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By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer National LGBT agency Lambda Legal filed a complaint last week with the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, charging that staff at a local youth facility harassed and discriminated against a teenage transgender girl in its care. The complaint, filed Oct. 27, alleges that the Department of Human Services and its Youth Study Center violated the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance, which bans discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Named as defendants in the complaint are the city, Mayor Nutter, YSC and nine of its staffers and administrators, DHS and several of its officials. The complainant, identified as L.P. in the motion, is now 17 and was a resident at YSC, a juvenile-detention facility, from November 2007 to February 2009. Rue Landau, executive director of the commission, which investigates claims of discrimination, said the agency was “reviewing all of the documents to frame the charge and to get a chronological statement of the particulars that detail the events that allegedly occurred.” According to the complaint, in January 2008, the complainant, who had been in foster care since age 11, received a medical evaluation from Mazzoni Center, during which time a Mazzoni adolescent specialist determined that the teen met the criteria for gender-identity disorder. The following month, as part of a dependency proceeding, a family-court judge issued a Treatment Order that required DHS to provide the youth with GID medical treatment, including hormone therapy to delay puberty in advance of possible future sexual-reassignment surgery. The judge also directed DHS workers to respect the teen’s gender identity by using her preferred name and referring to her with female pronouns. The complainant was permitted to undergo hormone therapy but contends the YSC staff ignored the rest of the treatment order. The teen was housed in the male unit of YSC but, after repeated requests, was allowed to sleep in the female unit, albeit only for one night before a staffer decided the youth did not belong with the girls the complaint alleges. The complainant was
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I DUB THEE ... : Steve Glassman, chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, jokingly “knights” former Delaware Valley Legacy Fund executive director Perry Monastero during an Oct. 30 celebration at the William Way LGBT Community Center to honor Monastero’s work at DVLF. After five years at the helm of the LGBT grantmaking organization, Monastero stepped down last month to take a position as the director of development and marketing at Mazzoni Center. Chris Bartlett and Sandra Thompson will lead DVLF as interim executive directors until a permanent director is hired. Photo: Scott A. Drake
Craigslist suspect arrested By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer
The FBI and detectives from the Philadelphia Police Department have arrested a man suspected of impersonating a police officer to defraud a string of local gay men. Police arrested Michael Daniels, MICHAEL DANIELS 26, of the 1600 block of North 56th Street, at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 9 after a month-long search. Philadelphia Police spokesperson Sgt. Ray Evers said the arrest was the result of “good cooperation with the community, local detectives and federal authorities who all worked together to find this person. The gentleman was difficult to locate, and we’re relieved that he’s off the street.” Bail was set at $10,000, which Daniels could not post. He was arraigned Oct. 15 on multiple charges of burglary, criminal conspiracy, theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, theft by extortion, receiving stolen property, criminal trespassing, possession of an See LAMBDA LEGAL, Page 6 instrument of crime and impersonating a
public servant. Police issued a bench warrant for Daniels in September after four men who had posted ads for male sex partners on Web site Craigslist reported they were threatened by a man purporting to be a police officer. In each case, Daniels allegedly responded to the ads and then arrived at the victims’ homes or other meeting places wearing a detective’s badge and carrying handcuffs and a walkie-talkie. The perpetrator told the victims that none of them had verified that he was over 18 and that he would arrest them for solicitation of a minor if they did not pay him. At least two of the men traveled with Daniels to withdraw money from the bank, one giving him $800 and the other $1,200. A preliminary hearing will be held Nov. 16. Daniels has a lengthy arrest record dating back to 2001. He has been charged with theft, the unauthorized use of an automobile, disorderly conduct, possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and reckless endangerment. Evers said more men may have been targeted, and encouraged those who had similar encounters to report them to East Detective Division at (215) 686-3243. n Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn. com.
While Philadelphia Democrats Seth Williams and Alan Butkovitz trounced their Republican opponents to win the district attorney and city controller races, respectively, conservatives won big elsewhere in Tuesday’s election. Republican Joan Orie Melvin defeated Democrat Jack Panella for a seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court in a 53-47percent vote. The state’s highest court now has a 4-3 Republican majority. H o w e v e r, t h e s e v e n D e m o c r a t s vying for the seven open seats on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, including openly gay judge Dan Anders, were all elected without contest, as were the four Democrats, including openly lesbian judge Dawn Segal, who were running for Philadelphia Municipal Court. Openly lesbian Abington Township Commissioner Lori Schreiber will retain her seat on the commission after receiving 64 percent of the vote Tuesday against her Republican challenger, Lou Guerra. Openly gay former Harrisburg city councilmember Dan Miller also won his bid to become Harrisburg’s city controller. In New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, Republican Chris Christie defeated incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine, marking the first time the Garden State has elected a Republican governor in 12 years. Corzine has pledged to sign marriageequality legislation, which is expected to reach his desk during the lame-duck session before Christie takes office in January. Christie, however, is opposed to same-sex marriage and has advocated for a statewide ballot initiative to decide the issue. The GOP was also successful in the nation’s only other gubernatorial election, in Virginia, where Republican Robert McDonnell topped Democratic opponent R. Creigh Deeds. Marriage equality took a hit up north, with the passage of Question 1 on Maine’s ballot, which overturned the state’s marriage-equality law. Maine’s legislature legalized same-sex marriage in May, but the law had not yet been implemented because antigay activists staged a petition drive that brought the issue to referendum. At press time, the question, which asked voters if they See ELECTIONS, Page 6
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CAMAC TO COLOGNE: Kurt Douglass (left), director of marketing and fundraising for Team Philadelphia, welcomed Stephan Collet, director of promotions and marketing for the 2010 Gay Games, along with Annette Wachter, CEO of the games, to Tavern on Camac Nov. 3. Team Philadelphia hosted the visitors as part of a registration drive to encourage participation in next summer’s event, which will be held in Cologne, Germany. For more information on how to register for the competitions, visit www.teamphiladelphia.org. Photo: Scott A. Drake
Trans library worker files federal bias lawsuit By Timothy Cwiek PGN Writer-at-Large Although trans woman Bobbie E. Burnett wants to leave her job at the Free Library of Philadelphia as soon as possible, she won’t leave yet. Burnett, describing her work environment as “hostile,” said she won’t leave until she receives legally enforceable assurances of adequate compensation for the discrimination she says she’s endured within the library system. “I won’t leave without adequate compensation, either by settlement or trial,” Burnett told PGN. “I’ve given the best working years of my life to this place, and I’m not leaving without security that my golden years will be spent in health, and not in poverty.” On Sept. 24, Burnett filed a federal antibias lawsuit, seeking a jury trial to determine her rightful compensation. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones. Burnett said she had little choice but to file suit, noting that attempts to settle the dispute privately were unsuccessful. “In my opinion, the city didn’t negotiate in good faith to address my needs and to avoid a lawsuit.” Library officials have not yet responded to Burnett’s allegations, according to court papers. Sandra A. Horrocks, a spokesperson for the Free Library, declined to comment for this story, citing pending litigation. After the suit is served, the library has 20 days to respond. Burnett, 53, has been employed as a library assistant at the Free Library since
June 1991. Her annual salary is about $27,700, she said. Problems for Burnett began in 2001, when she notified supervisors of her intent to transition to the female gender. Since then, she’s been transferred to eight different library branches, denied the use of unisex staff restrooms, passed over for advancement and unfairly restricted in her interactions with patrons, the lawsuit alleges. Library officials failed to take corrective measures to alleviate the problematic work environment, according to the lawsuit. “Instead, management seems to accommodate some of Bobbie’s coworkers’ prejudices,” said Kristine W. Holt, an attorney for Burnett. “If Bobbie does something the least bit out of line, she’s penalized and disciplined. But management seems to accommodate the prejudices of her harassers.” Slurs hurled at Burnett by some staffers include “freak,” “man in woman’s clothing” and “nigger,” according to the suit. On one occasion, when Burnett expressed wishes for a nice weekend to a coworker, the employee responded with, “Burn in hell,” according to the lawsuit. Additionally, some staffers have gone out of their way to avoid contact with Burnett, and they’ve avoided touching objects she might have touched, the suit alleges. In January 2009, after investigating Burnett’s complaints, the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations issued three probable-cause findings in her favor — stating she probably was discriminated against at the Free Library on at least three separate occasions. But Burnett’s complaints to the com-
mission resulted in additional retaliation against her at the Free Library, according to the lawsuit. “We think there’s a correlation there,” Holt said. “It’s not through any fault of the commission. But nothing changed for Bobbie. To the contrary, things went downhill.” Burnett suffers from clinical depression, allegedly due to her mistreatment at the Free Library, and she’s taken extended medical leaves to recover from the stress, according to the lawsuit. In 2008, after being out on an approved sick leave, Burnett received a bad performance review because her absence allegedly affected the quality and quantity of her work, according to the lawsuit. “Not only was Bobbie victimized, she was also penalized for taking time to recover from the victimization,” Holt added. “It was piling insult upon abuse.” Burnett is seeking an undisclosed amount in punitive and compensatory damages. She’s particularly interested in ensuring that healthcare will be provided to her until she’s eligible for Medicare at age 65, she said. Holt refuted claims by Burnett’s critics that she’s litigious. “There’s been an ongoing desire on my client’s part to reach a settlement with city officials, but it just hasn’t happened,” Holt said. “I’ve been representing Bobbie administratively for roughly seven years. So it’s not like there’s been a rush to sue.” n
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The State College man found guilty of bringing illegal drugs to the home where a young man was murdered three years ago was sentenced last week. Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge James F. Nilon sentenced F. Bruce Covington, 59, to eight months to five years in prison for possessing drugs with the intent to deliver, as well as an additional five years of supervised parole. Nilon also sentenced Covington to one additional year of probation for possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges stem from a September 2006 incident in which Covington brought crystal methamphetamine and gamma hydroxybutrate acid to the Thornbury home of William Smithson. Jason Shepard, 23, was strangled to death that evening in Smithson’s home, and Smithson has since been convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison. Nilon found Covington guilty of the charges in September. Covington’s attorney said his client has 30 days to appeal the sentence.
Fundraiser for local DJ Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., will host a benefit from 8 p.m.-midnight Nov. 16 to raise funds to cover the medical expenses of local out DJ Reenie Kane. Kane, who has been spinning at local LGBT clubs for more than 30 years, suffered a heart attack after she deejayed at the William Way LGBT Community Center’s annual Indigo Ball last month. Kane needs to undergo heart rehabilitation outpatient treatments, which her insurance will not cover. Admission is $10.
Drexel kicks off LGBT health program The LGBT Health Program at Drexel University will host its inaugural presentation, “Public Health Perspectives on LGBT Health Issues,” at 4 p.m. Nov. 10 at the university’s Bellet Building, 1505 Race St., on the sixth floor. Program administrators Drs. Randall Sell, Lisa Bowleg and Seth Welles will discuss health challenges facing the LGBT community. A cocktail reception, co-hosted by Mazzoni Center, will follow that will pay special recognition to the members of the LGBT Caucus of the American Public Health Association. For more information, visit http://publichealth.drexel.edu/lgbthealth/. n — Jen Colletta
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Bike Stop changing handlebars By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer The longtime owner of The Bike Stop announced this week that the bar will change ownership, although it will continue its more-than 25-year history of serving the local leather community. Jim Madden, who has owned the establishment at 206 S. Quince St. since 1997, is selling the bar to Piranha Sushi, LLC, headed by Bike Stop employee Robert Porter 3rd. Porter, a Bike Stop manager, has worked at the bar for more than seven years, and he and Madden have been in talks for some time about the possible sale. “This has been a couple years in the process,” Madden said. “Bob had intimated to me some years ago that he’d eventually be interested in buying the bar if I would be interested in selling it.” Madden does not own the building in which Bike Stop is housed but rents the property, and he and
ELECTIONS From Page 1 “want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages,” had received approval from approximately 53 percent of voters. Jesse Connolly, campaign manager of No on 1, released a statement Wednesday thanking supporters and pledging to continue to work to legalize samesex marriage in the state. “We’re in this for the long
LAMBDA LEGAL From Page 1 required to use shower and bathroom facilities for males. According to the complaint, L.P. was repeatedly intimidated, threatened and harassed by boys in her unit and feared for her safety. The complaint states that other residents often called her a “faggot,” “gay” and “wannabe girl” and that, while YSC staff instructed the youth not to call each other names, they did not follow up with any other reprimands. “Given the inadequate response by YSC staff, the YSC residents not only continued but escalated the harassment,” the complaint
Porter are currently finalizing paperwork for the transfer of the lease. Madden, who said he will no longer be involved at Bike Stop, said he doesn’t expect any interruptions to the club’s operations with Porter’s company taking over. “Everything’s going to continue the way that it is, with their new brand of improvements,” he said. “Bob and I are good friends, and I trust him to carry on the traditions here.” The Bike Stop has been open since 1982, and Porter said he’s hoping to capitalize on the establishment’s rich history to help elevate the visibility of the local leather community and draw new patrons. “Bike Stop is the cornerstone of the leather community in Philadelphia,” he said. “With the community’s help, we want to put Philadelphia’s leather community back on the map and show the rest of the country that there is
this great real estate between New York and D.C. We really want the place to be reinvigorated with new blood.” Porter said he does expect to make some internal renovations to update the club’s look, but nothing major is planned yet, and the façade of the building will remain the same. While Porter said he wants to bring in new customers, he is not planning to alter the club’s staff base; Bike Stop currently has four employees who’ve been working at the bar for about 15 years, another four who are 20-year employees and one who’s been with Bike Stop for 27 years. “We have a very-long-lived staff, and that’s part of the beauty of The Bike Stop and something we want to continue,” he said. Porter was unsure when the deal would be finalized, as he’s waiting on approval of license transfers. n
haul,” Connolly said. “For the next week and next month and next year, until all Maine families are treated equally. Because, in the end, this has always been about love and family and that will always be something worth fighting for.” Although results were not finalized by press time, reports indicated that voters in Washington upheld the state’s domestic-partner law, which the state’s legislature passed earlier this year and which grants same-sex couples similar rights and obligations as heterosexual married couples.
