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Protests, meetings address racism in the Gayborhood By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

PIE PARTY: Staff of Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance celebrated the kickoff of MANNA’s 20th-annual Pie in the Sky initiative Sept. 29 at the organization’s headquarters; this marked the last kickoff at that location, as the agency is moving to a new building early next year. MANNA is offering five pie flavors — caramel and chocolate cheesecake, apple, pumpkin, sweet potato and pecan — which this year will be baked directly at MANNA headquarters. The organization hopes to raise $250,000 from pie sales, which will support the delivery of nutritional Thanksgiving meals to clients facing life-threatening illnesses. Pies can be ordered online (www.mannapies.org) and picked up Nov. 22 or 23 at more than 40 locations throughout the region. Photo: Scott A. Drake

The local LGBT community continues to organize to address allegations of racism in the Gayborhood, days after video surfaced of a local club owner using racial epithets. The YouTube video of ICandy owner Darryl DePiano set off a frenzy of protests and calls for boycotts, coming on the heels of allegations of racist dress-code policies at Gayborhood locales like ICandy and Woody’s. The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations will hold a formal hearing to address complaints about such policies Oct. 25. The announcement of the hearing came the day the video of DePiano was made public, but Office of LGBT Affairs Director Nellie Fitzpatrick said plans for the hearing were already in the works. “The video will absolutely be part of the hearing — it can be testified about by anyone wishing to discuss it — but the hearing is a result of the system working,” Fitzpatrick told PGN. “It’s a result of people filing complaints and the Commission on Human Relations stepping up to have a

public hearing to do their job. The purpose of the hearing is to create a formal record of instances of racial discrimination that will be used by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations to combat racism throughout the LGBT community. This is formal government action that is a result of complaints being filed.” The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. at Liberty Resources, 112 N. Eighth St., Suite 600. For more information, call 215-6864670 or email pchr@phila.gov. A meeting was also scheduled for Oct. 6 at William Way LGBT Community Center to address racism in the local LGBT nightlife scene. It was planned by Braden Chapman and Vincent Leggett. PGN went to press on this edition the night before the meeting but will provide updates at www.epgn.com. Protestors assembled and briefly entered ICandy Sept. 29, hours after a YouTube user called Gay by Gay posted a clip showing DePiano using the “n” word when complaining about patrons asking for drink passes. DePiano confirmed he made the comments three years ago and apologized on his personal and PAGE 59

Despite hurricane threat, OutFest expects crowds By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com This weekend could be plagued by rain, as Hurricane Matthew moves up the East Coast, but the Gayborhood celebration in honor of National Coming Out Day is still set to happen as planned Oct. 9. “Most of our reactions cannot be done until day-of,” said Franny Price, executive director of Philly Pride Presents, the organi-

zation that hosts OutFest. “At this point, all we can do is pray that [the hurricane] goes out to sea. If it’s a shower or two, we don’t care. People still come out.” Price said she would consult the vendors the morning of Oct. 9 to see how they feel about continuing if the hurricane hits our area. Many have tents ready to use. She said she expects people from outside the city would still come for the event. “With OutFest, you can actually run into a

club,” she said. “There are restaurants.” Price said people could eat and drink while they wait for any inclement weather to pass. There is no rain date for OutFest because the fall is full of other LGBT community events, she said. New this year, OutFest will feature a food court at 12th and Spruce streets with more than a dozen vendors and food trucks. Several years ago, Chipotle provided burritos for Philly Pride Presents to sell at

OutFest. The organization could keep the proceeds, which usually totaled $1,200. For the first time, OutFest attendees will receive coupons to visit one of 41 Chipotle restaurants in Philadelphia and the surrounding area including southern New Jersey. On National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, Chipotle will donate 50 percent of its sales to Philly Pride Presents. Another LGBT fundraiser will be across PAGE 34 the street from the André

LGBT History Month PGN Exclusive: Hillary Clinton addresses LGBT equality PGN reached out to the Democratic and Republican candidates for president, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, to discuss LGBT issues in advance of next month’s election. Clinton provided PGN this exclusive op-ed detailing her LGBTrights record and her goals for future LGBT-equality efforts. The offer remains

open for Trump. This is the first time a major-party presidential candidate has written an op-ed for an LGBT newspaper. As such, this piece will kick off our annual LGBT History Month Project coverage, which will run weekly through the end of October. PAGE 5

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Sims scrutinized for travel expenses and speaking fees By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com State Rep. Brian Sims, Pennsylvania’s first elected openly gay lawmaker, will make a “routine amendment” to his Statement of Financial Interests regarding an April 2015 trip to Seattle to speak at Microsoft, according to Dan Siegel, a political consultant working with Sims. Adam Bonin, Sims’ lawyer, told PGN he expected those updates would be filed with the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission by the end of the week. Both said Microsoft paid for Sims’ flight and hotel, which amounted to more than $650, the minimum that triggers a requirement to report it to the state. Neither could immediately confirm the exact value of the trip. Sims spoke about how the business could be more inclusive of members of marginalized communities, according to a statement from the legislator’s team. “It was an oversight,” Siegel said. “He conflated it with a personal trip he made within months of that trip.” A friend provided airplane tickets to the West Coast for a separate personal visit. A story published Oct. 3 by City & State Pennsylvania, a monthly publication covering politics that expanded from New York this year, indicated that a tipster raised questions about improper reporting

of thousands of dollars in travel reimbursements last year. The publication said its investigation further found Sims collected more than $53,000 in speaking fees since his election in 2012. Sims was in committee hearings with the state legislature Oct. 4 and unavailable for comment. Rob Caruso, executive director of the State Ethics Commission, spoke generally with PGN about Statements of Financial Interests. He did not evaluate Sims’ case directly. Caruso said the commission conducts an informal review of any amended financial statements. “The commission generally will accept that amended filing,” Caruso said, unless someone contacts the commission to report a potential conflict of interest, which could trigger a formal inquiry. The inclusion of previously unreported flight and hotel costs in the statement “in and of itself wouldn’t raise a red flag,” Caruso said. But he noted Section 1103 D of the Ethics Act, which states, “No public official or public employee shall accept an honorarium.” “I don’t think that gives a whole lot of wiggle room for being paid for a speaking arrangement,” he said. The statement from Sims’ team said the speaking arrangements mostly took place at colleges. Sims has spoken frequently

about his experience as an openly gay football player in college and other LGBT issues. “For years preceding his being elected he was regularly invited to speak at institutions of higher learning and Fortune 500 companies about issues relating to equality and representation,” the statement said. “… Since becoming the first member of the LGBTQ community ever elected to

“In an abundance of ethical caution, Rep. Sims secured approval from the Counsel of the House Democratic Caucus before continuing his speaking engagements.” the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Brian has attended these speaking engagements less frequently … In an abundance of ethical caution, Rep. Sims secured approval from the Counsel of the House Democratic Caucus before continuing his speaking engagements … These speeches do not address his legislative role at all.” Sims also received scrutiny for a trip

to Israel with other state legislators and to Tanzania for a charity climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro. He told City & State Pennsylvania he paid for the travel with campaign funds. To the best of his knowledge, Bonin said, the money came from Sims’ state campaign account, not what was raised for his attempted run for Congress last year. “Candidates can use campaign funds under the election code for anything that can influence the outcome of the election, as well as … for charitable efforts,” Bonin said, noting politicians have bought tickets for charity events or placed ads in programs with campaign funds. He said the trip to Tanzania “very comfortably fits in that longstanding precedent.” Sims traveled there to raise money for the Military Assistance Project, a veterans’ charity. It’s headquartered at 20th and Market streets in Philadelphia, which Bonin noted is part of Sims’ district. Event organizers told City & State Pennsylvania that Sims raised $7,000 for the Military Assistance Project. Bonin said the Israel trip was relevant to Sims’ role as a legislator. He added Sims could justifiably spend campaign funds on an activity that helps him become a better legislator, and therefore stand a better chance at reelection. n

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Dem presidential candidate addresses LGBT equality By Hillary Clinton More than half a century ago, at Independence Hall, participants at the first Annual Reminder march picketed, chanted and sang. They did this to show their fellow Philadelphians that the LGBT community lacked fundamental civil rights. In the decades since those protests, our country has come a long way. Marriage equality is the law of the land. This year, the last state law prohibiting same-sex couples from adopting was finally struck down. And President Obama signed an executive order protecting federal workers from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. We should celebrate that progress. But the simple truth is that even now, in 2016, there are still too many states in America where LGBT people can be fired or evicted from their home because of who they are or who they love. Pennsylvania is one of them. Here, you can get married on Sunday and fired on Monday, just for being gay or transgender. That goes against everything we stand for as a country. We need to act on the federal level to take on discrimination in all its forms. That’s what I’ll do as President — with your help.

But first, we have to win this election. Donald Trump must not be elected president. He would rip away so much of the progress we’ve made. He would appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn marriage equality and rescind many of President Obama’s executive orders — including those protecting LGBT people. It’s not just Trump’s policies that reveal the kind of president he would be. So does his choice of running mate. Mike Pence is one of the most anti-LGBT public officials in America. As governor of Indiana, Pence supported a bill that legalized discrimination against LGBT people. As a member of Congress, he voted against expanding the definition of hate crimes to include sexual orientation and gender identity. He opposed the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” saying doing so would be “social experimentation.” And he’s said that homosexuality would bring about “societal collapse.” That’s why the stakes in this election are so high. If I’m fortunate enough to be elected president, I’ll protect the progress we’ve fought so hard to achieve — and I’ll keep fighting until every American can live free from discrimination and prejudice. That means working to pass the Equality Act. It would finally provide LGBT people full federal nondiscrimination pro-

tections in housing, employment and so much more. I know that differences of opinion on LGBT equality still exist in the hearts of some Americans, but they should not exist under our laws. As president, I’ll be your partner in bringing about the vision of the inclusive nation that advocates, activists and allies have been seeking for decades. I also believe we must address the ongoing issue of violence against the LGBT community. LGBT people are now more likely than any other group to be the target of a hate crime. America saw the effects of hate in Orlando, with the attack on the Pulse nightclub — the deadliest mass shooting by a single person in our history. The danger is compounded for LGBT people of color, who face intersectional pressures and dangers, particularly transgender people of color. Last year, more than 20 transgender women were killed in America. Recently, three were murdered right here in Philadelphia. We need to stop the violence and save LGBT lives. We need to collect more data around gender identity and sexual orientation in hate crimes, so we can stop them in a smarter, more effective way. And we need to finally pass common-sense reforms to address the gun violence epidemic. Along with the vast majority of Americans, I believe that we can protect

the rights of law-abiding gun owners while still making sure that guns don’t fall into the wrong hands. Finally, we need to continue our fight to achieve our goal of an AIDS-free generation. HIV and AIDS still disproportionately impact gay and bisexual men, communities of color, transgender people and young people. We need to increase research, expand the use of effective prevention medications like PrEP, cap outof-pocket drug costs and reform outdated HIV-criminalization laws. Like many, I’ve lost friends and loved ones to AIDS. We owe it to them — the people we love and miss, and the people whose names we’ll never know — to continue this fight. As First Lady and Senator, I fought to significantly expand funding for AIDS research. As Secretary of State, I changed the rules so that State Department employees in same-sex relationships were treated the same as their colleagues and so that transgender Americans could obtain passports that reflected their true gender identity. So these fights aren’t new to me. And as president, I’ll keep fighting for LGBT rights, because — as I told the world in one of the most important speeches I gave as Secretary — they are human rights. And I won’t quit until all our laws reflect that basic reality. n

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D.A.’s Office: We don’t have ‘actual’ Morris 911 recordings By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com In an attestation filed last week, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said it doesn’t have any “actual” 911 recordings pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident. The attestation was filed with the state Office of Open Records, which is reviewing an open-records dispute between the D.A.’s Office and PGN. The Sept. 30 attestation doesn’t define the term “actual” in relation to Morris 911 recordings, thus it remains unclear what the D.A.’s Office denies having. From other language in the attestation, it’s possible the D.A.’s Office is denying that it has Morris 911 recordings that originated

internally at the office. Typically, 911 recordings originate at the city’s 911 call center, which the D.A.’s Office doesn’t operate. In November 2015, PGN requested a certified copy of all Morris 911 recordings in the D.A.’s possession. Morris was a transgender woman found with a fatal head wound in 2002, shortly after a Center City courtesy ride. Her homicide remains unsolved. In 2008, city officials released dozens of Morris recordings, but the recordings never were certified by Philadelphia police. Some of the recordings appear to have been altered. In 2009, PGN gave the D.A.’s Office a transcript of dozens of 911 recordings believed to pertain to the Morris incident.

Last year, after PGN requested a certified copy of all Morris 911 recordings, the D.A.’s Office returned a copy of the transcript, but declined to certify any recordings contained in it. Last week, the D.A.’s Office also submitted an eight-page letter to the OOR, urging the agency to dismiss PGN’s appeal. The D.A.’s Office cited a 2012 ruling by Judge Idee C. Fox, which denied PGN’s request for Morris 911 recordings assembled by the D.A.’s Office during its 2003 Morris probe. PGN’s position is that Fox’s ruling is irrelevant because the D.A. has indicated that it doesn’t have any Morris 911 recordings. In its Sept. 30 attestation, the D.A.’s

Office stated that PGN’s requests for Morris 911 recordings over the years have been “disruptive” and an “unreasonable burden” on the agency. PGN counters that vague and ambiguous filings by the D.A.’s Office have resulted in protracted litigation pertaining to Morris records. PGN also filed an open-records request with the D.A.’s Office for computer-aided dispatch records pertaining to the Morris incident. That case is pending in Commonwealth Court. In 2013, after a 10-year review, the city’s Police Advisory Commission took an unprecedented step of recommending state and federal probes of the Morris case. But so far, no state or federal agency appears to be investigating the case. n

Sex workers, allies to discuss health, legal concerns Members of Project SAFE and the Philadelphia chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project will host a listening session this month to discuss the state of harm-reduction efforts in the city, specifically relating to health and legal concerns. Action Wellness is also collaborating on the event that takes place from 1-3 p.m. Oct. 28 at the organization’s office on the sixth floor of 1216 Arch St. The focus will be on two projects: Law Enforcement-

Assisted Diversion, called LEAD, and the Patient Advocacy Project. LEAD is a community-based program started in Seattle in 2011 to address racial disparities in law enforcement. Instead of relying on the criminal-justice system, it focuses on putting resources toward public health and human-service needs like addiction, mental illness, homelessness and extreme poverty. The Patient Advocacy Project is a new initiative pro-

posed by Project SAFE to tackle barriers to medical care for people who engage in sex work or use substances. The project would seek to connect them with volunteers with knowledge of the medical system. The volunteers will advocate for the people they work with and educate medical staff. For more information, look up “Listening Session: Structural Barriers to Healthcare Access” on Facebook. n — Paige Cooperstein

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Local LGBT softball team overcomes obstacles to win World Series By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com When it was heading into the double-elimination round of the 2016 ASANA World Series last month, Nick’s Bar and Grille, a Philadelphia team in the City of Brotherly Love Softball League, was ranked 16 out of 21. The travel team had faced tough opponents during their five tournament-opening pool-play games. yet remained resilient throughout. “We used pool-play games to test different field [and] lineup combinations to see which would be the most effective for the double-elimination round,” said Kristin Grubb, a manager and player for the team. Eight regular-season players from Nick’s were competing at the World Series in Kansas City with three pick-up players each from other CBLSL teams: The Ninjas and Sunday’s Hangover, the team that won when Philadelphia hosted the World Series in 2011. Nick’s soon found its footing. The team won game after game until it was set for a final face-off against a home team, the Kansas City Platinum. It took clutch hit-

nobody expected to win. To win it and go undefeated and have everybody play a vital part, that’s the biggest thing for me. I was in tears at how much everybody had each other’s backs.” Hunsberger was one of the pitchers in the team’s nail-biting final game. Normally an outfielder, she had pitched the first 10 games of the World Series and started in the 11th and final game. Her arm started to fatigue after four days of pitching. Tami Sortman, who hadn’t pitched for three years, stepped in until she had to catch a flight home — the result MEMBERS OF NICK’S BAR AND GRILLE TEAM AT THE ASANA WORLD of a rain delay from earlier SERIES Photo courtesy of: Jennifer Brown in the tournament. Nicole Bangert threw the finishting, phenomenal defense, three including players from CBLSL pitchers and an extra inning played teams Bad Reputation and Dental ing pitches. with International Tie Breaker Prestige, which hadn’t advanced “The championship win was rules — meaning a runner was to the end of the competition. hard-fought and exciting, filled automatically placed on second Everybody crashed into the with intense moments,” Grubb said. “Each and every player conbase to accelerate the opportunity mound to celebrate, Grubb said. to score — for Nick’s to clinch the Chrissy Hunsberger, another tributed to our team’s success. championship with a score of 6-5. player for Nick’s, added, “We The fact we used three non-every More than 100 people watched, were a scrappy little team that day pitchers to get the win shows

the resilience demonstrated by our team throughout the tournament.” “It was very exciting for us,” added Jennifer Brown, CBLSL women’s division commissioner, noting Nick’s team was “really playing well, everything was clicking, firing on all cylinders.” Brown, women’s commissioner for the past four years, said it’s rare for a team to win every game in double-elimination. She said no other CBLSL women’s division team has done it in the last five years. Grubb said the victory is not just for Nick’s, but the whole CBLSL. She said “camaraderie” is a big part of why they all compete in the league. The teams hang out on and off the field. All three women also said the Philadelphia community was integral to their success. Many people fundraised to defray travel costs for the CBLSL teams that competed in Kansas City. The 2017 ASANA World Series will take place July 4-9 in Austin, Texas. The CBLSL fall season is in progress and the regular season starts in April. For more information or to join, visit www.cblsl. org. n

