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Philly’s own Stonewall, and debunking LGBT angles to JFK killing PAGES 16-17

Family Portrait: Malcolm Kenyatta goes for the youth vote PAGE 41

Fall Youth Supplement PAGES 25-32

Report: PA hospitals among leaders in LGBT health care

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Governor Tom Wolf RAINBOW REMEMBRANCE: The community came together to mourn Director of LGBT Affairs Gloria Casarez last Friday. Casarez died Oct. 19 of cancer. Atop a motorcycle and carrying a rainbow flag, friend Tami Sortman led Casarez’s funeral procession from South Philadelphia through the Gayborhood, where many businesses and homes were draped in rainbows in her honor. Before the funeral, Mayor Nutter and other city officials took down the rainbow flag outside of City Hall and presented it to Casarez’s wife, Tricia Dressel (above), at the service; a new flag remains at half-staff in her memory. Photos: Scott A. Drake

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Wo l f i s r u n n i n g a s a Democrat against Corbett in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race. Wolf is CEO of his family business, the Wolf Organization, which supplies kitchen cabinets and specialty building products. In 2006, he was appointed Secretary of Revenue in Gov. Ed Rendell’s cabinet. Wolf

attended Dartmouth College for his bachelor’s degree, University of London for his master’s and Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his Ph. D., after which he joined the Peace Corps for two years in India. Wolf said he supports the full gamut of LGBT-rights issues, including legislation to include LGBT protections in the state hate-crimes law. “We need Pennsylvania to be a safe place for all our citizens, including LGBT people,” he said. “I fully support HB 177.” Wolf also is in favor of adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the state nondiscrimination law. He noted that, beyond the equal-rights issue, it would be good for business. “Not only is it the right thing to do, but creating an inclusive work environment is key to the Pennsylvania economy,” he said. “The younger generation of skilled, talPAGE 6

Endorsements Governor: Tom Wolf Lt. Gov.: Mike Stack Congressional 1st Dist.: Bob Brady 2nd Dist.: Chaka Fattah 6th Dist.: Manan Trivedi 7th Dist.: Mary Ellen Balchunis 8th Dist.: Kevin Strouse 13th Dist.: Brendan Boyle 15th Dist.: Charles Dent

State Senate 2nd Dist.: Christine Tartaglione 4th Dist.: Art Haywood 12th Dist.: Ruth Damsker 26th Dist.: John Kane State House 74th Dist.: Josh Maxwell 81st Dist.: Mike Fleck 154th Dist.: Steve McCarter 172nd Dist.: Mike O’Brien 182nd Dist.: Brian Sims

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The United Methodist Church’s highest judicial body this week upheld the reinstatement of the Rev. Frank Schaefer. Schaefer was stripped of his credentials last year after being found guilty of violating church rules by officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding in 2007. But the jury conditioned Schaefer’s defrocking on whether he would promise to not officiate at another same-sex wedding. When Schaefer refused to make such a promise, he was defrocked. In June, a regional appeals committee reinstated Schaefer, on the basis that the discipline unfairly punished him for future conduct. On Oct. 27, after a hearing in Memphis, the church’ s Judicial Council announced that it upheld Schaefer’s reinstatement. Schaefer also will be compensated for all lost wages and benefits dating from Dec. 19, 2013. This week’s decision ends Schaefer’s case. But the debate OF continues about whether the church should countenance same-sex marriages. Schaefer issued a statement expressing gratitude to the Judicial PAGE 18 Council.

With Election Day approaching Nov. 4, PGN reached out to candidates in a number of local contested races: the gubernatorial race and Congressional races in the 13th District, where there was a vacancy, and Seventh and Eighth districts, where Democrats are challenging Republican incumbents. None of the four Republican candidates — Gov. To m C o r b e t t , D e e A d c o c k and Congressmembers Patrick Meehan and Mike Fitzpatrick — responded to PGN’s requests for interviews, while the Democrats — Tom Wolf, state Rep. Brendan Boyle, Mary Ellen Balchunis and Kevin Strouse — participated in interviews about their positions on LGBT issues and their plans for LGBT-rights progress.

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Store responds to transgender complaint By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com In a legal filing last week, Cabela’s retail chain said a former employee who is transgender didn’t require any workplace accommodations because she wasn’t disabled. Cabela’s is headquartered in Nebraska and specializes in outdoor recreation merchandise. Between September 2006 and March 2007, Kate Lynn Blatt worked as a seasonal stocker at Cabela’s outlet in Hamburg, Pa. Blatt alleges extensive anti-LGBT workplace bias at Cabela’s, and says when she complained about it, she was fired. Blatt filed suit against Cabela’s in August, seeking more than $150,000 in damages. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl is assigned to the case, and a jury trial has been requested. Blatt, 33, says she suffered from gender-identity disorder while working at Cabela’s. Cabela’s allegedly banned her from a female restroom, thus denying her a reasonable accommodation for her disability, she said. A manager allegedly expressed concern that Blatt would rape another female if she used a female restroom.

In an Oct. 22 legal filing, Cabela’s contended that gender-identity disorder doesn’t constitute a disability under federal or state law. “[Blatt] is not disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” Cabela’s motion states. “As a result, Cabela’s did not have any duty to accommodate [Blatt]. Accordingly, [Blatt’s] claim for failure to accommodate under [federal and state law] should be dismissed.” The federal Americans with Disabilities Act specifically excludes gender-identity disorder as a disability meriting workplace accommodations. But Shannon Powers of the sate Human Relations Commission said the state’s Human Relations Act doesn’t specifically exclude gender-identity disorder as a disability. “Whether gender-identity disorder can constitute a disability must be determined on a case-by-case basis,” Powers told PGN. “Gender-identity disorder wasn’t specifically excluded under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, as it was under the [federal] Americans with Disabilities Act. Also, the Pennsylvania General Assembly didn’t intend to exclude gender-identity disorder from coverage. That is the position of the Pennsylvania Human Relations

Commission.” Powers said the state’s definition of a disability is “very broad.” “Not all conditions constitute disability under the definition of the Act,” she said. “The condition must substantially limit one or more major life activities to constitute a disability under the Act. Or the person must have a history of having a disability — or be regarded as having a disability — to be considered disabled under the Act.” Powers said major life activities would include seeing, hearing, bending, walking, standing, pivoting, lifting, caring for oneself and being able to use a restroom. “That’s not an exhaustive list,” she added Earlier this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that Cabela’s failed to reasonably accommodate Blatt’s disability by not allowing her to use a female restroom. At presstime, Schmehl hadn’t ruled on Cabela’s request to dismiss Blatt’s disability-discrimination claim. Blatt’s lawsuit also contains a sex-discrimination claim, but Cabela’s didn’t respond to that claim in its Oct. 22 motion. Both sides declined to comment for this story. n

Craigslist set-up leads to murder By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com A Central Pennsylvania man has been charged with robbing and killing a suburban Philadelphia man he met on the Internet. Chad Marshall Wilcox, 28, of Williamsport, was arraigned last Friday on charges of first-degree murder, robbery and related offenses in the Sept. 21 death of Manuel Hakimian, 36, of Norristown. Wilcox is being held without bail and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Nov. 7. Police say Hakimian’s body was discovered by family members in his apartment on Sept. 21 after he failed to show up for a family function. After his arrest, Wilcox told police that he traveled to the Philadelphia area and posted an advertisement on Craigslist seeking sex with men, intending to rob respondents to feed his heroin addiction. He allegedly stole Hakimian’s cell phone, computer, wallet and car and went on to make purchases in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Tennessee. Wilcox was spotted in the stolen car in Kentucky Sept. 24 and pursued by police, but escaped on foot during the chase. He was arrested in Johnston County, N.C., a few days later, and was returned to Lycoming County in Central Pennsylvania. Wilcox also claims he plotted the incident with three other men, telling police he did tie the victim up using a clothesline from his basement, but that he went outside to smoke a cigarette while his alleged accomplices killed Hakimian. Police say there is no evidence that others were involved in the crimes and they believe Wilcox acted alone. n

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17 WeSTBuRy PLAying THe WAiTing gAme: The Parker-Spruce Hotel and Westbury bar and restaurant remained shuttered this week after a fire earlier this month. The one-alarm fire on the ninth floor of the hotel was extinguished quickly, and there were no injuries, but both buildings will remain closed until a joint sprinkler system can be repaired. Tavern on Camac, 243 S. Camac St., is hosting a quizzo fundraiser from 9 p.m.-midnight Nov. 3 to raise funds for the Westbury servers and bartenders impacted by the closure. Participants will be asked to pay $10 to play the four-round game, with all proceeds going directly to Westbury staff. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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DON’T LOOK DOWN: Local attorney Angela Giampolo rappelled down 31 stories on One Logan Square Oct. 24 to raise money for the Philadelphia Outward Bound School at Building Adventure. Giampolo was a member of Team RappelOUT, featuring local LGBT folks who raised close to $5,000 for the venture, which brought in more than $250,000 all together, meeting its fundraising goal. Giampolo draped herself in a rainbow flag for the rappel, in honor of the city’s late director of LGBT affairs, Gloria Casarez, whose funeral was held earlier in the day. Photo: Valerie Panti

PA among leaders in LGBTfriendly health care By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The Human Rights Campaign released its annual Healthcare Equality Index earlier this month, scoring health-care facilities across the nation on their LGBT-inclusive policies — and a number of Pennsylvania companies received top marks. Of the 40 Pennsylvania hospitals and health-care institutions included in the report, 17 were given the Equality Leader designation, meaning they met all four criteria for top marks. Pennsylvania ranked seventh in the nation for ratio of Leaders to overall participants. Last year, eight Pennsylvania facilities achieved Leader status, but the grading and format were revamped this year. The report previously focused largely on self-reporting facilities, but this year also included an evaluation of non-respondents and previous respondents, adding the largest facilities in each state and in the top-50 largest LGBT metro areas — bringing the number of participants from 719 last year to 1,507 in 2014. There were a total of 426 Leaders this year. Leaders had to have an LGBT-inclusive patient nondiscrimination policy and employment policy, explicitly stated LGBT-inclusive visitation policy and have participated in staff training for LGBT patient-centered care. Returning Pennsylvania Leaders are Mazzoni Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Veterans Health Administration facilities in Pittsburgh,

Wilkes Barre, Altoona and Erie; VA facilities in Philadelphia and Butler were not on the Leader list this year because they did not meet the training criteria. New to the list are Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Einstein Medical Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital and Willowcrest Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia. Other Leaders include Einstein Medical Center and MossRehab in Elkins Park, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC in Pittsburgh and Chester County Hospital in West Chester. About 84 percent of voluntary participants were ranked as Leaders. About a third of this year’s Leaders achieved the status for the first time. Every state except Idaho and North Dakota had at least one Leader. New York boasted the highest proportion of Leaders, with 58 percent, followed by New Jersey and Washington, D.C. (50 percent), Missouri (49 percent), California (46 percent), Delaware (44 percent) and Pennsylvania (42.5 percent). The report offered a number of recommendations, primarily that hospitals that have not yet adopted fully inclusive patient nondiscrimination and visitation policies do so to bring themselves in line with The Joint Commission regulations and that those, and employment policies, be posted on a visible location, such as a company website, to inform patients and employees. To read the full report, visit http://www. hrc.org/hei. n

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ented professionals wants to work and states that are safe and open to everyone. In order to attract and retain this generation, we need equality in Pennsylvania.” Wolf’s company has an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination policy and he extended domestic-partner benefits to employees prior to the state allowing marriage equality, which he supports. Wolf added he does not believe private business owners have the right to deny services to LGBT people based on religious beliefs. He also said he would “fully support” an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying law. “No child should feel unsafe in a Pennsylvania school,” Wolf said. He said he would support increased funding for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research efforts. “I believe an HIV/AIDS-free generation is possible, and I will do what I can to ensure that research continues,” he said. Wolf said that, if elected, he would be a strong ally for LGBT equality, and would use his business experiences to draw support from both sides of the aisle. “I will support all LGBT-related measures that come across my desk. And if there is still opposition from Republicans in the legislature I can go to them and show them the facts are in the numbers. My business grants benefits to same-sex partners; we have a great culture there. Employee satisfaction is extremely high. The company is growing. Equality works. It is good for the Pennsylvania economy.” Congress Brendan Boyle (13th Dist.) State Rep. Brendan Boyle is running as a Democrat for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania’s 13th District, a seat vacated by Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz. Boyle has served in the state House of Representatives in the 170th District since 2009. He is also an adjunct professor at Drexel University. Boyle attended Notre Dame University as an undergrad and received his master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. In the state legislature, he has backed a number of pro-LGBT measures, and serves as prime sponsor of the current LGBT hate-crimes bill, which saw some movement this session. “As the author of HB 177, I have been pushing it for years now. I was really happy it passed through the Judiciary Committee. I am extremely disappointed it was not important enough to [Republican] leadership to schedule for an actual vote. It could have been law by now,” he said. Boyle has also backed the LGBTinclusive nondiscrimination measure and said that support would continue at the federal level. “I was in favor of nondiscrimination since my first vote in the House. Sadly that is as far as it has gotten since. It should be a no-brainer. I look forward to continuing

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my advocacy and hopefully being more successful at the national level.” Job discrimination, he added, is the most pressing issue facing the LGBT community. “Both statewide and nationally that it is still legal in the United States in 2014 to fire someone because he or she is gay, that is remarkable,” he said. “To me that needs to be addressed, front and center. It is only a militant hostile minority that is standing in the way.” Boyle added that he opposes a business owner using personal religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people. “I think that is a very dangerous precedent. We already recognized that in our civil-rights law, going back half a century,” he said. “In a business that is open to the public, you can’t enforce racial segregation, say at a counter. You certainly cannot do similar things based on sexual orientation.” He supports LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying legislation and said he has been encouraged that the issue of anti-LGBT bullying has gotten more attention in recent years. “LGBT or not, bullying is a problem. The No Place for Hate movement — it is very important. I think we have made progress but more has to be done.” Boyle said he supports increased funding for HIV/AIDS causes, which he said should be part of a larger discussion, especially in Pennsylvania. “This would be one part of a larger agenda. I think we need increased funding for HIV and AIDS; the sequester has really hurt this. When the federal government cut funding, we felt the brunt of that here in the area more so than in other parts of the state, being a pharma-heavy area. It is incredibly important that we are reinvesting in these critical areas. When it comes to research on big diseases like this, the federal government has to take the lead, the private market can’t do it alone.” Boyle added that he takes his responsibility as an LGBT ally seriously. “I would be an advocate at the state and national level. I have always thought the next wave of full equality on these issue is very much helped by members who are not actually members of the LGBT community, but speak openly and unabashedly about these issues and help bring them into the mainstream — convincing folks that are not necessarily allies on this issue to come over onto our side.” Mary Ellen Balchunis (Seventh Dist.) La Salle University professor Dr. Balchunis is running as a Democrat for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania’s Seventh District, challenging incumbent Republican Congressman Patrick Meehan.

Balchunis previously served as executive director for the Resource Center for Human Services and, before that, assistant to the mayor for the City of Philadelphia. She has a Ph.D. in political science, a master’s of public administration from Temple University and earned a bachelor’s in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Balchunis said she is in favor of “strong, LGBT-inclusive” hate-crimes legislation. “I have shown the Matthew Shepard documentary in my civil-rights class to educate my students on the importance of this issue. Clearly, we do not have enough legislative presence in that area,” she said, noting she also supports expanding nondiscrimination legislation to include LGBT protections. “I am very supportive of it. I do not believe in tolerating discrimination. Period. So certainly not as it pertains to the LGBT community.” Business owners, she said, should not be permitted to deny services to LGBT people based on religious views. “I see that as discrimination. It reminds me of the ’50s when blacks could not sit at the bar in the diner. I think that would be a huge step backwards for us. We should be tolerant of each other and each other’s religions and work together.” Sexual orientation and gender identity, Balchunis added, should be considered protected classes, equal to factors like rage, age and disability. “Clearly [LGBT people] are discriminated against, bullied, mistreated,” she said. “We need to ensure their protection.” As a professor, she said she can relate to issues regarding classroom safety and supports LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying measures. “The stronger, the more inclusive, the better,” Balchunis said. “Schools should be a safe place to go for all students, including LGBT.” During her time as a mayoral assistant, Balchunis advocated for attention to HIV/ AIDS issues, a position she said she would continue in Congress. “I worked with Mayor Goode during the AIDS crisis and monitored his Commission on Gays and Lesbians. I know how important it is to keep research going.” If elected, Balchunis said, she would not only back LGBT-inclusive legislation but would work to counter societal ignorance about the LGBT community. “I would be all about inclusion. The more people are exposed to members of the LGBT community — especially in less-tolerant places outside of Philly — the more acceptance there will be. As a college professor, I would go back to the universities and co-sponsor diversity discussions. Diversity is a win-win. You learn from each other. I would help ensure that

LGBTs were included in these events and their voices are heard.” Kevin Strouse (Eighth Dist.) Strouse is running as a Democrat for the U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania’s Eighth District, challenging incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick. Strouse currently works as the program director of Teach2Serve in New Hope. He served in the U.S. Army as a ranger from 2001-04, followed by positions in the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, until his departure last year. Strouse attended Columbia University and received a bachelor’s in literature, and went on to earn his master’s in security studies from Georgetown University in 2009. He said he is in favor of sexual-orientation and gender -identity inclusion in hatecrimes laws, an issue highlighted by last month’s antigay attack in Philadelphia. “Given the recent events in Philly, I think it’s imperative that we protect our LGBT citizens. At the state level, given the recent incident, I think the most u rg e n t [ L G B T ] issue is getting the hate-crimes legislation passed,” noting that his support extends to nondiscrimination legislation, which he said, he backs “100 percent.” “With respect to ENDA [Employment Nondiscrimination Act], I know the issues changed a little bit following the Hobby Lobby case, but I believe that we still need protection in the workplace — it is crucial,” he said, noting that individual religious views should not be used as an excuse for a company’s discrimination. Strouse supports LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying legislation and believes sexual orientation and gender identity should be treated as protected classes, along with factors like race, religion and disability. “I would like to think we don’t need protected classes, but this is the world we live in, and we need protection for LGBT people,” he said. If elected, Strouse said he would support increased funding for HIV/AIDS causes. “I think we are never doing enough,” he said. “I would certainly support an increase in funding for AIDS and a broad variety of diseases.” Strouse pledged to “step up” any time leadership was needed on LGBT issues and would encourage “frank and open discussion.” “It seems pretty clear to me that we are making progress in the right direction, but we are not there yet,” he said. “For some reason there is not a lot of political courage out there on the state and federal level, not enough champions for the LGBT community in politics.” n

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Voters to decide out incumbent’s fate By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com An openly gay Republican incumbent state legislator is fighting for his seat in a reelection campaign that is forcing his constituents to weigh their views on LGBTs against his strong track record in Harrisburg. Mike Fleck serves the 81st District — which encompasses parts of Huntingdon, Mifflin and Centre counties — and has done so since he first took office in 2006. Fleck came out as gay in a December 2012 interview with a local newspaper in Huntingdon County. He is the first and only openly gay Republican state legislator in Pennsylvania. Rep. Brian Sims (D-180th Dist.) and retiring Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-38th Dist.) are the only other openly gay members of the legislature. Fleck was unseated in the May 20 primary by a write-in campaign from Huntingdon County Treasurer Richard Irvin, receiving approximately 3,394 votes to Irvin’s 3,700. But he received 15 more write-in votes on the Democratic ballot than Irvin, 901-886, meaning he could run as a Democrat in the November election. It is not uncommon for candidates in overwhelmingly Republican districts in Pennsylvania to appear on both parties’ ballots. Fleck has made it clear that he has no intention of switching parties, despite the fact that he is running on the Democratic ballot. “We have been knocking on thousands of doors, and have spent a lot of money on this campaign. But ultimately it comes down to, will people vote for a gay man?” he said. The Nov. 4 election will gauge just how much of an issue it is for the 81st. If he wins, it will speak to his point that his sexuality is a non-issue, with his record in Harrisburg to thank. If his constituents don’t vote for him, are they prepared to lose their strongest advocate on the Hill? Since Fleck’s narrow victory in the primary, conservative PACs like the PA Family Institute have attempted via attack ads and mailers to cast him as a “liberal” who has “switched sides” and “toed the party line,” making this year’s campaign more about his sexuality while drawing Fleck’s constituents’ attention away from the fact they had seemingly been consistently pleased with his performance in Harrisburg over the past eight years — he received 100 percent of the vote in 2008, ’10 and ’12, running unopposed.

PFI, with the help of state Sen. John H. Eichelberger (R-30th), held a rally in Huntingdon before the primary election during which Fleck was blasted for his support of the LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination bill. Fleck’s opponent, Irvin, has stated that he is not running against Fleck because of his sexual orientation. It should be noted that the attack ads and mailers have not come from the Committee to Elect Rich Irvin. “I have no personal issue with the fact that he is gay,” Irvin told New York Times for a September 2013 profile on Fleck. But that has not stopped Irvin from trying to equate Fleck’s acceptance of his own sexuality and support of LGBT-centric legislation as a political drift to the other side of the aisle — something that Fleck’s voting record mostly proves otherwise. “That’s the political climate we live in,” Fleck said. “People are not really looking at my voting record. The opposition has done a good job of saying I am a liberal, but they really can’t point to much.” Fleck did support anti-discrimination legislation, and has drawn ire from some of his colleagues for being “pro-labor,” but the 81st has seen Fleck step up and speak on its behalf in Harrisburg on several occasions, in line with his party’s stance on such issues — successfully upholding the interests of its constituents. While serving on the House Education Committee, he prevented a school-choice vouchers bill that would have meant major funding cuts for his rural school districts and almost certainly the closing of some schools. To this day, all schools in his district remain open. Fleck rallied legislators to stop a bill that would have privatized the state Department of Nursing, which would have cut jobs and funding from his districts’ largest employers — two state prison and correctional facilities. In addition to securing millions of dollars for water and sewage infrastructure upgrades, Fleck has helped jumpstart the revitalization of the East Broad Top Railroad with millions in state grant money to bring back one of the area’s largest tourist attractions — which he hopes will be up and running soon, he said. In an area where Fleck says “there are not a lot of ‘out and proud’ people” because, “many people view it as a sin here — something unnatural and wrong,” he is glad to be among the few who live by example. “Mentalities won’t change around here until there are more people that don’t leave for the city, and just openly live their lives here, not necessarily pushing any agenda,” he said. n

news Briefing Court proceeding slated in Williams case Formal charges against Charles N. Sargent were scheduled to be presented to his attorney this week during a brief court proceeding. Sargent stands accused of brutally murdering and dismembering transwoman Diamond Williams on July 14, 2013. Sargent says he killed Williams in self-defense after she performed oral sex on him inside his Strawberry Mansion residence. He says Williams tried to force him to pay a pre-arranged fee of $40, which he refused to do because Williams was anatomically male. After stabbing Williams to death, Sargent says, he dismembered her corpse and deposited her body parts in a vacant lot. On Oct. 29, an attorney for Sargent was expected to accept formal charges against Sargent, which include murder, abuse of corpse and possessing an instrument of crime. Sargent remains incarcerated at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia. He wasn’t expected to attend the court proceeding. “The court proceeding is an important step in the process, because Mr. Sargent has to be formally notified of the charges against him,” said Assistant District Attorney Geoffrey W. MacArthur. “But he’s not expected to appear, and he’s not required to enter a plea until shortly before trial.”

Prosecutors oppose new trial in Shephard case Delaware County prosecutors have filed a 56-page brief in opposition to a new trial for William F. Smithson. In November 2008, Smithson was convicted of killing coworker Jason Shephard. But Smithson maintains his innocence, and his request for a new trial remains pending in state Superior Court. Prosecutors say Smithson, who is gay, tried to rape Shephard prior to strangling him. But Smithson says his trial attorney didn’t adequately investigate F. Bruce Covington, who also was inside Smithson’s house when Shephard was strangled. But in their Oct. 16 reply brief, prosecu-

tors stress that Smithson, not covington, strangled Shephard. The brief also contends that Smithson’s trial attorney adequately investigated Covington, who was eventually charged with drug-related offenses stemming from the incident. Rob Nardello, a staunch advocate for Smithson, said Smithson merits a new trial. “There was a dead body and only one of two suspects was presented as the murderer,” Nardello told PGN. “The jury was given no other option but to convict Smithson. Someone was guilty, and for some unknown reason, the judge and district attorney’s office decided that it wasn’t Covington.” Smithson, 49, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He remains incarcerated at a state prison in Huntingdon.

