PGN Sept. 10 - 16, 2010 edition by The Philadelphia Gay News

Philadelphia Gay News Sept. 10 - 16, 2010

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Woman killed outside N. Philly LGBT party By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer

RISING UP FOR CHANGE: Individuals and groups receiving funds from grantmaking agency Bread and Roses Community Fund gathered for “On the Rise for Real Change,” a cocktail reception Sept. 1 at Smokin’ Betty’s. Bread and Roses funds projects that fuel positive social change and operates initiatives such as the Jonathan Lax Scholarship Fund, which pays tribute to a late LGBT activist. This year’s Lax Scholarship was given to Dwayne Bensing, D’Angelo Keyes, Stephen Kramer, Jason Landau-Goodman and Adrian Lowe. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Plans underway for gay senior housing center By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Philadelphia is now one step closer to adding its name to the short list of American cities that offers a housing complex for LGBT elders. The board of directors of the William Way LGBT Community Center met with representatives of LGBT grantmaking agency the Dr. Magnus Hirschfield Fund on Tuesday and consented to proceed on a proposed LGBT senior assisted-living center. The center would be situated directly next door to William Way, and construction, spearheaded by Pennrose Development, would involve the current adjoining building being torn down and replaced by a new facility that could accommodate about 40 residents. The Hirschfield Fund is applying for federal, state and city funding to cover the $20million project, and the William Way board this week voted to support the grant applications. Chris Bartlett, executive director of the center, said that while the board is backing the effort, it does plan to give it extensive thought as the project moves forward. “The board is going to take the time to review the impact of the project on the center’s mission and finances,” Bartlett said.

“We felt it was important for us to proceed carefully and think about how this project fits strategically with the center.” Mark Segal, president of the Hirschfield Fund and PGN publisher, also cautioned that the project is “not a done deal.” “We need the support of the community and for our elected officials to follow through with their commitments,” he said, adding, “A major thanks to the board at the [center] for allowing us to proceed with our upcoming grant proposal. They showed true leadership.” State Rep. Mike O’Brien (D-175th Dist.) has been pressing for state funding for the housing project and said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that the state will provide the needed funds. O’Brien said the state has a duty to protect its seniors, especially those who face increased marginalization like those in the LGBT community. “At the end of the day, society gets judged on how we treat our children and our old,” O’Brien said. “I truly believe we have a moral obligation to take care of older folks, and the issues they face are exacerbated in the LGBT community. I’ve seen many friends over the years whose partners have passed away and who are left alone and have See SENIORS, Page 12

A woman was struck and killed by a car in the early-morning hours of Sept. 4 in a melee outside of an after-hours North Philadelphia club that frequently hosts LGBT and ballroom events. Alisha Moore, 27, was killed when a car driven by two women hit her outside Club Motivation, Eighth and Dauphin streets, early Saturday. Five other patrons also sustained injuries at the club, which at the time was staging its weekly “Breakfast Club,” an event popular with the LGBT ballroom and house community. Marvin Mosley, who was working security at the club that night, told WCAU10 that his mother, club owner Kadella Davis, was one of the victims and was hospitalized for facial and neck injuries. Davis, also known as Mother Breakfast, has run underground LGBT parties in venues around the city for nearly 30 years. Police said the incident arose after Mosley prevented three women, who reportedly are lesbian, from entering the club at about 4 a.m. because they were carrying open containers of alcohol. After being turned away, the women allegedly began smashing windows of nearby parked cars. Two of the women got into a gray Chevrolet Monte Carlo at about 4:30 a.m. and drove toward the club, where a crowd was gathered outside. The women circled the block up to four times, striking more patrons each time before driving off, police said.

One suspect was detained at the scene and the other was apprehended a short distance away after she attempted to flee in a cab. Club Motivation hosts “Mini Ball Madness” every Friday night and “Lesbian Night Out” on Saturdays. As of Wednesday, charges had not been filed against the two women. Police spokesperson Sgt. Ray Evers said an “active investigation” is ongoing and police know the identity of the two suspects, although their names have not yet been made public. “We’re dealing with the District Attorney’s Office and we have a whole lot of evidence to get through, dealing with the car itself and the witnesses and toxicology reports,” Evers said. “At this point, we’re not sure when arrests will be made until the evidence is all sifted through and the DA’s Office makes the decision.” Mother Breakfast was interviewed by Philadelphia Weekly earlier this year on black LGBT nightlife and said the club has been in existence since the 1980s, although it has moved to several locations because of frequent raids by the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections. Robert Burns, executive director of The COLOURS Organization Inc., said his agency has been in contact with several other LGBT of color groups whom he said are planning activities “that will support dialogue around the incident.” ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn. com.

CLUB MOTIVATION, 2315 N. EIGHTH ST. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Show pride in S. Jersey The LGBT community in Southern New Jersey will come together this weekend for several days of Pride activities. The Southern New Jersey LGBTIQ Pride Festival will kick off with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Troy Walston House, 129 Market St. in Camden on the Rutgers University campus, featuring entertainment, vendors and a cash bar. On Saturday, the festival will stage the first-ever Miss Southern New Jersey Gay Pride Pageant, from 4-8 p.m. at Fiso Lounge, 1439 South St. in Philadelphia. The community will take to the streets at 9 a.m. Sept. 12 for the first annual Southern New Jersey Equality Walk, at Cooper River Park, Cherry Hill, which will raise funds for LGBT organizations. Walkers will return to the park at noon that day for the third-annual Pride festival, featuring food, games, speed-dating, a drag show and live entertainment. For more information or to register for the walk, visit www.jerseylyfe.org/Pride or search for the event on Facebook.

STYLIN’ IN THE RAIN: Openly HIV-positive former “Project Runway” contestant Jack Mackenroth (center) and friends participate in last year’s AIDS Walk, not letting the rain dampen anyone’s spirits at the annual fundraiser. Photo: Scott A. Drake

By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Every nine-and-a-half minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV. One in five people living with HIV is unaware that he or she has the disease. Philadelphia’s rate of new HIV infections is five times the national average. With the 24th annual Philadelphia AIDS Walk just over a month away, the city will soon teem with advertisements that utilize these three statistics to raise awareness not just about the walk, but also about the impetus behind it. “This is a much different campaign than before,” said Robb Reichard, executive director of AIDS Fund, which stages the walk, held this year on Oct. 17. “This really is a true public-awareness campaign. As a nation and as a city, these are statistics that we should find alarming. The AIDS Walk isn’t just the primary image; it’s also the why-we-walk piece. It’s about educating the entire community about the epidemic and where we’re at.” The messages are set to launch on posters, digital billboards and bus shelters throughout the city in the coming days. Although the campaign may look a bit different, Reichard said the walk will have its usual traditions — like the reading of the names of locals who have died from AIDS — along with some new additions, includ-

ing a performance of “Seasons of Love” from “Rent” by a local theater group. Last year, the length of the optional run was shortened from 10 km to 5 km to allow for more participation from runners of diverse abilities, and the shortened length will be retained this year, as Reichard said the shift did increase the number of runners. Walkers can register as individuals or as part of teams, and Reichard said more than 100 teams have already signed up. AIDS Fund is taking full advantage of the surge of social-media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to get out the message about the walk. Reichard said the availability of technology in recent years has greatly facilitated the planning process. “Just from the standpoint of time and resources, the fact that we’re able to reach tens of thousands of people with just one e-mail is amazing,” he said. “Back in the early ’90s when I was a volunteer, we had to coordinate telephoning every single walker after they registered. We would have five or six of us from 6-9 p.m. four nights a week get together to make the phone calls and confirm everyone’s registration. Now when you register, you get an automated e-mail instantly. So we’re really trying to utilize the technology that we have now so we can stay current, because that can really have an impact on our resources.”

Organizers are hoping for 15,000 people to turn out for the event and raise a collective $500,000, which AIDS Fund will distribute to area HIV/AIDS service organizations. “We’re looking to hit the half-million mark, so that’ll be our goal until we hit it and, once we do, then we’re just going to keep setting a higher goal,” Reichard said. Last year’s event raised about $350,000, a figure that may have been impacted by the weather. Temperatures during last year’s walk didn’t climb out of the 40s, with steady rain and wind throughout the morning. The miserable conditions, however, didn’t deter the crowd. “I was amazed at the turnout of the walkers and all the volunteers, given how horrible it was,” Reichard said. “I think by far in the past 23 years, last year was the worst weather day we’ve ever had, so it was really heartwarming to see all of those people there in this Nor’easter. It says a lot about how passionately our walkers feel about the issue and about their commitment. As much as I’d love to see a gorgeous fall day this year, we’ll be out there rain or shine, and I know our supporters will be too.” For more information or to register for the walk, visit www.aidswalkphilly.org. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn. com.

Mazzoni group heads to Center Mazzoni Center’s Open Door counseling program will now operate out of the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. Mazzoni opened a new satellite space in the center effective Sept. 1 and will use the space to house the counseling program and several support groups offered through its Open Door program, including recovery group Beginnings, transgender group Evolutions and its HIV/AIDS support group. For more information, visit www.mazzonicenter.org or call (215) 563-0652.

