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Drexel opens LGBT student center By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

Drexel University officially opened the doors to its first-ever center for LGBT students and activities this week. The LGBTQA Student Center, which opened Tuesday, is located on the lower level of Creese Student Center in room 48-C, 3210 Chestnut St. Drexel now joins a number of other universities in the region with designated LGBT centers, including the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Sate University’s main campus and Kutztown University. According to Tatiana Diaz, the director of Drexel’s Student Center for Inclusion and Culture, the center will provide a wealth of information on campus and community events, as well as local and regional resources for LGBT students, including books and maga-

zines. Diaz and four part-time graduate-student advocates from the Couple and Family Therapy program in the College of Nursing and Health Professions will staff the center. Diaz said the student advocates will receive additional training from the Drexel Counseling Center. The center is a one-room space with an additional storage area. Limited Student Affairs funding has been used to get the center off the ground, but Diaz said staff will continue to search for new funding opportunities both internally and through support from alumni or outside funding. Diaz said the concept of the center came from a group of students who saw a need for an LGBT-specific space. “They presented that request to Dean of Students Dr. David Ruth in the winter PAGE 24

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Revelry across the river By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Pennsylvania took on the unwanted distinction this week of becoming the only state in the Northeast without full marriage equality. Wedding bells rang for samesex couples across New Jersey Monday, marking the conclusion of a decade-long legal battle and bringing the total number of marriage-equality states to 14, plus Washington, D.C. The first marriages took place at 12:01 a.m., with couples in towns such as Lambertville and Asbury Park vying to become the first married same-sex couples in New Jersey. Sen.-elect Corey Booker, mayor of Newark, presided over a number of midnight ceremonies in his town, the first weddings he ever officiated, as he pledged to only officiate weddings once marriage equality became law in the Garden State. “It is officially past midnight, marriage is equal in New Jersey,” Booker shouted to loud cheers in the Newark Rotunda. He first married Joseph Panessidi and Orville Bell, friends of his who have been together for 15 years. “It is one of the greatest privi-

CONGRATULATIONS, NEW JERSEY! U.S. Sen.-elect and Newark Mayor Cory Booker (from right) presides over the wedding of Orville Bell and Joseph Panessidi shortly after midnight Oct. 21 at Newark City Hall. It marked the first wedding Booker ever officiated, as he was waiting to perform ceremonies until same-sex marriage was legalized in New Jersey. Booker married seven same-sex couples and two heterosexual couples Monday morning. At Panessidi and Bell’s wedding, when Booker asked if there were any objections to the union, an antigay heckler yelled from the crowd and was summarily removed by security. Noting that he heard no “substantive and worthy objections,” Booker proceeded with the ceremony to loud applause. Photo: Associated Press/Mel Evans

leges and honors of my life to be conducting the first wedding ceremonies of my time as mayor, and that I get a chance to marry two gentleman who are longstanding friends of mine and upstanding citizens of our state, city and community.”

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Boy Scouts store leaves city facility By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Maureen Nolan (left), president of Drexel University’s FUSE, cuts the ribbon on the new LGBTQA Student Center Oct. 22. The center will provide a safe space and resources for LGBT students and will host a number of LGBT programs. Before the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Drexel students, faculty, staff and alumni took part in a panel discussion about the LGBT Drexel community. Photo: Courtesy of Drexel University Student Affairs

A 10-year struggle to evict the Boy Scouts from their city-owned headquarters is nearing an end. On Oct. 22, the Philadelphia Scout Shop stopped doing business in the facility, according to the website of the BSA Cradle of Liberty Council. The retail store is scheduled to remove its inventory from the premises by Oct. 31, under an agreement reached between Cradle and the city. When that happens, all remnants of the Scouts’ 84-year occupancy of the building will be gone.

Cradle staffers vacated the premises in July and are now located in another Cradle headquarters in Treddyfrin Township. The Beaux Arts building, located near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, was the first Scouts headquarters built in America. In September 2003, news emerged that the building was city-owned, yet Cradle never paid any rent to the city. That information prompted LGBT advocates to ask city officials to stop subsidizing Cradle because it excludes people covered by the city’s antibias rules. PAGE 26

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In April, the city’s Police Advisory Commission recommended state and federal probes into Morris’ death, citing an “appalling” local investigation. The next J4N meeting will be held 6 p.m. Jan. 13 at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.

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Members of the Justice for Nizah committee continue to seek support for a state probe into the death of transwoman Nizah Morris, they said at an Oct. 21 meeting. Morris, 47, was found on a Center City street corner with a fatal head wound shortly after receiving a “courtesy ride” from Philadelphia police. Her 2002 homicide remains unsolved. J4N members want state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane to initiate a probe into Morris’ death. Members who will reach out to agencies for endorsements of the probe include Jackie Cassel, Jordan Gwendolyn Davis, former state Rep. Babette Josephs, Sheila Colson Pope, Tenika Watson and Rich Wilson. The committee also plans to create a document that details other murders in the transgender community, to place Morris’ homicide in context. “Having these atrocities listed in black and white in one place would be very hardhitting and help secure the probe,” Josephs noted.

A same-sex holy union ceremony is expected to be performed by about 30 Methodist ministers next month as a show of solidarity for the Rev. Frank Schaefer. Schaefer, 51, faces disciplinary action by the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church for officiating at his son’s same-sex marriage. The ceremony will be performed in Pennsylvania at an undisclosed location sometime prior to Nov. 18, when Schaefer’s trial is scheduled to begin. Schaefer isn’t involved in organizing the ceremony, and he won’t participate in it. But he’s very grateful for the gesture of support, he said. “Words cannot describe how deeply touched I am by their expression of love and courage,” Schaefer told PGN. “Most of these pastors have never even met me. Yet they’re willing to stand with me for the cause of LGBT equality and risk their careers in the process.” Ministers who participate in the ceremony are expected to sign a holy-union certificate, which will reveal their identi-

ties, Schaefer added. Schaefer faces discipline ranging from a reprimand to defrocking. Schaefer’s trial will begin 8:30 a.m. Nov. 18 at Innabah Camp and Retreat Center, 712 Pughtown Road in Spring City. The public is permitted to attend. — Timothy Cwiek

Hearing delayed for murder suspect A hearing has been delayed for a man accused of murdering a transgender woman this summer. Charles Sargent, 43, allegedly stabbed and dismembered Diamond Williams, 31, in his Strawberry Mansion home after the two had an argument. He is charged with murder, possession of an instrument of crime and abuse of a corpse. Municipal Court Judge David C. Shuter agreed to postpone a status hearing that had been scheduled for Oct. 15. Sargent’s attorney, J. Michael Farrell, did not respond to a request for comment. The new hearing will take place at 9 a.m. Dec. 17 in Room 306 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. Sargent is being held at the CurranFromhold Correctional Facility.

Conference on sexual health Bucks County Partners United for Sexual

Health will host a Sexual Health Conference from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Nov. 13. The conference, which is supported by Fighting AIDS Continuously Together Bucks County, will be held at Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Road in Newtown. Several workshops will be presented on topics such as STDs, sexual violence, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and LGBT topics. No RSVP is required for the conference. — Angela Thomas

Hit allegedly ordered on PA lesbian State police in Western Pennsylvania arrested a man who they say ordered a hit on his lesbian employee. Shane Ryan Krestar, 26, was arrested Oct. 18 and charged with solicitation to commit criminal homicide, making terroristic threats and other charges. He remains incarcerated on $200,000 bail. Krestar is the owner of an agency that offers residential services for the mentally disabled in the Pittsburgh suburbs. His uncle alleges that Krestar asked him repeatedly to kill or harm one of his employees, whom he said was a lesbian. The uncle contends that Krestar said the woman threatened to play the “gay card” if he didn’t give her a promotion. An attorney for Krestar said the allegations stem from an unrelated disagreement between the two men. ■ — Jen Colletta

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MUSIC AND MYSTERY: More than 200 people donned their finest duds for the second-annual Fall Ball Masquerade, hosted by the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus Oct. 19 at the Marriott. PGMC officials said the event grossed more than $70,000, but expenses have not yet been finalized. The ball featured silent and live auctions, a dance and performances by Cashetta and PGMC ensemble Brotherly Love. PGMC’s next event is a “Cool Yule Concert,” Dec. 5-7 at Prince Music Theater. Photos: Scott A. Drake

CDC takes over couples HIV testing initiative By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Earlier this month, Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would take over its innovative HIV-testing program that has already begun in Philadelphia. Dr. Patrick Sullivan, a professor at Emory University School of Public Health, created Testing Together several years ago as an innovative testing and prevention method for men who have sex with men. The initiative allows health centers to test male couples together and then offer a customized prevention and counseling plan for them. Sullivan and colleagues at the CDC found in 2009, that one- to two-thirds of new HIV diagnoses came from main partners among gay and bisexual male couples, and that many men in long-term same-sex relationships did not know their partners’ HIV status. The initiative is modeled after a testing method employed in Africa. “This testing had been going on for decades and wasn’t offered in the U.S. and especially not to male couples,” Sullivan said. “If you think about new infections and how many men are going from main partners and casual partners, almost all new HIV infections are coming from main partners. And that changed our thinking a little bit. We know that when male couples have one partner living with HIV, there is a 40-percent likelihood that the negative partner will acquire HIV.” In March 2011, M.A.C. AIDS Fund provided start-up funding for a pilot of Testing Together in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, San Diego and Seattle. M.A.C. AIDS Fund has since provided about $1 million in funding to the initiative and it was launched in other cities, like Philadelphia, with high rates of HIV incidence, with more than 300 counselors at 73 testing sites in 21 cities trained.

More than 450 gay and bisexual male couples have learned their status together through Testing Together, with more than 8 percent of men testing positive. The initiative was brought to the University of Pennsylvania in May 2012. Annet Davis-Vogel, research associate for Penn’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Division, said the department has tested 10 couples through the effort. Couples interested in participating can call the Research Division and schedule a date and time at their convenience. She added that the initiative is for all couples, regardless of length of time together. Partners are screened separately to decide whether they are eligible to test together, and qualified partners will then be directed to take a survey together about their relationship, followed by joint counseling and testing. The service is free for both partners. Sullivan said the management transition to CDC, which began in June but became official last week, will help the initiative to flourish. “We needed to bring prevention services to scale because this service needs to be offered across the country, and the CDC has expertise in training capacity,” Sullivan said. “They will look for effective prevention services and will bring their resources to bring this to scale.” Davis-Vogel noted that Testing Together is a good tool to help men get tested within a support system. “It is for those who decide that they want to get tested together because they are at that point where they are willing to discuss HIV as a couple together, regardless of HIV status individually,” she said. “It takes those persons who are at a junction personally in their lives and as a couple to say, ‘I am willing for you to know my HIV status and I am willing to hear your HIV status regardless of what it is.’” For more information on Testing Together, visit www.testingtogether.org. ■

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mid-morning Monday when Gov. Chris Christie’s office announced that the administration was dropping its appeal of the ruling mandating marriage equality. Last month, a Superior Court judge found the state’s civil-union law to be unconstitutional and set the Oct. 21 start date for marriage equality. The Christie administration summarily appealed and asked for a delay of the deadline, which both the judge and the state Supreme Court denied. The top court was slated to consider the lowercourt finding in January but was largely predicted to side with the marriage-equality ruling, perhaps prompting the Christie administration’s yielding. Christie’s administration said in a statement that “although the governor strongly disagrees with the court substituting its judgment for the constitutional process of the elected branches or a vote of the people, the court has now spoken clearly as to their view of the New Jersey Constitution and, therefore, same-sex marriage is the law.” In addition, the statement read, Christie would “do his constitutional duty and ensure his administration enforces the law as dictated by the New Jersey Supreme Court.” Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin commended the governor — who earlier this month noted he wouldn’t support same-sex marriage even if his child was gay — for recognizing marriage equality had won. “Gov. Christie did the right thing in not standing in the way of loving couples’ ability to make lifelong commitments to each other through marriage.,” Griffin said. “Civil unions have never been full

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equality and as the state court system has said, denying marriage to lesbian and gay couples does real harm to them and their families. Breaking down this dark wall of discrimination in New Jersey helps build momentum as we continue to expand the marriage-equality map so that one day soon a state border will not dictate whether a loving couple can share in the joys of marriage.” New Jersey now holds the distinction as the first state to legalize same-sex marriage following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of a key provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. According to the Williams Institute, there are approximately 17,000 same-sex cou-

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What does NJ marriage equality mean for local couples? •New Jersey does not have a residency requirement, so non-resident couples can obtain a marriage license from the registrar in the municipality in which they plan to wed. •Same-sex couples married in New Jersey but living in Pennsylvania will be eligible for a number of federal marriage benefits, including tax and immigration benefits and employee benefits for federal workers. •Same-sex couples married in and living in New Jersey will be eligible for all the state and federal benefits of marriage. •The state has yet to clarify if it will recognize New Jersey residents’ same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions for the purposes of state benefits. •Further guidance is needed to determine if civil unions can be converted to marriages. •Pennsylvania is now the only state in the Northeastern United States without full marriage equality.