— Timothy Cwiek

Gayborhood attack goes to trial The two men accused of attacking another man in the Gayborhood near Voyeur nightclub last fall will face trial next week. Miguel Maldonado and Matthew Morris have both been charged with aggravated and simple assault, conspiracy and recklessly endangering another person in the November 2013 attack. The trial begins 9 a.m. Nov. 5 in Room 904 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1300 Filbert St. The victim, Nick Forte, a former PGN employee, suffered broken eye sockets and cheekbones, a broken nose, other facial fractures and a broken rib after he was allegedly struck in the back of the head with a flashlight and then beaten while he was unconscious on the ground. Security cameras captured the incident. Morris was a Voyeur patron and Maldonado was a bouncer at the club; he has since been let go from his position.

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unmASKeD muSiC: Miss Ritchfield 1981 (center) and her entourage of Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus members welcomed guests to the organization’s third-annual Fall Ball, Oct. 25 at Philadelphia Downtown Marriott. “We had our most successful fundraiser in our history,” said event chair Paul Fontaine. About 240 people attended the masquerade event, bringing in a net income of more than $40,000 to support PGMC’s work. City Councilman Mark Squilla and wife Brigid served as co-chairs. Next year’s Fall Ball is set for Oct. 17 at Loews Philadelphia. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Winners announced NEXT WEEK! CenTeR STAge: William Way LGBT Community Center executive director Chris Bartlett kicked off the festivities at the organization’s annual Indigo Ball, held Oct. 25 at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. There was a more-than sell-out crowd of about 360 for the center’s largest fundraiser of the year, which featured a dinner and awards to The Attic Youth Center, Comcast, John Dougherty and Reggie Shuford and Mark Aronchick of the American Civil Liberties Union and Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, respectively, both of which brought the suit that paved the way for marriage equality in Pennsylvania. Bartlett said the event netted about $70,000 for the organization. Guests took time to reflect on the work of the city’s Direct of LGBT Affairs Gloria Casarez, who died earlier this month. “I think it was a nice way to remember Gloria and also to celebrate our awardees,” Bartlett said. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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BEFORE AND AFTER: Staff familiarize themselves with the register system, multiple sound and video operations and how to update the internal specials and promotions television scroll at Boxers Tuesday afternoon. After months of work and waiting, the New York City-based LGBT sports-bar chain finally soft-opened this week in Philadelphia. Empty for several years, the Boxers building, at 1330 Walnut St., was gutted and remodeled, extending the Gayborhood sports-bar scene nearly to Broad Street. The downstairs offers multiple viewing screens, while the upstairs boasts a wood-fire oven and another bar and tables for seating and eating. Eventually, the upstairs will open onto an outdoor roof-top patio. Photos: Scott A. Drake

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Obituary Melina M. Waldo, PFLAG leader, 76 By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com Melina M. Waldo, a passionate ally of the local LGBT community for more than 20 years, died earlier this month. She was 76. Waldo, of Haddonfield, N.J., was a former national, regional and local official for PFLAG, formerly known as Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. She died of cardiovascular disease Oct. 6 at her home. Waldo was born in Braddock, near Pittsburgh. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Pennsylvania State University in 1960 and a master’s in social work at the University of Pittsburgh in 1988. She was an elementary-school teacher in Allegany, N.Y., from 196065. Waldo then left the workforce to raise her family while accompanying her husband, Richard, a sales executive for an energy firm, on assignments in Paris and Tokyo. Susanne Cassidy first met Waldo at a PFLAG meeting in 1997, and they have been close friends ever since, Cassidy said. “Our friendship grew over the years as we continued our work at PFLAG. We both had sons that were gay — that’s why we joined,” she said. “We both really found our voice there and began speaking up on our sons’ behalf to others.” Cassidy described Waldo as “passionate, loyal and dedicated; a smart woman who loved politics.” “Melina went everywhere, to schools

all over the area, educating as many people as she could. She wouldn’t take no for an answer,” Cassidy added. “When she became regional director for PFLAG, she started several new chapters in the area under her leadership.” Waldo’s passion for outreach did not end with school visits. She also tutored an illiterate man at her church once a week for 12 years, teaching him to read and write. “She helped a gentleman there named Anthony. Melina taught him how to read and write. She always spoke so fondly of him. He said at her funeral that he always thought of her as the mother he did not have,” Cassidy said. Waldo testified on behalf of PFLAG and mothers with gay sons everywhere at a marriage-equality hearing in Blackwood, N.J., in 2008, before marriage equality was legal in the Garden State. She also made a visit to Philadelphia Archbishop Chaput last year. “Melina and I, along with two couples, visited Archbishop Chaput last April,” Cassidy said. “We wanted to make him aware that the [anti-LGBT] language used in the church was very harmful to so many people, including their sons.” Waldo is survived by her husband, her son Craig, daughters Elise Major, Corinne Hale and Cara Tully and five grandchildren. Waldo’s testimony at the Blackwood hearing can be found at, www.youtube. com/watch?v=OuewWhYTSpkn. n

By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com Elizabeth Skala, a Philadelphia police officer who gave Nizah Morris a “courtesy ride” shortly before her fatal head injury, is scheduled to testify next week at an unrelated DUI trial. Richard Patterson stands accused of driving while under the influence of alcohol when he allegedly sideswiped another vehicle in Center City in May 2002. Skala was the responding officer and arrested Patterson on suspicion of DUI, according to court records. Patterson failed to show up for a subsequent court proceeding, and a bench warrant was issued, though it wasn’t served. Twelve years later, in July 2012, Patterson attended a social event in South Philadelphia that became disorderly. Police were summoned, and after Patterson presented proof of his identity, he was arrested due to the pending DUI charge. His municipal court trial is scheduled for 10 a.m. Nov. 3 in Courtroom 903 of the Criminal Justice Center, 1301 Filbert St. Skala has been prepared to testify for several months, but Patterson’s trial has been postponed three times, according to court records. In December 2002, seven months after Skala arrested Patterson, she was dispatched to investigate Morris outside a Center City bar, where Morris was extremely inebriated. Skala said she agreed to take Morris to 15th and Walnut streets, where she thought Morris lived. Within minutes, Morris was found a block away with a fatal head injury. Skala denied any culpability in Morris’ homicide, but a 2013 report by the city’s

Police Advisory Commission raised multiple questions about her credibility. The PAC report noted that bystanders helped Morris into Skala’s vehicle because she couldn’t stand or walk unassisted. Yet Skala testified that nobody was at the scene except her and Morris, and that Morris could enter and exit her vehicle without assistance. Morris died two days after the courtesy ride, and her homicide remains unsolved. Skala was eventually removed from street patrol after the Morris incident, and reportedly works in the police commissioner’s office. Two male officers also responded to Morris on the morning of her head injury, Kenneth Novak and Thomas Berry. Questions about their credibility also have been raised, partly because their Morris paperwork was based on the supposition that no one summoned medics for Morris prior to her head injury — which wasn’t true. Novak and Berry also haven’t given a cogent explanation for why a prompt investigation of the assault on Morris wasn’t undertaken. Both officers are assigned to street-patrol duties, a police spokesperson said. Patterson remains free after posting $5,000 bail. Efforts to resolve the matter without a trial have been unsuccessful, according to court records. If Patterson isn’t satisfied with the outcome of his municipal court trial, he’s permitted to appeal in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. Advocates for Morris want a state probe of her homicide. But Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane hasn’t yet agreed to review the case. n

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Picking our next governor The Philadelphia Inquirer last weekend surprised many in its editorial space; where there was expected to be a gubernatorial endorsement, the editorial board instead presented the readers with an outline of both Gov. Tom Corbett’s and challenger Tom Wolf’s positions on a number of issues. While PGN is endorsing Wolf for governor, we thought we’d also offer a rundown of both candidates’ LGBT positions. Corbett has a developed record for us to examine, while Wolf does not, so we also invited both candidates to undergo interviews on their positions on LGBT issues; Wolf took us up on the offer, Corbett did not. Marriage equality Wolf is in favor of same-sex marriage, and his company provided domestic-partner benefits prior to the state legalizing marriage equality. Corbett opposes marriage equality and has drawn sharp criticism for seemingly comparing same-sex unions to incestual relationships. However, when Judge John Jones’ ruling legalizing marriage equality in Pennsylvania came down in May, Corbett announced he would abide by the court’s decision and not appeal, despite pressure from the Republican Party and religious leaders. Nondiscrimination Pennsylvania is among a handful of states that has marriage equality but no LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination law. If elected, Wolf would advocate for and sign legislation to rectify this issue. In December, Corbett came out in favor of the measure.

Hate crime In light of recent events, this issue has been put front and center. Wolf told PGN he strongly supports LGBT inclusion in hate-crimes laws and would sign such a measure if elected. Corbett issued a statement condemning the September attack on two gay men in Philadelphia but declined to state his position on LGBT-inclusive hate-crimes legislation. Funding Like other communities, our nonprofits get some of their funds from the state. Endangered youth and seniors are issues that not only need funding, but also community leadership. Corbett has funded some of these, chief among them the John C. Anderson LGBT-friendly Senior Apartments. Wolf has stated that he would act similarly. Corbett has been blasted for cutting General Assistance funding, which impacted people with HIV/AIDS; Wolf said he would restore GA funding. Corbett largely level-funded HIV/AIDS programs during his tenure, and Wolf said he will work to ensure adequate funding across the board for HIV/AIDS-related programs. While Gov. Corbett’s backing of the nondiscrimination law and decision to not appeal the state’s marriage-equality ruling were welcomed additions to his LGBT record, it is not enough to counter his overall approach to LGBT issues during his four years. Instead, Wolf’s pledge to both uphold and advance LGBT equality gets our vote. Regardless of your pick, make sure you take the time Nov. 4 to make your voice be heard. n

Have you ever read something so stupid that you could feel your brain cells committing suicide as you read it? That’s how I feel after reading Gina Loudon’s Oct. 19 World Net Daily piece titled “8 Reasons Why Democrats Hate Traditional Marriage.” Loudon, who has a Ph.D. in right-wing idiocy, made an appearance last year on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart during which correspondent Jason Jones interviewed her about Obamacare, a topic about which she was completely ignorant. “More like Obama Doesn’t Care,” she said. Interestingly, she lists that appearance in her WND bio, demonstrating an astounding lack of self-awareness. You also might remember her from a short stint last year on the show “Wife Swap,” where she went to live with a polyamorous family. Halfway through the taping, she declared the situation too weird and quit. That one isn’t in her bio. And according to Loudon, Democrats hate marriage because they want people to be sick poors sucking on the teats of “Big Daddy Government.” Loudon claims that “traditional” marriage is the cure-all for illness in the body and mind, poverty and “bad decision-making,” things Democrats apparently love. Thus, they hate marriage and they express that hatred by wanting to give marriage to homos. Democrats want people to be ill, you see, because “when people are healthy, they don’t need help from the government,” she writes in her infinite wisdom. And Democrats want people to be mentally ill because “all it takes is one mentally deranged person to act out violently for Democrats to rush to a TV camera to call for more gun control and government surveillance.” Yes, Loudon really is arguing that the Democratic Party’s support of marriage equality is all part of a big conspiracy to make people go on shooting sprees so that they can take everybody’s guns. According to Loudon, you’ve got to have one penis+one vagina marriage because “men are better at making some decisions than women and vice versa.” Women need men to do their retirement planning, she says, and men need women to make them stop eating so many Big Macs. Which is totally not condescending to men or women! “Democrats flourish when marriage

is diminished,” she writes. “If Democrats and their allies actively push to destroy marriage, and Republicans can be convinced that they should be neutral on the issue, then Democrats will win this one easily and traditional marriage will be something we will soon read about in history books.” Yes, if there’s one thing that’s been lacking from Republicans over the years, it’s opposition to marriage equality. When will someone stand up to the Homocrats and pry their gay fingers off of marriage’s very straight neck? Support for marriage equality is proof that Democrats hate America, Loudon says. “There are few things the government can do to make a society safer, healthier and wealthier,” she writes. “Promoting traditional marriage is the biggest and easiest one of all.” Anyone who tells you they have an easy solution for this country’s safety, health and economic problems probably also wants to show you “one weird trick” that will reduce both your auto insurance rates and your stomach flab. “Anyone who believes in a stronger America should make it their main issue in upcoming elections to defend and promote traditional marriage,” she writes, like it’s 1999. Keep in mind, Loudon claims she is not antigay. Last year she told The Blaze, “It’s really almost laughable, because there are a lot of people in my life who are gay, including my agent, my godmother, several friends,” she said. That’s right, “several” gay friends. Laughable, indeed. n

Loudon really is arguing that the Democratic Party’s support of marriage equality is all part of a big conspiracy to make people go on shooting sprees so that they can take everybody’s guns.

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

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Pope Francis: Chaput to heterosexuals, no marriage? Your Holiness: The Church, like all houses of religion in OK, I know this is the third open letter the United States, is a protected class. As I’ve written to you, but your archbishop an example, your church is not compelled here in Philadelphia just is not listening to marry inter-religious couples. Similarly, to your pastoral message of welcoming no court can compel you to marry sameCatholics back to the church. sex couples. So why is your When questioned about the archbishop using that as a way recent Bishops Synod on the to bash your most faithful? Family conference held at the He has gone as far as corVatican, which attempted to rupting your intentions for a create a more accepting church, welcoming church and suggests Chaput called the debate confusthat, “in the spirit of candor ing and then added, “Confusion encouraged by Pope Francis, is of the devil.” the American bishops should discuss and consider it as a real He made it clear in a speech course of action.” last Monday in New York about Your Holiness, it is my hope what “confusions” he was referthat Archbishop Chaput sees ring to — LGBT inclusion. And your teachings of tolerance Chaput raised eyebrows when rather than spend time closhe suggested that after the sea of ing schools, closing churches court decisions that have made now suggesting refusal of same-sex marriage legal in more Mark Segal and than 30 states, Catholic priests marriage to heterosexuals out might consider opting out of of his personal anger or loss. officiating civil marriages as a sign of Your Holiness, as I stated in my first let“principled resistance” — this would affect ter to you, I, like all Philadelphians, look heterosexuals, not LGBT people. So the forward to your visit to our city 11 months archbishop is willing to anger the Church’s from now for the Global World Meeting of faithful and refuse them marriage in his Families. annoyance at a court ruling. By the way, if you have the time, I’ll Your Holiness, while we have to respect take you for a local treat — our famous Chaput’s religious point of view, we Philadelphia steak sandwich — with a coubelieve it must be based on an honest inter- ple of faithful LGBT families. n pretation of the laws that affect the church. At least reality. And shouldn’t an archMark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s bishop know that? The simple fact is that most-award-winning commentator in LGBT not one of the state or federal court rulings media. You can follow him on Facebook compels the Church to offer same-sex mar- at www.facebook.com/MarkSegalPGN or Twitter at https://twitter.com/PhilaGayNews. riage. They affect the church in no way.

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Street Talk What Halloween costume would you never wear? "I would never wear blackface. It wouldn't offend me but it could be offensive to others. I saw it at Halloween Cory Wade last year and Hindorff was worried model Queen Village how others might take it. Even if it wasn't meant to be racial, people are very sensitive."

"I'd never be an Ebola nurse with protective gear. That wouldn't be funny at all. It hits too close to Octavio Petrucelli home. Ebola mechanic is a serious Northeast issue. I'm Philadelphia concerned it will have devastating effects throughout the world."

"I'd never impersonate James Holme, the guy with orange hair who massacred folks in a Colorado movie Devin Reaves theater. You community-outreach don't want coordinator to glamorize Spruce Hill those people. It's bad enough the news media sensationalizes mass murder and turns the shooters into pop-culture icons. I would definitely draw the line at that."

"Nothing that shows too much skin. I'd never wear a Playboy Bunny costume, with half of my butt exposed. It's Krystal Roberts bartender Halloween, Doylestown not a striptease. Save it for the bedroom. Nudity is just not my cup of tea."

Op-Ed How to get away with murder stereotyping Am I the only member in the LGBT television-viewing audience who has a problem with the gay-male stereotype portrayed in ABC’s new drama series “How To Get Away with Murder?” The cast is universally good-looking. Viola Davis is just a fine actress. Most characters are well-rounded because they all have a bit of a dark side to go with their looks and smartness. The plot is fun, although the future flashbacks may have you rushing for the Dramamine. OK, the law-school stuff is not realistic but that is Hollywood. OK, no defense attorney is that good, but that again is Hollywood. The problem is the gay character, Connor Walsh, portrayed by Jack Falahee. Yes, it is nice to have a gay

character and to see some soft-core gay sex on a broadcast channel and, yes, he is certainly eye candy and worth watching. However, anyone active in the LGBT community will tell you that the one stereotype of the young gay male is that of a promiscuous libertine floating from hook-up to hook-up. The denial of marriage equality for so long reinforced that belief: “Gays just can’t take a relationship seriously and are only interested in sex.” The character is obviously a smart individual, yet he is motivated by sex alone. We have heard that and seen that again and again, and it simply has to stop being reinforced by Hollywood. The stereotypes are: 1. The first sex we saw in “Murder” was Connor Walsh

seducing a somewhat-nerdy computer geek to get some IT assistance. 2. The pick-up was made in a bar. 3. The gay nerd had to be told he was “hot” and that just got him to shed his clothing forthwith. 4. No first or second date, no dinner, no movie, just “slam-bam-thankyou-ma’am.” 5. The next gay sex we see is Connor Walsh seducing someone so he could plant a bug in the guy’s phone. 6. We see his character return to the nerd to “confess” with the excuse “we never said we were exclusive” or “it’s more than sex.” Compounding stereotypes at a record and alarming rate! Does producer Shonda Rhimes know any multi-dimensional gay men or has her Hollywood experience only been

with gay predators who use sex to manipulate people to get what they want? Where is the outrage from the gay community? Why isn’t GLAAD up in her face? Can it be we are lulled into complacency merely because the stereotype isn’t portraying him as feminine or a child molester? The truth is that not a single “straight” character on “Murder” is sexually profligate. The truth is that the LGBT community deserves better in its television portrayals. The truth is also that we need to continue to stand up and voice our displeasure with stereotypes. n Chuck Volz is senior advisor to Philly Pride Presents.

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Thinking pink for October October is Breast Cancer Awareness We know there are some risk factors Month. It’s hard to imagine there are that are simply beyond our control, such as gender (while men do get breast canmany people not aware of this fact. cer, women are 100 times more likely Thanks to some incredibly successful to); aging (risk of invasive breast cancer awareness-raising efforts in recent years, we have become accustomed to seeing goes up sharply after age 55); genetics pink ribbons in all kinds of places — (between 5-10 percent of breast cancers from ballpoint pens to water bottles, runare believed to be caused by genetic ning shoes to NFL jerseys — mutations passed along by a even drill bits. parent); and family history There has been considerable (having a “first-degree” reladebate in recent years about tive, meaning a mother, sister what the actual value or impact or daughter, with breast canof raising awareness — and cer approximately doubles whether the very success of a woman’s risk, while two the pink-ribbon campaign may first-degree relatives increases have oversimplified the disthe risk about three-fold). ease — is on detection and However, it’s important to treatment in people’s minds. note that only about 15 per(A recent NPR story posed the cent of women diagnosed with question: “Amid Breast Cancer breast cancer have a family Month, is there pink fatigue?”) history, which means the vast And in my role as a healthmajority (85 percent) do not care provider — and a feminist have any family history of the — I have heard plenty of legitDr. Vicki disease. imate criticism over women’s And it’s also important to Borgia note that breast cancer impacts health issues being “reduced” to body parts. I will admit that lesbian and bisexual women a T-shirt proclaiming “Save the Ta-Tas” in particular ways. The four most-cited or “I Heart Boobies,” however well-inten- cancer risk factors in the research on lestioned, doesn’t feel like an empowering bians and breast cancer risk are cigarette or particularly sophisticated message to smoking (since data suggest that lesbime. ans smoke cigarettes at a substantially The truth is that breast cancer remains higher rate than heterosexual women); a terrifying diagnosis, and treatments alcohol use (since lesbians also tend to for it are grueling, at times brutal, expereport higher rates of heavy drinking); riences. Even those who are fortunate obesity (some studies report that lesbians enough to have their cancer detected are more likely to be overweight or have early will face some difficult decisions a BMI over 25); and pregnancy (since and a journey that is both physically and lesbians are less likely to have biologiemotionally punishing. cal children before age 30, which would The debate about pink ribbons will offer some protection against cancer). continue, but it’s hard to argue that being Breast cancer impacts transpeople in more aware of our risks, and the ways we different ways, which are complicated can reduce them, hasn’t had a significant and important to recognize. The risks for positive impact overall. Years ago there MTFs and FTMs depend on hormones was a definite stigma in talking about and surgery, which makes them difficancer, and about breast cancer in parcult to address in a short column. This is ticular. We now know that talking about another reason it’s so important to estabcancer — who has it, who is at risk, what lish a good relationship with your health it feels like, how it is treated, how it can provider, and discuss your individual be prevented or detected early on — can health history with them. In general, we make a real difference. would recommend annual chest/breast We also know that people tend to exam for anyone (starting in their 20s) respond better to health messages that are and regular screening mammography for tailored to them, and reflect some underMTFs who have taken estrogen/progestin, standing of their particular needs and are 50 or older and have other potential concerns. risk factors for breast cancer (such as tak There are no physiological differences ing estrogen/progestin for more than five between lesbian/bisexual women and years, family history of breast cancer and straight women. And yet there is a higher high body-mass index) and for FTMs 50 incidence of breast cancer (and other and over who have not had chest surgery. cancers) within the lesbian and bisexual For all of the above populations, communities. another key factor is access to care. Breast-cancer awareness is still import- Lesbians, bisexuals and trans folks often ant because this disease continues to lack access to consistent and culturally impact so many people, of all ages and competent health care and, in some cases, backgrounds. We probably all know avoid accessing care all together due to someone close to us who has dealt with negative experiences with the health-care this disease; one in eight American system in the past. As a result, they are PAGE 19 women will be diagnosed in her lifetime. less likely to receive

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Revisiting a pre-Stonewall LGBT sit-in By Ray Simon PGN Contributor The sit-in at Dewey’s, which occurred at a Philadelphia restaurant in the spring of 1965, is not as well known as the Stonewall Riots, but it deserves wider recognition. On the evening of Sunday, April 25, 1965, staff at the diner turned away more than 150 people they believed to be LGBT. According to the August 1965 issue of Drum magazine, which mixed beefcake pictorials with news for gay men, the restaurant’s staff refused “to serve a large number of homosexuals and persons wearing non-conformist clothing.” Eventually, three teenagers — two boys and one girl — refused to give up their seats, in effect beginning a sit-in. In the week that followed, LGBT activists used tactics borrowed from the civil-rights movement to put pressure on the restaurant’s owners until the ban was lifted. On closer examination, the sit-in at Dewey’s suggests that gay militancy began at least a few years before Stonewall. It also hearkens back to a time when gays, lesbians and transgender people clearly saw their struggles as intertwined. For Marc Stein, a professor of history at San Francisco State University, the sit-in at Dewey’s not only adds to our knowledge of the past, it also prompts us to reevaluate our current understanding of LGBT history. “I think one of the important things to see is that there was a history of these episodes for at least five years before the Stonewall Riots,” Stein said during a telephone interview. “I think for a lot of us,” he continued, “if there’s one thing we want to challenge, it’s the notion that the movement began at Stonewall or the notion that Stonewall was the first time that gays and lesbians, that LGBT people, fought back.” The story of the sit-in at Dewey’s may very well have been forgotten if it were not for Stein. The mainstream media ignored the incident then and it received scant attention from scholars before Stein began his research. Fortunately, a handful of men and women mentioned the restaurant to the historian while he was interviewing them for his book, “City of Sisterly

