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OutFest showcases LGBT success stories

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com A purple-haired DJ spun pop songs

by Beyoncé and Jason Derulo under the rainbow sign for Manning Street as the 25th-annual OutFest got underway Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day. The event in the heart of the Gayborhood was full of LGBT success stories, and only two relatively quiet religious protests.

Bruce Chorzelewski and David Watson made the trip from southern New Jersey. They had been to the event as a couple once before.

“I like being a part of the community,” Chorzelewski said. “I like the openness.”

While Chorzelewski told his family

he was gay when he was a teenager, Watson only came out last year, when he was 42, thanks to Chorzelewski.

“I just care about him so deeply,” Chorzelewski said.

Watson said they plan to get married soon.

Down the street, Valley Youth House set up a couch that advertised the statistic that 51 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBT. With a new initiative called “Sheltering Pride,” which received a $5,000 grant from the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund this month, the organization plans to combat that problem.

“You don’t necessarily see people out on the streets, but these LGBT youth are crashing on friends’ or strangers’ couches,” said Colleen Landy, associate director of the

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LARGER THAN LIFE: Sunday’s 25th-annual OutFest included a special dedication of a mural at 12th Street Gym in honor of the late Gloria Casarez. Casarez was the city’s inaugural director of LGBT Affairs who died last year. Several hundred turned out for the ceremony, including special guests Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations executive director Rue Landau (from left), activist and GALAEI founder David Acosta, Casarez’s cousin Erkin Jervis, artist and friend Louie Ortiz-Fonseca, attorney and friend Elizabeth Larin, Mural Arts Program artist Michelle Angela Ortiz and MAP chief operating officer Joan Reilly. Ortiz created the mural and community members helped paint sections of the work. Photo: Scott A. Drake

IBA names first executive director MARCHING FORWARD: About 500 people amassed for the fifth-annual Philly Trans* March Oct. 10, the largest-ever contingent. The event kicked off with a number of addresses at Thomas Paine Plaza — moved from LOVE Park after the anticipated record crowds — followed by the march down Broad Street and through the Gayborhood, then back to the plaza.

The event featured numerous tributes to Kiesha Jenkins, a local trans woman murdered earlier this month. “The event was powerful,” said organizer Deja Alvarez. “While we all mourned the loss of so many trans lives, we celebrated those lives by uniting and recognizing our strength and progress. For the first time, I think our community can see a future in which we are no longer just victims.” Photo: Scott A. Drake

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The region’s LGBT chamber of commerce announced the appointment of its inaugural executive director this week.

Independence Business Alliance introduced Zachary Wilcha to its constituents at its President’s Brunch Tuesday morning.

Wilcha, 37, is a native of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He moved to the Philadelphia area in the mid-1990s to attend St. Joseph’s University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations.

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One man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Kiesha Jenkins, and more arrests could be pending.

Police arrested Pedro Redding, 24, around 4 a.m. Oct. 12 in connection with the Oct. 6 murder of Jenkins in Logan.

Jenkins, 22, was assaulted by several men around 2:30 a.m. at 13th and Wingohocking streets and then shot twice in the back.

Police have said they believe the motive was robbery and that Jenkins was not targeted for being transgender. Police do not believe Redding was the shooter.

No further arrests have been made, but police are actively searching for the remaining suspects, police spokesperson Officer Tanya Little told PGN Wednesday.

She said the investigation is a priority. Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 215686-TIPS (8477).

Redding, of the 4500 block of North 13th Street, was charged with murder, conspiracy and weapons charges. Bail was denied, and he will face a preliminary hearing 9 a.m. Oct. 28 in Room 306 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. Redding was picked up at his home after a tip, police say. He has a lengthy arrest record, for such crimes as aggravated assault, robbery and drug offenses. n

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By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a gender-neutral bathroom ordinance at its Oct. 8 meeting. It will take effect 90 days after Mayor Michael Nutter signs it.

Nellie Fitzpatrick, director of the city Office of LGBT Affairs, said the signing is expected to take place before the end of the month.

“It moved through quickly because City Council as a whole recognizes this is an important step to breaking down barriers,” she said.

Supporters say the ordinance will make it easier for transgender and gender-nonconforming people to find a public restroom.

It’s also expected to help caretakers with opposite-sex charges and parents with children.

Introduced last month by Councilman

Mark Squilla, the ordinance requires retail establishments, city-owned buildings and any entity that owns or leases a structure open to the public, to mark all single-use bathrooms with signs that do not specify gender.

Signs could say “Restroom,” “Bathroom” or “Toilet.” Many existing single-use bathrooms in Philadelphia are marked with “W.C.” (water closet), Fitzpatrick said.

The ordinance applies only to facilities with one toilet and sink. Bathrooms with multiple stalls would not be affected.

“We’re talking about private, single-use, closed spaces,” Fitzpatrick said. “It simply allows people to access a necessary space without facing harassment.

“It prevents society from policing other people’s genders.”

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WHYY seeking same-sex wedding videos

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A new documentary tracing LGBT history will put a human face to the marriage-equality movement with the inclusion of personal wedding videos.

WHYY, the Independence Visitor Center Corporation and Equality Forum are collaborating on a documentary that will detail the fight for LGBT rights over the past few decades, using this summer’s 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder marches as a centerpiece.

The one-hour film, which has yet to be titled, will air on WHYY next year and be made available for national distribution. It will explore topics such as growing up, working, parenting, partying and growing older, all through an LGBT lens.

“Elder activists and their role in the movement is going to be the spine of the film,” explained director Ilana Trachtman.

“We’re going to keep coming back to interviews shot with them where they’re sharing recollections of how things used to be 50 years ago. And we’re going to use those recollections to set up stories about the present LGBTQ movement.”

That’s where the wedding videos come in, Trachtman explained.

“We want to celebrate Decision Day as a milestone,” she said of this summer’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling bringing marriage equality nationwide. “It was probably the most important part of the movement at this time in LGBTQ history,

so incorporating wedding videos will be a salute to that.”

Clips of up to 25 wedding videos will be used in a montage, Trachtman said.

Weddings must have taken place in the United States and preferably within the last five years for optimum video quality, though Trachtman noted they will consider older videos. Submissions must be less than one hour in duration and owned by the individuals in the video.

Trachtman said the filmmakers are eager to showcase the diversity of the community.

“We’ll hopefully see an array of LGBTQ expression with these wedding videos — all cultures, experiences, ages,” she said. “We want this to be as diverse as the community is.”

Trachtman said film crews have been conducting interviews, attending events and culling footage the past few months, a process that has been facilitated by community involvement.

“Probably the most surprising part of this has been how extraordinarily open the LGBTQ community in Philadelphia has been to this effort,” she said. “I’ve been so honored by the access people have given me and the amount of people who’ve been willing to speak to us and connect us with even more people. People have been really thinking creatively and generously sharing their stories, which has been very helpful.”

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SEALED AND DELIVERED: A new rainbow flag emblazoned with the seal of the city of Philadelphia began its ascent up the flagpole outside City Hall Oct. 11. The ceremony, held in honor of LGBT History Month, paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder marches, the 40th of William Way LGBT Community Center and the 25th anniversary of Philadelphia FIGHT. The sixth-annual flag-raising, held for the first time on the same day as OutFest, also featured a performance by the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus and participation by the LGBT Veteran Color Guard. Photo: Scott A. Drake

MontCo hospital pays $25K to settle HIV case

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Mercy Suburban Hospital in East Norriton has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle the complaint of an HIV-positive woman who allegedly was denied medical treatment due to her serostatus.

In July 2013, a bariatric surgeon at the hospital allegedly refused to assess the woman for weight-loss surgery. The woman had been referred to Mercy Suburban by her primary-care physician.

A nurse at Mercy Suburban allegedly told the woman she couldn’t have the surgery due to her HIV-positive status.

In January 2014, the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania sent a demand letter to the hospital, explaining its legal obligations to provide health care in a non-biased manner.

The law project was concerned the hospital violated the state Human Relations Act, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

The demand letter was unavailing, so the agency filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice.

According to an agreement announced this week, the woman will receive $20,000 from Mercy Suburban, and the hospital will pay a $5,000 civil penalty.

“In addition, Mercy has agreed to implement a nondiscrimination policy, advertise that policy and adequately train employees and contractors regarding the policy,” the

DOJ stated in a press release. “The settled civil claims are allegations only. There has been no determination of civil liability, and Mercy denies any such liability.”

The HIV/AIDS-inclusive antibias policy must be “conspicuously posted” in the reception area of the bariatric surgeon’s office, according to the settlement.

Ronda B. Goldfein, executive director of the law project, expressed satisfaction with the settlement.

“A settlement of this nature reinforces the work we do, which is to remind the population in general that people with HIV have the same rights as everyone else, including a right to health care,” Goldfein said.

Although the woman was referred to another hospital for the surgery, she hasn’t received it.

“Ultimately, for reasons not related to her HIV, she was found to be not a good candidate for the surgery,” Goldfein said.

“Our complaint was based on her allegation that she wasn’t assessed for the surgery.

Had they assessed her and said she’s not an appropriate candidate, so be it. They just said out of hand, ‘We’re not doing it.’”

Goldfein added: “We’re not ever arguing someone’s clinical decisions. All we’re saying is that, as a person with HIV, she’s entitled to an assessment of her appropriateness for surgery like any other patient seeking that surgery.”

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Just a year after its founding, the John Bell Health Center, operated by Philadelphia FIGHT, outgrew the former counseling and testing space it occupied on Locust Street.

FIGHT, a comprehensive AIDS service organization, welcomed dozens of community members Oct. 8 to the new clinic on the third floor of 1207 Chestnut St. The clinic, painted in bright fuchsia, primarily serves ex-offenders and people leaving jail or prison, a population at high risk of contracting HIV, hepatitis and other illnesses.

A portrait of John Bell, a renowned HIV/AIDS activist, hangs in the lobby next to a plaque with his quote, “Half of your rights haven’t been written yet because you haven’t been there to demand them.”

Jane Shull, executive director of FIGHT, said the center’s designation as a federally recognized health center has helped it grow.

“We’re going to be able to serve a lot more people [in the new building],” Shull said. “Most importantly, in this program here, we can treat people who are HIV-positive and -negative. Most people would agree, if we’re going to solve the AIDS epidemic, we really have to work on the prevention side.”

Volunteers led several tour groups through the new facility, which includes exam rooms, case-manager offices and a BenePhilly office to help people apply for health insurance or public benefits.

Patients can see any of several doctors: Franklin Yates, Elaina Tully or Jay Kostman. FIGHT is considering hiring another nurse practitioner, said Chip Alfred, director of development and communications.

Kostman, formerly the associate director of the Viral Hepatitis Center at the University of Pennsylvania, joined FIGHT in July, though he has involved himself in the organization in various

capacities since the early 1990s, he said.

“I thought, This is the time to be in a place where I can really make a difference,” said Kostman, who ran his practice at Penn for 18 years. He also knew Bell, who died in 2012 at age 64.

“We want to make sure we’re an open, receptive place where people can feel comfortable coming in regardless of their circumstances,” Kostman said.

“I’m a big believer in meeting people where they are.”

He added he went to local jails to give talks, so administrators could feel comfortable referring people to the John Bell Health Center when they finish their sentences. He emphasized the importance of uninterrupted medical care.

FIGHT officials consider the new facility a “onestop shop.” On the second floor of the building sits the Institute for Community Justice, directed by Hannah Zellman.

Group meetings, classes and workshops take place on this floor. Four computer labs are open to anyone from 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

There are also laundry facilities.

“We’re better able to serve folks by providing more comprehensive and integrated services,” Zellman said, calling the cooperation between the John Bell Health Center and the Institute for Community Justice an “integrated medical home model.”

“We want to build community with folks so they’ll be able to live their best lives,” she said.

Kimberly Chiaramonte, MSS, counseling and testing supervisor, agreed that the new facility allows for easier patient referrals, particularly for high-risk people like partners of those who are HIV-positive.

FIGHT also maintains administrative offices and the Jonathan Lax Treatment Center at 1233 Locust St. and the Youth Health Empowerment Project, called Y-HEP, at 1417 Locust St. For more information, visit www.fight.org. n

10K expected at AIDS Walk

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com About 10,000 people are expected to turn out for this weekend’s AIDS Walk, including longtime participants and many newcomers, said Robb Reichard, executive director of AIDS Fund, the event host.

While visiting local colleges around National Coming Out Day, Reichard said a lot of students were interested in learning more about the 5K walk and run that raises about $325,000 annually for AIDS Fund. The organization distributes the funding to regional partner organizations for HIV prevention, education and awareness.

Reichard noted that one in four new HIV diagnoses occurs in people ages 13-24, which makes the influx of young walkers — who will participate alongside veteran activists who have attended the event for more than 20 years — all the more important.

Participants in the 29th annual AIDS Walk can register at the base of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

The run starts at 7:30 a.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The opening ceremony starts at 8:30 a.m.

and the walk begins at 9 a.m.

People are asked to raise at least $50 and will receive a T-shirt for meeting that goal. Reichard said representatives from 22 partner organizations will be among the participants.

“When I see the thousands of people who are there, I think about the people, then, who aren’t there,” Reichard said. “Maybe they’re living with HIV and are isolated or they’re newly diagnosed and afraid, but they hear about [the walk], and it’s a nice little bit of knowledge that people are out there working for them.”

He noted this year’s event will feature a lot of returning traditions. A 25-piece section, the largest in the country, of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display. A dance troupe will perform at the turnaround point. Dukes of Destiny, a local blues band, will play several sets on the main stage throughout the morning.

“We have to fight to keep people’s attention on the epidemic,” Reichard said. “Great strides in treatment and prevention have led to some complacency, but we’re not done yet.”

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William Way honors local leaders at Indigo Ball

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com Mel Heifetz, honored as the humanitarian of the year at the 2015 Indigo Ball, started his work in the 1950s as the owner of the Humoresque Coffeehouse on Sansom Street.

“That café was welcoming to all sorts of people. It was known as one of the friendliest cafes on that block,” said Chris Bartlett, executive director of the William Way LGBT Community Center, while presenting the award Oct. 10 at the National Constitution Center. Indigo Ball is a fund-

Heifetz, who grew up in a working-class Jewish family in South Philadelphia, became a real-estate and hotel mogul. He contributed the major donation that allowed William Way to pay off the mortgage on its building at 13th and Spruce streets in the Gayborhood. He’s handed out water during the annual Philly Dyke March, and contributes his time and money to places like The Attic Youth Center and Mazzoni Center, among other LGBT programs and services in the city.

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raiser for William Way. Bartlett said Heifetz would let interracial couples enjoy meals together, and this brought the Humoresque to the attention of Frank Rizzo, a police captain at the time who later became mayor of Philadelphia. One day, Rizzo showed up with officers and dragged all the patrons to the police station.

“Many people would’ve just sat back and taken that kind of abuse,” Bartlett said. “But not Mel.” Heifetz reached out to the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. The organization took his case and he won.

“He often fought back against abuse,” Bartlett said. “He’s a true fighter.”

communities, including our LGBT brothers and sisters, has shaped the city we live in today,” said Mayor Michael Nutter in a video message played at the event. “Your efforts to keep open vital and necessary spaces, like the William Way Community Center, have undoubtedly saved many lives.”

City Councilman Mark Squilla, who represents the First District including the Gayborhood, and state Sen. Larry Farnese read statements of congratulations for Heifetz. When Heifetz was called to the stage, he received a standing ovation. Guests clapped for nearly a full minute.

“A simple thank you would’ve been more than enough,” he said.

“I feel like the pope up here with

all this.”

Heifetz thanked Bartlett, the William Way board of directors, cornerstone donors in the LGBT community and anyone else who has contributed to the community.

“None of this that I’m getting applause for did I do by myself,” he said.

Heifetz said he wanted to share an experience that sticks with him. Once, while visiting the White House after the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Heifetz met cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point and servicemembers on active duty. Many of them brought their partners. He asked if they had any problems being out in the military, and was happy to hear the men and women report that they were well-accepted.

“I can’t help but have tears in my eyes when I talk to these kids,” Heifetz said. “If there’s any reward for all the years and all the things that I’ve tried to do, it’s seeing the young people today being acknowledged like that.”

William Way gave out five other awards during Indigo Ball: to Stimulus Productions for creating diverse nightlife especially for queer women; the Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld Fund as community organization of the year for its HIV/AIDS work; the Chester County family of Braedan Lange for creating the LGBT-affirming lacrosse Courage Game; the Rev. Jeffrey Haskins for starting the Unity Fellowship of Christ Church that especially caters to LGBT people of color; and Rhonda Cook for leadership and service.

New additions to the William Way staff were also celebrated.

Candice Thompson was introduced as chief operating officer, a new position. Ben Jones stepped into the position of development director and R. Eric Thomas is now program director, and has already started such events as “lean-in” professional mixers and the Netflix and Chill LGBT film series.

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Township responds to samesex harassment allegations

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com In a recent court filing, Haddon Township officials reiterated their refusal to offer desk duty to a police officer with impaired vision who alleges same-sex workplace harassment.

Haddon Township Officer Jason DeMent says he was victimized by unwanted sexual advances by Haddon Township Police Chief Mark Cavallo.

In June, DeMent requested temporary desk duty while he pursues experimental treatment for a vision impairment. Cavallo allegedly denied his request, and DeMent believes the denial was in retaliation for his rejection of Cavallo’s alleged sexual advances.

DeMent plans to enroll in a clinical trial shortly that holds promise for Stargardt’s disease, a rare vision disorder afflicting him.

But township officials say DeMent’s vision impairment shows no sign of improvement. They say he can’t perform basic job duties, such as pursuing fleeing suspects, securing crime scenes, discharging a firearm accurately and operating radar equipment.

DeMent disputes those assertions, and claims he’s more able-bodied than other township officers who receive accommodations for physical impairments.

The township’s Sept. 28 filing emphasizes the speculative nature of DeMent’s potential for improved vision. “[DeMent’s] complaint is devoid of any allegation that [DeMent] has been accepted into any clinical trials, when they would occur, how long they would last or that it is probable he would be able to perform the essential functions of his job as a police officer in the near future,”

the filing states.

DeMent, an 11-year veteran, counters that the township placed him on desk duty for nine months when he injured his shoulder. He says a similar opportunity should be provided for his vision impairment.

But the township says the accommodation for DeMent’s shoulder injury was temporary in nature. “[DeMent’s] allegation that he may have been provided a temporary lightduty assignment in the past for a work-related injury is irrelevant, as there is a clear distinction between temporary and indefinite light-duty assignments,” the township’s filing states.

DeMent refuses to concede that his vision impairment is permanent. He also points to other workers with similar impairments who were given lengthy periods of time to recover.

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Rapist of lesbian continues to seek freedom

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

RAINBOW REMEMBRANCE: Community members joined with friends and family of Brenda Torres Oct. 10 at the former Rainbow Eye in North Philadelphia to remember the late bar owner. About 50 people gathered for an afternoon tribute to Torres, the co-founder of the city’s first-ever Latino Pride festival, who died last month. Another party was held that evening. Proceeds from T-shirt sales and tips benefitted an education fund for Torres’ daughter. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Jeffrey J. Marsalis, a former Center City resident who raped a lesbian in 2005, continues his quest to be released from prison.

Marsalis sexually assaulted two women in Philadelphia prior to traveling to Idaho in 2005 and raping a lesbian. He was able to travel to Idaho because he was released on bail pending the outcome of the Philadelphia cases.

Local prosecutors claim Marsalis administered an unspecified “date-rape” drug to his Philadelphia victims, but Marsalis denies the allegations.

In 2007, a Philadelphia jury convicted Marsalis of two felony counts of sexual assault, and he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of unlawful restraint.

Common Pleas Judge

Steven R. Geroff sentenced Marsalis to a minimum of 10-and-a-half-years’ imprisonment.

In 2009, Marsalis was convicted of raping an Idaho lesbian and was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years.

Last month, Marsalis filed a 40-page appeal in Pennsylvania Superior Court, reiterating his innocence and seeking a new trial. He also requested his release from prison while awaiting a new trial.

His appeal emphasizes the alleged lack of evidence that he administered a “date-rape” drug to his Philadelphia victims.

Marsalis claims the women voluntarily drank alcohol while on dates with him, and were on prescription medications such as Vicodin that contributed to their passing out.

Marsalis also requests a new trial on the basis that

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the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office allegedly has an “impermissible conflict” in the matter.

He notes that one of his alleged victims served as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia at the time of his trial, though she didn’t prosecute him.

Marsalis was acquitted of raping the woman, but he claims her involvement in the case contributed to the D.A’s alleged lack of objectivity. The woman, who no longer works in the D.A.’s office, is identified in court papers as “M.S.” “Given [M.S.’] capacity as an alleged victim of [Marsalis], it cannot be said with any degree of confidence that the individual prosecutors comprising the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office did not have a personal interest in the outcome of the trial, PAGE 18 thereby

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Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

Star Parker

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Weekend of wins The LGBT event calendar was jam-packed last weekend with parties, galas and dedications, culminating in the 25th-annual OutFest. While each function was its own picture of success, one theme was threaded throughout the weekend: that the LGBT community has triumphed, and will continue to triumph over hardships.

Both William Way LGBT Community and Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance celebrated their anniversaries — their 40th and 20th, respectively — with galas over the weekend. At each, tribute was paid to the storied histories of each organization, the many people each has touched over the past several decades and the countless community members who have helped to make that work possible. The packed tables and hundreds of thousands of dollars generated in fundraising were testaments to the indelible mark that LGBT-affirming organizations have on our community.

The Philly Trans* March saw record crowds. Trans, gender-nonconforming folks, LGBs and allies all joined forces to call for trans visibility, an effort that was shadowed this year by the murder of local trans woman Kiesha Jenkins. Jenkins’ name and image were frequently invoked at the event, mobilizing and energizing the participants to demand justice for her and the many other trans victims of violence. However, the event also exhibited an air of celebration and pride in the progress that has been made for trans rights.

There were also remembrances of two others our community lost over the past year: Brenda Torres and Gloria Casarez. Torres was memorialized in a community gathering at the site of the former LGBT bar she owned in North Philadelphia, a diverse showing of community members and allies who came together to fundraise for Torres’ daughter’s education. A likeness of Casarez, the city’s first director of LGBT Affairs, was unveiled at a mural-dedication ceremony in the Gayborhood last Sunday. The event attracted city officials, community leaders, family, friends and more, who collectively sought to remember Casarez and use her example to move the community forward.

That theme of fusing the past and future was also ever-present at that day’s OutFest celebration. The 25th incarnation of the street festival featured awards to longtime community leaders as well as recognition for the community’s youngest members. The streets of the Gayborhood were teeming with a vast swatch of the community — from teens to seniors, representing myriad orientations and identities — who seamlessly celebrated alongside one another.

If you caught any of the LGBT events last weekend, or even if you stepped into one of the rainbow-clad bars dressed up for the festivities, you surely appreciated the enhanced sense of community that abounded. Although the special events have subsided, hopefully the inspiring and infectious spirit will not. n

The 2015 Values Voter Summit — an annual event where conservatives gather round to bitch about abortion, big government and gays — has come and gone. Many delusional and hateful things were said about LGBT people. God smiting the United States over marriage equality was a popular theme.

