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Ex-Boy Scouts leader to helm org that helps LGBT youth By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com Dozens gathered in Allentown last week for the introduction of a former Boy Scout leader as the new chief executive officer for a nonprofit that includes initiatives to help gay and transgender kids with housing and life skills. Thomas Harrington took over at Valley Youth House, an Allentown-based organization with offices in Philadelphia. The nonprofit announced his appointment last Wednesday and held an introduction ceremony last Friday. “What really has drawn me to Valley Youth House is its focus on serving all kids regardless of who they are,” Harrington told PGN by phone after his introduction in Allentown. “They’re at a vulnerable point in their lives — maybe they’ve run away, been kicked out, need help finding a job and stable housing. I’ve always been interested in helping our most vulnerable young people.” Harrington had PAGE 16

Top Stories 2015 By PGN Staff This was a banner year for LGBT rights. Nationally, marriage equality was finally won and trans visibility reached new heights. Locally, Philly celebrated its unparalleled position in LGBT history as we continued to make history. Like any year, there were downs that came with the ups, and injustices that followed victories. But, good or bad, each of the big LGBT stories we saw this year served to deepen conversation about, and among, our community. Let’s take a look back at the LGBT highlights of 2015.

VICTORIES Marriage equality is won nationwide Marriage equality became a reality across the country in a landmark June 26 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, called the decision a “threat to American democracy.” “Enjoy the happiness of the moment,” said Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter at a rally on Independence Mall the day of the ruling. “But none of us can be free until we’re all free. None of us have rights until all of us have rights. Let us end discrimination of all kinds in the United States of America because that’s who we are – that’s why we’re Americans.” The decision in Hodges v. Obergefell, which challenged Ohio’s ban on same-sex marriage, found that the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to marry. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the 5-4 opinion that said denying same-sex couples marriage rights constitutes a “grave and continuing harm.” “The imposition of this disability on gays and lesbians

serves to disrespect and subordinate them,” he wrote. “The Equal Protection Clause, like the Due Process Clause, prohibits this unjustified infringement of the fundamental right to marry.” Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan joined Kennedy in the majority opinion. In a scathing dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts, along with

Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs becomes permanent There were a number of LGBT victories at the polls in November, including the success of a ballot question that made permanent the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs. Thanks to legislation introduced by City Councilwoman Blondell PAGE 24

Kathryn Knott convicted in gay bashing By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

SANTA SLIDE: Santa Claus came to town — and got down — outside Philly AIDS Thrift Dec. 19. The big guy in red drove through the area atop his classic El Camino before posing for photos with kids of all ages inside the store. Philly AIDS Thrift donates its proceeds to local HIV/AIDS causes. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Kathryn Knott, dressed in a light-blue sweater and black pants, wept silently last Friday as the “guilty” verdicts started coming. After four days of testimony and three days of jury deliberations, the 25-year-old Southampton woman was convicted of simple assault, conspiracy to commit simple assault and two counts of reckless endangerment in connection with the September 2014 attack on gay couple Zachary Hesse and Andrew Haught. The jury acquitted her of two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault — which are all felonies — as well as one count of simple assault and one count of conspiracy to commit simple assault. Her convictions are all are second-degree misdemeanors, each of which carries a penalty of up to two years in prison and up to a

$5,000 fine. Knott will come before Judge Roxanne Covington Feb. 8 for sentencing. She remains free on bail until then. Assistant District Attorney Mike Barry, the lead prosecutor on the case, told PGN this week that he hasn’t determined what his sentencing recommendation will be. Prosecutors said Knott was part of a group that physically and verbally attacked Haught and Hesse at 16th and Chancellor streets Sept. 11, 2014. The melee started, they said, when Kevin Harrigan, a friend of Knott, made a derogatory comment about the men being a couple. Harrigan and co-defendant Philip Williams accepted plea deals this fall and will receive no jail time; Knott rejected a similar plea deal and instead took the case to trial. More than 20 witnesses took the stand during the trial, including both victims, who testified that Knott punched Hesse in the face during the incident. Three of Knott’s convictions regarded her PAGE 7

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City commission mulls antigay bias complaint By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com For Mark M. Seaman, a two-minute “hurtful” encounter with a homophobic taxicab driver has turned into a six-year quest for justice. But after last week’s public hearing at the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, he sees light at the end of the tunnel. Seaman’s PCHR complaint against PHL Taxi Co. has been pending for six years. But Seaman remains undaunted. “At least there’s evidence that the gears are turning,” Seaman said after the hearing. “I’ll fight for another six years if I have to, because it still feels like it happened yesterday. I still haven’t gotten an apology.” In December 2009, Seaman and his then-boyfriend entered a taxicab identified as “PHL Taxi” at the Philadelphia International Airport for a ride to Center City. According to Seaman, after he kissed his boyfriend inside the cab, the driver said: “You can’t do that in here.” Seaman asked, “What is it we’re doing wrong?” The driver replied, “We don’t need to talk about it. You just need to get out.” Before the men could shut the door behind them, the cabbie sped away. “He couldn’t get away from us quick enough,” Seaman said. In July 2010, the driver was fined $100 by the Philadelphia Parking Authority for

non-provision of services without a valid reason. But Seaman also wants PHL Taxi Co. held accountable. At the Dec. 16 hearing, PCHR officials said they’re trying to determine whether PHL breached its obligations under the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance. PHL manager James Walker said the company did not. Walker acknowledged that PHL — a dispatch-service company that employs dispatchers, not taxi drivers — provided dispatch services to the driver during the general time period of the Seaman incident, but said he hasn’t seen proof the driver did anything wrong. To the contrary, Walker said, the driver may have acted prudently to prevent a potentially volatile situation. “I think the driver did the right thing in saying, ‘Let me let you out and you get another cab,’” Walker testified. He said the matter already was investigated by the Philadelphia Parking Authority, which regulates taxi and limousine services in the city. He indicated the PCHR was exceeding its authority, noting the PPA directly oversees PHL. “We can’t do anything unless the PPA says it’s OK,” Walker said. He also characterized Seaman’s PCHR complaint as “frivolous.” Seaman was visibly offended by that characterization. Outside the hearing room, Walker said the driver no longer utilizes PHL’s dispatch

services, but he believes the man still drives a cab in the city. Seaman didn’t testify during the hearing because it was focused on the narrow issue of PHL’s obligation under the Fair Practices Ordinance. Ronda B. Goldfein, an attorney for Seaman, said PHL shouldn’t hide behind “complicated business relationships” to avoid compliance with the ordinance. She reminded commissioners that the driver was operating a vehicle clearly identified on its exterior as a PHL taxi. Goldfein said PHL was acting as an agent of the driver and the “medallion” owner. A medallion is a PPA certificate authorizing a taxi to operate in the city. “I say PHL was an agent of the medallion owner, and arguably was also an agent of the driver,” Goldfein said after the hearing. “PHL was providing a service to both the driver and the medallion owner. You can make an argument they’re all agents of one another.” PCHR commissioners Regina Austin, Sarah E. Ricks and Wei Chen presided at the hour-long hearing. At its conclusion, Austin said both sides have 30 days to file additional paperwork. Austin said another public hearing may be held to take testimony on the facts of the incident, or the commissioners could just rely on a transcript of the PPA proceeding. Seaman said any money he might receive

in compensation for his ordeal would be donated to the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania. Goldfein serves as executive director of the law project. “In honor of Ronda’s dedication to the LGBT community, and to ensure something like this doesn’t happen again, I can’t think of a more fitting cause,” he said. Goldfein said representing Seaman is in keeping with the law project’s mission. “We have a singular focus, which is HIV/ AIDS. But we don’t have blinders on to other issues that affect the community. All Mark is trying to do is ensure people who arrive in Philadelphia aren’t tossed from cabs, simply because of who they are.” Seaman, 32, now lives in D.C., where he directs development and communications for an Iraqi refugee organization. He vowed to return to Philadelphia if there’s a follow-up hearing. “I love coming to Philadelphia,” Seaman concluded. “I just wish it were under different circumstances.” Rue Landau, PCHR executive director, said legal and administrative events forced a delay in the case, but noted the agency takes the matter seriously. “That delay does not reflect a lack of importance of the case to our agency,” Landau said. “The PCHR is committed to enforcing and administering the Fair Practices Ordinance fairly and thoroughly.” n

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OH, CHRISTMAS TREE: William Way LGBT Community Center got into the holiday spirit earlier this month with the annual lighting of its Christmas tree. The center will host a holiday potluck meal from 1-3 p.m. Dec. 25. It will also be the site of the ninth-annual community Kwanzaa celebration from 6-9 p.m. Dec. 26. For more information on holiday events, and for hours of community organizations, see page 6.

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Philly again earns perfect rating from HRC By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com For the fourth year in a row, Philadelphia has earned top marks on the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index, which was released last Thursday. That means the city has earned a perfect score for LGBT inclusion every year since the index started in 2012. “This is great news,” Rue Landau, executive director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, wrote in an email to PGN. “Philadelphia has worked hard to earn and maintain its number-one position on the MEI. From strengthening our laws protecting our LGBT communities to making permanent the Office of LGBT Affairs, we have taken many measures to make Philadelphia a leader in LGBT equality throughout the country.” In the inaugural year of the index, Philadelphia was singled out along with St. Louis, Mo., for earning a perfect equality score as a city within a state that lacks positive LGBT state laws. The last two years, Philadelphia earned 16 bonus points above its perfect score. The extra credit came from the city demonstrating it has an LGBT-specific enforcement mechanism in the Human Rights Commission and provides services to LGBT people who are young, old, homeless and living with HIV/AIDS, among other criteria. The Human Rights Campaign of Greater Philadelphia, in a post on its Facebook page, thanked Mayor Michael Nutter and Nellie Fitzpatrick, director of the city Office of LGBT Affairs, for their leadership. The national campaign featured Philadelphia as a success story in the index results it publishes online. In a one-page

essay, Fitzpatrick discussed everything from Bisexual Visibility Day to Directive 152, which guides proper police interaction with transgender and gender non-conforming people. “I’m very proud of Philadelphia for being a success story and for the decades of advocates that got us to this point,” Fitzpatrick said. “We can’t just say we qualify for this [recognition] because we did before. You have to put your money where your mouth is.” She added she has multiple priorities for all facets of the community in 2016. “We have not crossed the finish line,” Fitzpatrick said. Mayor-elect Jim Kenney expressed similar willingness to continue the work. “Since my first year in elected office, I’ve been lucky enough to work with the advocates fighting for LGBT equality,” he wrote in an email to PGN, “and it’s great to see the work we’ve done has been recognized nationally. I’m committed to ensuring that we can earn a perfect score year after year.” A record number of U.S. cities achieved a perfect score in the 2015 index, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Fortyseven cities, four times the amount from 2012, earned perfect scores this year, meaning 32-million people now live in cities that have more comprehensive, transgender-inclusive non-discrimination laws. The Human Rights Campaign rates cities based on 41 criteria that fall into five broad categories: non-discrimination laws; municipal employment policies, including requirements for contractors; inclusiveness of city services; law-enforcement policies and hate-crimes reporting; and municipal leadership on matters of equality. For full Municipal Equality Index results, visit www.hrc.org/mei. n

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LEARNING FROM THE LEGACY: William Way LGBT Community Center executive director Chris Bartlett (clockwise, from left), Heshie Zinman, David Fischer and David Acosta were among the guests at the closing ceremony for a William Way exhibit honoring Kiyoshi Kuromiya. The late HIV/AIDS and LGBT activist was memorialized through “Critical Paths: Towards Liberation,” honoring his pioneering work, including as founder of the first publication to disseminate treatment information to people with AIDS. The display was featured in the center’s lobby since October. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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A Philadelphia woman with HIV recently received $8,500 from a Montgomery County rehabilitation center after being told she couldn’t continue receiving paraffin-wax treatments for fibromyalgia in her hands unless she wore gloves. Under the settlement, which was reached several months ago, the names of the woman and the rehab center remain private. Patients at the center place their hands into a basin of heated paraffin wax, which is therapeutic for a variety of disorders, including fibromyalgia. But when the center realized the serostatus of the woman, she was told to don gloves before placing her hands in the basin. Apparently, center officials were concerned that HIV could be transmitted to other patients unless gloves were worn. The specific type of gloves the woman was expected to wear is unknown. Adrian M. Lowe, staff attorney at the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, said the woman was “devastated” and stopped utilizing the rehab center’s services. The law project filed a demand letter on behalf of the woman, explaining the rights of people with HIV under city, state and federal laws. In June 2015, a settlement was reached,

requiring the center to pay the woman $8,500 for the emotional pain she endured. “She was glad to get the money, but it didn’t actually make her feel better about the discrimination,” Lowe said. The law project didn’t receive any compensation from the rehab center for its legal fees. “In the interest of expediting a settlement, we didn’t take fees,” said Ronda B. Goldfein, the law project’s executive director. “This was a pretty straightforward case. While the rehab center didn’t admit to any wrongdoing, they weren’t denying the facts.” Unfortunately, Goldfein said, the rehab center now requires everyone availing themselves of its paraffin-wax treatments to wear gloves. “It’s a puzzle to us,” Goldfein said. “They’re protecting against a non-infectious event. They’ve adopted a step in the protocol that’s not necessary.” She noted that the woman didn’t have any skin irritation on her hands. Lowe said numerous health-care venues have discriminated against people with HIV/AIDS, which keeps the law project busy. “Seventy-six percent of our discrimination cases in the last 10 years involve denials of health care,” Lowe noted. “We don’t know why people who should know better are continuing to get it wrong.” n

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interaction with Hesse and one with Haught. Knott herself also took the stand, a move that many court watchers contended did not go well for the defendant. Barry said he wasn’t certain whether Knott would testify until she took the stand. “You never know whether the defendant will testify or not, so it was just guesswork,” he said. Barry noted that Knott sat through several days of testimony before she testified, an advantage he said the victims and other prosecution witnesses didn’t have. “As an observer, I thought it was relevant that she had the opportunity to look at all the evidence before taking the stand. It’s only fair but I think it does affect her credibility, as opposed to Zach and Andrew or independent witnesses who gave their statements blind, right after the event,” he said. “She got to watch all this evidence and testimony; as I said in my closing, she got to see [friend] Taylor Peltzer testify, and I think she saw it was clear that her testimony didn’t go very well, so she then started saying Taylor wasn’t hit.” Peltzer contended on the stand that Haught hit her in the face, prompting Williams to attack him and necessitating dental work; she acknowledged on cross-examination that the dental procedure could have been related to a cavity. When Knott took the stand, she said Haught pushed Peltzer’s hand and did not hit her. Barry questioned Knott extensively about her history of antigay tweets. She testified that it was OK to use the word “gay” to mean “lame” and acknowledged using the word “dyke” to refer to a bad haircut. “Her answers didn’t back up what the tweets said in any way, shape or form,” Barry said. “I think she was in a tough situation and I don’t know if there really could have been a good explanation for the tweets; she could have said something more innocuous or could have owned them a little bit more, which is certainly what the jurors said afterwards. Her explanations sort of fell short and I think she maybe sounded a little tone-deaf to somebody who would be more interested in the actual meaning behind those words.” After the verdict, several jurors spoke to reporters and indicated that 10 of the 12 were ready to convict Knott of all charges she faced, but compromised to avoid a hung jury. Barry said that, while there has been extensive media coverage of the case, he believes the jury was fair and impartial. “The key is that jury selection is handled correctly,” he said. “It’s not to find people who never heard of the case, but people who have and who are willing to still be fair and I think we found that type of jury.” Knott’s fate will now be decided by Covington. Barry said he will work with the victims next month to determine a sentencing recommendation. “This is the type of thing that will take some time. I want to give Zach and Andrew some time to have the holidays and get some rest from this and then we’ll have some meaningful discussions,” he said. “I would say I’m mindful that this isn’t your average simple assault; there’s more to this in the amount of stress and anguish the victims were put through, as the result of Kathryn Knott’s decision to go to trial. It affected many other people than just her.” Barry said he’s hopeful that the case, and the convictions, will help advance the effort to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s hate-crimes law. “They would’ve been facing an extra charge here if we had that law. There was nothing about the failure of that law to exist that kept me from being able to call this what it was: a hate crime; she had clear issues in her heart with gay people,” Barry said. “But all people should be protected. It’s crazy that the protections don’t include the LGBT community.” n

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Courthouse observations from the Knott trial In my eight-plus years working for PGN, never have I seen a story capture our readers’ attention as the September 2014 Center City gay bashing did. And frankly, never has a story grabbed me as much as this did. I reported when the incident first happened, when surveillance video was released, through each suspect who came in for a police interview, through each arrest and through each subsequent court proceeding — leading me to last week’s trial for Kathryn Knott. Going into the trial, I shared the public’s disdain for Knott, the general persona that surrounds her and, of course, any involvement she had in attacking two members of our community. After the trial and mixed verdict, I still have a disdain for Knott. But seven days at the courthouse covering this case have left me with some unresolved mixed feelings. Part of what doesn’t quite sit well with me is that Knott faces jail time while Kevin Harrigan and Philip Williams basically walked free. Though angered by their seeming slap on the wrist for their involvement, I didn’t really grasp the depth of the chasm between their actions and the punishment until the trial. Witness after witness testified that Harrigan called victim Zachary Hesse “faggot” out of the blue and that Williams “bum-rushed” and brutally beat Hesse’s boyfriend, Andrew Haught. Seeing the victims relive those experiences in person was powerful — and drove home just how little culpability Williams and Harrigan were forced to take. That’s not to say Knott doesn’t deserve punishment, or even jailtime. Her involvement — which, based on witness testimony, appeared to be hurling antigay slurs, getting into Haught’s face and punching Hesse in the face — was reprehensible. But that the men who started and ended this incident have to take little responsibility is unsettling — though the facts are the men agreed to plead and Knott did not. Which brings me to one of my observations: Knott is pretty ignorant. Not ignorant in the rude sense of the word, but rather in the completely and utterly out-of-touch and clueless way. That she opted for a trial over the plea deal was a sign of this, which was reinforced by her decision to take the stand in her own defense. When Knott was questioned about her history of antigay social-media posts, Knott truly seemed to believe that using the word “gay” to mean “lame” was OK, or that the jury wouldn’t object to her explanation that she invoked the word “dyke” when was having a bad hair day. One of the jurors later commented to reporters that Knott seemed to think she was invincible, and I think that speaks to a key point. In the hallway, I overheard her mom speaking to a supporter that her daughter didn’t need to “beat” the charges because she was “innocent.” That was a notion Knott honestly seemed to believe as well. She clearly has a strong support system — with dozens of friends and family members in the courtroom each day — and has enjoyed private schooling, apparent socioeconomic comfort if not affluence and the comforts of being reared in a suburban set-

ting. But perhaps privilege and support is blinding; Knott seems to not have a clear grasp on the realities her words and actions speak, and how those realities are perceived by others. To be frank, this case was just as much about Knott’s character as it was about her actions. People love to hate Kathryn Knott. We can tell that just by our “hits” and “likes” every time we post a story online about the case — which made us wonder, would the interest and passion still be there had it been Harrigan and Williams on trial, instead of Knott? Knott is the archetypical mean girl, blonde hair and all. Seeing someone with that status go down seems to have inspired bloodthirst. Our Facebook post announcing she was convicted of four charges received more “likes” than did our announcement that marriage equality had come to the nation. The court was packed each day with reporters, and camera crews waited outside each morning and evening to get a new shot of Knott. But where was that fervor when Harrigan and Williams walked off just about scott-free? They did even more damage on Sept. 11, 2014, than Knott did. But I think it’s fair to say few people even know their names. If Knott’s going to be hated, shouldn’t she be hated for what she did, rather than who she is? The comments on some of our coverage advocate for Knott’s hanging or burning; rejoice that the “Daddy’s girl” has gone down; and hope for her rape in prison. “Die, bitch, die” is one of the more eloquent remarks we’ve seen. That type of response does not cloud that the impetus does not stem from Knott’s actions, but rather her identity — not to mention it smacks of sexism and, especially from an LGBT audience, of hypocrisy. Maybe today’s digital age, where anyone can spew hatred behind the cloak of anonymity, is partly to blame, and maybe it’s that phenomenon of schadenfreude to which we are all susceptible. But a week of observing the defendant and her family and friends makes that level of vitriol a little harder for me to reach: her mom crying quietly in a bathroom stall on the second day of the trial or gripping a prayer card on her bouncing knee the first day of deliberations; her dad sitting for hours on end, often by himself, in the courtroom waiting for the jury’s verdict, with his head bowed; and even Knott herself, who uttered a seemingly surprised “thank you” when I held the courtroom door for her one day. She’s human. Her family is human. And her friends are human. Yes, Knott deserves punishment for her role in this incident, and it’s encouraging that the jury agreed: That jurors acknowledged that they wanted to convict her of more charges, and that the 67-year-old Catholic forewoman proffered that she was “offended” by “everything” about Knott, illustrate that we’re inching closer to bigotry and violence toward LGBT people no longer being socially acceptable. Jurors called Knott’s ignorance on the stand “disgusting,” and they were right. Be disgusted. Hate Kathryn Knott if you want. But don’t forget that she’s human. n

Which brings me to one of my observations: Knott is pretty ignorant. Not ignorant in the rude sense of the word, but rather in the completely and utterly out-of-touch and clueless way.

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’Tis the season for holiday hours By Scott A. Drake scott@epgn.com As the holiday stretch into the end of the year approaches, many organizations are shifting their hours to accommodate time off for staff and supporters alike. Here is a list of places and events that may impact you through the first of next year. • Action AIDS will close at noon Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 and be closed all day Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. On-call staff are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. • The Attic Youth Center will be closed Dec. 24, 25 and 31 and Jan. 1. • Mazzoni Center’s locations will all close at 3 p.m. Dec. 24 and be closed all day Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Washington West Project will also be closed Dec. 26-27. • Philadelphia FIGHT will be closed Dec. 24-25 and Jan. 1, with regular operating hours otherwise. Y-HEP offices and services will also be unavailable those dates. • Philly AIDS Thrift and PAT @ Giovanni’s Room are closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, but if you’re in a last-minute gift bind, or are looking for New Year’s party items, the stores will be open until 6 p.m. on the holiday eves.

• William Way LGBT Community Center will have holiday hours noon-5 p.m. from Dec. 24 through Jan. 3. The center will also host its annual Christmas potluck starting at 1 p.m. Dec. 25 at 1315 Spruce St. All are welcome. Sign up with your offering at waygay.org. Some events of note: • Dignity Philadelphia will hold a Christmas Eve mass 10 p.m. Dec. 24 at The Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany, 300 S. 13th St. All are welcome. • The ninth-annual LGBT Kwanzaa celebration is at 6 p.m. Dec. 26 in the Mark Segal Ballroom at William Way LGBT Community Center. • The Philadelphia Mummers Parade kicks off Jan. 1 with the Miss Fancy drag brigade. If you stayed out too late on New Year’s Eve, just stay up a little longer. The parade steps off at 9 a.m. from the west side of City Hall. • National Constitution Center exhibit “Speaking Out for Equality” closes Jan. 3. These are the final days to visit or revisit this glorious display of LGBT progress. n

YOUTH STANDOUT: Attic youth Kyle Nelson received the Sterling M. Goode Award from Carrie Jacobs at The Attic’s annual holiday celebration Dec. 18. The Sterling M. Goode Award is given to an Attic youth each year who is aging out of the organization’s services and who has demonstrated dedication, leadership and growth while contributing their energy towards the advancement of The Attic’s mission. Photo: Andrew Paszkiewicz

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Holiday Survival Guide, Part 2: Stay connected and mindful this season The holidays can be a time of great joy get involved with. For the purposes of this and excitement — and also great disapmonth’s column, we’ve excerpted some of pointment and disconnection. Maybe you the highlights. remember years past of hiding your full self in order to be acceptable to family. Or maybe your family still doesn’t want your partner to come to a holiday celebration. Maybe you want to wear a fabulous red dress instead of a button-down and khakis, but that’s not going to happen because your family still can’t get over the fact that as a kid you liked to cook and knit more than play football. There are Caroline Dabkowski, Niki Kulp and lots of reasons that LGBT folks can end up feeling stressed or Bob Pileggi lonely at this time of year, and we want to help. If you are feeling stressed or struggling Since every one of us is unique, we’ve with the thought of getting through the tried to provide many different options to next few weeks, please know that you both create connection and find a new perdon’t have to go it alone! There are many spective on the holidays. For example, connection is a dynamic ways to create connection and develop experience — and in order to receive a new perspective. Each year the behavconnection, sometimes we need to give ioral-health team at Mazzoni Center puts together a Holiday Survival Guide to offer a little, which can increase a sense of meaning and purpose. Volunteering is one general advice on ways LGBTQ folks can manage holiday-related stress and/or powerful way to do this, by sharing your depression and provide specific examples time and talent while creating connection of activities you might want to attend or that you and others can benefit from. You

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might volunteer specifically over the holidays, or consider carrying it into the New Year. There are also recovery and spiritual groups that are just waiting to welcome you because they recognize how valuable your presence is. There are people who care and who want to share community with you. Are you feeling annoyed by the holidays? Chill out! There are plenty of free and low-cost events — LGBT-specific and otherwise — going on around town this season. Go out have some fun! (Check the “Philly Funsavers” website at: phillyfunguide.com/funsavers for some great discounts on shows and performances of all kinds). Getting out and about is a way to enjoy the spirit of the holidays and perhaps meet some new people. Through it all, notice the attitude you’re bringing to it all and consider feeling gratitude for the gift of getting to experience the sights, sounds and sweetness of life — even if there are challenges too. Another way to more fully experience what delights you this holiday season (rather than what stresses you out!) is through practicing mindfulness, which is paying attention to life in this moment. Try to savor your food and drinks instead of gobbling them down. Pause and take in the lights, decorations and the music — whatever you enjoy about the season.

