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PA widow challenges state tax law in newest DOMA suit By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com

Out candidates gear up for election Endorsements By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Four mayoral candidates in Pennsylvania are vying for a spot as the state’s first openly LGBT mayor in the Nov. 5 election, which will also see a number of other out candidates looking to break into, or be reelected to, public office. New Hope has long been known as an LGBT getaway in Bucks County, and Donna Deely, 52, is looking to helm the town. The out lesbian, who serves on the fundraising committee for the Bucks County Playhouse and as a volunteer for Aid for Friends, told PGN she hopes to enhace the communication among elected officials and residents in New Hope. Hailing from another small town, out businessman Doug DiPasquale hopes to lead his town, Lansdale, in a new direction. DiPasquale, 29, owns Minuteman Press and serves as president of the Lansdale Business Association and as the LBA liaison to the borough’s economic-development committee. He also serves as vice president of Discover Lansdale, a nonprofit organization that brings new events to the town.

DiPasquale told PGN he has already begun conversations with the borough’s council on crafting an LGBT-specific nondiscrimination ordinance. Hatboro mayoral candidate Bill Godshall is also no stranger to small businesses, operating his own florist company, Rose In Bloom. The retired and decorated military veteran pledged to be a more visible mayor if elected and hopes to open a cultural center in Hatboro. Godshall currently sits on the board of directors of Hatboro’s Chamber of Commerce and is a new member of the Hatboro Rotary Club. He defeated incumbent Democratic mayor Norm Hawkes in the spring, but Hawkes is now running as a Republican write-in candidate. Harrisburg mayoral candidate Dan Miller’s race has been a unique one. Miller, who lost the Democratic primary in May, will run as a Republican next week. Miller has served as Harrisburg’s city controller for the past four years and also served on City Council prior to that. Miller’s plans for state capitol focus on fixing its weak financial position. If elected, Miller would become only the second openly gay mayor in a state capitol PAGE 16 in the United States.

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percent tax. Benjamin Jerner and Tiffany Palmer of Jerner & Palmer, P.C., will represent Baus. The suit contends the state Defense of Marriage Act and subsequent inheritance-tax law violate the state constitutional uniformity clause, equal-rights amendment, equal-protection and due-process guarantees, as PAGE 16

Plans move for new venue at Sisters By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

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EVERYBODY NEEDS A HERO: Event organizers Carmen Gervasio (from left) and Herbie Sayles were joined by other superheroes and villains at the Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League Halloween party and bachelor auction Oct. 26 at the William Way LGBT Community Center. Action AIDS senior development associate Ethan Blades (center of superhero cutout) represented Action AIDS, one of the party’s beneficiaries. About 100 people attended the event, raising about $2,500. Photo: Scott A. Drake

A lesbian widow from Bethlehem recently filed a lawsuit seeking equal treatment under Pennsylvania’s inheritance-tax law for same-sex couples. Barbara Baus filed a suit in Orphans’ Court of Northampton County Oct. 25, after being asked to pay more than $10,000 in inheritance tax on the estate of her late wife. Baus married Cathy Burgi-Rios on April 29, 2011, in Connecticut. Burgi-Rios, 55, died on Sept. 21, 2012, from complications from her year-long battle with leukemia. The pair, together for more than 15 years, first married in a church ceremony in 1999 and also had a

civil union in New Jersey. In 2001, Burgi-Rios, a New Jersey native, named Baus, who hails from Bucks County, as the executrix of her will and sole beneficiary of her assets. The two jointly owned property and had joint checking and savings accounts. Following Burgi-Rios’ passing, Baus filed an Inheritance Tax Return with the Register of Wills of Northampton County, but was told by the state Department of Revenue that her marriage was “not valid in Pennsylvania.” Heterosexual married couples are exempt from inheritance tax, but Pennsylvania’s ban on samesex couples means even legally married same-sex spouses are classified as “friends” in an estate appraisement and must pay a 15-

An application has been filed for the transfer of the liquor license of now-defunct lesbian bar Sisters to a new owner. The license-transfer notice was posted on the door of the Chancellor Street property last week. The signage indicates that the transfer request was made by a company called Justaplumber, Inc., which, according to Liquor Control Board records, was founded Sept. 26 and is headquartered at 1318-20 Chancellor St., Sisters’ address. Sisters abruptly shut down Aug. 12. Longtime building owner Mel Heifetz repeatedly declined to indicate why the venue, the city’s only and longest-running lesbian bar, closed. According to LCB records, Justaplumber is helmed by Thomas S. Bee and Mark J. Bee, who owns Silk City Diner and N. 3rd in Northern Liberties. The LCB application lists Thomas as vice president and Mark as manager/president/secretary/treasurer. PAGE 15 City property records

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News Briefing Conshy challenge dismissed Commonwealth Court has declined to reconsider its dismissal of James D . S c h n e l l e r ’s l ega l c h a l l e n g e t o Conshohocken’s LGBT-inclusive antibias ordinance Schneller contends the ordinance, which was enacted in April 2011, violates state and federal laws that protect religious freedoms. He also claims Conshohocken Borough Council discriminated against him as a Christian by not letting him speak at two council meetings in 2011. On Aug. 21, a three-judge panel of Commonwealth Court dismissed Schneller’s challenge as meritless. But on Sept. 30, Schneller filed a petition asking the court to reconsider its dismissal. On Oct. 23, the court dismissed Schneller’s petition, without elaboration. Borough solicitor Michael J. Savona expressed satisfaction with the dismissal. “I’m pleased that Conshohocken’s ordinance has withstood Schneller’s attack,”

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Savona told PGN. “Hopefully, this will mark the end of his legal maneuvering.” But Savona acknowledged that Schneller has the right to appeal to the state Supreme Court. Schneller had no comment for this story. The ordinance at issue grants civil-rights protections to LGBTs and other groups in the areas of housing, employment, public education and public accommodations. Violators face a fine of $500 — and up to 90 days in jail — for each offense. In a separate matter, the court said Schneller could proceed with his challenge of Haverford’s LGBT-inclusive antibias ordinance, now that he’s paid the $73.50 filing fee. Schneller wanted to proceed as a pauper. But the court refused to waive the filing fee, noting that Schneller has income from a trust fund that includes a weekly cash payment. Both municipalities continue to implement their ordinances, despite Schneller’s legal challenges.

Vacancies on Haverford’s antibias panel There will be two openings on Haverford Township’s human-relations panel in January. The seven-member panel enforces the township’s LGBT-inclusive antibias ordinance, but it doesn’t have any openly LGBT members. “I hope someone fabulous will apply,”

said Lou DeVecchis, an openly gay Haverford resident. Applicants must be township residents and will be expected to serve for at least three years, according to the township’s website. The deadline for submitting an application is Dec. 2. The township’s board of commissioners will interview applicants sometime in December, but an exact date for the interviews hasn’t been determined. Applications may be sent to the township’s municipal building, 2325 Darby Road in Havertown.

Universal Warrior, a fantasy hair competition, from 8 p.m.-midnight Nov 2. Stylists will compete to show off their best out-of-this-world styles. The competition will benefit cancercare center City of Hope and will feature a judge panel including Josh Middleton, AD Amorosi and Tony Luke Jr. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/592214410834659.

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The Philadelphia Children’s Alliance will host a benefit concert from 6-10 p.m. Nov. 6 at the World Café Live, with proceeds benefiting the agency’s work on behalf of victims of child sexual abuse. The Movin’ On Benefit concert will feature such artists as Lauren Hart, Clif Hillis, Nik Everett, Minerva and The Caulfields. The concert, along with Music Empowering Children of Abuse’s new album, “Movin’ On,” will help empower children who have been victimized. Tickets are $15 and donations of teddy bears will be accepted for children served by PCA. For more information, visit http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/event/369685movin-on-benefit-concert-philadelphia. ■

LGBT-friendly senior apts still leasing The John C. Anderson LGBT-friendly senior apartments are still leasing for units. Seniors who are 62 or older and make $28,000-$33,000 a year can still apply for units available in that category. For more information, call the leasing office at the William Way LGBT Community Center at 267-428-0269 or drop in to 1315 Spruce St. to pick up an application.

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locations in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA — NORTH OF C.C.

1 Shot Coffee, 1040 N. Second St. • 2601 Parkway Condos lobby, 2601 Pennsylvania Ave. • Bebashi, 1217 Spring Garden St. • Beehive Hair Salon, 2319 Fairmount Ave. • Beth Ahavah, 615 N. Broad St. • Bridgeview Place Condo lobby, 315 New St. • Colonnade Condos lobby, 1601 Spring Garden St. • Community College CCP Lambda, 1700 Spring Garden St. • Congresso de Latinos, American St. & Lehigh Ave. • Crooked Frame Café, 2545 Brown St. • Darling’s Diner, 1033 N. Second St. • Filter Coffee House, 331 Race St. • Girard Vet, 28th St. & Girard Ave. • HIV Early Intervention Clinic, St. Joseph’s Hospital, 16th St. & Girard Ave. • Logan View Apts. lobby, 17th & Callowhill sts. • Northern Liberties Iron Works, 821 N. Second St. • One Day At A Time, 2532 N. Broad St. • Philadelphian Condos lobby, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. • PYT Restaurant, 1050 N. Hancock St., at the Piazza • Sammy’s Place, 1449 N. Fifth St., 1st ﬂoor • Shampoo, Seventh & Willow sts. • SILOAM Ministries, 1133 Spring Garden St. • Temple University Student Activity Center, 1755 N. 12th St. • Welker Real Estate, 2311 Fairmount Ave. • Whole Foods Market, 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. •

PHILADELPHIA — SOUTH OF C.C.

Bethel Community Home, 933-935 S. Third St. • Black N Brew, 1523 E. Passyunk Ave. • Carmen’s Country Kitchen, 11th & Wharton sts. • Class Act Auto Repair, 2042 S. Bancroft St. • Equal, 1516 Snyder Ave. • Essene, 719 S. Fourth St. • Expressive Hand, 622 S. Ninth St. • Fuel, 1917 E. Passyunk Ave. • Hideaway, Days Inn, 2015 Penrose Ave. • Jackson Place, 501 Jackson St. • Kris Restaurant, 1100 Federal St. • Rockerhead Salon, 607 S. Third St. • South Philly Bagels, 613 S. Third St. • Ultimo Coffee, 1900 S. 15th St. •

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Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. • Bucks County Coffee, 3430 Sansom St. • Bucks County Coffee, 40th & Locust sts. • Fresh Grocer, 4001 Walnut St. • Goodman Hall, 710 S. 42nd St. • International House, 3701 Chestnut St. • LGBT Center at Penn, 3907 Spruce St. • Old Quaker Condos lobby, 3514 Lancaster Ave. • Oslo Hall, 510 S. 42nd St. • Penn Bookstore, 3610 Walnut St. • Sheraton Hotel, 36th & Chestnut sts. • St. Mary’s Church, 3916 Locust Walk • University of the Sciences England Library, 4200 Woodland Ave. • University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St. • Wilson Hall, 708 S. 42nd St. • World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. •

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Lehigh Valley hospital pressed for partner benefits By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com St. Luke’s Health Network in Bethlehem received more than 1,200 letters from local LGBTs and allies urging the company to adopt spousal benefits for employees married to a same-sex partner. The letters were delivered by Pennsylvania Diversity Network Oct. 24 to St. Luke’s president and CEO Richard A. Anderson and also to the St. Luke’s board of trustees. Employees of the health network, the second-largest health-care provider in the state, have been pressing for such benefits since 2011, when the organization established a nondiscrimination policy in its benefits plan that included sexual orientation. PDN argued that the lack of equal benefits is a violation of St. Luke’s own policy, but said the network previously cited state law for the discrepancy. The network includes five hospitals in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey. The group also denied benefits to same-sex couples employed at the New Jersey hospital who were legally joined in civil unions. Robert Zimmel, senior vice president for human resources at St. Luke’s, told PGN the company is “reviewing the issue and will make a decision in the near future.” PDN executive director Liz Bradbury said St. Luke’s should take immediate steps to rectify the situation, especially in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning a key provision of the federal ban on same-sex marriage.

“Institutions like St. Luke’s are now required by federal law to cover spousal pensions of legally married same-sex couples no matter where they live, as long as they are legally married in a marriageequality state,” Bradbury contended in a press release. Local health systems that offer equal benefits for same-sex spouses include Lehigh Valley Health Network, Reading Area Hospital, Geisinger Health System and Temple University Healthcare. Outgoing Equality Pennsylvania president Adrian Shanker thanked PDN for its work in leading the effort to secure equal benefits for LGBT employees of St. Luke’s. “Public support for equal spousal benefits is at an all-time high and laws are changing rapidly to benefit same-sex couples,” he said in a press release. “So it’s surprising to see St. Luke’s Health Network has dug its heels in the ground to deny their employees equal benefits for equal work.” Bradbury said St. Luke’s current policy is not only unfair to its LGBT employees, it could also be a hindrance to its own ability to employ the best workforce. “Not only is denying equal benefits to a minority group unfair, it keeps major employers like St. Luke’s from attracting and keeping the most qualified professionals,” she said. “The 1,200 people who signed letters to the St. Luke’s Health Network administration don’t understand why a hospital system would choose to discriminate. We hope they change their policy and do the right thing.” ■

Trial date set for OutFest arrests By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com A gay couple arrested at OutFest turned down a plea agreement this week, choosing to have their case head to trial later this month. After a status hearing Oct. 28, Anthony Reto and Thomas Berner rejected the prosecutor’s proposal for the pair to enter the Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition program. Instead, they will face a trial at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 25 on the summary charges of disorderly conduct and criminal conspiracy. Reto was arrested Oct. 13 by a Civil Affairs officer who said Reto pushed him. Reto, Berner and two friends had been posing for a photo in front of the antigay protesters shortly before the arrest, and Reto and witnesses contend he did not approach the officer. The officer says he was pushed from behind and grabbed the person standing behind him before turning around. Video at the scene shows several officers forcefully holding Reto on the ground. Berner was later arrested after attempting to

reach his partner. The pair filed a complaint with Internal Affairs, and the investigation is ongoing. The couple’s attorney, Lloyd Long 3rd of Krasner, Hughes & Long, LLC, said the pair is eager to tell their story in court. “Both Mr. Berner and Mr. Reto have decided that they want to go to trial in this matter because they were wrongly arrested and accused of acts they didn’t commit,” Long told PGN. “We look forward to the opportunity to prove that neither gentleman did anything wrong and that the police response was entirely inappropriate and excessive.” Requirements of ARD programs differ based on the offense but, Long said, had they accepted the offer, the pair may have been placed on probation and asked to pay court costs. Once the requirements of the agreement are satisfied, the charges are dropped and the parties are eligible for their records to be expunged. “They’re not doing anybody any favors by offering them the right to make payments and be on probation when they didn’t do anything,” Long said. ■

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AIDS agency celebrates its silver anniversary By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania will celebrate its 25th anniversary in style next week at a Center City gala fundraiser. “We look at our 25th anniversary as an opportunity to recognize the clients, the staff and all the supporters over the years,” said agency director Ronda B. Goldfein. “We hope that folks will come to join us, to celebrate what we’ve accomplished and support us for the work that’s yet to be done.” The festivities begin 6 p.m. Nov. 7 at Power Plant Productions in Old City. There will be entertainment and catered food. Tickets are $100 per person. “It’s a cocktail party and folks should feel comfortable wearing whatever they would wear to a cocktail party,” Goldfein said. “There will be an ample seating area, with a lounge feeling.” The organization was formed 25 years ago by David Webber, an attorney who saw the need for more legal representation for people with HIV/AIDS. The agency provides free legal services in a wide range of areas: housing, antibias efforts, privacy rights, income replacement, estate planning, job re-entry, home and hospital visits, access to health care, mortgage assistance and debt resolution. Webber said the agency holds a special

place in his heart. “I consider myself the father of the agency,” he said. “It was my baby. We were having so many [antibias] cases, and nobody wanted to take the cases. We

he’s gratified that it continues to meet the needs of the community. “It was very productive and stable when I left, and they seem to be doing very well,” he added. “It has a very good reputation in

AIDS LAW PROJECT STAFF, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RONDA GOLDFEIN (BACK ROW, SECOND FROM LEFT), AT THE AGENCY’S HEADQUARTERS Photo: Timothy Cwiek

needed to set up a nonprofit organization so we could raise money to take the cases and do the advocacy.” Webber left the agency in 1992, but said

the community, and I like to think I set a high level of professionalism. I feel as if I left it in good hands. And it remains in good hands under Rondee’s leadership.”