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Action Wellness looks back on 30-year legacy, celebrates expanded future By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com

Ann Hampton Callaway, a singer-songwriter and Broadway performer, will entertain the guests at 8 p.m. She’s best known In 1986, a homeless man with HIV was for writing and performing the theme denied entrance to a hospice facility in song to the television show “The Nanny.” Callaway also South Philadelphia. written Kevin Burns, serving as the man’s volun- has teer buddy, worked hard with Anna Forbes, songs for Barbra one of the first employees of the organiza- Streisand. tion then called ActionAIDS, and eventu- “It is a full ally located another place to offer care. The evening and it should be fun,” man died soon after. “The first few clients, I don’t think I Burns said. added worked with any of them more than six He months before they died,” said Burns, the he looks back man who this month will help celebrate the fondly on the 30th anniversary of the organization now o r g a n i z a t i o n which called Action Wellness. He became the with he spent three KEVIN BURNS AT THE executive director in 2005. “It was such a different time,” he said. decades. Burns JUNE PRESS EVENT “We had problems finding doctors. For said he didn’t ANNOUNCING THE ORGANIZATION’S people who died, it was next to impossible intend for it to find a funeral home to bury them. It was to become his NAME CHANGE. Photo: Scott A. Drake life’s work, but a war.” Burns said the organization initially did a he’s proud of it, lot of bereavement work and helped people especially the volunteer buddy program, die with dignity, adding, “Today, we get which is one of the few that has survived people into good care [and make sure] they in the city. Burns said it remains part of the have access to medical services and afford- “heart and soul” of Action Wellness. “We’re able to walk with people through able housing.” ActionAIDS changed its name to Action their journey with wellness,” he said. Wellness in June and expanded its mission Hagan also feels proud to see the orgato include services for people with chronic nization sustained for so long. She started at Action Wellness 26 years ago as a illnesses beyond HIV/AIDS. Deputy executive director Beth Hagan mental-health specialist. Later she became director of client sersaid Action Wellness vices, before assuming sees a lot of people ActionAIDS changed her current role as depwho have psychosouty executive director cial, housing or men- its name to Action tal-health concerns. Wellness in June and in 2014. She said the organi Burns said the zation has changed in 30th-anniversary gala expanded its mission “size and scope” since aims to celebrate the to include services for her early days. Hagan past, including the legaremembered accomcies of the early clients people with chronic panying some of her who signed up for clin- illnesses beyond HIV/ early clients to doctors’ ical trials and helped appointments. Later, the community make AIDS. the work turned to makstrides for better care in HIV/AIDS today. Several former staffers ing sure they could lead long-term, productive lives. are expected to attend the gala. It takes place 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Around 1996, Positive Action started at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the the organization. It was a program to help Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building, 128 N. people with HIV return to their jobs and Broad St. Tickets run between $150-$250, stay employed. depending on seating and VIP accommo- “Years ago, that was never on the radar dations. They’re for sale at www.action- that people would be well enough to be in the workforce,” Hagan said. wellness.brownpapertickets.com. Guests will sit down to dinner and three She added later, “In terms of how we’ve community members will receive awards: grown, it’s always about helping people get Matt Flynn, a local artist, who will pro- services they need and removing barriers to duce a piece for the Action Wellness lobby; care … I think our strength and expertise Randi Sirkin, of the Starr Restaurant has always been around the social-work Group, who has been a longtime supporter piece. To expand that to other populations of Dining Out for Life, an AIDS fund- who are economically or socially disenraiser; and PulseCX, a medical marketing franchised, it just really speaks to how sucfirm that helped Action Wellness with its cessful we have been and hope to continue to be.” n rebranding.

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The state of the Gayborhood As debate rages at the national level between supporters of the two majorparty presidential candidates, Philadelphia’s LGBT community is seeing its own level of fervent discourse over an issue that hits close to home for many locals. For years, there have been charges that the LGBT nightlife scene is rife with racism: from dress-code policies to ID regulations to employment practices. Those allegations were thrust to the forefront of the community’s consciousness last week when a video surfaced of a local club owner using racist language. The response was swift and, thankfully, there seemed to be little debate that the ICandy owner’s remarks were not only offensive but left a shameful stain on a community that outwardly prides itself on its diversity and efforts to advance equality for all. PGN is among the organizations that took a firm stand on this issue; we ended our advertising relationship with ICandy and will no longer sponsor events held at the venue. We cannot condone the actions of a business owner who displays such overt racism, the carelessness of the language clearly indicating underlying attitudes incompatible with being a leader in the LGBT business community. Now, the question is where to go from here. For us, the answer is to listen. Most importantly, we need to listen to our community members about other, less-overt instances of racism they have faced — and how that treatment has impacted them. We need to listen to nightlife leaders about obstacles they see in eradicating racism from their establishments. We need to listen to city officials about what they are doing to combat racism. And we need to truly listen, not just hear while we formulate our own defensive reply. The comments made by ICandy’s owner are, of course, indicative solely of one man’s thoughts, but the ease at which those words fell off his tongue speaks to a larger, more pervasive problem. Addressing systemic, institutional racism is an effort going on in all corners of our country, and it’s time our community takes an active role in this discourse. n

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Hey, remember that antigay law in North McCrory said Carolina, HB2 (which stands for “hate and in a statement, bullshit”)? Well gosh darn, the whole thing “Despite offering just doesn’t seem to be going very well for a very reasonthem. able solution and Just in case you’re not up to speed, HB2 compromise for is that law that seeks to force trans men North Carolina, and women to use only public restrooms it’s obvious that that match the gender on their birth certifD.C. special-inicates, not their actual gender identities. terest political The bill also nullifies any laws that seek pressures on to ban anti-LGBT discrimination. In other elected Charlotte words, HB2 makes it illegal to make anticity officials — LGBT discrimination illegal. and even our own In a case of “Who could have possibly attorney general — again derailed common seen this coming unless their eyes were sense.” blinded by hate?” the backlash against the Note that the state’s attorney general, state was swift. The Department of Justice Roy Cooper, is a Democrat who refuses is all, “Oh, hi. Just so you know, HB2 vioto defend HB2 and is running against lates a little thing called the Civil Rights McCrory to become governor, which is Act,” which could cost the state lots of fed- why McCrory’s snit includes him specifieral education dollars. cally. Tourism, businesses, the NCAA and But let’s unpack McCrory’s big heap-oACC (no sportz ball for bigots!) and even bullshit response a bit more. First of all, McCrory’s use of the words Bruce Springsteen (“Some things are “reasonable” and “solution” and “commore important than a rock show and this promise” is disinfight against prejMcCrory is willing to back genuous at best. udice and bigotry … is one of them,” is a repeal of HB2 only if the “Delusional” more like it. Springsteen wrote) city of Charlotte agrees canceled, fled and/ Secondly, only or ceased plans for a man completely to repeal its LGBT-rights expansion. It does out of touch and/ not pay, literally and ordinance, which protects or without a heart figuratively, to disthat LGBT LGBT people from discrim- thinks criminate. people are a face In fact, according ination, including discrimiless big pressure to Wired magazine, “D.C. special-internation in public restrooms. est” group and not, “[T]he total cost to North Carolinians HB2 was passed as retali- you know, human so far from HB2 beings. ation against Charlotte for protests is slightly As for common more than $395 mil- daring to protect all of its sense, give me a lion.” That’s a lot of break. Dude … You residents. millions. signed a bill that North Carolinians has resulted in your aren’t super-happy about this huge bill, by state hemorrhaging nearly $400 million the way. The majority of them want HB2 and counting. You diverted a half-million repealed. dollars from disaster relief to pay for HB2 Thankfully, the state’s governor, Pat related legal bills. You don’t get a say in McCrory, has finally seen the light. If “sense,” common or otherwise. While McCrory may not have the power there’s one thing Republicans love more than discrimination against minorities, it’s of common sense, he does have the power money. And so McCrory has offered to to call for a special session of the legislaflush HB2 down the toilet of history, no ture to repeal HB2. And here’s the thing: strings attached. Even if Charlotte did say, “Oh, OK. We Ha ha. JK. hate LGBT people too, now,” there’s no Actually, McCrory is willing to back a guarantee that HB2 would get the ax. But repeal of HB2 only if the city of Charlotte McCrory should. May the voters of North agrees to repeal its LGBT-rights ordinance, Carolina enact the very reasonable solution which protects LGBT people from discrim- of voting him out of office. n ination, including discrimination in public restrooms. HB2 was passed as retaliation D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comeagainst Charlotte for daring to protect all of dian living in Michigan with her wife and son. its residents. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @ But Charlotte’s mayor and city council MamaDWitkowski. are all, “Nope.” And McCrory is pissed.

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Hillary Clinton’s PGN op-ed As you saw on the cover of PGN this in formation. It made for a stressful time. week, and most likely were surprised by, we Why? are running an op-ed from the Democratic At that same time, we were also in concandidate for president of the United States. tact with senior campaign representatives PGN has always sought participation for Donald Trump. Again, these connections from the presidential candidates in our elecwere made from people we came to know tion coverage. We ask both the over the years. We offered space Republican and Democratic canto allow Trump to express his didates to participate (usually it’s views in these pages, but we only the Democrat who takes up made it clear that in the end, we the mantel). We’ve been doing most likely would be supporting this going back to 1976 with the Clinton. We just wanted to be Jimmy Carter campaign. That fair and allow the Republican year we received a signed letter candidate to express views for from Carter about his LGBT our readers. positions. Four years later, when Here’s the point: Trump claims he was challenged for the nomto be the candidate of change. ination by Sen. Ted Kennedy, Clinton moved the needle with Kennedy sat for a Q & A with this op-ed, while Trump did what this paper. almost every other Republican A lot of back and forth hapusually does: refused to speak pens before something of this directly to the LGBT community. importance finds its way onto the Mark Segal Note the year when Democratic front page. The first step is that candidates for president began to we make the ask of the candidate and his or speak to the LGBT community: It was 1976. her staff. Then, we figure out what format Republicans seem to be stuck in the the piece is going to take. Usually it’s an 1970s, and that is not change. “Make interview or we’ll submit written questions. America great again” by taking us back to Those were options this year as well. the 1970s, a time in which we had no rights? It should be noted that PGN has a history That said, we and other LGBT publications of communicating with both Hillary Clinton will continue to ask to hear Trump’s views. and former President Bill Clinton, so naviThat is our job. n gating the perils of a campaign were underMark Segal is the nation’s most-award-winning stood by both sides. At the same time the campaign was deciding what form this piece commentator in LGBT media. His recently published memoir, “And Then I Danced,” is availwould take, we at PGN were being asked able on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or at to join various coalitions, all of which we your favorite bookseller. felt we could not do while this process was

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Street Talk Who's your favorite LGBT historical figure? "Frida Kahlo. She was a bisexual Mexican painter. Her style was surrealism. She had a long-term affair with Kaitlyn Boyle Geraldine barista Baker, the South Philadelphia dancer. She was bad-ass. Her husband was a chronic cheater, and she slept with every woman he did!"

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Gimme shelter I would hope you would not need me to point out that transgender people tend to live on the margins of society. It can be difficult for us to reach a lot of necessary services, including the most basic of our needs. I was reminded of this in the last week or so as I called a health-care provider. After outing myself to the disembodied voice on the other end of the line, I could hear that awkward pause as they tried to figure out exactly what to do with me. Eventually I got transferred to another employee who also had no idea how to help me, and eventually hung up on me. This experience is not uncommon. This is what is driving the battle over public accommodations — particularly restrooms — and what keeps transgender people from seeing medical professionals, seeking legal aid and any number of other services they need to survive. Our presence is, at best, something that confuses people, something that makes them want to deny the vital needs of transgender people. On top of this, transgender people, no strangers to discrimination, usually just

put up with it. We don’t reach out for care, or turn away from services when we face an all-too-familiar uphill battle. We don’t want to be viewed as a problem. We just want care. Between March-June 2015, the Center for American Progress and the Equal Rights Center performed a telephone survey of 100 homeless shelters across four East Coast states. The organizations had both a transgender and a non-transgender woman call these shelters, and then compared the answers they received. The trans woman on these calls would inform the shelter of her trans status and would indicate that she was homeless and needed shelter. She would them ask about availability, as well as if the shelter would house them with other women. The results were unsurprising, and depressing. Only 30 percent of the shelters were willing to house transgender women with other women at their locations. More than this, 21 percent refused shelter to trans women, while an additional 13 percent offered an isolated location or shelter with non-transgender men.

It is worth noting, too, that two of the four states had LGBT protections, and those states were twice as likely to provide appropriate shelter compared to states that did not. Also, shelters specific to women were more than 10 percent more likely to shelter a trans woman. Nevertheless, callers were misgendered, told they would make other residents “uncomfortable or unsafe” or were hung up on. I should also mention that this survey was held just months after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released guidelines to ensure equal access for transgender people in homeless shelters. These guidelines, enacted under HUD Secretary Julián Castro, stated that transgender people were not to be asked intrusive questions about their genital status and should not be denied access based on identity paperwork nor due to others’ discomfort with trans people. It further specified that a person’s gender identity be respected. In all of the above, the majority of shelters failed.

HUD created the 2015 guidelines in response to the LGBT Equal Access Rule issued in 2012. That rule prohibited discrimination based on marital status, sexual orientation and, of course, gender identity. The guidelines have — as of the end of September — been strengthened, with HUD issuing a final rule requiring that transgender people be treated equally in any federally funded shelter. This new rule should prevent what the Center for American Progress and the Equal Rights Center discovered last year in their survey. At the same time, my long-expired glasses are not tinted rose. I am certain that transgender people will still find themselves turned away for the same reasons, if — hopefully — in lesser numbers. I don’t think I am being cynical in an era when Kim Davis was allowed to flaunt the Supreme Court of the United States on marriage equality, or while transgender students and others are still being barred from appropriate facilities around the country, in spite of policies from the Department of Education and rulings throughout the current PAGE 59

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A three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals must decide whether antiunion claims filed by Philadelphia detective Kenneth Rossiter should be considered by a federal jury. Rossiter, who’s investigated several LGBT-related homicides in Philadelphia, says he was fired in 2011 due to anti-union bias. He’s seeking an unspecified amount in damages from the city. Rossiter is a longtime member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 5. He claims that former Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey fired him because union leaders opposed Ramsey’s imposition of a new disciplinary code. City officials say Rossiter was fired because of overtime abuses. An independent arbitrator eventually reinstated Rossiter, with full back pay and benefits. Yet Rossiter contends his firing was unconstitutional and that it sullied his reputation. In December, U.S. District Judge Gerald A. McHugh denied the city’s request to dismiss Rossiter’s suit. But the city filed an interim appeal with the Third Circuit, and a three-judge panel considered the appeal last week. The judges who heard oral arguments are Thomas L. Ambro, D. Brooks Smith and D. Michael Fisher. They appeared sympathetic

to Rossiter’s position, as presented by his attorney, David. A. Yanoff. Yanoff argued that federal law prevented Ramsey from retaliating against Rossiter simply because he’s a union member. Yanoff said Ramsey knew he couldn’t fire union leaders who actively opposed Ramsey’s disciplinary code, so Ramsey targeted Rossiter. “[Rossiter] was sacrificed due to the unlawful imposition of a new disciplinary code [that union leaders opposed],” Yanoff told the panel. However, city attorney Elise M. Bruhl said Rossiter’s constitutional rights weren’t violated, even if Yanoff’s version of events were true. “No clearly established constitutional right [of Rossiter] was violated,” Bruhl told the judges. Bruhl said Rossiter’s case involves state labor-relations laws and shouldn’t be in federal court. She said the police department couldn’t operate effectively if every labor dispute involving FOP members ended in federal court. The panel said it will take the matter under advisement. A decision is expected within the new few months. In 2007, Rossiter helped secure a first-degree murder conviction for Barry Mason, who shot to death Jamil Burton, an openly gay youth, after an alleged robbery in Center City. Mason died in prison in April 2015. n