Residents of Kalamazoo, Mich., voted Tuesday to approve a nondiscrimination ordinance inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity, and Houston mayoral hopeful Annise Parker, an open lesbian, won the highest percentage of votes in her race, with approximately 31 percent of voters favoring her over the six other candidates. Since no one candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, however, Parker, Houston’s city controller, will face former city attorney Gene Locke in a runoff election next month. n
states. “YSC staff allowed [the] complainant to be subjected to ridicule and cruel and degrading verbal treatment on a daily basis,” which the complaint said escalated to “physical assaults.” The teen reported bruising and scratching as a result of physical altercations. “At the time she was at the facility, she lived in fear,” said Flor Bermudez, the Lambda Legal attorney handling the case. “She became depressed and wasn’t able to take advantage of the rehabilitation or school services that they provide there. She was constantly anxious and depressed as a result of the treatment she received.” L.P. asserted that staff members refused to call her by her female name and continued to refer to
her using male pronouns, despite the judge’s order, and would not make the same allowances for her that the female residents received, such as the option to wear female undergarments. The complaint states that several staff members also made gay slurs and that one threatened to physically harm the teen. L.P. filed numerous incident reports based on these interactions but according to the complaint, “YSC administrators failed to discipline or reprimand staff for having engaged in conduct that was harassing, discriminatory and in violation of the court’s Treatment Order.” Representatives of DHS did not return calls for comment in time for publication. n
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MOURNING IN MAINE: Maine Gov. John Baldacci (D) addressed LGBT individuals and allies who turned out Tuesday night to support the effort to uphold the state’s same-sex-marriage law, which voters ultimately overturned in that day’s election. Baldacci signed a marriage-equality bill into law in the spring, but it did not go into effect because opponents had successfully organized a petition drive to place the issue on this week’s ballot. Despite Tuesday’s setback, Baldacci expressed optimism that marriage equality would inevitably come to Maine. “We may not get there as soon as I’d like to get there,” he said, “but we’re going to get there because that’s the future.” Photo: Rex Wockner
HIV travel ban to be lifted, Ryan White CARE Act reauthorized By Jen Colletta PGN Staff Writer Beginning in the new year, travelers who have HIV/AIDS will no longer be prevented from entering the United States. The Obama administration on Monday issued the final regulation to lift the longstanding HIV-travel ban, originally enacted more than 20 years ago. The Department of Health and Human Services published the proposed regulation in the Federal Register in July and allowed for a public-comment period before the final regulation was announced. HHS initially included HIV on its list of communicable diseases that would prevent entry into the country, along with leprosy and active tuberculosis, in 1987. Six years later, Congress incorporated the HIV-travel ban into the Immigration and Nationality Act; HIV was the only disease explicitly named in this law that would bar travelers from coming into the country. Congress lifted the ban from the INA in 2008, but the full reversal could not be finalized until HHS followed suit. “Twenty-two years ago, in a decision rooted in fear rather than fact, the United States instituted a travel ban on entry into the country for people living with HIV/ AIDS,” Obama said last week in announcing the new HHS regulation. “We talk about reducing the stigma of this disease, yet we’ve treated a visitor living with it as a threat. We lead the world when it comes
to helping stem the AIDS pandemic, yet we are one of only a dozen countries that still bar people with HIV from entering our own country.” Kevin Burns, executive director of ActionAIDS, hailed the action. “I think it’s a very encouraging move,” he said. “After 20 years of being so restrictive and discriminatory, I’m glad to see the ban being lifted. Obama made a comment that we needed to start acting like leaders, and I think he’s right on target. This is a step in the right direction.” In addition, Obama signed the fourth reauthorization of the Ryan White ComprehensiveAIDS Resources Emergency Act, extending the federal HIV/AIDS funding program for the next four years. The program, first instituted in 1990, serves more than half a million people each year through funding provided to states, as well as directly to service organizations, for medications, treatment and other support services for low-income people with the disease. The legislation authorizes a 5-percent increase for each part of the program each year — beginning at a total of $2.55 billion in fiscal year 2010 and rising to $2.95 billion by fiscal year 2013 — and provides expanded support and resources to the CARE Act’s Minority AIDS Initiative. The Senate approved the extension legislation Oct. 19, and the House did so two days later. Obama finalized the reauthorization with his signature Oct. 30.
“Over the past 19 years, this legislation has evolved from an emergency response into a comprehensive national program for the care and support of Americans living with HIV/AIDS,” the president said at the signing. “It helps communities that are most severely affected by this epidemic and often least served by our healthcare system, including minority communities, the LGBT community, rural communities and the homeless. It’s often the only option for the uninsured and the underinsured. And it provides lifesaving medical services to more than half a million Americans every year, in every corner of the country.” Despite the advances made possible by the Ryan White Act, Obama noted, there are still more than one million people living with HIV/AIDS in the country, and more than 56,000 new infections every year. “This is a battle that’s far from over, and it’s a battle that all of us need to do our part to join,” he said. “Tackling this epidemic will take far more aggressive approaches than we’ve seen in the past — not only from our federal government, but also state and local governments, from local community organizations and from places of worship. But it will also take an effort to end the stigma that has stopped people from getting tested, that has stopped from them facing their own illness and that has sped the spread of this disease for far too long.” n Jen Colletta can be reached at jen@epgn. com.
The Birmingham News reports several gay-rights organizations in Alabama have announced plans to protest a Focus on the Family “Love Won Out” conference on homosexuality Nov. 7 at Metropolitan Church of God. “They’re telling you to hate your child unless he lives the way you tell him to live,” said Johnathan Quinn, president of Central Alabama Pride. “Their literature tells the parents to abandon their children unless they go this route: forcing them to be straight.” Equality Alabama, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of Birmingham and Covenant Community Church will also take part in the protest.
Gay couples similar to straight couples Advocate.com reports an analysis of U.S. Census data conducted by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, shows that gay couples who identify as married are similar to heterosexual spouses in age, income and child-rearing. The report uses data from the annual American Community Survey concerning some 150,000 same-sex couples who are legally married or consider their partner to be a “husband” or “wife.” The couples had an average age of 52 and household income of $91,558, with 31 percent raising children. That compares with an average age of 50, household income of $95,075 and 43 percent raising children for married heterosexual couples.
Equality March staffers resign 365gay.com reports the co-directors of the National Equality March have resigned, citing differences about Equality Across America’s direction. Kip Williams and Robin McGehee claimed a mix of reasons for resigning. “I’m moving on from EAA for personal and professional reasons,” Williams said in a statement. “First, I need more security in my life, because I worked on the march for less than minimum wage and without health insurance. Second, I share with EAA the goal of full federal equality, but I have different ideas about the road to get there.” Tanner Efinger, Cleve Jones’ personal assistant, was elected by executive committee members to serve as a volunteer interim project director. n — Larry Nichols
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The Word: A breast-cancer blog Part three in a three-part series In March, Gloria Casarez, director of LGBT affairs for the Mayor’s Office, was diagnosed with breast cancer. At 37, the out lesbian had no known family history of the disease. Throughout her treatment, she kept a blog, titled “The Word,” to keep friends and family updated on her progress. An excerpt follows. Casarez had her last chemo treatment on Sept. 3 and is undergoing monthly maintenance treatments. For previous entries, go to www.egpn.com and search for “Casarez.” July 25, 2009 How do I look? ... Well, I’m looking really great actually! Kicking ass, as is the plan! We had a kind of hiatus on the blog ... one that began after we didn’t get some results we were waiting for. As a result, I was kind of thrown into a sort of medical limbo for a spell — awaiting comparison results from the spine MRI and the full-body PET scan — comparing the baseline tests
(done before we started treatment) to that of the end of round three (after nine of 18 sessions — the “midway” point). These end-of-round three tests would be the first time we’d be able to compare against the baseline tests and are therefore an important and conclusive telling of how we’re doing. So, we waited anxiously for the findings, and ... got the sound of ... crickets ... crickets ... crickets ... and waited. More on that cumbersome process after the big news (no need to bait you on some promised news, after all). The big news — in the written words of the pathology report received just yesterday: “The disease is noted to have nearly resolved on the subsequent study.” Now, pathology reports generally do not add exclamation points but I think some are warranted here, don’t you? !!! So, what does all that fancy talk mean, you ask? Well, it means that when the tests taken after round three were compared to the baseline tests (done at the end of March), it shows this chemo shit
is working. Really well. The disease is nearly resolved in the second round of tests, which means we’re successfully treating my cancer with chemotherapy to the point that we’re “nearly resolved” on chemo alone. Three weeks or so ago my doctor was able to tell me the cancer has not progressed to any new places and we also found the new tests were barely picking up the known issues in my back and were not showing any more lymph-node involvement, as was the case initially. But, what we didn’t have three weeks ago was a comparison of the two rounds of tests — which began the waiting game and a real-deal lesson of learning how health institutions do not play well with each other. My doctor and nurse practitioner told me the MRI and PET scan would surely affirm the other encouraging results we’ve been seeing, but I was again haunted by the fact that the tumor-marker test is more of an indicator test — it’s not conclusive. The MRI and PET scans, on the other hand, are conclusive ... as conclusive as you can get with cancer, which
has its own mind and plan and sneaky tactics it is capable of. (So, until we received the conclusive and positive news of yesterday, I was cautiously optimistic ... and waiting on pins and needles.) The MRI and PET scan are what diagnosed the cancer conclusively and I wanted the comparison against the baseline in my hot little hands. We had to wait a little longer for that and still don’t have all that we could have because the equipment at Penn and Jefferson is different, but it’s good. All of this took the past three weeks — too long. The waiting was not easy. In fact, we waited as long for the comparison finding as we did from the initial date of diagnosis to the start of chemo (a span of three weeks way back when). You can imagine how finally receiving the comparison pathology report was therefore conclusively received with great relief and happiness ... “nearly resolved in the subsequent study” — sounds pretty, even. The tumor markers (indicator tests) have been run again in the several weeks since and have continued to fall even lower than
from the last blog entry. We’re now in the range of squarely, firmly, totally normal which is even better than nearly normal. So, I imagine our next round of MRI and PET-scan tests will reflect more of the same and now I think I have a little more confidence in the tumor marker tests than I knew to have before, so I’ll take a little more cheer at the (hopefully positive) result of the next tumor-marker tests ... even if they are just indicator tests. What we know is this second batch of conclusive tests says I’m nearly resolved and I like the sound of this kind of resolution. Let’s keep it going! What was taking so long is stupid. And, it’s a familiar tale of problems with healthcare in America. Jefferson and Penn do not work well together is the best I can surmise. My primary-care physician is through Jefferson so that’s where my initial mammogram, ultrasound, biopsy, and all the baseline tests (MRIs of the breast, spine and pelvis as well as the PET scan, bone biopsy and initial heart test) were all done. They were lovely. They got tests
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done quickly. I was able to start treatment a few short weeks after diagnosis as opposed to waiting a couple of weeks to get even one of those necessary baseline tests complete. I’m happy with the work Jefferson did. I did not like the personality or slowness of the oncologist I met with, though, which is how I ended up first at a private-practice oncologist and then at Penn — which is all for the good, really. How that all ties in is that after the second round of MRI and PET-scan tests, Penn requested the original films/tests from Jefferson, and waited ... more crickets. Penn said Jefferson said they were sending them, so we waited ... guess what? ... some more damn crickets. That next week, I came in with my copy of the films (’cause my well-informed cousin Bernadette told me at the very beginning of all this to get a copy of all of the films for every test ... at every test ... and I followed directions). That should have done it, right? I handed Penn the initial tests needed to do the comparison, right? Wrong. Well, seems that my primary physician (at Jefferson) had to approve Penn’s radiologist to do the comparison report. Guess who was on vacation? My primary physician. So we waited. Then, my doctor went out of town, thereby eliminating, for a few days, the most senior person on my team to yell and scream and make things happen.