Shop mindfully, by paying attention to the real intention behind giving someone a gift, rather than feeling compelled to buy something because it’s expected or on sale. Not only can it help us enjoy more, it can help us cope with what’s challenging. Oftentimes, people try to counter the emotional strain they’re feeling by drinking more than they should, over-eating or even placing still-further demands on themselves and going to bigger and more elaborate efforts to try and ensure their holidays are the best ever. Throughout the next couple weeks, consider engaging in some of the following strategies for getting around potential sources of the holiday blues. Keep your expectations manageable. Be realistic about what you can and cannot do, as well as what you want to do and don’t want to do. Although the holidays often mean trying to fit a lot of activities into a short period of time, pace yourself and, to the degree it’s possible, try not to place your entire focus on just one day (e.g., Christmas morning, New Year’s Eve); instead, remember it’s an entire season of holiday sentiment and that activities can be spread out (time-wise) to help increase enjoyment and lessen stress. Set realistic goals for yourself. Make a list and prioritize the most important activities. PAGE 16 Ask for and accept help.

Lessons from ‘Star Wars’ on parenting and life I was among the first generation of kids for how insightful my mother was. She to see the original “Star Wars” movie in worked at a psychiatric hospital and had 1977. I was 10 then, and when the third read her share about psychology and installment rolled around six years later, I Jungian archetypes. After our family saw was waiting in line for hours with friends “A New Hope” together, she predicted that at the local theater on opening day. I’ll be Vader was Luke’s father. At 10, I probably seeing “The Force Awakens” with my own wouldn’t have agreed with her even if I son this week, and have been had thought she was right, but I reflecting on some of the lescouldn’t believe it in any case. sons I’ve learned from the series Fast-forward three years, and of and what it has meant to me. course she nailed it. Leia was by far one of the The series has continued to coolest on-screen heroines occupy a large part of my psyI’d encountered at the time. I che. As a parent, I’ve found admired her no-nonsense attiseveral of its lessons useful: tude and the way she commanBiology isn’t destiny. Aunt deered her own rescue. Still, she Beru asserts that Luke “has fell into the traditional category too much of his father in him” of a “princess in a dress” and, to stay on the farm; it was his as an inveterate tomboy, I was upbringing by her and her husvehemently against dresses. band Owen, rather than his Dana Rudolph genetic ties to Darth Vader, that Sure, she went for a very lesbian-ish vest in “The Empire determined his moral compass. Strikes Back” and camouflage in “Return Children will find their own paths. of the Jedi,” but by then it was too late. I Uncle Owen wanted Luke to stay on wanted to be Luke and wield a lightsaber. Tatooine. Luke left. He was compelled by That probably goes a long way to explaintragic events, to be sure — but I feel he ing my later years as a competitive fencer. would have gone eventually anyway. I also suspect that the series’ encourNever underestimate the power of a agement to think about “a long time ago teddy bear. No, I didn’t really like the in a galaxy far, far away” (coupled, perEwoks. They seemed too clearly created haps, with the 1980 release of Carl Sagan’s for merchandising purposes. Still, there “Cosmos” on PBS) was inspiration that led was something compelling about their me to a degree in astronomy. scrappy fight against an evil and physiThe movies also gave me a new respect cally bigger enemy. As a parent, I’ve been

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amazed at the enduring power of my own son’s little stuffed guys and the comfort they bring him. Finally, here are a dozen quotes from the series that can shine a little light on the galaxy-sized adventure that is parenting: “Watch yourself. This place can be a little rough.” Parenting isn’t always delightful family dinners and warm goodnight stories. It’s also skinned knees, lost toys, long nights, toddler tantrums, teen angst and other challenges. “I’m not afraid.” “You will be.” That moment when you first bring your child home and wonder where the user manual is. “Judge me by my size, do you?” A warning to every parent of a 2-year-old. “Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, boy.” And raising a child isn’t like anything else one has ever experienced. “In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.” Which is why we all buy car seats and bike helmets for our kids. “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” When you hear maniacal giggling from your little ones in the other room, followed by a crash. “Never tell me the odds.” Soccer practice and a piano lesson on the same day, when your washing machine quits and you have an emergency at work? No problem. “Don’t get cocky.” Notwithstanding number seven, remember you’re only as

good as your handling of the current crisis. “It’s a trap!” Something to keep in mind when your child asks, “You always said you didn’t like that antique vase your aunt gave you, right?” “Sorry about the mess.” Something you’ll say frequently to friends until your child is ... well, perhaps grown and out of the house. “Stay on target.” It’s helpful to remember the basic goal — raising reasonably well-adjusted human beings to adulthood with a minimum of harm to themselves or others — when dealing with daily challenges. “Do or do not. There is no try.” Parenting in a nutshell. I have high expectations for “The Force Awakens,” not least because it stars a black man and a white woman in the leading roles — rarities for Hollywood blockbusters — not to mention the gracefully aging Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill reprising their characters. This begs the question of whether we’ll ever see any LGBTQ people (or LGBTQ non-human sentient beings) in that far-away galaxy. As Yoda said, “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.” But if “Star Wars” has taught us anything, it’s to have hope. n Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher of Mombian (mombian.com), a GLAAD Media Award-winning blog and resource directory for LGBTQ parents.

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What are the holiday wishes of PGN’s staffers? Carol: My Christmas wish for this year is that my family and friends continue to stay in good health and that everyone experiences love, happiness and peace in their lives. Don: I wish everyone the greatest happiness for the holidays and in the coming year. And remember, the secret to happiness is to surround yourself with the things you love. Greg: For Carol’s pain to be cured. Jen: That I can eventually find a nice house that doesn’t have radon. And for the continued health and happiness of my family, friends and coworkers. Larry: That logic, rationality, compassion, respect and love will prevail over superstition, fear, bigotry, greed and hatred. Mark: Now that marriage equality is the law of the land, nondiscrimination needs to be the law of the land. On a personal basis, more of the same; 2015 was a great year! Paige: For Christmas, I wish to enjoy a relaxing weekend with my sister. Prab: Love, joy and continued success for both my PGN family and my biological one. Sandy: I wish that Americans would be more tolerant, compassionate and reasonable. And equality for all. Scott: I have more junk than I need, so why ask for more “stuff?” All I want for Christmas this year is for this glorious non-winter-like weather to continue through another month or three and a hassle-free trip to visit my family and back. Sean: My holiday wish is for health and safety for my friends and family. Tim: That the Free Library of Philadelphia gets the new book about Jackie Kennedy, written by her sister, Lee Radziwill. It sounds like a great read — but, at $50, a personal expenditure can’t be justified. n

The Dred Scott decision, you guys. Have you heard of it? Because it’s kind of famous. Basically, this guy, Dred Scott, sued for his freedom because he didn’t want to be a slave anymore and he wanted to be treated like a human being and stuff. Fair enough! But the Supreme Court was all, “No dice. If we let you go free, then we’re depriving somebody of their property — aka: you. Oh, and P.S., you’re not a citizen because you’re a negro so, like, why are we even talking to you?” It was a total dick move on the Supreme Court’s part, and the decision was one of the catalysts for the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln denounced the Scott decision, publicly declaring, “This is some bullshit.” It was, as history has helped to make clear, a terrible ruling. So terrible, in fact, that the antigay right has taken to comparing it to the Supreme Court’s much-more recent Obergefell decision (you know, the one that made same-sex marriage legal throughout the land). Enter Ted Cruz — a guy who thinks he can actually be president some day — talking to National Organization for Marriage co-founder Robert George on a Catholic TV program about this very thing. Hey, George asks, if you were president, would you treat the Obergefell decision like Lincoln did the Dred Scott decision? “Lincoln was absolutely right, I agree with President Lincoln,” Cruz responded. Because two people who love each other and get married is totally akin to keeping black people as property. Honestly, the ease with which the right makes this comparison really speaks to how little they care about the years and years of slavery that created the foundation of racism that still prevails in this country. But then, they’re not worried about racism. They’re worried about two guys in tuxes using little Chihuahuas as ring bearers. “And courts do not make law. That is not what a court does. A court interprets the law, a court applies the law, but courts don’t make law,” Cruz continues. Which is true. Legislatures make laws, and sometimes really, really bad ones! Like laws that won’t allow gays and lesbians to get married because they think

gays and lesbians are subhuman sex fiends. And so the Supreme Court was all, “Uh, these laws are discriminatory and that’s unconstitutional, so nope.” Which is not the same thing as abracadabra-ing a law out of thin air, which is how the right wing sees things. “And this is an area of really striking divide in this presidential election,” Cruz continues. “One candidate, Hillary Clinton, agrees with the court and embraces gay marriage and is happy that unelected judges have purported to tear down the marriage laws of all 50 states.” What a monster, that Hillary Clinton! How dare she be happy about equality in these United States? Cruz then chides some of his fellow Republicans for saying of Obergefell, “It’s final. We must accept it, move on and surrender.” “I think they are profoundly wrong. I think the decision was fundamentally legitimate, it was lawless, it was not based on the Constitution,” Cruz says. I’m pretty sure that Cruz meant “fundamentally illegitimate.” Then again, maybe that was a Freudian slip. Then again, earlier this month Cruz said, “My response to [Obergefell] was that it was illegitimate, it was lawless, it was utterly contrary to the Constitution and that we should fight to defend marriage on every front.” Oooh, sounds like war talk. It’s not hard to imagine Cruz dreaming of another civil war over marriage equality between heathens and the Christians he believes are the real victims of discrimination in this country. Racism and homophobia are all in our heads. But the War on Christians is real. Real paranoia, that is. n

But then, they’re not worried about racism. They’re worried about two guys in tuxes using little Chihuahuas as ring bearers.

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

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An unexpected Christmas gift This will undoubtedly be the most from across the nation pick up on this one? unusual Christmas column I’ve ever writMaybe the answer is Philadelphia itself. ten and it has to do with a hate crime. Philadelphia stands out tall as one of the Last week a jury in Philadelphia found most LGBT-friendly cities in America (and a woman guilty of four charges relating Human Rights Campaign has agreed for to what has been characterized as a hate the last four years running). crime — a hate crime with an ending Something happened in that most have not realized has Philadelphia that doesn’t hapchanged the way hate crimes pen in other cities: When the should be viewed nationally. And attack occurred, the citizens coming at this time, it’s a present of this city — in all neighthat packs a powerful punch. borhoods and of all stripes For those not aware of this — were outraged. An entire incident, let me give you a very city stood up and said, “Hate quick background. crimes are not allowed.” That A gang from a suburban comoutrage was registered in the munity came to Center City media; the media coverage was Philadelphia. They encounso intense that national LGBT tered a gay couple, words were media picked up on it, like exchanged and they beat up no other hate-crime story I’ve the gay men. It was, to say the ever seen. And the jury then least, a heinous attack, and made its own major statement. So the present here is to the Philadelphians of all points of view were outraged. This Mark Segal citizens of Philadelphia and to an LGBT community that has included mainstream media; it proven that it knows what real became a top story. Three people gay liberation is: education, which creates were charged — two men and one woman a city that prides itself on its unity and that — and the men pleaded out; however, the woman, Kathryn Knott, claimed she didn’t won’t allow others to destroy that unity. Philadelphia is special. It celebrates its touch the two gay men and never hurled diversity, and if this case says anything, it’s insults. that Philadelphia cherishes and wants to At Knott’s trial, the witnesses contraprotect its LGBT community, just like any dicted each other and many felt that the jury would acquit. The drama became other community. more intense as the jury debated for three Peace and goodwill to all. That’s a Christmas story. n days. Finally, a surprise: Knott was found guilty on four counts and could face up to Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s eight years in jail and a fine. Sentencing is most-award-winning commentator in LGBT in February. media. You can follow him on Facebook at Here’s the point very clearly: There are www.facebook.com/MarkSegalPGN or Twitter many hate crimes across this nation every at https://twitter.com/PhilaGayNews. year. Many are even more heinous than this one, so why did local and LGBT media

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Street Talk What's the top LGBT news story of 2015? "Michael Boticelli coming out. He's President Obama's drug czar. I saw him on ‘60 Minutes,’ discussing King Malachi his new painter approach Old City to the war on drugs. He's giving a new perspective to drug addiction and LGBT rights. He was very cool, speaking out as a gay man."

"Marriage equality. It's good for the country. It will promote monogamy, so there will be fewer STDs to be spread Rand Maltese around. cook And I think Queen Village everyone has a right to happiness. Whatever floats your boat.”

"Charlie Sheen disclosing his HIV-positive status. That was very courageous. I think it will benefit not only Joan Palmer the LGBT nurse community, Society Hill but the whole world. We all need to remember that AIDS is still out there and not something to be minimized."

"The Boy Scouts allowing LGBT adults. That was very appropriate and long overdue. It makes me Richard Peterson feel better landscaper about the South Philadelphia organization. They're becoming more open and accepting. After all, isn't that what the Boy Scouts are all about? Helping others."

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Merry and bright It is the eve of the Winter Solstice as I write this, and this is no better way to allude to where things are right now for the transgender community as a whole. We have gained an incredible amount of visibility in the last year or two with the likes of Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox and so many others. But we’ve also seen the highest numbers of reported anti-transgender murders, a number of trans suicides and increasingly difficult political battles. Next year will not be much easier, as we still have the darkest days to go. I’ve talked before about the importance of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance initiative in Texas, and how its loss — after its foes successfully labeled the nondiscrimination measure a “bathroom bill” and claimed it would allow sexual predators in women’s rooms — is worth noting. We are now seeing bathroom battles creeping up across the country, each one taking their cues from the

HERO loss. Among those is the current attempt in California to include a $4,000 bounty on transgender people’s heads, declaring open season for the bathroom police. Mine and other’s privacy will be violated — ironically, in the name of privacy. We can try to play it cool, and assume such a proposal will go the way of some others this last year, but it is California that gave us both Proposition 22 and Proposition 8, the pair of which limited same-sex marriage in the state. Also, again, this is a postHERO world, where trans — and others — rights have been successfully sacrificed at the ballot box. All of this, of course, is coming in an election year where the right needs an issue to help drive their people to the presidential election, and LGBT-rights issues have worked well for them in the past. It’s the perfect setup for a long and ugly year of

potty politics in your polling place. It’s enough to make one lose hope. The thing is, as one who has been an out transgender activist for greater than two decades, this is a long game. Yes, things look dark now, but dawn is around the corner — if we want it. Now — more than many other times in our recent history — is the time to push back. With our visibility in the public square at current, it is more important than ever to use that leverage to help all of us get ahead. Take what visibility we have now and push for yet more. Get more stories told, more of our needs out in the open and strike while the iron is hot. What’s more, now is the time to reach out to those most disadvantaged in our community, and make their stories and needs known. I’ve always felt that human rights should be afforded to all, and with that in mind, we all need to build meaningful coa-

litions among the whole of the transgender community. We need to create a harmony of voices, where everyone who identifies as transgender has a place in the choir. It goes larger than just us, of course. We need to continue to explore our intersections, and look at how race, class, sex and any number of other such things affect us. We have much to learn and much to give, and now is the time to do so. I’m not going to lie. This is going to be a monumental fight, and like HERO, there will be battles lost. Yet we need to fight on, and continue to build a place in this society for us and for those who will follow beyond us. Nearly 40 years ago, in the wake of the Stonewall Rebellion and many wins for the gay and lesbian community, a pushback occurred. Spurred on by antigay activist and former Miss America Anita Bryant, gay PAGE 21 rights began to take a hit.

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As a 21-year-old in the Deputy Sheriff Basic Training Academy, Dante Austin listened while his instructors “breezed over this idea that there are LGBT officers.” The Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office had already hired him, knowing that he lived with his boyfriend. “In week one, there were lots of comments that people made that bothered me,” said Austin, who turned his reaction into a presentation on cultural diversity later in the training program at Penn State, University Park. Before Austin addressed the issue, he talked with another man, who was the only other gay cadet he knew in the program. The cadet, 33 at the time, had not come out to his friends and family, much less colleagues at work. But during Austin’s presentation about gay men and women in law enforcement, the cadet came out. “He comes from a small county, but now he’s out with everyone at home and in his office,” he said. Austin has been open with his colleagues since the beginning — even in an office of 300, “if someone comes out, everybody knows about it,” he said — but recently he gained the opportunity to form a brotherhood and sisterhood with other out law-enforcement officials from the region. A ‘GOAL’ accomplished The Greater Philadelphia Gay Officer Action League, called GOAL, started in earnest this fall, after being discussed for eight months. Nellie Fitzpatrick, director of the city Office of LGBT Affairs, said the organization is for all LGBT-identified law-enforcement officials and includes Philadelphia police officers, probation and parole officers and some officers from Bucks County. GOAL chapters also operate in New York City, Chicago and New England. Mayor Michael Nutter called the group “a fraternal organization of LGBT law-enforcement officers working to create positive change … by supporting LGBT officers and their families,” in an announcement posted to YouTube in November.

“I feel a difference already, the sheriff’s office included a even just with the small amount of standard question about how the people we have jumping on board people the applicant lives with with us,” said Donna Jaconi, a might react to the applicant bringPhiladelphia police officer in the ing a gun home at night. crime-scene unit and interim trea- Jaconi had a similar experience surer of GOAL. with the police department. The organization’s more than 60 members voted on its office holders this month. Results will be formalized in January. A mission statement and website are expected in the new year. D e p u t y Commissioner Kevin Bethel, the outgoing GOAL MEMBER AND DEPUTY SHERIFF DANTE police LGBT AUSTIN DELIVERED DONATIONS TO LGBTliaison, called HOUSING SHELTER DIVINE LIGHT DEC. 21 the group “one Photo: Paige Cooperstein of the shining jewels” of his “When you do your interview tenure. “It’s a start to take on LGBT and it’s like, ‘Who do you live issues inside the department,” with?’ Do you say, ‘My roomBethel said earlier this month at mate’ or ‘My friend?’ Do you a City Council meeting, where he lie?” was being honored for his career “Words have weight,” accomplishments. Fitzpatrick said. “Words change Austin of the sheriff’s office relationships.” said his supervisor was the one who first told him about GOAL Out in the community and encouraged him to join. Fitzpatrick, Jaconi, Lankford “I typed up this nice memo ask- and Austin met up in the parking ing the sheriff,” Austin said. “He lot of the 22nd District on Dec. said, ‘Yea, absolutely.’” 21. It was mild for December Fitzpatrick said it “speaks and the mood was jocular as the volumes for setting the tone for officials organized donated toiletchange” to have department lead- ries in boxes covered in wrapping ers support GOAL and its offi- paper and gift bags. cers. Fitzpatrick had arranged for GOAL officers to take the Locker-room talk items to Divine Light, a new Katie Lankford, a police offi- LGBT-housing shelter on North cer in the 22nd District in North Hutchinson Street. Sakina Dean Philadelphia, said the visibility opened the 31-bedroom home this of officers in GOAL could bring fall and Deja Lynn Alvarez took change to non-LGBT members of over as the director this month. the force. Alvarez also works with the “What would give most people Trans-Health Information Project pause is the ‘locker-room talk,’” at GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ she said. “When you hear people Social Justice Organization. say ‘dyke’ or ‘gay’ as an insult, Six GOAL officers presented you think, Maybe I shouldn’t talk the toothbrushes, deodorant and about this.” shaving cream, among other “It’s just words to them,” things, to a roomful of nearly 20 Lankford continued. “They’re Divine Light residents. trying to fit in and be funny and “This is the first time they did they don’t understand the conse- anything as a group,” Fitzpatrick quences.” said after hugging a number of Austin remembered feeling the residents. “It’s for you guys. stressed when his interview for It’s to reach PAGE 19

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N. Philly gay man leads call for Au Bon Pain airport union By Paige Cooperstein paige@epgn.com For more than a year, a gay man from North Philadelphia has led the charge for a workers union at Au Bon Pain in the Philadelphia International Airport. “What brought me to the point of wanting to partake is I wanted to have a voice in what was going on,” said Ernest Cottle, 25, who participated along with dozens of others in a protest Dec. 17 calling for higher wages and the ability to form a union. “I’ve always been outspoken,” he said. “I’d faced discrimination in previous job applications. A lot of the guys interviewing me saw I was gay and I could sense a change. It made me stronger.” Cottle said management at Au Bon Pain, where he’s worked the overnight shift for three years, practiced favoritism with certain employees while speaking harshly to others. He didn’t encounter any anti-LGBT comments from Au Bon Pain managers.

“They were just being generally disrespectful,” Cottle said. Wearing Santa hats, the employees gathered at a freespeech area outside Terminal C. Representatives of Philadelphia City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown also attended. In October, City Council passed a resolution calling for Au Bon Pain “to resolve its ongoing labor dispute quickly and peacefully with workers.” “The time for action is now,” Reynolds Brown said in a statement. “Au Bon Pain workers have been waiting over a year to have a fruitful conversation with the company about a fair process to organize. It is time to give them a seat at the table and allow their voices to be heard.” Maria Feicht, chief brand officer at Au Bon Pain, based in Boston, confirmed that the company had met with Unite Here, the labor union providing guidance in organizing to workers at Philadelphia International Airport. “The union wishes for Au Bon

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headed a Philadelphia-based Boy Scouts council, which moved to the suburbs in 2013 after refusing to sign a city lease with non-bias language that included LGBT protections. From 2010-13, Harrington led the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts, now headquartered in Treddyfrin Township. He was involved in discussions between the Boy Scouts and the City of Philadelphia to come to an agreement over a building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which the Scouts paid to build but the city owned. Harrington said Cradle endorsed an internal policy against discrimination in 2002, but was told by the national organization that the council could not continue to be affiliated with the Boy Scouts if it adopted an LGBT-inclusive anti-bias policy. “The conclusion was the program was doing lots of good for lots of kids in the region,” said Harrington, who was leading a council in Allentown at the time. “They wanted to keep the program intact.” Harrington said about 70 percent of HEALTH from page 9

Simplify! Remember, the holiday season does not banish reasons for feeling sad or lonely. During the holiday season, there’s room for feelings such as sadness and/or loneliness to be present along with other more-joyful emotions. You may be feeling out of sorts and periodically out of sync with the season’s “jollier” aspects because of a current stressor — for example, a recent romantic break-up or dealing with an adolescent child who’s expressing his or her newfound independence by not

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Pain to recognize it without giving employees an opportunity to participate in a secret ballot election as the law provides,” Feicht said in a statement. “Unite Here’s tactics have included attempts to pressure and harass team members who are not interested in Unite Here.” Feicht added that Au Bon Pain wants to ensure its employees receive the protection of the

Scouting councils are sponsored by churches, and the local leadership at the time wanted to retain church support for the kids. “It took a lot of discussions behind the scenes,” Harrington said, to change the national policy that banned gay youth until 2013 and gay adults until this past summer.

National Labor Relations Act. “Au Bon Pain’s most valuable resource is its people,” she said, noting the average wage for its employees at the airport exceeds $9 per hour and longer-tenured team members earn much more. Cottle said all team members at the café had to attend six mandatory anti-union meetings since workers began petitioning for a fair process to organize last fall.