Defendant in Keisha Jenkins murder still awaiting trial A year after transgender woman Keisha Jenkins was fatally shot in Logan, the man charged in connection with the crime continues to await trial. Pedro Redding, 25, remains in custody at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. He’s charged with murder and related offenses. His next pre-trial conference is scheduled for Oct. 13. Philadelphia police said several men were involved in Jenkins’ death. Investigators do not believe Redding was the shooter. Officials were not immediately available

for comment on how the investigation stands today in terms of locating other suspects. According to authorities at the time, five or six men assaulted Jenkins, 22, at 13th and Wingohocking streets around 2:30 a.m. Oct. 6, 2015. She was shot twice in the back during the altercation. Police said the motive was robbery and that Jenkins was not targeted for being transgender. n

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Civil case against gay-bashing trio moves forward By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

A projected trial date has been set in a civil case brought by a local gay couple against their attackers. If no settlement is reached first, Andrew Haught and Zachary Hesse’s suit against Philip Williams, Kevin Harrigan and Kathryn Knott will go to trial Dec. 4, 2017. The trio was accused of attacking the couple in September 2014 in Center City, while using antigay language. Williams and Harrigan accepted plea deals and were sentenced to probation and community service. Knott took her case to trial and was convicted of four misdemeanors. She served five months of her five-10month prison sentence earlier this year. The victims filed the civil suit this spring, requesting a total judgment in excess of $500,000. A settlement conference will be held Sept. 4, 2017, and, if no agreement is reached, a pre-trial conference is projected for Nov. 6, 2017. Subpoenas were issued last month to all three defendants. In related news, the plaintiff in a federal suit against Knott filed a response to her request for the suit to be dismissed. Norristown resident Kathleen O’Donnell in the spring filed suit against Knott,

Knott’s father and several Bucks County officials, contending the group violated her free-speech rights. O’Donnell was fired after Bucks County detectives visited her workplace investigating a complaint from Knott about O’Donnell’s online postings under the moniker “Knotty is a Tramp.” O’Donnell is seeking $5 million. In her Sept. 21 reply to the defendants’ request for dismissal, O’Donnell acknowledged that she failed to state a claim against the county itself, which she named as a defendant, and conceded to the county being released from the case. O’Donnell argued that her online comments are protected by the First Amendment, and that none of the Bucks County officials are protected by immunity by nature of their positions; she contends they acted outside of their jurisdiction by investigating and retaliating against her for her postings. At the time of O’Donnell’s termination, Knott’s father, Karl, was police chief in Chalfont, a borough in Bucks County, and is now a captain in the Central Bucks Regional Police Department. The latest filing contends Karl Knott “worked in close proximity and in the same field” as the detectives and former District Attorney David Heckler, who resigned his post last month. Heckler previously told PGN he does not think he met Karl Knott. n

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Six years later, Blahnik murder now a cold case By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com It’s been six years since Stacey Blahnik was brutally murdered in her South Philadelphia home, and investigators have “hit a wall.” “Once it’s been a bit of time, a couple of years, the investigators make the determination at that point to send it back to the Cold Case Unit,” Homicide Captain James Clark told PGN this week about the investigation process. Blahnik’s case now resides with that unit. She was strangled in her home in the 1800 block of Manton Street Oct. 11, 2010. Investigators believe her murderer used a pillowcase to commit the crime. The trans woman was house mother for the House of Blahnik. At one point, investigators did have a person of interest in their sights, yet Clark said the details did not pan out. “We had somebody we were looking at, but we couldn’t get enough evidence to

make an arrest,” he said. “For those that loved Stacey, this felt like a cold case after the first week,” said Malik Moorer, Blahnik’s partner, who contends the case wasn’t aggressively investigated. “Nobody ever communicated with us, it was passed from one detective to another. They never put together the evidence we had and the things we said. It was made a cold case.” Clark said that, once homicide cases go to the Cold Case Unit, investigators continue to re-work the investigation. “With jobs like this, they routinely go

back to witnesses, develop new evidence and things of that nature,” Clark said. “They follow up on tips that come in and are constantly working on it. But in this case, somebody knows what happened. And they need to call us.” Apart from the closure he would get from an arrest, Moorer also said it would help clear his name; he found Blahnik’s body and said he has long been associated with the case, though police cleared him as a suspect early on. “I meet people now and they associate me with killing Stacey. That’s not an easy pill to swallow,” he said. Moorer has moved to Atlanta but said he still keeps in touch with people in Philadelphia and is concerned about the rates of violence against trans women. “I went to court with a trans female friend who was raped and stabbed on Old York Road. She spoke up for herself and brought charges but [her attacker] still beat it. She’s living, and he still beat the case. So who speaks for the dead?” n

Parents, kids to share stories at annual family conference By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

to motherhood as a single lesbian. PFP executive director Stephanie Haynes said she heard Chin speak when she and a LGBT-headed families will gather for PFP board member were at the annual confellowship and fun at an annual conference ference of Rainbow Families, a Washington, D.C.-based group with a similar mission to later this month. Philadelphia Family Pride’s Family PFP. Matters Conference will take place Oct. 29 “Staceyann was the keynote speaker and at McNeil Science and Technology Center we were so impressed. We really wanted to at the University of the Sciences, 600 S. make sure we were including a lot of different voices in our conference and she has 43rd St. About 150 adults and up to 50 youth are a very powerful voice and powerful story expected to attend the conference, which about her journey to parenthood as a single includes a full day of workshops and pro- parent,” Haynes said. gramming addressing the needs of LGBT- Chin’s name recognition reflects the conference’s growth since its 2010 inception. “We have a bigger name in our keynote speaker, a lot more sponsors and registration is way up from this point last year,” Haynes said. Twelve workshops address a variety of topics particular to LGBT parents, such as legalities regarding sperm donors, tips for becoming better trans allies, legislative efforts following nationwide marriage MEMBERS OF PHILADELPHIA FAMILY PRIDE AT A RECENT equality, foster-parent POTLUCK Photo: Edith Clee and adoption options and talking to kids about social-justice issues. headed families. This year’s event will feature a keynote While parents explore those ideas, speech by writer and performance art- COLAGE, a group for youth of LGBTist Staceyann Chin. Her one-woman play, headed families, will provide all-day pro“MotherStruck!” addresses her unique path gramming for youngsters. Youth partici-

pants will be grouped by age. “It’s a safe space where they can talk about their families,” Haynes said. “Whether they have two moms, two dads, a trans parent, they’re able to be with other kids who may have similar feelings about when to come out about their families at school, how to handle Daddy Drop-Off Day at school when they don’t have a dad, and things other kids navigate as well.” On-site childcare will also be available for kids under 7. The conference has moved to different locations each year, in part to make it convenient for PFP’s members, who come from throughout the region. This year’s event features ample free parking, Haynes noted. All attendees will be entered into a drawing for a one-night stay at Hotel Palomar, a longtime supporter of PFP. New to this year’s sponsorship list is Yogibo, which makes a variety of beanbag furniture. Haynes said she first saw the products at a board member’s house and visited the company’s King of Prussia store to buy one for her own home. After the manager heard about the conference, the company signed on as a sponsor and offered to bring an assortment of bean-bag furniture for the kids’ area, the childcare space and the Treat Yourself room, which allows adults to relax with tea, adult coloring activities, chair massages and acupuncture. Among PFP’s fall programming is a trip to Diggerland USA in New Jersey, several potluck meals and a parents’ trip to GayBINGO in December. For more information about PFP or to register for the conference, visit www.philadelphiafamilypride.org. n

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was curated by a former student intern at the History Project. A reception for the exhibition will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. LGBT History Month is upon us, and Oct. 9 on campus. several organizations are joining forces Loveland noted the importance of colto make sure Central Pennsylvania’s role lege students being exposed to LGBT hisin the LGBT community’s evolution is tory — especially those who grew up in rural areas. remembered. The LGBT Center of Pennsylvania’s “So many of them don’t learn about History Project is spearheading a number LGBT history in general and certainly of programs and exhibits throughout the not specific to their own communities and regions,” he said. month of October. “They often don’t The program know their own started in 2012, history and make launched with a assumptions or take “story circle” of for granted a lot of LGBT people in the gains that have the area sharing stobeen made in terms ries and memories. of LGBT civil rights. The success of that They don’t realize effort led organizers how much effort to start an oral-hisA SIGN FOR SHADOWS BAR, A GAY tory project; volun- BAR THAT OPERATED IN HARRISBURG went into achieving teers have amassed FROM 1980-84, WHICH WILL BE ON all those results.” LGBT nearly 100 inter- DISPLAY AT “HISTORY COMES OUT” AT The views of LGBT DICKINSON COLLEGE Center is also staging its own proand ally current gram. and former Central At 6 p.m. Oct. 11, the center will screen Pennsylvanians. The group partnered with Dickinson the History Project’s footage of its interCollege in Carlisle, which now houses the view with Jude Sharp, a longtime jewelry History Project’s growing archives of pho- designer and out lesbian who lives in the tos, papers and ephemera documenting the area. A retrospective on Sharp’s work, “ART/history,” is running at the center, area’s LGBT history. “A lot of the history that is written about 1306 N. Third St. in Harrisburg, through is about the bigger cities,” said History Oct. 18. Project chair Barry Loveland. “We cer- Also ongoing is The State Museum of tainly have well-documented histories in Pennsylvania’s “We’re Here: Pioneering Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, LGBT Rights in Pennsylvania.” The exhibit, places like that, but not much has been which focuses on Central Pennsylvania’s done in the small cities and the rural areas. LGBT-community organizing in the 1970s, This is an attempt to find that history and opened in the spring and runs through record it before it’s lost. And also to get Oct. 30. From noon-1 p.m. Oct. 21, the people to realize our community’s his- exhibit curator will take part in a Q&A tory happened everywhere; LGBT people session and clips of oral-history interviews will be screened; the event, at 300 North weren’t just living in the big cities.” As it has collected those stories, the St. in Harrisburg, is free to state employHistory Project has presented them in ees. LGBT History Month initiatives since its For more information, visit www.centralpalgbtcenter.org/lgbt-history-project. n inception, and is expanding this year. Lock Haven University is a new partner that is hosting an exhibit of a selection of the History Project’s materials through Oct. 19. Loveland will give a presentation from 12:30-2 p.m. Oct. 19 at the university about the History Project. The Lock Haven partnership came about through the History Project’s oral-history initiative, Loveland said. “Two of our interviewees are a mother in Williamsport, who founded a PFLAG chapter in Central Pennsylvania, and her son, who’s been active in LGBT organizations and AIDS activism in Central Pennsylvania,” Loveland explained. “He’s a professor at Lock Haven and was very interested in what we were doing.” A 1976 PHOTO OF MEMBERS OF THE Dickinson will host the fourth-annual PENNSYLVANIA RURAL GAY CAUCUS “History Comes Out” exhibit at Waidner- AT THE PHILADELPHIA PRIDE PARADE, WHICH WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT LOCK Spahr Library, 33 W. High St., through Oct. HAVEN UNIVERSITY Photo: Bari Weaver 31. The archival material in that display

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New Hope clothing designer benefits social nonprofits with new line By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com Hindi Jain, who grew up above her mother’s New Hope boutique, last month began selling her new athleisure clothing there. Some of the proceeds already benefit Girl2B, an organization that teaches financial and social independence to girls living in poverty. All girls in the program receive shirts with “Education is Power” written on the sleeves. Jain also plans to make donations to the Trevor Project. She said she’s had friends who volunteered with the nonprofit that aims to prevent suicide in the LGBT community; they talked about how much it changed their lives. Jain’s new line, called “The Words Collection,” features casual weekend wear, yoga essentials, henley tops, long-sleeve tops and tank tops. It promotes humanitarian ideals with words in different languages

printed on the clothing, such as “sukha,” which means happiness and positivity in Sanskrit, and “peripéteia,” the Greek word for adventure. Each word is rendered in its language’s alphabet. The clothing comes with a call to action. People are advised to think of two things that make them happy when wearing the Sanskrit word or make an interesting plan while wearing the Greek word. “It’s an experience with the garment,” Jain said, adding later, “These clothes are statement pieces. They’re there to inspire positive messaging. Sometimes seeing it really does get the juices flowing in your mind.” Items retail between $38-$68. They’re available online at www.hindijain.com, as well as at Jain’s mother’s store, the Shop of India; Dig Yoga and Bucks County Dry Goods. Jain grew up around entrepreneurship and fashion. She recalled going to trade shows with her mother and watching her

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After earning a degree in international business and marketing from Drexel University, Jain started her career at clothing labels like Ralph Lauren, BCBG Max Azria and Ann Taylor, among others. She decided to branch out with her own designs so she could create a brand that echoed her ethos of ethical fashion. Jain said her upbringing in New Hope, a borough noted for its inclusive atmosphere, especially for LGBT people, inspired her to create a line that promotes equality. The Words Collection started in November with a Kickstarter online fundraising campaign. It raised about $23,000, doubling her $10,000 goal. In January, Jain traveled to India for four months to oversee the clothing production. She spent time with the “makers” to ensure they had safe working conditions and felt satisfied with the factory. “It’s a privilege to see clothing come to life in that way,” Jain said. n

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By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Visitors to New Hope this month can take a step back in history with a new pop-up exhibit that explores the Bucks County town’s legacy as a bastion for LGBT expression. The LGBT CommUNITY History Exhibit will be open weekends through Oct. 30 at 34 S. Main St. in New Hope. It is an initiative of New Hope Celebrates’ History Project, which includes digital archives at RetroScope.org and a kiosk at the New HopeSolebury Library. Materials presented at the pop-up exhibit include photos, memorabilia and interactive activities that tell unique stories of New Hope’s LGBT community. They were culled by Retro-Scope organizers Dan Brooks and Sara Scully over the last two years. “It’s important to share these amazing stories with the next generation, [to] remember

our friends who have passed and celebrate the struggles and the good times from our communities’ past,” Brooks said in a statement. Brooks is also the founder of New Hope Celebrates, which stages the town’s annual Pride celebration in May. Apart from presenting the materials that have already been collected, organizers of the pop-up exhibit hope it encourages visitors to share their own recollections and ephemera with Retro-Scope; stories can be shared on the website, as can photos and videos, hard copies of which organizers are seeking either as donations or on loan. “It’s taken me a while to really grasp the enormity of this project and how engaging it can be, and how amusing and unique the stories are,” NHC creative director Gordon Pulaski said in a statement. “With the help of the entire community, I know we can create something wonderful to share with future generations.” n

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40 years ago in PGN Gay News officially moves to Philly Adapted from reporting by Frank Broderick After nine months of publication, Philadelphia Gay News became headquartered in the City of Brotherly Love in October 1976. The paper announced its new office at 233 S. 13th St. in that month’s edition. PGN came under the purview of Masco Communications, previously GNC, Inc. Pittsburgh and Ohio editions of the publication would continue to publish separately, also under the Masco title. PGN, however, would be entirely “written, edited and published” in Philadelphia. “Since it has been so much in vogue this bicentennial year to celebrate the events of 200 years ago,” the paper’s copy editor wrote cheekily, “‘Gay News’ would like to keep the spirit going by declaring its independence.” At the time, PGN was under the direction of publisher Mark Segal, Philadelphia editor Ed Barnard, national editor Ernie Wysilek and copy editor Frank Broderick. UDel sued by advisor to gay group Adapted from reporting by Harry Langhorne Richard Aumiller sued the University of Delaware after the university refused to renew his contract as a professor because he served as an advisor for the campus gay organization. The university accused him of advocating for homosexuality and of misuse of property. The school’s president referenced critics’ reviews of two LGBT-related plays put on at the university; however, it was later discovered that Aumiller did not direct either. The president also accused Aumiller of misusing the university’s property by permitting a picture to be taken of himself in an on-campus room. Supporters were raising money for his legal fees. n — compiled by Eliana Berson

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Richard Salon at Locust and Camac streets. Salon products will be sold and all proceeds will go to the LGBTQ Home for Hope, a shelter in North Philadelphia for LGBT people without stable housing. Four awards will also be presented: â&#x20AC;˘ The Jaci Adams OutProud Transgender Award goes to Sharron Cooks. Cooks called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;extremely specialâ&#x20AC;? to win an award that pays homage to the woman who worked on the planning committees for the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference and the Morris Home, among dozens of other LGBT initiatives in the city. The award is â&#x20AC;&#x153;symbolic of the work thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been done by transgender women in Philadelphia,â&#x20AC;? Cooks said. It â&#x20AC;&#x153;is very affirming in the work Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing now.â&#x20AC;? As the only trans woman of color to serve as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention, Cooks had many conversations about visibility and nondiscrimination. She founded a consulting company called

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information, visit www.bebashi.org. â&#x20AC;˘ The Gilbert Baker National OutProud Award goes to Leon King II. King started his career litigating cases for the city of Philadelphia, ultimately landing in civil-rights cases. King went on to serve as commissioner of the Philadelphia Prison System; he was the youngest and first openly gay person to hold the position. This year, he took a job as deputy commissioner of pretrial and detention services for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in Maryland. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very optimistic about using everything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve used in Philadelphia to effectuate change in Baltimore,â&#x20AC;? King said. He said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proudest of his work in Philadelphia with inmates with mental-health concerns and inmates with HIV. He had monthly meetings with Philadelphia FIGHT, starting at the end of 2002, and got condoms put in the commissary, in addition to assisting with a network of resources to help people with HIV after they leave prison. In 2006, King and Judge RenĂŠe Cardwell

