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Gay-bashing incident sheds light on lack of hate-crimes law Arrests were expected to come soon in the attack on two gay men in Center City last week but, because Pennsylvania does not have an LGBT-inclusive hate-crimes law, the suspects will not be charged with a bias crime. By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Arrests were expected this week in the brutal attack of a gay couple in Center City, but none had not been made as of presstime Wednesday. A police source at the time said investigators interviewed three people connected to the group involved throughout the day Wednesday, but they were bystanders and were not being charged at that time. One or two men were the primary aggressors, the source said, and interviews were ongoing to verify their identities. “People have been cooperative, and it doesn’t appear that everyone in the group participated in this attack,” the source

said. “Some tried to help. So we’re trying to identify the guys who threw the punches and find out what ticked it all off.” While many are labeling the incident a hate crime, the assailants will not officially be charged with a hate crime, as the state law does not include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. “With or without the hate-crimes statute, there’s no question, this was a hate crime,” said assistant district attorney Nellie Fitzpatrick, the D.A.’s LGBT liaison. “As

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By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Backers of the Bradley-Sullivan LGBT Community Center took a big step forward this week in bringing the first LGBT center in the Lehigh Valley to fruition. At a press conference Monday in Allentown, the location for the planned center was announced — 1021 W. Turner St. The 7,000square-foot property is owned by the city of Allentown, which plans to sell it to the center for $1. The Pennsylvania Diversity Network in June unveiled a fundraising campaign for the center, PAGE 18 which is named

it stands now, a special hate-crimes charge cannot be brought against them. Not because we don’t want to, but because our hands are tied because it’s not in the law.”

Up to a dozen people were involved in the attack, which occurred around 10:45 p.m. Sept. 11 at 16th and Chancellor streets. The two victims, 27 and 28, were walking to get pizza when they said one brushed shoulders with a member of the group, and that person asked if the two were a couple. They responded that they were, and the group attacked, with some members holding the victims down and others kicking and punching them. The one victim’s head was smashed into the cement and he suffered facial fractures that necessitated his jaw being wired shut for eight weeks. As the men were being attacked, one of their bags, containing a cell phone and wallet, fell to the ground and one of PAGE 16 the assailants took it.

OUT AT THE OPERA: Out actor David Hyde Pierce was among the guests of honor at Opera Philadelphia’s 40thanniversary gala. The starstudded �� event was held Sept. 12 at the Academy of Music and brought big names in opera, who enjoyed an outdoor dinner on Broad Street, after recitals inside by singers Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room opened last Friday morning to a bustling crowd of shoppers. Giovanni’s Room, the nation’s oldest LGBT bookstore, closed in May after owner and co-founder Ed Hermance announced he was retiring, and no buyer was found to take over the business. Then Philly AIDS Thrift announced last month it would open an upscale-boutique version of its headquarters on Fifth Street in Queen Village. The new store will still offer around 2,000 LGBT-related books. Manager Alan Chalak said there was a lot of work to do in just two weeks’ time. “Learning the systems that were in place from the beginning, that took a lot of time. It’s been a lot

of fun. Every day has been a new adventure,” he said. “We had to start thinking about what are we going to put in all these places, what was definitely going and what we wanted to hold onto. But

once stuff started coming in and we got some volunteers, it all happened really fast.” Beginning in October, PAT @ Giovanni’s Room will acquire PAGE 19 n ew r e a d i n g

OPENING-DAY DOLLAR: Becky Hanno, Alan Chelak, Dorian Onifer and Haden Reed signed the dollar bill from the first purchase at Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room. The store opened last Friday morning, ushering in a stream of shoppers. The PAT outpost is located in the space previously occupied by Giovanni’s Room, the nation’s oldest LGBT bookstore. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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News Briefing BEBASHI resolves another lien BEBASHI, a local AIDS agency, has completely satisfied another IRS lien. In July, BEBASHI completed payment on an IRS tax lien totaling $77,718.60, according to Philadelphia Common Pleas Court records.The lien dated back to February 2013. This month, BEBASHI completed payment on an IRS lien totaling $52,531.20. The lien dated back to June 2013. BEBASHI is located in the Spring Garden section of the city. It was founded in 1985 in response to the increasing incidence of HIV/AIDS in the city’s African-American community. BEBASHI executive director Gary Bell couldn’t be reached for comment. Last year, Bell acknowledged the agency has occasional cash-flow problems.

Whitewood litigants seek mediation Both sides in the Whitewood case have requested the services of a media-

tor to resolve their fee-compensation dispute. Whitewood, decided in May, resulted in marriage equality throughout Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs seek more than $1 million in compensation from state and Bucks County officials for their legal fees and costs. But Whitewood defendants say the plaintiffs are requesting an “exorbitant amount.” On Sept. 10, the matter was referred to U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson for mediation. “We hope we can resolve the dispute in the Whitewood case through mediation,” said Sara J. Rose, an attorney at the ACLU of Pennsylvania. Attorneys for the defendants had no comment. A Sept. 29 deadline for plaintiffs to file a formal fee petition has been indefinitely extended by U.S. District Judge John E. Jones 3d.

record” and avails himself of treatment programs, he might be transferred to a facility closer to his family next year. In November 2011, Houck was reading an LGBT novel when two inmates entered his cell at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia and assaulted him. Houck says he continues to recover from his injuries, which included a broken leg. Houck is serving a 97-month sentence after pleading guilty to one count of transporting child pornography. His scheduled release date is April 24, 2017. Chris Burke, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons, declined to comment on Houck’s request for a transfer.

Gay inmate continues to seek transfer

The South-of-South Block Party, sponsored by Philly AIDS Thrift, will take place from noon-6 p.m. Sept. 27 on the 700 block of South Fifth Street (between Bainbridge and Monroe streets). The event will feature food trucks, music by DJ K-Tel and games. Among the food vendors will be Spot Burger, Mom Mom’s, Santucci’s and Weekerly’s ice cream. It will also include craft vendors, face painting, magicians, a sword-swallowing clown, dancing and more. ■

Openly gay inmate Kenneth J. Houck Jr. received encouraging news last month in response to his request for transfer to a prison closer to his family. Houck, 39, is incarcerated at a federal prison in Littleton, Colo. But Houck’s relatives are located on the East Coast, and he hasn’t received a visit from them in more than two years. In an Aug. 19 letter, Warden Deborah Denham said if Houck keeps a “clear

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N.J. court upholds conversion-therapy ban By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A federal appeals court last week upheld New Jersey’s law that prevents mental-health professionals from administering conversion therapy to minors, or the practice of attempting to change one’s sexual orientation. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found that the law, put into place last year, is not a violation of freedom of religion, which was argued by the coalition of anti-LGBT groups that challenged it. A lower-court judge upheld the measure, prompting the groups to appeal and leading to Thursday’s ruling. Judge D. Brooks Smith, who wrote the panel’s opinion, noted that sexual-orientation change efforts have been condemned “over the last few decades [by] a number of well-known, reputable, professional and scientific organizations,” which have expressed “serious concerns about its potential to inflict harm.” The judge went on to note that such organizations “have also concluded that there is no credible evidence that SOCE counseling is effective.” National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director Shannon Minter said the ruling “means that New Jersey youth will continue being protected from cruel and damaging practices that have been rejected by all leading medical and mental-health professional organizations. The court of appeals’ ruling makes clear that state-licensed therapists do not have a constitutional right to engage in discredited practices that offer no health benefits and put LGBT youth at risk of severe harm, including depression and suicide.” Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed the measure into law last August, making New Jersey only the second state in the nation, after California, to adopt such a law. Similar bills have been introduced to both the Pennsylvania House and Senate but have yet to progress. ■

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PICTURE-PERFECT PRIDE: The LGBT and ally community took over Cooper River Park in Pennsauken Sunday for the annual Southern New Jersey GLTBQ Pride. Community and artisan vendors lined the park and guests enjoyed drag performances, food and dancing. Philly’s Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church took the opportunity to stage its annual picnic at the event, which was boosted by great weather. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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NGLTF calls for Morris probe By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

PLANNING FOR THE PLUNGE: Two Tux Weddings co-founder Don Woodring (right) doled out prizes to guests at the inaugural Exclusive LGBT Wedding Expo Sept. 14 at M Restaurant at the Morris Hotel. The event featured several-dozen wedding vendors, who together offered more than $25,000 worth of services in door prizes. More than three-fourths of attendees already have a wedding date set or are planning their wedding for the coming year. Photo: Scott A. Drake

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the oldest national organization advocating for the LGBT community, is calling for a state probe of the Nizah Morris case. In a letter sent to state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane last week, NGLTF noted the high incidence of violence against the LGBT community. “We believe that such an investigation will ensure that Nizah’s case will receive the thorough investigation that it deserves,” the letter states. “A state probe will also reaffirm the criminal justice system’s commitment to diligently serving the entire Philadelphia community — including LGBT people and families.” Morris was a transgender woman who became a homicide victim in 2002 shortly after entering a police vehicle for a Center City “courtesy ride.” The city’s Police Advisory Commission described the local investigation as “appalling.” But so far, Kane hasn’t agreed to investigate the case. NGLTF’s letter notes that “Nizah’s homicide remains unsolved, and like so many other transgender Americans, Nizah and her family have not received the justice that they deserve.” Kylar W. Broadus, NGLTF’s senior policy counsel, said violence against trans-

gender people is pervasive, particularly transgender women of color. “These murders have to stop,” Broadus told PGN. “We must look everywhere and do everything possible to solve these crimes, and send a clear message that it’s not OK to kill transwomen of color.” He also expressed the need for more preventive measures to avoid violence against the LGBT community. “We have to try to do everything within our power to prevent this violence from occurring in the first place,” he continued. “It’s my personal mission.” Other groups calling for a state probe of the Morris case include the Philadelphia chapter of the ACLU, Mazzoni Center, GLAAD, the Eighth Ward Democratic Committee, Human Rights Campaign, the National Center for Transgender Equality, state and local chapters of the National Organization for Women, Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia, GALAEI: A Latin@ Social Justice Organization, Equality Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition, William Way LGBT Center, LGBT Elder Initiative, Project SAFE, Keystone Progress and the Philadelphia chapter of Sex Workers Outreach Project. The next meeting of the J4N committee is scheduled for 6 p.m. Oct. 20 at the William Way LGBT Center, 1315 Spruce St. The public is invited to attend. ■

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JURY IS OUT: Guests perused the artwork on display at William Way LGBT Community Center Sept. 12 at the opening reception for the exhibit of the winners of the 2013 Juried Art Competition. Pieces by Thom Duffy, Gina Giles and Lance Pawling will be on display at the center through Oct. 31. Duffy’s body of work in the exhibit focuses on watercolor paintings connected through an autumn theme, while Giles is exhibiting photographic works. Pawling, a performance artist, is presenting an array of found-object sculptures (pictured). Photo: Scott A. Drake

Bradley A. Ankney, a Pittsburgh math teacher, recently married his same-sex partner and the couple receives spousal benefits from Ankney’s employer, the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. But Ankney continues to sue AIU in Common Pleas Court, because AIU allegedly refused to provide the health coverage for about two years prior to his marriage. In August 2013, Ankney filed suit against AIU, alleging the agency discriminated on the basis of sex and sexual orientation when refusing to provide health coverage to his partner. AIU is an educational-services provider located near Pittsburgh. It employs about 2,000 workers in 42 suburban municipalities in Allegheny County. This past June, Ankney and his partner married in Pennsylvania, and AIU now provides health coverage to Ankney’s spouse, along with other spousal benefits. Still, Ankney contends that AIU acted illegally when refusing to provide the health coverage for about two years prior to their marriage. He seeks more than $35,000 in damages, along with a court determination that AIU acted illegally, according to court records. For its part, AIU says Ankney’s suit

should be dismissed as moot. AIU claims it would have provided health coverage to Ankney’s partner sooner if the couple had married in a state that permitted same-sex marriages. “[T]he AIU has offered fringe benefits, such as health insurance, to the spouses and families of married AIU employees,” AIU stated in a court filing. “The AIU does not, however, provide certain fringe benefits to unmarried domestic partners, regardless of whether such partner is of the same sex or opposite sex. Thus, the AIU conditions fringe benefits on marital or familial status, not sexual orientation.” Samuel J. Cordes, an attorney for Ankney, said evidence indicates that AIU wouldn’t recognize a same-sex marriage performed in another state for the purpose of spousal benefits. “My client has incurred significant compensable damages, and we’re going to litigate that issue,” Cordes told PGN. “This case is absolutely not moot.” Linda B. Hippert, AIU’s executive director, declined to comment. “This is a legal matter involving personnel and therefore I cannot respond,” Hippert said in an email. At presstime, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Robert J. Colville hadn’t ruled on AIU’s request to dismiss the case. ■

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Sims to receive national LGBT senior building honored for design excellence LGBT award By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com The American Bar Association’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity last week named Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims as one of the recipients of The 2015 Stonewall Award. The award honors LGBT advancements in the legal profession. The committee named the award after the New York City Stonewall Inn police raid and riot of June 28, 1969. The award recognizes lawyers who have considerably advanced LGBT individuals in the legal profession and successfully championed LGBT legal causes. Jim Holmes, chair of the ABA’s committee, said Sims is “a public servant and visible example for the community. He has been out and very proud, and continues to be a model for young LGBT attorneys and the whole community. He is a proven visible leader in the legislature.” Sims is the first openly LGBT person to be elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. He is the former president of the board of directors of Equality Pennsylvania and former chair of Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Pennsylvania. He also introduced a bill in the state House to help reduce and eliminate the gender gap in pay as well as legislation to ban conversion therapy for minors. In reaction to hearing the news that he received the award, Sims said, “It has been a wonderful year-and-a-half for me, and

I got a few awards that meant a lot. But I always wanted to grow up and be a civilrights attorney. Ask anyone who knew me growing up and they will tell you I wanted to be an attorney. When I became a legislator, I was fearful of giving up being a lawyer. To be recognized by the ABA for my legal work is absolutely amazing. It’s just an honor.” The SOGI committee leads the ABA’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and full and equal participation by LGBT people in the ABA, the legal profession and society. Created in 2007, the commission seeks to secure equal treatment in the ABA, the legal profession and the justice system without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity. In working towards these goals. Sims said, “Perhaps the most personally impactful goal of mine in Pennsylvania is helping us [in the legislature] get beyond this idea that equality in PA is a partisan issue. I’m a proud progressive, but I’m in a position to be more thoughtful than an ideologue. Being thoughtful in this position over the past year has allowed former non-supporters to become supporters. We are changing the discussion from partisan to bipartisan.” Looking ahead to next year, Sims has two legislative goals in mind. “House Bill 300, LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination, and closing the pay gap and creating pay equity for women,” he said. “Both will have an immediate impact for all Pennsylvanians.” Sims will receive the honor in February at the ABA’s Midyear Meeting in Houston. He will be joined by fellow Stonewall Awardees Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Lise Iwon, a family-law attorney and the first out lesbian to serve as president of the Rhode Island Bar Association. ■

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By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com The architecture firm that designed the John C. Anderson Apartments — only the country’s second LGBT-friendly seniorliving facility — will be recognized for exemplary work. Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, will receive the American Institute of Architects Philadelphia chapter’s 2014 Award for Design Excellence. The JCAA design, along with two other mixed-use/low-income projects of WRT’s, received the distinction. Joe Salerno, architect and senior associ-

ate at WRT and the project manager for the JCAA, noted some of the unique features of the design that set it apart from other senior-living centers. “We organized the building so as to create a large, approximately 70-feet by 70feet, courtyard, with hopes that it would become both the visual and social focal point of the entire community,” Salerno said. “The courtyard includes a larger hard-paved area for group activities as

well as some small-scale reading nooks tucked into garden zones. There are also areas reserved for community gardening and other hands-on activities. It’s rare to visit JCAA without seeing several of the residents in the courtyard space.” The exterior façade is also especially inviting, he said. “Many senior buildings quickly take on the feel of protected compounds, having little interaction with the outside world. We wanted to do whatever we could to try to avoid that at JCAA, to be sure that our LGBT seniors were not hidden from the broader community, and to encourage the occasional use of ground-floor spaces as more of an intergenerational neighborhood hub. The glassy treatment of the main entrance area is intended to provide an enticing view through the ‘hotel lounge’ and beyond to the sunny courtyard area.” The fifth-floor roof terrace provides an alternate outdoor space for residents. “This special spot at the east end of the building was originally conceived as a sun deck but seems to have developed into the place for sunrise yoga, as well as the quiet spot for late-afternoon wine and cheese, and lots of ornamental gardening too,” Salerno said. WRT’s Paseo Verde, a low-income housing initiative near Temple University, will also receive an award, as will its plans for the new Latino Cultural Community Center at Taller Puertorriqueño. Awards will be presented at an Oct. 20 celebration. ■