Goldfein said the agency currently has 10 staffers, several volunteer consultants and volunteer attorneys and a budget of just over $900,000. “We always welcome more support,” she added. Fundraising is a large part of her job, though she also maintains a sizable caseload. “Like many nonprofits, we’ve had ebbs and flows with our funding,” she noted. Goldfein said the agency has assisted about 38,000 people over the years. Clients include a man with HIV tossed out of a gym, a woman with HIV kicked out of a personalcare home and a teenager with HIV refused admittance to a boarding school. “Name the industry, name the profession, name the activity and we’ve heard a complaint about it,” Goldfein said. “We’ve represented a variety of people who’ve tried to get goods or services, or tried to get or keep a job. We’ve represented the person who tried to get a bikini wax, a haircut, a tattoo, surgery.” She said lawsuits handled by the law project can bring about social change, in addition to vindicating the victim’s rights. “We want to compensate clients for what happened, and also see some good come of the wrong act.” Goldfein noted that the agency successfully sued city emergency-medical workers PAGE 8 for refusing to treat peo-

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Youth group announces new leadership By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition, a statewide LGBT youth organization, recently elected a number of new leaders. At its Fall Convening last month at Penn State University, the group chose Jared Scharf as the convener of its Coordinating Committee. Scharf, a junior at Gannon University, will replace outgoing convener Kevin McKeon, who was elected in April. The organization revamped its Coordinating Committee structure over the summer, transitioning from a panel of school representatives to two liaisons from each of nine identified regions within the state. The tenure for leaders was also extended from six-month terms to a oneyear term. Indiana University of Pennsylvania junior Faith Elmes was re-elected as assistant convener, and the PSEC board of directors also gained four new members — Mike Campbell,

Chris Moran-Brock, Lia Koziell and Carolyn Pandolfo. Scharf, 20, is a native of Erie. He is studying theology at Gannon, where he is also involved in the student group Love is for Everyone, which explores the intersectionality of sexuality and spirituality. Scharf became active in PSEC about nine months ago. He said his belief in the organization’s mission motivated him to take on the leadership role. “When I was given the opportunity to step up into this role, I was very humbled but also extremely excited to give back to a cause that has given back to so many other people,” he said. “It’s so inspiring what youth can do. And I want to be a part of that effort.” Scharf said he’s looking forward to helping the diverse LGBT youth movement across the Keystone State and beyond. “I want to foster a sense of community in our movement and in our state,” he said. “Faith and I talked between the election and now about how we do so much

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work in advocacy but we sometimes forget who we’re doing advocacy with. So I want to recreate a sense of community in our youth leaders around the system so that, as we work to change the systems that are in place, we also change ourselves and create a system where we love each other, we’re friends with each other and together we’re making Pennsylvania a better place to live for LGBT people.”

Elmes said Scharf’s personality will be a good fit for that goal. “Jared brings an insane amount of enthusiasm to everything that he does,” she said. “So I’m looking forward to working with him because I know he’s excited to be here. He loves talking with people and getting to know and see faces. He’ll be able to interact with people from all over the state. Pennsylvania is a big state,

with a lot of different little cultures within in, and it’ll be great to work with someone like Jared who’s able to interact with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.” Among the new leaders’ first responsibilities will be shoring up plans for the recently unveiled t h i r d - a n n u a l Yo u t h A c t i o n Conference, which will be held Feb. 14-16 at the University of Pennsylvania. This year’s conference will focus on issues impacting transgender and gender-queer students. “We want to not only fight for the rights of transgender and gender-queer youth, but we want to make sure they’re able to participate in the planning of the youth movement,” Elmes said. “We see some obstacles in their involvement so we want to make sure they’re included. A lot of the focus in the LGBT movement is on the ‘L’ and the ‘G,’ but we think it’s important that we’re all united in that fight for equality.” For more information on PSEC, visit www.pennsec.org. ■

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Mazzoni director named among top leaders By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com Philadelphia SmartCEO each year pays tribute to the best of the best local business execs whose contributions are helping to grow and develop their fields. And this year, an LGBT leader was among the honorees. Mazzoni Center executive director Nurit Shein was recognized with the organization’s Circle of Excellence Award in the Health Care/Biotech field Oct. 17 at PECHE Sherman Mills. There were three finalists in each category — among 500 nominees overall — and Shein was announced the winner live at the event. She said she was taken aback by the reveal. “Personally, it was really a total surprise,” Shein said. “I did not think that out of 500 people, I would end up being a winner. So it was pretty amazing.” Shein has served as Mazzoni Center’s executive director since 1995. Under her direction, the agency launched a primary-care practice that now sees 8,000 patients, a mental-health division, a legal-services department and a wealth of new programming and events. Mazzoni Center currently has a

are distinguished leaders in their fields of business and have found unbelievable success. We are proud to recognize them for their achievements and excellence. They have set the bar high and are admirable role models for the Philadelphia community.” Shein was joined by winners in categories such as real estate, hospitality and construction, as well as by CEO of the Year Awardee Ed Krell, who helms Destination Maternity Corporation. The winners together employ more than 7,000 people across the region and genderate nearly $2 billion in annual revenue. NURIT SHEIN While the award was a personal Photo: Zach Teris/David Michael Howarth accomplishment, Shein said its ability Photography to bring the Mazzoni Center mission more-than $10-million budget and its to the forefront of the consciousness staff size has grown from 13 to more of the business community is even more valuable. than 100 under Shein’s leadership. “The recognition was very appreciThe third-annual Circle of Excellence Awards is designed to ated but more importantly, it affords honor “leaders who have successfully Mazzoni Center the opportunity to be taken their companies to the forefront known in the corporate world where we are not that well known,” she said. of their chosen industries.” SmartCEO founder and CEO Craig “This was a mostly straight event so to Burris said the 30 finalists exemplified have 400 people standing there while I said, ‘lesbian, gay, bisexual and transthese efforts. “The Circle of Excellence finalists gender,’ that really resonated with the have shaped the Philadelphia busi- crowd and gave me the affirmation that ness community in ways that have not we need to be even more connected to gone unnoticed,” Burris said. “They our allies.” ■

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ple with AIDS, which helped ensure that such workers practice infection control with every patient. Before federal privacy laws were in place, the agency successfully sued a national pharmacy for sharing prescription information with a client’s employer. The agency also brought about a state-policy clarification that HIV cannot be the basis for denying an occupational license. “People need to use common sense and realize that HIV isn’t transmitted through casual contact,” Goldfein said. She expressed pride in the agency’s accomplishments. “We’ve pursued cases and policies that we believe are in the best interest of people with HIV. We’ve won every case we’ve taken on. But we haven’t won all the policy fights. If you win everything, you’re not taking the hardenough challenges.” The agency opposed a state Health Department plan to collect the names of people with HIV, but that plan eventually was implemented. “I’m still not convinced that unique identifiers aren’t a better choice over names,” Goldfein noted. “But that’s the law, and I respect the law.” She lauded the courage of the agency’s clientele. “A lot of advances we’ve made have been on the backs of people with AIDS,” she said. “We’ve been inspired by all of them. The clients who’ve walked through our doors are part of the AIDS Law Project’s legacy. And there’s 38,000 of them.” Goldfein said she’d be delighted if the health crisis ends, and the agency could go out of business. “If there were big changes in social justice, if there was no more stigma, no more discrimination, if clients got the income replacement they needed, if Obamacare works — we’d all be happy to take several days at the beach. But until then, you’ll find us in the office.” ■

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Edging forward on ENDA The U.S. Senate is expected to bring the Employment Nondiscrimination Act to the floor for a vote before Thanksgiving, setting up what could be the most progress the legislation has seen in six years. And one of Pennsylvania’s Senators could be pivotal in ensuring success. The legislation would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the classes protected from workplace discrimination at both public and private institutions across the nation. The legislation has been languishing in Congress for nearly two decades. Its most recent large-scale progress was in 2007, when it passed the full House, although in a stripped-down version without gender identity. Earlier this year, ENDA saw its first successful Senate committee vote, and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this week he will bring the legislation up for a vote in the coming weeks. While the bill will have an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled House, it does seem to have a shot in the Democrat-controlled Senate — as long as at least one Republican crosses the aisle to get the legislation the filibusterproof 60 votes it needs. Right now, the bill has 59 pledged supporters, and advocates have put Sen. Patrick Toomey (RPa.) on the short list of possible backers. Toomey’s camp has yet to announce his position or plans. Toomey, who is in his first term in the Senate, has a mixed, yet mostly negative, record on LGBT issues; while a member of the U.S. House, Toomey supported a constitutional amendment banning samesex marriage and also voted to ban adoptions by same-sex couples in Washington,

D.C. But he did support repealing the military’s ban on openly LGBT servicemembers. ENDA should be as much of a nobrainer as the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Some LGBT opponents have argued that the legislation would be conferring “special rights” on LGBT people, but that idea holds little weight, as the same “special rights” are currently being extended to people based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age and disability. Studies have estimated workplace discrimination against LGBT people to be just as, and in some cases more, prevalent than discrimination against the currently protected classes of workers. While some politicians may still consider marriage equality to be a divisive issue that could lose them favor among conservative constituents, the issues of workplace nondiscrimination is, and should not, be. According to recent studies commissioned by Equality Pennsylvania, the majority of Pennsylvanians support having a state law that would prevent discrimination against LGBT people — and most think the Keystone State already has such a measure on the books. The state’s lack of such a measure is even more cause for Toomey to get on board with ENDA. While some of his constituents may feasibly be resistant to any measure that has a “pro-LGBT” bent, he doubtlessly also has constituents who have lost jobs, faced harassment and experienced countless other reverberations from anti-LGBT workplace discrimination. Toomey has a duty to represent all Pennsylvanians — including our LGBT citizens. ■

I was just reading about a middleschool student who shot and killed his math teacher in Nevada. And like all decent Americans I thought, “God damn Girl Scouts.” Reports estimate that the government shutdown cost the United States $24 billion. When I heard this I tweeted, “Are you happy now, Girl Scouts? #MoGirlScouts-MoProblems.” A man in Los Angeles spent his life savings getting plastic surgery to look just like Justin Bieber, yet does not look at all like Justin Bieber. He may have been successful if it hadn’t been for those meddling Girl Scouts. Everything terrible is the fault of the Girl Scouts. Granted, you might not be aware of this sash-clad menace, but that’s because they’ve lulled you into submission with their $100 boxes of Thin Mints and Samoas. While you’re busy stuffing your face with cookies, they’re busy turning your daughters into godless lesbians. But hey, don’t take my word for it. I’m just a lady with silly lady thoughts. Instead, here’s Kevin Swanson, a man who voices his man thoughts on right-wing radio. “I don’t want to promote a wicked organization that, according to its own website, doesn’t promote godly womanhood,” Swanson says. “The vision of the Girl Scouts of America is antithetical to a biblical vision for womanhood.” And what’s the biblical vision for womanhood? Shut your whore mouth and make your man a sandwich. Amen. Now, I know what you’re thinking: But, but ... does this mean no Girl Scout cookies? Yep. “I don’t want to support lesbianism, I don’t want to support Planned Parenthood and I don’t want to support abortion, and if that be the case, I’m not buying Girl Scout cookies,” says Swanson.

Fact: Every time you buy a box of Trefoils, a girl swears off boys forever and gets an abortion. Look, I know this is going to be hard for a lot of you. Thankfully, Swanson offers a workaround. “I suppose if you take a big, fat, black magic marker and you say, ‘Give me that box,’ and you start marking out all of the references to the Girl Scouts of America on all the boxes then maybe we’re not promoting that organization anymore and I’d be willing to buy it,” he says. It’s the perfect plan. If you think about it, all you really need is to carry a Sharpie around to “correct” what you don’t like anywhere and everywhere and voilà! The world conforms to your worldview. Drive an old gas-guzzler that spews black exhaust as you tool down the highway? Just write “Prius” on the bumper. Feeling guilty about smoking? Just cross out the Marlboro logo on your pack and write “Kale Chips.” Spend too much time watching TV and not enough time exercising? Grab that Sharpie and scrawl “Treadmill” across the cushions of your couch. When every girl in America is just a Thin Mint away from becoming a raging bull dyke, arming ourselves with permanent markers is the only sensible thing. In fact, as support for antigay conversion therapy dries up, I suspect that the Sharpie CureTM might be the best bet for “ex-gays,” too. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some cookie boxes to deface. For God. ■

Everything terrible is the fault of the Girl Scouts. Granted, you might not be aware of this sash-clad menace, but that’s because they’ve lulled you into submission with their $100 boxes of Thin Mints and Samoas.

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

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The marriage-equality elephant in the room At the dinner party for the wedding of gay men and women who picketed Troy friends who became the first same-sex cou- and his organizing meetings. That’s actuple in their New Jersey county ally how we met and became friends. to legally wed last week, the But aside from the religious discussion turned to how they aspect, there’s another issue that would refer to one another now LGBT pioneers are facing when that they’re married. Would it they hear those titles. Many, like be “partner,” “spouse” or “husband”? myself, recall the days not so At this early stage of marlong ago — and which even still happens in some places today riage equality, there is no consensus on titles, but I’ve noticed when a naive person has never that younger couples seem to personally met an LGBT person — when an LGBT couple have an easier time using the would be asked, “Which one of term “husband” for one other, you plays the man and which is or in the case with women, the wife?” “wife.” Those of us who are To many of us who have a little older, it seems, prefer attempted to deal with that ques“partner.” Understanding this Mark Segal tion over the years, it was disdifference requires an understanding of the history of the heartening. In answering, you tried not to insult the person asking the gay-rights struggle back to 1969. question by explaining that there was more That was the year that marriage equality became a real issue. The Rev. Troy to a relationship than simply sex and rolePerry of Metropolitan Community Church playing. Our relationships are about buildstarted to perform commitment ceremonies ing an entire life together. and, within a few years, parishioners from For same-sex couples, deciding how to refer to one another is a personal decision his churches around the nation began to and there is no correct title. But maybe push the government by applying for marthose who use the terma “husband” and riage certificates. But, the majority of the “wife” are doing us all a favor since, in gay-rights movement at the time was very seeing two husbands or two wives, that anti-religious and felt that it was religion that had oppressed LGBT people for hunnaive person won’t be able to ask which is the husband and which is the wife. ■ dreds of years. They argued that marriage was a religious institution and, therefore, Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the we should not try to become “heterosexual.” This made most of the activists in the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media. He can be reached at movement act somewhat condescending to Perry and MCC. I can personally attest mark@epgn.com. to this since I was a member of a group of

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Street Talk Will marriage equality in New Jersey accelerate the same in Pennsylvania? “New Jersey will influence the city because we’re so close. But the rest of the state won’t care. The majority Sara Becker of the state sales associate doesn’t Bella Vista live in Philadelphia. Marriage equality isn’t on their radar. So what New Jersey does won’t hold sway for the rural sections.”