Hitting all the big themes was Star Parker, the founder of Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), which pushes for “free-market solutions to poverty.”

According to Parker, fighting poverty is “not to be the work of the state, but the work of the church.”

After ranting about the amount of money government wastes on the poor and propagating the lie that Planned Parenthood sells “baby body parts,” she said something very interesting, indeed.

“We have 500,000 orphans in our foster system,” Parker said. “Most God-fearing Christians don’t even know we have an orphan system, but those homosexuals know because now that they’re married, that’s where they’re going to get their children, right out of our foster system!”

OK, wait. Slow down. What? Is she really saying that the majority of Christians in America have no idea that this country has so many children in the foster system in need of care? How on earth do they not know this? Were those thousands of people Parker was addressing at the Values Voter Summit just learning about this for the first time?

According to Parker, homosexuals know all about the foster-care system and they’re taking in and adopting children. But Christians (who are never gay, obviously) have no fucking idea?

Clearly, Parker is trying to scare folks by claiming that homosexuals are snatching kids out of the foster system, as she’s implying that said homes have some kind of nefarious purpose for doing so, which is bullshit.

The truth is that there are plenty of lesbian and gay couples who are, in fact, foster parents or who have adopted kids from the foster system.

A great example: April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, whose legal challenge to Michigan’s

anti-gay-marriage law made it all the way to the Supreme Court, where they won. The reason they were suing Michigan in the first place was over what was in the best interest of their children.

Under Michigan law, they could foster jointly but could not adopt jointly.

Wanting their children to have a legal relationship with both parents, they sued. The rest is history.

This country’s foster-care system is a mess. There are hundreds of thousands of kids and not nearly enough foster families.

Kids are bounced from home to home, many until they turn 18 and age out of the system, at which point they’re basically told, “See ya. Good luck.” Spoiler alert: Many of these adults have a very hard time making it once they’re on their own.

So forgive me if I find it odd that rightwing Christians know where every Planned Parenthood facility is and have plenty of time to harass women going in for pap smears, but are apparently unaware that there are so many children who have already been born who desperately need help.

Even if they are aware, they’re not stepping up to do it.

If ever there was evidence that the people at the Values Voter Summit have an incredibly warped sense of values, this is it.

Then again, under the right-wing demands for small government, foster kids are just a bunch of takers who, according to Parker, just need some “free-market solutions.” Just make sure they aren’t taken in by gay and lesbian couples and they’ll be fine. n

According to Parker, homosexuals know all about the foster-care system and they’re taking in and adopting children. But Christians (who are never gay, obviously) have no fucking idea?

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

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Take action on toilets Once again, the issue of transgender people in bathrooms has reared its ugly head.

In Houston, Texas, Proposition 1 seeks a veto referendum on the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, aka HERO. The ordinance would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, just as HERO already had. It would also make explicit coverage for sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, familial status, marital status, military status, religion, disability, genetic information and pregnancy, on par with federal law.

In the fight against HERO, as well as Proposition 1, the issue of public access for transgender people has taken center stage, with graphics speaking out about men in women’s bathrooms and critics seeking to call the ordinance the “Sexual Predator Protection Act.” Now let me stop for one moment here.

As you can probably already guess, neither HERO nor Proposition 1 offered any protection for sexual predators. It did not change any laws regarding sexual predators, nor

offer them any protected class.

What it does allow is for transgender people to use facilities appropriate to their gender identity or expression.

This has not stopped the group “Campaign for Houston” from publishing statements like this on their website: “Campaign for Houston is made up of parents and family members who do not want their daughters, sisters or mothers forced to share restrooms in public facilities with gender-confused men, who — under this ordinance — can call themselves ‘women’ on a whim and use women’s restrooms whenever they wish.

This ‘bathroom ordinance’ therefore is an attempt to re-structure society to fit a societal vision we simply do not share or support.”

I want to draw attention to some slanted language in the above. This notion of “on a whim,” as it if were so easy, is specious. So is the noting that those who would opt to do so are “gender confused.” It is not us, apparently, who are so confused. At least, in that statement, they did not try to call transgender people sexual predators.

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Street Talk What should local leaders do to address the crisis of transphobic violence?

"Embark on an educational campaign to let everyone know that trans lives are valued.

Public education is Vincent Anthony of the utmost barber importance.

Northern Liberties I'd rather focus on education, not punishment. When it comes time for punishment, it's too late."

"Mayor Nutter needs to rev up the police so they respond to trans violence with a sense of urgency. I knew several Andre Gotti trans people entertainer who were Northeast murdered.

Philadelphia And the police gave the impression [that] they could care less. The next mayor should also rev up the police. It's very important."

"The next mayor should visit all of the city's middle schools and impress upon students the importance of treating Russell Hoffman everybody law student with respect, Gayborhood especially trans people of color. This [transphobic violence] has gone on unaddressed for long enough."

"City officials should hold a press conference and make a strong statement against hate crimes. Let people know Eric Warner the city is urban planner going to take Gayborhood everything seriously. And they should make clear that perpetrators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

Meanwhile, this same issue is coming up in Wisconsin, with two Republican lawmakers attempting to bar transgender students from school locker rooms and bathrooms.

Rep. Jesse Kremer and Sen. Steve Nass are pushing a bill to declare such facilities to be marked for single genders, stipulating, as Kremer put it, that “students born biologically male must not be allowed to enter facilities designated for biological females and vice versa.”

It goes further than just this, allowing parents to file a written complaint if they feel their child’s privacy is being violated due to a transgender student’s use of facilities, and even to sue for damages.

Oh, I should note here that the passage of this bill would be in violation of federal Title IX protections — not that the issue of federal law seems to bother anyone in the wake of Kim Davis.

Meanwhile, in Washington, the YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap County is changing its policies, requiring transgender patrons to use only private locker rooms and single-stall

restrooms. They estimate having a “fairly low” number of transgender members, and have also had no issues with inappropriate exposure in the wake of a more inclusive policy towards transgender patrons that was put in action last April. They have instituted the new policy after over 1,000 comments were received about the change.

I’ve talked about bathroom issues before.

In fact, I’ve talked about bathroom issues more than any other specific topic in the last year or two. It is, seemingly, the battleground over transgender rights.

The argument is always the same, so much so that it is its own meme: Allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice will allow sexual predators the freedom to assault your children and wives.

It is an argument reeking of bovine waste product.

In other states that have passed similar transgender protections like that of the HERO ordinance, there has been no increase in sexual assaults as a result. Allowing transgender people to relieve PAGE 21

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Day in the Life of ... nonprofit founders Joanie Balderstone and Rebecca McIntire

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com Joanie Balderstone and Rebecca McIntire had tampons filling their guest room, pads stacking up in the living room and bras all over their dining-room table.

The Cherry Hill, N.J., couple had so many female products they had to migrate everything to a commercial complex on Greentree Road. Their three-room office holds more than 20,000 tampons and pads and a few-thousand bras, running the gamut from sizes 30A to 52DD. Plus, they can special-order other sizes as needed.

Two years ago, Balderstone and McIntire created Distributing Dignity as an official nonprofit. The organization donates bras and other feminine-hygiene products to shelters and women’s centers.

Distributing Dignity sprang from an experience Balderstone and McIntire had while donating gently used business clothing in Camden in 2009. One woman said it was great to get the clothes, but she didn’t have a decent bra to wear underneath, and going braless to a job interview is not the best look.

“Coming from a two-woman household, it was one of those smack-your-forehead moments,” Balderstone said. “We’ve been buying these female products in double for years, and never thought to include them in anything we ever donated.”

Balderstone and McIntire met in the early 1990s at Lehigh University in Bethlehem.

They rushed the same sorority, Delta Zeta, and have long histories with community service. They became fast friends and

BALDERSTONE (LEFT) AND MCINTIRE

It wasn’t far from home for McIntire, who grew up in Oakland in North Jersey.

They had a civil union in 2007 and got married in 2014.

The couple held their first “Mardi Bra” party in 2010. They invited friends to their house — including many women they met in Delta Zeta — and asked each to bring an unopened package of feminine-hygiene products or a new bra.

“We were really pleasantly surprised,”

were packing tampons, pads and bras in cardboard boxes to send to Rosie’s Place, a new partner organization in Boston that bills itself as the first women’s shelter in the country.

Last year, Distributing Dignity worked with 12 organizations and served about 500 women in three states, McIntire said. By the end of this year, Distributing Dignity will reach 30 partner organizations across 13 states.

Any organizations that serve a female population can qualify as a partner organization. Potential partners fill out a basic application detailing their needs, which is evaluated by the eight-person board of Distributing D i g n i t y.

Balderstone and McIntire hand-deliver most goods if the drive is within two hours. Otherwise, they mail packages.

McIntire worked off an inventory sheet, prepared by Balderstone, which listed the bra sizes Rosie’s Place had requested. She arranged the bras into zippered plastic bags, while Balderstone searched through plastic tubs to pull the right count of tampons and pads. The process moved like clockwork around a folding table in the middle of the office.

Work on Distributing Dignity often gets done on evenings and weekends. McIntire works full-time as a project manager at a delivery company, and Balderstone works part-time as an office manager for a law practice.

Before heading to work in the mornings, Balderstone usually responds to

Distributing Dignity emails for an hour or two. She coordinates efforts with people who are working on collections or have questions about the organization. At lunchtime, Balderstone and McIntire touch base to divide duties that still need to get taken care of that day, like returning phone calls or stopping by the post office to mail packages.

The couple receives nearly as many packages as they send. Distributing Dignity has a wish list on Amazon (http://ow.ly/ Tbhom) for people to order donations.

Sometimes the donations are mailed to partner organizations in recycled Amazon boxes.

Balderstone and McIntire said their operation has grown exponentially over the last year through word of mouth. Another one of their new partner organizations, the Ali Forney Center in New York City, helps them reach transgender women. It’s the first partner organization that specifically assists LGBT people.

“The social worker asked us how we would feel about giving bras for the transgender kids they have there,” Balderstone said. “We were like, ‘Of course.’”

“We tried to make the bras very feminine, but still age-appropriate,” she said, noting Ali Forney serves a lot of teenagers.

Balderstone said partnering with Ali Forney really hit home for her and her wife. She said she couldn’t imagine being a teenager and being kicked out by family.

Both Balderstone and McIntire come from supportive families, they said.

“Neither one of us was worried we were going to lose family over it,” said Balderstone, who has two older brothers.

“It wasn’t a fun conversation to have, but I knew once the dust settled, we would go back to things as they were.”

They were lucky, said McIntire, who has two older sisters. Even 20 years ago, things were a lot more conservative. She remembered watching the 1994 episode of “Ellen” in which Ellen DeGeneres came out. She and Balderstone both gaped.

“What’s really great is, we went back [to Lehigh University] about a year ago and they actually had on campus a student center that was LGBT,” McIntire said. “We thought, That’s so great to see, because it was not there when we were. I’m happy for students now. It’s just less of an issue.

There’s more support.”

“We knew who we were, but not everyone has support.”

That’s part of the reason Balderstone and McIntire do what they do: to lift up other women, no matter what.

For more information, visit www.distributingdignity.org. n

By the end of this year, Distributing Dignity will reach 30 partner organizations across 13 states.

started dating their senior year. After graduation, the two moved to Cherry Hill, where Balderstone grew up.

“I just knew, being in Cherry Hill, nobody would bat an eye at two women buying a house together,” Balderstone said.

“I felt very comfortable having us move back here.”

McIntire said. “People came with bags full of stuff. For the number of women we had, and the amount of stuff we collected, it was very satisfying.

“Just experiencing, first-hand, women coming together, it’s very powerful,” she added.

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Media Trail Bill would allow Florida churches to deny gay marriages The Washington Times reports a proposed law in Florida would allow churches to refuse to hold gay marriages, a right the bill sponsor admits they already have.

The House Civil Justice Committee approved the bill Oct. 7 on a 9-4 vote.

Republican Rep. Scott Plakon said his bill would simply give churches another layer of protection. He acknowledged that he knows of no cases in which a church was forced to marry a gay couple.

But Plakon said no one knows what could happen in the future.

Dozens of pastors attended the meeting, most in support of the bill. Others, however, spoke against it, saying that they are already protected under the U.S. Constitution.

Salt Lake City may name street for gay leader Yahoo News reports Salt Lake City could soon have a street named after pioneering gay leader Harvey Milk, an idea that reflects the progressive bent of the city that’s home to the Mormon Church and capital of a conservative state.

City officials say they’ve been working with LGBT leaders on the initiative, which would place Harvey Milk Boulevard near thoroughfares named for civil-rights icons such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez.

If approved, the name would go on 900 South, about a mile-and-a-half from the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Milk became one of the first openly gay men elected to public office in the United States in 1977 and was assassinated the following year.

Charges dropped against Kentucky gay activists According to ABC News, prosecutors have dismissed charges against three gay-rights activists arrested this summer for standing silently in matching orange T-shirts in protest of an event at the Kentucky State Fair.

Chris Hartman, director of the Fairness Campaign, was arrested in

August while demonstrating at the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s annual Country Ham Breakfast, which draws many of the state’s political heavyweights. The Fairness Campaign has protested the event for years in opposition to the insurance company’s political arm, which opposes same-sex marriage and lobbies for other conservative causes.

Two-dozen protesters stood silently at the back of the room and refused to sit down.

The Kentucky State Police arrested Hartman and two others.

The Jefferson County Attorney’s Office asked a judge Oct. 8 to dismiss the charges. The activists said they intend to file a lawsuit.

Trans woman drops suit claiming jail assault The Portsmouth Herald reports a transgender woman has dropped a federal lawsuit against the Rockingham County jail claiming she suffered injuries after being classified as a man while an inmate.

Aja Kennedy withdrew the suit from federal court in New Hampshire. She had claimed she was harassed and sexually assaulted while incarcerated at the Rockingham County jail in Brentwood.

Rockingham County attorneys said Oct. 7 the case was dropped without a settlement and that they had a “very good defense.”

Kennedy had claimed she was assigned to a male housing unit despite being classified as a female on her driver’s license. She claimed she was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment by inmates and was sexually assaulted twice.

Santa Fe’s only remaining gay bar closes According to The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe’s only gay bar has closed.

The Blue Rooster, the city’s last gay bar, shut its doors Oct. 9.

Owner Doug Nava says not enough people were hitting downtown Santa Fe at night to help keep the Blue Rooster open.

Nava and his former partner opened the bar a year ago to fill a void left by the closing of the city’s only other gay bar.

The bar was named one of the 200 best gay bars in the world by outtraveler.com.

Mayor Javier Gonzales tried to boost the nightlife last year with free music events. But Nava says those events simply didn’t translate into more business. n

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Todrick Hall: Coming out made me happier, more successful

By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com YouTube sensation Todrick Hall was obsessed with Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” when he was a kid.

“Shocker,” he joked with about 300 people in the HUB-Robeson student union building at Penn State, University Park, who gathered Oct. 12 to celebrate National Coming Out Week. The event was sponsored in part by the university’s LGBTQA Student Resource Center.

“As this story goes on, you’ll just get to see more and more how gay I actually am,” he said.

One day, Hall tied his legs together and wrapped a red towel around his head. He picked up a fork — reminiscent of one of Ariel’s “thingamabobs” from the movie — and jumped into some water. He almost drowned. Hall’s mother had to jump in and save him. Paramedics were called.

“But guess what?” Hall said. “I believed that I was Ariel. I was under the sea, baby.

I was killing it.”

Hall, known for his particular brand of ratchet camp in his viral music videos, shared his coming-out process with students, including in a private meeting earlier in the day with LGBT student groups on campus. He described his artistic career in eight tips that he said could be summed up in one acronym: BEYONCE. That stands for believe, entrepreneurship, yasss (the reaction you should have when you think of an idea worth pursuing, he said), own your brand, network naturally, challenge yourself and evolve.

Hall boasts over a million followers on social media and has a quarter-billion views and counting on his YouTube videos, with fan favorites like “Twerking in the Rain” and “Cinderonce.” Hall also choreographed the music video for Beyoncé’s “Blow.”

Students, LGBT and otherwise, started lining up to see Hall speak four hours before his event was slated to begin. His biggest fans call themselves Toddlerz. As they took their seats in the auditorium, almost all had their phones in their laps and open to the camera apps, ready and waiting for Hall to take the stage.

Hall’s latest video, “Hocus Broke-us,” a parody of the Disney movie “Hocus Pocus,” started trending on Facebook in the moments before his show began.

Most people got to know Hall as a contestant on the ninth season of “American Idol” in 2010. He made it to the semifinals, but didn’t win.

“When I was on ‘American Idol,’ I was so nervous that people were going to not vote for me because they might think that I was gay,” Hall said in a video message while he changed costumes in the middle of the show. “Little did I know, everybody already knew that I was gay. I was wondering how I was going to come out of the closet and

then realized that my house was built with no closet doors.”

Hall said he realized that people could tell when you’re not being authentic. He decided to embrace his tastes on YouTube and can often be seen wearing bedazzled heels and colorful dresses.

“I’m not afraid now to go and be adventurous and think outside the box and present Todrick 100 percent,” he said.

“Ever since I started doing that, I’ve never been happier,” he added. “I’ve never been living life to the fullest this much, living every single day and making it count.

I’ve never been more successful as an artist and as a businessman.”

In addition to speaking with the audience, Hall performed several originally choreographed numbers and invited half a dozen students on stage to dance with him.

He recorded a video message on one woman’s phone to wish her girlfriend a happy 16-month anniversary.

During a question-and-answer session, Hall responded to a question about explaining the gay community to those outside of it.

“All you can do is give people the knowledge and hope and pray that they accept it, and not get defensive,” he said. “If someone loves you, I think they will take the journey and try their hardest to think outside the box and try to think of things in a way where they can understand where you’re coming from.”

“That’s the best you can do,” he added, “just try to educate people as much as you can and try to be a part of the solution of how we’re going to change it in the future.”

Hall also shared plans for his tour next summer, which will have a “Wizard of Oz” theme. He said the tour is expected to stop in Philadelphia and the crowd, which included many of the city’s natives, went wild.

“Philly is the best city that we go to,” Hall said. “They are always so turnt up.

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Musical makeover on tap at New Hope’s The Raven

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The Raven, the iconic LGBT club and restaurant in New Hope, was recently bought by a new owner — who plans to ramp up the venue’s musical offerings, while keeping it true to its status as an icon of the New Hope nightlife scene.

Steven Lau purchased the property this summer from former owner Scott DeWitt. Lau’s background is in the music industry — he owned a record label with Warner Brothers and later Sony — as well as hospitality.

He is a Pennsylvania native who lived part-time in Bucks County and New York City for a number of years, before moving full-time three years ago to just outside New Hope.

Lau, 47, said he was exploring how to reboot the LGBTcentric town’s club scene when an opportunity at The Raven arose.

“In its heyday, New Hope had three big clubs and I felt like the time was right to explore doing something like that again. I had been to The Raven many times over the years but didn’t know it was for sale; it was just one of those things where the timing was right,” Lau said, noting that, while The Raven wasn’t officially on the market, DeWitt was willing to sell “to the right person who understood the community and could be true to The Raven’s history. So it was a match made in heaven.”

The Raven opened its doors in 1979 and ever since has served as a hub of LGBT nightlife.

“I’m very sensitive to its history,” Lau said. “We’re going to keep a lot the same but enhance it a bit, without losing the heart

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DeMent has been placed on sick leave until Oct. 28.

His status as a township employee remains unclear after that date.

DeMent contends there’s “ample work” for him inside the police station, including taking walk-in reports, processing arrests, training new

of what this place is all about.”

His own experience in the music industry, he noted, will be helpful in raising The Raven’s profile as a music venue.

“I think my value add is my music connections and ability to book nationally touring acts.

I want to bring some new life to The Raven in terms of musical talent, and make this a worldclass live-music venue.”

That aim has already led to The Raven partnering with the Rrazz Room, which is staging its first show there next month.

Lau is also eager to up The Raven’s appeal as a dance club.

“We’re really concentrating on the dance experience,” he said. “We started Flashback Fridays where we play dance classics from the ’70s and ’80s because there’s this whole group of people in New Hope who used to go to places like Cartwheel and Prelude to dance, and they doesn’t exist anymore.

And then for a younger group, a lot are really into the dance movement, so on Saturdays we have Evolution, which is house music. Every week we’ve been seeing more and more people

officers, answering phone calls, handling firearms investigations and providing courtroom security.

DeMent also contends he’s able to operate a police cruiser during daylight hours and in familiar areas.

But the township questions whether DeMent could safely operate a vehicle in

and new faces, which is exactly what we want. We just want to get people out dancing.”

In terms of physical renovations, the DJ booth has been moved down onto the dance floor, and a new sound system and lighting have been brought in. Lau is planning some cosmetic upgrades to the bar and the pool room, which will include the addition of a fireplace.

The staff will remain largely unchanged, except for a few additions, Lau said.

“I was super-lucky to come in and have a really amazing staff; some of these folks have been here for 30 years. They are all great to work with, and I have the previous owner to thank for that; he ran a tight ship of really good people. It sounds cliché, but I’ve been amazed at how much it really is like a family.”

That congeniality, coupled with the drive for enhanced entertainment, will make The Raven a great getaway for Philly folks, Lau said.

“It’s a short drive from Philadelphia but you’re a world apart from Center City. I’ve traveled all over and Bucks County is one of my favorite places in the world; there’s really nowhere like it, and there’s nowhere like The Raven,” he said. “It’s a really unique place with a lot of history; there are very few gay bars that have been open since 1979. And it’s somewhere you can go to get it all: You can eat in the restaurant, stay in one of the 15 guest rooms and now we’re bringing in national talent. This is something that hasn’t existed in New Hope in a long time.”

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windy, rainy, snowy and icy conditions.

Additionally, the township asserts that a bad precedent would be set if DeMent is accommodated.

“If plaintiff can proceed based on such factual allegations, presumably any permanently disabled employee, no matter

STRIKE A POSE: Male models took to the runway at Voyeur Nightclub Oct. 9 to raise money for Mazzoni Center’s youth drop-in program. The event was organized by Uomo Moderno Magazine and featured five collections from Italy. The show was declared a marquee event as part of Philly Fashion Week. Designs included experimental pieces such as clothing made from milk. Photo: Scott A. Drake RAPIST from page 9

creating the sort of impermissible conflict prohibited under [case law],” Marsalis’ appeal states.

The alleged conflict contributed to an unjust outcome, and necessitates the D.A.’s removal from the case, according to Marsalis.

“The interest of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office in the present matter is not that justice be done and the truth prevail, but to further the personal interests of one of their own, seeing that justice is done for M.S.,” the appeal continues.

D.A. spokesperson Cameron Kline issued this statement: “The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office stands by the position we took in the Court of Common Pleas’ previous review and maintain that his conviction should be affirmed.”

Additionally, Marsalis’ appeal claims Geroff was biased.

“The trial record is replete with instances of Judge Geroff’s inappropriate and deprecating remarks directed towards [Marsalis],” the appeal asserts.

