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Wolf: We need Pennsylvania poised to make history Fairness Act

By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor

In Gov. Tom Wolf’s three-and-a-half years as governor, he has expanded Medicaid throughout the state, giving an additional 720,000 Pennsylvanians access to healthcare. He also restored the $1-billion cut to education made under the previous Corbett administration and also signed legislation that established the state’s medical-marijuana program. In July, he established a statewide LGBTQ Commission, the only one of its kind in the country.

Wolf’s Republican challenger in the Nov. 6 general election, Scott Wagner, is a former senator in the 28th District, which covers the boroughs and townships of York County.

Polling website Real Clear Politics reported earlier this week that Wagner was trailing by double digits — roughly 16 points — in the race for the governor’s seat.

PGN talked with incumbent Wolf about his priorities for Pennsylvanians if he’s elected for a second term.

They call it The Hillary Effect.

For two years since Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million and lost the election by 77 electoral votes, she has been telling women to run for office — and they have, in record numbers, in the hundreds, spurred in part by her loss as well as Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency.

In Pennsylvania, there has not been a

Pennsylvania Governor: Tom Wolf U.S. Senator: Bob Casey U.S. House: District 1: Scott Wallace District 2: Dwight Evans District 4: Madeleine Dean District 5: Mary Gay Scanlon District 6: Chrissy Houlahan District 7: Susan Wild District 13: Brendan Boyle

Trump attacks trans people – again

PA Senate SD 6: Tina Davis SD 10: Steve Santarsiero SD 12: Maria Collett SD 26: Tim Kearney SD 44: Katie Muth PA House

If you are reelected, what will you focus on or continue to build on?

HUNDREDS GATHERED OCT. 25 IN LOVE PARK TO PROTEST TRUMP’S LATEST TRANS ATTACK. Photo: Scott A. Drake

By Victoria Brownworth PGN Contributor President Trump’s latest anti-LGBTQ move to stoke his base two weeks before the midterm elections may backfire.

As protests unfold in front of the White House and across the country, in Philadelphia, a “Rally for Trans Existence and Resistance”’ in LOVE Park Oct. 23 brought the community out in solidarity and outrage with signs reflecting the Twitter hashtag: “We will not be erased.”

LGBT History Month

According to a memo obtained by the New York Times, the Department of Health and Human Services is determined to establish a legal definition of gender under Title IX, the federal civil-rights law that bans gender discrimination in education programs that receive government financial assistance.

A draft of the memo reviewed by The Times indicates that the “proposed definition” would define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, immutable and determined by the genitals that a person is PAGE 18 born with.

Looking back at Stonewall through 50 years of myth

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New Jersey U.S. Senator: Bob Menendez Out candidates for mayor in New Jersey Flemington: Betsy Driver Lambertville: Julia Fahl

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One of the key things is that we not discriminate and focus on the Fairness Act. Nondiscrimination statutes exist in some municipalities around Pennsylvania, but we need it at the state level, so I will continue to work for that. Pennsylvania needs to do more at the state level to support education and so I’ll continue to do that.

I will continue to look for ways to expand access to healthcare. The expansion of Medicaid actually reduced the number of uninsured populations to the lowest in history, but there are still 5 percent of Pennsylvanians who don’t have health insurance. There are a lot of people who are underinsured. We need to make sure that seniors have the ability to age with dignity.

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District 12: Daniel Smith Jr. District 168: Kristin Seale District 170: Mike Doyle District 175: Mary Isaacson District 177: Joe Hohenstein District 181: Malcolm Kenyatta District 182: Brian Sims

Writer and radical Adrienne Rich

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woman representative in Congress since 2015, when Allyson Schwartz left her seat in the 13th District to run for governor. Prior to Schwartz, there had only been seven women in the U.S. Congress from Pennsylvania — ever. Now, there are eight on the ballot.

What’s more, each of the Democratic women candidates has a strong pro-LGBTQ stance.

On Nov. 6, seven Democratic women and one Republican woman are vying to join the PAGE 16 House, with at least one

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Resource listings Legal resources • ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215-592-1513; aclupa.org • AIDS Law Project of PA: 215-587-9377; aidslawpa.org • AIDS Law Project of South Jersey: 856-784-8532; aidslawsnj.org/ • Equality PA: equalitypa. org; 215-731-1447

• Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations — Rue Landau: 215-686-4670 • Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-7603686; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com • SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-920-9537

• Office of LGBT Affairs — Amber Hikes: 215-686-0330; amber.hikes@phila.gov

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.

• LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania; 3907 Spruce

St.; 215-898-5044, center@dolphin.upenn.edu.

• Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center

Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org.

• William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org.

Health and HIV testing • Action Wellness: 1216 Arch St.; 215981-0088, actionwellness.org

• AIDS Library:

1233 Locust St.; aidslibrary.org/

• AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800-6626080

• Bebashi-Transition to Hope: 1235 Spring Garden St.; 215769-3561; bebashi.org

• COLOURS: coloursorganization.org, 215832-0100 • Congreso de Latinos Unidos;

216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870

• GALAEI: 149 W. Susquehanna Ave.; 267-457-3912, galaei.org. Spanish/ English

• Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad

St.; 215-685-1821

• Mazzoni Center:

1348 Bainbridge St.; 215-563-0652, mazzonicenter.org

• Philadelphia FIGHT: 1233 Locust St.; 215-985-4448, fight.org

• Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center:

1201 Locust St.; 215985-9206

• Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207

Other • Independence Branch Library Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection: 215-685-1633 • Independence Business Alliance; 215-557-0190, IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com

• LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK • PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 • Philly Pride Presents: 215-875-9288

Kenyatta aims to build coalition of Dems

By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com The call was thundering: “If you don’t vote, you don’t count. If you’re not trying to solve the problem, you are a part of the problem.”

So opened the Oct. 19 “Get Out and Vote” rally, where more than 200 union workers, Democratic candidates and community members filled the parking lot of Local Union 332 to encourage North Philadelphians to vote Nov. 6.

Malcolm Kenyatta was one in a sea of orange hoodies with the message: “When laborers vote, laborers win.” Congressmen Robert Brady and Dwight Evans, state Sen. Sharif Street, former Gov. Ed Rendell and Gov. Tom Wolf were among those who delivered energetic speeches at the rally, prompting the crowd to cheer. Kenyatta didn’t make a speech, but he stood alongside local leaders and union members for two hours cheering on the others.

It was Kenyatta’s second stop of the morning, which jumpstarted a jam-packed day of campaigning for his bid to become the state representative for the 181st District. Prior to the rally, he rallied his campaign team to talk to as many residents of the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood as possible that day.

“We still have an opponent who wants to win, so we have to work to make sure that we’re reaching every person in the district,” Kenyatta told to his team.

He also reminded the volunteers that, with less than three weeks to the general election, it was especially important to connect with many voters.

Kenyatta is running against Republican T. Milton Street to fill the 181st seat held since 1989 by Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, who is retiring. The district covers North and North Central Philadelphia, West Poplar, Glenwood, Francisville, Northern Liberties, Hunting Park, Feltonville and Kensington.

Kenyatta noted that as one of the nearly 250 LGBTQ candidates running for office at all levels of government across the country, he’s advocating for the community as well as other marginalized populations.

“When you’re queer and you’re black and you know what it’s like to be marginalized from a variety of different perspectives, you’re more empathetic and you think of how public policy affects people.

When I talk about issues around poor people, that’s an LGBT issue. The last transgender study that came out said that trans people are making an average of $10,000 a year,” Kenyatta said. “I’m from North Philly and I say that proudly. Think about all of the people who could be our next great ‘something,’ but their opportunities were stifled by somebody’s hatefulness

because of who they are, who they love or what neighborhood they’re from.”

After the rally, Kenyatta was on the road to a small suburban town 30 minutes outside the city. He arrived in Morton, a borough in Delaware County with close to 3,000 residents, to support Democratic candidate Jennifer O’Mara, who’s running in the 165th legislative District. Kenyatta exchanged his orange hoodie for the shamrock-green O’Mara campaign shirt at her headquarters in a strip mall, and the two set out on foot to talk to residents. She’s running against Republican incumbent Alexander Charlton, who has held the seat for one year. In recent months, Kenyatta has spent nearly every weekend canvassing for Democratic candidates in the Greater Philadelphia area to build a progressive political coalition.

“I will go anywhere and talk to anybody about how what we do in Harrisburg matters and affects people’s lives. You need 103 votes in the House and 23 votes in the Senate to get legislation passed. You don’t do this alone,” he said.

Kenyatta and O’Mara walked through a quiet neighborhood in Morton, knocking on doors and wedging “Sorry we missed you” notes in doors that went unanswered.

The duo greeted a father and his two daughters as they were making their Halloween costumes on their porch.

O’Mara introduced herself and explained what she wants to do for Delaware County if elected.

“She’s the representative you need,” Kenyatta told them. He wished the girls luck on their “Adventure Time” costumes they were making and the two moved on to the next house.

There, a resident named Anthony said he never had any elected officials come to his door and ask what was important to him. O’Mara encouraged Anthony to vote and directed him to her phone number and email address if he needed a ride to the polls.

Meanwhile, a man who was playing with his children at the newly renovated park across the street told the pair about how he wanted more community spaces for his kids. Kenyatta mentioned that he was running for state representative in Philadelphia and that he spoke with many parents who wanted the same thing.

“No matter where you go, most of the issues are the same. It’s not enough for only me to win. We need all Democrats statewide to win,” Kenyatta said. “I’m encouraging every voter to vote Democrat down the ballot because we need every single one of them in Harrisburg fighting to create better parks, fair funding for education, healthcare reform and the myriad of other issues that are important to Pennsylvanians.” n

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Mazzoni Center seeks new board members

By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com Five longtime Mazzoni Center board members will be leaving their positions as the board of directors carries out a promise to diversify its membership.

Anthony Rodriguez, Sheila Peopples, Michael Wolf, Russ Harris and Kelly Harris will step down as Mazzoni board members at the end of the year. Chris Pope, the board’s president, said candidates are currently being vetted to fill those vacant spots.

“Many of our legacy board members have served for 13 years, and now it’s time to make space for new faces, new voices and new perspectives. Diversifying our board has been a major focus for some time now and we are looking for prospective candidates that will bring a fresh outlook as we move the organization forward,” Pope said.

Mazzoni Center currently has 17 board members: Five are women, six are people of color and eight are white men.

Miriam Edelstein — the board’s secretary, who has served for almost a year — is staying aboard and applauded the move toward more diversity.

“We’re really ambitious as a new board to expand the services and do it in a way that is true to the mission. The only way to do that with a volunteer board is to have diverse voices and skilled hands on deck,” she said.

Kelly Harris is one of those members who has served for 13 years and will be leaving.

She echoed Pope’s response to improving the board’s diversity efforts adding “not only demographic diversity, but skillset diversity as well.”

“It’s been a rough couple of years for Mazzoni Center, but I think that things are finally settling down and the board has a good set of objectives in front of them,” Harris said.

“There’s a lot of work ahead but we’re looking for prospective members who have the willingness to commit to the organization.”

Anthony Rodriguez also served 13 years on the board and has been active in the organization since the 1990s. He said he’s watched Mazzoni Center evolve and grow “into the leading LGBT health center in the city, if not in the region,” adding: “With all that growth comes growing pains and changes. It’s a process. I have no doubt that the board will be successful in moving the organization forward.”

Wolf said Mazzoni Center CEO Lydia Gonzalez-Sciarrino “has some amazing things she can do in the organization if she’s given a chance. It’s hard to work in an environment when you’re expected to fail.”

Gonzalez-Sciarrino said in a statement that the departing members were “dedicated individuals that helped shape Mazzoni Center into the amazing organization it is today.”

The prospective candidates will meet with Mazzoni Center staff next month ahead of a board vote. n

WALKERS COMPLETE THEIR CIRCUIT (TOP) AND VOLUNTEERS DRY QUILT PANELS AS EVERYONE BRAVED WIND CHILLS IN THE 30s AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS FOR THE 32ND ANNUAL AIDS WALK OCT. 21 NEAR THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART. Photos: Scott A. Drake

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The Attic celebrates 25 years

By Adriana Fraser adriana@epgn.com

COSTUMED FOR A CAUSE: The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus held its 7th annual masquerade ball fundraiser Oct. 20 at the Loews Hotel. Keirnan Conner (from left), Lola Lepaon, Nina Radcliff, Phil Jaurigue, Dan Ritter and Byron Lu were a few of the over 300 attendees who dressed for the occasion.

The event is PGMC’s major moneymaker and included both silent and live auctions, a 50-50 drawing, entertainment and plenty of food and drink. The next chorus concert is’Rejoice’, a holiday-themed performance taking place at Prince Theater Nov. 29 - Dec. 1. Tickets can be purchased at pgmc.org/event/ rejoice/. Photo: Scott A. Drake

The Attic Youth Center is looking to raise $10,000 at its 25th-anniversary gala in support of local LGBTQ youth.

More than 100 guests are expected to attend the “Once Upon a Time” fundraiser Nov. 3 at the Crystal Tea Room intended to support the youth center’s programs and services in the city. The Attic’s founder and executive director, Carrie Jacobs, said the event will honor past and current members who helped to keep the center running.

“The most important thing to emphasize is how much passion and energy young people put into building The Attic. I’ve watched some of these teens grow into adults who are helping to make the community better. We’ve seen more than 30,000 kids come to The Attic and find a place of refuge, and many of them wouldn’t be alive without the center’s support.”

The Attic helps LGBTQ individuals ages 14-23. It began in 1993 as a small, weekly group for homeless and runaway LGBTQ youth. Jacobs partnered with Voyage House, a Philadelphia-based social-service organization, to host the support group in the attic of the organization’s.

More than 40 kids showed up every week. It signaled to Jacobs said she knew she wanted to do more for them.

“It was just supposed to be an eightweek pilot project. This was back in a time where there were no GSAs or programs for queer youth anywhere. It was pretty sparse in 1993,” she recalled.

“These young people were so relieved.

They were happy to walk up the 12 flights of stairs. They found joy in the fact that they were not the only gay youth on the planet.”

The program continued for more than a year in the attic of Voyage House — without funding. Jacobs said she wanted to provide the young people with money for food and transportation. The state’s Department of Public Health’s AIDS Activities Coordinating Office provided the group with its first funds.

“As time went on, some of the foundations loosened their policies and saw the need for supporting LGBT programming,” Jacobs said.

In 2000, The Attic became an independent nonprofit organization and received a gift from an anonymous donor to purchase its current building at 255 S. 15th St. Dinah Underwood will receive the Outstanding Alumni Award and Dawn Jackson will receive the Founders Visionary Award. The gala’s special guest will be “Pose” star Dominique Jackson (Elektra Abundance) who will also receive the OK2BU Role Model Award. n

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Judge orders trans sensitivity training for police department

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com New Jersey Superior Court Judge Martha D. Lynes recently granted the request of a transgender man and ordered the Jersey City Police Department to implement trans-inclusive sensitivity training for all current and future employees.

Lynes granted the request of Shakeem M. Holmes on Oct. 4, five months after a Hudson County jury ruled that Holmes suffered antitrans harassment by Jersey City police when officers detained him for allegedly shoplifting in February 2013.

Jersey City is the second-largest city in New Jersey after Newark, with a population of approximately 270,000 people. It’s located in northern New Jersey, about 4 miles west of New York City. The police department has about 900 uniformed officers.

On Feb. 2, 2013, Holmes and a friend were arrested for allegedly shoplifting and transported by Jersey City police to a processing center at the department’s Bureau of Criminal Identification.

While detained, Holmes was subjected to transphobic insults, misgendering and threats of violence by officers, according to court records.

Holmes filed suit against the police department in 2014, alleging a hostile environment in a public accommodation due to his “gender identity or expression,” which is prohibited by New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination.

Defense attorneys attempted to have Holmes’ case dismissed as meritless. But last year, a three-judge panel of the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division cleared the way for a jury trial.

The appellate division said Holmes “was in a uniquely vulnerable position [and] the individuals making the hostile comments were police officers, who wielded tremendous power over arrestees.”

On May 2, Holmes told a Hudson County jury that a police sergeant threatened him with physical violence while he was detained in 2013. Holmes testified that the sergeant told him, “If you come into my place acting like a fucking man, I’ll put my fist down your throat like a fucking man.”

Another police officer referred to him as “it,” Holmes testified.

On May 3, after deliberating three hours, jurors determined that Holmes was subjected to “severe” mistreatment due to his transgender status. But the eight-member jury didn’t award any monetary damages to Holmes for pain and suffering.

On June 8, during a post-trial court proceeding, attorneys for Holmes argued that remedial measures should be implemented within the Jersey City Police Department to avoid similar violations against trans people in the future.

In her Oct. 4 ruling, Lynes acknowledged that Jersey City police adopted an antibias policy in May 2017 with regard to transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. However, the judge noted that the policy doesn’t specifically address trans-inclusive sensitivity training for all existing and future police personnel. Lynes wrote that it’s within her authority to order the police department to implement the training.

In a related matter, Holmes’ attorneys have asked Lynes to order the Jersey City Police Department to pay their legal fees and costs, totaling $75,981.72, according to court records.

As of presstime, Lynes hadn’t ruled on the attorneys’ request. n

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DVLF adds new board members Activists and financial experts to join premier Philly philanthropic org

By Victoria A. Brownworth The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund is a vital Philadelphia LGBTQ philanthropic organization to which members of the community could contribute, add to their wills and spread the word to enhance fundraising.

To accomplish these goals, the organization added eight new board members this week.

The expansion of philanthropy throughout the LGBTQ community is a stated oal of DVLF board president Fernando Gonzalez.

“We want to encourage everyone to be engaged in philanthropy by and for our community,” Gonzalez told PGN, “regardless of whether you’re a young professional just starting out or a retiree looking at your legacy. The board’s job is to foster all of those conversations.”

The organization awards grants annually to LGBTQ-serving nonprofit organizations and has given nearly $1 million to “fuel the LGBTQ movement in our community.”

Unsurprisingly, DVLF receives more proposals than the organization can fund. The goal is to support all proposals in the near future, which is one of the reasons DVLF has added new board members with leadership skills combining activist, legal, cultural and financial acumen.

The new board will get an official welcome from Gonzalez at DVLF’s 25th anniversary celebration Dec. 15, “TOY: The Silver Jubilee.”

DVLF executive director Juan Franco told PGN that with the addition of the new board members, the organization and its supporters “have been intentional about bringing in more community leaders, both in recruiting activist/ visible people as well as in hiring me as executive director when they had candidates with more traditional fundraising backgrounds.”

The latter speaks to the growing concern among some in the larger LGBTQ community that activists will be phased out in LGBTQ organizations to make way for more mainstream voices.

Gonzalez responded to PGN indepth about the addition of the new board members and supporting an activist modality in the organization.

“As the AIDS crisis first started to be addressed 25 years ago, community leaders formed our board and the organization to try to make sure that other funding needs for our community would continue to be addressed in the years to come.”

Among the new board members is Julian Domanico, individual giving manager for City Year, an organization that supports urban schools and students. He is also a member of the Mayor’s Millennial Advisory Committee.

Domanico told PGN he’s “focusing on the development aspect of the board, on the governance committee and the grant committee.”

Other new board members include well-

known Philly activist Sappho Fulton, former director of LGBTQ Home for Hope, a recovery house and shelter; Dante Austin, himself a former recipient of the DVLF Hero Award and a deputy sheriff and LGBT liaison officer in the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office; and JohnHeath Olguin, head of visual merchandising and space planning for Five Below who also works with the New Jersey affiliate of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which provides free programs and services to LGBTQ youth.

New board member Gloria Melunis, staff counsel for the asset-management group at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., and a member of the National LGBT Bar Association, was also elected to serve as governance chair, a member of the board’s executive committee.

The remaining new members are Christopher Barrett Politan, principal of Give, Get, Grow, a philanthropic advisory and consulting firm; Roberto Thornton, a senior investment-operations analyst in liquidity management at Vanguard who is also active in the Transmasculine Advocacy Network (TMAN) and Philly Trans March; and Kenneth Tubbs, a director of the customer sales and service contact center at NJM Insurance Group.

Current board member Nathan Osburn stressed the importance of activism to both DVLF and the board, noting that his own activist background includes organizing HIV/AIDS fundraisers and working in the Obama administration for five years as an LGBTQ appointee.

Gonzalez noted the importance of balance and acumen in making financial decisions that will impact the larger LGBTQ community, saying the new board members reflect that goal.

“We have brought on board members who have backgrounds in the financial industry and in development/fundraising,” Gonzalez said. “This helps us make good decisions regarding the fund, our operating costs, donor cultivation, strategic planning and so forth.

As president, I know that simply having more diversity on any organization’s board has been proven to result in better decisions being made. While we still have work to do, I’m pleased that we now have more gender and racial/ethnic diversity than before.”

Domanico supported Gonzalez’ point, adding, “Even though DVLF has been an organization that’s been around for 25 years, we haven’t had the best relationship with the different communities that are under the LGBTQ umbrella. We’re trying to remedy that by bringing in younger voices, a more diverse array of voices and different genders to the table that haven’t been a part of DVLF.” n Contact DVLF to attend the Dec. 15 gala at www.dvlf. org/toy and follow DVLF on Twitter, Facebook and

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Sims opponent: ‘You have to be in the district to know what’s going on’

By Kristen Demilio editor@epgn.com James McDevitt is running as an Independent for state representative of the 182nd district — a seat currently occupied

by Democrat Brian Sims, who was elected in 2012 and is the first openly gay legislator in Pennsylvania.

