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LGBT biz protections coming By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer A loophole in the city’s nondiscrimination law that could expose LGBT business owners to antigay bias may be closed later this year. Currently, the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, which investigates and adjudicates cases of discrimination, is permitted, by the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance, to accept employment, public accommodations and housing cases. The last category, however, has been interpreted to refer to residential housing and not commercial property, which could include an instance such as a business facing discrimination by a landlord. While the state nondiscrimination law does cover commercial-property cases, unlike the city law, it doesn’t include sexual orientation and gender identity, leaving the See LGBT BUSINESS, Page 8

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BOOGIE OVER THE RAINBOW: Sixteen participants of this year’s Rainbow Boogie practice Aug. 28 before attempting to beat last year’s record of 12 LGBT skydivers in a single formation. The jump, which did not ultimately break the record, was in memory of Steve Harrington, one of last year’s jumpers who died in a skydiving accident last November. More than 45 LGBT jumpers and allies performed at least 400 jumps last weekend, and set a site record with 64 planeloads in a single day. The event is the world’s only organized gathering of LGBT skydivers and will return next August. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Out candidate wins grassroots nod By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer

THIRSTY THURSDAY: More than 50 volunteers were on hand at a dozen area bars and coffeeshops Aug. 26, as the LGBT and ally communities started their weekends early to support Philadelphia’s inaugural Bar AIDS. A portion of each participating establishment’s proceeds will be split among organizing groups ActionAIDS, Philadelphia FIGHT, Mazzoni Center and the Pennsylvania AIDS Law Project. Fundraising dollars are not yet finalized, but a raffle that was held at each of the locales brought in $5,000, which ActionAIDS executive director Kevin Burns said bodes well for total fundraising. The executive directors of the four beneficiaries, along with WMMR host Pierre Robert, stopped by each of the 12 venues on a bar crawl, and Burns said the crowds were impressive at each. “Everyone was having a great time at all the places we went to,” Burns said, noting that organizers are expecting to make Bar AIDS an annual event. Photos: Scott A. Drake

generate more votes than 11 other candidates from Pennsylvania. As a result of her win, Fern Kaufman, an openly lesbian candidate running for Kaufman is now listed the State House 26th District among the All-Star winners seat in Chester County, on the DFA website, and got a boost of support last her victory was announced week when she received the through an e-mail blast sent out by DFA chair endorsement of Jim Dean to all national grassPennsylvanians roots agency who voted in the Democracy For competition. America. Kaufman said DFA, founded her campaign by Howard applied for the Dean, launched D FA e n d o r s e its Grassroots ment several All-Stars contest months ago and last month that she was surprised allowed constituwhen she saw ents to mobilize for their choFERN KAUFMAN her name in the running for the sen candidates, with the highest vote-getter Pennsylvania Grassroots Allfrom each state garnering Star. the organization’s endorseSee KAUFMAN, Page 13 ment. Kaufman was able to

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation moved last week to relax its gender-marker rules, making it easier for transgender people to update their identification cards so they accurately reflect their gender identity. The new policy will require transgender individuals to present medical verification that they are living full-time as a certain gender in order for the “male” or “female” designation on their license or identification card to be changed. Previously, trans people had to have undergone sex-reassignment surgery in order for such a change to be implemented. Amara Chaudhry, legal director at Mazzoni Center, initiated the discussion with PennDOT last year when she oversaw the legal services at Equality Pennsylvania, and Ted Martin, Equality PA executive director, said his agency continued to press for the policy change for the past few months. Martin noted that PennDOT was very receptive to the concerns of Equality PA. “PennDOT was great to work with,” he said. “They were very open and very willing to talk about it. This was made much simpler because of their cooperation. They knew the issue, they did their homework and were very willing to listen to our points.” Craig Yetter, PennDOT spokesperson, said the department was motivated to act on this issue in light of similar regulation changes made at the federal level and in state agencies across the country. “The policy change follows a similar change implemented June 10, 2010, by the U.S. Department of State concerning gender markings for transgender persons issued a passport,” Yetter said, also noting that “26 other states and the District of Columbia currently do not require documentation of a sex-reassignment surgery before they will correct the gender marker on a transgender person’s driver’s license or identification card.” Martin said Equality PA stressed to PennDOT the need for Pennsylvania to remain on par with the current trends in the transportation industry. “If Pennsylvania were to stick with the old policy, transgender people would just no longer use their Pennsylvania drivSee PENNDOT, Page 9

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HIV education night The COLOURS Organization Inc. will host a community-education event from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the first-floor conference room of 112 N. Broad St. to raise awareness of HIV prevention and treatment efforts. Rapid HIV testing will be offered, as well as a host of HIV resources. Refreshments will be served, and guests can also enjoy a screening of the film “Life Support,” starring Queen Latifah as an HIV-positive woman. For more information, visit www. coloursorganization.org. DIVAS INVADE PHILLY: The drag likenesses of Mary Poppins (from left), Prince, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin and Bette Midler primped and preened in their dressing room before the “Divas in a Man’s World” show Aug. 27 at The Piazza at Schmidt’s in Northern Liberties. The show, presented by Dan Contarino, raised funds for cancer charity City of Hope. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Area college celebrates LGBT milestone By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Just two years after the American Psychological Association declassified homosexuality as a mental illness, a group of gay students at West Chester University petitioned the state for funding for a new organization to represent its interests, a request that was granted. Now, 35 years later, the LGBT student organization at the university is still going strong, and preparing to pay homage to its myriad members, who’ve helped advance the mission of the group and the university’s acceptance of the community. The West Chester University LGBTQA will hold its 35th-anniversary celebration from 7-11 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Holiday Inn at High Street and Route 202 in West Chester. Dr. Jacqueline Hodes, advisor to the LGBTQA and coordinator of the university’s Office of LGBTQA Services, said more than 100 alumni are expected to converge in West Chester for the event, held in conjunction with the school’s Homecoming Weekend. After the university’s alumni magazine published an article about the 30th anniversary of the student group five years ago, past graduates and members began reconnecting with the group and many became regular donors. Hodes said that while the anniversary event is meant as a way for alumni to reflect and reminisce on the rich history of the group, it’s also a unique opportunity to raise funds to propel the organization forward. “We thought this would be a great opportunity to bring people back together and create some goodwill, but also to see who would be willing to help us out in the future,” Hodes said. “We’d love to be able

to fund a full-time person [to staff the Office of LGBTQA Services] and to put together scholarship dollars for students and also programmatic monies, so we think this will really help.” While the West Chester group, which has utilized an array of names throughout its existence — such as the Gay/Straight Alliance, Gay and Lesbian Student Union and Safe Space Alliance — was founded around the same time as LGBT organizations at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania, it was the first in the state to receive state funding. “A lot of these groups formed at the same time to reinforce each other and network and get a grip on what we were doing, but West Chester was the one that was bold enough to say, OK, if we’re really as good as other groups, then we should get the same funding everyone else gets,” said former member Mike Robinson. Robinson, who attended West Chester from 1984-98 on a part-time basis for his bachelor’s degree in business administration, was involved with the group throughout his entire tenure with the school, serving as both president and vice president. He said the organization proved to be a vital resource for LGBT students looking for information on the HIV/AIDS crisis and various LGBT-rights issues. Although he noted that many students were initially hesitant to take on an active role because they were still in the closet, he was able to witness the development of the group in tandem with the burgeoning overall LGBT community. “In the ’80s, it was a real oppressive atmosphere from the outside. At that time, the country was at the height of homophobia and antigay sentiment, based on the AIDS crisis,” Robinson said. “But things began to

change in the early ’90s, when Clinton was elected and there was this renewed sense of hope.” As the organization matured, it also became more inclusive of the wider LGBT community. “As we went along, it became less just about being for lesbians and gays, but more inclusive of the bisexual community and, later, the transgender community,” Robinson said. “It was a step-by-step process.” In 1994, the school established its Office of LGBTQA Services, which now operates a library, an ally-training program and outreach and awareness-building events, and provides resources and support to the student organization. Hodes said she’s seen a remarkable shift in the group’s visibility just in her own time at the school, adding that members of the original student organization have described the closeted atmosphere of the 1970s. “The people who formed the first group were literally hiding in a dorm room for meetings,” she said. “When I came here in 1986, I knew only one other person who was out and that happened to be a faculty member. But in the 24 years I’ve been here, the change has been unbelievable, just astronomical.” The anniversary celebration will feature a silent auction, raffle, music, food and drinks. Tickets are $35, and alumni also have the option to sponsor a current student who wishes to attend. For more information, visit www.alumniconnections.com/westchester/ and follow the Events tab or contact Hodes at (610) 436-3147 or jhodes@wcupa.edu. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn. com.

Out at Six Flags Out in Events will stage the seventhannual Out at Night at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J., from 6 p.m.-midnight Sept. 24. The private LGBT event will feature music and entertainment by DJs Seth Gold, Corey Craig and Rhino Starr, and guests can tour the expansive park and its myriad thrill rides — without waiting in the lines usually seen at Six Flags. Advance tickets, which can be purchased at www.outinevents.com or at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St., are $45 and tickets at the gate are $60. Season passes will not be honored. A portion of the proceeds from the event, which is expected to draw up to 10,000 people, will benefit the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. The event will be held rain or shine.

Vote for Philly Philadelphia is among the cities that could be named the nation’s best LGBT tourism spot in an online LGBT travel competition. TripOut Gay Travel, the tourism website of LGBT network Logo, selected Philadelphia as one of the six nominees for the Best U.S. Destination in its annual awards contest, which also honors the best of the best in global locales, resorts, hotels, bars and several other travel categories. Philadelphia will compete against Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Provincetown, Mass. To vote, visit www.tripoutgaytravel. com. ■ — Jen Colletta

