples. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision this April.

After the speaker series concludes, Braden said Philadelphia Family Pride and partner organizations intend to use participant feedback to inform policy proposals and changes concerning Pennsylvania’s child welfare system.

Clark hopes event attendees will walk away with a greater sense of empathy and understand how the information will help them better to do their jobs, she said.

“It will help you to better serve your population,” Clark added. “It will help you to better communicate with young people engaging in this work. If your ultimate goal is to reduce some of these negative outcomes and to get young people to a place where they do foresee a positive future for themselves, then the work starts now.” n

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welcoming and accepting, and we do have to stand against hatred and bigotry when we see it.”

Bolus stated that he intends to do everyThis May, physical therapist and longtime activist Jessica Rothchild was one of thing in his power “on the Republican side” two Democratic candidates to excel in the to prevent Rothchild from gaining the City Scranton City Council primary race. If she Council seat. However, Rothchild received 53 wins the general election in November, she Republican write-in votes for her candidacy.

“There were plenty of will be the first openly gay Republicans too who were person to hold such a posiwilling to vote for me,” tion in Scranton.

Rothchild said. “I’m going “I was really disappointed to represent everyone on that we didn’t have enough City Council.” out LGBTQ representation She might have the opporin Northeast Pennsylvania,” tunity to do so, as she led Rothchild said. “And we also the primary election with 28 didn’t have any women on percent of votership at 4,020 our City Council; [it’s] made votes. up of five white, heterosexRothchild has been ual, cisgender men.” involved in local politics for In what became viral video the past decade or so. She is footage of Scranton’s June 3 currently serving a four-year City Council meeting, local term on the PA Democratic businessman and known Committee and serves as homophobe Bob Bolus ver- JESSICA ROTHCHILD a commissioner on the bally attacked Rothchild Governor’s Commission for Women and is solely on the basis of her sexual orientation.

“We don’t need a queer and a queer nation,” LGBT Caucus Secretary for the Lackawanna Bolus said in the meeting. “Everywhere you County Democratic Committee, to name a look, they say we’re a queer group, we’re few of her political endeavors.

She has been engaging with the Lackawanna going to change around how you people County community, holding weekly coffee think, you must follow our rules.”

Bolus, an avid Trump supporter and con- meetups where residents can raise concerns victed felon, has made several failed attempts about important issues. She said she has found that people from all over Scranton are to run for mayor of Scranton in the past.

In a report from Scranton’s news station excited to have a young woman who is relaWNEP, City Council members made it clear tively new in the local political landscape.

“There’s so much potential that I really that Bolus should have been removed from the meeting because of his comments. In this want to work on,” Rothchild said. “I want to week’s meeting, he voiced similar opinions showcase Scranton and let people know why about Rothchild and was ultimately escorted it’s such a great place to live and get more people there.” out.

Rothchild is open about being married to Bolus told PGN about his homophobic comments, “Jessica opened a door for com- her wife, Bridget, but her sexual orientation ment. She made it that she intends to use has nothing to do with why she’s running for the forum to further her advocacy in City City Council, she said.

Rothchild plans to use her time in office to Council, and I find that offensive. There is no hate, there is no bigotry. I have people from address local issues facing the Scranton comthe gay community working for us, but they munity, such as attracting younger residents don’t go ramming their personal lives down to the city, addressing the issue of blighted properties, strengthening local businesses and our throats,” Bolus said.

Rothchild said she is not fazed by Bolus’ tackling larger issues of debt and corruption.

“I’ve had so many positive reactions from comments, and plans to keep running her people and so much support,” Rothchild said. campaign as usual.

“This is a very small percentage of people “And that is overwhelmingly more importwho feel this way,” Rothchild said. “This ant and meaningful than what this one man does not represent our area at all. We’re very thinks.” n MERTZ from page 2

monthly public meetings. The next takes place 6 p.m. June 16 at William Way LGBT Center.

“Just keep loving each other and supporting each other and being there for each other and being vigilant,” Mertz said. “Living in a city, we are going to see violent crimes like this take place. The best thing we can do as a com-

munity is being there for each other and stand arm-and-arm in solidarity and make sure we let those who do these type of actions know that you don’t have to do this.” n Members of the LGBTQ community hesitant to report a crime to the police can contact LGBT Police Liaison Co-Chairs Deja Lynn Alvarez (770-685-5581) and BJ Jones (215-278-1854). The two gave PGN permission to publish their phone numbers.

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‘Active bystander’ hate-crimes resolution stalled in committee

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com A state House of Representatives resolution urging witnesses of hate crimes to be “active bystanders” and intervene on behalf of victims continues to languish in a committee.

HR117 was introduced in March and referred to the state Judiciary Committee, chaired by state Rep. Rob W. Kauffman (R-89th Dist.). He didn’t return calls or emails seeking comment about whether he’ll schedule a vote on the resolution.

The measure doesn’t mandate bystander involvement during a hate crime; instead, it encourages voluntary action. Failing to intervene would tend to “normalize” hate crimes in society, according to the resolution.

The resolution specifically covers antiLGBT hate crimes. It notes that in 2017, reported hate crimes increased by 17 percent in the United States and by more than 27 percent in Pennsylvania.

State Rep. Jeanne McNeill (D-133rd Dist.), a cosponsor, said she strongly supports the resolution.

“I truly believe we should all speak up if someone is being bullied, intimidated or threatened,” McNeill told PGN. “Yell ‘Stop,’ call the police. Do something. We don’t want anyone else to get hurt. But you shouldn’t stand there and video it or walk away. Yell for help, call for police. Do not allow bullying to happen.”

McNeill said that, in reality, HR117 may never come up for a vote.

“I honestly don’t know if this will ever get to the floor for a vote. But I hope it does come up for a vote, and I will gladly vote for it.”

The representative added she’s sensitive to everyone’s safety.

“We’re not telling people to jump into a violent situation and get hurt. We’re saying to use common sense, try to distract [the offender] or at least get help from a police officer. Sometimes if you just scream ‘Stop, stop,’ that will be enough. The offender will know someone is watching. You may not think it will help, but it may help someone who’s getting beaten badly.”

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world a kinder and more accepting place for all of our youth.”

Bryson was also active in supporting the work of William Way LGBT Community Center. Chris Bartlett, executive director of the center, described Bryson as a “force of nature in our LGBT communities.”

“His visionary work at the Attic, DVLF and William Way helped those organizations to grow stronger and mature,” Bartlett said. “I remember him calling and saying, ‘What’s new at William Way?’ He was particularly interested in supporting and

Dist.), another cosponsor, said defending marginalized groups is everyone’s responsibility and not just that of law-enforcement officers.

“Everyone, obviously, has an obligation to protect themselves and keep themselves safe.

Whatever someone feels comfortable with doing [is fine],” he said. “We all have an obligation to take care of each other. Something is always better than nothing.”

Examples of an intervention would be calling 911, removing a victim from the scene, reprimanding the perpetrator or seeking help from others, Schlossberg said.

He also expressed concern about the recent spike in reported hate crimes.

“There’s been a rise in hate crimes across the board. We all have to encourage people to act when they can. Hate crimes are becoming normalized, especially in this political climate. I’m referring to what Trump is doing with his regular dehumanization of anyone different.”

State Rep. Joe Cirisi (D-146th Dist.), another cosponsor, said he recently witnessed an anti-trans hate crime and helped defuse the situation.

“I felt I did the right thing,” he said. “I just didn’t let it pass. I did my civic duty.”

Even if the resolution doesn’t pass, Cirisi said, he’ll continue to raise awareness about hate crimes and that they shouldn’t be viewed as normal in society.

“We can’t legislate what people do in a situation like this. But we can bring light to the situation. One would hope people would use their best judgment for whatever they feel is the right course of action.”

Cirisi added that ignoring a hate crime in progress is unacceptable.

“If you stand by and watch a hate crime, how can you justify that? If you know it’s a hate crime and you ignore the situation, you’re no better than the person doing it.

You’re allowing it to happen.”

The representative said it’s incumbent upon his colleagues to support the resolution.

“As representatives of the state, we should send a message that we don’t stand for this and we don’t think this is right for these hate crimes to happen. We stand for the rights of all.” n getting involved with innovative, visionary ideas that could solve problems for those most in need.”

“He was also a mentor to me and a whole generation of LGBT leaders,” he added.

“He, through his example, affirmed the value of community service.”

Bryson-Alderman said she’s glad to see her father’s work continue on in the LGBTQ community.

“It’s wonderful that he’s left this legacy to be able to continue and support his vision, even beyond his own life,” BrysonAlderman said. n

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EDITORIAL PGN EDITORIAL

Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

Donald Trump

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Still a need for Pride We’re halfway through Pride Month, when many cities across the nation publicly celebrate being LGTBQIA-plus. This year, during the Stonewall uprising’s 50th anniversary, our community is taking the opportunity to talk about and enliven our history.

In recent years, the LGBTQ-plus community has been at far less risk than our predecessors were in taking to the streets. Still, at every Pride across the nation, protesters show up to degrade and scare us.

Last Sunday, as pioneers from Philly’s Stonewall 50 float approached the end of the parade, they were met with vitriol and insults. Fifty years after two original Gay Liberation Front members fought for safety from police and larger society, they still had to endure Pride protesters.

In Detroit, armed white nationalists and neo-Nazis were given a police escort when they showed up to disrupt Pride. The group from the National Socialist Movement demonstrated Nazi salutes and carried weapons; one was shown urinating on an Israeli flag.

In New York City, police apologized to those at Stonewall the night of the riots. In Philadelphia, a

car was painted in the colors of the Pride flag. Yet the LBGTQIA-plus community continues to see discrimination and violence from law enforcement across the country.

On the Friday before Pride, Philadelphia lost a beloved member of our community when 27-year-old Dante Austin, the city’s first-ever out deputy sheriff, died by suicide.

On the streets after Pride, community members met with violence.

Systemic oppression is far from over. Violence against our community is far from being extinguished.

Thus, our resistance and our ability to respond remain paramount. At PGN, we report on violence, grief and terror, but we also see protests and conversations and progress. We see members from a variety of communities speaking up and out. We report on celebrations and unity, as well as dissension.

Pride Month encompasses the need to celebrate, revolt, unify, grieve and learn. This week, we grieve together for our losses and challenges locally, and for the hate we have seen nationally.

This week, we also celebrate the strength, compassion and persistence of our community.

Next week, we’ll ask what’s next. n

Donald Trump is the most anti-LGBTQ president in recent history. While past presidents might very well have hated LGBTQ people more, Trump has certainly been the most openly hostile.

So forgive me if I am very not impressed that Trump Tweeted recognition of Pride Month. I’m also not super impressed that Trump’s online merch store is selling a T-shirt that reads “LGBTQ for Trump” in rainbow letters.

Actions speak louder than words. And nothing about the Trump presidency has been positive for LGBTQ people.