McDevitt’s candidacy, formally announced in early September, is largely a one-man show. It’s about knocking on doors, listening to potential constituents and being present in the district, he said.

What is he hearing after talking with hundreds, if not thousands, of voters?

Politics is local, McDevitt said. People want someone to address concerns affecting their immediate lives, such as endless construction and streets full of opioid users.

Here, McDevitt talks about his strategy to court voters, why it matters that he has lived his entire life in Philadelphia, and how his identity as a gay man is not enough to earn the LGBTQ vote.

Sims did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.

PGN: How has the campaigning been going since you announced in September?

JM: I’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback from constituents who are happy there’s somebody else in the race; they’re happy they have a choice to select somebody else who may or may not do the right thing for the district.

PGN: What is a day like in your campaign right now?

JM: Basically it’s a lot of phone calls, a lot of door-knocking, a lot of fundraising — just a lot of day-to-day stuff; emails, following up with constituents. Up until Oct. 9 it was a lot of registrations. I’ve

probably registered 450 Democrats in the city. I’m running as an Independent, but you remember the guy who registered you.

PGN: Are you covering the entire 182nd in your campaigning?

JM: Yes. The hardest part about this district is that there are not a lot of doors to knock on — there are a lot of high-rises in the Eighth Ward, so it’s about trying to get in and having little meet-and-greets.

Just trying to get the word out there.

PGN: Talk about how you got on the ballot, because you were saying you needed 635 signatures. How did you pull that off?

JM: A lot of door-knocking; I visited a lot of dog parks, met a lot of great constituents and their dogs — but just talking to people about issues that are related to Philadelphia. I think they’re a little tired of hearing about Donald Trump and national politics. They want to hear about issues that affect Philadelphians.

PGN: Current state Rep. Brian Sims is a high-profile politician, very social-media and media-conscious. How do you compete with that? What’s the strategy to take him on?

JM: You can talk about Donald Trump all day online and get a thousand likes, or you can actually do something about it. Posting on Facebook is not going to change anything in 2020. What’s going to change something is restoring 100,000 votes, which is the margin that handed Trump the keys to the White House.

Some people talk, some people actually do the work. I consider myself to be more of a workhorse than a show horse — so I think that’s the major difference.

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PGN: Talk a little bit more about what you have learned personally over the course of your campaigning.

JM: I learned that constituents want a local politician. There are huge concerns about construction taking over the city. I would show up at zoning-board meetings — you have to be in the district to know what is going on. I hope that message resonates and people start to show up; they don’t want politicians who just promise things and are talking heads.

PGN: Do you want to disclose how much you’ve fundraised?

JM: It’s coming out on Oct. 27, but not a lot. I’m grassroots — just door-knocking.

PGN: What are the top three concerns that you’re hearing from people?

JM: Property taxes are number one, rate of construction in the city and public safety.

PGN: What about your background?

JM: I was a broker for almost 14 years, a financial advisor. I also served as Democratic ward leader for four years and then I was a Republican judge of elections for 12 years. I’m running as an Independent because I would’ve had no chance running against Brian Sims.

He’s big establishment — the Democratic LGBT vote. I don’t want to go in and be the identity politician. I want to be the good state representative who actually gets a lot of things passed in Harrisburg and also shows up in the district. I happen to be gay. I think that’s where we need to go — you have to be good first.

PGN: Is there anything else you want to add? I have to ask you, you’ve had some scrapes with the law. Do you want to talk about that at all?

JM: What was that?

PGN: Disorderly conduct?

JM: That was a couple years ago. I unfortunately went to a wedding.

PGN: DUI? JM: The DUI was in 1994, so I was young, I was stupid, I was coming out. It was a mistake, it happened. The disorderly conduct was just a mess. It was a family wedding, and after the wedding we went into a bar and some guy was apparently getting drinks off people and saying it was on their tab.

Something happened and the guy got in my mom’s face. The judge said that I was excessive. I banged him up pretty good, but he grabbed my mother, so I wouldn’t care if I beat him up with a baseball bat.

PGN: Where did you do your community service? Did you learn anything from anger management?

JM: Philly AIDS Thrift. It was like three weeks. The guy was trying to sue me for plastic surgery, $400,000, and he filed charges. At the end of the day, it was disorderly conduct.

PGN: Do you think that influences your ability to be a good representative?

JM: No, I don’t think anybody on the floor in Harrisburg would ever grab my mother, and if they did, I can say I wouldn’t knock them down again. Have I learned anything? Maybe I wouldn’t use my fists, but I’m from Port Richmond and grew up gay there, so I know how to handle myself if need be.

PGN: What do you want voters to know about you?

JM: I’m asking them to try something different. Worst-case scenario, it’s two years. They can bump me out. n

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D’Anne Witkowski

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Ugly politics Over the last 43 years of this publication, we felt we saw about almost everything you could see in politics. But never did we witness a year when candidates for public office use their commercials to totally devalue their opponents — labeling them everything from child molesters to supporting terrorists.

The two biggest offenders in this area are Pennsylvania Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R) in his razor-sharp race with Scott Wallace (D), and Bob Hugin, trailing behind incumbent Sen. Robert Menendez (D) in New Jersey.

While the two campaigns are in different states, they do have something in common: Both would keep the LGBT community from having our equal rights. This year, when voting for U.S. Congress or Senate, you may want to ask yourself: Will the Republican leader of the Congress let The Equality Act out of committee? What about in the Senate?

If Republicans control the U.S. Senate, ask their Senate leader. That would be Sen. Mitch McConnell, the man who confirms antigay judges.

This year, more than ever, vote for our community. Vote for your civil rights. n

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Being in middle school is tough. Your body is going through often-mortifying changes: acne, body hair, growth spurts.

Your hormones are raging. Kids are often relentlessly cruel to each other. You aren’t old enough to drive. Your parents are hopelessly lame.

Not to mention the active-shooter drills you have to go through on a routine basis because the U.S. can’t get its shit together when it comes to guns. It’s revolting that protecting children from being slaughtered in math class is a partisan issue in this country and that Republicans are on the side of the guns. But that’s where we are.

Also a partisan issue in this country is how, or whether, to protect transgender students. (Spoiler alert: Republicans are not on the side of the students. Again.)

You might remember that the Obama administration issued guidelines to schools that said, essentially, “Hey, transgender students are human beings, so treat them accordingly.”

In many schools, this wasn’t a big deal.

And by big deal, I mean it wasn’t much of an adjustment. It was, however, a big deal for trans students. I mean, man, if the president of the United States had advocated for the protection of LGBTQ students when I was in high school, that would have meant the world to me. It would have made a lot of LGBTQ kids feel less alone and also feel a little safer.

However, the guidance led to a bit of scrambling in some more-conservatives places in the country where treating trans kids as human is a very foreign concept. Much hand-wringing was done over where trans kids should pee or change for gym.

Then came the Trump administration, and the guidelines for protecting trans students were scrapped. Trans kids went from a president who cared about them to one who was actively hostile.

And so the issue of where trans kids should pee or change was left up to individual schools to figure out however they wanted. And some schools are doing a really bad job.

Case in point: What happened at a Stafford County middle school in Virginia on Sept. 28.

On that day, the school had an activeshooter drill during which the teachers are charged with making sure students are sheltered in a designated area. One of the places of safety at this middle school was the locker room. The boys went into the boys’ locker room and the girls went into the girls’ locker room.

Except for one girl in particular who wasn’t allowed in either locker room because she is transgender. According to multiple reports, the teachers didn’t know what to do with her and, after much debate, had the girl sit outside in the hallway, completely exposed to the attack that her other classmates were practicing how to survive.

Now, of course, it was just a drill. It’s not like she was exposed to any real danger, right? Well, yes, technically. But the very point of a drill is to practice what you will do in the event of a real threat.

And what was communicated to this young girl was, essentially, “You’re on your own.”

GLSEN, an organization that works for safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ students, just released its 2017 National School Climate Survey, which shows that “victimization of LGBTQ youth is not decreasing at rates previously seen — and has, in fact, gotten worse for transgender and gender nonconforming youth.”

And it won’t get better until we have elected officials in power who see LGBTQ youth as human beings.

One of the best things you can do for LGBTQ people is to vote. Make a plan to vote on Nov. 6. Spend some time researching the candidates. Since hostility to LGBTQ people is part of the Republican platform, voting for Democrats is pretty much a no-brainer, but knowing who you’re voting for when it comes to judges and other non-partisan offices is also important. A good resource is vote411.org.

If you’re thinking of sitting this election out, I urge you to think of that girl sitting alone in the hallway, imaginary bullets flying. Vote like her life depends on it.

Because it does. n

Since hostility to LGBTQ people is part of the Republican platform, voting for Democrats is pretty much a no-brainer, but knowing who you’re voting for when it comes to judges and other non-partisan offices is also important. A good resource is vote411.org.

D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.

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LGBT voters: Here’s the one vote you need to make There is one vote in particular that every — you know what I’m getting at — those LGBT person in this nation must make: You red states could not discriminate against absolutely must vote for your Democratic LGBT people in housing, employment and congressional candidate. It is the most public accommodations. important vote you can ever Granted, homophobes and make — one that will change our transphobes will cite other reahistory. You have a chance to be a sons, but we’ve stripped them of part of the most progress for our their most valuable tool: Ask any entire community.

LGBT person in America who Here’s why: lives in a city, state or county that Remember that wedding-cake has an antidiscrimination-proteccase when the Supreme Court tion law. ruled in favor of the bakery and We only get a Democratic allowed them to discriminate Congress if you vote for the against the gay couple on reliDemocrat in your district who is gious grounds? That ruling was running for Congress. based on the fact that religion, The Democratic leader which the bakery based their of Congress promised last case on, was a protected class. week that the Equality Act, So are race, creed, national oriwhich will grant us equal stagin, age, sex and a few others.

Mark Segal tus, will be a top priority of Note what is missing: the LGBT a Democratic Congress. The community. We are not equal Republicans have blocked with race, religion and the others. If we were you from protection and made you a seceverywhere in America, including places like ond-class citizen at every attempt to pass Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina it. We cannot trust Republicans; they have

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held us back every time.

Once passed in Congress, it would go to the Senate again. That will be hard, but it is very doable. Whoever controls Senate will do so by about two or three votes. If we start from a point of 48 votes, we are a few votes away. The timing could not be better since, in 2020, more Republicans will be defending their seats in the Senate, and some of those Republicans are in purple states.

This election, please take note of your local LGBT political organization and their local endorsements. No matter what, when you get in that voting booth, vote Democrat for Congress. Help our LGBT youth to have the weddings of their dreams with that wedding cake; help our seniors find a home to live in and help our teachers in private schools to keep their jobs.

It is that important. n Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s mostaward-winning commentator in LGBT media. You can follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ MarkSegalPGN or Twitter at https://twitter.com/ PhilaGayNews.

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Street Talk Are you voting in the midterm elections?

“Absolutely.

As a trans person, I feel our very lives depend on getting more Democrats in office.

The Trump administraRachel Ambrose tion is strip- baker ping away Antique Row our rights, left and right. It’s an intolerable situation. The policies coming out of the White House threaten our very existence.”

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What happens in prison doesn’t stay in prison Is prison like the television shows “Orange is the New Black” or “Oz”? I am asked this question when I tell someone I spent seven years of my life in prison. I have come to realize that people do not care if prison is oppressive and creates a cycle of violence — they are more eager to hear all the violent, sexual and gruesome stories I have to offer. I understand why people are curious about prison life, which is wrongly glamorized by Hollywood. However, as a gay man in prison, there is no TV show that could capture the raw experience of being incarcerated in America.

The first thing I always tell people is that there are only five things an inmate can do in prison: read, play cards, watch TV, exercise and engage in lots of sex. I will never forget the first time I had sex in prison. It was intense, rough, violent and amazing. There was something extremely erotic about having sex in captivity. I never understood why I was so sexually charged behind bars; maybe it was the open showers, the sweaty gym and no pressures of a seri-

ous relationship. Sex in prison was living a fantasy in a nightmare.

But for some inmates, having sex in prison came at a bigger cost: becoming HIV-positive.

Why should anyone care about who becomes HIV-positive in correctional institutions? Only 11 percent of the total prison population is serving life sentences (courtesy of The Sentencing Project, 2015). This means prisoners, at some point in their lives, will return to their partners, families and communities. As a result, unprotected sex in prison becomes an issue of public health. Many prison officials hate talking about HIV because of their own countertransference with sexual orientation and gender identity. I have learned that one cannot have an honest discussion about HIV without talking about sexual orientation. However, if we as social workers in correctional institutions continue to ignore this public-health concern, what does this say about us in the profession?

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Letters and Feedback Voting for change Newcomer Andy Kim is making a serious run for the seat in New Jersey Congressional District 3 currently held

by Tom MacArthur. As a CD 3 voter and member of the LGBTQ community, I am encouraged by this development.

In his own words, MacArthur believes that “marriage should be between a man and a woman.” MacArthur has previously declined to support marriage equality, stating that if New Jersey had protections in place for LGBTQ unions, then it was unnecessary to support marriage equality on the national level. However, most detrimental to the LGBTQ community is the amendment he authored in support of the

GOP’s “Repeal and Replace” of the ACA. The MacArthur Amendment was proposed to allow states to waive existing federal rules limiting how much insurers can charge those with preexisting conditions.

As we know, gender-identity issues as they intersect with medical and mental health are considered preexisting conditions. In short, the MacArthur Amendment would further jeopardize access to healthcare for many members of our community, but most grievously, transgender members of our community.

It is for these reasons that I am in full support of the candidacy of Andy Kim on Nov. 6. Andy is a former director with the

National Security Council who resides in Marlton. He served our country in the capacities of conflict management, foreign affairs and as a strategic adviser to the NATO commander. While he does not yet have a proven record in the legislature, Andy has been unequivocal on the campaign trail regarding his support of LGBTQ equality and very loud in his opposition of MacArthur’s healthcare policies. He states, “In Congress, I will work tirelessly to ensure all human rights, including LGBTQ rights, are protected universally.

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"Sure.

President Trump is doing horrible things. We need to stand up against him. We have to do everything we Evan Husted can to try to physician turn things Queen Village around. I'll be getting as many people as possible to vote in November."

“Yes. I always vote. And I’m definitely voting next month.

Trump has no soul. His administration is pathetic. What Dean Lloyd he’s doing to security guard human rights West Philadelphia shouldn’t be allowed. Every time I turn on the news, there’s another horror story coming out of the White House. We must stop him.”

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Children’s and young adult books on LGBTQ history Built a Community,” by Gayle Pitman (Magination Press: 2017), tells of the transformation that LGBTQ-rights pioneers Lyon and Martin helped bring to San Francisco and its LGBTQ community. The book begins with them falling Elementary school in love, buying a house and “Pride: The Story of Harvey observing the lack of rights for Milk and the Rainbow Flag,” women and gay people in their written by Rob Sanders and neighborhood. “So we worked illustrated by Steven Salerno to change that,” they say. We (Random House: 2018), is an then see the many welcoming inspiring biography of Milk buildings now in the neighthat stresses his friendship with borhood, often bedecked with Gilbert Baker, who designed the rainbow flags, and the sense rainbow flag as a symbol of hope of community in the streets. and inspiration. It does mention There’s little in the main text Milk’s assassination, although about what Lyon and Martin as gently as possible, but paractually did to effect these Dana Rudolph changes, but adults can review ents should still be prepared to address kids’ concerns there. the Reading Guide at the end “Sewing the Rainbow: A Story About and explain to kids that the pair brought Gilbert Baker” (Magination Press: 2018), people together to fight for LGBTQ and written by Gayle Pitman and illustrated by women’s rights and created safe spaces for Holly Clifton-Brown, takes us along with women who, like themselves, loved other Baker from his childhood through adversity women. to the request by his friend Milk to create a new symbol for their community. A few Middle grade rough transitions may take adult explana“Pride: Celebrating Diversity and tion, but all will be inspired by this story Community,” by Robin Stevenson (Orca: and how Baker regained his lost sparkle.

2016), blends a history of the event with “When You Look Out the Window: a broader look at the struggle for LGBTQ How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin equality, along with a look at what it means LGBTQ History Month offers us a wonderful opportunity each October to look at the growing number of books for children and youth on LGBTQ history — including several that are new this year.

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to come out, what to expect at Pride events around the world, a glossary and an explanation of gender identity.

“Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights,” by Jerome Pohlen (2015), starts with Sappho, Alexander the Great and other figures from distant history, but then focuses mostly on U.S. social and political history.

A series of activities throughout the book add fun and engagement. Despite the title, Pohlen is inclusive of the LGBT spectrum.

“One True Way,” by Shannon Hitchcock (Scholastic: 2018), is a rare fictional look at historical LGBTQ identities for this age range. In 1977, protagonist Allie Drake wants to join the newspaper staff at her new middle school in North Carolina, where she and her mother moved following her older brother’s death and her parents’ separation. On her first day at school, she meets Samantha “Sam” Johnson, a “handsome” basketball star who moves effortlessly among the school’s social cliques. The girls fall for each other, but must deal with the prejudice of Sam’s conservative Christian parents, Allie’s overprotective but ultimately more understanding mother and bigotry. All this transpires as Allie seeks to find her place at the new school and to understand her parents’ pending divorce. There’s little in it that couldn’t still happen today (unfortunately, in some cases), but the spectre of Anita Bryant, even shakier employment

protections and in-passing mentions of pop culture figures of the time help convey the important lesson that girls falling in love with girls is nothing new.

Young adult “Queer There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World,” by Sarah Prager (HarperCollins: 2017), aims for the teen audience, but adults will also learn much from her engaging profiles.

Prager offers a thoughtful exploration of historical terms for what we now call “queer” identities, an overview of queerness in every populated region of the world and profiles that are both informative and entertaining. The figures run the gamut from the famous Abraham Lincoln to the relatively unknown Union soldier Albert Cashier. Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin are there, as is Harvey Milk, but so are lesser-known figures like the Roman Emperor Elagabalus, erstwhile Queen of Sweden Kristina Vasa and Mexican nun and poet Juana Inés de la Cruz. One might quibble with some of the choices (did Cashier really change the world?) and wish for others, but no book this length can encompass all the queer people in history. We can only hope there’s a sequel. n Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher of Mombian (mombian.com), a GLAAD Media Award-winning blog and resource directory for LGBTQ parents.

Making sense of the ups and downs I remember the first time I thought something was very different about me. I was 9 years old, practicing my violin for an upcoming competition and the pressure to perform perfectly loomed. I spent hours alone alternating between crying (at how beautiful the music was) and screaming out loud at myself how horrible I sounded whilst hitting my bow against the music stand (luckily I didn’t break my bow). Somehow, I was aware this wasn’t quite how “regular” people dealt with stress, and though I knew it was odd that I often went from zero to a hundred in a matter of seconds, I didn’t know how not to. Growing up, I was continually told I was “highly sensitive” and needed to “develop a tougher skin.” My erratic behavior was seen as an eccentric artistic temperament — and as a child, much was forgiven. In my teens, it was teenaged angst, and occasionally, when I went too far, I was grounded or got detention. I learned how to cope, but the raging storm inside my brain never quite subsided.

Fast-forward to 2001, where in my early 20s I was working 80-hour weeks in event sales in lower Manhattan. I survived on little sleep, little food and was the life of the party from the moment I left the office.

I worked hard and played harder. I made large commissions and spent more. I had been less than a mile from the Twin Towers when I watched the planes hit, heard them as they fell and helped survivors as they walked northbound covered in rubble and dust. I often got bored and went in search of the next thrill — be it a new friendship or romantic encounter. I didn’t think much about my behavior; however, I did notice that I never could quite feel happy like I once did.

The point of this being that all the situations in which I found myself masked my underlying mental-health symptoms.

It was around this time that I first sought help from a therapist. I was diagnosed with dysthymic disorder until I deemed myself to be “all better” and Chelsea stopped going.

Switzer Life continued — as did my symptoms. In retrospect, I think the symptoms likely went unnoticed because they were masked by seemingly healthy behaviors. At 25, I joined a triathlon team on a whim, fundraised and raced on behalf of a charity. I justified my lack of sleep because I “needed to train before work,” my impulsive purchases were for “necessary triathlon gear,” my hypersexual behavior because I was “meeting a

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bunch of new people” and my thrill seeking was … youthful exuberance. I think the reason I never thought anything was wrong was because I looked, and felt, so functional. It’s a fine line. Finally, at age 32, I arrived at a therapist’s office in debt, divorced, almost homeless and suffering panic attacks. I remember her asking me to look over the National Institute of Mental Health’s definition of bipolar disorder type 2. I remember crying because someone had finally explained me. For the first time in my life, someone understood and named what I was experiencing. I have never looked back.

Since my diagnosis, I have reflected on various difficult periods in my life, all punctuated by some of the cornerstone behaviors of bipolar disorder. For me, the earliest signs were unremarkable — a period of mild depression or a mild hypomanic episode (elevated mood lasting roughly four days) — and thus went unnoticed. I often blamed myself for not being disciplined enough: to regulate my emotions, to get a handle on my spending, to cut myself off from dating until I knew I could “handle it” properly — I never felt that anyone would understand why I was acting the way I was.