That night, staff interpreted the directive zealously. Eventually, three teens refused to budge, the police were called and so was Clark Polak, a local LGBT businessman and advocate. At the time, Polak was head of the Janus Society and also published Drum magazine. Exactly what Polak did that night is unknown. The businessman claimed that he was advising the teens of their rights, but Stein acknowledges it’s easy to imagine him getting cantankerous. “We know from other stories that Polak would scream and curse at the police, but he would also argue. He was almost fearless. So I’m sure emotions got intense,” Stein said. The police promptly arrested Polak and the three teenagers. The savvy businessman quickly organized a picket outside Dewey’s. Roughly 1,500 pieces of literature were distributed to customers and passersby over the next five days. Finally, on Sunday, May 2, just one week after the initial confrontation, a handful of teenagers began a second sit-in. The police were once again summoned, but this time they

refused to arrest anyone. Both parties spoke to one another, the situation was defused and the restaurant resumed serving LGBT customers. This was no small victory. Writing in the Janus Society’s May 1965 newsletter, its editor, Barbara Horowitz (who signed her work Barbara Harris), asserted, “There is no reason to assume that this cannot be called a job well done.” That same editorial also makes it clear that Horowitz and, by extension, Polak, recognized that what took place was about more than just being able to order a cup of coffee. As Horowitz wrote: “All too often, there is a tenand Brotherly Loves: Lesbian dency to be concerned with the and Gay Philadelphia, 1945-72.” rights of homosexuals as long as Dewey’s was a small, famithey somehow appear to be hetly-owned chain of diners that erosexual, whatever that is. The operated in Philadelphia from masculine woman and the femithe 1940s to the 1970s. When nine man often are looked down the chain’s owner, Farrel Yesner, upon by the official policy of passed away in 2003, his obituary homophile organizations, but the stated that “Dewey’s doled out Janus Society is concerned with tasty comfort food to customers the worth of an individual and at restaurants that were mostly the manner in which she or he old-fashioned lunch counters.” comports himself.” The all-night eateries served That statement suggests that customers from all walks of life, at least some LGBT activists but its 13th Street and 17th Street saw the limitations of pursuing a locations drew many LGBT policy of militant respectability, customers, especially after the which was, roughly speaking, the bars closed. According to Laurie notion that straights would accept Barron, one of Stein’s interviewLGBT people if only LGBT peoees, the restaurant was known ple could demonstrate that they as “Fag Dewey’s.” And were just like everybody another, Joan Fleischmann, else. told him that at Dewey’s, There is still more “you’d find streetwalkers, work to be done regarding you’d find drag queens, Dewey’s. Who were the you would find everythree teenagers arrested body.” that first evening? Were Why things came to a they the same teenagers head on Sunday, April 25, who initiated the final 1965, is unclear. The June night’s sit-in? Who manned 1965 newsletter of the the picket lines? Were the Janus Society, the local people involved in the homophile organization, action radicalized by it? indicates that the diner’s What happened to them as management had grown the years passed? These tired of a group of young remain unanswered quesLGBT kids just sitting tions. around, being rowdy and Perhaps fighting for ordering little, so it encourthe opportunity to sit in aged its employees to shoo a diner and order a meal them away. appears trivial, but it is As Stein put it, “What important to remember that I do know is that in the the civil-rights movement months or years leading had already demonstrated up to the Dewey’s sit-in, that seemingly mundane that Dewey’s had become actions could have proa late-night hangout, espefound implications. cially for young people Studying the sit-in at and for lots of people we Dewey’s, Stein discerns would now call trans.” Leaflet from Janus Society handout at sit-in significant implications

Demonstrators hand out documents about the sit-in to Dewey’s patrons

for our understanding of LGBT history. Later in the 1960s, a new kind of LGBT activism emerged: the gay liberation movement, which was more radical than the earlier homophile movement. For many, Stonewall was the momentous beginning of that next phase of activism, but Stein believes otherwise. In the sit-in at Dewey’s, he finds evidence of LGBT militancy beginning much earlier than 1969. “The idea of fighting back, the idea of borrowing tactics from the civil-rights movement, that stretches back 20 years before Stonewall,” he said. As Stein and his fellow LGBT historians do more research, a fuller picture of LGBT life in the decades after World War II is taking shape. The sit-in at Dewey’s, for example, can no longer be dismissed as an isolated, random event, thanks to the work of transgender scholar Susan Stryker. Her 2005 documentary, “Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria,” examines a 1966 incident in San Francisco that is strikingly similar to the sit-in at Dewey’s with one difference: at Compton’s, the drag queens literally punched, kicked and scratched to defend themselves. Obviously, more work must be done. But recognizing the significance of what a ragtag group of LGBT teenagers and the adults who supported them accomplished at Dewey’s is a good first step. n Ray Simon is an editor and freelance writer in Philadelphia. He has written about everything from cryptograms to drag kings and environmental sustainability to video games.

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resided in a nearby apartment. Paine and Marina met at a party in February 1963 and began a brief friendship. They lived together for about two months, up until Nov. 22,1963, when JFK was assassinated. Ruth never charged Marina rent, noting the benefits she received from the friendship,

In 1969, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison prosecuted Clay Shaw for allegedly conspiring to kill President John F. Kennedy. Shaw, a gay man, was the only person ever put on trial in connection with JFK’s assassination. Garrison initially believed JFK’s murder was a sadistic “thrill killing” plotted by Lee Harvey Oswald, Shaw and David Ferrie, who was also gay. Garrison espoused that theory after investigators founds whips, chains and District Attorney Jim Garrison leather regalia (LEFT) AND Clay Shaw inside Shaw’s residence. including learning Russian, Ferrie died of a brain aneuwhich Marina spoke profirysm before going on trial. ciently. Garrison later embraced In his 1967 best-seller “The a revised theory that Shaw, Death of a President,” author Oswald and Ferrie worked William Manchester repeatfor the CIA. He theorized the edly insinuated that Ruth and agency masterminded JFK’s Marina were in a lesbian relamurder at the behest of the miltionship. itary because JFK was easing Manchester quoted selecCold War tensions and pulling tively from letters between the out of Vietnam. While Garrison’s theory about women, which were affectionate but could hardly be conthe CIA may be true, he failed to connect Shaw to JFK’s assas- sidered love letters. In one letter, Marina wrote sination. to Paine: “I kiss and hug you It took a New Orleans jury less than an hour to acquit Shaw. and the children.” “I love you Marina and In 1976, the House Select want to live with you,” Paine Committee on Assassinations said in a particularly effusive determined that Shaw did have reply. ties to the CIA. Manchester also claimed that Rumors of Shaw’s involvePaine intended to take Marina ment in JFK’s death continue to to a Planned Parenthood clinic, this day, though they’ve never for advice on achieving sexual been substantiated. satisfaction apart from their hus A successful businessman bands. But his book provided no prior to his arrest, Shaw died of documentation for this claim. cancer in 1974. He was 61. On the evening of Nov. 21, Speculation of a lesbian con1963, Oswald unexpectedly nection to JFK’s death also pervisited Paine and Marina at the sists to this day, though there’s Paine home, which is now a a similar lack of supporting evimuseum. dence. During the visit, Marina At the time of JFK’s death, repeatedly rebuffed his entreathis accused killer, Oswald, was separated from his wife, Marina. ies to “quit Ruth” and live with him, according to Manchester’s Marina resided in suburbook. ban Dallas with Ruth Paine, “Again and again he repeated a Quaker woman who was that her preference for Ruth separated from her husband, was unbearable for him,” wrote Michael. Manchester. Both women had two chil Inconsolable due to Marina’s dren, who also resided in the rejection, Oswald went “mad” Paine home, while Michael

and shot JFK the next day from a sixth-floor window at his workplace, according to Manchester. Oswald himself was killed by Jack Ruby two days later, proclaiming his innocence to the end. Manchester’s book was billed as the definitive account of JFK’s death, partly because it was commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy, though she later dismissed it as “tasteless and distorted.” His insinuations of a lesbian relationship between Marina and Paine remain firmly entrenched in the minds of many Americans. But extensive government investigations haven’t yielded a scintilla of supporting evidence, and both women have consistently denied being in a lesbian relationship. For his part, Lee told police he was grateful for the assistance that Paine gave to his family. He described it as a “nice

Extensive government investigations haven’t yielded a scintilla of supporting evidence, and both women have consistently denied being in a lesbian relationship. arrangement,” while he struggled to get on his feet financially. In a 1974 People Magazine interview, Marina said, “They called me lesbian, because I had a friendship with Ruth Paine, who isn’t that way at all. People are quick to apply names. I assure you I am normal.” Marina has also repeatedly expressed her belief that Oswald didn’t kill JFK. In 1996 on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Marina said Oswald had “absolutely nothing” to do with JFK’s assassination. Marina’s denials apparently didn’t hold any water with staunch anti-LGBT psychiatrist Charles Socarides. In 1978, he gave a lecture about homosexuality at Lankenau Medical Center in

Wynnewood, Pa., during which he repeated Manchester’s canard that Marina’s lesbian relationship with Paine drove Oswald to kill JFK. When informed of Socarides’ lecture, the late LGBT pioneer Barbara Gittings dismissed it as yet another President and Mrs. Kennedy arriving attempt by at Love Field in Dallas the day of the Socarides to assassination Photo: Cecil Stoughton cast homosexvillage in California and has a uality in a negmale companion in her life. ative light. While we may never know Ironically, Gittings was who killed JFK, speculation friendly with Paine, and about an LGBT connection to Gittings’ name appears in the his assassination should be put exhibits released by the Warren to rest once and for all. n Commission in 1964. Ruth and Gittings sang in Timothy Cwiek has written for a madrigal choral group in Philadelphia Gay News since Philadelphia, before Paine and the late 1970s. He recently won Michael relocated to Texas in a national investigative-report1959. ing award from the Society of Gittings described Paine as a Professional Journalists for his very kind and generous person, more-than decade-long inveswho never gave any indication tigation into a Philadelphia of being lesbian or bisexual. homicide. n After Oswald was killed, Gittings added, she felt sorry for the newly widowed Marina, and sent money to Paine. “I didn’t even realize Ruth knew Marina,” Gittings continued. “But I knew Ruth lived Ruth Paine (left) and Marina Oswald in the Dallas area. in 1963 And she’s such a caring person, I figured she’d find a way to get the money to Marina.” Today, Marina, 73, lives in suburban Dallas with Kenneth Porter, an electrician whom she married in 1965. Ruth, 82, divorced Michael in 1970, and she Oswald’s mother, Marguerite (from never remarried. left), Ruth and Marina with the Oswald She lives in a children at Paine’s home the day after Quaker retirement the assassination Photo: Allan Grant

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“With its decision to validate my reinstatement, the Judicial Council has acted justly and wisely. Their decision signals hope to our LGBTQ community that has not always seen the rule of love and grace winning over the letter of the archaic law the church still subscribes to,” he said. “Today’s decision also signals a willingness to continue dialogue and to seek solutions that will hopefully lead to a change in these archaic and harmful policies. The UM Church needs to find a way toward reconciliation, full inclusion of our LGBTQ community and an open altar for all God’s beloved children. “I will continue the fight alongside thousands of others in the reconciling movement for full inclusion and an open altar for all. I know the day is coming when this dream will be reality and I don’t think it is that far in the future.” Bishop Peggy A. Johnson of the church’s Eastern Pennsylvania Conference has been criticized for pursuing Schaefer’s defrocking. But her statement in reaction to the Judicial Council’s decision struck a conciliatory tone. “This difficult journey continues, as our dialogues will continue. But my ardent hope and belief is that they will lead us eventually toward revelatory wisdom, perhaps even compromise, and toward becoming a stronger, more loving, more united and cooperative people of faith serving Christ and witnessing to God’s grace and glory in all that we do,” Johnson said. “And as for all the people who witness our words and actions as we walk this journey together, my hope and belief are that they shall know us by our love.” Prior to his defrocking, Schaefer was assigned to the Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Lebanon, Pa. Schaefer said his ordeal could be traced to an altercation with Deborah Boger, a former senior choir director at the church. Her son, Jon, filed a complaint against Schaefer for officiating at his son Tim’s 2007 marriage, six years after the fact. This week, when asked her reaction to the Judicial Council’s decision, Deborah Boger replied: “No comment.” Schaefer currently ministers to a university community in Santa Barbara, Calif. Tim Schaefer issued this statement about the Judicial Council’s decision: “This trial process has been a long and painful road for my family. It was only with the encouragement of thousands of supporters, both within and outside of the United Methodist Church, that we were able to stay strong over the past 18 months,” he said. “Unfortunately, arguments by the [prosecution] at last week’s Judicial Council hearing highlighted the blatant animosity that many hold towards the LGBTQ community. When it was clear that the law was on my father’s side, the [prosecution] attempted to discredit those involved in the judicial process by resorting to accusations of bias and misconduct. I believe this behavior to be in conflict with the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. I pray that our conservative brothers and sisters in the Church can learn to show love and compassion towards those of us in the LGBTQ community.” n

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GENERAL Y ELECCION ESPECIAL MARTES, 4 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2014 BUSQUE Y VEA SI HA HABIDO ALGUN CAMBIO EN SU LUGAR DE VOTAR. SI USTED NO SABE SU DISTRITO NI DIVISION, LLAME AL 6861590 HAGA EL FAVOR DE QUEDAR AVISADO: TODOS LOS LUGARES DE VOTAR ESTAN SUJETOS A CAMBIO. UN ASTERISCO AL LADO DE LA LOCALIDAD DEL LUGAR DE VOTAR INDICA QUE ES PARA LOS INCAPACITADOS, AUN Y CUANDO IN LUGAR DE VOTAR HAYA SIDO DESIGNADO FISICAMENTE ACCESIBLE, UN VOTANTE QUIZAS NO PODRA VOTAR EN LA BALOTA EN LA MAQUINA SIN AYUDA DADO A LA NATURALEZA DE LA INCAPACIDAD O EL DISENO DE LA MAQUINA DE VOTA. VOTANTES INCAPACITADOS O ENVEJECIENTEDS QUE VOTAN CON UNA BALOTA ALTERNATIVA DADO LA INACCESIBLIDAD DEL LUGAR DE VOTAR PUEDEN DEVOLVER TALES BALOTASEL DIA DE ELECCION AL SALON 142 DE LA ALCALDIA NO MAS TARDE DE LAS 8:00 P.M. Si corrientemente su lugar de votar no es accesible a las sillas de ruedas, y usted sabe de algún Edificio en su reparto que es accesible a las sillas de ruedas que usted crea que pueda ser adecuado pra un lugar de votar, haga el favor de comunicarse con Gary Ferris al 215-686-1523 LEYENDA PARA EL CODIGO DEACCESIBILIDAD PARA LOS ANUNCIOS DE LOS LUGARES DE VOTAR:

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DISTRICT 152 DISTRITO 152 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Ward 63[PART, Divisions 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 24]). REPUBLICAN REPUBLICANO

104 THOMAS P. MURT DISTRICT 170 DISTRITO 170 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 58 [PART, Divisions 01, 02,03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44] and 66 [PART, Divisions 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 31, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40 and 41]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 BRENDAN F. BOYLE DISTRICT 172 DISTRITO 172 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of (PART, Wards 41 [PART, Divisions 19, 23 and 24], 54 [PART, Divisions 10, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 22], 55 [PART, Divisions 09, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17], 56 [PART, Divisions 01, 03, 04, 08, 09, 13, 14, 15, 32, 33, 34 and 40], 57 [PART, Divisions 13 and 14], 58 [PART Divisions 09, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19 and 26], 63 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23 and 25] and 64 [PART, Divisions 01, 03, 05, 07, 08, 09 and 15]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 KEVIN J. BOYLE

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DISTRITO 173 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 41 PART, Divisions 04, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25 and 26], 55 [PART, Divisions 04, 05, 07, 26 and 28], 65 and 66 [PART, Divisions 02, 07, 11, 17, 24, 29, 30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44 and 45])

DISTRITO 177 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 23 [PART, Divisions 01, 03, 04, 08, 09, 13 and 14], 25 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12, 22 and 23], 31 [PART, Divisions 06, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19], 41 [PART, Divisions 05 and 07], 45 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24 and 25], 55 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 06, 08, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 29] and 64 [PART, Divisions 02, 04, 06, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18]).

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104 MIKE TOMLINSON

204 MIKE DRISCOLL

DISTRICT 174 DISTRITO 174 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 56 [PART, Divisions 02, 05, 06, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 41], 57 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28], 58 [PART, Divisions 11and 28] and 66 [PART, Divisions 19, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 46]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 JOHN SABATINA JR. DISTRICT 175

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104 JOHN J. TAYLOR DISTRICT 179 DISTRITO 179 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 23 [PART, Divisions 02, 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23], 35 [PART, Divisions 15, 23, 24, 26, 29 and 30], 41 [PART, Divisions 01, 02 and 03], 42 [PART, Divisions 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24 and 25], 53 [PART, Division 01], 54 [PART, Division 01], 61 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03 and 07] and 62 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 19]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 JASON DAWKINS

DISTRITO 175 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 02 [PART, Divisions 01, 15, 16, 25, 26 and 27], 05 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26 and 27], 18 [PART, Divisions 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12 and 17], 25 [PART, Divisions 09, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 24] and 31 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14]).

DISTRITO 180 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 07, 33, 42 [PART, Divisions 01 and 23] and 45 [PART, Divisions 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 21]).

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204 ANGEL CRUZ

204 - MICHAEL H. O BRIEN

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DISTRITO 181 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 05 [PART, Divisions 15, 20 and 23], 14, 16 [PART, Divisions 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18], 18 [PART, Divisions 01, 03, 08, 09, 13, 14, 15 and 16], 20, 32 [PART, Divisions 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 11 and 12], 37 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 and 21] and 47).

DISTRITO 186 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 30, 36 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41], 48 [PART, Divisions 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 23] and 51 [PART, Divisions 03, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22 and 24]).

DISTRITO 191 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 03, 40 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 34 and 47], 51 [PART, Divisions 01, 23, 25 and 27] and 60 [PART, Divisions 07, 19 and 22]).

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204 W CURTIS THOMAS

204 JORDAN A HARRIS

204 RONALD GRANVILLE WATERS

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DISTRITO 182 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 02 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24], 05 [PART, Divisions 06, 07, 08, 09, 11, 14, 22, 28 and 29] and 08).

DISTRITO 188 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 27, 46, 51 [PART, Divisions 02, 04, 05, 06, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26 and 28] and 60 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03 and 23]).

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204 BRIAN SIMS

104 ERNEST ADKINS

DISTRICT 184 DISTRITO 184 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 01, 39 and 48 [PART, Divisions 14 and 20]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 WILLIAM F KELLER DISTRICT 185 DISTRITO 185 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 26, 36 [PART, Divisions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15], 40 [PART, Divisions 01, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 and 51] and 48 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03 and 13]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 MARIA P DONATUCCI

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204 JAMES R ROEBUCK

DISTRICT 190 DISTRITO 190. Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 04 [PART, Divisions 01, 07, 08, 12, 13, 19 and 20], 06, 24 [PART, Divisions 06, 07, 08, 16 and 17], 38 [PART, Division 09], 44, 52 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21 and 28] and 60 [PART, Divisions 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

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204 VANESSA L BROWN

304 GLENN DAVIS

DISTRITO 192 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 04 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 09, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 21], 34 and 52 [PART, Divisions 05, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 LOUISE BISHOP DISTRICT 194 DISTRITO 194 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 21 and 38 [PART, Divisions 01, 07, 08, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19 and 20]). REPUBLICAN REPUBLICANO

104 BILL POUNDS

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204 PAMELA DELISSIO

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DISTRITO 195 DISTRITO 201 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 15, 24 [PART, CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 17 [PART, DiDivisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, visions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19], 28, 29 and 32 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27 and 28], 49 [PART, 03, 04, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31]). 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22] and 59). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO 204

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DISTRITO 197 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 11 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 07, 08, 11, 13, 19 and 20], 16 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05], 19, 37 [PART, Divisions 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20], 42 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 and 22], 43 and 49 [PART, Division 01]).

DISTRITO 202 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 35 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 12 and 32], 53 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23], 54 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 18], 56 [PART, Division 07] and 62 [PART, Divisions 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26]).

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204 LESLIE ACOSTA

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204 MARK B COHEN

DISTRICT 198 DISTRITO 198 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 11 [PART, Divisions 04, 05, 06, 09, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18], 12, 13, 17 [PART, Divisions 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 29] and 38 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 10, 11, 17, 18 and 21]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 ROSITA C. YOUNGBLOOD DISTRICT 200 DISTRITO 200 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 09, 22 and 50). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 CHERELLE L. PARKER

DISTRICT 203 DISTRITO 203 Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 10, 35 [PART, Divisions 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28 and 31] and 61 [PART, Divisions 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28]). DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATICO

204 DWIGHT EVANS

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SENADOR DEL ESTADO DISTRICT 2 DISTRITO 2

Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 07, 19, 23, 31 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19], 33, 35, 53, 54 [PART, Divisions 01 and 02], 55, 62, 63 and 64 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18]).

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203 CHRISTINE M. TARTAGLIONE

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Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 09, 10, 12 [PART, Divisions01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 10, 12 and 13], 17, 22, 50 and 59).

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103 203 ROBIN GILCHRIST ART HAYWOOD VOTE FOR INES VOTE POR INES

403 INES REYES DISTRICT 8 DISTRITO 8 .

Part of PHILADELPHIA County consisting of the CITY of Philadelphia (PART, Wards 03, 27 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17,19, 20, 21, 22 and 23], 36, 40 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 (only blocks 1094, 1095, and 1098), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51], 46, 48 [PART, Divisions 03, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22 and 23], 51 and 60 [PART, Divisions 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22]).

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by our youth, for our youth, for our future Next stop, prison: The LGBTQ schoolto-prison pipeline, part 1 By William E. Shelton II Age: 26 Prison should be the last thing on a young LGBTQ person’s mind. Unfortunately, there are approximately 300,000 LGBTQ youth arrested or detained each year in America. Out of those 300,000 arrested, 60 percent are youth of color. LGBTQ youth of color have to learn how to live in a heteronormative society where their culture and identity are oppressed. Even inside their schools, their well-being is never a primary subject of discussion in academic circles. This is shown by the numerous zero-tolerance policies districts have created, and budget cuts in urban school districts across the country that have been limiting their mental, emotional and academic support. For example, the School District of Philadelphia has cut nearly $500 million in teachers, support staff, nurses and counselors while closing 24 schools in the last three years. Increased budget cuts to academic and emotional support for LGBTQ youth have strengthened the school-to-prison pipeline. This pipeline is a combination of school policies, including zero-tolerance policies and budget cuts, that push students out of school and into

the juvenile detention centers and, later, prison. “A lot of LGBTQI young people were pushed out [of school] because of the zero-tolerance policies,” said Saeda, a gender-nonconforming female organizer at Youth United for Change. YUC is a youth-led organization with the goal of improving the quality of education in Philadelphia by ending the school-to-prison pipeline. “For example, when the school says, ‘Don’t violate the uniform policy,’ and if I’m a boy and want to wear a skirt, I would be technically violating that policy as it stood before. Before the policy change, there was no safety net for students.” Many school districts including the School District of Philadelphia have zero-tolerance policies, meaning students are severely punished for minor infractions such as not wearing uniforms, cutting class or school, arguing with teachers or administrative staff, etc. “When I was in West Philly [High], there were a lot of no-tolerance policies. They were focused on rules. It wasn’t focused on building for real life,” said Keith Southerland, a senior at CHAD High School. “It was focused too much on punishment rather than building us up.”

LGBTQ youth of color are most vulnerable to zero-tolerance policies. These youth are 4.9 times more likely than heterosexual students to be expelled from school. Many LGBTQ youth of color encounter many psychological and emotional setbacks when coming to terms with their sexuality. “In middle school we had a counselor that came on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So if something did happen, you couldn’t go Tuesday or Thursday to the counselor,” said Tyler Mason, a junior at Mastery Charter Gratz High School and youth leader at YUC. “For LGBTQ youth, many situations can’t wait ’til tomorrow. Without emotional support for LGBTQ youth, they are more likely to drop out because many young LGBTQ youth don’t feel comfortable in school.” Creating a climate that supports a loving and supportive school environment is always a challenge for schools. Unfortunately, too many youth of color do not have that environment in their schools. According to the National Bullying Prevention Center, 81 percent of LGBTQ youth have been bullied in school. When people think of bullying, they think of student-to-student bullying, but for LGBTQ youth bullying can also come PAGE 8

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HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING: Members of the Youth Health Empowerment Project Run Club donned their sneakers and team T-shirts for this month’s AIDS Walk/Run Philly. The Oct. 20 event featured a shortened walk route — from 12K (5 miles) to 5K (3 miles) — but the run remained the same 5K distance. The event raised $325,000 for local HIV/AIDS causes, and organizers said they were particularly impressed with the level of youth involvement in this year’s walk/run. Y-HEP is a program of Philadelphia FIGHT.