“No. There’s a small portion of Pennsylvania that’s contiguous to New Jersey. But it’s not enough of a Sarah Boynton connection server to make an Fishtown impact. The central part of the state is very conservative. I don’t see that area changing its mind [about marriage equality] any time soon.”

“No. The real factor will be getting Gov. Corbett out of office. He’s a barbarian. He compared gay marriage to incest. That was Joseph Gearity sickening. student He needs to Drexel Hill go. He’s bad on so many issues. Once he goes, I guarantee you things will change. But until then, we’ll have the same oppressive environment.”

“Yes. New Jersey will be greatly influential. We’re the only state in the Northeast that doesn’t have marriage Jacqueline equality. It’s Sosalski an embarrass- student ment to the Northeast Philadelphia state. I’m embarrassed for the state. It looks bad for Pennsylvania. So I think the situation [in New Jersey] will prompt an acceptance of marriage equality here.”

Regulating conversion therapy at the municipal level Recently, there has been a flurry of legislative activity pertaining to conversion therapy, a controversial practice that attempts to eliminate an individual’s sexual desire and attraction to members of the same sex. Earlier this year, California and New Jersey enacted laws preventing licensed mental-health professionals from practicing this “therapy” on minors, and a number of lawmakers in other states, including Pennsylvania, have followed their example by introducing similar bills. The rationale behind the legislation is based on the understanding that being lesbian, gay or bisexual is not a disease or disorder and, therefore, attempts to “cure” same-sex attraction are harmful, especially given the evidence demonstrating the futility and pernicious effects of such attempts. Though California and New Jersey were successful in passing their respective conver-

sion-therapy laws, both laws were immediately challenged in federal court on First Amendment grounds. The Ninth Circuit ultimately upheld the California law in August; however, there is speculation that opponents of the law may attempt to bring their challenge to the Supreme Court. In New Jersey, the litigation is still pending at the district court level. The events in California and New Jersey indicate that passage of similar laws in other states will entail an uphill battle. This will undoubtedly be the case in Pennsylvania, where there are currently no protections for LGBT individuals at the state level. Pennsylvania is the only Northeastern state without same-sex marriage and without a law to protect people from being fired, denied housing and/or denied access to public accommodations on account of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In spite of,

and perhaps in reaction to, this unfortunate reality, many municipalities in Pennsylvania have enacted local ordinances implementing anti-discrimination safeguards for LGBT people. Philadelphia, in particular, recognizes domestic partnerships at the municipal level and protects LGBT individuals from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations. This situation between the commonwealth and the municipalities that have enacted LGBT protections within their borders raises an interesting possibility with respect to regulating the practice of conversion therapy. Cities like Philadelphia should consider regulating conversion therapy at the local level. In Philadelphia, for example, the city could accomplish this by denying or revoking city-issued Commercial Activity Licenses to organizations and solo practitioners who engage in conversion therapy with minors.

Because these licenses are required for all businesses operating within city limits, attaching such a condition to their issuance and continued validity would effectively prevent professionals in Philadelphia from conducting the practice on those under 18. Admittedly, such a measure would not prevent those who engage in the practice outside of the commercial context, such as religious leaders, from administering conversion therapy to minors. Nonetheless, like local LGBT anti-discrimination ordinances, it would represent a significant first step to eventually banning conversion therapy entirely and send a strong message to Harrisburg to enact a similar measure at the state level. ■ Andrea Anastasi is a J.D. candidate and Law and Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law.

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cruise when he and his thenpartner came to the event. Singer said when he first encountered Norvilla, he thought he seemed like a “lovable goofball” and it turned out that Singer’s impression was correct. “Harley was one of those characters. He was larger than life and almost childlike. He had a great sense of humor and was loud and had an unforgettable laugh,” Singer said. Smith agreed that Norvilla would be remembered for his good nature. Despite his seemingly imposing appearance, Singer noted, Norvilla had a heart of gold and would take every opportunity to help a neighbor or even a stranger. “He was a big sort of strapping, biker-looking dude, however he was a real child. He was just one

because he was someone that would help out others and do yardwork or help with repairs.” Norvilla is survived by brothers William Boyizigies of Clayton, N.J., and Leonard Norvilla Jr. of Paulsboro, N.J.; his sisters, Andrea Sweetting of North Carolina and Deborah Bratton of Gibbstown; niece Hope Del Grippo of Gibbstown and several other nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held Oct. 25, and Norvilla was buried at Eglington Cemetery in Clarksboro, N.J. Memorial contributions can be made to the Gloucester County Animal Shelter, 1200 N. Delsea Drive, Clayton, N.J. 08312. An online tribute is maintained at www.mcbridefoleyfh.com. ■

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YouTube videos of a Philadelphia of Police has a longstanding history of takgay man being forcefully subdued by ing care of its own. This year, police used Philadelphia Police started popping up excessive force against an 18-year-old shortly after the incident occurred at gay teen, strangling him at a Pride event Philadelphia’s annual OutFest Oct. 13. in Sydney, Australia. In Barcelona, police The videos depict Anthony Reto, 23, being beat and kicked a man at a World Pride put in a headlock by police and held to event so brutally that he later died. In June the ground with a knee in his back. Reto 2013 police beat, handcuffed and then can be heard shouting, “Help me! Help pepper-sprayed three openly gay men in me!” to his boyfriend, Thomas Berner, and Brooklyn. The attack was videotaped and bystanders. is being used as evidence of the violent According to witnesses and actions of these NYPD officers. police, Reto and Berner were The second challenge is walking through OutFest, that Pennsylvania is a state around 12th and Locust streets, that repeatedly denies equal when the couple spotted proprotection of the laws to its testers from a conservative reliLGBT citizens. For example, gious group. Repent America Pennsylvania state law does had signs and were projecting not protect LGBT individuals antigay messages. The couple against employment discrimination, housing discrimination or and two friends took a photo in front of the protestors, when hate crimes. A hate-crimes bill police claim that they knocked enacted in 2002 that added sexual orientation and gender idendown one of Repent America’s as bases for a hate crime signs and pushed an officer Angela tity from behind. Police tackled was later struck down by the Giampolo Pennsylvania Supreme Court. and held Reto to the ground Bills to reinstate LGBT profor approximately two minutes before releasing him. tections have repeatedly been introduced The couple faces charges of disorderly but failed to move in the state legislature. conduct and criminal conspiracy and are Antigay protestors continue to receive perscheduled for a trial later this month. mits for LGBT Pride events, while elected Reto and Berner’s experience is not an officials issue partisan statements conisolated incident. Somehow, Pride events demning same-sex marriage and religious have become targets for violent and hateful schools with explicitly antigay codes of acts. Year after year, communities celebrat- conduct receive public funds. ing positivity and diversity face arbitrary It has become blatantly obvious that a and capricious enforcement of the law as refusal to approve and enact laws to protect well as attacks from malicious individuals. the LGBT community not only contributes Earlier this year, two men harassed a to, but condones, bigotry. In short, disgroup of LGBTs on a subway car followcrimination and hatred are tacitly approved ing New York City’s Pride. In 2010, a gay since a blind eye has been turned on the well-being and safety of our brothers and man was beaten and robbed following a sisters in the community. Community outPride event in Albany, N.Y. In 2012, a lesbian couple was attacked and pushed to the reach and political action are crucial to ground at a Pride event in Atlanta. Also last educate folks to the damage being done. year, police used pepper spray and arrested If LGBT individuals cannot even feel safe and protected during a Pride event — one six LGBTs at a Pride event in Seattle. of the few days in the year where LGBT When people target members of a spepeople can truly be themselves and celcific demographic with such violence and ebrate being members of the incredible brutality, it’s difficult to understand how Philadelphia LGBT community — how are the law fails to recognize this behavior as they supposed to do so the other 364 days a hate crime. By FBI estimates, 12.8 percent of bias or hate crimes occur based of the year? Swift change must be brought on ethnicity, as opposed to 19.8 percent about to end the cycle of violence and based on sexual orientation. However, in hatred that has overshadowed what these Pennsylvania and 19 other states, hateevents stand for, and what lives on within crime statutes do not include protections all of us long after they end: Pride. ■ for crimes biased by sexual orientation or Angela D. Giampolo, principal of gender identity. Proponents of protection for LGBT individuals under the hate-crime Giampolo Law Group, maintains offices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and speciallaw face two major challenges. izes in LGBT law, business law, real-estate The first is that law-enforcement officers can be the perpetrators of hate crimes law and civil rights. Her website is www. against the very LGBT individuals seeking giampololaw.com and she maintains two protection from the law. When an officer blogs, www.phillygaylawyer.com and www. commits a crime, it can be a long, arduous lifeinhouse.com. Send Angela your legal process to justice, as the Fraternal Order questions at angela@giampololaw.com.

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The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between Oct. 14-20. Information is courtesy of 6th District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686-TIPS (8477).

— At 12:55 p.m. Oct. 17, someone stole an iPhone from a stroller inside 10,000 Villages, 1122 Walnut St. The suspect was a black male in his 40s, 5-foot-7, 160 pounds, with salt-and-pepper hair, a beard, black glasses and dark-blue clothing. — Between noon-4 p.m. Oct. 18, items were stolen from a mailbox inside an apartment building in the 1100 block of Spruce Street. — At 7:30 a.m. Oct. 19, a Jefferson University Hospital security officer observed a male cutting a secured bicycle from the bike rack outside 1020 Walnut St. and called police. The suspect was taken into custody and identified, and the bike was taken for safe keeping until the owner can be found. The bike is a blue Diamondback. Contact police.CO_06@phila.gov if you are or believe you know the owner. SISTERS from page 1

indicate that Heifetz sold 1322 Chancellor St. — the site of the adjacent and alsodefunct Key West Bar — in April 2012 to Lord Chancellor, Inc., a company listed at 435 Spring Garden St., the site of Silk City. The Sisters address is still listed under Heifetz’s name. Attorney Edward Taraskus is handling the license-transfer request. A representative for Taraskus said PGN’s request for more information was referred to the transfer-request applicant, but PGN did not receive a call back. Heifetz also did not respond to PGN’s

— At 7:05 p.m. Oct. 18, a man was accosted by another man demanding money on South 12th Street. The victim gave the male $2 while a witness called 911. Sixth District Officer Reid apprehended the suspect while he was still on the scene. The 49-year-old suspect with a Germantown address was charged with robbery and related offenses. SUMMARY ARRESTS — On Oct. 14, 6th District officers issued a citation for summary offenses at 9 a.m. outside 1300 Walnut St. and 11:10 a.m. outside 1222 Chestnut St. — On Oct. 16, 6th District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 8:45 a.m. outside 1324 Walnut St., 2:25 p.m. outside 400 S. Juniper St., 10:15 p.m. outside 1203 Locust St., 11 p.m. outside 1300 Locust St. and 11:30 p.m. outside 1100 Chestnut St. — On Oct. 17, 6th District officers issued a citation for summary offenses at 4 p.m. outside 1225 Spruce St. and 11:35 p.m. outside 1201 Chestnut St. — At 3:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Center City District officers issued a citation for theft of service for failure to pay a restaurant bill at the Olive Garden, 1346 Chestnut St. — On Oct. 19, 6th District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 2:10 a.m. outside 1200 Chancellor St. and 3:25 a.m. outside 809 Locust St. at 3:25 AM. ■ request for comment. In addition to the license transfer, the posting indicated that Justaplumber is also requesting an amusement permit. According to LCB guidelines, an amusement permit sanctions a licensee to offer “entertainment such as dancing, theatricals or floor shows of any sort, or moving pictures other than television or such as are exhibited through coin-operated machines.” Sisters opened in 1996 and, for the ensuing 17 years, was the city’s only full-time lesbian bar. Its closing marks the first time since the 1940s that Philadelphia does not have a lesbian bar. ■

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— At 10:10 p.m. Oct. 16, a man had an argument with his companion in the subway concourse at 1300 Market St., and the companion snatched his Transpass and went onto the train platform. The Transpass owner jumped the turnstile and confronted the other male, and a brief struggle ensued before the owner contacted SEPTA Police. The suspect was identified to investigators, and a warrant will be obtained.

— On Oct. 17, the 6th District Narcotic Enforcement Team set up surveillance at 10th and Market streets and observed an illegal narcotics transaction outside 942 Market St. A 45-year-old Southwest Philadelphia woman, a 42-year-old Northeast Philadelphia man and a 31-yearold Shemong, N.J., man were arrested and charged with illegal narcotics sales. A 42-year-old South Philadelphia man was charged with possession of illegal narcotics.

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INCIDENTS — On Oct. 13 (reported Oct. 14), a man was at 13th and Walnut streets holding a $20 bill in his hand when a male demanded the money and punched him, stealing the money and two scarves. The suspect was described as a Hispanic male in his mid-20s with a light complexion and heavy build, bald and clean-shaven wearing a blue T-shirt.

NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS — At 1:35 p.m. Oct. 15, 6th District Officer Ferrero arrested a male outside 214 S. 12th St. who was wanted for probation violations. The 25-year-old suspect was charged with escape.

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well as federal equal-protection and due-process guarantees. Palmer said Baus is seeking to rectify the state’s discriminatory inheritance-tax law, as well as challenge the overarching state ban on same-sex marriage. “She is seeking to have the state DOMA declared unconstitutional on state and federal constitutional grounds and if she is successful, it would be struck down,” she said. “As a minimum, she is seeking for the court to rule that same-sex spouses do not have to pay inheritance tax. They are essentially being treated the same as an unmarried couple.” Baus said she’s ultimately looking for the state to respect her relationship. “Basically it is the right thing to do and the fair thing to do,” she told PGN. “There is no reason why the LGBT community should be discriminated against in legal issues. We were married and dedicated to each other and there is no reason why we should be penalized. Our love is as strong as any straight couple.” A preliminary hearing is set for 9 a.m. Nov. 22. At least three other lawsuits have been filed in as many months challenging the state DOMA. Baus said the more legal challenges that are launched, the greater the likelihood that the state’s discriminatory laws will be overturned. “I think we just need to start chipping away at these laws. I don’t think it will be across the board right away, but if we take each case by case, we will knock down these laws.” ■ CANDIDATES from page 1

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Across the river, Don Guardian is running for mayor of Atlantic City, N.J. Guardian served as an executive of the Boy Scouts of America from 1976-91 and was an executive assistant to the president of the Claridge Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. In addition to mayoral races, out candidates are running in a number of other races. Political newcomer and Army veteran Andrea Myers is looking to join Hatboro Borough Council, which she worked closely with in pressing for an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in the borough. Lori Schreiber is seeking another term as Abington Township Commissioner. In the central part of the state, Ben Allat is looking to join Harrisburg City Council and Jenn Black is seeking to become the Loyalsock Township Supervisor, while Chris Dietz is seeking re-election to Millersburg Borough Council. In Western Pennsylvania, Robert Langley is pursuing re-election to the Meadville City Council. ■

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Media Trail Hawaii to become next stage in gay marriage debate ABC News reports the island state that helped make gay marriage a national discussion could be the next state to legalize it after more than two decades. Many credit a Hawaii case that started in 1990 with prompting action in courts, statehouses and Congress, leading to the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 that was eventually struck down this year by the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, a special session could make Hawaii the newest state to formally legalize gay marriage, a move proponents say would finish the job and exemplify the state’s fabled aloha spirit. Opponents have taken up many fronts. Some argue that marriage between men and women is about children and society, not necessarily lovers. Others say the issue should go to a public vote.