Couple shame with the fear and stigma associated with mental illness, and you’ve got a disaster waiting to happen.

The 10th of October marked World Mental Health Day and I am reassured to

witness an approaching tipping point in terms of mental-health awareness. While every person who lives with bipolar disorder experiences it in a different way, we can collectively erode stigma by talking openly about mental illness and ending the toxic shame, fear and silence that prevent so many from seeking support. I choose to talk openly about my life, its ups and downs, and how I arrived at my diagnosis. But I know that sharing one’s diagnosis can feel risky. A job or other situation may even prevent you from being able to go public. My advice is to remember that you don’t have to hit what you determine to be rock bottom before improving your mental health.

Living with and talking about bipolar disorder has changed me in many ways. It has given me the opportunity to be a better friend, romantic partner, sister, daughter and colleague, and to build a trusted “care team” of friends, family and providers on whom I can rely. Being open about my struggles with mental health has allowed me to come to a new understanding of who I am as a whole person and looking at myself with kindness and compassion. n Chelsea Switzer is the corporate and foundation relations officer at Mazzoni Center. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Switzer is a dedicated student of Ashtanga yoga and classical violin, with a passion for anything relating to bread, cheese and whiskey and is a devotee of the Oxford comma.

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woman taking a seat come January, because in the Fifth District, Mary Gay Scanlon (D) is running against Pearl Kim (R).

The other women running are Jess King (D) in the 11th, Madeleine Dean (D) in the Fourth, Susan Wild (D) in the Seventh, Chrissy Houlahan (D) in the Sixth, Bibiana Boerio (D) in the 14th and Susan Boser (D) in the 15th.

In her primary victory speech, Scanlon said, “A-year-and-a-half ago, my daughter and I donned pantsuits to go to the polls and vote for what we hoped would be the first woman president — a celebration we believed was long overdue. And, like most of you, we were shocked by the election to our country’s highest office of a man who had no record or seeming inclination for public service.”

For Houlahan, running for Congress is also profoundly personal.

Houlahan told PGN how her daughter Molly, “who identifies as the Q in LGBTQ,” had come home from her theater job in New York to be with the family for the election results. There were balloons and champagne.

And then the results came in.

Houlahan watched her daughter’s devastation. Her fear of returning to New York, of being queer in a country that would not have the support of Clinton’s pro-LGBTQ platform, but would be led by Trump and all his hateful rhetoric.

For Houlahan, it was hard to watch her daughter, who “didn’t want to leave the comfort and safety of our house to go back” now that she feared “how her nation saw her and her LGBTQ community.”

It wasn’t just Molly. It was also Houlahan’s Holocaust-survivor father.

Suddenly neither felt safe to walk the streets in their own country, she recalled.

An elderly man who had fled Hitler as a boy and a 24-year-old who suddenly felt she should somehow have been more out, told more people, urged them to vote for Hillary, because she and others like her would be under threat from a Trump presidency.

“Molly was emphatic that she wanted to share this,” to be out to her mother’s potential constituents. “She felt it would have affected votes to have done so before the 2016 election,” said Houlahan.

The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Houlahan. Her stances on everything from healthcare, which she believes must be affordable and accessible, to reproductive rights, to her unwavering support for the Equality Act, make her an ally to marginalized groups and those most targeted by the Trump administration.

Eye on the Equality Act Another staunch supporter of the Equality Act is Scott Wallace, the Democratic candidate running to unseat incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick in the newly redrawn First Congressional District. Fitzpatrick had been serving in the Eighth District.

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recent efforts by the Trump administration to roll back legal protections for LGBTQ people, and was particularly worried by the newly leaked draft memo from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding gender identity.

“It is scary, and a harbinger of erasing transgender identity all together,” Wallace said, adding the attack is an attempt to impose the idea “of a traditional way of viewing gender.” He said it’s one more “stalking horse” from the Trump administration that would open the door to “more and more attacks on LGBTQ people.”

Passing the Equality Act would be a strong step toward protections for LGBTQ people, Wallace said.

“I support it 100 percent. The government has no business determining who you love any more than they do where you worship. As with this new proposed trans ban, we have to stop stoking discrimination against LGBTQ people. At the earliest ages, we’re witnessing an increase in bigotry. This administration and the hatemongering is leaking down into the communities. Congress must stand up to this: Grow a spine.”

Wallace himself has been under attack from super-PAC ads, which have claimed he’s a radical who funded Abu Mumia Jamal’s legal defense. The ads are framed as dog-whistle racism. On Oct. 22, it was determined the ads would no longer be shown in the Philadelphia TV market pending legal review.

“This is not dog-whistle, this is bullhorn, this is Willie Horton on steroids.

Fitzpatrick wallows in this stuff. It’s racist fear-mongering and the stoking of intolerance.”

Wallace said, “This is not dog-whistle, this is bullhorn, this is Willie Horton on steroids. Fitzpatrick wallows in this stuff.

It’s racist fear-mongering and the stoking of intolerance.”

Wallace said racial, gender and antiLGBTQ biases are the foundational rhetoric of Republicans for the midterms.

“They have nothing else.”

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) agreed. In an interview with PGN, Casey talked about his debate with Republican Lou Barletta and the points on which the two diverge.

(Barletta did not respond to requests for comment.)

Of major importance to the community are Medicaid, preexisting conditions, the Equality Act and LGBTQ rights.

Casey said Barletta didn’t understand — or care — about the basics of healthcare. Medicaid isn’t a ‘you’re-out-ofwork program.’ It’s a healthcare program or long-term care [for seniors and the disabled]. The contrast [between Barletta and me] was clear on healthcare. I’ve

been steadfast to the point of being angry on preserving protections for preexisting conditions. [Barletta] is in a place where he talks about maintaining that protection but he hasn’t done a blasted thing or lifted a finger to do it.”

Casey added that “the contrast could be clear as well on LGBT issues. He’s not supported the Equality Act or my bullying bill. He certainly doesn’t support my Disarm Hate Act because of the extreme view he takes on guns. The only measure he wants to pass to deal with mass shootings or gun violence is metal detectors in schools, which is fine, but that’s not getting to the problem. There’s no common ground between us, so it’s a pretty clear choice.”

For the LGBTQ community, the choice seems clear among the majority of other candidates as well. Jess King’s website has LGBTQ rights in huge bold type and the candidate’s words: “America is a nation founded on an ideal — that all of us are created equal. No matter who we are or who we love, we have a right to pursue our dreams, marry our chosen partner and live our lives free from discrimination.”

She supports the Equality Act, which she said “would provide consistent and explicit nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people across key areas of life, including employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces and services, federally funded programs and jury service.”

Dean has gotten the Human Rights Campaign’s endorsement: “During her time in the Pennsylvania State House, Madeleine Dean has been a strong supporter of LGBTQ equality. She is a member of the Pennsylvania LGBTQ Equality Caucus and a cosponsor of the Pennsylvania Fairness Act, a bill that would update the state’s non-discrimination law to explicitly protect LGBTQ people from discrimination at work, in housing and in public places.”

HRC is also supporting Scanlon, who as an attorney has done pro-bono work on marriage equality and other LGBTQ issues, and Wild, who supports the Equality Act. Casey said the fight against Republican obstruction to fairness and equity in all arenas from healthcare to women’s rights to immigration and LGBTQ rights would remain an uphill battle.

“In order to make progress on bullying, the Equality Act, on healthcare, the big issues or even the micro issues and bills, you’ve got to figure out a way to work on their side. A lot of my work on some days won’t be new or passing new initiatives. It would be stopping a Republican majority or the administration from undermining healthcare protections, sabotaging healthcare and engaging in this far-right, angry confrontational approach to a lot of these issues instead of bringing people together.

We’re going to keep pushing against that the best way we can.” n

Out candidate runs in Republican district Kristin Seale is the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 168th House District against incumbent Christopher Quinn (who did not respond to PGN interview requests). She is also out as a queer woman.

Seale, currently the director of the Rose Tree Media School Board, is looking to be the first woman to represent the 168th. Her key priorities for the district include more funding for education, healthcare and environmental issues.

How have you reached out to voters?

It’s been a very lean, grassroots campaign so far. I’m really fortunate that I was knocking on doors last year to get elected for school board, and the school district is sort of the heart of the 168th district. We knocked on as many doors as we could and had as many conversations as we possibly could with people in the community.

I managed to win the primary by 65 votes. We didn’t have the Democratic Party endorsement and we didn’t have a lot of money, but nobody can outwork us. It has been what has carried us through now that I’m up against a Republican incumbent.

How does your identity as a queer woman contribute to making you the person for the job?

We’ve never elected a woman in this district to this seat. We’ve never elected a Democrat to this seat, and we’ve definitely never, ever sent someone who is an LGBTQ representative to Harrisburg from this district. It’s all been wealthy white men. I’m finding that people are responding to me being out in this campaign. It has had an impact on individual people. I’m hearing from people all the time that this is something that’s pulling people together.

We had our first-ever Democratic LGBTQ caucus of the Delaware County Dems. We filled a room wallto-wall with people; people I had never met and had some of the best conversations with. This is a county that’s been controlled by Republicans since the Civil War. How do you combat being the minority as the Democratic queer woman running for this seat?

It’s more than anything being unapologetically honest about who I am and making sure that I’m centering that in every conversation that I have.

The best way to fight that is to be completely out loud about who we are and never diminish that or apologize. n

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The candidate trying to unseat Metcalfe Daniel Smith Jr. is looking to unseat incumbent Daryl Metcalfe in the 12th Legislative District in the general election Nov. 6. Metcalfe has held the seat since 1999. Smith hopes to bring his socially conscious and progressive agenda to Harrisburg. He is running for his first elected position after feeling the need to “do something” in response to feeling unrepresented by the incumbent.

What has it been like to run as an out candidate in your district?

Running as the gay candidate doesn’t work on my behalf but I’m not hiding that fact. That’s who I am and the life I have. I have a husband who I’ve been with for 14 years. We’ve established ourselves and we found that the people in the area don’t care. There are some people that do have issues with it but what we need to do is not make it the big issue and stay focused on local issues.

I’m not turning myself into the ‘gay candidate’ here in Cranberry Township but my opponent seems to be obsessed with that fact.

How are you going to unseat Metcalfe, especially since he’s been the incumbent for so long?

My priority is focusing on how best we can serve local residents. For the past 18 years, they have not had representation in Harrisburg. They’ve had a representative who focused on liberties, guns and an obsession with gay marriage and abolishing it. He doesn’t know the local issues.

[Metcalfe] has been focusing on these national issues and feeding into people’s fears. I plan on being more accessible to everyone, no matter what party.

Have the voters said anything in response to you knocking on their doors and specifically asking them what they need? What have they said in response to Metcalfe’s attempts at voter contact?

To my knowledge, [Metcalfe] hasn’t knocked on any doors. He’s comfortable in the fact that he’s going to be winning this because of the past years, but he has not gone up against something like what we have done. The majority of people [in the district] have had enough and they have a voice that they can back; someone who doesn’t look at partisan issues, someone who looks at local issues and puts the best interest of the district first. n

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are able to make choices whether they stay longer at home or go into institutionalized care. I want to continue with that.

I want to continue to work on jobs like investing in the port of Philadelphia, the Cracker plant out west, the steel mill in Johnstown and creating new jobs. I want to continue to work on the opioid epidemic and do all of these things in a fiscally responsible way and with some integrity.

How will you continue that push for LGBTQ equality past the election season?

How will you help with Harrisburg getting it together with passing the Fairness Act? One of the ways we can do that is getting out to vote on Nov. 6. We do need The Fairness Act. I created the first LGBTQ Affairs Commission in the nation. The commission will be a good source as to what we can do to make Pennsylvania a better place.

I have two executive orders that prohibit any agency or entity that receives grants or contracts through the commonwealth from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, gender expression and identity. That would be nice to have extended to the entire commonwealth, but right now I’ve been able to do it through executive order. I will continue to do that.

One of the things that has been really helpful for me on the transgender front is Dr. Rachel Levine, who started out as Physician General and is now Secretary of Health.

She has been a great source of

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information, suggestions, recommendations and will continue to do everything we can to make Pennsylvania the fair place we need it to be. We’re on solid ground here because all of the publicity about trying to attract companies to the state. When PayPal decided they weren’t going to go into North Carolina because of the bathroom rule there, I was one of the first ones to call the CEO of PayPal and say “We’re open for business here” and he actually liked the idea because he spent a lot of time in Philadelphia when he was growing up in northern Jersey. He liked the idea that Pennsylvania was making strides towards being a fair state. He liked the idea that I was supporting that. All businesses need that. They need a place where all of their employees are treated fairly.

This is something that transcends one interest or one group of people. It’s something that everybody should be for.

Has there been any movement with the LGBTQ Commission since it was established?

We established the commission in the summer and I think they’ve only had one or two meetings, so I think they’re really still getting organized. That will be something that will be happening if I get reelected for the next term.

Do you have any key or specific ways we’re going to turn around some of our issues that we’re facing with the public-school system here in the city?

The first thing is, we can’t keep taking money out of our

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intimacy and inmates viewed me as a way of receiving sexual pleasure. Being young, gay and sexy, I was more than happy to oblige. However, I would always say to myself, ‘I wish I could get condoms or PrEP.’ Everyone in the prison knew that there was plenty of sex going on. In addition, plenty of inmates had sexually transmitted infections, but no one addressed this issue. This made me a bit paranoid, and every time I engaged in sexual activity, I gave my partner a physical exam.

During a meeting with my prison social worker, she told me, “You should not be having sex in the first place, TAR! It’s illegal in prison. And if we gave out condoms, this gives y’all permission to have sex.”

system. The four budgets that have been done under my governorship have invested historic amounts in education. We’ve made some progress there. I’m working on things to let teachers do what they do best so there’s less of a focus on the standardized tests and more on actual teaching in the classroom.

We have a long way to go.

The new money has all been distributed according to our new fair-funding formula, but there’s still a lot that is going out according to the old politicized system and I want to work as quickly as I can to fairly fund schools.

Your proposed tax on natural-gas extraction — elaborate on that and why that is a priority moving forward.

It’s a priority because we’re the only major natural-gas-producing state that doesn’t have one. Eighty percent of this would be paid for by non-Pennsylvanians.

How this works is the severance tax — like in Texas, Alaska, Louisiana, Oklahoma — these are not lefty states.

They’ve put that tax on it, the wellhead, and whoever’s drilling the gas or petroleum product embeds that tax in the cost of that product. When that goes out in whatever form — as gasoline, as diesel fuel, plastic — it’s embedded in that product. So let’s just say the barrel of the petroleum that is extracted from the north slope in Alaska goes to a refinery and goes out to all the places including Pennsylvania. You’re paying Alaska’s tax.

I think this would be the obvious thing to do and it’s not even going to be paid

I simply responded, “OK” — yet I was thinking to myself, That does not make any sense. There are inmates who are HIVpositive and sexually active and no one says anything.

The fact that condoms are not given out in prison is a direct reflection of America’s blatant homophobia. Correctional institutions all over the country appear to embody Hannah Arendt’s concept of “the banality of evil” (1963) regarding gay men and their sexual partners. As one telling example, I heard a nurse tell a prison official, “We just let the fags fuck themselves to death.”

Giving out condoms in prison does not give someone permission to have sex. It empowers them to protect themselves and

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mostly by Pennsylvanians. It would give us some money to put into schools or roads or bridges. I’m going to continue to push it. It just doesn’t make any sense that we don’t have one here.

Have Scott Wagner’s campaign efforts slowed down what you’ve been doing?

He’s been asking for public debates and you’ve been declining his requests. Do you have any comments on your opponent as we head into the final weeks before midterms?

Both of us are running ads and I think the voters have a right to stand and see the candidates, hear their presentations and make an informed decision on what they’re seeing. I’m pretty sure that everybody has a pretty clear idea as to the contrast in Scott Wagner and me, and that’s what I think in a democracy you want. We should be sort of indifferent to the forms that our conversation or our presentation to the voters take as long as the voters understand the differences between us so they can go to the polls and make an informed decision. I think we’ve done that.

I think there’s a clear contrast between us and I think the voters have seen that and the voters will vote according to whether we want to go back to where we were three years and eight months ago, or continue the journey with me moving forward.

The magic is getting the message out, the magic is telling the story in as robust a way as possible, and I’m very proud of the way that my team has gotten that message out for me. n

the partners they will return to in society.

I have witnessed several heterosexual men come to prison HIV-negative and leave HIV-positive. I often wondered whether the men who are released tell their wives or girlfriends about their new status, or do they simply think of prison like Vegas: “What happens in prison stays in prison.”

Communities of color should know that it is our population that is at the highest risk. As a society, it is imperative that we protect the health of one of our most vulnerable populations: prisoners. n Antar Bush is a public-health advocate, professor at West Chester University and executive producer of OUTPour LGBTQ. He is committed to advocating for health equity in all communities. Follow him on Instagram @antarbushmswmph.

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“Sex means a person’s status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth,” The Times wrote of the memo.

Local politicians were quick to state which side of the fence they were on, led

by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Mayor Jim Kenney.

Kenney was vehement in his denunciation of Trump’s latest attack and forceful in his defense of the trans community and other gender-nonconforming people.

“The City of Philadelphia does not support this hateful and discriminatory attack on transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming individuals,” he said.

“This proposed change is an extension of the Trump administration’s continuing efforts to tear our communities apart by marginalizing and erasing non-cisgender identities. The Trump administration has consistently targeted marginalized communities and has worked to strip away their basic human rights.”

In a call for solidarity, Kenney added, “The City of Philadelphia stands with you and we will fight back against any discriminatory acts towards members of our LGBTQ communities. Trans rights are human rights.”

Casey, a longtime LGBTQ ally, was quick to assert both his support for the community and his belief that most Americans wouldn’t tolerate the Trump proposal.

In an interview with PGN, the senator reiterated the need to enact the Equality Act as protection for the LGBTQ community, saying, “You’ve got to be very specific about protected classes — just like we do in any kind of civil-rights legislation.”

Casey said demographics will eventually create change.

“Most folks — even very conservative and right-wing folks — in their own lives and families, they’re running into family members, friends and other people in their lives who are LGBT. It’s just life.”

Chrissy Houlahan, who is running for Pennsylvania’s Sixth Congressional District, told PGN she was stunned by the memo.

“The entire assault on transgender people from beginning to end by this administration has just been terrible,”

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she said. “I can’t understand what wickedness generates all these assaults. I am speechless.”

Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations Rue Landau said, “The Trump administration’s proposed policies are cruel, dangerous and discriminatory. We want to be loud and clear: Transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people will continue to be protected in Philadelphia. Under our city’s civil-rights law, people have been protected from discrimination based on gender identity for over 16 years.”

There are an estimated 1.4-million trans women and men in the U.S. Throughout the past two years of his administration, Trump has repeatedly voiced his support for so-called religious-freedom laws that support discrimination against lesbians and gay men and refute the gender identity of trans people outright. Trump’s two U.S. Supreme Court picks, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, are staunch originalists who have shown a bias against LGBTQ Americans in their legal briefs.

Under former President Obama, the legal concept of gender was expanded to include choice — that is, allowing those who identify as trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming to do so legally and therefore be a legally protected class.

The Trump administration memo appears to advocate a reversal of the nation’s steady move toward embracing gender identity as legally protected.

At press time, national news outlets reported that the proposal is still in its early stages and that current law is being followed. Vanita Gupta, who worked in the civil-rights division of the Justice Department under the Obama administration, and now serves as the head of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said in a statement that the proposal “defies the medical community, science, civil-rights laws, the courts and the dictates of human decency” and that civil-rights groups would utilize “every tool” to keep this action from becoming law.

Anyone who believes they have been discriminated against should contact PCHR at 215-686-4670 or pchr@phila.gov. n Adriana Fraser contributed to this report.

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Fifty years on, busting the myths of Stonewall

By Mark Segal mark@epgn.com Each of us who was at Stonewall has a different view of the event. They run the gamut from it being a rebellion, a riot, a revolution or simply a night of the queens having fun and taking over their home, Christopher Street. There are many other versions espoused by people who were there — historical scholars, journalists and people who like to make things up.

Let’s parse the facts and inconsistences of all of these views.

First: Who was there? It amazed me, as I was on my book tour, how many people came up to me and said, “You remember me from Stonewall?” and wanted me to confirm to their friends that they were indeed there. This has been a contentious issue to the point that now thousands of people claim to have been present. To each, I said, “It was a riot.

You can’t take attendance at a riot.”

But there are ways to at least make assumptions about who was there. The best accounts are from those who, out of the ashes of Stonewall, created the Gay Liberation Front. Many of us GLF members are still around. Stonewall was not just one night. Those who were there know of the other three nights as well. Those nights helped form GLF. GLF and Stonewall are connected at the hip. Writings on Stonewall published by our own community during the time period are more accurate, since mainstream media largely ignored it or was biased. A good place to start is Donn Teal’s “The Gay Militants,” published by Stein and Day in 1971.

Many of those at Stonewall contributed to Teal’s work.

Here’s my simple rule: Anyone who propagates the myth that we were angry because of the funeral of Judy Garland wasn’t at Stonewall. That myth is an insult to all who did participate. And it should be obvious, since we were in the counterculture of the 1960s, not the ’40s. Garland may have been the music of some 40- and 50-year-olds who might have been in the bar, but those people were privileged enough to run away. To those of us who stayed, Garland was not on our mind. It’s a stereotypical slur that was started by a straight white man writing about the event a week later in the Village Voice. None of those who have credible claims to being there think Garland was a factor. So if you’re writing about Stonewall and continue the myth, check your delusion in the mirror.