Out in D.C. The National Black Justice Coalition is hosting a multi-day lobbying effort in Washington, D.C., this month to press elected officials on issues affecting the African-American and gay communities. “Out on the Hill: Black LGBT Leadership Summit” will be held from Sept. 15-18 and will coincide with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 40th Annual Legislative Conference. Black LGBT leaders will have the opportunity to meet with elected Congress members, attend a briefing with White House officials and contribute to workshops of the CBCF-ALC. To register, visit www.nbjc.org. ■ — Jen Colletta

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More than 275 people converged in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend for the 20th annual convention of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, which next year will be held in Philadelphia. The 2011 event is set for Aug. 25-28 at the Loews Hotel, where media professionals from around the country will discuss current trends in the industry. Michael Tune, NLGJA executive director, said the agency was drawn to Philadelphia for a number of reasons, including its prime location — and the fact that more than half of all NLGJA members live within a two-hour drive of the city. Tune said the agency was looking for a locale that offered a myriad tourist sites — as participants often use the convention as a mini vacation as well as a professional opportunity — and Philadelphia “definitely fit that bill.”

He said the city’s support of the conference was also key to its selection. “Putting on a convention like this really does take a village, and the Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus, the [Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation] and our host hotel all let us know from the very beginning that they were willing to spend the time and effort in making the convention an enjoyable experience for our attendees,” Tune said, noting that the local NLGJA chapter has also been influential. “The onthe-ground support from the local chapter is key, and the chapter in Philadelphia is doing a great job. They’re setting a great example of what a small group of volunteers from all types of media and communications fields can do to emphasize fair and accurate coverage of LGBT communities.” A contingent from the local chapter headed to California last week for the convention, including PGN publisher Mark Segal and editor Sarah Blazucki, and

NLGJA members Gary Bramnick, Kevin Barry, Jeff McMillan, Jeff Guaracino and Bruce Yelk. PGN was presented with two awards during the convention: Excellence in News Writing for Jen Colletta and Excellence in Photography for Scott A. Drake. While the conference boasted a 40-percent increase in attendance from last year, Tune said some members chose not to attend because of an ongoing labor dispute with the hotel’s union. While the hotel workers were not on strike, they did ask the NLGJA to move the conference to another hotel because of the ongoing labor dispute, but doing so would have incurred a $150,000 penalty for violating the contract with the hotel. Hotel workers picketed outside the facility on the morning of Sept. 2, the first day of the convention. For more information about NLGJA, visit www.nlgja.org. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

Political group looks to suburbs By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer With the election now less than two months away, Liberty City Democratic Club has focused its attention on several suburban regions, striving to provide tangible support to pro-LGBT candidates embroiled in tough races. Liberty City recently launched a Suburban Outreach program, in which it is coordinating phonebanking and canvassing efforts for area candidates who have a history of supporting the LGBT community. “It’s really important that all of these candidates came to Liberty City asking for our endorsement,” said Mark Dann, Liberty City volunteer. “These candidates see the importance in the LGBT vote, and they’re all simply right on LGBT issues. It’s critical that when candidates embrace the LGBT community that we offer our support as well.” Among the targeted candidates are Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8th District), who’s facing a challenge from Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, whom he defeated four years ago, and Congressional hopefuls Manan Trivedi, who is challenging incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach to repre-

sent the Sixth District, and state Rep. Bryan Lentz, seeking to fill the 7th District seat that was vacated by Senate hopeful Joe Sestak. Liberty City is also pursuing the state-level races of House of Representatives candidates Fern Kaufman, an out lesbian, and Shannon Meehan, and state Senate hopeful Ruth Damsker. “The Democratic Party is facing a lot of negative press lately, and the approval rating of the president could have a downstream impact on a lot of races this year,” said Liberty City co-chair Adah Bush. “It’s crucial that people who do vote Democrat not only get out to the polls and vote, but get people excited and educated about the different issues and the fact that every vote counts.” Dann said each of the six candidates included in the Suburban Outreach has demonstrated support for the LGBT community, such as Murphy leading the effort in Congress to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and also could be crucial to moving forward LGBT legislation. For instance, Damsker is challenging Republican incumbent Stewart Greenleaf, chair of the Judiciary Committee, who has voted against several pro-LGBT measures and whose committee

could be key to the success of a Senate version of the statewide LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination bill. “I know people sometimes get cynical when it comes to politics and think that it’s often a choice between two not-so-wonderful people, but these candidates in Southeastern Pennsylvania are fantastic,” he said. “Patrick Murphy has been a champion for the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal since he was elected in 2006. Fern is running in a swing district in Chester County as an out lesbian, which alone really shows a lot about her. Trivedi is a veteran who knows health care inside and out. They all have something to be proud of and are all high-equality candidates who are certainly worth people’s time.” Bush noted that Liberty City is seeking support from both its suburban and Philadelphia members, as the election of each candidate could have a significant impact on the statewide LGBT movement. Liberty City is currently looking for volunteers to canvas for Lentz and Meehan on Sept. 12. To get involved with Liberty City’s Suburban Outreach program, visit www.libertycity.org or e-mail Bush at adah@libertycity. org. ■

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Media Trail Atlanta Black Gay Pride participants dead The Georgia Voice reports two men found dead from gunshots Aug. 5 in southeast Atlanta were among the participants at the city’s Black Gay Pride events over Labor Day weekend. The victims were identified as Calvin Streater, 26, of Atlanta, and Samuel Blizzard Jr., 21, of Virginia. Blizzard was a student at Georgia State University. A friend found the victims in an apartment. Police, who said the men attended the Black Gay Pride festivities, believe the victims knew their killer. Late last month, Atlanta Black Gay Pride organizer Durand Robinson was found shot to death in the city. Police continue to investigate the murder.

School official marries, gets ousted SERENITY OF THE CITY: For many, Labor Day weekend means final flings to the shore, mountains or campsites, but these two found a private spot in an oft-crowded public place. Alexander Stirling Calder’s Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Circle, on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, gave these two late-nighters the beauty, music and serenity of nature without the traffic, crowds, noise or expense of “getting away.” Photo: Scott A. Drake

Court says gay couples can’t divorce in Texas By Jamie Stengle The Associated Press DALLAS — Gay couples legally married in other states cannot get a divorce in Texas, where same-sex marriage is banned, a state appeals court ruled last Tuesday. The 5th Texas Court of Appeals ruled that a Dallas district court judge didn’t have the authority to hear a divorce case involving two Dallas men who married in Massachusetts in 2006. Republican state Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office had appealed after Judge Tena Callahan, a Democrat, said she did have jurisdiction and dismissed the state’s attempt to intervene. “Today’s court of appeals decision overruled the district court’s improper ruling, confirmed the constitutionality of Texas’ traditional definition of marriage and correctly found that Texas courts lack the legal authority to grant divorces to same-sex couples,” said Abbott spokesperson Jerry Strickland. Callahan also had ruled Texas couldn’t limit marriage to a man and a woman, but the appeals court said the state’s same-sex marriage ban was constitutional. “A person does not and cannot seek a divorce without simultaneously asserting the existence and validity of a lawful marriage,” Justice Kerry P. Fitzgerald wrote on

behalf of three Republican appeals court justices. “Texas law, as embodied in our constitution and statutes, requires that a valid marriage must be a union of one man and one woman, and only when a union comprises one man and one woman can there be a divorce under Texas law.” The appeals court ordered that the case be sent back to Callahan, who must vacate her order. The men, known only as J.B. and H.B. in court filings, separated amicably two years after getting married. J.B.’s attorney, Peter Schulte, has said the two men had no children and weren’t arguing over how to divide their property, but wanted an official divorce. Schulte said last week they had not yet decided whether to appeal to the Texas Supreme Court. “We obviously disagree with the justices’ ruling, but we respect the process and respect the court,” Schulte said. Abbott’s office had argued before the three-judge appeals court in April that the couple was not eligible for a divorce in Texas because the state didn’t recognize their marriage. Jody Scheske, another lawyer for J.B., argued his client was entitled to a divorce because he had a valid marriage. The appeals court agreed with Abbott that such unions could be dissolved by having the marriage declared void.

Among the reasons J.B. argued for a divorce rather than a voidance was that spousal support and community property laws only apply in divorce cases. The appeals court said those issues are policy arguments that must be addressed by the Legislature. “It’s deeply disappointing to see courts deny same-sex couples equal treatment under the law,” said Jennifer Pizer, a lawyer for Lambda Legal, which promotes equal rights for LGBT people. Texas voters passed a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage by a 3-to-1 margin in 2005 even though state law already prohibited it. Kelly Shackelford, president of the conservative Plano-based Liberty Institute, said the Tuesday ruling “strikes down an activist judge’s attempt to take the law into her own hands.” Abbott’s office also appealed a gay divorce case in Austin after a judge there granted a divorce earlier this year to two women who married in Massachusetts in 2004. The Austin appeals court has not yet heard arguments in that case. One of the women, Angelique Naylor, told The Associated Press in April, “We didn’t ask for a marriage; we simply asked for the courtesy of divorce.” She referred requests for comment about Tuesday’s ruling to Scheske, who also is her attorney. ■

The Boston Herald reports a top administrator at a Springfield Catholic school says she was forced out of her job after marrying her female partner. Christine Judd, who served as dean of students and athletic director at Cathedral High School, claims she met with school officials Sept. 1 and was given the choice of resigning or getting fired. Judd said she was exploring legal options. Although gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts, it is against church policy. Judd worked at the school for 12 years, beginning as a science teacher in 1998. She became dean of students six years ago and athletic director three years ago. A spokesperson for the Springfield Diocese said Judd resigned, but would not discuss the reasons for her resignation.