But then she was back and heads rolled (so I’m told) and we got our comparison and we got our comparison findings. It only took three long, hellish weeks where I tried to busy myself with work and other things ... hanging on to the indicator findings of the tumor markers. Even getting the results delivered was not without challenges and incompleteness, though. The initial tests done at Jefferson were administered on equipment that is different than Penn’s, so what I wanted the most I still don’t have. I wanted a quantitative comparison (because I’m a numbers-andpercentages person in general and that extends to this fucking cancer, too). I wanted to know that we reduced by xx percent but that’s not possible until we do another round of tests after round six (18 sessions), which, hurrayhurray, is just around the corner. The way the pathology comparison report is able to say that my disease is nearly resolved is because that doesn’t need to be compared to the baseline ... that just needs to be compared to what’s normal and the threshold for “resolution.” Good stuff. Oct. 9, 2009 On maintenance (and me) ... We are firmly and officially in maintenance mode! Actually, we have been in maintenance mode for some time
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now. The absence from the blog was, in part, me celebrating (yes!) and trying to get back to “life” — or, better yet, refocusing what life is (now) and what life means (to me). We ended chemo on Sept. 3 and made a beeline to the beach for the Labor Day weekend. Celebrating the labor of this and the lingering days of summer did me and T-love good. Big plans to do this or that while on vacation were quickly replaced with sitting on the beach — all day. For real. It was lovely ... and I don’t even like the beach all that much. But the beach with T-love is great and the beach with T-love after completing chemo was the best! This chemo experience was 18 sessions exactly — just as originally prescribed by Dr. Demichele. No real setbacks except for the anemia at the end of round one and everything else seemed to go as “planned” — no, “planned” doesn’t quite work ... everything has gone as projected, though we frequently heard the words “remarkable” and “exceptional” in association with my progress. I will say emphatically that every patient probably hopes their progress can be described as such. So, none of this life-changing cancer stuff was planned but has moved as projected. A positive outcome was clearly in the cards for this time. A friend mentioned early on that 18 equals “chai” in
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Hebrew. And, well, chai equals life. It seems it was decidedly so from the beginning that these 18 sessions would give me (new) life — and certainly a new way of looking at life. Chemo was six courses for a total of 18 sessions (chai) over the course of five months and one day. Five months of fucking chemo — three weeks on, one week off. Four total drip bags each time (the Benedryl, the steroid, the “wonder drug” — Herceptin and Taxol). Combined, they were my life-saving poison. My “life-saving toxic chemicals” as I affectionately refer to them. I’m able to say “five months of fucking chemo” because, in retrospect — it’s a lot. I guess in present — it’s also a lot, but that’s where maintenance comes in. The big news, in addition to all the “exceptional” and “remarkable” stuff, is that surgery is not needed at this time (note the qualifying language). This was explained as a possibility at the outset but I had prepared myself for chemo, then surgery. I began hording my vacation and sick time accordingly, expecting to need to be out of work for surgery. I began saying goodbye to my breasts in my own private way and on the upswing, I began imagining I’d need a whole new wardrobe because most of my clothes are cut to fit breasts and I wouldn’t have them any longer. A whole new wardrobe would
be justified ... I’d have to do it, dammit! But, when the chemo did its thing and brought down the inflammation, it was found that surgery wasn’t needed ... just “maintenance” and a new phase of hormone therapy. I’m coming to realize that maintenance means forever. Maintenance means a new way of looking at things and maintenance means that life is forever changed ... even with my breasts intact (for now). But, let’s celebrate a little — the end of chemo showed no need for surgery. No operation! Upon hearing the “no-surgery” news, I was happy to learn that we were doing so well but hearing “no surgery” didn’t exactly give me great comfort either. I thought, “But, but, but what about the cancer?” It’s still there, is the deadpan response ... It’s just not in a cluster per se. So not needing surgery is a whole ’nother mental ballgame for sure, but it is good news. Exceptional news, really. At its core, no surgery is a reminder that this isn’t as simple as removing a “thing” and moving on. People have said things like this, “Well, you just have to do it and take care of it and be done with it” and such. I don’t believe they mean to speak with such clear or cold finality, but I also can’t really believe that any person who has experienced canSee BLOG, Page 16
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NOV. 6 - 12, 2009
Editorial
Election hangover Tuesday’s election results were a mixed bag for the LGBT community (though the frustration level might never match that of Election Day 2004 or 2008). Some of the lowlights include Republican Chris Christie defeating incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine as governor of New Jersey; Democrat Jack Panella losing to Republican Joan Orie Melvin for Pennsylvania state Supreme Court; and Maine voting to overturn samesex marriage — after the legislature passed it earlier this year. In New Jersey, Corzine promised to sign a samesex-marriage bill; Christie opposes same-sex marriage. Melvin’s election to the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ensures a Republican majority, four to three. Some of the highlights locally include success for six openly LGBT candidates: judges Dan Anders and Dawn Segal were elected to the Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court, respectively. In Harrisburg, openly gay former City Councilman Dan Miller was elected as city controller. In New Hope, Sharyn Keiser was reelected to City Council. In Coatesville, Karl Marking was elected to City Council. And in Abington, Lori Schreiber was reelected to Abington Township Commission. And there were small successes across the nation. In Washington, where ballots are mailed in, it looks like voters opted to keep the state’s domestic-partner law, which gives the same rights and benefits as marriage, but without the name. In New York City, two new openly gay councilmembers were elected, bringing the total to four: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Rosie Mendez, Daniel Dromm and James Van Bramer. In Kalamazoo, Mich., voters upheld a nondiscrimination bill that included sexual orientation and gender identity. In Houston, out lesbian and City Controller Annise Parker garnered 31 percent of the vote, with her closest opponent, Gene Locke, picking up 25 percent. As no one received a majority of the votes, a run-off will be held next month. In Detroit, openly gay former news anchor Charles Pugh was elected City Council president. In St. Petersburg, Fla., voters elected the city’s first openly gay person to office, Steve Kornell. In Chapel Hill, N.C., Mark Kleinschmidt will be the city’s first openly gay mayor. In Akron, Ohio, out lesbian Sandra Kurt will be the city’s first openly gay person elected to city council. In Maplewood, Minn., openly gay James Llanas will be the city’s first out councilmember. Despite the gains on city councils across the country, the hardest losses for the community were the Maine referendum and New Jersey’s governorship, both blows to same-sex marriage. Which means that more out candidates need to run for office to increase LGBT visibility. n
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Ken Cuccinelli Looking for a good Halloween costume for next year? Why not go as Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s newly elected Republican attorney general. As Joe Sudbay of America Blog puts it, “He’s very scary.” Why is he so scary? Well, he wants to put gay sex-havers in jail, for one. A Virginia Pilot editorial endorsing Cuccinelli’s Democratic opponent revealed some pretty far-out shit. “My view is that homosexual acts, not homosexuality, but homosexual acts are wrong. They’re intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural lawbased country it’s appropriate to have policies that reflect that,” Cuccinelli replied when asked about an antidiscrimination policy that included gays and lesbians. “They don’t comport with natural law. I happen to think that it represents behavior that is not healthy to an individual and in aggregate is not healthy to society.” And this from a guy who, as a senator, opposed stricter laws against cockfighting. But at least he’s not against homos; just homo sex. It’s no surprise that The Family Foundation, an antigay, anti-abortion, anti-stem-cell-research, antino-fault-divorce group, is totally gay for Cuccinelli. In a column in the Washington Post, Marc Fisher described the warm welcome the
foundation gave Cuccinelli at a 2008 rally when he was a state senator. “Cuccinelli told the friendly audience that he was here to stand tall on ‘abortion bills and the fight over the homosexual agenda,’ a phrase he used five times over the course of a 10-minute talk,” Fisher wrote. Five times in 10 minutes? Somebody’s got homos on the brain. “When you look at the homosexual agenda, I cannot support something that I believe brings nothing but selfdestruction, not only physically, but of their soul,” Cuccinelli told the group. According to Fisher, “[Virginia Senate Majority Leader Dick] Saslaw sees Cuccinelli as a prime example of the kind of social conservative who is too willing to use popular discomfort with an outsider group in society as a way to appeal to voters.” “It’s been pretty fashionable around here for the past four or five years to pound gays into the ground,” the Democratic senator said. “Now it’s immigrants. When they get done with them, it’ll be someone else. They make their living on that.” Hey now, Cuccinelli needs to put antigay food on his antigay family table. Plus, his record on all things homo goes back a while. In 2005, Cuccinelli got all hot and bothered about a sexual-health fair at
George Mason University. “They’re pushing a pro-sex agenda and an anything-goes agenda,” he said of the fair, which included “five booths with information on abstinence, condoms and self-help exams, as well as sexual orientation,” according to WGAL.com. Not surprisingly, he had a big objection to the gay stuff. “You can’t have safe homosexual sex. There is no such thing and yet one of the sponsoring groups is the homosexual group on campus,” he said. And as we know, he doesn’t mind homosexuals as long as there’s no sex involved. Oh, and by the way, Cuccinelli’s vision for attorney general is pretty enlightening. “This office, for someone who focuses on it day to day for a long period of time, can affect the direction of Virginia government,” Cuccinelli told the Washington Post. “It isn’t one dramatic step on any given day, or getting one bill passed. It’s the gradual, slow, drip-drip-drip impact that you can have.” Hey, Virginia, this guy is now your top law-enforcement honcho. Prepare to get pissed on. n D’Anne Witkowski is a freelance writer and poet. She teaches writing at the University of Michigan.
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Mark My Words
Mark Segal
The view on the election: We didn’t lose, we’re winning We didn’t lose in Maine. We won. Eight years ago in this column, I wrote that the issue of gay marriage was many years away. What it would take is education, and education on the issue is caused by debate. The referendum in Maine on Tuesday gave us just that — a public forum on the issue, just as it did with Proposition 8 in California. Those were battles along the route to victory, which is equality. So how did we win? This is a battle and the way to judge how you’re doing is public-opinion polls and the votes of the people. Eight years ago, this column predicted that we were about 10 years away from marriage equality. We actually did a little better thanks to states like Massachusetts and Iowa. But here’s the simple fact: When we started this struggle for marriage equality, our polling numbers were in the low 30s. Today, we’re in the high 40s: That’s a march toward victory. But it takes the long view and it’s not an overnight success just because it’s right. We have to be willing to work for it. Let’s compare this issue with an issue we’ve been working on in this country since the late 1960s: em-
ployment nondiscrimination. In polls in the 1960s, job protection for “homosexuals” was supported by only 27 percent of Americans. You read that right. That was the major issue that we, as a community, kept our eyes on for 40 years. And guess what? We can claim victory. On Tuesday, in all places where nondiscrimination was on the ballot, we won. Again, that is backed up by the polls. Today, if you ask any group of Americans — even limit it to churchgoers — the majority do not believe in any job discrimination against the LGBT community. The latest tracking gives us support in the high 70s. So here are the answers to Tuesday’s election. We’re gaining each time we make marriage a forum. It won’t happen overnight, but we need to use communication as the tool. Keep the discussion going. But let me point out that the best thing we can do for our community — whether LGBT, married or not, in the military or not — is to end discrimination. Not all of us are married, not all of us are in the military, but most of us are employed and need job protection. We’ve already done the education work on nondiscrimination: Now it’s time to do the political homework and bring it home. n Mark Segal is PGN publisher. He can be reached at mark@epgn.com.
Letters and Feedback In response to “Local group collaborates with first online LGBT high school,” Oct. 30-Nov. 5:
“Developing safe, quality educational opportunities for LGBTQ Youth” — GLBT Online HS Pilot
Dear Philadelphia, This is an exciting, innovative option for educating our LGBTQ youth! EJC is developing safe, quality educational opportunities through collaborations with organizations like GLBTQ Online High School for this joint pilot project. Contributions of any kind or value will help make our project successful. We welcome volunteers, expertise or donations, even as little as $5. Visit or join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group. php?gid=4765124050.
Why is the school “glbtq” and not “lgbtq?” Great idea, but this detail bugs me. — gayday
Sincerely, Quincy Greene, President/CEO Educational Justice Coalition 260 S. Broad St., Suite 1000 Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 279-8013 (o) (215) 531-2986 (c) quincygreene@gmail.com
Dear Gayday, Great question! We asked David Glick about the order of the letters of their high school’s name, GLBTQ Online High School. He stated that a PR firm helped them develop their name. Also he pointed out that the order of the lower case lettering, glbtq, creates symmetry visually. Check out their Web site, http:// glbtqonlinehighschool.com/; it has a great curriculum and it will create a safe, quality educational option for Philadelphia youth who are being harassed and bullied at school. I appreciate your inquiry and look forward to more conversations about our pilot project in Philadelphia.
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Street Talk Will the Rosie-Kelli break-up have an impact on the same-sex marriage debate?
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“I think some folks will make a point of criticizing them as public figures. But it should be considered a private matter between the two ladies. They shouldn’t be held to a higher standard just because they’re lesbians.”
“Yes. There are always small-minded people who’ll seize on something to deny same-sex marriage rights. That’s because they’re so closeminded. But straight people break up all the time, and people don’t make a huge deal about that.”
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“If it has any impact, it will be to show that gays are like anyone else: They can get divorced too. Rosie and Kelli are in a normal relationship, just like anyone else. Divorce shouldn’t be seen as something unusual. Most of my friends’ parents are divorced. It’s a fact of life.”
“Yes, it’s a bit hypocritical on Rosie’s part. She set herself up as a poster child for gay marriage when she went out to California for the ceremony. I’m sure some people will be disappointed. But at least Rosie had the strength to admit that the relationship isn’t working.”
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Argentina may become Latin America’s first nation to legalize gay marriage. Gay and lesbian activists think it will be — and they have a growing number of supporters in Congress, which opened debate Oct. 29 on whether to change dozens of laws that define marriage as a union between a “man and woman.” “We can’t expect social equality if the state is legitimizing inequality,” said Maria Rachid, president of Argentina’s Gay, Lesbian, B i s e x u a l a n d Tr a n s g e n d e r Federation. “We now have the social and political context necessary to change the law.” It remains to be seen whether they have enough votes to overcome opposition from religious groups. The Roman Catholic Church remains a driving force in Argentina, where presidents were
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required to be both married and Catholic until a 1994 reform. Argentina’s capital established its gay-friendly reputation in 2002 by becoming the first Latin American city to legalize same-sex civil unions. Four other Argentine cities later did the same, and such unions also now are recognized in Mexico City and some Mexican and Brazilian states. Uruguay alone has legalized civil unions nationwide. Canada is the only nation in the Americas where gay marriage is now legal; in the Spanish-speaking world, only Spain has taken this additional step.
Kenya to conduct census of gays Kenya is planning to conduct a census of gay people in an attempt to control the spread of HIV. The confidential survey will be carried out by the National AIDS/ STD Control Program, starting in January or February 2010. It will be distributed through gay networks and in gay areas, asking participants about their sexual history, condom use and whether they get tested for HIV. Critics have said that because homosexuality is illegal in the African country, many gay people will be too frightened to come forward. Being convicted of homosexual acts can result in a 14-year jail sentence.