ples living in New Jersey, who will now be eligible for full state marriage benefits, as well as federal marriage benefits. The legal saga in New Jersey began in 2002, when a group of same-sex couples sued the state, ultimately resulting in the 2007 civil-union law. The plaintiffs, which also included Garden State Equality, returned to court in 2011 to challenge the civil-union law. They renewed their argument in July and pressed for summary judgment, relying heavily on the DOMA ruling. While marriage equality is now the law, some advocates are still pressing for a legislative override of Christie’s 2011 veto of marriage-equality legislation to bolster the law against any potential challenges. Garden State Equality executive director Troy Stevenson said in a press conference Monday his agency was considering its

next course of action. In the meantime, though, members were celebrating. “This is the day we’ve been waiting for. This is the day we’ve been fighting for. This is the day we won,” Stevenson said. “Marriage equality is the law of the land in New Jersey at last.” While New Jerseyans were celebrating, some Pennsylvanians used the opportunity to press for progress on this side of the Delaware River. Out state Rep. Brian Sims (D-182nd Dist.) and Rep. Steve McCarter (D-154th Dist.) on Monday called on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) to follow Christie’s lead and drop his opposition to the burgeoning marriage-equality movement — and to support the LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance. “Once again, we’re seeing that even con-

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servative Republicans are realizing that all Americans deserve equal rights,” Sims said. “Unfortunately, here in Pennsylvania, where LGBT Pennsylvanians lack even a single LGBT civil right, some members of the Republican Party would sooner be the Republicans of 1955 rather than 2025. It’s unconscionable that Pennsylvanians who get married out of state can still be fired for putting a wedding photo on their desks.” McCarter called it a “black eye on the state of Pennsylvania” that most neighboring states offer marriage equality and LGBT nondiscrimination protections. “Plain and simple, the fact that Pennsylvanians can now cross a border and be granted more rights than they currently have in their own state is a problem that needs to be addressed, and it needs to be addressed now.” Earlier this month, Corbett compared

same-sex marriage to incest, weeks after his administration compared marriage equality to marriage between children. Several legal challenges to Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage are pending in state and federal courts. Equality Pennsylvania president Ted Martin said New Jersey’s victory puts Pennsylvania’s lack of LGBT rights into even greater contrast — which can be a useful tool in educating both the public and policymakers. “When people see how isolated Pennsylvania really is and how we stand out, I think it shocks them and that helps build public pressure,” Martin said. “Good for New Jersey. I’m proud of my colleagues and all who made this happen in New Jersey. But in a way this definitely does help put pressure on Pennsylvania.” ■

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Out vet, businessman challenges Hatboro mayor By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Bill Godshall spent nearly a decade operating a popular gay bar in Philadelphia before heading out to the suburbs. Now, the out businessman wants to become Hatboro’s next mayor. Godshall, 70, will take on longtime incumbent Hatboro Mayor Norm Hawkes in the Nov. 5 election. Godshall, a political newcomer, defeated Hawkes in the spring primary, but Hawkes, a Democrat, received enough Republican writein votes to run on the GOP ticket next month. Godshall was born in Philadelphia and moved to Hatboro six years ago. He owned and operated gay club Port Blue in Port Richmond from 1994-2002. After relocating to the suburbs, Godshall launched his own florist company, Rose in Bloom, in New Hope and later moved the business to Hatboro. He sits on the board of directors of Hatboro’s Chamber of Commerce and is a new member of the Hatboro Rotary Club. Godshall attended Temple University for architecture and building design and joined the United States Army Reserve in 1965, where he worked his way up to Specialist E5 rank. In 1977, he joined the

U.S. Air Force Reserve and served for 25 years before retiring with a rank of Chief Master Sergeant E9. Godshall said he has considered entering the political realm for some time. “For a few years I had been kicking the idea around,” he said. “When it came around for someone to run, the Hatboro Democratic Committee called me and asked me to run and I did some serious thinking. I talked with my partner and called my family to see how they felt about it, because there could be some negativity coming out, and they were a strong reinforcement.” I f e l e c t e d , G o d s h a l l wo u l d b e Pennsylvania’a first openly gay mayor. He said he was not aware of that when he decided to run, but that he would be honored to hold that title. “One of the main things going for me is that people know me for who I am and being gay doesn’t seem to be a problem with anybody,” Godshall said. “We live in a fairly straight town and I have a lot of Republicans who are backing me. I get around town a lot. I know a lot of people and people know me on a different level. The acceptance has been amazing.” Godshall said the only negativity he ever experienced stemmed from Hawkes. In 2010, Hatboro Borough Council successfully approved an LGBT nondiscrim-

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ination ordinance, but Hawkes vetoed the bill. Godshall said he would revisit the nondiscrimination legislation if elected. He also plans to make Hatboro government more transparent and accessible. “Hawkes has been mayor for eight

years and you’d be surprised the number of people in Hatboro who don’t know who he is,” he said. “I plan on visiting people all the time and walking around town. I would love to get younger people in town involved in the borough.” Godshall said he also wants to energize the arts and culture scene in the town to enhance tourism and support local businesses. “My dream would be to have a cultural center or town hall. We have a theater but it is outside of the borough. If we could have it in town, we would have people staying out later, which would be better for local businesses.” While Godshall said his LGBT identity would not define his tenure as mayor, he hopes it would promote a more positive image of the LGBT community. “The best thing I can do for the LGBT community is to let them know that I am gay but I am not playing the gay card. I want to do work for all of our residents and when people see us in that light, we become human beings,” he said. “The LGBT community is full of people who have responsible positions in life and have families and work hard and have businesses and want to make a big impact on where they live.” For more information, visit http://billgodshall.com. ■

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FROM START TO FINISH: AIDS Fund executive director Robb Reichard put the finishing touches on AIDS Walk materials Oct. 19 at the agency’s headquarters. The following day, walk supporters learned about the lives lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display Oct. 20 at the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, while cheerleaders Nathan Tuno (from left), Joey Cattalo and Gio Buscetta welcomed walkers and runners to the finish line. The 27th annual walk raised more than $300,000 for AIDS Fund’s work combatting the epidemic in the region, but fundraising numbers are down from last year. Reichard noted that “there is still a chance to donate to support the 30,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the greater Philadelphia region, with funds to our 29 partner organizations needed now more than ever.” Donations are being accepted online at AIDSWalkPhilly.org. Photos: Scott A. Drake

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A tale of two states Despite the scant distance between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, this week shone light on the widening ideological gap between the two states. New Jersey officially became the 15th jurisdiction in the country to legalize same-sex marriage Monday. But across the river that day, Pennsylvania Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-12th Dist.) circulated a memo seeking cosponsors for legislation to impeach state Attorney General Kathleen Kane for her pro-marriage-equality stance. Certainly, Metcalfe represents the far-right fringe that thankfully doesn’t define all of Pennsylvania. But, that a person with such extremist notions as Metcalfe — who was once the lone vote against a resolution honoring Domestic Violence Awareness Month because he deemed the measure to be promoting a “homosexual agenda” — is still in office is a stain on Pennsylvania’s reputation, promulgating our unfortunate Pennsyltucky nickname. To her credit, Kane took Metcalfe’s threat with the grain of salt it deserves, calling him a bully who is pursuing “media attention and political gamesmanship” through “loud, arrogant and misguided claims.” Metcalfe’s impeachment threat is based on Kane’s announcement this summer that she would not defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, which she deemed to be unconstitutional, from a challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union. The defense has since been taken up by attorneys for Gov. Tom Corbett. Metcalfe’s motion surely won’t move, but it does have some power. First, it brings attention to the state ban itself, and allows for debate about the constitutionality of the law. With state after state — including every one in the Northeast besides Pennsylvania — legalizing same-sex marriage, having an open discussion about the complex legalities of the discriminatory law is valuable. Also, it shows how desperately out of touch — and virulently bigoted and homophobic — Metcalfe is. The more that notion is popularized, the better the chance his days in office are limited. While Metcalfe indeed represents a conservative district, that does not mean there are not forward-thinking, open-minded residents in Western Pennsylvania — who should use this opportunity to educate their fellow voters. Last year, Metcalfe received 29,567 votes for re-election — that’s 29,567 people who should be shown the daily impact that bigotry, supported by people like Metcalfe, has on their fellow Pennsylvanians. And the victory in New Jersey can also further promote education in the Keystone State. Not only does Pennsylvania lack relationship recognition for samesex couples, but we don’t even have basic LGBT nondiscrimination protections. The stark contrast among Pennsylvania and its neighboring states is being thrown into the spotlight. Yes, it’s a shameful designation to hold, but let’s not run from it: The louder and more frequently we talk about the Pennsyltucky problem, the closer we can come to relegating it to the past, where it belongs. ■

The Values Voter Summit that took place Oct. 11-13 was an all-you-can-derp buffet of right-wing lunacy. Needless to say, many VVS speakers chose “the homosexual menace” as one of the focal points of their mouth breathing. One such speaker was Star Parker, founder of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, who railed against homosexuality in addition to blaming the government for making black people poor. I do believe she used the term “slaves” in relation to government “dependency.” You see, Parker is black and she was on welfare for seven years at some point and then she went to college and now welfare is evil and no one should have it. The end. There were many things about her speech that belied a connection with reality, beginning before she even opened her mouth. She walked to the podium to “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)” by Kelly Clarkson. Which made me wonder if speakers were allowed to choose their own intro music and if Parker thought that Clarkson was singing about breaking free from government shackles. Then again, Clarkson did once Tweet her love for Ron Paul, so who knows? Parker spent most of her speech calling progressives liars. “[Progressives] say that, ‘If you Christians would just get with the program ... Rap a little, smoke a little pot, take off your clothes in front of total strangers a little, give up your guns, give up your God and your disapproval of gays and of course if you would just put some really liberal Republican candidates up for statewide and national seats then maybe, just maybe the national comedians will stop mocking you and the national news will just ignore you instead of try to destroy you,’” she says. “Oh the lies of the left.” First of all, ha ha ha ha. Second of all, ha. Sorry, I can’t stop picturing some faceless “progressive” urging good conservatives to “smoke a little pot” and get nekkid. And then, of course, he’d goad them into using food stamps at 7-11 for some Doritos and ice cream. She does make a good point, however, about running more liberal (read: less right-wing) Republicans instead of the insufferable Tea Party idiots who currently have our government held hostage. I mean, there is something to be said for that very legitimate criticism on the part of “the left.” Not that Parker sees it that way. Alas. “[Progressives] declared a war on marriage which weakened women and opened a door to this new culture of meaning-

lessness,” Parker says. “Homosexuality is now dividing us and bringing hostility into the public square.” Yeah! This AfricanAmerican woman is right. I simply cannot think of anything that has come before this whole homosexuality business that has divided Americans. If only I could think of something or maybe even two things in our nation’s history while this person with dark skin and a vagina is speaking. Hmm ... nope. I’ve got nothing. Parker is right. Everybody was nice and equal and un-hostile before these gays started causing trouble. Parker continues, “All sexual behavior’s adult behavior in my opinion, so keep it private!” This gets whoops and cheers from the audience. Because if only gays would stop being so public about their gayness, then nice conservative folks could just keep oppressing them without so much meddlesome opposition. Then, after complaining about how government dependency has ruined black people, Parker goes in for the kill: “It is nowhere in our nation’s Declaration of Independence or Constitution that a politician has a right to force free people to pay for the lifestyles and indulgences of other free people. Not their housing, not their health care, not their food, not their childcare, not their retirement, not their habits and certainly not their sex life.” And the predominantly white crowd goes insane. Finally, a black person saying what they’ve felt all along about black people (with a jab at homos thrown in for good measure) and it feels great. Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty the white conservatives at the Value Voters Summit are free at last from having to pretend they give a shit. ■

Parker is right. Everybody was nice and equal and un-hostile before these gays started causing trouble.

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

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On the OutFest fiasco There’s a national message in somemore than a dozen times without incident thing that happened in Philadelphia about — from chaining myself to the Liberty a week ago at a festival known as OutFest. Bell to my disruptions of TV shows. And The festival, which is actually a good they did it with professionalism. That is old-fashioned city block party held in the why this incident has me troubled. Gayborhood across eight city blocks, is Since the protesters have become sort billed as the largest Coming of a joke, some members of the Out Day party in the world, LGBT community like to have with tens of thousands of visitheir pictures taken with the tors. protesters in the background. What makes this festival This year that somehow got out of hand when, during this different from most cities’ is process, Civil Affairs officers how almost the entirety of the claim that an officer got pushed. city involves itself. This is one To shorten the story, at least example of Philly’s title as two officers held down one gay the most gay-friendly city in man, kneeing him in the back, America, and makes what happened at this year’s festival although video shows that he even more shocking. doesn’t appear to be resisting. He and his partner were arrested At OutFest there is a familyand charged with disorderly friendly section, a carnival-rides section, pet-adoption area and conduct and criminal conspirfinally even an area for protestMark Segal acy. Both deny, and witnesses support, that either man pushed ers. Yes, the city actually blocks the officer. Throughout their nearly 12off an area for protesters. After all, there hour ordeal, both men say they were never is a thing called the First Amendment. informed why they were arrested. But in Philly, we usually handle this well The incident is now being investigated — except this year. by Internal Affairs, as it should be. In a city Here’s what seemed to have happened. where the LGBT community is involved Over the years, the protesters have diminished in size — we’re talking about a hand- with all segments of society, in all levels ful, less than a dozen. In the early years, of government, at an LGBT street festival where the police were recruiting LGBT OutFest staff surrounded the protesters, people for the force, how does this happen? outspoke them with loudspeakers, etc. Does it mean we still have work to do in But in recent years, they have become a joke, sort of a novelty. And all we do is tell educating or was it a fluke? Maybe the day hasn’t come when we can feel that the propeople to ignore them. After all, a police testers are just a joke. Or maybe we need unit known as Civil Affairs is there to protect their rights to protest and our rights to to protect ourselves and not trust others. gather and celebrate Coming Out Day. These are questions and, as they say, the jury is still out. ■ Now I know Civil Affairs well since, when I was doing my protest, this was Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the the unit that had to arrest me. Thanks to nation’s most-award-winning commentatheir leader at the time, Sgt. George Fencl, tor in LGBT media. He can be reached at almost all protests in Philly went off withmark@epgn.com. out a hitch or anyone getting hurt. Let me be very clear: Civil Affairs arrested me