Let’s take a look at Trump’s Tweet, posted May 31: “As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation. My Administration has launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and invite all nations to join us in this effort!”

First of all, Trump did not issue an official proclamation that June is Pride Month, unlike Obama. So Trump is neither “celebrating” nor “recognizing.”

It’s the next part that gets interesting.

Trump claims he wants to “stand in solidarity” with LGBT people who live in places that “punish, imprison or even execute” them, and he invites all nations to join his administration’s efforts to “decriminalize homosexuality.”

What he’s actually saying here is, “Hey LGBTQ Americans, it’s not like we’re throwing you in jail and putting you to death.

So quit yer complaining.”

He’s also saying, “Don’t look at the ways my administration is hurting LGBTQ people in America. Look at places like Syria where gay people are pushed off of buildings!

We’re not as bad as the Islamic State!”

And it’s true. The extrajudicial killing of LGBTQ people is not currently legal or government sanctioned in the U.S. — but that’s a pretty low bar.

Trump isn’t necessarily trying to make his administration look better on LGBTQ issues, he’s highlighting some of the most heinous actions in predominantly Muslim countries under Sharia in order to paint all Muslims as violent and hateful.

Iran is the perfect example. Homosexuality is punishable by death there, which is beyond reprehensible. We should absolutely be horrified by this. But does the Trump Administration really care about the lives of LGBTQ Iranians? I highly doubt it. What the Trump Administration does care about, however, is portraying Iran as a backward country full of violent extremists. That makes it

just that much easier to sell the American public on going to war with Iran or dismissing the effects that harsh sanctions have on civilians there.

Most folks can see right though Donald Pride Trump, though he has some of his supporters worried.

Bryan Fischer says that Trump is making a big mistake.

“If the president’s advisers think this is going to cut any ice with LGBT activists, they haven’t been paying attention,” Fischer writes on the American Family Association website. “Gay activists are hostile, implacable and vengeful toward their political adversaries.”

Imagine that, gays being “hostile” and “implacable” when it comes to people who want to deny us our very humanity, who want to control our sexuality and gender expression and who want to dismantle our families. I just can’t imagine why we’re so darn stubborn.

“President Trump is simply and badly wrong to grab the rainbow flag and cheerlead the global LGBT parade,” he writes.

Is Fischer naive enough to think that Trump is really the Grand Marshal of Global Pride? Probably not. Though the idea that Trump would in any way acknowledge LGBTQ people with even the most tepid support enrages him.

“Because homosexuality is immoral, unnatural and unhealthy, it is a practice that no rational society should ever embrace, celebrate, subsidize or celebrate,” Fischer writes.

Nice. But please tell me again how “hostile” LGBTQ people are toward pathologizing our lives and the wholesale denial of our right to exist.

It seems pretty clear that Fischer, who also hates Muslims, knows what game Trump is playing.

“Outside of Muslim countries, the death penalty for homosexuality is largely a myth,” he writes. “For instance, there is not even one confirmed example of a homosexual being put to death in Victorian England, not one.”

It all comes down to demonizing Muslims.

And glorifying Victorian England? I mean, “not even one confirmed example of a homosexual being put to death?” Sounds very on-brand for Trump. By all means, hand Trump a rainbow flag and put him in a time machine with a one-way ticket. n D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.

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Getting Stonewall Right: Taking Pride in inclusion We Stonewall participants are getting up year of the July 4 “Days of Remembrance” in years, and there aren’t many of us left. at Independence Hall. Our community was I’m one of the youngest still around; there- trying to evolve and better understand ourfore, over the last few weeks, I’ve done selves in a fight for equality. This is why many interviews, speaking we now have Gay Pride. gigs, parades, panels and even The people who didn’t want a portrait shoot. a diverse, out-loud community What’s great is that our wanted to hold another July 4 community is getting in touch picket in 1970, and with the with its history and the spirit same old dress code. But Craig of fighting back during this Rodwell, Ellen Broidy, Linda anniversary of Stonewall. At Rhodes and Fred Sargent said almost every speaking gig, I’m no, we’re changing that tune asked: “Why don’t we know — and, rather than white men more about that radical period in suits and white women in from Stonewall to the first Gay dresses, we’ll have drag queens, Pride?” people of color and youth proThe answer might be hard to claiming Gay Pride. learn.

GLF championed another The privileged in our commovement. We wanted to work munity didn’t like those of us Mark Segal with other social-justice groups. who created Gay Liberation This was 1969. The world was Front from the ashes of all about rebelling. Why should Stonewall, and it’s the privileged who we not be part of that rebellion? write history. They didn’t like us because And guess what happened when we we demanded that our movement be included other people and began to work nuanced and diverse, not singular and with other groups? white.

Our community grew exponentially.

GLF was the first inclusive organization For context, Philly pickets had less than in our community, and the privileged did 100 people every year. The members of not — and still do not — like those groups GLF — who created a diverse, inclusive that wanted to include and highlight peoand more politically connected community ple of color, trans people and youth. GLF — worked, volunteered and became grand highlighted all of them, and the privimarshals of that first Gay Pride. leged certainly did not like our politic, That year, thousands marched, and it which was to take direct action in the fight launched the worldwide phenomenon we against injustice — just like the black, now call Gay Pride. The parade was borne Hispanic and women’s communities had from the grassroots outreach and inclusive done. We joined them, arm in arm. community that GLF created. That’s why That first inclusive, in-your-face year we celebrate Pride today. We became a after Stonewall is why 1969 was the last community that reached out to all.

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Don’t misunderstand me: We owe a lot to the bravery of those who came before us. But those same privileged people who wanted suits and dresses to represent us also tried to erase our history. Those who weren’t white and cisgendered were erased from history or their accomplishments minimized.

Example: A Dewey’s Restaurant demonstration was led by trans people; The Comptons riots, also trans people. What about Randy Wicker, the first picketer in 1964 — remember him? What about Harry Hay, the actual founder of Mattachine?

He was a white man, but his politics were too radical because he was a Radical Faerie. Then there was the Black Cat in Los Angeles — but, for some reason, the only events that were promoted were those Remembrance Days.

Why is that?

Because if it wasn’t white and politically correct (as in, conservative) and people weren’t wearing the proper attire to give the “right” image, it was not important.

Ultimately, those in charge were unable to create a sustained movement, and the pickets died after the birth of GLF. This column is an invitation to historians and media to get it right. We need to be honest about our history so we can move forward with Pride. So that, as we celebrate Stonewall 50 this year, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of this community becoming diversified and inclusive and reaching out to do intersectional work.

Let’s not forget that “politically incorrect” can mean in-your-face — and our faces are those of trans people, people of color and our LGBT youth. Happy Stonewall 50. n

Antar T. Bush

Remembering Shane Tomlinson: Three Year After Pulse Question to my readers: Am I the only person who looks for all the exits when entering Woody’s, Tabu, or Voyeur since the Pulse nightclub shooting?

It was this week three years ago on June 12, 2016 that 49 people were killed and 53 wounded inside an Orlando nightclub.

The Pulse shooting shook me to my core.

I remember asking myself, how many times have I been in a club drunk, stumbling, not incoherent? The Pulse nightclub shooting let every LGBTQ person in the country know we are not exempt from the epidemic of mass shootings in the United States.

One victim of the shooting has always stood out to me, Shane Evan Tomlinson.

I do not believe in coincidence, so when I was at a dinner party three years ago and was sitting right next to Quinton Simmons, Shane’s best friend, I knew I

would have to get to know him. Quinton shared with me how Shane was an up-and-coming singer who would sing everywhere, and before he went to Pulse that night, he was performing with his band “Frequency.”

Quinton shared with me how devastated he was by the murder of Shane. Shane had a bit of a bigger profile than some of the other victims of the shooting due to the fact that so many people knew him as a performer. Shane lived his life to the fullest and people loved being around him.

Quinton told OUTPour “I would always shy away from conflict; however, Shane would check me and say I would need to handle it. He was my muscle and held me accountable.”

Shane is a friend we all need in our lives.

When talking to Shane’s friends about

his life, I continued to notice these moments of deep sadness and then joyous laughter. I realized the people closest to Shane were still healing and trying to find a balance between mourning the death of their loved one and celebrating the life he had. Although I didn’t know Shane, I could feel his energy through his friends and see how he was able to touch them and have such an impact on their lives.

The Pulse nightclub shooting was only three years ago, but its effects will be with me and other LGBTQ people forever. As you continue to celebrate this LGBTQ Pride Month in the clubs and at block parties, will you look for exits now? n Antar Bush is a public-health advocate, professor at West Chester University and executive producer of the online talk show OUTPour LGBTQ. He is committed to advocating for health equity in all communities.

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Street Talk How did you celebrate Pride this year?

“When I got off of work the Odunde Festival was going on, so I walked through that and then met up with two of my friends. It was great to see everyone I hadn’t seen Steven Bryson in a while. We He/Him went to Tabu Girard Estate eventually — the rooftop, you couldn’t move. That was fun. We just celebrated.”

“I went to the parade, and then I went to the festivals afterward. I went to the gay and sober men’s event.

We walked around and got a lot of free stuff. It was awesome. I had a great time and got a little tan.

“I went to the celebration for a couple of hours. It was my first time back in Philadelphia for 20 years because I just moved back from New York. I got to see a lot of people and reunited with my ex-girlfriend, so it was great.”

“I went to the festival, and it was just really happy. I feel like a lot of the recent gatherings in Philly have been people coming out in anger and sadness, and it was just so joyful, seeing everyone dressed up.

It was exciting.”

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Road to Stonewall: Jill Johnston

By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor In the years before Stonewall, jill johnston — always lowercase — was a phenomenon. A lean, long-haired, jeans-clad 40-something butch lesbian who exuded a raw sexuality everywhere she went, johnston wrote about her lesbian feminist exploits on the pages of the renowned New York weekly, the Village Voice. Her lower case, stream-of-consciousness, anti-patriarchal sedition schooled budding teen lesbians and married ladies yearning to be lesbians, closeted corporate lesbians and in-your-face Daughters of Bilitis.

In the 1960s, johnston’s voice began a movement and a tectonic shift within heteronormative feminism. At a time when no one was reclaiming queer or talking gender fluidity, jill johnston was a trailblazer, claiming, “All women can be lesbians.” She gave permission for women to run into the arms of the lesbian movement for which she was a visible — ribald and overtly sexual — spokeswoman.

Coming out in 2019, the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, is now commonplace — a married gay man is running for president and a dozen members of Congress are openly gay or bisexual.

But when jill johnston came out in her Village Voice column, it was incendiary. Every week she flooded her column with words and images no one had seen in print before, except in books that had been banned.

Johnston began writing for the Village Voice in 1959 as a dance critic, but her work evolved and she melded her reporting and criticism with personal interpolations. She became both critic and performance artist. Her columns, written in all lower case letters and with only sporadic punctuation, had the look, feel and sound of something urgent — something ready to erupt.