Uganda’s antigay bill condemned The Ugandan embassies of France and the United States publicly condemned Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill on Nov. 2, but officials in the African nation plan to move forward with the discriminatory legislation. The bill would strengthen the country’s antigay laws, including criminalizing any public discussion of homosexuality and penalizing individuals who knowingly rented property to a homosexual. “France expresses deep concern regarding the bill currently before the Ugandan parliament,” the French foreign ministry said in a statement. “France reiterates its commitment to the decriminalization of homosexuality and the fight against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”
There has been no official word from the U.S. federal government, but Human Rights Watch reported that four members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including out Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), have written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the bill. The representatives want Clinton to denounce the bill, arguing that its passage would undermine U.S. efforts to curb HIV and AIDS. Uganda’s minister for ethics and integrity, James Nsaba Buturo, recently said Uganda has no intention of heeding the advice of foreigners on the issue of homosexuality.
U.N. decries Russian killings Russia fails to protect journalists, activists, prison inmates, gays and lesbians and others at odds with authorities from a wide range of abuses, including torture and murder, the U.N. Human Rights Committee said Oct. 30. The findings came in a report by an 18-member panel of independent experts who urged the Kremlin to implement a number of legal reforms. The expert panel said it also was concerned about violence against lesbian, gay and bisexual persons, including reports of police harassment. It said it received reports of people being assaulted or even killed because they were gay or lesbian. The panel said it was concerned at the “systematic discrimination against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation” in Russia. Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in the 1990s, but many Russians are vehemently opposed to the expansion of gay rights. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov is an outspoken foe of gay rights and repeatedly has blocked attempts to hold gay Pride marches in the capital.
Teacher resigns over porn photos A physical-education teacher who was suspended from his post at an all-boys grammar school in the U.K. after nude photos of him surfaced on a gay Web site has left See INTERNATIONAL, Page 17
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From Page 9 cer ever really feels “out of the woods.” They may feel like they escaped from Alcatraz in a sense, but they’re still on the lam. Still on the run. It just might catch up to them. In my case, I don’t let myself dwell or linger too much on the fact that I’m “on the run” (so to speak) — that’s a lot of weight to carry and I really do try to keep my bags packed with positivity. It is what has sustained me in large measure. For now, I’m happy knowing that my hair gets to grow back. The end of chemo is really the end of three of those four drip bags. Say goodbye to the weekly Benedryl, steroid and (don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out) Taxol. Taxol, with your cell-sweeping powers — you gave me anemia, made my hair fall out and made me feel like a lizard (no eyelashes, hair, etc.). A swift goodbye to you, Taxol ... though, if we happen to need to meet again, I’ll approach you kindly. You were relatively kind
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to me ... and, most importantly, you worked. The present time is about maintenance — staying on it, keeping on it and watching it all very closely ... and frequently. Practically speaking, maintenance is Herceptin (once every three weeks) and the start of hormone therapy — in pill form. Maintenance is about targeting my very-estrogen-dependent cancer and slowly starving my body of estrogen (through hormone therapy). Maintenance is induced menopause, which is nothing light for sure but is something I can handle — so far. Maintenance is moving from weekly treatments to once every three weeks and a shorter visit at the treatment site. Maintenance is knowing that the pill I take each morning is doing a new kind of important work, as important as those four weekly drip bags did. But different. I refer to this maintenance as “chemo lite,” in part because it does require a diligence and mindset in the same way fullon chemo does ... it’s just not as dramatic.
Most significantly, maintenance is not just about me. So much of this time has been about “me” (in trying to save my life and all) ... but maintenance can’t just be about me. Going through chemo can make a person very selfish — because no one except “the patient” knows what it’s really like to be “the patient.” In my closest relationship (with T) and my interactions and friendships, so much of this time has been about me and maintenance is also about refocusing. Setting the lens back from the extreme closeup to the full landscape. The landscape is such that we’ve been showered with love and support throughout by our loved ones. Really, just bathed in support as we go through this ... from strangers and loved ones alike. The support is directed toward the sick person through the crazy time and I’m learning that maintenance is about the whole. Maintenance (and me) is more than me ... it’s us. And, maintenance is about reintroducing “me” to life ... and living. n
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INTERNATIONAL From Page 14 his job. Sam Handley was suspended from Harvey Grammar School after the photos surfaced. “The school fully accepts Mr. Handley’s assurances that the events in question took place prior to him being offered and taking up employment at the school, and that he has not engaged in anything similar whilst employed at the school,” school officials said in a statement. Students at the school found pictures of Handley and sent them to other students and faculty members in September. The photos show Handley in various stages of undress, including a picture of him naked and reclined on his back playing with himself.
Soccer sacked for MARCH 21pro - 27, 2008 antigay that the mayorcomments of the Athens suburb
of Kessariani has agreed to perform Midtjylland, a Danish soccer theFC ceremony. team, has no fired Polish to soccer player “I have objection celebrating Arek Onyszko for making homothis union so long as the law is respected,” MayorinSpyros Tzokas phobic comments his autobiograsaid. phy. It is uncertain whether the The player’s book, titled “F**king government will recognize Polack,” was released Nov. 2. the marriage. Onyszko wrote: “I hate gays, I The do.Greek is really I think government it’s f**king dispreparing to introduce civilgusting to hear them talk to each partnership legislation laterIthis year, other as if they are girls. can’t be granting legal rights to unmarried in the same room as someone who’s couples. But, it has not said if samegay. Look at them kissing each other sex couples would be included.
— it’s sickening.” He was fired from an Odense soccer in Junejailed after beingin conGayteam men victed of assaulting his ex-wife. He was sentenced to three months in Morocco prison before being signed by FC The Moroccan Association for Midtjylland. Human Rights,interview, along withOnyszko Human In a recent Rights Watch, has launched a said his Catholic beliefs prohibited petition following the“those imprisonment him from accepting kind of of six men for homosexuality. people.” Moroccan policehead arrested the men Jens Ørgaard, of sport at in November 2007 after a video FC Midtjylland, said the player had circulated on the Internet showing been asked to halt the book to cona private party in Ksar-el-Kbir, centrate on his game. Morocco, that the press claimed was “We felt we did the right thing in a gay-marriage ceremony. theThe summer when offered code Arek country’s wepenal Onyszko a sexual new chance his criminalizes conductafter between conviction,” Ørgaard said. “He was members of the same sex. Despite punished andthelike everyone the fact that video showedelse no needed to get acts, backthe onsix hismen feet evidencehelp of sexual again. But lately has abused our were convicted of he committing “lewd trust ... despite warnings, he continor unnatural acts with an individual ued to work theand book project and of the same on sex” sentenced to between four and in [FC Midtjylland] had10no months knowledge prison. of its existence until now.” The Moroccan for Another Danish Association club, FC Frem, has reportedly offered Onyszko a place on its team. n Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.
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Pain and puppetry
GOD HELP US EVERYONE: Puppets portray the children and ghosts of a particularly harsh Christmas past in Paula Vogel’s “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” starring Amanda Groves (from left), Keith J. Conallen, Jason Mulligan, Janice Rowland, Katie Lynch, Allison Heishman, Laurel Hostak and Seth Reichgott. Photos: Mark Garvin
Vogel’s less-than-merry ‘Christmas’ comes to town By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Is there anyone who hasn’t (despite the best of efforts and intentions) had a holiday with the kinfolk turn into a lump of coal right before the first present is unwrapped? With 2009 starting to wind down, what better time to catch a show about what the holidays really mean for a lot of people: being cooped up in an uncomfortable situation with your family. To that end, Azuka Theatre is starting its 10th-anniversary season with “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” written by award-winning lesbian playwright Paula Vogel, best-known for her unflinching and thoughtprovoking works like the Pulitzer Prize-winning “How I Learned to Drive,” as well as “The Baltimore Waltz” and “Hot ‘N’ Throbbing.” Like most of Vogel’s works, “The Long Christmas Ride Home” tackles some weighty issues as a family falls apart during a holiday trip. “It’s not a Christmas show,” said Kevin Glaccum, Azuka Theatre’s producing artistic director. “It’ll be over by Thanksgiving. It’s not really a take-the-family kind of play. It’s a pretty dysfunctional family. Only half of it takes place on Christmas night. The other half is a
flash forward to see the lives of the children in the car as adults. We see what has happened to them as they move on with their lives.” As if that isn’t enough to pique your interest, Glaccum added that the production uses an ancient and rather intricate form of puppetry to bring to life the past and present of the children riding in the back of the family car. “In the beginning of the play, when they are young, the children are puppets and their parents are actors,” he said. “Then, when the children are adults, they are actors but the other people in their lives are puppets. [Vogel] was influenced by Japanese theater, a style of theater called Bunraku. It’s pretty involved. She was very inspired by some Japanese theater that she was seeing. It’s this melding of American theater and Japanese theater. The play is greatly based on the playwright’s background. Her brother passed away from AIDS. He was a real lover of all things Japanese. It’s a real homage to him.” Cast member Keith Conallen said he’s enjoying the experience of working with the puppets. “It’s a different style of telling stories,” he said. “Having the kids be puppets in the beginning lessens the dramatic load.”
“It gives it a little bit of distance,” Glaccum added. “They’re really lifelike and it’s very touching the way that they are manipulated. I really have become very invested in them, especially as the puppeteering has gotten better.” Conallen, who plays Stephen, said there are quite a few aspects of his character that resonated with him on a personal level. “Stephen is the only son of the parents. He has two sisters. He’s the middle child who grows up to be a Japanese enthusiast, which I think also influenced [Vogel’s] writing. The fact that Stephen is a young boy discovering his sexuality and growing up gay, I can certainly relate to that. I didn’t have the family situation that these kids have. My parents weren’t unhappy, that I know of. I can relate to that on a basic level because I was a gay kid and now a gay adult. I can actually relate to Rebecca, too, by being the unnoticed child. I was actually a good kid. I didn’t get into any trouble because I was raised with the fear of God in me. I didn’t really do anything bad, so nobody watched me. It’s kind of like: Look at me, look at me! Maybe it’s why I’m an actor now.” Glaccum said parental unhappiness is definitely at the core of the tension in “The Long Christmas Ride
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Home,” as is their inability to relate to each other and their children. “There is mention of the kids being aware of their parents’ responses to their budding sexuality,” Glaccum said. “The lesbian daughter as a child asks for a six-shooter for Christmas and notices the creases in her mother’s brow when she asks for it. The little boy is very conscious of the fact that he likes to watch other little boys run and knows somehow that it’s bad and he shouldn’t, but he’s not sure why. And the parents are unhappy with one another — that is the root of their dysfunction and the unhappiness with the family.” Like Conallen, Glaccum also said he found characters that he could relate to personally, especially the parents, in the play. “[My father], as he got older, he got better, but he definitely had no idea how to raise a gay kid. Stephen gets a soccer ball for Christmas and he’s like, ‘I have no idea what I’m to do with this.’ His parents don’t know who he is. I definitely related to that. Plus, there’s the fact that there’s an HIV/AIDS component to it. Gay men of a certain age who lived through the 1980s and early ’90s, there are a lot of ghosts that follow you around. So this play pays homage to that.“ Both Conallen and Glaccum said the lack of warm and fuzzy feelings in the lives of these children has a positive effect, as it strengthens their relationships later in life.
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ROWLAND (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT), HEISHMAN, CONALLEN, REICHGOTT AND GROVES
“That’s the best part,” Conallen said. “The kids have such a close relationship. The way that they have grown up, their ties are event tighter than they were as children because of what hap-
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pens in that long Christmas ride.” “There’s this sense of familial comfort that you can find even amidst a family falling apart,” Glaccum added. “These siblings really bond because of it and bond for eternity. It’s like war stories. There’s nothing like two soldiers being in the same trench that bonds them for life. Children of dysfunctional families are bonded in the way that happy children just aren’t.” But what about the people in the audience who have never had a dysfunctional holiday experience? Will they be able to relate to this crumbling family? “Are there people like that?” Glaccum responded with a hearty laugh. “I don’t know anybody who had an idyllic childhood. So maybe it would be unimaginable to some of those people that a Christmas would result like this and have the long-lasting ramifications that this one particular night had on this family.” Conallen said that despite the lack of a traditional happy resolution, he hopes audiences will come away from the show with a sense of peace. “That idea that having that kind of turmoil ... who knows what is going on in anybody’s life. I’m hoping that it allows people to open up and realize things can get better. That’s one [thing I hope people take away from this show]. Number two: Very simply, don’t take
your family for granted. Number three: Don’t hate your gay kids. An audience is going to react the way they react. I can only hope they come away with something, whatever it is.” Glaccum said he just wants the audience to connect with the characters, human or puppet. “One of the main reasons I picked this play, and all of the plays that Azuka does, is I love the sense of the audience being able to see themselves on stage, no matter how they interpret it. There’s a factor in the characters that will touch you. So whether you are gay or straight, you’ve been to a Christmas that has been not pretty with people fighting. It wasn’t this wonderful holiday that everybody looks forward to every year. I think we have a sense of recognition, maybe not the exact events that take place. You make that connection and that will help you take away what the playwright is trying to give — this sense of peace and the humanness of us all.” Azuka Theatre presents “The Long Christmas Ride Home” through Nov. 15 at Mandell Theater, 3300 Chestnut St. For more information, visit www.azukatheatre.org or call (215) 733-0255. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.