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In response to “EQPA president to step down next month,” Oct. 18-24: Adrian, the words from Rep. Sims and Eugene DePasquale were well earned. Very proud and grateful for all you’ve done for PA. Enjoy that well-earned time off! — RFlesher In response to “Couple alleges improper arrest at OutFest,” Oct. 18-24: Why are the protesters allowed to have a public-address system? This is very unfair to the vendors sitting directly across from them. The vendors cannot even

hear themselves think, let alone discuss their merchandise with customers! I believe in freedom of speech, even though I found them to be very obnoxious, but they should be made to display their concerns in a rented booth just like everyone else, or set up their display outside of the reserved public event. The words being spewed from their mouths were very offensive and to me bordered on bullying. — ticklemenow In response to “A little LGBT theater history,” Oct. 18-24: One correction. The “next show” by John Guare after

“House of Blue Leaves” wasn’t “Six Degrees of Separation” by any means. There were 20 years and several plays (“Rich and Famous,” “Lydie Breeze,” “Landscape of the Body,” “Bosoms and Neglect,” etc.) between the two. — Philman Thank you so much for writing this, Mark. Ah, those were good times! FYI, Jackie Curtis’ show was entitled “Vain Victory”... with a bunch of the Warhol gang and the lovely and talented Judy Zimmerman. — Rosemary Keating

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Trans author brings female Revolutionary fighter to life By Ray Simon PGN Contributor As a child, transgender author Alex Myers listened with rapt attention when his grandmother regaled the family with tales of their New England ancestors. The devoted amateur genealogist loved telling her grandchildren about distant relatives who had crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower or accompanied Benedict Arnold on his ill-fated expedition to Quebec. But it was the story of Deborah Sampson that really caught the budding writer’s attention. Towards the end of the Revolutionary War, Sampson disguised herself as a man, adopted the name “Robert Shurtliff” and enlisted in the Continental Army. For 17 months, Sampson drilled, bunked and fought side by side with her fellow infantrymen, enduring the privations and the dangers of military life. Despite being seriously wounded in a skirmish, she returned to her regiment, the ruse still undetected. After hostilities ended, a terrible fever sent her to the hospital, where a doctor discovered that this particular soldier was actually a young woman. Even as a child, Myers recognized that this bit of family history was special. “I just remember as a kid hearing it and thinking, ‘Crazy!’ It just sounded so wild to me, but also so natural that a woman would see the Revolutionary War and say, ‘I want to be part of that.’ I mean, who wouldn’t?” he said. Sampson’s story has special meaning for Myers, who came out in 1995 during his senior year at Phillips Exeter Academy and went on to become Harvard University’s first openly transgender student. During that period, he found inspiration in the example of the brave colonial woman who bucked societal pressure in order to lead a life of her choosing. “When I eventually came out,” he said, “I thought back to hearing that story and sort of realized what resonance it had to me at the time, that sort of casual affirmation that, yes, other people desired the very thing that I desired, even hundreds of years ago.” Like Sampson, Myers has chosen to

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lead life on his terms. As an undergraduate, he successfully lobbied Harvard’s student council to amend its nondiscrimination clause to include gender identity as a separate category. After graduating, he coached and taught at St. George’s, a boarding school in Rhode Island, where he eventually rose to become chair of the English Department. He has also been a husband for 11 years, first committing to his partner in a civil union, then marrying her when that union was annulled by the legal transition of his status from female to male. Now a Lannan Associate at the Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown, the former high-school teacher is modest about his accomplishments. “I would say what I did at Exeter and Harvard — and I’d like to think at every place that I’ve lived and worked after that — is to live as a well-adjusted, normal, hardworking, successful, intelligent person who is transgender and who is not embarrassed, ashamed or afraid in any way of being out as transgender,” he said. Although usually understated, Myers is excited about his debut novel, “Revolutionary,” which chronicles Deborah Sampson’s life as a soldier. The novel will be available in January; it is the first book on Simon & Schuster’s fiction list to be written by a transgender author. Myers began to contemplate writing a novel in 2010, while he was working on an MFA in creative writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He mulled over various possibilities, but Sampson’s story quickly emerged as his PAGE 16

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Bayard Rustin’s partner talks activism, legacy By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Fifty years after he helped organize the world-changing National March on Washington, LGBT activist Bayard Rustin will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest civilian award in the United States. Born on March 17, 1912, Bayard was raised in West Chester, Pa., in a family that was heavily involved in activism. Bayard’s maternal grandmother, Julia Rustin, was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Rustin attended Wilberforce University in Ohio and later Cheyney State Teachers College (now Cheyney University) before he moved to New York City in 1937 to attend the City College of New York. Rustin began his work with civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as an organizer and strategist in the 1950s. He was responsible for organizing the boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Ala., and was a key organizer — relegated to behind the scenes largely because of his sexual orientation — for King’s seminal march. Rustin died in New York City on Aug. 24, 1987, leaving his partner of 10 years, Walter Naegle, behind to continue his legacy. Naegle, who will accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom award on Rustin’s behalf, said he was standing on a street corner waiting for the light to change in April 1977 when he noticed a man who immediately caught his eye. “We began to talk to each other. I noticed that he was very tall, well-dressed and a handsome older gentleman,” he said. “At the moment I met him, I didn’t know who he was — but I knew who Bayard Rustin was.” Rustin, who was open about his sexual orientation throughout his career, was 65 when he met Naegle, at that time 27. Naegle said his sexuality was still emerging when he met Rustin, noting his coming-out experience was relatively easy compared to others of that time. “It was a gradual thing. I didn’t make a grand announcement but people in my family were cer-

tainly aware I wasn’t datRustin Fund in 1997 to ing women in high school continue to educate others and, in fact, I wasn’t daton peace, nonviolence, ing anyone really back racial justice, LGBT then,” Naegle said. “I equality and activism. In took, what I considered, 2003, the fund released my first real boyfriend “Brother Outsider: The home in the early 1970s. Life of Bayard Rustin,” a My parents didn’t make a documentary on Rustin’s big deal out of it.” life and activism. Once he and Rustin And in 2006, Bayard started their relationship, Rustin High School was Naegle said they were founded in West Chester. fortunately free of some Naegle said educating of the prejudice interrathe younger generation on cial gay couples in other WALTER NAEGLE (LEFT) AND BAYARD RUSTIN Rustin’s legacy has been a death. areas of the country experewarding experience. While 14 states and Washington, rienced. “A lot of younger people have “We lived in New York City, D.C., now allow same-sex couples no idea of who he was or know which is not the same as small- to marry, Naegle said the couple too much about the civil-rights town America. The only time we never dreamed of such a day. movement,” he said. “People rec“When the efforts first started ognized Dr. King’s name. The encountered any curiosity was when we were in South Africa being made for marriage equality, important thing was Bayard was together on a research project, I would say I was skeptical about a part of a movement: It was not but we weren’t walking around it and the likelihood of it hap- about one person, it was a whole holding hands or showing pub- pening, but when I sat down and team of people.” lic affection,” he said. “There were people in New York that knew we were a couple but the average person wouldn’t make that assumption. They were curious about the age difference.” Rustin’s activist career frequently made him the target of thought of the logic of it all, a lot On Aug. 8, President Obama public attention and arrests. He of it was about educating people announced that Rustin would be was arrested for “sex perversion” who weren’t aware of the vast among a handful of individuals to in 1953 and jailed for 60 days and number of laws and protections receive the Presidential Medal of was also jailed from 1944-46 after that people have when they are Freedom Award. he refused to serve in World War legally married. Unless it is recNaegle said he was delighted II, an illustration of his nonviolent ognized by the state, you are not to hear the news and that it held entitled to all those protections special significance since it coinQuaker faith. cided with the 50th anniversary Naegle said that although Rustin and laws.” Naegle founded the Bayard of the march on Washington — was active in civil rights when the pair met, his career did not put him in such a spotlight at that time. “By the time I met him, it was past the peak years of the civilrights period so I wouldn’t say I had a lot of fears,” he said. “I didn’t worry about him being attacked. He traveled a lot and went abroad a lot and there were times where I was concerned about his general health, but I didn’t have any big fears.” Same-sex marriage was rarely a topic on the political radar in the 1970s and ’80s, so in order to protect their relationship legally, Rustin adopted Naegle before his

“The only time we encountered any curiosity was when we were in South Africa together on a research project, but we weren’t walking around holding hands or showing public affection. There were people in New York that knew we were a couple but the average person wouldn’t make that assumption. They were curious about the age difference.”

and helped affirm and recognize Rustin’s contributions. “I was grateful and I think that it puts him in a position as a recognized individual who promoted democracy and equality in the country,” he said. “All the other leaders of the March of Washington received a Medal of Freedom. Although he wasn’t officially one of the leaders, he still did a lot of the behind-thescenes stuff.” In addition to honoring the organizers of the march, the award can bring attention to the event itself and its groundbreaking message, Naegle added. “I think there have been a lot of marches since then because it was the first of its kind; a great number of people came to it, it was an interracial effort and had an agenda to get certain laws passed,” he said. “It has taken on a status of its own. It was a very important and historical day in the country.” The visibility attained by the march is something that the LGBT community should strive for today, he noted. “I think there is work that needs to be done on the grassroots level,” Naegle said. “People need to start coming out to families and educating people. Churches are an awesome place to start because some harbor a lot of anti-LGBT feelings. I think that the key to overcome prejudice is through education and one of the ways you educate people is by being yourself, being open and letting them see there are all kinds of LGBT people out there.” Naegle said Rustin wanted to build a society that was just and equal and that the issues that leaders faced in 1963 — such as job security and personal freedom — are still the same issues we fight today. “Fifty years later, we have more people in poverty and the income gap is widening. We need to work on the issue of poverty. He focused a lot on eliminating poverty in the country, providing better schools, healthcare and all those issues. We need to continue working towards building that kind of society and that would fulfill his legacy.” For more information on the Bayard Rustin Fund, visit http:// rustin.org. ■

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ideal subject. “I was writing a lot in the MFA program,” he said, “just writing short stories and essays and feeling like, Boy, do I ever want to try writing a novel? And as soon as I thought about that, I thought, Oh my gosh! I have to write about Deborah Sampson.” The result is a thoughtful fictional account of Sampson’s 17 months as Robert Shurtliff, colonial soldier. Although the tale has elements of adventure, Myers focuses on Robert’s experience as an ordinary infantryman, including the drudgery and fear that the real-life Sampson undoubtedly experienced. As the novel progresses, Robert goes from being a raw recruit to a combat-tested veteran, but his struggles aren’t limited to the battlefield. By embracing Robert, Sampson is able to evade the limited possibilities society offered women of her class and gender, whereas Robert is judged according to his ability. How well he learns close-order drill and how he reacts under fire are what count to the men in his unit. The more Robert is accepted by his peers, however, the more difficult Sampson’s conundrum becomes. Her attempt to understand who she is and how she will lead her life are the issues Myers etches in sharp relief. “I think the novel explores the question of identity and what it means to be true to who one feels oneself to be,” Myers said. “I think it also looks at the question of desire on many levels, like personal desire, as well as a desire that goes beyond oneself.” The author addresses these themes with a light touch, allowing them to emerge from Robert’s day-to-day travails. In fact, it is those struggles that highlight just how remarkable the actual Deborah Sampson was. In reality, Sampson’s long life was marked by poverty, frustration and illness, leavened only by the 17 months of freedom and opportunity she experienced while in the army. The late historian Alfred F. Young examined her life with great sympathy in his 2005 book, “Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier.” As Myers was working on the novel, he not only studied that book, but he benefitted from conversations with its author. According to Myers, Young “read through the novel and offered notes on it and kind of guided me through a couple of things that I had maybe misinterpreted. He was just very patient and it was so evident through speaking with him that he had a deep passion for this. And it wasn’t his life’s work — he wrote more extensively on other areas — but it was clearly something that he loved.” The facts regarding Sampson are few but straightforward. She was born in 1760 in Plymouth, Mass. Her parents were descended from Mayflower passengers, but the family struggled to get by. A middle child, she appeared to be unloved and was pushed into indentured servitude as a

girl. Enlisting in the army was clearly an escape from a lifetime of sheer drudgery. After the war, Sampson drifted back to Massachusetts to live with relatives in Sharon. Eventually she married Benjamin Gannett and had three children. As a farmer, Gannett was no more successful than her parents and the couple frequently lacked money. Like many veterans, Sampson petitioned the government for a pension, but her difficulties were compounded by the fact that

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she used deception to enlist. Consequently, she appealed for help to her commanding officers and to notable public figures, including Paul Revere. In an 1804 letter to a congressman regarding her situation, the famous silversmith and patriot wrote, “I think her case much more deserving than hundreds to whom Congress have been generous.” One respite from these dreary circumstances was an 1802 lecture tour Sampson undertook to raise money, which made her America’s first itinerant female lecturer. After delivering a highly embellished speech about her wartime experience, she would return to the stage dressed in her military uniform and perform the manual of arms. Public reaction was warm, but she missed her children. In later years, Sampson was frequently ill. She finally passed away in 1827. These facts may appear uninspiring, but one hopes that Myers’ novel will show the reading public just how revolutionary Deborah Sampson’s quest for personal liberty and self-determination were. For more information on Alex Myers and his forthcoming novel, visit alexmyerswriting.blogspot.com/. ■

