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PA House sees first marriage bill For the first time ever, a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the Keystone State has been introduced to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Pennsylvania Rep. Babette Josephs (D182nd Dist.) submitted a marriage-equality bill, HB 1835, to the House earlier this month.

Cosponsors are Reps. Tim Briggs (D-149th Dist.), Vanessa Lowery Brown (D-190th Dist.), Mark Cohen (D-202nd Dist.), Dan Frankel (D-23rd Dist.), Michael McGeehan (D-173rd Dist.), Michael O’Brien (D-175th Dist.) and Steven Santarsiero (D-31st Dist.).

State Sen. Daylin Leach introduced the state legislature’s first marriage-equality bill in 2009 and resubmitted the measure earlier this session.

The Senate bill has three cosponsors and is currently in the Judiciary Committee.

“Marriage is marriage,” Josephs said of her motivation for spearheading the House bill. “Marriage is a good thing, and everyone who is in love should not be denied the ability to marry the person they choose.”

In addition to the moral reasons for supporting same-sex marriage, Josephs said marriage equality makes practical sense for Pennsylvania.

“There is an economic and social dimension to this,” the representative said, noting that Pennsylvania should take a cue from New York, which legalized same-sex marriage this summer. “In New York, they think that in the next three years they’re going to see their economy grow by almost $400 million based on the fact that same-sex couples will be coming into the state for marriage certificates and celebrations and starting businesses there or living there. The state has now risen head and shoulders above those around it, like Pennsylvania, and if there’s a choice for same-sex couples of where to go to recreate, to study, to do business, to live, why would they pick Pennsylvania over New York considering New York has taken a bold step forward for basic fairness and equality?”

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R.A.G.E. AGAINST THE (SEPTA) MACHINE: Nico Amador (center) and other members of Riders Against Gender Exclusion were turned away from entering SEPTA offices, 1234 Market St., during a protest to draw attention to the issue of gender-based harassment of SEPTA riders and gain support for efforts to end SEPTA’s gender-sticker policy. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Trans community, allies to march for rights, recognition MODEL CITIZENS: Philadelphia FIGHT executive director Jane Shull (left) and Victoria’s Secret supermodel Doutzen Kroes were on hand for the official launch of Dance4Life Philadelphia, part of an international initiative to empower young people to push back the spread of HIV and AIDS, Sept. 13 at City Hall. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Judge: Defense must get ID of man in Clementi case

By Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A New Jersey judge ruled last Friday that prosecutors must give defense lawyers the name of the man who was allegedly seen in a webcam video having an intimate encounter with Rutgers student Tyler Clementi.

Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman also ruled that no part of a 15-count indictment of Clementi’s former roommate, Dharun Ravi, will be dismissed.

In doing so, he denied Ravi’s lawyer’s contention that prosecutors did not offer a grand jury enough evidence about the

alleged crimes earlier this year.

Ravi is accused of the hate crime of bias intimidation, using a webcam to invade the privacy of the two men and trying to cover it up afterward.

Days after the alleged spying in September 2010, the 18-year-old Clementi committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. His story set off a national conversation about bullying of young gays.

While the judge said defense lawyers had the right to the name of the other man in the encounter, it came with stipulations. They cannot reveal the name of the man, identified in court documents as PAGE 9 M.B., to anyone except

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com An inaugural march will hit the streets next month to celebrate the vitality and promote the visibility of the multifaceted “T” community.

The Philly Trans* March will kick off at 3 p.m. Oct. 8 at Love Park, with supporters marching around City Hall and to Kahn Park in the Gayborhood.

The event was the brainchild of Christian Axavier Lovehall, who said he was eager to raise awareness about the numerous rights challenges facing the trans community.

“I was seeing a lot of marches in the city, like the Dyke March or the Slut Walk, and I felt like there needed to be some type of movement for trans individuals in Philadelphia,” Lovehall said. “There are a lot of rights that we don’t have right now that can make living in Philadelphia unsafe — like gender-neutral bathrooms and gender stickers on SEPTA passes — and I wanted to bring awareness to those issues to possibly create some change and make life a little bit easier for the trans community.”

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Museum honors gay couple for glass-art work

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com While the National Liberty Museum is known for its commitment to promoting civil liberties, it is also a champion in another field — glass art.

The museum will host its annual Glass Now Weekend & Auction Oct. 13-16, which will include an awards ceremony honoring a local gay couple at the forefront of the city’s glass-art collecting community.

Franz Rabauer and Brian Daggett, a couple for 16 years, will be named the 2011 Collector Honorees at an awards dinner Oct. 14 at the museum, 321 Chestnut St. Since their first meeting at Woody’s, Rabauer and Daggett have shared a love of art. While Rabauer was initially an antiques collector and Daggett drawn to pop-shop art, together they began a glassart collection that has grown to more than 70 pieces, most of which were acquired in the past five years.

Throughout their years of collecting, Rabauer said their taste in glass art has changed.

“We began buying funky, delicate little glasses, champagne glasses and production pieces, and then expanded to buying more substantial, one-of-a-kind pieces,” Rabauer said. “We still buy some of the more delicate pieces but we’ve really grown to love these very large cast-glass pieces that are really heavy and solid.”

Once the couple got involved with the National Liberty Museum, their collection expanded even further.

Rabauer said he and Daggett began supporting the museum after learning about its unique goals from founder Irvin Borowsky.

“He’s a real powerful force and to hear him sit down and talk about the museum is incredible. The mission of the museum is to protect democracy and foster good character and, for us as a gay couple, that was really important, especially because they do a lot of work with children and it’s very important to teach those ideas to kids,” Rabauer said.

The museum’s overarching goals are illustrated by the use of glass art, explained museum chief operating officer Dr. Arlene Silvers.

“All of the themes of the museum are portrayed through glass,” Silvers said. “The whole premise of the museum is that liberty is strong and our freedoms are strong and very beautiful but, just like glass, if they’re mishandled, they can break into a million pieces.”

The museum is home to 125 pieces of glass art, which are included in each of the venue’s exhibits.

The glass-art weekend is now in its 12th year and features such opportunities as

FRANZ RABAUER (LEFT) AND BRIAN DAGGETT

visits to homes of area collectors, including Rabaeur and Daggett; a glass film festival; and the weekend’s centerpiece, the Glass Auction Gala Saturday night at the Marriott at 12th and Market streets.

About 300 pieces of glass art will be up for auction, created by emerging artists as well as those more well-known in the glass-art community, and ranging in asking price from $150-$55,000.

Rabauer said the pieces he and Daggett have acquired at the auction in the past several years stand for more than just additions to their collection.

“The glasswork that is donated every year for the auction is usually 100-percent donations from artists all over the world.

They’re the ones who really deserve to be honored because if it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t be able to have this auction and raise money to support this great cause,” he said. “So when we open our home to different organizations and host dinners and things and people ask about the different pieces of art, we make sure to tell them about the artists because we want to support them for supporting the museum.”

Rabauer and Daggett provide their own support for the museum — donating money, sponsoring their own Milon Townsend sculpture at the venue, and giving their time through Daggett’s work as vice president of the National Liberty Museum’s board and Rabauer’s service as the chair of the Glass Arts Committee.

In selecting Rabauer and Daggett for the award, Silvers said the museum sought to not only honor individuals who have made substantial contributions to the glass-arts community, but also embody the deeper work of the museum.

“One of the big tenets of the museum is diversity and the acceptance of others. And Brian and Franz really fit with that philosophy, so we thought they were perfect candidates to help explain our mission.”

For more information about Glass Now, visit www.libertymuseum.org/glass-artand-auction/glass-now-2011/. ■

A PICTURESQUE DAY AT SJ PRIDE: A crowd of more than 100 gathered Sept.

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When Temple University opened the doors on its fall semester last month, it did so with a new faculty member, one who is also an award-winning gay poet.

Brian Teare, the winner of the 2011 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry, joined the faculty of Temple’s English Department this fall.

Teare is teaching poetry workshops and literature courses in the undergrad and Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing programs.

Teare himself went to college f o r m u s i c bu t his career goals shifted after a serendipitous writing course.

“I studied music and one summer I needed more credits so I just took this writing class. I was BRIAN TEARE the kind of student that teachers hate to have because I didn’t take the class because I wanted to, I just had to,” he said.

“The second half of the class was poetry, and I just fell in love with it. It helped me to find language for my own experience and my place in society.”

Writing became an integral outlet for Teare to deal with his coming-out experience of several years previously.

Teare grew up in Georgia and, when he came out to his parents in high school, he said the fallout was “disastrous.”

“That time was really difficult. I had dropped out of high school and was having a lot of trouble with my family, so later on writing was immensely crucial in looking back and figuring out what happened, why my family behaved the way they did and why I reacted the way I did,” he said. “At the time I didn’t have those tools to deal with it and I also wasn’t as reflective about language and language’s impact on me, so I understood the whole experience a lot less.”

Teare’s passion blossomed into a successful career, as he was awarded numerous poetry fellowships, had his work featured in several publications and anthologies and went on to publish three full-length books of his poems.

Throughout that time, Teare said he began to notice his own poetry style transform.

“At first I was, like a lot of young writers, trying to tell my story in language that conveyed my experience and trying to talk about the different cultures — in the United States, in the South, religious cultures — that shaped my experiences. But in my first book, I avoided writing much about spirituality or queerness because I

think confronting those questions directly was really hard for me and really risky,” he said.

Those issues came to the forefront of his third book, “Pleasure,” which won him the Lambda Literary Award.

“Pleasure” grew out of Teare’s experience with his partner’s 1999 death of AIDS-related complications and explores his own coming-to-terms with that event as well as the overarching topics of sex, sexuality and spirituality.

“I was raised religious but later rejected Christianity so I didn’t really have the framework to understand death, so the book was a way of coming back to it and interrogating a lot of the beliefs I’d been given as a youth and trying to see what was there to help me grieve,” he said. “But then there are also the ideas about how HIV/ AIDS changed the way we think about the gay male body politic and the body politic in general. To me it was very personal and grew out of my pure and simple grief, but also became about some of the larger cultural ideas.”

Teare said he was surprised when he learned he won the Lambda Literary award in light of the other contenders, including a posthumous nomination for James White and James Skylar, both of whom Teare said he looked up to as a budding poet.

The awards ceremony, with such a gathering of his contemporary LGBT writers, was just as surreal, he said.

“It was such an unbelievable honor that I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around it,” he said. “And since I wrote the book in memory of my partner, for it to be honored like that was a wonderful way to also remember him and keep his memory alive.”

While writing is his chief passion, Teare is also devoted to the teaching of his craft, although it can be a challenge.

“When you’ve spent so many years figuring out how to do something yourself, trying to explain that to other people can be pretty difficult, especially when a lot of people have the thought that writing poetry is easy,” he said. “So sometimes it’s difficult to communicate that poetry is fun, exciting, strange and revolutionary, but it’s really hard work.”