THE SEPTEMBER HATE-CRIME RALLY AT LOVE PARK Photo: Sean Morris

Love against hate By Sean Morris Age: 16 As I begin writing this article, there’s a protest organized by students against the canceling of Philadelphia school teachers’ contracts. It reminds me that, whenever an injustice occurs in a society, it becomes the people’s task — like bacteria attempting to cleanse the cancerous cells — to fight against it. However, sometimes we don’t win and the cancer takes another victim like Matthew Shepard, Diamond Williams and tragically so many more. On Sept. 11, a day already drenched with tragedy, a gay couple was viciously attacked in our own city, robbed and had to go to the hospital for the severe injuries they received. The people, some of whom probably never even met the couple, found the culprits shortly thereafter, thanks to our age of digital media connection. However, even after the suspects were found, the city of Philadelphia, and the entire state of Pennsylvania, were reminded of the fact that our home ignores the plight of the LGBT community members who are targeted for who they love, or who they identify as, without the necessary repercussions. In response to this outrageous policy, state Rep. Brian Sims called for a rally to show the support of our fellow LGBT members and to work to get this discriminatory policy eradicated.

I arrived there a few minutes after it began (buses will do that you), but I arrived to see a large crowd with various banners, posters and symbols to show their support and to demonstrate their resolve to combat a united “righteous anger,” as Chris Bartlett of the William Way Center excellently put it. In addition to Bartlett and Sims, other speakers included Richard Ross Jr., Elicia Gonzales, Tom Earle and other inspiring great figures who each gave excellent speeches. Personally, I have been very blessed with little trouble on the fact that I am gay, although sometimes I can’t help but wonder if that will always be the case — like when I start dating, am I now drawing a target not only to myself, but also to someone I love? The fact of the matter is, hate will always exist. It’s an unfortunate truth in human biology. However, despite this one thing, I remember keenly, and perhaps most prevalent in the cold and the light rain, the words “Love against hate.” I don’t remember exactly who said it, but the sentiment is the same no matter who did. Hate and love are in constant conflict and battle with each other, and perhaps we can enter a world where love just wins a little bit more. A world where perhaps, as Bartlett put it, “a hate-crime law will become unnecessary.” N Sean Morris, 16, is a junior at Science Leadership Academy.

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Queer identity: Jean-Paul Sartre on nothingness and the role of the other By Justin Dowdall When we consider the work of Jean-Paul Sartre in terms of identity and LGBTQI activism, we are instantly immersed into the world of the Other. In conjunction with the work of Simone de Beauvoir, we can better understand the role of the Other in the context of forming identity from the void. This ultimately raise questions concerning how we come to situate our selfhood in relationship to the Other, and thus leading us to our own conceptions of freedom. I believe that, to understand this, we must ask how can we situate our sense of freedom and bondage in relation to the idea of nothingness. In addition, we will want to ask how can we be free of the Other and, if so, what is the condition in which this can take place? As we will see in “Being and Nothingness,” he suggests that the Other is revealed to us as itself being free but that it removes us from our freedom. Sartre asks us to consider how we use our ability to perceive and constitute both our own selfhood and the role of that selfhood in the context of the Other. To do so he plays on the idea of nothing and the condition of absence. In this discussion, I will ask if and how this idea of nothing arises in his thinking, and how looking at the Other can help us understand our own relationship to nothingness and identity. Looking to another text, we see that the idea of nothing is ancient and inspires the imagination. In Frank Close’s text “Nothing,” he suggests that nothing is a paradox. From the void, we stand in the

face of all that is and has come into being. Close points to Thales in 600 BC, who rejected the idea that nothing can only exist if there is no one there to contemplate it. This relationship makes nothing a type of discursive space that is significant to understanding if things are contingent on the Other. This helps us understand Sartre’s starting point and brings us near to understanding how we can, as Close notes, “define nothing other than the absence of something.” For Sartre, this empty space was fodder for examination of one’s position in the universal. As part of his thesis in “Being in Nothingness,” he examines this very point. He notes that “in fact [the ego] is separated from me by a nothingness which I cannot fill since I apprehend it as not being for me and since on principle it exists for the Other. Therefore, I do not aim as it could someday be given me but on the contrary insofar as it on principle flees from me and will never belong to me. Nevertheless, I am that ego.” Nothingness for Sartre is, therefore, a product of and a refection on the condition of a position and orientation that must take into account the Other. This thesis reflects a continuum of thinking about nothingness throughout his text. He further notes that, “the ego is precisely out of reach. In fact it is separated from me by a nothingness which I cannot fill since I apprehend it as not being for me and since on principle it exists for the Other.” This is not to deny the self exists, only that the self is a part of the Other in a way that is a part of the process of self-reflection that makes us

Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215545-4331; atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday. See the Youth section for more events. ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065 rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. ■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org. Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday through Friday Library hours: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; noon-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

aware of our own subjective position. Here, the concept of shame brings us into an even-deeper discursive space on queer culture. When a person is alone, they are not subject to the same pressures of the Other. Sartre gives us the analogy of one looking through a keyhole unobserved and then,

the same time brought into being by the realization of the Other. The overcoming of the Other seems to be at the root of Sartre’s own goals. The freedom in which he himself lived by is an example of an attempt to constitute the self not by the Other or the situation that we find ourselves in, but from a place where we escape the

once the action is observed, he is made aware of his own vulnerability. In this, Sartre recognizes that there is a phenomenon that occurs when one becomes aware of being looked at. He observes a point of tension arises from what he calls the situation. Here the situation is defined as a type of position that one is in. He notes, “I cannot truly define myself as being in a situation: First, because I am not apposition consciousness of myself. Second, because I am my own nothingness. In this sense, I am not what I am. I cannot define me as truly being in the process of listening at doors. I escape this temporary defining of myself by means of all my transcendence.” We define Transcendence not as the metaphysical transcendent, but rather as a logical claim. Here, Sartre is forcing us to define our relationship to our identity as being constitutive on the concept of nothing. He notes that at this point there we are in relationship to pure nothingness, or “encircling a certain objective complex and throwing itself into relief upon the world.” In this, we should be immediately reminded of his influence of Martin Heidegger and Edmond Hurrsel. Particularly in his conclusion that it is this action of thrownness that pulls us into a bad faith or self deception. However, there seems to be a break in his thinking that allows us to reach a freedom. We are therefore in some ways alienated from Sartre by the Other while at

Other in limitless possibilities that free us of what he famously notes is the hell of the Other. Or as he notes, “the Other is the hidden death of my possibilities insofar as I live that death as hidden in the midst of the world. The connection between my possibility and the instrument is no more than between two instruments, which are adjusted externally to each other to an end, which eludes me … I experience a subtle alienation of all my possibilities.” What we may want to call into question is the validity of the claim that we take actions outside of the structure that we are born in. This rampant individualism, if left unchecked, slips back into nothingness by stripping us of meaning in a way that is too overly simple to take seriously. The condition of sociality is of course one that takes place in a field or matrix of responsibilities. These are not taken as positives by Sartre as I believe my crass reading of the text supposes. The responsibility that is required for the freedom that Sartre desires is in essence one that takes positive historical meaning into seemingly no account. In what may appear a conservative rebuttal, I would suggest that we are dependent upon history in a way that puts us into a chain of being that disrupts the concepts of nothingness. The role of things that have come into being must be taken into account regardless of their first cause. In this, I feel as if Sartre claims we are trapped in

this framework, but I would suggest that he does not allow fully the positive aspects of that chain of events that enhance the world for the good. It is almost overly simple to only look at the role of the Other as a negative force to our existence. However, if the Other was fully negative, then we would not be able to see the positive aspects of care that make collective living so appealing to so many. The role of the collective as a control mechanism is not necessarily one that does not take into consideration the act of care and the power of the collective to act not simply for the subject but as a unified whole to act on other objects and subjects. We can come to know our being through shame — yes, that is true — but we also are able to tap into and learn from other, better ways to love as a group. This may be a fundamental aspect of culture that Sartre does not seem to take into account. The moral restraints that this places on us is not a means to an end as Sartre seems to have suggested. They have, through the process of history. created a great deal of stability and joy that is the result of the collective Other’s sacrifice. To say that both the Other or Others have not produced things that allow the subject to be more free is to take a limited and childish view of the world. If this is an over-simplification, then I would suggest that it is in the simplest of collective bonds that we see communities thrive and grow. I conclude that this concept of Other as an alienating force is limited. We know intuitively that unlike Sartre’s explanation, the role of the Other, the Other or Others can free us to take risks and grow in ways that would be out of reach if were here looking into the nothingness alone. We can therefore be free in the act of collaboration, of being situated in the possibilities and creativity through restraint, just as much as the pure limitlessness of the free-acting unlimited subject is a key to coming to terms with the development of our queer identity. N

Justin Dowdall is a recent honors graduate of Temple University, curator of Guest Room Studios in Kensington and freelance writer. His work focuses primarily on LGBTQI advocacy, aesthetics and philosophy. For more information, see http://justindowdall.wordpress.com.

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My moments of self-evaluation at my first hippie commune By Alice Wills Age: 21 Being a person who celebrates herself in the city’s center the good majority of the time, I thoroughly wear the title of “City Slicker” with overweening pride. Usually, like most self-proclaimed street cats that are customarily caffeinated hourly, I close my eyes and appreciate the sound of the hustle and bustle every day. Open your eyes and look left to see angst-filled artists scratching for muses, suits chasing profitable business opportunities that screech to take off every 15 minutes like packed express buses. Look right and see timorous tourists snapping pictures of dated attractions I’ve grown to overlook. Walk forward into the hazy smell of tires dutifully burning to whatever destination the hour demands of them, zipping right past the street criers, corner dwellers and subway surfers all the while sitting there to witness it in its grimy smoke-screen splendor. Like caffeine, I crave deeply to be where the people are. I yearn to be where big things are happening and grand skyscraping ideas are being sculpted to life … the need to be seen, to be amongst a crowd and motivated to create. To live in a fast-paced, predictably unnerving set-up for my soul to nourish and grow from each exciting/interesting experience the city gives me. I especially need to be where I am ever-changing and forced to re-evaluate my morals, standpoints and general life direction, which is something the ending of the season in the stone-cooled city will do for you. It seemed for the last few months I’d begun to feel a silencing tightness in my throat, an unsettling cramp in my stomach and a sad heaviness in my heart. I couldn’t help the growing hatred for metropolitan Philadelphia, despite its constant praise for being such a progressive city. Gays were and are being senselessly beaten and the law’s ambivalent reaction makes me feel devalued by society. Radically outright-racist articles posted in popular news columns and the reminder of the never-ending “Us Against Them” police-brutality battle in light of the Mike Brown case was being shoved in my face. Floating through projects wondering, Does your talent even mean anything in the end? Are

you even a real adult? How much does your phone cost? That face scraping-the-sidewalk feeling … That no matter what I did, these cold, stone, unfeeling buildings were like the people who worked and inhabited them: Constructed to live uniformly, appearing of a wealthy image worth something on the outside. Never conducted to feel and celebrate difference, but rather judge it harshly and destroy every essence of it. I am more than my fluid spectrum of sexuality, my seasonal changing brown skin tone and career-bracket income. So how does any freelancing artist-type react to the pressures of the daily social struggle to be alive in this turmoil of the work world? Escape. When a well-known artist spoke to me about getting away to a friend’s wedding reception out in the unknown country (Landisburg, Pa.), I had no idea I’d be introduced to the brazen edifice of myself and see how closed-minded, shut off and unfeeling I’d become, as well as discovering a diamond-in-therough, rabbit-hole hippie commune right here in Pennsylvania. So the morning of Sept. 14, we drove three cranky hours through a somewhat “all-American” scenic, funky farmland decorated in dreary skies. Finally, we arrived to our destination, with horse shoes and blue ribbons galore: East Coast Gold Cup. A quick Google search revealed that this was an off-the-map, uncharted territory. No records anywhere. Strange and exciting enough, we pulled up to what appeared to be a type of country club set up for the wedding reception. With my eyebrows raised (very few things raise my eyebrows), I quickly became stand-offish of this atmosphere; being ever-conscious of my skin color and sometimes boyish appearance, I assumed “these people” would react to “us folk” a certain way that history has replayed again endlessly. From the moment I stepped my rain boots into the mud trail outside the safety of the car, I was splashed in the face with 10 monumental moments of self-evaluation. After leaving the classic outhouse with a splotch of mud on my favorite pants, I immediately morphed into the pissy pessimist, sizing up every person I saw. From labeling them bearded, plaid-shirt country types and them labeling me hipster, blue eyes avoided mine and we all kept our

distance. My friend was given the duty of photographer, thus leaving me alone in this unknown world. The more I sat at the picnic table alone with only my 14-percent-charged cell, I observed no one here who resembled me. In contrast, when introduced to the mother of the bride, her new husband and family, I was greeted with a warm hello and smile, a few head nods, a very generous open bar and a buffet. OK, so no one was an alien and everyone was super down-to-earth. I realized our faulty human eyes only saw the face value of each other, difference. Immediately I became humbled and realized what a fool I’d been and lowered my guard. As a gender-bent queer, I fight to keep labels on clothes and containers, not people. Another puddle splashed on me. Wiping my eyes I realized, OK, so every time I go somewhere with a friend, I won’t have the same experience as them. Got it, universe. Suddenly a man walked up to me and said, “You need to get rid of that” talking about my technology crutch. I wasn’t going with the flow, so wrapped up in what was happening in the city that didn’t miss me that I wasn’t giving this experience a chance. So, like any artist on an adventure, I began to scratch the surface to get my nails dirty. I began to socialize. Music is and always has been universal; that saying will always ring true. Sitting in the kitchen, I found myself among what appeared to be a group of queer folk learning how to tie a bow tie from a lovely lady boy of course. Thinking they were the people I’d spend the rest of my night with, I never expected to hear the band play that familiar Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar lick that caused me to run out of my seat and jump into the mosh pit of men hoe-downing and having the time of their lives, each of us screaming the lyrics from our adolescent experience with vigor. We were all so alive in this moment. Color, age, technology crutches, all forgotten. Our baggage and stress-filled situations outside of this instant all disappeared. Stomping in the dirt, I realized that most things that are utterly amazing are concealed and only a few know about them. When I started digging for the details on this place and where it came from, I bumped into a woman named Cheryl who revealed she was the wife of Jeff Joyce, who

started this whole community 40 years ago on a mission to celebrate positivity, connect in sprit and vibe as a tribe. Everyone knew each other, and violence of any kind was banned. To belong and be involved, you had to work in the kitchen on three work holidays in exchange for being allowed into this world. Great food, live music from a wicked band named Cabin Fever, hospitable, interesting people — Pagan Priest, cooks, crafts women, carpenters and musicians — and the great outdoors. These people were simply beautiful, the serenity of people out of touch with what’s going on in the media but rather what they could construct from the ground up and use their hands, spirits and minds, all in

I never expected to hear the band play that familiar Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar lick that caused me to run out of my seat and jump into the mosh pit of men hoe-downing and having the time of their lives, each of us screaming the lyrics from our adolescence experience with vigor. unison. Wrapping the portion of our night up, my friend and I delved into the depths of the forest to hunt out our tent, graciously provided and put up by the newlyweds. Being amongst masses of trees moved me. Understanding that everything around me was alive, in a different way that I am, and had lived here all of their lives from the ground up, literally was the most grounding idea to absorb. To these living beings, the plants, small animals and insects, what I knew to be life and making a name for myself was nothing to them, unimpressive. This made me realize, life is not all about chasing a dollar for your brand, or having the most movie-star hair — but experiencing things

that nourish your soul and give you windows into other worlds so your view and who you reach is much larger. Closing my eyes, and listening to the power in the sound of the stream traveling to make its way past my tent, the birds and insects humming in a harmonious tune where I lay my head soothed every ache in my heart and at the same time scared me, that I couldn’t see them but could feel their presence silently demanding attention. Everything was all right here. I realized why I felt so in awe of this place. My restless spirit for once felt a sense of belonging. I knew so little about these people and place, but our energy was like music — on the same wave lengths. There in that moment, I was so alive; everything around me pulsating, able to feel, be affected, grow and change. The next morning I had to get to work and back to the city and its built-from-the-cement-up reality. Crawling out of the rabbit hole after an adventure was never fun. So to ease the disappointment, a few of the guys I mosh-pitted with the previous night and I played horse shoes, yet another first for me. The goal of the morning: throwing rings to hit a pole in silence nipped the night in the bud. I never got my horse shoe to hit the pole, close but never quite got it. But from the night I did get a clear message: not only to continue as a human expressing herself against the current of the mainstream in the jungle of Philadelphia, but to be ever-radiating new growth and to live blossoming and rejuvenating, looking for more, the diamonds in the rough. To look for the mud of what’s real to get underneath my nails. Under the cement in each of us is a pulse to be exposed and an inner hippie looking for a place to belong. The window into your world just has to be open to what the wind blows in. N Looking to socialize and be involved in queer events and programs? Q-Spot Philadelphia is a safe space for LGBTQIA/ ally youth ages 18-29 at William Way LGBT Community Center, held every fourth Saturday of the month. Alice Wills is a freelancing actress who enjoys writing, broadcasting, taking classes at Koresh Dance School as well as being involved with Philadelphia Q Spot.

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Coming out: A lifelong process By Bethany Burgess Age: 18

OUT AND PROUD: Hundreds of LGBTs and allies spent their lunch hour mixing and mingling at the annual National Coming Out Week Fest, Oct. 17 at Temple University’s Student Center. The event featured resource tables, food and dancing, capping a week of celebration associated with National Coming Out Day that included performances, panel discussions and parties. Photo: Steve Dexter

Mazzoni Center publishes GSA handbook for high schools By Matty Bennett Age: 23 The Mazonni Center’s Ally Safe Schools Program announced the publication of a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) handbook earlier this month. The handbook aims to help high-school students, teachers and advocates for young people, local and abroad, with starting a GSA or strengthening an already-established organization at their own schools. The 22-page booklet is small enough in size to fit into a back pocket, and it outlines what it takes to create and maintain a successful GSA. The handbook was designed to be practical, portable and convenient for students to have on hand as a reference. The Ally Safe Schools Program at Mazzoni Center has been around since 1997. The main goal of the program is to create safer school environments for LGBTQ youth, due to the fact that they are the most frequently targeted group for bullying. However, according to Elisabeth Flynn, senior communications manager at the Mazzoni Center, the program is advantageous for all students. “The benefit is for really any kid who is different,” Flynn said. “Having an environment

that fosters safety, inclusivity, support and safe schools generally helps kids be allies to one another, and gives people the tools to know how to handle bullying situations.” The inspiration for the GSA handbook, titled “How to Build a FIERCE GSA,” stemmed from citywide GSA meetings for schools in Philadelphia and a conference with day-long workshops to help build student leadership in schools. “Students involved in the student leadership board were thinking about the qualities of a GSA and outlining what creates a ‘fierce’ GSA,” Flynn said. “They wanted to spread the idea of the ‘fierce’ GSA more broadly and figure out what would be the most practical way to accomplish that.” FIERCE serves as an acronym for the qualities that these students felt were essential for creating and maintaining a successful GSA: Fearless, Inclusive, Encourage leadership, Recruitment, Communitybuilding and Execute goals. Flynn expressed that this publication will aid in not only founding GSAs in schools, but will also help with the maintenance of GSAs as programs evolve over time. “As students leave and graduate, leadership changes,” Flynn said. “Maybe the group has gotten flat and they need

new ideas, or they run into a roadblock and they’re looking for wisdom or guidance, maybe some fresh ideas for schools. The FIERCE handbook can help with things like, how do we communicate to teachers why we’re vowing to be silent, or maybe can help spark creative ideas for something larger on a citywide basis.” Part of the importance of the availability of the “FIERCE GSA” handbook lies in the fact that school funding is being cut, resources are scarce and students need all the support they can get. “Resources are so thin, and people are overwhelmed from the day to day,” Flynn said. “If support isn’t available through the usual channels, this handbook might be a way for them to stay engaged and hopeful. I think a GSA can really be a resource for finding a network of support for kids and to help them get inspired and create change in their school.” Students, teachers and anyone else interested can receive copies of “How to Build a FIERCE GSA” directly from the Mazzoni Center or access the publication online at www. mazzonicenter.org/FIERCE. n Matty Bennett is a second-year MFA candidate in creative writing at Virginia Tech.

Coming out was definitely the best thing that I have ever done and when people told me that I would be coming out every day of my life after that time, I did not believe them. That belief remained true until the day I accepted my acceptance to the University of Pittsburgh and the fear and guilt of my sexual orientation came rushing back to me. I’ve been out so long at my home in Philadelphia that I forgot how hard coming out can be. Although I am proud of who I am, I did not know what type of people I was going to be living with at college. During the first few weeks after I graduated from high school, the only thing I could think about is who my college roommate was going to be and what background she was from. “Is she religious? Is she liberal? Does she support LGBTQ rights?” were the questions I kept asking myself over and over again. I longed for us to share the same values and views. I got in contact with my roommate in the middle in July and the two of us became amazing friends from the start, but I still feared that once she found out about my sexuality, she would hate me. Before I knew it, I was 12 years old again feeling disgusted with myself because of my sexuality. In my heart, I knew that I had nothing to be ashamed of, but my mind was going all sorts of crazy. I came up with the worst scenarios of things that could possibly happen when I told her. When I talked to my friends about it, some thought that I should not tell my roommate, but I felt that it would be very disrespectful not to. We would be sharing a very personal place, a place that we call our home and we both have the right to feel comfortable and safe in our home. And that’s exactly what I had to make my roommate aware of because, even if she didn’t accept my sexuality, I wanted her to know that she was safe,

respected and was going to be comfortable in our home. The day I got to campus, my roommate was already there and so were a lot of fear and emotions. For the first few days of school, I had to watch what I said, what I wore and what I watched just because I didn’t want her to suspect anything and freak out before I got the chance to tell her the way I had planned. The night before our classes started, I asked her if we could talk and she agreed. As I looked at her, I forgot every word that I planned to use, I kept stopping in the middle of sentences to catch my breath and gather my thoughts, but I eventually just said, “I’m bisexual” and she said, “I figured” laughed and then hugged me. Right there in the middle of my floor, I realized that I would be doing that for the rest of my life. I never thought that it would be that hard to tell someone I just met because coming out to my roommate was a lot harder than coming out to my religious mother. I think that, because after I came out in high school, everyone knew so I didn’t have to do it again and if I did, it was at an LGBTQ-related event or group so I was never nervous. Two months after coming out to my roommate, and I am back to wearing my normal wardrobe, listening to my weird music and being completely open about myself. Coming out can hurt more than childbirth, but it’s something that will get easier the more you do it. I never believed that but I recently came out to more than 50 people at a Diversity Workshop at my school and I’ve never been more proud of myself. I hope that one day I won’t even hesitate to come out when I need to. I think that every person in the LGBTQ community has the right to come out without any fear of judgment and harassment. Maybe one day we will live in a world where it’s weird not to come out. That would be awesome. N

I recently came out to more than 50 people at a Diversity Workshop at my school and I’ve never been more proud of myself.

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Philadelphia HIV testing sites Center City ActionAIDS 1026 Arch St. 267-940-5515 Mon. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tues. 10 a.m.-noon Wed. 1-4 p.m. Thur. noon-2 p.m. ActionAIDS North Office 2641 N. Sixth St. 215-291-9700 Third Tuesdays 1-4 p.m. The Attic Youth Center 55 S. 16th St. 215-545-4331 GALAEI 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor 215-851-1822 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mazzoni Center and GALAEI’s Washington West Project 1201 Locust St. Mon.-Thur. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sat. 1-5 p.m. 215-985-9206 Planned Parenthood Elizabeth Blackwell Office 1211 Chestnut St. Suite 405 215-496-9696 Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thur. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Planned Parenthood Locust Office 1144 Locust St. 215-351-5560 Mon. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues. and Thurs. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce St. 215-732-2220 Mon. 4-7 p.m. Youth Health Empowerment Project 1417 Locust St., third floor 215-564-6388

Bucks County Community College — Gay/Straight Alliance: Provides a safe haven for LGBTQA campus community members and works to combat stigma on campus; fratrikc@bucks.edu or altemose@bucks.edu.