Church in Overland Park, heard about the incident and went to Carrabba’s for lunch with his partner to support the waiter. If he could speak to the couple who left the message, Baker said he would tell them to “ask the young man’s forgiveness.”

Students object to Macklemore concert The Lincoln Journal-Star reports Creighton University delayed a ticket giveaway to a Macklemore & Ryan Lewis concert after some students raised concerns about the musicians’ support for gay marriage. The Catholic Student Organization objected and some students wrote to the student newspaper after learning that the Creighton Student Union Program Board planned to give away 50-75 vouchers for a concert by the rap group Tuesday at CenturyLink Center Omaha. The students noted the group’s song “Same Love” supports gay marriage. Since the Catholic Church opposes gay marriage, the students argued the Catholic university shouldn’t support performers who produce such a song. University officials delayed the giveaway before deciding to let it go ahead.

Antigay message left Gay couple in OK to marry despite ban for KC-area server According to The Kansas City Star, a server at an Overland Park restaurant who received an antigay note instead of a tip has garnered support from people online and a local retired pastor. A couple, who was not identified, ate at Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Overland Park and left a message for their 20-year-old waiter. Their message read in part: “Thank you for your service, it was excellent. That being said, we cannot in good conscience tip you, for your homosexual lifestyle is an affront to GOD.” Friends of the waiter, who also hasn’t been identified, spread word of the note on social media, where it has gained attention. Officials at the restaurant referred media inquiries to their corporate offices in Tampa, Fla. “We do not tolerate discrimination from either our employees or our guests,” the corporate statement said. “We embrace diversity and believe in treating everyone with respect.” Marvin Baker, who runs the Gay Christian Fellowship ministry at Grace Covenant Presbyterian

The Las Vegas Sun reports that, despite Oklahoma’s ban on samesex marriage, a gay couple will be legally married in the state thanks to one man’s bloodline. Darren Black Bear is a member of the Oklahoma-based Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes. It’s among the few Native-American tribes in the United States that allow same-sex marriage. He planned to marry his partner of nine years, Jason Pickel, on Oct. 31. Like gay couples who legally marry in other states, they won’t be awarded state benefits given to married couples in Oklahoma but they will qualify for federal marriage benefits. All federally recognized tribes can approve laws for their land and members. The Cheyenne Arapaho’s code regarding marriage doesn’t specifically address gender, referring to the parties simply as “Indians.” Black Bear and Pickel say they hope other tribes adopt similar laws. ■ — compiled by Larry Nichols

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Thousands march for marriage in Taiwan Thousands marched in Taipei Oct. 26, holding rainbow flags, colorful placards and balloons in support of a bill reviewing Taiwan’s stance on same-sex marriages. The participants came from far and wide — from Taiwan, several Asian countries, the United States and Europe — for the 11th annual parade in Taipei’s business district. Albert Yang, a spokesperson for the event, said the event’s “theme is ‘The voice of the sexual sufferer,’ which was the main appeal for our very first parade. We want to show support for those who are still suffering or being discriminated against for their sexualities.” The rally came as Taiwan’s Parliament on Oct. 25 decided to begin reviewing a bill to amend the Civil Code in order to allow same-sex marriages. The bill, proposed by opposition Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers, is set to be debated by the Parliament’s judiciary committee. In August, Taiwan authorities agreed not to revoke the marriage status of a local transgender couple, in a move activists called a “benchmark” ruling for opening the door to same-sex marriages. Following that, in September, more than 1,200 activists in Taiwan took part in a mock “wedding banquet” in a bid to press for an amendment to the Civil Code.

Nobel Prize winner targeted by antigay clerics Bangladesh’s only Nobel Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, has been lambasted by state-backed religious hard-liners for supporting gay rights. The Islamic Foundation, a government religious body, called for mass protests to be held against Yunus on Oct. 31. The perceived crime of the 73-year-old was to sign a joint statement along with three other Nobel laureates in April 2012 criticizing the prosecution of gay people in Uganda. Sara Hossain, a top lawyer and LGBTrights activist, said, “It’s unfortunate that he’s facing the kind of campaign that I faced in 1994,” adding that she was “forced to leave the country because of the campaign by the fundamentalists, which the then-government actively supported.” As a professor of economics, Yunus developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for tra-

ditional bank loans. In 2006, Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize ”for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below.” Critics of Yunus have accused him of “sucking the blood” from the poor.

Gay med student kills self in Italy A 21-year-old man has taken his own life in Rome, with investigators saying he talked of suffering homophobia in a letter written before his death. Police have identified the man as Simone D (last name unknown), a medical student at the University La Sapienza. It’s claimed he suffered homophobic bullying at the university. The young man climbed onto the roof of a former pasta factory in Rome and threw himself off the 11th floor during the early hours of Sunday morning. “I’m gay,” he said, in a note discovered after his death. ”Italy is a free country but homophobia exists and whoever has this attitude must deal with his own conscience,” the letter added. The man’s grieving parents say they were not aware he was gay nor that he had been suffering from problems. It is the third case in Rome in less than a year of a young gay person taking his own life. A 14-year-old boy threw himself off a balcony in August, and another teenager died in November 2012 by hanging himself.

Iconic lesbian bar to close in London On Oct. 21, Candy Bar, London’s only bar primarily catering to lesbians, announced it will shut down for good in January. The iconic bar on Carlisle Street is being forced to shut down due to the cost of rent, skyrocketing by nearly 50 percent. Since Kim Lucas opened the establishment in 1996, Candy Bar has changed hands many times, but remained the go-to place for lesbians in the Soho district of London to meet and hang out with other women. However, this will not be the case come January as current owner Gary Henshaw is reluctantly planning to move the women into the basement of Leicester Square’s gay bar, Ku Bar, on neighboring Fifth Street. Candy Bar, which has been hugely popular over the years, was even featured on U.K. TV’s Channel 5 in 2011, in what was promoted as a “brand-new documentary series revealing the lives and loves of the staff and regulars at the world-famous Candy Bar in London, a lesbian night club with a reputation for decadence.” ■ — compiled by Larry Nichols

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Out Harrisburg mayoral candidate back on the ticket By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Dan Miller was vying to become t h e fi r s t o p e n l y gay mayor in a Pennsylvania city when he lost the Democratic primary election May 21. However, Miller is back in the race again and this time, he is running on the Republican ticket. For the last four years, Miller served as Harrisburg city controller and has also been on city council — serving in both positions as a Democrat. This past spring, Eric Papenfuse bested Miller for the Democratic mayoral nomination by just 400 votes, but Miller received enough Republican write-ins to run on the Republican side next week. If Miller weren’t running, Papenfuse would have been unopposed. Miller said the issues Harrisburg is facing are not specific to one party or another — they are issues relevant to all Harrisburg residents. “Our issues aren’t Democratic or Republican, they are issues of how to balance budgets and help people,” he said. “Harrisburg is in a bad financial place. We need to get the power back into the hands of the people.”

Miller said he believes he has a fighting chance to win the position of mayor of Harrisburg. “I have a strong base of Democratic support. For me to have won the Republican vote, I feel like I have bipartisan support. I think I have a viable shot to win,” he said. But the past few months of campaigning have proved challenging, Miller said. “It was difficult to be on the Republican side. The Democratic Party cut me off — cut me off from endorsements, voting software,” Miller said. “It was difficult getting geared up again. We had paid staff in the spring; we don’t have that anymore because there are no funds.” If elected, in addition to working to rectify the city’s financial woes, Miller said he would also help Harrisburg continue its record as a leader on LGBT-rights issues. In 2009, the Harrisburg City Council approved a life-partnership ordinance, which Miller introduced. Harrisburg was also the first city in the state to adopt a nondiscrimination ordinance inclusive of gender identity in 1983. Miller’s election would also be historic. “If I win, I will be the first openly LGBT mayor of a major city in Pennsylvania, which also happens to be the capital of the state,” he said. “As mayor, I will have interactions with state legislators as well, and I think that would be a very positive thing to move forward in LGBT rights.” For more information, visit www.danmillerforharrisburg.com. ■

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District Attorney Seth Williams Democrat By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com In 2009, Seth Williams made history when he was elected the first AfricanAmerican District Attorney in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. And next week, he hopes to continue his commitment to breaking barriers as the city’s top prosecutor. Williams grew up in West Philadelphia and attended Penn State University, where his interest in public service began. He served as president of the Black Caucus and also of the Undergraduate Student Government, where he represented the entire undergraduate student body. Williams considers himself a strong ally for the LGBT community and said fighting for human rights has been in his blood since he was young. “I’ve always shown a commitment to justice not just in my campaign and career but as a student at Penn State,” he said. “I led protests against racism, sexism and homophobia and made sure LGBT students were represented. That was when I was just 20 years old. It has been a lifelong commitment to justice, to fairness and equality.” Williams earned his law degree from Georgetown University and went on to serve as an assistant district attorney for the city for 10 years. He said his pledge for LGBT equality motivated him to hire Nellie Fitzpatrick as the office’s LGBT liaison two years ago.

Williams noted the office has a diversityhiring committee to ensure that it represents the people of Philadelphia. He said his office also hosts an annual reception to reach out to organizations that represent the various minority communities in Philadelphia. The D.A.’s Office has worked with such organizations as the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia, the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania and a variety of student law groups to create more awareness on what the office does and the various employment opportunities it presents. “We want the office to reflect the city that we serve,” he said. Williams said he has spearheaded several events to open up the lines of communication between his office and the LGBT community. “I had an LGBT forum where I had leaders of the LGBT community come to my office to tell me some of the issues,” he said. “I’ve gone repeatedly to the William Way LGBT Community Center to talk and answer questions. I think that I have done a lot. I’ll never say I have done enough. I do everything I can to better serve every group in Philadelphia.” Williams, who was named Philadelphia

FIGHT’s 2012 AIDS Education Month honorary chair, is a strong supporter of marriage equality and said support for a statewide LGBT nondiscrimination bill is a “no-brainer.” He said the next battle will be for a hatecrimes law that specifically protects the LGBT community. Without such a measure, Williams said his office is planning a learning session focused on educating the LGBT community about the options that exist if they are faced with a crime. “We do all we can to reach out, and right now we plan to host a forum where we would have some people in the LGBT community come out and we would have a two-part series talking about how to prevent hate crimes, and we would have people come to my office to ask specific questions on how to report a crime,” he said. As far as hate-crime prevention, Williams believes simple education could go a long way. “There is a huge cultural difference from my father’s generation and my generation and my daughter’s generation,” he said. “People are becoming much more accepting and understanding. All it takes is people being in contact with different people and

accepting people for who they are, not just what they are.” Williams’ office has been pressed to release records in the 10-year-old homicide of transgender woman Nizah Morris, who was found lying in the street with a fatal head wound Dec. 22. Morris had accepted a courtesy ride from Philadelphia Police prior to her death. Williams attended the same church as Morris’ family and said he knew about the case before assuming the D.A. position. He added that his office has done all it could to push the investigation forward. “I understand the facts and I understand the community is concerned — I knew this even before I took over the D.A.’s office. We reviewed and look at the files that we had and we want to show that it wasn’t us that tried to suppress anything,” he said. “We will never really know whatever tragically happened. There will be no more closure unless the perpetrators or people that were there and saw something give us additional information. We are sensitive to all those issues and have eyes on the case, and all we can do is learn from the past.” Williams said that, if re-elected, he will continue to advocate for LGBT equality throughout the criminal-justice system. “I have always believed in respecting and treating people well and I think, personally, I have demonstrated that commitment for equality for everything, specifically the LGBT community.” ■

Superior Court Judge Victor Stabile Republican By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Republican candidate for Superior Court Victor Stabile has practiced law for the past 30 years and is now looking to bring that experience to the bench. The 1982 graduate of The Dickinson School of Law grew up in New York, where he earned his undergraduate degree at the State University of New York in 1979. Stabile currently serves as the Harrisburg Office Managing Partner for Dilworth Paxson, LLP. He is a member of the American Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association and has served as supervisor for Middlesex Township since 2000. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police, Pennsylvania State Chamber of Business and Industry, Pennsylvania Business Council,

Action of PA, Pennsylvania Builders Association, the National Rifle Association and Firearms Owners Against Crime have endorsed Stabile. The candidate, who considers himself a fiscally conservative Republican, said he is also an LGBT ally. He said growing up in New York helped him understand the importance of diversity and noted that both his law firm and campaign are staffed with people who represent a range of backgrounds. “I don’t care who you are, as long as you are qualified and you have good people relations,” he said. “We like diversity. If a person is not qualified for the position, just looking at their diversity is not going to do any good. I like rooting for the underdog and I like giving people a chance.” Giving people hope is what Stabile said his legal career has been based on.

He said his favorite cases have been those in which he represented people marginalized by the government. “I was doing a pro-bono case with a widow of an Air Force pilot who was killed. The government owed him money and they came to her after he was killed and had the audacity to go to her and say, ‘We’re sorry for your loss, but we can’t pay you the rest of what we

owed your husband. He didn’t finish his time with us,’” he said. “The guy died in defense of his country. I spend three years of my life on the case. At the end of the day, I was able to succeed.” He is supportive of both a statewide LGBT nondiscrimination law as well as a law protecting LGBT citizens from hate crimes. “I find it regrettable that we even have to have a law like that because, as far as I know, crimes against people are already a crime, whether it is motivated by hate,” he said. “I think the law should already be providing people that protection.” Stabile, who said he believes the government should refrain from being involved in citizens’ personal lives, said the issue of same-sex marriage is slowly evolving. “The issue of same-sex marriage is presently pending here in both state and federal courts.