In addition to his teaching post, Teare will continue operating his own micropress, putting out four to six chapbooks a year.

Teare comes to Philadelphia from San Francisco and said that, while the cities are vastly different, he’s been impressed by his new locale — especially with its status as home to the oldest LGBT bookstore in the nation, Giovanni’s Room.

“San Francisco doesn’t have a gay bookstore anymore so to come to this community that’s in some ways smaller than the San Francisco community and to see how amazing this resource is and that so many people are still interested in queer literature is really amazing,” he said. “I’m very excited to be in a place like this.” ■

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Delaware Pride marks 15th anniversary

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com This weekend’s Delaware Pride will feature an array of top-notch entertainers coming together to celebrate the 15th incarnation of the event.

The Pride festival will be held from 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 17 at Cape Henlopen State Park in Rehoboth Beach.

Headlining this year’s event is singer Taylor Dane, who will perform hits such as “Tell it to My Heart” during her 45-minute set and will also take part in a meet-andgreet with festival guests. Dane will be joined by emcee Jade Esteban Estrada and singers Kelly King, Pepper Mashay, Jonny McGovern and Calpernia Addams, as well as a cadre of drag entertainers.

“We’re going to have a lot of really great entertainers coming in this year, so we’re really looking forward to the lineup,” said Delaware Pride president Steve Newman.

Festivalgoers can also partake in a number of raffles and drawings and activities like a cupcake-eating contest and cheer on the winners of the Delaware Pride Royal Court Pageant as they take the stage.

About 100 vendors will also be on hand with food, drinks, merchandise and a barrage of information about community resources and initiatives.

Several-thousand people are expected to turn out for the event, and Newman said the festival has increasingly been drawing a large contingent of allies.

“We’re getting a lot of people online saying they’re coming to support their gay daughter or son,” Newman said. “One woman posted a picture of a shirt that said something about how her gay daughter should have the same rights as her straight daughter and said how excited she is to come to her first Pride festival to support her daughter. So we think we’ll have a really good mix of people.”

In the festival’s 15 years, it’s undergone a number of changes, most notably its tremendous growth.

When it first started, the festival was held in Rodney Square in Wilmington, where it drew an average crowd of about 300 people. In 2002, it moved to Rehoboth Beach and attendance exploded to 3,000, a figure expected to be topped this year.

The event brings in LGBTs and allies from throughout Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., Newman said, making for a day full of old friends and new.

“It’s the biggest [LGBT] event in Delaware,” he added. “And it’s held right on the beach, which is a big bonus because you get all the entertainment and everything else while you’re spending the day at the beach. But it’s a good break from the everyweekend-bar thing and a good opportunity to come out and see some people who you may not have seen in a while and meet new friends.”

For more information, visit www.delawarepride.org. ■

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Aug. 22-Sept. 4. Information is courtesy of 6th District Capt. Brian Korn and the Police Liaison Committee. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215686-TIPS (8477).

INCIDENTS REPORTED — At 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23, a man was walking in the 1200 block of Spruce Street when two males knocked him down from behind, took his wallet and cell phone and fled. The victim walked to Pennsyvlania Hospital for a cut on his arm. The suspects were described as black males, both 14-17 years old and 5-foot9 with thin builds. One was wearing a red polo shirt and the other was wearing a T-shirt with white sleeves.

— Between 10 p.m. Aug. 24 and 5:45 a.m.

Aug. 25, complainants woke up in the fire escape of the Parker Spruce Hotel, 261 S. 13th St., and told police they don’t know how they got there. They returned to their room and found that cash and 180 oxycodone and Xanax pills were missing. There was no forced entry into the room.

— At 1 p.m. Aug. 25, a male handed an employee of Walgreens, 1101 Locust St., a note demanding money and placed a bag on the counter. The employee saw that there was a gun in the bag and grabbed it from the counter, at which point the male fled the store, heading north on 11th. The gun turned out to be a BB gun. Nothing was taken. The suspect was described as a black male, 6-foot-2 and in his 20s, 260 pounds, scruffy with a dark com-

plexion and wearing a white baseball cap and a blue jacket. Central Detectives processed the scene for evidence.

— At 12:10 a.m. Aug. 27, a male brandishing a knife entered the Rodeway Inn, 1208 Walnut St., took cash from the front-desk till and fled west on Walnut. The suspect was described as a white male, 45 years old, bald, missing teeth, scruffy and wearing a black hoodie. Central Detectives processed the scene for evidence.

— Between 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 29, someone forced open an apartment door in the 1300 block of Pine Street. Nothing appeared to be missing. Sixth District Officer Maiorano lifted fingerprints.

— Between noon-5 p.m. Aug. 31, someone smashed the window of a 2005 Chevy, parked in the 400 block of South 12th Street, and stole a laptop. This report was received by the DPR Unit via phone, thus police were not dispatched.

— Between 11:30 p.m. Aug. 31 and 4 a.m.

Sept. 1, someone smashed the window of a 2002 Jeep, parked in front of 247 S. Ninth St., and stole a bag of clothes. Sixth District Officer McCauley attempted to lift fingerprints.

— Between 5-5:50 p.m. Sept. 3, someone stole a bicycle from the gated yard area of 311 S. Broad St. — At 2:45 p.m. Sept. 4, a man was walking in the 200 block of South Broad Street when a male on a bicycle snatched the cell phone from his hand and fled south on Broad. The suspect was described as a black male, 17 years old, 5foot-10, 140 pounds with short hair and wearing an orange shirt and black jeans. ■

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Community talks crime The Police Liaison Committee will host a town-hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., for a discussion on crime trends and prevention.

The event will function as the community’s official introduction to police liaison Deputy Commissioner Stephen Johnson, who took over last year after longtime liaison Chief James Tiano retired.

Also present will be a community-relations officer from the 6th District, which includes the Gayborhood, and a representative from Victims’ Services — who will ensure guests understand their rights and the services available to them if they are victims of a crime — and an organizer of the recently launched 6th District Night Court to detail the program.

Committee chair Franny Price said all

community members, including those who work with LGBT organizations and local bars and businesses, are encouraged to bring their thoughts and concerns.

The meeting will also give local residents a chance to familiarize themselves with the committee, which serves as the link between the city’s LGBT population and the police department.

Pride picnic in Bristol The borough of Bristol will celebrate Pride this month with a community picnic.

LGBTs and allies are invited to Bristol Lagoon Park, on Jefferson Avenue in Bristol, from 1-4 p.m. Sept. 18. The park is located adjacent to the SEPTA Trenton line stop, and parking is available at the train station.

Guests are encouraged to bring family and friends to the gathering, which will feature live local talent.

Picnickers should also bring blankets and picnic food for the Sunday social.

For more information or to RSVP, search for Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Bristol, PA 19007 on Facebook or e-mail jbbarrettnc@aol.com. ■ — Jen Colletta

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trans-specific offerings in the city.

“We noticed that there was a lack of trans inclusion in events in general and not many events that focus on the trans population specifically — other than the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference — even though Philly has a very large trans comm u n i t y,” s h e said. “So we thought, what better way to do that than to have this celebratory march to bring together people of all genders to celebrate trans identities and people?”

Kalup noted that that celebratory atmosphere JESS KALUP (LEFT) will be emphaAND CHRISTIAN sized throughAXAVIER LOVEHALL out the day.

“There have been events in the past that were more somber memorials to recognize certain things like transwomen of color who have been victimized by hate crimes, but this is our opportunity to take the other side of that,” she said. “This is going to be a fun, celebratory event to recognize all people — trans, gender-variant, gender-nonconforming — just everyone.”

The event will begin with a number of

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for their investigator and Ravi. And they’re not allowed to tell anyone who he is.

Berman also said the defense can attempt to interview the man only at the office of the Middlesex County prosecutor and with a representative from the office present. And, he warned, M.B. has the right to decide not to talk with Ravi’s lawyers at all — and predicted he will decide to exercise that right.

Ravi sat between his lawyers wearing a charcoal suit and mostly kept his eyes trained on the judge. He did smile at one point about some confusion over the man’s initials.

Who M.B. is and what he knew has been one of the persistent mysteries of a case that has unfolded publicly over the last year.

Court documents suggest that Ravi and some other Rutgers students glimpsed him briefly in an encounter with Clementi on Sept. 19, 2010. Ravi is also accused of setting up his webcam to try to capture them in a second liaison two days later. Ravi has denied all charges.

Steven Altman, a lawyer for Ravi, said the man may be able to shed light on whether Clementi felt his roommate was intimidating him because he was gay.

“I’m not seeking any of this information to embarrass or humiliate anybody,” Altman told Berman. “All I want to do is learn as much as I can as an attorney to represent

speakers at Love Park, and once the contingent reaches Kahn Park, there will be a series of live performances.

The march comes the day before OutFest and was scheduled to maximize the number of people attending and keep travel costs down for folks hoping to participate in both events.

“I think it’s going to be a very diverse crowd,” Lovehall said. “Unlike some of the other marches, with this we’re hoping to bring in allies, supporters, trans people, gender-nonconforming, gender-queer people. We want to create awareness about these issues we’re struggling with, so we want to have as much support as we can.”

Kalup, herself an ally, said she has been working to spread the word to a series of community organizations and leaders and is hopeful that several hundred will turn out for the event.

Lovehall said he envisions the march returning again in the future, but was unsure if it would become an annual event or a more frequent occurrence.

“After the march, I plan to implement an educational campaign because a lot of people are unaware of trans issues and identities and our job is to educate the masses,” he said. “I was inspired to do this from things like the civil-rights movement and they didn’t just stop at one march, but had lots of marches, walks, passed out information to the community. That’s what I’m looking to do.”

For more information on Philly Trans* March, visit www.phillytransmarch.com or search for the event on Facebook. ■

Dharun Ravi. The prosecutor’s office can’t pick and choose what to give me under the guise of victims’ rights.”

Prosecutors argued that there could be harm done to M.B. by telling the defense his name, and said it had already provided two statements from him to Ravi’s lawyers.

Invasion of privacy is classified as a sex crime, Assistant Prosecutor Julia McClure argued, and state law requires that details about sex-crime victims not be disclosed.

Berman said the intent of those protections didn’t fit here: “I can’t conclude that M.B. is a potential victim” of additional intimidation, he said.

Defense lawyers had also sought other evidence that McClure said was irrelevant: reports from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, which patrols the George Washington Bridge; records from Clementi’s computer and some of his handwritten notes.

Berman said he would review those items in his chambers before deciding whether they’re pertinent to the case and should be given to the defense.

He said the prosecutor should not decide which evidence might be relevant in the case.

McClure said her office could appeal parts of Berman’s ruling.

A hearing was set for Oct. 20 to determine a trial date. ■

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D’Anne Witkowski

Sally Kern

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Moving on marriage For the first time, the Pennsylvania House will consider a bill to recognize same-sex marriage. For LGBT Pennsylvanians, who do not yet have statewide nondiscrimination protections, this is a huge step.