North Philadelphia Congreso 216 W. Somerset St. 215-763-8870 Walk-in hours Wednesdays and Thursdays Covenant House Health Services 251 E. Bringhurst St. 215-844-1020 Maria de los Santos Health Center 425 W. Allegheny Ave. 215-291-2500 PHMC Health Connection 1035 W. Berks St. 215-765-6690 Planned Parenthood Far Northeast 2751 Comly Road 215-464-2225 Mon. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues. and Thur. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed. and Fri. noon-3 p.m. Sat. noon-2 p.m. St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children 3601 A St. 215-427-5000

South/West Philadelphia CHOP 3550 Market St., fourth floor 215-590-3537 Health Center #3 555 S. 43rd St. 215-685-7504 Health Center #4 4400 Haverford Ave. 215-685-7601/7654 Urban Solutions 1408 S. Broad St., first floor 215-755-0700

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Cabrini College — Sanctuary: Offers affinity groups, peer support and educational activities to promote a greater understanding of the LGBT community. Chestnut Hill College — H.E.R.O.: Promotes awareness of and appreciation for the LGBT community and works to instill a sense of unity between the community and allies; kociszewskim@chc.edu. Community College of Philadelphia — Gay/ Straight Alliance: Advocates for LGBT inclusion and acceptance on campus with programming and events, and offers resources for LGBT and ally campus communities; scooks1@ccp. edu. Drexel University — LGBTQA Student Center: Supports the development, growth and education of Drexel students with a safe and inclusive campus location for the community and allies on campus; Creese Student Center Room 48-C. Holy Family University — The Alliance for Student Equality: Works to recognize the respect and dignity of the whole person in support of promoting the development of personal identity and social equality on campus; drafter@holyfamily.edu or mmbobholz@holyfamily. edu. La Salle University — The Alliance: Pledges to provide a safe place and support for the LGBT members of the community; http://studentaffairs.lasalle.edu/umas/ service-opportunities/advocacy-groups/the-alliance/; alliance.lasalle@gmail.com. Philadelphia University — Gay/Straight Alliance: Connects LGBT campus

community with resources throughout the university and region; caulford4949@ mail.philau.edu or horowitzh@philau.edu. Saint Joseph’s University — The Alliance: Fosters open and honest discussion about diversity and LGBT issues and works to affect an environment where homophobia and hatred are replaced by mutual understanding and respect; www. sju.edu/int/resources/alliance/about.html; gsa@sju. edu. Temple University — Queer Student Union: Strives to provide a safe social space to LGBTQIA students while exploring issues relevant to the larger community; https://twitter. com/TempleQSU; nurodney. prad@temple.edu. University of the Arts — OUT@UArts: Through discussion, cultural events and outreach through art, seeks to make a difference for LGBTQ individuals at UArts and beyond; www. uarts.edu/students/outuarts; cfreeman@uarts.edu. University of Pennsylvania — LGBT Center: More than 20 undergraduate and graduate LGBT student groups abound at Penn, with meetings and community events held at the Center, 3907 Spruce St.; www.vpul. upenn.edu/lgbtc/; center@ dolphin.upenn.edu; 215-8985044. University of the Sciences — Alliance: Increases awareness of LGBT issues on campus and provides support for LGBT students, faculty, administration and staff; http://orgs.usciences. edu/alliance/; alliance@ mail.usciences.edu. West Chester University — LGBTQA Services: Provides information, resources, support and programming for the campus community and is home to the LGBTQA Student Organization; LGBTQA@ wcupa.edu; www.wcupa. edu/_services/stu.lgb/. N

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from teachers. “When I was in eighth grade, I was really close to a guy. We always sat with each other during graduation practice. During a graduation practice, the teacher said, ‘Why are you always sitting next to each other? Are you gay or something?’” Southerland said. “Of course I said no ’cause it was an awkward situation. That put distance between me and my friend. It made it seem what we had was wrong.” Too many times teachers are unaware of how to handle the challenges of supporting an LGBTQ youth, thus why sensitivity training and training on how to support LGBTQ youth are essential. If Southerland wasn’t confident in who he was, the situation could have caused an emotional setback, which many times can lead to poor academic work. Once a student has poor academic performance and an emotional setback, they become more vulnerable. “The school-to-prison pipeline creates victims of a system,” said Christa Rivera, an alumni of YUC and a West Chester University freshman. “These victims are forever more vulnerable to falling back into the claws of the system. LGBTQA youth are arrested for fighting back against a bully, or wearing the uniform that is most comfortable for them. This vulnerability will be taken with them to college. That vulnerability could potentially make the transition from high school to college that much more difficult.” LGBTQ youth of color are more vulnerable to the school-to-prison pipeline because they have to struggle with being comfortable with who they are in a heteronormative society, where they are a double minority. “Being black and gay is a double minor. Being black you already have a high chance of going prison, and then you add a poor education system and someone is ostracized,” said Southerland. Many of them have to cope with the risk of being homeless, bullied and treated like second-class citizens. Once these things happen to an LGBTQ youth, they could start looking to the streets to find emotional and financial support. And the majority of the time, this leads to selling drugs and sex working. N Read more on the school-to-prison pipeline in the January LGBTQ Youth Supplement. William E. Shelton II graduated from St. Joseph’s University with a master of arts in writing studies.

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Your dad says faggots Safety and security have a certain smell By Timothy Wayne Moore By Matty Bennett Age: 23 On Wednesdays you step into the hell fire streets of stark red posters, of old men preaching and gray women in floor length corduroy skirts [who’s the sinner now] passing brochures for the Good Lord and you praise the Lord today because you need to be saved from your Dad and these loud people passing pamphlets on sunny sidewalks you once thought safe so you toss pennies into a fountain, have a fruitless conversation with their boss that ends with you poorer in time and money your Mom crying with a glint of hope that because you’re talking to God now somehow everything will be OK — but you still kissed Spencer Adams on the cheek in third grade and poor God can’t change that so you toss pennies from your bedroom floor into the trashcan because you think a clean room creates opportunity [for sex] and the mind is your room so there should be lots of sex in it even if the barkeep tonight isn’t interested, even if your Dad wants you to transfer to a Godly school or at least a school far away from East Coast Sinners which you think is a cool name for a band and then you hold Peter’s hand on the way home from the bar at two in the morning and inspect his buzzed brown hair, his dimples, his green-blue eyes, discuss the original 150 Pokémon to get a sense of who this man really is while you smell his Syracuse zoo t-shirt and cigarette smoke and sweat and alcohol and everything your Dad told you was supposed to be treacherous and forbidden. Matty Bennett is a second-year MFA candidate in creative writing at Virginia Tech.

We are all one

Age: 27

On the floor face up, Now the crawl have to get up Start from disaster Rising is what has to be mastered New territory The move from blurry, Seeing life unclearly, Heavy gravity weighing down on me I can still see the wreckage and smoke Washing away the black tar that coats My skin, the war did end To find direction I must now focus in. Where am I past the chaos Defined myself by my drama The real me, undiscovered lost, Having lived through so much trauma Had to explore my soul The inner workings of my core To learn how to be present And make better decisions This ambiguous journey Of trying to set firm definition To the pages of my story To then provide me with dimension This person, this elusive consistent character May be an ideal, instead of being concretely real Who we are, may be far more abstract Rather a wave than a stone that does not crack How we act changes daily, We search throughout ourselves for security But can we gain a sense of safety If we are constantly changing?

By Timothy Wayne Moore Age: 27 My ancestors’ stories live inside of me. Vaguely imprinted knowledge, asks intuition for direction to which the soul pointed inward to the heart. Follow its path, falling and learning along the way. So many visions of lives that could have been, A beautiful black girl standing in a field of sunflowers. Smiling up towards god, towards the sun in all happy glory. Thankful to be alive in nature, so natural. In moments so quiet spirit whispers to me, the memories of those imagined paving the way. The emotional realities of being property, of being a slave. Fragmented societies banded together to love and heal wounds but having been beaten so harshly, so relentlessly we’ve become confused. Competing, often breaking down one another instead of collaborating, tutoring and mentoring those in need. Time of the tribe must return, looking past nations, various pigmentations to know we are all human, we are all one. It’s what’s on the inside that bonds us. Timothy Wayne Moore is pursuing a master’s of leadership from Rosemont College.

FALL 2014

The Attic Halloween Party The Attic Youth Center will host a Halloween-themed celebration from 4-8:30 p.m. Oct. 31 with safe-sex jeopardy, costume contest and Halloween Ball at 255 S. 16th St. LGBT Youth Homelessness Rally LGBT youth-homelessness organization Change Philly Today and its supporters will spend from 6 p.m. Nov. 20 to 6 a.m. Nov. 21 at Love Park, 1599 JFK Blvd. in Center City, to demonstrate what it feels like to be homeless; email rusty.doll@changephillytoday. com for more information. Housing the Homeless Change Philly Today will host a fundraiser to support its work on behalf of LGBT homeless youth from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 21 at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. The event will feature a social hour, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction. A Conversation About the Future of LGBT Space This event seeks to engage young LGBT people into a discussion about their needs and the evolving priorities of the wider LGBT community, noon-1:30 p.m. Nov. 22 at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. An evening with Rachelle Lee Smith and B Proud PhillyCAM hosts the two photographers and authors to discuss their new works — Smith’s photo-essay book focuses on LGBT youth, and Proud’s on same-sex couples — from 6-10 p.m. Nov. 25 at 699 Ranstead St. Q Spot Thanksgiving Join other youth for a night of social activities, food and music at 6 p.m. Nov. 25 at 3535 Market St. Q Spot Season 4 Finale The Q Spot year comes to a close with this end-of-season celebration, 8 p.m.-midnight Dec. 20 at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. TOY 2014 Join LGBTs and allies to raise funds for local LGBT and HIV/ AIDS causes, and collect toy donations for local kids affected by the disease from 7-10 p.m. Dec. 6 at Fire & Ice, 312 Market St.

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ELECTION NOTICE GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 8:00 P.M. IN ALL ELECTION DISTRICTS OR DIVISIONS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA There are to be elected by the voters of the City and County of Philadelphia, persons to ﬁll the following ofﬁces;

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS

1. ENTER VOTING BOOTH—This machine does not have a curtain rod lever. You enter the voting machine by parting and walking through the curtain. If you use a wheelchair, the voting machine will be lowered by the machine operator before you enter. 2. VOTING STRAIGHT PARTY—To Vote Straight Party (vote for all candidates of a single political party) press the numbered box in the Political Party box of your choice and the red indicator lights for all candidates of that party will turn on within each of the candidate’s position boxes. The Political Party Boxes are located across the top of the ballot. 3. SELECTING CANDIDATES INDIVIDUALLY—If you want to select your candidates individually, press the numbered box within your candidate’s position box and a red light will go on next to the number within your candidate’s position, indicating the names you have selected. 4. CHANGING A SELECTED CANDIDATE—If you change your mind after selecting a candidate, and don’t want to vote for a candidate whose light is on, press that candidate’s number again to deselect the candidate and the light will go off. 5. SELECTING A WRITE IN—Find the Write-in box for the Office for which you want to write in a candidate’s name. Press the Write-In button in the box. Then press the Large Flashing red button at the top of the machine to open the Write-in Window. Write or Stamp your candidates name on the exposed paper in the window. Then pull the black shutter down over the name you have written, closing the window. 6. VOTING ON A QUESTION—Ballot Questions are usually located in the far right hand columns or at the bottom of the machine. Make your selection by pressing either of the buttons. The red light next to the button will turn on indicating your selection. 7. CASTING YOUR BALLOT—After you have made all the candidate selections you want, look for the GREEN button labeled VOTE below in the bottom right corner of the machine. When you press the GREEN VOTE button all of your candidate selections will be recorded, all the lights in the voting machine will go out, and you will hear a low bell-tone indicating you are finished. 8. LEAVING THE VOTING MACHINE—After you have finished voting by pressing the green VOTE button on the right side of the ballot, the lights inside the ballot door and all of your selection lights will turn off. To leave, part the curtain and exit through the curtain. If you are unable to read, write or speak English well and need assistance, ask the Polling Place Officials if an English/Spanish Interpreter is available. If an English/Spanish Interpreter is not available at your polling place you may call 215-686-1500 for assistance If you are unable to read, write or speak English well OR you are unable to enter or operate the voting machine, and you need assistance, the law requires that you be permitted to receive assistance from the person you choose, except your employer, an officer of your union, or the Judge of election. POLLING PLACE OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M.

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE FILADELFIA ANTHONY CLARK Chairman City Commissioners Presidente Comisiondos Municipales

STEPHANIE SINGER City Commissioner

AL SCHMIDT Vice-Chairman City Commissioners

VicePresidente Comisiondos Municipales

TIM DOWLING Acting Supervisor of Elections

Comisionada Municipale

Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

www.philadelphiavotes.com

AVISO DE ELECCION ELECCIONES GENERALES MARTES 4 DE NOVIEMBRE 2014

ENTRA LAS HORDES DE 7:00 A.M. HASTA LAS 8:00 P.M. EN TODOS LOS DISTRITOS ELECTORALES O DIVISIONES EN LA CIUDAD Y EL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA ESTADO DE PENNSYLVANIA Se elegriran, por los votantes de la ciudad y el condado de Philadelphia, a personas que lienaran los siguientes puestos;

INSTRUCCIONES PARA EL VOTANTE

1. ENTRE A LA CABINA DE VOTACION Esta máquina no tiene palanca para el gancho de cortina. Ud. entra a la cabina de votación al separar y caminar tras la cortina. Si Ud. usa silla de ruedas, la máquina dé votación será bajada por el que corre la máquina antes de Ud. entrar. 2. VOTANDO POR LA NOMINA TOTAL DEL PARTIDO Para Votar por la Nomina Total del Partido (vote por los candidatos de un solo partido politico) haga presión sobre el cuadro en el Partido Politico que usted escoja y el indicador rojo quedara alumbrado por todos los candidatos de ese partido quedaran alumbrados dentro de cada posición en cada cuadro de los candidatos. Los cuadros del Partido Politico se encuetran de un lado al otro arriba en la balota. 3. SELECCIONADO CANDIDATOS INDIVIDUALMENTE Si usted desea seleccionar a sus candidatos individualmente, haga presión sobre el cuadró Enumerada dentro de las posición de sus candidato y una luz roja se alumbrara al lado del número dentro de las posición de sus candidato, indicando los nombres que usted haya seleccionado. 4. CAMBIANDO UN CANDIDATO YA SELECCIONADO Si cambia de mente después de haber escogido su candidato, y no quiere votar por un candidato cuya luz está prendida, haga presión en el Número de ese candidate de nuevo para no seleccionar el candidato y la luz se apagará. 5. SELECCIONANDO POR ESCRITO Encuentre la casilla para escoger Por Escrito para el Puesto por el cual Ud. desea escribir el nombre de un candidato. Haga presión sobre el botón de “Por Escrito” en la casilla. Luego haga presión sobre el botón de la Luz Roja Grande en la parte de arriba de la maquina para abrir la Ventanilla de Por Escrito. Escriba o estampe los nombres de sus candidatos en el papel expuesto en la ventanilla. Luego hale el contraventana hacia abajo sobre el nombre que ha escrito, cerrando la ventanilla. 6. VOTANDO POR UNA PREGUNTA Preguntas en la Balota usualmente están localizadas en las columnas a mano derecha. Haga su selección haciendo presión sobre cualquiera de los botones. La luz roja al lado del botón se prenderá indicando su selección. 7. ECHANDO SU BALOTA Después de hacer las selecciones por todos los candidatos que Ud. quiera, encuentre el botón VERDE que dice VOTE abajo en los botones en la esquina derecha de la balota. Cuando Ud haga presión sobre el botón VERDE DE VOTAR todos sus selecciones de candidatos serán archivadas, todas las luces en la máquina de votación se apagarán, y oriá un sonido de timbre bajo indicando que ha terminado. 8. SALIENDO DE LA MAQUINA DE VOTACION Depués de que termine de votar al hacer presión sobre le botón verde de VOTAR en el lado bajo dercho de la balota, las luces dentro de las puertas de la balota y todas las luces de sus selecciones serán apagadas. Para salir, separe la cortina y salga por ella. Si usted no puede leer, escribir ni hablar ingles bien y necesita ayuda, pidale a los Oﬁciales del Lugar de Votar si hay un interprete del ingles/espanol disponible. Si no hay un lnterprete del ingles/espanol disponible en su lugar de votar, usted puede llamar al 215-686-1500 para ayuda. Si usted no puede leer, escribir, o hablar ingles bien O si no puede entrar u operar su maquina de votar, y necesita ayuda, la ley requiere que a usted se le permita recibir ayuda de parte de la persona que usted escoja, con acepción a su patrón, o un oﬁcial de su sindicato obrero (unión laboral), o el/la Juez de Elección. URNAS ABREN DE 7 A.M. HASTA 8 P.M.

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE FILADELFIA ANTHONY CLARK Chairman City Commissioners Presidente Comisiondos Municipales

STEPHANIE SINGER City Commissioner Comisionada Municipale

AL SCHMIDT Vice-Chairman City Commissioners

VicePresidente Comisiondos Municipales

TIM DOWLING Acting Supervisor of Elections

Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

www.philadelphiavotes.com

Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2014

NOTICE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CANVASS AND COMPUTATION OF VOTES CAST IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 A.M. ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2014 IN THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, 6TH FLOOR HEARING ROOM, RIVERVIEW PLACE, DELAWARE & SPRING GARDEN STS., AND CONTINUE ALL DAY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014 UNTIL COMPLETED.

AVISO

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR:

AVISO QUEDA DADO QUE EL ESCRUTINIO Y COMPUTO DE LOS VOTOS EMITIDOS EN LA CIUDAD DE FILADELFIA GENERAL Y ELECCION ESPECIAL PARA LAS ELECCIONES DEL MARTES, 4 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2014 COMENZARA A LAS 9:00 A.M. EN VIERNES, 7 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2014 EN LOS COMISIONADOS MUNICIPALES SEXTA PISO SALON DE AUDIENCIA, RIVERVIEW PLACE, DELAWARE AVE. Y SPRING GARDEN ST, Y CONTINUAR TODO EL DIA VIERNES 7 DE NOVIEMBRE 2014 HASTA QUE HAVAN FINALIZADO.

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA Anthony Clark Chair, City Commissioners Presidente, Comisionados Municipales Municipales

Al Schmidt Vice Chair City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados

Stephanie Singer Tim Dowling City Commissioner Acting Supervisor of Elections Comisionada Municipale Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

WWW.PHILADELPHIAVOTES.COM

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ELECTION NOTICE - POLLING PLACES GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 CHECK TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN YOUR POLLING PLACE. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR WARD AND DIVISION, CALL 686-1590 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: ALL POLLING PLACES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AN ASTERISK BY THE POLLING PLACE LOCATION INDICATES HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY, EVEN THOUGH A POLLING PLACE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE A VOTER MAY STILL BE UNABLE TO CAST A BALLOT ON THE MACHINE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE DUE EITHER TO THE NATURE OF THE HANDICAP OR THE DESIGN OF THE VOTING MACHINE. HANDICAPPED AND ELDERLY VOTERS WHO ARE VOTING BY MEANS OF AN ALTERNATIVE BALLOT BECAUSE OF INACCESSIBILITY OF THEIR POLLING PLACE MAY RETURN SUCH BALLOTS ON ELECTION DAY TO ROOM 142 CITY HALL NOT LATER THAN 8 P.M. If your current polling place is not accessible for wheelchairs, and you are aware of a wheelchair-accessible building in your division that you think may be suitable for a polling place, please contact Gary Ferris at 215-686-1523 Legend for Building Accessibility Code for polling place advertisements:

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AVSIO DE ELECCION - LUGARES DE VOTAR GENERAL Y ELECCION ESPECIAL MARTES, 4 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2014 BUSQUE Y VEA SI HA HABIDO ALGUN CAMBIO EN SU LUGAR DE VOTAR. SI USTED NO SABE SU DISTRITO NI DIVISION, LLAME AL 686-1590 HAGA EL FAVOR DE QUEDAR AVISADO: TODOS LOS LUGARES DE VOTAR ESTAN SUJETOS A CAMBIO. UN ASTERISCO AL LADO DE LA LOCALIDAD DEL LUGAR DE VOTAR INDICA QUE ES PARA LOS INCAPACITADOS, AUN Y CUANDO IN LUGAR DE VOTAR HAYA SIDO DESIGNADO FISICAMENTE ACCESIBLE, UN VOTANTE QUIZAS NO PODRA VOTAR EN LA BALOTA EN LA MAQUINA SIN AYUDA DADO A LA NATURALEZA DE LA INCAPACIDAD O EL DISENO DE LA MAQUINA DE VOTA. VOTANTES INCAPACITADOS O ENVEJECIENTEDS QUE VOTAN CON UNA BALOTA ALTERNATIVA DADO LA INACCESIBLIDAD DEL LUGAR DE VOTAR PUEDEN DEVOLVER TALES BALOTASEL DIA DE ELECCION AL SALON 142 DE LA ALCALDIA NO MAS TARDE DE LAS 8:00 P.M. Si corrientemente su lugar de votar no es accesible a las sillas de ruedas, y usted sabe de alg煤n Edificio en su reparto que es accesible a las sillas de ruedas que usted crea que pueda ser adecuado pra un lugar de votar, haga el favor de comunicarse con Gary Ferris al 215-686-1523 Leyenda del C贸digo de Accesibilidad para los anuncios de los lugares de votaci贸n:

BUILDING - F = BUILDING FULLY ACCESSIBLE A = ALTERNATE ENTRANCE B = BUILDING SUBSTANTIALLY ACCESSIBLE R = ACCESSIBLE WITH RAMP M = BUILDING ACCESSIBLITY MODIFIED N = BUILDING NOT ACCESSIBLE.

EDIFICIO - F = EDIFICIO TOTALMENTE ACCESIBLE A = ENTRADA ALTERNATIVA B = EDIFICIO SUSTANCIALMENTE ACCESIBLE R = ACCESO CON RAMPA M = EDIFICIO CON ACCESO MODIFICADO N = EDIFICIO NO ACCESIBLEE.

PARKING - N = NO PARKING H = HANDICAP PARKING L = LOADING ZONE G = GENERAL PARKING .

PARQUEO - N = SIN PARQUEO H = PARQUEO PARA DISCAPACITADOS L = ZONA DE CARGA G = PARQUEO GENERAL ACCESO CON RAMPA .

Ward is the first column, electoral division is the second column.

Ward es la primera columna, la divisi贸n electoral es la segunda columna.