The appeal blasts Geroff for referring to Marsalis as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and for saying Marsalis is a “menace” to any woman he dates, even if it’s a “long-distance” rela-

the degree of his condition, would have a claim against his employer for not accommodating him with a light-duty assignment based upon an allegation that experimental treatment may be available for his condition in the future,” the township’s filing states.

Cavallo’s alleged sexual

tionship.

“An unbiased judge would not make such statements, especially in light of the spurious nature of the evidence presented against [Marsalis] at trial, which ultimately led the jury to acquit [Marsalis] of all charges but two counts of sexual assault,” the appeal states.

The appeal blasts Geroff for inappropriate facial expressions and a hostile tone of voice during Marsalis’ trial.

“His condescending voice inflection, facial expressions of disgust, scorning glances and dismissive body language in response to [Marsalis’] stated bases for the disqualification of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office — while not reflected in the record — portrayed Judge Geroff’s disdain for [Marsalis] with graphic precision.” Marsalis also maintains that Geroff’s alleged bias contributed to an excessive prison sentence, since Marsalis had no prior record.

Marsalis, 42, is incarcerated at a state prison in Marienville. After his release, he must begin serving a minimum of 15 years in an Idaho prison for the rape of the lesbian.

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advances include asking DeMent to turn around so he could see his rear end; pinching DeMent’s upper leg under a table; calling him “cute” and “handsome;” caressing DeMent’s cheek in a suggestive manner; asking DeMent to “talk dirty to me, baby;” offering to “run away” with

DeMent; and texting messages of a sexual nature to DeMent.

As of presstime, U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler hadn’t ruled on the township’s request to dismiss a major portion of DeMent’s lawsuit.

Neither side had a comment for this story. n

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More Acclaim For MARK SEGAL’s Memoir

AND THEN I DANCED TRAVELING THE ROAD TO LGBT EQUALITY IN BOOKSTORES NOW “[A] swiftly written debut memoir...[Segal] vividly describes his firsthand experience as a teenager inside the Stonewall bar during the historic riots, his participation with the Gay Liberation Front, and amusing encounters with Elton John and Patti LaBelle....A jovial yet passionately delivered self-portrait inspiring awareness about LGBT history from one of the movement’s true pioneers.”

--Kirkus Reviews “With great verve and spirit, Segal has rendered a lively and dramatic memoir of the early days of the gay rights struggle; the infighting over strategies and objectives; the long, hard road of progress; and a look at the challenges still ahead.”

--Booklist “The reader can clearly see how Segal’s fearless determination, cheerful tenacity, and refusal to attack his opponents made him a power broker in Philadelphia and a leading advocate on the national level. Segal fills his book with worthy stories...funny anecdotes and heart.”

--Publishers Weekly “The stories are interesting, unexpected, and witty.”

--Library Journal “The pioneering gay rights activist chronicles his advocacy for gay and lesbian equality with tales of his involvement with the Stonewall riots and crashing live TV broadcasts, including the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.”

--Publishers Weekly, Fall 2015 Announcements “In this memoir we see the inside story of how the battle of LGBT civil rights was played and won. It is a compelling story told by someone who is at the forefront of the fight and who deserves substantial credit for its victories.”

--Governor Ed Rendell “Mark Segal’s work for LGBT equality is historic and significant. The fact that he is still connecting our community is a testament to the passion which he shares in this memoir.”

--Billie Jean King “Read Mark Segal’s memoir and you’ll get the inside story of how and why he interrupted a live broadcast of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. What happened afterward will surprise you. It’s one of many surprises in this must-read first-person account of LGBT history as it unfolded after Stonewall. Segal was a witness to that history, and he made some of it happen, changing our country and our lives for the better.”

--Louis Wiley Jr., executive editor, Frontline (PBS)

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Given the growing evidence that people can reduce their risk of cognitive decline, the Alzheimer’s Association and its experts are sharing tips that may reduce the risk of cognitive decline: 1. Break a sweat. Engage in regular cardiovascular exercise that elevates your heart rate and increases blood flow to the brain and body. Several studies have found an association between physical activity and reduced risk of cognitive decline.

• Physical activity is a valuable part of overall wellness and is associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline.

• Incorporate activity you enjoy so you continue to engage in it. For example, you may enjoy walking at a moderate pace, gardening or biking.

• Consider physical activities that may also be mentally or socially engaging, such as walking with a friend, taking a dance class, joining an exercise Krista group or golfing.

• If you participate in activities such as bike riding, protect your head and brain by wearing a helmet.

• Consult your doctor before starting any new exercise program.

2. Hit the books. Formal education in any stage of life will help reduce your risk of cognitive decline and dementia. For example, take a class at a local college, community center or online.

3. Butt out. Evidence shows that smoking increases risk of cognitive decline.

Quitting smoking can reduce that risk to levels comparable to those who have not smoked.

4. Follow your heart. Evidence shows that risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke — obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes — negatively impact your cognitive health. Take care of your heart, and your brain just might follow.

5. Heads up! Brain injury can raise your risk of cognitive decline and dementia.

Wear a seatbelt, use a helmet when playing contact sports or riding a bike and take steps to prevent falls.

6. Fuel up right. Eat a healthy and balanced diet that is lower in fat and higher in vegetables and fruit to help reduce the risk of cognitive decline. Although research on diet and cognitive function is limited, certain diets, including Mediterranean and Mediterranean-DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), may contribute to risk reduction: • Focus on fruit, veggies, nuts and grains.

• Replace butter with healthy fats, like olive oil.

• Limit red meat.

• Use herbs to flavor food rather than salt.

• Eat fish and poultry at least twice a week.

• A variation is the combined Mediterranean-DASH diet, which includes an emphasis on plant-based foods, limited

animal and high-saturated-fat foods and specifies berries and green, leafy vegetables.

7. Catch some Zzzs. Not getting enough sleep due to conditions like insomnia or sleep apnea may result in problems with memory and thinking.

8. Take care of your mental health.

Some studies link a history of depression with increased risk of cognitive decline, so seek medical treatment if you have symptoms of depression, anxiety or other mental-health concerns, and manage stress.

9. Buddy up. Staying socially engaged may support brain health. Pursue social activities that are meaningful to you. Find ways to be part of your local community — if you love animals, consider volunteering at a local shelter. If you enjoy singing, join a local choir or help at an after-school program. Or just share activities McKay with friends and family.

• Remaining socially active may support brain health and possibly protect against cognitive decline.

• Staying socially active through participation in clubs, volunteer efforts and other community pursuits may be valuable in maintaining your overall health.

• Social activities can be low-cost or free, such as joining a walking group or book club in your neighborhood.

10. Stump yourself. Challenge and activate your mind. Build a piece of furniture.

Complete a jigsaw puzzle. Do something artistic. Play games, such as bridge, that make you think strategically. Challenging your mind may have short- and long-term benefits for your brain.

Gettin’ On

The Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter will be partnering with the LGBT Elder Initiative and community partners to present “The Aging Mind 102: Dealing with Dementia” Nov. 14. This program will include further information on brain health, as well as discussions on the physical impacts of dementia, end-oflife planning and resources and strategies for caregivers.

The chapter also presents free “Healthy Habits for Healthy Aging” seminars. Log onto alz.org/delval and click on the calendar link under the education tab or call our 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900. n Krista McKay, director of programs and services for the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter, has been helping people affected by dementia and their families for the past decade through information, referrals, support, education, advocacy, research and fundraising to find an end to Alzheimer’s. To comment on this article or receive more information, contact the LGBT Elder Initiative at info@ lgbtei.org or 215-720-9415.

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“Mercy Health System is dedicated to fostering a welcoming, compassionate environment for each and every patient. While we deny any wrongdoing in this case, we are taking the matter seriously and expanded our long-standing anti-discrimination policy to explicitly include persons with HIV. We will ensure our colleagues are well-versed in — and committed to — upholding these standards. Our highest priority is the safety of our patients, and we are committed to ensuring each care plan takes into consideration pre-existing conditions.”

Adrian M. Lowe, a staff attorney at the law project, assisted with the case.

“In the last four years, most of the discrimination cases we’ve heard about are in the health-care context,” Lowe told PGN. “Ninety-nine percent of health-care providers are getting it right. But it’s really disheartening when an industry that should know better gets it wrong.” n TRANSMISSIONS from page 11

themselves in appropriate facilities has not made sexual assaults any less illegal nor any easier to commit. It just doesn’t connect.

We live in a time where, in spite of high-profile transgender stories in the media, we still see transgender people being murdered at an alarming rate. We still face staggering amounts of discrimination and bias.

We’re also seeing an increase in transgender suicide, which is already at an epidemic level. No number of Caitlyn Jenner Vanity Fair covers seems to be able to stop this.

We need to know that we are safe and protected in our communities — and the opposition to basic rights like an appropriate bathroom facility tells us that we are neither safe nor protected. When you want to know who would be targeted in a bathroom, it is not the fictional wives and daughters of those conservatives aiming for these bills — it is us, the transgender people of this country who just want to be able to use a restroom or changing facility without fear.

I don’t like to spend so much time talking about bathrooms. I’d rather be writing about, oh, Spirit Day or something — nearly anything — else. Yet this fight is not ending, so it’s my duty to keep banging this drum.

It’s time that our allies and we in the LGBT community speak out. This is a fight that overshadows marriage rights and military service. This is a basic human need, denied to a vulnerable community.

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LGBT History Month ‘The Women of San Quentin’ comes amid historic changes

By Seth Hemmelgarn A new book chronicling the lives of nine transgender women across the country who have been incarcerated comes amid historic progress for such prisoners.

“The Women of San Quentin: Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons,” by Kristin Schreier Lyseggen, was released in September.

Schreier Lyseggen, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., traveled around the United States to speak with incarcerated trans women about their experiences with rape, assault and trying to get access to hormones.

On one front, at least, there has been some good news, as California prison officials recently announced they would provide gender-affirming surgery for a transgender inmate.

Additionally, a transgender woman in Georgia was recently released, apparently due to pressure from a lawsuit.

But Schreier Lyseggen, who

She added, “People like me who are white, privileged and straight” need to “start getting involved and not treat these people as second- and third-class citizens.”

One of the people featured in “The Women of San Quentin” is Shiloh Quine.

In August, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reached a groundbreaking settlement with Quine, 56, to provide surgery and other medical care.

“After so many years of almost giving up on myself, I will finally be liberated from the prison within a prison I felt trapped in, and feel whole, both as a woman and as a human being,” Quine said in a news release from the Oakland-based Transgender Law Center, which has been helping to represent her.

Quine has been serving a term of life without the possibility of parole since 1981 after being convicted in Los Angeles County for first-degree murder, kidnapping

wrote to Schreier Lyseggen that she’d told police in 1980 “that the gun used to murder someone was hers, even though it wasn’t.

She was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a murder she said she did not commit.”

In its news release, Flor Bermudez, TLC’s detention project director, said, “Ms. Quine will be the first transgender inmate in

AUTHOR KRISTIN SCHREIER Photo: Herb Schreier

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didn’t give her age, indicated, despite progress, problems are likely to persist for many people.

“In order to find solutions, we have to see, how did these people end up in prison in the first place?” Schreier Lyseggen said, adding, “It is a race issue.

Transgender women of color are suffering the most. They are down at the bottom of the caste system we have,” frequently struggling with a lack of employment, health care and other problems.

Asked about solutions, Schreier Lyseggen said, “First, we have to make them safe. We can’t just sit and watch them being raped.”

and robbery. She’s being held in Mule Creek State Prison, a men’s facility in Ione, Calif.

According to the book, Quine

“After so many years of almost giving up on myself, I will finally be liberated from the prison within a prison I felt trapped in.”

the country to receive gender-affirming surgery while incarcerated, to our knowledge.”

TLC executive director Kris Hayashi said, “This historic settlement is a tremendous victory, not just for Shiloh and transgender people in prison, but for all transgender people who have ever been denied medical care or basic recognition of our humanity just because of who we are.”

In an email, CDCR spokesman Jeffrey Callison said officials treat situations like Quine’s on a “caseby-case basis.”

Callison said his agency “evaluates every case individually and, in the Quine case, every medical doctor and mental-health clinician who has reviewed this case, including two independent mental-health experts, determined that this surgery is medically necessary for Quine.”

In a phone interview last month, CDCR spokeswoman Terry Thornton noted another part of the settlement is that the agency’s policy will allow transgender people access to all the items listed in prison catalogs.

“If a transgender inmate wants female items, and she’s in a male

institution, she’ll have access to those items as well now,” Thornton said.

Another woman Schreier Lyseggen profiled has also been in the news recently.

Ashley Diamond, 37, is suing the Georgia Department of Corrections for denying her hormone treatments, which she had received before being incarcerated, and a safe environment, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Diamond was released in August from Augusta State Medical Prison after serving almost three years of an 11-year sentence for “a nonviolent offense,” according to SPLC, which filed a lawsuit on Diamond’s behalf in February.

The organization said in a news release that Diamond was housed with male prisoners and was “sexually assaulted eight times.”

Diamond was going to be up for parole this fall, but SPLC attributed her release to the suit.

“I’m overjoyed to be with my family again and out of harm’s way,” Diamond said in the nonprofit’s statement. “Although the systematic abuse and assaults I faced for more than three years have left me emotionally and physically scarred, I’ll continue to fight for justice and to shine a light on the gross mistreatment of transgender inmates in Georgia and nationwide.”

Facing scrutiny, GDC has “revised its gender-dysphoria policy and adopted new guidelines to provide constitutionally appropriate treatment,” SPLC said, and the state agency agreed to give Diamond access to hormones.

However, the dosage was “inadequate for months,” the group said.

GDC spokeswomen didn’t respond to the Bay Area Reporter’s requests for comment.

In response to an emailed question about why she used San Quentin in her book’s title, Schreier Lyseggen said, among other reasons, the northern California institution “has been a symbol of prison life in America,” and two of the women she wrote about have been incarcerated there. n Seth Hemmelgarn is an assistant editor at the Bay Area Reporter.

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For my friend Dick Leitsch, the last president of the Mattachine Society of New York, who last May turned 80, history was unavoidable.

I met Dick in two different periods of my life. At 20, I attended my first and only meeting of the New York Mattachine Society, at the old Wendell Wilkie House near Bryant Park in New York City.

He moderated, handsome, stylish, with a soft-spoken Kentuckian polished air. I was turned totally off: Mattachine was strictly out of my world as, new to New York, I struggled to make sense of myself.

Two years later, a few months after Stonewall, I joined the Gay Liberation Front. GLF offered me a valid political understanding of why queers were being destroyed in American society, and what we had to do, often rowdy as we were, to change it.

Both Dick and Mattachine were loathed by many of my young GLF brothers and sisters, some of whom had been in it and, like unruly kids, resented their dowdier parents.

Dick was often referred to as “Pig Leitsch.” For us, he represented gay accomodationists, what we called “dragonfaggots,” “Aunt Sallies,” queer “Uncle Toms.” His very image seemed like a ghost from the 1950s and mid-1960s.

Then in 1975, I started freelancing for Countrywide Publications, a scrappy pulp magazine conglomerate on lower Park Avenue, run by the infamously cheap Myron Fass and his brother (often described as “borderline-personality” types for their explosive dealings with employees), who presided over a farm team for a later generation of successful writers and editors.

My editor was Robert (Bobby) Amsel, a gifted young man editing a group of low-end, hetero porn magazines often written by hungry gay scribes like myself.

Bobby and I became close; he literally taught me how to write for commercial publication. He revealed that his long-time partner was Dick Leitsch, “president of the old Mattachine Society.”

I blinked twice. Bobby had actually had a history with Mattachine, and after Stonewall, as Mattachine was folding, became president while Dick remained executive director. I soon met Dick again, and quickly adored him. He was a throwback to another era, of courtly Southern gentlemen (he’s

from Louisville) and old-school gay-bar queens, denizens of a complete culture of gay bars, something that younger people now find difficult to understand. For decades, gay bars were our most visible institutions. Gay men and lesbians found their only home in them. In New York, bars were raided cyclically: usually before elections, before major events like the 1964 New York World’s Fair when Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. closed the bars to keep innocent tourists from wandering in (like, what were they going to do in them?), or when cops decided they wanted to squeeze out a bit more payola from mafia barkeeps.

This was fostered by New York’s state alcoholic beverage agency, which had rules dating from the 1920s against serving

To make money, as a solitary advocate for gay rights, he got sent out on college lecture circuits where he met the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, America’s second openly gay man. homosexuals “openly” in any bar. In 1966, Leitsch, along with other members of NY Mattachine, staged the “Sip-In,” the first “out” gay demonstration in New York state history. They walked into Julius’, an oft-raided bar on Waverly Place in the West Village, declared themselves gay and were immediately refused service. The event was recorded in Fred W. McDarrah’s famous photo showing Dick in profile next to Craig Rodwell (soon to open the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookstore, the first gay bookstore in the United States) and long-time activist Randy Wicker. Mattachine took Julius’ and the state agency to court, paying the bar’s legal fees

because, as Dick put it, “We just wanted to make a case, not punish them.” A New York judge declared that the state’s policy denied gays their basic right to free assembly; the rule was unconstitutional. But this did not stop gay bars from being harassed, and three years later a June raid on the Stonewall Inn in the Village exploded as no one thought it would.

Dick told me he never thought of himself as being political; he was simply for “our right to exist.”

For close to a decade before Stonewall, he was one of a few openly gay men in America. To be that open, he’d had to take a virtual vow of poverty, and for several years lived rent-free in a room in a spacious rent-controlled apartment leased by Madolin Cervantes, a straight woman and Mattachine officer who loved gay men. To make money, as a solitary advocate for gay rights, he got sent out on college lecture circuits where he met the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, America’s second openly gay man.

“We would criss-cross each other on college campuses,” Dick told me. “We became friends. He published stuff in Mattachine publications.”

Dick worked as a journalist, a holiday decorator for restaurants and stores and a bartender. He loved working in bars and restaurants.

“When you’re a writer, you have to wait for the reviews to come out. When you work in a restaurant, you get the review immediately. It’s called a tip.”

He was very close to his siblings back in Kentucky who all had children, so Uncle Dick had a large extended family. Later when I became close to Jack Nichols, another Mattachine pioneer and a prolific writer who died in 2005, after becoming much more radical than most of his generation, Dick told me that having family made him less interested in leaving a legacy for history.

“I have lots of nieces and nephews,” he told me. “They will live after me.”

But history is unavoidable. We are now starting to see what huge courage and sacrifices these gay pioneers went through — Frank Kameny, who was jobless after a federal witchhunt deprived him of a position as an astronomer; Nick Nichols, whose own father, an FBI agent, plotted to have him murdered as a teenager; and Dick Leitsch, who took his role in it

with such gallantry, never trying to reinvent history to try to concoct a place himself. He went from being America’s most famous, if only, homosexual, to almost forgotten.

In 2006, on the 40th anniversary of the Sip-In, he was asked by Scott Simon on National Public Radio: “Mr. Leitsch, is there still a Mattachine Society?”

He answered, “Oh, no, not after Stonewall. I kept saying, what’s the goal of Mattachine? And I always said the goal of Mattachine is to put ourselves out of business. When the cops walked into Stonewall, they tried to close it.

People said, no, you’re not going to close our bar. We have a right to have our bars and it’s been established we have the right to have our bars. And Mattachine had nothing to do with Stonewall.

That was something where the people rose up and did it. And that’s the beginning of the gay movement.” n Perry Brass has published 19 books, is the author of the bestseller “The Manly Art of Seduction, How to Meet, Talk to and Become Intimate with Anyone” and FerroGrumley Award-nominated “King of Angels,” a gay, Southern Jewish coming-of-age novel set in Savannah, Ga., in 1963. His newest book is “The Manly Pursuit of Desire and Love, Your Guide to Life, Happiness and Emotional and Sexual Fulfillment In a Closed-Down World.” “The Manly Art of Seduction” is now available as an audio book through Audible. com. Brass frequently writes for the Huffington Post and can be reached through www.perrybrass. com.

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Women and retirement: what your mother (probably) never told you Q: I’m a single woman in my early 50s. I’ve needed to cut back on my work recently to help take care of my mother, which has been affecting my ability to save as much money for my retirement. How much of an impact might this be having on my retirement planning?

A: First, I think it’s wonderful that you’re able to be there for your mother. Many women (and gay men more often than straight men) will likely find themselves in a similar situation of being the primary caregiver for an aging parent. Here are some thoughts to help keep your own plans on track.

be taking seriously, but for women, in particular, the challenge can be somewhat greater.

The financial gender gap Women, on average, earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn — a considerable difference over the course of a lifetime.2 Further, women are more likely than men to leave work to care for family members. While this trend doesn’t apply only to women (according to recent research, 40 percent of adult women and 37 percent of adult men provide Jeremy unpaid care for a Gussick friend or family member), the average profile of a caregiver is a 49-year-old woman caring for her widowed mother.3 From my experience working with LGBT clients, I would suggest the average profile of gay men caring for a friend or family member may be similar.

Why is this significant?

According to AARP, family caregivers who are at least 50 and leave the workforce to care for a parent forgo, on average, $304,000 in lost salary and benefits over their lifetime. These estimates range from $283,716 for men to $324,044 for women.3 Making the financial challenge more complex, women live longer than men, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Therefore, they tend to have longer retirements. What

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As news reports, surveys and even the president and Congress continually point out, all Americans should be saving and investing more money.

In its latest annual Retirement Confidence Survey, the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute found that, even though 78 percent of full-time workers report having saved for retirement, 57 percent said the total value of their household’s savings and investments — excluding the value of their primary home and any defined benefit plans — is less than $25,000.

This includes 28 percent who say they have less than $1,000 in savings.1 Clearly, saving for retirement is something that all of us should

International Out U.S. ambassador to Denmark weds The U.S. ambassador to Denmark has married his partner in the Scandinavian country that became the first nation to allow gay couples to formalize their unions, in 1989.

Rufus Gifford, the U.S. envoy since September 2013, is a strong LGBT-rights

does all this mean? Simply that all women — whether single, married or divorced — should make planning for retirement a lifelong endeavor. No matter what your age or situation, it’s important to start planning for your future now.

Working toward a solution While there is clearly a gender gap in earnings, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown improvements in women’s income. Higher earnings for women could mean the potential for more investments.

Nonetheless, the bottom line is that in order to make up for differences in earnings and benefits, and more retirement years due to longer life spans, women may have to invest more.

There are a number of steps women can follow when planning for a comfortable retirement: • Carefully consider how much risk you are willing to take in exchange for the potential to earn higher returns. Historically, equity investments have provided higher returns over the long term than less risky investments like CDs and short-term bonds, although past performance is no guarantee of future results.4 • Obtain information about the retirement benefits that are available through your employer, and actively participate in any plans offered.

• Seek education about the investment vehicles that can help you reach your retirement goals.

An investment professional is an

advocate and often appears with Stephen DeVincent, a 56-year-old veterinarian, at his side. The two were married Oct. 9 at the Copenhagen City Hall. Gifford, a 41-yearold Boston native, wrote on Twitter: “26 yrs ago the site of 1st legal gay unions in the world. Humbled and emotional.”

Later in the day, he posted a smiling photo of the two, showing off their rings: “In the land that created fairy tales, we just started our own.’’