If elected, I will be sitting in the court that will hear that issue. I cannot tell you how it will go in the court, but I can tell you that I do believe our constitution provides equal protection of its laws to all its citizens,” he said. “We adopted a constitution that recognized slavery, we fought a civil war to get rid of slavery. In the 1920s, women had to fight to vote, and in the 1960s we fought for civil rights. And today, we are still fighting for equal protection for LGBT people. It is a constant evolution in this country.” Stabile said he believes in basic protection for all communities and, as judge, he would follow suit to make sure all Pennsylvanians are treated equally under the law. “I don’t view the LGBT community as different than anybody else when it comes to our laws and our constitution. They are entitled to the same benefits and laws as anybody else.” ■

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By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Since 2005, Democratic incumbent Alan Butkovitz has served as Philadelphia’s city controller and this November, he plans on winning another term as the city’s top fiscal watchdog. Butkovitz, who defeated Democratic challenger Brett Mandel in the May primary election, has prided himself on being a progressive LGBT ally. Butkovitz was endorsed by the Philadelphia Inquirer and has received support from the Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club. Butkovitz hopes to continue his work in getting the Philadelphia Public School system back on its feet financially and making sure the city is adequately and appropriately allocating funding. “The city hasn’t figured out how to operate a school system,” he said. “And the budget assumes that snowstorms or other unforeseen events are not important and gives the city a margin of error with only $8.5 million with a $4-million budget to take care of those issues.” Butkovitz said his office

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is currently reviewing the ongoing funding issues with charter and public schools, and that City Council and the mayor should allocate further funding to contend with unforeseen events that require city resources. Butkovitz said he has made the City Controller’s Office the most transparent it has ever been. “You can find anything we have ever done on that website. The first thing I did was set up campaign financial reports on the website,” he said. “We also provide more transparency in the campaign-finance area than any other agency that has a responsibility for that. We do hundreds of audits. We do analysis of the city’s financial condi-

tions. It is on our website and is easily accessible.” Butkovitz said his office also developed an app called Philly Watchdog, which helps residents report issues to the City Controller’s Office. He added that he would continue the commitment to treating all employees equally. “When we first came into office, I had a highlevel assistant who was gay and we made sure that people were guaranteed full equality in the workplace,” he said. “Someone wrote graphic antigay commentary in the bathroom about that employee and we took an aggressive approach and did sensitivity training, which included issues of gender identity and sexual orientation. We want to send the strong message that we weren’t going to allow harassment.” Butkovitz said that incident exemplifies his belief in diversity and equality. “I am a progressive and believe that everyone should have the right to their personal lifestyle choices. People should be allowed a full range of rights with the people they love under the law.” ■

By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Republican City Controller candidate Terry Tracy is looking to unseat two-term incumbent Alan Butkovitz. Tracy attended Temple University for his undergraduate education and went on to earn a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a director of stores for Ralph Lauren Co. clothing chain and previously served as the regional campaign manager for Philadelphia City Councilman David Oh. Tracy said he has LGBT supporters working on his campaign and also works with community members in his workplace. He said, if elected, he would look to hire the most qualified staff that represents all Philadelphians. “I am blind when it comes to hiring. I look at the best candidates. We live in a diverse city. If you walk down the block, you will come across people of all different backgrounds,” he said. “If you wind up with staff that is not diverse, that is when you are doing something wrong. I feel like you

have to go out of your way to not have a diverse staff.” Tracy supports marriage equality and noted that, while the position of city controller has no say in legislative issues, he hopes to bridge the gap between the LGBT and Republican communities. “I am pro-marriage equality and I am a Republican, and I think it is in the interest of the LGBT community to have people in the Republican Party advocating for them as well,” he said. Tracy said he is concerned about the city’s current financial position and would tackle such issues as education funding, job creation and poverty and would press for a more cohesive and efficient city government. “We spend money as a

government because there are moral imperatives. Any government’s budget is the city’s way of anticipating the problems we face, how we prioritize those problems and how we face those problems,” he said. “You look at how we spend our budget and how the poverty rate is devastating and we are second-to-worst in big cities. We spend billions of dollars a year that is supposed to improve those things.” Tracy said city funding for nonprofits such as LGBT groups is directly tied to cutting wasteful government spending. “The best thing is to make sure the city has money to invest in those issues and you do that by rooting out the waste. The reason the city is grabbing for revenue is because it doesn’t do blocking and tackling very well. We have the nation’s worst tax collection amongst big cities,” Tracy said. “If they want the city to be in a position to invest in organizations that are important, the city has to be efficient and effective with its own funds to have that leverage.” For more information, visit http://tracyforphilly. com. ■

Superior Court Jack McVay Democrat By Angela Thomas angela@epgn.com Jack McVay, the Democratic candidate for Superior Court, hails from Allegheny County and was elected in 2007 to serve as judge in the Family Division of Allegheny County’s Court of Common Pleas. McVay, who has been endorsed by the Steel City Stonewall Democrats, said he was raised supporting LGBT rights and equality for all. “Diversity is very important to me. Every opportunity I get, I would hire a diversified staff,” he said. McVay attended Duquesne University’s School of Law,

where he attended classes at night while working as a law clerk in the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office and as a pharmacist. He has represented LGBT families and, since joining the bench, has overseen same-sex adoptions. “I have performed as a sitting judge some same-sex adoptions and I was chosen by a gay couple, who I was an attorney for, to perform the adoption of their child. I was extremely honored,” he said. McVay supports marriage equality but noted that, as Superior Court judge, he would have to abide by the laws of the commonwealth. “I am required to follow precedent and am required to apply the

law as written by the legislation,” he said. “I think we will get favorable answers to marriage equality from both the U.S. Supreme Court and certainly the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.” McVay also noted he is supportive of statewide LGBT hatecrimes and nondiscrimination legislation. He has had experience with cases involving children who have

been bullied for their sexual and gender identity. “When I see bullying cases and assault cases because of a person’s sexual identity, I try to address them,” he said. “I certainly do everything I can to increase awareness and educate the defendant and also try to instill an openmindedness and change in that defendant. I see those issues in schools. I get those cases in court and preach tolerance and increase awareness.” McVay said the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas has put in place LGBT-specific sensitivity training for employees and that it has helped him to refer parents and youth to organizations that promote LGBT acceptance.

“The courtroom is my opportunity to increase awareness for parents,” he said. “I get a lot of cases where parents are not understanding of their own child. I deal with that often. I refer them to PFLAG in Pittsburgh and a variety of other organizations.” McVay said that, if elected to Superior Court, he would continue to bring an open mind to the bench. “If there is one quality a judge should have, it is open mindedness, but the biggest thing a judge can do is put themselves in someone else’s shoes. I’ve always been supportive of things like same-sex adoption and equality for all.” For more information, visit www.judgejackmcvay.com. ■

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ELECTION NOTICE

GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 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;

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MARTES 5 DE NOVEIMBRE DE 2013 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. 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.

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.

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

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 215686-1500 para ayuda.

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.

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.

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

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS

Anthony Clark Chair, City Commissioners Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Al Schmidt Vice Chair City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Stephanie Singer City Commissioner Comisionado Municipal

Tim Dowling Acting Supervisor of Elections Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

Anthony Clark Chair, City Commissioners Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Al Schmidt Vice Chair City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Stephanie Singer City Commissioner Comisionado Municipal

Tim Dowling Acting Supervisor of Elections Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

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NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 2013 GENERAL ELECTION BOND QUESTION

Between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. in all election districts and divisions in the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania there will be ELECTED by the voters of the City and County of Philadelphia persons to fill the following offices, as certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Philadelphia County Board of Elections.

Should the City of Philadelphia borrow NINETY-FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($94,745,000.00) to be spent for and toward capital purposes as follows: Transit; Streets and Sanitation; Municipal Buildings; Parks, Recreation and Museums; and Economic and Community Development?

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 • JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT • JUDGE OF COMMON PLEAS COURT • JUDGE OF MUNICIPAL COURT • OFFICE OF THE CITY CONTROLLER • OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY • JUDGE OF ELECTIONS • INSPECTOR OF ELECTIONS

JUDICIAL RETENTION JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

(Bill No. 130485)

CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA ELECCIONES GENERALES DE 2013 Pregunta del Bono de la Ciudad (Proyecto de la Ley No. 130485)

¿Debe la Ciudad de Filadelﬁa pedir prestados NOVENTA Y CUATRO MILLONES SETECIENTOS CUARENTA Y CINCO MIL DÓLARES ($94,745,000.00) para gastarlos en propósitos primordiales tales como: Tránsito; Calles y Saneamiento; Ediﬁcios Municipales, Parques, Recreación y Museos; y el Crecimiento Económico y el Desarrollo de la Comunidad? PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA

Anthony Clark Chair, City Commissioners Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Al Schmidt Vice Chair City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Anthony Clark Chair, City Commissioners Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Al Schmidt Vice Chair City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Stephanie Singer City Commissioner Comisionado Municipal

Tim Dowling Acting Supervisor of Elections Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

Stephanie Singer City Commissioner Comisionado Municipal

Tim Dowling Acting Supervisor of Elections Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

AVISO DE ELECCIONES GENERALES MARTES, 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2013

Entre las 7:00 a. m. y 8:00 p. m. en todos los distritos y las divisiones electorales en la ciudad y el condado de Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, los votantes de la ciudad y del condado de Philadelphia ELEGIRÁN personas para cubrir los siguientes cargos según lo certiﬁca el Secretario de la Mancomunidad y el Consejo electoral del condado de Philadelphia.

• JUEZ DEL TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR • JUEZ DEL TRIBUNAL DE CAUSAS COMUNES • JUEZ DEL TRIBUNAL MUNICIPAL • OFICINA DEL CONTRALOR DE LA CIUDAD • FISCALÍA DEL DISTRITO • JUEZ DE ELECCIONES • INSPECTOR DE ELECCIONES RETENCION JUDICIAL JJUEZ DE LA CORTE SUPREMA JUEZ DE LA CORTE SUPERIOR JUEZ DE LA CORTE DE CAUSAS COMUNES JUEZ DE LA CORTE MUNICIPAL

CONSEJO ELECTORAL DEL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA Anthony Clark Chair, City Commissioners Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Al Schmidt Vice Chair City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Stephanie Singer City Commissioner Comisionado Municipal

Tim Dowling Acting Supervisor of Elections Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

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 ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 A.M. ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2013 IN THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, 6TH FLOOR HEARING ROOM, RIVERVIEW PLACE, DELAWARE & SPRING GARDEN STS., AND CONTINUE ALL DAY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013 UNTIL COMPLETED.

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AVISO QUEDA DADO QUE EL ESCRUTINIO Y COMPUTO DE LOS VOTOS EMITIDOS EN LA CIUDAD DE FILADELFIA GENERAL Y ESPECIAL PARA LAS ELECCIONES DEL MARTES, 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2013 COMENZARA A LAS 9:00 A.M. EN VIERNES, 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2013 EN LOS COMISIONADOS MUNICIPALES SEXTA PISO SALON DE AUDIENCIA, RIVERVIEW PLACE, DELAWARE AVE. Y SPRING GARDEN ST, Y CONTINUAR TODO EL DIA VIERNES 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2013 HASTA QUE HAVAN FINALIZADO. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA Anthony Clark Chair, City Commissioners Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Al Schmidt Vice Chair City Commissioners Vice Presidente, Comisionados Municipales

Stephanie Singer City Commissioner Comisionado Municipal

Tim Dowling Acting Supervisor of Elections Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

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Comedian’s high-flying alter ego lands in Philly By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Everybody knows that air travel is nowhere near as fun or as carefree as it used to be. But we can dream, thanks to the hilarious Pam Ann, the glamorous and outrageous air-hostess alter-ego of Australian comedian and writer Caroline Reid, who gives us a hearty laugh at the state of the unfriendly skies. Pam Ann takes the audience on a journey from check-in to security to boarding to landing, poking fun at international

air travel with some of the biggest international airlines and stereotypes about flight attendants. Her show is at times not the most politically correct, mixing camp humor, shameless preening and slapstick. Her unique brand of comedy has won her an impressive list of famous fans, including Madonna, Elton John — who hired her for his private jet — and Cher, who enlisted her as her opening act for a U.K. tour. In the midst of an international tour that will see her performing in some of the world’s most prestigious and high-profile venues, Pam Ann is set to touch down

in Philadelphia for a performance at the Trocadero Theater. She found time during a recent global jaunt to answer some of our questions about her jet-set life and what it is like to be the funniest person at 36,000 feet. PGN: Is there any fun to be had in air travel now, or are those days over? PA: Well, it depends where you are seated. If you’re up the back in bucket class, then it’s not so much fun, but if you’re in the pointy end being served Beluga caviar out of a conch shell, cham-

pagne poured into a glass champagne flute and sprinkled with rose petals like they do on Lufthansa’s “Service of Excellence,” then those days are here to stay! PGN: Do you think the average person dresses too casually for air travel these days? PA: Ab-so-fuck-ing-lutely. I mean terry toweling jumpsuits and bare feet is not my idea of a seasoned traveler! People must make more of an effort after all. It’s fine dining at 41,000 feet! PAGE 38

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PGN: What do you see more of at your performances, airline employees or gay men? PA: It depends where I am performing. Recently I did a gig in Frankfurt, Germany, and the audience was predominately airline crew from Lufthansa. The rest were from Air China, weirdly enough. However, if I am performing in Provincetown, the audience is all gay men! And if I am in New York City, it’s everyone and everything! But the gays after all did create Pam Ann, so they are my most loyal fans and I love them the most!

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PGN: Do you ever get criticized for your humor being politically incorrect or too morbid? PA: Hell yeah, but isn’t that what makes great comedy? If I don’t offend someone, then I’m not doing my job and these days people are so easily offended it makes me howl with laughter! Get a life! Twenty-four people walked out of one of my shows once — maybe I said fisting one too many times — but to be fair, it was in this shithole called “Basingstoke,” which is famous for a roundabout. Personally, they should just blow the place up. PGN: What is it about your performance that connects with people of all cultural and international backgrounds? PA: I guess because I tailor my show to every single place I go to and talk about them. People love to be talked about, especially when you take the piss out of their culture. I recently went to Poland and they just loved all my Polish references and talking about their airline LOT (of technical problems). Oh and who knew, but I am big in Serbia! PGN: What’s it like to have international superstars like Cher and Madonna as fans? PA: Women like Cher and Madonna are idols to me. I love strong, opinionated, fearless women, so for them to be fans of mine inspires me to continue what I am doing. Don’t ever give up regardless of how many people try to stop you and put you down.

PGN: What do you recommend to pass the time on a really long flight? PA: Xanax and red wine. PGN: Do you ever fly coach or is it always first class for you? PA: I fly coach on JetBlue. They are my all-time favorite airline in the USA. They have even more space seating and TVs in the backs of their seats. Flying first class domestically is a waste of money. I save first-class or business-class flights for long-haul flights or if someone is paying, then sure I’ll go first on a short-haul flight. The downside is that if cabin crew sees me up the back, they laugh at me and send down warm cookies from first class to rub it in. PGN: What is your favorite airline and/or airport in which to travel? PA: My favorite airline is British Airways for long-haul flights. They are the most consistent airline in the world and offer an incredible on board experience, and the cabin crew are fierce! I never leave a BA flight empty-handed or unsatisfied. And I am not just saying that; I say it how it is! PGN: Do you find Philadelphia’s airport as frustrating as we do? PA: To be honest, I haven’t traveled out of Philly before. I always have driven from New York. But I am sorry to hear that! PGN: Is there an airline you never want to fly on ever again? PA: I never want to fly on easyJet, a lowcost airline in the U.K. For starters, it’s not cheaper than a scheduled airline in the end because they get you for every cost they can, from baggage to breathing. It’s orange and has a website down the side of the plane. The seats aren’t seats but just planks of wood to hold you up. They don’t have seatbelts, wheels or wings. They chuck the plane like a javelin. Never, never again. ■ Pam Ann performs 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St. For more information, call 215-922-6888 or visit www.pamann.com.