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Se avisa que Los Comisionados de la Ciudad de la Junta Electoral del Condado en sesion, comenzaran sus reuniones semanales con respecto al 4 de Noviembre de 2014 Elecciones General el Miércoles 24 de Septiembre, 2014 a las 11:00 A.M. en Los Comisionados Municipales, 6FL. Sala de Audiencias Riverview Place, Columbus Blvd. & Spring Garden Sts., Reunion continuará cada Miércoles a partir de entonces hasta nuevo aviso. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA Anthony Clark Al Schmidt Chair, City Commissioners Vice Chair City Commissioners Presidente de los Comisionados Municipales Vice Presidente, Comisionados Municipales Stephanie Singer City Commissioner Comisionado Municipal

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By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com The LGBT Elder Initiative is presenting its third-annual community workshop on HIV and aging, “Gettin’ Older with HIV,” as part of its informational forum series, Conversations. The program will be presented from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany, 330 S. 13 St. It is free and open to the public, and a light breakfast will be served. The discussion will outline issues specific to older HIV-positive people, such as the medical, social and emotional risks they face. Heshie Zinman, chair of the Elder Initiative and lead planner of this Conversation, said the program would emphasize helping people with HIV live an independent and bestquality-possible life, but that even people without HIV and younger, positive people could benefit from the discussion. “Whether you are 30, 50 or 60, learning the skills to manage your disease, access care, interpret and understand test results — these are things that you need to have a knowledge and sense of, and practice,” Zinman said. “People of all ages with HIV can benefit from knowing this. It is also important that your support network — caregivers, family, friends — is educated as well. Info is power and you can never have too much.” Among the topics being covered is questions people with HIV can ask health-care providers about the routine bloodwork they must undergo every six months. “What are the counts, actual numbers you should be aware of? CD4 cells, viral load, cholesterol, blood pressure, detectability and liver counts — what do the numbers on these tests mean? What are the numbers on this paper that are most relevant to me living a healthy life?” Zinman said. Health issues unique to older people with HIV include cardiovascular disease, diabeGIOVANNI from page 1

material regularly. “We are already looking at new releases to order for October/November. We’re hoping to get some calendars in for the new year. Giovanni’s was always the place to go and get LGBTQ calendars, and that is something we want to continue,” Chelak said. “Also, we’ve placed orders to get some brand-new magazines, like Washington Blade, so those should be coming within the next couple days as well.” Several people queued outside the front door in anticipation of the opening. Among them was Chris Salvador, who purchased a book he had seen in the display window last week. “I appreciate the fact that they are pre-

tes, osteoporosis, visual-acuity issues and heightened risk of other sexually transmitted infections. Managing all the different medication for these can be tricky, Zinman said. “Taking other medications in addition to your HIV medication can create unique side effects, and individuals should be especially aware of these concerns,” he said. That is why LGBTEI is featuring a special segment in this Conversation on medication with a pharmacist from Penn Medicine, who “will help you understand everything you need to know regarding your medication.” The pharmacist will be available to meet one-on-one with participants to review their medications and will field medication-related questions including safety and proper use. Particularly high among people within this demographic group are increased risks of social isolation, depression, stigma and discrimination. To combat these mentalhealth issues, Zinman stressed the importance of remaining active and engaged in the community, which he hopes this workshop will enable them to do. “We are giving people the information to understand what questions they need to ask. And how that will improve their chances of living an independent life, and how to stay engaged with and remain relevant in the community. Living independently has to do with your attitude. Are you going to wake up and face the day with a positive outlook? The Conversations series will provide the resources for you to do so.” A host of resources compiled by the AIDS Library will be available for use at the event. Professionals from the medical and mental-health fields will also be available for questions. “Gettin’ Older with HIV” is presented by the LGBTEI in partnership with ActionAIDS, AIDS Library of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine. Registration is required. To register or for more information, call 267546-3488 or email info@lgbtei.org. ■ serving the building, which has a lot of history with Giovanni’s Room,” Salvador said. “It’s nice to know that it’s still living in a way. I buy a lot of books at PAT. They have a lot of great books and artwork. I think it’s one of their secrets.” Salvador also volunteers for PAT at its Fifth Street location. He said he has been looking forward to its expansion to the Pine Street location since the announcement was made. “I love PAT, it is one of the unique things about Philly that I always really liked. I was so excited when I heard that this was opening and that PAT was expanding closer to the neighborhood here.” PAT at Giovanni’s Room is open seven days a week. For more information, call 215-923-2960. ■

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Drag pageant brings disco fever to A.C. By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com The 2014 Miss’d America Pageant, a drag-queen spoof on the annual Miss America Pageant, returns to Atlantic City at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at Harrah’s Resort. Carson Kressley will host the competition again this year, along with new musical guests The Village People and the Melanie Rice Orchestra. The ’70s disco-drag feverthemed event will include a pre-party at the Eden Lounge from 5-7 p.m. and a postparty directly after the pageant at The Pool at Harrah’s. Ten contestants underwent a strict initial screening process for the chance to compete for the crown. While it’s a smaller number of contestants than last year, the leaner lineup will allow more time for each contestant to perform during the talent portion of the pageant. “Before, they were being rushed though the talent portion,” said Gary Hill, co-creator of the event. Contestants will compete in three categories: swimsuit, talent and evening gown, and must also complete a judge’s interview. Hill said the last piece is a good opportunity for the judges to consider how the contestants will handle themselves in public settings.

“The interview process is very important, because it demonstrates how they would address the public,” Hill said. “We’re looking for someone who is both fabulous and articulate.” Last year’s winner, Victoria “Porkchop” Parker, will crown the new winner and give a farewell performance. The first-place winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize, second-place $500 and third $250. A contestants’ brunch will be hosted the following morning at the Claridge Hotel. Afterwards, the new winner will dip her shoe in the ocean at the newly christened gay beach on Park Place. During her reigning year, the winner will be expected to represent the LGBT community of Atlantic City and South Jersey at Pride events around the country as well as LGBT events, mixers and fundraisers in Atlantic City. Proceeds from the pageant will be divided equally between the Greater Atlantic City GLBT Alliance and the Schultz-Hill Scholarship Foundation. To date, the pageant has donated more than $225,000 to charity. Ticket prices range from $35-$100 and can be purchased online at ticketmaster. com or at the Harrah’s box office. For more information, visit the Greater Atlantic City GLBT Alliance website, www.acglbt.org. ■

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Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

Martin Feldman

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Combating hate Last week, a gay couple was walking to get dinner when they were viciously attacked after acknowledging that they were a couple to a passing group. They were kicked, punched, held down, robbed and had antigay epithets hurled at them. One man’s face was fractured so badly, he will have his jaw wired shut for the next two months. Calls for hate-crimes charges were immediate. But, the suspects cannot be charged with a hate crime, as Pennsylvania’s law does not extend to crimes committed based on victims’ sexual orientation and gender identity. As much as the incident reflects the dire need for such a measure, it also highlights that the vast majority of people are unaware that the state lacks such protections for its LGBT citizens. Sources from media to outraged members of the public called for swift hate-crimes charges. But, as the law stands now, that the aggressors seemed to be prompted to violence largely because of the victims’ sexual orientation won’t come into play in the charges. Where this has been pointed out in public forums, the response seems to be disbelief, and some confusion. There is a wealth of statistical evidence that demonstrates that LGBT people are victims of violent crimes at higher rates than other populations — and empirical evidence like last week’s gay-bashing to support those numbers. Acknowledging these facts through the law seems like a no-brainer — and one that should not be prejudiced by party politics — but legislation to make changes to the law has been stalled in the state legislature for years. Getting an LGBT hate-crimes law into place can’t take back the blows dealt to the couple last week. And it can’t lessen the homophobia and ignorance that seemingly abounded in the group of attackers. But, what it can do is show future groups that violence against LGBT people — solely because they are LGBT people — is not tolerated by our state. Because as the law is written right now, it is. Now is the time to maximize on the surprise that’s abounding about the gaps in the law to make positive change. Justice for these men will be sought in a courtroom, and while their attackers likely won’t face hate-crimes charges, their ordeal can be used to ensure future criminals do — and to work to break down the barriers of sanctioned LGBT discrimination. ■

It’s hard to be all alone. To find the courage to break away from the pack. To be a nonconformist. To be the cheese that stands alone. And so you’ve got to applaud U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman for handing down his brave decision upholding Louisiana’s antigay marriage ban as constitutional. If being wrong is wrong, Feldman doesn’t want to be right. And to that I say, “Brav-the-fuck-o.” And I know what you’re thinking: “D’Anne, just because you don’t agree with his decision doesn’t mean he’s a Creep. People are entitled to their own opinions!” To which I say, “Shut up. This is my column.” But to which I also say, “Don’t forget that opinions are like assholes: Everybody is one, at least sometimes.” And this is one of those times for Feldman. It has been shown over and over again in courts across the country that there is no rational basis for banning marriage between two people of the same sex. Judge after judge has smacked down the arguments of those opposed to equality. The bans are based on and do nothing but uphold prejudice against gays and lesbians. Period. When people voted for these bans, most of them did so because they thought gays were weird or icky and that somehow marriage and society would be forever destroyed if two ladies said “I do.” Fast-forward a number of years. It’s clear that marriage equality is not bringing about the End Times and more and more people realize that, hey, gays and lesbians aren’t this terrifying menace and are, in fact, people I know in my family, on my bowling team or in my department at work. BFD. Feldman is not one of those people. And his ruling is clearly rooted in a lack of understanding that gays and lesbians are, in fact, people, and discrimination against them should not be A-OK. For one thing, he refers to being gay or lesbian as a “lifestyle” choice, which indicates that he thinks that homos could just as well “choose” to un-gay themselves but don’t because they like being difficult. Granted, he calls it a “personal, genuine and sincere” choice, which is so kind and generous of him (i.e., condescending as hell).

To that end, Feldman writes in his decision, “Many states have democratically chosen to recognize same-sex marriage. But until recent years, it had no place at all in this nation’s history and tradition. Public attitude might be becoming more diverse, but any right to same-sex marriage is not yet so entrenched as to be fundamental.” Which basically means, “Some people still think gay marriage is icky, so what are you gonna do but keep it banned, amirite?” I would argue that he is not “right.” But he would argue that judges who have ruled against antigay marriage bans are just a bunch of softies who need to grow a pair. “The federal court decisions thus far exemplify a pageant of empathy; decisions impelled by a response of innate pathos,” he writes. In other words, “What a bunch of sissies. All of those judges are just gay for gays. Me, Feldman, is the real deal [pounds chest].” The grossest part of Feldman’s decision is the fact that he compares same-sex marriage to incest. “[M]ust the states permit or recognize a marriage between an aunt and niece? Aunt and nephew? Brother/brother? Father and child?” he writes. “All such unions would undeniably be equally committed to love and caring for one another, just like the plaintiffs.” To which I say, “Nope.” That’s an opinion coming from a place of fear and ignorance, not a place of reason and logic. Ain’t nobody got time for that. ■

When people voted for these bans, most of them did so because they thought gays were weird or icky and that somehow marriage and society would be forever destroyed if two ladies said “I do.”

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

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Street Talk Why was Joan Rivers an LGBT icon? “Because she was such a strong friend to the community. She stood by us, especially in the age of AIDS, when we were Eric Backer viewed as hospital pariahs in administrator Deptford, N.J. society. And she was very funny. I appreciated her sarcastic wit. That was her main appeal.”

“She had a zest for life and didn’t care what anyone thought of her. She was very outspoken, Benjamin Deivert a trait she playwright definitely Gayborhood shared with the LGBT community. She kicked ass, and we all love that.”

“She was a fearless bitch. And we need more people like her in the world. She didn’t mince her words. And she never hid Patrick DeMarco the truth. Her writer fearlessness Rittenhouse Square was a universal quality that we all strive for.”

“She wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. She wasn’t afraid to shake the status quo. I think a lot of people found Louis Teddy that worth IT support specialist emulating. West Philadelphia But I can’t forgive her for her antiPalestinian rhetoric. It’s unfortunate those sentiments will eclipse the positive legacy she left.”

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What’s in a ’nym? While not the first and certainly not the only one, Facebook has become a giant in the era of social networking. In only 10 years since its founding, the website now boasts $7.87 billion in revenue last year, and 1.28 billion monthly active users. Facebook has not been without controversy. From its creation — dramatized in the film “The Social Network” — to today, the site has had its critics and contention. In recent years, the site has courted controversy over privacy issues and over recent revelations about deliberate manipulation of users’ feeds to elicit emotional reactions. In Berlin in 2011, Douglas Rushkoff said, “We are not the customers of Facebook, we are the product. Facebook is selling us to advertisers.” With that in mind, everything you write on Facebook, every photo you post, every “like” you click is data for Facebook’s advertisers. If

there is one thing they need, therefore, it is clear and accurate data. Every so often, Facebook has sought to purge its site of false accounts with claims of clearing out “’bots” and cyberbullies. Yet while they do such, they end up also culling their site from real people who follow their rules — but opt to use a name different from that on their birth certificate, driver’s license or other “official” identification. In the last month, Facebook has been even more draconian in enforcing this policy towards “real” names than in the past. Its most recent campaign has ended up netting a number of transgender individuals and drag queens, as well as others who may use a pseudonym for gaming, for personal safety or any number of other reasons. One particular case has hit the media more than others. First is that of Sister

Roma, a well-known member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in San Francisco. She was locked out of her account until she provided her “legal name, like the one that appears on your driver’s license or credit card.” She did give in and provided her legal name, because the connections she had there outweighed the need to protect her name. Even then, postings she has put up that are critical of the policy have been pulled from Facebook, declared to be abusive or “spam.” Sister Roma’s experience is not an outlier, with many others being forced from the site as Facebook claims they are keeping their community somehow “safe” by doing this. Over this last year there have been plenty of painful arguments between the drag and transgender communities, but I think we have ample room to agree here. We should all feel welcome to present our-

selves as we choose to, and not be forced into an identity that is not ours. There are a number of reasons to opt for a pseudonym. You may need to separate yourself from a birth name to avoid stalkers and others who may seek to do you harm. You might have to protect your “regular” identity from employers or others, using a pseudonym to be in contact with the transgender or larger queer community. You may also use it as a form of exploration, opting for a name different from the gender you were assigned at birth in order to consider your gender identity. While I have been using the name on the masthead above for longer than Facebook existed, I recall how important it was to be able to start to claim that name in virtual spaces before I was ready and willing to do the same in my day-to-day life. The ability to adopt this identity was pivotal in allowing me to understand PAGE 20

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weekend long, partying and just having to turn into Brian on Monday. It was the most depressing thing.” Lydon’s face drops a little as she thinks It is a pretty big day for Jennifer Lydon. Lydon, 48, is a senior account execu- about her past life but revives again when tive at Metro US — a free daily newspaper the subject of her boss, Clark, is brought with readership in New York, Philadelphia up. “When Jennifer came, I saw something and Boston — and, while she’s been with the publication for years, today marks yet in her. I respected her right off the bat,” she said. “It isn’t that I didn’t respect my other another turning point. Lydon, a Fox Chase native, came out as a managers but she’s a good salesperson transgender woman to her office in March and I think she cares about the people she and, today, she is gearing up to pay a visit works with. She’s very good at what she to a client of hers who hasn’t seen her since does, so I guess when she came, it was kind of like a Godsend because I was reaching her transition. As we slide into the car, Lydon masks her my end. I was very depressed — calling nerves with a natural sense of humor, mak- out on Mondays a lot and I couldn’t get out ing jokes while she guides her car out of of bed; it was getting that bad. I knew I had a Center City parking lot. Today, she will to do something.” That’s when Lydon made a decision that travel to Northeast Philadelphia to introwould change her life forever. duce her true self to a longtime client. “Jen wanted to meet me because she was sort of a new manager and wanted to get to know all her reps. We talked about doing lunch together one time. I had it in my head that I would use that time to tell her who I was, so I told her I needed to tell her something.” In August 2013, Lydon met with Clark on a Friday at Good Dog, a local bar and restaurant. “I looked at her and asked, CHECKING MORNING EMAILS ‘Am I talking to Jennifer my manager or Jennifer my But before we leave the office, Lydon friend?’ And she smiled and said, ‘Jennifer leads me to her boss, executive sales direc- your friend.’ And I just spit it out and said tor Jennifer Clark. She embraces Clark, I am transgender and I have been hiding saying, “Without this woman here, none of it for a long time and I need you to know this would have been possible,” waving her that.” Lydon said Clark reacted in the perfect hands to signify the welcoming environway, with a hug and reassurance. They disment that was created for her. Lydon is a recent Fishtown transplant cussed a plan to slowly introduce Jennifer who has also lived in Lansdale and Hatfield. to the Metro US staff. “She’s amazing and I think in some ways She is a Cardinal Dougherty High School graduate who quickly climbed her way up maybe she saved my life,” Lydon said. But the next several months were rough, the sales ladder after graduating. She has been with Metro US for 14 years. only being out to her boss. “I was moody, struggling and it felt Before starting with the paper in 2000, she worked as a regional telemarketing man- good to tell her but I was still faking it. I was playing this role,” she said. “Months ager for a number of years. “I started doing telemarketing to make went by and a pretty close friend of mine some money but soon rose up and was a committed suicide in September. She was regional manager and learned I was pretty working as a male and living as female. good at sales,” she said. “My brother That woke me up. I called my manager and worked for Metro in the editorial staff. He said I needed to talk to HR and I needed to got me an interview. Sales is sales to me know what my options were.” Lydon said the Human Resources departand, especially if you believe in what you are selling, which I do, it is a great career. I ment was gracious and supportive of her. believe Metro works well for a lot of peo- She went to California for a week to think things through before returning and evenple.” What didn’t work well for Lydon was tually coming out to the office. “We do a staff meeting every month and, living a double life at the office. “I was figuring myself out all along, but when I came back from vacation, I was I kinda knew who I was,” she said. “I’ve determined I was going to tell everyone been on hormone replacement for four and human resources came down and was years since Oct. 1. I felt great at first but going to talk about diversity,” she said. “I I was living a double life, going out all was so scared the whole day.”