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The secrets of portion awareness How to easily lose 30 pounds by next year without drastically changing your diet One of my favorite diet gurus is Dr. enjoying the food you love. Brian Wansink, who is the head of 1. Slow down. It’s almost a cliché, but the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University in Chicago. He is also known like many clichés, it’s true. It takes your stomach 10-15 minutes to relay signals as the mad scientist of portion-control of satiety to your brain. Pledge to eat experiments and has done many fascinating experiments on human slower and chew longer. behavior around food and drink. 2. Abandon the clean-plate Wansink’s recent article club. In one study, Parisians from Cooking Light magawere asked how they zine talks about how you can knew to stop eating. Their lose substantial amounts of answer? When they felt full. weight just by paying attenChicagoans’ answer? When tion to the size of the poreveryone else is done eating tions you eat every day. His or until my plate is empty. research shows that very Think like a Parisian. small serving savings can 3. Be selective about what net big changes in body fat you put on the table. Plate percentage and overall bodyweight. entrees in the kitchen, then “In most of our studies we serve lower-calorie vegetaJim Hart bles and salads family-style. found people can eat 20-percent less without noticing ... Proximity to food can make and if we make three small 100-calorie the 20-percent difference. changes per day, by the end of the year 4. Think about the color of your we can be 30 pounds lighter,” Wansink said. dishes. Studies show that, if you are Here are some quick and easy-to-use having mashed potatoes, you’ll have strategies from Wansink that can help 18-percent more if they are served on you make that 20-percent cut while still a white plate as opposed to a plate that

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offers more contrast. Darker plates also work when eating pasta. The higher contrast makes you aware of the size of the portion you are eating. 5. Face your food. Never eat directly from a package, Wansink says. Always portion it out in a dish so you must face exactly how much you eat. People eat 20-30-percent more when eating directly from the box or bag. And the bigger the package, the more we consume. 6. Remember the movie-munchies rule. Moviegoers who ate popcorn from a large bucket ate 53-percent more than those who chose a medium-sized bucket. Get in the habit of choosing smaller portions all around. If people are given a lot, they will eat a lot. It’s human nature. 7. Small baby steps done daily can create enormous changes. It’s all about staying aware and not eating mindlessly. Happy eating! ■ Jim Hart is a registered personal trainer at 12th Street Gym. For more information, visit 12streetgym.com or hartbody. com.

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Navigating Obamacare In LGBT communities, one in every three people (34 percent) does not have health insurance — that’s more than twice the national average! Oct. 1 marked the official launch of open access to the Health Insurance Marketplaces of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, which will expand access to health care for millions of Americans who could not afford or access it before. There is a lot of information (and misinformation) floating around about Obamacare. While parts of this monumental legislation can be confusing, much of it is simple and straightforward. At Mazzoni Center, we have been working with state and Ron federal committees, programs and organizations for well over a year gearing up for the ACA’s launch. We’ve been training staff to help patients understand, apply for and navigate the new system. And we have witnessed some of the glitches involved with the healthcare.

gov website, and the difficulties of completing an online application. Given the size and scale of this program, we anticipated some challenges (though perhaps not quite so many!) with the initial rollout. But as an organization that works to advance and protect the health of LGBT individuals and other underserved communities, we feel this legislation is a vital step forward that will positively impact the health and wellbeing of millions of Americans — so it’s well worth persevering through these early hiccups. I’ll start with the big picture of what the newly implemented portions of the law mean, and close with specific information local resources where you Powers about can learn more and get help with enrollment (online or otherwise). In addition to the many changes that have already gone into effect since the law was enacted in 2010, two important additions go into effect Jan. 1. The first is that all Americans (with a few exceptions) are

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now mandated to have health insurance. If you don’t have insurance already, access to affordable insurance is available through special Marketplaces (formerly called Exchanges) at www.healthcare.gov or 800318-2596. The second is that all public and private health-insurance plans are required to provide “10 essential health benefits”: outpatient medical care, emergency services, hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, mental-health and substance-use disorder services, prescription drugs, rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices, laboratory services, preventive and wellness services and chronic-disease management, and pediatric services. First, for the vast majority of Americans, this law makes absolutely no changes to their insurance coverage or health-care access. If you already have health insurance that covers the required 10 essential health benefits through your employer (or your spouse’s or parents’ employer), you satisfy the mandate and don’t have to do anything further. Or, if you have Medicaid, Medicare or veterans coverage, you don’t have to do anything further.

For LGBT individuals who are legally married in states where it is recognized, the recent Supreme Court decision opens up many federal benefits, including those contained in the Affordable Care Act. More information specific to your situation can be found at: Out2Enroll.org. If you are under 26, you should know that you are eligible for coverage through a parent’s plan (if that’s an option for you). For many people, particularly those who are recently graduated and not earning much income, or still looking for work, this will be the most cost-effective option. Do I really need this? Insurance is a strange category of consumer product, in that you are purchasing something you hope you won’t need (at least, not beyond the usual check-ups and preventive care). Unlike rent or groceries, it’s the kind of thing you can often get by without, assuming you are healthy and your luck holds. But, as we all know, luck can change in an instant. Something as “simple” as a broken arm might cost you $2,500 in the emergency room, and many

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thousands more if you need surgery. Three days in the hospital could cost $30,000. It’s the kind of thing that can set you (and your credit rating) back for a long time. There are a lot of variables when it comes to pricing — depending on your age, location and whether or not you smoke cigarettes. But to give you an idea, a 26-yearold nonsmoker living in Center City could purchase coverage on a “Silver” plan for something in the neighborhood of $245 per month. That may seem like a lot to spend on something “intangible” like health insurance — particularly if you haven’t been paying for it so far. But we would encourage anyone to carefully consider the consequences of remaining uninsured and make an informed decision. What’s more, if your income is between 100 percent and 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (roughly $11,500 through $46,000 for a single-person household), you will be eligible for tax credits/subsidies to purchase the “Silver” level plan. So for example, let’s say the 26-year-old earns $28,000 per year. He or she would qualify for government subsidies that cover about $60 per month of the insurance cost, bringing the monthly price down to $185. The penalty for not obtaining insurance by the enrollment deadline of March 31 is $95, or 1 percent of your taxable income, for the first year (it will increase in future years). That doesn’t sound like much, but it’s the cost of having an accident or illness without insurance that will add up. Buying insurance doesn’t take care of all medical bills; you will still have a co-pay and deductible for certain medical treatments. But it does ward off financial ruin in the case of serious bad luck, and having insurance means easy access to care. For those 30 and under, there are also “catastrophic plans” available. This plan has very low premiums and provides three primary-care visits per year, but the other plan benefits will not be available until a high out-of-pocket deductible is met. For that reason, this plan is only recommended for those in very good health. Timeline and logistics For those who plan to purchase health insurance through the Marketplace, the open-enrollment period runs through March 31. (For benefits to start on Jan. 1, you must enroll by Dec. 15). Uninsured Pennsylvanians can purchase affordable health insurance through the federally run Marketplace at www.healthcare.gov or 800318-2596. (Other states may have their own Marketplace. If you start at www.healthcare.gov and enter the state where you live, it will direct you to the appropriate site.) After creating an account and completing an application on this website, you will be directed to another site where you will be able to compare the health-insurance plans available to you. There are generally four levels of plans available: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. As you would expect, the lower the premium on the plan you select, the higher the deductibles and copays will be, and conversely the higher the premium, the lower the deductibles and co-

pays. So you’ll want to consider how often you expect to visit the doctor to determine which option is the best deal. As I mentioned above, there are three things that impact the cost of your premium: the state you live in, your age and whether or not you smoke (smoking can raise your premium by up to 50 percent). The great news from our perspective is that premiums are no longer impacted by things like gender, pre-existing conditions or high utilization (i.e., getting sick). Under the new law, you cannot be denied coverage, or charged more money, for pre-existing conditions, such as an HIV diagnosis. As you can see, there’s a lot to consider in choosing the right health plan for you. Here are some general recommendations from Mazzoni Center: Walk, don’t run! You don’t have to sign up this month, but you should aim to get it done by Dec. 15. Again, our advice is to take your time to learn all your options. Do your homework! Find out what plans are available to you. See if you are eligible for tax credits. Find out what plans your current medical provider accepts. If you are taking any special medications, make sure they are covered by the plan you choose. Information specific for LGBT people is available at www.out2enroll.org. Do the math! Look at what you are currently paying out of pocket for your health care. Review your budget to see how much you can afford. Based upon your current health situation, balance out premiums, deductibles and co-pays to see which plan is most affordable for you. For trans-identified individuals: When completing an application on the Marketplace website, you should answer the question about gender based upon your gender marker on record with the Social Security Administration. Information submitted in the Marketplace is cross-referenced and verified with IRS data. Ask for help, if necessary. Mazzoni Center is providing assistance with Marketplace applications for our uninsured clients and patients. Contact Stephanie Moran at smoran@mazzonicenter.org or 215-563-0658 ext. 332 for information or to schedule an appointment. For LGBTs, the Out2Enroll project is a collaborative effort from the Sellers Dorsey Foundation, the Center for American Progress and the Federal Agencies Project to educate the LGBT community about its options under the Affordable Care Act. Information and assistance at http://out2enroll.org. In addition, the federal government has funded special Navigator sites to assist with health-insurance access. In Philadelphia, those sites are Resources for Human Development (healthinsurance@rhd. org or 215-951-0300), Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (pachc@pachc.com or 866-944-CARE) and Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (215-751-1800 or 800-6884226). ■ Ron Powers is director of programs at Mazzoni Center.

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Travelers’ tales My 10-year-old son loves to travel. I’m something my spouse and I foisted upon not sure how my spouse and I got so lucky. him. Even as a preschooler, he was responsible for packing a few of his things into his Perhaps it was that we started early, with a suitcase or travel bag. Now that he’s older, trip from the East to the West Coast to visit he helps plan our itinerary (with parental in-laws when he was only five weeks old. override so we don’t spend our whole time Perhaps it’s our own love of travel and the excitement we try to convey — or his innate in a Lego store) or goes online to investisense of curiosity and adventure. Maybe it’s gate food options in the area. I also work with him to dig up details about our destijust that he can jump from one bed to the other in our hotel rooms, or stay nation, including history, landup extra late when we go campmarks or the route we’ll take. ing. Familiarity can breed comfort — and I’m often surprised with Somehow, though, I feel that what catches his eye. traveling binds me with other parents, as I see them also tryAdapt. Over the years, I’ve ing to corral kids and suitcases learned I have to relax rules and teddy bears through the about bedtime, acceptable food airport, or dragging their child choices and entertainment away from one last round on a options for the sake of family sanity while on the road. If theme-park attraction or watching their child carefully wash up he doesn’t get his usual three in a public restroom only to have glasses of milk a day for a few her run her hands along the wall days, he’ll still grow up just on the way out. And I just know Dana Rudolph fine. we’re all receiving payback for Surprise. One thing that the thousand times we asked our worked well when he was own parents, “Are we there yet?” younger was to buy a new book, small toy At the same time, few things make me as or game that I didn’t reveal until we were aware of being an LGBT parent as travelon the road (or in the plane) and our son ing. My spouse and I carefully put copies was reaching the fidgety and bored stage. of our marriage certificate, parentage order These days, I do the same, although it and son’s birth certificate into our luggage. sometimes involves a new app for him on I worry about what would happen, even my iPad. with the paperwork to back us, if one of us Manage expectations. Yes, we may not got into an accident in a state that didn’t get to see all of the sights we’d planned. We recognize our marriage. Laws aside, I may not do the full hike my spouse and I worry about going to places where the level did years ago and wanted to share now with of acceptance of LGBT people is low. our son. But the old truism about journeys and destinations still holds. Still, we won’t let fear keep us home. Have travel tips of your own that you’d Documents tucked away, lawyer’s phone like to share? Have questions about travelnumber at hand, we set off, whether for ing as an LGBT-headed family that you’d a weekend camping trip, a cross-country like answered? Please join me, then, for a jaunt to visit relatives or a vacation to tourist destinations like Disney World or the travel-focused Twitter party for LGBT parents at 9 p.m. EST Nov. 6. many museums of our country’s biggest cities. I’m partnering for the event with Most families of whatever structure soon Residence Inn by Marriott, the Family develop their own repertoires of travel Equality Council and TravelingMom, a tricks. Here are a few that have worked for great site for all families who travel. We’ll us. discuss topics such as legal and practical Start early. I wouldn’t necessarily recom- aspects of traveling interstate and internamend traveling with a newborn, as we did tionally, general tips for hitting the road (impelled by family necessity), but I do with kids in tow and extended stays out of believe that the earlier kids learn to adapt to state or internationally during an adoption different environments, sleeping arrangeprocess. Family Equality Council’s Director ments and ways of doing things, the better. of Public Policy Emily Hecht-McGowan Make lists. Especially when I was a new will offer legal insight for LGBT parents parent, lists kept me from last-minute panand Midwest Regional Manager Kim Simes ics and forgotten essentials. (On the first will share her travel tips. We want to hear road trip we made to my parents’ after our your stories, ideas and questions too, so son was born — a few-hours’ drive for please join us by following the hashtags a weekend — I felt like we’d become a #RIfamily and #TMOM on Nov. 6 (or just traveling circus.) I am not by nature a listfollow me, @mombian, at any time, and I’ll maker, but do when I travel. And there’s remind you when the event is coming up). nothing like having a potty-training toddler Happy travels! ■ to make one want to know where rest stops are at all times. Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher Involve. The more I involve our son in of Mombian (mombian.com), an awardthe planning and preparation, the more he winning blog and resource directory for seems to feel it is his trip too, rather than LGBT parents.