That includes Charles Kaiser who, while being interviewed by The Washington Post about his book “The Gay Metropolis,” was quoted as saying he thought “the prospect that a funeral service for Garland held on the first night of the riots on the city’s Upper East Side inspired a grieving gay fandom to stand up to police bullies.” No. Second: Who threw the first rock? Again this was a riot, not an organized demonstration. People gathered in a semi-circle around the front doors and across the street as police were letting people out. Something was said to the police, they said something back and then people started hurling objects towards the bar. Stones, empty cans. The reality is no one actually knows who threw first, or even what they threw.

Those of us who were at Stonewall all have different accounts, based on our own memories of that night, about what we did. It wasn’t a precision march. Each person had a different experience. Some gathered at the door as people were let out, some ran up and down the streets letting others know what was happening and others wrote on the walls and streets, “Tomorrow night Stonewall,” to help organize the rallies in the days after. To me, all the accounts of my brothers and sisters of GLF are correct since each account is their own personal memory and their different views on what created the riot. Everyone in GLF has a different perspective and I accept each person. Historians must take all of them into consideration in writing about that historic night, and thus far, most of the work compiled has not done that well.

The two best known that come to mind are David Carter’s “Stonewall,” which is more detailed and researched than anything that came before, but written during a time of competing and conflicting views. Carter had to sift through the noise — he persevered, and his book can and should be used as a starting place to be built on. I personally hope he continues to research and others continue to forward him material. For my part, I’ve recently sent him information on one of the bouncers/doormen who married a friend of mine and who still lives in NYC. I trust his research and hope he’ll chat with others he did not have time for in his first edition. The other well-known Stonewall book, by Martin Duberman, focuses on just six people, overdramatizes the

ONE MONTH AFTER THE STONEWALL RIOT, THE GAY LIBERATION FRONT WAS BORN FROM ITS ASHES, TAKING OVER CHRISTOPHER STREET IN ITS FIRST DEMONSTRATION. Photo: PGN archives

drama within the community and is fueled by his personal, privileged agenda.

As to the recent Roland Emmerich film, “Stonewall,” — that was a complete disappointment. There is no actual video footage from that first night, and the photos you see are from the other nights. Cell phones were not invented as yet.

Everything you’ve seen in the film is a (largely incorrect) recreation built upon the director’s image, not ours. Several of us who were at Stonewall offered to help give the filmmakers detail and context, but none of us was asked to do so.

Moving on — exactly how many people were at Stonewall?

It went on for many hours. Some people were there the entire time; others came later. Even more were just passing by.

Was it 50 or 200? We all have different views. My personal thought is less than a hundred given the number of people on the street. The participants were scattered with the exception of those around the front door, which might make people think there were more people than there actually were.

Everything I’ve said thus far is from my own memory and from reading well-sourced materials. But here is what is absolutely known: from Stonewall came the Gay Liberation Front. Without Gay Liberation Front, Stonewall would be as remembered as the Dewey’s sit-in or the Compton’s Cafeteria riot, both of which happened before Stonewall, but which the general public knows little about. GLF, which had many of those who stood tall that first night at Stonewall and who helped organize the following three nights, made that

first night historic by realizing that it was the catalyst for change that our community needed. Some might say that Gay Liberation Front, born from the ashes of Stonewall, might be more important then Stonewall itself.

Many people in New York in June 1969 were fed up with the antiquated tactics of prior movements such as asking for “homosexual equality,” as it was called by members of the Mattachine Society. Before Stonewall, several of the early GLF founders including Martha Shelley and Marty Robinson were attempting to create a new movement.

Others like Sylvia Rivera also wanted a new movement, but few people at that time from those earlier organizations wanted to be associated with her.

GLF was created and Sylvia was welcomed gladly, the first trans person to be a member of a gay organization. GLF changed our community in other drastic ways - it helped us decide that we had the sole right to define ourselves rather than live by society’s definition. We were out loud and in your face. Rather than beg for our rights, we demanded them. Then we did something even more revolutionary: We created a community where there was none before. Before GLF, the only place LGBT people met were small organizations in large cities, private parties, a few illegal gay bars and cruising places.

One month after Stonewall, GLF had its first demonstration. We took over Christopher Street and told the police it was our home, our community — the very first gayborhood.

We invited what today would be called the trans community, including Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, to join our ranks. They created “Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries,” or STAR. Some of us created Gay Youth, the nation’s first organization for LGBT youth. We held public dances and public meetings. We went on TV and radio shows, we printed and distributed publications along with medical and legal alerts. We even created the first LGBT Community Center. If all of that were not enough in that first year, many of us joined with Craig Rodwell to help form “The Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day March,” which was the first Gay Pride Parade.

How dramatic was this? Before GLF, the nation had only around 100 openly gay people who would speak on behalf of our community or show up at a demonstration. In fact, there was only one demonstration a year. One. That was in Philadelphia each July 4 in front of Independence Hall from 1965-69. That national demonstration never drew more than a hundred participants.

One year after the creation of GLF, there were anywhere between 5,000-15,000 people at that first Gay Pride. The FBI report stated 3,000, The New York Times reported 5,000. Those of us who were there think it was more. But even going from the NYT numbers, from 100 to thousands in just one year is an incredible shift. GLF was a phenomenon with autonomous chapters sprouting up all over the nation and the world. GLF created the movement we have today. More importantly, GLF created the LGBT community where there was no community before.

There are other lessons that could be learned from GLF. Today’s LGBT organizations struggle with what they assume to be the difficulties of the intersection of social-justice movements working together. GLF joined with other movements and supported them regularly. Likewise, GLF welcomed diversity.

Here is one last point, one that is personal and stated with a sense of pride: GLF was by far the most dysfunctional LGBT organization that has ever existed to this day, and that was part of its magic. So much arguing, so much yelling, so much disagreement. But how else could it have fought off the oppression of 2,000 years and produced the first real out, proud, and in-your-face generation? How else could it have inspired people to come out when it was illegal to be openly gay? Stonewall created GLF, but it was GLF that changed the world. n

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A jury trial for Matthew J. White, who stands accused of murdering the boyfriend of a trans woman last year, has been postponed until January due to a scheduling conflict.

Jury selection for White’s murder trial was set to begin Oct. 22, but his defense attorney, Eileen J. Hurley, was unavailable due to other work-related obligations, according to court records.

White, 34, allegedly murdered Barry Jones in the city’s Carroll Park section on Jan. 9, 2017. Jones was the boyfriend of Vivian Royster, a trans woman who’s expected to testify at his trial. A day before Jones was killed, White allegedly burglarized the nearby residence of three trans women.

White maintains his innocence but five witnesses have identified him as the killer of Jones or the burglar of the trans women, according to court records. He faces life imprisonment if convicted of all charges. White remains incarcerated at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia, pending the outcome of his trial.

Digitize your LGBT archives The William Way LGBT Community Center is looking for more transgender and people of color to contribute to the second LGBT Community Digitizing Days event, noon-4 p.m. Oct. 27.

“We want to center more trans and people of color this time around. We didn’t have many contribute to the first event but we’re looking to get the word out that we want to include more underrepresented voices into this project. That’s been our main focus,” said John Anderies, the director of William Way’s John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives.

A grant from the National Endowment for Humanities Common Heritage is funding the archiving project.

Community members are encouraged to bring awards, banners, signs, buttons, T-shirts, diaries, correspondence, newsletters, flyers, photographs, videos and newsletters. More than 600 items were added to the online archive at the center’s first digitizing event in June.

— compiled by Timothy Cwiek, Adriana Fraser and Miranda Lankas

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Adrienne Rich: writer and radical

By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor The history of lesbian literature is, for many of us, a critical piece of our own personal lesbian history as well as our larger LGBT history. Novels, poems and essays have so often opened up the queer world for us –– we’ve seen the words of other lesbians and recognized ourselves in those words.

Sappho may have been the first lesbian poet, but there have been many others whose words and work have helped us understand our own hearts and experiences.

Adrienne Rich was one of the most important poets of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

Rich was a cartographer of her times. Born May 16, 1929, she grew up in Baltimore, where she was home-schooled until she was 10. She attended Radcliffe College, where she studied poetry and writing, graduating in 1951. Her first collection of poetry, A Change of World, was chosen soon after for the Yale Younger Poets Award, the choice of the great gay poet, W.H. Auden.

That auspicious beginning propelled her forward to a Guggenheim Fellowship, a year in Italy where she wrote continually and then back to the U.S., where she married Alfred Conrad, the father of her three sons, David, Paul and Jacob.

Conrad was an economics professor at Harvard whom she met at college. The marriage was fraught from the start, as Rich wrote. But it was motherhood that propelled her into her feminism and, as she wrote, “radicalized me.”

Rich’s radicalization — detailed in several books of essays — propelled her toward life as a lesbian.

Throughout the 1960s, Rich was a committed activist as well as mother and poet, engaged in the movements for civil rights, feminism and protesting the war in Vietnam.

She wrote, “The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can’t afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life.”

But that activism — she was hosting Black Panther parties and feminist salons in the family’s New York apartment — decimated her already rocky marriage. After accusing Rich of “losing her mind” because her feminist politics had become so all-encompassing, Conrad separated from her.

Four months later, he shot himself to death.

Their youngest son was only 11.

Six years after her husband’s suicide, Rich became lovers with Jamaican-American lesbian writer Michelle Cliff. The two were partnered for 36 years until Rich’s death in 2012 at age 82. Cliff died in 2016.

Prolific as she was political, Rich wrote assiduously, even as she raised her three sons alone. In the six years between Conrad’s death and her relationship with Cliff, Rich published six books of poetry.

Politics informed both Rich’s life and her art. She saw writing and activism as inextricable from each other. Her perspective was

that art was transformative and everything was political — most especially the lives of women and other marginalized people.

She wrote, “If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up.”

That period of change wrought by the 1960s turned into the deeply feminist 1970s.

Rich had moved fully into the lesbian-feminist subculture of that time. She had always lived a life of privilege — her father was a world-renowned pathologist and her mother was a concert pianist — and some lesbian-feminists questioned her “credentials” in that period of extreme activism and the intensity of the Second Wave of American feminism, where class privilege was discussed in earnest for the first time since the 1930s. While there were many women who left their husbands for other women in those years, suspicion still hung over those women and Rich was, coming out in her 40s, for a time, among them. But she declared in an interview with the London newspaper, The Guardian, in 2002, that after her husband’s death, “The suppressed lesbian I had been carrying in me since adolescence began to stretch her limbs.”

Rich’s anger and frustration with the complexities of her life — as a woman, a former wife, the mother of sons, a lesbian, an undeclared Jew (her father was Jewish but she and her sisters were raised Protestant) — was revealed in her poetry during the years between 1970-80.

Rich was developing a more and more radical feminism. Her lesbianism was overt — she was in no closet — and she was advancing her lesbian politics in her essays and poetry, which now included a book of blatantly lesbian love poems for Cliff, “Twenty-one Love Poems.”

In 1976, Rich re-defined herself in earnest in her groundbreaking feminist treatise, “Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution.”

In that book she wrote, “Much male fear of feminism is the fear that, in becoming whole human beings, women will cease to mother men, to provide the breast, the lullaby, the continuous attention associated by the infant with the mother. Much male fear of feminism is infantilism — the longing to remain the mother’s son, to possess a woman who exists purely for him.”

Even four decades later, such writing still rails against a world where Donald Trump is president and Brett Kavanaugh is on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Rich’s book received mixed reviews. The personal nature of her poetry and essays was suddenly suspect because as a lesbian, she was suspect. Yet the most defining male poets of her same generation wrote exceptionally personal work. Certainly when one considers the work of the man who granted her first award, W.H. Auden, one can hardly imagine how Rich’s work was

somehow more personal than his. But Rich was re-inventing poetry from the vantage point of the female gaze. She was doing what Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin, Langston Hughes and Zora Neal Hurston had done as black writers — she was recreating the writers’ world from the perspective of the permanent underclass that was women.

Rich’s voices were those of women — mothers, wives, daughters, daughters-in-law, lovers, mistresses, lesbians. She wrote, “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”

In her poetry and essays, she was exemplifying what it meant to be female in every aspect of life. It earned her more than one epithet of “shrill” over the years.

And yet, she persisted.

There is perhaps no more important essay from Rich than “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence,” in which Rich urges women to direct their energies to other women and away from men. About this essay, Alison Kafer argues in “Journal of Women’s History,” that “Rich argues that heterosexuality is not ‘natural’ or intrinsic in human instincts, but an institution imposed upon many cultures and societies that render women in a subordinate situation. It was written to challenge the erasure of lesbian existence from a large amount of scholarly feminist literature. It was not written to widen divisions, but to encourage heterosexual feminists to examine heterosexuality as a political institution which disempowers women and to change it.”

The most defining collection of poems from that period of change for Rich was Diving into the Wreck, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974. Proving that she lived her politics, Rich declined to accept the award individually. Instead, she accepted it “on behalf of all women” with fellow nominees, both black lesbians, Audre Lorde and Alice Walker.

The title poem has become iconic for its tales of women’s lives, never seen before in such vivid and visceral detail. In that poem Rich writes, “The words are purposes/the words are maps.”

Throughout the final quarter century of her life, Rich’s work was reflective of a deeply emotional poet whose feminism never wavered — whose politics remained solidly lived. In 1997, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts, which she also declined. Of her action, she wrote, “I could not accept such an award from President Clinton or this White House because the very meaning of art, as I understand it, is incompatible with the cynical politics of this administration. [Art] means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of the power which holds it hostage.”

Over her literary career Rich won a

myriad of awards, including the Bollinger Prize, the Frost Medal, the Wallace Stevens Award, the William Whitehead Award, the Shelley Memorial Award and a MacArthur Fellowship (the so-called genius grant). She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Harvard. Rich taught at some of the most prestigious colleges, including Swarthmore, Columbia, Brandeis and Bryn Mawr.

In her work, Rich wrote of a world in which lesbians had full equality, autonomy

and acceptance, where lesbian lovers were as valued and lauded as their heterosexual compatriots. Rich also wrote about the need for class consciousness and economic equity, among other things. In 2005, she said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, “For me, socialism represents moral value — the dignity and human rights of all citizens.

That is, the resources of a society should be shared and the wealth redistributed as widely as possible.”

The last 20 years of her life, Rich was in severe pain, crippled by rheumatoid arthritis.

Her death was attributed to complications from the disease.

One of the most lauded poets of our time, Rich was never Poet Laureate; perhaps a political decision, perhaps just an inexplicable oversight. But her oeuvre, her work, her life all combined to break ground for a generation of women and women poets. Her work detailed the journey toward full personhood for women, queers, people of color, the poor and the incarcerated.

She wrote of the erasure of lesbians and other marginalized people: “Whatever is unnamed, un-depicted in images, whatever is omitted from biography, censored in collections of letters, whatever is misnamed as something else, made difficult-to-come-by, whatever is buried in the memory by the collapse of meaning under an inadequate or lying language — this will become, not merely unspoken, but unspeakable.”

Rich never ceased to speak about those who had been rendered voiceless. In the history of LGBT letters, her words illuminate the struggles lesbians face. She wrote, “There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”

Rich was always a lesbian warrior. n

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Meet the women of klezmer

By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor

When eleven female musicians take on the traditional Eastern European Jewish folk music of “Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer” Oct. 28 at West Philly’s Annenberg Center, chutzpah certainly will be in the air.

M o s t l y, though, there will inclusivity and joy, as Jenny Romaine (a gay New York designer-director) and fourth-generation Philly JENNY ROMAINE klezmer legend trumpeter Susan Watts reteam for the second time in their career.

PGN: Jenny, you were a musical director of Circus Amok and brought in Susan as a band member — Circus Amok being a queer politicized circus spectacle. How did you like working together, and how do you believe this set the stage for the klezmer piece you are working on currently?

JR: I think my working relationship with Susan has always been queer in that, with her and through her work, I felt free of limitations on being a woman, an artist, a creator of non-text-based Yiddish theater, a disturber of the peace, a community builder. Susan, in my heart, was a trumpet princess. She was a sexy, Betty Boop, warrior, a femme spiritual and musical defender of we who are not traditionally valued. Susan is a mighty source of power. Music power, soul power, sass power, working-class power, sexy and in charge. Queerness (unlimited political, social, erotic, linguistic, decorative, historical desire) was the center of that world, not the margin.

Circus Amok is similar to our Yiddish scene in that it is bold, street-savvy, rooted in tradition, multigenerational,

people-loving and live. Working together in Amok, Susan could see this aspect of our work in Yiddishland taken to great heights and pie-in-the-face lows, and performed by and for all kinds of people. In NYC, Susan also became friends with several of the queer and trans artists who are working on my team.

SW: Working with Jenny was a bounty of learning. She taught me so much about listening to music differently, about the relationship between physical action and music. Her music directorship is different than what she is doing in Soul Songs, which is all visual.

PGN: Why klezmer? What importance does it hold in the present day? How do you explain this sound, this sensation to those outside the Jewish religion?

JR: I am interested in creating cultural spaces that hold new values, .spaces creating strategies for removing violence and other forms of social death, while exploring what outfit the new will be wearing! My medium is highly ornamented and inspiring storytelling. I believe that the kind of changes that we

need to make socially and politically happen through paradigm shifts.

Interventions. My experience with experimental art and tradition show me that to create something new I have to have a relationship to my ancestors. This relationship with the past can be as creative as my ideas of the present and future.

Make it vital with deep exploration. archival material, sacred texts, literature, textiles, folk belief. Use collage techniques, all compositional tools I encounter. Stay connected to tradition. Pay attention to integrity of traditional form.

Let yourself evolve.

SW: Klezmer isn’t a religious music. It’s celebratory music and it isn’t liturgical. Klezmer didn’t and doesn’t happen in the synagogue. Klezmer has to do with centuries of heritage.

Time after time, through the centuries, some poet has tried to annihilate the Jews. This music has survived as have the people. It’s a connector to that history; it’s the music of a people from Ashkenazi descent.

The sounds of klezmer are all feeling

sounds. It’s happy, joyous, sad, pensive, funny, introspective, sexy, evocative and danceable. Just like salsa or African drumming, or reggaeton, it’s world music with a history and it’s relevant today. One of the ways current klezmer is fresh is through the use of chords and through modern instruments.

Today’s chord changes are more complex and you would never hear an electric guitar play klezmer 100 years ago.

PGN: One of you identifies as gay/ LGBTQ, one does not. How does sexuality and identification figure into klezmer or your view of it?

JR: I was around in the earlier years of the revival. The leadership of LGBTQ artists and scholars was as clear as folk.

To reach across the chasm of cultural destruction, assimilation and the heavy presence of Zionism/Hebrew language to say we’re here. To create relationships with the past and the dead and elders that were dazzling like stars. That is queer desire, queer family, queer time, potential for so many kinds of creative relationships to be forged through art and culture and critical thought. Another practice that allowed this space to be held were traditions of political organizing — including LGBTQ / feminist liberation — that, of course, included erotic and playful embodied practices, like summer-camp culture and parody poetry and spectacle.

SW: Klezmer culture is an inclusive culture that welcomes anyone regardless of anything. n “Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer” will be held 4 p.m. Oct. 28 at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. Tickets: $29-$49; www.annenbergcenter.org

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The beach at Halloween is boo-tiful

By Fay Jacobs PGN Contributor There’s pretty much nothing gayer than Rehoboth Beach at Halloween.

With a pop-up Halloween store on Route One to facilitate the fun along with parties and decorations at almost all the watering holes, it is a silly, spooky time just made for a trip to the beach.

By day, on Oct. 26-28, the town is a trick-or-treat haven with The Sea Witch Festival, including a giant Saturday parade (yes, grown-ups are welcome) and events up and down the ocean block of Rehoboth Avenue.

On Oct. 27, the Lewes Historical Society hosts a Boos, Brews, & Booze Fundraiser 7-10 p.m. to benefit the Lewes History Museum. The event will feature spooky views of the historic campus, food and local “spirits.”

Visit historiclewes.org for tickets and information.

There’s even a graveyard tour in Lewes to explore the unusual tombstones of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.

Tours leave from the Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Admission is free but, due to space restrictions, reservations for the tours are required by calling 302-645-1148.

Meanwhile, during the Sea Witch festivities, groups of LGBTQ witches and goblins are generally spotted, trav-

28. It’s a hoot, with many pets and their humans arriving in group ensembles. On one occasion, there was a group of pups and people dressed in orange — illustrative of it being the new black. Imagine the favorites that could be represented this year. Spooky!

There are costumed pups on leashes, in wagons, on floats. Pet parents are nothing if not creative in celebrating their pooches, with the occasional cat, turtle or rabbit in the lineup.

For Philly visitors hanging at the beach through Oct. 31, there’s the Immanuel Shelter fundraiser: INCOGNITO WITCHES GET READY TO MIX A BREW FOR HALLOWEEN IN REHOBOTH Bubbles and Bites Bingo, Photo: Fay Jacobs Halloween from 6-9 p.m. at the eling from one Bloody Mary bar to the Blue Moon Restaurant and Bar, Rehoboth Convention another, fortifying themselves for the which hosts its regular (and fabulous) Center. Tickets are $55 at immanuevening to come. drag-queen entertainment that night, elshelter.org and fabulous drag queens But let’s face it: At Halloween, the but is also well-known as the place to are known to be bingo callers. There night belongs to the LGBTQ costume see and be seen. will be costume prizes, food, drink and geniuses. Costumes are encouraged at Pets get in the act at the pet parade Oct. Halloween entertainment. n

Film Festival beckons moviegoers to the beach

By Fay Jacobs PGN Contributor For the past 20 years, the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival has turned the coastal area into Aspen or Soho or Cannes (OK, not quite) for a showing of dozens of independent films across days of screenings.