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The only sport requiring more than one ball By Scott A. Drake PGN Art Director In the days leading up to my first skydive jump, my emotional pendulum swung from excitement and anticipation to butterflies and anxiety — and back again. I was filled with a sense of adventure, mixed with the thrill of potential catastrophe. I had always wanted to do this, but hadn’t yet. To keep my fear in check, I rationalized that it might not be as thrilling or terrifying as I anticipated. If I didn’t think about it, I couldn’t get nervous. I was wrong. T h e m o r n i n g o f m y fi r s t jump, at Skydive Cross Keys, Williamstown, N.J., I watched the introductory video and signed and initialed a seemingly endless file of papers: That I was fit, that I understood there was some risk, that I was not going to sue if anything happened, that if I did sue, I understood that I acknowledged that I had signed seven times that I was responsible for my own death or injuries. Then, I waited. I roamed the hangar and watched people pack parachutes. I also browsed the gift shop, the

theory. This was real. There’s only one way back to the ground at this point. If you get up there and say, “No,” they push you out anyway. If you say, “Oh, hell no!” you’re still going out the door. I was about to join a unique brotherhood. From behind me, Range snugly strapped and hooked himself to me: his chest to my back, from shoulders to PGN PHOTOGRAPHER SCOTT A. DRAKE (LEFT) hips, leaving arms, legs AFTER HIS JUMP Photo: Alain H. Bureau and head free. When he The preparation finished securing us, me with an altimeter and goggles When my name was called and adjusted all of my fittings one we reviewed all of the postures, for group training, I felt the real more time. While our group waited movements and signals and I pracexcitement swell. I was fitted in for our plane to taxi over to us, we ticed reaching back to grab the ball a harness and we were told what joked and shared a bit of false to open the parachute. I watched the altimeter on my to do during the actual jump, the bravado as we paced and tried to wrist as we climbed past 12,000 fall and the landing. We each dem- breathe normally. onstrated what we were taught Then we boarded the plane. feet, then I heard the rush of air and were given a nod and pat on Range went in first, then I, fol- as the door was thrown open. Two the back and sent out to queue up lowed by the rest; 14 people by two, the jumpers in front of us for our plane. I expected a couple crammed onto the two benches maneuvered to the tiny hole in the hours of intense training and prac- inside the little two-prop plane. side of the plane and disappeared. tice: The whole training process We taxied, turned and took off. We scooted closer to the opening took about 20 minutes. Until then, it had been all paper- as the others fell out. In the corral near the runway, work and videos and practice and Then it was my turn. my tandem partner, Range, fitted costuming and conversation and outdoor picnic area and the diner, though I had no appetite whatsoever. I watched other divers load up and take off and I took pictures of the array of colorful chutes drifting gracefully to the earth. Since it was Rainbow Boogie last weekend, the lounge was filled with gay and lesbian skydivers from around the continent. I met people from St. Louis, Akron, Houston and Toronto.

The jump Seeing the ground more than 2 miles below without the security of a physical barrier was exciting. The thought of throwing myself out into the empty sky was exhilarating. I crossed my arms, tucked myself into a ball and looked down 2 miles, then leaned forward and out of the plane. More than one person, even before I’d gotten a minute’s training, told me the only sport that requires more than one ball is skydiving. I couldn’t agree more. After getting into free-fall position, we quickly accelerated to more than 120 mph and my ears plugged from the rapid pressure change. The air up there is cold, even when it’s 92 degrees on the ground. The earth that seems so far away gets closer every second. We reached 6,000 feet within seconds and Range tapped me to look at my altimeter. I reached back and pulled the cord to release the chute. It unfurled and made a sudden slowing thwump as the air caught it and we slowed to a glide. Immediately, the jump shifted from exhilarating to peaceful and mediSee JUMP, Page 17

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Black Gay Pride organizer killed The Georgia Voice reports a Black Gay Pride organizer was shot and killed Aug. 25. Durand Robinson, 50, of Decatur, an owner of the popular Traxx Atlanta club and promotion team, was shot after he got into an altercation with another person. Philip Boone, Robinson’s business partner, said, “This was devastating for our community and the Traxx family. He was an angel ... we will miss him.” According to a preliminary police report, Robinson was found around 1 a.m. in southwest Atlanta lying in the middle of Hadlock Street with a gunshot wound to the chest. Police continue to seek a motive and have not named a suspect in the case.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins The Associated Press GROVE CITY, Ohio — Critics of the country’s largest Lutheran denomination and its more-open stance toward gay clergy formed a new Lutheran church last Friday at a meeting of a conservative activist group. The overwhelming voice vote by members of the Lutheran Coalition of Renewal created the North American Lutheran Church, a tiny denomination of churches formerly affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, headquartered in Chicago. As of early August, 199 congregations had cleared the hurdles to leave the ELCA for good, while 136 awaited the second vote needed to make it official. In all, there are 10,239 ELCA churches with about 4.5-million members, making it by far the largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S. The vote followed the ELCA’s decision to move gay pastors into its fold, becoming the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. to allow noncelibate gays into its ranks. The move came during Lutheran CORE’s annual meeting, held this year in a Church of the Nazarene megachurch in Grove City, just south of Columbus. The gay-pastor issue was the tipping point for many Lutherans, but it followed serious concerns about the ELCA’s movement away from holy scriptures as the final authority for church beliefs, said Paull Spring, of State College, Pa., the new denomination’s first bishop. He gave as an example the ELCA’s use of inclusive language that strips male references to God — such as “Father” and “Son” — replacing them with words like “Creator” and “Savior.” “The issue that really presented itself was the issue of sexuality, but back of that was the broader issue: Which is the authoritative voice of the church today?” Spring said. “Is it holy scripture, which Lutherans have always confessed, scripture alone, or is supposed to be some combination, that as well as some mood of the times?” he added. The ELCA has lost more than half a million members over the past 20 years,

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LUTHERAN SCHISM: Paull Spring, the new bishop of the North American Lutheran Church, speaks Aug. 27 during the annual Lutheran Coalition for Reform (CORE) meeting in Grove City, Ohio. Members of the activist group Lutheran CORE voted overwhelmingly to approve leaving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to create the North American Lutheran Church. AP Photo: Jay LaPrete

a decline faced by many mainline congregations struggling to keep congregants. But that decline is balanced by individual congregations that flourish, many of which hold the same views as the North American Lutheran Church, said Mark Chavez of Landisville, Pa., director of Lutheran CORE. “The average person out there who’s interested in a Christian church wants the real thing,” Chavez said. “They want Jesus. They want the gospel. They don’t want something else.” The ELCA regrets the decision of some congregations to leave for the new denomination, said ELCA spokesperson John Brooks. “One of the hallmarks of the ELCA is that we reach out to other Christians in the spirit of understanding, reconciliation and unity,” he said. “We pray for the unity of the whole church and its members, and we pray for those who will be leaving to join the North American Lutheran Church.” St. John Lutheran in Bridgewater, Mich., has taken the first vote toward

joining the new denomination, and pastor Kathleen Meyers supports the decision. But Meyers, attending the meeting in suburban Columbus, also acknowledges it’s a tough choice. “I have friends who are gay — for me, it’s a very personal issue,” she said last Friday. “But I can’t set aside the authority of scripture just because I have friends that I love.” Bruce Winkler of suburban Tampa, Fla., attends Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, an ELCA congregation that he says will not be joining the new denomination. But Winkler, 72, a retired chemistry professor, said he supports the new group out of a concern over the loss of scriptural authority. For too many Lutherans today, “it’s the gospel of acceptance, rather than the gospel of redemption — love-conquers-all kind of thing,” he said. “You don’t have to worry about obedience or sanctification, or any of those issues — you just love everybody and that’ll be fine,” Winkler said. ■

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Tennessee’s MyEyewitnessNews.com reports a former Memphis police officer has pleaded guilty to beating a transgender prisoner at a jail more than two years ago. Bridges McRae pleaded guilty Aug. 26 in federal court to a felony civil-rights charge. He had faced up to 10 years in prison, but instead he will serve two years under his plea agreement. McRae acknowledged he used excessive force when he repeatedly hit Duanna Johnson in the face while she was being booked on a prostitution charge in February 2008. The beating was captured on video. Johnson, 43, was shot to death later in 2008 on a street corner near her home. Will Batts, executive director of The Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center, said he was pleased McRae will serve time, but that he felt two years is a light sentence. “It’s incredibly senseless. It’s hard to imagine somebody watching that and not feeling horror,” Batts said of the video.

Another study says gay parents OK Stanford University News reports a new study showed little difference in educational achievement between children raised by gay couples and those raised by married heterosexual couples. The study, published in Demography magazine, showed that children of gay and married couples had lower grade-repetition rates than their peers raised by opposite-sex unmarried couples and single parents. Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld, using data from the 2000 Census, concluded that children raised by same-sex couples have nearly the same educational achievement as children raised by married heterosexual couples. ■ — Larry Nichols

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Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission also unable to accept cases of LGBT business discrimination. Rue Landau, executive director of the local human-relations commission, could not recall any specific instances of LGBTbusiness discrimination coming before the agency, but did note the commission recently had to turn down a case of a massage-parlor owner who believed her business had been discriminated against because of her race or gender. She noted that the gap in coverage for business owners, including those in the LGBT community, needs to be closed to safeguard against any future incidents. “By its plain language, the ordinance prohibits discrimination in commercial housing, and historically the commission has interpreted that to include residential housing but not commercial property,” Landau said. “With that said, we believe that to effectuate the purpose of the ordinance, it should be interpreted as broadly as possible.” Landau said the commission is in the process of researching the legislative history of this component of the ordinance and is planning to draft a series of amendments to the Fair Practices Ordinance, including one that would explicitly extend nondiscrimination protections to the commercial-property sector. Many of the other changes that are in the works are meant to make the Fair Practices Ordinance more readable and user-friendly, with expanded definitions provided throughout. The amendments are expected to be introduced to City Council in November. Landau said that while the commercial-property change would allow for increased protection for LGBT business owners in Philadelphia, LGBT individuals in most places of the state still lack all forms of nondiscrimination protections. “We can fix this here in

Philadelphia and we trust that our elected officials will want to fix this,” she said. “But the greater concern is the smaller towns throughout the state who need these protections just as badly as we do here in Philadelphia.” House Bill 300, which would amend the state nondiscrimination law to include sexual orientation and gender identity, was introduced in March 2009 and was approved by the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee that month, although it has been stalled in the Appropriations Committee since then. Stephen Glassman, chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, said the commercial-property issue further illuminates the need for changes to the state’s current nondiscrimination law. “This is one of a number of loopholes that currently exists, which is why we are trying to amend the [Pennsylvania Human Relations Act] to include marital status, familial status beyond housing complaints, genetic information, as well as sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.” Bill Gehrman, president of local LGBT chamber of commerce Independence Business Alliance, said that while he wasn’t aware of any area LGBT-owned businesses who’ve tried to file discrimination complaints with the local agency, both the local and state nondiscrimination laws need to be updated so they are reflective of the needs of the LGBT business community. “It’s so important for all of us to remember that while Philadelphia is a fantastic city in which to live and work for LGBT business owners and professionals, our laws do not treat us equally, and there are still many opportunities for discrimination. The LGBT community generates an incredible amount of economic impact for the city and the commonwealth, and we deserve to be treated fairly so that we can grow successful businesses.” ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

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PENNDOT From Page 1 er’s license as identification but would use their passport because it’s a more valid form of ID. I think that was very eye-opening to PennDOT,” he said. “Also, we made the case that this has been done in a number of places, including in New Jersey, and there have been no reported cases of abuse, no reported cases of fraud. It’s all been done very smoothly.” Above all, Martin noted, the change was needed in order to “protect the dignity and privacy of transgender citizens.” Yetter said PennDOT employees have already undergone additional training so they will be prepared to handle the policy change. Those interested in changing the gender marker on their licenses or identification cards can access the Request for Gender Change form at www.dmv.state.pa.us. The form must be signed by a licensed physician, therapist/counselor or social worker whose practice includes assisting, counseling or treating persons with genderidentity issues. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