Clips reveal Chinese hospitals trying to ‘cure’ gays Footage has been aired of gay “cure” therapy being performed in Chinese hospitals.

Homosexuality was legalized in China in 1997, for nearly a fifth of the world’s popu-

excellent source of information and guidance to help you sort through the many choices available.

• Contact local professional/ trade associations, women’s groups, community colleges and adult-education centers in your area for information on investment or personal-finance seminars taking place.

• Most important, women need to recognize the unique challenges they face and start saving and investing as early as possible to overcome them.

To learn more about planning for retirement, contact your financial advisor today. n Jeremy R. Gussick is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with LPL Financial, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.* Jeremy specializes in the financial-planning needs of the LGBT community and was recently named a 2014 FIVE STAR Wealth Manager as mentioned in Philadelphia Magazine.** He is active with several LGBT organizations in the Philadelphia region, including the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund and the Independence Business Alliance, the Philadelphia region’s LGBT chamber of commerce.

OutMoney appears monthly. If you have a question for Jeremy, email Jeremy. gussick@lpl.com. LPL Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor. Member FINRA/SIPC. Sources: 1Employee Benefit Research Institute, “2015 Retirement Confidence Survey,” April 21, 2015 2Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “The Gender Wage Gap, 2013,” September 2014 3”PBS News Hour, “Value of voluntary long-term care for family reaches staggering amounts,” April 8, 2014

lation, but sexuality remains largely taboo in the country.

Despite homosexuality no longer being listed as a mental illness in the country, reporters from Channel 4’s “Unreported World” have uncovered shocking practices in some Chinese hospitals, where gay people are subjected to painful electroshock therapy in a bid to make them straight.

It is not the first piece of evidence that the damaging therapy is still widespread. A medical student took legal action earlier this year over state-issued textbooks that still suggest homosexuality is a condition that can be cured by electroshock therapy.

The recent documentary aired even more concerning scenes, as Chinese LGBT activist John went undercover to report on “conversion clinics” that claim they can “cure” gay people.

4Investing in stocks involves risks, including loss of principal. Bonds are subject to market and interest-rate risk if sold prior to maturity. Bond values will decline as interest rates rise and are subject to availability and change in price.

CDs are FDIC Insured and offer a fixed rate of return if held to maturity.

The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. All performance referenced is historical and is no guarantee of future results.

This article was prepared with the assistance of Wealth Management Systems Inc. The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. We suggest that you discuss your specific situation with a qualified tax or legal advisor. Please consult me if you have any questions.

Because of the possibility of human or mechanical error by Wealth Management Systems Inc. or its sources, neither Wealth Management Systems Inc. nor its sources guarantees the accuracy, adequacy, completeness or availability of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information. In no event shall Wealth Management Systems Inc. be liable for any indirect, special or consequential damages in connection with subscribers’ or others’ use of the content.

Wealth Management Systems, Inc. and LPL Financial are not affiliated entities. *As reported by Financial Planning magazine, 1996-2015, based on total revenues. **Award based on 10 objective criteria associated with providing quality services to clients such as credentials, experience, and assets under management among other factors. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers.

He found doctors willing to put people through painful electroshock therapy, where people are trained to associate pain with negative “urges.”

One nurse told him: “Your conditioned reflex is that when you see someone of the same sex, you feel love. Now what I want to make you feel is scared.”

Gay people are routinely given drugs to induce nausea, before being subjected to electric shocks as part of the “treatment.”

John adds that young gay and lesbian people are often brought to the clinics by their parents, who are relying on their children to continue the family tree.

He recounts: “In China, there is a saying: ‘One of the most disrespectful things to your parents is not to have an offspring.’” n — compiled by Larry Nichols

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J. Whyatt Mondesire 1950-2015 A message from the Publisher

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first met J. Whyatt Mondesire on a warm late spring afternoon in Congressman William Gray III’s district office on Germantown Avenue. He was sitting with his cowboy-booted feet on the desk, wearing a seersucker suit with his signature cowboy hat on the side table next to him.

I had applied for a summer internship in the DC office and this was my interview. The year was 1983.

For 32 years, I have called Jerry Mondesire a mentor, a teacher, and most importantly, a friend.

In those years we battled together in some of the most un-winnable campaigns in Philadelphia’s political history.

I was with him on election night in 1996 when John Braxton got crushed in his bid to take out beloved Congressman Tom Foglietta. There was Jerry on a second floor walk up, with a pile of cash in front of him and a pistol holstered to his shin, paying campaign workers.

I was with him in 2001 when we ran Alex Talmadge against District Attorney Lynne Abraham; a campaign we called Truth. Justice. Talmadge. I was in the conference room at West Philly High when we focus-grouped a radio spot called “Bull Conner” (a spot that to this day remains one of the hardest hitting

attack ads in modern Philadelphia politics) to a group of African American leaders.

Jerry did not care that the odds were more often stacked against him. I tend to think he actually preferred it that way. He understood that political battles are not always won and lost on election night; that a hard fought loss, no matter how decisive, can become the foundation for great victories. Black political empowerment in this town did not just happen. It happened because Jerry Mondesire made it happen.

That is the side of Jerry that most folks know. But I loved him for the other sides. He had a laugh that started deep in his chest and welled up through his throat. I never had a conversation with Jerry that did not either begin or end with his asking “How’s your mom and dad?”

Jerry gave himself to a lot of causes, campaigns, and friends, but he gave everything to his family. Most of all I loved him for his heart.

In the hospital, Jerry’s son Joey told me that the doctors said it looked bad, but that his dad’s heart was strong. I smiled when he told me this and thought to myself: if that doctor only knew just how strong that man’s heart was.

Ken Smukler

Black political empowerment in this town did not just happen. It happened because Jerry Mondesire made it happen.

J. Whyatt Mondesire.

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Here’s what others said about Jerry upon learning the news of his passing, as reported on philly.com: U.S. Rep. Bob Brady: “He was always fighting for the underdog, not just for the NAACP but for all causes. He was a fighter for people who couldn’t fight for themselves.”

Minister Rodney Muhammad, NAACP chapter president: “He led us in the city, the state and as a member of the NAACP national board, and we want to do everything we can to build on the good that Jerry Mondesire has done.”

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J. Whyatt Mondesire 1950-2015 Continued from page 1 had a lion’s heart and a voice really big enough to articulate the pain and the plight of AfricanAmericans, and his head was full of ways to make things better. His kind of legendary anger was directed at injustice. He tried to shake up people to galvanize them to make things better.”

Sheriff Jewell Williams: “Jerry was a fearless defender of truth and a tireless advocate for justice.

His death will leave a void across the nation, which is what happens when an irreplaceable voice is silenced.”

State Sen. Vincent Hughes: “He was very committed to a progressive set of issues. He was very focused on the African-American

issues. He was very smart and in your face, and that’s how he operated. He was passionate about his commitment and the issues that he worked on. He was an important voice. He could walk in most rooms, whether affluent or downon-their luck. He would have respect when he walked in that room. And people paid attention to what Jerry had to say.”

City Council President Darrell Clarke: “Depending on where you stood, he was a reliably dogged ally or a worthy adversary. Whether you agreed with him or not, Jerry’s passion for equal representation and opportunity for all was undeniable.”

Malvern Shocks St. Joseph’s Prep Continued from page 12 Brady continues, “I think it was important to try and confuse Prep by using our passing game with [both quarterbacks]. But I also am thrilled with how we ran the ball against such a great defense.

Allison [154 yards] is proving to be a power back with a burst, and Fernandez is just an entirely different back. They were truly effective and I’m proud of their effort. I am also pleased that our defense hung in there. St. Joe’s marched 80 yards against us easily on the first drive and scored, and it didn’t look good there for a while. Thankfully, the kids didn’t quit or get down, and stuck to the game plan and we pulled it out.

When you beat a team like St. Joe’s it’s a big deal. Let’s just say my voicemail was full. It was nice hearing from a lot of people.”

Allison, Fernandez and Finley, who essentially sealed the

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win with a late and 58-yard return in the fourth quarter were all ecstatic after the win. “Of course we thought we could win but to actually win well that was something,” said Fernandez. “We stuck to the game plan and didn’t get down when we fell behind early,” said Allison. Finley will never forget this win either. “This was the most exciting moment in [my football career],” he said. “Prep had a chance to go ahead late. I was man-to-man on the slot receiver. When I saw [Kevin Shaw] throw to my man who was on a five-yard out pattern, I stepped in front. I said to myself, ‘Oh my gosh, I can actually get to this ball.’ I couldn’t believe this was happening, both that I got this interception, and that we were going to beat St. Joseph’s Prep.”

Now, the entire Delaware Valley knows it really happened, too.

Fighting to be Seen Revolutionary War re-enactment includes African-American roles

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n a cool October afternoon, Earl Weeks marches up Germantown Avenue alongside dozens of other men hauling muskets over their Noah Lewis of Philadelphia portrays Ned Hector, a black soldier, at the Battle of Germantown. Photo by Sarah J. Glover. shoulders or haversacks at their hip.

The men turn toward Cliveden House, and like the Continental Army figures they are representing, fall under the blasts of “British soldiers”, and lie scattered across the lawn.

As the annual re-enactment of the Battle of Germantown event comes to a close and the troops file off toward a nearby tent, Weeks knows that once again he has kept his vow. He wants to assure observers that through the losses, victories and sacrifices of the Revolutionary War, Black Americans were there.

“It’s important that people remember we Earl Weeks (left) represents the First Rhode Island Regiment of fought in every war,” says the 51 year-old as- Foot in the re-enactment. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

History of the Continental Army” Greene and sevpiring filmmaker. eral of his black soldiers were killed in a skirmish The crowds that gathered for the highlight of this with the Loyalists, who mutilated Green’s body, “apyear’s Revolutionary Germantown Festival on Oct. 3 parently as punishment for having led black soldiers saw different types of regiments that had a role in our against them.” war for independence. There were re-enactors repreThe regiment would go on to participate in the senting the 1st Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers, Battle of Yorktown, whose engagement led to the 3rd Pennsylvania Light Infantry Company and the British surrender and the end of the war.

1st Rhode Island Regiment, which in 1778 came to Weeks is one of about 15 African-Americans be dubbed the “Black Regiment.” who volunteer as re-enactors of the Rhode Island This was its nickname despite that only about regiment. They perform for this festival as well as 140 of the regiment’s 225 men were black. What’s on other occasions sponsored by schools and civic curious is that more than 100 of those blacks joined groups. over one four-month period. With low numbers of Asked about whether his favorite part of the batvolunteers joining the cause, the Rhode Island Astle is the thunder of the cannon, the camaraderie of sembly issued a directive that stated “every able-bodhis fellow re-enactors or walking in the footsteps of ied negro, mulatto, or Indian man-slave in this State a festival tradition that’s been in place since 1927, may enlist into either of the said two battalions.” It he answers, “Talking to people. People are surprised added, “every slave so enlisting shall, upon his passwe’re out here.” ing muster before Col. Christopher Greene, be imThen he walks off to grab lunch in the tent and mediately discharged from the service of his master prepare for the next battle. There’s a second re-enactor mistress, and be absolutely free.” ment at 3 p.m., and he’s going to be there.

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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at

First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 10:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price.

Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff.

The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered.

Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid.

Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court.

A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale.

The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be a sum sufficient to pay all Sheriff’s costs including advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price.

The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any

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municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property.

Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly.

No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine.

The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale.

All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale.

Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-6861483 and to its website philadox. phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property.

PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006

office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

N.B. - For the benefit of our non-professional readers who do not understand the meaning of the letters and figures following the defendant’s names, we make the following.

EXPLANATION The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions.

The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941.

223. means September Term, 1941.

223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ.

Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him.

Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

McKean Street BRT#482260400 ROW 2STY MASONRY Thomas N. Cooper, Jr., f/k/a Thomas N. Cooper, Sr. C.P. December Term, 2010 No. 00277 $111,082.56 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1511-303 172 E Mayland St a/k/a 172 E Maryland St 19144 59th wd. 1791 Sq Ft; Situate on the Southeast side of Mayland Street at the distance of 154 feet Southwestward from the Southwest side of Morton Street BRT#592126300 ROW 2 STY MASONRY Latoya Edwards C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00155 $142,929.70 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1511-304 1335 Faunce St 19111 56th wd.

3228 Sq Ft BRT#561403500 Residential Property Frank A. Castaldi C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 00633 $185,257.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-305 5422 Willows Ave 19143 51st wd. 1222 Sq Ft BRT#513213400 Residential Property Sonya Riggs C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 00038 $92,674.94 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-306 4823 Unruh Ave 19135 41st wd.

1121 Sq Ft BRT#412003600 Residential Property Alexander Ramos C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01315 $87,152.95 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-307 2135 Pratt St 19124 62nd wd.

982 Sq Ft BRT#622070800 Residential Property Marta M. Rosado C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02577 $84,356.83 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-308 181 W 65th Ave, Unit A 19120 61st wd. 4360 Sq Ft BRT#611397900 Residential Property James Pritchett C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 00798 $137,309.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-309 4737 Meridian St 19136 65th wd. 1055 Sq Ft BRT#651163000 Residential Property Jerry Hodges C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04502 $92,161.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-310 4304 Comly St 191353906 55th wd. 1365 Sq Ft BRT#552002300 Residential Property Betzaida Cartagena C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01783 $67,627.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-311 6321 N 13th St 19141 49th wd.

2197 Sq Ft BRT#493208500 Residential Property Amiratariqa Williams C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02115 $153,771.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-312 1801 W Champlost St 19141 17th wd. 3844 Sq Ft BRT#871522550 Residential Property Wykita S. Robinson, Individually and as a Guard-

ian Ad Litem for Amaris J. Warren-Robinson and Naiser H. Warren-Robinson; John Mason, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Eddie Mae Mason, Deceased; Trudie Mason, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Eddie Mae Mason, Deceased; The Unknown Heirs of Eddie Mae Mason; Kiara J. Robinson; Naiser H. Warren-Robinson; Amaris J. Warren-Robinson C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01732 $46,149.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-313 48 E Sharpnack St 19119 22nd wd. 3600 Sq Ft BRT#221106300 DET 2.5 Sty Masonry Dorothy Miller (deceased) C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03130 $93,942.71 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-314 2221 S Darien St 19148 39th wd. 705 Sq Ft BRT#393385100 Row 2 Sty Masonry Dorothy Scavetti (deceased) C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01637 $141,447.18 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-315 6519 N Woodstock St 19138 10th wd. 1184 Sq Ft BRT#102075900 Residential Real Estate Nova Tucker C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03005 $102,736.71 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-316 3122 Boudinot St 19134 7th wd. 700 Sq Ft BRT#071472200 Residential Property Troy Grant a/k/a Troy K. Grant C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03199 $38,347.04 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-317 415 Friendship St 19111 35th wd. 2647 Sq Ft BRT#353177200 Residential Property Richard J. Herbert C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03025 $160,858.99 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-318 2423 N Bancroft St 19132 16th wd. 661 Sq Ft BRT#161095100 Residential Property Patricia Berry Manigault as Administratrix of the Estate of Maurice Manigault, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01054 $41,249.74 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-319 4250 Neilson St 19124 33rd wd. 930 Sq Ft BRT#332524900 Residential Property Vivian Camacho C.P. February Term, 2011 No. 01193 $100,681.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-320 222 E Price St 19144 59th wd.

6262 Sq Ft BRT#591057500 Residential Property Inez Love C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 02671 $267,623.53 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-321 9574 State Rd Unit 39A 19114 65th wd. 1056 Sq Ft; Together with a proportionate undivided interest in the Common Elements of 5.5342% BRT#888651250 Residential

Property Kathy Connors C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02530 $284,841.93 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-322 20 N 51st St 19139 44th wd.

1792 Sq Ft BRT#441097600 Residential Property Myrtice Sermons C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01533 $28,551.69 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-323 4298 Parkside Ave 19104 11th District 1702 Sq Ft BRT#062227700 Residential Property Victor Bailey C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 3315 $80,651.28 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-324 3825 N 8th St 19140 43rd wd.

1057 Sq Ft BRT#432301800 Residential Property Nathan J. Brown, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Delores Clayton a/k/a Delores M. Clayton, Deceased; Darlene G. Carter, as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Delores Clayton a/k/a Delores M. Clayton, Deceased; Alphonso B. Clayton as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Delores Clayton a/k/a Delores M. Clayton, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2005 No. 00686 $40,190.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-325 5407 Irving St 19139 60th wd.

1226.4 Sq Ft BRT#603054600 Residential Property Gilbert A. Richardson C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00693 $90,704.35 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-326 6511 N 3rd St 191263913 61st wd. 5250 Sq Ft OPA#611054800 Residential Property Gary Mason C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 01319 $370,788.94 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-327 6954 E Wister St 19138 10th wd. 1462.5 Sq Ft BRT#102128000 Residential Property William Johnson C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 000562 $161,489.81 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-328 155 Roosevelt Blvd 19120 42nd wd. 2442 Sq Ft OPA#421136000 Residential Property Daisy Hurtado C.P. June Term, 2008 No. 02380 $92,795.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-329 3023 Disston St 19149-1902 55th wd. 1800 Sq Ft OPA#551-3084-00 Residential Property Badr Alameri C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01168 $137,112.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-330 1712 Wolf St 191454326 26th wd. 1207 Sq Ft OPA#262246900 Residential Property Lidia Riccobene, in her Capacity as Co-Administrator Dbn of The Estate of Rocco A. Maniscalco; Nadine M. Riccobene, in her Capacity as Co-Administrator Dbn of The Estate of Rocco A. Maniscalco; Jenna Sky Maniscalco,

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in her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Rocco A. Maniscalco; Gianna Star Maniscalco, in her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Rocco A. Maniscalco; Rocco Anthony Maniscalco, III, in his Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Rocco A. Maniscalco; Danielle Romanoff, in her Capacity as Heir of Rocco A. Maniscalco, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Rocco A. Maniscalco, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01324 $149,787.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-331 182 Gay St, Apt 1201 191284846 21st wd. 718 Sq Ft OPA#888211638 Residential Property Grace Mee Park a/k/a Grace M. Park; Jea Chul Lee C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 04113 $147,104.81 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-332 5120 N Marvine St 191412815 49th wd. 2100 Sq Ft OPA#493097700 Residential Property Richard Newsome, Individually and in His Capacity as Heir of Lerve Newsome, Deceased; The Unknown Heirs, Devisees and Personal Representative Lerve Newsome; Dwight Newsome, as potential heir of Lerve Newsome; Jamie Newsome, as potential heir of Lerve Newsome; Sheila Newsome, as potential heir of Lerve Newsome; Juanita Newsome, as potential heir of Lerve Newsome; Lathasa Newsome, as potential heir of Lerve Newsome; Cheryl Newsome, as potential heir of Lerve Newsome C.P. March Term, 2011 No. 01898 $89,635.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-333 815 N 63rd St 19151 34th wd.

1872 Sq Ft BRT#34-2-3608-01 Residential Property Stephanie Butler C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 002468 $122,463.75 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-334 1630 Murdoch Rd 19150 50th wd. 2180 Sq Ft BRT#501504800 Residential Property Eugene Adderly C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 003443 $197,112.77 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-335 3131 N 28th St 19132 38th wd.

611 Sq Ft BRT#381258500 Residential Property Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Robert T. Ensley, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 000510 $37,159.78 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-336 4329 Tackawanna St 19124 10th wd. 2000 Sq Ft BRT#232346300 Residential Property Nancy Ortiz C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 000683 $35,893.43 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC

1511-337 1827 E Wensley St 19134 45th wd. 1015.56 Sq Ft BRT#45-2-0576-00 Residential Property Ivette Nater C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 0395 $75,328.37 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-338 12004 Tyrone Rd 191541829 66th wd. 2098 Sq Ft OPA#663269300 Residential Property Victor S. Kornicki a/k/a Victor Kornicki C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00072 $106,608.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-339 2064 E Fletcher St 191251540 31st wd. 1158 Sq Ft OPA#313049500 Residential Property Corrine McFarland C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02929 $55,318.84 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-340 6507 Guyer Ave 191422807 40th wd. 1183 Sq Ft OPA#40-6-3064-00 Residential Property Degusia P. Soeh C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01163 $44,002.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-341 704 Kenilworth Ave 191263715 49th wd. 10500 Sq Ft OPA#492075900 Residential Property Barbara Gregg; Shaleem Gill C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00559 $40,504.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-342 5132 N 11th St 19141-2843 49th wd. 2162 Sq Ft OPA#493067600 Residential Property Wayne G. Butler C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03224 $123,845.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-343 5242 Larchwood Ave 19143 46th wd. 1302 Sq Ft BRT#4620097-00 Residential Property Antoinette Childs, Administratrix of the Estate of Curtis L. Witherspoon, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 000472 $90,948.48 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-344 3838 N Marshall St 19140 43rd wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#43-22744-00 Residential Property Edwin LaTorre a/k/a Edwin Latorre and Jasmine Rodriguez C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 003241 $73,533.09 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-345 4645 N. 16th St 191401112 13th wd. 1213 Sq Ft OPA#132113200 Residential Property Vadim Mayzel; Inara Mayzel C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00908 $76,927.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-346 431 S 51st St 19143 46th wd.

1616 Sq Ft BRT#602164600 Residential Property Andrew M. Schwalm C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 003938 $67,332.11 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-347 3446 Emerald St 191342011 45th wd. 1106 Sq Ft OPA#452339000 Residential

Property Antonio Serrano, Jr. C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02437 $55,388.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-348 555 N Wanamaker St 19131 52nd wd. 1220 Sq Ft BRT#043142700 Residential Property Shariff R. Staggs C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 003652 $96,438.73 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-349 6305 Woodbine Ave 19151 34th wd. 13200 Sq Ft BRT#344133100 Residential Property Gregory Thornton and Theresa Thornton C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 003489 $824,215.48 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-350 2547 S Massey St 19142 40th wd. 1108 Sq Ft BRT#406114900 Attached, Two Story Single Family Row with Garage Michael McIver and Wilburn Carrington C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02197 $65,055.03 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-351 6157 Haverford Ave 19146 34th wd. 1433 Sq Ft BRT#342003600 Row 2 Sty Masonry Roosevelt Austin (deceased) C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03450 $111,839.55 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-352 1674 N Wilton St 19131 52nd wd. 806 Sq Ft BRT#521311900 Row 2 Sty Masonry Janice Brown (deceased) C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03356 $64,331.78 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-353 2227 S 68th St 19142 40th wd.

1162 Sq Ft BRT#403071700 Residential Property Deon Tillery C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02009 $50,611.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-354 5814 N Howard St 19120 61st wd. 1240 Sq Ft BRT#612451000 Residential Property Donald J. Young, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of Anna Strickland, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02779 $46,369.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-355 5316 Ogden St 19139 44th wd.

708 Sq Ft BRT#442018200 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs of Samuel Simmons, Deceased; Alexander Simmons, Solely in His Capacity Samuel Simmons, Deceased; Eric Simmons, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Samuel Simmons, Deceased; Erica Simmons, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Samuel Simmons, Deceased; Georgia Simmons, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Samuel Simmons, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03759 $36,331.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-356 938 E Sedgwick St 19150 50th wd. 2772 Sq Ft BRT#502427800 Residential

Property Laura C. Forrest C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 03903 $249,692.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-357 7528 Woodcrest Ave 19151 34th wd. 1634 Sq Ft BRT#343184900 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property Hisham Himmet C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01056 $31,692.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-358 9947 Alicia St 19115 58th wd.