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PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA

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AL SCHMIDT

STEPHANIE SINGER

Tim Dowling

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Chair, City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados

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PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA

19 13 4TH & YORK STS WELSH SCHL FL 19 14 ORKNEY & DIAMOND STS MC KINLEY SCHL MN 19 15 ORKNEY & DIAMOND STS MC KINLEY SCHL MN 19 16 2603 N 05TH ST SCHL DISTRICT REGION OFFICE M N 19 17 4TH & YORK STS WELSH SCHL FL 19 18 4TH & YORK STS WELSH SCHL FL 19 19 2426 N 2ND ST FIRE ENGN# 02 ML 20 1 1701 N 8TH ST BROWN CMTY CTR MH 20 2 1401 N 06TH ST CRUZ REC ML 20 3 10TH & OXFORD STS DENDY REC ML 20 4 1600 N 08TH ST GRAY MNR FH 20 5 8TH & DIAMOND STS 8TH & DIAMOND ST REC ML 20 6 1300 W JEFFERSON ST YORKTOWN APARTMENTS R N 20 7 12TH & SUSQUEHANNA AVE PENROSE REC FN 20 8 1701 N 08TH ST BROWN CMTY CTR MH 20 9 1915 N 11TH STREET NORRIS HMS ML 20 10 8TH & DIAMOND STS 8TH & DIAMOND ST REC ML 20 11 10TH & OXFORD STS DENDY REC MN 21 1 3815 TERRACE ST PILGRIM ORTH CHURCH ML 21 2 3815 TERRACE ST PILGRIM ORTH CHURCH ML 21 3 7901 HENRY AVE HENRY ON THE PARK/BLDG E ML 21 4 4120 TOWER ST INTERAC OFFICES MN 21 5 SHAWMONT AVE & EVA ST SHAWMONT SCHL AL 21 6 175 GREEN LANE NORTH LIGHT CMTY CTR BL 21 7 175 GREEN LANE NORTH LIGHT CMTY CTR BL 21 8 201 FOUNTAIN ST HILLSIDE REC BL 21 9 201 FOUNTAIN ST HILLSIDE REC BL 21 10 403 RECTOR ST JOURNEYS WAY FL 21 11 235 COTTON ST TONYS GLASS WORKS FL 21 12 175 GREEN LA NORTH LIGHT CMTY CTR BL 21 13 201 FOUNTAIN ST HILLSIDE REC BL 21 14 RIGHTER & SALAIGNAC STS COOK WISSAHICKON SCHL M L 21 15 5301 RIDGE NORTHERN HOME FL 21 16 RIGHTER & SALAIGNAC STS COOK WISSAHICKON SCHL M L 21 17 403 RECTOR ST JOURNEYS WAY FL FL 21 18 403 RECTOR ST JOURNEYS WAY 21 19 401 MARTIN ST BETHANY LUTH CHURCH MN MN 21 20 401 MARTIN ST BETHANY LUTH CHURCH 21 21 6400 RIDGENUE ROXBOROUGH HIGH SCHL FL 21 22 RIDGE & CINNAMINSON ST FIREHOUSE ML 21 23 5450 WISSAHICKON AVE CHTR COURT APARTMENTS F L 21 24 800 WALNUT LANE WALNUT LANE GOLF PRO SHOP F L 21 25 RIDGE & JAMESTOWN ST ROX MEM HOSPL AUDITM M L 21 26 RIDGE & JAMESTOWN ST ROX MEM HOSPL AUDITM M L 21 27 401 MARTIN ST BETHANY LUTH CHURCH MN 21 28 6400 RIDGENUE ROXBOROUGH HIGH SCHL FL 21 29 6730 RIDGE SALVATION ARMY ML AL 21 30 SHAWMONT AVE & EVA ST SHAWMONT SCHL 21 31 6400 RIDGENUE ROXBOROUGH HIGH SCHL FL 21 32 7100 HENRY AVE SAUL HIGH SCHL FL 21 33 600 E CATHEDRAL RD CATHEDRAL VILLAGE AUDM F L 21 34 WISSAHICKON & GRAKYN LA HOUSTON REC ML 21 35 RIGHTER & SALAIGNAC STS COOK WISSAHICKON SCHL M L 21 36 RIDGE & JAMESTOWN ST ROX MEM HOSPL AUDITM M L 21 37 RIDGE & JAMESTOWN ST ROX MEM HOSPL AUDITM M L 21 38 7100 HENRY AVE SAUL HIGH SCHL FL 21 39 8201 HENRY AVE SUMMIT PARK APTS-CLUB ML ML 21 40 6730 RIDGE SALVATION ARMY 21 41 DOMINO LA & RIDGE ROXBOROUGH Y M C A ML 21 42 SHAWMONT AVE & EVA ST SHAWMONT SCHL AL 21 43 705 E CATHEDRAL ROAD ANDORRA BRANCH LIB R H 21 44 WISSAHICKON & GRAKYN LA HOUSTON REC ML 21 45 600 E CATHEDRAL RD CATHEDRAL VILLAGE AUDM F L 22 1 6757 GREENE ST SUMMIT PRESBY CHURCH ML 22 2 6757 GREENE ST SUMMIT PRESBY CHURCH ML 22 3 6400 GREENE ST CLIVEDEN CONVALESCENT CTR F H 22 4 400 W ELLET ST GERMANTOWN JEWISH CTR RN 22 5 400 W ELLET ST GERMANTOWN JEWISH CTR RN 22 6 6950 GERMANTOWN AVE GERMANTOWN HOME M H 22 7 6753 GERMANTOWN AVE JESUS IS THE WAY CHURCH M N 22 8 220 W UPSAL ST BLAIR CHRIST ACDMY ML 22 9 6671 GERMANTOWN AVE ST MICHAELS LUTH CHURCH B L 22 10 220 W UPSAL ST BLAIR CHRIST ACDMY ML 22 11 GERMANTOWN AVE & CARPENTER LA FIRE ENGN# 9 M N 22 12 GERMANTOWN AVE & CARPENTER LA FIRE ENGN# 9 M N 22 13 6671 GERMANTOWN AVE ST MICHAELS LUTH CHURCH B L 22 14 6445 GERMANTOWN AVE CARING HEART NURS HOME M N 22 15 6415 MUSGRAVE ST CLIVEDEN HOUSE BN 22 16 6945 GERMANTOWN AVE LOVETT LIB FL 22 17 6945 GERMANTOWN AVE LOVETT LIB FL

22 18 PLEASANT ST & CHEW AVE PLEASANT REC ML 22 19 PLEASANT ST & CHEW AVE PLEASANT REC ML RL 22 20 CHEW & UPSAL STS EMLEN SCHL 22 21 CHEW & UPSAL STS EMLEN SCHL ML 22 22 CHEW & UPSAL STS EMLEN SCHL RL 22 23 610 E MT PLEASANT AVE GERMANTOWN CHRIST ASSY B L 22 24 610 E MT PLEASANT AVE GERMANTOWN CHRIST ASSY B L 22 25 BLAKEMORE & VERNON RDS STENTON TRAIN STATION R L 22 26 6611 ARDLEIGH ST KHETHRA CHTR SCHL RL 22 27 CRITTENDEN & JOHNSON STS A B DAY SCHL ML 22 28 CRITTENDEN & JOHNSON STS A B DAY SCHL ML 22 29 CRITTENDEN & JOHNSON STS A B DAY SCHL ML RN 23 1 4290 PENN ST SANKOFA CHTR SCHL 23 2 4290 PENN ST SANKOFA CHTR SCHL RN 23 3 4290 PENN ST SANKOFA CHTR SCHL RN 23 4 ARROTT & LARGE STS SIMPSON REC ML 23 5 4634 FRANKFORD AVE FRANKFORD BRANCH LIB M N 23 6 4634 FRANKFORD AVE FRANKFORD BRANCH LIB M N 23 7 4634 FRANKFORD AVE FRANKFORD BRANCH LIB M N 23 8 ARROTT & LARGE STS SIMPSON REC ML 23 9 OXFORD & WAKELING STS FRANKFORD HIGH SCHL M L 23 10 CASTOR & PRATT STS ST JAMES LUTH CHURCH M N 23 11 4800 WHITAKER AVE VAIRD-FELTONVILLE YOUTH F L 23 12 4800 WHITAKER AVE VAIRD-FELTONVILLE YOUTH F L 23 13 LARGE & DYRE STS STRING THEORY EDMUNDS SCHL B N 23 14 2369 ORTH ST AM LEG POST 396 BN 23 15 TULIP & WAKELING ST CARMELLA REC RN 23 16 1655 UNITY ST STEARNE SCHL RN 23 17 2006 ORTH ST AM LEG POST NN 23 18 1824-26 FOULKROD ST WHITEHALL RES CNCL OFFICE M N 23 19 DITMAN & WAKELING ST GAMBRELL REC MN 23 20 4837 FRANKFORD AVE PATHWAYS CHURCH MN 23 21 DARRAH & FOULKROD STS FIREHOUSE MN 23 22 1655 UNITY ST STEARNE SCHL RN 23 23 1655 UNITY ST STEARNE SCHL RN 24 1 36TH & POWELTON AVE POWELL SCHL RN FN 24 2 34TH & HAVERFORD AVE DURHAM LIB 24 3 34TH & HAVERFORD AVE DURHAM LIB FN 24 4 36TH & FAIRMOUNT AVE MC MICHAEL SCHL MN 24 5 36TH & POWELTON AVE POWELL SCHL RL 24 6 3901 MARKET ST UNIVERSITY SQ FL 24 7 631 N 39TH ST MANTUA HAVERFORD COMM CTR R L 24 8 325 N 39TH ST ROWAN HOUSE FL 24 9 4015-17 POPLAR ST HEAVENLY HALL ML 24 10 25 N 33RD ST THE ARMORY AT DREXEL FL 24 11 34TH & HAVERFORD AVE DURHAM LIB FN 24 12 631 N 39TH ST MANTUA HAVERFORD COMM CTR R L 24 13 36TH & FAIRMOUNT AVE MC MICHAEL SCHL MN 24 14 4015-17 POPLAR ST HEAVENLY HALL ML 24 15 41ST & BROWN STS BELMONT ACDMY CHTR SCHL M N 24 16 41ST & BROWN STS BELMONT ACDMY CHTR SCHL M N 24 17 631 N 39TH ST MANTUA HAVERFORD COMM CTR R L 24 18 25 N 33RD ST THE ARMORY AT DREXEL FL 24 19 25 N 33RD ST THE ARMORY AT DREXEL FL 25 1 3068 BELGRADE ST PORT RICHMOND SENIOR CTR R N 25 2 MEMPHIS & ANN STS MEMPHIS ST ACDMY CHTR A N 25 3 3068 BELGRADE ST PORT RICHMOND SENIOR CTR R N 25 4 INDIANA & ALMOND STS RICHMOND LIB MN 25 5 INDIANA & ALMOND STS RICHMOND LIB MN 25 6 3068 BELGRADE ST PORT RICHMOND SENIOR CTR R N 25 7 2649 E SOMERSET ST GARAGE MN 25 8 3068 BELGRADE ST PORT RICHMOND SENIOR CTR R N 25 9 3116 FRANKFORD AVE MASTBAUM HIGH SCHL MN 25 10 2649 E SOMERSET ST GARAGE MN 25 11 CEDAR & CAMBRIA STS COHOCKSINK REC FL 25 12 CEDAR & CAMBRIA STS COHOCKSINK REC FL 25 13 MEMPHIS & ANN STS MEMPHIS ST ACDMY CHTR A N 25 14 2646 KENSINGTON AVE CARDINAL BEVILACQUA CTR F N 25 15 ELKHART & HELEN STS WILLARD SCHL MN 25 16 2271-75 E WILLIAM ST FUNERAL HOME NN 25 17 MEMPHIS & ANN STS MEMPHIS ST ACDMY CHTR A N 25 18 3116 FRANKFORD AVE MASTBAUM HIGH SCHL MN 25 19 ELKHART & HELEN STS WILLARD SCHL MN 25 20 ELKHART & HELEN STS WILLARD SCHL MN 25 21 3116 FRANKFORD AVE MASTBAUM HIGH SCHL MN 25 22 CEDAR & CAMBRIA STS COHOCKSINK REC FL 25 23 MEMPHIS & ANN STS MEMPHIS ST ACDMY CHTR A N 25 24 MEMPHIS & ANN STS MEMPHIS ST ACDMY CHTR A N 26 1 3301 S 20TH ST CALVARY TEMPLE ACDMY ML 26 2 3301 S 20TH ST CALVARY TEMPLE ACDMY ML

26 3 3301 S 20TH ST CALVARY TEMPLE ACDMY ML 26 4 BROAD & OREGON AVE MARCONI PL BOCCE CTS M N 26 5 18TH & JOHNSTON STS BARRY REC RN RN 26 6 18TH & JOHNSTON STS BARRY REC 26 7 2437 S BROAD ST FUMO FAMILY BRANCH LIB MN 26 8 2500 S 16TH ST ST MONICAS BOWLING LANES RN RN 26 9 18TH & JOHNSTON STS BARRY REC 26 10 16TH & JACKSON STS GUERIN REC-BOCCE BLDG M N 26 11 16TH & JACKSON STS GUERIN REC-BOCCE BLDG M N 26 12 16TH & JACKSON STS GUERIN REC MN 26 13 22ND & RITNER STS G.A.M.P. SCHL AN AN 26 14 22ND & RITNER STS G.A.M.P. SCHL 26 15 22ND & RITNER STS G.A.M.P. SCHL AN 26 16 16TH & JACKSON STS GUERIN REC MN 26 17 16TH & JACKSON STS GUERIN REC MN 26 18 22ND & RITNER STS G.A.M.P. SCHL AN 26 19 16TH & JACKSON STS GUERIN REC MN 26 20 3301 S 20TH ST CALVARY TEMPLE ACDMY ML 26 21 2437 S BROAD ST FUMO FAMILY BRANCH LIB MN 26 22 16TH & JACKSON STS GUERIN REC-BOCCE BLDG M N 26 23 3301 S 20TH ST CALVARY TEMPLE ACDMY ML RN 27 1 4247 LOCUST ST FAIRFAX APARTMENTS 27 2 4400 BALTIMORE AVE H M S SCHL FH 27 3 3609 CHESTNUT ST PENN CARE & REHAB CTR M L 27 4 51ST ST & GREENWAY AVE COMEGYS SCHL ML 27 5 3914 LOCUST WALK CIVIC HOUSE/UNIV OF PENNA F N MN 27 6 42ND & LUDLOW STS ROBESON HIGH SCHL 27 7 600 S 43RD ST ROSENBERGER HALL/ROOM 100 F N 27 8 3948 WALNUT ST WALNUT WEST LIB MN 27 9 3948 WALNUT ST/201 S 40TH ST WALNUT WEST LIB M N 27 10 257 S 45TH ST SPRUCE HILL COMM ASSOC ML 27 11 3609 CHESTNUT ST PENN CARE & REHAB CTR M L 27 12 51ST ST & GREENWAY AVE COMEGYS SCHL ML 27 13 42ND & LUDLOW STS ROBESON HIGH SCHL MN 27 14 257 S 45TH ST SPRUCE HILL COMM ASSOC ML 27 15 48TH & WOODLAND AVE 48TH & WOODLAND REC M L 27 16 48TH & WOODLAND AVE 48TH & WOODLAND REC M L 27 17 1450 S 50TH ST REBA BROWN SR APTS FH 27 18 3733 SPRUCE ST VANCE HALL FN MN 27 19 3333 WALNUT ST HILL HOUSE 27 20 3910 IRVING ST HARRISON COLLEGE HOUSE FN 27 21 3820 LOCUST WALK UNIV OF PA HARNWELL HOUSE F N 27 22 3417 SPRUCE ST HOUSTON HALL READING ROOM F N 27 23 4247 LOCUST ST FAIRFAX APARTMENTS RN 28 1 22ND & HUNTINGDON STS CECIL B MOORE REC ML 28 2 28TH & DAUPHIN STS WRIGHT SCHL FL 28 3 28TH & DAUPHIN STS WRIGHT SCHL FL 28 4 32ND & RIDGE STRAWBERRY MANSION SCHL FL 28 5 32ND & RIDGE STRAWBERRY MANSION SCHL FL 28 6 28TH & DAUPHIN STS WRIGHT SCHL FL 28 7 26TH & YORK STS FIRE ENGN# 45 MN 28 8 2450 W SERGEANT ST NEW LIFE BAPT CHCH MN 28 9 32ND & LEHIGH AVE ETHEL ALLEN SCHL ML 28 10 32ND & LEHIGH AVE ETHEL ALLEN SCHL ML 28 11 32ND & LEHIGH AVE ETHEL ALLEN SCHL ML 28 12 32ND & LEHIGH AVE ETHEL ALLEN SCHL ML 28 13 2808 W LEHIGH AVE WIDENER BRANCH LIB FL 28 14 2808 W LEHIGH AVE WIDENER BRANCH LIB FL 28 15 2808 W LEHIGH AVE WIDENER BRANCH LIB FL 28 16 2808 W LEHIGH AVE WIDENER BRANCH LIB FL 28 17 2832 N 28TH ST MEDIATOR LUTH CHURCH FN 28 18 22ND & HUNTINGDON STS CECIL B MOORE REC ML 29 1 1999 RIDGE MOORE MNR SR HOME FL FL 29 2 1450 N 21ST ST SHARSWOOD COMM CTR 29 3 2808 W THOMPSON ST CELESTIAL TAB MINISTRY M N 29 4 2340 BOLTON WAY BLUMBERG SENIOR HOUSING F L 29 5 2320 CECIL B MOORE AVE CECIL B MOORE LIB FL 29 6 2301-09 W OXFORD ST HAVEN PENIEL U M CHURCH N N 29 7 2340 BOLTON WAY BLUMBERG SENIOR HOUSING F L 29 8 1425 N 23RD ST SHARSWOOD ONE SR APTS FN 29 9 26TH & JEFFERSON STS BOONE SCHL RN 29 10 3000 W MASTER ST BREWERYTOWN CDC OFFICE F N 29 11 26TH & THOMPSON STS MORRIS SCHL FL 29 12 2632 W THOMPSON ST COLLEGEVIEW HMS (PHA) F L 29 13 26TH & THOMPSON STS MORRIS SCHL FL 29 14 26TH & JEFFERSON STS BOONE SCHL RN 29 15 28TH & OXFORD STS W D KELLEY SCHL ML 29 16 28TH & OXFORD STS W D KELLEY SCHL ML 29 17 3000 W MASTER ST BREWERYTOWN CDC OFFICE F N 29 18 28TH & THOMPSON STS FIRE ENGN# 34 FN

30 1 1525 FITZWATER ST GIDEON HALL@SCOTTISH RITE M L 30 2 1530 FITZWATER ST SCOTTISH RITE TOWER FN 30 3 BROAD & LOMBARD STS DISTRICT 01 HEALTH CTR F N 30 4 1427 CATHARINE ST UNIV CHTR SCHL FN 30 5 1724 CHRIST ST Y M C A FN 30 6 17TH & FITZWATER STS ANDERSON REC FN 30 7 1800 LOMBARD ST PENN MEDICINE FH FL 30 8 2501 LOMBARD ST THE PHILADELPHIA SCHL 30 9 20TH & CATHARINE STS ARTHUR SCHL ML 30 10 1724 CHRIST ST Y M C A FN 30 11 20TH & CATHARINE STS ARTHUR SCHL ML 30 12 2309 CARPENTER ST ST ANTHONYS SR RES ML ML 30 13 2309 CARPENTER ST ST ANTHONYS SR RESS 30 14 20TH & CATHARINE STS ARTHUR SCHL ML 30 15 20TH & CATHARINE STS ARTHUR SCHL ML 30 16 2501 LOMBARD ST THE PHILADELPHIA SCHL FL 30 17 2309 CARPENTER ST ST ANTHONYS SR RES ML FL 31 1 2446-48 CORAL ST ARTS HOUSE APTS 31 2 2646 KENSINGTON AVE CARDINAL BEVILACQUA CTR F N 31 3 YORK & TRENTON STS HACKETT SCHL MN 31 4 2212-18 E SUSQUEHANNA BETHEL BAPT CHCH FN 31 5 2230 TAGGERT ST GARAGE FL ML 31 6 2204 ARAMINGO AVE DERKA’S AUTOMOTIVE 31 7 EDGEMONT & HUNTINGDON MARITIME ACDMY CHTR M N 31 8 2463 EMERALD ST KENSINGTON HIGH SCHL ANNEX M H 31 9 2463 EMERALD ST KENSINGTON HIGH SCHL ANNEX M H 31 10 2139 E CUMBERLAND ST MICHAELS LUTH CHURCH M N AN 31 11 SERGEANT & JASPER STS H A BROWN SCHL 31 12 SERGEANT & JASPER STS H A BROWN SCHL AN 31 13 YORK & TRENTON STS HACKETT SCHL MN RN 31 14 2301 E CUMBERLAND ST OFFICE 31 15 2424 E YORK ST 2424 STUDIOS MN 31 16 2364 E CUMBERLAND ST BEACON PRESBY CHURCH R N 31 17 BELGRADE & HUNTINGDON STS FIREHOUSE FL 31 18 MEMPHIS & TUCKER STS ST ANNE’S SOCAL HALL R N MN 31 19 ARAMINGO & LEHIGH AVES CIONE REC 32 1 28TH & OXFORD STS W D KELLEY SCHL ML 32 2 22ND & NORRIS STS YNG SCHLRS DOUGLASS SCHL M N 32 3 28TH & OXFORD STS W D KELLEY SCHL ML 32 4 28TH & OXFORD STS W D KELLEY SCHL MN 32 5 16TH & BERKS STS AMOS REC FL 32 6 16TH & BERKS STS AMOS REC FL FN 32 7 16TH & DIAMOND STS DUCKREY SCHL 32 8 16TH & BERKS STS AMOS REC FL 32 9 17TH & NORRIS STS CARVER SCHL ENGINR & SCIENCE F L ML 32 10 3226 CLIFFORD ST VERNON MARKS HOUSE 32 11 17TH & NORRIS STS CARVER SCHL ENGINR & SCIENCE F L 32 12 2121 GRATZ ST CHURCH OF THE ADVOCATE GYM M L 32 13 1924 N WOODSTOCK ST CMTY CTR ML 32 14 1924 N WOODSTOCK ST CMTY CTR ML 32 15 23RD & MONTGOMERY AVE OLD ST ELIZABETHS SCHL F L 32 16 23RD & MONTGOMERY AVE OLD ST ELIZABETHS SCHL F L 32 17 23RD & MONTGOMERY AVE OLD ST ELIZABETHS SCHL F L 32 18 2500 W NORRIS ST JOHNSON HMS (PHA) ML 32 19 2600 W SUSQUEHANNA AVE CLARA BALDWIN MNR B L 32 20 29TH & GLENWOOD AVE GIDEON SCHL MN 32 21 30TH & BERKS STS BLAINE SCHL ML 32 22 32ND & RIDGESTRAWBERRY MANSION SCHL FL 32 23 30TH & BERKS STS BLAINE SCHL ML 32 24 30TH & BERKS STS BLAINE SCHL ML ML 32 25 30TH & BERKS STS BLAINE SCHL 32 26 33RD & DIAMOND STS MANDER REC FN 32 27 33RD & DIAMOND STS MANDER REC FN 32 28 2500 W NORRIS ST JOHNSON HMS (PHA) ML 32 29 25TH & DIAMOND STS HANK GATHERS REC MN 32 30 29TH & GLENWOOD AVE GIDEON SCHL ML MN 32 31 3017 W OXFORD ST THE SARTAIN APTS 33 1 901 E CAYUGA ST REST MH 33 2 J & CAYUGA STS FERKO REC BL 33 3 HOWLAND & CAYUGA STS JUNIATA YOUTH ML 33 4 HOWLAND & CAYUGA STS JUNIATA YOUTH ML 33 5 CASTOR AVE & CAYUGA ST PICCOLI REC ML 33 6 CASTOR AVE & CAYUGA ST PICCOLI REC ML 33 7 1500 E HUNTING PARK AVE WATER DEPT LAB NL 33 8 1500 E HUNTING PARK AVE WATER DEPT LAB NL 33 9 L & LUZERNE STS HOPKINSON LITTLE SCHL HSE M L 33 10 L & LUZERNE STS HOPKINSON LITTLE SCHL HSE M L 33 11 J ST & ERIE AVE J STREET CAFE DINING ROOM MN 33 12 J ST & ERIE AVE J STREET CAFE DINING ROOM MN 33 13 L & LUZERNE STS HOPKINSON LITTLE SCHL HSE M L

ANTHONY CLARK

AL SCHMIDT

STEPHANIE SINGER

Tim Dowling

Chairman, City CommissionersVice Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Chair, City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados

City Commissioner Comisionada Municipales

Acting Supervisor of Elections Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

