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Arizona LGBTQ leaders call on HRC to end support for Sinema By LOU CHIBBARO JR. | lchibbaro@washblade.com In a little-noticed development, more than 100 LGBTQ community leaders and allied supporters in Arizona sent a joint letter in January to the Human Rights Campaign, the nancial support for U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) unless and until Sinema ends her

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The LGBTQ leaders, who drafted the letter in partnership with the Arizona Coalition to

To the disappointment of the Arizona LGBTQ leaders, the HRC statement does not Arizona senator. Instead, the statement says HRC “is structured differently than the organiAccording to its statement, HRC “endorses candidates, supports them through their

the urgent issues of reproductive justice, immigrant rights, gun violence, police reform,

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Texas Republican compares decision to Dred Scott By CHRIS JOHNSON | cjohnson@washblade.com

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling for same-sex marriage — issued nearly seven years ago in 2015 — is considered settled law and in the rear-view mirror of history for many Americans, but Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) opted to press Ketanji Brown Jackson on the decision as an example of policy-makJackson, nominated by President Biden to serve on the U.S. Supreme tions from Cornyn the decision found a due process and right for same-sex couples to marry that overruled the will of the people who voted to ban gay nuptials in his state. “That is the nature of a right,” Jackson replied. “When there is a right, it means that there are limitations on regulation, even if people are regulating pursuant to their sincerely held religious beliefs.” In the nearly 15-minute exchange between Cornyn and Jackson, the Texas Republican pressed her on the expansive interpretation by the courts of due process and equal protection clauses, which he said led to decisions condemned to the dustbin of history like Dred Scott and Plessy v. Ferguson. Cornyn, however, also included with those rulings the 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which he said was a “dramatic departure from previous laws in the states and in the nation.” (Cornyn throughout the questiontime he called the “Ober-fell” case.) “In the opinions that were written there at the time, it was noted that here KETANJI BROWN JACKSON

a new fundamental right, which is a right to same-sex marriage,” Cornyn said. Cornyn recalled at the time 11 states and D.C. had legalized same-sex marriage, but said 35 states had put the question on the ballot and 32 had decided to “maintain the The Texas Republican went on to describe the issue as not just an overriding the will of the states and the people, but also major religions, and asked Jackson if she agrees “marriage is not simply a governmental institution, it’s also a religious institution.” When Jackson replied, “Well, senator, marriages are often performed in religious institutions,” Cornyn followed up with questioning on whether she agrees many major man, one woman (ignoring denominations within those religions, such as Episcopal and Presbyterian Church, that recognize and wed same-sex couples). Jackson wouldn’t engage with Cornyn beyond what was directly necessary: “I am tween religious views and the decision of the court. “Do you see that when the Supreme Court makes a dramatic pronouncement about belief that marriage is between a man and a woman?” Cornyn asked. Jackson, as is customary for a nominee up for a seat on the Supreme Court, declined to offer her views, pointing out “these issues are being litigated, as you know, throughout the courts” and therefore she was limited in what she could say. But Cornyn wouldn’t up let up, pressing Jackson again on the Obergefell ruling. Jackson responded the “nature of the right” found the U.S. Constitution trumps regulation “even if people are regulating pursuant to their sincerely held religious beliefs.” Cornyn continued his questioning by asking whether the concept of marriage is enshrined in the Constitution, drawing on the dissents from Chief Justice John Roberts

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and Associate Justice Samuel Alito lamenting opponents of same-sex marriage will be labeled as bigots. More broadly, Cornyn went on to lament the substantive due process rights found by the courts as “another way for judges to hide their policymaking under the guise of interpreting the Constitution.” Jackson gave an answer demonstrating her knowledge of case law, saying courts have found the right to due process to mean “not just procedural rights relative to government action but also the protection of certain personal rights related to intimacy and autonomy.” “They include things like the right to rear one’s children, I believe the right to travel, the right to marriage, interracial marriage, the right to abortion, contraception,” Jackson said. Cornyn interjected the same interpretation led to the Dred Scott decision, citing “treating slaves as chattel property” as an another outcome of the expansive intrepretation of the due process clause. After more questioning from Cornyn on whether “you can use substantive due process to justify basically any result whether it’s conservative or liberal, libertarian or conservative,” he went on to ask Jackson whether she can understand “why ordinary folks wonder, Who do these people think they are? And where does this authority come from?” Jackson, in response, kept her answer simple: “Absolutely, senator, I do understand it.” It should be noted the Supreme Court has rejected subsequent legal claims to overturn the Obergefell decision, or even to chip away at the decision. Even with the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, justices in 2020 declined to hear a case for the children for women in same-sex marriages. Alito, however, and Associate Jusago the ruling falls short in accommodating religious freedom.