In 2018, a “labor peace” provision will become part of the lease between Philadelphia and Marketplace Development, which handles retail development and management at the airport. Diego Parra, spokesman for Unite Here, said he didn’t want Au Bon Pain workers to get left behind while other employees at the airport have been allowed to negotiate fairer practices before the new provision takes effect. PCE-employed fast-food workers at the airport — including those at Earl of Sandwich, Wendy’s and Villa Pizza — this year voted to approve their first union contract, guaranteeing that workers will receive raises over the next two-and-a-half years. They also worked with Unite Here. “We’re not losing any motivation,” said Cottle, who works a second job as a home-care aid to make ends meet. “With the holidays coming up, I do feel this could be a good start to show people they are cared about where they work.” n

“There were many of us who wanted to change the policy,” he said. “It probably took longer than some thought it should, but it happened.” Harrington said he participated in task forces within the Scouts that frequently discussed more inclusive membership policies. He went on to oversee 57 councils in the western United States as the Western

Region Director for the Scouts, capping his 34-year career with the organization. He said he and his wife, Kathy, will relocate to Lehigh Valley from Dallas. Valley Youth House runs several programs for homeless youth and earned a grant in October for “Sheltering Pride,” which specifically addresses LGBT homeless youth. The organization started a #CouchesDontCount campaign to raise awareness that couch surfing is still a form of homelessness, and that 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBT. “One of my objectives is to help develop the profile of the organization and strengthen and expand its mission,” Harrington said. “It’s very important to not come in with your own agenda, but start by visiting with key stakeholders like the youth and community leaders to figure out what the needs are.” Harrington said his time with the Scouts taught him the skills of listening and empathy. Valley Youth House said much of Harrington’s work with the Scouts focused

on “building resilience, character and leadership skills with disadvantaged youth.” The organization also said he played “a key role” as the Scouts changed their policies to become more inclusive. Harrington said he would be directly involved with helping to grow the “Sheltering Pride” initiative. “Obviously there are lots of youth who identify as LGBT and experience lots of challenges including homelessness,” he said. “Counseling and skills training will also be important. Part of my job is to talk to partners who can help get these kids back on their two feet with a solid foundation. I look forward to working with everyone in the community.” Lesley Fallon, chair of the Valley Youth House board of directors, noted the board underwent an extensive search before deciding to hire Harrington. “Tom has outstanding leadership skills,” Fallon said in a statement, highlighting his “vision and demonstrated long-term success in fundraising and evidence-based programs for at-risk youth.” n

participating in this year’s family traditions. When you feel down, avoid critical self-perceptions, such as thinking of yourself as Scrooge and, instead, try to articulate the understanding you need from those around you. You might also consider seeking the help of a therapist to help you sort out your feelings and deal with the troubling issues. Limit predictable sources of stress. If you feel the annual trappings of shopping, decorating, cooking and attending social events risk becoming overwhelming and stressful, use discretion and limit the activ-

ities you commit to. Don’t fall prey to commercial hype. Advertisers would like to have you believe that “if you really loved your spouse” you’d give them tha t expensive new gadget or piece of jewelry, or that you should be the “perfect Santa” and grant your kids’ wishes for this year’s pricey crazes. Recognize the ads and commercials as hype that manufacturers and stores have to do to benefit optimally from the season. You can show love and caring in lots of thoughtful ways that don’t cost a lot.

Visit Mazzoni Center’s website (www. mazzonicenter.org) for the full 2015 Holiday Survival Guide, and share it with others you know who may be challenged this time of year. Isn’t that the real gift of the holiday season: feeling cared for and feeling connected? Together, we’ll not only survive the holidays; we’ll also find ways to celebrate connection through them. n

Part of my job is to talk to partners who can help get these kids back on their two feet with a solid foundation.

Caroline Dabkowski, Niki Kulp and Bob Pileggi are interns at Mazzoni Center’s Open Door Behavioral Health program.

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In Memoriam Join PGN in paying tribute to the many people our community lost this year: Robert John “Bob” Burrowes Jr., 52 The chef and founder of Independence Squares dance club died Oct. 23 of kidney failure. He was a leather enthusiast and founding partner of the Gear Box, a leather shop in the basement of The Bike Stop. Don Lewis was his longtime partner. Michael Carney The longtime Venture Inn waiter died Aug. 20 of a heart attack. A native of Northeast Philadelphia, he joined the Venture Inn team around 1980. James N. Clark, 77 The former vice president of a Phillybased ad agency and HIV/AIDS activist, who worked with organizations like Calcutta House, died Feb. 23 from complications related to Parkinson’s disease. He was vacationing in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the time with his partner of 45 years, Anthony A. Lyle. Stephen T. Johnson, 63 The retired high-ranking Philadelphia Police official who served as the department’s LGBT liaison from July 2010 to November 2012 died Jan. 2 of pancreatic cancer. He took steps to extend the police department’s outreach to the LGBT community beyond Center City. Frankie Morelli, 51 The longtime Voyeur bartender, considered “Gayborhood royalty,” died Nov. 2 of complications from cancer. Peter Jemo was his partner for 25 years. Paul Myers Jr., 71 The retired airline-marketing representative and longtime City of Brotherly Love Softball League player died May 1 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Tony Iero was his partner for 34 years. Danny Tolan, 23 The activities coordinator at a care home for older adults died March 10 of a drug overdose. He was passionate about fashion and music. Joseph Starr III, 38 The retail manager and regular at Gayborhood establishments like U Bar and the former Westbury Bar died Dec. 27, 2014. The cause was not specified. Charlene Arcila, 52 Arcila, credited with a number of pioneering LGBT efforts including SEPTA’s

removal of gender markers from its transit passes, died April 7 at the age of 52. The cause was not specified. Arcila’s many achievements included working with The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium and founding the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference in 2000. The AIDS consortium helped organize the event, which Mazzoni Center took over. Mazzoni honored Arcila with an award during the conference’s 10th anniversary and, over the summer, named an annual award after her. In 2007, a SEPTA staffer challenged Arcila for the gender marker on her transpass and she filed a discrimination complaint with the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. After a lengthy legal battle that made it to the state Supreme Court and a 2012 Philadelphia City Council resolution, SEPTA began making moves to abandon the practice of gender markers, which were officially removed in the summer of 2013. Among her community honors, Arcila was named to the 2014 Trans 100 list, served as plenary speaker at the 2014 Pennsylvania Youth Action Conference and was named a grand marshal of the 2015 Pride parade in June. In lieu of her death, one of the two grand-marshal floats was renamed in Arcila’s honor. She is survived by her partner Marcus Ecks. Jacob Kaskey, 33 Kaskey, a lobbyist and former staffer of Pennsylvania’s largest LGBT-rights organization, died Aug. 27 at the age of 33. The cause of death was ruled accidental. In 2006, The Advocate named him to its “Top 25 Under 25” list of LGBT leaders. From September 2008 to October 2009, Kaskey served as policy and programs director for Equality Advocates, which has since become Equality Pennsylvania. He served as managing director until early 2010. With the organization, Kaskey led the reorganization of the board to include representation from across Pennsylvania and managed daily operations, staffing, donor development and fundraising. Kaskey also organized the agency’s first statewide summit and built a statewide listserv, said Natalie Hrubos, who met Kaskey while interning in the legal

clinic of Equality Advocates. Kaskey grew up in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, where his family still lives. As a child, he got involved in Scouting and became an Eagle Scout in 1998. In high school, Kaskey earned a Prudential Spirit of Community Award, which went to Ohio’s top two volunteers. Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio wrote a memo at the time honoring Kaskey for launching a coloring-book and crayon drive to benefit homeless children. As an adult, Kaskey lived in Philadelphia for eight years before moving to Los Angeles, where he was most recently living. He is survived by his parents Tom and Pat and sister Katie. Donna Mae Stemmer, 82 Stemmer, longtime City of Brotherly Love Softball League member and cheerleader, died in June 23 at the age of 82. She had a heart attack. The Pennsauken, N.J., resident was active in the LGBT community, once serving as grand marshal of Philadelphia Pride. She served in the U.S. Army for over 30 years. She reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and received 25 decorations, including the Distinguished Service Award and Commemorative Medal in 2008. Stemmer also worked as a lawyer, after earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and law degree from Temple University. Stemmer participated on the softball league’s Key West Wolves team for over two decades and earned the Steve Lehman Community Service award in 2014. She was best known for showing up to games in shiny cheerleading outfits. In 2008, Stemmer, a Korean War veteran, fought to have her headstone at Arlington National Cemetery reflect her female name and affiliation with the City of Brotherly Love Softball League. At the time, Arlington denied her request because it violated headstone guidelines to include LGBT references. She is buried in Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, N.J. Stemmer is survived by her brother, nephew and niece. Brenda Torres, 45 Torres, co-founder of Philadelphia’s first Latino Pride festival and former co-owner of a local LGBT Latino bar, died Sept. 3 at the

age of 45. A North Philadelphia resident, Torres opened Rainbow Eye in the neighborhood in 2007 with Iris Melendez. The following year, the pair launched Latino Pride Festival, which drew 2,000 people. Torres’ big focus was getting the Latino LGBT community together in any way she could, said Jose Figueroa, the former manager of Rainbow Eye. He said she would work with City Council to close the block in front of the bar for barbeques or other events. Outside of community work, Melendez said Torres loved to dance, sing karaoke and visit the beach. She said Torres would most be remembered for her laughter and compassion toward others. Torres is survived by her daughter, Tatiana Castro. Lynn Zeitlin, 74 Zeitlin, former executive director of Equality Advocates, now called Equality Pennsylvania, died Sept. 10 after a brief illness. She was 74 and lived in Narberth. Zeitlin worked with many LGBT organizations. In addition to her statewide efforts, she served as co-chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT outreach effort called Jewish Pride. She was also active with Equality Forum, Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club, Justice for Nizah Committee, Anti-Defamation League and Philadelphia Bar Association’s LGBT Rights Committee. She was in her second term as commissioner of the Lower Merion Township Human Relations Commission when she died. Zeitlin received an undergraduate degree from Beaver College, now Arcadia University, in 1963 and a law degree from Villanova University in 1978. She worked for more than 30 years in law, most recently at the Center City firm Spadea, Lanard & Lignana. Zeitlin had a strong commitment to the Jewish community. She helped secure the adoption of a pro-marriage-equality resolution from the local Jewish Federation. She also served as president of the Jewish Social Policy Action Network and attended Main Line Reform Temple Beth Elohim. In the early 2000s, Zeitlin and her longtime partner, Gabriela Assagioli, had a Jewish wedding ceremony at the temple. When same-sex marriage licenses became available in Montgomery County in 2013, Zeitlin and Assagioli obtained a license and had a civil ceremony. State Sen. Daylin Leach officiated. Zeitlin’s children and grandchildren attended. n

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Bryant herself was heavily involved in the 1977 “Save Our Children” campaign that ended up repealing gay rights in several cities over the course of the next two years. Think of the loss in Houston as our “Save Our Children” moment, and replace the outdated notion of “gays recruit” with all the current nonsense about predators in restrooms. Now look at where the LGBT community is as a whole. When I first started out in the transgender community, the very notion that transgender people could sell hit records like Laura Jane Grace, or could be on popular television shows like Laverne Cox, Jazz Jennings or Caitlyn Jenner, or could simply have meaningful employment and a roof over their heads while being out and proud of one’s self was practically unheard of. We’ve come an amazingly far way in the last 20 years. There were still, for example, laws on the books prohibiting wearing cross-gendered attire, and about the best we could hope for was a strong transgender character who still made a film’s hero vomit at the site of her. So while we may not win tomorrow, we will win. At the same time, we cannot expect others to win it for us. We need to stand tall, and we need to foster our allies while we raise our own voices. So, at the darkest time of our year, let us keep hope. Let’s let that hope keep us warm through the cold nights of today. Share our hope with others, and let it grow. We can win — if we want it. n Gwen Smith thinks Harvey Milk was right. You’ll find her on Twitter at @gwenners. GOAL from page 12

out to the community.” A number of the people present had tears in their eyes, from the residents to Alvarez. “A lot of us have had bad experiences with the police, especially in the trans community,” Morgan Drake, 22, told the police officers while thanking them for the donations. “I just hope that from here, you can help other officers that aren’t that familiar with our community to be a little bit more respectful and not so quick to lock us up.” The Divine Light resident told PGN she had interacted with some police who did not respect her pronouns. She was happy to meet the gay and transgender officers at the shelter. “It’s a big message that says our community is now part of the law, not only breaking it,” Drake said. “It’s nice to know there are people like me in the field.” Another Divine Light resident, Leah Smith, 24, agreed that it made her feel safer to be introduced to LGBT police officers. “These officers can level with us to understand where we’re coming from,” she said. Smith told PGN she has felt afraid to stand on street corners for fear the police would think she was soliciting. “When I see cops, I go the other way, just to refrain from anything,” Smith said. “It’s a good feeling to feel that we matter even to the law.” n

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News Briefing N.J. Senate unable to overturn Christie veto of trans bill Missing one vote, the New Jersey Senate failed last week to overturn the governor’s veto of a bill that would have allowed transgender residents to more easily amend the gender designation on their birth certificates. Two Republicans — Diane Allen, who represents Burlington, and Kip Bateman, who represents Somerset — joined 24 Democrats Dec. 17 in voting to override the veto. The bill needed 27 votes. It was withdrawn before being officially defeated, so legislators can bring it up again before the current session expires in January. Allen co-sponsored the bill, which would have allowed the New Jersey registrar to issue an amended birth certificate to anyone born in the state who undergoes sex-reassignment surgery. “I believe that every person deserves to be treated fairly, with dignity and equality,” Allen said in a statement to PGN. “There was really no other vote I could have cast.” A licensed health-care provider would have to file a form that notes the person underwent a surgical procedure and “clinically appropriate treatment for the purpose of gender transition, based on contemporary medical standards, or that the person has an intersex condition,” the bill states. The request to change a birth certificate could be submitted on behalf of a minor by that person’s parent or guardian. The new birth certificate would not be marked as an amended document. In a veto message issued last year, Gov. Chris Christie said he wanted any measures to amend birth certificates to come with “safeguards to prevent against fraud, deception and abuse.”

Mayor signs exec order to eliminate prison rape Mayor Michael Nutter signed an executive order Dec. 21 related to the Prison Rape Elimination Act, a 2003 federal law. Nutter’s order dictates how Philadelphia should comply with the law and establishes a “zero-tolerance” policy for sexual assault in city prisons. GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization has taken the reigns in working with local prison officials. Elicia Gonzales, executive director of GALAEI, said members of the Trans-Health

Information Project, called TIP, first met with prison officials over a year ago. “People in higher-up positions were confused about why TIP even wanted to go into the prisons,” Gonzales said. “They said they only had two transgender inmates, which we knew wasn’t the case. How they’re even classifying folks as transgender is problematic.” Gonzales said GALAEI has talked with prison officials about hosting regular trainings. Naiymah Sanchez, TIP coordinator, would train them on how to treat transgender people and eliminate prison rape. At a panel discussion in November at Juntos, a Latino human-rights organization, Sanchez said she heard from a sergeant that when gay or transgender inmates claim they have been raped, prison officials responded that they were causing a scene for attention. She was frustrated with that assumption, especially as someone who spent time in prison and was raped. “To hear them want to implement a change is awesome,” Sanchez said after the executive-order signing in City Hall. “I like to have conversations with officials about how important it is that we provide services to individuals who identify as transgender. We can help them be more trans-sensitive — and not just the wardens, but the correctional officers and all levels of officials.”

Attic awarded second grant this month The Attic Youth Center received $10,000 this week for its Bryson Institute, which trains organizations on how to create a positive environment for LGBT youth. The grant, announced Dec. 18, came from YOUTHadelphia, a committee of Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children. Thirteen teens from city public and private schools chose five nonprofits to award out of 28 applicants. The Attic was the only organization that caters specifically to LGBT youth. “Early on in our history, we recognized we needed to create safe spaces where young people live, work and play,” said Dr. Carrie Jacobs, The Attic executive director. “We have a lot of exciting work ahead of us.” The Bryson Institute was started in 2000 in response to the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard. The YOUTHadelphia grant will support youth interns called “The Justice League” and panelists for training events.

Tickets available for local HRC event The Human Rights Campaign of Greater Philadelphia has early-bird tickets available for its 2016 gala, set for Feb. 27. They cost $175 and can be purchased through Dec. 31. In 2016, tickets will cost between $200$225. The 20th-anniversary event will take place in the Grand Ballroom of the

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Magistrate judge gets Shephard case U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lloret has been assigned to review the appeal of William F. Smithson, who’s convicted of strangling to death coworker Jason Shephard during a sexual encounter. Lloret will review the case and recommend whether Smithson should receive a new trial. Smithson contends that numerous errors took place during his 2008 trial. After Lloret completes his report, U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones 2d will decide whether a new trial is warranted. In 2008, Smithson was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the strangulation death of Shephard. Prosecutors say Smithson invited Shephard to his Delaware County home, where he allegedly strangled him during the course of trying to rape him. Smithson denies the allegations and maintains that F. Bruce Covington, who was also inside Smithson’s home when Shephard died, wasn’t properly investigated. Covington was convicted of drug-related offenses relating to the incident, but prosecutors say he didn’t kill Shephard. In April, the state Supreme Court denied Smithson’s request for a new trial, clearing the way for the case to be reviewed in federal court. Advocates for Smithson — who is openly gay — say there’s no direct evidence linking Smithson to Shephard’s murder. They also say homophobia played a significant role in Smithson’s prosecution. Smithson, 50, remains incarcerated at a state prison in Huntingdon. Prosecutor William R. Toal 3d declined to comment for this story.

PGN seeks town’s legal fees Last week, PGN filed an open-records request for the amount of legal fees incurred by township officials in Berlin, N.J., while trying to limit the hours of operation of a gay-oriented adult bookstore. At presstime, the paper’s request remained pending. On Dec. 14, township officials unanimously adopted an ordinance closing Red Bank Bookstore between midnight and 9 a.m. Monday-Saturday, and all day Sunday. Red Barn, located on Route 73, caters largely to gay and bisexual men. It features same-sex videos in a theater and video arcade. The ordinance also seeks to limit the hours of operation of Berlin News Agency, an adult bookstore that caters to the nonLGBT community.

Since 1996, township officials have tried to limit the stores’ hours of operations, but their efforts recently were rejected by a state judge. Thomas Sherwood, owner of Red Barn, claims homophobia is a motivating factor behind the ordinance. He vowed to fight the measure in court. Cathy Underwood, the township’s open-records officer, told PGN she’ll process the open-records request, and a response will be provided in accordance with the state’s Open Public Records Act.

Gay man files notice in appeals court An attorney for Luis A. Berrios 3d, who alleges anti-LGBT brutality by Philadelphia police, recently notified the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that a review of Berrios’ case may be necessary. Attorney Rania Major filed the notice Dec. 3. Last month, an all-white federal jury cleared Officers Michael Gentile and Robert Tavarez of any wrongdoing when responding to a domestic dispute at Berrios’ residence. But Berrios contends that numerous errors occurred during the jury trial. Berrios’ request for a new trial is pending before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski, but it’s unclear whether she’ll grant the request. Berrios claims the city violated his Fourth-Amendment right to be free of excessive force, noting that his right arm is permanently damaged due to the incident. The incident occurred five years ago, in the Hunting Park section of the city. Michael R. Miller, an attorney for the city, declined to comment for this update.

Kane’s sister involved in email scandal According to published reports, Chief Deputy Attorney General Ellen Granahan, the twin sister of Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane, sent or received 58 offensive emails, including at least one email that joked about lesbian sex. Kane recently released the emails after being encouraged to do so by prosecutors at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. In a statement, Kane said her sister’s emails — along with thousands of other questionable emails circulated on state-government computers — will be thoroughly reviewed by special prosecutor Douglas F. Gansler. “State ethics laws prohibit my involvement in any disciplinary action taken by the Attorney General’s Office with respect to my sister, attorney Ellen Granahan,” the statement says. “All emails will be reviewed and decided upon by Mr. Gansler — with a full report, recommendations and/or criminal action [to follow].” ■ — Timothy Cwiek

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n some things size may matter. In mayoral transition teams, it’s a problem. That’s why mayor-to-be Kenney’s first step into executive governance is troubling. Just two days after declaring mayoral victory, Kenney announced a 100-member transition team. That is not a typo: it is a one followed by two zeros. The best we can say for this bloated effort is that, at least, it is smaller than John Street’s, who tapped 130 Philadelphians to oversee his transition. On the other hand, Ed Rendell appointed 22 of our best and brightest with an additional 69 doled out to 30 topical committees. W. Wilson Goode’s transition team could all sit around a mediumsized conference table. Mayor Nutter’s transition team numbered just six. Don’t get us wrong. In a city with a municipal workforce of 25,000 crossing over 1,000 job categories, there is certain100-strong transition team crews the Kenney administration.

ly need for a team to oversee transition. But when you have a transition team that is as large as Kenney’s, does anyone other than the chairs think they have real input into the process? Not that this is a problem for the mayor-to-be. He knows that transition team slots are nothing more than the first spoils that go to the victors; plums to be handed out to those who helped get Kenney the keys to the city. If you doubt this, just look at the two chairs tapped by Kenney to lead the effort. There is Dwight Evans, who led the effort of African American elected officials to abandon Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams and endorse Kenney, early in the primary. Then there’s Alba Martinez. What role did she play in the rise of Jim Kenney? The role of staying on the sidelines. When former city solicitor Ken

Trujillo suddenly dropped out of the primary he threw his support behind Ms. Martinez. Her decision to stay out of the primary, in effect, cleared the way for Trujillo to move his campaign team behind Kenney which became the catalyst for Kenney’s entrance into the race.

Our fear that this transition team is mired by past-asprecedent seems to be borne out … Don’t get us wrong. We love Dwight Evans. We love his smile, sense of humor, and passion for his city. And there is no doubt that Ms. Martinez has the chops to run the city let

alone Kenney’s transition team. But they are both rooted in the past: past administrations; past politicians. Our fear that this transition team is mired by past-asprecedent seems to be borne out by the first moves of the transition team. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Michael DiBerardinis is undoubtedly qualified to be managing director, but it’s hard to see him as a hub of innovation having been in city government at the highest level for decades. The first deputy police commissioner is now the commissioner. The inspector general will be the same inspector general. The CFO will be the same CFO. The former city treasurer is now the chief administrative officer. The commissioner of the Streets Department will now head Licenses and Inspections. The deputy streets commissioner will now become the commissioner. The first deputy managing director is the former chief of staff to the managing director. The current first deputy managing director for administration is now the deputy managing director for community and culture.

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Deck Chairs on the Titanic Continued from page 1 We now have another administrative layer called a deputy mayor for public engagement that “oversees the mayor’s commissions and offices on constituentspecific issues.” Which, of course, begs the question of what is not a constituent-specific issue when it comes to the mayor’s office. Oh yes, and we are now supposed to call the person heading the Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service the city’s chief services officer. Again, the folks running these offices, some of whom we have worked with, are very capable folks. Those closest to the new

mayor will certainly provide a level of competency across the mayor’s inner circle that has been sorely missing over the past eight years. Indeed the move of Kenney’s council chief of staff, Debbie Mahler, as deputy mayor of intergovernmental affairs, and campaign manager Jane Slusser as chief of staff are both strong first steps. But this seems to be exception rather than the rule over the past few weeks. This transition continues to look more like shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic than one putting a team in the wheelhouse that can avoid the iceberg.

Imhotep Wins Off The Court Continued from page 12 and they are better than teams that are more talented. As for Daron, I love Daron. He’s just special and he’s getting better and better. He plays so hard, he plays tough, and he is doing an even better job as a distributor than I thought he’d be at this juncture.” Noble may be most happy about what’s going on in the team’s football office. Four years ago, Noble lured Albie Crosby away from West Catholic where he was a long time assistant, and on Dec. 18, Imhotep played in the PIAA AAA state championship game. The football Panthers are in the midst of a magical 14-0 season that has earned them a national ranking. “It’s funny, Albie and I were talking the other day, and we laughed that had West Catholic not closed (The school announced it would close in the summer of 2012 but later re-

opened its doors) he would never have left,” said Noble. “I knew he was a very successful coach. When I hired him, I thought he had a vision that went way beyond football. He is a great mentor to these kids. He’s probably equivalent or better as a mentor than he is as a coach.” Noble marvels that Crosby, who works mornings and nights, spends his free time at the school during the day. “He is doing that for free,” said Noble. “He told me that he wants to be in the building and watch over the kids and make sure they are doing their studies and staying on top of things. He goes way beyond the norm. He did this at West Catholic, too. He’s been even better in every aspect that I thought he would be here. And I thought he’d be great!”