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61 13 6TH & SPENCER STS FISHER PARK REC FL 61 14 FRONT ST & GODFREY AVE FINLETTER LITTLE SCHL F L 61 15 FRONT ST & GODFREY AVE FINLETTER LITTLE SCHL F L FL 61 16 A & SPENCER STS OLNEY REC 61 17 6350 N 02ND ST ASPIRA CHTR SCHL ML 61 18 65TH AVE & 02ND ST STURGIS REC FN FN 61 19 65TH AVE & 02ND ST STURGIS REC 61 20 FRONT ST & GODFREY AVE FINLETTER LITTLE SCHL F L 61 21 12TH ST & OAKLANE AVE ELLWOOD SCHL ML 61 22 6901 OLD YORK RD BROMLEY HOUSE APTS RN 61 23 12TH ST & OAKLANE AVE ELLWOOD SCHL ML 61 24 600 W CHELTENHAM AVE CHELTENHAM NURSING CTR B L 61 25 65TH AVE & 02ND ST STURGIS REC FN 61 26 65TH AVE & 02ND ST STURGIS REC FN 61 27 FRONT ST & GODFREY AVE FINLETTER LITTLE SCHL F L 61 28 FRONT ST & GODFREY AVE FINLETTER LITTLE SCHL F L 62 1 TORRESDALE & WAKELING STHARDING MIDDLE SCHL N N 62 2 TORRESDALE & WAKELING ST HARDING MIDDLE SCHL B N 62 3 HARBISON AVE & SANGER ST SULLIVAN SCHL NN 62 4 BRIDGE & CHARLES STS MASTERY SMEDLEY CHTR A L 62 5 4201 COMLY ST JOHNNIE’S REST ML BL 62 6 5000 FRANKFORD AVE FRANKFORD HOSPITAL 62 7 5411 OXFORD AVE REGAL BALLROOM ML 62 8 5200 PENN ST MC ILVAIN REC BL 62 9 BRIDGE & CHARLES STS MASTERY SMEDLEY CHTR A L 62 10 5411 OXFORD AVE REGAL BALLROOM ML ML 62 11 5411 OXFORD AVE REGAL BALLROOM 62 12 5411 OXFORD AVE REGAL BALLROOM ML 62 13 CHELTENHAM & CHARLES ST WISSINOMING REC F L 62 14 1466 E CHELTENHAM AVE COFFEE SHOP RL 62 15 SAUL & COMLY STS ZIEGLER SCHL NEW BLDG ML ML 62 16 SAUL & COMLY STS ZIEGLER SCHL NEW BLDG 62 17 6101 FRANKFORD AVE DESIMONE AUTO SHOWROOM M L 62 18 4201 COMLY ST JOHNNIE’S REST ML 62 19 4201 COMLY ST JOHNNIE’S REST ML 62 20 SAUL & COMLY STS ZIEGLER SCHL NEW BLDG ML ML 62 21 SAUL & COMLY STS ZIEGLER SCHL NEW BLDG 62 22 6250 HARBISON AVE AUTO PROS MN 62 23 SAUL & COMLY STS ZIEGLER SCHL NEW BLDG ML ML 62 24 SAUL & COMLY STS ZIEGLER SCHL NEW BLDG 62 25 6250 HARBISON AVE AUTO PROS MN 62 26 6101 FRANKFORD AVE DESIMONE AUTO SHOWROOM M L 63 1 7976 OXFORD AVENUE LOUDENSLAGER POST # 366 B L 63 2 7902 OXFORD AVENUE MEM PRESBY CHURCH FL 63 3 JEANES & RHAWN STS FOXCHASE LIB ML 63 4 RHAWN & VERREE RDS FIRE ENGN# 56 ML 63 5 7725 BINGHAM ST CHRIST MISSION APOSTOLIC FAITH M H 63 6 7725 BINGHAM ST CHRIST MISSION APOSTOLIC FAITH M H 63 7 8580 VERREE RD LAFAYETTE REDEEMER ROOM M H 63 8 CENTRAL & COTTMAN STREET RYERS LIB NL 63 9 RHAWN & VERREE RD FIRE ENGN# 56 ML 63 10 8001 VERREE RD & RHAWN ST KNOWLTON MANSION F L 63 11 8550 VERREE ROAD VILLAGES PINE VALLEY CLUB F H 63 12 8001 VERREE RD & RHAWN ST KNOWLTON MANSION F L 63 13 JEANES & RHAWN STS FOXCHASE LIB ML 63 14 441 HOFFNAGLE ST RESIDENCE ML 63 15 VERREE RD & ALBURGER AVE BALDI SCHL ML 63 16 934 ALBURGER AVE LEHIGH BAPT CHCH RL 63 17 8600 A VERREE ROAD PENNYPACK ENVIRON CTR F L 63 18 SHARON LA & ALICIA ST GREENBERG SCHL RL 63 19 SHARON LA & ALICIA ST GREENBERG SCHL RL 63 20 VERREE RD & ALBURGER AVE BALDI SCHL ML 63 21 608 WELSH ROAD ST THOMAS SYRO MALABAR F H ML 63 22 VERREE RD & ALBURGER AVE BALDI SCHL 63 23 8550 VERREE ROAD VILLAGES PINE VALLEY CLUB F H 63 24 VERREE RD & ALBURGER AVE BALDI SCHL ML 63 25 1104 WELSH RD CHAPEL MNR NURS HOME ML 64 1 FRANKFORD AVE & STANWOOD ST BROWN SCHL A L 64 2 8040 ROWLAND AVE PARK TERRACE APTCOMM RM M L 64 3 FRANKFORD AVE & STANWOOD ST BROWN SCHL A L 64 4 FRANKFORD AVE & HARTEL ST FIRE ENGN# 36 FL 64 5 FRANKFORD AVE & HARTEL ST FIRE ENGN# 36 FL 64 6 7800 ROWLAND AVE LANSING KNIGHTS YOUTH M N 64 7 8205 ROOSEVELT BLVD FIRE ENGN# 18 ML 64 8 3201 RYAN AVE LINCOLN HIGH SCHL FH 64 9 3201 RYAN AVE LINCOLN HIGH SCHL FH 64 10 3201 RYAN AVE LINCOLN HIGH SCHL FH 64 11 3301 COTTMAN AVE FLUEHR FUNERAL HOME ML 64 12 HAWTHORNE & PRINCETON AVE MAYFAIR SCHL A L 64 13 3201 RYAN AVE LINCOLN HIGH SCHL FH

64 14 3201 RYAN AVE LINCOLN HIGH SCHL FH 64 15 8301 ROOSEVELT BLVD DEER MEADOWS RETIRE COMM F H 64 16 8301 ROOSEVELT BLVD DEER MEADOWS RETIRE COMM F H 64 17 3001 RYAN AVE MEEHAN MIDDLE SCHL ML 64 18 3001 RYAN AVE MEEHAN MIDDLE SCHL ML 65 1 4500 LINDEN AVE TORRESDALE YOUTH FL 65 2 4500 LINDEN AVE TORRESDALE YOUTH FL ML 65 3 FRANKFORD AVE & LINDEN ST FIRE ENGN#46 65 4 5100 CONVENT LA///CLUB BAKERS BAY CONDOS M L 65 5 FRANKFORD AVE & LINDEN ST FIRE ENGN#46 ML 65 6 8001 TORRESDALE AVE NEW FOUNDATIONS CHTR F L 65 7 5200 LINDEN AVE LIBERTY EVANGELICAL CHURCH M L 65 8 8001 TORRESDALE AVE NEW FOUNDATIONS CHTR F N 65 9 8001 TORRESDALE AVE NEW FOUNDATIONS CHTR F N 65 10 STEVENSON & FRANKFORD HOLY FAMILY TECH CTR F L 65 11 8001 TORRESDALE AVE NEW FOUNDATIONS CHTR F N 65 12 7212 KEYSTONE ST HOPE CHURCH HALL ML ML 65 13 7212 KEYSTONE ST HOPE CHURCH HALL 65 14 7212 KEYSTONE ST HOPE CHURCH HALL ML 65 15 7756 DITMAN ST HOLMESBURG YOUTH MN 65 16 DITMAN & RHAWN STS HOLMESBURG REC FL 65 17 DITMAN & RHAWN STS HOLMESBURG REC FL 65 18 7811 FRANKFORD AVE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHURCH M N 65 19 7811 FRANKFORD AVE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHURCH M N 65 20 9355 STATE RD DELAIRE LANDING COMPLEX BL 65 21 7811 FRANKFORD AVE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHURCH M N 65 22 7756 DITMAN ST HOLMESBURG YOUTH MN ML 65 23 FRANKFORD AVE & LINDEN ST FIRE ENGN# 46 66 1 12273 TOWNSEND ROAD LOCAL # 5 UNION HALL M H 66 2 10980 NORCOM RD NORCOM CMTY CTR FH ML 66 3 ACDMY & TORREY RDS DECATUR SCHL 66 4 ACDMY & TORREY RDS FITZPATRICK REC FL 66 5 2980 SOUTHAMPTON RD I B P A T DC # 21 UNION HL M L 66 6 3301 MECHANICSVILLE RD PARKWOOD YOUTH CTR F L 66 7 10980 NORCOM RD NORCOM CMTY CTR FH BL 66 8 COMLY & THORNTON RDS PALMER REC 66 9 DUNKS FERRY & MECHANICSVILLE JUNOD REC FL ML 66 10 9699 ACDMY ROAD USA AUTO PARTS 66 11 11201 ACDMY RD ARCHBISHOP RYAN HIGH SCHL F L 66 12 12273 TOWNSEND ROAD LOCAL # 5 UNION HALL M H 66 13 ACDMY & TORREY RDS FITZPATRICK REC FL 66 14 DUNKSFERRY & MECHANICSVILLE RD JUNOD REC F L 66 15 11301 ACDMY ROAD ST MARTHA’S GYMNASIUM M L 66 16 ACDMY & TORREY RDS FITZPATRICK REC FL 66 17 ACDMY & COMLY RDS FIRE ENGN# 22 RL 66 18 9951 ACDMY ROAD CANTERBURY CT RENTAL OFFICE M L 66 19 3745 CLARENDEN RD SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHL F L RL 66 20 4150 WOODHAVEN RD FAITH LUTH CHURCH 66 21 3745 CLARENDEN RD SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHL F L 66 22 ACDMY & TORREY RDS DECATUR SCHL ML 66 23 ACDMY & TORREY RDS DECATUR SCHL ML 66 24 11099 KNIGHTS RD KATHARINE DREXEL LIB BL 66 25 11024 KNIGHTS RD OUR LADY OF CALVARY SCHL M L 66 26 MORRELL & W CROWN AVE HANCOCK SCHL RL 66 27 MORRELL & W CROWN AVE HANCOCK SCHL RL 66 28 MORRELL & W CROWN AVE HANCOCK SCHL RL 66 29 4101 CHALFONT DRIVE SCHL DISTRICT OFFICE RN 66 30 CHALFONT DR & DEERPATH LA CHALFONT REC FL 66 31 RED LION & CALERA RDS PICARIELLO REC BL 66 32 10851 CALERA RD NEW LIBERTY BELL YOUTH ML FL 66 33 CHALFONT DR & DEERPATH LA CHALFONT REC 66 34 3301 MECHANICSVILLE RD PARKWOOD YOUTH CTR F L 66 35 RED LION & CALERA RDS PICARIELLO REC BL 66 36 HAWLEY & BROOKVIEW RDS LABRUM SCHL RL 66 37 RED LION & CALERA RDS PICARIELLO REC BL 66 38 ACDMY & TORREY RDS DECATUR SCHL ML AL 66 39 11080 KNIGHTS RD ST LUKES U C CHURCH 66 40 10851 CALERA RD NEW LIBERTY BELL YOUTH ML 66 41 3323 FAIRDALE RD RESIDENCE BN 66 42 11080 KNIGHTS RD ST LUKES U C CHURCH AL 66 43 CHALFONT DR & DEERPATH LA CHALFONT REC FL 66 44 11099 KNIGHTS ROAD KATHARINE DREXEL LIB BL 66 45 BROOKVIEW & HAWLEY RDS LABRUM SCHL RL 66 46 11024 KNIGHTS RD OUR LADY OF CALVARY SCHL M L

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Melissa Etheridge goes bold in new album By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com

Melissa Etheridge is back on the road with a new batch of songs in her considerable sonic arsenal with the recent release of her latest album, “This is M.E.” The new album finds the out and outspoken Grammy-winning rock singer, songwriter and activist exploring new territory as the songs are cowritten and recorded by a number of songwriters and producers from a wide range of musical genres. Etheridge said that record-industry changes allowed her to explore different options when it came time to writing and recording a new album. “A big part of that was the fact that this is my first independent record, and one of the biggest differences in going from the big corporate recording companies to an independent is you don’t have to have money up front to pay one big producer, so there was a different model of making the record,” she said. “I would go into a producer’s studio where they had musicians and their whole setup. I would go into their sandbox and play instead of them coming into mine. It enabled me to work with a bunch of different people without having to pay the money up front. It was giving them back end if I used the song. It enabled me to try out a bunch of different stuff.” Etheridge said she

decided to leave Island Records, the major label she has been recording with for more than 20 years, because the record business has changed so much in recent years. “Record companies are just in an awful place,” she said. “It’s less and less every year. They don’t have the promotional budgets and they are likely after one song to cut off the whole thing and you are on your own. And I don’t own any of those records.

Those masters are theirs. If you want to use ‘Come To My Window’ in a movie, you pay Island Records, which is the way it’s always been done. This record is mine. I own it 100 percent. I can actually make money on the record. So all of those choices were scary because you leave the protection of a huge conglomerate but yet it’s super exciting. It debuted at 21 on the charts. For an independent record, I’m all good with that.” Etheridge said that, even though she is experimenting with different sounds, the new songs still have the elements her fans have come to expect. “The core of the album is still me and my voice and my guitar and harmonica,” she said. “You can hear it all the way through. The difference is it’s like I was playing

with different painters and each painting ended up having a different feel. I find a great thrill in bringing the best of technology and the best of organic sounds and blending it together. We have mandolin, banjo, cello and old slide dobro, and big huge crunchy techno drums and keyboard. It’s all smashed in together and I love that sound.” Etheridge, who has produced some of her albums in the past, said she prefers to have another set of ears at the helm when creating and recording new music. “I really do enjoy handing the technical production and getting each song off to someone else,” she said. “It enables me to concentrate on my vocals and the artistic side of it. Ultimately, I executive-produce everything but I love collaborating like this.” Etheridge worked with writers like Jon Levine (Andy Grammer), Jerrod Bettis (Adele) and producers like Mark Batson (Grace Potter and The Nocturnals) on the new album, but said that one songwriter and producer she worked with was especially inspirational to her. “I would have to say Jerry Wonda (The Fugees, Wyclef Jean),” she said when asked who had the most profound effect on her as a songwriter. “I went in to his studio in New York City and he had dozens of people it seemed. It was just a huge party all the time but everyone was so incredibly talented. He also introduced me to Angela Hunt, who is a songwriter. She did ‘Empire State of Mind’ with Alicia Keys. Just sitting next to her PaGE 39

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and collaborating with her, she just brought out the finer parts of me that I kind of left behind from my first album and second album, choices in melody that I wouldn’t have chosen nowadays. She really brought that back. So Jerry Wonda was such a good influence that he is going on tour with me. You’re going to experience that difference on stage.” Etheridge did a solo tour this past summer for which she performed stripped-down versions of songs from her catalog but, for her upcoming tour, which hits Merriam Theater Nov. 4, she promises to have “more band than I have ever had on the road.” With all the new influences on her sound, we asked Etheridge who she is listening to these days that might surprise her fans. “Probably Drake,” she said. “My son listens to a lot of EDM and rap music. I have to tell you, I enjoy Drake — not always his lyrical content but his musical sense I really do enjoy.” She added that she tries to expose her children to the music that influenced not only her, but also the modern artists they like. “They love discovering music,” she said. “It’s a rite of passage for a teenager, to find the music that moves you and share it with your friends. The Internet is filled with that. My kids, I gave them a musical education. It was important for me that they knew things. ‘This is Marvin Gaye. This song here, it came from him.’ My daughter a few years ago came to me and said, ‘Have you heard of this guy named Sting?’ Uh, yeah, I got to work with him actually.” When we last spoke to Etheridge, the world was a different place. Proposition 8 was still the law of the land in California and the idea of legalizing same-sex mar-

riage was struggling to even get talked about and considered by lawmakers and spiritual leaders across the country. Now, the tide is turning. Etheridge said she is happy to see the climate for the rights of LGBT individuals shift closer to where she thinks it should be. “I was surprised that Prop. 8 passed in California,” she said. “I had to sit back and catch my breath on that. I always thought it would progress as it is progressing now. This feels right to me. I believe that our country and our society could never last on hatred and fear and making certain citizens or families second-class. That is not American. That is not what our country was built on. I believed and still do in our Constitution and how our government here in America is set up. I never knew how long it would take, but I knew we would get there and here we go. We finally have momentum.” n Melissa Etheridge performs 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-7905800 or visit www.melissaetheridge.com.

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Malcolm Kenyatta: Rallying youth, voters for poetic justice The upcoming elections are so important, I decided to use two quotes on the subject matter: “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” — Abraham Lincoln Someone who does get the importance of voting is this week’s profile, Malcolm Kenyatta. The youngest board member of Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club, Kenyatta comes from a long line of family activists. A resident of Philadelphia with a strong background in leadership training, activism and performance art, the young go-getter holds a bachelor’s in strategic communication from Temple University and is slated to graduate Drexel University next year with a master’s in public communication. In 2008, Kenyatta founded a collegiate poetry collective, Babel, and in 2011 he was awarded the Lax Scholarship for his activism in LGBTQA causes on college campuses in Philadelphia. He currently teaches several performance-art classes with tweens and teens through the nonprofit Mighty Writers while holding a full-time job at Hahnemann University Hospital. Not bad for someone who just turned 24 this past summer. PGN: Describe your parents for me. mK: Well, my father passed away three years ago but he was a big man, 6-foot6, a big towering man who was still very goofy, except when it came to grammar, which he was very serious about. We’d be on the bus and he would correct the grammar of random people. I’d be like, “Dad! You can’t do that!” I guess he got it from my grandfather, Muhammad Kenyatta, who was a professor and civil-rights activist in Philadelphia. He ran for mayor in 1975. My mom is the complete opposite, she’s fun but not goofy. She’s very even-keeled and gets along with everyone. She’s a mental-health technician and it takes a special sort of person to do that. I am the perfect balance of my parents’ sensibilities. PGN: Siblings? mK: I have three adopted brothers and sisters, all from the same biological family, which is cool. PGN: Where do you fall in the lineup? mK: I am the youngest. PGN: [Laughs] Were you an “oops”? mK: Ha, ha. No, I was about 3 or 4 when

my parents started adopting. My siblings were all older than me from the start but I don’t remember a time without them. PGN: So, what were you like as a kid? mK: I’ve always been very outgoing, outspoken, very much my own person. I always liked having my hand in several different things. For instance, right now I am on the board of Liberty City dealing with political issues, plus I work a full-time job at Hahnemann and my partner and I are producing a show called “Ya Gotta Eat Dirt Before You Die,” about HIV and AIDS. PGN: Interesting title, tell me a little bit more about that. mK: It’s set in the 1980s and follows Jefferson, an African-American business professional whose lover, Nick, is dying from AIDS while his mother simultaneously is diagnosed with an untreatable and aggressive cancer. The project will launch Dec. 1 in tandem with World AIDS Day and AIDS Awareness Month. On Dec. 1, in partnership with Temple University Paley Library, we will hold three separate panels across the city to discuss the themes of the play and examine the cultural, medical and interpersonal implication of HIV/AIDS from it beginnings in 1981 to now. From Dec. 4-7, the show will take place on the Main Stage @ The Adrienne Theater. At each performance, rapid HIV testing will be available and tickets purchased at the door will be sold at the presale price for individuals who receive testing. I’ve always been about trying to bridge the arts with my social and political passions. “Eating Dirt” is the perfect project for that!

that homosexuality was not accepted. I obviously don’t agree with that dogma and I still haven’t found a church where I feel ministered to in the way that I would like. PGN: When did you know you were gay? mK: I think I’ve always known and ironically having girlfriends in high school seemed to have helped. It was like [laughs], “You know I really like hanging out with you but I really don’t want you to kiss me, or touch me or do anything inappropriate.” I figured that was a hint. When I went to college at Temple that really helped. It wasn’t far from home — my mom lived right at 11th and Master — but I lived on campus and got to experience campus life. I met a wide range of people who didn’t care that I was gay. PGN: I understand that cherry and white runs through your veins. mK: [Laughs] Yes, both of my parents went to Temple and that’s where they met. And I was born at Temple [University] Hospital.

PGN: Cool. There was a story on NPR in April about dirt-eating. You can even buy special bags of it at many places in the South. mK: I know, and people think our cast is actually eating dirt in our PR pictures but no, it’s just brownie mix and crunched-up Cheerios and Oreos! We’ll leave the Philadelphia dirt for the plants. PGN: Play any sports as a kid? mK: OK, I was, and still remain, the most sports-challenged person I know. I can’t even shoot a balled-up piece of paper into the trashcan. My mom unfortunately used to tell me, “You are going to play sports. You’re not going to be gay.” But all the coaches were like, “Uh, we don’t think this is for you.” PGN: Was the family very religious? mK: Yes, we were Christian and I was very involved with the church as a kid. As I became more aware of my sexuality, I became more disenfranchised from the church. Not like they were spouting antigay rhetoric every week, but it was clear

My future kids are not going to have a choice, they’ll have to go to Temple! PGN: What was a favorite moment from college? mK: My favorite moment was probably also one of my toughest. In 2011 a friend of mine from Temple, Roswell Friend, took his own life, then another guy on campus that I didn’t know shot himself. In the response, I created a program called Students Together Ending Pain and

Suicide, STEPS. I reached out to mental-health organizations and suicide-prevention groups and brought them in to be available for those who needed counseling. We did performances right in the Student Center, provided materials and held a candlelight vigil. There was a girl who told me that she’d been contemplating ending her life when she walked through the Student Center. She saw what was going on and it changed her mind. She said I’d saved her life. You hope putting together something like that would have a positive effect but knowing that it made such a profound difference in one person’s life was amazing. It was the launch pad for a lot of the work that I do. Art moves people. It changes people’s minds and perspectives. I could have just put up a table and passed out materials but having that performance was what caught her attention and made all the difference. PGN: What got you interested in politics? mK: It’s basically the family business. As I mentioned, my grandfather ran for mayor and was a big civil-rights activist. He helped bring down the “Black Mafia” here in Philadelphia. Though I was very young when he died, it’s just something that’s instinctual in our family. No one ever told me there was a separation between our daily lives and politics, it was always part of everything we do. Whether it’s how and where we cross the street or where something gets built or whether women get equal pay for equal work, there are people who make those decisions and as citizens it’s our job to elect people who will make a positive difference. I don’t have to be in office or have a cool, funky position in politics but, as a concerned citizen, I have to find a way to be involved. As a young person, I was involved with Upward Bound, and at Roxborough High School I Photo: Suzi Nash was the student body president. It’s important to try to make the world a little bit better. PGN: So nice to hear. I get frustrated at politicians coming out against politics! It’s like a gay person saying, “Make me a leader because I have nothing to do with the LGBT community.” mK: Agreed, and why would you elect someone who ideologically thinks that our government is bad PaGE 48

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Christopher Rice: Fear and writing in New Orleans By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Bestselling author Christopher Rice is coming to Philadelphia for a signing of his latest horror thriller, “The Vines,” Nov. 4 at Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room. For his latest tome, the out novelist and son of famed gothic-horror writer Anne Rice, set the action in New Orleans, following a diverse cast of characters who become caught up in the dark secrets of a restored plantation. Rice said that places like New Orleans are ideal for the types of stories he writes. “Living there is like living in a museum,” he said. “There’s really no line between the present and the past that is clear. It’s also a place where the rules of the outside world don’t always take effect. And that is a great place to write stories about the fabric of the natural world loosening under the threat of the supernatural. If you want to write about scary stuff, you typically write about where you grew up. Stephen King wrote about Maine. My mother wrote about New Orleans. I write about New Orleans because I’m from New Orleans. I think it’s possible to have a dark suspense gene. It doesn’t have anything to do with where you were raised.” Speaking of King, Rice’s work is often compared to that popular horror novelist Joe Hill, who is the son of Stephen King. The reasons are obvious: They are both sons of mega-successful horror writers. But Rice said while he understands the connection, their styles are vastly different. “Joe Hill and I took very different career paths,” he said. “He used a pseudonym for years. He made every effort to not [publicize the fact that he was Stephen King’s son]. I did absolutely the opposite. I just went right out the door saying, ‘I’m Anne Rice’s son.’ Part of why I felt confident in doing that is there really is no mistaking an Anne Rice book for a Christopher Rice book. Our aesthetics are very different. I am much more thriller and plot-oriented. She is more about romantic characters that wrestle with grand, cosmic spiritual questions and I am much more about the construction of individual stories. And I’m not trashing her work or anybody’s work. Joe Hill is a really great writer but I can understand because he is a straight man that looks like his dad and writes horror novels set in New England, he needed to change his name to distinguish himself. The only thing that matters is, is he a good writer? I think he is a good writer.” Rice added that he doesn’t really consider himself a horror writer. “If you compare my books [to Hill‘s],

I’m more of a thriller writer than a horror novelist,” he said. “I’ve had this rule so far that the monster can never get bigger than the human in the story. Ultimately, my stories are about human beings trying to resolve inner conflicts by battling with exterior conflicts. In horror novels like Stephen King and Joe Hill write, the construction of the supernatural framework in which the human characters move takes precedence over everything else. Those are great reads but they are a different kind of book than what I have done so far.” Rice has an almost academic view and analysis of how fears are developed and where they come from, as well as how shifting concerns drive what is popular in thriller and horror. “Some people are afraid of the big city and that’s where zombie stuff comes from,” he said. “Some people are scared of crowds of strangers. Other people, like me, if you want to scare the crap out of me, put me in a house in the country and make it really quiet. That just sends me over the edge. It’s about the tastes that the individual writer or reader had. Our fears are developed early on in life and they may be part of the environment we came from or maybe it’s hormonal and we see the environments that we are in based on that chemical disposition. Right now the trend in horror is city horror. People are afraid of other people. We’re seeing it with Ebola and ‘The Walking Dead.’ Although what I have been told by people who work in publishing is zombie stories are on the decline now. They’ve peaked and they are going back down. But there is a lot of fear of other people.” Rice said that while he respects and understands the styles and fears that fuel the current state of modern horror, he doesn’t like to perpetuate the conventional stereotypes that the genre often promotes. “Even with contemporary horror writers, there’s this disturbing trend,” he said. “People who are sexually liberated or free or make themselves sexually vulnerable are always eaten and killed and torn to pieces. You see that with women but you also see that with gay characters in bad horror novels. I’m not really down with that. That’s really not my kind of storytelling.” n Christopher Rice hosts a reading and signing 5:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St. For more information, visit www.queerbooks.com or www.christopherricebooks. com.