Last week, Rep. Babette Josephs (D-182nd Dist.) and seven cosponsors introduced HB 1835, which would allow marriage equality.

Earlier this year, Rep. Mark Cohen (D-202nd Dist.) and 43 cosponsors introduced a bill to allow for civil unions. That bill, HB 708, was referred to the Judiciary Committee in February.

Pennsylvania currently restricts marriage to one man and one woman, but has not gone through the extra step of amending the state constitution with a one-man/one-woman definition of marriage.

In May, Rep. Darryl Metcalfe (R12th Dist.) introduced a bill to amend the constitution; the bill, with 35 cosponsors, was referred to the Judicial Committee.

Though progress has been slow in our Republican-leaning state, it has been coming. In a Franklin and Marshall poll conducted in August, half of those surveyed said they favored or somewhat favored a constitutional amendment to allow gay marriage. In addition, 62 percent supported civil unions, with varying degrees of support.

Pennsylvania lags behind most of its neighboring states on the issues of LGBT rights, including nondiscrimination and marriage.

New York has statewide antidiscrimination protections and legalized marriage in June. New Jersey and Delaware

have statewide antidiscrimination protections for sexual orientation and provide civil unions. Maryland also has statewide protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Of these four, New Jersey is the only state to prohibit gender-identity discrimination across the board.

The conversation on marriage equality has been evolving over the past decade; before that, it was barely part of the dialogue for gay and lesbian couples, much less society at large.

Although it might seem counterintuitive to focus on marriage equality as opposed to nondiscrimination protections, it’s understandable why marriage is important to the sexual-minority community.

Marriage, as an institution, holds a uniquely sacred place in society.

Regardless of a couple’s expectations of the union, society, family and friends all have a concept of marriage that is hard to broaden, upend or change: To society, marriage equates to family unit.

Whether that definition of marriage is merited or hooey for a particular couple, society, government, hospitals, police, family and friends all recognize it.

Which means that, if a couple isn’t married, they automatically have a “less-than” relationship. Regardless of recognition, this holds true for both opposite- and same-sex couples.

Rightly or wrongly, good or bad, sacred or institution, marriage is a civil right. And if the government is going to sanction such unions, it needs to do so equally. ■

With the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 behind us, it’s important to reflect on the state of national security. For weeks now, pundits have been waxing philosophical about whether or not America is truly safer today than it was a decade ago. Most of them are full of shit, of course. Making people take their shoes off and confiscating bottles of water and cans of Aqua Net at the airport is Security Theater, pure and simple. After all, the failures that allowed the terrorists onto those planes 10 years ago were at the CIA and FBI level, not because some baggage screener missed a box cutter.

Still, there’s one threat that not enough people are talking about. A threat so dire that it makes terrorists look like Teletubbies (still scary, mind you, but comparatively harmless). That threat is, of course, homosexuality. But people are afraid to speak out. Afraid that the homosexuals will enact revenge on their families if they expose the terrifying truth.

One woman, however, is brave enough to speak in public about this terrible danger our nation is facing. That woman is Oklahoma state legislator Sally Kern.

You may remember that Kern has spoken on this issue in the past. A few years ago she called homosexuality “the death knell of this country.”

“I honestly think it’s the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam, which I think is a big threat,” she said.

She then compared homosexuality to cancer: “If you got cancer or something in your little toe, do you say, well, you know, I’m just going to forget about it because the rest of me is fine? It spreads. OK? And this stuff is deadly, and it’s spreading, and it will destroy our young people, it will destroy this nation.”

Mind you, Kern thought these comments were limited to the audience she was addressing. But somehow in this day and age when everyone has a cell phone and every cell phone has a camera and/or video recorder, her address was recorded, and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund had a field day making the video go viral. Kern and her right-wing apologists make a big deal about how the video was “selectively edited,” and yet she stands by what she said and continues to say the same thing.

In an Aug. 31 interview with Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, Kern restated and “clarified” her “gays are worse than terrorists” line of thinking, proving that her original comments were not taken out of context or misunderstood.

“You know if you just look at it in practical terms, which has destroyed and ended the life of more people? Terrorism attack[s] here in America or HIV/AIDS? OK?” she said. “In the last 15-20 years, we’ve had maybe three terrorist attacks on our soil with a little over 5,000 people regrettably losing their lives. In the same time frame, there have been hundreds of thousands who have died because of, uh, having AIDS. So which one’s the biggest threat?”

This is, of course, a completely faulty comparison. Not to mention the fact that it rests on the assumption that all gay people have AIDS and are using it as a biological weapon of sorts. Also, since Kern is so concerned about AIDS, I’m sure we can expect her to sponsor bills to increase HIV/ AIDS research and prevention funding in Oklahoma.

Of course, to Kern, gays are a sort of biological weapon, sights set on all of the young people in America. Because gays are all about making everybody gay.

“And you know, every day our young people, adults too, but especially our young people, are bombarded at school, in movies, in music, on TV, in the mall, in magazines, they’re bombarded with ‘homosexuality is normal and natural.’ It’s something they have to deal with every day,” Kern said. “Fortunately we don’t have to deal with a terrorist attack every day, and that’s what I mean.”

See? That’s what she means. That gays are a constant, devious threat to the people of this nation and terrorists are only a sometimes-threat; therefore, being gay is worse than murdering someone. No duh and obviously.

And to think Kern is baffled that people call her homophobic and a bigot. ■ D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world, she reviews rock ’n’ roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister.

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Projects abound this year Every year, a promise runs through my Currently, I’m working on the LGBTmind: This year will be the year that I’ll friendly senior living facility, which seems finally slow down. Well, that has never to be a 24/7 project at times. I’ll have more information on that hopefully by the end of happened and this summer was by far October. Also, Comcast invited me to sit on the busiest. But this is no complaint. The its Diversity Council, a national group of work that is being done after 42 years 40 mandated by the FCC when of activism is a dream come Comcast merged with NBC/ true. Actually it’s more than that. Our GLF (Gay Liberation Universal. Our work thus far Front) group, which jumphas been to increase the LGBT presence on NBC and NBC started the modern gay-rights cable network shows. You’ll movement for equality, has an e-mail group, and most of us begin to see that in this comare amazed how far we’ve come ing season, but in the pipeline from that historic 1969. are some exciting and groundWith success of our struggle breaking shows. And we’re comes opportunity to make our working to assure that LGBT community stronger. A strong businesses get the opportunity community protects, secures to work with Comcast procureand answers the needs of its ment. And, of course, running members most at risk.

PGN and writing this column each week. So much has hapWhen I’m stopped on the Mark Segal pened this year, but every once street or at an event, people in a while something special ask, “How are you doing?” My and unexpected just pops up: Twice in the answer these days is, “Incredibly well.” last few weeks something has brought me This is by far one of the happiest times in chills. recent memory. The repeal of “Don’t Ask, Another project that took time this year Don’t tell,” the fight for marriage equality that we are winning, a president who really was bringing the National Lesbian and cares about our community and the beginGay Journalists Association national conning of awareness of the special issues of vention to Philly. I was part of a lunch LGBT youth and elders are just a few of plenary panel session on what was next in the successes. My life since 18 has been gay media. One of my talking points was, devoted to creating community, and watch- no matter what form of media you were using, the rules of journalism still need to ing the incredible growth is a dream come true. be applied. The following day, a man came Add to that the personal projects curup to me to thank me for driving home the rules and traditions of journalism and rently on the drawing board. When it handed me his card. When I looked at it comes to new projects, the best way to later, his name was Louis Wiley, the execulook at them from my viewpoint is that tive news director of PBS’s “Frontline” they are a learning curve. And while you — arguably the best in broadcast journalmight not succeed at first, if you take the ism there is. Not since Walter Cronkite’s time to learn, you will win. It was like that with the gay nondiscrimination and domes- compliment about PGN have I felt so hontic-partners legislation, both of which bring ored. me pride.

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Street Talk What are the chances of an LGBT candidate being elected to the state House of Representatives next year?

“Good to very good. There’s a lot of opportunity because there’s a lot of state-rep seats to be filled. Also, there are JoAnn Greco pockets of the journalist state that are Bella Vista very liberal — parts of Philadelphia and parts of Pittsburgh. In those places, the chances would be very high.”

“Slim to nonexistent.

We have a conservative state and Philly isn’t much better.

Everyone is down on Obama. So, I Robert Nelson makeup artist think they’ll Bella Vista vote even more conservative next year to make a point.”

“Zero.

Right now, prejudice outweighs the desire for diversity.

LGBT sexuality is still very much taboo.

Victoria SmileyThere aren’t Robinson enough people student Chestnut Hill OK with it in a district to overpower the negativity. In 30 years, it might be a different story.”

“I’d say 20 percent.

As soon as people hear the candidate is LGBT, they’ll turn off. But give it time.

Tristan Volpi The trend student is definitely Queen Village moving toward acceptance.

People’s ignorance on the subject is slowly decreasing.”

Letters and Feedback In response to “Sims to challenge Babette Josephs in 182nd Dist.,” Sept. 9-15: It would be great to have an LGBT legislator in Harrisburg. But why isn’t Brian running from his home address on 20th Street in the soon-to-be-open legislative seat of Kenyatta Johnson? Then we’d have Babette, a longtime LGBT supporter, and Brian.

— More Info Needed Brian lives in the 182nd District.

Besides, it’s time for Josephs to step aside.

She is no longer effective in Harrisburg.

— QueerX Editor’s note: According to Brian Sims, he has lived in the 182nd District, at 12th and Rodman streets, for the past year. He owns a house at 20th and Christian streets with

his ex.

The question is, why move from the property you own and called home in a district with an open seat just to run against a progressive woman incumbent, particularly when there are only 42 women in the 253-member legislature? Doesn’t sound like a “diehard feminist.”

— Real Feminist Um, seriously, running against Babette instead of from your own district? Bad idea. Why not have two strong voices in the House on progressive and LGBT issues when your district has an open seat?

No thanks, not going to lend support to Brian. Like him, but if this is the type of decisions he makes, he’s more about Brian than the issues.

— Anne2

It’s strange how negatively people can react to someone who works really hard for a lot of people. I have always liked Babette, voted for her, and will always think highly of her, the same way he seems to. But I’m ready to live in a district where there’s not only leadership on liberal issues but someone who can begin to move them also. She’s fought so many fights that she doesn’t seem to be able to work with anyone any more. Thank you for starting so much of this, Rep. Josephs, but it looks like there’s finally someone strong enough to fill your shoes!

— FeelsRight The only reason why Babette would be perceived to be ineffective is because she’s pushing against the brick wall that is the Pennsylvania legislature. I highly doubt Sims will have a greater ability to convince

the Appalachian cave trolls that dominate our legislature to do the right thing. And whoever made the point about the legislature’s gender imbalance, good call. This is one queer (trans) woman who is supporting Babette.

— JordanGwendolynDavis On a slightly off topic and not to sound shallow, but Sims is very cute.