Court won’t force officials to defend Prop. 8 Yahoo News reports a California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state’s gay-marriage ban. The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento on Sept. 1 denied a conservative legal group’s request to force the officials to defend Proposition 8 in court. The court did not give a reason why it turned down the request by the Pacific Justice Institute. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker recently struck down Prop. 8 as unconstitutional. The state has until Sept. 11 to challenge Walker’s ruling. Both Brown and Schwarzenegger said they won’t appeal. ■ — Larry Nichols

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The FBI launched a preliminary investigation into whether the attack warranted charges as a federal hate crime. Stephen Emmett, spokesperson for the FBI in Atlanta, said the Justice Department opted against pursuing hate-crime charges after reviewing the case. “The matter now rests with local authorities,” Emmett said. The Marines accused of attacking Daly — Cpl. Keil Joseph Cronauer, 22, and Lance Cpl. Christopher Charles Stanzel, 23, — have been charged with misdemeanor battery in state court. A judge was scheduled to hear the case Sept. 9. Chatham County prosecutors determined Daly’s injuries weren’t serious enough to seek felony charges against the Marines, said Alicia Johnson, spokesperson for District Attorney Larry Chisolm. Daly said the Marines are getting off light. The attack left him with $30,000 in unpaid medical bills, he says, and he still gets frequent headaches — though he doesn’t know if they come from stress or a lingering injury. Daly said he’s certain he was attacked because he’s gay, saying they used slurs. “I don’t have scars, I didn’t lose a limb,” Daly said. “Psychologically it’s done a lot of damage to me. I can’t go downtown and walk around by myself even in the daylight without looking over my shoulder.” Daly’s case illustrates why Georgia lawmakers need to revive the state’s hate-crime law, said Kevin Clark, Savannah chapter director of the gay-rights group Georgia Equality. Georgia hasn’t had a state hate crime law since 2004, when the state Supreme Court struck down a 1999 statute on grounds that it was too vague. “That was a brutal attack. He could have been killed,” Clark said. “To think the attackers are going to walk away with a slapon-the-wrist misdemeanor is absolutely absurd.” Attorneys for Cronauer and Stanzel did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press. Both men are stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in neighboring South Carolina. Gunnery Sgt. Chad McMeen, a base spokesperson, said the Marines remain on duty pending the outcome of the case. ■

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Scouts urge judge to uphold jury verdict By Timothy Cwiek PGN Writer-at-Large A local Boy Scouts of America council is asking a federal judge to uphold a jury verdict affirming the club has a right to exclude gays from the building it continues to occupy. “The jury has spoken, and its verdict should be respected and upheld,” the Cradle of Liberty Council states in court papers filed with U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter on Aug. 23. Meanwhile, the City of Philadelphia maintains the council should be ousted from 231-251 N. 22nd St. because it still won’t permit gay participants or, in the alternative, pay fair-market rent. But, as they’ve held all along, council officials say they have a First Amendment right to associate with whomever they please, and now are asserting that a jury verdict supporting that position should remain in place. In June, after an eight-day trial, federal jurors said the city has a right to set anti-bias rules for the building, but that it placed an “unconstitutional condition” on the Scouts when it asked them to

comply with the rules. However, city attorneys say the jury verdict is too flawed to be upheld. The city is asking Buckwalter to overturn the unconstitutional-condition finding or order a new trial. In their Aug. 23 reply brief, the Scouts called the city’s request “nothing more than sour grapes over an outcome that the city dislikes. That is no reason to overturn the result in this case.” The Scouts contend numerous violations allegedly committed by the city — apart from asking the council to stop excluding gays — support the jury’s unconstitutional-condition finding. Those alleged violations include the city’s failure to notify the Scouts about key city meetings where eviction decisions were made; city officials’ use of “talking points” and editorial suggestions from LGBT activists; and the city’s overlooking of bias by other tenants, the Scouts’ brief outlines. “In many ways, the trial played out like a political corruption case, as the evidence showed a group of activists who, through threats and manipulation, convinced the city

solicitor to do their bidding,” the brief states. The Scouts’ brief characterizes the eight-year eviction process as “unseemly,” and replete with “behind-the-scenes maneuvering.” Quoting from the jury foreperson, the Scouts’ brief states: “The trial record is replete with evidence showing that the city ‘could have gone about it with a better process’ and was thus unreasonable in imposing a condition upon Cradle of Liberty.” But city officials say the Scouts are in no position to complain about due-process violations. In prior court filings, city attorneys said the Scouts were given ample opportunity to present their case during the eviction process. Instead, the Scouts distanced themselves, then later claimed an unfair exclusion. City attorneys also noted that the council afforded no meaningful due-process rights to Greg Lattera, an openly gay Scout who was ousted from the council in 2003 after coming out. City attorneys called the appellate process offered Lattera a “hoax,” pointing out that his

appeal for reinstatement remains pending seven years after it was filed. Additionally, city attorneys said the council’s “homophobic rant of a closing argument” at the June trial was so inflammatory, it “offended fundamental fairness and violated due process.” When questioned by PGN this week, the council had no comment about the status of Lattera’s appeal. The council also declined to comment about the possibility of opening the 22nd Street building to LGBT groups for special events, as it has for other outside groups. Nor would council officials comment on the possibility of limiting the club’s activities in the building to Learning for Life — an educational and vocational program the council claims is open to gays. City attorneys also contend that a recent Supreme Court decision clarifies that First Amendment rights aren’t violated when a government entity puts conditions for benefits on compliance with antibias rules. Therefore, there is no legal or

factual support for the unconstitutional-condition finding of the jury according to city attorneys. T h a t d e c i s i o n , k n ow n a s “Christian Legal Services vs. University of California’s Hastings College of the Law,” upheld the right of the university to condition receipt of a university benefit upon compliance with the university’s anti-bias rules. But in its reply brief, the council said the decision doesn’t apply, mainly because the council has a favorable unconstitutional-condition finding, and the Christian group that was denied a benefit from the university has no such favorable finding. In a related development, the city filed a motion on Aug. 26 asking that the city be required to pay, at most, $268,583 in legal fees to the council — if the portion of the verdict unfavorable to the city is upheld. Drinker Biddle & Reath, the Center City law firm representing the council, wants $963,575.07 in legal fees and costs from the city. “In addition to the duplicative work of the junior associSee SCOUTS, Page 13

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Convention debrief Last weekend, nearly 250 LGBT and ally journalists and marketing individuals convened in San Francisco to mark the 20th anniversary of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Amid the networking, lunch plenaries and panels about new media was an underlying conversation: How do we address questions of relevancy as an organization when so many LGBT individuals are out in the newsroom? And why don’t we, as an organization, speak out on issues? Both questions need thoughtful consideration and response. Regarding the ongoing discussion of relevancy, the truth is NLGJA will be relevant at least until LGBT folks have full equality under the law and are treated equally in society. Right now, the military does not allow openly gay servicemembers, employers can fire you for being gay or transgender in most states, and only a handful of states offer same-sex marriage. While mainstream media outlets may cover LGBT issues with increasing frequency, they generally don’t cover the issues with the insight or depth that LGBT reporters and/or media do. Frankly, the LGBT community can’t expect the mainstream media to provide fair and accurate coverage without education, from inside the newsroom and from the outside. As to speaking out on issues, this has long been a thorny one. As journalists, we are supposed to give an unbiased accounting of the world — which is impossible. We will always see the world through whatever experiences we have had. The trick is to acknowledge one’s biases and then do the best you can to be objective. As a journalist, you are not supposed to be involved with whatever subject you might cover. So, a political reporter shouldn’t also be a Democratic activist. Some newsrooms forbid reporters to donate to political causes, campaign for candidates or even have political affiliations. As an organization, this is one reason NLGJA doesn’t take an official stance on issues that members likely have an opinion on, such as marriage equality or employment nondiscrimination protections. If the organization took a position, a member could conceivably lose his/her job for being part of an activist group. It’s a fine balance to strike: For gays and lesbians, sometimes the issues are very personal (marriage equality, employment protections, adoption) and there is little hope of separating yourself from what you are covering. When covering gay issues, LGBT reporters can gain access to, conceive of new angles and provide insight in places that mainstream communities wouldn’t even consider. LGBT journalists still need resources to educate inside the newsroom. And at its core, NLGJA is a professional organization, not an activist organization. ■

Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

Tim Ravndal You know what’s totally hilarious? Matthew Shepard jokes. You know, the 21-year-old guy who, in 1998, was brutally beaten and then hung on a fence like a scarecrow to die in rural Wyoming because he was gay. So much potential for comedy there. Shepard’s murder is the exact kind of thing that seems so terrible at the time but you think, “One day we’re all gonna look back on this and laugh.” If you’re a total shit-forbrains asshole, that is. Enter Tim Ravndal, president of the Big Sky Tea Party Association in Montana. On July 23, Ravndal posted a link to a story about marriage and gays on his Facebook page with the following comment, “Marriage is between a man and a woman period! By giving rights to those otherwise would be a violation of the constitution and my own rights.” A friend named Dennis Scranton wrote in reply, “I think fruits are decorative. Hang up where they can be seen and appreciated. Call Wyoming for display instructions.” Ravndal writes back, “Dennis, Where can I get that Wyoming printed instruction manual?” “Should be able to get info [from] Gazette archives. Maybe even an illustration,” Scranton posts. “Go

back a bit over 10 years.” Get it? LOL! ROTFLMAO! I mean, sure, they don’t mention Shepard by name, but they don’t have to. We all get the joke. Not everybody is laughing, however. “Mr. Ravndal’s comments are outrageous,” Kim Abbott of the Montana Human Rights Network told the Great Falls Tribune. “He is a public ﬁgure, in the public sphere, condoning and making light of violence against gay people. It’s actually pretty frightening.” Abbott said, “I would like to know if Mr. Ravndal thinks that gay people are entitled to the same safety, security and protections as everyone else, because his comments seem to suggest he thinks it’s OK to hurt or even kill members of the LGBT community.” I’m going to guess that the answer to Abbott’s query is, “No, he doesn’t think homos deserve the same protections as everybody else.” I’m not inside Ravndal’s head (thankfully), but that’s where I’d put my money. Ravndal is now claiming that he had no idea what Scranton was talking about and that he does “not condone violence to any human being.” “I wasn’t even thinking about the tragedy that happened in Wyoming,” Ravndal said. “I made a mistake and

I apologize to anyone I offended.” Really? Ravndal had no idea that “fruit” means “fag?” And that to “hang up” means, well, to hang? As in lynch? As in kill? Hasn’t he ever heard Billie Holiday sing “Strange Fruit” before? And even if all of those things really did go right over Ravndal’s head, wouldn’t the speciﬁc mention of Wyoming be, at minimum, confusing? Because Ravndal doesn’t reply with something like, “Dude, WTF? I don’t get it.” He writes, “Where can I get that Wyoming printed instruction manual?” Kind of hard to believe he didn’t know the signiﬁcance of “Wyoming” in this instance. It’s interesting to note that on his Facebook page, in the list of things Ravndal “Likes” right alongside “Tea Party protests,” is “Not everything that pops into your head needs to be shared on Facebook.” Ironic, yes. But it really makes you wonder what kinds of things he isn’t posting. [Editor’s note: The Big Sky Tea Party Association board of directors voted Sunday to remove Ravndal as president of the organization.] ■ D’Anne Witkowski is a Detroit-based freelance writer.

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Mark My Words Mark Segal Taking care of our seniors We call it the “Pie in the Sky” project. For many of us, it’s the most ambitious project we’ve ever undertaken. To find a home, a safe place to give our LGBT seniors to live; to bring them home to thrive in their very own community. I have no illusions that the proposal has many more milestones to meet. It is not a done deal yet. And it will take the support and input of the entire community and our elected officials who have committed to follow through on the project. It’s been a long road to get to where we are today. We’ve had the support of Sens. Casey and Specter and our delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Gov. Rendell was an early supporter, as was Mayor Nutter. But the biggest surprise was support from a place we never expected it: our legislative leadership. When we explain the special problems of LGBT seniors, it is rewarding to see the passion it inspires in people, who then work to find a solution. We looked everywhere and talked with anyone who would listen. Along the way, even the president has viewed the proposal. The pie in the sky project is a 12-story tower above the William Way LGBT Community Center with 40-70 units of affordable living space for LGBT seniors and, with it, an enhanced community center with additional features. It is the largest capitol project ever envisioned in the Philadelphia LGBT community. There is only one other project of its type up and running in the U.S. and that’s in Los Angeles. Ours would be the second. But a major difference would be that Philadelphia’s will bring our seniors into the heart of our community, our Gayborhood, where they can become or continue to be active members of a growing community.

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The sad truth is that seniors in our community are not embraced. Their needs are often overlooked, as we often forget that delivering social services to all makes a community. A caring community. The Attic Youth Center does a great job of taking care of our endangered youth, Mazzoni Center is wonderful at taking care of our physical and mental health needs, and we have a variety of organizations that look after, educate or deliver services in the HIV/AIDS area. But seniors? During the last year, our community has taken a giant step in beginning to address those needs. A core group of interested individuals and organizations has been meeting on a regular basis, looking at ways to address those issues, and those efforts have created a daylong summit coming up in October at the William Way LGBT Center, where seniors themselves will express their needs in their own terms. That is the grassroots effort this community should be applauding. My personal reasons for coming to this project are the people I look to as pioneers, teachers and heroes of our struggle, who were so busy ﬁghting for our rights that they didn’t have time to watch their own wallets. And now, they struggle to pay rent. There are the couples who were not allowed to live together in senior housing, the abuse of LGBT seniors and the senior housing far removed from the Gayborhood, making it almost impossible for them to ever participate in their own community. The elders of our community are, in many ways, responsible for the successes we are now enjoying on the road to equality. In many respects, their ﬁrst efforts plowed the road. It’s time for us to give back. It’s time for us to take care of our own. ■

Should Obama have mentioned the contributions of gay servicemembers in his Iraq speech?

Sean Clark assistant teacher Fishtown

Kenneth Remster student Antique Row

“It would have been great if he did, but I’m not going to criticize Obama for not doing that. I fully support the right of gays and lesbians to serve in the military. But there were more pressing issues that Obama needed to address in his speech, like unemployment.”

“Yes, he should have said something. It’s something Obama easily could have said without appearing out of place. Gays and lesbians are going through a lot in the military. President Obama missed an opportunity to commend them for their efforts.”

Benjamin Robin student Washington Square West

Anil Sooknanan student Washington Square West

“No. I don’t fault him for avoiding that controversy. Bringing it up would have taken away from the other points he was making. It would have distracted people from the main message of ending the war in Iraq.”

“No. It wasn’t the right time or place. Obama is addressing that issue already. It wasn’t necessary to single out a specific group of people in his speech. We’re all Americans. I’m sure the issue of gays in the military will be solved eventually.”

Mark Segal is PGN publisher. He 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 “Republican ploy for redemption,” Sept. 3-9: As a Christian who believes in redemption for all, I say if Mr. Melhman is willing to change bedpans and care for terminally ill AIDS patients without compensation or volunteer at an LGBT suicide hot line, I’m all for gathering him into the group. Until

he does the work, why should he participate in the benefits? — Rainbow Rose His actions are not dissimilar to Mr. Obama’s: Stab the gays in the back at every opportunity and then throw them a bone now and then. The sad part is that while you’re very eager to speak up against Mr. Mehlman,

you continue to constantly lick Mr. Obama’s feet like a little lapdog. — Michael3 In response to “Man killed in S. Philly,” Aug. 27-Sept. 2: A call for equality. I would like to call for a national “Day Without Gay” where there would be no purchases (unless

critical), persons who could would call out sick, no dining out, etc. Let’s see how our combined economic restraint would impact the country. Nov. 11 is Columbus Day, a big shopping day and easy to remember. It is also not so far from the elections. Who is with me? — e wright

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From Page 1 a hard time getting by. I think ageenhanced communities are important to begin with, and even more so in the LGBT community so there can be a place where folks can age with dignity.” Currently, there are only about 25 other LGBT-specific senior homes in the country, and the Philadelphia facility would be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania. Within the region, an LGBT retirement community planned for Milton, Del., is on hold until at least 2012. The initiative has seen support from Gov. Rendell, who has participated in talks about the project with organizers. “The governor supports it and is committed to seeing it move forward,” said Rendell press secretary Gary Tuma. ■ Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn.com.

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JACKIE WARNER:

OUT OF ‘WORK’

LOSING IT: Warner (center), surrounded by “Thintervention” season-one candidates Kim Smith (from left), Stacy Citron, Jeana Keough, Joe Moller, Mandy Ellen, Craig Ramsay, Bryan T. Donovan, Nikki Wood and Shannon Smith

Out fitness expert returns with new TV show By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer It’s been a while since we’ve seen Jackie Warner on television, but the out fitness guru, author and DVD star is back with a new show on Bravo, “Thintervention.” When we last checked in, Warner had built an impressive fitness empire for herself. After becoming a self-made millionaire in the cell-phone industry in her early 20s, Warner decided to change careers. “I sold that company when I was 25 and I got into the entertainment industry,” she said. “I worked with Warner Bros. for some time. Then at 30, which is rather late in the game, I got certified [as a personal trainer] and by 31, I owned my first gym in Beverly Hills.” Warner opened Lift, which was the first fitness center in Southern California to

accept health insurance for exercise. Then in 2004, she founded her second gym, Sky Sport & Spa, which was the center of her universe when she starred in the reality series “Work Out.” Warner, now 42, said that once she became involved with the ﬁtness industry, there was no turning back. “I had a client that was very difﬁcult,” she said. “She was an alcoholic, she was miserable in her job, she was dating abusive men. I was very green as a trainer but working with her intensely for four months, [and] she completely changed her life. She got into AA [Alcoholics Anonymous], she changed jobs and changed her whole pattern of living. I was hooked like a drug. I thought if I could make a life change for someone, then this is what I want to do. It’s never gotten boring for me because each person is so different.”