Hughes started conversations that led to the creation of Mental Health Court, which provides alternatives to incarceration for offenders with mental illness. Using a database King launched, officials found about 1,800 out of 8,000 inmates had a mental illness. Although Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current job is in Baltimore, he still lives in Philadelphia and has no plans to move. King and his partner of 31 years, whom he married last month, love their Mt. Airy neighborhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really think God has been a heavy influence in my life and directed my path,â&#x20AC;? King said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got these jobs that are very unlikely for a gay, black attorney born in Bermuda.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ The OutStanding Youth Award goes to Robert Brisbon. Brisbon was not immediately available for comment. He has worked at The Attic Youth Center. He graduated last year from Prep Charter High School and attended Community College of Philadelphia. Brisbon also works at the Queen Memorial Library in Point Breeze. n

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Few instances in the modern movement for gay and lesbian equality (what we now call the LGBT movement) produced as much controversy — and turmoil — as the New York Gay Liberation Front’s relationship with the Black Panthers, a late 1960s-early 1970s radical organization that stood for the complete overthrow of the capitalist American government to achieve equality for African-Americans. The Gay Liberation Front was the first and most radical organization to be formed after the Stonewall Riots (or Uprising) in June of 1969. I joined GLF in mid-November 1969, and by this time there was already a definite, but not always comfortable, relationship between the two groups. For many GLF people, the Panthers were a complete model for their own politics; both groups wanted revolutionary changes in society to effect equality for all citizens, but in particular the constituents of these two groups: African-Americans and LGBT people. The Panthers had many branches: a social-services wing, providing breakfasts and a literacy program for poor black kids; a publishing and propaganda branch to publish Panther papers and manifestos; a military branch that planned armed rebellions against the police and the U.S. government; and a political branch that organized conferences and meetings. It is difficult to imagine in this time of social networking and, too often, cosmetics-deep “celebrity” politics, any organization as dedicated to complete rebellion as the Panthers, or for that matter the Gay Liberation Front. And, at the same time, to imagine any two organizations working together that fit less comfortably with each other. The Gay Liberation Front took most of its cues from feminism and the feminist movement. Many of its leaders were lesbians who later formed another group of their own, Radicalesbians. The Panthers tried to uphold a street-savvy, macho, male-dominated image that often contradicted the reality that women, in the face of so much violence from the police (the “pigs” in 1960s parlance), did hold the Party together. Nevertheless, this inspired Black Panther Party leader Bobby Seal’s famous quote about the position of women in his organization: “The position of women in the Black Panther Party is prone!” A short time after I joined GLF, an inner circle in the group floated a proposal that was even more controversial than usual: As a revolutionary act, “in support of our black sisters and brothers,” GLF should donate $500 to the Panthers. (To give you an idea of how much money that was, rent on my rent-controlled, Hell’s Kitchen fourth-floor walk-up apartment was $73 a month.) The money was raised by a weekly gay-community dance at Alternate University, a large space on 14th Street and Sixth Avenue that was home to many radical organizations and their activities. Admission to the dances was $1.50. The dances were put on by a “cell,” or committee, of GLF that was itself split by this proposal. Some cell members felt that the money, since it came from the community, should only go back to it. There were young street queens sleeping on sidewalks or out on the piers on the Hudson; older gays and lesbians struggling to eat; and, also, an idea floating around that we should start our own community cen-

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ter. In addition, many lesbians felt that our money should be directly supporting feminist causes, like upholding abortion rights or providing shelters for abused women. Bob Kohler, an older very “alpha” leader of the pro-Panther faction (he was in his mid-40s; I was in my early 20s), gave an impassioned speech to the overwhelmingly white GLF membership, exhorting us that we had to give the money to the Panthers. “Think about every time you ever used the word ‘nigger’ or ‘spic,’ every time you yourself ever oppressed black people just by being white in a racist world. Think about that. That is why we need to give this money to our sisters and brothers in the Panthers.” There was more discussion, but we finally agreed and a check for $500 was given to them. It was a turning point in this explosive period of gay politics. A lot of older, oldschool activists who had been Mattachine Society members were self-righteously sure this was going to be the last nail in the coffin of the rambunctiously youthful Gay Liberation Front: These self-styled gay “radicals” were only trying to buy a politically correct version of “righteousness” — wrapped inside a distorted mirror-image of tough street credibility — by funding an organization that was from the outset under constant police surveillance. It fanned a smug reaction also within the broader gay community itself, that still shared an attitude that everything to do with blackness was outside us — and outside most “normal” human feelings as well. The gift also spurred a rush for some politically active men to join the Gay Activists Alliance, a newer competing group started by ex-GLFers who only wanted a single-issue, gay-focused organization that would appeal basically to white, middle-class men. A short time afterwards, Huey Newton came out with a speech that on one hand delighted some GLFers, while infuriating others. He said about women and gays that, because of the depth of their oppression, they could be as “revolutionary as anyone, maybe even more so,” despite the fact that, for many black men, their first gut reaction with women was “to tell them to shut up,” and with gays was, well, to — “punch them in the face.” This speech became a litmus test for many GLF men and women. It was as if Newton had given us some recognition and spit on us at the same time. In some ways, it only reinforced an image of rampant black rage toward others, reflecting, still, the endless psychological and physical oppression of black men and women. Steve Gavin, who worked with me on the GLF newspaper “Come Out!” was particularly livid. He called the donation to the

Panthers and the adoration of their macho image “oppressor-sucking.” He had come, as I did, from an impoverished background, and scoffed at many of the GLFers from comfortably middle-class origins “sucking up to the same people who oppress us.” The gift to the Panthers did cause many women to drop out of GLF, and some men to feel that we were only playing at radicalism, using a checkbook instead of walking dangerous picket lines and openly confronting the cops about violence in minority communities. What they did not see was that this was the first time that an open and actively gay organization had embraced another oppressed group, as part of recognizing a common oppression with them. The history of the Black Panthers in the U.S. was horrifying. Many of them were shot down by cops, had their homes burnt out or bulldozed, were imprisoned on phony narcotics charges, had their mail and phones tampered with and were never given credit for the good they did, at a time when it was considered normal for AfricanAmericans to live in subhuman conditions. GLF made a practice of standing with two Black Panther women held inside the infamous Women’s House of Detention on Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, on the other side of the Jefferson Market Courthouse, which later became the Jefferson Market Library. GLFers participated in weekly vigils and protests at the Women’s House of D. The women were Angela Davis and Joan Bird. Bird was arrested in 1970 at the age of 19 for being part of the Panther 21: 21 members who were accused of trying to blow up buildings in the Bronx, including the Bronx Botanic Garden. All 21 of the Panthers were acquitted. Bird was held in the House of D for months. Davis, a brilliant political theorist, actually was not, but the vigils outside the women’s prison were for both women, as well as for all the women inside. Davis was arrested in New York after being implicated in Panther George Jackson’s escape plot from a courthouse in Marin County, Calif. Jackson became the subject of Bob Dylan’s mournful dirge “George Jackson,” which became a hit song of the civil-rights movement. Davis was later tried in California and acquitted of all charges, but not before spending many months behind bars there. We now understand that Black Lives Matter. The truth was the Gay Liberation Front understood this in 1970. n Perry Brass’ 19 books include fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short stories. His latest nonfiction book is “The Manly Pursuit of Desire and Love” and latest novel is “King of Angels,” a gay coming-of-age story set in Savannah, Ga., in the Kennedy era. His work often deals with the heartfelt feelings of men and women that came from his radical roots in New York’s Gay Liberation Front. He is a founding coordinator of the New York Rainbow Book Fair and writes often for the Huffington Post. More info: www.perrybrass.com.

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News Briefing Chesco LGBT organization hosts second health fair The LGBT Equality Alliance based in Chester County will hold its second-annual health fair from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 16. The free event takes place at the Phoenixville YMCA, 400 E. Pothouse Road, Schuylkill Township. LGBT organizations, health and wellness groups and LGBTfriendly corporate partners will have booths at the event. There will also be blood-pressure screenings and massages. For more information, visit www.lgbteachesco.org.

Lib City picks location for fall fundraiser The Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club announced this week that its fall fundraiser will take place upstairs at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St., at 7 p.m. Oct. 19. It costs $25 to attend. Sponsorship opportunities are also available from $100$1,000. The fundraiser kicks off with games like Hillary Pantsuit Bingo and Presidential Trivia. Prizes include free drinks and campaign paraphernalia for

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Allentown LGBT center to help veterans sign up for benefits The Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown has partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to begin offering benefits enrollment assistance to veterans. The first session takes place 10-11:30 a.m. Oct. 19 at the center, 522 W. Maple St. It’s free to attend. Further sessions will take place at the same time on the third Wednesday of each month. The center plans to do this for at least a year, said Adrian Shanker, executive director, adding the program could continue if there is enough interest in the community. “Ensuring that LGBT veterans know how to enroll for VA benefits is core to the dream of health equity for LGBT people,” Shanker said in a statement. For more information, visit www.bradburysullivancenter. org. n — Paige Cooperstein

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International Norway eases gender-change regulations Ten-year-old Anna Thulin-Myge’s passport shows what looks like an ordinary Norwegian girl wearing her long, blonde hair fastened with a clip. It lists her first name as Anna, but under sex it says “M.” “That means male,’’ Anna said, running her finger across the document. “In some weeks I’m going to have a new passport, and then it’s going to say ‘F.’” Norway, a wealthy, progressive nation of 5-million people, recently became the fifth country in the world to allow adults to legally change genders without a doctor’s agreement or intervention. Argentina, Ireland and Denmark have similar laws. But only Malta and Norway have extended the liberalized rules to children. Provided they have parental consent, Norwegian children as young as 6 can now self-identify as male or female, effectively overruling the gender assigned to them at birth. Anna is one of nine minors in the country to have taken advantage since the new rules were adopted in June. With no requirement for surgery or counseling, the process is as easy as fil-

ing a tax return. So far, Norway has not refused a single application. Soon, Anna will receive the official letter confirming the government recognizes her as the girl she always knew herself to be. “When I was little I liked to dress up in dresses,” she said. “And play with dolls, and so I actually think that I was a girl the whole time.” Anna’s mother, Siri Oline Myge, agreed. Her daughter endured several years of confusion and rejection when she was forced to be a boy named Adrian at school, and the legal recognition means Anna can look forward to a future without suspicion and constant misunderstandings, she says. “Anna had two separate identities,” Oline Myge said. “It took a long time for her to get her confidence back.” Though Norwegian lawmakers concede that some of the questions surrounding transgender children remain unsettled, the law generated little controversy when it was introduced. Parliament members from left to right approved the legislation in June in a 79-13 vote.

Poll shows minority of Australians want gay-marriage vote An opinion poll has shown that a minority of Australians support the government’s plan to hold a national vote on whether marriage equality should be allowed. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government argues that its election victory in July gave it a mandate to hold a non-binding national vote known as a plebiscite in and said his personal beliefs had nothing to do with it.

Media Trail Alabama justice off bench for defying feds on gay marriage ABC News reports Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended for the rest of his term for defying federal gay-marriage rulings. The punishment effectively removes Moore from office without the court officially ousting him. The nine-member Alabama Court of the Judiciary handed down the punishment Sept. 30 after ruling Moore had violated standards of judicial ethics. Moore was found to have encouraged probate judges to deny marriage licenses to gay couples six months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that everyone has a fundamental right to marry in all 50 states. Moore vehemently denied that his administrative order was an act of defiance

Mass. transgender-rights law in effect According to the Boston Herald, advocates for transgender people in Massachusetts say they can no longer be legally discriminated against in public places. A new law that took effect Oct. 1 bars discrimination on the basis of gender identity in public accommodations. Key provisions of the law allow transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity. The Democratic-controlled legislature approved the bill after several years of debate. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed it into law in July. Mason Dunn, co-chair of Freedom Massachusetts, a group that advocated for the law, said the protections represent a “shining moment” in Massachusetts’ legacy as an “inclusive, welcoming place.” The group says Massachusetts is the 18th state to provide similar protections for transgender people. But not everyone is happy with it. The Massachusetts Family Institute is hoping to put a question before voters on the

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February to decide whether same-sex marriage should be legalized. But the poll recently published in The Australian newspaper showed that only 39 percent of voters thought there should be such a plebiscite, while 48 percent said lawmakers should decide the issue without a national vote. Another 13 percent of respondents were undecided. The poll was a national survey of 1,662 voters last weekend. It had a 2.4-percentage-point margin of error.

Amid threats, Haitian LGBT festival canceled Organizers of a cultural festival in Haiti celebrating the Afro-Caribbean LGBT community said Sept. 27 that it has been called off due to numerous threats of violence and a subsequent prohibition by a government commissioner. The four-day Massimadi film, art and performance event was supposed to start Sept. 27 in the capital, Port-au-Prince, but organizers said it had to be postponed as a prominent Haitian cultural institution known as FOKAL and other co-hosts were threatened with arson and other attacks. “FOKAL has been receiving threats of outrageous violence,” said Lorraine Mangones, executive director of the nonprofit Knowledge & Freedom Foundation. Jeudy Charlot of LGBT-rights group Kouraj, the main organizer of the event, said he is determined that the arts festival, geared toward the LGBT community, will be held at a later date. “There are very homophobic people who November 2018 ballot calling for repeal of the measure. Attorney General Maura Healey and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination recently issued guidelines to businesses for complying with the law.

Judge dismisses discrimination suit against Catholic home The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the former administrator of a Catholic assisted-living facility who said he was fired for his sexual orientation. The judge dismissed the suit Sept. 26 after the plaintiff, John Murphy, made a motion to do so. Murphy served as executive director of the Saint Francis Home in Richmond for about a week before he says two Catholic Diocese of Richmond officials told him he was fired because his same-sex marriage goes against church doctrine. Murphy’s request said both parties reached an agreement and that “all matters in controversy have been fully and finally resolved.” No further details on the agreement were provided.

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are against it, and the government official who is responsible for the jurisdiction of Port-au-Prince has also taken a decision to prevent the festival for now,” said Charlot. “But we still plan on holding Massimadi in the future.” Capital Commissioner Jean Danton Leger confirmed that he issued an order to block the festival, telling a local radio station it was in part to protect Haiti’s “moral and social’’ values. Leger had received a complaint in recent days from Sen. Jean Renel Senatus, who considers the event an affront to traditional families. Haiti’s LGBT community has long remained largely underground because of social stigma, although there are no laws criminalizing homosexual relations, which exist in a number of other English-speaking Caribbean islands. The Massimadi festival was launched in 2009 in Montreal by a group called African Rainbow. It has also been held without any problems in Belgium. This was the first year it was scheduled to take place in Haiti. “Unfortunately, the situation is getting more and more dramatic,” said Anthony Manuel Plagnes Paya, festival spokesman. “Kouraj members are threatened [with] death and are scared to go out.” Staff and volunteers at Kouraj’s headquarters in Port-au-Prince said they were determined not to be intimidated and believe tolerance is expanding in Haiti. “More LGBT people are coming out and accepting themselves these days,” Charlot said. “They walk on the streets very proud.” n

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Texas: More than 330 transgender inmates According to the Dallas Morning News, Texas prison system records show the number of inmates identifying themselves as transgender is at an all-time high amid greater awareness of gender issues and criminal-justice reforms. On Sept. 28, it was reported that 333 inmates currently identify themselves as transgender. Texas Department of Criminal Justice records show that compares to 67 inmates identifying themselves as transgender in September 2014. TDCJ records, as of Sept. 27, listed nearly 147,000 offenders. The Prison Rape Elimination Act requires officials to provide special accommodations to transgender inmates. Administrators must also consider an inmate’s gender identity when deciding on housing assignments. Attorney Terry Schuster, who’s written extensively about LGBT inmates, says more people who are transgender are coming out. n — compiled by Larry Nichols

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Employer pushes for dismissal of antibias complaint By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

OUT AND AGING: Staff and supporters of AARP met with members of the local LGBT community during a networking mixer Sept. 27 at Lucha Cartel. AARP representatives discussed the organization’s initiatives on such topics as fraud prevention, finances and caregiving, and LGBT Elder Initiative’s David Griffith (pictured) discussed his organization’s work with the organization. AARP will table at OutFest Oct. 9 and will participate in the LGBT Elder Summit and Celebration Nov. 3. Photo: Grace Rustia

A local employer continues to seek the dismissal of a gay man’s federal antibias lawsuit, arguing that antigay discrimination isn’t equivalent to sex discrimination. “John Doe,” a data analyst at Elwyn, a nonprofit organization, says he works in a hostile environment and he’s been denied promotional opportunities because he’s gay. In January 2016, Doe tried to file an antibias complaint with the city’s Human Relations Commission, but the city declined to process it because Doe already filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Doe sued in federal court, seeking damages in excess of $75,000 and a court order for the city to investigate his complaint. He is suing under a pseudonym, as he is HIV-positive. Antibias litigants typically are expected to exhaust their local remedies prior to suing in federal court. It remains in dispute whether Doe did. In a brief filed Sept. 16, Elwyn cited several court cases indicating sexual-orientation discrimination is not equivalent to sex discrimination. The brief notes federal laws don’t

forbid antigay employment discrimination, and urges the suit’s dismissal. Attorneys for Elwyn had no comment for this story. Elwyn’s filing emphasizes that Doe didn’t file a complaint with the city’s Human Relations Commission prior to filing in federal court. Justin F. Robinette, an attorney for Doe, said on two separate occasions, Doe tried to file antibias complaints with the city, but the city refused to process them, Robinette said. Doe is currently seeking a court order from a federal judge for the city to investigate his antibias complaint, Robinette noted. “What more can we do?” Robinette posed. “We’re trying to get city officials to do their job. The city’s position is that they don’t need to investigate my client’s complaint because it already was comprehensively investigated by the EEOC. That’s all well and good. But why can’t the city simply investigate my client’s complaint to close any loopholes that Elwyn is trying to exploit?” Rue Landau, executive director of the city’s Human Relations Commission, issued this statement: “Since this case is now under seal by the court, I am not permitted to comment on the substance of the issues.