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The Texas Court of Appeals for the state’s third circuit reinstated the temporary injunction Monday, as issued by the Travis County, Texas district court on March

Saturday that a body pulled from Lake Michigan on Thursday has

investigations of parents and families of transgender youth. Travis County Texas District Court Judge, Amy Clark Meachum, ordered a prelim-

31-year-old prominent LGBTQ activist Elise Malary. WBBM/CBS 2 News Chicago reported that Thursday at around 4:30 p.m. Evanston Police and Fire Departments responded to Garden Park in the 500 block of Sheridan Square for a report of a Malary, a Black trans woman, had been missing since March 9 after she sent a text to her sister Fabiana around 9 a.m. – her last known contact. She was later reported missing on March 11.

to block the DFPS from investigating the plaintiffs of a lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU of Texas), and the ACLU. we conclude that reinstating the temporary injunction is necessary to maintain the status quo and preserve the rights of all parties.” The plaintiffs sought this emergency relief after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a DFPS announced they would follow the governor’s directive. The lawsuit names ELISE MALARY

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so alarming for us.” She told CBS2 that when maintenance workers went to Elise’s apartment, they found the front and back doors unlocked, but there were no signs of anything from her residence. Police were checking nearby cameras to see who drove Elise Malary’s local LGBTQ community as a Black trans woman. The Evanston Police Department is investigating.

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Russian airstrike kills Ukrainian LGBTQ activist A Russian airstrike earlier this month killed a Ukrainian LGBTQ activist. Maksym Eristavi, who is a Kyiv Pride board member, on Thursday in a tweet said Elvira Schemur was killed “by Russian bombing” in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city that is less than 30 miles from the Russian border in the eastern part of the country. Eristavi, who is now in Prague, ELVIRA SCHEMUR (Photo courtesy Maksym Eristavi/Twitter) on Friday told the Washington Blade that Schemur was “volunteering inside” the regional administration building in Kharkiv on March 1 when a Russian missile struck it. Eristavi noted Schemur was a 21-year-old law student and a “kickass volunteer” for Kyiv Pride and Kharkiv Pride. Kharkiv Pride on Friday also mourned Schemur. “Elya was an activist and a patriot,” tweeted Kharkiv Pride. “She participated in all possible actions and democratic events of Kharkiv.” Russia has continued to lay siege to Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities since it invaded the country on Feb. 24. Magomed Tushayev, a Chechen warlord who played a role in the anti-LGBTQ crackdown in his homeland, died on Feb. 26 during a skirmish with the Ukrainian military’s

among the groups that continue to raise funds for Kharkiv Pride and other organizations inside Ukraine. In related news, the special U.S. envoy for the promotion of LGBTQ rights abroad last

that the Biden administration has “engaged directly” with LGBTQ Ukrainians and other vulnerable populations.

at the State Department to convey is that LGBTQI Ukrainian refugees are at heightened risk and that they should be supported and that anyone providing humanitarian assistance should actually be on the watch for instances of discrimination or violence they may be subjected to.” MICHAEL K. LAVERS

to the country’s border with Poland. OutRight Action International and EuroPride are

and in countries that border it. Jessica Stern told the Blade during a telephone interview that she has held “multiple I both have the relationships and then getting information directly from people on the frontlines.” Stern also noted she has also spoken with LGBTQ rights organizations in Poland, Hungary and other countries that “would be receiving LGBTQI Ukrainian refugees” and regional and international groups “that are closely monitoring and supporting contact with people who are advocating for and servicing LGBTQI Ukrainians, and that’s been really important has been to identify the sort of patterns of human rights abuses, violations and vulnerability that they’re tracking that we need to be aware of.” nancial support to LGBTQ organizations in Ukraine and in surrounding countries. “One of the things we’ve been focused on has been ensuring that LGBTQI Ukrainian ble and triple discrimination,” she said. Stern told the Blade a “top priority” is to ensure that humanitarian assistance to Ukraine “is distributed without discrimination.”