With that sentiment, it’s no surprise Warner shifted her focus and her business to “Thintervention,” for which she teams up with ﬁtness model and personal trainer Craig Ramsay to inspire and teach lifestyle changes to eight individuals looking to get healthy. There are no remnants of Sky Sport on the show, for a good reason. “I sold Sky Sport seven months ago,” Warner explained. “I still own [the] physical therapy center where Sky Sport was. I sold the location but I retained the brand as a name.” If the premise of an openly gay ﬁtness expert with a strong entrepreneurial streak whipping a group of individuals into shape and changing lives in the process sounds familiar to you, it should. There are a number of similar shows already out there, with “The Biggest Loser” being the

most well-known. Warner and Ramsay, for their part, are quick to distinguish their show from the rest of the pack. “This is not a contest show,” Warner said. “This is not that kind of show. The viewer gets to get in deep psychologically and know these people. That’s why we narrowed it down to eight people going on this journey, because we really wanted to get to know them and have an emotional exchange with them in some sense. “This show is very unique because they are not sequestered,” she added. “They have to go live. They have to take the tools that our team gives them and they have to apply them in their real lives. They are left to their own devices and they really ﬁgure things out for themselves. That was a conscious choice by me – not to sit and say, ‘Do this, do that, eat this, eat that’ but

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inspired them on a daily basis.” “We had to show them our intensity in order for them to find theirs,” Ramsay said. “Then the goal is for us to teach them at the heightened intensity for the process. That’s how weight loss happens.” Warner may be competing against shows like “The Biggest Loser,” but that doesn’t mean she isn’t a fan of the recent wave of fitness-oriented programming. In fact, she applauds them all. “Any time you deal with weight loss, fitness, self-esteem, success, setting goals and achieving them, I think it’s wonderful,” she said. “The more information, the better. ‘The Biggest Loser’ is an amazing show and they do an amazing job. But again, when you put people in an unnatural situation and you get numbers of 30 pounds a week, it’s not realistic. It makes for great TV but it’s not realistic in real life. But I love all these weight-loss shows. I love ‘Dance Your Ass Off.’ It’s one of my favorite shows. I find it very inspiring. I think more shows like that are needed.” An added bonus “Thintervention” affords Warner is the shift in focus — away from her and her business that made up the bulk of “Work Out.” But it doesn’t necessarily make Warner’s life any less hectic, even if she said the new show is easier on her personal life. “It’s a different kind of pressure and

WARNER (LEFT) HAS PARTNERED WITH CRAIG RAMSAY TO INSPIRE CONTESTANTS. Photos: Stewart Volland/ Bravo

stress on ‘Work Out,’” she said. “I had to be very vulnerable and I had to be very honest. I had to allow that assertion of the camera. This was an emotional process for me too because I had a large responsibility of helping these people. It was a greater responsibility and I had to be more engaged than I was in ‘Work Out.’ In ’Work Out’ I had to think of me. In this project, I had to think outside of me and think of them only.” “Thintervention” airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on Bravo. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.

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‘Here’s some tools, guidance and workout program. Now do it.’ I don’t think this is a weight-loss show. It’s a life-changing show.” “Our show is different than the others because we show them the tools that are needed with food and proper exercise that isn’t focused on in other shows,” Ramsay added. The two also said another aspect that distinguishes “Thintervention” from “The Biggest Loser” is that the show isn’t all about the dramatics surrounding how much weight an individual can lose in the shortest amount of time. “We had a doctor on staff and that physically gave us quite a bit of guidance as to how much weight would be safe to lose and how much weight would be reasonable for the amount of time that we would be working with them,” Warner said. “We’re

the only show that offers real-live therapy sessions. So that makes it really unique. You see all the emotional changes. You see what it really takes to make a lifelong change.” “We don’t have to have the positive [results],” Ramsay added. “We accept whatever the weigh-in is and we deal with why the weigh-in wasn’t successful. So, there would be no manipulation because this is real life.” “We weren’t afraid of the failures in this show,” Warner said. “The point is seeing the emotional journey and seeing how difﬁcult it can be, and breaking addictions. So that makes for very interesting TV too.” Warner’s eight clients on the show, which includes a life coach who likes to drink, a stand-up comedian and a former Playboy centerfold, have issues to work out. The trainers said they had to set an example and the pace for those clients early on. “Right out of the gate, in episode one, you’re going to see that we have to rev them up and get them excited,” Warner said. “There’s a lot of talk in the show about the inner athlete, the inner warrior and what passion is. There’s a lot of motivational speaking pre- and post-workout encapsulating a different lifestyle for them. It wasn’t so much talk; it was about what we were doing and how we were behaving, Craig and myself. I think that

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RAMSAY AND WARNER LINE UP THE EIGHT FITNESS CLIENTS. Photo: Isabella Vosmikova/Bravo

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Family Portraits American educator and civilrights leader Mary McLeod Bethune once said, “We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.” PGN started by having a talk with Drexel student Franco De Marco. PGN: So, where are you from? FD: Originally from South Jersey, but when I was about 2, my parents got divorced and I spent several weekends in Queen Village with my dad. I think he’s still there, I don’t know; we’re kind of estranged. My sister and I were pretty much raised by my mother as a single parent. PGN: Who’s older? FD: She’s five years older than me. Until we were in high school, she still beat me up, but I was a bit of a terror of a little sister. I always hoped my mother would have another kid so I could have a younger sibling, but instead she decided to have a lot of them by becoming a teacher. PGN: So you were a brat? FD: [Laughs.] I’d prefer to say “very expressive.” We both played soccer and were very competitive. She started playing first, but then I excelled. She had bigger trophies, but I had more of them. Then when I got to high school, I accelerated and made MVP and the All Stars in my conference. PGN: What did you like to do besides soccer? FD: I don’t know: Soccer was pretty much my everything. From the moment I could walk, I was the kid in the baby cleats. Now that I’m in college, I’m not playing for the first time and it’s very stressful. I think I might join the gay soccer group the Falcons. PGN: What was your favorite

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Suzi Nash class in school? FD: History. I love history and I remember how proud my mother was when I won the four-year award for proficiency in social sciences in high school. I thought about becoming a history major but decided to go into business instead. I think my passion for LGBTQ issues came from my love of history and wanting to be a part of history by changing policies and things. PGN: What’s your background? FD: My dad is Italian and Polish and my mom is Honduran and black. She was born there and, after her mom died when she was 13, she came to the States to live with her sister. PGN: Do you speak any Spanish? FD: No! I’m the only one in my family who doesn’t. I lack the ability to roll my Rs. PGN: School? FD: I went to Catholic school from pre-k to high school senior, 15 years. Then I attended Philadelphia University to study fashion merchandising and then switched to accounting. I have since transferred to Drexel and am majoring in finance. PGN: Was your mother religious? FD: Yes, she was from an island off of the mainland in Honduras and they were a very small, tight-knit group. Religion was a big part of the culture. It was interesting for me trying to come to terms with coming out — first as a lesbian and now with gender identity as I transition — as a practicing Catholic, trying to figure out where I stand with the church. If I wanted to get married as a male in a Catholic church, I wouldn’t be able to. They don’t even acknowledge trans people. A friend and I were recently having a discussion as to whether or not

we would ever switch denominations, but the Catholic church is very, I don’t want to say cult-like, but you do develop very strong ties. PGN: I recently interviewed an openly gay Catholic priest and he said the same thing. Everyone told him he should join a denomination that accepted gays, but he said that he loved the church he grew up with and preferred to start his own welcoming Catholic church. FD: I’m not currently practicing but I can’t imagine switching faiths. A welcoming Catholic church would be amazing. PGN: Tell me about your first coming-out. FD: In the eighth grade, I first came out as lesbian to my friends, my sister and my dad. The only one that really mattered to me was my mom. I wanted to sit her down and tell her myself, but I never got the chance. She came to pick me up from school one day and she asked some guy if he knew where I was and he responded, “Oh, the lesbian? In the gym.” That night she was sitting on our leather couch when I got the “We need to talk” summons. We struggled with it for the rest of my high-school days. She was afraid of all the typical things, me never having kids, getting married or being happy, even though I tried to tell her that I had aspirations of a family with kids some day. The second coming-out was actually in my sophomore year of high school, when I came out as trans at 15. I struggled more with that than my attraction to women. As far back as I can remember, I recall thinking that I was a boy and I even remember my mother once asking me if I wanted to be a boy when I was very young. I told my sister who told me that she’d love me and that I’d still be her sibling no matter what. Then I started