Elham Deebe (center left holding a child) and supporters. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

In the heart of crisis Grandmothers and mothers take a stand for peace By Sheila Simmons

or all that politicians and critics have to say about refugees and Muslims in America, a recent afternoon in Rittenhouse Square brought the comfort of a motherly, and grandmotherly, touch to the matter. “Our hearts go out to you, grandmothers of Syria, as we follow the long and bloody war that has plagued your country for over four years,” read “Our Letter to Syrian Grandmothers” by the Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia. It was presented to Yousef Abbara, a native of Syria and asylee in the United States since mid-2014. Abbara translated the letter into Arabic and will post it on Facebook for his Syrian contacts to share. Made up of more than 200 elders, whose conviction is that they “do not want their grandchildren — or anybody’s grandchildren — to go to war,” the brigade is currently advocating for humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees, a negotiated peace in Syria and an end to hate speech towards Muslims. So, on an unseasonably warm Thursday afternoon, in the southwest corner of Rittenhouse Square, the brigade joined with the Interfaith Peace Walk and the New Sanctuary Movement for an interfaith prayer vigil followed by a panel discussion at The Ethical Society on the Syrian refugee crisis. The vigil featured prayers from an Imam, a Rabbi, and a Christian pastor “as an expression of support for all refugees, and especially for Muslims under siege in the media because of terrorist acts falsely attributed to Islam,” the granny brigade’s position stated.

Elham Deebe, a mother of six born in Philadelphia to Palestinian-born parents, was in attendance for the vigil, and stated why she she thought it was important that she brought all of her children, “Because of everything going on right now around the world. It’s becoming a scary situation for everybody. I was born and raised in this country. This is my country as well.” A severed pigs head tossed outside of a mosque in Kensington particularly unsettled her. “When something like this happens, it’s just a scary situation,” Deebe said. “So I wanted to take my kids and let them see that not everybody is evil, not everybody is cruel, that we can have a moment of peace. I wanted them to see that everybody can stay peaceful and be in harmony.” The more subdued angle to the refugee crisis was a welcome one. But the Granny Peace Brigade is not all soft and marshmallowy. Its members have marched in Washington, D.C., against the Iraqi war and petitioned against high school military recruiting. In their letter to Syrian grandmothers, they pledged “to continue to act to influence the United States government to bring about a negotiated peace.” “At our age it’s very scary, after a lifetime on earth, to see similar things happening,” brigade member Paula Paul said of military solutions to world problems. “We’re really committed to the next generation.”

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SHERIFF’S SALE Properties

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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at

First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be a sum sufficient to pay all Sheriff’s costs including advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadel-

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phia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly. No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-6861483 and to its website philadox. phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006

(30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter. N.B. - For the benefit of our non-professional readers who do not understand the meaning of the letters and figures following the defendant’s names, we make the following. EXPLANATION The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

1601-303 5214 Kershaw St 19131 44th wd. 1290 Sq Ft BRT#442141100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APT 2 STORY MASONRY Arif Price C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00931 $97,072.72 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-304 2122 Wallace St 19130 15th wd. 1432.25 Sq Ft BRT#152080000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STORY MASONRY Gregory L. Devaney C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 03507 $469,719.26 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-305 2730 N 24th St 19132 28th wd. 882.03 Sq Ft BRT#281005900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY Anthony Taylor C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02889 $59,134.94 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-306 5807 N 12th St 19141 49th wd. (formerly of the 42nd wd.) 1440 Sq Ft BRT#493124300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tisha Carey C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03313 $50,003.49 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-307 4932 Gransback St 19120 42nd wd. 1149 Sq Ft BRT#421506700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jose Rodriguez C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02031 $97,261.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-308 2116 E Ann St 19134 25th wd. 672 Sq Ft BRT#252206200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles J. Conrad and Enrique C. Serrano C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04139 $69,705.10 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-309 613 Allengrove St 19120 35th wd. 1347 Sq Ft BRT#351087100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Benjamin Cepeda and Zoraida Ortiz-Cepeda C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03347 $82,114.70 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-310 4941 N 7th St 19120 49th wd. 1218 Sq Ft BRT#491207500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Doris E. Hogue, Individually and in Her Capacity as Heir of Geneva R. Hogue, Deceased; Jerry Marlin, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Geneva R. Hogue, Deceased; Lois McFadden, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Geneva R. Hogue, Deceased; Myrtle Hogue, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Geneva R. Hogue, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03261 $43,241.35 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-311 6639 N Fairhill St 19126 61st wd. 1545 Sq Ft

BRT#611115400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeanette Wideman C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01962 $83,414.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-312 4210 Comly St 19135 62nd wd. 2500 Sq Ft BRT#622182000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christian R. Apelt C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02649 $163,376.49 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-313 7911 Gilbert St 19150 50th wd. 1485 Sq Ft BRT#502129800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nafhrah Abraham-Cuff C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00397 $96,797.70 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-314 123 Linton St 19120 61st wd. (formerly of the 42nd wd.) 1048 Sq Ft BRT#612146400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donte Martin C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03120 $98,965.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-315 5200 N 6th St 19120 49th wd. 1211 Sq Ft BRT#492109900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Adam Minus a/k/a Adam L. Minus C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01319 $104,659.20 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-316 239 Higbee St 19111 35th wd. 1209 Sq Ft BRT#352155300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anitra Vie C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01860 $89,342.68 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-317 3309 Rhawn St 19136 64th wd. 4540 Sq Ft BRT#642298485 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samuel Tropio, as Administrator of the Estate of Stephen Tropio C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02060 $159,925.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-318 315 S Camac St 19107 5th wd. 640 Sq Ft BRT#053140200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Nadine H. Mitchell, Deceased; Howard Mitchell, Jr., Solely in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Nadine H. Mitchell, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 00228 $154,342.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-319 1432 70th Ave 19126 10th wd. 2385 Sq Ft BRT#101275800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna L. Patterson a/k/a Donna Patterson C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 01859 $125,346.81 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-320 900 E Rittenhouse St 19138 59th wd. 2850 Sq Ft BRT#591112600 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bruce Neal as Administrator of the Estate of Carole Neal, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00423 $142,918.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-321 4131 E Howell St 19135 62nd wd. 1320 Sq Ft BRT#622177900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephanie A. Parker C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01876 $99,648.94 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-322 6034 N 16th St 19141 17th wd. 3468 Sq Ft BRT#172145700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ionisha Garrett, as Executrix of the Estate of Malcolm D. Hepburn, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00145 $130,986.01 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-323 7309 N 21st St 19138 10th wd. 1888 Sq Ft BRT#101178800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cynthia Nurse and Robert Nurse, Jr. C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02647 $159,443.56 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-324 5011-15 Penn St 19124 62nd wd. 9323 Sq Ft BRT#621490400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert L. Tatum and Shawanda R. Tatum C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 03580 $96,161.59 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-325 117 N 53rd St 19139 44th wd. 1596 Sq Ft BRT#441164200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leah M. Lewis C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03870 $143,151.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-326 11996 Lockart Rd 19116 58th wd. 10258 Sq Ft BRT#582410100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Arno Weinstein and Ginger Weinstein C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02341 $296,436.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-327 4721 Belgrade St 19137 45th wd. 1125 Sq Ft BRT#453184600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Diane E. Lewandowski C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01549 $71,294.02 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-328 6558 N 18th St 19126 17th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#172285600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline L. Williams C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02817 $99,476.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-329 366 E Sharpnack St 19119

NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a Schedule of Distribution Thirty

www.Officeof Philadelphia Sheriff.com SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, January 5, 2016 1601-301 6752 Chew Ave 19119 22nd wd. 942.5 Sq Ft BRT#222199700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dorothy Moore, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Sherman A. Quarles C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 02393 $41,974.49 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1601-302 273 Cobbs Creek Pkwy 19139 3rd wd. 16’x80’ BRT#031209100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENCE Almax Homes, Inc C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 04427 $63,084.16 John J. Kelly, Jr.

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22nd wd. 1699 Sq Ft BRT#221113600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dewey Spann, Jr. C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02340 $54,106.83 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-330 1352 South St Unit 216 19147 2nd wd. 1090 Sq Ft; together with all right, title and interst to a 0.73% undivided interest of, and to the Common Elements BRT#888303250 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jon Coffee C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00506 $416,093.64 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-331 627 E Cheltenham Ave 19120 35th wd. 1088 Sq Ft BRT#352011800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Karl Haegele C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02778 $45,954.74 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-332 336 E Meehan Ave 19119 22nd wd. 1808 Sq Ft BRT#222088100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Emily S. Martin C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02671 $176,146.50 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-333 7417 Loretto Ave 19111 56th wd. 5250 Sq Ft BRT#561190600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Anna L. Collazo a/k/a Ana L. Collazo C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 017528 $153,899.71 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-334 4641 Edmund St 191243409 23rd wd. 2000 Sq Ft BRT#232390500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Joann S. Monte C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 02495 $59,694.26 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-335 4418 N Gratz St 19140 43rd wd. on the Westerly side of Gratz St at a distance of 135 feet Northwardly from the Northerly side Cayuga St; Front: 14ft, Depth: 50ft OPA#132196700 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Donna Lynn Willis C.P. May Term, 2015 $43,629.34 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1601-336 8041 Buist Ave 19153 40th wd. on Northwesterly side of Buist Ave at the distance of 461.060 ft from the Southwesterly side of 80th St; Front: 19.951 ft Depth: 90ft OPA#405755945 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Bafemo Kamagate and Djeneba Karamuko C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 003410 $175,370.57 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1601-337 4815 Tyson Ave 19135 41st wd. 1540 Sq Ft

BRT#412045900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Peter Panteloglus C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 001477 $124,780.02 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-338 6549 Vandike St 19135 41st wd. 1056 Sq Ft BRT#411350300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Josef Banin and Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Ninel Banin, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 03373 $69,151.05 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-339 7923 Thouron Ave 19150 50th wd. 1224 Sq Ft BRT#502169000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joann Worley C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01515 $43,780.91 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-340 908 Vernon Rd 19150 50th wd. Situate on the Southeasterly side of Vernon Rd (70 feet wide) at the distance of 133 ft 6 in Northeastwardly from Northeasterly side of Stenton Ave (70 feet wide) BRT#502398100 IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNTS 2STY MASONRY Angel B. Santos C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01551 $267,243.56 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1601-341 1714 N 59th St 19151 34th wd. 1244 Sq Ft BRT#342155600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joyce T. Bolden C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 002055 $105,684.12 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-342 2077 E Clearfield St 19134 25th wd. 1060 Sq Ft BRT#252-2427-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alexander Valentin C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 001988 $59,057.43 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-343 1987 W 74th Ave 19138 10th wd. 1296 Sq Ft BRT#101391300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jamal Shellmon C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 002056 $77,295.51 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-344 5618 Rosehill St 19120 61st wd. 1330 Sq Ft BRT#612518600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Margalie Louis and Bernadin Louis C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 000407 $129,270.36 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-345 2045 E Walnut Ln 19138 50th wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#501347900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria Carmen Natuzzi C.P. May Term,

2015 No. 00545 $133,538.23 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-346 3302 Sheffield St 19136 64th wd. 1480 Sq Ft BRT#642213900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph McCuen and Roseann McCuen C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01514 $110,980.35 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-347 6155 Vandike St 19135 41st wd. 864 Sq Ft BRT#411343800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wilfred B. Dugdale C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00558 $30,810.62 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-348 4464 N 3rd St 19140 7th wd. 992 Sq Ft BRT#072130900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jerrold R. Cobb, II C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01339 $50,776.03 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-349 3301 Longshore Ave 19149 55th wd. 1661 Sq Ft BRT#551282000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George Mullen and Christine Smith C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 000684 $72,951.99 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-350 5206-10 Filbert St 19139 44th wd. On the south side of Filbert St 75 ft westerly of 52nd St then south leading into Filbert St 115 ft to the northerly line of an alley leading eastwardly into 52nd St, west 48’6” then back to beginning BRT#884349390 IMPROVEMENTS: IND WHSE MASONRY Dave Pak and Kyung Sook Pak C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00067 $751,590.67 plus interest from 12/5/2014 to 1/5/2016 at the rate of 5.42% per annum or $44,181.00 Max L. Lieberman, Esquire; Max L. Lieberman & Associates, P.C. 1601-351 6744 N Bouvier St 19126 10th wd. Situate on the westerly side of Bouvier St at the distance of 344’6” northward from the northerly side of 67th Ave BRT#101077500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Jeffrey T. Griffin C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01962 $164,154.68 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1601-352 218 W Colonial St 19126 61st wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#61-1322600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael T. Butler; Michelle S. Butler C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 03561 $58,981.33 Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire 1601-353 1034 Kerper St 191114808 53rd wd. 1188 Sq Ft

OPA#532085600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lisa M. Melvin C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00534 $145,336.52 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-354 335 E Belgrade St 19125 18th wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#181434900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Harry H. Slevenski, Jr. a/k/a Harry Slevenski C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00227 $46,846.49 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-355 36 E Seymour St 19144 12th wd. 976 Sq Ft OPA#121031350 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Olga M. AshbyBacon; Sandra L. Lark C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00088 $25,654.00 Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire 1601-356 151 W Nedro Ave 19120 61st wd. 1037.4 Sq Ft BRT#61-21051-00 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Frederick Hall, Sheila T. Velazquez and Frederick Hall C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02785 $117,889.62 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-357 4204 Cottman Ave 19135 41st wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#412063400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Lauren Tucker C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02061 $175,283.22 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-358 4421 Knorr St 19135 55th wd. 1694 Sq Ft BRT#552162900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Flaton III C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00400 $92,999.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-359 11228 Jeanes St 19116 58th wd. 4416 Sq Ft BRT#582447800 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W B/G 2 STORY MASONRY Dzhambul Kukava and Ella Kukava C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00873 $255,468.57 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-360 5044 Copley Rd 19144 22nd wd. 1800 Sq Ft BRT#133166300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STORY MASONRY Robert Balazs C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01776 $102,814.39 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-361 233 N 62nd St 19139 34th wd. 796 Sq Ft BRT#341213302 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Johnson C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02541 $39,699.12 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-362 811 N Preston St 19104 6th wd. 2500 Sq Ft

BRT#062236300 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D CONV APT 3STY MASONRY James Ayers C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02357 $177,493.35 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-363 1307 S Hicks St 19146 36th wd. 835.8 Sq Ft BRT#365064700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Donnika Washington C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 00929 $103,428.27 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-364 113 N 59th St 19139 4th wd. 1005 Sq Ft BRT#402109100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Roderick Slocum C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02506 $111,480.30 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-365 3146 Birch Rd 19154 66th wd. 1890 Sq Ft BRT#66-3-013700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Michael Dashkov C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03274 $173,416.37 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-366 1017 Harrison St 19124 23rd wd. 2556 Sq Ft BRT#234134900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrator of the Estate of Tucci, Patricia R. C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00190 $168,116.15 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-367 452 E Vernon Rd 19119 22nd wd. 3133 Sq Ft BRT#222028100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Patricia Jefferson C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01686 $76,171.38 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-368 431 Rhawn St 19111 63rd wd. Located on Northeast Side of Rhawn Street 127 ft 1-7/8 in Northwest of Elberton Avenue; Front: 153’5-5/8” Depth: 165’ 4-7/8” OPA#631306900 IMPROVEMENTS: DET W/DET GAR 3 STY FRAME Donald Hudson and Charlotte Hudson C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03471 $235,649.47 Phillip D. Berger, Esq., Berger Law Group, PC 1601-369 3401 Oakmont St 19136 64th wd. 3421.54 Sq Ft BRT#642192200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Jennifer Geer and Gordon J. Geer C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03210 $179,280.18 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-370 8339 Gilbert St 19150-2804 50th wd. 1532.72 Sq Ft BRT#502138100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STORY MASONRY Jonathan Brown C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02591 $188,084.38 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-371 5050 Oxford Ave 19124

23rd wd. DET W/DET GAR 2 STY STONE; 2880 Sq Ft BRT#234273200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Indrawatic Permesardien C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03321 $309,150.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-372 6427 Lebanon Ave 19151 34th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MAS㤱㤱; 1344 Sq Ft BRT#344056900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James Henderson, Jr., Known Surviving Heir of Harriet Henderson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; John Henderson, Known Surviving Heir of Harriet Henderson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; All Unknown Surviving Heirs of Harriet Henderson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Kenneth Henderson, Known Surviving Heir of Harriet Henderson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Innis Henderson, Known Surviving Heir of Harriet Henderson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; James Henderson, Sr., Known Surviving Heir of Harriet Henderson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 02730 $145,333.01 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-373 4935 N 9th St 19141 49th wd. 1496 Sq Ft BRT#491284300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela Gibson C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00524 $43,495.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-374 5033 Schuyler St 19144 13th wd. S/D W DET GAR 3 STY MASON; 2763 Sq Ft BRT#133158300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Cherise Nicole Wall, Anthony Wall, and United States of America, c/o United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. July Term, 2008 No. 02738 $167,156.68 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-375 2543 Tulip St 19125 31st wd. 784 Sq Ft BRT#311267200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Modesto Vargas C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01726 $120,456.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-376 1127 Kimbal St 19147 2nd wd. 672 Sq Ft BRT#021106900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Joy Bostic C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00896 $256,922.97 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-377 6336 Brous Ave 19149 62nd wd. 1047 Sq Ft BRT#621591700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs of Kenneth Alexander, Deceased and Sandra Alexander, Solely

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in Her Capacity as Heir of Kenneth Alexander, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01447 $185,406.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-378 4820 E Thompson St 19137 45th wd. 1610.20 Sq Ft BRT#453228800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Gary W. Thomas and Theresa M. Thomas C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 000166 $60,057.05 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-379 7249 Ogontz Ave 19138 50th wd. 1894 Sq Ft BRT#501306900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW W/DET GAR 2STY MASONR Alice M. Brown, Executrix of the Estate of Edwin Dudley Bryan a/k/a Edwin D. Bryan C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01530 $109,606.62 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-380 3615 Warren St 19104 24th wd. 1095 Sq Ft BRT#241045700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Anthony T. Alston and Anthony T. Alston C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 00547 $206,665.47 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-381 2031 S Bucknell St 19145 48th wd. 806 Sq Ft BRT#482293700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Teguh Suswanto and Habibo Yate C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01730 $95,877.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-382 2212 W Berks St 19121 32nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1254 Sq Ft BRT#322225701 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robin D. Gaymon C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01391 $33,547.63 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-383 1824 S 9th St 19148 1st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1152 Sq Ft BRT#012388700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph M. Fanelli C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 04100 $173,398.47 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-384 6160 N 17th St 19141 49th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1416 Sq Ft BRT#172209200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Wendy Barber and Stewart A. David a/k/a Stewart David C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04310 $134,771.69 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-385 7700 Thouron Ave 191502516 50th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#502141800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Candace R. Pickett C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 02001 $86,269.87

Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-386 1853 E Venango St 191341521 45th wd. 1272 Sq Ft OPA#452150000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Antonio Santiago C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02858 $58,680.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-387 3600 Conshohocken Ave #1513 a/k/a 3600 Conshohocken Ave Unit 1513 191315328 88th wd. 1470 Sq Ft OPA#888520582 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sylvia Wright a/k/a Sylvia I. Wright, in Her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Jennifer J. Beaumont; Sybil A. Beaumont, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Jennifer J. Beaumont; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Jennifer J. Beaumont, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 02241 $279,955.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-388 1535 67th Ave 191262707 10th wd. 1356 Sq Ft OPA#101240400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph O’Hara a/k/a Joseph Ohara C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01565 $106,185.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-389 3913 Brandywine St 191044603 24th wd. 648 Sq Ft OPA#242202700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen L. Dunham, Individually and as Trustee of The Malik Dunham and Quadir Waters Trust Under Agreement Dated C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 02224 $104,695.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-390 7964 Thouron Ave 191502521 50th wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA#502149500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jennifer J. Mills a/k/a Jennifer Mills C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 02057 $98,664.26 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-391 5045 N 16th St 191412240 17th wd. 1314 Sq Ft OPA#172115400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymond T. Blue; Veronica I. Blue C.P. March Term, 2009 No. 02130 $75,325.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-392 2500 S Hancock St 19148 39th wd. 1479.25 Sq Ft BRT#39-1264930 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY Lucille Pendergast and Kevin Pendergast C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00472 $167,144.69 Milstead & Associates, LLC

1601-393 2618 65th St 19142-2813 40th wd. 1236 Sq Ft OPA#406002700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debrah Sterling C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 00722 $68,916.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-394 338 Milne St a/k/a 338 W Milne St 19144-4206 13th wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#133002200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pearl C. Rhodes C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00038 $74,279.03 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-395 8019 Lindbergh Blvd 191531109 40th wd. 1260 Sq Ft PRCL#405844200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Fred Cellich C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 03014 $127,802.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-396 1084 Wagner Ave 191412928 49th wd. 1300 Sq Ft OPA#492014400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ernestine Johnson C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 03867 $100,554.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-397 1927 Fitzgerald St 191453612 26th wd. 1004 Sq Ft OPA#262258800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leonard Apadula C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01989 $135,342.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-398 327 S 16th St 19102-4909 8th wd. 1733.75 Sq Ft BRT#081154900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Denise Pallante and Joseph T. Pallante C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02535 $790,013.45 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-399 1115 Hower Lane 191154810 63rd wd. 2,310 sq ft OPA#632075200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bashiran Bibi, Shahbaz Khan C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 02983 $383,909.96 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-400 5623 Spruce St 19139 60th wd. 1936 Sq Ft BRT#604066000 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI DET 2STY MASONRY Nina Bracey C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03935 $132,999.25 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-401 4627 Princeton Ave 191351849 41st wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#412061000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associa-

tions Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Nolberto Velez, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01801 $174,941.79 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-402 5223 Harlan St 191314022 44th wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA#442175900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vincent McNeil C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02302 $61,492.88 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-403 1822 Fairmount Ave 191302814 15th wd. 2240 Sq Ft OPA#152124000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Trombetta; Lori Arnold C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00028 $249,626.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-404 1512 Green St, Apt 3 19130 88th wd. 638 Sq Ft BRT#888100433 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Anthony McNeill C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01149 $113,943.29 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-405 5747 Howard St a/k/a 5747 N Howard St 19120-2413 61st wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#612455100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela Edwards C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04874 $125,001.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-406 423 Regina St 191162404 58th wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#582309600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daniel J. Kelly C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01329 $199,517.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-407 3108 Brighton St 19149 55th wd. 1881.54 Sq Ft BRT#551352000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Michelle Rascher C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03026 $150,951.50 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-408 4839 Rorer St 19120-4304 42nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#421536800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jorge Fagundes C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02905 $81,285.95 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-409 8661 Williams Ave 19150 50th wd. Of the Northeasterly corner of Williams Avenue and Ivy Hill Road; Width: 60 ft; Depth: 90’1/4” to a driveway OPA#502282200 Subject To Rent Tenant occupied IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lynnette McMichael and Mark V. Haire C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 1400 $70,000.00 James McGarrity

1601-410 5247 Walnut St 19139 60th wd. 1682.4 Sq Ft BRT#602050000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Tefoni Young C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 03678 $104,391.90 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-411 1418 W Allegheny Ave 191321708 11th wd. 2613 Sq Ft OPA#111128600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosalind McCrea and KA Community Development Group, LLC C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 00890 $85,290.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-412 5963 Malta St 19120 35th wd. 2020.56 Sq Ft OPA#352286700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: UNKNOWN Svetlana Lee C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00804 $92,004.48 $1,163.58 (interest from September 4, 2015 until sale, $9.46 per diem) Michael J. Shavel, Esquire; Hill Wallack, LLP 1601-413 2518 Shelmire Ave 19152 56th wd. S/D W B/G 2S MASONRY PRCL#56-13482-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Yvette Jackson a/k/a Yvette Lauren Jackson C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02949 $184,224.67 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1601-414 1909 Conlyn St 19141 17th wd. (formerly the 49th wd.) 1381.25 Sq Ft BRT#171147200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Millicent Walters C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 03191 $91,705.95 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-415 610 Brill St 19120 35th wd. 900 Sq Ft BRT#351170500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Delrose Irving and Gersham Spencer C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01288 $51,327.68 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-416 2419 N 20th St 191323720 16th wd. 1424 Sq Ft PRCL#162135300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kemberley D. Camp C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 02876 $46,350.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-417 7905 Fox Run Ln 19111 63rd wd. DET W/GAR 2STY FRAME PRCL#631179803 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joe L. Barreto; Betsy D. Delgado C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 03442 $312,982.79 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1601-418 1817 S Dover St 191451621 48th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#482373900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Louis Difranco a/k/a Louis Di Franco C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00492 $83,262.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-419 1417 E. Barringer St 19150 10th wd. S/D W B/G 2S MASONRY PRCL#102308300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING LaToya White a/k/a LaToya M. White C.P. June Term, 2011 No. 00058 $154,324.51 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1601-420 902 Emily St 191482304 39th wd. 896 Sq Ft OPA#393288700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Azhar Jamal C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 02606 $104,830.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-421 7022 Gillespie St 19135 55th wd. 2237 Sq Ft BRT#552439400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Miguel E. Chico a/k/a Miguel Chico C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01489 $152,666.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-422 6122 Walnut St 19139 3rd wd. 1414 Sq Ft BRT#031070300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cora L. Parks a/k/a Cora Parks C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 04431 $41,028.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-423 4845 N Howard St 191204217 42nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#422330600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Manuel A. Marte C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 03364 $122,389.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-424 3240 E St 19134-1725 7th wd. 1064 Sq Ft OPA#073192300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly Berry C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03116 $64,453.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-425 1538 N 10th St, #C, a/k/a 1538 N 10th St Unit C 19122-3472 20th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#202-1866-44 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sandra Moore C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01437 $95,239.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-426 8101 Temple Rd 191501217 50th wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA#501100200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Crystal R. Kearns; Vilinda Fennell, in Her Capacity as Executrix of the Estate of Kentis C. Fennel a/k/a Curtis Fennell a/k/a Kentis Fennell a/k/a Kentis Curtis Fennell C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04417 $95,074.92 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