Lydon sat, heart beating fast, in the meeting, waiting for her turn to talk about her identity. With shaking legs, Lydon was asked to speak. “All the women were crying and all the men were comforting them. I don’t want to sugarcoat everything, but that is the way it turned out. Since then I’ve had no issues,” she said. “I became more comfortable with myself, spending time with friends, my boyfriend, and my parents. I continued to work even though I was given leave of absence. I took time to see clients with [Clark] and put on no make up, pulled my hair back in

Lydon and her boyfriend, Tony, are celebrating their three-year anniversary this month. “I saw him at the bar and we started talking and became friends first before I asked him out. He is a sweetheart and such a nice guy,” she said. Lydon has accumulated a wealth of clients during her 14 years at Metro US. Coming out to them in the past few months has gotten easier, she said. “I am kind of coming out every day still. It is new people all the time, a few that don’t know yet, but I am almost through my list.” The intensity of Lydon’s workload varies as the weekly deadline approaches, but she’s tasked with consistently staying on top of her accounts and working to build new client relationships. “We are a daily newspaper, so we have

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a ponytail and played Brian. It isn’t easy, though, because it took a lot of courage.” Lydon had been married to her ex-wife, Debbie, since they were in their 20s. They have two children together. Debbie has become her biggest cheerleader, she said. “My ex-wife is a very good friend of mine. We are actually good friends now, my kids are great. My parents were shocked but they were great and all my siblings were good,” she said. “I am really happier than I’ve ever been before. Each step I take in this transition, it is just like weight’s coming off.”

deadline and it is times five. It can get really nuts and you are expected to keep selling and making phone calls and keeping up on clients,” she said. “I make about 30 phone calls a day and I schedule as many appointments as possible and most are in town. Days that aren’t busy, I make myself busy.” Her attitude toward her daily routine, has improved dramatically since her comingout. “I was such a fake, a lost person. Now I don’t think there are anymore steps for me.” ■

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Forever young and out What age do you think? Are you 60 but think 30? Or are you 60 and think 90? Age is, after all, part mindset, and you have control over what age you think you are. You can, in fact, choose to be forever young. Bob Dylan’s 1974 release, “Forever Young,” provides some insight into how to find this particular fountain of youth. Dylan sings: “May you grow up to be righteous. May you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous. Stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.” People have been searching for the fountain of youth for a long time. Many seek it in a doctor’s office, where you can get all sorts of injections and implants. But all of that will eventually fade. A longer-lasting and less-expensive fountain of youth is already inside your head and heart. Some describe people who exhibit the characteristics and traits that Dylan sings about as “authentic” or “real.” Whatever you call it, it means being open and selfaccepting. It means standing up for yourself, your rights and your community. Staying forever young also requires a path that leads to living the best life you

enjoy and celebrate the journey we will can live, no matter what your chronologirespected. cal age. It also means being out and open inevitably take. Being out of the closet throughout this about your sexual orientation and gender To gain the most from that journey, journey enhances both the journey and the process of aging. It frees us to enjoy every identity, something that requires courage, we must be active participants: Practice truth and authenticity. opportunity to live well, age well and stay “mindfulness.” Mindfulness Just as being forever young well. Sexual orientation, gender identity refers to living in the moment, is a mindset, so is being out. and age have no place in the closet. They leaving second-guessing about Harvey Milk famously encourthe past and worrying about the are all to be celebrated and respected. aged us to all come out of That is the reason we celebrate National future aside. Another descripthe closet. His was a political Coming Out Day each October. Celebrate tion is “being present” or statement. He knew that the your community, your sexual orientation, “engaged” in the here and now. more people who came out, the Well, the here and now is here your gender identity and your age. And easier it would be for everyone and now. It may be a cliché, but stay forever young, for as Dylan sings: else to do so. Living our best life is not a dress rehearsal; you lives and aging well as LGBT only get to live it once. “May God bless and keep you always. older adults is so much easier The burden of the closet limMay your wishes all come true. in an environment that is safe, its our ability to celebrate the May you always do for others welcoming and supportive, an gifts we have and to share our And let others do for you. Heshie Zinman experiences with others. There May you build a ladder to the stars environment in which we can be free from fear and shame. is great value in growing older, And climb on every rung. And, we must all be working to create that growing wiser and growing stronger. Being May you stay forever young.” ■ environment, through political and social out and free of the closet only enhances participation, through voting and volunthat process. Heshie Zinman is chairperson of the LGBT teering, through advocacy and action. Yes, age is a number and a mindset. Elder Initiative. The LGBTEI, headquarAnd, while we do not control the number, tered in Philadelphia, fosters and advocates Enjoy the journey we absolutely can control the mindset. for services, resources and institutions that Learning to age well and to navigate The physical body will not stay forever are competent, culturally sensitive, inclusive the process is a life-long journey, one that young, but our mindset, our outlook on and responsive to the needs of LGBT elders may take a lifetime to get right. For LGBT life, can. The reality is that the journey will in the Delaware Valley and beyond. To older adults, that journey has included continue. We will continue to learn, expecomment on this article, suggest topics for many struggles and upheavals, and many rience new wonders, be inspired by courafuture articles or for more information, visit changes and triumphs that few could have www.lgbtei.org or call the LGBTEI at 267geous people, rejoice at new victories and predicted or imagined. Yet, there are more 546-3448 watch gain satisfaction as our LGBT and aging 11855 - PGN 5X5.6_Philadelphia Gay News 8/25/14 11:31 AMand Page 1 for “Gettin’ On” each of both in our futures, so we might as well month in PGN. communities become stronger and more

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The victims told investigators that the attackers used antigay language, repeatedly calling them “dirty faggots.” But, a police source contended that the incident started as a “fight” rather than an attack. “The stories have been pretty consistent so far,” the source said. “It looks like it started by either a bump or words being exchanged, and then punches were thrown. But not everyone in the crowd knew what was going on. People were kind of staggering, and some didn’t seem to realize the extent of the one guy’s injuries.” The source said one member of the group has an audio recording of a female in the group attempting to call police. “It’s a tragedy for the two guys who were hurt and it’s a tragedy for some of the people in the crowd because the majority weren’t involved,” the source said. “But the guys who were involved are going to pay the price.” That price should include hate-crimes charges, said state Rep. Brendan Boyle. Boyle is the prime sponsor of a bill to add LGBT protections to the state hatecrimes law. “One question I sometimes get from skeptics is, ‘Is it really necessary to add sexual orientation into our hate-crimes law?’ and sadly the disgraceful event this past week in Center City is another reminder that this kind of law is needed,” Boyle said. If such protections existed, Fitzpatrick explained, the eventual penalties could have been significantly heightened. “If someone commits a crime and the ethnic-intimidation charge is appropriate, like it would be in this case if we had

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protections for sexual orientation and gender identity, there would be a whole separate crime committed and that would be graded one grade higher than the most serious offense,” she said, noting that a second-degree felony could net someone a maximum of 10 years in the criminaljustice system, but an added hate-crimes charge, which would be counted as a first-degree felony, could extend that to 30. In 2002, the Pennsylvania legislature added sexual orientation and gender iden-

“One question I sometimes get from skeptics is, ‘Is it really necessary to add sexual orientation into our hate-crimes law?’ and sadly the disgraceful event this past week in Center City is another reminder that this kind of law is needed.” — state Rep. Brendan Boyle tity to the state hate-crimes law, which already covered aspects such as race and religion. But it was challenged in court by opponents and ultimately repealed on a technicality. The federal hate-crimes law was

amended in 2009 to include sexual orientation and gender identity, but to warrant federal jurisdiction, the crime must have affected interstate or foreign commerce or been committed on federal property. The hate-crime element to this case, Fitzpatrick noted, could come into play when prosecutors cite aggravating factors during the sentencing phase of a potential trial. While calling attention to the lack of a hate-crimes law, the incident also highlighted exemplary public-police cooperation. Police released video surveillance of members of the group walking down 16th Street Tuesday afternoon, prompting social media to become ground zero for the manhunt. A photo of the group dining earlier in the night at La Viola West began circulating, and an anonymous Twitter user named @Fansince09 crowdsourced the photo to find Facebook check-ins at that restaurant, matching Facebook profiles to the photos. T h e s t o r y m a d e n a t i o n a l n ew s Wednesday, with the incident and the role social media may play in leading to arrests being featured on “Good Morning America.” On Tuesday night, the owners of Pennsylvania 6, Field House and City Tap announced that they were offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of the suspects. The Citizens’ Crime Commission is also offering $1,000. Fitzpatrick said the police and the public worked seamlessly together in the investigation. “It can’t be overlooked that the police in this case were on the street, ripping videos out of every possible nook and cranny

and not stopping for a second until they got the footage, the pictures out there,” she said. “It really has been the perfect culmination of police working and using every tool they had and the good people in our city responding and picking up on the policework to bring these people in. It’s really been quite something to watch. It’s unfortunate that every case can’t have as good of a result as this.” Fitzpatrick added that the case could provide momentum for legislative change. “Maybe the only good thing to come out of this is that the state will take a look and realize the importance of the amendments that have been sitting there,” she said. “This needs to be addressed, we need an appropriate statute. It makes me crazy that for a minute in time we had this law in place and that’s gone away.” Boyle’s bill had 28 cosponsors when it was introduced in January 2013, and that number has now grown to 41. “I’ve been pushing for it and have some really bipartisan cosponsors,” Boyle said. “It should be fairly commonsense.” That the state now has marriage equality but lacks basic LGBT protections in its nondiscrimination and hate-crimes laws is “a sad irony,” Boyle said. He noted that supporters should be contacting Republican leaders such as Majority Leader Mike Turzai and Speaker of the House Sam Smith to urge them to allow the bill to make it to a vote. If it does reach the House floor, Boyle said, he’s confident it would pass. “If this came to a vote, it would pass 170 or 180 yeses to a couple-dozen nos. There is overwhelming support,” he said. “It’s now about getting Republican leadership to commit to calling a vote.” ■

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ter founder and executive director Adrian Shanker. The center had been working with the Allentown Redevelopment Authority and Mayor Ed Pawlowski to identify a site. The Turner Street building, which has been vacant for 20 years, is located in the Old Allentown historical district. “It’s only a couple blocks from major redevelopment happening with the Neighborhood Improvement Zone. There’s the new home for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the headquarters of a number of major corporations, like National Penn Bank. There’s a lot of urban revital-

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ization about five blocks from where we are,” Shanker said. “And we intend to complement that. Having a community center in the middle of a community, rather than a vacant building, can change things a bit.” In the latest Census data, Allentown was found to have the third-largest population of same-sex couples in the state, and they are largely anchored in the neighborhood that will house the center, which is also home to the city’s two gay bars. “Allentown is a diverse community,” Pawlowski said Monday. “Any 21st-century city that is active, growing and vibrant is going to be diverse. We celebrate that diversity today with the announcement of the site of the Bradley-Sullivan LGBT Community Center. We’re pleased to be able to assist in the effort to bring services to the people of the community.” The center will offer an array of LGBT resources. Bradbury, who will serve as senior director of programs of the organization, said it will continue many of the initiatives PDN, of which she is executive director, has offered for years, including an information line and resource website. “We’ll do this while we also provide monthly educational and cultural programs to demonstrate some of what we’ll be able to offer once the center is built,” Bradbury said. An opening date for the center is a ways off. First, the design team has to finalize the full design plan, which will take through the end of this year. Then, backers have to begin the process of acquiring the building from the Redevelopment Authority, which involves approval from a number of city boards. Then renovations can begin. “We had a structural assessment done and the building is structurally sound, the foundation’s solid and the exterior and load-bearing walls are fine,” Shanker said. “But the building’s been vacant for 20 years, so pretty much everything else has to go.” But, a major boon for the project is that the entire design team is working probono. “That’s huge. That’s worth about $75,000 in design work if we had to pay for that by ourselves,” Shanker said. “So this isn’t chump change. These are real commitments received from reputable firms of licensed, professional engineers. People in Lehigh Valley have been pleasantly surprised to see this because this is not the norm for a nonprofit to receive this kind of support.” Project management and fire-protection engineering is being led by Dan Kohn of Kohn Engineering, while Barry Isett and Associates is leading project management and environmental engineering. Christopher S. Bleschmidt of Lock Ridge Engineering will lead structural engineering and Joseph McCarthy will focus on electrical and mechanical engineering. The project has enlisted Robert Sandoval of Howard Kulp Architects and zoning attorney Michael D. Recchiuti. For more information, visit www.bradburysullivancenter.org. ■

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my own space as a transgender woman, and helped me prepare for facing the world at large. Mine is not a “stage name,” but as much a part of my identity as anyone else’s preferred name. It may not have always been there, but it is what adorns my driver’s license and plenty of other official paperwork. Really, so what if it was a “stage name”? If I go to Facebook looking for the official, verified page for Whoopi Goldberg, I need only type facebook.com/whoopigoldberg. No one seems to be demanding her page be closed down because it does not read Caryn Johnson. Former wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan is not forced to be Terry Jean Bollette. No one is telling Portia de Rossi to present her birth certificate, which declares her to be Amanda Lee Rogers. Each of these celebrities, and many more, has no issue with their preferred name on Facebook. Sister Roma and others may not be the same sort of household names as Whoopi Goldberg or Hulk Hogan, even though she is much more likely to be mentioned in my household. Nevertheless, her name is as seemingly valid as any of these celebrities. Some have accused Facebook of being homophobic or transphobic by targeting Sister Roma and others. Many have also postulated that a third party has targeted queer and transgender people, turning Facebook’s policies against the LGBT community. I don’t know if this is true, or if Facebook was just doing a random sweep of names. I have heard about people both in and outside the trans and drag communities being targeted, so this could simply be Facebook being Facebook, and nothing specifically aiming at our community. Whether intentional or not, however, we are being hurt by this. Much like Google+ — which recently dropped its “wallet name” policy — I join with others in calling for Facebook to change. I may only be a data point to them, but perhaps if enough of their data points speak out, their real customers will take notice — and perhaps change may happen. ■ Gwen Smith does not wish to be called late for dinner. You’ll find her at www.gwensmith. com.

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n the wake of a the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer on a predominantly white police force, a riot, militarized police response, and U.S. attorney general intervention that put Ferguson, Mo., on the map this summer, we thought we’d look a little closer to home to see how another city with large African American population, a white police chief and a crime problem is faring — Camden, N.J. This isn’t the first time we’ve visited Camden. Nearly two years ago, we focused on the consequences of Camden Mayor Donna Redd’s move to slash its police force by nearly 50 percent. We found then that 18 months after the gutting, the numbers presented a mixed bag: while property crimes increased, overall violent crime remained constant. Today, Camden continues to be a good laboratory in which to challenge our assumptions concerning police manpower and tools, and their relationship to crime statistics. First, a look at the manpower. As the Star Ledger reports: “In 2011, the city cut the police department nearly in half in the midst of a budget crisis at both the local and state levels. The county force began the process of building up its department in early 2013, at a time when the city police included just about 160 officers … The current Camden County Police Metro Division numbers 376 officers, up from 160 in early 2011. Now the crime stats. According to a report released by the Camden County Metro Police Department last month, “Compared to the same time period

in 2012, these first five months of 2014 represent a 25 percent violent crime decrease … The stats also show a decrease in rape, from 36 reported instances from Jan. 1 to May 31 in 2012, to 20 during the same months in 2013, to 17 as of the end of last month this year. Aggravated assaults also decreased, from 454 reported incidents during those five months in 2012, to 391 during that time in 2013, to 351 so far in 2014.”