— Joey “Chris” Hagan This is how we thank someone for years and years of service to the gay community? “It’s because of people like Babette that I’m able to run” ... and so I choose to stab her in the back and run against her?

Yeah, that’s the kind of loyalty I’m looking for in my representative. Not! — Rich W

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Ed Bomba

Facing ageism in the LGBT community “If I live to 50, I’ll just kill myself” is among the most often heard discriminatory statements in the LGBT community. It suggests a tendency to regard older persons as debilitated, unworthy of attention or unsuitable for employment. Known as ageism, this type of discrimination against a certain age group can manifest as prejudice, negative stereotyping and lack of respect.

We see ageism when someone in a rush nearly knocks down an older person and snidely remarks how slowly that person is walking. We see ageism when an older person tries to start a conversation and the person they are addressing simply ignores them. We see ageism in chat rooms and online dating services when someone perceived to be “too old” is blocked from chatting.

And ageism can work both ways.

Sometimes, older members of the LGBT community reveal their own prejudice with comments such as, “We marched and fought to break down the closet door and they don’t care” or “They don’t know what it’s like to lose all of your friends.” Some just feel ignored.

Is this ageism or a good, old-fashioned generation gap? Is it insidious discrimination or an imagined slight? Is it prejudice or just a preference to socialize with people like you? Or is it just unconscious, yet discriminatory, behavior?

Whatever it is, ageist behavior damages the entire LGBT community. As a group that has always faced prejudice and discrimination, the challenges we face are

made more difficult by discrimination or negative stereotypes from within our own community. For example, most LGBT people do not have multigenerational families.

As a result, more LGBT people over 65 live alone than do their heterosexual counterparts. Many LGBT people in long-termcare facilities fear being bullied. Because they have no families to care for them, they are forced to go back into the closet to protect themselves. And transgender people do not even have the option of closing the closet door. We have to begin to support and protect all members of our own community.

Ageism hinders that process.

The youth-centric attitude of society at large amplifies the negative impact that lifelong discrimination has on LGBT people as we age. When younger members of our own community ignore or discriminate against LGBT elders, it further marginalizes our entire community. Ageism compounds the feelings of isolation and loneliness that are, sadly, often part of the LGBT aging experience. Partly as a result of ageism, we question who will take care of us, who will we be able to relate to or who can we rely on.

Reportedly, 78 percent of adults rely on their biological family and friends as their source of support in their older years. The families and children of many of our heterosexual counterparts will care for them. The family structure of the LGBT community does not necessarily fit that model. LGBT families tend to be “families of choice” or “logical” families. LGBT families are often not intergenerational. Family members

tend to resemble each other: similar ages, similar backgrounds and similar races and religions. The result is that, eventually, the people upon whom we rely have the same limitations that we do. Consequently, as we age, our “families of choice” are not always equipped to care for us. So who can LGBT elders turn to for companionship, care and comfort?

Fortunately, some LGBT intergenerational programs already exist or are on the horizon. They will help bridge the gaps between LGBT generations. On the drawing board are “Buddy” programs that will provide assistance to LGBT elders. Eventually, “Advocates” will provide in-person support for elders when they need to deal with governmental, legal, financial, insurance and medical systems.

We have learned from decades of experience that to gain our equal rights we must present a united front. Ageism could become a wedge that divides us, just when we most need to stay united. The reality is that we are all aging and therefore we all need to support each other. We must continue to take care of our own. If we don’t, who will? ■ Ed Bomba is communications chair for the LGBT Elder Initiative. Terri Clark, MPH, CHES, prevention services coordinator for ActionAIDS, and Heshie Zinman, longtime community health activist, are serving as co-chairs of the LGBTEI. To contact Clark or Zinman to comment on this article, suggest topics for future articles or for more information, visit www. lgbtelderinitiative.blogspot.com. Watch for “Gettin’ On” each month in PGN.

happened last weekend when I was visiting Jason in Washington, D.C., and we went to the Newseum. In one of the galleries there was a collection of current hot-spot news issues around the world.

To my surprise, they had a picture of Mohammed al-Nabbous, and it brought me to tears. Mo as we called him was a brilliant man who was the only person among the Libyan “rebels” to get images of the revolution out to the west, and he was killed videotaping Gaddafi’s troops in battle. If you’re a reader of this column, you might recall that another issue I became involved with this year was the fight for Libyan freedom. Yes, this 60-year-old Jewish gay man helped in a revolution.

Not to end on a sad note, the following day we visited an obscure site in the Capital for research that will be part of PGN’s Gay History Project in October.

(Yet another project!) This year, while it has been the most ambitious and timeconsuming, also has been a delight.

We have kept the project to ourselves thus far, but can promise you that it will change the way we look at American history. How’s that for a tease? ■ Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media. He can be reached at mark@epgn.com.

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to legally marry.

Currently, if one member of a same-sex couple dies, his or her partner must pay a 15-percent tax on any inheritance, while married heterosexual couples are exempt.

Josephs’ measure would extend that exemption to committed same-sex and opposite-sex couples who can prove interdependence through evidence such as a joint mortgage or lease or if a partner is listed as the primary beneficiary of the other’s lifeinsurance policy.

“We need to eliminate that tax,” Josephs said. “We don’t allow same-sex couples to marry and then, because we constrain them in this unfair and unjust way, we then say you also have to pay a tax. That’s extremely unfair.”

Philadelphia resident David Jacobs said he and his partner spoke with Josephs this summer about the inheritance-tax issue, which they learned about after Jacobs’ partner faced a health scare.

“We began to re-examine our wills and that’s when I found out from my attorney that even though we have co-owned our house for eight years and been together for 16, if one of us was to die, the other would have to pay this tax — not just on the house but on any property, any bank accounts,” Jacobs said.

While married couples are exempt from the tax, state law requires “lineal heirs,” such as children or grandchildren and their spouses, to pay a 4.5-percent tax and siblings a 12-percent tax, while the 15-percent tax is applied to “collateral heirs,” includ-

ing nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles or friends.

“I understand the importance of taxes but for our married next-door neighbors to not have to pay this and we do just isn’t right,” Jacobs said. “It could be such a burden when someone passes away. That could come to thousands and thousands of dollars and someone may have to sell their house because their partner died, and that’s on top of dealing with the grief. That’s money that could be invested in the home to keep up property values, or in the local community and businesses instead of being taken by Harrisburg.”

Josephs has not yet had any discussions with Senate leaders about a possible companion bill.

Cosponsoring the inheritance-tax bill are Reps. Michelle Brownlee (D-195th Dist.), Mark Cohen (D-202nd Dist.), Dom Costa (D-21st Dist.), Maria Donatucci (D-185th Dist.), Dan Frankel (D-23rd Dist.), Robert Freeman (D-136th Dist.), Patrick Harkins (D-1st Dist.), Michael McGeehan (D-173rd Dist.), Michael O’Brien (D-175th Dist.), Chelsa Wagner (D-22nd Dist.) and Rosita Youngblood (D-198th Dist.).

Both chambers of the state legislature are currently held by Republicans and, while Josephs acknowledged the bills will face an uphill battle, she noted it’s still important for the topics to be addressed by state lawmakers.

“They’re out there now and that means they’re going to be discussed,” she said.

“And that means there is always the potential they will move forward.” ■

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Media Trail Dozens protest assaults on Utah gay men ABC4.com reports scores of people gathered in Salt Lake City to protest recent assaults against three gay Utah men.

Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank, assault victim Dane Hall and the sister of the latest victim were among speakers at the fireside vigil Sept. 9 in the capital city’s Liberty Park.

Marnie Nelson Bales says her brother, Cameron Nelson, who was attacked Sept. 8 in American Fork, wants to see an end to the violence.

The attack was the third such incident on gay Utah men in the last two weeks. Hall, a victim of a beating at Club South in Salt Lake City, had his jaw broken in three places and six teeth knocked out. He thanked the crowd for their support, speaking through his wired-shut jaw.

Gay-marriage ban will be on May ballot in N.C. News 14 Carolina reports that a bill aimed at putting the state’s same-sex-marriage ban in the constitution was approved by the General Assembly. State senators followed

the House’s lead and passed the measure Tuesday, which means voters will now get their say in May. The Republican-led General Assembly says its argument is simple and clear: The people of North Carolina should be the ones to decide if same-sex marriage should be engrained into North Carolina’s constitution.

The state Senate is made up of 31 Republicans and 19 Democrats.

There were multiple absences from the Senate on Tuesday but the body managed to muster the 30 needed votes, although not before some emotional testimony on both sides of the issue.

This issue will now go on the May 8 primary ballot.

Effort to repeal Colo. marriage ban dropped The Denver Post reports an effort to repeal Colorado’s gay-marriage ban has been abandoned by college students who won state approval to petition the idea onto ballots next year.

Gay-marriage proponent Mark Olmstead of Aurora confirmed reports Sept. 8 that he will give up an attempt to get some 86,000 signatures needed to get the question on 2012 ballots.

In July, state ballot officials gave Olmstead clearance to seek signatures to undo a gaymarriage ban approved by voters in 2006.

The measure didn’t have the support of prominent gay-rights groups in Colorado, which planned to instead push for a civilunions bill in the legislature next year. ■ — compiled by Larry Nichols

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The Human League returns with album and tour

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Synthpop and new-wave pioneer The Human League is probably more highly regarded today than when the group was making hit records in the 1980s. If you don’t believe us, turn on the radio and listen to the band’s influence in the sounds of artists ranging from Madonna and Robbie Williams to Moby and Lady Gaga.

The band formed in 1977 by singer, songwriter and producer Philip Oakley, but it wasn’t until he recruited then-unknown teenaged singers Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall that the group took off on a career that saw a succession of hit singles and albums throughout the ’80s. Both Sulley and Catherall, along with Oakley, would form the core of the group from then on.

Thirty years later, The Human League continues to tour globally to the delight of its loyal fan base. The trio took time to record a new album, “Credo,” their first new effort in a decade.

Sulley talked to PGN about the group’s enduring success, its impact on pop music and the current international tour.

PGN: Why was there a 10-year gap between The Human League’s last studio album and the one that came out this year?

SAS: We tour a lot. We did a lot of live work and that took us all over the world.

This is the third time in 10 years that we’ve been to America.

We just decided to do a lot of touring. The last album didn’t do so well. Then Philip said that he wanted three years to do some writing and that’s how the new album came about.

PGN: Does the band tour more on its own or are you packaged with other groups from the ’80s?

SAS: We do both. We do a lot of festivals in the U.K. and a lot in Europe. We do a lot of our own shows. This year so far on our own, we’ve done a tour of Europe and South America. After this tour of America, we go to South Asia and then we go to Australia.

So we do a mixture of both.

PGN: Do you ever perform on bills with newer artists?

SAS: It depends on what festival it is. There is a big festival in the U.K. called “V” that we’ve done a couple of times and, the last time we did it, Lady Gaga was on the bill and Katy Perry. But then we’ve done a couple of festivals over the summer that were 1980s-based. We don’t mind doing either but we prefer to do the more current things than the ’80s thing. We try not to look back.