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themselves against prevailing expectations. When Ginsberg questions rhyme and meter, form and tradition in his Columbia poetry class or reads a poem he wrote to Carr and Kerouac while sitting in a boat, the film does enthrall. But then there is a leaden sequence of Ginsberg distracting a comely female librarian with the promise of sex so Carr and Burroughs can pull off a prank displaying censored material throughout the library. The scene’s narrative importance — that this is the characters’ rebellion against authority — is not lost, but the break-in doesn’t amount to much fun. Nor is the romantic tension between Carr and Ginsberg especially sexy. A scene in which Ginsberg imagines Carr sucking on his finger is far more compelling than

“Rupture the pattern” and “break the law” are ideologies that animate the neophyte Beats — Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) — in the ambitious “Kill Your Darlings,” opening Nov. 8 at Ritz Theatres. Director and co-writer John Krokidas certainly ruptures patterns and breaks rules telling this beguiling story set in the mid1940s. Recounting the murder of David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall), the filmmaker uses contemporary music (TV on the Radio) and film snippets played back in reverse. But, Krokidas is more interested in creating mood than verisimilitude, even if “Kill Your Darlings” is based on a true story. Audiences may be impressed by some of the fanciful “dream” sequences, but this film, often trying too hard, has more wrong with it than right. It’s amusing to see David Cross — who played Ginsberg in “I’m Not There” — play Ginsberg’s father DANE DEHAAN (LEFT) AND DANIEL RADCLIFFE here, but Radcliffe seems miscast. The young actor a kiss the two later share. When Ginsberg is too slight and scared as the poet, hidstares longingly at Carr as the librarian ing behind his glasses rather than looking orally services the future poet, there should through them at the big new world, drinkbe sparks. Instead, it just looks awkward. ing it in and forming real thoughts about it Carr’s appeal is best expressed in his like Ginsberg probably did. His Ginsberg ability to motivate Ginsberg to develop transforms from meek to empowered over self-worth and challenge convention. But the course of the film, but Radcliffe’s perKrokidas too frequently insists on using a formance never quite convinces. cudgel to make the point, most egregiously Likewise, the character of Lucien Carr, in a montage that crosscuts among three who makes a naughty entrance at the forms of penetration — Kammerer being Columbia University Library, is not a knifed by Carr, Burroughs injecting drugs particularly seductive coconspirator. As and Ginsberg having anal sex. DeHaan plays Carr, he comes across as Kammerer’s murder could have been less “outrageous” than bipolar. given greater emphasis. While his stalking Still, Ginsberg falls under Carr’s spell behavior comes across as a nuisance to and follows his new friend down to “the Carr — and, by extension, Ginsberg — and land of the fairies” — as Greenwich the depth of Carr’s affection for him is in Village is referred to by Ginsberg’s roomdoubt, the suggestion that they do him in mate — to break free of tradition and conseems extreme. After Carr kills Kammerer, formity. At a party hosted by Kammerer, the film wrestles briefly with Ginsberg’s Carr’s lover and college-paper ghostwriter quandary over whether to help him mount Ginsberg meets William S. Burroughs, his “honor-slaying” defense — where who is lying in a bathtub inhaling nitrous the sexual orientation of the victim and oxide. (Foster gives an irresistibly droll attacker are critical — but the issue turns performance as Burroughs.) The new melodramatic when he takes up his qualms friends make plans to kill off the old guard with his institutionalized mother (Jennifer and create anew, staging a mock suicide Jason Leigh). and fueling their dreams with Benzedrine. All of which diminishes the climax of a “Kill Your Darlings” gets the seed of the film intended to help us understand young Beat movement right — the railing against men eager to make their mark. In the end, convention — and there is a bit of life in the impression they leave is unsatisfying. ■ the film when the characters must define

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Ricky Cintron: Finding happiness in Hinduism I love the holiday season! Any excuse to celebrate with friends and family is OK by me. I joke that I’m a Christmas-loving atheist but the truth is I’ll take any holiday that combines good food, good will and great company. Not to mention shiny things. The Hindu celebration Diwali certainly falls under that category. It is the biggest and most important holiday of the Hindu religion. It is called the Festival of Lights and is celebrated to honor Rama-chandra, the seventh avatar (incarnation of the god Vishnu). The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (or deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects us from spiritual darkness. It is observed on the 15th day of the month of Kartika in the Hindu calendar, which this year falls on Nov. 3 and is celebrated with family gatherings, glittering clay lamps, festive fireworks, strings of electric lights, bonfires, flowers, sharing of sweets and worship to Lakshmi. Some believe that Lakshmi wanders the Earth looking for homes where she will be welcomed. People open their doors and windows and light lamps to invite Lakshmi in. (Thanks, National Geographic.) This week we spoke to Ricky Cintron, the president of the LGBT Hindu Satsang of Philadelphia, a community organization for LGBT Hindus and their allies. Namaste. PGN: Tell me a little about yourself. Are you a Philly guy? RC: Yes, I’ve been here for 22 years, my entire life. Born and raised in the Olney section. PGN: What’s life like in Olney? RC: It’s a little stressful because the quality of the neighborhood has gone down a lot since I was a kid. It’s not always the most pleasant place to live and I’m really, really hoping to find my own place soon and get out of there. PGN: So you still live in the same house where you were born? RC: Yes, with my family. PGN: I guess the consistency of living in the same home must be nice. RC: Um, yes and no. My parents and I don’t exactly have a really awesome relationship. But it is nice to have the same people around you and that familiarity. PGN: Who was your closest friend on the block as a kid? RC: Well, that’s ... I don’t think I really had any friends on the block. Most of my friends were at school, but I changed schools a lot so it was hard for me to maintain close friendships. It wasn’t until I went to college that I started making really good friends.

PGN: How come so many schools? RC: My parents weren’t pleased with the quality of the schools, so as soon as they could find some reason to pull me out they would. I changed schools three times in the course of my elementary upbringing. PGN: What do the parents do? RC: My mom works in hospital administration and my dad, for the majority of my younger years, was making signs in a graphic-design firm. He also did some handiwork and construction on the side. PGN: What traits do you think you got from either mom or dad? RC: I definitely got my creative side, my artsy side, from my dad. He did a lot of painting and drawing when I was growing up. From my mom, I’d say I got my sense of religion. My mom was a very devout Catholic and she instilled in me a very deep love of religion and spiritual practice. Even though I’m not a Catholic anymore, I’m still into religion and that’s something I attribute to my mom.

PGN: Do you find a lot of LGBT Hindus? RC: Yeah, a lot more than I would’ve expected at first. I was at OutFest a few weeks ago with my Hindu organization and I was surprised at how many people came up to the table and said, “I was raised Hindu and didn’t realize that there was an LGBT organization for people of a Hindu background.” There were also a lot of people who weren’t raised Hindu but had an interest in the religion. PGN: My experience with the NativeAmerican community is that there’s a lot of friction when non-native people want to participate in (and appropriate) the culture. Do you find the same sort of resistance being a Hindu-practicing Puerto Rican? RC: Most of the experiences I’ve had have been relatively positive. I think because a lot of Hindu spirituality influenced American pop culture back in the ’60s and ’70s, it’s not unusual for someone who wasn’t raised a Hindu to adopt the Hindu religion. Occasionally when I

PGN: So you went from Catholicism to Hinduism. Did you try any other religions in between? RC: OK, so when I figured out that I was gay in about eighth grade, I decided to look at other religions and see if I fit any of them a little bit better than I did as a Catholic. I think most people already know what Catholicism’s position is on gay people, so I didn’t feel comfortable staying there. I looked into Buddhism for little bit as well as Daoism. I was a Wiccan for a little bit too. Then I got into high school and towards the end of my senior year, I found Hinduism. And I’ve pretty much been there ever since.

some sort of mysterious, weird, arcane, tribal religion that doesn’t have any deeper meaning to it. A lot of people just assume that we’re crazy polytheistic folks, when in actuality we have a very ancient system of philosophy that goes back thousands and thousands of years. It predates Judaism and Christianity and Islam and is one of the oldest religious systems in the world. Also, a lot of people assume that we’re very conservative on social issues, because a lot of people look to the treatment of women and people of different social standings in India. They assume Hindu is very oppressive and conservative when that’s not really the case. Unfortunately, some people misinterpret religious teachings and use that to justify their discrimination. PGN: So back to you. What would you like as a kid? RC: I was very, very shy. I did not particularly care to make a lot of friends, I liked keeping to myself. Mainly because I had a very strong sense of difference, of feeling that I was different from everyone else. Having that feeling made me create a protective bubble that I didn’t want anyone else to cross because I didn’t feel that people would understand me. I was very religious, as I still am today, and I was also very interested in my art. I was always drawing and writing and doing all sorts of things like that. PGN: Any siblings? RC: I have one older sister, we’re 10 years apart.

PGN: All that before you even graduated high school? That’s quite a little journey. RC: Yeah, I mean I’ve always loved religion and it’s always inspired me to want to explore more. Religion is very much like an iceberg and I think a lot of people only see the tip of religious experience, but there’s so much beneath the surface to explore and discover. PGN: What was something that you discovered beneath the surface? RC: One of the reasons I felt the most comfortable being a Hindu is the fact that Hinduism is not a dogmatic religion. We have basic beliefs and concepts that are universal throughout different traditions and sects of Hinduism, but we don’t have one person or one book saying this is what you must believe and if you don’t you’re going to hell or some other uncomfortable experience. So there’s that, and the Hindu position on LGBT people is a lot more positive and pleasant than a lot of other religions out there.

PGN: Were you close? RC: We didn’t have a spectacular relationship, I think I tended to annoy her as little brothers are wont to do — embarrass her when she had boyfriends over, that sort of thing. But we are closer now that we’re older. go to a temple I’ll get some weird looks, but after a while people don’t seem to care that much. [Laughs.] It probably helps that I can pass for Indian too. PGN: [Laughs.] You had me fooled! RC: Yeah, it does make the awkwardness a little more manageable. PGN: What’s a misconception that people have about Hinduism? RC: I think sometimes people think it’s

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PGN: What was the first realization that you were gay? Were you like, Oh no, I’m gay! or was it, Phew, I figured out what’s different? RC: A little of both. I figured it out when I had a crush on my best friend in eighth grade who was a boy. It was a weird situation where I knew that I was different but I also felt it was very natural. I never felt that it was something I had to fix. PAGE 46

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meet the other’s parents, Adèle never quite reveals the extent of her relationship with Emma to her own folks. Moreover, there is no drama about the girls being “caught” in bed, or any other obvious moments that would unbalance this delicate romance. In fact, that some of the typically big dramatic moments happen off-screen (or not at all) benefits the film. “Blue Is the Warmest Color” is absorbing because viewers are keyed into Adèle’s world and how she navigates it. When she lies, makes mistakes or reaches under her bed for her stash of candy to comfort her following an emotional moment, the audience can sympathize with her — or choose not to. Part of what makes Exarchopoulos’ performance so enthralling is that the actor is not afraid to show Adèle at her most vul-

The extraordinary Cannes Palm D’Orwinning French film “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” about a teenage lesbian’s coming of age, opens Nov. 1 at Ritz Theatres. The three-hour romantic drama has become famous for its lengthy, explicit sex scenes, but this powerful film should be celebrated more for Adèle Exarchopoulos’ phenomenal performance in the lead role. The actor gives an incredibly nuanced portrait of a young woman finding her way in the world, and finding herself in the process. Adèle is a high-school student who is studying literature in the film’s early scenes. The pupils talk about “something missing” for the character they are reading about, and the same can be said of Adèle. Although she flirts with — and eventually has sex with — Thomas (Jérémie Laheurte), a student in her class, she feels like she is faking things with him. Adèle secretly knows this to be true because when she spies the blue-haired Emma (Léa Seydoux) on the street, she is intrigued and distracted. She later ADÈLE EXARCHOPOULOS AND LÉA SEYDOUX masturbates and fantasizes about this stranger. nerable. The extensive sex and nude scenes “Blue Is the Warmest Color” gets into certainly illustrate her bravery, but her cryAdèle’s head throughout the film, and ing scenes are long, messy sequences, and director and co-writer Abdellatif Kechiche her heated exchanges with her high-school shoots his protagonist often in close-up friends, or Emma when the lovers fight, are to emphasize this. Shots of Adèle sleeppainful and hyper-realistic. ing, eating, watching a movie, smoking As viewers share the emotional rollera cigarette and crying (which she does coaster of Adèle’s life, they will become easily) reveal much about her character. enthralled by it. However, the film is quite Exarchopoulos does a remarkable job conlong and could stand some minor editing. veying expressions that belie Adèle’s comA series of extended scenes in the last third plex emotions. Her angst is palpable. When a fellow stu- depict Adèle realizing her dream to be a dent kisses her, it legitimizes Adèle’s same- teacher; while these show the maturation of the character, watching her teaching varisex desires. While that relationship goes ous classes does little to advance the plot. nowhere, it awakens Adèle’s desire to visit That said, “Blue Is the Warmest Color” a gay club with her friend Valentin (Sandor culminates in a scene in a restaurant Funtek). It is in a lesbian bar that Adèle finally meets Emma Seydoux, an artist, and between Adèle and Emma that is one of the most astonishing sequences in any film the pair hit it off. They bond further when this year. It is best not to explain more Emma sketches Adèle — a possible muse — and before long, they develop an intense about it or the way the lovers’ relationship unfolds — as that provides much of relationship. An intimate picnic the girls the magic of this film — but their romance share leads to one of the erotic sex scenes. does emphasize the old adage that who“Blue Is the Warmest Color” hits its ever has the least interest in the relationstride in its second hour, when Adèle’s relationship with Emma takes over the nar- ship controls it. “Blue Is the Warmest Color” pivots on rative. While Adèle’s high-school friends the way Adèle navigates her first samegrill her about her mysterious new friend, sex relationship, and Kechiche handles the film avoids a coming-out scene, and it especially well. His actors, who give instead portrays the interesting responses accomplished performances, aid his goal Adèle’s peers have to her lies as well as immensely. Adèle’s reactions to being called a lesThis is a film that should not be missed. ■ bian. Likewise, as the young lovers each

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Saying no in November We face some of the greatest health challenges every year from the first fall chill through the holiday thrill. And I’m not even talking colds and flu. For many people, myself included, the colder temps and shorter days trigger desires to eat more, hibernate and exercise less. This, all before the holidays even arrive. Then when Thanksgiving kicks the season of overindulgence into overdrive, we already have a head start and lots of practice. Since recognizing a problem is the first step towards recovering from it, let’s get determined and focus on better eating habits and regular gym visits now and hopefully thwart any negative body transformation this year. With some people it’s sweets. For me, I never met a cheese I didn’t like. And since nearly every event I’m going to this fall is going to have cheese, my personal goal and challenge is to not eat my weight in cheese every week. By just saying no. The other detriment to the event season is time. It makes for an awfully convenient excuse to not get to the gym because I’m too busy. (Sound familiar?) I have to get back to my regular workouts. I used those lame excuses like shoulder surgery and a broken wrist for about three times the time it took to heal. This is going to stop now. So when I think I’m too busy, too tired, too

drunk to get to the gym, I’m going to say, “No. Go.” Hopefully, when 2014 rolls up to the front door and the subject of resolutions comes up, I can also say no — no to having to resolve to do better because I’m already on the right track. Are you going to say no? Saying yes in November Do you know what it feels like to want to do something but you can’t scrape up the cash? It can be depressing, to say the least. Here’s some information that might bring joy to your, or another’s, heart. Gay Games 9 has a scholarship program for athletes who want to compete but don’t have the resources. There are two parts to this program. One is providing resources to individuals who want to compete but can’t afford it, whether they are from countries where just getting by day-to-day is a challenge or if they just don’t have the ability to raise extra money. A scholarship including airfare can run $2,000. Entry fees for participation are $200 and $50 will cover a person’s meals for two days. Some athletes may need complete funding; other people just need the cost of housing and food once they’re there. Each need is different.