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1601-427 6025 Reach St 191115910 35th wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA#352244500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas W. Redmond, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01469 $87,481.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-428 8300 Algon Ave 191522224 56th wd. 1301 Sq Ft OPA#562319000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William J. Pepe, in His Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Carl Schmittinger, Jr. a/k/a Carl H. Schmittinger; James A. Pepe, in His Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Carl Schmittinger, Jr. a/k/a Carl H. Schmittinger; Unknown Successor Executor of the Estate of Dolores Schmittinger; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Carl Schmittinger, Jr. a/k/a Carl H. Schmittinger, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01938 $102,268.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-429 2758 Mower St 191522107 57th wd. 1584 Sq Ft OPA#571100000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark E. Geist C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 03473 $180,182.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-430 2613 S Darien St 191484530 39th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#393393400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Esther A. Wells C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01040 $123,337.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-431 7705 Dungan Rd 191112732 56th wd. 1040 Sq Ft OPA#561068300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Becky Espanol; Manuel A. Beltran C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01474 $161,168.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-432 1019 E Tioga St 191341428 33rd wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA#331216400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dorothy E. Negler a/k/a Dorothy Negler, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01147 $45,128.01 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-433 1806 W Master St a/k/a 1806 Master St 19121 29th wd. 1583 Sq Ft BRT#471108100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Samuel G. Smith a/k/a Samuel G. Smith, III a/k/a Samuel Grant Smith C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02543 $44,875.84 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC

1601-434 177 East St 19127 21st wd. 2548.8 Sq Ft OPA#211030125 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY Douglas Financial Industries, Inc C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03314 $191,707.47 together with interest at the per diem rate of $41.08 accruing after May 14, 2012 Frank G. Murphy, Esquire 1601-435 8103 Brous Ave 191523101 64th wd. 1025 Sq Ft OPA#641075100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jackie RamosSteel C.P. March Term, 2010 No. 05566 $202,933.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-436 105 Rochelle Ave 19128 21st wd. 9187 Sq Ft OPA#881083720 IMPROVEMENTS: APTS 5-50 UNITS MASONRY Ronald Kaisen and Karen Tappenden C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03090 $737,324.55 together with interest at the per diem rate of $141.52 accruing after May 14, 2012 Frank G. Murphy, Esquire 1601-437 5341 Reinhard St 19143 51st wd. 949.92 Sq Ft OPA#512027700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Louis Diaz C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 01543 $75,340.10 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-438 1216 Alcott St 19149 35th wd. 1088 Sq Ft BRT#35-20673-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Pablo Camacho C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01104 $50,679.90 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1601-439 2008 E Tioga St 19134 45th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1411 Sq Ft BRT#452103400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marquise Robinson a/k/a Marquise K. Robinson C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00459 $78,697.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-440 2020 Morris St 19145 36th wd. 1059.18 Sq Ft BRT#363127300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Lorina Lee, Last Record Owner; Estate of Lorina Lee; Aisha Lee, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Lorina Lee; Bruce Lee, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Lorina Lee C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 00149 $25,226.96 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-441 238 Earlham Ter a/k/a 238 W Earlham St 19144 12th wd. 1667 Sq Ft BRT#12-4046800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL DWELLING Ivin Staton C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01732 $99,072.25 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-442 3335 Vista St 19136 64th wd. 1608.33 Sq Ft BRT#64-2161400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephen Nowak C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03911 $151,748.99 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-443 2620 S Carroll St 19142 40th wd. 1260.71 Sq Ft BRT#406110900 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Douglas A. Kee and Valerie Kee C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02877 $34,354.11 Nancy J. Glidden 1601-444 7601 Crittenden St #B3 19118 9th wd. Unit Property known named and identified in the Declaration referred to as “The Cobblestones at Chestnut Hill Condominium” BRT#888200514 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Darien W. Holloman, Sr C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 002469 $282,119.64 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1601-445 3071 Memphis St 19134 25th wd. 949 Sq Ft BRT#251495400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bryanna Natal C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00135 $57,227.45 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-446 7230 Lawndale Ave 19111 53rd wd. DET W/DET GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#532388000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kevin Kirkpatrick C.P. 1850203224 $152,683.07 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-447 4750 Melrose St 19137 45th wd. Situate on the North Side of Melrose St (50 ft wide) No. 4750) at the distance of 359’4-1/4” eastward from the east side of Margaret St OPA#453444300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY Daniel Willig C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02345 $76,373.14 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1601-448 28 E Durham St 19119 22nd wd. On Southeast side of Durham St 290 ft 1 in southwestwardly from the Southwest Side of Chew St; Front: 17 ft. 1-1/2 in., Depth: 60 ft. 6 in. OPA#222150800 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Angela Singleton, as Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel L. Singleton and Angela Singleton C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02470 $177,840.64 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1601-449 5041 Arch St 19139-2733 44th wd. 1720 Sq Ft OPA#441018000 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lorraine Smalley; Tyese Smalley C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01793 $63,138.69 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-450 7938 Lister St 19152 64th wd. 3335.57 Sq Ft BRT#641083600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING William P. Davis, III and Mary Kate Davis C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02006 $156,833.42 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1601-451 516 Cross St 191476513 1st wd. 1112 Sq Ft OPA#011292100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosalind McCrea a/k/a Rosalind C. McCrea C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 00378 $105,915.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-452 1013 S 47th St 191433601 46th wd. 2733 Sq Ft OPA#461196900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole McEwan a/k/a Nicole D. McEwan C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02374 $135,666.11 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-453 234 W Louden St 19120 42nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1278 Sq Ft BRT#422087300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Miguel A. Abreu C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01727 $85,889.12 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-454 1381 Pratt St 19124-1925 62nd wd. 1996 Sq Ft OPA#621023700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Igor Makovoz C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01016 $136,864.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-455 5638 Cedar Ave 19143 46th wd. SEMI DET 2STY MASONRY; 1560 Sq Ft BRT#463052700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lucy M. Ridley a/k/a Lucy Ridley C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01288 $112,487.46 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-456 3215 Brookdale Rd 19114 57th wd. (formerly part of the 35th wd.) DET 1-1/2 STY FRAME; 1584 Sq Ft BRT#572111100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carole A. Tustin C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02432 $139,573.80 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-457 4043 N 12th St 19141 43rd wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1440 Sq Ft BRT#433162600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Azalee McDonald C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 03619 $32,509.24 McCabe, Weisberg, &

Conway, P.C. 1601-458 2730 N 46th St 19131 52nd wd. (formerly 34th wd.) ROW W/BAS.GAR 3STY STONE; 1354 Sq Ft BRT#521230900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tamara L. Watkins C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00679 $148,294.72 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-459 166 W Walnut Park Dr 19120 61st wd. (formerly the 50th wd.) ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1328 Sq Ft BRT#611370700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Christopher Sean Brown C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01518 $201,424.83 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-460 1821 N Leithgow St 19122 18th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 1464 Sq Ft BRT#183164500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ismael M. Jaber C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01928 $73,025.71 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-461 2633 S Mildred St 19148 39th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1140 Sq Ft BRT#393368000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Quyen Q. Chung a/k/a Kevin Chung C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02294 $122,741.95 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-462 5848 Penn St 19149 35th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1574 Sq Ft BRT#621486400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jacky A. Johnson C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 05695 $89,777.80 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-463 2847 S 64th St 19142 40th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1056 Sq Ft BRT#402138300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Andrew S. Cingolo a/k/a Andrew Cingolo C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01170 $36,198.02 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-464 3131 Birch Rd 19154 6th wd. 2675.88 Sq Ft BRT#66-30081-00 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY William Betts and Loretta Betts C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00828 $159,313.20 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-465 10814 Pedrick Rd 19154 66th wd. 6526.42 Sq Ft BRT#662063100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Daniel Rios, Jr. and Maxine A. Rios C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00342 $152,202.23 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1601-466 7010 Rutland St 19149 34th wd. 1204.28 Sq Ft

BRT#542156410 IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNTS 2STY MASONRY Jingyi Wen, Lizi Liang and Yun Huang C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01995 $155,420.00 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-467 4143 Orchard St 19124 23rd wd. 1050 Sq Ft BRT#232255400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APT 2STY MASONRY Menachem Sampson and AGMS, LLC, Real Owner C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00017 $76,881.66 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-468 3238 Fuller St 19136 84th wd. 2504.25 Sq Ft BRT#642304400 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W DET GAR 2 STY MASON Terence W. Gibson and Joanne L. Gibson C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 02863 $220,243.66 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1601-469 2700 Plover St 191532218 40th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#406710101 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Huy Quang Truong C.P. August Term, 2010 No. 04692 $147,743.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-470 701-719 Girard Ave 19125 18th wd. SHOPPING CENTER STRIP; 5982 Sq Ft BRT#882898400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rajendrakumar B. Adhuria a/k/a Rijendakumar B. Adhuria and Mina Adhuria a/k/a Mina R. Adhuria C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00810 $760,572.60 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-471 712 N 66th St 19151 34th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MAS㤱㤱; 1086 Sq Ft BRT#344370800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ray Woodley and Tondalaya Dillon-Woodley C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00365 $128,349.35 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-472 1362 Narragansett St 191381912 59th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#591146600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Soldair Acquisitions, LLC C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 03109 $55,051.76 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-473 6438 Woodcrest Ave 191512407 34th wd. 1408 Sq Ft OPA#344110800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dwan W.A. Niles; Oreall C. Niles C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 05098 $208,460.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-474 6034 Shisler St 19149 53rd wd. 1422.96 Sq Ft BRT#53-1-2800-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS:

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RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dante Corrado and Jacqueline Corrado, h/w C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03602 $69,281.47 William T. Dudeck, Esquire; Eastburn and Gray PC 1601-475 1832 Pear St 19124 23rd wd. 1182 Sq Ft BRT#232083600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Estate of Hills, Margaret and unknown heirs C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00931 $33,536.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-476 620 Elkins Ave 191202214 61st wd. 1380 Sq Ft OPA#612026600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lorraine T. King C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 00053 $85,463.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-477 6720 Rutland St 191492130 54th wd. 1090 Sq Ft OPA#542151600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeffry J. Avila C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03091 $125,263.13 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-478 2519 S Iseminger St 19148 39th wd. 665 Sq Ft BRT#394400700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Erica Foley, Martin A. Long and Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Martin Long C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01240 $200,094.01 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-479 4304 Cottman Ave 19135 41st wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#412065600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary L. Egan C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 03221 $120,441.46 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-480 5537 Windsor Ave 19143 51st wd. 1143 Sq Ft BRT#514070800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rachel L. Patterson C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01419 $56,221.90 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-481 2016 E Venango St 191342122 45th wd. 1088 Sq Ft OPA#452145950 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jennifer Horan, in Her Capacity as Heir of Henry A. Pell, Deceased; Tracy Tlili, in Capacity as Heir of Henry A. Pell, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Henry A. Pell, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04164 $81,639.08 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-482 1241 Orthodox St 19124 23rd wd. 1685.55 Sq Ft BRT#234062800 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Zacarias Borrero C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 02126 $76,903.09 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-483 12160 Rambler Rd 19154 66th wd. 1296 Sq Ft BRT#663208900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Regina M. Connolly C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00063 $180,876.12 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-484 5947 Alma St 19149 53rd wd. 1405.23 Sq Ft BRT#531336300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rosaida E. Baldemora C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02616 $92,938.66 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1601-485 169 Linton St 19120 61st wd. 1014.9 Sq Ft BRT#612143900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith S. Brooker C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 004107 $43,227.87 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-486 4212 Chester Ave 19104-4416 27th wd. 4415 Sq Ft BRT#881-1213-70 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Haneef Nelson C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03102 $304,528.21 BARBARA A. FEIN, ESQUIRE 1601-487 1919 Ruan St 191244622 23rd wd. 845 Sq Ft OPA#232029200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jose L. Caraballo C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 04458 $70,407.01 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-488 6035 Charles St 191354402 62nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#622303200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pablo R. Valle; Elisandra Malave Valle C.P. September Term, 2008 No. 04745 $98,095.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-489 1247 Hellerman St 191115528 53rd wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA#531134000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Regina Roane; Kia Hailey C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02768 $63,803.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-490 827 Glenn St 19115-1311 58th wd. 1248 Sq Ft OPA#581172600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael D. Viggiano; Christine M. Viggiano C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 02029 $34,925.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-491 617 E Brinton St 191381003 22nd wd. 1188 Sq Ft OPA#221009800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Barry Parker

C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02685 $58,555.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-492 805 Red Lion Rd, Unit A1 a/k/a 805 Red Lion Rd 191161462 88th wd. 1035 Sq Ft OPA#888580001 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Grigoriy Avshalumov C.P. July Term, 2010 No. 02810 $166,087.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-493 6108-10 Lawndale Ave, a/k/a 6108-10 Lawndale St 191115726 35th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#352319400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shermiah Ballard; Brandon E. Ballard C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00993 $140,911.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-494 6638 Elmwood Ave 191422726 40th wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#406230500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elizabeth Ayres; James Ayres C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00889 $33,595.54 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-495 5641 N 10th St 19141 49th wd. 1544 Sq Ft OPA#492171500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raemarie Coleman, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of the Estate of Raymond Blocker a/k/a Raymond P. Blocker; Clarice Blocker, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Raymond Blocker a/k/a Raymond P. Blocker; Raymond Blocker, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Raymond Blocker a/k/a Raymond P. Blocker; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Raymond Blocker, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 04544 $115,426.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-496 927 Marcella St 191241734 35th wd. 1020 Sq Ft OPA#351128200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cheryl D. Watson C.P. April Term, 2010 No. 00884 $71,332.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-497 5807 Fernwood St 191433920 3rd wd. 1300 Sq Ft OPA#034032600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Barbara Morris C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03688 $47,754.19 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-498 1213 Wharton St 191474509 2nd wd. 2012 Sq Ft OPA#021354100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brett M. Laskin a/k/a Brett Laskin a/k/a Brett Michael Laskin C.P.

March Term, 2014 No. 05405 $223,095.02 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-499 1200 E Price St 19138-1913 59th wd. 1064.7 Sq Ft OPA#591074100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Garry L. Lassiter C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00036 $155,419.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-500 436 W Winona St, a/k/a 436 Winona St 191444508 12th wd. 1650 Sq Ft OPA#124061100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chauncey Harlee C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 00042 $121,597.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-501 2623 S Sartain St 191484415 39th wd. 1090 Sq Ft OPA#394210100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna Daddazio C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02821 $17,071.29 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-502 5818 Washington Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#033113900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marian D. Moore C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00788 $79,786.33 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-503 6303 Ogontz Ave 191411414 17th wd. 1242 Sq Ft OPA#172244500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Lee Datts, Jr., Deceased; Lee Datts, III a/k/a Lee W. Datts, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Vellina Datts, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Vellee Datts, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Nathan W. Datts, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Nelson Datts, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Angel Datts, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Steven Datts, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Lavonia S. Datts, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; El Toro N. Datts, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Russell W. Datts, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr.; Roszita S. Datts, in Her Capacity as Heir

of the Estate of Lee Datts, Jr. a/k/a Lee Evans, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2010 No. 03064 $85,538.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-504 56 N 58th St 19139 4th wd. Situate on the Corner formed by the intersection of West side of 58th St with the South side of Arch St OPA#042091100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY Ernest Pittman C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00604 $92,297.65 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1601-505 226 E Montana St 191192259 22nd wd. 1306 Sq Ft OPA#221139800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lakeisha Webb C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02974 $76,586.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-506 936 E Sedgwick St 191503518 50th wd. 1720 Sq Ft OPA#502427700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chandra D. Thomas, in Her Capacity as Executrix and Devisee of the Estate of Idlewig H. Thomas; Dionne May Knaber, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Idlewig H. Thomas C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00569 $163,324.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-507 10726 Philcrest Rd 191544031 66th wd. 1386 Sq Ft OPA#662072267 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul W. Winter, Jr.; Rachel Winter C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03305 $100,034.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-508 2613 S 6th St 19148 39th wd. 742 Sq Ft BRT#392340800; BRT#42S7-146 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harry J. Kelly, Sr. C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00391 $112,384.39 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-509 1319 Blavis St 19140 49th wd. Situate on the North side of Blavis St (60’ wide) at the distance of 169’2-1/8” Westward from the West side of Old York Rd OPA#491002600 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY James L. Nelson, Sr and Sheryl Alexander C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00721 $76,306.93 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1601-510 925 Granite St 191241730 35th wd. 1104 Sq Ft OPA#351141200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jean Mary Georges-Milord C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00207 $77,319.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-511 1826 S 54th St 191435715 51st wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#514160000 IMPROVE-

MENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ernest M. Gibbs, in His Capacity as Heir of Gail L. Gibbs, Deceased; Terrance Gibbs, in His Capacity as Heir of Gail L. Gibbs, Deceased; Marcus Rogers, in His Capacity as Heir of Gail L. Gibbs, Deceased; Allison Harris a/k/a Allison Stern, in Her Capacity as Heir of Gail L. Gibbs, Deceased; Everette Rogers, in His Capacity as Heir of Gail L. Gibbs, Deceased; Nana A. Antiwaa-Bey, in Her Capacity as Heir of Dorothy Ervin-Miller a/k/a Dorothy M. Ervin-Miller, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Dorothy Ervin-Miller, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Gail L. Gibbs, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2010 No. 02033 $105,424.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-512 8000 Ridge Ave 191283056 21st wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#212518620 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen D. Forster, III a/k/a Stephen Forster, III; Dianne L. Forster a/k/a Diann L. Forster C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00568 $108,294.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-513 127 E Tulpehocken St 19144 59th wd. Situate on the North side of Tulpehocken St, at the distance of 243’5-3/4” Northeastward from the Northeast side of Bavnton St OPA#592115800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY Serease Brown C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00154 $90,636.53 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1601-514 6104 Newtown Ave 19111 25th wd. 1583.35 Sq Ft BRT#352207700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michelle E. Roach a/k/a Michelle E. Brogan C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00986 $172,579.50 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-515 7193 Montague St 191351108 41st wd. 1596 Sq Ft OPA#412265200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathleen M. Corson a/k/a Kathleen Corson C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02048 $49,506.82 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-516 7601 Crittenden St, Unit C4 19118 9th wd. condo OPA#888200528 IMPROVEMENTS: RES. CONDO 2.5 STY MASONRY Ella M. Harris C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 02651 $218,220.92 Louis P. Vitti, Esq.

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1601-517 6829 Marsden St 191352228 41st wd. 1428 Sq Ft OPA#412385200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas J. Burns C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01675 $111,414.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-518 5010 Copley Rd 19144 13th wd. 2863.34 Sq Ft BRT#133164500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Frederick Perry a/k/a Frederick S. Perry C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 03202 $115,415.43 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-519 3462 Crystal St 191341207 33rd wd. 728 Sq Ft OPA#331258700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shirley Warren C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01274 $46,551.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-520 8013 Moro St 19136 64th wd. 3380 Sq Ft BRT#642055200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Troy A. Anusky C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 003276 $114,000.87 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-521 7020 Saybrook Ave 19142 40th wd. 4253.75 Sq Ft BRT#40-3-3074-00 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 STY MASONRY ROW Louis F. Diaz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02217 $522,341.62 Amar A. Agrawal, Esquire 1601-522 1845 E Monmouth St 191343553 25th wd. 1118 Sq Ft OPA#252128300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dawn Moreira, in Her Capacity as Adminsitratrix and Heir of the Estate of Bruce A. Martell; Sallie Martell, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Bruce A. Martell; Sara Swierczynski, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Bruce A. Martell; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Bruce A. Martell, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01348 $12,675.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-523 5110 W Nevada St 191312418 52nd wd. 1400 Sq Ft OPA#521179600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Francis Kilson C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 02129 $166,732.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-524 1706 Stenton Ave 19141 17th wd. 1460.07 Sq Ft BRT#171344500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Najee Murray C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02772 $82,619.69 Martha

E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1601-525 11133 Drake Dr 19154 66th wd. 1893.35 Sq Ft BRT#662226700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas F. Kurtz and Lauren N. Tenaglia C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 000733 $127,974.78 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-526 5711 N 17th, a/k/a 5711 N 17th St 19141-1714 17th wd. 1760 Sq Ft OPA#17-21871-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles W. Crisden a/k/a Charles W. Crisden, Jr.; Kenya R. Williams C.P. March Term, 2010 No. 03519 $152,080.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-527 6728 N Smedley St 191262758 10th wd. 1180 Sq Ft OPA#101041500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rhonda Tucker, Individually and in Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Margaret G. Smith; Tyreane Tucker a/k/a Tyreane Hunter; Jeniase Tucker a/k/a Jenice Tucker, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Margaret G. Smith; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Margaret G. Smith, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00536 $30,157.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-528 6738 Blakemore St 19119 22nd wd. on the Shouthwesterly Side of Blakemore St. 368 ft seven-eighths of an inch Northwestwardly from the Northwesterly side of Vernon Road OPA#222240200 IMPROVEMENTS: APT. 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MANSONRY Nicole E. Arnold C.P. February Term, 2003 No. 2256 $46,298.01 Louis P. Vitti, Esq. 1601-529 2227 N 54th St 19131 52nd wd. 19,200 Sq Ft BRT#521363300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ramona Dereef C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02185 $326,388.58 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1601-530 2719 N Sydenham St 191322224 11th wd. 970 Sq Ft OPA#111175200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Irby C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01643 $43,674.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-531 5554 N Lawrence St 191202808 42nd wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#422492500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Zaniffa Montenegro C.P. December Term,

2014 No. 02447 $98,287.03 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-532 219 E Sharpnack St 19119 22nd wd. 1969.87 Sq Ft BRT#221123700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Issac Blyther C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00303 $8,011.20 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire 1601-533 5727 N 13th St 191414119 49th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#493200300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole Brown C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01103 $140,821.98 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-534 1331 Tyson Ave 19111 35th wd. 5500 Sq Ft BRT#532240200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rafael Marrero C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 003856 $187,438.11 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-535 5516 Ridgewood St 19143-4031 51st wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA#51-3-2507-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Monique Brown a/k/a Monique C. Brown C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03843 $90,672.84 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-536 6132 Tulip St 191354224 41st wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#411426300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dana PriceSkerrett C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01473 $130,953.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-537 3103 N 32nd St 19132 38th wd. 1159 Sq Ft BRT#382176100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donte Julia, as Executor of the Estate of Freda L. Williams, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00598 $80,076.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-538 1939 S 22nd St 19145 48th wd. 937.87 Sq Ft BRT#482186400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Mary A. Dupree, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01439 $6,524.52 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1601-539 7329 Ogontz Ave 19138 50th wd. 1888 Sq Ft BRT#501308700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrea Tabron and Earl Tabron C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00176