Moviegoers from all over the East Coast and beyond will gather by the shore to celebrate independent film this year from Nov. 1-11. The 21st Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival will present dozens of American and international features, documentaries and shorts. This is the oldest and largest event of its kind in the state of Delaware — rivaling big-city festivals — with the added benefit of the area’s culinary gems and nightlife.

Screenings will take place at three convenient venues: the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater on Route One, the large Cape Henlopen High School Theater in Lewes and the comfortable sanctuary at the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware on Route 9.

Rehoboth Beach Film Society executive director Sue Early said three “very good LGBTQ films” are programmed into this year’s festival.

They include “1985,” a film about a closeted young man returning to his

by the federal government in the 1950s to identify and fire all employees suspected of being homosexual. The film highlights Harvard-trained astronomer Frank Kameny, who became the first to fight his dismissal.

Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis; “Mapplethorpe,” an intimate portrait of the celebrated-yet-controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, played by Matt Smith; and “The Lavender Scare,” documenting the unrelenting campaign

On Nov. 11, six time slots are kept open for encore screenings of the films given the highest ratings by audiences. The encore films are announced at 3 p.m. the day before on the RBFS website. Tickets will available for online purchase at the same time.

In addition to the LGBTQ films, there is a marvelous selection of quirky, fascinating movies. “Bathtubs Over Broadway” explores the world of corporate musicals, where some extraordinary Broadwaystyle shows are born. The documentary features David Letterman, Martin Short, Chita Rivera, Susan Stroman, Jello Biafra, Florence Henderson and more.

Opera lovers and fans of Julianne Moore are in for a treat with the film “Bel Canto,” based on Ann Patchett’s bestseller about a world-renowned opera singer taken hostage in South America.

Not only is it a taut thriller, but Moore’s vocal turns are voiced by the incomparable Renee Fleming.

There are also films of family dysfunction (“The Parting Glass”) and humor with an elderly man inheriting millions (“On Borrowed Time”).

This coastal-area tradition gets bigger and better every year, and now’s the time to catch Film Fest fever. Warning: You’ll get hooked on seeing as many screenings as you can fit into your time at the beach. n Ticket information is available at www.rehobothfilm.com.

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With football season in full swing and basketball season starting up, it’s a good time to be a sports bar in Philadelphia. The new breed of sports bars isn’t your parents’ watering holes with a TV in the corner. A lot of the latest additions to the scene are trying to step up their game.

No pun intended.

Tradesman’s, 1322 Chestnut St., and Stats on 17th, 111 S. 17th St., subscribe to both oversized man-cave sensibilities with large flat-screens and sports posters and memorabilia taking up every significant piece of space. The former infuses it with a roadhouse aesthetic and the latter goes for a comfortable-but-sleek business-lounge vibe.

Tradesman’s has Southern charm for days with a whiskey bar and a menu steeped in BBQ with a few nods to a more refined audience. The cheese plate ($14) features a nice selection along with fruits and honey.

But, a respectable selection of vegetarian offerings aside, this place is a carnivore’s playground. Barbeque plates come with white bread, pickles and onions, and you can’t go wrong with any of the meats.

The beef brisket ($13 for a halfpound, $24 for a pound) is tender.

The chicken ($12 for half, $22 for a whole) is juicy and seasoned well.

Tradesman’s arsenal of excellent sauces enhance the enjoyment of the meats, especially the spicy sauce and the sweet BBQ sauce.

If you go The sides dishes are pitch-perfect as well. The mac and cheese ($5) has the ideal consistency and creaminess. The cornbread ($3) is pleasantly cake-like and sweet. The collard greens ($4) are hearty and fresh.

Stats on 17th has a more upscale vibe to the vast space below street level, making sports fans feel more like affluent ballers. The menu sticks to sports-bar standards for the most part: wings, sandwiches and burgers. It’s the kind of menu that keeps the focus on the TV screens and the well-stocked bar.

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The highlights of this menu are the stuff of stoner dreams, like taco nachos ($14), a plate of Doritos piled high with ground beef, nacho cheese, tomatoes, sour cream and aggressively spicy fresh jalapeños. Despite that anybody could easily duplicate this dish at home, it’s probably the best thing we tried, hitting the spot with our inner-omnivore college student with no sense of health consciousness.

The crab sliders ($11) had potential, but the fry on the crab cakes was a tad severe and the cakes themselves needed more crab to overcome the intensity of the breading, which left a lasting impression on the palette.

Any time the French fries, which were pretty damn good, distract you from crab cakes, your crab-cake game needs some serious tweaking.

The biggest yellow flag at Stats was its signature Buffalo chicken meatballs ($14), a decent idea in the playbook that didn’t really work out in execution. The Buffalo sauce and bluecheese crumbles delivered the desired flavor, but the texture was just off, bordering on alien. Meatballs are supposed to be succulent and juicy but there was not enough fat, rendering them dry with an uneven, chunky texture that didn’t inspire repeat visits to the plate.

Both Tradesman and Stats have created the kind of spaces that wideeyed sports fans will flock to. If we’re talking a head-to-head showdown based on their menus, Tradesman would definitely win the first match of the season by a comfortable margin. n

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David Brind: A daring return Yassss! Another film festival is happening here in town, right this minute.

This weekend the 27th Philadelphia Film Festival is drawing to a close, but there are still a number of amazing films to see before the curtain falls. Oct. 26 is the premiere of “Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know me,” a thoughtful and thorough tribute to Philadelphia’s own Teddy Pendergrass. I became involved with the film when the director, Olivia Lichtenstein, contacted me about a former Portrait, Tenika Watson. As a result, the lovely Ms. Watson is among those interviewed for the film.

There are a number of films with LGBT themes this weekend — check out Gary Kramer’s roundup in PGN for a full list. One of the films on the slate is “The Dare Project,” a followup on the groundbreaking 2005 short film “The Dare” (the most-watched LGBT short on YouTube, with almost 13-million views.).

We spoke to the creator of the film, another Philadelphia native, David Brind.

PGN: What part of Philly do you hail from?

DB: I grew up in Society Hill.

PGN: Tell me about life as a city child.

DB: I didn’t have any other experience to compare it to, but I really loved it. At that time, we had a lot of freedom to explore the area around us. By the time I was 10, my friends in the neighborhood and I were taking SEPTA to get to school. I went to high school in the suburbs, so I got a little taste of that too.

PGN: Tell me about the family. Parents?

Siblings?

DB: Both of my parents’ families came from nothing. They grew up very poor in Philadelphia. My dad was a businessman. The family had a small business, really a garage and gas station, which my father grew into a very large truck-leasing company. He sold it when I was a kid and went into business for himself. My mother was trained as a speech therapist and she spent time teaching deaf children how to speak. Her biggest passion was working with my dad to create the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine at Jefferson. She was way ahead of her time in her beliefs about holistic and integrative medicine. As for siblings, I have a brother but he was in boarding school most of the time I was growing up, so at times it felt like I was an only child.

PGN: Where did you go to school?

DB: I went to Friends Central in Wynnewood. In fact, we filmed “Dare” there. It was fun to go back and film in the place where I’d had a lot of the kinds of interactions that were depicted in the film. It was a little bit of a mind fuck!

PGN: [Laughing] Sweet! So was the film based on your own experiences?

DB: I think most things are in some way, whether it’s the plot or emotion or actual characters. That’s just the way I write and how I teach my students to write. But the film came about when I was a student. It was my first year of grad school at Columbia and we had to write, direct and produce a short film, but the kicker was that we could not direct the script that we wrote. We all had to swap. This script came out of a class I had with an amazing professor. I wanted to tell a story that was similar to things I’d experienced but tightened up with some twists and turns — a little dangerous and a little sexy in tone.

[Laughing] I didn’t realize how hard it was to do all of those things at once.

PGN: Where did you go for your undergrad?

DB: I went to Yale for theater and American studies. I never wanted or planned to be a writer. It kind of happened by default. I’ve always been a good writer and when I got to film school at Columbia you’re not allowed to declare a major until your second year. I’m good at directing actors, but I wasn’t very good at the technical side of things. After I wrote “Dare,” I got a lot of accolades for the script and started getting singled out for my writing.

As a result, I stated moving into that arena.

Sometimes the world tells you where your skillset lies — you don’t always have to listen, but I did and that’s how I became a writer and now a teacher at USC [University of Southern California].

us for being indoors all the time. I think they just weren’t sure what to do with me and did some harm without meaning to. I remember one Hanukkah, my father gave me every sports ball imaginable. I just burst into tears. It was very hurtful at the time.

PGN: What prompted you to do “The Dare Project”?

DB: It was the fans. When “Dare” first came out, it was a phenomenon. I was in film school and had no clue what would become of the film. It played in about 50 film festivals. It was on the cover of “Boys Life 5” and in 2009 we turned it into a feature — also shot in Philly with a great cast including Emmy Rossum, Alan Cumming and Ana Gasteyer. It’s hard to believe how far the film has come. At one point, we found that there were a lot of poor-quality pirated copies of the original short on YouTube, so the director, Adam Salky, decided to release a clean HD copy for free. We didn’t even announce it, just quietly made it available. Fast-forward four

PGN: When did you come out?

DB: Well, I knew at 4 that I was different, and later it was reflected back to me by others around me, mostly adults.

PGN: In a negative way? Like, “Don’t be a sissy” kind of thing?

DB: Yes. As in, “You should be out with the boys, why don’t you like sports, you spend too much time playing with girls, how come you can’t kick or throw a ball?”

I still can’t throw a ball. It’s not who I was.

I had wonderful, loving parents, but they were of a certain era, and they just didn’t understand who I was. They were very supportive of me and my acting pursuits — even when I played a gay character at 15, there was no issue. But when it came to my actual life, it was a different story. I don’t know why; I guess they were trying to “normalize” me in some way. There was a lot of time spent struggling against who I was and I think it’s reflected in my work.

PGN: Was your dad a macho truck guy?

DB: No, he was never athletic himself.

He preferred watching movies with me to going outside. My mom used to yell at

years and we have 13-million views. We have received thousands of comments on all sorts of platforms; many of them asking for a sequel. So I started thinking about Ben and John and who they would be today — the characters from the original short, not the feature. I wrote a script and contacted Adam Fleming and Michael Cassidy, who played the two main characters, and they were very quick to sign on.

And here we are at the Philadelphia Film Festival!

PGN: The guys look great. They’ve both held up really well.

DB: Oh yeah, they starved themselves and worked out before the shoot, and it shows. And the natural chemistry they have is palpable, even though they couldn’t be more different in real life.

Michael is straight with a wife and kids and Adam is gay — kind of like me and Adam, our director, who is straight. But we all were family on the set, and it was the same feeling the second time around.

It was like an OG gay/straight alliance.

PGN: What were some of the challenges?

DB: The first time I didn’t know what the hell I was doing, though in some ways that was good, because we didn’t know what we didn’t know. On the good side, coming home to Philly, I got a lot of free help, from my high school’s support to the friend who let us shoot at their home. We got free food, my hairdresser volunteered to do hair — everyone pitched in. But then our make-up person had to leave, so I had to create fake blood on the spot. I scrambled in the kitchen cabinets and mixed jam with Kool-Aid and some kind of syrup just minutes before we shot. This time it was different — [laughing] we’re adults now, so we had to pay for everything. We had a crew of 30, and everyone on the set was very professional.

Michael has gone on to do a lot of TV and films including “The O.C.,” “Smallville” and “Batman vs. Superman” and Adam has been a Broadway boy.

He was in the original cast of “Hairspray,” he was in “Wicked” for about 10 years and has been doing a lot of dancing and choreography. It’s a privilege to be in the Philadelphia Film Festival and I’m honored that it’s being shown outside gay festiPhoto: Suzi Nash vals because it is a film about the world we’re all living in now and I’m excited for people to see film and how it’s evolved. I plan to talk to fans and answer questions, to see old friends and to make new ones, so I hope everyone comes out! n “The Dare Project” will be screened 12:15 p.m. Oc.t 27 at the Ritz East. The lead actor Adam Fleming (Ben) will be attending the screening along with Brind and will be available for a Q&A.

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Scissor Sisters’ singer flies solo

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Jakes Shears, best known as the lead singer for the internationally renowned and openly gay pop-glam group Scissor Sisters, is on the road after releasing his debut eponymous solo album and autobiography, “Boys Keep Swinging.”

Scissor Sisters first exploded onto the scene in Europe, then in North America, in the early 2000s with an eclectic sound born in the New York club- and performance-art scenes. After four albums and whirlwind world tours, the Sisters announced an indefinite hiatus in 2012.

Shears has kept himself busy ever since by collaborating with other artists and taking his talents to theatrical stages, most recently playing Charlie Price in “Kinky Boots” on Broadway.

But now Shears is finally back to doing music. Fans of Scissor Sisters’ electro-infused pop-rock sound will find a lot of familiar territory on Shears’ solo album, which also delves into funk and moodier-ballad territory.

Shears said his solo album is just the next chapter in his music career.

“In certain ways, it is starting over because it’s building a whole new infrastructure for performing and putting a new band together. In certain ways, it’s a new beginning. I wanted to do something different and I feel like this record is a progression, but I do think there is a pressure for total reinvention.”

He added that penning his biography during the creative process for the latest album helped him figure out the direction of the new music.

“Once I got that first draft done, I had a lot of fun. It was a good way to examine and reassess my past while I was making this record. Both things went hand-in-hand. With this album, I was really reassessing who I am now and what my life is like now.”

Scissor Sisters were groundbreaking for their sound, as well as their success

as a group of openly gay musicians who were loud and proud from the start. Shears said he thinks the group did have an impact on how queer artists were perceived and accepted in mainstream pop music.

“I hoped that I paved a trail for queer artists,” he said. “I think that it’s amazing what is happening as far as queer visibility in music. It’s important to take care of what we’ve achieved so far and stay alert.”

Shears was also known for sporting all kinds of outlandish, fashionable and sometimes-outrageous stage attire, something he said takes a lot of work.

“To tell you the truth, I can barely dress myself,” he admitted. “I was wondering why on this record I really didn’t just dress down. It’s just more fun to try out looks.

I make glamrock music and wearing very intense looks is part of it. Lately I’ve been dressing like a Rockette on stage. Maybe it was being on Broadway last winter or something. I do get inspired to have certain looks, but in executing them, I need a lot of help.”

Shears said his tour will focus on the album, with some Scissor Sisters songs performed for good measure.

“This album to me is a continuation of what I’ve always done, and it’s a pretty big catalog to pull from. I like playing those old songs and they go well with each other. When you hear them together in the live set, it makes a lot of sense.”

While Scissor Sisters seem to remain a thing of the past, Shears said the return of the group could be possible when the time and circumstances are right.

“It’s just a matter of finding inspiration for it. I would love to make another Scissors’ record if a great idea emerged. I would never write it off, but it would have to be a good idea.” n Jake Shears performs 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at The Foundry, 29 E. Allen St. For more information or tickets, call 215-309-0150 or visit www.jakeshears.com.

Theater & Arts Brahams and Mozart The Philadelphia Orchestra performs the classics, Nov. 1-3 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Chinese Warriors of Peking The new production features highintensity martial arts and breathtaking acrobatics set during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), telling the tale of two rival martial-arts disciplines competing in the ancient Chinese capital, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

The Duchamp Family Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition highlighting the close-knit family of artistic innovators and the many connections linking their groundbreaking works, through August, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Fabulous Fashion: From Dior’s New Look to Now Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the drama and glamour of some of the most creative feminine fashions ever designed, through March 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Flying Steps presents Flying Bach The award-winning and globally recognized German dance crew combines hip-hop with modern ballet, 7:30 p.m. through Oct. 28 at Merriam Theater,

SAY IT LOUD: America’s Favorite “dragapella” beautyshop quartet, The Kinsey Sicks, performs its politically charged new show, “Things You Shouldn’t Say,” which goes in hard on Donald Trump and brings some comedic light to these dark times, 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope. For more information or tickets, call 888-596-1027.

250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

French Tales The Philadelphia Orchestra performs an evening of French favorites led by conductor Louis Langrée, through Oct. 27 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-8931999.

Garden Bouquet Still-life artists Ian Shiver and Barbara Sosson present an exhibition of art featuring colorful live horticulture designs, through Nov. 3 at Hot Bed Gallery, 723 Chestnut St.; 267918-7432.

THE GLOW: A Jack O’Lantern Experience A family-friendly, immersive Halloween stroll along a trail illuminated by more than 5,000 hand-carved jack o’ lanterns, weekends through Oct. 28, 4160 Horticultural Drive in Fairmount Park; www. theglowjackolantern. com.

ICON William Way LGBT Community Center Art Gallery presents

an installation

by Natalie Hope McDonald that showcases the diverse iconography of the LGBT community, through Oct. 26, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220.

Mimi Imfurst Presents Drag Diva Brunch Mimi Imfurst, Bev, Vinchelle, Sutton Fearce and special guests perform 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 27 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555.

Sweat Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Pulitzer Prizewinning drama set in Reading, where industries are disappearing and the men and women of the city are rendered powerless as they watch their income, legacy and relationships follow

suit, through Nov. 4 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215985-0420.

Warplay Azuka Theatre Company presents a production reimagining the close relationship between Achilles and Patroclus in a poetic, radical and shockingly funny light, Oct. 31-Nov. 18, 1700 Sansom St.; 215-563-1100.

Yael Bartana: And Europe Will Be Stunned Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition blurring fact and fiction, with the artist reimagining historical narratives to spur a dialogue about urgent social and geopolitical issues of our time, through Jan. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.

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New doc recounts the story of Studio 54

By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor

TUNE UP AND TURN UP: Black Violin, the groundbreaking string duo featuring Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus, continues its successful Classical Boom Tour, fusing classical music with jazz and hip-hop. The act comes to town 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-893-1999.

Music The Dead Milkmen The punk band performs 8 p.m.

Oct. 27 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215922-1011.

Clutch and Sevendust The hard-rock bands perform 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 28 at North Seventh, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800745-3000.

UB40 The reggae group performs 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331.

Dracula’s Ball The goth-industrial event featuring performances by Clan of Xymox, Ego Likeness and more, 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

Jake Shears The out singer and Scissor Sisters frontman performs 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at The Foundry, 29 E. Allen St.; 215309-0150.

Tony Bennett The iconic crooner performs 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 2 at Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215893-1999.

Nightlife Happy Bear The bear-themed happy hour takes place 5-9 p.m.

Oct. 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

Guys and Dolls: The Return Show A night of drag and boylesque with host Adam Ortiz/Emily Valentine, 7 p.m.

Oct. 26 at L’Etage; 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-592-0656.

Philly’s Foxes: Halloween Show A bewitching Halloween-themed show fires up 7:309:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215-735-0735.

Thriller Boys of Summer hosts a dark Halloween-themed dance party, 10 p.m.

Oct. 26 at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St.; 215-627-1662.

Amateur Drag Attack Spook’Tackular Edition The first show at the new location takes place 10:15 p.m.

Oct. 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

Lush Puppies A burlesque and drag show to benefit animals in need, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 at Franky Bradley’s 1320 Chancellor St.; 215735-0735.

Khaki’s Party A night of drag and comedy hosted by Khaki Capri, 8-9:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-592-0656.

LiPSMACKeRS: Halloween Edition Haunt your Halloween festivities with classic ’90s and 2000s hip-hop by female-identified artists, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 27 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675.

Murder’s A Drag: CULTS Drag performers put on a cult-themed show 7-10 p.m.

Oct. 28 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215735-0735.

Cabaret Sauvignon Lili St. Queer performs a onewoman live-music drag cabaret, 7-10 p.m. Nov. 2 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215-735-0735.

Outta Town Garbage The alternativerock band performs 9 p.m. Oct. 26 at Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

The Goonies The classic ’80s adventure film is screened 1:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228.

Nosferatu the Vampyre The horror classic is screened 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. n

“Studio 54,” opening Nov. 2 at the Ritz at the Bourse, documents the rise and fall of the storied nightclub as seen through the eyes of co-owner Ian Schrager, among others. In an almost-confessional tone, Schrager explains how he and the late, gay Steve Rubell met in college, created an exclusive club before going to prison and then undergoing a reinvention.

It’s a great true-crime tale, full of ambition, greed and fame, as well as culture, music, sexuality and drugs.

Studio 54, which opened in 1977 and closed three years later, rose from Rubell and Schrager’s dream to create a successful nightclub in a part of town where one was most likely to get mugged. They took the energy that was on display in gay clubs and “turned it up a notch” (several notches, really) to “capture everyone’s imagination.” Studio 54 was a place where anything could happen — “and it did!” according to one interviewee.

“Studio 54” portrays the era with considerable interest and affection. Director Matt Tyrnauer transports viewers back to when the “age of celebrity” was created. There is a terrific interview with a young Michael Jackson talking about the excitement of the club.