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Editorial Party rhetoric Last Saturday, conservative pundit Glenn Beck held a tea-party rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, on the anniversary of the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington. Beck claimed he didn’t select the date intentionally, but has since said it was “divine providence” and stayed in the same hotel that Martin Luther King Jr. stayed in the night before the 1963 march. On Aug. 28, 1963, between 200,000 and 300,000 people, mostly black, rallied on the Mall. It was here that King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The march and King’s speech are deﬁning moments in American history, marking a hard-won turning point in race relations. The following year, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, and then the National Voting Right Act in 1965. At the mostly white tea-party rally, titled “Restoring Honor,” speakers Beck and former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin evoked King’s speech, and cited the Founding Fathers, in their calls to restore traditional values to America — with a strong dose of religion. Beck entreated the crowd to pray more: “I ask, not only if you would pray on your knees, but pray on your knees but with your door open for your children to see.” Civil-rights activists, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, held a counter-rally after the Beck rally, where speakers chided participants in the earlier rally for their “March-on-Washington envy.” Frankly, it’s disturbing to think that Palin and Beck, who have likely never faced discrimination in their lives, can speak to thousands of people who have also likely never faced discrimination in their lives — and certainly never to the degree that was inﬂicted on African Americans in the past few centuries in the U.S. — and evoke King’s spirit. Palin compared the tea-party group to the 1963 marchers, saying the same spirit that helped them overcome oppression, discrimination and violence would help this group too. She should be reminded that, in 1963, marchers were seeking government support in obtaining “jobs and freedom,” whereas tea partiers want less government involvement. Sure, they want jobs and freedom, but they also want less taxes and more religion. Unfortunately, their views don’t always reconcile. Less government implies less government involvement in people’s lives and, yes, perhaps greater freedom to do what one wants. But it also means government shouldn’t mandate religion (separation of church and state) or impose one religion’s views on everyone else. ■

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D’Anne Witkowski

Charlie Crist Look, I don’t know if Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is gay. And while it really should be a non-issue because being gay is not this scandalous thing that makes a person unfit for public office like some loonies on the far right believe, the fact is: It matters. It’s an issue because Crist is making it an issue by reiterating his support for a constitutional ban on same-sex couples getting married. Granted, this isn’t the first time Crist has said he supports such a thing. Apparently, he mentioned it at some point while running for governor, and governors don’t really have much power when it comes to the United States Constitution. But now he’s running for Senate as an independent. The United States Senate. On Aug. 29 during an interview on CNN, Ed Henry brought up the issue of same-sex marriage and pointed out that Marco Rubio, one of Crist’s opponents in the Senate race, supports a constitutional ban. “The former Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman came out and said he’s gay and he called on conservatives to kind of move to the political center and be more tolerant on this issue,” Henry said. “Now that you’re trying to occupy the political center, are you still in favor of a constitutional ban on same-sex mar-

riage?” “I feel the same way, yes, because I feel that marriage is a sacred institution, if you will,” Crist responded. “But I do believe in tolerance. I’m a live-and-let-live kind of guy, and, while I feel that way about marriage, I think if partners want to have the opportunity to live together, I don’t have a problem with that.” So he’s a “live-and-let-live kind of guy” who believes in “tolerance,” eh? And while marriage is “sacred,” thereby rendering homos unﬁt for such an institution, he doesn’t mind partners living together. So long as their relationship isn’t in any way recognized or protected and the law treats them as legal strangers, then Crist doesn’t “have a problem with that.” Oh, how very magnanimous of him. “I think that’s where most of America is,” Crist continues. “So I think that, you know, you have to speak from the heart about these issues. They are very personal. They have a signiﬁcant impact on an awful lot of people and the less the government is telling people what to do, the better off we’re all going to be.” Since telling the government to stay out of people’s personal lives and writing discrimination into the constitution seem to be contradictory, Henry accuses Crist of trying to have it both

ways (no pun intended, I’m sure). But Crist doesn’t budge. “Well, everything is in a matter of degree, Ed, and when it comes to the institution of marriage, I believe that it is between a man and a woman; it’s just how I feel,” he says. Call me crazy, but “it’s just how I feel” is a pretty ﬂimsy argument for amending the Constitution to keep gay people from marrying each other. Hell, it’s a ﬂimsy reason to amend it for anything. By itself, Crist’s unabashed support of writing discrimination into one of our nation’s founding documents is alarming, to say the least. But it’s even more alarming if he is, indeed, gay. And he is widely rumored and believed to be just that. Yes, he’s married. To a lady. Since 2008. Which, of course, proves that he’s not gay because of how getting opposite-sex married automatically makes you not gay. So who knows? Maybe all of the gay rumors are wrong. Either way, Crist is still a creep. ■ D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world, she reviews rock ’n’ roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister.

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Mark My Words

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Republican ploy for redemption Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and co-chair of President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, who ran what was arguably the most hate-filled homophobic campaign in American political history, came out last week in a slick public-relations campaigntype interview served up by The Atlantic magazine. His actions as head of the Republican Party created antigay laws, including antigay-marriage constitutional amendments in numerous states, gay baiting, harassment, hate crimes and even LGBT youth suicides. We have not seen his type since Roy Cohn. This man has no shame. But that is not the end of the story. Now Mehlman wants redemption and is organizing a fundraiser this month benefiting The American Foundation for Equal Rights, the same organization that is successfully challenging the legality of California’s anti-gay marriage ballot initiative Prop. 8. The benefit, according to both The Atlantic and AFER, has already raised close to a million dollars. So, does Mehlman expect to buy his way into our hearts? And are we to give him redemption and welcome him with open arms to our cause? Are we to forgive and forget that he is the reason we are fighting Proposition 8 in California? There are two ways to look at AFER actions. First, are they selling out for $1 million to add to their campaign chest? Personally, I don’t believe so. These are sharp, pragmatic people who deserve our respect. Rob Rainer, Dustin Lance Black and lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson have run a brilliant campaign. Second, part of what this group stands for is reaching out to those who are conservative and saying, “Join us in fighting for equality. Equality is not a liberal or conservative issue: It’s an American issue.” Whether we want to admit it or not, Mehlman can accomplish that, but at what cost? While we re-

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spect the organization and its leadership, there is no respect for Mehlman in our community. It reviles us. Rather than an apology to kick-start his road to redemption, we receive a slick PR campaign. Are we to be treated to a Jimmy Swaggart-type speech by Mehlman at his fundraiser, saying something to the tune of “I have sinned against you ... ”? In tears, of course. (Someone please cue the guy who puts the glycerin in his eyes for the tears.) Forty years ago, the Gay Youth Alliance was founded to help endangered youth. To this day, our endangered LGBT youth commit suicide more frequently than any other segment of society of that age group. To anyone who has received a call from someone on the verge, you’ve heard a line like, “Everyone hates us.” Mehlman contributed to that atmosphere of hate. Mr. Mehlman, you have the blood of our youth on your hands. Until you recompense for that, we cannot give you redemption — no matter how much money you raise or how many people you bring to the table. We need to know this is no gimmick and that you have come to terms with and understand the pain you personally have inﬂicted on this community. After all, this struggle is about education, and education brings redemption. In his interview, Mehlman didn’t offer an apology, just a limp “I wish I would have spoken up.” Having him take a bow at this fundraiser is a picture that repulses me. I understand what the organization is attempting to do, but this is hard to swallow. And due to my respect for AFER, I feel almost helpless in how to express my anger. Yes, it is important to embrace the “converted.” And, as an old quote goes, you should choose your battles wisely. This is not a battle but a skirmish, and the truth is we need more soldiers. But a real apology would be a start. A million dollars is not. ■

Does Ken Mehlman’s coming out reflect progress on social issues within the GOP?

Jada Arrington student North Philadelphia

Alex Sheidler teacher Washington Square West

“Yes, I think the Republicans are getting more comfortable with diversity. Cheney’s daughter is a lesbian. Sarah Palin’s daughter gave birth out of wedlock. Whether they like it or not, Republicans are being forced to accept diversity. This gentleman is the latest example.”

“Not necessarily. I think it’s his personal choice, and we shouldn’t read anything more into it. His coming out hasn’t changed my perspective on the Republican Party. It will be interesting to see how he’s treated. I don’t have a lot of optimism that the Republican Party will welcome him with open arms.”

Paul Rowe bartender Pennsauken, N.J.

Joshua Maletto insurance-claims adjuster Fitler Square

“No, Republicans are still lagging behind the times. They’ve always opposed LGBT rights. It’s going to take more than one person coming out to change the homophobia within the party. It’s a shame he didn’t do this earlier, when he had more influence over policy.”

“As a Republican, I would hope it shows a change. I think it reflects a slow, small change that eventually will grow. But it won’t happen overnight. I’m more liberal than most of my fellow party members.”

Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s most award-winning commentator in LGBT media, having just received the 2010 Columnist of the Year Award from the 2,000-member Suburban Newspapers of America. He can be reached at mark@epgn.com.

Letters and Feedback In response to “Local LGBT activism marks 50th anniversary,” Aug. 27-Sept. 2: Thank you so much for sharing this information. I am actually the individual organizing the effort to pass the nondiscrimination ordinance in Radnor. I hope that this ordinance can redeem our past transgressions against the LGBT community, like the Radnor Raid. — TajMagruder In response to “Doylestown bans LGBT discrimination,” Aug. 2026: As someone who has actually been involved in the Doylestown antidiscrimination ordinance process, I can tell you that Pray,

Reilly and all the other folks working so hard on this have never said legislation is the answer. In fact, the emphasis all along (and moving forward) is very different. Yes, the laws are necessary — civil rights need to be in place. But homophobia, racism and other forms of discrimination do not obey the law. That’s why so much work has been done to ensure that there will be an education and outreach component and to emphasize that the HRC in town needs to be diverse — unlike the borough council. But should we tolerate people being evicted, fired and kicked out of restaurants for being gay or trans? No way.

As was quoted in the article, there is much work to be done, but good progress was made in the process of passing this ordinance. — DoylestownLGBT In response to “Local bars gear up to bar AIDS,” Aug. 6-12: Great. One of the main ways HIV is transmitted among gay men (three-quarters of participating venues are gay bars) is when men are drunk or high and have unsafe sex. Nice to know the AIDS service organizations are encouraging more drinking. Despite their promotion that this includes coffee houses, only one coffee place participated. — non-alcoholic

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offender was described as a black male, 20-30 years old and 5-foot8. REPORT: At 4:20 p.m. Aug. 18, complainant was in the 1100 block of Market Street when a female demanded her money, threatening her with a razor. The offender fled west on Market with a small amount of cash. The suspect was described as a black female, 25 years old, 5-feet tall and 130 pounds, with a light complexion and wearing a purple scarf and tan dress.