She wrote of that time, “As the combustible sixties progressed, writing itself, such as collage-like assemblages of ‘found’ sentences, increasingly devoured the space allotted to me for the review of works by artists and choreographers. The Voice was collusive in this subversion, ultimately altering my status to that of columnist. Now I was a chronicler of my own life, by sixties standards perhaps not too egregiously adventurous and experimental, but in a newspaper in full public view, in the most fractured Dada style of work I had admired as a critic — a rather wild spectacle in those woolly times.”

She said her “subjects expanded to include the feminist politics and activism of the late sixties/early seventies,” but that her “contempt for authority often seemed unserviceable for serious political rhetoric.”

Johnston was on the verge of coming out on the pages of the newspaper. Something for which there was no template.

Something which demanded a new rubric — and yet there was none. So she created it.

“Awakened to my life in the mid-sixties, I was seized by a new ambition — more powerful in its way than my first. Not, as it may seem, to write about my life, i.e., in any diarist or memoirist sense, but rather to address my story. The life I had awakened to was my story, my origins, which in my case were fairly unusual, now seemingly impossible to ignore.”

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Wicker, one of the first LGBTQ-rights picketers in the country; John James, who participated in Philadelphia’s Annual Reminders from 196569; Susan Silverman, part of original LGBTQrights group Gay Liberation Front; and Mark Segal, also an original member of GLF, president of local LGBTQ philanthropy group dmhFUND and Philadelphia Gay News publisher.

The Pennsylvania Senate formally recognized Segal for his community activism spanning back to Stonewall.

“It is because of the fierce advocates, the

In the days and years immediately following Stonewall, people who could not name any other lesbian in America could name johnston. If Gloria Steinem was the face of mainstream feminism, johnston was the face of in-your-face Stonewall Rebellion-style lesbianism. She was a lesbian separatist with a mainstream newspaper platform promoting subversion.

Her columns were bulletins from the front lines of the battle against heteronormativity and patriarchy. Weekly she fomented something that should have been perceived as dangerous. That she wrote in a mainstream newspaper, “until all women are lesbians, there will be no true political revolution,” during the politically incendiary 1960s and ’70s is stunning.

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In 1973, johnston published “Lesbian Nation,” a collection of essays culled in part from her Village Voice column. It was just four years after Stonewall, and the book’s title quickly became part of a popular lexicon of hip metaphor and gay subtext. Its essays included “Lois Lane was a Lesbian,” “There Wasn’t a Dyke in the Land” and “Amazons and Archdykes.”

In the early days of gay liberation, women were reclaiming dyke the way people have reclaimed queer now. The book has largely been forgotten, but at the time it was written, “Lesbian Nation” was essential queer reading.

In the early 1970s, feminism was splintering into straight and lesbian. In “Lesbian Nation,” johnston elucidates her vision of what that means, explaining why women needed to make a complete break from men and the male-dominated capitalist system.

Mainstream feminists were already purging lesbians from the ranks of NOW (National Organization for Women) and other feminist groups because straight feminists didn’t want feminism associated with “man hating” and lesbianism.

Johnston wrote that female heterosexuality was a form of collaboration with patriarchy, which meant straight feminists were in bed with the oppressor – something other lesbian writers were also saying, but none on the pages of a weekly newspaper in New York City.

Johnston was an activist. She made out with women in public at literary forums as a sort of performance art, showing that queer women didn’t have to hide. The days of hiding were over, johnston explained. She had presaged groups like ACT UP and Queer Nation by more than a decade.

Johnston’s often-outrageous statements made those in the

brave advocates seen at Stonewall … that we are a more inclusive, diverse and resilient city,” Mayor Jim Kenney told the crowd at Penn’s Landing. “Philadelphia celebrates its diversity and we’re proud to stand with our LGBTQ communities. We’ll continue to fly Philly’s own more-color Pride flag and advocate for everyone, especially those who have been marginalized.”

Kenney then took a strike at national leaders, which was greeted with cheers. He said the progress of the last 50 years is “in jeopardy because of the crackpot in the White House and

feminist hierarchy, like Betty Friedan (Friedan called Johnston “the biggest enemy of the movement”) acutely uncomfortable.

Johnston’s outrageousness was never more keenly on display than during the now-notorious literary panel she disrupted at New York’s Town Hall in 1971 — two years after Stonewall.

“Dialogue on Women’s Liberation” was later detailed in a documentary, “Town Bloody Hall,” directed by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker. A group of staid feminist lions — the critic Diana Trilling, NY NOW president Jacqueline Ceballos, feminist writer Germaine Greer and Johnston — took on Norman Mailer and his recently released anti-feminist treatise, “The Prisoner of Sex,” in which Mailer addressed the role of feminism on male-female relationships. Like the tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs that would happen in 1973, Mailer was utterly outmatched. The event had been widely publicized and many New York heavyweights were in attendance, like Susan Sontag and johnston’s nemesis, Betty Friedan.

Johnston had already angered hetero feminists by jumping into a pool, topless, at a NOW fundraising event. She used the town hall event to bring her guerilla feminism to a larger audience. On stage johnston said, “All women are lesbians except those who don’t know it yet.” Then she and two women simulated lesbian sex on the floor of the stage, prompting Mailer to plead, “Come on, Jill, be a lady!”

Johnston’s activism was groundbreaking. She later wrote about the event, and Mailer’s own biographer noted that the Town Hall evening was “one of the most singular intellectual events of the time and a landmark in the emergence of feminism.”

To our post-Stonewall era audience, johnston’s writing may seem normative, but 50 years ago it was revolutionary. Johnston proclaimed every week that heterosexuality was unnecessary. She wrote: “Many feminists are now stranded between their personal needs and their political persuasions. The lesbian is the woman who unites the personal and political in the struggle to free ourselves from the oppressive institution [of marriage] …. By this definition lesbians are in the vanguard of the resistance.”

Some lesbians referred to themselves as “gay” to differentiate themselves from the women who followed johnston, while straight feminists distanced themselves from her and her antimale rhetoric.

She published more books after “Lesbian Nation” and was a book critic for The New York Times and an art critic for Art in America. She, who had been so bawdy and written about her sexual exploits, married her partner of 30 years, Ingrid Nyeboe.

Jill johnston was a pivotal, provocative feminist figure in women’s and lesbian liberation. She spoke openly and passionately about her lesbian sexuality at a time when no one had done so — when in fact, lesbians were presented as prudish women in sexless Boston marriages. She recounted days of lovemaking with more than one woman, and in writing about these experiences for a mainstream newspaper, she proclaimed that lesbians were having sex without men and it was spectacular.

Jill johnston would be 90 had she lived to see Stonewall 50.

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his homophobic vice president [trying] to turn back the clock to the days before the ’60s.”

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro also addressed the festival crowd. “Today is a day about love and about affirmation, and today we affirm loud and clear that love is love,” he said.

Gov. Tom Wolf said that while he’s proud of Pennsylvania’s progress on LGBTQ rights, more is left to accomplish.

“It is so wrong that Pennsylvania, a place founded on tolerance, inclusion and fairness, should be one of the states without nondiscrim-

ination,” he told festival attendees. “Let us finish the work [the LGBTQ pioneers] started and bring those bills across the finish line.”

Awards were presented to various 2019 PrideDay Parade winners, including GALAEI for Best Nonprofit Group, Refuse Fascism for Best Statement, Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus for Best Performance, Hard Rock Cafe for Best Float and the Road to Stonewall float as winner in the Best Stonewall 50 category.

The annual event drew crowds from throughout the region and of varying identities and orientations.

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U.S. citizenship held hostage for the children of same-sex marriages The landmark Supreme Court ruling in qualify for automatic citizenship. The requireObergefell v Hodges granted marriage equality ment, according to the State Department, is to all couples, regardless of gender, stating that five years. This completely ignores the fact that same-sex couples “…ask for equal dignity in the U.S.-born Mize is also her father and is on the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them Simone’s birth certificate. Because Mize is not that right. …It is so ordered.” biologically related, Simone’s certification as a But for some same-sex couples, the rights U.S. citizen has been denied. granted to them under the Constitution are under The State Department’s policy hinges on the attack from all angles, and partic1952 Immigration and Nationality ularly in regards to the citizenship Act, an outdated piece of legisstatus of their children. The U.S. lation that does not address sciState Department is withholding citentific breakthroughs for medicalizenship from a handful of children ly-assisted birth or the legality of born abroad to same-sex parents. same-sex relationships. The State For James Derek Mize, a U.S. Department’s policy concerning born American, and his husband, assisted reproductive technology Jonathan Gregg, a British-born man wasn’t written until the 1990s and whose U.S. citizenship was granted includes language for “blood relathrough his American mother, they tionships” in certain cases. The rule face uncertainty for their daughis intended to ensure children born ter. The couple’s path to parentabroad have sufficient connection hood came about through surrogacy, to the U.S. to qualify for citizenwherein the woman who carried Angela ship. their daughter, Simone, donated the If Mize and Gregg’s marriage Giampolo were egg, which was fertilized by Gregg, being properly recognized, the British-born father. Gregg, who that connection is clear, regardless was raised in Britain, moved to America to be of how long Gregg has resided in the U.S. with Mize, and the couple was married in 2015, The State Department’s interpretation of that after same-sex marriage became the law of the rule also classifies children conceived with land. medically assistive reproduction technology as The letter they received denies Simone’s U.S. born “out of wedlock.” Aside from the insulting citizenship stating Gregg has not lived in the nature of such a designation, the practicality of U.S. long enough for his biological daughter to it raises the bar on documentation and additional

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steps required to secure citizenship.

“Out of wedlock” is not how opposite-sex couples are considered if they, like Gregg and Mize, require donor material to complete fertilization of an embryo. Say, for example, a heterosexual couple with U.S. citizenship status lives abroad, and they learn the unfortunate news that the husband does not have viable sperm. They choose to have a child with donor sperm, and their baby is born in England. All other things being equal to the Gregg-Mize family, including the length of time the wife has lived the U.S. at the time of citizenship application, the resulting baby would not be considered conceived “out of wedlock.” Their baby would be granted U.S. citizenship because that couple’s marriage is never in question as valid. There is no “out of wedlock” designation, and therefore, no elevated criteria to meet with the State Department.

Therein lies the discrimination.

Gregg and Mize are not the only couple facing this discrimination. Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks married in Canada in 2010, and their twin sons, Aiden and Ethan, were born in Canada via surrogate in 2016, with their fathers contributing biologically to one child each.

Andrew is a U.S. citizen, while Elad has Israeli citizenship. The couple decided in 2017 to move to the Los Angeles area to be closer to Andrew’s family, and applied for their children’s U.S. citizenship. Only one twin, the one biologically related to Andrew, was granted a U.S. certification, while the other, biologically related to

Elad, was denied.

The couple knew something wasn’t quite right when, after the twins were born, they went to the U.S. Embassy in Toronto to certify the children’s citizenship and were told they had to provide DNA for testing.