We try to keep focused on today and not to

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is pleased to announce our writers placed in two award categories for the

2010 National Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, out of some 2,700 U.S. publications.

Our congratulations to:

Jen Colletta Second Place, Best Feature Story, Non-daily Division Kelly McGillis talks marriages, divorces and civil union Judge’s comments: “Excellent profile of Kelly McGillis. It can be difficult writing about a celebrity, difficult to get below the rehearsed answers. But this story feels like a real conversation and provides an intelligent look at a complicated life.”

Mark Segal Second Place, Best Serious Column, Non-daily Division Mosque issue is an LGBT issue Judge’s comments: “Terse argument that too few community newspapers offered — that Muslims had a right tobuild a cultural center and threatened no one.”

THE HUMAN LEAGUE harken back to the past if you can help it.

PGN: Both yourself and Joanne were brought into the group by Philip Oakley after it had already been established. How long was it before you felt like you were part owner of the group?

SAS: The group has always been pretty equal. Within the group, I have never felt any less a person than anybody else in the group.

Within the industry, Joanne and I had to fight a little because it was very much a whitemale domain and they didn’t really take lightly to young girls from Sheffield. I’m sure that people had battles on their hands as well other than Joanne and I. I’ve always felt a part of the group. I’ve never felt like a secondary member. The group is not like that.

PGN: Where there any influences in particular that inspired the new record?

SAS: I can’t comment on that because Philip and [Human League drummer Robert Barton] were the ones that wrote it. I know that Philip likes going out and nightclub, which is what “Night People” is about. I think he takes a lot of his influences from nightclubs. But it’s not for me to say. I didn’t write it.

PGN: Do you think that The Human League gets the credit it deserves for its influence on popular music?

SAS: Had you asked any of us that question maybe 15 or 20 years ago, we’d have categorically said no. I think the fact that we’ve been around ... I’ve been in the group 31 years now. I don’t really care what people think anymore. We’re obviously doing something that people like because they’re still coming to see us. We sold out the Hollywood Bowl and that’s the second time that we’ve done that. That’s in a country that is very far away from our own, so we’ve got to be doing something right. We just make music. That’s what we do. We’re not really interested in anything else. If people like it, fabulous. If not, it’s not the end of the world to us. We just love what we’re doing.

PGN: Do you see a lot of younger fans come to see the band perform?

SAS: There are a lot of young people that are coming to the shows. If we’re playing a festival, the audiences tend to be a lot younger.

We played a show last night in Sacramento and they were a little bit older, but there were some young people there as well. It’s a cross section, really.

PGN: What would you say was the highlight of the band’s career?

SAS: Playing at the Hollywood Bowl and selling it out is pretty tremendous for a load of bozos from Sheffield. It’s one of the most iconic places in the world. We were soundchecking and taking pictures, and you can see the Hollywood sign and stuff. It’s pretty tremendous that we’ve managed to do things like that after 31 years. This is not the start of our career. I don’t know if this is the middle or the end, but to do something like that is tremendous.

PGN: Is it true that The Human League plays all live with no pre-recorded tracks?

SAS: It’s very true. We play live. That’s what we do. We were in Ibiza a couple months ago and it was so hot that all our equipment went down because it couldn’t take the heat. We had to wait until it cooled down. We’re doing it today. We have to stop at Target today to get some fans to cool the equipment down. What’s the point of playing live if it’s not live? We’ve never seen the point.

PGN: But that is sort of against the grain when it comes to synthpop groups. Most of them usually perform to varying degrees of backing tapes.

SAS: Well, we don’t. Other groups do.

Some people write reviews saying it’s obvious that it’s all on tape. And we’re thinking, when? We make so many mistakes. If you come and see us you can tell it’s live. We make mistakes, we’re not perfect. The equipment is not perfect. It breaks down. We do bum notes vocally and instrumentally. That’s what life is about. If you want perfection, listen to the CD or the MP3. Don’t come to a show.

PGN: Have you as an individual ever had the desire to perform or record on your own outside of the group?

SAS: No. Never.

PGN: Really?

SAS: I like the people that I work with. I work with great people. I can’t even call them my friends anymore. They’re more like my family. And I enjoy what I’m doing. I’m a very lucky girl. I’ve a great life. I’ve got a great boyfriend and great home. And no, I don’t want to do anything with anyone else, thank you very much. I’m happy where I am. ■

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OK people, we have some good news and some bad news.

First of all, we regret to inform you that Pink Penny, PGN’s annual nod to the best and brightest of Philadelphia is dead. We had to put it down and throw its shiny pink corpse into the Schuylkill. Please don’t shed tears or send flowers as we won’t miss it that much because all of our hard work on it was usually followed by angry protests and retorts of people wondering with hot thick venomous electric fury why we made the decisions we made about what the hotness is around town.

Fast-forward to now, where we just can’t take it anymore.

Sooner or later this task will drive us to the ultimate in dysfunction and self-torture: organized religion. And we cannot have that.

So we’re putting it all in your hands.

That’s right: Sweet democracy! This is your chance. Put up

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or shut up.

Here’s how this will work: First, you, dear reader, will nominate your picks for the best of LGBT Philly — in the community, eats, entertainment, nightlife, people and places.

Submit your nominations online or via mail, fax or in person.

Once the nomination process closes on Sept. 19, we’ll tally the numbers, and see who received the most nods. PGN will print the top five in each category. On Sept. 30, we’ll announce the winners, with final selections made by our crack editorial team, and then host a celebratory party for the winners. We might add a few categories if we feel like it.

Some notes: If you are unsure if your favorite [person/place/ thing] would qualify, refer to the helpful title: Best of Gay Philadelphia. For the most part, we want to know what the LGBT community thinks, with a focus on LGBT people, places and things. This is not your personal

bitchy sounding board about the worst, the non-gay, the best in New York City, revenge for the bartender that wouldn’t give you his or her number or payback for the club that kicked you out for bad behavior.

But if you present an argument for why your non-gay [person/place/thing] should win, you might convince us. If you include witty comments with your nomination, we may print them.

Feel free to fill out as many — or as few — categories as you like.

(We’re not sure any of us could answer all the categories either.)

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To nominate: Write in your picks, then send them to us via mail, fax or in person.

PGN’s Best of Gay Philadelphia 505 S. Fourth St. Philadelphia, PA 19147 Fax: 215-925-6437 To nominate online, go to www. epgn.com, and click on the link for Best of Gay Philadelphia.

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Movie explores trans identity, masculinity in Latino culture

By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor “Gun Hill Road,” opening at the Ritz today, tells two compelling, parallel stories within a Latino family in the Bronx.

Enrique (Esai Morales) returns home from prison and has trouble reconnecting with his family. His wife, Angela (Judy Reyes), is having an affair, and his son, Michael (Harmony Santana), is transitioning his gender to become Vanessa.

Enrique’s issues — which revolve around masculinity and honor — come into conflict with his son when he discovers Michael likes to wear eyeliner and use the girls’ bathroom at school. In contrast, Michael/Vanessa’s concerns — aside from Enrique’s return — include dealing with Chris (Tyrone Brown), who wants to keep their sexual relationship out of the public eye.

Morales and Santana spoke separately with PGN about their roles in “Gun Hill Road.”

Santana, making a memorable screen debut, said she learned about the film after meeting director Rashaad Ernesto Green at a gay pride parade in Queens.

“I was working at a booth for AIDS awareness and prevention, and Rashaad came up to me with a flyer about the film and what he was looking for. I said I wanted to audition. I came in. At the time, I wasn’t going by Harmony. He told me to come back as a girl, and I did, and that’s when he told me I got the role.”

Santana then went into an intense, sixweek training course with an acting coach to prepare for “Gun Hill Road.” She laughs when she admits that her coach had her practice moaning for the film’s sex scene.

“Preparing for that was so weird!” she admitted with a laugh. But the actress gets serious when she talks about having to draw on her personal experiences to create the tensions between father and son.

She confessed that she has not spoken to her own father in five years. “I was hearing conversations he had with my mom — and him calling me ‘faggot.’ It was more mental and verbal abuse. My mom defended me,” Santana recalled with obvious pain.

She also acknowledged that in real life, she experiences many of the same issues Vanessa does, from getting hormone shots to dating a guy who wants to keep their relationship on the down low.

What appealed to her about the role, she said, “is that Michael/Vanessa goes through

had me dress myself and ask, ‘What do you do next?’ I gave him the idea for the gaff [genital hiding undergarment]. He had no idea what that was. It’s my favorite scene, but I felt a little exposed,” she demurred.

The other narrative of “Gun Hill Road” is the depiction of masculinity as represented

by Morales’ character, Enrique. When confronted with Michael/Vanessa’s gender-identity issues, Enrique has a constant refrain, “What does this say about me?”

His reaction is authentic as machismo is an integral component of Latin culture: Men

MICHAEL/VANESSA (HARMONY SANTANA, LEFT) AND ENRIQUE (ESAI MORALES)

a lot of things trans women go through.”

In one of the best moments in “Gun Hill Road,” Michael dresses up to go out as Vanessa. It’s a telling, non-verbal scene that explains more about her character than any expository speech could. Santana is justifiably proud of it.

“Rashaad had initially written for me to put on makeup and the outfit and shoes. He

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are expected to carry the male gene forward, “Not push it back in such a flagrant way,” said Morales over the phone.

“My character has this misguided notion that he is the victim here,” he explained.

“In the Latin world, mothers say, ‘I put forth machos — men.’ For a guy to have a girly son, after being in prison ... ” the actor let the sentence hang, as if for dra-

matic effect.

The conversation shifts to Morales playing his first ex-con role since his mesmerizing film debut in “Bad Boys” alongside Sean Penn in 1983.

“It’s so freaky. I avoided playing convicts after ‘Bad Boys.’ I believe art adds up. If you’re always playing drug dealers and cons, then you’re just biding time as an actor. I like to do stuff that makes people think.”

He continued, “Since ‘Bad Boys,’ I’ve always wanted to take the bad-guy character and give him more dimension.” He gives Enrique life in “Gun Hill Road,” walking around as if he is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

Morales described meeting the real-life man Enrique is based on: “I got the core of his pathos and his belief, which has religious undertones. ‘God don’t make mistakes. God is perfect and you’re insulting God for putting him in the wrong body.’”

The actor even admitted to once sharing a similar attitude. “I was him to some degree. I adopted an attitude people had about gay and trans people. This film is an act of retrogression in my own personal life.”

What attracted Morales to “Gun Hill Road” was the way it attempts to bridge an understanding between characters.

“People are who they are no matter what.

No matter how much you try to make a man out of [Michael], you can’t,” he said.

“People like Enrique are missing out on gay and trans people. You see this story told in an honest way. You’re rooting for Harmony’s character. The film is designed for people like my character who have a narrow concept for what being a man is.”