M A K E H I STO RY. Most people are familiar with Indiegogo.com, which artists, performers and many others use to raise start-up cash for new projects, and which Gay Games 9 is utilizing to generate $5,000 to be used to help individuals in need. Scholarship applications are already coming in and there seems to be a great need for assistance this round. Go to indiegogo.com/projects/gay-games-9scholarship-programme to make your tax-deductible donation and help send a deserving athlete to Cleveland next year. The site fundraiser expires Nov. 29. Are you going to say yes? Short stops • Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club heads indoors beginning Nov. 4 through March. Play is every 8-10 p.m. Monday and 2-4 p.m. Saturday at Guerin Rec Center; www.falcons-soccer.org. • Due to the Veterans Day holiday, Team Philadelphia will meet the third Monday in November rather than the second. Meeting location to be announced. In the meantime, get out and play! ■

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Q Puzzle Getting excited again about Grace’s friend Across

1. Alec of _Desperate Housewives_ 5. Some Barneys locations 10. Dog-eared 14. Plunk down 15. “Dirty Dancing” director Ardolino 16. Bulb lighter 17. Head light? 18. A queen, for example 19. “___! Went the Strings of My Heart” 20. Start of a quip by Grace about her friend 23. Lover who’s slow to finish in bed? 24. Prying person 27. Make one’s own 31. Berliner’s article 32. A kid may have a couple of gay ones 38. Sarcastically

humorous 39. Business boss 41. George of _The Gay Sisters_ 42. Big failure 43. More of the quip 46. Prettify 47. Co. for surfers 48. Stud fees? 49. Aerosmith’s “Love ___ Elevator” 51. Frat party robe 53. Exhausts 56. Tropical fruits 60. End of the quip 64. Load of money 65. Tether 66. “She” to Baudelaire 67. Ollie’s sidekick 68. Word on some condom wrappers 69. Gin flavor

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PGN: The Catholic upbringing didn’t create any guilt on the subject? RC: A little bit. In Catholic school you are taught that you’re only supposed to have sex when you’re married and only for the purpose of procreation. I knew at the time that gay people weren’t allowed to get married so I assumed I would just never have sex. Then when I got older, I realized how ridiculous that was. PGN: How did you tell the family? RC: That was quite the journey. When I was in my senior year in high school, I had a boyfriend who lived in Bensalem, and I would sneak off to his house. I’d tried to come out to my mother a few times without much success; she just thought that I was confused and tried to sweep it under the rug. My boyfriend’s mother was very uncomfortable with the fact that I was sneaking around behind my parents’ back, so she gave me an ultimatum that I either come out to my parents or I wasn’t gong to be able to see her son anymore. PGN: Wow. RC: Yeah, so I wrote my mom a letter and tried to appeal to her religious side. I said, “You know, Mom, God doesn’t make mistakes.” And she came back to me after she read it and said, “Yes, God doesn’t make mistakes but he gives us choices.” PGN: Ouch! RC: Yeah, so it became a very long, drawn-out drama with my parents sending me to a social worker because my mother very much wanted me to change and it culminated in a very tense group-therapy session with me, my parents and the social worker where nothing really came out of it. To this day, my parents and I honestly don’t have a very good relationship. I’ve

lege 4. Handsome Greek god 5. Type of badge for the morally straight 6. Tickle a funny bone 7. It’s found among Whitman’s bloomers 8. Hispanic family org. 9. Hospital fluid 10. Oz man 11. Ruler of Valhalla 12. Split 13. Albert to Armand, in “The Birdcage” 21. “Dragnet” org. 22. Simpatico sounds 24. “So long!” 25. Said no to 26. “You’re ___ talk” 28. One of the little hooters 29. Show to be true 30. Uses the keyboard 33. “Modern Family” network 34. Sink hole 35. Lairs of bears 36. Not appropriate

37. And that’s not all 40. Do a rite of initiation without cutting 42. Raises the dough 44. Cause of “bed death” 45. Helmeted cartoon character 50. Big fruit of New York? 52. Montgomery Clift’s hometown 53. Dave Pallone and others 54. Diamonds, e.g. 55. Scatter Fitzgerald 57. Balls 58. Northern capital 59. Nemesis of Tinkerbell 61. Gay porn star Baldwin 62. Enjoy Stephen Pyles 63. Abbr. of old in Tatu’s land

come to the conclusion that I understand their religious position but I refuse to conform to it. I try to live my life as authentically as I possibly can. PGN: How about your sister? RC: That’s a little weird in that she’s OK with it but we never talk about it. PGN: You’re a student at Temple, what’s your major? RC: Religion. I’m in the process of changing my minor to LGBT studies because I like doing work in the realm of reconciling religion and spirituality with sexuality and gender identity. When I’m not in school, I’m usually here at the church doing things for Interweave, our LGBT group, and then I also started a nonprofit for LGBT Hindus. I also do a lot of writing and blogging and compiling my thoughts and formulating my opinion on different things for the Satsang website. PGN: What does the Satsang group do? RC: We have three primary purposes: To nourish the spirits of LGBT Hindus and LGBT people interested in Hinduism, which we do by providing them with resources, community and validation. To create a space for LGBT Hindus and their allies to build community, make friends and gather for worship and other religious functions. And to educate the broader Hindu population on issues relevant to LGBT people and encourage local Hindu temples to adopt LGBT-welcoming policies. PGN: Nice. Now for random questions. What’s a favorite piece of artwork you created? RC: I have a piece that’s very ... well, I think it’s beautiful — a painting that I made of the Hindu god Ganish. It hangs

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above the little shrine that I have in my living room. It’s a bit abstract but I really like it. PGN: Do you play any instruments? RC: I play the kirtals, which are basically little hand cymbals that you use to accompany music. If I’m at a gathering of people doing kirtan, which is the sacred devotional chanting, if they need accompaniment I’ll go up there and play for them. PGN: What’s a favorite course that you’re taking right now? RC: I’m taking a course on death and dying. Which is very, very fascinating because that is a very uncomfortable topic for many people, so taking this class has allowed me to wrestle with that kind of issue. I’m also taking a fascinating course called “The Body and the Bible,” which looks at a lot of very contentious bodyrelated issues in the context of the Bible. It touches on gender and sexuality and race, what the Bible text actually says as opposed to the popular opinion of what it means. PGN: When do you lose your temper? RC: Honestly, mostly over religious things. When I hear people making ridiculous arguments that God doesn’t like gay people. I just get irate and say you don’t know what God thinks so how do you presume to speak for Him? PGN: I can’t resist a guy who ... ? RC: [Laughs.] Has a beard. Or tattoos. PGN: The feature I get the most compliments on is? RC: My beard! PGN: Best Halloween? RC: A few years ago I went to a family party — I don’t usually go to those — but

it was a really nice time. I brought some friends from school and I got to dress up as one of my favorite videogame characters, Luigi from Super Mario Brothers. PGN: Any pets? RC: Yes, I have a little Shih Tzu named Bella, which means beauty in Spanish. PGN: Last meal on Earth? RC: It would be some rice and some dahl with some flatbread to go with it. PGN: Favorite piece of clothing? RC: I’ve always been a hat person. I love hats and right now I have a black hat that I wear all the time and don’t like being seen without. Actually I can’t believe you caught me today without it! PGN: Tell me about the coming holiday? RC: Diwali is the biggest holiday of the year for Hindus and for other religions in India like the Jains and the Sikhs. It is marked by the lighting of lamps, which celebrates the triumph of good over evil, over darkness. There are also fireworks, and it’s a bit of a combination of Christmas and Thanksgiving because families come home and exchange gifts and it’s a time for togetherness. PGN: Any plans for this year? RC: I’m going to be celebrating it with the young-adult group from here at the church. I’m going to do a very traditional Hindu worship ceremony and tell a few stories about the holiday. Then we’ll all share a meal. PGN: [Laughs.] Yum. I hope you have room for one more! ■ To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol. com.

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started, basically!” Sherr has actually been booking shows featuring female bands, DJs and performMusic lovers who enjoy their rock and ers since 2001. For this particular event, roll accompanied by generous helpings of Sherr enlisted the help of Permanent Wave feisty feminism and queer sensibility are in Philly, a group that formed roughly two years ago to create a safe space for femifor a big treat. Sugar Town and Permanent Wave Philly, nist and LGBT artists and allies. “Our main, overarching goal is to try to local organizations committed to supporting women and LGBT artists, are teaming foster and strengthen a community of femup to present an evening of kick-ass music inists, regardless of identity,” said Erica Nov. 8 at Eris Temple Arts, 602 S. 52nd St. Rubin, one of the organization’s founders. This upcoming concert enables The doors open at 8 p.m. for this all-ages show, and with tickets topping off at $7, Permanent Wave to continue supporting attendees should have a few bucks left over feminist culture and also reach new audiences. Making the show all-ages, for examto buy zines and vegan cupcakes. The evening’s headliner is The Shondes, ple, was a deliberate choice.Sugar Town an indie-rock band that has been mixing and Permanent Wave Philly events are also music and politics since 2006. The quartet’s known for showcasing local talent, and current lineup includes Louisa Solomon on this concert is no different. Philadelphia’s bass and vocals, Elijah Oberman on violin Demonstrative Girls will kick off the eveand Fureigh on lead guitar. Allison Miller, ning with a bang. The band’s fast, furious the band’s newest member, previously punk rock should get the crowd pumped played drums with openly LGBT musicians up. The Pretty Greens, also local, will keep Erin McKeown and Melissa Ferrick. The band’s support for progressive the room buzzing. Named after a song by causes, its openly queer and transgender Paul Weller’s old group, The Jam, this trio members and its strong female presence of hipsters shares the Englishman’s sense of style and appreciation for cool music, without being laddish. The band began as a GoGo’s tribute act and, after some lineup changes and a rechristening, its sound has morphed from the pure pop of its days as a cover band into a kind-of-artsy-garage rock. The current roster includes Julia Green on bass guitar, Carly Green on drums and Kool Schmool on guitar. All three share vocal duties. In the band’s latest incarnaTHE SHONDES Photo: Frank Stefanko tion, image and music blend seamlessly. “We do care about art, and I think we have led some critics to compare it to Riot Grrrl, but Solomon offers a straightforward do care about creating and crafting our music and what our audience is perceivdescription of the band and its sound. “We are a rock band,” the singer said. ing,” Carly Green said. “And I think with a “High energy, punky and sometimes a little lot of that also comes responsibility which experimental, but mostly we are trying to is another part of our group, the feminist write sing-along rock songs that make peo- aspect — how we think as individuals and kind of see the world, and how we feel like ple feel stuff.” There’s certainly plenty of feeling on we’re trying to portray strong characters the quartet’s latest album, “The Garden,” because we also want other people to be released in September. Throughout, the lyr- strengthened by being fierce ourselves.” That fierceness is evident on The Pretty ics are passionate and the music is stirring. Although The Shondes call Brooklyn Greens’ recent release, the “Ghost World home, the band is no stranger to Philadelphia, EP,” where “Overtime,” a song about womhaving played numerous gigs here, includ- en’s right to equal pay, is complimented by ing Phreak N’ Queer, which celebrates “Catnip Dream,” a Shonen Knife cover about cute kitties indulging in their drug of alternative, edgy LGBT culture. “Oh man, we have played a billion Philly choice. Listeners who enjoy smart, challengshows over the years so I don’t remember all of them, but the best ones have really been ing music should come and check out this Sugar Town events,” Solomon said. “Sara show. For more information about the conSherr is such a hero for feminist bands — cert, visit https://www.facebook.com/event she’s been bringing us down there since we s/1409520355944052/. ■

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Best-sellers Information is courtesy of Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; 215-923-2960; www.queerbooks.com. Ten-percent off most hardcover in-store sales. Men’s Books 1. “The Heavens Rise” by Christopher Rice (Gallery, $26 hb, less 10 percent in the store; $12.99 ebook). New York Times-bestselling author Rice brilliantly conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana Bayou — where three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surface — in this intense and atmospheric new supernatural thriller. 2. “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin (Delta, $14 pb). We think the resurgence of our eponymous book is due to the recent rebroadcast of the excellent documentary about Baldwin on PBS. The edition we have been selling for the past 13 years is suddenly out of print. A new edition is due this month. 3. “In Bed with Gore Vidal: Hustlers, Hollywood and the Private World of an American Master” by Tim Teeman (Riverdale Avenue, $19.99 pb). Edmund White says this biography “is the perfect combination of racy gossip — from steamy celebrity liaisons to hustlers in Rome — and penetrating analysis.” 4. “Baton Rouge Bingo” by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes, $16.95 pb, $9.99 ebook). Bomb threats, murder, a tiger, animal rights, missing money — all in a day’s work for Scotty Bradley, P.I.! Scott and his sexy boyfriends, Colin and Frank, are back, and this case is even more crazy and confusing than any of their previous ones! 5. “Sensual Travels: Gay Erotic Stories,” edited by Michael Luongo (Aladdin, $17.99 pb, $12.99 ebook). The best of gay travel erotica, whether traversing desert sands, steamy jungles or the urban playground, are told by men willing to roam. These stories pack a sexual punch, and carry with them the resonance and character of their locales. Women’s and Trans Books 1. “Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive” by Julia Serano (Seal, $17 pb). Among LGBTQ activists, there is a long history of lesbians and gay men dismissing bisexuals, transgender people and other gender and sexual minorities. In each case, exclusion is based on the premise that certain ways of being gendered or sexual are more legitimate, natural or righteous than others. 2. “What Makes a Baby” by Cory Silverberg (Triangle Square, $16.95, less 10 percent). The Atlantic calls it a “truly inclusive way to answer the question, ‘Where do babies comes from?’” 3. “The Daylight Gate” by Jeanette Winterson (Grove, $24 hb, less 10 percent in the store). Good Friday, 1612. Pendle Forest. A gathering of 13 is interrupted by local magistrate Roger Nowell. Is this a

ESCAPING THROUGH IMAGINATION: Best-selling author Christopher Rice made a special trip Oct. 19 to Giovanni’s Room for a reading and book-signing of his latest novel “The Heavens Rise.” Rice has been traveling with his more-published mother Anne Rice, whose latest novel “Wolves of Midwinter: The Wolf Gift Chronicles” also came out recently. About 40 people came to listen, chat and have their photo taken with the out author. “The Heavens Rise” is the men’s best-seller on our list this month and signed copies are still available at the store or through queerbooks.com. Photo: Scott A. Drake

coven or a helpless group of women trying to save their family from the stake? 4. “Wolves of Midwinter: The Wolf Gift Chronicles” by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95 hb, less 10 percent in the store, $12.99 ebook). In her new novel, as lush and romantic in detail and atmosphere as it is sleek and steely in storytelling, Rice takes us once again to the rugged coastline of Northern California, to the grand mansion at Nideck Point, and further explores the unearthly education of her transformed Man Wolf. 5. “Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison” by Piper Kerman (Spiegal & Grau, $16 pb, $11.99 ebook). The well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187-424 — one of the millions of people who disappear “down the rabbit hole” of the American penal system. Men’s DVDs

1. “Behind the Candelabra,” directed by Steven Soderbergh (2013, 118 min., $19.98). Oscar-winners Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star as the legendary Liberace and his young lover. 2. “Tumbledown,” directed by Todd Verow (2013, 80 min., $19.99). A complicated love triangle develops after hunky Jay meets bartender Nick and invites him to spend the weekend with him and his partner in their country cabin. 3. “I Do,” directed by Glenn Gaylord (2012, 91 min., $24.95). A gay Brit living

in New York is deprived of his immigration status and risks losing his family and life in the U.S. 4. “Aleksandr’s Price,” directed by Pau Maso ($24.99). Aleksandr is an illegal Russian immigrant living alone in New York. Traumatized by the death of his mother, Aleksandr struggles to make ends meet and ultimately turns to escorting. As he descends into the dark world of the New York sex trade, he must also come to terms with who he is. 5. “Bottom: A Documentary Film,” directed by Todd Verow (2013, 76 min., $19.95). This film is based on a personal blog.