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‘Rubyfruit Jungle’ author featured at First Person By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer We love animals here at PGN, but Rita Mae Brown’s affection for all creatures great and small puts us to shame. Just go ahead and ask her about the menagerie she lives with. “[There are] 75 foxhounds, 19 bassets, 40 horses. Many are retirees and rescues,” she said. “There are barn cats. In the house, there’s about seven cats and the same number of dogs. Many of the dogs have been dropped and had medical problems I’ve had to fix. You’ve got a couple limping around. They’re perfectly happy but they’ve been damaged in some way and people haven’t wanted them.” The author, best known for her groundbreaking and semi-autobio-
graphical debut novel “Rubyfruit Jungle,” will speak about her life and participate in a book signing as part of the First Person Arts Festival Nov. 7. Her latest book, “Animal Magnetism,” is a memoir about the wisdom she has gleaned over time from various animals. And, given the volume of animals running through her life, it’s a wonder the book isn’t bigger than it is. Brown said she felt the time was right to pen “Animal Magnetism.” “In a sense, every book you write takes your whole life to write it,” she said. “I just started thinking about all these incredible creatures that have guided me and starting thinking maybe I’d better put this down while I still can.” One thing is apparent from the start of “Animal Magnetism” — Brown puts a lot of stock in the
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instincts of animals. “You can judge somebody’s character by how your animals respond to them,” she said. “If your cat or dog or horse doesn’t like somebody, you’d better back off. They can smell emotional states. A dog has 100-million scent
receptors in its nose. You have six million. That person could be giving off an odor that you don’t detect but the dog knows it’s not right, whether it’s incipient violence or some kind of emotional disturbance. They know. Dogs know crazy people as well as evil people in many ways, at least pertaining to you and how that person is responding to you.” OK. But what if the animal is crazy? Brown has an explanation for that. “You can usually tell if an animal has been abused. But there are bloodlines — just like there are in people — that carry certain diseases, whether they be diseases of the mind or diseases of the body. Some bloodlines will have conditions and the animal will exhibit it.”
It’s also no secret that she prefers the company of animals over humans. “They don’t have barriers between them and reality,” she said. “We do. We have an ideological system set: Deny reality or try to pervert it. Case in point: There have always been homosexual liaisons in higher vertebrates. It has been denied for centuries. It’s right in front of you. Animals don’t have that problem.” Brown is so in tune with animals, especially one in particular, that she has co-authored a series of mystery novels with her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown. Actually, coauthored is a strong word, as the member of that Brown partnership who doesn’t go in a litter box pointed out. “Actually, she takes all the credit,” she said. “I’m just a typist. I just do whatever she tells me.” Sneaky Pie wasn’t available for comment. Given her intense love for animals, it might surprise some that Brown is an avid foxhunter. She said she has no problem resolving her love of animals with fox-hunting. “It intensifies it. You have one of the greatest hunt clubs 17 miles from Philadelphia,” she sai, referring to The Radnor Hunt and Pony Club. “It’s a great old hunt club. But you don’t kill the fox. So we don’t have that problem, which I’m sure would upset some people. I’m one of them. I don’t want to kill it. I can’t think of anything more exciting or anything that gives you a deeper appreciation of nature.” OK, but doesn’t getting chased by a bunch of dogs stress the fox out a little? Brown, who is way more in tune with the animals than we are, said the fox is having fun and pretty much running the whole show. “You never get the damn thing. It’s too smart. It always gets away from you. They have a canine mind so the fox knows if the scenting conditions are good. It knows what its chances are. People don’t live in nature anymore so they don’t realize how incredibly cunning and creative this animal is.” First Person Arts Festival hosts a book event featuring Brown from 4-5 p.m. Nov. 7 at Painted Bride Arts Center, 230 Vine St. For more information, visit www. firstpersonarts.org or www. ritamaebrown.com. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.
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Family Portraits What do Edwin Hubble (as in telescope), Bill Clinton, Kris Kristofferson and Chris Bartlett have in common? They all received scholarships to Oxford University. Bartlett, the interim co-executive director of Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, could have had a career in academia, but he chose a path of service to the LGBT community instead. “My mission in life has always been to help build a strong LGBT community. The DVLF opportunity is wonderful because it is an umbrella for many different missions and organizations. I like to think of myself as a good steward for all.” PGN: Tell me about Chris. CB: Well, I was born in Cheltenham, but a lot of my mother’s family was in Philadelphia. I studied the classics at Brown University, Latin and Greek and philosophy. Then I went to Oxford University to study them even more in depth. I was on a path toward a career in academia, but while in England I got involved in AIDS activism and it changed everything. I got involved with ACT UP in London, and with the Philadelphia chapter when I came home. I learned my community organizing and activism from them. It was a nice collection of activists of all ages and different backgrounds working together to bring about social change. I had wonderful mentors like Kiyoshi Kuromiya and Anna Forbes and Jonathan Lax. PGN: What made you want to study the classics? CB: In high school, we had a great Latin and Greek program. I really enjoyed it and, when I got to Brown, I had a professor, who was also a gay man, who encouraged me to study it full-time. It’s such groundwork for other ways of thinking, and is connected to so many other things. PGN: What would you say to today’s teenagers to convince them to take Latin? CB: In England, they believe that if you study the classics, you can do anything. They prepare you to have basic skills, not just reading and writing, but public speaking, thinking and logic, philosophy, there’s so much you learn from the classics. The American education system has become so
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Suzi Nash focused on professionalism and teaching job skills that they’ve neglected the personal skills needed in the world: humanity, reasoning, decision making, empathy — the things that make us human. The classics are a place where you learn how to be a good person. PGN: Are you an only child? CB: No. I have a wonderful brother who is an editor at Random House. His wife is a professor at Rutgers and they have two adorable kids, my nephew Nicholas and niece Katie. PGN: What did your parents do? CB: My father was the director of Temple University Press and my mother was an English teacher at Upper Merion High School. PGN: You obviosly came from a literary family. Do you remember your favorite book as a kid? CB: I would say Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time.” I loved that the book was about kids having imagination and vision and adventures. [Laughs.] I also loved the Hardy Boys books: I read all of them. PGN: What would you recommend for Oprah’s Book Club? CB: Well, right now I’m reading “The Master” by Colm Tóibín, which is a fictionalized biography of Henry James, which is pretty good. But I also like novels, both fiction and nonfiction, that showcase gay culture. I love Andrew Holleran. He was a member of The Violet Quill and writes a lot of novels that depict the life of an adult gay man. PGN: You were a part of ACT UP, which in the beginning was a bit controversial for its aggressive tactics. What’s your take on it? CB: I think that there’s room for all types of activism. ACT UP played the role of really pushing the envelope where an urgent response was needed. For example, when it came to the pricing of HIV drugs or changing school policies so that condoms were available in health clinics, they were hot-button issues that required an assertive voice to make a difference. We always said that we had homework and hell-raising, so the hell-raising didn’t occur until we did the homework to understand the
background of an issue before we raised hell. As a result, there were numerous policy changes that took place quicker than they would have if we took time to try to do it in a passive way. It’s hard to imagine now how little we were on the mainstream agenda. We really had to raise hell to be heard. We also worked really well as partners with more moderate LGBT groups. For example, Jonathan Lax, a founding member of the Philadelphia chapter of ACT UP, would get a meeting with a pharmaceutical company and invite other LGBT groups to attend with him. And he would wear a suit and tie to the meetings. He knew when to act up and when to moderate for particular audiences. ACT UP also, by being an aggressive voice, created a space that allowed other organizations that operated within bureaucracies in the government, to step in with a different voice. PGN: Kind of like good cop, bad cop. CB: Yes, with both having the same goal of saving people. The urgency came out of the thousands who were dying each month: We were all losing people around us and no one was doing anything about it. Someone needed to yell a little. PGN: I understand that you’re also a big Faerie? CB: I am! It’s probably one of the most important pieces of my activism. The Radical Faeries were started by Harry Hay and a number of other activists in the ’70s. What Hay noticed was that gay culture was increasingly becoming very urban with little opportunity for people to really connect. He traveled around the country and met with people who were interested in having a more spiritual experience within the gay movement. Harry believed that gay people had a particular role to play in society, that we weren’t “just like everyone else,” but that our experiences of being different allowed us to understand people of all backgrounds and would allow us to be sort-of liaisons and communicators and translators in areas where people found conflicts because of their differences, whether it be race or class or whatever. Not necessarily a better way, but a different way to relate to problems and people.
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And so he created places where gay men could explore their purpose on earth. He always called on gay men to take a serious look at the unique role we could play in society and understand the impact we could have on our communities and the country. A lot of those early conversations in Faerie movement created the activists that would change the world for LGBT people. PGN: It’s interesting: I’m mixed race, so I often find myself being a bridge between cultures, with black people asking me why whites do certain things and white people making racist comments without knowing that I’m black. I also use it as a teaching experience. CB: Exactly: One of the things that the Faeries really espoused was seeing people in all their complexities and celebrating the differences. They also set up sanctuaries all across the country where people could come and talk. If you were ever having a problem, if your family rejected you, if you were suicidal and needed someone to talk to, if you couldn’t pay your rent, whatever the problem, you could go there and you would be fed and given a place to stay. There are now about 15 of them worldwide. I go twice a year to one in Tennessee. One of the “technologies” of the Faeries is the Heart Circle. It’s a place where people share what is going on with them: Whether you’re having a hard time or if things are going great,
no one tries to fix you or tell you what’s wrong or right, they just listen. It’s a unique experience. Whenever I come back from a gathering, it reenergizes my compassion and drive to work with LGBT people who might be facing some really serious problems, and makes me feel that I can make a difference. PGN: What is the work you do now? CB: I’m the interim executive director for DVLF and, for 10 years, I was the director of Safeguards. In between, I’ve done a number of things. I like to think of my mission as bringing about a more-harmonious LGBT community, so I take work that helps me achieve that goal. Last year, I received a grant to create a strategic plan to support leaders in the LGBT community over their lifespan. Effective leaders need the skills and the support to learn how not to get burnt out when working in the community for a long period of time. I’ve been traveling the country meeting with various leaders to learn what they need to continue to impact the community. My official title in that project is director of the LGBT Leadership Initiative, but I don’t think of myself so much in terms of job title, but in terms of having a role of service to the community. PGN: Who is one of the leaders that has inspired you so far? CB: I’m very impressed by Suzanne Pharr: She’s a long-
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time organizer and she wrote an important book called “Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism.” Aside from her writings, she does a lot of community organizing in the South. [Laughs.] I think the South gets a bad rap from snooty Northerners like me but, in fact, they are doing some great work. She’s very powerful in ensuring that women, people of color and youth are stakeholders in the leadership of our community. Even though she’s an elder, she gets a lot of respect from youth members, which is always a sign of an effective leader. PGN: What was your coming-out experience? CB: It was interesting because my father is also gay. He came out when I was in my teens, which is when I was coming to terms with my sexuality, so he really paved the way. I was fortunate to live in a house where homosexuality was already being dealt with and, on a whole, dealt with in a calm and respectful manner. My mother always wanted to stay connected with my dad even after he came out, so it didn’t cause a huge rift in the family and let me know that my coming out would probably be treated with respect as well. And, in fact, my family was and continues to be supportive. PGN: It seems like this generation doesn’t have the sense of community that we once had: Name three things that you think would pull us together again. CB: It’s true. I was lucky enough to come out at a time when the community had already begun the gay-liberation movement and in the middle of AIDS activism. I hear younger activists almost nostalgic for those times. In fact, they were painful times, but it really did energize and pull us together. I still operate as though that energy exists. I think one thing that is important is to have belief in this younger generation. They are incredibly creative thinkers and have amazing resources. The innovations they have now, like Facebook and Twitter and other social media, are resources that they can tap as tools for organizing. We have to learn to partner with them so we can teach them but also let them show the ways they express themselves in current language. They have wisdom and we have wisdom; we need to learn from each other. The second thing is to start making elders visible and
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powerful in the movement. Right now, elders seem to just become olders. We don’t take time to benefit from their wisdom and skills, so we need to create a culture where we respect such rich resources before we lose them — people like Walter Lear and Kay Tobin Lahusen and Tyrone Smith, who have had valuable roles to play for decades in the community. Thirdly, we need to do serious work educating LGBT people about other movements — the women’s movement, the civil-rights movement, etc. — and to learn from the way they have addressed their struggles. It seems a shame to reinvent the wheel, when others have already found ways to solve certain issues already. We need to expand our circles of learning. And we need to make sure our histories are included in mainstream media as well. PGN: OK, silly question: Favorite vending-machine snack? CB: Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews. PGN: Favorite holiday tradition? CB: I play the piano, so music is a big part of my life year-round. I love holiday music, whether it’s singing “The Messiah” or gathering around the piano at my home or at the family home and playing for my family or just listening to great music. PGN: Any pets? CB: Yes, I’m a big cat person. I have one cat right now, Madeline. She’s named after the little French girl and after a friend, Madeline Fox, who owns Joseph Fox Bookshop on Sansom Street, my favorite bookstore. PGN: Any hobbies? CB: I taught myself how to knit! PGN: Latest project? CB: I started a Web site to document all the gay men who have died of AIDS in Philadelphia. It’s set up so that anyone can add to it. I hope people will go on and write about people that mattered to them or just help include the names of those we have lost. It’s www.gayhistory.wikispaces.com and it’s open to everyone. We’ve lost so many people right here in Philadelphia, it’s important to honor them. ■ To suggest a community member for “Family Portraits,” write to: Family Portraits, 505 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19147 or portraits05@aol.com.