REPORT: Between 4 p.m. Aug. 18 and 9 a.m. Aug. 19, the lock to a construction-site storage box was cut and construction tools were taken in the 1100 block of Walnut Street. REPORT: At 12:10 p.m. Aug. 19, someone cut a lock to the rear door of a Federal Express truck parked outside 833 Chestnut St. and stole five computers from the cargo area. REPORT: Between 9:10 a.m.5:15 p.m. Aug. 20, complainant’s secured bicycle was stolen from the 1300 block of Chestnut Street. REPORT: At 5:55 p.m. Aug. 20, complainant’s laptop was taken from inside the Sprint store, 1110 Chestnut St. The offender, described as a black male, 5-feet tall, with a stocky build and wearing glasses and an orange shirt, then got into a blue and white cab heading west on Walnut Street from 11th. REPORT: At 12:20 p.m. Aug. 21, two males and a female entered London Jewelers, 834 Chestnut St., and asked to look at a diamond ring. One of the males grabbed the ring from the employee and then shoved her down when she tried to stop him. The offenders fled north on Ninth Street with the ring. One suspect was described as a black male, 30-35 years old, 6-feet tall with a thin build and wearing a gray shirt with black sleeves. The second male was described as 3035 years old, 6-feet tall with a thin build and wearing a dark shirt. The female was described as a black, 20-25 years old and wearing a black shirt and jeans. ■

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KAUFMAN From Page 1 “I didn’t think much about it because I hadn’t heard anything back from them and the campaign’s just been moving on, and then I got an e-mail from the Liberty City Democratic Club about the contest and then other people were e-mailing me saying that they voted and good luck, but it was news to me at first,” she said. When she learned of the contest, Kaufman was in fourth place, and she said she quickly mobilized supporters to get out the word. “It was really grassroots. I immediately put it up on Facebook and reached out the tentacles and tried to get everybody and their brother behind this. I talked to as many people as I could everywhere that I was. I was in the supermarket, the doctor’s office, at work just telling everyone to vote. We had an army of folks who made it their mission to get enough support for this.” Micah Mahjoubian, co-chair of Liberty City, said his organization sent out messages to its more-than 5,000 members, urging all to log on and vote for Kaufman. While the DFA endorsement was a welcomed addition to her

campaign, Kaufman said she still recognizes the work that lies ahead. “I’m not under any delusions about what I’m up against here. This [contest] was a great and wonderful thing and I’m thrilled about it, but it doesn’t change the raw facts: I have a real uphill battle against an 18-year incumbent who’s locked into a culture in the district that I’m trying to change for the better,” she said. “We have a whole lot of work to do. We need support, we need people to donate, to come canvas with us, because those are the things that win elections.” Mahjoubian and partner Ryan Bunch will host a fundraiser for Kaufman from 5:30-7 p.m. Sept. 7 at the office of Ceisler Media, 1525 Locust St., sixth floor. Suggested contributions are $25, $50 and $100. For more information or to RSVP, contact Mahjoubian at (215) 423-1068 or micah@soapboxsolutions.com. For more information on Kaufman or to get involved with the campaign, visit www.fern4pa. com. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

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Angela Giampolo

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As an employee, it is essential to know exactly what your employment rights are and whether you fall within a category granted special protections under the law. This is difficult for the LGBT community, as there are no protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity at the federal level, resulting in a lack of consistency among state laws. Moreover, some states and even individual counties and municipalities have passed laws that broaden the scope of their nondiscrimination laws. Based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is the agency responsible for enforcing federal laws barring discrimination against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 and over), disability or genetic information. Most employers with at least 15 employees are covered by the EEOC and the laws apply to all types of work situations, including hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages and benefits. Unfortunately, Title VII provides no protections for those discriminated against at work based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Thus, it remains legal in 29 states to discriminate based on sexual orientation, and in 38 states to do so based on gender identity or expression. ENDA: What to expect There is a chance a federal law may provide basic protections against workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the future: The pending Employment NonDiscrimination Act is closely modeled on existing civil-rights laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. Reps. Barney Frank (DMass.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Susan Collins (RMaine) introduced the legislation in this session of Congress. If passed, it would prohibit public

and private employers, employment agencies and labor unions from using an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity as the basis for employment decisions. It would also apply to Congress and the federal government, as well as employees of state and local governments. Regrettably, ENDA has been criticized for being too light in its protections, with some even calling it “Splenda,” because it does not apply to businesses with fewer than 15 employees, religious organizations or uniformed members of the armed forces, meaning it does not affect the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. It also does not allow for quotas or preferential treatment based on sexual orientation or gender identity or for a “disparate impact” claim similar to the one available under Title VII, or for the imposition of affirmative action for an ENDA violation. Furthermore, ENDA would not apply retroactively; thus, someone discriminated against even a day before its passing would not have cause of action. ENDA will likely be voted on by the full committee as early as April 21, 2011, with a floor vote soon thereafter. The last actions taken on the bill were on Sept. 23, 2009, when the House Education and Labor Committee held a full committee hearing, and on Nov. 5, 2009, when the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing. What states can do Devoid of a federal law, however, individual states, counties and even companies, if they so choose, offer more protections. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have passed laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, and 12 states and D.C. also prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. Hundreds of companies have enacted policies protecting their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. As of September 2009, 434 (87 percent) of the Fortune 500 companies had implemented nondiscrimination policies that include sexual orientation, and 207 (41 percent) had policies including gender identity. New Jersey is among the growing number of states with very progressive nondiscrimination laws. The New Jersey Law

Against Discrimination makes it unlawful, in the workplace, for employers to discriminate in any job-related action, including recruitment, interviewing, hiring, promotions, discharge, compensation and the terms, conditions and privileges of employment on the basis of any of the law’s specified protected categories. These protected categories include marital status, domestic-partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information liability for military service, or mental or physical disability, including AIDS and HIV-related illnesses. The LAD prohibits intentional discrimination, which may take the form of differential treatment or statements and conduct that reflects discriminatory animus or bias. In Pennsylvania, the Human Relations Commission enforces commonwealth laws that prohibit discrimination. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, which encompasses employment, prohibits discrimination based on virtually all the same categories as those the federal government protects. However, it does not include sexual orientation or gender identity as protected categories. In spite of this, Philadelphia, through the Fair Practices Ordinance (section 9-1103), bars discrimination in the workplace based on both sexual orientation and gender identity. Still, Pennsylvania is taking steps in the right direction. While most of Pennsylvania counties allow discrimination against LGBT people in employment, housing and public accommodation, House Bill 300 would right this wrong by amending the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” as protected classes. The biggest influence on whether this bill passes is Pennsylvania’s next governor: Republican Tom Corbett or Democrat Dan Onorato. Corbett opposes HB 300 and supports a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, as stated in a questionnaire to the PA Family Institute. On the other hand, Dan Onorato opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, supports civil unions and domestic partnerships and supports fully inclusive nondiscrimination protections in employment, housing

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and public accommodations. As individual counties and states move toward extending their laws to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, LGBT employees will hopefully find their rights protected in more than just a county or state here and there, but also by the federal government. ■ Angela D. Giampolo, principal of Giampolo Law Group, maintains offices in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey and specializes in LGBT law, business law, real-estate law and civil rights. Her website is www. giampololaw.com and her blog can be found at www.phillygaylawyer. com. Send Angela your legal questions at angela@giampololaw.com.

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Out on the fringe DRUNK ENOUGH, ABSENT OR PRESENT: Fringe performers Will Windsor Erwin (from left) and Chris Serpentine in “Drunk Enough to Say I Love You”; Rain Ross and Eleanor Goudie-Averill in “Absence/Presence” Photo: Lindsay Browning

LGBT performers take the stage at Philly Fringe By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer

The international arts extravaganza known as The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe is back for another two-weeks-plus of boundarypushing dance, theater, music and other forms of performance art, Sept. 3-18, at venues throughout the city. As in previous years, Philly Fringe, the more daring of the festivals, will feature an abundance of LGBT-themed performers and shows that are sure to keep spectators raving about the event well into next year. We couldn’t begin to list all the notable LGBT talent and events at Philly Fringe this year, but the following shows should not be missed. “The Jane Goodall: Experience” promises to be one of the more interesting Fringe performances this year, thanks largely to creator Marcel Williams Foster. The show celebrates the 50th anniversary of Goodall’s research in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, with Williams Foster portraying the famed British anthropologist — in drag. Williams Foster knows

the subject matter well: He worked with the Jane Goodall Institute for four years, and got to observe its namesake in action. “I won my own scholarship to do my own research in Gombe National Park. I met Jane and published a lot of papers under her institute,” Williams Foster said. “I also had a background in the performing arts. After working for the organization f o r

four years, it definitely was an honor and exciting and something I want to share. I felt that drag was a really useful and captivating tool to tell Jane

Goodall’s story, which is pretty familiar to audience members, and also get at those other inter-working problems and the history behind Gombe.” Britney Hines, the show’s director, said the drag element is an important part of the production. “Something that really struck me when we started working on this process is, why? Why does Marcel want to play Jane in drag?” she said. “So that kind of became the framework for the way that we approached all of the material that we had on Jane Goodall. It was a way to frame the work and the ideas that we want to question in a way that connects back to the experiences Marcel had in Gombe.” She added that the show tries to keep a balance between the drag element and reverence for the subject matter. “It’s light and fun, but there’s a definite examination of who Jane Goodall is,” Hines said. “It’s celebratory of her life’s work, but it also tried to understand what that work means to

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all of us — the people of Tanzania, the chimpanzees and, ultimately, Marcel.” Williams Foster, who is a double major in acting and anthropology, said his main focus in Tanzania was the chimpanzees, but added that his studies in anthropology did give him a better understanding of acting. “I’m really interested in dance and theater because I think it’s a forum to better understand human behavior,” he said. “Anthropology is known as the study of people. So I feel like the tools I gained, both in observing the chimpanzees and also the theory of cultural anthropology, are really useful. That’s my mission: to investigate human behavior in the performing arts and, using my background in anthropology and the tools I gained in the field, applying that in the field of performing arts.“ Catch “The Jane Goodall: Experience” Sept. 15-18 at Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St. For more information, visit www.marcelwfoster.org. Another Fringe production trying to find a balance between the show and the message is Insomnia Theater’s “54: All Together Equal.” Based on Edna Ferber’s novel “Show Boat,” it is the tale of fictional Troupe 54’s battles with racism and bigotry from the 1960s-’80s. Producer Matthew Flocco said the scope of the show has changed dramatically since Insomnia Theater decided to go ahead with it. He said what originally was supposed to be a musical is turning into a more toned-down series of spoken-word performances — they even renamed the production from the prior title, “54: A New Rock Musical!” “The musical was always a little more on the serious side,” Flocco said. “But it has now turned into something more serious, personal and intimate. Originally, we were set up to do the rock musical but we ran into a bunch of troubles. Unfortunately, people had been dropping out of the cast because their summers were busier than I thought. Then we had more trouble fundraising. “We decided to make it a series of monologues from the show all about equality. We think that’s very important. Right now, it’s either 10 or 11 cast members, all students. It’s going to be an abstract series. Before it was very much more upbeat. It was serious, but it had some comedic undertones. Whereas this one is a little more ... I wouldn’t say dark, but it has a much more meaningful impact on us. It’s more about the struggles.” While 1920s “Show Boat” dealt with issues of race, Flocco said “54” addresses issues of sexuality. “It definitely has an impact because many of the cast members are gay or bisexual or they have many gay friends,” Flocco said about the overall message behind the revamped show. “So it defi-