The Dvash-Banks family sued the State Department, and the 9th Circuit Court held that the twin initially denied citizenship should be recognized as a citizen since birth. Judge John F. Walter ruled that federal law does not require a child born to married parents to have a biological connection to both parents.

Ethan was only allowed to enter the U.S. on a tourist visa, which expired in December of 2018. When the family sued, he was living undocumented in California, a status that caused his parents a significant amount of stress.

Beyond the fear of their child being deported, they dealt with the inconsistencies every day.

Daycare enrollment was difficult, as was filing taxes without Ethan possessing a social security number. Judge Walter lifted that burden in his ruling, requiring the State Department to issue Ethan a U.S. passport.

Despite issuing the child’s passport, the State Department has appealed the ruling. The couple’s attorney and executive director of Immigration Equality, Aaron Morris, says the appeal is a direct denial of their rights as a married couple. “The government’s decision to try to strip Ethan of his citizenship is unconstitutional, discriminatory PAGE 20

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Chris Bartlett, executive director of William 2017 interview. “I’m actually working on a Way, said Austin was a “tremendous leader.” resource guide with everything from the signif- “He was a transformative character,” he said. icance of pronouns to a list of organizations all “Not just in what he did, but in who he was as a person. ...The love and the joy and the on a card they can carry.”

Austin worked as an adjunct instructor of passion that he exhibited as a person and as a cultural diversity at the Penn State Justice human being was so powerful.” and Safety Institute from 2014-15. He earned Terrell Green met Austin in 2005 while the a bachelor’s in administration of justice from two attended Central High School. Austin was Rosemont College in 2018 and was pursuing a his best friend and “changed [his] life,” Green master of public administration at West Chester said, noting Austin helped him through his father’s death.

University of Pennsylvania.

Amber Hikes, executive director of the “[Austin] was one of the best people I have LGBT Office of Affairs, wrote on Facebook ever met in my life. ...[He was] such a light she was “destroyed and heartbroken” by the and he was always pushing me to be a better person,” Green added. news of Austin’s death.

Philadelphia is a In his honor, City Hall’s better city because of rainbow flag is being Austin, said Valdes, flown at half staff. who was Austin’s “Our beautiful Dante partner for almost was a powerful force and three years. a loving friend, beloved “I didn’t know that by our communities and I didn’t know what by me personally,” Hikes love is until I met wrote. “We will be feelhim,” Valdes added. ing the devastation of “I didn’t learn what this loss in every corlove is just through ner of our work, celethe way he treated me bration and love. It is as his partner, but... nearly impossible to put through the way he into words how much he interacted with nieces meant to all of us.” and nephews, his “Dante worked tiremom and the commulessly, always, to lift up the most marginal- Dante Austin at the 2018 Delaware nity.”

The “tremenized among us, to secure Valley Legacy Fund HEROES loss” in safety and protection for Awards Brunch, where he won the dous Austin’s death “colthe most vulnerable, and Individual Hero award.

Photo: Kelly Burkhardt ors” the upcoming to serve his community Pride weekend, said with unparalleled dedication and a warmth and generosity that Michael Grosberg, who served on the board moved so many of us,” the LGBT Office of of Delaware Valley Legacy Fund for eight Affairs later said in a statement. “Dante’s leg- years — two alongside Austin. acy is one of boldness, bravery, compassion, “It certainly gives this weekend a blasé and an unfailing commitment to a kinder and lull,” Grosberg said. “We look at Pride as a more just world for all. As we move forward celebration, but it reminds us that just 50 years in mourning and honoring our friend and ago, it did start as a riot. colleague, may we cherish and celebrate the For Valdes, the best way to uphold ways he changed us, improved our city and Austin’s legacy is to remember how much he “despised injustice.” protected and saved lives.”

The William Way LGBT Community “We move on from this by spreading awareCenter held a grief support gathering and ness about mental health, ending the stigma,” vigil for Austin Friday afternoon, followed Valdes told PGN. “Particularly in certain proby peer counseling sessions for community fessions like law enforcement.” members. Dozens attended the gathering, Austin’s funeral is scheduled for noon including Hikes and Councilman Derek Saturday at the Church of St. Luke and the Green. Some took to a podium to speak Epiphany on 13th Street near Pine. Those who knew him are welcome from 9-11 a.m. n about their memories with Austin.

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This was the second consecutive Pride for North Philadelphian Skye Wilson, 21, who identifies as bisexual. She said she’s at her “strongest and my gayest during this month” and especially during the public celebration.

“We go through so much 365 days out of the year, but then this is one day where everybody can feel comfortable and feel like they’re among their own people,” Wilson said. “So many times people just go to work, they don’t really tell anybody about their life, friends or family, and then they come here and they can really be who they are. It’s definitely important to have that one day.”

For Hanover resident Levi Ginter, a 24-yearold transman, the highlight of Pride is seeing how it becomes ever more inclusive.

The event is especially valuable because it supports younger members of the LGBTQ community, he added. “[It’s] continuing to let youth know as they grow up, and even those who are older who spent their lives being told otherwise, that there are people out there that are supportive and there are options. There’s healthcare, there’s everything available to you. You just have to look in the right places.”

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International London police arrest fifth suspect in attack on lesbian couple Police in London have arrested a fifth suspect on suspicion of punching two women on a bus because they are lesbians.

Authorities didn’t identify the victims in the May 30 attack, but Melania Geymonat posted an image on her Facebook page showing her bloodied face and that of her girlfriend’s.

Geymonat said in the post that they were on the upper deck of the bus when a gang of “hooligans” demanded that they kiss. The women tried to reason with them, but the incident escalated.

Police said June 8 all of suspects are 15-18 years old.

Detective Superintendent Andy Cox said that while attacks like this are rare on London buses, extra uniformed and plain-clothes officers will be on patrol this weekend to offer reassurance.

Warsaw’s pride parade comes amid fears and threats in Poland Thousands of people are expected to join Central and Eastern Europe’s largest gay pride parade in Warsaw at a time when Poland is divided over the demand for LGBT rights.

U.S., Canadian and other Western diplomats will continue a recent tradition of joining the colorful Equality Parade on June 8 to show their support for what is considered a basic human right in many places. The Warsaw mayor will also take part for the first time.

While many Poles in Warsaw and other cities have grown increasingly supportive of gay rights, a backlash is also underway.

In recent months, officials from the rightwing ruling party, including party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, have portrayed the LGBT rights movement as a threat to families and children.

Court convicts three Germans of beating gay man to death A court in the eastern German city of Chemnitz has convicted three men of manslaughter over the killing of a 27-year-old gay man.

The Chemnitz regional court on June 7 sentenced 26-year-old Terenc H. to 14 years in prison and 22-year-olds Stephan H. and Jens

H. to 11 years each.

The men’s surnames weren’t released for privacy reasons.

The defendants were accused of brutally beating Christopher W. on a railroad yard in the nearby town of Aue last year.

A gay rights group, LAG Queer Network Saxony, criticized the court for failing to sufficiently recognize the role the defendants’ far-right and homophobic views played in the killing.

Jerusalem pride draws thousands of gay revelers and police Thousands of people marched through the streets of Jerusalem June 6 in the city’s annual gay pride parade, a festival that exposes deep divisions between Israel’s secular and Jewish ultra-Orthodox camps.

Some 10,000 revelers waving rainbow and Israeli flags joined the procession Thursday, as thousands of police officers in plain clothes and uniform patrolled the crowd.

The gay community’s visibility in conservative Jerusalem tends to draw protest from the city’s substantial Orthodox population.

Many ultra-Orthodox Jews reject the public display of homosexuality as an “abomination” that desecrates the biblical city and flouts Jewish law.

Police said they arrested 17 suspects who planned to disrupt the event, including a man carrying a knife near the parade route. At the 2015 march, an ultra-Orthodox extremist stabbed a 16-year-old girl to death.

Hong Kong court: Denying same-sex spousal benefits unlawful Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal said June 6 the government cannot deny spousal employment benefits to samesex couples, in a ruling hailed as a major step forward for same-sex equality in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

The court overturned an earlier judgment, saying unanimously that denying same-sex couples access to spousal benefits is unlawful.

“It follows therefore that the `prevailing views of the community on marriage’ ... even if this can confidently be gauged in the first place, are simply not relevant to a consideration of the justification exercise,” the ruling said.

Although same-sex marriage is not recognized in Hong Kong, the Court of Final Appeal ruled last year that the same-sex partner of a British expatriate married abroad was entitled to equal visa treatment under immigration law.

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Media Trail Panic at D.C. Pride parade sends people running, some injured Newsweek reported officials in Washington, D.C., said several people were injured after a panic at the LGBTQ Pride parade sent people running through the streets of the nation’s capital.

It happened June 8 near Dupont Circle, where hundreds of people gathered to celebrate.

Kevin Donahue, the deputy mayor for public safety, tweeted: “There are injuries from people running from what they thought were gunshots. But there is NO ACTIVE SHOOTER at Dupont Circle.”

Dustin Sternbeck, a police spokesman, said police recovered a gun in a backpack, but he said no gunshots were fired and no one was shot.

A fire department spokesman said emergency medical personnel tended to people who were injured as people ran away from the scene. He could not immediately provide any additional information about the number of victims or the extent of their injuries.

Rainbow crosswalks installed in Chicago’s ‘Boystown’ area The Chicago Tribune reported more than a dozen crosswalks are to be painted rainbow colors in Chicago’s “Boystown” area for June’s LGBT pride activities.

The Northalsted Business Alliance expects the crosswalks to be finished in time for Pride Fest on June 22 and 23 and the Chicago Pride Parade on June 30. The 14 crosswalks are being installed along Halsted Street in the Lakeview neighborhood on the city’s North Side. Alliance officials said their money and donations are funding the $60,000 cost.

Alderman Tom Tunney called Halsted Street “a tourist destination all over the country.” He said, “we want to be sure this historic street remains welcoming to the LGBT community.”

The crosswalks are made of thermoplastic polyurethane pavers. They join 20 rainbow pylons also along Halsted Street.

Detroit Pride parade interrupted by neo-Nazi group The Detroit Pride parade on June 8 was reportedly interrupted by a group of white nationalists carrying weapons and performing Nazi salutes.

The arrival of members from the National Socialist Movement (NSM) sparked outrage at the annual march.

Images circulating on social media appeared to show a white nationalist ripping apart a rainbow flag and another urinating on an Israeli flag.

The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the NSM as one of the largest neo-Nazi organizations in the country.

The Motor City Pride Parade was expected to draw 40,000 attendees and is the largest Pride Month event in Michigan, according to the event’s Facebook page.

No one was reported as injured from the event and there was no clash between the white nationalist group and participants in the Pride parade.

Connecticut lawmakers move to ban ‘gay panic defense’ The Washington Post reported criminal defendants in Connecticut may be barred from claiming as their sole legal defense that they panicked after learning about their victim’s sexual orientation.