$53,904.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-540 3369 Coral St 191343212 45th wd. 616 Sq Ft OPA#452248300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Aimee M. Candelet a/k/a Aimee Candelet C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 04317 $26,218.28 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-541 2434 N 13th St 191331128 37th wd. 1114 Sq Ft OPA#371274300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jean Winn C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01433 $49,414.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-542 530 E Walnut Ln 19144 59th wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#592067200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Larry W. Carey, Individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of George W. Carey, Sr., deceased C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 002804 $78,128.03 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-543 5782 Stewart St 19131 4th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#67 N 11-254; PRCL#04-3-2119-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony Purnell C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00538 $68,911.46 Amanda L. Rauer, Esquire; Powers, Kirn, & Associates, LLC 1601-544 3354 Wellington St 19149-1614 55th wd. 1656 Sq Ft OPA#55-1-4635-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeffrey Widman C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00414 $114,553.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-545 6634 Torresdale Ave 191352828 41st wd. 1920 Sq Ft BRT#871563160 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Irakli Liti and Vezire Liti C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02120 $150,610.24 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1601-546 2009 N Wanamaker St 191313020 52nd wd. 1192 Sq Ft OPA#522226500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly M. Davis Burnett a/k/a Kimberly M. David Burnett C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03665 $58,596.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-547 1123 S 26th St 191463934 36th wd. 1068 Sq Ft OPA#361392400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gary Lee; Angela Myers C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01550 $63,084.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-548 5215 Irving St 19139-

4018 60th wd. 1230 Sq Ft BRT#602092900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Tina Baker C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01165 $44,363.00 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-549 3911 I St 19124 33rd wd. 1343 Sq Ft BRT#332165000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Raymond W. Attewell C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01947 $73,027.94 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-550 319 Daly St 19148 39th wd. 812 Sq Ft BRT#392140400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Veasey, Catherine M. C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00453 $119,245.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-551 5551 Pemberton St 19143 46th wd. 1194 Sq Ft BRT#463058700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Venus Mack C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 03708 $56,933.48 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-552 7219 Haverford Ave 19151 34th wd. 1789.41 Sq Ft BRT#344008017 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Khamphiene Habte and Addisu Habte C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02209 $81,202.32 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-553 5908 McCallum St 19144 59th wd. 3360 Sq Ft BRT#593150300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael J. Ryan C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02229 $184,396.56 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-554 320 N 40th St 19104 24th wd. 3000 Sq Ft BRT#88-11616-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gwendolyn Lewis a/k/a Gwendolyn V. Lewis; Rasheed Lewis a/k/a Rasheed J. Lewis C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04545 $280,159.63 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-555 2113 E Somerset St 191343912 25th wd. 1734 Sq Ft OPA#252029700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymond Camacho, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Rafael Camacho; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Rafael Camacho, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Lu V. Camacho, Deceased C.P. July Term,

2015 No. 02191 $91,254.86 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-556 2101-17 Chestnut St 1726 a/k/a, 2101-17 Chestnut St Unit 1726 19103 88th wd. 437 Sq Ft; together with all right, title, and interest to a 0.747% undivided interest of, in and to the Common Elements, as more particularly set forth in the Declaration OPA#888112446 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDO Bruce A. Lincoln a/k/a Bruce Anthony Lincoln; Annmarie C. Lincoln a/k/a Ann Marie Lincoln C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01052 $185,078.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-557 6104 Grays Ave 191423208 40th wd. 1740 Sq Ft OPA#402156000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Johnnie M. Jenkins C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00740 $58,739.01 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-558 610 W Chew St 19120 61st wd. 2475 Sq Ft BRT#612033500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Dorene Northington-McNeill a/k/a Dorene Northington C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03139 $95,696.32 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-559 2040 Croskey St 19145 48th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1120 Sq Ft BRT#482221600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kevin Williams and Kim P. Ryans C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00685 $40,427.65 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-560 6702 Woodland Ave 19142 40th wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#403151300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2STY MASONRY James Wah C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01744 $52,446.68 Christopher P. Coval, Esq. 1601-561 1533 W Butler St 19140 13th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#131084400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith A. King C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01874 $23,304.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-562 2070 Carver St 19124 41st wd. 915.2 Sq Ft OPA#411044800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Di Nofa and Mary Di Nofa C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 125 $71,585.78 Lauren Berschler Karl, Esq. 1601-563 5821 Ditman St assessed as 5821-23 Ditman St 19135 41st wd. 7000 Sq Ft BRT#41-12261-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Bradley C.P. May

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Term, 2015 No. 00935 $101,683.60 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-564 6647 Edmund St 19135 41st wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#411415900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Diana Gozalez C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00252 $113,976.16 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-565 558 E Clarkson Ave 19120 42nd wd. 2215 Sq Ft BRT#421236200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda Williams C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01624 $54,443.57 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-566 111 S 15th St, Apartment 2011 19102-2605 88th wd. 1184 Sq Ft OPA#888087350 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bambang Riyadi Soegomo a/k/a Bambang R. Soegomo C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01852 $361,768.19 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-567 1714 Bridge St 19124 62nd wd. 1266 Sq Ft BRT#622097400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debra A. Jones a/k/a Debra Jones C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01898 $37,992.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-568 1928 E Ontario St 19134 45th wd. 1131 Sq Ft BRT#452074100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Erik Rockmore and Gina Rockmore C.P. December Term, 2009 No. 03270 $60,105.89 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-569 200-10 Lombard St #640 19147-1605 88th wd. 626 Sq Ft OPA#888050083 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Derek Vietro C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 01337 $279,122.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-570 1169 Passmore St 19111 53rd wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1278 Sq Ft BRT#531113100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Susan Marlene Shapiro, Known Surviving Heir of Zelda Cohn; Unknown Surviving Heir of Zelda Cohn and Robert Cohn, Known Surviving Heir of Zelda Cohn C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00506 $141,416.84 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-571 5424 Saul St 19124-1216 62nd wd. 1356 Sq Ft BRT#621454700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Michael McGarry and Debra A. McGarry C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 04252 $89,002.86 Stern & Eisenberg PC

1601-572 2038 N Hope St 19122 18th wd. 869.4 Sq Ft BRT#183231701 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Iluminado Maldonado C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02112 $79,309.29 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1601-573 422 Roxborough Ave 19128 21st wd. single family home 1,760 Sq Ft PRCL#212072800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY HOME Robert J. Madrak C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02473 $213,816.71 Leo M. Gibbons, Esquire and Michael G. Louis, Esquire 1601-574 5116 N 10th St 19141 49th wd. 2101 Sq Ft BRT#492180000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Quincy Jones, Known Heir to the Estate of Frances M. Hopkins, Deceased; Francesca Jones, Known Heir to the Estate of Frances M. Hopkins, Deceased; Melony Hopkins, Known Heir to the Estate of Frances M. Hopkins, Deceased; Thomas Hopkins, Known Heir to the Estate of Frances M. Hopkins, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00527 $110,198.16 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-575 403 Brown St 19123 5th wd. 1720 Sq Ft PRCL#056153230 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Irene Harper a/k/a Irene P. Harper C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 00190 $392,449.97 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-576 540 E Walnut Ln 19144 59th wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#592067700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Priscilla Pettway C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01043 $83,325.33 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-577 534 Van Kirk St 19120 35th wd. 1140 Sq Ft BRT#352096600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Nancy Ramirez C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00455 $134,283.83 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-578 2462 N Fairhill St 19133 19th wd. 2208 Sq Ft BRT#871525250 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Annie R. Woodall and Michelle V. Woodall C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01835 $10,499.49 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-579 5314 Yocum St 191435432 51st wd. 984 Sq Ft OPA#512093700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Valerie Cooper C.P. January Term, 2008 No. 00103 $98,275.68 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1601-580 4207 Benner St 19135 55th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#552014800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tashia K. Marshall C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02318 $54,519.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-581 6020 Catherine St 19143 46th wd. 2145 Sq Ft OPA#033005900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jerry M. Davis C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 002557 $38,108.14 Brett A. Solomon, Michael C. Mazack 1601-582 7312 N 20th St 19138 10th wd. 1740 Sq Ft BRT#101169100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith Mitchell Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Gertrude E. Mitchell, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00256 $109,849.12 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-583 5418 N Mascher St 19120 42nd wd. 4,958 Sq Ft BRT#422373100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald H. Humphrey a/k/a Ronald Humphrey C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04774 $140,887.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-584 2033 S 22nd St 19145 48th wd. 953 Sq Ft BRT#482188800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jason A. White, as Administrator of the Estate of Michelle Stevens, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02623 $103,866.30 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-585 3920 Claridge St 19124 33rd wd. 1131 Sq Ft BRT#332335000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carlos Lizardi, Jr. and Noemi Lizardi C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00569 $82,695.87 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-586 3124 F St 19134 33rd wd. 929 Sq Ft BRT#331283200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mia Ebony Parks C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00503 $62,442.50 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-587 2011 Carpenter St 19146 30th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#301235300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela M. Baylock C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 00918 $333,753.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-588 421 Van Kirk St 19120 35th wd. 1880 Sq Ft BRT#352110500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Atiyah Ali C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02310 $133,813.56 KML Law Group, P.C.

1601-589 2125 W Chew Ave 19138 17th wd. (formerly part of the 42nd wd.) ROW W/DET GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1,572 Sq Ft BRT#171106600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ewan Ewers C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03357 $82,891.33 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-590 3232 D St 19134 7th wd. (formerly of the 33rd wd.) 773 Sq Ft BRT#073147900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Valerie Bernatowicz C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 03911 $49,542.50 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-591 1544 Womrath St 19124 23rd wd. 1,121 Sq Ft BRT#232008900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nelson Colon and Antoinette Ortiz C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01115 $56,675.31 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-592 9843 Bonner St 191152303 58th wd. 1720 Sq Ft OPA#581471600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Svyatoslav Feltsan; Marianna Feltsan C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02369 $238,966.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-593 6147 Lansdowne Ave 19151 34th wd. 1960 Sq Ft BRT#871154800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lillie Wood C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02236 $107,733.09 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-594 612 N 23rd St 19130 15th wd. 1296 Sq Ft BRT#151169400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John M. Willis C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00297 $96,894.49 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-595 1315 E Vernon Rd a/k/a 1315 Vernon Rd 19150 50th wd. 1828 Sq Ft BRT#502411100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas Wilson C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02556 $52,252.01 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-596 1032 N Orianna St 191231549 5th wd. 2,043 Sq Ft OPA#057095420 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Steward, III; Sharon McPherson C.P. May Term, 2008 No. 03544 $436,757.89 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-597 225 W Nedro Ave 19120 61st wd. 992 Sq Ft BRT#612101200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rochelle Alverest and Gregory T. Alverest C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 02642 $43,282.93 KML Law Group, P.C.

1601-598 175 E Walnut Park Dr 19120 61st wd. 1600 Sq Ft BRT#611361400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tory Harris C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01154 $151,877.74 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-599 12028 Covert Rd 191542707 58th wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#662156800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Terence F. Devlin C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02200 $150,412.94 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-600 5760 Rodman St 19142 46th wd. 992 Sq Ft BRT#463036500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald Mathurin a/k/a Ronald Maturin C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02038 $59,590.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-601 614 W Bristol St 19140 43rd wd. 865 Sq Ft BRT#433205100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kamla D. Williams C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 03202 $25,427.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-602 39 Meehan Ave a/k/a, 39 E Meehan Ave 191192130 22nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#222091300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Aniniy Burshteyn a/k/a Ananiy Burshteyn C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 00477 $127,967.58 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-603 3971 Constance Rd 19114 66th wd. 1,623 Sq Ft BRT#661288633 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicholas D. Matlak C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 02123 $197,565.50 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-604 1430 N 58th St 191313810 4th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#043138300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alonzo Reddick a/k/a Alonzo Lamont Reddick C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02925 $103,954.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-605 51 N 63rd St 19139 34th wd. 1272 Sq Ft BRT#341264200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Noel G. Walker C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01952 $86,502.45 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-606 7149 Ardleigh St 191191211 22nd wd. 2775 Sq Ft OPA#222250900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alexander Z. Talmadge, Jr. a/k/a Alexander Talmadge, Jr. C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 01586 $670,115.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-607 6046 Carpenter St 19143 3rd wd. 2320 Sq Ft

BRT#033096200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles Story C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02347 $79,029.50 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-608 1341 Tyson Ave 19111 53rd wd. 5,500 Sq Ft BRT#532240400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicholas Trubisky C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02649 $85,962.74 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-609 164 Shelly Ln 19115 57th wd. DET W/B GAR 2STY MAS OTHER; 2,324 Sq Ft BRT#632172400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jonah Gregory Corbett, Administrator of the Estate of Judy-Lynn Goldberg C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03489 $176,443.12 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-610 1623 Griffith St 19111 56th wd. 2280 Sq Ft BRT#561539100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE William Wainwright and Kathleen Wainwright C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02855 $267,390.08 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-611 1213 N 25th St 19121 29th wd. 1,072 Sq Ft BRT#291324200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jose L. Reyes and Cassandra Love C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02094 $96,921.74 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1601-612 110 W Meade St 191224624 9th wd. 1477 Sq Ft OPA#092194300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David B. Macdonald a/k/a David Macdonald; Celia Cruz C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 03092 $175,169.73 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-613 6725 N 7th St 19126 61st wd. DET CONV APT 3STY STONE; 2,205 Sq Ft BRT#611150100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lydia E. Elsetinow a/k/a Lidia Elsetinow and Christopher Elsetinow C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03010 $56,309.91 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-614 3413 N Ella St 19134 7th wd. 1050 Sq Ft BRT#073078200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Francisco Rivera, Deceased and Salvadora Rivera, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Francisco Rivera, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03698 $13,519.67 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-615 113 Fernon St 19148 1st wd. 1160 Sq Ft BRT#011089400

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IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Michael J. Dewees and Regina F. DooleyDewees C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00534 $302,375.02 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1601-616 1523 W Courtland St 19140 13th wd. 2,190 Sq Ft BRT#132379300 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL USE Barbara Lenhart C.P. August Term, 2015; No. 4811 $77,727.73 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Sarah A. Elia, Esq. 1601-617 117 N 57th St 19139 52nd wd. 826.50 Sq Ft BRT#042076800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gerald Andrews, Jr. a/k/a Gerald J. Andrews, Jr. C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02802 $78,611.12 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-618 3191 Edgemont St 19134 25th wd. 707 Sq Ft BRT#251230200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard Marszalek and Edna Youkonis C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00696 $126,749.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-619 5161 Arbor St 19120 42nd wd. 1500 Sq Ft BRT#421390700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING De Jin Zheng C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01424 $81,213.85 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-620 4920 Ormes St 19120 42nd wd. 1,056 Sq Ft BRT#421330700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cindria McKnight and Tinisha McKnight C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 03137 $98,993.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-621 6816 Chester Ave 19142 40th wd. 1670.75 Sq Ft BRT#403239600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tamika Emery a/k/a Tamika Miller, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Emery a/k/a Mary E. Emery, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Under Mary Emery a/k/a Mary E. Emery, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02312 $109,599.71 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1601-622 6140 Charles St 19135 55th wd. (formerly of the 41st wd.) 1876 Sq Ft BRT#552219500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debralee Gurba and Peter W. Gurba a/k/a Peter J. Gurba C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02944 $54,323.61 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-623 7158 N Uber St 19138

10th wd. 1644 Sq Ft BRT#101149400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jamar Little C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 03373 $124,063.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-624 4318 E Wingohocking St 19124 23rd wd. 2755 Sq Ft BRT#234205400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shaun J. McAvinney and Juliette K. McAvinney C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02569 $75,450.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-625 4709 Wallace Pl 19139 6th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1408 Sq Ft BRT#061103006 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marsha E. Brown, Known Surviving Heir of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; David Brown, Known Surviving Heir of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Julia J. Brown, Known Surviving Heir of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Laverne Brown, Known Surviving Heir of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Namon Brown, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00273 $87,648.35 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-626 5643 Sansom St 19139 60th wd. 1137 Sq Ft BRT#604027100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Curley Pratt C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00006 $52,814.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-627 436 W Harvey St 19144 22nd wd. (formerly part of the 59th wd.) SEMI/DET 3STY MASONRY; 2,688 Sq Ft BRT#593050800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Lee Bowens, Known Surviving Heir of Patrice Paulin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Darian Thomas, Known Surviving Heir of Patrice Paulin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Heirs of Patrice Paulin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01320 $239,645.60 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-628 6020 Pine St 19143 3rd wd. 2,250 Sq Ft BRT#032045800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Lucy Gaines; Marilyn Stewart, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lucy Gaines; Estate of Lucy Gaines

C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04627 $79,290.62 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-629 4851 Fairmount Ave 19139 44th wd. 1080 Sq Ft BRT#441230800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Bianca F. Morrison; Paula Morrison, Personal Representative of the Estate of Bianca F. Morrison; Estate of Bianca F. Morrison C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02161 $45,917.27 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-630 314 Pensdale St 19128 21st wd. 2087 Sq Ft BRT#212057700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine A. Sponburgh a/k/a Catherine Ann Sponburgh C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00832 $136,859.30 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-631 810 S Cecil St 19143 46th wd. 1207.08 Sq Ft BRT#463276500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE The Unknown Heirs, Executors and Devisees of the Estate of Patricia Scarborough C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02158 $74,266.32 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1601-632 5108 Roosevelt Blvd 19124 35th wd. 6500 Sq Ft BRT#351028400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Wilton J. Francois a/k/a Wilton Jean Francois C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02427 $459,148.00 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-633 6009 N Warnock St 19141 49th wd. 1357.6 Sq Ft BRT#49-2-206100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Vanetta L. Jones C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02118 $147,689.41 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-634 2601 Pennsylvania #CU4 19130 8th wd. 488 Sq Ft OPA#888073398 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUM B&F Investment, LLC C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 01426 $110,206.26, plus interest in the amount of $5,619.63 from 02/05/15 Michael V. Phillips, Esquire 1601-635 6136 N 6th St 19120 61st wd. 1568 Sq Ft OPA#61-1133900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Reginald Freeman C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02525 $157,298.24 Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire 1601-636 7544 E Walnut Ln a/k/a 7544 Walnut Ln 19138 50th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#501356200

IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vanessa Woods C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 03521 $27,386.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-637 5462 Arlington St 191313115 52nd wd. 1402 Sq Ft OPA#522057500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brenda Durham C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00203 $103,539.99 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-638 1904 Orthodox St 19124 23rd wd. 2208 Sq Ft OPA#232092000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michele P. Rusden C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 03988 $80,096.88 Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1601-640 2030 Lansing St 19152 56th wd. 2563 Sq Ft OPA#561473100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jason Armstrong; Kara K. Armstrong C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 03011 $175,972.49 Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1601-641 2611 S Daggett St 191422804 40th wd. 992 Sq Ft OPA#406006400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenyetta Wilson C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00034 $44,775.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-642 1990 Penfield St 19138 10th wd. 1127 Sq Ft (land area); 1392 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#101377800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY Tasha L. Blakeney C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02601 $127,691.42 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1601-643 1148 S 52nd St 19143 51st wd. 1536 Sq Ft BRT#511199800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lionel Dunbar C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00867 $145,663.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-644 4221 N 3rd St 191402609 7th wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#072118000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carlos M. Santos C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03225 $29,358.04 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-645 3326 A St 19134 7th wd. 1103 Sq Ft BRT#073054600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carmen Frias and Vicky Paulino C.P.

August Term, 2014 No. 01293 $88,961.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-646 2632 S Muhlfeld St, a/k/a 2632 Muhlfeld St 191421712 40th wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#406160700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrea M. Johnson C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 02928 $34,992.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-647 4607 Wingate St 19136 65th wd. 2382 Sq Ft BRT#652033401 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Babilonia and Emily G. Babilonia a/k/a Emily Babilonia C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01386 $160,818.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-648 6343 Reedland St 19142 40th wd. 975 Sq Ft BRT#402204000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William T. Richardson C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00616 $40,766.60 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-649 3164 Tulip St 19134 25th wd. 1036 Sq Ft OPA#252377400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward S. Podlaszewski C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01215 $82,184.57 Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1601-650 2644 E Clearfield St 19134 25th wd. 1194 Sq Ft BRT#251114200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Danielle J. Moore and Ronald M. Swanson C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 02402 $62,890.79 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-651 4715 Knorr St 19135 41st wd. 1320 Sq Ft BRT#41-2020400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charles Stier C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00584 $76,653.34 Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire; Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1601-652 541 Washington Ave 191474005 2nd wd. 672 Sq Ft OPA#021143500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Roserita R. Depiano a/k/a Rose Rita De Piano; Dennis Maryak C.P. February Term, 2011 No. 02914 $170,000.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-653 7620 Sherwood Rd 191512020 34th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#343239700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janice Scott; Basil Scott C.P. April Term,

2014 No. 03822 $171,801.59 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-654 823 Lombard St 19147 5th wd. 900 Sq Ft BRT#053050345 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul H. Durante C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00448 $243,398.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-655 2622 S Carlisle St 191454620 26th wd. 1110 Sq Ft OPA#261137300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Phyllis M. Valentino a/k/a Phyllis M. Castelli C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 03996 $79,585.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1601-656 2222 S Clarion St 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1116 Sq Ft BRT#394450300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: MOBILE HOME Thomas Hanly and Pauline Hanly C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05415 $117,149.73 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-657 4926 Ella St 19120 42nd wd. 1252.65 Sq Ft BRT#421307400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carmen Colon a/k/a Carmen D. Colon; Santos Rodriguez C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02601 $67,648.39 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1601-658 2225 S Fairhill St 19148 39th wd. ROW 2STY MASONRY; 1131 Sq Ft BRT#392310000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mary J. Bratcher C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01206 $133,758.66 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-659 816 N 6th St 19123 14th wd. 3158 Sq Ft BRT#141002260 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Adminsitrator of the Estate of Mattie Gordon Jenkins a/k/a Mattie G. Jenkins C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00581 $235,006.30 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-660 7204 Leonard St 19149 54th wd. 1454 Sq Ft BRT#542480100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bonnie G. Kaliser a/k/a Bonnie N. Kaliser C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00217 $166,927.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-661 54 E Durham St 19119 22nd wd. 1020 Sq Ft BRT#222152100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sedina Miles C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01262 $89,252.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-662 5044 Erringer Pl 19144 13th wd. 3221 Sq Ft BRT#133156300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

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CONV APT 2.5STY MASON; 2020 Sq Ft BRT#101247000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Leroy A. Smith, Known Surviving Heir of Phyllis Shockley, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Jacqueline Robinson a/k/a Jacqueline Epps, Known Surviving Heir of Phyllis Shockley, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Phyllis Shockley, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00491 $74,058.38 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1601-666 232 Regina St 19116 58th wd. 7137 Sq Ft BRT#582304374 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elba Dormoi C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01336 $253,442.42 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-667 5909 Crystal St 19120 35th wd. 1225 Sq Ft BRT#352219700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Charmel P. Gamble C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 1967 $130,679.38 Kimberly A. Bonner, Esquire; Scott A. Dietterick, Esquire;

Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esquire; Michael E. Carleton, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1601-668 5233 Irving St 19139 60th wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#602093901 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Albert N. Phipps C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02755 $63,237.95 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1601-669 532 S 57th St 19143 46th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#463244100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Sarah Burton C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 03477 $91,758.10 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-670 413 Titan St 19147 2nd wd. 2001 Sq Ft BRT#021316910 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wanda D. Davis C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 03224 $129,606.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1601-671 150 E Walnut Ln 19144 59th wd. (formerly part of the 22nd wd.) 2615 Sq Ft BRT#592059400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

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NRG Home for the Holidays Local charities benefit from festive contest by HughE Dillon NRG Home held it’s 2nd Annual Gingerbread House Decorating Contest for Charity at the Christmas Village in Love Park earlier this month. Media personalities partnered with charities to raise money for local causes in the Philadelphia area. NRG Home donated $1,000 to Red Paws, MANNA and the Ronald McDonald House, with $2,000 going to the College Settlement Fund, whose team won for the best gingerbread house this year. Power 99’s Mina Say What was the mistress of ceremonies, and NRG Home donated $1,000 to her charity, The Sixers Youth Foundation.