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The LGBTQ+ community, telehealth, and rural broadband access Congress must act to preserve lifeline of remote healthcare

The LGBTQ+ community has come to rely more and more on remote general and specialized healthcare as the pandemic continues to limit access to in-person services. This lifeline is in danger of going away unless Congress acts, delivering a serious blow to the diverse community of people who struggle to access care in-person in their communities. Telehealth allows doctors and other providers to provide care without an in-person

health emergency. Current changes to telehealth regulations include loosened restrictions around telephone-based check-ins and the allowance for telehealth visits between

telecommunications services, including via audio and video (either real time or asynchronous). These services are best delivered via high-speed broadband services. Medical care appointments, consultations, prescriptions, follow-up visits, and more can be done safely and virtually. Telehealth is a modern necessity made even more relevant due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and demand for these resources is growing. The LGBTQ+ com-

are also increasingly accessible virtually and by phone. Now that these practices are commonplace, regulators are looking to pass legislation that will maintain this ease of service. The expansion of telehealth has proven especially effective for the LGBTQ+ community. Easing accessibility of telehealth and prescriptions reduces the cost of care for routine medicines and check-ups for conditions that disproportionately affect the LGBTQ+ community, such as HIV. Increased availability of telehealth mental resources is critical for all youth, but especially for those in the marginalized LGBTQ+ community. Through online

and access. Recent relaxations of telehealth regulations have expanded the reach of telehealth and positively impacted marginalized communities including the LGBTQ+ community, especially in rural and remote areas. Effective and reliable broadband access is instrumental for telehealth services and as telehealth expands, advancements to universal broadband access will be critical to reach these communities.

Telehealth and the LGBTQ+ community

More than 18 million Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or intersex (LGBTQ+), and more younger Americans than ever before are identifying as LGBTQ+. The health concerns of these individuals deserve utmost respect and care, demonstrable through high-quality health care both in person and online. Telehealth plays an important role in connecting the LGBTQ+ community with competent been more heavily reliant on internet connectivity, and healthcare is no different, with 81% of LGBTQ+ youth reportedly using the internet to search for health information. LGBTQ+ communities face many of the same healthcare concerts as non-LGBTQ+ communities, though there are differences in rates of some chronic conditions including cancer, diabetes, obesity, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and tobacco-related health conditions. LGBTQ+ individuals have higher rates of mental and physical disability, and the impact of loneliness on health quality is experienced at higher rates by LGBTQ+ individuals in both urban and rural settings. Routine healthcare for these conditions improves quality of life, but LGBTQ+ individuals often report high cost as a deterrent from going to the doctor. Telehealth provides an affordable avenue to routine health care. Many individuals in the LGBTQ+ community report a history of medical trauma as a have been refused healthcare due to their gender identity. Online servers such as Folx py, mental health, and documents for gender marker change. Telehealth allows users to bypass the barrier of proximity to medical care and to access providers who are informed

ed the required in-person appointment. Telehealth treatment for addiction is also on the

including hormone replacement therapy and counseling with specialized professionals. Additionally, telehealth access can reduce or eliminate the stigma and discrimination that LGBTQ+ individuals face daily when selecting providers, especially in remote or rural areas where there may be few providers to choose from and even fewer knowledgeable about and sympathetic to the special health care needs of LGBTQ+ individuals. Making permanent the COVID-19 exemptions currently in place that regulate telehealth services will have far-reaching, positive impacts for the LGBTQ+ community.

Rural need for telehealth

An estimated 2.9 to 3.8 million Americans living in rural and remote parts of the country identify as LGBTQ+ and deserve high-quality and informed healthcare. Accessing a healthcare provider is, in general, more challenging in rural areas. Consider, for example, rural communities, the potential for discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals and misdiagnosis of medical conditions is prevalent. Lack of access to sympathetic providers or Given the need for broadband access to ensure quality telehealth services (to access video consultations, for example), the quality of an individual’s access to broadband services will directly affect their health care experience. Rural Americans are routinely left behind in broadband deployment, contributing to the digital divide, or the gap in use of online resources. Improvements to broadband access is key for expanding the reach of telehealth services across the country, especially in rural America. The recently enacted infrastructure law includes $65 billion in new broadband funding. It must be rolled out quickly to ensure marginalized communities in rural areas gain from improvements to Telehealth has become a critical tool to expand access for all patients, but especial-