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nitely hits home for many of us.” Catch “54” Sept. 818 at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St. Another Philly Fringe performance with LGBT f l a v o r i s “A b s e n c e / Presence,” presented by Stone Depot Dance Lab and out choreographers Eleanor Goudie-Averill and Rain Ross. The piece explores political subjects and issues including social activism, identity and technology and its effect on communication. Goudie-Averill, a transplant from Iowa by way of New York City, said she and Ross have a similar dance background and aesthetics but their performance styles vary greatly. “We both have a pretty technical background,” she said. “We both were trained in classical ballet and modern styles like Martha Graham. Her narratives tend to be more overt. She has a piece about Dorothy Parker and it’s definitely about Dorothy Parker. It has a set and props and partnering that is more along a storyline. My piece is a little more subtle in the message. It’s mostly about how people present themselves to the world through their bodies, as in the way that we posture or gesture to show who we are and what we think and believe.” C a t c h “ A b s e n c e/ Presence” at 7 and 9 p.m. Sept. 3-4 at CHI Movement Arts Center, 1316 S. Ninth St. For more information, visit stonedepotdancelab. wordpress.com. Fans of abstract theater laced with political sat- JANE OF THE ire should head directly to Butros and Bels Theatrical Emporium’s take on British playwright Caryl Churchill’s controversial play, “Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?” In the production, the concept of patriotism is explored through the complex relationship between two men. “In the original script, the two characters were named Sam and Jack, so people assumed it was Uncle Sam, which was correct,” producer Nelson Barre explained. “The other was just supposed to be a name but people took Jack to mean Union

FOREST: Marcel Williams Foster in “The Jane Goodall: Experience” Photo: Libby Cady

Jack, so they thought it was the British saying they’re better than the Americans in global foreign policy. People took that as sort of a slight when they brought it to the United States.” Yeah, right. Politics. Get to the gay part of the show. “It’s hard to explain the gay issue with this play because they are written as a country,” Barre said. “Sam’s character description is a country and Guy, who is the other character, is just a guy. It’s sort of this guy falling in love with his coun-

try with super-patriotic pride, but there’s also a little queer in there. The insinuation is you have to be a little bit gay for your country to fall in love with it.” Catch “Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?” Sept. 3-5 and 8-9 at Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave. For more information on Live Arts and Philly Fringe, visit www.livearts-fringe. org. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.

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Center marks Katrina anniversary with photo show

for the trip to result in an exhibit, she packed her camera and some film to capture the experience. Molieri has a degree in journalism from Temple University and said she’s always had an interest in photography and the social possibilities it affords. “Photography for me has always been about looking at the relationships between documentation of social reality and the movement for social change,” she said. Molieri found that once she arrived in Louisiana, there was plenty to document. She spent nearly two weeks living with other Common Ground volunteers at St. Mary of the

Angels School in the Upper 9th Ward. The volunteers focused on residential houses that were severely damaged by the storm, ripping up carpets, removing drop-ceilings and gutting them to the studs to prepare them for rebuilding. Even though Katrina claimed the homes and loved ones of many of the area’s residents, Molieri said the spirit emanating from both the locals and the volunteers was overwhelming. “I got such an enormous sense of strength and solidarity from the community. People had been dealing with this since day one and they were just trying to survive.

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illustrated that, once news crews left New Orleans, national attention shifted elsewhere. The disparity between the reality of New Orleans and the public perception was one of the main motivating factors for Molieri’s photo exhibit. “I hesitated about showing it for a long time because I didn’t want it to come across as self-serving. I want this to be about what is and isn’t happening and what still remains to be done, even now, five years later. Without documentation like this, it just doesn’t exist. I want people to think, to hopefully feel some resonance with these images. I’m not showing anything foul or offensive at all, but I’m hoping the photos actually make people’s skin crawl a little bit, because that’s what I felt when I saw it. I want people to almost be able to smell the mold that hit me and that encircled the entire city. This is too important an event in our history to just forget and let it pass too easily.” A reception for “The Lower Nine: A Post-Katrina Odyssey” will be held 6-8 p.m. Sept. 10 at the center, during which Molieri will discuss her experiences in New Orleans. For more information, call (215) 732-2220. ■

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When Christina Molieri started graduate school in fall 2006 in a dual-master’s program, she found she had little time to exercise her passion for community activism. However, as spring break approached, instead of planning a relaxing vacation, Molieri began packing her bags for New Orleans, to help rebuild one of the areas that was hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. Molieri’s March 2007 trip generated several rolls of film that she hopes will convey the true impact of the storm and its aftermath — on display at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., from Sept. 6-Oct. 31. Molieri, the center’s former program coordinator, was in the process of attaining her master’s in social service and law and social policy from Bryn Mawr College when the idea for the trip arose. Molieri said her friends living in New Orleans related the widespread devastation and “the blind injustices that occurred when the hurricane hit and that continued to occur with how it was handled.” She connected with Common Ground, a nonprofit relief group formed after the hurricane, and got a flight to New Orleans for just $100. Although she didn’t intend

They’d lost everything but they didn’t lose their sense of compassion.” As she was working, Molieri captured shots of the rebuilding efforts and the widespread destruction in the Lower 9th Ward. Even though she arrived in New Orleans more than a year-and-ahalf after Katrina hit, she said the impact of the storm was evident from her first day. “I was in the airport shuttle to St. Mary’s and I was in with some folks who were going to the Four Seasons and the Marriott, and they were talking about, ‘Oh, this isn’t so bad. I don’t know why everyone’s making such a big deal.’ And the driver knew where I was going, so he didn’t say anything,” she said. “After we dropped them off, we were at Congress Avenue, and it’s this long street that divides a big chunk of the city and once you cross it, we were in the Lower 9th Ward. When we crossed that street, it was literally like going into Beirut. The houses were burnt down, and there were a lot of houses that still hadn’t been touched. There was furniture piled everywhere, and you could see the water lines and the spray paint on the doors telling you how many bodies had been found.” Molieri noted that the tourists with whom she shared the shuttle

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Family Portraits The motto of the University of Pennsylvania is “Leges sine moribus vanae,” which translates to “Laws without morals are useless.” Thus, it’s probably a good school for someone going for a master’s degree in bioethics, as Jeff Antsen can attest. PGN: Origin? JA: I grew up in Fairfax, Va., right outside of D.C., and lived there until college. PGN: Was your family into politics? JA: Not per se, but both my parents worked for the government. My dad worked for the Department of Labor and my mom still works for the Department of Defense. PGN: What was something you liked about Fairfax? JA: Well, I would never move back there, which is not a ringing endorsement. It was quaint, but there’s nothing to do, everyone’s a 10-minute car ride away, so if you don’t have a car, it can get pretty tedious. And I went to a magnet school for science and technology, so my friends were all over the place. PGN: Was it a good experience? JA: Yes, I had a phenomenal experience in high school. You had to test into the school, so I was there with other people who wanted to go to school. I took a lot of great classes like AP biology and philosophy and a really interesting government course. All my classmates were the kind of people you’d want to keep in touch with long after you left. Even the jocks were intellectuals. I loved it. PGN: Any sports for you? JA: I rowed.

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Suzi Nash PGN: Who was your first crush? JA: I dated two girls before I came out. The first one turned out to be a lesbian and the second one had five of her exes turn out gay. PGN: The real-life Grace! JA: Exactly. She actually helped me come out my sophomore year in high school. I had a crush on a guy in my Latin class and she encouraged me to talk about it, thinking I was bisexual. When I finally decided that I really only liked boys, she wasn’t quite so much of a fan. PGN: Were you out out? JA: Yes, within a few months I came out to everybody. My parents, friends, everyone. My parents weren’t totally on board with it, but they supported me. PGN: Best thing and toughest thing about coming out? JA: I went from having no idea what was going on with me to coming completely out, which was amazingly liberating. My mother didn’t take it too well. Right after I told her, she got on the phone with her sister and was sobbing hysterically. I thought, Gee, couldn’t you at least have called from the other room? I wasn’t torn up about it, though. I got on the phone with a friend and was joking, “No, she’s having an awesome reaction!” But it all worked out. PGN: You don’t fit the gay stereotype Were people surprised? JA: People are still surprised. At Woody’s I get asked if I’m straight on a regular basis. PGN: Higher learning? JA: I went to undergrad at Lehigh University and did a dual-degree, triple major in biology, philosophy and political science. I did

two studies abroad for political science. I was in London my sophomore year and Ireland my senior year. They’re great places to study poli-sci because it’s an analogous political history to the U.S., rather than going to a place that has a system completely alien from ours. I’m at Penn now working on my master’s in bioethics. PGN: Explain bioethics. JA: It started in the medical and research areas, deciding what’s allowable and what’s not when doing research. PGN: Like cloning people? JA: Well, yes, but that’s a little on the sensational side. There are other more realistic things to consider, end-of-life issues and the ethical side of new drugs. They are developing all these drugs to make people more focused and aware, so where do you stop and what is fair? They’re actually working on a drug right now to create a lack of remorse in soldiers. It would block the development of emotionally charged memories so that soldiers can go out and do the things that they ostensibly have to do, which is a whole other ethics debate, and not have horrible Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after doing them. PGN: That’s crazy. And when they come home and don’t feel remorse for any of their actions? Or when the drugs show up on the black market, that’s all we need is more people robbing, raping and embezzling without remorse. JA: Well, it’s not a permanent thing. And ethically, maybe we shouldn’t be asking people to do these things in the first place. I take a broad approach to the subject, whereas if you spoke to our