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Imhotep Wins Off The Court Coach Noble seeks player scholarship over championship By Jeremy Treatman

mhotep Charter athletic director and boys basketball coach Andre Noble is a happy man these days. Well, almost every day. The Panthers suffered a tough one-point loss at St. Frances (Md.) Dec. 13 and an eightpoint loss Dec. 5 versus AAAA state power Allderdice. But Imhotep Charter’s 2-2 progress is still in line with what Noble is trying to accomplish, and what ultimately makes him happy as a coach. “We are measured by what we do in February and March,” said Noble, whose teams have won five of the last six Public League championships and also have earned four PIAA state titles. “We are trying to win championships. A lot of programs want to be great in December and keep that going all the way through March, but that isn’t always possible. That’s great for teams who can do that. I just want to keep getting better and be in the hunt for championships. So far, I like

my team a lot. I think we have talent and compete hard. Right now, it’s really about character building, not as much about wins. We try to have as many of our kids start with us in ninth grade, and we hold them accountable on the court and in the classroom. I think my job as one of the coaches is to try and keep them in the loop academically and help them have an opportunity to earn a $40,000 to $50,000 scholarship. That means so much to these families. We have been fortunate to not only win a lot, but to have sent many of our kids to colleges via scholarships.” Noble said that poor officiating may have contributed to the loss in Maryland. “I got maybe my fourth technical in 15 years, so that tells a lot,” he said. “But we are just finding ourselves. Our schedule is challenging and I think it’s all designed for our kids to come together and compete in the most difficult of situations. We played Allderdice and have Chester in their back-

yard at Widener coming up. We play St. Raymond’s (N.Y.). We’re at Parkland. [We] play at Cardinal Hayes, another strong team in New York. We love tough games, especially on the road. It prepares us for the Public League and the District 12 AAA and state (AAA) playoffs. We’re built to be as good as we can be down the stretch.” The Panthers won a huge game over rival Constitution on Dec. 10, 66-51 at Ben Franklin. Star point guard Daron Russell had 10 assists. Russell dished out 11 more dimes vs. St. Frances. “Constitution played really well,” said Noble. “It was a great battle like always. They may not be as talented as they have been in years past but [Constitution] coach Rob (Moore) has them playing really hard. It’s a pleasure to see a team play that hard. Sometimes, teams that play that hard can make up for any [weaknesses] Continued on page 2

STRONG START FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC The Roman Catholic Cahillites (3-0) are nationally ranked in virtually every high school poll in the country. In some polls, they are rated as high as the third best team in the country. They are one of the few traditional four-year high schools in most of the polls. Teams in these rankings tend to be private prep programs that are not part of state championships. Roman won two games at an event at Gonzaga College High School, Washington D.C. This included knocking off the host school on Dec. 13. The Cahillites opened with an easy win over Parkland, a team considered to be a challenger for a PIAA AAAA crown this year. Roman won the AAAA title a year ago. “The Parkland win was a great win for us,” said coach Chris McNesby. “The kids were really, really excited to open the season against them and played well. Parkland is a quality team even though they were missing some players due to football. The Gonzaga event was a great experience for us, because we beat the host team in a tournament in the championship game. It was a really good road experience that will help us in the future.” McNesby is not worried about all the national attention. “As far as rankings, we really do not talk about it much,” he said. “We know there is a target on our backs and I think we have embraced that. Our kids are gamers.” McNesby added that he loves coaching at his alma mater, where he won a Catholic League title and state title for the first time in 2015. “There is a lot of tradition at Roman Catholic High School,” he said. “The thing that makes it special is that all of our kids hear about our former players that came before them. I know they wear the uniform with a lot of pride. We have a lot of alums that come back and talk to these kids its great for our players to see these men live

Boy’s basketball coach Andre Noble addresses his team during a halftime break in a game vs. Constitution. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

Imhotep and Constitution scramble for a loose ball during a game. Photo by Sarah J. Glover.

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about 15,000 youth. Cradle had occupied a city-owned building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It moved to the suburbs two years ago after declining to sign a city lease with comprehensive anti-bias language. Papada told PGN Cradle’s decision to pursue LGBT equality this year came on the heels of comments made at the annual conference for the Boy Scouts of America. Robert Gates, president of the organization, said in May that the Boy Scouts would not ban LGBT leaders at the national level; instead, it would be up to local councils to decide whether to include adult LGBT leaders.

MAKING, CELEBRATING HISTORY Local Dems make first LGBT endorsements

EEOC makes historic ruling for gays and lesbians The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decided in July that federal law protects gay and lesbian workers from discrimination. Discrimination based on sexual orientation constitutes a violation of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, the EEOC determined. An independent commission of the EEOC announced its interpretation of the law in response to a complaint brought by a Florida-based air-traffic control specialist against the U.S. Department of Transportation. In 2012, the EEOC found that discrimination based on gender identity is also prohibited based on the Civil Rights Act’s sex-discrimination clause. Determinations from the EEOC do not require courts to interpret the law in the same way, or change federal or state law. They are, however, integral in shaping future federal court decisions. Local Scouts to accept gay adults A Boy Scouts council that covers Philadelphia, Delaware and Montgomery counties began accepting gay adult volunteers and employees in June. The Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council, headquartered in Treddyfrin Township, voted unanimously to accept gay adults. About 30 people attended the voting meeting. Scouting councils across the country have accepted gay youth since 2013, but only a handful accepted gay adults. James M. Papada, president of Cradle, told PGN that the organization has 75 employees and 5,000 volunteers who serve

Local Democratic leaders endorsed an openly LGBT candidate for Philadelphia City Council for the first time. At its April endorsement meeting, the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee backed out candidate Sherrie Cohen for an at-large seat on Council. The committee also endorsed out candidates Christopher Mallios and Abbe Fletman as judges on the Court of Common Pleas. Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club sent the Democratic committee a letter before the endorsement meeting, urging it to back an LGBT candidate for Council. Cohen did not earn enough votes in the May primary to make it to the November election, meaning Philadelphia still has yet to elect an openly LGBT person to City Council. However, Mallios and Fletman both earned nominations in May and won judgeships in the Court of Common Pleas in November. Philly’s LGBT community holds events for papal visit Pope Francis participated in a weekend of events in Philadelphia at the end of September in his historic first visit to the United States. He had no direct interac-

tion with the local LGBT community, but people had plenty of options to discuss Catholicism through an LGBT lens. Margie Winters and her spouse Andrea Vettori spoke at a Papal Picnic hosted at John C. Anderson Apartments in the Gayborhood. Winters was fired in June from Waldron Mercy Academy in Lower Merion Township for her marriage to a woman. Before the pope addressed a crowd in front of Independence Hall, Mayor Michael Nutter said, “In America, everyone has rights. Our lesbian, gay and bisexual citizens continue to fight for equality.” While Pope Francis was on his return flight, a reporter asked if he supported individuals, including government officials, who say they can’t comply with some laws in good conscience. Multiple outlets reported the following response from the pope: “I can say that conscientious objection is a right that is a part of every human right.” The pope met Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Ky., clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in Washington, D.C., during his visit. But the Vatican said it “should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects.” At the same D.C. meeting, Pope Francis met with one of his former students, Yayo Grassi, a gay man.

City celebrates 50th anniversary of Annual Reminders Dozens of volunteers restaged the Annual Reminder Day march for gay rights outside Independence Hall on the Fourth of July. Fifty years ago, in 1965, it was the location of one of the first LGBT-rights demonstrations in the country. Women wore dresses and men wore blazers and ties to harken back to 1960s civil disobedience. Reminder events took place throughout the Independence Day weekend. An outdoor ceremony featured out comedian Wanda Sykes. A luncheon featured Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case that defeated the Defense of Marriage Act, and Judy Shepard, the mother of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in Wyoming in 1998 because he was gay. The new rainbow crosswalk at 13th and Locust streets in the Gayborhood was unveiled July 5 at the Annual Reminders Block Party. In a ceremony spearheaded by Philly Pride Presents, the crosswalk was dedicated with four Annual Reminders par-

ticipants invited to be the first to cross the intersection. Mazzoni Center hosts first Youth Pride After learning about a youth-focused Pride hosted in Washington, D.C., members of the Mazzoni Center Student Leadership Board decided to organize a similar celebration in Philadelphia. The teens involved wanted to host a less-expensive and alcohol-free Pride. The first Youth Pride took place July 5 for people under the age of 24. Mazzoni Center sponsored it and offered free STI screenings throughout the day at the John C. Anderson Apartments. Young people led workshops at the William Way LGBT Community Center. Topics included bullying, online etiquette and self-love and body positivity. A dance party broke out on 13th Street with live music and other talent performances on the Youth Stage. Organizers expect it to become an annual event.

ON THE MOVE Sims to run for Congress State Rep. Brian Sims announced in October his plans to run for Congress, representing parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery counties at the national level. He is the first openly gay state lawmaker elected in Pennsylvania. Sims hosted a “Congress Exploratory Committee” fundraiser at the Ethical Humanist Society in Rittenhouse Square the same day as his announcement. Attendees paid between $50 and $2,700. He intends to challenge U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, a Democrat, to represent Pennsylvania’s Second Congressional District. Fattah was indicted in July on charges of racketeering and related crimes. He pleaded not guilty and plans to seek a 12th two-year term.

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Also running are Dan Muroff, an attorney and ward leader for the powerful Philadelphia Ninth Ward Democratic Committee, and Brian Gordon, a commissioner in Lower Merion Township. Sims also plans to run for his current seat representing Center City, including the Gayborhood, in the state legislature, according to Mason B. Lane, Sims’ chief of staff. Mazzoni announces plan to consolidate facilities Over the next two years, Mazzoni Center plans to consolidate its locations and considerably expand operations, the LGBT health and wellness facility announced in February. Nurit Shein, Mazzoni executive director, told PGN that the agency’s two Gayborhood locations would move into a shared space at 1328-38 Bainbridge St., fusing its medical practice, case-management and other services. Mazzoni’s locations at 21 S. 12th St. and 809 Locust St., along with the adjoining Walgreen’s pharmacy, will make the move, which is expected to happen in 2017. The Washington West Project will remain at its current location. The new building at the corner of Broad and Bainbridge streets will undergo extensive renovations with a total project cost of about $14 million. It has no current tenant. The state welfare office vacated the property several years ago. Mazzoni expects to double the size of its medical practice, increase the number of therapists, launch an intensive outpatient drug and alcohol program and add Saturday hours. GALAEI heads to North Philly

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GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization moved in April to North Philadelphia, leaving behind its Center City building. The new building at 149 W. S u s q u e h a n n a Ave . u s e d t o house the Norris Square Civic Association. It’s not substantially larger than GALAEI’s former home on Chestnut Street, but the layout offers more opportunities for communal activities, said Elicia Gonzales, executive director of GALAEI. Gonzales told PGN the move would put the organization in closer proximity to the communities it serves. She added her organization’s move to North

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Philadelphia marks the first time an LGBT organization makes its home in a neighborhood with HIV prevalence. “We knew we wanted to be in an area that is primarily Latino,” Gonzales told PGN in March. “This area in particular has rates across the board of under-employment, difficulties with education, poverty and other social determinates that really are so connected to HIV.” New initiative to push for anti-bias law Local and national agencies launched a new initiative in August to organize business support for legislation to ban LGBT discrimination in Pennsylvania. The resulting campaign, called Pennsylvania Competes, is spearheaded by Equality Pennsylvania, the state and national chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union, American Unity Fund, Gill Action and the Human Rights Campaign. All 23 of the Fortune 500 companies in Pennsylvania have already enacted LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination policies, according to Ted Martin, Pennsylvania Competes board president and Equality Pennsylvania executive director. Pennsylvania Competes aims to have both large and small businesses in the state mobilize support to add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in the state’s nondiscrimination law. Businesses that would like to add their support can sign a pledge at www.pennsylvaniacompetes.org/business. The latest nondiscrimination law to include LGBT people, called the Pennsylvania Fairness Act, was reintroduced in August after stalling for years. The bill is still in the State Government Committee in the House of Representatives and Senate, and cannot move forward until the chairman in either body schedules it for a vote. Organizers with Pennsylvania Competes have said they don’t expect any movement on the nondiscrimination legislation until the state budget is passed. Pennsylvania was supposed to have a budget in June.

CONFRONTING INJUSTICE Gay-bashing case goes to trial After 14 hours of deliberations, a jury convicted Kathryn Knott of four misdemeanor charges

in December, but cleared her of more serious felony charges in last year’s attack on a gay couple in Center City. Knott was convicted of simple assault, reckless endangerment and conspiracy to commit simple assault against Zachary Hesse, and reckless endangerment against Andrew Haught. Her four convictions are misdemeanors, each of which carries a penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. The jury of eight women and four men acquitted Knott of two counts of aggravated assault and two of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, which are felonies. Knott will be sentenced Feb. 8 and remains free until then. Prosecutors said Knott was part of a group that physically and verbally attacked Haught and his boyfriend Hesse at 16th and Chancellor streets Sept. 11, 2014. The melee started, they said, when Kevin Harrigan, a friend of Knott, made a derogatory comment about the men being a couple. Harrigan and co-defendant Philip Williams accepted plea deals this fall and will receive no jail time; Knott rejected a similar deal. More than 20 witnesses were presented over the four-day trial. Defense attorney Louis Busico showed footage of the melee, filmed by one of Knott’s friends, which did not depict Knott hitting anyone. Knott also took the stand in her own defense and said, “I didn’t do anything wrong.” “I have gay friends and family members,” she said. Man suing for alleged police brutality seeks new trial Less than a month after a jury cleared Philadelphia police of wrongdoing, Luis A. Berrios filed an appeal for a new trial. Officer Michael Gentile was cleared in a Nov. 4 trial of using excessive force against Berrios, and Officer Robert Tavarez was cleared of facilitating the excessive force as a bystander. In his Nov. 30 appeal, Berrios contends that U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski improperly prevented jurors from fully considering the alleged antiLGBT bias of the officers and denying Berrios’ treating physician from testifying about the extent and treatment of his injuries. The appeal remains pending. Berrios has said if Sitarski denies his request, he PAGE 26

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not include protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The following month, the city appealed the ruling, which it said in court papers could cause “substantial undermining of human dignity and human rights.” The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and Mazzoni Center filed petitions in support of the city’s appeal. A decision by the state Supreme Court about whether it will consider the appeal is pending.

GAYBORHOOD HAPPENINGS Shooting at Danny’s An employee at an adult store in the Gayborhood was shot in the summer by a suspect who remains at large. Kevyn Mines, 31, was attacked in Danny’s Midnight Confessions July 18. He said a man entered the store, made antigay remarks about its merchandise and left, only to return a few minutes later and pull a gun on him. The two struggled and Mines was shot in the back. Mines recovered from his injuries. Store owner Danny Liss, who characterized the incident as a hate crime, offered $5,000 for information leading to the culprit’s arrest and conviction. Video surveillance captured the suspect, whose identity has not been released and who remains on the loose. A description and video of the incident is available at http://blog.phillypolice.com/2015/07/wanted-suspect-for-shooting-in-the-6th-districtvideo/. Anyone with information should call 215-246-TIPS. Arson fire rips through Gayborhood building The former Letto Deli on 13th Street was razed after a three-alarm fire, which was later determined to have been an arson. In the early-morning hours of Sept. 15, a fire broke out at 208 S. 13th St., which was under construction to become a restaurant, Maison 208. The blaze destroyed the site and caused damage to the Gramercy and Chancellor apartment buildings, forcing their evacuation. No injuries were reported, but the fire caused about $1 million in damage. Local and federal officials later announced the cause to be arson and, on Sept. 30, arrested Stephen Pettiway, 53, of Olney, for allegedly setting the fire. Mural honors Gloria Casarez The 12th Street corridor got a new addition this year with the installation of a mural to the late Gloria Casarez. Casarez was the city’s inaugural director of LGBT Affairs, appointed to the position in 2008. She died last year of complications of cancer. A mural in her honor was announced in the spring by city officials and the Mural Arts Project. Artist Michelle Angela Ortiz created the template for the work, which

March that the organization was working with city officials on rainbow-colored crosswalks in the heart of the Gayborhood, 13th and Locust streets. The crosswalks were officially installed June 24. By the next morning, social media was populated by photos of passersby posing with the colorful markings. The crosswalks were officially dedicated July 5, with participants in the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Annual Reminders taking the first steps across them. A second set of crosswalks was initially slated to be installed at 12th and Locust, but that plan was put on hold. Philly followed cities like San Francisco and Toronto, which also installed similar crosswalks.

TRIUMPHS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Firsts for gender-neutral bathrooms Philadelphia this year made big strides toward ensuring transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals have access to appropriate restroom facilities. City Council in October unanimously approved legislation to require every single-stall restroom in the city to use gender-neutral language. The measure was introduced by Councilman Mark Squilla, who represents ANNUAL REMINDER PARTICIPANT ADA BELLO the Gayborhood. CROSSES THE NEW RAINBOW CROSSWALKS IN JULY Mayor Michael Nutter (TOP) AND THE DEDICATION OF THE GLORIA CASAREZ signed the bill into law MURAL IN OCTOBER the following month at Fergie’s Pub, surrounded pays tribute to Casarez’s varied work with by local LGBTs, busimarginalized communities. In two ses- ness leaders and pubic officials. After sions, community members helped paint the signing, the pub’s owner took down the mural, including participants like the “Women” and “Men” restroom signs Mayor Michael Nutter, Casarez’s LGBT and replaced them with signs reading Affairs successor Nellie Fitzpatrick and “Bathroom.” many family and friends. The law takes effect Jan. 20. The mural was dedicated at Outfest and Also this year, director of LGBT Affairs officially completed last month. Nellie Fitzpatrick launched the Gotta Go Guide, which tracks public, commercial Rainbow crosswalks installed and governmental buildings that offer gender-neutral restrooms. The Google Maps The Gayborhood got a lot more colorful powered site went live in May and was over the summer. thought to be the first city-sponsored initia Philly Pride Presents announced in tive of its kind in the nation.

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Trans flag flies in Philly For the first time, the City of Philadelphia raised the transgender Pride flag at City Hall. The flag-raising ceremony took place June 4 and the flag remained up for four days, throughout the duration of the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference. The effort was conceived by Nellie Fitzpatrick, director of the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs. The ceremony drew more than 250 guests, many of whom walked in unison from the PTHC at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The event is expected to become an annual one.

son to hold a top government post in Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Wolf administration, Levine served as a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine. She also was vicechair for clinical affairs for the Department of Pediatrics and chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine and Eating Disorders at the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Levine participated in a number of LGBT events throughout the year, including serving as grand

Trans woman named as PA’s top doc Pennsylvania saw the appointment of its highest-ranking out transgender individual this year. The Senate in June unanimously confirmed Dr. Rachel Levine’s nomination as the state’s physician general. Levine has been in the role in an acting capacity since Gov. Tom Wolf appointed her in the beginning of the year. Levine is the first out trans per-

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State Rep. Mark Cohen (D-202nd Dist.) introduced two bills this session that would extend unprecedented rights to transgender Pennsylvanians. HB 303 would amend the Public School Code to eliminate gender-based restrictions and prerequisites for transgender students, allowing students to use school spaces associated with their gender identity. HB 304 would require all private, public and Medicaid insurance plans to cover transition-related care. The bills were submitted to the education and health committees, respectively, but were not scheduled for a hearing or vote. Cohen told PGN he didn’t expect the measures to move this session, but that the effort would help raise awareness of trans issues among lawmakers. “Most legislators weren’t aware of transgender people five years ago,” Cohen said. “It takes time for them to build up to a comfort level.”

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Trans* March, held just four days after her killing. About 500 people, the largest-ever crowd, converged for the rally and march. Investigators said they believe Jenkins was targeted for a robbery, but that her gender identity did not motivate the crime; they are not investigating it as a hate crime. Police arrested Pedro Redding, 24, Oct. 12 in connection with the crime. He was charged with murder, conspiracy and weapons charges, but is not believed to have been the shooter. No further arrests had been made as of presstime. Roommate arrested for murder of trans woman Local transgender woman Londyn Chanel was stabbed to death in the spring, allegedly by

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Keisha Jenkins murder spurs outcry The murder of transgender woman Keisha Jenkins mobilized LGBT supporters across the city against rising tides of violence toward transgender women. Jenkins, 22, was beaten by a group of men in Logan in the early-morning hours of Oct. 6, one of whom shot her twice in the back, killing her. Jenkins’ murder was a focal point of the fifth-annual Philly

to third degree, a request that was denied. Felton remains incarcerated, awaiting a trial. Lesbian gunned down in North Philly A lesbian was shot execution-style in North Philadelphia in January, the victim of an apparent workplace dispute. Kim Jones, 56, was shot in the head Jan. 13 while waiting for a bus near Temple University. Police arrested Randolph Sanders, one of Jones’ coworkers at social-service agency Turning Points for Children, for the murder. Investigators say Sanders had allegedly been stealing money from the organization, and he suspected Jones was going to report him. Sanders remains incarcerated, awaiting a trial. Gay man’s body found in suitcase

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her roommate. Raheem Felton was charged with murder in connection with the May 18 stabbing at an abandoned home in North Philadelphia that he shared with Chanel and two other trans women. In a pretrial hearing in June, witnesses said Felton, 31, became violent when Chanel, 21, attempted to tell Felton’s girlfriend that he made sexual advances toward her. The medical examiner’s report indicated Chanel was stabbed six times. Felton’s defense attorney attempted to characterize the incident as a mutual fight, urging the judge to downgrade the defendant’s murder charge from first

Investigators say it was a drug-related robbery gone bad that led to the gruesome murder of Scott Stephen Bernheisel. Bernheisel’s body was found May 28 inside a suitcase near the Tinnicum Township Industrial Park, just outside Philadelphia International Airport. Bernheisel had been bludgeoned and stabbed to death. Thomas Brennan was arrested for his murder. He is also charged with robbery, theft, abuse of corpse and related charges. Brennan’s girlfriend, Crystal Leibhart, was also arrested as an accomplice. Investigators say the murder took place in the 200 block of Wilder Street in Pennsport, where Bernheisel, 40, was temporarily living. They said Bernheisel was Brennan’s alleged drug dealer. At a pretrial hearing in September, a former cellmate of Brennan said he contended he killed Bernheisel after the victim made unwanted sexual advances toward him. The witness also testified that Bernheisel told him Leibhart helped him attempt to conceal the body. Both remain in custody, pending a trial. n

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‘Carol’ director dishes on buzzed-about lesbian drama By Gary M. Kramer PGN Contributor Todd Haynes’ stunning romantic drama “Carol,” which opens at Ritz Theatres Dec. 25, is adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s classic lesbian novel “The Price of Salt.” This stylish and piercing character study is both a heart-rending drama and a striking romance about two women, Therese (Rooney Mara), a young department-store sales clerk, and Carol (Cate Blanchett), a married woman, coming to terms with their sexual identities in the conformist era of the 1950s. After Therese returns a pair of gloves Carol leaves behind at her counter, Carol invites her for lunch. The women’s relationship slowly builds, with Carol having Therese over to her house and the women getting to know one another. Things move forward when Carol asks Therese to take a road trip with her. Carol wants to escape from her husband, Harge (Kyle Chandler), who is trying to gain custody of their daughter, Rindy (KK Heim). Therese wants to escape from Richard (Jake Lacey), her suffocating boyfriend looking to take their relationship to the next level. On their travels, the attraction between the women builds. They stop in cafés, where their hands touch to communicate their burning desires. They sleep in separate hotel rooms, until their relationship culminates with an overnight stay in a midWestern hotel’s presidential suite. After their night of passion, however, a situation develops that could threaten their relationship.

The fabulous vintage costumes, cars and music from the era carry viewers into the 1950s, when such love between women was taboo. The look and feel of the film adds to Haynes’ magnificent achievement. Yet it is the emotional power of the story and the performances that make the film such a knockout. Superbly acted by Blanchett and Rooney, especially, “Carol” shows how each woman works towards securing professional, familial and sexual happiness and the cost true love entails. Haynes, who excels at period pieces — “Far From Heaven,” “Velvet Goldmine” and the mini-series “Mildred Pierce” — met with PGN to talk about “Carol” when he was in town during the Philadelphia Film Festival. PGN: Carol and Therese take risks. You have taken some risks in your career. What risks did you take making “Carol”? TH: It’s always a risk because I’m doing something I’ve not done before. But it was really trying to embrace and learn from the love story as a genre and understand how a particular point of view fuels the love story. PGN: What is the appeal of making period films? TH: I get to live a little in each period when I make a film, and feel like I’ve actually been there, even when every piece of it, like “Far From Heaven,” is a refusal of what “authentic history” that time is about. We are solely in the artificial language of Hollywood backlot filmmaking in the moment of high melodrama. There is nothing more true than that false language. People would come out of “Far From Heaven” and say, “That’s exactly what life was really like!” Wow, I refused every element of “really like.” How much do movies affect our memories and senses of what’s real anyway? PAGE 30

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PGN: Do you consider yourself a “woman’s director” in the way George Cukor was back in Hollywood era? TH: I don’t know that I would identify with Cukor as much as Douglas Sirk or Rainer Werner Fassbinder, because the women in Cukor’s films are these extraordinary women who own the frame and they are outrageously unique. They are awe-inspiring, triumphant — there are exceptions, of course. I am more drawn to these stories of women who aren’t triumphant, and who aren’t awe-inspiring, and who aren’t exemplary, and who are actually very ordinary … smaller people by the end of the film than they were at the beginning.