Today, with the force nearly tripled, overall violent crime is down 25 percent. When LibCity first looked at these numbers — 18 months after the slashing and when the force was at its lowest number — the only good news was that overall violent crime had not gone up. Today, with the force nearly tripled, overall violent crime is down 25 percent. Cue the popping of champagne corks at Camden’s Fraternal Order of Police headquarters. Sure, there will be those who say that this is not a Camden thing, that violent crimes have been going down across America for the past 20 years. But that cannot undermine the truth in Camden that throwing more bodies at the violent crime problem does, indeed, seem to have some effect. But if we just look at

crime prevention as a police manpower issue, we are missing some far more profound initiatives in Camden. As nj.com reports, “Over the past three years, the Camden Police Department, and now the Camden Camden chief of police, J. Scott Thomson. Photo courtesy camdencountypd.org County Police Metro Division, have been amassing be changing in Camden: attitude. a technology arsenal now worth Just listen to Camden Chief of about $4.5 million, which currentPolice J. Scott Thomson as rely includes not only microphones, ported by nj.com: “I tell [my ofbut a network of 120 rotating ficers] constantly I’m not measurstreet cameras, virtual patrols, auing your success by the number tomatic license plate readers and of tickets you write or the arrests other measures aimed at boosting you make. When I drive through efficiency. there I want to see people sitting “Inside the county police adon their front steps, children ridministration building on Federal ing their bicycles, playing baseStreet, a room called the ‘Real ball in the street and I want you Time Tactical Information Cento take the time to go have a catch ter’ houses an array of 10, 42-inch with them.” Referring to the viotelevisions giving a view of each of the street-corner cameras, as lent police clashes in Ferguson, well as six banks of six computer Mo., last month, Thomson asked, monitors, where police aides can “How do you monitor a peaceful conduct ‘virtual patrols,’ allowing protest through the lens of a sniper them a near-constant view of the rifle?” Hey, Ferguson, you listening? streets of Camden’s most crimeridden corners.” See LibertyCityPress.com for this week’s People and Play sections. And something else seems to S E P T. 1 4 - 2 1 , 2 0 1 4

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First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 10:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned �� check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, �� of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at �� attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certi�� money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest �� within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly �� does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. �� each property shall be a sum suf��cluding advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadel-

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

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

Starikova C.P. April Term, �� 1410-302 411 West Ritner Street �� tober Term, 2013 No. 03613 ��fices, P.C. 1410-303 2227 South Reese Street �� Harry Carvell, Jr. a/k/a Harry Carvell C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-304 �� 22nd wd. 1640 Sq Ft �� July Term, 2011 No. 00644 ��fices, P.C. 1410-305 �� 1323 61st wd. 1440 Sq Ft �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-306 �� 1410-307 4434 Tolbut Street 19136�� in His Capacity as Heir of �� Capacity as Heir of Kathleen �� Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under �� C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00019 $119,204.04 Phelan �� 1410-308 �� in Her Capacity as Heir of Florrel Muller, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and all Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Florrel Muller, Deceased C.P. January Term, ��

1410-309 �� 4404 62nd wd. 932.40 Sq Ft �� C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-310 �� C.P. December Term, 2013 �� 1410-311 �� Haskins, Individually and in Her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Nathaniel H. Haskins, Juanita R. Malcolm; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Nathaniel H. Haskins, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00297 �� 1410-312 �� Jr. C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00122 $27,029.33 Phelan �� 1410-313 �� Stankiewicz, Denise M. Stankiewicz C.P. March Term, �� 1410-314 �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-315 �� 19140-1216 13th wd. 2100 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Dabney a/k/a Harrison J. Dabney C.P. April Term, 2014 �� 1410-316 �� on the West side of Peach �� Northward from the North side of Columbia Avenue ��

(deceased) C.P. March Term, �� Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1410-317 2407 N. 17th Street 19132 �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� Dietterick, Esq., and/or Kath�� 1410-318 �� 19124 23rd wd. 1911.74 Sq Ft �� 1410-319 4647 Pennhurst Street �� Call C.P. August Term, 2012 �� 1410-320 1121 Knorr Street 19111 �� C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-321 �� C.P. February Term, 2011 No. 3402 $101,026.32 Zucker, �� 1410-322 �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� and Patricia Ellison C.P. September Term, 2007 No. 01623 $116,473.39 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1410-323 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue, Unit 749 19130 District 9 724 �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� tha D. Cissne, Esquire 1410-324 �� a/k/a Kaleyna M. Tabb C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02692 �� 1410-325 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��

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www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, October 7, 2014 1407-868 �� Rooftop Unit-100ft (storage space); P1-163 Sq Ft (park�� CONDOMINIUM UNITS �� C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-301 3097 Weikel Street 19134 �� Starikov and Svetlana

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Jackson a/k/a Tyhem Jackson C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-326 �� 1410-327 �� C.P. August Term, 2004 No. �� 1410-328 �� as Administrator of the Estate of Eleanor Walker, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-329 1601 West Chelten Avenue �� Heir of the Estate of Willie Foreman, Deceased; Al Dumas, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Willie �� Foreman Ringkamp, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Willie Foreman and Unknown Heirs of Willie Foreman, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-330 943 East Stafford Street �� December Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-331 �� C.P. January Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-332 2149 South Woodstock Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Wroten C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1410-333 9331 Edmund Street �� Valle and Justo Figuereo C.P. September Term, 2010 No.

�� 1410-334 946 Kenwyn St. 19124 �� P.C. 1410-335 �� C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-336 613 Allengrove Street 19120 �� and Zoraida Ortiz Cepeda C.P. August Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-337 �� 40th wd. 1620 Sq Ft �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-338 �� na Shrayer C.P. February Term, �� 1410-339 1416 Friendship Street 19111�� a/k/a Ann Edouard; Dimitri �� March Term, 2014 No. 01713 �� 1410-340 �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-341 �� 19140-2929 13th wd. 1110.90 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Winder C.P. April Term, 2013 �� 1410-342 2647 South Warnock Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Scuderi C.P. April Term, 2014 ��

1410-343 �� November Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-344 �� in His Capacity as Executor and Devisee of the Estate of Michael J. Ullrich C.P. �� 1410-345 �� C.P. March Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-346 3323 Argyle Street 191341903 33rd wd. 602 Sq Ft �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1410-347 �� Jr; Eleonora V. King C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03941 �� 1410-348 4317 Elizabeth Street 19124�� a/k/a Mary Pietrak; Frederick Courduff, II C.P. January Term, �� 1410-349 �� 1721 66th wd. 1717.60 Sq Ft �� gher C.P. February Term, 2014 �� 1410-350 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. February Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-351 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� cobono C.P. August Term, 2012 ��

1410-352 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� January Term, 2014 No. 01294 $72,761.34 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-353 �� March Term, 2014 No. 02192 �� 1410-354 �� Musa Allen Olona C.P. �� 1410-355 �� C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-356 �� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-357 �� 1410-358 �� Swimpson C.P. August Term, �� 1410-359 �� a/k/a D. Mueller C.P. March �� 1410-360 �� December Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-361 13021 Stevens Road 19116�� Roakes; Suzie Harutiunian C.P.

September Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-362 �� 19124-1411 62nd wd. 1126.77 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Junious a/k/a Robert Junious C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00239 $113,449.09 Phelan �� 1410-363 304 Unruh Avenue a/k/a 304 Unruh Street 19111�� ber Term, 2009 No. 04119 $160,403.12 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-364 �� Sabater C.P. September Term, �� 1410-365 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� V. Crick a/k/a Elsa Crick; �� 1410-366 �� son C.P. March Term, 2012 �� 1410-367 �� 1601 40th wd. 1332 Sq Ft �� Justin Moore C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00199 �� 1410-368 �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-369 �� Carol D. Martin a/k/a Carol Martin C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-370 �� -

�� C.P. February Term, 2011 No. �� 1410-371 1906 Fontain Street 19121�� $160,132.61 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-372 �� C.P. February Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-373 �� 2323 3rd wd. 2000 Sq Ft �� $90,294.63 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-374 1217 East Stafford Street �� May Term, 2014 No. 00291 �� P.C. 1410-375 �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-376 101 Walnut Street, Apartment �� declaration as unit no. 10, together with a proportionate undivided interest in the common elements, as defined in such declaration and any and all amendments thereto, as the same may change from �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� son, II C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-377 601 North Wilton Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1410-378 9227 Old Newtown Road ��

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1410-379 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-380 �� September Term, 2010 No. �� 1410-381 4626 Sansom Street 19139 60th wd. 1940 Sq Ft �� Engram C.P. August Term, �� 1410-382 �� Jackson, Jr. C.P. March Term, �� 1410-383 214 East Shedaker Street a/k/a 214 Shedaker Street �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� A. Farlow a/k/a Julia Ann a/k/a Julia Ann Farlow C.P. �� 1410-384 �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-385 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� S. Vargas C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00397 $132,972.70 �� 1410-386 �� 3922 60th wd. 2103.2 Sq Ft �� C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-387 �� Weng C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 03092 $70,697.33 ��

1410-388A �� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-388B �� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-388C �� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-388D �� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-388E �� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-388F ��

�� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-388G �� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-388H �� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-388I �� Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM �� January Term, 2010 No. 00314 ��ziale, Esquire 1410-389A 1601-1603 West Susquehanna Avenue 19121 16th wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: ROW �� Corporation a/k/a HCFD Corp. C.P. April Term, 2010 No. �� with interest at the per diem rate of $249.77 accruing after June 1, 2014 Stephen H. Frishberg, Esq. 1410-389B �� Avenue 19121 16th wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: ROW �� Corporation a/k/a HCFD Corp. C.P. April Term, 2010 No.

�� with interest at the per diem rate of $249.77 accruing after June 1, 2014 Stephen H. Frishberg, Esq. 1410-389C 1607 West Susquehanna Street �� MENTS: ROW W-OFF/STR 3 �� HCFD Corp. C.P. April Term, �� together with interst at the per diem rate of $249.77 accruing after June 1, 2014 Stephen H. Frishberg, Esq. 1410-390 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Ioslav Starikov and Svetlana Starikova C.P. March Term, �� 1410-391 �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� Eisenberg PC 1410-392 �� 2-6036-01 IMPROVEMENTS: �� 1410-393 2323 North Park Avenue 19132 37th wd. 1712 Sq Ft ��MENTS: S/D CONV. APT �� Elizabeth T. Trucksess C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02142 �� 1410-394 �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-395 �� M. Proctor C.P. April Term, �� 1410-396 ��can Street 19140 7th wd. 13440 Sq Ft (land area) ��MENTS: 2 ONE STORE �� WITH FENCED 3 SIDED �� C.P. June Term, 2014 No. ��.07 Elliot H. ��

1410-397 �� 39th wd. 1072 Sq Ft (land �� May Term, 2013 No. 04000 �� Esquire 1410-398 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Morris, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. �� ner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1410-399A 1707 Scattergood Street 19124 62nd wd. (formerly 23rd wd.) �� 00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STO�� Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1410-399B 2064 East Rush Street 19134 �� 2-0339-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Esquire 1410-399C �� A. Agrawal, Esquire 1410-399D �� 0242-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Esquire 1410-399E �� A. Agrawal, Esquire 1410-399F �� A. Agrawal, Esquire 1410-399G ��

�� Esquire 1410-400 �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� Osborne 1410-401 �� Saunders a/k/a Robert R. Saunders, Robert R. Saunders C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� J. Osborne 1410-402 4613 Newhall Street 19141 13th wd. 2290 Sq Ft �� Stewart C.P. January Term, �� 1410-403 �� 36th wd. Approximate size: �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-404 �� M. Tedesco C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02214 $204,194.22 �� 1410-405 231 Chelten Avenue 19120 61st wd. 1760 Sq Ft �� Chantha Khem C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02692 �� 1410-406 �� A. Howarth C.P. March Term, �� 1410-407 �� 21st wd. On Southeasterly �� Mascieri C.P. June Term, 2013 �� legal interest in the amount

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�� Schuman, Esq. 1410-408 �� 66th wd. 1260 Sq Ft �� May Term, 2011 No. 003101 �� Osborne 1410-409 �� 1410-410 �� Pflaumer, Administrator of the Estate of William H. Pflaumer, Deceased C.P. April Term, �� 1410-411 314 Titan Street 19147 2nd �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Doe, Owner, or any Unknown Persons Having or Claiming an Interst or Tital to the Subject Premises C.P. October Term, �� 1410-412 �� and Albert R. Pavoni C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03332 �� P.C. 1410-413 �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-414 �� Administrator of The Estate of Ebony Evans, Deceased and Olivia E. Evans, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ebony Evans, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-415 �� C.P. March Term, 2013 No.

�� 1410-416 �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-417 �� 1410-418 �� 12th wd. (formerly part of the �� IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/ �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 03313 �� 1410-419 2213 N. Uber Street 19132 16th �� the east side of Uber Street at �� from the north side of Susque�� IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 �� C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� Nalbandian, III 1410-420 262 Delphine Street 19120 42nd wd. 661.76 Sq Ft �� Halpin, III, Esquire Personal Representative of the Estate of Samuel P. Dawkins, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04221 �� 1410-421 4626 Pilling Street 19124 23rd �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Dockery a/k/a Ayana Dockery C.P. February Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-422 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McCrea and Andre J. McCrea C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-423 �� and C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-424 322 East Thayer Street 19134 ��

��vis C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� Osborne 1410-425 �� 41st wd. 1720 Sq Ft �� lagher and John A. Voorhees C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-426 �� IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 �� Imran Chaudhary C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02690 �� 1410-427 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Jaime a/k/a Deon Robertson C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-428 �� 60th wd. (Formerly Part of �� Administrator of the Estate of Eva Cooper, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01947 �� 1410-429 6124 Vandike Street �� and Svetlana Starikov C.P. �� PC 1410-430 �� Thirty-fifth wd.) 1760 Sq Ft �� ningham C.P. April Term, 2014 �� Eisenberg PC 1410-431 �� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-432 234 East Rockland Street �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-433 6421 North 10th Street �� -

�� Workman C.P. January Term, �� 1410-434 �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1410-435 407 Roselyn Street 19120�� sole owner C.P. August Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1410-436 2236 North Cleveland Street 19132 4th wd. (formerly part �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Mason C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01093 $139,622.02 Stern �� 1410-437 �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-438 6026 Frontenac Street 19149 �� Surfin C.P. January Term, 2014 �� 1410-439 1603 South Taylor Street �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-440 �� 19141 42nd wd. 1372.16 Sq Ft �� 1410-441 �� sole owner C.P. August Term, ��

Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1410-442 1243 Kenwyn Street 19124 �� as umarried man C.P. July �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1410-443 �� 19140 43rd wd. 1120 Sq Ft �� as sole owner C.P. Novem�� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1410-444 �� Thomas C.P. April Term, 2014 �� 1410-445 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McAllister C.P. January Term, �� 1410-446 �� Flores; Angela Maieron C.P. �� 1410-447 �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-448 �� 1231 4th wd. (Formerly of the 34th wd.) 990 Sq Ft ��

White, In Her Capacity As Administratrix and Heir of �� Robert White; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiminig Right, Title or Interst From or Under Robert �� White a/k/a Robert White, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2009 �� 1410-449 �� PROVEMENTS: CONDOMIN�� May Term, 2014 No. 01476 �� 1410-450 3331 Sheffield Avenue 19136�� a/k/a Jon Steel C.P. May Term, �� 1410-451 6610 Dorel Street 191422619 40th wd. 1143.10 Sq Ft �� January Term, 2014 No. 00411 �� 1410-452 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� A. Millington and Paula D. Millington, husband and wife, tenants by entireties C.P. �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1410-453 2240 Fitzwater Street �� Hawes C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00140 $244,102.30 �� 1410-454 �� 2202600 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Roslyn A. Williams C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02406 �� 1410-455 1430 Christian Street 19146 30th wd. 1360 Sq Ft ��

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��son and The United States of America C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1410-456 1119 Wellington Street 19111 �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-457 6720 Torresdale Avenue �� gliano and Mario Marigliano C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-458 �� 44th wd. 947.14 Sq Ft �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-459 �� 19140 13th wd. 1273.44 Sq Ft �� Cuffeld, as Administratrix of the Estate of Wendell J. Turner, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00664 �� P.C. 1410-460 2020 N. 19th Street 19121 �� Wortham, Jr. C.P. July Term, �� 1410-461 211 North Farson Street �� Days as Administratrix of the Estate of Warner Days, Deceased C.P. September Term, �� 1410-462 4740 Mulberry Street 19124 23rd wd. 2000 Sq Ft �� yeva C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-463 �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-464 ��

�� a/k/a Andrew J. Clark C.P. �� P.C. 1410-465 �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-466 �� 19142 40th wd. 1112 Sq Ft �� field C.P. April Term, 2014 �� 1410-467 421 Unruh Avenue a/k/a 421423 Unruh Avenue 19111 �� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-468 �� wana C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01364 $64,939.74 �� 1410-469 �� 19141 49th wd. 1260 Sq Ft �� Carter C.P. September Term, �� 1410-470 1427 Stevens Street 19149 �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-471 299 Shawmont Avenue Unit �� Sq Ft together with a proportionate undivided interst in the common elements �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Dawson C.P. November �� 1410-472 323 West Nedro Avenue �� and Michelle E. Mahan C.P. November Term, 2013 No. ��

1410-473 �� and Jennifer A. Fry C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00176 �� P.C. 1410-474 �� C.P. May Term, 2009 No. �� 1410-475 �� C.P. May Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-476 �� 1410-477 �� December Term, 2012 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-478 3 South 43rd Street 19104 27th �� C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1410-479 �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1410-480 �� 19122-1213 20th wd. 1464 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Ross C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq.,

Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1410-481 �� as joint tenants with the right of survivorship C.P. July Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1410-482 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Shvartsman, as sole owner �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., �� M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1410-483 �� sole owner C.P. March Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1410-484 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Degnan a/k/a Jeffrey P. Degnan C.P. January Term, 2013 No. �� E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1410-485 �� Chiavaroli a/k/a Anthony T. Chiavaroli C.P. February Term, �� Martha E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1410-486 �� 4337 60th wd. 2223.3 Sq Ft ��

Jr. C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01909 $96,293.61 Phelan Hal�� 1410-487 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Jones C.P. April Term, 2014 �� E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1410-488 �� 3612 26th wd. 672 Sq Ft �� C.P. March Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-489 �� Catherine Jackson C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04619 �� 1410-490 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Salemi; Shelli Salemi C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02662 �� 1410-491 �� Williams C.P. October Term, �� 1410-492 �� 44th wd. 1140 Sq Ft �� Holdings, Inc. a/k/a Nich�� April Term, 2014 No. 3946 �� Esq. 1410-493 �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-494 4032 Maywood Street 19124�� olson C.P. April Term, 2014 �� Eisenberg PC 1410-495 1644 South 4th Street 1st wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI��

�� C.P. September Term, 2012 �� 1410-496 2327 Ellsworth Street 19146 36th wd. 960 Sq Ft �� C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-497 314 East Upsal Street 19119 �� Estate of Vera Hawthorne , c/o �� Personal Representative of the Estate of Vera Hawthorne; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Vera Hawthorne, Estate of Vera Hawthorne C.P. October Term, �� 1410-498 4621 Mulberry Street 19124�� son a/k/a Menachem M. Sampson a/k/a M. Sampson Agms, �� 2013 No. 00913 $46,000.91 �� 1410-499 �� Singleton C.P. May Term, 2014 �� Eisenberg PC 1410-500 �� C.P. April Term, 2013 No. �� E. Von Rosenstiel Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1410-501 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1410-502 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� fices, P.C. 1410-503 �� Situate on the Northwest side of Thomas Avenue at the

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distance of Two Hundred Nine Feet Eleven and Seven-eighths inches Northeastward from the East side of Fifty-fifth Street �� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� Nalbandian, III 1410-504 2613 South 67th St 19142 40th �� September Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-505 �� side of Tackawanna Street �� Cheltenham Avenue; Front: �� Meyers C.P. April Term, 2014 �� Kelly, Jr. 1410-506 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Nguyen C.P. February Term, �� QUIRE 1410-507 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Term, 2013 No. 01136 �� FEIN, ESQUIRE 1410-508 6006 Chester Avenue 19142-1411 40th wd. 1147 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Truehart C.P. August Term, �� QUIRE 1410-509 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� C. Quinones C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00437 �� FEIN, ESQUIRE 1410-510 13069 Townsend Road, Unit �� 1410-511 �� 0320-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Reynolds and Jessica Reynolds

�� January Term, 2009 No. 01746 �� 1410-512 �� moyer C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-513 �� vira Franklyn C.P. April Term, �� 1410-514 �� C.P. March Term, 2011 No. �� 1410-515 �� son a/k/a Cassandro Robinson C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-516 �� Sampson a/k/a Menachem M. �� December Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-517 �� and Carolyn Negron C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01997 �� 1410-518 1130 Kenwyn Street 19124�� January Term, 2013 No. 03422 �� 1410-519 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� James C.P. July Term, 2014 �� Eisenberg PC 1410-520 3600 Conshohocken Avenue, �� IMPROVEMENTS: CON��

�� Capacity as Executor and Devisee of the Estate of Margie �� ity as Devisee of the Estate of �� Her Capacity as Devisee of �� Downing, in His Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of �� Shekia Downing, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate �� in Her Capacity as Devisee of �� visee of the Estate of Margie �� ity as Devisee of the Estate of �� 1410-521 �� 1410-522 �� 2327 39th wd. 1440 Sq Ft �� 1410-523 �� Carchidi a/k/a Kenneth Carchidi and Theresa M. Carchidi a/k/a Theresa Carchidi C.P. �� 1410-524 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Hoffman C.P. September Term, �� 1410-525 �� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. ��

�� 1410-526 �� 19120 42nd wd. 2003.2 Sq Ft �� Heirs, Executors and Devisees of the Estate of Reginald W. �� 1410-527 �� Meisner C.P. September Term, �� 1410-528 102 East Meehan Avenue �� Wallace C.P. May Term, 2014 �� 1410-529 3401 Ryan Avenue 19136 �� rington and Vincent Harrington C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� Eisenberg PC 1410-530 �� son C.P. September Term, 2013 �� 1410-531 2939 North 26th Street �� ford C.P. January Term, 2014 �� 1410-532 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Davies C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 00476 $47,762.63 Powers, �� 1410-533 �� C.P. December Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-534 1914 South 23rd Street �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Tia King C.P. June Term, 2013 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. ��

Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1410-535 �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-536 �� erdi, Esquire 1410-537 4946 Rorer Street 19120 42nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft �� C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-538 �� wd. (Formerly Part of the 42nd �� 2-137300 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Jean Scutt C.P. May Term, �� 1410-539 �� 2-421300 IMPROVEMENTS: �� fices, P.C. 1410-540 �� IMPROVEMENTS: �� Edward Smith a/k/a Edward A. Smith; Vanessa Smith a/k/a Vanessa Allen Smith C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-541 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� September Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-542 �� a/k/a Deborah A. Cain C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-543 2704 Elbridge Street 19149 ��

�� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Margaret F. Depew; Michael W. Smith C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01694 $142,929.72 �� 1410-544 �� C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-545 267 South Cecil Street 19139 60th wd. 900 Sq Ft �� C.P. February Term, 2012 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-546 316 W. Ashdale Street 19120 42nd wd. 1120 Sq Ft �� Jonathan Thomas C.P. September Term, 2010 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-547 �� 44th wd. 2300 Sq Ft �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1410-548 �� 1-3003-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Myrtle West C.P. March Term, �� Kristine M. Anthou 1410-549 �� 0000 31st wd. 1023 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Steiner, his wife, as tenants by the entirety C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 3700 $120,740.71 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh �� Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdot�� Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, �� 1410-550 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� January Term, 2014 No. 1992 �� Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq.,

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�� Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1410-551 1337 North 29th Street 19121 29th wd. 1024 Sq Ft �� Costigan, Esq, as Adminis�� A. Norwood, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-552 4646 A Street 19120 42nd wd. �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� vantes C.P. May Term, 2013 �� 1410-553 �� 23rd wd. 1440 Sq Ft �� Deceased and Mariela Espiritusanto, Soley in Her Capacity ��ceased C.P. March Term, 2013 �� 1410-554 �� Heirs of Claudine Robertson, �� Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Claudine Robertson, Deceased; Angelo Robertson, Soley in his capacity as Heir of Claudine Robertson, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-555 309 Hellerman Street �� a/k/a Kaisoom Akhtar and Aslam Shaheen C.P. May Term, �� 1410-556 �� yejiaka C.P. June Term, 2013 �� 1410-557 3033 Fontain Street a/k/a 3033 West Fontain Street �� May Term, 2014 No. 02363 �� P.C.

1410-558 6723 Marsden Street �� C.P. June Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-559 �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-560 �� Jr. C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-561 �� Oquendo C.P. March Term, �� 1410-562 �� and Freddie Campbell, Soley in His Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Annie Campbell, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03649 �� P.C. 1410-563 146 West Sharpnack Street �� C.P. May Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-564 132 Manton Street 19147 �� Montgomery C.P. May Term, �� 1410-565 2032 Annin Street 19146 �� King C.P. April Term, 2014 �� 1410-566 �� Davidson C.P. July Term, 2012 ��

1410-567 317 South Cobbs Creek Parkway 19143 3rd wd. (formerly �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Johnson C.P. May Term, 2014 �� Eisenberg PC 1410-568 �� Mouhou; Tammy S. Mouhou a/k/a Tammy Mouhou C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02721 �� 1410-569 �� ber Term, 2012 No. 03331 $223,640.73 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-570 �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-571 �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-572 �� January Term, 2014 No. 02301 $96,229.17 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-573 1617 South Taney Street �� 1410-574 �� 19141-3917 49th wd. 1134.60 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1410-575 �� John McManus C.P. April Term, ��

1410-576 �� 19140-2944 13th wd. 1296 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Richardson a/k/a Pamela Alexander C.P. April Term, �� 1410-577 �� wd. 2073.11 Sq Ft �� James J. Kelly C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03096 �� 1410-578 �� a/k/a James E. Tatar; Rebecca Tatar a/k/a Rebecca M. Tatar C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-579 2034 South 21st Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� $111,427.67 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-580 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1410-581 �� nedy, in Her Capacity as Heir of Slayton Hume Kennedy, Jr., Deceased; Audrey K. Wilson, in Her Capacity as Heir of Slayton Hume Kennedy, ��nedy, in Her Capacity as Heir of Slayton Hume Kennedy, �� Kennedy, in Her Capacity as Heir of Slayton Hume Kennedy, Jr., Deceased; Pamela T. Williams, in Her Capacity as Heir of Slayton Hume Kennedy, Jr., Deceased; Jennifer R. Kennedy, in Her Capacity as Heir of Slayton Hume Kennedy, Jr., Deceased; Francis J. Deloatch, in Her Capacity as Heir of Slayton Hume Kennedy, Jr., Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Slayton Hume Kennedy, Jr., Deceased C.P. August Term, ��

1410-582 1129 West Jefferson Street a/k/a 1129 Jefferson Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Ingram C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 02646 $142,911.64 �� 1410-583 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Roman C.P. April Term, 2014 �� 1410-584 �� Roselind Valentin C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00201 �� 1410-585 4034 Meridian Street 19136�� Jenny Nguyen C.P. April �� 1410-586 �� a/k/a Karina Francis C.P. September Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-587 �� C.P. November Term, 2013 �� 1410-588 �� 1622 7th wd. 644 Sq Ft �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-589 746 East Ontario Street 19134-1221 33rd wd. 1260 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01464 $40,947.06 Phelan Hal�� 1410-590 �� C.P. April Term, 2014 No. ��

1410-591 114 North Redfield Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01944 $62,973.61 Phelan �� 1410-592 403 Rennard Street 19116�� C.P. May Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-593 �� C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03660 $61,707.71 Phelan Hal�� 1410-594 1613 South Orkney Street �� a/k/a Cyril Addison C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02233 �� 1410-595 �� 4310 64th wd. 1420 Sq Ft �� 1410-596 4902 Pulaski Avenue 191444131 13th wd. 1660 Sq Ft �� C.P. May Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-597 �� C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-598 3420 Shelmire Avenue 19136�� Marquez C.P. December Term, �� 1410-599 �� C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-600 ��

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�� and Teresa M. Davis C.P. December Term, 2009 No. �� 1410-601 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Tait, in His Capacity as Administrator of the Estate �� Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or �� C.P. December Term, 2012 �� 1410-602 2026 Plum Street 19124�� C.P. March Term, 2011 No. �� 1410-603 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Jones; Jamilla Johnson C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-604 1237 East Sanger Street a/k/a 1237 Sanger Street 19124 �� mond C.P. May Term, 2014 �� 1410-605 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Rockeymore C.P. March Term, �� 1410-606 �� 1410-607 246 West Erie Avenue 19140�� C.P. December Term, 2013 �� 1410-608 1134 East Mount Airy Avenue ��

1410-609 6633 Horrocks Street 19149�� April Term, 2014 No. 03777 �� 1410-610 �� lagher C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-611 4321 Enfield Avenue 19136�� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-612 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Snyder-Pratt a/k/a Jennifer Pratt C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-613 �� 2933 34th wd. 1260 Sq Ft �� som C.P. February Term, 2013 �� 1410-614 3696 Calumet Street 19129�� ninson C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-615 �� C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00612 $169,647.12 Phelan �� 1410-616 �� a/k/a Jennifer Mills C.P. �� $73,641.67 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-617 �� 19131 44th wd. 1440 Sq Ft �� son C.P. February Term, 2014 ��

1410-618 104 North 2nd Street Unit �� July Term, 2013 No. 04460 �� P.C. 1410-619 �� wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� P.C. 1410-620 �� wd. Semi/Det 3 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� P.C. 1410-621 �� 21st wd. 1440 Sq Ft �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-622 �� Vaccarino and Maria R. Vaccarino C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-623 �� 6023 1st wd. 2074 Sq Ft �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-624 �� Peterson, In Her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of �� Heir of the Estate of James J. �� Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under James �� September Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-625 �� guez C.P. June Term, 2013

�� 1410-626 3000 Hellerman Street 19149�� Falsone C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-627 �� F. Hughes C.P. October Term, �� 1410-628 �� and Cheryl McNally C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02733 �� P.C. 1410-629 �� 4337 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft �� C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-630 �� Alauddin C.P. October Term, �� 1410-631 �� 1410-632 1212 North Wilton Street 19131-4329 44th wd. 1200 ��PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1410-633 3201 Capri Drive a/k/a 3201 �� MENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Denise Serpentine C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-634 1934 Roberts Avenue 191401731 13th wd. 1462 Sq Ft �� to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: ��

owner C.P. November Term, �� Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1410-635 �� James C.P. May Term, 2014 �� 1410-636 7000 North 12th Street 19126 61st wd. 4000 Sq Ft �� Nesmith C.P. May Term, 2011 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana �� Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, �� 1410-637 3320 Meridian Street 19136 �� Sty Masonry; 1110 Sq Ft �� Surviving Heirs of Edward Weiner, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Murray Weiner Known Surviving Heir of Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, Edward Weiner C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-638 �� 19144 12th wd. Semi/Det �� Moore and Wayne E. Moore C.P. March Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-639 940 East Schiller Street 19134 33rd wd. 1176 Sq Ft �� worth C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00021 $26,226.03 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kim�� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1410-640 1621 East Worrell Street 19124 33rd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI-

Wynkoop C.P. September Term, �� P.C. 1410-641 �� Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Essie �� 1410-642 �� tenants by the entirety C.P. �� Harris, P.C. 1410-643 2106 Cross Street 19146 36th �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� 1410-644 6011 Montague Street �� C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-645 �� wd. Det 1-1/2 Sty Frame; 1412 �� to Mortgage IMPROVE�� co-executrix of the Estate of Catherine A. Rowley, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Don Rowley, co-executrix of the Estate of Catherine A. Rowley, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00164 $116,132.20 McCabe, Weis�� 1410-646 �� Executrix of the Estate of Richard R. Hopkins, Jr., deceased mortgagor and real owner C.P. June Term, 2013 �� 1410-647 �� 29th wd. Row 3 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� man C.P. September Term, ��

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1410-648 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� and Steve M. Ng C.P. Febru�� 1410-649 �� 3rd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 2014 No. 01366 $49,003.71 �� P.C. 1410-650 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� $113,679.33 McCabe, Weis�� 1410-651 �� Adamo a/k/a Michael I. Adamo C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-652 1714 Dover Street 19139 32nd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1410-653 �� Sty Masonry; 1360 Sq Ft �� rzyniak C.P. December Term, �� P.C. 1410-654 �� P.C. 1410-655 �� 19140 7th wd. Row 2 �� Concepcion C.P. January Term, �� P.C. 1410-656 ��

1919 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-657 6411 North 12th Street a/k/a 6441 North 12th Street 19126�� October Term, 2013 No. 00377 $196,643.21 Phelan Hallinan, �� 1410-658 �� and Michael David C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00742 �� P.C. 1410-659 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� A. James, Jr. C.P. June Term, �� 1410-660 722 West Nedro Avenue 19120 61st wd. 1206 Sq Ft �� II and Valerie A. Deloach C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-661A 3471 Helen Street 19134 �� Subject to Rent Miguel Soriano and Kiyomi Soriano C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01760 �� Esquire 1410-661B �� to Mortgage Subject to Rent Miguel Soriano and Kiyomi Soriano C.P. April Term, 2014 �� 1410-661C 1902 E. Wishart Street 19134 �� to Mortgage Subject to Rent Miguel Soriano and Kiyomi Soriano C.P. April Term, 2014 �� 1410-661D �� to Mortgage Subject to Rent Miguel Soriano and Kiyomi Soriano C.P. April Term, 2014 ��

1410-662A �� wd. Approximate size: 1020 �� 1410-662B �� 1410-663 641 East Tioga Street 19134 7th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Otero, Known Surviving Heir of Apolonio Otero, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Ishmael Otero, Known Surviving Heir of Apolonio Otero, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Jamie Otero, Known Surviving Heir of Apolonio Otero, Deceased Mortgagor �� Known Surviving Heir of Apolonio Otero, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Sandra Otero, Known Surviving Heir of Apolonio Otero, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Irving Otero, Known Surviving Heir of Apolonio Otero, Deceased Morgagor and Real Owner and All Unknown Surviving Heirs of Apolonio Otero, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 01714 �� 1410-664 �� James and Devora A. James C.P. December Term, 2009 No. �� 1410-665 4444 North Marshall Street 19140 43rd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 960 Sq Ft �� C.P. November Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-666 �� C.P. October Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-667 �� wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

�� Hauser, Sr. and Kim Hauser C.P. January Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-668 �� 19143 60th wd. 1112 Sq Ft �� and Martha Abdul Haqq, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir �� C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-669 �� February Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-670 7664 Woodcrest Avenue �� Rankine a/k/a Wilfred A. Rankin and Rebecca Smith C.P. May Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-671 �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-672 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Mitchell, Jr. C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01620 �� P.C. 1410-673 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��ua Nieves C.P. March Term, �� 1410-674 �� C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-675 7327 Shisler Street 19111 �� and Shi Jian Zheng C.P. �� 1410-676 �� 19126 61st wd. 2790 Sq Ft ��-

�� Watson and Roderick Watson C.P. May Term, 2013 No. �� J. Osborne 1410-677 �� 1-0936-00 IMPROVEMENTS: �� Marion Singleton C.P. June �� 1410-678 �� wd. Semi/Det 3 Sty Frame; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Muffler C.P. March Term, �� P.C. 1410-679 �� C.P. December Term, 2011 �� Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. �� Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., �� 1410-680 �� Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� P.C. 1410-681 �� USE Najlah Darwish C.P. �� Esq. 1410-682 7673 Overbrook Avenue �� C.P. May Term, 2011 No. �� 1410-683 �� 3710 66th wd. 1296 Sq Ft �� eski C.P. June Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-684 �� 19114 66th wd. 1260 Sq Ft ��

and Naomi J. Santiago C.P. �� P.C. 1410-685 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� 1410-686 369 Meehan Avenue 19119 �� Sty Masonry; 1440 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� son, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, �� P.C. 1410-687 �� Masonry; 1662 Sq Ft �� Ridley, solely in her capacity as surviving Heir of Harrison A. Ridley, Jr. a/k/a Harrison Ridley, Jr., Deceased; Jade Wideman-Ridley, solely in her capacity as surviving Heir of Harrison A. Ridley, Jr. a/k/a Harrison Ridley, Jr., Deceased; Unknown Heirs of Harrison A. Ridley, Jr. a/k/a Harrison Ridley, Jr., Deceased C.P. December Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-688 �� 49th wd. Semi-detached 2 �� III C.P. April Term, 2011 No. �� 1410-689 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN��oman a/k/a Donald Soloman, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-690 �� C.P. June Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-691 �� C.P. April Term, 2014 No. ��

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�� 1410-692 6302 North 13th Street �� C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� Eisenberg PC 1410-693 �� 19142 40th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 920 Sq Ft �� ington C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 01039 $44,191.60 �� P.C. 1410-694 �� and Michelle Racioppo C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02307 �� P.C. 1410-695 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� P.C. 1410-696 �� 212 19114 66th wd. Res. �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Court Condominium Associa�� March Term, 2012 No. 02661 �� 1410-697 �� P.C. 1410-698 �� Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Carmella Clark, Deceased and Unknown Heirs of Carmella Clark, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-699 1023 South Ithan Street 19143 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� C.P. February Term, 2012 No. ��

1410-700 �� 49th wd. Apt 2-4 Unts 2 Sty Masonry; 1320 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� 1410-701 �� C.P. March Term, 2012 No. �� Nalbandian, III 1410-702 �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Teacher C.P. April Term, 2014 �� P.C. 1410-703 4043 North 12th Street 19141 43rd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� McDonald C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 03619 $31,149.79 ��way, P.C. 1410-704 �� 41st wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Surviving Heirs of Kenneth A. Ray, Jr., Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Jacquelynn Primo, Known Surviving Heir of Kenneth A. Ray, Jr. Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. January Term, �� way, P.C. 1410-705 �� 2 Sty Masonry; 1316 Sq Ft �� 2014 No. 02496 $129,393.46 ��way, P.C. 1410-706 �� a/k/a Mikal H. Moore C.P. February Term, 2014 No. �� J. Osborne 1410-707 2017 Pratt Street 19124 62nd wd. Semi Det 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Heir of James V. Peatross, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and All Unknown Sur-

viving Heirs of James V. Peatross, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, �� way, P.C. 1410-708 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� $43,492.07 Donna M. Donaher, Michael C. Mazack 1410-709 �� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01219 $93,691.96 McCabe, �� 1410-710 �� and Shirlee E. Counts-Connor C.P. May Term, 2012 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-711 3703 Morrell Avenue 19114 �� C.P. December Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-712 6600 Horrocks Street 19136 �� inson, Jr. C.P. March Term, �� way, P.C. 1410-713 �� and Kerry Sgrillo C.P. April �� 1410-714 1122 South 19th Street 19146 36th wd. Row Conv/Apt 2Sty Masonry; 1272 Sq Ft �� icksdorf C.P. February Term, �� way, P.C. 1410-715 7030 Sheldrake Place �� 2Sty Masonry; 1360 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ��

Surviving Heir of Edith V. ��gagor and Real Owner, Steven �� Surviving Heir of Edith V. ��gagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of �� Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. December Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-716 �� man C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-717 2143 Stevens Street 19149 �� Hilz C.P. April Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-718 �� 2Sty Frame; 1600 Sq Ft �� and Melissa O’Donnell C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03043 �� 1410-719 �� ing Heirs of Thomas H. Wilson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner, Michael E. Wilson Known Heir of Thomas H. Wilson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Stepfon Wilson Known Surviving Heir of Thomas Wilson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-720 �� 44th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Watson a/k/a Antonio R. Watson C.P. September Term, �� way, P.C. 1410-721 �� C.P. September Term, 2013 �� P.C.

1410-722 �� Executrix of the Estate of Ruby P. Walden, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01160 $77,736.06 McCabe, �� 1410-723 �� 1 Sty Masonry; 720 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Jr., Executor of the Estate of Robert Hughes a/k/a Robert F. Hughes, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. �� 1410-724 �� 19143 46th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1260 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Michael Antonyuk and Marina Petcherskaia C.P. March Term, �� P.C. 1410-725 �� 19140 11th wd. S/D W Det �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� All Unknown Surviving Heirs �� Mortgagor and Real Owner and Robert Holmes a/k/a Robert �� Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. February Term, �� P.C. 1410-726 �� 12th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Coleman C.P. September Term, �� P.C. 1410-727 1934 W Spencer St 19141 17th �� November Term, 2010 No. �� Offices, P.C. 1410-728 �� 49th wd. S/D Conv. Apt 3 Sty Masonry; 1320 Sq Ft �� C.P. December Term, 2010 No. ��

�� 1410-729 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� P.C. 1410-730 �� 1410-731 �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� C.P. August Term, 2009 No. ��lagher Simpson Stapleton �� Elia, Esq. 1410-732 �� 2 Sty Masonry; 960 Sq Ft �� C.P. March Term, 2014 No. �� 1410-733 2121 South Woodstock Street �� PROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Reese a/k/a Kristopher S. Reese; Nicole Sparkman a/k/a Nicole V. Sparkman C.P. �� fices, P.C. 1410-734 1306 Farrington Road �� 2 Sty Masonry; 1120 Sq Ft �� C.P. July Term, 2013 No. �� 1410-735 �� 33rd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� K. Martin C.P. June Term, �� P.C. 1410-736 �� wd. Semi Det 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� P.C. 1410-737 �� 39th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; ��

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IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02296 $106,319.66 McCabe, �� 1410-738 2104 Ellsworth Street 19146 �� continuing interest at the �� and after December 3, 2013 through the date of sheriff ’s sale Fred W. Hoensch, Esquire, �� 1410-739 �� II, individually and as trustee �� diem from and after September 11, 2013 through the date of sheriff ’s sale Fred W. Hoensch, �� Esquire, Schnader Harrison �� 1410-740 �� 19126 17th wd. 1260 Sq Ft �� Mortgage KT Development, �� No. 03061 $129033.30 plus continuing interest at the rate �� after April 2, 2013 through the date of sheriff ’s sale Fred W. Hoensch, Esquire, Richard A. ��

1410-741 �� Melrose O. Harrington a/k/a Melrose O. Herrington; Anthony Joseph C.P. May Term, �� 1410-742 �� Matthew Turnbull and Raquel Turnbull C.P. June Term, 2013 �� 1410-743 �� 710-716 S. American Street 19147 2nd wd. On the Easterly Side of Third Street; 106 ft �� St.; Front: irregular, Depth: ��PROVEMENTS: COMMER�� Pashak C.P. April Term, 2014 �� 1410-744 �� 10th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from under ��nie Ellis, Deceased; Joanna �� as Potential Heir of Minnie �� Deceased; Charles Williams,

as Potential Heir of Minnie �� Potential Heir of Minnie E. ��ceased C.P. January Term, 2013 �� 1410-745 �� 19147 1st wd. 2310 Sq Ft �� OFFICE/STORE John Sheppard C.P. March Term, 2014 �� 1410-746A �� C.P. July Term, 2011 No. �� Esposito, Esquire 1410-746B �� C.P. July Term, 2011 No. �� Esposito, Esquire 1410-747 1230 N. 42nd Street �� and Sabrina Thigpen C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00496 ��berg PC

1410-748 �� Sty Masonry; 1120 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Morton Ansky, Known Surviving Heir of Toby M. Ansky, Deceased Mortgagor and Real owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Toby M. Ansky, Deceased Mortgagor and Real �� Known Surviving Heir of Toby M. Ansky, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02394 $112,460.73 McCabe, �� 1410-749 �� 19140 43rd wd. Of the North�� Avenue (260 feet) Southeastward from South side of Erie Avenue; Width: 17 feet, Depth: 71 feet to a 3 foot �� Subject To Rent Tenant Occupied IMPROVEMENTS: �� STORE-OFFICE Mamadou �� 1410-750 �� 19146 36th wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 1104 Sq Ft �� Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� Administratrix of the Estate �� Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. October Term, 2011 No. ��

1410-751 �� nedy C.P. May Term, 2014 No. �� Osborne 1410-752 �� wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; 740 Sq �� 1410-753 �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESI�� Hunter, as Administrator of the Estate of Junius Hunter, deceased C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00142 $79,006.72 �� 1410-754 �� wd. Semi Det 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� Friedman C.P. January Term, �� P.C. 1410-755 140 West Abbottsford Avenue 19144 12th wd. Semi Det �� Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. November Term, 2013 No.

�� 1410-756 �� February Term, 2014 No. �� FREEMAN 1410-757 6941 Ibis Place 19142 40th wd. �� to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: �� James E. Kalbach, a/k/a Jim Kalbach, a/k/a Jim E. Karbach, Known Surviving Heirs of Jane M. Kalbach, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Robert F.S. Kalbach, Known Surviving Heirs of Jane M. Kalbach, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Jane M. Kalbach, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. July Term, 2012 No. �� 1410-758 �� 14th wd. 2142 Sq Ft �� ESTATE Anthony O. Anderson and Chanel A. Anderson C.P. �� PC 1410-759 207 West Ashdale Street 19120 42nd wd. Row 2 Sty Masonry; �� IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN�� McCabe, Weis�� P.C.

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\\\ Liberty City Press

A Sustainable Good Time at the GreenFest by HughE Dillon The 9th Annual Clean Air Council’s GreenFest was held at Headhouse Square where everything sustainable was on hand to show us how to save the earth for the next generation.

1. Marilyn Russell, BenFM, Katie Edwards, Environmental Health & Waste Project Coordinator at Clean Air Council, and Kory Aversa, Aversa PR. 2. Joe Minott, Steve Spindler, Jessica Spindler, Kate Spindler, and Matt Walker enjoy the afternoon. 3. Jason, Lalani and Jonas. 4. Alexander Kacala and Mrs. Kacala. 5. Julie Schipper and Yvette Cooper. 6. There were pets available from PAWS. Photos by HughE Dillon.

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Out comic writes her own ticket By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Fortune Feimster will bring her unique brand of comedic charm to Philadelphia when she performs at Helium Comedy Club Sept. 25-27. The out comedian and actor has had quite a journey to get to where she is in the world of comedy. She graduated summa cum laude from Peace College in North Carolina and taught English in Sevilla, Spain, before moving to Los Angeles in 2003. By 2005, she was learning improv and sketch comedy under the tutelage of legendary comedy troupe The Groundlings, eventually making it into the

group’s prestigious Sunday Company, which helped launch the careers of Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. Feimster soon made the jump to standup comedy and television on shows like “Last Comic Standing” and “Chelsea Lately,” the latter on which she’s been a regular and is probably her most high-profile vehicle. “Chelsea Lately,” which ended production earlier this year, has been known as a springboard for performers like Ross Mathews to get their own talk shows. B u t Feimster s a i d she’s m o r e

interested in getting back into writing and performing on scripted TV series. “I’m more of an actress so I’m looking to get more into acting again,” she said. “Now that the show is ending, I’m looking to write another sitcom and see if I can go that route. I’m a performer first and a writer second. The nice thing about being a writer is, for someone like me who is different, it comes in handy to be able to act and write things for myself.” Many “Chelsea Lately” alum have cashed in on their heightened profiles by writing books. While Feimster said she could go that route, she isn’t quite ready. “I feel like I have some life to live and stories to happen so I don’t think it’s the right time,” she said. “Plus, I don’t know that there are thousands of people willing to run out and buy a book about my life yet — hopefully one day, but not yet. And also there have been so many books that have come out from people on the show. I just felt like it wasn’t time to add one more book to

that list. I really want to do it when it’s the right time.” In the meantime, Feimster said she hopes to get a sitcom up and running, written by and starring herself. Whether it will be on regular television or the edgier outlets like Netflix or cable remains to be seen, but Feimster is aiming to get the widest audience possible. “I always go for the network first,” she said. “If there’s no interest there, you can try it out with other resources. I’m

not saying major networks are the best, but they have the exposure and you want as many people to see it as possible. But at the end of the day, you want it to get made. However that happens, I would just be happy to be able to write it.” We’ve crossed paths with a number of comedians from “Chelsea Lately” in our travels and they are, for the most part, down to earth. Feimster is no different. She said the show seems to attract comics who have their priorities in order. “I think [Chelsea Handler] does hire people that have come up from the middle class and have worked hard to be at that level,” she said. “We’re all more appreciative. There’s a humbleness that comes with that. It’s a place where no one has an ego. We all pick on each other so no one can take themselves too seriously.” When we recently spoke to pioneering lesbian comic Suzanne Westenhoefer, she said she was flattered t h a t Feimster would sing her praises as an influence. Feimster said she always acknowledges those who blazed a trail for her as a performer. “I always appreciate anybody who has paved the way for me and for people that are coming up. “I’m not going to pretend that I’m all of a sudden so high in the air in this business because I’m not. There are so many people who came before me. I definitely respect what they did and the doors that they opened. I just respect comedy in general. I grew up watching ‘Saturday Night Live’ and reruns of the ‘The Carol Burnett Show.’ I admire what they do and it influenced a PAGE 24 lot of what my com-

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Feimster has made it onto some of the largest stages in standup comedy, though. She recently performed as part of the Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, which saw some massive names in standup join forces to perform for thousands of fans in amphitheaters across the country. “I normally average 300 seats when I do clubs,” Feimster said. “All of a sudden there’s 14,000 people and it’s like, ‘Oh my God!’ It’s so intense. There’s definitely a different level of intimacy. In a club you can see who you are talking to and you can interact. There’s just a different timing that you have to practice more and more. I wish I had opportunities to do shows like that more, but the fact that I got to do it even one time is amazing.”

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edy is today.” Speaking of “Saturday Night Live,” Feimster was called on to audition for the legendary late-night show twice in her career. She didn’t make the cut but said even being asked to audition puts her in good company in the industry. “I went out to New York and tried out for the show,” she said. “It was before I got on ‘Chelsea.’ It was a dream come true because that is a show everybody grew up on. Even though I didn’t get it, it’s still a special small club of people who have auditioned for the show. It’s an honor in itself. I definitely got nervous. When you do standup, it’s not that bad. But something like that, where the room is super-quiet and everyone is staring at you, I was definitely nervous. You go up on stage and you are shot out of a cannon. All of a sudden it’s over and you’re like, ‘What did I just do?’ And you hope it works. But it’s also one of those shows that has had so many funny

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comedians and actors audition for it who haven’t gotten it. I never saw it as a letdown that I didn’t get it. It’s one of those

places where you fit or they see something they want from you that season and I just wasn’t the right fit.”