of marginalized communities such as the LGBTQ+ community, and/or those who live in

and ease of prescription access. Recently relaxed regulations around telehealth delivery have increased the reach of these services and provided healthcare to individuals who may have gone without care. Rural and remote marginalized communities, such as the LGBTQ+ community, will experience an especially positive impact from telehealth, and increasing rural broadband access is critical to expanding high-quality, informed healthcare to LGBTQ+ individuals across America. Crucially, Congress can permanently expand telehealth services and capitalize on the recent infrastructure law to roll out high-speed broadband that facilitates telehealth in areas with limited internet access. Without congressional action, many

increased from less than 1 million to more than 50 million during COVID. There are currently hundreds of proposals pending before state and federal legislatures that address extending or expanding telehealth beyond the pandemic’s public

expire thereby reducing or eliminating supportive and specialized care options for these communities. For more information visit https://www.LGBTQ+tech.org/telehealth.

Regulations that previously restricted the delivery of telehealth have been eased since rural areas received in a clinical setting. The new rules allow urban and suburban patients to access telehealth from their home or other convenient setting. This makes sense as many urban areas lack convenient access to physicians and other providers. Individuals

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Friday Tea Time and social hour for Older LGBTQ+ adults will be at 2 p.m. on Zoom. Feel free to bring your beverage of choice. For the Zoom link or more information, contact Justin (justin@thedccenter.org). Trans Support Group will be at 7 p.m. on Zoom. This group is intended to provide emotionally and physically safe space for trans* people and those who may be questioning their gender identity/expression to join together in com-

Saturday, March 26 Volunteer with Food and Friends will be at 9 a.m. at Food and Friends Inc. Food and Friends prepares and delivers meals and groceries to people living with HIV, cancer, and other life challenging illnesses. Food and friends is located at: 219 Riggs Road, NE. If you need a ride from the Fort Totten Metro, call the Food and Friends shuttle at (202) 6696437. Go Gay DC ideal for those who want a good brunch and conversation with other LGBTQ+ folk. The event is free and details are

Sunday, March 27 AfroCode DC will be at 3 p.m. at Decades DC. This event is an experience of non-stop music, dancing, and good vibes. The music will be a crossover of genres such as hip-hop, Afrobeats and soca. Tickets cost $60 and can be pur-

Monday, March 28 Center Aging Coffee Drop-In will be at 10 a.m. at the DC Center for the LGBT Community and online on Zoom. LGBT Older Adults — and friends — are invited to enjoy friendly conversations and to discuss any issues you might be Genderqueer DC will be at 7 p.m. on Zoom. This support group is for people who identify outside of the gender

Tuesday, March 29 Showtime at Legacy will be at 8:30 p.m. at Legacy DC Weed. This event will feature RIZ THA GREAT who will perform with Legacy DC’s house band “The Experience Band,” do a Q&A session with the audience, and offer a photo “Create Your Own Adventure: Starting Out with Polyamory/ENM” will be at 7:00p.m. at The Pincus Center for building the foundation of a happy, thriving polyamorous/ENM life. Tickets start at $240 and can be purchased on

OUT & ABOUT Trans Day of Visibility with Impulse Group DC and Flux DC will host “Coming Out Party: Celebrating Transgender Day Of Visibility” on Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m. at Sachi Nightclub. This event will feature performances by showstopper and fashion designer Riley Knoxx, along with very special guest Kaamani Sutra. There will also be an open bar and food.

CAKE Society joins celebration of Trans Day of Visibility CAKE Society Co will host “International Day of Transgender Visibility 2022 Celebration” on Thursday, This event will celebrate the trans people in the D.C. community, raise awareness about the struggles they face, and advocate for more protected rights for them in a bid to reform society. This event is free and open to both LGBTQ+ individu-

Politics & Prose to commemorate women, queers in politics D.C. bookstore Politics and Prose at Union Market will host an event on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. that celebrates the women and queer people who helped shape The event will feature activists Kate Kelly and Charlotte Clymer who will discuss Kelly’s forthcoming book “Ordinary Equality.” In her book, she examines how and why constitutional equality for women and Americans of all marginalized genders has been systematically undermined for the past 100-plus years. Tickets are $29 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.

Wednesday, March 30 Job Club will be at 6 p.m. in-person at the DC Center for the LGBT Community and online on Zoom. The Job Club is a weekly job support program to help job entrants and seekers, including the long-term unemployed, improve pants to move away from being merely “applicants.”