Moreover, the film shows that Studio 54 was a safe space for the LGBT community, as it promised inclusion and acceptance in a world where homophobia and transphobia were prevalent.

Rubell was gay — but not out to his mother, the film reveals. He also died from AIDS, which was not reported in the press at the time. He was eager to court celebrity friends, like Liza Minelli, Andy Warhol and Truman Capote, who were regulars at the club. He also identified with outsiders and invited transgender patrons, including “Disco Sally,” an aging widowed lawyer, and “Rollerena,” a Wall Street banker in drag who acted as a kind of fairy godmother in the club.

While Rubell was the social butterfly, Schrager worked behind the scenes. He recounts most of these anecdotes with an infectious attitude. It is as if even he can’t quite believe what he and Rubell did and lived through. Schrager is regretful about

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some of what transpired at the club, namely illegal activities involving drugs, tax evasion and skimming unreported income. And he is cagey when asked a direct question about the bookkeeping. He also describes the guilt he felt when he gave information to the feds while in prison to get a reduced sentence. The shame weighs on Schrager, who also reinvents himself.

Rubell, who is seen only in interviews, also is shown to be who he is — a party promoter and braggadocio who truly wants others to have a good time. He is fiercely loyal to his business partner Schrager and friends.

But as the story unfolds, Tyrnauer shows how slippery Rubell was. It was, after all, a claim he made in an interview that brought about the IRS raid of the club.

“Studio 54” shrewdly chronicles the rise and fall of the club. It starts out as all good times and a heady atmosphere; the film’s soundtrack pulses to popular disco music.

However, the fall is arguably more interesting. Tyrnauer juxtaposes the prosecutor in the case against Rubell and Schrager talking about garbage bags full of cash in the basement’s drop ceiling with club manager Michael Overington’s explanation that he filled the ceilings with quarters for the bartenders, because the safe where they kept the change was a pain in the neck to open. Which story viewers want to believe is up to them, but both seem plausible.

Likewise, when the club’s criminal investigation unfolds and Schrager is caught with cocaine on his hands, one can choose to believe he was innocent — as he claims — or chalk it up to one of the litany of mistakes he and Rubell made.

Whether or not Studio 54 had ties to organized crime is also open to debate.

Tyrnauer presents the facts rather than speculate on what is true. “Studio 54” is more about how two young guys from Brooklyn captured lightning in a bottle for 33 months.

It also traces the changes in American society and culture over that time to show the significance of the era and what it represented.

“Studio 54” is not a cautionary tale about how Schrager and Rubell paid the price for their hubris. It’s a fascinating story of success, failure and reinvention, well told by Tyrnauer. It should appeal to anyone who went to Studio 54, or anyone who wishes they had gone. n

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Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Jewell Williams

Overview of the Sheriff Sale Process There are two types of Sheriff Sales. The Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sales and the Tax Sales. The Tax Sales include Tax Lien, Tax Collection, and Tax Delinquent Sales.

amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the stage. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered at the sale.

Tax Sales When the owner of a property located in the City of Philadelphia fails to make a payment arrangement on municipal debt levied on his/her property, that property may be sold at the Tax Sheriff Sale to allow the City to collect on that unpaid debt. These debts can include outstanding water and sewer bills, School District of Philadelphia taxes, and city property taxes. The sales also provide individuals the opportunity bid on and become the owner of tax delinquent properties, thereby acquiring lots, houses, or commercial and industrial buildings.

How do I learn which properties are to be sold?

All properties that are court ordered to be sold at Sheriff Sales are advertised in the Legal Intelligencer and on a rotating basis in a paper of general circulation. You can also view a list of properties to be sold at Sheriff Sale online by clicking here.

Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sale The Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sherriff Sale is the process by which mortgage companies and other financial institutions seek to collect debts owed to them, particularly in instances where a homeowner defaults on his/her mortgage payments. As with Tax Sales, Foreclosure Sales allow individuals the opportunity to bid on properties and become homeowners.

How much will a property cost?

The lowest bid that can be offered is $600 and each successive bid must be made in $100 increments. The highest bidder will win the property and must be prepared to make a $600 or 10% deposit (whichever is highest) with a certified check or money order made out to the “Sheriff of Philadelphia.” The remaining balance must be paid within 30 days of the sale. An extension of time to pay the balance is rare but may be granted by the Sheriff upon written request.

The second bidder If you have been out-bid on a property, you can have your name recorded as the second bidder. If the highest bidder does not pay the balance in 30 days, the second bidder shall be granted the same 30 limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his/her second bid. The second bidder must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same

When and where do the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Sales take place?

The Judicial Foreclosure Sale is held on the first Tuesday of each month. There are also four different Tax Sales conducted each month and one on a quarterly basis. Click here for a list of all Sheriff Sales currently scheduled. All sales will take place at 9:00 AM at the First District AME Plaza located at 3801 Market Street on the 3rd Floor.

How are the properties identified before and during the sale?

Each property has an identification number called the writ number, which is listed in the newspaper and on our online listing before the property address. This number is used together with the property address when the property is offered for sale. The sale is conducted by an auctioneer who calls out each party by writ number and address.

IMPORTANT: Notice of owner’s Right of Redemption after a Tax Delinquent Sale Even if you win a bid on a Tax Sale property, within nine months of the acknowledgement of the deed, the owner of record can go to court and get permission to recover the property by paying all back taxes and the money paid by the winning bidder. This is called the Right of Redemption. Therefore, if purchase a property through Delinquent Tax Sheriff Sale and invest funds to improve the property in the first year, beware that those funds can be lost. The right of Redemption is only applicable if the property scheduled for Tax Sale is determined to be owner occupied 90 days prior to the sale. If the property is unoccupied or abandoned, there

is no Right of Redemption.

The Right of Redemption does not apply to any property sold at the Mortgage Foreclosure Sheriff Sale.

One way to protect yourself is to contact the City’s Department of Licenses and Inspections to determine what outstanding code violations, if any, exist in the property.

Any work done to correct these violations must be reimbursed to you if the original owner reclaims the property during the Right of Redemption period.

Therefore, make sure you get and keep detailed and accurate receipts for code related renovations.

What should you do before you bid?

Take a close look. It is strongly recommended that persons planning to bid at the sales make a site visit to the property prior to the sale. Many persons have bidded on vacant lots thinking that they were bidding on a property containing residential structures. The City is not authorized to permit or arrange for entry into properties listed for Sheriff Sales.

In order to buy a property from any tax sale, you must be tax compliant. Proof of compliance must be provided at the time of final settlement. You can print a certificate of compliance by visiting the website of the City Revenue Department. Once at the site, you will have to accept the terms of the website, then choose “Sheriff Sale” as the compliance type. You will then need to enter the name and tax id number of the person or entity purchasing the property. If the person or entity is tax compliant, you will have an opportunity to print out a compliance certificate. Print this certificate out and bring it with you when you pay final balance of sale.

Make sure you have a form of government issued identification. You will need to present this ID at the sale in order to bid.

Consider the rehab costs. While there are some bargains to be had at Sheriff Sales, potential bidders, especially those seeking residential properties, are cautioned that the condition of properties may vary widely.

City loans and grants for income eligible owner occupants are available for Sheriff Sale properties only after the Right of Redemption period has expired. The City has set this policy to ensure that its limited resources do not benefit original owners.

Did you know the Sheriff’s Office gives free seminars in English and Spanish on “How To Buy A Property at Sheriff’s Sale”?

Check out https://www.officeofphiladelphiasheriff.com/en/real-estate/upcoming-seminars for the schedule of upcoming seminars.

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Sheriff on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price.

Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The Sheriff reserves the right to reject any certified check, attorney’s check or money order that on its face has an expired use date and is presented for payment of the deposit.

The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale.

The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be set by the City of Philadelphia.

In no event will the successful bidder be allowed to settle on the property unless all the Sheriff’s costs are paid notwithstanding the final bid.

The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly.

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accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

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

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

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

Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila.gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215686-1483 and to its website philadox.phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website.

Effective Date: July 7, 2006 NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

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

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

the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941.

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

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

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

a/k/a Lucy Berson, individually and in her capacity as Administratrix and known heir, devise and/or distribute of the Estate of Rosalie A. Ponzio a/k/a Rosalie Ponzio, deceased, and the Estate of Rosalie A. Ponzio a/k/a Rosalie Ponzio, deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02195 $51,812.25 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1811-305 1234 N. Allison St 19131 4th wd. Improvement Area: 1,575 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 1,408 Sq. Ft. OPA#041204100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Jericho Roseberry C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03217 $56,403.08 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1811-306 8833 Blue Grass Rd 19152 35th wd. Land: 3,367 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,107 Sq. Ft.; Total: 4,474 Sq. Ft. OPA#571203500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bobbie Stepps, solely as Executrix of the Estate of Israel Seltzer C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03564 $232,948.99 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1811-307 3075 Helen St 19134 25th wd. Land: 781 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 860 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,641 Sq. Ft. OPA#252517500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Miguel A. Encarnacion C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00555 $30,841.21 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1811-308 2217 Cedar St 19125 31st wd. 990 Sq. Ft. OPA#312041100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian Schmutz C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 01934 $199,641.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-309 907 Bridge St 19124 35th wd. 1,073 Sq. Ft. OPA#351154700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Coral Wright and Titus C. Wright C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01280 $128,721.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-310 2555 S Shields St 19142 40th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#406024800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christine Talbert, a/k/a Christine L. Talbert C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01734 $46,620.60 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1811-311 208 Mcclellan St a/k/a 208 Mc Clellan St 19148 1st wd. 1,222 Sq. Ft. OPA#011152100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janice Taylor a/k/a Janice L. Taylor C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01824 $123,144.70 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1811-312 1225 Stirling St 19111 53rd wd. 1,744 Sq. Ft. OPA#531055300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela G. Fudge C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 02543 $68,098.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-313 10736 Philcrest Rd 19154 66th wd. 1,801 Sq. Ft. OPA#662072272 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John A. Zanczuk C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02501

$170,915.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-314 8414 Forrest Ave 19150 50th wd. 2,160 Sq. Ft. OPA#502208100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lydia D. Jenkins C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00812 $102,766.87 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-315 7329 N 21st St 19138 10th wd. 1,888 Sq. Ft. OPA#101179800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Roosevelt Riddick; Chanda D. Riddick, as Administratrix to the Estate of Melba S. Riddick, a/k/a Melba Riddick C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01289 $74,999.47 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1811-316 5735 N 6th St 19120 61st wd. 1,754 Sq. Ft. OPA#612284500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vincent Dennis, Administrator of the Estate of Ben Bryant C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01851 $57,407.89 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1811-317 1925 Rowan St 19140 13th wd. Improvement Area: 1,802 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 1,395 Sq. Ft. OPA#131360500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2.5 STY STONE Chandler W. Sykes, Jr. a/k/a Chandler W. Sykes C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00993 $18,708.80 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1811-318 2045 S. 57th St 19143 51st wd. Improvement Area: 1,260 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#514242900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Chandler W. Sykes, Jr a/k/a Chandler W. Sykes C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00981 $24,884.00 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1811-319 4048 N. 12th St 19140 43rd wd. Improvement Area: 1,440 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 1,369 Sq. Ft. OPA#433165800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Chandler W. Sykes, Jr a/k/a Chandler W. Sykes C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00982 $16,572.40 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1811-320 2529 S Alder St 19148 39th wd. 665 Sq. Ft. BRT#394124500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE John Desalis and Nancy Desalis a/k/a Annunziata Desalis C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 02741 $199,513.65 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-321 1512 Green St 19130 88th wd. 638 Sq. Ft. BRT#888100433 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Anthony McNeill C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01149 $113,943.29 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-322 209 E Upsal St 191192346 22nd wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#221092300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kevin Diggs, in His Capacity as Heir of George P. Diggs, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all

persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under George P. Diggs, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00317 $113,452.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-323 6514 N 18th St 19126-3401 17th wd. 2,015 Sq. Ft. OPA#172283400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donald Barry Drayton, Sr. in His Capacity as Heir of Annie Drayton, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Annie Drayton, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01146 $165,962.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-324 3509 Englewood St 19149 55th wd. 1,351 Sq. Ft. OPA#551505600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Johnny Cruz C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02045 $148,764.56 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-325 6538 Windsor St 19142 40th wd. 1,536 Sq. Ft. OPA#403082700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Diony Elias; Justin Moore C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00562 $115,143.18 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-326 5201 N 8th St 19120 49th wd. 1,448 Sq. Ft. OPA#492126100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Iramise Jean Simon C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 00890 $92,142.59 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1811-327 1537 S Wilton St 191435023 51st wd. 1,068 Sq. Ft. OPA#512053100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Facenda M. Porter C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01338 $39,150.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-328 3129 Reach St 19134-2410 33rd wd. 1,064 Sq. Ft. OPA#331317400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Katerry D. Franklin C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 02613 $23,403.65 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-329 2056 S Frazier St 19143 51st wd. 1,008 Sq. Ft. OPA#514238500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shirley Bailey; Nawan Owen Bailey C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01938 $40,229.11 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1811-330 4063 Roosevelt Blvd 19124 23rd wd. 1,418 Sq. Ft. OPA#233015000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Romina Jamison C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01170 $75,857.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-331 3233 N 26th St 19129 38th wd. 880 Sq. Ft. BRT#381149700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Evelyn Harvey a/k/a Evelyn J. Harvey C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03087 $14,170.37 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-332 4201 Lackland Pl 191142121 65th wd. 1,760

Sq. Ft. OPA#652444700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward Thompson C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00662 $182,816.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-333 5659 Loretto Ave 19124 35th wd. 1,432 Sq. Ft. BRT#351402300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE John Gibbs, Jr. a/k/a John Gibbs C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01532 $62,129.82 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-334 2163 E Gordon St 19125-2011 31st wd.

OPA#313128800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carrie Rosmarin C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01066 $162,539.03 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-335 1413 Hemlock Pl 191161512 58th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#583074900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Jordan C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00073 $213,886.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-336 5430 Sylvester St 191241109 62nd wd. 1,350 Sq. Ft. OPA#621368300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ana M. Martinez C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01932 $99,541.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-337 222 W Roosevelt Blvd 42nd wd. 2,268 Sq. Ft. OPA#422098800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Richard Beinlich C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01710 $61,623.02 Pressman & Doyle, LLC 1811-338 6616 Chew Ave 19119 22nd wd. 1,070 Sq. Ft. BRT#221254600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Spencer Evans, Administrator of the Estate of Eartie P. Evans-Coleman, a/k/a Eartie Coleman a/k/a Eartie Evans C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00612 $99,441.72 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-339 7382 Valley Ave 19128 21st wd. 3,170 Sq. Ft. BRT#214191600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Zuriatu Amedu a/k/a Zuriat Amedu and Abubokha Amedu a/k/a Abubokha O. Amedu C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02712 $219,982.94 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-340 2180 E Cumberland St 31st wd. Beginning Point: Containing in front or breadth on the South Side of Cumberland Street fifteen feet and of that width extending Southward between lines parallel to Sepviva Street in length or depth Seventy-Two feet, three inches OPA#314012100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Lloyd T. Keller III and Bobbi Jo Keller C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02020 $214,198.53 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1811-341 8138 Moro St 19136 64th wd. BRT#64-20541-00; PRCL#67N22-123 James C. Mertens C.P. January Term,

2018 No. 02108 $56,680.05 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1811-342 253 Sparks St 19120 61st wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft. BRT#611262400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Nadira Dunston C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02013 $67,686.75 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-343 5371 Morse St 19131 52nd wd. 1,422 Sq. Ft. OPA#521075400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dawn Nembhard; Owen A. Nembhard C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02341 $79,688.36 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1811-344 2636 S 72nd St 19153 Residential Row 2 Story Masonry BRT#404009400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Diane Jamison C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00242 $140,430.32 Robert W. Williams, Esquire 1811-345 3948 N Marshall St 19140-3218 43rd wd. 1,212 Sq. Ft. OPA#433084000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis Jhonel Jean Pierre; Yves Carmel Merius C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01983 $65,129.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-346 3405 Saint Vincent St 19149 55th wd. 1,472 Sq. Ft. OPA#551451000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathleen Barras and Ronald E. Barras a/k/a Ronald E. Barras Jr. C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 01551 $147,128.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-347 2002 McKean St 191452827 48th wd. 1,416 Sq. Ft. OPA#481108100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leonard J. Bentley C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 01526 $119,100.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-348 2659 Bonaffon St a/k/a 2659 Bonnaffon St 19142-2717 40th wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#406073500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William T. Ralph, Sr., in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of The Estate of William T. Ralph a/k/a William Tolliver Ralph, Jr a/k/a William Ralph; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under William T. Ralph a/k/a William Tolliver Ralph, Jr a/k/a William Ralph, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01485 $84,466.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-349 2233 S Fairhill a/k/a 2233 S Fairhill St 39th wd. 630 Sq. Ft. BRT#392310400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Nicholas J. Apadula C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02086 $117,318.45 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-350 6515 N. 18th St 19126 17th wd. Improvement Area: 1,312 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 1,424 Sq. Ft. OPA#172272900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW

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SPECIAL NOTE: All Sheriff’s Sales are conducted pursuant to the orders of the Courts and Judges of the First Judicial District. Only properties that are subject to judgments issued by the First Judicial District are listed for sale. By law, the Sheriff’s Office cannot decide if a property can be listed for sale; only the District Courts can order a property to be sold at auction.

SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1811-301 4933 Rubicam St 19144 12th wd. 3,737 Sq. Ft. BRT#121195300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Audra D. Lassiter-Bosket C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02078 $20,338.76 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-302 210 Locust St., Unit 11F 19106 5th wd. Land: 0 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 699 Sq. Ft.; Total: 699 Sq. Ft. OPA#888052200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Francis W. Dunn C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00315 $252,102.74 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1811-303 5229 Germantown Ave 19144 12th wd. Improvement Area: 5,511 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 4,630 Sq. Ft. OPA#881210608 IMPROVEMENTS: APTS 5-50 UNITS MASONRY Abraham Ituah C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 03223 $291,364.77 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1811-304 1152 Cantrell St 19148 39th wd. Improvement Area: 1,120 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 672 Sq. Ft. OPA#394048700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY John W. Beaudry, Jr. a/k/a John W. Beaudry, individually and in his capacity as known heir, devise and/or distribute of the Estate of Rosalie A. Ponzio a/k/a Rosalie Ponzio, deceased, Lucy Ann Berson

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B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Antonette T. Corson, in Her Capacity as sole known heir and administratix of the Estate of Rozell J. Randolph a/k/a Rozell Randolph a/k/a Rozell Joel Randolph, deceased and the Estate of Rozell J. Randolph a/k/a Rozell Randolph a/k/a Rozell Joel Randolph, deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05704 $132,220.68 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, and Paul J. Fanelli 1811-351 2116 S 6th St 191483215 39th wd. 1,184 Sq. Ft. OPA#392347600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Washington C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00508 $114,623.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-352 2126-2128 S 70th St 19142 40th wd. Land: 6,300 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 2,352 Sq. Ft.; Total: 8,652 Sq. Ft. OPA#403212200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Katarsha Saunders and Geraldine Saunders C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02437 $119,829.70 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1811-353 6885 N 19th St 50th wd. 2,550 Sq. Ft. BRT#101111100 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY Leroy Boyd, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03317 $42,273.25 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-354 4314 N 7th St 191402316 43rd wd. 826 Sq. Ft. OPA#433317300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nichole L. Jordan a/k/a Nichole Jordan C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 03480 $79,946.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-355 12221 Medford Rd 19154-1817 66th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#663253100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gary O. Muzyczka, Jr C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01425 $188,038.88 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-356 6705 Leeds St 34th wd.