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For Jay Kottoff, Mark E. Matey was an unexpected bright spot in an otherwise gloomy night. Kottoff and Matey met at midnight at Equus Nightclub in Philadelphia on March 4, 1979 and, 34 years later, the two married on Oct. 5 at Poodle Beach in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Kottoff, who is from Long Island, was cruising in Equus after his upsetting outing to his family. Kotoff had plans to meet up with friends but w h e n h e l o o ke d across the room, he said he saw a man who took his breath away. “I was looking around and there in the distance was this tall blond Adonis wearing red suspenders,” Kottoff said. “All of a sudden, it was like ‘West Side Story’ where Tony sees Maria in the distance and everything stops.” After he spotted Matey, Kottoff said he was eager to make contact with him, but Matey didn’t seem to notice his advances. “He was talking to everybody else in the bar and I couldn’t get his attention at all. At one point during the night, I decided to go home and I started walking down the steps and all of a sudden, someone put their arm on my shoulder and it was Mark and he asked where I was going,” Kottoff said. The two began seeing one another and moved in together on Halloween 1980. Matey, 56, who is from Ohio, currently works as a clinical coordinator for a behavioral-health organization, while Kottoff, 63, is the founder of The Handyman Company in Center City. They live in Philadelphia but have a vacation rental in Rehoboth Beach. Kottoff said the pair had been content without a legal union, but said when marriage equality started to become a reality for many states, they started to think marriage might be in the cards for them. “All of a sudden, we started noticing a change in the land-

scape that same-sex marriage was being made legal so we put it on our agenda,” Kottoff said. “But for us it was on the back burner because we are legal residents of Pennsylvania and that piece of paper doesn’t mean anything here.” Three years ago, the two bought a rental house in Delaware and not long after, the state passed its

civil-union bill. But Kottoff said they wanted to wait for full marriage equality. “Civil unions didn’t quite cut it for us. I wanted to call him my husband,” Kottoff said. Delaware legalized marriage equality this past spring, and the pair decided to get married after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down section three of the Defense of Marriage Act and agencies like the IRS announced policy changes for married samesex couples, regardless of where they live. “Not only was it symbolic but it would provide us with tangible benefits,” Kottoff said. “It was time to legalize our relationship. It was just a matter of picking a day. Because we have a second home in Rehoboth and spend a lot of time on Poodle Beach, it felt like the place we had to get married at. It has personal significance to us. Kotoff said the two had a private, non-religious wedding that included the breaking of glass as a tribute to Kottoff’s Jewish upbringing, as well as a symbol of breaking barriers. And, to pay homage to the first night they met, Kottoff wore Matey’s red suspenders. “We just wanted to solemnize our relationship and make it about the two of us getting married.” ■

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Wedding Randy Brennan and Gonzalo Ramirez By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com We d d i n g b e l l s w i l l ring next week for two Philadelphia residents who met at a staple in the Gayborhood. Randy Brennan, 42, and Gonzalo Ramirez, 29, met four years ago at Woody’s. The pair will have a ceremony at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at Morning Glory Diner, 735 S. 10th St., and will have a legal wedding ceremony Nov. 6 in Delaware. On the night they met, Brennan said he was first taken by Ramirez’s looks. “I thought he was very sexy and very good looking,” Brennan, a New Jersey native, said. Ramirez, who is originally from Mexico City, played coy at first to Brennan’s approach. “I thought the same thing about him but I didn’t call him when he gave me his phone number,” Ramirez said. “I told him I would call him and then I threw his number right in the trash. So then the next time I saw him, I said, ‘Let’s talk’ and that was that.” The pair moved in together shortly after and, about a year after they began dating, Brennan gave Ramirez a ring on Christmas Day. Brennan is a restaurant server and Ramirez works in catering, and they are raising Ramirez’s 5-year-old son. Ramirez said his relationship with Brennan is based on trust. “With him, I feel very safe,” Ramirez said. For Brennan, he said it was the end of the journey to find “the one.” “Instead of running around like a crazy person, I learned that there was somebody out there that was good,” he said. The two decided to take the next step in their relationship after a wave of states

legalized same-sex marriage. “Now that Delaware says yes, New York said yes and now New Jersey has said yes, it was time that we got married,” Brennan said. “We wanted to do it in Pennsylvania but, sadly, it is not legal here, but we have a home in Delaware, so we figured that would be a good place.” Brennan said he and Ramirez are among a sea of local couples heading to neighboring states like Delaware to have their unions sanctioned. “We had conversations with the person who did the papers for the wedding and she said she couldn’t believe the amount of people coming from Philadelphia to Delaware to get married,” he said. “She said the revenue Philadelphia and the state in general was missing was just unbelievable.” The pair started officially planning for their wedding six months ago and mostly everything has fallen into place — except for the dessert. “The place is OK, the invitations are OK, the music is OK but it is just the wedding cake,” Ramirez joked. “We’ve been fighting over what kind of cake we want and especially me because I am the dessert guy.” But that detail will be overshadowed by the overarching meaning of the day. “All that matters is how much we love each other,” Brennan said. ■

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2012 term, and he was swift to begin identifying a space,” Diaz said. “Both he and Associate Dean of Students Dr. Rebecca Weidensaul enlisted the help of campus partners to design and sustain the center. The LGBTQA Student Center Leadership Team includes students, alumni, professional staff and faculty from across the university who have moved the concept to reality.” Diaz said Drexel has a uniquely diverse campus and that the university makes all efforts to provide a welcoming environment for students of all backgrounds. The university launched an LGBT health program in 2009 and last year introduced an LGBT-health certificate program, believed to be the first of its kind throughout the globe. The university’s Steinbright Career Development Center offers career workshops specifically for LGBT students, and Diaz said the university has seen a growth of LGBT students in the past year. “Across the university, resources and services specifically for LGBTQA students have been developed.” she said. “With that said, there is always more that can be done, and we hope to continue to work toward creating an even more inclusive and welcoming campus with the LGBTQA Student Center as a cornerstone of that work.” Diaz said The LGBTQA Student Center, along with the Student Center for Inclusion and Culture, will continue to collaborate on LGBTQA History Month and Transgender Remembrance Week programs. The new center will host LGBTQA 101 and ally student training, and students will also be able to partake in résumé-writing sessions, mock interviews and alcohol and drug counseling with support from Drexel C.H.O.I.C.E.S. Center at the LGBT center. Diaz said the center will provide a safe space for the growing LGBT student population on campus and will also put the university at a more competitive level to attract a diversified student body. “These students experience challenges and difficulties that are unique to them. Therefore, creating a safe and welcoming place where students can actively receive resources and support through these challenges is integral to their success,” she said. “More college-bound students are identifying as LGBTQA in high school than ever before, and they are actively seeking out universities that provide these resources and support.” ■

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Media Trail Oregon to recognize outof-state gay marriages Oregon’s Register-Guard reports that although it’s still not legal for same-sex couples to marry in Oregon, the state is now recognizing the marriages of those who tie the knot in another state or country. In a memo to state agencies Oct. 16, state Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan said any same-sex couple who gets married in a place where it is legal will be eligible for the same benefits as any other married couple. Jordan’s decision was based on a legal opinion from the Oregon Department of Justice. An initiative to overturn the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage will likely be on the 2014 ballot.

Mayor apologizes for antigay post According to the Charlotte Observer, officials in a small South Carolina mountain town say they’ve accepted the mayor’s apology for her Facebook post criticizing a decision that allowed gay couples to apply for marriage licenses. Attorneys for the West Union town council said the panel met Oct. 18 and accepted an apology from Mayor Linda Oliver. Oliver used the word “queer” in a posting objecting to a North Carolina county register of deeds who recently allowed gay couples to apply for marriage licenses. The post said God would not bless such unions. It was deleted, and Oliver said she’ll use the word “homosexual” in the future. The town council says the post was Oliver’s personal view and was offensive to many people, especially LGBTs.

Friends remember Ore. father of gay teen The LaGrande Observer reports more than 300 people turned out in La Grande to remember a man whose son’s suicide inspired him to start a cross-country walk, a journey cut short by a fatal accident. Joe Bell’s son, Jadin, hanged himself earlier this year in a schoolyard. He didn’t leave a note, but those close to him believe that the bullying of the gay teen led to his death. In April, Bell started a two-year trek to campaign against bullying, but a truck hit him Oct. 9 in eastern Colorado. On Oct. 17, friends gathered at Eastern Oregon University to celebrate his life. One high-school student said Bell “changed the world 1 mile at a time.” ■

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But Cradle refused to pay any rent, nor accept gays, atheists and/or agnostics. As a result, the city demanded that Cradle vacate the premises on or before June 1, 2008. But on May 23, 2008, Cradle officials filed a federal lawsuit, claiming the city was violating their First Amendment right to exclude gays from the organization. The case was assigned to a judge who formerly served as a Scouting official in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. Despite requests from the LGBT community, city officials declined to seek the judge’s recusal. During a 2010 jury trial, the judge continually emphasized Cradle’s right to exclude gays, while minimizing the city’s right to enforce its anbias rules on city property. In June 2010, a federal jury decided in favor of the Scouts, effectively blocking Cradle’s eviction. The Nutter administration and Cradle tried to settle the dispute by having Cradle purchase the building for $500,000.

But Philadelphia City Council nixed the so-called “Scouts deal” after LGBT advocates pointed out the property was worth more than $1 million. In May 2013, to end the litigation, the city agreed to pay the Scouts $825,000 for improvements allegedly made to the property. In return, Cradle agreed to vacate the premises. The $825,000 is payable to Cradle on Nov. 5, after the retail store is gone, according to the settlement. LGBT advocates expressed mixed feelings about the outcome. “All the legal action that’s taken place has yielded an acceptable result,” said LGBT advocate Gregg A. Kravitz. “It’s great there’s not going to be anymore discrimination in that building. But the best outcome would have been for the Scouts to enact policies that reflect Philadelphia’s shared values.” Kravitz voiced hope that “what happened here in Philadelphia will move the national conversation forward to bring about a policy of full inclusion within the Boy Scouts.”

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He said the new national BSA policy of allowing gay youth — but not gay adults — doesn’t go far enough. R. Duane Perry, an LGBT advocate who testified at the 2010 trial, said the building dispute helped gay youth be accepted in Scouting. “I’m absolutely convinced the work we did here helped lay the groundwork for the change at the

Perry lauded the efforts of many LGBTs and allies who steadfastly opposed city subsidies for Cradle. “I don’t think the city would have maintained its position if LGBTs and allies didn’t keep the heat on,” Perry continued. “[City officials] all wanted to sweep it under the rug and strike a deal. So it’s tremendous that others were willing to stand up against

“This is a victory for the gay community and, frankly, for all Philadelphians. When the Boy Scouts decided to stand by their ‘right’ to discriminate rather than stand by Philadelphia’s boys and dedicated Scout leaders, they forfeited any claim to our support, either moral or financial.” — Mary Catherine Roper, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Pennsylvania national level,” Perry said. “It’s one step at a time. You take every little victory you can get.”

discrimination.” Mark McDonald, a spokesperson for the Nutter administration,

had no comment for this story. Community members have suggested various conversions for the building, including an LGBT medical clinic, an LGBT history museum or a shelter for homeless LGBT youth. Kravitz said he would support any of those options. “It would be nice to see that building turned into a place of inclusion rather than exclusion,” he said. “The most important thing is that the future occupants adhere to the city’s antibias code.” Mary Catherine Roper, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Pennsylvania, said Cradle’s eviction should be seen as a victory for the LGBT community. “This is a victory for the gay community and, frankly, for all Philadelphians,” Roper said. “When the Boy Scouts decided to stand by their ‘right’ to discriminate rather than stand by Philadelphia’s boys and dedicated Scout leaders, they forfeited any claim to our support, either moral or financial.” Kera Armstrong, a Cradle spokesperson, had no comment for this story. ■