The House of Representatives approved legislation June 4 preventing defendants from using the so-called “gay panic defense,” blaming a violent reaction on discovering a victim’s actual or perceived sex, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. It includes if the victim made an unwanted, non-forcible romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant.

The legislation already cleared the Senate and moves to the governor.

Democratic Rep. Raghib Allie-Brennan of Bethel noted the “gay panic defense” was used in the case of Matthew Shepard, the college student beaten to death by two men in Wyoming in 1998.

He said the legislation is important given the increase in hate crimes.

Mayor who posted about ‘killing out’ gays has posted apology WBRC-TV reported a rural Alabama mayor who posted online about “killing out” gay and transgender people has posted an apology, after initially denying he was responsible.

Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers complained on Facebook that “homosexuals lecture us on morals” and “transvestites lecture us on human biology.” He also complained about “baby killers” and “socialists.”

Chambers wrote: “The only way to change it would be to kill the problem out.’’

The station reported Chambers on June 3 denied writing the comment and then said it was taken out of context. Then he said it was meant to be a private message.

In a post June 4, Chambers said he’s sorry for suggesting anyone should be killed and did not intend to target the LGBTQ community.

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and morally reprehensible.” He also says this is a matter of settled law, that the 9th Circuit Court has already established that citizenship may pass from married parent to child regardless of biological relation.

The next step is oral arguments in front of the full panel of the 9th Circuit Court, further putting the family through the wringer. In the meantime, Ethan’s passport remains valid, and he is a U.S. citizen.

Legal experts have called the State Department’s interpretation of the law a mismatch of immigration and family law, saying it runs counter not only to the societal understanding of marriage, but also the legal understanding of parenthood. During arguments, the State Department defends the policy by saying officials are required to investigate all assisted reproductive citizenship cases, regardless of the sex of the parents, and that biological proof of relationships are often required of opposite-sex couples, as well.

Advocates disagree, stating the State Department puts undue burden on same-sex couples. For Gregg and Mize, that burden is clear.

Both men are U.S. citizens, and yet, in the eyes of the State Department, that isn’t good enough.

So Simone travels back and forth to Britain with her fathers to keep her tourist visa valid. Because without it, her legal status is in limbo, as is the case with an untold number of other families whose children do not meet the exacting criteria the “out of wedlock” designation requires.

In Obergefell, birth certificates were specifically listed among the “government rights, benefits, and responsibilities” that accompany marriage in all its symbolic and material recognition of the institution, and in the 2017 case of Pavan v Smith, SCOTUS ruled that states may not treat same-sex couples differently from opposite-sex couples in the issuance of birth certificates.

It stands to reason, by extension, that marriage equality also grants citizenship status for same-sex couples and their children as it would opposite-sex couples and their children. The State Department’s rules do not follow this logic, and as such, violate the 14th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution, the foundation on which Obergefell rests. For these families in limbo, the fight is excruciating.

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since she came out as trans.

“It’s my first one since I’ve been out and on estrogen and actually finally living how I want to,” the South Jersey resident said. “It’s nice to finally just be out and enjoy being around everyone and being around people who support you and don’t care who you want to sleep with or who you identify as.”

Sweeney’s friend, Brittany Howell, 28, added that orientation or identity shouldn’t be an issue.

“We’re all humans,” she said. “We’re all the same people, and it should just continue to be that way.” n

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Chilling doc about LGBT persecution during Cold War

By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor Josh Howard’s compelling documentary, “The Lavender Scare,” adapted from David K. Johnson’s book, chronicles the federal government’s persecution of gays and lesbians during the Cold War. The film, narrated by Glenn Close, mixes interviews, photographs, archival footage and film clips, as well as reenactments, to present a handful of case studies of men and women who were impacted by the 1953 Eisenhower law that allowed LGBT people to be fired from government jobs because they were deemed potential risks to national security.

As Howard’s film ably shows, there were no cases of any gay men or lesbians betraying their country. However, the law remained in effect until 1995, when President Clinton reversed it.

“The Lavender Scare” unfolds in three acts: setting the historical stage; showing the impact of the law in denying rights to American citizens; and the efforts of Frank Kameny, dubbed the “(Grand)father of the Gay Rights Movement,” to combat the injustice.

Howard features scenes of Kameny — voiced by out gay actor David Hyde Pierce — writing letters that establish his personal feelings and activist position. These moments are encouraging, but they are juxtaposed with stories of victims like Madeleine Tress — voiced by out actor Cynthia Nixon — who describe the demeaning interviews and the campaigns FBI agents and investigators waged to identify and remove gays and lesbians from their jobs.

Historical observations and commentaries in the film from interviewees such as John D’Emilio and Lillian Faderman provide context to these cases of men and women who were forced to live a double life. Many individuals were asked to inform on coworkers.

As the numbers of “victims” rose in Washington, D.C., the harassment trickled down to the local level as police raided gay bars and lesbian establishments, rounding up innocent LGBTs and publishing their names in the newspapers, effectively ending their careers and destroying their lives.

“The Lavender Scare” is quite chilling as it illustrates these horrifying moments in U.S. history. But Howard offers moments of optimism, such as the diary entry by a young man named Ladd Forrester, who

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FRANK KAMENY LEADS A PICKET LINE IN FRONT OF INDEPENDENCE HALL IN PHILADELPHIA ON JULY 4, 1965. FORTY ACTIVISTS JOINED THE PROTEST, MAKING IT THE LARGEST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION FOR LGBT RIGHTS IN WORLD HISTORY AT THAT TIME. moved to the nation’s capital for work and was tearfully joyous at the sight of men dancing together at a party. Likewise, when World War 2 broke out, many gay men and lesbians had the unexpected opportunity to socialize with each other.

One interviewee, Joan Cassidy, talks at length about her career in the military and how she had to keep her sexual orientation a secret. She expresses heartfelt regret at having had to turn down a chance at becoming an admiral for fear of being outed.

An even bigger tragedy is the case of Drew Ference, a young man who worked in the Foreign Service in Paris and had a “roommate” named Bob. Drew’s letters to his family, read by out actor T.R. Knight, are discussed in the film by his brother and niece, who remember him fondly. They recount their shock when Drew is disgraced and subsequently takes drastic action after he’s identified as a gay man.

Howard lets his subjects’ words display the negative effects of the law, which used the fear of communism to target homosexuals. For instance, Carl Rizzi, who served in the Navy and worked for the United States Postal Service, was harassed for being in a drag show and had his livelihood threatened.

Other men, the film shows, were given

undesirable discharges from the military and asked to name five homosexuals when interrogated by authorities. These scenes generate righteous anger from viewers.

However, “The Lavender Scare” also presents the inspiring story of Kameny, who pushed back as the president and cofounder of the Washington branch of gay-activist organization Mattachine Society. Through extensive letter-writing campaigns as well as picketing, he forced the government to alter its discriminatory practices.

When Kameny takes the case of Jamie Shoemaker, a linguist at the National Security Agency targeted for being gay, he helps Shoemaker retain his security clearance and ushers in a new era of LGBT rights.

“The Lavender Scare” ends on a hopeful note as positive outcomes in several lives portrayed in the film are revealed.

Howard has presented a history of gay rights that predates Stonewall, which is also featured. It’s a history that deserves to be learned, especially at a time when the LGBTQ-plus population faces threats to its dignity and when livelihoods are still vulnerable. n “The Lavender Scare” will air on PBS June 18 at 9 p.m.

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AJ Hess: Sharing a life of service Most of us were taught as children how to behave in society, including how to share. AJ Hess took that lesson to heart into adulthood — and parlayed it into a lifestyle and a career.

Manager of the West Philadelphia Mariposa Food Co-op, Hess has worked in the cooperative business for almost 20 years. In addition, the gender-nonconforming parent has fostered multiple children.

PGN: Where did you grow up?

AJH: I grew up in South Fork, Pennsylvania. It’s a small town in the middle of the state, in the middle of nowhere.

PGN: Ah, the place James Carville referred to as “Pennsyltucky.”

AJH: Pretty much. I’ve lived all over working in co-ops for the past 20 years or so. I was in New Orleans before here, Seattle before that, Richmond, Virginia; Carrboro, North Carolina; Portland, Oregon; Durham, North Carolina; all around, working with natural food stores and co-ops.

PGN: What drew you to this business?

AJH: I went vegan in, I think it was about 1997.

PGN: Before it was hip.

AJH: Yes, before it was hip to be vegan. I was living in North Carolina and working at a natural food store and a friend of mine told me about the local co-op, The People’s Intergalactic Food Conspiracy. I started volunteering there, and from there I learned about co-ops and cooperative economics and the negative effects that corporations have on small businesses, especially cooperative businesses, but mom-andpop shops too. From that point on, I was done with any type of corporate entity and I knew that co-ops, and specifically natural-food co-ops, were where I wanted to be.

PGN: Can you give me a definition or description of what co-op means?

AJH: Sure, sure, I can certainly do that. There are multiple kinds of co-ops: There are worker co-ops, consumer co-ops, producer co-ops. Here at Mariposa, we are a consumer co-op.

The idea of consumer co-ops is that a group of people start talking and realize that they need something in their area. Often it’s a grocery store, but it can be any number of things, like REI, the camping-equipment store, which is a cooperative. So people get together and say, “We really need this here, but I can’t do it by myself, but if we do it and 10 of our friends join

in, and we all invest small amounts of money, we can build this thing that we all need.” It’s a beautiful way for the community to pull together and pool resources. Farmer co-ops are really great examples of how it works, especially in rural areas where shipping is a huge cost for them. But when they do it together instead of each one having to spend separate money for advertising and shipping and packaging, and distributors, they’re able to do it and negotiate as a group for the benefit of everyone. And if one farmer is not doing well, the other farms can kind of make up for that too, to help them get through, and everyone shares in the wealth.

PGN: What’s one of the most damaging things the corporate-modeled stores are doing?

AJH: There’s good and bad. For those of us who have been involved in the natural-foods movement for a long time, one of the main goals was to get access to healthy and organic foods and to reduce the damage of factory farms and mono-agriculture. Getting food that hadn’t been sprayed with pesticides was almost impossible, but now you can find organic foods almost anywhere — your grocery store, your big-box stores. So in that way, it’s a huge win. However, what has come because of that is that many co-ops are closing. Many of the natural-food stores are going out of business because now you can just order stuff online or go to most grocery stores for it. It’s a double-edged sword. We are achieving the goal that we set out to do and have raised awareness about the importance of natural foods and, in some ways, it’s been so successful that it’s putting us out of business. We’re doing pretty well, thankfully, but many co-ops are going out of business.

PGN: I imagine most co-ops start out as all-volunteer. How has this one grown?

AJH: Yes, Mariposa started off down the street in a much smaller place with a staff of about nine people. Now, we’re in a much larger location and we have a staff of about 50 — many of them full-time, and we’re able to pay decent wages. And we’ve been able to support a number of different access programs to help provide healthy food in our community. People can become members and working members and have a chance to share in what we’re doing.