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Bruce Yelk
After baseball season, what’s a girl to do? With last month’s Phillies’ run to the World Series so engaging and exciting, many of us will experience a “social hangover” in the next couple of weeks. No longer can we justify staying out late on any given weeknight. No longer can we scream at the top of our lungs while we sit down to eat and drink at popular neighborhood spots like Knock, Q, Woody’s or Joe Pesce. No longer can we pay more attention to the television
than our family, friends and colleagues. Sure, we’ve still got the Eagles, Flyers and 76ers, but no local team captures the attention of our local LGBT community quite like the Phillies. We’ve got a couple weeks until the holiday season kicks into high gear and, as a friend of mine observed, “I have no clue what to do with myself until Thanksgiving weekend — what’s a girl to do?” To help answer that question, I’ve handpicked some events that offer a little something for everyone — no baseball required. From 6-10 p.m. Nov. 7, the Liberty Bears will host Bear Bingo, a fundraiser for Calcutta
House, at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St. This charity isn’t one of our most visible community organizations, but they do exceptional work on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the Delaware Valley. Bear Bingo will feature prizes, drink specials and special guests. Visit libertybears.net for more information. Speaking of bears, Philadelphia Leather Weekend is right around the corner, with The Bike Stop serving as ground zero for a series of events from Nov. 12-14. The weekend kicks off next Thursday with registration from 6-9 p.m. and the Fetish Feud hosted by Crystal Tee Electra at 10 p.m. in The Bike Stop’s main bar. Other highlights during the weekend include the Kinky Karnival on The Bike Stop’s top floor from 10 p.m.-2 a.m., as well as the Liberty Bears Social and the Keystone boys of Leather Social on Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, respec-
tively. For all the details, visit thebikestop.com. Also taking place next weekend is the Drag Race for The Cure at Daly’s Irish Pub, 4201 Comly St. Hosted by Miss International Newcomer 2009, Cha Chi Devine, this decadent event will feature drag performances and drink specials early in the evening. The festivities start promptly at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and proceeds will benefit breast-cancer research. To learn more about this event, including the charitable cause for which it was organized, visit Daly’s Irish Pub on Facebook. Silk City, 500 Spring Garden St., is an institution in Philadelphia and, on Nov. 14, will open its doors for a special promotion celebrating the music of “Beyoncé, Britney and Gaga: The New Queens of Pop.” Guests will dance and sing their way through DJ Deejay’s spin on the music catalogs of the three contemporary pop icons
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from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Cover for the event is only $5, and all the juicy details can be found on DJ Deejay’s Web site, djdeejay.org/ silk.html. If you prefer Broadway belters to pop starlets, the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus has the perfect event for you. The PGMC will present “Showstoppers” featuring Andrea McArdle on Nov. 14 at Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts, 320 S. Broad St. McArdle, a Broadway legend who grew up in Bucks County, will be performing a selection of songs with the PGMC’s select ensemble, “Brotherly Love.” In addition to the concert, guests will be treated to a light buffet and cocktails. Tickets are $100 per person, and all proceeds from the event will support the PGMC’s mission and activities throughout the year. Visit pgmc. org for more information. Looking beyond the next two weeks, I’m excited to announce the return of Nightlifegay.com’s Pink Pub Crawl on Thanksgiving eve, Nov. 25. With a number of new and renovated LGBT bar/ restaurant spaces to choose from, and sponsored by p.i.n.k. vodka, this year’s Pink Pub Crawl promises to be the best ever. The route starts near Rittenhouse Square at Stir Lounge, 1705 Chancellor St., at 9 p.m. At 10:30, guests will head to Q, 13th and Locust streets, followed by a stop at Woody’s, 13th and Walnut, at 11:30. The Pink Pub Crawl will conclude at Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., from 12:30-1:30 a.m. Admission for guests wearing one major piece of pink-colored clothing (shirt, jacket, pants, boa, etc.) is only $20, or $30 for those not dressed in pink. The admission fee provides pub-crawlers with a drink ticket at each of the first three stops, as well as free admission to Woody’s and Voyeur, a $40 value in total. Tickets are only available on the night of the event at Stir Lounge and Q (the first two stops on the route). Visit Nightlifegay.com for more information. So that’s that for this week. Please feel free to send your questions or comments to me at Bruce@nightlifegay.com ’Til next time, get offline and see what your community has to offer! ■
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Your guide to arts and entertainment Theater
Angels in America BCKSEET productions presents Tony Kushner’s Tony- and Pulitzer-winning plays about the impact of AIDS on the national culture, through Nov. 28 at The Red Room at Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. Eighth St.; (215) 923-0210. Boom Flashpoint Theatre Company presents the story of a biologist and a lab assistant who inadvertently change the course of humanity, through Nov. 21 at Second Stage at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St.; (215) 665-9720. ‘LESS’ IS MORE: Out author James Magruder hosts a reading of his debut novel, “Sugarless,” 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane. “Sugarless” offers an entertaining take on the simultaneous struggles of coming-out, coming-of-age and coming-to-Jesus. Magruder, a playwright and translator who lives in Baltimore, teaches at Swarthmore College and the Yale School of Drama. For more information, call (215) 844-1870.
Coming Home The Wilma Theater presents the tale of a South African mother’s return to her hometown in the hope of building a new life for her and her son, through Nov. 15, 265 S. Broad St.; (215) 546-7824. Defending the Caveman The longest-running solo show in Broadway history returns through Nov. 7 at Kimmel’s Innovation Studio, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity InterAct Theatre presents this 2008 Latino Playwrighting Award-winning production set in the world of professional wrestling and hip-hop, through Nov. 22 at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 2111 Sansom St.; (215) 568-8079. Endgame EgoPo presents Samuel Beckett’s bizarre family comedy featuring torturous fleas and an elderly couple living in trash cans, through Nov. 15 at St. Stephen’s Theater, 923 Ludlow St.; (215) 829-9002. Grace, or the Art of Climbing The play written by out playwright Lauren Feldman set in the world of rock climbing, runs through Nov. 8 at The Power Plant in Old City, 233 N. Bread St.; (202) 744-3362.
The Life of John Henry One of the most famous American folk tales comes to life in a worldpremiere drama, through Nov. 29 at Centre Theater, 208 DeKalb St., Norristown; (610) 279-1013. Mamma Mia! The musical based on the music of ABBA runs through Nov. 8 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. Oliver Walnut Street Theatre presents one of the world’s most-beloved musicals, Nov. 10-Jan. 10, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 574-3550. Rabbit Hole The Arden Theatre presents the story of a family in crisis facing the challenges of surviving great loss and making a life with the family that remains, through Dec. 20, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 9221122. Slasher Luna Theater presents the tale of the “last girl” in a low-budget horror flick and her mother’s feminist rage toward the role, through Nov. 7 at Walnut Street Theater’s Studio 5, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 574-3550. Waiting for Godot Amaryllis Theatre Company presents the landmark drama centered on two men waiting for someone or something that may never arrive, Nov. 10-22, The Playground at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St.; (215) 564-2431.
7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. Monsters of Folk The Kimmel Center presents an evening with Mike Mogis, Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Jim James, 8 p.m. Nov. 9 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony The Philadelphia Orchestra performs with Canadian violinist James Ehnes at 8 p.m. Nov. 1214 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 7905847.
Music other
Avi Wisnia The out bassa-nova singer performs at 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400. Drivin N’ Cryin’ The rock band performs at 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; (215) 222-1400. AFI The gothic punk-rock group performs at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; (215) 627-1332. Peaches The gender-blurring electro-roc diva performs at 8 p.m. Nov. 13 at TLA, 334 South St.; (215) 922-1011.
Music classical
Exhibits
Kronos Quartet The Kimmel Center presents the progressive string quartet at
Common Ground: Eight Philadelphia Photographers in the 1960s and 1970s The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition examining
Mozart and Dvorak The Philadelphia Orchestra presents cellist Alisa Weilerstein joining forces with Toronto Symphony music director Peter Oundjian for a capstone of the cello repertoire, 8 p.m. Nov. 7 and 2 p.m. Nov. 8 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
Body Worlds 2 & The Brain The Franklin Institute presents an eye-opening journey through the inner workings of the human body through a broad collection of authentic human specimens, through Feb. 20, 222 N. 20th St.; (215) 448-1200.
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a critical period for the art of photography and for the Philadelphia art scene, through Jan. 31, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; (215) 763-8100. Diana: A Celebration The National Constitution Center presents an exhibition exploring Diana’s childhood, her engagement to Prince Charles, their royal wedding and Diana’s life and work as a global humanitarian, through Dec. 31, 525 Arch St.; (866) 917-1787.
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Kaleidoscope Edge Gallery presents an exhibition featuring Philadelphia artist Tom Hlas and North Carolina artist Robert Langford, through Nov. 29, 72 N. Second St.; (215) 4137072.
Shooting Men: a photographic journey of erotica, sexuality and gender AxD Gallery presents an exhibition of photography by Vivienne Maricevic through Nov. 7, 265 S. 10th St.; (215) 627-6250.
includes photographs, paintings, prints, video and installation pieces, by appointment through Dec. 18, 1315 Walnut St., Suite 832; (215) 545-4078.
Megashark Versus Giant Octopus The film with the kickass title is screened at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 at Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; (215) 922-5483.
Butch Cordora of “In Bed with Butch” antes up for this fundraiser for Giovanni’s Room at noon Nov. 7 at O’Neal’s, 611 S. Third St.; phillybutch@yahoo.com.
Lace in Translation The Design Center at Philadelphia University presents a new exhibition of contemporary work inspired by historic lace, through April 3, 4200 Henry Ave.; (215) 9512860.
Transplant James Oliver Gallery presents an exhibition of works by painter Ron Johnson and sculptor Steven Earl Weber, through Nov. 21, 723 Chestnut St., fourth floor; (215) 9231242.
Film
The Convent The exploitative horror film is screened at 9:45 p.m. Nov. 6 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; (610) 9170223.
Baran Bryn Mawr Film Institute presents this film as part of its Iranian film series, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; (610) 527-9898.
Kim Beverly The author of “If Loving Two Is Wrong ... ” hosts a reading at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; (215) 923-2960.
Peaks of Faith: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition encompassing nearly a millennium of art from across the Himalayan region, through Nov. 15, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; (215) 763-8100.
What Were They Thinking: 160 Years of Bad Taste Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts presents an exhibition of styles that were the height of fashion at some point in recent history, through Nov. 8 at The Carriage House Gallery at the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., Cape May, N.J.; (609) 884-5404.
Ragas and Rajas: Musical Imagery of Courtly India The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a diverse selection of paintings and sculptures from across the subcontinent, through Feb. 28, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; (215) 763-8100.
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Yo Misma Fui Mi Ruta (I Was My Own Route) The Leeway Foundation hosts an exhibition of works by four artists, all of whom are previous recipients of Leeway grant programs, which
Muppets, Music and Magic: Jim Henson’s Legacy This series highlights the work of one of the world’s most inspired and innovative film and puppetry artists, Jim Henson, through Nov. 8 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; (610) 917-0223.
Still Bill Drexel University screens a documentary about musician Bill Withers, at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at Mitchell Auditorium in Bossone Research Center, 3128 Market St.; (215) 895-6993.
Books
Drag Poetry Reading Dressed as women, Frank Sherlock, Juliana Spahr, Ebony Malaika Collier, Disturbing the Universe Carlos Soto Roman, Janet Mason, Debrah Morkun Drexel University screens and Chris Gullo read poetry a film about William to benefit The Global Kunstler, an attorney who Women’s Strike, at 5:30 represented the black panthers, the Chicago seven p.m. Nov. 6 at Giovanni’s and Attica prison rioters, at Room, 345 S. 12th St.; (215) 923-2960. 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at Mitchell Auditorium in Bossone A Texas Hold ‘Em Research Center, 3128 Market St.; (215) 895-6993. Game, with Butch
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Philadanco, famous for its sensuous and breathtaking moves, kicks off its 40th-anniversary season with a world premiere by Christopher L. Huggins, as well as Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s “The Walkin’, Talkin’, Signifying Blue Hips, Lowdown Throwdown,” from Nov. 12-15 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847. Don’t miss this performance.
Jonathan Safran Foer The author of “Eating Animals” hosts a reading at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; (215) 686-5322.
Cabaret
Chantal Curtis’ AllMale Revue The festivities get going at 10 p.m. Nov. 7 at Harlans at The Nevermore, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; (215) 862-5225.