Then Morales cited his favorite scene in the film, a quiet moment when Michael and his father are sitting on the couch, silently watching TV. “They are so close and yet so far apart. That’s the beauty of this film. It doesn’t try to solve everything neatly.” ■

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Rick Boldini: Salon owner, stylist to the famous, altruist “The hardest work in the world is being out of work.”

— Whitney Young Jr. Times are hard these days with unemployment rates at 9 percent and it seeming at times that no one cares. But there are still a lot of good Samaritans out there.

On Sep. 26, 25 salons across the region will participate in “Style Me Hired,” Philadelphia’s first and only makeover event, providing 100 unemployed women complete transformations to re-enter the workforce. The affair is being sponsored by founder Marc Voci from Marc Voci Salon and Colorbar, The Omni Hotel and The Career Wardrobe, which will outfit each makeover recipient with a professional ensemble to complement her makeover. This week we spoke to one of the participating stylists, Rick Boldini of Siaani Salon.

PGN: This seems like a great event. Why did you feel it was important to participate in “Style Me Hired”?

RB: I always think it’s important to give back. Over the years we’ve supported many charities, but this one is particularly good because it’s not just giving time and/or money. It’s something I can do, in terms of my talent and the talent of my staff.

PGN: You’re one of the top hair-dressers in the city, but I read a quote: “Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful.”

RB: Absolutely, and this is a really great cause. It’s great to be able to put our skills to good use.

PGN: Any client stories that have moved you?

RB: There was one time when a modeling agency sent me a young girl. She came in with her mother and her sister.

The mother appeared to be a bit of a stage mother because the child didn’t really seem to want to have anything to do with all the fuss. I had sort of ... feelings about the mother: I didn’t like her because of her pushing the kid.

The woman was an older woman and it looked like she’d had the kids later in life. I thought maybe she was having a second hoorah with them, living vicariously. I later came to feel really bad about the way I thought about the whole situation. It turns out the woman already had five children of her own and when they got older, she adopted these two kids. They were sisters who had been taken from a drug-addicted mother.

Unlike like the younger sister, who excelled in school, the older sister was not very good academically but appar-

ently she really had a talent for singing.

The woman wanted to make sure the girl had something she could do to help take care of herself when she wasn’t there any more, so she was pushing her and trying to get her involved in the arts.

[Laughs.] I felt so horrible when I found out the whole story, what her real motive was. One of those life lessons, that you shouldn’t pre-judge someone.

PGN: Did you always have an interest in hair?

RB: Yes, since the time I was a child. I used to play with the hair on our dogs!

PGN: You must have had the most fashionable dogs in town!

RB: I did. We had a lot of mutts and a couple of terriers and I would always play with and put things in their hair.

PGN: Are you from this area?

RB: I’m originally from New Hampshire, but I’ve lived in Philadelphia for many years. I met a guy who was going to school in New Hampshire and moved here with him.

but growing up there were no black people around. I think I was a junior in high school before we had a black student in class with us.

PGN: So how did you know you had a talent for black hair?

RB: I didn’t know. But when I moved here, I was working at a salon and we had a couple of black stylists. At the time, a lot of black women weren’t cutting their hair: It was mostly relaxing and straightening and styling, because there was a myth that if you cut it, the hair wouldn’t grow back. Coming from a different culture, I was much more inclined to cut. There was one African-American customer that I had and I wanted to cut her hair short in the back. Everyone was saying, “Oh, you can’t do that! You don’t cut black hair that way.” And I said, “Why not?” I went ahead and did it and she loved it. With that came a flood of clients. I never thought about it; it just happened.

PGN: Are you an only child?

RB: No, I have a brother. I had two brothers but one was killed in an accident.

PGN: What was your favorite thing as a kid?

RB: I’ve always loved books and I’ve always loved animals.

PGN: What was a favorite book?

RB: Probably “Moby Dick.”

PGN: Where did you go to school?

RB: I went to Continental Academie of Hair Design in New Hampshire.

do the Pointer Sisters.

PGN: What’s a fun story from that time?

RB: I’d done some hair extensions for Ruthie Pointer. She was opening in Las Vegas and she went to the salon at the hotel and asked them if they knew how to deal with extensions and they said yes.

They were wrong. They got it all matted up and couldn’t get it untangled. She called and flew me into Las Vegas to fix the mess. I took the old hair out, put new hair in, stayed for the show and took the red eye home in time to get up for work the next day. It was very jet-set!

PGN: Ever had someone come in wanting to look like a certain star and in your head you thought, Uh, not going to happen?

RB: No, I’ve been lucky that I’ve never had anyone that far off from reality. I’ve had some great clients.

PGN: Speaking of stars, what’s your sign and is it accurate?

RB: My sign is Taurus and I think it’s pretty accurate ... ruled by Venus. I love beauty and comfort, and my home and surroundings are extremely important to me. Some people call it materialistic but I prefer to describe it as Elizabeth Taylor once did, “being the temporary caretaker of some beautiful things.” I also can be stubborn if I truly believe I am right, but I always listen to reason.

PGN: What was your specialty?

RB: You know, I didn’t have one. A lot of hair-dressers like doing only one thing, like concentrating on coloring or certain styles, but I never liked that. I always wanted to do it all, from texture to coloring to cutting. I like diversity.

PGN: Speaking of diversity, I read that you were one of the first white guys in Philadelphia to do black hair. Pretty rare at the time.

RB: Yes, I started my salon in 1991 and, from the beginning, I served clients of all ethnicities. I think I actually was the first white stylist to do African-American hair care. I’d say close to 50 percent of my clients are African American.

PGN: I don’t imagine there are a whole lot of black people in New Hampshire.

RB: No. I hope it’s a little different now,

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PGN: What was the wildest Patti LaBelle-type hairstyle you have had to create?

RB: Well, I used to do Patti LaBelle’s hair!

PGN: Wow! RB: I can’t take credit for the wild fan updos: They were done by her niece. I did her more conservative styles, if you will, for her performances. I also used to

trait.

PGN: Any hobbies?

RB: I love to entertain at home and I still love to read. My favorite way to entertain is having small, intimate dinner parties with friends. I often have “family dinner” on Sunday nights and other times I like to do a theme dinner. I love to cook and I admit to having a real addiction to dishes and beautiful table settings. I just love feeding people — another Taurus

PGN: Um, I’m a Taurus and I can’t cook to save my life [laughs]. I think it was rebellious: I thought cooking was a girl’s chore and I was a little tomboy. But back to you ... What kind of books do you like to read?

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Comedic Philly author comes out with first book

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Merriam-Webster defines “misanthrope” as “a person who hates or distrusts humankind.”

While author Chris Turner-Neal has adopted the descriptor for himself, his definition is a bit more relatable.

“Anyone who’s ever just been frustrated with other people, with how the world works. If you’ve ever waited in line, watched the news, if you’ve ever looked at your fellow man and said, ‘Who the hell are these people?’”

If you’ve experienced those frustrations, TurnerNeal’s new book may be of some assistance: “The Misanthrope’s Guide to Life (Go Away!).”

Hitting the shelves Sept.

18, the book is the first for the out Philly writer.

A native of Texas, TurnerNeal moved to Philadelphia two years to work on his master’s degree in history at Villanova University, which he attained earlier this year.

But his prime passion is writing.

Last year, he came on board as a blogger on a friend’s site, “2 Birds, 1 Blog,” and he and co-blogger Meghan Rowland began brainstorming for a way to get their misanthropic musings to a larger audience.

“We’d been enjoying the blog, but we wanted to get to the point where we weren’t just writers who write when they can but do so for our main income,” he said. “We kicked around some type of etiquette guide, and then a publisher happened to call us and that idea was really for a similar project. You can call it divine intervention.”

The “guidebook” includes advice for managing your curmudgeonly ways in relationships, interactions with family and friends or an average day about town, suggesting clever and comedic techniques for avoiding unnecessary conversations.

For a self-professed “misanthrope,” writing a book with another person may seem antithetical, but Turner-Neal said the collaboration wasn’t challenging.

“When you’re working with someone, so things don’t get tense you do have to make sure you pay attention to their ideas and not steamroll things with your own,” he said. “And you have to be polite, but honest. You have to be able to say, ‘I can see

where you’re going with this, but I don’t think that’ll work.’ You have to strike that balance between being confident enough to put your ideas out there but not hijack things with your ego. But Meg and I work really well together and just understand how our partnership functions.”

The tougher part, Turner-Neal said, was conveying the writing process to their loved ones.

“It was hard to get privacy and to get people to recognize that writing is legitimate work,” he said. “It’s something people think that you do when you’ve just got

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a couple minutes here and there but it’s really arduous. We have to be isolated and really focus.”

The finished product, however, is rewarding, Turner-Neal said.

The book has only been available online but has gotten positive feedback so far, such as an Amazon commenter who raved that “this book was so good, if I went to prison with the authors, I would protect them in the shower.”

With one book under their belts, TurnerNeal and Rowland have already turned their attention to projects two and three, “Brainwashing for Beginners” and “It Seemed Like A Good Idea.”

“We’re working on these books and just hoping to expand as authors,” Turner-Neal said. “Writing for TV is a real dream but as far as where we are now, we’re happy to keep working on these humor books and just keep writing.”

And while the message of “The Misanthrope’s Guide” may seem caustic to some, Turner-Neal said it was created with diversity in mind.

“It wasn’t written to offend anyone but with an eye toward equal-opportunity offense so everyone has a chance.” ■

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temporary culture. I like diversity in my reading as well.

PGN: Did you grow up in a conservative or liberal household?

RB: Rather liberal, though I didn’t really realize it until I was older. We were taught to take people for who they were not for their background.

I grew up with what might be considered a mixed marriage: My mother was New England Protestant WASP and my father was Italianborn and Catholic. Everything about their upbringing was totally opposite — from their eating habits to their religion. Neither side of their families was happy with the marriage. So we were taught by our parents to be more tolerant of others.

PGN: Most beautiful childhood memory?

RB: That had to be when I was about 6. It was Christmastime and I was beginning to question the existence of Santa Claus. Christmas morning when I got up and looked out, the side angled roof of our house had what appeared to be footprints. I was certain they were from the reindeer and at that point I knew Santa Claus was real! It made me believe in him for another year.

Only later did I discover that my father had made the imprints with a long extension pole.

PGN: Any notable relatives or ancestors?

RB: My great-grandfather was the artist Giovanni Boldini. He is known primarily for his society portraiture, although he has created some amazing landscapes, one of which hangs in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Other than private collections, most of his work is

housed in Europe — many at the Louvre in Paris and at the Boldini Museum in Ferrara, Italy.

PGN: What was an early sign you were gay?

RB: One of my first memories was having a crush on a boy in first grade. Of course I didn’t know what it meant at the time, I just knew I always wanted to be near him.

[Laughs.] His name was Ronald.

PGN: OK, what’s the oldest piece of clothing in your closet?