However, as I previously stated on the procedure, counsel for Doe chose to file this complaint with the EEOC and the Pennsylvania Commission, not the Philadelphia Commission. The PCHR is prohibited from accepting cases already filed at the PA Commission based on Section 9-112 (4) of the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance. We wish counsel would have filed this case with our office. We gladly would have investigated it. But, unfortunately, it was not [filed with our office].” Doe’s suit remains pending with U.S. District Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro. His request for a court order for the city to investigate his antibias complaint against Elwyn remains pending with U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert. Elwyn is a human-services agency based in Media, with an office in West Philadelphia, where Doe works. Doe allegedly was referred to as “girl” by coworkers, warned about the “tearing” effect of anal sex, asked details of his anatomy, and repeatedly told that “all gays are going to hell,” according to his suit. “Mr. Doe has endured reprehensible and unspeakable harassment simply because he’s gay, and he truly deserves his day in court,” Robinette said. n

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weekend, after consulting with the adminisICandy’s Facebook pages. He also made a tration, she told PGN. statement about the issue on stage Saturday In her response, she referenced the office’s varied work regarding prison reform, police night at the club. But his remarks have not quelled the back- relations and other topics addressing intersectionality. She also noted that no city agencies lash. PGN announced Friday it would no longer monetarily compensate members of the public accept advertising from the club, or sponsor who advise them on community issues. events held there. Leadership of the City of She told PGN her office has an operating Brotherly Love Softball League voted unan- budget of $0. imously over the weekend to suspend its rela- After her response, the BBWC called for tionship with ICandy for two years. Philly Fitzpatrick to step down in a letter the organiPride Presents also announced the club would zation also posted to its Facebook page. no longer be promoted as a sponsor of the “You need to resign from your position and Oct. 9 OutFest; however, print materials list- therefore create space for someone who can ing ICandy as a sponsor already went to press. engage the community around transformative ICandy will also not have its usual outdoor intersectional work towards disrupting cycles of oppression,” the letter presence at OutFest. stated. Last Thursday’s pro- “You need to resign “I have the complete t e s t wa s o rga n i z e d by Black and Brown from your position and support of the adminWorkers Collective, therefore create space istration, of the mayor, o f eve r y o n e h e r e ,” which has said it will Fitzpatrick told PGN hold a protest of the for someone who can week. “I will not be club at OutFest, but engage the community this resigning.” more details were not In a statement emailed available as of press- around transformative to PGN, Nolan Atkinson, time. Representatives of the city’s chief diversity BBWC did not respond intersectional work officer, said “efforts to to requests for comment. towards disrupting build an even stronger BBWC last month Office of LGBT Affairs staged a protest outside cycles of oppression.” have been underway for ICandy and Woody’s after the clubs came under fire for dress- the past few months,” and the administration code policies that critics contended discrim- remains “completely supportive of the Office inated against people of color. The manager of the LGBT Affairs and its leadership.” Fitzpatrick added that she would have a sitof ICandy previously told PGN reports of a ban on Timberland boots was the result of a down with representatives of the BBWC, but miscommunication between management and no one from the organization has requested such a meeting. staff member. BBWC has also targeted Fitzpatrick, last “I will sit down and meet with anyone, anymonth delivering her a list of demands aimed where, any time,” she said. at addressing racism in the LGBT community Fitzpatrick also pointed to several initiatives she said she’s been working on this and city government. Among the demands were the formal rec- year, which she expects to come to fruition ognition of the impact of intersectionality on in the coming months: the establishment of LGBT people of color; the inclusion of stake- a 13-member Commission on LGBT Affairs, holders beyond Philadelphia Black Pride in an employee-resource group for LGBT city the creation of formal anti-racism strategies, employees and LGBT-sensitivity training for specifically LGBT youth lacking stable hous- city employees. ing, those who engage in sex work and those She has drafted the executive order for the not represented by major organizations; and commission, which, she noted, names racial the compensation of black and brown commu- justice as an issue for the entity to address. nity members who advise the Office of LGBT “I look at it as a systematic effort to increase the impact and effect of our moveAffairs on racism in the Gayborhood. Fitzpatrick responded to the letter this ment,” Fitzpatrick said. n

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administration. I also would be remiss to not stress the last three words in the previous paragraph. We are in the waning months of the Obama administration, and face a somewhat uncertain future as both Clinton and Trump continue to swing it out. If there’s anything the Obama years have taught me, it’s that it is not only the person at the top who does the work, but people throughout a president’s bureaucracy. It’s not that these HUD rules happened solely by Obama’s hand, but rather by dozens, perhaps hundreds, of people working in the West Wing and elsewhere. Depending on who next occupies the Oval Office, the work started prior to 2012, and

strengthened in 2015 and 2016, could be dismantled. Trans people who have seen their rights expand in the last eight years might see them be reduced, perhaps even more if we end up with a hard-right Supreme Court. Transgender people, as I reminded you, are already often on the margins of society. We still lack employment protections and face discrimination. We still have to fight for justice in scores of murders. Rules like this from HUD are huge boons for us, but are also only one more step on a much longer path. It is vital that we be allowed to continue ever forward. n Gwen Smith hates being hung up on. You’ll find her at www.gwensmith.com

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PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS — OTHER Almost Paradise, 742 Frankford Ave. • Awbry Aboretum, 1 Awbry Rd. • Caribbean Pharmacy, 3825 N. 5th St. •Elfant Wissahickon Realty, 8962 Ridge Ave. • Fantasy Island Books, 7363 State Road • Harry’s Natural Foods, 1805 Cottman Ave. • Infinity Jewelers, 3528 Cottman+ Ave. • Infusion Salon, 7133 Germantown Ave. • Morris House, 5537 Woodland Ave. • One Day At A Time, 2532 N. Broad St. • Philadelphia University KANBAR Center, 4201 Henry Ave. • Philly Pharmacy, 9475 Roosevelt Blvd. • Riverhouse Condo, 3600 Conshohocken Ave. • WCAU TV lobby, City Line Ave. & Monument Road • Weaver’s Way, 559 Carpenter Lane • Welker Real Estate, 2311 Fairmount Ave. • WPVI TV lobby, City Line Ave. & Monument Road •

LIBRARY BRANCHES Andorra Branch, 705 E. Cathedral Road • Blanch A. Nixon Branch, 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway • Donatucci Branch, 1935 Shunk St. • Falls of Schuylkill Branch, 3501 Midvale Ave. • Fishtown Branch, 1217 E. Montgomery Ave. • Frankford Branch, 4634 Frankford Ave. • Independence Branch, 18 S. Seventh St. • Joseph E. Coleman Branch, 68 W. Chelten Ave. • Kingsessing Branch, 1201 S. 51st St. • Lehigh Branch, 601 W. Lehigh Ave. • Lovett Branch, 6945 Germantown Ave. • Main Branch, 1901 Vine St. • McPherson Square Branch, 601 E. Indiana Ave. • Northeast Regional, 2228 Cottman Ave. • Ogontz Branch, 6017 Ogontz Ave. • Richmond Branch, 2987 Almond St. • Rodriguez Branch, 600 W. Girard Ave. • Roxborough Branch, 6245 Ridge Ave. • Southwark Branch, 932 S. Seventh St. • Welsh Road Branch, 9233 Roosevelt Blvd. • West Phila. Branch, 125 S. 52nd St. • Whitman Branch, 200 Snyder Ave. • Wynnefield Branch, 5325 Overbrook Ave.

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DIVA big band backs stage legend’s acclaimed show By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Broadway and tap-dance legend Maurice Hines is set to take audiences on a trip though his incredible career in show business with “Tappin’ Thru Life.” The show pays tribute to his brother, Gregory, and features music from the shows and artists who inspired them over the course of their careers, from Frank Sinatra to Lena Horne. The music for the song and dance extravaganza is being performed by Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, an all-female big band that performs in prestigious venues and festivals all over the world. “It centers on the story of Maurice Hines and his brother, Gregory, and their history in show business from when they were ages 3 and 5,” said Maricle, the out drummer and band leader for the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. “It’s somewhat chronological but it has a couple of flashbacks here

and there. It tells the story of their experiences. They had an act with their dad that was really popular through the 1960s and 1970s. It basically follows them through

their careers dealing with the issues of being in show business and the racism they experience through the Las Vegas years. It is told through music similar to that classic

Vegas era of the Rat Pack. It’s very much that kind of sensibility in the show.” Maricle said that performing a show overflowing in familiar jazz and showtune standards is somewhat of a departure from the concerts the DIVA Jazz Orchestra performs on its own. “When the DIVA Jazz Orchestra performs in concert, we do all of our own repertoire, exclusively written for us, whether it be an arrangement or an original composition,” she said. “This show is all the great jazz standards, from Duke Ellington to show tunes from ‘Sophisticated Ladies’ and ‘Guys and Dolls.’ Of course, Maurice dances throughout the show, as do the amazing Manzari Brothers. They are phenoms of tap dancing and they are reflective of how Maurice and Gregory were in their youth.” As an all-female big band, one could say that the DIVA Jazz Orchestra members can relate to the experiences of discrimination Hines talks about in the stories he tells on stage. Maricle said there are similarities in PAGE 62

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their experiences but added that isn’t why the orchestra was chosen for this show. “There are definitely parallels throughout our career,” she said. “The band is coming up on 24 years of touring and being together, and I can say as early as last week, when we were playing at a major jazz festival in upstate New York, we had some strange issues just because we were women — until, of course, we started playing and then everything is forgiven. But there’s always this initial, ‘Oh, you can’t be this or that because you’re just women.’ The band is extraordinary and the reason we’re in this show is because I’ve been working with Maurice since 1990. That’s why we work together in the show.” Younger generations might not know that big-band and jazz-music musicians were the pop icons and rock stars of their day. Maricle said that, even with all the artifice kids are exposed to in music today — in an age when pop is now dominated by dance music, computers and electronics — they are still impressed when they are exposed to DIVA Jazz Orchestra shows. “In this show, when we’ve been touring and do matinee shows, if someone brings a classroom full of kids, their jaws drop because they aren’t used to seeing anything unplugged or a completely acoustic performance without any bells and whistles,” she said. “It’s just genuine and amazing talent. And Maurice Hines is one of the few people left in show business who still does that. He’s 73 years old and he grew up in an era where if you were on stage with a microphone, you were expected to be great. The same goes for members of my band. Our mission is to be on stage and be genuine entertainers from a purely human and creative perspective without the special effects or pitch correction that pop performers use today. This is not fake. It is all real and every performance in slightly different because Maurice improvises a lot and the band solos are certainly different every

night. It’s one of those very unique things.” The run of area performances of “Tappin’ Thru Life” gives Maricle the opportunity to spend a few weeks close to home in Philly. Soon the orchestra will be back on the road touring nationally and internationally. Maricle said the group’s shared history,

creativity and camaraderie help to make the constant traveling and performing easier. “The lead trumpet player, Lisa Whittaker, and I are the original members from 1992. Many other members have been with us over 15 years — 10 of the 15 players. In ‘Tappin’ Through Life’ we’re using nine players but usually we’re 15 players. We’ve had a lot of longevity, which is great because that helps solidify the sound and style of the band when you have the same players all the time. The whole band, we’re all really good friends so having your friends with you is always fabulous,” she said. “We practice all different kinds of music. So doing fresh kinds of music that isn’t related to the show is great. You have a lot of time during the day when you’re on the road; we go to science-fiction movies together.” n “Maurice Hines’ Tappin’ Thru Life” make its Philadelphia premiere through Nov. 20 at Penn’s Landing Playhouse, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. For more information or tickets, visit www.plplayhouse.com or www. divajazz.com.

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Child’s play at Design Philadelphia By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com If you’ve got a cache of Beanie Babies or teddy bears lying around staring at the walls, this might be their time to shine again. Philly AIDS Thrift is teaming up with Pennsylvania artist Lyssa Current and Design Philadelphia to throw a plushie party Oct. 9. Don’t miss the Philadelphia premiere of Vic’s Mix — a full-length production — And no, it’s not some weird fetish thing. pulled from 15 years of repertory choreographed by artistic director Victor Quijada.It’s a lot more wholesome and cool. The event is a workshop that will give attendees the opportunity to used stuffed animals and other fun fabrics and items to create grown-up patchwork renditions of “Like a brilliant mad-scientist of dance, Victor Quijada has mixed forms and styles andclothing, messenger bags, hats, jackets or whatever else their imaginations and a lot emerged with a gorgeous hybrid of hip-hop, contemporary dance and ballet of thread can conjure up. that transends its parts and becomes something entirely new.” Christina Kallas-Saritsoglou, Philly ADIS Thrift cofounder, said she was Art & Culture Maven inspired to host the event to coincide with Design Philadelphia when she stumbled upon Current’s whimsical designs. “We usually do something with recyclable goods just because obviously we have plenty of that and it’s a great space to use what we have,” she said. “I was looking for someone to conduct the workshop and asked around. One of my volunteers had a friend and I checked out her website and, oh my God, she was the most talented creative young person in the world.” Kallas-Saritsoglou was particularly

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impressed by a photo of a quilt-like coat that was made entirely of stuffed animals. “I just fell in love with it and I asked her if she would participate. As we talked, it grew into us being able to use the stuffed animals that we get. We created it into a way to make fashion as PAGE 67

Just 6 performances available to see this hot Canadian group perform their mix of hip-hop, contemporary dance and ballet. Thursday, October 13 7:30pm Friday, October 14 8:00pm Saturday, October 15 2:00pm

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Girls Rock Philly is celebrating its 10th year with an anniversary gala and the launching of a new program for queer youth. GRP formed in 2006 as a nonprofit responding to a gap in music mentorship for preteen and teenage girls. Its first program was a one-week summer camp, and the organization has since gone on to host a number of music-education activities for girls and women that promote leadership skills, creativity and artistic collaboration.

dynamic lineup of performances.â&#x20AC;? GRP is also launching a new program, safeSOUNDS, which is geared toward queer youth of all genders ages 13-19. It is a songwriting program where participants create original music and harness their creativity for self-advocacy and social change. Foglizzo said GRP organizers realized their programs attracted a significant number of queer youth during their last few summer camps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It became more visible when we had programming specific to the age group,â&#x20AC;? she said about the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal to queer participants. Last year, Girls Rock Philly split its camp into two different sessions, one for those 9-12 and the other for those 13-18. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was in the teen group that we were able to cater to where they were growing as teens. It was then that people were able to get into deep conversations about sexuality. A huge number of students came out during that camp. We knew we needed to get programming that meets youth where they are at and meets that demand.â&#x20AC;? n

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Mission accomplished By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com While there is certainly no shortage of cool places in the city to get amazing tacos, the newly opened Mission Taqueria, 1516 Sansom St., is hitting the ground running when it comes to competing with the best of its peers. Perched above the Oyster House, the lively space has a cheerful, tasteful ’80s vibe and décor, along with quick, cheerful service. Even when Mission Taqueria is busy, the food comes to the table at a brisk pace. There’s also a not-so-subtle androgynous hipster Southwestern aesthetic among the wait staff. They have some spicy cocktails that are worth checking out. The Bee Sting ($10) is spiked with jalapeño and honey, while the Frozen ($9) cocktail is a curiously refreshing watermelon and cucumber daiquiri with an added kick of serrano chiles. Margaritas ($8-$9) can be ordered in a few different flavors and made spicy as well. Mission Taqueria has five different salsas, which can

be ordered on sampler plates of three ($9) or five ($14). The fresca, verde and habañero salsas will definitely satisfy your traditional salsa cravings, wherever they fall in the mild-to-spicy range. The pepita and the coconut-hazelnut salsas are something different all together, each having a slightly sweet hummus-like texture. With autumn upon us, the pumpkin-ish pepita should be wildly popular. The snack plates offer some interesting twists on Mexican favorites. The chicharrons ($6) are

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slightly spicy, crunchy fried pork skins and the esquites ($5) is a dish presented like deconstructed Mexican street corn: a bowl full of fresh-cut buttery corn dressed with lime mayo, chili spice and queso fresco. The Coctele de Mariscos ($12) is a ceviche of grilled shrimp, calamari and clam that was pleasantly bright and citrusy. But the tacos at Mission are the stars of the menu. They come in threes and are available with a number of fillings, ranging from goat and veal tongue to summer squash. We steered ourselves toward the grilled wild shrimp tacos ($14) and the fried mahi mahi tacos ($15). The mahi mahi tacos were crispy and tasty with pickled cabbage and jalapeño mayo. The shrimp tacos scratch the taco itch as well, with red onion and mole verde. With a range of tastes and flavors every bit as exciting and complex as its décor, Mission Taqueria is definitely getting the fiesta started in Center City. n

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Searching for space and struggling with schedules Soccer is an outdoor sport in the summer, but playing on frozen ground, ice and snowpack in air wind-chilled to 0 degrees isn’t a thing. Every year, the Falcons go in search of a recreation center to use a couple times a week for some pick-up games, scrimmages and all-around skills work. And every year they go to the closest playground/rec center to the Gayborhood: Palumbo Recreation Center at 10th and Fitzwater streets. Yet every year, they are told it’s already all full. So again this winter, the players will trudge further south to the Guerin Recreation Center at 16th and Jackson streets. So I dropped over to Palumbo to check things out and it all comes across as above-board. The traditional way for the rec centers to book seems to be that groups that have already been established get first swing to renew, which makes sense. And with a number of groups returning every year because of their school associations, it doesn’t change much, if at all, year to year. To be fair, the scheduler at Palumbo did connect the Falcons with Guerin in the first place and it continues to be a fall-back option. This fall, the group is tentatively practicing there beginning Oct. 31 on mixed days and times for a couple of weeks and then settling into a late-night 7:50-9:50 p.m. Monday/ Tuesday routine.