Thursday, March 31 The DC Center’s Food Pantry Program will be held all day at the DC Center for the LGBT Community. To be fair with who is receiving boxes, the program is moving to a lottery system. People will be informed on Wednesday at 5 p.m. if they are picked to receive a produce box. No proof of residency or income is required. For more information, email Busboys and Poets-Columbia will host “5th Thursday Open Mic” at 7 p.m. The event will be hosted by Charity Blackwell, D.O.P.E (Director of Poetry Events) at Busboys and Poets and Senior Adviser for Arts and Culture at DC SCORES. She is a spoken word artist, poet, emcee, motivational speaker, activist, and teacher who has performed on stages and media outlets near and far, including Lincoln Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Hirshhorn Museum, BBC 2 4 • WA SHIN GTO N BLADE.COM • MARCH 25, 2 0 2 2

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HOLMES and SAM STRALEY star in ‘Welcome to Flatch.’ (Photo courtesy of Fox)

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By JOHN PAUL KING Television, a medium less than a century old, has would surely be overwhelmed by what it is today. Where there was once a limited selection of mostly middle-ofthe-road (i.e., bland and banal) entertainment choices designed to amuse and distract us during our after-dinprovocative, stimulating, and otherwise challenging content to keep even the most intellectual viewers busy for the rest of their lives. And yet, with all that, sometimes you just want to shut your brain off and laugh – and that’s when we are reminded that television, no matter how respectable it may have become, is still at its most essential when it gives us an

ville), an eternally upbeat nerd who relentlessly attempts

There are others, too, that we meet as the show progresses, but you get the idea. It’s a cast of eccentrics – -

obscure historical dispute, and a contingent of outraged conservative women who try to close the town’s combiiar scenarios are enough to conjure smiles, maybe even chuckles, for a while – but without some more substantial fodder to drive the show’s development, it won’t be long before they start to wear thin.

trics. They have to be loveable, too – something that has been the hallmark of every great mockumentary since

be about as mindless as they come.

small-town American life. That’s more than enough to let who will become our main characters, starting with a pair of young cousins and best buddies – the Mallets, Kelly underachievers, two teens in a town where there’s nothendearingly dim-witted blend of false bravado and insecurity, wins us over right from the start. -

of the town newspaper, for whom he still carries decidedand street smarts make her as respected as she is incon-

all made us laugh with the absurdity of the insular communities they were sending up, but they won our hearts with characters who never let us lose sight of their humanity even in their most wacky and embarrassing moments. It’s a formula that has proven to be comedy gold

ery case, it only works when the characters are played by a remarkably gifted cast of actors. start. The performers make a strong showing from the very start, and while it’s hard to say this early in the series whether the character arcs they develop will be worthy of seven episodes (all available if you’re a Hulu subscriber, doled out a week at a time if you’re not) to keep us watching longer. surprisingly for a comedy about a place where nothing interesting ever happens – has some challenges if it’s going to have any staying power. Early on, the episodes are geared around skewering aspects of modern life by put-

ed need to be accepted by her estranged father (Jason fatuation with home-schooled Beth (Erin Bowles). These and other beginnings seem promising as avenues toward opening the characters up and allowing the cast to spending time with. format, rather than simply being a convention in which the actors talk to the camera, is taken a bit further in ters address them off-camera, and their presence in the room becomes a factor that affects outcomes, though to go into any more detail about that would warrant a spoiler alert. jumping on board for might just be its refreshing – and frankly, for the genre, unprecedented – diversity. Though lean toward a very white and very straight demographic, the series goes out of its way to defy them. Much like -

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Few books are timelier than ‘Woman’ A rite of passage for generations of LGBTQ folk By KATHI WOLFE