JEFF ANTSEN Photo: Suzi Nash

professor, Art Caplan, he’d say it’s about research, medicines and vaccines. But to me, it’s applied ethics and any question you have is going to involve people, animals or the environment, some aspect of biology. PGN: Something silly: I read a murder mystery and the villain ran a fertility clinic. He had a woman who’d fertilized identical twins but didn’t want to raise two toddlers at once, so she had one implanted immediately and then waited to implant the other a few years later, resulting in identical twins who were four years apart. Would that qualify as a bioethical dilemma? JA: I guess you could have a Brave New World-esque scenario where that could actually happen, though I don’t know the science of it. It’s not necessarily diabolical, but it is a question of should you do it just because you can. The field of bioethics started with the Nuremberg Trials. A lot of

the Nazi scientists were doing what they thought was legitimate research and actually made interesting discoveries and produced results that they felt were important for their military and country, but that’s where the allies had to show that while the scientists might have thought there were good reasons to do that type of research, we felt there were better reasons not to. PGN: Like the Tuskegee Experiments where, for years, they were studying poor black sharecroppers who had syphilis and didn’t bother to tell them that a treatment had been found because they wanted to continue the study. JA: Yes. [It’s about] how does technology interrelate with ethics and how should we behave as people in an ambiguous world. PGN: Back to you: how do you like Philadelphia? JA: It’s the first time I’ve lived in a city and I really like it. When I first moved here, I got hilariously lost every time I got off the blue line trying to get to Woody’s. I’d walk in circles until I found it. PGN: How did you get the job? JA: I attended a Boys of Summer party at Voyeur and won the “Hot Body” contest. [Laughs.] I’d already put in an application to be a barback, but I think winning the contest helped me get the job at Woody’s. PGN: Had you bartended before? JA: No, never. I was a resident’s

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assistant in college, which was a people-person job, but that was it. I really enjoy the job. I work as a barback and sometimes as a bartender. PGN: What’s your best drink? JA: I can make a Red Devil, which has seven or eight different kinds of liquor. It’s kind of asinine. PGN: Do you get hit on a lot? JA: No. The crazy thing is people always assume I’m straight! PGN: What drives you crazy? JA: When we have college night and you get kids pulling out crumpled dollar bills, one at a time, while you have a line of people waiting. I just want to scream, “What are you doing?” PGN: I bartend on occasion and I hate when people order a drink, wait until you finish making it and then ask for a second one of the same drink. JA: Oh yeah, I hate that, especially with a complicated drink like the Red Devil. And then they don’t tip! PGN: Outside of work and school, any hobbies? JA: I like to run and I love to read. I have one book, “Invisible Cities,” that I read over and over. It’s by an Italian author, Italo Calvino, and it was assigned reading for a poli-sci class called “The Politics of Authenticity.” Every time I reread it, I discover something new. I’m a little bit of an evangelist with it: I buy several copies and give them away. PGN: I’m like that with “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. I must have given away 10 copies. It’s an amazing book about what could happen if we’re not careful and let extremist factors take over our government. It was written in 1985 and is very relevant today. JA: Really? From the cover design, I thought it was medieval, but it sounds very dystopian. That’s what I get for judging a book by the cover! If you’re a reader, I actually have a copy of “Invisible Cities” with me now if you want it ... PGN: Cool! Speaking of judging a book by the cover, I bet seeing you carrying buckets of ice behind the bar, most people have no idea what an intellectual you are. I might have thought you were more of a muscle boy myself.

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JA: [Laughs.] That’s a relatively new thing. I was scrawny and uncoordinated growing up. Physed class was my worst nightmare for years. Now I really enjoy using my body for doing things. It’s one of the reasons I like being at the bar: being physical, using muscle. It’s like working on a farm, only instead of lifting bales of hay, it’s cases of beer!

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Offline Bruce Yelk September sizzles in the City of Brotherly Love If you’ve been in town the last couple of weekends, you can already feel the momentum shifting back from the shore to the city, as it inevitably does at the end of every summer. Center City bars and restaurants are getting busier, commuter traffic is picking up and invitations for fall events are popping up with increasing frequency. For urban souls like me, this return to “normalcy” is exciting and a little overwhelming. In a few days, professional and social schedules will intensify, while the memories of shore shares, ocean sunsets and happy hour at our favorite summer haunts will begin to fade away (thank goodness for Facebook photo albums)! To help you prep for the next couple weeks of transition, here’s a list of LGBT diversions worthy of your time and attention. It’s the perfect way to stave off those post-summer blues. On Sept. 18, Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 St. James St., will host Nightlifegay.com’s second annual Gayborhood Games. Every year, several “Best of” lists are released, ranking local restaurants and performers, but the Gayborhood Games are a collection of innovative contests to gauge Philly’s most talented in numerous categories. Similar to reality-competition formats like “American Idol,” contestants perform before a panel of expert judges and hundreds of audience members. Champions will be named in the following categories: — Outstanding Drag Act — Outstanding Comedian — Outstanding Vocalist — Outstanding Salon/Hairstylist — Outstanding Bartender — Outstanding Chef/Baker

The champions from the 2009 Gayborhood Games will return to defend their title, raising the stakes at this year’s competition. The Gayborhood Games are open to any resident or business in Philadelphia and the five-county region. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the competition begins promptly at 9. For more information on the games, visit www.nightlifegay.com. One of the things most Philadelphians, gay and straight alike, anticipate each fall is the return of football. If you’re not content sitting on the sidelines, check out the Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League. The league is open to any local resident, but it’s very popular in the gay community. From 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 11, league organizers will host their “Opening Day” at Columbus Park, 12th and Wharton streets. This is the first official day of the fall season, and it’s certain to be a fun time for athletes and fans alike. Registration is currently open at www.phillyflagfootball.com. Also over the weekend of Sept. 10-12 is South Jersey Gay Pride. The entire weekend is full of exciting activities and events, but I’m most looking forward to the 2010 Miss Southern New Jersey Gay Pride Pageant. On Sept. 11, Fiso’s Lounge, 1439 South St., will be littered with high heels, BeDazzlers and tiaras in pursuit of South Jersey’s drag title. Cover for the event is $15 before 5 p.m. and $20 after. Details about the pageant, as well as South Jersey Gay Pride’s entire celebratory agenda, are at www.jerseylyfe. org. With post-Labor Day planning in full swing, it’s tempting to look past the holiday weekend. If you’re not spending the weekend in Rehoboth, Fire Island or another beach getaway, consider traveling to New Hope on Saturday, Sept. 4, for the Mr. Gay New Hope competition. The popular Nevermore Hotel, 6426 Lower York Road, will host as several local contes-

tants compete for the chance to represent New Hope in the 2010 national Mr. Gay Competition at Voyeur Nightclub on Nov. 13. It’s guaranteed to be a thrilling evening with plenty of eye candy. For more information, or to book an overnight stay following the contest, visit www. nevermorehotel.com. This is just a sampling of the range of events guaranteed to make your transition to fall a bit easier. Feel free to send your suggestions to byelk@nightlifegay.com, and they might show up on my daily blog, www.nightlifegay.com. ‘Til next time, get offline and see what your community has to offer! ■

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worth watching: Queer TV you can always see: The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. on NBC. The Rachel Maddow Show Monday-Friday, 9 p.m. on MSNBC. FRIDAY 2010 Essence Music Festival Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and more perform. 9 p.m. on TV One. Bound Lovers Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon try to steal money from Tilly’s boyfriend, a mob boss. 10:30 a.m. on Logo. Late in Life Lesbians A profile of women who came out later in life. 8 p.m. on Logo. SATURDAY The Wanda Sykes Show The out comedian hosts this repeat of her weekly talk show. 11 p.m. on Fox. Saturday Night Live

Thintervention with Jackie Warner The out fitness expert helps people shed excess pounds in this new reality series. 10 p.m. on Bravo.

Tina Fey hosts and Justin Bieber performs on this repeat. 11:30 p.m. on NBC.

TUESDAY Glee Repeats of this musical comedy starring out actress Jane Lynch, who just won an Emmy for her performance on the show. 8 and 9 p.m. on Fox.

SUNDAY Big Brother 12 Root for gay contestant Ragan. 8 p.m. on CBS. Mel B: It’s a Scary World The Spice Girl’s new reality series debuts. 9 p.m. on the Style Channel. My Mic Sounds Nice A documentary examining women’s roles in hip-hop. 10 p.m. on BET. Hairspray John Travolta stars in the movie based on the musical based on John Waters’ classic film. 11 p.m. on USA. MONDAY How I Met Your Mother Out actor Neil Patrick Harris stars in this repeat as the womanizing Barney; out fashion expert Tim Gunn guest stars. 8 p.m. on CBS. RuPaul’s Drag U The queens make-over fashion-deficient women in these repeats. 9 and 10 p.m. on Logo.

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THROUGH THICK & THIN: Catch out fitness expert Jackie Warner and personal trainer Craig Ramsay on the series premiere of the new reality/fitness show “Thinter vention,” where they tr y to transform the bodies and lives of eight individuals looking to lead healthier lifestyles. 10 p.m. on Bravo. Photo: Stewart Volland/Bravo

Bringing Down the House Queen Latifah and Steve Martin star in this comedy film where a ex-con moves in with an uptight lawyer. 7 p.m. on Lifetime.

p.m. on HBO Family. WEDNESDAY America’s Next Top Model The new season kicks of in Palm Springs. 8 p.m. on CW. Top Chef: Washington, D.C. A cooking competition show. 10 p.m. on Bravo.

The Real World: New Orleans Look for gay cast member America’s Got Talent The top 10 acts compete to try Preston. 10 p.m. on MTV. and make it to the final four. 9 She’s Got the Look p.m. on NBC. Out fashion expert Robert Verdi judges this reality comFlipping Out petition for modeling hopeOut house-flipper Jeff Lewis goes to New York City. 9 p.m. fuls. 10 p.m. on TV Land. on Bravo. THURSDAY Big Brother 12 Rachel Zoe Project Look for out assistant Brad in Hopefully the gay housemate won’t get evicted this episode. the reality series. This week 8 p.m. on CBS. the crew helps figure skater Johnny Wier. 10 p.m. on Project Runway Bravo. Openly gay Tim Gunn hosts this reality fashion competiSouthern Comfort A documentary about a trans- tion. This week the designers gender man who is dying from create resort attire. 9 p.m. on Lifetime. ovarian cancer. 10 a.m. on Logo. Threesome A female student is assigned Xanadu to a dorm with two male The 1980s musical starring Olivia Newton-John and a lot roommates and a love triangle of people on roller skates. 11 ensues. 9 p.m. on Logo. ■

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Your guide to arts and entertainment

Theater

Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy The animal-themed show blending circus elements and Broadway theatrics runs through Sept. 5 at Trump Taj Mahal’s Xanadu Theater, 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City; (609) 4416150. Curtains The Walnut Street Theatre presents the murder whodunit set against the backdrop of a musical theater production circa 1959, Sept. 7-Oct. 24, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 574-3550. Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl The Langhorne Players present a contemporary and inspired look at the classic tale from Greek mythology in which Orpheus, a musician, falls in love with and marries an oak nymph named Eurydice, through Sept. 4 at Spring Mill Garden, 1118 Richboro Road, Tyler State Park, Newtown; (215) 860-0818. Ghost-Writer Arden Theatre Company presents the story of a dead novelist and his secretary, who is still taking dictation from him, Sept. 9-Nov. 7, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 922-1122. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mauckingbird Theatre Company re-imagines Shakespeare’s classic as a gender-bending tale of modern love, through Sept. 12 at Randall Theater at Temple University, 2020 N. 13th St.; (215) 923-8909. Precipice Power Plant Productions presents a journey to the end of the world where a society of survivors desperately searches to discover the answers buried

beneath their own skin, through Sept. 18, 230 N. Second St.; (215) 5928775.