Fortune Feimster performs Sept. 25-27 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St. For more information call, 215-4969001 or visit www.fortunefeimster.com.

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Pam William: Preaching inclusion, from the pulpit to the community “We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle.” — Jerry Falwell Well, I hate to tell Jerry, but Pastor Pam William of the Ark of Refuge, a radically inclusive Christian fellowship church, just got married this summer — and her family and all of ours are just fine. PGN: Hello, Pastor Pam. PW: Hello, Ms. Nash. PGN: Let’s start by learning a little about you. PW: Sure. I’m a lifelong resident of Philadelphia. I grew up on the 5300 block of Spruce Street in West Philadelphia. It was a twin rowhome on a very nice treelined street right across from a church, all middle-class families who’ve been there for quite some time. When the area transitioned, my family and one other, the Davis family, were the only African-Americans on the block. We’ve been there for 50 years. It was about 1954, when things changed in the country. My mom moved out in 1996 to take care of my sister, who was ill from renal-cell cancer. I never really left except to go off to college and some other things, but it’s always been my home and I’m now raising my family in the same house. PGN: Such continuity. How many kids in the family? PW: I have two kids, a 21-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter. PGN: [Laughs] That’s great, though I meant how many kids in your family growing up? PW: Oh! In my family, we had four boys and three girls. PGN: Ah, a nice big group. My father had five boys and three girls in his family. PW: Wow, isn’t that something? My mother didn’t birth them all. Three of the boys in our family were my mother’s sister’s children but my mother raised them from the youngest at 3 months, to the oldest who was 3 years when she got them. But they’ve always been my brothers, no distinction. That’s just the way we were raised. [Laughs] And I’m the youngest, so I came into a family that was fully formed already. There was no difference to me, everybody was just my brother or sister. I have one natural brother and sister remaining. We also had extended family, as my maternal grandmother lived with us too. PGN: Tell me a little about the folks.

PW: My father’s deceased, but he was a meat packer and a carpenter by trade. My mother was a civil-rights activist in the city of Philadelphia for many years. An astute politician who was a rainmaker. She cared more about making things happen than she did about being in political office. She was a social-justice activist and advocator for the less fortunate. She fought for the people in her community who she thought were being marginalized and oppressed. She did work in the city and statewide and even received a national appointment during Jimmy Carter’s administration. My parents were my backbone. My dad was a stay-at-home father most of the time, which was unusual back then. He knew and respected the work that my mom was doing and since he had children to raise — make that, since they had children to raise — he was the one who went to all the school meetings and collected report cards, made sure we did all our homework and made sure dinner was on the table each night. It was a unique family unit but Dad was still Dad; we just knew that Mom had an important role to play in history. She had activism in her bones and, during the civil-rights era, we understood why it was important for her to continue the work she was doing. You could sit home and be angry that Mom wasn’t there or roll with it. We rolled with it and had a great life. We got to be exposed to a lot of interesting things we might not otherwise have done. We traveled as a family and did family activities. Church was also an integral part of our family. Our house was the hub for everyone. PGN: What’s a family trip that stands out? PW: My brother was in the Army and stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. My mother took the entire family over to visit him. While we were there, she took us to the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps, and Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. We went to Innsbruck, Austria, Amsterdam and all sorts of places you usually only read about in history books. We even got to do 115 miles per hour on the Autobahn because my brother wanted to prove to us that he could drive that fast and not get a ticket! I was about 13 and really into my studies. I considered myself an academician so I knew about the tragedies of war and the celebration of Oktoberfest, so to be able to visit Martin Luther’s church and to be in the square during Oktoberfest was something that was incredible for me. And that was just one of several amazing things we did as a family. PGN: What was your favorite subject in school? PW: English. I loved history too, but I always wanted to go to law school and was told I needed that English background. I

realized later that history would have been fine too. PGN: What was your favorite book as a kid? PW: Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham.” Yes ma’am. Sam I am. Later on, it was probably Richard Wright’s “Native Son.” PGN: I take it somewhere along the way you changed paths? PW: Yes, I graduated from high school when I was 16 and got admission to a few universities. I chose Spellman College in Atlanta. The school Denise Huxtable from “The Cosby Show” went to in “A Different World” was based on Spellman. PGN: Yup, I have cousins who went there and to Morehouse. PW: So you know it. My sister was there at Clark Atlanta University. At 16, it was a totally new experience for me to be in Atlanta. I didn’t fare as well as I should have. To be perfectly honest, Spellman

right before I left for Atlanta — sermon one week, freshman orientation the next. I had an anointing and began to preach the gospel, at first at my home church and then other churches. Later, I found a church I thought that I could grow in and stayed there for 19 years until I became disappointed at the discrimination I encountered. I became involved with Affirming Churches under the direction of Dr. Yvette Flunder and decided to develop the Ark of Refuge Tabernacle, a radically inclusive church. The thrust of our work is social activism and moving people into a relationship with Christ in a place where everyone is accepted and no longer marginalized or oppressed.

PGN: Was the discrimination homophobic? PW: Oh, there’s a long history of discrimination, especially in the Baptist Church, starting with the sexist treatment of female ministers or preachers. That was happening from the day I started preaching at 16. As far as the homophobia is concerned, that started when we were out doing evangelism. We were out trying to win souls and bring them to a life with Christ. I was in the middle of talking to someone and one of the deacons approached me and said, “Hey, hey, hey. Com’ere, I got a question for you. Are you gay?” I told him that it was not the place and time to ask me that as I was witnessing to someone. When the crowd died down he said, “I really need you to answer that question.” I told him that I didn’t know what the problem was but yes, I was a lesbian and an ordained preacher saving souls. We went back to the church and he told the pastor, who called me into the office and asked why I felt it necessary to tell people about my lifestyle, that it was something that I should keep to myself. Photo: Freedom G Photography was an all-girl school and I At that time I was seeing the woman who is now my was just beginning to figure wife, but there was a lot of speculation at out who I was, and there were too many the church about our relationship. They women there for me! Too many distracsat me down from my preaching role and tions! I stayed two-and-a-half years and I was no longer allowed to minister. I had came home and went to Temple. some tough times for a while and went into a shell because I was doing a lot of PGN: What is it you do now? public work and activism and had decided PW: I am the pastor of a radically incluto be free. People couldn’t handle the fact sive church in West Philadelphia. I was called to the ministry at 16, the same time that I was unapologetic, and I didn’t know I went off to school. I had a trial sermon how to navigate the PAGE 30

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New LGBT film fest unreeling By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor The qFLIX Film Festival opened last night with a screening of “Such Good Friends.” Between now and Sept. 22, various features, shorts and documentaries will be projected at Kimmel Center, the Prince Music Theater and the University of the Arts. Here is a trio of films to catch — and one to avoid: One of the strongest documentaries playing at the festival is Charles Lum and Todd Verow’s “Age of Consent” (9:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St.), about the London all-male fetish club the Hoist, which opened in 1996. Shot largely on location, the film presents a terrific behind-the-scenes tour of the celebrated establishment — its bar and its bars (e.g., iron cages), along with the backrooms, bathrooms, slings and the titular “hoist.” “Age of Consent” features engaging interviews with the men of the Hoist, from the kinky patrons to the proud employees; John Mitcheson, who cleans the place, is especially ingratiating.

One of the best scenes in Lum and Verow’s intrepid documentary effectively juxtaposes Human Rights Campaigner Peter Tatchell explicating Britain’s laws discriminating against gay men in voiceovers while explicit sex acts are performed by patrons, like porn star Adam Dacre, on screen. These sequences emphasize the defiant attitudes towards criminalized homosexuality in Britain. Ultimately, the documentary illustrates how subcultures can build and maintain a supportive community, a message that “Age of Consent” conveys adroitly. A sexy feature screening at qFlix is Julian Hernández’s latest, “I Am Happiness on Earth” (5:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Prince), which chronicles a love triangle with Emiliano (Hugo Catalán), a filmmaker, at its apex. Hernández’s distinctive film takes an uninhibited view of sex as the characters passionately express themselves as they experience longing, betrayal and heartbreak. The emotions are as palpable as the sexy bodies on display. That said, Hernández’s films are polarizing: Some viewers may find the works pretentious and/or

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tedious, while others will be hypnotized as the camera practically caresses the often-nude actors’ bodies in highly sensual scenes. The film to skip at qFlix is J.C. Calciano’s “10 Year Plan” (7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at Prince). This lousy rom-com has the blandly handsome buddies Myles (Jack Turner) and Brody (Michael Adam Hamilton) agreeing to become boyfriends if they don’t find partners in 10 years. Is there any guess as to what happens? It is fine that Calciano’s film takes a path to the obvious — the problem is it’s never interesting, amusing or even sexy. Undemanding romcoms certainly have their place in

gay cinema, but “10 Year Plan” consistently strives for the lowest common denominator every time. His superficial characters represent qualities — hopeless, romantic and horndog — not people. Why the mismatched Myles and Brody are even friends, much less guys who would make a silly pact to become lovers, is one concern viewers may have during the film. Calciano’s lame film mostly uses these odd-couple characters to mine laughs using queer tropes. Calciano’s film isn’t sharp enough to be spoofing the conventions it employs. Moreover, the acting throughout “10 Year Plan” is painfully wooden, and the chemistry

between the leads is nonexistent. The festival closes with the Philadelphia premiere of writer/ director Rob Williams’ delightfully naughty “Out to Kill” (7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Perelman Theater at Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St.). Filled with hunks who fill out their Speedos, this romantic mystery offers eye-candy galore. Justin Jaymes (the terrific Tom Goss) is first seen naked in the pool, and then turns up dead in it. This may be an extreme punishment, so newcomer Jim Noble (Scott Sell) is hired by Gene (Rob Moretti) to investigate his murder. As Jim meets and interrogates the suspects — which include doctor Vic Barnaby (Mark Strano from “Tiger Orange;” see sidebar) among others — he gets seduced, and perhaps in over his head. “Out to Kill” features a clever twist that will keep viewers intrigued as the crime is solved. Sell makes for a sexy private dick, and his fine performance compensates for some of this endearing low-budget film’s cheesier moments. ■ For more information, visit www. qflixphilly.com.

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“I tend to be a little reserved at first, but I do kind of speak from the heart and that’s often a double-edged sword,” Valenti said. “I think about what I’m going to say and the best time to present it. I’ve learned how to present rough words in a pretty package.”

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In fact, he specifically told filmmaker Wade Gasque how much nudity he would do in the film. “I was adamant about limiting how much I would show. I didn’t want it to be gratuitous or expected. They had grander ideas about the nudity, and I did what I was comfortable with.” Valenti’s performance illustrates his ease in non-adult film roles well. ■ — Gary M. Kramer

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Food and Drink Sports and medicine to team up Directory Not an uncommon pairing, but this time it isn’t about what you might think. Out former NFL player Wade Davis will be the featured speaker at the annual FIGHT gala Dec. 5 at the Union League. Davis came out in 2012, talking about what it was like to be gay and closeted. “Philadelphia FIGHT chose Davis to be the featured speaker because of his commitment to health, fitness and fighting all types of discrimination and stigma,” said FIGHT director of development and communications Chip Alfred. Davis continues to be an agent for change as an advocate, educator and public speaker on equal rights, gender and race, and is the executive director of the You Can Play Project. He has also worked with

FIELDERS’ CHOICE: The annual CBLSL softball banquet brought about 240 players and friends together Sept. 12 at Field House. Awards like the Jerr y O’Neill Trophy for “D” Division champs went to Stogie Joe’s Dogtown Ballers this year, but the league’s highest honor, the JJ Hendley Award, was presented to Anthony Shikitino of The Bike Stop. Shikitino has been a CBLSL member for 29 years and is a former divisional commissioner. The league’s annual general membership meeting and election will be held Nov. 9. Photos: Scott A. Drake

numerous organizations, such as the Minority AIDS Institute, to bring awareness to issues of sexism, classism, poverty and homelessness. Previous featured speakers and honorees include former governor Ed Rendell and Dr. Luis Montaner from the Wistar Institute. Visit FIGHT.org for more information on the gala and FIGHT programs.

So what are athletes’ concerns when coming out? NLGJA Philly is hosting a panel discussion and Q&A about some of the issues and challenges of coming out as a pro athlete. Some of the panelists will be participants at a hearing in Harrisburg earlier that day and will address the assembly on LGBT civil rights and how they intersect with sports and athletics. The speakers include ESPN’s Kate Fagan, formerly of the Philadelphia Inquirer; triathlete and public speaker Chris Mosier; and Rutgers grad and swimmer Sean Smith. Yours truly will also be attending as a media sports-writer representative, along with a few other to-be-named panelists. The discussion will be centered on media coverage of LGBT athletes and how sports figures manage coming out of the closet to their teammates, coaches and fans, whether in the locker room or in the public eye. There will be a Q&A immediately following. The conversation continues with a cocktail reception immediately following, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 2 at Tabu. There is no charge to attend or participate. Ain’t no river wide enough Congratulations to Bob Breitel and Caroline Stein, two members of the

GETTING THEIR KICKS: Mike Ruk races the throw home on a bases-loaded kickball launch into the outfield. Stonewall Kickball Philadelphia literally kicked off the Sunday-afternoon league fall season with the first round of play Sept. 14 at FDR Park. Registration opens Sept. 22 for the kickballers’ charity bar crawl 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 11 around the Gayborhood. See Stonewallkickballphilly. leagueapps.com for more information.

Philadelphia Fins Aquatics Club who participated in the 5K swim Sept. 14 in the Potomac River and came in first in their age groups! Breitel completed the swim 21st overall with a time of 1:11 and Stein finished at 1:35. Congratulate them at the next Fins social, 5 p.m. Sept. 26 at Knock, and learn more about the Fins at philadelphiafins.org. Short stops • Go! Athletes is this month’s highlighted orga-

nization at Sports Night at Tabu, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 20 at, where else, Tabu. • Philadelphia Falcons soccer team has begun fall pick-up play from 6 p.m.-dusk Tuesdays and Thursdays at Edgely Fields, weather permitting; Falcons-soccer.org. ■ Keep the entire LGBTQ sports community up to date with your games, tournament, fundraisers and clothing-optional Halloween parties. Email scott@epgn. com.

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homophobia. I came out of the circle and concentrated on my relationship and building our family. PGN: So how did you meet your wife? PW: We used to operate a 10-cent Bingo game! It was for a charity that my mom had and she was hired as one of the workers. It’s kind of funny because we started out sharing Bible verses and poetry over the phone. That developed into a friendship and a spiritual relationship. Then we started dating and fell in love. She had a 3year-old son whom we raised together. It’s funny because at the time I met her, I was dating around, not serious about anyone. In fact, I was dating a professional basketball player, male, and had no thought of settling down with anybody when she fell into my lap. That was 18 years ago and we’ve been together ever since. This year the great state of Pennsylvania legalized same-sex marriage, so on July 19 we were wed in a traditional religious ceremony. PGN: You mentioned you have two kids? PW: Yes, a 21-year-old son, Tyerick, and a 9-year-old daughter, Jamera. PGN: And I saw that you operate a company named Tykae’s Shirts. PW: Yes, we started a T-shirt company around 2000. We started selling shirts at Penn Relay and then opened a store in Clifton Heights but closed that down after someone wrote “Nigga” on our pavement in front of the store. It was a big media story at the time. It’s fun, though; we still have a few customers we work with doing

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the sack 30. List of alcohol percentages? 31. Rowdy type, or a book and film series 32. Marie of cake advocacy? 35. Idea person, or a book of artwork released this year 38. Sammy Davis Jr. song, with “The”, or a book and film series 40. Remote target 41. Request for Vanna 47. What an octopus shoots off 48. Heston was its pres. 49. Bone from the back 50. Pilgrim John 51. Stories of the city 54. Enjoys a Star Canyon restaurant, e.g. 55. Name on a drag queen’s compact 56. “Gone with the Wind” guy 61. Ends of letters 62. Spill one’s seed

promotional shirts. Our motto was: “You Think It, We Ink It.” PGN: I like it. PW: Yes. Hey, did I say enough about my wife? PGN: Hmmn, you haven’t told me what she does. PW: Oh, she’s a customer-service rep for the airlines. Which is great because we get to do a lot of traveling for free! PGN: Where was the honeymoon? PW: Well, we went to Rehoboth Beach and then we’re planning a trip to Punta Cana. PGN: Random questions: What movie could you watch over and over? PW: [Laughs] Anything with Halle Berry! She’s my second wife in my head. Actually, it would probably be an oldschool movie, either “Brian’s Song” or “Imitation of Life.” PGN: Ha. I’ve been told I should play the daughter’s part if they do a remake of “Imitation.” Any pets? PW: Yes, we have a mixed Beagle and a Cane Corso. PGN: You go-to karaoke song? PW: None. Pastor cannot sing. If you want to have a good laugh, catch me singing “It’s Your Thing” by the Isley Brothers. PGN: The feature I get the most compliments on is ... PW: My wife! No, I guess my smile.