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PGN: The film is full of coded talk and discreet signals and messages. You use these elements to create a connection between the characters. How did you work with the actresses to capture that frisson? TH: It didn’t take any work. In our rehearsal period — two weeks, which is a lot of time for a low-budget film — we would read scenes and Rooney would say, “Does she need to say that?” And we’d cut it out. And Cate would say, “We could simplify that.” It was a process of reduction, and that continued, that distillation process. It happened with [screenwriter] Phyllis Nagy in pre-production, and with me and Carter Burwell with the scoring at the end. But the other thing both of the actresses have talked about is that, for a lot of the movie, the characters are in their own worlds, and they are very different worlds. Neither actress was present for the shooting of the scenes with the other until Carol visits Therese, or Therese visits Carol. So there were not that many scenes of them together. I think in a way, their different temperaments as women, their different ages, the things they brought as actors and as people to the role, and what the roles were and what they demanded of them — the

clothes and the hair and the settings that describe and define them as people — put each of them out of their comfort zones in a way, and I loved that in the book. The first draft I read had a congeniality between the two characters that wasn’t as pronounced in the book. I said to Phyllis, I loved the anxiety in the book, I want to put some of that back in. And she said, “Yes!” In trying to get the movie made, we tried to soften the edges a bit and make it more palatable for financiers, and everyone’s a little more warm and fuzzy. She was so happy to let that go. PGN: What qualities did Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara exude that made them the perfect choices for the role? TH: They are amazing actors. They bring incredible integrity and serious attention to detail to everything they do. What they look like and how they manifest the purely spectral aspect of their characters to me is a huge part of their ability, but I privileged the acting more than how they looked. But knowing how they looked, I thought we’d figure all of that. But Cate has to play the image of Carol and the person of Carol at the same time. So much of it is from Therese’s perspective. Rooney has to play the young Therese and the older Therese because we shot out of order. Because the film has this narrative structure that circles back, both of them could navigate those dual challenges. PGN: Have you ever had a love that is as strong and consuming as Carol and Therese’s? TH: I was a Therese, and always bent out of shape over obsessive love and obsessive analysis of the outcomes and how much power the other held over me. In an earlier time in my life, after a certain bout of hardship and pain that was transformative — creatively, and in terms of life and where I am, and how I live in the world — I don’t find myself having returned to that space. Maybe I will again. n

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Le Ferria Lee Thomas: Celebrating the principles of Kwanzaa and community “Kwanzaa is essentially a family holiday, whether it be the nuclear family, the extended family, or the communal family.” — Jessica B. Harris Merry, Merry Christmas to you and yours and an early Happy Kwanzaa. As my present to you, here’s a brief primer on Kwanzaa as we celebrate almost 50 years of the African-American cultural holiday. To start with, it is not a religious celebration, but rather an African-American and Pan-African holiday created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga to celebrate family, community and culture. The celebration starts Dec. 26 and runs through Jan. 1. The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means “first fruits” in Swahili and its origins are in the first harvest celebrations of Africa. Based on seven principles, or Nguzo Saba, Kwanzaa is a way for people to gather as a community around lessons that are relevant for people of all races and backgrounds, especially those in the LGBT community. • Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. • Kujichagulia (Self-determination): To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. • Ujima (Collective work and responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems, and to solve them together. • Ujamaa (Cooperative economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. • Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. • Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. • Imani (Faith): To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. Kwanzaa also has seven basic symbols. Each represents values and concepts reflective of African culture and contributive to community building and reinforcement. If you’d like to learn more about the holiday, Philly Black Pride will be among a number of local groups staging an annual Kwanzaa celebration Dec. 26 at the William Way LGBT Community Center. We took a moment to speak to the organization’s president, Le Ferria Lee Thomas. PGN: How would your parents describe you as a child?

LT: Oh wow, I think my mother would describe me as talented, and a kid who loved TV. On both sides of the family, including my mother and father, they’re pretty loud but I’ve always been on the shy side. I was OK being by myself in the corner [laughs], though I got a little crazy when I had chocolate! In high school, I was in “Little Shop of Horrors” and I played the plant. My family was like, “Oh my God, was that Junior?” They weren’t used to me being bold back then. Nowadays if you see me dance or perform, you get to see more of my character. Dancing allows me to be free; I don’t think about anything else, it’s just me and the music. PGN: Tell me about the fam. LT: I grew up with my dad’s side of the family. My mom’s mom passed away early and she was taken care of by her mom’s best friend. When my parents met, his mom took her in as a daughter and his sisters became her best friends. PGN: That’s great. LT: Yeah, she had four siblings: two brothers who passed away and two sisters who decided to buy a house together with her. It brought us all closer together. PGN: What did you want to be when you grew up? LT: I wanted to be a lawyer. It stayed with me until I got to college. I was an English/pre-law major freshman year. I added English because during a careerday event I met a judge who said that not a lot of lawyers knew how to speak proper English, but I found the English workload to be really heavy. There was an overwhelming amount of reading. So I changed majors three times until I settled on marketing and fashion merchandising. PGN: [Laughs] But that’s not what you do now either! LT: No! Now I’m a pharmacy technician at Hahnemann Hospital, something I just stumbled into. I worked at the Gap for eight years and TJX for some time and, after a while, I just lost the passion for it. I still like fashion on a personal level, but not as a career. I didn’t want to move to New York and hustle the way you need to — although nowadays, they have all those fashion shows that can act as a short cut. I did enjoy the work that I did as a visual specialist for the Gap; I did all the overhead displays and the windows and it was cool looking at a mannequin and then making it come to life with an outfit. PGN: What’s the oldest piece of clothing you own?

LT: Oh God, I still have most of my old Gap jeans from when I started there in 1998! And they still fit! Some may be a little high-waisted but it’s OK; they’ll come back and then I’ll have them instead of having to search for them. As long as they fit, I keep them. PGN: Have you lived in town all your life? LT: No, I grew up in Chester. After college I moved to New Jersey for a few years and then into Philly. PGN: How did you get involved in Philadelphia Black Pride? LT: Since I was a little kid I was always involved with a variety of different causes and activities. When I started working, I felt like something was missing; I wasn’t doing anything other than work. I saw an ad for a general meeting to help with a PBP celebration. I went to a few meetings and volunteered for two years when the position of president opened up.

It’s never about just us, it’s about creating collaborations and bringing people together. PGN: What are some of your programs? LT: We have a lot going on, the most recent being a series of town-hall meetings in response to reported incidents of racism in Philadelphia’s LGBT living and social communities and the enormous police issues we face. We wanted to bring the community together to see how we can all work together between community members and businesses to make it better. The second meeting was to create an action plan to make the changes happen. We also have the Philly Black Pride weekend that happens in conjunction with the Penn Relays. It’s an opportunity to celebrate, network and build awareness. We have a variety of events that go with that and we average about 3,500-5,000 people. Some of our other programs are: the Strength Alliance, which works with people involved in the sex industry; Formula X, which promotes education and an understanding of history as well as encouraging civic engagement; Better Education Systems Today (B.E.S.T), which works to end bullying, build cultural literacy with both students and teachers and create safe spaces; our youth-scholarship program; and of course our annual Kwanzaa celebration, which is coming up on the 26th.

PGN: What can we expect? LT: This will be our ninth year and it will be a good one. Last year marked a change for us; we really upped our game with entertainment. It felt different and the presentations and the music were incredible. Each performance, from the first to Photo: Suzi Nash the last, was amazing. PGN: What’s the importance of Jay and Julie want to Philly Black Pride? LT: It’s important because there are a lot build on that this year. We have Rasta Boi, singer/songwriter Ashley Phillips, of things that happen in the community spoken-word artist Terrell Kenyatta that don’t affect us all the same — not Green and performance artist Nikki just the LGBT community but in the Powerhouse. The seven Principles are community at large — and when that being presented in artistic form by difhappens, people or groups can get lost ferent organizing committees and Jay with all the other things that are going worked very carefully to match the prinon. We try to educate people from our ciple being presented with the artist who perspective so that they’re aware and that we know best how to handle things. will be performing. PAGE 36

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PGN: Food? LT: Of course! Always food. We want to make people happy and food does that. Plus, the William Way Center is open to all so this will give us an opportunity to feed people that might not otherwise get a hot holiday meal. PGN: And you have Butter’s Soul Food catering. They just catered my father’s birthday celebration and everyone went crazy over the food. Back to you. I understand you’re a karaoke fiend. What’s your go-to song? LT: I love karaoke. I really miss Sisters on Thursday nights, that was the best. PGN: You know I was the host for that. LT: Oh my God, I didn’t put it together! That was so much fun. You know, I’m not a singer-singer. I’d like to think that I am, but I know better. I grew up in the church with music and I can sing, just not the way I want to. My grandmother had a beautiful voice and all her sisters and brothers can sing; they had their own choir. Anyway, my song is from Monica: “Should Have Known Better.” PGN: What was an early sign you were gay? LT: Playing with boys in a way that boys weren’t supposed to play. There was a game called “Catch a Girl, Get a Girl” where you’d chase girls and if you caught them you got a hug or kiss. One time this boy was chasing me and I ran a little slower that usual so he’d catch me. I was about 7. PGN: When did you come out to the family? LT: I came out to my mom first because her opinion was the only one that mattered to me. It was when I was in college right before Thanksgiving and someone had asked my mom about my sexuality. I didn’t want to be the topic of conversation at dinner so I called my mom. She’d been sleeping so I told her it could wait, but she’s nosy and insisted we talk. I said, “I’m gay” and she said, “Boy, no you’re not!” I said that I was and she told me I wasn’t. This went on until she said, “Boy, I know already.” That threw me off but as long as she knew that was fine. I didn’t say anything to my father, but when my mom passed away, I think that whole side of the family figured it out with all the guys who came to support me. I did call my brother and sister to tell them and I sounded so concerned that when I finally said it my sister was like, “What? I thought it was something serious!” My brother, the wise a-s-s that he is, responded, “Do you feel better now?” [Laughs] It made me feel good. PGN: Are you involved with anyone? LT: No, very single. I think because growing up I was hiding who I was, I spent a lot of time developing friendships that I turned into family and sacrificed relationships in the process. I have a lot of great friends, but now at 40-plus, I’m trying to create more balance. But it’s difficult to meet someone.

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PGN: Especially since you work the night shift. What is your schedule like? LT: I go to work at 9 p.m. and get off early in the morning. I try to go to the gym before going home and getting to bed about 8:30 in the morning. PGN: Brutal. I understand you like to cook. Did you learn from your mom? LT: No, she wasn’t a good cook. My grandmother taught me. PGN: Something or someone you miss from childhood? LT: I loved coming home and watching the “Bionic Woman,” “Wonder Woman” and “Charlie’s Angels.” I loved those shows. PGN: Ever get bullied for being gay? LT: As a child. And I spent a lot of time convincing people that I wasn’t gay. I had a lot of girlfriends who would stick up for me. PGN: What’s a time period you’d like to go back to? LT: I’d love to be a part of the Harlem Renaissance. I love music, not just to dance, but all aspects of it. To be right in the middle with the Cotton Club and everything would be amazing. PGN: An item you should throw out but probably never will? LT: Do those Gap jeans count? PGN: Where were you on 9/11? LT: I was at home in Blackwood, N.J., sitting on the bed doing some merchandise paperwork for the Gap. I get distracted easily so I had the TV on mute. I could see that something was happening on the news but didn’t pay attention. My assistant manager called me crying hysterically about the planes and the towers, asking what she should do. We called corporate and they shut down all the stores. The Gap lost quite a few people in the plane and I had two friends working in the city and was worried sick about them. They ended up OK but had to walk all the way home to the Bronx.

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1. Log Cabin Republican’s poster word 6. Verlaine or Rimbaud 10. Merry escapade 14. Not a fave of those who want less beans 15. Vaulted area at the Cathedral of Hope 16. In a bit, to the bard 17. Dress with a flared bottom 18. “Lawrence of Arabia” director David PGN: If you could add an amendment to 19. Sheltered spot 20. Grandma porthe Constitution, what would it be? trayer, in “Grandma” LT: Something that prohibited people 22. Character of from discriminating against other people, 20-Across 23. The Buckeyes, for whatever reason. No more hate. for short 24. Wayside retreat PGN: Ha. An anti-Trump amendment! 26. McKellen’s LT: Yes! n “X-Men” role 30. Dancer Duncan The ninth-annual LGBTQ Kwanzaa 34. Physicians’ org. Celebration will take place 6-9 p.m. Dec. 35. What have we here 26 at William Way LGBT Community 37. Memorial of Center, 1315 Spruce St. For more information about Philadelphia Black Pride, coming out of Egypt 38. Daughter visit www.phillyblackpride.org. of 20-Across, in “Grandma” To suggest a community member for 42. Kofi of the UN Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol. 43. Melville tale 44. Cotton gin invencom. tor Whitney

45. Like Mary or Peter 47. Defeat at tilting 50. Cole Porter’s “___ Love You?” 51. Bit of grain for a stallion 52. Character of 38-Across 55. She plays Deathy, in “Grandma” 62. Whitman’s “Sometimes With ___ Love” 63. Come out 64. Partner of doom 65. Owner of a gay dog on “South Park” 66. Lesbian poet Gidlow 67. “My Fair Lady” lady 68. “YMCA,” for one 69. Straight, in a bar 70. Kildare and Aramis, to Richard Chamberlain

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pale version 11. Like a thermometer that tastes funny 12. “___ Tide!” (Alabama cheer) 13. Spanking spot 21. “___ sight!” 25. Sally Ride’s org. 26. Heather’s parents 27. Big name in refrigerators 28. “With parsley,” for Craig Claiborne 29. George Burns film 30. “All I Ever Need ___” (Sonny & Cher hit) 31. More queer, but not less straight 32. Old Hollywood movie centers 33. Bill T. Jones’

partner Zane 36. “___ Spartacus!” 39. Making yams sweeter 40. Keen on 41. GLAMA award, e.g. 46. Myles of poetry 48. Closet triangle 49. Verdi opera 52. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator Whedon 53. “Render therefore ___ Caesar ...” 54. “Giant” James 56. Trucker’s shaft 57. Kind of plastic 58. State of fifty million Frenchmen 59. Shakespeare’s was “mortal” 60. Seep slowly 61. Opening day, briefly

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JINGLE BELLES: New York City drag star Marti Gould Cummings joins Brittany Lynn and a host of other local drag queens for “Home For the Holi-GAYS,” an evening of holiday drag performances 9 p.m. Dec. 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St. For more information or tickets, call 215-9649675.

Theater & Arts Art of the Zo: Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition offering a look at beautiful woven textiles of the Zo people of Myanmar, India and Bangladesh through March 20, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a survey of American still life in three decades through Jan. 10, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery A comedy-thriller based on the classic sleuth, through Dec. 27 at

Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215985-0420. Billy Elliot Media Theatre presents the story of one boy’s passion for ballet over the boxing ring through Jan. 3, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-8910100. The Book of Mormon The blockbuster musical-comedy about the misadventures of a pair of missionaries who are sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word runs through Dec. 27 at Forrest Theatre, 1114 Walnut St.; 215923-1515. A Christmas Story, The Musical The holiday musical-comedy tells the beloved story of a boy and his quest for a BB gun through Jan. 10 at Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550.

Drawn from Courtly India: The Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of masterful drawings from the royal courts of northern India through Mach 27, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100. Genghis Khan: Bring the Legend to Life The Franklin Institute presents the story of one of the world’s greatest leaders through Jan. 3, 20th Street and the Parkway; www. fi.edu. George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker The Pennsylvania Ballet performs the holiday tradition through Dec. 31 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-7905800. Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath Philadelphia Museum of Art pres-

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Plays of/for a Respirateur Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an installation by Joseph Kosuth that includes a selection of his work along with a group of seminal works by Marcel Duchamp, through fall 2016, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. This Is The Week That Was 1812 Productions brings back the city’s hottest political comedy through Dec. 31 at Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St.; 215-592-9560. Top Gun The action film is screened 8 p.m. Dec. 28 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888. Work on What You Love: Bruce Mau Rethinking Design Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of designs by the acclaimed commercial artist through April 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

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RAP-STRAVIGANZA: Hip-hop group The Roots teams up with socially conscious rapper Common to wind down 2015 in grand fashion 8 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. For more information or tickets, call 609-317-1000.

The Wrath of the Gods: Masterpieces by Rubens, Michelangelo and Titian Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring paintings and the creative processes of some of art history’s most important figures through Jan. 10, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.

Music Beatlemania Now The Beatles tribute band performs 3 and 8 p.m. Dec. 26 at Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. Poppa Chubby The blues singer performs 7:30 p.m. Dec. 27 at Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. Clutch The rock band performs 8 p.m.

Dec. 28 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-7453000. Splintered Sunlight The Grateful Dead tribute band performs 8 p.m. Dec. 28 at Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. The Slambovian Circus of Dreams The alt-folk-roots rock band performs 8 p.m. Dec. 29 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-2221400. Live Wire The AC/DC tribute band performs 8 p.m. Dec. 30 at Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. Dark Star Orchestra The Grateful Dead tribute band performs 8 p.m. Dec. 30-31 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-7453000.

Nightlife Home For the Holi-GAYS! Brittany Lynn and other local queens perform along with New York City superstar Marti Gould Cummings 9 p.m. Dec. 26 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. Gender Bender Brunch Rocco DeFinis, Anthony Porter, Mike Doc, Martini Madness, The Lady Nutella and Honey Bottom perform a twisted cabaret starting noon Dec. 27 at The Raven, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 215-8622081. Happy Bear The bear-themed happy hour, 5 p.m. Jan. 1 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St.; 215-9649675.

Outta Town Hugo The fantasy film is screened 2 p.m. Dec. 26 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228. Casablanca The classic film is screened 2 p.m. Dec. 27 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228. The Roots ad Common The hip-hop luminaries perform 8 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Kevin Hart The comedian performs 8 p.m. Dec. 31 at Boardwalk Hall, 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-348-7000. n

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has one simple guideline to help you get through with minimal damage to your fitness: “Stay away from the sugars and the carbs.” “I know that may not be possible all the time,” Paul added. (Yeah, who are you telling? We’re screwed.) To that end Paul also likes to offer his clients fitness vacations, workout retreats to exotic destinations where their days start with his signature workout followed by travel adventures and, of course, rest. I know. Cha-ching! But if you can afford to live in Manhattan and hire a personal trainer, footing the bill for boot camp in paradise is probably a drop or two in the bucket. Must be nice. “When you take a fitness vacation, there’s no need to come home feeling like you need to go on a diet because y o u COURTNEY PAUL ate too m u c h ,” he said. “And why worry about having that extra drink at dinner? You know I’ll make you sweat it out in the morning.” Yeah, thanks. But we’re going to just hold on to our Planet Fitness membership and copy what we see on the show. n “Work Out New York” airs Sundays at 9:30 p.m. on Bravo. For more information about Courtney Paul, visit www.cpxperience.com.

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

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

Recreation

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

Sports

Brandywine Women’s Rugby Club meets for practice at p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Greenfield Park, West Chester; www.brandywinerugby.org. City of Brotherly Love Softball League serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area with games on Sundays, beginning in April, at the Dairy and Edgeley Fields in Fairmount Park; www.cblsl.org. Frontrunners running club meets 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for a run and brunch at Lloyd Hall, No. 1 Boathouse Row; www.philadelphiafrontrunners.org. Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club, open to LGBT and allies, practices 8-10 p.m. Mondays and 2-4 p.m. Saturdays; www.falcons-soccer.org. Philadelphia Fins Swim Team, open to male and female swimmers, meets 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Friends Select School and 10:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays; www.philadelphia-fins.org. Philadelphia Gay Bowling League meets 8 p.m. Wednesdays September-April at South Bowl, 19 E. Oregon

Ave.; 856-889-1434, philagaybowling@yahoo.com. Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League plays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at FDR Park; www.phillyflagfootball.com Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club, open to players of all skill levels, meets 7:45 p.m. Thursdays at Columbus Square Park, 1200 Wharton St.; 215-913-7531, philadelphiagryphons.org, becomeagryphon@gmail.com. Philadelphia Liberty Belles women’s semi-pro full-tackle football league holds fall tryouts; phillybelles.com. Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association plays yearround, all skill levels welcome; philadelphialibertytennis. com. Philadelphia Firebirds women’s football team seeks players; www.philadelphiafirebirds.com. Philadelphia Women’s Baseball League seeks players, all skill levels and ages. Practice is 7 p.m. Thursdays at Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 17th and Fitzwater streets, with games at 2:30 p.m. Sundays; 215-991-5995 (day), 301-919-1194 (evening), phillywomensbaseball. com. Philly Gay Hockey Association Philadelphia Phury seeks players; 917-656-1936, phury@gayhockey.org. Philly QCycle LGBT bicycling club promotes organized recreational riding for all levels in the Greater Philadelphia region; contact the organization via Facebook. Rainbow Riders of the Delaware Valley motorcycle club meets regularly; 215-836-0440, www.groups.yahoo.com/ group/rainbowridersdv/. Rainbow Rollers gay and lesbian bowling league meets 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Boulevard Lanes in Northeast Philadelphia; rainbowrollers.com. Spartan Wrestling Club gay wrestling team meets 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays at the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.; 215-732-4545, www.phillyspartans.com.

Etc.

AIDS Law Project provides free legal assistance to people with HIV/AIDS and sponsors free monthly seminars on work and housing at 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 600; 215587-9377, www.aidslawpa.org. BiUnity, Philadelphia-area social and support network for bisexuals, their family members and friends; http://biunity. org. Delaware Valley Pink Pistols, for LGBT people dedicated to legal, safe and responsible use of firearms for self-defense, meets 1 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at The Gun Range, 542 N. Percy St.; 610-879-2364; www.pinkpistolsdelval.org. Delaware Pride holds planning meetings 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the United Church of Christ, 300 Main St., Newark; 302-265-3020, delawarepride.org. Haverford College’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance holds open meetings 10-11 p.m. Mondays during the school year in the lounge in Jones Basement at Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave.; 610-896-4938. Men and Women for Human Excellence support group meets from noon-2 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of the month at 26th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue; 267-2733513, cmoore8300@yahoo.com. Long Yang Club Philadelphia, social organization for gay Asians and their friends, holds monthly socials; www. longyangclub.org/philadelphia. Our Night Out, a casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, friends and colleagues, meets in a different Philadelphia hot spot each month. To receive monthly event invitations, email OurNightOutPhilly@gmail.com; more information on Facebook. Philadelphia Bar Association Legal Advice offered 5-8 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month; 215-238-6333. Philadelphia Prime Timers club for mature gay and bisexual men and their admirers meets regularly; primetimersofphiladelphia@yahoo.com. Philadelphians MC Club, for leather men and women, meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at The Pit at The Bike Stop, 201 S. Quince St.; philadelphiansmc.org. Rainbow Amateur Radio Association ARRL-affiliated, weekly HF nets, quarterly newsletter; www.rara.org. Silver Foxes, a social and educational group for gays and lesbians 50 and older, meets 3-5 p.m. the fourth Sunday of the month at William Way; 215-732-2220. SNJ Queers meets monthly for queer/queer-friendly folks in South Jersey to mix and mingle; 856-375-3708, wmf69@comast.net.

Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com Dec. 25-31, 2015

Community Bulletin Board Community centers

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

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088

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

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday-Friday Library: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Volunteers: New Orientation, first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Key numbers

■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377

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

■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221

■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378

■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 n The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330

■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Office of LGBT Affairs — Director Nellie Fitzpatrick: 215-6860330; helen.fitzpatrick@phila.gov

■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288 ■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 ■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670

Health

Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870. ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088, www. actionaids.org. GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871, www.galaei.org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1821. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia Board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; free referral service at 215-6279090, www.galloplaw.org. ■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly busi-

108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077. Mazzoni Center LGBTQ counseling and behavioral health services, HIV/ AIDS care and services, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652, www. mazzonicenter.org. Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, as well as youth drop-in (ages 14-24) 5-7p.m. Wednesdays; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Philadelphia FIGHT Comprehensive AIDS service organization providing primary care, consumer education, advocacy and research on potential treatments and vaccines; 1233 Locust St.; 215985-4448; www.fight.org. Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, rapid HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups nesses and professionals; 215557-0190, www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com. ■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgja.org/ philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus Regional organization dedicated to promoting LGBT tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region, meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; 215-8402039, www.philadelphiagaytourism.com.

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