RB: Oh, gee, I have a pair of Gucci loafers from 1985 that I still wear and love!

PGN: Any pets?

RB: Not right now, though I’ve had animals most of my life. I had a cat but she died about two years ago.

[Laughs.] I’ve been childless for the last few years!

PGN: Since you’re all about diversity, do you travel a lot?

PMS 876 (gold foil) RB: Oh yes,CM15 I’ve been all over, 87 Y 90 mostly to Europe.

K 75 PGN: What was something exciting that happened during your travels?

RB: Years ago, a friend of mine and I were going to Paris. You could get really cheap tickets back then if you did some research. The flight was overbooked, so they offered us a $600 voucher to take a later plane.

We went through Amsterdam and only got there a few hours later than we would have originally. Later that year, I found another really cheap ticket and used the voucher to go to Paris again, and then later, I combined my American Express miles with the remainder of the voucher to go back again, this time using the miles points to fly business class! So

using the cheap ticket that I started with, I was able to go to Paris three times! It was the ticket that never stopped giving.

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PGN: What’s one of the biggest lessons you’ve learned as a business owner?

RB: I think the biggest lesson I’ve learned in business applies to life as well: Always listen to your gut.

PGN: Ever play any sports?

RB: No, other than ice skating and skiing, which you pretty much had to do growing up in New England.

PGN: Best subject in school?

RB: English. I love language.

PGN: Where would you max out a credit card?

RB: It would have to be a cooking store or a fabric store. Probably Williams-Sonoma.

PGN: “Style Me Hired” is a makeover event: You’re an expert at doing hair, but what was your biggest clothing blunder?

RB: I believed the saleswoman at Bergdorf’s when she told me that the spectacular red backless Valentino in size 6 — drastically reduced in price — would be perfect for me.

She assured me it ran large and, with no time to try it on, I purchased it, although I have always been a classic 8! When it arrived at my door — [laughs] I had it sent to me to avoid the sales tax — I couldn’t get into it. Shocker! An even bigger shocker was when I looked at the receipt and it said “All sales final.” I learned that not every bargain is a bargain! ■ To suggest a community member for “Professional Portrait,” write to portraits05@aol.com.

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Wake Me Up When September Ends I am so looking forward to fall this year.

It’s my favorite time of year for a lot of reasons. I love the cooler temperatures, I love watching the leaves change colors, I love football and I love the fall holidays.

I also love how September always feels like a fresh start. Whether or not you’re still in school, September is a time when you can wipe the slate clean and try something new.

The last few weeks have been really rough for a lot of people, thanks to the weather and the 10-year anniversary of the Sept.

11, 2001 terrorist attacks, so here are some things we can all do to take a deep breath, brush ourselves off and get ready for a fantastic autumn.

but it was raining hard enough to wash out the last Big Gay Boat Party of the summer.

Escandalo!

But don’t fret: You’ve got one more chance before the start of fall to rock the boat at the best Sunday tea dance in Philly.

The last (and they really mean it this time) Big Gay Boat Party of 2011 will be held from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 18 at Moshulu, 401 S. Columbus Blvd. Cover charge is still only $10, and DJ DeeJay is back on deck to spin all your favorites while you dance beneath the stars. What better way to spend the last full weekend of summer?

RIP, DADT Pardon me here while I jump up on my soapbox for a Third annual Gayborhood minute ...

Games If you ask me, without a doubt, the most idiotic thing Everybody loves voting in those “Best of Philly” polls, Bill Clinton ever did was mess Jim Kiley- around with Monica Lewinsky. right? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if everyZufelt Running a very close second to one up for an award was in the that fiasco was his institution of same room at the same time, the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t duking it out on stage in a live smackdown Tell” policy. where there can be only one winner?

I know it was a compromise based on the Well, then have I got an event for you! politics at the time, but that doesn’t change Don’t miss the third-annual Gayborhood the fact that it was ill-advised, incredibly Games on Sept. 17 at 9 p.m. at Voyeur expensive and arguably much more detriNightclub, 1221 St. James St. mental than the policy it replaced.

There will be five categories in the comBut none of that matters now because, petition: comedian, vocalist, drag act, barafter years of protests and legal challenges, tender and chef. Comedians will have six “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is finally dead.

Dead, I tell you! (Cue maniacal laugh.) minutes to make you laugh your ass off.

OK, soapbox rant is over. Back to our Vocalist and drag acts will have five minutes to perform a song or a medley. And regularly scheduled column. they’ll all be on stage that night, performHooray! Come celebrate the repeal of ing for you and the judges. the ban from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 20 at Tabu Bartenders will be charged with conLounge & Sports Bar, 200 S. 12th St. cocting a specialty Smirnoff cocktail offThe event is co-sponsored by the stage during the competition. Chefs will Servicemembers Legal Defense be competing in the category of “cakes,” Network, Equality Pennsylvania and Chatterblast Media, and will feature spewhich they will prepare offsite and bring to the club on the night of the competition. cial guest Patrick Murphy, former U.S. Judges will evaluate all drinks and cakes Representative from the 8th District in based on originality, quality, flavor and Pennsylvania. Murphy was an outspoken flair. Audience members will get a chance leader in the efforts to repeal the policy. to sample all cakes and cocktails during There will be food and drink specials intermission. and, maybe if we’re lucky, a cigar and a For more information, check out www. blue dress or two, just for old-times’ sake! nightlifegay.com or www.voyeurnightclub. ■ com.

Questions, comments or news about Big Gay Boat Party encore upcoming events? Contact Jim at Back on Aug. 21 it wasn’t raining men, barcrawlr@gmail.com.

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Worth Watching CHICKEN (OUT) DANCE?: At a pal’s wedding, Robin (Cobie Smulders) considers telling Barney (out actor Neil Patrick Harris), she has feelings for him, on the seventh-season premiere of “How I Met Your Mother,” 8 p.m.

Sept. 19 on CBS. Photo: CBS/Cliff Lipson

RANCH DRESSING: “Modern Family” returns for its third season with a special one-hour event in which the family, couple Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson, left) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) included, head to Jackson Hole, Wyo., for some fun and adventure in the great outdoors, 9 p.m.

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RED-CARPET TREATMENT: Out actress Jane Lynch hosts the “Primetime Emmy Awards,” celebrating the best in nighttime television, 8 p.m. Sept. 18 on Fox.

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Community Bulletin Board Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center: For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-8 p.m. MondayFriday; case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-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, Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday.

and Allies Youth Center: 6-8 p.m.

Wednesdays: Doylestown Planned Parenthood, The Atrium, Suite 2E, 301 S. Main St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org.

Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m.

Monday through Friday Library hours: 12-9 p.m.

Monday-Thursday; 12-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; 126 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning

■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377

Key numbers

■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext.

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■ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851

■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: 215-686-2555

■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 1800-662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 112 N. Broad St., third floor; 215-496-0330 ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org ■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; www.mazzonicenter.org. Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBTLAW; legalservices@mazzonicenter. org ■ Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833

■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 215-772-2000 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Stephen Johnson: 215-683-2840 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 267-216-6606; ppd. lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m.

Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

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

12-step programs and support groups Al-Anon

■

Pennsylvania Al-Anon Alateen Family Groups: Events, meeting times and locations at pa-al-anon.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

■ Acceptance

meets 7:30 p.m. on Fridays at Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce streets.

■ Meets daily 8:30-9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m-midnight and 11 a.m.-noon at the William Way Center.

■ Community meets 8 p.m. on Thursdays at Holy Communion Church, 2111 Sansom St. Gay and lesbian but all are welcome.

■ GLBT Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7 p.m. on Sundays and 8 p.m. on Wednesdays at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 100 W. Windsor St., Reading; 484-529-9504.

■ Living In Sobriety meets 11 a.m.

Sundays at the William Way Center.

■ Night Owl meets 11:30 p.m. Sunday through Saturday at the William Way Center.

■ Stepping Stone meets 2:30 p.m. Mondays at the William Way Center.

■ Meets 5:30-6:30 p.m. daily at Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St; 215-985-9206.

■ Ties That Bind Us, a 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for BDSM, leather and alternative sexuality community, meets 7:30-9 p.m. in South Philadelphia.

For location, call 800-581-7883.

Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)

Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 3439 N. Hutchinson St..; 215-763-8870 ext. 6000.

Health

AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 340 N. 12th St., Suite 205; 215-629-2300. www.asiac.org Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; 12-6 p.m.

Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St. 215851-1822 or 866-222-3871. www.galaei.org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays 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 and confidential HIV testing ■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; (215) 6279090; www.galloplaw.org.

■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, self-employed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city, invites speakers on various topics, partners with other nonprofits and maintains a Web site where everyone is invited to sign up for e-mail notices for activities and events.; www.gppn.org.

■ Meets available by appointment at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-5869077.

Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652. www.mazzonicenter.org.

Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658.

Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Monday-Friday except for 12-1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.

Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

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

■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association The Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals

and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgjaphiladephia.org.

7 p.m. on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at the William Way Center.

■ Pink

Emotional Support

and Blues, a free peer-run mental health support group for sexual minorities, meets 7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; 215-627-0424.

■ Survivors of Suicide Inc. meets 7:30 p.m. on first Tuesday of the month at 3535 Market St., Room 2037; 215-545-2242; www.phillysos.tripod.com.

■ Survivors of Suicide Inc., Chester County meets 7:30 p.m. on second Wednesday of the month at Paoli Memorial Hospital, Willistown Room, Medical Office Building; 215-545-2242; phillysos.tripod. com.

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

■ Strength

■ Philly OutGoing Professionals Social group for gay, lesbian and bisexual professionals meets for social and cultural activities; (856) 857-9283; popnews19@yahoo. com.

■A

HIV/AIDS

In Numbers Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ SINPhiladelphia.

Mondays: ■ Positive

Brothers, a support group for men of color living with HIV/AIDS, meets 6-8 p.m. at 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215-496-0330.

Tuesdays:

support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 1:30-3 p.m. at BEBASHI — Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St., first floor; 215- 7693561. bebashi.org

■ Encuentros

Positivos, a group for HIVpositive Latino men who have sex with men, meets on first and third Tuesday of the month at 1205 Chestnut St. ■ “Feast Incarnate,” a weekly ministry for people affected by HIV/AIDS, meets 5 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St. Bible study follows at 6 p.m.; 215-387-2885.

■ A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS meets 6:30-8 p.m. at the Mazzoni Center; 215-5630652 x 235.

■ Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program’s Voice It Sistah, a support group for HIV-positive women, meets 11 a.m. every first and third Tuesday at YOACAP, 1207 Chestnut St., Suite 315; 215-851-1898.

Wednesdays: ■ AIDS

Services in Asian Communities’ weekly volunteer work group meets 6-8 p.m. at 340 N. 12th St., Suite 205; 215629-2300.

■ Project Teach, a peer-education and empowerment program for people living with HIV/AIDS, meets at Philadelphia Fight, 1233 Locust St. fight.org.