2904 Sq Ft BRT#581225400 Residential Property Helen A. Schneiderman and Leonard J.F.P. Schneiderman C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00493 $201,630.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-359 3330 Gurley Rd 19154 66th wd. 2000 Sq Ft BRT#663116300 Residential Property Kathleen A. Jordan C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 00948 $115,675.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-360 5023 N 12th St 19141 49th wd.

1978 Sq Ft BRT#491453700 Residential Property Frankie B. Wilson a/k/a Frankie B. Starks Wilson and Delia L. Collins C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01506 $13,581.05 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-361 2606 N 18th St 191323813 16th wd. 1560 Sq Ft OPA#162013500 Residential Property Charles Peoples C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00086 $33,221.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-362 4754 Marple St 19136 65th wd. 989 Sq Ft BRT#651101600 Residential Property Luz Williams a/k/a Luz Rodriguez Williams a/k/a Luz Y. Rodriguez C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 0850 $64,747.56 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-363 6824 N 7th St 19126 61st wd. 1433.75 Sq Ft BRT#611156700 ROW 2 STY MASONRY Bertha M. Hudson, Administratrix of the Estate of Craig A.Hudson, Deceased and Bertha M. Hudson, Administratrix of the Estate of Craig A. Hudson, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01375 $43,717.71 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-364 2717 Dudley St 19145 48th wd. 1606.5 Sq Ft BRT#482046200 ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Rose Marie Rao, Rose Marie Rao and Rose Marie Rao C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00335 $227,357.18 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-365 1015 Mercy St 19148 39th wd.

619.84 Sq Ft BRT#39-4-019200 ROW 2 STY MASONRY Geneva Carr a/k/a Geneva M. Carr, Administratrix of the Estate of Kevin Carr and Geneva Carr a/k/a Geneva M.

Carr, Real Owner and Original Mortgagor C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02124 $147,366.57 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-366 2726 N Dover St 19132 28th wd. 761.25 Sq Ft BRT#281158000 Residential Real Estate Beverly ThomisonSadia a/k/a Beverly Sadia and Michelle Speiser as Attorney in fact for Beverly ThomisonSadia C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00103 $42,947.87 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-367 7535 Brentwood Rd 191512104 34th wd. 2076 Sq Ft OPA#343229500 Residential Property Tara Gibbs a/k/a Tara N. Gibbs C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00855 $119,661.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-368 3027 Janney St 191343715 25th wd. 1430 Sq Ft OPA#252404900 Residential Property Angelique O’Donnell C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02061 $154,709.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-369 5230 Diamond St 191312304 52nd wd. 1750 Sq Ft OPA#521146500 Residential Property Winnie Elder C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00712 $97,867.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-370 2339 S Carlisle St 191454419 26th wd. 690 Sq Ft OPA#261117300 Residential Property Kathleen A. Sergi a/k/a Kathleen Sergi C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00021 $110,375.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-371 6526 Harlan St 19151 34th wd.

2105 Sq Ft OPA#344013000 Residential Property Kisha Prince; Tyrone Prince C.P. February Term, 2008 No. 03953 $118,403.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-372 1306 S Carlisle St 191464811 36th wd. 1184 Sq Ft OPA#365028500 Residential Property Andre Murray; Delores Murray; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Lillie Brown, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2007 No. 02516 $43,468.69 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-373 1116 W Moyamensing Ave 19148-3616 39th wd. 1053 Sq Ft OPA#394110200 Residential Property Frank L. Casillo C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03270 $189,297.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-374 5921 N 10th St 191413711 49th wd. 3410 Sq Ft OPA#492173300 Residential Property Altermease Holmes C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01425 $20,525.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1511-375 923 Gilham St 191115417 53rd wd. 4932 Sq Ft OPA#531166500 Residential Property Mark Hudgens C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 03615 $133,226.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-376 4615 Hurley St 19124 42nd wd.

ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#421445500 Residential Dwelling Jamal Reynolds C.P. October Term, 2008 No. 03984 $45,973.13 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-377 1620 Allengrove St 19124 23rd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1499 Sq Ft BRT#232214200 Residential Dwelling Ricardo Melendez a/k/a Ricardo L. Melendez; Anel Melendez a/k/a Anel R. Melendez and the United States of America c/o United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02658 $72,782.94 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-378 1923 Reed St 19146 36th wd.

ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 900 Sq Ft BRT#361135400 Residential Dwelling Lucas Chengula Mwagala C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00841 $137,633.56 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-379 1801 68th Ave 19126 10th wd.

1861 Sq Ft BRT#101259400 Residential Dwelling Earlie Segars, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robbie Lee Bennett C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 03331 $113,853.37 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-380 5402 Akron St 19124 62nd wd.

1215 Sq Ft BRT#621421400 Residential Property Avis Carr C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00885 $93,124.93 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-381 2702 Folsom St 19130 15th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 624 Sq Ft BRT#152172600 Residential Dwelling Angela Formicola, Known Surviving Heir of Jeanne Formicola, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Gina Marie Bass, Known Surviving Heir of Jeanne Formicola, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Jeanne Formicola, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01870 $185,837.28 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-382 2920 N 24th St 19132 38th wd.

1140 Sq Ft BRT#381003700 Residential Property Shemika S. Roberts C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03568 $39,409.51 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-383 6540 Guyer Ave 19142 40th wd.

1061 Sq Ft BRT#406322000 Residential Property Korkop Kamara and Morris A. Keita C.P. December Term, 2013 No.

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03607 $92,818.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-384A 863 N Uber St, Unit A 191302033 15th wd. 677 Sq Ft OPA#888154168 Commercial Real Estate The Thomas Cole Group, Inc. C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01894 $627,208.47 Bruce S. Luckman, Esquire 1511-384B 863 N Uber St, Unit B 191302033 15th wd. 1118 Sq Ft OPA#888154170 Commercial Real Estate The Thomas Cole Group, Inc. C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01894 $627,208.47 Bruce S. Luckman, Esquire 1511-385 8113 Crispin St 19136 64th wd.

1950 Sq Ft BRT#642023700 Residential Property Christopher Rodriguez C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01846 $166,046.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-386 829 McClellan St 19148 1st wd. 700 Sq Ft BRT#012357400 Residential Property Nelson Martinez C.P. September Term, 2009 No. 02893 $40,447.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-387 332 W Berkley St 19144 13th wd. .0294AC; 1280 Sq Ft BRT#13-3011000 Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry J&F Family Investing, LLC C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 001269 $64,854.73 Jenifer G. Fowler, Esquire 1511-388 802 Federal St 19147 2nd wd.

ROW 2STY MASONRY; 900 Sq Ft BRT#021267300 Residential Dwelling Edward J. DiBiase, Known Surviving Heir of Jennie DiBiase, Potentially Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Jennie DiBiase, Potentially Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Jennie DiBiase C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00587 $329,342.20 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-389 2514 N Chadwick St 19132 16th wd. 720 Sq Ft BRT#161141100 Row 2 Sty Masonry JC Fri, LLC C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 001139 $50,140.01 Jenifer G. Fowler, Esquire 1511-390 4305 Teesdale St 191363902 41st wd. 1039 Sq Ft OPA#412100700 Residential Property Luisedg M. Tate C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00086 $92,299.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-391 5520 Matthews St 19138 12th wd. 800 Sq Ft BRT#12-2287600 Row 2 Sty Masonry JC Fri, LLC C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 001140 $57,313.83 Jenifer G. Fowler, Esquire 1511-392 153 E 64th Ave 191201022 61st wd. 2464 Sq Ft OPA#611337900 Residential Property Stacey Dowling C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01813 $137,372.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1511-393 4839 Walnut St 191394337 60th wd. 1926 Sq Ft OPA#601046000 Residential Property Charlette M. Parns C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02296 $96,666.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-394 828 S 56th St 19143 46th wd.

1266.40 Sq Ft BRT#463224300 Residential Real Estate William Lovett C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02903 $89,117.57 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-395 7368 Wheeler St 191531421 40th wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#404214900 Residential Property Vernina Leslie Johnson C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03413 $114,355.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-396 228 Stevens St 191115917 35th wd. 2665 Sq Ft OPA#352181000 Residential Property Aminta Milagros Rivera C.P. October Term, 2009 No. 03594 $218,413.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-397 12209 Aster Rd 191541703 66th wd. 2236 Sq Ft PRCL#663202500 Residential Property German Yakubov C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 01389 $246,313.04 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-398 1702 N Peach St 191313322 52nd wd. 1212 Sq Ft OPA#521341600 Residential Property Ghandy Nzeh; Agatha A. Nzeh C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03253 $114,827.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-399 5016 Hazel Ave 19143 46th wd. 2200 Sq Ft BRT#46205700 Residential Real Estate Moshin Altufayli and Abdul Malik C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00583 $165,484.83 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-400 4200 Passmore St 191353104 55th wd. 1948 Sq Ft OPA#552095500 Residential Property Stanley Bordes; Elyse L. Bordes C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02494 $130,898.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-401 5103 Brown St 19139 44th wd.

1175 Sq Ft BRT#441278600 Residential Property Shirl I. Williams C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02816 $39,856.55 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-402 3647 Chesterfield Rd 19114 66th wd. 6022 Sq Ft OPA#661042900 Residential Dwelling Estate of Rose Marie A. Callaghan, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 001233 $152,712.64 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1511-403 2508 S 11th St 19148 39th wd.

889 Sq Ft BRT#394198010 Residential Property John Zirilli C.P. March Term, 2015

No. 003932 $182,107.18 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-404 4417 Shelmire Ave 19136 65th wd. 1283.42 Sq Ft BRT#65-10483-00 ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Lisa Soda C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03188 $150,926.88 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-405 9736 Chapel Rd 19115 58th wd.

6600 Sq Ft BRT#581291200 Residential Real Estate Richard Deane and Ileene Carlettini C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00379 $310,859.73 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-406 6128 Lensen St 19144 59th wd.

1357 Sq Ft BRT#592276500 Residential Property Shelly K. Chappell C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00975 $141,186.02 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-407 1230 N 42nd St 19104 6th wd.

1454 Sq Ft BRT#062293900 Residential Real Estate Julius Thigpen and Sabrina Thigpen C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00496 $153,610.03 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-408 1738 Georges Ln 19131 52nd wd. (formerly part of the 35th wd.) 1357 Sq Ft BRT#52-1353300 ROW CONV/APT 2STY MASONRY Phillip L. Tramel, Jr a/k/a Phillip L. Tramel C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02116 $120,820.17 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-409 404 N Daggett St 19151 34th wd. 1500 Sq Ft BRT#343128300 Residential Real Estate Audley Mitchell C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01734 $94,030.67 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-410 2500 Bonaffon St 19142 40th wd. 1135.05 Sq Ft BRT#871562430 Residential Real Estate Maurice Heard C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00557 $136,891.02 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-411 826 N Newkirk St 19130 15th wd. 1125 Sq Ft BRT#151329260 Residential Property Kenneth H. Levitt C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01380 $349,364.19 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-412 1939 S Warnock St 19148 39th wd. 672 Sq Ft BRT#39-4-144800 ROW 2STY MASONRY Creed D. Burleson, Jr. C.P. October Term, 2003 No. 000862 $55,929.84 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-413 2826 Hellerman St 19149 55th wd. 1480 Sq Ft BRT#551034800 Residential Property Rita V. Torres a/k/a Rita V. Oquendo C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 03166 $92,104.55 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-414 6434 N 15th St 19126 17th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY

MASONRY; 1496 Sq Ft BRT#172072400 Residential Dwelling Jacquelyn Proctor a/k/a Jacquelyn Lillian Proctor C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02234 $69,036.52 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-415 9001 Ridge Ave 4 19128 21st wd. 1001 Sq Ft BRT#214146904 Residential Property Betty Villarreal C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03407 $131,857.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-416 2241 W Somerset St 19132 11th wd. 1231 Sq Ft BRT#111039600 Residential Property William James Davis C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00666 $59,313.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-417 901 S 54th St 19143 51st wd.

1368 Sq Ft BRT#511064500 Residential Property Sandra McAllister C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01847 $129,560.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-418 2002 66th Ave 19138 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1132 Sq Ft BRT#102362800 Residential Dwelling Sandra Heggs C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 05088 $94,905.42 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-419 1717 Bridge St 19124 62nd wd.

1188 Sq Ft BRT#622112200 Residential Property Troy Jefferies, Jr. C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03014 $54,906.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-420 1610 N 30th St 19121 32nd wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 1048 Sq Ft BRT#324190200 Residential Dwelling Adrianne L. Grant, Known Surviving Heir of Ada Crawford, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Ada Crawford, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 03836 $117,360.17 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-421 8133 Lindbergh Blvd 19153 40th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 2049 Sq Ft BRT#405846017 Residential Dwelling Patricia Paige C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03361 $131,514.11 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-422 902 McPherson St 19150 50th wd. S/D W B/G 2S MASONRY; 2589 Sq Ft BRT#502505000 Residential Dwelling Denise Walker C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01329 $160,903.86 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-423 3007 Longshore Ave 19149 55th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1874 Sq Ft BRT#551274500 Residential Dwelling Elizabeth M. Carr C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01392 $129,402.68 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

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3108.02 Sq Ft BRT#342086300 Residential Dwelling Mary Graves a/k/a Mary E. Graves; John Graves a/k/a John H. Graves a/k/a John H. Graves, Jr. a/k/a John Graves, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00894 $175,188.33 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-425 3414 Water St 19134 7th wd.

ROW 2STY MASONRY; 938 Sq Ft BRT#073036400 Residential Dwelling Gloria Tirado and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Diego Tirado, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 03220 $54,473.57 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-426 2820 Guilford St 19152 64th wd. S/D W B/G 2S MASONRY; 2319 Sq Ft BRT#641169500 Residential Dwelling Virginia Fiordimondo and Annette R. Plati C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01128 $40,244.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-427 8663 Rugby St 19150 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1440 Sq Ft BRT#502108200 Residential Dwelling Roxane H. Taylor C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02271 $133,375.24 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-428 406 N 58th St 19131 52nd wd.

1372.5 Sq Ft BRT#04-2-219200 Subject To Mortgage Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Residential Dwelling Donald W. Teal, Jr., Known Heir of Alonza Mae Teal; James E. Teal, Known Heir of Alonza Mae Teal; Linda Gree, Known Heir of Alonza Mae Teal; Karen L. Teal, Known Heir of Alonza Mae Teal; Terri T. Teal, Known Heir of Alonza Mae Teal; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Alonza Mae Teal, Last Record Owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01012 $63,597.55 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-429 715 Daly St 19148 39th wd.

707 Sq Ft BRT#393096900 Residential Dwelling Pov Muth C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00070 $47,234.71 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1511-430 5853 N Howard St 19120 61st wd. 2633.25 Sq Ft BRT#612457700 Residential Dwelling Roussel Deslouches C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01716 $103,699.40 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1511-431 1031 Faunce St 19111 56th wd.

3050 Sq Ft BRT#561399700 Residential Dwelling Iris M. Blanco C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03582 $206,975.36 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC

1511-432 3168 Memphis St 19134 25th wd. 707 Sq Ft BRT#252325000 Residential Dwelling Yuri Kushnirsky C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00164 $78,353.46 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1511-433 1633 E Lewis St 19124 33rd wd. 1040 Sq Ft BRT#332036000 Residential Dwelling William Pugh and Susan Pugh C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00680 $77,202.60 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1511-434 317 Leverington Ave 19128 21st wd. 1259.2 Sq Ft BRT#211401000 Residential Dwelling Jaclyn J. Strittmatter, in her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of John J. Strittmatter, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under John J. Strittmatter, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00604 $128,796.39 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1511-435 4211 N 8th St 191402212 43rd wd. 1045 Sq Ft OPA#433350800 Residential Property William Casanas C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04582 $61,084.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-436 2341 S Franklin St 191483820 39th wd. 679 Sq Ft OPA#393217100 Residential Property Rose Brett C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01256 $33,949.66 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-437 2715 N 16th St 191322204 11th wd. 924 Sq Ft OPA#111187925 Residential Property Benny Thomas, in His Capacity as Executor and Devisee of the Estate of Gloria Thomas C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03574 $93,034.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-438 5405 Rutland St 191241127 62nd wd. 1476 Sq Ft OPA#621328200 Residential Property Tanya D. Kennedy, in her capacity as Co-Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Michael Craig Kennedy a/k/a Michael C. Kennedy, deceased Devisee of the Estate of Melvina Kennedy a/k/a Melvinia Kennedy; John C. Albert a/k/a John Albert, in his capacity as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Michael Craig Kennedy a/k/a Michael C. Kennedy, deceased Devisee of the Estate of Melvina Kennedy a/k/a Melvinia Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, in his capacity as Heir of the Estate of Michael Craig Kennedy a/k/a Michael C. Kennedy, deceased Devisee

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of the Estate of Melvina Kennedy a/k/a Melvinia Kennedy; Unknown Successor Executor of the Estate of Melvina Kennedy a/k/a Melvinia Kennedy, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Michael Craig Kennedy, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01177 $100,300.25 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-439 3576 Edgemont St 191345408 45th wd. 1532 Sq Ft OPA#451223785 Residential Property Rhys T. Legge; Kristina P. Legge C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01451 $150,231.73 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-440 2417 S 73rd St 191421507 40th wd. 3375 Sq Ft OPA#404069300 Residential Property Clifford Owens, Jr. C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01031 $125,931.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-441 556 Alcott St 191201236 35th wd. 1020 Sq Ft OPA#352054700 Residential Property Ebony Graham C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02161 $130,866.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-442 7639 Woodcrest Ave 191512703 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#343195700 Residential Property Sheila Briggs a/k/a Sheila M. Briggs C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01467 $75,387.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-443 12514 Medford Pl 19154 66th wd. 2455.08 Sq Ft; on the Southwest side of Medford Place (50 feet wide) which point is measured North 29 degrees 39 minutes 27 seconds West 89 feet 4-5/8 inches from a point. OPA#663240000 ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Colleen A. Stone and Robert S. Stone C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01607 $216,713.69 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1511-444 438 Mercy St 19148 39th wd.

658 Sq Ft BRT#392060400 Residential Property John Doe or any unknown persons having or claiming an interest or title to the subjected premises C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00195 $120,584.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-445 256 W Zeralda St 191444213 13th wd. 1394 Sq Ft OPA#133020500 Residential Property Wallace E. Taylor C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02337 $66,938.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-446 1829 S 65th St 19142 40th wd.

1729 Sq Ft BRT#401199800 Residential Property Tilee Dolo C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02350 $103,504.76 KML Law Group, P.C.

1511-447 5539 Miriam Rd 191241715 35th wd. 1277 Sq Ft OPA#351413900 Residential Property Andrea L. Hillhouse C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01732 $155,724.03 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-448 2004 Tyson Ave 191491809 54th wd. 1543 Sq Ft OPA#542076100 Residential Property Debbie Butler C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01012 $97,546.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-449 1911 W Sparks St 191411303 17th wd. 1272 Sq Ft PRCL#171279600 Residential Property Pearl M. Speaks C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02232 $31,513.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-450 5636 Elmwood Ave 19143 40th wd. 1136 Sq Ft BRT#402229500 Residential Property Bernie Brogden C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02963 $70,801.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-451 5220 Pulaski Ave 191444006 12th wd. 1950 Sq Ft OPA#123229800 Residential Property Ananiy Burshteyn C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03037 $131,870.84 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-452 5252 Delancey St 19143 60th wd. 892 Sq Ft BRT#602123100 Sidney V. Hartage (deceased) C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02449 $95,015.34 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-453 628 N 63rd St 19151 34th wd.

1920 Sq Ft BRT#344192500 Edward Williams C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02807 $121,738.45 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-454 1413 N 57th St 19131 4th wd.

984 Sq Ft BRT#043092000 Residential Property Arlena E. Davis C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03251 $101,636.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-455 1847 Lott St 19115 58th wd.

5962 Sq Ft BRT#581049200 Residential Property Casey Hunter and Olga Vilovchik C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00388 $268,065.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-456 2823 Castor Ave 19134 45th wd. 1074 Sq Ft BRT#451111600 Residential Property Karen Stocker C.P. February Term, 2011 No. 02239 $136,390.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-457 849 E Russell St 19134 33rd wd. 1590 Sq Ft BRT#331180000 Residential Property Kimberly Cruz C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02369 $67,102.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-458 6220 Delancey St 19143

3rd wd. 1016 Sq Ft BRT#032029200 Residential Property David Garfield C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03126 $93,118.31 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-459 5902 Haverford Ave 19151 4th wd. 2169 Sq Ft BRT#042191100 Residential Property Julinda R. Campbell C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00161 $60,164.36 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-460 3351 Morning Glory Rd 19154 66th wd. 2160 Sq Ft BRT#663043800 Residential Property Dominic Collaretti and Donna Collaretti C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01321 $210,223.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-461 3835 N. Delhi St 19140 43rd wd. 720 Sq Ft BRT#432347900 Residential Property Sherlie Bataille and Sean C. Thenor f/k/a Jean C. Thenor C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01456 $76,164.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-462 1431 N Felton St 19151 34th wd. 810 Sq Ft BRT#342331700 Residential Property Joan Murray and Ira R. Murray III C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02872 $53,688.20 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-463 309 Loney St 19111 63rd wd.

3998 Sq Ft BRT#631278800 Residential Property Tonya Roach and Kenneth E. Roach, Jr. C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03224 $271,194.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-464 1432 W Grange Ave a/k/a 1432 W Grange St 19141 17th wd.

1480 Sq Ft BRT#171116600 Residential Property Madeline Milito Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Lawrence S. Milito, Deceased; Raymond J. Penot C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00680 $113,721.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-465 932 E Haines St 19138 59th wd.

4106 Sq Ft BRT#591162700 Residential Property Cassandra Dudley C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 02470 $157,915.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-466 7117 Horrocks St 19149 54th wd. 1364 Sq Ft BRT#542353900 Residential Property Ismael Centeno and Edna I. Morales C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01211 $153,685.95 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-467 5409 W Girard Ave 19131 52nd wd. 1363 Sq Ft BRT#041087400 Residential Property C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01411 $29,011.28 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., and/or Kathryn L. Mason, Esquire 1511-468 521 E Brinton St 191441004 59th wd. 2927 Sq Ft OPA#592172800 Residential

Property Kemal Moise C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 00565 $181,889.04 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-469 1349 Dyre St 19124 62nd wd.