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Marina and The Diamonds The pop singer and her band perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 3 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 2221400.

Jackson Browne The singer-songwriter performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 4-5 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City; (609) 317-1000.

Stone Temple Pilots The rock band performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City; (609) 317-1000.

Alice Cooper The original shock rocker performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 5 at the House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City; (609) 345-8652. Hot Hot Heat The rock band performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 5 at North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St.; (215) 787-0488.

Tony Enos The out pop singer performs at a fundraising event for Safeguards and the Educational Justice Coalition of Philadelphia, 11 p.m. Sept. 3 at Voyeur, 1221 St. James St.; (215) 735-5772.

The Roots The hip-hop group performs at 9 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City; (609) 317-1000.

30 Seconds to Mars The rock band featuring Jared Leto on vocals performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 4 at the House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City; (609) 345-8652. Al Green The legendary R&B singer performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 4 at Caesars Circus Maximus, 2100 Paciﬁc Ave., Atlantic City; (800) 745-3000. Babyface The R&B singer performs at 9 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City; (609) 317-1000. Donna Summer The disco queen performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 4 at Mark G. Etess Arena, 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City; (609) 449-1000.

Get the Led Out The Led Zeppelin tribute band performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 4-5 at Sellersville Theater 1894, 136 N. Main St., Sellersville; (215) 2573000.

Out pop singer Tony Enos performs as part of a fundraising event for Safeguards and the Educational Justice Coalition of Philadelphia, which caters to the needs of LGBT teens and includes mentoring and coaching programs and government-funded enrollment in the first LGBT online high school. The event starts at 9 p.m. with an open bar until 11, when Enos will take to the stage at Voyeur, 1221 St. James St. For more information, visit tonyenos. meakproductions.com or call (215) 735-5772.

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Bitch and Steph Hayes The out singer-songwriters perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 9 at North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St.; (215) 787-0488.

Exhibits

Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt The Franklin Institute presents an exhibition of 150 artifacts from Egypt, through Jan. 2, 20th Street and the Parkway; (215) 448-1200. Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier GuerrandHermes Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition

of jewelry and historic photographs from Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia, Sept. 4-Dec. 5, 26th Street and the Parkway; (215) 763-8100. Eakins on Paper: Drawings and Watercolors from the Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of 10 rarely seen drawings and watercolors that survey the early work of Thomas Eakins, through December, 26th Street and the Parkway; (215) 763-8100. Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom James A. Michener Art Museum presents an exhibition of photos featuring the New York Harbor through the lenses of Lewis Hines and Stephen Wilkes, through Oct. 10 in the Fred Beans Gallery, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; (215) 340-9800. Fugitive Elements AxD Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Vincent McLoughlin and Susanne Scherette King, through Sept. 4, 265 S. 10th St.; (215) 627-6250. Gold Mountain Marginal Utility presents an exhibition of bricolage sculptures by Abigail D. DeVille, through Sept. 25, 319 N. 11th St.; (917) 3554487. Grew Up & Blew Up: Character Rehab SALT Art Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Thomas Buildmore, Scott Chasse, Chris Clark, Dan King, Kenji Nakayama and Morgan Thomas, through Oct. 22, 212 Race St.; (215) 939-7426. I Bet You ArtStar Gallery presents an

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exhibition of solo works from Baltimore artist Rachel Bone, through Oct. 10, 623 N. Second St.; (215) 238-1557. Inspiring Fashion: Gifts from Designers Honoring Tom Marotta Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of contemporary special-occasion and eveningwear, through Sept. 6, 26th Street and the Parkway; (215) 763-8100. Pardon Me Painted Bride Arts Center presents an installation of paintings by Mary Dewitt, through Oct. 16, 230 Vine St.; (215) 925-9914. Pleasures and Pastimes in Japanese Art Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of costumes, masks and poetry exploring the ways in which leisure time was interpreted across all social classes in Japanese art, through fall, 26th Street and the Parkway; (215) 763-8100.

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Nevermore, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; (215) 8625225. Vixens and Vagabonds The Liberty City Kings host a drag and burlesque cabaret at 10 p.m. Sept. 4 at Tritone Bar, 1508 South St.; (215) 5450475. Bob & Barbara’s Drag Show Miss Lisa Lisa hosts a rotating cast of local performers and some male dancers, 11 p.m. Sept. 9 at Bob & Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; (215) 5454511.

Etc.

Mark Curry The comedian from the sitcom “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper” performs Sept. 3-4 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; (215) 496-9001. ■

Sept. 9, 5:30 p.m. Wendy Moffat, “A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster” MON. - SAT. 11:30 - 7p.m. SUNDAY 1:00 - 7p.m. email: giovannis_room@verizon.net

Film

Kurosawa Centennial: Rashomon The influential 1950 Japanese crime film is screened at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; (610) 917-0223. Back to School The 1980s comedy starring Rodney Dangerfield is screened at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400.

Books

Terry McMillan The best-selling author of “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” hosts a reading at 7:30 Sept. 8 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; (215) 686-5322. Dr. Wendy Moffat The author of “A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster” hosts a reading at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; (215) 923-2960.

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New Hope Mr. Gay Finals Mr. Nevermore and Mr. Raven compete for the ultimate title at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at The

RETRO BLING: Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting “Desert Jewels,” a chance to see never-before-exhibited jewelry from Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia as well as late 19th- and early 20th-century photographs by some of the period’s most prominent photographers, Sept. 4-Dec. 5, 26th Street and the Parkway. Crafted from combinations of silver, coral, amber, coins and semiprecious stones, the collection includes wedding necklaces, hair ornaments, bracelets and earrings — such as this late 19th-century piece made of silver, coral and enamel, from the Aït Yenni People, Great Kabylie, Algeria — showing the common threads that run through North African societies. For more information, visit www.philamuseum.org or call (215) 763-8100. Photo: Karen L. Willis/Museum for African Art

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Meeting Place A community bulletin board of activities, facilities and organizations

Community centers ■ The Attic Youth Center: For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday through Friday. See the Youth section for more events. 255 S. 16th St.; (215) 545-4331 ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St.; (215) 898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu, Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Doylestown Planned Parenthood, The Atrium, Suite 2E, 301 S. Main St., Doylestown; (215) 348-0558 ext. 65; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. ■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220; www.waygay.org. Peer counseling: Monday through Friday, 6-9 p.m. Library hours: Mondays 3-9 p.m., Tuesdays 3-6 p.m., Wednesdays 3-9 p.m., Thursdays 3-9 p.m., Fridays 3-9 p.m., Saturdays noon-6 p.m., Sundays noon-6 p.m. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.; Volunteer Velada, third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

Health Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 166 W. Lehigh Ave.; (215) 763-8870 ext. 6000. AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 340 N. 12th St., suite 205; (2215) 536-2424. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; (215) 851-1822 or (866) 222-3871. Spanish/English. HIV testing Free, anonymous testing and counseling is offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment at AIDS Resource, 520 W. Fourth St., suite 2A, Williamsport; (570) 322-8448.

Key numbers

HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; (215) 685-1803. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications, conﬁdential HIV testing available at 17 MacDade Blvd., suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Ofﬁce Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; (610) 586-9077. Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 1201 Chestnut St.; (215) 563-0652. www. mazzonicenter.org. Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; (215) 985-9206.

Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: (215) 686-2555

■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: (215) 587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: (856) 933-9500 ext. 221

■ Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine: (215) 563-0658

■ AIDS Library: (215) 985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: (215) 592-1513

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

■ AIDS Treatment hot line: (215) 5452212

■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: (215) 686-4670

■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: (215) 685-1633

■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: (215) 772-2000 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Chief Inspector James Tiano: (215) 685-3655 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: (215) 600-0627; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com

■ Equality Advocates Pennsylvania: (215) 731-1447; (866) LGBTLAW

■ Philly Pride Presents: (215) 875-9288

■ Equality Forum: (215) 732-3378

■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: (717) 920-9537

■ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Peer Counseling Services: (215) 732-TALK ■ Mayor’s liaison to LGBT communities: Gloria Casarez, (215) 686-2194; Gloria.

ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) Meets at 6 p.m. every Monday at St. Luke and the Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; (215) 386-1981; www.critpath.org/actup. Delaware Valley Chapter, Americans United for Separation of Church and State Seeks activists and supporters of church-state separation. Holds monthly meetings and events; (856) 863-3061; www.dvau.org. Equality Advocates Philadelphia Holds a volunteer night second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m., 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 605; (215) 731-1447; www.equalitypa.org. Green Party of Philadelphia Holds general meetings fourth Tuesday of each month (except April) at 6:30 p.m., 4134 Lancaster Ave.; (215) 243-7103; www.gpop.org. Log Cabin Republican Club of Philadelphia Meets at 7 p.m. third Wednesday of the month at the William Way Community Center; (215) 4655677; www.phillylogcabin.org. Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club Meets seasonally; (215) 760-7184; www. libertycity.org.

Arts

Gay Men’s Book Discussion Group Meets at 6:30 p.m. first Wednesday of the month at the Independence Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 18 S. Seventh St.; (215) 685-1633. Library Book Club Meets to discuss a new book at 7 p.m. on third Wednesday of the month at the William Way Center. New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus Chorus rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Mondays in Princeton, N.J.; (609) 675-1998. Open-mic night An amateur poetry, music and storytelling event sponsored by The Pride Center of New Jersey, meets at 8 p.m. every third Friday at the George Street Playhouse, 1470 Jersey Ave., North Brunswick, N.J.; (732) 846-0715. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus Chorus rehearses from 7-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays; (215) 731-9230; auditions@pgmc.org. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Opera Club Meets to share and listen to recordings at 6:30 p.m. on last Saturday of the month; (215) 224-6995. Philadelphia Voices of Pride Philadelphia’s first mixed GLBT chorus rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the William Way Center; (888) 505-7464; www.pvop.org. Queer Writer’s Collective Workshop and discussion group meets 4-6 p.m. on fourth Saturday of the month at the William Way Center. Women’s Book Group Meets first Thursday of the month at 6:45 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; brassygrrl@hotmail.com.

■ Mazzoni Center: (215) 563-0652; www. mazzonicenter.org

■ The COLOURS Organization Inc. 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; (215) 4960330.