Until, I read “Woman: The American History of an Idea,” the fascinating new book by Lillian Faderman, the groundbreaking LGBTQ feminist scholar, I didn’t know that women who were hoboes felt more free during the Depression. “For thousands of women, the Depression was oddly liberating,” Faderman, professor emerita at California State University, Fresno, writes. “They were poor and footloose, and they found a fresh way to snub conventions about how a woman ought to live.” That’s just one of the many things that I learned from “Woman.” I had no clue that housewives and mothers — June Cleaver, Harriet Nelson and Donna Reed — weren’t the only images of women on 1950s TV. Who knew that, as Faderman writes, “television offered up a few surprising counterimages?” In the 1950s, women’s roller derby matches were on TV. “Reportedly 70 percent of the viewers were female,” she writes, “attracted perhaps by the bracingly bold image of woman as polar opposite to what she was supposed to be.” “Woman” makes it clear that America has been freaked out by women having sex outside of procreation in a hetero marriage since the Puritans arrived here in the 1600s. “It’s “sex o’clock in America,” declared William Marion Reedy, a newspaper editor, in 1913. He worried that sex was everywhere – from theaters to the movies. “He opined that the purity of woman was being maligned,” Faderman writes. “Woman” is a comprehensive history of the concept of woman in this country from the Few books are timelier than “Woman.” In this age of Amy Coney Barrett,” when the future of Roe v. Wade is shaky, there is much to be learned from “Woman.” “Woman” doesn’t tell us how we can overcome the backlash against feminism and civil rights movements (from Black civil rights to LGBTQ rights). No book, no matter how comprehensive could do that. But “Woman“ gives us knowledge and perspective. The belief that a woman’s role is to marry and have children didn’t begin with Phyllis in the home. In 1645, Faderman reports, Massachusetts Bay colony governor John Win had let his wife who had borne him no children, stray from “the place where God had set her.” He’d allowed her to “give her herself wholly to reading and writing,” Winthrop wrote. There have been advances in and backlashes against feminism as the idea of woman has changed throughout American history. Take World War II. During the War, Rosie the Riveter encouraged women to work. When the war ended, women were exhorted to change from their work clothes into aprons and return to their kitchens at home ASAP. Too often, indigenous women, women of color, working class and immigrant women have been (and still are) excluded by white feminists from feminism and women’s his tory. Thankfully, “Woman” goes a long way toward breaking this pattern of exclusion.

Faderman, 81, who is white, writes movingly about her experience as a Hollenbeck sewing dresses in a downtown LA garment factory.”

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When Venezuelan-born performance artist Migguel Anggelo immigrated to the states almost 17 years ago, he was frequently asked whether he spoke English. “I do, but with an accent” became his pat reply. Grappling with a new language instantly became a part of his story. Acting and voice teachers advised him to lose the accent for a part in a show, but never for life. “Oh, I’ll have my accent forever, but I really can drop it when I need to,” he says breaking into a belle’s slow southern drawl followed by a whoop of laughter. “But it’s not easy.” His latest show, aptly titled “English with an Accent,” references language but focuses mainly on the immigrant experience. Co-presented by Washington Performing Arts and GALA Hispanic Theatre for one night only on April 1 at GALA in Columbia Heights, the autobiographical hybrid dance-theater piece features Anggelo along with 10 international dancers selected for their talent and personal back stories in relation to migration. Via phone from New York, the high-energy performer explains the genesis of his new work. The concept evolved during the darkest days of the pandemic when live performance was verboten. While working on what he thought would be his third album, he thought to himself, “If I change the order of the songs, this could be a compelling immigration story.” the show’s about.” His music ranges from operatic to Latin mixed with tango to cumbia. At a little over an hour, the poignant yet funny piece has 13 songs (music and lyrics by Anggelo and Jaime Lozano), and when it’s not song, there’s lots of modern and contemporary movement. Its costumes subtly suggest anthropomorphized insects and the lighting design lends a cinematic affect. Preternaturally busy, Anggelo’s varied vita boasts ballet, music, musical theater, painting, and Manhattan cabaret performances including his acclaimed gender-bending musical concert experience “LatinXoxo” in 2020. And now with “English with an Accent” he stretches himself further: “I’m doing a modern dance/ballet with song — we’re singing, dancing, and acting. Through my songs I tell the story, mine and the other caterpillars on stage.” The last time Anggelo, 49, danced with an ensemble was 20 years ago during a Latin American tour of Broadway’s “Fame.” “I was a dancer before I was an actor and a singer. Still, I thought dancing like this again would kill me. Instead, I’m killing it.” Growing up on the family farm in Venezuela, if Anggelo wanted milk, he looked for

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Ricky Rosé served as the emcee for “On the Platform: a Drag King and Thing Show” at Metrobar on Saturday, March 19. Drag performers included Dabatha Christie, Valerie Valentine, Jesus Vice, King Molasses and Lúc Ami.

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