1510.32 Sq Ft OPA#621007900 ROW 2STY MASONRY Lashauna Roseborough C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00539 $124,292.04 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1511-470 725A Stratford Dr 191152819 63rd wd. 10500 Sq Ft PRCL#632187520 Residential Property Satish Kumar Suri; Rama Rani Suri C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02509 $454,545.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-471 312 W Hortter St 191193105 22nd wd. 3682 Sq Ft OPA#223057600 Residential Property Michael D. Carter, in His Capacity as Executor and Devisee of the Estate of Mary L. Carter C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02729 $368,709.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-472 2927 S 67th St 191422613 40th wd. 1798 Sq Ft PRCL#406616400 Residential Property Haywood Ruffin; Wendy Blackwell C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00380 $171,768.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-473 4556 Tackawanna St 19124 23rd wd. 1173 Sq Ft OPA#232336600 Residential Property Scott W. Fiadino a/k/a Scott Fiadino C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02835 $52,223.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-474 5849 N Marshall St 191201314 61st wd. 1237 Sq Ft OPA#612267700 Residential Property Troy Jones C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01447 $108,778.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-475 4232 N 8th St 19140 43rd wd.

803 Sq Ft BRT#433364100 ROW 2STY MASONRY Renee Maria Varquez C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02189 $53,084.69 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-476 8011-8013 Rowland Ave 19136 64th wd. 10108.5 Sq Ft BRT#642006000 DET W/D GAR 2.5 STY STONE Safaa Deeb C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00424 $274,598.65 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-477 1264 Alcott St 191493710 35th wd. 1093 Sq Ft OPA#352069700 Residential Property Mauvalyn O. Tomlin a/k/a Mauvalyn Tomlin C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03784 $54,336.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-478 1552 E Upsal St 19150 50th wd.

1591 Sq Ft BRT#501465600 ROW 2STY MASONRY Diane Howard C.P. January Term,

2015 No. 03145 $126,203.79 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-479 9323 Rising Sun Ave 19115 63rd wd. 4860 Sq Ft BRT#632298000 Residential Real Estate Richard Carlettini and Jennifer Carlettini C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02234 $238,100.52 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-480 7606 Woodbine Ave 19151 34th wd. 1673 Sq Ft BRT#343201400 Residential Real Estate Doretha A. Johnson and Ira L. Johnson C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03180 $203,732.99 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-481 4424 Saint Davids St 19127 21st wd. 1088 Sq Ft BRT#211230300 Residential Dwelling Sandra J. Cannon C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01507 $160,965.81 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1511-482 3858 Salina Rd 19154 66th wd.

2666 Sq Ft BRT#662557800 Residential Dwelling Patrick J. Vetter C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03585 $159,447.47 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1511-483 4725 A St 19120 42nd wd.

1152 Sq Ft BRT#42-1-2976-00 Residential Property Kimsan Keo C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 001427 $93,980.49 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-484 3324 Fairdale Rd 19154 66th wd. 1800 Sq Ft BRT#663023100 Residential Dwelling William G. McGreevy, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 03675 $165,142.24 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-485 6067 Cedarhurst St 19143 3rd wd. 1320 Sq Ft BRT#034012100 Residential Dwelling Tanya Growells a/k/a Tanya L. Growells C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01504 $164,432.39 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-486 2002 Brown St 19130-2615 15th wd. 1426.86 Sq Ft BRT#152239620 Residential Dwelling Victor Rozier a/k/a Victor S. Rozier C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00124 $244,556.70 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-487 4624 Regent St 19143 46th wd.

1460 Sq Ft BRT#461136500 Residential Dwelling Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Marlena Settles, Last Record Owner; Michelle Settles, Known Heir of Marlena Settles; Rodney Settles, Known Heir of Marlena Settles; Sharon Settles, Known Heir of Marlena Settles; Marlena Settles, Last Record Owner C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 00323 $83,751.84 Udren Law Offices, P.C.

1511-488 1206 S Millick St 19143 3rd wd. 984 Sq Ft BRT#033221000 Residential Property Acy Wynn, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Catherine Wynn, Deceased; Cathy Williams, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Catherine Wynn, Deceased; Delilah Wynn, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Catherine Wynn, Deceased; Kirk Wynn, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Catherine Wynn, Deceased; The Unknown Heirs of Catherine Wynn, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03785 $33,460.74 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-489 4739 Lansing St 19136 65th wd.

1208.42 Sq Ft BRT#65-1181400 Residential Dwelling Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Marguerite Weiss Robin Byouk, Known Heir of Marguerite Weiss; Heather Sharar, Known Heir of Marguerite Weiss; Timothy Hary, Known Heir of Marguerite Weiss C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02472 $135,556.80 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-490 2144 S Lambert St 19145 48th wd. 897 Sq Ft BRT#481356000 Residential Property Adriane Paul C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01728 $138,228.56 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-491 5110 Duffield St 19124 62nd wd. 1964.7 Sq Ft BRT#622238700 Residential Dwelling Estate of George Doughty a/k/a George Doughty, Jr. c/o Fred Doughty, Executor; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Rodine Doughty; Fred Doughty, Executor of the Estate of George Doughty a/k/a George Doughty, Jr.; Sherrell Doughty, Known Heir of George Doughty a/k/a George Doughty, Jr.; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under George Doughty a/k/a George Doughty, Jr., Deceased; Rodine Doughty, Last Record Owner C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00643 $165,601.02 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-492 5829 Woodbine Ave 19131 52nd wd. 15592 Sq Ft BRT#522181400 Residential Property The Unknown Heirs of Susan E. Robinson, Deceased; Terrence Robinson II, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Susan E. Robinson, Deceased; Siani Dior, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Susan E. Robinson, Deceased and Terrence Robinson, Jr., Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Susan E. Robinson, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02813 $381,884.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-493 4216 O St 19124 33rd wd.

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1133.36 Sq Ft BRT#33-2546000 Residential Dwelling Estate of Jean E. Jones a/k/a Jean C. Jones a/k/a Jean Chase Jones c/o Ann Beth Ialongo, Executrix; Ann Beth Ialongo, Executrix for the Estate of Jean E. Jones a/k/a Jean C. Jones a/k/a Jean Chase Jones; Maria Randazzo, Known Heir of Jean E. Jones a/k/a Jean C. Jones a/k/a Jean Chase Jones; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Jean E. Jones a/k/a Jean C. Jones a/k/a Jean Chase Jones C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01011 $56,061.06 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-494 1518 Arrott St a/k/a 1518 E Arrott St 19124 23rd wd.

2000 Sq Ft BRT#232140200 Residential Real Estate Boris Tansky and Gary Shekhtman C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01124 $94,133.31 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-495 2425 W 78th Ave 19150 50th wd. 1920 Sq Ft BRT#501444800 Residential Real Estate Phyllis Hylton and Barrington U. Hylton C.P. June Term 2015 $101,335.42 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-496 531 Carpenter St 19147 2nd wd. 541 Sq Ft BRT#021066400 Residential Real Estate Michael V. Colaizzo and Theresa M. Colaizzo C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02110 $275,841.17 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-497 2032 Federal St 19146 36th wd.

3972 Sq Ft BRT#36-1043400 ROW 2 STY MASONRY Angela D. Madison, Original Mortgagor and Real Owner and Tyrone L. Madison, Original Mortgagor C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 04352 $61,029.01 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-498 2525 S 2nd St 19148 39th wd. Land Area: 736.32 Sq Ft; Improvement Area: 1077 sq ft BRT#39-1-2750-00 James N. Borelli C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 2278 $141,168.35 David Banks, Esq., Banks & Banks 1511-499 1353 Sellers St 23rd wd. 2500 Sq Ft BRT#234050200 DET 2.5 STY MASONRY Carmen Ferugean C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 03396 $90,578.40 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1511-500 121 N Felton St 19139 34th wd. S/D W DET GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 2100 Sq Ft BRT#341243100 Subject to Rent Residential Dwelling Priscilla James C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01609 $92,705.52 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-501 1923 Benton Ave 19152 56th wd. (f/k/a 35th wd.) S/D W B/G 1STY MASONRY; 3500 Sq Ft BRT#562263500 Residential Dwelling Scott L. Rooney,

Executor of the Estate of John J. Rooney, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04166 $302,023.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-502 4025 Mitchell St 19128 21st wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1503 Sq Ft BRT#212201700 Residential Dwelling Rita Kananavicius C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 00510 $230,904.33 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-503 3336 Aldine St 19136 64th wd. ROW B/OFF-STR 2STY MASONRY; 1947 Sq Ft BRT#642108900 Residential Dwelling Emerita T. Gueson C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02454 $160,765.92 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-504 1617 E Gowen Ave 19150 50th wd. APT 2-4 UNTS 2STY MASONRY; 2517 Sq Ft BRT#501492200 Residential Dwelling Shanita Outing, Adminstratrix of the Estate of Peggy E. Covington a/k/a Peggy E. Outing, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00839 $104,189.37 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-505 7709 Brous Ave 19152 64th wd. DET W/BAS GAR 1STY MASONRY; 5910 Sq Ft BRT#641070900 Residential Dwelling John L. Erickson and Joann Erickson C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02464 $274,157.71 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-506 3045 N 4th St 19133 19th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 826 Sq Ft BRT#193094300 Residential Dwelling Joseph F. Lorenti a/k/a Joseph F. Lorent C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00585 $36,299.21 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-507 445 W Wellen St 19120 42nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 903 Sq Ft BRT#422240100 Residential Dwelling Harriet Robinson C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00427 $69,894.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-508 7103 Dorel St 19151 40th wd.

ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1138 Sq Ft BRT#404361000 Residential Dwelling Curtis Chesson C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01620 $56,599.22 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-509 5222 Schuyler St 19144 12th wd. APT 2-4 UNITS 2STY MASONRY; 2357 Sq Ft BRT#123242100 Residential Dwelling Lisa Marie Baron, Administratrix of the Estate of Michael E. Shields, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 03335 $267,136.79 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-510 4834 Larchwood Ave 19143

46th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1440 Sq Ft BRT#461057200 Residential Dwelling Ethel Lawrence C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02217 $279,500.45 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-511 3528 Nottingham Ln 19114 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MAS OTHER; 3353 Sq Ft BRT#661236400 Residential Dwelling Brian Kravitz and Tamara Kravitz C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01427 $261,243.61 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-512 533 Glenview St 19111 35th wd. APT 2-4 UNTS 2STY MASONRY; 2750 Sq Ft BRT#353150800 Residential Dwelling 533 Glenview LLC and Belarmino R. Costa C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02463 $181,253.96 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-513 2453 79th Ave 19150 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1882 Sq Ft BRT#501459200 Residential Dwelling Emma J. Bryant C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 00501 $175,515.43 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-514 802 W Fisher Ave 19141 42nd wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1152 Sq Ft BRT#492041200 Residential Dwelling Delores L. Harris, Administratrix of the Estate of Dorothy M. Harris, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 03202 $67,418.67 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-515 2006 Medary St 19138 17th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1242 Sq Ft BRT#171310000 Residential Dwelling Vadim Mayzel and Inara Mayzel C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00078 $84,477.80 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-516 5956 N Beechwood St 19138 17th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1040 Sq Ft BRT#172514500 Residential Dwelling Jerilyn Y. McGill a/k/a Jerilyn Y. McGill-Anthony, Co-Executrix of the Estate of Eloise B. Davidson, a/k/a Eloise L. Ford, a/k/a Eloise B. Davidson, a/k/a Eloise L. Davidson-Ford, a/k/a Eloise L. Davidson Ford, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Rosemary B. Owens, Co-Executrix of the Estate of Eloise B. Davidson, a/k/a Eloise L. Ford, a/k/a Eloise B. Davidson, a/k/a Eloise L. Davidson-Ford, a/k/a Eloise L. Davidson Ford, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01330 $51,531.44 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-517 208 W Manheim St 19144 13th wd. DET W/DET GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1416 Sq Ft BRT#133077100 Residential Dwelling Delores Mitchell,

Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Leroy Mitchell, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 00693 $46,330.80 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-518 3257 Cottman Ave 19149 35th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1416 Sq Ft BRT#641151400 Residential Dwelling Mary Rose Breiner, Known Surviving Heir of James J. Middleton, a/k/a James J. Middletone, a/k/a James J. Middleton, Jr., Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of James J. Middleton, a/k/a James J. Middletone, a/k/a James J. Middleton, Jr., Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01314 $68,511.94 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-519 1923 67th Ave 19138 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1146 Sq Ft BRT#102432200 Residential Dwelling United States of America c/o United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Kenneth Irick and Syreeta S. Scott a/k/a Syreeta Scott C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02380 $48,639.92 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1511-520 4700 Convent Pl 191143754 65th wd. 5000 Sq Ft OPA#652172319 Residential Property Maureen Harrison; Jason Harrison C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00195 $75,584.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-521 937 E Tioga St 191341340 33rd wd. 1402 Sq Ft OPA#331214600 Residential Property Candida Rios, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2004 No. 02736 $65,277.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-522 3412 Chippendale St 19136 64th wd. 1591 Sq Ft OPA#642200700 Residential Property Robert F. Presner, Jr. C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02113 $150,657.73 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-523 1832 E Sanger St, a/k/a 1832 Sanger St 19124-1436 62nd wd.

1200 Sq Ft OPA#622158800 Residential Property Mamouse Chery a/k/a Chery Mamouse C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00736 $69,448.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-524 2529 S Jessup St 191484411 39th wd. 665 Sq Ft OPA#394198980 Residential Property Timothy Cartlidge C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00346 $89,052.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-525 3928 N Percy St 191403119 43rd wd. 720 Sq Ft OPA#433148500 Residential Property Linda Tyler C.P.

May Term, 2015 No. 00198 $47,135.28 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-526 3345 Argyle St 191341903 33rd wd. 602 Sq Ft OPA#331368900 Residential Property Marisol Santiago C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04394 $33,005.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-527 2036 Glenwood Ave, a/k/a 2036 E Glenwood Ave 19134 45th wd. 1144 Sq Ft OPA#452192800 Residential Property Daniel Daehling C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02342 $52,724.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-528 2809 Shipley Rd 191521616 57th wd. 2933 Sq Ft OPA#571049900 Residential Property Christopher K. Boyer C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03550 $177,661.82 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-529 6031 Hegerman St 19135 41st wd. 2388.6 Sq Ft; on Southeast side of Hegerman Street 150 ft. 1-1/2 inches Southwestward from the Southwest side of Benner Street; Front: 21 ft. 61/2 in.; Depth: 90 ft.

OPA#411376900 Single Family Residence Terrylee E. Ford C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02867 $110,174.81 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1511-530 592 E Carver St a/k/a 592 Carver St 19120 35th wd. 1065 Sq Ft BRT#351235800 Residential Dwelling Javier Cortes C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01621 $58,263.34 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1511-531 1918 E Somerset St 19134 25th wd. 753.3 Sq Ft BRT#252016500 Residential Dwelling Michael Kuders C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03580 $68,160.65 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1511-532 9313 Germania St 19114 65th wd. 2800 Sq Ft BRT#65-2433310 Residential Dwelling Daniel Palucis; Tamara Palucis a/k/a Tamara M. Palucis C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01322 $138,952.37 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-533 3839 Pearson a/k/a 3839 Pearson Ave a/k/a 3839 Pearson St 19114 57th wd. 3850 Sq Ft BRT#57-2-154122 Residential Dwelling Lori L. Singmaster; William Singmaster a/k/a William J. Singmaster C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03923 $142,419.77 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-534 1721 Wharton St 19146 36th wd. 1617.04 Sq Ft BRT#365338700 Residential Dwelling Ronald Coney, Known Heir of Lulua Mae Coney; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under

Lulua Mae Coney, Last Record Owner C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02386 $135,116.69 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-535 3354 Salmon St 19134 45th wd.

1120 Sq Ft BRT#451182200 Residential Property Brandon Weizer C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 002813 $154,462.49 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-536 146-150 W Queen Ln 19144 12th wd. 3077 Sq Ft BRT#123117210 Residential Property Michael F. Coates C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 001265 $218,963.88 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-537 5642 Marvine St assessed as 5642 N Marvine St 19141 49th wd. 1275 Sq Ft BRT#493105100 Residential Property Ernest Greenwood, Jr. C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 002806 $40,079.99 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-538 7037 Crease Ln 19128 21st wd.

4949 Sq Ft BRT#214235600 Residential Property Darlene M. Pierce, as Administratrix of the Estate of Emma Durkin a/k/a Emma F. Durkin, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 03188 $235,483.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-539 4220 Penn St 19124 23rd wd.

1160 Sq Ft BRT#234278200 Residential Property Francisco Jose Mendez, a/k/a Francisco Mendez C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01548 $24,723.32 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-540 6538 Reedland St 19142 40th wd. 1134 Sq Ft BRT#406214500 Residential Property Abou Sow C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00676 $69,283.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-541 1332 Saint Vincent St 19111 53rd wd. 2806 Sq Ft BRT#532321400 Residential Property Jean W. Merceron C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00903 $181,292.49 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-542 6614 Revere St 19149 55th wd.

1458 Sq Ft BRT#55-1-530608 Residential Property John Ballentine C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 002771 $145,508.99 Leon P. Haller, Esquire 1511-543 889 N 42nd St 19104 6th wd.

1650 Sq Ft OPA#062278200 Subject to Mortgage Residential Property Daryl Weston C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03349 $16,980.60 Brett A. Solomon, Michael C. Mazack 1511-544 8606 Colony Dr 19152 57th wd.

4421 Sq Ft BRT#571284004 Residential Property Joseph M. McLaughlin C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00243 $186,455.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-545 6551 N Lambert St 19138 10th wd. 1209 Sq Ft

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BRT#102083700 Residential Property Bobbie E. Williams C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03303 $61,031.15 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-546 622 Elkins Ave 19120 61st wd.

2150 Sq Ft BRT#612026500 Residential Property Bernice McNeil C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01376 $97,026.69 KML Law Group, P.C. 1511-547 65 E Clapier St 191445932 12th wd. 1580 Sq Ft OPA#121028200 Residential Property Roy Smith; Brandy Holden C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 01034 $245,954.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-548 7050 Wheeler St 19142 40th wd. 1110 Sq Ft BRT#40-62056-00 Residential Dwelling Joseph Dereef a/k/a Joseph A. Dereef a/k/a Joseph A. Dereef, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03343 $16,489.97 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-549 2435 S 8th St 19148 39th wd.

854 Sq Ft BRT#39-3-244800 Residential Dwelling Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Arthur Young; Mei D. Young, Individually and as known heir of Arthur Young C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02105 $99,806.55 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1511-550 2934 W Allegheny Ave 19132 38th wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#381351000 Grace M. Turner (deceased) C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00903 $82,784.95 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-551 323 E Cliveden St 19119 22nd wd. 2635 Sq Ft BRT#221048600 Residential Property Willene Johnson C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 003084 $73,585.95 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-552 1331 S. Mole St 19146 36th wd.

553 Sq Ft BRT#365094700 Carolyn Moore C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01829 $142,632.01 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-553 5646 Matthews St 19138 12th wd. 900 Sq Ft BRT#122290400 Residential Property Charles E. Burks a/k/a Charles Burks C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 002991 $32,091.91 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-554 3877 Frankford Ave 19124 45th wd. 7714 Sq Ft; all that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, being known as 3877 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19124.

BRT#88-2-9714-00; City Registry: 77 N 15 S/O Commercial Real Estate (zoned Industrial/ Industrial Mixed Use) Louis Pavoni C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00593 $214,737.14 together

with interst from May 27, 2015 forward at a rate equal to the weekly average yield on U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of five (5) years plus 3.5% per annum, adjusted every 60th month (currently 6.125% per annu Charles N. Shurr, Jr. Esquire; Kozloff Stoudt 1511-555 253 S 53rd St 19139 60th wd.

1600 Sq Ft BRT#602194150 Residential Property Steven Moore a/k/a Steven J. Moore C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 003191 $148,414.08 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-556 418 Wolf St 19148-5711 39th wd. 877 Sq Ft OPA#392162500 Residential Property Frank C. Foster; Frances A. Ferlaino C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00707 $213,523.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-557 6827 Souder St 191492226 54th wd. 1242 Sq Ft OPA#542319000 Residential Property Barry Caplan C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02484 $64,097.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-558 1440 S 17th St 19146-4715 36th wd. 992 Sq Ft OPA#365206900 Residential Property Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Co Major, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02335 $75,066.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-559 7932 Fayette St 19150 50th wd.

1595 Sq Ft BRT#502283900 Residential Property Lynda M. Wilson, as the Adminstratrix of the Estate of Florence Cupit C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 001020 $126,356.74 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-560 2363 Orthodox St 191371129 45th wd. 2000 Sq Ft OPA#453353900 Residential Property Anthony Cancelliere C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00040 $105,708.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-561 1469 N Wannamaker St 19131-3825 4th wd. 780 Sq Ft OPA#043148500 Residential Property Sylvia Watson, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of the Estate of Ida Bloodworth; Bernard Tyler, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Ida Bloodworth; Odell Tyler, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Ida Bloodworth; Cynthia Tyler, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Ida Bloodworth; Juanita Bloodworth, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Louis Bloodworth; a/k/a Lewis Bloodworth; Unknown Successor Administrator of the Estate of Louis Bloodworth a/k/a Lewis Bloodworth; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associa-

tions Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Louis Bloodworth, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Ida Bloodworth, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Junius Tyler, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 02683 $74,932.62 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-562 3330 Guilford St 19136 64th wd. 1996 Sq Ft BRT#642092200 Residential Property Frederick W. Bruestle and Ruth A. Bruestle C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01118 $128,880.86 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-563 2861 Memphis St 191344225 25th wd. 926 Sq Ft OPA#251486800 Residential Property James Busk a/k/a Jim Busk C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01727 $71,815.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-564 5537 Catharine St 191432511 46th wd. 1065 Sq Ft OPA#463094000 Residential Property Joseph Brown, in His Capacity as Heir of Catherine Brown, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Catherine Brown, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 03335 $70,098.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-565 1034 Levick St 19111 53rd wd.

1611 Sq Ft BRT#531068000 Residential Property Robert Oder and Kathleen Oder C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01119 $97,670.53 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-566 2737 S Muhlfeld St 191532408 40th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#406158200 Residential Property Alimamy Saccoh; Moussa Sacko C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 03268 $75,190.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-567 1320 Orthodox St 191243623 23rd wd. 3630 Sq Ft OPA#234058600 Residential Property Michele E. Jackson C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03118 $140,533.97 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-568 1986 Ambassador St 19115 56th wd. 2754 Sq Ft BRT#562272627 Residential Property Charles Joseph Fuscellaro and Doris A. Fuscellaro C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02815 $195,460.85 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1511-569 1136 Overington St 19124 23rd wd. 1449 Sq Ft OPA#234075000 Residential

Property De’Eric A. Ferebee C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 04117 $47,682.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-570 1029 N 46th St 19131 6th wd.

1038 Sq Ft BRT#062371100 Willie J. Johnson, Jr. C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00068 $81,579.66 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1511-571 4846 A St 19120 42nd wd.