PGN: With a utensil in the name of your hometown, you might have been

destined for the food business. Tell me a little about growing up in South Fork.

AJH: [Laughing] I guess so. The only other options in that area were pretty much coal mining or steel work.

PGN: Who’s in your family and were any of them in those fields?

AJH: My grandfather was a steel worker; one of my great-grandfathers was a coal minor who died of black lung like so many did back then. My dad worked on truck shipping docks when I was a kid. But then he went to school and became an accountant, which is where I got my love of math, and my mom works in administration.

Some of my family members worked in factories, sewing factories, etc.

There used to be a lot of manufacturing along with the mills and mines,

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baseball cards on the porch and played basketball in the park.

PGN: Give me a description of the town. Were the neighbors nearby or down the road?

AJH: It was a small mining town so the houses all looked the same and were built close together, but there weren’t many of them. I’d say maybe about 1,000 people in the town. I was just back there recently and it was kind of terrifying to see how steep it was, with the town basically just pitched in an area cut into the side of a mountain. It was beautiful with all the surrounding trees and the tracks for the trains that used to ship the coal winding around. [Chuckles] Growing up, I thought it was the greatest place ever, until I got old enough to know better.

PGN: When did you have your first crush, and when did you act on a crush?

AJH: Probably kindergarten. In middle school, I started to realize what was going on, but it did not feel safe to come out. This was before there was any kind of representation in the media or in pop culture at all, so it wasn’t until I was 16 in high school that I finally came out.

PGN: That’s still pretty young.

AJH: Yeah. It was terrifying, but I couldn’t not come out. I told my best friend and she responded by telling me she thought she was bisexual. So we were able to come out together.

It was awesome. I had my first girlfriend at 17, so she had to come out too, and it was definitely met with challenges. We were not allowed to go to prom together because the school decided that same-sex couples were not allowed.

but most of [the industry has] closed down now. I have an older brother, and we had a pretty typical small-town upbringing, but I couldn’t wait to get out of there. It wasn’t easy coming out in the ’90s at my high school. I was ready to get out by the time I was 14.

When I did, I was very fortunate to get to move around a lot and see so many places working in co-ops across the country.

PGN: Sadly, that seems to be still happening today. So, fast-forward, what brought you back to Pennsylvania?

AJH: I was living in New Orleans, and I had a kid. I still have that kid. I’ve also been a foster parent. I’ve fostered almost 20 children, but I really wanted my daughter to know her grandparents.

They now live in Reading, so I wanted to come back to this area. This job came up and it was the perfect opportunity, and here I am three years later.

PGN: So what did you do as a kid for fun in South Fork?

AJH: I’d hang out with my brother and his friends and other kids in the neighborhood. I played baseball and softball from the time I was 4 until about 22.

Pretty normal childhood. We traded

PGN: What are some of the challenges of being a foster parent?

AJH: Honestly, it’s not easy. The whole system is flawed, because much of it is privatized. Until recently, there were religious groups running the services who PAGE 34

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Whitman, Wilde and 40-plus years of LGBTQ activism

By Gary L. Day PGN Contributor When the artistic director of the “Whitman at 200” program approached Tom Wilson Weinberg about contributing a show to the program commemorating the iconic poet’s 200th birthday, the local out songwriter was ready.

It just so happened that Wilson Weinberg had already outlined such a concept — a musical called “Oscar Visits Walt,” based on a real account of Oscar Wilde, on his first lecture tour of the USA, meeting with the famous American poet.

“I had always been fascinated by the fact that Wilde came to America at age 27, before he had written any of his famous work. He wanted to meet Walt Whitman. I thought that would make an interesting little two-character musical,” recounted Wilson Weinberg.

“I did some research, but then set it aside to work on something else.

When I was approached by my friend with Whitman at 200, I dug it out.” “[Whitman and Wilde] met privately, you know,” he added. “There’s been a lot written about their meeting, but no one was there. So, I felt I could do with it what I would — so long as I kept both men in character. I must say, I’ve never had a collaboration with such good lyricists before, as I’m using Oscar’s and Walt’s own words and adapting them to lyrics. I even had the audacity to rewrite some of their words to fit into my songs.”

Wilson Weinberg is perhaps best known for his first musical act, “The Ten Percent Revue,” which made its debut in Boston in 1985, directed by the then-unknown Lea DeLaria. It premiered in Philadelphia in 1987 at

Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5 and had a subsequent revival at Society Hill Playhouse.

Many additional productions took place around the country, to largely positive reviews from such mainstream press outlets as The New York Times and The Washington Post.

“There’s no question that ‘Ten Percent’ is the most commercially successful project I’ve done,” said Wilson Weinberg, adding he was surprised by the show’s success. “I didn’t know

THE CAST OF “OSCAR VISITS WALT” WITH TOM WILSON WEINBERG what to expect that first time out. I didn’t know who was going to show up, and then all those reviews hit — and there it was.”

His follow-up revue, “Get Used To It!” was given a splashy Off-Broadway premiere by John Glines, the original producer of Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy.” While it also received positive press and did rather well at the box office, it didn’t come close to the

songwriter’s debut production.

“Yes, it was a bit disappointing,” Wilson Weinberg admitted. “I thought my work had improved with ‘Get Used To It!’ in terms of sophistication and maturity. But you never know ahead of time what will be popular.”

His first major foray into a historical two-handed story was “Eleanor & Hick,” an examination of the yearslong relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and journalist Lorena Hickock. The show established the subsequent career trajectory in which Wilson Weinberg found his niche: intimate two-character portraits often based on historical subjects or other people’s stories.

“Two-character stories seem to be what I’ve decided I want to do. I don’t mind being a small operator. I know it’s crazy, if you think about it, that I would spend over eight months preparing a show that might be seen by only a little over 100 people. But that seems to be what I’m happiest doing.

It’s less a matter of how many people see a show than how many people appreciate it — how many people get it.”

At this point, Wilson Weinberg said, he has some perspective about his career, regarding both his development as an artist and his work’s role in the greater LGBTQ-plus community. And “Oscar Visits Walt,” which is being performed at Giovanni’s Room, is enabling him to come full circle as a participant in Philadelphia’s gay cultural scene.

In 1973, before Wilson Weinberg became known as a songwriter, he was a cofounder of the original Giovanni’s Room on South Street, along with Ed Hermance and others.

His recent artistic work has centered

on his ongoing “Cabaret Verité” series at William Way LGBT Community Center, an event that also serves as a semiannual fundraiser for the center.

“I think I’ve gotten better as a songwriter, more sophisticated and mature,” said Wilson Weinberg. “I mean, some of that early stuff was pretty simplistic.

But in terms of the arc of my work, I’ve always been most influenced by queer politics. Each show that I’ve done reflects what’s been happening in our community at that moment. So, I’d like to think that the growth of my work reflects the growth of our community.”

In many ways, “Oscar Visits Walt,” which is being performed at Giovanni’s Room, is enabling Weinberg to come full circle as a participant in Philadelphia’s gay cultural scene.

In 1973, before he became known as a songwriter, Weinberg was one of the original volunteer founders of Giovanni’s Room on South Street, with Ed Hermance and others.

Weinberg was happy that Philly AIDS Thrift took over Giovanni’s Room upon Hermance’s retirement and that it has continued to thrive under their management. In fact, “Oscar Visits Walt” will be serving as a fundraiser for Philly AIDS Thrift.

Most of Weinberg’s recent work has centered on his ongoing “Cabaret Verité” series at the William Way LGBT Community Center, which serves as a semi-annual fundraiser for the Center. n “Oscar Visits Walt” will be performed upstairs at Philly AIDS Thrift Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St., on June 14 (sold out), June 15 at 7 p.m. and June 16 at 2 p.m. For ticket information, call 215923-2960 or visit queerbooks.com.

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are adulting. The “ABCDs” of The Hive are “alcohol, booze, chips and dick.” (The house is one-third women and one-third gay.)

Glynn introduces the major players: Mike and his boyfriend Shane; Ashley, a very attractive young woman; Matt, the guy Glynn is attracted to; and a bunch of others. Most of what they do all summer long is get drunk.

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1330 Walnut St. facebook.com/ boxersphl Sports bar with a TVs, pool table, brick pizza oven, sports specials

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Toasted Walnut Woody’s 1316 Walnut St. 215.546.8888 Festively lit women-owned bar complete with a “beer” pong table

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John Glynn’s memoir, “Out East,” set mainly in a Montauk share house in summer 2013, recounts the transformative period in the author’s life when he found himself attracted to men.

As this self-indulgent book reveals, Glynn felt an emotional (and, by extension, physical) connection to a young man named Matt — one of his 29 cohabitants of “The Hive,” the nickname of the communal house he stayed in that fateful summer.

Designed to be a beach read, Glynn’s book features short paragraphs that convey simple facts. He describes his love for his grandmother, Kicki, who passes away. (He really loved her!) He explains the route he takes from Manhattan to Montauk. (Where to transfer to save time.) He itemizes what he packs in his weekend duffel bag. (A bathing suit, T-shirts, etc.)

But little of this information is compelling. Should anyone who bothers to pick up “Out East” get distracted while reading it, they really won’t miss much.

The bulk of the book describes the manic antics of these wild and crazy 20-somethings at the house. They call it summer camp for adults, but few of them

There are descriptions of various bars and clubs they frequent in the Hamptons — The Mem, Sloppy Tuna’s, etc. — as well as what they drink: Tina Juice, Rocket Fuel, Transfusions. (The latter is vodka, ginger ale and grape juice.) They often “pregame” in the house by playing beer pong. Readers could get as drunk as the characters by taking a sip every time Glynn uses a version of the word “pregame.”

But reading about these privileged housemates drinking and having fun is not as interesting as the author seemed to think it might be. That’s because Glynn didn’t write about his friends in a way that makes them as interesting as he thinks they are.

Mike and Shane are experiencing tension in their relationship, especially when Mike starts spending time with a housemate named Parker. Ashley appears to be wise about relationships — she advises Glynn on the rules and laws of attraction — and ponders whether she should participate in a bikini contest. (Spoiler alert: She does!)

Glynn becomes infatuated with Matt, hanging out on the roof with him, sharing music, one’s hand touching the other’s arm … but there is little sense of their special emotional-spiritual connection.

“Out East” is best when the author writes about his feelings for Matt. (In contrast, reading about his anxiety about being lonely and fear of being unloved, while very real, is exhausting.) His description of how he misses Matt on the weekends they are not together, as being pulled by an undertow, is one of the few genuine moments in the book.

Glynn, grappling with his same-sex longings, is afraid to tell Matt how he feels about him. The author also tries several times to tell Mike about his crush and his sexuality, but often chickens out at the last minute. His cowardliness is relatable at first but becomes tiresome the third and fifth times.

The book may be helpful for queer youth to process their feelings — but it also can be seen as a guide for how not to behave.