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dating a girl who convinced me that my desire to transition was because of other stuff I wasn’t dealing with and really demonized it. Because I was infatuated and impressionable, I let her dictate her desires to me and I buried any thoughts of transitioning. When I entered college, I still had everything bottled up and was filled with this intense anger until I decided to look inside to see what I really wanted, and that’s when I decided to transition. It’s what I knew was right for me and for my happiness and sanity. So now I’m coming out as trans again. Surprisingly, my sister is not taking it as well. She’s very concerned and wants to make sure I’m 100-percent sure. I am and my last hurdle is telling my mother. I’m hoping to do it this weekend. PGN: What does it mean to you? FD: It means a huge weight off my shoulders. I never felt completely comfortable in the lesbian community. As a lesbian I never felt, “This is me,” but it was the only thing I could do to express my attraction to women as a female-bodied person. But from the time I had conscious feelings, my gender identity was not matching up with my sex or assigned gender. That brief time in school when I first came out as trans was joyous, taking on a male name and using male pronouns. PGN: In school? FD: Not with teachers but with my group of friends. There were

quite a number of queer kids in my school, so when I came out, as lesbian, there was a flood of LGBTQ people that I met. It was great, until you had to deal with nuns saying horrible, horrible things about homosexuality. But we had a few beacons of light: I had a great guidance counselor who really got me through it. PGN: I think your generation is going to turn the world on its head. If straight people thought they were confused by the LGB community, they haven’t seen anything yet. Even progressives in the LGB community are struggling to know what’s PC and how do we understand and support the “T” and “I” part of our community. It’s so diversified compared to us and we’re pretty widespread. FD: Yeah, people don’t understand how deep it goes. There are so many stealth people as well who keep it private. If someone isn’t making their transition public, you’d never know. They’ll move and slip back into society with a new gender. PGN: I’m thinking more of the public aspect. Just like there have always been gay people, but when we came forward as a movement and coming out became less dangerous, people were shocked to see how large a portion of the population we were, and I think they will be stunned to see how many people are intersex, gender-variant, etc. FD: Yeah, and it is varied with trans people who identify with

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petitioned to change their policies and commitment to diversity Protestant groups in Moscow to include gender are trying to shut identity down a and cartoon expression, thoughthey I actually channel because claim it had one of the members of theand promotes homosexuality religious intolerance. GSA who was not happy with 2x2 “Don’t broadcasts it.Channel He had that rockWestern the cartoons like “South boat” mentality. The Park,” petitionwhich is some believe promotes “homosexual currently with the legal departpropaganda.” ment and I’m still following it to Vitaly Vlasenki, a spokesperson make sure it goes through. The for The Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches in Russia, said the group had sent a letter to Prosecutor General Yury Chaika on March 12 accusing the network of promoting “cruelty, violence, homosexual propaganda, religious hatred and intolerance.” Yekaterina Doglosheveva, head of corporate affairs for Prof-Media, dismissed the criticism from the religious group. “The Federal Culture and Cinematography Agency may be able to control the activities of our channel, but the Protestants cannot,” Doglosheveva said. Channel 2x2, which also broadcasts “The Simpsons,” has

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PORTRAIT From Page 17 young people take advantage of the rights they have without appreciating where they come from and how tenuous they are, especially with this new conservatism sweeping the country. FD: I actually won the Sally Tyre scholarship last year and one of the questions that they asked was what I thought was a big problem for youth. I said the disconnect from our history. I’d heard about Stonewall, but I knew there had to be more. I slowly but surely started teaching myself and now I reach out to others and elders who can share their knowledge with me. PGN: I notice you’re a fashionista: What was your best and worst outfit? FD: Best outfit, oh, there are so many! I love getting dressed up: I’m a bit of a dandy. You’ll rarely see me in jeans or a T-shirt. For Dyke March in New York, I wore a sailor suit. I went to the Herstory Archives and all these older lesbians were like, “Hey, sailor ... ” It was a lot of fun. Worst outfit was when I was little and my mother made me buy a dress. In protest, I picked out the

ugliest dress I could find. It was white with a green flouncy skirt and covered with pictures of fruit. It was hideous. PGN: Any phobias? FD: Snakes! I can’t take them. My sister once threw a rubber snake at me in a toy store and I freaked out. I had to sit in the car. She wanted to get a real snake and I swore I’d never come home, so my mother vetoed it. PGN: Who would you want to have lunch with? FD: Anderson Cooper from CNN. He’s beautiful and I loved the way he covered Hurricane Katrina. He was the first one to really cover the atrocities and talk about the fact that we dropped the ball. My sister was going to school in New Orleans and had to evacuate, so it was really personal for me. PGN: And his mother is fashionista Gloria Vanderbilt ... FD: Yup, he’s just everything wrapped in one. PGN: Favorite possession? FD: My soccer trophies and my first blanket, which my mother gave to me. That and my “Star Wars” memorabilia; I want to

eventually have a full Storm Trooper ensemble. PGN: What type of music would we find on your iPod? FD: If only I had one ... I listen to a lot of dance, techno and house music and anything that comes up on RuPaul Radio. PGN: The hardest thing about being trans? FD: The red tape. Currently at Drexel, I’m jumping through hoops trying to get people to use the right pronouns and get my preferred name on my class rosters. I’ve listed it, but I’m still getting called by my legal name in classrooms and it’s frustrating. I’m clearly presenting as male, but being referred to as female. Trying to find a therapist is hard, but you need it to start the process and get hormones, etc. My sister is very scared of the change, and I am too, but it’s what I want. Then there’s also the social challenge of becoming a queer-identified multi-racial male — trying to find balance and my place in the world. PGN: What did you want to be when you grew up? FD: OK, first I wanted to be a dentist. My childhood dentist

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recently reminded me that when I was a kid, I wanted to buy out his practice. Then I wanted to be an architect; probably spent too much time with my Legos. Then I wanted to go to the Naval Academy until I realized that the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” thing wasn’t going to work too well with me. PGN: What animal would you want to come back as? FD: A prissy lap dog, preferably a French bulldog with a sweater. Or a bear, a little cublet, which also happens to be my nickname right now. I’ve started a blog as “The Dandy Cublet” so I can keep a record of everything that’s happening as I transition. PGN: When did you last cry? FD: Yesterday. I was bawling my eyes out in the women’s study department. It was one of those overwhelming red-tape days and I just lost it. I was trying to get into a queer theory class, which I thought would really help me with transitioning, and I was told it was for upper-level students. That was the last straw for me. It ended up being serendipitous because the woman I lost it in front of proceeded to help me. She asked about my experience transitioning

at Drexel and tried to help me get financial aid and other support. PGN: Which “Star Wars” character would you be? FD: In the actual “Star Wars” world, I want to say Anakin Skywalker, but I’d probably be Darth Maul, the bad guy with the double-edge sword and the crazy face tattoos. He also gets to wear these beautiful robes. Now in the alternate universe, I’d be Darth Revan, he’s a very complex Sith lord from the Old Republic. [Laughs.] That’s probably the geekiest thing I’ve said all day! PGN: Trait you’ve inherited from you mother? FD: Her strong will and determination. If we want something, we don’t back down. She’s given me an amazing amount of drive to succeed. I think that’s why she’ll be OK with me transitioning, because she knows that if I want to do something, just like her, I won’t back down. But I feel like I have a part of everything about my mother. ■ To suggest a community member for “Family Portraits,” write to: Family Portraits, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 or portraits05@aol.com.

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Writer uncovers gay history in new biography By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Art historian and biographer Justin Spring first discovered the works of Samuel Steward at A Different Light bookstore in San Francisco, in the erotic comedies that followed fictitious hustler Phil Andros. Later, when Spring was researching gay pulp fiction of the 1950s and ’60s — pre-gay liberation — at Brown University, he found Steward’s name in the database archives. Steward, who wrote under many pen names, had a literary voice that stood out from his peers: Far from describing the self-loathing, deviant homosexual, Steward’s writing was sex-affirmative. Spring became intrigued and sought out more on the writer, sex researcher and tattoo artist. Several months later, when Spring was writing a book on the artist Paul Cadmus, he uncovered more information on Steward than he ever imagined existed. In the mid-20th century, most artists and writers erased most if not all references to homosexuality in their personal lives, even if they addressed it in their art or writing. But letters written by Steward, found in the Yale archives, and references to Steward’s contributions to Alfred Kinsey’s Institute for Sex Research had piqued Spring’s interest, leading him to seek out the executor