■ Positive Effect, for HIV-positive people 18 and over, meets 5-7 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St., Camden, N.J.; 856-9632432.

Thursdays: ■A

support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI — Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St.; (215) 769-3561.

■ Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for all infected or affected, meets from 7-9 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55. N. Broad St.; call Zak, 215-848-4380; azaklad@craftech. com.

Saturdays:

AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth support group meets during the school year. Call 1-800-810-6776 for meeting location and time.

■

Debtors Anonymous

■ Meets

7-8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at the William Way Center.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

■ Open

meeting, Tuesdays, beginners meet 5:30 p.m., regular meeting 6 p.m., and 6 p.m. Friday, at Hahnemann University Hospital, 245 N. 15th St., third floor; call Troy, 215-514-3065.

■ Meets at 11 a.m.-noon at the William Way Center.

S.A.R.A.

Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment; day and evening hours; 215-563-0663 ext. 282.

■

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

Meets 7:30 p.m.Thursdays at All Saints Church, 18 Olive Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.; 302-542-3279.

■

■ Safe

SEPCADD

space to meet and discuss substance abuse problems at the William Way Center.

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Jeff Guaracino

Hawaii, a perfect picture-postcard honeymoon Same-sex marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships and commitment ceremonies are booming. As cities and nations around the world are increasingly recognizing our relationships, couples are planning their ceremonies and honeymoons.

In June, New York became the sixth U.S. state to recognize same-sex marriage, joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont along with the District of Columbia. In January, the Aloha State— Hawaii—will start civil unions.

As we marry (or whatever the law officially calls it), more destinations are racing to capture the growing and lucrative gay and lesbian honeymoon market. Las Vegas and Ft. Lauderdale already announced honeymoon packages, but what U.S. destination can really compete with magical Hawaii for that dream honeymoon?

From picturesque landscapes, awe-inspiring views and the island culture of the Hawaiian people, a dream trip to this Pacific Ocean paradise should be on the very top of your list. So here are a few tips to plan your honeymoon now!

The islands of Hawaii There are eight “main islands” in the 50th state: Niihau, Kauaii, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui and Hawaii. Each island has its own unique character and take-your-breath-

away beauty, but Waikiki, Oahu, has a wide variety of hotels, fabulous dining and gay nightlife and weekly gay-chartered catamarans.

There are many hotel options in Waikiki, but LGBT travelers should definitely do the research before booking to make sure the hotel chain values the pink dollar. The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (www. iglta.org) is a great resource.

One stand-out company in Hawaii is Starwood. With its 100-percent HRC rating and national LGBT outreach, you can easily find a Starwood Hotel that fits your style in Waikiki.

Try the Historic Royal Hawaiian, part of Starwood’s luxury collection. Built in 1927 and known as the “Pink House of the Pacific” (it’s distinctively pink; check it out at www.royalhawaiian.com), this hotel defines Hawaiian romance, luxury and service. Do not miss dinner at the hotel’s restaurant, Azure. Foodies will fall in love with the beachfront views of Diamond Head Crater and the delicacies prepared by Chef Jon Matsubara.

The Moana Surfrider, a Westin Resort and Spa, makes you feel as though you’ve stepped back to 1901, the year the hotel was built. The hotel’s architecture, teak rocking chairs, traditional English afternoon tea on the veranda and the 100-year-old Moana banyan tree definitely set it apart from the modern hotels. The Moana Lani Spa offers eye-popping ocean views and

a traditional Hawaiian prayer before a massage (www.moana-surfrider.com).

Sunset and the infinity edge pool are just two of the reasons to choose the trendy Sheraton Waikiki (www.sheraton-waikiki.com). The Sheraton is central to everything LGBT. Shoppers will love the close high-end shopping and gay daytime and nightlife activities are just steps away. Check out the new Bacchus lounge (408 Lewers St.) and Tapas (407 Seaside Ave.).

There are two weekly gay catamaran sails that depart close to the hotel: one organized by Waikiki’s LGBT bar Hula’s Bar & Lei (www. hulas.com) and the very-fun Bear Cruise by the Aloha Bears (www.thealohabears.com).

How to get there To find the best deal, look for packages on the hotel’s website or work with a travel agent and search online travel agencies like gayfriendly Orbitz or Travelocity. With new nonstop service from major U.S. cities including Chicago and Newark, N.J., a trip to this island fantasy is quicker and easier than ever. Airfares range widely and are usually pricey. Try using points for upgrades and free trips, especially to Hawaii. For travel in September, US Airways offered round-trip business-class service from Philadelphia for as little as 55,000 points and a $60 fee for taxes. American Airlines offered round-trip business-class service from New

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York City with a connection in Chicago for about 70,000 points. Both of these tickets were booked at least two months in advance.

Travel between the islands is easy. Choose from many carriers including Hawaiian Air and Island Air. One word of caution: All the airlines charge for checked bags, so don’t overpack! It will cost you. ■ Jeff Guaracino is a vice president for the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, author of “Gay and Lesbian Tourism: The Essential Guide for Marketing” and vice chair for the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association. He has learned how to find the best deals and travel resources out there for the LGBT community. Traveling locally, check out visitphilly.com/gay and friend visitgayphilly.com/facebook.

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 09/16 Bret Michaels The rock singer performs 8 p.m.

Aug. 8 at the Atlantic City Hilton, Boston Avenue and Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-347-7111.

Darren Williams in a Tribute to Peter Allen The singer performs 8:30 p.m. at Bob Egan’s New Hope, Ramada Inn, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 215-8625225.

Blondie The new-wave group performs 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino &

Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Erin McKeown The out singersongwriter performs 9 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 215-222-1400.

Sat. 09/17 15th annual Delaware Pride Festival Taylor Dayne and Jonny McGovern are among the entertainment 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Gordons Pond State Park, north end of Ocean Drive, Rehoboth Beach, Del.; www.delaware pride.org.

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Philly The cabaret group performs 3 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Blink-182 and My Chemical Romance The rock bands perform 7 p.m. at Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856-3651300.

Darren Williams in a Tribute to Peter Allen The singer performs 8:30 p.m. at Bob Egan’s New Hope, Ramada Inn, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 215-8625225.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT PGN LISTINGS

Altman cast Elliot Gould in the role of tough-but-tender private eye Philip Marlowe at 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Mon. 09/19 Monday Jazz Jam at World Cafe Live Local musicians perform 5:30-7 p.m., 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

The Sound of Music The film is screened 7:30 p.m. at Sellersville Theater 1984, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808.

Take Me Home Tonight The comedy is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003

Arch St.; 215-9226888.

Tue. 09/20 Justin Torres The author of “We the Animals” hosts a reading 5:30 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960.

Wed. 09/21 Molly Birnbaum The author of “Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215567-4341.

Roger Daltry The singer performs “Tommy” and other Who classics 7:30 p.m. at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 215-5467900.

Thu. 09/22 OMD The 1980s synthpop group performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

Bob Egan’s Showcase Night Cabaret artists perform 8 p.m. at Bob Egan’s New Hope, Ramada Inn, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 215862-5225.

Bob & Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins at 11 p.m. at Bob & Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215545-4511.

Fri. 09/23 Enrique Iglesias The Latin/pop superstar performs at 8 p.m. at Mark G. Etess Arena, 1000 Boardwalk,

‘ANIMAL’ HOUSE: Out author Justin Torres hosts a reading of his latest novel “We the Animals,” a coming-of-age story about a tight-knit family on the brink of unraveling, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. For more information, call 215923-2960. Photo: Gregory Cowley

Atlantic City, N.J.; (609) 449-5150.

Peek-A-Boo Revue Philadelphia’s neo-burlesque

troupe performs 8 p.m. Sept. 23 at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 215-222-1400.

ROCKING REHOBOTH: Hit singer Taylor Dayne and out performer Jonny McGovern are among the entertainment slated to have booties shaking at 15th annual Delaware Pride Festival 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 17 at Gordons Pond State Park, north end of Ocean Drive, Rehoboth Beach, Del. For more information, visit www. delawarepride.org.

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Opening Chita Rivera: My Broadway Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning singer and actress performing songs from her Broadway career Sept. 23-25, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol; 215-785-0100.

Continuing Aspects of Love Walnut Street Theatre presents the romantic musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, through Oct. 23, 825 Walnut St.; 215-5743550.

Beware the Lily Law Eastern State Penitentiary hosts a video installation on the experiences of trans prisoners, through November, 2027 Fairmount Ave.; 215-236-5111.

Tailoring Philadelphia: Tradition and Innovation in Menswear Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition focusing on Philadelphia’s tailoring industry, featuring clothing designed

by Francis Toscani (1915-73), through Sept. 25, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

a young executive who reaches his breaking point and decides to disappear, through Sept.

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Transmutation and Metamorphosis Michener Art Museum presents an exhibition of collages by Ann Irwin, through Oct. 16, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-3409800.

Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works from one of the first American artists to paint the Far West, through Sept. 18, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Closing The Arsonists Walnut Street Theatre presents the story of an unemployed circus wrestler and his pyromaniac partner, through Sept. 18 at Studio 5, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550.

FROM THE ‘DARK’ SIDE: It’s raining 1980s newwave bands this week, and OMD joins the parade of synthpop groups coming through town with a performance at 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at TLA, 334 South St. For more information or tickets, visit www.omd.uk.com or call 215-922-1011.

The Big Bang A comedic 80-minute survey of history, through Sept. 30 at Kimmel’s Innovation Studio, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Blowing on a Hairy Shoulder/ Grief Hunters The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania presents an exhibition of works by 20 artists from Israel, Greece, Germany, Belgium, Britain and America that examine the relationships between originality and origin with video, photography, drawing and sculpture through Dec. 4, 118 S. 36th St.; 215-898-7108.

Here and Now: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs by Ten Philadelphia Artists Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the exhibition through Dec. 4, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Men Unwrapped An exhibition of photographer Joe Bowman’s work is on display through Oct. 28 at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220.

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The Aliens Theatre Exile presents the humorous slacker story through Sept 18 at Studio X, 1340 S. 13th St.; 215-218-4022.

Burt & Me Society Hill Playhouse presents the romantic musical comedy featuring the music of Burt Bacharach, through Sept. 18, 507 S. Eighth St.; 215-923-0211.

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The Philadelphia Collection The fashion and style event runs through Sept. 22; www.thephiladelphiacollection.org.

Tongue & Groove The comedic troupe performs through Sept.

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Traces by 7 Fingers The Montreal-based acrobatic circus-arts company performs Sept. 15-18 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.

Unsettled: Photography and Politics in Contemporary Art Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of works by nine artists who used photography to address some of the most controversial political and social issues of the late 1970s through the early ’90s, including feminism, racism, the AIDS crisis and gay activism, through Sept. 19, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. ■

HER WAY: Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning singer and actress Chita Rivera performing songs from her Broadway career in her show “Chita Rivera: My Broadway” Sept. 23-25, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol. For more information, call 215-785-0100.

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