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n a 1925 Vanity Fair article, W.C. Fields famously proffered his last dig on the city of his birth, Philadelphia, as the epitaph on his gravestone, “On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.” Three polls commissioned in the past two months show our city in the throes of the W.C. Fields Complex: a city looking in the mirror and not very happy about what it sees. First, taxes scare us. Forty-four percent said the city’s comprehensive property tax overhaul, the Actual Value Initiative (AVI), would make real estate taxes less fair and 22 percent said AVI makes them less likely to stay in the city. We have said from the beginning that council and the mayor deserve credit for finally tackling a tough political issue but that they failed on the communication front in both its rollout and execution. These numbers seem to bear this out. The failure to communicate on AVI seems to be undermining our confidence in government across the board. Pew: “On the whole, residents appeared to be less accepting of taxes and government than in prior years. Asked which path they generally preferred — higher taxes and more government services or lower taxes and fewer services — Philadelphians opted for lower taxes/fewer services by a margin of 9 percentage points, 50 percent to 41 percent. In 2012, respondents favored higher taxes/more services by 7 percentage points, 49 percent to 42 percent.” Perhaps the scariest of the Pew AVI numbers is that nearly half of the respondents don’t even know what AVI is. This is more than an indictment of the Nutter Administration and City Council’s communication skill sets, it is Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-36682

an indictment of us. While the Pew AVI numbers show us a city wary of its government, the school district numbers paint a city frustrated and depressed. Pew: “Only 18 percent of the Philadelphians surveyed said the schools are doing a good or excellent job. This is the lowest positive rating in the five years that Pew has been polling on this topic; 78 percent described the schools as ‘only fair’ or poor, and 52 percent of all respondents opted for poor. Last year, only 35 percent gave that grade to the schools… Concern about the schools also arose when Philadelphians were asked whether they would recommend the city to five different categories of friends: 48 percent of residents said they would not recommend the city as a place to raise children.” If you ever doubted the adverse impact that a financially strapped school district can have on the future of our city look no further than this last number. When nearly half of those polled would not recommend raising a family in Philadelphia, what chance do we have to increase our property tax base? And if we can’t raise the base, we can’t put more money in the schools and our educational race to the bottom continues. All of this leads to a rather

bleak outlook. Pew: “45 percent of respondents said the city was ‘off on the wrong track’ and 37 percent said the city had become a worse place to live during the past five years… And fewer Philadelphians said they expected the city to improve in the next five years. In the current survey, optimists outnumbered pessimists 52 percent to 27 percent. In 2009, it was 68 percent to 14 percent.” Given these numbers, it should come as no surprise as to where Philadelphians place the blame. Pew: “Mayor Michael Nutter’s ratings were the lowest recorded in the five years of Pew surveys. Only 39 percent of residents said they approved of the mayor’s job performance, while 52 percent disapproved. This is a dramatic change from January 2012, when 60 percent approved of his work — his highest rating since 2009 — and 30 percent disapproved.” And City Council fares no better with “30 percent of respondents approv[ing] of the job the council is doing, a decrease of 5 percentage points from 2012.” As we head towards the next mayoral and city council elections, the politicians in this town would be wise to heed another of W.C. Fields’ insights: I never voted for anybody. I always voted against. O C T. 2 0 - 2 7 , 2 0 1 3

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Drag icon to perform at N.J. resort B By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Given the time of year, we’re lucky to have the opportunity to see Miss Coco Peru. “The week before and the week after, I tend not to do drag because people think I’m dressed up for Halloween,” Peru said. “But this year I’m hosting a big festival in West Hollywood.” The world-famous drag personality and entertainer is also coming to our area for a performance during Trick or Treat Weekend, Oct. 26 at the Golden Inn in Avalon, N.J., where she will sing songs and telling stories about her life. “It’s a like a group therapy session except it’s my turn to talk,” Peru said. “They can expect to laugh and to think and to walk away feeling better about themselves and the world that they live in.” Peru has been performing internationally as usual for her steady touring schedule, but this year has also found her performing in certain cities and areas like Chicago and Vancouver. Peru said the gigs in new cities usually come from fans who have seen her other places and want her to perform in their hometowns.

“I’ve been really lucky with word of mouth,” she said. “I think people have seen me in different places and they go back to their states or cities where they live and say, ‘Let’s get Coco Peru here.’ I have literally been to cities because a fan has written to me on Facebook saying, ‘When are you coming to my city?’ And I say, ‘I haven’t been invited, find me a venue,’ and they actually go out and rally the troops to get me invited there. So that’s the good side of all the social networking.” Word of mouth works wonders for Peru but she said that nothing is more powerful than appearing on television. “My 30 seconds on ‘Will & Grace’ years ago, it made me laugh because I feel like I am doing a show that I worked so hard to write,” she said. “I sing songs and I’ve been doing this for years. You do 30 seconds on ‘Will & Grace’ and suddenly I have all this interest. That’s how powerful TV is. But once that subsides, you need to have a talent to back it up. I’ve been doing this for 22 years now. I was excited to do the show because one of my friends from New York was a writer and producer on the show. I walked on to the set a bit intimidated because it was all new to me but I also felt like I had been invited by friends to be there. It was a nice way to do the show.” Peru attributes her multi-faceted show and talents as a performer to her growing up idolizing entertainers who were versatile and had developed a number of talents. PAGE 34

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“When I was very young,I wanted to be a performer,” Peru said. “I was drawn to funny people and people who worked hard on their craft. People that I admire like Bea Arthur and Lily Tomlin, these people had a craft that they really trained for. And I did that. I went to school for acting and I started writing shows and worked hard to create a character. The problem with reality television is that they’ve made celebrities out of ordinary people who really don’t h ave a ny kind of talent but are famous for being on television. T h a t ’s a weird place right now. I feel like, for myself, I’m glad I’ve had all the training that I had and the role models I had growing up.” We can take the hint. So, what does longtime internationally known drag superstar Coco Peru think of the drag-queen fame machine that is “RuPaul’s Drag Race”? “I have very mixed emotions about that show because I absolutely love RuPaul,” she said. “I think he’s talented and funny. I love his laugh. I love that the show has brought drag back into the limelight. The flipside is, it’s a reality show that I don’t think reflects the reality.” Peru added that the show gives people who aren’t familiar with the history and traditions of drag distorted expectations of what to expect when they take the stage. “I’ve had that experience where someone was disappointed that I didn’t lipsync, that I actually talked and sang live,” Peru said. “That is not what they expected from a drag queen. For so many years, I was celebrated because I broke the mold of what was expected in drag. I wrote autobiographical monologues and sang live. So for the young person in the audience, it was a shock. Fortunately it was just the one. The rest of the audience adored me and I got a standing ovation.” Aside from her many performance

talents, Peru is also widely regarded for her elegantly retro sense of style, which has caught on with a lot of her fans and admirers. “I noticed early on in my career I would have a lot of women that would like me, and this wasn’t even on the Internet: They would send letters, or they would come up to me after a show and say they want to be more like Coco,” she said. “What they were looking for was a sense of power to embrace their femininity and b e s e x y, and at the same time be strong. S o m e women felt like in order to be strong they have to sacrifice their femininity. And I’ve never believed that.” We were surprised to find out that Peru gets a lot of her clothes from the same places we do. “I have my costumes for my shows made but for my daywear I go to TJ Maxx or Ross or Marshall’s or Macy’s,” she said. “You just have to learn to look for the right ones.” We also found out that Peru’s appreciation for all things classic and retro carries over into her taste in Halloween candy. “I used to love Charleston Chews,” she said. “You can find them again now. I don’t know if they disappeared but I forgot they existed. I mentioned them and all of a sudden people started sending me Charleston Chews. You can put them in the freezer and they crack and break up into pieces. I also really loved candy corn and I kind of still do. I used to stick them on my teeth like I had fangs. So they were like a costume piece and then you got to eat them.” ■ Miss Coco Peru performs 9 p.m. Oct. 26 at The Golden Inn, 7849 Dune Drive, Avalon, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-368-5155 or visit www. goldeninn.com.

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Ali McCourt aka DJ Ali: Spinning with a new Groove Like many people, I was shocked and saddened by this summer’s sudden closing of Sisters, Philadelphia’s only lesbian bar. But slowly and surely, a number of women are stepping in to make sure lesbians still have places to have fun. One of the newest organizations to the scene is Groove Philadelphia. Run by Denise Cohen — manager of Sisters for 17 years, and Hepburns before that — Groove Philadelphia is “How Philly Got Her Groove Back.” This week, we spoke to DJ Ali McCourt, who is spinning at several of the upcoming Groove Philly parties. Laidback with a lilting voice and dry sense of humor, DJ Ali gave me the rundown of how she came on the scene and dished on our mutual love for karaoke. PGN: Hi DJ Ali, previously known as Miss Hypnotic! Are you from Philly? AM: Yes, I was born and raised in Philly and lived here for 20 years before moving to Lansdale. PGN: What took you to the ’burbs? AM: My parents moved there when I was in college and when I got out, I needed somewhere to hang out for a bit and live. I ended up in Lansdale and liked it. PGN: What’s the best part of suburban life? AM: I don’t know; I got into a lot of trouble in Philly, so I needed an escape to somewhere calmer. I like the quiet. I grew up on Cottman Avenue so it was always noisy. I like that I can now find a quiet place when I need it. But there’s enough around me that I can go be with a lot of people when I need that too. It’s its own little city. PGN: Really? AM: Yeah, they don’t have clubs like in Philly but they have a lot of shopping, there are stores everywhere. My fiancé Jen and I live close to the center of town so we’re walking distance from all sorts of stuff. PGN: Back to the fam ... AM: I’m the youngest of four: I have two older brothers and a sister. PGN: [To her partner, Jen] Does she act like the baby of the bunch? JEN: Pretty much. AM: Wow, just threw me under the bus there. PGN: Sibling memories or rivalries? AM: I remember fighting over the remote a lot. Literal fights. I used to take Tae Kwon Do and my brother was a wrestler, so we used to get into some serious matches for control of the remote. And for some reason I remember them putting me in Cabbage Patch clothing. Then they’d put me in a

laundry basket and push me down the steps like I was on a sled. JEN: How about when they taped you to the chair? AM: Yeah, we can leave that story out.

went a little too hard. I hit the back of it, flipped over and landed awkwardly, breaking my collar bone. The doctors thought I was nuts when I said I was escaping sharks.

PGN: Now I want to hear it. AM: Oh, OK. So one year I had pneumonia three times in a row. They kept medicating me and I guess they kept trying stronger drugs because I started to get really wild and out of control. At one point, my brothers and sisters were trying to throw an anniversary party for my parents and I went crazy; I threw this hard plastic doll at my brother and hit him and they were like, “That’s it!” They found some yarn and started tying me up to a chair. It went round and round, there was some duct tape involved, and then they left me there until they finished cleaning the house. They finally let me go right before Mom and Dad got home. It turned out later it wasn’t pneumonia after all — it was asthma and allergies — so I’d been misdiagnosed and medicated with the wrong stuff all along. I was a little hyper.

PGN: What was the first music you ever bought? AM: It had to be pop. I was big into Britney Spears and the Spice Girls when I was a kid. I used to buy those single tape cassettes. The first one I remember buying was No Doubt. I’d steal CDs from my sister too but that doesn’t count as buying.

PGN: A favorite family memory? AM: It’s hard to pick one. I was always close to my family, even when they tied me up. Normal people would go to the shore but we’d go to Boston every summer. A little odd, but good memories. I also loved our family Sunday dinners. We’d have the same meal every week and everyone would sit down and talk about their life. It was fun until all my siblings moved out and I was the only one there. PGN: Same meal? AM: Uh huh, mashed potatoes — because we’re Irish and it’s mandatory to have mashed potatoes — with gravy, breaded chicken and a vegetable, usually stringed beans or mixed vegetables because that’s what my dad likes. PGN: What does he do? AM: He used to print things — pictures for artists, corporate stuff like Campbell’s soup labels, all sorts of things — until he got pushed out by digital. Now he’s in maintenance because he got laid off as computers took over, and my mom’s always done administrative work. She’s with a medical-supply company now; they make casts and stuff. PGN: Have you ever broken anything? AM: My collar bone. Growing up we had the typical Northeast house — a big couch, love seat and a few recliners. We had a teal carpet and I used to pretend that it was water. I’d jump from couch to couch to chair because the water was infested with sharks and if I fell in I’d get eaten. Unfortunately, I jumped to one recliner and

PGN: What sparked your interest in music? AM: My dad’s a pretty good singer. He’d turn on the music channel and sing and dance to it. He still does! I bought him an iPod, but he doesn’t know how to work it. Whenever I go over I have to hit “Play” for him. Both of my parents really enjoy music and my father always quizzes me to make sure I know music from all eras.

“Candyman” and mixed it with the “Candy Man” song from Willy Wonka. PGN: Outside of deejaying and your earlier Tae Kwon Do, any hobbies? AM: I rowed for a few summers, on my brother’s team in New Jersey and at the Vesper Club on Boathouse Row. Never competitively though, I just liked to get on the water. It’s really peaceful. PGN: The word “peaceful” comes up a lot with you. Was there a time when things weren’t so peaceful? AM: Huh, didn’t even realize that, but yeah, I was an alcoholic and I got into a lot of trouble. But I’ve been sober for three years so I guess I seek serenity and peace now, basically the opposite of the life that I was living. There was definitely a crazy side of me that sought drama.

PGN: What was the worst trouble you got in? AM: Well, on the last day of college, I was at a bar and our teacher was buying shots for all the graduates. I had some rusty-nail drink you’re supposed to sip but I downed it and then another and another until I was raring to go. I was in New York and wanted to go to Club Xes. So I went back to my apartment and tried to get my roommates to come out but nobody wanted to so I drove myself. Somewhere along the way, I blacked out and woke up from police lights in my rear-view mirror. The cop came over, “How’s it going?” I said, “I’m great! How are you?” He asked me what was up with my headlight, and I was like, “What are you talking about?” He took me to the front of the car, which was probably not the straightest walk on my part. We get to the passenger side of the car and my headlight is hanging by a wire. He asked me Photo: Suzi Nash In high school, I really enjoyed going what happened and I said, “I don’t know. That really to dance clubs. When I was 16, I went sucks.” Sooo yeah, I got arrested. I was to a club that let underage kids in, but the bawling my eyes out, crying, “Please, I’ve DJ was really bad; he’d play a song, then never been in trouble before!” which was there would be dead air, then he’d put the next song on. I decided that I wanted to do a total lie, and he said, “If you can find it and do it better. And so I did. At least I’d one person in your phone who is sober and will come get you, I’ll let you go.” I was like to think I’m better. like “OK!” but inside I was like, “Crap, it’s PGN: What was a favorite crazy mix the last day of school, everyone is drinkyou’ve done? ing!” Then I remembered my roommate AM: I took Christina Aguilera’s who didn’t want to PAGE 43

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It’s a dead man’s party! Horror is everywhere these days! Any night you can turn on your TV and take your pick from “The Walking Dead,” “American Horror Story,” “The Vampire Diaries” or live coverage of the House of Representatives on CSPAN (ooh, scary!). But if you’re looking for real terror, take your pick from these ghoulishly fabulous events.

the stars from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 25 at Moshulu, 401 S. Columbus Blvd., for a Halloween edition of the Big Gay Boat Party, with drink specials, a costume contest and everybody’s favorite, DJ Deejay. Cover charge is only $10. La Cage Aux Beach There’s comedy, drag, and burlesque on the menu from 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 25 at Venture Inn, 255 S. Camac St. The incomparable Sandy Beach is your hostess, with a great lineup of special guest performers — and best of all, no cover!