I was also told that Palumbo High School could be an option for one night a week or more, which is much more convenient. There is also the new gymnasium at the Marion Anderson Rec Center at 17th and Fitzwater streets, which just opened weeks ago so, theoretically, it should have a plethora of available time slots. What all this says is what we already knew: The city has limited space available for limited hours. It also points out an issue that sports groups share, which is finding available space in a convenient gym on a consistent basis. Stonewall Sports, for example, has used everywhere from FDR Park to Marconi Plaza to a spot in North Philly and Drexel University, to name a few. Keep up to date on what’s where through the winter at the Falcons’ Facebook page. Search Philadelphia Falcons. For Stonewall Sports, the website is stonewallphilly.org. Liberty and tennis for all The Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association is having an autumnal soiree 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 22 in FDR Park. The social event includes food and drinks and is open to members and non-members alike. If you play tennis and are looking for a regular group with whom to play, this is your chance to meet some people

and get involved. The courts are located just inside the entrance off Pattison Avenue near Broad Street. PLTA has weekend hours reserved for play in the park, one of the perks of being a member — that, and having a group of like-minded racketeers to contact for a game of singles. Once the nice weather gives it up to old man winter, the group moves indoors. The organization has not determined where they will hunker down for the winter. For more information on the social or to keep tabs on the group if you’re interested in joining, go to philadelphialibertytennis.org. Graveyard shift It’s time again for MANNA’s annual Run4UrLife fundraiser at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. This is a short 3K walk/ run event that begins around 4 p.m. Oct. 22 with food, games, fun and drinks for your entertainment, followed by spooky surprises after dark. The walk/run part starts at sundown and weaves through the cemetery (and I might add, it’s a classic cemetery without street lights or lighted pathways) where

sounds, sights and who knows what will jump out at you! Registration is $35 and all of the proceeds go into MANNA’s coffins. Er, uh, coffers. Go to manna.org for complete details. Short stops • Join Fresh Meat any time! Beginning Oct. 2, The Philly Roller Derby Fresh Meat practices will be rolling admission, meaning you can join whenever you want! All skill levels are allowed. You must be 18 or over to participate. Check out the Facebook event page for more details: Facebook.com/ events/440134652823548/. • One-upping the Falcons, and not a part of its overall umbrella, Starfinder is running women’s pick-up soccer 10:30 a.m.-noon Sundays at 4015 Main St. in Manayunk. Women only, 18 and over, and you must sign a waiver. There is no fee. n Get Out and Play runs approximately twice a month. To share where and what you get out and play with, email: scott@ epgn.com.

Saturday, October 15 from 10am–4pm Sample local foods of the Pennsylvania harvest, live music, arts & crafts, hay rides & more! Admission is FREE!

FROM DIAMONDS TO BEER: In several bars around the Gayborhood last weekend, including Tabu and Boxers (pictured), Stonewallers had their post-kickball beer pong cravings met. If you’re looking for an athletic boyfriend/girlfriend, hit the bars late Sunday afternoons and keep an eagle eye on the Stonewall Philadelphia indoor dodgeball and volleyball schedules this winter. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Reading Terminal Market 12th & Arch Philadelphia, PA 19107 215•922•2317 ReadingTerminalMarket.org

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The Philadelphia Gayborhood is roughly centered at 12th and Camac streets. Look for the rainbow street signs at intersections and remember to be aware of your surroundings wherever you go. 1330 Walnut St. facebook.com/ boxersphl Sports bar with multiple plasma tvs, pool table, brick oven, more!

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200 S. 12th St. 215.964.9675 tabuphilly.com Sports bar / drag shows and bar food

202 S. 13th St. 215.545.1893 woodysbar.com American-style bar food and large dance floor

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Voyeur

1221 St. James St. 215.735.5772 voyeurnightclub.com After-hours private club; membership required

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Relaxing corner bar, easy-going crowd, popular for happy hour and window watching

Tavern on Camac West of Broad Street Stir Lounge

1705 Chancellor St. 215.732.2700 stirphilly.com Fun two-bar lounge, DJ in the back, regular poker games and specials

255 S. Camac St. 215.545.8731 Piano lounge with upstairs dance floor; Tavern restaurant below is open late.

Knock 225 S. 12th St. 215.925.1166 knockphilly.com Fine-dining restaurant and bar, outdoor seating (weather permitting), piano in back room

ICandy

254 S. 12th St. 267.324.3500 clubicandy.com Three floors with a total of six bars; dance floor, lounge and rootop deck.

The Attic Youth Center

255 S. 16th St. 215.545.4331 atticyouthcenter.org Safe space and programs for LGBTs age 16-23 weekday afternoons and evenings

Pa. bars close at 2 a.m. unless they have a private-club license. Please drink responsibly.

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Anthony Mustafa Adair: Intersecting identities as inspiration “Theater is a concentrate of life as normal. Theater is a purified version of real life, an extraction, an essence of human behavior that is stranger and more tragic and more perfect than everything that is ordinary about me and you.” — Eleanor Catton, “The Rehearsal” The theater is often a place to educate, entertain and enlighten. I have to admit that I have a tendency toward escapist entertainment — dance, musicals and light comedy — but when I do go for thoughtful drama I’m rarely disappointed. That’s why I’ve decided to seek out more theater experiences this year. We have a wonderful theater community in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs with award-winning companies producing incredible shows at affordable prices. This week I spoke to Anthony Mustafa Adair about his upcoming production and his journey from University of the Arts student to working actor. PGN: Tell me a little about where you’re from. AMA: I was born in Colorado, in a little town called Littleton. Mostly raised there, but my mom works in technology so I spent a few of the early years moving around. We lived for a year in India and in Singapore for two years; I actually went to an international kindergarten there. But then we went back to Colorado and I spent most of my life there until I decided at 18 to move to Philadelphia to pursue a career in the arts. I got a BFA in acting at UArts and I’ve been here ever since. PGN: What’s a favorite memory from home? AMA: I love Colorado. If there were more acting opportunities there, I’d love to split my time between here and home. I just got back from a 10-day trip to visit the folks, and it’s just so beautiful there. The people are nice and there’s no humidity there, which is a big plus. I can handle dry heat but not this sticky stuff here. PGN: Any siblings? AMA: It’s a little complicated. I have a half-sibling from each parent: a little sister with the same dad but a different mom, and an older brother with the same mom but different dad. So I’m related to each of them, but they’re not related to each other. PGN: Tell me about the folks. AMA: My mom is a white American, like Irish and something, and my dad is a political refugee from Afghanistan. PGN: What made him a refugee? AMA: I don’t have a lot of clarity on this issue but from what I understand my family lived in Kabul, which is a major city in Afghanistan, and they weren’t super rich

but they were better off than most. I know my paternal grandmother had a pretty good job and when the Soviets invaded they were able to come to America. PGN: They got out of dodge, or in this case, Kabul. AMA: Yes, both of my parents were one of six, but my father had a brother who died there so his mother and siblings came over. PGN: So what were you like as a kid; were you dramatically bent? AMA: Yeah, I think so! I’ve always been a ham. I liked performing and getting attention but I always had more intellectual goals and interests. I always thought that I’d go to law school until I was in a show, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.” I’d never read the show or any Tom Stoppard before and it was the first time that I realized how intellectual and meaningful theater could be. I just thought theater was for fun, but I started to understand that good theater could make a difference and be just as consequential. PGN: What were your other extracurricular activities in school? AMA: I played football and track and field around middle school and in high school I was the captain of the speech and debate team. That was formative; if I could make a mandate, it would be that every kid should have to take it. It’s so empowering. It teaches you how to think critically and it teaches you how to argue your point of view. As captain, I’d recruit kids by saying, “This will teach you how to win arguments with your parents!” PGN: I never took it, but wish I’d known about it. I think I would have excelled because I’m good at seeing things from other people’s perspective even if I don’t agree. AMA: Yes, just think if everyone learned to think critically and understand the argument from the other side how much better we could all communicate with each other. Not to mention that speaking in front of people is almost a bigger fear than death to some, and speech and debate makes you feel more comfortable expressing yourself. PGN: How did you end up in Philly? AMA: I came here to go to UArts and decided to stay after graduation. It took me about a full year before I started getting cast in shows, fully mounted productions. The first was the Theater Company of Philadelphia’s production of “Disgraced,” written by Ayad Akhtar. Next was a show at Theatre Exile called “The Invisible Hand,” which was nominated for 13 Barrymore Awards, so that was exciting. And now I’ll be performing in their newest show, “Guards at the Taj,” which opens Oct. 20.

PGN: What was your worst mishap on stage? AMA: “Disgraced” was a bit of a controversial piece, and I think almost every single time we did the show we’d have someone walk out during the first scene, usually elderly couples who weren’t ready for the subject matter. When we did the talkbacks after the show, people would regularly tell us that the topic was unacceptable: “You shouldn’t be saying this stuff in public,” etc. PGN: Jeez, what was so controversial? AMA: It’s basically a show about racial politics, which is bound to get anyone riled up. It’s about a Pakistani-American guy who is married to a white, American woman and they host a dinner party with their friends — a Jewish man and a black woman — and it doesn’t go well. I played the Pakistani guy’s nephew. If you try to hide who you are, it will come back to bite you.

have varying levels in the family, from an imam to my dad who drinks regularly and doesn’t practice Islam really at all. My experience is pretty atypical. I’ve never been told, “These are the things that represent being an Afghan,” or had any conflicts about being gay. My family and friends have always been supportive. I know that being gay can be very difficult for some Muslim people in the U.S., but mostly outside of the states, where it can be downright dangerous to be gay and out. It’s not really an option for most.

PGN: As a black American, I know any time something goes terribly wrong, the first thought is, Dear Lord, please don’t let them be black, please don’t let them be black. Do you have the same kind of thoughts? AMA: Oh totally! It’s immediately, Please, please let it be a Jeff or a John! I don’t know, I’m a pretty light-skinned guy, so most people assume that I’m Italian or Brazilian or something unless they’re really clued in. So I haven’t really been affected much personally, but yeah, any time something major happens … I mean, I was in fourth grade when 9/11 happened. I was on my way to school and my mother pulled me aside and said, “You can’t tell anybody where your dad is from.” She had a very serious talk with me about how people would misunderstand if I told them about my father. I was 9 years old and getting confronted with racial politics for the first time. I’d never thought about the fact that my parents were different colors until that point. It’s also a strange sensation because when my mom said, “You can’t tell anyone that you’re half-Afghani,” it had the effect of making me want to be proud of it more than I ever had been. Obviously not being proud of anything happening with 9/11, just wanting to say, Photo: Jacques-Jean Tiziou “No, I don’t want to deny PGN: And you’re somewho I am, I want to be one who I understand self-describes as a proud, out, gay, Afghan- proud of it.” And I’d never cared about that before. It was very formative in my views American Muslim. How do those different about being a brown man. things intersect and meld for you? AMA: It’s kind of tricky because I don’t PGN: I’d guess part of that was wanting to think that those parts of my life necesshow, “Hey, we’re not all bad people.” sarily intersect in a nice, anecdotal way, AMA: Right, right. And also grasping the at least not one that’s an easily shareable power to say, “I don’t care what you think, story. I’ve never felt any pressure from my this is who I am. I’m not going to pretend family to be an “Afghan man.” My father to be something else is the least devout out of his family. We PAGE 80

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Philly subjects in spotlight of gay filmmaker’s doc on mental health By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor “Hollywood Beauty Salon,” screening 7 p.m. Oct. 10 (National Metal Health Day) at International House, is a largely observational documentary about a Germantown program by and for people in recovery for mental-health issues. Gay filmmaker Glenn Holsten chronicles more than a dozen men and women who struggle with depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia as they try to live meaningful lives and show — as one subject says — “they are more than just their diagnosis.” Holsten weaves individual stories of recovery and survival as the various subjects prepare for an annual fashion show. He spoke with PGN to discuss his inspirational film. PGN: How did you learn about the Hollywood Beauty Salon and come to tell the story? GH: I work as a freelance filmmaker and one of the nice projects I had was a corporate gig for NHS Human Services, which was the parent company of Hollywood Beauty Salon. They hired me to do a video for their foundation. I saw Rachel (aka “Hollywood”) helping Sanetta (aka “Butterfly”) and they spoke so beautifully about “taking care of their outsides as they took care of their insides.” They touched me and I knew I wanted to come back. That was the genesis. PGN: Why did you take the approach you did, telling individual stories in between a largely observational narrative? GH: I am a fan of hybrids: films that go out on a limb and try different things. The film is a total construction. It was designed from a workshop. The objectivity … it was being true to the essence of each person, and doing it in a dignified way that people wouldn’t have access to. Each person in “Hollywood Beauty Salon” shared their story because they are rarely asked to tell their stories outside a clinic. I showed examples and listened a lot. When Crystal says, “I’m a blooming flower,” I had an image of her walking down the street with flowers. Rachel wanted to tell her story of leaving her abusive partner through reenactment. That can be tricky, and expensive, and it doesn’t always pull you into the story. I worked with the animator Paul Fierlinger [to tell her story] and she liked his work. Darlene wanted to tell her younger self that the things that happened in her life weren’t her fault. The idea of casting an actress appealed to her. It was their original inspiration. I was what the mental-health folks call, “The guide on the side.” PGN: The story of Ed’s flute lesson was an amazing scene. GH: The flute lesson came after we gave Ed the flute. We approached David Cramer [of

the Philadelphia Orchestra] and he agreed to give Ed a lesson in his home. You have films like “Shine” and “The Soloist” that show [genius and madness] and I was taken aback when Ed doesn’t make a flute sound. When he does, it was a beautiful metaphor for recovery. PGN: How did you identify with these men and women in “Hollywood Beauty Salon”? GH: My mother suffered from depression and we grew up in a middle-class community that didn’t talk about it. She eventually did see a psychiatrist and he gave her medicine that did help her. I never told my mother how proud I was of her. That gave me a way of tackling a stigma that is so thick in our culture. Rachel was an elegant voice for what I wanted to say. She was all for doing the film. She and all the subjects were very brave. I wanted to honor their fierceness. Film is great for sharing what a lived experience is like, especially for folks with a disability. I cheered them on and they led me to their stories. PGN: Crystal, one of the film’s subjects, has a very powerful line when she says, “See me for who I am, and not for who you think I am.” What can you say about how your film breaks stereotypes about the mentally ill? GH: One of my goals was to talk about people, and what connects us, to make entry points into viewers. I dwell on love and family and friendship and independence and food. I feel all the film is trying to do is show that we are connected, so audience members respond to these people and shift their ideas about mental health and illness. You are cheering for them by the end. PGN: Did you have the ladies do your hair? GH: I always told Paul [one of the guys in the salon who shaved folks] that he could do my hair. They have ideas about my hair. It’s longer now and they feel strongly about it. That wig supermarket was great. It was great to go into that store that life wouldn’t have brought me into otherwise. n Glenn Holsten and various subjects from “Hollywood Beauty Salon” will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A Oct. 10 at International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut St. For more information, visit www.ihousephilly.com.