Steward’s works. “The different kinds of source materials were spread all over the place. There were a huge number of journals, diaries and material at the Kinsey Institute in Bloomington, Ind. Getting out there is difficult enough. It’s expensive, too. The library there is only open in a very limited way to qualified researchers. Then they don’t allow anyone to do any photocopying, so any kind of notes had to be taken there sitting in the room. I took two weeklong trips to Bloomington just to sit and read in the library. “But the archives that I got out of the attic in San Francisco were so enormous and filthy that it took me the better part of a year and SAMUEL STEWARD a half to sort through it all and figure out what was garof Steward’s estate. It turns out the executor had a vast stock- bage and what was interesting. pile of writings, artwork and Everything was in a big mishphotographs from the late writer mash. I spent a lot of time living and artist filling his attic in San by myself in a house out in the country where I had the papers Francisco. Spring immediately got to work stored and just feeling like it sifting through it all. The result was the end of the world. It was of that long process is Spring’s a very long process.” Steward, who started his career new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel as a poet, short-story writer and Steward: Professor, Tattoo novelist, wrote extensively about Artist and Sexual Renegade.” his sex life at a time when such In the biography, Spring pieces literary pursuits could get him together the extraordinary life of Steward using his writing and artwork. “It was endless,” Spring said of the decade he poured over

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taboo now than they were in the 1950s. “I think Sam would be a much happy person today,” he said. “He would be much less isolated and he would be much more in a world that allowed him to feel connected to others. The miracle of Sam’s life is that much of it seems to be a long, dark tunnel in which he was alone having experiences and encounters, but really unable to be at peace with himself or society because of what he cared about and what most interested him was on the borderline of criminal behavior. We laugh at it now because tattooing is so commonplace, but back when Sam was putting them on his own body and the bodies of others, there was a strong feeling that what he was JUSTIN SPRING doing was trafficking in human corruption, ruining people’s thrown into jail. Being a tattoo artist and a creator and collector lives and aligning himself with of erotica pushed him further to the criminal class.” As for what will become of the fringes of society at the time. But he also wrote nonfiction Steward’s uncovered materials, works, such as “Bad Boys and Spring said he’s looking for the Tough Tattoos,” on the social right place to them hand over. “Nothing is going to happen history of American tattooing, and “Dear Sammy: Letters from to them until after the book has Gertrude Stein and Alice B. been well launched,” he said. Toklas,” on his friendship with “There’s talk of possible doing an exhibition with the Museum the two pioneering feminists. Spring said that homosexuSee HISTORIAN, Page 24 ality and tattooing are far less

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Cuban flavor at a Gayborhood favorite By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer With the oppressive heat of the summer tapering off considerably, Mixto’s ideal position at 1141 Pine St., between the Gayborhood and Antique Row, makes for some pleasant late-summer outdoor dining. The impressive selection of mojitos and other adult beverages doesn’t hurt either. How anyone makes it to the entrées is a mystery to us. Mixto’s appetizers, for the most part, lean toward bountiful perfection. The calamares fritos (fried calamari, $12) was a pleasant surprise, thanks to attention to details like the light and crispy buttermilk batter and the excellent roasted tomato marinara that accompanied it. The trio de ceviche ($14) was even better, featuring tasty morsels of shrimp, halibut and octopus with clams. The plantains served alongside were a nice touch. Mixto’s soups were exceptional and, while it was obvious that craft and care went into the gazpacho mixto ($6) and the sopa de frijoles negros (black bean, $5), it was a slight letdown that, given Mixto’s Cuban roots, they weren’t extraor-

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HISTORIAN From Page 21 of Sex in New York. I’m going to put a bunch of the most interesting of the materials that were published but lost into a collection, which also will include his letters to people and papers I found compelling. That book is going to come out later in the fall. The papers themselves are going to go into a library.” Even with the thrill of discovering a longhidden voice in gay literature and art, Spring said he’s not so sure he’s looking for similar figures any time soon. “There are amazing stories that are yet to be told,” he said. “The 10 years of my life that I spent writing Sam’s biography were really important years for me and I’ll never get them back. As far as my curiosity about that period is concerned, I think I’ve come to the end. I could be wrong. Something could turn up tomorrow that could fascinate me just as much. I don’t think so, though. I also think that it might be time for me to take on something a little lighter.” Justin Spring hosts a reading at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. For more information, call (215) 923-2960. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn. com.

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worth watching: The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. on NBC. The Rachel Maddow Show Monday-Friday, 9 p.m. on MSNBC. FRIDAY Glitter Pop diva Mariah Carey stars in this rags-to-riches film. 8 p.m. on Fuse. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings Out actor Ian McKellen plays the wizard Gandalf in the blockbuster adaptation of the popular epic. 8 p.m. on TNT. Stand Up to Cancer Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams host a fundraiser for cancer research with guest appearances by Stevie Wonder, Christina Applegate, Sharon Osbourne, Queen Latifah, Michael C. Hall and more. 8 p.m. on CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. SATURDAY Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Out actor Ian McKellen plays the wizard Gandalf in the second installment of the epic trilogy. 8 p.m. on TNT.

Trantasia A documentary about “The World’s Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant,” held in Vegas. 8 p.m. on Logo.

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Lady Gaga episode and the season finale. 8 and 9 p.m. on Fox.

The Wanda Sykes Show The out comedian hosts this repeat of her weekly talk show with guests Chris Rock and Eddie Izzard. 11 p.m. on Fox. SUNDAY Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Out actor Ian McKellen plays Gandalf in the third movie in the popular epic. 8 p.m. on TNT. Mel B: It’s a Scary World The former Spice Girl tries to launch her own clothing line. 9 p.m. on the Style Channel. MONDAY How I Met Your Mother Out actor Neil Patrick Harris stars as the womanizing Barney in last season’s finale. 8 p.m. on CBS. RuPaul’s Drag U The queens makeover a mother and her two daughters. Out actress Meredith Baxter guest judges. 9 p.m. on Logo. TUESDAY Glee Repeats of this musical comedy starring out actress and Emmy winner Jane Lynch, featuring the

America’s Got Talent The top acts compete. 9 p.m. on NBC. Flipping Out Out house-flipper Jeff Lewis stars in this reality series. 9 p.m. on Bravo. Fashion’s Night Out Oscar de la Renta, Diane Von Furstenberg, Justin Timberlake, Tory Burch and Anna Wintour appear in the one-hour primetime special that takes a look behind the scenes of the world’s largest fashion celebration. 10 p.m. on CBS.

HOW SWEET IT IS: Just as the latest season of “Top Chef” draws to a close, the popular cooking show launches another spin-off. “Top Chef: Just Desserts” focuses on confections with judges Johnny Iuzzini (from left), Gail Simmons, Hubert Keller and Dannielle Kyrillos. We’re guessing things on this show won’t be a cakewalk, so tune into the series premiere at 11 p.m. Sept. 15 on Bravo. Photo: Scott Schafer/Bravo

Rachel Zoe Project Look for out assistant Brad in the reality series. 10 p.m. on Bravo. WEDNESDAY America’s Next Top Model The new season of the reality modeling competition continues. 8 p.m. on CW. America’s Got Talent A winner is chosen. 8 p.m. on NBC. Eating Out: All You Can Eat The third movie in the “Eating Out” series. 8 p.m. on Logo.

10 p.m. on MTV. She’s Got the Look Out fashion expert Robert Verdi judges this reality competition for modeling hopefuls. 10 p.m. on TV Land.

Top Chef: Washington, D.C. The season finale of the The Real World: New Orleans cooking competition show. Look for gay cast member Preston. 10 p.m. on Bravo.

Top Chef: Just Desserts A spin-off of the cooking competition show focusing on the sweets. 11 p.m. on Bravo. THURSDAY Project Runway Openly gay Tim Gunn hosts this reality fashion competition. This week, the designers make resort attire. 9 p.m. on Lifetime. ■

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Your guide to arts and entertainment

Theater

Curtains The Walnut Street Theatre presents the murder whodunit set against the backdrop of a musical theater production circa 1959, through Oct. 24, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 5743550. Ghost-Writer Arden Theatre Company presents the story of a dead novelist and his secretary who is still taking dictation from him, through Nov. 7, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 922-1122. Insectinside Grounded Aerial Dance Theatre presents a fantasy world populated by flying wasps, fireflies, crickets and other insects, Sept. 1012 at Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, 5900A Greene St.; (215) 4131318. Kid Out of Nowhere Act Normal Theatre Company presents a comedy about two gay urbanites battling their married friends over domestic conquests, through Sept. 12 at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220. Love-Nothing The William Way LGBT Community Center and Philly Fringe present a diverse collection of coming-out stories, through Sept. 12, 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220. 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) 592-8775.