Land Area: 1,500 Sq. Ft. BRT#344038000 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/ DET 2 STY MAS㤱㤱 Jerome Lott and Tasha J. Lott C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 00183 $142,738.82 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-357 6624 Tabor Ave 35th wd. Land Area: 2,008 Sq. Ft. BRT#353290200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Wayne Carson C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00599 $205,256.51 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-358 4585 Shelbourne St 19124 42nd wd. 1,219 Sq. Ft. BRT#421626700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Celeste Hatton n/k/a Celeste Roye C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 03241 $72,241.75 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-359 1918 Montrose St 191462629 30th wd. 1,590 Sq. Ft. OPA#301219500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Martha Leatherberry a/k/a Martha

Bowen-Letherberry, Individually and in her capacity as co-Administratrix cta of the Estate and Devisee of the Estate of Henry Welch; Doila Welch a/k/a Doila A. Welch, Individually and in her capacity as co-Administratrix cta of the Estate and Devisee of the Estate of Henry Welch; Janette Welch a/k/a Janet Jennifer Welch, Individually and in her capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Henry Welch; Gilbert Welch a/k/a Gilbert Leopold Percival Welch, Individually and in his capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Henry Welch C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 03329 $47,545.79 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-360 6509 Guyer Ave 191422807 40th wd. 1,127 Sq. Ft. OPA#406306500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna Benson; Andre Benson C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02915 $58,357.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-361 5537 Locust St 46th wd. 1,212 Sq. Ft. BRT#604052400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Sharon Aggie C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03535 $38,395.53 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-362 5113 Wayne Ave 191443525 12th wd. 4,925 Sq. Ft. OPA#123214300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leon D. Chambers C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02122 $176,435.43 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-363 2403 Duncan St 19124 23rd wd. 2,250 Sq. Ft. OPA#231013000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Lawless C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03941 $197,850.62 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-364 2539 Memphis St 19125 31st wd. 1,204 Sq. Ft. OPA#312025300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Doreen Kasee C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00978 $99,216.70 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-365 223 N Simpson St 191391023 34th wd. 1,140 Sq. Ft. OPA#343093100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keenya K. Walker C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01516 $20,899.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-366 3474 Emerald St 19134 45th wd. 1,186 Sq. Ft. OPA#452340400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Juaniki Hall a/k/a Juanki Hall C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00946 $26,204.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-367 146-150 W Queen Ln 19144 12th wd. 3,415 Sq. Ft. OPA#123117210 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael F. Coates C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01265 $218,963.88 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-368 3009 Ruth St 19134 25th wd. 892 Sq. Ft. OPA#252553300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL PROPERTY Barbara Cruz C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02867 $9,822.71 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-369 6115 W Oxford St a/k/a 6115 Oxford St 191514541 34th wd. 2,256 Sq. Ft. OPA#342099000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael S. Simpson, in His Capacity as Devisee of Last Will and Testament of Norma Y. Simpson a/k/a Norma Simpson; Kenneth W. Simpson, in His Capacity as Devisee of Last Will and Testament of Norma Y. Simpson a/k/a Norma Simpson; Anthony Simpson, in Her Capacity as Devisee of Last Will and Testament of Norma Y. Simpson a/k/a Norma Simpson; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Norma Y. Simpson a/k/a Norma Simpson, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01254 $65,832.57 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-370 6732 Guyer Ave 40th wd. 1,107 Sq. Ft. BRT#406326700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Matthew David C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02256 $114,055.54 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1811-371 131 W Phil Ellena St 22nd wd. 9,969 Sq. Ft. BRT#223077500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Peter Davis and Jeanine Davis C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01644 $85,494.48 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1811-372 7514 Fayette St 50th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#501016200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Vincent Wilder, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00269 $23,621.36 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1811-373 3438 Princeton Ave 19149 55th wd. 1,760 Sq. Ft. BRT#551388700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Theresa Schowgurow C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01036 $123,242.20 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1811-374 640 N 55th St 19131 4th wd. 1,248 Sq. Ft. BRT#041-1780-00/871507320 IMPROVEMENTS: TWO STORY MASONRY ROW OFFICE/STORE WITH DWELLING Spencer Robinson, Semile Robinson and David E. Gunter C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 03384 $104,452.84 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1811-375 2938 Arlan St a/k/a 2938 Arlan Ave 19136-1102 57th wd. 1,479 Sq. Ft. OPA#572050603 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Clarice Brosius C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 02087 $154,884.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-376 2807 Ryerson Pl 19114 57th wd. 1,800 Sq. Ft. OPA#572094623 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL PROPERTY Jessica Murao; Steven K. Murao a/k/a Steven Murao C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02114 $204,698.72 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1811-377 5531 Palethorp St 19120 42nd wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#422380500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michele B. Calhoun C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 02961 $62,580.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-378 2939 Bambrey St a/k/a 2939 N Bambrey St 19132-1906 38th wd. 940 Sq. Ft. OPA#381112400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary A. Moore C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 03446 $20,639.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-379 7137 Elmwood Ave 19142 40th wd. Improvement Area: 1,152 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 1,620 Sq. Ft. OPA#404219000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Andrea Way C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 03334 $90,602.27 Brett L. Messinger, Ryan A. Gower, & Paul J. Fanelli 1811-380 1418 N 57th St 191313807 4th wd. 1,026 Sq. Ft. OPA#043105100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Milton Hay C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 02673 $73,736.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-381 7233 Oxford Ave 19111 53rd wd. DET CONV APT 2 STY MASON; 1,759 Sq. Ft. BRT#532377600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING John C. Caceres C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03468 $189,109.46 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-382 4942 Gransback St 19120 42nd wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,200 Sq. Ft. BRT#421507200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rohan R. Brooks a/k/a Rohan Brooks C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 00064 $84,832.88 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-383 1834 S Conestoga St 19143 51st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,092 Sq. Ft. BRT#514192200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Telitha Frazier, Known Surviving Heir of Phyllis N. Frazier-Ware a/k/a Phyllis Ware, Elizabeth M. Lomas, Known Surviving Heir of Phyllis Frazier-Ware a/k/a Phyllis Ware, Audra E. Frazier, Known Surviving Heir of Phyllis N. FrazierWare a/k/a Phyllis Ware and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Phyllis N. Frazier-Ware a/k/a Phyllis Ware C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04194 $36,588.31 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-384 4730 Melrose St 19137 45th wd. 1,232 Sq. Ft. OPA#453443300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Robert B. Kline; Margaret M. Popplewell C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01543 $70,880.29 Jenine Davey

1811-385 3314 Brighton St 191492029 55th wd. 1,312 Sq. Ft. OPA#551356800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul S. Neith, III a/k/a Paul S. Neith C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 00748 $55,247.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-386 935 E Rittenhouse St 19138 59th wd. 2,633 Sq. Ft. OPA#591134700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY Louise M. Jones, Executrix of the Estate of Mildred Washington C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02108 $74,293.05 Jenine Davey 1811-387 3922 Lankenau Ave 19131-2809 52nd wd. 1,828 Sq. Ft. OPA#521427000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Fred T. Crawford a/k/a Fred Crawford a/k/a Frederick L. Crawford C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03421 $27,924.03 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-388 3586 Oakhill Rd 191544028 66th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#662362700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda Kelly a/k/a Linda Kean C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02493 $165,490.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-389 1467 N 60th St 191514204 34th wd. 1,236 Sq. Ft. OPA#342192400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Stancil C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 01712 $25,779.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-390 1319 W. Wyoming Ave 19140 49th wd. 2,064 Sq. Ft. OPA#491072700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leiya Harvard C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 00117 $84,995.33 Michael C. Mazack 1811-391 5711 Florence Ave 19143-4527 51st wd. 1,620 Sq. Ft. OPA#513263600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dilcie Louise Farley, in Her Capacity as Heir of Ella May Farley, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Ella May Farley, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 00064 $24,185.82 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-392 1231 Stirling St 19111-5837 53rd wd. 1,376 Sq. Ft. OPA#531055600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nichelle N. Haley a/k/a Michelle N. Haley; James K. Haley C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02578 $130,359.72 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-393 1218 S. Millick St 19143 3rd wd. 984 Sq. Ft. OPA#033221600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nathaniel K. D. Glover C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 02955 $43,019.76 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1811-394 3933 Eden St 19114 35th wd. 2,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#572166410 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Timothy

P. Obrien a/k/a Timothy P. O’Brien; Colleen M. Obrien a/k/a Colleen M. O’Brien C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02869 $555,715.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-395 3813 Nedla Rd 191542716 66th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. OPA#662560800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daphne Magac a/k/a Daphne Anne Magac; John Magac a/k/a John T. Magac C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00827 $200,411.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-396 2052 W Stella St 191321535 11th wd. 840 Sq. Ft. OPA#111055400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kendal Green C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03183 $36,429.26 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-397 2117 Simon St 191242020 41st wd. 816 Sq. Ft. OPA#411021700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Johannie Rodriguez C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01209 $76,266.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-398 4134 Whiting Rd 191542807 66th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#662589900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary Hamilton C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00180 $137,556.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-399 2051 S 68th St 191421628 40th wd. 1,170 Sq. Ft. OPA#403068800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mabel Verdier; James Verdier C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00220 $69,357.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-400 1608 S Lawrence St 191481311 1st wd. 1,176 Sq. Ft. OPA#011439300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen Mcdonald; Jessica Gimbel C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01312 $136,458.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-401 1205 Cheltenham Ave a/k/a 1205 E Cheltenham Ave 19124-1031 35th wd. 1,110 Sq. Ft. OPA#352018500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brandi E. White C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02854 $68,072.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-402 7827 Provident St a/k/a 7827 Provident Rd 19150 50th wd. 1,014 Sq. Ft. OPA#501183400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brandi Bennett a/k/a Brandi Bryant C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03034 $86,712.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-403 5748 Woodcrest Ave 19131 52nd wd. 1,760 Sq. Ft. OPA#522144300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raheemah Beyah, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of The Estate of James L. Spain, Jr C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01179 $126,290.88 Phelan

Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-404 3317 N. Lee St 19134 7th wd. Land: 907 Sq. Ft.; 1,065 Sq. Ft. BRT#073025900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Edgardo Hernandez C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 003177 $17,121.30 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-405 2102 S 65th St 19142 40th wd. 1,024 Sq. Ft. OPA#403011000 IMPROVEMENTS: NONE Lilly Ngoc Nguyen and Dawn Dao Medd C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00422 $42,712.94 Jonathan J. Sobel, Esquire 1811-406 2221 N. Salford St 19131 52nd wd. 1,966 Sq. Ft. BRT#522264900; OPA#522264900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mary Singleton C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02435 $163,920.47 Pincus Law Group, PLLC 1811-407 324 Roseberry St 19148 39th wd. 992 Sq. Ft. BRT#392209700 Stephanie Ricciardi C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01942 $80,956.44 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-408 2508 Federal St 19146 36th wd. 984 (Land Area Sq. Ft.); 880 (Improvement Area Sq. Ft.) OPA#361263400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Testa and Son, Contractor, LLC C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 02902 $306,198.02 Scott M. Klein, Esq. 1811-409 5713 N Camac St 19141 49th wd. 1,226 Sq. Ft. OPA#493160400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mensah Amuzu, a/k/a Mensah Amuzu, Jr.; Evelyn Carter Amuzu, a/k/a Evelyn Amuzu C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 03454 $65,177.82 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1811-410 6525 Edmund St 41st wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. BRT#411412100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Francis M. Bradley, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 02093 $44,885.52 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1811-411 6130 Columbia Ave 34th wd. Land Area: 6,000 Sq. Ft. BRT#342110300 IMPROVEMENTS: DET W/D GAR 3 STY STONE Eckard A. Garvin a/k/a Eckard Garvin C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 01699 $97,914.73 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-412 1124 Marlborough St 19125 18th wd. Land: 2,436 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 0 Sq. Ft. BRT#181055000 IMPROVEMENTS: NONE Louis Moore and Christie Moore C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 000388 $259,541.48 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-413 2213 S. Colorado St 19145 26th wd. Land: 679 Sq. Ft.; 1,030 Sq. Ft. BRT#262021500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Jimmie Shoester and Nancy Shoester C.P.

April Term, 2018 No. 001632 $97,689.13 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-414 214 N 52nd St 19139 44th wd. 1,780 Sq. Ft. BRT#441136000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Edward Payne a/k/a Edward H. Payne, Jr. and Egan Payne C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 01163 $58,057.39 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1811-415 256 W Champlost Ave 19120 61st wd. 1,101 (Land Area Sq. Ft.); 1,168 (Improvement Area Sq. Ft.) OPA#612150400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Wave Realty, LLC C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01295 $222,924.63 Scott M. Klein, Esq. 1811-416 12132 Aster Rd 66th wd.

Beginning Point: In the Northwesterly curved line of Aster Road, distant 233.71 feet Northeasterly measured along the tangent and curved Northwesterly line of Aster Road from the Northeasterly end of the curve connecting the Northwesterly lien of Aster Road with the Northeasterly line of Birch Road OPA#663196200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MAS OTHER Brian Quirple and Christine M. Quirple C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04949 $238,110.51 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1811-417 7818 Gilbert St 19150 50th wd. 1,565 Sq. Ft. OPA#502111400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Beverly Parker C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02675 $95,473.58 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-418 417 W George St 19123 5th wd. 1,054 Sq. Ft. OPA#057200400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edwardo Roman; Carmen Roman, as Administrator to the Estate of Luciano Roman, Sr.; Luciano Roman, Jr., Known Heir of Luciano Roman, Sr.; Richard Roman, Known Heir of Luciano Roman, Sr. C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 03805 $280,960.54 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1811-419 6871 Forrest Ave 19138 10th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#102525900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gloria Bolt C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 02121 $98,893.46 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-420 3705 Bandon Dr 19154 66th wd. Land Area: 1,800 Sq. Ft. BRT#663402500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph M. Osinski C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02758 $69,358.52 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1811-421 5906 Tabor Ave a/k/a 5906 Tabor Rd 19120 35th wd. Land Area: 1,269 Sq. Ft. BRT#352332000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Darrin L. Chapman in

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his capacity as the Executor of the Estate of Patricia E. Carter, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02914 $73,902.11 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1811-422 947 E Russell St 19134 33rd wd. 1,176 Sq. Ft. OPA#331183300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jose Reyes, a/k/a Jose L. Reyes; P.A.C. Rentals, LLC C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01626 $10,741.37 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1811-423 5805 Fernwood St 19143 3rd wd. 1,266 Sq. Ft. BRT#034032500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gwenervera Presley a/k/a Gwenervere Presley C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00003 $50,873.97 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-424 5466 W. Berks St 19131 52nd wd. (formerly part of the 34th wd.) 1,662.15 Sq. Ft. OPA#52-2-0417-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Danielle N. Straughter C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 03291 $122,431.54 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1811-425 1630 Murdoch Rd 19150 50th wd. 2,181 Sq. Ft. OPA#501504800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eugene Adderly C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03443 $197,112.77 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-426 7021 Elmwood Ave 19142 12th wd. 1,386 Sq. Ft. OPA#406224100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Renee Rorie a/k/a Renee Everett and James Lynn C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00857 $43,543.61 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-427 4626 Sheffield St 19136 41st wd. 1,882 Sq. Ft. OPA#651138200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Stuart D. Quinn, deceased C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 03065 $85,838.33 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-428 5029 Arendell Ave 19114 65th wd. 2,542 Sq. Ft. OPA#65-2-1433-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Kelley and Amy Kelley C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03437 $172,002.51 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-429 1924 E Madison St 19134 45th wd. 1,453 Sq. Ft. OPA#452012600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tracy Hua and Chihung Mu C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00655 $84,940.56 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-430 13049 Townsend Rd 19154 66th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#888660130 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL CONDO 2 STORY MASONRY Carlos Tenas C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01503

$10,233.64 Christopher H. Steward, Esquire 1811-431 13043 Townsend Rd 19154 66th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#888660124 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL CONDO 2 STORY MASONRY David Dunn C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01507 $10,055.14 Christopher H. Steward, Esquire 1811-432 2323 W Cumberland St 19132-4119 16th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#162293500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly E. Robinson C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 03076 $67,082.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-433 1924 S Alder St 191482365 39th wd. 972 Sq. Ft. OPA#394130600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John J. Nardini C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05580 $150,711.70 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-434 5841 Pine St 191431217 60th wd. 1,558 Sq. Ft. OPA#604177000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary E. Mckenzie a/k/a Mary E. Mc Kenzie C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03204 $7,241.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-435 823 W 65th Ave 19126-3735 49th wd. 1,768 Sq. Ft. OPA#492085700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles Nelson; Sandra Thomas a/k/a Sandra Nelson C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00107 $262,381.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-436 643 Anchor St 191201707 35th wd. 1,080 Sq. Ft. OPA#351280500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Davida Thompson; Kevin Thompson a/k/a Kevin A. Thompson; Marvin Thompson; Destiny Thompson C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01958 $58,440.81 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-437 542 Magee Ave a/k/a 542-48 Magee Ave 19111 35th wd. 1,350 Sq. Ft. OPA#353098500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gabriela Garnica-Palmer C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00657 $120,957.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-438 2835 Cantrell St 191452412 48th wd. 840 Sq. Ft. OPA#482083600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ruben L. Hernandez-Ramos, Sr., in his capacity as Heir of Ruben Hernandez, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Ruben Hernandez, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02877 $41,731.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-439 5604 Bloyd St 191382304 12th wd. 918 Sq. Ft. OPA#122235400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kim D. Moody C.P. Febru-

ary Term, 2012 No. 00506 $54,645.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-440 11739 Brandon Rd 191542526 66th wd. 1,380 Sq. Ft. OPA#662029200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William P. Ellis, Jr; Stephanie M. Ellis C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 00717 $180,805.65 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-441 4237 Malta St 19124-4808 33rd wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#332139900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hector L. Torres C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03301 $65,913.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-442 6600 Cornelious St a/k/a 6600 Cornelius St 191380000 10th wd. (formerly 50th wd.) 1,760 Sq. Ft. OPA#102370100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jamar S. Boykins; Sheena Boykins C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01803 $150,152.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-443 111 E Upsal St 191192340 22nd wd. 2,100 Sq. Ft. OPA#221090900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacquelyn Johnson; Anthony Johnson C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 02323 $265,261.53 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-444 8757 Marsden St 65th wd. 1,648 Sq. Ft. BRT#652314000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY David Johnson C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03550 $110,211.54 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-445 4514 Teesdale St 19136 41st wd. 1,204 Sq. Ft. OPA#412093400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Henry Hamusten C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02881 $59,611.43 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-446 154 W Godfrey Ave 61st wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft. BRT#611280300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Michael Johnson and Cynthia M. Johnson a/k/a Cynthia Johnson C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01164 $104,550.05 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-447 1921 67th Ave a/k/a 1921 W 67th Ave 19138-3119 10th wd. 1,146 Sq. Ft. OPA#102432100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alicia Holland C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 03445 $58,399.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-448 5463 Lebanon Ave 19131 52nd wd. Land: 3,027 Sq. Ft.; 3,003 Sq. Ft. BRT#522081000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Walter Dobbins, III C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 000934 $175,564.56 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-449 6025 N Philip St 191201815 61st wd. 990 Sq. Ft. OPA#612415700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary E. Watts, in Her

Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of The Estate of John Pflugfelder; Jason Pflugfelder, in His Capacity as Devisee of The Estate of John Pflugfelder C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00819 $33,402.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-450 4340 Almond St 19137 45th wd. 2,700 Sq. Ft. BRT#453191100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Kevin Donlen, Jr. C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 02263 $196,504.39 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-451 720 E Clearfield St 19134-2407 33rd wd. 1,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#331004100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Craig L. Vranas C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01421 $47,314.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-452 643 Artwood Dr 191152826 63rd wd. 1,497 Sq. Ft. OPA#632163600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stuart Janoff; Allison Janoff C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02450 $202,063.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-453 2121 Brandywine St 19130-3106 15th wd. 1,994 Sq. Ft. OPA#152025500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Victor M. Sosa; Deanna Dimemmo-Sosa C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02479 $510,920.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-454 6119 Lansdowne Ave 19151-3933 34th wd. 1,446 Sq. Ft. OPA#342053000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jernisha T. Hennigan C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01712 $106,281.97 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-455 6526-28 Elmwood Ave 19142 Store and Offices 1 Story Masonry BRT#882061560 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL/COMMERCIAL MIXED USE PROPERTY Mary K. Zou C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02326 $145,071.49 Robert W. Williams, Esquire 1811-456 120 W Wyoming Ave 19140 42nd wd. 2,453 Sq. Ft. BRT#882016560 IMPROVEMENTS: 3 STORY MASONRY STORE/ OFFICE Multicultural Wellness Center, Inc. C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03317 $180,429.77 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1811-457 11939 Glenfield St 58th wd. 7,566 Sq. Ft. BRT#662186100 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 1 STY MASONRY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Floyd L.A. Guy, Jr. a/k/a Floyd L. Guy, Jr., Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01183 $152,124.18 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-458 1126 Hellerman St 19111 53rd wd. 1,260 Sq. Ft. BRT#531120200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Diane M.

Jones C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 2101 $72,580.25 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1811-459 2330 S 16th St 19145 26th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,416 Sq. Ft. BRT#261272100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gloria Mastantuno C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 04349 $186,794.92 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-460 1240 Englewood St 19111 53rd wd. DET W/D GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,726 Sq. Ft. BRT#532351200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Angel J. Laychock C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02212 $32,964.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-461 6630 N Uber St 19138 10th wd. 1,185 Sq. Ft. OPA#102029200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Cornelia Holsey Deceased, Thaisa Cox and Taneka Cox, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir Cornelia Holsey, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02600 $58,862.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-462 2957 N Camac St a/k/a 2957 Camac St 19133 37th wd. 1,451 Sq. Ft. OPA#372264600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joella Frazier Davis Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Juarrannetta McNabb a/k/a Juarannetta McNabb Deceased C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04915 $56,096.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-463 1211 Wellington St 19111 53rd wd. 2,727 Sq. Ft. OPA#532343500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William R. Moore, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01576 $61,347.59 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-464 1323 W Roosevelt Blvd 49th wd. 2,784 Sq. Ft. BRT#491088900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mariam Smith C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02285 $16,101.37 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1811-465 4130 Barnett St 19135 55th wd. 1,245 Sq. Ft. BRT#552060800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Dustin T. McGeehan and Heaven L. Zeallor C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03283 $92,825.41 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-466 6338 Edmund St 41st wd. 1,447 Sq. Ft. BRT#411395000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Robert Woodard a/k/a Robert J. Woodard C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 02693 $29,882.36 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-467 7125 N 20th St 19138 10th wd. Land: 1,292 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,228 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,426 Sq. Ft. OPA#10-1151500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Audrey L. Peterson C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03418 $121,308.02 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1811-468 4529 Baltimore Ave 19143 46th wd. Land Area:

1,554 Sq. Ft.; Improvement Area: 1,760 Sq. Ft. OPA#871211150 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: STR/OFFô㤱 2 STY MASONRY Monica Lynn Davis-Rodriguez C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 2887 $224,658.92 Plus Interest To Date of Sale Robert J. Wilson, Esq., Wilson Law Firm 1811-469 4229 Devereaux Ave 19135 55th wd. 1,642 Sq. Ft. OPA#552028600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jamil Barnes and Ninja Barnes C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02751 $114,643.26 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-470 1919 E Atlantic St 19134 45th wd. 2,319 Sq. Ft. OPA#452135200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Berg Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Matilda Martin Deceased, Matilda Ingham Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Matilda Martin Deceased, Adeline Olson Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Matilda Martin Deceased and Dianna Russo Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Matilda Martin Deceased C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03169 $54,433.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-471 1221 N 53rd St 19131 44th wd. 1,155 Sq. Ft. OPA#442319400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lester Young and Shirley Young C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01422 $74,506.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-472 3260 Frankford Ave 19134 45th wd. 1,328 Sq. Ft. OPA#452275000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jessica Nunez C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03537 $38,439.08 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-473 5344 Jackson St 19124 62nd wd. 1,313 Sq. Ft. OPA#622400800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shakeda N. Snyder C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01751 $133,046.14 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-474 616 E Wishart St 19134 33rd wd. 700 Sq. Ft. OPA#331024900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gregory S Stanislaus a/k/a Gregory Stanislaus C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00647 $58,145.93 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-475 5926 Chew Ave 19138 22nd wd. 2,802 Sq. Ft. OPA#592298300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charmaine Lewis C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00986 $43,843.08 Michael C. Mazack 1811-476 2811 N 24th St 19132 11th wd. 1,087 Sq. Ft. OPA#111441800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda Lee Solomon C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03378 $22,838.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-477 5831 Florence Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1,800 Sq. Ft. OPA#034067700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yalandra K. Smith C.P. December Term, 2015 No.