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Cross-sports picnic in the park a success More than 100 athletes, partners and friends converged in FDR Park Oct. 26 for the first long-awaited gathering of athletes spanning the rainbow of sports options in Philadelphia. From softball to soccer, kickball to tennis and including members of several other organizations, the park was rife with cross-sport challenges and lessons. The happy collective was part of the new Philadelphia organization Our Philadelphia Athletic League (OPAL), which is gaining traction across the various leagues and teams. In addition to the sporting events, OPAL organizers recognized Team Philadelpha’s Bob Szwajkos with a plaque commemorating his work earlier this year with the Gay Games. There is still speculation about the future of Team Philadelphia and the funds that it

holds. If its operations were to cease, ideas from rolling the money into OPAL, distributing it to teams and leagues or donating a sum to the Gloria Casarez Scholarship Fund at West Chester University have been floated. OPAL plays the position of receiver at the monthly Delaware Valley Legacy Fund fundraising party 6-8 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Ritz-Carlton, 10 Avenue of the Arts. Short stops

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• The Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League Halloween fundraiser Animation Domination netted more $3,500 for the AIDS Fund Oct. 24 through admissions and a player auction, which saw more than one athlete sell for more than $500. The fall-season closing party is Nov. 15 at

Eric Morgenstein tries the tightrope as an alternative walk in the park. Photos: Scott A. Drake

Matt Simmers gets tagged out at home during the final Fall Ball softball game Oct. 25 in FDR Park. The championship pitted white against orange, with white taking top honors.

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Out filmmaker’s latest misses the mark By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor New Queer Cinema writer/director Gregg Araki’s moody new film “White Bird in a Blizzard” is well-made, but it is passive where it should be impassioned. The film, which opened Oct. 24 at Ritz Theaters, is an adaptation of Laura Kasischke’s novel, and has 17-year-old Kat (Shailene Woodley) grappling with the disappearance of her mother, Eve (Eva Green). Araki creates a dreamy soundscape, with music by Robin Guthrie (formerly of the Cocteau Twins) and snowy dream sequences. However, these ethereal elements distract as much as they enhance this serious coming-of-age story. As Kat recalls various episodes — good, bad and horrific — from her past to Dr. Thaler (Angela Bassett), a therapist, her revelations over time feel forced and unconvincing. This is not to say the film does not have its worthwhile moments. There is a terrific sequence that conveys the emotional shift and schism between mother and daughter. Kat recounts going from being Eve’s pet as a young girl to transforming her body from fat to sylph-like when she hit puberty, and ultimately turning into Eve’s enemy when she becomes a sexually active teenager. Likewise, Araki’s depiction of Eve as a bored housewife palpably magnifies her increasing despair. In contrast, scenes of Eve getting drunk, making passes at Kat’s boyfriend, Phil (Shiloh Fernandez), or becoming enraged by her frustrating husband, Brock (Christopher Meloni), are over-the-top. Eve’s character is not that complex. Her flirtations with Phil are actually some of the best scenes in the film. Araki gets at the unexpected erotic frisson that exists between these characters — a sexy stoner and the older, bored seductress next door. It’s a dynamic that parallels the one between Kat and Detective Sciezlesciez (Thomas Jane), who is handling Eve’s missing-person case. Kat visits the detective in his home one night with news that she suspected her mother was having an affair. The detective, no dummy, understands this teenager is trying to seduce him. He has sex with her anyway, despite the fact that it is hinky and illegal. A sexual relationship soon develops between them. Significantly, “White Bird in a Blizzard” does not make its inappropriate moments prurient. Perhaps it should have, and the film could have been wonderfully lurid. Instead, Araki astutely captures the awkwardness between

the characters. Scenes of Eve dressing provocatively in front of Phil and Kat are revealing (no pun intended) but don’t inform her character beyond the obvious. That said, this moment is better than a dream sequence in which Eve is complaining to Kat that she has no hands. The second half of the film, which takes place a few years after Eve’s disappearance, also has some effective moments. Kat’s awkward reunions with her lovers, Phil and the detective, are uncomfortable for different reasons. They also prompt Kat to seek some closure to her mother’s disappearance. An early, effective scene illustrates Kat’s psychology as when she compares that blink of a moment of losing her virginity to Phil to her mother vanishing. However, as Kat thinks more about her relationship with her mother (in and out of therapy), audiences are able to put many of the pieces together, often faster than Kat is. This makes “White Bird in a Blizzard” somewhat detached and uninvolving. It is hard to sympathize with a character that takes too long to realize the truth that others all around her do. Araki creates a vivid visual palette, even when he lights his film in such a way that it overexposes his hand. But he errs in creating signposts rather than crafting a mystery. The emphasis here is not on what happened but why. That may be the key, but the film focuses too much on the former and not enough on the latter. When, late in the film, the filmmaker reveals what’s really going on with its key characters, the twist feels cheap and unearned. It also comes all too late. Woodley is very fine in the lead role, especially in her projection of Kat’s self-confidence. Unfortunately, “White Bird in a Blizzard” is sabotaged by Green’s exaggerated performance. When Eve enters her daughter’s bedroom in the middle of the night to ask Kat if Phil is a good fuck, the episode is more campy than disturbing. This and other scenes of Green overacting wildly suggest that Araki was telling the actress to perform as if she were doing a scene from “Mommie Dearest,” but to be less subtle. It is the film’s Achilles’ heel. The supporting cast, however, is solid. Fernandez makes Phil a bit more complex than his sexy stoner dude might be, and Meloni has a good rapport with Woodley in their scenes together. The film also features an outstanding period (1988-91) soundtrack. Alas, there is not enough meat on “White Bird in a Blizzard’s” bones for it to be completely satisfying. n

Theater & Arts Caught InterAct Theatre Company presents the story of legendary Chinese artist Lin Bo and his harrowing story of imprisonment in a Chinese detention center through Nov. 16 at Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St.; 215-567-2848. Christopher Rice The out horror novelist hosts a reading 5:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960. The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence Azuka Theatre presents the time-shifting Pulitzer Prizefinalist play, questioning how technology affects our ability to communicate Nov. 5-23, 1636 Sansom St.; 215-563-1100. Detroit Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Pulitzer Prizenominated story of the couple who befriends a transient couple, then moves into a vacant house next door, through Nov. 9 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420. In Reverse Muse Art Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Terri Fridkin through Nov. 2, 52 N. Second St.; 215-627-5310. Katha Pollitt The feminist author of “Pro:

Reclaiming Abortion Rights” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215567-4341. Mary Poppins Walnut Street Theatre presents the musical based on the classic Disney film Nov. 4-Jan. 4, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550. Mitch Fatel The comedian performs Nov. 6-8 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001. Newsies The smash-hit musical about a band of underdog delivery boys runs through Nov. 2 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215790-5847. The Outsiders The ’80s teen drama is screened 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

So You Think You Can Dance Dancers from the hit TV show perform 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Terry Mutchler The out journalist and author of “Under This Beautiful Dome: A Senator, A Journalist and the Politics of Gay Love in America” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215567-4341. Tommy Davidson The comedian performs through Nov. 1 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001.

Music The Thrill The Michael

Jackson tribute band performs 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Lights The Canadian electropop singer performs 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. Los Lobos The Latin rock band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800. Chrissie Hynde The rocks singer performs 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Tower Theater, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby; 610-352-2887. Steve Aoki and Lil’ John The two DJs perform 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800745-3000.

Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition highlighting the works of the famed fashion designer through Nov. 30, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a major retrospective of the critical figure in the history of modern art, photography and filmmaking through Jan. 4, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

THE GREAT PRETENDER: Pretenders frontwoman and all-around influential singer Chrissie Hynde comes to town performing Pretenders hits and songs from her new solo album, “Stockholm,” 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Tower Theatre, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby. For more information or tickets, call 610-352-2887. Photo: Dean Chalkey

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Young love in focus as short film expands By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor

WANDA DOES IT AGAIN: Out comedian and actor Wanda Sykes comes back to Atlantic City with her witty and sidesplitting brand of outrageous humor 9 p.m. Nov. 7-8 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-317-1000.

Nightlife Villains The costume cabaret show, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 31 at L’Etage, 624 S. Bainbridge St.; 215-592-0626. Henri David presents Halloween the Ball The annual festivity returns for its 46th year, with the midnight costume contest featuring 10 categories and cash prizes, 9 p.m. Oct. 31 at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, 201 N. 17th St.; 215-732-7711. Freaks & Monsters Ball Brittany Lynn hosts the festivities with performances by Gemini Rose, Chad Parsons, Frankie Rowles, Chris McGinnis, Madelaine Christina Minola Novak and Monica Blewinsky, 9

p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 31 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

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

The Dark Crystal The 1982 fantasy film is screened 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223. Who’s Bad The Michael Jackson tribute band performs 3 and 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at Sellersville Theater 1984, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. Capitol Steps The political satire stage show comes to town 8 p.m. Nov. 1 and 2 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215572-7650. David Copperfield The 1935 epic film is screened

Billy Gardell The comedian seen on “Mike & Molly” performs 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215572-7650. The Dead Zone The 1983 horror film based on the novel by Stephen

King is screened 9:45 p.m. Nov. 7 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223. Exalted Nature: The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield The Brandywine River Museum of Art presents an exhibition of visionary landscapes by Burchfield (18931967), featuring more than 50 paintings borrowed from important public and private collections across the United States, through Nov. 16, 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford; www.brandywinemuseum.org. n

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The sweet and sunny Brazilian romance “The Way He Looks” is out writer/director Daniel Ribeiro’s feature-length version of his excellent 2010 short “Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho” (“I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone”). This expanded version, starring the same cast as the short, is one of those rare, happy cases where the feature film improves upon the short. The film, which is Brazil’s Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film, opens Nov. 7 at Ritz Theaters. In this engaging coming-of-age story, Leo (Ghilherme Lobo) is a blind teen whose BFF, Giovana (Tess Amorim), assists him in school and walks him home. When Gabriel (Fabio Audi) joins their class, he befriends Leo and Gi, as she’s called. When a class assignment forces the guys to work together, they quickly form an intimate bond, causing Gi to become jealous. What makes “The Way He Looks” so magical is that Ribeiro chronicles how the two male teens fall in love. The teens never discuss their emotions, but their feelings are all tactile. When Gabriel plants a kiss on Leo, or the two friends shower together during an overnight class trip, the unspoken attraction hangs in the air. Ribeiro met with PGN to talk about gay teens and “The Way He Looks.” PGN: Why did you feel you needed to expand your short into a feature? DR: When I thought about this blind character discovering that he was gay, I knew it had to be my first feature. Blindness provides a way to talk about sexuality because Leo had never seen a boy or a girl. His feelings were not based on anything he had seen; it was just how he felt — his other senses. I thought Leo was a character we’d never seen before, and this comingof-age film would be a good first feature for me to represent who I am. I wanted to keep the same actors because they had a huge chemistry in the short. PGN: There are many scenes involving tactile contact — the boys on the bike or Gabriel teaching Leo to dance … DR: Sight is something that is very attached to sexuality. The big conflict for Leo is, does Gabriel like me or not? He can’t use his sight to get the clues. PGN: In Latin culture it is very common for intimacy to develop between friends. Can you discuss the attitudes queer teens face in Brazil? DR: In Brazil, men don’t kiss on the cheek. Brazil is almost conservative in that way. I wanted to establish that. If two boys are too intimate, people think they are gay. If you kiss a boy, you’re gay. You can hug, that’s OK; we express our emotions easily, but there are rules about being gay, a limit to what you can do, and what is considered too much.

PGN: Leo is very careful about expressing his emotions. Can you discuss how you constructed his character? He is different when he is at home with his family and when he is at school with his friends. DR: I think we are all like that — adapting — especially someone [like Leo] who is bullied. In places where he has more

Ghilherme Lobo (LEFT) and Fabio Audi in “THE WAY HE LOOKS”

power (at home), he can be strong. He is able to have a dialogue with his parents. I didn’t want him to be protected by anyone other than Gi and his mother. PGN: Leo’s mother sees him as being very responsible. Do you think gay teens are more mature? DR: I think a lot of young gay people mature really young because they have to deal with something huge in their lives and they have to do it by themselves. Nowadays, it’s easier for gay teens to be more open, but when I was a teenager, I went through a period where I couldn’t share everything I was feeling. I think a lot of gay people go through that, and they mature really fast and really young. I don’t have Leo question his sexuality, which I went through. I think gay kids shouldn’t have to go through this period of questioning who they are. You need some time to understand what you are feeling, but when you realize you’re gay, it should be OK. PGN: What can you say about the shower scene? DR: I think there has to be a shower scene in a gay film. In the short, we have the same concept where Leo changes in front of Gabe, and Gabe looks at him and realizes that he can look at Leo and Leo doesn’t realize Gabe is staring. Because they were older, I could do it with nudity, and it would be important for the characters. It’s a big deal for gay teens when they have to shower with other people. You can get an erection because your body can’t hide your sexuality. PGN: Gi and Leo talk about their level of laziness. What is your level of laziness? DR: It depends. Right now, it’s big. I’m trying to start a new film. It makes me lazy because it’s so hard. I have to think, What is the story I want to tell next? But when the films start, it flows and it’s exciting and my laziness goes to zero, because I just want to make the film. n

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and then expect them to make things better? They are just trying to destroy it from within. I think the true paradigm shift will be when we elect more openly gay officials and younger elected officials. Unfortunately, with these ridiculously expensive campaigns, it’s almost impossible for someone young and idealistic to be elected. PGN: Back to you, what is Babel? MK: Oh, that’s a poetry group I started at Temple. It’s pretty cool. People in the group have performed poetry all over the country and the world. It was amazing to start something and watch it grow. It’s still in existence. Performance poetry is a kind of theater. PGN: What was a memorable moment with Babel ? MK: Dr. Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon was one of my mentors. That’s a mouthful but she’s worth it. Anyway, I did a piece called “Awkwardly Comfortable” and I performed it completely in the nude. It was an intense performance. I’d have people come up to me after the show who didn’t know what to say. They’d stammer and say, “Uh, nice legs.” PGN: Who was your favorite poet? NK: It was and is Nikki Giovanni. When I was at Temple I got a chance to open for her. [Laughs] Well, the whole group did, but I was the last one before she came out so I consider myself her opening act. When she got off stage she said to me, “You got something.” I just melted. I couldn’t believe Nikki Giovanni spoke to me, never mind complimenting me like that. It doesn’t get much better. PGN: You’re now teaching poetry to young people. How much fun is that?

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MK: I work with a group called Mighty Writers and we mentor kids from about 10-14. We have two different spectrums of kids and I love them both equally: the ones who come in dying to write and the ones who come in and don’t want to have anything to do with it. To watch both groups go through the process and get engaged with poetry is amazing. I’d never worked with kids that young before. My partner and I actually merged our classes together and that was really fun because I got to work with him and work with these kids. They just blew me away. I have one kid who came in who was a rapper and shy about sharing his lyrics. By the end of our workshops he was doing documentaries about rap music. I’d like to think he was inspired by the work we did with him. PGN: You must go a little bit nuts hearing the grammar kids use these days. MK: Because it’s poetry, I try not to be the grammar police in these workshops. I tell the kids, “It’s your world and I’m visiting.” I just want them to get their thoughts down and learn to express themselves. And they do. I had one girl write a beautiful piece about the education system. Sadly they know that they’re not getting the education they deserve. PGN: You work with your partner; what is his name and what does he do? MK: His name is Terrell and he’s an actor and a teaching artist. We’ve been dating for about a year now. PGN: You do a lot of public speaking; ever get nervous? MK: I used to have horrible stage fright, then when I was 13, my old pastor, Bishop Rudolph Nash, called me up to the pulpit at our church. My mother had told him I could sing so he insisted I perform a song before

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he began preaching. I told him there was no way I was doing it but he insisted. He stood there for 20 minutes while I cried until I finally gave in. I haven’t shut up since. PGN: Motto? MK: “Every time I come to a place or meet a new person, I want to leave it better than it was before.” PGN: I think you’re succeeding. As the youngest board member of Liberty City, what would you say to inspire other young people to get involved in politics and the upcoming elections? MK: We have gay marriage in Pennsylvania and certain civil-rights protections in Philadelphia so it’s very easy to think we’ve won all the victories we need to win in the LGBT community, but there’s so much more to do. Liberty City and other organizations like it have a big role to play in making sure that we elect public officials that realize it too. One of my personal passions is the belief that we need to elect more LGBT leaders. I don’t think it’s enough to have straight allies in office. I think they’re great but as they say, if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. We need a gay voice to say, “This is not hearsay about the problem, this is actually what’s happening.” This election is so important; whether it’s about educating our kids or ridding the city of blight, or ensuring fairness for all, it’s not going to happen unless we elect the right people. It’s easy to say, “My vote doesn’t count” but when I hear that I get infuriated. We’ve never had an election where 100 percent of the people voted and I would love to see what would happen if everyone who is eligible came out and voted. I would love to see the change that would happen. Right now we have ridiculous people in office, this crazy Tea/Republican Party that seems to exist

only to create gridlock. I don’t consider myself particularly ideological. There are Republicans that I like but sadly this group doesn’t seem interested in moving the country forward. They’re not interested in passing legislation or solving problems, they just want to shut everything down. That’s one of the reasons young people are so apathetic, but if they could fight past that apathy we could see some of the changes that we all want. With the economy and the climate and the skewed balance of power, at this point it’s becoming a matter of life or death. n LGBT political-action committee Liberty PA is still taking volunteers for get-out-thevote efforts. Email rick@libertypa2014.com for more information. For more information on “Ya Gotta Eat Dirt Before You Die,” visit www.eventbrite. com/e/you-gotta-eat-dirt-before-you-dietickets-13634010693. To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.

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

Arts

Library Book Club meets to discuss a new book 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at William Way. Men On Tap, an LGBT group that performs with choirs, organizations and at the Fringe Festival, rehearses 8 p.m. Mondays at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St.; dale@magicalfantasies.com. Philadelphia Freedom Band, an audition-free LGBT band that does concerts and parades, rehearses 7-9:30 p.m. Mondays; philadelphiafreedomband.com. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus rehearses 7-10 p.m. Wednesdays; 215-731-9230, auditions@pgmc.org. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Opera Club meets to share and listen to recordings 6:30 p.m. the last Saturday of the month; 215-732-7898. Philadelphia Voices of Pride, Philadelphia’s first mixed LGBT chorus, rehearses 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at William Way; www.pvop.org. Queer Writer’s Collective workshop and discussion group meets 3-5 p.m. the fourth Saturday of the month at William Way. Reading Queerly, open to all women and genderqueer/ trans people, meets 6:45 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.

Recreation

Gay Bridge Club non-beginners group meets Monday 2-5 p.m. at William Way; reservations required. Call 215732-2220. Gay-friendly Scrabble Club meets 5:30-10:30 p.m. at Abner’s Steaks, 38th and Chester streets; 215-382-0789. Humboldt Society: Lesbian and Gay Naturalists meets 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at William Way; 215-985-1456, www.humboldtsociety.org. Independence Squares LGBT square-dance club, modern Western square dancing hosts an open house and Tuesday classes in the fall at Lutheran Church, 2111 Sansom St.; philadances@gmail.com, www.independencesquares.org. Male Oenophile Group forming to discuss, appreciate and taste various wines. Will meet once a month to investigate the nuances and glories of the fermented grape; 267-2306750. Mornings OUT LGBT Senior Social activities for senior gay men are held 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesdays at William Way. PhilaVentures, Philadelphia’s LGBT outdoor group, meets for hikes in Wissahickon Valley and Valley Forge Park; philaventures.org.

Sports

Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club meets for practice at p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Greenfield Park, West Chester; www.brandywinerugby.org. City of Brotherly Love Softball League serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area with games on Sundays, beginning in April, at the Dairy and Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park; www.cblsl.org. Frontrunners running club meets 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for a run and brunch at Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www.philadelphiafrontrunners.org. Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club, open to LGBT and allies, practices 8-10 p.m. Mondays and 2-4 p.m. Saturdays; www.falcons-soccer.org. Philadelphia Fins Swim Team, open to male and female swimmers, meets 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Friends Select School and 10:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays; www.philadelphia-fins.org. Philadelphia Gay Bowling League meets 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays September-April at Brunswick Zone, 1328 Delsea Drive, Deptford, N.J.; 856-889-1434, www.

philagaybowling.com. Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League plays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at FDR Park; www.phillyflagfootball.com Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club, open to players of all skill levels, meets 7:45 p.m. Thursdays at Columbus Square Park, 1200 Wharton St.; 215-913-7531, philadelphiagryphons.org, becomeagryphon@gmail.com. Philadelphia Liberty Belles women’s semi-pro full-tackle football league holds fall tryouts; phillybelles.com. Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association plays yearround, all skill levels welcome; philadelphialibertytennis. com. Philadelphia Firebirds women’s football team seeks players; www.philadelphiafirebirds.com. Philadelphia Women’s Baseball League seeks players, all skill levels and ages. Practice is 7 p.m. Thursdays at Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 17th and Fitzwater streets, with games at 2:30 p.m. Sundays; 215-991-5995 (day), 301-919-1194 (evening), phillywomensbaseball.com. Philly Gay Hockey Association Philadelphia Phury seeks players; 917-656-1936, phury@gayhockey.org. Philly QCycle LGBT bicycling club promotes organized recreational riding for all levels in the Greater Philadelphia region; contact the organization via Facebook. Rainbow Riders of the Delaware Valley motorcycle club meets regularly; 215-836-0440, www.groups.yahoo.com/ group/rainbowridersdv/. Rainbow Rollers gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Boulevard Lanes in Northeast Philadelphia; rainbowrollers.com. Spartan Wrestling Club gay wrestling team meets 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; 215-732-4545, www.phillyspartans.com.

Etc.

AIDS Law Project provides free legal assistance to people with HIV/AIDS and sponsors free monthly seminars on work and housing at 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 600; 215587-9377, www.aidslawpa.org. BiUnity, Philadelphia-area social and support network for bisexuals, their family members and friends; http://biunity. org. Delaware Valley Pink Pistols, for LGBT people dedicated to legal, safe and responsible use of firearms for self-defense, meets 2 p.m. the third Saturday of the month at Classic Indoor Range, 1310 Industrial Blvd., Southampton; 610-879-2364; www.pinkpistols.org. Delaware Pride holds planning meetings 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the United Church of Christ, 300 Main St., Newark; 302-265-3020, delawarepride.org. Haverford College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance holds open meetings 10-11 p.m. Mondays during the school year in the lounge in Jones Basement at Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave.; 610-896-4938. Men and Women for Human Excellence support group meets from noon-2 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of the month at 26th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue; 267-2733513, cmoore8300@yahoo.com. Long Yang Club Philadelphia, social organization for gay Asians and their friends, holds monthly socials; www. longyangclub.org/philadelphia. Our Night Out, a casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, friends and colleagues, meets in a different Philadelphia hot spot each month. To receive monthly event invitations, email OurNightOutPhilly@gmail.com; more information on Facebook. Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Advice offered 5-8 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month; 215-238-6333. Philadelphia Prime Timers club for mature gay and bisexual men and their admirers meets regularly; primetimersofphiladelphia@yahoo.com. Philadelphians MC Club, for leather men and women, meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at The Pit at The Bike Stop, 201 S. Quince St.; philadelphiansmc.org. Rainbow Amateur Radio Association ARRL-affiliated, weekly HF nets, quarterly newsletter; www.rara.org. Silver Foxes, a social and educational group for gays and lesbians 50 and older, meets 3-5 p.m. the fourth Sunday of the month at William Way; 215-732-2220. SNJ Queers meets monthly for queer/queer-friendly folks in South Jersey to mix and mingle; 856-375-3708, wmf69@comast.net.

Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2014

Community Bulletin Board Community centers

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

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

■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, self-employed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city, invites speakers on various topics, partners with other nonprofits and maintains a website where everyone is invited to sign up for email notices for activities and

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

Key numbers 215-686-9980, helen.fitzpatrick@ phila.gov ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org ■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378 ■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: 215-686-2555

■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670 ■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 1-877-pride-2000 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288

■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658

■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833

■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870. ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088; www.actionaids.org. AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 1711 S. Broad St.; 215-629-2300; www.asiac.org. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871; www.galaei. org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; 215-627-9090; www.galloplaw. org.

685-1821. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-5869077. Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652; www.mazzonicenter.org. Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-noon Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups events; www.gppn.org; 215-9223377.

■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association The Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www. nlgja.org/philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly businesses and professionals. Visit www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com for information about events, programs and membership; 215-557-0190; 1717 Arch St., Suite 3370.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus A regional organization dedicated to promoting gay and lesbian tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region holds meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; P.O. Box 58143, Philadelphia, PA 19102; www. philadelphiagaytourism.com; 215-840-2039.

Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com Oct. 31-Nov.7, 2014

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