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The Rocky Horror Show Philly Fringe hosts a production of the classic camp musical through Sept. 18 at Mascher Space Co-op, 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave.; mascherdance.com. Transﬁxed: A Documentary Play University of Pennsylvania Theater Arts Program presents a multimedia show compiled from public speeches, documents, newspaper articles, interviews, TV shows, memos, press releases, blogs and Internet postings, 8 p.m. Sept. 15-16 at Bruce Montgomery Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; (215) 898-3900. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Horizon presents the Tony Award-winning musical through Oct. 3 at Centre Theater, 208 DeKalb St., Norristown; (610) 2832230. Twelve Angry Men Ritz Theatre Company presents the drama depicting a jury forced to reconsider its nearly unanimous decision by the single dissenter who sows a seed of reasonable doubt, through Oct. 6, 915 White Horse Pike, Oaklyn, N.J.; (856) 858-5230. When Lilacs Last Tony Devaney Morinelli presents the story of two promising young men struggling with abusive fathers, sexual orientation

As part of Philly Fringe, out artist, playwright and choreographer Louis DeVaughn Nelson presents his new modern dance/ballet “Man Bites Dog,” which explores and satirizes the sensationalism in the American media and culture, Sept. 10-16 at Major Moment Studio, 1624 South St. Nelson, who has been in the Philadelphia area for five years, is a choreographer for the neo-burlesque troupe Peek-A-Boo Revue and teaches at the Haddonfield School of Dance. For more information or tickets, call (215) 413-1318 or visit www.livearts-fringe.org.

and bigotry while coming of age, through Sept. 12 at Riely Theater at the Shipley School, 814 Yarrow St., Bryn Mawr; (610) 5254300.

Music

performs at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 2221400. Lady Gaga The pop superstar performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 14-15 at the Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; (800) 298-4200.

Antigone Rising The all-female rock band performs at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at Tin Angel. 20 N. Second St.; (215) 928-0770. Acts of Nature Twenty-Two Gallery Flyleaf presents an exhibition of The rock band performs at ﬁlm and digital landscape 8 p.m. Sept. 11 at Electric photographs by Derek Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; Jecxz, through Oct. 3, 236 (610) 784-5400. S. 22nd St.; (215) 7721911. Blondie Andre Gisson The new wave/punk band performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 11 BOI’s of New Hope at the House of Blues, 801 Art Gallery presents an Boardwalk, Atlantic City; exhibition of works by (609) 345-8652. the French-American impressionist, Sept. 11-Oct. The Young Dubliners 31, 9 W. Mechanic St., New The Celtic rock band Hope; (215) 862-8292.

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. 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.

(215) 238-1557. 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) 7638100.

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 museum’s Fred Beans Gallery, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; (215) 340-9800.

Opera

Gold Mountain Marginal Utility presents an exhibition of bricolage sculptures by Abigail D. DeVille, through Sept. 25, 319 N. 11th St.; (917) 3554487.

Danco on Danco Painted Bride Art Center presents a performance by Philadanco, Sept. 10-11, 230 Vine St.; (215) 9259914.

Love/Hate Center City Opera Theater presents Jack Perla’s dark comedic opera at 3 p.m. Sept. 12 at The Ethical and Humanist Society of Philadelphia, 906 Rittenhouse Square; (215) 735-3456.

Dance

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.

Lucinda Childs The Kimmel Center presents the talents of choreographer Childs, composer Philip Glass and conceptual artist Sol LeWitt, 8 p.m. Sept. 1011 and 3 p.m. Sept. 12 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.

I Bet You ArtStar Gallery presents an exhibition of solo works from Baltimore artist Rachel Bone, through Oct. 10, 623 N. Second St.;

Sanctuary Brian Sanders’ JUNK presents a production set in the future using a large wall as its backdrop — or stage, through Sept. 18 at Theater

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East at The Hub, 626 N. Fifth St.; www.livearts-fringe.org. Unraveling the Lace Blind Faith Project and Maria Urrutia present a dance performance about women and their battles with societal oppression in the early 1900s, Sept. 10-11 at Gloria Dei Church, 916 S. Swanson St.; (215) 389-1513.

Film

Kurosawa Centennial: Throne of Blood The ﬁlm re-imagining “Macbeth” in feudal Japan is screened at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; (610) 917-0223. The Girl Who Played with Fire The action ﬁlm is screened Sept. 10-16 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; (610) 917-0223.

Books

Lynn Miller The author of “Crossing the Line,” a tale of gay lives in Philadelphia today that are shaped by long-hidden family secrets from the 19th century, hosts a book signing from noon-

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2 p.m. Sept. 11 at Doylestown Bookshop, 16 S. Main St., Doylestown; (215) 230-7610, and from 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at Philadelphia Alliance, 251 S. 18th St.; (215) 545-4302. Eliza Griswold The investigative journalist, poet and author of “The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam” hosts a reading at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; (215) 686-5322. Justin Spring The author of “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade” hosts a reading at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; (215) 923-2960.

Cabaret

Vamps and Vixens Vaudeville Revue Philly Fringe presents a burlesque troupe performing classics by Eartha Kitt, Ruth Brown, Peggy Lee, Marilyn Monroe and more, through Sept. 18 at Studio 1831, 1831 Brandywine St.; (215) 6658511.

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Philly The cabaret-meets-art-school experience kicks off at 3 p.m. Sept. 11 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 2221400. Dwayne Dunlevey The comedian performs at 9 p.m. Sept. 11 at Harlans at The Nevermore, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; (215) 8625225.

Auditions

Rainbow Chorale of Delaware The chorus holds open auditions at 6 p.m. Sept. 13 and 20 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1502 W. 13th St., Wilmington, Del.; (302) 6545214.

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GreenFest Philly The festival features more than 200 exhibitors, vegetarian food, live music, entertainment, kids’ activities, an eco-fashion show and a clothing swap, 11 a.m.6 p.m. Sept. 12 at the South Street/Headhouse Square; www. greenfestphilly.org. Southern New Jersey Pride Festival Jersey Lyfe hosts its thirdannual Pride Festival with food, entertainment and giveaways, noon-7 p.m. at Cooper River Park, North Park Drive, Cherry Hill, N.J.; www.jerseylyfe.org. First Person StorySlam Spoken-word artists throw down at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400. Brian Posehn The comedian from the sitcom “The Sarah Silverman Program” performs Sept. 16-18 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; (215) 496-9001. ■

THE NEXT GENERATION OF ART: Catch AxD Gallery’s latest exhibition, “Legacy Embraced,” featuring works by Maria Nevelson and Val Bertoia (“Swirled World,” above) through Oct. 2, 265 S. 10th St. In their works, both sculptors embrace their unique artistic heritage. Nevelson is the granddaughter of Louise Nevelson, and while her work resembles the monochromatically painted found-object assemblages of her internationally acclaimed grandmother, its scale and personality differ. In his works, Bertoia, son of Harry Bertoia, reflects a more intimate and delicate nature. The elder Bertoia was a prolific creator of mono-prints, jewelry, outdoor metal sculptures and wire mesh designs for the Knoll furniture company in the 1950s. For more information, visit www.a-x-d.com/gallery or call (215) 627-6250.

Notices Send notices at least one week in advance to: Diversions, PGN, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19147; fax them to (215) 925-6437; or e-mail them to diversions@epgn.com. Notices cannot be taken over the phone.

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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)

Recreation

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

SEPT. 10 - 16, 2010 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.

Sports

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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Pending home sales rise 5.2 percent in July By Alan Zibel The Associated Press

The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied U.S. homes increased in July but remained well below last year’s levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak. The National Association of Realtors said last Thursday its seasonally adjusted index rose 5.2 percent from a month earlier to a reading of 79.4. A reading of 100 indicates the average level of sales activity in 2001, when the index started. The reading was above that threshold from March 2003 through April

2007. It sank during the recession, only to surge above 100 a year ago when the government ﬁrst offered tax incentives to spur sales. When the credits expired in April, the index sank. June’s reading of 75.5 was the lowest on record. Even with the July increase, the latest reading was 19-percent below the same month last year and home sales are at the lowest level in more than a decade. Potential buyers are holding off purchases because they are worried about jobs and the economy. Many buyers have been scared away by the prospect that home prices could fall again — something most analysts expect. And

some are having trouble meeting tighter lending standards and can’t qualify for loans. As a result, buyers are in a far stronger position than sellers — and are taking their time. Theo Varelas, 26, of San Bruno, Calif., has been living with his parents for several years socking away money for a down payment. With the economy weakening, he anticipates home prices will drop in the San Francisco Bay Area. Though he scans through listings on a daily basis in search of a bargain, he’s not rushing. “The offers I’m going to make are going to be under the list price,” Varelas said. “If it doesn’t work out, then my outlook on it

is, ‘Oh well, I can wait.’” The cheapest mortgage rates in decades haven’t been able to lift the housing market. The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan was 4.32 percent this week, down from 4.36 percent last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said. It was the 10th time in 11 weeks that rates have fallen to the lowest level in decades. “We should be seeing more sales with financing so cheap,” wrote Mike Larson, real-estate analyst with Weiss Research. “The fact we’re not speaks to the severity of the jobs crisis and the ongoing lack of confidence in the future direction of home prices.” The sales index provides an

early measurement of sales activity because there is usually a oneto two-month lag between a sales contract and a completed deal. “The recovery looks to be a long process,” said Lawrence Yun, the Realtors’ chief economist, in a statement. “For those who bought at or near the peak several years ago, particularly in markets experiencing big bubbles, it may take over a decade to fully recover lost equity.” The sales report was driven by a nearly 12-percent jump in the West and a more than 6-percent increase in the Northeast. Sales were up 4 percent in the Midwest and about 1 percent in the South. ■

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