Glynn and his friends are “hardwired for self-destruction.” He likens what transpires at The Hive to a real-life soap opera — which is hardly a profound observation. Alas, an episode of the low-rent “Jersey Shore” is arguably more dramatic and enlightening than this book.

When Glynn describes “morning therapy” — “the fizzy terrain between drunk and hungover” when the housemates lay talking — the reader gets a sense of the communality of their experience. Glynn writes: “Someone always came through with the perfect line.” But he never explains what that line was, or why it was perfect. Perhaps one just had to be there.

Hence, the greatest flaw in this veryflawed memoir is the author’s inability to take readers into the moments he tries to describe. n

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New brand for popular singer

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Out British singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan will trek across the pond to support her new studio album, “Today Was A Good Day.” Spraggan rose to national attention in the U.K. after competing on “The X Factor” in 2012 and performing afterward as an independent artist. For her new album, Spraggan signed with label Cooking Vinyl Records.

Previously, she organized her own tours and performed at high-profile music festivals like Glastonbury. She said that being on a label gives her more time to focus on being an artist.

“I just feel like I was doing a lot of

itics in the U.K., Spraggan said she’s optimistic.

“Speaking as a lesbian, I don’t know any young British lesbians who are in a ‘successful’ music situation. I don’t know any out older ones either. But I think things are changing.”

Spraggan spent the beginning of the year on the road in Europe and Scandinavia as the opener for Melissa Etheridge. She said that getting to work with a rock icon was a dream come true.

“It was incredible. She’s taken me under her wing and given me a lot of advice. It’s very surreal to work with someone and listen to advice from someone like that.”

Ironically, Spraggan is making the jump to record with a label at a time when established artists like Etheridge

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work [as an indie artist],” she said. “For the last seven years, I’ve been pushing and pushing and pushing. I feel that sometimes can drag you away from the writing and the creative side of things. I felt like I got to a glass ceiling and have done everything I could as an independent artist. It was a natural time to progress onto a label.”

Given the current political climate for the LGBT population in the USA, Spraggan was asked what made her want to pack her guitar and visit these shores.

“I’m trying to bloody escape my own country,” she replied. “It’s not exclusive to America at this moment. We’ve stumbled into some disturbing times, and I want to just be branching out. I want to understand all the different countries I go to better. I don’t meet anybody in the States who reflects the political movement that is happening at the moment.

So it’s very interesting.”

As far as the influence of identity pol-

Theater & Arts Arte Povera: Homage to Amalfi ’68 Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition recreating one artist’s reactionary exhibition against minimalism and pop art, through July, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.

Becky Robinson The comedian seen in “Wild N’ Out” performs June 21-22 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-4969001.

winner Paula Vogel’s critically acclaimed play with music, about the creation of the controversial Yiddish play “God of Vengeance,” through June 23, 40 N. Second St.; 215922-1122.

Jason Baumann The editor and contributor to “The Stonewall Reader” hosts a reading and Q&A, 7:30 p.m. June 20 at Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-5674341.

Legally Blonde: The Musical Walnut Street Theatre presents the musical adaptation of the hit

Oscar Visit s Walt Cabaret Vérité presents a musical about Oscar Wilde’s visits to Walt Whitman’s home in Camden in January and May of 1882, June 14-16 at Philly AIDS Thrift at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960.

Rachmaninoff And Mozart The Philadelphia Orchestra performs June 15-16 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-8931999.

The Second City: She The People Girlfriends’ Guide to Sisters Doing It for Themselves

A ‘PERRY’ SPECIAL EVENING: Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza creator, Perry Farrell, brings his eclectic new music project, Kind Heaven Orchestra, through Philly for an intimate performance, 8 p.m. June 18 at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St. For more information or tickets, call 215-222-1400.

are dispensing with labels and putting out new music independently.

“Everybody’s journey in this strange industry is different,” she said. “There’s a lot of advice that I can take from [Etheridge] because there’s a lot of similarities in the path. It’s nice to hear somebody who’s 30 years older that can really spell out things.”

When she isn’t on the road, Spraggan and her wife are foster mothers for children in need. She said her busy schedule has limited their efforts in recent years.

“We haven’t been able to do that as much as I would like. We actually just moved houses as well. Time, this year, has been absolutely insane. I haven’t stopped touring since September. So it’s hard to maintain a home life on its own.

It’s quite difficult.” n

Bernstein’s Candide The Philadelphia Orchestra performs June 20-22 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-8931999.

Lucy Spraggan performs 8 p.m. June 14 at The Locks at Sona, 4417 Main St. For more information, visit lucyspraggan.com.

Indecent Arden Theatre Company presents Pulitzer Prize

CATS Broadway Philadelphia presents the revival of the iconic musical, June 18-30 at Forrest Theatre, 1114 Walnut St.; 215-893-1999.

Funny Comedians (Who Happen To Be Women) The all-female comedian showcase, 8 p.m. June 19 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555.

comedy film about a SoCal sorority girl who becomes a law student, through July 14, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550.

Mimi Imfurst Presents Drag Diva Brunch Mimi Imfurst and special guests perform 11 a.m.-2 p.m. June 15 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555.

Minors Lantern Theater Company presents a compelling new work of musical theater that gives voice to the families who fought back against a corrupt political machine turning children into commodities, through June 30 at St. Stephen’s Theater, 923 Ludlow St.; 215829-0395.

The acclaimed improv troupe performs a new show designed and performed by women, through June 22 at Perelman Theater, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Todd Glass The out comedian seen on “Last Comic Standing” performs through June 15 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-4969001.

We the People: American Prints from Between the World Wars Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of prints depicting the good times, hard times,

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and wartime experiences of everyday Americans in the 1930-40s, through July 24, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Weeding Out The Stoned The cannabis-infused comedy show wherein the audience tries to figure out which of the performers isn’t stoned, 8:30 p.m. June 14 at Good Good Comedy Theater, 215 N. 11th St.; 215-399-1279.

Yoshitoshi: Spirit and Spectacle Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition featuring the brilliant colors and spirited lines of

Dead & Company The psychedelic rock bands performs, 7 p.m. June 20 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856365-1300.

to support striking mine workers is screened June 1415 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-9171228

Nightlife

Wild Child The Doors tribute band performs, 8 p.m. June 15 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331.

Ass You Wish The “Princess Bride” themed burlesque show, 8 p.m. June 16 at Franky Bradley’s 1320 Chancellor St.; 215735-0735.

Cancer is a Drag Benefit Vinchelle, Bev, Emily Valentine, Brooklyn

Dad’s a Champ A marathon of “Rocky” and “Creed” films is screened 1 p.m. June 16 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-9171228.

SAY CHEESECAKE!: The Golden Gays NYC, the popular drag show tribute to “The Golden Girls” thanks Philly for being a friend when they land in the city for a performance, 7 p.m. June 21 at Franky Bradley’s 1320 Chancellor St. For more information or tickets, call 215-735-0735.

Yoshitoshi, the last great master of the traditional Japanese woodblock print, through Aug. 18, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Music Dave Matthews Band The rock band performs, 8 p.m. June 14 & 15 at BB&T Pavilion, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856-3651300.

The Genesis Show The Genesis tribute band performs 8 p.m. June 14 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650.

Ford, Honeytree EvilEye, Onyx Ondyx, Paula Deen-White, Zsa Zsa St. James and many more perform to benefit the American Cancer Society, 8 p.m. June 19 at Tabu, 254 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

Daddy & Friends A monthly boylesque showcase, 7:30 p.m.

June 21 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-5920696.

Outta Town Pride The movie about LGBT activists raising money

ABBA Mia The ABBA tribute band performs, 8 p.m. June 21 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331 n

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Local performance artist’s foray into painting and film

By Gary L. Day PGN Contributor Gunnar Montana describes himself as “artistic and restless.” Best known as a dancer, choreographer and performance artist, he is looking to conquer a new world of expression.

Montana’s most recent performance piece, “Kink Haus,” had a successful New York run earlier this year. He’s hoping for another warm reception for his first solo gallery show, “Neon Daydream,” featuring a series of his paintings and short experimental films, June 21 at Old City’s HOT•BED Gallery.

“I’ve been involved with doing visual work forever,” the artist said. “I ended up with a firm grasp on the visual arts, so I shifted into dance. That was a vocabulary I wanted to learn.

“But in the last couple of years, I went back to art as a way for me to decompress after the physical demands of a monthlong show,” Montana added. “It was a way for me to continue to be creative, but away from other people, just by myself.

Then at one point, I stopped and looked at the art and I thought, Wow, this is pretty good.”

A humble Montana said that, as a new artist, he’s still trying to figure out how his creations will come together in a collection.

“For me, it’s been interesting to see where this show was going to go. I didn’t have any restrictions.”

He ended up painting mostly women and gay icons that “signify power and elegance.”

“I started off doing Marilyn Monroes,” he explained, “because she was so much fun to do. Then it branched into Frieda Kahlo and then Grace Jones, and all these other strong, powerful women. I have a strong connection to my feminine side, so it was a nice way to get that out.”

Montana’s paintings seem to find inspiration from Roy Lichtenstein and his comic-inspired work, but with an added flair: a gay sensibility and humor missing from Lichtenstein’s work.

Meanwhile, Montana’s work has been well-received online, and he is often commissioned by his fan base — but that also creates a challenge for the artist.

“People come to me wanting me to paint certain celebrities, and I think, I can do that. But sometimes there’s this backand-forth with what a customer wants, which could be different from what I want to do. It is a balancing act, and it’s not always easy,” Montana relayed.

“So, with this show, I thought, Let’s do exactly what I want to do and let’s see if that sells. It’s a gamble. It could flop — but it’s been fun.”

Entertainment aside, Montana said he still has to consider the economic aspects

of being an artist.

“One thing I know is that keeping a handle on the business side of art is just as important as making the art,” he said, adding he hopes his creations can generate enough to support his dance.

With dance, he noted, “I’m less concerned with fulfilling an audience’s expectations and more concerned with executing my personal vision.”

“I think artists should approach their art as a job. I recently formed a nonprofit [for dance], so I’m keenly aware of that side of the business. I know how much in debt I am. I know how much money has to be raised. It keeps me grounded. It keeps me level-headed.”

Montana said he works hard to balance artistry and commercial success, and that

he’s keenly aware when his heart isn’t into something or when he’s only doing it for money. He described his typical audience as a “gay demographic who tend to gravitate toward the Marilyn Monroes, the Audrey Hepburns, the Meryl Streeps.”

What’s next for Montana?

“I don’t know. I try to integrate each field of endeavor so they sort of support each other. For instance, I’ve recently gotten very interested in directing film, so people who are interested in my art will see a sample of that as part of my gallery show opening.

“The bottom line is, I get bored very easily, so jumping from one field to another just naturally happens,” the artist said. “If it’s something I feel I can excel at, then I’ll present it publicly. I feel that I have the most to say with my dance productions, but as far as my visual art is concerned, I don’t think I’ve found my voice yet — but I like what I see.” n “Neon Daydream” will run June 21-22 at HOT•BED Gallery, 723 Chestnut St., second floor. For more information, call the gallery at 267-918-7432 or visit hotbedphilly.com.