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UniverSoul Circus The circus brings its allnew production “The World in One Ring,” through Nov. 15 at Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave.; (800) 7453000. ■
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BOOKS LESBIAN 1. “The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir,” by Staceyann Chin (Scribner, 288 pp., $24 hb). A brave and fiercely candid memoir about growing up in Jamaica by performer, activist and writer Chin. 2. “Pulling Me Back,” by GStarr (UrbanL Publishing, 284 pp., $14.95 pb). A hot and spicy fictional story chock full of erotic sexual pleasures, family feuds and infidelity, with side dishes of fatal attraction and revenge. 3. “Annie on My Mind,” by Nancy Garden (Farrar Straus Giroux, 263 pp., $8 pb). This groundbreaking book, first published in 1982, is the story of two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and who, despite pressures from family and school that threaten their relationship, promise to be true to each other and their feelings. 4. “Day of the Dead,” by Victoria A. Brownworth (Spinsters Ink, 170 pp., $14.95 pb). Slip into the shadows of New Orleans’ deepest nights, where the unsuspecting encounter the netherworld of predators of legend. 5. “Push,” by Sapphire (Vintage Books, 192 pp., $13 pb). Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption. 6. “Breaking the Ice,” by Kim Baldwin (Bold Strokes Press, 243 pp., $16.95 pb). Bryson Faulkner embraces the challenge of living in the far north of Alaska. The only thing she misses is having a special woman in her life. Karla Edwards seeks answers and adventure. The two find all that and more when they meet during Karla’s trip to Alaska. GAY 1. “Alphabetical List of Would Be Princes,” by Fred Shelley (Lulu, 201 pp., $16 pb). An inventive tale about wanting to hold on and learning to let go, looking for love and letting love find you, and figuring out the rules and knowing when to break them. 2. “Murder on Camac,” by
Joseph De Marco (Lethe, 396 pp., $18 pb). Gunned down in the street, author Helmut Brandt’s life ebbs away and puts a chain of events in motion, placing P.I. Marco Fontana on a collision course with the church and the local community. 3. “City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and ’70s,” by Edmund White (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 304 pp., $26 hb). A memoir of the social and sexual lives of New York City’s cultural and intellectual in-crowd in the tumultuous 1970s. 4. “Mama Dearest,” by E. Lynn Harris (Karen Hunter, 400 pp., $25.99 hb). Delivers sensual thrills and electric plot twists — with one unforgettable woman of radiant star power, sexual magnetism and unapologetic ambition at the heart of the action. 5. “Dreamboy: My Life as a QVC Host and Other Greatest Hits,” by Dale Guy Madison (Damn Good Man Productions, 327 pp., $19.95 hb). The vintage “album” of Madison’s life set against the tunes of The Supremes. 6. “Blind Fall,” by Christopher Rice (Pocket Books, 302 pp., $15 pb). New York Times best-selling author Rice delivers the gripping story of an Iraqi War vet seeking redemption and revenge when one of his fellow Marines is brutally murdered. DVDS GAY 1. “Gods of Football: The Making of the 2009 Calendar,” directed by Grant Carroll (2009, 80 min., $24.95 DVD). Australia’s hottest footballers (rugby players), naked for a cause! Built! Hot! Sexy! And baring it all for breast-cancer research! 2. “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom,” directed by Patrik-Ian Polk (2008, 101 min., $24.95 DVD). Noah’s Arc is back and you’re invited to the big wedding! 3. “The Closet Vol. 1,” directed by Maurice Townes (2006, 470 min., $24.95 DVD). Serving a bold dose of human life that reflects real stories, such as STD awareness, forbidden love, manipulation, religion, AIDS and drug use, all instilling thought-provoking insight for viewers. 4. “Paris Is Burning,” directed by Jennie Livingston (DVD release 2005, 71 min., $29.95 DVD). Filmmaker Livingston shows New York City clubs
where gay men enter posing contests, called “voguing.” 5. “Newcastle,” directed by Dan Castle (2008, 107 min., $24.95 DVD). A coming-of-age tale combining the gorgeous Australian surfing beaches with the raw energy, music and rebellion of teen culture. 6. “Shelter,” directed by Jonah Markowitz (2007, 88 min., $24.95 DVD). Zach, an aspiring artist fresh out of high school, is forced to skip college to provide for his nephew. With no hope of having a life of his own and having to forsake his dreams, surfing — and Shaun — becomes his only solace. LESBIAN 1. “Lovers and Friends Show” directed by Charmain Johnson (2008, 213 min., $24.98 DVD). Six minority lesbian women navigate life’s obstacles, making new friends and experiencing new drama. 2. “Gia,” directed by Michael Cristofer (1998, 126 min., $5.95 DVD). Angelina Jolie gives a stunning performance as reallife lesbian supermodel Gia, who lived the wild life of the New York fashion scene in the ’70s. 3. “But I’m a Cheerleader,” directed by Jamie Babbit (1999, 90 min., $14.95 DVD). To Megan’s surprise, one day her family and friends confront her with evidence that she is gay: She’s a vegetarian, she doesn’t like kissing her boyfriend and she’s got a poster of a cheerleader in her locker. In spite of Megan’s protests, her parents send her packing to a homosexual rehabilitation camp. 4. “Lesbian Sex & Sexuality,” directed by Katherine Linton (2007, 158 min., $29.95 DVD). Takes viewers on an uncharted and provocative journey where the subject of lesbian sexuality and desire isn’t whispered, but celebrated. 5. “The L Word: Final Season” directed by Angela Robinson (2008, $49.95 DVD). It’s the final season of the show that won our hearts and got us talking for its unwavering dedication to portraying sexy lesbian characters in a steady stream of increasingly hot and wild story lines. 6. “Stranger Inside,” directed by Cheryl Dunye (2001, 96 min., $9.95 DVD). From the author/ director of “Watermelon Woman.” ■
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PHILADELPHIA GAY NEWS
Author sets crime novel in the Gayborhood
worth watching:
By Larry Nichols PGN Staff Writer Thanks to Joseph R. G. De Marco, the Gayborhood is crawling with danger, scandals, intrigue, Vatican-fueled conspiracies, hard-nosed private investigators and male strippers. (Not in real life, but we’re guessing members of the Catholic Church and male strippers probably have crossed paths somewhere before.) The Philadelphia native is known for his articles, essays and plays, which have been published in numerous anthologies and publications, including The Advocate, Philadelphia Gay News and Gaysweek, to name a few. But his latest project, the recently released novel “Murder on Camac,” finds him taking the plunge into new territory, introducing readers to the rather unique world of private investigator Marco Fontana. “He’s my own invention,” De Marco said. “He’s an Italian American with a large family to deal with, which is unlike me. He’s different than I am — bigger, better-looking and more adventurous. He’s not based on anybody or anything else.” De Marco explained that in “Murder on Camac,” Fontana quickly finds himself at odds with powerful organizations and some dangerous individuals in his efforts to uncover the truth about an author’s murder. “I’d always been interested in the death of [Pope] John Paul I,” De Marco said. “There have been a number of nonfiction books published about whether or not he was murdered, from all different points of view. For a long time, I’d been thinking what if someone actually had the goods on who did what. What if he announced that he was going to do this and shortly after, he was murdered? It sort of just went from there. I grew up Catholic so I’ve always been a Vatican watcher. The politics of the Vatican are really intricate and interesting.” That kind of action may seem a little over the top on the narrow street between 12th and 13th, but De Marco said Philadelphia is the
perfect setting for his story. “I live here and I love the Gayborhood,” he said. “To me, it’s just the ideal location for a lot of things. It’s what I’m most familiar with. It’s what I know best.” De Marco added that “Murder On Camac” is just the introduction to P.I. Fontana, promising there are more of his crime-solving adventures on the way.
FRIDAY Ugly Betty More fashion hijinks from the troubled show. 9 p.m. on ABC. SATURDAY Suze Orman Show Get some financial advice from the openly gay financial wizard. 9 p.m. on CNBC. The Wanda Sykes Show The out comedian makes a bid for a piece of the late-night action when she debuts her new late-night talk show with panel discussions and comedy segments. 11 p.m. on Fox. Saturday Night Live Taylor Swift hosts. 11:30 p.m. on NBC. Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew Porn stars and rock stars can’t keep their pants on. So, what’s the problem? 11:30 p.m. on VH1.
“I’m working on the second one now and I’ve got ideas for a number of others in the series,” he said. “This wasn’t supposed to be the first book in the series, but this idea kind of gripped me and took over. Marco Fontana is a character that has a lot of connections here in the city, not only with family. He also, in addition to being a P.I., owns a troupe of male strippers. Which makes him a little different than most P.I.s. This all can lead to a whole lot of different cases for him. He’s involved with two different people and doesn’t know if he wants to be committed to either one. All of these things will play out over the life of the series.” De Marco will be on hand from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at Knock, 225 S. 12th St., to host a party promoting the growing success of “Murder on Camac.” “It’s a celebratory event,” he said. “My book has been picked up by Inside Out book club. Giovanni’s Room will be there selling books. It’s a meet-and-greet for some of the people who are interested in talking about the book.” For more information on Joseph De Marco, visit www.josephdemarco.com. ■ Larry Nichols can be reached at larry@epgn.com.
SUNDAY The Amazing Race The gay brothers Sam and Dan are still in this race, which hits Stockholm this week. 8 p.m. on CBS. Desperate Housewives Campy, soapy fun. 9 p.m. on ABC. Family Guy Stewie, who creator Seth McFarlane said will be gay someday, clones himself in this episode. 9 p.m. on Fox.
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covers the mystifying world of textiles. 10 p.m. on Logo. TUESDAY V A remake of the ’80s sci-fi miniseries where aliens have ulterior motives to their benevolence. 8 p.m. on ABC. So You Think You Can Dance Limber and fleet-footed contestants continue to compete. 8 p.m. on Fox. Dancing with the Stars Catch the live results show. 9 p.m. on ABC. Melrose Place Police look for the murder weapon used to kill Sydney. 9 p.m. on CW. WEDNESDAY America’s Next Top Model Tyra Banks challenges the six remaining contestants in Hawaii. 8 p.m. on the CW. The New Adventures of Old Christine Out comedian Wanda Sykes co-stars as Barb and Eric McCormack (“Will & Grace”) guest stars as Christine’s shrink. 8 p.m. on CBS. Glee Out actress Jane Lynch stars in this musical comedy. This episode features Rachel vs. Kurt in a “diva-off.” 9 p.m. on Fox.
Brothers & Sisters Keep an eye on gay couple Kevin and Scotty. 10 p.m. on ABC.
Modern Family This critically lauded sitcom features a gay couple with an adopted daughter. 9 p.m. on ABC.
MONDAY Dancing with the Stars Week eight of this star-studded competition kicks off. 8 p.m. on ABC.
Top Chef There are no openly gay contestants left on this award-winning cooking competition, but it’s still fun to watch. 10 p.m. on Bravo.
How I Met Your Mother Openly gay Neil Patrick Harris stars in this wacky comedy as the über-straight Barney. This week, his romance with Robin is faltering. 8 p.m. on CBS.
THURSDAY Survivor: Samoa Castaways compete for a chance to claim the million-dollar prize. 8 p.m. on CBS.
The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price In this episode, the designer
GETTING SYKED: Finally, a reason to stay home on Saturday night. Yeah, we know ... but we can’t afford TiVo yet. Give us a break. A n y w a y, o u t c o m e d i a n Wanda Sykes adds to her already-busy workload with “The Wanda Sykes Show,” which debuts this week and promises celebrity guests, panel discussions, skits and whatever else the show’s namesake feels like doing, 11 p.m. on Fox.
Grey’s Anatomy Look for lesbian characters Callie and Arizona in this medical drama. 9 p.m. on ABC.
Queer TV you can always see: One Life to Live Look for Kyle and Fish. Monday-Friday, 2 p.m. on ABC. The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. on NBC. The Rachel Maddow Show Monday-Friday, 9 p.m. on MSNBC.
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Meeting Place
Arch Street United Methodist Church Services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. at Broad and Arch streets; (215) 568-6250.
First United Methodist Church of Philadelphia Inclusive, welcoming and progressive congregation worships at 11 a.m. Sundays at 6023 Germantown Ave. Lunch follows; childcare is provided; (215) 438-3677.
A community bulletin board of activities, facilities and organizations
Bethlehem-Judah Ministries Open and affirming congregation holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 3847 N. Dupont Hwy., Kent Plaza Suite #2, Dover, Del.; (302) 734-9350.
Gay Christian Singles Philly Burbs Provides support and fellowship for GLBT singles through discussion groups and social events; (610) 457-2081; gcsphillyburbs@aol.com.
BuxMont Unitarian Universalist Church Hold services at 10:15 a.m. at 2040 Street Road, Warrington; (215) 343-0406.
Global Heart Spiritual Center Holds services at 10:30 a.m. at 1812 HaddonfieldBerlin Road, Cherry Hill, N.J.; (609) 868-2372.
Calvary United Methodist Church Reconciling, welcoming and affirming church holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue; (215) 724-1702.
Grace Epiphany Church A welcoming and diverse Episcopal congregation in Mt. Airy, holds services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays, at 224 E. Gowen Ave., Mt. Airy; (215) 248-2950; www.grace-epi.org.
Community centers ■ The Attic Youth Center: For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday through Friday. See the Youth section for more events. 255 S. 16th St.; (215) 545-4331 ■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St.; (215) 898-5044; center@dolphin.upenn.edu, Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Doylestown Planned Parenthood, The Atrium, Suite 2E, 301 S. Main St., Doylestown; (215) 348-0558 ext. 65; rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. ■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220; www.waygay.org. Peer counseling: Monday through Friday, 6-9 p.m. Library hours: Mondays 3-9 p.m., Tuesdays 3-6 p.m., Wednesdays 3-9 p.m., Thursdays 3-9 p.m., Fridays 3-9 p.m., Saturdays noon-6 p.m., Sundays noon-6 p.m. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.; Volunteer Velada, third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
Health Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 166 W. Lehigh Ave.; (215) 763-8870 ext. 6000. AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 340 N. 12th St., suite 205; (2215) 536-2424. Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; (215) 851-1822 or (866) 222-3871. Spanish/English. HIV testing Free, anonymous testing and counseling is offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment at AIDS Resource, 520 W. Fourth St., suite 2A, Williamsport; (570) 322-8448.
Key numbers ■ 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: (215) 592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment hot line: (215) 5452212 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: (215) 685-1633 ■ The COLOURS Organization Inc. 112 N. Broad St., 11th floor; (215) 4960330. ■ Equality Advocates Pennsylvania: (215) 731-1447; (866) LGBTLAW ■ Equality Forum: (215) 732-3378 ■ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Peer Counseling Services: (215) 732-TALK ■ Director of LGBT affairs for the mayor’s office: Gloria Casarez, (215)
HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; (215) 685-1803.