1668 Sq Ft OPA#421293400 Residential Property Yamila Natalia Marol C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 03404 $94,880.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-572 1337 N Marshall St 191224314 14th wd. 1460 Sq Ft OPA#141021900 Residential Property Kenneth E. Thomas, in His Capacity as Heir of Christine Thomas, Deceased; Ronad McCray, in His Capacity as Heir of Christine Thomas, Deceased; Florence Thomas, in Her Capacity as Heir of Christine Thomas, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Christine Thomas, Deceased; Latanya Thomas, in Her Capacity as Heir of Christine Thomas, Deceased; Vernell Thomas, in His Capacity as Heir of Christine Thomas, Deceased; Lakeisha Thomas, in Her Capacity as Heir of Christine Thomas, Deceased; Shareeda Thomas, in Her Capacity as Heir of Christine Thomas, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03417 $34,644.25 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-573 2630 Ash St 19137-1705 45th wd. 980 Sq Ft OPA#453111000 Residential Property Gregory Dillon C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01450 $143,181.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-574 2929 Ruth St 19134-3534 25th wd. 684 Sq Ft OPA#252550400 Residential Property Leonardo Padilla C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01917 $45,510.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-575 6538 Allman St 191421924 40th wd. 828 Sq Ft OPA#403106200 Residential Property Charles Bevan C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01103 $61,407.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-576 2853 N Marvine St 19133 37th wd. 1125 Sq Ft BRT#372241000 Residential Real Estate Roslyn Turpin C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01736 $25,544.64 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-577 5031 Gransback St 191204008 42nd wd. 1016 Sq Ft OPA#421518300 Residential Property Wilfredo Vega C.P.

June Term, 2014 No. 00865 $93,055.19 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-578 3013 W Sedgley Ave 191211814 32nd wd. 1207 Sq Ft OPA#323060500 Residential Property Zebbie D. McMiller C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01275 $8,422.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-579 2495 78th Ave 191501824 50th wd. 2149 Sq Ft BRT#501448300 Residential Dwelling David Kelliehan, Personal Representative of the Estate of Beulah A. Kelliehan C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01332 $116,419.96 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-580 3343 Conrad St, Unit 202 a/k/a 3343 Conrad St, unit 202 and Parking Unit 9 Terraces at East Falls Condominium 19129-1514 38th wd. 911 Sq Ft BRT#888380202 Residential Dwelling Anthony Mascieri C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02196 $336,041.38 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-581 1159 E Stafford St 19138 59th wd. 1265.6 Sq Ft BRT#59-10526-00; PRCL#108N2-105 Residential Dwelling Michelle Wilson C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00248 $105,383.56 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-582 5634 Arch St 19139 4th wd.

1458 Sq Ft; on Southeast side of Arch and Frazier Street; Front: 18 ft, Depth: 81 ft.

BRT#042024700 Single Family Residence Wilbur L. Vance C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02911 $82,593.59 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1511-583 315 Tasker St 19148-1326 1st wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#011293900 Residential Real Estate Gary J. Wilson C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00918 $95,943.54 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-584 2851 Lardner St 191493517 62nd wd. 929 Sq Ft OPA#621191100 Residential Property Donna Sidney C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00548 $101,338.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-585 3900 Ford Rd, Unit 17D 19131 52nd wd. 1526 Sq Ft BRT#888520246 Residential Real Estate Vivian Strong C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 03734 $247,444.53 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-586 2555 S Dewey St 191423517 40th wd. 1384 Sq Ft OPA#402074000 Residential Property Arnell J. Maxwell C.P. February Term, 2006 No. 00244 $87,707.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-587 1123 W Porter St 19148 39th wd. 855 Sq Ft BRT#394111700 Residential Real Estate Ilene Goldman, Administratrix of the Estate of Carol Kodak,

Deceased C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01245 $169,592.56 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1511-588 4348 Potter St 191244428 33rd wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#332560700 Residential Property Damaryd Vera C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03446 $106,403.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-589 1435 Magee Ave 191114917 53rd wd. 1743 Sq Ft OPA#532015000 Residential Property Ibrahim M. Utqi C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01694 $133,742.29 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-590 525 Foster St 191163307 58th wd. 3300 Sq Ft BRT#582170400; Lot&Blk#153N21-161 Residential Dwelling Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, as Administrator of the Estate of Alphonse J. Milano, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03295 $32,039.35 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-591 1533 S Garnet St 191464627 36th wd. 672 Sq Ft BRT#363219000; Lot&Blk#011S180150 Residential Dwelling Xiao Ming Zhu C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00371 $32,347.60 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-592 4744 N Marvine St 19141 49th wd. 1730 Sq Ft BRT#491435400; Lot&Blk#124N080037 Residential Dwelling Jasmine Bush, in Her Capacity as Adminsitratrix of the Estate of Melvin R. Pryor a/k/a Melvin Pryor, Deceased and Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Carolyn Miles, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04370 $74,856.86 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-593 1908 Stanwood St 19152 56th wd. 2848 Sq Ft BRT#562044700; Lot&Blk#84 N 23140 Residential Dwelling Edna Sandine C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02451 $184,536.41 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-594 5600 Crowson St 19144 12th wd. 1319.04 Sq Ft BRT#122212200; Lot&Blk# 53 N 18-204 Residential Dwelling Cynthia T. Baptiste, as Executrix of the Estate of Annette McIntosh, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01627 $67,954.61 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1511-595 1972 Sterling St 19138 10th wd.

1235 Sq Ft OPA#101395600 Residential Property Naimah Devine C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03078 $97,646.11 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-596 3333 Elliston Cir 191141205 66th wd. 5559 Sq Ft

SHERIFF’S SALE OPA#661160300 Residential Property Young Ja Woo; Kil Chang Woo C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 01048 $92,533.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-597 436 E Phil Ellena St 191191943 22nd wd. 1849 Sq Ft OPA#221202100 Residential Property Rosa M. Mercer a/k/a Rosa Mercer C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03604 $161,557.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-598 4736 Large St 19124-2947 23rd wd. 1979 Sq Ft OPA#234202300 Residential Property Dominick Gibbs C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01049 $192,476.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-599 3520 Avalon St 19114-1502 66th wd. 6000 Sq Ft OPA#661082920 Residential Property Ramona Santini C.P. September Term,

SHERIFF’S SALE 2012 No. 03392 $140,196.79 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-600 6142 Morton St 191441043 59th wd. 2133 Sq Ft OPA#592201300 Residential Property Terrence Evans a/k/a Terrence E. Evans C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03480 $152,551.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-601 6745 Horrocks St 191202211 54th wd. 1340 Sq Ft OPA#542346800 Residential Property Anthony J. Kirchner, Jr. a/k/a Anthony Kirchner C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03396 $67,097.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-602 226 Devereaux Ave 191115920 35th wd. 2520 Sq Ft OPA#352191300 Residential Property Josett M. Davis a/k/a Josett Davis C.P. April Term,

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1320 Sq Ft OPA#171261200 Residential Property Desmond G. Spencer C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00936 $51,928.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-604 3149 N Hancock St 191333920 7th wd. 1330 Sq Ft PRCL#071139300 Residential Property Rogelio Martinez; Antonio Rivera C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02654 $37,248.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-605 907 Carver St 19124-1025 35th wd. 942 Sq Ft OPA#351255600 Residential Property James Varghese; Mary James C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03385

$99,014.04 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-606 2418 S 19th St 19145-4226 26th wd. 818 Sq Ft OPA#262120300 Residential Property Frank L. Gulino, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Mario J. Gulino; Christopher Gulino, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Mario J. Gulino; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Mario J. Gulino, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00038 $109,320.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1511-607A 7240 Revere St 19149 64th wd. Land Area: 1260 Sq Ft; Improvement Area: 0 sq ft BRT#88-2154102 Subject to Mortgage STORE 1 STY MASONRY AND PARKING LOT COMMERCIAL 7231

Roosevelt, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02883 $5,914,642.87 Mark Pfeiffer, Esquire; Buchanan, Ingersoll, & Rooney, PC 1511-607B 7231-49 E Roosevelt Blvd 19149 64th wd. Land Area: 63022 Sq Ft; Improvement Area: 22176 sq ft BRT#88-2154101 Subject to Mortgage STORE 1 STY MASONRY AND PARKING LOT COMMERCIAL 7231 Roosevelt, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02883 $5,914,642.87 Mark Pfeiffer, Esquire; Buchanan, Ingersoll, & Rooney, PC 1511-608A 3601-05 Decatur St 191363010 64th wd. 2849 Sq Ft OPA#882004630 Commercial Real Estate Daniel S. Gallagher C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02572 $183,691.64 Kristofer B.

Chiesa, Esquire 1511-608B 3607-11 Decatur St 191363010 64th wd. 2449 Sq Ft OPA#882928640 Commercial Real Estate Daniel S. Gallagher C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02572 $183,691.64 Kristofer B. Chiesa, Esquire 1511-609A 1001 Livezey Ln 19119 9th wd. (formerly the 21st wd.)

27443 Sq Ft OPA#092122110 Subject to Mortgage Residential Building Andrew Cooley C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01055 $749,172.12 James M. Rodgers, Esquire 1511-609B 1011 Livezey Ln 19119 9th wd. (formerly the 21st wd.)

26025 Sq Ft OPA#092122120 Subject to Mortgage Residential Building Andrew Cooley C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01055 $749,172.12 James M. Rodgers, Esquire

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New University City Residential Tower Opens

by HughE Dillon Southern Land Company cut the ribbon on their new $110 million, 28-story residential tower at 3601 Market Street in Philadelphia. The project, of which the University City Science Center and BLT Architects are partners, features 364 residential units and 14,600 square feet of retail space which will include a restaurant, a Dunkin Donuts and a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop.

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There’s Power in a Co-op Pioneering non-profit energy company hosts inaugural Co-Optoberfest

by HughE Dillon The Energy Co-op ended the summer with their first annual Co-Optoberfest at the Independence Beer Garden where the co-op staff, members, and prospective members gathered to enjoy refreshments, friendly games of bocce, and discussions ranging from renewable energy to cooperative business models. The Energy Co-op is the area’s only independentlyowned, local, nonprofit energy supplier.

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O’Neal branded gaming system combines the live and digital for a new gambling experience.

by HughE Dillon Former NBA star center Shaquille O’Neal has partnered with New Jersey’s Dynamic Gaming Systems to bring a new gaming system called Shaq Blackjack to Parx Casino in Bensalem. The system will combine the live atmosphere of blackjack with the individualized aspects of a slot machine. The game is played with a live dealer, while gamblers sit in slot machine type seats with a digital monitor that displays the blackjack game. It’s all about less intimidation while still being part of the group experience of playing blackjack.

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4. The band Wildflower performed at the party. 5. Shaquille O’Neal autographs a poster of himself. 6. Shaq checks out one of the player terminals on the casino floor. Photos by HughE Dillon.

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n Oct. 2 at Plymouth Whitemash’s Colonial Field, Malvern Prep was already up 20-7 against heavily favored St. Joseph’s Prep when the team began one more drive in the pouring rain with just under a minute left. Friars’ coach Aaron Brady had no intentions of going into the locker room satisfied with the 13-point lead. Soon after, the coach had his quarterback, Kevin Doyle, spike the ball with 2.8 seconds left at the Prep 40 giving the team one last play. Then, Doyle threw a bomb in the right side of the end zone, in the direction of three Prep defenders and three Malvern receivers. Somehow Mike Fay caught it and the Friars soon had an improbable 27-7 lead. As their 64 players and coaches gleefully sprinted to their locker room, there was virtually no movement from a stunned Hawks’ sideline.

“Absolutely the game plan was to be aggressive,” said Malvern coach Aaron Brady, who has coached as an assistant at Duke and Clarion collegiately, as well as for many high schools in his storied career. “We needed those points right there. Against a team like St. Joseph’s Prep, you have to pull out all the stops, and try new things and go for it.

They are such a good team, and they scout everything, so you have to show them new looks.”

Prep rallied in the second half and almost took the lead before a key Malvern interception by Pat Finley, followed by a third rushing touchdown for O’Shaan Allison, sealed a

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33-21 win. The fourth quarter was played in howling winds and rain and one can assume referees would not have started a game in those conditions.

“It’s a huge win for us,” said Brady. “I’m so happy for our kids, especially our seniors. I think it was a result of 64 kids who believed we could win. There’s a rivalry component when Malvern Prep and St. Joseph’s [Prep] play, and I think it doesn’t matter so much how talented we both are or what the records are. [St. Joseph’s Prep] coach Gabe Infante and I have been friends a long time. Our programs are very similar, and share the same values, and have the same alumni interest invested into our programs. I knew they would be ready for us and have some tricks, and we tried to be ready to show them some new looks, too.”

O’Shaan Allison stated, “I think we shocked a lot of people, except ourselves,” he said. “Kids have been stopping me all over school today [Oct. 5] and congratulating me and my teammates. There have been a lot of ‘I can’t believe you guys beat the Prep.’ It’s definitely a big deal that we beat them. Anytime you beat the two time-defending [PIAA AAAA] state champs, it’s a huge deal. As for my game, I am trying my hardest to get better and I took what the defense gave me. I was happy to be able to find the end zone [three times] and help my team win.”

Malvern won this game with the help of some interesting coaching decisions and so-called “tricks”. All of which worked. Brady instructed his punter Zac Fernandez, who

also had over 100 yards rushing and 50 receiving, to squib (or pooch) his punts in the muddy artificial turf, to make it tough for Prep’s superstar junior running back D’Andre Swift to field the ball. Swift ended up bobbling a first quarter punt, and muffed it, which led to the Friars’ first score.

“You never want to see number seven getting the ball,” he said of Swift. Later, a short designed punt hit a Prep special teamer in the back and was received by the Friars. Fernandez also converted a second quarter fake punt for a first down, which led to another touchdown. Brady also used two quarterbacks, Nick Maras, and Doyle, to show Prep new looks. Doyle was efficient at throwing the ball.

“I tried to kick line drive punts and not get the ball up in the air so it would bounce and be tough for [Swift] to catch them,” said Fernandez. “On the fake punt, I have the option to read that, and run if I see an opening. I saw something where I thought I could get the yardage [5 yards] so I followed the gap and made it.”

“The three punt plays were huge, the difference in the game. When you punt the football and end up with three first downs out of it, that really changed the whole game,” said Brady. “Our game plan was to run the ball versus La Salle and we went into the St. Joseph’s Prep planning to alternate series between the QBs. They are both quality players and we have trust in them both,” he said. “We tried to beat La Salle pretty much with our run game last week.”

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Achieving Independence Center of Valley Youth House. “A couch is not a home.”

Landy said her organization has set up a couple couches throughout the city.

Passersby are invited to take photos of themselves on the couches and post them on social media with the hashtag #couchesdontcount. They can also donate to Pride Housing by visiting www.valleyyouthhouse.org.

Aadam Muhammad, a North Philadelphia native, turned his life around thanks to help from Valley Youth House, he said at OutFest. He had just turned 20 when he came out to his family.

Muhammad’s parents kicked him out of the house, and he ended up living with a stranger until one day he returned to the apartment to find the locks had been changed.

When Muhammad discovered Valley Youth House, he received rent and food subsidies. He was able to go back to school and secured employment. Now 26 and living in Mt. Airy, Muhammad has a degree in psychology from Temple University and is pursuing master’s

“We’re all here today to celebrate Gloria’s life and honor her legacy,” said Rue Landau, executive director of the Philadelphia Human Relations Commission, who worked with Casarez for more than 20 years. She noted their evolution from “scrappy activists” to “activists in suits.”

“Gloria is one of those special people who spent her life with purpose,” Landau said. “She had a vision of a more equitable and understanding world and worked every day to make that vision a reality.”

“I wish I had more walls to show all of the impact that she’s had,” Ortiz said.

Two people read poems in honor of Casarez. Philadelphia Mural Arts Program chief operating officer Joan Reilly, 12th Street Gym owner Frank Baer and Mayor Michael Nutter also spoke, among others.

In addition to the mural, Philadelphia honored Casarez before OutFest began with the annual raising of the rainbow flag at the northeast corner of City Hall, a tradition Casarez started in 2010. A tropical storm drenched the flag that officials erected Oct. 1 to celebrate LGBT History Month. The new flag added the seal of the

degrees in public health and counseling at Arcadia University. He wants to work to decrease LGBT youth homelessness.

“These are unacceptable numbers,” said Muhammad, a member of the board of governors for Valley Youth House. “It’s an LGBT issue, but also it’s a public-health issue. When you’re homeless, you’re not thinking about your education or career, you’re thinking about survival.”

Just after 1 p.m., as the sun was heating up, dozens gathered in front of the 12th Street Gym to see a partial unveiling of the mural to memorialize Gloria Casarez, the inaugural director of the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs. She died of breast cancer last year.

Artist Michelle Angela Ortiz said her team had some issues with scaffolding, which delayed the installation of the mural; but it’s expected to be complete by the end of the month. Still, everyone involved wanted to celebrate Casarez at OutFest, one of her favorite events.

City of Philadelphia for the first time.

Moments after wrapping up at the Casarez mural, Nutter was whisked to the OutFest main stage at 13th and Locust streets to accept the OutProud Friend Award. He read a proclamation recognizing National Coming Out Day as an official holiday in Philadelphia.

Other award winners included the OutProud Award for Philadelphia Freedom Band, Jaci Adams OutProud Transgender Award for Deja Lynn Alvarez, OutStanding Youth Award for Mckenzie Villa, an 18-year-old transgender activist, and the LifeTime OutProud Award for Philly Pride Presents, the organization that helms OutFest.

“We’ve been consistent for 25 years and keep growing,” said Franny Price, founder of OutFest. “We wouldn’t be able to do this without our volunteers and Gayborhood sponsors. Really, it’s about everybody coming together to make it a success.” n

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Wilcha went on to earn his law degree from Villanova University, a path he hadn’t expected to take, he told PGN. “I actually found an LSAT book in the bar I was bartending at after college. I looked through it and decided to take the LSAT,” Wilcha said about the law-school entrance exam.

He went on to work as a project attorney at a local firm for about six years.

B u t , Wilcha said, he found that work to be unfulfilling.

“I didn’t realize at the time that I wanted to be working somewhere that’s mission-driven, but I figured that out. I didn’t get a lot of client contact doing the work I was doing and just didn’t feel like law-firm life was for me,” he said. “So that led me to think about doing different things and then getting involved with the Obama campaign and grantwriting and fundraising.”

He spent the last three years working as the relationship manager at Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, where he built a fundraising and development branch that has become a national model.

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tasked with hiring the IBA director mentioned the position to him, Wilcha said it seemed like a seamless fit.

“I’ve always wanted to work in an LGBT space, alongside members of my community,” he said. “It’s crazy, thinking back to when I was younger, I wasn’t sure that an out, gay individual would have the opportunity to be successful.

So to be part of an organization that really champions that idea and that has a real impact on the econ o m i c g r ow t h i n our area is incredible.”

Growing the organization’s membership base and enhancing awareness about its programs and initiatives, Wilcha said, are among his top priorities.

“There’s so much potential for new membership and new sponsorships that can help us continue to grow as an economic force in greater Philadelphia,” he said. “We want to communicate to businesses the benefits of becoming a member and becoming a certified LGBT organization and also push the idea of the benefits of supplier-diversity initiatives. I’ve always wanted to help the gay community in some way and I’m very excited I’m able to do that here.” n

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Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Sept. 28-Oct. 4. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686TIPS. INCIDENTS

News Briefing Musician arrested on sex charges Charles L. Cohen, a Center City musician, was arrested Sept. 28 after allegedly arranging to meet someone whom he thought to be a 14-year-old boy for the purpose of engaging in oral sex.

Cohen’s arrest was part of a sting operation organized by law-enforcement authorities.

On Sept. 28, Cohen traveled to a shopping complex in Upper Providence Township, where he planned to meet a youth. Instead, he was arrested by a detective, according to a press release issued by Montgomery County District Attorney Risa V. Ferman.

Cohen is an electronic musician who received a Pew Fellowship for the Arts in 2011. He’s been featured in numerous publications. He plays the Buchla Music Easel, a synthesizer, and was scheduled to perform on tour in London earlier this month.

Cohen, 70, was charged with criminal attempt of deviate sexual intercourse with a child, unlawful contact with a minor, and criminal use of a communication facility.

As of presstime, Cohen remained incarcerated at Montgomery County Correctional Facility. Bail was set at $100,000 cash.

His preliminary hearing was scheduled for Oct. 13 before Magisterial Judge Walter Gadzicki. Additional information was unavailable.

Officer remains on city payroll Matthew Zagursky, a Philadelphia police officer who was caught on tape uttering anti-LGBT slurs, remains on the city payroll as officials consider his discipline.

Zagursky’s base salary is $64,495 annually, said Officer Leeloni Palmiero, a police spokesperson.

During a recent traffic stop, Zagursky,

— There was one theft from a parked vehicle reported this week: outside 1026 Clinton St. — At 5:15 p.m. Oct. 3, a man was standing outside 1200 Market St. counting his money when a man ran past and stole it, fleeing south on 12th Street. The suspect was described as black, 6-foot-3, with some facial hair and a dark complexion.

SUMMARY ARRESTS — At 9:50 a.m. Sept. 30, Sixth District officers issued a citation for a summary offense outside 200 S. Fawn St. n criticized to the motorist’s “faggot-ass” windshield wipers and made other pejorative remarks relating to the LGBT community.

Zagursky also pressured the motorist to purchase tickets to a police and firefighters charity event.

Shortly after the video surfaced in August, Zagursky, a nine-year veteran, was placed on desk duty. His service revolver and police-identification card also were taken from him.

Palmiero said the matter is under thorough review.

“The case is still under in under investigation with the Internal Affairs Bureau of the department,” Palmiero said in an email.

“Once they’ve made a ruling, along with their suggestions (or disciplinary action), this will be presented to Commissioner [Charles H.] Ramsey. Unfortunately, we do not know how long this will take and it’s completely dependent on the investigators — as I am sure they are looking to be as thorough as possible.”

AIDS Law Project fundraiser slated A Halloween-themed fundraiser will be held for the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit that provides free legal services to people with HIV/AIDS in the region.

The party is set for 6-9 p.m. Oct. 29 at Bahdeebahdu, 1522 N. American St. in Northern Liberties.

The affair will be catered, costumes are optional and The Bearded Ladies Cabaret will provide entertainment.

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By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com “Menopause the Musical” is heating up Philly through Nov. 22 at Penn’s Landing Playhouse.

The award-winning musical comedy featuring classic tunes from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s has been delighting audiences for more than 10 years with the stories of four women — the housewife, the professional, the Earth mother and the soap-opera star — who realize they have more in common than they thought when they swap stories.

Out Atlanta-based actor Ingrid Cole has been part of the rotating cast of “Menopause” since the beginning and said the many actresses who have appeared in the musical are like one big family.

“It’s kind of a revolving door,” she said. “Right now there are 20 of us.

There’s a tour right now where there’s

four of us traveling; there will be four of us in Philadelphia and four of us somewhere else. So you never quite know who you are going to work with. All the girls are union professional actors and I love all of them. It’s a big sisterhood. It’s got four women in it and it’s 22 songs of singing and dancing. The songs are parodied but being on stage with four women together in an ensemble number is just a lot of fun.”

Cole said sometimes it takes some convincing to get some theatergoers to get past the title and give “Menopause” a chance.

“When people see the name, they are like, ‘Oh, I’m not going to see that,’ particularly men,” she said. “So it ends up being a girls’ night out. What ends up happening is you get friends who come see the show and as soon as they come home or the next day, they are on the phone with their moms and sisters and coworkers telling them how hilarious the

show is. It’s really word of mouth. It’s been an amazing thing for this show. Men hear about it because they get dragged along to see it, but men love the show.”