Theater & Arts The Birds Curio Theatre Company presents a stage adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s short horror story through Oct. 29 at Calvary Center for Culture and Community, 4740 Baltimore Ave.; 215-525-1350. The Bridges of Madison County Media Theatre presents the musical based on the best-selling novel through Oct. 23, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-8910100. Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies, I through VII Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the premiere of a new work by Bruce Nauman, which continues the artist’s exploration of video, sound and performance, through Jan. 8, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Cinderella The Pennsylvania Ballet performs the classic fairy tale Oct. 13-23 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St.; 215790-5800. Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of furniture designed in 1808 by Benjamin Henry Latrobe through Jan. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

VIVA LA FRANCE!: The Barnes Foundation presents “Live and Life Will Give You Pictures: Masterworks of French Photography, 1890-1950,” an exhibition of vintage prints and classic images from 1890-1950 by French photographers, Oct. 8-Jan. 9 at the Roberts Gallery, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. For more information, call 215278-7000.

David Allen Grier The comedian seen on “In Living Color” performs Oct. 13-15 at The Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555.

from the Penn Museum’s esteemed African collections through Dec. 4, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

How We Got On Azuka Theatre presents the Philadelphia premiere set in the 1980s about three teens dreaming of fame and fortune in the new hip-hop scene through Oct. 9 at Louis Bluver Theatre at The Drake, 302 S. Hicks St.; 215-563-1100.

Nikki Powerhouse The poet and author of “The Sun in the Mirror” hosts a reading 2-6 p.m. Oct. 9 at Philly AIDS Thrift at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215923-2960.

Inside Out Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of large-scale, highquality replicas of favorite works from the museum’s collection to local neighborhoods through Nov. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Look Again: Contemporary Perspectives on African Art Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition drawing

The Other Place Walnut Street Theatre’s Independence Studio on 3 presents Broadway’s new thriller about a neurologist whose life is becoming unhinged through Oct. 30, 825 Walnut St,; 215-574-3550. Plays of/for a Respirateur Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an installation by Joseph Kosuth that includes a selection of his work, along with a group of seminal works by Marcel Duchamp, through the fall, 26th Street and the

Parkway; 215-7638100. Richard Lewis The comedian and actor performs Oct. 14-15 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001. Rizzo Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the drama following Frank Rizzo’s trajectory from beat cop to police commissioner to mayor of Philadelphia through Oct. 16 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific Walnut Street Theatre presents the classic musical adapted from the Pulitzer Prizewinning novel through Oct. 23, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550. Swiss Army Man The 2106 fantasy drama starring Daniel Radcliffe is screened 8 p.m. Oct. 10 at The Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

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READY FOR “ANYTHING”: Classic folk-punk group Violent Femmes is back in action touring behind its first studio album in more than 15 years, “We Can Do Anything,” and performs 8 p.m. Oct. 8 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 1100 Canal St. For more information or tickets, call 215-625-3681.

Music The Faint The punk band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 7 at The Trocadero, 1003 Arch St.; 215-9226888. Christine Havrilla & Gypsy Fuzz The out singersongwriter performs with her band 8 p.m. Oct. 8 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215222-1400. Eddie Bruce The Philly cabaret musician and bandleader performs 5 p.m. Oct. 9 at The Rrazz Room at the Prince, 1412 Chestnut St.; 215-422-4580. Sum 41 The punk-rock band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 12 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 1100 Canal St.; 215-6253681. Drake The rapper performs 8 p.m. Oct. 13 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215-389-9543.

The Descendants The punk-rock band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 215-627-1332. Iggy Azalea The rapper performs 8 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Squeeze and The English Beat The classicalternative bands performs 8 p.m. Oct. 14 at Keswick Theatre, 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-5727650.

Nightlife Outfest Happy Bear The bear-themed happy hour, 5-9 p.m. Oct. 7 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. OutFest Come out for the world’s largest celebration of National Coming Out Day, noon6 p.m. Oct. 9 in

the Gayborhood; phillygaypride.org. Timber A free OutFest dance party, noon-7 p.m. Oct. 9 at U Bar, 1220 Locust St.; 215-5466660. Queer + Women’s Block Party Back 2 Basics hosts the OutFest party featuring beer pong and flip cup, live performances and DJs from 2-10 p.m. Oct. 9 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675. Happy Bear: Salmon Run The bears will be a-swatting 5-9 p.m. Oct. 14 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

Outta Town The Town That Dreaded Sundown The classic horror film is screened 9:45

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p.m. Oct. 7 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons The crooner performs 9 p.m. Oct. 7 and 9 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Andrea Marcovicci The singer and actor preforms the music of the brothers Gershwin 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at The Rrazz Room, 345 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888-596-1027. Gaslight The classic Ingrid Bergman film is screened 2 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228. n

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INFORMATION STATEMENT ON ACCESS TO THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

General and Special Election November 8, 2016 In accordance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Voter Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984, the City of Philadelphia does not discriminate against people with disabilities in providing access to its election process. According to these federal laws, the City of Philadelphia is required to ensure that its election process as a whole is accessible to people with disabilities in all elections. This means that polling places shall be accessible to people with disabilities to the extent that accessible locations are available within each election district. The City Commissioners designates and lists polling place accessibility in varying degrees. Polling places that fully meet all federal and state criteria are designated with an “F” for fully accessible building and an “H” for handicapped parking. If a polling place location does not fully meet these federal and state criteria but provides relative accessibility with minor assistance in entry then that location will be designated with a “B” for substantial accessibility. If a fully accessible location, that meets all federal and state criteria (designated as “FH”), is not available for a polling place in your election Division, voting accessibility will be provided through the use of an Alternative Ballot in accordance with directives issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. If you are a registered voter who is disabled or age 65 or older and who is not assigned to a polling place that has been designated as “FH”, you are qualified to vote using an Alternative Ballot.

ONLY THE FOLLOWING WARDS AND DIVISIONS POLLING PLACES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS “FH” OR FULLY ACCESSIBLE. IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED VOTER IN ANY ELECTION DISTRICT IN PHILADELPHIA, EXCEPT FOR THOSE LISTED BELOW, AND YOU ARE DISABLED OR AGE 65 OR OLDER YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FROM HOME USING AN ALTERNATIVE BALLOT OR AT CITY HALL ROOM 142 ON ELECTION DAY USING AN EMERGENCY ALTERNATIVE BALLOT: THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. REFER TO THE WEBSITE BELOW FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION www.philadelphiavotes.com ELECTORAL DISTRICT

ELECTORAL DIVISION

ADDRESS

LOCATION

ELECTORAL DISTRICT

ELECTORAL DIVISION

ADDRESS

LOCATION

3,4

6212 Walnut St.

Care Pavilion

2862 Germantown Ave.

Warnock Village

9,11

Sarah Allen Senior Housing

4349 Ridge Ave.

Falls Ridge Apts. Com Ctr

13,14

Magee & Keystone Sts.

Fire Engine # 38

44 48

8 7,22

4901 Chestnut St. 2600 Moore St.

West Phila. High School John Neuman Place

6 6 7

4400 Fairmount Ave.

Angela Court Nursing Home

40th & Parkside Ave.

School of the Future

167 W Allegheny Ave

2 Franklin Town Blvd

7 8

13,17 3,4

8 8

4035 Parrish St.

4700 Parkside Ave.

Discovery Charter School

200 E Somerset St. 1800 Lombard St.

Somerset Villas Penn Medicine

2400 Chestnut St. 17th South of Spring Garden 20 E Mermaid Lane

Villas Del Caribe

The Water Mark

10,19

501 Jackson St 4501 G. St.

11, 12

2600 Belmont Ave.

Inglis House Founders Hall

22, 23, 24

Lutheran Theological Seminary

2101 Strahle St.

Community College

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting Hse.

6,7,8

4340 Germantown Ave

Nicetown Court

5, 21

13500 Philmont Ave.

1100 Fairmount Ave.

Gladys Jacobs Apts.

9,13,17

608 Welsh Rd.

8 2,3,4 6,7

2800 N American St.

2400 N. Howard St.

27 27

19 20

30 35 35

1100 Poplar St. 3rd and Ontario St.

City Sign Shop

Community College of Phila.

3900 City Ave.

4, 5

14 19

Jackson Place

1300 W Godfrey Ave.

7301 Germantown Ave.

Abbottsford Homes

3,20

2400 Chestnut St. Bldg

3226 McMichael St.

Street Community Center Marin Munoz School Congresso Edu & Training Center

58 58

1717 N 54

Presidential City Apts Wynnefield Place Samuel Tabas House Calvary Chapel

1619 Grant Ave 9896 Bustleton Ave.

633 W Rittenhouse St.

St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church Randi’s Restaurant Paul’s Run

19 44

Rittenhouse Hill Apts

Hunter School

2,8,12,23

4901 Chestnut St.

West Phila. High School

6400 Greene St.

Cliveden Convales Center

11,23

8550 Verree Rd.

Villages Pine Valley Clubhouse

4400 Baltimore Ave.

H.M.S. School

608 Welsh Rd.

St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church

1450 S 50TH St.

Reba Brown Senior Apts.

8,9,10,13, 14

3201 Ryan Ave.

Lincoln High School

1800 Lombard St. Rising Sun Ave. & Comly St. Langdon & Sanger St

Lawncrest Recreation Center

Penn Medicine

15,16

8301 Roosevelt Blvd.

10,11,25

15,16,17, 22

1600 N 8th St

Gray Manor

New Fels High School

4,6

2, 7

5429 Chestnut St.

10980 Norcom Rd.

Holmes Senior Apts.

Wesley Enhanced Living

Norcom Community Center

An Alternative Ballot may be obtained for any election, upon your advance request on an Alternative Ballot Application. In Philadelphia an application for an Alternative Ballot can be made on the regular Absentee Ballot Application by checking the box for “Handicapped or 65 years or older and who is assigned to an inaccessible polling place”. The applications may be obtained at the County Board of Elections in Room 142, City Hall or by contacting (215) 686-3469 VOICE, or TTY/TDD through the AT&T Relay System. TDD users may utilize this service by calling 1-800-654-5984 and telling the communications assistant they want to speak to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Elections at (717) 787-5280. Alternative Ballot Applications by mail must be submitted to the County Board of Elections not later than 7 days before the election. Alternative Ballots must be returned to the County Board of Elections no later than the close of the polls, at 8:00 P.M. on Election Day. Additionally, registered electors with disabilities may apply for an Emergency Alternative Ballot Application and cast their ballot in person at the County Board of Election, in Room 142, City Hall, up to the close of the polls on Election Day. In addition, the City shall provide registration materials in large print at each registration facility, and voting instructions in large print at each polling place. Should you have any questions about your rights, or the City’s obligations under these laws, or if you need assistance in determining if your polling place fully meets federal and state criteria, please contact the Accessibility Compliance

City Commissioner's Office City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Office, or the County Board of Elections. County Board of Elections City Hall, Room 142 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-686-3469 215-686-3943

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DECLARACIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN SOBRE EL ACCESO AL PROCESO DE ELECCIONES PARA LAS PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDADES EN LA CIUDAD DE FILADELFIA

GENERAL Y ELECCION ESPECIAL MARTES 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2016

De acuerdo con el Título II de la Ley de Americanos con Discapacidades de 1990 y la Ley de Accesibilidad de Votante para los Ancianos y los Discapacitados de 1984, la Ciudad de Filadelfia no discrimina a la gente con discapacidades al suministrar acceso para el proceso de elecciones. Según estas leyes federales, se requiere que la Ciudad de Filadelfia asegure que su proceso de elecciones en conjunto sea accesible a la gente con discapacidades en todas las elecciones. Esto significa que los sitios de votación serán accesibles a los discapacitados de tal manera que haya locaciones accesibles disponibles dentro de cada distrito electoral. Los Comisionados de la Ciudad designan y enumeran la accesibilidad de los lugares de votación en grados variables. Los sitios de votación que cumplen en su totalidad con los criterios federales y estatales son designados con una "F" que indica que es un edificio totalmente accesible, y con una "H" que indica que hay estacionamiento para discapacitados. Si un logar de votación no cumple en su totalidad con estos criterios federales y estatales, pero provee accesibilidad relativa con una pequeña ayuda en la entrada, entonces ese logar será designado con una "B" que indica que tiene una accesibilidad substancial. Si no hay disponible un lugar totalmente accesible, que cumpla con todos los criterios federales y estatales (designados como “FH”), como sitio de votación en su División de elección, la accesibilidad para votar será proporcionada mediante el uso de una Boleta Alternativa de acuerdo con las directrices expedidas por el Secretario del Estado. Si usted es un votante registrado, que es discapacitado o tiene 65 años de edad o más, y no se le ha asignado un lugar de votación que haya sido designado como “FH”, entonces cumple con los requisitos para votar mediante una Boleta Alternativa.

SÓLO LOS CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN DE LOS DISTRITOS Y LAS DIVISIONES ELECTORALES QUE SE MENCIONAN A CONTINUACIÓN SE HAN DESIGNADO COMO “FH” O TOTALMENTE ACCESIBLES. SI USTED ES UN VOTANTE REGISTRADO EN CUALQUIER DISTRITO ELECTORAL DE FILADELPHIA, SALVO EN AQUELLOS QUE SE ENUMERAN A CONTINUACIÓN, Y ES DISCAPACITADO O MAYOR DE 65 AÑOS, CUMPLE CON LOS REQUISITOS PARA VOTAR DESDE SU HOGAR MEDIANTE UNA BOLETA ALTERNATIVA O EN LA SALA 142 DEL AYUNTAMIENTO EL DÍA DE LA ELECCIÓN MEDIANTE UNA BOLETA ALTERNATIVA DE EMERGENCIA: ESTE AVISO ESTA SUJECTA A CAMBIOS. PARA OBTENER INFORMACION ACTUALIZADA IR A WWW.PHILADELPHIAVOTES.COM

Distrito Electoral

Division Electoral

Domicilio

Centro de votacion

Distrito Electoral

Division Electoral

Domicilio

Centro de votacion

3 6 6 6 6 7 7 8

3,4 2 9,11 15 17 5 13,17 3,4

6212 Walnut St. 4400 Fairmount Ave. 4035 Parrish St. 40th and Parkside Ave. 4700 Parkside Ave. 167 W Allegheny Ave 200 E Somerset St. 1800 Lombard St.

Care Pavilion Angela Court Nursing Home Sarah Allen Senior Housing School of the Future Discovery Charter School Villas Del Caribe Somerset Villas Penn Medicine

37 38 38 39 41 42 44 48

9 1 19 10,19 13,14 1 8 7,22

2862 Germantown Ave. 3226 McMichael St. 4349 Ridge Ave. 501 Jackson St Magee & Keystone Sts. 4501 G. St. 4901 Chestnut ST. 2600 Moore St.

Warnock Village Abbottsford Homes Falls Ridge Apts. Com Ctr Jackson Place Fire Engine # 38 City Sign Shop West Phila. High School John Neuman Place

2 Franklin Town Blvd

The Water Mark

3,20

1300 W Godfrey Ave.

Community College of Phila.

2400 Chestnut St.

2400 Chestnut St. Bldg

3900 City Ave.

Presidential City Apts

17th South of Spring Garden

Community College

11, 12

2600 Belmont Ave.

Inglis House Founders Hall

4, 5

20 E Mermaid Lane

22, 23, 24

1717 N 54TH St

Wynnefield Place

7301 Germantown Ave.

Lutheran Theological Seminary

2101 Strahle St.

Samuel Tabas House

6,7,8

4340 Germantown Ave

Nicetown Court

5, 21

13500 Philmont Ave.

Calvary Chapel

1100 Fairmount Ave.

Gladys Jacobs Apts.

9,13,17

608 Welsh Rd.

St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church

14 19

8 2,3,4

1100 Poplar St. 3rd and Ontario St.

Street Community Center Marin Munoz School

19 44

1619 Grant Ave 9896 Bustleton Ave.

Randi’s Restaurant Paul’s Run

6,7

2800 N American St.

Congresso Edu & Training Center

58 58 59

633 W Rittenhouse St.

Rittenhouse Hill Apts

2400 N. Howard St.

Hunter School

2,8,12,23

4901 Chestnut St.

West Phila. High School

1600 N 8 St

Gray Manor

4,6

5429 Chestnut St.

Holmes Senior Apts.

6400 Greene St.

Cliveden Convales Center

11,23

8550 Verree Rd.

Villages Pine Valley Clubhouse

4400 Baltimore Ave.

H.M.S. School

608 Welsh Rd.

St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church

27 30

17 7

Reba Brown Senior Apts. Penn Medicine

64 64

8,9,10,13,14 15,16

3201 Ryan Ave. 8301 Roosevelt Blvd.

Lincoln High School Wesley Enhanced Living

10,11,25

1450 S 50 St. 1800 Lombard St. Rising Sun Ave. & Comly St.

Lawncrest Recreation Center

2, 7

10980 Norcom Rd.

Norcom Community Center

15,16,17,22

Langdon & Sanger St

New Fels High School

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting Hse.