00205 $100,777.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-478 2239 Winton St 19145 48th wd. 658 Sq. Ft. OPA#482092800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Emily Orsini C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00844 $86,386.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-479 6140 Chew Ave 19138 59th wd. 1,315 Sq. Ft. OPA#592301000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edna Ballard C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03819 $71,128.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-480 111 S 15th St Unit 2203 a/k/a 111 S 15th St 19102 8th wd. 820 Sq. Ft. OPA#888087386 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard F. Vaughn C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00386 $313,111.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-481 1712 N 19th St 19121 47th wd. 2,845 Sq. Ft. OPA#472097512 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Judy Vereen Bey C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00433 $97,703.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-482 6237 N 4th St 19120 61st wd. 1,725 Sq. Ft. OPA#611062700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Hasan E. Amenra a/k/a Hasan Amenra C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 02585 $118,345.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-483 3923 Brown St 24th wd. 1,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#243122500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Richard Wilson C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01435 $53,027.05 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-484 4523 Marple St 19136 65th wd. 1,117 Sq. Ft. OPA#651110700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna Prendergast and Michael Siemien C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02895 $65,429.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-485 63101 Delaire Landing Rd 19114 65th wd. 806 Sq. Ft. OPA#888650860 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Seth A. Defulgentis C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04629 $71,534.15 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-486 8113 Crispin St 19136 64th wd. 1,950 Sq. Ft. OPA#642023700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Rodriguez C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01846 $166,046.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-487 1501 E Howell St a/k/a 1501 Howell St 19149 62nd wd. 2,696 Sq. Ft. OPA#621127500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Najmin Begum C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 02023 $111,092.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-488 4436 Aspen St 19104 6th wd. 2,410 Sq. Ft. OPA#061151360 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Samuels C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01443 $108,082.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-489 6213 Clearview St 19138 59th wd. 861 Sq. Ft. OPA#592308100 IM-

PROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dorothy M. Rolison a/k/a Dorothy Rolison C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 02052 $41,043.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-490 103 Tree St 39th wd. 658 Sq. Ft. OPA#391080200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Heirs and Devisees of Louis Schiavo (deceased) C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00205 $111,546.87 Pressman & Doyle, LLC 1811-491 6469 Belfield Ave 19119 22nd wd. 3,216 Sq. Ft. OPA#221248500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Corey D. Wilson as Administrator of the Estate of Betty J. Wilson, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03164 $126,915.71 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-492 5134 Walker St 19124 62nd wd. 2,294 Sq. Ft. OPA#622360900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Anthony J. Antinucci Deceased, Frank Antinucci, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Anthony J. Antinucci, Deceased and Joseph Antinucci, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Anthony J. Antinucci, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00649 $74,428.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-493 734 S 58th St 19143 3rd wd. 1,304 Sq. Ft. OPA#033181800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sir Andre A. Hall C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02102 $42,982.43 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-494 1829 Nolan St 19138 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,400 Sq. Ft. BRT#102227300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James Spencer C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01278 $190,266.16 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-495 5856 N 7th St 19120 61st wd. 1,575 Sq. Ft. OPA#612239100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY April Johnson C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02938 $85,921.56 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-496 5406 Large St 19124 62nd wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,462 Sq. Ft. BRT#621333800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marc Glenn and Dereka D. Glenn C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01874 $117,307.05 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-497 5764 W Oxford St 19131 4th wd. 1,422 Sq. Ft. OPA#043266100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ericka N. Solomon C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02541 $124,783.21 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-498 4153 Elbridge St 19135 55th wd. 1,079 Sq. Ft. OPA#552090200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole Marie Wynn as Executrix of the Estate of John Hamilton, Jr. Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01471 $114,940.16 KML Law Group, P.C.

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1811-499 2819 Edgemont St 19134 25th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#251219500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith McMonagle Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Donna McMonagle, Deceased and Thomas McMonagle, III Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Donna McMonagle, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 01474 $50,061.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-500 1624 E Mohican St a/k/a 1624 Mohican St 19138 10th wd. 1,510 Sq. Ft. OPA#10-2-2339-00 IMPROVEMENTS: TWO STORY MASONRY ROW Aisha Morman C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00788 $119,924.25 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1811-501 520 Unruh Ave 35th wd. Det Conv Apt 3 Sty Frame; 10,000 Sq. Ft. OPA#353122900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: 3,301 SQ. FT. Rogerio Santos C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00870 $240,687.38 Phillip D. Berger, Esq., Berger Law Group, PC 1811-502 3326 Morrell Ave 19114 66th wd. 2,177 Sq. Ft. OPA#66-1-1201-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Eric VanHinkle Streeter C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02110 $181,318.24 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1811-503 5033 Hazel Ave 191431621 46th wd. 2,200 Sq. Ft. OPA#46-2-0161-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shireen Malik and Abdul Malik C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00689 $242,640.30 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1811-504 2027 Widener Pl 19138 49th wd. Land: 978 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 978 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,956 Sq. Ft. OPA#134N24-459; BRT#171197500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samara Gathers C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 03046 $69,040.84 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1811-505 3246 Emery St 19134 45th wd. 525 Sq. Ft. OPA#451165200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY GSL, a Minor, In Care of Nicole Mabie Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Frank San Lorenzo Deceased, JSL, A Minor, In Care of Nicole Mabie Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Frank San Lorenzo Deceased, Nicole Mabie Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Frank San Lorenzo, Deceased, Anthony San Lorenzo Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Frank San Lorenzo, Deceased and Jenna San Lorenzo Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Frank San Lorenzo, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01575 $108,910.57 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-506 4416 Unruh Ave 19135 55th wd. 2,250 Sq. Ft. OPA#552150800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs,

successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under April M. Bayers, deceased and Melissa A. Bayers, Known Heir of April M. Bayers, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04606 $98,020.64 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-507 633 W Olney Ave 19120 61st wd. 2,475 Sq. Ft. OPA#612009100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Cobb C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02365 $113,433.38 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1811-508 2642 Tilton St 19125 31st wd. 549 Sq. Ft. OPA#312178200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY A.B., a minor, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Angeline Biedreycki a/k/a Angeline Bierdzycki a/k/a Angeline Biedrzycki, Deceased, B.B., a minor, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Angeline Biedreycki a/k/a Angeline Bierdzycki a/k/a Angelin Biedrzycki, Deceased, I.B., a minor, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Angeline Biedreycki a/k/a Angeline Bierdzycki a/k/a Angeline Biedrzycki, Deceased, L.B., a minor, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Angeline Biedreycki a/k/a Angeline Bierdzycki a/k/a Angeline Biedrzycki, Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Angeline Biedreycki a/k/a Angeline Bierdzycki a/k/a Angeline Biedrzycki, Deceased and Mackenzie Biedrzycki, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Angeline Biedreycki a/k/a Angeline Bierdzycki a/k/a Angeline Biedrzycki, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 02317 $45,759.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-509 4481 Garden St 191372013 45th wd. 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#453340100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jessica Harkins C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04661 $166,569.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-510 6225 Limekiln Pike 191411405 17th wd. 1,212 Sq. Ft. OPA#172305400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nolan Taylor C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04671 $89,235.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-511 789 S 3rd St, Unit 1 19147-3326 88th wd. (formerly 2nd wd.) 1,220 Sq. Ft. OPA#888022360 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angelina V. Fedele C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 03624 $316,299.18 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-512 3355 Morning Glory Rd 19154-1819 66th wd. 1,224 Sq. Ft. OPA#663044000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Denise Shane a/k/a Denise A. Yohannan C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04662 $197,861.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-513 3554 Chalfont Dr 191544037 66th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#662395400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jaime L. Kirby C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03209 $226,417.54

Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-514 249 W Wellens Ave a/k/a 249 W Wellens St 19120-3330 42nd wd. 1,008 Sq. Ft. OPA#422234700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria A. Santiago C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02342 $55,028.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-515 7148 Jackson St 19135 41st wd. 1,454 Sq. Ft. OPA#412310200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bich Dao C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00125 $125,649.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-516 725 E Sharpnack St 19119 22nd wd. 4,478 Sq. Ft. OPA#221132500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Margaret D. McNeal C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03611 $259,804.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-517 715 E Cornwall St 19134 33rd wd. 838 Sq. Ft. OPA#331122800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sheila A. Newsome C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 01552 $51,756.36 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-518 4105 N Broad St 19140 43rd wd. 1,650 Sq. Ft. OPA#433405100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ruth Mathieu Alce C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 01104 $129,866.14 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-519 3026 McKinley St 19149 62nd wd. 991 Sq. Ft. OPA#621253000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sherron M. Mcafee C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01731 $109,292.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-520 3082 Aramingo Ave 191344316 25th wd. 990 Sq. Ft. OPA#251478600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marcelino Cuadra, Jr a/k/a Marcelino Caudra, Jr; Kathleen A. Cuadra a/k/a Kathleen A. Caudra C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01037 $117,436.45 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-521 5814 N Lambert St 19138-2912 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#172427100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stacey Moore; Virgie J. Moore C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 03422 $78,884.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-522 8026-8028 Fairview St 19136 64th wd. 1,472 Sq. Ft. OPA#642013100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William P. Romano; Toniann Romano C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 04490 $150,855.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-523 3850 Woodhaven Rd, Unit 1001 19154-2762 66th wd.

880 Sq. Ft. OPA#888660355 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Patrick Gavaghan C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03608 $97,252.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-524 1941 Georgian Rd 191382113 10th wd. 1,664 Sq. Ft. OPA#101273700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Lori Peterson; Daniel Peterson a/k/a Dan Peterson, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00991 $96,145.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-525 2458 Cedar St 191253020 31st wd. 900 Sq. Ft. OPA#312034000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robin Currid C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02512 $146,739.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-526 5232 Burton St 19124 62nd wd. 875 Sq. Ft. OPA#622427700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa Reid C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 05218 $52,274.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-527 6651 Erdrick St 19135-2601 55th wd. 1,088 Sq. Ft. OPA#552277900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Scott Wendel; Elizabeth P. Wendel a/k/a Elizabeth P. Detkiewicz C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 03981 $98,242.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-528 9720 Portis Rd 19115 58th wd. 1,614 Sq. Ft. BRT#581207400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Jeffrey Howard and Samantha S.F. Howard C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00881 $406,683.03 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-529 5400 Grays Ave 19143 51st wd. At the intersection of the South Side of Grays Avenue with the West side of 54th Street: 269 ft. 7 in. Northwest side of Lindberg Boulevard: Front: Irreg Depth: Irreg OPA#884219000 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MNS Associates, a Pennsylvania limited partnership C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02603 $10,378,996.61 plus legal interest in the amount of $400,928.52 for a subtotal of $10,779,925.13 Leona Mogavero, Esquire 1811-530 430 W Hortter St 19119 22nd wd. 2,300 Sq. Ft. BRT#223059400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gregory L. Medearis C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 01910 $343,226.59 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1811-531 2313 W Tioga St 19140 11th wd. 1,563 Sq. Ft. OPA#112106500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony D. Hill C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03171 $73,150.38 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-532 1507 W Courtland St 19140 13th wd. 1,284 Sq. Ft. OPA#132378500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Fatima White C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02823 $92,028.07 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-533 5911 Belmar Ter 19143 3rd wd. 1,130 Sq. Ft. OPA#034103500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Oswin James C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 04118 $90,835.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-534 5732 N Fairhill St 19120 61st wd. 1,659 Sq. Ft.

OPA#612296900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine R. Reid C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 00954 $102,269.61 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-535 2130 Homer St 19138 10th wd. 1,320 Sq. Ft. OPA#102146500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tanya J. Capers Walton C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02205 $155,188.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1811-536 2027 Pierce St 19145 36th wd. On North Side of Pierce Street: 184 ft. 6 in.

Westward of Twentieth St. Front: 14 ft in; Depth: 47ft in. OPA#363149900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Watts Property Solutions, LLC C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01884 $218,580.83 plus interest of $5,590.84 for a total of $224,171.67 Jacqueline K. Holmes, Esquire 1811-537 730 Brighton St 53rd wd. 2,691 Sq. Ft. BRT#532244000 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY Chanda R. Baker, Michael Baker C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02986 $141,254.62 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-538 6621 Glenloch St 41st wd. 2,250 Sq. Ft. BRT#411214100 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY Marilyn A. Joniec and Raymond J. Joniec C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02656 $96,663.19 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-539 2018 Rosalie St 19135 23rd wd. Land: 1,366 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 660 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,366 Sq. Ft. OPA#411082900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David B. Geiger, Sr., solely as Heir of the Estate of Pauline Trymbiski, a/k/a Pauline E. Trymbiski and Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Pauline Trymbiski, a/k/a Pauline E. Trymbiski C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00433 $85,983.88 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1811-540 5129 Valley St 62nd wd. 1,550 Sq. Ft. BRT#622331900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 1 STY MASONRY Deborah Taylor a/k/a Deborah Taylor-McEachin C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 03614 $106,574.86 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-541 249 S 53rd St 19139-4012 60th wd. 1,350 sq. ft.

OPA#602193900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Malikah Walker a/k/a Malikah G. Walker C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03356 $84,015.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-542 510 S Melville St 191432110 46th wd. 1,368 sq. ft.

OPA#461160600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas J. Henry; Beverly A. Henry C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02523 $342,534.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-543 6018 N Lambert St 191382431 17th wd. 1,120 sq. ft.

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PROPERTY Sheila Hull Freeman a/k/a Sheila HullFreeman C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00011 $58,477.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-544 4626 Penn St 19124-5821 23rd wd. 2,910 sq. ft.

OPA#234286800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dolores Vanholt a/k/a Dolores Van Holt; James Chappell C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01515 $74,240.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-545 3539 Kyle Rd 191544034 66th wd. 850 sq. ft.

OPA#662356700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Suzanne O’Neill; Charles P. O’Neil a/k/a Charles P. O’Neill, III a/k/a Charles P. O’Neill C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02066 $128,675.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-546 1535 N Frazier St 19131 4th wd. 956 sq. ft.

OPA#043273600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony O. Njoku C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 00991 $36,005.03 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-547 5230 N. Broad St 19141 17th wd. 4,625 sq. ft.

OPA#871400465 Subject to Mortgage Rare Rose Enterprises, LLC C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02691 $283,699.11 Ryan M. Paddick, Esquire 1811-548 907 E Westmoreland St 19134-1926 33rd wd. 1,440 sq. ft. OPA#331109400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christina Torres a/k/a Christine R. Torres C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04668 $33,038.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-549 606 Wynnewood Rd 191513843 34th wd. 2,374 sq. ft.

OPA#344222400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Claudius Mitchell a/k/a Claudius T. Mitchell C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 01714 $127,663.94 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-550 5232 Castor Ave 19124-1723 23rd wd. 1,432 sq. ft.

OPA#233131600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kow Anguah a/k/a Kow G. Anguah C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01012 $93,276.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-551 7321 Shisler St 19111-3823 56th wd. 1,296 sq. ft.

OPA#561166900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole Ansah a/k/a Nicole E. Ansah; George Boakye Ansah a/k/a George B. Ansah C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01633 $137,702.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-552 7813 Provident St a/k/a 7813 Provident Rd 19150-1322 50th wd. 1,014 sq. ft.

OPA#501182700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alvern Mitchell, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of The Estate of Shirley M. Mitchell a/k/a Shirley Mitchell; Gary Mitchell, in

His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Shirley M. Mitchell a/k/a Shirley Mitchell; Kevin L. Mitchell, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Shirley M. Mitchell a/k/a Shirley Mitchell; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Shirley M. Mitchell a/k/a Shirley Mitchell, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 01964 $105,645.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-553 6148 W Oxford St 191514540 34th wd. 2,256 sq. ft.

OPA#342093900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrea N. Chandler, in Her Capacity as Administratrix Cta and Devisee of The Estate of Leroy Chandler; Joy Hutchinson, in Her Capacity as Devisee of The Estate of Leroy Chandler C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02344 $153,016.65 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1811-554 1505 Green St 19130 8th wd.

4,484 sq. ft. BRT#881800000 IMPROVEMENTS: MULTIUNIT RESIDENTIAL Trudy Johnson Scalise and Jodie L. Greco C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 840 $239,231.00 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1811-555 1134 N Union St 19104 24th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,050 sq. ft.

BRT#243230000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gilda Ridgeway, Administratrix of the Estate of Marguerite Anderson C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02627 $31,652.92 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-556 6935 Shelbourne St 35th wd. 3,048 sq. ft.

BRT#353210100 IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON Dmitry Kozlov and Tanya Petrosov C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02639 $140,238.10 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-557 486 Aurania St 19128 21st wd. S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,722 sq. ft.

BRT#212385060 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lance Martin Wetzel, Jr C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04035 $285,377.73 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-558 1101-11 W Allegheny Ave 19133 43rd wd. 8,075 sq. ft. (Land Area); 11,030 sq. ft. (Improvement Area) OPA#882923790 IMPROVEMENTS: STR/OFF 2 STY MASONRY R&R General Contractor, Inc. C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 01718 $447,190.35 Scott M. Klein, Esq. 1811-559 8708 Prospect Ave, Unit D13 9th wd. 1,023 sq. ft.

OPA#88-8-200418 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL Reginald Hurtt and Adrienne Hurtt C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 004026 $10,873.09 Hal A. Barrow, Esquire 1811-560 400 W. Hortter St, Unit 801 88th wd. 1,042 sq. ft.

OPA#888220241 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL Estate of Aileen Surrey Jefferson

and all known and unknown Heirs of Aileen Surrey Jefferson C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 04063 $8,294.98 Hal A. Barrow, Esquire 1811-561A 1131 S. Sydenham St 36th wd. 658 sq. ft. (Land Area); 728 sq. ft. (Improvement Area) OPA#365087600 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY 2morrows Solutions 2Day LLC C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 00165 $225,082.35 Scott M. Klein, Esq. 1811-561B 6727 N 16th St 10th wd.

1,801 sq. ft. (Land Area); 1,512 sq. ft. (Improvement Area) OPA#101026800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY 2morrows Solutions 2Day LLC C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 00165 $225,082.35 Scott M. Klein, Esq. 1811-562A 5736 N Hope St 61st wd.

1,410 sq. ft. and 1,560 sq. ft. BRT#612459300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY; VACANT LAND RESIDE <ACRE Migdalia Cruz C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01817 $58,152.43 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-562B 5738 N Hope St 61st wd.

1,410 sq. ft. and 1,560 sq. ft. BRT#612459400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY; VACANT LAND RESIDE <ACRE Migdalia Cruz C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 01817 $58,152.43 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1811-563A 4200 Chester Ave 19104 27th wd. 4,766 sq. ft. BRT#87-12997-20 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 4200-02 Chester Associates, LLC C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00765 $1,561,380.32, 100 Mile Fund, LLC, c/o Procida Funding, LLC Lauren S. Zabel, Esquire 1811-563B 4202 Chester Ave 19104 27th wd. 4,766 sq. ft. BRT#87-12863-00 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 4200-02 Chester Associates, LLC C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00765 $1,561,380.32, 100 Mile Fund, LLC, c/o Procida Funding, LLC Lauren S. Zabel, Esq. 1811-564A 2113 W Hunting Park Ave 19140 13th wd.

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BRT#881425600 IMPROVEMENTS: THREE-STORY, TWO-CONTIGUOUS BUILDING ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY Heirs or Devises of Mary Taylor, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00128 $160,459.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1811-564B 2115 W Hunting Park Ave 19140 13th wd.

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BBRT#881425610 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: THREE-STORY, TWO-CONTIGUOUS BUILDING ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY Heirs or Devises of Mary Taylor, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00128 $160,459.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC

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