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Philly hotel celebrates pride month With Philadelphia thoroughly ensconced in PRIDE and local businesses embarking on marketing concepts, both good and bad, the question now is how does one do something both earnest and inclusionary, while making a buzz.

The Sofitel Philadelphia off Rittenhouse Square on 17th Street has several answers with everything from a rainbow-clad flag raising ceremony to a drag tea, an art exhibition and a French-themed sonic soiree, Fête de La Musique.

Along with showing off a Pride Hall of Flags throughout June, the Sofitel Banquet will donate money from certain menu items and its Liberté cocktails to Philadelphia’s Attic Youth Center.

Out Director of Sales and Marketing, Anthony Geistwite, is the curator, catalyst and keeper of the flame for the hotel’s smooth, savvy and sensitive moves when it came to selling Pride.

mixers for community groups before, and we have a history of being connected with local LGBTQ small businesses.”

Guests and event participants alike are greeted by an oversized rainbow flag with Philly’s addition of the black and brown stripes on the outside of the building. Inside the building, through June, the lobby has been renamed Philadelphia’s LGTBQ Hall of Flags with a host of flags representing a variety of communities within the LGBTQIA-plus community.

“People no longer have to identify with just being gay or straight,” Geistwite said. “There are so many gray areas in life and in love and people should feel comfortable in their own skin. Sofitel has always been a place of diversity and inclusion and we want everyone who walks through our doors to feel comfortable and feel welcome.”

The next Pride-centered event Sofitel will host is the second Drag Tea on June 15. The first was held June 8. The sequel, again featuring Brittany Lynn’s Drag Mafia offers a spin on Sofitel’s

“We have a diversity committee at every Sofitel in the world,“ said Geistwite.

According to him, the company’s corporate overseer, ACCOR, “encourages, appreciates and celebrates diversity,” adding that the diversity committee is “all a part of an overall approach of openness that seeks to promote workplace equality and prevent discrimination.”

Geistwite said that locally the team wants to connect to the Philadelphia community and understand ways Sofitel can make a difference.

Asked if diversity efforts translate to dollars, Geistwite said that ACCOR has a long-standing relationship with the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and that locally Sofitel has hosted Pride events and initiatives for as long as he can remember.

“This past weekend for Pride in Philly, we saw many guests arriving just in time for the parade.

We also have hosted local LGBTQ events and

time-honored traditional classic afternoon tea service.

Then on Sofitel’s playlist is a mini block party celebration of music — the annual, Fête de La Musique. Every year the event is on World Music Day, June 21, during Pride month.

Geistwite said, “We have always attracted a strong presence at the event from our local LGBTQ community — and this year with our vision of expanding our Pride celebration, it made sense to include Fete.” Look for drag performances, queer music and complimentary lite bites and cocktail samples.

“This entire initiative is about inclusion and diversity while recognizing and celebrating the LGBTQ community,” said Geistwite. “With everything going on in the world today, we want it known, loud and proud, that we have been and will always be a hotel of love, support and tolerance.” n

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Philadelphia’s micro-theater festival celebrates 10 years

By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor The portable, DIY adventure that is SoLow Fest offers pay-what-youcan fare that’s minimalist, raw and as intimately performed as it is staged — i.e., in cars, basements and old phone booths.

Created a decade ago by theater renegades Thomas Choinacky and Amanda Grove, SoLow is going strong as it marks its milestone.

This year’s fest, curated by Chris

CHRIS DAVIS Davis and Tanaquil Marquez, runs until June 23 and is filled with LGBTQ participants and reference points.

PGN spoke with the out Davis, along with actor-writer Val Dunn, who co-created a humorous SoLow skit called “Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capatalism,” and dancer-choreographer Sean Thomas Boyt, who produced an online dance-theater webinar called “Not all leaks are important.”

PGN: What attracts you to the micro DIY theater that SoLow is known for?

CD: I think the best stories can be told very simply. So in some ways the limitations of having no money can benefit your creativity. I think theater, at its core, is someone standing up from the campfire and telling a story.

SoLow Fest performers have that type of energy.

STB: Dance sees itself as a precious art form. There are special floors for special shoes and fancy backdrops for fancy galas and blank modern stares for blank modern dances. As a solo artist, I don’t have the funding, support or interest to perpetuate these fairly specific modes of doing things, so working in a more DIY, flexible environment serves me best. So much of dance is done in a vacuum between rehearsals and performances. Often

the only people that give themselves a chance to experience dance are the ones dancing and the audience members who often are dancers themselves.

By stepping outside of the obvious markers of traditional dance — the dark theater, the company of athletic dancers, the 90-minute-with-one-intermission runtime, etc.— I can better articulate my thoughts in works for dance and non-dance audiences.

VD: I believe theater should be accessible to the community in which you’re performing; otherwise, what is the point? This includes financial

accessibility, obviously, for the audience members, but also for the creators. Practically speaking, the smaller the production, the smaller the budget needed to produce the work. My co-creator Jenna Kuerzi and I have begged and borrowed our way into every prop in this scrappy little roast.

Our first iteration of the piece didn’t have a budget and premiered in a West Philly living room. Also, a smaller-scale production lowers audience expectations and hopefully prevents creators from becoming pretentious, which means more fun for all involved.

PGN: Capitalism, information dissemination, wealth inequality, game shows — all part of SoLow 2019. How do you see the theme working in this year’s festival?

CD: The theme serves for most people as inspiration, but is by no means mandatory. Most of the shows will be about a wide variety of things. This year we have a lot of “experience” shows where people go to houses, play games, drink beers and so on, and hear stories or have some sort of guided entertainment. A lot of interaction.

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number of dance pieces and more traditional plays, with two of the shows even going to the Edinburgh Fringe (“Churn” and “Johnny Depp”).

STB: I think the thematic element of SoLow Fest is a powerful tool for both makers and observers. Seeing work through a communal lens adds a sense of unity to the otherwise separate projects that independent artists are working on at the time. The can-do spirit and intentional effort put forth in these personal works serve as the backbone for the festival as a whole and speak as testament to art-making in general. Doing things in the performing arts costs time, money and energy. SoLow Fest is a chance to cut out at least one of those elements.

VD: The grotesque wealth inequality of late-stage capitalism angers me. Johnny

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Depp made $55 million filming “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” according to Forbes. I’m not suggesting that artists shouldn’t be paid for their work; they absolutely should be paid. But $55 million is a lot of money.

To put that number in perspective, it would take me about 3,666 years to earn that much money based on my current annual income. More to the point, if you donated $55 million to Broad Street Ministry, for instance, you could sponsor about 22-million lunches. And celebrities like Johnny Depp are at the lower end of the top 1 percent. No one should be going hungry when a very small percentage of the world’s population has that kind of money. The short answer is: Late-stage capitalism makes me sick, and I’m hoping to point out some of its many absurdities.

PGN: Not that it has to, but does your piece in any way reflect who you are as a member of the LGBTQ community?

STB: “Not all leaks are important” is a danced data breach from an LGTBQ festival. I’m taking a short break from noodling around in a dress to go behind the scenes and undercover to see what other queer dance makers are doing.

Creating dance and getting it on stage is a constant struggle, and understanding how other not-so-conforming individuals are marketing themselves to presenters has been a fun treat and very informational. Seeing work samples that wouldn’t otherwise be available to me helps me as an artist learn more about my own tastes and preconceptions, and I hope that by sharing my findings, albeit in a dramatized, coded way, the free information I have come across can

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VD: I grew up in a town so small and conservative, I didn’t even know what a lesbian was until the eighth grade.

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PGN: What was a rewarding moment?

AJH: There was one kid who’s 22 now and has her own daughter, and we still keep in touch. She was 17 and only stayed with us for a week. But she calls us whenever something good or bad happens in her life. She called us when she graduated from school. We were there when she had her kid. It shows you the impact you can have on a child even in a short period of time, good or bad. So you really have to be on point to make sure it’s a positive impact. She actually just gave a talk in Baton Rouge about the foster system and what things work and don’t work.

It’s amazing to see her progress.

PGN: And when did you become a parent?

AJH: I never thought that I would have kids. I’ve identified as gender-nonconforming for a long time and use “them” and “they” pronouns. I never felt super-connected to my body. When my partner and I wanted to have a kid, we were thinking about adoption, and then she said, “Would you have a kid?” and without really thinking I said that I would. It was the most challenging and wonderful experience at once. It was a fun process to choose a donor and then have a little human grow inside of you. And now she’s 4 and a pretty cool kid. She’s always been kind and empathetic, and she’s taught us so much. We still have foster kids, and they all have something to teach us as long as we listen.

PGN: I work freelance doing mock patient trials and I just got a memo yesterday that they have started requiring medical students to ask patients their pronouns when introducing themselves. It’s great to see things chang-

ing. Assuming you had to use female pronouns as a kid, when did you start using they/them and how has it changed things for you?

AJH: Yeah — as a kid, I didn’t know I had a choice. Even until recently, we lived in such a binary world. I liked playing with my brother and his friends and I never felt like a boy, but I never really felt like I was a girl or female either. It wasn’t until I became an adult that I realized, oh, I don’t have to choose one or the other. I can be both; I can be neither; I can just be what feels natural to me without subscribing to any line of masculinity or femininity. I’ve been teaching the kids the same. We say our name and our pronouns at dinner every night. They’re learning that not everybody has to be a boy or a girl. My 4-year-old is very good at gently correcting people, and when she meets people she doesn’t know, she introduces herself and says, “My pronouns are she/her. What are yours?” It’s really important to me because, when I came out in the ’90s, there was a lot of pressure to fit into a mold of how lesbians were supposed to dress — a very butch/femme dynamic that I never subscribed to; it just wasn’t for me. Now, for the first time, I feel really comfortable not having to make a choice and being able to look and dress and be whom I want to be.

PGN: Absolutely. What do you like to do for fun?

AJH: I just started playing softball again in a queer softball league in Philly, and I play a few instruments — guitar and a little bit of banjo. The past few summers I went to the adult rock camp, which was a blast.

PGN: Best and worst sports moments?

AJH: A lot of good ones. I played shortstop on a competitive traveling softball team. We played four games a day, often in 90-degree weather. One time when we were in Virginia Beach it poured. There were puddles about 2-feet deep and some of the other players and I just started acting like kids and jumped in the puddles and splashed around in the mud. The worst moment was when I broke my nose during practice. I got hit in the face with a softball.

The twist is that my dad was the coach and he hit the ball. He still feels bad to this day. It’s a family joke now.

PGN: What three foods would you have banished from the earth?

AJH: Chard — I hate chard. And high-fructose corn syrup and anything with hormones or artificial ingredients that they try to pass off as healthy.

PGN: In another life, I was probably …

AJH: An accountant. I can’t imagine not doing something with numbers.

It’s why I love my job. n

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