PGN: A song that feels like it was written for you? PW: “God Has Smiled On Me.” It epitomizes and captures my entire life. PGN: What events do you have coming up with your church? PW: In October we’re having a Law Enforcement Day. We’ll have a traditional worship service to honor police and first responders. I had a vision after the events in Ferguson. There’s been a battle between the community and the police force but we need to find a way to forge a relationship. Not all police are bad and not all citizens are innocent. Sometimes the aggression shown by the police is because we haven’t taught our children to respect them, or any elders for that matter. If your kid comes home and says an officer made them stand against a wall for 20 minutes, instead of calling a lawyer, maybe you should see if your kid was doing something they shouldn’t have been. Maybe that officer helped them by letting the situation cool off by standing them at that wall instead of arresting them and giving them a record. Most police officers aren’t violent, most police officers aren’t racial profilers, most police officers are not limited in their level of compassion for the citizenry. We want people to see the police as regular people and we want the police to see people as family members, mothers and fathers. Not everyone is a criminal. Often when a police officer reacts to a situation, they don’t see the person, they just know the act of policing. They don’t think about what they’re doing to a real person. We want

them to know the people they serve. In honoring them, we hope to cultivate a relationship that benefits both sides and avoid another Ferguson in our city. PGN: Amen to that. I have a block meeting coming up and I invited our quadrant officer to talk to the neighbors. PW: That’s great. We’re also having a Harvest Arts Festival in November. The First Lady is doing it so we don’t want to step on her toes, but we’re borrowing the idea! We’ll have choirs and dancers and music, etc. We’re a new church so we’re looking for people, anyone who wants to fellowship. We also want to start a new choir so we’re especially looking for dancers, singers and musicians, people who want to share their gifts and talents. ■ To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol. com.

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Fabulous trips don’t just happen It is very easy to make expensive travel mistakes. So don’t do it. This column is dedicated to helping the LGBT community travel better, smarter and more fabulously. From quick getaways to big vacations, one thing to know is that careful planning can make the difference between a memory or a big mistake. Here are some insider tips that will make you the next New York City expert travel planner. Global eats The biggest mistake in travel planning is picking a restaurant last-minute. As important as where you rest your head and in which class of airline cabin you fly is the restaurant you choose. The restaurant is your time to show your power as the ultimate “in-the-know” travel planner. Looking for ideas? To really impress, check out my two favorite NYC recommendations. Brunch at The Garden at the elegant art-deco Four Seasons NYC is not just a meal, it is a decadent, accessible New York experience. The seasonal, locally sourced menu takes visitors on a culinary tour of the best of New York — from Harlem’s authentic fried chicken and waffles to Brooklyn’s warm pastrami tartine that you would swear your Bubbe would have made to the Four Seasons’ signature Pigs In a Blanket, a lemon ricotta pancake with chicken sausage. In honor of last weekend’s Miss America Pageant, it was a fitting time to try the Ms. Congeniality cocktail with Four Seasons’ infused hibiscus vodka, limoncello and fresh watermelon. Check it out at www. fourseasons.com/newyork. Think the Four Seasons is a budget buster? Not really. Yes, it is not inexpensive — but when you consider exceptional service in an over-the-top beautiful room filled with the aroma of

fresh flowers and the occasional celebrity sightings, brunch at the Four Seasons is worth every penny. Need a new find for dinner? The Wayfarer, at 57th Street and Sixth Avenue, is just steps from romantic Central Park. The new twostory restaurant adjacent to the Quinn Hotel is perfect for a date for two in a casually elegant space reminiscent of a Parisian brasserie, and boasts 19th-century New York atmosphere and modern artwork to stimulate your dinner conversation. The menu is diverse, from fresh oysters to Maine diver sea scallops. Reserve at thewayfarernyc.com. A NYC hotel find The Muse Hotel by Kimpton is my new “find” in Times Square Manhattan. It is tucked away in the middle of everything but you could almost miss this shouldn’tbe-missed hotel. New York City, once known as unfriendly, seems to have made a decidedly friendlier turn. My travel companions each remarked on the friendliness of the airport and car-rental staff and, at check-in, the Muse was downright perfection. Guest check-in was like meeting two friends who were beaming that you made it over to their home for the weekend. (And two free drink coupons at the hotel bar and a Raid the Minibar $15 credit was cool too! We all need friends like them!) The problem with most hotels in New York City, especially around Times Square, is the noise. Unless you are on a high floor (typically more expensive), you risk not sleeping in the city that never sleeps. The Muse is special because of the incredible location just steps from Times Square and Broadway, yet the surprisingly comfortable rooms face interior courtyards that give ample light and serenity at night. Most sixth-floor hotel rooms in

New York City could be very noisy, but not in this retreat. Choosing your hotel should not be based on price alone. Add up Kimpton’s 100-percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index and free Wi-Fi for Kimpton Karma Loyalty Rewards members, plus a hosted Wine Hour each night, and The Muse is a value. If you’re planning on being in New York any time for the Gay High Holy Day of Halloween, book the “Spook and Shiver” package. It includes two tickets to Blackout, the ultra-creepy, walk-through haunted-house experience; a Spooky Lych-Eye cocktail and holiday appetizer at the hotel’s NIOS lounge; and trick-or-treat candy turndown service. ■ Jeff Guaracino is the author of “Gay and Lesbian Tourism: The Essential Guide for Marketing.” Outward Bound columns can be found at www.epgn. com and are always worth a reread.

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Theater & Arts “___ vs. ___” Yes! And ... Collaborative Arts presents a youthled look at a Fringe show exploring personal and societal responsibility in tragedies such as the murder of Matthew Shepard, Sept. 19-21 at 21 W. Washington Lane; 215-4131318.

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creator of “South Park” runs through Sept. 19 at The Forrest Theatre, 1114 Walnut St.; 215-923-1515.

The Addams Family Media Theatre presents the musical based on the classic morbidly funny TV show Sept. 24-Nov. 2, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-8910100.

Exalted Nature: The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield The Brandywine River Museum of Art presents an exhibition of visionary landscapes by Burchfield (18931967), featuring more than 50 paintings borrowed from important public and private collections across the United States, through Nov. 16, 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford; www.brandywinemuseum.org.

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Form and Color Muse Gallery presents an exhibition of collages by Kathryn Lee

Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition highlighting the works of the famed fashion designer through Nov. 30, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

BIKES TO WATCH OUT FOR: Catch a screening of the classic comedy caper “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure,” where the titular character scours the country in search of his beloved bike, 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St. For more information or tickets, call 215-922-6888.

through Sept. 28, 52 N. Second St.; 215-627-5310. Fortune Fiemster The out comedian performs Sept. 25-27 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.;

215-496-9001. King Lear The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the Shakespeare classic starring Joseph Marcell of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-

Air” Sept. 24-27 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900. The Main Dish Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of modern and contempo-

rary kitchenware through Sept. 28, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret The drag performer brings the songs and the merri-

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure The comedy film is screened 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Suspended FringeArts presents the latest show by Brian Sanders’ JUNK through Sept. 20 at Philadelphia Dance, 2040 Christian St.; www.fringearts. com.

That’s So Gay: Outing Early America The Library Company of Philadelphia presents the exhibition exploring gay culture through Oct. 17, 1314 Locust St.; 215-546-3181.

Music Lily Allen The pop singer performs 8 p.m. Sept. 19 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800745-3000. Pink Martini The orchestral band performs 8 p.m. Sept. 19 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215572-7650. Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions The Mann Festival

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FROM CRASSY TO CLASSY: Philadelphia’s star drag-cabaret personality Martha Graham Cracker holds court for an evening of songs and laughter 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at L’Etage, 624 S. Bainbridge St. For more information, call 215-5920626.

Orchestra performs a musical retrospective of the popular video-game franchise’s most memorable melodies 8 p.m. Sept. 19 at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; 800-7453000. The Black Keys The rock band performs 8 p.m. Sept. 20 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-3899543. Kashmir The rapper performs 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215572-7650. KRS-One The comedy film is screened 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. OK Go The rock band performs 8:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Union Transfer, 1026

Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100. Day 26 The R&B group seen on “Making the Band 4” performs 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. The Dandy Warhols The rock band performs 8 p.m. Sept. 23 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-9221011. J. Mascis The Dinosaur Jr. guitarist performs 8 p.m. Sept. 25 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Nightlife September Stimulus: Fourth Annual Back to School Party! The monthly party celebrates higher education 10 p.m.3 a.m. Sept. 19 at Voyeur Nightclub,

1221 St. James St.; www.stimulusphilly.com. Rocky Horror Picture Show Do the time warp again, 11:30 p.m. -2 a.m. Sept. 19 at Ritz Bourse, 400 Ramstead St.; 215925-7900. The Clone Ball Drag queens impersonate celebrities 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Sept. 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. Outta Town Matthew and Gunnar Nelson The brothers perform a tribute to Ricky Nelson 8 p.m. at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808.

John Oates The hit singersongwriter performs 8 p.m. at Sellersville Theater 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. Erasure The electro-dance group performs 9 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Tony DeSare The cabaret singer performs 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888-5961027. ■

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When B. Proud (aka Barbara Proud) first started taking photographs of same-sex partners for her “First Comes Love” initative in 2009, Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act were the law of the land. Five years later, with her book as well as an exhibition and a documentary of the same name soon to debut, the out fine-arts photographer and adjunct professor at the University of the Arts has seen the landscape shift dramatically for LGBT MARRIAGE-EQUALITY ICON EDIE WINDSOR WITH couples locally and nationally. PHOTOGRAPHER B. (BARBARA) PROUD “The point of the project was to honor the relationship that I had vetting process. There was no, ‘Oh, you’re and those in the community who also had not good-looking enough, you’re not sexy relationships like mine that weren’t recog- enough.’ Most people were delighted and nized and didn’t have rights, as well as try really wanted to do it.” She did work to make sure the couples to educate people who didn’t understand,” represented the full diversity of the comProud said. “And that is still my goal. It munity. was fortunate in a way that the political “[Diversity] was a big goal of mine. I landscape changed so quickly when it did wanted to make sure I represented all of in 2013. It made me put the pedal to the the consonants: the Ls and the Gs and the metal. I felt like I can’t wait any longer, Ts and the Qs, and as many colors as I I have to put out this book right now. I could. I wanted to make sure that the had a long list of people who wanted to be community was fully represented.” photographed and I just didn’t have any Proud presents the photographs in “First more time to get to them.” Comes Love” in black and white to break At first, Proud intended to only feature down the stereotypical rainbow imagery couples that have been together for 20 often associated with the community. years or more. She said that what started as a project But the volume of couples eager to get focusing on same-sex relationships has in involved shifted that focus. many ways captured a pivotal moment in “That changed pretty quickly because LGBT history. there were so many couples who had been “I set out to do this personal project not together between 10-20 years,” she said. knowing exactly where it would end up. “When I looked at the demographic, the The result is now I have an incredibly hispeople who had been together for 20 years document. I have the Proposition torical were an older generation and I wanted to 8 couples, both of them. I have Edie make sure to appeal to a younger audience Windsor. I have Barbara Gittings and Kay as well, to tell these younger couples that Tobin Lahusen. I have Bishop Robinson. you can be in a relationship that lasts that I have a lot of people who are very promilong. But other than that, there wasn’t a nent and still alive in our community right now at this historical moment. I think having all that gathered together in one volume is a good thing. Historically, it’s going to be a great thing to have around.” The University of the Arts hosts an opening event and book launch for “First Comes Love” featuring a live performance of the “First Comes Love” theme song by Michael Biello and Dan Martin, one of the couples in the project and book, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Hamilton and Arronson Galleries, 320 Broad St. The exhibition runs Sept. 26-30. For more information, visit www. bproudphoto.com or www.firstB. PROUD BEHIND THE CAMERA comeslove.org. ■

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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. Fridays and

Mondays at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce streets. ■ Community meets 8 p.m. Thursdays at Holy Communion Church, 2111 Sansom St. Gay and lesbian, but all are welcome. ■ GLBT Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7 p.m. Sundays and 8 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 100 W. Windsor St., Reading; 610-374-7914. ■ Living Sober meets 8:30 p.m. Saturdays at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220. ■ No Other Way Out meets 11 a.m. Sundays at William Way. ■ Night Owl meets 11:30 p.m. daily at the William Way. ■ Sober and Gay meets 8:30 p.m. SundayFriday at William Way. ■ Young People’s AA meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St.; 215-735-1416.

Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)

■ Meets 7 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday,

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Thursday at William Way.

Mental-Health Support

■ Pink and Blues, a free peer-run mental-

health support group for LGBT people, meets 7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; 215627-0424. ■ Survivors of Suicide Inc. meets 7:30 p.m. the ﬁrst Tuesday of the month at 3535 Market St., Room 2037 and the second Wednesday at Paoli Memorial Hospital, 225 W. Lancaster Ave.; 215-545-2242, www. phillysos.tripod.com.

HIV/AIDS Mondays: ■ Positive Brothers, a self-help, support and empowerment group for sexual-minority men of color with HIV/AIDS meets 6-8 p.m. at 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-851-1975. Tuesdays: ■ A 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; 215-769-3561; bebashi.org. ■ Encuentros, a group for HIV-negative Latino men who have sex with men, meets 6 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-3382. ■ Feast Incarnate, a weekly ministry for people affected by HIV/AIDS, meets 5 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-387-2885. ■ A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Mazzoni Center, 21 S. 12th St.; 215563-0652 ext. 235. Wednesdays:

■ Project Teach, a peer-education and

empowerment program for people living with HIV/AIDS, meets 3-5 p.m. at Philadelphia FIGHT, 1233 Locust St.; ﬁght. org.

Thursdays:

■ A support group for HIV-positive men

and women meets 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope; 215-769-3561. ■ Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for those infected or affected, meets from 7-9 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St.; 215-848-4380, azaklad@craftech.com. Saturdays:

■ AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth

support group meets during the school year at varying times and locations; 800-8106776.

Debtors Anonymous

■ Meets 7-8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at

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Community Bulletin Board Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday. ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044, center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. MondayThursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

■ Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. Activities held 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays.

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday-Friday Library: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Volunteers: New Orientation, first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

the William Way Center.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

■ Open meetings 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 7 p.m.

Fridays at Hahnemann University Hospital, 245 N. 15th St.; 215-514-3065, www. oa.org. ■ Meets 11 a.m.-noon at William Way.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221

S.A.R.A.

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851

and evening hours; 215-563-0663 ext. 282.

■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513

■ Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment, day

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

■ Meets 7:30 p.m.Thursdays at All Saints

Church, 18 Olive Ave., Rehoboth Beach, Del.; 302-542-3279.

Health

Alder Health Services provides LGBT health services on a sliding-fee scale; 100 N. Cameron St., Ste. 301 East, Harrisburg; 717233-7190 or 800-867-1550; www.alderhealth. org. AIDS Care Group/Sharon Hill Medical provides comprehensive HIV services in Delaware County, including primary and preventative medicine, dental care, STI and HIV screenings and treatments, women’s health care, drug and alcohol counseling and treatment and mental health counseling and treatment at 907 Chester Pike in Sharon Hill and 2304 Edgmont Ave. in Chester; 610-5831177 or 610-872-9101; aidscaregroup.org or sharonhillmedical.org. Congreso de Latinos Unidos provides anonymous, free HIV testing with Spanish/English counselors, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 3439 N. Hutchinson St.; 215-763-8870 ext. 6000. HIV treatment: Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents available 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 available at 13-19 MacDade Blvd., Suite 109, Collingdale, N.J., no appointment needed; 610-586-9077. Philadelphia FIGHT provides HIV primary care, on-site lab services, clinical trials, case management, mental-health services and support groups for people living with HIV regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, 1233 Locust St., fifth floor; 215-985-4448, www.fight.org.

■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization, Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison: Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-6869980, helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

Key numbers

of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833

■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org

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

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-686-3318

■ GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization: 215-8511822 ■ LGBT Elder Initiative: 267-5463448; info@LGBTEI.org ■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; ■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658

■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); 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)

■ Parents, Families and Friends

Health

Anonymous, free, conﬁdential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870. ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088, www. actionaids.org. GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871, www.galaei.org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1821. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia Board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; free referral service at 215-6279090, www.galloplaw.org. ■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly busi-

108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077. Mazzoni Center LGBTQ counseling and behavioral health services, HIV/ AIDS care and services, 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, as well as youth drop-in (ages 14-24) 5-7p.m. Wednesdays; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Philadelphia FIGHT Comprehensive AIDS service organization providing primary care, consumer education, advocacy and research on potential treatments and vaccines; 1233 Locust St.; 215-985-4448; www.fight.org. Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm. Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups nesses and professionals; 215557-0190, www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com. ■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgja. org/philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus Regional organization dedicated to promoting LGBT tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region, meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; 215-8402039, www.philadelphiagaytourism.com.

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