Central Baptist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds services at 10:45 a.m. Sundays at 106 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne; (610) 688-0664. Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church Services at 11 a.m. and Spirit at Play, an arts-based Sunday school for children, at 9:30 a.m. at 8812 Germantown Ave.; (215) 242-9321. Church of the Crucifixion Inclusive Episcopal community holds services at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sundays at Eighth and Bainbridge streets; (215) 922-1128. Church of the Trinity Lutheran Reconciling in Christ parish holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 18th and Wolf streets; (215) 334-6656. Dignity Jersey Shore An organization for sexual-minority Catholics meets first Saturday of the month in Asbury Park. For time and location, call (732) 502-0305. Dignity Metro NJ An organization for sexual-minority Catholics meets at 4 p.m. Sundays at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 550 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood, N.J.; (973) 857-4040. Dignity Philadelphia Holds Mass at 7 p.m. Sundays at 330 S. 13th St.; (215) 546-2093; dignityphila@aol.com.
Holy Communion Lutheran Church (ELCA) Reconciling in Christ congregation worships Sundays at 9 a.m. at 2111 Sansom St. and 11 a.m. at 2110 Chestnut St.; (215) 569-1840; www. centercitylutheran.org. Hope Ministry Family Fellowship Affirming Christ-centered church meets at 11 a.m. Sundays in Allentown; (610) 791-0716; hmff2001@aol.com. Imago Dei Metropolitan Community Church Sexual-minority congregation worships at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 1223 Middletown Road (Route 352), Glen Mills; (610) 358-1716; www. ImagoDeiMCC.org.
Episcopal Church of St. Paul Welcoming and inclusive church holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays at 89 Pinewood Drive, Levittown; (215) 945-2886; www.saint-paulslevittown.org.
Metropolitan Community Church Holds services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays preceded by a 9:30 a.m. Bible study at The Pride Center of New Jersey.
Evangelicals Concerned Lesbian and gay Christian group meets at 2 p.m. the second and fourth Sundays of the month; (215) 860-7445.
Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia Holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at the William Way Center, 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 735-MCC3; www.mccphiladelphia.com.
■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): (215) 572-1833 ■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: (215) 686-4670 ■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: (215) 772-2000 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Chief Inspector James Tiano: (215) 685-3655 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: (215) 494-LGBT; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: (215) 875-9288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: (717) 920-9537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: (215) 732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays, and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia A liberal, welcoming and diverse congregation that affirms the dignity of all. Sunday services at 10 a.m. at 2125 Chestnut St.; (215) 563-3980; www.firstuuphilly.org. The First United Church of Germantown A sexual-minority-affirming congregation holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at 6023 Germantown Ave.; lunch follows; (215) 438-3677.
St. Mary of Grace Parish Inclusive church in the Catholic tradition celebrates Mass at 6 p.m. Sundays in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County, 145 W. Rose Tree Road, Media; (610) 566-1393; www. inclusivecatholics.org.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County Welcoming congregation holds services at 10:30 a.m. at 145 W. Rose Tree Road, Media. Children’s program (pre-8th) 10:30 a.m.; youth programming 6 p.m. Sunday; (610) 566-4853; www.uucdc.org.
Maple Shade Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ Affirming congregation open to all sexual orientations and gender identities holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 45 N. Forklanding Road, Maple Shade, N.J.; (856) 779-7739; mapleshadeucc.org.
■ Mazzoni Center Family and Community Medicine: (215) 563-0658
St. Luke and The Epiphany Church Open and welcoming church holds liturgy at 9 and 11 a.m. Sundays fall through winter and “Prayer Around the Cross” at 7 p.m. first Friday of the month at 330 S. 13th St.; (215) 732-1918.
Kol Tzedek Reconstructionist Synagogue committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community meets at Calvary Center, 801 S. 48th St.; (215) 764-6364; www. kol-tzedek.org.
Emanuel Lutheran Church Reconciling in Christ congregation meets at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at New and Kirkpatrick streets, New Brunswick, N.J.; (732) 545-2673; www. emmanuelnb.org.
First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne Welcoming church holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 140 N. Lansdowne Ave.; (610) 622-0800; www. lansdownepresbyterian.org.
St. John’s Lutheran Church (ELCA) Reconciling in Christ congregation holds services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 24 N. Ridge Ave., Ambler; (215) 646-2451; www.stjohnsambler.org.
Tabernacle United Church Open and affirming congregation holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 3700 Chestnut St.; (215) 3864100.
Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 1201 Chestnut St.; (215) 563-0652. www.mazzonicenter.org.
■ Mazzoni Center: (215) 563-0652; www. mazzonicenter.org
St. Asaph’s Church Inclusive and progressive Episcopal Church holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays, with a contemplative communion at 8 a.m. at 27 Conshohocken State Road, Bala Cynwyd; (610) 664-0966; www. saintasaphs.org.
LC/NA Delaware Valley chapter A group for Lutherans who are not out in their own congregations meets at 7 p.m. fourth Sunday of the month at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St.; (215) 387-2885.
Mainline Unitarian Church Holds services at 9 and 11 a.m. Sundays at 816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon; (610) 688-8332; www. mluc.org.
First Baptist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at 123 S. 17th St.; (215) 563-3853.
Silverside Church Holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays followed by a group discussion at 2800 Silverside Road, Wilmington, Del.; (302) 478-5921.
St. Mary’s Church Diverse and inclusive Episcopal church, with openly gay rector, celebrates Eucharist at 11 a.m. Sundays; adult forum is held at 9:30 a.m.; and evening prayer is at 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 3916 Locust Walk; (215) 386-3916; www.stmarysatpenn. org.
Drexel Hill Baptist Church Non-judgmental Christian congregation affiliated with American Baptist Churches of the USA holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays at Childs Avenue and State Road, Drexel Hill; (610) 259-2356; www. adhbaptist.com.
686-2194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: (215) 686-2555
Resurrection Lutheran Church Holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 620 Welsh Road, Horsham; (215) 646-2597.
Interweave Organization of LGBT Unitarians and allies meets monthly at Unitarian Universalist Church of Cherry Hill, N.J., 401 N. Kings Highway; (856) 667-3618; www.uucinch.org.
HIV health insurance help Access to free medications, confidential HIV testing available at 17 MacDade Blvd., suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; (610) 586-9077.
Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; (215) 985-9206.
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting worships at 11 a.m. Sundays at 1515 Cherry St.; (215) 241-7260; cpmm@afsc.org.
New Thought Spiritual Community Nondenominational service is offered at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at Cradle of Liberty Council, 1485 Valley Forge Road, Wayne; (610) 962-9923. Old First Reformed Church Open and affirming United Church worships at 11 a.m. Sundays September through June, and 10 a.m. June through August at 151 N. Fourth St.; (215) 922-4566; www.oldfirstucc.org. Penns Park United Methodist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 2394 Second Street Pike, Penns Park; (215) 598-7601. Rainbow Buddhist Meditation Group Meets at 5 p.m. Sundays at the William Way Center.
Unitarian Society of Germantown Welcoming congregation holds services 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 6511 Lincoln Drive (West Mt. Airy); (215) 844-1158; www.usguu.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Cherry Hill Holds services at 10:15 a.m. at 401 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N.J.; (856) 667-3618. Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration, Mt. Airy Welcoming congregation holds services at 11 a.m. Sundays September through June at 6900 Stenton Ave.; (215) 836-1812; www.uurestoration.us. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, South Jersey Shore Holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays in Galloway Township, N.J.; (609) 926-8890; www.uucsjs.org. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown Holds services at 10 a.m. at 1565 S. Keim St., Pottstown; (610) 327-2662. United Christian Church Open, affirming and welcoming congregation holds servies at 11 a.m. Sundays at 8525 New Falls Road, Levittown; (215) 946-6800. Unity Fellowship Church of Philadelphia Diverse, affirming GLBT congregation holds services at 2 p.m. Sundays at Broad and Arch streets; (215) 222-3180. University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation Welcoming congregation holds services at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 3637 Chestnut St. preceded by “Adult Forum: Sundays” at 9:30 discussing religious alienation and struggles of faith; (215) 387-2885.
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Economic growth expected, but can it be sustained? By Alan Zibel The Associated Press The Great Recession may be over, but the recovery is just beginning — and it doesn’t promise to be much easier. Economists forecast the nation’s total output grew at an annual rate of 3.3 percent between July and September, after contracting for a record four straight quarters. That growth has been fueled by a huge influx of government cash, including a temporary tax credit for first-time homeowners and a $1.25trillion Federal Reserve program to keep mortgage rates low. Both efforts are likely to end by next summer, and the housing industry is already feeling it. New home sales in September unexpectedly fell 3.6 percent, the first decline since March and a distinct sign of weakness in a market that had rebounded strongly over the summer. Homebuilders are traditionally big employers, but the industry isn’t hiring yet because there’s a
glut of homes on the market. There were 251,000 new homes for sale at the end of September, or about 7.5months’ supply at the current sales pace. That’s about two months too much. While the unemployment rate fell slightly in most metro areas in September, the trend was fueled by discouraged job seekers leaving the workforce, according to government data released last Wednesday. The rate fell in 223 of 380 metros, or almost 60 percent. The jobless rate rose in 123 areas and was unchanged in 34. “The job market is not recovering at all yet,” said Jim Diffley, regional economist for IHS Global Insight. “We’re looking at another jobless recovery.” That may be happening in the manufacturing sector, which has also been pumped up by government building projects. September orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose 1 percent last month — not a huge increase but an improvement from a 2.6-percent drop in August, the
government reported last week. Demand for machinery offset weakness in commercial aircraft and autos. The drop in new-home sales could help lobbying campaigns by real-estate agents and homebuilders who want Congress to extend the tax credit of up to $8,000 for firsttime buyers. “Seeing a number like this today, I think a lot of lawmakers will be pounding their fists on the table” arguing to extend the credit, said Jennifer Lee, an economist with BMO Capital Markets. Senators agreed last week to extend the tax credit until June 30, as long as buyers sign sales agreements by April 30. Lawmakers were considering adding a credit for homebuyers who already own homes, perhaps allowing up to $6,500 for people who have been in their current home at least five years. Details were still being negotiated. Critics, however, call the government incentives an unnecessary subsidy for people
who don’t need it. And extending tax credit may have a limited effect, they say. “Most people who receive the tax credit are people who would have bought a house anyway,” said Ted Gayer, an economist at the Brookings Institution. “That’s a big windfall at taxpayers’ expense.” New-home sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 402,000 from a downwardly revised 417,000 in August. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a pace of 440,000. However, they are still up 22 percent from the bottom in January, and analysts don’t expect them to recede too far. “We’re starting to climb out of a very deep, dark cave,” said Adam York, an economist with Wells Fargo Securities. “It’s going to be a long process.” The report provides a timely view of the housing market because it reflects signed contracts to buy homes, rather than completed sales. It’s taken longer this year to finish deals because buyers face delays
in getting approved for a mortgage and having the property appraised. Sales have begun to slow in Nevada as buyers realize they may already be too late to qualify for the tax credit, said Allen Morris, a senior vice president for Warmington Residential. The tax credit has been the major draw in the builder’s Nevada communities, where homes are priced between $150,000 and $225,000. “We’re excited about the prospects of having the tax credit extended,” he said. Sales in September were off 7.8 percent from a year ago and are down more than 70 percent from the peak in July 2005. The median sales price of $204,800 was off about 9 percent from $225,200 a year earlier, but up 2.5 percent from August’s $199,900. The drop in sales was driven by a nearly 11-percent decline in the West and a 10-percent drop in the South. Sales rose 35-percent in the Midwest and were unchanged in the Northeast. ■
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10 MINUTES FROM CENTER CITY 2 BR apt. w/large loft, newly renov. $800/mo. + utils. Call 215-887-0483. _______________________________33-45 SOUTH PHILADELPHIA APARTMENT 3rd flr 1 Bedroom located near 16th & South. $900/mo. Avail immed. Central heat/AC, fridge, gas cooking, dishwasher, W&D on site. Ref’s required. First/last/one mo. security required. To make an apoint, Call 215-208-0699. Sorry No dogs / cat o.k. _______________________________33-46 OLD CITY APT 1 BR 1 BA $1000 + utils EADEH.COM or 610-647-1776 _______________________________33-49 WILLOW GROVE Lg 1 BR efficiency, 1 BA, basement storage, W/D, walking distance to Septa rail and bus, shopping and mall. $750/mo. 215-659-1060. _______________________________33-48
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HELP WANTED GRANT COORDINATOR WANTED The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chours is seeking a part time Development Coordinator to aid in the expansion of our mission. The candidate must be self-motivated and have previous experience in obtaining funding for non-for profit organizations in the areas of Grant research and writing, ad sales, fund raising, and gaining corporate sponsorships. All interested parties can submit resumes to development@pgmc.org. _______________________________33-45 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NEEDED Mature multitasking administrative assistant needed for fast paced office. Must have computer skills, professional demeanor, good communication skills, be detail oriented and able to always follow through. Must be outgoing and boisterous yet no-nonsense to thrive here. Please respond to jobline@imperialsecurityph illy.com. No calls please. _______________________________33-45 James M. Quesenberry, MA, CRC, CVE Driver CDL-A: OTR Dry Van & Flatbed PosiDisability Consultant tions Available. Great Pay, Benefits, Equipment. 1-Day Orientation. TWIC Card Holders Preferred. Class A-CDL, 22 YO, 1 yr. exp. Western Express 888-801-5295 Social Security Disability _______________________________33-45 Tired of LivingClaims Pay to Pay? Drive the Big Rigs Appeals 35 Driver Trainees Needed $700 to $800 Week. No CDL, No Problem. No Credit, No Problem. Start ASAP. Call 800-961-4319. _______________________________33-45 WANT HOME MOST WEEKENDS WITH Suite 202 MORE PAY? Valley Rd. RunOxford Regional with Heartland Express! Up to Fairless Hills, PA 1903012 months OTR $.43/mile company drivers! required. HEARTLAND EXPRESS 1-800-4414953 www.heartlandexpress.com _______________________________33-45
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