Activism/Politics

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

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Diversity Dancers Ballroom dancers meet the ﬁrst Sunday of the month for tea dance and lessons. Other events scheduled throughout the year; (215) 922-2129; DiversityDancers@aol.com. Gay Bridge Club Non-beginners group meets Monday afternoons at the William Way Center; (215) 985-4835. Gay-friendly Scrabble Club Meets from 6-11 p.m. in the P.I.C. Building, 42nd and Locust streets; (215) 382-0789. Gay and Lesbian Scrabble Players in the tri-state area gather for socializing and friendly/competitive games; ScrabbleGroup@excite.com. Gay Opera Guys of Philly New group for opera appreciation meets last Sunday of the month at 2:30 p.m. in Roxborough/ Andorra area; (215) 483-1032. Humboldt Society: Lesbian and Gay Naturalists Meets second Thursday of the month at the William Way Center; (215) 985-1456; www. humboldtsociety.org. Indepedence Squares GLBT square dance club, modern Western square dancing. Monthly open house. Tuesday classes in the fall; Lutheran Church, 2111 Sansom St.; (215) 735-5812; www.independencesquares.org. Male Oenophile Group

PAGE 33 Male group forming to discuss, appreciate and taste various wines. Will meet once a month to investigate the nuances and glories of the fermented grape. Call (267) 230-6750 for more information. Mornings OUT LGBT Senior Social Activities for sexual-minority seniors are held every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the William Way Center. PhilaVentures Philadelphia’s GLBT outdoor group meets for a hike in Wissahickon Valley Park on Sundays at 2 p.m. at Borders Books, Music and Café, 8701 Germantown Ave.; (215) 271-8822. Rainbow Bridge Group Congenial group meets for supper and to play bridge monthly on a Monday at 6:30 p.m. Members rotate serving as host. New players welcome. For information call Gerry at (215) 592-1174. Rainbow Room A meeting/activity night held for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth and their friends Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. at the Rainbow Room of Planned Parenthood in Doylestown; (215) 348-0558.

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Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club Meets for Tuesday and Thursday practice at Greene Field, Howell Street and Moore Road, West Chester; www.brandywinerugby.org. City of Brotherly Love Softball League GLBT softball league serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Games are played Sundays, beginning in April, in Fairmount Park; (215) 4622575; www.cblsl.org. Frontrunners Running club meets Saturday mornings at 9:30 for a run and brunch. Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www.frontrunnersphila.org.

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AIDS Law Project Provides free legal assistance to people with HIV/AIDS and sponsors free monthly seminars on work and housing; 1211 Chestnut St., suite 600; (215) 587-9377; www.aidslawpa.org. BiUnity Philadelphia area social and support network for bisexuals, their family members and friends meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the William Way Center; www. biunity.org. Global A political, community and social group that also works to promote Bordentown as a gayfriendly community meets on the first Saturday of the month at Firehouse Gallery, 8 Walnut St., Bordentown, N.J.; jerseyglobal@yahoo.com. Delaware Pride Meets at 7 p.m. on first Thursday of the month at the United Church of Christ, 300 E. Main St., Newark, Del.; (800) 292-0429. Delaware Valley Pink Pistols For LGBT people dedicated to legal, safe and responsible use of firearms for self-defense; meets at 2 p.m. on third Saturday of the month at Classic Indoor Range, 1310 Industrial Blvd., Southhampton; (267) 386-8907; www. pinkpistols.org. Friday Feast and Fun Dinner hosted by St. John’s Lutheran Church at 6:30 p.m. second Friday of the month, 24 N. Ridge Ave., Ambler; (215) 576-8008. Haverford College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance Open meetings 10-11 p.m. Mondays in the lounge in Jones Basement at Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave.; (610) 896-4938.

Gay and Lesbian Bowling League Bowls at 8 p.m. Thursdays in the Norristown area; call Doug Schneidig; (716) 864-4393.

Latina/o Virtual Community Local listserv offers various information and resources; (215) 808-2493; Zorros_mail@yahoo. com; LatinPhillyLGBT@yahoogroups.com.

Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club GLBT and allied soccer club; practices Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon and Wednesdays 6-8 p.m. at Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park;www.falcons-soccer.org.

LGBTQ and Friends Activity Group Meets at 7 p.m. on third Friday of the month to plan outings and potlucks at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County.

Philadelphia Fins Swim Team Male and female swimmers meet at 7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. Saturdays in Center City; (610) 564-6661; www. philadelphia-ﬁns.org.

Long Yang Club Philadelphia Social organization for gay Asians and their friends holds monthly socials; P.O. Box 401, Philadelphia, Pa. 19105; www.longyangclub. org/philadelphia.

Philadelphia Gay Bowling League Meets 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays September through April at Brunswick Zone, 1328 Delsea Drive, Deptford, N.J.; (856) 889-1434; www. philagaybowling.com.

Our Night Out A casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, allied communities, friends and colleagues meets in a different Philadelphia hot spot each month. To receive monthly event invitations, send email to OurNightOutPhilly@gmail.com; PhillyGayCalendar.com/org/OurNightOut.

Philadelphia Gay Flag Football New group forming. Contact Jered at gayﬂagfootball@gmail.com or (214) 770-5373. Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club Team seeks players; all skill levels welcome; (215) 913-7531; info@phillygryphons.org. Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association Meets at 7 p.m. every third Monday at William Way Center; into@plta.us. Philadelphia Phoenix Women’s football team seeks players; (267) 6799535; www.philadelphiaphoenix.org. Philly Gay Hockey Association Philadelphia Phury seeks players; (917) 656-1936; phury@gayhockey.org.

Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Advice Offered from 5-8 p.m. on third Wednesday of the month; (215) 238-6333. Philadelphia Prime Timers Club for mature gay and bisexual men and their admirers meets regularly; (610) 344-0853; www. primetimersphiladelphia.org. Philadelphians MC Club for leather men and women meets 7:30 p.m. ﬁrst and third Mondays of the month at The Pit at The Bike Stop, 201 S. Quince St.; (215) 627-1662.

Rainbow Riders of the Delaware Valley Motorcycle club meets regularly; (215) 836-0440; www.groups.yahoo.com/group/rainbowridersdv/.

Philly Paw Pals Gay and lesbian dog owners and their dogs meet on ﬁrst Saturday of the month at a dog park; (215) 618-5290; PhillyPawPals@aol.com.

Rainbow Rollers Gay and lesbian bowling league meets 9 p.m. on Tuesdays September-April at Laurel Lanes, 2825 Rte. 73 South, Maple Shade, N.J.; (856) 778-7467.

Rainbow Amateur Radio Association ARRL afﬁliated; private; weekly HF nets, monthly newsletter, e-mail server; (302) 5392392; www.rara.org.

South Jersey Gay Bowling League Gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7 p.m. on Fridays September-April at Laurel Lanes, 2825 Rte. 73 South, Maple Shade, N.J.; (856) 778-7467.

Rock ’n’ Roll Queer Bar Party A party for gay and lesbian rockers with host Psydde Delicious starts at 10 p.m. every second Wednesday at N. 3rd, Third and Brown streets; (215) 413-3666.

Spartan Wrestling Club The gay wresting team meets from 7-9 p.m. Mondays at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; (215) 732-4545; www.phillyspartans. com. Team Philadelphia Meets at 8 p.m. second Wednesday of the month at the William Way Center; www.teamphiladelphia. org. Women’s Table Tennis New group forming. Interested women are encouraged to e-mail michelesimone19144@yahoo.com.

Silver Foxes Social and educational group for gays and lesbians 50 and older meets from 3-5 p.m. on fourth Sunday of the month at the William Way Center. Stonewall Model Railroad Club Meets monthly; (215) 769-4230; k3k@yahoo. com. Thirsty Third Tuesdays Collingswood Out in the Neighborhood meets at 7 p.m. on third Tuesday of the month for coffee, dessert and conversation at Three Beans, 40 N. Haddon Ave., Haddonﬁeld N.J.; (215) 439-8337.

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The jobs crisis is putting more Americans at risk of losing their homes. One in 10 households has missed at least one mortgage payment, and more than 2-million homes have been repossessed since the recession began. Few expect the outlook to improve until companies start to hire steadily again and layoffs ease. And while there was some good news last Thursday – a modest decrease in the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time in a month – the figure is still too high to bring down the unemployment rate. So the housing crisis goes on, even though the average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell again this week to an all-time low of 4.36 percent. “Ultimately, the housing story, whether it is delinquencies, homes sales or housing starts, is an employment story,” said Jay

Brinkmann, the top economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association. It’s just one of the problems confronting Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke as he spoke last Friday at a closely watched conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The Fed has mostly exhausted its ammo to give the economy a jolt. Just under 10 percent of homeowners are delinquent on at least one mortgage payment as of June 30, according to a quarterly report on delinquencies released by Brinkmann’s trade group. That’s more than double the level before the recession. The percentage of mortgage borrowers receiving foreclosure notices did fall slightly from the previous quarter, the ﬁrst drop in four years. And the percentage of loans receiving their ﬁrst notice of foreclosure also dipped. But many experts say the situation is getting worse. July was the worst month on record for new home sales and the worst in 15 years for sales of previously occupied homes. The supply of unsold homes on

the market keeps getting bigger. At the same time, the growing number of foreclosures keeps pushing down home prices and scaring potential buyers and sellers from the market. More than 2.3-million homes have been repossessed by lenders since the recession began in December 2007, according to foreclosure listing service RealtyTrac Inc. And 6 million more will be lost to foreclosure over the next three years, by some estimates. If that happens, home prices will probably sink further, and the economy will suffer. Builders will keep construction to a minimum, and Americans will be less willing to spend because of their lost home values. “Housing is certainly not going to help the recovery,” said Michelle Meyer, a Bank of America economist. “It threatens to hinder it.” A major problem is that many people have homes that are now worth less than they owe on their mortgages. Approximately 11-million homeowners, or 23 percent of those with a mortgage, were

“underwater” as of the end of June, real-estate data provider CoreLogic reported last Thursday. Nevada had the highest number of any state, with 68 percent. The number of “underwater” mortgages was down from the previous quarter – but only because homes are being repossessed by lenders. The number of Americans missing payments and falling into foreclosure has gone up along with unemployment. The jobless rate has remained near double digits all year. First-time requests for unemployment beneﬁts fell last week to a seasonally adjusted 473,000. It was the ﬁrst decline in a month and came one week after the number hit the half-million mark – the highest level in nine months. Even with last week’s decline, though, the four-week average in unemployment claims, which evens out the week-to-week volatility, rose to 486,750, the most since November 2009. In a healthy economy, that number is more like 400,000.

Losing a job or having health problems that lead to high medical bills are among the reasons many people fall behind in their mortgage payments. Toni Cloyd experienced both and fell behind twice on her monthly mortgage payment of $2,200 – first in 2006 after undergoing surgery, and again in 2008 after she lost a job and was out of work for six months. The Denver woman says she tried to catch up. She enrolled in the Obama administration’s main program to help homeowners at risk of foreclosure by lowering their monthly payments. She says she made payments that were never applied, and the bank is still demanding $98,000 in missed payments, lawyer’s bills and late fees. Bank of America says she never provided proper documents and was not approved for the mortgage modification. The end result came earlier this month. She pulled into the driveway and was embarrassed to find a foreclosure notice tacked to her door. ■

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