Peter Sterling’s Halloween Bash The third-annual Halloween Bash promises to be Sterling’s best. Catch the fun from 9 p.m.3 a.m. Oct. 25 at DoubleTree Hotel, 237 S. Broad St. There will be a “dead” carpet runSuperheroes and supervilway walk, performances by lains — times two! Double your pleasure, douBrittany Lynn and the Peek-ABoo Revue, a performance of Jim Kiley- ble your fun! Your first chance this weekend to run around “Thriller,” hot dancers, palm Zufelt in Spandex while saving the readers, drink specials, contests, prizes including fabulous vacaworld (or destroying it, your tion packages and an after-party at Club choice) is at the Greater Philadelphia Flag Whisper, 1712 Walnut St. Tickets are $35 Football League fundraiser from 7:30in advance or $40 at the door, with dona11 p.m. Oct. 26 at William Way LGBT tions collected for the Special Olympics. Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. For tickets and more information, see They’ll have food, drinks, a player auction and dancing with a special guest DJ. www.petersterlingevents.com. Cover is $20, with a portion of the proBig Gay Boat: Ghost Ship ceeds benefitting ActionAIDS. Your favorite summer party is back Your second chance comes later that — with heat lamps! Enjoy dancing under same night at the Keystone Boys of

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Leather Halloween Party, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St. They’ll have Jell-O shots, draft beer, lots of hot boys and cubs and no cover! Make a night of it: Slap on some Spandex, buy yourself a football bachelor and drag him down the alley to Bike Stop to pour Jell-O shots down each other’s throats and reenact your favorite “Thor” scenes. OurNightOut Join the ONO crew for a Sunday tea dance from 5-9 p.m. Oct. 27 at Tavern on Camac, 243 S. Camac St. There will be drink specials, fabulous hors d’oeurves, and DJ Carl Michaels spinning the tunes with special guest hosts the Philadelphia Radical Faeries. If you haven’t met the Faeries yet, you’re definitely in for a treat! Check them out at www.radfae.org. Henri David’s Halloween Ball The most spectacular Halloween party in Philadelphia is, was and always shall be Henri David’s legendary Halloween Ball, celebrating its 45th anniversary. It draws well over 2,000 people, so get there early to make sure you see all the fabulous entrances. The party starts at 9 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Sheraton City Center Hotel, 201 N. 17th St. The costume parade and contest start promptly at midnight, with fabulous prizes. Cover charge

is $25 in costume, $60 for voyeurs. Don’t come as you are — come as you want to be! Stark Raven Mad You’re in for both tricks and treats from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 31 at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St. in New Hope. Your hostesses will be Miss Thunder Showers and Miss Summer Clearance. The show starts at 10, with a costume contest at 10:30 and a dance party at 11 with DJ Michael DeCero. Best costume walks home with a $1,000 grand prize! No cover charge. Big Freedia! Put your twerking talents to the test from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nov. 3 at Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St. I’d never heard of Big Freedia before RuPaul’s “Peanut Butter,” and now I love her! She’s the reigning Queen of Bounce with a new reality show on Fuse TV and a voice that’s launched a thousand booties into motion. Special guests include El Malito & the 33rd Century and Sugur Shane. Cover is $14 for this 21-and-over event. ■ Questions, comments, need costume ideas? Contact Jim at barcrawlr@gmail. com or follow him on Facebook for links to back articles and totally bitchin’ music videos!

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Worth Watching ON THE TLC TIP: Catch “Crazy, Sexy, Cool,” the TV movie based on the life and career of R&B/ hip-hop/pop group TLC, starring KeKe Palmer as Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, Lil Mama (“America’s Best Dance Crew”) as Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Drew Sidora as Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, 8 p.m. Oct. 27 on VH1. Photo: VH1/Blake

SATUDAY NIGHT ‘ANDROID’: Actor Ed Norton hosts and singer Janelle Monáe performs on a new episode of “Saturday Night Live,” 11:30 p.m. Oct. 26 on NBC.

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HER TWO DADS: Gay couple Mitch and Cam host a costume party while Lily wonders who her real mom is on a Halloween-themed episode of “Modern Family,” 9 p.m. Oct. 30 on ABC.

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come out so I dragged her out of bed. She thought I’d died when she got the call from a police officer at that hour. It was a mess. Not only was I drinking and driving and blacking out, but the next morning I looked at the car and there was this long blue line of paint across the side. My car was tan. PGN: Oh my. AM: Yeah, my roommates were trying to give me hints that I had a drinking problem. They’d leave pamphlets on the table and I’d think, “Oh, they must be studying this for a class or something.” It totally went over my head. But now, even though I work in the clubs, I just dance and play music. I know when to retire and how to find calm moments. PGN: How did you start deejaying? AM: I started out in college radio. I went to York College in New York City and studied mass communications. I had an AM radio show called “Addicted to Ali,” and it went over so well they switched me to FM. I played a variety of music, then a lot of hip hop as it got popular. I started a hip-hop house show on Saturday nights and I’d get tons of callers. It was great. I got to interview a lot of artists and go to shows. PGN: Who was a favorite interview? AM: Apollo’s Sun. He tries to do positive hip hop. PGN: There’s a lot of bad stuff. Is there anything you won’t play? AM: I try to stay away from Taylor Swift. No, it depends on the venue. Some are

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more concerned with language, etc. The only song I debate about is the Beastie Boys’ “Girls” where they want girls to do the dishes and laundry and clean up after them. [Laughs.] On occasion I’ll play it and I’m slightly offended, but it’s a good beat. PGN: How did you and Jen meet? AM: We met in recovery. A group of us met for ice cream at a diner. She was going through some stuff and I was just there as a friend. We’d stay up all night and talk and after a while it turned into a relationship. We’d talk until 4 a.m. and she’d have to be at work at 5! I don’t know how she did it, but it worked and we have had a lot of diner moments ever since. PGN: How did the proposal happen? JEN: I wrote in sand on the beach. AM: Then she read me a poem. It was very romantic. I was like, “Oh, don’t finish it. Yes! Yes!” And she was like, “But there’s more!” PGN: That’s cute. Before we finish, tell me about the parties coming up with Groove Philadelphia. AM: Oct. 25 is the Ghost Ship party on the Moshulu. They’re going to have a heated dance floor, drink specials and a costume contest with an after-party at Voyeur. Satine Harlow will be performing live and DJ Deejay will be spinning. Then Halloween night, I’m deejaying the “Bewitching Bash in the ’Burbs” at Club Fizz. It’s only $5 to get in and it’s going to be a lot of fun. Club Fizz is in Southampton and there’s plenty of free parking. Denise is even talking about

bringing in some of the Sexy Sirens from Sisters. I like the venue because it has a big DJ booth and dance floor with walls that change colors, and then a separate room with couches and tables so you can chill and actually talk to someone without screaming. It’s a cool spot. And I love that we’re having a lesbian party in the suburbs. Usually we have to go to the city to find anything gay. But it’s close enough to both my city friends and my suburb people that I can rope them all in! PGN: As a karaoke host, I saw a lot from the stage; I’m sure you must have too. AM: Oh yeah, I love karaoke. I don’t care if it’s dead, five people in the place, it’s still fun. You get someone up there who’s like “Rar, rar, blah, blah,” not making any sense and you’re like, “Oh my God” and turn their mic down. Good times. PGN: Do you sing? AM: Not that you’d really want to hear. JEN: She usually drags me up. AM: Yeah, she does a pretty bad “Come Sail Away” and I do the song “Cups” because you can kind of talk/sing it. I try to wait until people have had a few drinks before I sing. PGN: Since you’re doing the Halloween bash, what was your favorite costume? JEN: The sailor outfit! AM: Ha! For you maybe. [Turning back to me.] Um, it was a little short. I had on red heels and red lipstick too. I turned a lot of heads in that outfit. My favorite was my Run DMC costume. I went to Marshall’s and bought an Adidas jacket and pants and wore sunglasses with big gold chains and a

big black hat. It was great. PGN: They were fashion icons and so are you! I saw you have a whole line of clothing. Didn’t know you were such an entrepreneur. AM: Yeah, I saw two DJs with their names on a shirt and thought, that’s pretty cool. I had a vision of what I wanted. So I got the number of the guy that did theirs, Lawrence from Philly Native Clothing. We became friends because I was constantly calling him with different ideas. I started out with a T-shirt — I didn’t think I’d sell them, I just wanted it for me. But I posted it online and people were asking where they could buy them. So I figured out how to put them up on my website, www. djaliphilly.com, and now they’re a big seller. We have T-shirts and tank tops and hoodies and yoga pants. It’s really cool to have people wearing something with my name on it! It’s crazy. There’s a possibility that I may be on a new show on VH1 about DJs. My next big gig after Halloween is the Thanksgiving Eve bash at Voyeur that Groove Philly is hosting. It’s the biggest party night of the year in one of the biggest clubs. It’s going to be awesome. Me and DJ Kash are going to be spinning on the main floor, DJ Sandi is going to be doing retro music on the second floor, plus dancers and drink specials. The VH1 people are coming to see me spin so come out and show some love. You might even win a T-shirt! ■ For more information, check out DJ Ali’s website or Groove Philly on Facebook. To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol. com.

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New seafood house makes a splash on South Street By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com The newly opened Headhouse Crab and Oyster Co., 119 South St., knows how to make an entrance, literally. There’s an impressive kraken looming over the front door of the place. The whimsical undersea décor carries into the restaurant’s interior, which has a dimly lit but welcoming vibe. Still, Headhouse is really going to have to bring it if it wants to compete with that other oyster place across town. And it certainly succeeded the night we visited. The raw-bar selection is definitely on par with the better seafood restaurants in town. But it was the little details that

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hit the mark for us. Other seafood places can get lazy with the little dishes. One occasion that comes to mind is when we had a really disappointing clam chowder at another seafood establishment (that shall remain nameless, but

it really should have known better). But Headhouse won our hearts with its soups. The crab and corn chowder ($5) and the shellfish bisque ($5) arrived at the table thick, hearty and piping-hot. The chowder had some great texture thanks to the freshness of the corn. The bisque had a real depth of flavor. With the cold weather coming on, this place could make a mint on the soups alone. Headhouse also put a lot of thought and care into the side dishes. The French fries ($4) and corn on the cob ($4) were memorably tasty. The baked beans ($6) hands down are the best we’ve had in town, with perfectly cooked beans and an excellent sweet, spicy and smoky sauce that we would love to steal the recipe for. When it comes to entrees, Headhouse puts some interesting spins on some familiar dishes. The fried-oyster tacos ($12) were especially impressive, winning over diners at our table who don’t even like oysters. The oysters were chicken-fried, which gave a pleasant crunch to the tacos. The mahi mahi tacos ($11) aren’t the typical fish tacos, as the mahi mahi is not fried. That, along with the absence of any kind of slaw, amounted to an absence of the crunch factor necessary for a satisfying taco experience. But, if you are looking for a healthier alternative to the fried-fish taco, this version is worth checking out. Let it be said that Headhouse makes some massive sandwiches, including some familiar choices with an inidvidual spin, such as the lobster grilled cheese ($14). The texture of the grilled cheese with the lobster and fried green tomatoes was ideal. The crab cake BLT ($12) is an interesting take on the sandwich, with a massive, but delicately fried crab cake backed up with some crowd-pleasing bacon. Both sandwiches come with Headhouse’s amazing fries. There’s a new oyster house in town, and it’s quite the pearl. ■

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OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 10/25 Janeane Garofalo The comedian performs 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. John Legend The R&B singer performs 8 p.m. at Revel’s Ovation Hall, 500 Boardwalk; 855348-0500. of Montreal The alt-rock band performs 8:30 p.m. at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100. Peter Sterling Halloween Ball 2013 Peter Sterling presents a

Halloween bash with performances by Brittany Lynn and Peek-A-Boo Revue, 9 p.m.-3 a.m. at Doubletree Hotel, 237 South Broad St.; www. petersterlingevents.com. Ghost Ship Big Gay Boat Party presents a Halloweenthemed party on the Moshulu, 401 S. Columbus Blvd., 9 p.m.-2 a.m.; 215-9232500. Mischief and Mayhem Stimulus presents its fifth-annual Halloween bash from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. at Voyeur, 1221 St. James St.; 215-735-5772.

Sat. 10/26 Ghostbusters The 1984 comedy film is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223. Wolfgang Puck The Iron Chef hosts a cooking demonstration 2 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Joe Putignano The author of “Acrobaddict” hosts a reading 5:30 p.m. at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215923-2960. The Orb The electronic group performs 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Amy Schumer The comedian

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Lipstick Mondays A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-8622081.