Es posible obtener una Boleta Alternativa para cualquier elección, a través de una petición por adelantado de una Solicitud de Boleta Alternativa. En Filadelfia se puede pedir una Boleta Alternativa en la solicitud corriente de Boleta para Votar en Ausencia, señalando la casilla de “Discapacitado, 65 años de edad o mayor y a quien se le ha asignado un lugar de votación inaccesible”. Las solicitudes se pueden obtener en la Junta de Elecciones del Condado en Sala 142, del Ayuntamiento o llamando al teléfono (215) 686-3469 VOICE, o por TTY/TDD (Teletipo/Aparato de Telecomunicación para Sordos) a través del AT&T Relay System. Los usuarios de TDD pueden utilizar este servicio llamando al 1-800-654-5984 e informándole al asistente de comunicaciones que desean hablar con la Oficina de Elecciones de Pensilvania en el (717) 787-5280. Las Solicitudes de Boleta Alternativa deben enviarse por correo a la Junta de Elecciones del Condado a más tardar siete días antes de la elección. Las Boletas Alternativas deben devolverse a la Junta de Elecciones del Condado a más tardar al momento del cierre de las urnas,a las 8:00 p.m. del Día de Elecciones. Además, los electores registrados con discapacidades pueden pedir una Solicitud de Boleta Alternativa de Emergencia y depositar la boleta personalmente en la Junta de Elecciones del Condado, en sala 142, del Ayuntamiento, hasta el momento del cierre de elecciones durante el Día de Elecciones. Ademas, la Ciudad proporcionará materiales de inscripción en letras grandes en cada instalación de inscripción, y suministrará las instrucciones en letras grandes sobre cómo votar en cada sitio de votación. Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre sus derechos o sobre las obligaciones de la Ciudad según estas leyes, o si necesita ayuda para determinar si su lugar de votación cumple en su totalidad con los criterios federales y estatales, comuníquese con la Oficina de Cumplimiento con la Accesibilidad, o la Junta de Elecciones del Condado.

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for you.” And yes, there is a part that kind of wants to say, “C’mon, we’re not all … [hesitates] ... well, we’re not all terrorists.” PGN: It’s hard to say, but that is the rhetoric that was going around then and is sadly back on the front burner thanks to a certain presidential nominee. It’s funny, you mentioned being Afghani but passing for Italian or Latino, I have a similar problem; people know I’m something other than white, and often guess something Middle-Eastern. I was traveling back and forth to Waco, Texas, not long after 9/11 and got pulled out of the line and had my bags searched every single time I went through Waco security. No one else on our crew was searched. So I got racially profiled for you. AMA: That’s funny. It happens less and less now but I remember one time when I was with my mom. We were going through the Philadelphia Airport and there was a family in front of us from some Muslim country. We were in the security line and it was them, then me and then my mom. The guards pulled the family aside for extra checking and they tried to put me in with them, and it was like, “No, no, I’m with the white lady, she’s my mom!” PGN: I would imagine some of the anti-Muslim sentiment died down after a while, but as I mentioned, it seems to be getting stirred up again. Do you find that? AMA: It’s interesting. The play “Disgraced” takes place in 2011 and it’s specifically set 10 years after 9/11. I didn’t understand why at first until I realized that the 10th anniversary is when people, especially the media, started to unpack it again and unearth all of the unrest that people felt in 2001. The good side of it is that it allows us to air it out and discuss our feelings and thoughts like in these different plays. I can’t remember any major plays that were written by Middle-Eastern or SouthAsian people before any of this stuff came out. The upside of racism I guess. PGN: Tell me about the show that’s coming up. AMA: It’s called “Guards at the Taj” and it was written by Rajiv Joseph, who is one of my favorite contemporary playwrights. The first play I read by him was called “Gruesome Playground Injuries,” and I immediately resonated with the male character. The way he felt and thought and spoke was just the way I feel and think and speak. The syntax, everything, it felt like me so I’ve followed his work ever since and I’m excited to do this show.

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PGN: What’s it about? AMA: It takes place in 1648 India, as two Imperial Guards watch the sun rise for the first time on the newly completed Taj Mahal. An event takes place that shakes their respective worlds and set the wheels in motion for an existential crisis that shakes their faith in God, the empire and each other. It’s a dark comedy and it just won an Obie Award for best new play. PGN: A side thought: You’ve played many different ethnicities; are you good with accents? AMA: In this show, the playwright was very clear that the actors should not use a dialect. In fact, the dialogue is very contemporary. We swear like people do in modern vernacular, it’s very accessible. However in the last play I did for Theatre Exile, I played a Pakistani farmer with a very thick accent, which was a huge challenge. PGN: Changing gears. Who did you tell first that you were gay? AMA: I told a bunch of friends in middle school right at the end of the school year. I wanted them to have the summer to think about it so by the time we got together again for high school it would be old news. Looking back, that was a smart move on my part, some forward-thinking if I don’t say so myself. PGN: And family? AMA: I guess my mom but I really don’t remember. I guess that’s a good thing, that there are no painful or traumatic memories. I’ve always been pretty well-supported by everyone. PGN: And now a few random questions … If you were to be a natural element, what would you be? AMA: Earth. I’m a Taurus, and I can be rather rooted and immovable in my ideals. PGN: A fellow Taurus! I knew I liked you! If you were a multi-millionaire, what would you being doing right this minute? AMA: Traveling the world, for sure. PGN: What would you leave in your will for the one you love? AMA: Ha! Probably my debts. n “Guards at the Taj” runs Oct. 20-Nov. 13 at Studio X, 1340 S. 13th St. For more information, visit www.theatreexile.org.

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New youth writers group promotes diversity By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com The Kelly Writers House will host the second meeting of the recently formed Trans & Gender-Nonconforming Youth Creative Writing Group Oct. 8. The monthly writing group is open and free of charge for youth ages 14–22 who identify as transgender or gender-nonconforming, and meets on the second Saturday of each month during the University of Pennsylvania academic year. Andrew Spiers, a trans/queer writer, musician and social worker, and Hazel Edwards, an artist, trans activist and member of the Justice League at The Attic’s Bryson Institute, are two of the group’s facilitators. They met Sept. 10 to establish ground rules for the group and brainstorm topics for participants to write about. Spiers said one of the organizers’ goals from the beginning was to make sure the group appeals to and includes trans writers and participants of color. “We’re providing a space where trans and gender-nonconforming folks can share and create community while also practicing the

craft of writing, expressing themselves and sharing their work with other trans folks,” Spiers said. Trans writers and artists will participate as guests in the group’s monthly meetings, which are scheduled into April. “We’re looking for dynamics; folks that are quick-witted speak beautifully on paper,” Edwards said about the caliber of trans writers and artists the group wants to have as guests. “A lot of the things that we’re trying to figure out now is how to differentiate the differences in the trans community because everybody shares a similar experience but not necessarily. This is why we stress the importance of intersectionality, because we all have multiple intersecting identities so we all have new and unique experiences moving throughout the world. I would say one of the things that the co-facilitators and I have thought about was the class differences between the folks that come in as well as the racial differences.” Both Spiers and Edwards said the group’s participants have a wide range of expressive interests and are seeking safe places to hone their skills.

“There is a range in the arts and the ways these people translate their art,” Edwards said. “A lot of the things people wanted out of the group is to speak more eloquently and beautifully on paper and to be able to translate their thoughts on paper. A lot people are seeking structure and vocabulary.” “I don’t think as a group we are concerned about who the writer is writing for,” Spiers added. “It’s just a bunch of different writers. Some folks are poets, some folks write short stories, some are songwriters and some are essayists. The writers involved are from all over the map so there isn’t a specific intended audience. It is just a writing group that is exclusively for trans-identified writers writing whatever they want to write about. The topics they are writing about aren’t necessarily about identity.” Both Spiers and Edwards said organizations like this are necessary for young trans writers and artists because the kind of support they could benefit from isn’t always readily available outside their communities. “The needs of transgender individuals are not being met in the schools by and large,”

Spiers said. “I’m involved in a training through The Attic to help train people in the school system on how to even treat or understand what a trans kid is. Most folks wouldn’t be able to define transgender if you asked them so these kids are definitely not having all their needs met in school. Never mind the fact that trans people aren’t protected under the law in the state of Pennsylvania.” “A lot of places are cisgender-dominated spaces and a lot of trans people don’t feel comfortable expressing themselves or talking about about anything with the language that they use and their writing,” Edwards added. “A safe space is about feeling supported, being around community and meeting new folks in the community.” n The Trans & Gender-Nonconforming Youth Creative Writing Group holds its second meeting with guest writer Kavi Ade noon-2 p.m. Oct. 8 at Penn LGBT Center, 3907 Spruce St. For more information, visit http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/ outreach/transgnc/.

Swarthmore showcases work of late gay photographer By Ray Simon PGN Contributor The curious interplay between photographer and subject, light and shadow is evident in “Bruce Cratsley: Shifting Identities,” an eye-opening exhibit of more than 30 black-and-white photographs by a noteworthy gay artist currently on display in the List Gallery at Swarthmore College. The exhibit, curated by List Gallery director Andrea Packard and Pulitzer Prizewinning photographer Ron Tarver, runs through Oct. 30. The show is open to the public; admission is free. A gallery talk about Cratsley’s work, “Moments in Light,” is scheduled for Oct. 19. Cratsley, who died of complications from AIDS in 1998, was a prolific photographer active from the mid-1970s to the mid1990s. In 1996, the Brooklyn Museum mounted an exhibit of his work. When he reviewed that show for the New York Times, Holland Carter, an art critic, noted the dreamlike quality of Cratsley’s work. He went on to write, “Whether Mr. Cratsley is setting up a surreal play of glinting reflective surfaces or picking his subjects out from velvety, penumbral darkness like jewels on a cushion, the combination of elegance and evanescence that results is his signature.” The current exhibit is a homecoming of sorts. Cratsley’s family moved to Swarthmore when he was a young boy. His father, Edward, was a senior administrator at Swarthmore College. As an undergraduate at Swarthmore, Cratsley majored in art history and partic-

ipated in student plays. After graduating in 1966, he moved to New York City and began to study photography with Lisette Model, an acclaimed modernist photographer who was a lifelong influence on his work. In addition to his photography, Cratsley was also a curator at the Marlborough Gallery. According to Packard, a selection of Cratsley’s photographs was shown on campus when the List Gallery opened in 1991. While planning for the space’s 25th anniversary, she and her colleagues agreed that Cratsley’s work deserved renewed attention. “Bruce’s vision embodies the kind of values that Swarthmore College holds dear: engagement with beauty and the world; exploration of the paradoxes of human perception and experience; and a concern for others,” Packard said. The current exhibit offers a representative sample of Cratsley’s wide-ranging vision. It includes still-lifes, street scenes and portraits. Some of the photographs are carefully composed images; others are impromptu snapshots of urban life. Whether Cratsley was photographing statues, as in “French Legs,” or sunbathers in “Beach, Atlantic City,” certain elements characterize his work. Packard praised his breadth of detail, his beautiful palette of tones and his expert framing. “Those formal complexities draw us to his subject and keep us engaged,” she said. There is also an undercurrent of mystery running throughout Cratsley’s work. The photograph “Charlie Descending,” for example, has an off-kilter, downward per-

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spective. And its subject, a young boy, is slightly out of focus. What’s going on isn’t clear, and that is deliberate. “A lot of his work expresses that sense of identities being fluid and uncertainties being troubling,” Packard said. “There’s a hint of danger, but there’s also a sense that he revels in this kind of fluidity, where identities begin and end.” Cratsley’s photographs of gay and lesbian life will be of particular interest to PGN readers. For years, he photographed Manhattan’s Gay Pride events as well as Wigstock, a drag festival in the East Village. Some images, like the untitled photo referred to as “costumed man,” are joyful and proud. Others, including “Dear God Please Heal AIDS,” are heartbreaking.

Perhaps the most moving images on display are the intimate portraits Cratsley took of his partners, all of whom succumbed to AIDS. They include “Indian Head Avenue,” a pensive photo in which light and shadow fall across his lover’s bare chest. Even in these intensely personal photographs, Cratsley’s distinctive sensibility expresses itself. In “Wings of Light,” for example, viewers see a person, shot from behind, leaning over on a bed. Exactly who it is and what the gesture means is unclear. The bedroom is shrouded in darkness, but the subject’s shoulder blades are illuminated by light, giving the impression of an angel’s wings. For Packard, this photograph is mysterious and tender. “That use of light and dark creates this image of both surrender and transcendence at the same time, for me. It seems like an image of someone who might be suffering and ascendant, who’s human but transfigured at the same time,” she said. Cratsley’s work is also noteworthy because it hearkens back to a time before digital photography was ubiquitous. Packard described him as a master printer, and emphasized his work’s tactile quality and warm tones. “There’s a quality to these images that you cannot get digitally and that you can’t appreciate digitally,” she said. “You have to see it in person the way you would a painting.” n For more information about “Bruce Cratsley: Shifting Identities,” visit http:// w w w. s w a r t h m o re . e d u / l i s t - g a l l e r y / bruce-cratsley-shifting-identities.

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A men’s social and support group meets 7-9 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of the month at Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media; delco. dudes@uucdc.org. Gay Married Men’s Association

Meets 7-9 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; www.meetup.com/GAMMAGay-Married-Mens-SupportGroup-in-Philadelphia-PA. Men of All Colors Together

Meets 7:30 p.m. the third Friday of the month, September through June, at William Way; 610-2776595, www.MACTPhila.org. Men’s Coming Out Group, N.J.

Meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at The Pride Center of New Jersey; njwarrior@aol.com. Men of Color United

A discussion/support group for gay and bisexual men of color meets 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays at 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-496-0330.

Parents/Families Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Bucks County

Meets 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at Penns Park United Methodist Church, 2394 Second Street Pike, Penns Park, and hird Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Warminster UCC, 785 Street Road; 215-348-9976. PFLAG/Chester County

Meets 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at the Unitarian Fellowship of West Chester, 501 S. High St.; 484-354-2448. PFLAG/Collingswood, N.J.

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Meets 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Unitarian Universal Church, 145 Rose Tree Rd.; 610-368-2021. PFLAG/Philadelphia

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Sponsors a weekly drop-in center from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; 215-851-1822. Transgender Health Action Coalition

Peer trans health-advocacy organization, 1201 Locust St., fourth floor; 215-732-1207. Young, Trans and Unified

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A group in Central Pennsylvania that organizes concerts, camping, golf, picnics, hikes, plays and game nights in nonsmoking environments; http://groups. yahoo.com/group/howlofpa/. Lesbian Community of Delaware Valley

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Youth ages 14-20 meet 6:30-8:30 p.m Wednesdays at the center, 126 East Baltimore Pike, Media; 610357-9948. Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center

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Social activity group for LGBT youth of color ages 13-23 meets 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-8511975.

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Young, Trans and Unified

Philadelphia Family Pride

Advocacy, support and social network for LGBT families offers play groups, monthly kids and teen talk groups, activities and outings. Planning meetings held monthly; 215-600-2864, info@phillyfamilypride.org, www.phillyfamilypride.org.

Women Coming-Out Support Group

Women, ages 18 and over, who consider themselves gay, lesbian, bisexual or questioning and are at any stage of the coming-out process are welcome to meet 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday and third Thursday of the month at the Pride Center of New Jersey; www.pridecenter.org.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088

Space to be Proud, Open, and Together

A support group for transgender and questioning youth ages 13-23 meets 7:15 p.m. Thursdays at The Attic Youth Center; 215-545-4331, www.atticyouthcenter.org. You’re Not Alone

Sponsored by AIDS Delaware, the group for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth meets during the school year at 100 W. 10th St., Suite 315, Wilmington, Del; 800-810-6776. Youth Making a Difference

A group for LGBTQ AfricanAmerican and Latino youth ages 14-24 meets 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St.; 856-963-2432.

■ 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.

Key numbers

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

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

■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851

■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080

LGBT youth drop-in center offers meetings, HIV and STD prevention and testing, counseling and other services on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 514 Cooper St., Camden, N.J.; 856-963-2432, camden-ahec.org/.

Social group for women in their 20s meets weekly; http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/ queerconnections/.

Meets 7-9 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1502 W. 13th St.; 302654-2995.

■ 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.

Project Keeping it Safe

PFLAG/Princeton, N.J.

PFLAG/Wilmington, Del.

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.

■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513

Open to all LGBTQ queer youth and allies, ages 14-21, the SPOT meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Planned Parenthood of Chester County, 8 S. Wayne St.; 267-6876648.

A social/support group for transwomen of color ages 13-24, with weekly social events, open discusson and monthly movie/ discussions meets 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-496-0330.

Community Bulletin Board

Meets from 7-9:30 p.m. Fridays at 106 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne; 610-688-1861, info@myaonline. org.

For lesbians in the Philadelphia area ages 35-plus; www.meetup. com/mtairylesbiansocial/.

Meets 7:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month in the George Thomas Room at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St.; 609-6835155.

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Meets 2-5 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at the LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania, 3907 Spruce St.; 215-572-1833.

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■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 n The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330

■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Office of LGBT Affairs — Director Nellie Fitzpatrick: 215-6860330; helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318 ■ 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 of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 ■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670

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.; 215985-4448; www.fight.org. Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, rapid HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday; 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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