Cole emphasized that there is no “men-bashing” in the production — and that the themes of the show resonate with a lot of male audience members.

“A lot of times you see men in the audience nodding their heads like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s you.’ Men bring their moms and aunts to the show. We see lots of men in the audience with their friends and coworkers because they realize it’s a natural human thing. The thing about this

show is, whether you are black or white or Republican or Democrat or in Africa or in China or whatever, you are going to go through menopause if you a human on this planet. You are either going to go through it physically as a woman or, as a man, know someone who is going through it. The best part is women come up to us afterwards. One woman came to me crying and saying, ‘I thought I was alone. I thought I was going crazy. I thought I was the only one going through this.’ It’s INGRID COLE amazing how much it appeals to people walking the planet. My grandmother could not even say the word PAGE 34

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Gay is our middle name.

‘menopause,’ but here we are singing it and celebrating it. So we’re taking back our power.”

Cole plays the role of the Earth mother in the show, which she said closely matches her personality.

“I’m totally the Earth mother,” she said.

“I’ve been asked to learn other roles and I said no. I love this character so much.

She’s a hippie. She’s the peacemaker.

She’s going through her own stuff with menopause and has her own challenges.

She’s the funny and cool one so I totally relate to her.”

Cole, 45, said she identifies even more with the character now than she did when she began playing her 10 years ago.

“Every once in a while I’ll have a hot flash and now I know what it is and I’m very prepared for what’s ahead. But this character is spot-on Ingrid. It’s perfect for me.”

Cole, who is also an accomplished singer, said that while she enjoys singing the mainstream pop songs incorporated into “Menopause,” her personal tastes in music lean more towards traditional theater.

“Everything is in four-part harmonies so it is challenging and satisfying vocally,” Cole said about the songs in “Menopause.” “The songs are pop songs.

I’m a big Cole Porter person. I’m a big musical-theater belter; Ethel Merman is my spirit animal. Although I do enjoy it

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That’s more my speed but with this other stuff I do fine.”

When not performing, Cole spends her time chronicling her experiences and travels as part of the show.

She said she hopes to have these stories published at some point.

“When I started touring with the show, I kept a little journal with me and told stories about things that happened on stage and off stage,” she said. “The book that I have been keeping notes on, there are some crazy things that happen on stage that I try to include. It’s just my personal notes right now but it hasn’t gone any further than that.”

Cole also keeps busy performing in other productions.

“I just finished doing ‘Chicago’ here in Atlanta and I’ve done ‘Gypsy’ in different places,” she said. “As an actor you’ve got to be able to have different projects.

‘Menopause’ has been wonderful for my career but you have to have other projects and hustle.” n Catch “Menopause The Musical” through Nov. 22 at Penn’s Landing Playhouse, inside the Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Columbus Blvd.

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Suzi Nash

Deborah Cassidy: Celebrating community at the cemetery It’s nice to have allies, especially one who can be there for you in life as well as in death.

Deborah Cassidy is one of those people.

In charge of marketing and other duties at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, part of her job is to make sure that WLH is not your usual grim graveyard. Built to serve as a park as well as a cemetery, it has a number of regular events for the living that you might not expect. You can limber up with regular yoga classes, get some learnin’ with the Boneyard Bookworms, hear fantastic music at a concert under the stars or attend any number of special events. As an ally, she serves on the board of the Independent Business Alliance and recently hosted its second-annual Halloween-themed ConnX event. On Oct. 29, WLH will again host the Run4UrLife 3k Fun Run benefiting MANNA. If running is not your thing, event organizers are also looking for talented and spooky volunteers to join the ScareCrews to help craft and staff haunted vignettes along the race.

PGN: What’s the typical response you get when you tell people you work in a cemetery?

DC: [Laughs] Would that be verbal or should I describe their expressions? It’s usually kind of an [looking shocked], “Oh, but you’re such a happy person!”

PGN: You are a very effervescent person.

DC: Yes, I think that’s one of the reasons they hired me. In the death industry, everyone thinks it’s morbid and solemn, and that’s part of it, but there’s a lot more here. People come out to walk our grounds or to meet with us beforehand to check the place out and we’re pretty upbeat.

We have activities and events, even a few weddings!

PGN: What are your responsibilities here?

DC: My title is director of sales, marketing and family services. Sales is self-explanatory, we sell our properties and services.

The marketing is making sure that people know about us and what we do, as well as supporting the communities around us; we do a lot of community work and partnerships with other organizations to help them further their mission. You wouldn’t think that happens with a cemetery/funeral business but it’s important to us. Family services is a team that meets with families to do customer service after the funeral director has done his or her part. We look at you as part of the family here so we keep in touch during the first year and see how you’re doing, send anniversary cards and invite you to events; we don’t just end the relationship after the funeral. We have 187 acres and plenty of reasons for you to come back and visit. We have people who’ve come in for years just to talk to someone. It’s very special.

PGN: Why is it so important to you to give back?

DC: We are about the only cemetery around not owned by a large corporation.

Along with Laurel Hill, which is our sister cemetery, we are nonprofit and nondenominational. As marketing director, I didn’t want everything to be about promoting us; of course we want people to choose our property and/or funeral services, but it’s also important to give back and be a responsible business model, so we partner with groups like the Sustainable Business Network, the Independence Business Alliance, DVLF, fire and police organizations, pet organizations — we hope to have a pet cemetery in the near future — all sorts of groups.

PGN: I didn’t realize that you were nondenominational.

DC: A lot of people don’t know that. We have everyone buried here: Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, Atheists, Jewish people, green people, you name it. It’s neat, we get to learn about all sorts of practices. I’m the kind of person who’s interested in learning about people. I love to listen. I wish everyone would learn to embrace others. I mean, why would I be upset that someone’s culture was different than mine? I was raised in a working-class family but my mother always taught me to put myself in someone else’s shoes. I think the world would be a happier place if we all opened up a little more.

ing planner in Wayne at a company where I met my husband. I left work to have kids and when I decided to come back to work, I saw an ad for this job. It looked interesting so I applied and I’ve been here for 15 years!

legally. It was so sad to sit at the table and hear someone being told they had no recognition or rights. Thankfully, we don’t have to worry about that as much. We try to be advocates and help the community as much as we can.

PGN: What made you get involved with the LGBT community?

DC: There were a few things. As I mentioned before, we’re very interested in giving back. Most marketing plans are about building revenue and increasing sales, but we also ask, What are we going to do for the community? I feel very strongly about relationships and helping other communities further their mission. We contribute about $45,000-$55,000 a year to the LGBT community.

PGN: What are some of the organizations you sponsor?

DC: Philadelphia FIGHT, DVLF, IBA, Equality Forum. They all do different things so we try to spread it out.

PGN: Wow! That’s not chump change.

DC: Well, we’re going to be here forever and people are always going to come to us eventually, whether it’s for themselves or a loved one, so let’s work to help make life

PGN: Tell me about some of the interesting people buried here.

DC: We have a lot of beer barrens buried here. Stetson hats, Breyers ice cream, Hershey and Whitman Chocolates all have connections to the cemetery. In fact, we’re putting together an educational children’s program and hope to have reps from the company here. We have Anna Jarvis, who created Mother’s Day and then spent most of her life fighting its commercialization.

And Charlotte Cardeza, a Titanic survivor who sailed around the world on her private yacht and was a big-game hunter. She had the largest property claim of anyone on the Titanic, including 32 pairs of shoes.

PGN: I noticed that you have Eldridge Johnson, who basically created the record player, as well as a number of musicians, including Teddy Prendergast and Grover Washington, Jr. DC: Yes, we actually have an app that you can download onto your phone and tour the cemetery. You can also click and get videos, bios and photos as you go along.

PGN: So tell me about yourself.

DC: I was born and raised in this area. I have a husband and two daughters, both at Temple University. I started out as a meet-

a little better. What really got me personally involved with the LGBT community is that prior to gay marriages being legal, I was a firsthand witness to what could happen when a relationship was not honored by a partner’s family. You may have been together for 30 years and still have no legal say in the funeral arrangements if the family chose to exclude you.

It was very hurtful and unfair for the surviving partner. We’d do whatever we could to intercede but often our hands were tied

PGN: Do you have any LGBT staff members?

DC: Oh yes, our funeral director Pat Quigly and my rep Thom Cavanaugh are both LGBT, and some of our support staff as well. I’m the ally that has been pushing for gay rights for some time! I have two daughters and I want them to grow up in a world where they feel free to love whomever they choose, no matter what race or gender or religion they are.

PGN: I remember hearing about funeral homes turning people away during the AIDS crisis. Have you heard stories about those days?

DC: Yes, I’ve heard the horror stories. I don’t think that ever happened here.

Being nondenominational helps as does the fact that we’ve had other LGBT funeral directors in the past, so I’d hope not, but I can’t be sure.

PGN: What was the most emotional service you’ve experienced here?

DC: There was a 16-yearold girl who was killed in a gruesome car accident. I think the mother was out of the picture and the father was devastated. He didn’t want to leave her so we set up a bed for him to sleep here and the staff would take turns staying with him to keep him company because he was grieving Photo: Suzi Nash so terribly. He stayed here for three days. We put up memory boards and friends came and put up pictures; it was very touching. On a different note, we had a wonderful service where they used our horse-drawn hearse.

They had musicians follow the hearse along the entire route and it was beautiful. We also had one family that came to us and didn’t know what to do. We asked them about the mother that had died, what hobbies did she have, PAGE 46

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By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com The William Way LGBT Community Center is shining a light on the life and activism of the late Kiyoshi Kuromiya with its upcoming “Critical Paths” exhibition.

Born in a Japanese internment camp in Wyoming during World War II, Kuromiya went on to become one of the first openly gay Asian-American public voices in the United States and campaigned tirelessly for social change on issues including civil rights, nuclear disarmament and, in his later years, HIV/AIDS activism.

David Acosta, the curator of the exhibition, which is named after the Critical Path Project and newsletter — one of the earliest and most comprehensive sources of HIV treatment information — said this new historical exhibition focuses on the inter-sectionalities that drove Kuromiya’s work.

“The purpose of the exhibition is to look at the idea that oftentimes activists of color bring multiple viewpoints and multiple concerns to the table because of the inter-sectionalities of race, national origin and gender,” Acosta said. “Because he was a Japanese-American and born in an internment camp during the war, that experience touched him deeply and created some of the concerns he would go on to address through his social activism: anti-discrimination, anti-war, anti-nuclear arms because of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He brought a great number of concerns to the work that he did towards self-liberation, both himself as well as creating a more just world.”

When we spoke to Acosta, he was still sifting through a lot of archival materials and footage about Kuromiya for the exhibition.

“There was a lot of material [to sort through] and a lot of research online, and then of course listening to four-hours’ worth of tapes,” Acosta said. “Then reading through magazines and newspaper stories done on him.

I’m still not quite yet finished. I have to peruse some additional boxes of the William Way archives. I’ve done about half of them already. Then we’ll be looking at some film where he’s interviewed just to round it out and to make sure than there are no elements missing. So there is a lot of background research.”

Acosta believes people who are familiar with Kuromiya’s activism and younger activists alike should be able to connect and relate with the wealth of multimedia history on display in the exhibition.

“I think the exhibition will allow people to see the breadth and scope of all the areas he was involved in,” he said.

“It’s historical in nature so it’s a way to be able to highlight how he was able to connect as part of the work he did. It wasn’t just HIV/AIDS and civil rights, it was a host of issues that were of concern to him. We’d like to introduce Kiyoshi to a younger generation of activists who may not know about his work. For folks who may know him more through his HIV/AIDS work in the 1990s through Critical Path, they may not necessarily know his work around educational reform or his work in civil rights. Hopefully, it will create a more holistic picture of his engagement on multiple fronts because he actually understood in critical ways how all these things are connected and how it was futile to just fight on one front and be single-issue-oriented.” n The William Way LGBT Community Center presents “Critical Paths” Oct. 22-Dec. 14 at 1315 Spruce St. For more information, visit www.waygay.org.

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Out film legend to be honored in Philly

By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor

[The attention] is distracting, and you have to fight to keep your head above water.

Out Hollywood actor, singer and heartthrob Tab Hunter will receive the qFLIX Philadelphia Lifetime Achievement Award next week at a screening at Prince Music Theater of the documentary “Tab Hunter Confidential.”

Co-produced by the actor’s real-life partner, Allan Glaser, and based on Hunter’s 2005 memoir, the film chronicles the life, loves and career of this dreamy all-American boy who became a screen and recording sensation.

In a recent phone interview, the actor spoke with PGN about making “Tab Hunter Confidential.”

PGN: You found your bliss off screen with horses. You seem to like them more than people!

TH: Yes, horses were stabilizing for me when I was in Hollywood. I was more comfortable with a pitchfork full of manure than with all the hoopla in Hollywood. My best friends were my horse friends. I associated with a few Hollywood people — Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, James Dean — but we all had our own lives, which was important to us. There was a movie façade, though — you played the game. When I had problems, I went to Dick Clayton because he had sound advice and sound thinking. He discovered me as a stable boy at 13.

PGN: What prompted you to share your story, first in the memoir, now in this film?

TH: I heard someone was going to do a book on me, and Allan [Glaser] said, “Why don’t you write a book?” So I did. I wanted fans to get my life story from the horse’s mouth, not the horse’s ass.

PGN: You were shy as a kid. How did you handle the sudden burst of attention? You are charming and bashful singing on “Perry Como.”

TH: When the record came out, they wanted me to sing live. I was a nervous wreck. I’d only sang in the church choir or in the shower.

The more I did it, the more relaxed I became. Getting into the work and divorcing myself from myself was how I learned my craft.

PGN: You also managed a remarkable film career. How did you stay focused?

TH: When you were under contract, you had a publicity department that built you as an actor. That was all the hoopla. The important thing was to work and grow.

Dick Clayton was a great agent and kept saying I should put head to grindstone and learn. People are going to be negative. They were mean when I first started out because I couldn’t read my name off a piece of paper. Geraldine Page told me, “If people don’t like you, that’s not your problem — that’s their problem.” As long as you are going down the road, do it the best you can. You only go down the road once.

Hopefully you can make it a good journey.

PGN: You were photographed relentlessly.

Did you tire of that?

TH: That’s your job. If you don’t do what the studio asks you to do, they will get rid of you and get someone else. I don’t think you can live on the so-called importance of that. The important thing is the work.

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PGN: Even though you are openly gay, you really don’t talk about your personal life much, even in the film …

TH: I never discussed my private life. It was nobody’s business. I grew up in an era where people didn’t discuss it. People don’t understand that. I’m an old man now, and this is my journey. It’s all about growing mentally, physically and spiritually.

PGN: You bought out your contract at Warner Brothers, which was a form of career suicide.

Can you discuss your decision to do this?

TH: No one knows you better than yourself. The business was changing and there were very few projects at Warner Brothers.

Everything runs its course. It was not so much looking for a different career, but survival — where your next job is. John Waters’ “Polyester” was a wonderful shot in my arm.

PGN: It was impossible for actors to be openly gay back during the studio-system era. Do you think actors in Hollywood today should come out?

TH: I think actors should do what they feel they have to do. It’s your business.

Everyone wants to know everyone’s business. The sad thing is, you can’t be a leading man if you are out. It’s unfortunate.

I can’t conceive of being in the industry today. It was such a different business, back in the studio-system days. There was an aura, a mystery, about people in the movie business. n Hunter will be honored at 8 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St. Prior to the film, there will be a VIP reception at the Prince and an intimate VIP dinner for 25 guests at Prime Rib. All events are ticketed and open to the public.

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Beethoven’s Fifth The Philadelphia Orchestra performs the composer’s classics Oct. 1617 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215790-5800.

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Crain Ferguson The comedian performs 8 p.m.

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etc. They mentioned that she knitted and that each family member had an afghan that she’d made, so we brought in all the blankets from everyone — cousins, etc. — and displayed them with their stories printed out.

PGN: What was the wackiest service?

DC: There was a lovely lady who was always hours late for everything throughout her life, so the family decided she would be late to her own funeral. They asked our funeral directors to intentionally hold her body until everyone was beginning to fidget with confusion. We set everything up and everyone arrived and made the attendees wait about 15 minutes before our funeral directors brought in the deceased and announced, “She’s sorry she’s late for her own funeral.” There was a roar of laughter. A few years back, we buried a gentlemen with a working cell phone in his casket and while everyone was finishing the prayers and they were about to lower the casket in the grave, the cell phone rang. We also had a guy who was a fanatical football fan, and made sure to have a flat-screen TV brought in so that while the services were going on, he wouldn’t miss the game!

PGN: Fun! And I understand you have another TV connection.

DC: Yes, apparently one of the characters on the show “Mad Men” was diagnosed with some fatal disease and as they spoke about what was going to happen and where she wanted to be buried, they mentioned Laurel Hill several times. We have no idea why they picked us. We researched to see if we had any connection with the director or a writer and we couldn’t find any. It was very cool!

PGN: Have you done any LGBT funerals recently?

DC: Oh yes, of course they’re all special but I can’t say that the LGBT services were any different from the others. We do have a group of four gentlemen — two couples — who are very close friends and they bought four properties together. One of them passed and they bought a beautiful headstone, very elaborate and quite unique. You should see it. We also did an LGBT wedding here! They got married on the grounds and had the reception in the conservatory.

PGN: Has there ever been any backlash because of WLH being so gay-friendly?

Funerals often are very tied with religious beliefs.

DC: Not at all, and that makes me feel really good. And it’s not like we are secretive about it: We promote the LGBT groups we support on our website; everything we do here is very transparent. And I’m happy to say we’ve never had a single complaint. Well, one complaint, but nothing to do with LGBT stuff. We were doing a concert and an elderly lady was upset because she thought people would be literally dancing on her husband’s grave. We assured her that that wasn’t the case.

PGN: Since you work in a place some would find scary, what are three things that scare you?

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DC: Hmmn, the death of my children or husband and … you know, I think that’s it. I’m OK with spiders and snakes and even going into the cemetery at midnight. [Laughs] That’s probably why I’m so good at this job!

PGN: Any paranormal experiences?

DC: About 10 years ago, our alarm system went off. I live nearby so I was the first to get here and as I was getting out of my car I saw a white swooshy kind of thing in front of the funeral home and then it just drifted off. I don’t know what it was — a ghost or a trick of the lights — but I couldn’t explain it. So, paranormal? Maybe. They do a lot of ghost hunting at Laurel Hill and there are a lot of reported sightings of a little girl named Sarah.

PGN: What’s your favorite death-themed movie?

DC: Oh my gosh, “Death by a Funeral.”

There are two versions and you have to see them both. One is with Chris Rock and the other is the original British version. Peter Dinklage, the guy who is in “Game of Thrones,” is in both versions. We’re going to have a movie night here for the staff with popcorn and snacks after hours and show it. It’s all the things that would be appalling if they really happened — putting out the wrong body for a viewing, etc. — but it’s hysterically funny. We’re working on starting regular movie nights outside that will be open to the public as well. We just always want to do things in ways that are respectful because we are an active cemetery — we do about 600 burials a year and almost 200 funeral services — so we don’t want to get in the way of anything going on or offend anyone. But that being said, the whole purpose of our cemetery is to bring people together.

We’re a park, and whether it’s an event or just someone walking around and enjoying the history on the headstones and imagining what life was like back then or coming here for quiet reading, we want this to be a place for the living as well as those who have passed.

We have an untold number of different species of trees, so arborists love coming here; birdwatchers too. In fact, our arborist did a tour and at the end of the walk, everyone got to try tea and jams that he’d made from the shrubs that they’d seen on the tour. It was pretty cool.

PGN: I was watching “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” and he asked Tom Hanks, “If you could have lunch with anyone, living or dead, who would you choose?” To which Hanks replied, “Oh, dead of course.” If you could have lunch with three dead people, who would it be?

DC: That’s funny! I’d say Anne Frank. I was fascinated with her story, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” when I was a little girl. Katherine Hepburn — she is one of my favorite actresses and I love her fierce independence and spirited personality, which describes me. And God. I’d like to be able to ask and understand what is my purpose on this earth ... Why am I here? n To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.

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12-step programs and support groups Al-Anon

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

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) n Acceptance meets 7:30 p.m. Fridays and

Mondays at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce streets.

Thursdays:

n A support group for HIV-positive men

and women meets 6-8 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope; 215-769-3561. n Diversity, an HIV/AIDS support group for those infected or affected, meets from 5-7 p.m. at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St.; 267-549-3676, fowallace@yahoo.com.

Saturdays:

n AIDS Delaware’s You’re Not Alone youth

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

n Community meets 8 p.m. Thursdays at Holy

Communion Church, 2111 Sansom St. Gay and lesbian, but all are welcome.

n GLBT Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7

p.m. Sundays and 8 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 100 W. Windsor St., Reading; 610-374-7914.

n Living Sober meets 8:30 p.m. Saturdays at

William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220.

Debtors Anonymous

n Meets 7-8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at the

n Night Owl meets 11:30 p.m. daily at the

William Way.

n Sober and Gay meets 8:30 p.m. Sunday-

Friday at William Way.

n Young People’s AA meets 7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St.; 215-735-1416.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)

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

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

S.A.R.A.

n Substance Abuse – Risk Assessment, day

HIV/AIDS Mondays: n Positive Brothers, a self-help, support and empowerment group for sexual-minority men of color with HIV/AIDS meets 6-8 p.m. at 1207 Chestnut St., third floor; 215-851-1975.

Tuesdays: n A support group for HIV-positive men and women meets 1:30-3 p.m. at BEBASHI: Transition to Hope, 1217 Spring Garden St., first floor; 215-769-3561; bebashi.org. n Feast Incarnate, a weekly ministry for people affected by HIV/AIDS, meets 5 p.m. at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-387-2885. n A support group for people recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Mazzoni Center, 21 S. 12th St.; 215563-0652 ext. 235.

Wednesdays:

n Project Teach, a peer-education and

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

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088

■ 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.

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

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

AIDS Care Group/Sharon Hill Medical provides comprehensive HIV services in Delaware County, including primary and preventative medicine, dental care, STI and HIV screenings and treatments, women’s health care, drug and alcohol counseling and treatment and mental health counseling and treatment at 907 Chester Pike in Sharon Hill and 2304 Edgmont Ave. in Chester; 610-583-1177 or 610-872-9101; aidscaregroup.org or sharonhillmedical.org.

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

6000.

HIV treatment: Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents available 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m.

Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1803.

HIV health insurance help: Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available at 13-19 MacDade Blvd., Suite 109, Collingdale, N.J., no appointment needed; 610-586-9077.

Philadelphia FIGHT provides HIV primary care, on-site lab services, clinical trials, case management, mental-health services and support groups for people living with HIV regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, 1233 Locust St., fifth floor; 215-985-4448, www. fight.org.

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.

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■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

Alder Health Services provides LGBT health services on a sliding-fee scale; 100 N. Cameron St., Ste. 301 East, Harrisburg; 717233-7190 or 800-867-1550; www.alderhealth. org.

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

■ 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.

■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513

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

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

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.

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851

Health

Mental-Health Support

Community Bulletin Board

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

Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)

n Meets 7 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

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n No Other Way Out meets 11 a.m. Sundays

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■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ 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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