Larry the Cable Guy The comedian performs 9 p.m. at Revel’s Ovation Hall, 500 Boardwalk; 855348-0500.

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Sun. 10/27 The Phantom of the Opera with Live Pipe Organ Accompaniment The 1925 horror film is screened 3 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223. Cheech & Chong The comedy duo performs 7:30 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-5727650.

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AMAZING GRACE: James A. Michener Art Museum hosts “From Philadelphia to Monaco: Grace Kelly — Beyond the Icon” an exhibition tracing the unique path of the classic style icon, Oct. 28-Jan. 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown. For more information, call 215-340-9800.

Mon. 10/28 Free Quizzo & Board Game Night Roll the dice, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Mondo Zombie Boogaloo Tour with Southern Culture on the Skids, Los Straitjackets and The Fleshtones The rock bands go crazy for Halloween, 7:30

p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Jeff Greenfield The author of “If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215-686-5322. Young Frankenstein The comedy film is screened 7:30 p.m. at Sellersville Theatre 1894, 24

Butch Walker The rock singer performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. 4W5 Blues Jam

Wed. 10/30 Local musicians get down, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Bitch presents Beach The out singersongwriter performs her electronic music project 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Thu. 10/31 Richard Marx The rock singer performs an acoustic show 8 p.m. at Sellersville Theatre 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5858.

The World Famous Pontani Sisters’ Burlesque-apades The burlesque troupe performs 8 p.m. at Sellersville Theatre 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5858. The Burlesque Show The new event kicks off 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. New Hope Halloween Party: Miss Thunder Showers and Miss Summer Clearance host the festivities 10 p.m.-2 a.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-8622081. Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215545-4511.

Fri. 11/01 Jessie Ware The British R&B singer performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215922-1011. ■

CRINGE BENEFITS: Comedian and TV personality Amy Schumer performs 9 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609317-1000.

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Private Lives/Public Spaces: Bringing Philadelphia’s LGBT History Out in the Open The William Way LGBT Community Center presents the first solo exhibition of LGBT history in a mainstream museum in Philadelphia, which features a glimpse into the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archival Collection, through Oct. 25 at The Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent, 15 S. Seventh St.; 215-685-4830.

AIN’T THAT A BEACH: Out singersongwriter Bitch performs with her electro-rock Beach, 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. For more information, call 215-222-1400.

Opening From Philadelphia to Monaco: GRACE KELLY Beyond the Icon James A. Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition tracing the unique path Grace Kelly took from Philadelphia to Monaco, Oct. 28-Jan. 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800. Once The Tony Award-winning story of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love song, Oct. 29-Nov. 10 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847. Pride & Prejudice Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the classic Jane Austen story Oct. 29-Nov. 24, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol; 215-7850100.

Continuing All Dressed Up: Fashions for Children and Their Families Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of clothing from the late18th through mid-20th centuries, comparing and contrasting adults’ apparel with children’s smaller styles, through Dec. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. The Brothers Size Simpatico Theatre Project presents a story set on the back-roads of the Louisiana Bayou following the path

The Sexuality Spectrum The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art and Congregation Beth Ahavah at Rodeph Shalom host an exhibit examining LGBT prejudice, through Nov. 18 at 615 N. Broad St.; 215-627-6747.

of the recently paroled Oshoosi Size, blending elements of Yoruba storytelling with American mythology, through Nov. 4 at Walnut Street Theatre’s Studio 5, 835 Walnut St.; 215-423-0254. Candy Coated Wonderland Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition by Philadelphia-based multimedia artist Candy Coated (formerly Candy Depew) reinterpreting children’s fancy dress costumes from the museum’s collection, through Nov. 17, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100. Cock The story of the messy aftermath when John has an affair with a woman on a break from his boyfriend, through Nov. 10 at Theatre Exile’s Studio X, 1340 S. 13th St.; 215-218-4022. The Convert Wilma Theater presents the story of a young girl who escapes a forced marriage arrangement and discovers Christianity under the guidance of an African teacher, through Nov. 10, 265 S. Broad St.; 215-546-7824. The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of prints created by Austrian, German and Swiss artists, through Dec. 15, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of 160 works and a multimedia exhibition of important paintings by the French painter Fernand Léger, through Jan. 5, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Notices Send notices at least one week in advance to: Out & About Listings, PGN, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 fax: 215-925-6437; or e-mail: listings@epgn.com. Notices cannot be taken over the phone.

TWISTED SISTERS: The World Famous Pontani Sisters celebrate Halloween with their burlesque show “Burlesque-a-pades,” 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at Sellersville Theatre 1894, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville. For more information or tickets, call 215-257-5858.

Marcus: Or the Secret of Sweet Joe Turner’s provocative, poignant, fiercely humorous story of a “sweet” young man’s journey to discover the “secret” of who he really is and where he really came from, through Nov. 3 at Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St.; 800-595-4849.

Spamalot Media Theater presents the comedy based on the works of Monty Python, through Nov. 3, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100.

Closing Jewels The Pennsylvania Ballet presents George Balanchine’s full-length masterpiece, through Oct. 27 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847. Paul Taylor Dance Company The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the acclaimed dance company, through Oct. 26 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900. ■

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Activism/Politics

ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) meets 6-9 p.m. every Monday at St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, 330 S. 13th St.; 215-386-1981; www.actupphilly.org. Delaware Valley Chapter, Americans United for Separation of Church and State seeks activists and supporters of church-state separation. Holds monthly meetings and events; www.dvau.org. Equality Pennsylvania holds a volunteer night the second Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m., 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 605; 215-731-1447; www.equalitypa.org. Green Party of Philadelphia holds general meetings the fourth Thursday of the month except August and December, 7 p.m.; 215-243-7103; www.gpop.org. Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club meets seasonally; www.libertycity.org.

Arts

Library Book Club meets to discuss a new book 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the William Way Center. Men On Tap, an LGBT group that performs with choirs, organizations and at the Fringe Festival, rehearses Mondays at 8 p.m. at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St.; dale@magicalfantasies.com. Philadelphia Freedom Band, an audition-free LGBT band that does concerts and parades, rehearses Mondays 7-9:30 p.m.; philadelphiafreedomband.com. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus rehearses 7-10 p.m. Wednesdays; 215-731-9230; auditions@pgmc.org. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Opera Club meets to share and listen to recordings 6:30 p.m. the last Saturday of the month; 215-732-7898. Philadelphia Voices of Pride, Philadelphia’s first mixed GLBT chorus, rehearses 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the William Way Center; www.pvop.org. Queer Writer’s Collective workshop and discussion group meets 4-6 p.m. the fourth Saturday of the month at the William Way Center. Reading Queerly, open to all women and genderqueer/ trans people, meets 6:45 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.

Recreation

Gay Bridge Club non-beginners group meets Monday 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the William Way Center; reservations required. Call 215-732-2220. Gay-friendly Scrabble Club meets 6-11 p.m. in the P.I.C. Building, 42nd and Locust streets; 215-382-0789. Gay Opera Guys of Philly, a new group for opera appreciation, meets the last Sunday of the month at 2:30 p.m. in Roxborough/Andorra area; 215-483-1032. Humboldt Society: Lesbian and Gay Naturalists meets the second Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the William Way Center; 215-985-1456; www.humboldtsociety.org. Independence Squares LGBT square-dance club, modern Western square dancing. Monthly open house. Tuesday classes in the fall; Lutheran Church, 2111 Sansom St.; philadances@gmail.com; www.independencesquares.org. Male Oenophile Group forming to discuss, appreciate and taste various wines. Will meet once a month to investigate the nuances and glories of the fermented grape. Call 267230-6750 for more information. Mornings OUT LGBT Senior Social activities for senior gay men are held every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the William Way Center. PhilaVentures, Philadelphia’s LGBT outdoor group, meets for hikes in Wissahickon Valley and Valley Forge Park; philaventures.org.

Sports

Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club meets for Tuesday and Thursday practice at 8 p.m. Greenfield Park, West Chester; www.brandywinerugby.org. City of Brotherly Love Softball League serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Games are played Sundays, beginning in April, at the Dairy and Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park; www.cblsl.org. Frontrunners running club meets 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for a run and brunch. Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www. philadelphiafrontrunners.org. Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club LGBT and allies; indoor season starts Nov. 4 at Guerin Rec Center and runs through the end of March, every Monday 8-10pm and Sat 2-4pm; www.falcons-soccer.org. Philadelphia Fins Swim Team, male and female swimmers, meets 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Friends Select School and 10:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays; www.philadelphia-fins.org. Philadelphia Gay Bowling League meets 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays September-April at Brunswick Zone, 1328 Delsea Drive, Deptford, N.J.; 856-889-1434; www.philagaybowling.com.

Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League games played Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at FDR Park. For more information please visit www.phillyflagfootball.com Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club seeks players, all skill levels welcome; meets 7:45 p.m. Thursdays at Columbus Square Park, 1200 Wharton St.; 215-913-7531; philadelphiagryphons.org; becomeagryphon@gmail.com. Philadelphia Liberty Belles women’s semi-pro full-tackle football league holds fall tryouts; phillybelles.com. Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association plays yearround, all skill levels welcome; philadelphialibertytennis. com. Philadelphia Firebirds women’s football team seeks players; www.philadelphiafirebirds.com. Philadelphia Women’s Baseball League seeks players, all skill levels and ages welcome. Practice is Thursdays, 7 p.m. at Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 17th and Fitzwater streets, with games on Sundays 2:30 p.m.; phillywomensbaseball.com; contact Narda Quigley, (day) 215991-5995 or (evening) 301-919-1194. Philly Gay Hockey Association Philadelphia Phury seeks players; 917-656-1936; phury@gayhockey.org. Philly QCycle LGBT bicycling club promotes organized recreational riding for all levels in the Greater Philadelphia region. Contact the organization via Facebook. Rainbow Riders of the Delaware Valley motorcycle club meets regularly; 215-836-0440; www.groups.yahoo.com/ group/rainbowridersdv/. Rainbow Rollers gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Boulevard Lanes in Northeast Philadelphia; rainbowrollers.com. Spartan Wrestling Club, the gay wresting team, meets 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays (no August practice) at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; 215-732-4545; www. phillyspartans.com. Suburban Gay Bowling League bowls at 8 p.m. Thursdays from August-April at Facenda-Whitaker Lanes, 2912 Swede Road, Norristown; sgblbowl@gmail.com. Team Philadelphia, the umbrella group for gay and lesbian sports teams, and individual athletes in the Delaware Valley come together to provide a healthy outlet for all members of the community; teamphiladelphia.org.

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AIDS Law Project provides free legal assistance to people with HIV/AIDS and sponsors free monthly seminars on work and housing; 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 600; 215-5879377; www.aidslawpa.org. BiUnity, Philadelphia-area social and support network for bisexuals, their family members and friends meets the second Friday of every other month at the William Way Center; www.biunity.org. Delaware Valley Pink Pistols for LGBT people dedicated to legal, safe and responsible use of firearms for selfdefense; meets 2 p.m. the third Saturday of the month at Classic Indoor Range, 1310 Industrial Blvd., Southampton; 610-879-2364; www.pinkpistols.org. Delaware Pride holds planning meetings 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the United Church of Christ, 300 Main St., Newark; 302-265-3020; delawarepride.org. Haverford College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance holds open meetings 10-11 p.m. Mondays during the school year in the lounge in Jones Basement at Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave.; 610-896-4938. Men and Women for Human Excellence support group meets from noon-2 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of the month at 26th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue; 267-2733513; cmoore8300@yahoo.com. Long Yang Club Philadelphia social organization for gay Asians and their friends holds monthly socials; www. longyangclub.org/philadelphia. Our Night Out, a casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, friends and colleagues, meets in a different Philadelphia hot spot each month. To receive monthly event invitations, email OurNightOutPhilly@gmail.com; more information on Facebook. Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Advice offered 5-8 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month; 215-238-6333. Philadelphia Prime Timers club for mature gay and bisexual men and their admirers meets regularly; primetim ersofphiladelphia@yahoo.com. Philadelphians MC Club for leather men and women meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at The Pit at The Bike Stop, 201 S. Quince St.; philadelphiansmc.org. Rainbow Amateur Radio Association ARRL-affiliated, weekly HF nets, quarterly newsletter; www.rara.org. Silver Foxes, a social and educational group for gays and lesbians 50 and older, meets 3-5 p.m. the fourth Sunday of the month at the William Way Center. SNJ Queers meets monthly for queer/queer-friendly folks in South Jersey to mix and mingle. Search for SNJ Queers on Facebook; contact Wendy at 856-375-3708 or wmf69@comast.net.

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Community Bulletin Board Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331; atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 48:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available MondayFriday. See the Youth section for more events.

■ 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. Monday through Thursday; 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.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221 ■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization, Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison: Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-6869980, helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

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

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org. Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday through Friday Library hours: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; noon-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Key numbers

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

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

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

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 1-877-pride-2000

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

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

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.; 215763-8870. 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 through 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

■ 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. ■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, selfemployed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city; www. gppn.org; 215-922-3377. ■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT

11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite 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. Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm. Monday-Friday, 1-5p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly businesses and professionals; www. IndependenceBusinessAlliance. com; 215-557-0190; 1717 Arch St., Suite 3370. ■ 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; P.O. Box 58143, Philadelphia, PA 19102; www.philadelphiagaytourism. com; 215-840-2039.

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