Women’s and Trans DVDs 1. “Margarita,” directed by Laurie Colbert and Dominique Cardona (2012, 91 min., $24.95). The tale of an undocumented Mexican nanny whose girlfriend is reluctant to commit and whose yuppie employers — a nice Toronto family, including a bi-curious mom — are about to let her go. 2. “Lovers & Friends Show, Season 5, The Final Season,” directed by Charmain Johnson (2012, 196 min., $19.95). The ever-popular lesbiansof-color series wraps up its fifth and final season with a bang as your favorite characters grapple with sex, love and friendships — and the usual wildly entertaining drama of lesbian life in Miami! 3. “Cloudburst,” directed by Thom Fitzgerald (2011, 93 min., $24.95). Co-stars Oscar-winning actors Brenda Fricker and Olympia Dukakis as Dot and Stella, a crackerjack lesbian couple on the run from a nursing home. 4. “Adored,” directed by Amarjeet Singh and Carl Medland (2012, 93 min., $24.95). Maia is a struggling model. After suffering a major loss, her relationship with her husband is thrown into turmoil. She holds high hopes that a session with the prolific celebrity photographer, Francesca Allman, will rejuvenate her career and bring her out of her depression. 5. “Mosquita & Mari,” directed by Aurora Guerrero (2012, 85 min., $24.95). This exquisitely crafted coming-of-age tale follows a pair of Latina teens who fall gradually in love against the backdrop of Southeast Los Angeles. ■

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A MOVING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: The KunYang Lin/Dancers, the Asian-American dance company founded by the out choreographer and artistic director, celebrates the ﬁfth anniversary of its relocation to Philadelphia with a performance Nov. 7-9 at Painted Bride Arts Center, 230 Vine St. For more information, visit www.kunyanglin.org or call 215-925-9914.

OUT & ABOUT The week ahead Fri. 11/01 Jessie Ware The British R&B singer performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-9221011. Tales From the Crypt The 1972 horror

film is screened 9:45 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Sat. 11/02 The Pink Panther Show The classic ani-

mated shorts of the popular cartoon are screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223. Joan Rivers The comedian performs 6 and 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

The Legwarmers The 1980s tribute band performs 9 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888. Samantha Ronson The out DJ performs 10 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Mur Mur Nightclub, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

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Sun. 11/03 The Capitol Steps The political comedy troupe performs 2 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-572-7650. Metropolis The classic 1927 sci-fi film is screened 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223. Hungarian State Folk Ensemble The historic dance ensemble performs 3 p.m. at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215790-5847. Josh Groban The singer performs 7:30 p.m. at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215389-9543.

Steven Wright The comedian performs 7:30 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-5727650.

Mon. 11/04 Free Quizzo and Board Game Night Roll the dice, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400. Pacific Rim The 2013 sci-fi film is screened 8 p.m. at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Lipstick Mondays A weekly drag show featuring a changing roster of queens takes the stage 9 p.m. at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215862-2081.

Tue. 11/05 Parachute and Plain White T’s The rock bands perform 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Wed. 11/06 4W5 Blues Jam Local musicians get down, 7 p.m. at World Cafe Live at the Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 302-994-1400.

Thu. 11/07 Hanson The pop band performs 8 p.m. at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011. The Burlesque Show The new event kicks off 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000.

Bob and Barbara’s Drag Show The outrageousness begins 11 p.m. at Bob and Barbara’s, 1509 South St.; 215545-4511.

Fri. 11/08 Paramore The rock band performs 7 p.m. at Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.; 856-365-1300. The B-52s The rock band performs 8 p.m. at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-572-7650. Wanda Sykes The out comedian performs 9 p.m. at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-3171000.

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JAZZY STAR: Out singer Melanie Rice is stepping into the spotlight after working behind the scenes with her eponymous entertainment company on a new album, “This Love of Mine,” featuring classic jazz standards. She will celebrate the release of the album with a performance 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at Resorts Hotel Casino’s Screening Room, 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 800-344-6378 or visit www.melanierice.com.

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Opening The Surrealists: Works from the Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of the museum’s unique collection of great masterpieces and lesserknown works of the movement Nov. 3-March 2, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers The dance company celebrates the fifth anniversary of its relocation to Philadelphia with a performance Nov. 7-9 at Painted Bride Arts Center, 230 Vine St.; 215-925-9914.

Continuing All Dressed Up: Fashions for Children and Their Families Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of clothing from the late-18th through mid-20th centuries, comparing and contrasting adults’ apparel with children’s smaller styles, through Dec. 1, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Candy Coated Wonderland Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition by Philadelphia-based multimedia artist Candy Coated (formerly Candy Depew) reinterpreting children’s fancy dress costumes from the museum’s collection, through Nov. 17, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Cock The story of the messy aftermath when John has an affair with a woman on a break form his boyfriend, through Nov. 10 at Theatre Exile’s Studio X, 1340 S. 13th St.; 215-218-4022.

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The Convert Wilma Theater presents the story a young girl who escapes a forced marriage arrangement and discovers Christianity under the guidance of an African teacher, through Nov. 10, 265 S. Broad St.; 215546-7824.

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The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of prints created by Austrian, German and Swiss artists, through Dec. 15, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. From Philadelphia to Monaco: Grace Kelly, Beyond the Icon James A. Michener Art Museum hosts an exhibition tracing the unique path Grace Kelly took from Philadelphia to Monaco, through Jan. 26, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800. Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of 160 works and a multimedia exhibition of important paintings by the French painter Fernand Léger, through Jan. 5, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Once The Tony Award-winning story of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love song, through Nov. 10 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215790-5847. Pride & Prejudice Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the classic Jane Austen story through Nov. 24, 120 Radcliffe St., Bristol; 215-785-0100.

ROLLING IN THE AISLES: Out comedian and TV personality Wanda Sykes is back in town, performing 9 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-3171000.

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

Closing The Brothers Size Simpatico Theatre Project presents a story set on the backroads of the Louisiana Bayou following the path of the recently paroled Oshoosi Size, blending elements of Yoruba storytelling with American mythology, through Nov. 4 at Walnut Street Theatre’s Studio 5, 835 Walnut St.; 215-4230254.

LEGEND-ARY SCARES: Mark the weekend after Halloween with a performance of “The Real Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which is making its world premiere. The musical, created by a Rutgers University alum, takes audiences through the untold story of Icabod Crane, played by out actor Brett Colby. Directed by out theater legend David Leidholdt, the show runs Nov. 1-2 at TD Bank Arts Center, 519 Hurffville Crosskeys Road in Sewell, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 856-256-8660 or visit www.thereallegendofsleepyhollow.com.

Marcus: Or the Secret of Sweet Joe Turner’s provocative, poignant, fiercely humorous story of a “sweet” young man’s journey to discover the “secret” of who he really is and where he really came from, through Nov. 3 at Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St.; 800-595-4849. Spamalot Media Theater presents the comedy based on the works of Monty Python, through Nov. 3, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100. ■

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Men Delco Dudes A men’s social and support group meets 7-9 p.m. the ﬁrst Wednesday of the month at Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media; delco.dudes@uucdc. org. Gay Married Men’s Association Meets 7-9 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays at the William Way Center; www.gammaphilly.com. Men of All Colors Together Meets 7:30 p.m. the third Friday of the month, September through June, at the William Way Center; 610-277-6595; www.MACTPhila.org. Men’s Coming Out Group, N.J. Meets 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at The Pride Center of New Jersey; njwarrior@aol.com. Men of Color United A discussion/support group for gay and bisexual men of color meets 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday at 112 N. Broad St., third ﬂoor; 215-496-0330. Men of Standard Provides a place for gay men of color 21 and older to share issues of concern. Meets 7-9 p.m. Thursdays at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St., Camden, N.J.; 856-963-2432. Philly Dads An association of gay and bisexual fathers supporting each other meets 7:30 p.m. the fourth Friday of the month at the William Way Center; 215-668-5239.

Parents/Families Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Bucks County Meets 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at Penns Park United Methodist Church, 2394 Second Street Pike, Penns Park; 215-348-9976. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Chester County Meets 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at the Unitarian Fellowship of West Chester, 501 S. High St.; 484354-2448. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/ Collingswood, N.J. Meets 6:30-9 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month at the Collingswood Public Library, 771 Haddon Ave.; 609202-4622; pflagcollingswood@yahoo. com. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Media Meets 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Unitarian Universal Church, 145 Rose Tree Rd.; 610-368-2021. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Philadelphia Meets 2-5 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at the LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania, 3907 Spruce St.; 215-572-1833. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Princeton, N.J. Meets 7:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month in the George Thomas Room at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St.; 609-683-5155.

activities and outings. Planning meetings held monthly; 215-6002864; www.phillyfamilypride.org.

Trans Evolutions A drop-in support group for anyone on the transgender spectrum meets 6 p.m. Thursdays at 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652 ext. 235. Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine Primary health care and specialized transgender services in a safe, professional, nonjudgmental environment, 809 Locust St.; 215-5630658. T-MAN People of color support group for transmen, FTMs, butches, studs, aggressives, bois, genderqueer and all female-born individuals with gender questions meets 7:30-9:30 p.m. Mondays, second floor, 1201 Locust St.; 215-834-9063; tmanphilly.com. Transhealth Programming Committee Meets 5 p.m.the second and last Sundays of the month at the William Way Center. Transhealth Information Project Sponsors a weekly drop-in center from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays at 21 S. 12th St., 10th floor; 215-568-2221. Transgender Health Action Coalition Peer trans health-advocacy organization; 215-732-1207; www. critpath.org/thac. 1201 Locust street 4th floor. WeXist FTM support group meets 7-9 p.m. the second and fourth Friday of the month at the William Way Center; first hour is open, second hour is for people assigned female at birth who have gender issues; 267-250-1548. Young, Trans and Unified Support group for transgender and questioning individuals ages 13-23 meets 7:15 p.m. Thursdays at The Attic Youth Center; 215-545-4331.

Women Hanging Out With Lesbians A group in Central Pennsylvania that organizes activities such as concerts, camping, golf, picnics, hikes, plays and game nights in nonsmoking environments; http://groups.yahoo. com/group/howlofpa/. Lesbian Community of Delaware Valley Social group meets monthly for activities for gay women of all ages in Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties; http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/LCDV/. Lesbian Couples Dining Group of Montgomery County Meets monthly; 215-542-2899. Mt. Airy Lesbian Social Club For lesbians in the Philadelphia area ages 35-plus; www.meetup.com/ mtairylesbiansocial/. Queer Connections Social group for women in their 20s meets weekly; http://groups.yahoo. com/group/queerconnections/.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Wilmington, Del. Meets 7-9 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1502 W. 13th St.; 302-654-2995.

Sistah 2 Sistah A social/support group for lesbians of color, ages 13-24, with weekly social events, open discusson and monthly movie/discussions, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, 112 N. Broad St., third ﬂoor; 215-496-0330.

Philadelphia Family Pride Advocacy, support and social network for LGBT families offers play groups, monthly kids and teen talk groups,

Women Coming Out Support Group Women who consider themselves gay, lesbian, bisexual or questioning and

are at any stage of the coming-out process are welcome. Ages 18 and over. Meets 7:30 p.m. ﬁrst Tuesday and third Thursday of the month at the Pride Center of NJ.

Youth 40 Acres of Change Discussion group for teen and young adults meets 6-8 p.m. Thursdays at The COLOURS Organization Inc., 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215496-0330. GLBT Group of Hunterdon County Social and support groups for youth, teens and young adults, as well as parents and family members, meets at North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead St. in Clinton, N.J. Schedule at www.glbtofhunterdoncountyofnj. com; 908-300-1058. HAVEN For GLBT, intersex, questioning, queer and allied youth ages 14-20; meets 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, 424 Center St., Bethlehem; 610-868-2153. HiTOPS A safe-space support program for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth, meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays at 21 Wiggins St., Princeton, N.J. Call Connie at 609-683-5155 (day); hitops.org. Main Line Youth Alliance Meets from 7-9:30 p.m. Fridays at 106 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne; 610-6881861; info@myaonline.org. Mountain Meadow For youth with GLBTQ parents. Monthly programs for ages 8-16, family programs and parent coffee groups. Residential program offered in August, 1315 Spruce St.; 215-7721107. PRYSM Youth Center For youth ages 14-20. Meets 6:308:30 p.m Wednesdays at center, 126 East Baltimore Pike, Media; 610357-9948. Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center For ages 14-21; meets 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. Social X Change Social activity group for LGBT youth of color ages 13-23 meets 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays at 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; 215-496-0330. Space to be Proud, Open, and Together Open to all LGBTQ queer youth and allies, ages 14-21, the SPOT meets Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Planned Parenthood of Chester County’s West Chester office, 8 S. Wayne St.; 610692-1770. Young, Trans and Unified A support group for transgender and questioning youth ages 13-23 meets 7:15 p.m. Thursdays at The Attic Youth Center. You’re Not Alone A group for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth that meets during the school year; sponsored by AIDS Delaware, 100 W. 10th St., Suite 315, Wilmington. Call 800-810-6776 for more details. Youth Making a Difference For GLBTQ African-American and Latino youth ages 14-24. Meets 5-7 p.m. every Tuesday at Camden AHEC, 514 Cooper St.; 856-9632432.

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Community Bulletin Board Community centers

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

■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044; center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221 ■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison: Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, 215-686-

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

Key numbers 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)

Health

Anonymous, free, conﬁdential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215763-8870. ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088; www.actionaids.org. 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 appoint-

■ 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. ■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, selfemployed 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

ment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1821. 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.; 610-586-9077. 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 chronicdisease 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.

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